NEWS: Items from The Evening News, July 17, 1918, Dauphin County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JudyBoo Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/dauphin/ _________________________________________ The Evening News, Harrisburg, Penna., Wednesday, July 17, 1918 Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt Killed in Airplane Battle PARIS, July 17. - That Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt was killed when his airplane was brought down during a fight near Chauteau-Thierry, Sunday, was reported in dispatches by Paris newspapers today. Quentin's cousin, Captain Philip Roosevelt, who was in the trenches, saw the former fall, but did not learn his identity until later. Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt was the youngest of Colonel Roosevelt's four sons, all of whom are in service in France. He was 22 years old. He received his commission as a lieutenant in the first aero squadron on July 14, 1917, having entered training at Mineola, N. Y. on May 1. He received a short course of intensive training under French instructors in France before going to the fighting front. He shot down his first German airplane in a fight north of Chateau- Thierry one week ago today. This was his third flight over the fighting front. Four American airmen chased a squadron of Boche planes behind the enemy lines. Roosevelt had not been heard of since. Roosevelt Glad Son Rendered Service to U. S. OYSTER BAY, N. Y., July 17. - Colonel Roosevelt was glad today that his youngest son, Quentin, "had the chance to render some service to his Country" before he was killed in battle with German aviators in France. "Quentin's mother and I are very glad that he got to the front and had the chance to render some service to his Country and to show the stuff that was in him before his fate befell him," the Colonel said. Roosevelt declared the death of his son would have no effect on his plans. His speech at the Republican conventions at Saratoga will be delivered Friday. He and Mrs. Roosevelt will motor to New York late this evening and will spend the night in town at the Hotel Langdon. Colonel Roosevelt was informed of reports of Quentin's death at 8:15 this morning. At first, he was too deeply affected to talk, but at 1:30 p.m., after breaking the news to Mrs. Roosevelt, he made his brief statement. He has not yet received any official word from the War Department. LOCAL MEN FOR CAMP Quotas for the men who will be sent to Syracuse training camp during the five-day period, commencing July 29, are: Harrisburg, No. 1, 3; 2, 2; 3, 4; Dauphin, No. 1, 2; 2, 2; 3, 3. Cumberland, No. 1, 1; 2, 1. Perry, 1. Little Royalton Gives 6 to the Marine Corps Today FROM LEFT TO RIGHT THESE FUTURE "DEVIL DOGS" ARE: HARRY NEY, LEROY BOUGHTER, ELI METZLER, CHARLES SIPE, JACOB BECKLY AND HOMER PAINTER. [photo] Half a dozen Royalton boys entrained here this morning for Paris Island, South Carolina, the training camp of the Marines or "Devil Dogs." It was the largest group of men given to the service by the little lower end borough since war was declared and half the town's population crowded along the railroad at Royalton this morning and cheered as the train carrying the six recruits passed through. A score of relatives and friends accompanied the boys to this city and back to Middletown and some went with them as far as Philadelphia. The recruits are: Jacob Beckey, Eli Metzler, Jr., Harry Ney, Leroy Boughter, John Henry, Jr., and Charles Sipe. The boys enlisted a week ago and they were given a farewell reception last evening by the Men's Bible class of the Royalton United Brethren Church. The Rev. William Beach, pastor of the church, delivered a special sermon to the recruits on Sunday evening and on Monday evening they were guests of honor at a celebration held in Royalton at the home of Metzler's parents. Five of the six boys are members of the Eddie Collins Club, of Royalton, which now has nine men in the service. Homer Painter, another member of the club, applied to join the "Devil Dogs" but Uncle Sam took only the first five. Now Painter will go into the National Army, leaving here on July 26. The recruits all left well equipped. Friends and relatives gave them wrist watches; the Mothers' Congress Circle, of Middletown, furnished comfort kits, and the Men's Bible Class of the Royalton U. B. Church supplied all with vest-pocket testaments. Boughter and Painter were machinists employed by the Romberger Hosiery Mill, Middletown; Sipe, Henry and Beckey were employed in the Kreider Shoe factory, Middletown, and Metzler was in the Maintenance Department of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Ney was employed here at the Division street transfer of the Pennsylvania Railroad. INDIAN SCHOOL IN CARLISLE TO BE A HOSPITAL By United Press WASHINGTON, July 17. - Secretary Lane, of the Interior Department, today announced that the Indian School plant at Carlisle, Pa., has been turned over to the War Department for hospital purposes and for the rehabilitation and re-education of sick and wounded soldiers. Sisters Get Marriage Licenses on Same Day Miss Mary J. Reed and her younger sister, Miss Elizabeth A. Reed, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. William Reed, of Penbrook, both obtained marriage licenses at the court house this morning. Miss Mary plans to wed John L. Snell, Jr., of this city, and the younger sister will become the bride of Harry A. Noll, of Steelton. Bretz Says He'll Go Into Voluntary Bankruptcy Harry M. Bretz, lawyer and school director, who is under $1500 bail awaiting trial on a charge of embezzlement, will voluntarily file a petition in the Federal Court at Scranton, to be declared a bankrupt, so attorneys for some of his creditors say he told them at a meeting this morning. Bretz did not furnish the lawyers with a statement of his assets and liabilities nor did he attempt to make an estimate of either item. Judgments on the records against Bretz in the office of Prothonotary Pass aggregate $26,100 and in the office of Recorder Lentz there are mortgages amounting to $14,900 additional the total for those two items being $41,000. Whether Bretz has assets to offset these obligations or part of them has not been revealed. Some persons holding judgments against the lawyer proceeded yesterday and today to collect the judgments - via the Sheriff's office - but lawyers say those proceedings will be stayed if Bretz goes into voluntary bankruptcy. Attorneys believed the petition in bankruptcy would be filed late today. ANNVILLE BOY A LIEUTENANT Edward H. Smith, of Annville, a private in the National Army, yesterday was commissioned as a second lieutenant and assigned to the quartermaster's corps. Grover Bower Gets Hip Wound in Fight on Marne GROVER C. BOWER [photo] WORMLEYSBURG, July 17. - Grover C. Bower, of this place, one of the first American soldiers in France, has been wounded in the hip during the fierce fighting along the Marne. Word to this effect has just been received here by his brother, John A. Bower. The injured man has been in the United States Marines for five years. He was with the Fifth Marines in Cuba and Hayti. The accompanying picture was taken while he was in Cuba, at a time when barbers were scarce there, and he reported at the time having gone for numerous weeks without a shave. ACTIVITIES IN THE REALM OF SOCIETY AND PERSONAL NOTES OF INTEREST The country home of Mr. and Mrs. William S. Snyder, at Overview, was the scene of a patriotic lawn fete yesterday when they entertained in honor of the seventh birthday anniversary of their daughter, Helen Ruth Snyder. The woods around the house were a lovely background for the American flags, flowers and red, white and blue bunting which carried out the patriotic idea. Luncheon was served at small tables with appointments and favors appropriate to the occasion. Margaret Grove and Mary Rounsley won prizes in the donkey contest and Margaret Rounsley and David McNaughton in the peanut hunt. Following the games, stories were told by Miss Catherine Peters and Miss Emily Sites. Mrs. Snyder was assisted in entertaining by Mrs. Frank C. Sites, Mrs. D. S. Seitz and Mrs. William Bollinger, Millerstown. The small guests included: Emmeline Nead, Jane Segelbaum, Margaret Hull, Harriet Crist, Nellie Romberger, Margaret Grove, Frederick Lumb, George Edward Reed, Jr., Edward Hepford, Joseph McNaughton and David McNaughton. Personal Briefs Mrs. Henry Rinehart, of New Oxford, is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Anne Gettel, at her residence, 445 Hummel street. Mrs. Lyman D. Gilbert, 203 North Front street, has returned from a trip to New York State and Virginia. Mrs. John Horner, of Owensboro, Kentucky, is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Fair, of "Old Orchard." Mrs. Charles A. Kunkel, 221 North Front street, and grandchildren, Charles and Virginia Fox, of Foxlea, New Cumberland, motored over the Gettysburg Battlefield yesterday. Judge and Mrs. S. J. M. McCarrell, 121 Locust street, left today for Eagles Mere, where they will spend the remainder of the Summer at the Crestmont. Theodore B. Klein, president of the Historical Society of Dauphin County, is ill at the home of his daughter in Lebanon. Postmaster Sites is home from a meeting of Ohio postmasters at a W. S. S. convention at Columbus. The convention was addressed by Assistant Postmasters - General Koons and Dockery. Mr. Sites is treasurer of the National Association of Postmasters. Mrs. Josephine A. MacKay, 607 North Second street, has gone to Waltham, Mass., for a six-week visit. Capt. Donald A. Stroh, 17th Cavalry, U. S. A., Douglass, Ariz., who spent the past week visiting relatives in Harrisburg, has left for Hickory, N. C., where he will visit before returning to camp. Mrs. William Gruber and two sons, Linden and Billy, 1106 South Cameron street, leave today for a two-week vacation in Shippensburg and vicinity. Miss Emma Hess, of Newark, N. J., spent Monday with friends in the city. Mrs. M. A. Rosenberg, 1024 Market street, has returned home after spending several weeks in New York City, Newark, N. J., Philadelphia, Bronx, N. Y., and Passaic, N. J. Miss Sara Klugman, of Passaic N. J., is visiting Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Rosenberg, 1024 Market street. Mrs. Walter Yingling, 645 Hamilton street, will leave in a few days for Baltimore, Md., where she will be the guest of Mrs. A. Smith. Corporal Benjamin Linkous, who has been spending a furlough in this city, left for Fort Porter, Buffalo, where he is stationed in the Medical Department. Mrs. Robert Campbell and family of Philadelphia; Miss Annie Souders and Paul Ogden, of Germantown, are the guests of Mrs. Campbell's sister, Mrs. Walter Yingling, at her residence, 645 Hamilton street. Miss Mary Stambaugh, 2112 North Fourth street, is visiting in her former home Blain. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Starry and their family, 33 South Eighteenth street, are summering at "Waldheim," Dauphin. Mrs. Brinton Gause, 1421 Green street, has returned from a two weeks' stay at Locust Valley Farm. Mrs. Albert B. Craver, 7 South Front street, and her sister, Miss Lenore A. Sourbeer, of Hickory, N. C., who is visiting Mrs. Craver for the summer, have returned from a six-week visit in Newark, N. J. They were accompanied by their nephew, Richard Ewing, of Newark. Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Klosterman have returned to their home in Philadelphia after a visit with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard M. Brown, 638 Reily street. Miss Florence Goldman, of Baltimore, who has been visiting friends in this city, was the guest of honor at the Sunday evening party arranged by Miss Esther Miller at her residence, 407 Herr street. After a delightful program a buffet supper was served to the following guests: Miss Florence Goldman, Miss Mary Frielander, Miss Mary Yaffee, Miss Miriam Gordon, Miss Minnie Saft, Miss Goldie Rubin, Miss Tillie Kline, Miss Esther Miller, Abe Gordon, Maurice Gordon, Arthur Koplovitz, Maurice Koplovitz, Mike Miller, Messrs. Bernstein, of New York City; Strouse and Kleinman. Two More From Force of Wm. Strouse's Store to Go GEORGE STARK ARTHUR STINE [photos] George L. Stark leaves on Monday next to report at Wissahickon Barracks, Cape May, having enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserves. Arthur Stine leaves on July 26 for Camp Lee, Va., to report for military duty. Both young men have been connected with the new store of William Strouse for several years. The Bastile Day celebration which was held at Williams Grove on Sunday evening at Williams Grove on Sunday evening was attended by a large number of guests, among them many people from this city. A program of special patriotic music included several solos by Arthur Gardner and Eugene Baptiste, this city. Margaret Sullenberger, also of Harrisburg, gave an appropriate reading. Professor Kelso Green, Carlisle, gave a talk on the celebration of Bastile Day. The proceeds of an offering amounted to $7.32, which was given to the Red Cross. Through the courtesy of Dives, Pomeroy and Stewart the auditorium presented a gala appearance, with decorations of flags and bunting. Miss Ada Homan and Howard Fennell, both of Norristown, were married yesterday at the Market Square Presbyterian manse by the Rev. Dr. George Edward Hawes, with Assistant Deputy Auditor General Fred T. MacDonald, of Bennett Square, as best man. The young couple, who arrived in Harrisburg yesterday morning, were unable to locate a minister. After a search of several hours they fortunately met Mr. MacDonald, who became interested in their fruitless search and conducted them to the manse where he not only acted as best man, but gave the bride away. Mr. and Mrs. Fennell left the city for a honeymoon trip to Niagara Falls. The members of R. W. Fair's Sunday School class, of the Market Square Presbyterian Church, spent several delightful hours last evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Fair, in "Old Orchard." Many interesting games and contests were arranged for the guests among them an "old song" contest after which the guests thoroughly enjoyed singing many of the old familiar songs. Later refreshments were served on the porch to more than forty guests. The twentieth birthday anniversary of Mrs. Penrose Hoover, and a farewell to Corporal Benjamin Linkous and Roy J. Shenk, both in the service of the United States Army, was the double occasion for a surprise party held last Monday evening at the residence of Mrs. Hoover, 2408 North Sixth street. Mrs. Hoover's sister, Miss Victoria Ross, of Kansas City, was also one of the honor guests. A mock wedding was one of the specially planned features and many games and contests kept the guests amused all evening. Those in attendance included Mr. and Mrs. Earl Shenk, Mr. and Mrs. Penrose Hoover, Mr. and Mrs. Dubbs Machamer and daughter, Lois, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Machachan, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hoover, Mrs. Emma Steel, Miss Victoria Ross, Madalene Stoner, Frances Gill, Esther Wasson, Villa Jacobs, Florence Patterson, Annabella Yeagley, Margaret McCurdy, Sue Kawell, Marguerite Barbour, Oscar Pressley, Roy Shenk, Corporal Benjamin Linkous, Lee Gill, George Troup, Homer Balsbaugh, Charles Whitehead and Lowell McCarthy, of Altoona. The monthly meeting of the John A. Affleck Sunday School Class of the Stevens Memorial M. E. Church was held last evening at the home of Miss Sara Houser, in Camp Hill. After the regular business session a delightful musical program was given and refreshments were served to the following guests: Mrs. John Affleck Byren, Mrs. William Byren, Mrs. F. T. Ray, Mrs. Robert Stuckenrath, Mrs. C. H. Beyer, Mrs. C. P. Chamberlain, Mrs. Charles Sheesley, Mrs. E. J. Hockenbury, Mrs. S. E. McElhoes, Mrs. C. W. Thompson, Mrs. R. V. MacNeil, Mrs. J. Harry Bell, Mrs. A. C. Fulwider, Mrs. W. E. Ammon, Mrs. Harry Hartzell, Mrs. T. Craig, Mrs. H. E. Geiger, Mrs. L. F. Howard, Mrs. Smith Kuhn, Mrs. Annie Tindar, Mrs. Mary Geary, Mrs. C. E. Fuller, Mrs. E. Falconer, Miss Esther Terry, Miss Carrie Roe, Miss Minnie Hoffman, Miss Mary Cary, Miss Alice Miller, Miss Elizabeth Hatz, Miss Sara Sheesley, Miss Margaret MacNeil, Miss Dorothy Fulwider, Miss Marie Ammon, Miss Katharine Ammon, Miss Mirian Bell, Miss Anna May Bell, Miss Margaret Falconer and John A. Affleck. The first annual masquerade dance of the season will be held at Williams Grove, Saturday evening, July 27. ALL OF THE NEWS OF STEELTON, MIDDLETOWN AND DAUPHIN COUNTY STEELTON COAST ON HILL NEARLY FATAL Children Persist in Riding on Wagons at Dangerous Point STEELTON, July 17. - Three small children narrowly escaped death or serious injury this morning when an express wagon on which they were riding was badly damaged by a motor truck of the Steelton bakery driven by Adam Longchar. The three children, Metor Dragovic, 11 years old; William Cambic, 9 years old, and Theressa Cambic, 6 years old, were riding down Mayberry avenue in the wagon and on one of their trips down as they turned into Second street, they ran directly into the path of the automobile. Longchar saw them turn towards him as he approached the avenue going north, and made a sharp turn across the street, coming to a stand still, against the porch of the house at 552 South Second street. The express wagon struck the rear of the automobile, breaking the front wheel and axle of the wagon. The little girl when she saw the approaching truck fell out of the cart and the two boys were thrown out, although not injured, as they came to a sudden stop against the automobile. FAILS IN ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE After vainly attempting to get away from Constable Gibb by swimming across the Susquehanna River, Herman Jefferson, colored, turned back to shore almost exhausted and gave himself up to the constable. Jefferson had had a quarrel with a West Side storekeeper and when Gibb came to arrest him he fled to the River and started to swim across, but finding the task too great he turned back and allowed Gibb to pull him out and lock him up. Jefferson will be given a hearing before Squire Stees today on the charges brought against him by David Smith, the storekeeper. NEW RECRUITING OFFICER Private H. Spang, Lebanon, has been transferred to the local recruiting office to succeed Sergeant R. A. Strauss, who has been transferred to York. Spang has seen service before in the United States Army, having re-enlisted in the Army only a few months ago after an absence of several years. JOINS ENGINEERS Roscie R. Zeigler, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Zeigler, Lincoln street, has enlisted in the Engineer Corps and is now stationed at Columbus Barracks. STEELTON PERSONALS Miss Carrie Grimes, South Second street, left today for a two weeks' visit with friends in Easton. Mrs. Moe Dorf, of Baltimore, Md., is the guest of Miss Eleanore Sharosky, South Front street. MIDDLETOWN CHORUS SINGING AFTER PICNIC Pastor's Aid Society of Methodist Church Holds Outing MIDDLETOWN, July 17. - The annual picnic of the Pastor's Aid Society of the Methodist Church was held last evening at Hoffer's Park. A chicken and waffle supper was served. The supper was served to the following members and guests: Mrs. Lloyd Lindemuth, Mrs. Robert Gross, Mrs. Herman Baumbach, Mrs. John E. Keiper, Miss Anna Wagner, Miss Marian Wagner, Miss Clara Beck, Miss Mary Beachler, Miss Romaine Kennard, Miss Louella Cleland, Miss Kathryn Raymond, Miss Martha Swartz, Miss Ida Beaverson, Mrs. Albert Gatschall and son Milton, Mrs. Harry Hess and sons, Sherrick and Kenneth; Miss Nettie Kain, Miss Mary Wise, Miss Fan Gross, Miss Mary Stipe, Mrs. Arthur Grundon and daughter Bertha, Phylis Deible, Mrs. Oliver Henry and daughter Helen, Mrs. Amos Huntzberger, Miss Lillian Weller, Miss Jennie Campbell, Mrs. J. J. Groupe, and the Rev. and Mrs. James Cunningham and children, Hester, James and Bennet. On returning to the borough later in the evening the members of the aid attended the community singing. One of the main features of the evening was the singing of the French National Hymn, the "Marseillaise." Another feather of the evening was the "cellar door chorus." These community meetings will be repeated from time to time, and will be held in various sections of the town. SCHOOL BOARD ELECTS Mrs. William Hill, of Center Square, on North Union street, was elected as a teacher in the Grammar School Building on West Emaus street, for the coming school term to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Miss Grace Hempt. Mrs. Hill was a teacher in the local schools for many years and has acted as a substitute for the past several years. RECEPTION AT JEDNOTA The reception and profession of Daughters of St. Cyril and Methodius, combined with confirmation with the Orphans of the Jednota Home, was held yesterday morning at 8 o'clock, at the chapel at the home, which is situated west of this borough. During the morning services fifty orphans were confirmed. Nine postulants received the habit and nine novices made their vows, under the direction of Right Bishop McDevitt. The children of the Jednota home who received the sacrament of confirmation were given an appropriate address by Bishop McDevitt. The postulants received were as follows: Miss Anna Zebka, Mt. Carmel; Sister Maria Anastasia; Miss Mary Markivic, Hazleton; Sister Maria Inviolata; Miss Gazella Magda, Wilkes-Barre; Miss Anna Filip, Youngstown, Ohio; Sister Maria Vincent; Miss Sophia Rusnak, Priceburg; Sister Maria Thomas; Miss Margaret Urabel, Olyphant; Sister Maria Philipa; Miss Emily Stefania, Plymouth; Sister Maria Alexandra; Miss Susan Kotalek, Ashley; and Sister Maria Scholastica. Newly professed were as follows: Sister Maria Monica, Chicago, Ill.; Sister Maria Concepta, Barnesboro, Sister Maria Germaine, Shamokin; Sister Maria Marta, Wilkes-Barre; Sister Anna Maria, Olyphant; Sister Maria Petron, Freeland; Sister Maria Petronilla, Mt. Carmel; and Sister Marie, of Pittston. INSTALL OFFICERS At a meeting of Washington Camp No. 371, Patriotic Order of Sons of America, the following officers were installed: Past president, Charles Neiman; president, John Crown; vice president, Raymond Gingrich; master of forms, A. L. Wagner; conductor, D. H. Herr; inspection, Hiram S. Beachler; guard, Paul E. Diehl, and trustee, Harry E. Moore. CAN'T PUT THEM BACK IN LODGE Just before Judge McCarrell left last night with Mrs. McCarrell for Eagles Mere, to spend his Summer vacation, he filed four decisions in pending court cases. In one of those the Judge dismissed the application of seven former members of the Steelton Lodge of the Sons of Italy who had sought to compel the officers of the lodge to reinstate them to membership. The Judge ruled that the expelled members neglected to exercise their right, under the lodge rules, to appeal their case to the proper lodge officers when they were expelled and that the Court now is without legal authority to step in and force the lodge to take them back. The expelled members had made certain accusations against the lodge but Judge McCarrell held that the Court has no authority to inquire into the merits of the charges and that the dismissed members must rely upon the appellate tribunal of the lodge for relief. Those who sought reinstatement were Marino Acri, Vincenzo Salerno, Luigi Lanza, Salvatore Acri, Ippolito Magnelli, Michele Santanna and Silvestre Vetere. In a second case Judge McCarrell held that a mechanics' lien which William D. Markle filed against six- Emerald street houses that he built for William F. Bushnell, is valueless and shall be stricken from the record. The lien was for $7,157.59. The lien was lodged against all six houses as a unit and the Court held that to be effective, mechanics' liens must be lodged separately against properties and that one lien cannot cover a series of dwellings. In the case of James H. Brenner against Samuel Gold, the Court held that ejectment proceedings brought to compel Gold to vacate a storeroom at 1014 Market street, cannot be put through until after some disputed questions of fact, involving the payment of rent, are passed upon by a jury. The Judge's opinion paves the way for a court trial. A like decision was rendered in a case wherein C. W. Hockley seeks to eject W. D. Zeiters from the property at 607 Forster street. POINT GUN AT ALLEGED THIEF Special to The Evening News UNION DEPOSIT, July 17. - An alleged chicken thief who refuses to tell his name but who, it is believed, lives near Lyonsville, east of here, was apprehended at the point of a pistol at 3:30 o'clock this morning by Thomas Wagner and his son, Paul Wagner. This man was crouched in the bushes at the side of the road and within a few feet of a bag of forty stolen chickens when the Wagners pounced upon him. That was just outside the Wagner home, which is about 150 yards away from the Union Deposit Hotel. The fowls, of which fifteen were chicks, have been identified as belonging to William Snyder, a carpenter, and George Miller, a mail carrier. The Wagners brought the alleged thief to the hotel and with the proprietor, Harry Kaylor, stood guard over him until 5 o'clock this morning when Mrs. Kaylor took him and Wagner to Hummelstown in her husband's automobile. It is believed the chicken thief was aided by three accomplices and that the quartet came here in an automobile to make the raid. The man under arrest said: "When I have anything to tell, I will give the others' names." Constable John Wagner lodged a charge of felonious entry against the prisoner and a hearing will be held tonight at 7 o'clock before Squire Richard B. Earnest, in Hummelstown. The defendant now is in the lockup in Hummelstown. The Wagners got on the thieves trail because of the squawking of the chickens. VISITING IN NEW HAVEN Mr. and Mrs. David Carderiy, 14 North Thirteenth street, are spending the week in New Haven, Conn. They will return home on Sunday evening. Boys at Recruiting Office Will Try for Commissions In the course of a month or two the Harrisburg Recruiting district will be in need of practically a new staff of recruiters. This is because Lieutenant Lesher, head of the local station, recognizing the splendid work that his men have done, has recommended almost all of them for admittance to officers' training camps. Ten of the local boys will leave this week, four of them, who are going tomorrow to Camp Lee for infantry instructions, are Sergeant Ira L. Schiffman, Sergeant S. R. Eppley, Sergeant M. R. Zimmerman and Sergeant Frank Bryniarski. The latter part of the week will mark the departure from recruiting life of Sergeant Howard A. Ford, Sergeant Jacob Castine, Sergeant Louis E. Wilson and Sergeant Robert Parsons. These men are going to Camp Taylor to attend the artillery training school. At this time also will go Sergeant Clarence Noggle and Sergeant Joseph P. Samuel to Camp Hancock to train for commissions in the machine gun battalion. The local station bade goodbye yesterday to Sergeant F. R. McGinnis, who left for the officers' training camp at Fort Niagara and in a few days Sergeant Peter Bond will leave here also. Sergeant Bond, who has been in the service thirty years now, has been retired and in a short time he will be appointed a commissioned instructor of cooks and bakers. Another detachment, which will be composed of twenty men, from the Harrisburg district, will leave for training camps on the 30th of this month, so Lieutenant Lesher announced today. THIRD DISTRICT SELECTIVES TO BE GIVEN TIPS TONIGHT The eighty-two selectives who will be sent to Camp Lee on July 26 by the draft board of the Third City District, will be taken to the Island tonight and given preliminary instructions on what to do when they reach camp. Francis H. Hoy, Jr., will talk to the registrants. The men will go to the Island at 6.45 o'clock unless it rains, and in that case the event will be postponed until a later date. Light Company Objects to Taking Coal From River The court hearing in the injunction proceedings brought late yesterday by the Juniata River Service Company, of Millersburg, to prevent Daniel W. Romberger, Harry Swab and Frederick L. Zeigler from taking river coal from the Wiconisco Creek, at a point ten miles above the Millersburg power house, will be held on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The light company contends that the defendants are taking the coal from private property, because the creek cuts through its land. Moreover, it is alleged that the company bought the land adjacent to the creek so it could get the coal. AT COLUMBIA FOR SUMMER Eleven Harrisburgers, most of whom are teachers in the city schools, are taking up special Summer courses in Columbia University, New York, according to word received today from the University. Prof. John J. Brehm, Junior High School principal, is taking up administration methods and industrial arts in Junior High School work. Prof. J. Frazier Ferguson, principal of the Forney Building, is taking a course in school supervision, and in addition is taking English grammer. Other Harrisburg teachers attending the University include: Miss Elizabeth S. Baker, 159 Paxton street; Miss Helen Krall, 322 Emerald; Miss Eda M. Caton, 28 Evergreen; Miss Lois Kamerlin Booker, 530 Maclay; Miss Carrie Estella Myers, 62 North Eighteenth; Miss Isabella Gertrude Griffith, 800 Capital, and Miss Mary C. Butterworth, 211 Forster. Miss Helen Louise Wallis, 236 South Thirteenth street, is taking up domestic science and Miss Helen Elizabeth Underwood, 304 Market street, who is a teacher of history in Friends' High School, Moorestown, N. J., is studying advanced history. Smallpox Case Found at Boiling Springs The first case of smallpox in Cumberland County for a very long period was discovered yesterday by the County Medical Inspector, in the person of Wesley S. Cornman, 49 years old, a resident of Boiling Springs. This man had been working in East Berlin, Adams County, where he believes he contracted the disease. The health authorities will make an investigation in East Berlin. The patient is quarantined at his home in Boiling Springs and all persons known to have been in contact with him are being sought and vaccinated. BOYS ARRESTED FOR FIGHTING ON PLAYGROUND Six boys, the oldest of whom was 17 years of age, were arrested last night for fighting on the Boas street playground. The boys arrested charged with disorderly practice are George B. Wenrick, 1616 Susquehanna street, 17 years old; Joseph McIntyre, 1619 Logan street, 16 years old; John W. Taylor, 1113 Taylor street, 15 years old; Charles Gaffney, 932 Grand street, 16 years old; Cleveland Grant, 923 Grand street, 17 years old, and Walter Decevees, 1112 Plum street. According to the police the boys were engaged in a school fight between members of the Reily grammar school and the Boas school. The fight started on Boas street but ended on the Boas playground where the boys were arrested. It is also alleged the boys were using indecent language while on the playground. SAILORS HERE TO INSPECT A dozen sailors from the United States Navy are now stationed on shore duty in Harrisburg indefinitely. These boys are acting assistants to the numerous Navy inspectors at the Harrisburg Pipe & Pipe Bending Works and they will keep records of furnace temperatures, shell tests and the like, for the Government statistics. TWO ACCIDENTS WITHIN TWO HOURS, AT SAME SPOT Two accidents occurred within a few hours last evening at Race and Tuscarora streets, when a man and a girl were hit by street cars. The man was hurt at 7:10 o'clock by a southbound car, and the tips of two fingers of the girl's right hand were crushed off earlier by the other car that operates on that line. This car was going north on this line. The man, Marko Shugi, whom police say lives in Steelton, received a fracture of the skull when he was knocked to the street as he walked against the side of the car. Dorothy May Folk, 5 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Folk, 537 Showers street, was the girl. She was playing along the street about 5 o'clock, it is said, and when she went to cross the trolley track she failed to see the approaching northbound car, ran against it and when she fell her fingers were caught under the wheels and the tips of two crushed off. Ready for Pythias Camp on Island Next Week Island Park will be the site of the camp for the Grand Lodge session of the Colored Knights of Pythias, which will be held next week. It will be known as Camp Butler. Opening on the twenty-first of this month the camp will continue for the entire week. In connection with the drills and contests the following prizes will be offered: Company keeping the cleanest quarters, $5; company winning first prize in Class "A" and Class "D," $150, and companies winning second prize in same classes, $100. On Monday evening at 8:30 o'clock in the Technical High School an informal opening of the camp will be held, at which time the following program will be carried out: Welcome address in behalf of the city, Mayor D. L. Keister; response, Grand Chancellor B. G. Collier; solo, Mrs. Carrie Montgomery; welcome knights, Sir John P. Scott; response, Grand Attorney F. R. Stewart, selection by choir; welcome uniform department, Lieutenant Col. W. O. Jolly; response, Major Gibbons; welcome Calanthe, Mrs. Hattie Troy; response, G. W. C. Sadie Jackson; selection by choir; oration, Grand Prelate J. M. Palmer.