16 WEEKS' DRILL FOR NEWU.S. ARMY IS WAR PROGRAM Extensive Course Mapped Out For Work in Open With Lectures By Associated Prtss Washington, Oct. 6.—Training work mapped out by the War Depart ment for Xational Guard and Xa tional Army divisions before they will be regarded as ready for duty abroad is bacsed on a sixteen-week course of the most intensive kind of work in the open, varied with lec tures by American and allied offi cers who are experts in modern war fare. To insure uniformity of train ing throughout the entire Army, di visional commanders have been urged to see that the schedules an nounced are followed closely. Great stress's laid upon the neces sity for night training. Trench raid ing. scouting, trench building and operations of all kinds which may be called for in actual combat will be duplicated at the camps through the | night hours. To give the men some respite, their Wednesday and Sat- j urday afternoons will be kept free, ; except In the case of backward in dividuals or units. Target practice j runs through the entire course and the schedules call for foy hours training each week. A Novel Feature A striking feature of the program 1 is th 6 fact that practically the en tire sixteen weeks will be devoted to ] training individual platoons and | companies. Brigade, divisional and even regimental exercises are re- j served for a later period with some minor exception . during the last weeks. Since the platoon, command ed by a lieutenant is the actual fight- j ing unit in trench battles the new J regulations fix upon the lieutenants of each company the responsibility for training of less than company units, so that they may get in close touch with their men and to set up an understanding of each other that will be invaluable when they finally "go over the top." Rigid requirement is made that of ficers be present with their com mands at all drills and clock-like regularity in carrying out training | schedules is insisted upon. The whole j system is to be co-ordinated and pre- | pared In advance so that each officer i and man will know just the work to ! be done during the day and night j before him. Xew elements will be injected into i the training each week so that ev- j erv phase of modern trench warfare j will be dealt with. The lecture pro- | gram is calculated to show the sol- j dier not only just what he is to ex- ; pect at the front, but also what will ' be his duties under all circumstances ! of war. Lectures with graphic illus trations will show all that three j years of war have brought of gas j attack, of bombing and of bayonet i work. First aid instruction holds a high •place for wounded soldiers to-day who must depend largely upon them selves and their immediate neigh bors in a shell torn trench for first treatment. The instruction starts with that of individual soldiers, changes gradu ally until the squad of eight men spend most of their time in joint drill, which merges Into platoon operations and finally Into the school Announcement * 1 Owing* to the increased cost of all materials and branches of labor entering into bread production, the following increases in the prices of bread are made necessary, effective October 8, 1917. Loaves formerly wholesaling at 5c and at 6c will be sold wholesale at 6c and retail at 7c. 9 Large loaves formerly wholesaling at 10c and retailing at 12c will wholesale at 12c and retail at 15c. We will also supply a medium-size loaf of bread, which will wholesale at 8c and retail at 10c. Every possible economy consistent with the purity of our products has been practiced during the past six months but constantly increasing costs of materials and labor make it impossible to continue the maintenance of former prices. <1 We ask the indulgence of the public under present conditions and desire to give our assurance that with the return of market prices on materials, etc., to normal conditions, the public will receive full benefit thereof. \ Acme Baking Co. Schmidt's Bread Bakery Harrisburg Baking Co. West Shore Bakery / / ... ' ■>. ' m - .n m. _ SATURDAY EVENING, 3,971 CHILDREN SAVING MONEY 1 Deposit #4OO Weekly in School Savings; Their War Gar l dens Valued at $2,602 Reports were submitted by Dr. J". E. Doivncs, Cltj* Superintendent of Schools, nt the meeting of the Board - yesterday, showing the results of - i ,• | the school gardens, the school sav t ings fund and the attendance at the ] j buildings in the district. X'o action was taken by the Board ] - on the selection of a site for a girls" i high school nor on the School Board j i survey. Secretary D. r>. Hammel-1 • baugh was authorized to communi-1 cnte with the Chamber of Conv mercc and request that the directors: be given copies. ! "''he reports of the school savings i ' showed that 3.971 youngsters have I ' opened accounts and have' deposits j ' I totalling $5,167. The average ' ! amount deposited each week is i about S4OO. There are 100 more pupils in the j ; I open air schools this year than last j • year, Dr. Downes reported, and it . j will be necessary to employ an-' j otli"r teacher to handle the large j classes. A report from the war \ I garden supervisors showed that the^ - school children raised products val-/, . | ued at $2,607.34. t j The resignation of Miss Mary M. \ I Snyder, teacher at the Lochiel Open I I Air school since it was opened five j 1 I years ago. was accepted by the I j Board. A special committee will j • draw up a resolution embodying the) i appreciation of the Board for her' | services. Other action by the directors in cluded: Granting permission forj use of Springdaje building for sew- | ing classes; Technical high school auditorium October 25. for a tone i test concert by the J. H. Troup Music House, excusing Boy Scouts from school • Friday afternoon Oc- i tober 12, for a big rally on thet island. The monthly report of H. F. Oves, j treasurer of the School District, I showed appropriations of $551,590.52 ' | with expenditures of $75,987.13, leaving a balance of $475,603.39. I John Garman and Harvey Burt-1 ; nett. auditors appointed*to 'go over' i the School District's finances, filed j | their report in court yesterday. | Receipts amounting to $761,183.66 enne in during the fiscal year, which i with a balance of $15,504.55 from i the year before, made a total of I ,$776,688.21, with expenditures ofi I $775,069.21. ; The auditors will he paid $420 for the audit, as compared with a cost I I pt s'"7o last year. of the company. As the men harden to their work, the hours of vigorous physical exercises increase and the marching maneuvers are extended. ' At regular intervals review courses will he given and a program of test courses to determine the proficiency of each man in each phase of his work has been devised which will give a perfect line upon every sol dier s ability and be the stepping stone to promotion. THREE LEADING FIGURES IN WITMAN-SCHWARZ REORGANIZATION * '555555^511 |9E§jp : ~ ■ jRS^H .j9Hnff i^W : ajjp ■ ■kjp* |Mf ttiHy M I BfcT"""* I flgftlggH K* CARL, K. DEEM. J. GRANT SCHWARZ. S. R. COOVER. Xew President and Treasurer. Who Retires from Active Management. "New Secretary and General Manager. WITMAN-SCHWARZ i TO BE REORGANIZED [Continued from First Page.] j chief clerk. ♦ Both have been con- j j nected with the firm for years. | Mr. Peen announced to-day that in J I the reorganization the Witman- i , hchwarz branch at Carlisle has been j i over by a new corporation, the j rb ! i a nru?o' P rr r ' I L ra r?es a u n ,i ! prise. efforts and enter- ! i Lewlrtown"whi;S C J! War * branch at ! highly successful U " der thP I Charles > , 1 """"iSfment of ! chased bv' • UnkWiler ' will be p„r --' „,? w ' " com Pany now forming i ! Her tllC Charle * A. Shunk- I | Th„ Enterprlxe The "i\ itman-Schwarz business w i m °„ st 1886 and in 1000 the Wlt wHh W,Mi rZ C °!"" R " y was torwed. nr.V I " 7 XV , ltn, " a " President and ir.n' r hchwarz as secretary land treasurer Just ten years ago I 'intere^t V f,n Z i '? OUBht out th e Witman interests and became president of the company with Carl K. Deen as aecre i tuij and treasurer. | l nder the guiding hands of Mr.! I . chwarz. Mr. Dean and Mr. Coover, ! I JIZ~, h Ua>n "J" ha<i a Phenomenal i nnf.T il .?"? a °tivities extended; ! ,l had branches at Carlisle and l.en istown and served a territory j ranging as far north as Willlamsport. I as far east as Myerstown and Lancaster, as far west as Hunt- I th? . 0 ". H .l d WeU into the south through the Carlisle branch, which-! is to be controlled by the new W. K I Jones Company. Mr. Schwarz retires from the active I management of the firm to give his attention to less arduous duties His ' business career inHarrisburg has been highly successful and he leaves the j wholesale grocery business with the I good wishes of hundreds of friends and patrons throughout the central Pennsylvania retail district and among the b'.g wholesalers and manu facturers the country over. Deen, who succeeds him as BAKEUSBURG TELEGRAPH president, is a graduate of the Har ilsburg High School, class of I&V7, and has been wun tiie Witman acliwarz Company for twenty years. He is a resident of Camp Hill, where he has been prominent in council n ame and civic affairs. He is a sturdy advocate of public improvements ami a great believer in the future of Hal risouig and its West Shore suburbs. •\lr. Deen is a prominent member oi the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce. He went into the Wltman-Schwar* Company at the bottom of the ladder and his rise has been due to hard work and ability. He is well known in wholesale food circles throughout the country. Mr. Coover got his early experience in his fathers retail grocery store and later, for a brief interval before connecting himself with the Witman- Schwurz linn, was in the employ ol Armour and Company as a salesman. The Harrisburg end oil the business "as been under h;s direction as gen eral manager for some years and has shown a steady growth. Active lu >1 iiiiy I,lues Aside from the grocery line, the Witnian-Schwarz Corporation will continue to handle its growing flour and teed business and its wholesale confectionery branch, which is under the management pi H. Y. Buttorf, for merly in business sn Market street, this city. Thei Harrisburg business employs an office force of twelve, twelve warehousemen and two ping clerks, aside from its fourteen salesmen and the drivers of three trucks, two douuie teams and three single deliveries, which operate throughout the Harrisburg dis trict. It starts oft with a well-esctablished, highly success ful business and announces its intention of extending Its business into a number of otljer towns for the purpose of assisting in the prompt delivery of its products to retail stores. It carries all of the big lines of goods now on the market and so well is it regarded that the new stock issue was oversubscribed before it was incorporated. The reorganization of the company was made through the assistance ot Watkins and Collins, Xew York, ex pert auditors, with F. C. Watkins in charge, and the legal formalities were in the hands of Beidleman and Hull, attorneys. The' new Arm will co-operate with the Federal authorities by the* con duct. from time to time, of food con servation publicity campaigns. • Women of Three Churches in West End Plan to Work For Red Cross Three tenth ward churches co operating in organizing a Red Cross Auxiliary for the West End, held a meeting yesterday afternoon in the Camp Curtin Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. George A. Mattson, 2510 North Sixth street, was electc'd president, and Mrs. R. W. Powell, 325 Peffer street, secretary. First work on Red Cross supplies | will begin, Wednesday afternoon, October 17, at two o'clock. Organ ization was effected by Mrs. Mattson. who is one of the workers in charge of auxiliarios, at the Red Cross headquarters for Harrisburg. These women were present at the meeting yesterday: St. Matthew's Lutheran—Mrs. G. A. Martz, Mrs. C. P. Gibbons, Sirs. W. H. Runk. St. John's Reformed —Mrs. M. K. Swonger, Mrs. H. W. Pearl, Mrs. R. C. Pearl, Mrs. R. W. Powell, Mrs. G. W. Hartman. I Camp Curtin Methodist —Mrs. F. M. Clothier, Mrs. W. 'II. Bricker, Mrs. E. J. Book. Mrs. Mary Fratm, Mrs. E. A. Friesc, Mrs. A. S. Wil liams. The officers of thp new auxiliary wish to especially emphasize the fact that this is not a church or ganization. All women of the West End are invited to help. SERENADE NEWLY-WEDS Shirenianstown, Pa., Oct. G.— There were two noisy serenades ten dered the newl>-weds of the town this week. Earle P. Rowles and his bride, who was Miss Mae Kutz, of Mechanicsburg, were serenaded at the groom's home, in East Main street. Quite a lftimber of the sere naders came here from Mechanics burg, where both Mr. and Mrs. Row les are very popular. They recently returned from a wedding trip to Wilmington, Del. Mr. and Mrs. Adam L. Heiges were serenaded on their return from a honeymoon to Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Canada. RED CROSS XMAS BOXES FOR MEN Local Chapter Plans to Send Gifts of Jain to the Trenches The boys in France will be cheered on Christmas Day by remefiiliranoos from the folks at home, if plans of the Harrisburg Chapter of the Red Cross Society work out. The local organization plans to send boxes of gifts to Harrisburg's boys in the trenches. Jams and preserves and other mementoes of home will be in cluded in these boxes. Work on supplies and on these boxes is being punned energetically by the headquarters workers. There is necessity for more knitted articles, and volunteer workers are urgently needed at Ked Cross headquarters, 20ti Walnut street. Kits l or ChildVcn The "carry your bundle" cam paign is being carried on very suc cessfully by Chairman Mrs. John A. , Plank, and her band of active work- I ers. Airs. Plank Is much pleased with j the attitude of co-operation which j merchants are adopting toward the ' project. I one hundred children's kits arc to be sent to children in France and ' Belgium. Mrs. Mercer H. Tate, 218 North Second street, who is in charge of this phase of the work, has announced the following list of ar i tides to be placed in each kit-bag: I One cape, 1 dress. 2 aprons, 2 ; nightgowns, 2 short skirts, it pieces !of muslin underwear, 2 suits of j knitted underwear, 1 pair of shoes, ] 2 pairs of stockings, a towel, a wash cloth, soap, comb, brush,'toothbrush, 2 handkerchiefs, a small sewing haK, I I containing needle, thread, etc., paper 1 ! of hairpins and a cake of chocolate. Several people have also expressed ' their wish to include a doll in their . kit-bags, and Mrs. Tate has aked ■ that anyone having small dolls, bring . them to the Red Cross headquar ■ ters, 20fi Walnut street, where they ! can be used to nood advantage in preparing the kits. MISSIONARY TO SPKtK I New Cumberland. Pa.. Oct. 6. The ■1 Rev. Mr. Halloway, a retired L.U --• I theran minister, of Harrlsbuijr. will I preach at St. Paul's I.,utheran Church, . Sunday morning, at 10.30. ■ j f A plate without a rout, nhlch <tur not Interfere with taste or apeeeh. 1 Plntea rcpHlrfd while you wait. Come In the inomliiß, linve your terth mailr (he Miime <lnv. MACK'S '"' oiVici j. 310 MAItKIOI S'lllKET V- ■■ Resorts AUUI'STA, tJA. THE PARTRIDGE INN AUGUSTA, GA. NOW OPE.V Convenient to Camp Hancock OCTOBER 6, 1917. U.S. DESTROYER VICTOR IN FIGHT WITH U-BOAT [Continued ironi First Page.] and crew of the American de stroyer). Ofllciul Account "Kor military reasons the name of the destroyer and the date and the location of tho action are withheld. "The following account of the en gagement was prepared from the complete report received by the Navy Department: "The American destroyer tirst sighted the submarine in the early morning of a clear day. The sea was entirely calm with hardly a ripple of foam. The submarine was running submerged with only Her periscope showing. A large number of mer chant ships were in sight. The Ü boat was less than a mile off the port beam of the destroyer and following a parallel course In an opposite di rection when the periscope was dis covered. it was throwing up a col umn of water several feet in height, so like a nearly spent torpedo that the officer of the deck thought for a moment that this was what it was. Cull S|cil Ahead "The next instant the destroyer changed course sharply to the leit and beaded for the U-boat at full speed. At the same time the forward guns opened lire on tho periscope. The commanding officer ordered a course steered that would bring the destroyer across tho wake of the Ü boat a little to the rear of the peri scope. "As the destroyer dashed across the line of bubbles, a depth charge was dropped and a column of clear water shot thirty feet Into the air. The destroyer turned to the right swiftly circling and her starboard guns opened on the periscope as she | came around to cross tho U-boat's | wake, again. Again a column Sure..... I j, k/MI VV | King Oscar | ... JJ I 5c I * 5 i * JS goo<i <gj g~;gr. 'Better £ | to this 26-yr. old favor- | J /te jor smoke satisfaction. I | ' J | John C. Herman & Co. | | Makers | $ S 7 Unsanitary Dump Near School Building Is Causing Protests Persons residing in the vicinity of Sixteenth and Catherine streets are up in arms because of the unsani tary conditions Just west of the Shini inell school building grounds where ashes, rubbish and garbage have been dumped. Scattered all over the lots Just adjoining the school grounds and even on the pavement are piles of all kinds of refuse. Harry A. Boyer, city school director, called the attention of the board to these conditions yesterday when it was stated the Berryhill Nursery bad Jus( replaced shrubbery and other plants at the Shimmell grounds. It is probable that, an effort will bo made by the School Board to have city officials order tho piles or refuse cleared away. clear water showed that the depth charge had not reached its mark. Blown to Bits "Another quick turn to the right brought the starboard guns to boar, but this time the destroyer turned so sharply that she was able to coma down for the third attack In the wake of the submarine. The third depth charge brought up a column of clear water and the destroyer wheeled once more, this time to the left and all the port guns opened up but without visible result. "The last time the destroyer came down to the attack exactly In the wake of the TT-boat and ceased firing. As she neared the end of the line of bubbles tho fourth depth charge was let go and there followed a wide spread boiling of the surface of the sea, large bubbles and at last a heavy film of oil. "The destroyer spent somo time looking for further traces of the TJ boat, but none was found. She then proceeded on her course. The en > :igement lasted 22 minutes."
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