NEWS: Items from The Evening News, August 22, 1918, Dauphin County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JudyBoo Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/dauphin/ _________________________________________ The Evening News, Harrisburg, Penna., Thursday, August 22, 1918 It Wasn't This "Mel" Kepford [photo] Everybody in town, but particularly his fellow members of the Harrisburg police force, "kidded" Patrolman Melvin Kepford today about the arrest, described in dispatches from New York, of another "Melvin Kepford, of Harrisburg, Pa.," for stealing $10,000 through the cashier's window of a Broadway bank late yesterday afternoon. Patrolman Kepford was greeted all day long, as he worked at his post at Fourth and Chestnut streets, with such remarks as: "How did YOU get out?" and "What are you going to do with the $10,000, Mel?" But they couldn't get the good-natured copper's "goat," as witness the grin on his fact that THE EVENING NEWS photographer snapped. Kepford first joined the police force in 1902 and is known and liked by almost everybody in town. He holds one of the most responsible positions on the force, as a member of the traffic squad. Under Mayor Gross, Kepford was a sergeant. SUDDEN IMPULSE LED KEPFORD TO SNATCH $10,000 Special to The Evening News NEW YORK, Aug. 22. - Admitting that he grabbed $10,000 from a Broadway bank, Melvin Kepford, of Harrisburg, Pa., who was arrested after a chase through Broadway and Barclay streets, late yesterday afternoon told the police today he was tempted by a sudden impulse to seize the cash just after he had had a $5 bill changed in the bank. According to F. E. Andruss, a vice president of the Atlantic National Bank, No. 257 Broadway, Kepford appeared at the employes' entrance at 2.30 p. m. He worked his way to the paying teller's cage and grabbed two bundles of bills, each containing $5000. Shoving them in a handbag he started on a run for the entrance. The bag opened as he ran and a bundle dropped. He left it where it fell and sped on. Chief Clerk C. F. Smith and Foreign Exchange Clerk Joseph Baumel ran through the hall in pursuit and a crowd joined them in Broadway. Kepford dashed through Barclay street and west to the station of the Ninth avenue elevated line. At the stairs Patrolman Smith, of Traffic Squad A, grabbed him. Kepford is 26 years old. He told Police Lieutenant Daniel Moritary he came to town yesterday. He entered the bank in the morning to have a $5 bill changed and the robbery idea occurred to him as he looked over the plan of the floor. He bought the handbag and returned to the bank. Learning where the private entrance was, he laid his plans, depending on boldness and surprise to bring him success. Bandit May Have Been Former Lemoyne Youth It is believed by residents of Lemoyne that the Melvin Kepford, who entered the Atlantic National Bank, 257 Broadway, New York City, yesterday and attempted to make away with $10,000, is a former resident of the cross river town. A man of that name, whose description in many respects corresponds to that of the man seized in New York, lived in Lemoyne ten years ago. He was known as "Flicker" Kepford, but his real name is Melvin Kepford. Melvin Kepford left Lemoyne when sixteen years old. Word has been heard of him from time to time since then and it was thought that he had enlisted in the Navy. Later reports concerning him stated that he had been thought drowned in a plunge from a warship but that in reality he swam ashore and deserted the Navy. However, there had been nothing known of him for several years and up to the present time. While living in Lemoyne, "Flicker" was employed by S. H. Bowman, a milk dealer, for several years, and he was widely known throughout Lemoyne and delivered milk in Harrisburg. He does not have any relatives in Lemoyne but friends have received word that he had been seen along the Atlantic coast and was frequently in New York. There is but one Melvin Kepford listed in the Harrisburg city directory and he is Patrolman Kepford, of the Harrisburg police force. "Mel," as he is known to his friends, was the object of much bantering yesterday when it was learned that Melvin Kepford had been arrested for larceny. The patrolman was on hand all day at his post of duty. ANNOUNCES THE COUNTY QUOTAS OF THREE CAMPS Quotas for the calls for men to go to Camps Dix, Meade and Greenleaf were completed at State Draft Headquarters late this afternoon and show that Dauphin and nearby counties will send the following: Camp Dix (all white men) - Harrisburg Board No. 1, ten; No. 2, eleven; No. 3, eleven. Dauphin County, No. 1, five; No. 2, five; No. 3, five. Cumberland No. 1, three; No. 2, four. Perry, six. Lebanon No. 1, eleven; No. 2, thirteen, Juniata, six. Camp Sherman (all colored men) - Cumberland No. 1, one. Harrisburg No. 1, three; No. 3, three; Lebanon No. 2, three. Camp Greenleaf, all white men, Dauphin No. 1, forty; No. 2, thirty- two; No. 3, twenty-one; Harrisburg No. 1, sixteen; No. 2, twenty-eight; No. 3, twenty-five; Perry, thirty-seven; Lebanon No. 1, thirty-two; No. 2, twenty-seven; Juniata, twenty. The Dauphin, Perry Cumberland, Northumberland, Blair, Juniata, Mifflin, Huntingdon and some of the other up-State draft districts men for Camp Green, N. C., will leave Harrisburg on a special train at 7 p. m., August 30. Some of the Lancaster and York contingents will join the train at York. Adams, Fulton and Franklin men will go by way of Hagerstown. These contingents will go after the Camp Lee men, who will leave from this section on Monday next by special trains. MARSH RUN WORKER KILLED George Walters, an employe of Black & Company, Marsh Run contractors, who received a fractured skull and other injuries at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon when he fell from a roof on which he was working, died in the Harrisburg Hospital at 5.25 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Walters' home is 503 Franklin street, Corning, N. Y. IF NOT ASSESSED YOU CANNOT VOTE Voters of the city and county cannot vote at the election in November unless they are assessed and the city voters must be assessed before they can be registered. The county commissioners issued special notices today urging voters to be assessed on either September 4 or 5, the final assessment days of the year. In the country districts the assessors will sit at the polling places but in the city the voters will have to go to the assessors' homes to get their names on the assessment books. Those voters who were assessed and voted last Spring need not bother about getting assessed this Fall, but those who moved from one election district to another or who were not assessed before the primary should make arrangements on September 4 or 5 to get their names on the rolls. After the city voters are assessed they will be required to register. Old registrations will not be good for the Fall election. Everyone must register anew and three days have been fixed for the registration, as follows: September 5, September 17 and October 5. GORNER'S DEATH TOLD BY CAPTAIN Mrs. William Gorner, who resides at 1916 Penn street, this city, received a letter written by the captain of the company in which her husband, William Gorner, was a corporal when he was killed, June 16, in France, and which was sent to the mother of the dead soldier. Memorial services for Gorner were held recently in Zion's Reformed Church at Marietta, where his parents reside. The letter follows: "In the field, June 21, 1918. "Dear Mrs. Gorner: "I have hardly the heart to send the enclosed letter to you but I found it today among the mail to be censored. It must have been written by your son a week ago, but he was ordered to the front and prevented it being sent. "Your son had the honor of being the first man of my company to give his life for his country and civilization. He gave all he had, with a courageous and faithful spirit and the sacrifice he made is a blow, fearful and terrible, not only to you but to each officer and man in this company. Your grief and sorrow, my words cannot avail, but I can assure you that your son's death was a glorious one and you may well be proud of him. "He was killed by a German rifle grenade, and I can assure you there was no suffering and death was instantaneous. We could not carry his body back to the rear, so heavy was the German fire, and so buried him upon a hilltop of France, not 100 yards from the German lines. After the war I hope we may bring his body back to America. Let us who remain fight on to victory in the cause for which your son gave his life. "I wish to convey to you and his family my personal heartfelt sympathy an the condolence of Company A, the 4th Regiment of United States Infantry. "Very sincerely, "TRUMAN SMITH, "Capt, Inf. Commanding Co. A." The letter referred to by Captain Smith was one written by Corporal Gorner and when found had not been sealed. Marshal Smith Gets Pair of Draft Evaders Two draft evaders were picked up yesterday by Harvey T. Smith, Deputy United States Marshal, one in Steelton, and the other in Chambersburg, and both have been sent to army camps. Both men had contended that they were below the draft age, and therefore, did not have to register, but the Marshal proved their statements false and he turned both over to draft boards, who prepared the necessary induction papers. The Steelton man was Joseph Hunter. Edward Bohanns was sent to camp today by a Chambersburg board. MORAVIAN C. E. UNION IN FOURTH CONVENTION LITITZ, Aug. 22. - With a hundred delegates present, the twenty- fourth annual convention of the First Moravian Christian Endeavor Union of the eastern district opened yesterday at Linden Hall Seminary. The speakers were: The Rev. E. S. Crosland, Lititz; the Rev. I. E. Deer, Reading; the Rev. H. E. Stocker, Bethlehem; the Rev. E. S. Hagen, Newdrop, N. Y., and H. B. Macroy, state secretary. Navy Wireless Operator A. C. LEHMER [photo] A. C. Lehmer, son of Mrs. A. A. Lehmer, of White Hill, has left for Norfolk, Va., to join the Navy. He formerly had been employed by the Western Union Telegraph Company, in this city, but prior to enlisting as a wireless operator in the Navy, was in the employ of the B. & O. Railroad as telegrapher in Baltimore. OPPERMAN IN NAVY Erwin C. Opperman, a son of Henry Opperman, contractor, 131 Paxton street, left yesterday for Norfolk, Virginia, where he is stationed in the United States Navy as a third-class yeoman. He is a graduate of Central High School in the class of 1907 and is well known throughout the city. Oberlin Boy Arrives THEODORE R. SMITH [photo] Theodore R. Smith, Company D. 304th Engineer Corps, has reached France. His home is in Oberlin. ACTIVITIES IN THE REALM OF SOCIETY AND PERSONAL NOTES OF INTEREST COOKING SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT The commencement dinner of the Reservoir Park Cooking School, which has finished a successful course under the efficient management of Miss Anna Mae Bender, will be held this evening at 5 o'clock in the Domestic Science School at the park. Fourteen members of the graduating class will receive the ribbon badge and a diploma and sign of faithful service during the term. A table arranged for forty guests will be decorated in the national colors, with a variety of lovely garden flowers through the center while the place cards will be marked with the American flag. With what earnestness the work has been carried on will be evident in the delicious menu which the young cooks themselves will prepare. The dinner, served in courses, will consist of the following: Consomme Salted nuts Olives Celery Chicken Croquettes Peas Mashed Potatoes Rolls and butter Fruit Salad Apple Pie a la mode Coffee The members of the class who will receive ribbons are the Misses Dorothy Paul, Mary Emma Fisher, Sara Beck, Kathryn Walmer, Ethel Stockdale, Ruth Potteiger, Cecelia Harris, Laura Straining, Dorothy Saul, Ruch Macey, Helen Perkins, May Mountz, Romayne Davis and Luella Anderson. Among the forty guests will be Edward Z. Gross, superintendent of parks and public property; V. Grant Forrer, assistant superintendent of parks and public property, and J. K. Staples, supervisor of public playgrounds. [note: does say Ruch] SLOVAKS UNFURL WAR HONOR FLAG MIDDLETOWN, Aug. 22. - The second day's session of the Central Committee of the Slovak League of America opened this morning at 9 o'clock, in the Jednota Home, near here, with the president, Elbert Mamatey, of Braddock, in the chair. The first thing on the program was the unfurling of a service flag, which contained one large star in the center of it and in the center of the star was the number 1185, representing the toll of the boys who have gone from the ranks of the Slovak League to enter the military service of the United States. On the flag were also seven gold stars, signifying that seven of the Slovak boys have died in the great war. A requiem mass was then held in honor of the memory of these boys. Following the mass, all the members of the Central Committee left the Jednota Home and journeyed about a mile of it where a picnic was held. At the picnic Colonel Vladimir Hurban, recently from the Czecho-Slovak armies now operating in Russia, was scheduled for an address, in which he was to relate many interesting things concerning the Czecho-Slovak armies and also to tell of the many intrigues against the Russian government. 2500 Pennsylvanians to Go to Camp Forest War Department officials today forwarded a call to the State Draft Bureau here for 2500 men, qualified for general military service, to go to Camp Forest, Ga., during the period beginning September 4. The call today brings the total of the number of Pennsylvania men who will enter the military service during the first week in September to approximately 15,500. Personal Briefs Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Martin and children, of Riverside, left this morning for New York City. Miss Katharine Grittinger, of Lebanon, is the guest of Mrs. George A. Gorgas, 216 Maclay street. The Misses Julia and Kathryn Stamm, 333 South Thirteenth street, have gone to Blue Ridge Summit, where they will join a party of friends at the Beuna Vista Hotel. Mrs. Robert Hall, formerly of this city, has gone to San Antonio, Tex., to join her husband, Lieutenant Hall, who is stationed at Camp Travis. Mrs. Hall will remain until her husband leaves for 'overseas." Miss Sara Cooper, of Camp Hill, who has been taking a course of nursing at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, will spend her vacation at Asbury Park, N. J. Mrs. George King Keet, 268 Boas street, has returned from a trip to New York. Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Hatfield and son Grant, of Denver, Col., are the guests of Mrs. Alice Barringer, at her residence, 129 Evergreen street. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bailey, of Paxtang, are on a motor trip to Boston, Mass. Mrs. Charles Aronson and her daughter, Jeanette, 2010 North Third street, will leave shortly for Long Branch, N. J., where they will spend the remainder of the Summer. Mrs. Lester Haup and daughters, Lucile, Frances and Lillian Haup, of this city, have returned from Ararat Summit after a visit of several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Kiehl and Mr. and Mrs. John Myers, of McKessport, are visiting friends in Harrisburg. Miss Agnes Grittinger, of Lebanon, has accepted a position in Harrisburg and will reside for the present at the Civic Club. Miss Frances Moyer, 108 North Thirteenth street, has returned to her home after spending a few days with Dr. and Mrs. S. Z. Shope, at Selinsgrove. Arthur C. Leitner, of Richland, is spending the week with his nephew, Kermit Landis Leitner, at 20 South Twentieth street. Miss Mabel F. Harris, 2354 North Sixth street, has returned from a two weeks' visit with relatives in Duncannon, to resume her duties as teacher of the sixth and seventh grades in the Foose Building, for the coming year. Mrs. John S. Vaughn, 14 South Fourth street, has gone to Atlantic City for the remainder of August and the months of September and October. From there she will leave for Connecticut to visit at various places and Boston, Mass., where she will spend a month. Corp. George C. Neff, now attached to the Medical Corps at El Paso, Texas, left last night for his cantonment after spending a fifteen-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Neff, 1810 North Sixth street. Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Morrett, 1439 Susquehanna street, have received word that their son, Elmer T. Morrett, who was stationed at Syracuse, N. Y., has been assigned to the instruction school, Gas Defense Division, Lakehurst, N. J. H. B. Dallmus has returned to New York after visiting his sister, Mrs. S. T. Morrett, 1430 Susquehanna street. Miss Esther Dallmus, of Baltimore, is also Mrs. Morrett's houseguest. Ross K. Bergstresser was presented with a fountain pen by the male chorus of Stevens Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church. He has taken a position with L. F. Grammes & Sons, of Allentown, and will leave this city next week to take up his new work. Mr. Bergstresser was employed in the sales department of the J. Horace McFarland Printer. Little "Sonny" Keet, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George King Keet, 268 Boas street, will be the young guest of honor at a supper party this afternoon from 4 until 6 o'clock, at Reservoir Park, the occasion being "Sonny's" birthday anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Keet will receive the young guests at the park where they will enjoy all sorts of outdoor games. Late in the afternoon supper will be served at a long table especially arranged, with appointments in real military style. The center of the table will feature a huge birthday cake, elaborately decorated and lighted with a candle for each year, while red, white and blue candles will be lighted at the place of each guest. The favors for the boys will be khaki and "Uncle Sam" hats while the small girls will be delighted with the red, white and blue knitting bags. Mr. and Mrs. Keet will be assisted in entertaining the young folks by Miss Margaret Romayne Boyer, Miss Getha High, Miss Caroline Hahn and Miss Elizabeth Watts. The guests will include Margaret Hagerling, Dorothy Jane Troup, Jane Wambaugh, Eleanor Sides, Alice Raub, Mary Virginia Rikenbach, Nancy Clark Hatz, Ruel Sides, Frank Mason Long, "Billy" Hammond, John Mackenson, Francis Ramer, Charles Clayton and "Sonny" Keet. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gates, of Allen, was the scene of a pretty wedding last Thursday evening when their daughter, Miss Adeline Amelia Gates and Ellsworth Miller Heisey, of near Williams' Grove, were united in marriage with the Rev. J. W. Gables, officiating. Only the immediate families were in attendance. The Romig Family Association is holding the sixth annual reunion at Rolling Green Park, near Sunbury, today. The officers of the association are W. H. Romig, of this city, president; S. Harvey Romig, Allentown, vice president, and F. W. Getz, Lewisburg, secretary. ALL OF THE NEWS OF STEELTON, MIDDLETOWN AND DAUPHIN COUNTY STEELTON $500 IS LOSS IN MYSTERY BLAZE STEELTON, Aug. 22. - Fire of unknown origin partly destroyed the plumbing shop and residence of G. Newkam & Sons, 12 Mohn street, early this morning. It is estimated that the loss will amount to about $500. The blaze was discovered at 3.45 o'clock after it had gained considerable headway and before the firemen had it under control it had gutted the plumbing shop and found its way between the walls in the residence over the plumbing shop. It is believed the fire was caused by the accidental throwing of a lighted cigarette into a box filled with excelsior on the river alley side of the building, as the flames seem to have started at this point outside the building. Steelton Draft Board's Selectives for Lee Local Draft Board No. 1 of Dauphin County yesterday announced the names of the selective service men who will leave next Monday morning for Camp Lee, Va. The men who were ordered to report for final instructions on Saturday morning are as follows: Enna W. Reigel, West Londonderry Township; Hiram W. Slesser, Middletown, R. F. D. No. 2; Fred Stickle, 370 Chestnut street, Steelton; Elmer Stauffer, 1511 North Sixth street, Harrisburg; Howard Weirich, 58 State street, Middletown; Charles Blair Hartman, Railroad Y. M. C. A., Freedom; Orville Frank Beidel, 30 South Third street, Steelton; Paul Francis Flury, 255 Spring street, Middletown; Guiseppe Guerrise, 339 South Fourth street, Steelton; Walter Stauffer Seiders, 328 Mulberry street, Steelton; John Nicholas Borel, Highspire; Earl Benjamin Fishburn, Middletown; William Carl Bausman, Middletown, R. F. D. No. 1; Charles Edward Pugh, 248 South Second street, Steelton; John Henry Seitz, Royalton. MISSING IN ACTION A telegram was received yesterday by relatives of Anthony Galez, 6 Chambers street, that Galez is missing in action on the French fighting front. Galez is of Czecho-Slovak birth and a member of Company C, 112th Infantry, which was organized in Chambersburg. BURIED IN NEW YORK The body of Raymond Mackey, who died from injuries received when he was caught under a truck on the narrow gauge railroad at the steel works, Monday, will be sent to Gloversville, N. Y., for burial. STEELTON PERSONALS Warren A. Eshelman, assistant foreman of No. 2 forge shop of the local plant of the Bethlehem Steel Company, and family have moved from their former residence on North Front street to their new home on North Conestoga street, recently purchased from J. W. Conrad. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Miller and children, Kathryn and Elmer, motored to Dillsburg Sunday to attend the campmeeting being held there. Miss Jessie Wright, Locust street, has returned from a two weeks' visit with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wright at Woodbury, N. J. Patrolman John Winn is spending two weeks' vacation in the New England States. West Fairview Boy Over LOUIS H. GEORGE [photo] Word has been received here of the safe arrival in France of Louis H. George, of West Fairview, a member of Company C, 316th Infantry. ALL OF THE NEWS OF STEELTON, MIDDLETOWN AND DAUPHIN COUNTY MIDDLETOWN ENTERS PONY CONTEST Harry Longsdorf, of North Spring street, Middletown's smallest man, has entered the Pony Contest, which is now being carried on in the borough under the auspices of the local Chapter of the American Red Cross. Harry has collected many votes up to this time. CAMPING AT CLIFTON Mr. and Mrs. Peck Garver and daughters Alice and Dorothy, and son, Richard, of West Emaus street, are spending this week on a camping trip to Clifton, along the Swatara Creek. Many visitors were at the camp for supper last evening, and included the following from town; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Garver, of East Main street; Miss Sara Davis, of South Union street; Miss Nancy Hanna, of Water street; Earl Dalton, Chaeste West and Harold Treichler. GIVEN BIRTHDAY PARTY A birthday party was held yesterday afternoon for Elwood Cain, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Cain, of South Catherine street. Master Cain has just passed his fifth birthday. Several guests were present from Harrisburg, and the little tot received many presents. Refreshments were served late in the afternoon. PASTOR'S AID MEETING The members of the Pastor's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal church will hold a special meeting this evening at the home of Mrs. J. J. Groupe, on South Union street. All members of the organization are requested to be on hand, as special business pertaining to a day's outing will be discussed. Hummelstown Yank, Wounded, Writes Home HUMMELSTOWN, Aug. 22. - H. F. Gebhardt, of Hummelstown, has received a letter from his son, Corporal Herbert F. Gebhardt, a member of the 17th Company, 5th Regiment, U. S. Marines, stating that he is now in a French hospital convalescing from wounds received in action on July 18. Young Gebhardt was the first Hummelstown boy to arrive in France. He was wounded in an attack made on a German machine gun nest and took part in the fighting at Chateau Thierry. He says that up to the time he was writing, 20,000 German prisoners, hundreds of big guns, and about 3000 machine guns had been captured by the allies. A recreation hut is located near the hospital where Gebhardt is confined and convalescent patients are taken to see moving pictures each day. Corporal Gebhardt hopes to see the "movies" very soon. [Part of this page is ripped off] _ULE MRS. McNEAL SHOULD BE KEPT IN HOSPITAL The special committee appointed __ inquire into the mental condition __Mrs. Frank W. McNeal, composed __ a lawyer, doctor and a layman, __cided today, after visiting Mrs. __cNeal at the Harrisburg Hospital, __ere she is recovering from a bul- ___ wound inflicted in a vain at- ___pt at suicide, that she is of un- ___nd mind and needs to be re- __ained. The committee made out __pers recommending that she be __mmittd to the State Insane Hos- ___al, and the papers were taken to ___anon to be presented to Judge ___nry to be signed. The inquiry developed, according __ a copy of the report filed at the __rthouse, that Mrs. McNeal has no __manent hallucinations or delu- ___s and is not violent, but that she ___uses to take food. MARRIAGE LICENSES _ichard R. Thomas and Levenia E. __man, York. _dward Blunt and Daisy Bennett, __. _cHenry Crowley and Marcella __, city. _harles P. Forrer, city and Rachael __ _aker, Lower Paxton Township. __arence E. Walters and Lovie K. __gner, Lemoyne. LETTERS GRANTED Letters of administration on the estate of Albert E. Burkholder, late of this city, were issued this morning by Register Danner to the widow, Mrs. Emma Burkholder. Gifts for Patrolman and His Bride Members of the city Police Department today presented Patrolman and Mrs. Harrison Bathurst with a mahogany wall clock, a half dozen cut glass tumblers and a cut glass pitcher. Mr. and Mrs. Bathurst were married in this city last Thursday and returned from their wedding tip today. WILSON ON THE UNTIGNOL Robert V. Wilson, of 311 Forster street, is now stationed on the transport U. S. A. Untignol, according to word received by his wife and mother. Wilson enlisted with the Tenth Regulars six years ago and at the outbreak of the war was pronounced physically unfit for service in the Army. He then enlisted in the Navy where he has been transferred several times before. R. W. Moorhead Enters a Suit for Divorce Robert W. Moorhead, manager of the Moorhead Knitting Company, Walnut and Cameron streets, today brought suit for divorce from his wife, Esther P. Moorhead, whom he married on November 20, 1907, and who, he alleges, left him and his home on July 5, 1914. The Moorhead suit is one of five divorce actions begun in court today. The subpoenas were signed by Judge McCarrell and were forwarded here from Eagles Mere where the Judge is summering. Moorhead charges that his wife "willfully and maliciously deserted him and absented herself from his home and habitation without reasonable cause." As in all the other new divorce cases the Sheriff is directed to give the respondent notice of the action and to make a report of the result to the court on September 23. Desertion is charged in two of the other four cases. They are suits of Wallace S. vs. Etta Strawser and Pearl vs. Henry R. Sherk. In the Strawser case it is stated that the couple married on February 13, 1913, and that they separated on October 14, 1914. In the suit filed by Pansy Swarez against Eugene Swarez, the wife mentions Laura Geesey as co-respondent. Jessie M. McCormick declares in her suit that a co-respondent has been the cause of the troubles between her and her husband, George H. McCormick, but that she does not know the co-respondent's name. ACCUSED OF RECKLESS DRIVING Charged with driving an automobile while he was under the influence of liquor and exceeding the city speed limit William Brehm, of this city, will be given a hearing at police court this afternoon. He was arrested last evening by Patrolman Keys, while, it is charged, he was running at a rate of thirty-five miles an hour down Sixth street. Kohler Reaches France SERGEANT MAJOR KOHLER [photo] Word has been received of the safe arrival in France of Sergeant Major B. C. Kohler, a member of the 70th Artillery Headquarters Company, which formerly was stationed at Camp Hamilton. Kohler resided in this city at 1208 Derry street. Will Reclassify Men Sent Home From Camps Draft boards of the city and county have received orders from National Army officers to examine and reclassify selectives who were sent home after they failed to pass the "overseas" or "general service" examinations which they were put through in the army camps. According to the instructions, men so returned are not to be put in class 5, which is the division in which are placed men who are absolutely disqualified for general or limited service. Rather, they are to be put in limited service class which indicates that they are qualified for domestic or non-combatant service, clerical positions, etc. Halifax News Briefs HALIFAX, Aug. 22. - The official board of the Methodist Church has granted a two weeks' vacation to the pastor, the Rev. J. George Smith, to be taken at his own pleasure. Martin L. Snyder, of Halifax Township, has purchased the first farm tractor in this section and is now busy using it in plowing. The Ladies' Bible Class of the United Brethren Sunday School had an outing on Tuesday evening in Buffalo Park. The members of the Halifax Boy Scouts with the Scoutmaster, the Rev. J. G. Smith, spent Tuesday night in Freeland's Woods, near town, and were given first instructions in outdoor cooking according to Scout rules. The Rev. Ira D. Lowery has returned from a two weeks' vacation spent at Mt. Gretna and Cape May, N. J. Huntsdale Boy in France Is Wounded NEWVILLE, Aug. 22. - Mr. and Mrs. William A. Fraker, of Huntsdale, have received official word that their son, William A. Fraker, Jr., was severely wounded while in action. The Frakers reside on a farm owned by Dr. H. H. Longsdorf and is located near Centerville. The telegram was received at this place and telephoned immediately to the boy's parents, who were much relieved when they received a letter written by their son on August 6 from a base hospital, saying that he had been wounded by machine gun bullets which he received in his hand and foot. Young Fraker has lived in Mooredale and vicinity all his life prior to his enlistment. He was 19 years old when he enlisted July 14, 1917. He went to Camp Hancock as a member of Company G, Eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard. When the old Eighth was broken up, Fraker was assigned to Company G, 11th regiment, 25th division. August 31 Set for Samuel Kunkel Day Honor will be done to the memory of Samuel Kunkel, former treasurer of the Democratic Party in this State, when the Central Democratic Club of Harrisburg gathers at Reservoir Park on Saturday, August 31, to observe Samuel Kunkel Day. The time and place were definitely selected at a meeting last evening. All democratic candidates for office from this vicinity will be present, as well as other prominent members of the party from this county and from other parts of the State. Addresses and band concerts will be given during the afternoon and evening. The principal address of the day will be on "The Life and Works of Samuel Kunkel" by B. Frank Nead. Another 112th Boy, of McVeytown, Wounded McVEYTOWN, Aug. 22. - Mrs. Elizabeth Allison has received a telegram stating that her son, Clair J. Fry, had been seriously wounded in the big battle in France. Private Fry is 20 years old, a member of Company M, 112th U. S. Infantry, and a son of the late Elmer Fry. Young Fry's name has not yet appeared in the casualty list. Perry County News MARYSVILLE, Aug. 22. - The demonstration of this afternoon in the series arranged by the Perry County Food Administration was given at New Buffalo by Miss Mary Whiting, of the Pennsylvania State College Farm Bureau Extension. This evening's demonstration, scheduled to start at 7 o'clock, will be given at Duncannon. Tomorrow's schedule includes Liverpool at 2 o'clock in the afternoon and Millerstown at 7 o'clock in the evening. Because of shipping conditions, Mrs. Clayton W. Diebold, of Felton, Cuba, who has been spending several months with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Deckard, at Marysville, will be unable to sail for her home this week. Mrs. Diebold was scheduled to leave Marysville yesterday afternoon, but a telegram yesterday morning notified her that her boat would not sail for one week. The Loysville Red Cross Auxiliary will hold flag raising exercises on Saturday afternoon of this week. Following these ceremonies, an ice cream festival will be held by members of the auxiliary. Mt. Union News MT. UNION, Aug. 22. - Mt. Union has secured the Federal Labor Agency Station for Huntingdon County and Wayne Township of Mifflin County and all labor in this district must be secured through the Mt. Union office which is located in Dr. Gregory's Building on Jefferson street. A registration is being made of all male workers in this district. R. B. Cassady is business manager. Clarence McGarvey, one of the former Post Office clerks, and Chalmers Chilcott, also of Mt. Union, who have been in training at the University of Pittsburgh in the service, have been transferred to Florida to complete their training. The service flag of the General Refractories Company at this place has another star on it, this time for a young woman, Miss Helen Figart, one of the office force, who has volunteered for Red Cross work. Miss Figart has gone to Pittsburgh for her examinations. REILY HOSE FESTIVAL POSTPONED TO AUGUST 30 It has been announced that the festival, which was scheduled to be held Friday and Saturday of this week at Fourth and Dauphin streets under the auspices of the Reily Hose Fire Company, has been postponed to August 30 and 31. This postponement is due to the death of Mrs. Mary Stroh, mother of seven sons, Harry, Charles, Fred, William, John, Crist and Arthur, all of whom are members of the Fire Company. POST 58 LARGEST IN COUNTY, MEMBERS CLAIM It is now claimed that Post 58, G. A. R., is the largest of its kind in the country. It recently celebrated its fiftieth anniversary. The membership at present at 201, while in 1891 there were 700 members. Nineteen deaths have occurred since the beginning of this year. Chief of staff George Rhoads and David Brickel, of Curtin street, are the representatives from Post 58 attending the National Army Encampment at Portland, Oregon. West Shore, Cumberland Valley and Central Pennsylvania News 109 CUMBERLAND BOYS SELECTED CARLISLE, Aug. 22. - The names of sixty-nine men who will go to Camp Lee from District No. 1 of this county next Tuesday, were announced this morning by the local draft board. A captain and eight marshals will be in charge of the men, and, according to the new plan for sending drafted men to camp each will wear an arm band to show that he is enroute to camp. Extensive preparations for a farewell to the draftees are now being planned by the Council of National Defense and when completed, more information concerning the demonstration will be announced. The list contains the following names: District No. 1 William Bruce Stem, Etters; John Ebersole Asper, Mechanicsburg; Wilson Leroy Miller, Harrisburg R. D. 1; Howard A. Neidig, West Fairview; Kenneth Leroy Black, Carlisle R. D. 2; David Russel Murray, Enola; Charles Grover Clelan, Carlisle R. D. 1; Samuel Cleveland Clelan, Carlisle R. D. 1; Charles Kauffman, Mechanicsburg R. D. 4; Freeland Rhoades, Mechanicsburg; Ralph Franklin Zell, Allen; James Clifford Koller, Mechanicsburg; Frank M. Cornman, Carlisle R. D. 2; Reuben B. Cornman, Carlisle R. D. 2; William Clayton Gordon, Mechanicsburg; Ross Carson Gutshall, Mechanicsburg R. D. 4; Charles Edward Conrad, Mechanicsburg. Arthur Raymond Troup, Carlisle R. D. 1; George Edgar Trostle, Carlisle R. D. 7; Roy Maurice Bowers, Shiremanstown; Elmer Biddle Wert, Carlisle R. D. 7; John William Conrad, Mechanicsburg; Oscar Earl Crull, Landisburg; Harry S. Rutz, Jr., Carlisle R. D.; Martin Grover Boyer, Hog Island; George Franklin Smyser, Mechanicsburg; William H. Haring, Lemoyne; Chester Shearer, Mechanicsburg R. D. 6; Clifford Earl Weber, Shiremanstown; Horace Dewitt Miller, New Cumberland; John W. Trimmer, Mechanicsburg R. D. 3; Arthur K. Rupp, Shiremanstown. George Bosler Ward, Carlisle R. D. 6; John E. Hoffmaster, Mechanicsburg R. D. 2; George Cleveland Roth, Mechanicsburg R. D. 4; Charles Martin Rothaar, Enola; William W. Stambaugh, Carlisle R. D. 1; Cary F. Wise, Carlisle R. D. 6; Charles H. Shelehamer, Mechanicsburg R. D. 5; Charles S. Kell, Carlisle R. D. 2; George S. Yorlets, Carlisle; Raymond Albert Nace, Carlisle R. D. 1; Francis Bear Myers, Carlisle R. D. 7; Ralph Smith Arbegast, Washington, D. C.; William Richard Lewis, Lemoyne; Albert Harry Yost, Wormleysburg; Christian Seidel Ebersole, Mechanicsburg R. D. 4; Ervin Paul Gochenauer, Mechanicsburg R. D. 2; Elmer Richard Blessing, Mechanicsburg R. D. 6. Raymond Henry Tritt, New Cumberland; Francis E. Coulson, Gardners R. D. 1; Walter S. Martin, Bowmansdale; Avery S. Wenger, Duchess, Albemarle, Canada; Paul O. Sunday, Carlisle R. D. 1; William H. Landis, Mechanicsburg R. D. 5; Howard L. Knisely, Camp Hill; Clarence Edwin Meily, Mechanicsburg R. D. 5; Guy L. Vogelsong, Mechanicsburg R. D. 3; John Stine, Mechanicsburg; Samuel K. Hostetter, Mechanicsburg; Edward J. Renninger, Lemoyne; Vernon Forest Start, Harrisburg; John H. Myers, Marysville; Earl M. Barbour, Camp Hill; Bruce L. Pryor, Lemoyne; Leroy Herman Baird, Harrisburg; Frank Rupp, Mechanicsburg R. D. 1; David Nelson Sheaffer, Carlisle R. D. 1. Alternates - Joseph William Winemaker, Mechanicsburg R. D. 1; William S. Garman, Carlisle R. D. 2; Harry L. Kline, Mechanicsburg R. D. 4; Lorne Mumma, Wormleysburg; John Charles Barry, West Fairview; Paul Monroe Meals, Mechanicsburg. District No. 2 Yesterday afternoon the draft board for District No. 2 made public the names of the forty men to go from that district to Camp Lee on August 27. The names of the men follow: Elmer Kingsboro, Carlisle R. D. 8; Jacob C. L. Ritchey, Minersville; Charles Lewis Dewalt, Carlisle; Jay Bernard Peters, East Stroudsburg; David Franklin Ocker, Shippensburg; Herman David Wolf, Shippensburg R. D. 2; George Harper Brehm, Carlisle R. D. 4; Walter Lewis Dentler, Oakville; Charles Milton Nelson, Newville; Charles David Stuck, Carlisle R. D. 3; Oren Delbert Lay, Carlisle R. D. 8; John Addison Leer, Carlisle R. D. 9; Samuel Cromer Jones, Shippensburg R. D. 2; Frank Albert Diehl, Newville R. D. 2; Clay Lewis Lay, Carlisle R. D. 3; Victor Winifield Danner, Carlisle R. D. 8; Thomas William Givler, Mechanicsburg R. D. 3. George William Walker, Carlisle; Norman Franklin Heiser, Carlisle R. D. 9; Guy Ommer Gutshall, Newville R. D. 3; Frank Wilbur Burkholder, Shippensburg R. D. 6; Blaine George Hurley, Newville R. D. 2; Harry John Smith, Shippensburg R. D. 2; John E. Fogelsonger, Shippensburg; William Harvey Fenton, Carlisle R. D. 4; Philip Wesley Thumma, Newville R. D. 1; William J. Orris, Carlisle R. D. 4; Lawrence Edward Sheaffer, Carlisle R. D. 5; William Earl Anderson, Carlisle R. D. 5; John M. Barrick, Newville R. D. 2; John T. Stull, Carlisle; Elmer E. Miller, Carlisle; Leroy William Carns, Carlisle; Frank E. Philipy, Shippensburg; Ira D. Cope, Shippensburg; Galen H. Gates, Shippensburg; Henry B. McNeal, Carlisle; Russel Loy, Carlisle; Sylvan Clay, Carlisle. Alternates - Ralph Hubley, Shippensburg; George Wallace Burkholder, Shippensburg; Fred Samuel Sollenberger, Newville R. D. 3; Isaac I. Fry, Bloserville; Ervin Ray Smith, Newburg R. D. 1. New Cumberland News; Honor Roll for Borough NEW CUMBERLAND, Aug 22. - A committee representing the several organizations of the borough was appointed by E. C. Dewey at the Community Singing this week when F. S. Frazler, who represents the International Honor Roll Bulletin, brought the subject before the committee. The committee has since decided to purchase one for this town. On the bulletin will be placed the names of all local boys in the service. It will be put up at some public building in the town. The committee will meet at Kaufman's store Monday evening to complete arrangements. A new valve is being put in at Fourth and Market streets by the Mountain Water Company, as the plug at that place leaked. The water was shut off for several squares yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Rosenberger and daughter, of Washington, D. C., are guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Rosenberger. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Myer, of Philadelphia, motored to this place on Tuesday and were guests of Mrs. Myers' sister, Mrs. Jerry Spahr. Mrs. Mae Free, of Philadelphia, is visiting her brother, G. G. Guistwhite. Mrs. Wiererbach and two children, of Allentown, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Williams, of Ninth street. Leonard Rosenberger, who has been spending several months at Mifflin, returned home yesterday accompanied by his cousin, Miss Lenna Robison. Mrs. Catherine Fahs and granddaughter, of York, are guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Good. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Lichtenberger, of Chester, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Shuler. Mr. and Mrs. George Ruhl, of Baltimore, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Charles Leaf. Mrs. W. P. Gohn and son, of Johnstown, are visiting the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Zimmerman, Geary street. Miss Ida Beaverson, of Middletown, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Clarence Sweeney. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Beckley and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fencil have returned from a week's visit to Atlantic City. Prof. and Mrs. E. G. Rose are spending the former's vacation at Meadville and other western Pennsylvania towns. Mr. and Mrs. John Oren, of Pottsville, motored here yesterday and are guests of the former's uncle, Jesse Oren, Sr., Third street. Enola M. E. Church Class Is Entertained ENOLA, Aug. 22. - Mrs. Charles H. Miller, Wyoming avenue, entertained the Ruth and Naomi Class of the Methodist Church at her home. The house was tastefully decorated with flags of the Allies and a very interesting musical program was given. The guests included Mrs. M. Heckert, Mrs. Clair H. Shaffer, Mrs. H. M. Roath, Mrs. W. C. Smith, Mrs. William T. Murphy, Mrs. George Keller, Mrs. Boyer, Artie Miller, Arlene Heckert, Margarette Smith, Katharyne Miller, Florence Troup, Thella Richmond, Mrs. C. H. Miller and Mrs. W. L. Troup. The Ladies' Aid Society of the Enola M. E. Church held its regular meeting in the church auditorium last evening. On account of conditions due to the war this organization will not hold its annual picnic this season. The society has assumed $250 of the church indebtedness and will raise this amount by self-denial of the members. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Fisher and son are visiting relatives in Roanoke, Va. Mrs. Joseph Mumma has returned from a visit to Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Rockey and three children are visiting in Atlantic City. E. H. Shell and son are visiting in Atlantic City for several days. 30 Perry County Boys Go to Camp Lee Aug. 27 NEW BLOOMFIELD, Aug. 22. - Thirty more men will leave this place next Tuesday, August 27, at 4 P. M. for Camp Lee, Va. They will report to the Perry County Draft Board at ten o'clock Tuesday morning. The last nine men on the list are given here are taken from class one of the men who registered on June 5th of this year. All the class one men in the first draft list have now been called, with a few exceptions. Those who will go on Tuesday are: John R. Hench, Landisburg; Sherman D. Fry, Ickesburg; Thornton A. J. Conrow, Hog Island; Charles E. Garlin, Alinda; Forest M. Lightner, Landisburg; Paul R. Smith, Ickesburg; John H. Ricedorf, Ickesburg; James A. Reeder, Newport; Banks R. Rohm, Blain; James H. Satzler, Millerstown; Roy C. Hench, Landisburg; J. R. H. Latchford, Newport; Alfred Lowe, Duncannon; J. Walker Snyder, Elliottsburg; Nevin E. Roush, Duncannon; Charles C. Copp, Hershey; John W. Zellers, Liverpool; Clarence B. Kipp, Millerstown; Fred C. Knuth, Newport; Frank L. Mumper, Loysville; Ralph K. Smith, Aisna Run; Benjamin F. Harp, Duncannon; Ralph M. Rhodes, Newport; Herman H. Hipple, Marysville; Charles W. Reisinger, Millerstown; Orlando V. Trostle, New Germantown; Frank A. Flickinger, Andersonburg; William Rowe, Andersonburg; William T. Jacobs, New Bloomfield. SALESMAN DIES IN HOTEL HAGERSTOWN, Aug. 22. - C. H. Muller, 53, hair goods salesman, Williamsport, and member of York Lodge of Moose, was found dead in bed at Hotel Hamilton, here, yesterday. Acting Coroner Ditney decided Muller had died of neuralgia of the heart. Nine Cases Infantile Paralysis in Franklin CHAMBERSBURG, Aug. 22. - There are now nine cases of infantile paralysis in Franklin County, including two deaths. In the family of Martin Reese, in Lurgan Township, a second child died from the disease. In all former epidemics in Franklin County, no family had two deaths or was a second case reported. A child of Solomon Pogue, in Light alley, has the disease. This alley had smallpox a few months ago. The quarantine for the paralysis will be set from twenty-one to thirty days, and every effort made to stamp it out. Knights of Pythias Elect State Officers BRADFORD, Aug. 22. - The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, Knights of Pythias, at yesterday's session, announced these officers after E. M. Hutchinson, of Harmony, had been elected grand inner guard: Grand chancellor, M. R. Daughtery, Pittsburgh; vice chancellor, B. B. Bodie, Philadelphia; prelate, H. F. Jones, Plymouth; master-at-arms, W. J. Sylvester, Pittsburgh; keeper of records and seals, Lemuel Wilt, Philadelphia; master of exchequer, Julius Mountjoy, Philadelphia; grand outer guard, W. M. Cherry, Philadelphia. FIRE IN TAMAQUA TAMAQUA, Aug. 22. - Fire of an incendiary origin in the business center of town yesterday cleaned out the building, which is vacant, and damaged the stock of F. J. Scheid's department store to the extent of $2000. Newport Boy, Gassed in France, Tells Story NEWPORT, Aug. 22. - Another Newport boy has been slightly gassed in France, Cloyd Manning, serving with the Headquarters Company of the First Engineers, and a former member of the Newport Dauphin-Perry League baseball team, suffered gas burns from which he has recovered and again taken up active work. Concerning the gassing, Manning writes under date of August 4, when he was still in the hospital: "I had to pass twice through a valley from which I was certainly lucky to escape. It was while going through the second time that I got gassed. The valley was so filled with smoke from exploding shells mixed with a little gas that I could not see my way with the mask on, so I took it off to accelerate my progress. After getting out we dug holes in the side of a high bank and it was there that I got about an hour and one-half sleep while high explosive shells were dropping all around. This was all the sleep I got during one period of sixty-five hours." Local Lad Tells of Bayonetting the Hun A letter has been received in this city by the secretary of the Keystone Lodge, No. 42, Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, from Benjamin Stehman, Company K, 4th United States Infantry, who was formerly a member of the lodge and employed as a brakeman on the Philadelphia Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. He gives a vivid description of an attack on the Huns and how he went over the top. The attack of the Yanks took place July 14, and Stehman writes that they "took the Boche by surprise. It wasn't five minutes until we had one on the end of our bayonet," he writes. "We never take prisoners when we go into bayonet combat," says Stehman. "It is either you or him that comes back to tell the tale." Stehman has been slightly wounded and gassed and now is in a French hospital. He expects to be back on the front again in a month. First City District's Men to Meet Saturday The selectives whom the draft board of the first city district will send to Camp Lee on Monday will be assembled in the courthouse on Saturday morning at 10.30 o'clock and then they will be given instructions as to what to do when they reach camp. Just who will address the selectives has not yet been determined but the instructors will be selected from the following list: Captain Henry M. Stine, Dr. J. George Becht, J. W. Rodenhaver, Joseph C. Claster and Dr. J. H. Royer. All five may have something to say to the boys. DeHart Is Promoted EUGENE E. DEHART [photo] Eugene E. DeHart, with the University of Pittsburgh Training Detachment, writes to his father, Edwin DeHart, 1605 South Cameron street, that he has been promoted to Sergeant of his company and that he is enjoying the work and training very much. His many friends in Harrisburg and Mechanicsburg, where he formerly lived, are congratulating him on his rapid advancement in the service of his country. Herndon Camp Closing Attended by Hundreds HERNDON, Aug. 22. - The camp-meeting which opened here August 13 came to a close last evening at twilight with the usual ring ceremony in which about 300 participated. This camp was one of the most successful held here for many years, financially and spiritually. The Rev. A. E. Hangen, of Harrisburg, preached the first sermon. Presiding Elder W. F. Heil had charge of the camp. At the communion services Sunday 354 communed. The Misses Albert and Trumfheller, students of Albright College, assisted in the singing and also sang a number of excellent duets. The Rev. Herbert Moyer, of Williamstown, had charge of children's meeting, and the Rev. A. W. Brownmiller, of Sunbury, conducted the evangelistic services. The sermon to "old follies" was delivered by the Rev. S. L. Wiest, one of the oldest ministers in the service of the church. The Women's Missionary services were in charge of Mrs. E. A. Riegle, of Harrisburg. This little camp town consists of fifty-six cottages and forty-two white tents and all were filled. There were sixteen conversations during the camp's progress. AUTO HITS CYCLIST While riding his bicycle early last evening, Charles Schmauck, 8 years old, of Front and Cumberland streets, was considerably shaken up but uninjured when he was struck by an automobile, driven by S. B. Peters, 205 Myers street, Steelton, at Cumberland and Second streets. The bicycle was badly smashed. WOMEN FIGHT ON STREET Charged with fighting on a public thoroughfare, Florence Fletcher and Gertrude Washington, both colored, of North Seventh street, were arrested last night. They will be given a hearing at police court late this afternoon. Hazzard Writes He's Well JOHN T. HAZZARD [photo] John T. Hazzard, of Field Hospital Company No. 125, 107th Sanitary Train, is a West Fairview boy, who recently wrote to his wife that he was well. This brought much comfort to Mrs. Hazzard inasmuch as the name of a "John T. Hazzard of Pennsylvania" recently appeared in the casualty list. Wrist Watch Given to Francis J. Williams Francis J. Williams, a faithful and valued colored employe of the Pennsylvania Railroad station restaurant in this city, who will leave tomorrow for Camp Lee to enter the service of his Country, was given a handsome wrist watch yesterday by his many associates, who say he has always been prompt in dispatching his duties and a conscientious and willing worker. In appreciation of Williams' association with them, the following contributed toward the wrist watch: Frank Shack, head waiter; William P. Allen, F. R. Birch, Morris Johnson, J. T. Snow, John Passey, Fred D. Young, Holmes Hackett and Frank Brynt. Doctors Meet to Form a Volunteer Reserve A meeting was held this afternoon in the Harrisburg Club, Front and Market streets, of the State Committee on the formation of the Pennsylvania State Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps. Doctors from different parts of the State were present and a program was mapped out for this new organization. It will include practically all doctors in the State who are too old to enter the service or who are otherwise physically disabled. Word has been received from Washington that this new organization is to be completely formed by September 1. Army Promotions Announced Today WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. - The following nominations were sent to the Senate by President Wilson this afternoon: Major General to be major general in the United States Army - Jesse McI. Carter, chief militia bureau. Brigadier generals to be major generals in the United States Army - William H. Johnston, Beaumont B. Buck, William Weigel, Robert L. Alexander, Robert Alexander, John L. Hines, Grote Hutchison, Walter H. Gordon, Eli A. Helmick, William Lassiter and William S. McNair. To be assistant surgeon general with rank of major general - Brigadier General Merritt W. Ireland. Colonels, to be brigadier generals in the army of the United States - Henry C. Newcomer, Laroy S. Upton, Peter W. Davison, Howard L. Laubach, Frank H. Ramford, George H. Estes, Briant H. Wells. PERMIT TO BUILD Mrs. Mildred L. Ommert obtained a permit from the Building Inspector today to build an addition to the property at 729 South Nineteenth street, costing $600. BRETZ STORE STILL OPEN Thomas C. McCarrell, trustee of the estates of the bankrupt Bretz brothers, announced this afternoon that the hardware store will not be closed for the present. The trustee thinks that it will be for the best interest of the creditors to have the store open for business. Stingle Is Over Seas LEROY H. STINGLE [photo] Mrs. Susan E. Stingle, 650 Cumberland street, has received word of the safe arrival "overseas" of her son, private Leroy H. Stingle, a member of Company A, 313th Machine Gun Battalion. He was formerly stationed at Camp Lee. $25 Fine or 30 Days for Street Walkers Edith Klinger, of Pottsville, and Merle Snook, who gave 1839 Derry street as her home address, were accused by a city detective in police court this afternoon with soliciting and Alderman Householder gave each the choice of paying a $25 fine or spending thirty days in jail. They didn't have the ready money but they indicated that they mean to avoid going to jail, if possible. The Klinger woman has been in town ten days and in that time she and her "pal," the Snook girl, have been in the police net twice. J. H. Sparks, W. G. Baer and Bert Wagner, three colored men arrested for gambling, pleaded guilty to "rollin' one dice" and each paid a $10 fine. Half a dozen young men were up for creating a disturbance at Third and Broad streets early this morning but they were released with a reprimand. A drunk promised to take the pledge and support his family and he was discharged by the lenient alderman.