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
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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
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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.
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