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Daughters of LibertyCelebrate Anniversary

Mechanicsburg, Pa., March 14.About 200 people enjoyed a banquetlast evening in celebration of the six-teenth anniversary of Resolute Coun-cil, No. 77, Daughters of Liberty,which was one of the best attendedand most successful ever held. Mrs.Ross Lehman was toastmaster and the

' following program was given, inter-spersed with music by an orchestra:Address of welcome, T. J. Webb; read-ing, Mrs. Alice 8. llauck; reading,Henry Wilson; dialogue, "A TroubledWitness," Earl Sheffer, Charles Col-lins, A. K. Barnes, H. M. Kleckner,L. N. Wood and Dale Bear; reading,Miss Vada Castle; dialogue, "Aunt De-borah's First Luncheon," Misj BlancheBelstline, Miss Leah Knoll, Misa Lulu

Coover, Miss Essie Tyrell, Miss ElsieHooper, Miss Catherine Shelter andMiss Violet Bowman; reading, Mrs.John Frey. On the committee of ar-rangements were Mrs. Joseph Beist-llne, Mrs. George Flnkenblnder, Mrs.Tolbert Gelling, Mrs. Park Moore andMrs. J. L. Fisher.

TO CLOSE IX>NI)ON CHURCHLondon, March 14.?The city of

London will have forty or fifty of Itschurches closed in the near future, tillafter the war, as a result of the bish-ops' scheme for releasing clergy fornational war work. There are nowonly about 20,000 people resident Inthe city (the central portion of thewhole municipality) and if presentplans go through, only eight churcheswill be kept open for their use.

GERMANY ARRANGESFOR TOBACCO

Amsterdam, Netherlands, March14.?This year's export of tobacco to

Germany is to be financed by theNetherlands Association of TobaccoDealers, a company specially formedhere for that object with a capitalof $20,000,000. With a view to main-taining its exchange rate, Berlinstipulates that German treasury billsof two years' term shall be taken inpayment for such goods, the bills te-Ing guaranteed by the Relchsbankand six other leading German bankingInstitutions. Should the present ship-ping stagnation continue, or theshortage of cargo space become suchthat the Netherlands East Indian to-bacco crop cannot be transferred tothe Dutch market, endeavors will

doubtless be made to ship the tobacco,or a large part thereof, to America.

OXFORD TO GRANT DEGREEOxford, Eng., March 14.?With a

view to encouraging Amreicans andcolonials to do research work at Ox-

ford the governing body pf the uni-versity is considering granting the de-Ogree of doctor of Rhtlosophy. Thenew degree will probably be adoptedthis spring.

AMERICANS TO GO TO INDIAOxford, Eng., March 14.?A dozen

or more American Rhodes scholarsare planning to go to India In Juneif not prevented by war with Ger-many. They will engage in teachingor in the Young Men's Christian As-sociation work with the Indian andMtesopotamlan armies.

GOOI) SCHOOL, ATTENDANCEBlaln, Pa., March 14.?Pupils of the

Blain Joint High School who attendedevery day of the fifth month, were:Dobbs Khlman. Miss Ruth Hench r Ar-thur Coller, Lpy Shumaker, MissEdith McVey, James Shumaker, MissPauline Johnson, Jesse Snyder, LouSnyder, Miss Sarah Shumaker, MissNellie Smith, Miss Verda Pryor, MissMary Mumper and Miss Florence Gut-shall. Thoso who attended every dayduring the term were: Miss EdithMcVey, Jesse Snyder, Miss NellieSmith, Miss Mabel Anderson, Lou Sny-der, Miss Verda Pryor and Miss Flor-ence Gutshall. Average attendance:Males, 12; females, 12; per cent, ofattendance; males, 96; females, 97.

TEUTONS TO TAX COALBerlin, March 14.?The hew coal

tax which the government plans to

pul in force shortly is expected toyield about $250,000,000 a year, thisamount being figured on a basis of500,000.000 tons output.

WILL JOIN STATE CAMPWaynesboro, Pa., March 14.?At a

meeting of the newsboys' work com-mittee of the Y. M. C. A., held yes-terday, It was decided to raise somemoney for the boys' department byhaving a "tag" day on Saturday,March 31. The committee endorsedthe suggestion that tho Boy Scoutscamp In June with the State Y. M. C.A., at Inglenook, near Harrisburg, In-stead of establishing a separate campfor themselves as heretofore. Thecost to the Boy Scouts will be sl2 fortwo weeks, exclusive of railroad fare.

Stricken With ParalysisWhile at Top of Tree

Columbia. Pa., March 14.?WilliamT. Strauss, Civil War veteran, and aformer 'borough engineer, was strick-en by apoplexy while on top of a treewhich he was trimming, and fell tothe ground In an unconscious condi-tion. His condition is serious.

FISHERIES INCREASE IN VALUEChristiana, March 14.?The value

of Norway's fisheries in 1916 was 14l>million kroner as against 37,000,000kroner in 1914, according to statisticsprepared by the Norwegian fishingcontroller

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