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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29

regiment, the One Hundred and
Sixty-fifth Infantry, had just come.
ours, the second battalion up front,
fought gloriously and held, held,
held! They accom- plished the un-
heard of. the impossible. and the
whole division stood like solid wall
of olive drab, fighting, dying. con-
ouering.
They were bouncing them around.
the high explosives, the gas and the
shrapnel shells. 1t was a miracle
that i escaped; 1 can't explain it any
other way. Lack of sleep was the
worst of it-from Sunday until Fri
day noon, and then we had a hor-
rible rain that left the trenches knee
deep in water for two days.
But we must carry on. Lord,
how 1 pity those with bullet-proof
and camoufiage jobs!"
Men are not monopolizing the acts
of bravery with the American Ex-
peditionary Force. Women nurses
and hospital workers are facing bull
lets and shells as the Hun searches
out these hospitals for lombard
ment. Here is the story of one of
these bombardments. told by nurse
in a base hospital, Miss Manelva Kel-
ler. in a letter to her uncle, at Eas-
ton.
We had all gone to bed with a
feeling that something was going to
happen, and consequently I did not
go to sleep. The bonn bardment was
growing more severe rapidly, and be-
fore long shells began to fall in our
midst. l do not think the officers eX-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
National Army Men From
Pennsylvania ProDe to Be
Heroes on Battlefield of
France; Win Citation and
Medals of Honor

Word brought back from France
praises the valor of the national
army men and proves that they are
made of the same hero stuff which
inspired the other Pennsylvania boys
in the Iron division.
From the date of the casualties re-
ported there are indications that the
Pennsylvania boys may have had a
part in the action which forced the
Hun retirement from the Lys salient
in Flanders.
Individual acts of bravery among
Pennsylvania boys of all branches of
the army stand out in the news from
France.
Private Albert Goodlander, of Wat
sontown, met and killed three Ger
mans in a dugout. and has been dec
grated for his valor, according to a
letter written by Donald Harpham,
of Milton, a friend of Goodlander. in
the national army.
On the day before he was killed in
battle, Lieutenant Howard w. Arm
old, of Wilkes-Barre, a young ma
tional army officer, facing Hun bull
let's as he penned the letter, wrote
of his pity of "those with bullet
proof jobs"
The men were magnificent-ev-
eryone was" he writes, describing
an engagement through which his
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
4 RECOGNIZED AS
MOST COURAGEOUS TROOPS
ON WESTERN BATTLE FRONT
German Prisoners Recognize Fact That 1t Was Yankees
Who Stopped Their March to Paris; Work Is
HELL" Declares Congressman

Washington, Aug. 29.-"It's exag-
gerated hell! It's hell intensified"
declared Representative Thomas S.
Butler. of Pennsylvania, upon his re-
turn to Washington yesterday from
the battlefields of France.
For six nights while I was living
with the troops from my own town
of West Chester at Fismette, on the
north bank of the Vesle river,
never saw light except the light of
bursting shells. There was never
a minute of the twenty-four hours
in the day that shells were not
crashing over that little town, killing
the American troops that were oc-
cupying it.
Il was in Fismes on the south
bank of the Vesle when the One
Hundred and Tenth Pennsylvania
forced the river. I saw the Germans
blow up the pontoon bridges laid by
those brave troops five times before
the Americans finally got across and
established themselves on the north
bank. 1t used to be in the Civil War
that the battle line was where the
infantry was fighting, but now it is
man is sef if he is between Paris
and the front.
Five companies from my district,
boys / had known since childhood,
the barber who shaved me at home,
and even my chauffeur, were in the
fighting while 1 was there. I saw
them before they went into battle
and saw them when they came out,
and some of those I expected least
of have proved themselves to be the
greatest heroes. I was like a country
schoolteacher during the six days
and nights 1 was with them-I lived
wherever they would keep me. l
left them not to come back to rep
resent Congress, but because I real
lied that a man who was not in
khaki was of no use there.
Good Fighters
IT brought home dozens of letters
to mothers in my district from their
sons over there. l traced the Twen-
ty-eighth division, made up of Penn
sylvania troops, all the way from
the Marne to the Vesle by the names
on the crosses that marked the
graves. On some crosses battered
helmet of the hero would be hung;
on another, the boots of the soldier.
Graves by the hundreds tell the tale
of the desperate fighting done there
by our boys. The Americans are re-
garded generally as the most cour-
ageous fighters on the western 'front.'
The Australians have been re-
garded as the fiercest combatants
on the allied side. but while we We're
in the Marne sector one OF them
said:
1.-The American marines are good
fighters. but they are little rough
The Germans, too, realize the worth
of the Americans, despite all the at
tempts made by the Kaiser to rid1-
cule them, and minimize their ef-
fectiveness. Here is a significant in
cident: "A man whom 1 know well,
one of the transport men, was In
certain French station three days
before left there on the 18th of
August, and he told me that he had
just seen some Frenchmen taking
a high German officer through when
a French officer of high rank said
in a sarcastic tone to the captured
Teuton, ON the road to Paris?' To
that the German replied in perfect
English, BY God. you did not stop
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
"Y" MEMBERS ON
PICNIC TODAY AT
NGLENOOK FARM
Big Crowd Enjoys First An
nual Outing; Street Parade
Precedes Auto Trip

With more than a hundred mem
Boys" of the Central Y. NJ. C. A. pa
raded through the streets of Harris
burg to-day on their way to the first
annual picnic now being held at the
farm of Harry Anwyll, Inglenook.
Music for the parade was furnished
by the Kazoo Band under the lea
dership of C. Linn Scott.
Approximately thirty-five automo-
biles were in line for the festivities.
The party arrived at Inglenook about
the middle OF the afternoon, to be
greeted by a melange of decorations,
placards and signs. Keep moving"
was the command on a big banner.
After a half hour spent in getting
and a community songfest was held
under the leadership of Chorister
Scott. Athletic contests kept every
one busy throughout the afternoon.
Names Of prizewinners and prizes
will be made public tomorrow,
since after long and weighty delibe-
ration the judges have decided to call
in the aid OF experts before making
their most important decisions.
Mrs. Maggie Phillips, famed far
and wide as a concocter of the best
there is in eats" will serve a dinner
to the hungry hordes at 6 o'clock
tonight. A vaudeville show and
campfire with such prime spirits as
A. H. Dinsmore, c. w. Miller, ]. D.
O'Neill and Henderson Gilbert in
charge is scheduled for the evening.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
Big Increase in Use
of Milk and Ice Cream,
City Dealers Report

Harrisburg is drinking more milk
and eating more ice cream than ever
before despite the fact that prices
are the highest on record this year.
That they are doing so is attributed
to greatly increased prices of other
commodities.
The reason for the increase in the
sale of milk and milk products is
the greatly increased education of
the people to the fact that the food
value of these products is exception
ally high. More heat calories, and
it is these calories that determine
the food value. are contained in
quantity of milk by far than can be
found in any other product pur-
chased for an equal amount of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
Make Changes in Draft
Quotas in Cumberland

The following changes were made
in the Cumberland county quotas
just before the men were sent to
Camp Lee yesterday:
In District No. l the following
did not go to camp: Charles G. Gle
Ian, Carlisle r. D. 1; Harry S. Rutz,
Carlisle r. D. 1; j. w. Trimmer.
Mechanicsburg R. D. g. W R. Lewis,
Lemoyne; E. P. Gochenouer, Me-
chanicsburg R. D. 2; e. R. Blessing.
Mechanicsburg r. D. 6; A. S. Wen
ger, Candad. In their places the
following alternates were sent, the
quota being three short: w. S. Gar
man, Carlisle R. D. Q; H. L. Kline,
Mechanicsburg R. D. 4; Lorne
Mumma, Wormleysburg; John C.
Barry, West Fairview; P. M. Meals,
Mechanicsburg. In District No. 2
the following were not sent to camp
as reported yesterday: j. B. Peters,
East Stroudsburg; N. F. Heiser,
Carlisle R. D. 8; ]. E.. Folsinger,
Shippensburg. In their places the
following alternates were sent:
Ralph Hubley. Shippensburg; G. w.
Burkholder, Shippensburg; F. s.
Sollenberger, MELVILLE.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
Us. 1t was the Yankee
No Fear of Germans


No Fear of Germans
II don't quote anybody, I simply
have it from the fighting men who
have been in it-all they ask for is a
chance to catch the German in the
open. They have no more fear of
the German than I have of my own
people. If the artillery will drive
them out of the towns the infantry
will do the rest.
"One Yankee was lying behind a
little pile of earth that he had
thrown up as a protection. when a
shell struck so close by that it threw
dirt all over him, and turned him
completely around. He jumped up
on the mound, shook his fist in the
direction of the Germans and shout
ed You've got my name and ad-
dress, but you did not get the date
That is typical of the cool manner in
which the Americans fight with
shrapnel and high explosive shells
breaking over them all day long.
Congressman Clyde Kelly, of Pitts
burgh, who has just returned from
the Western front states that the
Keystone division has been under al
most constant fire since the 18th of
July, from Chateau Thierry to Fis-
mes, a distance of 25 to 80 miles. He
says the Pennsylvania soldiers neith-
er asked nor gave quarter and charg-
ed machine gun nests at the point of
the bayonet.
Mr.. Kelly also finally disposes of
reports and rumors that there was
bungling in the command and hand
ling of certain Pennsylvania regi-
ments.
II talked with, many officers and
hundreds of men," he said. land
didn't hear a thing of 1t. I would
certainly have heard these stories
had there been anything to them.
The boys of both the One Hundred
and Tenth and One Hundred and
Eleventh were loud in their praise
of their officers. There seemed to be
the closest sympathy. and most per-
feet understanding between men and
officers of both commands"
"They are the most perfect look
ing soldiers I saw in France, bronzed,
vigorous, virile. Their strength, car
riage and appearance heartened all
the allied troops who saw them. The
Pennsylvania division in my judg-
ment is the finest in France.
II got to the line on July 14th. At
that time the One Hundred and Elev-
enth was in front of Chateau Thierry
and the One Hundred and Tenth was
right beside it. on the right. Chateau
Thierry was then in the possession of
the Germans. The next morning the
Pennsylvania regiments went over
the top and drove them out. They
had been on the front line then for
about 10 days and from July Is until
August II. when I next saw them,
they were constantly in action.
Both the French and Germans ad-
NIT it was the Americans who. turned
the tide. On the battlefield at Cha
teau Thierry I personally heard a
colloquy between a French and a Ger
man officer. as the latter was being
taken to the rear as prisoner, which
illustrated this. The Frenchman called
out, so you are on the way to Paris
The German replied, Yes, but you
didn't stop us. 1t was the Yankees
Every mile of that advance was a
bloody hand-to-hand conflict. The
bayonet was used freely. There was
no quarter either way. The Ameri-
cans took prisoners only when they
had to.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29

pected this, for there was nothing of
importance near us, but it is now be-
lieved that the hospital was deliber-
ately shelled for it's own sake.
We were ordered to gather our
few belongings and hurry to the
cave. We Ventured out again later
but after about two hours we received
orders to return again to shelter, and
as soon as it was safe. to leave the
hospital. Breakfast was served in
the. shelter, and about o'clock we
hastily packed our supplies, jumped
into our trucks and drove few kilo-
meters to the rear, where we joined
an evacuation hospital and went i'm
mediately to work.
II had succeeded in getting clothed
and comfortable, but some of the
girls were not so Fortunate; many
of them retreated with their hair
down their backs in braids and with
out some of their clothing.
I'VE have been highly commended
for our behavior under fire. some
army officers having asked for a full
report of it all, so that they could
recommend us to the government for
official commendation. do not know
what less we could have done, how
ever. 1t was much harder to leave
the important and urgent work and
sit down in the cave than it would
have been to remain at work.
THE traditional women and chill
dren first is annoying under such
circumstances, for l felt like a slack
er to hand my instruments over to a
man while 1 hurried off to save my
self first. Two patients were killed
in one ward, and several corps men
were injured.
Now no one can convince me that
the Germans are above consciously
shelling hospitals, for we were we'll
isolated, and in the center of our
grounds there was large open space
fenced off, in which was a large red
cross made OF pr'nted boards and
about fifty feet in width"
Raymond Strong. of New Castle,
with an ambulance corps, describes in
a letter how the Huns bombarded
hospital where there were 800
wounded German prisoners. Strong
was gassed in the attack.
when every dear pal in your
squad gets picked off or blown away,
when a piece of shrapnel tears the
haversack off your back. when a shell
smashes your helmet, and machine
gun bullet goes through it at the
same time, when you have machine
gun bullets go through your legs and
everywhere except hit you in a vital
spot, then. mother dear. a fellow
realizes the love and existence of
God"
So writes Corporar Claire P. Male,
Company G, One Hundred and Tenth
Infantry, from a base hospital to his
mother in Altoona. He is recovering
from shell shock.
I'VE over here are used to mud
and rains and all conditions now"
the letter continues. I'VE are so busy
we cannot wash or change clothes,
and I look like a wild man. 1 am as
grayheaded as grandfather, but I'm
doing my bit and will continue to do
SO.
"It won't be long until it is all
over over here, for the Huns are
chaining their soldiers to machine
guns to make them fight until death
We saw one little Jerry chained to
a machine gun and he could have
moved down big bunch of our fell
lows, but he didn't. He was shooting
back at his own retreating infntry.
The lad looked to be about 15."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29

money.
Average sales of milk in Harris
burg are fifteen per cent. higher this
year than they were last year. L. A.
Sterick. president of the Harrisburg
Retail Milk Dealers Association is
the authority for these figures. No
estimate of the number of gallons
being used in Harrisburg could be
made by Mr.. Sterick.
Increased sales of ice cream in
Harrisburg during the past twelve
months are even greater than the
increased sales of milk. The Her
shey Creamery Company and the
Russ Brothers Creamery Company.
two of the largest manufacturers in
Harrisburg, report that their bust
ness during this period is at least
a quarter more than it was during
the preceding twelve months. Eli
N. Hershey, of the former company
reports that its increased product
will amount to twenty-five per cent.
and William Russ. of the latter COM
pany, estimates it's increase at
thirty per cent. Small dealers also
report correspondingly greater de-
mands for their goods.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
State Must Furnish
82,253 Men to War Plants

Immediate transfer of 83,2s3 un-
skilled workmen from Pennsylvania
industries, listed as "nonwar" work
to munitions plants and other activi-
ties directly connected with the war
is to be made through the United
States employment service and the
state public service reserve.
A definite program of assessing
the nonwar plants for quotas to fill
the unskilled labor shortage in war
work plants has been prepared.
Workmen drawn from nonwar
plants will report to the Federal la
Dor employment offices and will be
given the opportunity to select po-
sitions in plans doing essential war
work.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
Harrisburg Elks in
Big Parade at York

Hundreds of members of Harris
burg Lodge. No. IL, Benevolent Pro-
tective Order Elks, went to York to-
day to attend the sessions of the or
der now IN convention in that city.
They are participating in the big pa
rade being held this afternoon. The
Municipal Band, which accompanied
the members this morning is furnish
ing music for the delegation in the
parade.
At yesterdays sessions County
Controller Henry w. Cough, this
city, treasurer of the order for sew
eral years, was reelected.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
Harrisburg to Southern
Cities Planned as Tour

Frank A. Dudley. president of the
United Hotels Company, which will
operate the Penn-Harris was here to1
day and was greatly interested in
the working out of what will ba|
known as the Southern Tours" al
automobile route extending from Har-
risburg to Birmingham. Alabama and
from that point in two forks to New
Orleans and Jacksonville. This great
route to the south promises to be
very popular and booklet describing
the route and the scenery. with the
hotel facilities is now in the hands
of the printers. This tour will touch
many of the historic places of the
south.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
PITIES MEN WITH
BULLETPROOF JOBS
Revenge

THE Huns are claiming their
soldiers to machine guns to make
them fight until DEATH" writes
Corporal Claire P. Male, Company
G, One Hundred and Tenth In
fantry, to his mother at Altoona.
I'VE saw one little Jerry
chained to a machine gun. and
he could have moved down a big
bunch of our fellows; but he
didn't, He was shooting at his
own retreating infantry"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
AID SOCIETIES
PLACE FIVE CHILDREN

A brief bulletin sent out by Secs
retary ]. H. McCandless of the AS
ISOLATED Aid Societies gives evidence
of the good work being done by the
society. Five foster homes were
found for homeless children during
the past month. the bulletin shows,
while two stranded consumptives
were cared for. four children re-
turned home, treatments for five
tion homes secured for three chill
dren and work found for a blind
youth. Material relief was given
twenty-nine times during the month,
Mr.. McCandless' statement shows.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29

Owing to the enormous demand,
and the request of hundreds of per-
sons who were unable
"Pershing's to secure admission to
Crusaders" the popular Victoria
mt Victoria Theater to see the first
official government pic
ture dealing with the new way Uncle
Sam is going to wire out the Hun. and
called "Pershing's Crusaders" Man
ager James George has secured the
film for the balance of the week.
"Pershings Crusaders" has created
more favorable comment than any
other film dealing with the great Eu-
ropean war. Many other so-called
features have been shown in this city.
but none of them are in class with
"Pershing's Crusaders" The pictures
show Uncle Sans boys in the train.
ing camps and "over there" and shows
accurately, just how and why the
Yanks will win the war; We doubt II
ever any other feature picture will re-
ceive more applause than has greeted
the showing of this film here during
the past three days. The fact, that the
picture has the official stamp of the
government means that it is authentic
in every respect. Every &cene is real.
If you have not alread-1 ~ann t1is
great picture book of TIL =ar. 6oi,'t
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
FALLS FROM RRInGE
Lewistown, Pa, Aug. 29.-r

Lewistown, Pa, Aug. 29.-Daniel
Mowery. aged 20 years. of .Lewistown.
fell forty-ive feet from the railroad
bridge across the Juniata river here
and escaped serious injury Mowery
is employed, by the Seaboard Con-
struction Company and was at work
replacing the old bridge girders with
new steel spans when the accident
occurred. AS Mowery fell his body
struck a pole protecting from the
scaffolding and he struck the water
with such force that he went to the
bottom. His injuries consist of Sc
we're bruises.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
fail to see it, to-day, tomorrow or
Saturday. No increase in admission.

Tonight the management at Pax
tang Park will give another one of
their popular free
Vaudeville and fireworks displays.
Fireworks The program for. to-
night will be an
elaborate one, with some new pyro-
technical features that have not
summer. 1t Is the object of the park
manager to make each display a lit
tie more elaborate than it's predeces-
sor, and so far he has certainly been
able to make good.
The vaudeville bill at the park
theater is source of amusement
that will complete the evenings en-
tertainment after one has seen the
fireworks. in a most satisfactory man
ner. Japanese troupe. The Three
Mori Brothers, is the feature attrac-
tion on the park bill, and theirs is
one of the best Oriental offerings the
town has ever seen. while the balance
of the show is correspondingly good.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
AUTO CRASHES INTO WINDOW

Driven by a woman who refused
to give her name, a large automo-
bile, belonging to the Pittsburgh
branch of the Washburn-Crosby Com
pany, yesterday afternoon crashed
into a large plate glass window of
the apartment house of Louis Begel-
fer, at Sixth and Herr streets.
Neither the woman, who apparently
lost control of the machine. or two
small children with her, were in
jured.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
NAME GRocERs, LIEUTENANT

A. II. Kreidler. OF the firm or
Second street, has been appointed
Grocers' Lieutenant. to assist in the
work of the Dauphin County Food
Administration. He will aid in edu-
cational work with the trade and
investigate complaints.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
ssIAMUSEI EItSaSf MENTSIaa

ORPHEUM
Entire week, beginning Monday
(Labor Day., matinee and night,
September = D. w. Grifhth's
Hearts of the World"
MAJESTIC
High Glass Vaudeville.
COLONIAL
To-day - Francis x. Bushman in "a
Pair of Cupids."
Friday and Saturday = Norma Tai
madge in 'Martha's Vindication."
Monday and Tuesday - Mabel Nor
mani in Back to the Woods"
REGENT
To-day aid tomorrow - Edna Good
rich in Her Husbands Honor"
Saturday only - James Whitcomb
Riley's "A Hoosier Romance"
VICTORIA
To-day and all this week - Perish
ing's Crusaders" also a Fox COM
edy, "A Narrow Squeeze"
PAXTANG PARK THEATER
Vaudeville Specialties and Fireworks