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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-28
<MIDDLETOWN- :.
Middletown Completes.
Arrangements For Great
Memorial Day Parade

The final arrangements for the
observance of Memorial Day in Mid
dletown have been completed ond all
that remains to make the affair a
success will be fair weather.
AS has been the custom for q
number of years, the ceremonies will
be held on the soldiers plot in the
Middletown Cemetery, and will be in
charge of the local camp of the Sons
of Veterons.
In the morning the Sons of Veter-
ans accompanied by a number of
old soldiers, the Boy Scouts and a
number of citizens of town, will go
to Falmouth to decorate the soldiers
graves and take part in the cere-
monies at that place. The delegation
VIII leave on the 7.02 train and will
return to town at IL o'clock. They
VIII be accompanied by number of
the members of the Liberty Band
VINO will furnish music for the occa-
sion.
In the afternoon all those toking
part in the home ceremonies will
assemble at the G.. A. II. hall, Emaus
street, in the following order: Mar
shal. Hiram Houser. Paul e. Moore,
or the Junior Reserves, and Russell
Dlehl, of the Boy Scouts.
Liberty Band; Sons of Veterans
Reserves, II. Il. Moore, coptain /:
members of the G. A. Il. and old
soldiers in carriages and autos; +;
riverside Drum Corps, John Con-
dram, leader; Boy Scouts, Joseph Ma
sen' leader; Col. Ellsworth camp,
NO. 81 Sons of Veterans, Irwin
beard' commander; members of pa
triotic organizations and citizens of
town: ministers and citizens in car
riages and autos.
The line will form in Emaus
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-28

through the departmental system of
referring buyers to producers. The
same system was employed with
beans.
The bureau of statistics, which
handled the correspondence, has
had many letters of thanks for the
way the work was handled.
Visited Troop-Governor Brum-
baugh spent yesterday afternoon at
state College and Boalsburg, visit
Ing the members OF the First Cav
airy machine gun troop. He returned
to-day.
Hearing Friday.-The hearing on
the bill to tax moving picture films
Philadelphia Friday
Bills Negatived.-The judiciary
local committee of the House has
negatively reported the various bills
for constable fees.
Visiting Homc.-John G. Hon
wood, chief clerk of the Public Ser
vice Commission, spent the week
end at his home in Uniontown.
Cambria to Suc.-The bill TO per-
NIT Cambria county to sue the State
in the dispute over bounties for ami
mails will pass this week.
No Hcarings.-No hearings were
Field by the Public Service Commits
sion to-day. The first will be held
here Wednesday.
Examination Friday.-The State
Police will have an examination for
eight vacancies on Friday.
Election Arranged. - Governor
Brum baugh to-day issued a procla-
nation that the election for CON
gressman in the 2Sth district COM
posed'of Warren, Nenango, Elk. For
est and Mercer counties, would be
held on November 8, the regular
election day this year. Congressman
o. ID. Bleakley, of Nenango, resigned
about the time congress met.
DIR Dillinger Hcre.-Dr. q. A. Dill
linger, of Pittsburgh, formerly at
tached to the First Artillery as med
| ical officer, was at the office of the
governor to-day with Senator w. c.
Mckee, commander of the regiment
1t is understood that he desires to
reenter the service.
Governor Busy-Governor Rrum-
I baugh remained at the executive
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-28
Middletown Notes

Robbers gained an entrance to the
Mansion House during Saturday
night sometime by breaking one OF
the kitchen windows and raising the
sash and got away with can of
lard. four pounds of butter, six dozen
of eggs and fourteen pounds of sugar.
1t was not discovered until Sunday
morning when they got up.
Mrs. Annie Welsh, aged q, dled az
the home of her son, ". j. Welsa, at
noon, from old age. She was the
widow of the late ]. IL. Welsh, who
was burgess of Middletown at one
years. Deceased is survived by the
following children: w. j. Welsh,
Harrisburg, with whom she resided'
Mrs. Ida steele, Los Angeles. Cali IL:
Washington, Pa; Edward Welsh.
West Brighton. Staten Island. New
York; Miss Bessie Hikes. Harrisburg,
and Mrs Annie Stotz. of town. Fu-
noon at . o'clock from the home Of
her son. w. j. Welsh, and body Will
be brought to town Burial Will be
made in the Middletown Cemetery.
marriage at his home in Swatara
street, on Saturday afternoon. Lewis
Hemperly and Mary Ring, both of
Mir. and Mrs. W. J. Kennard and
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Wise have return
ed home.
Seventy-five G. A. r. and Sons of
Veterans attended divine services in
the Presbyterian Church on Sunday
morning when the Rev. r. G. McCar-
rell preached a special sermon for the
occasion. In the evening the Boy
Scouts attended divine services in tho
NJ. T.. Church. whore Rev. James Cum
ninGham preached sermon suitable
for the occasion.
Frank Overdeer is transacting busi-
ness at Buffalo, N. Y.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-28
Hundreds at Dedication
of New St. MaTy's Church

Hundreds witnessed the dedication
of st. Marys Croatian Church yester-
day. The church was blessed and ac-
cepted by Bishop McDevitt. of Har-
risburg. He was escorted by MEM
bers OF the various Croatian societies
of the borough and children or 81.
Mary's Parochial school.
High mass was celebrated by the
Rev. DR.. l.. Kajich, during which the
Rev. William Huygen acted as dea-
con, the Rev. Luke Gladek as sub
deacon and the Rev Harry Ludes as
master OF ceremonies. Others who
participated were The Rev. Joseph
Soric, of Chicago; the Rev. Daniel
Carey, the Rev. George Rice and the
Rev. Father Honorious. Afterwards
Il procession was held.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-28

Father Penn has been acting as a
middleman without charging any
commission and has been the means
of breaking up some extortion.
A month ago the mail of the De-
partment of Agriculture was filed
with complaints from farmers and
persons anxious to plant vegetables
that they were being soaked" big
prices for seed potatoes and beans
and asking for relief. Suggestions
that tho state buy up lot of seeds
or seed material were found to be
impossible under the law, and a
proposition to spend $25,OOC of the
$2,000,000 defense fund for that
purpose was turned down because of
difficulties in the way. The depart
mental officials then turned to the
men on its lists and succeeded in
locating hundreds OF bushels of seed
potatoes in York and other big po-
tato-raising counties and by it's sys-
tenn of mailing lists got the farmers
and others into touch. 1t is esti-
mated that thousands of bushels will
be sold through this practical sys-
tenn and the buyers saved many dol
lars. When seed potatoes were be-
ing held for $5 a bushel in cities
they were being sold at $3.50
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-28
NJ. \. FRANTZ DIES

Michael A. Frantz, lifelong
resident of East End, died at the
home of his son-in law, Q. l., Rom
berger Saturday, at the age of SS
years. The body will be brought
to Steelton for funeral services from
Willis chapel, tomorrow morning.
Burial will be made in the Oberlin
Cemetery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-28
STEELTON AND NEARBY TOWNS

Conestoga streets, right resting in
Trewick street. Chief Marshal Ben
iamin f. McNear, Jr., has announced
the following route to be observed:
Down Front street. to Chestnut, to
Second, to Pine, to Harrisburg, to
Lincoln. to the Baldwin Cemetery,
where the exercises OF the day VIII
be held.
Music will be furnished by the
Steelton Band and taps will be blown
on the bugle by William Lewis,
Spanish American war veteran.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-28

street, and move promptly ut 2
o'clock over the following route:
Rirgt resting in Wood. to Ann, to
Union, to Water, to Pine, to Main,
to Union, to cemetery and perform
ceremonies. From cemetery to
Union, to High, to Spring, to Wa
ter, to Catherine, to Emaus, to G.
A. r. hall, and dismiss.
Upon arriving at the cemetery the
following program will be carried
out: Star Spangled Banner" Lib
erty Band; invocation. the Rev. Y,
c. McCarrell; reading of General
Legan's Order No. IL, the Rev. Will
liam Beech; song, America" audi
ence; reading Lincoln's Gettysburg
address, the Rev. l. III. Albright; Sc
lection, Liberty Band; grafton, the
Rev. James Cunningham; selection,
Liberty Band: tribute to the dead
and decorating soldiers plot, Sons OF
Veterans and children of Emaus Or
phan House; song, Where Our
Fothers Sleep" audience; retreat
buglers; saluting the dead, Sons OF
Veterans Reserves; taps, buglers
benediction.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-28

mansion working on bills to-day as
he is arranging to go TO Fort Niagara
late tomorrow. The governor will
return Thursday.
TO Appear TOmorTow.-Insur
Commissioner O'Neil will appear be-
fore the joint appropriations COM
mittee tomorrow. He returned from
Pittsburgh to-day as full of fight as
ever.
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Harrisburg
Pa.
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STEELTON PERSONALS

Mrs. Ada Mars, South Front
street, and Mrs. Mary Bayrent, South
Second street, were entertained last
evening by Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd f.
Beinhaur, Penn street, Highspire.
e. Hess, South Second street,
made a business trip to Reading to-
day.
DIR. f. Webster Byrod. of the bor-
ough, who recently opened an office
in Oberlin, has gone to housekeeping
in the Zoll property, fronting the
Oberlin Square.
Miss Sue Hess, South Second
street, was the guest yesterday of her
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
Zoll, Oberlin.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-28
STATE HELPS MEN
TO SECURE SEEDS
Department of Agriculture
Has Been Successful in
Number of Instances

For the first
time on record
the s t a t @ OF
Pennsylvania has
gone out and got
ten seed for farm
ers and vegetable
growers without
s p e n d | n & any
money and with
out costing the
buyers a cent. In
o [ h er w or q 8,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-28
TO GIVE SHOW

Everything is in readiness for the
presentation of The Price in the
End" to be given by the Young Men:
Hebrew Association in the Electric
Light Building hall this evening. Al
orchestra will play during the show
and afterward for dancing.
Use McNeil's Cold Tablets.-adv.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-07-16

cred Is hts for to#l at as bases
Banhart@ double drove Emmett in
with the winning run eJ t8c opener
The second game wa featured with
The heavy hitting OF Phoenix Who
cleared The bases IN the eaventh win
a home run The sluaas.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-07-16
Bates H0ME-RUk DRIVE WITH TWO MEN ON
WINS UPHILL GAME FROM FREDERICK TEAM

0Bren Wild and Ineffective and Cooley Goes In and Stops
Enemy From Further Scoring-Hagerstown Wins Again.
and Hangs Onto Our HeeIS-NoteS and Comments
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-07-16

Mack's Batting Features
Hanover defeated se burr Sat
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-14
MAKING EYES FOR THE army

nose, as it were, is the propeller. This is 4
long blade that extends out like two horns,
(which, when the machine is in action. fly
around at the rate of fourteen hundred times
a minute or twenty-three times a second
They make noise like buzzing of all the
locusts OF Egypt jointed into one; and they
turn the air in front Of them into a whirl-
wind which flies back in great current to-
ward the tail
The seats OF the airplane are in two great
holes cut out of the back of the fish You
sit down, as it were. in its BELLY not like
Jonah inside the whale, for he had no view.
but SO low that your head only extends above
the top. Right in front of YOU is the guide
wheel much like that Of an automobile, and
the rest OF the steering gear by which the
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-14

The machine ! saw on the Potomac com
pares to those which are now fighting over
the battlefields of Europe as a flv to an
eagle. 1t weighed less than fifty pounds
and it flew three-quarters Of a mile in one
and three-fourths minutes The machine in
which rode through the skies today weighs
almost ton, and it flies through the air at
seventy miles an hour. As it rested upon
the ground, it looked like some gigantic live
thing from another planet. Using a GULL.
yer comparison, it made me think of Brob-
dignagian bug. ready to attack my I.illpu-
tan self, and when in action this impression
became more vivid than ever. As it rested
upon the ground it made me think OF fish
with wings and when half mile in the
air, with the sun shining upon it. it looked
like dragin-fly which turned TO silver as
the rays flashed upon its surface. | despair
OF making you see the aerial monster and
Of giving you live conception of how one
feels while 1t carries you about through the
clouds with the earth spread out like map
far below.
The best idea of it, perhaps, is as ei-
gantlc lying fish. The fish upon the ground
rests upon two wheels with cushioned rub
Der tires. They are not as large as the
front wheels Of the smaller OF our antomo
biles and they raise the body and the head
OF the fish SO that it seems to be supported
upon them and on the tail The head if the
fish contains the engine hidden inside the
shell, and IN front of this, attached to the
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-14

land disappears and the country becomes d
beautiful patchwork of field and forest Of
many colors and of all hues and shades of
green and yellow. The fields grow smaller
and smaller. The wide roads stand out like
broad lines running through the green. You
can where they are raised above the rest
of the country. You can mark the hills and
the hollows. The whole is like relief map
drawn to perfect scale, the length of which
decreases as you ascend The lakes turn
into ponds. the houses grow smaller, until al
last the homes of the farmers become toy
dwellings or Noah's arks and the men in the
fields dwindle to the stature of Tom Thumb
or less. A little higher, the roads turn to
ribbons, and the automobiles racing along
them look like bugs or beetles running back
and forth upon the white and red streaks
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-14

AS we rose | was able to look about and
study the country as it lay there below me-
1t was great map, which changed every
minute, bringing more and more into view
as we mounted the sky. AT the height Of the
Washington Monument, the horizon was
thirty miles distant, and at 2OO0 feet
could see for radium of almost sixty miles
AT the height Of one mile on clear day it IS
said that the aeronaut has vision of ninety
six miles all about him, although this is
limited somewhat by the curvature of the
earth and the conditions of the air The
circle increases in the same ratio as he rises.
and at two miles, which is the usual height
OF Our observation machines he has vast
expanse below him I did not rise to the
height OF a mile, but | was so high in the
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-14

army. 1t is about the same as the standard
machine now used for Canada and Great
Britain, and it will be turned out in great
numbers for training our aviators for
France. There is a large number of stu
dents being trained here outside OF the men
who have enlisted for the purpose The
head of the school recently sent out an adj
vertisement for men who wished to learn
to fly. and he received 5000 replies in the
course of one week
Thousands have applied to the govern
ment to be taken into the service, and train
ing fields are being established in different
parts of the country. There are now some
thing like 800 students in the training
schools of eight great universities and the
government expects to graduate students
into the advanced flying fields at the rate
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-14

below. The towns become play villages, and
the city of Buffalo dwindles. The whole IS
in such perfect relief that a photograph OF
1t tells the gunners exactly where the things
are and just how they must shoot to land
their projecties upon the works of their
enemy 1t is this that enables the spy ma
chine to be of such value in our warfare in
Europe. Every detail is visible and the
planes are now equipped with wireless telt
graph instruments with which they can di-
rect the artillery just where to fire 1t was
from an aeroplane like this that the French
discovered that the whole German army was
advancing toward Belgium and not making
their attack, as was expected, upon the
French frontier That discovery saved the
day in Europe and prevented the immediate
success OF the Germans As it is now. the
observation planes make the most OF their
flights at height OF two miles above the
ground. They are then out of reach of the
anti-aircrat guns and have the whole field
OF battle spread out below them
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-14

Our machine was started by men crank
ing it on much the same principle as an au-
tomobile. They did this by giving the pro-
pellcr whirl The engine began to work.
The noise grew louder and louder: great
wind arose and we glided over the ground
the tail dragging in the dust which rolled
upward like cloud into the air In the
meantime the whirlwind increased The
engine went faster and faster, and had the
feeling of climbing up a hill in an automo-
bile. This increased moment later when
the machine left the ground and gided up
an inclined plane into the skies The ascent
was gradual and we seemed to be forging
ahead still upon our two wheels
AS we rose higher and higher there was
no feeling if the great void beneath us The
way into the sky appeared to be as solid as
the ground we had left, and we were fore
ing ourselves, 1t appeared, through a solid
medium rather than the treacherous crcum-
ambient air. This feeling prevailed through
out the whole trip. had none of the dizzy
sensations which some people experience
when they look at the ground from the
top of high building. My stomach STAYED
where it was and my heart did not crawl
into my throat. AS we rose higher and
higher my confidence increased, and | felt
that was in less and less danger. Ny
greatest regret was that | was strapped to
my seat in my tightly buttoned leather coat.
so that | could not get at my note book to
make detailed description of the scenery
as we flew over the country. Had had my
typewriter with me, | could have clicked it
off as we flew
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-14


How the World Looks From Bombing Machines Flying
chan and the Government
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-14

Som eof the most interesting of all the
machines are those intended for naval u,ort
and Tor patrolling the coast. Among these
are the hydro-aeroplanes, which are similar
to the land machines except that thew have
pontoons instead of wheels fitted below the
wings In order that the machine NAV rise
from or alight upon the water.
OF this same class, but different. are the
huge flying boats, sometimes called "flying
whales" These boats have wind spread
OF nlnety-two feet. Their bodies are forty-
SIX feet long and they are shaped very much
like whale. The boats are lighted by cleo
triclty and they are so arranged that the
men can easily move about in them. Each
will carry useful load OF more than two
thousand pounds. The boats are driven bv
motors of two hundred horsepower and, in
Guiding the fuel and pilot, they weigh over
f1fty-five hundred pounds. | understand
that the company has made twenty-five OF
these winged whales for the British and
French admiralties and that at a cost OF
about 100000.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-14

Returning to my flight we scared this
way and that over the country, now rising
now falling, and even looping the loop 1T
the will OF the aviator. The only difference
in sensation was that the air grew colder as
we rose, and caught my breath once or
twice as we made great dash. | observed
that the rush of the wind and the noise Of the
machine affected my hearing | had to
raise my voice when spoke to the pilot and
this feeling continued for some time after |
came to the ground. ! can easily see why
goggles are worn and why one has pads over
his ears. AS we descended. the machine shot
almost straight downward, and we were
going at rate OF something like mile a
minute We seemed to be diving straight
into the earth when the pilot pulled lever
and we coasted about for level place upon
which to land We found it in the flying
field from which we had risen AS the
wheels struck we bounced, Judge, as high
as the tops of the orchards nearby. We
bounced again and again, but without any
noticeable shock, and then skinned over
the road on the tires until we reached the
exact spot from which we had started.
During the same day my daughter, who
was with me, took a half hours flight ia
the same machine, flying this way and that
among the clouds and alighting with no
perceptible palpitation OF the heart.
My machine was military tractor of the
type chosen as the training machine for our
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-14

VIC 0WWneGe WdtCllcu Solilc VI VIC
NCrS7S71I great flying machines which
GSAS&&S are to be used in our war III
Europe, moving about through the air. |
have examined the machines they sat
on the ground and have even taken flight
in one of the two-seated bplane scouts de-
signed for spying upon the enemy and Tor
making Photographic maps OF their trenches
tor the use of our army.
But before | describe my experience OF
today | want to say word about my first
sight of an engine flying about through the
sky. 1t was just twenty-one years ago,
on an island in the Potomac river not far
from Washington. | had gone there at
the invitation of DR. Samuel Langley, who
had Just completed his invention OF the first
machine that actually flew. Rumors OF the
discovery had already been published, but
he had selected me to give the first descrip-
ton if the flight to the newspapers. We
went alone and waited for three days at
the clubhouse on the island down the Po-
tomac in order to get the best air cond-
tons to make the test.
The machine, which was made chiefly OF
steel and weighed only about as much as
a four vcar-old boy was moved by a lit
tie steam engine 1t was launched from
starting stage, and it flew from the island
for distance almost as great as the length
OF PENNSYLVANIA avenue between the Treas
ury and the Capitol, 1t rose into the air
and flew straight across the Potomac tos
ward the woods and then turned and went
up the river for a short distance Then. all
the water in the boiler having been convert
ed into steam, its motive power was gone
and it dropped gently down upon the earth,
That machine was the father Of the great
aviation industry of today. 1t prove | the
success of the principles Of artificial flight,
and from it was developed the man-carry-
ing machine which, aided by Congress, DR..
Langley completed in 1908. Every one
knows the tragic story of that machine. The
aviator who attempted to fly it was Mr.. G.
NJ. Manley, who is now one of the engineers
Of the Curtiss aeroplane staff, and it was
due only to bad weather conditions and
defect in the launching that the machine did
not leave the starting stage The story went
out that it was failure. The newspapers
ricliculed Langley and the blow to his SEN
sitive nature was such that it caused his
death. The machine had been injured in
The starting. and it was not rebuilt and
tested again until he had passed away. In
deed, it was not until 1914 that the identical
machine was taken to Hammondsport and
successfully flown by Mr. Glenn H. Cur
tiss. In the meantime, other inventors had
been working along the lines of the dis
coveries made by DIR. Langley. and the fu-
a fixed fact.