2 CENTRAL PA. NEWS Church Wipes Out $13,000 Debt in Year Gettysburg, Aug. 29.—Trinity Re formed church, which started the present year with a debt of about $13,000, reports itself now free of all obligations. About SBOO remain ed last week, but a harvest home of fering went SIOO in excess of this amount. This final contribution in addition to sums raised by the vari ous organizations within the church met the complete debt. The Rev. Paul R. Pontinus is the pastor of the church. Nurse Struck by Train While Walking on Track Philadelphia, Aug. 29.—Miss Lil lian McCahan, of Huntingdon, Pa., was struck by a train at Fort Wash ington, Pa., yesterday while walking on the track. She had gone to the j postoilice and was reading a letter while on the track when the train struck her. Miss McCahan, a trained nurse, was caring for a member of the family of Alexander Van Rensselaer at Camp Hill, near Fort Washington. Court Allows Couple to Adopt Motherless Child Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 29. Judge Sadler yesterday granted the petition of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Reed, of West Fairview, for the adoption of Curtis Doane, young child of George S. Doane, of Perry county. The mother of the little fellow died last fall from influenza. BAINBRIDGE Balnbrlilge, Aug. 29.—Mrs. Herbert Smith and daughter, Ruth, and Mrs. Oliver Damey and daughter, Thelma, spent Sunday at Royalton. Miss Ella Boreman, of Philadel phia, is spending several days with her sister, Mrs. Ed. Markley. Misses Ruth Ebersole and Grace Smith spent Saturday at Elizabeth town. Mr. and Mrs. I. Kuntzelman and grandsons, William and Larry Grove, Mr. and Mrs. N. It. Hoffman, Eleanor Gingrich, B. F. Hoffman and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cover attended the Lan caster Auto Club picnic at Hershey. Augustus Brubaker, of Middletown, spent Sunday with his wife here. Mrs. Lizzie Snyder, of Elizabefn town, called on Mrs. D. D. Ruth. Mrs. Tillie Greer and daughter. Dora, of Columbia, was the guest of Mrs. Wilson Snyder and family over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Becker, Sr., and Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Becker, Jr., and children, John and Claude, called on Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Houseal end family. Miss Mary Hawthorne returned home, after spending some time in Steelton. The Rev. George Landis and bride made their wedding trip to this place. Mr. and Mrs. John O'Connor an nounce the birth of a son on August 22. Private Robert Engle returned home from camp. Mrs. Wesley Haun and daifghter, Mrs. Homer Doutry, of Hanover, vis ited Mr. and Mrs. Joe O'Connor and Mrs. Wesley Houseal. Mrs. Joe O'Connor and sons, Rich ard, Glen and George and Laura spent the weekend at Rowemia. Miss Anna Gordon, of Harrisburg, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Libhart. Mrs. J. W. Smith, of Middletown, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Smith Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Stump and family called on Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Stump and family on Sunday. Mrs. Lee Donley and sons James and George, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Groff .and family on Wednesday. MILLERSTOWN Milierstown, Pa., Aug. 29. Thomas Baldwin, of Washington, vis ited at the homo of H. W. Rinehart, over the weekend. Miss Jessie Kipp has gone to Al toona, where she will resume teach ing. Mr. and Mrs. Addison Wa'd ard daughter, Maude, of Brookville, Ohio, were guests here of Mr. and Mrs. John Ward. Miss Maude Miller, of Union Fur nace, is visiting Mrs. V. B. Tabb. Mrs. Robert Cochran, of Reedsville, spent Monday at the home of D. M. Rickabaugh. Miss Anna Kepner has returned to her home in Allentown. A. H. Ulsh, son James, and daugh ters, Mrs. R. S. Caldwell, Mrs. J. E. Rounsley and Miss Mary Ulsh, at tended the Ulsh reunion at Lewistown on Wednesday Kenneth Rounsley. of Penbrook, is visiting his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Rounsley. YORK WOMAN MISSING York, Pa., Aug. 29.—Mrs. George W. Fry, 59 years old, wife of the secretary of the Spring Garden Mu tual Five Insurance Company, and mother at Arthur G. Fry, candidate for the Democratic nomination for county treasurer, has been missing from her home since Tuesday. All efforts to loeati, her have failed. Being in a melancholy state of mind, it is believed she boarded a train and went to some distant city. ELECTED SCHOOL HEAD York, Pa., Aug. 29.—Prof. C. B. Heinly, this city, on Wednesday night was elected principal of the York High School, to succeed Prof. A. A. Holden, resigned. There werq two other applicants for the position. I That Boy Of Yours 1 will grow in mind and muscle if you feed him right. I Grape Nuts I. for Breakfast.' I "There's a Reason" FRIDAY EVENCMG, Farms Sold at Public Sale in Perry County New llluomflcld. Pa., Aug. 29. The properties of the late Abraham Bower, of Spring township, have been j sold at public sale. The Mansion farm was sold to A. V. Caldwell, for SB,IOO, likewise the Evinger farm to the same purchaser for $4,125. The Warm Spring tract was sold to Harry : B. Rhlnesmith, this place, for $2,475. Last week John S. Zimmerman sold his large farm in Spring township, near Gibson Mills, to William Hail, of Milierstown, for $1,575. Thieves Use Truck to teal 450 Dozen Eggs Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 29. —Pour hun dred and fifty dozen eggs packe din crates, wehe stolen from a building ,on the premises of Harvey Working, a huckster, lat eon Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning. The thieves used an automobile truck to haul away their booty. SHIREMANSTOWN Mrs. Isaac McKonley is spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lame,, Kent Walker and Family and Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Walker and family at Granite. Mr. and Mrs. John Bitner, sons John, Jr., and Quentin Bitner, of Harrisburg, visited the former's pa rents here yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Zerbe, son Keith and daughter Marian Arlene Zerbe, Mr. and Mrs. William Cor man, motored to Doubling Gap on Sunday. Mrs. Blaine A. Bower, daughter Ruth and son, Rhea Bower, are home after spending some time at Chicago and in Kansas. Miss Thclma Brehm and Miss Jean Dodge, of Camp Hill, spent a day recently at the home of the letter's aunt, Mrs. H. M. Rupp, at this place. Mrs. David W. Harman, Sr., and daughter. Miss Martha Harman, are home from a week-end visit with friends in York county- Mrs. H. A. Sheaffer and mother, Mrs. Miller, have motored from this place to Meehanicsburg. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Miller have re turned to their home at Middletown, after spending the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob B. Frey. Mr. and Mrs. T. J Fisher, of Bal timore, are being entertained at the home of Mr and Mrs. C. A. Gribble, at Shlremanstown. UNION DEPOSIT Union Deposit, Fa., Aug. 29. The fourth quarterly communion service will be held in the United Brethren Church on Sunday morning at 10.30 o'clock by the pastor, the Rev. J. R. McDonald. Mr. aitd Mrs. John Hunter visited at Grantham. Mrs. Fidelia Groff, of Piketown; Miss Violet Groff, of Penbrook, and Jonas Ebersole were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Ebersole last Sun day. Mrs. Lucetta Snavely spent several days at Grantville with her son, Amos Snavely, and family. Harry Nye, of Paxtang; Mrs. Landis, of Harrisburg, and Miss Mary Wal mer made an automobile trip to At lantic City. Mr. and Mrs. John Batdorf, of Pal myra, visited Mr. and Mrs. C. Groff. Mr. and Mrs. James W. Brunner, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Jones and daughter. Pauline, spent several days at Nazereth, visiting Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Nye. NEW CUMBERLAND \ Marlin Sipe, of New Cumberland, I is visiting his grandparents, Mr. and ' Mrs. Davis, at Harrisburg. Mrs. Joseph Hutchinson and son, Joseph, of New Cumberland, returned from a visit to relatives in Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Billman, of South Dakota, visited Mr. and Mrs. Heuntsecker, at New Cumberland, this week. PASTOR HAS RETURNED New Cumberland, Aug. 29. The Rev. C. H. Heights, pastor of the Church of God, has returned from his vacation and will occupy his pul pit on Sunday. GLEE CLID SINGS New Cumberland, Aug. 29. The Emerson Glee Club gave an open-air concert on Wednesday evening under the leadership of H. W. Buttorff. COMES FROM OVERSEAS New Ciimberliind, Aug. 29. Baker Foster, who has been over seas the past year, where he was in active service, returned from Camp Dix Wednesday evening, where he J lis wife, who was Miss Helen Weaver, of Fifth street, is on a visit to friends in Lancaster, where her | husband Joined her. FIREMEN WILL PARADE York, Pa., Aug. 29.—Eighteen fire companies and more than half us many bands will take part on Labor Day in the street demonstration to attend the annual convention of the York County Firemen's convention to be held In this city. The parade will form and march in two divi sions at promptly at 2.30 p. m. o'clock. The city will ge gaily dec orated for the occasion. PLAYGROUND 18 CLOSED Gettysburg, Pa., Aug. 29. The formal closing of the Kurtz Memorial playground occurred yesterday, the children engaging in folks drills, special games and songs to the de light of a large number of the pa rents. Mrs. Helen Helfrleh, of Balti more, was the director of play during the summer. SENT TO PENITENTIARY York, Pa., Aug. 29. —Sentences of imprisonment In the Eastern Peni tentiary were given Walter R. Fcr ree and Charles Lichtenberger, two youths of this city, yesterday aft ernoon by Judge Ross, for complic ity In a holdup on Penn Commons on the night of July 5. when Joseph Honold, an aged resident, was badHV beaten up and robbed. GIVEN NEW STATIONS ClinmhrrNhurg, Pa., Aug. 29. - Announcement has been made of the transfer of Sister Gabriel and Mother Mary from the parochial school of the Corpus Christl Catholic Church here to another parochial school in Philadelphia. Sister Gabriel had been a teacher here for 29 years. New teachers will be sent here to take their places. (Other State News en Page •) Protest Closing of Immigrant Detention House in Philadelphia Philadelphia, Aug. 29. Protests from shipping business Interests of Philadelphia followed the announce ment yesterday that the immigration station detention house at Gloucester City, N. J., Is to be closed August 31, and all persons detained there trans ferred to Ellis Island, N. Y. Ship ping men said this action was a blow at the passenger steamship service of the port, and would regard the re sumption of business on many lines that had been discontinued during v 28-30-32 TV. Third Street - r - i Schleisner's As A Women's Store I J Profitable Reading For Men and Women \ \j Just because a woman has order to win the patronage close touch with them the the standard which a city of | V ideas of her own about her of those women who desired very fashions which in years this character demands and / / clothes is no reason why she the ultra fashionable, it was past had been difficult for should rightfully have. / I is not happy to have ideas necessary to bring many them to procure and indeed / \ I given her. garments here to provide a quite inconvenient. 1/ (suitable selection. This establishment has u Years back when Schleis- The wid read publicity kept pace with Harrisburg A ner s was a s" l3 store, t e Naturally the venture was given to this establishment keeping ahead of her in founder of the business re- hazardous and at the be _ Jor its exclusive modes grew fashions, that there were many ginning of QUr nQw , year \ women in Harrisburg who gtore? resulted in a G f fashion realized fully that \ 1 were real style critics and j ogs at the end of each Schleisner's was actually a Harrisburg will grow AI who appreciated art m dress. season . - fashion source. larger. Schleisner's will J j | Of course, he knew at the - V™ lar^r ' same time that many of But as eac l l y ear cam e all d The traditions of the es those women went to Phila- ™ ent women of this sec- tablishment have been ad- The i mportance c f delphia and New York to t l° n °' Bie State began to hered to and now when Har- J . . . buy their garments. l°°k forward and expect at risburg is one of the largest, rectness o sly e, superiority I Schleisner's exactly the most progressive and most quality, artistic tailoring, i With his faith in the modes that were shown in modern of Pennsylvania's are U* e boos upon which our T [ fundamental metropolitan New York, thus bringing in cities, Schleisner's is up to garments are selected. I J foundation of Harrisburg, . , <T ? and his implicit confidence >) w - , , J I in the judgment of Harris- fS) % We believe there are many <—> :=? burg women concerning ap- women who do not know ciD i parel, he began to develop 9 the real Schleisner Store, r~ a truly metropolitan ready- M X'J and not knowing, miss many to-wear store, keeping in K opportunities to be better * ttOmiSBTJRG TE3UEGIC2LPU the war. The order was received by • Commissioner E. E. Greenawalt, of the Bureau of Immigration. Warning to Turkey Issued Under Orders • of State Department Washington, Aug. 29. ln warn ing Turkey that massacres of Armen ians must stop, Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol, commander of the United States naval forces in Turkey, was acting under instructions from the State Department. This was an nounced officially. Millions Squandered on Spruce Is Charge Portland, Ore., Aug. 29.—Charges that approximately $5,000,000 of Government funds had been "squan dered, misapplied and converted to the prospective issues of the Mil waukee Railroad interests," were contained in a report telegraphed yesterday to Secretary of War Baker by the Congressional commit tee investigating operations of the spruce production divisions. The report declares that the ex penditures of the spruce production division were "wasteful and unnec essary," it concludes by saying that "further investigation may disclose conditions upon which a recovery can be had against John D. Ryan and others who are responsible for this wasteful expenditure of public funds." Thinks Pershing Should Be President Washington, Aug. 29.—First men tion In Congress- of General Persh ing for President was made during the debate by Representative Camp bell, Democrat, Pennsylvania, who said "the country cunnoa pay too great an honor to him." "I would like to see the people AUGUST 29,1919- of this country and this House put usido partisan ship, our adherence to Democracy and Republicanism," declared Mr. Campbell, "and make him the unanicous choice .of the conventions that assemble next year und elect him President of the United States." CATCHES TWO-POUND EEL Lewistown, Pa., Aug. 29.—George. Butler and a companion who caught 4 0 line eels a few days ago have left for Barrel Spring on the Juniata river, where they will camp for two weeks and fish outline at night. Jess ISstep, of this place, got the largest eel caught <yi outline this season on Tuesday night when he landed, one weighing over two pounds. BELGIAN PROPERTY DESTROYED liruxMclN, Aug. 29. The Bureau of. Industrial Study gives the value of Belgian Industrial property destroyed by the Germans as 5,734,000,000 francs. Sure Relic# 13 ro r" i
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