18 CAPT. NICODEMUS TELLS OF FRANCE Tells of Hard Work at Head quarters of Keystone Division Portions of three letters from Cap tain E. A. Nicodentus of the Quar termasters Corps, which follow, tell interestingly of his experiences in the war zone. Captain Nicodemus is dis bursing officer of the 28th Division. He was a resident of Harrlsburg and is well-known here as a physician and former officer of the Governor's Troop. In letters to his mother, Mrs. Rebecca Nicodemus, 2017 North Fifth street, he says: Officers' Rest House.and Mess, June 29, 1918. I am In my room which faces the Square or Place de March©. Under normal conditions It Is an assembly place for musical concerts and three times a week is the market. The farmers erecting a canvass roof over tables they bring with them. Now It is a repair shop for crippled lorries and autos. The place is full of ma chines, forges and work benches. Some of the cars are badly worn and some have been shelled. This <s only eight or nine miles back of the lines and we have plenty going on. The front is very quiet now as the other fellow is moving troops north against the British and south to assist the Austrians. We are massing preparatory to a drive and I hope it will be a hard one, for they are the only ones that will count from now on. I am staying here with 266 men and one officer until Tuesday. The men, clerks, guards, etc., will leave for the new headquarters and I with a guard will start for a large city, about 40 miles from here, for about $225,000 for pay and expect to join the outfit about 8 p. m. that even ing. , , If conditions are good I will work all night, going from place to place, paying them off. During the day light we don't use one road continu ously, as the Boeho has an ugly hab it of dropping shells or bombs on It and it's hard on the roads and makes the repair gangs work over time. Thursday evening I was coming over a road that had been used all of Wednesday night and the greater part of Thursday by French troops, when a shell dropped about 100 yards to the side. The driver of the cur stopped and began digging around the bottom of the car. When I asked him what was wrong, he said he was looking for his "tin hat." The hole the shell made was large enough to bury a horse. We have been having ideal weath er since coming down into this neigh borhood but the blame heathen seem to think we don't need sleep, for every clear night they cross on their way to bombard Paris about 10.30 or 11 p. m., and then about 5 a. in. the trucks and troops wake you up. Just had the police to come in and tell me that my light a candle — showed from the outside and the cur tains must be drawn. July 6, 1918. Have had several trips across the Marne. The valley is fine —that is the lower valley. Up where we are now there are more hills and the build ings are not as modern. Spent a night about two weeks ago in a chateau —the modern end of which was built in 1568. A German officer brought in the other night as a prisoner, when ask ed what the war was about, said, "England was fighting for the sea, France for her country, and the Unit ed States for souvenirs." Some of our fellows here hit the trail, but they gave a good account of themselves before going. One lad slipped away from his squad, when they had to lay down on account of machine gun fire, crawled to the rear of the nest and blew up 'the whole crew with a bomb. Just as ha was rolling into the hole where some of his squad were, a sniper got him through the back. He had time to say, "I'm only one, but I got eight first." Night before last our artillery made things hum along the first and second lines and last evening over 1 70 planes went over and bombed the hack areas. Had Just opened up after supper when a bundle of Telegraphs ending with May 30, was thrown on the desk. All work stopped for an hour and a half. July 12, 1918. Wednesday evening was mail day with a vengeance. Received eight letters, also bundle of Telegraphs. Papers passed around the crowd. Since moving to our present loca tion I have been grinding. We were a whole month late in getting started and only one-quarter of the help— have gradually added a man, until now have three-fourths of my com plement. This is some job. We never quit until 10.30 to 11.30 p. m. and have nothing but candles for light. Each man has two. Have a room to myself here with two windows toward the south. Boxes on end for cases, two desks and long carriage machine against one wall; two rows of tables with adding machine in middle of the one across the room and at the end of each row a typewriter. Sounds like a boiler shop at times when all machines are running and three or four men are reading "compares." Received notice last night that General Pershing would call 10-day. He made us a visit May 30, while we were farther north. Crowder Urges Youths of 21 to Be Certain to Register By Associated Press Washington, Aug. 16. Provost Marshal General Crowder Issued a statement to-day, emphasizing that all male citizens who shall have reached their 21st birthday since June 5 last, must appear before the local boards to register for military service on Au gust 24, regardless of any presumed grounds for exemption. Opportunity to make claim for exemption will be afforded subsequently in the filing out of questionnaires by registrants. "Provision will be made for the reg istration by mail of any person who expects to be absent on registration day from the jurisdiction of the board, where he permanently resides," says the statement. "But in such a case extreme care should be taken by him to see that his registration card reaches his home hoard on or before August 24. Such persons are advised to apply at once to a local board for instructions as to how to proceed." FRENCH ENVOY DIES HERE By Associated Press A Pacific Port, Aug. 16. Albert Metln, head of the French economic mission in the United States, former minister of labor in France and min ister of blockade, died here at mid night last night from a stroke of apoplexy. LIEUT. BULLITT FALLS IN WAR By Associated Press Philadelphia, Aug. 16. Lieutenant Richard S. Bullitt was killed in action in France in the fighting of July la. Word to this effect was received to day by the soldier's father, Logan M. Bullitt, a wid*Jv-kD->wn • •torney of this city. FRIDAY EVENING. Gettysburg Prepares to Give Each of Its Students a Course in.Military Training Gettysburg. Aug. 16,—At a meet ing of the Board of "trustees of Penn sylvania College heldVhere yesterday it was decided that the college will adopt the new Students Army Train ing Corps plun for military training for the duration of the war. This training will supersede the Reserve Officers Training Corps which has been established at the college for the past two years. The action of Pennsylvania college Is In line with fr - . npHE Final Clearance in,the Notable Sale of Laces, Nets and T)l'lfpQ Pt"f}\) 4^/PlftJfl ft °° 1° VE AND SERVE I * Trimmings is announced for Saturday. JLSif r % M. i \r l* BU >' W. S. S m rcmeml>eriiiK that it is important to buy these litUe _________________________ _______ Stamps of Liberty cve.ry <lay and every week. The Heart of Your Home Is the Living Room What of Its Furniture? n ij — PEBMffiW il e center v ' ' nterest i n ever y hom e j" |j, jiHj H 1 111 II is to be found in the livingroom, for it is there I f i'L A || Bil| b th a t youngsters as well as parents gather in the : ' 'fl —|"fl| I lllirl fl 1 even ' n £ or coni P an i° n ship and an exchange of j'jijjf | Egal I f I views. It is here that furniture ought to be given 1 0' ' jpP|| | I careful consideration, and it is here that refine 111 II rnent details an d comfort ought to he linked /11 1 M{f!| Y° ur Children's Children Will S hIUv Cherish This Kind of The designs are carefully thought out with a view to 1 their serviceability in the years to come and the up - 1 Bholstering is of the finest quality procurable. Overstuffed fireside rockers, in tapestry $26.50 Overstuffed library rockers with loose cushion spring seat and pillow back; the most lux urious rocker imaginable • $35.00 Three-piece overstuffed livingroom suite of chair, rocker and davenport in tapes try $95.00 78-inch davenport in tapestry with pillow arms and loose spring cushion seat . . $95.00 Three-piece overstuffed livingroom suite of elixir, rocker and davenport, with loose spring cushions $145.00 . Two-piece cane seat in tapestry, with loose cushion; the frame is solid mahogany, three extra cushions and roll $150.00 / yxC) Two-piece overstuffed livingroom suite of chair and daven- i port, pillow arms and loose cushion seats in tapestry ... $155.50 , f'l 1 < ~-'C J Three-piece livingroom suite of low back chair, fireside chair y j nl |J ft • — — and davenport in tapestry, all pieces are covered all around in [P" j i;: j 1 same material $285.00 V| £ / Dive|, Pomeroy & Stewart, Fourth Floor. • ' Men's Summer Socks of Excellent i Quality: 25c to 50c Fiber silk seamless socks in black, navy, tan, grey and cordovan 500 Silk lisle seamless socks in black, grey, slate, navy and cordovan t...400 Cotton and lisle seamless socks in black and colors 250 Cotton seamless socks in black and tan 18<S Hot Weather Underwear For Men and Boys Black balbriggan shirts and drawers with short sleeves and ankle length drawers, 750 Grey mixed balbriggan shirts and drawers; short sleeves and ankle length 750 White cotton shirts and drawers with sleeveless or short sleeves; drawers knee or ankle length 750 Boys' white open mesh union suits; short sleeves and knee length 500 Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor.. Men's & Young Men's Spring & Summer Suits in Two Final Reduction Groups $lB.OO and $20.00 ct* i o nel Swz/s Reduced to .. vlO./ O | $22.50 and $25.00 wiy nel 7 /y if fv Reduced to .. $1 <• < 3 IrYT T HESE suits are from regular stock-that is suffi- Ij/ji' / DC T\ cient guaranty of their quality. It requires a Hi \ \\ 11 stock of clothing to cater to the needs of a clien / Ii i tele'such as our clothing store enjoys, and naturally / I 11 1 there is going to be an accumulation of broken lines I II at .the end of the season. So out go these suits at <n m eductions that mean something these days of higher w £& p r j ces on practically everything. Plain Grey Palm Beach Suits Special at $lO.OO Palm Beach Suits at ..$8.75 and $9.50 Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Second Floor, Rear. . the more made In leading educational institutions of the country. The main features of this new plan for military training are: Any able-bodied male student in college or entering college over eigh teen years of age may enlist In the corps. He then becomes a member of the United States Army for the duration of the war. Regular uni forms, Including hats, shoes and overcoats, will be furnished by the government. H6 will be on inactive duty during his college course wi.th the exception of six weeks during vacation time when h<o will be required to attend a summer camp for Intensive military training. His traveling expenses to BLAJEmiSBURG Sg Wggg. TELEGRAPH and from camp will be paid and he will be on active duty under pay and subsistence by the War Department. On reaching the age of twenty-one he must register with his local draft board. He may remain In college until his call is reached under the Selective Service Haw. At thut time It will be decided whether he will be called immediately to active service or whether he shall remain in college to complete the course he is pursu ing. The decision will depend upon the needs ""of the service and upon his progress in his military training and in his studies and determined by the military officers at the college and by the college authorities. After graduation he will be eligible for an officer's training camp. The relation of a student enlisted In the corps to the draft Is as fol lows. Any student so enlisted, though in the military service of the United States, is technically on inactive duty, and therefore must register after he has reached draft age. Upon stating on his questionnaire that he Is already In the military service of the United States he will be placed automatically by his local draft board in Class V-D, as provided by the Selective Service Regulations. The draft board will not call him for induction as long as he remains a member of the S. A. T. C. Students enlisted in the corps will Women's Hosiery For Summer In cotton, silk lisle, fiber silk and thread silk. Values that are exceptionally worthy. White cotton seamless hose, 250 White silk lisle seamless hose, with high spliced heels .. 350 White lisle hose with fashion ed feet and high spliced heels, 500 White silk lisle hose with fashioned feet; regular and ex tra sizes 750 White fiber silk seamless hose 590 White thread silk hose with fashioned feet and lisle tops, $1.35 Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor. New Styles of Women's House Dresses Many new arrivals in fine quality cottons are now being shown in the interest of women who look to their house dress needs early. Prices are $2.98, $3.50, $3.75 and $4.50. Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Second Floor. Choice Colored Cottons For Summer and Fall 36-inch colored voiles on white grounds; an extra fine 4 quality; spe cially priced, yard 35e White and colored ground voiles with embroidered stripes; special, yard 98c Allover patterns in colored voiles; special, yard 39c, 49c and 59c Solid color voiles in &11 shades; 4 3 inches wide; yard 15c Dress ginghams in fancy plaids, copied from original Scotch designs; more than 100 distinct styles to choose from; yard 49c Wm. Anderson ginghams, in fancy plaid and stripe styles; yard....59c Dives, "Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor. Women's Vests White cotton ribbed vests in low neck and sleeveless style 18c Pink cotton ribbed bodices. .. ,35c White lisle ribbed vests; low neck, sleeveless and taped neck 35c White cotton ribbed vests with fancy lace yokes 25a Pink cotton bloomers 50c Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor. not be limited in the choice of the branch of the service that they will ultimately enter (engineers, artillery, infantry, navy, etc.), to any greater extent than would have been the case bad they not enlisted in the corps. In all caßes their preferences will be considered except where urgent mili tary needs require a different course. The War Department has given the following as some of the objects for which units of the Students' Army Training Corps are established in qualified colleges: "To qualify, by systematic and standard methods of training, stu dents at higher civil educational in stitutions for more effective service In the armed forces of the United Favored Waist Styles Are Here at $2.50, $3.50 and $5.00 • they are c l u^e the best looking lingerie blouses we have seen - in the new and cool quality cotton. . J 1 I here is a splendid selection of styles awaiting the woman who en joys slipping into a crisp waist with a separate skirt on hot summer •V/*' evenings. :fc One is a slip-over waist of all-over embroidery, with hemstitched 'jjjff \l hem and Jace edge balancing a sailor collar $2.50 • : fc ■ One is of organdie with tucks running up and down in front and tOL'" /Js-h back : a rolling collar is trimmed with a Picot edge, while the sleeves I 1 in a turned-back effect are similarly trimmed $5.50 LJ j| / Another is of organdie with fine pin tucks, trimming the front of tH-X b Vn, the blouse and a pretty collar of organdie finished with Val. lace in- < v_7 g \!_J I sertion and an edging of lace $5.00 New Petticoats in Fall Colors Many of the new arrivals show plaids and stripes while as many more are in solid colors or changeable patterns. Taffeta $3.95 to $12.50 Silk Jersey $5.00 to $lO.OO All cotton $1.25 to $3.95 A Specialized. Corset Section Every type of figure has its corset in this complete showing. When a slender woman asks for a kind of corset she ought to wear, she knows she will be shown corsets designed just for her.' The woman of medium size, though she be short or long-waisted, is certain to find models meeting her requirements. The woman of large figure can be assured of receiving the best corset knowledge that science has thus far discovered. Models for medium figures $2.00 to $18.50 For stout figures $3.00 to $lO.OO Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Second Floor. Women's Shoes For Every Summer Need Pumps and Oxfords in Attractive Styles Good style, comfort and serviceability are to he found in every pair of these attractive summer pumps and oxfords for women. Coming from one of- America's leading boot makers they represent a fashion and value standard that will strike the favor of well-shod women. JM Women's tan Russia calf pumps with welt sole and leath er Cuban heels; the style is that of a simulated long wing tip^ soles and medium-pointed toe, Vffr j- 1 inch Louis heels ........ $O.OO Dives, Pomeroy and Stewart. —Street Floor, Rear. Silk Glove Values For Women Two-clasp silk gloves with double finger ends; in white and black. Pair Two-clasp silk gloves with double finger ends t in white and black with self and con trasting embroidery. Pair 85$ Two-clasp silk gloves with double finger ends; in white and black. Pair $l.OO I Two-clasp silk gloves in white, black, grey | and pongee. Pair $l. 25 to $1.75 Children's silk and washable chamoisettc gloves in white, grey and pongee. Pair, $l.OO Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor. $3.75 Tub Skirts in an Extraordi jl* nary Sale at $1.98 Our entire remaining stock of regular $3.75 white gabardine skirts goes into a special Mid-August Clearance, beginning to-morrow. There are several excellent styles, with full gathered back, inverted or patch j) pockets and broad belt; trimming of large firffl quality pearl buttons; sizes 30 to 36 waist bands. Special $1.98 = I a Black and white stripe skirts, sizes 29 to 34 waistbands. Special, $1.98 New Fall Dresses of Jersey and Serge ■1 ,1 Brown, navy and black serge dresses with satin collar and belt; finished 1; / with satin tabs, forming pocket effect $16.50 IV J},' / Navy and black serge dresses with plaited skirt and handsomely braided ! .ft ./ waist and pockets, white satin collar and cuffs $25.00 Serge dresses in brown, navy and black, in tunic style with silk fringe • __r surplice and silk collar and cuffs $25.00 lfT{ Fine quality Jersey dresses, in navy, Delhi and rookie, the style is • I paneled front and back and beautifully embroidered . .. ( $35.00 \ Jersey dresses in beige, with large rolling collar, broad girdle and loose tabs; heavily fringed $37.50 Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Second Floor. AUGUST 16, 1918. States, to permit qualified stu dents to complete their education In numbers sufficient to meet the special and technical needs of the service, and to provide a reservoir from which candidates for officers' training camps may be drawn. "To give young men the moral and intellectual advantages of rigorous military discipline, and to develop In them robust health, hardihood and aggressive physical courage, thus en hancing the value of their entire academic training and their apprecia tion of the opportunities It affords. PI.ANK KAI.I.S OX TRAM CAR •""rarlllei, France, Aug. 16. (Havas). An airplane, returning Special Grocery . News Blue Valley creamery buttef, lb 51c Potted meats for sandwiches, can 5c Spaghetti, in bulk, good quality, lb 12J4c Sawtay, for frying and shortening, can 30c Corn flour, best grade, lb 9c Vanilla extract, large bottle 12c Peter's superlative breakfast c0c0a....8c and lflc Good laundry soap ,cake 4c Babbitt's best laundry soap, cake 6c Honey clover, light, full 1-lb. Jars 29c Oil or mustard sardines, tan 8c Cane syrup, absolutely pure, 10-lb. buckets.. $1.39 Eclipse steel-cut coffee, lb 29c Orange Pekoe tea, lb 49c Salmon, tall cans 18c und 25c Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Basement. 'rom a flight because of engine trouble, to-day fell upon a tram cat* about to leave the station. Four per sons In the car were killed and sev eral others injured. The two avia tors In the machine were burned se verely. PLAN ICE WAREHOUSE The Merchants' Ice Company i planning to increase the dally ca pacity of the plant from 60 to 150' tons dally, nd to build a storage Ice touse capable of holding tons, according to plans announced by officials yesterday. The plan i 4 to manufacture an excess supply in, the early spring, to take care of tha city's hot weather needs.
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