Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-11
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John c. Shumberger. who broke
records for the mobilization camp at
| Mt. Gretna by rising from the grade
| OF sergeant major in the quartermas-
ter corps TO major, got his last promo
ton on the day when the marching
nler of Zembo Temple, whom he had
trained and of whom he was captain,
left for Buffalo. 1t was q sore dis
appointment for the major not to go
with the Shriners, but the call of the
government was first with him and
he has to miss the first convention in
years. Major Shumberger has an
e&Celle..t record in the National Guard.
He was member of the Governors
Troop twenty years ago and served
under Colonel +. NJ. Ott then cap
tain, in the call for duty following the
baltimore riot of 1897 and was made
q corporal while with the troop in
Porto Rico. After the Spanish War
he became sergeant major on the
Third Brigade staff under General j.
+ 5. Goblin and went through the
strike service of 1900 and 1902. Since
1905 he had, until camp this year, the
distinction of being the highest nom
commissioned officer in the whole
guard, serving under General Stewart
ant on the staffs of Governors Penny
packer, Stuart. Tener and Brumbaugh.
| When the mobilization camp began
| he was made captain and assigned
/ to the quartermaster's corps Now
| hc is major. In this city Major
/ Shumberger is prominent in affairs as
h. is member of the Rotary Club
and the Chamber of Commerce and
| pagt master of Harrisburg Lodge, past
commander of Pilgrim commandery
and active in the Scottish Rite and the
| Shrners. He has drilled the Zembo
patrol for years, Major Shumberger,
who was head of the school of COM
uerce for years, is a certified public
accountant and his work calls him
into many States. He has given up
much to serve at Mt. Gretna and
reward is coming in promotions,
Deputy Secretary of the Common
wealth Fred Godcharles is getting
ready to celebrate the centennial an
nNersary of his newspaper, the Mil
tonian, which was started September
Il. 1915. He is going to have a 100
page edition and it will be a big thing
Tor the thriving community where 1t
is published. The Miltonian was start
ed by General Henry Frick, one Of
the biggest men of the Northum ber-
land district, who died on the floor of
Congress. For years it has been u
journalistic beacon along the Susque-
hanna.
A young college graduate with
friends in this city, who has spent the
past year in China, writes that things
are happening over there even if the
country isn't mixed up in the world
war. He says:
May 81, 1916:-We have certainly
been in the midst of momentous hap
penings of late, although rarely COM
ing into actual contact with the
trouble. This morning at Sis as [
started on my morning walk to school
noticed that Tsao Chow Men street
q a Httft
and neighbor Tsao who was standing
on his doorstep without mis- gown,
sleeplly rubbing is eyes, informed me
that during the night Human had de-
clared its independence of the Yuan
Shin Kai government. The people
were grouped in front of the bulletin
l boards eagerly reading aloud for the
: benefit of the illiterate a proclamation
with its big red official seal.
Everything was very quiet during
the morning, but while we were seated
al Tiffin, the neighborhood was
shaken by an explosion that made
2 everyone look pale with surprise, for
joking explanations. Someone sug-
gested that 1t was salute to celebrate
= the declaration of independence. An
5 other said that 1t was probably a shot
2 from one of the gunboats, but l said
: that 1t was big gun that fired the
r school by way of the Bund to see il
. there were any signs of trouble and
= before | got outside of the gate | saw
I a big cloud of smoke pouring east
), ward overhead, and at the same
= moment l heard the rafting and
= shouting and blowing of trumpets
which betokens the approach of the
e hre department. The engine was one
7. or the hand drawn sort with room for
8 ter men on each side to pump The
= men had on queer hats and some car
I ried long poles.
Il soon reached the spot and found
one building a skeleton and another
IN names. Newman the foreign post
master was running up and down in
great excitement, and from him
learned that the fire had been caused
by the explosion which we had heard
Anderson, Fleming and Morgan of the
: Standard Oil were also wandering in
, the crowd. Anderson and 1 found two
men lying by the side OF the street
dazed and bleeding considerably. After
l a lot of excited running around we
> found bed and two doors and the
policemen impressed twelve coolies ia
carry our two patients and one other
2 that we found to the hospital Here
, DR.. Chow and DIR. Branch washed and
/ bsndaged the men temporarily They
had some frightful cuts but will prob
ably recover.
"A German who was sitting next
door when the explosion took place
, said that he had been blown several
! feet Mr.. Newman had told him that
there were some political plotters in
the adjoining house. They had been
) making bombs, when one exploded
: and so probably some of the men we
. picked up will be saved only to be
beheaded
These are exciting times!"
;, Pennsylvania National Guardsmen
, now on the border are commencing tc
: write letters home about the heat
They say that it is witherIng, but dry
and that they expect to get used to it
but that they do not like the real
estate that is in the air with the after
noon winds. Creams that prevent
lips from breaking are in demand.