NEW TRAINS FOR GUARD GROWING Expect to Have Them Pre pared to Mobilize During the Next Week Maaaaaank Organization of > \\ $ /TV 4,16 ammunition supply train of A the National 7 Guard, which will t> e composed of twelve motor truck companies, \ Mwwwmtow ls un der way with c nlfUnuHjnl Major Howard S. —-Jgg-J charge, and units crulted In Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Reading, York, Shamokin and Johnstown, subject to Federal recog nition. As there will be a dozen truck companies, recruitment may be started in other places during this week. Several cities are being con sidered. • Each of these companies will be composed of fifty-four men and six companies will handle artillery am munition and six small arms am munition. It is planned to have them mobilize at Mt. Gretna on July 15 rfhd arrangements for tentage and other equipment are being made. The trucks will be delivered soon after the companies are mustered. The supply train of six truck com panies is also to mobilize at that point. Work is going ahead rapidly at Mt. Gretna to fit it for mobilizing various units which will not go to armories or for reserve recruit bat talions when the Guard is drafted into Federal service. Exams to Begin. The annual stimmer examinations of the State Bureau of Medical Education and Licensure will begin to-morrow in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The examinations will last until Thurs day evening, Tuesday morning being devoted to receiving cards of admis sion and photographs. State Takes a Hand. The state educational authorities have taken a hand in the dispute at Pittston. It was held that a class could not graduate because of some local dis putes. Inspectors Seek Men. — State fac tory inspectors in western counties have been busy hunting men to put to work in fields this fall. They are urging men to take a job on the farm during vacation. To Open Bids. The Board of Public Grounds and Buildings will open bids to-morrow for hauling ashes from the Capitol. To Make Kxhibits.—The State De partment of Health will have an exhibit at county fairs this fall. The exhibit is now being made ready and a schedule has been prepared. Funeral Services Are Held For Mr. Schleisner Funeral services for William B. Schleisner, aged 50, a prominent merchant, who died Friday at his home, 1805 North Second street, aft er an illness of more than a year, were held yesterday morning at 8.30 o'clock. Rabbi Louis Haas, of the Ohev Sholem synagogue, officiated. The body was taken to Baltimore, his former home, for burial. The active pallbearers were: David Kauffman, Otto J. Bauxhaum, Jo seph Nachman, Simon Hursh, Al fred Seligman, Morris Jacobson, Samuel Kades and A. J. Simms. The honorary pallbearers were: Edward Bailey, Richard M. T. Wharton, E. J. Stackpole and John A. Westbrook. The Harrisburg Lodge of Elks, of which he was a member, conducted services at the home Saturday even ing at 9 o'clock. W ANTED —Blacksmiths, Boilermakers, Machinists and their Helpers To go to France with Ninth Engineers, National Army. Will repair locomotives of the French Railroads VOLUNTEERS EXEMPT FROM DRAFT Apply to COLONEL HERBERT DEAKYNE, Recruiting Office Juniper and Sans~>m Streets, Philadelphia. MONDAY EVENING, NEWS OF STEELTON) POLICE ARREST MANY IN RAIDS Assault and Battery, Statutory Crimes and Robberies Lead List The police pickups over Saturday and Sunday included the following: Ray Craddock, colored, 65 Conesto ga street, and Harry M. Reed, 227 Main street, placed under arrest Sat urday afternoon by Constable Brash ears, charged with a statutary of fense. The men are alleged to have enticed a 12-year-old girl into a Main street house for criminal purposes. Information for this arrest was made by Chief Gardner. Robert Sparks, colored, arrested by Patrolman Bowermaster, charged by Wllliaip Floyd with assault and robbery early yesterday morning. Ed. Twyman, arrested by Constable Brashears on the charge of running a disorderly house on the West Side. Albert Punas, colored, arrested by Chief Gardner, charged with cutting a colored man named Jackson some time ago. At the time of the crime, Funas left the borough and only lately returned. He was apprehend ed Saturday. Manuel Rodriguez, a Mexican, was placed under arrest yesterday morn ing about 2 o'clock, by Patrolman Wynn. He will face charges of drunk, disorderly and carrying con cealed deadly weapons. A wagon was used to haul Domingo Reno, a Por tugese African to the borough lock up Saturday evening about 9 o'clock by Patrolman Pearson, who made the arrest on a drunk and disorder ly charge. Peter Skender, a West Side for eigner, was also given lodging in the lockup yesterday on the charge of being drunk and disorderly. He was taken in by Patrolman Bowermas ter. Two foreigners, charged with disorderly conduct and unlawful as semblage, were taken by Chief Gard ner and several patrolmen in a raid on a number of foreigners who had gathered in a rear yard on South Fourth street, last evening. STEELTON PERSONALS Charles H. Fried, formerly of Vioksburg, Miss., after spending sev eral months with his parents-ln-law, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Zachs, South Front street, left this morning on a business trip to New York city and through the New England States, preparatory to going into business at Memphis. Tenn. Miss Sue Hess, South Second street, spent Sunday with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Zoll, Oberlin. The Misses Lillian and Ada Mars, after spending one week with Mrs. A. Mars, South Front street, have re turned to their home in Pine Grove, Lebanon county. -Christian Hess, South Second street, made a business trip to Lan caster to-day. Mrs. David T. Baker and chil dren, Hannah and Ephrafm Baker, attended the twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kades, observed at their home in Shamokin, yester day. DIES IN AUTO CRASH Funeral services for Walter D. Speece, a former resident of this city, who was killed in an automobile accident near Hackensack, N. J., Saturday, wil be held to-morrow aft ernoon at 2 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. David C. Speece, 526 Muench street. Burial will be made in the East Harrisburg Cemetery. AIMS OF SLAVS ARE DISCUSSED Croatians, Slovenians and Serbs Hear Hopes of Unity One of the most able presenta tions of the aims and objects of southern Slav unity ever made in the borough took place in Croatian Hall, Second and Washington streets, Saturday evening, when Dr. Ljubo Lcontic, a Croatian, entertained for one and one-half hours hundreds of Croatians, Slovenians and Serbians who packed the hall. Dr. Leontic spoke in the Croatian language. The speaker described the present European war as a revolu tion and said In part: "This is no more a battle of one people against another; it is a battle of all nations for democracy, for the right of peo ple to rule and govern themselves." In speaking of the effect of the great struggle on the people of Croa tia and the adjoining countries oc cupied by his race of people the speaker added: "It is life or death to us and we, knowing this, cannot and dare not stand aside with arms folded when at the hand of autoc racy our national existence is at stake." He paid a glowing tribute to President Wilson and eulogized the entry of the United States into the war. At the close of his address a number of questions were asked and answered. Ivan Grgurevlc, secretary of the Southern Slav Council at Washing ton, D. C., delivered a short address at the opening of the meeting, in which he outlined the work of the Southern Slav Council. Dr. Drago Marusic, formerly an officer In the Austrian army, and a native of Slo venia, now connected with the Serb ian legation, at Washington, was the last speaker. He addressed his coun trymen in the Slovenian tongue, which is slightly different from the Croatian, and urged his people to do all in their power to help the cause of Southern Slav Unity. Delegations of southern Slavs from Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Reading attended the meeting. Steelton Snapshots Play Patriotic Music.—Camp 15, Sons of Veterans, of Harrisburg drum corps, played patriotic and martial music on the borough streets, Saturday evening. To Iloid Picnic.—The Ladies' Aid Society of Centenary United Breth ren Church, will hold a picnic at Reservoir Park, Wednesday, July 11. Sell House. The real estate agency of Hess & Zoll this morning announced the sale of the double dwelling house, 2128-2130 South Second street, owned by Fred. A. Werner, Harrisburg, to Phillip E. Folk and Jerome A. Folk, of the borough. Possession will be given October 1, 1917. Hunger and Disease Deplete Turk's Army ~ July 9. According to re liable advices from Asia Minor, the Turkish army is In the most serious plight of any period of the war on account of the depletion of man power from the ravages of epidemics and rrom actual starvation aa a result of the failure of the commissariat. All classes of the gendarmerie are being mobilized to fill the gaps. It is said the spread of mutinies among Arab and Kurd troops has he come so alarming that Enver Pasha, the Turkish War Minister, is rushing to Mesopotamia In an effort to cope with the situation. 10,000 Men to Train For War Ambulance Corps Allentown, Pa.. July 9. Sunday at the United States ambulance camp was spent largely in discussing an order from the War Department, which will make the Allentown contonment as large as Gettysburg camp. From 100 units of thirty-six men. the camp is to be enlarged to 160 units of forty-five men. not counting base hospitals and casuals, and it is esti mated that in a few weeks the roster will reach 10,000. Fourteen Members of . Engineers Society Are in Govrnment Service According to a census taken by the Pennsylvania Engineers Sbciety fourteen members from here are serving the government in various branches. The membership of the society is 710, and the capabilities of each has been placed in the hands of the National Defense Committee at Washington. Local members in service are as follows: C. S. Gaut, Fort Niagara; Spencer Roberts, American Univer sity, Washington; W. G. Con'cklin, American University, "Washington; Samuel W. Fleming, Fort Niagara; T. J. Gould, Fort Niagara; Dr. George R. Moffltt, Rockefeller In stitute, New York; Meade Detweil er, Ambulance Corps, France; J. C. Kennedy, Fort Niagara; H. D. Ogels by, second lieutenant, Engineers' Corps; Harry L. Anwyll, Fort Ni agara; Staley Livingstone, recruiting service; H. D. Buckwalter, captain, Engineers' Corps; H. O. Weston, cap tain, Quartermasters' Corps; Theo dore D. Seeley, captain, Engineers' Corps. rwiwuwwwiiwMwiimw i The jjj Federal j jj Machine jj Shop Court and Cranberry Sts. I ! ! We have Just. Opened a General I > ! Repair and Machine Shop at ! i I the above address. We are spe- ! ' ' daily equipped to do grinding. ! ' j i bicycle, automobile and general '• ! 1 machine repairing. |jj Your Patronage jj Solicited < i HA-RRISBURG TELEGRAPH : MIDDLETOWN Dr. Mish Celebrates Ninetieth Birthday nR-fl-K. MISII i!? teer In the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Regiment in the Civil War, physi cian and politician. At the battle of Stone Harbor he was captured by the Confederates and placed In Llbby Prison. He Is still active in civic matters at Middletown. Mrs. T. B. Boyd is visiting at El wood City for some time. Miss Minnie Thomas, of Philadel phia, Is spending some time In town. Mrs. William Wallace, of Phila delphia,* is visiting in town. Miss Beatrice Good, of Spring field, Ohio, is visiting in town. The Borough Council and School Board will meet in regular session this evening. Mrs. Anna Snyder, daughter. Mrs. George Kukle, and son, Marlin, are visiting relatives at Pittsburgh for some time. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fager, who resided at Harrisburg, have moved to town. - The real estate of tho late H. H. Shellenberger will be sold at public sale Saturday, July 28, at 2 o'clock, cornor Emaus and Pine streets. M. M. Schaeffer will be the auctioneer. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Darr are vis iting at Lehlghton for several days. Mr. and Mrs. Scott Boynton, Of Wilmington, Del., visited in town Saturday and Sunday. Frank Zimmerman, of Reading, spent the past three days in town. George Coyle Is visiting at Ann vllle for several days. The Firemen's Relief Association held Its regular monthly meeting in the liberty Fire Company house on Sunday afternoon. Several members of Degree Lodge of Naomi were at Steelton on Satur day evening, where they assisted a sister lodge to initiate several new members. * Mr. and Mrs. FYank Taylor and oon, George Taylor, and wife, and Frank Vaugh and Augustus Lavlne, who spent the past week in town, returned to their home at Pitts burgh Sunday, nlaklng the trip by automobile. Harry Coyle Is visiting at Philadel phia t;or two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schaeffer, of Harrisburg, spent Saturday and Sun. day in town. Kirk Schwan has returned from a, visit to Mount Wolf. Mrs. Joseph Brandt and two chil dren have returned from a vlsjt to Lebanon. Lydla Clepelmyer, deaconess of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, left this morning for Baltimore, Md., v.-here she will spend a month's va cation. • The Missionary Society of St. Peter's Lutheran Church will meet to-morrow evening in the chapel of tho church. : HIGHSPIRE :: Raymond Heberlig and Edgar Hastings, theological students of Lebanon Valley College, who spent ten days at Northfleld, Mass., as delegates to the Bible conference, returned last Wednesday, and on Sunday morning in the United Brethren Church gave a very inter esting report of the session, speak ing of things that most impressed them. Miss Opal Wonderly, of New Kingston, is in town visiting her brother, D. U. Wonderly and fam ily. The official board of the United Brethren Church, will have a meet ing in the church to-morrow even ing. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Richmond and son, Norwin, of Harrisburg, spent Sunday here. The Misses Sara and Mary Schrelner, of- Llnglestown, are in town spending a few days with their grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Strite. FESTIVAL FOR RED CROSS Pillow, July 9.—Members of the local branch of the Red Cross held a cakewaik and festival on Saturday night to raise funds for the work. County Recorder James E. Lentz,'of Ellzabethville, was present and ga\p an Instructive talk on Red Cross work and the conservation of food. HEAD CUT BY AUTO CRANK Clinton Brooks, 328 Cherry street, is in the Harrisburg Hospital suffer ing from a badly lacerated scalp as a result of being hit by an automobile crank. Brooks, who Is an employe of Black and Son, contractors, at tempted to start a machine Saturday afternoon and it back-fired. APPEN DICITIS~FATAL Mrs. Mary Gulstwhlte, 510 Wood bine street, died this morning in the Harrisburg Hospital, following an operation for appendicitis. New Photograph of Belgian Minister Here This IH the latent photograph of Baron Emile de Cartier de Marchl enne, Belgian Minister to the United States. He Is perhaps one of the busiest men in Washington. Church in Europe Must Be Reconstructed Too Unless the church of Europe Is | reconstructed, commercialism will I succeed autocracy even though the! allies win the war, declared the Rev. j Robert Bagnell, pastor of Grace Methodist Church, in his sermon last night. He further said: "Even though the Kaiser Is crushed and the church - "The Live Store" "Always Reliable" JULY SHIRT SALE ' Every Shirt in Our E We placed a high estimate on the volume of business for the opening day of our SEMI-ANNUAL SHIRT SALE, Saturday, and you can imagine how satisfied we were when the day's figures were totaled, to find that they sur passed our own high estimate. However we had a perfect right to expect great results because we have the right kind of shirts to sell, at prices lower than YOU ever expected to buy them this season They were bought months ago and we are offering them to YOU on the "old" market bas is which makes this "SHIRT SALE" of exceptional imortance. Every SI.OO Shirt 7Q r Every $3.50 Shirt Every $1.50 Shirt ~m $1.19 Every $5.00 Shirt $3.89 Every $2.50 Shirt $ \ # g9 Every $5,85 Shirt $4.89 Every $1.85 and $2.00 Shirt ..... .$ Jg9 \ Clothing Reductions On All Fancy Mixed Suits, Blacks and Blue Serges Most of the suits we are selling to-day could not be duplicated wholesale at the prices we are asking for them fabrics such as you'll find here are scarce and manu facturers are asking excessive prices for them, but we have immense stocks of clothes in styles that are up-to-the-minute and in keeping with our usual custom, we are sharing the profits with YOU during our "JULY REDUCTIONS" on all Fancy Mixed Suits Blacks and Blue Serges. ALL $15.00 SUITS . . . $13.50 ALL SIB.OO SUITS 4 . . $15.50 ALL $20.00 SUITS . . . $17.50 ALL $35.00 SUITS. . . $22.50 ALL $30.00 SUITS . . . $26.50 304 Market s treet Harrisburg, Pa. of Europe is not changed the war I will have been fought in vain." % I In the fast of the series of sermons j on "Salt," at the Park Street' United i j Evangelical Church, the Rev. E. L. Hangen, preached on "Vacations." I In his sermon the Rev. Mr. Hangen, | divided it Into three ' parts. The£ I were: "Does the Devil Take a Vaca- Itlon?" "May and Ought the Chris tian Take Vacations?" "If So Where and When and What Kind?" In his sermon he said "Take a va cation by all means, the de/il doesn't JULY 9, 1917. take one, but be sure that the devil Isn't your companion when you go on your yearly outing." Services For Mrs. Black to Be Held This Evening Funeral services for Mrs. Sara j Jane Black, aged 80, who died Sat urday afternoon at the home of her son, 628 Camp street, will be held this evening at 7.30 o'clock. Thai Rev. J. B. Markward, pastor of th® Bethlehem Lutheran Church, assist ed by the Rev. A. M. Stamets, pas tor of the Augsburg Lutheran Church, will officiate. She is survived by two sons, Wil liam C. Black and C. E. Black; two daughters, Mary Jane and Mrs* | Anne Baer, also twelve grandchil dren and three great grandchildren. Hoover & Son, undertakers, will take the body to Newport to-morrow* morning-where burial will be made. 9
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