CENTRAL TOSSERS HOME FROM DISASTROUS TRIP—MEET TECH THURSDAY NIGHT Local Shooters Win In Elimination Event; I. Bretz Is High Man I In an elimination shoot Saturday, t Philadelphia division shooters, hold ers of the George Dallas Dixon Clip, won last year at Philadelphia, won over Altoona marksmen. Altoona was put out of the race, the winners i ecoring a total of 226 to 221. The winning team represented the transportation' department. The shoot was held on the Pennsy/Gun Club Held, Sixth and Division streets, and was witnessed by a big crowd. The Motive Power team of the Philadelphia division was third with a total of 211, and the Juniata and South Altoona shops secured fourth place with a total of 209. I. Bretz was high run scorer and also high gun. He was only per mitted to win one prize and his total of forty-eight did not count. J. Mil ler with forty-six was awarded the high gun. Each received a silk um brella. Protest From Harrisburg Altoona entered the race with a view of shooting as individuals in stead of department teams. This; was protested and J. T. Coleman | ruled that each team was expected j to enter ten men, and the five high • scores by each team to count in the total. A further hearing will be giv en on the protest later. Should Al toona's claim be allowed. Saturday's victors will have a margiJi of but one point. The Transportation and Motive Power departments by cora .j-ning would Tiave a total of 227. The shoot was handled in a very satisfactory manner by Samuel G. general athletic director of lie Philadelphia division, assisted by I. T. Coleman, athletic director of he Pennsylvania railroad. The winners will later in the Ticnth meet shooters from Sunbury. Dlean, Oil City and Pitcairn. The text shoot in the Pennsylvania rail oad system series will be held In f'hiladelphia next Saturday, the par :lcipants representing the general offices, Philadelphia Terminal, New lersey and Philadelphia, Wilmington ind Baltimore divisions. The final ;hoot for the cup will also take place n Philadelphia during April. The scores of Saturday follow: ! r*biludelphln Division. Transportation Department \ Miller 24 23 47 ft". H. Hoover 23 23 46 i AMERICAN FIRE KEPT HUNS OUT OF LINES [Continued i'roni First Pago.] renches now are available. Amer ican artillerymen laid down a bar- : age tire as son as the Germans , larted theirs. It is known that three , ompanies of especially trained i 'shock troops" which had been >racticing for this operation for two i weeks', took part in the attack. Each ompany was preceded by a picked ►arty of twenty pioneers. The fighting was brisk for about j ; n hour, but the accurate machine | i un and rifle fire from the American • ront lines, coupled with the perfect ] ■ imerican barrage which prevented '> enforcements from coming up, | orced the Germans to withdraw . t'ter sustaining heavy casualties and ,' lithout having set foot in the Amer ean trenches. . Plenty of Volunteers Soon after the attack was over young lieutenant commanded a ilatoon. members of which com iosed the patroling party which had ;one out into Xo Man's Land, went ut to tind them but without result. 4e returned to his trench and asked or a voluntary detail. Every man ii the platoon volunteered, but the ieutenant picked out a small party j nd set out again. They were forced j 0 return, however, when the Ger- j nan fire became increasingly heavy, j 'he lieutenant and a detail made a | hird search just before dawn but , without success. ng the unit on this front said the len were eager for action and con- ' inually were asking permission to 1 emain in the front line longer than ; he allotted period. It has been ound necessary to caution them requently against exposing them elves, they are so anxious to get a rack at the enemy. However, they re tempted to peer over the top in he day time and go over at night 1 the hope of "starting something." Proud of Record The French general who trained hese troops is proud of the show ng they are making while complet ng their period of instruction. An imerican captain said: "They call- i d us tin soldiers in America less han a year ago, but I guess we are elivering the goods just the same." Between 500 and 1,500 gas shells re thrown on the American posi lons on the Chemin-des-Damfs ront each day, but there has been 0 serious gas casualties there. The ten have been trained thoroughly 1 the use of gas masks and the ne essity of putting them on before oing into the trenches. They do ot find it inconvenient to work and im. A few men have been gassed lightly while adjusting their hel nets, but this is inevitable when as shells are thrown a long istance behind the lines. A briga- j ier general and a major who were iding in an automobile on a tour f inspection recently were gassed lightly when a shell burst within a undred yards of their car. *They uffered from headache and slight eusea, but otherwise there were no 1 effects. An American brigadier general lid to-day he had asked for an merican divisional citation for each lember of the raiding party of kvtnty-slx of his men which asslst d the French In the raid on Feb lary 23. In which two German of fers and twenty-one men were cap •red. Two officers and tj/vo men of le raiding party already have been ecorated by the French with -the ar cross. This is the first request; >r honors which lias been made! >r Americans In this sector. raise For American Bravery in Action Is Given by French Premier By Associated Press # ' Paris. Sunday, March 3.—Premier eraenceau visited the American oop to-day and reviewed the sol ars who repulsed the German at ck Friday. The Premier left Paris iturday evening anil returned this tning, when tho following senil ficlal note was Issued: "The president of the Council de res personally to congratulato the neriean troops in the sector where ey have just repelled brilliantly a rong enemy attack. "This check to 'the enemy was, / MONDAY EVENING HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH! MARCH 4, 1918. J. L ShaafTor 22 24 46 j Joseph Brown 22 22 44 I I. Bretz 21 23 43 j Total 226 I I J. H. Miller, 42; J. Jones. 40; C. Z. | Moore, d 43; J. G. Boyer, 32 Trimbler, j Altoona Machine Shop R. R. Snider 23 23 46. ' Jack Walter 24 22 46 F. Ebright 23 22 4a H. E. Lafferty 24 18— 42 Jack Davis 21 21— 42 Total 221 H. M. Ford. 35; B. J. Jacobs, 35. Philadelphia Division, Motive Power Depart nient C. Crosbley 24 20— 44 j A. Neidhamer 22 21— 43 j J. H. Dailey '23 19— 42 | J. Hepperle 22 20— 42 | A. M. Weaver 20 20— 40 Total 211 W. Mctzgar. 36; R. Shapley, 35; John R. Sweigler, 36; C. H. Black. 26; j R. Short, 6. Juniata nnO South Altoona Shops J H. McCoy 23 23 46 j F W. Hart 22 21— 43 J. McCullow 22 19— 41 ] t W. H. Bretz 22 ' 19— 41 j T. B. Weidley 17 21— 38 j Totals 209 | H. L. Swartz, 27; R. Craig, 20. Individual Scores Class A, 90 Per Cent. Shooters. 50 j Targets—J. I* Shaffer, 46; C. A. Mil- : mer, 45; I. Bretz. 48: Joseph Brown, j 45; W. A. Hoover. 43; J. McCoy. 40. j Won by Bretz, tirst prize, cuff links; i second, tie, shootoff, Shaffer. 29: Mil-j ler, 23: Brown, 21; prize, pocketknife.. Class B. 75 to 90 Per Cent.—Mrs. j Boyer, 25; C. Z. Moore, 32; Lafferty, 36; Trimbler. 37; Ford, 43: Metzgar, 42; Hepperle, 45: McCoy, 40; McGow an, 27; Davis, 41; Neidhamer, 43; C. W. Weaver, 39; Dailey, 33; Crossley, 42; Quigley, 42; Jones, 44; J. Miller, 46. First prize, cuff links, J. Miller; second price, pocketknife, Hepperle. Class C, 60 to 75 Per Cent.—C. H. Lickle, 23: H. U. Todd, 36; Joseph Watson. 36: Joseph Peightal, 28; George Boyer, 38; Radcliffe, 43; i Black. 24; Witchelo, 25; Stops. 37; Geisinger, 32; Hoover. 36. First prize, cuff links. Radcliffe; second prize, pocketknife, George Boyer. moreover, far more severe than first information showed. Tlie American Government had modestly announced that some of the enemy had been killed and some made prisoners. As a matter of fact, the latest recon-1 naissances have shown that in ad- ; dition to these losses the Germans ] left quite a large number ot j corpses.'' Premier Clemeneeau on his return 11 to Paris was too occupied to give the ! Associated Press an Interview on his ■\ isit, but a prominent government of ficial who accompanied the Premier said: i "I cannot, of course, say what sec- : Con the Premier visited, nor give j any military detail, but your gallant . General Pershing came to meet him 1 and accompanied him on the entire visit. Your Army made altogether an excellent impression on the ; Premier." U. S. Senator to Speak Before Forum on Sunday Senator Wesley A. Jones, scheduled J to address a meeting of the People's Forum several weeks ago, will ad dress the meeting to be held next Sunday afternoon, at 3.3.0 o'clock. I This announcement was made at the! meeting of tho forum held yesterday i afternoon. Senator Jones was com- j ! pelled to postpone his appearance | j several weeks ago because of illness. | | W. Justin Carter, attorney, ad- j | dressed yesterday's meeting of the t forum. The full choir of Grace j Methodist Church, sang. The place of next Sunday's meet i ing will be announced later. V. M. C. A. Hears Address on Life's One Tragedy Professor H. K. Ober, instructor in ! biological sciences at Lebanon \al-j ley College, Annvllle, gave an inter- | esting address before the men's mass | meeting held in Fahnestock Hall yes- I terday afternoon, under the auspices ' of the Central V. M. C. A. Professor j Ober spoke on "The One Tragedy in I a man's Life," giving a live address, ] of great interest to his audience. I Abner W. Hartman sang several bass ■solos preceding the address. Cleveland Signs Ex-Dodger; Makes Deal With Newark .. .>.& minim—WWß. A. GU3 G£TZ. Gus Getz. former third baseman of the Brooklyn Nationals, liub been purchased by the Cleveland Ameri cans. Getz was traded to the Cin cinnati team some time, ago, but refused to play there. He finally landed with the Newark Interna tionals from whom he was purchased by the Indians. . CONTRACTS ALL LET BY COUNTY Supplies, Books and Station cry Purchased by Com missioners | — mmm __ ft JJjJ ){ j/l nibhing supplies. books, blanks and ot her stationery InHlUg anci county com iMiLiri IP TI missioners were ' opened to-day at the county com missioners' office. Proposals were ' received from W. S. Tunis, George | Ebner, Hershey Printing Company, : D. W. Cotterel, H. E. Hocfcer, Ly | kens Standard and the Elliott-Fish ;er Company. The estimates were j tabulated after the various items and j contracts were awarded this after- I noon to the lowest bidder on each ; one. : To Draw Jury. —Sixty names will i be drawn from the jury wheel on , Wednesday for a jury to serve at the I session of Common Pleas Court be- I ginning April 8. i Gets Divorce. —The divorce decree I in the action brought by Thomas W. I vs. Pearl Jackson was signed to-day. i Eight other divorce suits were start , ed. four being filed by one' attorney. Want New Trial. Counsel for ! George E. Fornwalt to-day filed e : motion for a new trial in the suit j which was brought against the } Pennsylvania Railroad Company, i The case was heard last week. Judge [ McCarrell giving the jury instruc tions to bring in a verdict'irt favor of the defendant because it was shown Fornwalt had accepted benefits from the company. A verdict of $992.2(5 was returned in favor of Salant and! Salant vs. the Merchants' Milling Company, of Lykens. To Issue Attachment. Because Edward C. Duttenlioffer refused to comply with a court order directing him to file with the court a certifi cate of deposit, a rule was granted on him to-day to show why he should not be placed under arrest for contempt. Gets Three Months. —F. F. Fisher, charged with larceny, was sentenced to serve three months. Jacob S. Hetrick was ordered to pay $6 a week, and Charles X. Lawrence $5 a week for support of their families. W ant Lee Property. —As no ans wer had been filed in proceedings to get possession of the property at Short and Walnut streets, in the park I extension zone, owned by Helen M. i Lee. the court to-day signed papers ; giving the state the place. Senator Sprout's Father Dies at Chester Home Chester. Pa., March 4. William H. Sproul, father of State Senator Wil liam C. Sproul. Republican candidate for Governor, died suddenly Saturday afternoon at liis home, after a brief illness. He was born in Lancaster county, and became interested with his father in the iron business and located in this city in 18S3, where he has since resided. He was largely interested in the Chester Rolling Mills, later in the wholesale grocery business and own ed large real estate interests in Penn sylvania and Southern states.' He served for several years as a' member of city council, was a mem ber of the Board of Navigation and one of the most prominent residents of the city. Father Johnson Takes Up New Duties in Cornwall The Rev. Father Thomas B. John- I son, assistant rector of St. Patrick's Cathedral, left yesterday to assume his duties as rector of the Catholic Church at Cornwall, Lebanon coun ty- Father Johnson was for several j years the assistant rector at the | Cathedral. He was the founder of I the Hassett School of Gymnastics, | which was opened in the basement of the Cathedral, in 1910. The ] school expanded to its present quar- I ters in North street. I WOODWARD IS 100 PICR CENT. Woodward school in the last few days forged into prominence for its | patriotic service, H. C, Hummer, | president of the Junior Red Cross ' Auxiliary reporting that not only : has the school registered 100 per ■ cent, membership in the auxiliary, | but that there is now a total of thir ty-eight senior memberships. This school building only has seven rooms accommodating 2§B scholars. Miss i Ida Stewart Is secretary and Miss i Ruth Walzer treasurer of the auxi ! liary. Besides Red Cross industry : these pupils are making a record in i buying Thrift Stamps and Baby Bonds. CITY AND DISTRICT IS IIKADV Kit It LIBERTY I.OAN A. S. Patterson, president of the Chamber of Commerce, will have charge of the Third Liberty Loan campaign in the city. J. Clyde Myton will be secretary of the work for Dauphin, Perry, Juniata and Cum berland counties. William Jennings will be chairman of the county as before. Donald MeCormick will re tain his position as chairman of the Harrisburg district, embracing the four counties. The county chairmen will be the same as previously. George Lloyd. Cumberland county; William Jennings, Dauphin county; Judge ICosure, Juniata county, and P. F. Duncan, Perry county. BIG BARN BURNS The barn on the Rutherford es tate, owned by F. S. Barber, of Pax tang, was destroyed this morning by fire originating from a spark that flew from an engine on the Philadel phia and Reading Railway. It is thought that the barn was at least eighty years old. It wan one of the oldest buildings in the neighborhood. It was a complete loss. Charles Shuey is tenant of the farm on which the barn Is located. MEETING POSTPONED Owing to closing of Forty Hours' Devotion in Cathedral. Tuesdav even ing. Branch 1067. Indies' Tatholic Benevolent Association will hold their semimonthly meeting Thursday even ing. March 7. 4n Cathedral Hall. TO ERECT FOOD SIGNS Huge signs, ten feet high and twenty-five feet wide, will be erected at conspicuous places in the city to remind Harrisburgers to "Save the Food and Win the War." The signs will be erected by the local food administration, under odvices from Washington. W. F. Wltman and Harvey Long, manager of the Poster Advertising Company, have been ap pointed a committee to take charge of the project. Penn Tossers Winner In College Ca£e Race; Clean Slate to Date Philadelphia, Mafch 4.—By win ning the Intercollegiate Basketball League title Saturday by defeating Dartmouth, Pennsylvania captured its fourth intercollegiate title. The Red and Blue have an excellent chance of finishing the present championship campaign without a defeat, for only one game remains on the schedule, and while this is at Princeton, the Quakers are playing such a superior article of ball that the chances for them to go through the entire ten league games without a blemish on their record are bright. To achieve such a feat will indeed be adding glory to Penn's basketball 1917-18 achievement. The only blot on Penn's record this season is the Syracuse smear. The New Yorkers, who are undoubtedly one of the strongest college fives ever gotten together, came here and beat Penn Hi an exhibition game, which probably gives them the leading honors of the collegiate ranks. In most of their games they have outclassed opponents and shown such a superior 'exhibition of team play and ability to score on any kind of shots that they have justly earned Uie premier crown of the collegian; ranks. The team, too, has shown the necessary nerve when facing certain games with a critical importance. The five, has been just as steady in Its games away from home as it was at home. May Equal Columbia's Record If Penn can trim the Tigers at Princeton, they will equal the rec ord of Columbia made back in the 1903-0 4 season, when the Morning side Heights combination won the championship by winning all its ten DEMOCRATS CALL FOR M'CORMICK Believe That National Chair man Will Hear if He Sees Any Kind of Chance People in many parts of Pennsyl vania, and in neighboring states as well, are watching with interest the development of the latest Demo cratic game. It will be recalled that until the correctly-tuned call came four years ago, Vance C. MeCormick, now Democratic national chairman and chairman of the War Board, could not think of being a candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor. At the recent Democratic conference fn Philadelphia there were sharp division over the liquor issue and Mr. MeCormick could not think of being a candidate. The bosses then put out Acting State Chairman Joseph F. Guffey to draw the fire. Mr. Guffey is now being bom barded as unsatisfactory on most of the issues and as the Republicans' fight for the gubernatorial nomina tion becomes more pronounced there is the expected renewal of the call for MeCormick. It will be rercalled that four years ago Mr. MeCormick hail no ambitions except to purge the Democratic party. Now his am bitions, according to Washington dispatches, are to serve his country. It is intimated that he may be one of the peace commissioners to rep resent America when the peace con ference is held. Until the time arrives, he might be able to run for governor and the call is nojK' being sounded. What is interesting folks here is whether the call will be loud enough. The Philadelphia Record to-day criticises Guffey's availability and says "party men believe MeCormick should realize he is the logical man." The Record also says: "Despite the effort made last week to create the impression that the result of the Democratic conference called by National Committeeman Palmer indicated a general feeling that Joseph F. Guffey, of Pittsburgh, is the most available candidate for the Democratic nomination for gov ernor, the exact opposite seems to have been produced." BARGAIN BASEMENT SALE The Kaufman Underselling Stores announce that the annual bargain basement sale will begin to-morrow morning at 8.30 o'clock. Buyers have been active in the markets pre paring for this event and have brought here for the occasion an ex tensive array of merchandise, which will feature the present sale. House furnishings, beds and bedding, rugs, dry goods and other merchandise customarily offered in this depart ment enter the event. Full details regarding offerings and prices will be found In the page advertisement on another page of this paper. The sale will continue ten days. VIEWERS NAMED Viewers to report April 8 on the rebuilding of a bridge across Augh wlck creek, Huntingdon county, re placing one which was swept away last month by a flood, were named tc.-day by the Dauphin county court upon petition of R. A. Oifiison, so licitor for that county. The viewers named were; J. Murray Africa, Huntingdon; Lawrence N. Crum, Mt. j Umoii; Robert Stucker, Samuel W. Fleming and Henry E. Fox, this city. | SELL J3-OINCB LOAF A small supply of the new twelve- j ounce loaf of Victory bread was dis tributed by the drivers of the Stand- j ard bakery to-day. The iSchmldt Bckln Company has not put out the new loaf, and is undetermined if it will. The Brlcker bakery w-iU not bake it under present conditions. RYE NOT A SUBSTITUTE Advices received to-day by Food Administrators of Central Pennsyl vania were to the effect that while rye fluur may be used by bakers for a short time as a substitute for wheat, it may not be sold by dealers or gro cers as a substitute. COAL CASK CANTIM ED Alderman James B. Deshong to day granted a continuance until 6 o'clock this evening of the case of Charles Kauman vs. H. R. Homme and George Bausher, on a charge of embezzlement. LIFXTENAN TSMITII HOME Lieutenant Edgar rrllr. Smith, Company M, Three Hundred Six teenth Infantry, is visiting this city for a few days. Lieutenant Smith | is stationed at Camp Meade, Md. He I resides at 2120 Nerth Third street. games. Penn grabbed its first title j back in 1905-1906, when tlicy won nine out of their ten games. Colum- i bia giving them that lone defeat, j They annexed the title in the 1907-' OJi race with eight straight games without a defeat and again came j through to victory in the 1915-161 stretch with eight victories and two I defeats. Columbia has been the most con sistent winner of the intercollegiate title since the league was organized in 1901. The New Yorkers have si\ titles to their credit, having grabbed ! the gonfalon in 1903-04. 1904-05.! 1908-09, 1909-10, 1910-11 andj 1911-12. Yale lias won five championships, | the Ells coming through on ton in 1901-02, 1902-03, 1906-07, 1914-15 and 1916-17. The Bull Dogs would j probablv have given Penn a mighty : tussle for the title this year had they j not lost several of their best men through enlistment. Cornell won two pennants, taking 1 the 1912-13 and 1913-14 titles, while Princeton and Harvard, which only j played in the early years of the | league, never won a title. Intercollegiate League Standing • W. L. Pet. Pennsylvania 9 0 1.000 Princeton 6 2 .750 Cornell 5 3 .62 5 Yale 3 4 .429 Columbia 2 7 .222 Dartmouth 0 9 .000 Schedule For This Week Tuesday, Columbia vs. Yale, at; New Haven; Pennsylvania at Prince ton; Yale vs. Cornell, at Ithaca, Sat urday. ROTARIANS BUY i THRIFT STAMPS Arthur D. Bacon Introduces Members to New Order; More Action Tomorrow Arthur D. Bacon, of the local War j Saving Stamp Committee, presented , the Thrift Stamp campaign to the j Harrisburg Rotary Club at the noon ; luncheon to-day and sold a large | number of stamps to members. The campaign will be carried a step j further to-morrow evening at the j meeting of the club at the Stale Capi- j tal Savings and Loan Association, 10S I North Second street. Postmaster j Sites, in charge of the Stamp sales ' here was Mr. Bacon's guest. Mr. Bacon introduced the members , to the new Order of Flpppers, or- ] ganized by some Rotarian of Elmira. 1 N. ,Y. "It's like this," he said. "You ' take the initials W. S. S.. which stand, as you know for War Saving Stamps, 1 flop them over, upside down apd you 1 have S. S. M.. which stand for Sam's I Spending Money. Certificate of mem bership is one or more Thrift Stamps." Various members spoke during the , meeting for five minutes each rela- 1 tive to their business. There will be more talks of this kind. HOLD WRONG ALIEN County Detective James T. Wal-, ters reported to-day that Steve I Krinkiskr, held in Philadelphia, 011 1 suspicion pending investigation of a charge that he had murdered Harry j Hallman in Steelton ten years ago, was not the foreigner wanted in the case. RUSSIA ACCEPTS TEUTON PEACE [Continued from First Page.l lands, the dispatches say, is to make j them a base for supplying the Ger man occupation of Finland. There are 500 Swedish troops on 1 the islands for police purposes. Their commander was notified by j the German commander of his in- : tentions and while so far there has been no clash reported, the Swedish troops have not been withdrawn and 1 the feeing is described here as be | ing very tense. Ratification of Treaty Fixed For Next Thursday By Associated Press London, March 4.—A Russian of [ ficial announcement signed by. Pre mier and Foreign Minister I Trotzky, says the Bolsheviki delega- | lion after signing peace with Ger many'is proceeding toward Petro grad where the text of the agree ment will be immediately published. Ratification of the treaty has been fixed for Thursday next and it de pends on tho decision of the All Russian Congress of Councils of Workmen's, Peasants and Cossacks deputies which will assemble at Moscow, March 12. Peace Basis Reported Accepted by Rumania By Associated Press Amsterdam, March 4.—Semioffi cial German and Austrian statements received here yesterday set forth claims of forward steps toward peace between the Central Powers and Ru mania. The Berlin dispatch quotes a Bucharest dispatch under to-day's date declaring that the Rumanians have accepted the basis for negotia tions proposed by the Central Pow ers and will send representatives to deliberate upon the conclusion of peace. The Vienna dispatch states that word has been received from Bucha rest that the negotiations with the Rumanians are progressing favor ably. U. E. Delegates Refuse to Disbar Members For Failure to Pay Dues By Associated Press Reading, Pa., March 4.—The East Pennsylvania United Evangelical 1 Conference to-day voted down a rec ommendation to dismiss from the rolls any member who has not com muned or who has failed to con tribute to the support of the church i for two years. There was a lengthy discussion on the subject. The statistical committee's report Bhowed that conference has 25,422 members, a gain of 234 over last year. It was decided to meet in Al lentown next year. CENTRAL LOSES TO TAILENDERS Allentown's First Victory Is | Over Local High Tossers; Fast Contest . Central Pennsylvania Scholastic League Saturday's Result Allentown, 31; ■Central, 29. Standing of the Clubs W. L. Pet. | Tech 7 2 .778 ! Lebanon li 3 .G67 j Reading 5 3 .625 Central 4 4 isoo York 4 i> .444 I Steelton 3 ti .333 i Allentown 1 7 .143 1 Allentown, March 4.—Allentown ( High school's basketball quintet sud- j denly came to life and succeeded in ! nosing out Ilarrisburg Central here ! to-night by a3lto 29 score. It.was j the first victory for the local aggrc- j gation in eight, starts. The game was a nip-and-tuck af- 1 tair from beginning to end. First j one team and then the other was in the lead. At first time tlie locals were 1 leading 19 to 17. The visitors out- 1 scored the local from the field eight to six. The good work of Bohlen from the fifteen-foot mark perched the eagle of victory upon the shoul ders of Allentown High school. Tlc forward tallied 19 out of 26 chances, ' and tossed in two lield goals. Frank in Evidence Center Frank was the big gun for I the visitors. His work from the fif- | teen-foot mark was clever, and in I addition he succeeded in netting four two-pointers. Fields also played a fast same at guard. As a result of the defeat Central dropped to fourth place with four victories and a like number of defeats. Allentown Central Bohlen, f. Wright, f. Northup, f. Goodiel, f. Heberling, c. Frank, c. Weston, g. Wolf, g. Moyer, g. Fields, g. Goals from lield—Frank, 4; Fields, 3; Wright; Bohlen. 2; Northup; Heb erling, 3. Goals from foul—Frank, 13 out of 17; Bohlen, 19 out of 20. Referee, Clauss. FRANK FAY SELLS LITTLE SISTER Altoona, Pa., March 4. —Frank H. Fay, of Hollidaysburg, has sold Lit-! tie Sister. 2.24*4. (by Anderson Wilkes, 2.24 , a, dam Spring Lock, i 2.14 1 ,4), to Martin H. Baird, ot" j Woodbury. Bedford county. Thej mare will be raced on the state' ! tracks this fall, with A 1 Vance, of! 1 Ebensburg, as driver. Little Sister was the pole horse in the team with f Warlock, and she is capable of step -1 ping in around 2.19. HKRR WINS AT LANCASTER Lancaster, Pa. March, 4.—John K. Herr has tied with W. W. Posey : for the interstate trophy being con j tested for by the Lancaster Gun ; Club. The summary: J. K. Herr, 92; W. W. Posey, 90; IC. Humer, 89; W r . C. Grube, 87; A. C.! j Scully, 84; J. P. Breneman, 82; H. A. . Brauer, 81; J. R. Groff, 77; E. M. Ludwlg, 76; E. M. Houck, 53; A.. 'King. 62; AV. Keller, 55; F. Dcen, 137; W. Bi*neman, 36; H. Breneman, I 35; J. F. Cross, 27; A. Rothweil er, 17. McClain Will Direct Farm Labor Recruiting I Philadelphia, March 4. —Lieutenant- I Governor Frank P. McClain has ac cepted the position of chairman of 1 the State Committee on Agricultural | Labor Service, and will recruit agrl- I cultural labor for counties where i there is a shortage of farm hands. Lieutenant-Governor McClain has a ! wide knowledge of agricultural con ; ditions In Pennsylvania and prac ! tical experience. Engineer Dies of Injuries Received in Station Wreck Jossph P. Schell, 1512 State street, 1 the engineer who was injured when . his engine backed into the Philadel phia and Reading passenger station, February 22, died at the Harrisburg | Hospital yesterday. Funeral services will be held at St. | Francis' Church, the Rev. Father ] Murphy officiating. The body may I be viewed at any time to-morrow at I the residence, 1512 State street. Burial will be made in the Mount | Calvary Cemetery. Urges Wearing of Patches to Save During the War Mrs. John Y. Boyd gave an in structive talk last evening to tlie young peqplo of Ridge Avenue Meth odist Episcopal Church which should be repeated to every American boy and girl. She made it very plain ! that both are "aiding the enemy" if ; they do not buy Thrift Stamps, save food and clothing and in every way aid to win the war. "Wear patches ;ind wear them with pride," urged ' Mrs. Boyd. j Discussing the subject of religion I and the war, she told how much the j United States is doing for the re i ligious .welfare of its soldiers, and j then spoke in behalf of the move- I ment iust started to supply one jihaplain for every 3,000 men, instead I of the.Present system of one for ev- I eiy 9,000. Motorirts Stay at Home and Buy Thrift Stamps Patriotism of the Harrisburg Motor Club was artiply demonstrated yester day, when members of the club did not use their cars, taking the money which would have been spent for gasoline, to purchase War Savings Stamps. J. Clyde Myton, secretary of the motorists association, is one. of the | earnest workers in behalf of the "W. j S. S." campaign, and he was greatly | pleased with the idea of a motorless j Sunday. j PLAN TO GIVE SOLDIERS I TESTAMENTS FOR CAMP USE Plans are now being made for the launching of a campaign in this city, for raising a fund to provide testaments for distribution among soldiers. The drive is in co-operation with the national campaign being inaugurated by the American Bible Society, to raise $400,000. This dis trict, Including Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, has been asked to raise a %uot of $50,000. pf WELLY'J 1 CORiNBR- This week brings the two local High school cage teams together. Notwithstanding that Central had a hard trip losing at Reading and Allentown, Tech tossers expejet a hard battle and Coach Miller will keep them busy until the time for the big game. Allentown's sport spirit is to be commended. Many a team has with drawn from a race when victories were not in evidence. Not so with that Allentown bunch. They went after Central Saturday night and won out. This is the first season for the boys holding tailend position, but they are going to keep in the game, and there will be something doing next season. Philadelphia division shooters woro there with the goods Saturday. Altoona had a bunch of stars and gave the local shots a hard chase. The Mountain City shooters were anxious to get into the final events, but fate was against them. They could not win, even with two teams. To Samuel G. Hepford, athletic director of the Philadelphia division, Pennsylvania railroad, is due much praise. He is a busy man and the things he must attend to in a day would keep many men from giving attention to other things. Not so with this offioial. He never flinches, and was quite active at the shoot on Saturday. Another busy man at the LOCAL BATTLE ! WEEK'S FE ATURE Central to Meet Tech Friday Night in Crucial Contest The most important battle of the season in the basketball world will be fought Thursday night at Chest nut street hall, between Central and Tech. The keenest rivalry exists in sports between these two schools and next to football this is the big gest event on the sports calendar of both institutions. Two fast basketball players will come face to face for the first time til is season. "Nobe" Frank, Central's! shining light, and Beck, the pride of; Tech, will match their strength. Art Fields Is Star Fields, who has done much of j Central's best passing, will help his. team win the day. The game is ex-! pected to be one of the fastest ever 1 staged between the two schools. Coach Wallower will work his men to the limit this week in prepa ration for the big event. Scrimmages between the scrubs and first team and other special practice will be pulled off. Special signal drills are in store for the men at their usual practice at Chestnut street hall, Monday and Wednesday. When Chestnut street is filled with rooters for both teams, it will be hard for disinterested parties to hear themselves think. New songs and yells, with the cheer leaders in charge, will make the hall ring and put pep into the teams. Independents Take Series From Greystock Tossers Harrisburg Independents won Sat urday night in the game with the Greystock five, of Philadelphia; score 44 to 22. The Quakers lacked their usual form, and the local five was going at a championship clip from start to finish. This victory gives the Independents the lead in the series, having won two out of three' games. INDEPENDENTS P.O. Pis. Pts. N. Ford, f 2 0 4 Wallower. t 3 0 6 McCord, c 3 18 22 McConnell, g 2 o*4 G. Ford, g 4 0 8 Totals 13 18 44 GREYSTOCK F.O. Fls. Pts. Fogarty, f 1 6 8 Newman, f 2 0 4 Bllson, c 6 0 12 7.a\\n r 2 0 4 Campbell, g. 2 0 4 Total 13 G 32 Norway's Losses Through . Hun U-Boats Heavy Washington, March 4. Norway i continues to suffer heavily from i German submarine operations and ! other war losses. Twelve vessels ag ! gregating lfi,2.'Sß gross tons and val ued at about $3,000,000, were sunk ' during February and nineteen sea- I men lost their lives while twenty men are missing, a cablegram to the Norwegian legation to-day announc ed. • Quality will always be patronized while cheap goods are dear at any price KING OSCAR CIGARS have for years enjoyed the reputation of being a quality proposition. In re turn for this confidence, the public ex pects and receives the same regularity year in and year out. The result is that all concerned are satisfied. % John C. Herman & Co. MAKERS railroad shoot was J. T. Coleman. Ho is head of the athletic depart ment of the Pennsy and the right man for that position. He is there in settling disputes and he can figure correctly. #• Tarsus is out with an acceptance to the challenge of the Common wealth basketball tive. A series is not likely to be played however, as the Tarsus boys are of the opinion that a team playing only one game does not need any consideration. How ever the Commonwealth manage ment will be communicated with and if satisfactory terms are reach ed there will be something doing. The llick-A-Thrift League will re sume the basketball scries at Boyd Memorial hall to-night. These games have attracted much interest. There is considerable rivalry and the con tests are close. Tarsus live will play Camp Hill live The contest will be held on St. Paul's gymnasium iloor. These teams have been doing good work this year and the Ilarrisburg lads are anxious to win out over the Big Five. Camp Curtin tossers .added to their laurels Saturday by defeating the Mt. Holly team, score 41 to 9. The Grammar school players were all stars. The game was played Saturday night and though one-sidded fur nished much interest. Shaffer Is Winner in Highspire Gun Club Shoot In the deciding match in the. High spire Gun Club shoot, held Saturday. A. Shaffner broke twenty-three tar gets. He was tied with Edward Hoffman, but Hoffman lost out in the shootoff. It. Green captured third cup by breaking twenty-two targets. H. Green becomes permanent own er of the National Sportsman Cup by reason of winning it four times dur ing the twelve months. A. Grass also becomes permanent cwner of the Dupont charm by rea son of winning fout times. Summary: '• 25-target Event—Fink, 17; R. | Green, 22; H. Green, 20; T. Gross, 19; i A. Shaffner, 23; Hoffman, 23; Cover. ! 21; A. Gross, 21; Shambaugh, IS; ■ Spcrow, 15. i Shootoff For First Ten Targets—■ | Hoffman, C; Shaffner, S. Winners For Past Twelve Months, National Sportsman Trophy ll. Green, twice; H. Green, four times; H. Fink, twice; J. Cover, once; T. \V. Gross, once; A. Gross, once; 13. Hoff man, once. Twelve Months' Cup, Second Prize —T. W. Gross, twice; J. Cover, three times; H. Kline, three times; E. Hoff man, once; G. Shambaugh, once; A. Shaffner, twice. Eight Months' Cup, Third Prize— A. Shaffner, three times; Ed. Hoff man, three times; T. W. Gross, once; H. Green, once; H. Kline, once; lt- Grcen, twice: G. Shambaugh. once. Fourth Prize, Dupont Watch Charm —J. Sperow, once; H. Kline, once; A. Shaffner, twice; A. Gross, four times; 11. Fink, twice; J. Cover, once. Edgar C. Felton Made U. S. Shipbuilding Examiner Philadelphia, March 4.—Edgar C. Felton, director of civilian service and labor of the Pennsylvania com mittee of public safety, has been ap pointed federal examiner for the Delaware valley' shipbuilding indurf ! try, including Baltimore. In this I capacity Mr. Felton is empowered to I hear discussion on questions at is- I sue between employers and em j ployes, with power of recommenda ! tion to the Macy wage arbitration | board. I Mr. Felton is also federal director I of employment for Pennsylvania and has co-ordinated the federal and state administration of the war emergency labor situation. RAZOR BLADES SHARPENED Single edge 25c doz. Double edge 33c doz. Old style 25c ea. Leave Orders At Gorgas' Drug Store 10 N. 3rd St. I'ciiua. Station 11
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