NEWS: Items from The Evening News, August 29, 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 29, 1918 Missing Houser May Be Middletown Boy MARTIN L. HOUSER [photo] The casualty list yesterday carried the name of Martin L. Houser, "331 Rush street, Philadelphia," reported missing in action in France, and William F. Houser, former custodian of the Dauphin County Courthouse, who lives at 331 Race street, Middletown, and who has a son by the name of Martin L. Houser, is wondering with some apprehension whether the casualty report is an error as to the missing man's address, particularly as the street number in each case is "331." The father is especially anxious because his son is with the 112th Regiment and has been at the western battle front in France for some time. He has two other sons in the service, Etter N., who has made his mark in the recruiting service, and Charles K., a sharpshooter. Mr. Houser has wired Washington for full information. HURT IN CRASH IN LEMOYNE LEMOYNE, Aug. 29. - Elmer Clay, of Plainfield, received bruises about the body this morning when an automobile he was driving crashed into a telegraph pole at State and Market streets, North Lemoyne, He was taken to a nearby house, but soon was able to go home. He said he lost control of the machine. YEAGERTOWN BOY OF 17 IS MISSING [photo] Among Central Pennsylvanians mentioned in the official casualty list today are Samuel Resh, Lancaster, wounded severely in action; Edward F. Spickler, Columbia, missing in action; Calvin Byer, Littlestown, missing in action. Samuel H. Barlett, 17 years old, mentioned in the list yesterday as severely wounded, is a son of Mrs. Ida Barlett, of Yeagertown, near Lewistown. He enlisted in Company M, of Lewistown, when three months under 17 years old, but was a member of Company F, 110th United States Infantry, when wounded. His relatives knew nothing of his wounds until shown the list. Benjamin Stehman, a former Pennsylvania Railroad employe in this city, has been gassed in an attack on the western front in France, according to word received here by relatives. Stehman, who is a resident of Steelton, is a member of Company K, Fourth Infantry. Private Edward F. Spickler, of Columbia, reported today as missing in action in France July 13, is a son of Mrs. Ada Spickler. He is 39 years old and was a painter. He first enlisted in Company C, 4th Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guards, and was with that command on the Mexican border. When the command left Columbia for Camp Hancock he went with it and was there transferred to the 109th Machine Gun Battalion. Later he was transferred to the 110th Infantry and assigned to Company L. He went overseas with that contingent. Goodyear Renominated Carlisle's Postmaster WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. - President Wilson today nominated Fisk Goodyear to be postmaster at Carlisle. CARLISLE, Aug. 29. - Fisk Goodyear has been postmaster in Carlisle for more than four years. His term expired last March but he has been continued in office and the nomination today, if confirmed, means his formal reappointment for another term, dating from last March. ALL OF THE NEWS OF STEELTON, MIDDLETOWN AND DAUPHIN COUNTY STEELTON ARREST HIGHWAYMEN While patrolling his beat on the West Side near midnight Tuesday, Patrolman Pearson came upon two Mexicans in the act of holding up two foreigners in Iron alley. When the officer came upon the scene, Brobenera Madrich, one of the Mexicans, held a butcher knife with a blade fifteen inches in length with the point against the stomach of one of the near-victims. The other Mexican gave his name as Joe Vartos after the pair were locked up by Pearson. According to information furnished the police, Madrich is known as a bad man on the West Side and is said to have once been a bandit. The pair will be given a hearing by Squire Stees on a charge of robbery. MIDDLETOWN GOING OUT OF BUSINESS H. K. Baum, East Emaus street, the only remaining ice dealer in town, is offering his ice house and full equipment at private sale. Since Frank Winaugle, a former iceman of the borough, has discontinued his business, Mr. Baum was the only one remaining. GREENE GOES TO WORK Morris Greene, who was severely burned on his left foot last week at the Wincroft Stove Works, when a ladle of hot metal was poured into his shoe, has returned to his work. PERSONALS Miss Charlotte Beachler, of Pittsburgh, has returned to her home after spending some time in town as the guest of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Beachler, North Union street. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Hipple and son Harvey, of Pike street, have returned home from a several days' visit with relatives in Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Garver, of Water street, have returned home after a several days' auto trip to cities in the northern part of the State. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Root have returned home after spending several days in Pittsburgh visiting friends and relatives. Ferro-Manganese Plant Started at Marietta MARIETTA, Aug. 29 - Yesterday morning at 8 o'clock Miss Helen Morgan, 5 years old, daughter of Assistant Superintendent Morgan, pressed the electric button which started the fires in the cupola of the Marietta plant of the Lavino Furnace Company at the eastern end of this borough. This furnace produces ferro-manganese, so essential to the manufacture of steel and all munitions of war and has been in successful operation for the past year. The fact that the old column bases had raised by the action of the heat fifteen inches made it necessary to practically rebuild the furnace in its entirety. With this object in view the furnace went out of blast on July 3, last. YORK BOY WOUNDED OTTAWA, Ont., Aug. 28. - E. Stoke, York, Pa., was listed as wounded and J. E. Riddle, Pittsburgh, was listed as seriously ill in today's Canadian casualties. ACTIVITIES IN THE REALM OF SOCIETY AND PERSONAL NOTES OF INTEREST COUNTRY CLUB RED CROSS DAY Labor Day will be Red Cross Benefit Day at the Harrisburg Country Club, when the big event of the holiday will be a handicap golf tournament for men, for the vice president's cup, presented by Walter P. Maguire. The fee to play will be $1, which will be given to the day's fund for the Red Cross. Attractive booths will be placed on the lawn around the club house where sandwiches, iced tea, ginger ale, etc., will be sold by Red Cross workers dressed in their customary white aprons and headdress. The booths will be in charge of the following committee: Mrs. Harry Neale, Miss Ruth Payne, Miss Elizabeth Knisely, Miss Almeda Herman, Miss Mary Mitchell and Miss Dorothy Wallower. In the evening a special dinner will be served and reservations for dinner parties should be made as soon as possible. More than forty members have already engaged tables and from present indications the club will have a record-breaking crowd. The event of the evening will be a dance with music by the Updegrove Orchestra. Entries for the golf tournament should be made to Harry T. Neale, who is chairman of the committee for golf. All members are cordially invited to help make the "Red Cross Day" a big event in the annals of the club. The third annual reunion of the Lindemuth family will be held in the picnic grove, a short distance below the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Station Hamburg, Monday, September 2, Labor Day. There will be a business session at 1.30, followed by a program of music and addresses and the committee expects to have an address by a representative of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, showing what part the Lindemuths took in the early history of the State. Personal Briefs Miss Helen Gerdes, of Philadelphia, is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Gerdes, 1608 North Third street. Mrs. Charles Hartman and daughter Helen, of Baltimore, were the week- end guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. Mowell Hawkins, 1516 South Twelfth street. Mrs. Mary Boyle and Miss Amy Boyle, 1404 North Third street, have returned home from a trip to Shippensburg and other points in Cumberland County, where they were the guests of relatives and friends. Miss Helen Holler, 1640 Market street, has returned home after a trip to Cleveland and Niagara Falls. Miss Julia H. Zudrell, 29 North Seventeenth street, has returned from a trip to Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Mr. and Mrs. William Pearson, who are summering at their country place near New Cumberland, are home after a fortnight's trip on the Hudson, Lake George and many other points of interest. Miss Sara McCulloch, 604 North Third street, will return home the latter part of the week after spending some time at the Burns cottage, at Cape May, where she was the guest of Miss Marian Burns. Miss Mary W. Hawes, 127 State street, who is spending the summer with her parents, the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. George Edward Hawes, at Fair Haven, O., will enter Western College the latter part of September. Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Bergstresser and son, Robert Bergstresser, 1330 Derry street, will leave the latter part of this week for their new home in Allentown. Mrs. M. K. Kennedy, 1223 Market street, left yesterday for an extended trip to Philadelphia, New York and Atlantic City. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Smith and daughter-in-law, Mrs. C. Wesley Smith and granddaughter, Elizabeth Kinter, 2426 North Sixth street, are visiting in Norfolk, Va., and other Southern points. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Flickinger, 2102 North Fourth street, are spending the week in Ocean Grove, N. J. The Misses Katherine Seel, Anna Seel and Elizabeth Seel, Mrs. Augustus Lutz and Miss Inez Costa Shaffer, of this city, expect to leave Saturday for a three days' motor trip to Wilkes-Barre, Harvey's Lake, the Poconos and Delaware Water Gap, returning by way of Bethlehem and Reading. The need for student nurses to enter the hospitals and take the places of the graduate nurses who have gone to the front is still urgent, and the drive for volunteers will continue indefinitely. Miss Frances M. Scott, of the Harrisburg Hospital, who is in charge of the local recruiting announces the following names added to the list of applicants: Miss Margaret Good, 402 North Second street; Miss Fern McFarland, Decatur, Ill., who is at present employed in this city, and Miss Ruth Kaser, who is residing at the Masonic Home, Elizabethtown. K. of C. Sends Artists to Camp Colt Musicale Miss Margaret Vaughn, harpist, of this city, assisted by Harold E. Malsh, violin; Margaretta Kennedy, cello; Alda Kennedy, piano, and Katherine Dubbs, soprano, will give a musicale at Camp Colt, Gettysburg, Wednesday evening, September 11. An appropriate program is being arranged. The event is under the auspices of Harrisburg Council 869, Knights of Columbus, and is one of a series of entertainments which the local knights have planned for the soldier boys at Gettysburg. Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Saylor, 1558 Mineral Springs Road, Reading, announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Myra Saylor, to C. Frederic Cornman, of this city. Mr. Cornman is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Cornman, of Madison, Wis., formerly of Carlisle. Miss Rheda Bird was delightfully was delightfully entertained at the home of Miss Katherine Rudy, 427 Peffer street, Tuesday evening. Following an evening of music and knitting a buffet supper was served with table appointments in pink and white. Those present were as follows: Miss Rheda Bird, Mrs. William J. Kishpaugh, Mrs. William J. Tate, Mrs. Donald Aldinger, Miss Esther Adams, Miss Naomi Ackley, Miss Stella Barry, Miss Kathryn Lichtenberger, Miss Mary Moore, Miss Hazel Rexroth, Miss Ruth Rexroth, Miss Mary Roth, and Miss Katherine Rudy. Francis J. Machlin, 220 Briggs street, left the city last night for the Field Artillery Officers' Training School, Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky. Mr. Machlin was formerly chief divisional clerk for the Bell Telephone Company. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Mercer, 1320 Vernon street, have received word that their son, Walter LeRoy Vanaman, located at Fort McHenry, Md., has been commissioned a lieutenant. Moe Cooper, stationed at Mineola, N. Y., has been at his home 600 North street, on a two days furlough. The fifty-fifth anniversary of the Bethany Orphans' Home, of Womelsdorf, will be celebrated tomorrow and the committee in charge of arrangements is preparing for a record crowd. Automobiles will transport the excursionists from the various churches throughout eastern Pennsylvania and provisions will be made for the parking of at least 1500 machines. The boy scouts of Sinking Springs, are lending their aid in every possible way to help with the celebration. The proceeds from a chicken dinner and a supper as well as a percentage of the profits from a sale of refreshments will go into the treasury of the Home. There are 185 children in the Home and a successful anniversary celebration will give them pleasure and help them materially in their support. The first meeting of the class in elementary hygiene and home care of the sick, under the auspices of the Harrisburg Red Cross, will be held at the Civic Club on Monday evening at 7.30 o'clock, when all the registrants for the course will meet with Miss Hattie Ensminger, chairman of the elementary hygiene classes. Between fifty and sixty applicants have already applied at the Red Cross headquarters for this course, and it is more than likely that arrangements will be made for several classes. All women interested in taking the course, whether or not they have registered, are invited to attend the meeting. New Cumberland News; Wagner-Steffe Nuptials NEW CUMBERLAND, Aug. 29. - Miss Fannie Steffe, of Bridge street, New Cumberland, and Lester M. Wagner, of Mt. Wolf, York County, were united in marriage on Monday afternoon by the Rev. J. R. Hutchison, at his home on Reno street. The bride wore a traveling suit of dark blue with a black velvet hat. After the ceremony the couple left in the groom's automobile for a week's tour through Eastern cities. After their return they will reside at Norfolk, Va., where Mr. Wagner is stationed, he being a sailor in the United States Navy. Lloyd Reiff, who runs the delivery truck for Buttorff & Straley, met with an accident while delivering goods on Third street yesterday. The steering wheel refused to work as he was backing the machine, and it turned over, pinning Mr. Reiff underneath it. He received some cuts and bruises but no bones were broken. The machine was damaged considerably. Paul Bishop, a foreman at the Government plant, had his foot badly hurt when a fifty pound iron bar fell on it. He went to the Harrisburg Hospital and had an X-ray examination made. The Red Cross Auxiliary has rented Brubakers' Hall on Third street and expects to occupy it in a week or ten days. The members have been meeting during the Summer in the parlor of the Citizens Hose Company. TRAIN KILLES MINER SCRANTON, Aug. 29. - Run down by a Delaware & Hudson freight train, Patrick Scanlon, 60 years old, of Archbald, a miner, was killed instantly yesterday a short distance north of the station in that town. Fellow-workmen walking in the track found the mangled body. Burgess of Penbrook Accepted for Army M. L. Ludwick, burgess of Penbrook, has been accepted for active service in the United States Army and left today for Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Jacksonville, Fla. Ludwick was a member of the old Eighth Regiment of the Pennsylvania National Guard for fifteen years. He had made repeated efforts to enter the service but was rejected because of his age. When the age limit was recently raised to 56 years, he again applied for active service in the Remount Service and was found physically perfect and accepted. The burgess is an expert horseman, having at one time been a sergeant in the Governor's Troop, and because of his former military experience he expects to apply for admission to an officer's training camp. PAXTANG BOARD SELECTS 32 MEN Schedules for entrainment of city and county selectives who will leave here next Thursday, September 5, at 11.50 a. m., for Camp Greenleaf, Lytle, Georgia, were received this morning by some local boards of the city and county. The Paxtang Board will send thirty-two men and that board at once announced the names, as follows: Paul B. Henry, Hershey; Addison Boyer, Swatara Station; Jerry Koup, Enhaut; Jacob R. Runkel, Linglestown; Raymond McC. Smee, Bressler; Lester E. Garverich, Penbrook; Edward D. Kimmel, Rutherford Heights; Ralph B. Kramer, Progress; William R. Helsley, Harrisburg, R. D.; Norman L. Zeiders, 40 North Thirteenth street, City; James H. Masimer, Hershey, R. D.; Thomas B. George, Linglestown; John H. Shenk, Penbrook; John H. Care, Linglestown; Earl L. Albright, Penbrook; Tyson Martin, Hummelstown. Norman Z. Stahle, Hershey; Charles A. Datman, Fort Hunter; Eugene Patrick, Hershey; Norman E. Lentz, Hummelstown; Charles R. Grog, Hershey; Joseph E. Weaver, Linglestown; Howard G. Zimmerman, Halifax; William B. Shaunessy, Dauphin; Russell E. Sollenberger, Penbrook; Edgar W. McCoone, Rutherford Heights; Ralph W. Knapp, Dauphin; George B. Kirsch, 2919 Derry; Clifford C. Hocker, Dauphin; Charles K. Landis, Hershey; John T. Fleisher, Steelton; Augusto D'Ambrosio, Hays. TO INSTRUCT SELECTIVES BEFORE GOING TO CAMP As instruction board has been appointed for the second or Paxtang draft district of the county, to help educate selectives as to what to do when they get to camp. The draft board has sent out notices to 101 men telling them to report in Hummelstown on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock for a bit of schooling. The board of instructors will be assisted by ten or more members of the Harrisburg Reserves. The instruction board includes: Clinton M. Hershey, Hummelstown; A. Boyd Hamilton, Paxtang; W. F. R. Murrie, Hershey, and the Rev. A. S. Lehman, Hummelstown. 2 BOARDS ISSUE ORDER NUMBERS Two local draft boards - the Paxtang county board and No. 2 of the city - announced today the order and serial numbers which have been given to the young men who were registered in the draft last Saturday. The serial numbers were supplied at the state draft headquarters and the order numbers were ascertained by the local boards by comparing the serial numbers with the "master schedule" of the lottery drawings in Washington held soon after the 1918 men registered on June 5, last. The state draft headquarters is supplying the serial numbers for all the registrants of the state and the two boards whose lists are announced today were the first in this county to get the numbers. In the following lists the serial or registration number is given first. The second is the order number which determines how the registrants will be called for examination and, eventually, to camp. City Board No. 2 Reg. Ord. Name Address 286 241 Hargerlis, Louis, 21 N. 13th. 269 243 Booker, Arthur A., 539 Primrose. 264 256 Bolden, John M., 1439 Vernon. 263 262 Cozzoli, Frank J., 110 Market. 257 258 Craft, Chas. E., 1314 Howard. 249 276 Dietrich, Lawrence J., 55 S. 11th. 252 242 Eckert, Arthur M., 36 Balm. 245 257 Egan, Edward M., 721 N. 6th. 248 271 Edleblute, David H., 1415 Thompson. 244 247 Fickes, Clayton M., 1631 Regina. 240 251 Foultz, Earl Wm., 42 N. 10th. 241 253 Enney, Joseph A., 331 S. 14th. 265 265 Gust, Philip, 5 Grace. 275 246 Hammaker, Jesse E., 1617 Carnation. 258 267 Hawthorne, Paul R., 108 Linden. 250 272 Houseal, Arble M., 1323 Derry. 270 252 Keefauver, Harrie W., 27 N. 10th. 271 278 Keen, John H., 1603 « Derry. 261 277 Kirkessner, Karl, V., 191 N. 15th. 246 239 Knouse, John A., 218 N. 15th. 278 255 Kirk, Joseph J., 823 N. 6th. 276 245 Martin, George D., 1047 Melrose. 267 250 Nonemaker, Frank A., 1948 Kensington. 260 264 Ohrum, Lee, 112 Hoerner. 243 275 Parfet, Albert G., 1445 Regina. 277 260 Plank, Paul Levi, 132 Linden. 255 274 Rumberger, Charles F., 1228 Market. 274 248 Stewart, Gilbert I., 224 Crescent. 254 249 Strawhecker, Earl W., 1816 Regina. 266 254 Stroud, Harry B., 18 N. 14th. 253 259 Snyder, Victor J., 1610 Market. 262 268 Snyder, Emmett G., 1945 Kensington. 272 269 Stonesifer, Earl, J., 30 N. 5th. 261 266 Wells, Curtis H., 1920 Market. 273 273 Wertz, Frank H., 134 Linden. 243 263 Weaver, John D., 431 Crescent. 259 240 Wright, Donald B., 516 N. 16th. 239 244 Widder, George M., 1254 Derry. 256 270 Young, Anthony R. A. J., 25 N. Cameron. 247 261 Slaughter, John d., 212 Nectarine. County Board No. 2 Reg. Ord. Name Address 223 69a Jacob L. Ball, Hummelstown. 224 78b Charles J. Bowman, Lucknow, P. O. 225 219a Leroy Cassell, R. D. No. 3, Harrisburg. 226 9a Herman E. Clay, R. D. No. 5, Harrisburg. 227 97c Geo. Chronister, 1921 Briggs St., Harrisburg. 228 90a Melvin Richard Dare, 231 S. 29th St., Penbrook. 229 19a Joseph H. Detwiler, 127 Chocolate Ave., Hershey. 230 131a Howard P. Dickey, Enhaut. 231 35a Fioravanto Dirasimo, R. F. D. Box 106, Palmyra. 232 116a James Michele Dugans, 2637 Curtin St., Penbrook. 233 119b G. H. Eisenhower, R. F. D. 1, Dauphin. 234 32a Jacob I. Eshenaur, Oberlin. 235 211a John N. Fisher, R. D. No. 3, Middletown. 236 217a Albert L. Gingrich, Hershey. 237 121a Raymond Gingrich, R. D. 1, Hummelstown. 238 45a Harry C. Heisey, R. F. D. 2, Hummelstown. 239 18a Mark H. Hetrick, R. D. 1, Linglestown. 240 61a Paul T. Hoffman, Enhaut. 241 64a Charles C. Kaylor, R. D. 3, Middletown. 242 198c Ray J. Keller, Union Deposit P. O. 243 97b Harry R. Kocher, R. D. 5, Harrisburg. 244 34a Clarence Koons, R.D. 1, Hershey. 245 72a Albert Laudermilch, R. D. 1, Hershey. 246 1a John W. Laudermilch, R. D. 1, Palmyra. 247 93a Geo. W. Ludwig, Hummelstown. 248 168a Robert Martz, 1851 Herr St., Harrisburg. 249 201a Mervin E. Mateer, Progress. 250 177a Dewey McAllister, Penna. State Hospital, Harrisburg. 251 118a Leroy Nye, R. D. 1, Hershey. 252 14a Geo. E. Orth, R. F. D. 2, Linglestown. 253 87a Charles H. Poticker, Box 13, Lucknow. 254 53a Geo. Harold Rensel, Jr., 1834 State St., Harrisburg. 255 198b Edwin J. Runkel, Hershey. 256 164a Paul C. Shaeffer, P. O. box 361, Penbrook. 257 79a Roy J. Sholly, 2000 Forster St., Harrisburg. 258 119a Roy D. Singer, Dauphin. 259 4a L. B. Smith, P. O. Box 112, Hershey. 260 Roy Edward Stengle, R. F. D. 5, Harrisburg. 261 201b Geo. D. Stintzcum, Fort Hunter P. O. 262 119c Charles G. Waltz, 3344 N. 6th St., Harrisburg. 263 97a Howard Warful, R. D. 1, Linglestown. 264 75a Ralph C. Wenrich, Hummelstown. 265 111b Raymond A. Wilt, Rutherford Heights. HOLLER'S PARENTS HOME Henry F. Holler, Deputy Prothonatory, and Mrs. Holler returned to their home in Hummelstown last evening after obtaining assurance from the Brooklyn Naval Hospital physicians that their son, Arthur, whose right eye was removed this week, will recover. The young man walked around a bit in his hospital ward before his parents took leave. Halifax News Briefs; Community Singing HALIFAX, Aug. 29. - Uriah Corsnitz, who was sent to Syracuse for limited military service, was sent home this week on account of physical ailments. Quarterly conference will be held in the United Brethren Church on Saturday evening at 8.45 o'clock. The district superintendent, the Rev. Dr. S. C. Enck, of Philadelphia will be present and make an address. Mrs. Sarah Pike, an aged resident, is critically ill at her home on Second street. Community singing will be held Saturday evening on the lawn at the home of C. C. Baker, on Second street. The Rev. L. E. Bair, pastor of the Millersburg Reformed Church, will deliver an address in connection with the singing. The Ebenezer Untied Brethren Church will hold its annual picnic in Biever's Grove on Saturday, September 7. McQuilkin Is Overseas WILLIAM T. McQUILKIN [photo] Word has been received by Mr. and Mrs. W. M. McQuilkin, 94 North Seventeenth street, from their son, William T. McQuilkin, who is attached to a medical corps in the Army, of his safe arrival overseas. CASUALTY LIST HAS 234 NAMES WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. - The following casualties are reported by the Commanding General of the American Expeditionary Forces: Killed in action, twenty-four; missing in action, twenty-three; wounded severely, eighty-four; died of disease, seven; wounded (degree undetermined), seventy-seven; died of wounds, nineteen; total, 234. Pennsylvanians in the list are: KILLED IN ACTION RECTOR, Albert L., Rector. RODOS, George, Burgettstown. DIED OF WOUNDS RICKABY, Edward, Old Forge. WOUNDED SEVERELY ZELLER, Anthony W., Philadelphia. GOODMAN, Frank John, Reading. HOWARD, Fred H., Allentown. KOCH, George D., Philadelphia. RESH, Samuel, Lancaster. REYNOLDS, Frank E., Brownsville. WATSON, Orson H., Honesdale. WOUNDED (DEGREE UNDETERMINED) KUPCZUISHAS, Vincent, Hazleton. SPIESE, Frank, Mountville. MISSING IN ACTION PERINE, Nelson W., Philadelphia. SPICKLER, Edward F., Columbia. SYKES, Gomer, Philadelphia. BYER, Calvin, Littlestown. PETRU, Anton, Philadelphia. Leaders Who Will Take Prominent Parts in the Big Labor Day Parade That Has Been Arranged for This City Next Monday [20 photos] MATTHEW CALLEN, General Chairman, Machinists No. 1070, Keystone Lodge. A. A. POIST, Sec. & Treas. General Committee, Sheet Metal Workers Local No. 584. ROBERT M. ADAMS, Chief Marshal of Parade, Blacksmiths & Helpers No. 340. J. A. ALEXANDER, Chairman Parade Committee, Defiance Lodge No. 25, Carmen. S. L. SPANGLER, Chief Aide, Painters' Local No. 411. GEORGE W. McCURDY, Chairman of Publicity Committee, Pressmen No. 123. LAWRENCE A DOWNS, Clerks, Penn Harris, B. of R. D., No. 640. MRS. MARGARET STEPHENSON, Loyal Lodge, Car Cleaners. WILLIAM H. KNABE, Blacksmiths & Helpers No. 340. GEO. A. NOLTE, Gen'l. Vice-President, Railway Carmen of America, Assisting Gen. Com. LEVI W. BLATT, Blacksmiths and Helpers, No. 340. JOHN F. SCHMITT, Int. Vice-Pres., B. B. I. S. B. of A., Assisting General Committee F. E. GOOD, Plumbers and Steamfitters, No. 520. H. HUNTSBERGER, Aide, Carpenters No. 287. GEORGE W. CUNKLE, Jr., Electrical Workers, No. 140. NOAH M. JONES, Chairman Picnic Committee, President P. R. R. System Federation. WALTER W. PINKERTON, Secretary-Treasurer, Brotherhood of Carmen. H. S. ROWE, Chief Aide. HARRY A. BIXLER, Vice-President District Federation, Sheet Metal Workers. FRANK A. SOHMER, Typographical Union No. 14. Pennsylvania Leads in Casualties of War According to statistics compiled last week from casualty lists, Pennsylvania has lost more men in the present war than any other two states in the Union. Up to last Saturday, 689 men from this State had been reported as killed or missing in action. New York State, with a population much larger than that of Pennsylvania, runs second but this State has a lead of 298 over the Empire state. In addition Pennsylvania has had 693 men wounded, of which 400 were severe cases. The fact that Pennsylvania has more deaths to her credit is accounted for by the reason that this State has more sons in the service than any other two states in the Union. The standing of the five states having the most number of casualties since March is as follows: Pennsylvania, killed, 689; wounded, 193; New York, killed, 391; wounded, 191; Massachusetts, killed, 258; wounded, 103; Illinois, killed, 195; wounded, sixty-nine; Connecticut, Killed, 140; wounded, sixty-nine. AWARDED $100 IN W. S. S. CONTEST Special to The Evening News PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 29. - Alonzo L. Simmons, Henrietta, Blair County, is the winner of the $100 prize for the rural delivery letter carrier selling the most War Savings Stamps in one month, it was announced today by the National War Savings Committee in Philadelphia. Simmons has seventy-eight letter boxes on his route and he sold an average of $57.75 for each box in the period from July 15 to August 15. The prize he won was offered by the director of the war savings campaign for the Eastern Pennsylvania counties. Carrier George B. Middaugh, of Dingman's Ferry, Pike County, was second with sales of $51.59 to each of sixty-six box owners and Harry Swartz, Lewisburg, Union county, third with sales of $44.74 to the 135 box owners on his route. There were hundreds of contestants. Among those who sold in excess of $15 worth of Stamps for each box were Milton B. Fox, Palmyra, Lebanon County, per capita, $32.88; Allen Clark, Sunbury, Northumberland County, per capita, $30.84; Miles D. Garben, Blain, Perry County, per capita, $27.25; J. E. Slagle, Paxinos, Northumberland County, per capita, $23.70; George R. Trexler, Carlisle, Cumberland County, per capita, $22.37; Howard Olewiler, Wrightsville, York County, per capita, $21.72; Wilbur C. Taylor, Port Royal, Juniata County, per capita, $20.90; Harry C. Boughter, Lebanon, Lebanon County, per capita, $18.44; H. H. Deckard, Newport, Perry County, $17.60; Samuel Hess, Dallastown, York County, per capita, $17.40; Harry K. Willier, Pitman, Schuylkill County, per capita, $16.72; A. B. Vaughan, Perulack, Juniata County, per capita, $15.56; J. H. Otterbein, Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, per capita, $15.33. Steel Committee to Act on Labor Problems NEW YORK, Aug. 29. - Members of the American Iron and Steel Institute at a conference attended by representatives of the principal concerns of the industry have appointed a special committee with power to act on labor problems and the question of securing the largest possible production of steel. This statement was made by Judge Gary at the end of the conference. Gary refused to amplify his statement, though he said other matters were discussed. The committee is composed of Judge Gary, chairman; J. A. Farrell, E. A. S. Clarke, C. M. Schwab, J. A. Topping, E. G. Grace, Willis L. King, J. A. Burden, J. A. Campbell, C. E. Block, H. G. Dalton, A. F. Hueston. State Soldiers in Hun Prison Camps WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. - Americans held as prisoner of war in German camps with their home addresses, announced by the War Department include: At Camp Darmstadt - Sergeants: Theon E. Johnson, Wilkes-Barre; Hobert Kemp, Somerset; Sydney J. Winship, Moscow; Roy A. Hill, Scranton; Peter M. Coyle, Johnstown; William F. Scott, Lebanon; Corporals, Joseph Schultz, Nanticoke; George M. Houck, Pringle; Edgar L. M. Crouse, Somerset; Arthus B. Jenkins, Hyndam; Earl J. Smith, Gettysburg; Robert D. Waterman, Scranton; David L. Eicher, Somerset; John F. Becker, Philadelphia. St Camp Geisen - Privates Howard R. Freer, Northampton; William H. Ross, Philadelphia. At Camp Merseburg - Privates Salvatore Filoso, Philadelphia; Daniel Stein, Philadelphia. Local Chums Both in the U. S. Service John H. Beitman, son of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Beitman, 434 South Fourteenth street, who had been in training at the University of Pittsburgh for military service, is now in Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Jacksonville, Fla. William P. Strawhecker, 1608 Hunter street, is among the Harrisburg boys training for special service at the University of Pittsburgh. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Strawhecker. Bretz Real Estate May Be Sold at Private Sale A big portion of the real estate of Harry M. Bretz, bankrupt lawyer, may be sold at private sale, it was learned today. The trustee has received several offers and he expects formally to ask the bankruptcy referee, John T. Olmsted, to fix a time when the creditors can meet and pass upon the approval or disapproval of the private sale idea. Mr. Olmsted said the meeting probably will be held in about two weeks and that after the sale question is disposed of the attorneys representing the creditors probably will examine the bankrupt on the question of what caused him to become bankrupt. Hostess House "Cookie Jar" Ready for "Eats" Mrs. Williams Jennings, who has charge of the "Cookie Jar" at the Hostess House, feels sure that there are a great many interested people who would like to help her keep the jar well filled with old-fashioned cookies and all sorts of good things to eat for the many soldiers and sailors who will visit the Civic Club Hostess House over the week-ends during the coming season. The people of this city have been most generous in their response to help in the entertainment of the boys and the idea of keeping the jar filled with cookies, "the kind that mother used to make," will surely meet with a hearty response on the part of the many mothers in Harrisburg. The committee is still hopeful that some kind friend will lend them a water cooler for the Winter. The best possible care will be taken of anything placed in the Civic Club for the use of the boys this Fall and Winter and contributions for the work will be greatly appreciated. 4 State Boys Missing With Patrol Boat 209 WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. - The Navy Department today made public the names of two officers and fourteen men missing as a result of the shelling through error and sinking of the U. S. submarine chaser 209 by the steamer Felix Taussig, August 27. The officers are Junior Grade Lieut. Henry J. Bowes, commander, Merchantville, N. J., and Ensign G. H. Randolph, executive officer, no emergency address given. The men missing are: Collins A. Crowe, Los Angeles, Cal.; Harry S. Denney, Philadelphia; Gordon J. Groves, Alexander, Va.; George C. Gunderman, Jr., Brooklyn, N. Y.; Richard C. Hasinger, Wilmington, Del.; Leonard A. Haskett, Philadelphia; Edwin F. Hodgdon, U. S. N. R. F., sub-division, Brazaria, Tex.; Frank R. Hullett, Atlantic City, N. J.; F. W. Kiehn, Brooklyn; F. M. Patterson, Jr., Brooklyn; C. G. Schroder, Mortone; I. J. Sheehan, Philadelphia; T. F. Treacy, Indianapolis; Harold Poverill, Waterloo, Ia. NOTICE MY WIFE, Maybelle Smith, of Enola, has left my bed and board without a just cause, and I will not be held responsible for any bills contracted by her. William Smith. 3 MORE COLORED MEN TO GO The draft board of the third city district will send three colored men to Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio, leaving here next Sunday morning at 11.40 o'clock. They are: George Phillips, 1221 North Seventh; Ernest Hardy, 1105 North Seventh, and Robert Dorsey, 1707 « North Seventh. THREE COLORED SELECTIVES City Draft Board No. 1 will send three colored men to Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio, on Sunday, September 1, leaving here at 11.40 a. m. The selectives are: Benjamin Garrison Robinson, 236 Court street; Lester E. Woodson, 1332 Williams, and James Willis, Locust Grove, Steelton. Accused of Attacking His Wife and Baby Mike Vinski, 24 years old, an Austrian, residing on Fourth street, this city, was sentenced to thirty days in the county jail by Alderman Householder at this afternoon's police court on the charges of assaulting his wife and five-months-old child. Mrs. Vinski, who is an American, testified that her husband came this morning from his work in the Steelton plant of the Bethlehem Steel Company in an intoxicated condition and in an ugly mood commenced to mistreat her and their child. After he had struck her and the child several times, she said, she called in help and had Vinski arrested. She says that every two weeks her husband takes his pay envelope and spends it for liquor, then comes home and mistreats her and the baby.