SPECIAL HOUR FOR
DECEASES MEMBERS
Part of the Program For Meeting
of Philadelphia Division
Veteran
Official notice of the tenth annual
buting, meeting and banquet of the
Veteran Employes Association of the
Philadelphia division of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad will be issued to-mor
row. The date is Saturday, September
32, when the "vets" will be the guests
of the Lukens Iron and Steel Com
pany at Coatesville.
In addition to the regular business,
one hour will be devoted to eulogies
on members who died during the year
The list "f deceased members number
thirty-six, including sixteen pension
ers. Those who died were:
Robert Atkins, pensioner; Abram
Buller. pensioner; J. A. Boyle, pen- I
tloner; C. E. Raker, passenger con-i
ductor; Charles Chambers, clerk; E.
K. Davis, pensioner; William Daush
erty, pensioner; Nathan Evans, Sr.,
yardmaster; I'riah Fox, freight con
ductor; J. S. Rerguson, trackman; .1
F. Hummel, tinsmith; G. M. Huston,
engineman; Jefferson Jacobs, pen
sioner; C. E. Jeffries, Sr., pensioner;
E. M. Kennedy, car inspector; G W.
Kreider, pensioner; G. W. Kreider,
Pensioner; 1. McLaughlin, pensioner;
F. K. Middaugh, freight conductor; |
J. E. Miller, pensioner; J. C. Mylin..
ticket agent; Ed F. Paul, passenger j
conductor; Reuben Resh, pensioner;
A. P. Rodgers, pensioner; J. J. Swee- j
ne\_. pensioner: W. B, Steinmctz. as
sistant road foreman of engines; Amos j
Shultz, pensioner; J. K. Shank, pen
sioner; Gilbert Smith, storekeeper: i
W. W. Sliope, Sr., baggagemaster; P.
£ Updegrove, pensioner; George I
Wood, yardmaster.
Standing of the Crews
HARRISHI'RCi SIIIE
Philadelphia Divlalon—llß crew first
tn go after 4p. nv: 106. 111. l- n . 112.
121 119. 12-'. 109. 126. 105, 123, 12S, 10.. ,
Engineers for 109. 122.
Firemen for 107, 113. 118, 122, 1-6.
Conductors for 113, 126.
Flagmen for 115. lis. 126.
Brakemen for 105, 107 119. 120. :
Engineers up:: Gallagher, Smith, I
PERSONAL
[Other Personals on Page I]
Girls' Progressive Club
Returns Today From Camp
Miss Lavene Grove returned to-day j
from a camp above Dauphin, with the
Girls' Progressive Club of St. Mat- '
theWs Lutheran Church.
The week's camping was greatly en-,
joyed by the entire party, and among;
the guests entertained was the minis- j
ter. the Rev. E. E. Snyder.
In the party were the Misses Mary J
Pink lev. Mildred Burkholder, Frances i
Burkholder. Margaret Good. Florence j
Gallagher, Mildred Gallagher, Char- I
lotte Grove. Margaret Martz, Dorothy
Martz, Pauline Rife, Mary Roberts,
Jean Tippett. Marie Wagner. Frances
Forney, Adele Cluster, Eleanor Eby,
Esther Stence.
Miss Kathleen Roberts
Gives a Little Party
One of the prettiest social events ofj
Saturday was a little tea party given
V>v Miss Kathleen Roberts at her homo
in State street in honor of her house
guests, Miss Elizabeth Carpenter and ,
Miss Charlotte Carpenter, of Cleve- ;
land. Ohio. Sewing and chat was fol
lowed bv refreshments on the porch,
Ecrved to twelve guests.
HOME TO RIVERSIDE
Mrs. William H. Bishop, Miss Esther
Attick Bishop and Miss E. Virginia j
Bishop have returned to their home
on Riverside • Drive after spending
three weeks at Abbottstown, Pa.
LEAVES FOR BOSTON'
Kaumnn Ruby left yesterday for his
home in Boston after spending a
month's vacation most enjoyably with
his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Harry T.
Ruby, at 120S Market street.
OFF FOR PLEASURE
Miss Ruth D. Shure, of 352 South
Thirteenth street, is taking a two
weeks' trip to Washington, D. 0.,
joining friends there for an outing to
New York, up the Hudson, Rochester,
Buffalo and Niagara Falls.
Pl'N XM'T HVNI \ VISITOR
SEES BE\! TIES OF CITY
W. H. Hill, a leading jeweler of i
Punxsutawne.v, Pa., spent several j
hours yesterday In this city on the :
•way to Sunbury to join Mrs. Hill, who
has spent some time there with rela- I
tives. They are going to Atlantic City j
and Philadelphia before returning'
home. Mr. Hill was met at the station '
by Clifford Johnson, who drove him |
over the Harrisburg park system and I
fhowed him the beauties of the river
drive.
RFTI'RN FROM WEST
Scott Hemperly, hts daughter, Miss
Bessie Hemperly, and his sister. Miss
Ella Hemperly. are home after a trip
of seven weeks visiting relatives at
Chattsworth. 111., and Chicago.
WEDDING CARDS ISSI'ED
Invitations have been issued for the
•wedding of Miss Helen Zacks, daugh-
IA Full Set C I
of Teeth, |
Ia HQTB 8
MACK'S
PAINLESS DENTISTS
310 MARKET STREET
Cnme In the itiornlnK- Have
your tfrth made the aame itaj,
Platen repaired on abort notlee.
Open Daya and Evening*.
MONDAY EVENING,
Sober. First, Seltz, Crlsswell. Newcomer,
Long, Rrubaker. Grass. Speas, McCau
ley, Smeltser, Kelley, Buck. Kautz.
Firemen up: Myers. Pen well, Gel
singer, Whichello, Hurts, L. C. Miller,
I Grove. Forney, Collier. I L. Wagner,
I! flhoads, Weaver, Libhart, Carr, Packer.
W inters.
Conductor up: Feeler.
Brakemen up: Fentsemacher. Jack
son, Btirk, Begner, Shultzberger. Hub
bard. Cox. Brown. Ferguson. Baltozer,
. Pearolf, Mclntyre. McNaughton, Cole
> man. Knupp, Wiland.
Middle Division —23l crew first to go
after 12:25 p. m.
Thirty-two Altoona crews to come in.
Preference: 3, !>, 8, 7, 1, 5, 2, 4, 6, 10.
Engineer for 3.
Fireman for 6.
Brakeman for 5.
Engineers up: Mumma, Free. Brigr
gles, Willis, Macill. Smith, Simonton
Firemen up: Drewett. Sea grist, Born
-1 man. Cox. Boacham, Zeiders, Richards,
Gross, Fritz. Karstetter, Fletcher.
Kuntz *
Flagman up: Frank.
Brakemen up: Stahl, Kauffman. Putt,
Peters. Baker. Spalir, Boyle, Roller,
Pipp, Plack.
Yard Crews —To go after 4 p m.:
Fnglneers for 32!. 1171, 1831,
17511, 14, 1270. lS2n, 2393. 1361. 054.
Firemen for 707, 1171, 90, !Ssg.
Engineers up: Rudy. Meals. Stahl.
Swab. Silks. Crist, Harvey, Saltsman,
Kuhn, Shaver. Hoyler, Beck, HartT,
Biever. Blosser, Brenneman.
Firemen up: Balr, Kyde. Ney, Myers,
Crow, t'lsh. Bostdorf, Schiefer. Bauch.
Weigle, Lackey, Cookerley, Maeyer,
Shelter, Snell, Gettys, Hart, Barkey,
Sheets.
EXOI.A SIIIE
Philadelphia Division—24o crew first
to go after 3:45 p m : 212. 247, 227,
i 2t«. 215. 221, 214. 234. 222. 245, 240. 238,
2«3. !i( 213.
Engineers for 200, 211, 220, 221, 230,
234. 238
Firemen for 213. 230, 241. 242, 246.
I Flagmen for 37. 38. 52, 53.
, Rrakenien fror 8. 12, 13, 19, 30, 37, 41,
I 46. 41.
Flagman up: Simpson.
Brakemen up: Malseed, Wrench,
| Waltman. Albright, Hickeinell. Mumma,
Rummy. Peets. Kone. Vandling. Fair.
Taylor, Harris, Lutz, Kochenouer, Shul
| let . Decker, Carroll. Goudy.
Middle Division 152 crew first to go
I go after 1 p. m : 241. 235.
THE READING
llnrrlnhtirg Division—ls crew first to
go after 8::30 a nv: 8. 23, 20, 14, 4. 18,
I 17. 5.
East-bound, after 9:15 a. m.: 63, 67,
59. 62. 51, 56, 53, 52. 70. 54. 65.
Conductors for 51. 62. 17.
Firemen for 62. 63, 17.
Brakemen for it, 63, 17.
Conductors up: German. Kline.
Engineers up: Glass, Martin. Lape,
! Wvre.
Firemen up: Boyer. Fulton. Snader.
T.ox, Bitigaman, Anders, Keliy, King.
! Mover, Corl, Dowhower, Sellers. Rum
hatigh.
Brakemen up: Miles, Eppley, Steph
ens, Mumma, Taylor. Ensmtnger, Clay
i l>augh, Heilman. Kapp, Shearer, Mc-
I Henry, Kauffman, Hartz.
Iter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Zacks, of
Steelton, to Charles H. Fried, on
Wednesday evening. September 2, at 6
o'clock, in the Bellevue-Stratford,
Philadelphia. Following the wedding
and an extended tour of the Pacific
roast Mr. Fried and his bride will re
side In Vicksburg, Miss., where the
former is in business.
MOTOR FROM BOSTON
Mrs. William O. Hickok and Mrs.
Daniel Hartman Hastings, who have
, been motoring through New England
i for the past several weeks, arrived in
(the city yesterday, accompanied by
I Mrs. Arthur R. Emmons and her son,
: Arthur R. Emmons, 3d. of Dover,
I Mass. Later they will go to Bedford
Springs, where Mrs. Emmons will
I spend a week with her mother, Mrs.
| Hickok.
Practicability of Post
System Is Established
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C„ Aug. 24.—Prac
ticability of the parcel post as a me
dium of direct exchange between city
dwellers and producers of the farms
! have been established by a test in ten
| cities, the Post Office Department an
| nounced to-day. Postmasters' reports
stated the new system has been wel
comed in nearly all the communities,
j that it appeared as a factor in reduc
ing the cost of living and that im
provements under way assured its
growth. Damage to parcels in ship
ment amounted to less than one-tenth
of one per cent., it was said, and that
was mainly due to inefficient jacking.
In some sections it was stated the
farmers impeded expansion of the
service to some extent by naming
prices, which by comparison with quo
tations in the local markets, were con
sidered too high by the city purchas
ers. In nearly all cases, howe\er, the
postmasters reported the plan pro
vided city families with a better grade
of farm produce.
William Reported to
Have Abandoned Albania
By Associated Press
Rome, Aug. 24, 12.55 A. M.—Re
ports are conflicting as to whether
Prince William hr# abandoned Alba
nia. It was stated here to-day that
hi-, leaving would cause no surprise
as his situation, already difficult before
the outbreak of the war, must have
become quite impossible when, owing
to the necessities of tho necessities of
the international complications, Aus
tria, Italy and the other powers were
obliged to withdraw any support
I which helped to maintain him at Dur
| azzo.
! The natives are reported as Jealous
i and divided in opinion. They are said
Ito be agreed only on two points,
'namely not to pay taxes and to op
-1 pose conscription.
Operations Against Kaio
Chow Will Be Prolonged
By Associated Press
London, Aug. 24. 4.25 A. M.—No news
of Japanese of German military oper
ations in the Far East have reached
London since Japan's declaration of
war upon Germany.
According to the Japanese embassy
here those who are looking for the
occupation of Kiao Chow ' almost
simultaneously with the issue of the
Japanese declaration of war will be
disappointed. The view is expressed
at the embassy here that in order to
j ovoid needless loss of life the oper
ations against Kiao Chow will be more
I prolonged than otherwise would be
the case.
Germans Attempting
to Destroy Liege Forts
By Associated Press
London. Aug. 24. 12.05 p. m.—ln a
dispatch from Rotterdam, the cor
respondent of the Daily Telegraph
says that after many days of quiet,
sounds of the vigorous bombardment
of Liege reached the frontier near
Maestricht on Sunday. They were
heard for hours and indicated that
the Germans are making a tremen
dous effort to clear this long standing
danger from their line of supply and
that to this end they had brought
their heaviest howitzers into action.
Fugitives report, the dispatch con
tinues, that the Liege forts have
caused great inconvenience to the GerA
mans by destroying their pontoon
bridges over the Meuse. ,
STANDARDIZATION
MEN TO MEET HERE
State and National Experts Will
Confer at the Department of
Labor and Industry
DIXON WARNS AGAINST RATS
Must Be Careful About Bubonic
Plague; Copies of Taxation
\ Code in Demand
am Experts on stand-
ardi7.ation of forms
for general use in
statistical work of
labor and Industry
I w IZXiIHiSIS governmental of-
flees and In the
C 1 JU RMh fll offices of lnter-
I estcd corporations
j ggPiUyQL wi " meet at the
day of next week.
Wednesday will be taken up by a
meeting of the National Committee on
Standardization to consider further
standardization of forms; it has al
ready met In New York for this pur
pose.
The national committee is coming
to Harrisburg for this meeting be
cause Pennsylvania already hast its
own state committee on such stand
ardization. This state committee will
meet at the Capitol on Tuesday and
probably will lay the result of its work
before the national committee at
Wednesday's session.
The state committee numbers be
tween twenty and thirty representa
tive manufacturers and the meeting
probably cannot be held In the De
partment of Labor and Industry be
cause of the size of the body. The
Senate caucus room will probably be
used. •
At last week's meeting of the State
Industrial Board in Philadelphia to
consider regulations for bakeshops It
was decided to hold another meeting
before taking final action. This will
be in Philadelphia some time next
month.
The Department of Labor and In
dustry is also working with insurance
inspectors so as to draft a suitable
report blank which these inspectors
may use in reporting to the depart
ment.
Armory Board Meeting.—The State
Armory Roard will hold its next meet
ing on September 23.
Lovin Property Rought.—At a special
meeting of the Capitol Park Exten
sion Commission to-day the commis
sion purchased the property of Max
Levin. 518 Filbert street.
Mr. Cunningham Coming.—Deputy
Attorney General Cunningham will be
here to-morrow after spending the
week-end in Pittsburgh.
Re ware of Rats.—The world-wide
readjustment of commerce which is
going on as a result of the European
war and the opening of the Panama
canal has led Health Commissioner
Dixon to utter a special warning
against importation of foreign dis
eases, with particular emphasis on
bubonic plague, which has been found
in rats in both New Orleans and
Liverpool. Anyone who wishes a copy
of this bulletin may obtain it at the
Department of Health. Dr. Dixon es
pecially urges that buildings be made
rat proof when constructed and also
advocates proper use of traps and
poisons tinder other conditions.
Powell Returning.—Auditor General
Powell, who had expected to be here
to-day, will not arrive until Thursdav.
He has been on a fishing trip in
Canada for a week and the partv was
late in leaving. They will probably
reach Pittsburgh to-morrow night.
At Meroersburg.—Lewis A. Irwin,
clerk in the Department of Labor and
Industry, is at Mercersburg on his
vacation.
Want the Code.—Copies of the new
taxation code are in great demand at
the Legislative Reference Bureau.
The bureau has expressed the hope
that the code be studied throughout
the state and criticised before the rtext
Legislature assembles. The demand
for the pamphlets indicates wide-
I spread interest in the proposed new
act.
Payroll Fn finished.—Most of the or
ganizations of the First and Second
Regiments have sent their payrolls
for the recent Mount Gretna camn to
the Adjutant General's office, but a
few are not yet at hand. This will
delay completion of the pavroll for
another day or two.
Going to Pittsburgh.—Secretary of
the Senate Raker is in Philadelphia
to-day and will leave to-morrow for
Pittsburgh to complete arrangements
for the meeting of the Republican
State committee In that city on
Wednesday.
Steese Home. James A. Steese,
chief clerk of the Department of La
bor and Industry, has returned from
a vacation in Canada and savs that
the entire population of the Dominion
appears to be enthused over the Euro
pean war. He met scores of reservists
of one country and another who were
returning to Europe with all speed
and found all of them imbued with
the utmost patriotism. Mr. Steese left
']anada ten days ago and since that
time was engaged In department work
in Rradford and Westmoreland
counties.
At Erie.—The Public Service Com
mission is at Erie to-day for the hear
ing and inspection in the matter of
the Dead Man's Curve grade crossing
Secretarv Millar and Investigator
Dohoney are with the board. Mr.
Dohoney is expected home to-night
and Mr. Millar by the end of the
week. The commission will not meet
here until September 1.
Study Next Week.—The ten voting
: men appointed last week to scholar
ships at the Stat* Forestrv Academy
will spend this week at their homes in
final preparation, reporting at Mont
Alto next week to take un their studies.
General Pau Said to Be
Hero of Hour in Paris
By Associated Press
Ixmdon. Aug. 24, 3.45 A. M.—A dis
patch from Paris to the Daily Mail
says:
"Former Premier ciemenoeau con
tinues his campaign against the gov
ernment's policy of withholding from
the public the whole truth In the war
news.
"General Pau is the hero of the
hour. He is 70 years old and has only
one arm. having lost the other in the
war of 1870. He was recalled to ac
tive service in advisory capacity and
appeared with the armj( in Alsace. He
seems to have taken personal charge
of the operations at Muelhausen.
OPPOSING FORCES MEET
By Associated Press
London, Aug. 24, 10.26 a. m.—The
French Embassy this morning re
ceived a telegram front the Minister
of Foreign Affairs at Paris stating
that contact had been established be
tween the opposing forces all along
the line and up to the present without
advantage to either side. The mes
sage confirmed the report that the
German airship Zeppelin No. 8 had
been destroyed and that there had
been great Russian successes. ,
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
•S?Tva<a.i tY^nWiDOLetownCfJtaMPißfrA
CHBOT FOR RED
CROSS OF GERMANY
Steelton Subjects of Kaiser In
censed at Action of Mi
kado's Kingdom
Final arrangements for the concert
to be held under the auspices of the
Harrlaburc Marnnercholr and the
Deutscher Quartet Cluh, in Quartet
Club Hall, Front and Washington
streets, Thursday evening, to raise
funds for the German-Austrian Red
| Cross, will be made at a joint meet
iing of the members of the two clubs
'in Quartet Club Hall to-morrow even
ing.
It is planned to have some of the
best musical talent in this vicinity
participate in the concert. Director
Herman Poltl is now busy arranging
the program and will hold the first
rehearsal to-morrow evening. He Is
being assisted in making the arrange
ments for the affair by President Jo
seph Wlach. of the Deutscher Quar
tet Club; ,)ohn Lang, and a commit
tee of members.
Local Germans are much incensed
at the action of Japan in entering the
European struggle. They can see no
reason for the yellow nation's action
and assert that the Japs are actuated
by a desire for territorial aggrandize
ment. They are beginning to feel that
Germany is championing a lost cause.
Their patriotism, however, Is undaunt
ed and they Intend to do everything
they can to aid the Fatherland in a
financial way.
STEELTON SNAPSHOTS
Carnival Arrives. —Early this morn
ing tents were pitched on the vacant
plot of ground at Front and Franklin
streets for the carnival to exhibit
I there under the auspices of the West 1
Side Hose Company during the pres
ent week.
Voting Begins.—The first votes in
the contest to decide the most popu
lar woman in the borough, under the
auspices of the Benton Catholic Club,
were oast to-day. The contest ends
I September 1, when the first annual
festival of the club will be held at
Front and Conestoga streets.
Banns Published. Banns were
published in St. James' Catholic
I Church yesterday by the Tlev. J. C.
Thompson, announcing the engage
ment of William J. Ludes and Miss So
phia Feindt. of Philadelphia. The
wedding will be solemnized in the
Assumption parish, Philadelphia, Sep
tember 10. Mr. Ludes formerly lived
in North Second street and is a rail
way mail clerk.
llarry Heisey Buried. Funeral
services were held yesterday after
noon over the body of Harry Heisey,
who was drowned in the Susquehanna
April 1. Burial was made In the
cemetery at Geyers Church, near Mld
dletown.
1 .caves For Germany. Otto
Fischer, 4<• 1 Crescent street, Harris
burg. a draughtsman at the Pennsyl
vania Steel Company, will be among
the passengers on the S. S. Rotterdam
sailing from New York to-morrow.
He is returning to Germany to serve
in the army.
BI'RY MRS. DAVIDSON
Funeral services over the body of
Mrs. Katharine Davidson, who died
Thursday, were held yesterday after
noon from the home, 414 North Front
street. The Rev. A. K. Wler officiated
and burial was made in the Baldwin
Cemetery.
BURY BOY KILLED BY AUTO
Funeral services over the body of
Clayton Beshore. son of Charles Be
| shore, who was killed in an automo
ibile accident Thursday evening, were
I held yesterday afternoon from the
! Enhaut Church of God. The little
'church was packed with friends of the
jdead boy and his parents. The serv
ices were in charge of the Rev. S. T.
Stoun'er, pastor of the Enhaut church,
I assisted by the Rev. J. M. Waggoner.
I pastor of the Main Street Church of-
I God, and the I|p\ . George Zeigler, of
Lingiestown. Rurial was made in the
l iberlin Cemetery. The inquest to de
termine responsibility for young Be
shore's death was conducted by Coro
ner Jacob Ecklnger In H. Wilt's
funeral establishment, Saturday even
ing. The jury returned a verdict of
accidental death due to an unavoid
able accident.
FUNERAL OF AUGUST LAMCOVIC
Funeral services over the body of
August Lamcovic, who died at Mont
Alto Friday, were held in St. Mary's
Croatian Church this morning at 10
o'clock. The Rev. Anthony Zuvich
officiated and burial was made In the
Baldwin Cemetery.
\ PIES SUDDENLY
Returning from a visit to friends
in Penbrook, Saturday evening, Mrs.
Phyllis Lewis, aged 50 years, of 256
Franklin street, was stricken by heart
trouble. She died a few minutes later
while still in the street near Seven
teenth and State streets, Harrisbtirg.
Funeral services will he held from the
undertaking establishment of W. J.
Hooper. 604 Forster street.
How Candidate McCormick
Appreciates a Courtesy
Lebanon, Pa . Aug. 24. Senator
Penrose was given a splendid recep
tion here last week and even a news
paper opposed to him politically was
decent enough to admit that the greet
ing was a tine compliment. But the
Harrisburg Patriot, the personal organ
of Vance C. McCormick. Democratic
candidate for Governor, referred to
the affair as a "frost." The same
paper told a story of the finding of an
empty beer case In the Republican
' tent the next day when McCormick
arrived. It was not decent enough to
l say that the tefit was generously al-
I lowed by the Republicans to remain
standing for the use of the Demo
crats or to explain that the alleged
beer case was one of the soft-drink
containers of a refreshment stand ad
joining. McCormick may get a vote
here and there, by thus misrepresent
ing facta, but it's doubtful.
Entrenchments, Which
Took 3 Days to Baild, Are
Torn Down in Few Minutes
Paris, Aug. 24, 5.35 A. M.—The
Matin to-day quotes a German pris
oner at Montpellier as follows:
"Your French artillery is admirable.
It destroyed In a few minutes en
trenchments which we spent three
days in making. The great part of
our men were killed while others
rushed to the rear with frightened
cries as If some supernatural force had
Intervened against them. »
"I am glad to he a prisoner, It is
better than under the yoke of German
officers." ,
Swatara Schools to Open
on Monday» August 31
The public schools of Swatara town
ship will open on Monday, August 31.
| The various pastors of the churches
lin the township have been extended
|an invitation by Professor George
Dunkleberger, the supervising princi
pal, to preach a special sermon on
Sunday evening. August 30 on "Edu
cation," and the parents' relation and
obligation to that end. The evening
service on that day will therefore be
devoted to educational programs In
the churches of Enhaut, Oberlin and
Bressler.
PERSONALS
Lester Pickup, of Lykens, is the
guest of his uncle, Thomas Johnson,
303 Francis street.
Mrs. Benjamin Engle. of Hummels
town, and Mrs. W. H. Weaver, of Ann
ville, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. E.
E. Herman, 146 South Second street,
yesterday.
Sterling Herman spent yesterday in
Lykens
Mrs. R. M. Frey and daughter,
Catherine, left this morning for a visit
to Philadelphia and Avalon.
Reese Stoll spent Sunday in Atlantic
City.
Chester Loy, of 40 South Fourth
street. Is spending the week with
friends and relatives In Lancaster.
TO HOLD CONFERENCE <>\
BUSER'S KI N NUISANCE
A joint meeting of Swatara town
ship commissioners and Steelton bor
ough couneilmen will be held to-mor
row afternoon at 3 o'clock to deter
i mine what steps shall be taken to
! eliminate the Buser's run nuisance.
! The commissioners and couneilmen
met last Friday evening, but decided
jto hold another meeting on the ground
| so that they could decide just what Is
, necessary to abate the nuisance. A
large silt basin will probably be built,
as it is too expensive a proposition to
sewer the run. The committee con
sists of Couneilmen Henderson, Stees
and Capella, and Commissioners
Aungst, Livingston, Still, Grove and
Rutherford.
SAFE IN ZURICH
N. S. Fencil, Pine street, received
j word yesterday that his son, C. V.
! Fencil, and wife, of Reading, who are
'touring in Europe, are safe In
Zurich. Switzerland. The Fencils
wrote that they had been sending let
ters and cards continually, but yes
' terday's letter was the on-ly one that
came through.
*MIDDLETOWA- - -
Pretty Girls to Preside
at Suffrage Booth
If you intend going to the Middle
town fair, this week, better slip around
to tlie main exhibition building and
take a peek at the "Suffrage Booth."
There will be a number of pretty Har
risburg and Mlddletown girls, adher
-1 ents to "the cause," In charge, and they
will hand out suffrage drinking cups,
I toy balloons, twlrlers, napkin rings.
! suffrage buttons, suffrage literature,
and—smiles.
The booth will be near the entrance
in the main exhibition building. A com
mittee from the Harrisburg Branch of
the Central Pennsylvania woman's Suf
frage Association, assisted by a num
ber of Mlddletown women, will be in
| charge.
MIDDLETOWN NOTES
I Observe Anniversary. Star of
| Bethlehem Lodge. No. 45, Shepherds
of Bethlehem, celebrated the twelfth
j anniversary of the lodge in the Junior
I Mechanics' Hall, South Union street,
j Friday night.
Mrs. Sbles Here. —Mrs. William
J Sides, of Canton, Ohio, a former resi
dent, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
[J. F. Shireman and other friends
j here.
JOHN C. RUTHERFORD
I John C. Rutherford, aged 35, of
Ro.valtori, son of John M. Rutherford,
grocer of Royalton for twenty years,
i died at the Harrisburg Hospital this
morning with pneumonia, after an ill
ness of a week. He Is survived by his
wife and four children. Sadie. John.
Ruth and Grace; his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John M. Ruthi.-rford; three
brothers, Allen. William, Joseph, and
one sister. Mrs. Mary Renlcal, also
survive. Funeral services have not
been made.
-ENHAUT- • - •
GOES INTO DAIRY BUSINESS
P. I. Parthemore for twenty years
a foreman at the frog and switch de
partment of the steel works, has re
signed his position and purchased
the dairy business of Marshall J.
Aungst.
ENHAUT PERSONALS
S. H. Grove, of Philadelphia, was
In town this week.
Professor Harry O. Snavely will re
turn to the Stevens school, Hoboken,
N. J., next week.
Miss Beatrice Miller, of New Bloom
field, Perry .county, is visiting in town.
J. M. Reilly, of Lancaster, was in
town last week on business.
Mrs. John Smith has returned to
her home at Dickinson.
Miss Ruby Thumma has returned
home from Goldsboro.
Clair McAllister has returned home
from Lititz, where he acted as best
man at the Hager-Erhart wedding.
FOR KENT
FOR RENT An eight-room house.
With water and gas. lot for garden,
Steelton Heights, opposite Frog Shop
Office. Apply J. M. Heagy, 39 South
Front street, Steelton.
Belgian's Engines Are
Being Shipped to Paris
By Associated Press
Paris, Aug. 24, 3.40 A. M.—Three
hundred locomotives from the rail
roads of Belgium were brought to
to-day to prevent their use by
the Germans.
News to the Havas agency from Os
tend says although the; presence of
Uhlans Is reported in many places the
situation appears much better. Com
munication Is being maintained as far
as Alost, fifteen miles northwest of
Brussels.
A traveller who tried to return to
Brussels got to Hombeek, nine miles
north of the capital where he reports
Belgian cavalry had Just annihilated
a patrol of Uhlans who were covering
the passage of a body of German
troops at Grlmberghen, a village six
miles northeast of Brussels. The
traveler said that he saw the bodies
of Ave Uhlans at the railway sta
tlon. ,
AUGUST 24, 1914.
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a lot o' talk about
A whether Germany
i or France or Russia's
men's got the best
□ equipment. But I<l
[reckon they've all got f&gSSSMjr
the same kind o' moth
ere an' wives, an' them's
□ th' ones that bears th* PJj. 3r
burden, after all. ~
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The after-dinner pipe of VELVET takes on an added sweetness
now o' nights, when n man realizes the peaceful blessings of
■■ home. VELVET is The Smoothest Smoking Tobacco. 10c -
U tins and ftc metal-Uned bags. }j
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sault on their center, whereby they
captured many guns.
Armistice Refused
"On Friday the Russian left wing
presesd onward and toward evening
drove the enemy out of their posilion.
The Germans then asked for an armis
tice-that they might carry away their
dead and wounded. This was refused.
"Yesterday the battle was decided.
The Germans hastily retreated, pur
sued by the Russians. The enemy's
losses were very heavy. The Rus
sians captured Areas and Goldap. Re
ports that the Russians have occupied
Isterburg seem to i>e official. This
means that Tilsit, a town on the left
bank of the Nleman, sixty miles north
of Konigsherg, has been cut off from
communication with other parts of
Prussia.
"In the fighting from Monday to
Friday eight German regiments of
the field army and six I.andwehr
regiments, totalling about 70,000 men,
with 200 guns, took part. Later the
number was reinforced to more than
100.000 men. The German force*
available in East Prussia besides the
independent cavalry division are five
army corps of the field army, totaling
21,000, with r.4 0 field guns and ISO
howitzers, besides a considerable num
ber of siege guns.
Xaturally Fortified
"The army corps are the First at
KoniKsbcrg, the Fifth at Posen, the
Sixth at Bresjau, the Seventeenth at
Dansie and the Twentieth at Allen
stein. Besides these there are ten
Landwehr divisions and twenty Land
wehr brigades, totnllinsr 320,000 men,
with 3fio guns. The total German
forces in the east, not counting the
Landstrum, are about half a million
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WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS OF CERTAIN-TEED ROOFING
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men, with 1,100 field Runs and howitz
ers and a large number of siege guns
"The country where the Russians
will advance is full of large and small
lakes, rivers, canals and marshes.
These natural advantages the Ger
mans have strengthened by a large
number of fortifications, including the
fortresses of Woningsberg, Allenstein,
T>ansic and Thorn. Besides these the
whole country is strewn with fortifi
cations and permanent field works of
every description largely with
heavy guns. All these military meas
ures show the Immense strategic im
portance of East Prussia,"
Two Reading Men Lose
Lives in Auto Accident
By Associated Press
Reading, Pa., Aug. 24.—Two men
died from the results of injuries re
ceived in an automobile accident late
last night, on the city outskirts.
Harry S. Weller died to-<jpy in St.
Joseph's Hospital. He was a former
assistant fire chief of the local fire
department. His age was 40.
Daniel Homan died in the same in
stitution two hours later. He was 45
years old.
George Kline, of Hyde Park, a
Pennsylvania Railroad carpenter,
owner and driver of the car, a recent
purchase, is practically uninjured.
The men, occupying the runabout,
were on their way way to this city.
The machine struck an obstruction
and turned over. The occupants were
pinned beneath the wreckage. To
make matters worse, the gasoline tank
exploded. Messrs. Weiler and Homan,
who were wedged tightly beneath the
machine, suffered terribly from burus.
IIITKY FREDERICK MATHER
Funeral services for Frederick
Mntlier. aged 44 years, who died at his
home, 2416 Jefferson street, Friday af
ternoon were held yesterday. Under
taker F. M. Mauk and Son. took the
body to Escholl, Perry county, to-day
where burial was made.
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