8
MORE WOMEN
CONTRIBUTE TO
FUND THAN MEN
Novel Explanation Is That
Wives Don't Want Men to
Break Former Habits
In looking over the list of con
tributors to the "Smokes for Sol
diers,' n startling discovery Is mad®.
Tho Telegraph lias received contri
butions for the fund from mflre
women than men. Why is this?
There has been only one answer to
tho question, that neems to fit the
bill, and that Is that the women
have suffered so much from the
grouch of the man who lacks a
smoke that they would deny them
selves in order that the women of
France will not llnd tho American
mun an American grouch.
IJut then, why should the Amer
ican man sit back with his feet up
on the table inhaling the fumes of
his smoke without thinking what
comfort a similar smoke would do
for his friends across the sea?
lift lllm Dream
A mere man suggests that the
reason for tho women sending the
more for the smokes Is because of
the little imp of perverseness that
lives within them. If the men lo
not smoke In France what would
the women have to worry about and
over when the boys como marching
home? Who would throw ashes
all over the floor? Who would burn
holes in tho table covers and car
pets? Why our soldiers, of course!
When they come home they can do
anything they want to. They will
be the sons for whom the fatted
calves will be killed. But why not
send a little part of the fatted calf
over to them while they are away
from home? Twenty-five cents will
fuj-nlsh "home comfort" to a sol
dier for a week. It is said that
America has no tilted nobility, but
that is a mistake. My' Lady Nicotine
holds a strong place in the af
fections of the American soldier.
Send him the smokes, let him nit
back in his wet. muddy trench and
dream of the girl he left behind
him and see her in a wreath of good
old American tobacco smoke. Get a
thank-you letter from a boy at the
front, you can if you send the Tele
graph the money to buy smokes for
him. He is guaranteed to thank
you if you enclose your name with
your contribution.
■Previously acknowledged . .5162.55
Nellie Thompson 1.00
Cassandra F Mussor .25
Gertrude K. Mnsser .25
IlisK Caroline C. I/Owis .... 1.00
S. H. 1 'city so
I.ila Baker .25
Mis. A. M. Clay 1.00
C. v'. Piwser 1.00
f>107.60
(Coupon oil Page 10.)
Men Within Draft
Age Can Get Training
Men who are within the draft age
and who delre to learn something
rbnut the mlllturv game will he ad
mitted to the Harrlsburg Reserves,
the home defense organization which
begins its indoor drills at the City
Grays Armory next week. The only
requirement will he that they become
members and attend the drills regu
larly. A number of inquiries have
been made hv men who may he call
ed after the first of January and the
Reserves officers will do their parr
in instructing.
Drafted men who have knowledge
of the rudiments of military train
ing will naturally stand good chances
of promotion when they reach the
mobilization camps.
The Reserves will drill to-morrow
night and Friday night at the Island
rnd will probably undertake some
r.fw work. An officer will be de
tailed to give instruction to new men
and those who wish to become mem
bers.
Announcement will be made this
week regarding the nights and hours
of drill for the companies when the
indoor drills begin. It is the plan
to begin the manual of arms next
week.
YOURSICKCHILD"
IS CONSTIPATED!
LOOK m TONGUE
Hurry, Mother! Remove poisons
from little stomach, liver,
bowels.
Give "California Syrup of Figs"
if cross, bilious or
feverish.
No matter what ails your child, A
gentle, thorough laxative should al
ways be the lirst treatment given.
If your little one is out-of-sorts,
half sick, Isn't resting, eating and
acting naturally—look, Mother! see
t if tongue is coated. This is a sure
'sign that the little stomach, liver and
bowels are clogged with waste. When
cross, irritable, feverish, stomach
r.our, breath bad or has stomach
ache, diarrhoea, sore throat, full of
. cold, give a tcaspoonful of "Califor
j nia Syrup of Figs," and In a fow
hours all the constipated poison, un
. digested food and sour bile gently
moves out of the little bowels with
■ ut griping, and you have a well,
1 playful child agalni
Mothers can rest easy after giving
, this harmless "fruit laxative," be
■ cause it i -or fails to cleanse the
little ono.s 11.'or and bowels and
• sweeten the stomach and they dearly
; love its pleasant taste. Full directions
lor babies, children of all ages and
ii for grown-ups printed on each bot
-5 tie.
* Beware of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bot
'tle of "California Syrup of Figs;"
'then see that it Is mnde by .the "Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Company."—-Adv.
MONDAY EVENING, „ ' HABHISBURG TELEGRAPH SEPTEMBER 24, 1917.
AMUSEMENTS
CLEVER SHOW
AT ORPHEUM
"Good Gracious Annabelle"
Pleases Saturday Audiences
With Its Zest and Mystery
To get the correct Impression of
Just how much love and laughter, ro
mance and comedy, snould be put In
lines of a play, ft seat at a theater
with "Good Gracious. Annabelle,' as
the attraction. Is the only place to be.
Harrlsburg theatergoers at the Or
pheum on Saturday when the play
was presentod will attest to this.
Clare Kummer. author of "Good
Gracious, Annabelle," has given to the
stago another of those rare comedy
romance which can not bu: be ap
preciated by any one who sets it.
With Just a touch of mystery to
add to n,e zest and fascioatlor. of the
story, plenty of the best kind of fun
brought about by the odd situations
developing in eaen of tho three acts,
and then the undercurrent of a love
match, the play is one which will be
difficult to equal.
The story Is -oased on the question
of ownership of a great mine. A young
woman with a husband somewhere,
holds the two controlling shares oi
stock. Her husband, unknown to her
is in the East searching for those two
shares; but another man, heir to his
father's great wealth, gets possession
of them. The plot ends with tho re
covery l of the shares by the woman
who then learns to know tho husband
she ran away from.
Isabelle Lowe, playing the part of
the woman holding the stock, has a
difficult role to present, but does so
in a most creditable manner. John 15.
Trevor, as the Western mineowner
and husband, displays marked ability
in his work. ,
Ralph Bunker, as the other man
after the two shares of mining stock,
and Lydla Dickson, as one of his un
dercooks at his mansion, furnish
much of the comedy. The others in
the cast all of whom played their
parts exceptionally well wore Robert
R. Ranier, William Paigo, Robert Cap-
Ton, Frederick Arthur, Fred Nicolls,
Russell Morrison, Howard Brooks,
Frederick Netherton. Claire Spencer
and Gladys Brooks.
MAX ROBERTSON.
ORPHEUM
To-night—"The Fascinating Widow."
with Hal Russell.
Tuesday, matinee and night, Septem
ber 25—Klein Bros, and Hengler's
Mastadom Minstrels.
MAJESTIC
Three days, beginning to-day, five acts
of vaudeville headed by Clara Mor
ton and company.
To-day, Tuesday and Wednesday of
next week—Emily Stevens in "The
Slacker."
Thursday and Friday—Harold Lock
wood in "Under Handicap."
Saturday—Earle Williams and Cor
rine Griffith in "Transgression."
REGENT
To-day and Tuesday—Sessue Hay
akawa in "Hashimura Togo."
Wednesday and Thursday Vivian
Martin "Little Miss Optimist."
Friday and Saturday Wallace Reid
in "The Hostage.
The Majestic theater's feature at
traction the first half of the presont
week is a spectacular
rharo Korlon scenic, singing offering
and Co. presented by Clara
Morton and a dis
tinguished company of artists. Miss
Morton is one of the famous Four
Mortons of musical comedy and
vaudeville fame. This production is
claimed to be one of the most artistic
of its kind now on the vaude
ville stage. The acts that have been
booked around this headliner are the
Valerie Sisters in a refined comedy
offering; Rucker and Winifred, color
ed comedians and singers; the Men
ards, novelty acrobats and one other
comedy turn.
MANY NAMED AS
SLACKERS, ENUSTED
[Continued from First Page.]
who have been making objections.
They Tiave failed to stop and con
sider the amount of detail that ac
companies the working of the draft
system and incidentally have over
looked the fact that the'local boards
have no malicious intent in publish
ing the list. They are only striving
to do the work Justly and impar
tially. as laid down to them by the
United States government.
Section 16 of the Rules and Regu
lations prescribed by the President
of the United States for local and
district board under the authority
vested in him by the terms of the
act of Congress, approved May 8,
1917, states that any person who,
when called to appear before a local
board for examination, and fails to
appear at the stated time, a ten
days wait is allowable, after which
time if the person fails to put in
appearance he can be certified to the
district board as physically fit and
thereby automatically becomes a
member of the United States Army
and is classed as a deserter. The
regulations also provide that if any
of the kinfolks of the person notified
to appear, furnished proof that said
person has enlisted, is sick, or rea
sonably unable to be present during
tho required time, that person's
name is placed on file and if he has
enlisted his name is sent to the dis
trict hoard ns such.
The young men who have been un
justly termed "slacker," failed to
show up when called and as a re
sult were placed on the list. That
they have done their d&ty for their
country, no one denies. Even if a
member of the board knows that the
young man who failed to appear has
enlisted he cannot certify him as
such until he has documentary proof
from tbe commanding officer in
charge of the young man. The Pax
tang board has been very liberal In
their treatment of the young men
that failed to show up on scheduled
time. They have refrained from
placing the names in the hands of
the police, as they had a right to do,
and have patiently waited for the
young men to either show up or
send word regarding their absence.
Information Pours In
Finally their patience became ex
hausted as some of the young men
were called among the first hundred
failed to appear and did not send
any word. The allotted ten days
had passed two or three times and
final action was taken. Since the
names have been published infor
•nation regarding the yc*ing men
has poured into the board and a new
list is published to-day, as revised
by the Paxtang hoard. This new list
gives the names of the young men
who have enlisted and those who are
real "slackers." That many young
men of Dauphin county had their
names slurred is unfortunate. The
boards did not Intentionally cast
the slur, but the entire cause can be
laid to those young men who wil
fully ev.-ured their duty to their
country and doing so brought Into
trouble the patriotic young men who
did not wait to be drafted.
Among the young men who failed
to appear and whose names were un
fortunately published as "slackers"
and who have enlisted are: F. J.
Bhaffner, of Humnielstown, who is
In the aviation corp at Mt. Clemens;
I Norman J. Helff, also of Hummels
Of vital intnrost to ovry American,
whether of native or foreign parent-
age, Is "The Slacker."
"Th* marker" Metro's great seven
t the act production de luxe
Colonial starring magnificent
Emily Stevens, which
appears at the Colonial theater the
first three days of the present week.
This mighty drama of the day and
hour shows the struggles, hopes,
fears, Joys and sorrows of those who
go to war and those who stay behind.
It Is fitting that Emily Stevens should
be chosen to play the leading role in
this patriotic picture, for she domes of
flno old American stock. Miss Stevens
Is a niece of Mrs. Fiske, tne celebrat
ed actress, with whom she made her
debut on the stage. An excellent cast
has been selected to support Miss Stev
ens in "The Slacker," including such
Eromlnent players ns Walter Miller,
eo Delaney and Sue Balfour.
At the Regent, Hashlmura Togo, in
reality, young Baron Katiu, the hero
of Wallace Ir
nt the Regent win's Japanese
rut lioyuknna schoolboy tales,
familiar to mag
azine and newspaper readers of
America, makes his screen bow to-day
and to-morrow. "Hashimura Togo," is
h Paramount picture. Imagine a blen
der, graceful and well-bred Japanese
count, struggling with the intricacies
of American cooking; later studying
the "most reverend typewriter;" ma
king his debut as a writer of "news
ppperly talk;" or acting as a clever
amateur detective with his friend
from "headly quarters." There is a
very interesting love theme inter
woyen throughout his adventures,
both In old Japan, where there is a
tiny cousin waiting for him 'neath
the cherry blossoms during his some
what hectic career in America; and
also in this country where he wor
ships from afar at tho shrine of Cor
rlne Reynolds, a wealthy American
girl, whom he calls his "moon
maiden."
Hal Russell, who has created a sen
sation by his enormous success as suc
cessor to Julian Eltinge
"The in "The Fascinating
Fascinating Widow," will be the at-
Wldow" traction at the Oroheum
to-night. "The Fascin
ating Widow," is a charming musical
comedy from the pens of Otto Hauer
bach and Karl ifosclina. author and
composer of "Madame Sherry" and
many other delightful contributions
to the stage. Russell Is a college boy
in the first act, the fascinating widow
in the second and a blushing bride in
the last.
The popular Klein Bros, and Tleng
lers Mastodon Minstrels is the attrac
tion at the Orpheum
Klein nro.H and to-morrow. This
llengler'a company composed
.Ulnxtrels of forty well known
funmakers come
here highly recommended by press
and public in every city they have vis
ited this season. All that is new and
meritorious in modern minstrelsy is
to be found In this sterling attraction
and the Klein Bros, and Hengler's
Mastodon have spared neither time
nor money In making this "the" big
gest and best attraction of its kind.
It is an aggregation of all white
performers, principal among whom,
are "Ross' Fox, who Is a versatile
comedian who does not resort to slap
sticks and vulgarity to procure laughs
from his audience. Joe LaFene who
must be seen to b6 appreciated. Jack
Cullen whom you will never forget,
and the great K. Russell Denten, who
has no superior as an Impersonator.
"Bringing Up Father Abroad" is
due here at tho Orpheum,*Wednesday,
matinee and night.
"Bringing I'p with a company of
Father the swiftest wits.
Abroad" liveliest dancers, com
liest choristers and
distinguished specialists now bidding
for the roars and titters of the coun
try's discriminating playgoers. In
cluded in the company are many of
the clever principals identified with
the early successes of the "Father"
series, including John E. Cain, the
original "Jiggs" and his popular
teammate, Blanche Newcomb; Marlon
Benson. Ben Byron. Kathleen Neal,
Eddie Leamon, Madeline Gray and the
inimitable. Robert Rice, who made the
early editions of tho "Father" series a
byword wherever presented.
town, received his commission and
is now second lieutenant in the quar
termaster's corp of the National
Army at Camp Meade; Stahley Liv
ingstone, of Hummelstown, after
having been refused admission to
Fort Niagara, enlisted in Company
C, of the Eighth Regiment of Cham
bersburg, and Is now sergeant In the
same company at Camp Hancock,
and W. B. Hoover, of Penbrook, is
first lieutenant at Camp Meade.
Hounding Them Up
The list sent out by the Steelton
board is already In the hands of
the Steelton police and the rounding
up of the "slackers" began Satur
day. This board recently published
another list of "slackers" which re
sulted In many of the men being
rounded up by the police.
Going to Clean Up
The board Is having its troubles
outside of the "slackers." According
to information received at the
Steelton headquarters this morning
there is an employe of a grocery
store in Highspire who has the ex
emption board of District 1 on his
list of enemies. This man has, ac
cording to reports, been making very
many obnoxious remarks concerning
the personnel of the exemption
board. Me says If the board does a
thing that he does not like he will
come himself personally and call to
account the gentleman that does it.
The cause of the remarks of this
resident of- Highspire, is a relative
| who has been drafted. If the young
man is pronounced physically fit and
obliged to go to war the man from
!Highspire intends to stiirt things. He
is, according to reports, a strong
pacifist, and will under no conditions
allow his relative to go to Camp
I Meade. It is possible that the ex
emption board will have the man ar
rested and brought before the courts
for attempting to interfere with the
working of the draft laws In the
First District.
To-night the* Steelton board will
act upon exemption claims and will
endeavor to "clean up" the large
amount of work that has accumu
lated since the second call was made.
It is expected that it will act upon
all the exemption claims of the last
five hundred that were examined.
The Paxtang board to-day resumed
examination of the first fifty that
were called with the three hundred
summoned last week. Examinations
will continue during the week at the
rate of fifty per day.
Appeal Hoard Sleeting
The district appeal board resumed
session this morning in the House
caucus rooms at the Capitol, and
durim the day acted upon exemption
claims and appeals from the local
boards. It is the ambition of the dis
trict board to certify enough names
back to all the boards in this dis
trict in order to secure sufficient'
men for the'departure of the second
quota.
Baseball Game Ends
When Police Arrive
A baseball game between the Col
ored Monarcbs and the Southern
Stars, two fast colored aggregations,
ended rather disastrously for two
members,of one of the teams.
The game was progressing nice
ly, at the Cumberland street grounds,
Saturday afjernoon, with a score of
2-0 in favor of the Monarchs, when
some one started a dißcu-sslon. With
in a few minutes balls and bats were
flying through the air, And when the
police arfived upon the scene David
Keys and John Cook were.gathered In
the net. The men will have a hear
ing late to-day.
Three Lads in Army
and Navy Like Life
-'IIP
FRANK ARTER
Frank Arter, 1317 Marlon street,
is now undergoing preliminary train
ing at the National Army Canton
ment at Camp Meade for service,
probably in France. Young Arter
was among the selected men who
left for the training camp last Wed
nesday morning.
■' ~d
DAVID HUBER
) t
ipstp
■
* *
H. E. FRANKS
David Huber and H. E. Franks,
both of this city, are among the
thousands of young energetic Ameri
cans now enrolled in the United
States Naval Defense. At present
they are stationed at Cape May. The
local boys are enjoying the service
and are doing their bit in keeping
the good humor and cheer of the
camp at the highest pitch.
Two Boys Held on
• Charge of Stealing
George Rice, aged 15, and Howard
Beck, aged 11, were held for juvenile
court Saturday afternoon when a
hearing was given before Alderman
Landis.
The Rice boy claimed that he was
not guilty of stealing from Clark's
drug store, lie found the door open,
according to his story in court, and
was making an investigation when
found. His father and sister were in
court. An attorney represented the
family.
The Beck boy, a lonesome little fig
ure, was all alone in court. He con
fessed to having taken a box of
chewing gum from the Clark store,
but was sorry, because, he said, the
contents of the box was mouldy.
Both boys wero held in the sum of
S2OO. The father of the Beck boy
came-for him following the trial and
took the little fellow home.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
EXEMPTION BOARD ERROR
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
The local exemption boards of this
district by the publication of their
"Slacker List" in your columns on
Saturday evening committed an in
justice to two, at least, of the men
whose names appeared therein.
The very first name on the list was
that of Norman J. Ilellf, of Hummels
town, who attended the training camp
at Fort Niagara, received his com
mission and is now second lieutenant
in the Quartermasters' Corps of the
National Army, located now at Camp
Meade, Maryland.
The second name on the list was
that of Stahley M. Livingston, for
merly employed at the Camp Curtin
Trust Company, and who lived at the
gardener's lodge at the Pennsylvania
State Insane Asylum. Mr. Livingston
made application to the camp at Fort
Niagara and failing to be admitted,
immediately after graduation from
the Wharton School enlisted in Com
pany C of the Eighth Infantry, at
Chambersburg, and has since been
promoted to sergeant in the same
c-impany.
It seems that the local boards could
have prevented an injustice to these
men and others on the same list had
they taken a little trouble to do so.
In the case of Mr. Hellf when called
for examination, the board must have
been informed of his then where l
abouts for the papers stated at that
time he difl not appear foe the rea
son that ho was at the Fort Niagara
Camp, while as regards Mr. Living
ston, had they called on the Adjutant
General they could have found the
name, rank and date of enlistment of
every man In the National Guard at
that date.
I trust that the Telegraph will cor
rect the Impression that these and
certain others on the list as pub
lished are "slackers."
A FRIEND.
HARRISBURG TRUCK UNIT
SAVES THE DAY AT CAMP
"Traveling Machine Shop" Handy For Shoeing Horses
and Fixing Cannon; Sergeant Grode, Who Runs It
Is Real Handy Man of Camp Hancock
Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., Sept.
2 4.—While officers of the general
staff and of the quartermaster de
partment sat around a log fire at the
detraining station, along about 4
o'clock one morning last week, the
genius of the camp unfolded himself.
He and the officers were awaiting the
arrival of the First Infantry of Phila
delphia. They had been awaiting
the troop train for many hours and
now they were huddled about the fire,
in slickers, for a chill drizzle was
falling. They were drinking army
soup and black coffee out of huge
tin cups, dipping the soup from a
copper kettle suspended above the
flames. The soup, thick with corn
and beans, was excellent, and the
coffee, thick and black, was a bever
age suited to the hour, the rain and
the Impending work of unloading
thousands of troops.
The genius, in tho person of Ser
geant J. R. Grode, of Ilarrisburg, was
not a member of the group about the
fire. He was at work about a mar
velous machine which sent a flood of
white light half a mile down the
railroad tracks, making each rail
glisten like polished silver. With him
were two enlisted men, Thomas Mld
dleton and John Cooper, both of Har
risburg. These three had their soup
and coffee, but they ate and drank as
they were standing in the rain, with
the tailboard of a motor truck upon
which the machine in question was
resting as a table.
It was between gulps of coffee and
scoops of soup that Sergeant Grode
explained the "traveling machine
shop," electric light generator, and
what not of which he was in charge.
What a Hoj>nir Truck Can |o
"This is called a repair truck," said
the sergeant, who is a member of
Company No. 1 of the Motor Supply
Train. "It might be called anything
else, because I can do almost any
thing with it. Just now I am gene
rating the power for the thirty-six
high-power electric lights which you
see strung along the station here, in
addition to the power for this flood
light which is used when stores and
equipment are being unloaded from
cars. When I get that light going.
It has something on a ray of the
strongest sunlight, you may believe.
I can count the buttons on a man's
coat within the range of my vision
when I put this spot on him Just as
easily as I can see a mountain In
daylight.
"With the tools and Implements In
this truck, and with the power gene
rated by the neatest little engine
ever seen by man, I can do anything
that could be done In the best
equipped machine shop In the coun
try. If the army has ever added any
one thing to equipment which Is in
valuable, this truck is the thing.
"In the first place, let me tell you
that It cost about SB,OOO as It stands.
It is worth that and much more.
Here I have the engine, something
like an automobile engine, but much
finer and of a better nature, because
It never stalls or balks. In addition
to furnishing this light it will run an
electric drill, a lathe and half a
dozen other machines without the
slightest difficulty.
Many Tools Carried
"We use this truck to keep every
motor truck In the train In good con
dition. No one could imagine what
we have stored away here. There's a
full set of carpenter's tools. Over
here Is a blacksmith shop. If a mule
or a horse loses a shoe, I can replace
it in five minutes. I can make a
shoe for a horse or mule in no time,
because there are my three anvils,
and in here my forge.
"There's: a locker over there which
contains e\ery machine found in the
most modern repair or machine shop.
Here's my portable electric drill,
there a bench grinder. There are
two oxygen tanks and two acetylene
tanks. I can weld iron and steel in
this truck without the slightest diffi
culty.
"With my two men I could shoe a
NEW BEETLE IS
MENACING STATE
State Authorities Are Warn
ing Farmers and Others
Against Destructive Pest
Pennsylvania's ornamental and
fruit trees and shrubs are again
threatened by the Invasion of a new
Imported and very destructive beetle
which has made Its apperance in
large numbers In New Jersey. The
beetles Were brought to this country
from Japan in the soli about the
roots of Japanese iris purchased by
a New Jersey nursery, and Federal
and State authorities are now en
gaged In the study of possibilities for
its control and extermination. An
area of about four square miles Is
now infected.
The beetle is somewhat similar in
habits to the common "rose bug" or
beetle, but Is larger with a coppery
green color and a row of white spots
along the side of the body. It de
stroys the leaves and flowers of many
kind of ornamental and fruit trees
and shrubs, doing great damage to
roses. Besides being a strong filer
and a heavy feeder In the beetle
stage, it lives as a grub on the roots
of grasses and other plants much
University of
Pennsylvania
Wharton School
of Finance and Commerce
OFFERS EVENING COURSES
to men and women in Harrisburg
Accounting and Commercial Law
Real Estate and Insurance
Advertising and Selling
Finance and Banking
Registration at Chamber of Commerce evenings,
7 to 9 o'clock to September 28. Classes begin
October 1.
horse, repair a motor truftk, keep the
lights going forge iron, weld steel,
do almost anything without the
slightest trouble, and in the shortest
space of time imaginable. If a mo
tor truck breaks down, we repair It
in no time. This truck is tho best
thing we have on the field. It is as
useful as the 4.7 gun, because we
could repair that gun or any other
gun on the firing line without tho
slightest trouble."
6rode is a modest youth, with the
keen, intellectual face of a student—
not the student who spends his hours
over books, but the student who
seeks the mysteries of mechanics and
science. Before he Joined the army,
as he put It, he was employed by an
automobile manufacturing concern
as an expert mechanic. Both of his
men are mechanics.
The sergeant is known as a tech
nical mechanic under army regula
tions, but in plain language he is
more than that. He is the man upon
whom Captain F. B. French, assist
ant quartremastec, depended upon
most to assist him in detraining the
division and unloading equipment
and supplies at night. He is as proud
of his "traveling machine" as any
young mother might be of her child.
It came to him as nearly perfect as
any machine could be, but he has
made improvements which he ex
plains with ease. He Is a genius, be
cause that is the title given him by
Captain French, and, as any man In
the field will tell you, if French tells
you what you are, or what any fellow
may be, you cun be assured of the
truth of his verdict.
Feats in Unloading
There are many men in this field
who are as competent as Grode in
their particular lines. In his own
company, for instance, there is Lieu
tenant George J. Hook, of Harrisburg,
and Truckmaster Herman Early. Un
der the supervision of Captain
French these two men detrained the
entire division of 2 8.000 men without
an accident, moved thousands of tons
of freight without loss or injury to
equipment and with but compara
tively little assistance from the reg
ular army truck company in the field.
This latter organization has been em
ployed In carting lumber and sup
plies for the contractors.
From the moment when the move
ment of troops was resumed until the
last section of the Sixth Infantry ar
rived here at midnight on Friday,
neither Hook, Early nor any of the
members of Motor Truck Company
No. 1 had a full night's sleep or a
square meal. They worked early and
late, sometimes eighteen to twenty
hours at a stretch, and not a man
cracked under the strain. The com
pany, the only unit of the train
equipped with trucks, had twenty
seven of the huge machines runninß
continuously from the detraining sta
tion to every section of the camp,
and they established records for un
loading troop trains that carried hun
dreds of tons of freight, bug guns,
food and camp materials.
This work could be better appre
ciated if the conditions which existed
at Mount Gretna last year, when the
troops were loading for the trip to
the border, were better known. Then
men did the work of mules in draw
ing transports laden with equipment
and supplies over miles of rough
country to the entraining point. It
look a day, sometimes a i}a.y and a
half, to load the baggage of a regi
ment. When the men climbed aboard
the wooden day coaches for the trip
to Texas they were exhausted, men
tally and physically.
Under the new system Lieutenant
Hook can load or unload a regiment
with the Assistance of his truck driv
ers and helpers in slightly more than
an hour. He can handle two or three
regiments a day without subjecting
his men to the almost imhuman labor
the troops performed at Mount
Gretna. And this Is merely one in
stance of the great advance which
has been made In the last year.
[like the well-known "white grub"
which is the immature stage of the
"May beetle" or "June bug."
I Economic Zoologist J. G. Sanders
' of the Pennsylvania Department of
■ Agriculture recently attended a con
ference of Federal experts who are
co-operating with the New Jersey
entomologists to control the Insect,
and every possible step will be taken
■ to prevent its spread to Pennsylva
nia.
Professor Sanders says: "The In
troduction of this destructive beetle
Is another strong argument to the
long list at hand, to limit imports of
plant life from foreign countries. The
ported from foreign countries on
majority of our most dangerous and
destructive plant pests have been im
plants which In many Instances could
, be propagated in this country, if our
horticulturists would put forth the
necessary efforts."
Edward L. Riley Arrives
Safe and Well in France
Arrived safe in France and
well. Let me hear from yoti.
Want to know all things and
folks. EDWARD,
i This brief message, sent by Ed
ward I* Riley, of this city, to his
sister, Mrs. J. C. Kellam, 1545 Swa
tara street, was the first word she
had frpm him since the announce
i ment of the arrival of the Nineteenth
Regiment of Engineers in Franco
some weeks ago.
i Mr. Riley is a veteran of the Span
ish-American War and when the en
gineer regiments were formed en
- listed In the Nineteenth because he
i believed that In It ho could get to
France at an early date.
ENFORCEMENT OF
LAWS IS URGED
Dr. Yates Preaches to Large
Congregation; Varied Ac
tivities Feature Services
The Rev. Dr. William N. Yates, 1
pastor of the Fourth Street Church j'
of God, gave a straight from the,
shoulder talk in his sermon yesterday'
morning. He declared that the offi
cials of Harrlsburg should enforce
the laws more strenuously than they j
have been doing in the past. lie gave 1
as examples the case of a soldiar j
who was brought up before the po- j
lice court, on the charge of commit- J
ting a crime while under the influ-!
ence of liquor. Dri Yates said that j
the liquor is not to be given to the j
soldier and that besides the soldier j
should be placed the officials who!
continue to license the saloon. He!
also declared that the burlesques are i
putting the young men of the city on !
the downward path and will continue
to place them there until the fathers !
of the boys put officials in office who
will enforce llie law and make Har
risburg a clean city.
Yoni Kipper
Memorial exercises were held in
the Ohev Sholom Cemetery and the
Mt. Morlah Cemetery yesterday by
Rabbi Louis J. Haas. The services in
the cemeteries were held in con
nection with the Day of Remem
brance, which is a day of particular
importance to the Jewish people.
At the setting of the sun to-morrow
evening the Jewish people will be
gin their twenty-four hour observ
ance of the holiest day in the reli
gious calendar, the Yom Kipper, or
Day of Atonement. It is the Feast
of Israel for Orthodox and Reform
Jews alike. The devout Jews spend
the entire day in the synagogue.
Patriotic Service
The Rev. Henry W. A. Hanson,
pastor of the Messiah Lutheran
Church, held the services last even
ing in honor of the men who are in
the service of the country, At the
close of the sermon the Rev. Mr.
Hanson called the names of the thir
ty members of the church who are
now serving with the colors and as
each name was called Captain E.
Laubenstein answered and placed a
large red rose upon the altar for
each.
The sixth annual reunion of the
"Grand Army" of the Stevens Me
morial Methodist Church was held
yesterday. (rhere are fifty-seven
members all of whom are over 70
years of age. The Rev. William R.
Swartz, who has been in command
of the army ever since its organiza
tion, had charge of the services. The
members of the army were taken to
church in autos. Saturday morning
the members were treated to an
auto ride around the city and later
were served a chicken and waffle din
ner by the Warren VanDyke Sun
day school class.
Following a long established cus
tom of the Second Reformed
Church, Verbeke and Green streets,
the church was decorated with the
fruits of the season in celebration
of the harvest time. The pastor, the
Rev. H. N. Bassler, has gone to Camp
Hancock, Ga., as he is chaplain of
the Eighth Regiment. In his absence
yesterday, the Rev. Charles E. Myer,
of Franklin and Marshall College,
■Lancaster, occupied the pulpit.
Bible Conference Starts
The Interdenominational Monthly
Bible Conference opened its first ses
sion in the First Baptist Church, Sec
ond and Pine streets, to-day. The
Soldiers
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Rev. Dr. Harris H. Gregg, D. D., of
St. Louis, is the teacher. Dr. Gregg
is one of the most able teacherß and
preachers In the country. This Is his
first visit to the city and during his
visit hero is being entertained at the
home of George Reily, Front and
Keily streets.
Yesterday, rally services were held
in all of the departments of the
Camp Curtin Methodist Church. A
record-breaking attendance was re
corded for the afternoon Sunday
school, at which J. Horace McFar
land spoke. During the course of his
talk he said that exactly v fifty-five
years ago, his father led his com
pany of Juniata recruits to Camp
I'uriln. At that time they were fight
ing in the Civil War. to-day they are
fighting in the world war.
"The World-field and Our Shore
in It" was the text of the Rev. E. A.
ilangen in his special missionary ser
mon yesterday morning at his
church, the Park Street Evangelical
Church. The sermon was in prepara
tion of the campaign for the increas
ing of the membership of the mls-
I sionary societies.
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