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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-19
Crest of Influenza Passed
at Harrisburg Hospital

Hospital authorities are hopeful
that the crest of the Spanish influ-
enza epidemic has been passed. Only
ten new cases were admitted yes
terday and twenty-five sent to the
congalescent hospital. Seventy
now are under treatment at the hos
pital. O
Eight deaths occurred at the hos
pital last night. which is a jump
over the previous days record. They
were:
Theodore Murray, 113 South
Third street. aged 26 years. He is
the son of Alderman Murray. He
was employed as a clerk in the De-
partment of Labor and Industry.
Mrs. David Berger, 1915 North
Third street, died at 1870 last eve
ming.
Luceano Pantano. aged As. of
Enola. Died at 7.45 o'clock this
morning.
Amos Bell. aged SO, Hummels-
town, died at 11.50 Last evening. He
was admitted at 7.30 o'clock last
evening.
Meta Neiswender, aged II, of 4s
3.25 this morning.
Anna Brewer. aged 21. 103 South
River street, died at 2.25 this morn
ing.
Raymond Hale New Cumberland
aged IS. died at SIS last evening.
Mrs. Michael Scels, aged 10, of
Clark's Ferry, died at S.45 last
evening.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-19

Corporal c. Albert Shoffner OF
West Fairview. and Corporal Or
lando Newcomer, of Boiling Springs,
the former previously reported
wounded in action in France, has
since died of his wounds. and the
latter was killed in action on July
10. Newcomer, who was % years
of age. is survived by his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. William Newcomer. and a
sister, Esther. and a brother, Paul.
He enlisted May. 1917, and sailed
overseas the first of May.
Details of Corporal Shoffner's
death were contained in a letter re-
ceived by Mrs. Margaret Murry, of
West Fairview, grandmother of the
soldier, yesterday, from Captain
Robert a. McBlain. of Company A,
one Hundred and Third Supply
Train, in France. In il Captain Nc
Blain says that Corporal Shoffner
met his death shortly after midnight
August when he was struck in the
face and about the chest by flying
pieces of steel from an, exploded
aerial bomb dropped from an enemy
plane. Corporal Shoffner had been
out on duty with his truck to one of
the American Infantry Regiments
when the fatality occurred. He was
n member of the same company as
Captain McBlain.
The dead soldier. the letter states.
was given decent, Christian burial
by the men of his company who
made, with their own hands, a splen-
did caSket of hard timber for the
body, The chaplain of the hos
pftal assisted by Y. NJ. c. a, worker.
conducted the funeral services.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-19
NEW ELEMENT
OF MYSTERY IN
\. MURDER CASE
New Figure Enters Automo-
bile Case; Robbery Mo-
five AdvancedI

new element of mystery has
entered into the murder of George
j. Bushman. well-to-do Gettysburg
garageman. whose body was found
along then river bank at Lucknow
Thursday morning with two bullet
wounds in II.
Until this morning. detectives
here and at Gettysburg, gave cred
ence to the report that a man and
woman left Gettysburg with the
murdered man when he started on
the fatal trip to Harrisburg. 1t de-
Neloped to-day. as the result of in
vestiGation by Charles Wilson, coun-
ty detective at Gettysburg, that
Bushman left Gettysburg an hour
and half later than was supposed.
after he had discharged the man and
woman, who were seen later riding
in his motor car before o'clock.
The element of mystery now sur
rounds the identity of a man who is
said to have emerged from among "A
group OF men in the Gettysburg
Square, and requested Bushman to
take them on a trip. This was at
$50 wednesday evening. Former re-
ports say he left Gettysburg with
the man and woman at o'clock. His
car was seen at s o'clock and after,
parked in the square at Gettysburg.
Inc Identity OF the man who hail
ed Bushman, and the man and wom-
an seen in his car, remain a mys-
terry.
A report that Bushman had been
seen few days previous to his
death with s2,700 in his possession.
gave rise yesterday to the opinion
in the mind of Detective Wilson that
robbery might be the motive of the
crime. Twenty-Five dollars was found
in the possession of Bushman when
he was found, but detectives realize
that this amount might have been
left as blind. His watch was gone.
Mrs. Bushman, wife of the dead
man, said she knew nothing of his
trip to Harrisburg, and could shed
no light on the identity of the mys-
terious passengers who accompanied
him. She said she knew of no 'af-
fair ON the part of her husband
with any other woman. Neither did
she know of any enemy of her hus-
band she said.
Undertaken Bender, of Gettysburg,
came to the city last night for Bush
mans body. 1t was taken to Gettys-
burg last night.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-19
Willys-overland .......: ASH 20
Western Maryland ..... 13 Is
PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE
By associated Press


BY associated Press
Philadelphia, Oct. ls. - Wheat -
No. !, suit. reu. ss.2o: NO. =. red. s..2i.
No. y. soft. red. S2.sa.
Bran - The market Is steady; soft
winter. per ton. s46.50@ 47.o0: spring.
Corn = The market is dull: No. ..
yellow, as TO grade and location.
s1.55 q 1.TU; No. 3, yellow. $1.55 q 1.70.
Oats - The market is steady:
No. 2 white. So9s01ac; No. 2. white.
Fehnsd Sugars Market steady:
powdered. s.iSc: extra fns granulat-
ed; m;SS, III, .Ia, :. e.
Western ] extra s packed creamery. S.
69c; nearby prints, fancy. 644 sec.
Eggs - Market firm; PENNSYLVANIA,
ana osnLr uNR.OS hrsts, free cases,
$3.50 q 1850 per case; do, current re-
case; western, extras. firsts, free cases,
si6.50G q 1880 per case; do, firsts. free
cases, $16.20 per case; fancy.
selected. packed. 500 62c per dozen.
Cheese = The market is nrm;
New York and Wisconsin,. full milk.
Live Poultry - Market higher:
fowls. not leghorns, S4@S7c;s white
leghorns, S29 sac; young. softmeated
ers, 24R25c; old ROSTERS, 24925e:
spring chickens. not leghorns, $40 SIC;
white leghorns. 500 see; ducks. Peking
spring, 70 q use; do..old,S0 a SSc; Indian
Runner. 20 a 26c; spring ducks, Long
lsIano. Sd03Ic, turkeys. S7@Sse;
ssc.
Dressed Poultry - Steady; turkeys.
fair TO good. SAG S7c: do. old. 81 q Ssc;
do. western choice 20 fancy. 3703sc:
do. fair to good, 81 a 3Sc; do. old toms.
Soc, old, common. soc: fresh killed
sizes. SO a sIc: old roosters.2s1 spring
ducks, Long Island, $50 4oc; spring
fowls. fancy. rs - 10. du, good TO
ducks. Pennsylvania, $40 ACC; frozen
soc; dressed Pekin ducks higher. $40
see: old. 3uG S2c: Indian Runners, 27@
27hc; broiling chickens, western. $40
4Oe; roasting chickens. s5c.
Sew psr baskefy ssksGy' do' 90 No. GS SCa s5s
per basket. do. l5o-lh. bags. No. /.
$3.50 q 2.S0. extra quality; do. No. 2.
$3.50 Qi.s5; New York. old, PEI. 100 lbs
sl.55 Oils; western. per 100 ibS.. sl.25
G1.55: Maine. per 100 ros- s1.60Q
I.so; Delaware and Maryland. per 100
sSslSS 1GS Florida Florida peer peer sSs6s ssT5sI
bags. si.5o 500: North Carolina. per
barrel, $500 400; Norfolk, per bar
rel. S2.o0 14.75; Eastern Shore, per
barrel. $3.50 a 500.
Tallow - Inc market Is firm;
prime. city. in tierces, lS%c; city
1Sc; dork. 16Ac; edible. in tierces.
81 II a 22c.
Flour Dull; winter wheat, new,
100 per cent. -four. slo.o09l0.25 per
barrel: Kansas wheat new, $4,000
1885; per barrel; spring wheat. new,
sI0.S0Q l1.00.
Hay - Market steady; timothy,
No J. large and small bales. $37.50@
$500 per ton; No. . small bales, $500
a 800 per ton; No. 3. $4,000 a $500 per
lun; sample. Sl2.5Jt ~ per ton: no
grade. .50T1l.50 per ton.
$500 per ton; No. l. light mixed
$500 S4.5O per ton; No. .. light mix
ed. SSO00d a $500 per ton; no grade,
slS.UVG 2U.uO per ton.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-19

Tournai and Valenciennes and al
ready have advanced more than six
miles along a front of more than
thirty miles in this region. The Brit
| ish are approaching Chereng, less
| than eight miles west of Journal.
Several scores of villages have been
liberated.
Southeast of Cambria the Allies
have madefa wide breach in the Ger
man lines along the lower Selle and
the Sambre canal and continue to
push eastward. The British and
French war offices report the cap
ture of more than 1920 prisoners in
the fighting and over a score of viii
Ilages. including Wassigny, Bazuel,
Hennaphes and Tupigny have been
taken
Foe Withdraws
on thenorth the British are with
in two miles of the Sambre canal at
Chatillon. The French have taken
Andigny forest and have reached
the canal on a front of learly nine
miles south of the bend in the Oise,
north of Noyles, three miles east of
the railway junction of Guise. The
lallied wedge makes pockets to the
north and to the south. The Germans
are withdrawing from the southern
pocket with the French in close
pursuit. East of Rethel the French
have reached the Aisne on a wide
front and captured Ambly- -Haut.
II has been learned from a resi-
dent of Cambria that German cavalry
officers were giving a ball there cele-
brating the return of peace on the
night the city was taken. At the
middle of the dance. British infantry
which had broken through the de-
fenses to the west stormed into the
town and the German cavalry dam
dies had to run.
Lille is fast being left behind by
the advancing Fifth British army.
In spite of German posts established
north of RoubaiX and Turcoing,
these rich manufacturing cities have
been taken. The Germans blew up
the bridges leading into Bruges and
left strong rear guards there, but
these forces were sacrificed by the
enemy while the main body of his
troops moved eastward from the
city and those near the coast hast
ened to escape.
Belgian Airmen Work Havoc
Belgian airmen have worked great
havoc among the enemy forces flee
ing through the gap between Bruges
and the Dutch frontier.
up and all of Thursday night and
yesterday they have been pumping
shells into the bottle neck through
which the Germans are retreating.
The number of Germans killed in
this area since yesterday is believed
to be tremendous.
To-day's reports include masses of
captured documents which have
fallen into the hands of the Allied
soldiers. They treat of all subjects
but one in all they contain sub
current OF despair.
Waldersee F'Oresees Defeat
Count Won Waldersee, of the Fifty
ninth reserves infantry regiment,
wrote that he knew his regiment
was going to be attacked and warned
Ifs men the attack must be broken
down. Incidentally. the assault re-
fered to resulted in the smashing of
that regiment
In many of the towns and localities
where the Allied troops have swept
past, celebrations over their deliver
ance from the Germans were carried
OF all day to-day by the people. In
Lille there were crowds IN the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-19
DRAFT MOVEMENT
IS POSTPONED BY
EPIDEMIC OF GRIP
Quotas to Have Entrained
Next Week to Remain
at Home

All quotas from Harrisburg and
Dauphin county, which were ordered
to, entrain during next week for
training camps. We're notified to-day
that the movement has been post
poned for an indefinite period.
Major w. G. Murdock, state draft
head, was notified in a telegram
from Washington that all movements
of drafted men from Pennsylvania
have been postponed until further
notice. Spanish influenza is the
cause of the postponement..
The effect of the telegram will be
TO cancel all arrangements for start
ing the movement of 6,740 drafted
white men to Camp Greenleaf, Ga,
next week. The movement was to
cover the five-day period beginning
Monday. Eighty-two men from the
county and seventy from the city,
were included in the quotas.
The fifty-tiVe colored limited Serv-
ice men to have been sent from the
state to Norfolk for service in the
navy. also are included in the order,
In the meantime local boards were
Greeted to advance the classification
of registrants of September II as
rapidly as possible. The mailing of
questionnaires to all men of eigh-
teen and those between S5 and As
years old will be started within few
days.
The classification of men between
the ages of 10 and SO, not including
21 to 81, is practically completed.
few deferred
claims that remain to be considered.
When the men leave in the next
quotas. the boards will have reached
the point where the men of the
latest registration will be next in
line for service.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-19
QUARANTINE TO
CLOSE ALL STORES
CONTINUED from FIRST Page. ]

lSODtlIlueu IIOIn tIfSL rage.
work of the nurses and aids at the
hospital is worthy of much com
mendation as the success of the
health bureau in handling the cases
sent there, was brought about by
their splendid cooperation.
1t is estimated that about, $50 new
cases were treated yesterday by ply
sicians, although complete reports
were not made. Health officials said
the situation is well under control
now and are anticipating that in the
course of a few days there will be a
drop in the number of new cases.
The arrangement to furnish
whisky free to those who could not
pay the high prices being charged
for 1t at drug stores, which was made
yesterday, was carried out to-day.
According to DIR. Raunick the supply
which is to be distributed will be
only for medicinal purposes and any
person attempting to get any of it
for any other use will be prosecuted.
Not more than eight ounces will be
given to one person and no prescrip-
tions will be refilled.
No Liquor to Children
In explaining the plans for fur
nishing whisky free to those who
can not pay the price asked by drug
gists DR.. Raunick said that any
person with a prescription must
get the physician to write on it the
name and address of the patient. A
quantity not exceeding eight ounces
will be furnished and doctors are
urged not to prescribe large guam
tity as the health officials said they
will not fill the order. Children
should not be sent with. the pres
criptions as it is illegal to give any
intoxicants 20 them even for delivery
purposes The same hours will be
observed tomorrow as to-day for
furnishing the whisky free, DR..
Raunick said.
More Nurses Needed
To get a supply for medicinal use
persons must first get a prescription
from a physician. This will be filled
il it is presented at the Harrisburg
Hospital, Emergency Hospital, City
Health Bureau office, or Red Cross
headquarters, from IL to o'clock
in the afternoon or between and
in the evening. In emergency cases
should be made at the
Emergency Hospital.
Physicians for night duty, nurses
and aids are needed at Emergency
Hospital, where more than 100 pa
tients are being treated. In the baby
ward. which has been opened there,
thirty-one children are being cared
for, the youngest only about three
months old.&
This evening all stores and other
business places in the. city, with the
exception of drugstores and restau-
rants, will close at $50 o'clock. DR..
Raunick again called the attention of
druggists and proprietors of restau-
rants that they may not sell any
other commodities than drugs and
food. Tomorrow all churches and
Sunday schools Will remain closed,
health officials announcing that the
epidemic has not abated sufficiently
yet to permit any large gatherings.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-19
HIS REGISTRATION CARD
IS FOUND WITH LOOT

Four revolvers. a quantity Of cart
Brothers. Hardware Store, 81 South
Third street, and a number of ar
ticles stolen from A. Krentzman's
store, in South Cameron street. be-
sides some wearing apparel bearing
the labels of a Trenton. y. j.. store.
were located in the bushes in the
neighborhood of Thirteenth street
and the Reading Railroad this after
noon, by young man who was pass
ing there The registration card of
William Murphy, Fall River. Mass.
who was held under $500 bail for
pocket of the coat in which the ar
ticIes were wEeRped
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-19
Manchester and York Haven
Young Folks at Creek

Manchester, Pa. Oct. 19.-Misses
Rebecca Gladfelter. Edith Dutz and
Anna Kaufman. Ira Rented. Floyd
Melhorn. George Beck and Lawrence
DietZ, Joined a party from York Ha-
ven, composed of Anna McGready,
Peachie Repman. Lillian Kephart,
Minnie Kelwiski. Claude Spangler,
Harold Kline. Ellsworth Spangler
and Kaufman Auspach. Mrs. l. NJ.
Auspach, of York Haven, was chap
eron. The party hi<ed to the Cone
WACO creek where they built a bon
fire and toasted marshmallows and
frankfurters. The hike was in honor
of Ellsworth and Claude Spangler,
from Alliance. Ohio, where both are
engaged in government work.-Mr.
and Mrs. H., a. Kaufman and son,
William. spent Sunday at Harris
/ burg.-The Red Cross workers are
engaged picking oakium to be used
for padding in surgical dressings. few
of the oldest members to be thus en-
geged are David f. Good, Sc years
old and Mrs. Mary Yinger. SO years.
l-Manchester borough went over the
top again in the Fourth Liberty Loan
In the Third drive the borough quad
rupted it's allotment and this time
doubled it's allotment.-Mr.a and Mrs.
+. f. Hartman have returned from
Detroit, Mich, where they visited Mr.
and Mrs. William II. Gross, the latter
their daughter. They also paid
visit to their son, Walter. at the
same place prior TO his leaving for
Oakland, California. - Miss Flora
Hartman is confined to the house
with infiuenza.-W. G. Good. book
keeper for the York Haven Paper
Company, is confined to his home
by sickness-The entire family of
Alvin Frey, Mr.. and Mrs. and their
three children are sick with infiu-
enza. Others afflicted by Influenza
are: Ralph Snyder. Austin Miller, r.
Spangler, Romaine Gross, Harry
Lutz, Jr.. Thelma Everhart and Anna
Gladfelter.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-19

streets, singing, cheering ana throw
ing roses everywhere.
In the neighborhood of Turcoink
and Roubaix more than 100, 900
civilians have been liberated.
n RITISH and American troops,
n fighting forward into the Hun
ding line southeast of LIE Ca
teau are advancing quite rapidly in
spite of the desperate resistance of
the enemy. 1t is reported that 1900.
prisoners and 120 guns were captur-
ed by the Allies yesterday. Since the
fighting began on Thursday morn
ing the Germans have been forced
back more than four miles.
Warships Shell Germans
British warships have come TO the
assistance of the Allied land forces in
Belgium and are shelling the Ger
mans who are Eying to escape
through the narrow neck of land be-
tween Bruges and the Dutch from.
tier,
Relentless pursuit of the retreating
Germans in Belgium and down along
the battle front continues as far as
the area just to the west of Valen-
ciennes. Virtually all of the coast
has been cleared of the enemy and
Allied patrols are east of Bruges.
Enemy Lines Bent BY Attack
There is probability that the Ger
mans by flooding the country east of
Bruges will be able to delay the ad-
vancing Belgians for time, but ap-
parently their line is some bent, by
the furious onslaught by the Allies
in Flanders, that it must be readjust-
ed for a long distance down into
France.
Allies Advance Toward Hirson
French and Americans along the
Disc river forged ahead slightly yes
terday Germans are holding their
line stubbornly while the forces and
material in the Laons salient are
moved back in safety. The advance
n momentum toward Hirson one of
the principal railroad functions be-
hind the German lines.
London, Oct. 19.-In continuation
of the offensive south of LIE Cateau
Field Marshal Haig's troops have
captured the village of Wassigny the
British commander reported last
night.
The village of RibeauXville, north
of Wassigny, also has. been taken
and British troops have entered
3azuel, still farther north. More
than 1900 prisoners and a few guns
were taken in the days fighting
The statement says:
Fighting their way forward de-
spite heavy resistance. our troops
have once more driven the enemy
from the positions taken up by him.
We have captured the villages of
Wassigny and RibeauXville and have
enterd Bazuel, where fighting still
is taking place. over 1900 prisoners
and few guns have been taken"
The British now are more than
three miles south east of Lille. ON
the Belgian coast, British warships
are Smelling the retreating Germans.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-19
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRAnE
CHICAGO CATTLE


Chicago, Oct. 19. - CU. 5. Bureau
of Markets.. Hogs Receipts
II. 900; market mostly 25c to soc lower
than yesterdays general trade; some
late. $500; butchers, SIPS 6lS.15:
light, s16.75 a 1890: packing. s15.25@
100; rough, s14.5Od,15.25; pigs. good
to choice, $3.50 q 1875.
Cattle - Receipts. 5000; compared
with a week ago. better grades of
medium and western steers, 25c to 4Oc
higher: common, light, 25c lower
beef cattle and canning stock un-
evenly steady to 25c lower; bulls 25c
to soc lower; calves, 15c to Sl.O0
lower; feeding cattle closing 25c
higher.
Sheep Receipts. $4,000; compared
with a week ago fat classes 25c to soc
lower: feeding and breeding stock un-
evenly soc to s1.00 lower ewes dcclin-
ing most.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-19
DAVID r. ELDER
DEAD AT "a
IContinucd from First Page.J

and his brother, John were Joshua
and Eleanor Shearer Elder, and all
his life John Elder has lived at the
old homestead engaged in farming.
while David was associated with the
Pennsy ylvania railroad, and also serv-
ed as underkeeper at the Jail from
1SS0-S6.
In 1858 David Elder married Miss
Mary f. Cowden. daughter of the
late Matthew B. Cowden and a great
granddaughter of "Parson" Elder.
She died several years ago in this
city. Surviving her were three chill
dren: Wallace Elder, of Pittsburgh;
William Elder and Miss Eleanor Ed
er. of Williamsport.
John Elder, on October 30, 1853,
married Miss Mary j. Rutherford.
daughter of Captain John p. Ruther-
ford. Their children were Herbert
Elder, Charles Elder and Miss Janet
Elder, all OF Harrisburg. There are
three grandchildren.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-19
War Department
Asked For Doctors

The United States government was
to-day asked to detail sanitary de-
tachments from Army posts and
camps to assist Pennsylvania ply
sicians in fighting influenza in Allie
gheny, Cambrai and Westmoreland
counties. while the big railroads were
also asked to turn their surgical
staffs over to the local relief organi-
cations
ceiling all football games at Pitts
burgh, tSate College and Altoona and
local organizations urged to secure
use of high school buildings of the
newer type for use as emergency
hospitals.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-19
PHuApELPHIA STOCKS
DN .1NNVt IuftN ItsS
philadelphia, oct. lg.1Stocks cl


The Central Y. NJ c. 4. to-day am
nounced a subscription of 5000 for
Liberty Bonds of the fourth issue
The money is the income derived
from a hsquest recently made by the
late Catherine Chandler to the as
sociation. one hundred dollars of the
income was invested in bonds of the
third issue. The remainder went
into bonds yesterday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-19
10000 Aircraft Are
Worth 100000 Troops

Washington, Oct. 19. - Ten thous-
and airplanes now are worth more
than 5000 ground troops. Germany
can be brought to her knees by air
force. This is the message to the
American people from Lord Syden-
ham. who, as Major George 5. Clarke.
of the British royal engineers, is rec
ognizedsas a great authority on forti-
fications.