8
PENNA. OFFICER
TELLS HOW ARMY
MAN GOT 9 HUNS
Sent to Install Phone in an
"Evacuated" City, He
Was Attacked
During the rout of the Germans on
the Marne, a Yankee signal battalion
under Lieutenant John A. Hart, of
Mayfleld. Pa., was advancing with
the infantry close on the heels of the
Huns.
Lieutenant Hart detailed two of!
his boys to enter a town which he
supposed had been evacuated by the
Germans, to install a telephone. One
of the boys was "knocked out," the
lieutenant writes, on the way to the
town. . .
"But the other fellow beat the in
fantry into the town," the lieuten
ant's letter continues, "and found
nine Huns in the place he was to put j
the phone. They made no effort toi
stop him at first, but finally one big;
fellow Interfered and then the fun;
began.
'This boy was a Polander, and four |
of the Huns were Poles and they,
helped him out, the result being that
he came back with the nine of them, j
two German telephones and a ma
chine gun."
Lieutenant Hart was in the first
rush of Marshal Foch's counter
offensive north of Soissons. He wit
nessed a charge by French cavalry.
French Think Yanks "Dippy"
"When a French cavalryman got
knocked out of his saddle," he writes,
"it was a funny thing to see •an
American catch the horse and with a
yell start ahead. The French think j
we are all half crazy, and the Huns
don't know what to think, but tlicy
know enough to put up their hands
and yell 'Kamared!'"
A Hun air raid on the headquarters
company Y)f the 112 th infantry is de
scribed by Private Harold B. Seid
ers. of Pottsville.
"It was around 10.30 o'clock, and
we were just getting under the;
blankets. when we heard the droning
sound of a Hun plane," he writes. J
"It was no use running, as it was,
moonlight, and they might have i
picked us off with their machine j
guns.
"We went outside the tents, so we
could see the whole show- One bomb ;
came down on top a hill just across <
the valley, and a big sheet of flame i
shot up, followed by a loud explo- 1
sion. Then there was another, and
'Fritz came over to us, dropping a j
bomb just as he came. Just as he!
was above us he left five of them \
drop, one following another. I j
thought our whole company was j
done for, but luckily for us he did
not land any among us, but threw
them all on top of the hill.
"The shock of the explosions near- j
ly knocked us down, and the whole
valley was covered with a cloud of
dust, and we could hear the shrapnel j
whining overhead."
Skill ana daring of artillerymen of j
the Iron Division contributed to tlie
speed of the American advance from)
the Marne to the Vesle. according to,
Lieutenant Elisha Kent Kane, of,
Kane, an artillery officer, who has
returned to train recruits. |
Lieutenant Kane said there were,
enough airplanes to support the ar- I
tillery in the Marne fighting. !
"There were enough machines for
observation and reporting ranges." I
he says, "so that the work of the ar
tillery was entirely effective at all
times." „
V. S. Artillery Big Factor
Describing the part played by the,
artillery in the American advance,,
Lieutenant Kane, who was with a
battery of 1555, said:
"The American artillery helped set
and keep the Huns on the run. and
In speed and accuracy has made an
enviable record- We gave the Ger
mans three shells for every one that
went over, and if their fire was warm
ours was hot.
"The 155s' worth is firing on em
placed positions. They are of howit
zer type, and surely can alter a land
scape. It is just like spraying with
a hose, the fire is so accurate and
deadly. Machine gun emplacements
do not last long under fire.
"In our advance we observed many
wrecks of machine gun nests that
were Wiped out by our guns. All,
American artillerymen ask is the:
range, and they will do the rest." |
That the soldiers from Western
Pennsylvania have been taking their |
part in the fighting in Europe is be
ing proved day after day, not only
by the letters received by friends and
relatives, but by their names in the
lists of casualties sent out. Some of
the letters tell of wounds and hard
ships, while others recount experi
ences of camp and field life.
With a machine gun bullet em
bedded in the muscles of his heart,
another through his left lung and
still a third in his kidneys, Frederick
Treseher. s*n of the late Sheriff John
H. Treacher, for twenty-eight years
editor of the Jeannette Dispatch,
writes from a French hospital to his
mother, Mrs. Maude B. Treseher. of
Second strest. Jeannette, that he still
lives to tell history. He says, how
ever. that lie will carry two of the
bullets through life as souvenirs.
Treseher was wounded on che
morning of July 29 during the second
battle of the Marne. He writes that'
he can remember very little about it, j
but that, during an advance up a
hill, while lying flat on his stomach
firing an automatic gun, he was hit.
He knew nothing more until the next
day when he recovered consciousness
In an ambulance on his way to Parla
H$ says he is quite a curiosity In the
hospital because of the bullet in his
heart.
A "Fighting Tenth" Man
In September. 1917, when not yet
17 years old. Treseher enlisted in
Company I of the "Fighting Tenth"
Pennsylvania. He won distinction as
a marksmen at Camp Hancock.
WOMAN ACCUSED OF
THEFT OF CLOTHING
Lydia Letman, 3410 Derry street,
will be given a hearing before Alder
man Hilton this afternoon on the
charge of shoplifting. It is charged
she concealed two skirts under her
sweater yesterday while in a Market
street department store. She was de
tected by the manager of the depart
ment store and Detectives Murnane
and Carson were notified. They ar
rested her and also secured a shirt
waist which she is said to have stolen
from the same store Saturday. Her
house will be searched for further
articles thought to have been stolen.
SOLDIER BROTHER OF
POLICEMAN, HIS GUEST
Frank Demma, brother of Joseph
Demma, of the local police force, is
visiting his brother at 810 South
Second street. Frank is now a mem
ber of the United States Army at a
Georgia training camp. Saturday
night Joe entertained the numerous
friends of the two brothers at a
chicken and macaroni supper In the
Friendship Fire Company House.
Frank will remain in the city on' fu~-
tough the remainder of the week.
rUEbDAf EVENING, HARBISbORU TELEGRAPH SEPTEMBER 17, 1918,
SHAMOKIN COAL
FIELDS IDLE LN
BIG MINE STRIKE
I Effort to Have Men Return to
Work in This District
Is Futile -
By Associated Press
Reading, Pa., Sept. 17—All of the
• Reading Coal and Iron Companies' -
collieries except those in the Shamo
kin region, lesumed work this morn
ing, having heeded the request of
Fuel Administrator Garfield. An ef
fort was made last night to persuade
the Shamokin men to gcc back to the
mines but the collieries are all idle
this morning. An official of the coal
and iron company stated this morn
ing that it is expected that all of the
men throughout the lower region
will be at work on Wednesday. The
mines south of Broad Mountain are
in full operation, none of the men
having quit work.
PottsvUle, Pa., Sept. 17.—Almost
all of the mines in the lower anthra
cite district which closed by a strike
Monday morning, remain closed lo
i day. Efforts to have them resume
failed. The strike has not spread to
any additional collieries so that the
situation is practically unchanged
from that of Monday.
CITY IS ASKED
FOR OLD CLOTHES
[Continued front First Page.]
needed.. In addition, piece goods—l
light, warm canton flannels and
other garments from which to make
garments for new-born babies, tick- (
ing, sheeting and blankets, woolen :
goods of every kind—and shoes of
every size are asked for. Scrap
leather is needed for repairing foot
wear.'"
The clothes will be subjected to
the hardest kind of wear and only
garments made of strong and dura
ble materials should be sent.
Garments urgently needed include
the following:
Men's wear—Shirts (preferably of
light colored flannels), undershirts,
underdrawers, trousers, coats, work
suits (overalls), suits (three-piece),
shoes, overcoats, jerseys, sweater
vests, socks (sizes 10% and 11).
Women's wear —Skirts, drawers,
envelope slips, petticoats, blouses,
shirts, overcoats, suits (two-piece), I
pinafores, shoes, cloth hats, knitted
caps, stockings.
Boys' wear—Shirts, union suits,
undershirts, trousers, coats, suits,
shoes, overcoats, jerseys, socks (sizes
1 to 9).
Girls' wear—Dresses, skirts, over
coats, night dresses, drawers, stock
ings (sizes 1 to 6), undergarments,
petticoats, suits (two-piece), blouses,
shoes.
Boys' and girls' wear—Hooded ■
caps, pinafores, woolen union suits.
Infants' wear —Swanskin swad- |
dling clothes, cradle chemises, bod-!
ices, cradle dresses, sweaters, bon
nets. bibs, neckerchiefs, diapers.,
shoes, baby dresses, hooded cloaks, 1
jackets, shawls, socks.
Miscellaneous Bed ticks, bed
sheets, pillow - cases, blankets, muf
flers.
Woolen goods of any kind what
soever are acceptable: soft hats and
caps for all ages, and sweaters of
any kind and size.
Men's shirts and pajamas, so worn
or shrunken as no longer to be
serviceable, are particularly wel
come, since the material can be
utilized for making children's gar
ments.
PEN'BROOK TO HOED
RED CROSS SUPPER 1
The Penbrook Chapter of the Red
Cross will hold a benefit chicken j
corn soup supper and home bake
Thursday evening in the basement'
of the Lutheran Church. The women
of the borough have contributed lib
erally in order to make the affair a
success. Additional donations may
be left with Mrs. Benson of 221
Twenty-ninth street
Appendicitis Fatal For
John F. Fasnacht; Dies
at Keystone Hospital
John F. Fasnacht, aged 49, died at
they Keystone hospital this morning,
following an operation for appendi
citiis. He was admitted to the hos
pital last Wednesday. It was seen
that his condition was critical and
the operation was performed in the
hope that his life might be saved. Sur
geons found the vermiform appendix
had burst, causing poisoning. The
dead man had been a photographer.
His home was at 55 North Thirteenth
street. His widow and three children,
Mrs. Walter Anderson. Harry and
Jennie Fasnacht, all at home, and
four sisters, survive. He was a mem
ber of Holy Communion Lutheran
Church, at Seventeenth and State
streets. Funeral services will be
j held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Burial will be in Harrisburg Ceme
tery.
REV. J. W. DESHONG
Funeral services for the Hev. J. W.
DeShong, who died Sunday morning
at his home, 222 Peffer street, wer6
held at 3 o'clock this afternoon in
the Green Street Church of God. He
was formerly pastor of this church.
The Rev. J. C. Forncrook, pastor of
the Penbrook Church of God, the Rev.
H. C. Hershey, pastor of the Green
I Street Church, and the Rev. H. G.
j Boughter. of Chambersburg, offici
ated. Burial was made in the East
Harrisburg Cemetery.
MRS. ELIZABETH HARNER
Mrs. Elizabeth Harner, aged 75',
widow of John Harner, died this
morning at her residence, 1417%
North Third street. Funeral services
will be held Friday afternoon at 2
o'clock, the Rev. Ellis N. Kremer,
pastor of the Reformed Salem Church,
officiating. Burial will be in the
Harrisburg Cemetery. Mrs. Harner
is survived by a sister. Mrs. Pris
cilla Gatt, Lancaster, a grandson, and
two great grandchildren.
Mrs. Harner was well known and
loved by many people throughout
the city. She had a host of friends.
JAMES KOFTAKA
Funeral services for James Kot
taka, a Greek, aged 27 years, who
was found dead in the bathroom of
his boardinghouse last Sunday morn
ing. were held this afternoon at the
funeral parlors of S. S. Speece. un
dertaker. 200 Chestnut street. Kof
taka worked up until 11 o'clock Sat
urday night at a restaurant near the
Pennsylvania Railroad station. He
had many friends here.
DORAX CLUGSTON
Funeral services will be held to
morrow for Doran Clugston, aged
33, who died yesterday from typhoid
fever at his late home, 235 Jefferson
street. He was employed as a brake
man by the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The body will be taken to Marys
ville by S. 8. Speece, undertaker, for
burial.
MRS. EMILY YINGBT
Mrs. Emily Yingst. aged 64 died
yesterday at her tiome, 2056 Fulton
street. She was the wife of Ephralm
Yingst and is survived by her hus
band and the following children:
Charles. Allen, Walter, Abner Yingst
and Mrs. Charles W. Morris, Mrs. Al
bert Siple and one sister. Mrs. B. F.
Knipp. and one brother, Allen Forest,
of this city.
Mrs. Yingst had a host of friends
throughout the upper end of the city.
Funeral arrangements will be an
nounced later-
ALL NEWS OF THE RAILROADS
NATION PAYS IN
HANDLING RAILS 1
OF THE COUNTRY:
v I
While Pennsylvania Piles Up
Deficit Southern Earns
$12,058,371 '
New York, Sept. 17. Unusual in
i terest is being taken in the railroads
; as they are being operated by the gov
ernment. Southern Railway Common
I stock has been attracting attention
among low-priced railway shares. Or
; ganized in 1894. the Southern Rail
way has outstanding $60,000,000 pre
! ferred stock, which is receiving 5 per
I cent, dividends, and $120,000,000 com
mon on which no dividends have ever
been paid. Under the government
guarantee, which is based on the;
average income for the three years l
ended June 30. 1917, Southern Railway I
will get enough to pay 5 per cent, on
its preferred stock and 3.9 per cent,
on its common. The Pennsylvania
Railroad proper for the first six
months of 191S failed by $2,655,391 to
earn even its tazes. For the cor
responding months of 1917 there was
a surplus of $25,092,176. While Penn
sylvania was piling tip that six
months' deficit. Southern was earning
$12,058,371.
Defanlta In Interest
On September 1 the Chicagb and
Western Indiana Railroad failed t<s
meet payment on $15,000,000 matur
ing one-year 6 per cent, notes. Direc
tor General McAdoo issued a state
ment. characterizing as misleading
the charge which had been made
the Federal Railroad Administration
was to blame.
Briefly stated, the position of the
government is that the charge pro
posed by the bankers for furnishing
the Chicago and Western Indiana with
$15,000,000 for one year 944 P er
cent. —was excessive, first, in view of
the fact that when the original $15.-
000.000 notes were floated, the prop
erty of the company had been ap
praised as worth $120,000,000. where
as the total indebtedness, including
the $15,000,000 notes, was 'less than
$70,000,000; and next, in view of the
fact that interest charges of the com
pany were# being guaranteed by the
government.
No St. Paul Merger
Rumors have been widely circulated
in Wall Street to the effect that plans
were being considered for a merger
of St. Paul, New Haven and Penn
sylvania to form a transcontinental
system. In discussing these reports j
one banker, usually well informed,
said: "Such talk is being promoted
for stock market purposes. This de
cidedly is not the time to plan rail
road mergers. What is going to hap
pen in the future regarding control of
the railroads, that is. whether they
are to be operated by the government
or returned to their owners, is in the
hands of an unborn Congress."
Earnings Decrease
American Locomotive published its
annual report this week for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 191S, showing
16.6 per cent, earned for its common
stock, against 21.S for 1917. Gross
earnings for 1918 amounted to $BO,-
558.000. compared with $82,213,000 for
1917, $59,316,000 for 1.916, and $9,302,-
000 for 1915. Last year's taxes were
$4,018,000, against $2,205,000 the year
before, and $795,000 for 1916. The
company now has a profit and loss
surplus of $17.525,000, compared with
$8,293,000 for 1915.
Decision Is Against
Railroad Carriers
Washington, Sept. 17. Practices
of carriers in the handling of eggs in
less than carload shipments are held
unlawful and unreasonable in a report
made to the Interstate Commerce
Commission by Henry Cuthtll, exam
iner in the case of the National Poul- I
try. Butter and Egg Association, j
against the New York Central and;
'other railroads. The practices sped- j
fied as urfiawful include the payment
of damages only on broken eggs in ex
cess of 5 per. cent., refusal to be re- |
sponsible for damage to contents I
where there is no External evidence of
damage, and denial of the right of
the consignee to make examination
of shipments before delivery.
STRIKE TIES UP TRAINS
Joplln, Mo.. Sept. 17.—Train service
on the Missouri and North Arkansas 1
Railroad after yesterday will be in- |
terrupted pending the settlement of j
a shopmen's strike. Trainmen eald |
they would not attempt to operate I
trains after to-day until necessary |
repairs on engines and motors are!
made. The strikes demand the gov- ,
eminent scale of wages and back
pay since January 1.
CLEAN "FURNACE ji
WILL SAVE COAL
All Harrisburg to Be Called
on to Do Work on "Red
Letter Day" <
"Clean the Furnace Day" is the lat
est red letter day to be marked on
the calendar.
Along with the Fourth of July, Me
morial Day, Lincoln's Birthday, and
other national holidays, it will be sol
emnly and faithfully observed by all
true Americans.
The Dauphin County Fuel Adminis
tration, at a meeting Thursday, will
designate the date of "Clean the Fur
nace Day." It likely will be during
this month or the early part of Oc
tober.
"On that day we want all good
American citizens to examine their
furnaces, fix up the grates and damp
ers. repair leaks, and overhaul their
heaters. It will save tons and tons
of coal," said Mr. Hickok, Dauphin
County Fuel Administrator.
The plan was devised at a meeting
of the Anthracite Conservation Com
] mittee. which met yesterday after
noon in E. M. Kaltwasser's office to
formulate methods for saving coal.
The Harrisburg Light and Powgr
Company will conserve coal by not
turning steam into the city mains un
til advised ,to do so by the Fuel Ad
ministration. Owing to the fact that
patrons sometimes have demanded
heat early in September during the
early morning and evening, coal that
could be saved has been wasted in
turning heat into the whole system to
satisfy the demands of supersensitive
; patrons, Mr. Kaltwasser said. The
State Fuel Administrator, hearing of
this condition, ordered that the steam
remain turned off until he sets a date
for it to be turned on. The date will
depend upon the weather.
Mr. Kaltwasser. manager of the
Light and Power Company, announced
yesterday that the plant has been
overhauled and the company prepared
to give efficient service during the
winter. A new boiler, which will de
velop 1,000-horse-power, has been or
dered, and will be Installed in the
main plant. Two 150-horse-power
boilers will be Installed in the Evan
gelical Publishing House, at Third
and Reily sU-eets. and will give better
service to the residents of that sec
tion. •
TWO WOMEN* ARRESTED
Grace Dogins and Mary Carpenter
were arrested by Patrolmen Dickey,
Cummins and Zimmerman last night
on the charge of getting drunk and
raising a disturbance. They were in
the neighborhood of 1232 Cowden
street, when arrested.
ISTOCKHOLDERS OF
B. AND (XHOPEFUL
;Look Forward to Meeting of
Directors on Dividend
Delay
Philadelphia, Sept. 17. Stock
holders of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad are looking forward with In
terest to the regular monthly meeting
of the road's board of directors, sched
uled for September 26. in the hope
that something will be done in the
matter of the dividend payment, which
is still held in abeyance. The rate to
be paid depends on the form of the
Federal contract and its acceptance
by the stockholders, as well as the
compensation which the road will be
allowed by the government. The di
rectors hope that the government
compensation will be large enough to
continue the 5 per cent, rate now paid
on the common stock. Estimates bas
| ed on the three years' test period in
| dicate tiiat the road earned 6.53 per
l cent, on the common stock, which
should be enough to pay the present
5 per cent, disbursement.
Standing of the Crews
HARRISBURG SIDE
Philadelphia Division The 111
crew first to go after 1.40 o'clock;
133, 118, 129, 116, 117, 112.
Firemen for 112, 117.
Flagman for 116.
Brakemen for 111, 116, 118, 129.
• Engineers up: Glineyoung. Coud
ren, Baldwin, Dolby, Gemmill, Steffy,
Miller.
Firemen up; Sauer, Barclay. Ins
wiler. Stamper, Harntsh. Dickover,
Eichelberger. Devafie, Brown. Fry.
Pitt, Pettijean.
Brakemen up: Pierce. Funk. Smith,
Long, Sherp. Wachtman, Walton,
Straw, Killian, Dearoff, Corbin. Heflln.
to go after 1.30 o'clock: 222, 20, 21,
Middle Division—The 18 crew first
3S, 224.
Engineers for 20, 21.
Firemen for 20. 21.
Flagman for 18.
Brakemen for 38.
Engineers up: McAlicker, Krepps,
Lofer, Leib, Leffard, Brink. Snyder.
Firemen up: Benson, Humphreys,
Ewing, Ulsh, Turnbaugh, Freed,
Brown. Acker, Markel.
Conductors up: Hoftnagle. Leonard.
Brakemen up: Steininger, Leonard,
I Manning. Warner, Linn, Depew,
Lentz.
Yard Board—Engineers for 4-7 C,
11C.
Firemen for 6C, 2-7 C, 5-7 C, 2-14 C,
23C.
Engineers up: Boyle. Ulsh, Bost
dorf, Schiefer, Rauch, Weigle, Lackey.
Coxerly, Mayer, Sholter, Bartolet,
Getty.
Firemen up:, Lake. Stapf, Witchey,
Myers. Shawfleld, Kistler, Mumma,
Rhine, King. Swope. Rein, Beard,
Kell, Rheam, Nichol, Miller, Wright,
Wert, Y'ost, Cordes.
ENOLA SIDE
Philadelphia Division The 206
crew first to go after 12.45 o'clock:
254 231, 230, 251, 212, 204, 217.
Engineers for 221, 251, 235.
Firemen for 217, 221, 254.
Flagmen for 230, 217.
Brakemen up: Shearer, Angelo.
Brakemen for 206, 254.
Middle Division —The 106 crew first
to go after 2.15 o'clock: 106, 220, 258,
101, 307, 103.
Brakemen for 101, 103.
Yard Board —Engineers for Ist 126,
2nd' 126, 3d 126.
Firemen for 3d 126, 135. No. 2
madeup: Ist 102, 119
Engineers up: Bickert, Hanlan,
! Barnhart, F.enicle, Kowell, Liddick,
j Zeiders, Lutz, Brown, Huggins. Wal
| ler.
Firemen up: Cristofaro, Shover,
' Richard, Felix. Yeagey, Hoch, Bit
| ting. Ready. Stoll, Blessner, Gross,
I Steffee. Miller. Bish, Eichelberger,
I Knochstedt.
PASSENGER SERVICE
' Philadelphia Division Engineers
I up: Pleam, Hall. Osmond, Kennedy,
| Lindley.
I Firemen up: Cover, Cook, Spring,
Copeland, Shaffner. Gillums, Althouse,
Floyd, Naylor.
j Middle Division Engineers up:
| xceiser. Miller, Robley, Graham,
| Keane, Riley. Crlmmel.
I Firemen up: Simmons, Sheesley,
j Fletcher, Reeder, Gross, Ross. Sheatz,
I Fritz, Arnold, Zeiders, Bender, Stauf-
J fer, Dunn, Snyder.
CHAPIN, WORLD'S
CITY EDITOR, IS
HELD BY POLICE
Gives Himself Up; Says Mind
Had Been Wandering;
Wife Shot to Death
By Associated Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 17.
Cliarles E. Cliaptii, city editor
or the Evening World, whose
wife was found shot to death hi
her room hi a hotel here yester
day, surrendered himself to the
lattice to-day. lie walked Into
un uptown police station early
to-day and was taken to head
quarters for examination by the
iliatilct attorney.
Declaring his mind had been
wandeung, Chapin told the police
he had been unable for sj'.erin davs
to recall his own name. Reidlng in
the morning papers accounts of his
wife s death and his disappeaiaiice,
the editor asserted, a' omptc'l him to
report to the authorities.
Discovery of Mrs. Chapin's body
followed receipt by Don Seitz, busi
ness manager of the Evening World,
of a letter signed "Charles TS.
Chapin," In which the writer hinted
at suicide and added:
"My wife has been such a good pal
I cannot leave her alone in the
world."
Mr. Chapin has been city editor
of the Evening World for twenty
years, and is one of the most widely
known newspapermen in the coun
try. For ten years before coming to
New York, he was connected with
newspapers under the Pulitzer ad
ministration in various other cities,
being at one time night city editor
of the St- Louis Post Dispatch.
TO LEAVE SCHOOL
Miss Frances Grove, a popular
member of the senior class of Cen
tral High school, leaves very shortly
to live with her sister in Ohio. Miss
Grove shows a spirit of unselfishness
in going to be a companion to her
sister, whose husband has been call
ed to the colors. She is a prominent
member of the C. A. O. Society, the
school choir and the Senior Girls
Glee Club, and will leave a host of
friends when she leaves Central.
PENNSY WORKERS
ASK EXEMPTION
Federal Manager Lee Issues
Bulletin Requesting Them
to File Claim
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
trainmen and shopmen have been re
quested by Federal Manager Lee to
make claim for deferred classification
in filling out their questionnaires
when they receive theni. A bulletin
to this effect has been posted in the
shops and on the various bulletin
boards at the terminals.
An effort was made to have the
railroad employes placed automatical
ly in tf deferred classification, but it
has been ruled that they must take
the same course as all other regis
trants in filling out their question
naires. They must make claim for de
ferred classification on industrial
grounds. The railroads have been
classed as being necessary in the
prosecution of the war and necessar
ily their working forces must be main
tained.
The great majority of the workers
in Harrisburg and adjacent railroad
centers will fill out the industrial sec
tion of the questionnaires and the
necessary supporting affidavits will
be made by their foremen and super
intendents. This will entail a great
amount of work, for the city's local
boards must send the questionnaires
to the district board, upon whom
rests the duty of deciding whether
or not the registrant is necessary,
subject only to the duty of the lobal
boards to make their recommenda
tions.
Middle Division Head •
Urges Speed on Pennsy; t
Will Help Boys to Win
Superintendent J. C. Johnson, of
the Middle Division of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad, to-day appealed for
the saving of time in every branch of
the service. In a bulletin made pub
lic it was pointed out that a loss of
250 cars in the train movement had
occurred because of the loss of time
on the part of 117 train crews.
For the purpose of speeding up
transportation Superintendent John
son yesterday had a census of the
freight movement taken both at Den
holm and at the Tyrone Junction. A
total of 7,995 cars were moved at
the two points during the day. In
appealing to trainmen, citing the
conditions as the result of the cen
sus. Superintendent Johnson ad
dressed them as follows:
"Yesterday there were 6,637 cars
moved by Denholm and 1,318 cars
interchanged with the Tyrone divi
sion, making a total of 7,955 cars.
It required 117 engines and crews
to handle these cars. Had we been
able to save twenty minutes in get
ting these engines around we could
have moved at least 250 more cars
for Uncle Sam and thereby have hur
ried up General Pershing's drive to
Berlin."
No More Information
About Troop Trains
In order to stop every leak that
might inadvertently result in import
ant information apropos of the move
ment. of trOop trains, nothing incident
to their arrival, departure or handling
on Pennsy or any other railway lines
will be announced, a bulletin by the
Railway Administration informs em
ployes here.
Accredited representatives of the
Red Cross may be told about the
coming of trains carrying soldiers or
sailors or marines only when they
are not bound for overseas, so that
the official chapter emissaries may
prepare to serve the Yanks with re
freshments at terminal points.
Any departure from the rule, offi
cials state, will be considered a fla
grant violation and will be dealt with
according to law. Employes at divi
sion points are the only persons to
receive intelligence concerning such
trains, nnd they are instructed to use
a special code when giving necessary
information to employes of connecting
lines.
BEER 10 CENTS IN CHICAGO
Chicago Sept. 17. —The price of beer
in Chicago was raised five to
ten cents a glass yesterday. The in
crease In price, the saloonkeepers
said, was caused by the advance in
the wholesale pride to $lB a barrel
for the better grade. Ordinary grades
were advanced from $l2 to $l6 a bar
rel.
13TH WARD PAYS
HONORS TO VETS
Service Flag With 125 Stars
Unfurled at Nineteenth
and Derry
Citizens of the Thirteenth Ward
of this city, honored the 125 men
and women residents there who are
serving their country in some capacity
last night at a service flagraising
in front of the home of Samuel F.
Dunkle at Nineteenth and Derry
streets. The huge flag, containing a
star for each of the Thirteenth Ward
heroes and heroines, was stretched
from the Flat-iron Building to a pole
at the corner of Nineteenth and
Derry streets. A committee headed
by Dr. C. K. L. Keen had charge
of the exercises, which took place on
the Dunkle grounds.
"Don't pray tor an early peace,'
declared Havel L. Wright in liis au
dress dedicating the flag last nlgnt,
"for such an end means a German
peace anu we will only be giving the
Dutchman a chance to hitch his pants
and start all over again. Ana re
member.". went on Mr. Wrlght,\ "that
in all the sacrhices the boys are
making, every loss tnat. is sustained,
it is not for their own benetit but
lor others. We too, then should
adopt that same spirit, workiflg and
striving not only tor our own salva
tion but tor the sake of others."
Last night's testivities lead off with
a street parade which included a de
tachment of police, the Thirteenth
Ward committee of arrangements,
band, color guards carrying the
American and service flags, Boy
Scouts, Red Cross Ambulance. Royal
Fire Company, and P. O. S. of A., and
their drum corps. Bringing up the
rear of the procession were the moth
ers of the boys in the service and
citizens of the ward.
Preceding the address of Mr.
Wright who is shortly to go to
Italy to engage in Y. M. C. A. work,
the big war service embleni was un
furled amid the enthusiastic cheers
of the large crowd assembled for the
exercises. A vivid summary of the
work so far accomplished, by the
American forces in France featured
(Mr. Wright's address which included
a boost for the forthcoming Liberty
Loan and congratulatory references
to the patriotic spirit of the resi
dents of the ward. The open aii
meeting was concluded by a spirited
rendition of the "Star Snangled Ban
ner" sung by the big audience pres
ent.
I)R. LAVERTY IN FRANCE
Dr. G. L. Laverty, of Harrlsburg,
I has arrived overseas. He is a lieuten
ant attached to Hospital Unit No. 70.
PAYS $230 FOR
STOLEN AUTO
Harrisburg Bellboy Sells a
Stolen Machine to Cham
bersburg Man
Paying $230 for a stolen car. which
he thought ho cume by properly, and
having the use of it for several
months before a Washington. D. C„
police officer told him it was pilfered
from the streets of the Capital, has
been the embarrassing experience of
John K. Rerger, of the firm of Berger
and High. Chambersburg. William j
Harris, a negro bellboy, formerly in
the employe of the Dauphin Hotel,
who sold the machine to Berger last
May, but who has iflnce left the city:
is being looked for by the Washing
ton police authorities.
Berger. while staying at the Dau
phin Hotel last spring, confided to
the proprietor of the hostelry that he
wanted to purchase a sscond-hand
Ford. Being referred by the proprie
tor to Harris, who, he was told, own
ed a Ford that he wanted to sell,
Berger got in touch with the colored
man and closed a deal with the latter
by which he was to pay the bellhop
$260 for the machine. Berger gave
Harris a check for $l3O on accepting
the car and agreed to pay the re
mainder when a full bill of sale was
turned over. After getting the money
Harris quit the hotei and hasn't been
heard of since.
Last Saturday Officer Fleet S.
Hughlett, of (he Washington police
department, came from the Capital and
sought Berger, to whom he told that
he had bought a stolen car belonging
to a resident of that city. Vernon
Thorne, of Annacostia. D. C„ was the
real owner of the machine.
Berger was told by the officer that
Harris Is credited with stealing at
least six automobiles, his method be
ing to locate in a city and settle
down to earning an honest living for
the purpose of securing friends artd
winning their confidence to be used
afterwards in making them instru
mental factors In selling "his" cars.
Invariably the employers of Hgrris
would help the "sale" along by rec
ommending some prospective buyer.
Harris, as in the case with Berger.
would always have "his" car in an
other city, and would have to go there
and get it when the deal was consum
mated. In this instance, the machine
was in "Baltimore," and the negro
said he had to go there to get it when
Berger decided to buy. What the
negro did was to Journey to Washing
ton and pick oft the likeliest-looking
Ford he could find and drive it to Har
risburg, where he sold it to the un
knowing Berger.
Harris, it is safd, has been arrested
in Baltimore, but emerged unscathed
from his disputes with the police, who
charged him with auto thefts. Besides
the half payment on the car. Berger
bad expended about $lOO in improving
tin* machine. The latter was taken
back to Washington by Policeman
Hughlett.
Railroad Notes
' General Superintendent H. M. Car
son. of the Central Division of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, is at the bed
side of his brother, who is critically
ill ot pneumonia, at his home, in
Wheeling, W. Va.
Railroad operators here have been
advised of the death of a fellow
worker. James C. O'Donncll, of Wil
liamsport. Pa. He was a member of
the Order of Telegraphers and also
of Belle Vallee Lodge of Masons, of
Jersey Shore. Death was sudden. He
had been at the key as usual the night
before his death and had not been ill
up to within an hour of his taking
ofT. Two brothers are with the Ameri
can Expeditionary Forces in France.
O'Donnell was married.
The oirtput of Mallet locomotives
at Altoona is to be increased. For
this purpose an addition of 240 feet
will be built to the Juniata erecting
shop, admitting the installation of
much additional machinery. Another
riveting tower also will bo built at
t]te boiler shop.
It was said in dispatches to-day
that approximately 74,000,00 will be
spent at Altoona by the Pennsylvania
Railroad on building the proposed
central station for all electric power
used by the company at that point,
and on extensions to the Juniata
shops, where new locomotives are to
be built.
SCALDED AT ROUNDHOUSE ,
William J. Davis, 1532 Chestftut
street, is in the Harrisburg Hospital
seriously scalded about the head and
face as the result of an accident at
No. 1 roundhouse on the Pennsylva
nia railroad, where he is employed
as a machinist. He was at work on
an engine when the boiler cap flew
ofT and scalding steam sprayed ovei
the upper part of his body.
This Store Opens The New Store This Store Closes
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Setting the Pace For High Grade Wl
Merchandise of 1918 ■
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selection of men's suits this year that it is a pleasure to
sell them. We bought them right and we are going to
sell them to you at the price of a very ordinary suit this [
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KEYSTONE STATE
SOLDIERS TAKEN
WAR PRISONERS
Pennsylvania Fighters Who
Are in Enemy Camps
Overseas
Washington, Sept. 17.—Lieutenant
Williaiu E. Schell of Somerset, Pa., is
a prisoner of war at Camp Karlsruhe.
Germany, and Lieutenant Robert G
Bonner, of Philadelphia, at Camp
Schweldnttz, according to announce
ment by the War Department. The
names were included among those of
122 American soldiers held prisoner.
At Cassel—Joseph M. Dawson, Im
perial: John Rltz. Bltuman; Peter E.
Stutzman, Somerset; Tony Clvilll.
Lebanon; Angelo D'AUessandro,
Philadelphia; RatTaffle Dt Donna.
Bristol; Juacob Doyka, Portage: Fred
Gregor. Erie; Felix F. Gutowsky;
Sabettino Lizzi; Sam Thomas. Phila
delphia; Raymond Turney. Klttan
ning; Joseph Wakessewskl, Phila
delphia; Harry Wilson, Philadelphia;
Walter Stanklewicz, Mount Carmel;
Jatnes Toomey, Scranton; Vitto
Bruno, Conshohocken; Stanley Grls
sell, Brooklyn; Arthur Fadden,
Scranton; Patrick Gilgallon. Scran
ton; Leo L. Joyce. Scranton; John L
McGuire, Pittsburgh; Stanley. Mnech,
Scradton; John H. Peters. Scranton:
Stanley J. Regula. Manayunk; Frank
J. Rice, Scranton; Clair S. Rogers.
Wyaluslng; Frank P. Rush. Chester;
August Scharmuck, Pittsburgh; David
Singer. Clarks Summit; Gus Smith.
Faetoryville.
At Unknown Camps—Pasquale Liv
rone, Leechburg; Joseph Neiss, Phila
delphia; William H. Moore, Philadel
phia: William E. Harris, Bethlehem:
Wilfrid Melia. Philadelphia; Merle K.
Glessner, Somerset; Alexander W.
Coffroth, Somerset; William T Bos
ler, Columbia; Frank G. Anderson,
Beaver.
At Langansalzaje- -Joseph Ihyona.
Philadelphia.
At Llniburg—Jacob Roussel, Large;
William J. Woelfel, Jr.. Philadelphia.
At Raastadt—Carlo Bazzani, Cou
pon; Louis H. Bell, Pittsburgh; James
J. Kennedy. Philadelphia; Edward F.
Bassett, Philadelphia; John Dreprez
Meve, Philadelphia
At Metz—Veto Danderlo. Old Forge.
Need More Money to
Fight Fare Increase
The need of more contributions to
I the fund with which Charles F.
Qtiinn, secretary of the Pennsylvania
Federation of Labor, proposes to
fight the increase in trolley fares be
fore the Public Service Commission,
is pointed out. Contributions to the
fund reported to date are:
Previously acknowledged ....$78.00
George M. Young 1.00
Anonymous 2.00
Harrisburg Jitney Asso 5.00
Total $86.00
Four County Boys
to Enter For Training
Officials of county board No. 3 at
Elizabethville announced this morn
ing they will send Harry Russell
Lenker, of Mtllersburg, to Camp
Made, to-morrow morning. Ira Kline,
of Millersburg, will be sent to Le
high University. Lester Lebo, Halifax
R. D., will be sent to Pittsburgh
University, and Richard Whltcomb,
Williamstown, to Brown Tech, at
Lancaster. They are going to-morrow
afternoon under voluntary induction
calls for special training.
MERCHANTS TO PLAN
FOR FUEL CONSERVATION
The Merchants' Committee of the
.Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
will hold a meeting at 4 o'clock this
afternoon in the Chamber of Com
merce offices in the Dauphin build
ing. J. William Bowman, chairman,
will preside and Ross ' A. Hifikok,
county fuel administrator, will be
present. Early Christmas shopping
and fuel conservation will furnish
•the topics for discussion by the mer
chants.
| STEELTON 1
TO AUcfIONOFF
RUBBER FRIDAY
Junk Dealers of Borough to
Bid; Messengers Post
pone Collection
William Nell, of the People's Na
tional bank, has consented to act as
auctioneer for the Red Cross on Frl- .
day afternoon when the big collec
tion of rubber, old' paper and bottls,
which has been collected, will be
sold to the Junk dealers. The sale
will be held at the Red Cross rooms
and any one is at liberty to bid for
the material.
The collection scheduled to have
been made by the Motor Messengers
this morning was postponed until to
morrow at the same time, on account
of the rain. Promptly at 8 o'clock
in the morning, the messengers will
start on their tour of the borough to
collect any rubber or paper which
has not been delivered to the Lawn
playground. They will also answer
phone calls to the Red Cross rooms,
or to the home of the captain, Miss
FTeeda Stees, Second and Pine
streets.
GUILD TO MEET
Mrs. Charles Kramer, 25 North
Second street, will entertain the
members of the Altar Guild of St.
James' Catholic Church, at her home '
on Thursday evening.
THOUGHT DEMENTED
Addie Harris, 314 Franklin street,
was locked up this morning after she
had given evidence by her actions of
probable insanity. A lunacy commis
sion will be appointed in the near
future to consider her case.
STEELTON MINSTRELS
AT CAMP COLT TONIGHT
The Original Home Talent Min
strels, revived especially for the oc
casion will give an entertainment at
Camp Colt, Gettysburg, this evening,
for the benefit of the Tank Corps,
stationed there.
The show will be composed of a
skit called "The War Bride," a dan
cing act and a baseball burlesque.
The following will compose the com
pany:
Frank Brashears, Charles Lynch,
Bentz O'Donnel, Joe McLaughlin,
John McMahan, Roland Ross, M.
Ludes, James Collins, G. Punch, Wilt-
Ham Lingle. Russell Rupp, Harold
Wells. Anthony Petrasic, Earl
Thomas. Harley Noll, Warren Boud
man, William Eucher, William Wln
kloman, Gwilym Watkins, Joseph
Winters, M. M. Cusack, James Cham
bers. Lloyd Brinser," Thomas Lynch,
William Daylor, A. Hertzler, John
Mannix and Frank Wieger.
WILL HOLD FESTIVAL
Brassier, Sept. 17. —A festival and
concert for the benefit of the local
branch No. 4, of the Steelton Red
Cross, will be held on the Bresslor
church lawn on Saturday evening
Mrs. B. Brunner is chairman of the
committee in charge. Music for the
evening will be furnished by the Gem
Orchestra.
IN SERIOUS CONDITION
AFTER CUTTING THROAT
The condition of M. Isaac Peiffer,
Middletown, who had cut his throat
in the garret of his home, is very
serious, it was said at the Harris
burg Hospital this morning. Peiffer
is 47 years old.
HAS FRACTURED SKULL
Emanuel Olbeda, 149 1-2 Adams
street, Steelton, employed at the
Bethlehem Steel Company plant at
Steelton. who sustained a fracture of
the skull last night, is in a serious
condition at the Harrisburg Hos
pital. Olbeda is a Mexican.
HOME ON LEAVE
Captain Harry Weaver, of Camp
Merritt, is spending a few days with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Weaver.