4 PERSONAL AND SOCIAL NEWS EVERYONE PLAN PROGRAM FOR THE SEASON Wednesday Club's Musical Work Is Getting Into Shape by Groups of Members The Wednesday club decided on re cital programs for the coming year of work, the advance notices Just sent out including the following out lines arid groups of members: November 6—Mrs. Wilbur F. Har ris. Mrs. Robert B. Reeves. Mrs. John R. Henry, and Miss Mabel W. Wit tenmyer. November 30 —Miss Sara Lemer, Mrs. Robert W. Bressler, Mrs. John C. Reed and Miss Theo Laverty. December 19—Mrs. William K. Bumbaugh, Miss Mary H. Worley, and Mrs. Henry H. Rhodes. January 15 —Mrs. Edwin J. Dece vee. Miss Belle P. Middaugh. Miss Mary B. Robinson and Miss Martha E. Snavely. February 12 —Mrs. J. G. Sanders, Mrs. Lee Izer, Mrs. William Harcle rode and Miss Marie Sultzaberger. February 26 —Mrs. Martin Cumb ler, Miss LeNora Fry and Miss Mary Corbott. March 26—Mrs. Arthur H. Hull. Miss Agnes Hess and Miss Margaret Vaughn. April 9—Mrs. Roy G Cox, Mrs. Hugh j Hertzler, Miss Alice Decevee. and j Mrs. J. L Zimmerman. New members, who will be elected ; later, will ha fitted into place in these | programs. The evening muslcales will be as j follows: October 23. 1918, solo choir under > the direction of Frank A. McCarrell. j December 3. 1913, Louis Graveure, j the noted French baritone. January 29, 1919, choral concert under the direction of Mrs. Wilbur F. Harris, with Miss Mabel Wltten mver at the piano. \ March 12. 1919, Miss Frances Nash, the voung American pianist. One of the outstanding points of this season's program will be the re ciprocity feature with other clubs through the National Federation of Musical Clubs. The officers for the year are Mrs. William L Keller, president; Miss j Nancy I. Shunk. vice-president; Mrs. Edwin J. Decevee. corresponding sec retary, Mrs. Roy G. Cox, recording secretary; Miss Man' B. Robinson, treasurer; Mrs.. Wilbur F. Harris, choral director; Miss Martha 1- Snavely, chairman of program com mittee. Williams Grove Scene of Evening Entertainment A social evening was spent at Wil liams Grove last Friday. Professor. Colta and troop from Harrisburg. were the guests of the evening. The entertainment opened and closed with community singing. Oth-, er features of the program were ; t€3dinps by Miss Man* Hoo\er, of Harrisburg and Miss Genevieve, Houston, of Carlisle. i Refreshments were served to about, 250 people. President James A. Machlan an nounces that this week and next week, dances will be held in the grove three nights each week, Tues-1 day, Thursday and Saturday. LADIES' AUXILIARY MEETS The regular meeting of the Ladies' j Auxiliarv of the T. M. H. A. will t>e I held Tuesday evening. August 6 at 8 o'clock in the rooms at Sixth &ndj Sayford streets. j Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Wix. of j Hainton, announce the birth of a daughter, Jean Elizabeth Wix, Sat urday, July 27. 1918. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Derline, i of Akron, Ohio, announce the birth | of a daughter, Agnes Marguerite, Werline, Sunday, July 28, 1918. Prior to her marriage, Mrs. Werline was Miss Anna M. Kraft. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Hayes, of Wilkes-Barre, announce the birth of a son, Daniel Joseph Hayes, Jr.,i Friday, July 2, 1918. Mrs. Hayes was formerly Miss Theresa Suter of this city. j Keeney's Flowers Beautiful Floral Work 10% less than any other place in town. We will make a beautiful spray for 88*. A handsome wreath for I Keeney's Flower Shop 814 sr. 3rd St. 157 N. Front St. HarrUbnre Steelton = J ~ The Joy of Good Eyesight Is more fully appreciated when your eyes become de fective. Take the small defect in time. Our modern optical instru ments and the services of a trained, thoroughly compe tent Optometrist are yours at Belslnger's—and moderate prices is our rule. WILL HELP YOU TO GET THE GLASSES YOU NEED \ NOW—AND YOU MAT PAY FOR THEM WHILE WEAR ING THEM. J. S. BELSINGER Registered Optometrist 212 Loenst St* Next Door to Orpkeui MONDAY EVENING, Now Fighting Tricky Foe in War Zone of France JOHN F. GARBARINO Mrs. Garbarino, of 307 Crescent street, has received word of the ar rival of her husband, John F. Gar- j barino. sofely overseas. Mr. Garbarino is attached to the | Three Hundred Tenth Machine Gun; Battalion and received his military training for" over the top" service! at Camp Meade, Md. He lived In this city for some time, but just i prior to his entering the Army he was salesmanager for the United Cigar Stores Company at Easton, Pa. Mr. Garbarino is of French-Ital-, ian extraction, which undoubtedly accounts for his spirit and indomi table desire to render his service in subduing the Hun. Mrs. Garbarino, who before her marriage was Miss Hazel Convis, is residing with her mother, Mrs.; Gingher, at 30" Crescent street. The Rev. and Mrs. S. W. Booth, | former residents of this city, now re- : siding In Philadelphia, are spending a brief vacation with old friends here. The Rev. Dr. Edward H. Graen and Mrs. Green, of Danville, Ky.. leave to-morrow after a visit with Doctor and Mrs. Edward M. Green,' Jr.. at the Pennsylvania State Hos pital. Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Unger and; small son, Charles Paul Unger, went home to Erie this morning after aj week's stay among friends in this vicinity. Miss Pearl Flecker and her sis?ex, 1 Miss Jean Flecker, of Baltimore, spent the weekend with relatives in the city. Miss Ruth Reidell, of 21 North Seventeenth street, has returned home after spending the past two weeks with friends in Washington, D. C. Miss Mary I. Tomlinson returns to Rayland. Ohio, to-day after visit ing Mr. and Mrs. E. J, Lewis, 73 North Seventeenth street. Young People Enjoy Saturday Outing on River A number of young people planned a canoe party Saturday. Late in the afternoon they paddled across the river to one of the islands where a picnic lunch was served. "Euke" music, singing, more ca noeing and a marshmallow toast furnished entertainment in the eve -1 ning for the following members of I the party: Miss Margaret Britton, I Miss Josephine Zug, Miss Grace j Saul, Miss Laura Britton, Miss I Helen Heckert, James Keane, John Keane, Tom Griffin, Will Reichert, Edward Keane. WITH THE AERO SQUAD Mr. and Mrs. George W. Bennett j of 2313 Jefferson street, have re ! ceived word of the safe arrival over seas of their son. Private Charles C. I Bennett, of the 2 79th Aero Squad, j hospital department. The young man enlisted August 29, 1917 and his last training was in Gerstner's ; Air Field, Lake Charles, Louisiana. RISES FROM THE RANKS Friends of "Ted" Herman will be , delighted to learn tfiat he ha 3 je ceived a commission as lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps, with or j ders to remain at Camp Hancock. | Lieutenant Herman has been at ! Camp Hancock since September and his friends feel a great deal of pride | in his rise from the ranks. a.woime m akriage I The marriage of Miss Anna Martha | Foster of this city and Joseph Henry Myers took place Saturday afternoon, August 3, at the parsonage of the Reformed Salem Church with the Rev. Dr. Ellis N. Kremer officiating with the ring ceremony. AT ASBURY PARK Miss Ruth Krayb%', 707 Seventeenth street and Miss Violet Cassel, of Hummelstown, are regis tered at the Hotel Ellerslie, Asbury Park, for two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Parthemore, and daughter. Miss Lucille Parthe-' more, are home after a pleasant visit with Mrs. Charles Harrison Bair, of Bethesda. Md. Miss Ethel Wishard. of Chambers burg. is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Holman, of Camp Hill. Mrs. A. W. Morrison, of 22 North Fifteenth street, leaves Thursday for an extended visit with relatives In Philadelphia and nearby places. Miss Helen Miller, of Ashland, Pa., who has been visiting her cousin, Miss Mary Moyer, of Fifteenth ad Market streets, has returned home. Mr. and Mrs. Harry a Smeltzer, cf 1811 Park street, motored to Eaglesmere for a pleasure trip. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence' Warren Miller, of 1506 State street, are guests of Mrs. Miller's mother. Mrs. J. C. Hassell at Sharon, Pa. Lieut, and Mrs. William Meredith Wood spent the woekend with Mr. and Mrs. George E. Etter. of Pine street. Lieutenant Wood has been transferred from Camp Meade to Washington, D. C. Summerdale Park Dances NeCal Orchestra, of Sunbury, Thursday evening; Sourbier Orches tra, Tuesday and Saturday evenings this week. —Adv. COUNTRY CLUBS' TIMELY EVENTS Harrisburg Club and Colonial Club Play Golf Match Saturday Saturday was golf day at the Colonial Club, as well as for the mem bers of the Fort Hunter Club. In tho afternoon the Harrisburg Club team of which John Sweeney is captain, played tournament. The Harrisburg Club golfers won with a margin of five points difference In their score over that of their opponents. In the evening there were various dinner parties at the club with a number of the members as hosts. In formal dancing and the different en joyments of the club made the even ing pleasant for the dinner guests. A number of the Country Club members who are not on the regular golf team and have not gone on their vacations as yet spent the afternoon at the club playing golf or tennis. In the evening a number of the members took dinner at the ciub where others motoring up to the club later Joined the team for the in formal Saturday evening's dance. The Braxton orchestra furnished music for the dancers. Mrs. Mabel Cronise Jones is home after spending Ave weeks among relatives in Toledo. Ohio. Mrs. Percy Oliver Smith, of Bos tcn. was in the city yesterday on the way from Carlisle where she visited her mother, Mrs. John L. Butler, to Washington, D. C., where she is in .the government service. Miss Sigrid Andersen, of 913 South Twentieth street, is home after a week's holiday spent in Philadelphia and Washington. Notes of Much Interest From Mt. Gretna Camp Mrs. J. D. Carpenter, of Harns burg: Miss Bessie Coonrod and Don ald Coonrad, of Port Jervis, X. J,, are guests of Mrs. L. H. Carpenter. Miss Frances Hostetter and Miss Alice Hotstter, of Philadelphia, were 1 also week-end guests of Mrs. Carpen ter. Among those registered at the Inn; are Mrs. Ella Miller. Mrs. J. Edward Rerig, Miss Dorothy Rehrig, Miss Margaret Ritter, Mrs. John A. Ha-1 man, Miss Leanore Rowe, Miss I Amelia Potto, Miss Catharine S. Ha-! man. Miss Margaret Heiser. Miss Carrie Forney, of Harrisburg, j is the guest of Mrs. George at Fernj Rock. Miss Marion Walter, Miss Kathar ine Shull, Miss Mary Ella Hartman, Miss Katharine Brinser, Miss Caro- i line Sohaftner, Mrs. Russel Stoner, i Mrs. F. J. Schaffner, Master Paul l reiffendiffer and Master John Reif-i fendiffer, of Hummelstown. hive taken The Gerhard in the Chautau qua Grounds for a week. Dr. ml Mrs. George, Miss Dorothy George, Miss Helen George, Miss Mary George and Forney George, ot'i Middletown, have opened their cot-' tage in the Chautauqua. Grounds forj the season. Miss Theadora Sangree Kaufman has returned here after a few da>s stay at Harrisburg. Mrs. J. Arndt Frantz and Mrs. J. K. Raudenbush were the recent guests of Mrs. D. P. Whitmeyer. The cottage owned by Senator E. E. Beidleman has been sold of L. Benner, of Lebanon, who has taken possession; also Mrs. L. Benner and sons Leon, Joseph and Norman are row permanent cottagers here. Their guests at present are: Mrs. Morris Fiddler. Miss Miriam Fiddler, Miss Frances Fiddler, Miss Beatrice Fid dler and Master Leonard Fiddler. John McCulloch, of 1509 North i Second street, is the guest of Mrs. | Oscar Klapp. Kenneth Rhoads, of Capital street, will also be the week end guest of Mrs. Klapp. Mr. Rhoads | has enlisted in the Navy and left for. ! service to-day. j W. D. Block spent the weekend at his cottage in the Chautauqua Grounds. Ground Broken For New Dormitory at Lewisburg Pa., Aug. 5. —On Fri | day the second anniversary of the I'nited Evangelical Home here was ! observed. The Rev. W. E. Detwiler. jof Danville, presided. He has been 1 in the ministry over fifty-flve years, | and Miss Fleming, of Williamsport, . gave readings. F. C. Bowersox, of j Lewistown, delivered an address. The Rev. A. X. Winter, superintendent of | the home, introduced the guests of | the home. j After di iner ground for a new ] dormitory was broken. Bishop U. F. Swengel, with a pick, broke the ! ground. Bishop W. F. Heil, of Allen j town, threw up the ground with a ! shovelfl Charles A. Shaffer, of Ber i wick, and others also took part. The new building is to be erectjed at once. | J. C. Winter, of Williamsport, is the j architect. The contributions of the I day for the new building amounted 'to about *2,500. The largest sub- I scription given was by A. W. oPn- I tius, of Sunbury, for SSOO. In Training For Overseas Service at Camp Jackson mgm W rr &m ftVjifli H H. E. RAMSEY j H. E. Ramsey, son of Mrs. W. L | Prosser. Paxtonia, Is now in training <at -Camp Jackson. S. C. At one time | he was employed by The Telegraph ; Printing Company, but at the time of entering; t.ne service, he waa an em ploye of the Elliott-Fisher Company I at its Detroit office. HAJmiSBURO TELEGRAPH Gives Informal Dance For Girl "Going Over" Miss Catherine Comstock was the honor guest at an informal dance at Gilbert Hall, Friday evening, given by Mr. and Mrs. Henderson Gilbert and Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Robbins. Miss Comstock will leave soon for France to serve as stenog rapher in Red Cross work. She wus presented with a radium dial wrist watch as a farewell gift. The guests of the evening were: Mr. and Mrs. George S. Comstock. Jr.. Mr. and Mrs. Richard McKay, Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Hall. Mr and Mrs. Karl M. Kaltwasser Miss Jean Cameron, Frank Kelley, V. H. Berg liaus, Jr., John Comstock, John C. Motter and Spencer Nauman. National War Aid to Meet on Every Monday Night Notwithstanding the fact that even ing classes in the Red Cross rooms in the basement of the Public Li brary, have annulled for the month of August, Mrs. William Jen nings announced to-day that the Na tional War Aid workers would meet as usual every Monday night. It is necessary, she says, to do this in order that the big orders confronting them be met. Miss Mabel Bright. 227 Hummel street, spent the weekend in Leba non. Harry Erly, who is stationed at Pittsburgh, is spending a short fur lough with his mother, Mrs. Lucy A. Erly, 713 North Seventeenth street. Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Orr and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Danner and family, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Kitchen and Miss Agnes Sanderson, all of Harrisburg, and Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Hess, of Orwinsville, motored to Get ysburg Sunday. Mrs. Homer Spamgler and son, Thomas Spangler, have returned home, 227 Hummel street, after an j extended visit at Lebanon. Dr. and Mrs. Lester Frasier, 711 North Seventeenth street, spent the weekend in Philadelphia. Warm Praise For Men in Y. M. C. A. Work Is Given in Appeal For Recruits Warm praise was given to the! work of the men and women in Y.l M. C. A. service in the camps and trenches, by Dr. J. George Becht.i executive secretary of the State' Board of Education, who addressed I the congregation at Market Square' Presbyterian Church yesterday morning. He uttered an appeal for recruits for overseas service and out lined the qualifications and work of 1 these men and women. Dr. Becht opened his address by] discussing America's entry and part in the present world-struggle. He] showed the work and the helpfulness' of the Y. M. C. A. and declared that it has justitied itself in the eye 3 of military and civilian leaders. "It supplies the touch of human spirit," he said. "It relieves the monotony by supplying comforts, songs, recrea tion, bathing facilities, opportunities and writing to the home folks, lec tures, addresses and quiet hours. It lifts the spirit of war-weary soldier out of the darkness of despair. It banishes for the time, the bloody carnage and the ghastly, gruesome battlefield. We should aid, honor and encourage those who are giving themselves to this work." The speaker narrated a little in cident telling of a soldier's experi ence. The first man to greet him vhen he stepped off the ship was a red triangle man. The first Amer ican woman to meet him was a wear er of the red triangle. "All over the whole war area the hut and can teen workers are scattered. From the point of debarkation to the front line trenches, the red triangle is found. The last civilian to say sood by and good luck as the soldier goec over the trench is a "Y" man. When h ereturns the "Y" secretary is there j the first to greet him with coffee, chocolate, candy and tobacco. More than 4,000 men and women have 1 volunteered. This is entirely inade -1 quate. There is a call now for 5,- 000 helpers. These include 500 bpsi nessmen with executive experience, 500 automobile drivers and mechan ics, 500 recreation directors, 500 so -1 eia! secretaries, 2,000 hut secretaries I and a thousand women as canton workers. We need physically strong n;cn and this is a service in which the biggest and best men are not too big." Dr. Becht's address was one of a series arranged by the local Y. M. jC. A. recruiting committee. Promi : nent speakers are addressing meet ; ings in churches, Bible classes and other organizations of the city, le.y ing stress upon the need of big and ' valuable men in the overseas-service i of the Y. M. C. A. war work coun | ell. Use of New Bath House by Grownups-a Popular Move; Officials Pleased Park and playground officials ex pressed themselves as highly pleased I with the result of the move to pro : vide bathing facilities at the Seneca j street bathhouse for men and wo men on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evenings from 6 to 8.40 i o'clock. Hundreds of persons have taken advantage of the offer of the i department to use the bathhouse at | that time. Officials declared that i so far the crowds have been order l ly and that they desire a continuance of such good conduct and will prose cute any person using obscene or profane language or refusing to obey rules. BIRTHDAY PARTY Knola, Pa., Aug. s.—Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hanlen gave a birthday sur prise party at their home in Colum bia road in honor of their daughter, Martha s, fourth birthday. The dec orations were patriotic and songs sung by the guests. Refreshments were served to Miss Mildred Mc- Cormick, Miss Pauline Yeager. Miss Mary Ringland, Miss Esther Meyers, Miss Elsie Myers. Miss Pauline Fit tie, Miss Gladys Hanlen, Miss Paul ine Hanlen, Harry Ringland, Edwin Shell, Harry Rodgers. Edward Rodgers, Jacob Hanlen, Mrs. J. S. McCormick, Mrs. Kling and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hanlen. SCHOOL BOARD TO MEET MarsyviUe, Pa., Aug. s.—Marys ville School Board will meet in monthly session in the directors' room of the Marysville school build ing this evening. A first assistant principal will be elected and steps preparatory to the opening of the fall term of school taken. Patriotic Songs Frank Hall's songs, "Good-bye, I'm Going Over," "The Olden Days." and "Dear Old U. S. A.," are on sale at Soutters department store, 10 cents a copy.—Adv. LITTLE GIRLS AT BIRTHDAY PARTY Five-Year-Old Sarah Eliza beth Knauss Made a Fine Hostess on Saturday SARAH E. KNAUSS Little Sarah Elizabeth Knauss, is five years old to-day. In honor of the event she entertained over a ; score of her little friends Saturday ! afternoon at the home of her par ! cnts, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Knauss, 24 ! South Seventeenth street. Music, | games and other forms of amuse ment entertained the little folks. The color scheme and favors were I of a patriotic nature. Those present included Kathleen Kelly, Ellen George, Marion Mor- I ton. Jane Bealor. Mary Gross, Leo- I tiora Gross, Frances Heisey, Francis t McCullen, Geraldine Smith, Mildred Saul, Wilbur Hershey, Arlene Her , shey, Russel Hertzler Jr., Lola May LHertzler, Rosalie Bowman. Zoe ! Fishel, Joyce Diener, P-dward E. Knatius Jr., Katharine W. Knauss 1 and Sarah Elizabeh Knauss. Deaths and Funerals Double Funeral For Infant Brothers Double funeral services were held this afternoon at 3 o'clock for Guy Leroy and John, two infant sons of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Leroy Fornwalt, 511 Race street. The two children died within twenty-four hours, both deaths being caused by Intestinal trouble. The Rev. Elmer E. Kauffman, pas tor of Natgle Street Church of God, officiated at the funeral services and burial was in the Paxtang Cemetery. JULIA A. DENNIS Julia A. Dennis, aged 65, died I Saturday evening at Washington, ac -1 cording to advices received here by j friends. Funeral services will be held I to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in I the Memorial Lutheran Church. LYMAN A. HUMES Lyman A. Humes, aged 47, died at ' his home, 1619 North Third street, | Sunday evening from a complication !of diseases. He is survived by two daughters, Cresentia ani? Mrs. R. Lentz, and three sisters, Mrs. B. I Kinzer, of Indianapolis, Ind.; Mrs. Elmer George, Steelton, and Mrs. L. I Dillinger, of this city. The funeral ! services will be held Wednesday I morning at 9 o'clock from the St. ! Lawrence's Catholic Church. Burial j will be made in Mt. Calvary Ceme ! tery. The Rev. Mr. Huegal will of i ficiate. | Mr. Humes has a host of friends. He was baker by occupation. KILLED IK FRANCE I'hilndelphia, Aug. s.—Captain How ard C. McCall, formerly a noted foot j hall player and a member of the Uni j verslty of Pennsylvania team, has I been killed in action in France. In- I formation to this effect was received j here to-day by Captain McCall's ! father, Joseph B. McCall, president of ithe Philadelphia Electric Company. Captain McCall was 24 years old. MRS. JOANA BAKER Mrs. Joanna Baker, aged 80 years, I died on Saturday evening at the j home of her daughter Mrs. Baker was an old resident of Newville, to which place the body will be taken on Monday afternoon. The funeral services will be held at her late home on Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock. She is survived by three sons and one daughter: John Baker, j Newville; Mrs. William E. Snyder, j Harrisburg; George T. Baker, Al | toona; Captain Harry H. Baker, Camp Wadsworth, S. C. ' ASKS PROHIBITION OF 'GASOLINE SALE It was announced this morning at j tfie offices of the Dauphin county food administration that Donald Mc | Cormick will address a request to the ! war economy board of the United | States to take some action to force the local Atlantic Refining Company people to stop the sale of gasoline on Sundays. At a recent meeting of the Auto Dealers' Association, among other war time economy measures It was decided to stop the sale of gasoline on Sundays. Every dealer complied but the Atlantic Refining Company In this city yesterday, and every deal er is willing to continue throughout the war. Until the Atlantic Refining Company complies, it was said by the dealers, they must continue the sale of gasoline. Y. M. C. A. CAMP TO OPEN ON FRIDAY A large number of applications for admission to the Central Y. M. C. A. vacation camp have already fcten received by A. H. Dinsmoro, hoys work secretary of the "Y" who * will act as camp director. All ar ! rangements are being made for the cump which will open on Friday. Far Enameled Fvrnrture ItraioTM dirt, ntnlnn and murk* from enameled furni ture, baby earrlaKrn. metal bed*, plate Klaaa, mirror*, etc. Manufaetured and Mold by Hoover Furniture Co. 1415-10 NORTH SECOND ST. * SEVEN PER CENT. I, IS STEAM RETURN __ Public Service Commission ! Makes Important Decision in Overbrook Rates Attacks made on the schedule of: rates filed last August by the Over- i brook Steam Heat Company, for serving: a portion of suburban Phila delphia arc. sustained and amend ment ordered by the Ptiblic Service Commission in announcing a deci sion by Chairman Ainey In the com plaint of John Weaver and other residents of Overbrook against the company. The case involved an ex tensive valuation and lias been be fore the commission ior months. The commission holds that service charges now in effect together with n condensation charge of 43 cents per 1,000 pounds will return suffi cient revenue for seven per cent re turn. The value of the steam heating plant for rate making purposes was fixed at $142,000 and this represents eighty-six per cent, of the company property, in an exhaustive study of thr case it is declared that conden sation will vary with seasons and that there will be a natural increase in properties served. The total op erating charges for the 1916-1917 period, exclusive of depreciation charges, $73,066 and coal cost $46,- " America Must Be Punished" & Read what the Kaiser really thinks about the United States and how he is determined to "punish" America, as related by Arthur N. Davis, D. D. S., for fourteen years the Kaiser's dentist. Dr. Davis was the last American to be granted permission to leave Berlin after war was declared. His gripping story of events there is by far the most intimate portrayal of German court life and of the Kaiser's real attitude towards America that has yet been written. For fourteen years Dr. Davis met the Kaiser on intimate terms and during that period had more than a hundred confidential chats with him, many regarding the world war. He is well equipped to give a true picture of the life and thoughts of the man who has set the whole world ablaze. His story The Kaiser As I Knew Him for Fourteen Years Will appear serially in 111! Harrisburg Telegraph Central Pennsylvania's Greatest Daily OPENING CHAPT AUGUST 5, 1918 815. The commission considers $5 a fair allowance for coal per ton. Fuel coßt is almost the controlling says the decision, which fixes JT.'i.TSO as a fair allowance for op eration and muntenance in the 1916- 1917 season and for the 1917-1918 season, $83,620. The commission finds that a Beven per cent, rate of return would be a fair return, just to company and patrons under present conditions, so thut the company is entitled to earn over and above the cost of operation and maintenance. $9,940 per annum. The rates under attack, it is calcu lated, would have yielded s29,S7fi on the agreed base and are therefore held excessive. Courthouse Notes Sell l,nn<l For Taxes. Tracts of unsealed land in the city and county were sold this morning by auction at the office of County Treasurer Mark Mumma because of unpaid taxes. Commissioners l.cnvc. County Commissioners C. C. Cumbler and H. M. Stlne, Chief Clerk Ed. H. Fisher. County Controller Henry W. Gough and County Solicitor Philip S. Moyer left to-day for Pittsburgh by auto. They will stop this evening at Bed ford and leave in the morning. While in Pittsburgh they will attend the an nual convention of county commis sioners of the state. Files llnmiiier Suit, Alleging that she had been arrested on a seri ous charge because of false statements made by Ananija Nevajda, Mary RadacaJ to-day brought suit for $2,- 000 damages, and through her attor ney had a capias issued. Unless a SI,OOO bond is furnished the defendant will be sent to Jail. American Aid Has Saved Allies, Haig Tells Troops i London, Aug. 6. —Field Marshall Haig, commander-in-chief of the British forces in France, in a mes sage to his troops on the anniver sary of the entry of Great Britain into the wnr, says: "The conclusion of the fourth year marks the passing of the period of crisis. The Kusian revolution cet free large hostile forces, which were transferred to the western front. The enemy Intention was to use great numbers and to gain a decisive vic tory before the arrival of American troops could give superiority to tho allies. The enemy has failed. The steady stream of Americans arriving in France has restored the balance." 1 PUBLISHING FOOT) PRICES Marysville, Pa., Aug. s.—At the request of the Rev. William Dor wart, of Newport, Perry county food administrator, "fair food prices" are being published in the several news papers published in the county. Ad ministrator Dorwart has requested citizens to report any dealers who charges prices higher than those quoted in his lists. SMII.KAC.F, BOOKS FOK SOI.DIF.nS \rn nioomflpld. Pa., Aug. 5. Ap proximately 100 Smileage Books ar<v in the hands of the New Bloomfleld Smlleago Book Committee. Theso have been contributed by citizens throughout various parts of the county and one will be presented to each county youth as he leaves to active military service.
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