NEWS: Items from The Evening News, July 30, 1918, Dauphin County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JudyBoo Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/dauphin/ _________________________________________ The Evening News, Harrisburg, Penna., Tuesday, July 30, 1918 PROBE OF FATAL SHOOTING BEGUN BY PROSECUTOR An inquiry into the death of Frank Tippery, 16 years old, who died from a bullet wound at Losh's Run last Saturday, was held this morning in the office of Coroner Gault, of Perry county, in Marysville. Those present were District Attorney F. S. McKee, of Perry County; George H. Tippery, father of the dead boy, and William Farrell and Irvin King, boys who were camping with young Tippery, and John Skane, the boy who did the shooting. The investigation was secret and District Attorney McKee said he will not immediately make public the testimony. A reporter this morning interviewed young Skane, who shot Tippery, and Skane told his story of the shooting. The boys were having a friendly conversation in a tent, Skane said, and Skane took Tippery's revolver which had two blank cartridges and three slugs in it and said that he was going to shoot. He went a short distance from the camp and regulated the barrel of the gun so that the blanks would discharge. Tippery came running down the road after him, Skane said, and just as he came in sight Skane fired toward the ground and the gun kicked. Tippery fell and the two other boys came to the scene of the accident. They thought that Tippery was only "fooling" them for they understood that the bullet was a blank cartridge. Help was sent for and, Skane said, several men sent Skane home without telling him that Tippery was killed. A post mortem examination was made this morning in the Mauk undertaking establishment, Sixth and Kelker streets, by Dr. J. Harvey Miller. He stated that the bullet entered the boy over the left lung, pierced that member and entered the heart, passed through the heart to the right lung and left the body by the right shoulder blade. Dr. Miller said the bullet took a straight horizontal course through Tippery's chest. PROF. JACKSON IN "Y" WORK William B. Jackson, a member of the Harrisburg Academy faculty, left this morning for New York and "Y" service overseas. Mr. Jackson, whose home is in New Buffalo, Perry County, has been at the Academy for about a year, coming here from Winonah Military Academy, N. J. He is a Dickinson man, class of 1903, and a Beta Theta Pi. The "Y" recruiting committee yesterday received applications from several men, some of them prominent in this city. Announcement was made that while men are still needed for service overseas, there is an immediate demand for men in the home camps. Bible classes and churches are to be canvassed intensively for candidates. Skilled auto mechanics are desired particularly. While the "Y" is glad for men who will serve without charge, it is eager to pay the legitimate expenses of men who cannot go on their own funds. Places are open for storekeepers, accountants, mechanics, chauffeurs, religious workers, song leaders, athletic directors and others. REESE DECLARES TAX ON COUNTY'S COAL LANDS LOW Frank C. Reese, of Pottsville, former assemblyman and now an auditor in the State Highway Department, probably will meet the Dauphin County Commissioners on Friday morning at 11 o'clock and at that time offer to help them adjust the tax assessments on coal lands in the upper end of the county. Reese conferred this morning with County Commissioner Stine and County Solicitor Moyer and declared that from an investigation he made of coal lands in five counties, not including Dauphin, he concludes that the value of coal lands in Dauphin, Schuylkill, Northumberland and Carbon Counties is worth twice as much as the coal lands in Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties and yet the taxable assessments on the coal lands in the two last-named counties is several times above the combined assessment of the coal lands in the four counties, including Dauphin. Reese expressed the opinion that Dauphin County assessment on coal land is too low and he volunteered to help the Commissioners fix the assessment at more equitable figures. Commissioner Stine said the Commissioners will be glad for any information that Reese gives. AMERICAN GIRLS RUSH TO FRONT TO AID WOUNDED By FRANK J. TAYLOR, United Press Correspondent WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES IN FRANCE, July 29, (night), Two ever-moving streams of traffic over the roads between the Ourcq and the Marne testify to the intensity of the struggle north of the former river. Fresh troops, guns, ammunition and supplies are advancing, while the backwash of this stream consists mostly of ambulances carrying wounded. At hastily established dressing stations in villages, in woods and at crossings, the wounded are laid on the ground, quickly attended to and "sorted out," then sent on to the rear in larger ambulances. Doctors and attendants who have not slept for 48 hours remain at their work. Most of the wounded are reaching hospitals, fifty miles behind the lines, within four hours of the time they are hurt. American girls comprising a unit for the relief of civilian war victims, who were near the front, hastily manned Fords and, speeding to the front, carried wounded from dressing stations to hospitals over roads that were constantly under bombardment. German airmen attempted to hamper the Americans by pouring machine- gun fire into the roads tonight. A number of doughboys, in charge of a sergeant, turned their automatic rifles upward and literally got "two birds with one stone." They wounded the pilot of one machine, who lost control and drove his plane into another. Both machines dropped near the Americans. Will Reduce Number of Lamps in Cluster-lights of City, to Save Fuel City Electrician Diehl, after a tour of the city last evening with Ross A. Hickok, fuel administrator of Dauphin County, announced this morning material reductions in the number of lamps to be used in the clustered arc lights throughout the city. The plan has been adopted to conserve fuel. Of the eighty-one clustered lights, each containing five lamps, seventy-eight will be reduced to three lamps and the other three will continue to burn the full five. On Mulberry street bridge, where are situated ten seven-lamp clusters, five of the clusters will continue to burn the entire seven lamps, while the other five will each be reduced to five lamps each, two lights in each cluster to be discontinued. There will be no discontinuance of one-light arc lights in the city. AGES LIKELY TO BE EXTENDED BY END OF YEAR WASHINGTON, July 30. - Senate and House Military Committee members believed today Congress will pass draft age extension proposals and that registration will be accomplished in time to avoid drawing upon classes two, three and four. Opposition to lowering the ages is gradually disappearing, but a House attempt to prevent men below 21 from being sent abroad is certain. Many members would be agreeable to some form of universal training for men below this age, making them available as trained soldiers when they come of age. Though no word has come from Secretary Baker to indicate what limits he will ask, there is a general feeling on the Hill that will request registration of men 19 to 40 or possibly 45 years of age. Men in touch with the War Department, however, think the upper limit will more than likely be around 35. In this connection, it is pointed out that for the older men the draft law would develop largely into a work or fight proposition, giving the War Department considerable control - without so labeling it - over the industrial disposition of available men. This, the department is anxious to avoid. The original class One will be exhausted in September but there are the June fifth 21-year-olds to draw upon and it is expected that a new registration of 21-year-old will be held in September so that it is likely the Nation will tide over until Congress acts, without taking deferred class members. This means however, that adoption of extension must be made and registration done before the first of the year, according to the general view. Secretary Baker is working on a survey of the industrial situation with a view to determining what effect age extensions would have on vital war plants. He will be ready with his conclusions by the time Congress returns. STROUP OPPOSES SETTLEMENT OF BENNETT CASE Fred C. Miller, the lawyer who brought criminal prosecution against J. Robbins Bennett, the fugitive colored attorney, before Alderman C. J. Householder, alleging that Bennett kept $350 belonging to Miller's client, Robert Brown, said today that District Attorney Stroup has intervened and is trying to prevent the case being settled. Miller said he intends to contest Stroup's action and will go the limit to have the case discontinued. Miller said that Stroup has accused him, Miller, of trying to shield Bennett, but Miller denied that, saying that if the case is not settled Miller's client will surely lose the $350 which, Miller declared, was paid by Bennett's friends with the understanding that the case would be settled and that if it is not discontinued, the $350 must be paid back to the friends. Alderman Not Talking Alderman Householder is known to have received a strong letter from the District Attorney, telling him not to permit the case to be settled, but instead to return it to court for the action of the September Grand Jury, but the Alderman today wouldn't talk about the letter. In fact, he said he intended to consult the county prosecutor before he made any statement and before he decided upon a course of action. The District Attorney was at his home in Elizabethville today. He had intended coming to his office here but he said in a telephone conversation that "It has been raining here for a hour and I'll not be down." Bennett's whereabouts are unknown. He disappeared just before he was to have been given a preliminary hearing and then his $500 bail bond was forfeited. The board of Censors of the Dauphin County Bar Association is making an investigation to decide whether to recommend that disbarment proceedings be begun. Miller's Attitude Lawyers pointed out today that if the embezzlement case is settled it will prevent the County Solicitor from suing out the bail forfeiture and stifle collection of the $500 for the county. Miller, the attorney, contends the case can be settled without the District Attorney's "say so" but court attaches disagree and say that embezzlement cases can be settled only with the approval of the Court or the county prosecutor. HELFFERICH IN MOSCOW THE HAGUE, July 30. - Dr. Karl Kelfferich, newly appointed German Ambassador to Russia, has arrived at Moscow, it was stated in a Berlin dispatch today. Helfferich's predecessor at Moscow, Count von Mirbach, was assassinated. [Note: name is spelt both ways] Kiwanis Picnic Plans to Be Announced Tomorrow When the Kiwanis Club meets tomorrow noon in the Central Y. M. C. A. assembly room, complete plans for the picnic to be held on Thursday will be announced. The picnic is to be held at the cottage of Henry C. Caster at Summerdale and everything will be free. The members of the club are each urged to bring at least one friend. The members are also requested that if they own an automobile, they bring it around to the "Y" at 1 o'clock sharp and help take the crowd over. Tomorrow's meeting will be in charge of the Picnic Committee and at that time full details of the big time will be announced. Jimmy George, of the Victoria Theater, will give to each member who attends this meeting tomorrow two tickets to "The Non-Believer," showing at his theater next Monday and Tuesday. The attendance prize for tomorrow's luncheon will be a lady's silk dress, donated, by I. B. Robinson, of Robinson's Woman Shop. ROBERT OYLER INJURED While working in the Enola yards, yesterday, Robert P. Oyler, 26 years old, of 112 Second street, West Fairview, a Pennsylvania Railroad brakeman, had both legs crushed under a freight train. Oyler was taken to the Harrisburg Hospital, where it was found necessary to amputate his right leg above the knee. It is believed that the left leg will not have to be amputated. LIBRARY REOPENS THURSDAY It has been announced that the Harrisburg Public Library, which has been under repairs for the last month, will be reopened Thursday. Preparations are being made by Miss Alice R. Eaton, the Librarian, and members of her staff who have all returned from their vacations, to resume the various activities of the library. ACTIVITIES IN THE REALM OF SOCIETY AND PERSONAL NOTES OF INTEREST 150 MEMBERS AT FAMILY REUNION Elaborate Program Observed in Celebration at Boiling Springs Park Nearly one hundred and fifty members of the Nell family attended the reunion of the family which was held on Saturday at Boiling Springs Park. An elaborate program was featured during the day and many of the park amusements were enthusiastically enjoyed by the young people. Those present included: Mr. and Mrs. Titus Nell, George Nell, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Nell, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Nell, John Nell, Boyd Nell, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Nell, Miss Romaine Nell, Miss Dorothy Mae Nell, Miss Romaine Pretz Nell, Boyd E. Nell, Frank Nell, Russel Nell, Mrs. Adam Nell, Miss Annie Nell, Miss Miriam Nell, Irwin Nell, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Nell, Mr. and Mrs. George Nell, Jr., Robert Nell, Walter Nell, Miss Zula Nell, Miss Charlotte Nell, Gerard Nell, Sylvester Nell, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Nell, Mr. and Mrs. C. Emory Nell, Emmitt Nell, Brant Nell, John Nell, Mr. and Mrs. George Nell, Mr. and Mrs. Searight, Ray Nell, Michael Nell, Mr. and Mrs. James Nell, Reuben Nell, Chester Nell, Benjamin Nell, Mrs. R. O. Nell, Mrs. B. F. Nell, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Nell, Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Eppley. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Valentine, Mr. and Mrs. William E. Moore, Gerald Moore, Earl A. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Kann, Kenneth Kann, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mehring, Miss Caroline Mehring, Mrs. A. H. De Silvey, Charles Epply, Mrs. John Bushey, Mrs. J. E. Harlacher, Mrs. C. F. Hoopes, Mrs. John Linn, Earl Dohner, Emery Hoke, Paul Hoke, Howard Hoke, Melvin Myers, Reuben Myers, Raymond Eppley, Lester Baum, Charles Walton, Chester Eppley, Adam Walton, Bruce Walton, Harry Walton, William Walton, Levere Baum, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Harboldt, Miss Verna Walton, Miss Margaret Jacobs, Miss Dohner, Mrs. Harry Pentz, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Pentz, Miss Mildred Laird. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Leib, Mr. and Mrs. Cleason Smith, Inathe Smith, Edar Smith, Peter Smith, Miss Anna Zimmerman, Harold Harlacher, Miss Louise Harlacher, Lester Leib, Miss Kathleen Leib, Dr. and Mrs. P. R. Koons, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bricker, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kinter, Miss Lena Kinter, Miss Rhoda Spangler, Miss Nora Spangler, Miss Beulah Spangler, Donald Spangler, Mrs. Harry Ening, Marsden Ening, Miss Mary Ruth Enig, Michael Bushey, Mrs. John Kinter, George Smith, Mrs. Katie Bentz, Miss Margaret Chapman, Miss Eva Strayer, Clarence Eppley, Miss Grace Dohner, Miss Irene Aker, Miss Kathryn Barr, Mrs. Earl Dohner, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lurew, Mrs. John Calvin Lurew, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gochmaner, Mr. and Mrs. Orphia Myers, Mrs. George Baum, Earl Gochmaner, Luther Harbold, George Bentz, Mrs. George Bentz, Miss Dorothy Jacobs, Miss Marie Laird, Mrs. R. H. Laird, Mrs. May Leathery, Miss Charlott Leathery, Curtis Hoopes, Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Smith, Miss May Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Walton and son, Mrs. Boyd Cocklin, William Cocklin, Richard Cocklin, Mrs. Abner Mummert, Wendell Emig, Richard Emig, Mrs. Mary Bowers, Mrs. R. R. Reiff, Mrs. Delah Resh, Mrs. W. D. Chapman, Miss Rosa Fenn, Mr. and Mrs. William Walton. The members of the Busy Bee Red Cross Auxiliary spent an industrious afternoon yesterday when they met at the home of Miss Dorothy Reheard, 1945 Green street, to complete the patches for a slumber robe for Belgian children. The young workers have more than sixty patches knitted and expect to put them together this week. After the afternoon's work was finished the guests were served with iced tea and wafers. Those in attendance were Adrienne and Elizabeth Myers, Dorothy Plack, Rebecca Fornwalt, Wilfred and Sara Kerns, Vera Miller, Dorothy Reheard and the guests of the club, Bernice Mall and Minnie Eaton. The Rev. George W. Hartman, pastor of St. John's Reformed Church, who will leave next Monday for Silver Bay, N. Y., prior to overseas service as a Y. M. C. A. secretary, will be given a reception this evening at 8 o'clock at the church. The following program has been arranged: "America," by the audience; invocation, the Rev. Joseph Daugherty, pastor of the Sixth Street United Brethren Church; address, "Call of the World," Robert B. Reeves, general secretary of the Y. M. C. A.' "Marseillaise," Miss Burd; address, the Rev. Ellis K. Kremer, pastor of Salem Reformed Church; "Keep the Home Fire Burning," audience; address, the Rev. Edwin A. Pyles, pastor of the Fifth Street Methodist Episcopal Church; "Goodby, I'm Going Over," Jacob Rudisill; address, Dr. G. W. Hartman; "Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus," audience; address, the Rev. E. E. Snyder, pastor of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church; a cornet solo, the Rev. Mr. Hartman. The Cocalico Camp Fire Girls who have been camping for the last ten days at Losh's Run, chaperoned by Mrs. Sanford D. Coe and Miss Dora Wickersham Coe, returned yesterday with most enthusiastic accounts of their trip. The girls had a taste of real outdoors, living in tents, cooking their own means and doing the many delightful things that are a part of camp life. The party included the Misses Hazel Collier, Charlotte Grove, Della Hoke, Frances Grove, Peggy Good Bernice Williams, Elizabeth Herr, Dorothy Wittaker, Virginia Downes, Katharine Wharton, Katharine Watt, of Pittsburgh, and Miss Mildred Buchanan, of Baltimore. Upon their return to this city the girls took up their Summer plans. Miss Katharine Wharton left for her Summer home, near Falmouth; Miss Mildred Buchanan went to her Summer cottage at Seaside Park, N. J.; Miss Virginia Downes has joined her parents at the cottage which they have taken in Carlisle for the remainder of the Summer; Miss Katharine Watts has gone to her home in Pittsburgh; Miss Coe will resume her duties at Red Cross headquarters. Mrs. Earle Byrem, 564 Curtin street, entertained at cards on Friday evening, complimentary to her husband who enlisted in the 60th Pioneers Infantry Band and left Sunday evening for Camp Wadsworth, S. C. Mr. Byrem received many gifts useful for Army life as well as the good wishes of his friends. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. C. Fred Orth, Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Day, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Werner, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Richards, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Lutz, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Byrem, Mrs. Nancy M. Velder and John A. Byrem. Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Neal, whose wedding was an event of the early Summer and who have recently returned to their Summer estate, "Kinkora," after an extended trip, were the guests of honor at a dinner dance last evening at the Harrisburg Country Club. The affair was arranged by a number of Mr. and Mrs. Neal's friends who were the guests at a dinner given by Mr. Neal prior to his marriage. A variety of beautiful garden flowers in silver vases were effectively placed through the center of the table, which was lighted by shaded candles. The appointments and place cards carried out the same pastel colors. Dancing followed dinner with music by the Updegrove orchestra. The guests included Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Neal, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Payne, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rutherford, Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Robbins, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. V. Hummel Berghaus, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Gaither, Mr. and Mrs. Henderson Gilbert, Mrs. C. M. Kaltwasser, Mrs. C. Seymour Williams, Mrs. Phillip H. Meredith, Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Smith, John Motter, Henry Kelker, and John Brady. Mrs. Harry G. Huber, head of the Enola column of the P. R. R. Woman's Division for War Relief, announces that the sewing rooms will be open all day on Thursdays during the remainder of Summer months. Convalescent robes and garments for the refugee children will be the work for this Thursday and all members are requested to come and bring their scissors and thimbles. Members can be furnished with wool for knitting. The P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. cottage prayer meeting will be held at 8 o'clock this evening at the residence of J. H. Sharp, 1331 Susquehanna street. From present indications the "Block Party" for the benefit of the Red Cross, which is being planned for this Thursday evening, will prove one of the most unique affairs attempted this summer. Members of the committee in charge have been working hard to make all necessary arrangements and have the permission of the proper city officials to carry out the following plans: Balm street, between Bailey and Shrub streets will be blocked off for the evening and the residents in that district have co-operated with the committee with the result that every house will do its share in decorating. Being a lightless night the street will be hung with Japanese lanterns and all sorts of cakes made over the new wartime recipes will be sold. Victrolas will be placed at intervals and community dancing and singing will be featured all evening. There will also be a "guess pie," a mysterious affair, baked with war substitutes, which will be given to the lucky person who guesses the contents. The following committee is in charge of the affair: Mrs. A. I. Eckert, Mrs. Lewis E. Elicker, Mrs. John Michaels and Mrs. John Straub. The sixth annual reunion of the Hoffman family and relatives will be held at Halifax, August 17, rain or shine. Arrangements have been made by the Finance Committee for great improvements and better conditions in the park. Good speakers will be present. H. G. Hoffman, 1625 Chestnut street, this city, is the president of the association; the Rev. S. B. Hoffman, secretary; F. P. Leitzel, vice president. Personal Briefs Captain John Bonbright, of Philadelphia, formerly of this city, where he resided for a number of years at the Bolton House with his mother, Mrs. Cecelia Bonbright, has cabled his safe arrival in France. Capt. Bonbright is connected with the 310 Machine Gun Battalion. Henry K. Luderssen, of Germantown, is spending several days with friends in this city on his way to Saratoga Springs and Lake George. Miss Elizabeth Ross, 210 Pine street, has as her house guest Miss Coral, of Greencastle. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Krebs, Lucknow, have just received word of the safe arrival in France of their son, William P. Krebs, who enlisted in the Medical Corps. Mr. and Mrs. Krebs have another son in service, Charles F. Krebs, now enlisted in the Medical Corps. Mr. and Mrs. Krebs have another son in service, Charles F. Krebs, now on the fighting lines in France. Mrs. Warren Jay Vinton, Detroit, Michigan, will return to her home today after being the guest of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Montgomery, 902 North Second street. Dr. and Mrs. Albert C. V. McMeen, whose marriage took place Thursday at Carlisle, are spending their honeymoon at Atlantic City. Mrs. McMeen was Miss Helen Kline Montgomery, this city. Mrs. Mabel Cronise Jones, 105 Locust street, will return to her home Saturday after a six weeks' visit in Toledo, Ohio. Miss Blanche V. Meloy, 909 North Fifteenth street, left Saturday for a month's visit in Martinsburg and Altoona. Mr. and Mrs. James Q. Handshaw, 900 North Second street, spent the week-end at Pen-Mar. NEGRO HELD HERE ON CHARGE OF STEALING AUTO Howard Wesley, alias Teddy Adams, colored, who claims to be a soldier with overseas experience, was arrested last night by police as the man wanted by West Chester police for the larceny of an automobile from that place. Wesley answers the description furnished by the West Chester police, but denies the charge. He also claims to be a solicitor for a soldiers' tobacco fund. It is believed he is soliciting money in various cities for fraudulent purposes. He will be held here until West Chester authorities arrive. Liebau Sustained by Crowder's Office Charles Liebau, labor organizer, 532 Seneca street, who recently was called before local Draft Board No. 3, to show cause why he should not be taken out of the deferred classification, class 4A, has been permitted by the District Draft Board, sitting at the Capitol, to remain in that classification. The matter was referred by the local board to the district board which turned it over to Provost Marshal General Crowder's office, and today the later replied to the inquiries of the district board. This board instructed the local board that the deferred classification given Liebau be not withdrawn and informed the board that a labor organizer is not engaged in a non-productive occupation in the sense that the phrase is used in the selective draft regulations. A labor organizer, held General Crowder's office in effect, is not a non-productive worker such as a bartender of draft age or a baseball player. ALL OF THE NEWS OF STEELTON, MIDDLETOWN AND DAUPHIN COUNTY MIDDLETOWN PREPARE FOR OILING Preparation was made yesterday for the oiling of the borough's streets. Supervisor Harry Fishburn, of North Spring street, and force of men were at work yesterday sweeping the streets prior to oiling. One carload of oil has been secured for oiling purposes in the borough. RETURN FROM HOUSE PARTY Miss Marian Baker, Miss Martha Jane Bergstresser, Miss Elizabeth Baker, of town; Miss Clara Stoner and Miss Helen Sides, of Highspire; Clarence Wallace, Robert Belt, Wellington Bowman and Kenneth Steele, have returned to their respective homes after spending several days at Stoverdale, at a house party. Mrs. Fuller Bergstresser, of North Spring street, and Mrs. Minnie Baker, of Pine street, were the chaperons. MIDDLETOWN PERSONALS Miss Clara Hickernell and Miss Esther Hickernell, of Susquehanna street, left yesterday morning for New York, Atlantic City, and points in New Jersey, where they will spend the week as the guests of their brother, John Hickernell. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Kern and family, of North Spring street, spent yesterday at Blain, where they attended the funeral services of the former's brother, the late Clyde Kern, of Harrisburg, who died last week following an operation for appendicitis at the Harrisburg Hospital. D. P. Deatrich, Walter Fisher, of this borough; Harry Kochenour, of Harrisburg, and the Rev. William Kope, of Baltimore, Md., are spending several days on a camping trip at Hill Island. Mrs. Ida McCoy and two sons, John and Raymond, of Chester, are spending some time in town as the guests of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Heagy, on State street. COUPLE IN AUTO CRASH Plunging into the side of the bank on the Hummelstown Hill because the steering gear on their automobile broke, Mr. and Mrs. Willis Hoover, of Easton, narrowly escaped severe injuries yesterday. Neither of the occupants of the car was injured, but the machine was badly damaged. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover are both former residents of Camp Hill. MR. BURCHFIELD STRONGER Theodore Burchfield, of the State Library, who has been ill at his home in Altoona, for several weeks, is recovering and will shortly return here. He is 75 years old. PICK 43 MORE COLORED MEN The names of the forty-three colored selectives, of the Second City Draft District, who, with the rest of the Dauphin County contingents, will entrain here next Monday morning at 11.40 o'clock for Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Mich., were announced today by the draft board. The selectives have been notified to report for roll call to their draft board in the McFarland Printery next Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The list follows: George Jones, 312 South Cameron; Raymond H. Valentine, 1515 Drummond; John W. Jones, 650 Primrose; Earnest J. Crampton, 108 Mary; Stephen R. High, Coatesville; James Boon, 917 Grand; Ira Colston, 1822 Swatara; Percy Page, 671 Briggs; Clarence W. Nutt, 350 South Cameron; Daniel Boone, 1616 Elm; Charles Davis, New York City; Charles E. Drummond, 303 Daisy; John Brooks, 253 South Cameron; Henry T. Berth, 507 Primrose; Marshall Robison, 824 Paxton; Marcellus Payton, Washington, D. C.; Russell A. Mudd, 25 North Eleventh; Archie McDonald, 38 Balm; Joseph L. Parker, Atlantic City. William Stenson, Milton; Robert S. Hall, Philadelphia; John Harris, 914 Sarah; James W. Burruss, 1716 Walnut; William E. Dawson, New York City; James A. Togans, 1526 Vernon; Philip H. Williams, 49 South Cameron; Samuel Hallman, 362 South Cameron; Frank Towe, 665 Briggs; Henry C. Allen, 1618 Elm; Charles A. Robinson, 10 Haehnlen; Steve Smith, 1212 Currant; William Wilson, 1611 Apricot; Douglas I. Crampton, Philadelphia; John W. Price, Philadelphia, John Franklin, 218 Prune; Harry S. Evans, 627 Forster; Don Henderson, 923 Sarah; William I. Pealo, Rankin; Nathaniel Corey, York Haven; John W. Allen, Reading; James Franklin, 218 Nectarine. STEELTON Only 37 Men Left in Board 1's First Class With yesterday's call for 103 colored men to be sent to Camp Custer, August 5, filled, local board for Division No. 1, of Dauphin County, will have thirty-seven registrants listed in Class 1 and ready for the next call, while many boards throughout the country had exhausted this class several weeks ago. To the list in Class 1 will be added 125 men of the class of 1918, who have been examined and found qualified for general military service. Local board of the first county division has so far furnished 653 men to the various branches of Uncle Sam's fighting forces. Of the 1917 registrants 690 were placed in the first class and three calls for the army have taken quotas respectively numbering 274, 252, and 103 men. The local board has inducted eleven men from Class 1 for special training at the University of Pittsburgh and in a few days will send a physician to Columbus. Twelve Class 1 men have been inducted into the Navy and other special branches of service. With all questionnaires of the 1918 class filed and the examinations of Class 1 registrants completed this division of the county is holding up its end in the percentage of men physically qualified for general military service. Of 192 men in this year's registration placed in Class 1 the board has placed 125 of them in Section A. This gives the division fifty-nine per cent qualified for immediate general military service in comparison to about fifty per cent in other sections of the country. Cumbler Estate Stables Again Wrecked by Fire For the second time in ten years the stables on South Front street between Chambers street and the Stone Quarries, known as the Cumbler Estate Stables, were totally destroyed by fire yesterday at a loss of several thousand dollars, only partly covered by insurance. The fire, discovered by William Etnoyer, stable boss, about 3:15 o'clock, started in the loft on the north end of the stables, presumably from sparks from a Highspire and Steelton Railroad engine. Several tons of straw and many bushels of corn, feed and oats were ruined by the flames and water, and much other material burned. The building, a frame structure about 100 feet long and 30 feet wide, was totally destroyed. Fire was started on several other buildings during the blaze, causing slight damage to the Half Way House and a number of residences and making it necessary for several of the hose companies to use their streams on the nearby buildings. The fracturing of a bone in the wrist of Chief of Police Grove occurred when the hose fastened to one of the fire plugs broke from its coupling and the full force of the water caught him in the stomach throwing him about twenty-five feet. Another accident occurred when a hose broke from the control of the fire fighters and injured William Kramer's eye. GIVE WEEK-END HOUSE PARTY The girls of the Distribution Department of the local plant of the Bethlehem Steel Company entertained at a house party over the week-end in the Beech-nut Cottage in Marsh Run. The following were chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. Alben C. Pierce: Misses Helen Shannon, Anna Seiders, Charlotte Miller, Emma Wallace, Ella Long, Opal Pierce, Marjorie McIvor, Messrs. Ewing Wallace, George Brightbill, Milton Weber, Frank Troup, Philip Daylor, William Seiders, Daniel Pyffer, and Joseph Hamburg. GOES TO ATTEND MOOSE CONVENTION IN ILLINOIS A. Frankenberg, 213 Chestnut street, left Saturday for the annual convention of the Moose, at Mooseheart, Illinois, as a delegate from Harrisburg Lodge, No. 107. He is a past dictator. At the place where the convention is being held is also situated the National Vocational School and Orphanage. There are 500 boys and girls there at present, ranging in age from 11 months to 17 years. Nine of these young people are from Harrisburg and at the last meeting of the Harrisburg Lodge, the delegate was instructed to present these wards of Harrisburg each with a Baby Bond. The Harrisburg Lodge was one of the first fraternal societies to take the limit in Thrift Stamps and besides the liberal investments in Liberty Bonds that it made, also contributed ninety-seven of its members to the Federal service. Second Picture of Tener Reaches Capitol The second oil portrait of former Governor John K. Tener, which is to be placed in the space reserved for former chief executives in the Governor's office at the Capitol, arrived at the office of Superintendent Shreiner of the Capitol yesterday. The artist who painted the first picture, which was accepted by the former Governor and the Board of Public Grounds and Buildings, was about to be paid for his work when it was found the painting was eight inches too short for the space. He then did his work over and Mr. Tener has not seen the portrait. In a letter to Mr. Shreiner he says he will allow his former private secretary, Walter H. Gaither, of this city, and Mr. Shreiner, to pass upon its artistic merits. Expects Soon to Solve "Major" Long Mystery Lieutenant R. W. Lesher, of the U. S. Recruiting Headquarters here, today said that by tonight the office expects to have cleared up the entire mystery surrounding the identity of "Major J. A. Long", the man arrested last Friday while, it is alleged, he was posing as a Coast Artillery officer, attached to Fortress Monroe. Long has been in jail here since the State Police brought him here from Reading, after watching him at Ephrata. The investigation now being made by the War Department and the Secret Service includes a search for bogus checks said to have been passed by alleged army officers. Long is said to have half a dozen aliases and whether he has issued any of the bogus checks is not yet known but the investigation is expected to clear up this point. Fireman Goes to Fight JOHN E. FAGAN [photo] John E. Fagan, one of the young men of Harrisburg who have been called for the U. S. Army, is a prominent fireman, being a member of the Camp Curtin Fire Company, No. 13. He is a nephew of Norman Bankes, 1441 Shoop street, and was employed by the Witmyer Lumber Company for fourteen years. GET ARMY COMMISSIONS Among the Pennsylvanians who were commissioned yesterday at Washington are Fairfax G. Wright, of Chambersburg, first lieutenant, medical corps, and Wilbur H. Norcross, Carlisle, second lieutenant, sanitary corps. LORENZ GOES TO CAMP Henry C. T. horenz, 1322 North Third street, left yesterday for Camp Wadsworth, Spartansburg, South Carolina, to join the band in the Sixtieth Pioneer Infantry. He was inducted as a volunteer. [Note: the last name is not capitalized and the first letter is a little blurry, but looks like an h.] STRICLER FARM SOLD Sale of the Joseph S. Strickler farm near Stoverdale, along the road leading from Middletown to Hummelstown in Derry township, to Mrs. Marion C. Fisher, wife of Dr. M. R. Fisher, of Palmyra, and a daughter of the late farmer, was announced yesterday. The purchase price was $16,764.11. There are 237 acres in the farm. The sale was effected by the executors of the Strickler estate. Mt. Joy Citizen Dies in Lancaster Hospital MOUNT JOY, July 30. - Richard Heilig, proprietor of the Central Bakery here, died at midnight last night at the St. Joseph Hospital in Lancaster. He was 45 years old and leaves a wife and six children. Professor A. P. Hylin, principal of the Mount Joy schools, resigned last night. His resignation was accepted. Carl Shank, who was rescued from the torpedoed ship San Diego, is expected home to visit his relatives here. Ladies of Macabees Hold Picnic at Paxtang NEW CUMBERLAND, July 30. - The Ladies of the Maccabees Hive, No. 249, of this place, held a picnic at Paxtang Park, Saturday afternoon. Supper was served to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hollar, Edna Hollar, Margaret Hollar, Misses Opal Springer, Ethel Springer, Fannie Reneberger, Mrs. Mary Minnie Fager, John Fager, Elmer Fager, Melvin Fager, Bradford Fager, Lizzie Wolf, Catherine Wolf, Mrs. Jacob Brubaker, Miss Emma Deitz, Mrs. Springer, Mildred Erney, Freida Byers, Elsie Mereny, Vincent Mereny, Leah Mereny, Mrs. Parthemore, Raymond Parthemore, Harvey Rumberger, Edith Fager, Mrs. Kline, Elsie Conrad, Annie Danner, Lawrence Urich, Maud Conrad, Ivy Leminkrile and Miss Kline. WEST SHORE BOY ACROSS ENOLA, July 30. - Jacob Clendenin has arrived overseas, according to word received by his wife, who resided near this place. Clendenin, who was a member of Company E. 304th Engineers, had six weeks' training at Camp Meade prior to his sailing. Before enlistment he resided with his father, John Clendenin, on the farm near Camp Hill. LOCAL FIGHTERS GET READY FOR BIG MATCHES Sammy Schiff, the clever local featherweight is about to step out of his class when he meets Whitey Fitzgerald, of Philadelphia, in a bout at Wrightstown, N. J., on Wednesday evening. Fitzgerald is well known in this city, having performed in local rings on several occasions. Two years ago he stopped Wally Nelson, also of Philly, in a bout at the Family Theater. Schiff has been training diligently for this bout and is in the best of condition. He is at present working out daily with Kid Crow and Nate Isaacman at the Peerless Athletic Club. Another local mitt manipulator who is going to carry the colors of Harrisburg into the big leagues is Frankie Maguire. Frankie is slated to meet Jack Britton in a twelve round windup at Providence, R. I., on August 15. Maguire has met and defeated some of the best men in the middleweight class. Judging from his present performances at the Peerless Athletic Club in this city, the local lad will bid fair to give Britton a run for the honors. Blain News Briefs Red Cross officers will be elected at the regular meeting on Wednesday afternoon to serve during the ensuing year. Tomatoes and potatoes are growing on the same stalks in the garden of Fred A. Kern. The marriage of Walter Moore, of Bixler, and Miss Mabel Baltozer, daughter of Stinson Baltozer, of Jackson Township, which occurred at New Bloomfield on July 4, 1918, has been announced. David Gutshall, son of S. W. Gutshall, of Beavertown, and Miss Effie Gutshall, of Jackson Township, were married on Wednesday at Bunkertown, Juniata County. The saw mill belonging to James Nesbit, located on the Earl M. Millen tract in the Sandy Hill district, was totally destroyed by fire. Loss is estimated at about $700, without insurances. THE REV. MR. MACKENZIE ARRIVES IN WAR ZONE Word has been received by Mrs. Frank P. Mackenzie, that her husband, the Rev. Frank P. Mackenzie, former pastor of the Calvary Presbyterian Church, has arrived safely in France. After service as of the local church for a period of four years, the Rev. Mr. Mackenzie received his appointment as chaplain on April 28. DRILL SELECTED MEN A squad of drafted men was given military instructions at the Island last night by Captain L. V. Harvey and Lieutenant Samuel Fitting, of the Harrisburg Reserves. The drills for the men about to go to camp will be held Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings every week.