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The Evening News, Harrisburg, Penna., Wednesday, July 24, 1918

CHILD BADLY HURT BY CAR

  Running from behind an ice wagon and into a street car, according to 
witnesses, Robert Giltner, 7 years old, 1217 Market street, was 
severely injured at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon at Twelfth and Market 
streets.  He is in the Harrisburg Hospital, with lacerations of the 
head and a crushed leg.  His chances of recovery hinge largely on 
whether he received internal injuries.
  The boy was thrown and dragged about fifty feet by the rear truck of 
the car.  The cries of women on the street warned the motorman, and he 
at once applied the brakes.  The car was going slowly at the time of 
the accident, it is said, but could not be stopped immediately because 
of the grade.
  The boy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman F. Giltner.  The crew of 
the car consisted of Samuel Albright, motorman, and S. A. Kuhn, 
conductor.  Both men reported at police headquarters and left their 
names in case they are wanted for a hearing.
  It is the opinion of witnesses that the accident could not have been 
avoided by the motorman, since the boy was struck by the side and not 
the front of the car. 

Suit Against Colored Lawyer May Be Settled

  Fred G. Miller, attorney for Robert Brown in the latter's suit 
against Attorney J. Robbin Bennett, announced this afternoon that the 
case is now in process of settlement and that the suit will probably be 
withdrawn.
  Miller says that Bennett has returned part of the $500 alleged to 
have been withheld from Brown. 

Famous Train Robber Seeks Chance at Huns

  BARTLESVILLE, Okla., July 24. - Henry Starr, leader of the famous 
"Starr" gang, and now serving a sentence of twenty-five years in the 
Oklahoma State penitentiary at McAlester for train robbery, said 
recently that if the government would furnish him with a .44 Winchester 
and send him to France he would guarantee to kill one German a day.
  "And if I don't," said Star, "I would be willing to return and serve 
out my time."

Rowland in France
CLIFFORD S. ROWLAND [photo]

  Clifford S. Rowland, of West Fairview, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. 
Rowland, who left the Cumberland County town April 29 for Camp Lee, 
where he was assigned as a member of the 305th Ammunition Train, has 
been in France since June 2.  He was employed at the Enola roundhouse 
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, the employes of which presented 
him with a wrist watch when he left. 

ACTIVITIES IN THE REALM OF SOCIETY AND PERSONAL NOTES OF INTEREST

  JEWISH BOYS TO GET BIG OVATION

  Selectives to Be Guests of Honor at U. M. H. A. Reception

  Arrangements are being completed for a big ovation to be given 
tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at the U. M. H. A. rooms, in honor of the 
Jewish boys who will leave shortly for training camp with the quota 
from this city and Steelton.  Henry _. Claster, chairman of the Jewish 
Welfare Board, under whose auspices the affair will be given, has 
planned for an evening of music and other entertainment and cordially 
invites all Jewish people of the city to come and help make the 
occasion one to be remembered by the boys.  The rooms will be decorated 
with the national colors and refreshments will be served.
  The guests of honor will be Walter Stern, Samuel A. Williams, Samuel 
Lipman, Irvin B. Rubin, David Rubin, David Sherman, Carl Reiter, Arthur 
Stine, Maurice Finklestine, Herman Rosenberg, Daniel E. Capin, all of 
Harrisburg, and Ike Morris, Sam Sugar and Frank Budnick, of Steelton.

  A meeting of Class No. 13 of Stevens Memorial Methodist Church was 
held last evening at the home of Walter S. Schell, 216 Crescent street.  
It was announced that out of the fifty members of this class there are 
thirty-five of them in some branch of the service.  Paul Reynolds, a 
member of the class, will leave for Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday for 
Army training.  He was presented with a cross of the "Battalion."  Each 
one in the class wears one of these crosses.  Following the meeting, 
refreshments were served to Marlin Geiger, Paul Reynolds, Paul Bosdorf, 
Lee Willis, Albert Rainey and Mr. Schell.

  Residents of this city are asked to contribute toward providing the 
following equipment to be used in the hospitals "over there":  
Stenophonographs which will be used for convalescing soldiers in the 
camps in France; kitchenettes which will follow up soldiers on the 
battlefields and furnish refreshments to the wounded, and electric fans 
for the hospitals.
  The call came from Mrs. Harry Welsh, State superintendent of the W. 
C. T. U., and contributions can be made through Mrs. J. A. Stahler, 
1906 State street, county superintendent of Soldier and Sailor Work of 
the W. C. T. U.

  Central Boy in the 126th Aero Squadron
  CORPORAL HARRY M. BOYD [photo]

  Corporal Harry M. Boyd, of the 126th Aero Squadron, Langley Field, 
Hampton, Va., spent a fifteen-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and 
Mrs. Hugh S. Boyd, 1625 North street, recently.  Boyd is a graduate of 
Central High School, class of 1912, and was an employe of the State 
Highway Department when he enlisted.

  PASTOR'S MOTHER DIES

  Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Parmelia Pickard, mother 
of the Rev. Darwin F. Pickard, a former pastor of Paxton Presbyterian 
Church, at Watertown, N. Y. 

  Mrs. Carrie Orner, 442 Briggs street, will be hostess tomorrow 
evening at her residence for the members of the R. F. O. M. Club of the 
Young Women's Christian Association. 

  Personal Briefs

  Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Linn, of 44 North Twelfth street, have returned 
home after an extended trip to Los Angeles, Cal., where they were the 
guests of Mr. Linn's mother, Mrs. John A. Linn.
  Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Haller, Akron, Ohio, are guests at the residence 
of C. M. Rauch, 1847 Herr street.  They will also spend some time with 
other relatives and friends in this city before returning home. 
  Francis Wenrich, 620 North street, is spending his vacation with Mrs. 
Maude Wenrich at their farm at Wellsville, York County.
  Mrs. T. V. O'Donnell, 314 Chestnut street, is the guest of her 
sister-in-law, Miss Anne O'Donnell, at her residence, Walnut Lane, 
Germantown.
  Mrs. Maude Wenrich, of Wellsville, has returned home after visiting 
friends and relatives in this city.
  Mrs. George Douglas Ramsey, 101 Locust street, will leave tomorrow 
for Bayhead, N. J., for a visit with Mrs. DuBois.
  Following are a few personals of Harrisburgers spending vacations in 
Ephrata.  Miss Edna M. Sprenkel, 317 North Second street, has just 
returned from the summer resort.
  Mrs. Maurice E. Finney, 1407 North Front street, is spending the 
Summer there.  Mrs. Robert Finney, of the Shope Apartments, has 
returned from a week's stay at Ephrata.  Mr. and Mrs. William J. 
Snavely, 224 North Second street, are home from a week-end stay.  Miss 
Marie L. Baillie, 204 North Second street, has returned from Ephrata.
  Mr. and Mrs. William Jennings, 7 South Front street, have received 
word of the safe arrival of their son, William, in France.
  Philip Cohen, of the Naval Reserves, Boston, Mass., is the guest of 
Mrs. Isaac Cohen, 628 Forster street.
  Miss Dorothy Morgan, a former industrial secretary of the local Y. W. 
C. A., has been appointed organizer of the Social Welfare Work of 
United States Munition Plants, headquarters at Spring Lake.

  A fishing party was arranged at Houston Mills last Saturday in honor 
of Mr. and Mrs. John Cain and family, of Camden.  The party were driven 
to their destination in big automobile trucks where many outdoor sports 
were planned, but fishing occupied most of the time.  Guests were 
present from Steelton, Harrisburg, Mechanicsburg and Camden, N. J., and 
included Mr. and Mrs. John Cain, Miss Edna Cain, Miss Frances Cain, 
Mrs. Alfred Kapp, Samuel Kapp, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Conrad, Mr. and Mrs. 
Charles Conrad, Mrs. Ruth Yoe, Mrs. John Shell, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey 
Conrad, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Martin, Mrs. Bertha Fetzer, Miss Anna 
Meadeth, Miss Blanche Meadeth, Miss Margaret Gaffney, Miss Helen Avery, 
the Misses Grace and Margaret Whittington, Miss Mildred Evans, Jesse 
Evans, Charles Triece, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schaum, Miss Mary Arnold, 
Miss Mame Conrad, Miss Carrie Conrad, Miss Margaret Bender, Miss Helen 
Rife, Miss Mary Conrad, Miss Pearl Conrad, Glenn Shell, Merle Shell, 
Roy Shell, Mabel Shell, Resta Shell, Mildred Shell, Carrie Fetzer, 
Charles Fetzer, John Dull, William Carl, George Shimp, Mrs. Ella 
Schaum, Miss Catherine Schaum, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Chubb and daughter 
Anna, Mrs. Harry Evans, Mrs. Edward Triece, Mr. and Mrs. Curry Meadeth, 
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Evans, Jesse Meadeth, Paul Triece, Miss Helen Triece 
and Miss Pearl Triece. 

  Mr. and Mrs. Eli Snyder, of Riverside, have received word of the 
transfer of their son, Lieutenant Lewis Neiffer Snyder, from Camp 
Jackson, Columbia, S. C., to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where he is in 
further training at the Field Artillery School located there.  Another 
appointment of interest is that of Lieutenant Albert E. Gastrock, 
Ordnance Reserves, Washington, D. C., formerly of this city, who has 
been promoted to captain in the National Army.

  At the meeting of the Ladies' Aid of the Park Street United 
Evangelical Church, which was held this afternoon at the church, Mrs. 
John wonders gave an interesting reading and several piano selections 
were given by Miss Alma Mickey.  The regular business of the society 
was discussed and plans made to hold an outdoor meeting next month at 
Reservoir Park.

  Special cars running from 8 until 11 o'clock will take the guests to 
the benefit dance held at Summerdale this evening, the proceeds of 
which will be given to the War Relief Fund.  F. Marion Sourbeer's Jazz 
Orchestra will play and admission will be thirty-five and fifty cents. 

  Corporal T. V. O'Donnell, of the Signal Corps, Aviation Section, who 
formerly resided at 314 Chestnut street, this city, was honor guest at 
a house party at the residence of his sister, Mrs. Harry Tyson, 
Germantown.

  Mrs. Ira Kellberg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Morgaa, 116 
Calder street, whose husband is in France, is in Bloomfield, N. J., 
where she is head of the Social Welfare Work at the Dupont Munition 
Plant. [note: has Morgaa, probably should be Morgan]

  Corporal Hoak, son of Mrs. Clara Hoak, Progress, member of Company B, 
316th Infantry, has sent word to his mother of his safe arrival 
overseas.  Corporal Hoak, who was stationed at Camp Meade, prior to his 
departure, was one of the selected men of Dauphin County who left 
Harrisburg, November 5.

  The "First Aid" class, composed of the members of "Dogwood" Troop 2, 
of the Girl Scouts, finished a successful course under the direction of 
Dr. William A. Streeter, of the Keystone Hospital, and have received 
their certificates.  The class has been held under the auspices of the 
Harrisburg Red Cross Chapter and includes the following members:  The 
Misses Dorothy Rankin, Grace Mentzer, Marion Craiglow, Florence Hardy, 
Emily Sites, Virginia Wallis, Mary Emma Fisher, Margaret McCormick, 
Louise Keller, Adaline Klinedinst, Dorothy Paul, Elizabeth Sansom, 
Mabel E. Elicker and Elsie M. Waite. 

  R. G. Martin in France
  RALPH G. MARTIN [photo]

  Ralph G. Martin, 1515 Penn street, enlisted June 12, 1917, in the 
112th Engineers and has served in Camp Perry, Camp Sheridan and Camp 
Lee.  He sailed June 21, 1918, and arrived in France, July 12. 

  The Trinity Lutheran Sunday School will hold its annual picnic at 
Boiling Springs Park tomorrow.  Cars will leave the Square at 8 a. m.  
A large crowd is expected. 

  The wedding of Miss Anna M. Haus and Howard W. Fry, both of 
Lancaster, took place this morning at 7:30 o'clock in Trinity Lutheran 
Church, in that city.  The Rev. Dr. C. Elvin Haupt performed the 
ceremony in the absence of the pastor.  The wedding was quiet owing to 
the recent death of the bride's father.  Miss Haus is a popular teacher 
in the public schools of Lancaster.  Mr. Fry is widely acquainted 
throughout the State and has been connected with various departments at 
the State Capitol for the last sixteen years.  He has been chief clerk 
in the state Highway Department for almost five years, having served 
under the late Commissioners Bigelow and Cunningham; also with Frank B. 
Black and Commissioner O'Neil.  Mr. Fry is giving much attention to 
civic affairs in Lancaster and represents the Fifth Ward in Common 
Council.  After a trip to Atlantic Coast resorts, Mr. and Mrs. Fry will 
reside in Lancaster.  [Lancaster County]

  At a luncheon held yesterday at the Harrisburg University Club, 
Flaval L. Wright, secretary of the Harrisburg Recruiting Committee for 
"Y" work overseas, addressed the members of the club in behalf of 
securing recruits for that purpose.  Mr. Wright expects to make a 
series of talks before the various men's organizations of the city to 
boost the recruiting work.  More than forty members were present at the 
luncheon yesterday.

  LIGHTNING DESTROYS HAY

  A hay shed owned by P. F. Duncan, of Duncan's Island, opposite 
Duncannon, was struck by lightning early last night.  Seventy-five to 
one hundred tons of newly cut hay was destroyed. 

  K. of P. to Build Temple; Planning to Hold Bazaar

  At a meeting of the Pythian Home Committee representing the various 
Knights of Pythias Lodges in this city, held Monday night in the 
Cameron Building, it was decided that the committee proceed at once to 
make final arrangements for a Pythian Temple.  Officers have been 
elected and different committees appointed.
  The Entertainment committee is now busily engaged in making the 
bazaar and entertainment, which takes place in the early part of 
October, a grand success.  The time of this bazaar will be announced at 
a later date.  Officers elected are:  I. Bloomenthal, Bayard Lodge 150, 
chairman; T. R. Shuman, Phoenix Lodge 59, treasurer; S. J. Bagshaw, 
Enterprise Lodge 508, secretary.

  Mrs. William Carpenter, 1211 Mulberry street, entertained the members 
of the Y. S. S. Club at Paxtang Park last evening.  The guests included 
Miss Belle Coulter, Miss H. Walkemyer, Miss Grace Miller, Mrs. Harry 
Yingst, Mrs. C. Holtz, Mrs. A. Buxton, Mrs. Andrews, Mrs. Charters, 
Mrs. Frank Turner, Mrs. William Carpenter and Amos Hobbs.

  Members of the Pennsylvania Railroad Division for War Relief, No. 7, 
are urged to meet at the Y. M. C. A. tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock 
for Red Cross work.  Every member is asked to be present as matters of 
importance will be discussed.

  Mrs. Irman Smith, 1122 North Sixth street, has received word of the 
safe arrival overseas of her husband, Irman Smith, who sailed recently 
with the 316th Infantry, Company I, formerly stationed at Camp Meade. 

Steelton Lad Over There
HOWARD B. LAFFERTY [photo]

  Mrs. Nancy Lafferty, 377 Myers street, Steelton, has received word 
from her son, Howard B. Lafferty, of Company E, 326th Infantry, that he 
has arrived overseas and is well.  He says Army life is "the" life if 
you want to see the world. 

Draftee's Actions Hurry His Induction

  Because he trumped up a dependency claim for draft exemption, when he 
filed his questionnaire with the local board of the second city 
district, Paul Ross, an Italian shoemaker, 1935 Derry street, has been 
taken out of Class 4 and put in Class 1 and he will be sent to Camp 
Lee, Virginia, on Friday, along with four score other Harrisburg 
selectives, it was announced today by the draft board and by Harvey T. 
Smith, deputy United States Marshal.
  Smith arrested the shoemaker and gave him the choice of being tried 
for perjury and white slavery or going to the Army.  He chose the Army.  
According to Smith, Rosa is not married to the young woman who is the 
mother of his child and who has been living with him here, in Chicago 
and in the South for more than two years.  He was released from custody 
yesterday, but put under $500 bail, to wind up his business affairs and 
to wed the woman whom he long ago represented to be his lawful wife. 

WEST SHORE

  New Cumberland News: Seized for Taking Cap

  NEW CUMBERLAND, July 24. - Yesterday afternoon a man was arrested at 
S. F. Prowell's store on Third street on the charge of stealing a cap.  
Several workmen went into the store and made purchases and while the 
clerks were busy the suspect is alleged to have placed a new cap on his 
head.  Mr. Prowell had the man arrested by one of the State police and 
taken to Carlisle.
  The Woman's Benefit Association of the Maccabees will hold an outing 
at Paxtang Park Saturday, July 27.  All members and their families are 
invited to be present.  Cars will leave for Harrisburg at 12.45 noon.
  Last evening the Work and Win bible class of the Church of God Sunday 
School met at the home of Eli Conley on Market street.  A number were 
present, including the teacher, the Rev. C. H. Heiges.  Prof. J. A. 
Sprenkel made an address, his theme being "Why the Bible Class 
Movement?"  Responses were made by members of the class.  Several 
selections of music were given.
  Old Cherry lane, which for more than a century connected the old York 
turnpike and the York road, is now a thoroughfare for the Government 
work.  The pretty green grass has been replaced by dust to the depth of 
four inches.
  The Rev. and Mrs. James Strine, of Landisburg, Perry County, are 
visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Reneker. 
  Mrs. Boyd Reneker and daughters Sylvia and Geraldine, of Harrisburg, 
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Reneker.
  Howard Watkins is spending several days in Philadelphia.
  The Rev. Dr. A. B. Statton, of Hagerstown, Md., was the guest of the 
Rev. and Mrs. A. R. Ayers at the United Brethren parsonage Monday 
night. 

  Last Quarterly U. B. Conference for 1918

  NEW CUMBERLAND, July 24. - The last quarterly conference for Trinity 
United Brethren Church for this year, at New Cumberland, was held on 
Monday evening.  The Rev. Dr. A. B. Statton, superintendent of the 
Pennsylvania conference, presided.  The following named officials were 
elected for the coming year:  B. S. Fisher, financial secretary; N. F. 
Reed, church treasurer; Dr. J. F. Good, church clerk; Harry A. Bixler, 
benevolent steward.
  Harry B. Prowell and William Lechthaler were elected lay delegates to 
the coming annual conference which meets in Hanover, York County, 
October 9.  The local congregation unanimously requests the return of 
the present pastor, the Rev. A. R. Ayres, and also granted him a 
vacation, to take effect at his pleasure.
  The Rev. Mr. Ayres gave a written report, as did the various 
treasurers and officials, all very satisfactory.  The year has been 
great in benevolent efforts and spiritual progress.  The church was 
shown to be alive in all moral and religious questions at home and 
abroad. 

West Shore Campers Now at Williams Grove

  WILLIAMS GROVE, July 24. - A number of young women are camping at 
Pastime Cottage, in the grove here, and are having a delightful time.
  The campers are:  Misses Ethel Kilhefer, Helen Guistwhite, Elizabeth 
Gardner, Gertrude Baker, Mary Baker, New Cumberland; Ruth Sponsler, 
Goldie Nailor, Washington Heights; Margaret May, Camp Hill.
  Miss Jennie McSusky, of Harrisburg, and Miss Mabel Sheeley, of 
Washington Heights, are chaperones of the party, which is composed of 
employes of the Belgrade knitting mill at New Cumberland.
  The following also spent Sunday as guests at the cottage:  Raymond 
Snyder, Washington Heights; Paul Nace, Martin Corpman, Harrisburg; 
Charles Gardner, Paul McCreary, Clarence Bowers, New Cumberland. 

Accuse Official of Looting War Garden

  Meade Lyter, 1945 North street, the assessor of the South precinct, 
Susquehanna township, has been arrested by Constable Henry B. Fox, on a 
warrant charging him with stealing potatoes last Friday night from the 
Jacob Hurst war garden, Twentieth and North streets.
  In the information made before Squire M. C. Carroll, it is alleged 
that Chester Hurst, 2020 Briggs street, a son of Jacob Hurst, caught 
Lyter while he was lifting the potato stalks.  Lyter furnished bail for 
a hearing before Squire Carroll later in the week, it is said. 

Jacob Hain in France
JACOB HAIN [photo]

  Mrs. Jacob Hain has received word of the safe arrival of her husband 
across the sea.  The young man was employed as fireman for the P. R. R. 
before he entered the service.  He is a member of Company G, 146th 
Infantry.  He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. David Hain, 150 North Fifteenth 
street. 

Hershey Industrial School Barn Burns

  HERSHEY, July 24. - The large barn on what is known as the Kegereis 
farm, near the Hershey Industrial School, was struck by lightning 
shortly after 9 o'clock last night and destroyed.  A large quantity of 
wheat stored in the barn was also destroyed.  There was no livestock in 
that building.
  The barn was owned by the Hershey Industrial School and work was 
started on making an addition to it.  This was recently suspended.  The 
barn was situated on high ground and the blaze attracted large crowds.

All Are Rescued From Torpedoed Schooner

  Portland, Maine, July 24. - All members of the crew of the schooner 
Richard and Robert, sunk by a German submarine off the Maine Coast, 
were accounted for today.
  A dory containing eight men was landed here, while another with four 
men was taken into Boston.  Captain Robert Wharton and eighteen of the 
crew have arrived at the Naval Coast patrol headquarters at this port. 

Princeton Men Mourn Loss of Garry Cochran

  Princeton men the world over will regret the untimely death of the 
brilliant "Garry" Cochran, the wonderful football end, who was captain 
of the Tiger 1897 eleven, and who was known as one of the greatest 
football players ever turned out at Old Nassau.  The news that "Garry," 
who went to France as first lieutenant of Battery D, 107th Field 
Artillery, formerly the First Pennsylvania Artillery, had died on 
shipboard reached Williamsport, his home, a day or two ago.
  "Garry" Cochran was one of the idols of Princeton, both in his under-
graduate days and long after he left the halls of Nassau.  He won the 
distinction of making the All-America eleven, picked annually by Walter 
Camp, the dean of football in this Country.  To make the mythical 
"greatest" team in that year was no idle honor, for football had 
reached high levels in the quality of its players that season.
  A glance backward over the records at the time shows that Truxtum 
Hare, the great guard of the University of Pennsylvania; the late 
Gordon Brown, one of the greatest guards ever known as Yale; Johnny 
Outland, of Pennsylvania; the late Jack DeSaulles, who was slain a year 
ago by his wife; Don Dibblee, one of Harvard's greatest halfbacks, and 
Johnny Minds, of Pennsylvania, were colleagues of Lieutenant Cochran in 
that selection. 

CHARLES KURZENKNABE
DIAMOND STAR, ACROSS

  Charles E. Kurzenknabe, diamond star recently on fast Dauphin-Perry 
league teams, has safely arrived in France, according to word received 
here at his home, 247 Emerald street.  He entered the service some 
months ago, and went to Camp Meade. 

MARRIED WOMEN CAN TEACH

  ALTOONA, July 24. - Unable to get a sufficient number of unmarried 
women to fill the vacancies, Blair county school boards are abrogating 
the old rule which forbids the employment of married women as teachers.  
Many pedagogues have become railroad clerks at better pay and work all 
the year round. 

BEE HUNTERS FIRE STACK

  LEBANON, July, 24. - Children of George Beck, a North Annville 
Township farmer, in using matches for the purpose of smoking bumblebees 
from their nest in a corn fodder stack set fire to it causing the 
complete destruction of the large barn at a loss of $5000.  Neighbors 
saved the livestock but the season's crops were consumed.  The parents 
of the children were away from home at the time, attending market. 

PALO ALTO FIREMAN FOUND DYING IN CAB; HIT BY TRAIN

  POTTSVILLE, July 24. - Nicholas Adams, of Palo Alto, a fireman on the 
Reading Railway, was found in the cab of his locomotive near Schuylkill 
Haven early yesterday morning, dying from a compound fracture of the 
skull.
  It was evident that he had been struck by a moving train while 
leaning out of the cab.  He died after being in the Pottsville Hospital 
only a few hours. 

$60,000 Fire Sweeps Section of Manheim

  MANHEIM, July 24. - Fire late yesterday afternoon destroyed a block 
of business buildings in the center of Manheim, entailing a loss of 
fully $60,000.  Starting in Jones' hosiery mill, which was gutted, it 
spread to Danner's warehouse, a brick structure, and then burned seven 
or eight frame structures, including the Zook machine shop and wire 
fencing plant.
  Fanned by a stiff wind, the flames threatened the entire town, and 
help was secured from Lancaster, East Petersburg and Penryn.  The 
flames raged for nearly four hours.  Among the losers are the Danner 
estate, John G. Zook, J. K. Hershey, Boyd and Amos Hershey. 

COMPANY SAYS FARMER CUT OFF WATER SUPPLY

  LEBANON, July 24. - Alleging that John Beamesderfer, a Millcreek 
Township farmer, has cut off the flow of an ancient stream of water 
through their 133-acre tract in that township, the Waltstone 
Refractories Company has instituted suit in the Lebanon County courts 
for the purpose of restraining Beamesderfer from continuing his present 
plan.
  Beamesderfer is charged with having closed an ancient outlet from a 
dam located on his land, which adjoins that of the Waltstone Company. 

GIVE SELECTIVES SEND-OFF

  SUNBURY, July 24. - More than 15,000 persons last night gave sixty-
seven selected men a royal send-off when they entrained for Camp Lee.  
A big parade, two miles long, was held in which men and women from all 
walks of life were in line of march and addresses were made by Burgess 
Clement and Major General Charles M. Clement.  It was the biggest 
demonstration for soldiers since the war opened. 

ALL OF THE NEWS OF STEELTON, MIDDLETOWN AND DAUPHIN COUNTY

STEELTON

  Draft Board Receives Calls for Service

  Local Draft Board No. 1 of Dauphin County today received a call for 
twenty-five clerks and stenographers and eight mess sergeants to 
entrain on August 1 for Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas.  The call is a 
special induction call and is open to all of draft age who are 
qualified for special or limited military service.
  The local board has also received a general call for entrainment on 
July 31, for Camp Forest Lytle, Georgia, which is open to all men of 
draft age qualified for general military service.  The nature of the 
service in which these men will be trained is as yet unknown.
  During the past week the local board had inducted eleven men for 
special service who will be sent on August 15 to the University of 
Pittsburgh for special training in mechanics.  The names of these men 
will be announced as soon as the lists are approved.  The local board 
also received a call this morning for men of draft age who have a 
doctor's degree in medicine with State certificate.  The local board 
has only one doctor who is registered in the draft. 

  SLAV ARRIVES IN FRANCE

  Mr. and Mrs. Martin Krasovic, of Steelton, have received word of the 
safe arrival overseas of their son, Corporal Frank A. Krasovic, member 
of Company A, Fourth Supply Train.  Corporal Krasovic, a young 
Slovenian, has another brother, Martin Krasovic, who is with the 
Headquarters Company in Camp Meade.  These boys are only two of the 
many thousands of southern Slavs who are fighting or preparing to fight 
against the Central Powers for the freedom of not only their own 
country, but all the other oppressed countries under the iron rule of 
Germany and her allies.

  SIXTEEN EXAMINED

  Sixteen registrants of the class of 1918 were examined by Local Board 
for Division No. 1, of Dauphin County, yesterday.  Twelve of the 
registrants were those who reported from points at a distance from the 
borough and who were not able to get here in time for the regular 
examination.  The others were transferred from other local boards. 

  ST. JOHN'S PICNIC

  St. John's Lutheran Sunday school will picnic tomorrow afternoon at 
Reservoir park.  Cars will leave Chambers street in both Front and 
Second street at 2 o'clock, making all stops. 

  TO INSTALL OFFICERS

  Steelton Council, No. 162, Order of Independent Americans, will 
install its officers this evening.  Installation ceremonies will be in 
charge of the council's representative, C. W. Thompson.

  PURCHASES NEW CAR

  O. E. B. Malehorn, local fire chief, has sold his old car to James 
Thompson, assistant driver for the Citizens' Fire Company, and has 
purchased a new model seven passenger. 

Chosen to Post in Gettysburg Faculty

  Special to The Evening News
  GETTYSBURG, July 24. - Dr. James Rees Ewing, a graduate of Wesleyan 
University and Johns Hopkins, has been elected professor of the 
department of economics and political science at Gettysburg College, 
succeeding Prof. John H. Askworth, resigned.
  For four years Dr. Ewing was engaged in research work in history in 
the Library of Congress and for four years was connected with the 
American University of Trade and Commerce founded by John Wanamaker.  
He comes to Gettysburg from McKendree College, Lebanon, Ill., where he 
was head of the department of social sciences. 

TO VISIT FRUIT BELT

  H. G. Niesley, Dauphin County farm agent, is making arrangements for 
local fruit growers who desire to accompany the members of the State 
Horticultural Association on its annual excursion through the fruit 
belt of southern Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia, 
October 19 to 24. 

MIDDLETOWN

  FIX BLAME FOR FATAL ACCIDENT

  Jury Says Railways Company Was Negligent in Fry's Death

  MIDDLETOWN, July 24. - The Harrisburg Railways Company is partly 
blamed for the accident of last Thursday in which E. W. Fry, of 
Harrisburg, driver for a biscuit company, who was making one of his 
trips to the borough from Harrisburg, was killed.
  At Main and Catherine streets a truck loaded with rails was pushed 
around the corner and struck Fry's team.  Fry was thrown out and one of 
the rails fell upon him, killing him.
  Witnesses declared that no warning was sounded as the car went around 
the corner.  After the inquest the coroner's verdict was given as 
follows:  "The accident could have been avoided by proper precautions 
on the part of the railways company."

  THIEVES BUSY AGAIN

  At an early hour yesterday morning thieves entered the rear door of 
the  kitchen at the home of Eugene Castiglia, on West Ann street, and 
from there made their way to the grocery store, which is located in the 
front of the house.  Once inside the burglars made quick work in making 
away with $45 in money, besides five large hams, two large pieces of 
bacon, a carton of cigarets, a tub of lard, more than a dozen pairs of 
shoes, and ten boxes of men's and ladies' hosiery.  In addition to the 
removal of these goods the cash register was found in the back yard 
rifled of its contents.  This is the second robbery reported within 
three days. 

DESERTER RETURNED

  Corporal William Shaeffer, eighteen years of age, of Harrisburg, who 
was arrested in that city last Friday night, charged with desertion 
from the United States Army, and turned over to the army base, west of 
this borough, under Major William Garrison, was returned to his 
encampment at Camp Gault, New York, yesterday, under charge of Sergeant 
Patrick, a member of the 634th Aero Squadron stationed here.  Shaeffer 
told the police the attractiveness of his girl was one of the reasons 
he deserted the army. 

INFLUENZA IN SWISS ARMY

  BERNE, July 24. - Influenza is epidemic in the Swiss Army.  There are 
now 11,500 cases of the malady and 109 deaths have resulted. 

  OBITUARY

  THE REV. F. G. FLEET

  The Rev. F. G. Fleet, 48 years old, pastor of the Mifflintown 
Methodist Church, died here last night.  Undertaker Mauk will take the 
body to Mifflintown today where funeral arrangements will be announced 
later.

  OBITUARY

  MRS. WILLIAM J. M'MORRIS

  Funeral services for Mrs. Nora McMorris, 34 years old, who died 
Saturday at the Harrisburg Hospital following a protracted illness from 
dropsy, were held yesterday morning at the residence in Wormleysburg, 
the Rev. Mr. Mower, pastor of the U. B. Church, officiating.  Burial 
was made in the Enola Cemetery.  Mrs. McMorris was the wife of W. J. 
McMorris, and was a member of the Daughters of Liberty Lodge, 
Duncannon, which attended the funeral in a body.  Four children, 
William, Cecile, Noralee, Donald and her husband survive. 

  OBITUARY

  JAMES H. LUPFER

  Funeral services for James H. Lupfer, aged 74 years, who died last 
night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. M. E. Hopple, 2103 Derry 
street, will be held Friday evening at 8 o'clock with the Rev. Dr. 
Edwin A. Pyles, pastor of the Fifth Street Methodist Church, 
officiating.  The body will be taken to Liverpool Saturday morning 
where further services will be held at 10:30.  Mr. Lupfer is survived 
by two daughters, Mrs. L. M. David and Mrs. M. E. Hopple, and one son, 
J. L. Lupfer. 

JR. O. U. A. M. TO PICNIC

  More than a thousand persons are expected to attend the fourth annual 
picnic of Roseville Council, No. 680, Jr. O. U. A. M., of Shellsville, 
which will be held next Saturday in Irvin Runkle's Grove, at Manada 
Gap.  Music will be furnished by the Innwood Band and the picnickers 
will be addressed by Senator Beidleman and Prothonotary Pass. 

Russell Lindsay Is Ensign on the Maine

  Russell H. Lindsay, 1706 State street, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. 
Lindsay, who was appointed acting ensign, United States Navy, in June, 
has been ordered to duty on the battleship Maine.  He leaves on 
Thursday, July 25.
  He was graduated from Lehigh University this year in electrical 
engineering course and is a member of the Tau Beta Pi fraternity.  In 
January a request for men for mechanical and electrical engineering 
duty came to Lehigh University from the Secretary of the Navy.  He took 
the examination and the present call is the result. 

THIEF CARRIES OFF PIG

  Awakened by the squeals of a six-weeks-old pig, Howard Speece, of 
Speeceville, and owner of a big farm, hurried dressed and went to the 
pen.  Upon investigation he found the wires of the pen cut and one pig 
missing.  Mr. Speece heard the starting of a motor but as yet no clue 
of the thieves has been found.

DOWNES PICKS TEACHERS

  City School Superintendent Downes today said he has selected almost a 
dozen teachers to fill vacancies in the city's teaching corps and that 
the school directors will meet in special session on Friday to consider 
his recommendation that the prospective new teachers be elected. 

Youth of 16 to Wed Girl One Year His Junior

  Getting married in the teens seems to be becoming the rage in Dauphin 
County.  One girl fifteen years old, another eighteen and a boy sixteen 
years old were among those licensed this morning.  George L. 
Wintermyer, of Marsh Run, is the 16-year-old youth who will wed Mae L. 
Hale, of Lisburn.  The girl, 15 years old, is Florence May Smith.  She 
was licensed to wed Harry H. Danley, 27 years old.  Both are from 
Harrisburg.
  Another license issued at the Courthouse was obtained by William W. 
Rock, of Waynesboro, and Mrs. Minnie Ott Schwinger, Pen-Mar. 

CITY TO SEND 417 MEN TO CAMP

Draft Calls Hit Harrisburg and Rest of County Hard

  Harrisburg and the rest of Dauphin County are hard hit by the draft 
calls that were issued during the last few weeks calling for selectives 
to be sent to camps beginning Friday and ending on or about August 10.  
Additional calls have been issued but the quotas have not yet been 
announced.  In the four calls now out the city will give 417 men and 
the county outside the city will send 219. 
  These quotas all are in addition to the many men who volunteered for 
special service and either have been sent to training schools already 
or will be sent away between now and August 15.  More than a score will 
go from the city to the University of Pittsburgh on August 15.
  Calls have been issued thus far for 297 men from the city and county 
to leave July 26 for Camp Lee, Va., sixteen for limited service to be 
sent to Syracuse, N. Y., during the week of July 29; eighty-two to go 
to Camp Wadsworth, Spartansburg, S. C., the week of August 5 and 241 
colored men to go to Camp Custer, Lytle, Ga., on or about August 1. 

FARMER HEADS PIG CLUB

  Members of Dauphin County's leading pig club announce the election of 
J. M. Boyer, a farmer living near Gratz, as their new leader.  More 
than eighty-three boys and girls living in the upper end of the county 
are now members of this club. 

PERSONAL

CARD OF THANKS

I hereby wish to thank all my friends and neighbors who were so kind in 
the sad death of my husband, Edwin W. Fry.
     By his wife and family.
     Mrs. E. W. Fry.
  Middletown Journal and Middletown Press please copy. 

Colored Youth Seized for Evading the Draft

  McKinney Wright, colored, 22 years old, was picked up this morning in 
the Bethlehem Steel Company yards by the patrolmen there and brought 
here because he was thought to be a draft deserter.  Harvey T. Smith, 
Deputy United States Marshal, took him in charge and learned that 
McKinney has been wandering about the country for more than a year and 
"went so fast that his draft questionnaire couldn't catch him."
  He claimed to have been registered in Louisville, Ky.  Smith decided 
that he should be in a training camp and this afternoon he said he will 
make the arrangements to have the young man sent away. 

STATE TO GIVE 49 FOR LIMITED SERVICE IN TEXAS

  WASHINGTON, July 24. - A special call for 600 limited service men for 
entrainment on August 1, for Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, and 
twenty-four men for aircraft production at Washington was issued today 
by Provost Marshal General Crowder.
  The quotas of the new call include:  Indiana, 58; Kentucky, 10; 
Missouri, 36; Oklahoma, 25; Pennsylvania, 49; South Dakota, 10; 
Michigan, 18; Minnesota, 4; Ohio, 16; Iowa, 5. 

BRETZ BANKRUPT ASSETS NOT FILED

  Harry M. Bretz, lawyer and school director, under bail on an 
embezzlement charge, has not yet filed a schedule of his assets and 
liabilities in the Federal Court which has declared him to be bankrupt, 
but John T. Olmsted, the local referee in bankruptcy said very 
emphatically this morning:  "I want the schedule before the end of this 
week."
  When the question was put to the referee he said he could force Bretz 
to file the schedule, "after a reasonable time."  The delay in filing 
the schedule is holding up the meeting of the Bretz creditors who will 
select a trustee to take over Bretz's assets.  It is said that half a 
dozen persons have applied for the trusteeship.
  Members of the Board of Censors of the Dauphin County Bar Association 
refuse positively to tell anything about what they are doing in the 
Bretz case but it is known that they have had frequent meetings since 
Bretz was arrested and that they took some testimony yesterday.  It is 
said that the testimony had to do with the embezzlement charge.
  Whether Bretz will attend the special meeting of school board on 
Friday or, instead, resign remains to be seen.
  His resignation, if it has been written, has not been received either 
by Secretary Hammelbaugh or President Enders and school board officials 
say there is nothing now to prevent Bretz from attending and 
participating in the board's meeting.

Reserve Militia to Get Silk Flag on Tuesday

  The silk American flag which Fred H. Hantzman will present to Company 
I, of the Second Infantry, Pennsylvania Reserve Militia, will be given 
to the local organization next Tuesday evening with appropriate 
ceremonies at the Island.
  The company will meet at the Armory at 7.15 o'clock and there will be 
a parade to the playground at the Island.  Invitations to the affair 
have been extended to the Harrisburg Reserves, the Veterans of Foreign 
Wars, City Grays, Grand Army of the Republic, Spanish-American War 
Veterans, Sons of Veterans and Red Cross organizations, as well as 
fraternal organizations.
  There will be a military review of the company, followed by a band 
concert and community singing. 

DR. DAPP IS CALLED

  Dr. G. A. Dapp, 1827 North Third street, has received his call for 
service in the Army and he will leave August 7 for New Haven, Conn., to 
take special training in the Yale Army school. 

COLORED K. OF P. ASK PROTECTION

Appeal to President Wilson in Behalf of Race in War

  At today's meeting of the twelfth annual convention of the Colored 
Knights of Pythias, Chancellor B. G. Collier was requested by the 
convention to draft an appeal to the Nation in general and the race in 
particular for its protection under the American flag, in keeping with 
a resolution to this effect sent to President Wilson.
  It was the prayer of the Grand Lodge that the appeal should embody 
counsels to the race to take upon itself the greatest possible spirit 
and habits of industry, thrift, frugality and economy, such as the 
nation needs at this critical time.
  A committee of women from the Grand Court was received by the Grand 
Lodge and co-operation and help accorded them toward creating and 
operating their own endowment under the jurisdiction of Pennsylvania.
  The resolution, which was adopted and sent to President Wilson, 
points out that thousands of negro lads are in the army willing to give 
their lives for their country and that it is just that the President 
should secure an assurance of safety to the aged mothers and fathers of 
these men, by openly declaring his disapproval of any act against the 
negro race.
  At the regular business meeting of the convention, yesterday, B. J. 
Collier, Grand Chancellor, and Sadie Jackson, Grand Worthy Council of 
the Grand, Council, read their annual reports and were re-elected to 
their posts for the coming year.  Other elections of committees were as 
follows:
  Laws and supervision - George W. Mitchell, Frank R. Seward and Arthur 
Thomas.
  Finance - R. C. Fox, J. Kidd, Simon John, Fred Hopkins and C. W. 
Devonshire.
  Appeals and grievances - George Grant, P. C. Moore, George Holley, 
Frank Clausen, R. L. Johnson.
  State of the order - Isaac Stewart, R. W. Henry, J. E. Taylor, E. 
Gunn, Fred A. Lee.
  Officers report - John P. Turner, J. P. Jones, William Rodgers, 
Wilfred Holmes, Giles T. Young.
  Resolutions - Thomas N. Brown, P. M. Hughes, Fred Steward, George W. 
Witchell, Wilfred Holmes, W. D. Clinton, N. D. Peach, E. A. Sumby.
  Mileage and per diem - W. D. Clinton, Jesse Harris, Charles Berry.
  Necrology - R. W. Williams, John T. Price, W. H. Wilson, H. C. 
Vasser, F. C. Antoine.
  About 200 delegates are present at the convention session.  They 
represent eighty-five lodges of the state.
  In connection with the convention of the Grand Lodge of the State, 
the sessions of the State Conclave of the Order of Calanthe and of the 
Uniform Department are also being held here.  The Order of Calanthe is 
the women's auxiliary and the Uniform Department includes knights of 
the order in full uniform.  The sessions of the Order of Calanthe are 
being held in the Odd Fellows Hall, Fifth and Briggs streets, and the 
encampment of the Uniform Department is being held on Island Park. 

"Attacked by Huns" Says Messenger by Pigeon

  LONDON, July 24. - A message by carrier pigeon is the last word 
American Navy officials here have of Ensign G. T. Rowe, American naval 
aviator, missing since May 30.
  The message signed by Rowe read:
  "On the water.  Attacked by three Huns."
  Rowe and a British aviator were patrolling off the Dutch Coast when 
the former was forced to descend for repairs.  The British aviator had 
turned homewards, when he hears shots and discovered three German 
planes had attacked Rowe's machine.  He returned to the spot where Rowe 
had descended, but was unable to find any trace of the American.
  The British flyer was forced to give up the search when he discovered 
six German destroyers in the vicinity.  It is believed Rowe was taken 
prisoner. 

MAY EXTEND THE DRAFT AGE LIMIT

Pennsylvania's Present List of Selectives Nearly Exhausted

  If other states available men for active military service are 
becoming exhausted as rapidly as Pennsylvania's it is probable that the 
age limit for drafted men will shortly be increased.  Pennsylvania now 
has less than 26,000 available men between 21 and 31 years of age, and 
Provost Marshal General Crowder today notified the State Draft Bureau 
that this State will have to furnish as many men for the Army in August 
as during July.  There will be calls issued for approximately 24,000 
white men and a proportionate number of colored men.
  Major William G. Murdock, chief of the State bureau, today sent 
telegrams to all of the 282 local boards to expedite the examination of 
registrants as rapidly as possible.  As a result of the approaching 
calls all releases of registrants to the Navy, Marine Corps and 
emergency fleet corporation will be stopped at once.
  The local boards have been directed that where there is a question 
regarding physical qualifications of men to have the medical boards 
examine the men before certifying groups.  All county farm agents have 
been exempted provided they furnish certificates from the Department of 
Agriculture.
  Quotas will be issued tomorrow for the 1528 men to be sent to Camp 
Forrest, Lytle, Ga.  These men will be selected from western 
Pennsylvania districts. 

Changes in Reserve Militia Announced

  The following changes in the Reserve Militia were announced today by 
Adjutant General Beary:
  William Sellers, Connellsville, second lieutenant of Company G, Third 
Infantry; Daniel A. Atkins, West View, first lieutenant, assigned as 
assistant surgeon, Third Infantry; First Lieutenant Geo. Metzger, 
Pittsburgh, assistant surgeon, medical department, resigned;  Albert L. 
Kraft, Columbia, first lieutenant, Company L, First Infantry, 
succeeding Henry B. Clepper, resigned.