NEWS: Items from The Evening News, August 3, 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., Saturday, August 3, 1918 Lieut. William McCreath Wins the Croix de Guerre Lieutenant William McCreath [photo] A cable message received this morning by Andrew S. McCreath, 119 South Front street, contained the news that his son, Lieutenant William McCreath, of this city, had been continuously fighting for fifty days, "somewhere in France," and had won the French "Croix de Guerre" which is awarded for gallantry in battle. Lieutenant McCreath is a native and lifelong resident of this city and, for a number of years was city tennis champion. Following is a copy of the cable message which he sent to his father today: "Sans Origine: Safe. Been fighting fifty days. Decorated Croix de Guerre. Lost twenty-five pounds. Well and relieved. "BILLY." Lieutenant McCreath, so far as is known here, is the first Harrisburger to win the French cross. He is a first lieutenant of Company G, 30th Infantry, United States Regulars. He was sent to France about the first of this year and has since been made battalion adjutant. Lieutenant McCreath went into training at Fort Ogelthorpe, Ga., last Summer and obtained his commission three months later, following which he was assigned to his present command. He remained in a southern camp for several months and then was sent to France. GIRL HURT IN EXPLOSION IN DISBROW HOME When Miss Carrie Stillwaggon, of Brooklyn, N. Y., attempted at noon today to light the gas range at the home of Mrs. Charles A. Disbrow, widow of the former park commissioner and banker, 2027 North Second street, with whom she is visiting, the gas exploded and threw her to the floor. A neighbor rushed in and found Miss Stillwaggon on the floor unconscious with her head in a pool of blood. The Harrisburg Hospital ambulance was called and she was taken to that institution. She has a large gash in her face just below the nose, scalp wounds and several bruises. Miss Stillwaggon regained consciousness upon reaching the hospital and although weak from the loss of blood she was resting well this afternoon and her condition is not alarming. BODMER LEFT $25,000 The will of Edward Bodmer, late of Highspire, who was proprietor of the Bodmer House in that borough, was probated today and letters testamentary issued by Register of Wills Roy C. Danner to the widow, Elizabeth Mae Bodmer. The estate is valued at $25,000 and is left to relatives. AGREE ON 18 TO 45 FOR DRAFT WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. - Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Committee, this afternoon announced that he, Secretary of War Baker and Chairman Dent, of the House Military Committee, had agreed that the draft ages in the new man power bill would be 18 to 45. The bill will give the President authority to "draft persons liable to military service in such sequence of ages and at such time or times as he may prescribe." All England to Thank God for American Aid LONDON, Aug. 3. - "Almighty God, we thank Thee for the powerful and timely aid of the United States of America." This is one of the principal prayers to be said throughout Great Britain tomorrow - the fourth anniversary of England's entrance into the war. Pennsylvanian Writes From a Prison Camp to Prove He's Not Dead POTTSVILLE, Aug. 3. - That all hope is not lost when a name appears on the casualty list was proved today, when Mrs. Samuel Trout, of Schuylkill Haven, near here, received a letter from her son, Private Carl Lester Fey, who was officially reported killed in action May 29, to the effect that he was alive and in a German hospital, suffering from a wound on the jaw. The letter was dated June 5. Private Fey was a member of Company L, 28th . S. Infantry, an organization of the Regular Army. The letter states he was shot on the jaw May 26, lay wounded until the next day, when he was taken prisoner, and was officially reported killed in action on the twenty-ninth. It was written from the prisoners of war hospital, "Camp de Prissioniers de Guerre," Darnstadt, Germany. He begged his mother to send him some candy and cigarettes, as he says both are very scarce in the German prison camps. County Commissioners to Meet at Pittsburgh County officials will leave this city on Monday morning at 10 o'clock for Pittsburgh where they will attend the annual session of County Commissioners of Pennsylvania which will be held Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at the William Penn Hotel. Those from Dauphin County who will attend are: County Commissioners, C. C. Cumbler, H. M. Stine and H. C. Wells; chief clerk, Ed. H. Fisher; County Controller, Henry W. Gough; County Solicitor, Philip S. Moyer. While at the convention the Dauphin Commissioners will confer with officials from Luzerne, Lackawanna and Northumberland counties on the methods in use there in determining coal land valuations. Return From Trip With Fake Major to Ft. Monroe Sergeant Blake, of the Harrisburg Recruiting Station, and Private Spang, of Steelton, returned last night to this city, after having acted as a military guard over Sergeant George B. Harris, alias Major J. A. Long, the "fake major," in their trip to Fortress Monroe. Sergeant Blake stated this morning that upon arriving at the fortress Harris was immediately placed in the guard house to await court- martial, the sentence to which it is expected will be very heavy, considering the trail of misdeeds Harris left behind him. Authorities at Fortress Monroe asserted that the case of the "fake major" was one of the most interesting that had ever come under their observation. Dr. Bagnell's Good Work Among Sammies R. Ray Romberger, the only other Harrisburg man on the ship that carried the Rev. Dr. Robert Bagnell, pastor of Grace Methodist Church, over to France, has written a letter home, in which he tells of the wonderful work the popular Harrisburg pastor is doing among the "Sammies." Romberger states that Dr. Bagnell did not wait until he was across to begin his work, but that he commenced it on shipboard. Besides giving various moral and character talks, Dr. Bagnell participated in some kind of an entertainment every afternoon and in the evenings he always led in the singing. MADE NON-COMS FOR RECRUITING Lieutenant R. W. Lesher, head of the local Recruiting Bureau, announces the following appointments of non-commissioned officers in the recruiting staff for the district: To Be Sergeants Corporal Ellis L. Delancey, G. S. I., vice, Sergeant S. Ralph Eppley, G. S. I., transferred. Corporal John F. Wynn, G. S. I., vice Sergeant Merle R. Zimmerman, G. S. I., transferred. Corporal Arthur Coalson, G. S. I., vice Sergeant Frank Bryniarski, G. S. I., transferred. Corporal John B. Christman, G. S. I., vice Sergeant Howard A. Ford, G. S. I., transferred. Corporal Irvin Potter, G. S. I., vice Sergeant Robert Parsons, G. S. I., transferred. Corporal Benjamin F. Miller, G. S. I., vice Sergeant Jacob Casteen, G. S. I., transferred. Corporal William B. Kuhn, G. S. I., vice Sergeant Louis E. Wilson, G. S. I., transferred. Corporal Aldrien Perino, G. S. I., vice Sergeant H. B. Schiffman, G. S. I., promoted. To Be Corporals Private, first class, Warren A. Steely, G. S. I., vice Corporal Melvin J. Erford, G. S. I., promoted. Private, first class, Frank J. Kabella, G. S. I., vice Corporal Merle R. Zimmerman, G. S. I., promoted. Private, first class, Edgar C. Rice, G. S. I., vice Corporal Carrol B. Davish, G. S. I., promoted. Private, first class Scott B. Barnett, G. S. I., vice Corporal Harry C. Blank, G. S. I., transferred. Private, first class, Joseph T. McEvoy, G. S. I., vice Corporal Eugene J. McHugh, G. S. I., transferred. Private, first class, Lloyd I. Knepner, G. S. I., vice Corporal Raymond A. Strauss, G. S. I., promoted. Private, first class, Harvey I. Spang, G. S. I., vice Corporal Jacob V. Brady, G. S. I., promoted. Private, first class, Fred L. Corsuch, G. S. I., vice Corporal Louis E. Wilson, G. S. I., promoted. Private, first class, Edward L. Wagner, G. S. I., vice Corporal John Greiner, G. S. I., promoted. Private, first class, John Cree, Jr., G. S. I., vice Corporal William P. Zimmerman, G. S. I., promoted. Private, first class, Milton E. Moist, G. S. I., vice Corporal Harry S. Scott, G. S. I. promoted. Private, first class, Jacob W. Michelman, G. S. I., vice Corporal Ellis L. Delancey, G. S. I., promoted. Labor There are 11,533 members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen in the Army and Naval service of the United States according to figures compiled by President W. G. Lee. During the last month more than two thousand members of the trainmen entered the service. The organization carries a paid-up death and disability insurance for members in the military service of the Nation, the death policies alone amounting to more than $15,000,000. J. L. Yoder, formerly a passenger engineer on the Middle Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad and one of the best known committeeman who served for many years on local and general grievance committees of the Brotherhood of Locomotive firemen and Enginemen and who, as alleged by union members, sacrificed his position on the railroad after twenty- eight years service for his union activity, has accepted a commission from the American Federation of Railroad Workers as a General Organizer and will assist in the organization of all the unorganized railroad employes. The services of additional organizers is very urgent and Mr. Yoder is highly recommended by his own organization as a capable and trustworthy representative. ACTIVITIES IN THE REALM OF SOCIETY AND PERSONAL NOTES OF INTEREST The annual picnic of the Cheerful Givers' class of the Ridge Avenue M. E. Church held at Reservoir Park proved a delightful affair. The members and their guests enjoyed the usual outdoor attractions and a picnic supper. Those in attendance were: Mrs. Mary Knisley, Mrs. Jack Keipper, Mrs. John Forbs and daughter, Thelma, Mrs. John Bishop, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gilberg, Mrs. Mary George, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Cummings, Miss Elsie Bauchman, Miss Anna Stambaugh and Mrs. Harry Harvey. Mrs. J. E. Cummings Sunday School class of the Ridge Avenue M. E. Church enjoyed a picnic on Thursday afternoon at Paxtang Park. The members of the class and their friends who attended were: Mrs. and Mrs. J. E. Cummings, Mrs. Willison Miller, Mrs. Cora Ewing Harr, Miss Sarah Mae Harr, Miss Mary E. Meeger, Miss Grace Bidaman, Miss Ruth Kramer, Miss Grace Stoner, Miss Elizabeth Hinkle, Miss Helen Rudy, Mrs. Percy Lupkie, Richard Lupke and Miss Mae Stoner Mr. and Mrs. Grover C. Negley, New Cumberland, announce the birth of a daughter, Dorothy Vanasdlen, August 2. Mrs. Chester Leath, Bridge street, New Cumberland, was hostess last evening at a beautifully appointed dinner in honor of her husband, who celebrated his 27th birthday anniversary. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Herberlig, Mr. and Mrs. C.R. Strayer and daughter, Martel, and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Leath. After dinner the guests were taken to Hershey by motor where they spent the remainder of the evening. Mrs. Frank Zimmerman, 653 Dauphin street, has received word of the safe arrival overseas of her husband, Corporal Frank Zimmerman, who sailed with the 320th Labor Battalion. Prior to his sailing Corporal Zimmerman was stationed at Camp Lee for eighteen days after which he was sent to Newport News for several days. Rabbi Horace wolf, of Rohester, N. Y., field secretary of the Jewish Welfare Board, was in this city last evening to confer with Rabbi Louis J. Haas, Jewish Welfare Board, representative at Camp Colt, Gettysburg. Rabbi Wolf will visit Camp Colt, Camp Meade and other camps in this vicinity. [Note: it is spelled Rohester] Miss Jennie Ewing, 2014 North Seventh street, was at home to a large number of her friends on Thursday evening, the occasion being the celebration of her nineteenth birthday anniversary. Ferns and roses were affectively used in the decorations and games, music and dancing were followed by a buffet supper. The guests included Miss Julia Durburow, Miss Lillian Kensler, Miss Edna Snyder, Miss Mary Mutch, Miss Calvin Berger, Miss Romaine Turns, Miss Dorothy Reese, Miss Margaret Rafton, Miss Julia Rhone, Miss Minerva Sherman, Miss Helen Hay, Miss Mary Hetzel, Miss Mary Ewing, Carl McLaughlin, Frank Shrauder, James Durburow, John Martin, John Bowers, Floyd Keener, H. A. Ellenberger, Abe Martin, Mrs. Joseph Farleman, Mrs. Mary Fetterhoff, Mrs. H. J. Miller, Mrs. Mary J. Murtiff, Lewistown; Mrs. and Mrs. Calvin Berger and Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Fetterhoff. Mrs. Murtiff, who enjoyed the party to the utmost, is in her 89th year. Members of Dogwood Troop, Girl Scouts, of the Grace M. E. Church, were entertained last evening at the home of Miss Elizabeth Sanson, Camp Hill. The girls were most enthusiastic about an all-night camping party which they planned for next Tuesday, leaving the city early in the morning and returning the next evening. After the arrangements were completed and the business of the troop discussed, refreshments were served to the following: Miss Florence Beck, Miss Martha Beck, Joseph L. Shearer, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Sanson and the following scouts: Julia Stamm, captain, Emily Sites, Virginia Wallis, Emily Smith, Caroline Roth, Gertrude Bastain, Ruth Forster, Katherine Lytle, Virginia Lytle, Mary Emma Fisher, Esther Hershey, Adeline Kleindenst, Louise Keller, Margaret McCormick, Dorothy Paul, Grace Mentzer and Elizabeth Harris. All the members who can go on the hike will please telephone Miss Stamm Monday evening between 6 o'clock and 7:30. Guest of Honor as She Emerges From Infancy MARY ELLEN WALTERS [photo] Little Mary Ellen Walters, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Walters, 2006 State street, will be the young guest of honor at a party this evening in celebration of her first birthday anniversary. Decorations of American flags and bouquets of various garden flowers will make the occasion most effective. The guests will include Miss Effie Millet, Miss Mabel Funk, Miss Christina Venable, Miss Lima Lehman, Miss Emily Ludwick, Miss Pauline Niess, Mrs. C. H. Spangler, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Spangler, Mr. and Mrs. Herr, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Spangler, Mrs. Painter, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Walters, and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Walters. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson Gilbert and Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Robbins, Jr., were hosts at a farewell party given last night on the lawn of the Gilbert country home, near Bowmansdale, in honor of Miss Catharine Comstock, who will leave next week for New York where she will sail soon for France to serve as a stenographer for the American Red Cross. A handsome wrist watch was presented to Miss Comstock. The other guests included: Mr. and Mrs. George S. Comstock, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Richard McKay, Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Karl M. Kaltwasser, Miss Jean Cameron, Frank Kelley, V. H. Berghaus, Jr., John Comstock, John C. Motter and Spencer Nauman. Class No. 2 of the State Street U. B. Church were delightfully entertained at the "Idylease' cottage, Mt. Gretna, on Thursday, with Mrs. H. E. Spear, president of the class, as hostess. Hiking, bathing, boating and all the various amusements that are available at Mt. Gretna were enthusiastically enjoyed by many of the members of the class. Those in attendance were: Mrs. N. A. Spidle and daughter, Pauline; Mrs. Leonard Kunkel and son, Leonard; Mrs. M. R. Hoops and son, Eary; Mrs. W. J. Lambert, Mrs. H. J. Wise, Mrs. W. E. Mullen, Mrs. R. W. Smith, Mrs. S. T. Lambert, Mrs. W. H. Spangler, Mrs. G. Y. Shaeffner, Mrs. G. A. Oyler, Mrs. W. P. Edmondson, Mrs. D. W. Lefevre and Mrs. Miley. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Werline, of Akron, Ohio, announce the birth of a daughter, Agnes Marguerite, July 28. Prior to her marriage Mrs. Werline was Miss Anna M. Kraft. Personal Briefs Oril Chamberlain, of New Orleans, has gone to New York after spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. John German, Sr., at their residence, 249 Emerald street. Mr. and Mrs. Mickey and son Ralph, 608 Oxford street, and their guest, Gordon Almond, of Pittsburgh, are spending some time at Atlantic City. Mr. and Mrs. Wert and daughter Blanche, have gone to Atlantic City, where they will remain for a week. Miss Carrie Kline and Miss Ruth Ream, of Williamsport, Md., who have been visiting Miss Margaret Doepke for several weeks at her home in Wormleysburg, today returned to her home. Miss Margaret Doepke and Miss Marie Neidhamer, of Wormleysburg, are spending their vacation at Williamsport, Md., visiting the Misses Carrie Kline and Ruth Ream. Miss Esther Logan, 716 Aberdeen street, West Philadelphia, is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Logan, 1622 Penn street. Miss Logan will return to her home the latter part of next week. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Ruhl, of Reading, and Mrs. Bertran Runkle and William Runkle, of Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., motored to Harrisburg yesterday where they were the guests of Dr. and Mrs. Cherrick Westbrook at their home in "Old Orchard." Mrs. Mary Stouffer, Miss Edith Stauffer and Miss Elva Stauffer, 210 North Fifteenth street; Miss Maud Eppley, 32 North Second street, and Miss Jennie Wilson, 1533 Hunter street, left today for a week's stay at Mt. Gretna. Dr. Horace Lindsley, St. Augustine, Fla., is the guest of Dr. and Mrs. C. R. Miller, 1900 Market street. Miss Edna M. Sprenkle, 315 North Second street, is visiting in Burnham. Mrs. Roy G. Cox, 1011 North Front street, is visiting in Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Selway, 2220 Logan street, have received word from their son, Joseph W. Selway, who is with the Headquarters Company, 112th infantry, now reported to be in the thick of the fighting in the Aisne-Marne salient. D. H. Zorger, 409 Kelker street has arrived safely in France. Word to that effect was received yesterday by relatives. The young man is a master signal electrician, Company C, 304th Signal Corps. He enlisted in August, 1917, and was sent to Camp Meade in October. Prior to his enlistment he was a clerk for the Pennsylvania Railroad. He is the son of Daniel H. Zorger, Sr., 409 Kelker street. Owens Jauss has returned to his residence in Philadelphia after spending several days in this city as the guest of his brother, Dr. C. E. Jauss, North Sixth street. Mrs. G. W. Cox and her daughter, Mrs. Colt, 1011 North Front street, are spending some time at Bitner's farm, near Mechanicsburg. Miss Marion Whittaker, 1701 North Second street, is the guest of Miss Mary Kunkel, at the Kunkel summer home. Miss Sara Hartman, Lancaster, is visiting Miss Elizabeth Herr at her home, 1017 North Front street. Mr. and Mrs. Lew R. Palmer and their daughter, Christine, 2135 Green street, and Miss Lucile Shoemaker, who is their house guest, left yesterday for a motor trip to Pittsburgh. Mrs. Elizabeth Pershing and daughter, Miss Edna, will return to their home in Sunbury tomorrow after spending a month with the former's daughter, Mrs. Charles McNally, 234 Peffer street. Miss Ellen Groff has returned to Lancaster after visiting her sister, Mrs. Fannie E. Hamaker, 1733 North Third street. Word was received by Mr. and Mrs. Samuel R. Dobbs, 2237 North Fourth street, of the safe arrival overseas of their son, Guy L. Dobbs, who is in the Medical Detachment of the First Pioneer Infantry Mr. Dobbs was formerly city salesman for Swift & Company before enlisting in March, 1918. Mrs. Richard Harr and little daughter, Ruth, Perth Amboy, N. J., are visiting the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Grier, 303 Crescent street. They will return to their home tomorrow after a visit of two weeks. Miss Mary Ruth Fisher, State College home economic expert, who has been stationed in this city for some time, left yesterday for a month's visit with her parents in Topeka, Kan. Miss Emma A. Fulton, social worker with the Associated Aid Societies, this city, is spending her vacation at her home in Stewartstown. Mrs. D. W. Wilbert and son, 2309 North Sixth street, left Thursday night to visit the former's husband, Private Wilbert, stationed at Camp Lee. Miss Ruth M. Hoffman, 1531 Derry street, is doing her bit on the farm of her sister, Mrs. S. W. Myers, at Liverpool, Perry County. The first in a series of "Black" parties for the benefit of the Red Cross was held on Thursday evening and as a result $147 was turned into Red Cross headquarters yesterday by Miss Edna Eckert, treasurer. The parties have been arranged by a committee of women who are planning to have several more similar entertainments and also to do Red Cross work during the coming Winter. All the residents on Balm street between Bealey and Shrub streets, where the affair was held entered into the spirit of the occasion and the street blocked off for the evening presented a gala appearance with many colored lanterns, American flags and Red Cross flags. There was a great variety of booths and Mrs. Aaron Gordon, assisted by Florence Katzman, auctioned off unsold goods. The Italian Band furnished music for dancing. The committee on arrangements included: Mrs. A. I. Eckert, Mrs. John Straub, Mrs. John Michaels and Mrs. Lewis Elicker. Lieutenant Pratt Goes to the 56th Engineers First Lieutenant Horace B. Pratt, of 1918 Bellevue road, has been assigned to the 56th Engineers, U. S. Army, and ordered to report for active duty on August 5th. For the last four years he has been electrical standards tester in the Bureau of Engineering of the Public Service Commission, in charge of the electrical testing laboratory. He has been given a leave of absence to assume his new duties. Lieutenant Pratt is president of the Harrisburg Jovian League and holds membership in the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the Engineers' Society of Pennsylvania, the Society for promotion of Engineering Education, and the Colonial Country Club. He has had previous military service, serving five years in the Massachusetts National Guard and four years in Company K, 18th Infantry, Pennsylvania National Guard. Soldier of Other Wars Brigadier General Horatio Gates Gibson, the oldest living general of our Civil War, recently celebrated his ninety-first birthday. He is the only surviving member of the class of 1847 of the West Point Military Academy, which furnished many gallant and notable officers to both sides of the conflict. He was the close friend of Hooker, McClellan and Burnside and of the Confederates J. E. Johnson and Bragg. He was the acquaintance of Meade, Sherman, Grant, Custer, Fremont, Douglass, Buchanan and Scott. He is a veteran of two wars and has lived through four of them. He has seen the advent of the railroad, the steamship, the telegraph, the electric car, the automobile and the aeroplane. In the second year of the administration of President John Quincy Adams, General Gibson was born at Baltimore. His father was the Rev. John Gibson and his mother Elizabeth Jameson Gibson, a member of the old Maryland family. Young Gibson was named for General Gates, the hero of Saratoga, a friend of some earlier members of his mother's family. SUES READING RAILROAD FOR LOSS OF SON, KILLED Ira F. Yeagley, administrator of the estate of William R. Yeagley, his son, late of Hummelstown, today brought suit against the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company. No statement of the amount of damages which will be asked has been filed. Young Yeagley was employed by the company as a brakeman and while working at Rutherford and leaning from the side of a box car, struck a switch post which the draft of cars was passing. He died from the injuries he suffered. His father was appointed administrator of his estate yesterday. Shippensburg Boy Killed in Battle Special to The Evening News SHIPPENSBURG, Aug. 3. - Word from Washington was received today by Mr. and Mrs. William Durff, of this place, that their son, William H. Durff, aged 23 years, was killed in action in France, July 15. The word has been confirmed by the official casualty list. Durff entered the service last September and before sailing for France, in the early part of April, was stationed with the 4th Infantry, Company I, at Camp Meade, Md. He was born near Lee's Cross Roads, a few miles outside of Shippensburg, where he spent his boyhood. Later he went to Shippensburg and accepted a position with the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company which he held for sometime. He then became affiliated with W. A. Zern, a contractor, and was interested in the business until his enlistment. Durff is survived by his parents, two brothers and six sisters. MONDAY'S COURT SESSION LIKELY TO BE OMITTED No court session will be held on Monday as it is not believed that Judge C. V. Henry, of Lebanon county, will come to the city to preside. Two preliminary injunction cases scheduled for final hearing on Monday will be continued indefinitely as the next session of court may not be held for another week. They are the actions brought by Clara G. Evarts against C. Duncan Cameron to prevent him from ousting her from the property at 1807 State street; and the other by the Juniata Public Service Company, Millersburg, against three men who are removing river coal from the Wiconisco Creek at a point opposite land owned by the company. NEW MEN AT ARMY OFFICE To replace the members of the recruiting staff who have left the local bureau for officers' training camps new men have been placed on duty here as follows: Stanley H. Buffington, Harrisburg; Leroy E. Tafford, Reading; Frank F. Weigley, Reading; Harry E. Williams; Karl T. Beary, Allentown, and Alfred Lee Hernandez, Allentown. STATE POLICEMAN IN ARMY GETS HALF PAY BENEFIT Deputy Attorney General Hargest today gave an opinion to Acting Superintendent George F. Lumb, of the State Police Department, to the effect Corporal Howard Confer, of Troop C, who has enlisted in the Regular Army, is entitled to take advantage of the provisions of the act of 1917, providing for the payment of half his salary to dependents while he is in the military service of the country. His parents are not totally dependent upon him, but the opinion holds that as he has been contributing in the past to their support the State payments should be made as long as the partial dependence exists. Parade for Colored Draftees on Monday The colored citizens of Harrisburg will parade on Monday morning, when the colored draftees leave for camp. The parade will form at Seventh and Broad streets at 10.30 o'clock in the morning. Fred Hogan will be chief marshal. The draftees of district No. 1 of the city will report at the Court House, Room A, no later than 10 o'clock, Monday morning. STEELTON COLORED MEN TO GET RECEPTION Band Concert Will Feature Farewell on Kunkel's Island Tomorrow A FAREWELL RECEPTION WILL BE GIVEN ON Kunkel's Island tomorrow afternoon to the 106 colored boys who will leave this borough on Monday for Camp Custer, Mich. The First Cornet Band, of Steelton, will give a concert and several prominent speakers will make short addresses. Everybody is invited to take advantage of this opportunity of bidding farewell to the boys. The first boat will leave the borough for the island at 12 o'clock, noon. Local Draft Board, No. 1, of Dauphin County, was swamped with colored selective service men this morning, as the men who are to leave for Camp Custer on Monday called at the headquarters for their final instructions. One hundred and thirty colored men have been called for this entrainment but many of these are scattered throughout the United States and the number to report here this morning was much less than that number. The local board has received word from other boards throughout the Country to the effect that all the men called will be sent to camp on Monday so that the entire 130 men will soon be in military service. VISITING IN PHILADELPHIA The Misses Katherine Ludes and Anna Keghler, North Second street, are spending a two weeks' vacation with friends and relatives in Philadelphia. STEELTON BAND PICNIC The Steelton Band, accompanied by many friends, motored to New Bloomfield today to hold their annual picnic. A fine schedule of sports and other amusements had been arranged for the day and together with the usual feast the boys expect to have "some time" before they return to the borough late this evening. Several motor cars and trucks were commandeered for the use of the picnickers. CHIEF RECOVERING Chief of Police Grove, who received a fractured wrist during the fire at the Cumbler's stables on Monday, is slowly recovering and the extreme pain which he has been suffering since the accident has almost disappeared. HONOR SCOUTMASTER In appreciation for the excellent work done in the Boy Scout movement in this borough by Charles W. McCoy, Troop No. 1, Steelton Boy Scouts, tendered a reception in his honor last evening in the parlors of the First Reformed Church, South Second street. For the past several years Mr. McCoy has held the position of Scoutmaster of Troop No. 1 and has much to do with the rapid growth of that organization. The parents of the members of Troop No. 1 were present as guests of the boys and a pleasant evening was spent by all. McCOY RESIGNS At Thursday evening's meeting of the Consistory of the First Reformed Church the resignation of C. W. McCoy as treasurer was accepted. Mr. McCoy, who held the treasurership for twelve years will enter the war service of the Y. M. C. A. and will in a short time be sent to France. He has been replaced as treasurer of the Reformed Church by E. L. Gault. The Reformed Consistory arranged the following schedule of special events for September: Anti-Saloon League Sunday, September 1; Harvest Home, September 15; Rally Day, September 29. CUMBLER PUT ON INDUSTRY BOARD Martin A. Cumbler, of Highspire, has been selected by the manufacturers' council of the Chamber of Commerce to represent the employers of this community on the newly created Federal Community Labor Board for Harrisburg and Dauphin County. Two other members will complete this board, which will have executive control over the employment of all unskilled labor as well as judiciary power in other matters concerning employers and employes. The second member of the board will be named by the local labor leaders, while the third member and chairman, will be selected by the Organization Committee of the United States Employment Service in Pennsylvania. The chairman will be an influential man in his district and he may be the Federal officer now in charge of labor. The Organization Committee, from its headquarters in Philadelphia, has as yet made no announcements of its selections for the various community chairmen in the eighty-seven districts of the State. The first duties of the community Board will be the recruiting and distribution of unskilled labor in war industries and, by proclamation of the President, this work should have been started by August 1, but delays have been caused. In the work of distributing labor, the Board will be confronted by problems of disputes, classification and working conditions. The Organization Committee will later form a State Advisory Board which will in turn nominate a superintendent for each office. E. C. Felton, State Director of Employment, will be chairman of the Advisory Board and its other four members will be chosen equally from employers and labor. All appeals to this board will be certified by the Director General of the Untied States Employment Service. Plan Conference to Cut City's Light Bill Clark E. Diehl, city electrician, and K. M. Kaltwasser, general manager of the Harrisburg Light & Power Company, will confer next week to arrange for a reduction in city lighting bills because of the discontinuance of two lights on each of the cluster-standards in the city as a fuel saving measure. According to Diehl a reduction of $1140 should be allowed as that is the amount the city would be required to pay in case all the lights were used. Stroke Proves Fatal to W. S. Dunlap, Newville NEWVILLE, Aug. 3. - W. S. Dunlap, a prominent resident of Cumberland County, and since last November a resident of Newville, died Thursday noon following the effects of a stroke received about three months ago. For six weeks he had been in a critical condition, unable to speak and death was the result of the long illness. He was born and reared almost outside of Newville and spent almost his entire life on the farm. He was a well-known and prosperous farmer. Last Fall he retired from active farming and moved to Personage street, this place, where he resided until his death. Perry County's Home Reunion Next Sunday BLAIN, Aug. 3. - Extensive arrangements are now being made by the committees in charge for the great annual Blain picnic and Perry County home-coming reunion, which will be held at Sherman's Park, near here, next Saturday. Ordinarily this event is of two-days' duration, but since the United States entered the world war this has been cut in half. Senator E. E. Beidleman, of Harrisburg, will be the principal speaker of the day. Other prominent speakers will also attend. The Blain and Duncannon baseball teams will be present cross bats for the baseball championship of Perry County. JOINS U. S. ARMY BAND MECHANICSBURG, Aug. 3. - Frank T. Hollinger, who has been manager of the Cumberland Valley Creamery for a number of years, has gone to Camp Wadsworth, Spartansburg, S. C., to become a member of the 60th Pioneer Infantry Band. HUMMELSTOWN TRAFFIC TIED UP BY WRECKED CAR Accident Occurs at Switch in Reading Cut West of Borough Hummelstown, Aug. 3. - A wrecked freight car which was derailed and broken at the switch in the cut west of town delayed eastbound traffic on the Reading railway for several hours last evening. The car was loaded with merchandise and was badly smashed. The Pennsylvania Railroad wreck crew was called from Harrisburg to clear the tracks. No one was injured. LOCAL BOY OVERSEAS Harry Luckenbill has received a card announcing the safe arrival of his son, Harvey Luckenbill, who had been stationed at Houston, Tex., for the last nine months. Mr. Luckenbill is in the United States Cavalry service. GARDNER IN ENGLAND A card received from George A. Gardner states that he has arrived safely in England, enroute to Italy, where he will become a secretary of the International Committee of the Young Men's Christian Association. Mr. Gardner is a former resident of town and is well- known in the borough. ATTENDING CONFERENCE Members of the Young Women's Missionary Society, of the Reformed Church, are attending the sessions of the Reformed Church Missionary Conference being held at Mt. Gretna. Those in attendance are Mrs. F. J. Schaffner, Mrs. Russell Stoner, Miss Katherine Brinser, Miss Caroline Schaffner, Miss Marion Walter, Miss Mary Brinser, Miss Mary Ella Hartwell and Miss Katherine Shull. BOROUGH BRIEFS Paul Clouser, of Harrisburg, a student at the Gettysburg Theological Seminary, will conduct the services in Zion Lutheran Church on Sunday morning. There will be no services in the church on Sunday evening. A meeting of the Women's Christian Temperance Union will be held Monday evening at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs. D. I. Sassaman, West High street. Joseph Gensler has removed his shoe repair shop from the Wise Building, on West Main street, to the Bale Building, on South Railroad street. Stoverdale campmeeting will open next Tuesday and will continue until Friday, August 16, inclusive. At the meeting of the school board next Monday evening several vacancies in the teaching corps will likely be filed. Owing to the absence of the pastor, the Rev. Arthur R. King, who has been granted a vacation during the month of August, there will be no preaching services in the Reformed Church tomorrow. PERSONAL MENTION Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kautz and children, of Malvern, are guests at the home of Mr. Kautz's father, Samuel Kautz. Mrs. Frank Brantner is visiting her sister, Mrs. Howard Long, at York. Paul Hummel, of Syracuse, N. Y., is spending several weeks with his grandmother, Mrs. Jane Hummel. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Garrett and daughter, Miss Myrtle Garrett, returned this week from Rochester, N. Y., where they had been visiting relatives. Mrs. Lillie Boughter, of Harrisburg, is the guest of Miss Serena Knabe. Mrs. Harry Hoerner and children, Bruce and Emma Louise, of Baltimore, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hoerner. Miss Esther Bomgardner is visiting relatives at Elizabethtown. Miss Blanche Quilman, of Reading, is spending several weeks with her aunt, Mrs. Charles Reed. Miss Charlotte Ludwick, of Bethlehem, is visiting Miss Fannie Ludwick. Mrs. Frank Brinton, of Harrisburg, spent Thursday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Ebersole. Mrs. Samuel Walters spent several days this week with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Habbyshaw, at Stoverdale. Mrs. Gustavus Martin, of Steelton, was the guest of her sister, Mrs. W. B. Shope, yesterday. Charles Bobbs, of Harrisburg, is visiting his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Elias Earnest. Mrs. Edward Hammer, of Minersville, is the guest of her mother, Mrs. U. R. Shaeffer. Miss Sarah Henderson left today for Sunbury, where she will visit relatives for several days. PRESENTS FLAG TO MILITIAMEN Presentation of the large American silk flag to Company I, Pennsylvania Reserve Militia, by F. H. Hantzman, who has a son in the company, drew 1000 persons to the Island last evening. The ceremony was an impressive affair with other military and patriotic organizations of the city participating. Preceding the presentation a parade was held from the Armory and the Harrisburg Reserves, and representatives of the City Grays' Association and other military bodies whose names have long been associated with local history, acted as an escort for the local company of the Second Infantry. Adjutant General Beary reviewed the local reserves and the men were put through various platoon and skirmish formations. The exhibition drill disclosed the fact that the local company has reached a state of military precision in its work that is remarkable, considering the fact that the organization is but a few months old. 7 Local Men to Go to Syracuse Camp Monday Seven men will be sent to Syracuse recruit camp, Syracuse, N. Y., by the three city boards Monday. The men were ordered last night to report to their boards Monday. They will be trained for special duty at points of embarkation and are qualified for special limited service. The men selected by City Board No. 1 are Peter Vanderloo, Jr., 230 North Second street, and Samuel Miller Lenker, 1415 North Third street; city board No. 2 will send Charles C. Curry, 311 Hunter street, and Herman A. Attick, 260 South Fifteenth street. City Board No. 3 will send Ralph Broymesser, Carlisle; Earl Rein, 1816 North Fifth street, and John F. Owen, 1634 North Fourth street. T. W. B. CLUB IN CAMP AT GRETNA Members Leave for Ten-day Outing at Popular Resort NEW CUMBERLAND, Aug. 3. - The T. W. B. Club went to Mt. Gretna today where the members will cap for ten days. The party was composed of Misses Marguerite Witmyer, Margie McIvor, Marguerite Fisher, Hazel Rosenberger, Mabel Tritt, Carrie Garver, Tillie Landis, Lillian Grove, Mrs. Paul Hastings, New Cumberland; Miss Ruth Haverstick, Lancaster; Mrs. R. R. Kohr, Williamsport; Mrs. Austin, Dauphin, and Miss Mary Bond, York. The party is chaperoned by Miss Jennie Nailor, of this place. The men's chorus will have charge of the singing in Trinity United Brethren Church tomorrow morning and evening. George, a son of Mr. and Mrs. George Waugh, of Bellavista, was called to the service and left this week for Syracuse, N. Y. Misses Helen and Clarinet Guistwhite are visiting their aunt, Mrs. Mae Free, in Philadelphia. Miss Myrtle Hawn is spending her vacation with her aunt, Mrs. James Shaffer, at Lewistown. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Williams went to Trenton, N. J., yesterday where they will visit their daughter, Mrs. Robert Shelly. The Misses Rodes, of Virginia, are guests of Miss Edna Patti, Geary street. Mr. and Mrs. J. Harr and daughter Beatrice, visited friends at Beaver Station, this week. Mrs. George Seip and Mrs. Parker McAfee are camping at Penn Grove. Regular services will be held in all the churches tomorrow except St. Paul's Lutheran, as the pastor, the Rev. David S. Martin, is taking his vacation. Communion services will be held in the Methodist Church tomorrow morning. Paul Bishop will sing a baritone solo. B. F. Eisenberger, Post 462, G. A. R., will hold its regular meeting this evening. Mr. and Mrs. Parke Murray, Bridge street, announce the birth of a son. Mrs. Murray was formerly Miss Margaret Weltmer. Mr. and Mrs. John Shaffer and two sons, of Altoona; Mrs. Hastick, of Paxtang, and Mrs. Theodore Erb, of Philadelphia, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chandler, Sixth street, yesterday. The result of the contest of the drive of the Epworth League of the Methodist Episcopal Church between the red and white teams will be announced tomorrow evening. Mrs. R. I. Patti is visiting her son, in Washington, D. C. Mrs. Edna Ralston, of Philadelphia, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Iola Oyster. Harry Hawn, who was injured about two months ago when he was struck by a trolley car, is able to walk again. 33 OF CREW RESCUED WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. - Thirty-three survivors of the steamship Poseidon have been landed at an Atlantic port, the Navy Department announced today. The bodies of the captain and three of the crew were also taken to port. The captain was rescued after the sinking of the vessel and died Thursday night. The crew of the Poseidon numbered thirty-nine, leaving two men unaccounted for. MIDDLETOWN SERVICES FOR AERO SQUADRONS Methodist Pastor to Preach Sermon at Barracks Tomorrow MIDDLETOWN, Aug. 3. - The embers of the 610th and the 634th Aero Squadron who are stationed at the Aviation Camp, will attend special church services tomorrow morning in their barracks at 9.15 o'clock. The Rev. James Cunningham, pastor of the Methodist church, will conduct the service. The members of the church choir will be present. A special feature of this service will be several selections by the members of the Orpheus Female Quartet. The order of the service will be as follows: Congregational singing; prayer by the pastor, the Rev. James Cunningham; Scripture lesson; anthem by the choir, entitled "Dreams of Galilee;" solo, "One fleeting Hour," by Miss Harriet Swartz, accompanied by John Whitman; address by the Rev. Mr. Cunningham; selection by the members of the Orpheus Female Quartet, entitled, "Lead Kindly Light;" selection, selected, on the violin, by John Whitman; anthem, "A Love That Never Dies;" church choir; benediction, by the pastor. CAST STITCHES AT GOOD'S The members of the Middletown T. J. K. club were entertained last night by Miss Erma Brenneman, at the home of her sister, Mrs. J. Good, on North Catherine street. Refreshments were served to Miss Ruth McNair, Miss Romaine Kennard, Miss Oma Lutz, Miss Verona Keiper, Miss Agnes Markley, Miss Martha Swartz, Mrs. Raymond Gilbert, Mrs. L. Lindemuth, Mrs. J. Keiper, Miss Erma Brenneman and Miss Charlene Fishel. RED CROSS GETS DONATIONS The amount of $186.00 was presented to Mrs. C. C. Etnoyer, director of the Middletown chapter of American Red Cross, yesterday as a donation from the employes at the Government Depot, west of the borough. The collection was taken among the workmen under Major William B. Gray at the Ordnance Depot, near Jednota. ROUND-UP OF LOAFERS Chief of Police Charles Houser received word from C. C. Cumbler, chairman of local Draft Board No. 1, at Steelton, asking for his cooperation and that of the entire police department in rounding up all idlers in this borough and send in reports at an early moment. ANKLE FRACTURED Isaac Farley, colored, of Middletown, while at work on the government plant at Marsh Run this afternoon fell and was seriously injured. When he was taken to the Harrisburg Hospital it was found that he had a compound fracture of the left ankle.