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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1917
Page
11
Long column records by name numerous families and guests in Hanover area. People travel from York Springs Gettysburg Baltimore and Philadelphia visiting relatives, attending funerals and taking summer breaks. Several arrests and legal notes appear, including speed fines and a jail commitment, plus local veterans and volunteers preparing for war duties.
William Hummer watchman at the Gettysburg street crossing and former county treasurer sustained injuries to his right hip on Friday morning after his wooden peg leg caught on boards and pitched him to the ground near his watchman’s shanty. The swelling makes fracture unclear. He had recently been knocked down by a freight train and had lost part of a leg in a previous accident near the same spot.
11 year old Frank Forrest of Gettysburg was knocked unconscious for over two hours after his bicycle steered into a team of lead mules. He suffers a brain concussion but shows signs of recovery. One mule kicked him clear, likely saving his life. The incident involved soldiers driving the wagon. Separately the Cigarmakers Union of McSherrystown paid $550 to Mrs. Paul A. Brown and $500 to Mrs. I B Kuhn, totaling $1600 in June death and disability benefits.
George, Frank and Harry Baublitz of Hanover report to Columbus then Eagle Pass for the 17th Light Horse Artillery. Leo Poist of McSherrystown heads to Baltimore to join the U.S. Marines, then Paris Island. Alpheus Resser of Philadelphia enlists in the Jefferson Hospital unit. Allen H. Dichl changes address to Y M C A Headquarters for the 5th U.S. Reserve Engineers Camp. Dr. A. C. Wentz, a Hanover physician, is among 47 York County doctors volunteering for the Army Medical Corps. Others from the area include Lester S. Kelbaugh and William E. Ernst, while Kelbaugh joins a regimental band and Ernst goes to Balloon School at Fort Omaha. Roy G. Feeser, Sylvester Clingan, Roscoe Bowers and Aubrey Bowers of Littlestown head to Silver Cup, Utah after training in Columbus. Alphonsus Carbaugh and Bryan Alwine enlist and leave Harrisburg for Gettysburg Camp. Robert Kellenberger, Mark E. Garrett, Charles A. Long and Maurice I. Rider from Hanover and Littlestown were sent to Harrisburg as musicians with undecided branches. Ray Sheely of McSherrystown moves from Portland Me to Syracuse N Y for field artillery. George Miller of 1st Berlin enlists and is sent to Gettysburg camp.
Numerous local health notices report residents in Abbottstown Bonneauville and York Springs convalescing from bronchial pneumonia illness and nervous ailments. Police report a cigar maker in Lancaster arrested in Hanover for furnishing liquor to soldiers. wedding invitations issued for Ralph Bittinger and Jeanette Serrill. Military arrivals, church appointments, property developments, and a fruit canning drive are listed along with weatherless war front updates on the Aisne front and Mont Carnillet.
John L. Fissel sells farm in Berwick township on Abbottstown pike to Titus Fuhrman of Penn township with possession April 1. Ida Wolfort sells White Church home to Luther Sachs of Waynesboro with possession in a few weeks. Charles P. Trimmer sells Huntington township property to Wm J Aspere and buys property from Martin Smith near Bermudian for 325 dollars. Lewis D. Sell and Alvin R. Nissly, as heirs, sell Five Points Motel Hanover at public sale to David Newcomer Jr. for 3600 dollars. Army report notes enemy attack near Infantry Hill, Souchez river repulsed in three counterattacks.
A set up in fighting on the British front in France and Belgium is noted. General Pelain struck the German lines in the Champagne region, winning a trench system nearly a third of a mile long. The French line was straightened along the hills between Mont Camillet and Mont Blond, vital for observation work.
British and French reports describe a heavy German assault in the Moulin de Laffaux area gaining a footing in first line trenches east of Vauxaillon after days of bombardment. The Paris war office and British general headquarters provide the contested details on eastern front positions near Monchy le Preux.
Paris reports an extended artillery duel east of Vaux and Braye en Laonnois with extreme intensity across about ten miles. Infantry fighting cooled after early crown prince gains and losses. German attack near Vaux and Laonnois persists. Austro Italian front shows ongoing operations with General Cadorna pressing along Trentino front.
The report describes heavy German assaults along the Aisne front with fighting reaching general engagement levels. No clear crown prince gains yet, while late bulletins suggest a shift favoring the French as Germany aims to block a French offensive near Iaon fortress.
Front reports show French forces regaining much of the area northeast of the Miss farm near Vauxas for which Crown Prince’s army had attacked. Haig‘s troops have mainly repelled German raids and answered their gunfire in France and Belgium while artillery remains active along various Belgian sectors.
Ford will manufacture 2400 ambulances at the Detroit plant for the government. The order concerns about 1.5 million dollars. Two Detroit firms are negotiating to supply the government with large and powerful war planes.
The proposal calls for a cabinet level aviation department with a seat in the cabinet. Secretary of the Navy Daniels and Secretary of War Baker opposed the bill before the senate military committee. They supported greater coordination of army and navy air arms and a bill to form an aeronautical board. The measure includes a $700 million appropriation to build airplanes.
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