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CAPITAL CITY FOOTBALL TEAMS TREATED ROUGH AWAY FROM HOME; BEAR SEASON OPENS Fish Are Calling For Help; Now the Time to Save 'Em By TOM MARSHALL ' ¥ Help! Help! Rescue or I perish. How quickly we would respond to a call of this character and rusk to the assitance of suffering- hu manity should the above appeal reach our ears. Take a stroll in the open,, follow the rivers, visit the bayous, locate the Inland lakes, where the water is shallow and grad ually evaporating. In the near fu ture the tins and tails of fish will be exposed; a little later the water will be entirely gone. You will hear the dog fish bark out their misery and the cat fish meow for assistance. Intelligence or intuition advises them in advance of the evap oration or solid freezing of these lakes, both conditions mean death to the fish. Rescue work is the only effective answer to their plea. This must be done by the devotees of the rod or the fishermen whose financial inter ests are served. Now is the ac cepted time and the work should be done-at once. Game Warden and Deputies of the different states shoultl be actively engaged in this work, directing and assisting at all times the rescue parties, while they are conserving our food supply by rescuing fish from the shallow lakes or ponds. Liberal appropriations BEAR SEASON TO OPEN TOMORROW If You Run Across One After Midnight It Is All Right to Bag Him; Quail Oct. 21 While the open season for small same, such as squirrel and quail, will not come in until October 20, or, le gally, until October 21, real big game, such as bear, may be shot on and after Tuesday, October 18. but it Is hardly likely there will be a big rush to the mountains for this kind of game, notwithstanding the fact that bear are unusually plentiful on Centre county mountains this year. In fact, a few have displayed a particular fondness to come out of the mountain fastnesses on various' occasions and exhibit themselves to the traveling public. So far as quail are concerned they are a nonentity in Centre county and not worth bothering about. I , ' lere are some squirrel in woodlands where nuts abound, but so far they have not been seen in any great numbers, and hunters are likely to find the pursuit of small game a rather irksome sport this year. Ordinarily pheasants pro vided the best hunting and attracted good shots from all over the state, but If this year Centre county has been clos ed to the hunting of these toothsome birds and local hunters are regarding it as a blessing in disguise, because so many hunters from other counties hogged tl?e sport every year and the man who went out for only a day at a time stood little chance of getting anything. When the wild turkey season comes in it is probable that a greater num ber of hunters will be attracted to the woods, as they are reported quite plentiful, but the real hunting will not begin until the opening of the deer season. Last season there were more deer killed in the Centre coun ty mountains than in any season for several years, and woodsmen report deer very plentiful this year. Just why this is the case is hard to under stand when nothing but bucks can be killed and the kill last year was about 150. Game Birds Differ Greatly in Their Flying Speed A most interesting problem in shooting, observes an oldtimer, is that of studying the variation tn the speed of flight of game birds. The crow may be taken as an example of the slower flying bird, with a rate of thirty-flve to fifty-five feet a sec ond and with an average speed of forty-five miles an hour, while many species of hawks attain the remark ably fast speed of 200 feet a second. Here is the table showing the aver age speed in flight: Feet per Aver Bird Second age Quail 65 to 85 75 Ruffed grouse ... 60 to 80 75 Snipe 60 to 70 65 Mallard 65 to 90 76 Woed duck 70 to 90 80 Teal 120 to 140 130 Canvasback 130 to 180 145 Canada geese .... 100 to 120 110 Red head 110 to 130 120 It may be said that if ducks are scared they can reach a maximum speed at will, and this sprinting flight is usually what the gunner has to make allowance for. \ On the other hand, many wild fowl are jumped and killed while hover ing oved decoys and moving slowly, and birds like snipe and qu.iil are of ten killed before they have attained full speed. Upland birds are not often shot while passing the gun at right angles, but going straight away, quartering or twisting. Germany Is Willing Kaiser Should Fall Paris, Oct. 14.—The tendency is remarked in certain German circles, says a dispatch from Geneva to the Temps, to represent the eventual call of Emperor William as a con cession which the Gefmans would be disposed to allow to the Allies if "* they demanded It. Such talk appears, above all, the massage adds to be an attempt to bring about an event which many Germans judge to be inevitable and even desirable. Zurich, Switzerland, Oct. 14.—Neu tral travelers arriving* here from Germany report that rumors Em peror William may abdicate ap pear to take greater consistency day by day. The arrivals add that the un popularity of the German Crown Prince has considerably Increased in Germany. CONGRESS ALARMED Washington, Oct. 14—Members of Congress regard the German answer as opening an International political situation so stupenduous as to de mand the greatest statesmanship in dealing with the matter. They feel that the crucial climax in the history of the war has been reached and insist that decision must not be hastily reached. MONDAY EVENING, should be made by the legislatures of every state to be utilised in this work, under the direction of the Commissions or Warden. Do fish suffer when hooked? It is claimed by many recognized au thorities that the cartilaginous tis sue surrounding the mouth of fish is devoid of nerves hence non susceptible to pain. Admitted, to close the argument, that the claim has been proven. This is no evi dence that fish do not suffer as the water slowly evaporates, leaving them imbedded in the mud or in crusted in the solid ice to die a lingering death. Rescue! Imrne j diately seine the shallow lakes, transplant the fish into living water. Let your seine mesh be small, ftng erllngs and fry now saved mean credible creel decorators in the near future. Fish you rescue are accli mated and accustomed to individual rustling, their chances to mature are even better than these hand raised or hatchery propagated, j Cooperate with your State Warden and Deputies, or better—devote in dividual time and efforts to seining and saving the game fish for pros pective food consumption. "Rescue the pershing fish; care for the dy lng." jEATING PLACES ! TO CUT PRICES TO FIT THE ORDERS Food Administration Issues ! Regulations For Hotels and Restaurants Washington, Oct. 14.—Herbert C. Hoover, United States Food Admin istrator. yesterday announced his initial move in the great conserva tion campaign which must be under taken. by the American people this year if the nation is to make good its promise to send 17,500,000 tons of food to the Allies. New food regulations, designed to carry out a direct reduction in the consumption of all foodstuffs, par ticularly staples, will be put in force on October 21 in all places where cooked food is sold to be eaten on the premises. The regulations will affect every hotel, restaurant, cafe, club and dining car in the country. I Tt is estimated approximately 9.000,- 000 persons take their meals in these public eating places. Twelve "don'ts for restaurants" make up the regulations, and their application will bring about the serving of less elaborate meals to obtain the food saving rather than the series of emergency regulations, such as meatless and wheatless days and meals which formerly served that' purpose. Homes to Get Similar Colls Mr. Hoover's next step will be to institute a similar saving in the American home. Within a short time he expects to pare down her entire food bill arid spread a more frugal table, so the great deficit of our Allies may be made up. Details of the means to be employed in accom plishing the home saving have not been completed, but the fact is pa tent the world is short of food, and only a surplus of American food can meet the situation. The "orders" sent to the public eating places call for voluntary co operation. The food administration announced that actual licensing of the operation of restaurants was not deemed advisable or necessary at present. It was made plain, how ever, that if compliance with the in structions are not complied with, the public eating places will be dis ciplined summarily by the food ad ministration's control of the distri bution of sugar, flour and other food supplies. Prices Should Be According Another important feature of the orders is that if patrofis desire only one chop it should be served and all portions of meat should be large enough only to meet the require- I ments of patrons. Prices, however, should be adjusted accordingly. It is also urged that as few ft-ied dishes as possible be served in order to conserve all fats. No candles should be served after meals and icings made from sugars should be elim- I inated and honey, maple sugar, corn sugar and syrup used as sweeteners. Fresh vegetables and fruits should be .used wherever possible and canned fruits and vegetables should be used as little as possible In order to save tin and labor. Twelve Regulations Issued "A failure to conform to any of the following orders," says a circu lar to the proprietors of restaurants, "will be regarded as a wasteful prac tice forbidden by Section No. 4 of the food control act of August 10, 1917." The circular says: "We know the majority of men 1 in this class of business will welcome this enforcement on the ground It protects the patriot from the slacker and gives the honest man who wants to save for the country protection from the wrongful acts of his un patriotic competitor." The regulations follow: First. No public eating place shall I serve or permit to be served any bread or other bakery product which does not contain at least twenty per I cent, of wheat flour substitutes, nor shali it serve or permit to be served | more than two ounces of this bread, i known as Victory bread, or if no Victory bread is served, more than ! four ounces of other breads (such jas corn bread, muffins, Boston thrown bread, etc.). Sandwiches or I bread served at boarding camps and I rye bread containing fifty per cent, or more of pure rye flour are ex pected. i Second. No public eating place shall serve or permit to be served bread or toast as a garniture or un der meat. Third No public eating place shall allow any bread to be brought to the table until after the first course is served. Fourth. No public eating place shall serve or perfait to be served to one patror at any one meal more than one kind of meat. For the pur pose of this rule meat shall be con sidered as Including beef, mutton, pork, poultry and any byproducts thereof. Fifth. No public eating place shall serve or permit to be served any bacon as a garniture. Sixth. No public eating place shall serve or permit to be seAed to any one person at any one meal snore than one-half ounce of butter. S noodles > 7 That's tunnt-O 1 / (v\y F X^OtT\ ' ( 6j ro sfiSZj.J* ( /Poppy- \ (ftlToo .L * i ' V FISH • / V RAZOR /oo wo kV" ' Even Horses Receive Extensive Athletic Training in War Time London, Oct. 14.—A war hOTse, be fore he is ready for service, receives an education almost as rigorous and comprehensive as that of the recruit who rides him into battle. When properly trained he will face barbed wire and even rush entanglements, regardless of lacerated legs and flanks. After he has been accustomed to have a man mount rapidly on his sensitive back he is taught to kneel with his rider. He has to be taught to pull up in his own length from a gallop, to stand steady while a rider fires from his back and to lie still on the ground while he is being used Seventh. No public eating place shall serve or permit to be served to any one person at any one meal more than one-half ounce of Ched dar, commonly called American cheese. Sugar Bowls Barred Eighth. No public eating place shall use or permit the use of the sugar bowl on the table or lunch counter. Nor shall any public eating place serve sugar or permit it to, be i served to any one person at any one meal exceeding one teaspoonful or its equivalent. Ninth. No public eating place shall use or permit the use of an amount of sugar in excess of two pounds for every ninety meals served, including all uses of sugar on the table and In cooking, except ing such sugar as may .be allotted by the federal food administrators to hotels holding a bakery license. No sugar allotted for this special baking purpose shall be used for any other purpose. Tenth. No public eating place shall burn any food or permit any food to 'be burned, and all waste shall be saved to feed animals or re duced to obtain fats. Eleventh. No public eating place shall display or permit to be dis played food on its premises in any such manner as may cause its de terioration so that it cannot be used for human consumption. Twelfth. No public eating place shall serve or permit to be served what is known as double cream or cream de luxe: and in any event, no cream containing more than twenty per cent, of butter fat shall be served. m Indoor Baseball Knocks / Cricket Into Cocked Hat, Say English Baseball as played indoors during the winter months in the United States is proving remarkably popular among the Allied soldiers in France. It is played, of course, out of doors, but the larger indoor bail is used and the rules of indoor baseball adhered to. It seems to be an easier game as well for the British soldiers to learn than the more scientific and technical outdoor baseball. It is quickly learn ed. and its caliber is not too high to admit an amateur. The English sol diers find that any good cricket play er possesses suficient qualifications to feel at home in a few innings. On athletic fields and aerodromes all over France, one may see scores of British, Canadian, Australian and American officers and men. playing In door baseball with a vim and eager ness never displayed at cricket. "Indoor baseball knocks cricket In to a cocked hat," declared the star cricketer of one of the guards' regi ments the other day. Probablv the quicker action, the wider inclusive ness of the game, and the laughs It arouses among the pfayers and spec tators—to say nothing of the rooting, appeal more to the soldier in France than the more serious and sedate game of cricket, and the equipment is simple* and cheaper. Runaway Trolley Kills Two, Injures 30, Rams a House Bethlehem, Pa.. Oct. 14.—Two per sons were killed, a score seriously in jured and a dozen more Blightly hurt when a crowded trolley car on the South Bethlehem and Saucon Electric Railway, a short line running from this city to Center Valley, ran away on the Wood Street hill In South Beth lehem and crashed Into a house at the bottom <jf the grade. It was crushed like an eggshell, and Edward Smith, aged 40, of Center Valley, and Mrs. William Trauger, of Colesvflle, were crushed to death. Local Pigskin Athletes Meet Defeat Out of Town Only two Harrisburg football or ganizations were active oh Saturday,' both leaving home to meet defeat. George Cocklll took his Steelton High schoolers to Millersvllle and when he started home the squad was even more sadly crippled and tottering under a defeat of 27-0. About half of CocklU'a regiment are down with the flu. • The West End invaded Marysvtlla and it suocumbed to superior play ing. 13-7. West End however put up a good game. The lineup was; HXRRISBURG TELEGRAPH as a cover for his rider, who snipes over his side. One of the most difficult things re quired of a war horse is to become familiarized with the sword- In war fare it is a common trick for a cav alryman to aim his first blow at his opponent's horse, for no horse will Stand after being pricked on the nos tril or lip. Witen a horse knows his rider he will perform surprising deeds, A brigade has been known to go through three lines of bayonets and then through a barbed wire entangle ment. Not'long ago a Canadian troop charged two lines of German machine guns and rifles and gathered them both in. MINERS URGED TO WORKTO LIMIT Governor Issues Proclamation Calling For Maximum Pro duction of Fuel Now I Governor Brumbaugh Vas issued a proclamation to the miners and mine officials of Pennsylvania to ap- J>ly themselves daily and diligently , th 6„ reat service of providing ruei. The governor asks that the coal of the Keystone State keep amaze the fires that won the war' proclamati °n is as follows: WHEREAS, The American Min- L°ngress in full co-operation with the State Department of Mines, H? e i n j ted States Bureau of Mines, the Federal Fuel Administration and Lilted States Employment Agency has appealed to the Execu tive of this state, in which fifty two percent of all coal in the Union is produced, to exercise his prerog ative in securing the largest possi ble output of coal every day, and WHEREAS, It has been made manifest that coal is, essential to the winning of the war, that its aggregate output could be largely increased if all miners and mine owners in the true spirit of patriot ism were to unite in a real campaign of production, avoiding all caufees for disputes, all occasion for un rest, all need of strikes and delays, and give themselves daily to the great national need for fuel by work ing full time and all the time, and "WHEREAB, The so-called "Span ish Influenza" is a new menace to maximum production by reason of the illness of many miners and their attendants, thus reducing the man | power devoted to this industry— skilled and unskilled alike, miners and technical or administrative em ployes, thus presenting to our peo ple the absolute necessity of observ ing fully all laws of health and ab staining from all acts that in any way could add to the mqnace from this cause, and "WHEREAS. As early as August 14. the State Department of Mines, •with my approval and in full reall zat.on of the imminence of the con ditions. appealed to the owners and employes of the 2,500 coal mines in Pennsylvania ,to speed produc tion and to appreciate- the fact that to dig coal is as patriotic a service as to dig trenches. "Now, THEREFORE, I, Martin G. Brumbaugh, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, deeply sensible of the grave obliga tion to the nation that our abound ing resources lays upon all our peo ple who In any way have to do with the production of coal and resolved that Pennsylvania at all times shall be first in loyalty an& In love for liberty, do hereby urge all our min ers and mine officials to apply Uiem selves daily and diligently- to the great service of providing fuel for our homes, our institutions, our In dustrie*, our Navy, our Merchant Marine and our Allies. Let it be written when the story is told that Pennsylvania was not slack, that her manhood was patriotic and heroic and that our coal kept ablaze the flres that won the war for de cency and democracy." • WITH BOOZE BARRED. POLICE HAVE NO WORK No arrests were made by city police since 8 o'clock Saturday evening. Police account account for the singu lar fact to the closing of the saloons. MARYSVJLLE WEST END Straw right end Fetrow Warren ... right tackle ..Laugherty Smithgaul , right guard ...Vlenhour Kocker center Holohan Shoemaker .. left guard • Hill R. King ... left tackle .'Borch Bitting .... left end ...Hoffman C. Shaeffer . quarterback Anole Tuck .... left halfbacft .Pennyheffer (M. King .. right halfback ....gpotts Rhoads .... fullback Fltnger Substitutions: Benfer for R. King. Touchdowns: Rhoads and Fetrow. Field Goals: Rhoads, 2. Flying With Shaffer ACTION IN THE AIR LETTERS FROM A DAUPHIN COUNTY BOY TO HIS MOTHER ■ ; : ! ; j k Escadrille Spad 38,. Secteur Postal 102, G. C. 22. Sept. 8, 1918. Dear Mother: Say, don't let me hear you com plain anymore that coal is so hard to get that you must burn wood. Why, doggone it. I haven't even got a candle, and it sure is chilly, for to day seems to be making up for all the many clear days we have been having lately. It's raining some thing fierce, and for a Sunday 1 have yet to see one more dreary. Worse luck, no letters came to-day and the rain Is getting worse. Yon may well ask, "are you downhearted?" and like so many things I do, the ans wer might well surprise you, Tor the answer would' be decidedly "No!" You see, one of the French pilots took his permission in English. O, "Glory, a Phonograph He just got home to-day and among other things brought a pho nograph along. Ho orougnt many American records along also as it is a Columbia. Gee! I like to hear a choir out camping along side that "coford chnser" and even though the Frenchmen cannot understand the words the music certainly made a hit with them. It's a cinch if we don't wear all the needles out to day it will be a miracle. Even now while 1 scribble wrapped up In two sweaters, a sheepskin coat and ear muds, a Frechman is seeing to it that tho musicbox keeps working regular, and it sure is amusing to hear him try to pronounce the names of those Hawaiian pieces. Worse yet, he wants to know what they mean—just as if I knew. Why, I can't even' pronounce them myself! You know, with all this music go ing on around me I don't feel like speaking of war. And there certain ly has been a lot of it going on late ly around here for you remember I told you my flying activity at present is around Soissons, although we often fly near Rheims, too. Hoisting the Huns Of course, you have read in the paper of the advance around Sois sons. They certainly have been go ing right along towards Berlin in this sector, and the Frenchmen ad miringly give the credit to the Amer icans. It was the day the lines were advanced from the river Velse to the river Aisne that I really got an idea where the lines were and also what a gas attack looked like. It was a wonderfully clear morning and as we neared the lines we could see clouds of white vapor filling the many nu merous. valleys thereabouts, with every now and then a tremendous belching explosion of black smoke. What the latter was 1 don't know but it surely made some' spectacle! Probably the result of one of the German trrlck of mining a shallow bit of water, so that when a com pany of soldiers start wading through into heaven so quick St. Peter hasn't time to collect their passports. A flyer from another escadrille saw an explosion of this sort when he was returning at a low altitude from burning a Boche bal loon. Just as he passed over a large fiond of water there was a tremen dous _ explosion, and then there wasn't any more water, or anything else thereabouts for that matter. He did not say whether he received a shower bath or not. but it's pretty certain he got his wings wet. Un fortunately we saw no Boche that morning so had no chance to help along in the good work. Clouds thill or Huns The next day though, we had plenty, In fact too many, for the air was alive with Boche at all alti tudes. I had the latter fact duly impressed on me for that evening three Frenchmen and I asked for "chasse libre," and there being no orders we were allowed to go. By the time we reached the lines two of us were left, the rest having gone back with motor trouble; but we kept on hunting, as we had perfect confidence in each other, for the Frenchman knew I would follow him wherever he went, and I knew that he would run a minimum of risks no matter where he went. We did not have to hunt long for trouble for as I said before the sky was full of Huns. No sooner had we reached the lines than we saw the white shrapnel that denotes their presence and the Frenchman head ed that way. Suddenly he turned and headed straight into Germany, diving as he did so. Wondering what the idea was I followed and then 1 saw we were headed for feome more "Archie" at lower altitude. In Night Quartern I could also make out a few planes but we were too far away to tell whether they were Boche. However, we were getting closer and my leader began diving steeper and then suddenly pulled up and started for home. As for me I first looked down to see the Boche were he had dove on, but could see none and then I took a look around above to see the why and the .wherefore of this sudden decision to return to the home roost. A Bpad from another escadrllle had followed us in and he was still above me, and belteve me he wasn't letting any clouds from under him. He was heading for the lines with his tail up over his head and all the motor he had. I did not waste any time following either, for not a mjle away were three little Fokkers coming full speed to cut us off for we were for enough In Germany to make me remember the words you had writ ten of "Bishop" "never to take any unneessary chances." Anyway, there we were, jwo little. Frenchmen hump ing it for home with flvj Boche under us and three more at our same level looking as if* they might catch us. I say two. because my leader, hav ing a lower-powered plane than ours was endeavoring to get away by div ing to a lower level. did not appeal to me though, seeming more dangerous and when he came home and said he had fell among seven I was convinced of the wisdom of my decision, for I chanced the menace of the three Huns and kept heading straight ahead. As they drew closer and 1 could distinguish their chunky lines, and their white tails with its black cross 1 had a sudden desire to meet them head on, and fight it out. With this thought in mind, I looked up at the strange Spad overhead to see whether he had the same thought, for he was higher than the Huns and thus in a more advantageous posi tion while 1 was on the same level. "Hang" Go lloclics But apparently he had no such de sire, for he kept right on going and made no sign of showing fight, so seeing that the odds were three to one not very favorable at that 1 re linguished the idea of opening fire, but if 1 was undecided the Boche were not, for about that time .they decided they were close enough and opened fire with both guns—all three of them. They didn't follow us far, for would you believe it, we ran plunk into ten more, who were milling around In their circle formation at all heights while several Spads high overhead dove down now and then to the attack. Talk about being be tween the devil and the deep blue sea! Golly! I sure was glad I had not stopped to Cross bullets with those three, for those ten coming up on the other side would sure have made it hot for me. As it was I had troubles enough and three Boche on my taU not withstanding, I proceeded to get some more space under me, for several of those ten were as high as I was. I lost track of the other Spad about that time and also the original three Boche. Home in a Thunderstorm i several of the second patrol at probably 200 meters under me stood up on their tails and began speaking their little piece also. By this time I had been shot at so often that I was getting sore, and seeing a favorable opportunity as one Boche turned to regain his patrol, I turned both guns on him and did a little shooting myself. True, I did not knock him down, but it was a grim relief to see my bullets go sailing towards him like little sparks of fire. When I pulled out of the dive tn which I had been throwing flaming stars around so promiscuous, another Spad shot past me who had dropped down from above—and then they shot at us some more. I Jumped in a friendly cloud then, and seeing that I had been out nearly my limit of time came out of the cloud and headed home. One would think I had done enough dodging for one day, but on my way home I- had to dodge a thunderstorm. And believe me a thunderstorm seen from aloft is an awe-inspiring spectacle. WALTER. Wiconisco Boy Has Arm Shot Off in Battle Wlneonlflco, Pa., Oct. 14.—Word has been received by Mrs. James Hand, that the right arm of her son, Edward Johns, was shot off in bat tle in France. He is now in a hos pital in Paris and expects to be sent home. Johns enlisted at Battle Creek, Mich., In September. 1917, and was in training at Camp Mac Arthur. Texas, arriving, in France last Easter. He was connected with the Machine Gun Company of the One Hundred and Twenty-Sixth Infantry. EDWIN H. BLESSING DIES Hummelstown, Oct. 14.—Edwin H. Blessing, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Blessing, died on Saturday morning at the home of his wife's mother, MrS. Henry Shearer, at New Bloom field, from pneumonia. Mr. Blessing was born here, and for a number of years was manager of his father's general store. He was aged 32 years and is survived by his wife and two children, his parents and one sister, Mrs. Clarence Conrad. He was a member of Zlon Lutheran Church, the Men's Bible class, Derry Council No. 40, Jr. O. U. A. M., Washington Camp No. 306. P. O. S. of A., and Camp No. 10714, M. W. of A. Funeral services were held from the Shearer home at 12 o'clock to-day with burial in the Hummelatown cemetery. LIVERPOOL MINISTER RETIRES Liverpool, Pa., Oct. 14.—The" Rev. William Beach, pastor of the United Brethreh Church at Royalton, and a former pastor of the -United Brethren Church here, after an active minis try of over thirty-one years, retired from service on Sunday and -was placed on the retired list of the church. During these years the Rev. Beqch served at Liverpool, Manor, Linglestown, Halifax, Tower City, Intercourse, £aque, Hillsdale, and Royalton. OCTOP.ER 14. 1018. Georges Carpentier, French Boxer, Must Quit Game, Says "Bill" McCabe Yankee fighters who have recently seen Georges Carpentier, the French champion heavyweight boxer, believe he will never enter the ring again. This, at least, is the opinion of "Fighting Bill" McCabe, who Just re turned from the other side, after meeting M. Nealez, who is called champion of Paris. "At the port in France at which I landed," said McCabe, "the Y. M. C. A. director, a man named Martin, is a boxing enthusiast, and every Satur day night there is a boxing show put on at the Y. M. C. A. hut over which he presides. And say, some of the bduts are corkers. "The first day I was ashore I ran; into a little boxer whom I had known in the Navy. He showed me around a bit. The following Saturday night as I approached the 'Y' hut I was sur prised to see an enormous crowd of soldiers. I began to inquire what was doing, when suddenly my little boxer friend spied me and gave me a yell of recognition. " 'Comd over here,' he shouted, •you're just the man we want. "It developed that 'Soldier' Gal lagher, an American frotft Boston, had about cleaned up every opponent that could be found for him, and he had just announced he was ready to meet all comers. "I hadn't any training, but I am' always in good condition, and I went on with him. We boxed six rounds, i 430 Clocks at Capitol Need Winding Weekly Washington—There Rre In the Cap itol at Washington 430 clocks, every one of which has to be wound once a week. To aet them all back an hour a few days hence will be in itself quite a job. Sightseers who visit that great edl l fiee fall to learn from the guides or to notice for themselves many things that are Interesting. For instance. If they would observe the brownish gray walls of the rotunda they would understand Just what was the color of the White House (built of sandstone from the same quarry) before it was burned in 1814. The outside of the building (bar ring the iron dome and white marble wings) is of the same material, and to paint it is a task that occupies thirty-five painters for thirteen weeks. So thick and massive is the ma sonry structure that the interior is II Ke a series of cavprns —always cool even on tho hottest days of a Wash ington summer. Repairs cost $30,000 a year, and mainly for this purpose workshops are maintained in the sub-basement. There is a paint shop, a carpenter's shop, a plumber's shop and a machine shop down telow ground. The building has 670 windows and is illuminated by 25.000 electrij lamps of sixteen eandlepower or the equiva lent. Light, heiU and power are sup plied from a big plant several blocks distant at a cost'of $170,000 per an num. WIMEN ASKED TO AID IN LIBERTY BOND DRIVE An appeal for the women of Cum berland county to speed up their work on the loan has been reecived by Miss Margaret Moser. chairman of the Women's Liberty Loan Commit tee of Cumberland county, from Mrs. William Gibbs McAdoo, national chair man. In her telegram. Mrs. McAdoo says: "The President has called to the na tion to oversubscribe the loan as an imperative measure toward certain and complete victory. The National Women's Liberty Loan Committee, ap preciating all you have already done, calls upon you to take this message home to your committee: " 'Over subscription of the quota In your district must be the personal re sponsibility of every Liberty Loar. worker.'" 1 ■Play Safe —. Stick to KING OSCAR CIGARS because the quality is as good as ever it was. They x will please and satisfy * you. 7c—worth it JOHN C. HERMAN & CO. Makers ' ggaaaß _ y . ■ but ho was a slam-bang artist, and 1 succeeded in outpointing him. Then they asked me if I would box Nealez. I told 'em sure I would. They said he was a heavyweight, but I answer ed Jhat it didn't make any difference to me, and I had about a week to train. 1 went to Camp (cen sored). where there were all the spar ring partners I could possibly want, and trained hard for the week. At the end of that time I felt as if I could lick Willard. "On the Saturday night that I was to box Nealez the whole camp came down to root for me. Nealez had his followers, too, and the thing looked like a world's championship over here In old days. 1 had about fifty seconds, and so did Nealez. We got busy right away and for three rounds the gang Just stood on their chairs and howled. After that Nealez found the pace too fast for him and I was able to beat him in the last three rounds, but I couldn't put him out. "Georges Carpentier is fat and looks ffabby to me, and I don't believe he will ever engage in another real ring battle. There is a whole lot more sports indulged In behind the line than you would Imagine. Plenty of baseball is played by the men. but the character of the sports, of course, depends largely on the whims of the officers in charge. Some of them are not so keen for sports, and. of course, their men don't have so much of them." SPECIAL TRAINS START THIS WEEK Hundreds of Men Will Be Taken to Camp Green and Three Colleges Soon The first movements of drafted men of any account to army camps since the outbreak of influenza be gan will start this week when three distinct train movement* will take place. Meapwhlle physical examina tions of the last of the registrants prior to September 12 to fill qt|>tas for October movements is being ex pedited. In many districts where in fluenza Is not generally prevalent the examinations and classifications of September registrants has been advanced. Commencing tomorrow thjee spec ial trains will take almost 2,000 white drafted men with grammar school educations to the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Insti tute for mechanical training and a special train will take 300 to State College for a special course. Three special trains will be run on Wed nesday. Thursday and Friday to'take 1,500 colored men to Camp Greene. These men were called to go to Camp Ufcton, but the order was changed. Tra'in schedules are now being worked out to send 6,725 white men to Camp Greenleaf for gereral mil-, itary service training. HEARS OF -PEACE" AND FALLS DEAD When Mrs. W. H. Auchmuty, aged 61 years, of Sunbury, a sister of Gro ver Wayne. 1713 Carnation street. Harrisburg, heard early Sunday morning that the Germans had accept ed President Wilson's fourteen terms, she fell dead, due to an attack of heart diseases brought* on by the . shock. Shortly after the German re ply was heard of in Sunbury. every conceivable noise-making instrument was let loose, and when Mrs. Auch mutv went to the door and learned the cause, the shock was too much for her. 9