10
HOLIEST DAY IN *
JEWISH YEAR TO
BE SOLEMNIZED
Services in Synagogues of Har
risburg in Observance of
Atonement Period
The Day of Atonement will be ob
served on Saturday by the Jews of
Harrisburg in common with the mil
lions of their sect throughout the
world. There will be services in all
of the Harrisburg synagogues. The
Holy Day, as it is called, will begin
at sunset to-morrow and end with
sundown of Saturday. The day is
the most important on the Jewish
calendar and it is kept solemnly as a
day of fasting and prayer by all the
Jews of the world.
The Day of Atonement brings
home with great emphasis and force
the doctrine of sin and repentance,
which is the basic principle of all
religions. Just as the birth of the
altruistic spirit marked the point of
departure between man and animal,
so the development of the doctrine
of repentance marks a turning point
in the history of the human race.
Judaism has canonized this moment
of history which saw the birth of
new hopq for human progress.
Judaism holds that man has the
God-given power of repentance. Fate
j>lays no part in man's life. The
Day of Atonement gives eloquent
testimony to this fundamental doc
trine of Judaism, since it visualizes
the fact that the doors of repent
ance are ever open.
The Day of Atonement is the su
preme holy day of the Jewish reli
gion. It touches the heart of all the
Jews and exercises upon them an in
fluence unapproached by any of their
other important holy days. It is,
above all others, the one day on
which they lay aside their earthly
affairs in order to spend a day of
devotion in the house of God amid
fasting and prayer.
At every synagogue the following
impressive prayer, which appears in
Abridged Prayer Book for Soldiers
and Sailors, will be read;
"O God. who are full of com
passion. who dwellest on high,
grant perfect rest beneath the
shelter of Thy divine presence. In
the exalted places among the holy
and pure who shine as of the
brightness of the firmament, to
all who have bravely laid down
their lives for their country. We
beseech Thee. Lord of compas
sion. shelter them forevermore
under the cover of Thy wings,
let their souls be bound up ip the
bond of eternal life, with the
souls of the righteous who are
ever with Thee.
And the work of righteousness
shall be peace, and the effect of
righteousness quietness and con
fidence for ever. Nation shall
not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war any
more. And the glory of the Lord
shall be revealed and all flesh
shall see jt together. Amen."
At Ohev Sholont the first service
will be held on Friday evening at 7.30
o'clock, with Rabbi Louis J. Haas of
ficiating. He will deliver a sermon
on "The Supreme Lesson of the Day
of Atonement." On Saturday fore
noon at 10 o'clock the sermon will be
on the question. "What Is True
raith?'.' On Saturday afternoon the
memorial service will be held at
which Rabbi Haas will preach on
"The Vacant Chair." At this service
the prayer will be read. There will
be a special musical program at each
service.
Jewish merchants will close their
places of business on Saturday until
6 p. m., opening at that time, until 9
o'clock.
FORM LEGION POST
Watnontown, Pa., Oct. 2. This
borough organized a post of the
American Legion last night, with
Lieutenant Ned. F. Wagner at the
head. More than 100 returned sol
diers have signified their intention
of becoming members. Turbotville.
White Deer, Allenwood and surround
ing territory will be included in the
scope of membership.
POST CLEARS *3,000
Milton, Pa., Oct. 2.—Lieut. Col. Wal
lace W. Fetzer Post No. 73 American
Legion to-day announced that $3,000
had been cleared from its street fair
and carnival last week. This will be
used for a home fund for the order,
it was announced.
When
your mouth tastes like all the mean
things you evefr did—mixed together,
then you need
BEECHAM'S
® PILLS
Your mouth is a good
indication of the con
dition of the stomach
and bowels.
Largest Sale of Any Medicioe in the World. <
Sold everywhere, la boxes, 10c., 25*.
! CONDITION OF THE i
Commonwealth Trust Company
222 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pa. '
At the Close of Business, Sept. 23, 1919 i
/ iibSOVRCES LIABILITIES
.1 Cash and Cash Items $ 188,479 22 Capital Stock $ 250,000 00 J
| Loans & Investments 3,039,050 03 | Surplus Fund . 550 000 00 1
J Due From Banks 751,511 93 Undivided Profits ... 5W 86
C Real Estate, including ~ Vl ,
I bank building 277,697 20 De P oSlts 3,309,316 56 i
1 Other Assets 1,299 86 Due t0 Banks 27,952 10 i
J Overdrafts 628 44 Other Liabilities 66,700 16
§ $4,258,666 68 $4,258,666 68 |
C Trust Fund Invested $5,140,541 09 J
£ Trust Fund Uninvested 159,715 49 \
| $5,300,256 58 2
C WILLIAM JENNINGS, W. H. METZGER, 7
£ President. Secretary-Treasurer. 2
f W. M. OGELSBY,, JAMES McLAUGHLIN, 1
2 Vice-President. Assistant Treasurer. %
THURSDAY EVENING,
MONTHLY REPORT
SHOWS MILK AND
CREAM STANDARD
Inspections Reveal Good Con
dition of Liquid Food
Throughout City
Milk, cream and ice cream re
ports issued by the Food Inspection
Division of the City Health Depart
ment for the month of September
are above the average reports of
previous months.
Of the thirty cream reports, but
seven show a butter fat percentage
below the standard. Six of the thirty
milk reports show the presence, of
colon bacilli while five of the thirty
reports show a deficiency in butter
fat. Reports from but three of
twenty ice cream dealers show a
presence of colon.
The reports follow:
Cream Report
Fat Per
Cent.
Alva Restaurant 24.00
Busy Bee Restaurant 16.00
xCourt Dairy Lunch 11.00
Crystal Restaurant 22.00
Davenport Lunch 20.00
C. B. Elder 19.00
C. H. Erford 29.00
HarristAirg Quick Lunch .... 21.00
C. A. Hoak 19.50
C. A. Hoak 20.50
J. M. Jones 22.00
J. S. Kramer 24.00
A. H. Kreidler & Bro 18.00
xManhattarf Restaurant 15.00
J. H. Miller 20.50
J. H. Miller 16.50
Penna. Milk. Products Co. . . 19.00
Pennu. Milk Products Co. . . 18.00
xPhiladelphia Quick Lynch.. 11.50
xPhiladelphia Quick Lunch.. 20.00
Plaza Hotel 19.00
S. S. Pomeroy 13.00
Jos. A. Rudy 28.00
Rustic Dairy Lunch . 19.00
Ryder Bros 20.50
C. E. Sheesley 20.00
C. E. Sheesley 23.00
J. R. Sneeringer 19.50
Stouffer Restaurant 21.00
B. Taylor 24.50
B. Taylor 25.00
B. Taylor 18.50
Walker & Craver 20.00
J. C. Wolf 16.50
xßy request.
Milk Report
Bacteria. Colon.
Joe Aronson 1,150,000 0
Geo. W. Attick.... 450,000 0
C. H. Erford 45,000 900
H. Finklestine .... 20,000 0
C. B. Hassler 46,000 0
C. C. Hassler 26,000 0
Hershey Cr. Co. . . 50,000 2000
C. A. Hoak 12,500 400
H. W. Holler 105,000 2500
John S. Kramer . . 36,500 0
P. J. Landis (Certf) 10,000 0
C. D. Levan 217,500 200
M. Levan 12,000 0
J. H. Miller 110,000 0
J. E. Mumma .... 80,000 0
Charles Ott 225,000 0
Penna. M. P. C 0... 6,000 0
Penna. M. P. C 0... 80,000 0
J. B. Prowell 150,000 0
J. A. Rudy 2,000,000 0
Ryder Bros 15,000 0
Ryder Bros 70,000 0
John Smeltzer .... 50,000 0
Samuel Smeltzer .. 1,500,000 0
C. W. Smith 150.000 0
L. B. Smith ..... 650,000 0
Geo. Staiges *.... 250,000 0
L. A. Sterrlck .... 10,000 0
A. R. Stine 27,500 1000
J. C. Wolk 26,500 0
Ice Cream Report
Bacteria. Colon.
Anna Aumiller .... 1,000,00 0
E. S. Brenneman . . 105,000 0
W. D. Carey 110,000 0
W. A. Cartwright . 150,000 0
Geo. A. Collins . . 2 200,000 0
C. Dettling 80,000 0
C. F. Fisher 75,000 0
Golden Seal Drug
Store 80,000 0
Greek-American . . 1,250,000 1900
Hershey Cr. Co. . . 275,000 0
D. S. Matter 300.000 1700
J. L. Lampas .... 3,000,000 0
Palace Conf 1,275,000 2000
John A. Rose .... 65,000 0
Russ Bros 6,000 0
Joe Spagnoli 500,000 0
Sun Kiss Ice Cream
Company 2,400,000 0
Walker & Craver . 17,500 0
E. C. Wingeard .. 30,000 0
C. R. Wolf 250,000 0
Senator Reed Egged
From Ardmore Stage
Ardmore, Okla., Oct. 2.—United
States Senator James A. Reed was
egged from the stage at Convention
Hall last night as he was being in
troduced by the Mayor in prepara
tion for his speech against the
Treaty and League of Nations.
As Senator Reqd came on the
stage all light wires to the build
ing were cut. Pandemonium broke
loose and cries of derision howled
him down, while the audience
surged upon the stage. Reed at
tempted to hold the floor for a few
minutes, but was forced to make his
exit without beginning his speech.
PHONE MEN HAVE I NEWS A
CHOSEN CITY AS
DWELLING PLACE
25 Families to Come Here in
December in Associa
tion Merger
The Importance of Harrisburg as
a center for corporate activity was
shown at a meeting: late yesterday
afternoon at the Penn-Harris hotel
jat which this ctty was chosen as
I headquarters for the Pennsylvania
1 State Telephone and Traffic Associa-
I tion. It is planned that headquarters
| shall be established here on Decem
ber 1. This means that at least 25
I more families will come to Harris
| burg as residents.
j The meeting was one of men who
have been active in independent tel
[ ephone matters for the last dozen
years, the moving spirits being Ed-
I ward D. Schade. of Johnstown: Ed
ward M. Prisk, of Hazleton; Charles
A. Carl, of Lancaster; John H. Wright,
of Jamestown, N. Y.: William H. Wil
son. who half a dozen years ago was
superintendent of the American Union
Telephone Company, with headquart
ers at 227 Federal Square; E. M. Paea,
of the Petroleum Telephone Com
pany, of Oil City; Cameron L. Baer.
of Harrisburg; Richard Hawltey, of
Pittsburgh; Michael H. Murphy, of
Elnvira. N. Y.; Harry E. Bradley, of
Philadelphia.
The new organization was affected
"by the election of H. E. Bradley, who
has been the head of the Eastern
Traffic Association, as president; Ed
ward D. Schade and Edward M. Prisk.
vice-presidents; E. M. Reeve, secre
tary, and Cameron L. Baer, general
manager of the Cumberland Valley
Telephone Company of Pennsylvania,
as treasurer. The meeting was a
merger of all the independent tele-
I phone bodies of the State.
, The Eastern Traffic Association has
been in existence since 1902, and has
I acted as a clearing houso for telephone
companies in Pennsylvania, New Jer
sey, New York, Maryland. Delaware,
Virginia. West Virginia and Ohio.
The new association will continue
i the work formerly handled by the
Eastern Traffic Association, and in
addition will represent the telephone
companies of this State before the
Public Service Commission and other
state bodies in Harrisburg. It will
employ a large corps of telephone ex
perts.
I Chairman William D. B. Ainey, of
the Public Service Commission con
gratulated the members upon the or
ganization of such an association, and
stated among other things that the
Commission would welcome an or
ganization of this character which
would serve as a common meeting
ground between its members and the
Commission.
GIVE $2,000 TO POST
Shamokin, Pa.. Oct. 2.—The J. H.
& C. K. Eagle Co., silk manufactur
ers, surprised the populace by giv
ing a check for $2,000 to Shamokin
Post, No. 73, American Legion, in
memory of their employes who lqpt
their lives in the great conflict. Half
is to be used for furnishing quarters
and the other half for a piupo.
WRECKED TRAIN IS
STRUCK BY EXPRESS
[Continued from First Page.]
car and four other sleepers re
mained on the rails. No passenger
was injured, but all received a se
vere shaking up.
Much delay to traffic ensued.
The passengers were taken to their
destination byway of the Trenton
cutoff. -
Harrisburg Crew in
Charge of Express
Which Hits Wreck
The wrecked express was in
charge of a Harrisburg crew. E. D.
Gephart, who was injured internal
ly when he was caught in the crash,
was sent to Philadelphia. Other
members of the crew were C. E.
Eberly, conductor; O. P. Keller, en
gineer. Officials of the Philadelphia
division gave out the following:
"About 7.20 this morning Extra
No. 3498, westbound, with twenty
loaded cars and eighty empties, had
two loaded and four empty cars
wrecked east of Daylesford, block
ing four tracks. First section of
Train No. 40, consisting of one bag
gage car, eight sleeping cars and one
dining car passed Paoli at 7.18
a. m., ran into wreck, derailing en
gine which was turned on tlte side,
also baggage car and four sleep
ing cars. No one was injured with
the exception of the fireman.
"Two Philadelphia wreck forces.
Paoli and Parkesburg, were sent to
the scene of accident. No. 2 track
was badly damaged. All through
passenger trains were detoured east
and west over the Trenton branch;
New York trains over the West Mor
risville and the Philadelphia trains
over the Schuylkill division. Pas
sengers were transferred around the
wreck. Westbound freight movement
was shut off at Philadelphia, also
Philadelphia freight restricted out
of Harrisburg and Enola."
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RHaUSBURG TELEGHaPB
WATER SCARCE
ON P.R.R. LINES
Mountain Streams Almost
Dry; Rain May Help
Situation
Sunbury Pa., Oct. 2. Unless
copious rains relieve the situation
tho Sunbury division of the Penn
sylvania railroad, operating between
Sunbury and Wilkes-Barre faces a
serious water situutlon, according to
officials. Trains are being operated
with difficulty and. a situation that
is desperate to say the least Is
faced.
Mountain Streams Dry
Practically all of the mountain
streams upon which the railroud
depends for water, between Sun
bury and Wilkes-Barre are dry. The
main stand tank at south Danville
is the only one that has able
to get water. At Catawissa the sup
ply has diminished so rapidly that
trainmen are instructed to take as
little wafer as possible.
Creasy and Pond Mill, other water
sources of hitherto unfailing depend
ency are dry. It may be necessary
to run water trains, a condition that
has nerer before existed on this
Mountain division.
Plans Complete For Big
Railroad Improvements
Officials and employes of the
Lebanon branch, Pennsylvania rail
road, were notified yesterday by
Supervisor J. G. Hartley, of Middle
town, that numerous improvements
have been decided upon for the lo
cal branch. This decision was reach
ed after a conference with Elmer
Irving, division engineer, and Wil
liam Day, master carpenter, of Har
risburg, and Mr. Hartley.
It is planned to place 100 pound
rails in the Lebanon freight yards
and credence is given reported in
tention of officials to enlarge or
provide new freight yards for the
branch in the southern section of
Lebanon which would greatly expe
dite the preparing of freight trains.
The roadbed, in Lebanon city limits,
when completed will be beautified
by lawns similar to other proper
ties along the Philadelphia divi
sion.
Shippers Ask Railroads
to Reduce Freight Rates
Knitting and hosiery rfiiils in Har
rirburg and vicinity are interested in
a proposal to increase the freight
rates on finished or unfinished hos
iery and knitted goods. Railroads
have arranged for a hearing before
the officials of the division of the
Railroad Administration at Philadel
phia on October 7.
The Baltimore and Ohio, Western
Maryland. Cumberland Valley, Penn
sylvania and Philadelphia and Read
ing roads are asking for a revision of
the rates. The roads ask that the
commodity rates, which are now in
effect, be supplanted by class rates.
The class rates are considerably
higher than the commodity rates and
the manufacturers will likely make
strong protest against any changes
in the existing rates.
No Accident Drive Plans
to Keep Pennsy Men Busy
If there is any doubt as to the
sincerity of the Philadelphia divi
sion employes in the coming No
Accident Drive, it is only necessary
to visit any department. Every
man, woman, boy or girl who is
on the Pennsy payroll is gettipg into
this drive heart and soul. While
the official period is from October
18 to October 31, between now and
the opening date there will be activ
ity. In the pay envelopes that go
out this week small cards will tell
some interesting facts. Buttons are
coming this week and will be dis
tributed. Within the next week the
shops and stations will have signs,
posters and big display boards tell
ing about this work.
Cement Shipments Keep
Reading Lines Busy
Rending, Oct. 2.—The cement trade
is very active. The plant at Chap
man is sending out from 40 to 50 cars
every day. All of the cement works
in Lehigh are busy. G-eat quantities
are used in the construction of
bridges. The demand for steel and
iron for bridges is becoming less
every years. Most of the structures
being constructed by the railroad
companies are made of concrete. The
seme is true of foundations for build,
ings.
New Road Foreman on
Pennsy Middle Division
Lieutenant F. E. Sellman, 3>f Al
toona, who recently returned from
Army service with an honorable dis
charge, has been made assistant
road foreman of engines for the
Middle division. He entered upon
the discharge of his duties yester
day in the office of Road Forfcman
M. L. Wenrick, in the Logan House
building. Prior to entering the
Army he held the position of motive
power foreman on the Philadelphia
division, with headquarters in Phila
delphia.
FIREMAN WIN'S WATCH
C. I. Mace, a Cumberland Valley
Railroad fireman living at 49 Agate
avenue, Hagerstown. Md„ won the
gold watch chanced off by Herculean
Lodge, No. 574, Brotherhood of
Trainmen. The watch was chanced
off by Herculean Lodge for the bene,
fit of soldiers of that organization
who were in the World War. The
winning number was 993.
Drives New Machine
Full Tilt Into Train
Milton, Pa., Oct. 2. Driving a
brand new automobile John Craw
ford, Jr.. of Milton, reversed the
usual order of accidents by driving
full tilt into a standing train in
the heart of town. The automo
bile was badly damaged and Craw
ford suffered cuts and bruises. Craw
ford said it "Just happened." The
train withstood the shock very nice
ly, according to the crew.
CLOSE NAVAL BASE
By Associated Press.
Paris, Oct. 2.—lt is announced the
French naval base at Fiume has
been closed and that the last French
soldiers and sailors will leave that I
port on board the cruiser Condorcetj
to-day.
B. SCHMIDT IS
IN NEW BAKERY
Harrisburg Capital Invested
in Various Enterprises; New
Gumshoe Appointments
Bernard Schmidt, of this city, is
one of the incorporators of the new
Bethlehem-Allentown Baking Com
pany, of Allentown, just granted a
charter with $5,000. The other in
corporators areT. B. Slack and J.
P. Slack.
The state has granted a charter
to the Harrisburg Motor Car Co.
of this city, with a capital of $lO,-
000, the incorporators being W. K.
Thyush, of this city, and M. P.
VVeimer and H. E. Rife, of Cham
borsbur£.
The Lancaster Home Builders'
Association, of Lancaster, has been
chartered with $50,000 capital.
Charters have been issued to a
number of electric companies to
operate in Western Pennsylvania.
Joseph Feckor, a member of the
Sunbury -borough council and long
prominent in State Firemen's af
fairs has been appointed a state
factory inspector. The announce
ment was made at Sunbury, but for
some unknown reason no word of
the appointment has been permitted
to leak out from the Labor and In
dustry Department, either on this
appointment or the selections of the
men to take the places of the four
men dismissed from the inspection
force a few days ago on charges of
being mixed up in pushing of pa
tented devices. No reason has been
assigned for the hushing up of
appointments in in this department
or the gumshoe methods that have
lately been employed in the ordi
nary business of the factory in
spection service.
Only forty-four counties of the
state have filed their official returns
of the judicial primaries and tele
grams have been sent by Chief
George D. Thorn, of the elections
bureau, in the Department of the
Secretary of the Commonwealth,
asking county authorities to hurry
the counts and the filing of the cer
tificates. The state must certify ju
dicial nominations to counties for
the printing of the ballot.
Fully a score of expense accounts
sent to the State Capitol by mistake
have been returned to candidates
!at the recent primary.
Men enlisted for the State Police
force the last few days will be sent
| into training barracks at once. An
other examination for applicants
will be held within a few days foi
the vacancies. Only veterans of
Armyand Navy service are being ac
cepted.
Arrangements have . been made
for a hearing in the Warren
water case at Warren on Saturday.
Word has reached the State High
way Department that supervisors of
several Up-state townships, includ
ing some in Clearfield, have been
convicted in court because of failure
Ito maintain county roads properly.
John F. Walker, chief factory in
spector, is in Ohio on inspection
work for the state authorities.
Public Service officials are follow
ing up very closely the develop
ments in the Philadelphia taxicab
situation. It is expected that the
New York ordinance will be a model
and that it will likely be framed
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D'you know, I got to thinkin' about how after was ever more popular in his palmiest
us guys had finished th' job o' makin' days than th' ol' K. 0. smoke.
Kings unpopular an' how I gets back home . , _ 0 wn ™
with my chest stickin' 'way out. An d <" mr ratir .' Why Boy, them good
ol' K. O.'s is as democratic as an ol' grey
Then I thinks o' King Oscar an' I wonders horse! •
who th- ol' bird musta been, to get a cigar Bm , ike ad . " Tller( ,. s a Reason
named afterdum. So I borrows an En- y, k a j man down an> , hey , re
cyclopedia book an looks up his service makfa , Kf) 5Q bloomin . good _ so homey
record an this here book I m read.n says a „, fu „ Q , smoke . comfort an > smoo ,hness a
he was the King o some Swedes or some- fe „ er w ;, h g hankprin - after a lar He
thin an he was th most popular an demo- Man , s smoke he , himse , f none after
crat.c King what ever wore a erown an his he , h , gecond wif( K Q cheer .
people loved him like a brother. y v
When I reads this I knows why they K/ 1
named King Oscars like they did —'cause /)
they're so al£fired popular, but at that, I, * C-/ **
doubt if even th' ol' boy they're named
Adding the P.S.—
This Doughboy friend of ours scored a bull-eye when he looked up the record! of H9HB
Oscar, King of Sweden. Popular and beloved he was, just as his American namesake has
been for the past 29 years. Then, along comes the war, and Quality tobacco (nature-mel- vjjiP
lowed Havana filler) becomes harder and harder to get. Up goes the price and it was
up to us to cut quality, cut the size, or raise the price and maintain the 29-year repu
tation for quality. We took the latter and the way sales jumped proved we were
right; that you wanted us to look after YOUR cigar interests in keeping Quality at your
command.
after consultation with state offi
cials.
State Banking Commissioner Joltn
8. Fisher has placed G. H. Getty,
long connected with the Banking
Department as an examiner, in
charge of the affairs of the Wig
wam building and loan association,
of McKee's Rocks, for purpose of
liquidation. This uction was takon
following an examination of affairs
of the association by department ex
aminers.
Hie Wilkes-Barre Light Company,
of Wilkes-Barre, has applied to the
Public Service Commission for a
certificate of valuation preliminary
to issuance of a million dollars of
bonds. This is the second application
of the kind to be made to the Com
mission and it will be argued on
October 22.
Applications foe approval of
several grade crossings in Philadel
phia and other eastern cities wero
heard by the Public Service Com
mission to-day.
STATE LEGION 7~
MEETING HERE
[Continued from First I'nge.l
the Posts in each District should
caucus together, elect a chairman
and secretary of their caucus and
elect three members to represent
that district on each of the com
mittees listed below:
Credentials, Rules, Finances, Con
stitution and Permanent Organiza
tion, Resolutions, Care of Disabled
Soldiers, Employment of Discharged
Soldiers, Legal Aid. Medical Aid and
Legislation, Next State Cantonment,
Nomination of Delegates to National
Convention and methods of electing
same, nomination of State Officers
and Permanent State Committees for
ensuing year.
Under the above plan each com
mittee will consist of twenty-seven
members. Each will then proceed to
organize as a committee and elect
its own chairman and secretary.
Philadelphia county consisting of two
districts, it is recommended that
these two districts caucus together,
electing one chairman and secre
tary for their caucus and six mem
bers on each of the committee men
tioned above.
Chaplain Gives Invocation
The election of temporary officers
of the cantonment was taken up im
mediately following the invocation,
which was delivered by the Rev.
J. L. N. Wolfe, of St. Patrick's
Catholic Church, Philadelphia. The
Rev. Father Wolfe was chaplain of
the Fifty-fifth Brigade of the Twenty
eighth Division, and is a wearer
i of the Distinguished Service Medal
| and holds a citation from G. H. Q.
of the A. E. F.
After the election of officers, the
report of the district chairman of
names of members of each commit
tee was heard. Announcement of
the time and place of committee
meetings was made and the reports
of the chairmen of special state
committees elected at St. Louis
heard.
Hotel Lobby Crowded
There are many well-known men
in the city .for the Legion canton
ment and the lobby of the Penn-
Harris was crowded all day with
civilian soldiers who were renewing
old friendships. Among those no
ticed were Colonel Millard Brown,
of the One Hundred and Ninth In
fantry, and Lieutenant Colonel
Thomas J. Meehan, of the same reg
iment, both delegates from Phila
delphia posts. Colonel Meehan
wears the D. S. C.
The Marine post of Philadelphia
is represented by Major R. R. Ho
gan and Major Robert L. Denig.
Major Hogan is Marine national
OCTOBER 211919. '
vlcj-chairman of the cwgunizatton,
and Major Denis, who s a regular
oldjtimer, is probably thfc most dec
orated man on the iloor of the can
tonment. Only yesterday |be received
a tjroi*- de Guerre witty a pair of
palms adorning it. The Major al
ready has recejved the Croix with
a silver star. He also wears the
D. S. C., the ribbon of an Officer
of the Legion of Honor, and several
service badges, including the most
recent ribbon with six battle stars
attached. Major Denis commanded I
an infantry battalion in the Fourth
Division.
State's Largest Post
The largest post in Pennsylvania
is the so-called All-Navy Post Xo.
197, of Philadelphia. This post j
started to ' organize less than
seven weeks ago und to-day leads
the state with a membership of
1.853. The leader of its delegation
to the cantonment is Lieutenant (S. .
G.) Thermallen. Another of its dele
gales is the oldest delegate to the '
convention. Chief Petty Officer West, i
who has been a C. O.P. in the N'avq |
for an innumerable . amount of
"hitches." and was called back in
this war to serve again.
Yeomanettcs Attend
The yeomanettes have a post in
Philadelphia, too, with a member
ship of over 800 ' girls. They are
headed in the convention by Chief
Yeoman Margaret C. Thomas, and
the delegates and alternates include
Yeoman Blanche A Paul, Kathryn
R. Braddock, Mary E. Pitttnger,
Mildred Thomas, Jane Ucilig, Amy
Shetzhelm, Leonore Lawsou, Eliza
beth R. Wunderte nnd Annette T.
Kirby. They are rendering yeoman
assistance, too, in handling details
of the cantonment arrangements.
Some more well known Pennsyl- j
vanians are Colonel Edward Martin,
commander of the 10th Infantry, I
28th Division, and Colcnci "Joo"
Thompson, who succeeded him in
that capacity. Both colonels are j
well known in Harrisburg and are
receiving a royal welcome wherever
they appear.
A former Harrisburger, who is
representing a Pittsburgh Post, ia
Brewster Wickersham, now a lawyer
in East Pittsburgh. Mr. Wicker
sham was in a bombing group during
the war. Another Pittsburgh dele
gate is Alexander Laughlin, a mem
ber of the National Executive Com-
I mittee of the Legion.
To Elect Delegates
1 The principal task of the State
I Legion in this cantonment is the
election of delegates to the National
| Convention at Minneapolis in No
vember. The procedure in this case
j is itfe follows:
Four delegates are allotted to
| each State in the Union: one dele
gates-at-large from each Congress
i members in the State a month before
j the State cantonment: and two dele
j gates-at-larg from each Congress
j ional district. This will allow to
Pennsylvania, four State delegates:
I twenty-six delegates-at-large for the
j 2,600 members in the State Legion
on August 31, and 76 delegates-at
large for the 38 Congressional dis-
I tricts of Pennsylvania. Many dele
! gates are of the opinion that the
I election will be based on the pres
i ent State membership of 50,000, hut
[this will be explained in the con
| vention.
Busy Arranging Details
State officers who are busy arrang-
I ing last details are George F. Tylor,
State chairman, Philadelphia; Ed
ward W. Baird, treasurer; William
J. Smythe, acting secretary; John W.
Brock, employment officer and Paul
J. McGahan, publicity chairman.
Word was received last night from
the headquarters of the World War
Legion in Washington that they had
decided to abandon that organiza
| tion in favor of the American Legion.
1 The letter stated that (hey felt there
was but one place for such an or.
ganization and since the American
Legion had attained such a growth,
the World War Legion would dis
band and all its members would
turn to the American Legion.
Conunittees Work Hard
The State Convention committee
lias worked hard in conjunction
with the convention committee ol
'be Harrisburg Chamber of Com
merce and the local Red Cross chan
ter to make things agreeable for the
delegates. The State committee Is
composed of Miller A. Johnson,
Lewisburg, chairman; R. S. Koser,
Lewisburg, secretary; George Kun
kel, Jr., and Paul Gilbert, Harris
burg und Monroe Aurand, Beaver
Springs.
The Philadelphia delegation to the
cantonment is here in force, repre
senting the seventy-two posts in that w
city. George W. Carr, chairman ol
the Philadelphia County committee
and Romaine C. Hassrick, its secre
tary. have opened up county head
quarters.
The local Post No. 27, is repre.
sented by Lieut.-Col. L. V. Rausch,
with George Kunkel, Jr., as altern
ate. The Pennsylvania Railroad
Company Post No. 279. in this city
is represented by Patrick J. Sweeney.
Will Dance This Evening
This evening byway of entertain,
ment the delegates will be the guests
of the loeal Red Cross at a dance to
be held in the Chestnut Street Hall.
The local chapter has worked assid
uously in preparation for this party,
and the canteen service will assist
in the refreshment side of the dance.
Local Legionnaires who have not
yet received or ordered buttons may
purchase them in Parlor A of the
Penn-Harris hotel, where the yeo
manettes are holding forth over the
badge table Those men who, dur
ing the welcome home parade on
Monday, received cards of the Amer
ican Legion to till out may turn them
in at any time to the treasurer, who
is at the stamp window of the main
post office every day after three
o'clock.
DR. DE LA PLAZA DEES
Buenos Aires, Argentine, Oct 2.—•
Dr. Victorino de la Piaza, former
president of Argentina, died at mid
night last night. Dr. de la Plaza
assumed the presidency of the re
public on the death of President
Pena in 1914, succeeding to the of
fice from tlie vice-presidency and re
maining in the presidency until the
expiration of his term in 1916..
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