NEWS: Items from The Evening News, August 30, 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., Friday August 30, 1918 SKULL BROKEN IN FIGHT In a quarrel early this morning Allen Miller, colored, 17 years old, 26 Locust Grove, Steelton, was struck in the head by a brick alleged to have been thrown by Frank Johnson, Colored. Miller was brought to the Harrisburg Hospital suffering from a probable fracture of the skull and is in a serious condition. Both men are employes of the Steelton plant of the Bethlehem Steel Company. Johnson is under arrest. Catholics of Hershey Now Have Own Chapel Special to The Evening News HERSHEY, Aug. 30. - The Catholic people of Hershey and vicinity, who had been using the Central Theater as a church since last June, are now provided with a newly finished chapel in the Hershey Press Building, having attended mass there last Sunday. A room on the second floor has been tastefully decorated and furnished with all the equipment of a finished church. Mass will be celebrated there at 9.30 a.m. every Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation. Meantime a church will be erected on a lot donated for that purpose." Catholics of Hershey, Hummelstown, Swatara, Palmyra, Brownstone and Campbelltown will assist at mass in this chapel. Spiritual needs will be taken care of by Father Phelan, of the St. Patrick's Cathedral, Harrisburg. Adams County Woman Slashes Throat, Dies GETTYSBURG, Aug. 30. - Mrs. George Mayers, of near Littlestown, slashed her throat with a razor today and died in two hours. ALL EXONERATED IN LUMBER CASE Charges against three men who had been accused of attempting to defraud the Government out of $6190.79, in connection with a lumber contract at the Middletown ordnance depot, were withdrawn this morning and the defendants, George E. Howard, Howard H. Fraim and Chas. P. Prince, all were exonerated when United States Commissioner Leroy J. Wolfe was advised by representatives of the Military Intelligence Division of the Army that the Government had no further desire to press the prosecution. It had been charged that the men attempted to collect money for lumber they had not furnished. The Commissioner was told that the prosecution was brought in good faith and that before the action was begun it appeared to the investigating officers that there were grounds for the suit. However, after the arrests were made the investigators said it was developed to their satisfaction that the three men had committed no wrong; that there had been no attempt to defraud the Government, and that the prosecution should be stopped. That was done without any testimony being offered at the hearing. Counsel for the three men gave out the following statement at noon today: "At the hearing this morning before Commissioner Leroy J. Wolfe, George E. Howard, Howard H. Fraim and Charles P. Prince were completely exonerated of the charges lodged against them. The prosecutions were withdrawn at the request of the Military Intelligence division of the Army and the defendants discharged without the taking of testimony." LEAVE THURSDAY FOR GREENLEAF Some lists of selectives for general service who will entrain here next Thursday morning at 10.50 o'clock for Camp Greenleaf, Lytle, Ga., were announced today by draft boards of the city and county. The men to go to that camp from the Paxtang district were announced yesterday. The whole call is for 162 men. City Board No. 1 Samuel Worley, 222 Cumberland; James C. Culp, 115 Calder; Harry L. Guistwhite, 333 Reily; Raymond A. Smyser, 808 North Sixth; George L. Fyler, 228 Chestnut; Edward D. B. Johnson, 515 Calder; Boleslaw Majewske, 656 South Seventh street, Reading, Pa.; Calvin S. Snoddy, 260 Cumberland; George S. Bale, 134 South Third; Thomas S. Hargest, II, 113 Reily; Clayton J. Paul, 1518 North Sixth; Percy Hoffman, 921 Penn; Russell Leon Ellis, 1340 North Sixth; Charles B. Williams, 1009 South Second; John P. Morgan, Jr., 1423 Green; Thomas H. Brenner, 1318 Penn street. City Board No. 2 Oscar E. Moore, 48 N. 13th; Claude H. Rettinger, 1466 Zarker; Wm. M. Cassell, 1011 Market; Emory J. Cauffman, 112 Sylvan Terrace; Orval Dennis Denny, 10 N. 5th; Norman M. Arnold, 1360 Mayflower; Theo. M. Pietzsch, 942 S. Dunkle; Claude E. Hummer, 1423 Liberty; Grant O. Renn, 1605 Market; Herman R. Smith, 2015-A Swatara; Roy Nelligan, 17 Linden; Ira J. Charles, 7 N. 14th; Roscoe W. Starkley, Erie; Gino Lencion, 1127 Derry; Wm. P. Sullivan, 526 North; Matthew Bastardi, 204 Mulberry; Francis M. Straub, 34 Balm; James D. Miller, 351 Hummel; A. Raymond Parker, 91 N. 17th; Ward E. Fishel, 161 S. Summit; Harry W. Houck, 21 Brady; Arthur G. Bruaw, 959 S.21st; Wm. Foster Geiling, 1917 Zarker; Earl R. Gruver, 432 S. 15th; Paul S. Balmer, 511 Walnut; Roland L. Whisler, 743 S. 23rd; Giuseppe Sindonia, 234 S. Second; Bradley Stamm Haynes, 312 Hummel. City Board No. 3 William S. Smith, 1627 North Sixth; Clyde B. Bear, Mt. Wolfe; Robert C. Gardner, 2144 Turner; Samuel C. Berger, 2015 North Seventh; Paul F. Byrnes, 532 Maclay; Charles A. Longacre, 1706 Penn; John Peters, 1302 Wallace; Joseph H. Moyer, 652 Woodbine; Amos Fry, 537 Curtin; Ralph A. Miller, 2137 Atlas; David J. Minsky, 637 Herr; John N. Pruss, 628 Boas; Aloysius A. McGarvey, 656 Emerald; Paul C. Nace, 433 Kelker; Charles Wilson, 1617 « North Third; Elmer E. Ebersole, 2540 Lexington; Joseph Swenson, 310 Granite; Henry Cohen, 633 Boas; Willis E. Low, 605 Kelker; Earle K. Long, 1714 Susquehanna; Paul R. Hildebrand, 420 Muench; Paris N. Papp, 1831 North Fifth; Lewis Ekline, 32 South Second; Charles L. Swails, Loganton, Clinton County; Seth E. Keener, 2541 North Sixth. County Board No. 1 Carl Frederick Klump, 104 Trevick; Fiore Lanni, Wells Brothers, Middletown; John Steve Newkam, 355 South Second; William Jacob Huss, Middletown; Edward Paul Eshenauer, Highspire; Walter Cope Kohn, R. F. D. No. 1, Middletown; Emanuel Vincient Ceck, 242 Myers, Steelton; George Moncure Stone, 2827 South Second, Steelton; George Henry Martin 355 South Fourth, Steelton; Paul Luther Hinkle, 104 Trewick, Steelton; Harry Lloyd Welden, 348 Swatara, Steelton; Harry Leroy Whye, R. F. D. No. 1, Middletown; Oscar McKinley Balsbaugh, R. F. D. No. 4, Middletown; Elmer Lincoln Ettinger, Main street, Middletown; Russel Roy Conrad, Canal, Royalton; Philip Eusie, 339 South Third, Steelton; Nathan Reynolds, 2131 South Front, Steelton; Joe Morone, 317 South Second, Steelton; Jacob Henry Shelley, Wilson, Middletown; Martin Joseph Davitt, Scranton; Charles Edward Gundy, Market, Royalton; Peter Pelicciari, Wells Brothers, Middletown; Raymond James Marsico, 353 South Third, Steelton; William J. B. Patton, Middletown; Phillip Albert, Pine, Middletown; Ray Walter Winters, R. F. D. No. 2, Hershey; Eugene Otto Jiras, 261 South Front, Steelton; Earl Esbenshade, West Londonderry Township, Middletown; John Joseph McKinney, 317 Frances, Steelton; Arthur Winfield James, 341 Locust, Steelton; William Ray Harder, Highspire; William J. B. Rohrer, 102 Market, Middletown; Walter Eugene Siegfried, 212 Conestoga, Steelton; John Stouffer Snavely, 248 East High, Middletown; Herman Cyrus Beards, 169 South Fourth, Steelton; John Marter, 781 Mohn, Steelton; John Warren Carnohan, 282 Main, Steelton; Mike Jajunic, 802 South Second, Steelton; Thomas P. Leach, Lawrence, Middletown; Raymond Minrose Rohn, 291 East Main, Middletown; Ralph W. Hopple, 114 Union, Middletown; Frank Brinkman, 131 Susquehanna, Middletown. County Board No. 3 Louis Scheib, Gratz; Julius Light, Lykens; Harry Hoffman, Elizabethville; Stanley Cresswell, Loyalton; William Smeltz, Jr., Gratz; Ralph Smeltz, Wiconisco; John Golden, Williamstown; Isaac Messner, Paxton; Curtis, Leister, Halifax; John Drisler, Millersburg; Ray Bohner, Millersburg, R. F. D. No. 1; Harry Shammo, Williamstown; Harold Tschopp, Millersburg; Elmer Walborn, Millersburg; Benton Clinger, Lykens; Elmer Grimm, Lykens; John Schott, Lykens; Adam Welker, Lykens; Harry Herman, Elizabethville; George Arthur Adams, Williamstown; Everett D. Hoover, Lykens. P. R. R. Superintendent at Williamsport Named WILLIAMSPORT, Aug. 30. - Hubert H. Russell, at present assistant superintendent of the Pittsburgh division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, has been appointed superintendent of the Williamsport division, with headquarters here, to succeed H. P. Lincoln, who has been appointed special agent in the office of General Superintendent Herbert C. Carson, of the Central division, also located here. These changes, effective September 1, were announced at the office of the Genral Superintendent in this city yesterday. NEGRO, WHO WAS WOUNDED BY BULLET, GAINS STRENGTH Charles H. Hunter, the negro, who, the police say, was shot in the hip during a scuffle with H. H. McLaughlin, a Philadelphia & Reading Railroad detective, on Wednesday night, is in an improved conditions at the Harrisburg Hospital. McLaughlin is being held by the police awaiting the results of Hunter's injuries. He will be given a hearing at police court upon the recovery of Hunter. Train Schedules for Men to Go to Camp Dix Train schedules were announced this morning for the entrainment of limited service men to be sent to Camp Dix, Wrightstown, N. J., on Friday, September 6. They will leave Harrisburg at 3.15 o'clock in the afternoon. The third city district board announced this afternoon the list of its men to go as follows: Frank R. Klugh, 650 Reily; Norman J. Rintz, 2204 Logan; Charles E. Davis, Front and Reels Lane; Morris Kautz, Fifth and Schuylkill; James F. Powers, 424 Harris; John G. Church, 2005 North Sixth; Howard K. Blessing, 1942 North Cameron; Ralph E. Page, 1614 Green; Harry N. Andrews, 1742 North Sixth; Joseph V. Hoffman, 2015 Logan. R. C. MILLER WINS STRAPS Raymond C. Miller, 416 Hamilton street, today was appointed first lieutenant of infantry, Pennsylvania Reserve Militia, and assigned to the motor truck company, the captain of which is Richard C. Batley. This company of the Reserve Militia is now completely organized. INFANTILE PARALYSIS BANS COMMUNITY PICNIC MERCERSBURG, Aug. 30. - The community picnic scheduled for yesterday at Red Bridge Park, near Chambersburg, was called off on account of the numerous cases of infantile paralysis in that locality. The business places of the town were closed. Dauphin News Notes; Outing Along Creek DAUPHIN, Aug. 30. - Mr. and Mrs. William Campbell and two daughters; Mrs. Guernsey Patton and three children, of Harrisburg; Mrs. William Lyter and son, and Mrs. Frank Lyter and three children, enjoyed an outing along Clark's Creek, on Wednesday. Supper was served. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kell, of Harrisburg, are spending two weeks at their cottage at Speeceville. Mrs. Mary Foster, of Lebanon, and Mrs. Elizabeth Weitzel, of Harrisburg, are the guests of their sister, Miss Clara Poffenberger. Miss Ruth Zitch, of Harrisburg, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. A. G. Bailey. Miss Nora Crouse has returned from a two weeks stay at Galen Hall, Wernersville. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Welker have received word of the safe arrival overseas of their son, Roy Welker, of the 304th Trench Mortar Battery. Mrs. Lick Feaser, of Philadelphia, is the guest of Mrs. Emanuel Feaser, South Erie street. ACTIVITIES IN THE REALM OF SOCIETY AND PERSONAL NOTES OF INTEREST The home of David Smith, near Penbrook, was the scene of a family reunion yesterday when a branch of the Smith family met for a celebration. Outdoor sports and a musical program delighted the guests, who were later served with a real picnic supper on the lawn. Those in attendance were: Mrs. Lydia Smith, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Smith, Mrs. Katie Sheesley, Mr. and Mrs. John Loban, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Lydia Smith, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Smith, Mrs. Katie Sheesley, Mr. and Mrs. John Loban, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. E. Z. Ebersole, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Eshenour, Mrs. H. E. Wolf, Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Page, Mr. and Mrs. David Smith, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Smith, Miss Emma Smith, Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Shaeffer, and son George, Walter Smith, Elizabeth Smith, David Smith, Mrs. Emma R. Feeser, Anna E. Feeser, Anna G. Smith, Edna Knupp, Cloyd R. Knupp, Jr., Mary Loban, Esther Loban, Winfield Loban, John Loban, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Loban and daughters, Mildred and Beatrice, Isabella Loban, Mrs. Seth Barnhart, Margaret Smith, Nora Wolf, Emma Wolf, Harry Wolf, Ruth Ebersole, Elizabeth Ebersole, Mabel Eshenour, Edith Eshenour and Paul Eshenour. The Summerdale Methodist Church will hold a patriotic entertainment on Sunday evening at 7.30 o'clock, in the church, at which time they will burn the $1000 mortgage which they have succeeded in completely paying off. The services will be in charge of the Rev. Maurice Swartz and the Rev. Dr. Silas C. Swallow. A feature of the meeting will be the presentation of a large silk flag, the gift of the Bible class taught by Mrs. W. J. Snyder. After a car ride to Marysville last evening the R. F. O. M. Club of the Y. W. C. A. was delightfully entertained by Mrs. James Hill of that place. Community singing, games and instrumental selections by Miss Adelaide Lusk were enjoyed by the club members. Later in the evening the hostess served refreshments to Miss Marie Hutton, Miss Ruth Seabold, Miss Anna Fry, Miss Edith Wilson, Miss Adelaide Lusk, Miss Pearl Hoover, Miss Jessie Cummings, Miss Mary Freed, Miss Florence I. Brown, Mrs. Clayton Hill, Mrs. Carrie Orner, and Mrs. Ada Cessney. BLOCK SOCIAL NETS RED CROSS ALMOST $400 Proceeds from the "Block Social" held last evening on Bailey street, between Balm and Summit streets will reach almost $400, which will be turned into the Harrisburg Red Cross Chapter as soon as all the proceeds have been collected. The highest booth amount was $84, which was taken in at Mrs. Glass' booth. All the booths were in charge of mothers with boys in the service. Mrs. Glass has a boy fighting in France, Mrs. Beck, a son fighting in Italy, while Mrs. Hubley's son is in a base hospital in France. The committee at present have $260.25, with two more committees to hear from which amount is expected to reach $100. Miss Ivy Carberry, assisted by a number of patriotic boys and girls, knitted a large Red Cross quilt of fifty-four patches and donated it to the Block Social for the benefit of the Red Cross. The quilt was won by Mrs. Wolfe and brought a sum of $30.30. Mrs. Wolfe will turn it over to the Red Cross. The young knitters worked hard and completed the quilt in two days. They were the Misses Rose Michlovitz, Ida Michlovitz, Dorothy Cuddy, Helen Zarker, Dorothy Weidman, Minnie Packer, Irene Koler, Anna Lampas, Beatrice Hoops, Mary Cassel, Genevieve Elicker, Thelma Miller, Russle Hunsinger, John Elicker and Nathan Michlovitz. The committee in charge of the social were Mrs. William Wolfe, Mrs. Joe Smithers, Mrs. John Smithers, Mrs. Snyder, Mrs. Herring, Mrs. Glass and daughter, Mrs. McCree, Mrs. Hubley, Mrs. Beck, Mrs. Farner, Mrs. Elicker, Mrs. Sherman and Miss Ruth Blair. The Youngest Knitter Working for Red Cross MISS GLADYS WEAVER [Photo] Some lucky soldier will have the distinction of wearing a sweater knitted by little Miss Gladys Weaver, daughter of Earl Weaver, 2222 Logan street. She holds the present record of being the youngest knitter who has turned in a sweater to the Harrisburg Red Cross Chapter. Gladys' work is not in a class with "beginners" but is perfect in every way. Miss Elizabeth Pipp, who celebrated her ninth birthday anniversary on Wednesday, was guest of honor at a delightful party planned by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Pipp, at their residence, 1407 Susquehanna street. Among the guests were: John Gottschall, Paul Heagy, Mary Ream, Margaret Heagy, Mary Arnold, Robert Winters, Florence Snoddy, Marie Alberta Miller, Katherine Snoddy, Agnes Knighton, Elizabeth Gottschall, Margaret Knighton, Ruth Bell, Katherine Weigle, Sarah Martin, Phoebe Fortenbaugh, Rosezell Stanford, Dorothy Hoar, Isabelle Palmer, Gladys Booth, Mrs. Simmons, Mrs. Gottschall, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pipp, Mrs. Lantz and daughter, Mrs. Fannie Hughes, Miss Ella Otstot, Mrs. Aaron Hughes and Mr. and Mrs. William Pipp. Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Hazel P. Shover daughter of Mrs. William L. Shover, of Mechanicsburg, to Roy A. Burkhart, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Burkhart, of Newville, which was solemnized Saturday evening. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. F. Berry Plummer, pastor of the Carlisle United Brethren Church, at the parsonage, and there were no attendants. The bride wore a modish street suit of mouse colored cloth with a small black hat and a corsage of bridal roses. Immediately after the service the young couple left for the bridegroom's home in Newville. The bride, who has a host of friends in her home town, is known here as an attach‚ of the P. and R. freight agency offices. Mr. Burkhart is now with the United States Army detachment of State College. He is a graduate of the Shippensburg Normal School and was a supervising principal prior to entering the service. William H. Mueller, 1614 Hunter street, superintendent of machinists at the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Works for a number of years, has resigned his position and will leave on Monday to take up his new duties as superintendent of the machine department of the Cindell- Morris Company at Eddystone. Members of his department presented him with a gold watch and chain as a token of appreciation of his friendship while at the local company. Mrs. John E. Sweeney, of Camp Hill, has been appointed by the Women's Division of the National Defense Committee to canvass for leather, kid gloves and old shoes for the committee. It has been discovered that old leather when put through a process is valuable in making munitions. Any one having old leather articles are asked to give them to Mrs. Sweeney. Personal Briefs Miss V. Reba DeWalt, of Camp Hill, is entertaining Miss Florence Shunk, of Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Arnold and son, Francis, and daughter, Mrs. G. W. Zearing, 309 Crescent street, have returned from Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va., where they spent a week with the latter's husband, G. W. Zearing, and Ralph D. Arnold, a brother of Samuel Arnold, who are training for Army service at the camp. Mrs. John Hepburn Tinker, of Pittsburgh, is the guest of Mrs. John B. McAlister and Mrs. William Hain, at their Summer home at Spring Garden. Sergeant Motter Fletcher, of the Quartermaster's Corps, stationed at Camp Hancock, is spending a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Rowe Fletcher, 224 Pine street. Miss Mary Carroll, 1709 North Third street, has returned home after a visit of three weeks to Montreal, Canada, where she was the guest of Mrs. J. Bateman Weber. Mrs. Weber was a niece of the late Rev. M. J. Bateman, a former rector of St. Patrick's Cathedral, in this city. Francis J. Machlin, 220 Briggs street, left this city Wednesday for the Field Artillery Officers' Training School, Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky. Mr. Machlin was formerly chief divisional clerk for the Bell Telephone Company. John J. Farling, for the past two years manager of a music house in Decatur, Ill., is spending several days with his parents, 224 Briggs street. Mr. Farling will leave for France in a few days. Mrs. Esther Camp, Newport, and Mrs. William Peters, of Lewistown, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Bell, of 820 North Third street. Miss Anne Zudrell, 29 North Seventeenth street, who has been spending the Summer at Asbury Park, has returned to her home. Miss Esther Wieseman, 1160 Mulberry street, ahs returned from a trip to Asbury Park. Mrs. Daniel L. Keister and daughter, Miss Ruth Keister, 316 Crescent street, yesterday left for Erie to meet the Mayor, who has been attending a convention of mayors of third class cities there. They will be home for Labor Day so that the Mayor may take part in the special events of that day. Justus V. Hershey, United States accountant at large of the Ordnance Department, Washington, spent a few days in this city while enroute to the western part of the State, Mr. Hershey was accompanied by his wife and daughter. Mrs. E. J. Lescure and little daughter Adele, Fourteenth and Haehnlen streets, are spending some time with relatives in Carlisle. Mrs. L. M. Ernst and children, Ruth and Edgar, 10 North Fifteenth street, are home after an extended trip to Buffalo and other points in New York State. Miss Myrtle Schell and Miss Anna Shell, South Thirteenth street, have returned after a stay of several weeks in their Summer cottage in the mountains near Lewistown. Mr. and Mrs. Ira W. Geesey, 16 North Fifteenth street, are spending some time with relatives at Cove. Miss Mary Steinheiser, North Sixteenth street, is home after a several weeks' stay with relatives at York. Charles Wilhelm, Miss Mary Wilhelm and Miss Catherine Wilhelm are home after a trip to Atlantic City. Mr. and Mrs. Ray H. Karper and daughter, Beverly Jane, of Brooklyn, N. Y., are visiting at the home of Mrs. Karper's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bitting, 2401 North Sixth street. Won His Promotion MERVIN EUGENE DANNER [photo] Mervin Eugene Danner is a Harrisburg boy who volunteered for induction in March as a carpenter, despite the fact that he is married and the father of two children. Because he had much experience with acids he was relieved of carpenter work and assigned to an arsenal where gas shells are charged, and only recently he was promoted from a private to master engineer, junior grade, with a rank equivalent to top sergeancy. Killed by Cars at Pine Hill Colliery POTTSVILLE, Aug. 30. - While sprigging cars in the mine of the Pine Hill colliery yesterday, Earl Fowler, 24 years old, of Minersville, was crushed to death. The cars run down an incline railway in trips of four to five cars at a time. It is believed Fowler thought all of the cars had passed and in the darkness stepped directly in the path of the last one. He was the support of his mother, Mrs. David Fowler, a widow, since his brother, Thomas Fowler, entered the military service and is now in France. MARRIAGE LICENSES Edward Carney, Hagerstown, and Nellie M. Tifft, Saginaw, Mich. William H. Stettler and Mary D. Martin, Lewisberry. ESTATE LETTERS GRANTED The will of William H. Dum, late of this city, was probated this morning by Register Danner and letters testamentary on the estate were granted to the widow, Elizabeth A. On the estate of William T. Howard, late of this city, the Register granted letters to a brother, Dr. J. Edgar Howard, of Haddonfield, N. J. REGISTRAR APPOINTED Albert J. Mehring, Democratic registrar of the Fourth Precinct, Tenth Ward, sent his resignation today to the County Commissioners who appointed George A. Werner, Jr., of 514 Mahantongo street. Steelton S. S. Takes Auto Trip to Hershey The members of the Men's Bible Class of St. John's Lutheran Sunday School, Steelton, and friends, numbering eighty-two in all, went to Hershey in eighteen automobiles last evening for an outing. At Hershey they had dinner on the portico of the Hershey Caf‚, Nissley Mumma, president of the class, was toastmaster, and Frank B. Wickersham, the teacher and the Rev. George N. Lauffer, the pastor, responded to toasts. Singing featured the evening. He Leaves Next Week to Avenge Brother's Death Thomas H. Brenner, of 1318 Penn street, the man who has a wife and three children dependents and who wants to go to war to avenge his brother's death, will leave next Thursday for Camp Greenleaf, Lytle, Ga. The draft board of the first city district put Brenner in that quota today. Brenner had been in class 4 by reason of his having a family of dependents but he moved the draft board on Monday of this week to advance him to the first class. He passed the physical examination and he asked to be sent with the next quota. The board obliged him. TO IMPROVE HOUSES A permit was issued by the Building Inspector this morning to John H. Dinger to build an addition to the row of two-story houses at 1408-10 and 1413 Susquehanna street, costing $1500. Many Pennsylvania Postmasters Renamed WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. - The following Central Pennsylvania postmasters were renominated yesterday by president Wilson: Bedford, Americus Enfield; Columbia, John R. Bucher; Danville, Thomas G. Vincent; Lewisburg, John F. Kurtz; Lock Haven, Paul O. Brosius; Mont Alto, David M. Brown; Quarryville, A. H. Fritz; Red Lion, H. Zeigler; Shippensburg, J. E. Blair; State College, R. M. Foster; Wernersville, M. H. Gundy; Womelsdorf, W. A. Christman; Thompsontown, Oscar W. Kaagel; Lititz, James J. Huebner; Annville, Harry W. Bowman. INJURED IN FALL Suffering of serious injuries to the back, Camillo DeSimeo, 1027 North Seventh street, an employe of the Central Iron & Steel Company, was taken to the Harrisburg Hospital at 5.50 o'clock this morning for medical treatment. He said that he fell more than twenty feet from a trestle at the steel plant into a wtll [sic], landing on his back. ALL OF THE NEWS OF STEELTON, MIDDLETOWN AND DAUPHIN COUNTY MIDDLETOWN ICE CREAM MAN CALLED Thomas Stipe, who for the past several years has been in partnership with Leroy Kain in the ice cream business, has been called by the local draft board and will report on Friday morning, September 6. Charles, a brother of Thomas, will conduct the business under the name of Stipe & Kain. This makes the second one of the Stipe boys serving in the U. S. Army, as Merle, a brother, was called in the draft about five weeks ago. ATTEND ELKS' CONVENTION A. H. Luckenbill, Harry Shoemake, Harry Force, John J. Schradley, and Leonard Nissley attended the convention of the B. P. O. E. in York yesterday. CALLED TO DRAFT Quite a number of young men who registered last Saturday, were called yesterday to report for examination by the local draft board in Steelton. MOTOR TO YORK Mr. and Mrs. John Dupes, Sr., of Wilson street, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sheetz, of Catherine street, motored to York yesterday to witness the parade of the B. P. O. E. STEELTON ARREST NEGRO Detective Durnbaugh last evening arrested James Walker, a West Side negro, who is wanted on a charge of cutting Frank Hughes early yesterday morning. With a long scalp wound back of his left ear, Hughes appeared at the Harrisburg Hospital early yesterday morning and received treatment. Walker was locked up pending the recovery of Hughes and will be arraigned before Squire Stees for a hearing. MEXICANS HELD FOR COURT Squire Stees last night held Prudencio Madrigal and Jose Vargas, two Mexicans, for court at a hearing on charges of robbery preferred by Lovro Susic, a West Side foreigner. Madrigal and Vargas were arrested by Patrolman Pearson late Tuesday night when the officer came upon them as, it is alleged, they were about to relieve Susic of his money at a dark spot in Iron alley. ARMENIAN TO SPEAK John S. Yeramian, an Armenian refugee, will speak in the Main Street Church of God Sunday evening. Yeramian will tell of the sufferings of his people in Armenia and his escape to America. Yeramian is a student at Lindley College, Ohio, and has mastered the English language to such an extent that he has become an interesting talker to American audiences. STEELTON PERSONALS Miss Fay Crump, 45 South Second street, has returned from a three months' visit with her brother in Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Landis H. Rohrer, 35 South Second street, are spending a week in Atlantic City. Potato Spraying on the Mitchell Farm Today A demonstration of the value of spraying potatoes, held in the potato field on E. B. Mitchell's farm on the Linglestown road, one mile from the river, found several hundred farmers in attendance at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon. The demonstration was held under the auspices of the Dauphin County Farm Bureau and has been named a "Potato Growers' Field Meet." NOTICE is hereby given than an application will be made to the Board of Pardons on September 18th, 1918, at 10 o'clock a.m. in the Supreme Court at Harrisburg, Pa., for an absolute pardon of John Beeman, who was sentenced on March 19, 1918, for a term of not less than one year and not more than one year and six months for the crime of Aggravated Assault and Battery, Assault and Battery from Dauphin County. NOTICE is herby given that an application will be made to the Board of Pardons on September 18, 1918, at 10 o'clock a.m. in the Supreme Court at Harrisburg, Pa., for an absolute pardon of Isaac Anderson, who was sentenced on January 14th, 1918, for a term of not less than one year, three months and not more than one year, six months for the crime of Larceny from the Person, Felonious Assault from Dauphin County. NOTICE is hereby given than an application will be made to the Board of Pardons on September 18th, 1918, at 10 o'clock a.m. in the Supreme Court at Harrisburg, Pa., for an absolute pardon of William Red, a prisoner now out on parole who was sentenced on March 22nd, 1909, for a term of fourteen years for the crime of Murder in the Second Degree, from Dauphin County. Two More Phone Boys to Enter Military Service G. E. Warfel and Clarkson G. Stevens, two local boys, will enter military service September 3. The former will go to Camp Dix, and the latter to Camp Greenleaf. Both have been connected with the Local Commercial office of the Bell Telephone Company and have many friends in this city. Mr. Stevens is a son of the late Rev. Geo. W. Stevens, District Superintendent of the M. E. Church. Word was also received today that Harry D. Gilbert, another Harrisburg boy, had arrived safely overseas. Mr. Gilbert is connected with Company C, Tenth Field Battalion, Signal Corps. Prior to his enlistment, Gilbert was connected with the division office of the Bell Company. He has a mother and sister living at Camp Hill. Eight Stone Dwellings Are Sold for $20,000 Sale of eight stone dwellings and a vacant lot, on Market street, between Eleventh and Twelfth, by J. W. Rodenhaver, manager of the Hotel Carlton, to Daniel Sanderlin was announced today. The deed changed hands last evening and it is said that the consideration was in the neighborhood of $20,0000. The dwellings are Nos. 1120 to 1136, inclusive. Rodenhaver held this title to the properties for about ten years. They have a frontage of 150 feet on Market street and extend back fifty-eight feet. The stone houses were erected by Brandt, the contractor, who years ago built the structure subsequently remodeled for the Sylvan Heights Orphanage, as a residence for his family. Dr. Royer's Mother Dies Word was received by the State Health Department last night that the mother of Dr. B. Franklin Royer, acting State Health Commissioner, died at her home in Greencastle yesterday afternoon at 4.30 o'clock, Mrs. Royer was 81 years old and died as the result of shock and injury recently suffered when she fell and broke her hip. Upon learning of her critical condition Dr. Royer went to Greencastle several days ago. Order Numbers Given to Elizabethville Men Registration and order numbers have been assigned to the young men of the Elizabethville district who registered in the draft on Saturday. The registration or serial numbers were assigned at State draft headquarters and these were used to ascertain the order in which the men will be called to camp, etc. The list follows: Reg. Ord. Name Address 155 45a Miles Albright, Halifax. 156 81a Forrest Bohner, Elizabethville. 157 112a Gordon Brubaker, Millersburg. 158 45b John Byerley, Gratz R. D. 159 123a John Chubb, Halifax. 160 59a Allen Deibler, Lykens. 161 92b Ammon Enders, Enders. 162 149a Lawrence Engle, Millersburg. 163 86a Harry Evans, Williamstown. 164 103a Joseph Fitting, Enders. 165 91a Thomas Haine, Millersburg. 166 143a Miles Hoy, Millersburg. 167 135a Ralph Hoffman, Gratz. 184 54b Harry Heim, Elizabethville R. D. 168 44a George Klinger, Gratz R. D. 169 135b Howard Klinger, Elizabethville R. D. 170 123b Ira Kline, Millersburg. 171 152a Leroy Kopp, Williamstown. 172 98a Harry Miller, Millersburg. 173 54a Samuel Reisch, Millersburg. 174 148a Gordon Schminker, Gratz. 175 135a Edgar Schreffler, Lykens. 176 148a John Sheesley, Powls Valley. 177 11a Roy Shade, Gratz, R. D. 1. 178 92a Edward Spittle, Williamstown. 180 127a William Warlow, Williamstown. 181 103b Frank Wiest, Pillow. 182 83a Edward Wirt, Millersburg R. D. 183 134a Vernon Willis, Lykens. C. H. DELANEY COMMISSIONED Information was received here from Washington last night that Charles Herbert Delaney, 2045 Penn street, this city, has been commissioned first lieutenant in the chemical welfare section of the National Army. McAdoo Wants Deferred Classification for Men Working on Railroads According to a dispatch from Washington today Director General McAdoo, of the railroads, has advised President Wilson that it will be impossible to operate the railroads successfully, up to war needs capacity, unless the big majority of the railroad workers are given deferred classifications in the Army draft. The Director General wants thousands of women employed on the railroads to relieve men for the colors and he has appointed Miss Pauline Goldmark, of New York, as chief of the women's service section. But for those jobs which women cannot fill the Director aims to retain men who ordinarily would be subject to draft calls. Moreover, he expects to induce Provost Marshal Crowder to establish a rule providing that the request of a railroad executive for the deferred classification of an employe shall act automatically.