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CORKLE TELLS OF I
ATTACK BY SUBS
Pennsylvania Railroad Man,
Now Sergeant. Writes
From Near Front
D. K. Corkle, quartermaster -ser
geant with the headquarters com
pany, Motor Supply Train 404-
Amerlcan . Expeditionary Forces, has
written an Interesting letter to sonic
Harrisburg friends Irom "some
where in France." Sergeant Corkle
resided at 4 10 Woodbine street and
was a stenographer in the police de
partment of the Pennsylvania tail
road. before enlisting in the Army.
He is one of the Pennsy men mak
ing good across the water. Sergeant
Corkle among other things savs.
"It was a cold, crisp day during
the lirst of January that we slowly
but surely steamed out of a port in
one of the Now Kngland llllttL
Kighteen days from the time we left
the United States coast we were Itigh
"One modern machine gun will d) A
more d ama 2 e in an hour than a half
a dozen rifles will do in a day, and
make a thorough job of it too." ~
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So it is with the Cleveland Tractor. Modern in every respect, built on
the some lines as' the famous British tanks, this machine is the wonder of the
hour. For towing, belt work, plowing, harvesting, in fact anything where
motive power is used, this tractor has no equal.
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Cleveland Tractors will do this when motive power is needed. We are in
a position to make immediate deliveries. It's up to you, Mr. Farmer, and you,
Mr. Manufacturer and Mr Conractor, just what your efficiency will be.
Now is the time. Help your Uncle Sam in this crisis.
Ask us about it —we'll help you.
Harrisburg Auto Compnay cjL
fourth and KELKER STS.
Patriotic Women!
Mrs. Kate Brew Vaughn
Famous Southern Housekeeper and yjF**'
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at the it
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SATURDAY EVENING,
and dry on British soil. During thei
time consumed in •■rossing we s-iw|
' many interesting sights which I fearj
i I cannot relate to you until I re-j
iutrn. On all sides of our boat we
were hemmed in by other large j
transports, which comprised our
convoy, together with a British ondj
American battleship which con
| posed our escort.
"Well.once we finally got a goodi
■ start front the coafit our trip wisj
more or less uneventful, except until.
: we were within several days from
' the English coast, at which time we
| were approached by quite a number;
of 'F-boat chasers —and say. when'
we lirst sighted them everyone was
absolutely positive they were <3onn >(
of the dreaded German subs. To,
i be perfectly frank with you I Willi
• j admit that it was a settled fact in!
11 my mind that we were fast goins
■ j down. True, and I remember quite |
■. clearly that the water was cold. 1 :
. actually know that up until tnat
■ wfkikenlng moment I was perfectly
M calm and never once did a sub
'aster enter my quiet and peaceful'
: mind, out when 1 saw those small, j
• dreadful boats coming toward us.;
11 as they leaped over the huge waves \
and disappearing at times, 1 truly
i ! believe 1 thought of all my relt-1
11 tives from my great-great-grand-
• mother down to my one huridred andj
I forty-second cousin.
"But—the tide has turned —some-|
one yells. 'Oil. gee, they are Amor-,
ican submarine chasers.' Not to
| make a long story short it was a
i ioke front then on until one morn-j
I ing at seven when we were tired up
on by an actual German sub—missed"
—excitement for a while and th jn
, .iqke again. At noon, same day, wej
. sighted a sub near us and just as cui'j
| gunners (the best in the British;
i Navy) had their gun trained on the
1 gentlemen he dropped out of view.
More excitement, again at 3 p. rn.'
we were fired upon and, as in the!
j morning, missed. It was the <ap-j
tain's opinion that we were follow
ed by the same boat from early that
| morning. ' You know a sub has no,
i easy time making its lire effective.;
and "it the same time our convoys
I are wonderfully protected at all
'times. •After this encounter our
boys were fast becoming hardened
'to such small Incidents and. I be- j
.! lieve felt absolutely brave and strong!
[i enough to ship General Grant and!
'his entire Army.
around nine o'clock
ij in the morning of the day we !and-
I ed, we sighted land which we later
■| learned was the coast of Scotland,
-•and honestly it was She most jlc
HAHRISBURG TELEGRAPH!
j turcsque scene 1 over laid my eyes ;l
i on. it was a stretch of tlie coast, ?
j every inch of which wus under evil- '
j tivation. with the exception of a few *
fields every here and there far tie <
feeding of cattle, and running toj 1
'the water's edge where it abrupt-1 1
lv ended forming a cliff, say 300 feet ) 1
1 high. To the extreme right situated j 1
rn the highest bluff was a tall and , '
! sedately appearing lighthouse and <
| immediately back of same cattle! f
could be seen erasing lazily in rich i '
green. grassy tields. It was one of' 1
the most perfect pictures of life 1 : f
ever lopked upon and one whose j 1
, magnificence was beyond compare| '
;as far as my knowledge reaches. Itj '
was simply grand. As n whole the 1
trip across the pond was one Ions;; 1
to he remembered. Several days wo '
! experienced very, very rough weath-( !
er. the waves rolling as high as '.hej
j boat, hut contrary to the gener.Ui
rule not many of tho lads were si k.
It was a British boat of the White! >
; Star line and they surely extended |
I accommodations to us.
"One morning during the time we j
! were in midocean a certain lad ap
peared in one of the companion!
1 ways of the hoat' an i yelled at th°
• j top of his voice 'Morning Star.'j
l which is the name of an Indiana-!
j polls newspaper. It was surprising!
I the number of fellowrf who imme-i
I diately appeared, coin already in
I hand for an issue. Jokes of this type
: helped considerably in keeping tue|
boys in the hest of spirits.
"We, as you now know, landed In I
I Kngland and only remained there'
I for a short period at American rest
i camps. These camps are establiah-j
led for the sole purpose of restoringi
lads to their natural health, who for
some reason have lost quite a num-(
| ber of their rations 'somewhere' indi
las a result have lost quite a few
I pounds in weight.
"Well, wo crossed Kngland after
I seeing some mighty interesting!
| things, one of which was the nine;
i mites of floating docks at l.iverpool. j
1 Also passed through Oxford, 'hej
i great city possessing the noted'
j school of England. <\t 1
Kngland. we saw quite an old town!
and one of the oldest Cathedrals in?
j Kngland. It was remarkable and!
j pleasing to note with what respect ;
land admiration we were received all I
i along the journey through England j
land France. One case 1 remember
j particularly an old woman
| raised her window during the early;
j morning hours while we -.vere j
: marching with a steady tramp, I
j tramp, tramp .or) our way to a cer-j
•tain rest camp, and called to us in l
j low spoken words. "God bless vou. j
j everyone, boys, God bless you.' Such
j warm receptions and kind hospi
j lalities extended to our boys hav'e
| a wonderful tendency tat produce
; great, brave and mighty lighters of!
| them, and 1 can truly say that such j
receptions were accorded us all along j
I our way. In my opinion I (irmly te-j
! lieve, in all cases, an American ex-i
I presses more gratitude for kindness j
| bestowed upon Mm than a man of'
j any other race. •
"I might at this time give you ani
' idea of the rail service we received.
In England and France *the cars I
arc about one-third as long as ourst
and instead of ttie aisle running,
longways, you enter from the side
*>f car compartments made to ac
commodate six persons. In some
cars, they are divided into compart
ments, say four in number, and I
numbered on the doors 'l, 2. 3'—j
meaning the compartments are fur-]
riished with sftch fixings as are nec
essary for first, second and third
class passengers. 1 being a warrint
officer, rode in first and second class
rooms. Most of the boys were not]
so fortunate as those from our or- i
ganization and consequently rode in!
bpx cars for several days at a|
stretch. The trains in Kngland |
make wonderful speed, in fact much
faster than trains In France. Of;
course you know there is a good rea-|
son for this fact.
"We arrived at a point in Western j
Kngland one bright Sjunday morn-j
ing, where, on the same day, wc
boarded a Channel transport whi"hl
was a small boat of a speedy type,
and that night proceeded to <ross|
the English Channel. While cross-i
ing this body of. water we were a I
little uneasy but managed to make it 1
safely. The water was very calm'
and the boat just skimmed alon,?.
"Always, while on the water *ve
; were compelled to wear life preserv-
I ers. The next morning found us
j in France at the city of .
j We remained there only for a short
! time and again continued on our
] journey to a large city in Southern
j France. Our boys did quite a lot of
I work at this point but we soon re
ceived orders to pack up and beat it
, again; this time up toward the front,
i From this time on we were men ot
| keen interest, always wondering just
© The shortest, most
efficient and most
A good economical distance
name to between two points
your car IS a HUPMOBILE.
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HUPMOBILE SALES CORPORATION
It. J. CHURCH, >lsr.
Sales and Service
IDS MARKLT STREET * DELL 3501
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where we were actually bound for. |
As a result of this last official or
der to move I write this letter to >OU| i
from a point not far dist'ant from j I
the battle front, this camp being in | i
the advance section." '
Rainbow Division
Has No Casualties
Major Q. O. lteltzoi, of Kancasteri
; county, who commands a battalion of j
i the Rainbow Division,'and is a former;
i legislator, has written a letter to Ad- ;
' jutant Geenral Beary in which iio
! says the division has been en duty ill i
| the trenches three times and had no ,
I casualties up to the time of writing i
| his letter, lie speaks of the men as |
j in tine shape.
1 General Beary is highly pleased at
the result of Pennsylvania's record of )
service and thinks there are close to 1
150,000 men from this state in serv-1
lee, including the s:!,000 drafted men. !
j There are about "6,000 in the Key- I
stone division. 800 in the Rainbow,'
10.000 in the Navy and the rest in the ,
! Regular Army or in units from other!
I states. , I
INSURANCE EXPERT HKRK (
Miles M. Dawson, tho New Vork;
insurance expert who has been ex-1
.j uniining the state insurance fund, I
I was here to-day to discuss matters
with the Auditor General. The flscatl
i officer wanted information on cx
! peiulitures of the fund the last year
■ and since January 1.
NEWARK POSTMASTER DIES
Xennrk, N. .1., May 3.—John F.
I "-nott oo* master of this city, died
here yesterday. He was 6S years
. an. .-iniiott was active in Dem
tlocratle politics.
MAY 4, 1<)1 S
THM.S OK WII.D I'l.OWims
"Wild Klowers" was the subject of
an Wterestinß tulk by John F. Kob,
in the ShlmmPil school huildiiiK. last
niKlit, before the. Shlmmell Community
TM ■! ■■■■■!! I—■!■ ■■■! ■■IIIWHI MIIMMII Tl
WE HAVE MOVED
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TO OUR NEW QUARTERS
29 N. Cameron St.
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One Square North of Market
And as we have the best equipped
I repair shop in this city; the best
I mechanics and all kinds of experience
on any kind of cars, it is to your inter
est to bring your motor troubles here.
ALL WORK IS GUARANTEED
Give Us
SUNSHINE GARAGE
J. L. RIGGIO, Prop.
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NATIONAL RUBBER FILLERS.
It rides as easy as air. t
It ilia lies jour <nr tlojit'iul- \
Sold <>n a Guarantee.
C. E. ANDERSON, 80 ' X D^, SB
Center. Wendell Taylor recited unit
f Dolores Segclhalini told severiil
p. stories. Motion pictures were shown
t and a collection of $11) was taken fof
y the Red Cross.