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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-20
Tener Thinks Baseball
Parks Must Close Gates

Cincinnati, July 20.-John K. Ten
er. president of the National League,
after reading Secretary of War
Bakers statement relative to base
ball as it is concerned in the work
or fight" order, said;
Il have read Secretary Bakers
decision in full and baseball inter-
ests will comply with the finding in
spirit as well as in action. AS good
citizens our obligation is to respect
constituted authority. If baseball
comes under the classification of a
non essential occupation, we will
most gladly make the sacrifice of our
business interests in the country's
welfare.
I'VE feel however, some provisions
should be made that would give us
time to determine whether or not the
clubs can proceed under the sugges-
ton made by Secretary Baker or
whether we will close out our busi-
ness entirely, and we will request the
War Department to make it's ruling
more definite as it concerns this
point.
MY personal opinion is that if
every ball player between the ages of
twenty-one and thirty-one is forced
TO cease playing at once, professional
baseball parks will have to close their
gates Immediately"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-20
CALLS FOR MEN
WILL EXHAUST
CLASS QUOTAS
View of Draft Boards That
All 1917 Registrars Will
See Camp in August

1t became practically certain this
morning that all the class l regis
trants of the 1917 class will be called
Tor military service during August.
The local boards received induc-
tlon calls for colored men which are
designed to take up the colored
registrants of the first class. The
calls are for ass colored men TO
entrain for Camp Custer, Battle
Creek. Michigan, and 1880 colored
men for Camp Sherman, Chillicothe,
ONO. during the five-day movement
beginning August 1.
The boards also received notice of
the quotas they are to send to Camp
Wattsworth, Spartansburg, S. c.,
during the five day movement he-
ginning August 5. The quotas are:
City board No. /, eight men; No. 2,
twenty-seven men; No. 8, twenty
TOUR men; county, No. / fourteen
men; No. 2, nine men. County No. 3
will not DE called upon to furnish o.
quota. All of the boards said this
call will take practically all their men
or the 1917 registration.
The few men not absorbed into the
Army by these calls will be inducted
during the month, it was said. The
boards have received several induc-
ton calls during the week which are
to be filled during the first half of
next month.
AS final step to clearing up the
remaining available men of the
1917 registration qualified for gen.
eral military service, the selective
service headquarters is to-day re-
ceiving reports from the local boards
OF the number of men in the 1917
class. Included in the report is a
complete list of the men of both
classes, white and colored.
The report of city board No. 3,
John c. Orr, chairman, was avail
able this morning. He has 557 class
of 1917 and lis class of 1918 men
on his list. OF the 557 men, AT are
white and 140 colored. and of the
ll5, 30 are white and 25 colored.
The report follows:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-20
Old Carpenter Celebrates
Eighty-First Birthday

Elizabcthtown, Pa, July 90. -
Israel P. Balmer, one of the oldest
and most highly esteemed lifelong
residents of the borough and d re-
tired carpenter. celebrated his eigh-
ty-first birthday anniversary this
week at his home in Park street. In
early life he taught school for a
number of years after which he
learned the carpenter trade and was
engaged in building and contracting
business until 1913, when he retired
from active business. In 1915 he
erected the handsome dwelling in
which he lives. For ten years he was
employed as carpenter in the car
shops of the Pennsylvania railroad
at Philadelphia.-The boys choir Of
Christ Lutheran Church, under the
leadership of Miss NJ. Catherine
Kuhn, will appear in their new
gowns tomorrow and will render a
special musical program.-A. A.
Hertzler and family. w. d. Croft and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G. Nc
Lanachan, are camping at Mount
Gretna. Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin
Sheetz announce the birth of q
daughter.-Misses Helen and Grace
Jones, of Lyme. are guests of ]. G.
Dulebohn and family.-Garrett Co
bile. son of Mr.. and Mrs. d. C. Coble
of Washington street, has enlisted in
tho Coast Artillery and is awaiting
call.--Miss NJ. Kathryn Kuhn has re-
turned from sojourn at Atlantic
City.-Miss Helen Hoffer. a trained
nurse in the Good Samaritan Hospi-
tai. Mt Lebanon, is the guest of her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Addison Hof-
fer. - Pennsylvania Railroad Tele-
graph Operator Charles n. Wormley
was recent visitor n: Harrisburg
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-20
Junior Chautauqua Is
Assured at Mechanicsburg

Mcchanicsburg, Pa, July 20
Junior Chautauqua is again assured
for Mechanicsburg for the coming
year by subscription sufficient for
the purpose. The young people have
delightful meetings during the fall
and winter season, which are visited
regularly by superintendents from
the parent aSSociation.-To-d the
Grace United Evangelical Sunday
School holds it's annuH picnic at
Boiling Springs Park. Plans were
made for day full of pleasure for
stockholders of the d. Wilcox Man
ufacturing Company was held OH
Monday afternoon, and the report
showed successful year. The fol-
lowing directors were elected: Sam
uel +. Hauck and Walter Hauck, of
Mechanicsburg; b. G. Booser, of
Philadelphia .. c. Bishop, of Ober-
lin; Jacob H. Koller. Guy NJ. Eberly
and Frank f. Wilcox. of Mechanics
burg. The board of directors met
and organized as follows: President
and general superintendent, Frank
Il. wilcox; vice-president, Samuel
+. Hauck; secretary and treasurer,
Nj. E. Anderson, superintendent of
works, Herbert c. Brown.-After
spending almost two months with
her sister, Mrs. Robert P. Long, of
South Market street, Mrs. James
Bacon left on Wednesday to visit
her son. Ethelbert Bacon, at New
York City.-Miss Hattie ]. Hopple
and Miss S. Edith Swartz enjoyed a
motor trip to Elizabethtown on
Thursday.-A pleasant session of
the Mite Society of Trindle Spring
Lutheran Church was held Thurs
day evening at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Culp Jr.-The Rev. l.. NJ.
Dice. of Hagerstown, Md. a former
pastor OF the local Grace Evangel-
ical Church, was elected assistant
secretary of the Odd Fellows Or
phan Home Association, near Sun
bury.-Glen and Milton Houston, of
New York City, were guests of
their mother. Mrs. s. +. Houston, of
West Main street.-Among Mechan-
icsburg visitors during Chautauqua
week were Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Ar
mold and daughter, Miss Alma Ar
mold; Mrs. Hartman and son, Ern-
est Hartman; Mrs. Walker, Miss
Retta Bauman, Miss Mayberry, Miss
Mumper and Miss Gretna Bethel, of
Dillsburg.-Holy communion serv-
ices will be held tomorrow in the
First United Brethren Church.
The Rev. Dr., and Mrs. S. c. Swal-
low, of Camp Hill, were guests of
the Rev. and Mrs. ]. Ellis Bell on
Tuesday and attended ChautauquA
to hear Captain Leslie Vickers in
his interesting lecture, Life in the
Trenches" John r. Miley, of
Washington, D. c., was a visitor in
his former home town and greeted
cid friends. - Sergeant William
Funk, of Camp Meade, Md, spent a
short furlough at his home here.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-20
brick PLANT
TOSTART WORK
Difficulty in Getting Machin-
cry Has Caused Gettysburg
Yards to Remain Idle
10000 BRICKS PER DAY
Trench Dog in France Adopts
American Medical Officer
as Master

Gettysburg, Pa, July 20.-Work is
to be resumed at the local plant of
the Auburn Shale Brick Company
next week. The plant has been closed
down since last November. 1t was
not the intention of the management
to be closed so long. the shut down
being for the purpose of installing
new machinery. 1t was expected that
this would be completed in reason
able time, but the machinery was
held up in delivery for a long period.
this together with the shortage of
labor here in getting the machinery
placed after it's arrival caused the
long tie-up. Every thing is now ready
to be put in operation and with this
installation of machinery it will be
possible to turn out thirty thousand
bricks day.-Captain Paul II.
Seiber, doctor at the front in
France, writes to two nfeceS here,
that he has fallen heir to trench
dog, or rather the dog has adopted
him as its master, following the
death of the Frenchman who owned
him. He says he is real trench dog,
but cannot understand why the AMI
mails takes to him. The animal shows.
the greatest devotion to him and will
not allow any one to harm him.
The Red Cross Chapter of Fairfield,
has organized a first aid class of
twenty live members and regular An
struction is being given by DIR. n. Z.
Trout-A large number OF ringneck-
ed pheasants have been Matched in
the western section of the county
and will be set at large as soon as
they are able to take care of them
selves.-Helen Gephart, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Gephart, of
near White Hall, was stunnded by
lightning during a storm while at
her work in the canning factory at
ttlestown.-George A. Miller has
enlisted in the United States Marines
and has been sent to Paris Island,
s. C.-The Red Cross Chapter of
New Oxford, held a tag day for the
30th Battalion Light Tank corps, of
Camp Colt, who assisted in the big
celebration in the neighboring town
on the Fourth of July, and one hum
dred and sixty-seven dollars was
realized, which will be used by the
boys in their overseas mess fund
The Rev. a. Nevin Brubaker, of
Landisburg, Perry county, who was
recently unanimously elected pastor
of the New oxford Reformed charge,
composed of st. Paufs Church, OF
New oxford, and Emanuefs Church,
at Abbottstown, has accepted the call
and will assume the duties of his new
pastorate the first Sunday in Au-
gust
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-20
NINETEEN STARS
IN SERVICE FLAG
Patriotic Exercises Held at
Manchester Church When
Unfurling Takes Place
LIST OF MEN IN ARMY
Several Are in Francce and
Some on Seas; Many Others
Await Orders to Go

Manchester, Pa, July 2O.-A serv-
ice flag containing nineteen stars,
each representing member of the
Lutheran Sunday school in the serv-
ice of the country, was unfurled in
the Lutheran Church on Sunday
evening. The services were patriotic
throughout and one OF the most i'm
pressive ever held in the town. Sam
uel Frey, of York, delivered an ad-
dress and dedicated the flag to the
church. The flag was unfurled by
Mrs. Harvey Gladfelter, who has
three sons in the service, one of
whom is in France. one in Philadel-
phia and one on the seas. DR.. V.
Ness gave reading and Mrs. Ness
sang solo entitled when the sun
Goes Down in France Miss Dor
othy Gerstmyer rendered pleasing
SOLO "A Baby's Prayer at Twilight.
Miss Gertie Altland accompanied
Mrs. Ness on the piano and Mrs.
Gerstmyer accompanied Miss Dor
othy Gerstmyer. A feature of the
service was a quartet by Levi Small
DR.. ]. c. May. Milton Gross and the
Rev. H. T. Gerstmyer entitled I'M
furl the Flag" The following are
those of the school and church who
are in the service, the names OF
whom were read by the Rev. MT.
Gerstmyer: Jesse Gladfelter enlisted
yeoman service, Philadelphia; Prl-
vate Oscar Gladfelter enlisted, now
in France: Private Clark Gladfelter
on the seas: Sergeant William Dietz,
in France: Corporal George Dietz. in
France; Private Morris Hartman
enlisted, San Antonio, Tex; Private
William Fl. Guickel, in France; Prt-
Vate Jacob Decker, on the seas
Private Paul Jacobs. on the seas;
Private j. Edwin Cockley, on the
seas; Sergeant Leon Altland, Camp
Meade, Md: Captain Charles II.
May, on the seas; Sergeant Erwin
Brenner. at Camp Lee, Petersburg,
Va: Private Arthur SchriVer, at
Camp Jackson, S. c. Private Jerry
Gross, at Camp Sherman, Ohio; Pri-
vate Wilmer G. Hake, radio operator,
Philadelphia; Private Adam Arnt,
enlisted in France; Private Carl
Eisenhart enlisted, Long Island, n.
Y: Private Christian Musser, III
France.-Robert March returned
from a trip through Virginia, Ohio
and New York.-Mr. and Mrs.
Emanuel Hartman returned from
Milroy where they spent several
days with friends.-After making
compilation of the cards the war
savings stamp committee reported
total of S10,1S0 invested by people
in Manchester borough.-Mr. and
Mrs. j. Rainer Beck, George Beck.
Sara Dietz, Lottie Gross, Mr.. and
Mrs. Levi Small, Mrs. Milton Small,
Gertie Altland and Mrs. J. c. Farcht
motored to Loysville on Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Baker and son,
John, of Highspire, spent the week
end at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Cockley.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-20
Tyrone Boy Sends Home
Pictures Taken From Huns

Tyrone, Pa. July 20.-William
Nelson is Tyrone boy who is in
the front line defense in France.
This is certain, for recently his PEI
ents received a letter from him and
enclosed were six photographs which
he had taken from a German pris-
oner whom he had captured. Posted
publicly, they attracted a great
deal of attention. They were pic
lures of the family of the BocIIe, and
show well<dressed and sintelligent-
looking German people.-That Ty-
rome is on the increase in property
valuation is indicated by the 1918
tax duplicate. which reveals that
valuation for taxation purposes in
the borough is s2,s53.S05, which is
Il decided increase over last year.
Samuel C. Leeper, a Tyrone boy
who has spent twelve years in the
State guard, and who was one of
the promoters of the Home Guard
after the regular troop was taken
into the United States Army, has
been re"""~'~e1 for his faithful
ices by being appointed a first
lieutenant OF ire stan of the Adju-
tant General of the state. Mr.
I,eeper was with the local troop at
Mount Gretna this week, although
lie is not now attached directly with
this organization,-Mrs Gilbert E.
Kanour, formerly Miss Jess john
ston, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. K.
Johnston, is the fond mother of a
ably girl, born this week. while the
father is on the firing line in France
Captain Cleveland and Ensign
Aughenbaugh, who have had charge
Of the Salvation Army here for a
year. have been transferred to New
bern, n. c., where they obtain pre-
liminary training and then proceed
to France, to do social work in con-
nection with the Army
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-20
Recorder Lentz Chaperones
Party to Crows Landing

EliZabethyille, Pa, July 20.-Re-
corder James E. Lentz, chaperoned
picnic party to Crows Landing, op-
posite Millersburg, on Wednesday,
Miss Mollie !. Lenker of Millers-
burg. spent Sunday with Miss Anna
Mattis.-Dr. w l.. Stevenson spent
several days with his father at the
Hamburg anatorium.-Warren j.
Daniel spent several days at Wilkes
Barre.-Fred Bonner, of Hershey, is
visiting his parents here.-John j.
Paul, of Harrisburg, spent several
days with Mrs. Thomas Batdorf and
family.-Miss Rebekah Radle, of the
Mont Alto Sanatorium, is spending a
vacation with her sister, Mrs. War
rem ]. Daniel.-Edward Steiley and
family, of Cumberland, Md, are
the guests of Daniel A. Andre and
family in Broad street.-A. d. Buff
tington and family, of Jewell City,
Kan. motored here and are guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Enders.
Mrs. Gordon !. Smith, of Philadel-
phia, is visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hiram Smith.-Miss Irene
Bressler, of Harrisburg, is home on
a vacation.-C. Elmer Culp and fam
lily, have gone on an auto trip to
Easton, and Ithaca, n. Y, at the lat
ter place visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. c. +. Matter and family
Mrs E. Westfall, of Johnsonburg,
spent several days with friends here.
Miles V. Miller, son of Postmas-
ter Miller, left on Tuesday for Platts-
burgh, n. Y, where he will enter a
training school for otficers.-Dr.
Lenker, of Schuylkill Haven, spent
several days with Mrs. Harry A.
Snyder, near Dietrich.-Roy and
William Smeltzer, of Fullerton, are
spending a short vacation with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs John SmeltZer.
Mrs. Fred Keiffer spent the week
with her brother, Edward Sheetz,
at Enders.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-20
Harold Haines Wounded
With Engineers in France

ThompSontown, Pa, July 90
DR.. and Mrs. w II Haines are in
receipt of a letter from their son,
Harold Haines, who is a member
of Company F. Second Regiment of
Engineers, in France, stating that
he had been wounded in the left arm
and the right thigh. He was in a
hospital but is now recovering
Mr.. and Mrs. David Spicker were
at Lewistown at Sunday-Mr. and
Mrs. c. r. Haldeman. Mr.. and Mrs.
Brackbille and Mrs. George Nah
lin, of Malvern, were guests of Mrs
J. G. Haldeman on Monday-Mrs.
Israel Tennis is visiting Mrs. ].
Mr.. and Mrs. H. q. Sewers spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs
Warren Ward at Pennsylvania Fur
John DeArmitt and
children were guests of her parents
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Colyer over
the weeknd.-B. F. Gayman recent
ly made a trip to New York.-Mr.
and Mrs. Lemuel Zeiders. of Phila-
delphia. and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Mcclellan, of Altoona, accompanied
by their mother, Mrs. Joseph Wetz-
Ter, are spending vacation at the
Wetzler home here.-Mrs. Annie
Dim returned home Monday from
visiting friends at Lewistown.-Miss
Annie Colyer was a guest of Miss
Stoner at Mount Pleasant Wednes-
day.-The Lutheran Sunday School
of Thompsontown attended the
county Sunday school picnic held
ON the Port Royal Fairgrounds on
Thursday.-Miss Ella Vines, of Will
Transport, is visiting her sister. Mrs.
Cyrus Carvell.-James M. Nelson,
Of Mifflintown, was a guest of his
brother, William Fl. Nelson, on
Wednesday.-Mi Misses Bertha Kearns,
Pearl Haldeman, Rose Keiser. Mrs.
T. II. Keagle and Mrs. g. r. Nell
son, recently attended a meeting of
Central Juniata Valley Chapter
American Red Cross at Lewistown.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-20

Pursuing its policy of conserva-
tism, the French war Office makes no
extreme claims of victory along the
Aisne- Marine front. The front, as
delineated in official reports, leaves
the Clignon river near Torcy, runs
north through Ley -Clignon and
Neuilly-St., Front, turns slightly to
the east to Mauloy wood, thence
north to Veirzy up over the higher
ground to the hills southwest of
scissors.
Hold on scissors Weakened
There have been reports of allied
forces being far to the east of this
line, but they have not been Off
cially confirmed. It seems probable
that the German tenure of Scissors
has been greatly weakened, and it
is quite possible that some allied
forces are further east than the posi-
tions indicated in the official re-
ports.
The actual results officially an
nounced as achieved, however, with
important territory taken and more
than 1900 prisoners and $50 guns
taken, Constitute in themselves a
decidedly brilliant success for the
Franco-American drive to date.
MethodicaI Push
appears to be an effort, which is
seemingly succeeding, to straighten
the front all the way north from
the Clignon river, about five miles
northwest of Chateau Thierry. The
movement does not at present appear
to be a great circulating operation
1t is rather a methodical push all
along the western side of the Sois-
sons Chateau Thierry- Rheims salient
AS such, it still must be con-
sidered a defensive action that is
going on. Its character may change
to an offensive stroke at any time,
but nothing so far officially reported
would indicate that General Man
gins advance seeks to do more than
relieve the pressure against Rheims
Significant Move
The advance of the allies south of
the Marne, from Fossoy to Oeuilly,
as officially reported may be de-
cidedly significant. The German
front is here so extended that IL is
not improbable that tho silemy has
begun retirement from the peri
lous position into which he had ad-
vanced on Monday and Tuesday. 1t
has been pointed out that the situa-
ton of the Germans from Chateau
Thierry eastward to the point where
their line crosses the Marne is dam
gerous in the extreme if the allied
effort on the front north of Chateau
Thierry makes further progress. Al
the Germans really are retreating
from across the Marne, the situa-
ton is very similar to that which
ensued when the Austrian advance
across the Piave was checked and
the retrograde movement was begun
Huns Stopped at Rheims
Along the line from the Marne
to Rheims and east of the Cathedral
city into the Champagne region. the
battle has seemingly died down, as
no reports of fighting come from
these sectors.
In a sudden attack in the Baileul
sector, on the northern side of the Ly
salient in Flanders, the British have
advanced their lines over a front of
two and quarter miles and swept
the Germans from the village of
Meteren.
Further south on the front be-
tween Albert and Arras the British
have advanced their line over a mile
front, their attack taking place south
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-20

Lewistown, Pa, July 20.-George
Yocum, Civil War veteran and we'll
known citizen of Lewistown, was
born in Ickesburg, Pa. August 3,
1916. In the spring of 1864 he en-
listed in Company E, 195th Resi-
ment Infantry and in March, 1865,
re-enlisted in Company H, SSth
Pennsylvania Volunteers Infantry.
He took part and was at Lees sur
render. Mr.. Yocum upon inquiry, has
found that he is the only surviving
member of Company H. SSth Penn
sylvania Volunteers. Mr.. Yocum has
lived nearly all his life in Lewistown.
He served eight years in council and
one term as chief burgess. For some
years he was engaged in building
construction here.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-20

Blain, Pa, July 20.-Mr. and Mrs
William Fl. Martin, of Blain, have
two sons in service in the United
States Army. Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
also have another son, Arthu McKin-
ley Martin, of Britt, Ia, who sent his
name to Blain for registration on
June 5. 1918.
George Daniel Martin enlisted in
October, 1917, and was first sent to
Paris Island, S. c., in Company +,
49th Regiment. In February he was
transferred to Boston, Mass, and is
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-20
FRENCH AND AMERICANS
CONTINUE STEADY ADVANCE
wood of Mauoy east of Viers-He and Neuilly-St Fro
Still Pushing Eastward
[Contnued From Page IL


Over the part of the line between the Aisne
Marne the French and Americans still pushing eastward Their
most pronounced appears have been chiefly
the southery part of the ne the dash in the northern
sector having apparently slowed up somewhat.
The allied forces control the pateaux the southwest of
Sossons This important howeve still is holding
Further south the allied advance has established itself
village OF Viery has passed the Mauloy wood of Vler
Helon and has driven to the of Neuly St Front and
LcyCgnon The capture of Neully Front of the
important towns in the field of the advance south OF the Ourcq
officially announced this morning.
Battle Line Widens
Dispatches that the fighting to-day spreading south
ward toward Chateau They Indications were, said
that great battle all along the line seemed
impending the Germans having brought up enfocements
effort to stop the steady push of the allies.
South of the Marne there has been Tightening the
along the IA 12 mile line between Fossoy Oeuy where
the Germans fighting with the their backs
by the French last night caused the Germans fall back
farther along this line
Americans Engaged
During the fighting early this week. American troops
Fossoy and mentioned being engaged in along
the heights to the east of that place They therefore
ably engaged in the advance officially reported from Paris
Oeuy marks the approximate point where the German lines
the Marine and northeast the rolling toward
Rheims
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-20

now at bingham, Mass. stationed at
the Marine barracks.
James Lynn Martin is now on his
way to France. He has been at Camp
Meade. Md, since he was drafted last
September with the first contingent
of soldiers that left Perry county.
He is a member of Company C, 314th
Regimen Infantry, National Army
On February 1. 1918, he was ap-
pointed corporal and was promoted
to sergeant of his company June
21, 1918