COURT MARTIAL HEARINGS END Bar Association Committee Will Meet at Call in Chicago Washington, April 2 6.—Hearings | of the committee'of the American £ ss °ciation on administration | or military justice were concluded here yesterday and the committee adjourned subjeet to tho call of ihei chairman, Judge S. 8. Gregorj. of nirago. The views of many officers and others remain to be obtained bv , the committee and Chairman Greg- I I AMFRtCAN 1 j "(The Hginced cfor " I B Balanced V th the Precision of 8 /Vatchmaker indispensable the track ' ba,ance lu * lly 1 I M highly desirable' ordinary road driving. The New j H American Six If 1 * carlhat is putting ali this master g M Skill of radnr pon fllp *> ad ' "■?? car f °! Pei " I S ,-ith its weight evenly distributed over =3 fcd feet balance— „ , 3 g the four wb ls t0 the last fractlon of a P ound - g § ar that cannot help but hold the road 11 M Jt is tnr _ =3 pi , it e*t speed and on sharpest turns. It is £3 .. ose every part takes up the driving strain pi tne car . . , a W Xictlv lntended - 11 13 the car that has matehed 3 H d power with safety and eeonqmy. § g its 1 ■ to-day and see the advance models that ijg wo .o now showing for Immediate delivery. American Auto Company a I E3 Front and Forster St. C. A. SLOUGH, Manager, I pg x ¥\ in a rrv *1 motor propelled road |\ fl 4 , l\j | Jl*. f\ wagon was a S ELD EN. The present types of CONTINUOUS SERVICE j continuous experiment, Selden "In-Built Quality" Trucks will stay "on observation and expen the job" every working day of the year. They ence ' n , manufactu c e i 1 • l r • i l • r since the day of their render the kind or service that makes it profit- inception m 1977. able to haul by motor truck. One to Five Ton Worm Drive Models. Ask us for full information. "IT Ha, Bean SELDEH m 1577" SELDEN TRUCK DISTRIBUTORS 1017-25 Market St. Harrisburg. We Have a Fully Equipped Maeliine Shop and Can Give You Immediate Scrviee oil All Repair Work. SATURDAY EY 1 ™ 0 ' ~ . ... .tely com ory said he would Imm m ight not munieate with those Muent hear be able to attend su&to™ bo re ings should the publir Mr Qreg sumed later in Chiqi he desires ory has indicated viewpoint of a if possible to get t en before clos- I number of enlistef ing the record, advocate general The acting juc\ Kregor. was Brigadier Getfe es yesterday, but among the w-it B t a tement D ( views j gave only a as the committee he had formu t j me _ j was pressedt o i,j the commit- General l£ e Q f sending courts j tee the pr*g S an( j sentences hack martial fin n oase s of acquittal or j for revisir w hich appeared inade of sontcDjje. reviewing authority ' quate tt' be abandoned except for could wj of technical error, clear of the clemency I Twq which General Ansell is i board president. Colonel James S. Easby- Smith and Lieutenant Colonel Wil liam Connor, also testified. Both emphatically supported the existing courts martial system as well cal culated to get at the facts, and not likely to bring about the punishment of innocent men. The only other witness was J. B. W. Gardiner, a New York lawyer, who formerly was an officer of the regular army. He was the only one of the score of men suggested to thp committee by Colonel Ansell who appeared to testify. Gardiner in sisted that the attitude of the regu lar army was all wrong because it held the courts martial system to be an executive agency for discipline whereas it was in fact a portion of the judicial framework of the coun try. French Cabinet and the Peace Delegates Hold a Meeting Paris, April 26.—.The French cab inet and tho members of the French peace delegation held a meeting yesterday and exchanged views re garding the work of the peace con ference. Marshal Foch gave the cabinet details of the military point of view concerning problems submit ted to the conference. Besides Marshal' Foch, the other members of the conference delega tion present were: Jules Carabon, Captain Tardieu, Finance Minister Klots, Foreign Minister Pichon and Premier Clemenceau. President Poincare presided at the meeting. German Soldiers, Wounded in War, Are Organizing | Cologne, April 20.—German sol jdiers wounded in tlie war have be ! pun forming associations in Cologne | and other towns and cities in vari ous parts of Germany. Some of the leaders says the association's plan is to eventually take a promi nent part. In politics. A commission has been appointed in Cologne to consider means for providing for those most seriously wounded. Dis charged soldiers reported that the ! municipal authorities have done little to aid the disabled men and that many of the men were not ■ even receiving their federal wound i allowances. Dr. Wilbur F. Crofts to Speak at M. E. Church 1 Dr. Wilbur F. Crafts, head of the I National Reform Bureau, of Wash ington, D. C., will speak in the Camp ! Curtin Memorial Methodist Church ' to-morrow evening, at 7.4.1 o'clock. | In connection with the celebration I of "Civic Sunday," the • Rev. Henry jN. Pringle, assistant to Dr. Croft, I will speak at the morning service. HAJUUSBTTKCr TELEGRAJPH ONE DOLLAR PER POUND IS AIR FREIGHT CHARGE That Was Cost to Take Food Supplies to French Towns by Airplane Parts April 26.— Kevictualling the starving towns and villages of Northern France by dropping par cels food and clothing from the sklos, had a romantic glamor about it that makes most people overlook the business details of freight trans portation by airship. Matter of fact persons who pinned their faith to the humble motor truck, find their views amply vindi cated by a bill of expenses Incurred To Give Sacred Cantata at Otterbein Sunday evening, at 7:30, the clioft of Otterbein United Brethren Church will render the beautiful Easter can tata, entitled, "The Resurrection ahd .The Life," by Ira Bishop Wilson. They will be assisted by the Sunday School orchestra and John D. Whit man, violin soloist. The soloists for the cantata fol low; Soprano, Mrs. Charles E. Shaff ner; contralto, Miss Geneva Ward; tenor, Mr. F. Carlton Donmoyer, bass, Mr. John 11. Houseman. The members of the choir are: HAJLRISBURG TELEGRAPH VOL 1, No. 33 UAKIIISDi nG, PA, APRIL 12-18 Our Yank. Killllnn They Have Paid Theirs—Your Installment Is Now Due __ ! • PAS-i ,y#E. IYOUTOLOO< , | ' }U>OKWC.ANO -MIV VAATkY-' -, NEWS OF THE WEEK BOILED DOWN FOR OUR BUSY SOLDIERS Saturday, April 19 A new Quarantine measure to grant greater power to the. State to prevent the recurrence of such an epidemic as the great Influenza outbreak of last fall, is being drafted for presentation to the Legislature. The industrial committee of the Chamber of Commerce is planning an immediate census of the city to de termine available sites for factories and buildings. War trophies and movies will be brought here to help advertise the Victory Liberty Loan. A total of 12,000 pupils are enroll ed in the county schools. .R. Aim merman, assistant county superin tendent, announces. The first case of sleeping sickness in this section is reported at Cedar Springs, Juniata county, where Mrs. John Stouffer has been sleeping for sixteen days. Vf P. Starkey will present a hand some new pipe organ to * he J^ ce Methodist Episcopal church. Exten sive improvements are contemplated. Monday, April 21 Charles Gee. seven-years-old, is drowned when he falls from the steps along the river front into the Susquehanna river near Front and Dock streets. Robert Scott complains that he has been swindled out of S.O. Two strangers found a pocketbook in which they paid there wan offered to split the amount with him If he would give them the amount of money which he says is missing. Senator Penrose is pleased with the proposition of erecting a memorial bridge across the Pennsylvania Ra.i road at State street. Emmanuel Hammond, of Chambers burg, returns home to find his name engraved on an honor roll as being killed in action. The board of auditors reports a number of errors in the statement of the Adams county treasurer. The seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of the k ew P° rl f*" Paul's Lutheran Church is obsiived. Plans nre being made by the Red Men for the holding of the State con vention here. Enola people are planning the erec tion of a memorial in honor of its men and women who served the United States during the war. The Penn-Harris hotel is warmly praised by Senator Penrose when he arrives in the city to attend the sessions of ttie Legislature. Tuesday, April 22. Two children of Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter F. Johns, of Lykens, In the suit of lobns for a divorce, claim they got tired telling their mother that their father was coming as she told thein to do threatening \o whp them if they didn't. A co-respondent is named. The Bishop of Oregon, the llev. l>r. William 11. Washinger, is left strand ed when he fails to make connection from a Chambersburg train with a westbound Pennsy train ou which his ministerial ticket is good. Former parishioners here come to his rescue. A total of $3,500,000 is carried ill the Smith bills.to provide for tbe Capital Park Extension. The teaching of German in schools of the State is forbidden in a meas ure which has passed the legislature and Is now awaiting the Governor's by 16 airships, which recently car ried 3,000 pounds of supplies 350 miles from Le Bourget to Maubeuge and A'alenciennes. It cost just over a dollar for each pound of merchandise carried, whereas by motor truck the cost would not have exceeded 100 dollars for the whole trip, or three cents a pound It seems the motor truck has \ big start on the airship in the mat ter of. cost of haulage. . Misses Idle Fisher and Mary Tried, Mrs. Viola McFadden and Mrs. Verna Collier, sopranos; Mrs Minnie Murray. Mrs. W. 1,. Dowhouer and Miss Edith Houseman, altos; Messrs. Edward Ward and Harry Smith, tenors; Messrs. Robert Ward and R. li. Meckley, bassos; Charles E. Shoflner, director; Miss Madelino Ritter, pianist. SERVICES AT MAI.TA Malta, Pa., April 26.—Communion services were observed In the Lu theran Church on Easter morning. The Rev. Fassold, the local minister, preached an able and appropriate Wednesday, April 23 Drug addicts break into drugstore to get "dope" when police shut ofT regular supply by arresting peddlers. IXJUIS C 5. Baltimore named city forester. Vernon B. Sipple arrested for de sertion of wife in Baltimore, found to have wife in Mnrysville. who con fesses that she also has a second hus band, who also had another wife. J. S. Farver, chief clerk ta the county commissioners is named to vacancy on county poor board. Seven airplanes to race here from York during Victory Loan campaign next week. Chamber of Commerce eails meeting or all civic bodies to plan for genera! clean-up of city. Union painters declare strike for increase of,l2tfc cents an hour, bring ing wage Scale up to S2*/ 2 cents. R- Staples again lias been selected as playground superintendent tor the summer season Hundreds of Elks attend four teentli annual banquet. r l U, v !. er i!' de Methodists plan erection of $30.0011 building. erection Thursday, April 24 Victory Loan officials believe thai Harrisburg will easily pass its quota Representatives from twelve rlti.. Club" 18 ** tlle lunc ' leon of the Kiwunis Prohibition is aided bv the soda nf thi'!! ? t a , Bo , da fountain proprietor of thin city declares, because of crow Th P ,° P °r f . " sofl " drinks The leoples Forum, an organiza tion of city colored people, plan Hie erection of a community home Many Harrisburg nun are on their bo "> e >> the giant, .ran, that have set sail with the greater Po H??v°r t!>o K< ? 3, °" division me,. Harry Casncr Is arrested, charged with the theft of tIGO and a gold soldier. 0t " " retl,rned one-legge.i City and county officials will ar range for tlie erection of a joint QirOin°nu, y blli,d '"K ™on a, the Smith bill, empowering tllein to art ib signed by Governor Sproul Irving Col lege t uden Is will plant trees as memorials to two fellow stu dents who died during the re. e t typhoid fever epidemic. nreth n rl?. nUe 'e o " rn,an B aPits and It u , near CbambersbupK though opposed to war, are ing liberullv for Victory Bonds Aew anti-dope and alcohol bills aro introduced into the Legislature. Friday, April 25 freezing weather is brought on bv high wind which causes thermometer i°> I , t0 degrees. Farmers fear ful of damage to fruit trees. ■Hardy Dickerson, sentenced to die next week for murder, is removed to death house at Western Penitentiary Candy manufacturers have hones that. confections will take place' of booze in popular estimate with the coming prohibition. New drainage system planned for Thirteenth ward where big intercou tor will- be built. More than 11000 Odd Fellows gather to celebrate 100 years of the lpa ternity. Victory lean is meeting with warm response in industrial drive now be ing conducted in the shops and work rooms. * Oovernor Sproul gets back to t'hes te'r home after trip to Virginia fcr liis health. County officials endorse plan to have receiver of taxes named pointing to saving of $7,000 annually. Central High School seniors object to being graduated at night. Master painters refuse to meet com mittee of striking union men. sermon. George U. Snyder und family, of Pillow, were guests of Ins brother, James M. Snyder, on Sun day.—Misses Susan and Edith F. Zerbe, of Mlllersburg, visited their parents on Sunday.—Nevin E. Har ris and sons were at Berrysbuj-g re- judgment is con firmed by practically all the large National Buyers— when you choose a Garford. j '' I LT'ne Overland-Harrisburg Co. 212-214 NORTH SECOND STREET —y VltriK lllnvcll: Open Evening* NEWPORT BRtxrill ■■ . 12S-130 West .Market St. ltell 4370 OppnMtr P. R. n. ' Station 1 ,/ K I iGUITK ANO ECDNOM'TAL TRANSPORTATION r\HE reputation and standing in the industry of the big Nash institution is your best assurance of the high quality of trucks bearing the Nash name plate. Although Nash Trucks have been on the market less than two years, they are already in the cervice of such concerns as: The Palmolive Company; The Boston Store, of Chicago; Morris & Company; The Standard Oil Company; and J others* Myers Motor Sales Co. Sales and Service 1210 PENN ST. BELOW BROAD TS. HARRISBURG, PA. I I One-Ton Chassis, $1650 Two-Ton Chassis, $2175 Nash Quad Chassis, $3250 i 1 i 7 APRTL 26, 1919. cently.—John A. Loudenslagor. of I Pillow, visited friends here on Sun-! day.—W. Landis Zerbe und family,! of Dulrnutia, paid a visit to liis par ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Zerbe, oh Sunday.—Mr. and Mrs. I. t>. Her stettcr visited relatives* at Harris- bursr.—Kdwtn Troutman and chil dren and sister, Lillian, visited their parents at Hebe on Sunday.—Mr. and Mrs. John H. Buflln£toii and daughter, Alfrioda, of Curtin, called 011 her sister, Mrs. Charles H. Zerbe, on Saturday. 11
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