8 METHODISTS IN BIG CAMPAIGN 'Eight Big Congregations ti Raise Their Quotas by Wednesday In eight Methodist churches In the etty yesterday, a campaign started for the Methodist Centenary Fund. the after-war work In the United States and abroad. Canvassers In each church will visit every member and meetings wIU be held during the week at which reports will be made. Special services were In order and prominent speakers were present. At Stevens Memorial Church Bishop William F. Anderson, who was a Y. M. C. A worker In France, waa the speak er of the day. He is prominent in the Methodist Centerary rellefship work. He expects to sail for France July 1. At Grace Church At Grace Methodist Church It was reported that $6,140 had been raised, which brings the total up to SB,OOO. The drive will continue through Mon day, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week and those in charge of the can vass are sure that Grace Church will go "over the top" in raising its quota. The apportionment that Grace Church is to raise in the national financial drive of the Centenary campaign is $15,268. There will be meetings on Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday in Grace Church and the canvassers of the eight Methodist churches of Har risburg will come together to give their reports and to hear reports of other churches. i It is anticipated that the quota t for Harrisburg will be raised by Wednes day evening and all the prayer meet ings of the Methodist churches will be adjourned to hold a union victory and Jubilee meeting in the auditorium of Grace Church The final reports of the financial canvass will be made at this meeting, and the special feature will be a World War reconstruction lecture , drama by Bishop Anderson. Announcement was made yesterday : by the canvassers in the Centenary • drive at St. Pauls Methodist Church that the quota, $1,645, would be j reached to-day. During the services yesterday afternoon a total of sl.- j 534.50 was raised. Special services ; were held throughout yesterday. An j address was delivered in the morning j by the Rev. Dr. Heckman, district su- j perinlendent. [ Yesterday saw the finish of the Cen- | tenary campaign at Epworth Metho- j dist Church. The services all through the day were of an impressive nature, beginning with a record-breaking of fering in the morning, when the first Centenary ofternig in the Sunday School was taken. A sermon by the Rev. Homer Knox followed. The church unit leaders and assistants met at the church at 1.45 p. m.. many of j them going without the usual Sunday J dinner to be in on the task. After a j short time spent in instructing the j teams who were to make the canvass, j and a brief prayer service that the j way in the homes might be opened, the teams started. The following made the | canvass: Messrs. Dickei and Stamm. J Fishol and Davis, H. Motter and Adair, | I. Martin and Harvey Batdorf, C. Bat- I dorf and Hibeck and C. Motter. Beck j and Blough. I. Smith and Howard Calvin Zorger and Rickenbach, Parks , and Reigle, Knox and Clarence Zor ger. Woman Aged Eighty Makes an Air Flight Atlantic City, June 2.—Mrs. Ida C. Wilcox, who is eighty, the widow of an army colonel, lives in a little Cottage near the field where air men have been doing their daring performances since the beginning of the Aeronautical Convention. The fascination tempted her until she j could stand it no longer, and at last gave the most experienced aviation fans at the air port a thrill by tak ing a ride with Eddie Stinson, who ascended 3,000 feet. "I want you to go as high as you i can." she said to the daring flyer, "and do all of the stunts I have seen you do with others. Stinson did as she requested. He looped the loop with her ten times, did the Immermann turn, the nose dive, the tail spin and finally the shimmy, a new stunt invented at the aid port, which consists of making the machine act as if it were skip ping through the air.' "It was simply wonderful." said/ Mrs. Wilcox, when she came back to" earth. "Now I can really say that I have lived." Courthouse Notes Petitions For Attorney.— Lawr ence. alias "Little" Brown, one of the three defendants indicted orr a charge of murdering S. Wolfe La cob, a Steelton grocer, presented a petition to the court to-day through Assistant District Attorney Robert T. Fox, asking for the appointment of an attorney to defend him when he is called for trial r.-ext week. Counsel will be appointed later. Ask For Coupscl Fees.—Two peti tions for counsel fees so that they could defend divorce proceedings | brought against them by their hus bands were presented to the court to-day in these cases: Bruce M. vs. Essel C. Winters, and William J. vs. Mary M. Shoop. Guardians Appointed.—The Her shey Trust Company was appointed guardian of Fern J. Markey, upon petition of her father, Frank J. Mar key; Irene C. Rhoads was named guardian of John K. and Janet I. Keffer, minor heirs of part of the estate of the late Elizabeth Keffer. OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT Dauphin Tire Service Co. The newest and most modernly equipped retail tire and tire service establishment in Central Pennsylvania. ARe a 1 Tire Service That Motorists Have Wanted V/e will have but one policy—to give the best and most complete tire service in this section. We Will Carry a Complete Stock of GOODRICH GOODYEAR FIRESTONE TIRES Fabric and Cord Types, and A Full Line of Tire Accessories Tire and Tube Vulcanizing Repairing Retreading We solicit your patronage and guarantee satisfaction. Dauphin Tire Service Co. Bell 206 N. Second Street Dial IVfCiND'AY" EVENING, Author of Soldier Letters :aSßliiilll MISS Lit. A HAMIL SOLDIERS THANK HER FOR LETTERS [Continued from First Page.] sisters and sweethearts to soldiers. The mother letter follows in part: "Son dear: "What are the many many miles teaching you to-day? What do the constant stars bring to you each night? Their message sometime must breathe nty love and my prayers for you my own brave son. "1 know your spirits grow richer and stronger as you sail nearer the noblest and supremest test of your life. "You have given me a wonderful happiness, boy dear. I could not be happy if 1 knew you would wish to be home. I could not see you for my tears if you were here. Y'ou are sailing farther away from mother than you have ever been since baby days—and yet I would not call you or want you back. "A wonderful thought—the whole world kin. When I read the goading pain and heartache, the ihorrible misery—how thankful that my boy will gladly share in the grandeur and glory of the vast human sacri lice. Lift your eyes to the stars nightly and tell them your love for America: " 'They shall not pass— America will stand As long as lips can answer her, 'I come.' They shall not pass To strike the loved land. That Freedom's children rise to call their home.' "When I know you are unselfish — when 1 know you have courage—■ when I know you have generosity and modesty—oh France! —brave, fighting, suffering country take my boy gladly! His mother sends him to you! " 'This is the song that our guns keep roaring Out through the night and rain: This is the song with their big shells soaring Over the battered pjain— We are taking you home by the only way, By the only road that will get you back To the dreams you left where the dusk was gray And the night wind sang a long lost track: We are bringing you rest From the bitter test, I From the pits where the great shells whir; Through the blood loam We are'taking you home. We are taking you liome to her.' "My kisses are on your cheek braveheart in good night blessings. Every night I seek your room. It is a hallowed spot since you are gone. I shed no tears for you. I lift my heart and thank the Al mighty One that my only boy, my baby—preferring death to dishonor | —is noble and true and will share in the greatest voluntary sacrifice that the world has ever known, for 'greater love hath no man than this that he lay down his life for his friend.' "Good night braveheart, good night, good night. Every mile X know grows grander and richer with God love, love from your country and mother love following yon and watching you. What a holy oppor tunity. What a holy benediction! "Faithful love, i . "MOTHER." General Pershing's Farewell Address To American Dead By Associated Press, Romagne, France, Friday, May 30. —"Farewell, dear comrades. Here under the clear skies of the green hillside and amid the flowering fields of France, in the quiet hush of peace, we leave you forever in God's keeping." With these words General Per shing. commander of the American Expeditionary Force, closed his Memorial Day address at Romagne, in the Argonne cemetery where more than 9,000 Americans who fell in the fighting are buried. General Degoutte, representing the French government and Marshal Foch, the Allied commander-in-chief, spoke briefly, mentioning all the battles in which the Americans had participat ed and dwelling upon the everlast ing memory in which those who had died for the cause of liberty, justice and civilization would be held by all France. "A Runaway Couple" Will Entertain at Tech High The Epworth League of the Fifth Street Methodist Church will give a play entitled, "A Runaway Couple" on Thursday evening, at 8 o'clock, in the auditorium of the Technical High School. The proceeds will be devoted to the fund to send delegates to the Epworth League Conference, at Eagles Mere, early in July. The play is said to be a clever, little farce and an evening of thorough enjoy ment is promised to all who attend. The cast includes Miss Mary Rodney. Miss Sara Manahan, Mi*i Anna Macibben, Miss Nira Bennet, Leone Simonette, Nor.nan Berlin, Jacob Harder and Lerue Schaub. Metal Workers in Paris Strike Today Paris. June 2.—The Metal Work ers' Union in the region of Paris has decided to strike this morning be cause of difference with the em ployers over the method of applying the new eight-hour law. The Temps estimates that the strike will affect more than 200,000 workers. The secretary of the subway em ployes' union announced to-day that all the underground lines in Paris will be tied up Tuesday if in the meantime the companies do not grant all the demands of the union. 8,000 Yale Men in Service; More Than 200 Give Lives New Haven, Conn., June 2.—More than 8,000 Yale men In uniform, Includ ing almost the entire senior class and other undergraduates; more than 200 dead in the war and a like number wounded, missing or prisoner, and more than 200 decorated by seven of the Allied governments for distinguished service is part of the story of Yale in the war as revealed by the official state ment of the university's war record given out to-day by Secretary Anson Phelps Stokes. SLAYER PAYS PENALTY Bcllefonte, 1*3., June 2. Bertie Franklin Moon, of Somerset county, was electrocuted at the Rockview Peni tentiary to-day for the murder of a fellow-miner early in 1918. Robbery was the motive. TEEEGH3CPH! RAILROAD VETS TO PICNIC AT MT. GRETNA JULY 29 Philadelphia Division Asso ciation Will Elect William Elmer President The Veteran Employee" Associa tion of the Philadelphia division of the Pennsylvania will hold lta an nual outing and picnic at Mount Gretna on Tuesday, July 29. accord ing to announcement of the com mittees to-day. It is expected that this picnic will be the largest ever held by association, whose membership is now more than 1,400. Veterans of the rail, from Harrisburg to Phila delphia, will attend. A band from Lebanon has been secured to fur nish the music during the day. The committee, with Charles T. Jones of this city, as chairman, is at work in completing plane to handle the crowd. H. J. Babb, the sec retary of the association, is mapping out a program of entertainment, and it is expected that an aviator will be on the ground. At the business meeting in the afternoon officers will be elected. William Elmer, the new superin tendent of the Philadelphia division, will succeed F. W. Smith, Jr., as president of the aasociation. Mr. Smith became president of the or ganization when he was appointed superintendent of the division and was automatically relieved when Mr. Elmer succeeded him. ' West Shore Masons Conduct Homes' Services Members of West Shore Lodge. No. 681, Free and Accepted Masons, of Camp Hill, and their wives, mo tored to the Masonic Homes, Elisa bethtown, yesterday, where they had charge of the services. This is an annual event with the Camp Hill organization. Seventy-five persons were in the party yesterday. The Rev. J. Merle Williams, pas tor of the Camp Hill Methodist Episcopal Church, delivered the ser mon. The party made an inspec tion of the various units of the Ma sonic Homes. Captain T. E. Seelye Promoted to Major Word has been received in Harris burg that Captain Theodore E. Seelye. of this city, who has been overseas with an Engineer outfit, has been promoted to the rank of major. Major Seelye, who has been serving with the British, expec stto be returned to the States early this month. Railroad Notes Army and Navy teams in the Rail road "Y" drive will celebrate to night at the P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. A banquet will be one of the features. Pennsylvania railroad officials have given strict orders to give the best service possible on all excursion trains. Broadway limited which was re turned recently to the Pennsyl sched ule has been running behind time. Engine trouble has been the chief cause of the delays. The Pennsylvania railroad block station at Alfarata on the Peters burg branch has been re-opened. It was closed several months ago when a retrenchment was ordered and freight business slowed up. On the Middle Division of the Pennsy on Friday, 8,323 cars were hauled. Of. this number, 6,732 passed Denholm, and 1,600 were Inter changed at Tyrone. John A. Keeley, a widely-known railroad contractors died Saturday at his home in Philadelphia. One of the big contracts completed under his di rection was the Schuylkill Valley branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad including the tunnel at Phoenixville. Charles W. Shoemaker, yardmaster, of the Port Richmond branch of the Reading, died at his home in Phila delphia. He was 49 years of age and had been with the company for 15 years. Deaths and Funerals JIBS. RACHEL DARE BAILEY Mrs. Rachel Dare Bailey, aged 27 years, widow of the late Ray Bailey, died Saturday at the home of her father, E. E. Dare, 430 Peffer street. The survivors are an infant son, a daughter, her parents .one sister and three brothers. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon. Services will be conducted at the late home by the Rev. L. C. Mudge, pastor of Pine Street Presbyterian Church. Burial will be made in Harrisburg cemetery. SIRS. CHARLES E. MYERS Mrs. Katherlne Myers, aged 44 years. 1225 Currant street, died last evening. The survivors are a husband. Charles E.. one son, John, and her mother, Mra Louisa Neis. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 1.30. Services will be in charge of the Rev. Dr. Robert Bagnell, pastor of Grace Methodist Church, of which the de ceased was a member. Burial will be made In East Harrisbnrg cemetery. JAMES THOMPSON James Thompson, of Wormleysburg, died at his home on Friday, aged 63 years. Funeral services will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from Musselman's Undertaking Parlors, Le moyne. FANNIE MAY RCNKLF, Mrs. Fannie May Runkle, wife of George E. Runkle, died last evening at her home, 1430 Swatara street, aged 35 years. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. J. A. Lyter, pas tor of the Derry Street United Breth ren Church. Burial will be In the East Harrisbnrg cemetery. HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICE At Fourth Reformed church yes terday morning, memorial services were held for ten members who died during the year. Two of their mem bers, Grover C. Hain and I. W. Show ers died during the World War. the former having died in camp and t_be latter was killed in France. The death list also Included George Hagy, a Civil War veteran. Other deceased' members included. Mrs. Jennie Mar tin, Mrs. Percy Flurie, George T. Buck and Robert T. Barr. Veterans of three wars attended the services. Special music was a feature and the de'eorations were in keeping with the services. Each soldier who re turned from France was given a large red rose, and for those still In France a rose was given to their re spective families. RETURNED FROM RACES Harry M. Fairchilds and L. M. Shepp, both of Millersburg, re turned to their homes after witness ing the auto races at Indianapolis. Personal-Social K. of C. Entertain Soldiers at North Street Hall Fifty of the convalescent soldiers I from the United States General Hos pital, No. SI, Carlisle, were the guests of the Knights of Columbus at the K. of C. Hall, North street, on Saturday. A luncheon was served at noon and the afternoon's program included a "Man and Piano," act by Sullivan and Brown, popular selec tions by the Shuey-Delone Orchestra, several stunts by a group of colored warriors, from Steelton, who have recently returned from overseas. The following women prepared and served the luncheon: Mrs. H. Kerns, Mrs. Klscheld, Mrs. Kuss, Mrs. Vaughn, Mrs. Sullivan, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Murphy, Mrs. Raster/ Mrs. McCalley, Mrs. Sheckard, Mrs. Wall, Mrs. McCarthy and Mrs. Emanuel. ' POLYCLINIC AUXILIARY The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Poly clinic Hospital will meet to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Nurses' Home, 1524' North Second street, Mrs. Samuel Z. Shope, the president, will preside. Bicycle Club Members Enjoy Picnic at Park The Susquehanna Bicycle Club of the West End held their second an nual picnic at Paxtang Park on Sat urday. Contests, games and athletic sports were enjoyed under the di rection of a committee comprising H. Albert Taylor, Albert E. Zim merman, Ralph W. Foster, E. Ed ward Taylor, Jr., and William B. McMorris. The club is planning to hold a three days' bicycle ride to Lancas ter some time during the early part of July. Carlisle Couple Wed at Camp Hill Saturday The marriage of Miss Sarah El len Kelley and Daniel Mathlas Tira mens, both of Carlisle, was solem nized on Saturday at 12.80 o'clock, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Delensy, Market street. Camp Hill, the Rev. Dr. A. P. Stover, pastor of the Camp Hill Chwch of God, offi ciating. The ring ceremony was used. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Kelley, of Car lisle, and is a popular member of the younger set at that place. The bridegroom served seventeen months overseas, receiving eight wounds and spending eight months in various hospitals. He has recovered suffi cienly to take a course in electrical engineering offered by the govern ment. VISITING IN CTT* Miss Margaret E. King, 429 Ham ilton street, and Miss Hope Eyster, 515 North Fifteenth street, govern ment employes at Washington, are visiting at their home in this city. They will return to Washington, June 8. HEBE FROM HAWAII Edward Caum, a former resident of this city, who has spent the past ten years in the Hawaiian Islands, is the guest of his uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Crane, 13 South Seventeenth street. VISITING IN WEST Mrs. John L. Rupp and daughter, Miss Jeanne Rupp. 1980 Bellevue Road, left on Saturday for an ex tended trip through the West. They will visit in Chicago and Crystal Lake, 111. IS FINE MUSICIAN Miss Annetta Cleve, of New Mex ico, Mex., was a recent guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Com mings, 14 North Fourth street, on the way to Philadelphia. Miss Cleve, a graduate nurse, has traveled ex tensively in European countries, and is a highly accomplished musician, having played 'with the Boston Sym phony Orchestra. She is a per former on the harp, violin, guitar and banjo. ANNOUNCE MARRIAGE Joseph B. Johnston announces the marriage of his sister. Miss Helen C Johnston, to Frank C. Armstead, Saturdav, May 31, at Winchester, Va, The bride is a graduate of Central High school, 'l6, and of West Ches ter State Normal School, 'lB. She taught in the public schools of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Johnston attended their sister's marriage. (Other Social News on Pago 0) Harrisburg Man Is Honored by Osteopaths The Pennsylvania Osteopathic As sociation closed its twentieth annual convention, held in Lancaster, Sat urday. Many noted speakers were on the program, among theme were Drs Care, of Boston: Bancroft, of Canandaigua. N. Y.; George Uugh lin, of Kirksvtlle, Mo., and Dr. Teale, of the A. S. O. faculty. The convention, as a whole was a success and great credit is due the local Lancater profession. • Saturday afternoon, at tne busi ness session the following officers were elected: President, Dr. Turner, Philadelphia: vice-president. Dr. Drew. Philadelphia: treasurer. Dr. Walpole, Lancaster; secretary. Dr. L. G. Baugher, Harrisburg; Execu tive Committee, Drs. Jones. Lancas ter; B. W. Sweet, Erie, and Kline Tarentum. An effort is being made to hold the next State convention In Harrisburg. PURSE PRESENTED TO PASTOR Yesterday marked the second an niversary of Rev. William J. Lock hart as pastor of the First Baptist Church. In commemoration of this the members presented him with a purse of 850. The Philathea Class, of which Mrs. Lockhart is the teach er presented both Mr. and Mrs. Lockhart with a large basket of pink peonies. At the evening serv ice special musical selections were rendered, consisting of solos by Miss Amy Burd and Mrs. Mary Conrarl Haines and violin solo by Miss Co relli Martin, accompanied by Miss , Viola Burd. During these two years seventy two have been added to the mem bership of the church; the debt in curred in renovating the church building, amounting to $3,600.00, has been reduced to $1,600.00 and the Bible school has doubled its at tendance. GET SAFELY HOME Lieutenant John W. E. Phillips of the 33rd Division, and his brother. Private Samuel E. Phillips of the 79th Division are home, each hav ing received his discharge. Both were in the World War. They are eons of Dr. C. R. Phillips, 1646 North Third street. RENNER COMPLAINS OF DELAY IN PACT [Continued from First Page.] fore the chateau where the various automobtlee halted. Two squadrons of cavalry draiyn up in the equare kept back the limited number of spectators who could find places on the sidewalk. The conference hall was reached over a drawbridge leading to the inner court of the castle where dismounted dragoons were stationed to render military honors to the representatives df the Allied nations. Two narrow flights of stairs were mounted thence to the ceremonial chamber. A few priv ileged spectators looked out upon the scene within the courtyard from tho windows of the apartments oc cupied by James II after his de thronement and flight from Eng land. Room Small For Ceremony The room selected for the cere mony, known as the Stone Age or pre-historic hall, was almost en tirely occupied by the conference table, arranged in a hollow rec tangle, leaving scant room for the tables of tho secretaries crowded against the wall and cramped space for a limited number of correspond ents. Chairs were placed for President | Wilson and Premiers Clemeneeau and Lloyd George at the head of the table, flanked on either hand by places for tho qther delegations which ran around three sides of the rectangle as in the ceremonial at Versailles when the peace terms were handed to the Germans. The foot of the table was reserved for Chanceller Rennor and hie six col leagues. New Republic May Delay Peace A situation which may affect the peace settlement with Germany has arisen through the proclamation of an independent republic of the Rhine Province, stretching alon- the fron tiers of Holland, Belgium and Lux emburg and extending from the lowlands along the Dutch border to the hills of the Sarre. This Province contains vast fields of coal and iron, great industrial cities and the cen ters of the most important textile manufactures In Germany. Announcement that such a decla ration was to be made has been forecast for several weeks, reports from Belgium, Holland and Berlin reflecting the imminence of a move of great importance. Last week a statement was issued at Berlin de nouncing those who were behind the movement and declaring them to be traitors to the fatherland. It was charged that the French were active In propaganda work In the Province, It being alleged that General Man gin, French commander at Mayence, was the prime mover. If the 'Rhineland Province be comes independent, a buffer state will be set up between Germany and France and Belgium, the Sarre re gion will be in the control of the new state and Germany will have lost ail her possessions west of the Rhine. Russ Recognition Waits Upon Morris Recognition of tho ail-Russian government at Omsk, headed by Admiral Kolchak, is expected to be delayed until Roland S. Morris. Which Woman is the Happier ? The One Who Buys, or the One Who Bakes . IS there any logical reason why any woman should tie herself down to bread baking in these days of bread perfection ? Her neighbor, who buys bread, saves this tiftie for healthier and happier occupation. Aren't there a hundred reasons of health, economy and home duties that demand her re lease from hours at the oven ? Baking isn't saving. It is waste —waste of energy and waste of money. Waste of youth and waste of health. It is mighty easy for any woman to convince herself. Just buy a loaf of GUNZENHAUSER'S AMERICAN-MAID BREAD Made in a masterly "way, in. an up-to-date bakery, from a new recipe. Its goodness "Will be a revelation. Its purity a protection. There is no substitute in it just pure wheat flour. Sealed in dustproof wrappers at the oven. De livered fresh, crisp and clean. Toasts perfectly Slices smoothly —Tastes deliciously. JURE 2, M American Ambassador to Japan, has reached Omsk and hi- reported to President Wilson. It appears that various Russian factions oblect to the terms said to have been proposed to Admiral Kolchak by the Peace Conference, and advices indicate that the head of the Omsk regime may ask for a modification of the condi tions. Ignace Jan Padorewski, Polish Premier, who Is In Paris, has asked that an American commission inves tigate recent reports of mistreat ment of Jews in Poland. Germany Has Until June 25 to Accept or Reject Peace Treaty I*aris, June 2—(Havas). —The re ply of tire Allied and associated gov ernments to the German counter proposals, the Eclio De Paris de clares, will be handed to Count Von Urockdorfl-Kaiitzau on Friday. It will constitute a refusal of the German proi>osals. Tlio Germans, the puper adds, will be told they j must either accept or refuse the Al lied conditions before June 25. Miss Martha Fry Weds Vay Buterbaugh Friday A quiet wedding was solemnized I on Friday morning at 8 o'clock, when I Miss Mart.4a Fry. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Fry, 222 Seneca street, and Vay Buterbaugh, of this city, were united in marriage, at the parsonage of St. Matthews Lutheran Church, 2217 North Fourth street, the Rev. E. E. Snyder officiating. The bride wore a dark blue traveling suit, with hat to harmonize, and a corsage bouquet of bridal roses. The bridegroom is a graduate of Central High School class of 1908, and of MillersvtUe Normal SchooL He is employed as a railroad mall clerk at the Pennsylvania terminaL Mrs. Buterbaugh is the granddaughter of the late J. D. Saltzman, who was well-known throughout the West End of the city. The young couple left for a motor trip to Gettysburg, Baltimore. Washington. Fredericks burg, Vo.. Richmond, Va. They will be "at home" after June 15, at 1710V4 North Fourth street. 1 Expert on Express to Speak Before C. of C. Mucli Interest in the address of E. V. Conwell general attorney of the American Railway Express Company, who will speak before the membership meeting of the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce in tho Penn-Harris ball room to-morrow at noon, is being man ifested by the Chamber members, and already a number of reservations have been made for the meeting. Reserva tions can be made at tha office of the Chamber of Commerce until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning, a statement from the Chamber of Commerce states. Mr. Conwell's fourteen years' experi ence with the large express concerns of the country qualifies hi into speak with authority on the subject which he has selected. "Sidelights on the Ex press Business. Humorous and Tragic." TRANSFERRED TO CALIFORNIA Chambersburg, Pa., June 2. First Lieutenant Guy P. Asper, who before entering the army was a prac ticing physician here, has beer? transferred from Fort McPherson, Georgia, where he has been sta tioned for several months, to Camp Leatherman, California. He ex pects to he at Camp Leatherman for several weeks. 1 New Pastor in Charge? Frankford Church Greets Rev. Milton 0. Peirce Philadelphia, June t. —The Rev. j Millard O. Peirce assumed hie duties' as pastor of the Frankford Baptist Church yesterday. Large congrega tions welcomed him at all-theeers lces. Mr. Peirce succeeds the Rev. Thatcher Smith, who was pastor for about two years and was compelled to return to California on account l of the Illness of his wlfo. The Red", a. J. Burchett is pastor emeritus oil the church. The new pastor was born In Wtl-' mington, Del., and received a pub lic school education In that city. While pursuing his normal school training he took up the study of law. He entered Leland Htanford Unl-i verslty and completed his training for the ministry at Colgate Unlver- 1 slty. In 1916 he was chosen pastor' of the Tabernacle Baptist Church of Harrisburg and while there the membership of the church was al most doubled, while the Sunday school tripled. Pennsylvania's Oldest Odd Fellow Is Dead i XBrownsvlllc, Pa., June 2.—Daniet | Delaney, 86 years old, the oldest i Odd Fellow in Pennsylvania, died here at his home. He had been a I member of the Odd Fellows for 66 years, and was secretary of the | Brownsville chapter tor 60 years, j When he had been a membf/- for I f>o years his fellow lodge members presented him with a gold watch studded with 50 diamonds. Mr. De laney took an active interest In local politics, and served as burgess, coun cilman, and as a member of the school board. He was born In Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Many Killed in Fire in French Pictnre Show By Associated Press. Valence ffur Rhone, June 2. —- Fire broke out yesterday during the performance In a moving picture house here and a large number of persons were killed or injured. Early last evening the list of dead had reached eighty, the bodies of fifty three children and twenty-one wom en having been found at that hour. One man succumbed to asphyxia tion. The Injuries of most of those taken from the building by firemen were slight. There were about one hundred of these. WILLIAM H. BESHORE William H. Beshore. 48 years old, 20 Brick Church road, Eoola died in the Polyclinic Hospital yesterday. He was a flagman on the Pennsyl vania railroad, of which he had been an employe for twenty years. He is survived by his wife. Mrs. Jen nie Beshore: three daughters, Mrs. A. E. Faust, Mrs. V. J. Keister and Miss Maude Beshore, and three sons, William Beshore, Theodore Beshore and Walter Beshore. The body may be viewed at his late home on Thurs day evening. Funeral services will be held on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Endla Methodist Epis copal Church, conducted by the pas tor, the Rev. Mr. Aller. Burial will be made in the Enola cemetery. Chamion Jess Wfllard's "Own Story" is printed every day in "The Philadelphia Press."
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