davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12
TRAlVMEN STAND
FOR PROHIBITION
Pass Resolutions Urging Con-
gresS to Pass Wartime
Measure

Members of Keystone Lodge No.
AZ Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men, went on record yesterday as
faVoring prohibition. At the semi
monthly meeting held in Trainmen's
hall in the afternoon resolutions were
adopted calling upon Congress to
pass the wartime prohibition bill
now before Congress. Exceptions
were taken to the policy advocated
by Samuel Gompers. the trainmen
claiming that he did not represent
them in his recent statement. The
resolution follow:
whereas, The government has en-
acted prohibition for our Army and
Navy because it found it necessary
for the production of the most effici-
ent fighting machine; and
whereas, 1t is admitted by all
well-informed persons that the use
OF alcoholic beverages produces the
same results under all conditions
lessening efficiency among workmen
and creating trouble, because hu-
man nature is the same everywhere
and human requirements vary only
as surroundings differ; and
Whereas, The attitude of Labor to-
ward the liquor traffic has been mis-
represented by Mr.. Gompers and Mr..
Hurley and Mr.. Colby in their So
called testimony before the United
States Senates Agricultural Commit
tee, it being the uniform testim ony
of labor organizations in those states
that have enacted prohibition that
labor conditions and labor efficiency
have greatly improved; and
Whereas, There is now before the
United States Senate a bill providing
for national prohibition during the
war; therefore
Resolved, That while we, Lodge
No. AZ, Brotherhood of Railroad
Traimen, recognize the efficient serv-
ice that has been rendered by Pres
ident Gompers along labor lines, yet
we feel compelled emphatically to
dissent from his mistaken testimony
before said committee, and to say
that while he may have represented
the comparatively small number of
brewery employees connected with
the Federation of Labor, yet his tes-
timony did not represent the vast
army of railroad and industrial en-
ployes.
Resolved, That while we are glad
to render service to our government
to the best of our ability in our reg
ular employment and to join the
great army of our fellow citizens
that are conserving at much sacri-
flee along numerous lines to secure
victory over the Huns, yet we most
earnestly protest against the policy
of government that fosters the most
potent enemy of the Hun in our
land. the liquor traffic; that gives it
abundance of grain and coal and
sugar, while our children suffer for
lack of them all.
Resolved, That we most earnestly
petition the United States Congress
without further delay to enact war
prohibition as necessary to the most
speedy triumph of our arms. and we
call upon our own United States Sem
ators to give their efforts and votes
to this end.
Resolved, That a copy of these res
olutions be forwarded to the Presi-
dent of the United States, to the
United States Senate through both
Senator Knox and Senator Penrose,
and to the United States House of
Representatives through our Con-
gresham, the Honorable Aaron S.
Kreider.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12
RAILROAD RUMBLES
Train to Run Through From
Harrisburg to Lebanon

In effect at midnight yesterday, all
trains to and from Lebanon over the
Pennsy will run in and out of Har-
risourg. This was planned some time
ago. but 1t remained for the regional
director of this district. C. H. Mark
ham. to put it in effect. The order
was issued two weeks ago and men
have since been under instructions.
From Conewago to Lebanon the
line was formerly known as the
Lebanon and Cornwall Railroad. Re-
Gently the Pennsy took possession
and 1t was made the Lebanon di-
vision. Crews. however, have been
changed at Conewago. Passengers
also have changed cars at this point.
Now it is said all business will be
handled through to and from Leb-
anon, making Conewago a stopping
point. The yards at Conewago will
also be operated as a part of the
Philadelphia division.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12

cited for bravery on the battlefront,
has been wounded. he writes in a let
ter to friends in Harrisburg. Werner
in his letter asks that his relatives
should not be alarmed If his name
appears in the casualty list. He says
he has been gassed and is in Paris
hospital, but that he will be fighting
again in the near future if everything
goes we'll.
Several weeks ago, in dispatches
from a special correspondent with
the American Army under General
Foch. the name of Werner was cited
for conspicuous bravery and special
services. With the news of his be-
ing in the thick of the fighting it
was learned that the Keystone Di-
vision, in which are many Harrisburg
boys, is pushing forward in the
midst of the present offensive in the
Rheims scissors salient.
Little is known about the nature
and extent of young Werner's in
juries, but he says his head and
back have been injured. The letter
says that'he was fighting in hand-to-
hand combat with the Huns. He is
optimistic concerning the outcome of
the war.
Werner is in Company I, of the
One Hundred and Twelfth Regiment
This was formerly the old Eighth.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12
Dies From Injuries
Suffered In Smashup

Charles Ross Dunlap. 1927 North
Fourth street, is dead and his wife
in a critical, condition at the Harris
burg Hospital, as the result OF in
juries suffered when the motorcycle
on which they were riding careened
of the River Road. on Saturay night.
and crashed into a telegraph pole,
just north of the Rockville bridge.
Mr.. Dunlap died yesterday after
noon. He was ~ years old, a widely
known member of the Loyal Order of
Moose and was employed at the club
house OF the lodge. Funeral services
will be held Thursday afternoon, at
1880 o'clock. the Rev. S. Edwin Rupp.
of Otterbein United Brethren Church,
officiating.
Mr.. Dunlap is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Florence Dunlap; mother, -4rs.
Ellen Dunlap; brother, Tolbert o;
Dunlap, and sisters, Mrs. H. o. Warfel
and Mrs. c. W. Miller. He was a
member of the Good Will Fire Com
pany, L o. o. NJ, Eagles and the Red
men.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12
Courthouse Notes

Injunction Proceedings. - The in
junction proceedings against Duncan
Cameron, brought by Clara G. Everts.
We're continued until September 9.
with the permission OF Judge c. V.
Henry.
Divorce DEGREES. Divorce de-
crees were granted in the following
cases: Harry Clinton VS. Zelda NJ Tur-
ner. Charles P. vs.; Nellie Forrer,
Arsinger, John W. VS.. Anna Heck,
Mabel B. VS.. Charles W. Mcclellan.
UNIQUE LETTER FROM FRANCE
4 rather unique letter has just
been received by Benjamin Strouse,
of The Globe clothing store from
Captain Ralph c. Crow, of the '10sth
NJ. G. BIT. who is now in France.
While the local companies of the
Pennsylvania National Guard, COM
posed of boys from the city and sur
rounding towns, were encamped on
the Island during June, 1917, they
held a festival The napkins for this
affair were furnished by Mr.. Strouse
and on which was printed The best
wishes of The Globe go with you
wherever you may CO." The letter
now being exhibited in the display
window of The Globe follows:
Somewherein France, 1918
Mr.. Benjamin StrouSe,
Harrisburg, Pa.
Have carried this paper napkin
in my haversack ever since my COM
pany was camped on the Island at
Harrisburg. Pa. This finds me we'll.
Have plenty of fire in the place I am
now located. Yankees swarming over
like bees all anxious to fight. Plenty
of rations. French people treat
Americans fine.
RALPH C. CROW.
Captain, B. G. BIT,
American E. F.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12

cumulatien as the result of the
fighting which began July ID and
1t is not to be assumed that the
ratio of killed and wounded will be
maintained when the final toll of
the Marne-Aisue victory is oom-
piete.
Because of the fact that the Am
ericans were brigaded in the fight
ing with British and French forces.
many of the wounded were taken
to French and British hospitals and
the task of collecting their names
was a difficult one, The problem
of securing the names OF tho killed
and missing was said to be much
simpler and this Is taken here to
account for the relatively large
numbers of killed and missing re-
ported in the first list.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12
Services Are Held Today
For Dr.. Robert Nj. McNeal

Funeral services for DR.. Robert NJ.
McNeaL Deputy. Superintendent OF
Public Instruction OF Pennsylvania.
who died suddenly at State College.
Friday morning. were held this after
noon. at $3.50 o'clock. at the home of
his sou-in- law, DR.. Harvey F. Smith,
$50 State street.
The services were in charge of the
Rev, DR.. George K, Reed. OF the Grace
Methodist Church, OF which DR..
McNeal had long been an active mem
Der, DR., Morris Z, Swartz, presiding
elder OF tho Central Pennsylvania
District. and DIR. George p. Mains also
had charge OF the services. Burial
was private.
Pallbearers were: John P. Melick
Willard S, Young and William E.
Jones, of the Grace Methodist Church;
Professor L L, McGinnis. superinten-
dent of schools at Steelton; Lindley H.
Dennis, Director OF Agricultural Edu-
cation. and Professor Charles D. Koch,
State Inspector OF High Schools.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12
War Rally Features
Printers Scranton Meeting

Scranton, Aug. 12.-With delegates
from all parts of the United States
and Canada in attendance. the an
nual convention of the International
Typographical Union opened in this
city last night, when a patriotic
massmeeting was held at the Strand
theater The first business session
will be held this morning, continuing
the balance of the week. A social
session was held for the entertain
ment of delegates. On Tuesday the
delegates will go to Harvey's Lake
as guests of the Wilkes Barre print
ers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12
Worshipers Are Stranded
When Carmen Call Strike

Chambersburg, Aug. 12.-The con-
ductors and motormen of the Cham
bersburg. Greencastle & Waynesboro
Railway went on strike yesterday for
an increase in wages, and after $50
in the morning not a car was run.
This was the big day of the Rhodes
Grave campmeeting, near Green
castle, and thousands anxious to at
tend were left at towns along the
trolley line, while those who got
home.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12
Plan Poultry Exhibit
Beginning August 20

A poultry demonstration to last
two days has been arranged by H.
G. Niesley county farm agent. for
August 20 and 81. H. c. Knandel
poultry extension expert of State
College, will be on hand to demon
strate to the farmers the methods to
cut out the non-laying hens of the
poultry yards.
1t is pointed out that on some
farms more than half of the hens
are non-laying. Mr.. Knandel will
show the farmers how to eliminate
the 'slackers'' from the PATRIOTS.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12
ROTARY CLUB MEMBERS
HEAR SENATOR BEIDLEMAN

Senator z. z. Beidleman, as the
guest of Andrew Redmond. addressed
the Harrisburg Rotary Club at its
meeting at the Y. NJ. C. A. to-day, on
business after the war and the neces-
sity of businessmen standing to-
gether for the enactment and enforce
ment of legislation and policies that
will make the nation great and pro-
tect the interests of all the people.
President Eli N. Hershey presided.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12
DOUGLAS E. DIsMUKEs

Captain Douglas E. Dismukes'
name is among the recomme mendations
of the Naval Board for selection for
promotion made public last week
Captain Dismukes was advanced
from the rank of commander to
captain for the duration of the war
about a year ago. The new promo
ton makes his position permanent
Captain Dismukes has many
friends here. He is now captain OF
the Mt. Vernon, formerly the Kron-
princessin Cecile. His wife lives al
1015 North Front street. She is
spending the summer months in
Atlantic City.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12
Boy, Shot by Brother,
in Serious Condition

Ray w. Troup, ~ years old, 1888
Christian street, is in a serious con-
dition as a result of the wound he
received in the temple when he was
shot with a .32-caliber rifle by his
younger brother. The boys were
playing at the summer home of their
parents along the Susquehanna river
near Marysville. 1t is said Ray
walked in front of the target at
which his younger brother was
shooting and received the shot.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12
Food Administration
Receives Meat Ruling

The official order from the federal
food administration lifting the ban
on meat, was received by Donald Nc
Cormick, Dauphin county food ad-
ministrator, this morning.
According to the order, restaurants
and public eating houses will no
longer be compelled to limit their
serving of beef to four meals a
week. The local restaurant men had
voluntarily stopped the use of beef
altogether. The order received to-
day and lifting the ban is effective
until October l.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12
zaIMENTzS

MAJESTIC
High Class Vaudeville.
COLONIAL
To-day and tomorrow - Earl Will
hams in THE Girl in His House."
wednesday and Thursday Norma
Iaimadge in The Social Secretary
REGENT
o-day and tomorrow Jack Pick.
tord in "Mile-a-Minute" Kendall.
VICTORIA
TO day and o-morow-Dorothy Phil.
lips. in THE Mortgaged Wife"
Wednesday - Taylor Holmes in "A
Eye"
Thursday-Mary MacLaren in "Mer
Who Have Made Love to Me-" ant
"A Fight for Millions"
Friday-June Caprice in Miss limo
cent"
Saturday = Douglas Fairbanks il
g. Habit of Happiness"
PAXTANG PARK THEATER
Vaudeville Specialties.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12
MEXICAN WORKMEN WILL
GET RAILROAD JOBS

Hazleton, Aug. 12.-Notices re-
ceived here yesterday stated that the
government has let down the bars
against immigration of MeXicans for
railroad and mining jobs. The meas
ure is merely for temporary relief,
but the men can be brought to help
out in the anthracite region, where
the labor situation has hampered
coal production and transportation
considerably.
Heretofore they could not be used
in any collieries except those in the
middle west, which mine Ignite,
hemi- -bituminous grade.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12
FRACTURES SKULL

Theodore Thurman, aged Is, of
Clarks Valley, who was injured
when he was thrown from his ma
torcycle on the state road near Dau-
phin about 8 o'clock last evening.
is in serious condition in the Har-
risburg Hospital. He suffered a frac-
tured skull and Is in a semi-con-
scious condition.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12
PEACENfAKER STABBED

David Wells, aged 25, 1919 North
Seventh street, was stabbed in the
neck yesterday afternoon. According
to Wells, two men were fighting in
front of the restaurant at which he
was tending counter and he went out
to stop them. One Of them pulled a
knife on him and stabbed him.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12
American Fliers Bring
Two Hun Planes Down

With the American Army in
France, Sunday, Aug. 1.-Two Ger
man airplanes have been brought
down by American fiiers in the last
twenty-four hours on the Toul sec
tor. Official confirmation is lacking.
A third German airplane is believed
to have been brought down.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12
STOLE FROM GARDENS, CHARGE

James Reigan was given a hearing
in police court to-day on the charge
of stealing produce from the war
garden of H. w. Eyster, located at
Fifteenth and Verbeke streets. A
number of thefts from war gardens
have been reported and the authori-
ties are making an effort to break up
the practice.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12
RAID HOUSE

The house of Robert Gaines, North
Seventh street, was raided by Ser
geant Owens. Patrolmen Dickey,
Carson, Holland and Fry about
o'clock yesterday morning. Two girls
charge of disorderly conduct.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12
HURT AT STEEL PLANT

Reuben Spears, aged AZ, whose
home is in Batesville, Va, sustained
a compound fracture of the left
femur at the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany plant when he was caught and
crushed between two cars. He is at
the Harrisburg Hospital.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12
HURT IN ACCDENT

The condition of Mrs. Mary Sol
linger. Steelton, who was hurt when
the motorcycle she was riding
crashed against telegraph pole, was
reported this morning to be i'm
proved. She is at the Harrisburg
Hospital.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12

Monday and Tuesday the attraction
booked at the Colonial is THE Girl in
His House" Some men are
At the hard hit when the girl they
Colonial love turns them down. and
some take ii philosophically
and start right out to look for another
mate. James Armitage was the for
mer kind, and so when his best girl
Tilted him, he turned over his estate
to his lawyer and sailed for Bermuda.
where for six long years he buried
himself, when a newspaper told him
she was a widow. And then he came
back. But did he return to her? That
would be telling. But he certainly
was a surprised man when he found
his home occupied by a beautiful
young girl. Earl Williams and Grace
Darmond are the man and girl. We'd
nesday and Thursday Norma Tall
madge. the favorite of all. will be
seen in "The Social Secretary"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12
GOES TO CAMP

James Langan, formerly manager
Of a Market street shoe store, was
sent to Camp Wadsworth, S. c., by
city draft board No. this morning.
He was registered with a Carbon
dale board and the local board, re-
ceived orders to send him to camp.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12
SAYS MAN STOLE CLOTHES

Howard Braithwaite, 1915 Market
street, to-day had Roy Martin ar
rested on the charge of larceny. He
made information that Martin enter
ed his room and took a shirt valued
at 50 and a pair of shoes valued
at S12.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12
Held FOR TuEEr

Harry Griffey. who is charged with
stealing a watch and $40 from T. NJ.
Shane in the Alva hotel, was given
a hearing this afternoon. He wan ar
rested By Detective Speese.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12
Railroad Notes

w. H. Newman, formerly presi-
dent of the New York Central Rail-
road, died Saturday in New York.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12

Engines, not cars, are most need
ed at the present time to facilitate
railway freight movements. Such is
the opinion of the officials of the
railroad administration in Washing
ton. The congested conditions of
last winter were produced because
there were not enough locomotives
to haul the loaded cars.
The increase in expert machin-
lists wages to 50 cents per hour has
made 1t far more easy to supply the
needs at the locomotive shops of the
Reading Railway There has been
an increase in applications since the
raise, according to the officials.
A gain of 1,4S1 in the number of
women employed on the eastern lines
of the Pennsylvania Railroad was
made during June. At the end of
June 1884 women were at work. In
addition more than 1000 are en-
ployed in the general offices at Phil
adelphia and Pittsburgh. Before the
war there were few women in the
service of the company.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12

Federal Railroad officials are still
working on a new schedule.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12

Jimmy Hodges and his musical COM
edy company of twenty-five people.
begin a weeks engagement
At the at the Majestic Theater to-
Majestic day. For the first three
days of the week the~ will
present The Bet" screamingly
funny offering. in which Hodges plays
a feminine role. The latter part of
the week the bill will be changed. The
same company will then present
Broadway Jimmy" Hodges made a
Wonderful impression with Harrisburg
theatereoers last winter, when. at
the head of his own big company. he
presented for the first time here
Pretty Baby" 1t is a company of
equal proportion that accompanies
Hodges this time. A bevy of pretty
maidens, extravagantly costumed and
well trained. form a background in
front of which a half dozen or more
principals keep the fun moving ali
the time the play is on In spite of
the fact that this is the most expen-
sive weeks booking that the Majes-
tic has ever known. Majestic prices
viii remain unchanged.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12

Use McNeirs Cold Tablets. = Adv.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12


will remain unchanged.
In one of the latest Paramount
pictures, "Mile-a-M Minute Kendall"
showing to-day and
Jack Pickford in tomorrow at the
"Mile-a- Minute Regent Theater,
kendalf' the famous screen
star. Jack Pick
ford, plays the roll of a rich mans
son. Becoming infatuated with a wo-
man, whose reputation does not stand
investigation, he is disinherited by
the elder Kendall. and during a seri-
Gus illness. is nursed back to health
again by a sweetheart of childhood
days: He realizes that his life was
nearly wrecked in his previous riotous
living; turns over a new leaf: marries
his old sweetheart; invents a motor
that brings him fortune; wins back
the good graces of his parent and be-
comes man of prominence in the
world of affairs. There is abundance
scenes and altogether picture of
signal merit.
What would you think of a husband
who actually placed a mortgage on
Dorothy Phillips In wife? Hard
THE Mortgaged Wife" to believe?
Well, that
is just what Gloria Harris had to face
when her husband mortgaged her for
$4,000 shortly after their marriage
What would you do, If confronted
with such conditions
The story presents complex prob
lens that seem almost impossible of
solution, but Glori~ Harris works out
her own salvation and in a most sat-
isfactory and satisfying manner. The
way in which she conducts herself
under the trying circumstances in
which she is placed. forms the basis
for an absorbing motion picture. The
Mortgaged Wife" which will be
shown at the Victoria Theater to-day
and tomorrow.
The vaudeville bill at the Paxtang
Park Theater for this week will have
as a feature at
Strong Attractions traction Luba
ut Paxtang Park Meroff n d
what is known as vaudeville's dainti-
est Offering. The act is in reality
superbly- European dancing
act that has proved a great surprise
as well as a most original novelty in
this country. Miss Meroff was, until
lately member of the Imperial Rus
sian Ballet, and is an artist with an
Harrisburg favorite, FL Cato the king
of the Xylophone players, will also be
at Paxtang this week ready to play
any piece of music that his auditors
may ask of him on the xylophone.
Other acts on the coming weeks bill
at the parry will be Hector, the mind
reading dog, a canine marvel that is
sure to interest you. The Three Eddys
in laughable comedy acrobatic stunt
and Onetta, the dervish whirlwind, a
novelty from the Orient.
For Thursday evening the park
management announces a grand free
fireworks display. with a new line of
up-to-date pyrotechnical novelties
This exhibition will be under the di-
rection of the same firm of pyrotech-
nical experts that have produced all
the previous displays at Paxtang, and
a grand array of bombs. rockets and
setpieces may be looked for.
For the week of August 10 King
Kelly, the world champion parachute
jumper, will be at PaXtang with his
new war balloon.