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The Evening News, Harrisburg, Penna., Friday, July 19, 1918

30,000 HUN PRISONERS
Soissons Is Taken by Franco-Americans

By United Press
  WASHINGTON, JULY 19. - THIRTY THOUSAND GERMANS HAVE BEEN CAPTURED IN 
THE FRANCO-AMERICAN DRIVE ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL INFORMATION HERE TODAY.  
THIS IS THE BIGGEST SINGLE BAG OF PRISONERS TAKEN BY ALLIED TROOPS ON 
THE WEST FRONT DURING THE WAR.

  WASHINGTON, JULY 19. - Soissons has fallen to the Americans and 
French.  This is officially announced late today.

GERMAN RESERVES REPULSED IN MAKING COUNTER ATTACK

  PARIS, JULY 19. (4 P.M.) - The Americans have added Priez to their 
long list of captured towns.  Priez is two miles directly north of 
Courchamps and eight miles northwest of Chateau-Thierry.  Neuilly-St. 
Front, also taken by the Americans, is a town of about 2000 population, 
three miles due north of Priez.

  WASHINGTON, July 19. - "Perfectly bully," exclaimed Chief of Staff 
March this afternoon when informed by the United Press that the Franco-
American initiative against Germany had been extended to a line from 
Montdidier to Rheims.
  "That is great.  Fine news," he added, making no attempt to conceal 
his delight.  Other officials were equally elated.

By United Press
  PARIS, July 19. (4 p.m.) - The Allies have taken the initiative and 
the Germans are on the defensive everywhere, an official statement 
issued by the Allied high command declared this afternoon.
  "We are taking the initiative and the enemy is on the defensive 
everywhere" the statement said.
  "France's main forces are exerting great pressure on the enemy 
salient between Montdidier and Rheims.  West of the latter the most 
interesting movement is happening.
  "South of the Ourcq, American troops, occupying Courchamps and Priez, 
seem able to envelop Neuilly-St. Front.
  "The number of prisoners and guns surpasses our fondest hopes.
  "Premier Clemenceau watched the battle near Soissons."

By FRED S. FERGUSON
United Press Correspondent
  WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN THE CHAMPAGNE, July 19 (2 p.m.) - The 
battle is increasing in intensity on the whole front from the Aisne to 
the Marne, as this is cabled.
  The Americans and French are driving forward in an extended advance 
toward the main highway from Soissons to Chateau-Thierry, which lies 
from three to ten miles east of the original line.
  The Germans, aided by great numbers of reserves, made a heavy 
counter-attack on the plateau southwest of Soissons.  It was bloodily 
repulsed.
  Americans and French in that region are continuing to hold the line 
they established yesterday evening, or are advancing eastward.
  Cavalry already has pushed across the Soissons-Chateau-Thierry Road 
and the infantry is driving forward to joint hem.
  Uncounted prisoners, guns and material are still accumulating.
  The remarkable transport system of the allies is enabling them to 
maintain a constant flow of men and supplies to the front.  As the line 
advances, solid miles of motor trucks carrying ammunition and other 
material rumbled forward.  They return to the rear with slightly 
wounded men.  Men and guns, rushed up on trucks, are dumped off and are 
in the thick of the fighting a few minutes later.

By United Press
  PARIS, July 19. - The Franco-Americans, fighting along the Chateau-
Thierry-Soissons front, have taken more than ten thousand prisoners, 
the Gaulois declares today. 

By EARLE C. REEVES
International News Correspondent
  LONDON, July 19. - The Franco-American counter offensive on the 
Aisne-Marne front continued with irresistible fury today, the Allies 
advancing two miles in the first hour of the fighting.
  The number of German prisoners captured in the first day of the 
counter drive yesterday reached more than 10,000, said a Reuter 
dispatch from Paris today quoting the newspaper Gauleis.
  General Mangin's army began the fresh assaults at 4.30 o'clock in the 
morning, the Americans under General Degoutte sweeping forward one hour 
later.
  Tanks gave magnificent support to the assaulting waves.
  
  LONDON, July 19. - The French and Americans are within a mile of 
Soissons, it was learned authoritatively today.  They have moved 
forward all along the line between the Aisne and the Marne, their 
greatest penetration, at last reports, being eight miles. 

  One American division took Vierzy and is reported to have advanced 
three miles beyond.
  (Vierzy is six miles south of Soissons and about three miles east of 
the original line.  A three mile advance beyond this would take the 
Americans across the Soissons-Chateau-Thierry road.)

  LONDON, July 19 (3:23 p.m.) - That the Franco-American offensive may 
force the Germans to retire on the entire Rheims front, where the enemy 
has used twenty-three reinforcement divisions (276,000 men) or half 
their total of reserves, was the belief expressed in military circles 
here this afternoon.
  It was also stated that Crown Prince Rupprecht probably will start an 
immediate offensive on the British front, in an effort to retrieve the 
Rheims disaster. 

  WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN THE CHAMPAGNE, July 19 (8:25 a.m.) - 
American and French troops after organizing yesterday's gains during 
the night, resumed their offensive between the Aisne and the Marne at 4 
o'clock this morning.
  The Allies pushed forward behind a rolling barrage on the whole front  
from Soissons to Chateau-Thierry driving the Germans before them.
  At the hour of cabling no reports had been received of the extent of 
the new gains.
  Airmen report huge explosions and fires in Soissons evidently the 
destruction of ammunition dumps and supplies by the enemy, preparatory 
to evacuation of the city.

  WASHINGTON, July 19. - The Americans' brilliant counter-attack, co-
operating with the French in yesterday's counter-offensive was told in 
General Pershing's laconic communiqu‚ today as follows:
  "Section A - Troops, co-operating with the French in an attack on the 
enemy's positions between the Aisne and the Marne, penetrated to a 
depth of several miles, capturing many prisoners and guns."

PENNSY IS SUED FOR $50,000 FOR GOULD ACCIDENT

  Three big damage suits were filed in Court today against the 
Pennsylvania Railroad Company as the result of the auto accident at 
Young's grade crossing, below Royalton, a year ago next Sunday, in 
which Carroll S. Gould, a salesman, of 2234 North Second street, his 
wife and their son, Kenneth, were killed and Caryl J. Gould, a young 
daughter, and Raymond L. Ayers, the chauffeur, were seriously injured.  
The auto, which belonged to William E. Bailey, Front and South streets, 
was demolished.
  The suits were begun by the law firms of Olmsted, Snyder & Miller and 
Hargest & Hargest and although the counselors did not file statements 
of claim it is said that demand will be pressed for between $40,000 and 
$50,000 damages.
  William E. Bailey is guardian for the little Gould girl and in the 
suit that he brought in her behalf it is understood that $10,000 damage 
claims will be made for the killing of the father, mother and brother, 
and a demand for at least $5000 damages, and probably more, will be 
made for the child's injuries.
  Ayers, Bailey's chauffeur, is the plaintiff in one of the suits and 
his claim, it is said, will be for not less than $5000.  The third 
action was brought by Bailey for the loss of the automobile. 
  The accident occurred in the early evening of July 211, 1917.  Ayers, 
driving the Bailey car, was taking the Goulds to Falmouth, Lancaster 
County, for an outing, when a westbound passenger train, coming to 
Harrisburg from the Columbia branch struck the automobile at the grade 
crossing.  The lad, Kenneth, was instantly killed and the father and 
mother were so badly injured that they died within a few days without 
learning the fate of their son. 

Yank Victory Brings Rush of Enlistments

  As a result of the impromptu demonstration held in this city last 
night to celebrate the American victory overseas the number of 
enlistments in the three branches of the service, the Army, Navy and 
the Marines, took a leap upwards and is still mounting higher with the 
news today of fresh successes "over there."
  The Army recruiting office received more than thirty enlistments last 
night during the demonstration, the officers in charge of the local 
office having joined in the parade with a truck and bugle, reaping a 
harvest in recruits.  The naval recruiting officers reported a decided 
jump in the number of enlistments and the Marines received several 
applications for service following the parade and demonstration. 

Pandemonium Loose In City Over U. S. Victory

  This city last night staged its biggest production of enthusiastic 
patriotism.  Usually, big demonstrations here are the result of hard 
work, covering days in involving the naming of committees and sub-
committees.  Last night the entire city turned out to lend moral 
support to the victorious American boys who are fighting for world 
freedom from autocracy.  The playwrights of the stirring drama worked 
less than half an hour.
  It was the quickest arranged, most spontaneous outburst of bottled up 
joy ever seen here.  Ever since the people of the city learned during 
the early afternoon yesterday exclusively from the columns of THE 
EVENING NEWS of the great onrush of the American troops with the French 
over the tops of the Hun trenches and the capture of thousands of the 
enemy and a score of towns, occupied by the Germans, they were keyed up 
to top notch.  Their blood tingled as they read the detailed accounts 
of the advance of the Stars and Stripes, but there was no outlet for 
their suppressed joy.  They hung out the colors during the early 
evening and contented themselves in calling up THE PATRIOT to ask for 
the latest flashes over the wires.
     Mayor Gets on Job
  Then, shortly before 10 o'clock Mayor Keister, who was at his office 
smoking a last cigar before going home of the night, had an idea.  It 
was to blow the whistles and ring the bells and stir up the old town 
just about the time the average citizen was getting ready to go to bed.  
He got busy on the telephone and called up the railroads, the 
manufacturing  plants and the fire houses, the ministers and church 
sextons and all others who owned or controlled a whistle or a bell or a 
gong.  The word was given that at 10:30 o'clock the town was to blow a 
hole in the sky, make the eagle scream and yet itself hoarse.
  The plan worked past all expectations.  Had there been a prearranged 
plan for the sounding of a siren for the approach of a Hun airplane, 
such as they have in London and Paris, there could not have been more 
commotion.  The first idea when the Pennsylvania Railroad shop and 
engine whistles began their chorus was that troop trains were going 
through, but this is a railroad town and the majority of people know 
that the whistles don't blow any more for passing troops.
     Populace Greatly Excited
  The impression then took hold of whole communities that there was a 
great fire, and people by the thousands flocked to the middle of the 
street and gathered at corners, gazing at the sky.  But as the racket 
continued and grew in intensity the town gradually reached the 
conclusion that the victory of the American arms was being celebrated.
  Rumors, without any foundation whatever, spread rapidly.  On top of 
fact was piled hope.  The Kaiser had been killed, the Crown Prince had 
been shot while drunk in a French chateau, the Americans had pressed 
forward twenty miles during the evening.  One report had Uncle Sam's 
men pushing right through the Huns for 180 miles.  Some believed even 
this.  Then, Berlin had fallen.  Even this was credited as the din grew 
louder and showed no indications of dying out.
     Crowds Flock to Square
  Just as a crowd rises to its feet and shouts itself blue in its 
collective face when some great singer finishes his last note, or a 
Wilson or a Roosevelt hits a patriotic cord that vibrates through the 
spinal column of every listener, the citizens of one accord began 
moving on to the central part of the city.  Within twenty minutes after 
the mighty song of steam and brass had commenced they began thronging 
into Market Square.  Men who had put their automobiles into the garage 
for the night routed out their families from easy chairs on the porch 
and broke the city ordinances in getting down town. Trolley cars that a 
few minutes before had been empty were crowded to the trolley rope.  
There was a congestion in Market Square that a whole regiment of 
traffic cops could not have sorted out.
  Nobody tried to keep traffic open, except for the street cars.  Soon 
automobiles and wagons, and old buggies and men on horseback began 
arriving from Cumberland County and the towns about the city in this 
county.  Thousands of persons waned the latest news.  The electric 
bulletin board at The Patriot Building could be read by only a few 
hundred and so a megaphone was pressed into service.  The flashes from 
Europe were relayed by vocal cords.  A midnight extra instead of 
satisfying the crowd only whetted its appetite and it called for more; 
and would not go home until the wires closed and the last morning 
edition had made its appearance.
     Band Quickly on Scene
  Shortly after the throng packed into the Square the Municipal Band 
arrived from its concert at Reservoir Park.  It began playing as soon 
as it got off the cars.  "Keep the Home Fires Burning, "It's a Long, 
Long Trail," "Over There" and other war songs.  The crowd, most of its 
members unacquainted with community singing except a knowledge gained 
from hanging on the edge of a group of singers, joined in the choruses 
and there was a community sing that surpassed anything of its sort ever 
heard in the city.
  During a lull, the megaphone man shouted:  "Let every person in the 
crowd who owns a Liberty Bond put up his hand."
  Everybody raised a hand.  It was a simple movement, but spectacular.  
The crowd broke into cheers.
  When the band ceased playing there was an immediate demand for a 
parade - America's sure sign of jubilation.  The band was placed at the 
head of a line of marchers of men, women and children, and the 
procession started.  Thousands joined in and the central streets were 
covered by the marchers.  The procession kept going until it reached 
the Hill and then disbanded.
     Patriotism Was Rampant
  A man hauled out a Fourth of July cannon, one that made a noise like 
a real cannon and it began popping wh____ noise of the whistles and 
bells ____ subsiding.  Some carried flags and waved them. [note: words 
missing]
  In the crew was scarcely a person who did not have some blood 
relative at the front.  Pennsylvania boys were in the thick of the 
fighting, it is said, and if this be true, then Harrisburg men are 
there for this city turned out more volunteers before any one was 
drafted than any other city in the Union, size taken into 
consideration.  There was much reason for the celebration, but the 
observance of the day's victories, intended for a half-hour display of 
patriotism, extended itself over hours, and it was daylight when some 
of the celebrators got home.
  It was a dull, sluggish man, who turned over in bed last night and 
muttered things to himself without getting out and inquiring what was 
up.  There were not many of this breed in Harrisburg. 

UNION STATION AT WALNUT AND FIFTH STREETS IS IN PROSPECT

  Close co-operation of the railroads through Government agencies and 
the existing friendly relations between the State and city and the 
railroads entering this city will probably result in the building of a 
union passenger station here shortly after the war ends.
  This is more than a possibility, according to informed advice, and 
its plausibility is borne out by the fact that in the Capitol 
development plans the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, the city and the 
state officials have worked in the utmost harmony.
  No definite action has been taken by the Pennsylvania Railroad 
regarding the new station it will some day build here.  Back in the 
days of the late President Cassatt the scheme for a new station took 
definite form.  Cassatt favored the erection of a large station, 
somewhere near the Capitol extension district - North street was then 
mentioned - and constructed along the general architectural lines of 
the Capitol.
  Since then the Capitol park development scheme came up and the 
municipal planners have worked out co-operative plans on a large scale 
and the indications are that the new station will be placed over the 
right of way of the Pennsylvania and along the western tracks, facing 
Fifth and Walnut streets.  In connection with this work will be the 
widening of the Market street subway, the Pennsylvania having purchased 
most of the properties along the south side of Market street 
preparatory to this undertaking.
     Time for consolidations
  The consolidation of the nearby branches of the Philadelphia & 
Reading Railway Company, the Western Maryland and the Cumberland Valley 
roads for the purpose of opening up a through freight service from 
tidewater to the West may be followed by other consolidations.  The 
Pennsylvania Railroad engineers in charge of the work in connection 
with the proposed State street bridge say they must have more land on 
the west of their present right of way because the Reading owns the 
land just east of the Pennsy's line.  This would mean that the land 
could only be acquired from the State, between Walnut and North 
streets.
  Because of the spirit of co-operation between the railroads and the 
lack of necessity for competition now, it is said that the Pennsylvania 
and the Reading may work out a plan by which the extensions 
contemplated could be made by utilizing the Reading tracks by the 
Pennsylvania.
     Logical to Unite
  The directors of the Pennsylvania, under its old control, favored the 
erection of a large station that would care for the Pennsylvania, the 
Cumberland Valley, the Northern Central, the Philadelphia & Erie and 
other railroads centering here, and the trend in most cities today is 
to combine all railroads in one central station.
  There are no physical difficulties in the way of the Pennsylvania 
combining with the Reading and there are many reasons why the Reading 
would be willing to join hands in an enterprise that would result in a 
union station.  The growing freight business of the Reading is the most 
important, for there is already a lack of space about the Reading 
freight station.
  The location of a union station at Fifth and Walnut streets would not 
only mean that the building would have a large plaza in front of it but 
that it would lead out on a broad street and connect with a direct 
avenue to the Hill and with thoroughfares leading to all other parts of 
the city directly, for the contemplated trolley rerouting will mean 
that the space in front of the station would be pivotal point and as 
important in its way as Market Square now is.
     To Widen Walnut Street
  Walnut street from the railroad to Third street will be considerably 
widened by the taking of the Capital Park pavement for driveway 
purposes.  That business will quickly take advantage of this 
improvement is already forecast by the fact that the larger Market 
street stores are buying property clear through to Walnut street. 

ENTIRE RAINBOW DIVISION TAKING PART IN DRIVE

  WASHINGTON, July 19. - The "Rainbow" and New England divisions are 
the complete American divisions now battling the Germans in the great 
Franco-American offensive, members of the House Military Committee were 
told by Chief of Staff March today.
  Parts of Eight American divisions were engaged in the fighting early 
in the week that resulted in checking the German drive on the Marne.
  In addition to the two divisions now engaged, many other American 
troops are brigaded with the French in the offensive action.
  The committee was told that nearly 1,200,000 Americans are now in 
France or on the way.
  War Department officials told the committee members that it is 
believed the present offensive will not strike a serious snag until the 
Germans are driven back to one of their old trench lines.
  While officials do not state the offensive will stop there, they 
predict it will be necessary to shell the Germans out before further 
progress can be made.  The committee also was told that the present 
fighting relieves materially the danger to Paris. 
 
  It is calculated there are a dozen or more men from Harrisburg or 
vicinity in the Rainbow Division which, in its entirety, is in the 
thick of the fighting in France.  Lieutenant Henry M. Gross, son of 
City Commissioner Gross, is with the Supply Company.  Among others 
known to be in the division are:  Jacob H. Bonner, Mt. Holly; John W. 
Kapp, Linglestown; William J. Wade, city, and John A. Edwards, 
Chambersburg, all of whom had been transferred from Company C, of the 
old Eighth Regiment, National Guard, which was reorganized by Captain 
Henry H. Stine, of Harrisburg.  Charles Cummings, of Lemoyne, also is 
known to be in the division.
  Sylvester P. Sullivan, of this city, died of wounds received while 
with the Rainbow Division to which he was transferred from Captain 
Stine's company.  It is known that some men of Companies D and I, of 
the old Eighth, are in the division. 

Still Uncertain About Lieut. Roosevelt's Fate

  LONDON, July 19. - Whether Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt was killed in 
combat or whether he was shot down and taken prisoner, is not yet 
known, dispatches received here from the French front state. 

TWO INJURED WHEN EXCITED CROWD RUSHES FROM CAR

  When a car of the Harrisburg Railways Company, about to make a stop 
at Twenty-third and Derry streets last night, began to spit fire as the 
result of a defective control box, passengers began to crowd from the 
car before it could be stopped completely, and as a consequence two 
were badly injured.
  They are:  Mrs. Harry Young, New Cumberland, lacerations of the 
scalp, and Hazel Westhaver, fourteen years old, 32 South Third street, 
Steelton. 

ALL OF THE NEWS OF STEELTON, MIDDLETOWN AND DAUPHIN COUNTY

MIDDLETOWN

  BOROUGH IS WILD OVER BIG VICTORY
  Midnight Celebration When Citizens Hear of American Success

  MIDDLETOWN, July 19. - Middletown went wild last night upon learning 
about the Yanks' success against the Huns.  At midnight the borough was 
quiet and only a handful of men and boys were on the streets, but half 
an hour later after church and fire bells, engine and factory whistles 
had signaled the glorious victory the business section was swarming 
with humanity.
  An auto load of "Paul Reveres" spread news details and at 2 o'clock 
this morning the Liberty Band and the Rescue Drum Corps started over 
the town leading hundreds of marchers and many automobiles.  The 
procession grew in size as the paraders went along and just before the 
parade broke up at 4 o'clock this morning the paraders numbered four or 
five times the number that started the march.
  Hundreds of children, many of them unaccompanied, were in the crowds 
and Middletown forgot all about the provisions of the curfew ordinance 
which went into effect several weeks ago. 

  BEACHLER PROMOTED
 
  Ray Beachler, son of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Beachler, of this place, 
has been promoted to first lieutenant at Camp Sherman, O., according to 
information received in the borough last night.  Mr. Beachler received 
his training at Fort Benjamin Harrison, and was commissioned a second 
lieutenant. 
  He is a graduate of the Middletown High School and is well known in 
the borough.

  RETURNS FROM CONVENTION

  Warren Brown has returned to his home, on South Wood street, after 
spending the past several days at Williamsport, at which place he 
attended the convention of the Christian Endeavor Societies.  He was a 
representative of the local St. Peter's Lutheran Church, and will give 
a report at the Christian Endeavor service on Sunday evening at 6:30 
o'clock.

  PERSONAL MENTION

  Mrs. Clarence Sweeney, of New Cumberland, arrived in town yesterday 
and will spend the next several days as the guest of her mother, Mrs. 
Ella Beaverson, and sister, Miss Ida Beaverson, on South Union street.
  Miss Macon Myers will return to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 
Harry Myers, on North Pine street, this evening after spending the past 
several weeks at Hopewell, Va., at which place she was the guest of her 
sister, Mrs. Lester Brooks and husband, Walter E. Myers, who is 
employed in the munition works at that place.
  Mrs. C. F. Beard and daughters, Winifred and Dorothy Beard, of East 
Main street, left yesterday for Mt. Gretna, where they will spend the 
balance of the summer at their cottage, The Oakland.  Miss Edna Beard, 
of South Union street, will spend Saturday and Sunday at Mt. Gretna as 
their guest.
  Mr. and Mrs. Paul Grundon, of Harrisburg, are spending some time in 
the borough as the guest of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George 
Grundon, on North Catherine street.
  William Neagle, of Sharpsburg, is spending several days in the 
borough as the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Neagle, on 
West Ann street. 

STEELTON

  YANK VICTORY STIRS BOROUGH
  Citizens Wild With Glee Over Success of Americans

  STEELTON, July 19. - In celebration of the first victory of American 
troops on European soil, Steelton joined in almost unanimously with 
many other smaller towns and cities in the United States in a great 
demonstration last night.  Aroused by the shrieks and clangs of many 
whistles from local manufacturing plants, railroad engines, churches 
and fire trucks, hundreds of loyal patriots leaped from their beds at 
the first blast and joined in with the hundreds already on the streets 
in proclaiming our first great victory over the Huns.
  From the time that the first signal was given by the whistle of No. 1 
Blast Furnace of the local plant of the Bethlehem Steel Company, Front 
street and all streets, avenues and even alleys were filled with people 
all making their way to the center of the borough to ascertain the good 
news which was worthy of so great a welcome.  The streets were crowded 
with this great throng until late this morning and the night watchers 
only returned to their homes and beds when the telegraph and telephone 
wires ran out of fresh news.
     Starting the Ball Rolling
  With the first blast from the shrill whistle of the steel plant all 
looked towards its source, believing the alarm was for fire, but when 
no specific number of blasts was given and the whistle, now accompanied 
by its sister whistles of the several departments of the plant, the 
whistles of the other local manufacturing plants, church bells, the 
whir and call of the sirens on the fire trucks as they rushed up and 
down the main thoroughfares, all minds were turned towards the thought 
that something unusual was taking place and finally recalling the 
latest news from the front all burst into enthusiasm in the thought at 
last the Yanks had licked the Huns.
     Many Speculations
  One man catching up to another asked him what had happened and was 
answered, "The Yankees have captured Berlin.  Hurrah!"  Another asked a 
hurrying brother why the excitement, for which he received the reply:  
"The Yanks have captured the Crown Prince and his army of 140,000 men," 
and still another asked an exalting patriot why he sang and cheered and 
he replied, "Haven't you heard that the Americans have driven the 
Germans back twenty-five miles and the Kaiser has committed suicide."
  All during the night residents living on Front street and in the 
vicinity of that thoroughfare were prevented from sleeping by the 
cheers of celebrating Americans, the roar of the engines of passing 
motor cars as they passed to and from Harrisburg filled with old and 
young patriots either going to the city for fresh news or else 
returning home to tell their less fortunate neighbors of the glad 
tidings from across the way.
  Newspapers and telephones were at a premium this morning and hundreds 
were turned away from local news agencies without their papers and 
because of the congested telephone wires to the news centers they were 
unable to get the desired information through that medium.
  Early this morning the streets were filled with the curious looking 
for new success "over there" and all extra editions of the city dailies 
were gobbled up as soon as they were received by the newsdealers.  At 
all the favorite gossiping places both of men and women large 
congregations gathered and conversed on yesterday's reports and the 
probabilities of the near future. 

  SEARCH FOR STOLEN AUTO

  State police notified the local Police Department this morning to 
keep a sharp lookout for an automobile stolen yesterday in Hershey 
Park.  The car is the property of A. S. Stouffer, of Palmyra, and bears 
the Pennsylvania license tag, 106093.

  GRENIER OVERSEAS

  Friends of Corporal William H. Grenier, member of 25th Balloon 
Company, welcomed the news this week of his safe arrival overseas. 

  STEELTON PERSONALS

  Miss Azalea Wigfield is the guest of friends at Stoverdale.
  Miss Mary E. Zoll, Oberlin, is on a six week's trip to Philadelphia, 
Delaware and New Jersey.
  Mrs. Moe Dorf, Baltimore, is the guest of Miss Ella Sharosky, South 
Front street. 

  OFFICERS INSTALLED

  Officers of Steelton Lodge, No. 411, Knights of Pythias, were 
installed last evening.  The installment was in charge of Deputy Grand 
Chancellor Alexander and staff, of Harrisburg. 

West Shore, Cumberland Valley and Central Pennsylvania News

  New Cumberland News; Lockup Won't Hold Crowd

  NEW CUMBERLAND, July 19. - On Wednesday night the following young 
people spent the evening at Hershey Park:  Misses Verna Bair, Pauline 
Wright, Ruth Brandt, Katherine Seip, Lillian Kaufman, Luetta Kaufman, 
Beulah Kaufman, Elma Garver, Joseph Landis, Merle Landis, Don Hench, 
Frank Updegraff, Frank Keister, Earl Lechthaler, Clark Bair, Roy Myers.  
The party was chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lechthaler, Miss Lillian 
Grove and Charles Fleurie.  J. W. Mathias took the party in his large 
auto truck.
  There will be regular services held in the local churches on Sunday.
  Mrs. P. S. Gardner, sons Charles and Robert, and Mrs. Gardner, of 
York, spent last evening with friends at Camp Hill.
  Dorothy, the four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Stetler, 
of Bellavista, who has been very ill, is improving.
  The Rev. and Mrs. J. R. Hutchison are camping at Penn Grove.
  The presence of mind of Mrs. Joseph Seitz saved a fire and perhaps 
her life this week.  Mrs. Seitz was ironing on a coal oil stove when 
the burner caught fire underneath and the flame shot up to the ceiling.  
She grabbed the tank and threw it out into the yard.  Her hands were 
burned and eyebrows scorched.
  The state policemen who are stationed here are kept right busy.  Last 
night they landed seven in the lockup.  There is talk of enlarging this 
building.  The lockup is a room at the rear of the Council Chamber and 
is not large enough for the present demand.
  Miss Ida Kreiger's Sunday School class, composed of young ladies of 
Trinity United Brethren Sunday School, New Cumberland, will hold a 
picnic at Paxtang Park on Saturday. 

  BURIAL OF HARRY SPANGLER

  LEMOYNE, July 19. - The funeral services of Harry R. Spangler, who 
died here on Wednesday, will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock in 
the United Brethren Church, the Rev. P. R. Koutz officiating.  Burial 
will be in the Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

  MISS STEINMETZ TO SPEAK

  LEMOYNE, July 19. - Having just returned from the Wilson College 
Summer School of Missions, Miss Louise Steinmetz will give a talk on 
the results of the conference, at the Calvary United Brethren Church 
Sunday night.  She was a delegate from the Otterbein Guild of the 
Pennsylvania Conference. 

NO WOMEN MAIN CARRIERS

  PITTSBURGH, July 19. - Women will not take the place of men mail 
carriers in Pittsburgh, Postmaster Guffey announces.  The work is too 
heavy, he says. 

18 Years Old, But Has Been 3 Years in Army
SERGEANT FRANK WELLS [photo]

  Word has been received of the safe arrival overseas of Sergeant Frank 
Wells, of Highspire.  Wells, although only 18 years old, has served in 
the Regular Army for nearly three years.  He is a member of Company B, 
304th Machine Gun Battalion, which was formerly stationed at Camp 
Upton, L. I. 

ARRESTED FOR ROBBERY IS SAID TO BE SLACKER ALSO

  YORK, July 19. - When given a hearing before an alderman here, on the 
charge of holding up and robbing A. Miller on the night of July 8, at 
Marsh Run, John B. Coogan, of Windsor Locks, Conn., was found to be 
unregistered.
  He gave his age as twenty-five years, and said that he was told he 
did not need to be registered. 

JAILED FOR FAILING TO FILL OUT QUESTIONNAIRE

  NEW BLOOMFIELD, July 19. - For failure to return his questionnaire, 
William Oscar Watts, of Kellerville, Juniata County, is in the Perry 
County jail here, and will be sent to Camp Lee, Va., with the Perry 
County draft quota on July 24.
  He was arrested by United States Marshall Magee at the home of his 
father, John Watt, in Pine Swamp, a remote section of Juniata County. 

Seeks 10 More Men for Old 8th Regiment Band

  David M. Clark, leader of the old 8th Regiment Band, which has been 
transferred to the 60th Pioneer Infantry at Camp Wadsworth and is now 
known as the 60th Pioneer Infantry Band, is in need of ten more men to 
fill the required number and he wishes that the men be from Harrisburg.
  It is a fine opportunity for good musicians to see service and all 
who wish to enlist should send letters of application to David M. 
Clark, 60th Pioneer Infantry Band, Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina.

ACTIVITIES IN THE REALM OF SOCIETY AND PERSONAL NOTES OF INTEREST

  Y. W. C. A. TAKES FRENCH HOTELS
  Now Homes for Women's Telephone Unit of U. S. Signal Corps

  Blue triangles, the official insignia of the Y. W. C. A., appear 
beside the doors of two hotels, one in Paris and one in Tours, which 
have been taken over by the Y. W. C. A. War Work Council as homes for 
the women's telephone unit of the American Signal Corps.
  The Paris hotel was formerly the Hotel Ferras and is at 32 Rue 
Hamelin, within easy walking distance of Army headquarters, formerly 
the Elysee Palace Hotel.  The unit staying at the hotel is composed of 
twenty-five operators.  Mrs. Lulu Frick Taylor, of Detroit, is the 
secretary in charge of the hotel.
  The American Signal Corps Women's Club in Tours was formerly the 
Hotel Moderne.  It is a large comfortable residence which has been 
redecorated and fitted up as a club house and dormitory for the unit 
stationed in Tours.  And here on either side of the door where the name 
of the hotel was formerly, has been painted large blue triangles.
  There is a broad hall in the club house which is being used as a 
reception room, a salon, a dining room, office and kitchen on the first 
floor and at the head of the wide stairway a sun parlor which is used 
as a writing and reading room.  The second and third floors and the 
"sky parlor," the gabled attic, are fitted up as bedrooms.  Miss 
Elizabeth F. Fox, of New York, is managing this club house. 

  Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Gutshall, of Enola, announce the engagement 
of their daughter, Rhae A., to Howard A. Neidig, of West Fairview.  
Miss Gutshall is a graduate of the Enola High School.  Mr. Neidig is a 
graduate of the West Fairview High School, '11, and also a graduate of 
the Harrisburg High School, '14.  While in the latter Mr. Neidig was 
alumni editor of the Argus and also a member of the Central Trust 
Company of this city.  Both Miss Gutshall and Mr. Neidig are well-known 
among the young people of the West Shore.
  The wedding will be an event of the early Fall. 

  Mrs. Wallace G. Starry entertained the members of the Sunday School 
class of the United Brethren Church taught by J. A. Lyter, at her 
summer home, "Waldheim," near Dauphin, yesterday.  Something 
interesting was planned for the entire day, the guests remaining until 
evening.  Luncheon and dinner were served in picnic fashion outdoors.
  Those present were Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Lyter, Mrs. Charles Shaffer, 
Esther Shaffer, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kines, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Kines, 
Kenneth Kines, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Dare, Florence and Rosalie Dare, Mrs. 
Robert Rupp, Mrs. Francis Strawhecker, Francis Strawhecker, Jr., Titus 
Strawhecker, Mrs. John Strawhecker, Mrs. Welker, Ruth and Charles 
Welker, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar G. Brenneman, Mrs. E. H. Beittel, Mrs. H. C. 
Keller, Mrs. Francis Keller, Mrs. David Deardorf, Mrs. E. K. Mountz, 
Mrs. Fred Ulrich, Mrs. Robert Drake, Miss Sweeney, Mrs. A. R. Lehman, 
Mrs. H. E. Ziegler, Mrs. C. E. Crawford, Mrs. Milton Gottscholl, Ralph 
Gottscholl, Mrs. E. L. Bentzel, Mrs. Katie Shoop, Mrs. W. W. Shope, 
Jr., Mrs. Ida Sowers, Mrs. C. E. Conrad, Mrs. Ed. Sterling, Mrs. C. F. 
Spangler, Robert Spangler, Miss Louise Smith, H. Dickey, Mr. and Mrs. 
Wallace Starry, Ruth and Theodore Starry. 

  A piano recital will be given in Masonic Hall, Hummelstown, tomorrow 
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by the pupils of Miss Violette E. Cassel.  
Selections will be given from the following composers:  Schytte, 
Horvatle, Friml, Durand, Wollenhaupt, Heller, Karganoff, MacDowell, 
Bohm, D'Aubel, Maxim, Hayden and Mozart.  The participants include 
Bernice Nissley, Lester Herbein, Blanch Martin, Elizabeth Brown, 
Katharine Myers, Thaila Oberdorf, Dorothy Soult, Helen Hippensteel, 
Edna Hippensteel and Edwin Wagner, from Harrisburg, Esther Gingrich, 
Palmyra; Esther Snavely, Hershey, Grace Stouffer, Union Deposit, Marion 
Kramer, Maria Myers, Gladys McCrone, Rutherford Heights; Almeda Etter, 
Esther Miller, Katharine Brightbill, Jeanette Hoover, Iola Fasnacht, 
Mary Sight, Sara Garver, Caroline Bard, Oscar Shoemaker, Meta Rarick, 
Pauline Lauch, Maude Taylor, Hummelstown. 

  Personal Briefs

    Mrs. John O. Beam and small son, Herbert, of Warren, are the guests 
of Mrs. Beam's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Fitzgerald, 2715 North 
Fifth street.  John O. Beam, who is manager for the Bell Telephone 
Company in Warren, is camping with the Pennsylvania Militia Reserves at 
Mt. Gretna.
  Mrs. W. L. Forry, of this city, is registered at the Chalfonte Hotel, 
Atlantic City.
  John William Martin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gust Martin, 502 South 
Thirteenth street, has returned to camp after spending a seven-day 
furlough with his parents.  Young Martin is a member of the Naval 
Reserves stationed at Newport, R. I.
  John Winter, Company F, 66th Engineers, has arrived safely overseas, 
according to word recently received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John 
Winter, 2543 North Sixth street.  Mr. Winter trained for service at 
Camp Laurel, Md.
  Dr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Page, 1315 Derry street, are spending a week 
at Buzzards Bay, Mass.
  David Fleming, of the Riverside Apartments, has received a cable 
announcing the safe arrival in France of his son, Capt. David Fleming, 
III, who has been stationed with the 322nd Infantry at Camp Deven, 
Ayers, Mass.
  Miss Pearl V. Ebner, 615 Muench street, is spending several weeks 
with her sister, Mrs. Arthur S. LeRoy, Philadelphia.
  Mrs. Jacob Hain has received word of the safe arrival overseas of her 
husband, Jacob Hain, who sailed with Co. G, 146th Infantry.  Young Hain 
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. David Hain, 150 North Fifteenth street.
  Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Becker, 1741 Susquehanna street, have received 
word of the arrival overseas of their son, Sergeant Calvin H. Becker, 
who sailed with the Supply Company, 20th Rifle Artillery.  Young Becker 
enlisted in the Regular Army seven years ago and at the time of his 
sailing was stationed at Camp Upton.
  Mrs. Charles E. Yount and daughter, Miss Marie Yount, 220 North Fifth 
street, have returned to their home after spending a week with 
relatives in Alexandria.
  Harry F. Behm, Headquarters Troop, 79th Division, Cavalry, has 
arrived in France, according to a letter recently received by his 
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Behm, of Lucknow.
  Mrs. A. W. Greely, Jr., 25 South Front street, is spending several 
weeks at Blue Ridge Summit, Md., where she is registered at the Summit 
Villa.
  Word was received yesterday of the safe arrival "overseas" of Corp. 
W. W. White, Company H, 314th Infantry, Camp Meade, Md.  His home is at 
Marysville and he is a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. White.  Corporal White 
was formerly a student at the Harrisburg Academy.  A sister, Miss Grace 
White, is a nurse at Camp Gordon, Ga.
  Mrs. F. C. Peace, 1017 North Front street, has returned from New York 
City.
  Mrs. George W. Darby, 235 Cumberland street, has joined her two 
daughters, Miss Elizabeth and Miss Christine Darby, in a visit with 
Mrs. Darby's mother, Mrs. Eckman, at Roaring Creek.  Mr. Darby will 
join them later.
  Miss Mary Seidel and Mrs. James Finnigan, 1936 North Second street, 
are spending two weeks on the Jersey Coast.
  Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, 224 Maclay street, is spending two weeks in New 
York City.
  Mrs. Howard Haines and children, of Perdix, were the guests of Mr. 
and Mrs. H. H. Troup, North Third street, during the early part of the 
week.
  Mrs. Samuel Mumma, 237 Kelker street, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. 
S. Raymond, New York City, while on an extended visit in that place.
  Mrs. A. S. Grosh, Cape May, was the guest of Mrs. William Dunbar, 224 
Maclay street, during the past week.
  Mrs. Robert Moorhead and Mrs. Joseph Melick, Park Place, are visiting 
friends in Philadelphia.
  Miss Lois G. Scott, industrial secretary of the Y. W. C. A., Miss 
Katherine Dickert, 70 North Twelfth street and Miss Margaret Martz, 
North Third street, returned yesterday afternoon from Camp Nepahwin, 
Canton, Pa., where they attended the High School conference which 
closed Wednesday.  Five other delegates remained at camp for a few days 
longer.
  Miss Sara Lemer will leave Monday for New York City to continue her 
study of violin with her teacher, Theodore Spiering.
  Mrs. Frank W. Smith, Jr., Mrs. Edward F. Dunlap, Mrs. William R. 
Denehey and Mrs. Elmer Irving, of this city, spent Wednesday at 
Rohrerstown, where they attended a lawn fete given by the women of 
Department No. 2, P. R. R. Division for War Relief. 
  Miss Henrietta Florence Springfield, 261 Peffer street, who has been 
employed as stenographer in the bureau of township highways of the 
State Highway Department for the past four years, will leave shortly 
for Washington, where she has been assigned for duty as first class 
yeoman in the United States Naval Reserve Force.
  Miss Lockie Collins, 513 North Thirteenth street, is making an 
extended trip through the East and is at present visiting in 
Providence, R. I.  She will return about September 1.
  Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cahill and two children, Mr. and Mrs. William 
Cahill and daughter, Philadelphia; and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mateer, 
Coatesville, have returned home, after spending some time with their 
cousin, W. A. Swartz, 638 Schuylkill street. 
  
  Two hundred front line packets were made yesterday at the Red Cross 
Auxiliary of the Market Square Presbyterian Church, which is a 
creditable number considering the fact that many of the members are out 
of the city for the summer season.  A number of helpless case bed shirt 
samples were made and the new machine for folding bandages, invented by 
D. H. Martin, was found most satisfactory.  The members of the Market 
Square mothers' meeting were in charge of the regular weekly luncheon. 

  Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Rohrer quietly celebrated the fifty-fifth 
anniversary of their marriage yesterday at their home, 1843 Whitehall 
street.  Mr. Rohrer is 77 years of age and Mrs. Rohrer is aged 75.

3 Roads Consolidated Under Federal Control

  After midnight tonight the Philadelphia, Harrisburg & Pittsburgh and 
the Gettysburg & Harrisburg divisions of the Philadelphia & Reading 
Railway Company will come under direct control of the federal railway 
administration.
  This contemplated action was announced yesterday at a conference of 
government and railroad officials here and the two divisions will be 
come a part of the Cumberland Valley division of the Potomac District 
of the Allegheny region of the Federal system of railroads.
  This will bring the operation of the Cumberland Valley, Western 
Maryland and Reading Railroads under the control of the same Federal 
leaders and will mean a closer co-operation between these three roads 
which carry the freight and passenger traffic of the Cumberland Valley 
and the Middle Atlantic States.
  With the changes being made, comes also the announcement of the 
appointment of N. T. Heisey as trainmaster of the Lebanon Valley 
division with offices in this city.  He succeeds Clinton E. Chamberlin, 
who will be the new assistant superintendent of this division.  Heisey 
and Chamberlin will assume their new duties today.
  R. Boone Abbott, superintendent of the old Harrisburg division of the 
Reading, left his office this morning, and tomorrow will assume charge 
of his new duties as superintendent of the New York division, with 
head-quarters at the Reading Terminal, Philadelphia. 

PATRIOTIC MUSICALE AT RIDGE AVENUE ON SUNDAY

  A patriotic musical service will be held on Sunday in the Ridge 
Avenue Church.  The principal speaker will be the Rev. Dr. Silas C. 
Swallow.  The service will start at 11 o'clock and the program is as 
follows:
  Exordium, S. C. Swallow, director; Doxology, choir and congregation; 
invocation, W. W. Reese; Responsive Scripture, page 82, Rev. Mr. 
Bayles; America, page 702, choir and congregation; prayer, W. Whitcomb; 
announcements: Song, Miss Florine Bender, Miss Phillips, Roy Walborn, 
Lester Byler; Song, "America, Here is My Boy," Mrs. McIntyre, 
pantomime, Mrs. W. S. Brubaker and son, Marlin, Miss Maria Lickel; 
offering; address, S. C. Swallow; Pilgrim Song, Mrs. McIntyre, guitar 
accompaniment; Invitation Song, (1) "While Jesus Whispers," (2) The 
Marseillaise, Mrs. G. M. Steinmetz; Song, "Mother's Beckoning Hands," 
John Shaffner; Song, (1) Tenting Tonight, (2) Land of My Fathers, Mrs. 
Heefner; "The Song Before the Throne," choir and congregation; Song, 
"Star Spangled Banner," in Pantomime, by Mrs. Brubaker's S. S. Class of 
Summerdale M. E. Church; Benediction. 

SEVEN PERRY COUNTY MEN INDUCTED INTO SERVICE

  NEW BLOOMFIELD, July 19. - Seven Perry County men were voluntarily 
inducted into the United States service this week.  Five of them were 
sent to State College for training as auto mechanicians [sic].
  They are:  Edgar M. Garber, New Bloomfield; Paul N. Fox, New 
Bloomfield; Emory R. Fry, Millerstown; Harry E. Swab, Newport, and 
Charles L. Sweger, Marysville.  Rodney T. Smith was sent to Fort 
Monroe, Va., for coast defense service, and Oscar S. Kuhn, of Newport, 
was sent to the Bowman Technical School, Lancaster.  

MAY RENAME DORSETT

  The State Agricultural Commission yesterday, after deciding to 
reorganize the State Bureau of Markets, fixed August 7 as the time for 
a meeting when a director of markets will be chosen.  E. B. Dorsett, 
who was deposed in March, may be the man selected. 

Highspire Lad Is in France With 112th
  CORPORAL R. M. DENGLER [photo]

  Mr. and Mrs. Amos Dengler, of Highspire, has received word of the 
arrival of their son, Corporal Robert M. Dengler, on the other side.  
He is a member of Company I, 112th U. S. Infantry.  He returned from 
the Mexican Border February 25, 1917. 

W.S.S. County Chairmen Hold Important Meeting

  Robert K. Cassatt, State Director for the War Saving Stamps campaign 
and J. D. Lyon, Federal Director, held a conference yesterday afternoon 
in the U. S. Court room of the new Federal Building with eleven county 
chairman.  In a few words Mr. Lyon congratulated the workers for the 
fine showing of the Eastern Pennsylvania Division. 
  Director Cassatt answered numerous questions raised by chairmen on 
points in their soliciting of pledges and sales.  It was announced that 
the follow-up campaign for the collection of pledges would be aided by 
the distribution of campaign literature, including a new set of post 
cards.
  Frank C. Sites, Dauphin County Chairman, reported that the house to 
house canvass by postal employes was the method that was used here to 
get successful results.  The others listened attentively to the 
detailed description of the plan, which was not used by any of the 
other chairmen. 
  The county chairmen attending the session were H. H. Hayes, Snyder 
County; Edward Coleman, Lebanon; William Greenough, Northumberland; 
William P. Woods, Mifflin; J. K. Bowman, Cumberland; Edwin A. Quier, 
Berks; George K. Kline, Cambria; Frank Hastings, Blair; B. Sties 
Duncan, Perry; William Alexander, Franklin, and Frank C. Sites, 
Dauphin.

She Finds Her Armless Brother in a Hospital

  LONDON, July 19. - A Lambeth woman who visited a soldier friend in a 
London hospital noticed a soldier seated in a chair, jerking his head 
whenever she looked that way.  
  A nurse informed her the man wished to see her, and she then 
discovered he was her brother, who was posted as "missing" in 1915 and 
had been thought dead.  He was armless and had lost the power of 
speech. 

MINERS FALL TO DEATH

  TAMAQUA, July 19. - Charles Dornbaser, a laborer, and Mike Malkeski, 
a miner, both of town, were found dead at the bottom of a new shaft at 
the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company's No. 14 colliery, having fallen 
150 feet.  It is believed that the men were overcome by blackdamp. 

Hummelstown Soldier Improving in Hospital

  Hummelstown folks received word today that Robin L. Marquart, who is 
in the Ordnance Department of the Army and stationed at Camp Hancock, 
recently underwent a minor operation at the base hospital and now is 
convalescing.
  Marquart for years was private secretary to W. F. R. Murrie, 
president of the Hershey Chocolate Company, and he lived with former 
Sheriff and Mrs. Edgar C. Hummel in Hummelstown.  When he went into the 
service he took special training in the Ordnance Instruction School in 
the University of Pennsylvania.  His parents live in Ohio. 

Missing Since June 15, May Be Hun Prisoner
PRIVATE ERNEST A ROUCH [photo]

  Private Ernest A. Rouch, of Company A, Seventh United States 
Infantry, with the A. E. F. now in action at the front in France, whose 
only sister, Mrs. C. J. Stagemyer, 1128 North Sixth street, this city, 
last heard from him June 10, has been reported missing since June 15, 
in a telegram received by his mother at his former home at 452 Juniper 
street, York.  He is thought to be a prisoner of the Huns. 

Local Boy Begins to Train at Plattsburgh

  Kenneth M. Downes, son of Professor and Mrs. Frederick E. Downes, 
1811 North Second street, who is a student at Lehigh University, has 
received an appointment for the Plattsburg Training Camp.
  Young Downes was one of the few boys selected from his class for the 
appointment and has already gone into training.  The college will have 
military training next Fall and the boys sent to Plattsburgh are to act 
as student instructors and assistants to the Army officers in charge of 
the military work of the school. 

York County Boy Arrives in France
JACOB D. GOOD [photo]

  Word of the safe arrival "Somewhere in France" of Jacob D. Good, son 
of Mr. and Mrs. William Good, of Lewisbury, York County, has been 
received.  Good is in the 321st Field Artillery.  He entered training 
at Camp Meade, Md., and was later transferred to Camp Gordon, Ga.  
Prior to his training he was employed at the Forge Department of the 
Bethlehem Steel Company, Steelton. 

Marsh Run Boy There
L. T. SCHAEFFER, JR. [photo]

  L. T. Schaeffer, Jr., a member of Battery A, 21st Field Artillery, 
has arrived in France, according to word which has been sent to his 
father, L. T. Schaeffer, of Marsh Run, York County. 

Policeman, Suspended, Held on Serious Charge

  Patrolman John S. Dye was this morning suspended from the city police 
force, and at a hearing at 10 o'clock before Alderman Nicholas was held 
for court under $300 bail, on a serious charge preferred against him by 
his sister-in-law, Mrs. Harrison Brown, 1182 Christian street.
  The accusation is that Dye called on his sister-in-law, and while 
drinking some root beer that she offered him, assaulted her.  Serious 
charges were preferred against him, by Mrs. Brown, and at the hearing 
this morning he was held for court on the charge of assault with intent 
to rape.
  Dye denies the charges, and says that he had simply been calling at 
his sister-in-law's home in order to tell her that he and his wife were 
going to visit there in the evening.  While his police uniform has been 
taken from him, he has not yet been removed from the police force, but 
merely suspended.  There may be subsequent action taken on his removal. 

MARYLAND WEDDINGS

  HAGERSTOWN, July 19. - Marriage licenses were issued here yesterday 
to the following Pennsylvanians:  Paul S. Deitler, Violet Huber, 
Lebanon; Irwin Herr Slesser, Carrie M. Dressler, Hershey; Jacob W. 
Bale, Elsie May Espenshade, Hummelstown; Lester Eusebins Omer, Mary May 
Stambaugh, Harrisburg. 

Former Academy Bowling Alley Owner "Over There"
CORPORAL JAMES BELEHAS [photo]

  Word was received in this city last evening that James Belehas, or 
Corporal James Belehas, has arrived safely "over there, somewhere in 
France."  Belehas was formerly manager of he Academy pool and bowling 
parlors.  He was drafted from this city on June 24.  Soon after his 
admission to Camp Meade he was appointed a corporal in the 
Quartermasters' Department and is still serving in that capacity. 

Bible Class Unfurls 8-Star Service Flag

  A service flag with eight stars, each star representing a member in 
the service from Mrs. Henry B. McCormick's Bible Class of the Pine 
Street Presbyterian Church, was unfurled yesterday at "Cona," the 
summer home of the McCormicks.  The members of the class were the 
guests of Mrs. McCormick for the day during which they enjoyed 
baseball, boating and outdoor sports.  After dinner appropriate 
services marked the unfurling of the flag with addresses by John H. 
Shrum, president of the class; the Rev. Harold H. Baldwin and Henry B. 
McCormick.  Prayer was offered by the Rev. John M. Warden.  There were 
also singing of patriotic songs and a recitation by Charles E. Peters.
  The class is proud of the following members who have enlisted in the 
service:  Charles E. Romich, Albert E. Smith; Edgar J. Myers, Forrest 
B. Reigle, Roy D. Harris, J. Edward Hartwick, John R. Taylor and 
Charles D. Shrum.
  The members of the class present yesterday included Harry Bennett, 
John Blessing, Daniel Brink, Emory Caufman, Arthur P. Chenoweth, Thomas 
H. Clark, Harry G. Dyblie, Edmund M. Deeter, Chester A. Eckert, James 
G. Fesler, Harry M. Frank, William E. Farner, Charles C. Grier, Edwin 
P. Huber, Jr., Graham R. Hurd, George P. Kunkel, Charles C. Leiby, 
Frederick A. Liesman, Amos McCommon, Noah E. Malseed, John M. Myers, 
James Mack, Benjamin E. Peters, Charles E. Peters, Ross E. Pond, W. E. 
Robinson, William L. Romich, Dr. W. Stuart Russell, Benjamin M. Shank, 
John H. Shrum, Charles C. Sierer, George W. Sierer, Earnest A. Sible, 
David F. Sterner, Lee M. Strauss, Milton Strauss, Edward D. Sebold, 
William W. Strausbach, R. Ross Seaman.  The following guests were also 
present:  The Rev. Harold H. Baldwin, the Rev. John M. Warden, Merton 
G. Fales and Mr. Pearce. 

  The enrollment in the first aid class which was started last week in 
the Red Cross room of the Public Library, under the auspices of the Red 
Cross, has reached a membership of eighty pupils.  Dr. Louise H. 
Taylor, who is instructing the class, has offered her services two 
evenings a week instead of one, so it was considered advisable to 
divide the class holding the meetings on Monday and Wednesday evenings 
at 8.30 o'clock.  Registrations for the class have closed.  The 
following members were enrolled at the last meeting.
  Miss Mary Pilkay, Miss Nettie V. Leighton, Miss Helen E. Patterson, 
Camp Hill; Miss Craige Patterson, Camp Hill; Mrs. Marla L. Robinson, 
Miss Carrie A. Paul, Mrs. F. S. Chronister, Miss M. Helen Bentzel, Miss 
Clara Schutzenbach, Miss Anna P. Fagan, Mrs. H. D. Harry, Mrs. R. J. 
Ebuck, Miss Nance Gaughn, Mrs. Mary G. Krieg, Miss Kathryn E. Seel, 
Miss Florence E. Huber, Mrs. C. H. Kehr, Mrs. Augustus G. Shantz, Miss 
Cora Adams, Mrs. Grissinger, Mrs. T. P. Ettele, Miss Margaret K. Gough, 
Miss Helen A. Adams, Miss Goldie Kingsborn, Miss Ethel Baston, Miss 
Mary Kelley, Miss Pauline Farredy, Mrs. Sarah H. Reen, Miss Julia 
Schlayer, Miss Jane Balthaser, Mrs. H. E. Fetrow, Mrs. Flora Aucker, 
Mrs. S. P. Bernhardt, Miss Margaret F. Payne, Miss Isabel Rupert, Mrs. 
H. E. Lucas, Miss Rae Ludwig, Miss Edith Snyder, Mrs. Harry Orth. 

  Mrs. Charls King, chairman of the General Committee of the Harrisburg 
W. C. T. U., wishes to thank all the members of the union and their 
friends who helped to make the annual outing to the women of the Home 
for the Friendless a success.  Following the morning program, dinner 
was served to 100 guests, after which an afternoon entertainment was 
given under the direction of Mrs. King.  A variety of games were 
enjoyed later in the afternoon.
  The general committee in charge of the outing were:  Mrs. Charles 
King, chairman; Mrs. Charles Shaffer, Mrs. Samuel Ellenberger, Mrs. 
Samuel Gardner, Mrs. Charles Smith, Mrs. Sarah Himes, Mrs. Carrie 
Mulligan, and Mrs. Harry Saylor.

  Miss Margaret Fernsler, 911 North Second street, is visiting Dr. and 
Mrs. W. E. Peters, of Carlisle. 

FOUR MINERS TRAPPED

  UNIONTOWN, July 19. - Resources early today were clearing away the 
debris that blocked the entrance to the Penn Coal Company's mine at 
Smithfield in the hopes of finding alive four miners who were trapped 
yesterday.  The men are George Etley, 50; James James, 23; Arthur Conn, 
21; Albert Collins, 25. 

Carlisle Soldier Has Arrived in France
LUTHUR L. LEIDIG [photo]

  Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Leidigh, 321 Bedford street, Carlisle, have 
received word of the safe arrival in France of their son, Luther L. 
Leidigh.  He enlisted in Company F, 103rd Ammunition Train about a year 
ago and was stationed at Camp Hancock for training. 

Halifax News Briefs; Reunion of Lutherans

  HALIFAX, July 19. - Charles A. Widle, superintendent of Tressler's 
Orphans' Home at Loysville, and the Rev. Herbert S. Garnes, of 
Hummelstown, will be the principal speakers at the annual Lutheran 
reunion to be held at Fisherville tomorrow, it was announced by the 
committee today.
  Patsy Ryan, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Ryan, of town, 
who with her mother is visiting relatives at Kansas City, Missouri, is 
reported to be very ill with an attack of diphtheria.
  Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Neidig and daughter Christine have returned home 
from New York City, where they went to see their son and brother, 
Howard S. Neidig, before he sailed for France, as a member of a 
hospital unit. 
  The Rev. and Mrs. A. I. Collom went to Philadelphia and Bryn Mawr 
Thursday for a visit.  On Sunday the Rev. Mr. Collom will occupy the 
pulpit of the Bustleton M. E. Church for the pastor, the Rev. H. B. 
Slider formerly of this place. 
  The Halifax Boy Scouts' baseball team will meet the Lykens P. O. S. 
of A. team on the local diamond tomorrow.  The game will be called at 5 
o'clock.
  Dr. L. S. Marshall spent several days this week at Camp Meade, Md., 
visiting the soldier boys. 

SALVATION ARMY CAPTAIN HURT IN MOTOR ACCIDENT

  Activities at the local headquarters of the Salvation Army are 
practically at a standstill, while Captain Neilson is in a Baltimore 
hospital, suffering from the results of a motorcycle accident near that 
city.  He and Mrs. Neilson and their two children, accounts say, were 
riding at a fair rate of speed in the machine, when the side car in 
which Mrs. Neilson and the children were seated, left the motorcycle, 
throwing all to the ground.
  Captain Neilson is probably seriously injured, and his wife is 
suffering from a broken collarbone and laceration of the head.  Since 
Captain Neilson cannot return to this city for several weeks, the local 
Salvation Army station will have to be run by volunteers, here, if at 
all. 

Yohe Is with Pershing
CORPORAL JOHN P. YOHE, JR. [photo]

  John Yohe, 1254 Mulberry street, has received word that his son, John 
P., Jr., has arrived in France.  Before his enlistment he was a student 
at Technical High School.  Last Fall he joined the Signal Corps and 
underwent a course of training at Camp Lee, where he was promoted to 
corporal.