PANORAMA OF PART OF CAMP HANCOCK, AUGUSTA, GA., BEING ERECTED FOR PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL GUARD; CO. D OF THIS CITY IS ALREADY THERE CO. D FINDS CAMP HANCOCK FINE PLACE [Continued From First Page.] the weather has been excellent; but the engineers In charge of the big Job and the impatient soldiers at the other end of the line have had dif ferent points of view. The latter, or those in command, have wanted to come ahead, a regiment at a time, as the camp was ready to accommo date them; but the engineers have desired to be ready for all before any were allowed to come. "We need our sidetracks, our cars, our trucks and every facility and re source that we have to push our work to completion. To interrupt it by the coming of a regiment of men and the use of our trucks to handle their equipment, and the blocking of our sidetracks with their cars would mean the loss of most valuable time and possibly interruption in the work of hundreds of laborers who would be stopped for lack of material caus ed bv blocking the railroads." It is easy to understand from this point of view why those in charge of constructing the camp have de sired to hold off the coming of the troops until their coming would not result In seriously handicapping the work of construction. Those in command insisted on be ginning the departure from Penn sylvania. and on Sunday afternoon the first detachment arrived at Camp Hancock —the First Pennsylvania Field Hospital, under command of Major Arthur P. Schaefer, and the First Pennsylvania Ambulance Com pany, commanded by Captain Wil liam J. Sterrett, two hundred and twenty-three men and officers, with their full hospital and ambulance equipment. Following these there arrived on Monday afternoon three full com panies, 164 men each with full com-1 plement of officers, from Pottsville. ! They left home Friday night, andj were the troops mentioned in the j Associated Press dispatch from Rich-1 mond as having raided the restau rants, at Danville. Explanation of this Incident is offered as follows: "The men were willing to pay fair prices for what they got, and had done so, many of them; but when the clerks saw what a demand there was, they began running up their prices, and milk went from 5 cents a glass to 25 cents, and sandwiches and other edibles were raced up in the same way. Sometimes when a reached out his hand for something the price was increased from 10 cents to a quarter before he could reach it. This made the men mad, and they began helping themselves; but if some took things without paying for them others had already paid enough to even things up." Owing to the late hour, Just be fore nightfall, at which the men reached Camp Hancock, they spread their blankets and slept in the new and unfurnished mess halls, or be neath the pines on the cool ground, and left the pitching of tents to the morrow. With the Georgia battalion, under Pay Your Bills Promptly! It's a Patriotic Duty The welfare of the country depends upon sound business. The sound conduct of business depends upon ciculation of money. And the constant cir culation of money depends upon prompt payment of bills. Cj Now. more than ever before, is your help needed in this direction. *f Producers of raw materials have cut down dis counts and credit to the manufacturer the manufacturer to the jobber the jobber to the dealer and the dealer must look to you for co-operation. *Jj And upon the promptness with which you pay him, depends his prices to you. For if you delay, and he is obliged to borrow money to pay the job ber for the things for which you owe him, his cost of doing business is going to go up, and he will have to get more for his goods to meet the in creased expense Of course you are good for the bill you receive you have the money in the bank to pay it and you'll send a check "one of these days" but that doesn't help the dealer. Get a check off to him right away—keep the money in circulation do your bit toward sound busi ness help preserve the welfare of the country. <J And if you want to go a step further arrange for shorter credit periods tell your dealer to render bills every week or two weeks instead of monthly. <| But above all else pay your bills promptly. <J It's a patriotic duty. The Wholesale Houses of Harrisburg THURSDAY EVENING, This view of a small portion of Camp flancock as it appears to-day svas made with a panoramic camera, which accounts for its appearance of being built on a long curve. The buildings are. of course in a straight line and are part of the 300 required for the twenty-eighth division, as the Pennsylvania troops now arc known. , Ihe entire camp will be two and a half miles long and a mile and a half broad. The buildings are not for use as barracks. The men will sleep in their tents, which will be set up in the foreground, stretching from the road before the buildings in the etch ing toward the reader. The picture gives a good idea of the landscape and the general character of the country in which the Penn sylvania troops will get their training before going to France. Major Levy, which has been doing guard duty at Camp Hancock for several weeks, and the Pennsylvania men already arrived there are about a thousand soldiers in camp. Major George Hugh Smith, of the quartermaster's department of the Pennsylvania National Guard, arriv ed Monday in his automobile, having had a satisfactory and uneventful trip from Mount Gretna, which he left Friday evening. He and Major Rhodes, assistant chief of staff to Major General Clement, preceded the coming of General Clement and and other members of his staff, who are expected Tuesday. To Welcome General Clement When it was learned that General Clement would reach Augusta Tues day, meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was called and a commit tee appointed to meet his train, and extend him a cordial welcome to Augusta, and arrange for a lunch eon in his honor if General Clem ent consented to it. Over 3,000 men are now at work rushing Camp Hancock to comple tion and no effort is spared to get things In readiness for the daily arriving troops from Pennsylvania. All are agreed that the site is ideal, the surroundings pleasant, and that Camp Hancock will bo a model when completed. The healthfulness of the sand hills on which the camp is located has been long a matter of record, and the merit of this win ter climate Is attested by the crowd ing of the winter tourist hotels here every year, and the coming of men like John D. Rockefeller, Ex-Presi dent Taft, Frick, Kuhn, Crowell, Hardy, Stack and a score of mil lionaires who have tested the merits and attractions of resorts In all quar ters of the globe, and have found none more to their liking than Augusta. FIXE WOODS MAKE WAY FOR KITCHEN AND MESS TENTS SHOEMAKER IN I JAIL WANTS PUB The remarkable story told by Edgar E. Shoemaker, the former billing clerk with the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Company, continues to be a subject of much interest in Harrisburg and vicinity. Shoermaker's confession that he took a package of S2O bills from the'office of the company for which he worked while assisting the treas urer to verify the pay-roll, more than a month ago, aroused intense interest. When charged with the theft. Shoemaker made a complete confession to a Pinkerton ■detective, although he had previously prepared and mailed a short confession to the officials of the company from Mt. Gretna, where he had gone when he learned that he was under sus picion. According to the billing clerk's story, knowing that he would be im plicated should the money be found his possession, he took the stack of bills from the cellar of the room ing house at 813 North Second street, and after securely tying the bills in a burlap wrapper, ho flipped a small monkeywrench under the cord of the package and threw the bundle into the Susueqhanna river, above j Market street. The officials of the Pipe Bending plant placed implicit belief in Shoe maker's story, as did the Pinkerton detective, who put the young man through a pitiless grilling for thir teen hours. For two weeks search ing parties dragged the river, but tLARFUSBURG TKT.FGRAP^ without avail. Since the story has been given to the public hundreds of persons have looked for the treas ure, and because the package of bills has not been located, many persons doubt Shoemaker's story, and claim to believe that the money has been safely secreted away by the young clerk. When Shoemaker was asked at the Dauphin County jail if he has been reading the papers, he replied that he has read the Telegraph each day. When told that many persons are inclined to doubt his story, the accused man smiled gravely and re plied: "I don't blame them, for it sounds improbable enough. But it's true every word of it." Wants Public to Forget The young man related again how, when pursued by his conscience he bought liquor at several hotels, and when quite intoxicated decided to dispose of the money. Some of the details are a little hazy to his mind, but the main points stand out with startling vividness. Shoemaker regrets the publicity that has been given his confession, and expressed the hope that the public will soon forget about the entire affair. "I am guilty," he said "and while I bitterly regret that I fell when the temptation presented itself, it is now too late for regrets and 1 am ready to take my medicine." Shoemaker has been resting well in his narrow quarters at the jail, and says he is indeed glad that the I matter is off his mind. He expects | to plead guilty to the charge at the j tirst opportunity. THIRTEEN MORE DO NOT ASKEXEMPTION [Continued From First Page.] in the district to support an exemp tion claim for support of dependants. First District Kesuits Results in the first district to-day follow: 35 examined; 20 claiming exemption, 12 tor dependants and 6 aliens; 10 rejected physically; 5 ac cepted; 8 failed to appear. Yesterday: 99 examined; 55 claim ing exemption; 40 tailing physically, and 16 not reporting. In the third district to-day 32 were examined; 10 tailed physical tests; 8 accepted, not claiming exemption, and 14 claiming exemption. Those examined yesterday and the results follow: Passed, Koss A. Radle, Walter E. Maiden, Robert F. Doney, Herman L. Carl, Leohard L. Boden, Wesley j D. Wolfe, Elmer Sultzbaugh. Asked exemption, John F. Graeff, Newton W. Miller, Charles E. Wo land, Mark W. Dreibelbis, William L. i Stuppy, John Updegrave, William B. Richards, Henry F. Hoover, George J D. Hand, Lenly Keffer, Cyrus Lontz, i George Zimbe, William E. Krotser, ] William A. Stroub, John Batdorf, i William G. Reed, William H. H. Ker- j stetter, Harry\j. Deitrich, Welling-1 ton, O. Klinger, James F. Smeltz, 1 Oscar O. Zimmerman, Paul C. Hoov er, John H. M. Miller, Raymond J.! Eldridge, Harry Daniel Heckert, j James Balla, Clarence O. Deibler. Rejected, Norman A. Schreffler, John Moletich, Joseph D. Shrive, Charles W. Scheffer, John H. Cassjj, Curtis A. Russel, Charles R. Tobias, Stanley W. Snyder, Russel H. Bress-! ler, Raffaele Dirado, Walter O. Mart in, George Budd, Guy M. Keister, John B. Whitworth, Henry C; Swab, Edwin Bechtel. Enlisted, Charles H. Straub, Wil liamstown. Failed to appear, Raymond A. Etz weiler, Lester D. Matter, Henry W. Feree, Charles A. Klinger, Peter Ka rel, Edward D. Keiser, Charles A. Dietrich, Frederick G. Gilbert and Lenton A. Stroheckec. "Stand by the Flag," Harper Urges Elks Shamokin, Pa., Aug. 23. Frederick Harper, of Lynchburg, Va„ Grand Ex alted Ruler of Elks of the United States, delivered a speech to the Pennsylvania Elks. The address was full of patriotic advice. Mr. Harper was Insistent that Americans stand by the flag of the country to the fin ish. His remarks were enthusiastic ally applauded. Lieutenant Governor McClain also was heartily applauded when he pre dicted that the United States would be accorded due praise in ending the war in favor of the allies. This speech and others were deliv ered at Edgewood Park, where the local Elks had provided for an open air reception to the visiting Elks. A Mardi Gras celebration was held last evening, under the direction of Dr. A. G. Shissler. At the business session yesterday the reading of the reports of the State officers was adopted and the adoption of the constitution for State ussocHUiona recommended by the Grand Lodge at Boston also was adopted. From present Indications, Johns town will be awarded the 1918 con? ventton. POSTPONE FESTIVAL Because of the unfavorable weather the festival of the West End Athletic Association, scheduled for to-night and to-morrow evening, has been postponed antll Monday and Tuesday. The West End team will play the Rosewood nine at Fourth and beneca streets' Saturday afternoon. This game does not count in the city elimi nation race. The West Ends have de feated the Rosewoods twice. H MANV AT PICNIC Despite the unfavorable weather more than 2.000 persons attended the annual picnic of th Metropolitan Life Insurance Company at Paxtang Park to-day. Prlies were given in winy jutorta and coateaUL Nine French Steamers Sunk by Submarines By Associated Press Paris,. Wednesday, Aug. 22. In the week ended August 19. five steam ships of 1,600 tons or more, were sunk by mines or submarines, according to the weekly official report. Four ves sels under 1.600 tons were sunk. N<f fishing ships destroyed. Three attacks by submarines failed. !HI if! IB DOWNES TELLS STUDENTS HOW TO REPORT SEPT. ; Superintendent of Schools Warns Mothers to Be Sure Children Are Vaccinated The public schools of t.V city will open for the new schoo, year on Tuesday, September 4. Dr. F. E. Downes to-day issued the following instructions: Beginners and other new pupils who are to be admitted to the ele mentary grades will be expected to AUGUST 23, 1917. present themselves at the school building, containing the proper grade, nearest their residence. Tliey will come provided with certificate of suc cessful vaccination and, in the cases 'of candidates for admission to grades above the llrst, witli an official state ment from the school without the city last attended of their present grade advancement. Pupils of grade 8 wno possed their examinations for admission to the high school will meet in the grammar grade room last attended on Tuesday afternoon, September 4, at 1.15, for transfer. Pupils of grade S who passed their grades,<• together with eighth grade pupils not passed, will meet In their last respective schools at 9 a. m. for assignment or transfer. Principal Dibble, of the Central High School, desires that the upper classes meet at the school on the opening day on the following sched ule: Seniors. 8.30; juniors, 10.30; soph omores, 1.30. "* Should llf Vneclnated Principal Fager, of the Technic^ High School, will meet all the upper classes of the school at 8.30. The freshmen of both schools will meet In accordance with Instructions given above. All freshman boys will enter the Technical High School this year. ' It is important that parents of be ginners see to It that their children are properly vaccinated. If this mat ter has not already been attended to. It should be done at once. In order to make sure of admission. Often chil dren have to be vaccinated several times beforo a certificate of successful vaccination can be issued, and delay in this matter may fhean a postpone ment of entrance until February. There are only two periods of ad mission for beginners, namely the first two weeks in September and the first two weeks in February. All be ginners now six years of age or older and those becoming six prior to Feb ruary 1, may be admitted during the September admission period; those six years or older an<Jf" those becoming six between February 1 and July 1 may he admitted during the February ad mission period. 5
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