CAPITAL CITY FOOTBALL TEAMS TREATED ROUGH AWAY FROM HOME; BEAR SEASON OPENS
Fish Are Calling For Help;
Now the Time to Save 'Em
By TOM MARSHALL '
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Help! Help! Rescue or I perish.
How quickly we would respond to
a call of this character and rusk
to the assitance of suffering- hu
manity should the above appeal
reach our ears. Take a stroll in the
open,, follow the rivers, visit the
bayous, locate the Inland lakes,
where the water is shallow and grad
ually evaporating. In the near fu
ture the tins and tails of fish will
be exposed; a little later the water
will be entirely gone. You will
hear the dog fish bark out their
misery and the cat fish meow for
assistance. Intelligence or intuition
advises them in advance of the evap
oration or solid freezing of these
lakes, both conditions mean death to
the fish.
Rescue work is the only effective
answer to their plea. This must be
done by the devotees of the rod or
the fishermen whose financial inter
ests are served. Now is the ac
cepted time and the work should be
done-at once. Game Warden and
Deputies of the different states
shoultl be actively engaged in this
work, directing and assisting at all
times the rescue parties, while they
are conserving our food supply by
rescuing fish from the shallow lakes
or ponds. Liberal appropriations
BEAR SEASON TO
OPEN TOMORROW
If You Run Across One After
Midnight It Is All Right to
Bag Him; Quail Oct. 21
While the open season for small
same, such as squirrel and quail, will
not come in until October 20, or, le
gally, until October 21, real big game,
such as bear, may be shot on and
after Tuesday, October 18. but it Is
hardly likely there will be a big rush
to the mountains for this kind of
game, notwithstanding the fact that
bear are unusually plentiful on Centre
county mountains this year. In fact,
a few have displayed a particular
fondness to come out of the mountain
fastnesses on various' occasions and
exhibit themselves to the traveling
public.
So far as quail are concerned they
are a nonentity in Centre county and
not worth bothering about. I , ' lere
are some squirrel in woodlands where
nuts abound, but so far they have not
been seen in any great numbers, and
hunters are likely to find the pursuit
of small game a rather irksome sport
this year. Ordinarily pheasants pro
vided the best hunting and attracted
good shots from all over the state, but
If this year Centre county has been clos
ed to the hunting of these toothsome
birds and local hunters are regarding
it as a blessing in disguise, because
so many hunters from other counties
hogged tl?e sport every year and the
man who went out for only a day at
a time stood little chance of getting
anything.
When the wild turkey season comes
in it is probable that a greater num
ber of hunters will be attracted to the
woods, as they are reported quite
plentiful, but the real hunting will
not begin until the opening of the
deer season. Last season there were
more deer killed in the Centre coun
ty mountains than in any season for
several years, and woodsmen report
deer very plentiful this year. Just
why this is the case is hard to under
stand when nothing but bucks can be
killed and the kill last year was about
150.
Game Birds Differ Greatly
in Their Flying Speed
A most interesting problem in
shooting, observes an oldtimer, is that
of studying the variation tn the
speed of flight of game birds. The
crow may be taken as an example
of the slower flying bird, with a rate
of thirty-flve to fifty-five feet a sec
ond and with an average speed of
forty-five miles an hour, while many
species of hawks attain the remark
ably fast speed of 200 feet a second.
Here is the table showing the aver
age speed in flight:
Feet per Aver
Bird Second age
Quail 65 to 85 75
Ruffed grouse ... 60 to 80 75
Snipe 60 to 70 65
Mallard 65 to 90 76
Woed duck 70 to 90 80
Teal 120 to 140 130
Canvasback 130 to 180 145
Canada geese .... 100 to 120 110
Red head 110 to 130 120
It may be said that if ducks are
scared they can reach a maximum
speed at will, and this sprinting flight
is usually what the gunner has to
make allowance for. \
On the other hand, many wild fowl
are jumped and killed while hover
ing oved decoys and moving slowly,
and birds like snipe and qu.iil are of
ten killed before they have attained
full speed.
Upland birds are not often shot
while passing the gun at right angles,
but going straight away, quartering
or twisting.
Germany Is Willing
Kaiser Should Fall
Paris, Oct. 14.—The tendency is
remarked in certain German circles,
says a dispatch from Geneva to the
Temps, to represent the eventual
call of Emperor William as a con
cession which the Gefmans would
be disposed to allow to the Allies if
"* they demanded It.
Such talk appears, above all, the
massage adds to be an attempt to
bring about an event which many
Germans judge to be inevitable and
even desirable.
Zurich, Switzerland, Oct. 14.—Neu
tral travelers arriving* here from
Germany report that rumors Em
peror William may abdicate ap
pear to take greater consistency day
by day. The arrivals add that the un
popularity of the German Crown
Prince has considerably Increased
in Germany.
CONGRESS ALARMED
Washington, Oct. 14—Members of
Congress regard the German answer
as opening an International political
situation so stupenduous as to de
mand the greatest statesmanship in
dealing with the matter. They feel
that the crucial climax in the history
of the war has been reached and
insist that decision must not be
hastily reached.
MONDAY EVENING,
should be made by the legislatures
of every state to be utilised in this
work, under the direction of the
Commissions or Warden.
Do fish suffer when hooked? It
is claimed by many recognized au
thorities that the cartilaginous tis
sue surrounding the mouth of fish
is devoid of nerves hence non
susceptible to pain. Admitted, to
close the argument, that the claim
has been proven. This is no evi
dence that fish do not suffer as the
water slowly evaporates, leaving
them imbedded in the mud or in
crusted in the solid ice to die a
lingering death. Rescue! Imrne
j diately seine the shallow lakes,
transplant the fish into living water.
Let your seine mesh be small, ftng
erllngs and fry now saved mean
credible creel decorators in the near
future. Fish you rescue are accli
mated and accustomed to individual
rustling, their chances to mature are
even better than these hand raised
or hatchery propagated,
j Cooperate with your State Warden
and Deputies, or better—devote in
dividual time and efforts to seining
and saving the game fish for pros
pective food consumption. "Rescue
the pershing fish; care for the dy
lng."
jEATING PLACES
! TO CUT PRICES TO
FIT THE ORDERS
Food Administration Issues
! Regulations For Hotels
and Restaurants
Washington, Oct. 14.—Herbert C.
Hoover, United States Food Admin
istrator. yesterday announced his
initial move in the great conserva
tion campaign which must be under
taken. by the American people this
year if the nation is to make good
its promise to send 17,500,000 tons
of food to the Allies.
New food regulations, designed to
carry out a direct reduction in the
consumption of all foodstuffs, par
ticularly staples, will be put in force
on October 21 in all places where
cooked food is sold to be eaten on
the premises. The regulations will
affect every hotel, restaurant, cafe,
club and dining car in the country.
I Tt is estimated approximately 9.000,-
000 persons take their meals in
these public eating places.
Twelve "don'ts for restaurants"
make up the regulations, and their
application will bring about the
serving of less elaborate meals to
obtain the food saving rather than
the series of emergency regulations,
such as meatless and wheatless days
and meals which formerly served
that' purpose.
Homes to Get Similar Colls
Mr. Hoover's next step will be to
institute a similar saving in the
American home. Within a short time
he expects to pare down her entire
food bill arid spread a more frugal
table, so the great deficit of our
Allies may be made up. Details of
the means to be employed in accom
plishing the home saving have not
been completed, but the fact is pa
tent the world is short of food,
and only a surplus of American food
can meet the situation.
The "orders" sent to the public
eating places call for voluntary co
operation. The food administration
announced that actual licensing of
the operation of restaurants was not
deemed advisable or necessary at
present. It was made plain, how
ever, that if compliance with the in
structions are not complied with, the
public eating places will be dis
ciplined summarily by the food ad
ministration's control of the distri
bution of sugar, flour and other food
supplies.
Prices Should Be According
Another important feature of the
orders is that if patrofis desire only
one chop it should be served and all
portions of meat should be large
enough only to meet the require-
I ments of patrons. Prices, however,
should be adjusted accordingly. It is
also urged that as few ft-ied dishes
as possible be served in order to
conserve all fats. No candles should
be served after meals and icings
made from sugars should be elim-
I inated and honey, maple sugar, corn
sugar and syrup used as sweeteners.
Fresh vegetables and fruits should
be .used wherever possible and
canned fruits and vegetables should
be used as little as possible In order
to save tin and labor.
Twelve Regulations Issued
"A failure to conform to any of
the following orders," says a circu
lar to the proprietors of restaurants,
"will be regarded as a wasteful prac
tice forbidden by Section No. 4 of
the food control act of August 10,
1917." The circular says:
"We know the majority of men
1 in this class of business will welcome
this enforcement on the ground It
protects the patriot from the slacker
and gives the honest man who wants
to save for the country protection
from the wrongful acts of his un
patriotic competitor."
The regulations follow:
First. No public eating place shall
I serve or permit to be served any
bread or other bakery product which
does not contain at least twenty per
I cent, of wheat flour substitutes, nor
shali it serve or permit to be served
| more than two ounces of this bread,
i known as Victory bread, or if no
Victory bread is served, more than
! four ounces of other breads (such
jas corn bread, muffins, Boston
thrown bread, etc.). Sandwiches or
I bread served at boarding camps and
I rye bread containing fifty per cent,
or more of pure rye flour are ex
pected. i
Second. No public eating place
shall serve or permit to be served
bread or toast as a garniture or un
der meat.
Third No public eating place
shall allow any bread to be brought
to the table until after the first
course is served.
Fourth. No public eating place
shall serve or perfait to be served
to one patror at any one meal more
than one kind of meat. For the pur
pose of this rule meat shall be con
sidered as Including beef, mutton,
pork, poultry and any byproducts
thereof.
Fifth. No public eating place
shall serve or permit to be served
any bacon as a garniture.
Sixth. No public eating place
shall serve or permit to be seAed to
any one person at any one meal
snore than one-half ounce of butter.
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Even Horses Receive Extensive
Athletic Training in War Time
London, Oct. 14.—A war hOTse, be
fore he is ready for service, receives
an education almost as rigorous and
comprehensive as that of the recruit
who rides him into battle. When
properly trained he will face barbed
wire and even rush entanglements,
regardless of lacerated legs and
flanks.
After he has been accustomed to
have a man mount rapidly on his
sensitive back he is taught to kneel
with his rider. He has to be taught
to pull up in his own length from a
gallop, to stand steady while a rider
fires from his back and to lie still
on the ground while he is being used
Seventh. No public eating place
shall serve or permit to be served
to any one person at any one meal
more than one-half ounce of Ched
dar, commonly called American
cheese.
Sugar Bowls Barred
Eighth. No public eating place
shall use or permit the use of the
sugar bowl on the table or lunch
counter. Nor shall any public eating
place serve sugar or permit it to, be
i served to any one person at any one
meal exceeding one teaspoonful or
its equivalent.
Ninth. No public eating place
shall use or permit the use of an
amount of sugar in excess of two
pounds for every ninety meals
served, including all uses of sugar
on the table and In cooking, except
ing such sugar as may .be allotted
by the federal food administrators
to hotels holding a bakery license.
No sugar allotted for this special
baking purpose shall be used for any
other purpose.
Tenth. No public eating place
shall burn any food or permit any
food to 'be burned, and all waste
shall be saved to feed animals or re
duced to obtain fats.
Eleventh. No public eating place
shall display or permit to be dis
played food on its premises in any
such manner as may cause its de
terioration so that it cannot be used
for human consumption.
Twelfth. No public eating place
shall serve or permit to be served
what is known as double cream or
cream de luxe: and in any event, no
cream containing more than twenty
per cent, of butter fat shall be
served. m
Indoor Baseball Knocks /
Cricket Into Cocked
Hat, Say English
Baseball as played indoors during
the winter months in the United
States is proving remarkably popular
among the Allied soldiers in France.
It is played, of course, out of doors,
but the larger indoor bail is used and
the rules of indoor baseball adhered
to. It seems to be an easier game as
well for the British soldiers to learn
than the more scientific and technical
outdoor baseball. It is quickly learn
ed. and its caliber is not too high to
admit an amateur. The English sol
diers find that any good cricket play
er possesses suficient qualifications to
feel at home in a few innings.
On athletic fields and aerodromes
all over France, one may see scores of
British, Canadian, Australian and
American officers and men. playing In
door baseball with a vim and eager
ness never displayed at cricket.
"Indoor baseball knocks cricket In
to a cocked hat," declared the star
cricketer of one of the guards' regi
ments the other day. Probablv the
quicker action, the wider inclusive
ness of the game, and the laughs It
arouses among the pfayers and spec
tators—to say nothing of the rooting,
appeal more to the soldier in France
than the more serious and sedate
game of cricket, and the equipment is
simple* and cheaper.
Runaway Trolley Kills Two,
Injures 30, Rams a House
Bethlehem, Pa.. Oct. 14.—Two per
sons were killed, a score seriously in
jured and a dozen more Blightly hurt
when a crowded trolley car on the
South Bethlehem and Saucon Electric
Railway, a short line running from
this city to Center Valley, ran away
on the Wood Street hill In South Beth
lehem and crashed Into a house at
the bottom <jf the grade. It was
crushed like an eggshell, and Edward
Smith, aged 40, of Center Valley, and
Mrs. William Trauger, of Colesvflle,
were crushed to death.
Local Pigskin Athletes
Meet Defeat Out of Town
Only two Harrisburg football or
ganizations were active oh Saturday,'
both leaving home to meet defeat.
George Cocklll took his Steelton High
schoolers to Millersvllle and when
he started home the squad was even
more sadly crippled and tottering
under a defeat of 27-0. About half
of CocklU'a regiment are down with
the flu. •
The West End invaded Marysvtlla
and it suocumbed to superior play
ing. 13-7. West End however put up
a good game. The lineup was;
HXRRISBURG TELEGRAPH
as a cover for his rider, who snipes
over his side.
One of the most difficult things re
quired of a war horse is to become
familiarized with the sword- In war
fare it is a common trick for a cav
alryman to aim his first blow at his
opponent's horse, for no horse will
Stand after being pricked on the nos
tril or lip.
Witen a horse knows his rider
he will perform surprising deeds, A
brigade has been known to go
through three lines of bayonets and
then through a barbed wire entangle
ment. Not'long ago a Canadian troop
charged two lines of German machine
guns and rifles and gathered them
both in.
MINERS URGED TO
WORKTO LIMIT
Governor Issues Proclamation
Calling For Maximum Pro
duction of Fuel Now
I Governor Brumbaugh Vas issued
a proclamation to the miners and
mine officials of Pennsylvania to ap-
J>ly themselves daily and diligently
, th 6„ reat service of providing
ruei. The governor asks that the
coal of the Keystone State keep
amaze the fires that won the war'
proclamati °n is as follows:
WHEREAS, The American Min-
L°ngress in full co-operation
with the State Department of Mines,
H? e i n j ted States Bureau of Mines,
the Federal Fuel Administration and
Lilted States Employment
Agency has appealed to the Execu
tive of this state, in which fifty
two percent of all coal in the Union
is produced, to exercise his prerog
ative in securing the largest possi
ble output of coal every day, and
WHEREAS, It has been made
manifest that coal is, essential to
the winning of the war, that its
aggregate output could be largely
increased if all miners and mine
owners in the true spirit of patriot
ism were to unite in a real campaign
of production, avoiding all caufees
for disputes, all occasion for un
rest, all need of strikes and delays,
and give themselves daily to the
great national need for fuel by work
ing full time and all the time, and
"WHEREAB, The so-called "Span
ish Influenza" is a new menace to
maximum production by reason of
the illness of many miners and their
attendants, thus reducing the man
| power devoted to this industry—
skilled and unskilled alike, miners
and technical or administrative em
ployes, thus presenting to our peo
ple the absolute necessity of observ
ing fully all laws of health and ab
staining from all acts that in any
way could add to the mqnace from
this cause, and
"WHEREAS. As early as August
14. the State Department of Mines,
•with my approval and in full reall
zat.on of the imminence of the con
ditions. appealed to the owners and
employes of the 2,500 coal mines
in Pennsylvania ,to speed produc
tion and to appreciate- the fact that
to dig coal is as patriotic a service
as to dig trenches.
"Now, THEREFORE, I, Martin
G. Brumbaugh, Governor of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
deeply sensible of the grave obliga
tion to the nation that our abound
ing resources lays upon all our peo
ple who In any way have to do with
the production of coal and resolved
that Pennsylvania at all times shall
be first in loyalty an& In love for
liberty, do hereby urge all our min
ers and mine officials to apply Uiem
selves daily and diligently- to the
great service of providing fuel for
our homes, our institutions, our In
dustrie*, our Navy, our Merchant
Marine and our Allies. Let it be
written when the story is told that
Pennsylvania was not slack, that
her manhood was patriotic and
heroic and that our coal kept ablaze
the flres that won the war for de
cency and democracy." •
WITH BOOZE BARRED.
POLICE HAVE NO WORK
No arrests were made by city police
since 8 o'clock Saturday evening.
Police account account for the singu
lar fact to the closing of the saloons.
MARYSVJLLE WEST END
Straw right end Fetrow
Warren ... right tackle ..Laugherty
Smithgaul , right guard ...Vlenhour
Kocker center Holohan
Shoemaker .. left guard • Hill
R. King ... left tackle .'Borch
Bitting .... left end ...Hoffman
C. Shaeffer . quarterback Anole
Tuck .... left halfbacft .Pennyheffer
(M. King .. right halfback ....gpotts
Rhoads .... fullback Fltnger
Substitutions: Benfer for R. King.
Touchdowns: Rhoads and Fetrow.
Field Goals: Rhoads, 2.
Flying With Shaffer
ACTION IN THE AIR
LETTERS FROM A DAUPHIN COUNTY BOY TO HIS MOTHER
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k Escadrille Spad 38,.
Secteur Postal 102,
G. C. 22.
Sept. 8, 1918.
Dear Mother:
Say, don't let me hear you com
plain anymore that coal is so hard
to get that you must burn wood.
Why, doggone it. I haven't even got
a candle, and it sure is chilly, for to
day seems to be making up for all
the many clear days we have been
having lately. It's raining some
thing fierce, and for a Sunday 1 have
yet to see one more dreary. Worse
luck, no letters came to-day and the
rain Is getting worse. Yon may well
ask, "are you downhearted?" and
like so many things I do, the ans
wer might well surprise you, Tor the
answer would' be decidedly "No!"
You see, one of the French pilots
took his permission in English.
O, "Glory, a Phonograph
He just got home to-day and
among other things brought a pho
nograph along. Ho orougnt many
American records along also as it
is a Columbia. Gee! I like to hear
a choir out camping along side that
"coford chnser" and even though
the Frenchmen cannot understand
the words the music certainly made
a hit with them. It's a cinch if we
don't wear all the needles out to
day it will be a miracle. Even now
while 1 scribble wrapped up In two
sweaters, a sheepskin coat and ear
muds, a Frechman is seeing to it
that tho musicbox keeps working
regular, and it sure is amusing to
hear him try to pronounce the names
of those Hawaiian pieces. Worse
yet, he wants to know what they
mean—just as if I knew. Why, I
can't even' pronounce them myself!
You know, with all this music go
ing on around me I don't feel like
speaking of war. And there certain
ly has been a lot of it going on late
ly around here for you remember I
told you my flying activity at present
is around Soissons, although we
often fly near Rheims, too.
Hoisting the Huns
Of course, you have read in the
paper of the advance around Sois
sons. They certainly have been go
ing right along towards Berlin in
this sector, and the Frenchmen ad
miringly give the credit to the Amer
icans. It was the day the lines were
advanced from the river Velse to the
river Aisne that I really got an idea
where the lines were and also what
a gas attack looked like. It was a
wonderfully clear morning and as we
neared the lines we could see clouds
of white vapor filling the many nu
merous. valleys thereabouts, with
every now and then a tremendous
belching explosion of black smoke.
What the latter was 1 don't know
but it surely made some' spectacle!
Probably the result of one of the
German trrlck of mining a shallow
bit of water, so that when a com
pany of soldiers start wading
through into heaven so quick St.
Peter hasn't time to collect their
passports. A flyer from another
escadrille saw an explosion of this
sort when he was returning at a low
altitude from burning a Boche bal
loon. Just as he passed over a large
fiond of water there was a tremen
dous _ explosion, and then there
wasn't any more water, or anything
else thereabouts for that matter. He
did not say whether he received a
shower bath or not. but it's pretty
certain he got his wings wet. Un
fortunately we saw no Boche that
morning so had no chance to help
along in the good work.
Clouds thill or Huns
The next day though, we had
plenty, In fact too many, for the air
was alive with Boche at all alti
tudes. I had the latter fact duly
impressed on me for that evening
three Frenchmen and I asked for
"chasse libre," and there being no
orders we were allowed to go. By
the time we reached the lines two
of us were left, the rest having gone
back with motor trouble; but we
kept on hunting, as we had perfect
confidence in each other, for the
Frenchman knew I would follow him
wherever he went, and I knew that
he would run a minimum of risks
no matter where he went. We did
not have to hunt long for trouble
for as I said before the sky was
full of Huns. No sooner had we
reached the lines than we saw the
white shrapnel that denotes their
presence and the Frenchman head
ed that way. Suddenly he turned
and headed straight into Germany,
diving as he did so. Wondering what
the idea was I followed and then 1
saw we were headed for feome more
"Archie" at lower altitude.
In Night Quartern
I could also make out a few planes
but we were too far away to tell
whether they were Boche. However,
we were getting closer and my
leader began diving steeper and then
suddenly pulled up and started for
home. As for me I first looked down
to see the Boche were he had
dove on, but could see none and then
I took a look around above to see the
why and the .wherefore of this sudden
decision to return to the home roost.
A Bpad from another escadrllle had
followed us in and he was still above
me, and belteve me he wasn't letting
any clouds from under him. He was
heading for the lines with his tail
up over his head and all the motor
he had. I did not waste any time
following either, for not a mjle away
were three little Fokkers coming
full speed to cut us off for we were
for enough In Germany to make me
remember the words you had writ
ten of "Bishop" "never to take any
unneessary chances." Anyway, there
we were, jwo little. Frenchmen hump
ing it for home with flvj Boche under
us and three more at our same level
looking as if* they might catch us.
I say two. because my leader, hav
ing a lower-powered plane than ours
was endeavoring to get away by div
ing to a lower level. did not
appeal to me though, seeming more
dangerous and when he came home
and said he had fell among seven
I was convinced of the wisdom of my
decision, for I chanced the menace of
the three Huns and kept heading
straight ahead. As they drew closer
and 1 could distinguish their chunky
lines, and their white tails with its
black cross 1 had a sudden desire to
meet them head on, and fight it out.
With this thought in mind, I looked
up at the strange Spad overhead to
see whether he had the same thought,
for he was higher than the Huns and
thus in a more advantageous posi
tion while 1 was on the same level.
"Hang" Go lloclics
But apparently he had no such de
sire, for he kept right on going and
made no sign of showing fight, so
seeing that the odds were three to
one not very favorable at that 1 re
linguished the idea of opening fire,
but if 1 was undecided the Boche were
not, for about that time .they decided
they were close enough and opened
fire with both guns—all three of
them. They didn't follow us far, for
would you believe it, we ran plunk
into ten more, who were milling
around In their circle formation at
all heights while several Spads high
overhead dove down now and then
to the attack. Talk about being be
tween the devil and the deep blue
sea! Golly! I sure was glad I had
not stopped to Cross bullets with
those three, for those ten coming up
on the other side would sure have
made it hot for me. As it was I had
troubles enough and three Boche on
my taU not withstanding, I proceeded
to get some more space under me,
for several of those ten were as high
as I was. I lost track of the other
Spad about that time and also the
original three Boche.
Home in a Thunderstorm i
several of the second
patrol at probably 200 meters under
me stood up on their tails and began
speaking their little piece also. By
this time I had been shot at so often
that I was getting sore, and seeing
a favorable opportunity as one Boche
turned to regain his patrol, I turned
both guns on him and did a little
shooting myself. True, I did not
knock him down, but it was a grim
relief to see my bullets go sailing
towards him like little sparks of
fire.
When I pulled out of the dive tn
which I had been throwing flaming
stars around so promiscuous, another
Spad shot past me who had dropped
down from above—and then they
shot at us some more. I Jumped in
a friendly cloud then, and seeing
that I had been out nearly my limit
of time came out of the cloud and
headed home. One would think I had
done enough dodging for one day,
but on my way home I- had to dodge
a thunderstorm. And believe me a
thunderstorm seen from aloft is an
awe-inspiring spectacle.
WALTER.
Wiconisco Boy Has Arm
Shot Off in Battle
Wlneonlflco, Pa., Oct. 14.—Word
has been received by Mrs. James
Hand, that the right arm of her son,
Edward Johns, was shot off in bat
tle in France. He is now in a hos
pital in Paris and expects to be sent
home. Johns enlisted at Battle Creek,
Mich., In September. 1917, and was in
training at Camp Mac Arthur. Texas,
arriving, in France last Easter. He
was connected with the Machine Gun
Company of the One Hundred and
Twenty-Sixth Infantry.
EDWIN H. BLESSING DIES
Hummelstown, Oct. 14.—Edwin H.
Blessing, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. D.
Blessing, died on Saturday morning
at the home of his wife's mother,
MrS. Henry Shearer, at New Bloom
field, from pneumonia. Mr. Blessing
was born here, and for a number of
years was manager of his father's
general store. He was aged 32 years
and is survived by his wife and two
children, his parents and one sister,
Mrs. Clarence Conrad. He was a
member of Zlon Lutheran Church, the
Men's Bible class, Derry Council No.
40, Jr. O. U. A. M., Washington Camp
No. 306. P. O. S. of A., and Camp No.
10714, M. W. of A. Funeral services
were held from the Shearer home at
12 o'clock to-day with burial in the
Hummelatown cemetery.
LIVERPOOL MINISTER RETIRES
Liverpool, Pa., Oct. 14.—The" Rev.
William Beach, pastor of the United
Brethreh Church at Royalton, and a
former pastor of the -United Brethren
Church here, after an active minis
try of over thirty-one years, retired
from service on Sunday and -was
placed on the retired list of the
church. During these years the Rev.
Beqch served at Liverpool, Manor,
Linglestown, Halifax, Tower City,
Intercourse, £aque, Hillsdale, and
Royalton.
OCTOP.ER 14. 1018.
Georges Carpentier, French Boxer,
Must Quit Game, Says "Bill" McCabe
Yankee fighters who have recently
seen Georges Carpentier, the French
champion heavyweight boxer, believe
he will never enter the ring again.
This, at least, is the opinion of
"Fighting Bill" McCabe, who Just re
turned from the other side, after
meeting M. Nealez, who is called
champion of Paris.
"At the port in France at which I
landed," said McCabe, "the Y. M. C. A.
director, a man named Martin, is a
boxing enthusiast, and every Satur
day night there is a boxing show put
on at the Y. M. C. A. hut over which
he presides. And say, some of the
bduts are corkers.
"The first day I was ashore I ran;
into a little boxer whom I had known
in the Navy. He showed me around a
bit. The following Saturday night as
I approached the 'Y' hut I was sur
prised to see an enormous crowd of
soldiers. I began to inquire what was
doing, when suddenly my little boxer
friend spied me and gave me a yell
of recognition.
" 'Comd over here,' he shouted,
•you're just the man we want.
"It developed that 'Soldier' Gal
lagher, an American frotft Boston, had
about cleaned up every opponent that
could be found for him, and he had
just announced he was ready to meet
all comers.
"I hadn't any training, but I am'
always in good condition, and I went
on with him. We boxed six rounds, i
430 Clocks at Capitol
Need Winding Weekly
Washington—There Rre In the Cap
itol at Washington 430 clocks, every
one of which has to be wound once a
week. To aet them all back an hour
a few days hence will be in itself quite
a job.
Sightseers who visit that great edl
l fiee fall to learn from the guides or to
notice for themselves many things
that are Interesting. For instance. If
they would observe the brownish
gray walls of the rotunda they would
understand Just what was the color of
the White House (built of sandstone
from the same quarry) before it was
burned in 1814.
The outside of the building (bar
ring the iron dome and white marble
wings) is of the same material, and
to paint it is a task that occupies
thirty-five painters for thirteen
weeks.
So thick and massive is the ma
sonry structure that the interior is
II Ke a series of cavprns —always cool
even on tho hottest days of a Wash
ington summer.
Repairs cost $30,000 a year, and
mainly for this purpose workshops
are maintained in the sub-basement.
There is a paint shop, a carpenter's
shop, a plumber's shop and a machine
shop down telow ground.
The building has 670 windows and
is illuminated by 25.000 electrij lamps
of sixteen eandlepower or the equiva
lent. Light, heiU and power are sup
plied from a big plant several blocks
distant at a cost'of $170,000 per an
num.
WIMEN ASKED TO AID
IN LIBERTY BOND DRIVE
An appeal for the women of Cum
berland county to speed up their
work on the loan has been reecived
by Miss Margaret Moser. chairman of
the Women's Liberty Loan Commit
tee of Cumberland county, from Mrs.
William Gibbs McAdoo, national chair
man. In her telegram. Mrs. McAdoo
says:
"The President has called to the na
tion to oversubscribe the loan as an
imperative measure toward certain
and complete victory. The National
Women's Liberty Loan Committee, ap
preciating all you have already done,
calls upon you to take this message
home to your committee:
" 'Over subscription of the quota In
your district must be the personal re
sponsibility of every Liberty Loar.
worker.'" 1
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but ho was a slam-bang artist, and
1 succeeded in outpointing him. Then
they asked me if I would box Nealez.
I told 'em sure I would. They said
he was a heavyweight, but I answer
ed Jhat it didn't make any difference
to me, and I had about a week to
train. 1 went to Camp (cen
sored). where there were all the spar
ring partners I could possibly want,
and trained hard for the week. At
the end of that time I felt as if I
could lick Willard.
"On the Saturday night that I was
to box Nealez the whole camp came
down to root for me. Nealez had his
followers, too, and the thing looked
like a world's championship over
here In old days. 1 had about fifty
seconds, and so did Nealez. We got
busy right away and for three rounds
the gang Just stood on their chairs
and howled. After that Nealez found
the pace too fast for him and I was
able to beat him in the last three
rounds, but I couldn't put him out.
"Georges Carpentier is fat and looks
ffabby to me, and I don't believe he
will ever engage in another real ring
battle. There is a whole lot more
sports indulged In behind the line
than you would Imagine. Plenty of
baseball is played by the men. but
the character of the sports, of course,
depends largely on the whims of the
officers in charge. Some of them are
not so keen for sports, and. of course,
their men don't have so much of
them."
SPECIAL TRAINS
START THIS WEEK
Hundreds of Men Will Be
Taken to Camp Green and
Three Colleges Soon
The first movements of drafted
men of any account to army camps
since the outbreak of influenza be
gan will start this week when three
distinct train movement* will take
place. Meapwhlle physical examina
tions of the last of the registrants
prior to September 12 to fill qt|>tas
for October movements is being ex
pedited. In many districts where in
fluenza Is not generally prevalent
the examinations and classifications
of September registrants has been
advanced.
Commencing tomorrow thjee spec
ial trains will take almost 2,000
white drafted men with grammar
school educations to the University
of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Insti
tute for mechanical training and a
special train will take 300 to State
College for a special course. Three
special trains will be run on Wed
nesday. Thursday and Friday to'take
1,500 colored men to Camp Greene.
These men were called to go to Camp
Ufcton, but the order was changed.
Tra'in schedules are now being
worked out to send 6,725 white men
to Camp Greenleaf for gereral mil-,
itary service training.
HEARS OF -PEACE"
AND FALLS DEAD
When Mrs. W. H. Auchmuty, aged
61 years, of Sunbury, a sister of Gro
ver Wayne. 1713 Carnation street.
Harrisburg, heard early Sunday
morning that the Germans had accept
ed President Wilson's fourteen terms,
she fell dead, due to an attack of
heart diseases brought* on by the .
shock. Shortly after the German re
ply was heard of in Sunbury. every
conceivable noise-making instrument
was let loose, and when Mrs. Auch
mutv went to the door and learned
the cause, the shock was too much for
her.
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