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Younc Smed-] ; ley is probably risht in the thick of i the fray by this time, for he was j J only ten miles back of the front j when he wrote this and since then. | all American engineers have been ! hustled into the mighty battle. He! | begins cheerily with: "Hello, Dad. while waiting for orders to move let me tell you something about the French railroad which is a lot dif j I'erent from the Pennsy. Passenger , cars are very small, but 30 persons : can get into one. I should judge | i they are 30 or 35 feet long and the; regulation width, and are divided into f> compartments, with 10 people ■in each. It gets awfully nionoton- i ous on a lons ride staring at each j other. They have standard gauge | tracks: SO pound rails, but they do I not use tish plates under them, as the rails are raised up oft" the ties. "On the passenger trains they have 1 air installed, but on freight they have to rely on handbrakes. You i cannot walk over the tops of the] 1 oars as they have no running board, j and on some cars is a little hatch. where the trainman rides. On cars | which do not have these is a long • i lever, with no springs, which , throws the brake shoes against tho | wheels. They also have no bumper | , on the cars, only buffers that stand j out about 18 inches to take up the j jar. And in coupling they have hooks j and links; alter the link is put over the hook it is then tightened up| by the trainman. The engines are aiso very small in comparison with ours. They have no super-heaters ; and some have the monkey motion.i They arc just like a toy engine, the, kind you see at the amusement parks. So you see the railroad men \ over here are working at a disad- j vantage. Some of tl>e kickers should ; be over here and then they would! see what railroading is. "The scenery along the railroad is j sure pretty, so different from ours., All along the line you can see vast, v ineyards and at the foot of the hills I are larger wine cellars and distiller ies. It seems that most of the in-, land French people resort to wine-, making for their living. In the] southern part, where we were, the] grass was green and the trees in bud. Here in the north, vegetation is, dead and the weather chilly. Most I every day it rains and the mud is' a foot deep. "You ought to see our new faces | —-gas masks. We have to carr> , them all the time to protect us fromj German fumes: .likewise we wear I helmets to protect from bursting j shrapnel. On clear days the air is; full of German airplanes and the] helmets come in good then, believe me. The ground quakes here ali the j time with artillery bombarding.; 'Last week 1 saw the first air battle.) two French planes brought down a j Hun. 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This will be the last meeting until j the campaign of the American Fed eration of Labor formally opens Monday night. Speeches last night were by James Burns, representing the Sheet Metal Workers: Atex Gibb.; Maintenance of Way Branch, and P. J. Conian. Machinists. Brotherhood representatives also spoke. James Burns" Talk Speaker Burns in his address pointed out that it was the American Federation of I-abor that brought about the increase in wages, and back pay. He told the railroad men that records at Washington proved this, and any statement to the con trary was a falsehood and made for the purpose of misleading unorgan ized workers. Announcement was made that the campaign which will start Monday is for the sole purpose of organizing every branch of railroad men not now affiliated with any labor organ- ] ization. The meeting Monday night! will be the first of a series to include 1 noonday talks. Railroad Notes Through trains on the Pennsy were running late to-day from the west. Wire trouble was reported west of Pittsburgh. J. A. Searfauss. chief caller of the , Pennsylvania Railroad at L>. E.. is i looking after Libertv Bond sales in j his department. He sold JTOO worth I yesterday. S. C. Putney, supervisor for the : Pennsylvania Railroad from lemoyne to York, was at the latter place yes- 1 terdav. Baltimore Division employes of the ! Pennsy were paid to-day. The bridge and station inspection on the York. Hanover and Frederick an<l Union Bridge branches of the , Pennsylvania Railroad, was completed i yesterday afternoon by officials of j the road from Baltimore with Super visor R. F. Hanson, this city. Vice-President t". H. Ewiiig. Gen- i era 1 Manager F. M. l'alck and Gen- i eral Superintendent W. H. Keffer. of. the Reading Railway Company, vis ited Rutherford to look over the i freight situation. ■ This is one of the i busiest places on the Reading sys-j tem because of the immense amount ( of freight and coal that is turned over to the Reading by the connecting lines.—Reading Eagle. Standing of the Crews HABIIISBI KG smi: Philadelphia Uivinlon The 118 i crew first to go after 3.30 o'clock: j 1(8. 114. 124. 133. 109. 134. Engineers for 114. 133. Conductors for 118, 114, 134. Flagmen for 108. 109. Brakemen for 108, 114, 124. Engineers up: Gauckler, Black. I Binkley, Brooke. Gemmill. Smith. [ Brodhecker, Anderson, Conway, Al- ] bright. Shocker. Firemen up: Rosen. Waltz. Mc- Laughlin. Kayden. Shettcl, Emerlck, Brehm, Quentzler, Kase, Beers. Lutz, Thompson. Conductor up: Stark. Brakemen up: Clark, Brown, Lou ver. Berlin. Middle Division —The 231 crew (jrst ( to go after 1 o'clock: 43. 30, 28, 236,' 2-3. 234. 214, 31. 246, 241. Engineers for 43, 28, 234. T iremen for 43. 31. Flagman for 43. Brakemen for 43, 31. Engineers up Titler. Eeib. Kreig er. Dunkie, Kat (man. Firemen up: Keiter, Bickcrt, Brocious, Sauerw ine, Clouscr, Sh<>rer Lusk. Conductors up: Glace. Bennett. Brakemen up: Page, Weigle, Eantz, Wingart. Johnson. Anrd Hoard— Engineers for G-TB. 4.158. 163, ITB. 228 Firemen for 2-78. 3-78. 2-1 SR. IGB. Engineers up: Bostdorf, Schiefer. Pauch, VWigle. Iacby. Cr.okeriy. Mayer. Sholter. Snell. Ba*olet. Sneii, Gett.vs. Barkey. Sheets, Bair, McCord. Snyder. Auman. Firemen up: Newkirk. Kilgorr. Moyer, Troup. Baker, Swomley. Mow cry, Chorpenning. Smeigh. Rtipley, Crook. Heck, Vosler. Bowman. Stahl, Bartley, Frysinger. McKeever, Wen gel. i:\oi.a side: I'liiladrlphla Division The 803 crew first to go after 2.15 o'clock. | 212. 240, 242. 245. 216. 217, 238. Engineer for 238. Firemen for 212, 242. Conductors for 203, 242, 248, 216. Brakemen for 212, 240, 242. Conductor up: Bryson. Biaken.an up: Evers. Middle —The 219 crew first to go after 2 o'clock: 119, 256, 273, 1( 6, 221, 304, 101, 102. Fireman for 101. Flagman for 119. Brakemen for 106, 101 (2). Yurd Board —Engineer for Ist 129. Firemen for 145, 2nd 106. 3rd 129. Engineers up: Quigley. Bair. Fo.ical, Hanlon, Hinkle. Holland. Gingrich. McXally, Feas. Herron. Firemen up: Morris, Garlin, Nolte. Holmes. Bainbridge, , Eichelberger, Jones, Huber. Handiboe. Kipp. Wick ey. Conly, Whitehill, Haubaker, Rod gers. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT Ml ldl.< DlviMion —Engineers up: F. McC. Buck. J. H. Collins. G. G. Keis er. H. C. Minter. J. J. Kelley. W. G. Satzler. J. A. Spotts. Sam. Donnley. J. Crimmel. W. D. McDougal. O. I* Miller, D. Keane, H. F. Krepps, S. H. Alexander, R. M. Crane. D. G. Riley. Firemen up: U E. Zeigler, R, E. Look. S. H. Wright. J. X. Ramsey, H. W. Fletcher, R. A. Arnold. G. B. Huss, I'. E. Gross, J. C. Kerber, S. P. Stauf fer. E. E. Ross. J. E Fritz, S. R. Mearklc. A. H. Kuntz, S. H. Zeiders. I F. A. Pottieger. O. E Sheats, R. F. Mchler. Engineers for 665, P2l, P179, 45. 6293. 19. Firemen for P2l, P179, M 49. 661, 11. Philadelphia Diiiainn Engineers up: V. C. Gibbons. B. A. Kennedy. Firemen up: EE. Everhart, Wr. Shive. Engineer for extra 12.30 p. m. Firemen for extra 12.30 p. m., M 22. THE READING The 18 crew first to go after 12.15 o'clock: 53, 52. 68. 22. 54. 4. 7, 73, 8, 1. 20. Firemen for 62. 251, Eebanon work train. Conductor for 2-258. Flagmen for 16. Eebanon work tiain. Brakemen for 52, 4. 19, 22, Eeba ncn work train. Engineers up: Freed. Barnes, Hol lcnbaugn, Eeltner. Firemen up: Shamper. Hurley. Conductors up: Ray, Keifer. Biakcmcn up: Swartz, Shank, Bt wen. RARniSBURG TELEGRAPH Railroad Workers Send Endorsement to McAdoo ! At a meeting last night of Harris- J burg l.odge No. 153, American Fed- j i eration of Railroad Workers, a letter I i was read endorsing Director General | j McAdoo. A copy was sent to Wash- : I ington. The letter included a series j of endorsements. Another class of candidates was i initiated. Arrangements were made for a series of meetings next week, in this city and at various points be tween this city and Marysville. VICTORY TDK KVLTI'H! By .-tssuciutrj Press Paris, April 12.—A shell tired by the German long range cannon yes terday, struck a foundling asylum ' in the Rue De I.a Creche, in the Montrouge district, on the southern | outskirts of Paris and three persons were killed and 11 wounded. Within 'the hospital were thirty women with i >ew-born babies. Another shell struck I an open air bowling alley and killed a man and a boy and wounded ten other persons. IT A I.I, nr.l'l-.Mis Charlie You have seen Brown's jgirl. What is she like? Would you ! oall her pretty? Jack 1 might if ! I were talking to Brown. HAIG'S DEFENSE SLOWS • DOWN HUN ATTACKS [Continued from First Page.] j reported here. The battle however, j is continuing along the whole front \ from Bassee canal north to Holle- j ' beke. the Germans hammering hard i jin their desperate attempt to win i ; something substantia ;out iif this j new ambitious effort of theirs. So far its only definite result has been the piling up of cassalties on both sides, notably their own. Artillery Is Active On the Somine battletield there has been no ressmption of infantry , engagements on a large scale. The ! British however, were subjetced to ■ strong local attacks near Neuville- I | Bitasse. southeast of Arras, all of which they repulsed. The artillery j is reported increasingly active in the : vicinity of the Somme while Paris ,announces a rather heavy bombard ment along the French line to the southeast of Amiens, in the vicinity | of llangurd. ; Having pushed back the British | positons on a front of twenty-five j miles, north and south of Armcn ; tieres. to an average depth of a little ! more than two miles, the Germans | are struggling desperately to in | crease their gains. The brilliant j defense of Field Marshal Haig, how. ; ever, is beginning to tell and the j enemy advance has slowed up great jly although the German attacks | have not diminished in intensity. | especially on the north and in the center. ! Messines Ridge and Wytschaete I are the vital points on the battle j li'eld, and the Germans in two days i have not been able to reach the j crest of the hills. Repulsed along jt he ridge from the southern tip to I Wytschaete. the enemy has thrown i heavy forces against Hollebeke, I where the ridge declines and the I Ypres-Menin Railroad and the; i Ypres-Comines Canal % cut through. At Hollebeke and Wtschaete, how-; j ever, the British Ninth Division has! repulsed the enemy with heavy loss, j On the southern approach to the ridge about Ploegstert and Ploeg-1 stert Wood the Germans have made! small gains. Straighten Out Lines By abandoning Armentieres the I 1 rOver the Top % tRE TO|Pt All of Us Cifr FOR ________ \ forever We Have a 100% Liberty Bond Store \ If That what asked us to do—and L 16 rm "'~ su k scr *k e d to J© / Mi i i being we do not feel that it is all we are going 7 |Rv i to do or can do. The boys in the trenches —f ave f and are giving more than KhIIfM American all the way through. Buy all the Liberty Bonds you can for they are the best investment in the world. 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Fourth Street Two Doors From Market / Two Doors From Market made Incessa 111 attacks only lo be repulsed with severe loss by the Fifty-first Division. These troops then attacked and drove the enemy from positions he hud Ruined previ ously. North of liataires the British have been driven back somewhat, but tlie town is still held by Field Marshal llaig. Pitwrily Viicliangcd On the Picardy battletield there lias'been no change in the situation. The British front is quiet and the French have repulsed two German attacks in the region of Noyon. North of Montdidier and around I.as- APRTT, 12. 1018 signy the artillery lire has been vio lent. The German advance in the Coucy region has halted. American Marines have landed in Vladivostok with the British and Japanese and their presence is ex pected to have a reassuring effect on Russian fellings. Although no offi cial notification has been received in Washington, the step was qot un expected. Petrograd is said to view the situation at Vladivostok more calmly. Charles Denies Letter Emperor Charles of Austria-Hun gary. In an autograph letter written [u year UKO und which ho illiecl' <J i .should be given t<> the French - I ernment, declared that France H i claim to Alsace-Lorraine was juijti -1 lied and that Beln:um and Serbia j should be re-established. Prim■ I Sixtus of Bourbon, the recipient, was ! asked to sound London and Paris 'on the emperor's attitude with a I view to ließinins peace preliminaries. | The Austrian emperor in a messu KO to the German emperor denies that he informed the French government that its claim to Alsace-Lorraine was justified and accuses Prom ice Clemenceau of falsehood.
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