STEEL LEAGUE PENNANT MAY BE WON TODAY; CITY SENDS MEN TO NATIONAL SHOOT STEELTON PLAYS AT FORE RIVER Steel League Games Today May Settle the Pennant For Coekill or Bethlehem BETHLEHEM STKKL USAGCB Standing o< Club* W> L. Pet Steelton 11 T >6ll Bethlehem >>>><> 10 8 .564 Wilmington >> 0 8 >6OO Sparrows Point > >.. 8 8 .500 Lebanon >..>>>% 8 8 >4ll Fore Rivet >>>>> 6 11 >163 Games ¥\or To-day Bethlehem at Lebanon> Steelton at Fore River, Sparrow* Point at Wilmington* Critical battle* were scheduled for to-day in Mr> Schwab's baseball organization The Bteeltoil leaders got off early to-day for Fore River, which being the cellar champion should fall victim to Steelton, but you can never tell an umbrella by the cover. A defeat for Steelton, with Bethlehem winning at Leb anon would make the race depend on one game. The Bethlehem team started tor Lebanon, according to dispatches to day, confident she would return with a percentage right on top of Steel ton, and then Bethlehem figures that Steelton will get walloped at Wil mington on Labor Day and hence lose the flag, "Steeltcui's chance of defeating Wilmington op Labor Day is about as good as freezing ice cream in a red hot stove," observed a rooter wno accompanied the Bethlehem team down to Harlan on one occa sion. It appears that Wilmington is the most rabid town In the circu't and as the visitor says; "Steelton'* only chances to win Is to lick the team, chloroform the umpires and kill off the fans and that's some job for one day's work." "If we get away with Lebanon this Saturday." says a Bethlehem scribe, "I am certain we can ride through to victory. But Lebanon has always been a "jinx for us, defeating us oftener than any other club and it will be a tough read, even for Jeff Tesrean to travel." "Moe" Swartz Stars Again > Pitching For Summit JUNIOR LEAGUE Standing of the Cluhs W. L. Pet. Summit 23 6 .757 Swatara 21 10 .691 Albions 9 16 .360 Crescents 5 23 .178 Albion and Summit played to a 6- 6 tie last evening, the latter having more hits and also more errors. There is no doubt that "Hoe" Swartz deserves all the Dials* he gets; he may have lad days but in general he makes good. Yesterday, for in stancy ho had three clean hits in four times up. On Monday the same tgams meet. The score: ALBION AB. R. H. O. A. E. A. Michlevitz, rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 Heagy, 2b 4 1 1 0 1 1 Snyder. 3b .... 4 1 1 0 1 0 M. Michlevitz, lb 3 116 0 0 Stauffer. If .... 3 1 0 0 0 0 Fleisher, c ... 3 0 0 5 0 0 Shaffer, ss 3 1 0 1 2 0 Lentz, p 3 0 0 1 2 1 Shover, cf .... 3 1 1 2 0 1 Totals 30 6 4 13 6 3 SUMMIT AB. R. H. O. A. E. Pindar, c 4 2 0 6 0 0 Demma, 1b.... 4 0 2 6 0 1 Rudy, ss 4 1 0 0 2 2 Swartz, p 4 1 3 2 2 0 Mercurlo, 2b.. 4 1 1 1 1 1 Blhl, If 3 0 0 0 0 0 Lehrman, 3b.. 302010 Geary, cf 3 1 2 0 0 1 Kerns, rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 Totals 32 6 11 15 6 6 Albion 2 3 1 0 o—6 Summit 2 1 2 1 o—6 Two base hits, Swartz, Snyder, Shover. Struck out, by Swartz, 4; Lentz, 2. Base on balls, off Swartz, 1; Lentz, 3. Loft on base. Summit, | 7; Albion, 6. Stolen bases, Swartz, 2; Heagy, 2; Stauffer, Shaffer. Time, 1.14. Umpire, Boatman. Will Dive 110 Feet Into Four Feet of Water Sa-a-a-y, boy, won't that be some jump at Uniontown on Mon- j day—llo feet into four feet of wa ter! That's the program planned for Kearney P. Speedy, high diver, who will thrill the thousands at tending the Labor Day motor classic. The pedestal will be a short distance from the speedway and directly in front of the grand stand. Speedy has appeared in thril lers all over the world, having toured and retoured the United States; executed parachute jumps from balloons and performed high diving feats In Africa and India; and appeared as the headllner at traction in engagements through out England. In Africa, a number of years ago, he made a parachute Jump from a balloon and executed high diving stunts for the benefit of the Kafflrs in the Congo min ing region, the entertainment hav ing been arranged by diamond mine operators. The Kafflrs be came alarmed over the balloon and tore It to pieces when it fell to the ground but they salaamed and paid tribute to the parachute and the jumper. Speedy on this occasion was presented with Co two-caret diamonds. While on one of his tours of England former Premier Asquith was in the heat of one of his cam paigns. Speedy, incidentally, de veloped a habit of splitting his tights when he struck the water and this feature became so promi nent it led a Manchester cartoon ist to use this as a subject for one of his cartoons against Asquith. Speedy weighs 245 pounds, stripped, and his body drops through the air at terrifflc speed. He wears a scar above one eye from which the sight is gone as a result of a miscalculation of dis tance some years ago. The least fraction of difference in the posi tion from which ho leaps means the difference between a living Speedy and a speedy death. SATURDAY EVENING, Snoodles \ hingfe By VthatlS VthatlS A B/G 708 > ' " | I seHMErQM y cfiiKiT • i TPWiili*! P '*.& thk HT -ST H kiou k VA v | oH.Noi h\i^ N \l AFTE^TH'SOAP \\ our fence, megbe BRUDDER ? .**DoE-SN'T ! * P if- H£s a He LEFT His Champion Woman Trapshot of U.S. MRS. HAROLD ALMERT Mrs. L. O. Vogel, of Detroit. Mich., has held the women's trapshootlne, championship so many years that when some other fair Diana wrests the title from her it is quite unex pected. Mrs. D. J. Dalton, of War saw. Ind.. garnered the title In 191G at St. Louis, and Mrs. Harold Almert, of Chicago, 111., will be recognized the coming year as the leading shot of the fair sex. For years and years, Mrs. Vogel has been going along winning about everything a woman could win in the way of prizes at trapshooting tournaments. Only in late years has she had any difficult competition from her own sex. For upward of 20 years Mrs. Vogel has been recognized as the best amateur woman shot This year in the Grand American Handicap she was far from being at her best and retired., In the Grand American Mrs. Almert broke 89 targets from 7 yards. Miss Emma Wettleaf. of Nichols, la., broke the same number of targets. On the shootoff Mrs. Almert proved victori ous. This is Mrs. Almert's third year of shooting. She won the woman's trapshooting championship of Illinois before she had been shooting three months. Last year she averaged 83 per cent., and this year until the Grand Ameri can tournament, hadn't done any bet ter. Lester German, the professional shot, noticed Mrs. Almert shooting in one of the events and suggested a change that would improve her shooting. Mrs. Almert changed her style of shooting and won the cham pionship. Nine women shot in the Grand American Handicap this year. Be sides Mrs. Almert, Miss Wettleaf and Mrs. Vogel, the entrants were Mrs. C. D. Moon, of Eau Claire, Wis.; Mrs. D. J- Dalton, Warsaw, Ind.; Mrs. H. F. Snodgrass, Chicago; Mrs. J. H. May, Chicago; Mrs. A. H. Winkler, Chicago; Mrs. C. H. Buchanan, Sioux Falls, S. D.; Miss Lucile Meusel, Green Bay, Wis. State Will Enroll 1,800 Despite War Conditions State College, Pa.. Aug. 31.—Des pite heavy withdrawals from the un dergraduate body for war service, the Pennsylvania State College will have an enrollment of Vbout 1,800 stu dents when the institution reopens, September 11. Of this number, 800 will be freshmen and the remainder scattered through the other three classes. Dr. Edwin Erie Sparks, the presi dent, who made this estimate is grat ified with the prospects of a record breaking freshman attendance. To date there have been more than 728 registrations for the incoming class, which is sixty-three more than sign ed up at the corresponding time last year. More than 100 applications for admittance were received during the last week. The growth in freshman enroll ment is attributed to the establish ment of the students' army training corps, which permits qualified stu dents to complete their education to meet the special and technical de mands of the government service and to provide a reservoir from which candidates for officers training camps may be drawn. MEN GO TO CAMP The following "eight men left at fi.BO last night for special limited ser vice at Camp Greene, S. C.: City Board No. I—Robert Henry Thomas, 1317 Front; William J. Pitt, 22 Chest nut. and Gratin Grant Glace, 1326H North Third. County ■ Board No. 2 Charles M. Stepp, Enhaut, and Nor man 11. Nornhold, Grantvllle. County Board No. 3 —Waldron Lebo, Berrys hurg; Roy Selp, Wlcontsco; Francis Reigle, Williamstown. Fallerion Says Pitching Strength Of Cubs Is Same as the Red Socks Offensive Defensive Total Cubs 738 914 1.662 Red Sox ... 792 853 1.645 Cubs 717 929 1,646 Cleveland .. 741 828 1,569 Here's a howdydo: the study of the pitching strength of the Chicago Cubs and the Boston Red Sox In which I expected to reveal marked superiority for one or the other club, shows the two teams practically equal. True, the Cubs have a big lead in straight pitching—the defensive part of the game—but that is overcome' almost entirely by the hitting power j of the Red Sox pitchers who are! about tho most able citizens on base- I ball in that department. True, also, it Is the individual j slugging ability of Babe Ruth and his: liability to break up a game at any; moment that gives the Red Sox their; advantage in that department, an j advance not overcome-to any great; extent by the fact that Claude Hen-j drix can go some in the slugging line himself. We find now that the teams are to all intents and purposes evenly matched, Boston has the advantage in tho outfield, Chicago holding a light edgo in the infield and a big lead on catching, whilo Chicago has the edge on straight pitching which j is offset to a measure by the hitting of Ruth. In ordinary world's series the' pitchers and catchers hold all thei balance of power and I expected to i find one or the other team possess j that balance this year. To discover that they do not makes the study of individual pitchers more and more important. In fact, it looks now as if the series will be decided by the skill of the managers in select ing pitchers to work against certain other pitchers, as we will discover when we come to analyse the teams as a whole. 1 have been purposely holding back that whole study of the tearfis to the last minute to figure j the effect of grounds and place of playing the games upon the teams, and also to wait to see whether any last minute changes are made in the clubs. It looks as If it will be a tough series. Mitchell Is a man who chooses his pitchers without much regard and starts him, letting the other manager do the guessing. And a great deal depends this time upon which pltch i er Barrow names to start the series, since it is practically a cinch that Mitchell will open with Vaughn. The fact is that I expect Mitchell will use Vaughn, then Tyler, then, if the series goes well for him, Hen drix, and come back with the same three, Douglass being held for emer gencies. Boston, It would seem to almost everyone, would open with Ruth, yet the chances are that Barrow will start with a right hander and he may spring a surprise to the big show with Jones. Jones has a chance to be the Babe Adams of this series. He is a pitch er who has been held at low rat ing because of his inactivity and this season he has come along grad ually almost unnoticed. In fact, un til Leonard left the club Jones was not figured upon to any great extent as a. vital element in the'club. He has learned to pitch, which is about all the change there is to him. Ho has an odd manner of delivery which makes his fast ball appear faster than it is, and "it's on top of you in a second," according to oppos ing players. His curve is just fair and his chief strength lies in mixing up his queer floating slow ball with his unexpected speed. Ruth, of course, depends largely upon his terrific power. He is a tremendously strong boy, almost tire less, and he has great speed and a cracking curve. ! Bush, of course, is a speed mer chant, with a tremendous fast ball and a'curve, and Mays is the oddest freak pitcher of the game, a man whose chief reliance is upon an underhand fast ball which he can make to break In on a right hander and away from the left handers. Mays is a marvelous pitcher when he has control but an easy mark when his underhand ball is not breaking where he wants it to break. He ought to be used in the games in which Klem umpires behind the oat because Klem can see those low breaking fast balls better than any ump in the business, and a lot of umps will not give Mays the corners on account of the way the ball shoots. It is a tough thing to dope how a team in another league will act against Mays because there is noth ing like him in the National. I sup pose Mitchell's strategy will be to wait and perhaps to bunt, which is hard to do even for as strong a bunt ing team as the Cubs when Mays is in possession of all his speed. Ruth cannot be figured as effective as he has been. Some of the keen ness has been taken from his pitch ing by his work in the outfield and he is plainly in need of rest in spite of his great strength. Vaughn, of course, is Mitchell's ace. He has been a great pitcher for years but only recently began to take the game seriously. He has behaved himself, kept in perfect condition and has worked for his team this year as well as for him self. His condition seems near the top and the ten days of easy work and preparation ought to send him into the big show in fine shape. Tyler, while not having the "stuff" Vaughn possesses, is going to be a hard problem for the Red Sox. He has one of the nicest slows in the business and he figures to stop up HXRRISBURG 6658& TELEGRAPH! Ruth and Hooper better than even Vaughn. One reason is that Tyler has pitched a lot of bail against the older members of the Red Sox and knows the team better than the other pitchers do. I have before me scores of games in which Tyler work ed for the Braves against the Red Sox one spring trip and it looks as if he played with Ruth, who, however, is a more dangerous batsman now than ho was llien. Hendrix is a spit bailer with a lot of stuff and a good head. Of the second string men Chicago has a slight edge in having Shuffling Phil Douglass who will work a whole game kf the series is going right, und they aiso have Martin for use in emergencies. But there is small use in consider ing more than three pitchers on each team, as tho schedule will make it easy to rotate that many. In fact, it would not bo hard for either man ager to carry out the series with two pitchers. This concludes the position studv of tho teams. Monday we will add up and see what tho total strengths are. Then we can commence to reduce the strength down to re sults. (Copyright, 1918, by the Bell Syn dicate, Inc.) FROM ALASKA TO CAMP Walter W. Hills, of Nenana. Alaska, stopped in the city last night on his ' way to Camp Humphries, Va., where he will be assigned to duty in the Engineers Corps. He started from tho little Alaska town two months ago, and traveled by night with a dog team until he reached Seward, and went from there to Jeneau by boat, and thence to the United States. Three oompanions were with him on his long trip. What They Did Yesterday; Where They Play Today AMERICAN LEAGUE Yesterday's Results Boston, 12;' Athletics, 0 (First game). Boston, 4; Athletics, 1 (Second game). Washington, 6; New York, 1. Cleveland," 2; Detroit, I. (First Game.) Cleveland, 4; Detroit, 2. (Second Game.- Other clubs not scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE Yesterday's Results Cincinnati, 5; Chicago 0. Phillies, 1; Boston 0 (First game). Boston. 8; Phillies, 3, (Second Game). New York 1; Bi-ooklyn, 0. Pittsburgh-St. Louis, wet grounds. STANDING OF THE CLUBS American League W. L. Pet. Boston 73 49 .599 Cleveland 71 54 .568 Washington 69 55 .557 New York 59 60 .496 Chicago 57 63 .475 St. Louis 56 63 .471 Detroit 52 .69 .430 Athletics 50 73 .407 National League W. L. Pet. Chicago 82 43 .656 New York 69 51 ,57& Pittsburgh 64 58 .525 Cincinnati ... 63 60 .512 Brooklyn 55 67 451 Phillies 53 66 .445 Boston 51 69 .425 St. Louis 51 74 .408 SCHEDULE FOR TODAY American League Detroit at St. Louis. Cleveland at Chicago. Athletics at Boston. New York at.Washington. National League Boston at Philadelphia. Brooklyn at New York. Cincinnati at Chicago. St. Louis at Pittsburgh, two games. All Yank Soldiers to Be Taught Jiujitsu "Get your man before ho gets ! yu. It makes no difference how ; you get him so long as you put him out of business." That is the working principle of "killing jiujutsu," which has been 1 instituted as part of the military I course of instruction by the War ; Department Commission on Train i ing Camp Activities. Employed by i the Japanese during* the Russian I war, "killing jiujitsu" is to be j taught every American soldier as ; soon as the teaching organization | is completed and extended to all the cantonments and Army posts. The Training Camp Commission has assigned a nuntber.of experts in jiujitsu to several camps and additional instructors are to be appointed soon. "If you are stronger than your, opponent so much the better, 'f you know jiujitsu," explained one | of the training camp commission' 3 instructors. "If you are weak physically, you may overcome a giant if you know the tricks. It is the exercise of surprises. In liu jltsu any sort of blow Is considered fair. The whole Idea is 'Go and yet your man before he getsyou." " j RIFLE STARS OFF TODAY Penna. State Team With Many Local Marksmen Starts For Camp Perry and Title , The Pennsylvania state rifle team leaves Harrisburg tor Camp Perry, j Ohio, this evening, to compete for tlie i rifle championship of the United ; States. Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh has appointed the following qualified ex pert riflemen in the National Rifle Association of America, from the Har risburg Rifle Club, and the P. R. It. Keystone Rifle Club, to represent the state of Pennsylvania as the official "Pennsylvania State Rifle Team" in the National team match at the Na tional matches feeing held at Camp Perry from September 1 to 21. TEAM ROSTER Team Captain, C. A. Dunn, Camp Hill. Team Coach, V. J. Kennedy, Harris burg. SHOOTING MEMBERS The Harrisburg Hllle Club Dr. R.- L. Denniston. Harrisburg. Samuel T. Durborow, Harrisburg. W. C. Enterline, Camp Hill. Frederick A. Godcharles, Milton. Charles S. Dandis, Harrisburg. J. R. Mattern, Julian. Philip C. Schwartz, Bloomsburg. George "W. Thompson, Harrisburg. Fred F. Unger, Harrisburg. P. R. R. KEYSTONE RIFI.E CLUB Harry H. Appleton, Harrisburg. L. V. Diebeler, Lancaster. Harry S. Flowers. Lancaster. D. E. McGowan, Middletown. J. M. Weitzel, Lancaster. Among the many matches which will be entered by these men will be the National individual championship of the United States, the National team match, the Leech cup match, the I Members match, the President's match and many others. This rifle team is undoubtedly the best qualified team of men that have represented the state of Penflsylvanla at the National matches for many years and can be counted upon to properly uphold the reputation of the Keystone state. — Up to Autoists to Conserve Gasoline Whether to-morrow will be the first of a half dozen or more volun tary "autoless Sundays," or the fol lowing Sundays the autoless sched ule will be enforced as a compulsory measure, depends upon the owners of pleasure cars themselves, It was said to-day. It was pointed out by Mr. Hickok, county fuel administrator yesterday, that the decree of the federal fuel administrator is only a request, and that the administration is relying upon the patriotism and loyalty of the autoists. If it is found that the request is not obeyed by them, then it is thought-It will be made a man datory decree. It has been intimated that if the full co-operation of motorists is se cured during the first few voluntary "autoless Sundays," the decree may be revoked after half a dozen of the Sundays. While no official orders have been issued to keep tabs on the compliance with the request, a gen eral unofficial checking up of "gaso line slackers" will be made. It is thought. WOMAN COMMITS SUICIDE Gettysburg, Pa., Aug. 31.—Appar ently in a state of melancholy in whicHT she bad been for several weeks, Mrs. George Mayers, of near Littlestown, ended her life Thurs day by cutting her throat with a ra zor belonging to her husband. Mr. Mayer was at the barn and thought he heard groans coming from the house and he hurriedly left his work and went to the house. He found his wife lying on the balcony with her i throat slashed and blood gushing from the wound. She died two hours later. She was 33 years old ond is survived by the husband and two daughters, one of them a baby four | weeks old. STARTING LOAN CAMPAIGN Gettysburg, Pa., Aug. 29.—Adams county is to be thoroughly organiz ed for the Fourth Liberty Loan cam paign and already plans are being put in operation that will mean that Adams county will once again go over the top. Dr. William Anthony Granville has again been named to have charge of the work and he has appointed his committees for adver tising and publicity. PARTY FOR LESTER HARNER Elizabetliville, Pa., Aug. 31. A young men's party was held at the home of Mr. -and Mrs. Herbert Wea ver on Thursday evening in honor of Lester Harner, who will leave for the Newark, Del., Radio school to morrow. Dinner was served to Les [ ter Harner, Howard Weaver, Nathan Stroup, Norwood Swab, John Darts and Herbert Weaver. FOUR SENT TO CAMP EHzabethvillc, Pa.. Aug, 31. Dauphin county district board No. 3 sent Waldron Lebo, of Bcrrysburg; Francis O. Riegel, of Williamstown, and Roy Earnest Seip, of Wlconisco, to Camp Greene. Charlotte, N. C.l yesterday. They also will send Les ter I. Harner to a radio school at Newark, Del, to-morrow, Boys' "Red Blood Club" Is Suggestion of Tom Marshall The Boys ißcd Blood Club. A reso lution has been offered and universal ly adopted, endorsing the curriculum of the Boy Scouts of America, from the idea of one good deed a day to the first aid preparation. There seems to be but no material differ ence as between the Boys Red Blood Club and the Boy Scouts movement, that is the staff vs the knewledge of gun handling. The Boys Red Blood Club members insist upon this fact. When a boy is of sufficient age that he may become a member of either of the above clubs, he has a mind sufficiently matured to grasp the little intricacies of gun lore and be taught to' accurately shoot and handlle fire arms. Not with the idea alone that he may be able to shoot and kill, but along the lines of pro tection and preparedness. The neces sity for a training of this character hay been so markedly emphasized within the past four years, that it Is now time to heed and not turn a deaf ear to that which our * nation de mands and Old Glory requires, that she may be upheld as against all com ers or conditions which may arise. Ability to accurately shoot and oper ate fire arms. Now is the logical time to exchange the staff for the gun, teach our boys to shoot, with an elaborate kindergarten course in the "safety first" rule and requirements. This will eliminate the every present dangers of inexperience, which are always a menace to life and limb, personally or with companions. Seldom docs one hear of an acci dent happening to those who are con versant with the handling anil use of tile arms. They know the killing power of guns and are educated to be careful and cautious in their di recting. Boy Scouts are about the proper age for Instruction, being at the receptive and retentive ages. They should be under a competent Scout Master, who has had shooting experience, which lie may impart, to a selected few Scouts in the com mencement, v.! will rapidly develop into assists: i:tor.s. The first lesson sin ,uted to safety and extren a certain elimi nator of /hen a boy has been tan. . load and fire, a gun, el. striking and killing eit. her a charge of shot or bu .iia bump of cau tion immediately develops to an ab normal degree and he at once avoids pointing the muzzle of a gun in the direction of himself or other people. This caution conies with education and observation, hence every Boy Scout should be intensively trained to handle a gun, which will formu late his slogan of "safety first." Again the necessary requisite for successful shooting are especially and particularly useful to the boy, as he becomes past master in the shooting art. He must learn to handle his dispo sition, even to the extent that he will not grow peeved when he sees a novice, either through playfulness or ignorance, jeopardize his friends or associates, by the careless handling of fire arms. To handle and shoot a gun accurately is an acknowledged art. The greatest and most desirable life insurance policy ever issued. Prof. Scott W. Knaub Heads Manchester High Manchester, Pa., Aug. 31.—Schools of the borough will open on Monday and a large enrollment is expected. Prof. Scott W. Knaub will be In charge of the High schol, assisted by Miss Minerva Hulden, of York. Mrs. Milton Hake will have charge of the grammar school, Mrs. Scott Knaub, secondary, and Miss Flora Hartman, primary school; music and drawing will be introduced into the grades as well as in the High school. —Harry Good has returned from a trip to Philadelphia and Atlantic City.—Miss Rebecca Gladfelter re turned from Glen Rock, where she spent several days with relatives. — The Rev. H. L. Gerstmyer and fam ily left here on Thursday for New ville, Cumberland county, where he will assume the pastorate of the Lu theran Church. —The Rev. W. M. Spangler, of Hempstead, Md., will fill the pulpit in the Lutheran Church Sunday morning and even ing.—George Gross, of Philadelphia, spent several days with his parents, Mr. and Mi's. William H. Gross. — Howard Gross, of Philadelphia, spent several days with his parents here, Mr. and Mrs. Zach Gross.— Mr. and Mrs. John Cockley received a letter from their son, Edward, who has arrived In France. —Eli Gross and Miss Sara Gross are confined to their home in High stret, by sick ness.—Mrs. Mary Schriver is con fined to ser home by sickness.—The local branch of Red Cross moved into their new headquarters in the prop erty owned by Mr. and Mrs. George Winters, having formerly occupied a room in the High school building in which sessions will start Monday.— Mrs. Harry Everhart is convalescing from a long spell of illness.—Master Floyd Hartman, who spent the sum mer bn a farm near New Cumber land, has returned to the home of his parents.—Miss Henrietta Carl has returned to Steelton after spend ing several weeks with Miss Emma Mctzgar here. —Dr. Guy Gress and family, of Chambersburg, spent Sun day at the home of the former's parents, Dr. and Mrs. H. Y. Gress.— Sergeant Leon Altland, stationed at Camp Meade, spent Saturday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Alt land. ANNOUNCE PRIZE WINNERS Announcement is made elsewhere in the Telegraph to-day concerning the prize winners in the recent word contest held by William J. Sohland, the real estate dealer, offering over SIOO in prizes to the persons making the largest number of words out of the letters composing "Beautiful Esthorton." Several hundred persons entered the contest and sent in lists of words ranging from' seven to 5,(137. The prizes were awarded by representatives of the various Ha(- risburg newspapers. AUGUST 31, 1918. Based upon our nation's immediate requirements. General Pershing said, "Accurate shooting is at least 70 per cent, of soldier efficiency." Would it not be logical to teach our Boy Scouts to shoot and handle a gun. thus emphasizing their efficiency and con serving the all important element of time, which is such a factor on the West front at the present time. Boys will not be called to the colors at an earlier age, by this line of training. You-will have the comfort of know ing, when they are called, if ever, their previously acquired knowledge of guns, will be their personal safety guarantee and we will be directing the rising generation into the proper channels of universal training and preparedness, guaranteeing perma nent peace. The staff would be no means of de fense as against the modern meth ods of warfare, they are useful on the hike or used as a cane by peo ple of mature years, but we now need national preparedness against a repetition in the future of conditions such as confronted us for the past fouriyears, while we were "rounding to," and getting in condition to give those Boehes their needings. With proper preparedness and universal military training to the point of per fection, which we have attained at the present writing, we would have sailed into those Huns, with the usual YankeS pep that would have brought intelligent peace propositions from Kaiser Bill, prior to this date. I don't recommend indiscriminate shooting afield, with consequent de struction of wild life, my suggestion would .be that all practicing and shooting he done on inanimate tar gets or flying objects, which are better than gume for educat ,>n in gun handling. The use of the scattergun in trench warfare has been adopted and has proved most effective. Think of a trained reception committee of Sammies, awaiting the arrival of an aggregation of Huns. Our boys equip ped with pump or autoloading shot guns, fitted with elongated maga zines, holding ten shells loaded with 12 buckshot, each or 120 bullets to he fired into the advancing ranks of the enemy. Every one of our men in the trenches, would be converted into a machine gun, with no possi bility of the gun jamming. This prop osition simply puts the Huns up against a solid wall of lead, fired from guns so light, they are easily carried and may have a bayonet' ac cessory. Shotguns are just as effi cient, when our men go over the top. Kquipped with guns of this character, there is no necessity for additional bayonet practice. Staff exercise will never spell such efficiency. We en dorse the Scout creed and have read with interest the many "don'ts," which are taught the Scouts, which, if practiced, means exemplary lives and a guarantee of peace, comfort and quietude to his neighbors. We now feel that it is > high time to abandon the staff and adopt the gun. along the lines of preparedness and permanent future peace. .Adopt the gun idea, then incorporate the Red Blood Club with the Boy Scouts of America. CANNING EXHIBIT AT NEWPORT Newport, Pa., Aug. 31.—The final demonstration in the interest of the conservation and preservation of fruits and vegetables, arranged by Archdeacon William Dorwart, of Newport, Perry county food admin istrator, is being held here this af ternoon. The demonstration, start ing at 2 o'clock, is in charge of Miss Mary Whiting, of the Pennsylvania State College Farm Bureau Exten sion. Seventeen other demonstra tions have been held in the county during the past ten days, all con ducted by Miss Whiting. VOCATIONAL SCHOOL TO OPEN Blnip, Pa.. Aug. 31. The Blain vocational school which comprises the schools of Biain, borough and Jackson township, will open on Mon day. The faculty Is composed of Professor Newton Kerstetter, direc-J tor; Professor William C. Koons, su pervisor of the agricultural depart ment and Miss Margaret E. Riegel, I supervisor of the home-making de partment. The public schools of Blain borough and Jackson township will also open on Monday. Play Safe — Stick to KING OSCAR CIGARS because the quality is as good as ever it was. They will please and satisfy you. 6c— worth it- JOHN C. HERMAN & CO. Makers CONSTRUCTION NOW RESTRICTED i Roads, Bridges, Sewers and I Similar Operations Must Get National Sanction Now If the United States Government I sees tit to suspend construction of I any road-building projects, the State Highway Department will comply 1 with the request, according to an announcement made here to-day by j Highway Commissioner J. Denny O'Neil after opening bids for several ! road contracts. All such matters i are now submitted to Washington and if the Government finds it in- < expedient to build in the present condition as to labor and materials, the state will put the roads into shape until "the Government thinks it wise to proceed with the work." This will apply to bridges, sewers and the like as well. All road improvements must be submitted by counties or municipali ties to the State Highway Depart ment, which will also pass upon other enterprises calling for con struction material and recommend such as are needed to the National Government. The department, says Mr. O'Neil, has power to disapprove and urges that all projects be'held to the essential and that they be only work of military or national value. Mr. O'Neil also stated that at the i request of the Government all main- , tenance work is to be speeded UJM and that the question of keeping roads open in winter is already be ing considered. This latest ann6uneement was called forth by notice from Wash ington and the fact that prices for | road work opened this week were very high. • GET SEVEN SLACKERS The Harrisburg Police Department has gathered in seven draft slackers, five colored and two white, within the last ten days and sent them to training camps. HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT Richard Miller, of Lancaster, and a tramp called "Crazy Bill' were pinned under the motor truck which they were driving from this city to Lan caster when it turned turtle. They were taken to the hospital at the Masonic home at Elizabethtown, where it was found Miller had a frac tured leg and his companion had a fractured thigh. j Goal I is the subject most people are | talking about just now. We loan Money on furniture and other securt ' ties for just such emergencies. Call and see us today. Employes Loan Society Room 206 Bergncr Blag. THIRD AND MARKET STS. Licensed and bonded by tho State. 9
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