2 AMERICANS TURN BATTLE TIDE IN SIX-MONTH DRIVE Greatest War of History Shows Star of { Allies Ascending; Fighting Incessant With Bewildering Changes By Associated Press SIX months ago to-day the great German offensive began. For weeks victory seemed about to perch on the German banners, j To-day the Allied star is in the ascendancy. Anxiety and encouragement, depression and joy, have sue- j ceeded each other since at dawn on March 21 the greatest battle, of history began. It has been a period of almost incessant fight-J ing and of bewildering changes in the situations that developed from day to day and from week to week. Allies Unafraid, in Battle The Allies knew it faced Germany's mightiest effort last March I but it stood unafraid. Released bv the absolute collapse of Russia! as a belligerent power, vast numbers of German veterans had been rushed to the western front and been given intensive training j for the offensive by which the Teutonic war lords dreamed that ; they might force upon the world a German peace. Germany made no secret of her intention. It was known great 1 bodies of men and tremendous stores of munitions had been con-1 centrated at strategic points behind the German lines. It also j was known where the Germans would launch their attack, and for weeks before March 21 the eyes ol the Allies had been fixed on the long curving line from La Fere to Arras as the stage where the j first act of the great drama would be enacated. Sweep British Lines in Flanders Moving with a swiftness that carried concern to every Entente nation, the German forces swept over the British lines in Picardy j and rolled westward like a tidal wave during the closing days of I March, until at last the British reached positions where they could stand at bay and the French had come to form a living wall before the gray-clad host of the German empire. Hardly had its rush been checked than the line between Lens and Ypres was attacked by the Germans and again the British line swayed backward. This advance of the enemy went on until it reached the high ground to the southwest of Ypres and then it, j too, was stopped by the stubborn fighting of the Allied armies. Germans Break French Lines A pause followed for nearly a month and then, on May 27,! the Germans suddenly broke through the French lines north oi the Aisne river and smashed their way southward until they had reached the Marne over a wide front east of Chateau Thierry. Germans Make \cw Assault Xo sooner has the momentum of this drive been taken up by the \ yielding defense of the French troops than a new assault was made by ' the Germans, who this time tried to break the French lines between Mont- i didier and X'oyon and link up the Picardy and Marne sectors. It was here that the world had the first intimation that the Allied ; armies, which since late in March had been under the supreme command i of Marshal Foch. had been pursuing a definite policy and had conserved i their strength against the time when it might be used with good effect. I The German attack east of Montdidier came to a pause after six days of . terrible fighting in which the Germans suffered frightful losses and the ' French for the first time since the German offensive began struck back at the invaders. Americans Turn Battle Tide American forces had taken part in the final phases of the battle along! the Marne and had been instrumental in stopping the Germans at ! Chateau Thierry. In this battle came the first notable contribution of I America to the military fortunes of the Allies. Since March, however, : there has been a flood tide of khaki-clad men crossing the Atlantic and' I during May, June and the first part of July they rapidly moved up to the j battle zone. Foch Forces Hun Attack The sanguinary check of the German offensive east of Montdidier j gave the Allies hope that the German tide would be safely stemmed, and ! this feeling was heightened during the succeeding three or four weeks by a 1 series of local actions along the front from Soissons to Chateau Thierry j by which the Germans were driven back steadily from points of tactical ■ value. What was not known by the lay world was the fact that by i these very actions. Marshal Foch virtually forced the Germans to attack ; lomewhere in the Marne region, where preparations were made for a new ! phase of the struggle. Allies Resist "Peace Offensive" On July 15 the Germans made a new drive, called by them "the offensive of peace," from Chateau Thierry astward far into the Cham-I pagne sector. Xo sooner had the news of the attack reached the world j than the tidings came that the French, Ithlian and American lines sub- : Jected to assault were standing firmly in every vital part of the front i and that it was only by the greatest effort that the Germans poundefd their way ahead in the region southwest of Rheims and astride the Marne west of Epernay. It then was known that the Allies had solved i the German system of offense and were able to hold thir grounds. Foch Changes Situation On July 18. Marshal Foch launched an attack which has changed the ] whole complexion of the situation. From Fontenoy, on the Aisne, west of Soissons. to Chateau Thierry, on the Marne, the German! lines were torn to pieces and the Marne salient threatend to collapse. ! It was only by the most savage fighting that the Germans succeeded in ! saving thei rarmy from disaster and finally succeeded in retreating across j the Vesle river. Storm Hun Bines in Picardy On August 8, the French and British stormed the German lines in ! Picardy from the Ancre river to Moreuil, north of Montdidier and sent ' the enemy reeling back toward the Somme. The next day the French 1 crushed in the German front sotuh of Montdidier and then, linking their J lines with those of the British, farther north, forced the invaders back i to the eastward. Bess than two weeks later the German lines southwest of Arras were attacked and these gave way and the forces holding them joined their comrades farther south in a retreat which now has virtually reached the German lines as they were on March 21 from Arras to the Chemin des Dames, southwest of Soissons. While this retreat was going on. the Germans began a withdrawal from the Flanders salient and to-day they are nearly back to the lines from which they sallied to their attack late in April. Take 'Hindenburg Positions Thus far the Allied drive might ] have been considered in the light of ! defensive operations, but the work , has not paused with the mere re- ! pulse of the enemy. His positions along the Hindenburg line east of ■ Arras have been wrested from him, j while farther south, near St. Quen- ! t n. the British have in recent days j fought their way into the enemy's ; lines where he had planned to stand ' on the defensive. i Yankees Wipe Out St. Miliicl Salient | The first American field army has obliterated the St. Mihiel salient and ; straightened the line east of Verdun ; and now stands before Metz into | which American shells are fading. . Before the Allies there now standi! the great lines constructed by the : Germans during four years of war fare. These are not simple trenches, hut vast field fortifications which stretch from the North sea. with few j interruptions, to the Swiss frontier. ! This general line of defensive po sitions has become known as the Hindenburg line, but to different sec tions of it have been given names from the old German epic of the Niebelungenlied. Thus the Wotan, Siegfried, Brunnehild and Kriemhild lines have been mentioned in reports front the front. They are carefully constructed with all the science at the command of the German Gen eral Staff, and present a formidable barrier to further allied attacks. New War Methods to Win Six months of the warfare of mo tion, however, has taught the Allies that a trench is no stronger than the troops that man it. In this fact lies the hope of the Entente nations. New methods of attack, the employ ment of "tanks" and a higher morale than ever before in the history of j the war will be relied upon in the ' fighting to break the enemy's de fensive lines and force new re treats. German Hope Shattered Germany has lost her chance to force peace upon- the Allies American armies enter the fight with all their strength. This was her ho,pe SATURDAY EVENING, Hjurjrisburg TELEGRAPH: # SEPTEMBER 21, 1918 in March. Losses of a serious na ture were suffered by the Allies dur ! ing the long battle, but they have i been more doubly offset by the in ! flowing American legions. Germany's | losses, on the other hand, cannot be I made good. Hopes blasted, crack j divisions broken up and seeming , victories turned into defeats have J sapped the morale of the German i armies, which to-day are on the de ! fensive everywhere. I Almshouse Needs More of County Prison Labor j As the terms of the prisoners who | had been employed during the eum- I rner at the county almshouse, have | ended the board of poor directors j to-day requested the county prison j officials to furnish them six more I from the jail to help in the work at the poor farm. According to the di rectors the prisoners who were em ployed during the summer were sat isfactory and more will be needed to complete the usual fall work. The plan to use men in Jail serving sentences was decided upon a few months ago when a move was made to use all ablebodied prisoners for j county repair work. It was found j that no legal authority permitted this but that some of the men could be used by the directors of the poor. NO EXEMPTION FOR SOI.DIFRS Representative Good, of rowa, Re publican, made a vigorous but futile j fight for his amendment to provide | 13,500 exemption from Income taxes for persons serving in the military establishment overseas Instead of limiting the exemption as proposed in the bill to government salaries. A substitute amendment by Representa tive Austin, of Tennessee Republican, to exempt all privates from Income taxation also was rejected. CITY RESPONDING GLADLY TO CALLS OF THE BELGIANS Regina Street Resident Gives Overcoat After Delivering Gift For Sufferers 4 FOR THE BELGIANS! John I'avis. 1628 Regina street, walked into Red Cross headquar ters this morning with a bundle of clothing to be sent to the suf fering Belgians- "Here, take this too!" ne said when he was told of the crying need. In a few weeks a Belgiun will be wearing his hne black overcoat. A flood of clothing is pouring into Red Cross rooms these days us the result of appeals for wearing ap parel to be sent to Belgium and France: Scores of people do not stop at sending clothing. Their purse strings arc cut. Money comes with the clothing. In more than one case a bill is tucked away in a vest pocket of an old suit. Trucks Swlcd in Work Red Cross workers are gratified by the immediate response to their ap peals. "The city is responding quick ly." said u leader in the campaign. "There is a thing or two 1 wish re membered. We want more trucks from the merchants! These are need ed to collect the clothing next week' And we waut more clothing! The amount sent is only the beginning. By the end of the week we want to send Harrisburg district over the top with a total so far above the quota allotted that other cities will sit up and take notice." Xo Clothes. Hives Money The faces of Mrs. William Strouse and Mrs. W. G. Gipple were wreath ed in smiles when they saw the cor dial way n which Harrisburg is re sponding to the call for help. Mrs. Gipple was especially pleased when she opened a letter from James Mil ler, secretary of the Lykens Valley Mutual Insurance Company in which was enclosed a check for $5. In the note the writer said he doesn't have an old clothing that is worth wnile Since he wanted to help, he enclosed the money. Workers Named Mrs. Gipple announced this morn ing the personnel of the corps of workers under her direction, who will be on duty at the headquarters of the campaign in the old Astrich rooms. Fourth and Market streets. These are the names of the women: Entire week, Mrs. W. p. Gipple. j 1 219 Peffer street; Mrs. H. J. Steiger, I I 1938 Green street; Mrs. C. G. Shelley.! 226 Peffer street; Mrs. Fred Crump, j 332 South Sixteenth street; Mrs! Anna M. Wilton, 1517 Penn street;! Mrs. Ctlrrie Blyntire, 525 Muench j street. Monday. Mrs. J. C. McAllis-j ter, 272 PetTer street; Mrs. George B. j Rogers. 523 Race street; Mrs. Kreus.; Tuesday, Mrs. W. S. Robinson, 1937; North Third street; Mrs. J. C. Allis ter, 272 Petfer street; Mrs. John Hon-j ning, 1933 Penn street; Mrs. H. B. Miller, 1519 Penn street. Wednes-! day, Mrs. W. Rudy; Mrs. H. B. Mil ler, 1519 Penn street; Mrs. IV. S. i Robinson, 1937 North Third street. I Thursday, Mrs. A. W. Lutz, 2141 1 North Second street; Mrs. J. C. Allis- i ter, 250 Peffer street; Mrs. Samuel Donnelly, 1923 Penn street; Mrs. 11. j B. Miller, 1519 Penn street. Friday, I Mrs. C. Evans, 207 Hamilton street:] Mrs. Kreus; Mrs. Wilber Richwine, j 1625 North Third street. Saturday,! Mrs. M. Ruby, 415 Cumberland! street; Mrs. Wilber Richwine, 115; Cumberland street; Mrs. Kreus; Mrs.; John Henning, 1935 Penn street. SBOO,OOO TO BF" RAISED FOR WAR [Continued from First Page.] the state to be held at the Harris burg Club next Friday further plans j for the huge drive Willi be lad. F. B. I Shipp, state campaign manager and | a number of other leaders are to be present at this conference. Will Discuss Schedule Among the matters to be brought i up will be a schedule of dates for \ the thirteen district meets to be held throughout the state. It is planned to have able and forceful speakers present. If possible a connected schedule will be arranged with short jumps for the speakers. At the district conference sched uled to be held here within the next two or three weeks, the various coun ty leaders will decide upon the quotas for their local districts. .District Fourth In State The quotas for the various dis tricts of the state as announced fol lowing the conference at Philadel phia, are: Erie District $1,100,000 Pittsburgh District 7,000,000 Greensburg District 450,000 Johnstown District 400,000 Hollidaysburg District, ... 250,000 Harrisburg District 800,000 Philadelphia District 7,500,000 Scranton District 700,000 Wilkes-Barre District 650.000 Williamsport District, ..... 250,000 Sunbury District 200,000 Allentown District 600,000 Reading District 600,000 At the meeting yesterday these Harrisburg workers workers were named on committees: Executive Committee—J. B. Car ruthers. State Campaign Committee—W. P. Starkey, E. J. Stackpole and J. B. Carruthers. State Boys' Work Campaign Direc tor —H. J. Schmidt. Director of Rural Campaign—H. W. Eove. TO IXSPECT IMG CLIII H. G. Niesley, Dauphin county farm agent, announced this morntrfg that he will conduct two pig club round ups next week. Thursday afternoon the judges will award prizes to the best breeders in the Dauphin Club, in which there are eight members. Friday the roundup of the Deodate, Connewago Township Club, will take place. There are 14 members in the club. Middle burg.—J. G. Thompson and Prof. T. A. Stetler spent Tuesday at Philadelphia.—W. C. Fowler ieft for Pittsburgh, Thursday. Mr. Fowler was former superintendent of the Paxton brick works and resigned his positicn to accept an engineering po sition in the steel works at Pitts burgh.--Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Kreeger and Mr. and Mrs. George Stelninger are visiting at Philadelphia.—Mr. and Mrs. William Shindei, of Shamo kin, spent Tuesday with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Shindei. —Mrs. John Arbegast and Miss Edna Rcitz are spending the week at Phil adelphia.—Prof. Kelsey, principal of the Mlddleburg schools, spent Sun day with his family at Drums.—Roy Arbegast, of Eewistown, spent sev eral days with his family here.—Mr. and Mrs John Eisenhauer, of Sha mokin, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Shindei. on Thursday. PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD RULING ON RAILWAYS [Continued from First Pugc.] enced than it is easily remedied and it is as often affected by routing and scheduling as it is by the car carry ing capacity." The order in full says: Tle Ruling "The complaint, which was filed January 29, 1918, was couched in very general terms. It averred: 'That the employes of said company (Har risburg Railways Company) are vio lating the law by carrying passengers on the front platforms of cars to the danger of its passengers and pe destrians and others using the streets upon which it operates. This com pany has not maintained its sched ules for at least a year, nor fur nished heat during the cold weather to keep the passengers sufficiently warm. An insufficiency of cars has resulted in overcrowding and the great discomfort of those using its cars." "The answer stated that by gen eral regulation and specific Instruc tion employes on cars have been en joined front carrying riders on the front platforms, although some dif ficulty in enforcing the rules was ex perienced.on the Steelton line during the severe weather of last winter be cause of the refusal of passengers to comply; that the schedules were maintained with regularity except during abnorhtal weather conditions existing, following the early part of December of 1917, during which period the only portion of the streets open for vehicular travel was the street car tracks; that cars were heated except upon six occasions in December when shortage of coal necessitated the curtailment In the use of electric current for heating in order to maintain power for car movements. As to the insufficiency of cars, the answer stated that ten new cars were procured and placed in service during the year 1917 and five others were ordered in Septem ber of that year but had not been de livered. Cars Were Stopped "At the hearing the complainant was given full latitude in present ing other grounds of complaint con. cerning service, and our attention was directed by witnesses to occa sions of discourtesy to passengers by car employes and to the action of the latter in refusing to stop at crossings for waiting passengers dur ing the inclement winter weather. It was testified that on one occasion six cars passed by a Mrs. Bair with out stopping for her. but that in stance was successfully contradicted at a inter hearing by Mrs. Bair her self. who. when called as a witness, testified that she was waiting for a car going in the opposite direction from those mentioned, and that there was no refusal to stop. She stated that she took the first car go ing in the direction she desired to travel. "The rule requiring the {ront plat forms to be freed from passengers is one relating to safety of operation. It is for the protection of the public as well as employes and should be adhered to. The public being largely the beneficiaries of the rule should aid the company in securing obedi ence to it. The motorraan's attention should not be diverted from the per formance of his duties, or the free dom of his movements in car control interfered with, by the presence of passengers on the platform where he operates. The rule rises in impor tance when weather conditions are bad. during which the motorman is called to exercise special alertness. Conduct of Crews "The conduct of car crews toward passengers is an important adjunct of adequate and convenient service. This is a matter which the director general of railroads has emphasized in a recent order calling upon rail road employes to be courteous to train riders, and it has ekual im portance and place of emphasis with respect to street railway service. The testimony in this case does not lead us to the conclusion that the criti cisms in this respect is chargeable against respondent's employes gen erally. The company and its em ployes are, however, likely to be judged by the conduct of a few of the latter who fail to realize their public responsibility. Should there i be further cause of complaint, it can be readily brought to the attention of the company officials and this Commission if aggrieved passengers will report the number of the offend ing emplove. the number of the car and the hour of its occurrence. The company, as well as the employes, has a duty to perform which cannot he discharged except by the mainte nance of reasonable and proper dis cipline. secured by frequent car trip inspections. "Car congestion at rush hours is more frequently experienced than it is easilv remedied, and it is as often affected by routing and scheduling as it is by the car carrying capacity. These are matters which are receiv ing the Commission's • attention in another proceeding and are inter woven with questions involving ex tensions of lines and double-tracking in certain localities which will be controlled in part by the rearrange ment of service when the plans for the Capitol Park have been com pleted. Flat Wheeled Cars "The running of flat wheel cars was objected to by one of complain ant's witnesses. It goes without say ing that such cars are as annoying to the nassengers as they are ob jectionable to the residents along the streets over which they are oper ated The remedy is not difficult nor the time required long to correct. Such cars should be promptly re moved from service and repaired. The increased number of cars placed, in service last year andd during the present sceagon, totaling fifteen, has led to a material improvement in service and is an answer to that feature of the. complaint. Cars should stop at designated streets for the purpose of taking on passengers, although there is no apparent rea son in matter of convenience or service why. in order to equalize the loading or "to maintain the schedule, passengers should not take a second car following the first in close se quence, a fact recognized by com plainant. "The major portion of the com plaint related to matters occurring during the winter when all railways •in this and adjacent cities were con fronted by unusual weather and operating conditions, and time itself has furnished a remedy for some of th "The Commission is of the opinion that, the rule forbidding passengers to ride on front platforms should be strictly enforced, and the public advised by notices posted on each car. An order with respect to cour tesy to passengers should be pro mulgated by the company and strict ly enforced. Cars having flat wheels should be promptly removed from and not restored to service until re paired. The . Commission deems it sufficient at this time to thus call the attention of the respondent to these matters, particularly as in an other proceeding now pending be fore it the larger question of serv ice is being considered. The com plaint to the extent indicated is sua to snaH MERCURIES KNOCK OFF WORK AND STRIKE FOR NEW SCALE Western Union Messenger Bays Form Union and Elect Officers When Company Puts in New Pay- System Xot to-day did a fleet-footed West ern Union "Mercury" answer the busy man's multitudinous twist ot' the "buzzer." No. siree! said one. "Xot till we get what we want." And that want is four cents for delivering each message. 11.all came about this way. Yesterday 'when the boys were paid they were notified that their rate of three cents pay for each mes sage delivered would be changed sa as to conform to a new system evolved by the company. The boys claim this will materially reduce their pay despite the assurance that they will make the same amount as hereto fore. Now, as the Western Union Com- P. 0. S. OF A. BUYS WAR BONDS Mcchanicsburg Camp No. 16-1 Will Own $2,000 in Lib erty Loan Securities TRACTORS USED ON FARM Prof. H. A. Surface Has Dem onstration at His Home in Cumberland County Mechanicsburg, Pa.. Sept. 21. Washington Camp No. lt>4, Patriotic Order Sons of America, instructed the trustees to purchase SSOO worth i of the fourth Liberty Loan bonds, j Including this amount, the camp will own $2,000 worth of government Liberty Bdnds. —An interesting trac tor demonstration was held at the home of Prof. H. A. Surface about two miles south of town in Upper Allen township, on Monday after noon. A number of persons were present.—A large number of persons attended the missionary institute in the First United Brethren Church on Thursday afternoon and evening. An instructive and interesting program was given.—Mechanicsburg was well represented at the Liberty Loan meeting in Carlisle on Monday aft ernoon. Among those present were: The Res'. H. Hall Sharp, the Res', i Dr. T. J. Ferguson, Charles Eberly, ! John Davis, John Robertson, A. E. j Sieber, Charles Schaub, C. I. Swartz, Mrs. George E. Lloyd. Miss S. Edith Swartz, Mrs. C. E. Biindel and Mrs. Robert M. Martin. The meeting was j presided over by George E. Lloyd.— \ Mrs. Wrfifield Cobean and Miss Anna Stevens, of Harrisburg, spent Tues day with friends in Mechanicsburg. —-Mrs. I. M. Fought and daughter. Miss Lillian, spent the weekend with relatives in Middletown.—The Rev. George Fulton was at Waynesboro attending the fall meeting of the Carlisle Presbytery, of which he is clerk.—Miss Caroline Longsdorf en tertained the Woman's Organized Bible class of Trinity Lutheran j Church at her home in East Main street ok Tuesday evening. The next meeting will be held in October at the home of the teacher, George B. Hoover, East Market street. —Mrs. Gertrude Kepford. as executrix of the late Rev. George Trostle, sold at public sale the brick dwelling lo cated in East Locust street, to John Eisley, for the sum of SBBS. Two lots of ground on Glenwood Terrace at the western edge of town were sold for $75 to J. A. Furst.—On Tuesday evening the Mite Society of the First United Brethren Church, held a session in the church. An enjoyable program was given and refreshments were on sale.—Mrs. Samuel Hollinger, North York street, was hostess for the Mite Society of I the Church of God on Tuesday even ing.—Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Cook an nounce the birth of a daughter on Sunday, September 15. Mr. Cook is a West Main street jeweler.—Trindle Spring Lutheran Mite Society held a meeting at the home of Mrs. Alvin Rowe, on Thursday evening.—The Rev. Ellis Kremer, of Harrisburg, ! was here on Monday attending a session of the Refoijmed Ministerial I Association. Pleasant Fall Days Attract Visitors to Dauphin Dauphin, Pa., Sept. 21.—Miss i Margaret Brooks returned home on Thursday after spending several days at Millersburg.—Mrs. Alfred Clem son, of Halifax, was the weekend guest of Miss Helen Louise Wallis. j —Earl Warner returned to his home in Philadelphia on Sunday after 1 spending several days with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Warner.— Miss Belle Rupert, of Harrisburg, was the guest of Mrs. Charles Sel lers on Sunday.—Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Singer and daughter. Miss Dorothy Singer, of Bloomsburg, but formerly of Dauphin, spent several days here. —Miss Helen Knisley, of Harrisburg, was the weekend guest of Miss Elizabeth Knupp.—Howard ' Bell Hummel, of Philadelphia, re- I turned home on Sunday after spend- I ing several weeks with his grand- i mother, Mrs. Sabra M. Bell. —Miss j Elizabeth Poffenberger has return- I ed home from an extended visit to Camp Wheler, Macon, Georgia, and Washington.—Temple Heck, of De troit, Michigan, was a recent guest of his parents,. M'r. and Mrs. George W. Heck.—Mr. and Mrs. Chester N. Smith, of Pittsburgh, spent the weekend in town.—Miss Mildred Lybarger, of Reading; Miss Mar tha Cresswell and Miss Helen Hoff man, both of Harrisburg, are spend ing the weekend with Miss Sabra Clark. —Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Wallis left to-day for Ocean Grove, New Jersey, where they will spend several days.—Miss Emma Bomgard ner, of Harrisburg, is the weekend guest of Mrs. Harvey E. Forney.— Miss Minnie Snyder and Miss Hoov er, of Berrysburg, were the week end guests of Mrs. Harry B. Green await. pillow. Misses Margaret and Irene Snyder were at Elizabethville, on Tuesday.—Mrs. William Bowman and grandson. Marlin Reed spent the week at Lewisburg.—Mrs. Maggie Millbrant, of Shamokin, visited rela tives here for several days this week. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Underhofller, of Sunbury, visited his sister for several days.—Mrs. Emma Miller, of Catawissa, spent a week's vacation at the home of the Rev. P. B. Fa- I sold. pany knows to its sorrow, the spirit of compromise is not plentiful among the boys. Did they accept the company's ruling? Not at all. Saul the boys. "Well, we'll just go them one better. We'll take four cents for each delivery from now on. Since yesterday was payday, we have plenty of money to hold out for an indefinite time. At a meeting in the offlee of the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor, the messenger boys organized for war. Lawrence Alleg was elected president and. Edwin Kohler was elected secretary of the brand new union. A written copy of the mer curies' demands was presented to Manager Catherman. WHEAT ACREAGE IS INCREASED Adams County Farmers Nobly Responding to Request of Food Administrator IMPORTANCE OF THE GAIN Fruitgrowers Asked to Give Good Eating Apples to Sol diers' Club at Gettysburg Gettysburg, Pa., Sept. 21.—Adams county farmers are nobly responding to the appeal of the food administra tion to increase their acreage of wheat by three per cent. It seems as sured now 4 that Adams county will again go "over the top" due to her patriotic farmers, and nearly every farm will have at least one more acre of wheat. Investigations in every section of the county show that the farmers are fully alive to the im portance of food in winning the war. One farmer is increasing his wheat acreage from fifty to one hundred acies, another front seventy to one hundred and such instances can be found all over the county.—The fruitgrowers of the county have a chance to perform a patriotic service by presenting to the committee in charge of the Soldiers' Club good eating apples, grapes and other truits, a request having been sent out by the committee for things of this kind that can be given to the boys when they come to make themelves comfortable at the club of an even- Iflg-—Fourteen of the young men of the county who went to Camp Lee in the last contingent of sixty-six have been sent home because of failing to pass the tests.—The American La dies' Military Band, which is touring the country and playing for the sol diers in the camps and cantonments, visited Gettysburg during the week and gave a number of concerts at various parts of Camp Colt. The band expects to be sent to France to play for the entertainment of the boys.—Miss Nelle Bream, of this place, has volunteered her services as an army nurse and has been ac cepted. Miss Bream is a trained nurse and was Assigned to Camp Colt, right here at home. She took the oath of her appointment on Sep tember 3, and entered upon her duties the same day.—Charles H. Hartman, purchasing agent of the Reaser and Gettysburg furniture plant has accepted a job under Uncle Sam as an inspector in the aircraft production inspection department and has taken up his duties at Wash ington.—Harry .Zepp, one of our county farmers, has a great display of coin on his land, some of the stalks measuring fourteen feet.—The marriage of Miss Mary E. Slaybaugh daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer E. Slaybaugh, and Lieut. Charles W. McKee, United States Army, has been announced, the ceremony tak ing place at Butler, the home of the groom. Lieut. McKee has been as signed to Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C., where they will live until he Is sent overseas.—Harry K. Pfaltzgraff, of McSherrystown, has been accepted for service by the Knights of Colum bus war work board, and has report ed for duty as a secretary at Camp Humphries, Belvior, Va. Lewisberry Epworth League Holding Cornsoup Supper Lcwisbcrry, Sept. 21. —This even ing the Senior Epworth League of the Methodist Episcopal Church will hold a thicken cornsoup supper in Mrs. Annie Lavid's storeroom on Main street. Ice cream will also be on sale. The cabinet of the league composed of H. M. Sutton, Miss Edith Clinc, Mrs. J. H. Shettel, Mrs. H. M. Sutton, Mrs. J. C. Parthemer, Miss Marjorie Ensminger and Al bert Krone is the committee in charge.—Miss Mary Bratten, of Ha-- risburg, is spending the week with her sister. Miss Clarissa Bratten. William B. Weigle returned Tuesday evening from Philadelphia. He was accompanied home by his wife vho spent some weeks at a hospital in that city, where she received treat ment.—Miss Anna Wise, of New berrytown, spent Sunday with her uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Strayer and Miss Nora Bonner. Mrs. Morris llarman, of Harrisburg, is spending several weeks with her sister, Mrs. Thaddeus Strayer near town.—Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Arm strong and daughter, Laurabel, of Harrisburg, and Mrs. Amanda Arm strong, of New Jersey, spent several days with Mrs. Laura Kline.—Miss Mary Erankeberger is spending sev eral weeks with her sister, Miss Kena Erankeberger, at Williamsport.— Miss Madaline Bell, of Goldsboro, is the guest of her grandmother, Mrs. Alice Stonesifer and uncle and aunt. Dr. and Mrs. H. C. Hetrick.—Mr. and Mrs. George Ottmyer and daugh ters. the Misses'Lois and Phyllis Ottmyer, of York, were guests of Mrs. E. M. Sutton.—Mr. and Mrs- Harvey Zorger and Miss Ethel Frankeberger, of Harrisburg, spent several days at the Sutton home. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer C. Wise and sons. Stuart and Raymond, spent Saturday with Mrs. Wise's mother, Mrs. Ida Kur.kel, of New Cumber land.—Mrs; Annie Laird is attending her sister, Miss Jane Potts, who is ill at her country home a few miles from the borough.—Miss Hannah Lease is the guest of her sister. Mrs. George Snyder, of Oyster's Point, near Camp Hill. CHANGES IN RESERVES Following the resignation of Cap tain F. H. Hoy, Jr., as commander of Company A, of the Harrisburg Re serves, because of his election as Academy drillmaster. Major H. M. Stine to-day appointed William L Keller, as captain of Company A. and Harry W. Miller, fiirst lieutenant. DEMOCRATS FAIL IN NATION'S WAR CRISIS [Continued from First Page.] House military fcommittec, were sin gled out for comment on their atti tude and activities, and Chairman Ferris of the Democratic congres sional campaign committee, was ac cused of unfair criticism of the Re publican record for campaign pur poses. "Would the support of the war have been any less vigorous If a Republican hud been speaker in stead of uur honored Champ Clark, who opposed the declaration of war and went out of his way to defeat tho draft?" asked Mr. Giilett. Kltrliiu Voted Against .War "Would tho sinews of war have been any loss amply or more section ally provided if u Republican had been at ilie head of thtj ways and means committee instead of Mr. Kitchin, who also voted against the war and against the draft? "Would necessary war legislation been retarded any more if at that momentous juncture a Republican had been chairman, of the military committee instead of Mr. Dent, from whose hands the administration pro gram of tho draft had to be taken and carried through by a Republi can? And so, I might proceed with the other committees." VEILLER ASKED FOR REPORT ON FINDINGS [Continued from First Page.] of a housing program were thor oughly converted to it by Mr. Veiiler." Mr. Jackson said that many of the j members had expressed to him their 'approval of a housing program after having heard Mr. Veiller. Many of them were amazed at the declara tion of the expert to the effect that 50 per cen J . more people are com. j lortuble housed on the ground used • for the Cameron Extension develop | ment than could have been placed on | the ground in houses built along the i usual overcrowded lines in Harris- I burg. Mr. Veiller intends to work this out on paper and send it to Harris burg as a demonstration of the fact that land can be economically used without building houses of the tun nel type, and by so setting them that each may have its proper amount of light and air. Another subject in which the ex pert showed much interest is that jof zoning. He believes, with all other students of municipal growth and development, . that the city should set aside zones for manufac turing plants, business places and residences, and that each type should be confined to its own district. New York and many other large cities have tried this with success and real estate owners in particular have | found it worked out to their benc- I lit. At the same time it prevents i front the encroachment of undesir able industries upon residential dis tricts and tends toward making the city using the system more health ful, as well as most beautiful. Widow Sues Traction Company For $25,000 Mrs. Sarah K. Fry, widow of Ed win H. Fry, who was killed July 18 when he was thrown from a wagon which he was driving in Middletown, ha"s brought suit against the Har risburg Railways Company for 92 5,- 000 damages. Fry was in the wagon at the time of the accident and it is alleged it was struck bv a ear of the railways company which was loaded with rails to be used in relaying a section of the track. Mrs. Fry claims that as a result of the death of her hus band there are five children and her self without support. Newville Church Flag Contains Nine Stars Newville, Pa., Sept. 21.—Dedica tion of a service flag will take place at St. Paul's Lutheran Church to morrow evening at 7.30 o'clock. The flag contains nine stars. Special music consisting of solos, male quar tets and anthems, will be rendered. Readings and an able address will be delivered. The church will be decorated for the occasion.—Harvest Home services were held at Zion Lutheran Church Sunday morning. A fine display, of fruits, vegetables and cereals were arranged in front of the pulpit ar.d a suitable ceremony was delivered by the pastor, the Rev. C. C. Rasmnssen.—Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Fry and daughters, Vir ginia Rae and Shirley Louise, of Paxtang, spent several days with Mr. Fry's mother, Mrs. Margaret A. Fry.—Misses Emma ahd Laura Gracey, visited friends at Philadel phia the past week.—William Eby, of Mechanicsburg, is visiting at the home of his son, C. B. Eby—Mr. and Mrs. F. Frank Bower, Big Spring avenue, entertained at dinner on j Sunday, Mrs. Wayne Longstreth nnd | two child-en, of Philadelphia; Dr. j and Mrs. J. A. Bower and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bower, of Wyneotte; | Miss Jean Bower, of Germantown; , Charles Shaner and wife and Hoyt H. j Bower, wife and child, of Harris i burg: Miss Margaret Bower and Mr. ! and Mrs. A. I). Laughlin and daugh ter, Mary Jane, of Newville.—Alias ! Mary Elliott left on Monday for ; Philadelphia, where she will enter ; Lankeman Hospital to take a three year course in nursing.—Miss Helen | Elliott has gone to Philadelphia, | where sho has accepted a position ;at the Episcopal Hospital.—Miss ; Lucy Sollenbcrger returned to Pierce ' School. Philadelphia, where she will ! complete a secretarial course. PLAN BIG LOAN DRIVE Mount Union, Pa., Sept. 21. ' Plans are under way to make the ! Fourth Libert! Loan drive a greater i success than the former ones, al ; though the hird reached more than ' four times the town's quota.—l,. K. | Baldwin, teacher of science in the ; High school, resigned on. Tuesday j and left immediately.—Efforts will i be made In the near future to secure i a bridge across the river between ; Mount Union and the Aetno explo ' sives plant- I —John Miller and sisters I visited their brother, Jere Miller, at 1 Camp Upton, New York, on Sunday. '• —Six o'clock closing will continue j during the months qf October and | November.—Miss Isabel Buller has i been elected tc teach history in the | Junior High school. Killingcr.—Mr. and Airs. Monroe Bohner. of Pillow, were guests of Air. and Mrs. Warren I. Miller, on Sun day.—Mr. and Mrs. Christian Feldt, of Pittsburgh, are spending a week at the home of his brother, George H. Feldt, east of town.—Mrs. A. L. Hile and daughter Frances, of Sun bury, after spending a week with relatives returned home on Tuesday evening.—Air. and Mrs. Montgomery Philips, and Mrs. Nathan Feidt were entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lanton Weaver, on Sunday aft ternoon.—Mrs. Harry Jury, who was ill for over a week, is improving. MEMORIAL DAY DEAD SOLDIER Services in Honor of Member of Greencastle Methodist Church Killed in France IN THE 112 TH REGIMENT^ Army Officer Sends Home Shoulder Straps Taken From Dead German ftreenenstle, Pa., Sept. 21.—Special services in memory of Winfleld Geary Carey will be held in the Methodist church here to-morrow • evening. Young Corey, who had bee( a mem bq/' of the church and Sunday school for several years, enlisted in July 1917, in Company C, of the old Eighth Regiment, National Guard of Penn sylvania, now the One Hundred and Twelfth, at Chambersburg. He was killed August 19 this year, while In active service in France.—Mrs. J. Funk Martin has received a letter from her son, Lieutenant Henry Mar tin, in which he enclosed a shoulder strap that was taken from a Prus sian officer that was killed when a few Americans on a scouting party came upon some Germans.—William McLaughlin, son of Mrs. Ella Mc- Laughlin has entered Mercersburg Academy.—The Rev. H. P. Burkhold er, of Berlin, Somerset county, who was recently extended a call by the Lutheran church of town, has noti fied the council of his acceptance. He will take up his duties November I. Mrs. Jane Hostetter, Funk apart ments, celebrated her seventy-ninth birthday on Tuesday. Mrs. Hostetter has spent her whole life in Green castle, and has been most charitably inclinded. She was the recipient of many expressions of good will.—Nor man Sowell, of Providence, R. 1., is visiting his brother, Dr. G. A. So well.—Dr. John P. Stover is confined to his home in East Baltimore street. by illness.—Miss Ella Shoemaker, of Philadelphia, was a visitor with her sister, Mrs. H. H. Bally. Mrs. Watson Coleman, of Washington, D. C., spent part tjf the week at the home of A. G. McLanahan.—Tho Pennsylvania Annual Conference of the United Brethren in Christ convened in its one hundred and thirtieth annual session on Wednesday in the Radical United Brethren Church, of Green castle. Bishop C. L. Wood, of Alama, Michigan, is presiding, and will preach to-morrow morning and even ing.—Mrs. A. Oakey Hall, of New York, has returned home after spend ing the summer in Greencastle. Mrs. Hall is the widow of A. Oakey Hall, a former Mayor of New Yorjf.—Miss Helena Nowell has returned from At lantic City, where she spent the sum mer. —Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Willett announce the birth of a son, Sunday. Miller. Mrs. Willctt was formerly Miss Ethel Lykens United Brethren Church to Burn Mortgage Lykens, Pa., Sept. 21.—Rally Day services will be held in the United Brethren Chut eta, September 29. when the burning of the mortgage will take place. The pastor is thA Rev. S. L. Rhoads. —The Zion Luth eran Church, the Rev. S. C. Jones, pastor, will hold their Rally Day services, September 29. —Mrs. Bertha Daniel and Miss Ella Ely, of North street, were guests of Mrs. Eliza beth Gaup at Elizabethville on Sat urday.—Mrs. George Radel, and daughter, Ada, visited the latter's sister, Mrs. Beulah Daniel, at Eliza bethville on Saturday evening.—Miss Naornia Shomper is teaching the school at Lenkerville and Miss Mary Laurer, teaches at Mahantonsfo. — The Junior Christian Endeavor So ciety of the United Brethren Church has elected these officers: Presi dent, Frederick Rhoads; secretary, Thelma Renshaw; librarian, Naomia Renshaw; organist, Ernestine Hoff man.— school opened on Monday, the teacher being Miss Ely, of Lykens.—The Stony Hill school was opened on Monday by Mrs. Qur tis, of Williamstown and the Big Run school by Mrs. Bertha G. Daniel, of Lykens.—Miss Edyth Jones, left this week for Wilson CoL lege, Chambersburg, to resume her studies. Sho was accompanied as far as Harrisburg by her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. S. C. Jones.—Mrs. Laura Patterson, of Lancaster, was the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Jlarter, of South Sec ond street. —The immersion of Mrs. Jesse Harter's daughters, Ruth and Arlene, of East Main street, took place on Sunday afternoon in Ratt ling creek by the Rev. S. C. Rhoads. of the United Brethren Church.—T. Edward Ely, who has been suffering with nervous prostration, is conva lcsing. Mrs. Omer Matter and daughter, Mirian, spent Sunday at Harrisburg.—Mrs. Joseph Russel, of Steelton, has returned home after a visit with Miss Ella Ely, of North street. —Mrs. Jesse Harter, accom panied by her four children, has re turned home after a six weeks' visit to relatives at Brattleboro, Vermont. Pastor on "Vacation" Makes Shell Casings Cleveland. O. The Rev. H. C. Bailey, pastor of a local Baptist church, is spending his vacation as a worker in a munition factory here, helping make shell casings. The Rev. Bailey offered his services to the government at the outbreak of the war as a chaplain, but his offer was not accepted. "If I can't go as a chaplain to minister to our boys overseas, I can help furnish them with the weapons , of war," is the way he expressed it. FLAG DAY SERVICE Allen, Pa., Sept. 21.—A flag day * service was held Sunday at the Luth eran church. A sermon was preach ed by the Rev. Tribley, pastor.—Dr. and Mrs. William Baish and chil dren, Eugene Christine and Sarah, left on Sunday for Baltimore, after spending a month at the homo of Mrs. Baish's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Landls.—Miss Tura Landls, * left Tuesday for Spencer, N. Y„ • where sho will spend two weeks' va cation with her cousin, William Landls. —Mis 3 Josie Brandt, of Boil ing Springs, spent several days with her cousin, Mrs. Sarah Horner.—Miss Kathryn MoDermlt, of Carlisle spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Leib. —Miss Helen Weber, of Mechanicsburg, spent Sunday with Mrs. Fred Tompson.—Miss Cora Nicjrby spent Sunday with Miss Esther Weignert.—Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Asper. of Mechanicsburg, spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. Asper's sister and brother, Emma and Henry Asper. BANDITS CLEAN OUT BANK Chicago, Sept. 21.—Five bandits to day looted the Argo State Bank here of practicaly every dollar In Its treas ury. Bank officials placed the booty at $20,000 in currency, mostly hills of small denomination, and between )30,000 and 9*0,000 In Liberty Bonds.
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