20 Rides in Box Cars With Harrisburg Boys An accurate description of life with the American Expeditionary Forces in France is contained in a letter written by Corporal Leonard Orme rod. Headquarters Company 12. F. A., who was with the Blue Devils on their now famous visit to the United States, and who were entertained by the Harrisburg chapter of the Red Cross, and the Motor Messenger Corps of the Red Cross while they visited this city. Corporal Ormerod's letter, address ed to Mrs. George A. Heisley, I*ol Front street, who is prominently con nected with the local Red Cross, ic counts a ride the corporal had to the battlefront in a box car with two other Harrisburg boys, while a half dozen other Harrisburg boys rode in the car next to his. He tells the names of the boys in his letter. Corporal Ormerod also recounts some interesting experiences of the battle at Chateau Thierry, in which his command was engaged. He was in this country at the time, however, and so did not tieke part in the bat tle. But he did hear a number of interesting personal experiences from friends who were in the battle, whl.-a he recounts. Quartered With Horses "Though this letter is addressed to you in person. 1 am going to ask you to share It with your fellowtv irkers in the Red Cross motor service, who were so cordial to me and my French proteges last May and 1 am writing this in the native haunts of tlie "Blue Devils," on the eve of the portentous things that 1 may not even discuss, and knowing the patriotism and en thusiasm of your city, I am sure you will be interested. "1 sit in front of a cafe in ,a little village Just a few kilometers behind the front, where a part of my regi ment is billeted. Since I rejoined the command four days ago, I have been steeping in the loft of an ancient barn and 1 reach my rest tor roof) by climbing a ladder that had lost most of its rungs when Washington coss **u the Delaware. Below me 25 horrcs stamp and snort all night, hut there is no surplus hay, so tny two blankets are spread right on the boards. "From my seat here I can see miles in every direction, the wooded heights and fertile slopes, with the Moselle river threading between them, malt ing one of the most picturesque land scapes 1 have even seen. From here one may count the spires in half a dozen villages. "We have been resting here, groom ing ourselves for whatever task may lie before us. Twice nas the divi sion been mentioned in general orders for the part it played at Chateau Thierry and Soissons—while I was away. And having already cut our teeth on the steel ring about Ber lin, we know we will be assigned no junior part in the future. Missed Much During Trip "At my request I have been as signed to the liason detail and will have charge of a small group in the infantry positions. It will be thus be my privilege to go "over the top" with the first infantry wave and keep the artillery advised as to our where abouts. by whatever means of com munication are available. If I can show enough agility in dodging shells and machine gun bullets 1 ought to be among the first into Berlin. "Certainly I missed a big party while I was away, and I found many changes in my regiment on my re turn. Some of the boys had weird experiences. One of pay friends was standing talking to an infantryman examining a pair of field glasses the latter wished to sell him A shell burst near, killing the infantryman In At glen, Pa., says Peter P. Carney Every Citizen Belongs to Can Club Atglen is a town in Pennsylvania. A right smart'town is Atglen. Nev ertheless it is a good wager that not more than one hundred trap shooters know where Atglen is lo cated. We'll let you in on some things about Atglen, so that you will know what we are driving at. It is located in Chester county, 50 miles front Philadelphia, has a pop ulation of 546 souls, and has set a mark In trapshooting annals that will not soon be surpassed. Every male resident of Atglen is a member of the Gun Club. Once a year a registered trapshooting tour nament Is conducted. The one this year attracted 9" shooters. 75 com ing in automobiles over the I-lncoln Highway. They came because it Deaths and Funerals AIRS. CATHAHINE HA I.TOSSKR DIES UK F.NEI.MOSIA Mrs. Catharine B. Baltosser, aged j years, died yesterday noon at the Polyclinc Hospital from pneumonia.' Funeral services will be held at her' lute home. 2150 Penn street; Saturday! looming, i it o'clock. Burial will J peltate Hiid will be made in Mt. t , l.arj Cemetery. Airs. Hallosser is survived by her I. Mbaud, George W. Baltosser; two . • ns. Elmer Baltosser and George Bal- ! i .ser; her father, Michael Conway; I IC sister, Mary Conway, and three j l .others, .lames Conway, Thomas Con and Michael Conway. AIRS. IDA J IMS XBCKLEV Mrs. Ida Jane Aleckley, aged 61 ; ; -is, died yesterday afternoon at her I •one, 2030 North Fourth street. , I .neral services will be held Satur day afternoon, at 3 o'clock, the Rev.! .1. 11. Mortimer, pastor of the Camp I Ciirtln Memorial Methodist Church, i officiating. Burial will be made in .-hoop's Church Cemetery. She is sur-I vlved by her husband, S. J. Meckley; j h son. L.eroy Meckley; a daughter. Mary Meckley, and a brother. William I " r =% UNIVERSITY OF Wharton Schdol of PENNSYLVANIA Finance & Commerce • Evening Courses Announcement To Registered Men and Women 11 Sessions are postponed due to Board of Health ruling. Future arrangement will make possible the regular course without loss to the student. We appeal to your patience and hope for your loyalty in view of the nation-wide difficulties. Possible opening October 14th. THEO. J. GRAYSON, Director. vVI THURSDAY EVENING, I instantly, so my friend got the fieid glasses for nothing. There was noth ing he could do with them that would I help the owner, who incidentally had ! taken them from a Qerria.i. j "But the saddest story was tnat of one of my comrades who saw a 1 soldier lying dead by the roadside, his head hit by shrapnel. Besides the body lay two pictures, one evi dently that of his mother. The other was that of a girl, all smiles, and on it was written in a feminine hand: | "I'll be waiting for you." Evidently ihe had found time and strength to i take the photography front his pocket ; that he might look at them once more with mortal eyes. So you can see the war changes many things and instead jof his beloved witting for him, he will be waiting 'or her beside tho Great White Throne. "Yes, there are many soldiers in France doing a most necessary work behind the line. And 1 would not rob them of any credit. But I want to ask you to share your warmest welcome and your hnpplest tears for the soldiers of the infantry, the ar tillery and the army engineers. On that glad day, when all your men come marching home, remember that these were the ones who faced the hardships, who stood for hours with only a gas mask between them and a horrible death, who toiled through mud till their hearts seemed burst ing, who got wet when it rained and went hungry when a shell hit the ration cart. These are the men who are wearing hobnailed shoes, while those on higher duties are wearing russets, and who are buying your liberty with their blood, and doing it joyously. How 1 wish some of you could Just walk through this village and see these men. They have fnod the .voist the war has to offer, yet. after a short rest they are literally straining at the leash again. There are absolutelv no 1 eroics. You would think it was the World's series and I guess it is. Sleets Harrisburg Hoys "You will be interested to know that when I reuehed France 1 rode away from the port of debarkation in a box car with too Harrisburg boy*. Charles Goodyear and Harry C. Grif fin. In an adjoining car was Harry W. Zollinger. Dennis Cocklin, John Harbold, Clark Koons, and other Har risburg soldiers. I was with them four days, and left them at an ar tillery camp in southern France, first impression of the country was a pleasant one. In spite ot our mode of travel, for the harvest was just beginning. In most of the .telds eld men were cutting the grain v.'th old fashtoned "cradles," but in not a fen eases we saw barefooted girls, reap ing with haitd sickles, just as Ruth must have gleaned in the fit-Ids of Boaz. "In coming back to Europe I brought a new inspiration with me. and 1 am trying as best I can to pass it on to my fellow soldiers. I never tire of telling them how enthusiastic I found the people of "the States," nOr how well I was received as the "ambassador of the American Soldiers in France." "Will you not acknowledge the re ceipt of this letter? It has given me great pleasure to write it, for it brings back one o. the most pleasant experiences of my visit home. As I turn my face to the north there comes to me a line from "a Tale of Two Cities." "A far, far better thing I do than I have ever done; a far. far better rest I'll know than I nave ever known. Most sincerely. CORP. LEONARD ORMEF.OD. Headquarters Co., 12th F. A., A. E. F." was a Red Cross Shoot. It was to aid the cause of humanity. Then, again, it was announced that the Atglen Chapter of the Red Cross would provide lunch. Those who have been to Atglen know what this means. The entire profits of the tourna ment. dinners and all, were turned over to the Red Cross. These pro fits amounted to $497.60, and one shooter immediately handed the funds to make the total SSOO. There Isn't another gun club in a town of the same population that can show such a record. Many will try for it, however, within the next year. This is only another indication of what the trapshooters of the United States are doing for the American Red Cross. | E. Grove. ARTHUR BENTZEI. j D. E. Bentzel. 440 Crescent street. left yesterday for Emmltsburg, where |he will attend the funeral of his brother. Private Arthur Bentzel. The I private died at Camp Meade Monday from pneumonia. Instalment Houses Are Jolted by Appeals Court FrankfonJ. Ky.—The practice of | some instalment houses of placard- J ing the houses of delinquent custom ers received a jolt when the court of appeals held the method libelous in the ease of Mary Thompson, of • Uatonta, against Adelberg & Ber ' man, nc., of Covington. ; She came home and found in her I window and elsewhere about the premises stating that "our agent has I called on you for payment' and she .would be saved annoyance by pay ment at the store. She sued for $3,000 libel, but a | demurrer was sustained in her peti tion. The court of appeals, in an I opinion by Commissioner Clay, re- I manded the case for trial. Any Kind of Peace With This Vulture Is Repugnant INFLUENZA CREST BY NEXT WEEK [Continued from Fin-t Page.J received its first patients this morn ing. The Health Officer thinks that the epidemic continues to spread and that there is no noticeable change for the better. Half a dozen physicians filed reports this morning at the City Health Bureau stating that they had an aggregate of sixty four new "flu" patients within the last twenty-four hours. If all the phy sicians would have reported the de partment thinks they would disclose that several hundred new cases de veloped over night. Xo Cause For Alarm Because only a few physicians are making daily reports of their new cases the Health' Officer said it is impossible to make an accurate cal culation as to how rapidly the dis ease is spreading. But Dr. Raunick thinks that the Harrisburg physi cians are doing very effective work, although being overworked, and that Harrisburg in general is paying heed to the advice on car and treatment of the patients. There have been some deaths, but he characterized the number so small, compared with the large number of serious cases, as to be re markably low. The Health Officer and a committee of members of the Red Cross conferred for an hour this morning, discussing matters pertain ing to the maintenance of the emer gency hospital in the Saltzman resi dence. Dr. Raunick said that the city will not open an emergency hospital un til the situation becomes more serious and that then he will have to be satisfied that the regular hospitals cannot take care of all the most serious cases. He said that for the present there is no cause for alarm. With at least two hundred new cases reported in the city, and two more deaths during the last twenty four hours, the influenza situation in Harrisburg shows no improvement, and Dr. Raunick, city health officer, estimated last night that the crisis likely will not be reached until some time next week. S'yfeen deaths foini in;luen::a have '.courted in the city since October 1, and 1,429 deaths through >u '.he state. Besides the deaths due to In flutnza, there ha-'c been 769 deaths d ie to pneumonia. Pneumonia Inveiv maty cases devt-lopjs from Spanish ItiJ'.a. nza. Dr. Raunick last night issued a statement declaring that residents of the city should abstain from crowd ing the stores during the prevalence of the disease. >rT liquor Order "A lot of the effort of our closing orders is lost, if people insist upon crowding the stores, especially when they have no intention of doing any shopping," he said, "keep out of the stores unless you want to buy some thing and then don't linger after your errand is finished." Dr. Royer last night issued a sup plementary liquor order as follows: "Supplementing order dated October 3, proclamation October-4, and sup plemental order October 6, concern ing discontinuing sale of alcoholic stimulants except for medical pur poses, I beg to advise you that your order should cover sales by brew eries. distilleries, and manufacture's. "In communities \yhere no drug stores are available, arrangements had better be made to furnish phy sicians alcoholic stimulants for use in treating the sick." 42 Cases at Hospital Forty-two cases of Spanish influ enza now arc under treatment at the Harrisburg Hospital. Six were admitted during yesterday afternoon and last night. Three patients who were there for the disease were dis charged last night. DR. WIENER NO BETTER Dr. Hyman R. Wiener, 234 State street, who is at the Harrisburg Hos pital suffering with Spanish Influ enza, was reported this morning to be in a serious condition, with little change since yesterday. Mrs: Wie ner, his wlfq, who was there with Spanish influenza also, was dis charged yesterday. Medical Students to Aid State Fight Growing Epidemic "Twenty advanced • medical stu dents will be sent from the Univer sity of Pittsbutgh to heiy the doc tors in the battle against influenza in Schuylkill county, where condi tions are still serious. To-day we have not heard of many new cen j ters. There hits not been much spread beyond counties previously . affected in the western part of the state and fresh outbreaks in the | anthraciate region have not been numerous" said Dr. B. F. Royer, State Commissioner of Health, in j summarizing morning reports on the ! influenza epidemic. The number of deaths due to in fluenza has not been much increased beyond the 1..429 mark for seven days reported last night by the re ports arriving to-day. Dr. Royer said that he would have additional reports to-night, including some dis tricts which had not pervlously re ported. There is a great need for doctors and nurses. The State De partment of Labor and Industry, State Hospitals and some industrial establishments have turned over their medical men for work in com munities which are being organized by the State Department of Health to combat the disease. The .state branch of the Red Cross has sent an appeal for fifty nurses to be assigned where required by the State Health Commissioner j and William Jennings, chairman of the Dauphin County Council of Na tional Defense, has arranged to I move doctors and nurses from this j city by automobile and train to points where needed. . Red Cross Appeals For Nurses to Fight Epidemic Every atom of Harrisburg's avail- i able nursing recourse is . very J urgently needed by the local Red i Cross chapter to fight the present! epidemic of Spanish influenza. In [ order to keep the disease in check ' and to help those who are now suf- , fering, it is absolutely necessary that the city's nurses register at | once for emergency service. Not only are graduate nurses, needed! In addition undergraduate 1 nurses, women who can do sick-1 room service and persons who can j prepare sickroom food are asked to > contribute their services. "Married women are not barred but are eagerly welcomed," explained Red Cross officials. "We want workers for sickroom service immediately." ■ The committee in charge of the Red Cross co-operation with the, State Health Department has been very active, their only handicap be ing the lack of nurses. Nurses are . being placed in the various emer- > gency hospitals and supplies through 1 the town are pouring into Red Cross headquarters to be distributed im mediately The division headquarters, realiz ing the imperative nature of the need, has sent Alan Wilson, assist ant division manager to take charge . of Red Cross co-operation. 'His pf fices will be'in the State Health De partment suite. Another feature of the Work be ing done at" present is that of dis tributing United States Public ' Health service pamfihlets on Span ish influenza as health propaganda. Postmen of the city were given a large quantity of the brochures to be distributed. Persons desiring copies of the booklet may secure them on application to local head quarters. An exposition of symp toms and cure of the disease is given. . . National Defense Council . Pledges Aid to the State Philadelphia, Oct. 10. —The entire state organization of the Pennsyl vania Council of National Defense,' with more than 20,000 workers, has been placed at the disposal of Dr. B. F. Royer, Acting Commissioner of Health, to assist in combatting and preventing the spread of the influ enza epidemic. Spencer C. Gilbert, of Harrisburg, a member of the defense council's executive committee, is in daily con | ference with Dr. Royer, as special I representative through whom the Health Commissioner's instructions are being carried out by the coun cil. An appeal for automobiles for uis of physicians and nurses and for tents that may be used as emer gency hospitals, has been issued by Charlton Yarnall, vice director of the council's medicine, sanitation and hospitals department. Mr. Yar nall has notified all county chair men and members, of his department to hold themselves at the orders of Dr. Royer. Kaiser Promises Share in Alsace to Almighty Berne. Oct. 10.—The German Em peror, addressing tlie German soldiers at Rufach. Alsace, late in September said: Neither the French nor the Ameri cans will break through our front in Alsace-Lorraine. We shall defend with the last drop of our blood these provinces which belong to us and which the Almighty has entrusted to us to administer as his stewards, and we shall keep them for the benefit of their inhabitants and the glory of God. Our faithful allies are with us in this. The last drop of blood of every Austrian and Hungarian soldier, the last drop of blood of every Bulgar ian add Turkish soldier will be shed before our enemies wrest from us I land which belongs to Germany, j Our enemies cannot and will not j succeed. We are under divine pro i tection. General Wood, 58, Still Hopes For Chance in France Camp Funston, Kan.. Oct. 10. — ' Major General Leonard Wood to ! day celebrated his birthday anniver i sary, having reached the age of fifty - I eight years. Denied the opportunity of overseas service with the division I he trained and which is now in ' France, General Wood is now in ! command of Camp Funston, where ! he is getting another division ready j for foreign service. General Wood still clings to the i hope that be will be allowed to go | overseas with the boys now training j under his direction. General Wood, sometimes called . i "the Prophet of Preparedness," constantly preaches against over confidence. He tells his soldiers that when any one asks how long the war is going to last to reply "Until we I win!" No Comfort For the Liquor Trade! Dr. B. F. Royer, the State Com missioner of Health, has informed representatives of theatrical cir cuits and the Pittsburgh liquor deal ers that he cannot give any assur ance when the anticongregating and closing ban will be raised. The liquor people have protested against 'the order forbidding supplying what they call "family trade," but the Commissioner has not shown any signs of moving, although he says he will purstie any plan they may have to suggest to met the situation and that will not be prejudicial to public health. All of to-day telegrams and tele phone messages were received ask ing when the ban Was to be lifted but nothing can be stated. Lieut. Wesley Harding Among the Wounded First Lieutenant Wesley Harding, of the Eleventh United States In fantry, son-in-law of William H. Ball, secretary to the Governor, was wounded in action in France a month ago, according to word re ' ceived from an officer of his regi ment. Lieutenant Harding is a resident of Philadelphia and entered the Army at the same time as his broth er-in-law, Lieutenant Whitney Ball, now with a machine gun battalion. He has been in u number of actions. Cumberland Valley Shops 100 Per Cent. Good in Liberty Loan Drive Chnmbfraiturir, Oct. 10.—The Cum berland Valley Railroad shops, J. C. j Xorris, foreman,- have achieved an un usual honor. First it went 100 per jcent. on Liberty Bonds as It did in | the last drive. Then it went 100 per ! cent, on one hundred dollar bonds. | every man of the 60 employed tak ing 1100 In Liberty Bonds. C. V. paint shop has also gone 100 per cent, on bonds. Fred Hankins, chairman of railroads, reported a total of $120,- 500, jumping from less than $50,000. TRIO FIN 111) IN CO I' RT E. Blair Hamilton. C. A. Trout and F. E. Curley, Pennsy empolyes at the Altoona classification yards, plead guilty In court on the charge of lar ceny, entering with intent to steal and receiving stolen goods. Both Hamilton and Trout were given a fine of S6O costs while Curley got off with a $lO fine and costs. The trio were arrested after a quantity of whisky, shipped from a Pittsburgh establishment, had Ve pn taken from a freight car while the liquor was yet in transit and laying in the yards. [f ' Dives, Pomeroy 3c Stewart This Week's Group of Specials For Friday Tell of Big Savings No Friday Specials ® roadc l ot h f° r Dresses | 4 JfiEji $4.50 Quality; inches wide, or Phone Orders tr rHnl ln a rich shu(|e ° f pium. special Hf< Friday only, yd s:t.o<) 17111 _ J . Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor Plaid Silks -#^f|rfHt Black Dress Goods SDfeciallv Priced ißr BnMI AII Woor French serge, ojJCLidliy FitbCU BL;M| MuMegT.gimfWßSr 42 inches wide. Special Friday Regulur $1.75 grades.of Plaid only, yd $1.05* , j Silks, in seven distinct pat- • * "* $3.50 French Serge, 54 inches I terns. Special Friday only, yd., jy j' Mil A wide. Special Friday only, Dives, Pomeroy & Stewa'rt, 5 ' Dives, Ponierov & Stewart" Women's Union Suits D ° n 1 forget that you Women's Seamless Hose have been appointed a 50c Black Silk Lisle Seamless Special for Friday II Hose with ribbed tops. Special I committee of one to buy Friday only ~ 30c 75c White Lisle Union Suits, Black Split Sole Out Size knee length. Special Friday LibertV Bonds tO VOUC Seamless Hose. Special Friday only 50c J J only 30c limit Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, SI.OO White Cotton Ribbed Street Floor Vests, fleece lined and dutch !___———— neck with elbow sleeves. Special Don't let the Hun . Friday only, , : 65c ;• Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart. have the laugh on us Men's Winter Under street Floor through his recent over- wear tnr ( n - ,-,-aco $1.50 Egyptian Cotton Ribbed tures tor peace. Shirts and Drawers of medium Dress and Coat Linings Beat the Hun to it and ST ■ * **"*•• SS 32 inch Black Satine. Special . T j„ . SI.OO Natural Wool Finished Friday only, yard 35c your Uduerty JjOnuS Shirts and Drawers of medium . -. - . weight. Special Friday only, 40 inch Farmer's Satin, in P"ty B dirge lOr tttC each 00c black. Special Friday only, whole Run _ Dive s. Pomeroy & Stewart. - auc Street Floor 32 inch Fancy Venetian Cloth. IMPORTANT! ' Special Friday only, yd CBc ' Dives, pomeroy & Stewart. Delivery services are Men's Seamless Silk Street Floor * , . . , T • i tj more or less impaired -Lisle tlose just nOW, SO We request 35c Silk Blsle Socks in black _ i ti • f and white. Special Friday Sample Pairs of tbat you carr y small only 2Uc ' Fall Curtains purchases whenever it is Fancy o piu'd''snu"soci™ 'with $ 1.00 to $7.00 sample pairs of possible tQ do SQ only.' 0 T.ISc Curtains, in scrim, net and _, ' „ „ . Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, madras, one pair of a kind, some C. O. D. sales will be Street Floor slightly soiled. Special Friday made Qnly j n urgent onljf; pair 50c to $3.50 racc _ p . ' Cotton Pongee Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, ° I ZEJtZ. 1 Use your telephone Prid | , ... ~ 59c Pongee, 36 inches wide, in Regular SI.OO Petticoats yw en w really rough finish, special Friday 6 _ necessary to do so. >d 45c Friday, — 65 c Silk Pongee, 36 inches wide, one half silk. , Special Cotton Petticoats, with black Friday only, yd., 29c grounds and colored Roman Women's Lace Boots, Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, stripes; tailored flounce. ,Spe- • cial Friday only. Exceptional Savings street Floor Grev Soisette Moire Dresses. Special Friday only $1.95 Tan cal ' va ">P and K'ey kid vamp high-cut Lace Boets, with tj r Dives, Ponjeroy & Stewart, white kidskin top, pointed toe .KemnantS OI Second Floor. lasts with high heels; not all Curtain W*tc i sizes. Special -Friday only, wunain IN CIS ~ $4.95 19c to 50c remnants of Cur- Colored Dress Goods SS * SO patent colt and b,ack - tain Xet - Special Friday only, kidskin vamp Lace Shoes, with * a ,c $1.25 French Serge, 42 inches black cloth tops, stitched soles 75 C to SI.OO remnants of Cur and half Louis heels. Special tatn Net for door -panels. Spe wlde, navy, brown and gray. prfday on]y $2.95 clal Krlday only> yd 50c Special Friday only, yd 95c Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Dive „ Poraeroy & Stewart, $1.25 Navy Costume Serge, 42 Street Floor, Rear. Third Floor. Inches wide. Special Friday only, yd*. SI.OO $3.00 stripe and cheek Suit- .Groceries Reduced Dress Cottons mg 50 and 54 inches wide. Peters Delicious Breakfast Reduced Cocoa, 6 22c cans. Friday 39c Madras Shirting in neat Special Friday only, yd.,.. $1.95 only " Uc _ „ ~ . and Taney colored stripes. Spe s3.oo All Wool .Panama, 54 5 10c cans, h riday only, 40c ~, ' ~ ' _ • cial Friday only, yd., 29c Inches wide; in navy and black, Toasted Corn I-lakes. Special Friday only, 3 packages,... 33c Percale. 36 Inches wide, in ■l% to 4 yard lengths. Special Swisi Cheese. 3 lb. cuts, $1.98 neat and fancy stripes Special Friday only, yd j1.95 Hecker's Cream barena, 2 Friday only, yd.,. 28c $3.50 All Wool Navy Serge, packages 25c 50 inches wide. Special Friday Assorted Sugar Wafers. Spe cial Friday only, lb 30c* shades and stripes. Special Frl only, yd $2.95 * Sweet Pickles, fresh and crisp. day on i y> yd 351 , Dives. Pomeroy & Stewart, Special Friday only, doz., 12% c Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor Basement Basement js . • _ OCTOBER 10, 1918. Two Face Perjury Charge; Tell Draft Board They Married _Willic McClain, employed at the Central Iron und Steel Company, and Ella Brown, 328 Cherry street, were arrested by City Detective Jlyde Speese this morning on the charge of perjury. They *vill be given a hearing. It is said thgy appeared before City Board No. 1, where Mc- Claln is registered for the draft, and made affidavits they were husband and wife, and secured deferred clas sification on those grounds. It de veloped after an investigation by De tective Speese that they took ojit ft marriage license February 9, but never were married. RESERVE DRILLS ALL OFF Owing to the influenza order the meetings of companies of the Har risburg Reserves for election of of ficers to-morrow night'and all drills at the armory und for high school student classes have been postponed by Major H. M. Stine until further notice. The major has recommend ed that students study the drill reg ulations and be prepared for inten sive work when drills can be sumed. ! Allies Find Beirut Abandoned by Turks ■ l.onclon. Oct. 10. —French and Brit- Ish warships which entered Beirut, the chief seaport of Syria, on Sunday, found that the town had been evacu ' ated by the Turks, says an official statement Issued to-day by the Brit ish war office. Beirut was occupied by detach ments of British Indian infantry orl Tuesday. Railroad Notes j Royce Weaver, C. V. R. R. I gagemaster, was brought to his homev' at Chambersburg from Hagcrstown seriously ill with Influenza. Captain W. R. Snodßrass. Marlins burg, a well known "Cumberland Val ley railroad conductor. Is laid up with the grip. ANIMAL CKNSIIS