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VOL. xxxvni NEW 0XF0RB, THtfRSDaY. JUNE IO, 1915. NO. IO.

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Hymenial. Ira Walters, of near Fairfield, and Miss Blanche Thomas, of Mcnallen township, were married by the Rev. T. C. Hesson, in the Reformed church at Arendtsville on Wednessday evening.

The bride is a daughter of Mrs. David Thomas. Mr. Walters is a son of Thomas Walters, of Fairfield. Dr.

Albert Woomer, of Cashtown, and Miss- Arra E. Hartzell, of Fayettville, Franklin county, were married at the home of the bride's parents, in Fayettville, on Tuesday evening, by the Rev. R. L. Markley.

At the Reformed parsonage in Arendtsville on Tuesday morning the pastor, Rev. T. C. Hesson, married Miss Dessie Rummel, and Jacob A. Lower, both of Butler township.

The bride is a daughter of Jacob Rummel, and the bridegroom a son of William Lower. Allen Gelwicks and Miss Mary Spalding were united in marriage at a Nuptial Mass in St. Aloysius church, Littlestown, at 8 o'clock on Wednesday morning, by the Rev. Fr. W.

J. O'Callaghan. The groom is a chauffeur in a garage at Emmitsburg, Md. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

J. A. Spalding, of Littlestown. For Two used Ford Touring AT $15O and $30O for quick selling. Apply to WM, Me.

GILBERT, New Oxford. Pa Michael Leer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Leer, of Huntington township, and Miss Susan A. Junkins, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. H. L. Junkins, of Latimore township, were- married at the home of the bride's parents at noon on Sunday, May 30th, by the Rev. Paul Gladfelter.

Ralph Long, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Long, of near Kohler's school-house, Mt. Pleasant township, and Miss Clara Oaster, daughter of Joseph Oaster, of Edgegrove, were married in a Nuptial Mass at Conewago Chapel at 7 o'clock on Tuesday morning, by the Rev. Fr.

Charles Koch. Theoretically Your Argument's Great. But-- A BSOLUTE prohibition one of the biggest ever conceived. The man who really works for real temperance is the maker of mild beer. He's the man who fights drunkenness.

Two ounces of alcohoHs food and beneficial to the system. Ordinary light beer contains about of alcohol. To consume two ounces a man would have to drink at least four bottles of beer a day. You don't find the drunkards in the ranks of the beer drinkers. Prohibition would close your saloons but it wouldn't stop men from drinking.

It simply takes away the relatively harmless beer from those who advocate temperance by drinking it and makes them drink stronger stimulants in the secret, which" prohibition fosters. --Advertisement, John B. Beard and Miss Leola Gibson, both of Grafton, were married on May 7, in Woodland, at the home of the bride's aunt, Mrs. H. Bailey, by Rev.

Mr. Bobbitt. The bridegroom is the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Foster Beard, near Gettysburg.

Mr. and Mrs. Collins Spangler, of Gettysburg, announce the marriage of their daughter, E. Marie Spangler to Albert J. Smalshof, of Pottstown, on the afternoon of Saturday, June 5th, in Philadelphia.

The ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. R. C. Hoffman.

Invitations have been issued by Mr. and Mrs. James Sanders, Fairfield, to the marriage of their daughter, Miss Louetta Sanders, to James Alban King, Gettysburg, June 15th. The cermony will take place in St. Mary's church, Fairfield.

Personal. Mrs. Charles Wagner, of Carlisle street, left on Tuesday to visit friends at Los geles, and spend some time at the San Francisco Exposition. Richard Steffy and wife, of Martinsburg, W. spent a short time with friends here, last week.

J. H. Plymire, of the Crystal Theatre, spent several days at Harrisburg. Elmer Haar and son, of Washington, D. visited his son Percy and other relatives in town.

J. N. Lewis and wife, of Mt. Carmel, spent a few days at the home of the latter's sister, Mrs. J.

N. Hersh, Lincoln Way, West. Ira Hartman, employed in the electrical department, of the power room of the Hershey chocolate establishment, at Hershey, the past week at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.

R. Hartman, at the Hamilton Roller Mills. Miss Dorothy Miller, Lincoln Way West, spent several days with Miss Margaret Kohler, at the Millersville, State Normal school. Miss Catharine Miller, of Bonneauville, spent a few days with her aunt, Mrs. Harry Melhorn, Lincoln Way, West.

Miss Florence Hersh, of Lincoln Way, West, accompanied her uncle and aunt, J. N. Lewis and wife, to their home at Mt, Carmel, where she will spend some time. Mrs. E.

Myers Lincoln Way, East spent a few days with her daughter-in-law Mrs. L. E. Myers, at Williams Grove, near Dillsburg. F.

B. Sellers and wife, Hanover street spent Sunday with friends at York Springs Charles Werneck, wife and two sons near Bittinger, spent Sunday with Ale Byer and family, Lincoln Way, East. George B. Klein and family visited the Rev. W.

Garrett and family, Lincoln Way East, last week. Their home is at Brad dock, and they are taking an extensiv auto trip. They left on Friday, taking Mn Garrett and daughter with them, to he home at Lebanon. The trip of the auto- ists includes Philadelphia, Atlantic City, Baltimore, Washington and other places. Merchant tailor T.

P. Frazier and family, Paul Sponseller and the Rev. W. E. Garrett and son Paul, left on Tuesday morning on an auto trip to Philadelphia, Collegeville, Lebanon and Harrisburg.

Lloyd Myers and wife, of Baltimore, are visiting friends in town and vicinity. J. C. Birely. wife and family, motored to Detour, where they spent the weekend with Mrs.

Birely's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Crum.

Miss Lena Dennis, of York, spent Monay with Miss Dorothy A. Wolfe, Lincoln Vay, East. Council Prceedings. June 7th, sessiou; Bur- Hummer and all members present. The following persons were present: 7 Himes, J.

D. Keith, Borough At- orney; N. Lingg, J. S. Weaver.

President Livingston presided. Minutes approved. Street Miller reported that he has been placing stone on the treet as fast as he can get them. W. A.

Diehl spoke about condition of oad near creameiy, and seconded by J. E. Kepner, that the Council meet at creamery pond tomorrow, Tuesday evening at 1:30 o'clock. Carried. Mr.

Diehl also reported about two telephone poles injuring trees. Secretary instructed to notify manager to have poles removed. Mr. Lingg spoke about condition of S. Orange street, at S.

Borough limits. President said Council would meet at place on Tuesdaj' evening, June Sth, at o'clock. Mr. Keith presented two ordinances, one for vacating alley from Pitt street to Hoover alley, and along land between Kate W. Himes and Edna A.

Bollinger; and one to ordain alley 14 feet wide, from Pitt street South to Hoover alley (both ordinances will appear in full in another column of the ITEM.) J. A. Noel moved, seconded by W. A. Diehl, that the ordinance to vacate and the ordinance to ordain be adopted and published according to law, and that final action be taken on July 12t'u, 191o 7:30 o'clock, at the Council Chamber.

Carried. E. F. Melhorn reported about condition of things at pumping station. Referred to water committee.

Repairing of roof at pumping station referred to committee on town property. Burgess Hummer reported about nuisances in some of the alleys, c. W. A. Diehl moved, seconded by J.

E. Kepner, that legal notices be served on all Hand Caught in Crusher. Catharine, the seven year old daughter of Charles Myers, of Reading township, met with a bad accident a few days ago The child was playing about a corn crusher while it was in motion, and in some manner had one of her hands caught in the machinery and badly cut and bruised, one of the lacerations required eight stitches to close. Conductor Knocked Senseless. Knocked from a trolley car by one of the colored excursionists Monday afternoon when he attempted to collect the fare, Arthur Cunningham, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Harry Cunningham, of Gettysburg, an employe of the Gettysburg Electric Railway was rendered unconscious for a half hour and was in a serious condition some tune after the accident. Two colored men were arrested as suspects to county jail. The car was standing on a siding when the assault was made. The boy was collecting fares and one of the negroes refused to pay.

Without much provocation he struck Cunningham over the head and the young man tumbled from the car to the adjoining track. He was picked up anconscious and a physician was summoned. Only 250 colored people were brought on the excursion. As a result of a misunderstanding of the leaving time for their train, so they say, nearly 150 of them were left in Gettysburg in the evening. Word was sent to Baltimore and about midnight a special train arrived and took them home.

They expect to return this Thursday evening. J. H. Lawrence, of the Security, Title and Trust York, spent Sunday and Monday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. C.

B. Kauffman and family, at the New Oxford Bakery, Hanover street. Luther Gulden, wife and son, and Miss Menges, of Hanover, and Miss Annie Gulden, of Bendersville, were recent visitors' at the home of A. J. Gulden, Hanover street.

Clinton Emlet, wife and son, and Mrs. Emlet's brother, of Hanover, spent Sunday at the same place. Miss Lottie Cashman, of Hanover street, spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Maude Deal, at Biglerville. Mrs.

H. Fink, of Midway, spent Saturday and Sunday at the home of her brother, F. G. Hemler, at Hotel Centennial. Mrs.

Chas. A. Hemler, son John, Edward Colgan, of Midway, and Frank Yake and family, of Midway, spent Sunday at the same place. parties who have nuisances on their properties. Carried.

Bills to the amount of $395.96 were approved and orders granted for payment. T. E. B. New Goods Just Received.

Men's All Wool Suit, Extra Value at $9.98 Men's Unlined Alpaca and Serge Coats. Ladies' Silk Hose, Sand, Bine, oOc. Men's and Ladies' Tan and Gray Dusters, 98c np. Household Dresses and Kimonaa at 98c. Children's White and Colored A.

P. WAGNER, Hospital Patients. Chester Shultz, of East Berlin, was admitted to the York hospital last week' where he underwent a surgical operation. Mrs. John Forry, McSherrystown, was taken to the York hospital on Monday, where she underwent an operation for appendicitis.

Sadie Lory, of York Springs, was admitted to the York hospital on Saturday morning where she immediately underwent surgical operation. CARLISLE ST. NEW OXFORD. Supervisors throughout the county have been notified that an act which went into effect on May 3rd, repeals the law under which farmers were allowed a bonus for the use of wide tires on wagons. Jacob Steinour, Straban township, was arrested Monday evening by Constable John Wolf as a result of a transaction by which he secured a bicycle from a Hanover man.

The bicycle was sold to Steinour on the installment plan; he later sold it and "never paid the last installments. He was taken to Hanover and held in custody until Tuesday, when it was settled. The following were recent visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C.

E. McGrail, West High street: Mrs. Bert Krise and son John, of Hanover; Harry Mann and two sons, of Biglerville. Mrs. S.

L. Taughinbaugh, of Gettysburg, spent Monday with friends in town. Mrs. R. E.

Kester, of Sunbury, is visiting at the home of Mrs. W. D. Stock, Lincoln Way, West. Mrs.

Amanda Gehring, of Irishtown, is spending some time with her son, John Gehring, Pleasant street. Mrs. J. L. Sheetz, Centre Square, is spending some time with friends at Manheim and Lancaster.

Miss Marion Sheetz, Center Square, is spending a week at Frederick, attending commencement at Hood College, and visiting friends. E. H. Keller and wife and Mrs. Wm.

Smyser, of York, visited friends in town on Sunday. Mrs. Jennie Myers, of Sheldon, 111., who was visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Geo.

S. Hummer the past week, left for Baltimore on Saturday, to visit with friends there. Edgar I. Diller, of Lincoln Way, East, is spending a few days with friends in Gettysburg. Miss Mary Baker, of the Lutheran parsonage, is spending the week with friends at Gettysburg.

Miss Anna Gable, Carlisle street, has returned from a few weeks visit to Philadelphia, New York and other places. Mrs. J. A. Noel and son, North Peters street, visited friends at Gettysburg.

Mrs. R. K. Stallsmith, Lincoln Way, East, left on Saturday to spend some time with friends at Sunbury, and other places. James Herman, wife and son, visited her parents, C.

W. Deardorff and wife, at Round Hill. Air. and Mrs. Mosheim Bankert, of Hanover, on Tuesday, celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary.

Mr. Bankert, who is 82 years old, works every day as a pattern maker at the Fitz Water Wheel works, and Mrs. Bankert who is a year older than her husband, still performs her household duties. Detectives are looking for a fraudulent check operator who left York on Saturday before his victims could be convinced they were robbed and who, it is believed, obtained hundreds of dollars from York merchants. The stranger gave his name as George Miller, a civil engineer.

Despondent, it is said, over his inability to get employment, Thomas J. Reininger, of York, committed suicide by hanging himself in the bath room of a boarding in Reading, Friday evening. He was 25 years old. Mr. Re discharged from the U.

S. cavalry on October 8, 1914 and about two weeks ago went to Reading in search of employment. The body of John Weigle, son of Mrs. and Wesley Weigle, of Neiman, and a nephew of Eli Garretson, of Biglerville, who drowned Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in the Concwago creek at Conewago Heights, was recovered 24 hours after the accident by Ben Sipe, of York, in 5 feet of water. For an entire day, experienced river-men dragged the ereek before the body was found.

The accident occurred thru the boy getting beyond his depth. He was 17 years old. J. M. Strevig, the 5 and 10 cent store man, his wife and sister-in-law, Miss Clara Yount, of Littlestown, accompanied by the former's parents, Mr.

and Mrs. John Strevig, of York, motored to Reading, on Memorial Day. On their return, when passing through Columbia, they were struck by a trolley car. Mr. Strevig, of York, had an arm broken in two places and one thumb smashed.

The other occupants escaped injury. The automobile was badly damaged. A party of seven Harrisburg autoists were thrown from a large Chalmers touring car on a hill between Aspers and Gardners Sunday afternoon when the machine overturned. The people all escaped injury and their names were not learned. The driver was ascending a long hill and was about to change gears when the heavy car started to back.

Knowing that there was another car a short distance behind him, the driver attempted to turn his machine William Fisoei, of Ilumploii, to be in a critical condition with cancer of the liver. A marriage license was issued at York to Matthew J. Kaas and Mary A. Scheivert, both of Littlestown. Elmer Lau, of Reading township, has purchased the Jonas BevenouJ property in East Berlin, for Mrs.

Emraa Miller is having the house occupied by telegragh operator) Charles Bubb, on Carlisle street, repainted. Edward Myers, of Hampton, will be removed to the State hospital at Harrisburg, for treatment, the latter part of this week. Paul, young son of Mr. and Mrs. T.

Swamley, West High street, is a typhoid fever patient. Miss Boyer, a trained nurse, ia in attendance. The Abbot tstown School Board huve electad the following teacher High school, Charles J. Hcnnig; grammar, Samuel A. Naglc; primary, Mellie Eisenhart.

David Tipton and family, of Straban township, left on Tuesday for Madrid, Nebraska, where they will engage in farm- and expect tp make their future home. Sparks from a magic lantern set fire to some bed clothing in the garret of the home of R. Lee Tipton, of Gettysburg Tuesday afternoon, but the blaze was discovered before any serious damage coulc be done. The following delegates from New Cx- ford are attending the Christian Endeavor convention at East Berlin Misses Mariali Kehm, Lydia Miller, Helen Sheetz, Ethel Sheely, Agnes Ehrehart, Edna, and Mary Bower, Catharine Bender, Dorothy Wolf and Ethel Snyder. The presence of the aeroplane and other air craft passing over New Oxford about July 4th, will mark the national aeroplane competition, which is to start on July 4th at New York city and end on October 12.

Columbus day, at San Franr-isco, the entire distance across the continent to be traversed via the Lincoln highway. A child of Fred Diehl, residing at Gettysburg, playing with matches Tuesday afternoon set fire to the curtains in a bed room. The mother hastened upstairs, and found the curtains, a window blind, a blanket and a quilt were on fire. These were thrown out the window and no further damage was done. The following students from Adams county are members of the graduating class of the Shippensburg State Normal School: Grace L.

Byers, Fairfield; Alma Fiscel, Gettysburg; Mary E. Kline, York Springs; Margaret A. Lerew, New Oxford; Margaret E. Troxell, Gettysburg; P. Earl Horting, Edgar R.

Lower, AlfredJR. McCauslin, Biglerville; John L. Stock, New Oxford. "The Lusitania was an unarmed vessel. All this talk about concealed rifles is absurd.

I am positive the Lusitania carried no guns where they could have been brought into action." This assertion was made by Samuel M. Knox, formerly of Adams county now president of the New York Shipbuilding Company, one of the survivors of the big liner that was torpedoed by a German submarine on May 7. Cyrus Miller, of Lebanon, 20 years old, sole support of his mother and younger sisters, was shot and killed Saturday evening by his father, John Miller, in a drunken frenzy. The tragedy was enacted in the presence of the terrified members of the Miller household, where Miller, aftor killing his son, continued to shoot, reserving the last cartridge for himself. He is at the hospital and may die from a wound close to the heart.

The immediate erection of a new building for the preparatory Department, the election of two new professors, and unfavorable action on the proposed change of the official name from Pennsylvania College to Gettysburg College, were among the item of business transacted at the meeting of the board of trustees held on Tuesday morning. John H. Ashworth, Ph. of Pennsylvania State College, was elected as Professor of Economics and Political Science and head of the course of Commerce and Finance, succeeding Prof. Macdonald, resigned.

Chester Allen, C. was elected as Burton F. Blough Professor of Civil Engineering and head of the Civil and Sanitary Engineering Department, succeeding Prof. Kirby, resigned. Two men were burned to death and another was, burned proqably fatally, in a fire wh'ch destroyed a building occupiec William Jennings Bryan.

Secretary of State under the present administration, presented his resignation to President Wiir son late on Tuesday afternoon. It was promptly accepted. The supervisors of Hamilton township, are having a concrete bridge erected over Pine Run. on the Berlin road, close to Pine Run school-house. Burgess V.

Little, of McSherrystown, vas taken suddenly seriously ill on Mon- and it is feared he is suffering from of the brain. When a boat which he was baling capsized John Weigle, 17 years old, a student of the York County Academy, unable to swim, drowned. Companions, who were afraid to go to his assistance. The Rev. Dr.

A. R. Steok, of Carlisle, formerly of St. James church, Gettysburg, was elected president of the board of trustees of Irving college, Mechanicsburg, at the annual meeting held last week. Chief of police John Reese, Dickson City, a suburb of Scranton, was run down by a party of intoxicated joy riders, early on Sunday morning, and received injuries from which he died a few hours later.

Frank Krepps, of Selma, Alabama, is spending several weeks with his father, Casper Krepps, at McSherrystown. Mr. Krepps left McSherrystown thirty years ago and settled in the South where he is engaged in the manufacture and jobbing of cigars. Bowers, the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs.

Lewis Bowers, of near Littlestown, died Monday afternoon at the State Hospital for the Insane at Harrisburg from paresis, aged 28 years. He is survived by bis wife, residing in Hanover, also by his parents, two sifters and four brothers. Driving his automobile to a lonely spot on ft country road Saturday night, George Eniig, 21 years old, from a farm near New Park, York county, cut his throat in a fit of insanity. Despite his excessive loss of blood, he drove to a doctor's office, was hurried to the almshouse hospital, and is expected to recover. J.

Marshall Harlan, aged 13 years, was killed at Buskill Park, when a heavy beam supporting a swing struck his chest, injuring him internally. He died before a physician arrived. Harlan and two other boys were swinging at the same tune and their combined weight caused the jolts holding the beam to tear out. The large' barn on the John L. Zacbarias arm, about 5 miles from Emmitsburg, was turned to the ground on Thursday night.

Cleven head of horses and colts and one alf perished in the structure: a large wag- Hi, grain drill, all the harness and a quan- ity of hay and grain were also consumed. The loss is partly covered by insurance. To Pay For Gulftight. Ambassador Gerard, at. Berlin, haa cabled to the state department a note from the German government agreeing to pay an indemnity for the damage done by a German submarine to the American steamship Gulfligut, torpedoed off the Scilly Islands.

The note was brief and said tha ship had been torpedoed by mistake in the belief that, heing accompanied by British patrol boats, she was a belligerent vessel. around and in doing so ran onto an embankment and upset, done to the machine. Some damage was by laborers on the farm of former Representative J. C. Sibley, at Franklin.

Two other men escaped by jumping. Lynch Negro For Assault. Masked men overpowered the keener of the county jiil at Princeton. dragged Arthur Bell, a negro, from his cell and hanged him to a tree. Bell was charged with having attacked a young wlilte woman.

The mob worked so quietly that the authorities were It's Now Dr. Bryan. Secretary of State William J. Bryan was given the honorary degree of LLD. at the commencement exercises of the University of Maryland In tlmore.

3,000,000 Shells Fired In a Battle. The French artillery fired more than 3,000.000 shells within fifty-five hours in the recent battle to the north of Arras. GENERAL MARKETS PHILADELPHIA FLOUR quiet; winterc lear, 6.25@6.50; city mills, fancy, RYE FLOUR quiet, at per barrel. WHEAT quiet; No. 2 red, 1 35 "CORN quiet; No.

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EGGS steady; selected, nearby, western, 24c. Live Stock CHICAGO--HOGS slow; bulk, t7.65; light, mixed, $7J5 light, heavy, roucn, pigs, CATTLE weak; native beef tteei western steers, 8.05; cows and heifers, calves, SHEEP steady; sheep, lambs, $7.75 10.75. NEWSPAPER!.