8 Lutheran Laymen Plan Baseball Team on Hill Three Lutheran churches of the Hill district formulated plans last night at a big men's meeting held at Memorial Lutheran Church for a baseball team, which will be ready for a game at the Lutheran picnic scheduled for Hershey Park, June 26. The team committee is composed of Earl Whitmoyer and H. Lebo. of the Church of the Redeemer. The team when organized will be ready to challenge any other three Lu theran churches of the city. Pre- Are You DEAF If so you can hear any ordi nary conversation with the lit tle Gent Ear Phone. Free dem onstration this week at my of fice. One Acousticon and one Globe ear phone at big reduc- j tion. E. L. EGOLFi 13 X. Market Sq. Second Floor. | Kodaks It's great fun to take pic tures on your hikes and auto trips—No trouble to get good ones with a Kodak. All v All 1 Sizes Styles Eastman Films fit all film j cameras and always give best results. EVERYTHING FOR MAKING PICTURES I s We Do Developing and Printing v j CORGAS, "REXALL" DRUGGIST 3 Stores 16 N. Third St. Penn-Harris Hotel Penna. Station Your Grocer Sells Thorley's Cakes 7 Delicious Flavors ®i direct from the oven to you in a dainty sanitary waxed paper package. Baked Fresh Daily Thorley Baking Co. Harrisburg, Pa. TUESDAY EVENING, HA2tßlßß<m&<fiß& TELEGRXPH MAY 13, 1919. ceding a social hour a splendid ad dress was made by the Rev. J. S. Simon, of Hagerstown. who spoke on the subject, "What the Church Ought to Mean to Men." Counties Asked to Aid in Writing War History The Pennsylvania War History Commission has requested officials in each of Pennsylvania's sixty seven counties to co-operate with It in compiling records of their coun ties. The requests have been mailed to the chairmen of the county branches of the Pennsylvania Coun cil of Natioual Defense. It is planned to prepare service records of each of the county men in the war and also to secure rec ords of the various county war work organizations. It is especially de sired to make the service records of the men as complete as possible. "TIT FOR TIRED PUFFED# FEET Instant relief for sore, aching, tender, calloused feet and corns. You're footsickl Your feet feel tired, puffed-up, chafed, aching, sweaty, and they need "Tiz." "Tia" makes feet remarkably fresh and sore-proof. "Tiz" takes the pain and burn right out of corns, callouses and bunions. "Tiz" is the grandest foot-gladdener the world has ever known. Get a 25-cent box of "Tiz" at any drug store and end foot torture for a whole year. Never have tired, aching, sweaty, smelly feet; your shoes will fit. tine and you'll only! wish you had tried "Tiz" sooner. v Ac-! cept no substitute. liTl ragl Swivel Chairs Oak Swivel Chairs in both plain j wood and cane seats. Another j of the many pieces ofTerod in j this Central Pennsylvania head- | quarters for office furniture. j D. W. Cotterel <i S. Market Square State Officials to See Automobile Racing on Saturday at Unontown Special to the Telegraph Ualontowa, Pa., May It.—A num ber of State officials will attend the victory sweeps stakes at the Union town Speedway on May 17. Several already having made seat reserva tions for the automobile racings event. The officials will come to Uniontown direct from Philadelphia, where they will attend the welcome for the Twenty-eighth Division men on Thursday. Among the entries for the Union town races on Saturday are Cliff Du rant, Ralph Mulford, Louis Chevro let. Gason Chevrolet, Joe Boyer, Tommy Milton, Ruy Howard, Omar Toft, Wilbur Dalene, Harold Sim mons, Louis Lecocq, Joe Thomas, Kurt Hitke, • Denny Hockory, Wil mer Monahan, and Fred McCarthy. The event will be 11214 miles and the purses and special prizes exceed $15,000. Organized Labor Asked to Publish Newspaper Vice-presidents elected at the clos ing session of the , Pennsylvania I.odge, International Association of Machinists, yesterday, were: J. J. Mahoney, Bethlehem; P. S. Delaney, Pittston; Harry White, York; Rodney Welsh, Chester; Clar ence E. Martin, New Brighten, and M. J. Cashen. Altoona. J. B. Gent, of Pittsburgh, had previously been elected president and David Wil liams, of Allentown, secretary-treas urer. A resolution introduced late yes terday asks the State Federation of Labor to establish a daily newspaper to be published in the interests of organized labor. EPWORTH LEAGUE OFFICERS j Millerstown, Pa., May 13. At the Epworth League services of the Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday evening the following officers were elected: President, William Rowe; first vice-president, Mrs. Morton Page ; ] second vice-president, Miss Flossie Meloy; third vice-president, Mrs. H. E. Walker; fourth vice-president, Mtss Ethel Rounsley; secretary, Max Walker; treasurer, Leroy Sccrist; or ganist, Miss Ruth Taylor; librarians. Hufford Ward and Victor Cox; collect ors, Mary Rounsley, Ethel Blain, Eu gene Gardener and Harold Carter. PHYSICALLY FIT AT ANY AGE It isn't age, it's careless living that puts n:eu "down and out." Keep your mttrnal organs in good condition and you will always be physically fit. The kidneys nre the most over worked organs in the human body. When they break down under the strain and the deadly uric acid ac cumulates and crystallizes look out! These sharp crystals tear and scratch tut delicate urinary channels causing excruciating pain and set up irrita tions which may cause premature de generation and often do turn into deadly Bright'a Disease. One of the first warnings of slug gish kidney action is pain or stiffness in the small of the back,.loss of appe tite, indigestion or rheumatism. Do not wait until the danger is upon yon. At the first indication of trouble go after the cause at once. Get a trial box of GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules, imported direct from the laboratories in Holland. They will give almost immediate relief. If for any cause they should not, your money will be refunded. But be sure to get GOLD MEDAL. None other it genuine. In scaled boxes, three sizes. AMERICA HAD BECOME GREAT GUN PRODUCER WHEN GERMANS QUIT War Department Report Shows the "Material" Side of Winning the War Washington, May 13.—Machine guns and small aims produced by the millions, ammunition turned out by billions of rounds and tanks built by thousands when the armistice ended hostilities, furnish the sub ject of chapters made public to-day by the War Department's history of the "material" side of winning the war. Tlie story of machine gun produc tion, about which such a hot con troversy waged in Congress as a re sult of the failure of the American army to adopt for standard general use the Lewis weapon used success fully abroad, is told as follows: "The manufacturing facilities for machine guns in this country were much more limited in extent that the public had any notion of them •(when the United States entered the war) or to-day. We had at the outbreak of the war only two fac tories which were actually produc ing machine guns in any quantity at all. Built Up Production "It was therefore evident that we had to build up almost a completely new capacity for production. Never theless, we took advantage of what facilities were at hand; and at once, in fact, within a week after the declaration of war, were placing orders for machine guns. In this connection the reader should bear continually in mind that throughout the development of machine gun manufacture we utilized all existing facilities to the limit in addition to building up new sources of supply. "In other words, whenever con cerns were engaged in the manufac ture of machine guns, whatever their i make or type, we did not stop the j production of these types In these plants and convert the establish ments into factories for making other weapons; but we had them continue the manufacture in which they were engaged, giving them or ders which would enable thein to expand their facilities in their par ticular lines of production." Browning Guns Best The statement shows that the two Browning guns, the heavy and the light automatic rifle (of the type: now in use by the troops in France),) were pronounced by the special test board which held a conference in May. 1917, "the most effective guns of their types known to the mem bers." in addition to being designed for the purpose of quantity produc tion. At the same test improved Lewis guns also proved highly effi cient and were recommended by the board. Subsequently the Lewis guns were shifted to aircraft work be cause of special adaptability and on) recommendation of General Persh ing's staff. The report says there was great deai tli of heavy machine guns for; aircraft work, to be syncronized j with propellers. This shortage ex-| isted in the French and British ser- ■ vices as well as in the American.! The Browning aircraft gun would j have met the requirements, but itj would be a long time before it could j be produced in quantity. In seeking j a stop gap weapon until the Brown-j ing could be ready, the Ordnance ■ Department, by "one of those sur- ■ prising and almost accidental sue- 1 cessest" sometimes encountered, j found that a modified Marlin gun.j ■which could be quickly produced, met all requirements. General. Pershing cabled in November, 1918, J "Marlin guns now rank as high as any with pilots, and are entirely . satisfactorily." _ Vickers Traded to French I "The first twelve American divi sions to reach France," the report j continues, "were armed with Hotch klss heavy machine guns and Cliau-, chat automatic rifles by the French government. More than 1,000 Vickers heavy guns produced in the United States were traded to the French, as they were needed in French aircraft. During May and June, 1918, eleven American divi sions sailed, all equipped with Vickers heavy guns built ill the United States, and received Chau chat rifles in France. After June all divisions to sail were equipped with the standard American weap ons, the light and heavy Brownings." The work of the light Brownings is declared to have been so spec tacular as compared with any ex isting weapons of this character, that when they were demonstrated in France, the officers of the Amer ican Expeditionary Force promptly decided to increase the equipment of Infantry troops by 50 per cent, adding enormously to the produc tion burden at home. The heavy Brownings functioned so well that an official report is quoted telling of the work of 17 guns which were tested immediately after they had been engaged with the enemy in a severe action and while Ihey still were encrusted with rust and mud and bearing shrapnel sears. With out being cleaned in any way. each gun fired a belt of 250 cartridges without a malfunction. The demand for light Brownings was so heavy that when the armi stice was signed, the department was driving forward production to the end that British. Belgian and French troops might be equipped with this weapon, these three na tions having asked for supplies of this latest American addition to the fighting equipment. Up to November 11. the produc tion of Browning rifles was 52,238, a majority of which were in France. In addition 29,000 Chauchat guns had been purchased, so that enough light automatic rifles were on hand to supply 100 divisions or an army of 2.500,000 men. In the same time. 41,804 heavy Brownings and enough Vickers guns had been produced to make with the Hotchkiss weapons, purchased from the French, a total of 54,627 of this type, or enough to equip 200 divisions or an army of 7,000,000. Peak of Production "At the peak of production." t ( he report says, "a total of 1.794 ma chine guns and automatic rifles of all tvpes were produced within a period of 24 hours." and the total production of machine suns in the United States between April B. 1917, and November 11. 1918. was 185,039. es against 229.238 produced bv the French and 181.404 by the British in the same period. Onlv the loyal co-operation of the manufacturer*, with whom "com petitive commercial advantages weighed not, at all against the na tional need." made nose'hlo this achievement.' the report states. Other production struggles de scribed in to-dsv's chapters inc'udej items varying in rise from trench | V n |voo to the 4R-ton Mark Vi" tanks i of British design, of which 1.500, wera being constructed in co-opera-1 tion with the British and 1,450 ad ditional wholly by American enter prise. Only one of these had been delivered up to January 1, 1919, but it is noted that the work on each program on component parts was 5 0 per cent complete when the armi stice was signed. Orders for all bul 100 of these tanks have been can celed. On November 11, 64 tanks of the French six-ton type had been de livered and by January 31 of this year, 291. Of these six were ship ped abroad. Orders for 1,000 Mark I light tanks were cancelled, as were orders for 15,015 three-ton tanks, fifteen of which had been completed on November 11. Explains Rifle Situation The history of the rifle produc tion, including all of the considera tions which led to the adoption of the standardized British Enfield weapon for American use, also is fully outlined. This was another element of the ordnance program that was severely criticised, but the department states that it sees no reason now to change its view that the wisest course was that which was followed. Army experts still hold that the Springfield rifle is the best military weapon made, but it is declared the rifle program would nave been "hopelessly delaved," If it had been attempted to equip the forces with those weapons. It is re iterated also that the Enfield rifle as a Production in American plants when the United States en tered the war was an utterly inade r'! late weapon, while as it was mod -0 .' „ became second only to the bpringheld. Despite the delay due to modification and standardization, all American troops were equipped with modern efficient. American rL'!c? before they left the L nited States. i JfJ® decision to modify tho Eng lield says the report, "was one or the greatest decisions of the ex ecutive prosecution of the war—all honor to General John T. Thompson and the other rifle experts who made t- TJ I ®, *°. ta ' r 'fle production in the Lnited States from the beginning of tlie war up to November 9 1919, was -.506,307 of which a little more than 300.000 were Springfield rifies. Terrified Germans ( onsideruble attention is devoted to the production of automatic pis tols and revolvers for the troops. In the Lolt .45," the standard army tV developed as a result of 1 hiuppine experience by the army and which also was an invention by Browning, the United States forced had uiyeapon which all Europe could not match for efficiency In action and which brought terror to the Germans when American troops reached the front. European countries failed to ap preciate the value of a large caliber, hard hitting weapon of this type and the chief use of pistols and re volvers in European armies had been as ornaments for officers' uni forms it is said rather than for ac tive fighting. "The result of Europe's neglect" the report says, "was that the small caliber revolvers of the Germans and even of the French and English were toys in comparison to the big olts that slapped the thighs of American doughboys." „ With this weapon, it is stated, any .average soldier with average training can hit what ho shoots at. In almost the first skirmish it proved its superior usefulness in trench fighting. Such incidents as 1 "Harrisburg's Dependable Store" f|lfj TT'S one thing to talk about reducing I the high cost of living—and it's quite another to charge exorbitant prices for clothing while as suming this cloak, to cover poor merchandising For the young man who wants the proper amount of "pep" in his suit —not too extreme but just the correct waist seam model—at the lowest prices con- TwlMSr {m i sistent with good value, a Wm. Strouse quarter silk trimmed silk sleeve lined garment at $25 —$30 —$35 llffllly And don't forget eveiy suit is GUARANTEED fiSlf 14Vi I to give the UTMOST satisfaction for that's what J[||ff i Wm. Strouse & Co. have always incorporated into /Sml I their policy—and it is this that has made us ' 'Harris //'oKw it burg's Dependable Store." /J# Wl ll ill L REAL QUALITY suits at Wm. Strouse's are $25-30-35 WM. STROUSE & CO. heartily favor the movement on foot to close all Harrisburg stores at 6:00 P. M. Saturday evenings throughout the year. We see no reason why our city should not be as progressive as other towns of our size, and we frankly say that our hat is off to the store that first had the courage to adopt this in Harrisburg. 310 Market St. Mm. Harrisburg , Pa. that of the single American soldier who dispersed or killed a whole squad of German boyoncteers which had surrounded him struck the enemy with fear ot Yankee prowess with the pistol." This resulted In the addition of pistols to the fighting equipment of tho American troops at a rate that overwhelmed the supply. Every ef fort to Increase production was made, but the army was forced to resort to 45-callber revolvers to suTinlement the supply. The actual rate of production reached just be fore the armistice was 1,993 pistole and 1,233 revolvers a day and the total number of the weapons built during the war was 743,663. The standard American Army rifle ammunition proved its su periority In action, adding materi ally to the accuracy of American small arms fire. Extraordinary measures to produce cartridges in sufficient numbers are recounted in the report and in the fU of 1918 the United Stales achieved an aver age monthly output of 184,852,735 rounds against a British average of 259,769,000 and a French average of 139,845,000. During the nine teen months the United States was in the war it produced 2,864.954,000 rounds, approximately equaling the French production and comparing with 3,486,127,000 produced by Great Britain. PARTY AT HENRY HOME Blaln, Pa., May 13. —A party was held on Friday evening at the home of Harry C. Henry. Ice cream and cakes were served and games were played. Those present included Mr. and Mrs. Creigh Patterson and chil dren, George, Dick and baby Sara Marie Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph K. Hench and children, June and Catherine Hench, Mr. and Mrs. David 11. Snyder and children, Robert and Erma Jeanette Snyder, Mr. and Mn. Samuel M. Woods and children, Le nore, Arlenn and baby Jean Louise Woods, Professor Newton Kersteller, Professor and Mrs. William C. Koous, Miss Golda Dumm, Miles Bower, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Henry and son Don ald Henry. DOUBLES QUOTA Thompson town. Pa., May 13. True to the precedent established in former Liberty Loan drives, Thomp sontown lias gone over the top, this time more than doubling its quota. The allotment for the village was $9,000, and the Farmer's National Bank closed Saturday night after hav ing received subscriptions amounting to $19,400. Many coming in late. Much credit is due to the solicitors on the womans' committee. TWELVE TO GRADUATE Marietta, Pa., May 13.—Invita tions were issued to-day for the commencement exercises of the Central High school, Maytown, to be held next week. The class roll consists of Alberta May 8011, Mir iam Leona Keller. Bertha May Kuhn, Anna Irene Myers, Edward Bard Buller, Ralph Brandt Good, Helen Elizabeth Rhoads, Rebecca El'zabeth Sload. Jennie Katherine Stultz, Edith Mae Witmer, David Clarence Smith and Richard Mc- Grann Zook. If He Smokes Give Him Nicotol Powders Secretly Any mother, wife or sister can stop the tobacco habit if she wants to do so. Thousands of women are happy to-day because they gave their hus bands, sons or brothers Nicotol pow ders, thus saving the money waste fully spent for tobacco and benefiting the health of the loved ones they res cued. Nicotol powders are odorless, tasteless and harmless and can be given in either liquid or solid food. You take no risk, as Nicotol powders are sold under a steel-bound money refund guarantee by the Clark and the Kennedy stores and other drug gists. FAKE ASPIRIN 1 WAS TALCUM I want "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" with the "Bayer Cross" —Genuine! —Safe! "You can't hand me any substitute for the true, genuine 'Bayer Tablets of Aspirin' —proved safe by millions"! "Man alive! Haven't you heard? A Brooklyn fraud is in jail for flooding the country with millions of counterfeit tablets. He labeled them 'Aspirin,' but they were 'talcum powder.'" Be sure your druggist gives you "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" in a Bayer package—not in a pill box. Take them as directed, without fear, for headache, rheumatism, lumbago, neuralgia, ear ache, toothache, neuritis, colds, grippe, influenzal colds, or almost any pain or ache in face, neck, limbs or body. [|g N. Proper and safe dosage in each / \ genuine "Bayer package." Look for the safety "Bayer Cross" V IS J both on package and on tablets. Boxes of 12 tablets—bottles of 24 uai bottles of 100 Also capsules. Aielrin is tit trade mark of Beyer Manufacture of Moaoeceticaeidester of SaHcylkacii
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