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Mannheim Terrified by
Worst Raid of the War;
Germans Flee th Towns
Geneva, Switzerland, July 2. —
Mouth German newspapers, in order
to release the nervous and angered
populations of towns alpng the
Rhine, attempt to explain away as
unimportant the aerial bombard
ment of Mannheim on Saturday
morning'. It was really the most
terrific raid on a German town dur
ing the war. The Germans officially
announced that five were killed and
fourteen were wounded, but the llg-1
. ures could be quadrupled. Several
victims were unfortunately, allied
officers, who, disdaining shelter,
cheered the allied aviators.
The residents of Mannheim also
were chagrined in witnessing five
or six German machines running
nway from the British. Three of the
former were brought down in flames
near the town. The Badische Ani
line and Soda Factory, upon which i
bombs fell, blazed for many hours, j
One of the largest banks was wreck-'
ed, its office furniture being blown]
into the principal street of the city..
The population, already nervous be
fore the raid, is now panic stricken. |
The raid on Karlsruhe, according'
to German reports, caused only ma
terial damage.
In the meantime, the exodus from
Rhine towns continues, and house!
rents have depreciated>3s per cent. I
liOiuloii, July 2.—Recent air raids
against railway stations and military
establishments in Germany are being
continued, according to an official
statement issued by the Air Minis
try. The statement reads:
"On tho night of June 30-July 1
further attacks were made on the
I enemy airdrome at Boulay and on
railway works and stations at Thion
ville, Remilly, Landau, Zweibrucken
and Saarsbrucken. The chemical
wors at Mannheim were again at
tacked.
"On July 1 the railway and work
shops at Karthaus, the station at
Treves, and the railway triangle of
Metz Sabions were bombed with
good effect. One hostile machine
was shot down and two of ours are
missing. One of the-machines re
ported as missing on June 30 has
returned."
BUSYBUSTNESS MEN
Science Helps Them Out After
Recklessly Abusing' the Stomach
The most reckless man in regard
to health is the busy business man.
At noon he rushes out for a bite to
eat. He bolts his food without prop
er mastication, and heaps on his
stomach an extra burden greater
than it is to carry without
breaking down.
His overworked stomach is crying
for help; it appeals to him for re
lief in various w r ays: Expulsion of
sour gas, waterbrash, sour taste in
mouth, heaviness after eating, short
ness of breath, bad breath, etc.
One Mi-o-na tablet taken with or
after, each meal will help any suffer
er from dyspepsia wonderfully. It
aids the stomach in the work of di
■gestion which it must perform.
Mi-o-na tablets are sold by H. C.
Kennedy with a rigid guarantee to
overcome dyspepsia and all stomach
troubles, or money back. They make
eating a pleasure.
Mi-o-na cleanses and purifies the
stomach and bowels and puts vigor
and strength into the overworked
tissues. It is the surest stomach
tonic in the world.
Sold by leading druggists every
where. —Adv.
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The Antiseptic Powder. Shake It into your
Shoes, Sprinkle it in your Foot-Bath.
It makes Standing
on the feet easy,
Allen's FooUEase
increases their
aCOy insures needed
physical comfort J
The Plattsburg Camp Manual Advises
Men in Training to Shake a little Foot=Ease
in their shoes escb morning.
Do this anu n-alk all day in comfort. It takes the Friction
\ from the Shoe and freshens the feet. At night, sprinkle
it in the foot-bath,. and soak and rub the feet. For over
25 years Allen's Foot=Ease has been the STANDARD
remedy for hot, swollen, smarting, tender, tired, perspir
ing, aching feet, corns, bunions, blisters and callouses.
Used by the American, British and French troops in
Europe. One war relief committee reports that of all the
things sent out in their Comfort Kits, Allen's Foot-Ease
received the most praise from the soldiers and sailors.
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your Druggist or Department Store to mail to your friends
in training camps and in the army and navy. Sold
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TUESDAY EVENING.
Letters F rom the Front
I Mrs. Anna Steese Richardson, a
well-known newspaper woman and
I author, now engaged in the Y. M. C.
| A. canteen service on the other side,
I haw written her children a most ln
j teresting story of her trip overseas.
Copies of the letters have been for
j warded to her aunt, Mrs. Samuel W.
Fleming, of this city. We make the
I foilowing extracts:
May 10. 1918.
So far a perfect voyage and your
mother very lazy. Not seasick, but
sleepy. To-day will begin interview
ing notables on board. Everything is
in uniform except a few French folk
homeward bound. Salvation Army.
Red Crogs. Y. M. C. A. in khaki. Red
Cross women in blue and Y. M. C. A,
wpmen in the faded effect 1 have
to wear in France. On board I wear
my old uniform. The Red Cross is
the exclusive bunch, Y. M. C. A. the
bustling. I-am-on-the-job crowd.
Everybody not inoculated ashore
went through that yesterday with re
sult of many sore arms to-day. Boat
drill this afternoon with life belts.
Gunners painting and polishing guns,
but you get so used to the atmos
phere of expectancy that you do not
mind it.
My room is most comfortable with
a young Italian-Swiss as roommate.
Good wardrobe and dresser room,
but of course close at night, with
portholes closed. Many officers and
men abroad and such tine chaps. It
makes me so proud of our Army.
Charming French officers abloom
with decorations, so unassuming and
friendly. Head of Y. M. C. A. party
formerly professor of romantic lan
guages at Harvard. Going on special
mission in French Army. Cannot
mention names it seems, but women
in some cases quite distinguished in
literature and on platform.
The fare is Hooverized but excel
lent. No white bread or sugar and
in self-defense I am learning to drink
chocolate. Your oranges were a real
blessing, also nuts. For breakfast we
have eggs which starts the day right
for me. After that nothing matters,
though the sea air makes me very
hungry.
Many Things Hapnon
May 14.
Have been a bad correspondent. So
many things happen. Y. M. C. A. put
me on entertainment committee. We
give a program nightly for A. E. F.
and one must hustle talent. Then I
am interviewing people for my ar
ticles —about two a day. Hope to
write one before landing. I wish I
might reassure you by wireless, for
I know you are anxious. I feel so se
cure now that I am on board. A
French naval officer in command,
a fine crew, ample boats and in my
boat, two American naval officers.
Every night I pack my knapsack and
lay out my sea-going clothes and
every morning I put them away
again. Otherwise life goes on as
usual. night a fine concert in
saloon for French wounded. Many
notables, grand opera, etc. No names
however may be mentioned. 2,600
frs. raised, 2,000 of which through
caricatures by' American artist. Will
send you mine. It is so funny.
The most interesting phase aboard
ship is the mad scramble of Amer
icans to learn French before landing.
You should see them gathered in
groups on the deck, though calm
even in the cabins. The cleverest lad
war a young lieutenant who. appar
ently, was having a violent flirtation
with a very ordinary looking French
matron. He was her devoted cavalier,
[ sat at tables with her, on deck, nev
er left her. He bore the "gibes" of
his fellows and the pitying smiles of
fair ladies, but you should hear his
accent at the end of a week—
superb!
Ready For the V-Boat
Wednesday.
Very strenuous preparations for
greeting a submarine. All boats
swing out, gun crews in position, two
men in the crow's nest, and men on
guard everywhere. I write this on
deck with my life perserver under
my deck chair and my knapsack
swinging from the back. But every
body is most cheerful. For the llrst
time we have rain or rather a fine
mist which drives boys below. In the
saloon a dozen girls are rehearsing
songs to sing at the matinee this
afternoon. "Dixie." "John Brown's
Body," etc. 1 am on the program
committee and much bored. As you
see my writing is not firm to-day
because the sea is rougher. Mist is
lifting as it does in Lerchmont at
noon for a clear afternoon.
Night.
All dressed up and no place to go!
I wish you . could' see your little
mother. Wherever I go there also
goes my lifebelt, swinging from my
arm like a knitting bag. Over my
shoulder now my knapsack, around
my waist my passport and money
bag. If the alarm came, I couldn't
get into a boat to save my soul. But
this danger zone stuff is amusing.
One man in cabin near me is actu
ally losing flesh. His hand shakes
like palsy. Others play cards. Many
are sleeping on deck but mist is
heavy and my throat is quite sore so
I came below. My neighbor prom
ises to call me at 3 a. m. as from
then to 7 is a danger period and if
there is any fancy gun practice I
want to see it. We have some won
derful French gunners aboard. One
with three submarines to his credit.
Perhaps you think this is all danger
zone but that is the most obvious
matter at the moment. We do the
usual things in the most unusual
way. Imagine being advised not to
bathe to-morrow morning and going
to the toilet swinging your lifebelt
gaily. I can hardly write now be
cause the ship is going at top speed.
It seems to have conserved its
strength for one magnificent spurt.
Children—l am having the time of
my life. I wish you were all here.
Shifting Scenes
Next Morning.
Here I sit on deck at sunrise Writ
ing to you. At 3 the ocean was a sea
of mica. Then it became opalescent
as the first color crept out from the
east. Finally the run, orange-red,
and the water, calm as Yokum pond,
turned blue. And at last on the gray
chifton horizon a mast, a funnel, a
sharp bow—a boat. Our fighting
convoy. It came prancing over the
water to us like a colt, sometimes
flinging up its foam-flecked head.
When it got into our water a great
sigh went up from the deck and
many went back to bed. But it is so
quiet on the freshly-washed deck
that I simply cannot go below. I will
sleep when the crowd comes back.
Oh, there are so many things I
wish you might see—especially these
alert French gunners. And the day,
as perfect as you could dream, with
a blue sea flecked with white and
gold. It seems as if no periscope
would dare raise its glass head but
we will not feel safe until we are
docked. Meantimerwe eat and drink
and chat and read. This has been
done at intervals during the day or
rather morning and now I go to
lunch. My first article for 's
will be the American invasion of
desolated France. Oh, the imperti
nence of some who are going over!
These college men who know noth
ing of life outside books—these smug
women who will patronize the
broken women of France. It is fear
ful to contemplate. French women
on board are so vastly our superiors
in manners, consideration, courtesy
to each other and to us. Unless Gen
eral Pershing takes over our vast
and undisciplined army of welfare
workers, they will verily encumber
the soil of France. They mean so
well but they are so absurdly pro
vincial. And now really to lunch.
Evening.
A perfect day. At mouth of river
battleships drawn up in bright green,
water dirigibles overhead in a blue
sky all fluffed with the softest little
clouds and right there a poor, dis
tracted woman flung herself over
from the promenade deck. Our boat
flow on but the destroyer was right
on the job and picked her up. When
we took on the customs man they
transferred her from destroyer to
our steamer via a little boat and a
rope, amid great applause. Quite a
dramatic finish to our great run in
nine days and a few hours. The har
bor isi,lovely and X look up from
your letter to wonderful low hills,
turrets, forts and always vessels in
the foreground and little fishing
boats with white sails. To-morrow at
noon we leave for Paris. Just con
tributed to fund for gunners who get
tent cents a day. They are such alert
guards T was glad to do my bit. Love
to you all and believe me—a perfect
trip. Do not rforry. I will come
back with great tales.
Arrival thrilling. All the way to
pier, boats, dredges bearing Ameri
can construction company names
and various plants, let Its men come
out to see our stately advance.
Whistles blew, men flung up hats!
boys on our boats answered:
"Where are you from?"
"Michigan."
"Where you all come from?"
"Georgia—boy."
Our singers sang at intervals:
"Liberty Bell ring again."
Peasants on bank, here and there
a wounded porter in blue, flung out
greeting. Really it was most touch
ing and tears would come. On dock
we were met by Y. M. C. A. leaders
who took us first to provost marshal
then their hotel.
Please save my letters. I have kept
no diary. Am cabling office to-day.
Will send caricature later.
Short Skirts and
Face Powder "0. K."
Cleveland.—A woman has a perfect
right to powder and paint and wear
short skirts. It Is a woman's right
to improve her looks with paint and
powder If she sets fit to do so, and
If the style says that she shall show
an ankle, or maybe more, then she
may do that also, and may wear
skirts as short as she.wants to as
long as the police are satisfied.
This, in brief, was Judge Levlne's
finding in a suit for divorce brought
by Bandor Ignatz against Mrs. Mary
Ignatz.
CRANBERRY BOOS ARE
TPHEATHZVED BY MOTHS
Pleasant I.altfe, Mass Cape Cod
cranberry growers are appealing for
help in' saving their bogs from the
gypsy moths that are doing thou
sands of dollars' worth of damage.
Some of the bogs in the thlckls'-
.wooded sections have the appearance
of fire-swept meadows. A poison
spray Is now being tried, as flooding
the bogs had little effect.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH!
Arrives In France With
Army Medical Corps
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CHALMERS M. GOODYEAR.
Chalmers M. Goodyear, son of S.
W. Goodyear, 2549 North Sixth
street, with the Medical Corps, 332 nd
Infantry Detachment, has arrived
o.verseas with the American forces.
Goodyear, a former employe of the
Lal&nce-Grosjean Tin Mill and a
member of the Camp Curtin Fire
Company, enlisted last July. He
had been in training at Camp Sher
man, Chillicothe, Ohio.
Y. M. C. A. to Swell
Its Forces in Russia
New York, July 2. The National
War Work Council of the Young
Men's Christian Association announc
ed here yesterday it was preparing to
support President Wilson's sugges
tion of economic aid for Russia by
recruiting more directors and secre
taries to re-enforce the 100 American
Y. M. C. A. workers still remaining
in that country.
In announcing the new men will be
cftosen "with a view to their ability
to contribute some constructive ele
ment to the Russian life of the fu
ture" the council added:
"Some will be agriculturists, others
businessmen of leadership and a con
siderable part will be men skilled in
rural Y. M. C. A. work in this countrv.
All will go with the purpose of help
ing Russia to help herself rather than
with any thought of attempting to
dictate Russian policy or to control
Russian institutions."
With the conclusion of the peace
agreement at Brest-Litovsk the Y. M.
C. A- workers serving in the Ameri
can huts along the Russian front
from the Baltic to the Caucasus re
mained in Russia, taking care of
thousands of invalid Russian prison
ers returned by Germany and seeking
to build up the morale of civilians and
soldiers alike.
Red Triangle workers are scattered
throughout Russia and Siberia, the
council said, adding that German
propagandists had failed in their ef
forts to drive out this band of Ameri
cans. "who h&ve won their way into
the hearts of the Russian people."
Angora Cat Starts Car
Crashing Into Another
St. I.ouln, MO.—An electric coupe,
owned by J. P. Rice, of 5231 A Von
Versen avenue, traveled more than
two blocks in Union Boulevard the
other night with an angora cat as
Its only occupant, the kitten appar
ently having started the machine
while it was parked in front* of Ca
banne Library.
The coupe traveled south, ran into
the rear of the automobile of Allen
W. Clark, 5524 Maple avenue, and
pushed it more than a block before
Clark got out of his own car and
climbed into the coupe, turning oft
the power in the latter. When he got
in the kitten got out.
Rice told the police that the kitten
was not his and must have crawled
into the machine after he had left it.
It Is possible for a cat to start an
electric car if the switch is not
thrown out. The only movement
necessary is the pushing of a lever
at the side of the driver's seat. A
cat playing on the seat cushion might
do this.
TO WEAR WHITE DRESSES
Pennsylvania railroad women who
will participate in the Independence
Day parade will wear a white dress,
six inches from the ground, together
with head dress and will carry an
American flag. The head dress and
flag may be obtained any time from
10 a. m. to 5 p. m., on July 3.
Descent of Fighting
Family Is In France
WILLOUGHBY F. NICOLLS
Wllloughby Nicolls, son of Francis
C. Nicolls, from a long lino of light
ing ancestors, has taken up the arms
of Uncle Sam and Is now In France
with the American forces. He Is a
grandson of Colonel Willoughby
Nicolls and a grand nephew of Sir
John Nicolls, both late of the British
Army with which served In the
Crimean War. Private Nicolls, be
fore his enlistment, was an em
ploye of the Bell Telephone Com
pany. -He had been training at
Camp Hancock, q*.
CAPTAIN JACOBS
TO BEDROPPED
No Truth, However, in Report
He Was Convicted of
Disloyalty
Captain Charles W. Jacobs haß
been dropped from the rolls of the
State Police, the department an
nounced to-day. There is no truth,
however, in the report that he has
been convicted of pro-Germanism or
disloyalty. The statement of the
department is as follows:
"Captain Charles W. Jacobs,
Troop A State Police at Greens
burg, Pa., who was tried by court
martial at Greensburg by the su
perintendent and deputy on June
27, on charges of conduct to the
preudice of good order and police
discipline was given a leave of ab
sence for fifteen days at the end of
which period he will be dropped
from the service.
"Captain Jacobs established- to
the satisfaction of his superiors
that he is a citizen of the United
States, that he is a citizen of the |
United States, that he is the owner j
of one thousand dollars worth of j
Liberty Bonds and displayed re- j
ceipts for large sums from the Red |
Cross and Boy Scout campaign. |
Superintendent Lumb is satisfied j
that some of the accusations against I
Captain Jacobs were inspired by I
malice and had no foundation in
fact.
"Captain Jacobs has not been In
good health for some time past but
has continued to bear the troop ad
ministration burdens without the
rest his condition required. It is be
lieved that the pessimistic remarks
that he is charged with having made
are in great measure due to his
physical condition and Superin
tendent Lumb is satisfied that the
only indiscretion that Captain
Jacobs was guilty of was that of
making such remarns as may be
heard frequently uttered by thought
less people in discussing the war or
the government. It is purely a dis
ciplinary measure which Jacobs
agreed to that resulted in his leav
ing the service. The rumors that
the Department of Justice is wait
ing on the result of the court-mar
tial is denied at the Harrlsburg of
fice of the State Police. Nothing on
the subject has been heard from the
Department of Justice and it is in
conceivable that the Federal agents
would take any official action against
a member of the State Police force
without fully co-operating with the
one branch of the state government
that is working day and night is
close co-operation with the Depart
ment of Justice through both the
Washington office and the local
branches.
"Captain Jacobs served three years
in the United States Cavalry, three
years in the Infantry, one year on
recruiting service and twelve years
and a half on the State Police force
where he has won a reputation with
his superiors for courage and steadi
ness such ( as few can claim."
British Red Cross Men
Praised For Valor
By Associated Press
London, July 2.—British Red Cross
ambulance men did splendid work
during the recent Austrian offensive
ana they gained high praise from
the Italian military authorities, ac
cording to reports received here from
Rome. Their actual help was in
creased by the moral support given
the Italians.
On the plain west of the Piave
British ambulances often were in
hotly-contested sectors. One regi
mental medical post they served was
within several hundred yards of the
firing line. The Britishers */on the
admiration of the Italins for their
work among the vines and fruit trees
which were in full leaf and through
which it was impossible to see more
thna a very short distance. Nine
tenths of the bounded in certain di
visions were carried to the rear by
the British.
When the Austrians retreated
acrost. the river at Ponte di Piave,
British ambulances worked up to the
river bank and took care of Aus
trian as well as of Italian wounded.
Huge Cotton Crop Is x -
Forecast of This Year
Washington, July 2.—A huge cot
ton crop is in prospect this year, the
Department of Agriculture to-day
forecasting the production at 15,325,-
000, equivalent 500 pound bales. A
crop that size will be the third
largest ever grown.
The acreage this year comes close
to the record, being exceeded onlv
by that of 1913.
Thousands of Widows
Not Yet 16 Years Old
Most of the women of India are
married before they are 10 years old!
Millions are married in their cradles,
and there are thousands upon thou
sands of widows who have not yet
reached what the reformers now hesi
tantly suggest as the marriageable
age. Not the wildest reformer among
them lias ever dared put this age
above 16, either. As a matter of
fact, there are more than 26,000,000
widows in India, and they are all vir
tually slaves in the households of
their dead husbands. It is an extra
ordinary problem.
Infant mortality in India is terrific.
Infant husbands die in infancy and
leave widows, who are bound by
stringent and immemorial law—not
British law, but Indian law, with
which the British, controlling such a
fearful population, have not dared to
interfere —to remain widows through
out their lives.
The British abolished suttee, or the
immolation of widows on the funeral
pyres of their husbands, and they
eradicated thuggee. Mark Twain
writes about thuggee in "More
Tramps Abroad." It fascinated him
and he devoted thrilling chapters to
it—lightly, of course, and from a
humorous standpoint that wcwild have
been impossible to any other human
that ever lived.—Eleanor F. 'Egan in
the Saturday Evening Post.
AT 78 TAKES BRIDE OF M
Worcester. Word was received
here of the marriage of C. Henry
Hutchlns, 73, formerly president of
the Crompton & Knowles Loom Com
pany, and Miss Laura Nicolle, 28, at
her home In Kingston, Ont. Mrs.
Albert I* Stratton and Arthur K.
Hutchlns, daughter and son of the
groom, were present. After the cere
mony the couple left for Mr. Hutch
lns' summer- home In Shrewsbury.
Mass. His first marriage was to
Eliza E. Knowles. In 1873.
BICi FIRE IN SHAMOKIN
Sliamokln, Pk.. July 2. —Ten busi
ness places and two apartments were
destroyde by fire here to-day. The
loss is 175,000. The building, owned
by F. P. Llewelyn, banker, is a total
loss. The fire was caused by spon
taneous combustion of oil-soaked
rags in a paint shop,
Home From Navy on
Thirteen-Day Furlough
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QUARTERMASTER W. L MYERS
After being in the war zone on no
less than a half dozen different oc
casions, Quartermaster Waldo U My
ers, U. S. S. North Dakota, is at the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Myers, 122 North River street, on
a thirteen-day furlough. Quarter
master Myers enjoys life in the Navy
thoroughly. The above photo was
taken while ho was enjoying a swim
in the ocean in the tropics. Myers,
a former Technical High School stu
dent, enlisted on April 2, 1917.
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