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STATE SEEKS TO
BRING NEIGHBOR
INTO HIGH COURT
Motions Filed in Supreme Tri
bunal Asking Permission lo
Sue West Virginia
By Asmociatcd Press.
Washington, May 3. Motions
were filed in the Supreme Court to
day by the States of Pennsylvania
r.nd Ohio asking permission to in
stitute original proceedings for the
purpose of preventing the State of
West Virginia from enforcing a
State law enacted last February
which would prevent natural gas
from being transported outside the
State until dome die needs had been
salisfU d.
Preliminary steps will be taken at
Washington to-day by the Slate of
Pennsylvania to carry out the intent
of the legi '"live resolution authoriz
ing the Attorney General to enter suit
against the State of West Virginia on
ground that its new law regulating dts
i tribution of natural gas is discrimina
tory against citizens of the Keystone
State. Attorney General )) ".
Schaffer has named A. l,eo Weil, an
attorney of (Pittsburgh, to represen.
this State when the motion for leave
to file the suit is made in tin' Supreme
court of the t'nited States at Washing
ton. The motion will be to commence
the proceedings under original pins
diction of the nation's highest court
and if such consent is given by the
court the Commonwealth of 1 enns> 1-
vania will ask an injunction to restrain
the State of Pennsylvania from en
forcing the act which is to become ef
fective on May IT. It is understood here
that the State of Ohio, which would he
affected to an even greater extent than
Pennsylvania, will also ask leave to
sue in the Supreme Court to-morrow.
Information reaching here is that ac
tion at law is being considered by State
authorities of Maryland. Kentucky and
West Virginia.
This will be the first time two states
have ever proceeded at the same time
and with the same object against an
other and the question of natural re
sources will loom large.
Mr. Weil went over the plans with
the Attorney General and left last night
for Washington. He said that Hie ac
tion was first to obtain leave lo ask
for the injunction and then to press
for a restraining order on the ground
that relations between the states are
involved and that West Virginia be
directed not to enforce the act. Ihe
Attorney said that the Supreme court
had taken original jurisdiction in other
suits between states. The resolution
authorizing the suit set forth that tin
act, passed in West Virginia to give
residents and industries of that stale
preference in supply of gas. involved
immense investments by Pennsyltanians
and Mr. Weil said that if the law was
enforced, it would cost millions of dol
lars to readjust heating appliances in
Pennsylvania homes and industries anil
suffering in charitable institutions as
well as residences and other places
where gas is extensively used as fuel.
According to Mr. Weil a great part
of Western Pennsylvania is a consumer
of West Virginia gas. He estimated
that thirty-five per cent, of the natural
gas burned in this Stale is produced
and piped from West Virginia and that
the southwestern counties and districts
as widely separated as Altoona and
Gil City were supplied with gas from
the fields in the neighboring state. The
counties which the petition for leave to
and will aver would be affected by the
order are : Allegheny. Armstrong. Bea
ver. Blair, Butler. Cambria, Clarion,
Clearfield, Crawford. Fayette. Greene,
Indiana. Jefferson. I.awrence, Mercer.
McKean, Somerset, Venango, Warren
and Westmoreland.
Mr. Well estimated that 2.090,090
Pennsylvanians would be affected by
enforcement of the order and that there
would be 400.000 consumers inconveni
enced aside from the industries. lie
said that because of the act so many
changes of appliances would have to lie
.made that it would favor West .Virginia
industries that some of them would al
most become monopolies.
U. S. Did Not Win
the War, It Helped,
Admiral Sims Says
Philadelphia. May n. Philadel
phia had a modest visitor yesterday.
The average hero usually falls a
victim to the insistent adoration of
the public, but not so with Hear Ad
miral William S. Sims, commander
of the United States fleet in foreign
waters during the European war.
He arrived aboard President Wil
son's private car at B.HO a. m. at
Broad Street Station. His program
for the day was really a whirlwind
of engagements made for him by
the Philadelphia committee of the
Vivtory Liberty Loan campaign. The
man who was entrusted with play
ing the great role as head of the
United States Navy in action was not
a bit ruffled by the immense ovation
that greeted him on all sides.
He welcomed representatives from
the newspapers in the private salon
where President Wilson held many
important conferences. It was none
too impressive, this car, with only
the usual appointments that go to
make up a private Pullman coach.
"Tell us about the American
Navy's achievements," some one
said.
"We didn't win the whole war,"
the Admiral answered with a smile.
"But. we did a lion's share of the
work, didn't we. Admiral?"
"No, said Admiral Sims, most posi
tively. "We were only there to obey
orders and it is a mistaken notion
to think that way for we did only
a small part in the war. When you
consider that Great Britain had 5,000
ships as compared to our total of
380 boats jn action our part was nec
essarily small. We had seventy
five destroyers in foreign waters
while Great Britain had 4,000."
Curtiss Company Buys
Government Planes;
Were Used in War
Ry Associated Press.
New York, May 3.—Purchase
from the government of several mil
lion dollars worth of airplanes, the
majority of them flying machines
used during the war. was announced
here today by the Curtiss Aeroplane
and Motor Company. Between 1.000
and 1,200 planes are being taken
over.
Wl 1,1.1 AM DINK
William Dink. 01 years old. died
last evening. Funeral services will
be held Monday afternoon, at 2
o'clock, in the Hawkins funeral
chapel, and burial will be made <n
East Harrisburg Cemetery.
VERMONT BRINGS 1,250
Newport News, Va., Mav 3.—The
battleship Vermont arrived here from
France to-day with 1,250 officers and
men of the 53d Pioneer Infantry and
a company of casuals.
SATURDAY EVENING,
William A. 801 l Is
Installed as Commander
of Knights Templar
MUFi I
WWl&r i
COMMANDER BOLI,
Pilgrim Commandory No. 11.
Knights Templar, recently installed
officers for the ensiling year. The
Sir Knights and their ladies attend
ed the special services in Masonic
Temple. The year just past has been
the most prosperous in the history
of the commandory. Great interest
is evidenced in the coming trien
nial conclave to he held in Phila
delphia in September. Pilgrim will
have a large delegation in attend
ance. The officers for 19111-20 are
as follows:
Commander, William A. Boll;
Generalissimo. T.evi M. Myers; Cap
tain General, William B. Mausteller:
Treasurer, Howard A. Rutherford:
Recorder. N. Frank Matter; Trus
tees, John H. Shopp, William M.
Jacobs, Clyde P. laove.
MERCHANTS HAVE TO
KEEP TAX BOOKS
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second, this shall be considered as
a separate sale. Proprietors have
been notified, however, to carefully
guard against separate purchasers
lumping their purchases in order to
lessen the tax.
Articles sold to be carried away
from the establishment in such con
tainers as are ordinarily provided
shall not be taxed, the ruling pro
vides. When sold in such contain
ers or under such conditions which
indicate that it usually would be
consumed at or in proximity to the
place of business, the article shall
be taxable.
When Exempt
Articles liable to tax in perma
nent places of business are not ren
dered exempt because they may be
sold from a motor vehicle, push
cart, etc., of a traveling vendor.
Sales of soft drinks, ice cream and
other similar articles by religious,
educational, charitable institutions,
etc., on special occasions shall not
be liable to tax. Rut sales in stands
at agricultural fairs, racing exhi
-1 itions, circuses, etc., shall be taxed.
Soft drinks, ice cream and other
similar articles of food, when sold
in the regular course of business at
a hotel, restaurant, lunchroom, etc.,
shall not be taxable.
Included in a partial list of ar
ticles taxable are: All beverages
when compounded or mixed at the
fountain, such as orangeade, lemon
ade, pineapple juice, coca cola, root
beer, moxie, phosphates, fruit and
flavoring syrups compounded or
mixed with carbonated water or
plain water, milk shakes? in any
form, malted milk shakes in any
form, cream and erg shakes, ice
cream, ice cream nodas, ice cream
sundaes, ice cream sandwiches,
flavored iees and all other similar
foods or drinks not enumerated or
specified. This .Ist is incomplete,
hut serves as an illustration of ar
ticles than are taxable.
Where We Will
Some drinks, however, are exempt
from taxation. Included are those
delivered to the vendor in containers
on which the manufacturer lias paid
a tax in accordance with section U2B
of the revenue act of J '.llß anil
which are delivered to the consum
er. still in the (Oiitainer. Included
among such d-ip.ks are moxia,
ginger ale, root beer, mineral w iters,
etc.
Certain other drinks, often sold
at soda fountains and in ice cream
pniors, are exempt l'roni taxation
by leason of tii" fact that they aro
ordinarily considered to bo food.
Included among Item arc I let
beef tea, coffee (hot, cold or ice>,
tea (hot, cold or iced), buttermilk,
milk, liot chocolate or -xicoii, hot
clam broth, hot clam bisque, hot
tomato bisque and hot tomato
bouillon.
Certain medicinal beverages fre
quently sold at such places of
business are also entirely free from
taxation. Included are bromo
seltzer, citrate of magnesia, Rochelle
salts, seidlitz powders, bicarbonate
of soda, cit'ate of magnesia, castor
oil, Epsom salts and essence of
pepsin, which are often sold at soda
fountains, ice cream parlors and
similar places of business, which
products of similar articles of food
arc hot soft drinks or ice cream
or drink, ann hence are not taxable.
Marked Card Dropped
From Airplane Found
Dropped into Capitol Park from an
aeroplane 5,000 feet in the air, a busi
ness card of Andrew Redmond, auto
mobile dealer, was found last evening
by Charles Alexander, 922 Grand
street, member of Boy Scout Troop,
No. 13. This morning Scout Alexan
der received a cash jeward of $5 from
Mr. Redmond as he promised t.o any
person who found any of the three
marked business cards which he dis
tributed among 200 other cards from
the aeroplane. Mr. Redmond made
the flight this week for the record he
made in Victory Liberty Bond sales.
The card found by Scout Alexander
was marked by Mr. Redmond thus:
"Dropped from plane No. 78, April 29,
1919, while taking my first flight, 5,-
000 feet up. Reward of $5 if returned
to Andrew Redmond, 1507 North Third
street."
IM-AN COMMUNITY SING
The Fifth Street Methodist
Church will bo the scene of a Com
munity Sing to-morrow night fol
lowing the regular church services.
Mrs. Florence Ackley Ley will con
duct the singing. Patriotic and pop
ular songs will be included on the
program which is being arranged
under the direction of the War
Camp Community Service.
GOVKHMtK 111 K TO-VIOHKOAV
Governor William C. Sprout will
return to Harrisburg to-morrow
night and reservations have been
made at hotels for Senator Boles Pen
rose and State Chairman William E
Crow for to-morrow.
TABLES TODAY
AT WORK UNDER
OLD OWNERS
American Lines are Restored,
to Private Opera
tion
Washington, May 3. American
cable lines taken over by the govern
ment in November wene restored to
private ownership and, operation at
midnight b}* direction, of President
Wilson.
The turnback was without cere
mony or formality, the Wire Control
• Board of the Post Office Department
!having arranged details>of the trans-.
J fer on April 29.
Clarence H. Mackay, president of
the Commercial Cable Company, to
day resumed his former duties with
that company. Mr. Mackay was re
moved by the postmaster general
because of his refusal to co-operate
in government efforts to unify all
trans-Atlantic service.
I Postmaster General Burleson dur
ing yesterday received another tele
j gram from Mr. Mackay requesting
• the return of the Postal Company's
i land lines at. once. Mr. Burleson re
' plied as follows;
"Replying to your telegrams of
I yesterday and today. You are ad
j vised that my telegram to you of
• the first instant disposes of the mat-
J ter so far as the postmaster general
jis eonearned."
GREAT CROWD TO
GREET MEN OF 112 TH
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gin. As soon as the plans for the
. festivities can be gotten under way
after the boys set foot on Harrisburg
• soil, the tirebells will clang out the
I news and people will flock to the
j principal streets for the "welcome
j home." which it is planned will be
• the greatest lollifieation in the his
tory of the city.
• The parade will form in Fifth
! street. Among the organizations in
i line will be these:
Police Department.
! Officers Army Recruiting Station.
| Colors and color guard, made up
[ Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Municipal Band,
j Grand Army of the Republic.
[ Pennsylvania Reserve Militia un
der Captain Paul H. W. Harm,
j Reserve Militia Truck Company.
Veterans of the Spanish-American
War.
| Moose Band.
j City Gray's Veterans' Association.
Ex-members of the Governor's
Troop.
Veterans of Foreign Wars (in
vited).
Home Folks' Victory Association,
(women only).
Commonwealth Band.
Returning soldiers.
Wounded soldiers from the Car
j lisle Hospital in automobiles,
j Motor Messengers of the Red
' Cross.
Tlic Route
] The parade will form at Fifth
j street and will march to Market, to
Front, to State, to Second, to Boas,
|to Third, to State and then will do-
I mobilize.
Among tlie aids announced to-day
I will be Contain E. T.anheinstein.'
I "liief-of-stn ff: T.ietit. Colonel F. M.
• Gtt. Onntnin H. M. Sline. Captain
! Raul Hartman. Contain John T.
: Rretz. F. H. Hnv, Jr., F. H. TTov.
J Mercer B. Tate.
Review unit® will be formed of
'•■nr workers. These will not be 1n
the enrnde hut will review it from the
-airlines. Among the units Will bo
Perl Cross. Salvation \rmv Knights
Fetumbi's Jewish Welfare Board and
others. The Wor Cnmrt Comm.unitv
srrvter wilt be in rhnrgp rf the sing
ing end lenders will be placed along
the line to direet it.
Bov Scouts W"1 assist fbe Old-.
The hie- recention will be held in
he —t reel f, nditerh.nl f, f a
later date, to he announced later.
Mayor Daniel L. Krister will be a
speaker at this reception and other
features will be placed on the pro
gram.
Make Filial Plans
A meeting of the Home Folks'
Victory Association will be held in
the Armory at 8.30 o'clock to-night
and a call has been sent out to have
every member present. Plans will be
completed for their end of the pa
rade. Flags will be sold at this meet
ing, for use in the parade.
The parade committee asked to
day that all persons on the streets
when the soldiers return carry Amer
ican flags.
Captain Laubenstin requests all or
ganizations taking part in the parade
to report to him at Walnut and Fifth
streets, to be assigned to positions.
Motor Club to Take
Another SI,OOO of Loan
At a meeting of the board of
governors of the Motor flub of Har
rishurg last evening at the club
rooms, 109 South Second street, It
was unanimously voted to buy an
other thousand dollars worth of Lib
erty Bonds. Other business taken
up and passed was the resuming of
the annual orphans' outing which
had been given up during the war.
The outing will be held this year
at Hershoy Park some time in Au
gust. It was decided to prosecute
certain supervisors in Cumberland
county unless they immediately re
pair some of the roads under their
supervision.
Enemies of Hungarian
Reds Refuse Kun's Offer;
Still Drive For Budapest
Ry Associated. Press.
Geneva. May 3.—The Rumanian
and Czecho-Slovak governments, ac
cording to reports received here,
have refused to entertain the offer
of Bola Kun, the Hungarian foreign
minister, to accept territorial con
ditions providing that fighting be
stopped on all fronts. The Ruman
ians and Czechs continue the march
on Budapest.
TEACH ISRS EX A VIIX ED
More than two score county school
teachers who applied to County Su
perintendent simmbaugh for pro
visional teacher certificates were ex
amined to-day. Shambaugh examined
one lot in the Lykens high school and
others were examined by W. R. Zim
merman. the assistant superinten
dent. in the Pleasant View high
school, Twentieth and Forster streets.
912,000 BOND SUBSCRIPTION
Tlic Atlantic Refining Company is
distributing through its various
branches its subscription for Victory
Liberty Bonds. Through the efforts
of E. M. Singer, district manager for
the company in this city, a subscrip
tion of $12,000 was secured for and
credited to Hn rriahurg.
HARRISBURG ttfg&ftS. TELEGRAPH
Wounded Men Entertained
by the Knights of Columbus
Secretary A. G. McLaughlin, of the
Knights of Columbus War Activities
staged a splendid reception for near
ly a hundred soldiers who came as
guests from Reconstruction Hospital
No. 31 at Carlisle. The men were
brought down in fast motor cars un
der lead of H. C. Aland and Lieut.
Hooker and their general appearance
was indeed inspiring. As they enjoy
ed a royal old-fashioned chicken
dinner, one might catch a glimpse of
men with three war wound stripes,
plenty with insigna of one and a half
years' service overseas.
Dancing added to the pleasure and
HARRISBURG (&&&£ TELEGRAPH
4 01. I, No. 34 Harrisburg, ln„ April IP-May 2 Oar Yunk Edition
The Last Drives
, CAN ANYONE THINK OF THE PHICE OCR YOUNG MANHOOD PAID FOll VICTORY—
AN D NOT CHEERFULLY DO THEIR 811 A AE IN THE FINAL SETTLEMENT?
A'EIVS OF THE WEEK BOILED
DOWN FOR OUR BUSY SOLDIERS
Because of the sailing: of a largo
part of the Harrisburg boys who
were serving in France and Germany
with the American army this will be
the last issue of the "War Extra"
which the Harrisburg Telegraph has
been publishing weekly for the bene
fit of the soldiers. The "Extra" has
been mailed regularly*to many hun
dred soldiers who were thus able
to keep abreast with the news at
horned The "Extra" filled a want
when it was difficult to get news
papers through in the mails.
Saturday, April 26
Advance guard of the Keystone Di
vision arrives in New York; others
are following.
.Judge John M. Reed, of Clearfield,
is nominuted for Public Service Com
missioner. •
Few candidates are in field for
city offices to be filled next fall.
Two negroes are arrested charged
with holding up and robbing in.ui.cn
street corner of SBO he hashed in
restaurant.
Central High school seniors win
demand for morning commencement
over plan to hold the exercises in
the evening.
Deprived of speech since ho was
five years old, Jeremiah Moyer. CD,
of Steelton, speaks on his deathbed.
Monday, April 28
Victory Roan drive is. begun here
with parade and mass meeting.
Hardy Dickorson pays for murder
of his wife's lover with his life in
electric chair.
Score of soldiers who served with
the 406 tli Telegraph Corps arrive
home.
"Blackie," pet Minorca hen nvned
by Mrs. Harry Halsey lays egg weigh
ing four and a half ounces.
Senator Penrose pledges his sup
port to plans for development of Cap
itol park extension and the building
of a memorial bridge at State street.
Perry county assured of subscrib
ing its full quota of Victory i.oan.
Further reports show that fruit
trees of central Pennsylvania were
not harmed in recent freezing
weather.
Public Service Commission upholds
six cent fares for "up-state" com
panies. •
Tuesday, April 29
World's biggest hotel, containing
2,400 rooms is planned for Atlantic
City by M. S. Hershey, the chocolate
king.
Dr. W. H. Seibert, rich Steelton
physician, left no will to dispose cf
his half million dollar estate.
Legislature is asked to take size
restriction off trout and lesignate
perch as a food fish.
Mayor Keister asks council to place
a SIO,OOO bathing beach loan before
the voters.
"Danny" Coogan, former baseball
player with the University of Penn
sylvania, is engaged as physical di
rector for Governor Sproul.
Six daring military aviators fly over
city with thrilling stunts in iho in
terest of the Victory Loan.
To see if the (ire alarm at the Cen
tral Iron and Steel Company's plant
worked, an employe testod it and
brought out the entire central fire
department.
Plans are being made in New
Bloomflold for the Perry county cen
tennial to he held next year.
Gettysburg youths who shot grocer
to rob him are sentenced to ''7 and
17 years. *
Two Swiss who secured exemption
from army service on the ground that
they were aliens are barred forever
in Allentbwn from ever becoming
American citizens.
Wednesday, April 30
The Cumberland county residents
are planning tt> present to each man
of the county who served during the
war. some suitable - token.
a rattling good entertainment was
furnished by Joe Sullivan and Paul
I Brown, cabaret singers; Miss Mar
j garet Vaughn, harpist, and by boy
j singers, Albert Gans, Merrill Shep
| herd, Clifford Bair and Hassler Ein
\ zig. Bowling and other games were
j relished up to 7 o'clock in the even
; ing.
Ilt lI.DING PERMITS ISSUED
Four building permits were issued
| to-day as follows: E. L. Snyder, onc
j story frame garage at the rear of 939
I South Nineteenth street, $500; Abram
iM. Brandt, remodeling three-story
' frame house at 441 South Sixteenth
I street. $400: Mary B. Hartley, re-
I modeling three-story brick house at
| 1305 Market street. $5,000: John Al
bright, one-story brick garage at the
rear of 1 924 North Fourth street, S4OO.
The Victory Loan Is slowing up in
tlie Harrisburg district. Figures of
tile first two days of the three day
drive to raise the city quota show
approximate!} 40 per cent, of the
total raised.
■Mayor Keister and other city offi
cials go to Philadelphia to greet Har
risburg men of the Keystone division
as they disembark Horn the trans
ports Pocahontas and Mercury which
arrived in Philadelphia to-day from
France.
Burglars are frightened from the
home of E. B. DeVout by the screa;n3
of a daughter, awakened by their
noise and the light of a flash light.
Colored ministers of Harrisburg un
der the direction of the Rev. E. Luth
er Cunningham, pastor of the Second
Baptist church, will make a determin
ed effort to sell Victory Bonds among
members of their race in this citv.
After a chase of more than a mile
through city streets Charles Smith,
colored, is captured for knocking
down and robbing Charles Waldy at
Seventh and Herr streets. Patrolman
Haines made the capture, using an
automobile.
Former Judge John W. Reed, of
Clearfield, was to-day appointed by
Governor tproul to the vacancy on
the Public Service Commission, caused
by the death of Commissioner H. G.
McClure, of Lewisbprg.
The Flynn anti-sedition bill i s hot
ly debated In the House of Represen
tatives.
Thursday, May 1
The three-day drive to raise the
city quota in the Victory Liberty Loan
falls short by more than one and one
quarter million dollars and the drive
will be continued until next Tuesday
The Rev. M. O. Pierce, pastor of the
Tabernacle Baptist church, has ac
chun'li tt <a " tU tlle Frankf ord Baptist
The new luxury tax which went in
to effect to-day is causing consider
able confusion. especially at soda
fountain establishments.
May Day passes quietly in Harris
burg and Pennsylvania as a whole -
although State police are called out
twice in Indiana county to break no
parades of radicals.
Dr. W. If Selbert, of Steelton left
an unsigned and unfinished will in
which he gave SIOO,OOO to the daugh
ter of a boyhood Steelton friend, it is
announced. It had previously been
thought that he left no will to dis
pose of his more than u half-million
dollar estate. The will has not yet
been located.
Penrose gives his support to the
big road building program of Gover
nor bproul.
All packages are being helrl in the
Harrisburg postoffice to-dav while
employes are searching for bombs as
a result of the finding of a number ot
bombs addressed to State officials.
Friday, May 2
James E. Wright, former employe
in the Adjutant General's Depart
ment. who left Harrisburg in Julv
1917, as a private, lands in New York
as a major, having the moat rapid
promotion record of any Harrisburg
er.
Plans are hurried for a proper re
ception to returning members of the
Keystone Division when it is learned
that they will reach the city on Sun
day or Monday, much curlier than had
been expected.
A half million dollars or more is to
be expected in new building, social
and educational projects in and near
Harrisburg by the Methodist Episco
pal church, it is announced.
"Cleanup and Fixup Week" is what
the campaign for a cleaner Harris
burg which will be held next week
will be called. Mayor Daniel 1,. Rois
ter announces.
Many committeemen start can
vassing the city to-day to complete
the work of raising the deficit In the
city Victory Liberty Loan subscrio
tlon.
Marysvllle will plant three memor
ial trees for its three men who died
in the service, with special services
next Thursday.
A meeting to consider ways of pro
tecting the children's health has been
arranged to be held in the Board of
Trade building to-morrow. Colonel
of d Mu^ Comn^IQner
HARRISBURG BOYS
ANXIOUS FOR NEWS
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get ready for some big doings for
next week.
At Camp Henry M. Gross Is en
deavoring to arrange to send as many
Harrisburg boys home together as
possible. He is attached to Division
Headquarters of the Twenty-Eighth
in barracks near the One Hundred
and Twelfth Regimental Headquart
ers, and is in touch with the officers
of the latter unit.
Mny Come Home Together
If it can be arranged the boys from
the Capitol City in Companies D and
I. Headquarters, Supply and One
One Hundred and Ninth Machine Gun
Battalion, will be sent together.
Whether this can be done will not be
known until orders are issued to the
company commanders to prepare to
leave camp for home. If the orders
to the units in which there are Har
risburgers follow in close order only
a few hours apart, it is likely quite
a number of the men can be kept
here and sent back as a local unit.
Otherwise they will get home in small
detachments as the city is represent
ed now in more than half a dozen
outfits of the One Hundred and
Twelfth.
Harrisburg boys are to be found
in probably a score of barracks in
the big camp. Here and there are
companies with only one or two who
had been transferred from former
Harrisburg units of the old Eighth
Regiment. Other outfits have a half
dozen or more. Many are in Head
quarters, Supply and quite a few in
the One Hundred and Ninth Machine
Gun Companies.
Ask About Reception
When they heard that they were
soon to get back home many asked
whether they were to have a big
parade and what plans the folks had
made. Not that they're anxious to
have a walk-around. Not these boys.
"Nix on the parade stuff. Home for
ours. If they want us to do it we'll
have to, but I'm not keen for it,"
came from one of them. Others
made similar remarks, indicating
that they are not looking for a chance
to strut around and play the hero.
It's Just the opposite with them.
The big majority would prefer to
come to the city quietly, go to their
homes with the relatives they have
not seen for a year or more and get
back to civilian life.
They'll appreciate the neception
they get, however, because they are
only human, and that old home town
will look almost too good to be true
when they sight it again they say.
Anxious About Home
The boys are greatly interested in
happenings in Harrisburg. Questions
about the Capitol Bark extension,
"Hardscrabble," the new State street
bridge, the proposed city and county
courthouse and office building, indus
trial conditions and many other bits
of information are asked by the men
when they chat with any one from the
Capitol City. There have been quite
a few visitors to the camp already
to see the men. and had the orders
for demobilization been delayed un
til next week, a big crowd would
have been on hand on Sunday, accord
ing to a number of local boys who
expected relatives to come here.
The Penn-Harris Hotel is talked
about frequently as it was just be
ing started when many of the Har
risburg bov s were leaving for Camp
Hancock. Quite a few have been ask
ing about the big hotel and the man
agement might make a big hit by
having a day fixed for a special in
spection for them. Inquiries about
city and county officials and others
prominent in city affairs, are made,
too.
They say heroes talk very little about
themselves. One almost has to use a
crowbar to pry anything loose from
soipe of the boys and when they hear
their names mentioned in connection
with a bit of bravery or some daring
stunt, you'll find tbey start for the other
end of the room.
Officers who had charge of the Har
risburg boys are praised by all the
boys. In Company I. Captain R. D.
Jenkins and First Lieutenant Charles
W. Thomas, both of Harrisburg. have
the admiration and respect of every
man in the unit. This company was
formed when the Eighth and Sixteenth
National Guard Regiments were merged
to form the 112 th Infantry. The boys
in the company who were in the old
16th are from Warren and the Harris
burg men have some nice things to say
about this western town, while the boys
from out there aren't affraid to tell you
that they turn out "real' soldiers" in
Harrisburg.
IValsc From Officers
Both Captain Jenkins and Lieutenant
Thomas, declare that theic men were al
ways ready for service anywhere, al
ways did their very best, never shirked,
seldom complained, and as a result of
courageous soldiery work always come
out victorious.
At present the hoys of this company
are in barracks in Sixth street, just
off New York avenue, in the camp, while
the officers are at Second street and
New York avenue.
Company I> men and officers, with the
First Battalion, are on the other side
of the camp. The officers of this com
pany are from the western part of the
State, but some of the noncoms are
from Harrisburg and they have plenty
of praise for the men who fought with
them.
The First Battalion. Companies A, B,
C and D, Infantry, together with Ma
chine Gun and Supply units are billeted
between Pennsylvania and Delaware
avenues around 34th street. In the camp.
In Company A, there are two Harris
burg boys, Harry Nell. 434 Hummel
street, and Alexander I<otz. 422 Reily,
also Charles Livingston. Camp Hill.
Judging from the way these hoys piled
into mess this evening their folks need
worry only about the larder when they
get home, for they have some appetites.
Company C boys have a warm spot
for Harrisburg. as there are some local
boys in that group, and then before
the company left for overseas, Captain
H. M. Stine, Dauphin County Commis
sioner, was in command. "How is the
captain?" "Give him our best." "Hope
he's all right again," and similar re
marks poured forth from the bunks
of the men.
These Harrisburgers and men from
the vicinity have heen found with Com
pany C: Reuben O. McClain, 910 Green
street; Earl E. Fisher. New Cumber
land ; F. T. Hoover, North Front;
Sergeant Robert Storey, who by the
way is a mighty popular fellow; Paul
Barnhart, 2147 North Fourth; Frank
.Branyan. 1762 Logan street: Clayton
Durburow, Fulton street; Miles Howe,
Wallace street: Lawrence Corlsh. Ira
Killifer, West Falrvletf; James Moore,
alias "Dinty" but not the "Dinty" of
the Harrißburg Telegraph "Bringing up
Father" cartoons; Emory A. Lindsey,
and Dmitar Radavoich. of Steelton, a
quiet Serbian, who is liked by his com
rades. but he Isn't sure whether he will
go back to the busy steel town Just be
low the city. Chambersburg and Ship
pensburg are well represented in this
company, together with other towns in
that valley. Captain Kriechbaum,
Chambersburg, is in command, and to
hear the boys in C billets talk, you'd
think he was about as fine an army of
ficer as the country could boast.
MAY 3, 1919
' PRETTY ROUGH" IN
MILITARY POLICE
With the Military Police of the
Twenty-eighth Division there are
four Harrisburgers, Sergeants Mc-
Killips and Green and Privates
Meisenhelder and William L.
Windsor, 3rd, constable of the
Fourth ward, Harrisburg. Colonel
Maurice E. Finney, formerly com
mander of the Eighth Regiment,
Pennsylvania National Guard, is
in command. The Harrisburg
men in this outfit saw much ac
tive service in keeping roads
open, guarding bridges, taking re
placements up to the front line
through barrage and other dan
gerous work. Colonel Finney in
speaking of the service rendered
by Harrisburgers declares that
' It was pretty rough sometimes
for them, then again it was all
right at times. I would say that
it was about the hardest service
that they could have been given."
the boys in D. First Lieutenant Rippey
T. Shearer, Carlisle, who has been trans
ferred to G, is one of the commanding
officers the boys from Harrisburg and
Oil City in CompanyD, have some fine
things to tell about. This offieeri the
soldiers say. is one of the best and his
work for them was a pleasure.
Sergeant Ed. Bowers, who has a
brother in the Supply company, made a
record for himself leading patrols and
raiding parties near the close of the
war. "Ed" wasn't around when the
other fellow told about hint, but when
a man goes out two or three times a day
under heavy fire with patrols and on
raids, he just can't help it when the
boys talk about him. "Ed" had been
doing just that sort of thing and pretty
often too and he came through without
any serious mishap.
At Fismes the first time the company
was there he was given an important
document to take back to brigade head
quarters and went through sheet tire
much of the time until he got the mes-
sage through.
William Miller, Company D, was
wounded in the Argonne in some hard
fighting and the boys think he deserves
a citation and service cross. When the
lieutenant in command of the platoon
in which he was serving, was killed.
Miller took charge, led the hoys on and
silenced a machine gun nest. His mas
terly handling of the nine under him
and his cool, heady work, attracted
every man with him, nnd they are still
talking about it.
Company D's Roster
Here are the hoys from the city and
vicinity in Company D as the roster
show's now: Sergeant William H. Ben
nett. Riverside; Sergeant George .1",
Selway. Steelton ; Sergeant Jesse Mar
kov, Red I,ion : Corporals. Orion A. Siler,
Howard C. Hitz, Harry P. Arnsberger,
Carl H. Doner. Ernest E. Van Lear,
Edgar M. Diehl ; cook. Alonzo R. Mar
tin. 254 Crescent street, wounded at
Forest deFere. His father visited him
in camp to-day. Alonzo is a pretty fair
cook, the boys declare, and he knows
better than to put salt in apple sauce
and onions in bread pudding, certain
deeds charged to others in the company,
who were in the kitchen one day. There
are some more local hoys as follows:
Samuel E. Bowers, Robert H. Branynn.
17G2 Logan; William J. Biirgoon, 1616
Susquehanna : William D. flush, George
M. Duttenhoffer, Lewis E. Duncan. Wal
ter M. Etzweiler, Linglestown ; Charles
W. Fackler. Miller F. Fencil. T. C. Fitz
water. Fred O. Goodyqar. Charles R.
Hocker, Lewis Kirkpatrlck, Lawrence
M. Kissinger. David W. Lambert, l.c
mo.vne: Charles F. Loper, Luther Mc-
Laughlin, Leroy Millward, New Cum
berland; Lawrence F. Schreck, Philip
It. Anderson, Ralph G. Baughman. Herb
ert Bryson. Benjamin H. Coyle. Lester
L. Duncan. Guyon L. Fair, Gettysburg;
Benjamin F. Foose, 219 Crescent; Ben
jamin F. Graybill, William T. Haak,
1801 Iterryhill; Edwin A. Killefer. Wll
liam A. McCarthy. Albert W. Meiiaffie,
John G. Miller. Mchatlle's friends say
the Hope Fire Company members should
know his way of making bread pudding
and apple sauce. They say they can't
understand why the onions were put in
the former, or the salt in the latter.
Albert hasn't explained it yet, they
said.
Men of Cnmpany I
In addition to the officers of Company
I, there are these hoys from Harrisburg
and nearby towns in the unit at pres
ent: Sergeant George F. Shader, 1202
Bailey street ; Sergeant Raymond H.
Bernheisel. Corporal Myril N. Hoerner,
Sergeant John A. Rodgers, 2034 Fulton ;
Private Albert B. Garman, Penbrook;
Samuel J. Brown. 39 North Thirteenth
street; Roy M. Keller. 1061 South Ninth;
Percy W. Wnlzer, Chambersburg, form
erly of Harrisburg: Leon L. Llddick,
2507 Agate street; Clay T. Roger, Lew
istown; Earl Bickley, 116 Sylvan Ter
race; Joseph W. Knoble, 1621 North
Fourth; Ralph Garrett, 326 Peffer;
Blake E. Anderson. 1320 Fulton;
Charles Ryan. 1556 Vernon ; Archibald
McAllister. 272 Peffer; Earl Hartz. 1912
Briggs : Thomas Dean. Sergeant Wilbur
N. Potter, 634 Reily street; Paul Leon
ard, 1221 Bailey; Harry Chubb, 1111
Bartine ; William Enney, Steelton ; Ar
thur Fitzgerald. 69 North Seventeenth;
Bruce It. Hoover, 1959 Rudy; Mervin
■T. Hocker. R. D. No. 5 ; Lee AVarner,
Market street; Leonard D. Haldeman,
626 Race; Meyer Smith, Lancaster;
Robert F. Cook, New Cumberland;
Frank Kolaric, Steelton. Howard J. Mc-
Harrisburg's Dependable Store
FREE!
Welcome Home
Badges
We are distributing attractive badges
extending a word of welcome to the boys of
the 28th (Iron) Division with American
flag attached. They may be had with our
compliments hy calling at our store. Wear
one and let the boys know YOU are glad to
see 'em back home.
Jim. S'trmißp
310 Market Street Harrisburg, Pa.
Intyre, Knola; William G. Kulp, 815
South Front ; David E. Blessing;, 1628
Logan ; James H. Gormley, now attach
ed to headquarters, handling divisional
statislics; Harry Peffley, Francis R.
Ulrlch, 77 North Sixteenth; Howard N.
White. I.ebanon ; Frank Fasick. 1828
Boas; Earl L. Leader, 1517 Regina ;
Paul S. Smith, Lebanon; Fern Sprenkle,
1212 Market; Alhertus Whittaker.
Riverside.
MANY A HEROIC
DEED PERFORMED
[Continued from First Page.]
| was the first time they had met in
I many months and the two boys had a
| long chat about old time and friends.
; Sergeant McAllister deserves much
credit for his work in front lino duty
other members of the company say. Ho
is like the other heroes of the Keystone
State. —very quiet when his name is
mentioned in connection with any un
usual act.
Sergeant Wilbur N. Potter, 63 4 Reily
street, in service for three years, waa
wounded at Fismette while in action.
"Dutcli" Wins Honors
Two engagements in which Com
pany 1 men participated and about
which little has been said until now
occurred July 6 to 13 around llill
204 when the first platoon of tho
company went to that point and
held the line under most adverse
I conditions. Again at Hill 244 Oc
| toher 6, Raymond H .Bernheisel,
j 1222 Market street, Harrisburg, bet
ter known as "Dutch" won honors
I as second in command of the entire
company, Captain R. D. Jenkins was
in a training school at tho time and
Lieutenant Thomas was in the hos
j pital. First Sergeant Frank J. Soh-
I mocker, Warren, was in command
and "Dutch" was second. Later
| Bernheisel did some good work in
J raids November 2 and 4 bringing
!in a bunch of Hun prisoners and
ithen he was advanced from corporal
I to sergeant.
I "Dutch" got a new gun November
12, some of the other noncoms say,
and he just did things up in general
from that time on when he went
out on raids. Jokingly they say
that if the war had lasted about a
j month longer '.Dutch" would have
brought in about three regiments in
I small bunches.
I Sergeant William H. Bernheisel,
; of the Supply company 111 th Regi
ment, is "Dutch" Rernheisel's father,
| and is at Camp Dix also,
j Bertram Bringhurst, 125 Pino
street, called the "silent man" of
jt he company, was gassed at Death
j Valley but managed to keep on tho
! march and wouldn't go lunrk to a
j hospital. Ralph Somerton, William
Paris, both of Warren, and Daniel
Kinsey, Middletown, were with him
at the time.
I Sergeant Lawrence A. Pirkell, 246
West Main street, Middletown, in a
I raid in the Argonne killed six boehe
and aided in capturing others in that
sector. His daring and efficient
work has given him a place of
honor in the company.
When Itaiighnian Made Good
In Company D barracks they tell
j about how Private Ralph Baugh
i man, North Sixth street, Harrisburg,
| made good with tho boys. During
ja lull he started for the company
(camp on a water wagon. While
| crossing a field "Jerry" got busy
with a barrage that sent the driver
of the wagon scurrying to cover.
I Baughman stuck on the wagon, kept
j on driving and got the water to the
company.
I Luther McLaughlin in addition to
| lighting helped along in amusing tho
j boys who now call him "the silver
i toned tenor." I,other sang for them
j very often together with a few others
| among them Benjamin F. Foose, 213
IChestnut street.
Benjamin 11. Coyle put one over
lon tho hoys last year while they
I were still at Hancock. Ben is ail
right, the fellows say, but he tried
his hand at potpie, and since then
they tell him to stay out of the kit
chen.
I The boys are doing lots of talk
ing about the splendid work of the
various organizations abroad, in
| eluding the Red Cross, Y. M. C. A.,
Knights of Columbus, and other
!similar ones, but it seems the Sal
ivation Army has them talking the
| most. At least it sounds that way
j around Companies D and I billets.
| "Right up in the thick of it with
its handing out doughnuts," one of
| the boys said. "My hat's off to tho
Salvation Army and you can tell the
folks in advance that we're sure go
ing to boost that crowd when we
j get home. How ahout it fellows?"
j A chorus of assent came from lit
itle groups who had heard the ro-
I marks. "I never paid much atten
: tion to that organization before I
j got in the army," another said, "But
jthey were 'there' all the time over
seas with us and there wasn't any
thing they wouldn't do to help a
Yank."
BOY SCOFTS HAVE
SOLD MANY BONDS
A total of 143 Victory Liberty
I Loan bonds, valued at $11,250,
j were sold until noon by Harrisburg
| Boy Scouts, it was announced to
i day. Ralph D. Huston, Troop 16,
! with a record of seventeen bonds,
worth S3OO, and Richard Johnson,
Troop 11, with a record of twelve
bonds, hold first and second places.
Troop 11 of the Market Street
Presbyterian Church, and Troop 13
of Pine SI root Presbyterian Church,
are having a merry chase for hon
ors. Troop 11 has sold tifty-two
and Troop 13, thirty-eight.