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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.