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J. W. DESHONG,
PROMINENT AS
MINISTER, DIES
Served Church of God in Pul-*
pit For More Than Half
Century
The Rev. J. W. DeShong. known
and loved in religious circles
throughout the entire state, died yes
terday at his residence, 222 Peffer
street. Ho was agod 74 years. He
served in the ministry about fifty
two years, taking some of the most
prominent pulpits in the Church of
God. His first pastorate was Eliza
bethtown. Washingtonboro and
Columbia pulpits were also served
by him. At Altoona he served nine
years, the Green Street Church of
God in Harrisburg, eight years: Lan
caster, seven years, and his last
charge was New Cumberland. He
was placed on the superannuated list
about three years prior to his death.
The Rev. Mr. DeShong was a
prominent member of the East
Pennsylvania , Eldership of the
Church of God. He served in many
official capacities, being a number of
times president of the East Penn
sylvania Eldership, and a member of
the Board of Missions and Station
Committee. He was a member of
theßo ard of Church Extension and
a number of times delegate to the
General Eldership, serving on its
Board of Missions.
He is survived by three sons,
James B. DeShong and John C. De-
Shong, Harrisburg, and Harry B. De-
Shong, of Altoona; a daughter at
home, and two other daughters, Mrs.
Ebright, of New York, and Mrs. J.
B. Fisher, St. Davids.
Funeral services will be held to
morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock in
the Green Street Church of God. The
Rev. J. C. Forncrook, pastor of the
Penbrook Church of God, will offici
ate. Burial will be made in the Pen
brook Cemetery.
Deaths and Funerals
JOHN 11. COULTER
John H. Coulter died at his home
in Reedsville Friday after an illness
of about a year. He was aged 77
years 10 months and 7 days. He
was one of the best known and
most prominent citizens, having
lived nearly all his life in Reedsville
and taking pride to build up the
town, having in his time built forty
three of the town's houses. Mr.
Coulter was a tailor by trade and
had an active part in everything that
would help Reedsville. He served
as school director and filled other
offices. Ho was a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church. Reeds
ville Castle K. G. E. No. 162, having
been a charter member; Colonel
Hullings Post No. 176, G. A. R.
Mr. Coulter served through the
war of 1861-'65, having served under
Lieutnant John P. Bards Company
K, First Regiment of Rifles, Penn
sylvania Reserve Corps, on the
famous Bucktails as a drummer;
was discharged June 14, 1864, and
re-enlisted and on August 15, 1864,
enlisted in the Two Hundred Fifth
Pennsylvania Regiment, and was
discharged June 2, 186 5, having
fought in a number of battles, a few'
of which are: New Creek, W. V'a.,
June 17, 1861; Mechanicsville, Va„
June 26, 1862; Gains Mills, Va.,
June 27, 1862: Bull Run, Va., Au
gust 28, 29, 1862; Fredericksburg,
Va., December 13, 1862; Gettysburg,
Pa., July 2, 3. 1&3; Wilderness, Va.,
May 6-7, 1864; Spottsylvania, Va.,
May 30-June 6, 1864.
His first wife, Mary Couling, died
thirty-six years ago, anil to this
union are the following children:
Miss Ettie Coulter, at lioVne; Mrs.
Laurie Weiler and Mrs. A. J. Miller,
of Reedsville; Mrs. B. F. Lupfer,
died last February.
His second wife was Ellen Cottle
and to this union was born Mrs. V.
Grant Forrer, of Harrisburg; Miss
Mabel and Miss Ner Coulter, at
home.
MRS. LIZZIE MILLER
Funeral services for Mrs. Lizzie
Miller, wife of Harry B. Miller, who
died in Hamburg, Pa., last Tuesday,
were held Saturday, the Rev. H. R.
Bender, pastor of the Ridge Avenue
Methodist Episcopal Church, this
city, officiating. Burial was made
in Prospect Hill Cemetery.
•tins. EMMALINE YINGST
Mrs. Emmaline Yingst, aged 64,
wifo of Ephratm Yingst, of 2036 Ful
ton street, died at her home this
morning. Besides her husband she is
survived by the following children:
Charles W. Yingst, Alan H. Yingst,
Walter Yingst, Abner Yingst, Mrs. A.
L. Holly, Staten Island; Mrs.-Charles
W. Morris, Hoboken: Mrs. Albert A.
Siple. A sister, Mrs. K. F. Knupp, of
Penbrook, and a brother, Abner For- j
rest, also survive. Funeral arrange
ments have not been completed.
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MONDAY EVENING, BARRISBURG TELEGRAPH SEPTEMBER it>, iyi.
Another Local Lad
in Hun Prison Camp
WILLIAM T. BOSLER
Word has been received by Mrs.
C. E. Hall, of 1945 North Fourth
street, from the Washington authori
ties that her brother, William T. Hos
ier, of Company C, 110 th Infantry,
who was lately mentioned as missing
in action, is being held a prisoner jn
a German military camp. The loca
tion of the camp is omitted in the
information given Mrs. Hall by the
War Department. Bosler is the third
Haarisburg boy to be held prisoner.
Hundreds See Airplane
Crash to the Earth in
Brooklyn; Two Killed
By Associated Press
New York, Sept. 16.—Lieutenant
Charles Kinney, Jr., of Covington,
Ky., and E. H. Austin, of Boston,
were killed when an army airplane
from the Mineola aviation field
crashed to earth in the Flatbush sec
tion of Brooklyn to-day.
Hundreds of persons who saw the
machine "go dead" as it was flying
low over trees and housetops, wit
nessed its plunge into the backyalrd
of a residence. The airplane was im
paled upon a clothes pole and de
molished. . i
Kinney was attached to the Garden
City, L. 1., field and Austin, also a
lieutenant, was stationed at Mineola.
Former Harrisburger
Is Anxious to Fight
Don Martin writing to the Phila
delphia Inquirer from France says:
"I was having mess one day with
a gjpup of military policemen. I sat
under a tree with a good looking
man who seemed disgruntled about
something.
" 'Don't you like the job you've
got?' I asked.
"'I certainly do not. I'm an ex
pert horseman, been in the cavalry,
in fact, and here I am stuck away in
the military police. I want to get
in the cavalry where I can do some
thing.' "
" 'But you're safer where you are
than you would be in the cavalry,
aren't you?' "
"Safer? Yes. But who wants to
be safe? I came over here to
fight. "
This soldier was once a constable
in Harrisburg, Pa.
This may be Lieut. George Shoe
maker of the old Governors Troop,
former Harrisburg policeman.
Workmen Busy Enlarging
Downtown Curb Line
Highway department employes are
at work removing the curbing along
the west side of the intersection of
Front and Market streets, prepara
tory to putting in radius corners. Re
cently a large standard directing all
drivers of vehicles to keep to the
right, was mounted on a concrete
base. To provide more street space
for vehicles entering the city from
the Market street bridge or about to
cross the bridge leaving the city,
highway department officials decided
to change the west curbline to radius
corners. The work will be completed
•in a few weeks.
GERMANY OFFERS
BELGIUM PEACE;
AUSTRIA PLEADS
Wants All Powers to With
draw Their Troops From
Murman Territory
London, Sept.. 16. —The German
government has made a peace offer
to Belgium, it is learned here to-day.
It also is understood that the gov
ernment has received the Austro-
Hungarian peace note and also the
proposal previously referred to, that
all the powers shouldAvithdraw their
troops from the Murman territory.
In extending an invitation to all
the belligerent governments to enter
into nen-binding discussions at some
neutral place the Austro-
Hungarlan government states that
the object, of the conference would
be to secure an exchange of views
which would show "whether those
prerequisites exist which would make
the speedy inauguration of peace ne
gotiations appear promising."
The Austrian proposal suggests
that there be no interruption of the
war, and that the "discussions would
go only so far as is considered by
the participants to offer prospects of
success." It is proposed that all the
belligerents send delegates to a "con
fidential and unbinding discussion on
the basic principles for the conclu
sion of peace, in a -place in a neu
tral country and at a near date, that
would yet have to be agreed upon.
The delegates, it is proposed,
"would be charged to make known
to one another the conception of
their governments regarding those
principles and to receive analogous
communications, as well as to re
quest and give frank and candid ex
planations on all those points which
need to be precisely defined."
The Austrian proposal is an
nounced in an official communication
telegraphed here from Vienna, in
which the government announces
that a note embodying its sugges
tions had been addressed to the vari
ous belligerent powers, and that the
Holy See had been apprised of the
proposal in a special note. The gov
ernments of the neutral states also
are said to-have been made ac
quainted with the proposal.
The. terms of Germany's peace
proposal to Belgium are as follows:
1 That Belgium shall remain neil
tral until the end of the war.
That thereafter the entire eco
nomic and political independence of
Belgium shall be reconstituted.
That the prewar commercial
treaties between Germany and Bel
gium shall again be put into opera
tion after the war for an indefinite
period.
That Belgium shall use her good
offices to secure the return of the
German colonies.
That the Flemish question shall
be considered, and the Flemish mi
nority. which aided the German in
vaders, shall not be penalized.
The proposal contains no word re
specting reparation or indemnities.
"Austria again is Germany's cat's
paw," was the comment generally
heard in London to-day Vhen the
news of Austria's invitation to the
belligerents, "to confidential non
binding discussions at a neutral cen
ter" became public. It was not con
sidered surprising that Austria
should-make a move to secure peace,
for Vienna, since the early days of
September, has been the scene of
many conferences of the statesmen
of the Central Powers and the Teu
tonic allied monarchs.
Austria's peace note was handed
to the Entente representatives at
Berne, Switzerland, at 1 o'clock Sat
urday afternoon, according to the
Vossische Zeitung, of Berlin. The
note was simultaneously presented at
Berlin, Sofia and Constantinople and
was brought to the knowledge of
neutral powers.
While Austria's proposal had not
reached Washington in official form
last night, it is expected hourly
through some neutral —possibly
Sweden—and in it is recognized the
long heralded peace offensive upon
which Germany is counting to arouse
enough sentiment for peace among
the people of the Allied countries to
compel an end of the war on terms
which substantially would preserve
the Prussian conquest.
The Allied leaders recognize it as
an effort by Germany to obtain the
best terms possible.
There will be no round table con
ference, no sounding out process,
such as Germany proposes, and
which she hopes will give opportun
ity to deal with her enemies sepa
rately.
If any reply at all is made it will
tie after an exchange of views be
tween the United States and the oth
er co-belligerents, so that a reply for
all may be made in one. On every
side, among American officials and
Allied diplomats, it seems agreed
that the only ground on which Ger
many may have a conference is the
acceptance of the principles laid
down by President Wilson, and
which have been accepted by all the
Allies as their watchword.
AUSTRIA ACTS FOR
KAISER IN OFFER
[Continued from First Page.]
ized as a German ruse to obtain the
best possible terms before an Allied
victory could impose the most se
vere punishment upon her.
The proposal as viewed by offi
cials, it was reiterated, does not con
tain a single basis upon which the
Entente powers and the United States
would be willing to meet the authors
of the plea. In most circles it was
held that the putting forth of the
proposal at this time was but an ad
mission of the growing weakness of
the Central Powers.
If a reply is made it was con
sidered likely that the Allies would
make a joint dnswer after an ex
change of views.
Paris Recognizes
Hun Plot in Proposal
Paris, Sept. 16.—The Austrian pro
posal for a conference of the bellig
erents was not much of a surprise in
Parisian political centers, where it is
considered to be a consequence of
the recent military successes of the
Allies. The general impression is
that the new peace offensive cannot
be fruitful.
Sunday, the 15th, Last
Day For the Straw Hat
Few straw hats were seen on the
streets to-day. In addition to the
fear of having them smashed the
threatening aspects of Jupiter Plu
vlu's caused the loverA of the light
head cover, to hide them for the
day. This year the majority of men,
instead of consigning their straw
hats to the. scrap heap have put
them away for use next summer.
AMERICANS IN
DARING MOVE IN
LORRAINE AREA
Take Les Eparges, Key to the
Woevre Plain, From
Germans
With the American Army In Lor
raine, Sept. 16—The performance of
the Americans stationed on the west
ern side of the St. Mihlel salient, with
the assistance of the French, consti
tutes one of the most brilliant pages
of American history thus far in the
great struggle.
It was this unit which accomplish
ed two of the most notable strategic
moves of the offensive. The first was
the taking of Lcs Eparges hill which
had cost the French nlkny casualties
in the last four years. The second
was the daring march of an American
regiment at night through woods in
fested with Germans to Vigneulles,
there to effect a laiuson with troops
working from the eastward.
In carrying out these two moves
the allies encountered the stiffest op
position of the offensive. The Ger
mans cherished Les Eparges because
they knew it was the key to the
Woevre plain. They fought desper
ately to hold It and counterattacked
repeatedly after they had been eject
ed.
Slmilarily the Germans knew the
dire results they would suffer if they
permitted the Americans to meet at
Vigneulles and In some cases fought
like demons to prevent such a ca
lamity. The Americans, neverthe
less, marched steadily onward
through the night with fixed bay
onets, killing or making prisoners all
the Teutons who opposed them. They
took the prisoners ahead with them
for they were too busy to send them
back.
Among the prisoners captured were
several hundred from two Austrian
divisions who were cut oft when the
Americans advanced to the attack
from the behind after the Germans
had broken. They were bitter against
the Germans, who, they said, had
given way before the Americans, al
lowing them to be surrounded, and
they had no chance to fight.
.lie advance of the victqrious first
army continued yesterday but on a
restricted front near the Moselle
river. There was little opposition on
the whole.
In the edge of a wood where the
Germans had concentrated there was
some smarting machine gun resist
ance offered, but a smashing artil
lery fire silenced the enemy. A few
additional prisoners were taken.
The Germans gave further evidence
yesterday that they intended to re
sist on that part of the Hindenburg
line running through this sector. A
detachment was digging in about
Dommartin (four and a half miles
north of Thiaucourt), while between
Lachaussee (two and a half miles
northwest of Dommartin) and Dom
martin squad trenches had been es
tablished. German detachments were
also in the woods above Woel, (four
miles north of Hatonville).
The German airplanes were un
usually active Saturday night, but the
defensive batteries drove them off be
fore they had done great damage.
Allied airplanes flew over the Ger
man positions, dropping tons of
bombs in the back areas.
New Trenches Built
Fronj various sectors new wire has
been strung In enormous quantities
and in big stretches far to the rear
and in front of the old trenches,
which have been brought up-to-date
and are supported by new concrete
dugouts at intervals of about a hun
dred yards, and in some cases at
smaller intervals.
The aviators who reported these
conditions returned not only with
verbal statements of what they saw,
but with photographs showing well
equipped defenses.
The big iron mines near Briey, an
important industrial nerve center of
the German military v machine, are
jeopardized, and even Metz, one of
the most strongly fortified points be
hind the enemy lines, is menaced. It
Is not expected that any immediate
struggle for its possession will take
place, hut the success which attended
the first big American operations ha
undoubtedly brought the Germans
face to face with more serious condi
tions cn this part of the "front than
for the past four years.
The clearing up of the woods and
ravines was the most Important part
of the work carried out by the Amer
ican troops Saturday. Where the
barrage had caught the enemy away
from the shelter of dugouts and
trenches piles of dead were encount
ered by the scout patrols and in many
places additional supplies of ordnance
and ammunition were discovered.
An American airplane observer,
Horace Lake, from Washington, D.
C., accounted for four Germans early
Saturday back of the enemy lines.
His pilot, Bertram Niedecker, brought
the plane at one point within a few
feet of the ground. The pair then
discovered that they were the target
for a Sharp fire from four of the
enemy in a shell hole. The observer
quickly wiped out the quartet, how
ever, with his machine gun.
Courthouse Notes
Fund For Law Library. The
county commissioners appropriated
$1,750 for the use of the Dauphin
county law library. Additional vol
umes will he purchased with the
fund.
Exchange Offices. Professor
Frank E. Shambaugh, county school
superintendent, and Harry L. Boyer.
county inspector of weights uid
measures, exchanged their offices in
the rear of the second floor of the
Courthouse. The county school offi
cial tyill occupy the room opposite
the one used by the grand jury at
the rear of + he hall, while Mr. Boyer
is taking the one just vacated by
the school superintendent.
Divorces (ranted. Two divorco
decrees were signed separating Min
nie M. from Charles M. Umholtz, and
Bertha J. from Hayes W. Baer.
Adopt Nlccc. President Judge
George ICunkel signed the decree
permitting Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bord
ers, of Winamac, Indiana, to adopt
their three year-old niece, June
May Steese. daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles B, Steese, Agate street,
this city.
Confirms Auditor's Report.— The
court confirmed absolutely the report
of M. E. Stroup, auditor of the es
tate of Levi Hocker, late of Swa
tara .township. No exceptions had
been filed. The auditor collected
$5,080.3(r and after deducting ex
penses of litigation allowed $673.80
to each of seven heirs.
Expect Conl Engineer. —. County
commissioners expected to meet late
to-day with T Ellswqrth Davies, of
Wilkes-Barre, (he coal engineer and
mining expect, who may be secured
to make valuations of coal lands 111
Dauphin county.
Ue McNeil's Pain Exterminator— AH
PERSHING ARMY
GOES FORWARD;
METZGUNS ROAR
American Troops Advance in
Big Drive on Lorraine
Front '
London, Sept. 16. —General Per
shing's afrmy, is making fine pro
gress. It has advanced from two to
three miles on u thirty-three-mile
front. The fortress guns of Metz
have come into action against it.
The enemy appears to be with
drawing to some further line which
will protect thp railway communica.
tions in the vicinity of Metz. which
,at present are under the long range
fire of the Americans.
American patrols are advancing at
various points a couple of miles be
yond the general advance.
The American line at noon yester
day ran through Norroy, on the
Moselle, Haumont, Doncourt and to
Abaucourt, on the old line.
The advance by the French on
Saturday seems to haye been in the
nature of several local pushes, not a
big general forward move. The
enemy has been reacting very vio
lently on the French front. He made
several counterattacks and althaugh
he has not recovered any of his lost
ground he is holding up the French
somewhat.
The British yesterday were re
porte dto hav§ captured the vilage
of Maisseny, northwest of St. Quen
tin.
It has heen discovered that, there
were six German divisions- operat
ing in the St. Mihiel salient. That
would give a total strength of sixty
thousand men, or a rifle strength of
36,000. The Germans had broken
up for them two more divisions .in
this action, thus . reducing their
strength Jn the west to 191 divisions,
plus four Austrian divisions and
some dismounted cavalry.
Loaned Woman Diamond
Ring, He Tells the Court
Charges of martail infidelity were
aired in Courtroom No. 1 to-day be
fore President Judge George Kunkel
when Charles Lehman, 260 Herr
street, was called upon to defend a
non-support suit lodged against him
by his wife, Mrs. Delia Lehman.
Lehman was accused of taking
other women out in his .automobile
and giving one of them a diamond
ring. He admitted he had been out
several times with one woman and
had "loaned" her his diamond ring.
He then produced a letter which he
said he found in his wife's trunk and
which was addressed to her in her
maiden name. The letter, however,
made no startling disclosures and
Judge Kunkel said that tt meant
nothing in the case' as Mrs. Lehman
made no attempt to conceal it.
Lehman was then questioned at
length about his actions. It was
brought out that he had not sup
ported his wife for four years. An
effort was made to have the case con
tinued because of his poor health, but
Judge Kunkel ordered him to pay his
wife $5 a week beginning October 1.
Bail furnished by Harfiy A. Cole
stock, also wanted for nonsupport,
was forfeited when he did not appear.
Counsel stated he had obtained a di
vorce in Michigan from his wife who
was suing for support, and that he
came to Pittsburgh later and remar
ried. The non-support suit against
Elmer Keck, for maintenance of a
grandchild, was dismissed by agree
ment of the parties.
New Registrars Are
Named by Commissioners
Although A. Ramsey S. Black, Dem
ocratic candidate for representative
in the Legislature from the city, has
not withdrawn from the ticket be
cause of his employment by the
Pennsylvania Railroad and the ruling
of the United States Railroad Admin
istration that all persons in the em
ploye of the railways must not par
ticipate in politics, he told county
officials to-day that he had communi
cated with Secretary McAdoo. Federal
Railroad Administrator and had been
referred to that section of the rul
ing. No further commeijt was made
in the communication which Mr.
Blaelc received he said.
Additional registrars were appoint
ed to-day by the County Commis
sioners to fill vacancies caused by
resignations, some of them due to
the railroad administration order. The
changes which were made to-day fol
low: Fourteenth Ward, L. M. Neif
fer, 3303 North Front, to succeed W.
F. Lutz; Ninth Ward, Third Precinct.
D. F. Rumpf, S North Cameron,
succeed Charles Rumpf: Ninth Wara,
Fifth Precinct, Addison H. Shuey, 18
South Seventeenth, to succeed W. L.
Hoffmnn; Tenth Ward, Fourth Pre
cinct, Charles M. Toomey, 2500 North
Sixth, to succeed Charles H. Burd.
Men, Women and Boys
Replace German Troops
IlrltUh Heailquurter* In France.
Sept. 16. Striking evidence of nhe
shortage of enemy manpower is given
by prisoners. They assert that men,
women and boys, who had been
graded for national service at home,
are being brought to the back areas
to replace troops along the lines, of
communication. They assert there al
ready are some 15,000 women in the
fourth German army zone alone. It
is reported that boys of seventeen
are being assembled In the region
of Sedan for auxiliary service.
Dr. Rickert Becomes
a State Officer
Dr. C. M. Rickert, of Millersburg,
Dauphin county, has been appointed
assistant chief medical inspector of
the State Department of Health.
Dr. Rickert is a well known physi
cian and resided in this city for years.
He hus been prominently identified
with medical societies and is a Uni
versity of Pennsylvania graduate.
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Ladies & Gentlemen
It's not often we brag
about ourselves, but we
ju£t want to tell you
that we can clean and
remake that last year's
hat of yours into any
of this season's latest
styles and make it look
just like new. Our aim
is your satisfaction.
GOLD'S
1210 North Third St.
the Sign of the Arrow"
PIPE MILL IS
UNSCATHED BY
BLAZING OIL
Work Goes on as Uusual
After Fire Loss of
$lO,OOO
It was estimated by W. P. Starkey,
general manager of the Harrisburg
Pipe and Pipe Bending Works this
morning, that the fire in the quench
ing oil reservoir which burned about
70,000 gallons of oil last night caused
a loss of nearly $lO,OOO. The con
tents of the reservoir was all that
the fire destroyed; no buildings were
burned.
Sortie telephone wires were burned
in the blaze, as the flames from the
burning oil rose high into the air.
These wires have been repaired. The
reservoir, which is fireproof, was not
damaged, and work there is progress
ing as usual to-day.
The new steel forging plant, erect
ed when the old wooden building was
destroyed by fire about nine months
ago. was not damaged, as it is of
fireproof construction. As it is rjght
next to the reservoir, only its steel
construction saved the company from
experiencing what might have been"
a disastrous Are.
Workmen giving the hot steel used
In the plants' products the heat treat
ments caused the fire when they
worked the treatment too fast, Mr.
Starkey reported. Very hot steel Is
cooled with the quenching oil and
then drawn. When the hot steel was
worked ipto the oil too fast, the
liquid caught fire.
None of the workmen was injured.
The fire occurred about 11.45 last
night. Every Are company in the
central district answered the alarm,
although they all were not needed to
quench the blaze. Five streams were
playing on the flaming oil reservoir
soon after the alarm.
The Pine Bending Company's pri
vate fire department had done effec
tive work with chemicals before the
city fire department arrived.
The sirens and whistles of the
plants began to sound the alarm when
the tire was discovered. Many resi
dents of the city, thinking It was the
beginning of the celebration of an
other American victory, flocked down
town. •
Agricultural Adviser For
Appeal Draft Board
A. B. Shenk has been appointed
agricultural adviser to the District
Appeal Draft Board. He was ap
pointed by Secretary of Agriculture
Houston and received notice of his
appointment to-day.
Mr. Shenk was appointed as a re
sult of the plan devised by the War
Labor Policies Board, the Provost
Marshal General, Secretary of War.
Secretary of Labor and Secretary of
Agriculture, to put into deferred
classification such men as are neces
sary to increase the production of
the farms.
Mr. Shenk is an actual farmer,
having spent his entire life on a
farm and now owning and managing
six farms. He, therefore, is qualified
to fill the position to which he has
been appointed. He is president, and
has been president of the Dauphin
County Farm Bureau since its organ
ization. He also is president of the
Consolidated school system of Derry
township, and director of a number
of banks. •
I This Store Opens The New Store 1 This Store Closes
1- 8:301 M - WM. STROUSE I 5:30 RM -
To Men and Boys
Who Join in the Great War-Time Economy Campaign
At the New Store of Wm, Strouse
We feel justified in stating that we will co-operate in every way
possible with the Government, also with our patrons, and help them
to economize. Therefore we are not only going to give you the best
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Valley Railways
Hit All Along Line
The Valley Hallways Company was
attacked pretty nearly all along the
line to-day by S. T. Moore, a civil
engineer of New Cumberland, in a
complaint tiled with the Public Ser
vice Commission to-day. He changed
that the company did not maintain
good terminal facilities especially.
The Harrisburg terminal arrange
ments he said were such that pas
sengers tramped over each other in
getting on and off cars and that the
people were led to believe when a
property was bought some time ago
that the trouble would be remedied.
At New Cumberland he says the
same crowded condition prevails and
people have been arrested by State
police without cost to the company.
Car names are declared indistinct
and cars on the New Cumberland line
are said to be so overcrowded that
people ride on fenders and that from
100 to 140 fares are rung up. He
also makes the accusation that the
track is not well kept up and is
rough; that the travel is very heavy
and no transfers are given. The
waits at Green House switch are
declared to be annoying, wages of the
men so low that additional fares are
not justitied.
Mr. Moore winds up the broadside
by the assertion that the mails at
New Cumberland have increased very
much and the- business of the com
pany must have of necessity followed
suit.
The document will be sent to the
company for an answer within ten
days.
Hunters Warned to Avoid
Wildwoqd; One Arrest
With the issuing of more than 1,-
400 hunters' licenses in the county
during the last few weeks, city park
department officials have issued a
warning that there must be no hunt
ing in Witdwood Park. Each year
hunters either ignorant of the city
and state law prohibiting hunting
there or wilfully violating it, cause
the authorities trouble.
The first arrest by a game* war
den was made yesterday when a man
residing in the West End district
'was caught shooting at birds. He
was directed to pay a $lO fine. Sim
ilar prosecutions will be brought,
the officials said, in case of any other
violations.
Republican Workers to
Meet at Courthouse
Republican workers and committee
men of Harrisburg and vicinity will
meet at the Courthouse. No. 2 room,
this evening, at 7:30, for tho discus
sion of campaign plans. Tlie outlook
is bright for a big republican ma
jority in both city and county this
fall but City Chairman Harry F.
Ovcs and County Chairman William
H Horner are leaving no stone un
turned to get out the vote. They wtll
have present at this evening's gather
ing a number of the candidates, who
will malse addresses.
Local Man Chosen For
Officers Training Camp
Chalmers B. Behny, son of John
C. Behny, chief clerk in the city
treasurer's office, has been selected
for an officers training camp at Camp
Hancock, Ga., where he will study
for a commission in machine gun
service. At present he is at the Bow
man Technical School, Lancaster.
FIND LAST BIG GUN SITE
Washington, Sept. 16.—French
soldiers have located the emplace
ment of the last big cannon used by
the Germans in the bombardment of
Paris. An official dispatch from
France says: "In the Corbi Wood, in
the neighborhood of Beaumont and
Cutigny, the platform of the last
Bertha fixed up to fire on the Paris
region has ben found. The spot is
just as airplane photographs have
shown it to be. The gun itself had,
of course, been removed.
MARKET IGNORES
NEW PEACE MOVE
General Sentiment Reflects
Opinion That Allies Antag
onize Kaiser's Drive
By Associated Press
New York, Sept. 16.—Austria's
peace proposal was virtually Ignored
by Wall Street, as interpreted by the
opening quotations of the stock mar
ket to-day. Standard issues and in
vestment shares were steady. U. S.
Steel opened unchanged to quarter of
a point off. The general sentiment
appeared to reflect opinion that the
political attitude of Washington and
London was antagonistic to the
peace drive.
A subsequent sharp break In
American Sumatra Tobacco, which
declined 5 1-2 points, and a loss of
2-12 points in U. S. Alcohol, caused
the market to yield a fraction in
sympathy.
Navy Enlistments Are
Provided For by Chiefs
Washington, Sept. 16. Volunteer
enlistment of induction into the Navy
of men with special qualifications
will be reopened under an agree
ment reached between Secretary
Daniels and Provost Marshal Gen
eral Crowder regarding the procedure
by which the Navy will obtain its
personnel under the new draft law.
It is understood the plan provides
that t.he Navy shall select the men
needed for its special branches, the
remainder to come through the regu
lar draft process. Navy recruiting
stations will be reopened to co-oper
ate with local hoards in obtaining
skilled men and to serve as mobili
zation centers for drafted men al
loted to the Navy.
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AND SMARTED
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Itched. Cuticura Soap and
Ointment Healed,
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and when I scratched them they would
frun together, and my face
was a solid cake of sore
eruptions. The pimples
came in blotches and itched,
and after scratching they
burned and smarted awfully.
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and a half of Cuticura Ointment ana fl
two cakes of Cuticura Soap I was
healed." (Signed) Miss Edith M.
Coleman, 447 Townsend St., Wil
mington, Del., Sept. 1917.
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