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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
5
Steelton Borough advertises for bids to sell seven fire horses and five sets of double work harnesses. The horses served the fire department before replacement by motor driven apparatus. Bids due Monday December 10 at 1 30 p m at the council chamber with right to reject any or all bids.
Committee members urged residents to buy additional tickets for the Steelton Band benefit concert in the High School Auditorium tomorrow night at 8 30 for Associated Charities. A large crowd is expected as funds are needed to meet the goal. ST JOHN S CHOIR will rehearse at 7 30 this evening at St John s Lutheran Church and sing His Birthday on Christmas Sunday. Steelton man Steve Orecak, 2345 Frederick Street, is in Harrisburg Hospital with a crushed pelvis in serious condition and cannot yet explain the accident.
Corporal Harry L. Paul takes charge of the local recruiting sub-station to enlist Steelton residents before December 13. He aims to win backing from borough businessmen and government employees and explains why enlistment beats conscription. Two enlistments, both of colored men, were reported earlier. Corporal John Watkins assists. Sergeant Lassiter has moved to Allentown.
The local exemption board reports many registrants in this district changed residences. Publication of new orders Tuesday yielded good results as several notices arrived yesterday and today. The board plans to mail questionnaires on December 15.
Local banks announced that starting December 10 Christmas savings club members will receive their checks. About $85,000 will be sent by Steelton Trust Company and People's Banc. This amount marks a small rise from last year.
A passenger train eastbound struck the caboose of a crowded freight in Susquehanna yards. Five trainmen died: BE Best engineer and Walter Rose, John Springstein, James O'Connor, and W S Brecker. Two others injured: M W Travis and Byron Moore. Wreckage caught fire. bodies burned before recovery. Cause cited as misread orders forcing a detour amid yard congestion.
Plans for the Red Cross Christmas membership drive mature rapidly with many joining voluntarily though not launching until December 17. Memberships will remain valid until expired and begin January 1, 1918, with an executive committee meeting slated at Red Cross headquarters tomorrow morning. High school dance at Frey’s Hall drawn large crowd with a student orchestra. Cadets honor recruit John Waldschmidt who departs for Columbus Barracks Ohio to join the Aviation section of the Signal Corps. Epworth Methodist Bazaar to be held at 19236 Derry Street Thursday to Saturday. B Clark Cowden ill at his home suffering from grip.
Philadelphia December The Pennsylvania Grand Lodge of Masons elected officers last night with James B. Krause of Williamsport chosen as Grand Master succeeding Louis A. Watres of Scranton Deputy Grand Master John Sell of Greensburg Senior Grand Warden Abraham Beltler of Philadelphia Junior Grand Warden Samuel M. Goodyear of Carlisle Grand Treasurer William B. Hackenbur g of Philadelphia Grand Secretary Johan A. Perry of Philadelphia The committee on Masonic homes includes George St Orlady J Henry Williams Edward W Patton George W McCandless William M Donaldson Andrew H Hershey Henry Schock
Pittsburgh December 6 The eastern railroad general operating committee ordered an immediate pool of coal carrying cars among its roads and asked government aid to pool private owner cars with compensation rules. The Eastern Railroads Coal Car Pool will be led by F G Minnick with rules aligned to government transport priorities and ICC regulations.
Harrisburg side lists crews for Philadelphia Division with first departures after 4, 2, and 12 o'clock, naming engineers, firemen, conductors, and brakemen across multiple crews and yards. Enola side details 4.15 and 12.50 departures, lists crews, engineers, and firemen for middle and Philadelphia divisions, with conductor and brakeman assignments and up crews for 5C 11C 26C and other codes.
A charity dance is arranged for the Jewish American Relief Fund on December 19 at Winterdale to aid comforts for Jewish soldiers in government service abroad and at home camps. The committee in charge includes Samuel Klompus Herman Deitz Isadore Jeinman William Klompus and Morris Kleimen.
Raymond Griffith preached at St. Peter's Lutheran Church while John J. Landis travels to Philadelphia for eye treatment with Dr. Webster Fox. Dr. H. H. Rhodes accompanies him as Landis leaves Royalton for his daughter Mrs. A. C. Kohr’s home. Abram Hoffman returns from wedding trip to Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Jacob Weirich’s sons James and Arthur serve in the U.S. armed forces, with James in Gettysburg and Camp Green, and Arthur in Harrisburg then moving through several posts to Camp Green, Charleston, N. C. Mrs. Sherman Hawthorne visits social circles in Harrisburg, and Wincroft Stove Works receives pig iron as its molding department resumes.
Altoona Pa Dec 6 Work on the new tank or tender shop for the Pennsy at Juniata is rapidly progressing and will be ready for operation about January 1 unless unforeseen delays arise. The steel and brick plant, about 90 by 400 feet, will be near fireproof and is an annex to the Juniata boiler shop to relieve overcrowding in the old tank-building area.
Elimination contests in the Pennsylvania railroad system athletic meet start tonight in Harrisburg with basketball and quoits events between Harrisburg and Enola. Contests take place in the Motive Power Athletic Association rooms on North Seventh Street and must be finished by March before finals in Philadelphia.
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