2
OCH BUILDING
REAT RESERVE
I ARMY FOR CRISIS
Counterattack May Be Long
Delayed Because of
Waiting Policy
Washington. April 20.—The policy!
fcf Foch to-day seems to be like the
polity of General Thomas at Nash- j
ville in the Civil War. He is waiUng'
before striking: back until he cans
build up an army with which to|
etrike a winning blow. To the great!
reserve he is accumulating will go'
lh>> men drawn from Italy, the men j
who are being shipped from this
rountry, about twice as fast as they
Her were shipped before, and the
men rushed from "England from the
forces in training there, whose places
will be taken by the men whom the
cxt.nsion. of the draft in Kngland.
just about to become a law. makes
available.
May Be Delayed
The blow which Foch will strike,
muv be long delayed. It will be re-j
called that Petain did not strike back
st Verdun until the German offensive j
had lasted months. When he diil
strike back he recovered in a fe'
days all the ground that the Ger
mans had taken months to capture. |
The present German positions in Pi-i
cardy and Flanders are of that sort.
They may be retaken quickly once.
Foch has his army ready.
Information has just come here
which explains the situation with re
,{u*rd to Flanders. The delay of.
French reinforcements in reaching|
the northernfront and some unfor- J
tunate remarks of General Maurice..
who talks to the press for the Brit
ish army in London, have led to i
doubts about the allied reserves.
Matt Power Problem
The French were slow in com::i
np because the main allied railroad
lack of the front is under lire from;
German shells south of Amiens. The
French had to be brought tip by
some other route further from the
front, and this route appears to have
been inadequate for the rapid move
ment of reserves. The Germans, in .
effect, cut the British off from the
French by their southern drive. Their
northern effort was probably dictated |
by the knowledge that French aid
[would be slow in reaching the Brit-;
Lih in Flanders, and. perhars could
not be sent there in large numbers
without laying the southern battle j
area open to a sudden attack,
f On "the question of man power.;
now uppermos' .military men here>
have attempted to analyze recent!
[statements about the armies of Great
[Britain. This goes to show '.hat the;
I empire has 6.000.000 men in her!
forces. Of these it is estimated that
2.000.000 would be in England in
training and acting as a reservoir to
! make up for wastage at the front.
Shipping considerations compel .he
Ijeeping of this reservoir at home
rather than in France. Of the other
4 000.000 probably at least 1.000.00
nre nontighting men. engineers,
mechanicians, etc.
Need Many Worker*
In our forces thus far sent over rlie
< percentage of nonughting men runs
n* bigh as 48. Of the remaining
fW'O.OOQ British probably at least 1.-
f 00.000 are in garrison, or in Salon
ica or lighting against the Turk in
the Orient. So that it is doubtful if
England has 2.000.000 in fighting
units in France, and of these a con
siderable portion must be kept in re-'
serve.
The figures illustrate how large,
an army we must maintain if we sre,
to have 2.000.000 fighting men in'
France. Congress is now awaiting
the figures from the War Depart
ment indicating how many it is pro
posed to call this year. General;
Wood said we should have 2.*00,000 '
men in France and an equal mm-,
her here, an army of 5.000.000 in all.
and Washington is slowly coming to
that view. But even an army of
5.000.000 would give us less iha.~,
2.000.000 fighting men in France, for
in an army of that size there would
be more than 500.000 nonfightin?
men.
Germans Seek to Ban
Study of Mother Tongue
Allraionn. Pa. April 20. Tha*
German-speaking may be eliminated
in the Pennsylvania German belt, the
homeland of the German tongue in
America, is indicated by an extraordi- •
nary move made by Dr. J. P. Erdman
president of the Allentown school !
board. Dr. Erdman called the Board .
of Education into special session and
presented a resolution providing that 1
the "school program be divested of l
German studies.''
Xot long ago it was discovered by •
students that in a German textbook I
in the high school was an elegant ;
portrait and a glowing biographical '
sketch of the Kaiser, which was not
in the sample book from which the
purchase was made by the school j
board. The students held an indigna- J
tion meeting and tore out the offend- I
ing pages, burning them.
The action of Dr. Erdman came
simultaneously with a movement atj
Muhlenberg College yesterday to
make German elective.
The move is sentimental rather than ■
n aterial. as not a single Pennsylva
nia German is known Who is traitor- I
ous. seditious or lukewarm. The Penn
sylvania Germans are the descendants •
mostly of Bavarians, who emigrat
ed to America about 1730 for religious
freedom, and if their ansectors had •
not come to this country the men now 1
known as "Pennsylvania Dutchmen" i
would be soldiers in the Bavarian
Army. A sa mass they followed Jef- ;
fre son and Jackson and are great be
lievers in religious and political inde
pendence and personal liberty. Thev
furnished any number of soldiers in i
the Revolution and every other war !
the country has engaged in. including '
the famous First Defenders in the i
Civil War.
i
II Bring Your Films to |
|| Your Druggist
jt Bring them in to-day, get <|
[ them to-morrow evening j!
f after supper when you !!
! have the whole evening to ! |
| | look thtm over. Then too, j [
\ ; it's so handy just out to |!
! the corner. Don't hesitate !;
; if your druggist has RUPP j;
; ; do your developing and JI
I printing because there's no !
j guesswork about our meth- < |
; ods and carelessness is not 11
L permitted in our work- !!
' ! rooms ' !'
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| R. W. Rupp |i
i; 1911 Chestnut St. *
RESERVES TOLD
TO GET ON JOB
Too Many Disloyal Remarks
Are Passing Unchallenged;
Will Work Out Plan
Men who attended the meeting at
the courthouse las* aight arranged
by the officers of the Harrisburg Re
serves to discuss ways and means of
rooting out disloyal or pro-German
sentiments from the community.
weiA jolted by some of the questions
asked by speakers. Members of the
Reserves, for instance, were asked
why men who had enrolled as mem
bers and attended a few drills had
failed in their duty and why they
were indifferent to conditions: why
people were allowed to utter disloyal
remarks without being called to ac
count: why persons -who showed
gratification at German gains were
not boycotted and why the patriotic
citizenship of Harrisburg did not un
dertake educational work to help the
food and fuel administrations. But
ope of the most of
all was why recruiting officers are
allowed to speak in the High schools
of many places, but have not yet
spoken in Harrisburg High schools?
The meeting was called for the
purpose of enlarging the scope of the
Reserves. formed primarily for
home defense, and after a series of
addresses it was decided that a com
mittee pf seven should bp named to
devise a plan to form committees of
men interested in stamping out dis
loyalty: aiding the governmental of
ficers and preserving law and order,
either at large or by wards.
To Investigate
These committees are to investi-,
gate all charges made and -to co
operate with authoriUes, at the same
time helping to build up the Re- 1
serves. In the course of the discus- i
sion members of the Reserves who;
went to the "movies" or attended to '
other matters not connected with the]
Liberty Loan or other patriotic I
movements instead of realizing their j
duty to the community and attend
ing meetings or drills were scalded 1
by remarks. The committee will be;
named by Henry M. Stine. the major;
commandant, and will be asked to!
meet immediately and report a plan, i
Major Stine opened the meeting
with a few comments upon men who
insisted upon remaining upon rolls of
the Reserves and falling down on
drills when not engaged on loan
committees or other patriotic work.
Robert McCormick was chosen chair
man and Jesse E. B. Cunningham,
the first speaker, launched his ad-i
dress by saying this was no time tor'
words, but to prepare to meet anyj
emergency which might arise as a
result of the war and to curb the [
seditious and disloyal. Mr. Cunning
ham. who has been making nightly
Liberty Loan speeches, declared that
he was surprised at the indifference
of the people, especially in the coun
try. Peace is out of the question until j
after Germany is beaten and people'
have got to quit going about their
ways as though there were no war
"We have oeen too liberal, too toler
ant with a lot of people who ought
to have been strung up to lampposts
in this country early in the war." said
the speaker. "We need to look after
ourselves: we need more than mili
tary drills, which we need bad
enough. Xo one can foresee what
emergency may arise."
Industrial Slackers
Mr. Cunningham said that there
were industrial slackers who did
harm because they only work four
days a week when their duty is to
work six: that there are wasters, in
tentional and unintentional, of food
and fuel who should likewise be call
ed to account: that there are too
many unoalled-down disloyal words,
and it is high time some one takes
the seditious to account and that
there are people sending money
abroad to get a higher rate of ex
change when .they should be buying
Liberty Bonds.
"There is no ntiddle of the road
left," said the speaker. "People are
on one side or the other now. Our
course is plain." Mr. Cunningham de
clared that the war is wiping out
political and religious lines and that
the country is behind the President
to win the war because if America
does not there won't be ar.v liberty.
Large Scope I'rged
E. J. Stackpole declared men were
getting tired of hearing disloyal re
marks passing unchallenged and
said that the Reserves offered the
nucleus for an organization which
could be military and also keep a
grasp upon the
bers could investigate reports and
the older men could counsel. Com
plaints and reports can be investi
gated in a spirit of fairness, the law
upheld and the mob spirit checked
if it ever showed itself in a blind, tin
reasoning. unjust way. He suggested
a committee for each ward, saying
that the community would supporj it.
Charles H. Spotts urged the im
portance of education and suggested
the use of schoolhouses and halls for
community meetings to explain what
must be done and how to do it, es
pecially in regard to food and fuel.
Captain E. Laubenstein in the
course of his own remarks made the
meeting sit up when he said: "Why
is it that recruiting officers can go
all over the Cumberland Valley and
through this part of the state and
speak in schools and they are never
heard in the Harrisburg High
schools? Is our school board weak
kneed? Why is it? Why are they not
invited to address the students?''
A. Reeder Ferriday offered sug
gestions as to the forming of a
platoon of Reserves in each ward
and after a general discussion a mo
tion made by A. Boyd Hamilton for
a_committee of seven to arrange a
plan to meet the needs of the hour,
was adopted. Mr. Cunningham was
given a rising vote of thanks for his
speech on motion of Walter John
| ston.
School officials said to-day that
the big service flags in front of the
Centra! and Technical High School
buildings was proof positive that
the school managements are mot
averse to enlistments and that the
students are doing their full part in
the war. Pr. Fager, principal of
the Technical school, could not be
reached for an interview, but it is
believed the statements before the
Reserves last evening were the out
come of an ili-advised effort not au
thorized by Washington to conduct
a special aviation enlistment cam
paign among the 16 and 17-year-old
boys of the local schools. Those in
charge then felt that it would be
wrong to make this canvass before
boys who could not enlist without
their parents' consent and while
several addresses were permitted it
was thought only proper to let the
actual work of recruiting be done
through the homes of the lads,
wheer the parents of the boys could
be consulted. The local schools are
co-operating heartily in all manner
of war work and Dr. Fager is head
of the Boys' Reserve movement
hrre.
WITNESS TELLS COURT
HE WAS SPIRITED AWAY
[('onllnuod from First Page.]
shtenographer to transcribe the tes
timony given by Burnish, intimating
further action would be taken on the
"criminal interference with court
procedure in Dauphin county." Bur
nish was one of three witnesses sub
i poenaed but who did not appear yes
■ terday. Attachments were issued for
j them by the court, Clarence S. llain
' and George W. Meiran being brought
ito Harrisburg by the Sheriff. Bur-
Inish came to his home in Reading
from Philadelphia last night, he said,
[and learned then that he was wanted
lin court here. He came to the city
1 this morning to report.
Olk*r Wltaeaoca Approached
i Burnish also testified that while he
i was in Philadelphia Shick called up
| M. J. Gibney, a factory inspector at
Heading, to get more information
about what was taking place in Har
risburg. Gibney is said to have told
Shick attachments were out for some
of the witnesses not present yester
day. Other witnesses on the stand
this morning told the court Gibney
had asked them not to appear here
in answer to the subpoena and that
nothing would come of the contest.
Burnish's testimony was the most
I startling of any given in the fight to
j have James Woodward, of Ashland.
| not certified as a Republican candi
; date for Secretary of Internal Affairs.
tiave HuralKh Kallroad Fare
j He told the court Shick came to
] him Thursday and gave hltn $3, tell
ing him to purchuse two tickets for
Philadelphia and to meet Shick on
the train, as it would not be wise
for both of them to be seen together.
Burnish also explained Shick told
him the purpose of the trip and kept
him in Philadelphia all of yester
day.
, Clarence S. llain and George W.
i Meiran, who were brought here also
. by attachment proceedings, said they
1 did not sign the Berks petition. Bur
' nish said he did. and that he had
| been paid to get ten more signers,
j making an affidavit to that effect
I before the signatures were secured.
I William Texter, Charles C. Miller,
! Alderman Harry I. Focht. of the
] Sixth ward, Reading, and William S.
[ Hoffman all said their names had
i been forged on the Berks petition.
| some of them also stating Gibney had
• told them not to obey the subpoenas.
J. E. B. Cunningham argued the
i plaintiff's side to the court, closing
.shortly after noon, after which M.
A. Kilker argued for the defense,
asking permission to amend the Lu
zerne and Philadelphia county peti
tions.
The objections to the petition of
Morris Einstein, candidate for the
Democrat! cnomination from the For
tv-second Senatorial district. Pitts
! burgh, were heard this morning be
fore the Woodward case was re
i opened. It is alleged the affiant to
j the Einstein petition did not see the
majority of signatures attached by
the electors whose names appear. Ob
jections to the petition of Frank X.
Brady. Tenth Legislative district.
Philadelphia, were heard this after
i noon.
O'Nell Worker
I Shick is a prominent Republican
j in Reading and has been identified
! with the O'Xeil campaign work in
, Berks county, according to word com
' ing here, lie has been in Harrisburg
frequently and is well known on
! Capitol Hill. Gibney is also well
known at the Capitol, as he has been
i a state factory inspector for some
I time. . ,
It is probable that some official
I cognizance may be taken of the ac
tion of Gibney during the time he
1 was supposed to be working as a
' state factory inspector.
CITY ASHES MAY BE
USED AS FERTILIZER
[Continued from First Page.]
the second week in April the firm
which is making ash collections in
the city assured Inspector Sheesley
to-day that the entire cleanup will
be completed on schedule time.
May 1. after which regular collec
tions will be made ever)' two weeks
according to a schedule to be issued
to householders on cards which will
be printed by the bureau.
Fewer Complaints
Inspector Sheesley said to-day the
uptown forces are working in the
vicinity of Reily street and Cowden
street, while the gangs on Allison
Hill are in the district from State
to Berryhill and Thirteenth to Fif
teenth streets. On Monday an ex
tra force will be put on. starting
at Walnut street and working to
the southern city line, and more
men will be added to the Hill teams.
Fewer complaints are being re
ceived daily. Mr. Sheesley reported,
but there are scores of inquiries from
persons asking when the teams will
be in the various districts. Mr.
Sheesley said this was due to the
lack of regular schedules and would
be remedied after May 1.
The garbage collection situation is
in still better shape, the inspector
said. Hagv Brothers, contractors
for this work, are giving the best
of service, he continued, with the
result that very few complaints are
received each week, and these are
•reported at once and the garbage
removed. The complete schedule for
both ash and garbage collections to
be followed during the remainder of
the year will be issued within a week
or "two. v lnspector Sheesley has
written to"" a number of cities for
ordinances and regulations in force
there, from which ideas will be taken
for the Harrisbnrg rules. While
Council has established a number of
new regulations, it is not likely the
complete ordinance will be printed,
but a digest of the restrictions will
be furnished on the card to house
holders.
The rules will notify the residents
what may and may not be included
in ash and garbage receptacles, and
will also give the telephone number
of the Rureau of Ash and Garbage
Inspection, which is 4854. Hell.
Be Sure To Order From Your Dealer
Schmidt's Victory Bread
The Bread That's Patriotic All the Way Through C—L * Ji.
and Down to the Last Crumb. 15c a Loaf DCrilftrfl
FLYING WITH SHAFFER fl:
I !
PLEASANT, IF PAINFUL
t'
t,KTTERS FROM A DAUPHIN BOY TO IHS MOTHER
——————————— ______
Somewhere in France i
Feb, 23, 1918 |
Giving Vp Hope.
Dear Mother:
1 was just beginning to give up'
hope of ever receiving anymore let-t
tors when one finally arrived, also
several cards to congratulate me on
my ripening years. Thanks for tel
ling me how old I ani, you know.
1 stopped counting long ago.
To-day I had the old adage proved |
that "Satan finds work for idle 1
hands to do," only this wasn't what
I would call work, it was too pleas
ant, even if painful. Now. you see.'
there are four Americans in this es
cudrllle and one of theni being of
fered first lieutenancy in the Ameri-;
can army, accepted it, and also a;
prolonged permission to celebrate it. t
Incidentally an enormous number
of packages a rived for him. one
resting in our room for some time..
So to-day after dinner we three Am-'
ericans having finished all our eat
able packages long ago became sud- i
denlv hungry for candy, and natur- j
ally we soon began to wonder if that'
lone package contained any. Well
you can imagine how our curiosity
soon overcome our scruples. One
unwrapped the string, another the
paper and then we all ate the enor
mous box of candy, and now I have
the head and belly ache: which ad-;
mission. I know will please your
sense of humor and gives you a lot
of pleasure in saying: "Served you j
right for stealing."
Xot Stealing.
But it wasn't stealing you know.
We were merely preventing the
candy from getting stale, for you'
know in those hard times it is a:
virtue to prevent waste. We had
quite a lively time endeavoring o
find which one would take all the
blame. Xobody wanted it, at least:
not all, so we finally unanimously!
decided to blame it on the censor. |
So when our American comrade!
wants to know where his candy went'
we can suggest quite indignantly 1
that it was censored.
As for our "Zangs" they are liear-j
ly all armed now. and we should j
soon a-hunting go. "Mine will be the
last done, of course, but the mount-1
ing of the camera is coming along
rapidly now and I am hoping forj
plenty of exciting things to happen
once 1 get awing. It makes me;
chuckle to think of using my ma-j
chine gun to make Fritz sit up and,
take notice and then shoot him with j
the camera. We still have the wail!
of the bass fiddle and tlute nextj
door, but fortunately the "fluter" de
parted this morning to "checker"!
another Zang.
He has tried twice now to fly over;
the 200-mile cross-country journey'
betwee"n the factory and the camp. I
but both times failed.
No Hard l.uck
I don't wish him any hard luok,
but t hope he goe* "en panne" again,
tor have yet to discover any melody
in a flute. The place where we get
these new machines is situated near
Paris, as I told you before, but 1
don't think I dare name the town.
Anyway, every plane there is brand
new. even to having price taps on.
(I believe mine is still on. and I tiew
it home that way) and since thy
pull all the Zangs out of the hang
ars every morning and line them up
outside, it means considerable work
for the mechanics. So to save the
men they had horses to do this work.
It was indeed a strange sight to see
one horse pulling an enormous 200-
horsepower artiflcipl bird around,
but the sight changed to an amusing
one when a horse ran away with a
Zang one day. One could't help
laughing. Everybody did. For it'
was most comical to see the expres
sion on that horse's face when the;
enormous bird gaining momentum
from said horse's frantic efforts.;
caught up to him and gave him a
boost with the propeller. Now. most
people and animals appreciate a,
boost, but not this kind, for it only;
served to make the horse mor"
eager to get further away from *.hisi
bird which insisted cn following him.
The mechanics finally caught him. j
and that made us laugh some more.,
for they seemed to be as much afrai'l
of the horse as said animal was of
the Zang. I never did credit in jny
letters to that cross-country trip 11
made when I came home, but then I i
was so busy looking for landing
places and wondering when my mo
tor would go on strike, that I did
not enjoy as much of the beauty asj
I would have liked to.
You remember I told you I had no
map. so had to eommit to memory j
as much as possible of the coun'ry.
before I went aJoft. There wasn't'
a whole lot of that information that j
stuck, except that there was a rail-j
road which led to "Meaux" and 'romi
there we flew between the Seine<
river and a road. It seemed very!
simple from the ground, but when I 1
looked down from 1,000 meters there!
were railroads all over the place ■
and I was all balled up.
Fortunately, I was following a pi-:
lot who had a map so I soon found
myself and the direction. And as I ■
told vou. having a bad acting motor
1 was looking for landing places all J
along the line. So I had a good look
at the country anyway, when I j
couldn't And a lot of open fields in fcn>
open bunch. I looked around for a
chateau within gliding range, and!
even with all this watchful prepara
tion I wondered as I looked 2.000 me-!
ters below whether those brown ;
strips were plowed fields and whether
the very green ones were filled- with
high grass. And then we came to
a bunch of swamps and I knew we
were getting near "home," and I be-1
gan looking the ground over even,
more carefully, for landing in a;
swamp is dangerous in more ways,
than one. for If you happen to upset:
you may be drowned in six inches
of water or mud, neither of which
appealed to me. Swampy ground is
very deceptive to the eye from above.
also, as it seems the smoothest of
landing places, but when one gets
down close his wheels sink in and j
over he goes on his back, too late to;
see his mistake. I can distinctly
remember three accidents of this!
kind at Pau, where the pilot came!
down in a swamp, promptly turned at
sumersault and had to wade ashore.) <
TheSe were humorous because thoy, 1
were not tragic, for when one don't
have to pay for the busted Zang he
can afford to laugh if he only pets a
ducking:. So you can belteve 1 was
carefully getting the lay of the land
and when my motor did finally stop '
when I was nearly at camp you can
imagine 1 was one surprised man, j
for t was so close 1 had stopped i
looking for landing places.
A Fortunate landing
Fortunately, there were all kinds;
of fields under me, so 1 came downj
all right. It is utterly impossible to!
describe how beautiful the earth'
looks front above. I have tried very
hard sometimes, but I know 1 have
always failed. One can't draw a pen
picture of the wonderful coloring of
the ground beneath, the blue tracery
of the rivers, or the little fatry-ap
penring bunches of houses which de
note towns. These things must be
seen to be appreciated, and nothing'
would please me better than to show;
these beauties to you some day. I
am quit* sure you would like the
sensation of flying. As for Dad, from '
the reports I am getting on his ac
tivities he's petting to be quite a bug, 1
and taking him up w'ould be the be-1
ginning of the end for he would sure- ]
ly want to fly himself, and then 1|
know you'd <lie of heart failure. i
As for writing about things around j
here now. it's no use. as nothing hap- j
pens—but rain, for we are still wait-}
ing to get our machine guns mount- I
ed. After that, things should begin l
to happen and you can look for morel
interesting .letters.
WALTER, j
Somewhere in France, ;
March 3, 19lg. i
Dear Mother:
Spring has not arrived officially as'
yet. but its been here literally for
some time. Just now It's raining and:
making slush of the snow which fell
yesterday. Having such weather, |
naturally we did not fly, and for that!
matter 1 am not ready as yet. How-;
ever, we are slowly acquiring all thej
delights of civilization, that with'
eating fruit cake with honey and!
having our afternoon tea cr choco-l
late quite regularly, thanks to thei
soldiers' many friends in the states.
One of the Americans here was sim
ply swamped with packages, so not!
wishing to see him suffer we very,
kindly ottered our appetites to his I
disposal. That was a week ago and I
the disposing is still going merrily)
on. Maybe you, won't believe it, butj
yesterday we attended moving pic-1
tures right here in cam p. They werej
very interesting, showing photos
taken from airplanes and what use
was made of them. The sad part of,
it was I did not understand any oft
it. for the lecture accompanying it!
was all in French and spoken very:
quickly, but my roommate explained!
the important points to me. It's quit?;
easy to account for my interest, as
you know I am going to do that type
of work as soon as they get my cam
era mounted.
Judging from their present rate ofi
speed that won't be until next Chris'.-,
mas. Golly. but these Frenchmen]
can kill more time than I used to;
when 1 was young and had to cut'
wood. Since we have nothing to do
now but loaf and cat we naturally!
are getting mighty choic.v about thej
grub. It's hot quantity we want now, t
! it's quality. And I defy anyone toi
. find quality in carrots and cabbage.
which seems to be the chief article'
j of diet nowadays. Carrot*, you know.
I are such a disappointing food, for!
. they resemble sweet potatoes so
1 much, and you know how 1 like them
: —sweet potatoes, I mean, not car
rots. I say they look like sweet po- j
tatoes. but that's as far as the re-
semblance goes for they give the
palate an awful shock. Did I ever
tell you about the bread? It don't
come on. the table all nicely sliced
and stacked. Oh, dear me! Eveiy j
fellow pulls out his pocket knife uml
cuts off his own hunk, and inciden
tally a mathematician would have!
some job figuring out the contests of
some of those chunks. For while one
bird cuts oft a square, another will
cut off an obtuse angle, or a lop- j
4!ded cube. I'm preparing you for
what may happen some day, so if
you see me absent mindedly pulling
out my pocket knife at the table,
don't think a murder is contemplat
ed. I might ruin the bread but noth
ing else.
■ Yankee Ingenuity
Received your birthday card with
the imprinted kiss and it made me
pause and wonder at the ingenuity
of the Yankee. What won't they j
think of next?- And now since a pro
cess has been patented for sending,
kisses. I wonder how many girls will '
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at the close of business April 15, 1918
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t : Mr ' ! Investments 3,392,139.55 Undivided Profits 39,218.30 ♦
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send the Bertillon measurements of
a pair of tulips? Now that he has
the foundation, however. I would re
spectfully suggest to the inventor
that he Improve his patent and send
the thrill also. But now lam getting
naughty, so 1 better change the sub-'
ject, else you will urge nve to readl
an extra psalm. Speaking about
Ribles, 1 received another one yester-1
day from some admiring friend in ;
Middletown. It came packed in a
wooden box along with a variety of
other things that would have done j
credit to a wedding present—the
useful kind, I mean. For there was
everything there from a rattrap to a
clothespin. 1 haven't decided >et
how to use the rattrap, as no rats
have appeared to date in our new
barracks, but if it was only a little
smaller 1 might use it to catch tho.-e
other nnimhls that insist on sleeping
with us at times. Even they haven't
bothered me yet.
The American that received all (
those eatable packages I told you
about, also received a small phono-;
graph which plays those little "Won
der Records," so now the strains of'
"Oh. Johnny. Oh Johnny. Oh." and j
"Eve Wasn't Modest Till She Atej
That Apple" float through the room ,
quite often. Indeed, we sure are
some musical escadrille, what with!
a flute, bass fiddle, sweet potato, j
mandolin, phonograph und mouth
organ. Don't you think so? Rut of j
•course you never heard the whole,
orchestra, fortunately. so you i
couldn't say yes even if you wanted'
to. I fear I made a mistake by call-1
ing it a "musical escadrille." It
should have read "musically inclin-l
ed." There is a difference, you know, j
One has instruments and makes mu
sic, while the other has hopes and
makes noise. Maybe I will get used!
te noise some day, if I once get into j
the air—and war—again, but if these |
letters don't come up to par blame [
it on the sweet potato, the flute or-;
the fiddle.
They speak of an enormous Amer-!
ican Army being here now. but I j
have yet to see any of the privates.!
Officers? Oh. sure! Plenty of them,
and I am beginning to think all thei
Americans are officers. And th"n>
1 am just inconsistent enough to want I
to be an officer myself, having ;'ust
turned down a second lieutenancy. i
(■one and Forgotten
T haven't tasted cereals since 1
came to France, and as for pie. I
have forgotten what it looks iike,
all of which makes me all the sorer
against tlie Roche.
I don't think my hands have ever
been colder than to-day. and I won
der if some pretty female would
warm them for me.
Just now we are having our regu
lar afternoon feed with Putman as
cook. He is some cook, and with|
sweet chocolate, cheese, marshmal
lows. condensed milk, fruit cake and
honey, he sure makes us some feed
—don't you pit ythc suffering sol
diers in France? However, the days
of plenty are nearly over, for tho
good things come in bunches and are
nearly used up. If some of my boxes
would only come through, especially:
that camera, for 1 could get some
pictures that sure would please you.
Tea is served so I'll have to stop.
WALTER.
Two Fires Cause Damage
of S6OO in Early Morning
Property damage to the extent of
about S6OO damage was caused by
two fires early this morning.
The two-story grame house at 112
Ann alley was damaged by flames
. which partially destroyed the second
floor in the rear. The wall and roof
were damaged. The damage was
j confined to house, as the furni
' ture was saved. The flames started
at an overheated pipe leading from
the kitchen stove. The house is oc
cupied by the family of E. May.
Tlie other lire started at 12.30 on
the Fourth street side of the third
lloor of the Alva Hotel, Fourth street
and Blackberry alley. The roomers
left the hotel without accident. They
were aroused by the cries of a wait
ress. A partition of the closet, the
ceiling and part of the floor were
burned.
Pillow Band Buys Bond
at Rally in Upper End
Kimmcll. April 20.—This little
place held a rousing Liberty Loan
rally last* evening when nineteen of
i those present signed up for
more Liberty Bonds and the Pillow
band, which gave its services free
for the occasion, announced it would
put S3O of its funds into a bond to
j be held in the name of the band.
Phil S. Moyer, County Solicitor,
and James E. I.entz. County Re
corder. were the speakers, and Cal
| vin Grimm, head of the public
schools, presided. The rally was held
i in the Lutheran Church and was well
I attended.
4 MURDER CASES ,
FOR COURT TRIAL
Thirty-nine Prosecutions Are
i Listed For Special Crim
inal Session
i
i Th'irty-nine cases have been Includ- ;
ed in the trial list for the special '
j session qf criminal court beginning
April 29. Tlie list was issued by Dis- ;
1 trict Attorney Michael K. Stroup, to
day. Four colored defendants, clung- j
ed with murder, are listed for trial j
and it is believed that at least two
of the eases will be disposed of, proli- |
ably those of Charles Kyler and Wll- i
1 ini>i Evans, on Monday's list. The
court yesterday appointed counsel for
1 Evans, naming Thomas C. McCarreii i
and William 11. Karnest to defend his|
case; and for Andrew Cary, also col-
ored. appointing Horace A. Segelbaum ;
; and William F. Houoinan. A number
lof minor cases on the list will lie
; tried aljo. Tlie petit Jurors from lite
March session or criminal court will
serve at the special session.
The trial list follows:
i Monday, April "!>.—Charles Kyler. I
murder: William Evans, murder; '
i Howard C. Gordon, ad. and b.: John
j Slaughter, lar. from per.: Joseph Hed,
ct. al.. fel. entry and la'r.: Mary Chigo, ;
• nial. mis.; Isaiah Washington, liurg.
I and fel. a.
1 Tuesday, April :>o.—Robert Wilson,
i lar.: William P. Strawheeker. a. and
, b.; Charles Brunei', lar. as b.: Charles!
i Bruner, fal. pre.; Israel J. Brenner.
| two charges, fal. pre.: Leon I'. Ben
i nett, a. and b.; Nick PaehefT, furn. ;
obs. lit. to min.: Howard Hilton, lar.: ,
! Charles Umholtz, ad.; Conrad C. Crone, I
i agg. a. and b.; Mead Geiger, et. al.,
! fel. e. and lar.
Wednesday, May I.—Jack Kills,
I murder; Andrew Cary, alias Andrew i
I Carey, murder: Frederick Brown, lar. I
from per.: Edward Ewenson, lar. us I
cl.: William Chromer. sale of eggs I
I unfit for food: John Miller, for.; Mar-] i
gaiet MertJi, ad.
| Thursday. May 2. Max Reiter. et. | I
al.. false adv.: Anna Hand. et. al., b, li., j
I John Trulas. agg. a. and b.; Joseph:
| Verbos. et. al., sell. liq. without, lie.; I
j Katie Stauffer, fel. en. nnd lar.; Vin- '
j cent T. Poticher, as. and b.
! Friday. May :s.—Sarah Heller, fel.
en. and lar.: Sarah Heller, lar. as b.:
ICdward Adams, lar.: 11. Rubin, rec. I
: s. g.: Morris List, rec. s. g.
Saturday. May 4.—A. 1.. Shearer,
et. a 1., abortion.
Middletown Soldier Dies
at Camp Merritt, N. J., on ;
His Way to Join Pershing
Edward Stipe, aged 24, son of Mr. ,
and Mrs. McClellen Stipe, of North;
j Catherine street, Middletown. died j
at a base hospital at Camp Merritt, \
! New Jersey, yesterday morning at 11 j
i o'clock, from acute loher pneumonia, j
Young Stipe was a member of the !
Thirty-fifth Engineer Corps of thei
United States Army, and was just!
' recently transferred to Camp Mer- ,
| ritt from Camp Gordon. Georgia, ;
I where he was awaiting orders to sail ,
for France.
• His parents received a telegram !
on Thursday morning stating that ;
I their son was seriously ill, and they
j left immediately for the catnp lios-
I pital. They arrived at Camp Mer- '
' ritt on Thursday evening at 9 o'clock |
and remained with their son until he '
j died. j I
• ) Stipe was home recently on a i
■ I short furlough and was in good:
j health. On his return to camp, be- j
;iing late, he said in a recent letter'
; j to his parents, that his Company I
II had sailed for France nnd that it j
; might be some time before he would j
; leave. He also stated that on his at - - !
. rival on French soil he would be '
I transferred to his original- company, j
! Stipe was one of the first men from j
. Middletown that were selected for '
| the new National Army.
ii He is survived by his narents, two i
[] sisters. Mrs. Robert Beshears, of j
t Highsnire, and Mrs. Donald John-I
jison, Middletown. No funeral ar-I
! rangements have been made.
S SHOPETALK NO. 1 |
COSTS REGULATE PRICES \ |
The selling price is governed by the costs of pro
j duction..
j . My establishment is conducted along modest lines,
in a convenient location just outside the high-rent
district.
All our costs are cut to a minimum. We buy our I
> ! materials from a large house, thus giving our custom- ■
ers first-class goods for the lowest possible cost.
R. M. SHOPE, Tailor
I , 1250 Market Street |
Ground Is Broken For
Biggest Powder Plant
Wnxliiitittun, April 20.—Ground lias
born broken for the largest powder
plunt in tho world for the United
States Government.
AVlthln two month* tho dully out
put will bo from !>l)0,000 pounds to
1,000,000 pounds of smokeless pow
der, and the plant, which is being
constructed In nine sections, will- be
three and one-lmlf miles long anil
one and one-half miles wide.
It will cover live and a quarter
square miles and will have a work
ins force of more than 25.000 men.
Each of the nine sections Is capable
of turning out in excess of 100,000
pounds of smokeless powder every
twenty-four hours.
The plant Will cost the Government
$75,000,000, and the builders, when
their task is completed, will have re
ceived a protit of exactly sl._
Do TOU see this beautiful circa? Well, fa
we have a great maay more like it. bj
You on't Need The Cash |
These dresses range in prices from H
sl4 96 up to $33.50. We hare just I
your style, the material you like at a ■
price that will fit your pocketboo|c.
Every new style and color ia to be p
found here. A little eacV week will R
keep you dressed in the height ef fashion Rj
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