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tXAHIUSBURG dClTELEGIUPH TUESDAY EVENING, Notes of News in Central Cities "and STATE FEDERATION OF WOMEN OPENS CONVENTION; C. T. U. CHOOSES YEAR'S OFFICERS Towns WOMEN OF STATE GATHER IN ERIE FOR CONVENTION Two Hundred Delegates Attend; Pageant Given by Junior Club Members at Night MAYOR EXTENDS WELCOME Warm Election Contests For Office of Federation Predicted After fcarly tanvass Erie, Oct. 9.

With 200 delegates in attendance the twenty eighth annual convention of the Federation of Pennsylvania Women was opened here last night by the president, Miss Florence Dibert, of vrovnr Miles B. Kitts and presidents of various women's clubs in the district joined in welcoming the delegates who came from1 various women's clubs throughout the State. A pageant produced by the Junior members of the Erie Women's Club and a reception entertained tne visitors. The first business session was new when a number of matters selected to day by the board trustees were given consideration. An early canvass of the situation re veals a numDer oi canu.mai.ca field for the various offices of the Federation and some warm election contests are predicted.

No Repeaters in WVCT.U. Ranks Mrs. Ella M. George, of Heaver Falls, was elected president or. the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Pennsylvania for the seventeenth consecutive time at the annual convention here yesterday.

Mrs. Amanda Lander, of Lancaster, was named vice president; Mrs. Mary Wetzel, of York, corresponding secretary, and Mrs. Kachel Robertson, of Pittsburgh, recording secretary. The treasurer and convention city for 1924 is to be named to day.

A stir was created among the delegates when tellers at the election announced that 317 ballots had been cast when the records showed but 280 delegates registered. A request that all persons having voting power stand up showed a count oi 326 accredited delegates. LIGHTS AND SHADOWS UN NEWS J)F STATE Tales of Human Interest Sent by Telegraph Correspondents Pine Grove, Oct. 9. A reception was tendered the Rev.

S. A. Rauch, pastor of the United Brethren Church upon his return from the Penbrook conference for another year. Eighty five of the parishioners and friends were present. Addresses were made by George H.

Moyer, John Reed, Captain Harry Schwalm, R. F. Reber and Mrs. Wilson Lewars. The Rev.

Mr. Rauch responded. Refreshments were served. Cones of candies topped with a small bouquet were served as favors. Inside tfca cone of the pastor was found $21 in bills.

Women of the chufch arranged the luncheon. CVmA Ornliatic Lebanon, Oct. 9. VHUI VU Va UHU Annual ingath Share Harvest ering i es were held In St. Luke's Lutheran Church at Schaef ferstown, in charge of the pastor, the Rev.

E. E. Schantz, on Sunday. A feature of the service was the generous contribution of canned fruit, vegetables and many other displayed in the church. Nearly two tons of the fruits of the harvest were given the Tressler Orphans' Home at Loysville.

An auto truck from the home yesterday removed the gifts to the instituVbn. Xewistown, Oct. 9. The Rev. A.

Miller, pastor of the Methodist Church, severely attacked "the softie" citizen, inactive in public welfare movements Tiut who shouts and boasts when public Improvements have been "put across." His subject was "Weighing and Measuring Men." Barrel of Cider0cf For State Grads l.rp"o menu for midnight "feeds" for many generations of students at the Pennsylvania State College, will come into their own with avengance on the evening of October 20, when several thousand alumni and former students are expected to return to the campus for the annual Alumni Homecoming Day celebration. Ten barrels containing 300 gallons of cider, and several hundred pounds of pretzels have been ordered by the. Penn State alumni association to take the old grads back to student days at the big reunion time. An additional reserve supply will be kept handy. The ilumnl secretary, E.

N. Sullivan, today gave assurance that the cider is jnly ordered at this time, and not made, so there will be no conflict with the regulations of Mr. Volstead, rhe college press will make it pos lible to serve the juice less titan four hours old, and will (uarantee It to be "kickless." Bloomstmrg, Oct, S. Few per sons, even In rural communities, have any Idea, of the number of bees in a hive, a guessing contest has just revealed. Guesses ranged from ZS0 to 3.000,000, and a count showed the number to be 2055.

The average number of bees in a hive, beekeepers say, la about 2000. CmrtAtr Yo 0ct Owen well known thousands Df Kfcool children who attenee the old high school building, where he had been employed as caretaker for a oore of years, died suddenly on Sun evening at his home, it North ater street, of heart trouble. He TS years old. He talked with the atreeU her Saturday. Deserted Alien Girl Safe in York Home 111 YORK, Oct.

0 DESERTED at the altar, after Journeying the more than 4,000 miles from Greece to America, Kirink Galanou will come to York to live with her brother, Gust Galanou, a restaurant employe. Upon her arrival in this country Miss Galanou went to Providence, It. where she met a Greek worker at the International Institute, who told her to wait while he went for a priest to perform the marriage ceremony. In the meantime Lavas Tsofllas, the prospective bridegroom, excused himself, slncevhlch time he had not been seen. On Friday the.

deserted bride was taken to Boston by immigrant Inspectors to be claimed by her missing suitor or her brother, or else bo deported. Hearing of his sister's predicament, Galanou hastened to Boston and brought her to York. PAPER SUPPORTS BAN ON 'SCRAPS' Favors Movement to End Mob Fights, Following Death in College Class Rush State College, Oct. 9. "Mob fights are not in accord with the ideals and spirit of fair play of an institution like Penn State," says an editorial in to day's issue of the Penn State Collegian, a semi weekly newspaper published by State College students.

It is comment on student council action a few days ago in abolishing the last of the underclass "scraps," the encounter with sophomores that usually attends the first freshman class meeting. The student organ is emphatic in its support of the action that followed so closely after the announcement of the death of a Franklin and Marshall College student in a class rush at Lancaster. The council took up the proposition at its first meeting over three weeks' ago, and the other college affair clinched the ban action here. There are now no "mob scraps" of any kind allowed on the "campus, others having been abolished eight years ago. The action has been well received by the student body.

The members of student council were "in no way influenced in their decision by college officials," the student organ "President Thomas pointed out the way, but the council members arrived at their own conclusions. The action was taken for the best interests of Penn State's undergraduates. It is the result of earnest and unbiased thought and consideration orr the part of council And it is meant to be enforced." BERKS TOWN PLANS DUAL CELEBRATION FOR END OF WEEK Fleetwood, Oct. 9. Plans are being rapidly whipped into shape for the celebration of the "golden" anniversary of the borough and the dedication of the new concrete road to.

the William Penn Highway, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. A pub lic meeting will be held Friday night in St. Paul's Church where a historical address will be given by the Rev. M. H.

Brenslnger. There will be a flag raising Saturday morning on the high school grounds followed by sports and athletic games. A parade will be held Saturday afternoon. Gabriel H. Moyer, of Lebanon, will be the orator.

A feature of the parade will be a float bearing contestants in a beauty show. Representatives will be in line from Kutztown, Hamburg, Topton. and other Berks county towns. A. P.

Merkel will be chief marshal of the parade and the general committee includes Burgess T. C. Bickel, chairman; H. C. Urich, George K.

Noll, W. H. Waters, Charles' V. Glynn, C. A.

Wanner, C. A. Miller and H. O'Donnell. HAGERSTOWN MINISTER CALLED T0NEW FIELD York Haven, 9.

The. Rev. William H. Manifold, of Hagers town, Md.f on Sunday was elected pastor of the Manchester Lutheran charge, comprising St. Paul's con gregation, this place, and Christ Church, Manchester.

If accepts he will succeed the Rev. J. I. Hummer, who left here in May for Berks county, where he is now serving a pastorate. The Rev.

Mr. Manifold will be extended the call this week. It is believed he will accept. Formerly he was of Palmyra. NEW CROP ROTATION' State College, Oct.

9. A new crop rotation is reported In the Keystone State. It consists "corn and chickens" and is being followed suc cessfully by Robert Engle. a graduate of the Bevosylvania State College, now a farmer in Dauphin county. Following a crop of corn, Engle sows either rye' or wheat in, the fall.

Clover is sown in the small gram and the next year the field is used as a range for the flock of 1.000 or more chickens. The system" provides fresh, clean soil for the raising of chicks which are housed In movable Penn State brooder houses during the summer. The next year, the field back into corn. CLASS MEMBERS GUESTS Mount Union, Oct. 9.

Members of the Sunday School class of the First Methodist Church, with their teacher, Mrs. Carson Jones, were entertained by Miss Nellie Awkerman. at the home Of Miss Arlene Ripple, in West Pennsylvania avenue. Miss Rebecca Long; presided over a buafT ness meeting. Plans for gathering money for the building fond of the new church were discussed.

These officers were chosen: President, Rebecca Long; rice president, Estella Wiley; secretary, Arlene Ripple; treasurer, Quila Oppel C. YOUNG 'RAFFLES' SENT TO PRISON Sixteen Year Old Boy Pleads Guilty to Burglary and Theft of Auto NINE DIVORCES GRANTED Court Permits Adoption of Virginia Guthrie, Two Year Old Lewistown Girl Lewlatowa. Oct. 9. In court here yesterday Jacob M.

Smith, of Juniata county, aged 16 years, was sentenced to serve six months in the Mifflin jail after he had pleaded guilty stealing $18 worth of cigarets and cigars from the store of I E. Aikey, in Lewistown, and an automobile of Stanley Dreese off a cfty street here, using the car for a trip to McVey town at night. Maurice McCallips, aged 21 years, an accomplice of Smith in the store burglary, received a suspension of sentence after the court was informed he participated in the robbery after he had been urged by Smith. yy The court appointed Miss Enid L. Felker probation officer of Mifflin county, without salary and cofpen sation, her necessary expenses to be paid by the county after approval by the court.

Nine divorces were granted as fol lows: Sarah C. Donahue vs. John J. Donahue; Charles E. Beard vs.

Florence N. Beard; Henry Grose vs. Alice Grose; Minnie Deters vs. Ostin Deters; Robert B. Armentrout vs.

HazeJ M. Armentrout; Raymond A. Miller vs. Hattie Miller; Blanche M. Lawley vs.

W. Walter Lawley; Harry A. Charles vs. Gertrude Charles; Jean nette Seifred vs. Harry S.

Seifred. Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Barnes were given permission to adopt Virginia Guthrie, a 2 year old child.

Seeks Dunnages for Injuries Cnnmbersbnrg, Oct 9. Damages for injuries received on the evening of October 17, 1920, when he was struck by an automobile of George Anderson and Sons, Incorporated, of Latrobe, on the highway near here was sought In an action which began yesterday in common pleas court before Judge W. Rush Gillan, in which W. H. Wolf, of Linglestown, Dauphin county, was the plaintiff.

According to statement, he and a woman companion, now Mrs. Wolf, were walking along the' highway after their auto had been disabled. The auto, of the Anderson company approached from the rear and, striking threw him violently to the ground. He seeks damages for hospital expenses and loss of earning power incurred as the result of the accident. The accident happeneU near Greenvillage.

Owner of Car Sued York, Oct. 9. Damages for personal injuries growing out of an automobile collision are claimed In a suit on trial in Judge Wanner's common pleas court, wherein Robert Gemmill, 9 years old, of Stewarts town, is plaintiff and Claude E. My ers, this city, defendant. The plaintiff was a passenger on the rear seat of a touring car driven by Wilson Gemmill, on the Susquenanna iran, near Hametown, on, July 22, 1922, when Myers' car, it is claimed crashed into the Gemmill machine.

Wilson Gemmill was killed, and the present plaintiff badly Injured. Compensation for pain and suffering, loss of wages, hospital and physicians' bills are claimed by plaintiff from the defendant, whose negligence is alleged to have caused the collision, i Held us Drunken Driver Gettysburg, Oct. 9. On, a charge growing out of an automobile accident at' the intersection of the Em mitsburg road and West Confederate avenue here last Friday evening, Norman Reichle, of Gettysburg, was ar rested yesterday by State police. Reichle is charged with operating a car while under the influence of liquor.

He gave bail for a hearing. Both Reichle and his companion in the car deny they had been drinking. WINDBER MAN TAKEN AS AUTO THIEF AND, CHILD'SASSAILANT Chambersburg, Oct. 9. Joseph H.

Barr, of Wlndber, Cambria county, was arrested here by Constable Barefoot, of Windber. on charges of larcenv of the automobile of Fred Clark of place, and assault and battery on a Polish child in that town. Barr was picked up here by the police In the Clark auto ana held for investigation, which re sulted In his arrest. GPTE FOR MANSE DEBT Lewistown. Oct.

9. Trinity Re formed Church secured $1,700 at Rally Day services on All but $200 of the amount was in cash given by Sunday School classes. The money will be used to pay off the parsonage debt. In the evening. "To morrow." a pageant was pre sented the direction of the pastor, the Rev.

F. A. Kupiey. WILL VISIT LEWISTOWN Lewistown, Oct. 9.

The Mercantile Committee of the State Cham ber of Commerce win visit lewistown on October 31, remaining in the city over night to hold a confer enee with' officials off the local Chamber. 18 ANSWER ROLL CALL Lewistown, Oct. 9. When the sixty sixth annual Mifflin county teachers' institute opened here yesterday afternoon 198 teachers were present and twenty were absent. Lewistown Si teachers all answered at the first roll call.

CONGREGATION ELECTS Lewistown, Oct. 9. Ohev Sholum synagogue congregation of this city elected yesterday the following officers: President and secretary, Jacob Hurwitx; vice president. Samuel Hal lem: treasurer, Samuel Levinson; trustees. Lester Simon.

Samuel Shearer, Taub and Harry Rip ling. NO BIDS FOR BOND ISSUE Red Una Oct. 9. There were no bids received for the $73,000 paving bond issue offered on Saturday. The bonds bad been advertised and the bids were to be opened Saturday.

They will be left with the People's State Bank and be sold to the sea eral public at par WILL PAY TRIBUTE TO SLAIN. STUDENT Memorial Services For William Hollinger, College Sophomore, Anto Victim, Tomorrow FUNERAL IN AFTERNOON Two Found Unconscious Under Wrecked Auto Near York County Borough Gettysburg, Oct. 9. Memorial services will be held to morrow morning at 8 o'clock in Brua Chapel, Gettysburg College for William Hollinger, 19, of Hanover, a member of the sophomore class who was almost instantly killed when the automobile in which he and four, other college students were returning to Hanover from South Bethlehem at midnght Sunday, collided wUh a large automobile truck near Lancaster. Airangements for the special serv ice were completed yesterday by Dr.

Henry W. A. Hanson, president of the who, with Mrs. Hanson, were among the first to visit the in jured students in Lancaster hos pitals on Sunday. Dr.

Hanson. Dean P. M. Bikle and officers of the sopho more class, of which Hollinger was a member, visited the home of Postmaster and Mrs. D.

Guy Hollinger in Hanover yesterday and tendered the sympathy of the entire student body to the bereaved parents. The funeral services for the dead student will be held to morrow afternoon at his home, conducted by the Rev. H. C. Bergstresser, assisted by the Rev.

G. W. Nicely. Hollinger was one of the most popular and most widely known student at college. Aside from his classroom ability, he was a noted athlete.

Last year he was a member of the football squad, and last spring covered first base on the baseball team. During the past summer he played semi professional basball with New Oxford. Skull May Be Fractured Delta, Oct. 9. Norman Ayres and Evans Seitz were found unconscious along the highway, near their wrecked automobile, early yesterday morning, the former with a fractured collar bone, broken arm and a probable fracture of the skull, and Seitz with scalp wounds.

They were found by James B. Gal breath, of Streets, Md. Neither was 'able to tell what had happened. They were taken to Streets where their injuries were dressed by a physician; Later Ayres was removed to the Maryland University Hospital, where he is in a critical condition. Crashes Into Tree WrlstlUsvllle, Oct.

9. The ing wheel of his automobile breaking, Gerben Crumbling, aged 18, son of Latimer Crumbling, of this place. drove the car into a tree with great force, badly injuring his hip. The jar of the impact threw th. engine of the machine oit tne cnassis.

Four in Hospital Tjewistown. Oct. 9. Firavanto Rfuno. aeed 24 years.

Altoona, was admited to the Lewistown Hospital yesterday, with ta fractured right leg, sustained In a motorcycle collision. William Quay and William Mocnitz, of Lewistown, also were admitted to the hospital with injuries sustained in an automobile accident. David Streeley, aged 50 years, McAllister ville, hurt in an auto acciaem iaie yesterday afternoon, was brought to the hospital. His jaw is fractured. Wife Hurt; seus jmo Gettysburg, Oct.

9. An automo bile driven only. 200 miles was bought from the owner by garage man here yesterday for $65 after the machine bad been In an accident on the Gettysburg warrisDurg roaa Sunday. John W. Rentzel, of Mid dleburg, was the man who sold the machine after the mishap in which his wife was severely lacerated.

The car driven by Rentzel was struck by another machine which tried to pass another car on the brow of a hill in Heidlersburg. Cleo Smith, of Newcastle, was driving the. other automooue. COMPLETE ADDITION TO SCHOOL BUILDING Oct. 9.

The new addition of four rooms to the West Ertd public school nas Deen completed. The new addition costs about $28,000. A formal inspection of W. D. Myers, Women's Relief Corps, was made Saturday evening by Mrs.

Annie C. Doehler, department president of Selinsgrove. Mrs. Harry N. Barden is visiting relatives in Syracuse, N.

and on October 11 will attend the wedding of her cousin, Miss Hogarth, in that city. On her return home she will be accompanied by her mother, Mrs. W. H. Lukens, who has been visiting there for some time.

HOSTESS AT PARTY Miffllnburg, Oct. 9. Mrs.N'C. Marlyn Steese, assistant principal of the Mifflinburg high school, entertained at dinner and bridge at Kaarondinha Lodge, Cherry Run. Mrs.

Steese's guests were Mrs. AnniM K. Knauft. Mrs. Robert V.

Foster, Mrs. J. S. Beckley, Mrs. C.

C. Beck ley, Mrs. A. Knlss, Mrs. B.

O. Harter, Mrs. Raymond Beaver, Mrs. Charles Harter, Misses Hazel Strick ler. Isabelle Schoch, Helen RuhL ferace Hasslnger, Eleanor Hopp.

(j.race rieiizeu ana ataxy uuwuus, Robert V. Foster. J. S. Beckley, B.

O. Harter and Harold Musser. SCHUYLKILL COURT HEARS APPEALS OF PottsvfUe, Oct. The three judges of the common pleas court of Schuylkill county started hearings yesterday on the appeal of the coal companies from the triennial assessment of 1922 in the county. All of the big coal land owners are represented in the appeals, the Reading, Girard estate, Lehigh Coal and Navigation.

Madeira Hill. Lehigh Valley, Susquehanna Collieries Company and Calvin Pardee holdings, being represented by a score of attorneys, The court will hold continuous 13 Year Old Boy Lone Prisoner in Danville DANVILLE, Oct. 9. COSTS of the October term of court. In Montour county amounted to $513.01.

there having been two days of jury trials during the term. This brings the total costs for the year in Montour'county to about 000, more than for several years past. The jail is also occupied by one prisoner, after being empty for some months. Tho prisoner is Elmer Washburn, 13 years old, a Susquehanna county boy, brought here from the Eastern Penitentiary, where he was serving a seventeen year term for murder. Will LAY STONE OF GRANGE HALL Saturday to Be Big Day at Jack sonville McSparran Will Deliver Address Lebanon, Oct.

9. At Jacksonville next Saturday the cornerstone of the new to be erected by North Jackson Grange, will be laid. xThe principal speaker will be, John A. McSparran, master of the State Grange. Grangers and farmers from all parts of Lebanon county are expected to be in attendance.

The Jackson Grange has 200 members. Last week David Risser, a Lebanon contractor, purchased the historic Bachman grist mill property and farm near Fontana, which later is to be acquired by Fontana Grange for Grange quarters. A swimming pool and picnic grounds are among the community Improvements promised. Vf 4 FARMER KILLS BEAR i IN HIS" CORNFIELD; WEIGHSOO POUNDS Blooinsbiirg. 9.

Defending his corn shocks from a hungry, night raiding bear, Lee Stout, a farmer in the northern part of Columbia county, killed the beast at the very first shot. The bear was a 300 nounder. A urovision of the State game laws allows the shooting of protected animals when they are caught in the destruction of prop erty. w. PROBE REVEALS MAN TOOK HIS OWN LIFE IN Y0RKALMSH0USE York.

Oct. 9. Investigation into the death of Joseph Bievenour last Wednesday morning at the county almshouse, brought to light tne man, an inmate at the institution for six vears. killed himself in the directors' room while officials were in bed. Bievenour was 62 years old.

He used a shot gun which was found in a closet. WOMAN HURT AS CARS COLLIDE ON HIGHWAY Lebanon, Oct. 9. Mrs. Clarence Kase, aged 35, of Olyphant, was severely Injured on Sunday while she and her husband were on their way in an auto to Colebrook to visit the State Police camp.

In rounding a curve on the State road near Murray Station their car cpl lided with the car operated by William Zerbe, of Tremont. The Kase car was wrecked. Mrs. Kase sustained an injured hip. She was brought to the Lebanon Sanatorium where it was found her Injuries were not considered serious.

Zerbe and his wife escaped injury. Their car was slightly damaged. ACCEPTS NEW CALL Orblsonia, Oct. 9. The Rev.

J. A. Cowan, pastor the First Pres byterian Church, preached his fare well sermon on Sunday evening. The Rev. Mr.

Cowan and family are moving to Wattsburg, where he has accepted a new. pastorate. EXECUTORS SELL FARM Dillsburg, Oct. 9. Ira C.

Myers and Ray Bushey, of the estate of the late Ellsworth Bushey, sold the farm, in Monaghan town shin, to Joseph Nelson, for $10,000. The farm is improved and contains 138 acres. LEAVE FOR IOWA FUNERAL Mount Union, Oct. 9. Mrs.

James Hill, son Arthur Simpson Hill and granddaughter, Elsie Mae Hill, were called last night to Perry, Iowa, to attend the funeral of the former's grandson, Orville Hill, son of Jesse J. Hill, of that city, who lost his life in an automobile accident on Sun day. The father of the young man is well known nerew COAL OWNERS sessions on the appeals which origi nated in every township and bor ough la which their coal holdings and it is estimated that a month wlU be required to hear the various appeals. Tne companies are appeal ing from a change in the taxation of coal lands from to approximately ISOO.OM.ete C. A.

Snyder, State Treasurer. heading the legal 'corps of the county commlssioaers. Cyrus O. Derr, of Reading, and A. L.

Williams, of Wilkes Barre. are among the attor neys representing the coal com. panlea AGED COLUMBIA WOMAN IS DEAD Mrs. Elizabeth Becker Expires at Son's Home in Her Ninety Fifth Year NATIVE OF WALES, 63, DIES Thomas J. Price, Danville Ironmaster, Saccumbs; Other Deaths in State Columbia, Oct.

9. Mrs. Elizabeth Becker, widow of John Becker, and one of the oldest residents In Lancaster county, died at the home of her son, Joseph Becker, 708 Walnut street, late on Sunday night. Mrs. Becker was in her ninety fifth year and until a comparatively short time ago was able to be around and attend to household duties.

Death was due to the Infirmities of age. Joseph Becker with whom she made her home, is the only surviving son. Three grandchildren and two, great grandchildren survive. Mrs. Becker was born' in Germany but had come to this country many years ago and had been a resident of Columbia about thirty years.

She was a member of Holy Trinity Cath olic Church. The funeral service will be held in the church on Wednesday morning with a solemn high mass. Burial will be made in the church cemetery in Barber street. Danville Thomas J. Price, aged 6 8 years, who died Saturday night of a complication of diseases at his was buried this afternoon.

He was a native of Wales and was born at Tredegar, Monmouthshire, the. son of Professor and Mrs. John Price. He came to the united States in 1856. The latter part of his life had been spent in the iron and steel trade as a partner in the firm of Howe and Polk.

He is survived by his widow, a son, Edward F. Price, of Danville, and a daughter, Mrs. George Jacobs, of Akron, Ohio; also a brother and three sisters, John T. Price, Mrs. Thomas Has kins.

Miss Mary A. Price and Miss Jeannette Price all of New York City. Catawissa Mrs. Rose Berger, aged 74 years, a lifelong resident of Catawissa, died Saturday at her home In Shuman street after a long Illness. Funeral services were held this afternoon at the late home at 1.30 o'clock, with burial in the Greenwood Cemetery.

Berwick Charles F.Martz, aged 63 years, died Sunday night at his home in Martzville, pf, heart failure. Funeral services will, be, held at 30 o'clock to morrow afternoon, meeting at the house arid proceeding to the Martzville Church. Burial will be made in the cemetery ad joining the church. The Rev. H.

R. Shipe will have charge. Lewistown Henry T. Peters, aged 87 years, died at his home, 420 Electric avenue, this city, Sunday night. He was a native of Reeds vllle, where he spent most of his life, six sons ana two aaugnters, among them the Rev.

Robert C. Peters, pastor of the Methodist Church at Hollidaysburg, survive. The funeral was held from his late residence this afternoon with the Rev. J. T.

Williamlee officiating. Burial was. made in Church Hill Cemetery, Reedsville. Berwick Harvey Kelchner, aged 52 years, died early Sunday morn ing at his home, in Grant street of a complication1 of diseases. He was born and lived at Mifflinville until the last year when he moved to Berwick.

Funeral services were held at the late home at 2 o'clock this afternoon. In charge of the Rev. Fred G. Bangs, pastor of the Baptist Church. Wellsville Funeral services for Mrs.

Mary J. Gettys, wife of John Gettys, who died on Saturday of were held to day in Bar ren's Church. She was 69 years old. Her husband and the following and daughters survive: Mrs. George W.

Baker, Dillsburg; Mrs. John Smith, Wellsville; Oscar Gettys, York; Charles Gettys, Red Run; William Gettys, York; Mrs. Willis Wickey, Wellsville; Mrs, Oscar Leas and Mrs. Henry Kott meyer, York. Two sisters, Mrs.

Emma Balsh, Mechanicsburg, and Mrs. Anna Leas, Ohio, also survive. York Luther Bamberger, ah employe' of the local office of the State Highway Department, died Sunday in the York Hospital, of blood poisoning, the result of pick ing a pimple on his chin. He was 25 years old. Besides his widow, he is survived by his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. H. E. Bamberger. York Haven and two brothers, Russell, a student at Gettysburg and Ivan, of York Haven.

The funeral will be held to morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham. Ferguson, 125 East Maple street. Burial will be made in Prospect Hill Cemetery.

Williamstown After suffering with bronchial trouble for nineteen years, Mrs. Albert Bast died Sunday evening 49 years. Mrs. Bast was Miss Kate Phillips and was iborn in Swatara, Schuylkill county. Sbe was married to Aioert oast who, with the following children, survives: Winfleld, Garfield and Florence; one grandchild and four brothers, John, of Eckles, W.

Va, Howard, Harrisburg, and Claud and Arthur, Williamstown. Funeral services will be held at the home in Walnut street at 2 o'clock to morrow. The Rev. John W. Wolfe, pastor of the Lutheran Church, will officiate.

WOllamstows) The body of WI1 1 liam Troxell, a former, resident of town, who died in. Philadelphia, ar rived here to day and was buried in the Evangelical Cemetery from the home of E. T. Row. A daughter, Mrs.

Thomas Newton, whose son was killed by an electric crane on Monday, survives. ENTERTAINS FOR SON Manchester, Oct. 5. Mrs. A Kohter entertained at a dinner on Sunday In honor of her son, Horace P.

Kohler, who celebrated his birthday anniversary. Xbe guests were and Mrs. Wlllard P. Strayer. EmisavUIe; Mr.

and Mrs. Lewhd Dashler. Manchester: Mr. and Mrs. Allen Kohler.

Dallas own: Miss Minnie Kohler. Mass Kathrya Kohler. Horace P. Kohler and Mrs. J.

A. Kohler Spurned "Hubby" Must Pay Wife Back Alimony LEWISTOWN, Oct. FAILURE to support his wife, although ordered to do so, caused Harvey Price to be arrested and brought before Judge Thomas F. Bailey to answer a charge of contempt of court. The court directed he pay $00 'alimony In arrears and $20 every two weeks.

Mrs. Price had been occupying furnished rooms In Harrisburg. The husband had a "comeback." Ills lawyer asked the Wife if she had not written a letter to Price in which she stated she would rather go to jail than live with him. Mrs. Price admitted penning tho 'lines.

Nevertheless, Price must give bond to obey tho court's order. BABES ON SHOW AS FETE STARTS Harvest Home Celebration at Columbia Gets Urfder Way This Afternoon Columbia, Oct. 9. The fourth annual exhibition and Harvest Home celebration, under the auspices of the Columbia Harvest Home Association, opened here to day with exhibits in the State Armory and the Third Street Markethouse. The exhibits Include fancy work, merchandise, farm produce, poultry and livestock.

The annual flower show of the Woman's Club also will be held In connection with the fair. The opening feature was a baby parade this in which the physicians of the borough served as marshals. To morrow afternoon a doll cart parade will be held. The fairWill continue three days. Harrison S.

Nolt, a farmer of West Hempfleld township, is president; Modie Heineman vice president; W. Lloyd Zarfoss, secretary, and James W. Staman, treasurer. WEDDINGS PAST AND TO COME Dover Raymond Cunningham, Springettsbury township, and Miss Emma I. Rider, of near here, were married last Saturday evening by the Rev.

J. J. Stauflfer at his residence, 639 Linden avenue, York. York Charles S. Wilcox, York, and Greta I Humble, of Stockholm, Sweden, were married last Saturday evening at the residence of Mr.

and Mrs. Hildebrand, 237 Prospect street. The double ring ceremony was performed by the W. H. pastor of Christ Lutheran Church at the Hildebrand residence.

i York Harry Ward and Miss Nellie Kesterson, both of this city, were married Sunday afternoon by the JJev. Albert F. Weaver, pastor, of Trinity Evangelical Church, at the parsonage. Miss Bessie Kesterson, a sister of the bride, and Robert Ward, a brother of the bridegroom, were the attendants; Mr. and Mrs, Ward will reside at 25 North Duke York Costas Amagno3 and Miss Addie Palmer, of Durham, N.

were married by the Rev. Dr. G. Albert Getty, pastor of Zion Lutheran nhureh. at the 40 South Duke street.

The couple" motored here from Gettysburg. They will re side in Gettysburg. Mr. Amagnos is professor, of Roman languages, at Gettysburg College. York Victor Eckenrode and Mrs.

Mary Gentzler, both of 628 Macken zie street, were mamea in bi. rat rick's rectory, by the Rev. James Mo firath. H. C.

Eckenrode, brotner or the bridegroom, was best, man, and his wife was maid of honor. Miss Romaine Eckenrode, niece of the hrldeeroom. was flower girl. Mr. and Mrs.

Eckenrode are on a wed ding trip. Wellsville Richard C. May and Miss Zelda R. Slothower, both of Wellsville, were married on October 4, in the Evangelical parsonage Dy the Rev. Irving K.

Baker. yerk Edward G. Borma'n. and Miss Florence Eislnger, tooth or uaiu mom. were married here by the Rev.

Dr. H. H. Weber, in his apartments in the Colonial Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs.

Dor man left on a wedding trip to New York City and points East. They will lfve at East Thrlty flfth street, Baltimore. iiiiMn Miss Anna May Ster rett and Walter C. Patton. both of RAiiAvilln.

were marnea in ager town on Saturday, rrne or graduate of the 19fJ class of the West Chester State Normal school nd teacher' in the Belleville schools. ettslaad Announcement was made tk. Tnarrlasre a week ago yester day, at Baltimore, of Miss Mary Dise. daughter of G. Oscar pise, and Vernon Warner, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Oscar Warner, both of this place. They will reside in seitsranu. York LeRoy Householder, Walnut street, and Miss Mary Myers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Adams Myers, 320 West Princess street, were married at Baltimore, by the JUvrC M. Eys ter, a Lutheran pastor. York Mr. and Mrs. Frank 3.

Brelt enbaugh. S44 South Queen street, announce the engagement of their daughter. Mary Elisabeth, to Gerald Anthony Hollingsworth, 87J Norway street. The wedding will take place In the near future. Yotk Mr.

and Mrs. H. L. Stickler. B51 West College avenue, at a 'dinner, announced the engagement of their daughter.

Miss Nellie Spickler. to Lester Daugherty, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F.

Daugherty, 11 South Pine street r' York Silas B. Olphin and' Miss Mabel Sheets, both of Fflton, York county, were married la this city, by the Rev. J. A. Shettel, pastor of the Third United Brethren The? will rest' at Fettoa.

SEIZED LIQUOR IS POURED INTO LEBANON SEWER Large Crowd Sees State Police and Sheriffs Dump Moon as ii. wine into mannoie CONTAINERS MADE JUNK Pictures Taken When Order of Court Is Carried Out in Center of City Lebanon, Oct. 9. In the. presence of a large crowd of Lebanon people late yesterday afternoon State Police destroyed more than 300 gallons of mon shinev whisky ajtd many quarts of raisin jack, rye, prune and corn mash.

The stuff was dumped into the manhole at Ninth Chestnut, The police assisted by the sheriff and his deputy. The liquor and mash represented seizures made 'by the police and County Detective Carpenter during several months in this district. The containers, including barrels, cans, jars, crocks and many bottles, were also destroyed, the metal stills and containers being mashed and sold to Julius H. Caplan, a junk" deader. The dumping process took 'place directly opposite Hotel Wallace, headquarters of the State Police, in the center of the city.

Photos of the scene were taken. Sergeant E. C. KaufCman, recently transferred to near Philadelphia, who conducted the raids, had charge of the destruction of the liquor. ACCUSED MAN DISCHARGED Lock Haven, Oct.

9. Edfard Mincer, of this city, charged with attacking Gladys Bennett, 13 year old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bennett, was discharged by Alderman William Rathgeber, at the direction of District Attorney J. J.

Kintner, when the prosecutor failed to appear. BRIEF NEWS NOTES OF STATE TOWNS IjOCK HAVES Principal Warren Urum aas arranged for a course of five musical numbers, "'to be presented In the auditorium of the Central State Normal School i this fall" and winter. Marie Tiffany wilt open tne series Friday evening with a concert, LOCK HAVEN Joseph DeLong, of Blanchard, saw a Dig bmcfe Dear cross the State highway near the Brown schoolhouse between Beecli Creek and Mill Hall, about six miles from Lock Haven. GETTYSBURG It cost Raymond Jlc Konley, of this county, 10 to shoot a robin. M'cKonley's act was reported to County Game Warden Leo 1 Bushman, of Gettysburg, who yesterday fined the alleged law vlo lator.

GETTYSBURG The two bunilreillh anniversary of the arrival in I'hila delphia of Benjamin Franklin was celebrated by the Gettysburg Chapter of the Daughters of the Amer lean Revolution in their first meet 7 Ing of the fall season. BERWICK Voters at the Novembei election will pass on a proposition of the school board to borrow $300, 000 for improvements. READING The Reading police force, nearly 125 men, has completed a petition to council asking for higher pay and the establishment of the eight hour three platoon system. READING Sylvester Dero, heard by United States Commissioner Maltsberger, was held in 10,00 bail on a charge of having in his possession counterfeit bills. LANCASTER Twenty three tom'.

biles, mostly second hand cars, were destroyed in a fire that leveled the storage building in the rear of the S. S. Nolt garage, Akron, yesterday morning. The loss is placed at $8,000. MARIETTA A tall colored man, giv.

ing the name of Brown, made small purchases here and tendered bogus checks on the First National Bank, Balnbrldge. They were payable to George Smith. MARIETTA While drivtaff mobile over Baker's crossing at Chlckies, Robert Yeaple lost control and pitched headlong into the Chlckies creek. C. M.

Sigler, "Where Good Service Is A Habit" 1 Vfclrola to i ybur ho: zne. C.M.Slcr,fe HI.