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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-12
Pennsy Directors Promote y
Officials East and West;
Affect Operating Branch

Numerous changes and promotions
were yesterday authorized by the
board of directors of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. Victor Wierman, superin-
tendent of the Trenton division, was
transferred to the office of the gen.
eral superintendent of the New Jer-
sey grand division at New York city,
the change to become effective April
15. Mr.. Wierman has been superin-
January 1, 1912.
E. j. Cleave, superintendent of the
Cresson division, has been appointed
superintendent of the Trenton divi-
sion.
The following additional promo
tions i'll the operating department, eff
fective April IS, were authorized in
connection with these changes: i. W.
Smith, Jr., assistant superintendent of
the New York division, will become
superintendent of the Cresson divi-
sion; j. M. Henry, assistant superin-
tendent of the Pittsburgh division,
will be made assistant superinten-
dent of the New York division; j. b.
Hutchison, Jr., will be advanced from
division to assistant superintendent of
the same division; H. Fl. Russell, di-
vision engineer of the Middle division
at Altoona, Pa, will become division
engineer of the Pittsburgh division;
G. E. Brinser, division engineer of the
Monongahela division, will become di-
vision engineer of the Middle division;
7. j. Skillman, division engineer of
the Camden Terminal and the West
Jersey and Seashore Railroad, will
become division engineer of the Mon
ongahela division; d. T. Easily, diVi-
sion engineer of the Allegheny divi-
sion, will be transferred to division
engineer of the Camden Terminal
and West Jersey and Seashore Rail-
| road, and ]. o. Hackenberg, super
visor of the Pittsburgh division at
East Liberty, Pa, will be advanced to
division engineer of the Allegheny
division.
MUST OBEY SOLDIERS ORDERS
An order, which applies equally to
Harrisburg and all points on the main
line of the Pennsy, was posted on local
bulletin boards this morning, signed
by l.. w. Allibone, superintendent of
the Sunbury division of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad. The order reads as
follows:
Members of the United States
troops are guarding our bridges and
other structures on the Sunbury di-
vision, and, when any of the guards
call halt, everyone must stop at
once and not proceed until given
permission to do so by the guard
on duty"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-12

son, Machamer, Gibbons, Cless. Ewing.
Yinger.
Firemen up: Zeigler, Smith, Vuchity,
Rodenhafer, Black, Smith, Howe. Dun
bar, Rothe, Hassler, Spahr, Charles,
Mccormick. Otstot, Bryan, Lawrence,
Sheaffer. Kiner, Wichello.
Engineers for End 8, 3rd s, Ia, 16, 3S.
Firemen for 1st 8, IL, 16, 3S, "A.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-12
CAMP HOLDS SMOKER

Halifax, Pa, April 12.-Members of
Washington Camp, No. SIC, p. o. S. of
A.. held smoker in their hall, corner
of Third and Market streets, on Tues
day evenin. Sandwiches, coffee and
cigars were served.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-12
ENOLA SIDE


Philadelphia DivIslOn-The 257 crew
to go first after 4.15 p. M: 220, 239, 215.
213. 202, 2O1, 21S. 236. PA.
Conductors for 215, 21S.
Flagmen for PA, 21S, 237.
Brakemen for 202, 214, 216. 220, 239.
Conductor up: Devices.
Brakeman up: Seabold
Middle DIvlsion-The 223 crew to go
first after 3 p. M: 247, 240, 217, 249,
246
Front End-1O2. 100, 1O7.
Engineer for 102.
Brakeman for 1O2.
Ynrd Crews-Engineers up-Smith,
Branyon. Bretz. Kaufman, Reese, An
thony, Neumyer, Rider, Hill.
Firemen up: Walsh, Rice, Brown,
NJ. S. Hall, C. II. Hall. Guilermin.
Engineers for 1st 1875, 3rd 126, 1872,
10.
Firemen for 1st los. 1874. 100. 3rd 1O2
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PASSENGER SERVICE

barked up at 1901 p. MI. Sparver,
o. Taylor, Fl. l.. Robley, ]. Crimmel,
T. d. Crane, w. c. Graham, G. G..
Keiser. S. Alexander, w. d. McDougal.
Engineer wanted for: 10.
Extra firemen marked up at 1901
p. m.-F. Dysinger, II. M. Cornprobst,
N. G. Gates, II. o. Hartzel.
Firemen wanted forETAOINUNUN
Philadelphia Division Extra en-
gineers marked up at 1901 p. m.-B.
A. Kennedy, b. f. Lippi, V. c. Gibbons,
M. Pleam, A. Hall, w. w. Cristwell.
Extra firemen marked up at 1901
p. m.-B. w. Johnson, j. M. White,
j. S. Lenig, j. N. SCHNEIDER. w. w.
Hershey, M. G. Shaffner, c. d. Burley,
w. f. Aulthouse, A. /. Floyd.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-12
TO RELIEVE CATARRHAL
DEAFNESS AND HEAD
NOISES

II you have Catarrhal Deafness
or head noises go to your drug
gist and get ! ounce of Parmint
double strength), and add to it
Il pint of hot water and ounces
of Eranulated sugar. Take l
tablespoonful four times a day.
This will often bring quick re-
lief from the distressing head
noises. Clogged nostrils should
open, breathing become easy and
the mucus stop dropping into
the throat. 1t is easy to prepare.
costs little and is pleasant to
take. Any one who has Catar-
rhal Deafness or head noises
should give this prescription a
trial.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-12

Billig, Warren, Laudig, Bowman,
Barnitz. Little, Ruth, Borner, Bream,
Hoffman, Beacher, Jiptan.
Firemen up: Dearbrow, Hummel-
baugh, Biting, Snader, Erb, Souders,
Peters, Stormfelt, Kroah, Baum,
Gicker.
Conductors up: Snyder, Hamm, Het-
rick, Griffey. E.
Brakemen up: Shertzer, SmitlE
Liebtreu, Edmonson, Trone, Gardner
Shaffer, Sollenberger.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-12
THE READING

Harrisburg Division - 0 crew first
to go after 10:45 o'clock; IL, 1, IA.
Eastbound - So crew to go first
after IL p. M: 61, 6S, so, ga.
Engineers for SO, So, 12.
Firemen for 81, So. 60. Ga, 6S, 12,
and IA.
Conductors for 53 6S.
Brakemen for 60, 64, 1, II, IA.
Engineers up: Kaufman, Reed,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-10-09

he is off duty. ENJOY life while you
may, you'll be dead long time"
That's his motto, and he lives up to it.
dare say there are plenty of people
at home-most convincing armchair
strategists, too, some of them-who
would tell you that it is a very simple
and insignificant matter, anyhow, this
control of the roads, and not a thing
Of any military Importance. They are
accustomed to the apparently auto
matte smoothness of traffic working,
say, In London, and have never both
cred to think of the system required
even there to back up:
1.-THE policeman with uplifted hand,
Conducting the orchestral strand"
Road THAT Saved France"
Well, it would open their eyes to
spend q week-or an hour, for that
matter-im behind the lines
in France; especially Ia the neighbor-
hood of q big push. That would be a
bit of a revelation for any honestly
ing mortal. The fate of whole armies,
If not Of nations, has depended to a
large extent on efficient road control
at certain stages of this war No man
who has once seen the thing at work
will ever forget It, The most famous
example, of course is the road from
Bar lie Due to Verdun; the Vote Sa-
with CLEAN In his eye, that 1t is the
road "that saved France" There was
no railway there In the early days of
the Boche onslaught upon Verdun, aud
what the Vote Sacree had to carry In
the spring of 1915 was an endless
chain Of heavy traffic, day and night,
with never a break, such as no other
road probably has ever had to carry in
the time. And the fate of Verdun,
perhaps of France, was in the balance
All through northern France and
Belgium one finds highways the high
cambered, narrow centers of which are
fine and hard. But those centerways
are exceedingly narrow and, In places,
the understanding mud on either side
of them becomes bOttomless pit In
bad weather and under war conditions
There are many such roads on which
one obstinate fellow in a wagon or q
motor lorry could easily disorganize
the transport Of an army corps In half
an hour. Nay he might be the means
Of losing thousand lives, or a battle.
or both; and, very easily, he might
cause thousands Of hard-worked fight
ing men to spend night without food.
All this, If the military police were in
competent, or the system Of road con-
troll were ignored, or slackly admins
tered. Then there is the danger for
marching troops to be considered. espe-
cially at night. and think Of the pet
roll The way Of three or five ton
motor lorry. with ratlons or munitions,
is blocked. There may easily be a
string of several hundred similar lor-
ries Immediately affected In the same
way; and they are greet drinkers of
petrol. That sort of thing simply must
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-10-09

Daddy "compreys' all right, he whips
up his horse waves q greeting to the
boys In the road, and gets on his way
with q smile and a nod to all and
sundry. He may not be able to speak
word of English, but he knows every
body Is on the same job, beating the
Hun, and he is quite ready to do his
bit by hurrying up for few minutes
when it is necessary.
Traffic Control posts have been es-
tablished at all the busy points behind
the British front. Soldiers are told off
to take charge of these, who are on
duty for stated time, just as though
they were mounting guard in England.
They are provided with armlets and
small flags, they have very definite
orders, and they carry them out. 1t
makes no difference who the traveller
may be, he has to conform to the rules
laid down. If a motor car is not al
lowed to pass over a certain road in
certain direction, it makes no differ
ence who may be In 1t. l have seen
officers of very high rank halted and
told they must go around another way,
and they have gone. The motor lorry
driver will wax sarcastic, but that is
all. He, too, knows what 1t is for and
he pulls around in the direction
pointed out to him.
At some of the principal points,
where Traffic Control post has to be
kept in being for some time, an at
tempt, and successful attempt, Is
made to make things comfortable; this
Tommy win build himself a small
house. and lay out small garden when
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-10-09

not be, and, with a success which
rightly understood is quite wonderful,
our military road controllers see that
1t does not occur.
Horses Must Walk.
Another thing which comes within
the duties of the Traffic Control is to
see that proper care Is taken of horses.
They must walk, not gallop or trot, ex-
cept when there are shells knocking
about. Then, of course, it's h for
leather, and the devil catch the hind
most. More than once have seen the
driver of horse transport pulled up
and informed that, although 1t may be
down hill and he Is travelling empty,
he has to think of his horses, or his
mules, and to keep them in q walk
Once In particular l was struck with
the great command Of language pos
sessed by colonel who discovered a
man trotting after he had got out Of
sight of control. That man slowed
down to walk without the slightest
loss of time.
Traffic, too, has to be controlled at
the watering places. the horses have to
be brought in on one road in patches.
and after drinking their fill taken out
on another. The water carts being
filed from the stand pipes at the side
Of the road have to be marshaled and
kept in their proper order. All this
falls to the lot of the Tommy with the
little flag. And yet he keeps on smil-
ing all the while.
-~sSsEkAE=T
EaG& AsszAs ' 1shsaz
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-10-09

than make up German beer In de bot.
Amt dot your job at the brewery
"This Is the same boy who when he
passed an officer on the street the first
day after we had landed didn't know
enough to salute, and the officer halted
him and said, My man, how long have
you been In the serviceT Mike pulled
himself together as best he could and
smilingly replied, Tomorrow Sure,
he didn't have an idea what the man
was asking him."
No one can explain how the men
ever were able to pass the recruiting
officer with their meagre knowledge of
English except that in the heat Of the
recruiting campaigns all was consid.
cred fish that came into the net.
There are numbers of men in the
expeditionary force who have higher
sense of patriotism than they have
knowledge of the English language.
One of the Russian giants whose
unpronounceable name has been soft.
ened by his messmates to 'Kansky"
gave me as clear a reply to my Ques-
ton. why are you over here fight
ing In the American army" as re-
ceived in the entire division.
Why He Fights.
Cropping slowly for his words, he
said: 81 came to America seeking a
liberty and freedom that was denied
me In my own country. found 1t the
first day landed In New York. 1t
became the breath of my life. l got
away from Russia after the war start
ed. could see no difference between
a car and kaiser. There was moth
Ing l wanted to fight for.
"But when America was forced into
the struggle I saw 1t had finally mar
rowed itself down to what President
Wilson pronounced 1t, question
whether democracy or autocracy
should rule the world. My life has
been a longing for personal liberty.
/ had finally tasted of 1t. knew Its
sweetness and its value. / was ready
to fight so that generations to come
might have the opportunity to enjoy
1t unmolested. America must tri-
umph If the world is to go forward
and upward"
The ring of the missionary was in
his voice; it vibrated with suppressed
intensity. His language was the talk
of books. He had chiseled it out of
laborious reading. Better educated
than his six fellows In arms, he was
daily teaching them the rudiments of
English grammar and American his
tory.
Kansky is of the stuff that heroes
are made. He is fighting for an ideal
that is tangible and concrete to him.
He will Ego over the top" some day
with an enthusiasm that will be ire
sistible. The American army needs
more of his kind.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-10-09
All Wrong
The Mistake Is Made by Many
Mount Holly Citizens.

LOOK Tor the cause OF backache.
To be cured you must know the cause.
If it's weak kidneys you must set the
kidneys working right.
A Mount Holly resident tells you
how
Mrs. Harry Simons, Io Pine stree t.,
Mount Holly, says: 81 had been more
or less troubled with rheumatic twinges
all my life. Finally was almost laid
up. l had such awful pains in my back
and muscles. that l couldn move at
times and my feet were sore. 1 could
hardly lift anything as pains came on
unexpectedly. My back ached almost
constantly aud sometimes got such
awful, sharp pains across my kidneys
that couldn't straighten up. I finally
used Doan's Kidney Pills and they rid me
of all signs of rheumatic pains ami kid
ney trouble"
Mrs Simons gave the above statement
on November II, 1914 and on October 2,
1916 she added: ''Doans Kidney Pills
rid me of severe att Ick of kidney trou-
BILE and rheumatic palms, am only too
pleased to again recommend them.
Price 6oc, at all dealers Don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy-ge.
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. SiInons has twice publicly recon-
mended. Foster-Milburn Co., Props,
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-10-09
Business Came First.

Some time ago two Chinese generals
had planned a battle In the Chengtu
plain, writes Owen Williams in the
Christian Herald. 1t was within a few
days of the rice harvest. The people
petitioned the generals to call off their
battle until the rice was harvested,
and they did so. Then they went on
with the fighting. But the days of such
common sense are passing Mllitarism
is coming to demand more re-
spect than that.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-10-09
Measures Speed Of Clouds.

The comb nephonscope is device
for measuring the speed of clouds. 1t
consists of an upright brass rod about
nine feet long, bearing at its upper end
crosspiece to which a number of
equidistant vertical spikes are at
tacffed. The observer turns the cross
piece until the cloud appears to travel
along the line of spikes and notes the
time 1t takes to pass from spike to
spike. This forms basis from which
he reckons the speed.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-10-09
RattIers and Their Fanas.

There are four principal kinds Of
rattlers: Black diamond, mountain,
prairie, and Texas. AS is commonly
known, every kind Of rattler Is poison
GUS. At the age of two months the
first set of fangs appear. If the Ie are
removed, two more sets come, nine
days apart. If the third set is re-
moved the RATHER ia said to be ''fxed,"
and no more fangs appear, consequent
ly the snake IS no' dangerous.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-10-09
Semitic Languages.

Hebrew and Chaldee are sister dia-
lects Of great family Of languages
to which the name of Semitic has usu-
ally been given from the real or sup
posed descent Of the people speaking
them from the patriarch Shem. Shem
was the eldest son Of Noah, born Zee
nests $500 when his father had at
tanned the age of 500 years. He was
ninety-eight years old. married and
childless at the time of the deluge. He
died at the age of six hundred years.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-10-09
The rhrlIIa Of Youth.

After ALL the Joys of youth are fairly
well distributed between the sexes and,
while girl does not know the thrill
that comes when one gets into ones
first pair of long pants, though even
that may fall to her lot before long
now, on the other hand a boy doesn't
know what it is to be girl and walk
around town with soldier In uniform
where the other girls can see.-Ohio
State Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-10-09
The cleanIu Eel

Fresh water cells are very clean feed
ers; they are sometimes seen cropping
the leaves Of watercresses and other
aquatic plants as they float about in
the water; but they are immense de-
vourers Of spawn of all kinds of fish.
There are certain well-known spawn
ing grounds in the Norfolk Breads
where the roach and Dream collect In
vast numbers to spawn in the spring.
To those grounds the cells follow in
hundreds.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-10-09
First Women Voters.

The first experiment in woman suf-
frage was Ia New Jersey, which or
ganized as an independent state two
days before the Declaration of indie
pendence, with constitution that al
lowed universal suffrage, male and fe-
male, without regard to color. This
constitution was not changed until
1914, when suffrage was restricted to
males on the alleged ground that
women, as a class, did not care for it
or exercise 1t.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-10-09
HAS ITS OWN ~
FOREIGN LEGION
Mixture of NationaIities in Amer
lean Company In France.
MAKE WELL DRILLED SQUAD
Two Russians, Two Greeks, One Turk,
One Swede and One Norwegian,
Headed by aR Irish DrIIimaster-
Sergeant Make UP the company's
Jacobs Coat.

Company - of the - regiment
infantry, of the American Expedition
airy Force, has a Foreign Legion of its
own. Two Russians, two Greeks, one
Turk, one Swede and a Norwegian.
headed by an Irish drillmaster-ser-
geant, make up the company's Jacobs
coat.
None Of the seven can speak Eng
lish sufficiently well to drill with the
company. Accordingly, Sergeant Muir
ply each day leads his squad to its
own little parade grounds underneath
some wide-spreading trees, and puts
them through their PAGES.
"Sure they're nothin' to brag about
when / only talk to Them" said the
sergeant, "but when 1 show them
what's to be done, faith. sir, there's
not a quicker set of lads In the whole
company. I'm not braggin' mind you
but I'm only sayin' they're as fine @
drilled squad as General Pershing has
with him today.
'Take salutin', for instance. Some
of these fresh rockies, just because
once In a while they mistake one OF
you soldierly lookina correspondents
for an officer, and come to a neat
salute. and some grizzly old campaign
er gives them a merry ha ha, they
crouch about for day or more and
salute no one. Then along comes the
colonel In his auto and these bright
young boys don't even deign to notice
him and the company gets the devil
in the morning.
Play II Safe.
But these lads of mine, they say
What difference does 1t make anyhow
If you waste a salute or two; let's play
it safe, and so everyone who comes
strolling along, be 1t one Of our long
cared friends from Missouri or per.
fectly sweet little French lady, or even
the general himself, sure It's heels al
attention they are with as fine a mill
tary salute as any bloomin' Prussiar
ever gave the war lord.
"And where they make smart Sam
my from Oshkosh look sharp is wher
one Of these French instructors tells
us In machine-fire French just what We
are to do and Why No one under
stands him, but the seven tribes seen
to sense the meaning and are the frs
to catch any new trick the Trenches
teach us.
"And they're learning English fast
Yesterday heard Mike, the Greek. tel
a Milwaukee corporal, Run afte
yourself. Me prouder shinea the sho
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-10-09
Very Important.

They say that everything one learns
In youth helps one in maturity, and,
while you wouldn't think at first blush
that 1t would do a college girl so very
much good to learn to high-jump feet
2 inches on sober second thought we
suppose 1t gives her a distinct advan-
tage over her less highly trained sisters
when the mice come around In after
life.-Ohio State Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-10-09

In planning a home it is essential to
building satisfaction that the prospec-
tive house owner decides whether he
wants to dwell in his own or some 9TH
er persons home; that he decide just
the sort Of home he wishes to erect
and follow those plans, also that he
build his house on honest lines that
conform to the principles of good ar
chitecture.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-10-09
WARzONET
IS EXACT SCIENCE
Control Posts Under Military
Police Behind Lines.
TIE-UP MIGHT Be FATAL
DISCRIMINATION of Transports One Of
Most Serious Blunders of War
Beating the Hun Everybody's job
Scenes Behind Lines During Big
Push Are Very Exciting.

When there are thousands of men
and thousands of vehicles of various
kinds to deal with behind the lines of
q battle front there must be some very
effective organization. That is why be-
hind the British line In France every
thing is thought out and arranged, so
far as the traffic is concerned, as
though London, New York or Chicago
were being regulated, writes f. W..
Ward In the New York Tribune. The
roads will not take more than certain
amount of traffic, they do not all lead
to Rome, and so maps have to be care.
fully scanned and studied and the best
routes up and back have to be laid
down.
When you get the chance to look at
a map used by the Traffic Control peo-
pie in France you see number of big
black arrows, some pointing In one di-
rection, others in another. These are
to mark the up and down routes,
routes that have to be followed by
every one, excepting the lorries work
ing on road repairs and, naturally, the
French people themselves. For the
latter everything is done to study their
convenience; they are in their own
country, and they have, of course, the
first call.
Say, for instance, that troops are
moving up or back. They have to keep
to the route laid down, and they have
to be past certain points at certain
times. The time table is worked out
as carefully as though 1t were trains,
and not foot, horse and motor trans
port that have to be considered. If
this were not done, there would be
trouble all the way round. But If a
local farmer comes along it is recog-
pized that he wishes to get from some
where to somewhere, and he is given
every assistance.
Beating the Hun Everybody's Job.
''Come on" the Tommy on point
duty will say to him, 'as quick as you
can, please, and don't keep the circus