KEYSTONE MEN TAKING PARTI GREATADVANCE American Troops Establish Firm Lines, Despite Counterattacks With the First American * Army Weat of the Meu.ne, Oct. 3.—American troops have established themselves Eolldly In Clorges, despite powerful German counterattacks. Cleges lies nearly three miles north of Montfaucon, where tho American center battled so stubbornly and suc cessfully on the second day of the offensive. Following a brief artillery bom bardment the Germans counterat tacked at 7 o'clock this morning from the region nor.th of Apremont In an effort to drive us back In tlio Aire valley. Troops from Pennsylvania repulsed the attack, though some fighting was still In progress, at 10 o'clock. Attacks Beaten Off Minor enemy attacks elsewhere yesterday evening were beaten off. The enemies' artillery fire every where decreased during the night and I Very Simple— There's nothing to it. 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' •' I Underwear Caps I THE GLOBE I Neckwear Shirts iHanHBBBHHHangJ Hosiery WEDNESDAY EVENING* thin morning except In the Argonne. Olt*'' guns silenced the enemies' bat teries. across the Meuse; full? privates from Pennsylvania surprised and captured seventy-five Germans in lighting north ht Vftr ehUes, All ttnonymoiis document dropped irt bur iihes west ofMhe Moselle I'eadsi "Ws want to know about Peace-. Wc believe the great war will last , at least another year it our capital lets and pan-Germans do not learn the truth about the great Aliied American offensive, ''We can't have victory by the sword." Though we have made Important gains since the opening of ,>ur new offohalve, Including the capture of the dominating height of Matufadoon, and token many prisoners, It la doubt ful if this la more Important to the Allied success than the fact that we have pinned down many enemy* divisions which otherwise would have been thrown Into line to stop the Anglo-American and Belgian offen j ssved In tho north, L I MIDDLETOWN . Nicholas Negro, 75, Dies From Pneumonia Nicholas Negro, agod 75. died at iho Karrisburg Hospital Monday evening at 8.20 o'clock from Spanish influenza, which developed Into pneumonia. Ho had been taken to I the hospital at noon Monday by Dr. j 11. W. George. He was a native of j Italy. coming to America in 1861. [He resided in Mlddletown for the i iast twenty years. He is survived by | one son, Frank Negro, of Lawrence i j street, where he had been making , his home. Funeral services will be held from the St. Mary's Catholic I Church Thursday morning at 9.30 | o'clock where high mass will be con- I ducted by the Rev. Jules Foin. Burial will be made in the Catholic Ceme- I Kitst Middletown. • The funeral of Alvin McNair will J be held from his late home. Union l and Emaus streets. Thursday after j noon at 2.30 o'clock. The Rev. Wil ' Beach, of tho P.oyalton United : Brethren Church, will officiate. ! Burial will lie made in tho family i plot in the Middletown Cemetery. I The body of Joseph -6. Manning, j who died at Washington, D. C., was I brought to town at noon yesterday I and taken to the old Lutheran | Church, North Union street, where j services were held at 2 o'clock, the Rev. S. T. Nicholas, of Washington, ' | officiating. The funeral of Miss Emma Keis ter will be held from the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William ; Koons, Friday arternoon, with serv -1 Ices at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Fuller t Bergstresser. pastor of St. Peter's Lutheran Church. will officiate. Burial will be made in the Middle ; town Cemetery. | The Pastor's Aid Society of the Methodist Church will hold its reg j ular monthly meeting at the home !of Mrs. Ward Thomas. Hummels | town, on Friday evening. They will meet at the home of Miss Mary , Beachler, North Union street, at 7.30 o'clock, and from there will be 1 taken to Hummelstown in the auto truck of A. H. Luckenbill. The girls of the grammar school j held a "-orr.munity'slng at the corner of Ann and Catherine streets last evening. The Woman's Club, of town, will hold its first fall meeting at the home of Mrs. H. B. Garver. East Water street, Thursday afternoon. Daniel Barbush and Eugene Barbush, who conducted the West End Hotel, Wood and Market streets, and James Barbush and Lewis Barbush, who conducted tch Mansion House, Swatara street and Keystone avenue, will move tft Harrisburg where they have secured positions. Preparatory services will be held in St. Peter's Lutheran Church this evening and on Sunday morning and evening the Holy Communion will he observed. The Rev. Fuller Berg stresser will have charge of the services: Railway Workers Buy SI,OOO in Liberty Bonds One tbeunnnd dollai'd Was subscrib ed to the Fourth Liberty Loan last night by Ledge No, 193 of the Amer lee 1 Federation of Railroad Workers on the occasion of their regular busi ness meeting, At ft meeting of the same organisation at Hummelstown to-morrow evening two or three more thousands ftl'e eicpected to be Invest ed In bonds, C, C, Harper presided at the meeting last night, Both Reading and Pennsylvania employes comprise the membership of the organisation will attend the lodge, The following delegates from eighth annual convention of the fed eration In Boston October IB; J. H. Lloyd, C, G. Harper, F, W. Paull, B. | .1, Miller mid J, O, Sweeney, Find Man's Neck Broken Riding in Freight Car Towandn. Pa., Oct, 3, Bamuel W. KI rich u IT, of Rush, riding In a Lehigh Valley frolght o*r, was found dead when tho train reached Moshoppen to-day. Tho man had bean badly Jolt ed and crashed against the sldo of tho car, breaking hie neck. Ho was working in tho car, unload ing lime, and was hurled against the side of the car when an engine struck It. Ho was 75 years old. Railroad Notes During September the Cumberland Valley Railroad Relief Association paid out 8427 sick benefits, 8823 acci dent benefits end S3OO death benefit. William Jaefer, aged 49, of Brook lyn, N. Y., conductor on the Pullman 1 car Freeman, attached to train No. 27, westbound, was injured while the train was running over the Middle di vision yesterday. Jaefer swerved under the speed of the train. He fell against a berth and sustained a bad gash above the right eye. Studies are being made by the United States railroad administration to determine whether the adoption of an equitable and universal plan for tho compensation of employes, In case | of death or Injury, and old age in surance is practioable. There are difficulties in the way arising from the existence of the present pension and insurance plans, but it Is ex pected that they can be overcome. As a fire prevention precaution, or ders have been issued by the railroad administration prohibiting smoking* in railroad shops, warehouses, store houses, freight houses and offices, in cluding record rooms and around freight 'platforms, and in all places where inflammable material Is stored. The list of Pennsylvania employes retired on penson on July 1, which has Just been issued, contains the names of 63 men and one woman. Seven of them had worked more than half a century each. The one woman, Miss Bridget E. Whalen, was tele graph operator at Collier, W. Va., where she had served a break from July 26, 1868, or 26 days less than half a century. The com pany's circular Includes a portrait and sketch of Miss Whalen and says that she was regarded as one of the country. TELEGRAPHERS TO GET RAISE Railroad telegraphers probably will receive a wage increase of between S2O and $25 a month soon, it was said yesterday by Railroad Administration officials. The application of the Order of Railway Telegraphers for more than twice this amount of in crease still is pending before the Board of Railroad Wages, which is ex pected to report soon to Director Gen eral McAdoo. The increase to be sug gested will be about equivalent, it is said, to that recently granted clerks, maintenance of way men, mechanical workers and other, classed of em ployes. • '' ' BLAHJRISBTJRG TEUBGR2LPH! KEPHART CLEARS TOWNSHIP LIST Almost a Million Dollars Paid Out to Second Class Townships For Roads nuoMan. State Treasurer K \\jtt //; Kephart has fln §V\W ished paying the \\.\\ J\ Second class lown ships of state WsSffiM 670,470.40 which WQS vote d by the I MtlOwStoJ IQBt Legislature to i alilHlail Uy arrears SSS3BSSO abolition of the road work tax, This sunt Covered the'years 1010, 1011 and 1012 and the Legislature which meets In Jan uary will be aeked to ears for 1013 and 1014. The last payments made were 3044,135,20 for 4911, *727,575,34 having beon paid for 1010 and $201,- 959.811 for 1913. Payments were only made to town ships which filed reports and agree ment with the State Highway De partment's bureau of township highways that an amount equaling what they tecelve from the State has or will be expended by the town -fefcf for certain specified purposes. Since TSr-" tlrst of 1007 the state has appropriated not far from $,- 000,000 under township acts. War Hits Repairs—Stuto reports are commencing to feel the effects of the .war ajtd some which used to bo spread ovor hundreds of puges huvo been cut In half. Superintendent D. F. Long called attention of Nome heads of departments to the diffi culties confronting tho printing trade and urged that they curtail their publications. In Issuing leaf lets as far as possible they are be ing hold down to one page, while tabular work hag been ordered re duced to a minimum. Scale Again.—Ban Jose scale has been reported as showing more signs of activity this fall among orchards in the northern and western sections of the state. Farmers and orchard owners who are Telylng on natural enemies and parasites are being de luded says State Zoologist J, a. Bun ders. Many trees have been dam aged, according to reports of State Inspectors. /Midwinter Show.—The State De partment of Agriculture has an nounced arrangements for state wide displays of fruit and potatoes at tho time of tho midwinter farm products exhibition to be held In Harrisburgr In January under aus pices of the Department. Grain and other products will bo In com petition and eleven classes have been arranged for apples with clubbcs for pears, quinces and other fruits to- KetHer with walnuts, chestnuts and shellbarks. AU fruit must bo Penn sylvania grown. The state lias been divided Into three districts for the potato show, Berks, Columbia, Le high, Montgomery and Schuylkill be ing in the first and Adams, Bucks, Cambria, Carbon, Chester, Cumber land, Dauphin, Delaware, Franklin Lebanon. Monroe and Northampton in the second with the rest of the State In tho third. The Bureau of Markots has Issued a warning that all seed corn for 1910 should bo promptly tested. The yield of Pennsylvania corn this year is stated to be nine per cent, below Sr t fJ?r average of 87 per cent. .Nothing Done Yet—Public Service Commission officials said to-day that I nothing- had yet been done about ex j uminatlon of books of the steam ! heat department of the Harrlsburg Light and Power Company, i Watching Situation— "The lnflu- I enza situation in Philadelphia and at j shipbuilding points is the most se ; rious in Pennsylvania to-day. We have had no reports of other out breaks of a serious nature to-day." said Dr. B. F. Royer, Stato Commis sioner of Health, Dr. Royer last evening, in addition to sending a de tail of doctors and nurses to Boston to help the Massachusetts State Health authorities, had nurses sent to mining districts in Jefferson and Indiana counties which had reported the disease. So far very few cases have appeared at the Oapitol. Conies Up Next Week —Members of the Public Service Commission will start consideration of the Phil adelphia Rapid Transit lease next Monday, when the next executive session will be held. The answer of the company to the questionnaire is expected in a few days. Inspecting Highway Highway Commissioner O'Neil is busy Inspect ing the Lincoln highway where the entire maintenance force of the de partment as far as can be assem bled, is at work repairing for the winter movement of Army trucks. Board to Sleet—The State Fores try Commission will met Friday at its offices. | At Sciunton—William H. Moore, lof the Internal Affairs Department* | is in Scranton on state business. Reserves Select Student Classes Students of Technical and Central High schools who have had some military experience and who show aptitude for military work have been formed into special classes for inten sive training so they can assist in the work of the Harrisburg Reserves and Company I men at the schools. The Technical class will be in charge of Captain L. V. Harvey and the Central men in charge of Lieutenant Shelley. The Technical men in the special class are Burkholder, Speicer, Frank, Wilsbach, Ebner, Peiffer, Strawheck er, Shope, Beck, McGrannaghan, J. P. Smith, Black, Brown, Harris, Kel ler, Bruker, Wallace, Schwartz, Jones and Eckort. A. Reeder Ferriday, who had charge of the Hummelstown drill last night, has arranged to have Hummelstown men of draft age at tend the drill of the Harrisburg Re serves Friday night at the Armory and to drill them afterwards. The men from Penbrook, Susquehanna and Middle Paxton townships and Dauphin district are also invited to attend the drill that night at the Armory. They will be in charge of Lieutenant H. W. Miller. The Central High juniors had a drill this afternoon in charge of men from the Reserve Militfa and the Re serves. Tho Militiamen were Captain R. C. Bartley and Sergeant W V Tomllnson. Sergeants J. H. Hall, J. P. McCullough and" others from the Reserves were present. WAR ON THE DRUG HABIT Washington, D. C.. Oct. 2.—Plans are being formed by government of lflcials to combat the drug habit which is on the rapid increase in the nation. The elimination of alcoholic drinks has added greatly to the number of addicts. Special legisla tion to amend the Harrison narcotic' act will be* recommended to Con gress. , SMALLWOODFOR DISTRICT BOARD Prominent Paxtang Man Is Chosen to Bo Additional > Member For Section " Thomas W, Bmallwood, woll- J known Harrtsburg businessman and active In Various linos, was to-day j announced as appointed an uddl- < tional member .of tho district appoal; board tor this section of tho state. | j The board meets ut the Capitol andi !is headed by Duvld E, Tracy. It has < chargo of uppeaiß for Adams, Center, Mllttin, Cumberland, Columbia, Dau phin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lebanon, Montour, NortU ! umberlatl.l, Ferry, Snyder, Union and1 I York. | , Mr. Smallwood, who was tho first , burgess of Paxtang, whore ho resides, ' will dovoto u considerable part of his timo to the work of th