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Happenings of a Day in Central Pennsylvania
WEDS GIRL HE WOOED IN TEXAS
BEFORE SERVING IN GREA T WAR
Pretty Romance Has Culmination in Marriage of Lieutenant
Kriechbaum to El Paso Girl; Was Member of Com
pany C While Unit W as in Border Service
Chambersburg, Pa., July 26.—An
nouncement has just been made
here of the marriage in El Paso,
Texas, on July 11. of Miss Edith
Otis Critehett,-, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Critehett, of El Paso, to
J. Ritner Kriechbaum. son of Mrs.
Lucy Kriechbaum. of this place. The
marriage is the culmination of a
Mexican border romance, Mr.
Kriechbaum having become ac
quainted with Miss Critehett while
Company C of the old Eighth Regi
ment, Pennsylvania National Guards,
was stationed near El Paso in 1916.
WILL GREET WAR
HEROES IN FALL
Marietta Citizens Arranging
Welcome For Boys Who
Served With Pershing
Marietta. July 26. The meeting
held in Council Chamber, pursuant
to the call of the committee of Lieu
tenant William H. Child, for a big
victory parade and welcome home to
Marietta's soldiers and sailors, was
largely attended. President* Dr. E.
Linwood Cornman presided.
It was agreed that an executive
Committee of Representative men be
appointed, and they meet on Tuesday
evening next to djscuss plans. \\ hen
the following evening in Council
Chamber, at eivht o'clock, the exe
cutive committee meet the general
committee and "go over the situation
tog' titer." In all probability the time
will be the latter part of September.
A three day's festival wtll bo givt n.
Manv of the returned men will be
home about that time for their fall
vacation or rest, and the wetfther
will not be so warm. A court of
honor will be erected and pillars
erected along the main thoroughfare.
The community house will, in all
probability be ready by tnat time,
and a joint celebration will be he'.d.
Band Gives Concert and
Women Make $86.05
Tlionipsontorvn. Pa., July -d. The
Newport Band gave a concert on the
tquare on Wednesday evening. At th
same time the ladies of the Lutheran
Church held a festival. The receipts
amounted to sSti.os. Mrs. Ross
Cumminss, of Indiana, is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Edward Shippen Thomp
son Master John Haldeman. of
Harrisburg. is visiting his grand
mother. Mrs. J. G. Haldeman. The
Lutheran Sunday School held its an
nual pienie in Haldeman's Grove to
da-. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Halde
tnau spent the weekend with friends
at Winnewood. Philadelphia and
Malvern. Miss Maud Hoopes is
home after* spending several weeks
with friends in Harrisburg and pun*
cannon Mrs. Charles Roberts, of
l'hih.delphla. is visiting h>r sister,
Mrs. 11. Z. Sowers. Rhine Cam
c of Philadelphia, is spending his
vacation wjtn his parents, Mr. and
Mr James Cameron. R. I'. Gay
man and Miss Rose Keiser. motored
to Reading < n M< nday. The fol
lowing teachers have been elected to
teach the borough schools: high
school. Miss Mary Brackbill; gram
mar. Miss Bertha Kearns; primary.
Miss Lola Gutshall. Mrs. Florence
Colyer and two children went to the
Loysville Orphan's Home, on Wednes
day. Miss Martha Hoopes. of New
port, is visiting her sister. Mrs. Mil
nor Hosteller. Mr. and Mrs.
Christian Meisenheltzer, of Scranton
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. William
Smith.
LINGLESTOWN CHURCH FOLK
WANT CEMENT WALK THERE
Will Hold Festival This Evening to Raise Funds to Pay For
Improvement; Personal Mention of People in
Prettv Suburban Town
Linglestown, Pa., July 26.—An
Ice cream and cake festival will be
held in the square this evening un
der the auspices of the United
Brethren and Union Chapel Sunday
schools to raise funds to place a
cement walk from the square to the
churches. Music will be rendered
by the Cassel Orchestra of Harris
burg.—rMrs. H. D. Mohler, of Lan
caster, who had been visiting Miss
Vera Care, returned home. Mrs.
Charles Koons and son, Charles, Jr.,
visited Mrs. Koons' parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. L. Bierbower, at Carlisle.—
Miss Catharine Shuey, of Enola, is
spending a few days with Miss
Anne Schaner.—Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
Balsbaugh, of Harrisburg, spent
Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Car
rie Feeser.—On Sunday morning
there will be services in the Church
of God, conducted by the Rev. James
Wagner. In the evening the Rev.
L. D. Gottschall will give the third
lecture of the series, "Eternity to
Eternity," the topic of the evening
being "The First Dispensation."—
Miss Anne Feeser spent a few days
with Mrs. Addie Patterson at Lan
disburg. the guest of Miss Mary Pat
terson.—Miss Anna Barnhart, of
Harrisburg, was a Sunday visitor at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. Brooke
Care.—Mrs. M. E. Parsels is spend
ing a few days with friends at Rock
ville.—Miss Violette Shope returned
to her home after a visit to relatives
at Elizabethtown.—Mrs. Boiughter
and daughter. Miss Martha Bough
ter, Miss, Quickbaum and It. Sayres,
all of Harrisburg. spent Sunday with
Mrs. Alice Rabuck. —Jack Pealing,
of Harrisburg, is spending his vaca
tion with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Smith.
—The Rev. W. E. Potteiger spent
3unday as the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
David Felty.—Miss Nina Wensel, of
DAY and NIGHT SCHOOL |
Open All Year. Enter Any Time.
Individual Promotion.
BECKLEY'S BUSINESS COLLEGE
13$ MARKET ST.
Bell 126 (Opp. Senate) Dial 4016
SATURDAY EVENING,
The groom was still with the Na- j
tional Guard when America entered !
the war, but was sent to the Platts
burgh officers' training camp and
was con.missioned a first lieutenant
in the quartermaster corps and '
served overseas for several months, j
He was only recently discharged
and paid a visit to his home here.
He and his bride will make their
home in El Paso, where he has se- I
cured a position. He is a brother
of Captain R. R. Kriechbaum. who j
commanded Company C 112 th In
fantry, in France.
IRVING COLLEGE
, GETS MARY BLUE
; Woman Who Won 6500 Prize
For Piano Playing to Be
on Music Faculty
Mechanicsburg, Pa., July 26.—0n
the faculty of Irving College and
Music Conservatory this year will
be Miss Mary Blue, of Dayton, 0..
! who is a musician of note. She
| comes with the highest rccom
| mendations. Miss took a SSOO
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MISS MARY BLUE
prize at the New York Conservatory
j for pidnd work.
She was a teacher at the Institute
of Musical Art. New York city. Frank
I Damrosch, director of that institu
tion. says he considers her one of
the finest pianists and musicians in
the United States. She has also dis
tinguished herself as a composer.
I When the Artists' Diploma was
i awarded to her by a jury composed
l of Harold, Bauer, Gabrilowitz and
j Horatio Parker, these artist ex
-1 pressed their highest commenda
, tion of her ability.
Highspire, is visiting Miss Ellen
Zimmerman and Miss Sallie Zim
merman.—Mr. and Mrs. Adam Smith
attended the funeral of Mr. Smith's
father, H. Smith, at Hershey.—Mrs.
John Grove, of Progress, was a re
cent visitor at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Wilson Georgey—
Miss Janie Care is spending a few
days with Mr. and Mrs. Emory Hass
ler at Palmyra.—Miss Mildred Ra
ber, of Sheesleytown, visited Mr.
and Mrs. John Crum.—Mrs. Henry
Spangler. Mrs. Harvey Spangler and
son, of Harrisburg, spent Wednes
day with Mr. and Mrs. John Hetrick.
—Mr. and Mrs. Harry Smith and
Mrs. Mary E. Feeser made an auto
mobile trip to the fourth mountain
where they went to pick huckleber
ries.—Dr. and Mrs. William Baker,
of Philadelphia, are spending a few
days with Dr. Baker's mother, Mrs.
Rebecca Baker. Mrs. Elizabeth
Reese and grandson, Reese Hodsen,
of Penbrook, were Sunday visitors at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Reese.—Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Leese
and son. Walter, motored to the
home of Mr. Leese's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Leese, at Bell Grove.—Mrs.
C. C. Cumhler, of Cumhler Heights,
spent Wednesday at the home of
Mrs. Annie Smith.—Carl Kinder
man visited his brother, William
Kinderman, at Harrisburg on Sun
day.—Mr. and Mrs. Burton Vaughn,
of Harrisburg, spent Sunday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. William
Good. Mrs. Harry Aehuff and
daughter, Bessie, returned to their
home in Philadelphia, after visiting
with Mr. and Mrs. C. Brooke Care.
—Mr. and Mrs. Amos Lingle, of
Pleasant View, motored to the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Austin Schaner
Wednesday.—Mrs. Charles Sham
baugh, of Harrisburg, visited Mr
and Mrs. P. Mixell on Tuesday.
TO NAME SHIP
THE V. S. CHILDS
l.onlNtonn. Pa., July 26.—Word
ha* boon received by Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Childs, of this place, that a
Destroyer is now being built at
the New York Ship Building Com
pany's Yards, at Camden, N. J„
and will be named the U. S. Childs
in honor of their son, Lieutenant
Earle W. F. Childs, who was re
ported lost on March 2, 1918, while
in command of an American sub
marine. Mrs. Earle Childs. wife
of the Lieutenant has been asked
by Josephus Daniels, Secretary of
the Navy to christen the new
destroyer. Mr. Childs was one of
the bravest soldiers of the world's
war.
FULTON COUNTY
PLANS BIG FETE
Welcome Home Celebration
Will Be Held on lnirs
dav, August 8
MeCiinncllsbnrg. Julq 26. The
main topic of interest and discussion
in McConnellsburg and of Fulton
county is the "Welcome Home Cele
bration" to the heroes of the World
War from Fulton county, Thursday,
i August 7. The general committee,
with the Rev. William J. Lowe as
! chairman, is busily engaged on dif
ferent parts of the program for the
1 day.
The parade committee, with Wal
ter Sloan as chairman, has secured a
1 number oi prizes which it is offering
to those who will take part in the
parade. Three cash prizes will be
, awarded to the winning floats in the
i Red Cross division. Each of the 11
j township auxiliaries and branches
j will be represented by a float in
• this division. Three.casii prizes will
be awarded the winners of floats in
the general float division. First and
second prizes will be awarded to the
finest decorated automobiles. The
: main feature of the parade will be
t.,e military division in which the
soldiers of Fulton will march.
I he veterans of '6l will have an
: auto division and act as an escort
I of honor to the boys of 'l7 and 'lB.
I The program committee, of which
j George A. Canierer is the chairman,
1 has arranged for their part of the
j day by engaging a number of noted
J speakers for the occasion, among
. whom will be Charles Snyder, Audl
i tor General of the State, and Cap
! tain Parker Skinner.
[ The United States War Depart
i ment has issued an order to the Air
| Service Department to assign a fly
j ing machine to be present for the
| day.
Col. J. B. Kemper, of Harrisburg,
is forwarding a war supply exhibit
which will bo on exhibition, to
j gether with a collection of war rel
ics to be exhibited by the Fulton
| county soldiers.
A large list of amusements is
! scheduled for the day, including a
wild animal show, a midway and
; two baseball sanies.
Three bands of music will add
their part to the parade and the pro
gram -of thq. day.
I In the evening a Victory Pageant
and a victory sing are a part of the
program.
The ladies of the Red Cross will
furnish dinner and supper to the
soldiers, their wives and their moth-
A county-wide campaign for rais
ing funds to erect a permanent me
morial to the soldiers of iVilton
county wiil be launched on the day
of celebration and D. H. Patterson
is outlining this campaign with the
assistance of local and township
committees. p
Nation's Oldest Banker
at B. F. Hiestand Funeral
Marietta, July 26.—Funeral serv
ces was held yesterday afternoon
over the remains of the late B. F.
Hiestand and wore conducted at the
late home in Centre Square bv the
Rev. V,. E. Steckel, of Doyles'town.
pa ® tor ° f Presbyterian
church. He was assisted by the
if V ' -* rthur Richards, pastor of the
church. Among those who attended
was Barr Spangler, Marietta's old-
H'le/ ef "a enCe ' and a cloSie frie nd of
deceased many years, who now holds
the honor of the oldest bank presi
dent in the Lnited States.
More Mission Children
to Visit Adams County
Gettysburg, Pa„ July 26.— With
the return of 98 children of the In
ner Mission of Brooklyn, to their
homes next Tuesday a request has
gone in from the northern section of
the county, comprising the Luther
an churches of Biglerville, Benders
| ville, and Arendtsvllie for a conting
\ ent of children to be sent to their
: communities. Accordingly, aa many
(as homes are found for will be
| brought from New York on August
Cumberland Teachers
to Discuss Salary Bill
Mcchanlosburg, Pa., July 26
j The greater effort public school
\ teachers must exert because of the
| effect the Woodruff hill, recently
I signed by Governor Sproul will have
'on their salaries, will form part of
j the program for discussion at the
third annual conference of the coun
jty teachers which will be held at
the Vumberland Valley State Normal
School at Sntppensburg on Tuesday
and Wednesday, August 5 and 6.
General Shannon Is Guest
at Columbia Indoor Picnic
Columbia, Pa., July 26. Eleven
.'men paid S7O for supper at the in
door picnic held by the ladies of
] the Columbia Hospital Auxiliary in
1 the State Armory. General E. C.
I Shannon was among the guests. A
large sum was raised for the hos-
I pital fund.
1 fOther Central Pa. News Pace 0.1
HARRISBT7RG TELEGRAPH
BIG EVENTS FOR
LABOR DAY AT
CHAMBERSBURG
Franklin County Will Wel
come Home Soldiers
and Sailors
Cham lie rslitirg. Pa.. July 26. An
outline of the events for the Frank
lin county soldiers' and sailors' wel
come home celebration, which will
be held here on Labor Day, Septem
ber 1, has been agreed upon by the
executive committee for the celebra
tion. Following the adoption of this
program the finance committee for
the event has begun the task of se
cuiing contributions and is meeting 1
with success.
The events of' the day wiil begin
with a community dance in Memorial
Square here from 9 to 10 o'clock.
Two bands will furnish music for the
dancing. The next hour will be oc
cupied with a parade in which local
labor unions and all ex-service men
and women of the county in uniform
will participate. An endeavor will
be made to secure an airplane circus
to give a demonstration from 11 to
12 o'clock and at noon the scene of
the demonstration will shift to Red
Bridge Park, near here, where a din
ner will be served free to all soldiers,
sailors, marines and nurses in uni
form. During the afternoon there
will be dancing, several acts of
vaudeville and an athletic meet in
v.-hich returned soldiers will be the
participants.
In the early evening a baseball
game will be staged and a display
of fireworks will be- presented after
the advent of darkness. Captains
Roy B. Kriechbaum and Parker R.
Skinner and First Lieutenant W.
Owen Zaeharias have volunteered to
serve as a committee to get all ex
soldiers out in uniform and it is ex
pected that the turnout of service
trn n will be large.
While Clerk Is Busy at
Telephone Thief Operates
Lcwistown, Pa.. Juty 26. Lee
Booney, a young farmer of near
Troxelville, went into Snook's drug
store in Mlddleburg, and while the
clerk was busy at the telephone,
Booney left the store, taking with
hi in two cameras. Although part
ially disguised; the clerk knew him.
A search of the man's home brought
to light the missing articles. Boon
ey's. grandfather put up SSOO bail
for him. Tt then turned out that
Booney had in his possession an
automobile stolen from Harry P.
Bolig of Selinsgrove. Grandfather
refused to put up more bail and
Booney went to jail.
Washington House Has
Been Placed on Market
Gettysburg, Pa.. July 20.—Wheth
erer or not the hotels are allowed
to reopen for the sale of booze be
fore January 16, next, owners
throughout Adams county are mak
ing plans as to the future of their
properties and some of the proper
ties are being put upon the market.
Dne has already changed hands, the
Eagle Hotel in New Oxford, which
has been convoked into a restau
rant. One of the Gettysburg prop
erties. the Washington House, of
which Charles P.. Tate has been the
proprietor, is to be offered at public
sale.
ARMY NURSE BACK FROM
SERVICE IN WAR FIELD
Mechanicsburg Firemen Will Hold Festival on Lawn This
Evening; Harrisburg Ministers Visit Cumberland County
Town During Week; Other Personal Mention of People
Mechanicsburg, Pa., July 26.
Miss Sara Thompson, niece of Mr.
and Mrs. John J. Milleisen, has re
turned from France, and is the
guest of her relatives at their home
in West Main street. Miss Thomp
son, who was attached to an evacua
tion hospital, in France and was In
Coblenz, Germany, as a reserve
army nurse, was overseas about
twenty months. She is well known
here. —District Deputy W. L. Guss
raan, of Carlisle, was in Mechanics
burg on Thursday evening and in
stalled the officers of Melita Lodge,
No. 83, Knights of Pythias.—Mem
bers and friends of St. Mark's Lu
theran St. Paul's Reformed Sunday
School held a picnic on Thursday at
Boiling Springs Park which was
largely attended.—More guarantors
than ever have signed up for next
year's Chautauqua in this -place.—
This evening a festival will be held
by the Citizen Fire Company on the
lawn at the rear of the engine
house in South York street. Ice
cream, sandwiches and home baked
cakes will be on sale.—The Women's
Christian Temperance Union held a
meeting on Thursday afternoon, at
the home of Mrs. W. A. Cornman.
—Mrs. S. J. Zimmerman, of West
Marble street and sister, Mrs. B. F.
Garver, of New Cumberland, spent
the week at the Conowago Hotel,
Mt. Gretna.—Mrs. A. J. Beitzel, of
NEW BLOOMFIELD'S PEOPLE
AND GUESTS DURING WEEK
New Illoomftelil, Pa., July 26.
Mr. and Mrs. William L. McClure and
cousin, Mrs. David 13sh, Spruce Hill,
are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hobert A.
McClure.—Mrs. George C. Schneider
and son, Charles, have returned .from
a visit to friends In New York.—John
W. Johnston, son of Dr. and Mrs. A.
R. Johnston, just discharged from the
United States service in France, re
turned home Tuesday evening, lie had
served in the Medical Corps.—John It.
Bucher, who recently returned from
France, where he was with the Avia
tion Corps, spent the week-end in town.
—Frank Lamero, of New York, a for
mer student at the Carson Dong Insti
tute and lately returned from France,
Is spending the week here.—Miss Caro
line Hahn. of Harrlsburg.. spent sev
eral days with Mrs. James M. Barnett.
—Mrs. Marion Spangles, and son, Wil
liam, of Annville, are guests of Mrs.
Harry Shellohamer. —Miss Mary Shear
er is visiting friends in Brooklyn. N. Y.
—Mrs. Helen Blessing and two sons
CRESSLERSTAKE
THEIR TROUBLES
TO MAGISTRATE
Mother of Seventeen. Some by
First Husband, Charges
Non-support
XVnynmtioro. Pa., July 26.—When ,
Magistrate Potter held Sheridan I
Cressler in S2OO bail for court on the j
charge of not supporting his wife |
and children, the case followed a re- j
cent one in which Cressier's wife
charged him with assault and battery. .
In default of bail he languished two ;
weeks in the county jail. The m-igls- i
trate remarked he had learned tnat j
while in jail Cressler was furnishing I
other prisoners with food, and could |
see no reason why he should not sup
port his wife and family. Prior to
this Cressler, unable to convince the
magistrate by argument, threatened
to "punch" him.
Cressler is liis wife's second hus
band, she having divorced her first.
She is the mother of seventeen chil
dren. The first husband still makes
his home In the family. There are
some married children and children
by the first husband under the same
parental roof, and Cressler claims
that they have him "overloaded." He
draws the lines at grand-children by
a \ former husband. Some of these
ace now being placed in homes'.
The situation Is tense a* the Cres
sler home and worse things may hap
pen. Mrs. Cressler is operating a
pony stable for children at Pen mar
park and has bought a valuable cot
tage site at the park entrance. The
family resides on the famous Qutncy
road just north of the borough limits.
Adams County Soldiers
Start Legion of Honor Post
Gettysburg, Pa., July 26.—Forty
soldiers of Adams county met here '
and formed a post of the American
Legion of Honor. A temporary or
ganization was effected with the
election of John W. Hartman. of
Gettysburg, president; Percy Eichel
berger, of Gardners Station, vice 1
president; Earl W. Stallsmith,
Gettysburg, secretary, and Harry J. j
Troxell, Jr., Gettysburg, treasurer.
These officers will serve until the
fourteenth of August, when an- '
other meeting will be held and a
permanent organization effected.
Illness Moves Candidate
to Withdraw From Race
Chnmborsburg, Pa.. July 26.—Be
cause of a serious nervous break
down, John F, Kirby, teller in the
Valley National Bank here, has been
compelled to withdraw his name
from the list of candidates for the
office of register and recorder for
which he had just recently an
nounced. On the advice of his
physician he has gone to the home
of his sister, Mrs. David Metz, near
Dover, Del.
Past or and Wife on
Trip to Mansfield, 0.
Rainbridgc, July 26.—The Rev. I.
P. Zimmerman and family, of this
place, left for an extended, visit at
Mansfield, Ohio. There will be no
preaching services in the Bainbridgc
Lutheran church until his return, j
the second Sunday in August.
Harrisburg, was a visitor here
Mrs. Dew is Buckingham of York
spent the weekend with her parents'
Mr - and Mrs. J. E|| ls Be ll.
—The Rev. William Moses, of Har
w'll'A formerly pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal Church hre
xn S ! ,ere on Monday.—
Miss Martha Williams, of Carlisle
spent several days with friends In
this Place—The Rev. Dr. and Mrs.
S. C. Swallow, of Harrisburg, have
been attending the Chautauqua here
nn In* "°wing to the
qua in session on Wednesday eve
ning. there were no prayer services
in a number of churches. Miss
Grace Doner, of Carlisle, was the
guest of friends here on Tuesday
Lieutenant Rippey Shearer, of Car
lisle, was a Mechanicsburg visitor
on Monday—Mrs. S. M Goodyear,
of Carlisle, was In Mechanicsburg
on Wednesday.—Walter L. Hauck
and brother. George W. Hauck, of
Harrisburg left on Wednesday, for
a trip to the Pacific coast, where
they will visit their sister Mrs
Harry Snyder in Oregon. Later
they will meet their mother, Mrs.
Alice S. Hauck,. who has spent a
year in Los Angeles, Cal„ and re
turn home. —Miss Hazel Fink, of
Philadelphia, has returned to her
duties as clerk in the naval aircraft
factory, after visiting her parents
here.
?rr tdsiting *in Hummeistown.—Mrs
I Minnie Briner, of Lancaster, Is the guest
of Mrs Allie F. Seibert.—Mrs. Charles
L.. Darlington and daughter, Madeline,
and Mrs. Laura Alexander, of this place,
j are visiting in Carlisle.—Mr. and Mrs.
J harles O. Long and daughter, JCllza
i beth, of J'hihulelphiu. npent the week
end hero with Mrs. Longs father, Hon.
James \\. Shull.—Professor F. Xeflf
Stroup. of Palmyra, with Mrs. Stroup
and children, are guests of Mr. and
Mrs. W. F. H. Garber. During the
week they visited Mr and Mrs Kreld
er 13. Kurtz in Mlfflinburg.—Mrs. J.
W. Newlip, of Lewistown, and grand
son, Herbert, of Chester, are guests of
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Sheaffer. near
town.—Mrs. Henry Relgle and her
guest, Mrs. Donna Rich, of Cleveland,
visited Mrs. JClizabeth Brothers, in
I Philadelphia last week.—Rev. Roy 8.
Cuddy, of this place, is visiting his I
parents in York, Pa.—Miss Klizabeth J
Peale, of Lancaster, visited her aunt. |
Mrs. H. K. Sholbley, last week in this
place, ' ,
SITS ON HOLE TO STOP WATER
COMPANY FROM PLACING METER
SOLDIER SEEKS
PLACE ON TICKET
Chnmbersburg, Pa,, July 26.
The first Franklin county soldier
to announce himself as a candidate
for nomination at the September
primaries is Benton Edward Fuu
bel, of Kauffmans. A number of
the young soldier's friends have
formed a campaign committee for
him as he is unable to make a can
vass of the voters because of his
confinement to the United States
Afmy General Hospital No. .1, at
Railway, X. J. He is a Republican.
CHURCH PEOPLE
MEET IN GROVE
Annual Reunion of Fisherville
Lutheran Charge Being
Held Near Town Today
Halifax. Pa., July 26.—The annunl
reunion of. the Fisherville Lutheran
charge is being held to-day in W.
H. Miller's Grove, near Fisherville.
Hundreds of people are attending
the Millersburg Band is furnishing
the music.——Herman Corsnitz and
Miss Alda Arnold, both of town,
were united In marriage last Sat
day evening at the Reformed par
sonage by the pastor, the Rev. J.
C. Pease.—lra B. Zimmerman has
been named as chief marshal of the
big parade on Saturday, August 2,
in connection with the Old Home
celebration. The Halifax Grunge
will hold Its annual picnic in Miller's
Grove, near Fisherville, on- Satur
day, August 9. A good program is
being arranged.—Charity Lodge No.
82, I. O. O. F., wil send its degree
team to New. Buffalo this evening
to confer the first degree on a class
of candidates.—Theodore A. Biever
has purchased C. M. Bowerman
farm near Fisherville.—C. C. Baker
is spending the week camping with
a party near- Selinsgrove.—A birth
day party was held at the homo of
William Barry and wife near town
in honor of Mr. Barry. There were
games nnd music and refreshments
wore.served to all. The party was
attended by the following: Ralph
Haltzman, Mrs. William Brief and
two children, Mildred and Ruth;
George Woodside and Raymond Mat
tor, of Lyk,ens; Mabel Stoneroad,
Annie Meckley, Beulah Fauber, Mrs.
Mary Matter, Raymond Sellers, Guy
Noblet, Fred Bit.er and Albert Kll
linger.
Dillsburg Doctor Back
From Service in France
Dillsburg. Pa., July 26.—Dr. W.
L. Crawford, who served in the
army, has been honorably discharged
from the service und has returned
to his home* here.
Without exception all of the local
industrial plants are enjoying a
period of unusual activity. Sev
eral of the plants are holding large
orders which will require some time
to fill. Laborers are being* sought
by the highway contractors who are
operating near hire.
Charles H. Lehman hus purchased
I the large building lot on the west
1 side of Second street, facing Get
tysburg street, from S. S. Sheeler,
lof Duncannon. This is one of the
rfew vacant centrally located lots.
• George B. Bowers, who recently
1 purchased the Strayer mill and cider
press, closed the plant on Saturday,
I owing to impaired health.
Dover Circuit Will
Elect Delegates August 2
Wellsville, Pa., July 28.—The last
I quarterly conference of the Dover
j United Brethren circuit, comprising
| May-town, Bethany, Itohler's and
| Otterbein churches, will be held at
| Dover, on Saturday August 2, at 2
|p. m. The Rev. Dr. A. D. Statton,
jof Hagerstown, will preside. Dele
i gates to the Pennsylvania confer
| ence to be held at Hanover in Oc-
I tober will be elected.
Mt Wolf WllHave Two
j Aspirants For County Office
Mount Wolf, Pa., July 26.—Mount
Wolf will be represented with two
candidates, one on the Republican
and the other on the Democratic
ticket, at the coming primary in
September. B. P. Crumbling is the
Republican candidate for county
commissioner, while J. F. Buser is
seeking the Democratic nomination
for prothonotary.
Marietta Masons Will
Visit Elizabethtown Home
Marietta, July 26. lnvitations
have been issued to the members of
1 Ashara Lodge, No. 398, Free and Ac
cepted Masons, to meet in their lodge
room on Saturday afternoon at 1
o'clock, to attend services at *the
Masonic Home, Kllzabethtown. Trans
j portatlon will be furnished. Aston'a
orchestra, of Columbia, will furnish the
music during the afternoon.
HONOR THKIR PASTOR '
Chambers burg, Pa., July 26. —About
one hundred Rnd Hftv members of
i the King Street United Brethren
: Church here gathered at the home
; of thir pastor, the Rev. B. F. Blu
batigh, while he and his wife were
' absent, and surprised them on their
1 return, the occasion being the cele-
I hration of the birthday of the Rev.
! Mr. Bluhaugh. which occurred last
i Sunday, and that of Mrs. Blubaugh,
i which takes place to-morrow.
BOY 111 RGIiAR CONFINED
Cksmbfraliurs, Pa., July 26.—An
[ other of Chambersburg's boy burg
lars. Ralph Stoner, aged 12 years,
was taken to the Glen Mills reform
school by, Chief of Police H. S. Byers,
who returned last evening from that
institution.
WOW VN RRKAKM I.KG
l.ewlstnwn. Pa., July 26. While
picking huckleberries near Dentiolm, ,
yesterday, Mrs. Shawver. slipped and j
fell down the mountainside, breaktng j
her right leg and bruising herself)
about the body.
JULY 26, 1919.
Lewistown Properly Owners Object to Water Company i
Workmen Installing Measuring Gauges Where Washing
Machines Are Used; Injunction Applied For
I-evvistnirn, Pa., July 26.—The in
stalling of water meters In this place
is meeting with stubborn resistance.
At the property of John C. Taylor,
in South Main street, Chauncey Tay
lor, sat in a hole ill the street yester
day. refusing to allow the men work
ing for the I.ewistown & Reedsvillo
Water Company to install a meter In
the Taylor home, he sat in a hole in
the brick paved street and would not
move. Burgess Sills, had granted the
Water Company a permit to dig up
the street. Manager Cooper, of the
Water Company arrived on the scene,
but refused to take any action which
might cause violence. He stated he
ELKS WHO QUIETLY ROCK
STIR BATTLEFIELD TOWN
Explosion of Can of Tomatoes Cuupled With Shadows in
Bank Lead to Call For Police to Stop Robbery; Crowd
Surrounds Building to Prevent Escape
Gettysburg. July 26.—Great ex
citement was caused about midnight
Saturday when the red light, the
call for police service, flushed in
Center Square and the report spread
about town that safecrackers were
operating in the Gettysburg Na
tional Bank. The alarm was given
by Ken S. Lynch, proprietor of the
Lincoln Way Hotel, next door to the
bank building. He said he heard the
muffled report of the charge set off
at the safe. Policemen and about
half a hundred citizens gathered at
the scene and the heads of two men
could be seen at the high windows
at the bank. The crowd was distrib
uted about the building to prevent
escape and then some of the police
men, with the cashier of the insti
tution, entered the front door und
made a careful survey. The coast
being clear in the front part of the
bank the lights wore flashed on. A
careful search of the place was
made to discover that no one was
apparently in the building. Every
thing seemed jU3t as the bankers
had left it at the close of the day's
business. The door of the vault had
not been tampered with in any way.
It was then discovered that the two
men who had been seen at the win
dow were the shadows of two men
quietly rocking back and forth in
their rocking chairs in the Elks'
Home across the street, the light
back of them throwing their shad
ows directly in the bank window.
The noise of the bursting open of a
can of spoiled tomatoes in the cellar
of the hotel is said to be the ex
planation of the explosion heard by
Mr. Lynch.—Emory Wentz, of Union
township, is suffering from blood
poisoning which developed from a
broken hip sustained in a full sev
eral weeks ago.—The Home Mis
sionary Society and the Foreign Mis
sionary Society of the Presbyterian
Church have been merged into one
organization and Miss Margaret Barr
elected president of the new society.
—Among the appointments of post
masters sent to the Senate for con
firmation by President Wilson since
his return from France is the name
of Elmer D. Buckey, of Littlestown.
—Gettysburg has secured a new in
dustry, a branch of the Penn Tile
Jubilee Sing Will Be
Held at Reservoir Park
A community sing will be held
Tuesday evening. July 29, at Reser
voir Park with the purpose of fea
turing the American folk songs. The
jubilee sing which attracted so fa
vorable and wide attention held on
the island recently by the colored
people, has awakened in the minds
of many a desire to become familiar
with and to popularize those immor
tal songs, which have come from the
heart of the Southland and which
will live forever as true folk songs
of American people.
In reaponse to a popular demand,
during the summer, there will be
fortnightly sings. On Tuesday night
at Reservoir Park given by the peo
ple of the city in co-operation with
War Camp Community Service, the
first program will consist of general
community singing, and special
groups presenting some of the songs
given at the Jubilee sing on the
island nnd teaching everybody to
sing the most famous of those im
mortal American folk songs.
Direction of these songs will be
under the leadership of the organizer
of singing of community service.
Marine Strike Settled
and Ships Are Moving
By Associated Press.
New York, July 26.—End of the
strike of 40,000 marine workers
which has tied up shipping in At
lantic and Gulf ports for the last
three weeks, was announced here
to-day by Gustav H. Brown, general
secretary of the International Sea
men's Union, who added that ships
would be moving by this afternoon.
The men, Secretary Brown stated,
were "satisfied" with the terms of
which include an increase of sls a
month per man for all except the
coal passers who receive a $lO In
crease. Latest reports from local
unions from all over the country,
he said, showed unanimity In favor
of waiving the demands for an 8-
liour day at sea and "a closed shop,"
In order to end the strike.
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We'll Build Your Home
At !
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was proceeding according to law In
installing meters were there are
water motor washing machines.
At the J. L. Shreftler, residence in
South Wayne street, the Company
met with resistance, after the hole
in the street had been dug by lab
orers. the Company shut off Shreftler's
water supply. Bhreffler made in
formation against Cooper and a lab
orer. Taylor late in the day started
injunction proceedings against the
Water Company. G. W. Temple, a
member of City Council declared
Water Company officials had not re
ceived a permit from Street Commis
sioner Aurand, to dig up the street
at the Taylor and Shreltler homes.
Works at Aspers, as a result of the
labor shortage in the fruit b.elt oc
casioned by the large number of
cunning factories now operating
there. The Aspers concern makes
a tile for flooring and has orders so
far ahead that it was impossible to
turn them out as rapidly as de
sired. A Gettysburg branch has ac
cordingly been opened where the tile
are shipped and made into the vari
ous patterns desired. A number of
young women arc employed at the
works.—Albert Noel, Mount Rock,
while operating his threshing ma
chine on the farm of the Sisters, of
St. Joseph, near McSherrystown,* had
his left arm mangled in the gears
of the machine.—Powers Pittenturf,
whose home is at this place, but who
is employed at the Government plant
at New Cumberland, had one of his
lingers cut off while at work and is
at his home here. —The Marsh Creek
Hunting Club," to which a number of
the deer hunters of his town belong,
intends to improve its property in the
South Mountain before the opening
of the season this fall. A wing will
be added that will serve as a dining
room and also as sort of a living
room. Another small building will
also be built to accommodate an
electric plant.—Because of insuffi
cient funds the swimming pool to
have been built at the Kurtz play
ground this summer will not be
built until next year. After a care
ful estimate the association found
their finances were not sufficient to
complete the job and it was decided
to wait until next spring.—The Rev.
Paul Reid Pontius, president of the
committee haying in charge the ar
rangements for the welcome home
demonstration on Labor Day, has
announced the appointment of the
various subcommittees to arrange
the details.—Police officials of York
and Adams counties are bending
their energies toward the breaking
up of the series of automobile
thefts committed in this section
lately.' Several missing cars have
been reported within the past week
or two. Chief of Police Crabbs, of
Hanover, has taken into custody
Clarence Cook, who gives Peters
burg, Va., as his home, and has
lodged him' in the Adams county
Jail.
CHICAGO CATTI.E MARKET
1 Chicago, July 26.—•Hogs—Receipts,
6,000; steady at yesterday's close, but
mostly 10 to 15 cents lower than yes
terday's average; top, J23.25. Built.
$21.25(1123.15: heavy weight, $21.80®
23.30- medium weight, $21.75@23.35;
light weight, J21.65@25.25; light light,
s2l @ 22.75; heaivy packing sows,
smooth, J21.35@21.75; packing sows,
rough,, s2o® 21; pigs, $20@21.50.
Cattle—Receipts, 1,000; compared
with a week ago, choice and prime
beef steers and she stock, strong to
25 cents higher; medium and good
corn fed, 25c to 50c lower; all grass
cattle, including stockers and feeders,
50c to $1 lower; canners, 25c to 50c
lower;-veal calves. 75c to J1.50 lower.
Sheep—Receipts, 7,000; compared
with a week ago; native lambs mostly
75c to J1.25 lower; western 50c to $1
higher: yearlings 25c to 50c higher;
breeding ewes, 50e to J1 higher.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Chrlen P. Hartsock and Marie A.
Ilartle. Hagerstown, Md.
William G. Cunningham, Harris
burg, and Kathryn R. Kline, Duncan
non.
Russell D. Clark and Mary E. Kel
ler, Harrisburg.
Clayton- R. Albright, Enola, and
Margaret Vanatta, Steelton.
Edward A. Webner. Hershey, and
Edith Plouse, Hummelstown.
Howard S. Bomgardner and Carrie
Brunner, Hershey.
Albert Herschler and Mary O. Boyd,
Harrisburg.
CHICAGO BOARD OK TRADE
Chleago, July 26.—Board of Trado
closing-
Corn—Sept. 195%; Dec. 166%.
Oats—Sept. 80%; Dec. 82%.
Pork—July 55; Sept. 51.50T
Rard —Sept. 84.60; Oct. 34.50.
Ribs—July 28.95; Sept. 28.50. ,T _
91,000 FOR NEW SONG
By Associated Press.
New Haven. Conn., July 26. To
obtain a. new air for the Yale song
"Bright College Years." now sung
to "The Watch on the Rhine," the
class of 1899 has offered SI,OOO as a
prize. Selections of a tune is to resf
with the alumni advisory board.
PROF. STAHI.BERG HEADS FINNS
Helalngfors, Friday, July 25.
The Finnish Diet to-day elected Pro
fessor K. J. Stetyberg president of
the Republic. • •