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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.
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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.
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tender, calloused feet
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"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,
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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