4 A PRETTY GIRL WILL ADOPT A TOBACCO SOLDIER Not Really, but on a Movie Film, to Be Shown Here For Smokers' Fund It Jiss happened at last. After nearly every activity in the United States had given its help to the "Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund." every one wondered why the moring pic ture folks did not wake up. And now it has happened—a film called "Betty Adopts a Soldier," which will be shown in Harrisburg sooner or later. One picture concern donated the studio, another the actors, an other the scenario—and among the lot of them a picture has been pro duced which is well worth seeing even If it were not for charity. The production visualizes the ad ventures of Betty Douglas, motion picture star, who, anxious to do her part, reads cne of the 24-foot posters advertising the tobacco fund. She visits the office of ll New York mag azine where the idea of the fund is described to her. and right away quick Betfy volunteers to "adopt a wi ldier" and keep him supplied with smokes for the rest of the war. Betty gets very busy, persuading all her iriends to contribute and when she receives a letter from her "tobacco soldier'* over in France the reader would surely conclude that they "will .live happily ever after." But the plot does not go that far. It winds up with Betty in an attitude of appeal, i begging the audience which has wit nessed the picture to do their bit by l contributing to "Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund." This is all very interesting, but ■why wait until Betty reaches this part of the country before you loos en your generosity? Maybe hundreds of American boys will be wounded and in the hospital by that time and lit is up to you, Mr. Stay-at-Home. to Ibe there with a supply of the frag i rant tobacco of our native land, the W>nly kind the wounded soldier crafes. The following contributions have (been received by the Telegraph for /the soldiers' smoke fund: Miss K. Hoverter ;... ..SI.OO | Helen K. Holthaus 50 > 'ash M 0 Mrs, H. Ross Coover 1.00 otal $8.50 CITY CALLS FOR MEN AND WOMEN TO WORK [Continued from First Page.] |pai Jhs has been such that other laities the same size in Pennsylvania j!have looked with surprise in the dl jrectioi! of the state's capital. In the ! membership drive which starts Mon day morning an effort will be made rt>y at least Johnstown and Allentown [to "best" Harrisburg. Workrr* N crdrd Ward commanders to-day reported jthat some little trouble is being had 'to, enlist teams of workers to their full complement. The press of the Christmas season is cited by quite a number of men and women, but in Answer to this commanders have called attention to the fact that Unit ed States soldiers, fighting for their country, are doing so regardless of the season. Preacher* Will Aid A dozen Harrisburg clergymen to day and yesterday come to Red Cross headquarters and volunteered their services in publicizing the drive for new members. In my opinion." said one of them, "the work of the Red Cross Is based on the fundamental principles of Christianity." These clergymen will call attention -to the campaign during their Sunday services. Little Girl Makes Hit One of the volunteer new members ■,f the Red Cross made her appear ance at headquarters this morning with her heart and a dollar. She was Mary Russell, of Llnglestown. a mes senger girl for the Postal Telegraph. Messenger girls, and boys, too, work In all sorts of weather and work hard fir their fees, but Mary Russel de cided that she owed at least $1 to the Red Cross; and she Is now a full fledged member. Many schoolchildren are joining throughout the city. The Boy Scouts, who will aid in the campaign, will Join in a body, from what the scout masters say. Yes yon like yoar coffee but aoes li hke you ? &jf%( Lack of highest efficiency gffj is a big price to pay Suppose you tryiFU?\v _ _ ff i Pottum CTMI COWPT J There's a Reason Jk ,r:r.r:'.*,.-dl - _ THURSDAY EVENING, NEWS OF S LAUNCH DRIVE FOR MEMBERS Inclement Weather Does Not Hinder Women From Street Canvassing Braving the inclement weather, the large committee of women canvassers for Christmas members took up the work in full force this morning and at noon to-day it was estimated that more than a thousand members had been secured. The drive among steelworkers be ing conducted by the superintendents aritl foremen in the local plant is well under way. Several steel plant can vassers applied at the headquarters this morning for a new supply of subscription blanks. When the dis tribution of blanks and credentials was made these men were given a large supply but this was exhausted when the drive was opened this morning. Three banners will be placed in Front street in the next twelve hours — : one at Front and Locust street, another at the upper end of the bor ough and another at the lower end. The results in figures of the first work will be placed in the Red Cross headquarters. The campaign is well advertised in store, windows. Boy Scouts and mem bers of the committee last night dis tributed literature and posters over the town. The lieadquartjrs will be open' every day during the campaign. This will enable all canvassers to report ! their results and get any informa- ! 1 tion needed on the work'. CHOIR WILL SING MESSIAH The Grac Methodist Church choir' of sixty VQices under the personal direction of Pfof. John W. Phillips. I with W. K. Stonesifer, will sing the oratorio "The Messiah" next Tues day evening in St. John's Lutheran I Church, A cordial invitation is ex tended to music lovers of Steelton to hear this. The soloists announced are Miss Mary ButterofT, soprano; Mrs. Sue Dugan Fager. contralt6. The basso and tenor soloists will be an j nounced later. , ELEVEN ENLIST YESTERDAY Eleven enlisted at the Steelton 1 Army recruiting station yesterday. | according to to-day's reports. Xo en listments were made to-day. Most of the enlistments in the last two days were for the aviation section. The ' time for enlistments for men in draft age expired at noon to-day. CHOIR REHEARSAL | The choir of St. John's Lutheran Church, will hold a rehearsal this | evening at 7.30. The cantata to be sung Christmas evening will be re { hearsed. WOUNDED IN ARM Mrs. John Frost, Francis street. Steelton, is in the hospital suffering from a gunshot wound in her arm. Mrs. Frost was cleaning her hus band's gun when it went off. Her condition is not serious. REMODELING BUILDING Work on remodeling the brick building in Front street, purchased by the local Moose lodge into a Moose home, is underway and is expected to be completed in three months. Con l tractor gchaeffer, of Harrisburg, has j charge of the work. TAKES DESERTER TO CAMP . Chief of Police Grove yesterday; took Mat Madinac, an Army deserter | to the Regular Army camp at Gettys burg, and turned him over to offic ers in charge. The chief arrested Madinac while he was working on the intercepting sewer. DIES AT OBERLIS Mrs. Elizabeth A. Roth, aged 79, of Bigerville, difd yesterday after i noon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Howard Welkert, at Oberlin. Sle was on a visit to her daughter when she became ill. Services will be held Sunday afternoon. The Rev. D. E. Rupley will officiate. The body will be taken to her home for burial. LETTERS GRANTED Letters of administration In the estate of Sirs. Esther W. Gould, who was killed several months ago in an automobile accident at a grade cross ing in Royalton, were issued to-day by Register of Wills Roy C. Danner to M. Clyde Sheaffer, of Shiremans town. Mrs. Gould and her husband were killed in the accident. The will of John Lotz, late of Switara i township, was probated to-day and ! letters on the estate issued to Henry I Lotz. Borough to Sell Seven Fire Horses Saturday Publis sale of seven Are department horses and other equipment owned by the borough will take place at the Baldwin hosehouse, South Front street, near Mohn, Saturday at 1.80. The town property committee of council this morning Issued sale bills and announced the following for sale; seven fire department horses, consisting of two wellmated teams and an odd horse, weighing from 1,250 to 1,500 pounds; two two-horse wagons; one two-horse dump wagon; five sets double work harness; three double sets tire department harness and hangers; breast chains, traces, llvnets and other numerous articles. Regardless of the weather the sale will be held. Dealers Say There Is No Coal in Store Here Coal dealers In the borough were unanimous in their reports that there was no coal on hand in the borough this morning. dealers are swamp ed with orders and in several cases people are baijly in need of fuel. Sev eral residents report that they are using wood for beating. Officials aft the Steelton Store Com pany said this morning that they were not sellipg any coal and' the orders were being received in large numbers. He said they have none in store. It was learned at the office of Det weiler Brothers. Front street, that all the coat was delivered yesterday and they have no promises of getting any at once. Standing of the Crews HAKitISBVKU SIDE Philadelphia Division —The 112 crew first to go after 4 o'clock; 109, 101, 131, 121. 111. Engineers for 104. 121. Firemen for 104, 131. Brakemen for 112, 104, 121. 111. . Engineer up: Binkley. Firemen up: MuMullen, Davis, Shimp, Kay don, Briggs, King, Davis, Btambaugh, Handeboe, Cook, Stough, Butler, Knies. Brakemen up: Hixon, Mechan. Hoch, Lupp, Maurer. Middle Division —The 24 crew first to go after 1 o'clock; 32, 19. 206, 25, 35, 207. 205, 202. 26, 203. 208. 33, 10. 23. Engineer for 23. Fireman for 23. Conductor for 33. Brakemen for 33, 23. Engineers up: Blizzard, Corder, Hawk. Asper, E. B. Snyder, Moretz. Firemen up: Schell, Schoff stall. Bickert. Keter, Mofris, Gross, Roddy, Clay. Bechtel. Slattery. Peck, Famous, Whisler, Putt, Zaring, Kurtz. Conductors up: Leonard. Klotz. Brakemen up: Beers, Myers, Hol lenbach, Ulsh, Murray, Buff, Pierre, Deckert. Fegley. Danner. Yard Board —Engineers for SC, 11C, Ist lIC, 26C. Firemen for 3rd 7C, 3rd 15C. Engineers up: P. A. Myers. Heffle man, Buffington, Auinan, Miller, Bea ver, Essig, Key, Myers, Boyle, Ship ley. i Firemen up: Young, Miller, Wright, Sellers, Bitner. KNOLA SIDE Philadelphia Division —The 258 crew first to go after 4.15 o'clock; 255, 252, 224, 214, 237. 247. 233, 241, 223, 253, 218, 238, 227, 229, 231, 240. 230. 243. Engineers for 252, 247, 222, 227, 231. Firemen for 252, 247, 222, 258, 238, 243. Conductors for 24. 43, 55. Flagmen for 08, 43. 46, 47, 52, 58. Brakemen for 08, 27, 29, 31, 33, 37, 38. 40, 41. 44, 52 (2), 55. Conductor up: Mullen. Brakemen up: Campbell, Milligan. Shearer. Middle Division— The 120 crew first to go after 2.30 o'clock; 119, 107, 116, 105, 108. 111. Firemen for 105, 111. Brakeman for 105^ Yard Board —Engineers up: Seal, Slieaffer, Kapp, Fortenbaugh, Ging rich, Kingsberry, McNaily. Firemen up: Meek, White, Holmes, Walters, Metz, Benser, Milliken, Cra mer. Morris. Engineers for 2nd 126, 3rd 126, 3rd 129, 109. Firemen for 132, 135, 2nd 102, Ist 104, 2nd 104. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT Middle Division : Engineers up: Miller, Delzier, Schreck, Smith, Rei ser. Keane. Firemen up: Koller, Nowark, Mear kle, Beacham, Taylor, Hugglns, Hud son, Ramsey. Bealor. Engineers for 49, 23, 59. Firemen for*l. 33. Philadelphia Division Engineers up: Seltz, Gillums, Smeltzer, Gibbons, Lindley. Firemen up: Welsh. Cover, Cope land, White. HAHR3KBTJRG TELEGRAPH Lieut Bennethum Is Off For Army Camp K 3 LIEUT. G. S. BENNETHUM Lieut. George S. Bennethum left last night for Camp Pike, Little Rock, Ark. Lieut Bennethum is con nected with the field artillery. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Ben nethum. j MIDDLETOWN | The Red Cross captains and lieu tenants are organizing to make their drive for 2,000 members by Christ mas. The women of the Red Cross are busily engaged in making the service flag which will consist of a white field with a large red cross in the center and an additional smaller one for every member in a home belong ing to the Red Cross. These flags will be placed in the window of the homes. Luther Steffy died yesterday morn ing at 7.30 o'clock from the effects of a stroke. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lvdia Steffy, one son, Charles Steffv, and" two daughters. Elsie Steffy and Norine Steffy, residing in Catherine street; four brothers and one sister of Waynesboro. Friday night at 8 o'clock will be the opening of basketball season for the high school. The Knhaut ex-high school team will be their opponents. The Middletown nest of Owls will be organized this evening at 7.30 in the Grand Army Hall. John Gingrich, a molder at the Wincroft stove works, passed the ex amination at Philadelphia -and will enter the service of the government. He left yesterday for Hog Island where he will assist in organizing the large force of guards. After the or ganization has been perfected he will be placed in charge of the entire guard. Mr, Gingrich is a veteran of the Spanish-American War. Lieutenant Ross Swartz. of Fort Oglethorpe, is visiting friends. Dawn Hergelroth, who was ill for the past week has returned to her work. Nettie Kane is spending a week with Mrs. Claud Wilson at Harris burg. Ralph Bennett, formerly of Pitts burg, enlisted in the Engineer Corps at Camp Meade. Sergeant Bladden. of the Aviation Plant, spent the weekend at his home in Virginia. Jacob Shroy, Howard Miller and Earl Rogers, who have enlisted, will leave for Texas. John Plott will leave for Columbus, Ohio. The local shoe factory, of town, made a shipment of thirty-seven cases of shoes last July, to the Kreider Shoe Company, at Chicago. The shoes did not arrive there as they were stolen from a car on their route and the shoe company brought action against the Pennsylvania Rail road Company, claiming $2,000. The company put detectives on the case and located five cases of them. One of the detectives was in town re cently and went to the shoe factory, where he found that the shipping clerk, H. A. McKee. had records to show that they were shipped from the factory. The drayman, William Landis, whd hauled them to the freight depot of the company, also had a record of hauling them. Chief Clerk William Reel, at the freight station also showed records of same on his file, and Leonard Boy er. who loaded same in car. All four inen have received notice to appear at court at Cleveland, Ohio, in Feb ruary. Seymore Landis and brother, CJeor'ee Landis. spent yesterday at Philadelphia, where they visited their brother, John Landis, who is receiv ing treatment for his eyes at Dr. Webster Fox's eye hospital. Mrs. O. M. Swartz is spending a week at Philadelphia as the guest of her sister, Mrs. Claude Fox. Jacob Miller, who is employed at the local car plant, had a narrow escape when H wheel weighing about twenty-five pounds fell from a large crane a distance of fifty feet, just missing him by a few inches. Washington Camp, No. 371, P. O. S. of A., Colonel Ellsworth Camp, No. 87, Sons of Veteran, members of the G. A. R„ and old soldiers, will at tend a patriotic meeting to be held in St Michael's Episcopal Church, Sunday afternoon, at 4 o'clock. The Rev. Floyd Appleton, of Harrisburg. will deliver an address. They will meet at the G. A. R. Hall at 3.30 o'clock. I Mrs. Sherman Hawthorne, of Har risburg. was the guest of the social circle held at the home of Mrs; N k C. Fuhrman, this afternoon. The school in the Susquehanna building opened up yesterday morning after being closed for two days on account of the eold weather. Mr. and Mrs. William Kocms, of Swatara street, were given a pound package surprise on Tuesdav evenig and received quite a large amount. Scoutmaster Enlists in Quartermasters' Corps I. T. ROCKMAN Among the number of young Har risburg men who enlisted yesterday was I. T. Rockman, manager of the children's department of the Nejw Store of William Strouse. He en listed In quartermasters corps and will begin training immediately. He has served as scoutmaster of a troop I of Boy Scouts. Immense Tonnage in Course of Construction at Delaware Shipyards By Associated Press Philadelphia, Dec. 13.—Two hun dred and seventy-two ships with a tonnage of 2,240,000 are being con structed In the Delaware river ship yards. according to W. B. Ferguson, representative of the Emergency Fleet* Corporation of the shipping board. This is thirty-six per cent, of all merchant vessels being built in the United States, he said, and is three times as much tonnage as was turned out in this country in 1916. Mr. Ferguson announced the fig ures in an address yesterday to the employes of the American Interna tional Shipbuilding Corporation, which is operating the Hog Island shipyard for the government. In the twelve yards on the Delaware , river, he said, approximately 4 4,000 men are employed and estimated that 84,000 will be at work before the big program is completed. The Federal Department of Labor is co-operating with the lleet cor poration, Mr. Ferguson added, short ly will establish shipbuilding recruit ing centers tcf aid in creating the I enormous body of men needed at the [shipyards of the country. HUNDREDSI6IN~ ARMY AS TIME LIMIT ENDS [Continued from First Page.] the semiofficial figures verified at the recruiting office this morning. Recruiting passed the highwater mark of Tuesday yesterday, when the local recruiting office sent 783 men to training camps to enter the service of Uncle Sam. By far the greatest number of men picked the uviation branch of the signal corps, ground service. These men were ail sent to Columbus Barracks, Ohio, and left before midnight last night. The recryiting office was open until 2 o'clock this morning enlisting men in other branches of the service. The overwhelming rush of men to enlist in the aviation branch v.-as so great that the force of twenty men stationed at the local office were unable to take care of the rush. It was estimated this morning that at least two hundred men successfully passed all examinations, but were not sent because of small irregulari ties in their enlistment and registra tion papers that the recruiting offi cers were unable to take the time to correct. As 6 o'clock last even ing was the deadline for the enlist ment of recruits for service in the aviation branches, the recruits who were not signed up for enlistment before that time were not taken care of. Sixty-five men from the city of Harrisburg enlisted yesterday. These men were all sent into service some time last night. The contingent from the city yesterday totaled the number of Harrisburg enlistments in the last days of the recruiting drive to 118 men. Harrisburg still has something like two hundred men to make up in her draft quota. Scores Enlist Enlistment figures as submitted to the reporter by recruiting officers thia morning for the first three days of this week are: For the district: Monday, 258: Tuesday, 394; Wednes day,7B3; for the city, Monday, 21; Tuesday, 32;. Wednesday, 65. Of the figures reported for the district yesterday, about 350 men were sent from Johnstown, but the Harrisburg district is credited with them. Men were still.being recruited for the service for other than aviation duty up till 12 to-day. Sergeant Young said that forty men had been recruited for the stevedore regi ment, Quartermaster Corps, this morning, who were sent to Newport News to-day. A hundred negroes were sent to Newport News in thei same service yesterday. Recruiting will not stop with the end of the opportunity to enlist draft eligibles, the recruiting officers said this morning. The. office will con tinue with its activities, enlisting men undei- twenty-one and over thirty one for service. City Makes Record The Harrisburg recruiting office has sent to Columbus Barracks more men than any other district, ac cording to Lieutenant Lesher. He stated he had received word from the commandant at CoKimbus Bar racks that there were far more men at the barracks than they can take care of. That the enlistments yesterday were not all made simply to escape the rulings of the draft was evidenc ed by the case of a Harrisburg boy who was discharged from the Na tional Guard last July for physical disability who returned to the re cruiting office nine times after he was informed that he could not qualify for service, in an effort to get the War Department to make a special ruling in his case. The following Harrisburg men en listed yesterday: Charles Savington, Fred Fee, How ard Charles E. Hammill, Walter Midaleton, Paul Zerby, Edgar Schlayer, James Burkhart, Earl Heck, George Eissner, Luther Kreps, Ralph Da vies, Guy B. Arnhart, Ern est Coldren, John Clark, Joseph Camubell. Herman Shuey, John E. Tyler, Edward Gyse, Ralph Ilesser, Frank Poulton, John Runkle, Paul Lyter, William Smith, Ross King, Harvey Carson, Paul Meredith, George Bowman, Robert Ghant, Richard Moyer, Charles Passmore, Isaac Rockman, Ralph Stlntsam, George A. Long, Bernard Cashman, Michael Donahue, Hajry E. Barn hart, Alphonsis Cashman, William Kelly, Harry W. Shoop, Walter Owen, Earl Kimmel, Clarence Yost, Charles Leiser, Carl Schmidt, Charles Enter line, Louis Harold Gcrmer, Charles Rud, Cloyd Parker, Lloyd Garner, Darrel Oves, Michael Kcane, Paul Reindel, Charles Rocco, Lewis T. Balser, George Saussaman, Hiram Pensyl, James C. Hetrlck, Allen H. Mitchell, John Turner, Floyd Mal seed, Charles Phillips, Charles Saun ders. ARMYDOCTORSAY& RADWAY'S READY RELIEF Better Than ALL OTHER PAIN REMEDIES A LETTER from Dr. Simp son of -fce Anderson Zouaves. gTwrib N. Y. (62d Rest), says: "During the time our regrf- JfcaaSk ment was stationed on Rlker*c ' Island we were out of medl- Bt'U |t 1 cal stores. I obtained some fU]S ISjJ °f RADWAY'S READY V 4Hlßfc£ operations was located at E Third, near Cumberland street, and is now on display I / 'II in one of our windows amid i V Iriil J- > ie greatest assortment of JLR | sensible Xmas gifts for men S ' ■' in Harrisburg. BSilk Shirts Underwear Sweaters Hats Pajamas Night Shirts □ Caps Suspenders ' Bath Robes | Gloves . Shirts Sport Coats jjj Socks Leather and Gloves q Mufflers . Wool Gloves Umbrellas H Collars Overalls Neckwear l!l Ladies' and Men's Handkerchiefs in Xmas Boxes CONSYLMAN & CO. - a 1117 N. Third Street (Oat of the Higrh Rent District) ••We Sell Them For Leiw" llir=======lßt======int====inF====nnr==inr==inr==inF== l nr==nnf==i Military Ball Proves to Be Great Success The military ball given In Win terdnle Hall under the auspices of tho Veterans of Foreign Wars, last nignt, was a brilliant success. Tlio Lyric orchestra furnished the music for the dancing and Charles A. Jef ferles was master of ceremonies. The grand march was led by mem bers of tho Grand Army of the Re public with members of the ladies auxiliary of tho Calder Post as their partners. They were followed by veterans of the Spanish "War, and soldiers from tho aviation Held at Mlddletown. At the close of the ball, "The Star Spangled Banner" waa played by the orchestra and a large American flag was displayed. Thes< members of the committee on ar' rangements helped to make it suc cessful: Charles A. Jefferies, Jonas K Heist, C. a: Raffensbarger, Hoard D. Myers and Harrie A. Douglas. li Fragrant Coffee • The most fragrant cup of cof- ' ! fee you ever tasted—and made ! right on the table. The ONE ' I perfect method of cofTee-mak- i ing is with an electric Perco i I lator. J —sMi.no up— Dauphin Electric Supplies Co. 430 Market St. !