8 STEELTON AND NEARBY TOWNS PLAN WELCOME FOR SOLDIERS Steelton Foreign Organiza tions Will Greet Czecho- Slav Troops Members of Steelton foreign or ganizations representing thousands of Southern Slavs and Czecho-Slo vaks. have started a move to wel come the army of Czecho-Slovaks when they reach Harrisburg enroute from Russia to the Macedonian front One member of the Sokol compos ed of Croatians said to-day his lodge is willing to participate and lend all the aid within its power toward giv ing a suitable reception for the men on the way to join the allies. No definite program has been "on sidered but it is believed that by the time the troops reach Harris burg a suitable demonstration can be given to show the good will of the Steelton residents to the countries which are fighting against the dual monarchy, and to arouse still greater patriotism among the foreign popu lation. Is Ready to Prove Himself Innocent, Says Howard of Gov't Charge "My books and accounts are in absolutely good order, and I have asked the government representatives to make a thorough examination of them which I know will give my firm a clean bill of health." said George E. Howard, of the Pennsyl vania Sales Company, to-day. Howard, together with Charles P. Prince, formerly president of the Harrisburg Lumber Company, and Howard H. Fraim. also connected with the Pennsylvania Sales Com pany. was summoned before United States Commissioner Wolfe to explain the alleged presentation of a bill to the amount of $>>.190.79 said to have been for lumber which was not de livered to the Middletown ordnance depot. Howard said to-day he had made no effort to collect any money for any goods which had not been de livered and that he can easily show every connection he had with Middle town work to be absolutely open and above board. "Somebody has made a serious mistake." he said to-day.: "and until I can get a hearing I must rest under the charge. The in-; > estigation was to have been made Monday bv Government Representa- j tive Stark, of Philadelphia, but be cause of the publicity given to the matter I have telephoned him to-day asking that he come here iinme- 1 diatelv and straighten out the tangle 1 in order that 1 may be relieved oft the stigma under which the charge! has placed me." The hearing proper was set for Friday. August 31, but Howard said to-day he desired to get the matter! over with as -soon as possible. The men have given bond for their ap-! pearance when wanted. Youth Dies From Shot Wound; to Hold Inquest John Purcell. aged 13. son of Mr end Mrs. John Purcell, of 506 Xorth : Second street. Steelton, died at the! Harrisburg Hospital early this morning from wounds received | through the abdomen by a rifle j bullet. The wound was received j Friday afternoon while young Pur-! i ell was shooting with a boy friend. | The gun was discharged when the: boy fell from a fence while shooting ! birds. Coroner Eckinger will conduct j an inquest later. Funeral arrange-1 ments have not been completed. FRITZ HAULER Fritz Haller. aged 42. died at the county almshouse yesterday. He j will be buried Friday morning, j Services will be held in St. John's i German Catholic Church. BARN" FALLS OX TRACKS . . ! While a number of workmen last i evening were razing the remains of i an old barn in South Front street | which had been destroyed by fire > several weeks ago. the structure! toppled and fell in the path of an j approaching street car. The car j crashed into the debris, causing' slight injury to Motorman Arnold j and some damage to the car. © "A chain is no stronger than its weakest link." This same logic holds good in a motorcar. A car is no stronger than its frame and running gear. The new Hupmobile is as strong and sturdy as mod ern engineering can make it. HUPMOBILE "The Comfort Car" Harrisburg Agency Co. R. J. CHURCH, Mgr. 103 MARKET ST. FIRESTONE CORD TIRES • •• at ••• Sharp Reductions In Order to Reduce Stocks Sale Closes Saturday, August 17th STERLING AUTO TIRE CO. 109 S. 2nd St. WEDNESDAY EVENING, ARMY BASEBALL TEAMS TO STAGE BENEFIT GAME HERE Black Cats, Tank Corps Champions, and Birdmen From Middletown Will Play on Friday Evening The Black Cats, baseball oham-, pions of the Tank Corps at Gettys burg. will play the Birdmen from the I Middletown Aviation Field on the I ; Steelton grounds, Friday evening. The I 1 proceeds of the game will be given j 1 to the Soldiers' Club, an organization ; being formed to build a structure for ' 1 the entertainment of soldiers at Camp Colt. Gettysburg. Eddie Plank, the noted pitcher, will j ' be the umpire at the game. Enoch.; i of the Tank Corps, will twirl for the Black Cats. It is said that Enoch, i i who has gained renown as a pitcher. 1 recently refused a tempting •offer : from the Pittsburgh Nationals, pre- j i ferring to wear khaki instead of a m baseball uniform. I ] Other players will be ex-leaguers. ' i Men in Rolling Mills Walk Out; Return When Increase Is Explained Two hundred employes in the i rolling mills of the local plant .of the Bethlehem Steel Company ! walked out this morning because i ct a slight misunderstanding of the new wage scale which went into ef fect to-day. The men refused to return until an agreement had been 11 made. . | After a three-hour conference be tween officials of the plant and sev ' oral representatives of the workers, j most of the men returned, but sev eral still refused to resume their 1 work. Although the strike only lasted a j comparatively short tme. it caused | much inconvenience throughout the ' whole plant, as many of the other I departments were forced to discon , tinue work until the rolling mill | employes returned. The new wage scale which was announced last week and which went into effect on August 1 gave a 10 per cent increase to all laborers : throughout the plant and a propor tionate increase throughout the j other departments. It was about this increase as it would affect the men in the rolling mills which caused the trouble this morning. STEELTON PERSONAL Lieutenant Herman E. Shelley, of : Company I. Pennsylvania Reserves, is spending a short time on the rifle , range in Ml Gretna, Pa. SMALL FIRE Trifling damage resulted from a fire which was started by a spark thought to have been blown from ! a furnace and landed in the roof jof the steel foundry in the steel I works. VIRGINIA T. GROrr Funeral services for Virginia T. Croup, small daughter of Mr. and i Mrs. G. M. Group, will be held to morrow morning at 10 o'clock, at j the residence of John Schlessman. I 536 Bessemer street. She died yes terday morning. May Arrange Next Week For Engineer to Study Coal Land Valuations : Dauphin County Commissioners | may go to Wilkes-Barre next week I to arrange for the employment of an ' expert mining engineer to make a j study of coal land valuations in Dau- I phin county, in order to have official I data to be used in raising assess ments of coal company properties. | Luzerne county officials a few I years ago after a court contest suc ceeded in increasing coal land valu i ations and since that time have had I in the employ of the county expert • ngiueers to take charge of the work. The Dauphin commissioners said ; the." will be unable to increase valua | tiens and win their case in a court j suit unless expert testimony is se cured. They will go to Luzerne coun i ly probably next week to study the j method used there. It was also announced that plans | for a modern contagious disease hos- I pilal to be built and maintained by j Lebanon. Dauphin and Lancaster 'counties soon after the war, is being I considered by the Dauphin County i Commissioners. A conference will probably be held in a few weeks with j officials of the other counties. A site !in the mountains south of Hershey j has already been considered. Pains in the Back, Kidney and Stomach Troubles Have Vanished Since Using Tonall I Mrs. Catherine Kltngler, living on Rural Route No. 2, Lebanon. Pa.. ! Las used Tonall with great benefit to j herself, and feels it her duty to ; make this statement for the read ' ing public. "I had for years pains in my back j and I suffered from kidney and j stomach troubles. I fell some years ago and never fully recovered. This I circumstance did not help my condi tion. "Hearing people talk about Ton : all and reading about it in the ' newspapers, and because Charles E. , Boger. druggist at Lebanon, recom mended Tonall. I began using it, and ! must say It has done me a won ; derful amount of good. I am feel | ing so much better that I shall con- I tinue to use it. ""I recommend Tonall for ailments ! of the stomach and kidneys." This testimonial was given Au gust 3. 1918. Tonall is sold at the Gorgas Drug | Store, Harrisburg. and at the Her- Ishey Drug Store, Hershey.—adv. Lieutenant Floor is manager of the Aviation Depot's team and Lieuten ant Harris manages the Black Cats. Lieutenant Harris is known as the father of baseball in the Philippines. During his years of service there be built the first ball park there and through his efforts a league was formed, which is still in operation. He "discovered" Ed. Smith, now a promi nent baseball writer. The Fflday night game, it is prom ised. will be a fast one. Efforts are being made to have the Girl Scouts sell tickets. Boy Scouts will dis tribute advertising matter and busi ness firms and other organizations of Harrisburg and Steelton will co operate. OBERLIN Faber E. Stengle Now | Ready to Fight Huns 1 FABER E. STENGLE Faber E. Stengle, son of G. A. Stengle, Oberlin, has arrived safely overseas according to word Just re j ceived by his friends here. He was ' i widely known here, being former su- j pervising principal of the schools of | Swatara township. He was assistant superintendent of the United Breth ren Sunday School at Oberlin; presl ! dent of the Christian Endeavor So- I ciety. and a graduate of Lebanon t alley College. He also took a spe ; cial course at Columbia University. He is in Battery F. "of the 312 th t Field Artillery. 79th Division. He was stationed at Camp Meade and i sailed early in July. His father is ; the proprietor of a general store at i Oberlin. Voluntary Increase For Harrisburg Railways Men At a session of the board direc tors of the Harrisburg Railways Company yesterday, a voluntary in crease was given .he motormen and conductors, the second within a month. The boost which is eective to-mor- i row, provides for an hourly increase for first year men to 36 cents, second year men 37 cents, and 3 8 cents for all men employed for more than two years. This is an average increase of five and a half cents an hour. The directors also made the max imum wage obtainable at the end of two years instead of five, as in the past. The increase will add SIOO,OOO to the annual operating expenses. AUTOISTS WANTED FOR SPEEDING IN BOROCGH Charged with speeding, thirty-six! Harrisburg autoists have been or dered to appear before a justice of the peace at New Cumberland to answer charges brought against 1 them. Information was made yes ! terday by the state through the con stabulary. It is understood that more than fifty violators of the speed law from various parts of the state have been named to appear. WILL ATTEND ENCAMPMENT Two Harrisburgers will attend the ! annual national encampment of the I Grand Army of the Republic to be •held at Portland, Oregon, next i week. They will go on the train j which leaves Philadelphia and ar ! rives here at 6.30 this evening, i George W. Rhoads. past commander ! and chief of staff to the department | commander, and Daniel W. Cox past j grand commander, are the two Har risburg men who will attend the en campment. JITNEY APPEAL FILED IN SUPERIOR COURT The appeal by the local jltneurs , from the ruling of the Public Service ; Commission barring them from oper , attng on the city streets, was filed j with the prothonotary of the superior | court yesterday. The appeal con -1 tests the legality of the Public Ser j vice Commission to stop the jitneys j from running when a municipal or j dinance permits them to operate. The i Jitney men also seek to have the ap -1 peal act as a stay in the Commission's j ruling. HEAR FROM MAJOR The fears for the safety of Major | Claude Rhinehart and Lieutenant I Creary. aviators who left Mineola, N. 1 Y., for Dayton. 0., and who were | thought to have had an accident in | this vicinity, were alleviated yester day when word was received that they had landed at their destination. They | were forced to land on an island in • the Susquehanna near Sellnsgrove to ' make repaid*. ODD FELLOWS TO MEET A special meeting of Canton Har risburg, No. 54. I. O. O. F. will be held ' in the lodgerooms at Third and Cum i berland streets to-morrow night. The purpose of the meeting ia to arrange plans for a trip to Easton to attend , the meetings of the Department Coun j cil of Pennsylvania. All members have been requested to be present at I the meeting. A SUMMER TONIC-DRINK Horsford'a Arid Phosphate Healthful, and most agreeable to the taste. Refreshes and Invigorates Use It In place of lemons.—Advertisement. HARRISBURO TELEGRAPH EVERY DOCTOR IN NATION IS TO BE ARMY VOLUNTEER Dr. Edward P. Davis, of Phil adelphia, President of U. S. Corps [ Washington, Aug.. 14.—Dr. Frank ; Martin, of the advisory commission I and chairman of the general med ical board. Council of National De fense. yesterday announced a plan whereby every physician in the United States, not ineligible by rea son of "unprofessional conduct, mor al unfitness or professional inapti tude." will.be enrolled in the volun teer medical service corps, under the council of notional defense. Dr. Ed ward P Davis, of Philadelphia, is president of the corps. The plan which has been largely discussed by Philadelphia physicians, is enlargement of the Sscope of the corps so as to include in its member ship every physician not already commissioned in the government service. Hitherto only those who, because of over age, physical dis ability, dependants or essential home needs, were not eligible for service in the medica. reserve corps of the Army or Navay, were admitted. Several Philadelphia physicians are on the central governing board of the corps, others were added when the enlargement was decided on and i include, besides Dr. Davis, Dr. John D. McLean, vice-president of the i corps. and Dr. William Duffield | Robinson. The object of the corps is to fill Army, Navy and public health needs, as well as civilian needs and to make possible the most efficient conserva tion and use of medical resources. Enrollment of virtually every physi cian in the country who will be as signed to work in the general gov erning board, will make this pos sible Doctor Martin believes. President Wilson yesterday sent a letter to Doctor Martin in which he voiced his approval of the plan. He said: It gives me and opportuni ty to express to you, and through I you to the medical protession, my I deep appreciation of the splendid I service which the whole profession j has rendered to the nation with I great enthusiam from the beginning of the present emergency. "The health of the Army and the Navy" the President concluded, "the health of the country at large, is due to the co-operation which the public authorities have had from the medical profession. The spirit of sacrifice and service has been everywhere present, and the record | of the mobilization of many forces of this great republic will contain no case of readier response or better service than that which the physi cians have rendered." Ready For Big Picnic of Chamber of Commerce Everything is in readiness for the biggest "back to the land" movement that has ever taken place in Harris burg. Perhaps not the biggest in point of numbers, but certainly the biggest in spontaneity and enthusi asm. The occasion is the annual Cham ber of Commerce picnic at Gauda loupe. John W. Reily's summer home back of the mountains at Fort Hunter. If you want to see a curious sight, get into one of the cars donated for the day to the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce and go and see business men. store managers, bank presidents, secretaries and merchants "gamboling on the green." pitching quoits, play ing ball, and doing all kinds of ath letic. boyish stunts. It's going to be the real thing. There never was such a picnic, is what a couple of hundred of Harrisburg's progressive business men are going to say when they get back from this one. The cars will leave Market Square at 12:30.. They don't profess at the Chamber offices to be able to tell when they're going to return. They are only thinking of the good time to be had during the afternoon and early evening, and can't take the time to think of the homecoming. Incidentally, the eats are going to be fine. Not just a skimpy, little lunch, but continuous eats for anyone that gets hungry, or for anyone that is hungry all the time It might be add ed that the lunch will conform to the Food Administrator's idea of what a wartime lunch should be. For in stance. there will be no sugar in the coffee. It's $1.50. the picnic, and cheap at that, the committee claims. Hot Weather Affects Fruit and Truck Crop Philadelphia, Aug. 14.—Complete temperature data for the week are not available, the Weather Bureau! reports, but with the information atj hand it seems probable that it was the warmest week on record for this] state. TKe maximum temperatures] were above 100 degrees in nearly allj parts of the state, and exceeded 102 degrees in fully one-half of the state. Good rains occurred at most places, but a few counties are still dry. The heat caused orchard fruits to drop badly and also damaged tomatoes and other truck crops. Corn is growing rapidly wherever sufficient rain occurred, and general ly improved some during the week. Early potatoes are being dug gen erally and in a large part of the state they are yielding less than half a crop. A few sections report potatoes as fair to good, and for the state as a whole there will probably be from two-thirds to three-fourths of a nor mal yield. Pactures and meadows are improving wherever the rainfall was heavy enough to relieve the droughty conditions, but the second crop of hay will be light in most places. Oats harvest is nearly finished and the crop has been gathered "vith little or no loss due to weather con ditions. Wheat and rye threshing is about finished and some oats have been threshed. Buckwheat is in good to excellent condition and promises a bumoer crop. The acreage is in creased slightly In most sections where this crop is grown and there will probably be a material excess above a normal yield for the state. Plowfng for fall seeding is in full swing in the central and southern counties. Ft'RXITI'RE MEN' ON' TRIP Members of the Harrisburg Furni ture Dealers' Association motored to Carlisle, last '-ht. where thev had dinner at the Hotel Cumberland. A large percentage of the membership was present. After the dinner rou tine business was transacted. Frank B. Downey is president of the asso ciation. POWDER EXPLOSION' KU.I.S 5 AT At.LENTOWN' By Associated Press Allentown, Pa., Aug. 14. Five men lost their lives through a "flare-up" .In three dryer houses of the Trojan Powder Company, this morning. No cause was assigned, but there is noth ing to indicate any abnormal condi tions, officials of thS company say. . Use McNeil's Pain Exterminator—Ad. RAILROAD RUMBLES READING TRAFFIC RECORD BREAKER Rutherford Yards Big Factor in Handling Soft Coal For Nattion's Use Rutherford yards figured in Read ing's big record for soft coal traf fic. All bltumlnious coal comes from the west and is handled at Ruther ford. In June the road established a new monthly record of 2,140,440 tons. July, however, eclipsed the former figure by approximately 30 per cent. Last month the Reading carried 2,700,000 tons, a gain of close to 600,000 tons above its previous best month. In the last three years the Read ing has come ahead fast as a carrier of bituminous. From official figures the company hauled 17.412.34S tons in 1915, 15.764.750 in 1916 and 20.- 133,791 in 1917. For the first seven months of this ?ear the road has transported 13.000,000, broadly speak | ing, compared with 11.827,805 for the : same period last year. Rutherford Leads The greater part of this tonnage is being bandied over the line be tween Harrisburg and Allentown. the bulk of which originates on the Bal timore and Ohio and Western Mary land. For the .development of this business the company several years ago widened its trackage on the Har risburg-Allentown line by construct ing spurs at convenient Intervals. At the present time this branch at places is a four-track line, while no definite program is under way for a uniform four-track system in this section, it is understood the bi tuminous tonnage ultimately will de mand a four-track line clear through. Xationul Figures As a national proposition, the haul ing of bituminous the first seven months of this year has greatly ex ceeded that for the corresponding period of 1917. Figures announced yesterday by the railroad adminis tration state that from Jan. 1 to the beginning of the second week of July 224,572 cars were used to carry bi tuminous. compared with 113,144 last year. Based on the leaping figures of the Reading, making up a national deficit of 80,000.000 for this year's war program will rest, largely, not upon the failure of the roads to trans port it, but upon the family of opera tors to get it above ground. Railroad Expenditures Reach Half Billion Washington, Aug. 14.—0f the $500,- 000.000 authorized by Director Gen eral McAdoo for expenditures this year for railroad improvements and extensions only $55,526,000 had been spent up to July 1 and one-fifth of this, or $15,632.000, went for addi tional yard tracks, sidings and indus try tracks. For main tracks, rail roads spent $12,003,000; for freight and passenger stations and office buildings. $8,648,000. and for bridges, trestles and culverts. $8,047,000. This report, covering 141 of the 168 first-class railroads under Federal control, made to the director general to-day by Robert S. Lovett, director of the railroad administration's di vision of capital expenditures, does not include the millions spent under the railroad administration's $500,- 000,000 car and locomotive building program. Reports for July and Au gust are expected to show rapid pro gress toward completion of exten sions and improvements Other aggregate capital expendi tures of the railroads were shows as follows; Shop buildings. engine houses. $6,360,000: rails and other track material. $6,149,000: shop ma chinery and tools, $3,446,000: signals and interlocking plants. $2,670,000; water stations. $2,236,000; electric power stations, $2,313,000. HAP DRUGS. CHARGE Joe Washington. 1400 Current street, was arrested by Patrolmen Carson and Hollands at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon on the charge c,t having narcotics in his "possession. PEXBROOK HAS NO WATER A leak in the water main at Ruth erford made it necessary to turn off j the water supply to Penbrook at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, but the stream was flowing again at 4 o'clock. CAPT. DEI.APP AT MIDDI.ETOWN Captain Charles A. Delapp, Ordnance Department. United States Army, has arrived in Middletown in advance of the soldiers who will take over the warehouses there in the near future. About 400 soldiers will be assigned here shortly, with more to follow. Field Artilleryman Ready For the Huns ARTHURTO. LEWIS Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Lewis, of 73 North Seventeenth street, have re ceived word that their son Arthur O. Lewis has arrived safely on foreign soil. • He enlisted In January In the Aviation Corps was stationed at Kel ly field, Tex., St. Paul, Minnesota and Memphis. Then he was transferred to Heavy Artillery and moved to Camp Meade for a short time before sailing with the Three Hundred and Twelfth Field Artillery, Battery B. He was formerly a student of Tech and was working for his father with the Harrisburg Leather Pro ducts Company RAILROAD VET DIES AT READING In Service For Fifty-three Years; Drummer Boy in the Civil War Arthur A. Wells, for 63 years a conductor on the Reading, died Sun day at his home in Reading. He was placed on the pension list last De cember. When the Civil War broke out, Mr. wells, a boy of 14. joined the colors as a drummer. He first enlisted in Company C. of the 167 th Pennsyl vania Volunteers. At the expiration of his enlistment he received an hon orable discharge, but shortly after joined Company I, 196 th Pennsylvania \ olunteers. with which he served for some time. He joined the colors for the third and last time on Janu ary 14, 1865. when he joined Company D. of the 213 th Pennsylvania Volun teers. which was organized at Read ing and later mustered in at Phila delphia. While in the service he served under Captain John Kennedy, commanding Company D; Captain George 1. Rowbotham, commanding Company I, and Captain Peter Y. Edelman. commanding Company C. Works For lieudlng After the wur he secured employ ment with the Reading Railroad as an apprentice in the machine shops. \A hen a call came for volunteers to go on the road, he was engaged as brakemen. From this position he was promoted to baggageman and later conductor. During the last 35 years of his life he acted as conduc tor. His regular run was from this city to Allentown. During his three enlistments in the Civil War Mr. Wells saw much ac tive service. It was a great griev ance to him that he missed the battle at Gettysburg by two days. His reg iment had been ordered to come to the aid of the Union Army, but in spite of forced marches arrived too late for the fighting. He was a member of the following organizations: DeMolay Command erv. No 9, Knights Templar: Knights of the Golden Eagle, Castle 49: Sr. John's Lodge. No. 435, Free and Ac cepted Masons: P. & R. Relief As sociation, P. & R. Veterans' Associ ation, and the Union Veteran Legion. Standing of the Crews HARRISBURG SIDE Philadelphia Division The 124 crew first to go after 3.30 o'clock: 119, 116, Engineers for 124, 116. Fireman for 116. Brakemen for 119, 116. Engineers up: Weker, Rennard, Smith. Firemen up: Thompson. Clark. Graham, Kirk. Brakemen up: McKelis, Mechan, Garlin. Hannan, Weiger. Middle Division —The 31 crew first to go after 2.15 o'clock: 17, 26. 29, 27 21. 229. 36. Engineer for 17. Firemen for 17, 26, 27, 21. Conductors for 27. 21. Brakemen for 31 (2), 17, 21. Engineers up: Swigart, Earley, Snyder. Dunkle, Leffard, Kauffman, Blizzard. Leiter, Kreiger, Hawk. Firemen up: Holslnger, Horning, Warner, Delancey, Sheaffer, Shearer, Hubbert. Haskins, Switzer. Cook. Conductors up: Bennett, Rhine, Beggan, Corl. Brakemen up: Leonard, Beers. Fenicle, George. Myers. Bowman. Yard Board —Engineers for 1-7 C, 1-14 C. • Firemen for IC, 1-7 C, 5-7 C 11C 12C, 23C. Engineers up: Revie. Ulsh, Bost dorf, Schife, Rauch, Weigle, Lackey, Cooxerly, Maeyer, Sholter. Firemen up: Heckman, Shambaugh, Laurer, Rupley, Bartley. Kling, Lake, Staff, Moses, Myers. Kistler, Mum man, Rhine, Newkirk, King Bell, Swope, Kell, Beard. EXOLA SIDE Philadelphia Division The 251 crew first to go after 1.45 o'clock: 250, 237. 252, 222. 228, 226, 221. 240 206. Engineer for 206. Firemen for 228, 206. Conductors for 52, 22, 28, 06. Flagmen for 52, 06. Brakemen for 28 26. Conductor up: Ebner. Brakemen up: Gotshall, Garverich, Miller. Trayer. Middle Division —The 102 crew first to go after 2.3 Oo'clock: 116, 121, 123, 224, 106. Engineers for 102, 116. Firemen for 102, 116. Conductor for 116. Flagmen for 123, 121. Brakeman for 102. Yard Board —Engineers for Ist 126, 3d 126, Ist 129, 112. Firemen for 3d 129, 4th 129, Ist 102. Ist 104. Engineers up: Fenicle, Baip, Brown, Quigley, Potter, Barnhart, Ewing. Firemen up: Kline, Hall, Wallace, Cristofaro, Price, Foke, Weaver, Bles sner, W. S. Ready. Cofif, Miller, Bruce, Steffee. PASSENGER SERVICE Philadelphia Division Engineers up: Lindley, Kennedy. Osmond, Gtl lums, Lipp. Firemen up: McNeal, Cook. Middle Division Engineers up: Connel. Firemen up: Shetts, Zeiders. THE READING The 68 crew first to go after 11.45 o'clock: 53. 72, 2, 63, 14. 65, 20, 23 58 70. 19, 6,' 7, 60. 71, 57. 73, 55. Engineers'for 53, 54, 95, 65, 70 71 1, 2, 6, 9. 94, 18. Firemen for 93, 94, 95, 97, 60, 63, 65, 68, 71, 72, 73, 6, 9, 19, 20. Conductors for 54. 95. 90, 2. Flagmen for 54, 62. 70. 6. Brakemen for 53. 54. 63, 70. 6. Engineers up: Crinister. Barnhart, Moyer, Linn. Little, Bream, Felix, Bates. Firemen up: Leach, Kline, Tanner. Mintzer, Raystone, Cooper, Keller, j Becbtel, Rife, Yeingst, ! Looker. Conductors up: Hetrlck, Fessler, Helabaum. Flagmen up: Kichman, Gulden. Mc- Keever, Lehner, Kauffman, Hoffman, Grady. Brakemen up: Clepper, Young, Lo gan, Kendrick, Runkle, Shireman, Fry. Schooner Captain, Twice Torpedoed, Finally Lands Gloucester, Mass., Aug. 14.—Cap tain James A. Nickerson and his crew of five men from the fishing schoon er Reliance sunk by a German sub marine oft George's Banks on Satur day morning, went through the un ! usual experience of being torpedoed twice. They told theft: story when they arrived home here last night. When the Reliance was sent to the • bottom they got away In a dory and early In the afternoon were picked up by the fishing schooner Kate Pal mer. That evening the submarine sank the Palmer and Captain Nick erson and his crew again took to their dory. They rowed until Monday morning when they were picked up] by a third schooner. AUGUST 14, 1918. KEYSTONE DIVISION SEES WARM WORK IN MARNE DRIVE Charge of Heroes Through Deadly Barrage Is Described j by an Archbald Corporal, Who Declares Losses in the Twenty-eighth Are Heavier Than Reported JOSEPH MURPHY, of Archbald. corporal In Company A, One Hundred and Ninth Infantry, had written a letter to his parents. r * Mrs - Tnomas Murphy, de scribing the part thy Twenty-eighth fPennsylvania) Division took in the Allied offensive on the Marne, and making it appear as though the casualties of the One Hundred and Ninth may have been far heavier than the official dispatches have as yet shown. The letter Just received from Murphy, who is in a hospital in ,f r&nce > reads as follows: "The battle began Sunday night before midnight. The barrage they sent over us was the worst anybody has experienced since the war began. The Germans started the drive, and we countered and gave them a dose of their own medicine. We let them cross the Marne. and then mowed them down and followed them up and drove them back a distance of seven or eight miles upon a twenty five-mile front, taking thousands of prisoners. Our division was in sup port, and their artillery surely did cut up the support. I was gassed three times. I wore a gas mask for six hours. I really don't know how any of us came out of the barrage alive. Badly Cut Up "The boys were falling along side of me, and I gave up all hopes of coming out alive. When morning dawned all we could find of our company was about forty men. The sergeant gave the order for us all to take cover and be ready to assemble at a minute's notice. It was im possible to take cover, for fire swept every inch of our section. Just as the sergeant finished speaking over comes a shell and knocks off four of the boys standing ten yards from me. "We couldn't do a thing only to take all they gave us, so I told the few that remained it was suicide to stay there, and if they were willing to follow me, I would take a chance on getting them out. I do not know how we did it, as all the roads were covered with the fire and strewn with dead horses, but I managed to get through without losing a man. "Then I began to feel awfully weak, and the next thing I knew I was in a hospital. I do not know if I will be able to get back to the lines again, as this gas is awful stuff. A person thinks he is all right, and then all of a sudden falls over dead. "Stanley Neary, who is the best pal I ever had, was wounded four times. We roomed together in Allentown and were like brothers. His home is in Carbondale." Lackawanna Men Down . Corporal Henry Wood, a Scranton boy, reported killed in action, was kneavn as the youngest member of the old Thirteenth Pennsylvania Regiment. He enlisted when only fifteen years old. His mother, Mrs. Gertrude Bierwirth, resides at 53 4 Forest court, Scranton. That Raymond McGregor, of Rlakely, another member of the One Hundred and Ninth Regiment, was wounded in the Marne offensive, is told in a letter received from Elmer Leek, also of Blakely. Leek tells of taking part in the battle and of hav ing McGregor brought to a base hospital. Private George Richardson, nine teen years old, of West Pittston, has been reported gassed in action July 15. He is in a base hospital. Rich ardson was a member of the One Hundred and Ninth Artillery, but before he sailed for France was transferred to Company F, One Hun dred and Third United States En gineers. He served on the border with Battery B, of Pittston. William O'Donnell and Samuel Siglin, both of Avoca, have been gassed in France. They were mem bers of Company E, One Hundred and Third Engineers. Siglin enlisted in Scranton last summer and is now in a base hospital. Altoona's Dead Two Altoona boys have been killed in the fighting around Chateau Thierry, so their parents have been notified by the Adjutant General's office, Washington. Alton Chamber lain Cole, nineteen years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Foster Cole, was a private in Company A. Twenty-eighth Infantry. He was in the High school when the United States entered the war, and promptly enlisted April 16, 1917. Six weeks ago his parents re ceived a letter from him saying that his commander had asked for volun teers for dangerous work; that he volunteered, went through with it, and was cheered for his valor by his comrades. His brother, Charles Ed win .Cole, is a member of Company G, Seventh Infantry, now in France. Donald Leroy Gearhart, nineteen years old, killed in action, was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Gear hart. He enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Tenth Infantry, July 3, 1917, and came from a fam ily Of soldiers. Two great-grandfa thers were in the Union Army in the Civil War, one being killed in battle and the other dying in Anderson ville prison. An uncle served in the war with Spain and died in the Phil ippines. Nine days before leaving Altoona for camp Gearhart married 1 Anna Maude Kfearney. York Boy Wounded Mrs. Annie Strickland, of York, was advised yesterday that her son, Charles H. Strickland, was severely wounded in France July 23. He is 23 years old and a drummer. He was employed at the Schmidt & Ault paper plant prior to his enlistment. Word was also rfeceived by Mr. and Mrs. David Ross, of Goldsboro, that their son, Russell L. Ross, was bad-, ty Injured at the same time Strickland was wounded, both being members of the Fourth Regiment of Infan try. Ross is 22 years old and had been employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Goldsboro. Warren Weller, the Boyertown sol dier wounded in action, is the son of Jonas Weller. He was hit in the arm by a shell. Weller was one of the first drafted men to leave Boyer town. Daniel E. Reffpert, son of Augustus Reppert, was wounded somewhere in France. He enlisted two years ago and was at Panama until seven weeks ago. He has two brothers in the Army, William Rep pert and Peter Reppert. Joseph Yanuzzi, 22 years old, a draftee, who left Hazleton November last, was killed on the French battle front July 15. His parents are resi dents of Italy. Before entering the service Yanuzzi was a steam driller at the Benjamin s'trippings. Vincent Farley, of Blackheath, Schuylkill county, has been killed in France, according to information re ceived by his mother, a widow, whose only son he was. Farley was a member of the Regular Army and made a fine record in Mexico. Mrs. Mary A. Walker, of Shatno kin Dam, Snydar couivtv 'y la *, ceipt of a let™* -rima her son, Prl- vate Arthur Walker, telling the cir cumstances of his recent wounds in France. Walker is a member of Company D, 103 d Engineers. They were engaged in a bridging opera tion in the early stages of the Chat eau Thierry drive. "A bomber from an airplane was trying to get us," he writes, "but we kept speeding along with the work until 'Fritzie' blew our whistle. One of his bombs struck the bridge, and down wo went with the wreckage. However, I expect to get back on the job soon again, bridging the way to Berlin." Johnstown Casualties Two Johnstown boys serving in Company F, 110 th Regiment, have been severely wounded, according to telegrams received last evening. Ser gant Dan P. Davis and Sergeant Charles Pinder were wounded July 29. Davis is a son of former Sheriff and Mrs. Elmer E. Davis and is 23 years old. His brother, Herbert N. Davis, is a sergeant in the same company. Pinder is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pinder and Is 23 years old. His brother. Lieutenant Clifford Pinder. has just been sent to Oklahoma after ten months' serv ice in France, with the Seventeenth Artillery. Another brother, Thomas, is in training in the coast artillery at Fnrt'ess Monroe. His sister. Miss Ethel Pinder, is nttached to Red Cross headquarters in New York. John W. Helwig. 19 years old. of Norwood, Lancaster county, was killed in France July 15, He was reported as missing last week. Hel wig enlisted in Company C, Fourth Infantry, at the outbreak* of the war, and was transferred to the 110 th Regiment. His grandfather was killed in the battle of Fred ericksburg during the Civil War. William Brenner, 16 years old, of Marietta, youngest soldier, was re ported last night as killed in France. He was attached to Company C, 110 th Infantry, and enlisted in April, 1917. The War Department notified Mrs. Jane Love, of Girardvtlle, yesterday that her son, James Love, 22 years old, was severely wounded in France July 15. He volunteered early lri 1917 and was sent ahroad last Sep tember. He was an expert account ant and an athlete. Sick U. S. Soldiers at Noted French Resort Hcadqunrtors American Troops With the British Forces in Franco, Aug. 14.—Some of the "new" army men who have fallen ill or met with accident in France are convalescing in bracing air that cost seaside vis itors from $5 to S2O per day each be fore the war. They are living in a place that was once the favorite re sort of royalty where a new mixed Anglo-American hospital town of 2,-r 000 beds has sprung up on a high and dry promontory facing the sea and overlooking a handsome bay, a popular bathing beach and a little port into which picturesque fishing smacks bring mackerel every day to be sold at auction on the quay. William Shorthose, son of William the Conqueror, brought the port into history by using it for the embarka tion of the forces with which he tried in vain to wrest the throne of Eng land from his brother, William Ru fus. it would gratify all the home friends of these American boys to see how they are being cared for, and | how they begin to thrive as soon as their passing ills are conquered. TELLS HOWTO GET BACK OLD TIME AMBITION Discoverer instructs drug gists everywhere not to take a cent of anyone's money unless Bio-feren doubles energy, vigor and nerve force in two weeks. 7 A DAY ~FOR 7 DAYS Any man or woman who finds that they are going bacaward, are not as strong as they used to be, have lost confidence in their ability to accom plish things, are nervous and run down should take two Bio-feren tab lets after each meal and one at bed tlme. , . Seven a day for seven days. Then take one after each meal un til the supply is exhausted. Then if your nervousness is not gone, if you do not feel twice as strong and energetic as before, if your sluggish disposition has not been changed to a vigorous active one, take back the empty package and your money will be returned without com ment. No matter what excesses, worry overwork —too much tobacco or alco hol —have weakened your body and wrecked your nerves, any druggist anywhere is authorized to refund your money on request if Bio-feren, the mighty upbuilder of blood, muscle and brain does not do Just what is claim ed for 4t. Note to Physicians: There is no secret about the formula of Bio-feren. it is printed on every package. Hero It is: Lecithin; Calcium Glyeero-phos phate; Iron Peptonate: Manganese Peptonate; Ext. Nux Vomica; Powri. Gentian; Phenolphthalein; Olearesin Capsicum; Kola. , Keeps Teeth Clean and Gums Healthy Specially indicated for treatment of Soft, Spongy and Bleeding All Draggiata and Tails t Counters. EXCEPT HEALTH "AJ.CH<Ud<I>TS lAWOt EACKACC|I
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