ELIZABETH VILLE THRILLS TO ITS FIRST WAR MOVE . First of Drills For Registrants Given Under Direction of Captain Stine "Attention! Right dress!" These and other similar com mands, shrilly barked out this after noon, are furnishing the first taste of military life to approximately 150 registrants of the 1917 and 1918 classes of the Dauphin county board No 3. These men are receiving theil first preliminary drill at Elizaaeth ville. This drill at Elizabethville is '•}' I liisl preliminary drill to be Bven U ' 11 gist rants in Central Pennsylvania by any draft board and it being .ou ductei. under the supervision of U# tain Harry M. Stine. a major tn tIK, Harrisburg Reserves. Other are planned to be held several Mmu, weekly during the next several weei>. ( with officers of the Reserves inj charge. . Big arrangements have been maae at Elizabethville for this afternoon a drill. The affair resembles largely a great festive occasion. A Patriotic program lias been prepared with a 'omparatively big street parade as The program got under way at I o'clock at the headquarters of t he Elizabethville board with Chairman \\. J. Daniel, of the ElisabethviUo lioard, in the speaker's chair. Bund Opens Program The Elizabethville C'tizens Band opened the program witji a select after which the audience the singing of "America. Thefi>t address on the program, the address of welcome, was delivered by Bu - gess E. K. Romberger. He spokein ulewing terms of the efforts put forth by the boys ,r eady wc'ir-i lug the olive drab and hearti y j in ended, during the course of his rc-j marks, the Elizabethville board for its initiative in the establishment of di ill for its class °ne registrants. Following the singing of J selection short talks were delivered, hv Chairman James E. Dent/., of the instruction board. Millersburg, the. Rev. D. C. Balr. of Millersburg. and Captain Harry M. Stine. of lurg Patriotism was the keynote cT •ill the talks with war insurance and other matter!* of military nature forming the basis for most of the re "ia\Vith the conclusion of Captain Stine* s remarks, a parade with proo il.lv 300 persons in line, started., The procession, headed by the hand, moved over the principal streets cf the town. In line with a big Amer ican flag \v ere ten girl members of tin* Ked Cross, followed closely |>y the registrants, members of the Elizabethville Boy Scouts, the twen t \ -live members of the instruction 1 oard, and the members of the xlar risburg Reserves. After traversing the prescribed K iite the procession moxed to the # own park and the drill promptly r.,1 under way under the direction of Captain Stine. It is schedulud to last for two hours. Cniitiiin Stine h Al"tiiiitH Assisting Captain Stine in the drill in'' of the registrants are these of ficers of the Reserves: Maior A M. Porter; Captain F. H. Hoy? Jr. Captain U V- Harvey. Cap taiii W. A. Moore, Lieutenant■ S. E. Kitting Lieutenant A. Boyd Hamil ton^Lieutenant Frank Payne. Jr., ber uea'nt W. W. Lowther, Sergeant Ray mond D. GiUispie. Sergeant James >. Met 'ullough. Sergeant H. E. harp, ber uealit 11. B. MeClure, Sergeant Joseph I each Sergeant. Raymond B. Miller, •ovDo'ral H. B. McCormick. Corporal T L>. Caldwell. Corporal J. 1?. Harris and Corporal W. Kocbel. Announcements as to the arrange ments for the futher instruction in ndMtarv tactics of the registrants, were not available this afternoon be fore the conclusion of the drill. It is understood, however, that the men wII be drilled several times each week Thev will not be gathered to gether in one town as they were this time but groups ill the communities in which tffey reside. The further in struction will not be limited to class one men. but men with deferred class ification will be permitted to partici *>ate ' Commended For Initiative The Elizabethville board Is being 'unintended for its initiative in estab lishing the drill so early. Shortly ifter Provost Marshal General <-Jow er lias Issued his request to draft; Hoards that they do whatever they I were able to furnish preliminary drill to tiie registrants before they were ■•ailed into active service, first steps were taken by the board to institute ; '' \fter consultation with other mem bers of the board. Chairman W. J. | liHiiiel, issued a list of twenty-five i names of prominent citizens of the district to make up a board of in- i struction. This committee is to have full charge of arrangement for the drilling of the prospective soldiers throughout the district. Included on " lames E. Lent/., chairman: the Rev. I, F, Balr, J. A. Rowe, Millersburg. \ssoeiate members: The Rev. J. George Smith. Charles Shope. Halifax: the Rev. .1. F. Stabley, Pisherville; the Rev. 11. H. Fertig, lenders; Hay W Bowman. Millersburg; Earl K. liontberger, Ralph Lehman, the Rev. 1> P Huvet. Elizabethville; the Rev. George Seidel, Berrysburg: Professor Calvin Grimm. T. L. Snyder. Pillow: .1. J. Buffington, Harry Yoder. Gratz: Charles S. Grubl). Loyalton, Claude Kelser, James McCormick, Lykens; George Keen. James Kelly, Wiconigco; John B. Withworth, Thomas Mack. Wllliamstown. Ride on Raft in Lake Fatal For State Wards By Associated Press Oil City. Pa.. Aug. 3.—Three in mates of the state institution for the feeble-minded in Polk, were drown ed late yesterday in the lake on the institution farm. James Withoy. age lti years, of Erie, and James W. Yarnell. aged 23 years, of Pittsburgh, were riding on a raft which over turned. Roy Richards, age 16 years, of Uniontown, witnessed the accident and went to the rescue. All three were drowned. The bodies were re . covered. ♦ Von Holtzendorfi Quits as Hun Naval Chief Copenhagen, Aug. 3.—Admiral von Holtzendorff, chief of the Ger man Admiralty Staff, has been re tired for reasons of health, accord, ing to an announcement by the semi official Wolff Bureau, of Berlin. Admiral Reinhardt Scheer, com mander of the battle fleet, has been designated to succeed Admiral von Holtzendorff. 50 STBNOGHAPHKRS ARK CAM,EI) KHOM STATE The State Ilrnft Headquarters this afternoon sent out two voluntary in duction calls for stenographers to be qualified for special limited military service. The calls are for twenty live men each, to be sent to Washing ton, D. C., August 8. They will be placed In the 814 th Aero Squadron. Local boards must receive special per mission for each induction before any insn Is accepted for gervlct. The men ■*Ul entrain August t. SATURDAY EVENING. OVER 124,000 GIVEN PLACES State Employment Bureau Is sues Its Farewell Report on What It Did The Bureau of Employment of the Department of Labor and Industry, since its organization In October, 1915, following its creation by Act -of Assembly, has placed in employ ment 124.353 applicants, for work to July 1, 1918. That record was accomplished throagh three offices at Harrisburg, Philadelphia and Johnstown during November and December of 1915, additional offices in Pittsburgh and Altoona in 1916, additional offices at Scranton, VVil liamsport and Erie in 1917, and new offices in Oil City, New Kensington, New Castle. York, Allentown and Chester in 1918. The expansion of the offices of the Bureau of Employment of the De partment of Eabor and Industry was accomplished in 1917 and 1918 through co-operative assistance of the Pennsylvania Council of Na tional Defense and Committee of Public Safety. During the last two months of 1915 there were 730 placements made through the Employment Bu reau offices. The number of place ments increased to 15,948 for the year 1916; to 39,275 for the year 1917, and to 08,400 for the first six months of 1918. While the high record of place ments indicates a great amount of work performed by the Employ ment Bureau offices, even greater effort has been made, under the present war conditions, to stabilize labor as much as possible, reduce labor turnover and consequently this effort has been a factor in keeping down the record of placements. Since the creation of the United States Employment Service, under supervision of the Federal Govern ment, as a nation-wide agency to reduce labor turnover by regulating employment transfers, a coalition of existing public employment offices ir Pennsylvania has been effected. Under this arrangement Harris burg ceased on August 1 to be the main office and clearing house of public employment agencies for the entire state. The staip is now di vided into three districts —eastern, central and western—with the state clearing house located in Room 203, Finance Building, at Philadelphia, where also is located the central of fice and clearing house for the east ern district of the state. The main office and clearing house of the western district of the state is lo cated at Ross and Diamond streets, Pittsburgh. Harrisburg becomes the main of fice and clearing house for the cen tral district of the state, which in cludes free employment offices now located at Altoona. Harrisburg, Lan caster, York, Williamsport and Scranton. Proposed free employment offices to be established, in the future, in the central district of the state, with Harrisburg as the main office, would be in the following cities: Bradford. Chambersburg, Dußols. Emporium, Pottsvillc, Lebanon, Lock Haven. Lewistown, Mt. Union, Sunbury, Sayre, Wellsboro, Rhamo kin and Wilkes-Barre. Jewish Soldiers to Be City Guests Sunday Arrangements have been com pleted for the entertainment of a number of Jewish soldiers from the Middletown aviation camp and from Camp Colt, Gettysburg, to-morrow afternoon. The soldiers will be en tertained by the local branch of the Jewish Welfare Board. It is expected the soldiers will arrive in Harrisburg about 11 o'clock to-morrow morning, driving here in trucks. They will be the guests of honor at a big dinner at the Board of Trade at 12.30. Mayor Daniel L. Keister will speak at the dinner. A sightseeing tour in the after noon is scheduled. The party will drive through principal streets of the city and be taken through the Capitol. They will be taken to the cottage of Henry C. Claster, Sum merdale. where Jewish girls of the I city will be assisted by other talent |in entertaining them. A. L. Huber will play on the organ chimes and i Ihe Goldstein orchestra will play a : number of selections. A supper will jUe served at the cottage. The sol- I diers will leave for their camps dur ing the evening. Change Steel Lines at Mulberry Bridge Highway department employes to day began placing the curbing and other work in connection with the widening of Chestnut street at the | Mulberry street bridge approach. B:iilding operations at the large r/ar ; age and storerooms being erected there have advanced far enough so as not to interfere with the work of changing the street lines. Comm's ! sioner W. H. Lynch, superintendent ; of the highway department, said that | much time will be required to :om- I plete the Improvement as the present curbing on the south side of Chestnut i street must be removed and after it | is moved back In place the pavement : will be* started. The additional ' ground needed to widen the street to j eighty feet for a distance of 105 feet ! west of Chestnut st-eet was given to j the city by Samuel Flshman in re ' turn for closing a small alley and ' part of Cherry street. Union County Leads in State Stamp Campaign Dauphin county leads Philadel phia county this week in the sale lof War Savings Stamps. Dauphin's i per capita sale is $4.23 and Philadel phia lags behind with a per capita | sale of $4,13. According to the week ly report of sales for the week end- I iiifc Saturday, July 27, Union county I leads the state with a per capita sale I of $20.13. The per capita sales announced to day ns the results up to last Satur day. follow: Adams, $3.98; Bedford, $4.55; Berks. $6.51; Blair, $6.20; ! Cambria, $4.33; Cumberland, $7.63; ! Dauphin. $4.23; Franklin, $4.64; I Kulton, $12.61; Huntingdon, $8.62; ; Juniata. $5.83; Lancaster, $9.06; .Lebanon, $4.30; Mifflin, $8.21; Northumberland, $5.01; Perry, $6.?7; | Philadelphia. Schuylkill, $4.93; Snyder, $11.33; York, $5.07. | SEVEN DEALERS ATTEND Seven dealers attended the Kt-ikor I street curb market to-day, making the total for the week twenty-bix Gorge B. Neblnger, city Inspector of | weights and measures, said. Prices I of some of the vegetables on . ale ; vcre slightly lower than at the larga i markethouses it was reported. To I dot* 228 have attended the curb out IlCft&iifc Will Some Little. Boy or Girl in the First Grade Please Tell Lansdowne What We Are Fighting For? - V. RAILROAD READING PLANS A 4-TRACK ROAD Will Run to East Pcnn Junc tion; Large Yard Fa cilities Four tracks between Harrisburg and Allentown is another big im provement planned by the Reading Railway Company. Work will start in the very near future according to a statement made yesterday by one official. This improvement is one re sult of the recent inspection by fed eral officials. For some time work has been underway on twenty new tracks at Rutherford. Work has also been in progress for several months on ad ditional tracks between Rutherford and Robesonia. The Reading Eagle says: Yard Tracks Near Completion "In order to take care of the in creased traffic which is sure to be turned over to the Reading by tie connecting lines from the west, south and southwest, third and fourth tracks are to be constructed. Much of this work is now under way and the contracts for other stretches of track will be let shortly. "As most of the traffic on the Leb anon Valley and East Penn comes from the bituminous fields, all of which must be sorted and shifted to separate tracks at Rutherford, it was found that the yard had about reached it capacity. Hence the track improvements. "The next important move will be the building of a third track on the Kast Penn, between this city and Fleetwood. This will be to accom modate eastbound trade and the work will be started at an early date. Other improvements with a view of facilitating the movement of traffic will be made. "Asked whether the proposed line from Macungie to connect with the old line which was to have been built Irom Allentown to connect with the main line of the Reading in the vicinity of Port Clinton, the official said he doubted whether it would be of any great advantage. "A line has been surveyed along the west side of the mountain from a point near Emaus to Bethlehem," he said, "and it is possible that it will be built. It may take time but 1 feel certain that it will not be so long before it will be authorized. "The proposed line would follow the side of the mountain above the tracks of the Eehigh Valley and con nect with the North Penn branclv of the Reading. A road of this char acter, it is believed, would greatly relieve the congested conditions that frequently prevail at Bethlehem." Railroad Notes Ludwig Kiefer, a retired Pennsyl vania Railroad shop foreman, died yesterday at Altoona. He was 85 } years of age. I George V. Keller, brakeman on ! the Reading, is at his home in Pal ! myra, nursing a badly injured back jiind arm. While turning a switch he i wus struck by a draft of cars. Reading trains are now being run 'through to Mauch Chunk. | Regionul Manager C. H. Ewing and party, who spent some time at Harrisburg and Rutherford, return ed to Reading and remained in that city several hours in conference with General Superintendent W. H. Kef fer. General Manager F. M. Falck remained in Harrisburg. The Reading Railway Company is now employing women as section | hands. A number have already been ' taken on at Bridgeport and fifteen j are now at work on the Frackville branch betwen St. Clair and Frack ville. They have donned bloomers and ure doing the lighter work. Thy MM* OA hour. ttAKRISBURG TELEGRAPH Standing of the Crews HARRISBURG SIDE I'hllndelphin Division The 129 | crew first to go after 11 o'clock: 111,! 112. 108. 124, 113, 119, 110. Engineers for 129, 113. Firemen for 111, 108, 10. Conductors for 111, 110.- Brakemen for 110, 113. 'Engineers up: Bickel, Frickman, j Steffy, Bair, Molin. Baston. Firemen up: Dickover, Each, Mogel, | Clark, Kirchoff, Gimsley, Barley, Abel, Ellis, Brown. Brakemen up: Hannan, Moats, j hong. Middle Division— The 220 crew first | to go after 12.10 o'clock: 227, 304 H 241, 253, 215, 240, 26. Brakeman for 220. Engineers up: Leeter, Swigart, \ Fisher, Mortz. Fireman up: Grabill. Conductor up: Corl. Brakemen up: Manning, Long, j Barton. Yard Board —Engineers for 4-7 C, 10C, 2-15 C, 4-15 C. Firemen for 6C, 1-7 C, 5-7 C, 12C. | Engineers up: Rauch, Weigle, Lac-j key, Cookerly, Mayer. Sholter, Snell, j Bartolet, Miller. Firemen up: Soles, Wright. Wertz, ; Desch, Miles, Swiley, Martin, J. Yost, j Jr., Hilmer, Garner, Cordes, Kline-: peter, Williamson, Jones, Shoemaker, 1 Bartley, Frysinger, Carman. ENOLA SIDE Philadelphia 1)1 vl Ml oil The 250 crew first to go after 12.45 o'clock:] 248 235, 222. 225, 226, 221, 214. Engineers for 222, 214. Fireman for 214. Conductors for 50(2), 48 (2), 05 (2). j Flagmen for 235, 231. Brakemen for 35 (2). 22 (2), 05 (2), 26 (2), 14 (2). Brakemen up: Lean, Herrtjan, I Bower, Spangler, Frldman. Middle Division —The 223 crew first, to go after 1.45 o'clock: 257, *307, 230, 109, 114, 123. 107. Firemen for 109, 114. Flagmen for 109, 107. Brakemen for 114. 107. Yard Board —Engineers for Ist 126, ; 2nd 126, 3d 126, 2nd 132, 2nd 102. j 112, 118. I Firemen for 3d 126, 4th 126, Ist 1-9,1 2nd 129, 3d 129, 4th 129, 2nd 132,1 Ist 102, 109, 118. Engineers up: Quigley. Ewing, Her ren, Snyder, Gingrich, Caff, Potter, , Fenicle, Feas, Barnhart, Bruaw. Bair,, Fortenbaugh, Brown. Firemen up: W. F. Ready, StefTee, Lutz, Caff, Price, Bitting, Yeager, E. j Ready, Blessner, Bainbridge, Wallace, i Cristofaro Felix, Hall, Huber. PASSENGER SERVICE Philadelphia Division Engineers, up: B. F. Eippi, H. W. Gillums, B. A. Kennedy, C. R. Osmond, A. Hall, R. i B. Welch, V. C. Gibbons. Firemen up: W. Shive, W. I* | Spring.' Middle Division —Engineers up: S. H. Alexander, R. M. Crane, J. Crim mel, H. L. Robley, W. C. Graham, O. E. Miller. G. G. Kelser. R. E. Crum, D. G. Riley. _ „ Firemen up: S. H. Zeiders, S. R. Mearkle, R. A. Arnold. C. L. Sheats, E. E. Ross, H. W. Fletcher. P. E. Gross. THE READING The 69 crew first to go after 12.45 o'clock: 18, 68, 22, 16, 6j, 11, 71, 19, 72, 70, 14. 7. 63, 6, 64, 66, 57. 52, 23.1 2.' 59, 73. Engineers for's2, 57, 63, 64, 71, 72,1 2, 6. 11, 14, 19, 23. Firemen for 57. 64, 69, 71, 72, 2, 11, 14, 16, 18, 23, 25. Conductors for 63, 19, 23, 25. Flagmen for 57, 66, 72, 11, 18, 23, 25. Brakemen for 63, 64, 66. 67, 68, 69, 71. 72,s 2. 7. 11. 18, 19, 23, 25. Engineers up: Wyre, Bruaw. Firemen up: Brown, Winters, | Smith, Wengle, Keller, Grimes, Par mer, Cooper. Conductor up: Phelabaum. Flagmen up: Cassel, Dean, Gard ner. Potteiger, Schwartz. Brakemen up: Eong, Spies, I'auber, Mackey, Shay. Reading shops are now on an _i;ht-hour bails. THROW BRICKS AT KAISER, KRAMME TELLS DRAFTEE Every khaki-clad Harrisburger is after the Kaiser's scalp, but Horace Burton, Hickory street, is proceeding with more resolve than any other warrior. At least he says so. Here's the reason: The dusky Horace was haled before Alderman Fritz Kramrne lust night on a charge of hitting the son of Ella Budd. also col ored, with a brick. The magis trate was about to impose a fine and costs upon him when the prisoner pulled out a card show ing he is leaving for camp Mon day. "Since you are going to help lick the Kaiser," Alderman Kramme told him ,"I'ro going to let you go free on one condition. The condition is that you take some bricks along and hit the Kaiser in the stomach, too!" "All right, boss!" said the pris oner. And now he's hunting for the biggest bricks in town. Lieut. McCreath, Twice Wounded, Decorated For Valor on Battlefield LIEUT. "BILLY" McCREATH Another Harrisburg boy has made good in Frartce and his many friends here will be delighted to know that "Billy" McCreath has been deco rated with the French war cross. His father, Andrew McCreath, re ceived this cable message to-day: "Safe; been fighting fifty days. Decorated Croix de Guierre. Lost twenty-five pounds. Well and re lieved." • First Lieutenant McCreath is bat talion adjutant of the Thirtieth United States Infantry and received his training at Fort Oglethorpe. He arrived in France in March and has 1 been twice wounded, but not se ; riously. Several of his cousins serv- I ing with Scottish units have already I given their lives to their country. Lieutenant McCreath was former ly tennis champion of Harrisburg. and picture presented herewith was made at the time he won the cham pionship. He is prominent socially and in private life was active in Country Club sports. 10 PER CENT. WAR BONIS Simliury, Pa., Aug. 3.—Susquehanna silkiniils and Sunbury converting works, employing more than .1,500 hands to-day granted a 10 per cent, war bonus to Its patrons, making a total of 25 per cent, in the present year. To get this increase in pay the help must work a total of twenty-alx days out ot any one month. PENNSYLVANIA BOY GETS 17 H SAVES COMRADES Corporal Martz, Finding Himself and Party Surrounded by Germans, Cuts His way Out, Then Goes to Rescue of American Prisoners, Whom He Brings Back; Heroic Deeds by Members of 110 th Pennsylvania By RAYMOND G. CARROLL Special Correspondent of the Public Ledger and the Harrisburg Telegiaph. I Officially Accredited to the American Expeditionary Forces Abroad, j (Copyright, 1&1S, by Public Ledger Co. and the Telegraph Printing Co.) Special Cable Dispatch With the American Troops Under Foch, Aug. 2.—Corporal I Alvey C. Martz is a modest, good-natured youngster from Glencoe, Pa. He was standing on the south hank of the Marne River in charge of a working party of five privates, who were engaged in putting up wire entanglements near Sauvigny, when, with the commencement of July 15, the German offensive broke forth in a terrific barrage. "It looks like a big attack," he remarked. "I guess we will have to take to cover." He called to his men and followed them as they wormed from shellhole tct shellhole, crossed the railroad on top of the bank and reached the trench of resistance just beyond. Here the men ; dropped their shovels and took up their rifles. When the smoke screen which came after the barrage had lifted Martz found his little group completely surrounded by Ger mans. In telling me of the incidents that developed Martz un ostentatiously drawled: "I did not want to be taken prisoner, nor did the other boys, so I thought we had best fight our way out." Killed Three Boehen HlinKeir Martz alone shot three of the en emy before ordering his party to fix bayonets tnd cfcerge in the direction of the frui'port trenches. They got through without loss and then took up their positions alongside the French Martz's party was only a lragment of one of four separate com panies split up into platoons for in struction with the French and dis tributed through the towns and wood ed areas in the extreme northern edge of the wide hairpin bend in the river. In the support trenches Martz was joined by Sergeant Robert S. Kioto, of Meyersdale, Pa., but as large detachments of Germans were rush ing the line both French and Ameri cans were ordered back to the reserve trenches. While en route Martz learned an other group of six Americans had been captured on his right, so wnoel ,ng about face with Private John Mul len, of 4891 Merion avenue, Philadel phia, in the moonlight he set forth upon their track, coming up with them finally. The prisoners were in charge of two German Intelligence officers, who were escorting them to ward the Marne for interrogation purposes. Both Shot* Hit Tnrgetx Said Martz to Mullen: "You take the one at the right and I will take the one on the left." They fired together and both Ger- Pennsylvania Boys Show Up Well in Fighting Philadelphia, Aug. 3.—Mullen, of Tyrone, forms a combination bulit for deeds heroic, and it Is meet that such a son of Old Erin should pit Camp Meade on the may "some where in France." For to Private Jchn J. Mullen, of C Company. 110 th Infantry, who lived at 4891 Merion avenue, goes the distinction of being the first drafted man from this sec tion to be mentioned for conspicuous bravery, and he Is the index of the sort of stuff that Pennsylvania i>cnt down to Camp Meade last Septem ber. Raymond G. Carroll, correspon dent with the American forces, tells the story of Mullen to-day, a tale that will thrill every Irishman and other patriot in the city. Mullen and a country lad named Corporal Alva Martz had fought their way through a heavy barrage, and learned from a straggling soldier that a number of their comrades had been captured by the Huns and handed over to two intelligence officers. So, using the woodcraft that was a gift of heridity to Martz and the clash that came to Mullen through a long strain of lighting ancestry, the corporal and private went hunt ing the Huns. They "potted" both or them, liberated the captives and then went along to seek the Germans to devour. Mullen is twenty-three years old and has been In this country tor three years, making his home with his sister, Mrs. William Heagney. He had been drawing beer for a time before the call to the colors came and then he rolled up his apron one day and saluted the boss in this fash ion: "You have about five hours to get a new man, for I'm going to Camp Meade to-morrow morning and I've got a real Job that I've been wanting for some time." Mullen's desire to fight had been stimulated by he received from his brother, who was in the Canadian engineers in France. Every time he got a letter he wanted to enlist, but he was told the selective service act would give him all the chance be needed and he waited. He was in the first draft, and after be had been in Camp Meade for a month was sent to Camp Hancock to help till the Infantry regiments to war strength. "He was always a fine lad," said his sister, "and although he tended bar I want to say that he never £new the. taste of liquor. Why, when he left Tyrone, three years ago the whole town of Kintona, where he was born, was on hand to see him off. John played in the Tyrone Band and everybody home liked him. Given Watch in Tyrone "Why, before he went away the good priest and the young fellows around the parish bought hlin a watch, they thought so much of him. Never a word was ever said about John in his old home, and the peo ple around this neighborhood who knew him thought as much of him. "But a hero. That is great to me; but John was such a reserved sort of tellow that it comes strange to me to know that he is such a hero. I don't care onything about that hero business, and as long as you tell that John is alive and has his strength that's the best news you could bring me. My, but his father and mother will Just open their eyes when 1 write and tell them about Johnny." Major Joseph H. Thompson, of Beaver Falls, commanding the 110 th Pennsylvania Infantry, whose nl lsnt conduct was mentioned in Mr. Carroll's dispatches yesterday, ulso was a distinctive figure on the grid iron. He played on the Blue find Gold teams of 1908-1909, of the Uni versity of Pittsburgh and captained the team la the latter year. He con- 'AUGUST 3, 1918. mans were killed. Then they brought the six released Americans up and the augmented group numbered twelve. The account of the fight these men made In getting out of the German trap sounds like a chapter from the .Scottish Chiefs." Martz alone is credited with having accounted for seventeen Germans. Every few miles the party would join with other iso lated kroups of Americans. Eventu ally they came across Captain Charles F. McLain, of Indiana, Pa., who had both courage and a compass that gave them the direction. Duiing the daylight hours of July 15, without food, these men worked from ridgf to ridge, occasionally making a stand and beating off an enemy that outnumbered them some times ten to one. "Whet happened after you Joined Captain .McLain?" I asked Martz. He leplied: "Nothing happened! He brought Us> in. ' The detachment did not Veach the point where a large unit of Ameri cans had come up and made a big ftand with the French troops which stopped the advance of the Germans south of the Maine until Tuesday morning. Although they had seen thirty-six hours of continuous light ing they participated in the great counter-attack that started the Ger man retreat. tinued to coach the team after srad- Uf tion, and assisted Glen Warner in getting together the great teams of the last few years, which have -swept everything before them. Hem uf UiciK'o Geographers huve failed to put Glenco on the tnup, but that little thing has been attended to appar ently Corporal Ally C. Martz, a corporal of the Regular Army and one of the heroes mentioned in Ray mond Carroll's dispatches. The home of young Martz is in Bush Creek Valley, tucked away up in the hills of Somerset county. The young hero is twenty-five years old and his father bears the name of Abraham Lincoln, which makes it easy for the son to be lighting tc muke the world safe for democracy. Although Glenco is away from the railroads and the telegraph doesn't penetrate to its sylvan dells, they make fighters in the valley, and Martz is only typical of the dead shots created from the hunters who roam that section in search of the game, big and little, which abounds in that country. Robert A. Kioto, mentioned in Raymond Carroll's dispatches, is a son of Daniel A. Kioto, a Meyers dale cigar manufacturer. He first entered the military service of the United States during the troubles on the Mexican .border, where he served lor a time as corporal in an infntry regiment in the i Regular Army. Later he taught a'school at Kort Bayard, Texas, which was at tended by children of the officers at the fort. He attended the Meyers dale public schools and finished a business courses in Meyersdale Com mercial College. Mcljiin of Fighting Stock Charles Lucas McLain. twenty eight years old, cited in the Carroll cables for bravery in France, is a son of Captain and Mrs. Charles C. McLain, of Indiana, Pa. He is cap tain of Company F, One Hundred and Tenth United States Infantry, formerly the famous fighting Tenth Regiment of the Pennsylvania Na tional Guard. His command is com posed almost entirely of boys from Indiana and surrounding counties. Well Known Here Captain J. E. Boyle, of Pittsburgh, mentioned in yesterday's dispatches for bravery, is a well known Guards man with many friends in Harris burg and Lieutenant Barron, of La trobe, is believed to be the football player of that name who used to star against the old Steeiton eleven when the teams of that town and Latrobe met on the gridiron. If so be has many friends here. We Want an Ex-County or City Official —a Bank Employee —a School Principal —or a man of this type— in short, a man of integrity and large acquaintance in Harrisburg to represent a financial house hand ling only highest-grade securities. A man posses sing these qualities is assured success and perma nent, satisfactory compensation. Your communica tion will be treated as confidential, if you so desire. Address R—, 408 Finance Bldg., Philadelphia. WRECK VICTIM HAS A FIGHTING CHANCE FOR LIFE Albert E. Burkholder Terribly Burned in Spectacular Blaze in Pennsylvania 8.8. Yards Unless unforeseen complication! arise. Albert Burkholder, aged 40, 270 Peffer street, will recover from the Injuries he sustained at S K hump in the Maclay street yards at 2.35 o'clock this morning when he was drenched with blazing naph- • tha following a collision between a draft of two freight cars he wat riding and three oil tankers. This was the report received at the Har risburg Hospital this morning. He is seriously burned over his body above the waist, his chest, back, arms and head. Railroad officials were unable to. say this morning what amount of naphtha burned when the two huge tanks were ignited after the colli sion against a draft of two freight cars. Orte tank was of 60,000 and the other of 40,000 gallons capacity. Humes ixap High Two oil tanks and three freight cars, one of which was loaded with incendiary drop bombs consigned to the Edgewood Arsenal, were caught ! in the conflagration from the ignit ed naphtha. The flames leaped many feet into the air, and raged for more than two and a half hours. All the tire companies from the northern and central parts of the city responded to the alaim. According to the railroad report compiled this morning, Burkholder was riding a draft of two freight cars which had been shifted onto track No. 18. No. 1 yard, opposite Maclay street. Three huge tanks tilled with naphtha were standing on this section of the track, and the draft of two cars manipulated by Burkholder ran into them. The cars were standing about fifteen car lengths from the switch wnere Burkholder's draft was shifted onto the section of track. I.antern Started Fire Following the collision, the re port says, Burkholder jumped off his cars and ran ahead to see what dam ape had been done. Naphtha from I the first tank sprayed out of a loos ci.ed plug and drenched Burkhold er's clothing. The naphtha became ignited, it is thought, from the lan tern Burkholder was carrying. His clothing at once leaped into flames, and the flames leaped along the i spraying naphtha to the car, which | burst into a seething mass of flame*, leaping high into the air and lighting I the sky for many miles around. Burkholder started to run with his | clothes bi/rning furiously. Two fel i lew workmen grabbed him and roll ed him on the ground, which prob ably accounts for the fact that his life may be saved. He was taken to the Hnrrisburg Hospital in an en gine. where favorable reports on his condition were received at a late hour to-day. The collision knocked the plug off each end and the top of the first oil tank, leaving the naphtha gush out cn the adjoining oil tank, also loaded with naphtha. The con tents of both cars were soon in flames, and seethed for hours. Remove Other Cars There were freight cars all around the blazing oil tanks, and the Crew of workmen made every possible ef fort to remove them from the dan ger region. Three freight cars, how ever, were caught in the flames and partially destroyed before they could bt; removed. One box car loaded with tile, another car loaded with ! building brick, and a third car load ed with incendiary bombs, were ihe three freight cars caught In the blaze. The car loaded with bricks was badly damaged, while the roof was burned off the car loaded with bombs. Laying the water to fight the fire was a difficult task. The line had to be run from a plug at Seventh and Maclay streets through the side yard of a residence to the fence of the company's property, and then under two passenger tracks and across seven other tracks to the scene of the fire. Freight shipments at the SK hump were detained two hours and forty minutes while the fire was being fought. Burkholder, the injured brake man, has been in the employ of the road only a little more than a month. Prior to that he was an employe of the Harnsburg Telepraph. He is married and has three children. U. S. Socialists Pledged to Help in World War By .4ssociatcd Press Paris. Aug. 3.—Members of the Social Democratic League of Amer ica, during a reception given in their honor by the Socialist group of the Chamber-of Deputies yesterday, de clared the American Socialists, whom they represent, will make every sacrifice to win the war. The delegates said they would not accept an invitation to the pro posed international Socialist confer ence at Berne. TO DRIIX REGISTRANTS Officers of the Harrisburg Reserves will be at the Island on Monday. Wednesday and Friday evenings of next week to drill registrants of the first-clas*. These drills will start at 7.30 o'clock. "GOSPBI. TANK" WAGON The P. R. R- Y. M. C. A. "Gospel Tank" will be at Bailey and Balm streets this evening at 9 o'clock for an illustrated lecture. A program of special features has been arranged. 3
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