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The Washington times., 1915-05-01
Personals

Mrs. James +. Barbour left Washing
ton today for Atlantic City. to stay
until the middle of next week.
Miss Marguerite Barbour is in Phila-
delphia for the weekend, stopping with
Miss Bessie Samuel. Miss Frances
Clark. who was the guest of Miss Bar
bour in Washington last week. will en-
tertain at a luncheon for her tomor-
row at the Philadelphia Country Club.
4.
Mrs. William Hibbs and her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Edgar Legg. have gone to
their country place near Leesburg for
the summer. Mr.. Hibbs will remain at
the Connecticut for some time longer.
spending the week ends in Leesburg
with his family.
Mrs. Clarence Moore and Miss Frances
Moore will leave Washington today for
California. where they will spend a
short time.
Among the prominent residents OF
Pittsburgh now at the Willard are Mr.
and Mrs G. N. Black and Mr.. and Mrs
Lincoln Smith.
Lieut. p. D. Carlisle, stationed at Fort
Myer. will return tomorrow night from
Brooklyn y. Y, where he is the guest
of Congressman and Mrs. William NJ
The Washington times., 1915-05-01
Check the Symptoms
of Lung Trouble

Symptoms OF severe lung trouble,
such as fever, night sweats and loss
of weight, etc. should be checked. or
serious results will follow. Eckman s
Alternative has brought about many
recoVcriCs. Read this:
3O5 W. ThIrty-sixth ST.. New York.
"GCntIemen-Since was very
young woman ! was n sufferer from
Bronchitis. l tried doctor after doc
tor, getting little or no beneht. Fin
ally l had night sweats, weak spells,
and lost rapidly In weight. and my
doctor told me II they were not
checked would have Consumption.
Miss Mary kOrhamer. who l. n friend
of mine, recovered after taking your
tIteratiVc, and Insisted that I try IL.
I nm now, after two years, perfectly
well. strong, md healthy" (Abbre-
yinted.D
iAfGdavitD MRS. ROSA VOELPEL.
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Cious in bronchial Catarrh and severe
throat and lung affections and up
building the system. Contains no
harmful or habit forming drugs. Ac-
Cept no substitutes. Small size 81,
regular size. So. Sold by lCadins
druggists. Write for booklet OF re-
CuNrrics.
i&ckmnn Laboratory, Philadelphia.
sold by O'DonnrIrs Drus stores In
NAAkingtoh. ID. C.-AdVt.
The Washington times., 1915-05-01
Drug Victims Flee
Hospital Prison
Results of Campaign Against
Dope Seen In Every Corner
of New York.
By GARDNER MACK.

NEW YORK. May lin the crusade
against the use of narcotics the police
report the following as the days de-
velopment:
Four drug victims escape from tho
prisoners ward in Bellevue Hospital.
Three recaptured after chase by police
and citizens.
Detective Duffy in arresung cocaine
peddlers shoots and seriously wounds
John Paul. his prisoner.
Former schoolteacher. confessed drug
victim. through her testimony convicts
druggist in Brooklyn.
Detectives break down doors Of opium
smoking parlor in West Twenty ninth
street. obtaining quantity of the drug
opium peddler uses crease in wooden
leg 70 carry contraband drug
Detectives search west side lunch
rooms for drug distributors and seize
thirty-nine decks" Of heroin.
Hotei chef collapses for lack Of drugs.
cocaine found in room Of youth who
wrote threatening letters to the mother
or Leonora Cohn, ripper victim.
The Washington times., 1915-05-01
Dinners and Dances

dance was given Thursday evening
at the Cutler. Dancing stopped at II
when a moonlight ride was taken and
upon returning refreshments were
served.
Katherine Schiller and Miss MariS
Schiffer Miss Frances Johnson and
Miss Lucy johnson, Miss Annie Willis
and Miss Helen Willis. Miss Frances
Adams and Miss Constance Adams.
Miss Elsie Wagner, Miss Hazel lnscho,
Miss Edythe Shackleford, Mrs. How
ard Moore, Miss Ruggles. Miss McCabe.
and and Miss Mitchell, Mrs. Diggs and her
sister Mrs. Beard. Of New York: Mr..
Oakley. Mr.. Lassly, Mr.. Jarboe, Mr..
schwennesscn. Mr.. Ball, MIR. Lloyd, Mr..
Jones. Mr.. Hicks. Mr.. Moore. Mr..
spicer' and Mr.. Henley.
The officers and lad es at Fort Myer
entertained at an informal hop last
night.
Miss Eleanor Clark. Miss Shea. Mrs.
Reginald Walker, Mrs. Richmond, Mrs
Reading. Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Burr
Robert Hagner. Mr. Shea. owen Thomp-
son. Ezra Gould. Edward Alton. and
Thomas Hyde were among the Wash
ingtonans who attended the last dance
of the season given by the Rockville
Assembly last night
Nine. da Cana. wife of the Brazil a r
ambassador: Mrs. Lloyd Bowers. the
Russian Ambassador and Nine. Bakh-
meter. the charge d'affa!rs OF Greece
legation. and Jonkheer de Beaufort. OF
the Netherlands legation. were among
those dining at the Shoreham last
night.
The Washington times., 1915-05-01
Items of Interest and Import
ance of Past, Present, and
Future Among Official and
Fashionable Folk.

Calder. who are entertaining a house
party over the week end.
Miss Cutler, of Sufferer, n. Y; Miss
+ raser Grahamc. OF Glasgow. Scotland; ;
Miss Banks, of Dundee. Scotland, and
Miss Justice, of New York, form an in
teresting party which arrived at the
shoreham yesterday.
=
Mrs. John b. Henderson and her son
John Is. Henderson, jr., have gone to
Asbury Park and along the Jersey coast
In search of a summer cottage. Mrs
Henderson has leased her residence at
Bar Harbor to DR.. Arthur g. Train, of
New York.
Lieut.. and Mrs. E. A. Osterman. whose
marriage took place on Thursday in
Philadelphia, are at the Shoreham.
Miss Marjorie Dunton, Of Newark, N
j., is spending week with Gen. and
Mrs. Brinker at the Hartford. Miss Dun
ton was ono OF the graduates Of the
class of 1914 at the Chevy Chase Col
lege. Chevy Chase. Md.
Prominent New Workers. staying at the
Shoreham include Mrs. Stuart Duncan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Forbes McCreeCy,
and Capt. and Mrs. ID. W. c. Falls.
Amos A. Lawrence. OF Boston. is at
the Willard.
Miss Mary Fogg, who has been max
ins her home at Stoneleigh Court for
| number of years, is now at the
Shoreham. where she expects to remain
some time.
Daniels left Washington last night
| aboard the Mayfiowcr for Hampton
Roads. where he will hold conference
tomorrow with Admiral Fletcher rcIa-
tive to the forthcoming naval revie"
and other important departmental mat
| ters. He was accompanied by Mrs.
| Daniels. Rear Admirals Blue. Taylor,
| and MCGOWAN, Judge Advocate General
Mclean, Commander Wertsbaugh, Mrs.
| Bagley. Miss Caro- BaSlcy, and Miss
Ethel Bagley.
| Mrs. Loril!ard Spencer. sr.. Of Now
port. Is recent arrival at the Shore
| ham.
Congressman r. r. Hobson ard Mrs
| Hobson will leave Washington next
week for their summer home at Tuxedo
| Park, n. Y.
Surrounded by American Beauty roses
! white lilacs. and other spring flowers
| Miss May Tull. daughter OF Mrs. Minnie
| A. Tull was married to OsmOnd Leon
| ard Narela on Wednesday afternoon al
| the home Of the brides mother. 10
| Maryland avenue. The ceremony was
| performed by the Rev. A. Il. Barrows s
| of the Eastern Presbyterian Church.
The bride was given in marriage BY
her brother. Ray Tull. She wore .
gown of white crepe de chine and chif'
fon. and carried bouquet OF Bride
| roses and lilies of the valley. A recep
ton followed the ceremony. after which
| MIR. and Mrs. Narola left for wed
| ding trip to New York and Boston by
sea. The brides travelling costume was
Of puttv cOlorc6 ba rdinp. They vii
be at home after May Il at lo7 Mary
! land avenue.
The Washington times., 1915-05-01
Edward D. EdSton
Claimed by Death
Head of Graphophone Companies
Was Member of Staff Of Wash
ington Newspaper.

PHILADELPHIA. May l.-Edward D.
Easton. president OF the American
Graphophone Company and OF the Co
lumbla Graphophone Comanpy. and
one of the pioneers in the talking ma
chine field. is dead at Cherry Valley,
n. j., after an illness of one month.
Mr.. Easton was born in Arcola. n.
j.. in 1855. and received his early edu-
ton in the neighborhood schools. In
early life he became a reporter on the
Hackensack. N. j.. Republic and later
was on the stan of tho Washington
Star.
When the Bell and Tainter patents on
the graphophone were obtained In 1856,
Mr. Easton saw the great possibilities
in this field. and took a large share OF
stock in the company which was or
ganized to place the instrument on the
market. A few years later. while the
business was still in Its infancy, Mr
Easton was called upon to accept the
presidency. -.
The Washington times., 1915-05-01
Red Cross Gets Money
Meant for Exposition

LINCOLN. Nebr., May 1.-One thou
sand, one hundred and thirty-six dollars
have just been turned over to II. II.
Wilson, one OF the Nebraska members
of the Red Cross organization. by the
committee which raised funds for a.
Nebraska building at the Panama-Pa-
CiiC Exposition.
Because there was not enough collect
cd and the Legislature refused to appro-
pirate any funds for an exposition build
ing. the committee was at loss what
disposition to make of the money col
lected Most of it had been contributed
by school children over the State, and
as the amounts were small 1t was not
feasible to return II.
The Washington times., 1915-05-01
Georgetown to Debate
With Barton COLLEGE,

GEORGETOWN College debating team
will meet the team from Boston Col
lege tomorrow night in CASTOR Hall. to
test the strength OF the two organiza-
tions. which have been forensic rivals
for many years. The query will be:
Resolved. That the Federal Govern
ment should adopt a policy Of building
up an American Merchant Marine TO
engage in the foreign trade"
The Georgetown College team will
take the negative. the debaters includ.
ing William ]. Cullinan. 10. District OF
Columbia: Rufus S. Lusk. II. District
of Columbia, and w. st. John Car
wood, II, of Texas.
The Washington times., 1915-05-01
CHILDREN TO DANCE
AROUND MAY POLES
Neighborhood House to Close
Three-Day May Festival
With Pageant.

Neighborhood House will attract the
children Of southwest Washington this
afternoon at o'clock. when the three
day festival of May will close with a
costume pageant and merry dances
around three maypoles placed in n
street.
The procession will be led by six
pipers of sprlng-Elizabeth Jones'
Rhoda Mothershead, Mamie Downey.
Evelyn Gartrell, Christine Smith. and
Frances Smith, who are to be heralds
for Flora. the queen of the flowers
(Francis Fowler. She will be followed
by the tulips. jonQuils. and cherry bios
SONS. Mother Earth and her children,
the flowers and fairies who took part
in "Thc Chargeling," and the flowers
of the kindergarten.
One block on street will be rOped
off and the Engineers Band will play
for the dances around the maypoles.
In the evening all the dances of Thurs
day and Friday and the fairy play.
THE Changeling," will be repeated.
The play tells the story of little boy
who wonders while asleey into flower
garden. The fairies grow so fond OF
them that they change him into a fairy,
but he thinks of his lost toys and pleads
to be chansed into boy again.
Cast of Characters.
Margaret Hunt is Joe. the little NOR
tai; Ruth Rabbit. the rose sprite; Naomi
Schoenberger. the night moth; Jennie
eWnder, ecs Wings; Stella Weber, the
white owlette; Edith Coleman. Filter
Flutter, the butterfly; Edith Blinkhorn
day dream; Marguerite Marinella. Anna
hlcbel, Nellie IlarriS. Rusalie Bryant
Genevieve Hurley, Marguerite Connors
Edna kennett. Elsie Chism, Rose
Wilkerson and Erma Mehlin. member'
of band of fairies; Lillian Hatton
Maggie Newly, Lily Downs. Eth
Downs. Pearl Deggs and Phyllis Bauger
little men in green; Irene Williams. Ada
Cooper, Eva Ball, Doris Flaherty. Ida
| Hunt, Martha Bardley. Gladys Torber
| and Gertrude Davis. maidens of IN,
mist; Mabel Donaldson. Emma White
! Helen Mills, Helen Darlington and Ceci
Smith. the lost toys Louise GallahOrn
| the fairy queen; Kate Flanagan. n,
nurse; Arthur Clark. the fairy herald
| Marguerite Diver. Genevieve Diver, Lii
| lian Hicks. Nellie Walker. Annie Smith
Tllic Mushinsky. Elmira Naylor. an,
Jennie Kurt the dolls; Ruth Wells
| Jack O. lantern; Thelma Cox. cocks
comb; Ellen Desmond. wake robin
! Irene llefron, monks hood; Paulin,
Mothershead. marigold;' Wilheminf
| Christopher. princess feather: Esthe
| DietZ. Quaker lady; Caroline Barghau
| sen. morning bride; Eleanor Dant, mai
| DRAGON; IrenN Duke. sIvect william
| Elaine GallahOrn, sweet pea, and Mar
garet Carter, mignonette
Jonquils and Tulips.
| The jnnQuils are Agnes, Walter
Evelyn Arnold. Lois Brown. Eva Gun,
nlnGham, Josie Mccarthy. Marriott,
GriEsby. Gather No MCCarthy. ira,
| Hildo Snahn Elosuors Appich Firm,
| Beall, Lucille Smith. katherine Hon
kins. Ruth Smith. RsrnIce Annadale
The Washington times., 1915-05-01
ToDAY's BEST FILMS
BY GARDNER MACK.

kntbIyn Williams, In "In Tune
With the WiJd,'' by Kathleen Will
iams tseiieD, aud Norma Phillips,
In "Runnwny june" by George
Randolph Chester. thirteenth In
stallment tKcIisnceD, the Olympic,
1431 L street.
(Essanay), the savoy, Fourteenth,
near Irving street.
Charlie Chaplin, In "By the Sea-
(EssnnnD, CrandnIrs, Ninth and
r streets.
BESSIE BarriscaIe, In "The Devil"
from the play by Franz Molnar,
tMutuaI Master PictureJ, the
Strand, Ninth and ID streets.
FranceIia BiIIinston and Sam De
Grnsse, in "ChiId OF God" from
Brady Mutual Master Picture), the
Garden, 423 Ninth street.
Clara Kin,baII Young. In "The
Deep Purple" from the play by
Paul Armstrong. the Casino, T.,
near seventh street.
Rose 1npIcy and Reggie shcf-
field. In "The Indy of the LiRht-
house" CVitngraphD, the Circle,
21OJ Pennsylvania avenue.
Sidney Ayres, In "The Love That
Lasts" TOtScrs). the Dixie, Eighth
and II streets northeast.
william 8. Hart and Enid Mar
key, In "Thc Taking Of Luke Nc
Nane" (Kay-Bce), the Empire, e1J
II street northeast.
william Gnrvood and ViIet Mer-
cereuu, In "Thc Adventure Of the
Yellow Curl Paperso Imp), the
Alhnnbrn, 80 Seventh street.
Arnold DAILY, in "rhe Port OF
Missing Men" Famous Players),
the Lafayette. T., between Thir-
teenth and Fourteenth streets.
Charlie Chaplin, in "By the Sea-
HEssanay), the Empress, 418 Ninth
street.
Courtenay Foote, Myrtle Sted-
nnn. and Margaret Edwards, in
"HypOcrites." by Lois Weber Dos
WORTH, the Apollo, 824 H street
northeast.
Marguerite COurtOt and Tom
Moore. in .'The Third Command
ment" kaIcm), the Masonic Au-
ditOrium, New York avenue, near
Thirteenth street.
The Washington times., 1915-05-01
White SlaverS Merit
Death; Says Judge

NEW YORK, May l.-Judge Mulaueen,
in passing a five to ten year sentence
on John Weigel. convicted OF compelling
his young bride to support him in idle
ness by her earnings as a white slave,
expressed regret the law did not per-
init him to give a death sentence.
This crime" said the judge. Is more
hideous In my opinion than murder, and
certainly merits death"
The Washington times., 1915-05-01
Col. Roosevelt to Fish
Off the Gulf Coast Soon

NEW ORLEANS. May 1.-Colonel
Roosevelt will come to New Orleans on
June ! and with John NJ. Parker, South
ern Bull Moose leader. will spend an en-
tire week fishing tarpon off the Gulf
coast, Parker announced here today.
One arrangement for the Coloneis visit,
made by Parker, is that natives" shall
refrain from manifestations of curiosity
and treat the colonel as an ordinary
citizen"
The Washington times., 1915-05-01
Leaves ST to
Pay for Suicide Gas

EAST ORANGE, N. j.. May l-Leav-
ing a note in which was inclosed
dollar bill to pay for the gas used, Mrs.
Elizabeth Heck. widow. committed
suicide at her home by asphyXiation.
She retired apparently in good spirits.
A short time before she heard neigh
Dor play music. and told Mrs. Arastena
Wallenstein. a friend, that she felt like
dancing again. She was sixty-four
years old.
The Washington times., 1915-05-01
Mems and Gossip of the Day
In Washington's Smart Set

among her guests Or. and Mrs. J. Blair
Spencer, Pcachy Spencer, and Law
renee Janney. OF Boston.
-
The Misses Timlow will be at home
for the last time this season on Mon
day. at 4:30 O'Clock.
The Washington times., 1915-05-01
Miss Lathrop Speaks.

Miss Julia Lathrop, chief Of the chill
dren bureau. Of the Department OF
Labor. outlined the work done by her
bureau In an address before the Home
Club OF the Interior Department last
The Washington times., 1915-05-01

Margaret Walters. and Mildred dc
Walt.
The tulip children are Edna Watson.
Ethel Green, Dorothy Greenwc.l. Ma
bel Hatton. Margaret Sterne. Evelyn
Wells. Hazel Arnold, Alma Rculing.
Evelyn Mothershead. Thelma Wells.
Mabe! Mothershead, Gertrude Williams.
Pearl Mothershead. Katherine Barg-
hausen, Olive Mothershcad, and Mill
dred Self.
Agnes Boyd. Mary Brown, Marion Suit,
Ethel Warner, Loretta Grigsby, Grace
Dougherty. katherine Jackson. Nellie
Fraser. Alma Holder. Hattie Jackson.
Margaret Taylor. Gladiola Poyton. In
liam Fraser. and Belle Reeves are the
Cherry Blossoms.
Cotton will come first in the process
sion of children OF Mother Earth. with
Evelyn Huston as Miss Cotton, and
seven attendants, Elwood Clark,
Carton Smith. Adam Fisher. Fred Mills.
Maxwell Christopher. Harry Hyatt, and
Arthur May.
Attendants of Flax.
katherine koehler is to be the Blue
Flax Flower. Her attendants arc Nor
gan Aiken. William Murray, George
Watson. Walter Mcdonald. and Herman
Barghausen. Wilbur Hatton. as Pine
apple. and Melvin Kchl. as a Filipino
will come next, then Gladys COokmai
as an Indian squaW. and Theodore
White. John Lincolns. Albert Hennigc
Franz Nagle, Joseph Nagle. Leo Gately
and Alvin Marks. as Indian boys. Mar
garet Henderson is Apple Blossom
Samuel Stewart, Red Apple. and Charles
Green. Apple Pie. William Wiltshire
Gladys Greenwell. jerome Hcfficingcr
and Louis Merryman will be the -four
vine children, Watermelon. Cucumber
Muskmelon, and Pumpkin. The last
children of Mother Earth are the
grains-Wheat. Oats. Rye, and Corn
portrayed by Scott Morris. Eddie Diver
Leonard Merryman. and Robert Peters
All the costumes were made by mem
bers of the clubs and classes at Neigh
borhood House. For the tableaux anC
plays Miss Helen S. Griffith is director
of dancing, Miss Goodwin director OF
music, and Miss Millward accompanist.
The Washington times., 1915-05-01

Mrs. Albert Sidney Bureson will be
hostess at a reception tomorrow after
noon at : o'clock in honor of Mrs.
Percy V. PcnnypaCker, of Austin. Tex,
president OF the National Federation of
Women's Clubs, who is in town for a
short time
The Washington times., 1915-05-01

Mrs. A. n. Talbot was hostess at a
small tea Yesterday afternoon at her
apartment in the Connecticut in CotEpli-
ment to her guest. Mrs. Scoyillc, of New
York
The Washington times., 1915-05-01

Mr.. and Mrs. George Howard will en-
tertain number Of guests at tea to-
morrow afternoon al their country place.
the Riggs farm, in Maryland, where
they are spending the spring, in compli-
ment to Miss Wetmore.
The Washington times., 1915-05-01

Mrs. Lincoln G. Valentine entertained
at luncheon today in compliment to Sc
nora DOna Coralia de Duenas, wife Of
the minister from Salvador. The other
guests were Madam Shah, wife of the
minister from China Mrs. John Temple
Graves. Mrs. Rufus Day, and Mrs. Will
liam Mitchell.
The Washington times., 1915-05-01

Miss Barbara Hoge, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. w. S. Hoge, entertained at
luncheon today in compliment to her
sister. Mrs. James Nicholas Scaver
Brewster, and Miss Marion Perkins. The
other guests were Mrs. Frank Savage,
of st. Paul; Mrs. MurdOck Ibrris, of
Baltimore Mrs. Bowdoin Craighill Mrs.
Milton French. Miss Margaret William
son, Miss Ethel Norris. Miss Nancy
Jones, and Miss Phyllis Snyder.
The Washington times., 1915-05-01

William c. Denny. of this city. has
been in charge of the entries for the
dog show, a special feature Of the big
May day benefit celebration taking place
today on the lawn of the Pillars. the
handsome residence. which Mrs. Kelly
Evans has leased for the season at Hot
Springs, Va.
The Washington times., 1915-05-01
Jonquils and Tulips.

The jonQuils are Agnes. Walter.
Evelyn Arnold. Lois Brown. Eva cum
nlnGham, Josie Mccarthy. Marjorie
Grirsby. Gather No Mccarthy. HTda
IFildo SDahn. Eloauors Appich. Erma
Beal, Lucille Smith. katherine Hop
kins. Ruth Smith. RsrnIce Annadaie,
The Washington times., 1915-05-01

Mrs. Hugh L. Scott, wife of the chief
of the army, entertained at luncheon
yesterday, when her guests We're Mrs.
Rollins Morse, Mrs. James Wadsworth,
Mrs. Barker, Miss Julia Strong. Mrs.
Fowler. Mrs. Emerson II. Lscum, Mrs.
Albert l.. Mills, Mrs. Charles n. Butler,
Mrs. McCalls. and the Misses Stockton,
Of Princeton.
The Washington times., 1915-05-01

Miss Bette Spring Rice, small daugh-
ter of the British Amba ssador and Lady
Spring Rice, is celebrating her birthday
anniversary today. and has asked sew
eral of her young friends to help her
cut her birthday cake.
The Washington times., 1915-05-01

Mrs. George Summorlin was hostess
at a lobster supper last night i'm the
s@Se room Of the ShOrcham, having
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-11
FULL CREW REPEALER
IN GOVERNOR HANDS
Passed by Senate; Beidleman and
Burke Speak For the
Railroadmen

The Senate last night passed the re-
pealer of the present full crew law by
a vote of 80 to Is. The measure had
previously been approved by the House
of Representatives and now awaits the
action of the Governor. 1t gives to the
Public Service Commission the au-
thority to determine where excess men
are needed. instead of imposing man.
datory conditions upon the railways.
The vote in the Senate was taken
after Senators Burke. Allegheny, and
Beidleman. Dauphin, had spoken for
practically an hour. Senator Beidle-
mans speech was particularly vigor-
Gus defense of the full crew law.
The roll call on the measure showed
these results:
For the Repeater - Messrs. Buck
man, Clark, Croft, Daix, Dewitt, Ends
ley, Gerberich, Gyger, Herbst, Hilton
Hindman. Homsher, Jenkins, Kurtz
Lynch. Martin. Mckee. McNichol, Mil
Ter. Patton. Phipps. Salus, Semmens
Sensenich, w w Smith. P. w. Snyder
Sones. Sproul, Stewart, Tompkins
Ware. Warner and Washers.
Against the Repealer-Messrs Bel
dleman. Burke. Catlin, Crow, Farley
Graft, Hackett. Kline. Magee, McCon-
nell. Mills Moore, Schantz, r. T.,
Smith, Charles A. Snyder and Thomp-
son.
Absent-Mr. Hoke.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-05-11
DISTRICT MEETING
Of DAUPH|N COUNTY
P. 0. S. of A. VIII Hold Conven.
ton With Penbrook Camp To-
morrow Evening

The semiannual Southern District
convention of Dauphin county. Patri-
otic Order Sons of America. will be
held at Penbrook in the rooms of
Washington Camp, No. ATT. Wednes-
day. May II. Special services will be
held in the evening and 1t is expected
that the hall will be packed, as each
camp in the district has a large dele
CATION, to take up the important mat
ters which come before the assembly
each year. Much interest is taken in
these conventions, which are next in
importance to the national convention.
Noted speakers will be present and the
camp will hold an open meeting in the
evening. All members are cordially
invited to bring their families and
friends to the evening session, when
the following program will be given:
Singing. America" by audience:
prayer, the Rev. Mr.. Heisler: selection
by choir; address. II. E. Zorger, dis
trict president; solo, by Mrs. Edward
Weigle; address, Edward Weigle, of
Camp No. s; selection by choir: ad-
dress, the Rev. Mr.. Heisler, of Camp