ITALIAN FRONT DESCRIBED BY HARRISBURG BOY WHO IS DRIVING AMBULANCE IN HILLS tleade Detweiler Tells of Exciting Adventures Where Big Guns Boom Continuously and Work For Hospital Men is Heavy The query on the lips of many an xious parents, "How did my boy spend his Christmas in the trench es?" is answered by Meade Det weiler, who writes from "some where in Italy" a letter telling of his Christmas celebration. The let ter, written to his mother breathes a spirit of optimism and cheerful ness, which seems to be present in every letter from the front. December 31, 1917, Somewhere in Italy. Mother Dearest: I must now tell you of my first Christmas spent with "An Army in Active Service" along the front lines. The day started out with a late breakfast—after a hard night's evacuation—followed by the distri bution of gifts—which we all contri buted. Each fellow gave "a little scmething" then each man was given a number and drew for his present. I drew an Italian-English dictionary, which will be of great service to me, for the one I now have is too small, not that I shall ever be able to speak Italian, but to know a few words is always advis able and words especially useful now are "HURRY" "HOW MUCH" "RUN," etc. At two o'clock we were called to dinner and there on the improvised table we found postcards, for place Ihot tea breaks j: A COLD—TRY THIS Get a small package of Hamburg Breast Tea at any pharmacy. Take a tablespoonful of this Ham burg tea, put a cup of boiling water upon it, pour through a sieve and drink a teacup full at any time. It is the most effective way to break a cold and cure grip, as it opens 'he pores, relieving congestion. Also loosens the bowels, thus breaking a cold at once. It is inexpensive and entirely vege table. therefore harmless. EDUCATIONAL ' School of Commerce AND Harrisburg Bus/iess Collfege troup lluilding, 13 S. Market So Hell plioiie Dial <303 Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Steno type. Typewriting. Civil Service. OUR OFFER—Right Training by Special!*!* and High Urs>de Positions. You ;ake a Business Course but once. The Heat j what you want. Day and Night School. Enter any Monday. A Folly Accredited College Tomorrow and jj Final Wind-Up of Our Most Successful ■ February Furniture Sale i Iwo days of extreme impor- The war conditions have made our § tance to every prospective Furni- values trebly attractive. We placed ture buyer. For some reason or orders for goods long ago. And those other you might have been delayed are the prices on which we based our in coming to our sale. Rue the time February Sale prices. That is the I is here now for you to act quickly. advantage we placed at your elbow. r>uy what j will need. If you do not want your furniture delivered at once we will store it for a reasonable length of time. And our Easy-to-Pay Plan is at your service. 3 Pc. Davenport Suit for Library SCQ or Living Room Complete for JL I Davenport Bed, Chair and Rocker to Match This is only one of the many fine values in our February Sale. The Bed Daven- llj port opens to a full size bed. A spacious wardrobe is underneath the Davenport. The ® 'lhair and Rocker match the suit perfectly. All three pieces finished in fumed oak Isl and upholstered in imitation brown Spanish leather. Bed Room. Lamps Dining Room Suit Reduced Suit Three handsome pieces— Metal lamps for gas and Three pieces in the Wil- U dresser chiffonier and four- electricity. Parlor and 11- liam and Mary design in the 1 poster bed; made of mahog- brary designs in the popular Jacobean finish. Made of \| any in the graceful yet sim- finishes. Hexagonal shape solid oak. Large buffet chi pie Windsor design. Febru- shades. Art glass inlaid. na cabinet and extension ta arySalePnce. SB.OO Lamps $6.50 Sale Price. . o*l 1 K $12.00 Lamps $9.00 <£QC $17.00 Lamps $14.50 TUESDAY EVENING, HABHISBURG TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 26, 1918. cards and so the dinner was on. Our first course, soup, then chicken, which was a grand surprise and it surely tasted good, potatoes, bread, followed by coffee and nuts and ap ples. This was a special dinner and we all had one grand time, for we "sang songs" and tried to forget the outside world and its happen ings in our underground dug-out, on Merry Christmas—The Birthday of Our Saviour. — Mr. Gouvenour Morris acted as toastmaster and called on our chef and sou-chef, and two Red Cross officials for speeches. He himself was mighty clever and I wish I could tell you just jvhat was said, etc., for all the remarks came direct from the heart and America would feel proud of her first American Red Cross Section to enter Italy. We had a real Christmas tree which we cut down frpm "the clump behind our house" and we decorated it with pieces of cotton and strings, etc. It looked like a real American tree, the only thing that made us think it was really Christmas Day. Pleased With Gifts Our poor old mechanics were very much pleased with their gifts and we shall hope to add to them from time to time, for they really have no extra clothes, their homes have been totally destroyed and their families simply wiped out by the Boche shells. To all mechanics and cooks \>o gave tobacco and they appreciat ed it as much as though it was a hundred dollars. One of the finest sights I have ever seen and it being entirely new t<> me, is the long line of the Alps Mountains, just behind us, with their snow clad tops, green grass in the valley. In the morning when the sun shines on them they look like a large white cloud, but as time pus'scs to noon, it becomes so foggy they are lost to view. The weather here is very cold and damp, but we have little snow, that cold damp climate. It seems the guns never cease firing, for the rumble goes on con tinually day and night, which only csee RADWAY'S READY RELIEF Will give all a chance to buy the genuine rathac Mian some inferior article. CSED AS A LINIMENT "STOPS PAIN" INSTANTLY *2 m | It Does For Rheumatism, Xenralgia. Sciatica, Lumbago, Sore Throat, Scire Muscles. RAD WAY & CO., 206 Centre St. NEW YORK, tells us there Is heavy lighting and our men must keep on the job. The men are all in good spirits and although they know the "big odds" which now face them, never theless they are determined to win if possible and shall see the conflict through to the end. I have talked to many of the officers who were in this last retreat and it surely must be understood that the brave <*o\- diers are not at fault, but underly ing causes, all of which shall be known some day. "Good News" Spreads One of the best words of encour agement told the Italian armies was when the United States declared war on Austria. Celebrations were held in all the large cities and towns through which we passed enroute here, flowers and congratulations galore mingled with American and Italian flags, and the "good news spread like the wind into every part of Italy. , I told you about Rome's large celebration. Where several hun dred thousands took part, also the one in Milan in which our section tigured. It surely makes one feel encouraged and happy to know such a mutual feeling, for now we may feel sure of good co-operation which is indeed the only road to a sure success. The more we see of this war and actual fighting, the more it conclu sively shows that areoplanes are its greatest factor and an absolute necessity. Great faith is placed in America for her gift of machines and men, and we 'hope over hero It will not be long until they arrive. This is not only the opinion In Italy for old Prance has talked about It since our entrance Into the war. I wish you could see all these planes in action and the marvelous things they accomplish. I told you of the photographs I had seen at the French Aerodome in France, show ing the Boche trenches, batteries, etc. This is just one of the many values it has and with the aid of many more things, I am not allowed to reveal, will go even better. Need Ambulance Section Now for a little news about my self and the section. We have been located here in the "level plain" and are awaiting orders to move to the foot of the mountain, where an am bulance section is badly needed on account of the heavy lighting. We hope to move soon, but at present a place is being "fixed" for us and if you would realize how, you would know the 'work is slow under the circumstances, etc. I understand the road we will have to drive over is very narrow even at the base of the mountain. Cables are used, but mostly across ravines, so they shall be a grejit help. The Italian ambulances are so much larger than ours, but we have more men in a section, so the work will go on the same, when we join the next division of troops. Yesterday I had a holiday and was invited by Gouvenour Morris to go with him to Padova and see the old city. We drove down in the staff car. Our first stop was at the old university which dates back to the 13th century. Many shields de corated the walls on the interior showing the Coat of Arms of the many noted scholars who were at one time or another students at the university, also we noted the rooms where they once studied. Jext the low the frecos in the Madonna dell' arena founded in the 12th century. The narrow streets and old houses are all new to me and I enjoyed walking about the little town which COUNTY BOARDS SEND MORE MEN TO CAMP MEADE Prospective Soldiers Leave For National Army Training The Steelton and Paxtang quotas for the National Army left this morning for their training camp. The Elizabethville quota will leave to-morrow morning. The city boards have been examining the men in Class J.-A. A great many of the examined m,en are sent to the med ical advisory board for a second ex amination, and the board is swamped with work. The men who left from the first county district to-day are: Charles E. Nagle, Middletown; Clair L. Paker, 120 Front street, Steelton; William H. Blffington, 414 Swatara street; William J. Moore, Middletown; Joseph Wolf, 639 North Front str et; William F. Carter, Middletown; Frank Weirlch, Royal ton; Ray F. Hummer, 545 Bessemer street; Leroy H. Espenshade, Roy alton; John L. McCahan, 369 South River avenue; Frank P. Wonderly, Ilighspireu Morris Feinman, 225 North Front street. The Paxtang Board sent Jacob F. Wolf, West Hanover; Charles David Wilson, Penbrook; Clair Weaver, 1905 Boas street; Herman E. Myers, Maclay Station; William Henry Gruber, Dauphin; Paul .Camacca, Swatara; Olimuio Mas sani, Swatara; Alphonso Olive, Hershey; Irvin A., Pletz, Lingles town; Norman Smith. Hershey; Gin lic Mercecci, Swatara; Domlnick Dicola, Swatara; Beglloni Mercilio, Swatara; Roy C. Welker, Dauphin; George Shepler, Hershey; David C. Menger, Speeceville; Earl Brubaker, Paxtang; Albert Lenker, Progress; Walter Reber, Rutherford; Morris Achey, Duncannon, R. D.; Norman K. Bell, Harrisburg, R. D. Those who will entrain at Eliza bethville on Wednesday morning in clude these: J. Albert Nace, Wil liamstown; Samuel R. FetterhofC, Wiconisco; Norman Snyder, Millers burg; John Keiter, Fisliervlile; B. R. Hay, Williamstown; Theodore Um holtz, Gratz; James Ryan, Williams town; A. W. Umholtz, Grantz; H. J. Hay, Williamstown; H. L and Ralph Kuntzelman, Mtlleirsburg; Will ft. m E. Mahoney, Wiconisco, and H. C. Hoy, Millersburg. was a peaceful one. You have often told me how these old caretakers have shown you their cathedrals, galleries, etc., I wished for the same experience, consequently when 1 am oft duty 1 take advantage of every opportunity, of course things are much different now than in times of peace. None of my Christmas packages have arrived as yet, but 1 am liv ing in hope and shall hope for a sur prise on New Year's day. Mail ar rives here most irregularly and at present it has been ten days since its arrival. Jiewspapers ofi the Front We now have a wbwspaper in the section, which is pajldished monthly and contains someJAews and jokes on what we are dop wg. I am send ing in this same mail a copy of the llrst edition. 1 am 'afraid you will not understand lots 1 of the articles written for many halve happened en route here. Its getting colder (here and there is plenty of snow now, yet that does not hinder the lighting even at night the aeroplanes keep busy. Just last night an alarm went up that the planes were overhead, it was quite evident to us, for we have anti-air craft guns all around us and they keep liring away. We could plainly see the shrapnel bursting in the sky around for miles. The old guns kept booming away. Its all in the game, but we live in hope that our squad of machines will not be sighted, though we have all our cars camouflaged, for to have "a present" dropped in our quarters would mean anything but a Happy New Year. I cannot realize that to-morrow will be 1918, yet days and dates mean nothing to us here, for the days go on just the same and we live only to see the end of this war, which to me looks to be far in the distance, unless something very un foreseen should arise. I often tried to picture what the people of Harrisburg would do, if an alarm was given, "the planes are coming." Just a few miles back of us there is a little village and the planes are payin a nightly visit there. You are so helpless at the mercy of these things and even when we watch them fly over our quarters enroute to the villages it makes you shudder to think if they carried an extra bomb and just wanted to have a little sport, they would use it on the first big sight of ambulances they saw. Y. M. C. A. Work Praised I forgot to tell you we have a li brary in our section, and are col lecting many books which will bo invaluable later on. Speaking of Y. M. C. A. work that is one organi zation that is doing a wonderful work. At most all army posts there is "a hut" where any of the men may go to purchase things, write, rest, etc. They are always crowded and are the popular meeting places. In Paris they have a large building equipped with* reading rooms, pool rooms, writing rooms and a large canteen, where American women serve and chat with the soldiers. Nearly every evening an entertain ment is given and the building is always crowded. They also manage a hotel which is run at cost and never is the place less than packed. The American people may feel well repaid for their gifts and it all has gone to give their men in the army on foreign soil a gift that shall never be forgotten by them. Must run along now. Give my best to all inquiring friends. Meade. FAIXi CAUSES DEATH Marietta, Pa., Feb. 26.—Mrs. Eliza beth Brenneman, aged 93, the old est resident of Codorus township, died yesterday from a fall sustained a few weeks ago. She was a member of the United Brethren Church. Six children, and a number of grandchil dren and great grandchildren sur vive. WINS HONoA ROLL BANNER Liverpool, Feb. 26.—The Liver pool primary school has been pre sented an honor roll banner by County Superintendent D. A. Kline as a reward for having secured a IQO per cent, enrollment in the Junior Bed Cross. NO PRAYER SERVICE New Cumberland, Pa., Feb. 26. There will be no prayer service in , the churches on Wednesday night on account of the patriotic meeting;. CUMBERLAND Dr. L. S. Mudge to Speak on Work in Army Cantonments Mechanlcsburg", Pa., Feb. 26. — During the week services will be held every evening except Wednes day in the Presbyterian Church, prior to communion service on Sun day. Last evening, the pastor, the Rev. George Fulton, preached the sermon. This evening an address will be given by the Rev. Dr. L. S. Mudge, of the Pine Street Presby terian Church, Harrisburg, on "The Work In the Army Cantonments." Union services will be held in the Methodist Episcopal (Church on Wednesday evening with the Rev. George Fulton as speaker. A former pastor, the Rev. Dr. T. C. McCar rell, of Middletown, will deliver the sermon in the Presbyterian Church on Thursday evening and the Rev. Glenn M. Shafer, pastor of the Sec ond Presbyterian Church, Carlisle, will be the speaker on Friday even ing. FIRST MEETINGS THIS EVENING Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 26.—This even ing the first meetings of the cam paign launched by the Speakers Bureau of the Cumberland County Public Safety Committee will be held throughout the week until every section is covered. It is planned through the speakers and with the aid of the county teachers, who met here in special conference Saturday, to Spread the. needs of the war and the part every one should play to all sections and to break the general apathy which has hurt war work in some sections. WOMAN'S RIBS BROKEN Waynesboro, Pa., Feb. 26. —Mrs. John McGrath fell down stairs at her lioms and fractured several ribs. CHLOROFORM CAUSED DEATH Waynesboro, Pa., Feb. 26.—A coroner's jury is the case of Miss Florence Laubs, aged fifteen years, a student at the Greencastle. High School, who was found several days ago dead in bed clutching a chloro form bottle, gave a verdict that the girl came to her death as the re "sult of inhaling the drug with prob able suicidal intent. Hershey Industrial Home Secretary Now in Service CORPORAL R. B. STONER Hummelstown, Pa., Feb. 26. Corporal Russell B. Stoner, of Com pany B, military mounted police, is now stationed at Camp jfeade, Md. Corporal Stoner is also clerk to the captain. His home is at Hummels town and before going into service was secretary at the Hershey Indus trial Ilonie. I -, v \'./ I Easter § [§ will arrive almost be- Qs fore we realize it. § is* Of course, it doesn't l£y take as long to plan a j|S fig suit as it does to plan j§j a house, but it's just as well to start early in Sy deciding upon the col- or, the material, the [0 style, and the price. Our Spring g I Fabricsl are here, and we would fi&P appreciate your inspec- tion of a line of Wors- §5 Eg teds, Cheviots, Serges, QS E§> Stripes, etc., that we Sa think shows the re- r? 58 suit of our 20 years' ex- S8 perience in selecting gf materials for Harris- rw Kg burg men. §§ 58 Many of our custo -58 mers of 20 years ago go £§§ come to us to-day, gg (sx which surely speaks Eg for the quality of our service and workman- gj sfj ship; as well as our gn feg prices. SSj Custom-Made |j Shirts | A. J.SIMMS 1 22 North Fourth St., S§J Maryland Aviator Dies in Epgland From Injuries Hagerstown, Md., Feb. 26. —A cablegram has been received here from London announcing the death in a hospital there of Frederick Still man, a young American aviator, for merly of this city, who died from injuries sustained when his machine fell to the earth at an aviation school field. The pilot was killed and young Stillman was severely burned. He was improving, but his condition suddenly changed and be came serious. He was a member of the Schley family of Maryland, and a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Stillman, of New York. His brother. Dr. Alfred Stillman, who is in the American Army In France, and two sisters, who were in Paris, were at young Stillman's bedside when he died. FOUND DKAD IN BED Shippensburg, Pa., Feb. 26. —Sam- uel Duncan, aged 53 years, a well known resident, was found dead in bed on Sunday morning. Funeral services were held this afternoon. FAIiliS DEAD IN STREET Hagerstown, Md., Feb. 26.—Sam uel A. McKee, aged 27, who had never been sick a day, fell dead in the street here yesterday, while re turning home from work. Death was caused by heart failure. He is sur vived by his wife and two children and several brothers and sisters. HAGERSTOWN LICENSES Hagerstown, Md., Feb. 26. — Mar riage licenses have been issued to the following couples from Penn sylvania by Clerk of the Court Ed-1 ward Oswald: Leon P. Yoder and Alma M. Weigler, both of Harrisburg. Albert J. Stigeler, of Etters, and Bertha Stevens, of Enola. Harry E. Patterson and Joyce Sheffer, both of Waynesboro. John W. Rauhauser, of Green, castle ,and Zella B. Stoner, of Zul linger. CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION Waynesboro, Pa., Feb. 26.—L. F. Benchoff, of near Waynesboro, makes the announcement that he will again be a candidate for the Legislature on the Bepublican ticket. If nominated and elected he will support the federal prohibition amendment. FIRST VISIT IN 32 YEARS Waynesboro, Pa., Feb. 26. Charles Eckhart, Blanch, Neb., is the guest of his sister, Mrs. M. L. Zimmerman, after an absence of thirty-two years. A family reunion was held at Welsh Run in honor of Mr. Ecltart's homecoming on Sun day. . OLD WORK HORSE DIES Waynesboro, Pa., Feb. 26.—John Mock, of Todd township, recently lost by death a good work horse that had attained the age f thirty-four years and ten months. VISITOR DIES ON PORCH Waynesboro, Pa., Feb. 26. Charles 11. Smith, son of the late Isaac Smith, died Sunday night at the home of James Dunwoody, a Chambersburg, Greencastle and Waynesboro Street Railway conduc tor. Mr. Smith had spent several hours at the Dunwoody home and had gone to the porch to put on his overshoes to prepare for going home. As he leaned over to put his rubbers on he was stricken with paralysis and fell over, dying al most instantly. He was 36 years old and is survived by his wife and a daughter, Miss Ruth Smith. NEWS News is like the wind. It blows from where it will. It may start up in the desert stretches of Arizona—an I. W. W. deportation in Bisbee. It may cause chills in the very heart of Washington—another revelation by Secretary Lansing. Or, it may mutter from the depths of Russia the weird story of another upheaval. News cannot be charted, nor foreseen, nor geographi cally confined. And the organization that gathers the news must be equally universal. It must wait and watch—night and morning, year in, year out, East and West, North and South. The Associated Press covers the world like a vast net In the United States, its 1,080 members newspapers have a combined staff of probably 10,000 reporters. Add to these the services of 52,000 special correspondents. Its foreign correspondents are stationed in every place of importance in the civilized world. The Associated Press is the only newsgathering associa tion which can properly claim to be worldwide. Zh? Amiriatrii ffreaa It Knows The Harrisburg Telegraph Is the Only Evening Newspaper in Harrisburg Served by The Associated Press Copyright, 1018, N. T. Bvrnint Pott C. Twenty-six Start From Carlisle For Camp Meade Carlisle. Pa., Feb. 26.—Cumber land county's last contingent of men for the first quota of the National Army, twenty-six in number, left here this morning for Camp Meade. They were formally mustered into service yesterday and were pre sented with comfort kits by the Car lisle chapter of the Red Cross. This morning an impromptu procession was held from the court house to the station, county officials and draft board members participating. Tea—Several Varieties— also Nerves Need Phosphorus Like Muscles Need Food Says Doctor Who Prescribes Phosphorated Malt to Steady the Nerve% Clear the Brain aiul Build Up Weak, Nervous, Ituiulown People Boston, Mass. —"Your nerves need phosphorus like your muscles need food," says Dr. Reid, "and the trouble with most men and women past thirty is they have exhausted their natural supply of phosphorus and find them selves run down, weak and nervous. Often they look strong as if they could do a full day's work, but while they have a certain kind of strength they lack endurance. They also lack decision and find it difficult to con centrate on one thing and finish it, and they are nervous, irritable and easily startled at any sudden noise or unusual occurrence. "But generally a lack of phosphorus shows itself in a lack of general in terest and people are often thought to be lazy whereas they are pnly nerve-starved. For months or years they go on using a little more phos phorus than the system produces till their store is exhausted and complete nervous breakdown is close at hand. Both mind and body are affected. They see less and feel less, either of pleasure or pain, and nothing im presses them or interests them as it once did. It is dangerous and need less to run into such a condition, for if taken in time the supply of phos phorus can be replenished. Two live grain tablets of phosphorated malt after each meal for ten days will usually be all that is necessary. "I have seen phosphorated malt produce astonishing results in a very short time. Recently a patient came to me physically run down and on the verge of a mental collapse. His daily work had become drudgery and he got neither rest nor recreation from 7 Cumberland County Farmer Charged With Short Weight Carlisle, Pa., 26.—Charging large amounts, loss through short weight in purchases of potatoes Harry Isaacson, a produce dealer, has brought criminal charges against W K. Peffer, of Goodyear, a prominent county farmer. Pefter! has furnished bail for a hearing. Isaacson alleges that one ship* ment he purchased was short 6,54 0 poundg, with a value of $130.80, an<l that another was short 2,090 pound% with a value of $38.32. his sports or holidays. He could neither sleep nor concentrate his mind on his work. I advised him t take two five-grain tablets of phos phorated malt after each meal. la less than ten days he walked, into mjr office full of vim and vigor, his eye* bright, his step Arm and his manner] that of a man of twenty-five, thoug&l he was well past fifty." I The value of malt is well known tar all physicians. It is a remarkabl# tonic and tissue builder. Combined with phosphorus as in phosphorated malt it increases mental activity, bal ances the blood and aids the system to convert food into living tissues. Th old liquid forms of malt are not pleasant to take and besides most of them contain alcohol. Phosphorated malt has the tissue building proper* ties of malt without the evils of alco holic stimulation. After a few days of it you will wake in the morning vigorous and refreshed, ready to riss and begin the day's work with double confidence, optimism and endurance. Note: The feeling of exhilaration often noticeable after a few weeka* use of phosphorated malt is not dus to stimulation. It is the cheerfulness that comes of perfect health, when the live stream flows freely, supply* ing the nourishment the body needs and enabling the organs of elimlna* tion to throw out the poisons of which the body needs to be rid. The cheer* fulness of a perfect health and fault* less nourishment is so rare to most people as to be remarkable and strange. Phosphorated malt is solA by all druggists and especially la Harrisburg by J. Nelson Clark and Hi C. Kennedy.—Advertisement.
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