10 CZECHO-SLOVAKS SEIZE IRKUTSK; POOLE WILL STAY American Consul General Ad vises State Department of Danger to Diplomats WILL REMAIN TO HELP Entente Citizens Arrested by Bolsheviki as Hostages Are Released By Associated Press Washington, Aug. 17.—Capture of Irkutsk, ihe important Lake Baikal port of the trans-Siberian railroad by the Czecho-Slovaks, aided by the Siberian people's army on July 7, is announced in a belated dispatch from American Consul Harris at Ir kutsk dated July 22, and received to day at the State Department. American Consul General Poole at Moscow, who recently burned his code book and turned the consulate over to the Swedish consul, notified the State Department in a cablegram received to-day that he intended to remain in Moscow to assist the Brit ish and French consular officers there who are in great personal dan ger. The consul general reported that with the aid of the Swedish represen tative he had succeeded in securing the release of several hundred En tente citizens, chiefly British and French, who were arrested by the Bolshevik and held as hostages for Soviet members imprisoned in ihe north. Additional Classified Ads on Opposite Page MOTORCYCLES AXl> fW^yCLES ~ BICYCLES. BICYCLm I New and rebuilt bicycles at very at tractive prices: guaranteed repair- I ing: come here and get a square ! deal. H. F. ESTER BROOK. 912 N. Third Street. Dial 4990. I'I'HLIC SALES ~ j PUBLIC SALE AT 1960 STATE i STREET OF Household furniture, comprising j 5 complete bedroom suites, parlor diningroom and kitchen furni ture. including all floor coverings, window shades, curtains, dishes and kitchen utensils. Sale Tuesday, August 20, at 1 0 clock sharp. Terms, cash on ! day of sale. J. W. KuONS. Auctioneer. LEGAL NOTICES 1 WILL not be responsible for, pay any bills contracted by wife Anna E. Davies. (Signed) CHAS DAVIES. Pennsylvania State Highway De partment. Harrisburg, Pa. Sealed pro posals will be received at said office until 10 A. M„ September 5. 1918, when bids will be publicly opened and I scheduled and contracts awarded as soon thereafter as possible for the reconstruction of the following pave ments: 9,550 feet of One Course Plain Foment Concrete in Venango County; feet of One Course Plain Cement • oncrete in larncaster County; 2.085 feet and 9,156 feet of One Course Plain Cement Concrete and 404 feet of Hillside Vitrified Block in West moreland County; 26.112 feet of either Vitrified Block on a Concrete Founda- ! tion or One Course Plain Cement Con-j erete in Fayette County, and 7.783 feet of One Course Plain Cement Con-' erete and Hillside Vitrified Block on j a Concrete Foundation in Warren I I'ountv. Bidding blanks and specifica tions may lie obtained free and plans' upon payment of $2.50 per set. upon i application to State Highway I)e- i partment, Harrisburg. No refund for plans returned. They can also be seen at office of State Highway Depart ment. Harrisburg; 1001 Chestnut I Street. Philadelphia, and 904 Hartje Building, Pittsburgh. Pa. J. D. O'Neil State Highway Commissioner. NOTICE My wife, Eva Munjas. of Grantsville, Pa., formerly of Export Pa., having left my bed and hoard without just cause, I will not be re sponsible for any debts contracted hv her. MIKE MUNJAS, Export. i Westmoreland County, Pa. ' We Will Sell Your Property Let Us Inspect It ||||| We Will Serve You Promptly Ask Our Customers fflll General Real Estate Business AWPPL Bergner Building Dial 1673 CONSULT US | Play Safe — Stick to KING OSCAR CIGARS because the quality is as good as ever i it was. They will please and satisfy you. 6c—worth it JOHN C. HERMAN & CO. Makers a i SATURDAY EVENING, AWAIT HOUSING STUDY IN CITY Real Estate Development Is More or Less Held Back by Lack of a Policy Real estate developments in Har risburg. which have been held back by the war conditions, are marking time, it is freely admitted, because] of the lack of a definite housing ] j policy. There are people here who | are understood to be willing to go j right ahead with building of houses for renting to workers, firm in the belief that the industrial activity I here will continue permanently, but I they hesitate owing to the talk about j I creation of certain housing districts j and standards. There is crying need in Harrisburg j now for scores of houses to rent to I men working in mills and on rail roads at moderate prices and build-1 ing is at a standstill. In other cities! building of houses is considered as much important as the erection of structures for essential industries as the old idea that the workman can • find a roof fore the cook stove is I exploded. j Meanwhile properties are chang- I ing hands in Harrisburg at increas j ing values and the demand for | homes is really not being met. Heceijt transfers include: Murray H. Spahr to P. H. Caplan. ; 1526-28-30 Catherine, $lO. j Edith McKinley to P. H. Caplan. I 1520-22-24-Catherine street, $lO. Edwin G. Slabach to Domenica [ Maggio, lot Mary's alley. sl. i Victor M. Weaver to Franziska W. ( I Krause, 1910 Market, sl. Harvey Gordon to George W. i Bressler, house and lot, oberlin, $2,- ! 700. | Eliza A. Norton to Charles E. I ljockard, lots, Middletown. SSOO. William H. Skinner to Alice Skin ' ner, 2-story brick, 312 South Fif teenth. SIOO. C. C. McLaughlin to Miranda ! Yeartz, 2-story frame barn, Eliza i bethville, $3,200. Mabel A. Harris to Meade F. Har | ris, 2 1-2 story stone, 1511 Ver non, $1 Eliza C. Douden to Gotthardt Ags ten, Millersburg property. $2,500. Benjamin F. Meyers to Samuel J. Myers, 3-story frame, IS4O North Seventh, $1,650. Sadie M. Gutman to Agnes S. Smith, 1937 North Second. sl. Wilson P. Borah to Miles A. ' Fought. 2037 North Fourth, sl. ' Edwin P. Robinson to Annie H.. Folger, lot. Dauphin, sl. Frederick Kelker to Nettie A. Hoi- ( lingsworth, lot, Susquehanna town- j ship, S2OO. Frederick Kelker to Curtin E. Hol lingsworth, lot, Susquehanna town-!] ship, S2OO. J Benjamin M. Bailey to Harvey L. j ; Bailey, farm land, Lower Paxton township, sl. Abraham Raybuck to William I Klinger, 3 acres mountain land, Ly- J kens township, sl. . Harrisburg Realty Company to j Laura N. Klinepeter, lot, Mahanton- ] go street. $4 50. 1 Cecilia Gottschall, et al., to Ola C. J Ziegler ,lot, Lykens. 2-story frame, J $1,500. Albert Hentz to Joseph Sloboda, property, Lykens, SBSO. •] Catherine Feldt to Daniel E. Feidt, * 55 acres, pper Paxton township, $5,000. Sylvester E. Burris to Joseph Tur- . ner. 3-story frame, 8 Haehnlcn, sl. Charles M. Werner to Jacob Wcr- j ner, lot, Lykens,. $250. , Christian 1,. Brinser to William M. f Welker, lot, Swatara township, $525. . Benjamin F. Meyers to Susan Mey- . ers Africa, 11 North Front, sl. Harris Building and Loan Associa- . tion to Aubrey H. Baldwin, 1841-43 j ( Herr. sl. , Aubrey H. Baldwin to Alpheus H. f Baldwin, lot, Susquehanna town ship, sl. j Arthur C. Young to Catherine J Cramer, lots, Edgemont, SBO. , Clara S. Early to Robert S. Early. d 3-story brick, 536 Seneca, $lO. i Philip H. Caplan to Louis C. Gold- ] man. 1526-28-30 Catherine, $lO. . Samuel A. Worley to William H. j , Knabe, 1903 Forster, $2,100. j ( Frederick J. Brenneman to Charles - , N. Miller, 2-story frame, 43 Balm, sl.| William K. Miller, et al., to L Charles N. Miller, et al., to Charles !< N. Miller, 452 South Cameron, $1,200. j Herbert K. Crull to Elizabeth T. j Reuwer, 808 North Seventeenth, sl. j LIEUT. DOWDELL TELLSOF BATTLE [Continued from First Page.] full of dead Germans. Every bush had its quota behind it. The yellow wheat Held was trampled in paths' and these paths were strewn with dead. Surely no single company has ever accounted for more of the en-| emy in any one battle. Fifty-fourj German machine guns that theyj failed to carry away with them werei found and are to go to the roar as a I momento to Company G. Think of; it. tifty-fonr machine guns on onej 'company front-—and surely they| I took some away with them. "Sontebodv told me that General Ludendorff admits that his offensive was stopped by the "bravery and unshaken nerve of the American troops." it is the truth. Behind the 200 yards of front held by the brave company .lies a broad valley, an easy path to the heart of France, j Not many reserves were held to de fend this valley and this Latdendorff apparently knew. He made an of fensive on a wide front—Soissons to Bheims—but he placed the flower of his army, the Seventeenth Rat- I talion of the Prussian Guard, with ! unlimited reserves behind, to thrust I through the defenses of this valley, I and had planned to Paris by midnight of the seventeenth. He began at midnight of the 14th- 15th, but before night of the 15tli had failed. His Prussian Guards were piled up in the sun to rot and his plan spread to the world, a grinning spectre proclaiming his defeat. Objectives Taken "B.v counterattacks during the next few days the south bank of the Marne came again into the complete possession of the allies and on the morning of the 22nd, seven days af ter the groat German offensive, Colo nel Mac Alexander of the Thirt.v --! eighth, crossed the Marne at the head of his regiment. At the same time the French attacked on our right while the Seventh advanced on our left. The First and Third Bat talions of the Thirty-eighth made this advance, while the Fourth Bat talion marched in support. There was a surprisingly small amount of artillery work by either side. At noon of the 22nd the Thirty-eighth censed advancing, having taken its first objective and gotten ahead of the flanks. That evening Company G was sent into the front line to thicken up Company B, which had lost quite heavily during the ad vance. and there 1 first came upon the front line. We had a quiet time there for about thirty hours, when we were relieved by the Thirtieth Infantry and returned to Mezy. As I write the front has advanced so rapidly 'he artillery has had great difficulty in keeping up, and Mezy, two weeks ago the storm center, is now further behind the lines than, this division has been at any time l since it 'omc up. The advance isj still pushing on and I hope we can! keep the Germans on the run in-] definitely. We'll hav# one more ; spell up there in a few days and) then we hope to be relieved for longi enough to reorganize thoroughly audi to forget how it feels have shells i popping all around and to wonder if the next one has one's name on It. Even back here one is not m a haven of safety, for the Huns have long range guns which drop occa sional shells: they bomb us from air planes, and our own antiaircraft nr-j tillery sends up a 'dud' now and j then which inevitably comes to; earth, an extremely dangerous ob-j ject to one in a light shelter or no j shelter at all. In High Spirits "It is a great thing to belong toi an organization such as this. It hasl a reputation and must keep it now, that it has earned it. So naturally] that little thought adds to everyone's Ing that whatever the situation Com pany G men will always be game and will never give way. "But a very little of war goes a long way. A man who is here ac tually fighting and who is not the most ardent of peace advocates is sirnplv crazy. "I went out on that battlefield and found heaps of stinking humans, rotted before their time because na tions have chosen to declare war. All were equally brave, and, I jare say, equally worthy. They fought and died because leaders could not agree because of national allegiance of variant ideas, beclouded even to the leaders. It is war. It is hell. It must not be again. "Well I must get a bit of clearing done. I'm glad to have had a while to write. Love to you all. "MARC." Lieut. R. B. Herbert Is Wounded in France Grcensburg, Pa.. Aug. 17.—Lieut. Robert B. Herbert, of Company I, 110 th Regiment, is reported seriously injured. He is the son of R. W. Her bert. of Greensburg. Lieutenant Her bert has been an officer in the Na tional Guard of Pennsylvania for a number of years. He was with the command at the Mexican border and went with it to Camp Hancock. Just before sailing for France he was de tached and sent ahead for special training, but rejoined his company in time for the big battle. He is mar ried. He is a graduate of Yale and secretary-treasurer of the Tribune- Press Publishing Company, Greens burg. Robert W. Herbert, the father, is a brother of Alderman George D. Herbert, and both he and his son, are well-known in Harrisburg. Mr. Herbert was formerly a well-known legislative correspondent. T Opportunities I for Investors There are at the pres ent time a large num ■ her of bonds, notes and stocks selling at such H low prices that the in come returns are far better than investors have been accustomed to receive from intrin sically sound securities. Write for our invest ment suggestions. I A.B.Leach & Co.,lnc. Kfl Investment Securities I 115 8. 4th St.. Philadelphia ■ New York Chicago Boston ; l Buffalo Scran ton Baltimore Represented by I LEE A. LAUBENSTEIN Harrisburg QISBfSER SmMQf! 111 SEALS A STENCILS |#\ IV MF6. BY HBO. STENCIL WORKS ■ af J |3O LOCUST ST. HBG.PA. U H ARRISBITRG TELEGRAPH OLDEST SENATOR, J. H. GALLINGER, IS DEAD AT 81 ; [Dominating Figure in Leader ship and Active in Repub lican Party Counsels t] '"""V. * ■LjF* I | "ACOB HAROLD CALLINGER I Franklin. N. H.. Aug. 17.—United ; States Senator Jacob H. Gallinger, of j New Hampshire, died at a hospital j here early to-day. When Senator Gallinger returned from Washington to his summer home at Salsbury Heights, near here. |in July, he was in poor health. A few days ago his condition became so much worse that upon advice of his physician he was brought to a hospital here. Death was attributed to arterio-sclerosis. At the Senator's bedside was Mrs. Ralph Gallinger, widow of Senator Gallinger's only son. who was killed in an automobile accident a few years ago. Funeral services will be held Wed nesday at the First Baptist Church, at Concord. The body was removed to Concord to-day. Senator Gallinger is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Harry A. Norton, of Winchester, Mass. Senator Jacob Harold Gallinger, of New Hampshire, was the oldest mem ber of the United States Senate both in years and in point of service. Ever since 1891 ho had been a conspicuous figure in the Senate, taking not only a leading part in its discussions, but 1 ranking as a dominating figure in its leadership and in the counsels of the Republican party. As minority leader the Senator had been active until quite recently, despite his ad vancing years. Horn In Ontario Born on a farm at Cornwall, On tario, eighty-one years ago, he cross ed the border to the United States early in life. He was a printer first, then studied medicine and practiced as a physician and surgeon for twen ty-throe years. In 1872 he entered the New Hampshire House of Repre sentatives, beginning political activ ities that continued to the end of his life. Gallinger made the seconding speech for Benjamin Harrison for President in the National Republics convention of 1888 and frequently was a-New Hampshire delegate to the National conventions. A military title he hore in the early days when he was Surgeon General of the New Hampshire National Guard—Brigadier General—was forgotten during his Washington career, where he was proud of the title of "Doctor." He served in the House in the 49th and 50th Congresses. During his continuous service of 27 years in the Senate, he had been ac tive on the committees dealing with finance. appropriations, rules and government of the District of Colum bia. He fought long for his ocean wall subsidy bill to build up the Amerienn merchant marine, and it passed the Senate only to fail in the. House. He was the Republican nom inee for president pro tern of the Senate in 1911. Two months later, when his son, Ralph Gallinger. was killed in an automobile accident, he suffered so greatly from depression that his friends were anxious over his condition for a long time. Scores the President Always forceful in his public decla rations, Mr. Gallinger created a sensa tion by telling the Senate lobby com mittee in 19111 that President Wilson has come "perilously near lobbying" in connection with the tariff bill. He declared that In his four years in the House and 22 years in the Senate he had never encountered improper in fluences nor lobby methods, and that he had "no Interests outside of a little rocky farm in New Hampshire" where he raises hay and apples. The Senator made a long fight against confirmation of George S. Rublee, of New Hampshire, as a mem ber of the Federal Trade Commis sion, which eventually resulted in Mr. Rublee leaving the board after serving without confirmation and on recess- appointments. During the war, Senator Gallinger had stood with the President on na tional defense measures. He had pending a resolution for a day of prayer for welfare of the American cause in the war. Senator Gallinger married in 1860, Mary Anna Bailey, of Salisbury. N. H„ who died in Washington in 1907. Liberty Bonds Reach Record Price in First Hour of Stock Market New York, Aug. 17.—Active trad ing in Liberty 3% per cent, tax exempt bonds was the feature of the first hour's dealings on the Stock Exchange to-day. The bonds ad-| vanAd from yesterday's closing price of 100.12 to 100.32, the highest re- : corded price, exceeding the high i record made last year by two points.' The lowest price for the 3%'s this year was 97.20 During the last hour the bonds 5 sold up to 100.50 and closed at that! price. * CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE By Associated Press Chicago, Aug. 17.—Board of Trade closing: Corn September. 1.62%; October 1.63%. flats September, 70%; October. 72%. I'ork September. 43.40; October. 43.75. , I.ard September, 26.55: October. 26.57. Ribs September. 24.37; October. 24.55 MARKETS NEW YORK STOCKS I Chandler Brothers und Company. t members of Nev" York and Philadel phia Stock Exchanges—3 North Mar ket Square, tlarrisburg; 336 Chestnut j street, Philadelphia; 34 Pine street. New York—furnish the following I quotations: Open. Close. I Amer Beet Sugar 69 44 69% I American Can 46>4 4674 Amer Loco 66*4 66% Amer Smelting 78 77% Anaconda 66 65*4 Baldwin Locomotive .... 93-14 93% California Petroleum ... 19% 19% Canadian Pacific 157 156% Central Leather 69% 68% Chesapeake and Ohio ... 57% 57% Chi Mil and St Paul 48% 47% | Chicago It 1 and Pacific .. 25% 25% j Col Fuel and iron 47 47 Corn Products 43 43% ! Crucible Steel 68 67 75 ; Distilling Securities .... 58 58% Brie 15% 15 j Oeneral Motors 154',5 156 llide and leather 19 19 | Hide and Leather pfd . 85% 85 I Inspiration Copper 5174 51% International Paper .... 36 35 74 i Kennecott 33% 33% Lehigh Valley 59 59 I Maxwell Motora 26% 26% I Merc War Ctfs 26% 27% Merc War Ctfs pfd 109% 100% I Mex Petroleum 100% 100% I Miami Copper 2774 2774 Midvale Steel 52% 52% New York Central 73 73 N V N H and H 42 41 74 Pennsylvania Railroad .. 4474 43% Bail way Steel Spg 61% 61% Reading 89% 89% Republic Iron and Steel . 91% 91% Southern Pacific 87% 86 74 Southern Ry 24 23% Studebaker 45 44 % Union Pacific 12474 124 74 U S I Alcohol 127% 127% U S Rubber 60% 60% U S Steel 111% 110% U S Steel pfd 110% 110% Utah Copper 81 80% Virginia-Carolina Chem. 56 56 Western Union Telegraph 78 78 Westinghouse Mfg 43% 43% Willys-Overland 19% 19% NEW YORK CP It 11 STOCKS Following quotations furnished by Howard A. Riley & Company, 212 North Third street. Harrisburg, Pa.; Land Title Building. Phila., Pa.; 20 Broad street, New York City. INDUSTRIALS • Last Sale. | Aetna 12% Carlight • 2% Smith % V s Ship % United Motors 31% Wright 8 75 INDEPENDENT OILS Last Sale. Barnett % . Roston and Wyoming 18 (Cosden 8% Elk Basin 51^ Federal 2% G] enroek 3 a/ Houston 82'/. Island j(R/ Midwest 33 Okla P and R 7 Okmulgee 2% sapuipa 6% MINING Big Lodge , 15-16 Boston and Montana 52 Caledonia 48 Cal and Jerome 1 1-16 Canada , , 5 . 16 Cresson 47/ "-I* 4 15-16 Kerr Igtke 5% Nipissing Ray Hercules 4.(7 Tonopah Ext . ' I.y West End . ! White Caps ->6 " I hhii.adegphia pkodvcr Philadelphia, Aug. 17. Wheat i". '• tu '. le >'. 92. ia. 80. I ri:U. ts it So. 2. soft. red. J2.22. Bran The market Is steady sot! winter, per ton. 946.50@47.00; spring per ton. 944 00@45.00. Corn The market is firm- No * 91 55@'1.87.- 86<&1S8: No ' 3 'yellow! ! v,^ a J S T-. Th £ , mar ket is lower; I 79%@80<\ 80 *4 me; No. 3. white! BuUer The market is steady; western, creamery, extra. 46c; near by prints, fancy. 52@54c. _ Market firm; Pennsylvania, lit ?ftffli^ r Kn nt ' arby n,Bts - frce caßa --913._ft@13.50 per case; do., current re ceipts, free eases. 912.90 per case; ri < t S Rft r r,Ur e e traß ' - flrßtS - frue CaSUS •)nase: QO " tirstß - free cas es, packed, per dozen. Cheese—The market is' firm; New ®*6%c. Wlßconsln - fun cream. 25% Beflned Sugars Market steady; ed ?25c ® Xtra ,lne ' *ranulal , M ve Poultry Market higher; fowls. 32 @38c; young, softmeated IS? ® < 4! younß, sta KSy roost ers, 25@26c; old roosters. 26@26c spring chickens, not leghorns. 36@42c leghorns, 34 @ 36c; ducks, Peking' spring. 33@35c; d0.,01d.28@30c; Indian Runners 26@27c; spring ducks. Long Island, higher. 36@37c; turkeys, 27@ 25@2c ese ' neavby - 25 @ 26c; western. Dressed Poultry Firm; turkeys, nearby, choice to fancy, 39® 40c; do fair to good. 32<&37c; <jo., old. 37@38c! do., western, <*roice to fancy. 37@38c: do., fair to good. 32@36c; do., old toms. 30c; old. common. 30c; fresh killed ?J V '-of? r Vr y ' 36i @36%C; do., smaller sizes. 32@35c; old roosters, 28c; spring ducks, Long Island, 36@37c; frozen fowls, fancy. 35@35%c; do., good to choice, 32W34c: do., small ize„ it it 30c; dresed Peking ducks higher. 34@ '.'S?,' "'"l* 3 ?® | 22c; Indian Runners, 27@ 27% c; broiling chickens, western. 38® 41c. Potatoes The market is firmer [New Jerseyfi No. 1. 85c@l 00 ; per basket; do., No. 2, 40@50c per basket; do.. 150-Ib. b a gs No. 1, 93.50® 4.00; do.. No ® 92.00 @2.25; Pennsylvania, 100 lbs. li.tiiHy/ New Vork, old, per i wo ih-i.' 91.56@1.7G; western, per 100 lbs. |1 25 ®A' 65 A P" 100 lbs.. |1.60@ I.80; Delaware and Marvlnnd. per 100 lbs.. 90c@91.10: Michigan, per 100 bs 91.50® 1.70; Florida. p?r barrjf '92.00®, 00. Florida, per hamper, 75@S5c; Florida, per 150-tTi bags. 915003.00; North Carolina ner barrel. $1.50@4.00; South Carolina ber I barrel. 91.50@4.00: Norfolk, per bar! rel. 91-25 @ 4.25; Eastern Shore, plr barrel, $1.7604.25. pe Tallow The mat-net Is firm prime city. In tierces, 17% c; city' special, loose. 18c; country, prime 16% c; dark, 15% @ 16c; edible |n tierces. 19® 21c. Flour Weak; winter wheat new 100 per cent, flour. $10.65@10 90 ner barrel; Kansas wheat, new. 911.25® 11.60 per barrel; spring wheat new 911.25® 11.50 per barrel ' w ' Hay Market firm; timothy No. 1, large and small bales, $26.00® 26.50 per ton; No. 2, small hales s o ft 50 @24.50 per ton; No. 3. $17.50@19 50 ber ton; sample. $12.50@15.50 per ton: no grade, $7.50® 11.50 per ton. I <^l? ver ~~ mixed. 924.000 25.00 per ton; No. 1. light mixed 920.60@21.60 per ton; No. 2? light mix ed. 916.50@17.60 per ton: no grade .' 1 • .1,0 .. .1.11.1 per ton. PHII.4DEI.PHIA STOCKS Philadelphia, Aug. 17.—Stocks clos ed steady. Baldwin Locomotive 931/ General Asphalt !! 30 General Asphalt, Pfd !! 65 Lake Superior Corporation ... 19% Lehigh Navigation : 68 % Lehigh Valley 58% Pennsylvania Railroad !! 43% Philadelphia Electric 24% Philadelphia Company 26% Philadelphia Company. Pfd, ...! 24 Philadelphia Rapid Transit ..!! 27% Reading 89% Storage Battery 53 Union Traction ! 37 .United Gas Improvement 64% United States Steel 110% York Railways 71/ York Railways, Pfd 30% I KEYSTONE LADS KILL 9 TO 1 IN A | BATTLE WITH FOE Mess Sergeant Kicks Away Ilis j Pans to Work Gun on Germans Phllndelphln, Aug. 17.—First eye , witness accounts of how th.e 110 th j infantry. former Pennsylvania I guardsmen fought the best of the | j crown prince's army to a standstill I 1 at the Murne were brought here yes- j ' terday by the Rev. F. A. I.ja Violette. j Doctor La Violette. a Seattle. , Wash., clergyman, was Y'. M. C. A. I secretary with the 110 th. Just home i 1 from FranCc, he is visiting Pennsyl- I vania cities and towns which sent ! | their sons into the 110 th. to relate j 1 the gallantry of the boys in this com- I | mand. In his enthusiasm he gives two , companies of this regiment credit I for holding back the German drive of ! July 15. Company B, of Beaver j county, and Company C, of Somerset ' county, said Doctor La Violette, lost all their officers, either killed, wound ed or taken prisoner, except one, Lieutenant Claude W. Smith, of Com pany B. "Calling the survivors around him in a wheatfield, bounded on three sides by a forest, Lieutenant Smith formed fhe remnants into one com pany and these men held up the flower of the German army and de -1 layed its advance, so that the objec tives never were reached." Doctor La Violette related. Inflict Terrific Hun Loss "Those boys struck in shellpits in that, field until they caused such ter rific loss of life in the enemy's ranks that the Germans tinally went around this handful of soldiers rather than face further extermination. The cas ualities on the German side were frightful. 1 went over the battefleld afterward and there were at least nine dead Germans to every Amer ican, and maybe more than that. "Germans tried to pick our boys out of the shellpits by climbing trees and firing down, but the Pennsyl vanians shot the Germans from the trees as they climbed up. When the Germans moved around the gallant defenders, Lieutenant Smith took his little band to the Marne river, a short distance ahead of them, and they worked their way along the bank of the river to the regimental head quarters. where the lieutenant and thirty-two men reported to Colonel Kemp." Between eighty and ninety mem bers of Company C, the Somerset county unit in this engagement, were reported missing in action after the battle. Its captain. William Curtis I Truxal, is now a prisoner in Ger many. Philadelphia boys, formerly mem bers of the Third regiment, N. G. P.. are scattered through the companies in the 110 tli, which combines the Third, of this city, and the Tenth, of Western Pennsylvania. Colonel George E. Kemp, of this city. Is the commander. Mess Sergeant Gels Excited "Not understanding the French sys tem of 'spring-back' warfare," Doctor I*a Violette continued, "a Philadel phia mess sergeant became excited and broke military law, but he was forgiven. We were at mess one, day when some French troops fighting on a hill In full \'iew began falling back. "The sergeant watched them. Then he turned to some pans he had started cleaning and kicked the uten sils in all directions. " 'lJamn those kettles!" he shouted, and grabbing a gun. raced away to join the soldiers. But when he got to the scene of action the French were driving back the Germans, hav ing worked their 'spring-hack' trick of retiring, then rushing forward suddenly. "It was about 3 o'clock in the morning of the attack that hell broke loose. The most violent shelling took place, and gas and more gas was poured on the 110 th. But the boys did not flinch. Splendid fellows that they were, they returned everything they got. "The cream of the German army was in that advance. Until Thursday. July 18, the battle swayed back and forth. Lines advanced only to re treat. The Pennsylvania bms hourly crowned themselves with gftry. Their heroism was displayed anew with each moment of the struggle. lllue Devils <0 the Rescue "Thursday saw rapid changes. The Pennsylvanians were reinforced by a regiment of French blue devils, who were brigaded with the Americans. Then the F'ranco-American sweep be gan. "One sergeant from Philadelphia came into a Red Cross station to have shrapnel wounds dressed. His side had been cut in several places. I attended him and told him an am bulance would be along shortly to take him back to the base hospital. " 'Ambulance nothing!' he exclaim ed. 'l'm going back there,' and he joined his company on the firing line.. "In the Grand Forest the boys of the lloth captured a chateau whi'ch was filled with ammunition, left by the enemy In his hurried retreat be fore the onrushing Pennsylvanians. "The Pennsylvania boys are won derful, I would glory in being a Penn sylvanian Just to be included within a state that sends such boys as the 110 th, 109 th and 111 th regiments to France. I "Tell this to all Pennsylvania," the [doctor concluded: "The Pennsylvania boys are clean. They are not going to the Jimmy bow-wows over there. Not alone are they keeping their bodies clean, but their souls, too, are good." Of the three sons of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Ferguson. Greenville, who are corporals in Company M, 112 th in fantry, two were sent to hospitals following the fighting of July 15. Corporal Vernon Ferguson was shot In the left arm. and his brother. Wil liam Ferguson, was gassed. FRENCH WHEAT CROP BIG Paris, Aug. 17.—The total pro duction of wheat in France this year is estimated at 183,500.000 bushel*. This Is an increase of 25 per cent, over last year's crop, according to the Intransigeant. CHICAGO CATTLE Clilrngo, Aug. 17. (U. Bureau of Markets). Hogs Receipts 5,000; market 10c to 20c higher thun yesterday's average. Butchers, *l9 00 <019.65; light, $19.10® 19.75; packing $17.85® 18.85; rough. $17.40®18 75 : bulk of sales. $18.10®19.65; pigs enort and choice. $17.75 @18.25. g d Cattle Receipts, 3,000; compared with the close last week, beef steers above $14.00, steady; medium and good and best western. 50c to 1 00 lower: medium fat western, $1 n to $1.50 lower; butcher stock steady; canners and choppers, 15c to 25c higher; stockers and feeders steady to 25c higher; calves, 25c to 50c higher. Sheep Receipts, 4.000; practically all direct. Compared with a week ago top lambs 25c to 50c higher; feed ers. 10c to 25c higher; fat sheep and yearlings weak to 25c lower; feeding and breeding sheep and yearlings. 25c to 75c lower A'UfTUST 17, 1918. f|TAMUSE]i|fMENTsfp ... . . MAJESTIC nigh Class Vaudeville. TV, COLONIAL nity s " V LULU Dana in "Opportu w"T h'l y an D . TP D a Y Mae Marsh in ... I" E Glorious Adventure." .™!! ESDAY ONLY May Allison in TOE Successful Adventure." ... . REGENT J3a?ne"~ CHARLEA UA Y LN "Playing the M^ D ®S.J IND , Tuesday Enid Bennett THO Vamp;" Telegram Screen, ana A good comedy. AML Thursday Pauline Frederick in "Fedora." KY, Sessue Haya kawa in Tlie Bravest Way." J TN-D„ . VICTORIA Douglass Fairbanks and, Man® ® ,n " Tho Good Bad ! Monday and Tuesday Charlotte WEAN J R 1 " JUST A Woman." ing " S "The Bride's Awaken 'l'hursda.v Norma Talmadge in "The Ir-IS '" ,N House." —JJ ANP and Katherino Hee in Doing Tlieir Bit." • nturday —"The Scandal-Mongers." V„...T A * TAN PARK THEATER I audeville Specialties. lonUM P ? RT ", NITY '" APPEARING at the Co lonial to-day only, is a fascinating story of fun, romance .... i "'inn In and adventure. Viola Opportunity" Dana, the winsome TOXT. I .. little star, blossoms NEH..O- ? stellar role. The star's acting is wortjiy of much praise, like- T . H ™'' ""PPorting cast, IN The Glorious Adventure." which If-,. "'Paction at the Colonial Mon- IU„, > AL ? Puesday. charming Mae Matsh is seen in A rxile that fits her !', A Proverbial glove. Mae Marsh, ~ .I 1 ! NK role, is adornlile, and I her acting is full of human appeal. 1 „,i PPOA/LWNY Jimmie," as imporsnnat- I BY that versatile comedian. Jimmie Hodges, will wind un his f TAY AT the Majestic Thea- MiijoNtlc ter to-night. So far as Har ,. D _ . risburg is concerned, Broadway Jimmie" is going to find LO^A WAY „°" T ..° F THC H "T Egyptian there is hope in the an "A,',U'ENlerit " F TTLP management that MOD&PS may return before the season I VER >' FHR advanced. In two other Plays that he has just had written. Next week Hush .Herbert, the clever character actor, who has appeared he fore Majestic and Orphoum audiences many times, will be a feature at the vaudeville theater. Tte lias a new art. A good variety show is booked around him. | °ne of the best pictures, featuring | C harles Ray, tho Thomas H. Tnce I ™,. .. star, is being , The Regent, High- shown for the < lass Attractions Inst time to-day '„„ at the Regent, "heater. This is "Playing the Gairfe," A story starting in Broadway and end ing in the foothills of Arizona. It is full of thrills and anxious moments, and aside from these points has a dis tinct heart appeal. Next week there wil lie three eom . plete changes of program, featuring | three big stars. Monday and Tuesday. I Enid Bennett will he seen in 'The I Vamp." Wednesday and Thursday. | Pauline Frederick takes the leading Part in the great picture, "Fedora." Friday and Saturday, tho Japanese film favorite, Sessue Hayakawa, is the star in a great Japanese story, "The Rravest Way." If a good vaudeville show, presented under ideal conditions in a liig, open air theater, appeals to Paxtang you, a trip out to Pax- Park tang Park this evening Attrnctions to see the show at the park theater, no doubt will prove a pleasure. The bill is headlined H.v Htiha Meroff and Com pany, In one of vaudeville's daintiest novelties, while EL Cota. with his xylophone, gives the same excellent performance that has made him so popular with lopai vaudeville patrons. These two features, with the other aets on the park hill, make an excel lent evening's entertainment. Next week King Kelly will he at Paxtang with his big war balloon, ready to do some parachute-jumping stunts that are real thrillers. Kelly is one of the best free attractions the park has ever had, and his return to Paxtang is a welcome announcement to all who enjoy real sensational stunts. The man or woman who seeks to get the most out of life is not a grouch or a pessimist, Douglas but rather a person who Fairbanks smiles continually and nt Victoria invariably looks on the brighter side of every situation. Douglas Fairbanks is at the Victoria to-day in the happiest of all his famous attractions, a five-act gloom dispeller, "The Habit of Hap piness." You'll see the celebrated star do some hair-raising stupts, and the manner in which he finds his hap piness is. after all, only the way to getting the most out of life. ALDERMAN GIVES NO DECISION [Continued' from First Page.] charges were filed that Murnane might have been under the influence of intoxicant;, and it was that that led up to the demand of Middletown Army officers thut the live-mile limit against the sale of liquors lie invok ed here to close all saloons. • How It Happened Testimony revealed trat when the United States officer, S. W. Hooker brought tlie two colored prisoners to Harrishurg lor commitment in the Dauphin county Jail, they asked for something to cat. He took them into a Market street restaurant and the men ordered some food. When the checks were paid it was said that one of the men paid the two checks, thinking he was paying for one only.! He asked for his change and while the cashier and he were quibbling over the matter, employes of Ihe restaurant came forward. At this time another attache of the] restaurant saw City Detective Mur-j nane coming by and suggested that: he look into the argument. The prosecution stated that before Mur nane went into the restaurant ho was told by the chauffeur of the govern ment car that a government officer was in thc restaurant with the two prisoners. Murnane, it is alleged, came into the restaurant and tried to take charge of the prisoners hut, testimony said, he was pushed aside by the government officer, whereup on he hit the officer with a "black- Jack." The officer reeled and fell into e —\ Majestic Theater To-night la your last chance to ace Jimmie Hodges —lN— "Broadway Jimmie" The liveliest and brightest mu- I steal comedy of the season, with ! a carloud of beautiful scenery, beautiful costumes and a bevy of pretty girls. HERE MONDAY' The Original Character Actor, Hugh Herbert & Co. PRESENTING "THE QUESTION" a chair nearby. Hater he picked up the blackjack, gave it to Murnane, and started to take his prisoners to the Jail. He was placed under ar rest by the detective who ordered the chauffeur to proceed to the Ma yor's office. When the chauffeur protested that he was ordered to go to the jail, it is Baid that Murnane threatened to hit him with a black jack. Th ear was finally dri\ jn to the police station and it was at tirst suggested, it is said, that, the two prisoners and Hooker be locked up. They were finally released and Offi cer Hooker brought info-vnation against Detective Murnane. '■ Mistaken Identity Officer Hooker was the first wit ness called this morning. He gave his version of the affair. The two colored prisoners corroborated his statements. C. S. Sheibley, James Heady, Grant Reed, Simon Gladfel ter, employes of the restaurant, were called giving tales which differed slightly. The defense was based mninly on the point tr.at it was a case of mis taken identity. It is alleged that while the officer wore his uniform, the city detective did not recognize him and it was because of this, he interfered. Witnesses to show that Murnane is of good character and that he is not u drinking man, included lieu tenant Page, Chief Wetzel and Offi cer Selielhas of the local police de partment. IMPORTANT Three Famous Stars AT THE REGENT This Coming Week Three complete cliiinprcM In the program. NllowlnK three fiinioun MtarM, Enid llennett, Pauline Fred erick and SenMue Unyaknwn, In pictures that are vitally interest ing and educational. MONDAY AM) TUESDAY Enid Bennett "The Vamp-" 11} C. finrdner Sullivan A reat atory, showing u Cierman spy plot, uhlch IN foiled hy Naney l<yonf, who IN hailed a* the preserver of the community. WEDNESDAY AND TIH'HSDAY Pauline Frederick —lN— "Fedora " Adapted to the Screen by Charles E. Whlttaker The MceneN of this wonderful story are laid in IIUNSIH and I'arlN. This story deals with the HUM- Nian nobility. Fit ID A Y AND SATURDAY Sessue Hayakawa The Famous Japanese Star —IN— The Bravest Way The story of •♦The Bravest Way" is described as beliitf as Krneeful and exquisite as a spray of wis taria. >... .. - , . REGENT I The foolMi Spot In Town) FINAL SHOWING TO-DAY CHARMS* HAY —ln '•PLAYING TUB GAME" Regent Telegram Screen "A GAME OLD KNIGHT" Keystone Comedy MONDAY AND TUESDAY ENID IIENNETT —In— "THE VAMP" WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY PAULINE FREDERICK —In— "FEDORA" Admission—loc, l.Yc, and war tax. pTTTATG PARK THEATER I'HAYING THE BEST ACTS IN VAUDEVILLE Luba Meroff and Co. Yatulet ille's Daintiest Offering EL COTA King of Xylophone. Pluyers 4 Other High Class Acts NEXT WEEK KING KELLY BALLOONIST and Parachute Jumper 115 THE ADORABLE LITTLE STAII Viola Dana —IN— Opportunity A Drama of Fun. Romance and Adventure. MONDAY TUESDAY' May Marsh —IN— The Glorious Adventure AUGUST 22. 23, 24 "The Birth of a Nation" NO INCREASE IN PRICES. k r s Victoria Theater TO-DAY' ONLY DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS and BESSIE LOVE in "THE GOOD-BAD MAN" AIKO TO-DAY ONLY "He'd Here Again." CHARLIE CHAPI-IN in Hla Latest Comedy, "TIIE MESSENGER" MONDAY nnd TUESDAY CHARLOTTE WALKER lu "JUST A WOMAN" Admlaslon, 10c and 15c and i. tax
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