12 PERSHING'S MEN TAKE GESNES IN BITTERFIGHTING Shells From Yankee Guns Fall Thick; Explode Ger man Ammunition Dumps With the American Army North went of Verdun, Oct. 5. —In the at tack made on Thursday east of the Argonne forest, the corps holding the middle of the line met with most determined resistance during the day. The Americans advanced be hind a terrific barrage lire. The Americans before noon had driven the Germans out of Gesnes. They also cleaned up Exermont and Chehery and captured Fleville; mop ped up La Viergette, Le Menil anil Additional Classified Ads on Opposite Page UAKAUKS ACCESSORIES AND HEI'AIUs AUTOMOBILE TIRES, slightly used, at a great saving. 28x8% Motorcycle Tires $lO 00 30x3 Tires and Tubes 8 00 31x4 Goodyeur Tire 8 00, 32x4 Buckskin Tire 7 017 33x4% Firestone Tire 8 00 33x4 Morgan Tire 15 00 34x4% Federal Tire 18 00 , 34x5 Miller Tire 20 00 34x4 Goodrich Tire 5 00 35x5 Goodyear Tire 8 00 36x4% United States Tire 6 00 36x4% Batavia Tire 12 00 40x4% Tires and Tubes 25 00 DAYTON CYCLE CO., 912 North Third St. AUTO RADIATORS of all kinds re paired by specialists. Also fenders, lamps, etc. Best service in town. Har risburg Auto Radiator Works, 805 North Third street. WM. PENN GARAGE 304-6 Muench street. Limousines for funeral, parties and balls; careful drivers; open day and night. Bell 4564. KEYSTONE AUTO TOP CO. All sorts of auto top and cushion work done by experts. Also repair work. 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New and rebuilt bicycles at very at tractive prices; guaranteed repair ing; come here and get a square deal. \ H. F. ESTERBROOK, 912 N. Third Street. ' Dial 4990. ' LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE Whereas letters of ad ministration to the Estate of Sol Meddings, late of Harrisburg, Dau phin County, Pennsylvania, have been granted to the undersigned, all per sons indebted to said estate are re quested to make immediate payment, and those having claims or demands against the estate of the said de cedent will make known the same without delay to TONY DEMMA. 310 South Second Street, Harrisburg, Pa. Or his Attorney, ROBERT STUCKER, Russ Building, Harrisburg, Pa. NOTICE is hereby given that appli cation will be made to tho Harrisburg Light and Power Company on October 7, 1918, for the to the under signed of a certificate for one (1) share of Preferred Capital Stock of said Harrisburg Light and Power Company in lieu of certificates lost or destroyed. EI.SXE MCDONALD, Boston. Mass. TO THE POLICYHOLDERS OF THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA NOTICE is hereby given that a meeting of the policyholders of The Prudential Insurance Company of America will be held at the Home Office of said Company in the City of Newark. New Jersey, on Monday, the second day of December, 1918, at twelve o'clock noon, for the purpose of selecting four persons to be voted for by the policyholders' Trustee as members of the Board of Directors at the annual election of Directors of the Company to be held on the thirteenth day of January, 1919. At such meeting every policyholder of the corporation who is of the age of twenty-one years or upwards and whoso policy has been in force for at least one year last past shall be •ntitled to <4st one vote in person or by proxy. FORREST F. DRYDEN, President. OFFICE OF COUNTY CONTROLLER Harrisburg, Pa., August 31, 1918. REBUILDING BRIDGE SEALED BIDS OR PROPOSALS will be received by the County Controller, Room 13, Court House, Harrisburg. Pa., until 10 o'clock A. M.. Monday, September 23, 1918, for the rebuilding of the County bridge over Fishing Creek, about four miles from its mouth (Fort Hunter), being the sec ond wooden bridge going east from Fort Hunter. Said bridge to be re inforced concrete, earth tilled arch, as per plans and specifications now on file In the County Commissioners' Office, where they may be secured by making a cash deposit of Ten Dollars ($10). Said deposit will be refunded it plans and specifications are return ed within thirty days of the award ol the contract. The bids or proposals must be sealed, plainly marked "Fishing Creek Valley Bridge," and be delivered to the County Controller, accompanied by a certified check payable to the order of the Dauphin County Com missioners in a sum equal to not less than 10 per cent, of the bid price. Said checks being held by the com missioners until the provisions of the notice to bidders, wnich accompany the plans and specifications have been complied with. All bids or proposals, accompanied by certified checks, received by 10 o'clock A. M.. September 23, 1918, will be opened in the County Commis sioners' office at 11 o'clock A. M. of the same day and date. The Commissioners reserve the right to reject any or a!! bids. The successful bidder will be re quired to execute contract and fur tnish bond satlefactory to the County V'ommlssloners in a sum equal to the I Vull bid price within 10 days after the Award of the contract, for the faithful performance of the same. HENRY W. GOUGH. County Controller. J SATURDAY EVENING, , HARJUSBURG TELEGRAPH OCTOBER 5, 1918 Grango farms, and took nl 11 210. South of Chehery, the general fd vance was slowed up by a German counterattack and Ainerlcun tanks had to be sept for to drive the enviny back. lCnemy Fire* Vlllngc* The Germans have lellberatelv tct fire to the villages of Uoinagne, Gesnes, Cornay, Bantheville, Che vierles, St. Juvin and Mareq. Shells from American gun 3 fell thick along the front and ammunition dumps everywhere were exploded. Visibility was very poor all day. American and German machines, con sequently, flew unusually low and J suffered from anti-aircraft Are. The fighting was so bitter every where that the number of prisoners taken decreased. Some of those brought in belonged to naval units, showing that reinforcements had hurriedly been thrown in against the American attack. Just before nightfall last night eight American pursuit planes en countered more than twenty-five en emy machines beyond the lines while in a balloon-shooting expedition. The Americans had accomplished their mission when they ran onto the squadron of German airplanes. A fight followed which lasted more than fifteen minutes, but when it was concluded five of the enemy planes were downed and all but one of the i American squadron were on their way ! home safe. I Joseph Timmons, correspondent for I a Los Angeles, Cal., newspaper, while j watching the battle from a hill in the region of Epinoville was woundej in the right cheek by a shell frag ment this afternoon. Other corre spondents who were endangered by the same shell, assisted Timmons to a field dressing station. Later he went to a town back of the buttle area where Ms wound was dressed. Surgeons said the wound was not ecrious. Visitors Spend Pleasant Days at Linglestown Linglostown, Pa., Oct. s.—Mr. and Mrs. John Urich, of Penbrook on Sunday were the guests of Mrs. MaT tilda Shuey.—Mrs. Bessie Long and children, of New •Cumberland were the guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mitehel, on Sunday.—Miss Lois Gerhart, of Harrisburg was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ger hart, on Sunday.—Mrs. Miller, of Harrisburg, is spending several days with Mrs. Harry Wetteroth.—Stew art Dyccr spent Sunday with friends at. Pnxtnng. Miss Spencer, of Wormle.vsburg was the week-end guest of Miss Sylvia Zarker. —Miss Mary Alwine. of Hainlyn was the week-end guest of Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Cassel.—Mrs. Keefer is spend ing sometime with friends at Union Deposit. John Heckert, of Derry Church, on Sunday was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. S. Fishburn.—Mas ter Earnest Binkley, of Harrisburg, on Sunday was the guest of Claire Reese.—Mrs. Hibsman and daugh ter, Ruth, of Stcelton spent several days with Mr. and Mrs. Moses Reigle.—Miss Tillie Shumberger, of Harrisburg spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. David Lazzarine. Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Baker, of Lykens spent a few days with the former's mother, Mrs. Rebecca Baker. —Miss Smith, of Blair Hospital, Hunting don is spending sometime with the family of C. C. Graybill.—Miss Clara Nissley, of Harrisburg, on Tuesday was the guest of Miss Eliza Buck— Miss Marion Smith was a recent gnest of Miss Kathryn Holland, at Royalton.—Miss Annie Care, of Leb anon spent a few days with Mrs. John Hetrick. —Mrs. Clara Earley, G. \V. and W. A. Mcllhenny, of Harrisburg, on Thursday were the guests of Mrs. Annie Smith.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Look, daughter Fay and Miss Jane Care spent Thurs day with friends at Palmyra.—Mrs. Osier spent Monday with friends at Harrisburg.—Mrs. D. Drawbaugh and daughter Margaretta were week end guests of friends at Coates ville.—Miss Anna Mehring, Mrs. Ella Failey, daughter Carrie, and son Eugene of Harrisburg. on Sunday, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. I Shreiner.—Mrs. Mary Fox, son Val entine, and Mrs. Annie E. Smith motored to Berks county and spent! the week with friends.—Mrs. John! Geyeh, of Middletown, on Wednesday day was the guest of her mother,! Mrs. Rebecca Baker.—Mrs. John Thompson, of Harrisburg. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Witherow, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Shenk. of Harrisburg were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ramsey.—Harry Koons, of Spring Garden spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. D, Koons. SAMUEL E. FITTING ILL Samuel E. Fitting, Rockville, widely known here, is seriously ill with Spanish influenza, it was stated to-day. Doctors say the influenza is developing into pneumonia and that his condition is critical. lie has a host of friends here and is active in civic and industiial affairs of the city. Lancaster County Marine Cited For Bravery in France f' ■ '>;■<. Y . , , •*- < V- V.w ■' -■ -- .'• , y (saw BERTRAM L. REAM Kliziibctlitowii, Pa., Oct. 5. —Bert- ram L. Roam, of Elizabethtown, is the first Lancaster county boy to be awarded a war cross for bravery in France. He is attached to the Twen ty-third Company, Sixth Machine Gun Battalion, Marine Corps, and arrived in France in June, J917, a few months after the UntteA States entered the war. He is a son of Al bert B. Ream, and a brother of Roy Ream, who is also in France, arriv ing there in September, 1917. Gen eral Pershing has cited the young man for bravery in going 200 yards in the open, when the regiment was i under heavy fire and carrying back to the lines in safety a wounded in [fantryman. The message was for wardod by Major General George, 1 commandant United States Marine [Corps, Washington. LIMITED SERVICE MEN GO TO ARMY Five From Cumberland Coun ty Sent to Camp Thomas, Kentucky, For Training ALL FROM TWO DISTRICTS Four Mechaniesburg Young Women Enroll as Students at Dickinson College Meolianieshurg, Pa.. Oct. s.—On Thursday Ave more young men of Cumberland county, limited service men, left for the United States Army as follows: Arthur P. Putt, of New Kingston, and Andrew Preston Snell, ot> Mechaniesburg, from Dis trict No. 1; Isaac Raymond Moles ter and Elmer Trego, of Carlisle, and James L. Peehart, of Shippens burg, from District No. 2. They were sent to Camp Thomas, Ken tucky.—Four young women" from Mechaniesburg have enrolled as follows: Miss Katharine Reigel, Miss Martha Morrett, Miss Margaret Smith and Miss Gladys Guycr. Miss Reigel returned recently from Washington, D. C., where she held a responsible position ijuring her summer vacation. —Mrs. Mary Ellen Smith was hostess for the Aid So ciety of St. Mark's Lutheran Church on Thursday evening at her home in East Main street. A patriotic pro gram was given and the pastor, the Rev. Dr. H. N. Fegley, gave an in teresting account of the Lutheran boys in the Army and Navy, in camp and in battle, and of the Lutheran chaplains.—A pleasant session of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society was held at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage lagt evening. An interesting report of the branch meeting held this week in Harrisburg was given by Mrs. J. Ellis Rell. —Mrs. Mary E. Hockman, of Lock Ilaven, spent the weekend with Mrs. C. E. Brindcl, Wast Main street. Mr. Hockman is engaged in Y. M. C. A work in France. —Miss Annie Hiestand, Lancaster, left for her home in that city on Monday after having spent several months here with. her aunt, Mrs. Annie Boss.—Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H, Stein and small son, Louis, with the former's sister. Miss Edith Stein, motored to their home at Cumber land, Mi)., on Wednesday, after having visited Dr. and Mrs. R. P. Long.—W. G. Hean, of Harrisburg, made the principal address at the rally services last Sunday in the First United Brethren Church. —■ Five persons were graduated from the teachers' training department in the class taught by Mrs. Guy H. Lucas. Diplomas were presented by A. B. Harnish. A. cash offering of SI,OO was made by the Sunday school and the exercises were in charge of G. L. St rock and L. E. Sutton.—During the month of Sep tember there was one death in this place, the lowest number of the corresponding month for many years. On September 16 death claim ed Marie Warner, aged nine days. —The sum of $18.05 was contrib uted by the primary department of the Tindle Spring Lutheran Sunday school to the local Red Cross chap ter during the past week.—Miss Minnie Herijhman was in Carlislo this week visiting her uncle, Harry Hcrshanm. Adam Orris, of the United States Naval Corps, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Orris, West Main street.—Lewis Anderson enlisted in the United States Marine service and will soon leave for Paris Island, S. C. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. James An derson. Officers Elected For War Work Campaign to Be Launched in Short Time Robert B. Reeves, district campaign manager of the United War Work Campaign, presided at an open air gathering held yesterday afternoon on the Capitol grounds. Organization of the district was effected at the meeting. A. H. Dinsmore, Harrisburg, was elected as secretary of the con ference. An address by Herbert P. Lansdale. of the National Campaign Headquarters, was enthusiastically received. It was decided that work on the campaign will be opened after the Liberty Loan canvass has been completed. The following officers were elected: _ District chairman, E. J. Stackpole, Harrisburg. , „ _ ... YMce-chairmen, Richard M. Reilly, Lancaster; Max Grumbacher, Y'ork, and Mrs. William Jennings. Harris burg. _ . . Campaign director, Robert B. Reeves. Harrisburg. Treasurer, William Jennings, Har risburg. _ , Executive committee, Y. M. C. A., E. U. Sowers, Lebanon; Y*. YV. C. Mrs Raphael Hays, Carlisle; National Catholic Board. D E. Tracy, Harris burg: Jewish Welfare Board. David Kaufman. Harrisburg; War Camp Community Service. Fiske Goodyear, Carlisle; American Library Associa tion Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Harrisburg; Salvation Army, Capain Neil sen. Harrisburg; representaive-a large. Dr. Henry H. Apple. Lancaster; P A. Elsesser. York, and J. W. Roden haver. Harrisburg. David E. Tracy, Harrisburg, was named as chairman of the nominating committee .and ex-Mayor J. William Bowman ns chairman of the quota committee. Colored Me nto Go to Greene Instead of Upton The 1,500 colored men ordered drafted to he sent to Camp Upton, Yaphank, N. Y.. this month were to dav ordered sent to Camp Greene, S. S., instead in telegrams received at state draft headquarters. The move ment is scheduled to begin October 16. Major W. G. Murdock. chief draft officer, to-day instructed local boards that they are to allow a reasonable time for registrants to file question aires during the outbreak of influ enza and not. to treat men who do not file as delinquents without giving consideration to the general condi tions. Armenian Troops Aided in Defeat of the Turks lloston. Oct. s.—Announcepient that Armenian volunteers, many of them from this country, participated in the British victory over the Turks in Palestine, under General Allenby, was contained in cable messages re ceived yesterday at the headquar ters here of the Armenian National Union of America. All Camp Hill Churches Are Ordered to Close be no church services In Camp Hill to-morrow. At a meeting of the Board of Health to day the order was issued for all pliices of worship to be closed, in conformity with the ruling of the I Harrisburg Board of Health. SOLDIER'S NURSE WAS HIS COUSIN Littlestown Man Sent to Hos pital in France Surprised to Find Relative MESS HALL AT COLLEGE Big Building Erected at Get tysburg For Accommodation of Students' Training Corps Gettysburg, p a „ Oct. s.—Harold Angell, son of Mrs. Ella Angell* of littlestown, has written to his mother that a shell exploded just back of him, killing a number of ■his comrades, and that a fragment of tho shell struck him in the leg. causing a wound that made it neces sary for him to go to the hospital. When he arrived at the base hos pital and the nurses were assigned to those who had just come he ..as more than happy when he saw the nurse assigned to him was his cousin, Miss Dora Krebs.—The new mess hall for the students at the college who are taking the military training course has been completed and is now in use. A building such as has been erected in this case is a violation of the borough ordinance but the town council decided to set aside the ordinance for this partic ular case so that everything possible could be done to aid the govern ment in the training of men to fight the country's battles.—On account of the duties connected with his office as executive secretary of the Council of National Defense and Committee of Public Safety of Adams county, Charles E. Stahl has resigned the chairmanship of the four-minute men and J. Lawrence Williams has been appointed chair man of the speakers in his stead. — H. T. Secrist, who has been at the head of the War Camp Community Service Work here throughout the summer, has been sent to another field and P. O. Osterhus transferred here from Camp Crane, at Allen town. —Kenneth Hartmann, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Hartmann, has entered the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis.—Word has heen received at his home in New Oxford that George E. Snyder, who enlisted in the Navy as a first-class pharmacist about a year and a half ago and who has heen abroad for the past year, is dead in France. Ac cording to the little information now available concerning his death he had been at the French front and on his return contracted pneumonia, from which he did not recover. His father has been an officer in tho Navy for many years.—Joseph Co dori, of this place, who was sent by the local draft board to Camp Lafayette, at Easton, some time ago to undergo special training for me chanical work in the Army, has been selected from a list of two hundred men to remain at the camp and act as Instructor in transmis sions, differentials and running pears.—Mrs. J. 13. Duckstad has re ceived word that her husband. Ma jor Duckstad. has been detailed to the staff of Major* General Cameron in France. Major Duckstad is com mand ar of the Twelfth machine gun battalion, which was on active duty in the front line of the American forces for nearly two weeks during the early part of August without relief. New School Building at Duncatinon Opens Monday Ptipicaniion, Pa., Oct. s.—The new primary public school building in Church avenue, erected on the site of the one destroyed by fire, will be completed by the end of the week and the term will begin Mon day morning, October 7. —Horn to Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Hoffman, Friday, September 27. 1918. a son, Robert N. Hoffman, Jr. Mr. Hoff nianwas a former resident of Har risburg and Mrs. Hoffman, prior to marriage, was Miss Martha Fritz, of Duncannon. Mrs. George A. Hemperly and her sister, Mrs. Al bert A. Fry, are spending several days at South Woodbury, Conn., as guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Sumner. —Mrs. George I.ipperd spent the weekend at Washington, D. C., where she was tho guest of her son, Floyd C. Lip perd, a member of the Chemical Warfare Research division.—Fred Lowe, stationed at Camp % Lee, Petersburg, Virginia, spent a brief week-end furough here with his pifrents. Mr. and Mrs. George Lowe. HUNDREDS PERISH AS MUNITIONS PLANT GOES [Continued from First Page.] voted to averting a worse disas ter. Thousands of people had hurried away from Morgan and surrounding towns during the night leaving many communities to-day virtually without resident populations and it was consid ered probable that with these went many of the Gillespie em ployes, as yet unaccounted for. Another terrific explosion of a T. N. T. magazine occurred at 10.09 a. m. Buildings rocked in Perth Amboy. Military guards were thrown around the plant. South Amboy, five miles away, felt the greatest force of the explosion. The residents, most of whom had been in terror throughout the night, did not need formal urging, and the roads to Perth Amboy and other towns were packed with people, all hurrying to escape the danger zone. Various units of the New Jersey state guard were called upon to pro tect the homes of people who had lied. Until dawn to-day, firemen, guards men and rescue parties were unable to approach the ruins of the plant and search for bodies of the victims, on account of the ever-present danger of exploding shells and ammunition. It was said that moye than 2,000 men cojnposed the night shift. Esti mates of the loss of life ranged from twenty-five to one hundred and up wards. Nine bodies w#re recovered and sent to the morgue at South' Amboy. Officials declared it might be several days before the death toll would be known deflnltedly. The cause of. the disaster is not known. Rumors were circulated that spies or alien enemies were respon sible. but these were promptly dis counted by officials. The extent of the property loss has not yet been estimated by the com pany officers. The plant is Bald to 1 have been valued at $18,000,000. MARKETS NEW YORK. STOCKS Chandler Brothers and Company, members of New York and Philadel phia Stock Exchanges—3 North Mar ket Square, Harrisburg; 336 Chestnut street, Philadelphia; 34 Pine street. New York—furnish tl\e following quotations: Open. Close. Allls Chalmers 30% 28 American Can 44 43% Am Car and Foundry ... 85% 84% Amer Loco 65% 65% Amer Smelting 75% 78 Amer Woolens 53% 53% Anaconda 96 96% Atchison* 86% 86% Baldwin Locomotive ... 85% 85% (Baltimore and Ohio .... 53% 5'3% Bethlehem Steel 74% 73% Butte Copper 25 24% Canadian Pacific 168 169% Central Leather 68% 68% Chesapeake and Ohio ... 57% 67% Chicago It I and Pacific . 25% 25% Crucible Steel 59% 58% Distilling Securities .... 48% 48% Erie 15% 15% General Motors 122% 121 Goodrich B F 52% 52% Great Northern pfd .... 90% 90% Great Northern Ore subs 30% 30% Hide and Leather 17 17% Vide and Leather pfd .. 86% 86% Inspiration Copper 55 % 55 International Paper 35 34% Kennecott 34 34 Lackawanna Steel 77% 78 Maxwell Motors 30% 30% Merc War Ctfs 28% 28% Merc War Ctfs pfd 110% 108% ilex Petroleum 120% 118% Miami Copper 28'% 28% Mid vale Steel 60% 49% New Y'ork Central 4 4 43% N YN H and H 39% 3* , New York Ont and West 20% 20% Pennsylvania Railroad .. 43% 43% Railway Steel Spg 67% 67% Ray Con Copper 34 24 Reading 88% 88 % Republic Iron and Steel . 90 90 Southern Pacific 90 90 ' Southern Ry 28 27% Studebaker 53% 58% Union Pacific 126% 126% U S 1 Alcohol 105% 105% U S Rubber 64'% 63% U S Steel 109 108% Utah Copper 84 84% Virginia-Carolina Chem . 54% 54% Westinghouse Mfg 43% 42% Willys-Overland 21 21% PHI I. A DEI.I*III A STOCKS By Associated Bress Philadelphia, Oct. s.—Stocks clos ed irregulur. Baldwin Locomotive 85 % General Asphalt 34 Vc General Asphalt, Pfd till',2 [Bake Superior Corporation .... HVa Lehigh Navigation uyy, Lelfigh Valley 59% Pennsylvania Railroad 43vz Philadelphia Electric 24% Philadelphia Company, Pfd. ... 35 Philadelphia Rapid Transit .... 3534 Reading' 88 ' Storage Battery 53 % Union Traction 37 Vi United Gas Improvement ...... 03% United States Steel lUS'i York Railways s' Y'ork Railways, Pfd 30% I*lsll. Vlir.i.i'ill \ STOCKS By Associated ! J t ess l'liiladelplila, Oct. 5. Wheat No. r. son. lea, $3.25; -so. 3, 1 eu. $3.24; No. 3. soft, red, $3.22. Bran The market is steady; soft winter, per ton. $46.69© 47.0U; spring, per ton, $4 1.004j)45.00. 1 Corn The market is dull; No. 2. [ yellow, as to grade and location. $1.60@1.75; No. 3 yellow, $1.60© 1.75. Oats The market is steady; No. 3, white, 81 % © 82c; No. 3, white 80©Slo. Butter The market is steady; western, creamery, extras, 61c; near by prints, funcy. 664468 c. Eggs—Market steady; Pennsylvania anu ode. nearby lirsls, tree cases. $15.90©16.20 per case; do., current re ceipts, free cases, sls,3o©ly.GU; per case; western, extras, lirsts, tree cases, $15.004416.20 per case; do., firsts, free cases, $15.3044)15.60 per case; fancy, selected, packed, 684460 c per dozen. Cheese The market is higher; New York and Wisconsin, full milk. 31 % ® 33c. Kenned Sugars Market steady; powdered, 8.45 c; extra fine granulat ed. 7.25 c. Live Poultry The market is firm; fowls, not leghorns, 324436 c; fowls, leghorns, 28 44 30c; young softmeated roosters, 24©25c;young, staggy must ers. 2444 2 sc; old roosters, 2444 2 sc; spring chickens, not leghorns, 3 0 44 3 4c; leghorn, 2744 2 8c; ducks, Peking, Si ring, 32 44 34c; d0..01u,.iu ©32 c; Indian P.U-.ner. 284430 c; spring ducks. Long Island, 864437 c; turkeys, 374438 c; g-ese. nearby. 264426 c; western. 2544 26C. Dressed Poultry Firm; turkeys, nearby, choice to fancy. . <!uc, do., fair to good, 324437 c; do., .old. 374438 c; do., western, choice to fancy, 3744 3 8c; do., fair to good, 3244 3 6c; do., old loms, | 30c; old. common, 30c; fresh killed I fowls, fancy. 37% 44 3 8c; do., smaller , sizes,334B37c; old roosters.2B %c; spring | ducks. Long Island, 384439 c; frozen loWls, fancy, 36fii-3a%c,' do., good to choice, 3244 3 4c; do., small sizes. 28® 30c; dressed Pekin ducks higher. 34® 36c; old. 305432 c; Indian Runners, 27® 27 %c: broiling chickens western, 38® 40c; roasting chickens, 35c. Potatoes The market Is firm; New Jersey. No. 1, $1.00®1.15 per basket; do.. No, 2, 50®7Rc per basket; do.. 150-lb. bags. No. 1. $2.65®3.00, extra quality; do.. No. 2, I $1.00(g)2.25; Pennsylvania, 100 lbs., $1.3 0 44i.65; New York, old, per 100 tbs„ $1.55@1.75; western, per 100 lbs., $1.25 W1.55; Maine, per 100 lbs., $1.60® 1.80; Delaware and Maryland, per 100 lbs.. 90c®$l.l0; Michigan, per 100 lb., $1.50@1.70; Florida. per barrel, $2.00®4.00; lor. la. per bushel, hamper. 7544 8 sc; Florida, per 150-tb. bags, $1.50©3.00; North Carolina, per 0. L. Romberger to Go Abroad as "Y" Secretary O. L. ROMBERGER O. L. Romberger, 2234 North Second street, announced upon his return from New York, last evening, that he has received an appointment as Y. M. C. A. secretary for overseas service. He will leave Monday for Camp Mills, Lonft Island. Mr. Romberger has been engaged In the hide and leather business during the past ftve years In Pottsville. He has a brother, Roy Romberger.* now serving in the Aviation Division of the American Expeditionary Forces in France. 1 barrel, $1.60®4.00; South Carolina, per barrel, $1.50(0:4.00; Norfolk, per bur -1 el. $2.00® 4.76; Eastern Shore, pel barrel, $3.00@5.00. Flour Dull. 'nter wheat, new. 100 per cent, llour, $10.00®10.25 per barrel; Kansas wheat, new. slo.7s® 11.10 per barrel; spring wfieai.. new. $10.75® 11.10. Hay Market firm; timothy. No. 1, large and small bales, $36.00® 37.00 per ton; No. 2, small bales, $34.00 @3i).00 per ton; No. 3, $28.00@32.0fi per loll; suniple, $12.60 .0 per ton; no grude. $7.60 ® 11.50 per ton. Clover Light mixed. $32.00® 34.00 per ton; No. 1, light, mixed, $32.00® 32.50 per ton; No. 2, light mix ed, $28.00®33.00 per ton; no grade, $18." ■'( -...00 per ton. Tallow The market is firm; prime, city, in tierces. 18c; city special, loose. lS%c; prime country, 17% c; dark, 16®16%c; edible. in tierces. 20®20%c. CHICAGO CATTLE Chicago, Oct. 5. IU. S4. Bureau of Markets). Hogs Receipts. 9,000; market 10c to 15c lower. Butch ers, $18.75® 19.25; light, $18.25® 19.00; packing, $17.85® 18.65; rough, $17.40® 17.75; pigs, good to choice, $16.50® 17.50. Cattle Receipts, 4,000; compared with a week ago best native steers steady. $15.00 to SIB.OO grades mostly 25c lower; cheaper kinds strong to 25c higgher; western steers. 25c to 50c higher;, cok stuff, 50c. to SI.OO higher; canhers advancing most; stockers and feeders mostly 25c higher; bulls 25c to 50c higher. Sheep Receipts, 1,000; compared with last week western lambs 75c to $1.25 lower; natives mostly 50c lower; fat sheep and yearlings, 75c to $1 lower; feeding and breeding sheep, 25c to 50c lower. CHICAGO HOAHI> OF TRADE Chicago, Oct. s.—Board of Trade closing: • . Corn—November, 1.29%; December. 1.28%. Oats —November, 70% ; Deocmber. 71. Pork October, 37.00; November, 37.25. Lard October, 26.87; November, 26.20. Ribs October, 23.22; November, M ' l3 ' NEW YORK CI 1111 STOCKS Following quotations furnished by Howard A. Riley anil Company, 212 North Third street, Harrisburg, l'a.; Land Title Building. Phila., Pa.; 20 Broad street, New Y'ork City; INDUSTRIALS Last Sale. Aetna 10 Carlight 1% Smith 7-16 Standard ~ ID Submarine 13% U S Ship 6 United Motors 31% Wright 6% INDEPENDENT OILS Last Sale. Barnett U Cosden 6 % Federal 2% Glen rock I 3% Island,' 3% Met Pete 1 1-16 Oltla P and U 7% Okmulgee • 2 MINING Last Sale. Big • Ledge % Boston and Montana 44 Caledonia 48 Cash Boy ' 3% Cal and Jerome % Cresson 4%' Hecla 5 Tonopah v ßel 2% Tonopah Ext 1% Deaths and Funerals „ JOHN \V. I'ATTON John W. Patton, aged 69 years, died early this morning at the home of his daughter Mrs. Charles E. DeWalt, 625 Muench street. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon, at 3 o'clock. Tile Jtrv. H.- S. Hershey, pas te- of the Green Street Church of God, will officiate. Burial will be made in the Middletown Cemetery. Mr. Pat ton was for twenty-three years an employe of the Atlantic Refining Company. He is survived by his daughter, a grandson* Charles E. DeWalt, Jr., and two brothers, Jacob Patton and George Patton. FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR 1 APT. J. T. STEESE Funeral services for Captain John T. Steese, who died at Camp Humph reys, Wednesday, from pneumonia, were held at the home of his parents, in Mount Holly Springs, this morn ing. The body was brought to Car | lisle and then to Mount Holly Springs last night, accompanied by Captain Saurbrey, of the United States Engi neers. Pallbearers were a squad of soldiers from the Carlisle Base Hos pital. Ministers of the Methodist and Lutheran churches assisted in the ser vices held at the cemetery. Because of Health Department influenza rul ings, the funeral was private. Captain Steese was the son of Mr. and Mr*. James A. Steese. His father is chief of the Bureau of Mediation and Arbi tration in the Department of Labor and Industry. MRS. ISABEL 11. F. SIIEPLEV Pneumonia was the cause of the death of Mrs. Isabel 11. Feltenberger Shepley, aged 17 years, yesterday, at her home, 1622 Berry hill street, '.'he is survived by her husband, Roy Shep ley, and an infant son. Funeral ser f ESSENTIAL LOANS If you work, keep house and pay your bjlls, consult us when you need money. Legal rate loans. sls to S3OO, made on personal property, real estate or guaranteed notes. Weekly or monthly payments arranged to suit your convenience. Co-operative Loan & Investment Co. 204 Chestnut Street ! Mil' MORE LIBERTY UONUS JSflUfffe S u ff erers, write to ll Hill day for my words /.W 5!%g o{ value FREE about Weak Lungs and how to treat Lung Trou bles. Address M. Heat), M. D.. 102 Cincinnati, O. The only banking business of import ancc now is this loan, and wc are using u~... ;• -—every effort to make *up Harrisburg's WW***!# quota. • On account of the epidemic you may iB K It is vitally important that nothing I WUfc >HK '•* should interfere with the success of Hie i mBBPI hjan, and you should consider it your MEMBER FEDERAL RE SERVE SYSTEM BUY W. S. S. • vices will be held at the residence Monday. The Rev. Homer S. May, pastor of the Fourth Reformed Church, will officiate. Burial will be in the Paxtang Cemetery. FRANK K. SHAFFER Frank E. Shaffer, aged 60 years, a Pennsylvania Railroad brakeman, died last evening at his home, 330 Delaware street. Pneumonia was the cause of death. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. MRS. FRANCES J. KRAMER Mrs. I-'rances J. Kramer, aged 25 ! years, died yesterday noon at her ! residence, 1118 North Sixth street, after a brief illness. The body will be j taken by Hoover and Son to Sunbury ! to-morrow and funeral services will ' be held there Monday at the home j of her brother, Jay D. Kunkel. MARGARET HOPE KAHI.E Mnrgaret B°Pe Knble, nine-year-old daughter of Mrs. Mary Kable. died! yesterclay noon at her mother's resi- | dence, 528 Curtin street. Funeral ser- j vices will be held Tuesday afternoon,! at 1:30 o'clock. The Rev. E. E. Sny-| der, pastor of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, will offleiate. Burial will be I made In the East Harrlsburg Cemetery, i j Death was due to typhoid fever after a three weeks' illness. The child is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Bricker and of Levi Kable. MRS. MARY M. GUNDON Mrs. Mary M. Gundon, Paxtang, died yesterday. She was the wife or Paul I Gundon. Funeral services will lie hold I Monday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. The j Rev. Harry B. King, pastor of the Paxton Presbyterian Church, will of ficiate. Burial will be made in the Paxtang Cemetery. JOHN 1,. CHISWEI.I, John 1.. Criswell, aged 56 years, died at ids home, 5X2 Seneca street, yester day, after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held Mondav after noon. at 2 o'clock. Burial will be I made In the Shoop's Church Cemetery. y V T T V | FOR SALE : i fc= =T=: t : ■ 1 : Three-story brick dwell y good location for a business, j ► Must be sold to close an ► estate. ! ► J APPLY : CAMP CDRTIN TRUST CO. I -Sixth and Maclay Streets ► ► WMWMVtmMHMMtVHmtHWMMMMtMHMMVWHtVHH Owner having left the city Immediate possession can be given to I Residence 1721>N. Second Street j> Lot: 56x90. House: I 1 Rooms, Bath, i> | Vapor Heat j FOR SALE i Commonwealth Trust Company t 222 Market Street Stop Paying Rent BUY ONE OF THESE HOMES ON EASY PAYMENI PLAN COST ABOUT 20% LESS THAN RENT D. A. Sanderlin SECURITY TRUST BLDG. BELL 1390 • 36 N. THIRD ST. DIAL 3573 Look At It 803 N. Seventeenth St. Owner Leaving Town IMMEDIATE POSSESSION PRICE RIGHT Hell Realty Co. Bcrgner Building L FRANKLIN BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION SI YEARS OLD 51TII SERIES STARTING HUNDREDS HAVE SECURED HOMES THOUSANDS HAVE, SAVED MONEY —HAVE YOU? STOCK CANCELLED ANY TIME 0% INTEREST PAID' ROOM 10, 202 Walnut Street "Vd*96H usjLsnoon oei l] la a SMHOMI!ON3IS'QSHAS"9JW ffc gJ SHON3J.S t SIV3S
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