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.
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The
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jj Machine jj
Shop
Court and
Cranberry Sts.
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! Repair and Machine Shop at ! i
I the above address. We are spe- ! '
' daily equipped to do grinding. ! '
j i bicycle, automobile and general '•
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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
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"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.
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