14 DUTY OF EVERY CITIZEN TO HELI BRING IN RUBBER Harrisburg Endeavors to Best Reading's Salvage Pile, Valued at $2,000 r Automobile tires, bicycle tires, ihher gloves, water bottles, rub er shoes, rubber boots, inner iiibes. gloves, rubber coats and hats, rubber mats, rubber boots -every thing rubber. These old rubber goods will be accepted by the Red Cross in its three-day drive on the old stretehable stuff. This drive starts Thursday morning. Rubber may be left at the Post Office corner, Third and Walnut —where a huge pile will orna ment the greensward in front of .he painted bulletin. V 1 n the Reading Red Cross drive for old rubber 1,400 automobile tires were thrown on the big pile at Fifth and Penn streets, and the total amount of old rubber given the Red <'ross was sold for a sum in the neighborhood of $2,000. "We can certainly beat Reading," said Mercer B. Tate to-day. Mr. Tate is chairman of the Red Cross S. O. R. (Save Old Rubber) committee. "We certainly have as much old rubber lying around as Reading. And we •e certainly as patriotic as Reading, we think as much of the Red Cross as Reading. Let's all carry old rub ber to the Post office lot Thursday, Friday and Saturday. "Let every automobilist in the city contribute that old shoe he's been thinking of junking," said Secretary Myton. of the Motor Club. "Let every Rotarian carry rubber to the big pile." said Ezra Hershey, president of that organization. "Same thing about the Kiwanls Club members," said President L. F. Neefe. "And 1 hope the 14,000 school children of Harrisburg will keep the Red Cross rubber pile in mind," de clared Superintendent Downes, of the city schools. "And it would be a mighty fine thing if every church member in Harrisburg would also keep that rub ber pile in mind," said the Rev. L S. Mudge, of Pine Street Presbyterian Church. "1 wish that every man in Harris burg who has a bank account would throw something on that rubber pile," said Andrew S. Patterson, of the Union Trust Company. "While these esteemed gentlemen are addressing folks in certain cir cles." said Mayor Daniel L. Keister, "let me ask the entire city to keep that rubber pile in mind." And then Mercer B. Tate added a final word: "The time." he said, "is Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The place is Third and Walnut. The reason is the Red Cross. The idea —Save Oldl Rubber." I Having Answered the Call to the Colors, j by Enlisting in the United States Navy, I Have Placed CHARLES B. ORR in charge of my hat and fur business at 17 North Third street. Mr. Orr has been identified with this busi ness for nine years, is familiar with the hat wants ; of the men of Harrisburg and vicinity, and is quali fied to render the same high grade service to which patrons of the store have Jieen accustomed in the FRED B. HARRY Hatter and Furrier ; 17 N. Third Street Harrisburg, Pa. r^™- 11 " 1111111 Do We Give Individual Instruction? I DO WE ADVANCE A STUDENT AS RAPIDLY AS HE Oil SHE IS ABLE TO GOf YES, ALWAYS. Some finished in half the time required by others. I: Kecords have been made recently as follows: Shorthand—Typewriting Course, 4y 2 mos. Stenotype—Typewriting Course, 3 mos., 10 days. Bookkeeping Course, 3 mos., 1 week. I Bookkeeping and Stenotype Course, 6 mos., 3 weeks. I NAMES and ADDRESSES on application. The course finished by H| these record students is not a HALF-eourse, but a STANDARD H9 ACCREDITED Course. APPROVED by the National Association ■ of Accented Commercial Schools. SCHOOL OF COMMERCE 1 —AND— Harrisburg Business College Troup Building IS Siulh Mnrket Square m ENTER ANY MONDAY Hell IVi Dial 43U3 ■ - i ! The Harrisburg Academy A Country Day and Boarding School For Boys AIM OF SCHOOL— MILITARY TRAINING— A trained mind In a sound body boys will be required to take actuated by nigh principles of liv- m jlltary instruction and drill. A i ' n S- competent, experienced military I METHOD— man will be In chargi. , Boys are taught in small classes; \ , each pupil is given undivided per- EQUIPMENT— ®ne °' t ' le fl nes t school plants In ' MASTERS— the East. Junior School building Are chosen from the experienced unexcelled. Suiler Hall for older ! 1 leaching Alumni of the best Unl- boys the most modern dormitory ! ' versities in the United States. in Pennsylvania. DEPARTMENTS— nD _ vtlu „ Junior and Senior Departments OPENING— • provide care and instruction for School opens September 23 For boys six years old and upward, as Catalogue and all detailed infor- i' i both day and resident pupils. mation, address ARTHUR E. BROWN, Headmaster ! \ Bell Phone 137XJ p. o. Box 017 11 —' ■ ■ ■ mj\ I - - ' _ „ rUEsDAV EVENING, HAHWSBCRG TELEGRAPH SEPTEMBER 10, 1918. [ MEN WHO ARE BEARING THE FLAG IN FRANCE , V Lt. J. R. R. SeitzA. C. Kochenderfer Joseph E. Kabcrle Sorgt. Daugherty t Noah Kissner, George Kohler, Harry Knox, Charles C. Snyder i •I (Wounded) (Killed) (Missing) Fighting in the very thick of the! ; j dreadful engagement of July 13-14, "i in which so many lads of this neigh 'jborhood were engaged, was George| ■j Kohler, the son of Mrs. R.j ' M. Kohler, of Marietta, who has re- Iceived authoritative word of the ' boy's death in this furious action.! George was attached to Company G, j 'i 110 th Infantry, one of the units men-| Ijtioned especially by General Per-j 1 shing, which not only resisted the! .! terrific Hun charges but turned the ; | enemy back with vast casualties. Mel 'was widely known and liked in Ma-i . jrietta where he attracted much at-j I tentiojr for his determination to en j list. ile finally succeeded in this,, ! July, 1917, and was then very eager | to "get across" to fight for the great: I cause. Missing Another home in Marietta greatly, , I distressed these days is that of Mrs. | ,| Harry Dunkle who has not been ablej to learn the present whereabouts or! [condition of her son. Harry Knox.: \\ He left last February for Camp! [ Meade and was later assigned to! Company M. 109 th U. S. Infantry, j 11 28th Division. He landed overseas: some months ago and as all who! ;! read the news know by this time his | unit played an important part in the I 11 recent great drive. Whether he is, in a German prison particularly! ! exercises his family, who have heard > 11 not a word since the youth landed; j until the other day when he was re-! . j ported in the list of casualties, as prisoner. A third tragedy is identified re-| i cently with Marietta, namely the se-j . vere wounding of Noah Kissntr,! whose home is at Wrightsville. Likej Kohler, he could not enlist quickly: enough and was nearly the first to be! registered in Company C, at Colum bia. In his native town he was a hero and tne most popular youth in town. He is but 20 years old. His parents received only the brief word ! front the War Department: "Seri ously wounded." Gets Promotion In contrast to these gloomy mes sages comes tne telling of the pro motion of a Harrisburg boy. Private Daniel Wills, of the 124 th U. S. In fantry, Machine Gun Battalion atj Camp Wheeler, Georgia. Private! M ills has just been raised to rank of lieutenant, an instructor in the use of gas masks. He is about to be transferred to New York city on this mission, instructing the soldiers be fore embarking. Wills started his Army career in 1911. Another cheering message came l to Mr. and Mrs. A. Snyder, 838 South: Cameron street, telling of the safe! arrival of their son, Charles A. Sny der, who is identified with the 79th' Field Artillery. Private Snyder left here with the boys on June 1 for! Columbus barracks, and was trans-1 ferred from there to Camp Jackson, S. C., from there to Camp Merritt,: N. J., and thence "over there," Another lad from Harrisburg, Otto Zettler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rein hold Zettler, 931 South Nineteenth street, who also left here June 1, sends word to his parents that he ar rived O. K. in England and is now: in France. Otto had his training at! Camp Jackson. Two Service Stars Two service stars glitter at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Daugh erty at 1 723 North Fourth street, this city. One is for Sergeant J. S. Daugherty, Field Hospital, Company I 3 7, stationed in the very thick of hos- j j tilities in France; the other is for a j younger brother. Private R. E. ] Daugherty, engineer in M. P., Com ! pany D, at Fort Benjamin Harrison. I Indiana. They enlisted June 20, 1917. News from this same camp tells of Arden C. Koehenderfer, 331 Locust ! street, Steelton, who is serving as op crating engineer in Company B. sth M. P. Battalion. He is the son of John B. Koehenderfer, of the same! j address, and in his recent letters l • speaks of the splendid treatment the] soldiers receive in this camp and how | ; all hands have come to be fond of | Army life. The family of Joseph E. Kaberle ;in Mechaniesburg have had word i i that he has safely arrived in France! along with the rest of the first class 1 I musicians in the 68th Regimental] ; Band. He enlisted at Harrisburg,, i .March. 1917, after which he was 3ent i to Fort H. G. Wright, then to Forv ' Terry and thence abroad. He was! : employed at the Pipe and Pipe Bend-! I ing Works. ; After a very brief furlough at his ] home in New Cumberland, Lieuten i ant J. H. 11. Seitz has returned to j Camp Perry, Ohio. Previous to join j ing the colors the lieutenant was em | ployed by the Pennsylvania railroad. Central Pennsylvania Is to Get More Anthracite For Homes and Industries Harrisburg's allotment for anthra cite coal for the coming winter has been increased more than 40.000 tons by the Anthracite Committee of the United States Fuel Administration. There is little likelihood that with this increase in the amount of fuel i for war workers there will be any serious shortage of coal in the city. Towns and boroughs in this vicinity also were granted increases over the allotment of last winter. The anthra cite committee in making the distri bution of coal for the state has so far given no hard coal allotment for the city of Pittsburgh, owing to its proximity to the bituminous coal fields o,f the state. The hard coal al lotment for the entire state this winter has been increased 18 per cent. ; over that of last year. I The allotments as announced by the committee show that Harrisburg is j to get 163,214 tons against 119,629 of last year. Other towns in this vi [ cinity follow: Bethlehem, 151,200 against 115,419; Duncannon, 5,100 ! against 2,836; Steelton. 29,144 against 1 28,910: Lebanon, 62.000 against 45,439; j Renovo. 9,260 against 6.638; Middle town, 12,808 against 10.047; Berwick,! 135.000 against 22.133; Hershey, 4,000 against 2.269; Lancaster, 150,000 | against 112,050; Reading. 240,000 | against 209,569; York, 100,000 against | 84,225. The anthracite committee has also seen to it that every made require ment for hard coal within the state is recognized and supplied. From the big manufacturing plants, working on war contracts, shipyards, iron and steel plants down to chocolate making there has been increased demand for anthracite for the needs of the work men and their families. The general stjate allotment this year is more than 8,000,000 tons. Industrial Committee Begins Its War Work With the avowed purpose of mobil izing the manufacturing resources of the section, members of the commit tee of Harrisburg Subregion No. 5. of the Philadelphia District of the Re sources and Conversion Section of the War Industries Board, held their first meeting last evening at the Harris burg Club. n. E. Tracy is chairman of the committee in charge of the Harrisburg subregion, including Dauphin. Snyder. Mifflin. Juniata. Perry, Cumberland, Y'otk. Adams and Lebanon counties. Joseph H. Wallazz, Harrisburg, will have charge of Lower Dauphin and all of Perry counties: Warren G. Light, of I Lebanon, will handle Lebanon county; Joseph H. Flndley, of York. York and Adams counties; Guy Carlton Lee. Carlisle, will manage Cumberland county: S. Shunkwiler, of Lewistown, will handle Snyder and Mifflin coun ties. and Jacob M. Miller will take care of the affairs of Upper Dauphin and Juniata counties. Warren R. JacUr-e i H secret nrv .of the committee. 938 NAMES ON 2 CASUALTY LISTS FROM WAR FRONT 128 Pennsylvanians Among Victims of Battle on French Fields Washington, Sept. 10.—In two cas ualty lists issued by the War Depart ment to-day the names of 938 sol diers were'mentioned. Of this num ber 128 of them were from Pennsyl vania. The list was divided as fol lows: Killed in action 149 Missing in action 220 Wounded severely 471 Died of wounds 48 Prisoner 1 Died from aeroplane accident, 2 Wounded, degree undetermined, 35 Died of disease 8 Total 93 8 KILLED IX ACTION Lieutenant Howard Lee Strohl, Hellertown. Sergeants Walter Behier, Hamburg. Joseph Theodore Black, Butler. Joseph Cina, Scranton. | John MacMinn Grier, Newberry ! Station, Willianisport. William M. Keefer, Pine Grove, i Edward George Romanosky, Ma hanoy City. Corporal Howard Pardoe Booty, Bedford. Stanley O. Dcngler, Cressona. Mechanic Claud Xeeley, De Young. Wagoner Miller Wuslich, Export. Horseshoer William S. Reed, Sudoburg. Cook Thomas Hein, Reading. Privates John Beam, Erie. William S. P. Cathers, Pavia. Francis Leo Caville, Philadelphia. Joseph H. Clifton, Pittsburgh. Alexander Copato, Bridgeport. George Cosehi, Philadelphia. Adolphus Andrew Hymes, Wolfs- I burg. Walter P. Johnson, Mt. Jeanett. Vincent A. McConnon, Pottsville. John Elmer Westfall, Mechanics- I burg. Leßoy S. Clouser, Middletown. James Alfred Dougherty, Philadel j phia. John G. Duvall, Waynesburg. Thomas Herbert Elliott, Pitts i burgh. Charles A. Healis, Philadelphia. Angelo Inverso, Philadelphia. Archie J. Miles, Hartstown. j Michael Gall, McKees Rocks. DIED OF DISEASE Sergeant ! Guy A. Fessenden, Easton. DIED FROM ACCIDENT AND OTHER CAUSES Private Nathan Bazaar, Philadelphia. WOUNDED SEVERELY Captain Joseph Walker, Haverford. Lieutenants James R. Dudley, Wilkinsburg. | Ernest Arthur Swingle, Ariel. Sergeants | Lewis Franklin Acker, Meadville. Henry Aubrey, Cecil. | Charles James Vandyke, Oil City. Andrew Warhola, Forest City. Leland A. Wood, Troy. Corporals Harry ivfvin Detar, Kane. Edward Leo Hahner, Pottsville. Chalmers Lawson Harmon, Brook | ville. Oswald Howells, Taylor. Samuel Householder Ickes, Welfs burg. | Ross Gilford Ingalls, Butler. John Alovsius Lieb, Connellsville. George Mowry, Kegg. Mark S. Phillips, Harrisburg. Lewis Leo Frisch, Evans City. | Paul H. Rau, Hamburg. Mechanic George Mateer Agnew, Franklin. Wagoner Charles L. Waltman, Harrisburg. Privates j George Butala, Scranton. I Roy M. Kesselring, Blglerville. Russell Jerome Kirk. Pittsburgh- Charles G. Pflugfelder, Philadel phia. Charles Bowers Ruch, Lancaster. John Barga, Cliff Mine. Robert E. Kay, Altoona. Dennis O'Leary, Braddock. Harry A. Shearer, Lemoyne. Albert Showalter, Lewistown. Milton Simmons, Pottsville. George Steover, Lebanon. Curtis Elmer Strausbaugh, York. Guy William Wallace, Polk. Paul Zolbe, Johnstown. Ralph George Akers, Warren. Hugh J. Algee. Philadelphia. Charles Henry Bechtel, Lebanon. Michael Boyer, Wilkes-Barre. William Thomas Broderick, Shen andoah. John Howard Brownawell, Harris burg. Tony Caracciolo. Scranton. I George Washington Clark, Everett. Nathaniel Clark, Butler. Leroy W. Clow, Westtleld. John H. Cranston, Scranton. William Edwin English, Hunting don. Harry James Finley, Harrisburg. Harry Alben Forsburg, Warren. Harvey Jasper Geistwhlte, Steel- I ton. James F. Graeff, Pottsville. Charles William Hawk, Hummels town. Elmer Clayton Kling, Philadel i phia. j Percy Carl Lawson. Warren. Kenneth John Lutz, Butler. James Joseph McGuigan, Rush | land. Jacob Samuel Nailor, Mechanics burg. William F. Purcell, Duncott. Edgar W. Rabenold, Allentown. George A. Roberts, Philadelphia. Mearle H. Rodkey, MeVeytown. Clark Bosenian, Red Lion. Walter H. Seiders, Philadelphia. MISSING IN ACTION Sergeant Edward O. Elvidge, Philadelphia. Privates Charles Warner, Columbia. Adolph E. Seerth, Philadelphia. . Harry P. Steitz, Philadelphia. Chester M. Yingling, Altoona. Joseph F. Gryskievicz, Nanticoke. William K. Armstrong. West Alex ander. Harry Joseph Harley, Philadel phia. Louis F. Holtzman, McKeesport. James J. McLaughlin, Philadel phia. Joseph Rolewski, Pittsburgh. Vineenze Spototo, Philadelphia. Giacinte Nettwrne, Pittsburgh. Garrett Perkins. Gateway. Edward L. Randall, Wilkes-Barre. Michael Regan, Scranton. John W, Scheibelhut, Philadel phia. William C. Scull, Scranton. Albert L. Sinldley. Dnnville. SERVANT GIRL PASSES Ronton. Sept. 10.—Boston society women are washing their own dishes and making their own beds. Domestic employment bureaus have seen the writing on the wall, and It Is they who prophesy the new era. The trig maid—she of the perky cap and feath er duster —has thrown up her Job. NEIGHBORS SAVE WITMAN FAMILY [Continued from First Pag*'.] smoke was too thick to allow her to get down the rear stairs. Five Saved Several ineffectual attempts were made to reach the unfortunate wom an's room without avail. She was finally carried from the room by firemen who raised a ladder to the third floor. Early in the stages of the fire help had reached the third Hoor, but the men were unable to locate her. The five who were rescued from the second floor are: H. M. Wit man, his three smi\ll children, Bar bara, "Billy" and Harriet, and Caro line Thompson, the nurse girl, whose home is at 208 South street. Quick Work by Harris llrotlicrs The men whose heroic acts were responsible for saving the five lives are Ralph, Leo and Frank Harris, 2115 North Second street. They live next door to the Wltm&n home. Mrs. Harris, mother of the three men, phoned an alarm, while her sister ran to the box at Second and Ma clay streets and turned in the alarm. The alarm was turned in at 2.57, and the fire was not extinguished until 5 o'clock. After It had been considered extinguished flames broke out again and the tire apparatus was summoned to renew their efforts. Bystanders as well as the Witman family agree that the Witmans would have perished but for tho timely aid of the Harris brothers. Leo and Frank live at 2115 North Second street 'all the time, while Ralph, who lives at Carlisle, was spending last night there. With the aid of a home-made ladder they carried the imperiled Witman fam ily to safety. Homo a Mass of Flames The tire was discovered by Miss Thompson, who was sleeping in tho rear of the house with Barbara. She was wakened from her sleep by the smoke, and she saw the flames through the transom of her room over the door. She roused the house with her screams, and ran through the adjoining rooms to the front room.j where Mr. Witman was sleeping with' "Billy" and the baby, Harriet. Hear-1 ing her screams, Mr. Witman opened I the door to rush to her assistance. As he did so, thick volumes of smoke I Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart Schoolroom Dresses For m i Girls 6 to 16 Years J° Throw Away Peach Slones In Styles That Are Very Becoming J'"" f" Los J °( h! - fe . , f r i Some of Our Soldiers , r —, flic most charming styles of Gingham fJgL- Dresses for schoolroom wear that we have ever Sa\c all peach stones, dry them and bring them to us. _ shown are now awaiting new owners in the 200 of these stones will make enough carbon for a gas iMSIfVz Children's Dress Department on the second ™ as k anc * one S as mask will save an American soldier's /. fl °°[ |., ,* , . . ... So eat peaches and save the stones. I There are plaids and checks, stripes and solid colors, in plaited or shirred skirt styles, and /J 1 ? store is a designated depository of the Gas Defense novel pockets and belts, with cuffs and collars lvision, .S. A. W contrasting colors. A receptacle is provided at the Fourth street entrance. ill Sizes are from 6to 16 years. ___________ Dlvcs - Pomeroy & Stewart. I I I Childern's Dresses, in chambray and large and small —ilf rr J plaid ginghams, with white pique collars and belts and > r iIL T7l T~l 11 fancy patch pockets 51.98 X 116 JN \jrIOVOS XOX 3,11 Children's Dresses, in chambray and large and small white and green and white stripe gingham, made with T?]riP nf Cinnllill nn rl ~Rir>V in C/. 7^ a white poplin collar, cuffs and belt of self material trimmed with 11IC UJ LlULlly U.l ILL JOXILII 111 tjlU to pearl buttons and large patch pockets $3."5 ( Children's Dresses in poplin, chambray and large check ginghams, \\ omen's tWO-clasp French Kid Glo\'C£, in tan, grey white in pink and white, blue and white and black and white, finished with anc j black. Pair '!£•> Of I white organdie collar embroidered in colors $4.93 " * jjw.wj Children's Dresses of fine quality combination stripe gingham and tJne-Ciasp washable Kid Gloves for Fall, in pearl, tan, solid color, made in a coatee style with a white collar and patch grey, putty, ivory and black. Pail' #2.00 and #2.50 Jack Tar Dresses in blue; sailor collar and cuffs trimmed in white 1 WO-clasp 1 l cncll Kid Gloves of finest quality kid, in col braid 3.50 ors, white and black. Pair #2.75 to #3.25 Navy blue Middy Skirts; sizes 6 to 14 $2.98 3 Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor. Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart. Second Floor. School Stockings For Boys Living and Dining Room and Girls Furniture Less Than In Weights and Weaves That Present Day Costs A ro TAoq i r nhlo A bare fact, though it sounds /i re uesirauie startling enough. . Reasonably priced are these grades of School Hose for We've held scores of pieces / boys and girls. of rich, fine furniture in reserve J mk ra?r 0j [ s .'. and . *?. . fim . ribb . ed .. bl . Mk .. Children s ribbed cotton seamless Hose, in white and wintt chulrs and Rockers, with I[l black - sizes 6to 9'A. Pair 350 spriif seats; covered all around ' I with tapestry. Special $19.50 . Children's silk lisle ribbed, seamless Hose, in black, white wing Chairs and Rockers in ' and cordovan; sizes 6to 9'A. Pair '. 350 tapestry of Oriental patterns. Spe cial $29.50 —— Children's ribbed silk lisle seamless Hose, in black and Three-piece Uvingroom Suite, covered with tapestry includin white Pair : 500 chair ' rockcr and 78 " lnch davenport $U9 . 5 5 Three-piece mahogany Livingroom Suite, with cane ends, tapestry Bovs' heavy black cotton ribbed Hose, sizes 7 to IV/-. covered $ 155.00 V -.- J ' 500 and 590 Nine-piece fumed oak Diningroom Suites, of buffet, china closet. i air '"V 4 " u u<, r extension table and six leather seat chairs slls 00 Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor. Ten-piece mahogany Diningroom Suites with 54-inch buffet 4 8-incb extension table, china closet, serving table and six leather Ten-piece Jacobean Diningroom Suite, 60-inch buffet, 54-inch cx _ 1 1 i 1 • T~l T"~k tension table, china closet, server and six leather seat chairs, $l9O 00 School clothing Tor Boys Serviceable Materials in Snappy Styles ** /~~*f A-> Atiy boy can afford to play hard in i °f workmanship shows c c e a r re 'td I Girls' Handkerchiefs For sturdiness. lhere arc scores of pat /inyr'kN m terns ant * man y styles to choose from, /A/"*! lL anc * ' n evcr y case the y are clothes Ov/XIvJC/1 which boys as well as their parents | 3 w iH like. Good-looking little squares in solid colors, with embroid bmi ' ' \ Inii school Suits, in sizes io to 18 years—in ered corners and fancy edges, are moderately priced for use lark grey, Scotch mixtures, brown mixtures, . m I ■ fancy shadow stripes, $5.00, $0.50 uiul $7.50 at SCnooi. School Suits, with two pairs of trousers, Little Kiddies' fancy Handkerchiefs, each 50; box 150 > ith •* >* Hr. Each si H s'orfoik and single or double breusted. With embroidered corners and fancy edtres Each fjjl V $8.50 to S2O J & ' W School Reefers, in medium and heavy- 70 ; 4 for 250 [. J|\ weight cloths; sizes 2 % to io years. Plain white linen, with'l4-inch hem. Each 10t* xy $5.00 to SIB.OO ll "" x (Til Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Second Floor. Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor. poured into his room, almost smoth ering the occupants. The entire family raised a cry for help. The back stairway was a mass of crackling fire, the front stairway was solid with rolling smoke. Their escape down the stairs was cut off- Driven to the Windows Barbara made an ineffectual at tempt to phone for assistance. Due to the excitement, she was unable to speak so the phone operator could understand. In a minute the smoke had driven her with the re mainder of the family to windows on the north side of the house. There the screams of the family quickly aroused the Harris family. Mrs. Harris ran to the phone, while her sister ran to the firebox at the corner. Hurriedly dressing the three Harris brothers ran to the side of their house where a homemade ladder was ly ing. They raised this to the win dow where the Witmans were calling and gesticulating for assistance. The ladder was too short to reach ihe window. Only by careful effort could* Mr. Witman, the tallest girl, and the nurse girl step from the window to the top of the ladder. Children Dropped The two smallest children were dropped from the window to ilie arms of the Harris boys. None of them suffered injury. Miss Barbara was the last child to leave, owing to the fact that she was at a different window. It was nec essary to move the ladder in order to get her out. Before it could be done, the black volumes of smoke which all the while had made the positions of the family in the burning house untenable, poured out of the window so thickly it was necessary for her to step across the sill and learn far out for a breath of air. Clothing Is Burned The shivering refugees from the flaming house were taken to the home of E. Z. Wallower, father-in law of Mr. Witman, situated almost across the street from the Witman home, in Front street. Saved in their nightclothes, they had to leave the house so quickly that It was impos sible to save any of their belongings. Following the rescue of the Wit mans, flremen made ineffectual ef forts to save the Lockhart woman on the third floor. The Witmans told of the maid's plight in the center of the burning area, and were frantic in their desire to save the unfortu nate woman. The back of the house had by this time become unapproachable, as the interior wus seething with flames, which had crept to the top of the house between the partitions. A lad der was ruised to the third floor front and one fireman entered the house. Confused by the smoke they were unable to get the body from the room. It is not even known if they located the right room, as the door wus locked and in the smoke it could have been mistaken easily for a closet. When the flames had been placed under control, a ladder was raised to the third floor and the room entered. Mrs. L,ockhart was found thrown over a chair, with her head bowed in her arms. Her burns were of a mi nor nature, death having been caus ed by suffocation. There were Anger scratches on her face as though the unfortunate woman in her agony had become frantic In her efforts to escape from the smoke trap. The Are is known to have started from a laundry stove In the base ment- It is thought the maid left the draft on when she went to bed. Mr. Witman declared he did not know of any substance which the stove could have ignited, but it is thought it must have been the base ment ceiling. The lire crept unde tected up the back stairs, and was not discovered until the entire back of the house, including the three floors, was flaming, it was the fact that the flames had spread far be fore they were discovered that made the escape cf the family almost miraculous. Home Is a Wreck While the back of the house was all that burned, the front was con siderably damaged by smoke and water. The flumes were not spec tacular; firemen managed to keep them down. The floors in the rear fell in, but the walls remain stand ing. The lire was hard to tight, ow ing to the fact that as soon as it was subdued in one place, it; broke out anek in another. It was necessary to summon the firemen back to their task after they had considered the tire extinguished. Mr. Witman was unable to esti mate the amount of the damage to day. It is thought the loss will ex ceed $20,000. Nothing was saved from the house last night, but it is thought that much might be salvag ed from the front when the premises are gone over and the goods have dried. Mrs. Witman was in Philadelphia at the time of the tire. She is a daughter of E. Z. Wallower, to whose] home the family was taken after thoi rescue. Mr. Witman was elected to the * school board last fall and is a wide ly-known businessman, and offers of assistance came from all over the city when the news of his disaster became known. He expressed him self gratified at the efforts of tha flrcmen, and paid a tribute to thoi courage of the Harris brothers whoso presence of mind effected the rescue of the occupants of his home. Wilson Feels His Place Is at Capital in War Washington, Sept. 10.—President! Wilson, in announcing yesterday that he had abandoned definitely plans for a trans-continental tour for the. fourth Liberty Loan, said he was convinced that it was not right for him to be absent from Washington for more than a day or two at the time while the war continues. The President said he keenly felt the privation of being eonflned to the capital, but that it was impos sible for him to deal with important war questions by telegraph or at distance from sources of information *" which exist only here. Phila. Deserter at Dix Gets 30 Years in Prison Camp Dix, N. J., Sept. 10.—Desert ing as a draftee from local board No. 2, of Philadelphia, which had inducted him into service, Recruit Andrew Biginsky was sente.nced to life imprisonment by the general court martial here, but Major Gen eral Scott has reduced the sentence to thirty years. A twenty-five-year penalty has been meted out to Private Victor Schaefer, of North Bergen, four. J guilty of refusing to obey orders ' feigning illness and disability. FORD STOPS MAKING AUTOS Detroit, Sept. 10.—Production of motor cars by the Ford Motor Com pany has been suspended entirely, it was officially announced at the plant here yesterday. The move will en able the company to devote its entire facilities to government work, the announcement said.
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