14
CHURCH WOMEN
AT TOP SPEED
IN GATHERING
Mrs. Robert Bagncll Succeeds
Miss Lodge as President
of Methodist Body
Important business was trans
acted this morning by the Philadel
phia branch of the Woman's For
eign Missionary Society of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, which is
holding a four-day meeting in the
Fifth Street Church. The speed
with which the different items on
the program were disposed of
evoked the admiration of a city of
ficial present and brought from him
tho observation thut so big a pro
gram, involving the election of new
officers and other important mat
ters, "couldn't be done" without
much lengthy ado. not to mention
other glaring ways of carrying elec- j
tions and doing things in political
bodies.
51 rs. H. C. Sheaffer, chairman of
the nominating committee, who
facetiously reminded the delegates
to the meeting what was expected
of them by the "city official" in the
course of the election, speeded up
this part of the program in retalia- I
tion for the "slander," with the fol
lowing results which were achieved
in record time and without "graft:"
All the officers of last .year of im
portance, with the exception of
president, were re-elected. These j
are:
Mrs. Bagncll New President i
President, Mrs. Robert Bagnell, I
Harrisburg; vice-presidents, Mrs.
Cyrus D. Foss, Philadelphia; 51rs. |
Joseph F. Berry, Philadelphia; cor- I
responding secretary. Miss C. J. i
Carnahan, Pittsburgh; assistant cor- i
responding secretary, Miss J. H. |
Knox, Pittsburgh; secretary of
Home Department. Miss Susan C. j
Lodge, Philadelphia; recording see- :
retary, Mrs. W. T. Cooper, Lans
rtowne, Pa.; treasurer, Mrs. Curtis
Sooy, Philadelphia; superintendent
of Young People's Work, Mrs. H.
H. Campbell, Holly Oak, Del.; su- j
perintendent of Children's Work, 1
Miss Ina Wilhelm, Holly Oak, Del.; j
editor of quarterly, Mrs. H. C.
Sheaffer, Wlconiseo, Pa.; secretary I
of literature, Mrs. Emma F. Shilling, j
Wilmington, Del.; secretary of spe- I
cial work, Miss Helen R. Pershing. |
Wilkinsburg, Pa.; students' secre
tary, Mrs. O. P. Akers, Meadvllle,
Pa.; secretary of tithing, Mrs. L. L.
• Swisher, Warren, Pa.; secretary of
extension work. Miss Emma Becker,
Lebanon; secretary of interdenomi
national work. Mrs. Thomas 11.
Alexander. Claymont, Del.; secre
tary of publicity, Mrs. Charles H.
Newing, Wilkes-Barre; auditor,
Frank A. Sorber, Philadelphia.
But Ouo Change in Leaders
Miss Susan C. Lodge, who has had
the distinction of being the society's
president for many years past, re
signed, Mrs. Bagnell being elected
to this office. It was the only Im
portant change in the personnel of
the officers made at the meeting to
day.
Next in importance on the busi
ness program this morning was the
election of delegates to represent the
Philadelphia branch at the general
executive meeting of'the society to
he held in Cleveland October 31 to
November 5. These were decided
upon as follows:
Miss Catherine S. Maxwell, Cham
bersburg. Pa.; Mrs. 11. H. Campbell,
Holly Oak, Del.; alternate delegates
elected wede: Mrs. C. 51. Olmsted,
of Kingston, Pa., and Mrs. N. W.
Nolen, of Pittsburgh.
slcet in Altoona in 1010
By an unanimous vote of the
members, Altoona was chosen as
the next meeting place of the Phila
delphia branch of the society. This
will occur In 1919.
51any of the papers scheduled to .
be read at the morning session were
put over until this afternoon, but
the few which were read were of
vital interest to members and au
ditors alike.
Mrs. Curtis Sooy, branch secre
tary of extension, read a paper on
"Seed in Good Ground," describing
and interpreting the work done
among women in the home and else
where, who, owing to invalidism,
duties of motherhood or other rea- |
sons are kept from regular church j
attendance. Invariably such as |
these are kept on the "inside i
track" of things religious during
their forced stay indoors with the
result that when they emerge upon
the spiritual life of the church
proper they find themselves not a
whit behind their more fortunate
communicants.
In the group of reports made this
morning three missionary eandi- |
dates were introduced and two an- j
nounced. The former were sliss |
Elizabeth Kilburn, Miss Emma E. ,
Donohugh and Miss Hazel Work- j
man. ' The latter were 51iss Ruth j
Dansom and Miss Frances Vander- |
grift.
Bishop's Wife on Program To-night
The feature of the meeting this
evening will he the address of Mrs. j
William Frazier McDowell, wife of 1
Bishop McDowell. "The Queen of the j
Treasure Garden" is the topic of this j
speaker. slrs. Robert Bagnell, the j
newly-electetl president, will preside
to-night.
Soldiers in South May
Form Beidleman Club
The Harrisburg Republican Club '
has received a letter from First Lieu- j
tenant Thomas P. Moran. at Galves- |
ton. Texas, in which he says he hopes i
to get home to vote. "I am anxious I
to get leave of absence to vote for j
Senator Beidleman for Lieutenant j
Governor," he adds. "Ithink every j
citizen of Harrisburg should give I
the Senator a complimentary vote, |
for. he will be a credit to Harrisburg
ana every citizen should feel proud j
to know that one of the city's native '
sons is to hold next to the highest i
office in the state of Pennsylvania, a j
gift of the people of the greatest
state in the union.
"The Pennsylvania boys In this
vicinity want to forth a Beidleman
club but our duties are so divided
we would have to have four meet
ings a week so that all could at
tend."
TO OPPOSE EVANS'
DEMAND FOB NEW TRIAL
Much Interest has developed In
legal circles In the city because of
the efforts being made by attorneys
for William Evans, colored, to get
,a third trial for the condemned
'man. Assistant District Attbrney
Frank B. Wtckershani. who, han
dled the prosecution of the murder
case at both the first and second
trial, was successful In securing ver
dicts of murder In the first degree.
William H. Earnest and Thomas C
McCarrell, attorneys for Evans
said they will he prepared to argue
their motion for a new trial as soon
as Judge A. w. Johnson, who was
specially presiding in court, will
come to the city. Mr. Wickersham
will oppose the motion.
THURSDAY EVENING,
; MARKETS
, _
*HW YORK STOCK*
I Chandler Brother* and Company,
j members of Now York and Philadel
phia Stock Exchange*—3 North Mar-
I ket Square. Harrisburg; 338 Chestnut
j street, Philadelphia; 34 Pine street,
i New York—furnish the fallowing
I quotations: Open. Noon.
| Allis Chalmers 28% 23%
American Can 44% 44
Am Car and Foundry .. . 85 35%
Amer Loco 66% 66
Amer Smelting 77% 77%
American Sugar 108% 108%
Amer Woolens 53% 53%
Anaconda 70 70%
Atchison 86% 86%
i Baldwin Locomotive .... 85% 85%
| Baltimore and Ohio .... 53% 53%
j Bethlehem Steel 75 74%
Butte Copper 25 25
j Canadian l'acilic 166% 166%
I Central Leather 70 70%
Col Fuel and Iron ....... 44 43%
Corn Products 43% 43%
Crucible Steel 61% 60
Distilling Securities .... 49 48%
I Erie 15% 15%
j General Motors ......... 123% 123%
i Goodrich B F 50 51%
| Great Northern Ore .subs 20% 20%
Hide and Leather 18% 18%
j Hide and LeathcT pfd ... 90 90
Inspiration Copper 55% 55%
i International Paper .... 35 35
: Kennecott 33% 34%
Lackawanna Steel 80 80
| Lehigh Valley 60 60
: Maxwell Motors 30 3u%
I.Merc War Ctfs - 27% 27%
; Merc War Ctfs pfd 107 107%
| Mex Petroleum 121 119%
I Miami Copper 28 28
Midvale Steel 50% 50%
jXY N H and H 40% 40%
Northern Pacific 88% 88%
| Pennsylvania Railroad . 43% 43%
Pittsburgh Coal 50% 50
Railway Steel Spg 67% 67%
Ray Con Copper 23% 24
Heading 89 88%
Republic iron and Steel . 90% 89%
Southern Pacific 88% 88%
Southern Ry 28 28
Studebaker 57% 57%
Union Pacific 127 " 126%
U S 1 Alcohol 108% 109
U S Rubber 62% 62%
U S Steel 109% 109%
U S Steel pfd 110% 110%
Utah Copper 84 84
Virginia-Carolina Chem .55 55
Westinghouse Mfg 43% 43%
Willys-Overland 21% 20%
I*llll. AIIF.I.I'II I t STOCKS
By Associated Pi ess
Philadelphia, Oct. 3. Wheat
No. 1, soil. leu. 32.25; .So. 2. red. $2.24;
No. 2. soft. led. $2.22.
Bran The market is steady; soft ]
winter, per tun. $46.50@47.00; spriug 1
per ton. $44.01)045.00.
Corn The market is dull; No. 2. j
yellow, as to grade and location,
$1.60®/1.75; No. 3 yellow, $1.60®1.75. i
Oats The market is steady;
No. 2, white, 81%®. 82c; No. 3, .white, i
80® 81c.
Butter The market is lower;
western, creamery, extras, 61t; nea--!
by prints, fancy, 66@6Sc.
Eggs—Market steady a Pennsylvania
anu uihei nearby m.-is, nee cases.
315.90® 16.20 per case; do., current re- !
ceipts, free cases, $16.30®1a.60; per l
case; western, extras, lirsts, free casus j
$15.90® 16.20 per casej do.. Ilrsts, free I
cases, $16.30® 15.60 per case; fancy, :
selected, packed, 58®60c per dozen.
Cheese The market Is higher; :
iY4 w^Ao' rk and Wisconsin, full milk, j
31 % @ 33c.
lien lieu Sugars Market steady !
powdered. 8.45 c; extra tine granulut- I
ed. 7.25 c.
Live Poultry—The market Is steady; I
fowls, not leghorns. 30@40c; fowls,:
leghorns, 25®28c; young softmeated j
roosters. 24®25c; young, stuggy roost- i
ers, 24@25c; old roosters, 24®25c; 1
spring chickens, not leghorns. 27® 3-lc' '
leghorns. 25@28c; ducks. Peking. |
spring. 32@34e; d0.,01d.80,i32c; Indian
Runner, 28@30c; spring ducks. Long
Island. i.u®37c; turkeys, 37@350; I
geese, nearby, 26®26e; western. 23® i
26c. " 1
Dressed Poultry Steady; turkeys I
nearby, choice to T QS UC uu ' i
fair to good, 32@37c; do., old. 37®3Sc"
do., western, choice to fancy. 37@38c-'
do., fair to good, 32@36c; do., old lorn* S
30c; old, common, 30c; fresh killed
fowls, fancy. 37%®38c; do., smaller
sizes.33®3ic; old roosters.2B%c; spring
ducks. Long Island, 38® 39c; frozen
lowls, fancy, 36fq/3a%c; do., good to
choice, 32@34c; dt., small sizes. 28®
30c; dressed Pekin ducks higher. 34®
36c; old. 30@32c; Indian Runners, 27®
27% c: broiling chickens, western. 38®
40c; roasting chickens, large. 35@36c
roasting chickens, medium. 30@34 c '
Potatoes The market Is firm- I
New Jersey. No. 1. sl.oo®lls'
per basket; do.. No. 2. 6u®76c|
per basket; do.. 150-lb. bags. No 1 I
$2.65®3.00, extra quality; do.. No 2 I
sl.oo® 2.25, Pennsylvania. 100 lbs''!
$1.30®1.65; New York, old. per 100 lbs ' '
$1.55® 1.75; western, per 100 lbs. $1 25 I
® 1.55; Maine, per 100 lbs.. $1.60®
I.80; Delaware and Maryland, per ion I
lbs.. 90c®$1.10; Michigan, per 100 lb
$1.50® 1.70; Florida, per barrel"
$2.00@4.00; . lorlJa. per bushel' '
liamper. 75@S5c; Florida, per 150-tb'
bags, $1.50@3.00; North Carolina per
barrel. $1.50@4.00; South Carolina ner i
barrel. $1.50®4.00; Norfolk, per bar- i
rel. 52.n0®4.<5; Eastern Shore ner I
barrel. $3.00®5.00. . yer j
Flour Dull: 'nfer wheat, new I
100 per cent. Hour, $10.00@10.30 perl
barrel; Kansas wiijeat, new. $lO 7s®
11.10 per barrel; W.ring wheat "new
$10.75011.10.
Hay Market firm; timothy
No. 1. large and small bales. $36 00®
37.00 per ton; No. 2. small bales. $34 00
@35.00 per ton; No. 3. $28.00@32.00 per
tun; sample. $12,503' i.. fto per ton; no
grade. $7.50011.50 per ton.
Clover Light mixed. $32.00®
34.00 per ton; No. 1. light, mixed
$32.00032.50 per ton; No. 2. light mix
ed. $28.00033.00 per ton; no .grade
$!8.0(i®20.00 per ton.
Tallow The market Is firm'
prime, city, in tierces. 18c; city
special, loose. lS%c; prime counfrv
17% c; dark. 16@16%c; edible, in
tierces. 20@20%c.
CHICAGO CATTLE
Chicago. Qct. 3. (IT. S. Bureau
of Markets). Hogs Receipts.
29.000; market generally 25c lower
than yesterday's average. Butchers,
Sl9 no® 19.40; light. $18.76® 19.25:
packing. $17.90® 18.75; rough. $14.35®
17.75; pigs, good to choice, $17.00®
18.00.
Cattle Receipts. 15.000; steers
steady; butchers' and canners' stock
10c to 15c higher; calves strong to
25c higher.
Sheep Receipts, 42.000;* market
slow to lower.
CHICAGO no A JU> OF TRADE
Br Assoriated Press
Chicago. Oct. 3.—Board of Trade
closing: y
Corn November, 1.29%; DecelYiber.
1.96% .
Onts November, 69; December,
69%..
cork October, 36.30; November.
36.80.
Lord October, 26.65; November,
25.70.
P'hs Octoher, 22.65; November.
22.60.
2.400 Wanted For
Mechanical Training
Stte draft headquarters was to
day called upon hy the "War Depart
ment to se id 2.490 white men quali
fied for general military service and
with n grammar school educatlpn to
State College. Carnegie Institute of
Technology at Pittsburgh and the
University of Pittsburgh for special
mechanical training. The men are
t • b entrained October 15 and the
period for voluntary induction will
clove October 12.
Fifteen hundred men are to fro to
the University of Pittsburgh and 490
to Carnegie for U-aining In aut(
niechanlcs. while 500 are to go to
Btate College for general mechanical
training for the Armv.
Registrants of September will be
admitted to these calls.
LENS IS TAKEN BY
BRITISH IN ADVANCE
tContinued Fronl Pngg Oue.j
istic elements of tho empire may gather In an effort to bring about
a negotiated peace.
German Lines Give Way
With their lines broken in many places from the North 6ea to
Verdun the Germans are beginning to retreat at many points
along the battle line. Outflanked and imperiled by the advance
of the Anglo-Belgian armies east of Ypres, the enemy now is rap
idly retiring from the La Basse sector. It is reported that Mciiln
and Roulers are burning, that the Belgians are within two miles
of Turcoing and that Lille is being emptied of its civilian popu
lation. •
Around St. Quentin the fighting still continues in mostly rear
guard engagements.
Retreat Before Bertholet'B Army
Near Rheims, the Germans are retreating before General
Bertholet's army. In Champagne, the enemy slowly is giving
ground as General Gouraud moves northward; f
In the Belgian sector the enemy's situation apparently is most
critical. Their retirement from La Bassee apparently necessitates
abandonment of the district of Lens, to which the Germans have
desperately clung.
Move Heavy Guns Off Coast
The Germans are reported to be moving their heavy guns
back from the western Flanders coast, and rumors from Holland
says the whole ooast may be evacuated.
British, American and French forces apparently have broken
the Hindenburg line between Le Catelet and St. Quentin. They
are across the Somme rivers which was the strongest line of de
fense in this sector.
North of Rheims the French have carried the hill positions
preparatory to pushing forward across the lowlands east of the
Aisne canal.
Hard Fighting in Two Sectors
In the Champagne and the Argonne the French and Americans
are fighting hard and progress seems to be very slow. The drive
north of Rheims is closely related to that near Verdun.
With Damascus lost to the British, Turkey again is reported
to have unofficially approached the Allies with proposals for an
armistice.
Austria Clamors For Peace
In Austria the demand for peace is assuming a more definite
phase. Baron Von liussarek, the Austrian premier, in an address
before the lower house cf parliament expressed belief that efforts
to end the war would be continued by Austria.
Fourth Loan Sales Pass
Half Billion Mark With
Nation That Far Behind
By Associated Press
Washington, Oct. 3, Liberty
•Bond sales have passed tjie half Dil
| lion dollar mark but the country still
is nearly that amount behind sched
ule for the first four days of the cam
j paign.
In addition to the half billion offi
cially tabulated, however, Treasury
j reports show many millions of dol
t lurs' worth of bonds have been sold
but not yet reported to banks. if
will take two or three days to round
up these reports and by Saturday
loan headquarters here expects to
have figures which will fairly repre
sent subscriptions up to that time.
State Police Work
For Co-operation
Plans whereby the State Policemen
In various districts will get into
closer co-operation with county, city
and borough authorities, were inaugu
rated yesterday af Pottsville. The
officials, including district attorneys
and police officers, were guests of
the State Policemen at luncheon, and
then shown the film, "Keeping Fit."
Addresses were made by Captain L.
F. Pitcher, the deputy superintendent,
and various officers, and a basis of
mutual help established. The film will
be shown and a similar meeting held
at Wyoming, in Luzerne county, on
Saturday.
The plan of the policemen will meet
with general favor throughout the
state and bring about closer co-opera
tion for government and local work.
Ilenton 1.. UCNII WIIM to-ilny appoint
ed justice of the peace for Washing
ton township, York county, and Ed
ward sloore for Scottdale. DeWitt C.
Parkinson was appointed alderman
for the First ward of Monongahela.
T.| .1. MeMnbon, of Montrose, was
to-day appointed superintendent of
State Police for Susquehanna county.
Tlie Iteynolilsvllle Chamber of Com
merce to-day filed complaints with the
Public Service Commission against the
rates and service of the Jefferson
Electric Company. ,
Firearms seized by the State Game
Commission officers and State Police
men for violations of the allien gun
and other state laws and sold by the
commission are not taxable l>y the
Federal government, according to an
opinion given to-day by the Attorney
General's office to Dr. Joseph Kalbfus,
secretary of the Game Commission.
Hugh A. Dnnson, representative
from Scranton, and Itobert P. Silvei'-
stein, secretary of the Scranton dis
strict appgal board, were here to-day.
slr. Dawson is on his way to camp to
see his brother. He has four brothers
in-law in service, too.
PUTS fnn.ooo IN BONDS
The Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company, through its local represen
tative, John Heathcote, has bought
$15,000 worth om bonds through the
Harrisburg district. This company
has sold $107,000 worth of Thrift
Stamps In this vicinity through it
agents.
Freedom Leads the Way
lelajrjrisbttrg tslbgrslph!
Letters Are Received From
Corporal Listed as Missing
Corporal Frederick DeWltt Stief
fer, 222 Briggs street, named in re
cent War Department casualty lists
as missing in action, is wounded and
in a hospital in France according
to advices received from him by his
family. According to communica
tions from the War department ho
was missing in action since August
7. Throe letters have hecn received
from the corporal since that time.
The first dated August 11, said he
was all right, the second and third
advised that he was wounded and
in a hospital but the location was
not disclosed.
Corporal Stieffer is a brother-in
law of Lieutenant "Jim" Long and is
widely know nhere.
Lieut. Von Bereghy Is
Wounded in Action
Lieutenant 51arcel von Bereghy, of
Company F, 111 th Infantry, lias been
severely injured, according to a mes
sage received in Lebanon by his wife,
who before her marriage' November
10 last was sliss Beatrice Focht, of
Lebanon. Lieutenant von Bereghy is
twenty-five years old and the son of
Julius von Bereghy, of Harrisburg.
While a student at Harrisburg Tech
nical High School and at Lebanon
Valley College, of both of which in
stitutions he is a graduate. Lieuten
ant von' Bereghy won scholastic and
athletic honors.
Kesher Israel Organizes
Red Cross Auxiliary
Four hundred dollars and twenty
sewing machines were contributed
to the new Jewish Red Cross auxil
iary at the first meeting held last
night in Kesher Israel Synagogue.
The entire first floor of the synago
gue will be used by the workers on
Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Misrf* slary Friedberg was elected
rs chairman; Miss Mary Cooper,
vice-chairman; Miss Bessie Kerson.
secretary, and Mrs. Joseph Silber
man, treasurer.
WARNS STUBBORN OBJECTOR
New Vork, Oct. 3.—Professor Wil
liam G. Markuette, associate pro
fessor of botany at* Columbia Uni
versity, a conscientious objector, was
arraigned yesterday for the second
time in Federal Court here, on the
charge of "wilfully neglecting" to
register for the last draft.
Judge Clayton said to him: "I
want you to remember that I sent
a man to jail for six months a few
days ago for failing to register.
Pray that the Lord may give you
ilight and knowledge to see your mis
take."
Speedier Freight Hauls
Please Regional Chief
Harrlsburg freight men have been
advised that Regional Dliector Us H.
Marhham is pleased with the Im
petus given the movement of freight
trains over the Philadelphia and
Middle Divisions of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, The efforts of the officials
to speed up so that shipments in
tended for the prosecution of the
war should move promptly to sea
board, together with a desire to de
liver coal shipments throughout the
United States are meeting with suc
cess, Mr. Markham udvlses, Gen
eral Superintendent Joseph H, Oum
bes quotes the regional director as
saying!
"I have had grcAt pleasure in
noting reports showhig the move
ment over tho various divisions for
four consecutive days, over tho 7,000
mark, and 1 congratulate you und
your organization on the good re
sults obtained from your efforts to
tnerenso handling of traffic over the
main line, which is after all the key
to tho situation and In a large way
determines the efficiency of the
Pennsylvania Railroad."
Superintendent Johnson, of the
Middle Division, announced that
7,838 cars were handled on that
division Tuesday, 6,780 being past
Denholnt and 1,072 Interchanged
with Tyrone Division. Much diffi
culty was due to bad engines, which
ho declares ure enemies.
Yesterday 7,657 cars wero moved
on tho same division. Past Den
holnt 6,591 were handled and with
Tyrone Division a total of 1,066
wero Interchanged.
RETURNS TO PKNXSY STAFF
Having received a release from
the United States Army, in which
he held a commission as colonel,
Horace C. Booz has been appointed
corporate engineer of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad. He was assistant
chief engineer when sent to France
at the request of Vice-President W.
W. Atterbury, having been granted
leave of absence to become a mem
ber of Mr. Atterbury's staff as en
gineer of construction in charge of
port and transportation facilities
required for American troops, their
munitions and supplies.
Railroad Notes
A wrec koccurred on the Penn
sylvania Railroad at Hyde's Grade,
a short distance south of York, last
evening, When a truck of a car on
a freight train going west broke and
threw the car off the track. The
York wrec.king crew was called out
to repair the damage.
Mrs. Susan M. Miller died sud
denly of diabetes and general com
plication of diseases at the Altoona
passenger station. Mrs. Miller was
on her way to attend the funeral of
an une'e, Eugene Price, Port Ma
tilda, when she took seriously ill.
Assistant Supervisor A. W* Duke,
of the Middle Division, has gone to
Wiiliamsport on business.
When his brakestick slipped and
caused him to fall, Charles Gen
samer, an . Altoona Pennsy yard
brakeman, suffered fractures of his
third and fourth left ribs yesterday
morning and was taken to Altoona
hospital.
Mars Still Is Evening
Star; Moves Eastward
I The planet Mars is still visible as
an evening star, but is quite low in
the southwestern sky. • It is moving
| eastward and "will soon pass to the
| northward of the bright star An
(tares in Scorpio. On October 9 it
jwill be near the melon. Jupiter is in
the constellation Gemini, as we have
I already seen. The position of in
conspicuous Uranus is noted on the
I map. The other planets are either
morning stars, or in any case too
near the sun for observation.
As we have enjoyed the "Harvest
Moon" during September, coming as
the full moon nearest to the equi
nox, so we shall in a less degree have
the October evenings made pleas
antqr by the "Hunter's Moon,"
I which is always the full moon fol
lowing the "Harvest Moon." At this
time of the year the moon comes to
the full when traversing the portion
of its path which lies nearly parallel
with the eastern horizon, as it arises.!
Thus the moon seems to skim along!
the eastern horizon, rising only a I
little later from night to night, and
so gives us the numerous moonlight
evenings.
MAJOR GUN KRAI, IRKI.ANI)
1 TO RK SURGKON GENERAL
By Associated Press •
Washington, Oct. 3.—Major Gen
eral Merritte W. Ireland, medical
corps, was to-day nominated by Pres
ident Wilson to be surgeon general
of the Army for the period of four
years beginning October 4,- 1918,
vice Major General William C. Gor
gas to be retired on Oetqber 5, 1918.
INFLUENZA AND f
, PNEUMONIA SPREADS
tContinued from First Page.] l!
attack of Irtfluenzfb His condition la
hot Serious iljjtheritleS Pepqrted una
ies Slightly .improved to-fJayi Qr'i
Wiener has been confined there for
the last few flays; '
In Serious CoiKlltlou
Of the cases among the patients,
one was reported this morning to be
serious, Charles Sterks, aged 47,
8 4 Locust Grove, Steel ton, who was
admitted yesterday, Is seriously 111
with pneumonia, developed from
Spanish Influenza,
All Vllstlng In the wards of the
hospital has been suspended indefi
nitely to prevent the spread of the
disease. Only the immediate fami
lies of patients In private wards are
allowed to visit the hospital,
Colds Widely Prevalent
Other hospitals here report Span
ish. Influenza and pneumontu eases.
Colds are widely prevalent In the
city.
A number of deaths from pneu
monia have been reported here.
Sergeant Grover W, Stuhr, Five Hun
dred aVid Third Aero Construction
Squadron, stationed at tho Aviation
Supply Depot, Middletown, died at
1.86 o'clock this morning of pneu
monia. Ho had boon 111 übout a
wook. His body has been sent to
his home In Mtnden, lowa. .
Die In' Camps
A telegram received this morning
informed Mr. and Mrs. William Ar
nold, Middletown, of tho death from
Spanish Influenza of their son,
James Arnold, at Camp Lee, Peters
burg, Va. He was 23 years old, and
left for camp In June. He was well
known both In Harrlsburg and Mid
dlet'own. He Is survived by a brother,
William Arnold, of Middletown, and
two sisters, Mrs. Churlcs O. Obcr
bear, of Columbia, und Miss Kath
arine Arnold, who Is living at homo.
Another local boy who died In
camp woa Harry llrowcr Hoagland,
aged 27, who died yesterday at Camp
Colt, Gettysburg, after a short ill
ness. The body will be brought from
Gettysburg to-day to the home of
his aunts, the Misses Hoagland, 1401
North Front street, where tho fu
neral services will be held Saturday
afternoon at 2 o'ciock, with the Rev.
Rollln A, Sawyer, of the St. Stephen's
Eplscopul Church, officiating. Rurlal
will be In tho East Harrlsburg Ceme
tery. Hoagland enlisted In the State
College mechanical corps July 15.
Mr. Hoagland is survived by his
father and a sister in California and
a sister in Pittsburgh. He was grad
uated from Central High School In
1911 and had a wide acquaintance.
May Resort to Quarantine
City health department ottlciuls
are awaiting notification from the
State Department of Health which
will require all physicians in Harris
burg to report at once to the bu
reau all cases of Spanish influenza,
or grip. Dr. J. M. J. Raunick, city
health officer, said that a number
of doctors are already making re
ports of all their cases and urges
other physicians not doing so to
communicate with the bureau at
once.
Dr. Raunick is of the belief that
unless tho epidemic is soon checked
drastic quarantine measures may be
necessary such as are now In force
in other cities where schools, theat
ers, churches and all other public
meeting places are closed. There is
no indication yet that such a step is
necessary in Harrisburg he said, but
if reports from physicians show an
alarming spread of the disease which
has already caused many deaths
when it developed into pneumonia,
then health officials declared they
will issue the quarantine order.
Warning Is Issued
• Dr. Raunick has issued a warning
to everyone In the city to avoid large
crowds and has requested that any
p(*on who sneezdlj or coughs while
in public or at home should use prop
er care in preventing a spread of in
fluenza germs. "Use handkerchief, or
better than that, paper napkins if
at home, then burn them," is Dr.
Raunick's advice.
"The best preventative is the use of
o good nose and throat antiseptic to
kill the germs. Plenty of sunlight,
fresh air, keep windows open at
night and plenty of cover on beds,
use proper care in rapid changes of
temperature from warm buildings to
the open air, do not get into large
crowds, and do not get too close to
members of the family who may be
sneezing or coughing—all of these
precautions will prove a big aid in
stopping a spread of the disease.
"Physicians should report cases
they arc treating at once. It is high
ly important that the city health
authorities keep a close watch on the
number of cases developing so that
they can determine with what degree
of rapidity the influenza, or grip,
is spreading. Unless everyone co
operates in this manner there will be
difficulty in checking the contagion
and drastic measures may result.
"The deaths from pneumonia
which are being reported seem to in
dicate that in a number of cases
persons first become victims of in
fluenza, and that other minor afflic
tions follow rapidly developing into a
serious condition often of such a
nature that it can not be checked in
time and results fatally."
While there are no complete re
ports at the health office Dr. Raunick
said that from communications from
physicians there is no doubt that the
affliction is still spreading.
i Archbishop Wanted
to Lie With People
St. Paul. Minn.—Archbishop John
Ireland was buried Wednesday in
Calvary Cemetery here in compli
ance with his wish. The Rev. Thomas
Welsh, secretary to the Prelate, ex
plained that the body would not be
placed in the Cathedral crypt.
Father Welsh said- the dying
Archbishop had said to him:
"Let me lie out there with my
people under the green sod of Cal
vary.,"
Hundreds of telegrams and cable
messages from many parts of the
world paying honor to the memory
and achievements of the Archbishop
were received at his home.
For three days Archbishop Ire
land's physicians had kept their pa
tient alive by the use of oxygen.
Wheq the final relapse came, in the
darkened room, priests and nuns!
softly chanted prayers for the dying.
The end came without a perceptible i
sign.
The Archbishop's sister, Mother i
Superior Seiaphlne; Sister Rose; I
Father Thomas A. Welsh, the Arch-!
bishop's secretary; Vicar General J.
C. Ryrne and Bishop Joseph Busoh, I
of St. Cleud, were kneeling beside!
the bed.
Cleveland, Ohio. Oct. 3.—More than
20 workmen were killed and that
many more were injured this morning j
when a Pennsylvania flier smashed
Into a crowd of workmen from the !
Interstate Foundry Company at Bed- !
ford, Ohio, ten miles south of here. |
while the then were waiting on the
tracks for a work train. Ten am
bulances and a dosen physicians have
.been sent to the scene.
OCTOBER 3, 1918,
Deaths end Funerals
MRS. ANNA SHOOP
Mrs. Anna Sheep, wife of Ohqrles
Shoop, died At her late heme, i9OB
State Street, 'faesday' evening After
a long Illness, She Was Aged SS
years,
She is survived by her husband,
one daughter, dune Shoop, her parents
Mr, and Mrs, Frank 1, Sehrelner, one
sister, Elisabeth and two brothers,
Harry, of New Cumberland, and
Frank, of WUUamstown.
Funeral services on Friday after
noon at 2 o'clock at her late resi
dence, the Rev. Mr, Rhodes officiating,
Injerment at Shoop's cemetery, Rela
tives and friends are invited to at
tend without further notice,
KUIVARU Y, SNYDER
Funeral services for Edward Yod
er Snyder, well-known bandnian, who
died Tuesday night, will be held at
Reformed Salem Church, Saturday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev,
Ellis N, Kremer will officiate, Mr,
Snyder lived at 320 Chestnut street.
As a member of the Zembo Temple
band and the Majestic theater or
chestra he was widely known here.
SAMUEL, K. OH,BERT
Samuel E. Gilbert, nged 33 years,
died yesterday after a brief illness at
his home, 1123 Wallace street. Fu
neral services will be held Monday
morning at 9 ©"clock. The body will
be taken to I'addletown, York county,
by Hoover and Son, undertakers and
burial will, be made there. Mr. Gil
bert was a heater at the Harrlsburg
Pipe and Pipe Bending Company
plant. He was a member of the
Eagles and of the Modern Woodmen
of the World. Surviving him are his
wife, Maria; and daughters, Fairy,
Ruth, Mary, Annie and Violet; his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Gil
bert, and brothers, Milton, Daniel,
William and two sisters, Martha and
Mamie.
MRS. ANNA WOLF
Mrs. Anna Wolf, aged 68 years, died
at Bittlnger's Station. Among the
survivors Is a son, Emanuel Wolf,
1266 Derry street.
MISS MARGIE G. HARTMAN
Miss Margie G. Hartman, an at
tache at the State Library for the
past seven years, died early last night
. after a long illness, at her home,
I 312 Cumberland street. Funeral ser
vices will be held Saturday after
noon at 3.30 o'lcock. The Rev. Rob
ert Bagnall will officiate. Burial will
be made in the Harrisburg cemetery.
Miss Hartman was a member of
Grace Methodist Church. She Is sur
vived by her mother, Mrs. Sarah
Hartman and a brother, John M.
Hartman.
CAPTAIN GOUGH 11,1,
WITH INFLUENZA
A telegram was received to-day by
County Controller and Mrs. Henry W.
Goiigh stating that their son. Captain
J. Edwin Gough, is ill in a hospital at
Fort Sam Houston, suffering from a
serious attack of Spanish Influenza.
The telegram was sent bv the com
manding officer. Mrs. Gough left this
afternoon for Fort Sam Houston,
which is located about three miles
from San Antonio, Tex. Captain
Gough has been in the service for
months, receiving his 'commission
some time ago.
MILK CONFERENCE POSTPONED
Because Dr. Clyde L. King has been
unavoidedly detained in New York on
important business, the conference be
tween the milk dealers and the noted
expert, scheduled for to-night, has
been postponed, it was announced to
day. J. William Bowman, of the
Milk Division of the local Food Ad
ministration, was to- meet iwth the
dealers and Dr. King, but the entire
conference has been called off for
the present.
FETROW NOW lIEPOnT
WOUNDED AND NOT DEAD
Official notice was received in a
telegram from Washington bv Mr.
and Mrs. George Fetrow, 220 South
Fifteenth street. that their son.
Clarence Edward Fetrow. in Held ar
tillery service in France, had been
severely wounded In action. A report
had bee nciroulsted and published
that he had leen killed hut there
has l een no official .confirmation of
it according to the family.
INFLUENZA CLOSES
PUBLIC PLACES
By Associated Press
Philadelphia. Oct. 3. Schools
churches, theaters and all places of
public assemblage were to-day order
ed closed by the Board of Health
This action was taken by the Board
< f Health after the receipt of re
ports showing the alarming spread
of Influenza.
FIRE COMPANY" BUYS BONDS
The Royal Fire Company has ap
propriated $2OO for the purchase of
Liberty Ronds at its meeting last
evening. The company bought a $OO
bond in the second loan. $lOO in the.
third and doubled that amount in the'
fourth.
Owner having left the city
Immediate possession can be given to
Residence 1721 N. Second Street
I
Lot: 56x90. House: 1 1 Rooms, Bath,
Vapor Heat
FOR SALE
Commonwealth Trust Company
222 Market Street
D. B. KIEFFER & CO.'S
Public Sale
OP
Western Horses and Colts
ON
Saturday, Oct. 5,1918 at 1 O'clock P.M.
AT
J. R. Kline's Stock Yards, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
We will sell one carload of extra good, big, rugged Feeders and
all-purpofte Western Horses and Colts, ranging In age from 2 to 4
years old and will have them weighing from 1,100 to 1,400 pounds
each. This is positively a good lot of Horses and Colts, bought
personally by W. M. Grove, who advises us that he has a load of
the best that grows, with the size, shape, bone and weight. Will
have several closely mated teams in Grays, Bays and Koans; also '
several good, big, shapely Mares with class and shape all over.
D. B. Kieffer & Co.
STOCK MARKET
BROADENSOUT
States Steel Rallies
From Reversal but Feels
Fresh Pressure
By Associated Press
New Y'ork, Oct. 3, —• Greater
breadth attended the progress of the
session, the market becoming Some
what unsettled In the second hour.
United States rallied from its early
reversal but experienced fresh pres
sure and Dutch Oil lost practically
nil of its seven points advance.
There was a marked reduction of the
recent inquiry for rails, but ship
pings and coppers were firm to
strong. In the bond market, French
government 5%s held at the year's
maximum and on the curb Russian
government t>%s and 6V4s rose 3'A
and 4 points, respectively, to highest
levels of the year,
McFadden Predicts
Solid Keystone List
Congressman L. T. McFaddeh, of
Canton, the Pennsylvania member
lof the. Republican- Congressional
campaign committee, yesterday stir
red up Washington by predicing
I that the Keystone state Republicans
'would thisfall elect a solid Repub
lican delegation to the House from
Pennsylvania.
The Republican House members
from Pennsylvania held a meeting
yesterday to . lay plans for electing
i seven Republican Congressmen to
succeed the seven Democrats in the
House from Pennsylvania.
The seven Democrats from Penn
sylvania are: Steele, of Easton,
Twenty-sixth district; Dewalt, Al
lentown. Thirteenth district; Lesher,
Sunbury, Sixteenth district; Brod
beck, Hanover, Twentieth district;
I Sterling, Uniontown, Twenty-third
; district; Beshlin, Warren, Twenty
ielghth district, and Campbell, of
iiGrafton, Thirty-second district,
li "The Republicans have strong
('candidates opposing each of these
I Democrats," Mr. McFadden said,
I "and Pennsylvania will have a solid
j Republican delegation in the next
•House of Representatives."
Will Adjust Wages
of Anthracite Miners
Washington, Oct. 3.—With the
approval of the general wage board
of the Department of Labor, an ad
justment will be made in the wage
scales of anthracite coal miners. The
first step to this end was taken last
night by Fuel Administrator Garfield
in calling a conference of represen
tatives of the miners and operators
with Secretary Wilson, the general
wage board and fuel administration
f officials.
I Officials of the United Mine Work
ers of America and representatives
of the anthracite miners conferred
with Administrator Garflcld yester
day.
BIG SERVICE FI.AG
The local branch of the National
Biscuit Company, 1370 Howard street,
is displaying a service flag containing
1,812 stars. More than 15 per cent, of
the company's male employes are at
war. A third of the force is now com
posed of women. The company is sup
plying 13.000,000 packages of hard
bread to the Army.
LKGAL NOTICES
NOTICE is hereby given that appli
cation will be made to the Harrlsburg
Light and Power Company on October
7 1918, for the lsoue to the under
signed of a certificate for one (1)
share of Preferred Capital Stock of
said Harrlsburg Light and Power
Company in lieu of certificates lost or
destroyed. ELSIE McDONALD.
Boston, Mass.
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