ELIN.HERSHEY
MADE PRESIDENT
OF ROTARY CLUB
Captain George F. Lumb, Re
tiring Head, Presented With
Handsome Gold Watch
At the annual meeting of the Har
risburg Rotary Club at thd Colonial
Club last evening the following offi
cers were elected for the coming
vcar:
President, Eli N. Hershey, presi
dent of the Hershey Creamery Co.;
vice-president, O. M. Steinmetz, man
aging editor of the Harrisburg Tele- j
graph; secretary-treasurer, William
M. Roblson, manager of the Insur
ance Company of North America;
nergeanfc-at-arms< Dr. John B. Law
rence; correspondent to Rotarian
Magazine, Captain George F. Lumb;
directors, J. William Bowman, John
S. Muaser, Preston Crowell and Cap
tain George F. Lumb.
A social hour preceded the busi
ness meeting, when, with the women
of the club present, a, buffet supper
■was served in the large hall of the
club. An, orchestra played during
the interval and Miss Brlcker, a
daughter of Lewis M. -Bricker, a
member of the club, recited and Mr.
Miller, a pupil of Miss Essick, daugh
ter of former President W. S, Essick,
of the club, sang.
Just before the business meetln'/
Captain Lumb, president of the cyb
for the past year, was presented
"with a handsome gold watch by the
members of the club, the new vice
president making the presentation
epeech. During the administration of
President Lumb the club has been
largely In patriotic services
and lias devoted nearly all of its time
and much of its money to war work,
undertaking several special missions
at the especial request of Govern
ment representatives. Music and a
social followed the business meeting.
Kiss From Miss Clark
Gives Him Mumps
Chicago, May 22.—Mumps, two
whole weeks of them! Would you
he willing to pay that penalty for
one kiss from Marguerite Clark?
Charles C. Ayres got the kiss and
the mumps from Miss Clark when
ehe was here selling Liberty Bonds.
Charles says it was worth it. too.
Charles is eleven years old and a
pupil in the Lincoln school. He lives
at No. 921 Wriglitwood avenue.
Miss Clark was trying to induce
the crowd she was addressing at
Marshall Field's to sing "Over
There," but the crowd didn't know
the song. Young Mr. Ayres called
up, "Why don't you try "What Are
You Going to Do to Help the
Boys?' "
"You don't mind if I kiss you,
you dear boy? I've just had the
mumps. You're not afraid of them,
are you?" Miss Clark said.
"Well, I should say not," the
youngster promptly replied.
He was so proud of those mumps
that yesterday, when they were mak
ing four-minute speeches in the
seventh grade of the Lincoln school,
he told of them so enthusiastically
that he was awarded the certificate
for the best speech.
ARRIVES IX FRANCE
Word has been received by frirtids
here of the safe arrival in France of
William H. Jones. 2251 Jefferson
J*treet, now serving as a bugler with
Company A, Machine Gun Battalion,
Twenty-eighth Division.
SUIT NEW BUT
HOLEJN SHOE
Bad Teeth Like Bad Shoes
Spoil Fine Dress and
Good Looks
PEOPLE NEGLIGENT
IN CARE OF MOUTH
Senreco Tooth Paste Power
ful To Save the Teeth and
Prevent Diseases
"All dressed up with a hole in his
■hoe," was a bit of sarcasm a girl
flung at a young man friend whose en
tire outfit was new except his punc
tured shoes. Right enough, too.
iElther to man or woman a shabby pair
Sf shoes would spoil the appearanca
f the most elegant garments ever
•worn.
What about the teeth? Dress in all
tehe finery you please. If you open your
knouth exposing a decayed set of teeth
bour attractiveness ends right there.
[That's a hole In the shoe for you.
phis applies both to men and women*
(Girls, and young men, you lose half
jthe admiration which would be direct*
'4 toward you if you have bad teeth. 1
3Tou can't be pleasing with a
rnouthful of decay. You can't
fce healthy either. The condition
tof the teeth have a telling In*
Ifluence on other organs of the body.
ißad teeth affect the Intestines, stom
ach, heart, and even the eyes. Medi
cal science shows that bad teeth pro
duce unhealthy conditions all over ths
body.
With Senreco Tooth Paste at your
■ervlce—a scientifically prepared pre
ventive of Pyorrhea—there's no need
(Of falling a prey to these Ills. No
meed of having a mouthful of decayed
,teeth. Used regularly on a set of
•food teeth the deadly germs have llttls
Ichance to enter. If they should enter
they can't exist long under its thor
ough cleansing properties. AB a
cleanser and preventive of disease
of the teeth it is positively reliable.
Advanced cases should be treated by
your dentist.
Use Senreco Tooth Paste as a pre
itative. Ask your dentist if you
>uld not pay all attention to your
ith. Of course we won't say our
oth Pasts will cure Pyorrhea. If
J already have It, your dentist
the doctor. Even If you ara
lcted with his terrible disease Sen
reco Tooth Paste will help you to get
rid of It, with your( dentist's assist
ance. But we don't want you to con
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(teeth, nor does your dental doctor,
f A preventive Is far better than t
!(have to go through the trials of a cure.
/Save your teeth by Senreco Tooth
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[won't have to deal with' foul and paln
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WEDNESDAY EVENING, % HABBISBVBG.ItiIdI TELEGRAPH MAY 22, 1918.
DR. YATES TO TALK ON ARMY
A ND NA VY TEMPERA NCE BEFORE
W. C. T. U. MEMORI
"Temperance in Our Army and
Navy" will be the subject of an ad
dress by the Rev. Dr. "William N.
Yates at the memorial services of
the Harrisburg W. C. T. U. in the
Fourth Street Churdh of God to
morrow evening.
Dr. Yates is well known as a tem
perance champion and is noted as a
pulpit orator. The members of the
union feel that they are fortunate in
procuring his services as he has
made a special study of the subject
on which he will talk and what he
says regarding this very interesting
topic will be based upon official rec
ords and his own researches.
An attractive program has been
prepared, including readings and
music.
A very large attendance is antici
pated, a number of the'soldiers sta
tioned hereabouts are to be present
and all the Christian Endeavor and
some other local societies having
been invited.
The W. C. T. U., of Harrisburg, is
one of the pioneer temperance or
ganizations of Central Pennsylvania.
It has made its good work felt in
many causes and its activities have
been largely responsible for the
growth of sentiment
in the city and county.
RED CROSS DRIVE
FORWARD AFT
[Continued From Pajte I.]
day will be found the returns sub
mitted by south divisions teams at
noon to-day.
Many Workers Enlisted
Nearly a thousand men and women
are engaged in soliciting this week.
There are 96 teams of 10 each. The
team captains are as follows:
A. G. Eden, Commander—J. W.
Storey, John P. Hallman, B. Frank
Smith, Harry S. Smeltzer, and W. C.
Halfpenny.
Mrs. Warren Van Dyke, Comman
der—Mrs. James W. Kellogg, Mrs.
C. C. Crispin, Mrs. E. J. Hocken
berry, Mrs. J. C. Johnson, Mrs. B F.
Fry and Mrs. Charles Boltz.
Mrs. F. S. Dunkle, Commander—
Mrs. L. M. Barnitz, Mrs. F. E. Dut
ery, Mrs. E. E. Zeiter, Miss Ethel
Wolf and Mrs Boudman.
Mrs. Christian H. Sauers, Com
mander —Mrs. E. T. Selig, Miss Jane
McDonald, Mrs. George Heisey, Mrs.
Jack Robinson, Mrs. McDonald and
Miss Romayne Boyer.
Charles E. Pass, Commander—
George A. Hoverter, R. Ross Seaman,
A. L. Holler, Harry E. Whitmoyer,
Peter Magaro and Harry A. Boyer.
George R. Shreiner, Commander
—G. R. Hurd, Dr. R. E. Holmes, E.
Fred Rowe, Rev. H. W. A. Honson,
F. F. Unger and H. E. Klugh.
John Fox Weiss, Commander—
A. H. Armstrong, J. S. Baum, E. Z.
Gross. Walter H. Maguire, Henry B.
McCormick, and John K. Royal.
Mrs. John Y. Boyd, Commander—
Mrs. Henry B. McCormick, Mrs.
Harry Stine, Mrs. John F. Weiss,
Mrs. E. Z. Gross, Mrs. Mercer B.
Tate and Miss Mary Robinson.
Mrs. Georgo W. Bauder, Comman
der—Miss Mabel Updegrove, Mrs.
John Q. Stewart, Mrs. Charles Reck
A list of the cash and pledges reported by the six teams of the North
Divison as reported last evening follows:
CASH PLEDGES
Mrs. Henry B. MCormik $767.39
Mrs. Harry Stlne 396.10
Mrs. John F. Weiss (No leport)
Mrs. E. Z. Gross * 557.95
Mrs. Mercer B. Tate 360.85
Miss Mary Bobinson 371.48
„ ' $2,794.07 $2,296.75
Mabel Lipdegrove $69.32 $4.00
Mrs. John Q. Stewart 37.25 5.00
Mrs. Charles Reckord 26.05
Mrs. Martha Reese 13o!85 5.00
Mrs. Harry White 261.77 5.00
Mrs. Frank Amsden 107.11 10.00
„ , $641.35 $29.00
Mrs. William Jennings 130.40 2,509.75
Mrs. Ross Hickok 498.85 5,362.00
Mrs. Ryder 76.00 • 4.00
Mrs. M. C. ones # 410.00 90.00
Mrs. Herman Miller 190.35 770.00
Mrs. Frank Payne . 275.10 131.00
T ,„ „ , $1,689.50 $8,868.75
Mrs. J. B. Markward 156.00
Mrs. William Laubenstein 85.70 "" 15.00
Mrs. A. F. Dillinger 129.31
Mrs. John C. Orr 141.25 : ' 160.66
Mrs Augustus Lutz 100.45 10.00
T , IV ,„ r, U1 $76L71 s2ol^oo
John G. Bless 202.71 15.00
Creorge R. Hull 397.50 213.00
S. Longaker 193.90 22.00
Ben Strousc 93 25 342 00
'V Segelbaum 176.05 130.00
C. Heyser 169.88 210.00
, f _ . T $1,030.33 $917.00
Airs. Gordon J. Piatt 43 00
l\ H. Oyster !!.•..!!!!!! 1 7!oo !!!
„ . . $6O!OO
I .totals $7,080.11 $12,325.50
Pledges today $6,102.25
Cash today 8,523.29
lotal ioday *
Total Tuesday ' .
Grand total ' \ \ $34*031.10
received at Chestnut Street Auditorium at noon to-day, when
Mrs. M. E. Olmsted's South -Division of teams had a war-time lunch
and submitted ligures. show that $8,523.29 cash was collected by this
division up until noon and $6,102.25 in pledges. The total collected by
the North and South divisions s $34,031.15.
The figures by teams are as follows:
TEAMS— PLEDGES CASH
Mrs. Prank Mckenzie jr. 00 lu
Mrs. Henry Gough !.!
Mrs. Edward Frazier c 00 %', n
Mrs. George Conner 20 00
Mi" Mae Sloathour , $30 . 0 0 $163.15
W; Storey • •••• 275.00 185.50
Dr. B. Frank Smith 2 0.00 27.85
S. Smeltzer 20 .00 81.25
W. C. Halfpenny 5 00 59 25
T T , „ $320.00 $353.85
Mrs. James W. Kellog jo, nn
Mrs. C. C. Crispen 72s-
Mrs. F. J. Hockenbury ' # *ls 00 milO
Mrs. J. C\ Johnson 19.00 69.80
mrSi d. x*• try •••••••••••••••••!••••••### 4" 01
Mrs. Charles Boltz 30.66 160!95
~ ~ , $54.00 $494.24
,I r8- £ Barnlta slof oo |42-50
rS " ?^ 6ry 25 00 34 °5
Miss Ethe'i woif !!!!!'.!!'.!!!!!!.' !iV.' 80 00
' tVs'.oo <•":
jflSs jane McDonald . *I *! I!!! .* 11 'ssiflo ', 2; :i:!
Mrs. Prince . . < 130.00 106.63
Mrs. Jack Robinson 78 39
Mrs. McDonald ! 5.00 51J5
Miss Romayne Boyer 35.00 98 70
„ - . T T . $21'6.00 $597.74
Charles A. Hovertpr „ 13 .00 199.53
Ross Seaman • 10 . 00 110.50
A. L. Holler 431.00 214,00
Harry Whitmoyer 5.00 47.00
Peter Magaro j 5 00 687.50
Harry Boyer 1 8 , 50 89 70
~ „ . ' • $492.50 $1,438.4 4
S' R - ' 50.00 193,10
Dr. R. E. Holmes 8,00 60 75
E. Fred Rowe 54.00 50.99
Rev. H. A. Hanson .• 35.00 150 20
F. F. Unger 10. 00 165.35
. „ . , $157.00 $620.39
A. H. Armstrong 1,306.00 778.05
J. S. Baum 190.75 442.87
E. Z. Gross 373.00 . 466.50
Walter H. Maguire 53'1.00 489.60
H. B. McCormick 2,220.00 1,156.00
John K. Royal 148 00 1,146.25
$4,768.75 $4,479.27
f. .. . • . t, < ; -
DR. W. N. YATES
ord, Mrs. Martha Reese, Mrs. Harry
White and Mrs. Frank Amsden.
Mrs. Francis J. Hall, Commander
—Mrs. William Jennings, Mrs. Rosa
Hickok, Mrs. Ryder, Mrs. M. C.
Jones, Mrs. Herman Miller and Mrs.
Frank Payne.
Mrs. C. W. Burtnett, Commander
—Mrs. J. B. Markward, Mrs. William
Laubenstein, Mrs. A. F. Dillinger,
Mrs. John C. Orr, Mrs. Augustus
Lutz and Mrs. A. Simms. .
Isaiah Reese, Commander —Eph-
raim Brenner, John G. Bless, Charles
Burns, G. R. Toomey, O. P. Keller,
and 8. C. Green.
H. E. Sloat, Commander—William
H. Gorman, Charles H. Crampton,
David P. Dunlap, A. A. Garman and
George B. Rasadean.
A. B. Millar, Commander —George
Ross Hull, Morris S. Longaker, J. N.
Donaldson, Benjamin Strouse, A.
Segelbaum and E. C. Heyser.
H. R. Omwake, Commander—Mrs.
Gordon J. Piatt, F. R. Oyster, Harry
C. Miller, Daniel E. Lucas, and 11.
W. Ayle.
Mrs. C. H. Hunter, Commander—
Mrs. Frank McKenzip, Mrs. Henry
Cough, Mrs. Edward Frazier, Mrs.
Georgo Conner, Miss Mae Sloathour,
and Mrs. R. S. Frederick.
Many Experiences
Workers in their first two day's
canvass of Harrisburg, had some in
teresting experiences. One of the
greatest human interest is reported
by Mrs. E. Z. Gross, who displaying
a piece of adhesive tape with several
dozen dimes attached, reported that
this represented the "beer money"
of some foreign workmen who had
that day avoided John Barleycorn
and given the money ordinarily spent
to satisfy themselves to help sweV
the Red Cross fund.
PRICE OF COAL
FIXED BY TIME
OF DELIVERY
Higher Freight Rates to Give
Fuel Another Roost
in City
Consumrs who are now ordering
coal for future delivery will pay for
it at the price rates prevailing when
the coal is delivered, according to
the Dauphin county fuel adminis
trator to-day. i
Twelve thousand consumers have
already placed, their orders for next
winter's supply in tHe hands of their
dealers. Many othen consumers have
been holding back, and the Dauphin
fuel adminstration urges that all
these come forward and tile their or
ders with their dealers.
The payment for the coal now be
ing ordered, but which may not be
delivered for months, is a matter to
be setled betwen the dealers and
consumers. It is up to the dealer to
decide if the consumer must pay
for the coal before it is delivered.
Ihe fuel administrator has set no
armitrary arrangements for either
cash, installment or future payment
plans. But regardless of when pay
ment is made, the dealers must be
paid for their coal at price rates con
forming with those in effect when the
coal is delivered.
Prices to Go Up
That the coal will cost more in the
near future is conceded by dealers,
as the government has announced
its intention of raising freight rates,
one item which will make for in
creased coal costs. Consumers who
pay cash for their coal when they
order It now will have to pay the dif
ference between present rates and
the rates when it arrives in the city
and is delivered to the household
bins.
The county fuel administrator to
day repeated his request to consum
ers to file-their orders at once. He
declared that the amount of coal or
dered now will form the basis of the
calculations by which the fuel ad
ministration will request coal from
the operators and state administra
tor. One hundred and twenty thou
sand tons is estimated as the normal
demand for Harrisburg per year, and
orders approximating 87,000 tons
have ben placed to date. The fuel ad
ministrator urges that people using
only a ton or half a ton place their
orders at once.
Confusion Caused by
Errors on Ballots For
Local Primary Elections
Some confusion was caused yes
terday at the primaries in this city
by errors on the ballots. One pre
cinct in the Eleventh ward was com
pelled to vote on Second ward tickets.
Some of those who used them did so
under protest. The ballots were
printed in Reading and after the
errors were discovered there was no
possibility of correcting them.
Deputy County Treasurer
to Address Kiwanis Club
J. E. Rutherford, Deputy County
Treasurer, will address the luncheon
of the Kiwanis Club to be held in the
Elks diningroom Friday noon. T. H.
Hamilton, architect, will distribute
souvenirs, as the "sflent boost" of the
occasion. T. E. Cleckner, of Fisher &
Cleckner, will give a pair of shoes to
the lucky winner of the attendance
prize. Every member of the club who
reaches the luncheon before 12.15
will be given a number and a dupli
cate is placed in a hat. The holder of
the number drawn, will receive the
pair of shoes.
Charter Night will 'be observed
i Monday night when members of the
club will meet the international pres
ident of the Kiwanis Club and his
party. The club charter will be form
ally presented. Music and dancing
and a luncheon will be features of
the affair. "Ladies' Night" will be
observed in connection with the
event.
THROWN OFF MOTORCYCLE
Charles N. Nye, of Linglestown, is
at the Harrisburg Hospital suffer
ing a possible fracture of the .right
leg as the result of an accident on
the Jonestown road yesterday. He
was riding his motorcycle when the
chain slipped off and threw him, the
motorcycle falling on his leg. He
is employed as a machinist on the
Middle division of the Pennsylva
nia Railroad.
CONGRESSMAN AARON S. KREIDER
'
. The Congressman was renominated for Congress on the Republican
ticket in the Dauphin-Cumberland-Lebanon district without opposition.
He will be re-elected in November without doubt, as the Democratic cam
paign will be merely nominal in this district.
BROTHERS IN TRAI
THE BIG DRIVE ON HUN LINES
HSHBaßwr* ,
CHARLES W. HARTZEL WILMER M. HARTZEL
Herer are two brothers who are waiting their chance to join the
American army soon to be a fo.rm idable force on the front in France
Both have had months of training in home cantonments and are ready
for active service. They are Wilmer M. Ilartzel, of Cimp Lewis, and
Charles W. Hartzel, of Camp Green. Their home is 1931 Forster street.
FLYING WITH SHAFFER
Some Hard Luck
LETTERS FROM A DAUPHIN BOY TO HIS MOTHER
Somewhere in France,
April 3, 1918.
Dear Mother: Your last letter
contained one from Dad in which he
called me for not getting more ex
citing news and pep in my letters
during the last few months. He
even was unkind enough to blame it
on a poor girl—just as if there was
such a troublesome animal around
here, and even suggested I marry
her, which would let my genius shine
forth again in all its glory. I don't
know where he gets the genius stuff
—of the girl, for I have seen neither
And besides, I have been trying to
write a truthful account of my ex
periences as Iwent blythly along,
but how can I write 'exciting things
when nothing has happened for
months. Does he want me to call
my imigination into play?
Something I fear is not possible,
never having had any. I can trim
facts into fairly readable shape,
'tis true. That I don't write ficti
cious tales. Dad has himself to
blame—He raised me too well.
However, after telling you the little
that has happened to me since the
last letter, I'll endeavor to spin a
few yarns about my comrades.
April Showers
This is April, you know, and it
sure is living up to its name, for
the clouds weep so often as some
women and for as little reason.
Anyway, yesterday I asked the Cap
tain if I could shoot at the target
from my zing, as the last time I
had tried it—on seven Boches—it
stuck. He gave me permission, and
after some delay rounding up my
mechanic, I was so6n sailing around
in my one-winged "chic" airplane.
It was rather warm, and all I was
wearing of my flying costume was
helmet and goggles, so the breeze
stirred up by my propeller felt very
grateful as it eddied over my flannel
shirt and sky-blue trousers, not
having been in the air for so long, I
was naturally feeling pretty frisky.
The fact that we are forbidden to do
acrobatics tvas the only sad thing
about the flight. However, I had
gone aloft to shoot, and getting the
signal to commence, I was soon
hurling down at a 4 foot square tar
get, shooting as I came.
Three successive dives I made and
the gun worked without a hitch.
Alter the :irst dive, I gave up trying
to see through the telescope sight,
as it was so cloudy or dirty that I
could see nothing through it, so
corrected my shot.i by watching the
tracer bullets, getting so interested
in watching and correcting them that
I nearly, ran into tho ground. See
ing that my gun worked all right, I
flew around just for the joy of flying,
for it's a greatfeeling to know one
has all this power and terrific speed
under his control, and can do what
he wishes with the least touch.
Tho skies were full of those big,
white, billowy clouds—you know, the
kind that look like silver sponges.
Well, I had a wonderful time fly
ing around, through and over them.
As for sliding down the side of one,
there is no sensation like it
roller coaster or Coney Island might
give you an idea of it .but not the
thrill. Incidentally, these heavenly
roller coasters are rather brimpy,
for always near a cloud there are
whirls and eddies of air that sure do
things to an airplane. But this
little Morane is so light and easy to
control that one never minds a bump
or two, for she rides them like a
cork, or a canoe. Knowing how I
used to enjoy steering a canoe
through "white water," you can well
imagine how I enjoy nestling up
alongside a cloud, whose reception of
me you can see. is about as welcome
as on old .maid's.
How does that rhyme go?—
The older the tree, the rougher the
bark.
The older the girl, the harder to
spark.
"But I digress from the point, which
was a bumpy cloud. I never tire
of the experience of flying through a
cloud. It is so novel a sensation
and to point the nose of my winged
steed up into a. cloud, and have the
fog surounding make one think
night is coming, and there as we near
the upper side, everything grows
brighter and brighter, and then, sud
denly out we shoot into a sunshiny
world again. Thus, I can create
a sunrise or sunset at will, for It's
just as dark inside a cloud as it is
bright outside. All you have to do
is put me in the air, and believe me,
I'll sure find the silver lining.
Acrobatics, as I said are forbidden,
but I did not think a "vertical vir
ago" was included in that word, and
since this is a different maneuver to
do right, incidentally being very use
ful in a light, I tried a half
or so. This maneuver is done by
standing the Zing up, on one end;
and then pulling on the "joy stick."
one spins around on one wing tip
and coming out right side up again,
the nose of the Zing is pointing in
exactly the opposite direction from
where one started in. What makes
this maneuver so difficult is the fact
that all controls are reversed wnon
standing the wings for in the normal
flying position a pull on the "joy
stick" would shoot you in the air,
and a push on the rudder to right
or left, whereas in the "vlrtical
virage" a push on the rudder and
you go down or up and a pull on tho
"Joy stick" and you make a half
circle.
Coming drfwn and making a good
landing, X felt pretty chipper, but no'
sooner had stopped my engine than
a lieutenant of the escadrille came
up and. balled me out proper for do
ing acrobatics. I could not under
stand all he sjaid although I got the
general drift, so FJntman, standing
nearby translated, and with a per
fectly grave expression interrupted
his translating with expressions such
as "You did just right" and then i*
An Opportunity To Homeseekers
To Own a "Better Built" Home at
Old Orchard
Is offered in the Hippie homes of distinction at Twenty-Sixth and Derry Streets. Sub
stantially built of the best materials and workmanship and located in one of the best resi
dential sections of the city, these houses are the most desirable homes to be found. The
lots tire of good size with plenty of room for garages. .The houses contain 6 rooms and
bath, front and rear porches, steam heat system, electric and gas, and every modern con
venience and up-to-date improvement.
Built with materials and labor contracted for at last season's prices—they are now
offered for sale at a very moderate price—very much less, in fact, than it would cost to
build them to-day.
/ It will pay you to investigate NOW—a phone call or postal will bring complete de
tails. % '
HAROLD A. HIPPLE
Contractor and Builder *
Both Phones Harrisburg National Bank Building
little more translation and then "this
lieutenant thinks he's the "prince
cheeso'here" a little more and ugain
"Those vlrages were mighty well
done —this lieutenant is afraid to do
them."
A Handy Trade
And all the time the (lieutenant
was standing right beside us, Put
man seriously explaining what the
lleutenantwanted to tell me, and ir
revelantly making this own observa
tions, whil I sat in the Zing try
ing hard to keep a straight face, for
it sure struck me funny. This
knowing two languages is certainly
a wonderful possession and do you
see, comes in very handy at times.
It is not necessary to talk behind
an/ one's back—if he don't under
stand you.
And now I'll tell you about an
American whose escadrille used to
reside here. They were changed to
a combat escadrille and is in the
Somme Sector now.
He is an enormously tall Ameri
can, and I still wonder what he
does with all his legs and feet in
one of these small "chausee" planes.
He jokingly remarked to me one
day that he warmed his chin be
tween his knees when he flew and
I can well believe it. He flies .>
Spad now, and. along with several
others they were sent out one day
when the clouds were very low, to
shoot up, infantry, cavalry or any
thing else they could see along the
roads back of the German lines.
They soon were over the Boche
lines, and coming down as low as
50 metres above a road full of Boche
infantry and cavalry, they knocked
them over like ninepins with their
machine guns. For 6 miles they
followed this road at that low height
j every Boche who could loosen his
rifle, letting fly at them.
A Bit of Hard Luck
Unfortunately, this American said
his gun would not work at this time
but soon after he spied a bunch of
cavalry sittlngin the center of a
woods, eating dinner. It may have
been that #ie was hungry that he
forgot his food' manner, for al
though he had not been invited he
rudely dropped in for lunch, bring
ing his share with him. Only the
Boche had not eaten enough to need
any pills, especially the kind he was
spraying at them and they spread
for cover like a flock of quail.
He was in too big a hurry to take
any of the lunch, he had won, but as
he wrote to Putman, he never had
so much tun since he came to
France, which gives you an idea the
day an American looks at it—just
a big game with lots of sport for a
sensation aeeker. Of course, there
is the tragic side, and many flights
don't end as happily or amusingly as
the one I related in the last letter,
but aviators choose to disregard that
part and lam no exception. Since
I was always flippant at home, why
should I change now; besides tell
ing you tragic instances would fright
en you sure.
One American who went to school
with me, had a fight with a Boche
which lasted 20 minutes which is
an exceptionally long time believe
ma Most of them last about 30 sec
onds. I never heard any details
about this prolonged combat, except
that a Frenchman and this Ameri
can went out together. A Boche
came up under the Frenchman,
shooting as he came, and dow-i went
the Frenchman, in flames, the Ame
rican diving on the Boche imme
diately. I guess they called it a draw
after 20 minutes for neither the
Boche nor American was hurt.
Hoping For Luck
My friend Stuckney, who dropped
in on us the other day, told me most
of these incidents. He told me an
other one of Cook, who, having got
in a scrap with a Boche with no
harm done on either side, remarked
that the Boche just put his finger
on the trigger and kept flying around
hoping he (Cook) would run into
some of the bullets. Most of us have
been under fire at least once, so
Stlckney expressed no opinion of us
all when he dail£ remarked that he
couldn't see how the Boche missed
us. What with "confetti" (tracer
bullets) going past one on either
side, between the wings, above and
below. "Why, all he'd have to do
would be to kick the rudder, and
he'd have you," he summed up.
You see the Boche have their guns
mounted the same way we have—in a
fixed position, so the machine must
be sighted by using the controls.
The clouds just cleared off about an
hour ago, letting a little blue
through here and there. No sooner
had this occurred than over came a
Boche, high in the air, Nvith a
trail of shrapnel streaming behind
him, none of which were very close.
Anyway, It didnot faze him any, for
he kept l/irht on coming and turn
ing, flew over Chalons. So I expect
we can expect a raid to-night. In
cidentally, two French planes set
out in hot pursuit soon after we saw
him, but with the start he had I fear
they did not get him.
Just asked the Captain to go
"hunting" this evening with a
Frenchman, he slave me permis
sion, but told me to be careful —■
Hope I see something.
WALTER, j
ROY D. BEMAN
HEADSLO.O.F.
Harrisburg Odd Fellow Is
Chosen Grand Master at
Reading Session
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"ROY D. BEMAN
By Astnuatcd Press
Reading:, Pa., May 22.— The Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows to-day elected
the following officers: Roy D. Beman.
Harrisburg, grand master; Jacob E.
Weaver, deputy grand master; Frank
Shannon, grand warden; Usher A
Hall, grand secretary; Fred C. Han
yen, grand treasurer; Wilson K.
Mohr, grand representative.
A long report submitted embraces
statistics compiled through the of
ficers of the grand master, grand sec
retary. grand treasurer and the com
mittee on finance, showing the pres
ent membership to he 174,618, an in
crease for 'the year ending September
30, 1917, of 6.287.
Initiations during the year were 14,-
| 144, admitted by card 1,280; reinstat
ed 767; deceased during the year
.2,280; withdrawn by card 1,533; sus
pended 6,067; expelled 24. The un
usual large number of suspensions
were due to those members now in
the service, which number nearly
5,000.
Strange Flag Puzzles
Kansas City Patriots
Kansas City, Mo., May 22.—The
following letter has been received
by a local newspaper:
• "The Post, being such a patriotic
paper, will you please print on the
front page in letters a foot high, if
you have type that large, for the
benefit of two 'not even" lukewarm
Americans in a country club car
last evening, what the bright flag
which flies under the American flag
on the station flagpole stands for?
"One man said it must he a ser
vice flag, only he didn't understand
what the blue bars were for, and the
other said it must be a new French
flag. They surely belong to Rip
Van Winkle's class and are still
sleeping, and I leave it to The Post
to wake them up. S.' O. S.
S. O. B.—lf The Post knew who ! <
the two men were it would send a
Boy Scout around to explain to them
about the Liberty Loan honor flag
I that was awarded Kansas City for
exceeding its quota in the sale of
bonds. It would also send them the
paper free, so that they might find
j out that there's a war on.
: SHIEDED I'ltOM DRAFT
BY GOVERNMENT JOBS
Washington, May 22. Congress
men have been investigating the
subject charge that thousands of men
lof draft age are enjoying freedom
i from military duty through exemp
tions obtained for them by executives
of Federal departments. This situa
tion was uncovered during the discus
sion on the Food Production bill,
when it was shown that the Secretary
of Agriculture had 2.000 men exempt
ed from military service. It was as
serted that if the same proportion of
exemptions prevailed in other Gov
ernment departments more than 10.000
so-called "Government slackers"
i would be found in Washington.
| To prevent further abuse of exeeu
| tlve exemptions from military ser
vice the House amended the Food
Production bill so as to prohibit the
Secretary of Agriculture employing
any of the 11,000 men authorized by
the bill for field service who are with
in the draft age.
DRIVER HURT IN CRASH
Charles Mohn. aged 22. 21 South
Thirteenth street, is in the Harrisburg
Hospital suffering from bruises and
lacerations which he sustained about
8 o'clock last night, when a street
car ran into the City Transfer truck
he was driving. He was driving up
the incline from the railroad at Fifth
and Market when the trolley car
struck his machine. His injuries are
not serious.
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