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The Evening News, Harrisburg, Penna., Thursday, August 15, 1918

Columbia Boy Killed, Two Severely Wounded

  COLUMBIA, Aug. 15. - Word has been received from the War Department 
by Mr. and Mrs. John D. Kise notifying them of the death of their son, 
Clayton S. Kise, killed in action in France, July 30.
  He was a member of Company C, which went from Columbia to Camp 
Hancock, Georgia, and was there transferred to the 110th Infantry and 
went to France.
  Cyrus Mathiot and Chester Flowers, of this place, also members of the 
same contingent, are reported as severely wounded. 

TWO GASSED AT CENTRAL PLANT

  Neal Maloney, 42 years old, of Aspinwall, and Norman Skillen, 45, of 
Pittsburgh, both employed as stack painters at the Central Iron & Steel 
Company plant in South Harrisburg, were asphyxiated and severely burned 
about the face and arms while at their work at 10 o'clock this morning.  
They were taken to the Harrisburg Hospital in an unconscious condition.  
There they were revived and their burns given medical attention.  At 
noon they were much improved though physicians said they had narrow 
escapes from death.
  Both men were at work painting a stack and as they reached the top it 
is thought there was an explosion of gas within the stack which sent a 
sudden rush of strong gas fumes directly into the faces of the pair, 
asphyxiating them both.
  Workmen below discovered them hanging with their heads down across 
the rim of the stack.  In falling against the hot stack they were 
severely burned about the face and arms.  Both men have rooms at 1048 
North Ninth street. 

21,000 IN STATE 21 SINCE JUNE 5

  It is estimated by the State Draft Board that 14,000 who have reached 
21 years of age since June 5, the last registration day, will register 
on August 24.
  The state bureau today sent to all local boards a copy of a telegram 
received by Provost Marshal General Crowder to the effect that it is 
the duty of district boards to adjust military needs to the industries.  
The drafting of railroad men has been complained of by the Federal 
Railroad Commission which says that many men needed by the railroads 
are being taken.
  Care must be exercised, the telegram says, even up to the hour of 
induction of a man into military service to see that no one whose work 
on the railroads is essential be drafted.  The district boards should 
scrutinize all Class 1 men carefully and use discretion in drawing the 
line between skilled and unskilled labor. 

LIGHTNING BOLTS KILL THREE HERE

  Three men were killed instantly and another stunned in the first of 
two severe electrical storms which passed over this city late yesterday 
afternoon.  The dead men are:
  Harry Griffey, 53 years old, 442 South Fifteenth street.
  Preston Frye, 25 years old, 1953 Berryhill street.
  Paul Ickes, 32 years old, Hummelstown.
  Benjamin Glass, 585 South Front street, was badly stunned by the bolt 
that killed Griffey.
  Glass and Griffey were employed as carpenters by the Harrisburg 
Burial Case Company at the South Tenth street plant.  When the first 
storm broke both men were working in the lumber yard in the rear of the 
main building.  To escape the heavy downpour both men took refuge under 
a lumber pile.  They had scarcely been settled in their shelter when 
lightning struck the lumber pile, killing Griffey instantly and 
stunning Glass badly.  A short time later Glass was able to walk to his 
home and his condition is not regarded as serious.
  Frye and Ickes were employed as brakemen on the Philadelphia & 
Reading Railroad.  When the first storm appeared they took shelter in a 
shanty near the Rutherford roundhouse.  Shortly after they entered the 
building it was struck by lightning, instantly killing both men.  The 
Harrisburg Hospital ambulance was hurriedly summoned to the scene but 
the victims had already been pronounced dead by the railroad physician.  
The lightning did not ignite the shanty.
  Funeral services for Mr. Griffey will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 
o'clock at the residence.  The Rev. R. L. Meisenheider will officiate.  
Burial will be made in the Shoop's Church Cemetery.
  Griffey is survived by his wife, Lillie, a son, Francis, and a 
daughter, Esther.  His son Francis was selected for service in the 
United States Army recently.
  The two storms accompanied by heavy rainfall, passed over the city 
yesterday afternoon within a short time of each other and caused a 
decided drop in temperature.  The mercury had risen to ninety-two 
degrees prior to the rainfalls and during their continuance fell to 
seventy-one degrees.
  The deficiency in rainfall for August existing prior to yesterday's 
storm was overcome and the records now show a slight excess. 

FIND GIRL'S BODY IN SWAMP

  SCRANTON, Aug. 14. - Mystery which surrounded the disappearance of 
Miss Cora Wells, who left her home in Fleetville, July 8, 1916, was 
solved yesterday.  Her body was found in a swamp near the home.  The 
woman, who had been in bad health, left home on the day of her 
disappearance to attend the funeral of a relative, but wandered, it is 
presumed, into the swamp. 

PORT ROYAL MAN GASSED

  PORT ROYAL, Aug. 15. - David Bitner, 22 years old, has returned here 
from France under a disability furlough to recover from the effects of 
mustard gas.  He is a son of McClellan Bitner and left here as one of 
the draftees from Juniata County. 

GIRL HAS PARALYSIS

  TOWANDA, Aug. 15. - The first case of infantile paralysis in this 
county during the year is that of three-year-old daughter of Cecil 
Haight, of Ulster.  Dr. Leonard Pratt, State Health Physician reported 
yesterday. 

News from Columbia; Plan Community Sing

  COLUMBIA, Aug. 15. - Miss Pearl Nagle made a narrow escape from 
serious injury when a Ford automobile she was driving crashed into a 
porch at the Five Points, one of the busiest places in the borough.  
The windshield was broken and the front axle of the car bent, but the 
young woman escaped injury.  The accident occurred when she lost 
control of the car.
  A big community sing, under the auspices of the Woman's Club, is 
being planned to take place in the public park next Tuesday evening.  
John F. Sload and Walter G. Stevenson have been selected as leaders and 
the former will arrange the program.  He has been prominent as 
chorister in all the war mass meetings which have been held in this 
place.
  Miss Mary Frances Ziegler is the owner of two knapsacks, one 
belonging to a Union soldier, which was picked up by her father on the 
Antietam battlefield, a few days after the fight.  The other one was 
picked up on the Gettysburg battlefield after the fight.  It belonged 
to a Confederate soldier, who had been severely wounded and contained a 
note giving good-bye to his mother and asking her to pray for him.  
Both are leather knapsacks and are in a good state of preservation. 

BOY KILLED ON CROSSING

  JOHNSTOWN, Aug. 15. - When a street car struck a wagon they were 
driving, Ollie Green, aged 8, was fatally injured, and his brother, 
Charles, 14, sustained serious wounds of the head.  The accident 
occurred at a grade crossing.  Ollie died within two hours. 

KILLED IN DOORWAY

  SCRANTON, Aug. 15. - During an electrical storm which struck the 
valley late Tuesday night, John Bulkawicz, 10, was killed by lightning 
while he sat in the door of his home in Old Forge. 

MAN KILLED IN PEAR TREE

  SUNBURY, Aug. 15. - Climbing a pear tree during a heavy electrical 
storm here, Jacob Rohrbach, aged 40, was killed by lightning.  He was a 
son of Mrs. Jennie Rohrbach, a wealthy widow.

Embalmer Killed as He Touches Drop Light

  READING, Aug. 15. - Undertaker William C. Feather, 54, of 
Wernersville, was shocked to death yesterday by a drop light, and three 
others, Richard Wolfensberger, Clarence Lamm and Jacob Coleman, 
employes, were shocked, Coleman sustaining paralyzing burns of the legs 
while embalming two bodies in their morgue.
  Lamm, Feather's adopted son, was shocked first and taken away.  
Feather was killed by the next shock and fell over Coleman.  
Wolfensberger was shocked rescuing Coleman.  Crossed wires were 
responsible.  

25 Special Service Men Leave City Today

  Training in automobile mechanics will be given at Easton and 
Pittsburgh to the twenty-five Harrisburgers who left here this morning 
for special service.
  The men who left today are:  Ross L. Halman, William P. Strawhecker, 
Frank S. Sturm, William T. Senseman, Jr., Calvin S. Martz, L. L. Jones, 
John R. Parker, William H. Reily, H. W. Speese and Charles Reel, J. H. 
Zitch, Clyde McKelvey, Frank Miller, Herman Woodrow, Paul Klemm, 
Charles Brough, John I. Starry, H. C. Pierce, Forrest W. Olewine, J. F. 
Hipple, James W. Evans, Elmer Z. Yost, Edward W. Geiger, Robert L. 
Blosser, Clarence L. Sales, Harry Zeigler, Charles O. Wakefield, 
Maxwell D. Johnson, Theodore Magnelli and Ralph Early.

MINER KILLED BY ROCK

  HAZLETON, Aug. 15. - Joseph Cupletz, of this city, a miner at the No. 
1 collier of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, was instantly killed by a 
fall of rock.  He is survived by his widow and three children. 

ACTIVITIES IN THE REALM OF SOCIETY AND PERSONAL NOTES OF INTEREST

  RED CROSS SALE AT THE ACADEMY

  Big Time in Store at Benefit to Be Held on Campus

  Residents of Riverside are having a busy time today making the final 
plans for the big Red Cross benefit which will be given tomorrow 
afternoon and evening on the campus of the Harrisburg Academy.  Many of 
the prosperous war gardens of that section will be stripped of their 
product to be disposed of at the vegetable booth while busy housewives 
are making well tested recipes including cakes, candies, bread, rolls, 
pies, custards, old fashioned shoo-fly pies, salads, canned fruits and 
innumerable other delicious things to be offered for sale at the 
delicatessen booth.  Nothing good to eat seems to have escaped the 
careful planning of the committee and all sorts of soft drinks, ice 
cream, watermelon and numerous other things will be on sale.
  The people of the city will have an excellent chance to see the 
Harrisburg Reserves drill at 7.30 o'clock on the campus and later in 
the evening a delightful concert will be featured with prominent 
soloists followed with community singing led by Abner W. Hartman. 
  One of the attractions will be the fortune telling booth, in charge 
of the Misses Banarda and Elizabeth McCormick, who in real gypsy 
costumes will tell all the dark secrets of the future, while the young 
children will be delighted with all the mysterious contents of the 
fishing pool.
  Mrs. George L. Reed is general chairman of the affair and the 
following committees will have charge of the various booths:
  Delicatessen booth, Mrs. Lewis M. Neiffer, chairman; Mrs. Frank 
Oyster, Mrs. L. B. Worden, Mrs. William Earnest, Mrs. S. Peale, Miss 
Smith, Mrs. W. R. Jackson, Mrs. C. P. Snyder and Mrs. C. A. 
Ellenberger.
  Flower booth:  Mrs. Harris B. McCormick, chairman; Mrs. Arthur Brown, 
Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Mary B. Gottschell, Mrs. Howard Bingaman, Mrs. Thomas 
Hargest, Mrs. H. W. Ayle, Mrs. M. G. Shaffner, Mrs. Kinneard, Miss 
Jennie Witherow, Miss Ruth Rilling and Mrs. Charles Ryder.
  Soft drinks will be in charge of Fred Smith and Ellis Lotz will sell 
watermelon while Mr. Corl will be at the ice cream booth.  The 
vegetable booth, in charge of Mrs. Miles Fry, will rave an enthusiastic 
committee of farmers and farmerettes in true rural costumes.  They are 
Mr. and Mrs. William Schooley and Mr. and Mrs. George Hill, who will 
proudly display all the products grown in the Riverside war gardens.
  Twenty of the young folks from the neighborhood will sell beautiful 
bouquets of flowers.  All indications point to the success of the 
affair tomorrow and a cordial invitation is extended to the public to 
attend. 

  The birthday of little Jack Borhman was the occasion of a very pretty 
party given on Tuesday afternoon by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. 
Borhman at their residence, 1527 Hunter street.  A number of War Saving 
Stamps and Thrift Stamps were among the many useful gifts received by 
the young guest of honor.  Invited to the celebration were:  Mrs. 
Charles Hare, Mrs. A. H. Shuey, Mrs. William McKay, Mrs. R. E. Duffy, 
Mrs. S. S. Jacobs, Mrs. Russell Jacobs, Mrs. Arthur Moyer, Mrs. Israel 
Tyson, Mrs. Anna Moyer, Mrs. William Kline, Mrs. Harry Boyer, Mrs. Karl 
Schelhas, Miss Martha Gilland, Miss Kathryn Leob, James Borhman, 
Elizabeth Duffy, Dorothy Jacobs, Olive O'Brien, Eleanor McKay, Karl 
Kline, Blair Kline, Evelyn Boyer, Christine Boyer, Kathleen Moyer, 
Virginia Shuler, Mary Kathryn Stine, Jeanne McGrath, Barbara McGrath, 
Katharine Jacobs, Dorothy Atkins and Anna Moyer. 

  Miss E. Lillian Reiter, 2208 Walnut street, has been elected teacher 
of Spanish and Latin in the Mechanicsburg High school, to succeed Miss 
Clara M. Kast, who has resigned.  Miss Reiter, who is a graduate of 
Hood College, Frederick, Md., is a gifted musician and is serving as 
organist at Market Square Presbyterian Church during the Summer months. 

  The young women employed in the office force of the distributing room 
of the Bethlehem Steel Company will be the guests this evening of Miss 
Anna Zeiders, at her residence in Steelton. 

  Mr. and Mrs. John F. Gorman, 87 North Sixteenth street, entertained 
last evening at their home in honor of their nieces, the Misses 
Lucretia and Mary Theresa Eckenrode, and nephew, Joseph A. Eckenrode, 
Jr., of Brooklyn, N. Y.  Among the guests were:  Misses May Rynard, 
Sybilla McClain, Catherine M. Gorman, Helena Bossle, Baltimore; Mary 
Theresa Eckenrode, Lucretia Eckenrode, Caroline McClain, Master Joseph 
Eckenrode and Master John McClain, Mrs. J. Parke Rutherford, Mrs. Grace 
Van Smetteu, Philadelphia; Miss Frances Meyer, Mrs. William McClain, 
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Gorman, Mrs. May A. Rynard, Mr. and Mrs. Robert 
L. Meyer, Mrs. Sybilla S. Meyer, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Gorman. 

  Mr. and Mrs. Smith, 534 Seneca street, entertained last evening at 
their residence in honor of the fourteenth birthday anniversary of 
their daughter Alice.  Games and music were the delightful features of 
the evening and refreshments were served to the following guests:  The 
Misses Violet Forsythe, Anna Early, Mary Long, Alice Smith, Dorothy 
Early, Warren Cless, William Shelenberger, Charles Long, Harold McGill, 
Vernon McGill, John Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Smith. 

  Is Hostess for Her Friends on Birthday

  MISS KATHRYN WILT [photo]

  Little Miss Kathryn Wilt celebrated her birthday yesterday at her 
residence, 2125 Penn street.  Many of her young friends were invited to 
help do justice to the occasion and enjoyed the delightful program of 
games which was especially arranged for their amusement.  Patriotic 
decoration made the house most attractive and the table appointments 
were in red, white and blue, with a centerpiece of lovely garden 
flowers, mall baskets of candy tied with the national colors were 
attractive favors given to each of the guests.  Those in attendance 
were Miss Elizabeth Speece, Miss Dorothy Sourbier, Miss Anna Gilmore, 
Miss Helen Holly, Miss Mildred Strauss, Albany, N. Y., Preston Price, 
Clarence McDonald, William Cookerly, New Cumberland, Mrs. Edward Wilt 
and Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Wilt. 

  Personal Briefs

  Miss Esther Hutchison, Jacksonville, Florida, is the guest of Mr. and 
Mrs. H. F. Cleff, 2350 North Sixth street.
  Burton E. Commings, 14 North Fourth street, was in Carlisle yesterday 
where he attended the funeral services of Miss R. Lizzie Cloudy, of 
Baltimore, Md., whose burial took place at Carlisle.
  Miss Minnie Sheibley, North Sixth street, has returned from Perry 
County where she spent some time as the guest of her brother.
  Harry Zeigler, 606 Peffer street, left today to enter a training camp 
in Pittsburgh.
  George Minnig, 603 Peffer street, is visiting his father in Rock, 
Schuylkill County.
  Miss Clara J. Carroll, 605 Peffer street, has resigned her position 
with the Health Department to accept a Government position in 
Washington.
  Mrs. W. Kulp, North Sixth street, and Miss Mary Hoffman, 605 Peffer 
street, have returned home after an extended trip to Atlantic City.
  The Misses Ruth and Blanch Minnig, of Peffer street, are spending 
several weeks with their uncle, James Hertzel, of Catawissa.
  Mrs. Charles Miller, Peffer street, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. 
Roy Fasick, Enola.
  Miss Bertha Turner, 2008 North Fifth street, and Miss Ruth Stroh, 
1003 Green street, have returned from Ocean City, N. J.
  Orville Chamberlain, of New Orleans, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. 
John W. German, Jr., 249 Emerald street.
  Miss Dorothy Walmer, 718 North Sixth street, has returned from a 
short stay in Lebanon.
  Miss Ella Kramer, 620 Cumberland street, has returned from a business 
trip to New York.
  Miss Mary Daugherty, 258 Herr street, left yesterday for a visit in 
Hanover.
  John L. Wohlfarth, 323 Reily street, is in Philadelphia.
  Miss Florence Adams, of Norfolk, Va., is visiting her sister, Mrs. 
Roth, 1931 Green street.
  Miss Lona R. Shaw, 1931 Park street, is spending two months visiting 
friends in Lancaster, Chester, Philadelphia and Atlantic City.
  Mrs. Fulmer Warner and her daughter, Miss Annie Warner, of 
Mechanicsburg, and Mrs. Howard M. Swartz are spending a month in 
Renovo, where they are the guests of the Misses Bissett.
  Mrs. George R. McCurdy, 1610 Derry street, has returned from a week's 
stay in Philadelphia, where she was the guest of Mrs. John Leedy, of 
that place.  Mrs. McCurdy made an extended visit, visiting Willow Grove 
Park and other suburban places in the vicinity of Philadelphia.
  Mrs. Margaret Gough and daughter, Miss Margaret K. Gough, 2126 North 
Fifth street, have returned to their home after spending some time in 
Niagara Falls, Buffalo and Atlantic City.  While in Buffalo they 
visited Mrs. C. Gaffney and Mrs. E. S. McFarand, mother and sister of 
Mrs. Gough, and formerly of Harrisburg.
  Albert C. Michael, of the Signal Corps, returned today to duty at 
Camp Fremont, Palo Alto, Cal., after a visit with his parents, Mr. and 
Mrs. John C. Michael, 550 Camp street.
  Mrs. John Dudley, 2017 North Sixth street, has received news of the 
safe arrival overseas of her son, Frank H. Dudley, of the 4th Company, 
4th Regiment, Motor Mechanics.
  Mr. and Mrs. Philip Broude, 1007 Capital street, have received word 
of the safe arrival overseas of their son, Lieut. Harry F. Broude, of 
the 311th Field Artillery, 79th Division.
  The following residents from Enola, spent yesterday in Philadelphia:  
Mrs. Charles Fickes and son, Charles, of Ross street; Mr. and Mrs. Joe 
Lutz and daughter, Sara; Mrs. and Mrs. Roy Fasick and sons, Harry and 
Ross, and daughter, Sara.
  Miss Katharine Dull, Mechanicsburg, spent the day with her aunt, Mrs. 
Bankes, 605 Peffer street.
  Mrs. C. C. Gans and daughter have gone to Macon, Ga., to join Mrs. 
Gans' husband, Lieutenant C. C. Gans, who is stationed there. 

  Miss Naomi Shoop, of Hummelstown, entertained at her home last 
evening.  The guests included Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Shoop, Miss Myrtle 
Mentzer, Miss Marguerite Ambrose, Miss Louise Hoke, Miss Sue Ebersole, 
Miss Myrtle Foreman, Miss Mary Hoke, Harry Genkes, Addison Hershey, 
Robert Brown and Guy Dimm. 

PLAN GALA TIME ON ROMPER DAY AT RESERVOIR

  Romper Day will be celebrated this year at Reservoir Park, August 29, 
and many hundreds of city children are eagerly looking forward to this 
happy occasion made possible by the generosity of the late Samuel 
Kunkel.
  J. K. Staples, city playground supervisor, with an efficient 
committee has formulated plans which will include one of the most 
elaborate entertainments ever attempted, and in which more than 7000 
children from the various playgrounds will participate.
  The morning will be given to long ball and volley ball, by the 
playground teams, after which lunch will be served.  The afternoon 
program will consist of a demonstration of the work accomplished at the 
playgrounds.  Graceful aesthetic dances, old-fashioned reels and lively 
folk dances will show with what earnestness the children have entered 
into the spirit of the day.
     Many Group Dances
  Much credit for the successfully trained dancers is given to Miss 
Lillian Kamsky, under whose direction the children have been rehearsing 
for many weeks.
  Following is a list of some of the group dances:  Kulldance, Irisk 
Lilt, Nigare Polskam, Pop Goes the Weasel, Carrousel, Kinderpolka, Ace 
of Diamands, Kamarinskaia, Gustaf's Skal Highland Schottische, 
Hornpipe, Hop Mor Annika, Norweigian Mountain March, Farmer in the 
Dale, Looby Loo, Mulberry Bush, Oats, Peas, Beans, Barley Grow and 
London Bridge.  The last five numbers have between forty to sixty 
pupils from each playground.
     Boys at McCormick Island
  The following boys are spending this week at the boys' camp on 
McCormick Island:
  Maclay Playground - Donald Richards, Morris Logan, Lester Peters, 
James Montgomery, Ward Swain, Herman Bair.
  Penn Playground - Robert Harrison, Julius Harrison.
  Reservoir Playground - Hamilton Ness.
  Emerald Playground - Robert Ogelsby, Dick Johnson, Charles Hoffman, 
Fred Clothier, John Steckly, Stanley Miller, Ernest White, Ralph 
Yountz, John Deshong, Robert Gardner, Lester Ensminger, John Shuman, 
Charles Baker.
  The list of boys who stayed over from last week includes:  Junior 
Forrer, Oscar Johnson, Sam Sherman, Kenneth Metson, Richard Chamberlain 
and Craig Williams. 

NO WARRANT FOR WITMAN

  A man giving the name of Ross Witman who, it was stated, was sought 
by the police following an alleged altercation in which Mrs. Blanche 
Mumel was injured and sent to the hospital, Tuesday evening, called up 
the EVENING NEWS today and said he has been working regularly for H. O. 
Sebold, tinner, 1316 North Third street, and that he made no attempt to 
evade the police.  At the Police Department this afternoon it was 
stated that no effort is being made to apprehend Witman, and that no 
warrant had been issued for his arrest at police headquarters.  Mrs. 
Mumel has been discharged from the hospital completely recovered.  The 
man who gave his name as Witman declared he had not struck Mrs. Mumel.

CONTRACT PROBE HEARING AUG. 30

  Government authorities today said that there would probably be no 
further developments into the contract work at the Middletown Ordnance 
Depot until after the three men, so far arrested in this connection, 
are given a hearing, August 30.
  The charges involving the Pennsylvania Sales Company, of which, 
according to State records, George E. Howard, 101 South street, is the 
sole owner, were preferred by the Federal Government agents after a 
month or more of investigation.  Howard today said:
  "The whole thing is regrettable.  I can make no statement as I would 
if the charges were made by a private individual.  It is up to the 
Government now to set things clear, and I think that eventually 
everything will be made clear for me.  The records of my office are 
complete and are ready for an examination at any time.  I cannot say 
anything further.
  Charles P. Price, of this city, also arrested with Howard on the same 
charge, declared he is not connected with the Pennsylvania Sales 
Company.  He was formerly connected with the Harrisburg Lumber Company 
which says he severed his connection with it three months ago.  Fraim 
declined to talk about the matter.
  The three men were taken before U. S. Commissioner Wolfe on charges 
that they conducted the dealings with the Government by which they are 
alleged to have attempted to collect $6190.79 for lumber which was not 
delivered to the ordnance depot. 

BOBITTE IS EXONERATED

  John Bobitte, of Steelton, who was arrested last evening charged with 
attacking Lucy Galsevat, 14 years old, of 516 South Third street, was 
exonerated in police court today when the girl said that last night 
when she was crying it was not because of fear of Bobitte but because 
she was afraid she was lost.  She said the man did her no injury.

HOSE DAMAGED BY ACCIDENT

  City officials, following an investigation, said last night that the 
fire hose at the Mount Pleasant Fire Company, previously reported to 
have been badly damaged by acid, is only slightly damaged.  Only one 
section of hose was injured by the acid, and that was due to accident. 

READING BOYS STOP HERE ON WAY TO PITTSBURGH

  Leaving for Pittsburgh this morning with the twenty-five local boys, 
who are to receive training in automobile mechanics at that place were 
thirty young men from Reading.  These boys were seen walking about the 
streets of this city shortly before they left at 11.40 a. m.
  Together with the twenty-five from this city they left for Pittsburgh 
to enter the University of Pittsburgh there and be instructed in the 
mechanism of automobiles. 

Each State to Send 16 Men to Target School

  WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. - Each state, territory and the District of 
Columbia, has been authorized by the War Department to send sixteen 
citizens to the small arms firing school, at Camp Perry, Ohio, for 
training as instructors in marksmanship.
  These men will be designated by the governors and will represent 
their states in the National matches September 16 and 21 and in the 
National Rifle Association matches the previous week.  Age limits are 
16 to 45.

Pennsylvania to Send 1400 for Limited Service

  WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. - Provost Marshal General Crowder today issued a 
call for 12,000 limited service white men for entrainment August 30 and 
31.  Pennsylvania's quota in the new call is 1400 men, who will go to 
Camp Greene, Charlotte, S. C. 

PERSONAL

IN MEMORIAM

  In loving remembrance of my beloved son, Wilson W. Felix, who died 
from injuries received one year ago, August 15, 1917.  The one that I 
loved so dearly from my memory will never past.
     J. L. FELIX, father. 

Seize Soldier Trying to Get Liquor by Ruse

  Stanley Hillem, of the Middletown Aviation Camp, was arrested last 
night on a disorderly charge.  It is alleged he entered the Elscheid 
Hotel at Fifth and Strawberry streets, with citizen's cap pulled low 
over his eyes and a raincoat buttoned high up around his neck and 
attempted to purchase liquor.  The bartender discovered the ruse and 
refused the sale, whereupon it is said the soldier started a 
disturbance leading to his arrest.  He was scheduled for a hearing late 
this afternoon. 

ALL OF THE NEWS OF STEELTON, MIDDLETOWN AND DAUPHIN COUNTY

STEELTON

  Steelton Board Sends 12 Away for Training

  Local Draft Board No. 1 of Dauphin County sent three men to Easton 
and nine men to the University of Pittsburgh today, where they will 
undergo training for special service in the United States Army.  The 
entire twelve men are volunteer inducted cases and all are in the 1918 
draft.  Three of the men who left for Pittsburgh are members of the 
1916 class of Steelton High School.  The nine men for the University of 
Pittsburgh will undergo six weeks training in automobile mechanics and 
then sent across the seas for service at the front.
  The nine men who will undergo the training in Pittsburgh are:  
Franklyn Wolf, Highspire; Claude Chubb, Highspire; Chester Williams, 
Highspire:  George Harclerode, Steelton; Harry D. Sellers, Steelton; 
Harry T. Trawitz, Steelton; James Castiglia, Middletown; Charles Smith, 
Steelton; Rodney Nisley, Middletown.  They left Harrisburg at 11.40 
o'clock this morning. 

  TWO MORE BOYS OVERSEAS

  Mrs. M. E. Morris, 445 Lincoln street, has received word of the safe 
arrival overseas of her son, William Morris, a member of the Chemical 
Warfare Service.
  Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Wolf, 639 North Front street, have received 
word of the safe arrival in Europe of their son, Private Joseph G. 
Wolf, Jr., a member of Company E, 304th Ammunition Train.  Private Wolf 
was formerly employed with the Horace McFarland Company, Harrisburg, 
and received military training in Camp Meade, leaving for France but a 
short time ago. 

  WILL HOLD PICNIC

  The Men's Bible Class No. 23, of Centenary United Brethren Church, 
taught by Harvey Hershey, will hold its eighteenth annual picnic at 
Boiling Springs Park on Saturday, August 24.  An extensive program of 
sports and other amusements has been arranged and a good time is 
promised to all.  Further arrangements will be announced later. 

  AUGUST REGISTRATION

  Local Board for Division No. 1 of Dauphin County yesterday received 
orders to register on August 24 all persons who became 21 years of age 
since June 5 and on or before the date set for registration.  This 
registration will likely be carried on under arrangements similar to 
the registration of June 5, 1918.

  The Four Generations of the Bair Family [photo]
   
  Mrs. William Bair, of Newberry, York County, standing to the right in 
the above picture, is the oldest representative of the Bair family.  
Mrs. Bair is the mother of sixteen children.  Standing next to her is 
one of her daughters, Mrs. Jerry Kern, of New Cumberland.  Mrs. Kern's 
daughter, Mrs. Frank Knaub, of York, is at the left of the photograph 
with her two young children, Jennie and Ralph. 

  ADD STEELTON PERSONALS

  Miss Eva Lingle, employe of the Steel Foundry Department as a 
stenographer of the Bethlehem Steel Company, is spending her vacation 
with her parents in Oberlin.

  STEELTON PERSONALS

  Mrs. J. L. Poor, Mrs. Louis Keim and Cameron Keim have returned from 
a ten-day motor trip through the New England States.
  Mrs. L. A. Downs is making an extended trip to Atlantic City and 
Philadelphia.

Asks Married Women Be Called to Teach

  WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 - "Repeal the rule barring married teachers from 
our schools" was the advice Commissioner of Education Claxton sent 
broadcast today.

Railroad Crews

     HARRISBURG SIDE
  Philadelphia Division - The 111 crew first to go after 1 p. m.: 108, 
126, 102, 107, 103.
  Extra engineer wanted for 108.
  Extra conductor wanted for 132.
  Extra brakeman wanted for 126.
  Extra engineers marked up:  Geiger, Frickman, Gunderman, Conway, 
Beinhour, Brodhecker, Anderson.
  Extra firemen marked up:  Kalen, Clark, Sheets, Kennedy, Swartz, 
Leach, Ellis, Althouse, Falk.
  Extra conductor marked up:  Stark.
  Extra brakemen marked up:  Carroll, Bower, Straw, Johnson.

  Middle Division - The 227 crew first to go after 1.30 p. m.:  22, 
218, 306, 223.
  Engineers up:  Earley, Krepps.
  Firemen up:  Haskins, Switzer, Cook, Barton, Gilbert, Myers, Ewing, 
Swartz, Harris, Benson.
  Brakemen up:  Meas, Lantz.

  Yard Board - Engineers Up:  Essig, H. K. Myers, Boyle, Revie, Ulsh, 
Bostdorf, Schiefer, Rauch.
 Engineers for 1-7C, 2-7C, 1-14C, 16C.
  Firemen up:  Walborn, Matter, Jones, Heckman, Bennett, Soles, 
Wevodau, Gruber, Lewis, Box, Shambaugh, Rupley.
  Firemen for 1C, 1-7C, 3-7C, 12C, 1-15C, 23C.

     ENOLA SIDE
  Philadelphia Division - The 202 crew first to go after 2.45 p. m.:  
211, 216, 209, 229, 2, 2.
  Extra conductor wanted for 227.
  Extra brakeman wanted for 211.
  Extra brakeman marked up:  Sgelgula.

  Middle Division - The 247 crew first to go after 2 p. m.:  244, 125, 
118, 122, 232, 228, 214.
  Engineer for 118.
  Firemen for 125, 118, 122.
  Brakeman for 122.

  Yard Board - Engineers for 3rd, 125, 1st 129, 140.
  Firemen for 3rd 129, 4th 129, 1st 102, 1st 104.
  Engineers up:  Fenicle, Bair, Brown, Quigley, Potter, Barnhart, 
Ewing, Hanlen.
  Firemen up:  W. F. Ready, Capp, Miller, Bruce, Steffee, Bitting, 
Perry, Earl Ready, Lutz, Felix, Morris, Yeagey, Reed, Danner, Martin, 
Kline, Hall, Wallace, Christofaro.

     P. R. R. PASSENGER CREWS

  Philadelphia Division - Extra enginemen marked up at 12.01 p. m.; C. 
R. Osmond, H. A. Gillums, B. F. Lippi, A. Hall, M. Pleam, V. C. 
Gibbons, W. S. Lindley.
  Extra firemen marked up at 12.01 p. m.:  W. M. Welch, Wm. Shive, E. 
D. McNeal.
  Fireman wanted for M22.
  Conductors up:  Eckert, Pickel.
  Brakemen up:  Miller, Hickey, Hoover.
  Brakeman wanted for 600.

  Middle Division - Extra enginemen marked up at 12.01 p. m.:  J. 
Crimmel.
  Engineers wanted for P179, 23, 3, 37, 661.
  Extra firemen wanted for 665, 1, Pa.-4, 35.
  Conductor up:  J. Hambright.
  Baggagemasters up:  Balthaser, Banks.
  Brakemen up:  Norford.
  Conductor wanted for 665.
  Baggagemaster wanted for 667.
  Brakemen wanted for 15, 25, P-21.

  Williamsport Division - Conductors up:  Gilbert, Manning.
  Baggagemaster up:  Shipman.
  Brakemen up:  Horley, Wagner, Wallace.
  Baggagemaster wanted for 515.
  Brakemen wanted for 571, 501, 631, 575, 579.

  Baltimore Division - conductors up:  Ebaugh, Rosin.
  Brakemen up:  Miller, Krug, Gratz, Backenstoss.
  Brakemen wanted for 502, 270.

     THE READING
  The 19 crew first to go after 12.45 p. m.:  7, 60, 71, 57, 73, 55, 
62, 54, 22, 67, 61, 66, 21, 4, 59, 51, 68, 15, 8, 64, 53, 11. 
  Engineers for 53, 55, 57, 62, 64, 66, 67, 4. 
  Firemen for 53, 57, 59, 60, 61, 64, 66, 68, 71, 73, 4, 8, 15, 93, 19, 
21, 22.
  Conductors for 64, 4, 19.
  Flagmen for 51, 54, 59, 64, 22.
  Brakemen for 53, 54, 55, 59, 61, 64, 66, 67, 71, 73, 4, 15, 19.
  Engineers up:  L. Moyer, Jones, H. Moyer, Ream, Linn, Anders, Lackey, 
Bowman.
  Firemen up:  Deckert, Leitner, Durbrow, Mereney, Miller, 
Kingsborough, Keller, Rife, Yeingst No. 2. Looker, Bender, Esterline, 
Harris, Schisslak, Cline, Schreffler,
  Conductor up:  Hetrick.
  Flagmen up:  Donley, Spangler, Keener, Otstot, Hess, Reidell, Koons, 
Shank, Travitz, Gulden.
  Brakemen up:  Thomas, Weaver, Ryan, Daugherty, Chronister, Koons, 
Epler, Ryan, Gilger, Wray, Long, Darrow, Floyd, Leininger, Shireman, 
Weber, Burtnett, Spies, Troupe.

ALL OF THE NEWS OF STEELTON, MIDDLETOWN AND DAUPHIN COUNTY

MIDDLETOWN

  TWO MEN HURT IN ACCIDENTS

  John H. Brandt's Jaw Is Broken - E. Hummel's Leg Fractured

  MIDDLETOWN, Aug. 15. - John H. Brandt, of Pike street, employed by 
William R. Kohr, the contractor, was seriously injured yesterday at the 
Carson Long coal yards on South Catherine street.  Brandt with several 
other men were at work engaged in hoisting some lumber with a block and 
fall, when a plank, which was lying on the top of the trestle slipped 
down and struck him on the side of the head, breaking his jaw, besides 
cutting a deep gash in his face.
  Elmer Hummel, of North Pine street, who is employed at the Middletown 
Car Works, had his left foot fractured just above the ankle while at 
his work on Tuesday morning. 

  SOCIAL CIRCLE AT READING

  The Middletown Social Circle motored to Reading yesterday afternoon 
and was entertained by Mrs. Elizabeth Martin. 

  CHURCH MEMBERS IN WAR

  In addition to fourteen members of the St. Peter's Lutheran Church, 
who are now serving in some branch of the United States Army or Navy, 
there are sixteen members of the Sunday School, and seventeen persons 
representing families of the church, now in the service of their 
Country.
  One member of the church is Miss Minerva Peters, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. J. Peters, of East Water street, Middletown's only war nurse, who 
left the States with one of America's base hospital units and is at 
present on active duty in a Field Hospital in France.