GREAT TRAPSHOOT HANDICAP STARTS; C.I.&S.PITCHER FANS 16; TESREAU TRIMS PLANK TROPHY FOR HILL WINNER Bogar Will Give Cup to Rose • wood or Reading, Who Play For City Title ' ALLISON HILL LEAGUE POST-SEASON* SERIES | STANDING OF THE CLUBS W. L. Pctl ' Rosewood 1 0 1.000 Reading 0 1 .000 I scHEnruE eor the week I Tuesday night, Reading vs. I Rosewood. | Thursday night. Rosewood vs. Reading. If the popular Mr. Hoover knew how much food had been conserved by the members of the Allison Hill League during the past season, it would not be at all surprising to see him at the games Tuesday and Thursday nights of this week. It's a safe bet that every member of the league including the managers have missed meals in their great hurry to rush from their places of employ- 1 ment to tho field in order to have the contests start promptly at 6.3o._With; the players working until 5.30 and 6 o'clock each evening, it's a case of | missing either the ball game or the ! meal, and usually the Matter was neglected. George W. Bogar is displaying In his windows the cup that will be given to the winner of the series be tween Reading and Rosewood. The trophy will be presented immediately at the close of the post-season series. Should Rosewood win the next game on Tuesday night, the season on the Hill will close. In case Read ing wins Tuesday it will take an other game Thursday night to decide the honors. Patrons of the league contributed liberally to the Red Cross fund col lections taken recently and both the final games will be for the Red Cross. Much favorable comment was heard about the officiating of Al. Baxter Thursday night. His decisions were accepted by the players with out a murmur. He will be in charge of both of the final contests. With two out in the final inning and the score 2 to 1 on Thursday last, it was up to Don Wertz to tie his own game. He drove out a long fly that looked good for the circuit, but Thompson was lvintr in wait for just such a drive, and by a splendid catch ended the contest. What They Did Yesterday; Where They Play Today YESTERDAY'S RESULTS American League Boston, I; Cleveland, 1 (first game. 12 Imings). Cleveland, 2; Boston, 0 (second game). Chicago, 7; Philadelphia. 0 (first game). Chicago. 3; Philadelphia, 2 (sec ond game). St. Louis, 7; Ne"v Tork, 6 (first game). St. Louis, 5; New York 3 (second game). Washington. 7; Detroit, 0 (first game). Detroit. 7; Washington, 6 (second game, IS innings). National league No games scheduled. STANDING OF THE CLUBS American League W. L. Pet. Boston 61 40 .604 Cleveland 5S 44 .569 Washington 55 45 .550 New Tork 4S 49 .495 Chicago 47 51 .4SO St. Louis 47 51 .480 Detroit 44 54 .449 Philadelphia 39 59 .398 National Leaaue W. L. ✓ Pet Chicago 63 33 .656 New York 58 39 .598 Pittsburgh 50 44 .532 Philadelphia 43 51 .457 Brooklyn 43 51 .457 Cincinnati 42 51 .452 Boston 42 55 .433 St. Louis 43 59 .416 SCHEDULE FOR TODAY American Ivoagiie Philadelphia at Chicago. Washington at Detroit. New Tork at St. Louis. Boston at Cleveland. National league St. Louis at Philadelphia. Cincinnati at Brooklvn. fhicaso at New Tork. Pittsburgh at Boston. Bobby Clark Helps to Beat Mifflin With Duncannon Dunrnnnon. Pa., Aug. s.—Duncan non established a strong claim to the championship of Perry, Juniata end Mifflin counties on Saturday when she easily won from Mifflin by a 13-8 score. She had previously con quered the leading teams of Perrv and Mifflin counties. "Bobby" Clark, with Duncannon last year in the Dauphin-Perry Lea gue, this year on the roster of the Steelton team of the Bethlehem Steel League, was on the mound for Dun cannon and kept Mifflin's twelve hits fairly well scattered. He helped ma terially in bringing victory to Dun cannon with two healthy wallops. The lineup: DUNCANNON R. H. O. A. E. Waltz. C 2 2 6 1 0 Dehaven, cf 1 1 0 0 1 Garberich, If, 2 2 2 0 0 Clark, p, .' 3 2 3 5 0 McCurdy, 3b 1 3 1 0 1 Hinkle, 2b 2 3 2 2 1 Steele, rf 1 l 2 0 1 Barton, lb 1 3 10 0 0 Orris, as 0 l i 3 0 • Totals 13 18 27 11 4 MIFFLIN R. H. O. A. E. Kvle, lb 2 3 6 1 0 Earnest, If 3 1 5 0 0 Keiser, 0 0 3 2 0 Doty, cf 1 2 3 2 0 McGill, 0 2 0 2 2 McNeal, ss 0 1110 W. McGill. 2b 1 2 4 0 0 Wright, rf 1 0 1 0 1 Harrey. 3b, 0 1 1 4 1 Totals 8 12 24 12 4 Duncannon ... 13002304 x—l 3 Mifflin 10103010 2 8 MONDAY EVENING, SnoocLles *— * That Army Mule Will Accommodate General Slewfoot - " ■ •. ! ■ j ■ -fi^riT^nfiffi.. l ,T ••"■■••-- -.-->*&*>■■ -■yj.,v 1 ■ >.*■ ~■ y,y&r. ft® Tom Marshall Tells All About Great American Handicap Shoot The World's Premier Shooting I Classic, the twenty-sixth Grand American Handicap, to be held in j Chicago for the sixth time, sched- j uled for August 5-9 on the grounds of the South Shore Country Club, at which time the entertainment com- I mittee of the club have opened the j grounds to spectators free of charge and all are especially invited to at tend. They will see the world's greatest wing shots in active compe tition for the largest purses ever of fered in conjunction with elaborate trophies. Comparatively few people realize the magnitude, importance or gen eral interest evinced in this shoot ing event. Every state and almost I evep- city and county in the United States, will be represented by a man or delegation of active contestants, who in most instances by their in dividual prowess with the scatter gun, not by political preferment or machine politics—are in evidence be cause they are "the survival of the fittest," having previously defeated all comers within the boundaries of their home states, for the official privilege of representing their Com monwealth in open competition against another successful man from every other state in the union. Win ner in this event to be acclaimed national amateur champion. His spurs must be won at home and in the finish fight to acquire this title. Take a convenient slant at the gun devotees, who are rapidly increasing since the commencement of the World's War. We will take for ex ample the ten states showing the greatest number of state licenses is sued and gun clubs within their con fines. License Gun issued Clubs Pennsylvania ... . 400,000 492 I New Tork 184,102 343 j California 160,000 114 Illinois 153,126 287 j Ohio 150,632 187 , Wisconsin 150,095 164 ; Michigan 142.708 133 Indiana 100,508 121 j Minnesota 87,351 • 174 i lowa 97,000 220 j The above figures represent only a fractional part of the men and women who are directly interested in the outcome of this tournament and anxiously watching results. In 1915 the G. A. H. was held in j Grant Park, Chicago, at which time j 1.000 contestants participated during ' the week. In 1917 the shoot was, held at the South Shore Country I Club in Chicago. 805 entered and' shot in the Gi A. H. race, which was won by Charles Larson, a 2 4-year- '■ old boy from Waupaca. Wis. Every j man who qualifies in this event is a i personal contestant, not a chair warmer or there to watch paid play- j ers perform. He will put in<his en- 1 try fee of $lO at which time he be comes a candidate for all the hon- j ors he can personally pull down. An > entry list of 800 guarantees a gross j purse of approximately $12,000, to ; be contested for in the Grand j American Handicap. This amount | divided into a number of purses, , based upon the number of entries. The final winner of this premier I BURNHAM LOSES TO BLAIX Blain, Pa., Aug. s.—Blain lost the deciding game of a three-game series to Burnham T. M. C. A. on the lat ter's field on Saturday afternoon by a 9-6 score. Burnham hit Gibson, former Albright star, for a total of nine hits, most of them coming when hits meant runs. Play was rather listless, a total of 15 errors being made by the two teams. BLAIN A. C. R. H. O. A. E. M. Bower, 3b 1113 1 Dunn, cf 0 0 0 0 1 Scott. If 0 0 0 0 0 Shrefler. ss 1 1 2 4 1 Anderson, rf ~.. 1 0 1 1 0 .-•• • p 0 0 0 3 0 Shuman, c, ..... 1 2 8 1 1 Kern, lb •••• 1 0 7 0 1 Totals 6 7 24 13 8 BURNHAM Cartwright If 12 110 Selbert. 2b, 1 0 4 1 1 E. Womer, lb 1 0 12 1 0 M'ahan, cf. 1 1 1 ® * Jalbot. 3b 1 2 3 1 1 Brisbin. as 2 1 0 2 0 T. Collins, rf 1 2 0 0 1 Falmouth, p. 0 1 1 6 2 Griffith, 10 4 11 Dippery. c 0 0 1 0 0 Totals .... .7 9 9 27 13 7 Victory to Allies, Asquith Predicts London. Aug. s.—Conviction that th balance of war now tends to the side of the Entente Allies was ex pressed in a statement by former Premier Asquith, reviewing the four years of Great Britain's participa tion in the war, dating from August 4, 1914. The beginning of the fifth year, Mr. Asquith pointed out, re veals Germany still Impenitent and In full pursuit of a policy of territor ial and economic aggrandizement with which, he said, "Te can make no terms." Declaring America promised to be come a predominating factor in *.he war. Mr. Asquith said the Allied na tions of western Europe owe to ner a double debt of gratitude. classic, is decided by a succession of eliminations, until some one per son will be entitled to wear the laurel wreath of trapshooting, dur ing the ensuing year, having defeat ed the skilled shooting representa tives of over 900,000 trapshots of America. He may Justly permit his chest to expand a la pouter pigeon, but be very careful of that abnormal condition of head, which is so dis astrous. He has annexed the G. A. H., the world's premier classic, to his list of successes. It was a good job, performed by many before who now plod along in the "Ex" class. Some criticism has been offered 'against the "Patriotic Sport of Trap | shooting" by those who do not know. ! A letter written to that veteran ama i teur trapshot, Chauncey ii. Powers, ■•of Decatur. 111., by the chief of ord nance in Washington, Col., John T. Thompson, U. S. A., in response to ' an inquiry, sets at rest all arguments 1 along those channels. It is of es i pecial interest at this time. "I am i instructed by the acting chief of ord l nance to state that the ammunition ! expended in trapshooting might to | a small extent interfere with the pro ' duction of cartridges for war pur poses. However the class of am i munition used in such shooting is | but little used in the Army, and it is believed that the small loss in I production of cartridges will be more | than offset by the training and ex i perience derived by men in such llr ; ing, many of whom will undoubtedly I be called in future drafts, should ! the present conflict become of such ; magnitude as to require the services |of additional forces on the war I fronts. It is believed that the experi ! ence gained by such men will be of j much value." This, the expressed ! opinion of one high in authority. . General John Pershing, in summing i up the necessary qualifications for a good soldier, stated that "ability to I accurately shoot and handle fire arms, represented seventy per cent. | of a man's efficiency on the battle field." With such authorities as Col. • Thompson and General Pershing en -1 dorsing the patriotic sport of trap ! shooting, the general populace ; should endorse and promote the : sport alluring to a most successful J finish! hence we predict the ban ner attendance for 1918 at the Grand American Handicap, j both contest | ants and in the galleries. There will he more women In this event than were ever in a G. A. H. before." Miss Lucille Meusel, of Green Bay, Wis., who has been a contestant for the past two years, "the Wisconsin fifteen-year old shooting wonder," is again on the firing line. The Grand American to shooting enthusiasts ranks as the world's series to the baseball fans. The mecca for every man who can pos sibly be present, who has \ver felt the sting of the shooting microbe. The club grounds and equipment are manicured to the minute, pre fect in every appointment. Every man or woman with red blood in their veins should witness the twen ty-sixth Grand American Handicap at Chicago August 5-9. All are in vited. Housing Conditions at Chester Better Wonderful progress is being made on the erection of more than eight hundred houses for the Sun Ship building Company in the Fifth ward of Chester. Tho houses are being constructed by the North Chester Realty Company for the Emergency Fleet Corporation. On August 1, it was the thirty eighth working day since ground was •broken for the operation, there were ten houses ready for people to move intoi with electric lights, sewer, water, gas, etc., in the houses com plete. In addition to this there is a total of seventy-two houses under roof in various steps of completion, all of which will be ready within the next fifteen to twenty days. Excavation has been made for 250 houses- of which the foundations are in ap proximately 150. Brick work has been started on forty-eight houses in addition to those above mentioned as already completed. ARMY GETS 20,000 BASEBALLS Wanhlnarton, Aug. 5. Twenty-one thousand baseballs, 7.000 baseball bats. 3.000 rugby footballs and 17,500 sets of boxing gloves, among a vast amount of other athletic material, suf ficient to supply 125 regiments of the Army, have been bought by the Com mission on Training Camp Activities with the appropriation of $250,000 made for that purpose, according to an announcement by the War Depart ment. EVANGELICAL VS. APPLEBY TONIGHT j The Industrial League will stage an important battle this evening at the West End grounds, where Evangeli cal *will meet Appleby Brothers. Brown, who figured in the tie game of Thursday, will oppose Motter, of Applebys. The game startts at 6:30. DIES OF INJURIES G. J." Hartman, 26 years old. Penn sylvania freight brakeman of Leb anon, died in the Harrisburg Hospital last evening after being run over by a b<Jx car in the local Pennsylvania yards a short time previous. Hart man been riding a cut of two cars over SK htmp and was jolted from tbMßa HAJLRISBURG TELEGRAPH TESREAU TOPS EDDIE PLANK Big Jeff Kept Hits Scattered and Treated Steelton Vet eran Rather Roughly Bethlehem Steel League Saturday's Results Lebanon, 3; Wilmingon, 2. Sparrows Point, 5; Fore River, 3. Bethlehem, 6; Steelton, 0. Standing of the Clubs Clubs— W. L. Pet. Steelton 10 6 .625 Bethlehem 9 7 .563 Wilmington .... 7 7 .500 Sparrows Point . 7 S .467 Lebanon •. 6 7 .46 2 Fore River 5 9 .357 A stunning defeat at the hands of Big Jeff Tesreau on Saturday con siderably jolted our local heroes, headed by Eddie Plank, far famed as a port-side pitcher. It is said that Eddie had just received word that his peach crop down at Table Rock, near Gettysburg, would be a failure, and instead of throwing a horsehide Beach he thought he was handling the succulent, soft, salivating peach. Anyhow, the Bethlehem busters had no trouble scattering Eddie's shoots all over the garden, eveu Big Jeff having a double and a single. It has been a long time since any club stuck Plank for thirteen wallops in one afternoon. Steelton did not fall asleep by any means. She was trying, at least, for eleven men were left on bases, showing that the breaks did not come in Manager Cockill's camp. Jack Knight let the snow collect on his feet long enough to permit some scoring, balling up Fishburn's bounder. Roxy Beach, on the con trary, pulled another of his Barnum and Bailey stunts, traveling to left for a difficult fly doubling a man at second. The Steelton lads were not dis couraged, but Cockill will have some hard workouts this week, for he wants this season's pennant. Leba non will play here Saturday and the fans will have a chance to see whether the absence of Steve Yerkes has weakened the infield. Both John Beall, in left, and Joe Mc- Carthy, at second, Cockill's new tal ent, were in the battle with both feet and looked_ very good. The score: STEELTON Players—- R. H. O. A. E. Hunter, rf 0 0 3 0 0 Knight, 3b .... 0 0 1 0 2 Beall. If 0 2 2 0 0 Kaufman, lb .. 0 1 5 2 0 McCarthy, 2b'.. 0 1 2 10 Roach, ss 0 1 4 2 0 Miller, cf 0 0 2 0 0 Edmonson, c .. 0 1 3 3 1 Plank, p 0 1 2 3 0 Sutz, cf 0 0 0 0 0 xNeild 0 0 0 0 0 Totals ....... 0 7 24 11 3 BETHLEHEM Players— R. H. O. A. E. Twombly, rf ... 0 0 0 1 0 Fishburn, ss ... 1 1 4 3 1 Bauman, 3b ... 0 2 1 0 0 Holke, cf 1 1 3 0 0 Fitzpatrick, 2b.. 1 1 2 3 1 Roth, lb 1 3 6 0 1 Taguer, If 1 2 2 0 0 Blackburn, c ... 1 1 3 1 0 Tesreau, p 0 2 0 0 0 Totals 6 13 27 8 3 Score by Innings— Steelton 00000000 o—o Bethlehem 00010032 x—6 Summary: Two-base hits—Tes reau, Roth. Taguer, Blackburn, Fitz patrick. Sacrifice hits—Bauman 2, Blackburn. Sacrifice fly—Twombly. Double play—Roach to McCarthy. Struck out —By Tesreau, 7. Base oh balls —Oft Tesreau, 4. Left on bases —Steelon, 11; Bethlehem, 4. Stolen bases—Beall, Plank, Tesreau. First base on errors — Bteelton, 3; Beth lehem, 1. Time—2.lo. Umpires— Moran and Riley. Country Club Golfers Win From the Colonial The Colonial Club's fine golf links were the scene on Saturday of a lively tournament which resulted in victory for the Harrisburg Country Club representatives. Many of the latter had never played over these links but this did not seem to hinder their fine performance at all points of the game. The score was 10-15 in the following individual matches: Hnrrlabanc Club Colonial Club McCreath defeated Owrey Devine _ defeated Nlssley Ryder defeated C. H. Hunter Magulre lost to Pavord Herman lost to , Ziegler Todd lost to Schreiner Baldwin defeated Kelley Xeale lost to F. M. Hunter Orr defeated Allen Hilliary defeated Brinser C. - B. Miller defeated Jacobs Drake defeated Henry- Wert defeated Kenney Bingaman defeated West BT. MAfIY'S LOSES The St. Mary's Catholic Baseball Club, of Steelton. lost to the Ameri can Chain Company outfit yesterday after noon by a score of > to 2. C. I. &S. PITCHER FANS 16BATSMEN Remarkable Feat of Connor in Game Between Universal Mill and Electric Shop CENTRAL IRON' AND STEEL LEAGUE Standing of the Clubs W. L. Pet. Open Hearth 10 3 .769 Electric Shop 9 4 .692 Mill No. 2 8 4 .667 Mill No. 1 7 5 .583 Universal Mill 7 6 .538 Blast Furnace .... 6 7 .462 j Giants 2 11 .154 j General Office 2 17 .154 Schedule For Tills Week Monday—Universal Mill vs. | Mill No. 2. Wednesday—Electric Shop vs. I Mill No. 1. Saturday—Open ' Hearth vs. j General Office. Saturday—Blast Furnace vs. j Giants. ! Hot battles were promised this ! week in the steel worker's fast ; league, for Universal Mill and Mill | No. 2 were scheduled to meet and j they are about equally matched. Open Hearth still leads by a fair margin, but Electric Shop won from Universal on Saturday and this team seems to have quality and class. She is biting the heels of Open Hearth. Another swift game on Saturday was Mill No. l's victory over the Giants by only one tally. In the first game Marshall of Electric Shop was there with 3 clean hits, but the freak feature was the fanning of 16 Electric Shop batters by I pitcher C. Connor. Shay had 12 | victims and so fast were the husky j hitters mowed away that there was i a steady march from plate to ! bench., Saturday's scores were: UNIVERSAL MILL AB. R. H. O. A. E. jJ. Reissel, cf. .. 4 0 1 1' 0 0 I Wolfe, 3b 4 0 2 <T 1 0 I Rodgers, 2b. ..401140 Ic. Yost, If 4 0 0 0 0 0 Walsh, lb 4. 0 0 9 0 4 C. Conner, p. .. 3 0 1 0 2 0 Gable, ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 H. Conner, rf. .. 2 0 0 0 0 0 Hocker, rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 L. Yost, 3 0 16 2 1 Total 32 0 5 27 9 5 i ELECTRIC SHOP AB. R. H. O. A. E. Crooks, ss. .... 5 0 1 1 2 0 Pretzch, 3b. ... 5 1 1 0 1 0 Filbey, 2b 5 0 0 1 1 1 Marshall, rf. ... 4 2 3 0 0 0 Shay, p 3 2 0 0 3 0 Cook, If. 3 1 0 4 0 0; Riley, lb 4 1 0 S 1 0; Koontz, c. ..., 4 0 213 0 0 Brubaker. cf. .. 4 0 0 0 0 0 Total 37 7 7 27 8 1 Electric Shop ...00030004 o—70 —7 I Universal Mill .. 00000000 o—o Struck out—By C. Conner, 16: by : Shay, 12. Base on balls —By C. Con ner, 1. Hit by pitcher—By C. Con ne 1 (Cook). Stolen Bases —Wolfe, 2; Gable, 1; Marshall, 5; Riley, 1; Shay, 1. Time—l.3o. Umpire— John Hess. MILL NO. 1. AB. R. H. O. A. E.! F. Willianas, If. . 3 0 1 4 0 0 C. Swartz. ss. .. 4 114 0 0 Bamford, cf. .. 4 1 2 0 0 0 Chrissman, 1b... 4 1 18 0 0 Lippert, c 3 ' 1 9 2 1 Nagle, 2b 4 0 1 0 3 0 Little, 2b 4 0-0 1 2 0 Raver, rf 4 0 1 1 o 1 Brownagle, p. .. 3 0 0 0 2 0 Total 33 5 8 27 9 3 GIANTS AB. R. H. O. A. E. Motley, c„ If. .... 4 fi i 5 1 1 Banks, p 4 0 0 8 2 0 C. Courtney, lb. 4 0 1 g 0 0 Cokoley, ss 4 1 1 0 3 0 J. Courtney, 3b. 4 2 2 2 4 0 1 Stanton, cf. ... 4 1, 0 0 0 0 I Baltimore, If., rf. 4 0 1 0 0 0 W. Hill. 2b. .. 4 0 0 * 4 0 0 1 Jackson, rf. ... 1 0 0 0 0 0 j Sawyer, c. .... 2 0 0 6 1 0 | Total ....... 35 '4 627 11 1 j Mill No. 1 01400000 o—s I Giants 00020000 2 4 j Struck out—By banks, 2; by Brownagle, 8. Base on balls By Banks, 2. Hit by pitcher—By Banks 1 (Brownagle). Stolen bases C. Swartz, 1; C. Courtney, 1. Passed balls—Motley, 2. Wild pitches- Banks. 2. Time—l.lo. Umpire— , John Hess. — 8,400 Prisoners, 133 Guns ! Captured by Americans Washington, Aug. s.—Allied troops in the Aisne-Marne salient reaped "the full fruits of victory" on Sat- ! urday, "when the enemy who met his second great defeat on the Marne was driven in confusion beyond the line of the Vesle," General Pershing reported In his communique received yesterday by the War Department. American troops alone have cap tured 8,400 prisoners and 133 guns. Has Hit Safely in 21 Straight Games : Zach Wheat, slugging outfielder of the Brooklyn National League Club, has carried his hitting streak to twenty-one consecutive games. This equals the American League season record held by Eddie Foster, of Washington, but falls short of the National League mark by two games. Ross Young, of the Giants, having batted safely in twenty-thiee straight games. Wheat is also pushing Heinie Groh for the lead in batting, and if he continues his heavy stick work to the end of the season he will no doubt grab off the batting crown of the National League. Swatara Made 26 Hits Off Pitcher Rosenberger LEAGUE STANDING W. L P.C. Summit 20 0 1.000 Swatara 13 7 .650 Albion 5 15 .250 Monarch 3 17 .176 Swatara defeated Belmont Jun iors. Friday and Saturday afternoon, by the scores of 11-8 and 19-4. Rosenberger, the star Belmont twirler, of the Industrial League, who pitched Saturday, could do no less than hold Swatara to twenty-six bingles. Three hundred fans witness ed the game at Seventeenth and Chestnut streets. "Mose" Swartz was on the mound for Swatara, who held the Belmonts to five scattered hits. Swatara put fourteen runs across in the fourth, a new record for the Swatara club. This evening's game at Seventeenth and Chestnut streets will be one of the hottest of the season, when Swa tara and Summit battle. "Mose" Swartz will probably be on the mound for Summit, and Lentz for Swatara. The game is to be called at 6:30. The scores: Swatara 1 2 0 0 0 B—ll Belmont 0 1 2 2 0 3 8 Belmont 020 002 0— 4 Swatara 000 14 32 x—l 9 PI,AN TO BETTER ROAD Plans for the co-operation of the Harrisburg Motor Club and the Car lisle Motor Club to bring about the bettering of the road facilities be tween Newville and Carlisle, were made at a meeting of the Board of Governors of the two clubs at the Clover Club, of Newville. World Series Starts After Labor Day The American League baseball schedule will be played out until September 2 without any readjust ment, and a world's series staged starting September 3. it was de rided at Saturday's special meet ing of American League owners. Early Indications were that the American League owenrs would vote to close the season between August 17 and 20. But the atti tude of Barney Dreyfuss, president of the Pittsburg National League club and representative of the Na tional League on the National Com mission. changed this aspect. Dreyfuss, while clothed with au thority to set for the league, had iron-clad Instructions that his league, would not be a partw to an earlier closing than September 2. He was also Instructed to make on agreement for a world's series to begin before that date. President Johnson addressed the magnates, saying that his Inter pretation of Secretary of War Bak er's ruling on the "work or fight" order was that baseball should close down before September 1. After some discussion the owners agreed to put the situation to a test by agreeing to close the sea l son iJibor Day and then starting a world's series September 4 if per mitted by the Government. There will be no changes In the schedule because of the curtailed season. AUGUST 5, 1918. Dauphin County Boys Are Wounded in Action on the Front Lines in France Yesterday's casualty list contained the names of two Dauphin county boys as having been wounded in ac tion. Wilmer Rowe, Williamstown, and Edward Stoud, City, are the two Dauphin countians listed as wounded. * Rowe is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Martin L. Rowe, and is only about 20 years old. He has been in France several months, having enlisted in the old Fourth Regiment, recruited at Pine Grove. Edward Stoud. aged 24, is the son! of Mr. and Mrs. George Stoud. Tower j City. He is reported to have been ] seriously injured. He was also a - member of the company enlisted at Pine Grove. Two York county boys were also named in the casualty list, both re ported killed in action. They are Private Calvin A. Carbaugh and Corp. Roy Adams McClane. Carbaugh is the son of Mrs. Belinda Elmlra Carbaugh Relnhold. and step son of George F. Reinhold. Ho would have been 27 years old next Saturday. On the day his family re ceived his last letter, stating he was well, word of his death was received from the War Department. He was drafted from Columbus. . McClane was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel McClane, York, R. D. 7, near Stony Run, Springsburg town ship. He was 19 years old. He en listed through the Harrisburg Re cruiting station May 5, 1917, and was a member of Battery F, 15th Field Artillery. Lieutenant King Alexander, son of Postmaster William Alxandor, of Chatnbersburg, was reported to have lost two fingers in action. He is a member ,of a trench mortar company of the 7th Regiment. He is 28 years old, and a graudate of Washington and Jefferson, besides which he took two courses of training at Plattsburg. About three months ago he was in the hospital as the result of a gas attack. Charles A. Davis Resigns as Sexton of Market Square Church After 38 Years J. S. Miller will succeed Charles A. Davis who yesterday retired from his position as sexton of the Market Square Presbyterian Church after thirty-eight years of active service. Mr. Davis, who lives at 1629 Logan .-tret, has ben granted a pension by the church in recognition of his faithful services. He is a charter member of the Paxton Fire Company, a member of Post 116, G. A. R., saw service and was wounded in the Civil War. He has a host of friends here. LEAVES FOR ARMY Horace B. Pratt, 1918 Bellevue road, for the past four years In charge of electrical testing labra tory in the Bureau of Engineers of the Public Service Commission, re cently commissioned - a first lieuten ant, left to-day to enter active ser vice with the 56th Engineers. He is president of Harrisburg Jovian League, a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the Engineers Society of Pennsylvania, the Society for Promotion of Engineering Education and the Colonial Country Club. He has had nine years ex perience in the Massachusetts and Pennsylvania National Guard. CARL B. ELY IS MAJOR Carl B. Ely, 367. North Front street, has been commissioned a major in the air service production. He has for a number of years past been su perintendent of the Bridge Depart ment of the Bethlehem Steel Corpora tion. attached to the Steelton plant. Play Safe — Stick to KING OSCAR CIGARS % because the quality is as good as ever it was. They will please and satisfy you. 6c—-worth it JOHN C. HERMAN & CO. Makers v ■ " Entertain Jewish Soldiers From Nearby Camps by the Local Welfare Board Jewish wearers of the olive drab from Cnmp Colt, Gettysburg, the Mlddletown Aviation camp and tlio Harrlsburg Recruiting Statlpn, wero royally entertained yesterday by Jewish citizens of Harrlsburg under the auspices of the Harrlsburg branch of the Jewish Welfare Board. The lirst part of the entertain ment was a smr ptuous dinner served to them at the Harrisburg Board of Trade. Mayor Daniel Keister, tho guest of honor, pronounced words of welcome to them, and Henry C. Claster, chairman of the Harrisburg branch, performed similar duties for the branch. Rabbi Pouis J. Haas led In prayer and Rabbi R. Roman off pronounced the benediction. After being feted at the Board of Trade, the youths were conducted on a sightseeing tour of Harrisburg by automobile, after which they were taken to the summer cottage of Mr. Cluster at Summerdale where they ; vere entertained during the after noon arid evening. A program of speeches and pa trotic and Heberw selections wero rendered during the course of tho evening. Music was furnished by the Goldstein orchestra. Articles Affected by the Proposed Luxury Tax This is how the $2,000,000,000 tax I on luxuries is to be raised: Autos. $lO to SSOO. Gasoline, 2 cents a gallon. Motorcycles. $5. Furs, previous stones and othet jewelry. Suits costing more than S4O. Neckties costing more than SI.OO. Men's hosiery over 35 cents. Shoes over $5. Gloves over $2. Underwear over $3. Ready-made dresses over $25. i Double present tax on all theaters, t moving picture houses, circuses, en ! tortainment halls, cigars, eigarets, ' tobacco, billiard tables and bowling | alleys. Ten per cent on sale price o) i yachts; 20 per cent, tax on clul dues. Many Floats Planned For State Elks' Parade York. Pa., Aug. s.—Magnificent Poatf feature the parade to be held Thursday, August 29, when the Pennsylvania State Association, Benevolent and Protective Order of Klks, meets in York. Not only will York Lodge No. 213 have a splendid float, but Philadelphia lorge No. 2 will have several of them, and other lodges will come with floats. Erie iodge will bring its famous "White Squadron.' NEED O FMORE- BOOKS NOW IS PRESSING Several hundred thousand more books are needed by the six dispatch cfficos to be shipped to American soldiers in France, a communication to the Pennsylvania State Library from the American Library Associa tion at Washington, says. More than 600,000 have already been shipped across. The Washington appeal asks for novels and good western stories, both old and new. In France the books will be distributed by an American Library Association representative, most of them going to the Y. M. C. A., the Red Cross, Salvation Army huts, hospitals and canteens. Others will go directly to chaplains and of ficers. 9
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