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
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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.
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Acme Baking Co. Schmidt's Bread Bakery
Harrisburg Baking Co. West Shore Bakery
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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
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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
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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
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! 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
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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.
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Convenient to Camp Hancock
OCTOBER 6, 1917.
U.S. DESTROYER VICTOR
IN FIGHT WITH U-BOAT
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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
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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."