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""LLS HOW KEYSTONE
TROOPS TOOK FISMES
Without Airplane Support, Pennsylvania Men Swept For
ward in Irreststible Waves; Best of Hun Army
Unable to Stand Before Yankee Courage
.Washington, Aug. 30.—While Phil
adelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg
nd Central Pennsylvania boys of the
One Hundred and Eleventh and One
Hundred and Twelfth regiments, si
ent, grim-eyed and tense with pur
pose, waited the signal to advance
n Fismes v 5 o'clock in the aftor
oon of August 11. four German air
planes flew unconcernedly over their
leads and raked the road for a mile
r more with machine guns and
pelted it with bombs. No American
lirplane was there to combat the
Boche. Plenty were in the training
samps back from the front.
This is the testimony of Repre
sentative M. Clyde Kelly, of Brad
lock, Pa., who, with Representative
Caraway, of Arkansas, was there
Mid took refuge with the boys in
lugouts wihle antiaircraft and ma
chine guns tried to beat oft the
wasps and failed.
Mr. Kelly further testifies that he
neither saw nor heard of any Amer
ican planes on the fighting front
luring his visit in France with the
party of congressmen who returned
to this country Monday.
"The Germans had complete as
cendency in the air at the portion
nf the American front we visited,"
Mr. Kelly said. "I didn't see an
American fighting plane at the front.
A half hour after this the Penn
lylvanians advanced behind a bar
rage. which was laid down at fifty
yard intervals.
"A short time before the advance
commenced we stopped for a minute
at a dugout, in the middle of the
line, in which Colonel Shannon, of
Columbia, was directing the at
tack." the Congressman said. "He
was busy with the orders which were
coming from General Muir. of Penn
sylvania, who is in command of the
Twenty-eighth division of Pennsyl
vania troops. We did not tarry long,
but he gave us a brief message for
the folks back home.
'Just tell the folks that the boys
are magnificent,' he said.
"At the medical unit's station I
saw about fifty men treated for
wounds in the arms and shoulders
and hands. But during the entire
time I was at the front with the
Pennsylvania I didn't hear a moan.
The boys all begged to be sent back
to the front. One boy came up with
his hand almost severed from his
arm by a piece of shrapnel.
" 'lt doesn't matter at all. Let me
get back to the outfit,' the lad plead
ed," Mr. Kelly said.
Incidentally Mr. Kelly mentioned
that from August 1 to August 10
more than 3,000 casualties were treat
ed at the advance stations and "field
hospitals of the Twenty-eighth di
vision. and of these, only thirty
six died.
"The figures I obtained show that
ninety-eight per cent of the wound
ed recovered and eighty per cent of
them are returned to the firing line,"
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he said. "That ought to bring com
fort to the mothers over here."
"Large numbers of the Twenty
eighth division were affected by the
mustard gas which the Germans left
in their retreat" he said. "But very
few of these cases resulted seriously
because of a treatment which has
been developed.
"Besides the mustard gas which
was left in basements and other
places there were at least four other
practices the Germans used which
showed that they are as cowardly
and dastardly in retreat as in ad
vance," the Congressman said.
Some Tricks of Huns
"Dugouts in the road were filled
with perhaps fifty large shells, and
covered over with boards. A precus
sion cap was fixed so that contact
was made by those advancing along
the road and the shells exploded.
One of these mines was discharged.
.After that scouts were sent ahead
to look for them.
"Barbed wire was connected with
mines which went off when the wire
was moved. German helmets were
left and arranged so tney set oft
mines when they were picked up.
Devices were left in towns so that
the opening of doors, or the opening
of drawers in furniture would dis
charge mines.
"These were experiences of the
Pennsylvania troops from July 12 to
August 14. during which time they
saw continual fighting from Chateau
Thierry to Fismes and Fismette.
From July 4 to August 11 Dr. Bul
ger, of the medical unit, had not had
I his clothes off. Colonel Shannon had
been without sleep for forty-eight
! hours when Mr. Kelly saw him.
I "The continuous combat was also
> illustrated by the fact that in one
lof their advances the Pennsylva-
I nians took a detachment of Germans
I who were asleep.
A German prisoner about 21 years
old and over six feet tali was kept
j by the One Hundred and Eleventh
i for a time as a sort of side show.
At the time Mr. Kelly saw him
j he was foiling bandages and appear
led perfectly delighted to be cap
: tureel, as did the majority of the
I Germans.
"Pennsylvanians were everywhere
i in France. When he got to Italy the
! only detachment of men which had
: arrived there was from Allentown.
I Pa., Mr. Kelly said.
"United States army ambulance
corps No. 1, in command of Colonel
E E. Persons, arrived a few days
before us in Italy. It was stationed
at Genoa, near the house in which
Christopher Columbus was born. I
! saw Colonel Persons. Colonel Hal
' let and some of the other officers.
"They gave me a tjtessage to de
liver to"Secretary Baker, asking that
the flag offered by the New York
Sons of Italy for the first troops to
reach Italy should be sent to them.
"There were 2,800 men there. Two
sections, composed of forty-five men,
one officer, twelve ambulances, one
truck, a truck kitchen and a motor
cycle'side car. had gone to the front
I with the Italians. Later I saw some
of them decorated with the Italian
| War Cross by the King of Italy.
i Petty troubles are caused to van
! ish by" the association of the player
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RAILROAD RUMBLES
SHOPMEN WILL
GET MONDAY OFF
Freight Trains to Be Kept
Moving; Expect Official
Notice Today
According to an unofficial an
nouncement all railroad shopmen not
needed on special war work will get
Labor Day off. There will be no
shut down in freight traffic. It is ex
pected that N. W. Smith, general su
perintendent of tile Eastern Division,
will issue an order to-day. A dis
patch from Altoona, says:
"Motive power officials to-day is
sued instructions to the heads of the
various shop departments, advising
them that us September 3 is a legal
holiday, they are authorized to ex
cuse all employes who wish to be off
duty for the day. Operating and en
gine house employes will be excused
from service only so far as this may
be done consistent with keeping traf
fic moving.
Order Differs
"It will be observed that the order!
differs somewhat from the customary i
holiday closing orders. It does not I
decree that the shops will be closed j
down, although in effect it amounts 1
to the same thing. The order is is- f
sued in this way in accordance with i
the wishes of the Federal Railway !
Administration, for there are local- j
ities where no formal celebrations;
have been planned where it is pos- |
sible that most of the men would pre
fer to work and they will have the
privilege of doing so.
"Freight, traffic will not be closed
down, for with the enormous volume
of business growing out of the neces
sities of the war, such a shutdown
would cause a blockade and stagna
tion. But where men can be excused
without detriment to the service, it
will be done. The same applies to
the engine house employes whose
work is necessary to keep traffic
moving."
To Operate Railroad
Terminals as One Unit
Atlantic City, N. J.. Aug. 30.—Broad
Street Station, the Reading Terminal
and all the other steam line stations
and yards in Philadelphia will be
constituted one operating unit, admin
istered by a Federal terminal man
ager, under the provision of rules for
the unified operation of terminals, ap
proved in part by the committee on
wards and terminals of the American
Railway Engineering Association at
the Marlborough-Blenheim yesterday.
The new move, designed to speed up
war traffic, shorten hauls, increase
the mileage rate for all kinds of
freight rolling stock and affect large
savings, has the sanction of the Unit
ed State Railway Administration.
Charles H. Markham. regional direc
tor for the Philadelphia district, was
represented at the conference. So also
were most of the big eastern and
middle western trunk lines maintain
ing terminals in the chief cities from
the Atlantic seaboard to Omaha. >
Railroad Notes
Orders advancing a number of Mid
dle Division firemen to extra engi
neers are effective Sunday.
Reading employes in this vicinity
were paid to-day.
Emploves of the locomotive shoos
at Reading will have a flag raising
to-morrow.
A number of cars were damaged
yesterday at Altoona, in a yard wreck.
Several Harrisburg trainmen had a
narrow escape.
In the future consignees of cakes,
crackers, etc., will not be permitted
to remove the contents of the car
riers at the freight station and then
store them there until later. All
shipments of that character must be
removed from the freight station.
A meeting of the master mechan
ics at the different shops and round
houses on the Reading system was
held at the office of Superintendent
I. A. Seiders at Reading, yesterday.
There was a general talk over the
power situation and how to meet con
ditions-
Chester A. Wampler, a brakeman
of the Harrisburg Division, in pass
ing Wyomissing Junction bound west
leaned out too far and was struck on
the head by a marker of a caboose
on the opposite track. His injuries
were dressed by Dr. T. G. Binkley,
of Sinking Springs.
Luther Kline, an Emaus boy, dis
covered a broken rail on the East
Penn branch, near Macungie. while
he was walking along the track. He
promptly flagged an approaching
freight train and the matter was re
ported to headquarters and he was
given a check for $lO by the com
pany.
P. 0. S. of A. Closes State
Convention With Award
of Prizes to the Paraders
Lebanon, Pa.. Aug. 30.—Five thous
and members of the Patriotic Order
Sons of America, representing the
seventeen camps and commanderies in
Lebanon city and county, and includ
ing more than 500 delegates from
' various parts of the state, partici
pated in the parade yesterday after
noon, which formed the closing fea
ture of the fifty-third annual con
vention of the state camp. Harry .1.
Shonk. a local merchant, was the chief
marshal, and more than a dozen bands
from nearby cities furnished music.
These prizes were awarded in the
parade: Largest number, with band,
outside of Lebanon county, to Camp
of Roxborough, $100; camp coming
greatest distance, to Roxborough, $25;
special prize to allied commanderies
of Berks, Lebanon and adjacent coun
ties, $75; largest number in line out
side of city of Lebanon, to Camp 192,
Palmyra, $25; most realistic float, to
Comp 65, Lebanon. 25: most elaborate
float. Lebanon Chapter Red Cross,
$35; second most realistic flat, Camp
691, Reading, $25; largest company
Sons of America Reserves, outside
Lebanon county, to Company A, Read
ing. $l5. Special prize to Company
A, Reserves, Lebanon. $lO.
Important legislation affecting the
subordinate camps throughout the
I state was passed at the closing ses
j sion of the convention yesterday
! morning. President G. H. Moyer's
i recommendations, providing Sons
' of America rest rooms in the rear of
; the battle lines in France and half a
1 dozen automobile ambulances for the
government to be used at the front,
providing of equipment for hospitals
at home and abroad for war purposes
and aid for soldiers and war work
wherever possible, were adopted.
It was also decided that the war
bonds shall continue, with fifteen
members, to meet every three months
to carry on above projects into effect,
and a war fund of 50 cents per mem
ber, exclusive of those in service,
was assessed to carry the projects
through, the tax being payable this
year.
The state camp also went on rec
ord favoring legislation to abolish
the teaching of foreign languages in
Pennsylvania elementary schools.
Charles E. Stees. secretary of the
national camp, installed the newly
elected officers, after which the con
vention adjourned to meet next year
In Bethlehem.
i'CROW'S NEST" EDITOR
MAY GET INTO REAL ONE
Waukegan, 111. Chief Yoeman
Rhys G. Thackwell, tho original con
ductor of the Crow's Net column In
the Great Lakes Bulletin. official
newspaper of the Great Lakes Naval
Training Station, left the other day
with the aviation forces from the
station.
Manus McFadden, another Chicago
newspaperman. Is now conduoting the
column.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
WAGE BOOST FOR
R. R. TRACKMEN
Director General McAdoo Ex
pects to Act Soon; Men
Go Elsewhere
Washington, Aug. SO. Higher
wages for railroad track laborers and
for certain classes of clerks were
recommended to Director Oeneral
McAdoo yesterday by the board of
railroad wages and working condi
tions. The advances suggested range
between 15 to 25 per cent., it is said,
and would afreet more than 300,000
employes. Mr. McAdoo will act soon
on the recommendations.
The board was asked to ascertain
the aggregate amount represented by
the proposals. This report will be pre
sented within a few days.
HallroadM Lose Men
Pespite the recent general wage ad
vance for railroad employes, recent
reports indicate other industries pay
ing higher wages for common labor
have drawn thousands from track
maintenance work on railroads, and
the corps of workers has been seri
ously depleted. Consequently wage
increases are recommended as an
emergency proposition.
All classes of clerks are not expect
ed to share in higher wages. A slid
ing scale has been recommended, with
greatest advances for employes who
have served long hours for several
years since railroad business began 'to
grow in volume so rapidly, v
Standing of the Crews
HAIUUSBURG SIDE
rblladelphla Division The 110
crew first to go aftter 4 o'clock: 120,
126. 103.
Firemen for 120. 126.
Brakemen for 110, 120 (2), 126.
Engineers up: Gemmill, Smith,
Smith. Stffy, Lambert. Bickel.
Firemen up: Miller, Brown, Wolfe,
Dickover, Craver, Straw, Buyer. Gara.
Kemerley, Faxton, Fry, Grimsley.
Harnish.
Brakemen up: Andrews, Mowery,
Forrest, Burns, Neidman, Leschner,
Walker, Dorsett.
Middle Division—The 215 crew first
to go after 1.30 o'clock: 24, 302, 258,
234, 250, 33, 39. 252, 247, 31.
Fireman for 33.
Flagman for 39.
Brakemen for 24. 33. 39.
Engineers up: Rathfon. Blizzard.
Kauffman, Lofer. Snyder, Beverlin.
Firemen up: Orr, Harris, Acker.
Morris, McNaughton, Hubert. Albert.
Brakemen up: Beers, Weigle, Rich
ards. Wingart, Bowman.
Yard Ilonrd—Engineers for 4-15 C.
Firemen for IC, 1-7 C, 2-7 C, 3-7 C,
5-7 C, 2-15 C, 17C, 32C. 35C.
Engineers up: Coxerly, Mayer.
Shelter, Snell. Bartolet, Getty, Sheets,
Eyde, Kcever, Ford.
Firemen up: Nichol Miller, Wright.
Wert, Martin. Yost, Hilmer, Farner,
Cordes, Weaver, Soles, Shant, Matter,
Heckman, Lewis, Wevodan, Lauver,
Ettinger.
' EXOLA SIDE
Philadelphia Divtaion The 212
crew first to go after 3.15 o'clock:
227. 231, 217, 254, 230, 207.
Firemen for 212, 227, 254, 230.
Flagmen for 27, 17, 07.
Brakemen for 12, 31, 17, 54, 30, 07.
Conductor up: Shirk.
Brakemen up: Ellicker, Beers,
Kauffman. Studerot, Garlin, Lee, Dun
holtz, Schusser, Shelly, Flowers,
Smith.
Middle Division —The 101 crew first
to go after 1.10 o'clock: 228, 225, 238,
452, 223, 233, 221, 222, 301.
Brakeinan for 101.
Yard Ilonrd—Engineers for 3d 126,
4th 129, Ist 102, 118.
Firemen for Ist 126, 3d 126.
Engineers up: Ewing, Barnhart,
Hanlon, Potter, Quigley, Zeiders,
Balr,
Firemen up: Fake, Yeagy, Bruce,
Wallace, Miller, Bauscher, Shaftner,
Kline, Murray. Lutz, Delix, Bish.
PASSENGER SERVICE
Philudelphiu Division Engineers
up: Gibbons, Pleam, Ltndley.
Firemen up: Copeland, Spring, Mc-
Neil, Althouse, Cover, Everhart.
Middle Division Engineers up:
Robley, Alexander, Keane, Riley,
Crimmel, Graham.
Firemen up: Kelly, Kuntz, Gross,
Sheets, Zeiders, Fletcher.
THE READING
The 15 crew first to go after 12.45
o'clock: 23, 53, 65, 69, 21, 7, 67, 73.
I 62. 57, 20. 16, 60.
Engineers for 69. 62, 65, 69, 73.
Firemen for 62. 65, 69, 72, 20, 21.
Conductors' for 62, 72 16.
Flagmen for 53. 69, 65, 66, 69, 73,
15, 20, 21.
Brakemen for 62, 65, 69, 72, 7, 15,
20, 21. •<*
Engineers up: Dowhower, Bruaw.
Merkle, Boyer, Billig, Pletz, Beacher,
j Moyer, Ruth, Ditlow, Wynn, Minnich,
' Bates, Hoffman, Wireman.
| Firemen up: Stone, Booth, Kuntz.
! Shisslak, Morrison. Beaver, Ylngst,
Bender. Harris, Shuff, Mereney, Nog
: gle, Keim.
I Conductors up: Hetrick. Hall,
j Flagmen up: Lineweaver, Lukens.
i Strohm, Shank.
5 Brakemen up: Floyd, Ney, Spies,
j Smith, Troupe, Bowen.
AMERICAN FLYERS
DRIVE DOWN HUN
By Associated Press
With Wc American Army on
tho Lorraine Front, Aug. 30.
An American patrol of four ma
chines to-day met a German
Fokker In the region of Manon
ville and dived upon it. Lieuten
ant Armstrong fired 230 sllots at
the enemy plane. There was a
burst of flame from the plane as
it turned and made for the Ger
man side, falling as it crossed
the line at Pont-a-Mousson.
A German triplane swooped
down upon the American line
near Pont-a-Mousson this morn
ing, showering the trenches with
machine-gun bullets. This craft
made its escape notwithstanding
the violent antiaircraft fire di
rected against it.
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BROTHERS IN SERVICE IN FRANCE
CHARLES E. JOHNSON LLOYD A. JOHNSON
Charles E. Johnson and Lloyd A. Johnson, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ervin
Johnson, 2111 Swatara street, are n forces in France. Both boys enlist
ow serving with the United Statesed at the same time, but three weeks
after leaving the city they were placed in different units, they were at
Columbus, O. Charles has been with the aviation corps in France for
eight months and Lloyd, with a balloon squadron, has been there for six
weeks.
Accuse Clergyman
of Seditious Talks
Boston, Aug. 30. Charged with
violating the Espionage Act by mak
ing seditious remarks from the pulpit
and in private conversation, the Rev.
John Steilt. a Lutheran clergyman,
known throughout New England, was
arrested yesterday.
He is alleged to have said from his j
pulpit that the explosion at Halifax !
was "an act of God against the i
enemies of Germany" and to have en- :
tered into a personal attack on Mar- ]
shal Joffre during the latter's visit!
in this city. In private conversation
Mr. Steik is alleged to have advised j
young men contemplating enlisting to I
enter the German Army and to have
offered to help drafted men to escape |
military service. He is also alleged ;
to have said that the soldiers of the :
United States would be 'like children 1
when they encounter the Germans." I
18 to 45
13 Million Americans, Attention!
The victory which precedes peace can be ours next year declared General Peyton C.
March, our Chief of Staff, testifying before the House Committee on Military Affairs that
"eighty divisions of Americans should be able to bring the war to a successful conclusion
in 1919." This is no chance guess of an optimistic conjecturer, says the Philadelphia Pub
lic Ledger, but "the considered, sober, carefully tested, checked and rechecked judgment of
our 'pooled' military opinion." It affirms that the "policy of putting our heaviest possible
punch into next year's campaign is not only the wisest policy . . . but is possibly the only
policy that will surelv win the war."
The Newark News avers that we "intend to supply all the men necessary, no matter
how many that may be" and decides that this number will be that "required to win a polit
ical victory over a people whose concept of the world belongs to the age of the mammoth
and saber-toothed tiger." What is now needed is quick action by Congress says the Brook
lyn Eagle, as "the path to ultimate triumph is plain. We may tread it successfully only by
making our military effort in the next six months correspond to the greatness of our resources
in men and material."
The leading article in THE LITERARY DIGEST for August 31st provides an illuminating review
of the reasons for increasing the draft ages and of the chances for bringing the war to a speedy conclu
sion and quotes expert opinions as to the best means to be employed for insuring an overwhelming
Allied victory.
Other articles of unusual interest in this most stirring number of "The Digest" are:
The Czecho-Slovaks Recognized
Detailing How a New Allied Nation Has Come Into Existence as a Permanent Barrier
to Germany's Eastern Ambitions
The New East Front Doctor Sun
War Profits and Excess Profits Why Germany Destroys Art
Branding the I. W. W. D'Annunzio's Latest Exploit
The Laborer Is Worthy of His Hire Ukraine in Literature
Germany's Interest in Mexico's Oil Prolific Anzac Poets
Germany's Gigantic War Profits Jeremiah's Warnings For To-day
Defeat Scares the Huns Conscientious Objectors in England
The Importance of the Jugo-Slavs Impulse for Daily Work
Grenades to Suit Everybody Relation of Coal to War-Needs
Automatic Light Conservation of Steel
New Transcontinental Railways (Prepared by the U. S. Fuel Administration)
Spraying Smoke Out of Sight Current Poetry
Many Striking Illustrations Including Cartoons Reproductions, etc. ,
Motor Trucks, Motor Cars, Farm Tractors, and Motor Equipment
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that are essential to the winning of the war is is a special Motor Number, containing- the an
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needs the help of every citizen and the industry ing motor equipment. If you are interested in
of war so dependent on motor vehicles, must be motor transportation, you will find this issue of
continued at highest speed. importance .
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Lie Given to Foe's
Prisoner Claims
With the American Array on the
Vele Front, Aug. 30. American
officers deny the German asser
tion that 250 Americans were made
prisoner in recent fighting along
the Vesle, saying that only a few
of their men are missing.
The German official report of
Wednesday night in recounting the
setback to "the Americans at Baz
oches and at Fismette, said:
"In both enterprises the enemy
suffered heavy losses and left more
than 250 prisoners in our hands."
Thursday night's German official
communication from General
Headquarters, says:
"Retween the Ailette and the
Aisne especially strong attacks of
*>oneh_and Americans failed com
pletely.' with xery heavy enemy
losses."
AUGUST 30, 1918
ONLY 6 AUTOLESS
SUNDAYS IS HOPE,
IF ALL MEN OBEY
Cars Idle on Sabbath Will
Ruild Up "Gas" Re
serve Quickly
Washington, Aug. 30.—General
compliance with the fuel administra
tion's request that automobile own
ers east of the Mississippi forego
the use of pleasure cars on Sunday
to build up a gasoline reserve should
bring gasolineless Sunday to an end
within six weeks, officials said yes
terday. They declined to say exactly
what amount of gasoline it is desir
ed to store up against possible breaks
in the supply or demands from the
fighting forces, but they did say that
it was not so large but that it could
be obtained within the period if the
public does its part.
Will Rely on PutriotUin
"War needs must be first supplied,"
said Mark L. Requa, director of the
oil division of the fuel administra
tion. "By conserving through the
nonuse of motor driven vehicles for
a few Sundays and the exercise of
care in the use of gasoline and oil
during other days, there probably
will be no necessity for more severe
control. If this program is followed
to the extent that the fuel adminis
tration believes It will be, a few gun
days will effect the desired conserva
tion."
It was denied to-day that the fuel
administration has called upon the
automobile clubs and police and
other authorities to see that the re
quest of the fuel administration is
complied with by motorists next Sun
day. Officials reiterated that for the
present at least they will depend
upon the patriotism of auto owners
to refrain from using their cars for
pleasure on Sunday and that no of
ficial attempt will be made to check
up on those who insist on driving on
Sunday.
That there will be a general un
official checking up on "gasoline
slackers." however, becomes increas
ingly evident.
Scores of telegrams have been re
ceived from automobile clubs pledg
ing co-operation. It is evident also
that patriotic men who keep their
cars in their garages will not view
violation of the request by others
with equanimity. Public opinion gen
erally is expected to prove the most
effective police agency.
Giving tho Owners n Chance
The suggestion that the police take
the numbers of pleasure cars ap
pearing next Sunday was not adopt
ed by the fuel administration. Of
ficials take the position that the au
tomobile owners have a right to
show their willingness to obey the
wishes of the government.
But the fuel administration has
not abandoned its intention of exert
ing all its power to compel gasoline
Having if the present plan fails. If re
sults are not shown, and very soon,
an order forbidding the use of gaso
line fpr pleasure on Sunday may be
expected, and the fuel administration
by the Lever Act will be brought into
play. County administrators will be
called upon to detect violators and
see that their gasoline supply is
stopped.
Suggestions that, because Sunday
Is the day upon which most owners
get the best use of their machines
another day be made gasolineless in
stead. poured in on the fuel admin
istration to-day. Officials declined to
alter the plan already decided upon,
even upon plaintive assertions from
roadhouses that their Sunday busi
ness would be ruined. Jitney drivers
and bus lines are not taking kindly
to the request, it is evident, but it
seems there will be no modification
of the regulation.
VON HINDENBURG
ALIVE AND WELL
AND IS HOPEFUL
By Associated Press
Ixnulon, Aug. 30. —Field Mar
shal von Hindenburg, replying to
a .telegram recently sent to him
by members of the Fatherland
party at Reichenberg, Bohemia,
asking for some sign that he was
alive, is quoted in an Amsterdam
dispatch to the Central News as
saying:
"I am as right as a trivet and
looking calmly to the future."-
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Most beneficial for exhausted condi
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most refreshing.—Advertisement.'
TheHarrisburgAcadeix/
A COUNTRY DAY AND
BOARDING SCHOOL
REOPENS MONDAY, SEPT. M.
The New Junior School Plant
for young boys is the finest in this
section of the United States. This
Department accommodates young
i>oys from six to twelve years of
age as day and resident pupils.
The Senior Department com
prises six years of scholastic work
and Is designed to prepare young
men for entrance to any College
or University.
The School provides:
Small Classes.
Individual Instruction. -e*
ye Miytury Training.
All Open Air Sports.
The time required for a pupil
to complete his preparation for
college entrance depends solely
upon his al s ty, and industry.
For new cu.alog. Dormitory floor
plans, and additional detailed in
formation. communicate with
ARTHUR E. BROWN,
Headmaster.
P. O. Box 617. Bell Phone 1371-J.
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