RED CROSS FINDS
MISSINGSOLDIER
Biglerville Boy Found in Hos
pital With Fractured Skull
and Bullet Wounds
Gettysburg*, Pa., April 5. The
mystery of Adams county's missing
eoldier has been solved. Through
the home service department of the
Red Cross an Investigation has been
conducted for some time to find the
whereabouts of a young man whose
home is at Biglerville, in order that
he may be placed at some vocational
training school if he so desires. The
soldier boy, whose name is with
held from publication, following the
plan of the Red Cross in much mat
ters, had been overseas for a num
ber of months and had taken part
in some of the hard battles that
were fought while the Allied troops
were chasing the Huns slowly but
surely out of France.
In one of these fights he received
a fractured skull and a number of
bullet wounds. Taken to a hospital
he was later invalided home, but all
this was unknown to home folks
until one day several months ago
a friend of the boys happened to
meet a brother living at Biglerville
and told him he came to this country
on the same boat with him.
Nothing had been heard of the
soldier for six (months or so in
France or since his arrival in this
country, and it was feared that pos
sibly the injury to his hea<| had
caused a temporary lapse of his rea
soning powers and he was wandering
aimlessly around.
The home service department took
the matter up and after much trou
ble have located the boy, although
discharged, in the Naval Hospital at
Norfolk, Virginia.
JUDGE XV. WILKIN'S CAIIR
Philadelphia, April 5. Following
an illness of only a few weeks, Judge
William Wilkins Carr, of Common
Pleas Court, No. 4, died late Thursday
night at his home, 1206 Locust street.
Judge Carr contracted a cold several
weeks ago and complications follow
ed. He became unconscious Thurs
day morning, rind he died without re
gaining consciousness. Judge Carr
was the only Democrat on the com
mon pleas bench. He was appointed
May 7, 1903, by Governor Penny
packer to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Judge Michael Arnold.
Later he was elected to a full term,
and re-elected for a second term,
which would have expired in Janu
ary, 1924. He was appointed postmas
ter of Philadelphia by President
Cleveland in June, 1593. The intro
duction of the trolley mail service
was an important feature of his ad
ministration. He also made improve
ments to the system of handling for
eign mails.
ENTERTAIN FOR SOLDIERS
Gettysburg, Pa., April s.—Gettys
burg's colored citizens last night
honored the soldier boys of their
race who havo returned from France
by giving them an entertainment.
Interspersed in the program the
boys themselves, members of the
Buffalo Division, related in an in
teresting fashion their experiences
ihu-ing the seven months' of service
in .he front line trenches.
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place the Velie among the royalty of motor
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DISTRIBUTORS
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SATURDAY EVENING,
MRS. JENNINGS
HEADS SOCIETY
| Women's Foreign Missionary
' Branch of Carlisle Presby
tery Meets at Duncannon
i Duiiraiinon, Pa., April 6. Mrs.
J William Jennings, of Harrisburg,
! was yesterday afternoon elected
' president for the ninth successive
j time, at the closing sessions of the
i two-day meeting of the forty-second
I annual convention of the AVomen's
[Foreign Missionary Society of the
I Carlisle Presbytery. All sessions
j were held in the Duncannon Presby
; terian Church.
I The remaining members of the
I complete corps of officers elected at
| this meeting include:
A'ice-president for Adams county,
i Miss Margaret Kerr, of Gettysburg:
vice-president for Cumberland coun
tv, Mrs. W. T. Main, Shippensburg;
! vice-president for Dauphin county,
j Miss A. Margaret Ruthetford. Pax
tang: vice-president for Fulton
'county, Mrs. W. R. Peck, McCon
| nellsburg; vice-president for I.eba
' non county, Mrs. Fannie Coleman,
T.ebanon; vice-president for Perry
county. Miss Anna Duncan Wills, of
Duncannon.
Home corresponding secretary,
Miss Marguerite Robinson, of Har
risburg; foreign corresponding sec
retary. Miss Elizabeth Shumaker, of
Chambersburg; recording secretary.
Miss A. Margaret West, of Waynes
boro: treasurer. Miss Mary W. Kerr,
of Philadelphia: secretary of litera
ture, Mrs. William P. Stewart, of
Harrisburg; Young Women's and
Westminster Guild secretary. Miss
Emma Heck, of Harrisburg; mis
sionary education secretary, Miss
Eleanor Duncan, of Shippensburg;
Senior Christian Endeavor chair
man, Miss Elsie Lenher, of Mechan
icsburg: Junior Christian Endeavor
and Children's Rand secretary. Miss
Edith Rettem, of Carlisle.
At the closing sessions, it was
[ decided to have the societies of the
seven counties who have been en
gaged in doing Red Cross work, now
transfer their efforts to producing
materials for hospital work in China
and Persia and in providing garment
for needy children of Persia.
It was voted to hold the next an
nual convention in the Shippensburg
Presbyterian Church on April 1 and
2, 1920.
103 rd Trench Mortars
Arrive at Camp Dix
The first unit of the Keystone Di
vision to arrive home as a unit for
discharge, reached the States yes
terday and have been assigned to
quarters In Company No. 1 of the
First Battalion at Camp Dlx, N. J.
These men, 107 of them, were mem
bers of the One Hundred and Third
Trench Mortar Battalion.
All are expected to be discharged
from the service within five days
i that they may return to the homes
which they stoutly claim they are so
' anxious to return. Efforts will be
imade to reassemble them as a unit
for the parade and reunion of the
Twenty-eighth Division which will
take place in Philadelphia in June.
AUTOMOBILE NEWS I
Local Topics of Interest to Motorists
By ALFRED P. DA VIES
CLEVELAND TO HARRISBURG
VIA. PITTSBURGH IN HIGH
A feat that has not often been ac
complished and one that requires con
siderable knowledge of the fine points
of driving is that of coming from Cleve
land Ohio via Pittsburgh to this city.
This feat however was accomplished
last Saturday and Sunday by Andrew
Redmond, the local distributor of Chand
ler touring cars and Vim trucks, in a
Chandler stock roadster.
During show week Mr. Redmond sold
every Chandler car he had in stock and
took several orders that required fill
ing at once which rftade necessary a
trip to Cleveland, the home of Chand
ler cars, in order to drive in several
cars. It was on this trip that Mr.
Redmond himself, driving the Chandler
roadster, made the remarkable record
of coming over the mountains between
here and Pittsburgh and the muddy
roads of southern Ohio without once
shifting into second or low in the many
long and tedious pulls that is neces
sary to take in the drive.
Leaving Cleveland around 1.30 p. m.
Saturday and staying In Pittsburgh over
night, Mr. Redmond arrived in Harris
burg Sunday afternoon. The roads be
tween here and Pittsburgh are in good
shape and the day was ideal for a rec
ord-breaking run.
During bis stay in Cleveland, Mr.
Redmond visited the Chandler factory
and conversed with several of the high
officials. Optimism is the keynote at
the Chandler factory and they are work
ing day and night to keep up with the
tremendous demand for Chandler cars.
At the present time it is hard to get
Chandlers, due to the fact that a change
is being made in body designs that
will make the Chandler more popular
than ever. Up to date Mr. Redmond
has more than oversold his allotment of
cars and is patiently awaiting his turn
to get shipments of the new designs.
In the course of a few weeks the Chand
ler factory will make an announce
ment that will be a weloome one to the
touring public, but at present will not
disclose just what this announcement
will be.
OAKLAND AGENCY ESTABLISHED
IN THIS CITY
Announcement was made recently
that the Dauphin Motor Car Co., with
offices at 11 South Third street, and a
service station at 125 Cherry street,
had been appointed Central Pennsyl
vania distributors for the famous Oak
land light six.
The Oakland is a well known car
In this territory having been sold here
until recently by Andrew Redmond who
relinquished the agency around the first
of January. The appointing of the
Dauphin Motor Car Company as the
distributor will be welcomed by the
many owners of Oaklands as well as
the many people who are favorable to
the Oakland car.
A. C. Allen, a well known local auto
mobile man Is the manager of the Dau
phin Motor Car Co., and will exert
every effort to put the Oakland across
strong in this territory. At the present
time he has several of the popular
models on hand for immediate delivery
and has a fully equipped repair station
to take care of all Oakland service.
LOCAL APPERSON DEALER
PUTS IN SOME CLAIM FOR
PREFORMANCE OP HIS CAR
"The Apperson Eight, the eight with
eighty less parts, demonstrated that it
can accelerate on high from 1 to 40
miles an hour in 20 seconds; stop dead
at a speed of 40 miles per hour In 4
seconds within 40 yards; and turn com
pletely around within a space of 38 and
a quarter feet."
That is the claim made by the Key
stone Sales Company, the local dis
tributors for Apperson Cars In an an
nouncement on another page of to-day's
paper. And by golly we believe they
can live up to it for we had a ride in
an Apperson driven by Mr. Grove Bome
time ago and believe me the Apperson
is some car and Mr. Grove is some
driver.
Mr. Cowden and Mr. Grove just re
turned from a tour through the northern
tier countries where they were visiting
Apperson representatives. They used
an Apperson Anniversary Eight and in
every town where they stopped the
crowds gathered around the car to ad
mire it. Although a new car that had
not yet been broken in. some remarkable
gas and oil mileage was obtained.
HARRISBURG TO
PHILADELPHIA VIA.
LANCASTER
0.0 HARRISBURG 103.0
3.0 Steelton 100.0
10.0 Middletown 93.0
18.0 Elizabethtown 85.0
24.0 Mt. Joy 79.0
29.0 LandiBville 74.0
37.0 Lancaster 66.0
49.0...... Williamstown 54.0
59.0 SadburyBville 44.0
63.0 Coatesville 40.0
70.0 Downingtown 33.0
74.0 Exton 29.0
80.0 Malvern 23.0
82.0 Paoll 21.0
84.0 Berwyn 19.0
86.0 Devon 17.0
87.0 Wayne 16.0
91.0 Bryn Mawr 12.0
93.0 Ardmore 10.0
103.0 PHILADELPHIA .... 0.0
A humorous situation prevails in
Saint Catharines. Ontario, in connec
tion with daylight saving. The Can
adian parliament refused to grant
daylight saving and the Lincoln
county council opposed it, so all
government and county officers are
working on the old time, including
the ccunty courts. The postoffice and
the customs office clock on the
courthouse, which building Is own
ed by Saint Catharines, but leased
to the county for its offices and
which is the only tower deck in the
city, continues to tick along an hour
behind the whole population of the
city.
Letter carriers and post office
clerks are compelled to work an
hour extra to look after the early
morning mails. .
To-day Secretary Yates, of the
board of trade, was notified that
there was likelihood that the Canad
ian railways would have to go back
to old time, having changed time
without permission. If the railroads
go back the rest of Canada likely
will, too.
A message was sent to Ottawa to
Jaces D. Chaplin, member of parlia
ment for this country, urging him to
pull hard for letting railways stay
on the daylight saving basis.—From
the Buffalo Express.
TRAIN KILLS WOMAN AND SON
Elkton. Md., April 5. —William Al
len Taylor, thirty years old. of near
Fairhill, was killed almost instantly,
and his mother. Mrs. William Taylor,
of this city, so badly injured that she
died shortly after being admitted to
Union Hospital here, as a result of
being struck by a westbound train
on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
last, evening.
HABJRIBBUR6:IAiA( TELEGRAPH
Much Regret Expresed in ,
the Passing of I. W. Dill
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THE LATE I. W. DILL
Never has the news of a death been
so keenly felt nor so much regretted in
automobile circles as that of the sud
den passing of I. W. Dill, one of the
oldest and best known dealers in Cen- j
tral Pennsylvania. Like a flash out of i
a clear sky came the news of the mis-1
fortune that befell Mr. Dill in a fire in j
the storage rooms which he used as a
warehouse on South Cameron street. At
the hospital where he was removed, hope
was held out for his recovery, and then
a week later the news of his having
passed away, was a great shock to his
host of friends.
Mr. Dill had won much prominence
and was recognized as a leader in the
automobile business In this city. For
years he had been identified In every
movement that meant for the better
ment of the motor Industry In all its
phases. He was a member of the Har
risburg Motor Dealers Association and
lent all his efforts toward making it the
strong organization it is to-day. As a
special honor to Mr. Dill this associa
tion attended his funeral In a body, more
than forty members being present.
In his offices at the east end of the
Mulberry street bridge are many tro
phies that are a testimonial of the many
activities of this prominent motorist;
trophies that he won in endurance and
sociability runs In the early days of
motoring before the war. It was al
ways a hobby of Mr. Dill's to enter a
machine that was tuned up to the min
ute and this fact coupled with hia care
ful driving usually brought him out a
winner.
Of late years Mr. Dill devoted his en
tire time to the wholesaling of trucks
and tractors. He was the Central Penn
sylvania jobber and distributor of the
famous Republlo and Day-Elder trucks
and the Reed tractor. He handled dur
ing the course ef his long career many
of the popular cars of to-day and it
was through his efforts that so many
of them became as well known In this
territory as they are. At the time of
his death Mr. Dill was the third oldest
dealer from point of service In the city.
NOTHING LIKE TRYING
Uncle Sam Hodge came down
from the Kentucky mountains with
his yearly produce to market. His
team of oxen was somewhat weary
with a two days' pull. But when
Sam reached the city limits he was
confronted with the sign: "Speed
limit, fifteen miles an hour."
lie pulled his whiskers a moment
in silent meditation, and then
drawled out to his oxen: "Well, I
know durn well we'll never make it,
hut we'll do our doggone best." —
From Everybody's Magazine.
Cphp/truch?
GENERAL performance in a car
is never due to any one thing.
It's the proper blending of all qualities.
In Premier a series of unquestion
able virtues are blended.
But all that we can say about
Premier's goodness will never bring
home to you what a wonderful buy
.this car really is—it takes an actual
demonstration.
—Name your own conditions.
Hagerling Motor Car Company
Distributors
Knat Knd Mulberry St. Brldft, Hurrlabnrg, I'll.
Bell I.IUU Dial dtWIl
AGENTS WANTED IN
Sullivan, I.yrorainu, Columbia, Northumberland. Anion. Snyder,
Mimin, Junlntn, Franklin, Cumberland, Adama, York, I.ebanan,
Montour, I.aaeaater, Fulton, Perry and Dauphin Countlea.
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At TOMOBILE A\l) AEROPLANE
SCHOOL ON THE JOB
Taking a new lease on life after a
; period of inactivity of several months.
! the Automobile and Aeroplane School ]
jat Steelton under the management of :
iW. M. Felton. has come back with a
j bang. During the flu epidemic Mr.
I Felton was laid up for more than a
j month and the great demand for work
ers of any kind no matter whether
skilled or otherwise, almost closed thts
large school entirely. Now the demand
is for skilled mechanics only which
means that some way or other must
be devised to train the men necessary
for the accomplishing of the work of
the nation, has caused the reopening
of the school on a basis unheard of be
fore.
Courses of instruction in both auto
mobile and aeroplane mechanical con
struction are to be had and hours for
both day and night instruction are
maintained. Complete models of auto
mobiles and aeroplanes are used and
the instruction given on nctual working
parts. A large number of men have
enrolled in the classes starting March
31 and more are enrolling every day.
The courses are always opening, new
classes starting all the time. There are
also a few women who are taking the
course and finding it highly beneficial
In the every day life of a motorist.
j fSOSIHRV-rUWART7. CO.
OPBNS SERVICE STATION
The Gomery-Schwartz Motor Car Co.
announce that they have secured the
Federal garage at the corner of Court
and Cranberry streets in the rear of the
Telegraph building and will open a
service station for Hudson and Essex
touring car and Stewart trucks. The of
fice of this firm has been moved to the
| new location but the salesrooms will
i still remain at the old place, 11* Market
! street.
The following poem appeared in the
February Issue of "The Queiterion" the
monthly house organ of the Hyatt Rol
ler Bearing Company and was written
of Captain E. V. Rickenbacher. Ameri
can ace of aces and former speedway
king on his return from the battlefields
of France.
. TO "HICK"
To you from failing hands tee throw
the torch;
Be sure to hold it- high!
Now Rick comes home
From skies that droned with death—
Machine gun riddled skies
That made life but a breath
To draw • • and then expire ;
Where utmost peril found his heart's
desire:
Now Rick comes home.
With skill that knows no peer.
With heart by daring steeled.
Rick kept his faith with those
That sleep in Flanders flel<L
Their torch he bore aloft,
He snatched It where they lay ;
Proud where the buzzards of the Hun
That fell to earth this eagle's prey.
Now Rick comes home, a hero born of
war.
To live while there are eyes to scan
On history's page his name;
But Rick is something more—
A modest four-square man,
Full worthy of hie fame e o o
So Rick comes borne.
3. C. BURTON.
AMERICAN SIX MODELS IN
STOCK FOR PROMPT DELIVERY
The American Auto Company, the
local distributors for the American Six,
the car that is built by and has the
O. K. of Louis Chevrolet, the great
American racer, announce that they
have every model. Including the road
ster and the five passenger car in stock
for immediate delivery.
C. A. Slough, the manager is enthu
fastlc about the American and its pros
pects here for the coming season. A
large number of them were sold at the
show and will be or have been delivered
in the near future. One of the main
features of the American this year Is
the fact that the weight of the car is
evenly balanced both front and rear giv
ing Ideal roadiblllty and at the same
time giving greater economy hi driving
than ever before.
TO MAKE HUNS
PAY PENSIONS
Allies Will Include It in Rep
aration Bill; U. S. Has
No Claim
Paris, April 5. —Pensions to dis
abled soldiers and for widows and)
orphans will be included in the bill
to Germany for reparation. The
Peace 'Conference leaders have de
cided that such relief to individuals
for losses and sufferings during the
war will be a proper charge under
the armistice provisions.
The reparation of losses to the
civilian population will constitute a
very considerable proportion of the
$50,000,000,000, the amount of the
reparation bill as now approximately
estimated.
It is understood that the United
States will not lodge any claim un
der this head, Americans being cov
ered by the American soldiers' in
surance system.
SELDEN TRUCKS
The first gasoline
w>N | www 1 O * motor propelled road
Lndure Long, Hard ocrvice wa ° n ™
The present types of
Selden "In-Built Quality" Trucks are 'J*? o** 0 ** Rre
lri • si result of years of
built to endure for a long time the hard- ontlnuous -experiment,
■ 1 • J P • ■ I*l ■ observation and experi
estkmd ot service to which a motor C nc o m manufacture
truck can be put. Bince the day of thei^
* inception In 1877.
One to Five Ton Worm Drive Models.
Ask us for full information.
"IT Has Been SELDEN since 1877"
SELDEN TRUCK DISTRIBUTORS
1017-25 Market St. Harrisburg'.
Wc Have a Fully Equipped Machine Shop and Can Give You Immediate Service on All Itcpair Work.
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are battery specialists and repair all 1
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w APRIL' 5,1919.
His Life Wasted, Says
Oldest Chicago Alderman
Chicago, April 5. —Edward V. Cul
lerton, rc-eleeted alderman from
the Eleventh ward last Tuesday and
who has served In the City Council
for forty-eight years, received con
gratulations dubiously when he ap
peared at the City Hall yesterday.
"I have wasted my whole life as
an alderman," the oldest member of
the Council said, "and if I had to
live ovqr again I would never run
USL Service Station
All makes repaired or recharged, but when in need of a
new battery we recommend
USL Storage Batteries
There are no better batteries and we have a size to fit your
car
Frederick C. Sieber, Distributor
I'SIJ STORAGE BATTERY SERVICE STATION ~ n '
130-150 PAXTON STREET
for office. I'm sick of the Council's
way of doing business, or rather its
lack of doing business. It's about
time Chicago was given the things
it needs."
NEW SERVICE PAPER IS "SKI"
Washington, D. C, April I.—Th#
Soldiers-Sailors-Marines," a new
tlonal weekly Issued for the first thus
to-day, takes a bold stand against
prohibition.
The Soldiers-Sallors-Marines an
nounces that it Is "for those wh
served" and "fair play for serrloe
men." It asks for a "year's pay for
all who served."
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