The Hershey Press 1919-07-31

              LARGE CROWD
(EXPECTED AT
UNION PICNIC
All arrangements have been completed for
the Union Picnic of the Hershey Churches
to be held in Carsonia Park , Reading, Friday ,
August 8. Jud ging by the number who
have already stated their intention of going
it will be the largest picnic in point of
attendance in the history of the town.
The general committee have about com-pleted
all their plans. There seems however
to be a little question in the minds of some
concerning the railroad fare . In last week's
Press it was stated that the fare would be
$1.22 for adults and half fare for children
under twelve years of age. That fare for
the adults includes the transportation rate
upon the street car from the Reading term-inal
to the Park , the railroad fare being but
$1.08. The half rate fare does not app ly to
children upon the street cars. The street
car company does not permit children to
ride at that rate , therefore making the
children 's total fare $.68.
It is expected that a number of people
from outside the town will accompany the
picknickers and according ly arrangements
have been made to have the train stop at
Palmyra and Lebanon.
The Basket Committee is emphatic in
their request that the baskets be placed at
the respective stations before 7.00 o'clock
a. m. as the trucks will gather , them promptl y
at that hour. In case that they are not
there at that time, the owners will be forced
to handle them themselves.
At a meeting of the Sports Committee
Tuesday evening, the program of sports for
the day was drawn up. Every possible
kind of contest is included , and prizes will
be awarded the winne rs . One of the events
scheduled is a ball game between the single
men and the married men. Cyrus Garman
was appointed manage r for the single men
and Paul Zentmyer will serve in the same
capacity for the benedicts. The program in
full for the day follows:
1. Baseball game, Single men vs Married
men—10:30 a. m.
Afternoon —1:30 o'clock:
1. Apple eating contest'
Boys and girs, 5 to 12 years.
2. Three leg race
Boys and girls , 5 to 12 years.
3. Bag race
Boys and girls 5 to 12 years.
4. Peanut race
Children 5 years and under .
5. Husband and Wife race.
6. Fat Man 's Race
7. Fat Woman 's Race .
8. Shoe Scramble (all).
9. Tug of war
Men and Women , Boys and Girls
10. Ball throwing contest.
Girls 16 to 25 years .
11. Rooster fight (all).
12. Biscuit eating contest
Boys and girls under 16 years .
13. 100 yd. dash
Boys and girls—16 and under
Boys and girls—16 to 21 years
Boys and women—21 and over.
14. Relay race.
15. Peanut Scramb le.
SHOE SHININ G STAND IN BARBER
SHOP
Another industrious business venture has
been started 'in Hershey in the form of a
boot-blacking estab lishment in the Hershey
Barter Shop, under the direction of Dick
Wallis, champion shoe shiner of Harrisburg
and vicinity. The future owner of the
chain of Wallis Shoe Shining Parlors began
his career in Hershey this week. He guar-antees
satisfaction or no fee collected .
THOMAS BLACK CUTS HAND
While try ing to fit a cork into a bottle
last week, Thomas Black, proprietor of the
Hershey Barber Shop, met with a serious
accident when the bottle sudd enly broke ,
cutting a deep gash in his righ t hand. Dr.
Zimmerman , who was called in, found it
necessary to insert five stitches to dose the
wound. It is healin g nicely now but Mr.
Black will be obliged to remai n inactive for
several weeks.
HAT BOYS WIN
BY ONE RUN
IN BIG GAME
Wildness in the firs t innin g proved the
downfall of Eisenber ger and the Hershey
team in the contest with the Stetson team
of Philadel phia Saturday . Aside from this
inning Eisenberger pitched a wonderful
game, giving the -hard hitting hat makers
but two hits .during the balance of the
game . The final score gave the boys from
the City of Brotherl y Love the long end of
a 3-2 score.
The Hershey boys dr ew first blood when
they sent one man across the plate in the
opening inning. Forrest was out , via third
to first base . Foster reached first when
the shortstop fumbled his hard hit grounder.
S. Heagy then hit safely to center but Foster
was nipped at third on the play when the
fielder made a perfec t throw to the base.
T. Heagy singled and S. Heagy reached
home when the shortstop threw wild on the
return. Straub ended the inni ng by ground-ing
to second .
The hat boys came back stron g in their
half of the inning and tallied their three
runs on two hits and a successful squeeze
play . After that inning the Stetson boys
were helpless before Eisenber ger 's slants.
The Hatters won the game when they
batted in their half of the first. Muffler
was saf e when S. Heagy fumbled his ground-er.
Thomas sacrificed . Hamilton singled
to left and Mauger sent a hot one to centre .
Muffler scored . Hamilton and Ma uger
moved up a base on the throw in. With
Stevenson at the bat , the squeeze play was
engineered. Hamilton and Mauger , who
had a big lead off second , both scored on the
bunt which the Stetson catcher laid down .
Eisenberger was upset by this performance ,
and before he had recovered thre e of the
Hatters were presented with bases on balls.
With the bags loaded David struck out.
The Hershey boiys scored their second
and last run in the fifth inning when Alber t
was hit by a pitched ball and advanced to
third on Forrest 's single. In an attempt to
catch Forrest at first , the ball went wild and
Albert crossed the home plate.
T. Heagy was robbed of a possible two-bagger
in the eighth inning when Hamilton ,
the left fielder , made a beautiful stop of the
ball and threw the ball to first ahead of the
runner.
STORE PICNIC GREAT SUCCESS
An afternoon , crammed full of sports of
every descri ption , marked the annual picnic
of the Hershey Store at Valley Glen last
Friday afternoon and evening . Not only
the store employees but those from the
Printery , the Mechanical Department and
several others enjoyed the day.
One of the main events was a game of
ball between the Store and the Mechanical
Department which was won by the Store
boys through all around better playin g.
Bathing "and various contests all came in for
their share of the program.
Last, but notleas t,camethe "eats. " It was
the unanimous opinion that the dinner com-mittee
would have been a credit to the United
States army . Everything in the line of
edibles was loaded on the long tables . To
permit anything to remain upon the table
constituted a crime and there fore everyone
was forced to his or her share in* causing the
disappearance of the delicacies.
Shortl y after dusk , the affair br ke up,
the picknickers returning to Hershey by
truck. Altogether it was voted one of the
most successful picnics upon the records of
the store.
LOCAL BOY RECEIVES COMMISSION
Word has been received here to the affect
that Lester A. Keiffer , son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. T. Keiffer , has been awarded a Lieu-tenant
's Commission in the Aviation Service,
Signal Corps , U. S. A. Lieutenant KeiSer
entered the service shortl y after the out-break
of war and was immediately sent to
Fort Worth , Texas, at which place he has
been ever since. He attained the highest
non-comm ission rank possible, that of Master
Electrician during the period of the war.
As a reward for his services he received his
commission last week.
OFFIC ERS
FACE CHARGE
OF CRUELTY
All over the country , a wave of indigna-tion,
turnin g into a perfect fury of rage * is
growing stronger with the tales of barbous
cruelty inflicted upon American prisoners in
American pri sons, as related by witnesses
before the congressional sub-committee which
is investigating the disciplinary system of
the A. E. F.
Some of the testimony is nearl y beyond
belief but of the truthfulness of the accounts
the re can be but little doubt. At the hear-ing
yesterda y, the men "higher up" than
th ose in char ge of the camps, were blamed
for the conditions. Colonel T. Q. Donald-son,
of the Inspectors General 's Department ,
who made an official investi gation of the
prisons after the first charge of brutality
was made public , was the principal witness.
Under close questionin g by Representative
Bland, and wi h much reluctance , Colonel
Donaldson admitted that . much blame for
the brutal conditions surrounding he Paris
camp must be kid to General Harts.
"Hardboiled" Smith , who was in char ge
of one of the camps, admitted that "terrible
brutalities " were practiced in the prison
camp but he said that his camp was a
"pleasure resort " compared to some others.
He was sentenced to three years imprison-ment
but his sentence , for some unknown
reason , was later reduced to eighteen months.
The descri ption of Smith 's Camp as a
"summer resort " was contradicted by Ser-geant
Clarence E. Ball, formerl y the lieu-tenant
's subordinate , and now serving a
penitentiary sentence for cruelty to pris oners.
He swore that he and others had been
forced to beat scores of prisoners on the
direct orders of Smith and often in his
presence.
The most sensational testimon y of the
hearing was given by Jose ph C. Ryszelewski,
a sophomore of the University of Pennsyl-vania
, who enlisted in the aviation corps.
Ryszelewski , who speaks English, French ,
Polish and Russian , got into some trouble
over gambling which was not specified in
the testimony, and was sentenc ed to three
years imprisonment.
"I saw men in the stocka de prison at
Gievres tortured to make them give evidence
against their comrades ," he said. "They
were hand-cuffed and chained to the walls
and then beaten senseless with blackjack s
by sergea nts ."
Ryszelewski described one case of a colored
soldier who was caught entering the kitchen
at night to try and get some food. The
prisoners were so hungry, he declared , that
they begged food from the Chinese coolies
working on the roads. The negro was
beaten unconscious with blackjacks by three
sergeants. Afterward he was put in solitary
confinement where his hah* was burned off
his head and he was flogged on the soles of
the feet with sticks to try and make him tell
the name of a supposed accomplice.
STORE BEATS MECHANICS
The Store Department again demonstrated
their superior ity over the Mechanical De-partment
in the national pastime by trounc-ing
them in a decisive manner Tuesday
evening befor e a large crowd of spectators.
The final score was 11-5, and the Mecha nical
boys walked off the field under a bar rage of
gloom, while the Store boys were corres-pond
entl y elated.
Homer Smith was elected to do the hurling
for the Mechanics and his offerings were
welcomed by the Store _ Boys who pounded
the ball to all corners of the lot "Paps "
Zentmyer was on the mound for the victors
and he succeeded in keeping the hits well
scattered. Both Shellenhammer and Cyrus
Garman , opposing catchers , played a. nice
brand of ball and supported the pitchers in
big league style.
The game marked the come back of one
of Hershey's old reliables, "Pink" Saylor ,
who at one time hurled dismay into the
ranks of the opposition when it was an-nounced
that he would pitch for Hershey.
He celebrated his return to the game by
fielding an errorless game at shorts top and
pounding out two clean hits.
The game was staged for the benefit of
Howard Romig and a nice sum was realized.
STOCK CO.
TO CONTIN UE
IN THEATRE
Patrons of Hershey Park Theatre will be
glad to learn that the United Southern Stock
Company will continue to play in the Park
Theatre for several weeks longer at least,
and possibly for the balan ce of the summer.
They had originally been scheduled for a
six week's run which would have ended [this
week.
There is little doubt but that this company
is one of the best that has ever appear ed in
Hershey . Supported by an exceptionally
strong cast of versatile performers , they
mixed their plays, comedy with drama land
melo-drama , in a manner that aroused the
admiration of the large audiences. '
The plays presented have all been of the
popular trend , plays that have been carry ing
the people by storm. ' i ¦
The compan y is booked for appeara nce
in the northern part of the state for thej last
two weeks of August but efforts are to be
made to cancel the engagement. If itjcan
be arr anged , they wiU finish out the summer
season here in Hershey. !
In addition to provin g themselves capable
actors , they have proven to be desirable
citizens and have made a number of warm
friends throughout the community. |
The program for the latter part of next
week has not been announc ed as yet. jThe
bill for the early part of the weekiwill be
the old time favorite , "Ten Night s in a|Bar
Room." This play needs no intro duction .
It has stood-upon its meri ts for a number of
years and when produced by as capable
company as the United Southern Stock
Company , it is certain not to lose any of its
popularity . I
COLORED TEAM TO PLAY HER SHEY
TO-NIGHT I
The Harrisburg Giants , the crack j colored
organization of that place, will oppose the
Hershey nine in a twilight game this evening.
The local boys will have to exert thems elves
if they want to come off with a victory, as
the colored boys have one of thej fastest
teams in this section. They have estab-lished
quite an enviabl e repntati onj having
defeated some of the championship con-tenders
in easy manner .
The Rosewood Club of Harrisbur g will
be the attraction next Tuesda y evening.
This should prove a great game as ther e is
more or less friendl y rivalry between these
aggregations. The Rosewood Club; isj one
of the oldest organizatio ns in Harrisburg
and has done much towards , developing
clean athletics in that city. ¦
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The Hershey baseball team defeated
the Rosewood combina tion several years
ago on the local diamond by a 4-2 score,! and
the Cap ital City boys are out to even up
the score. j
The Rosewood team is a member of the
Allison Hill League and is composed (of a
number of high class player s. They, have
been greatly handicappe d this i season
through lack of pitchers. For this game
however , "Lefty " Chall enger, the old Rose-wood
standby, will do the hurlin g. I
CHILD WELFARE WORK
As a stimulus to increa se interest in the
Child welfare work now being carr ied on in
Hershey under the direc tion of Mr s. K. fl.
Becker , Community Nur se, apprize hasjbeen
offered to the baby fulfillin g the require ^
ments of the work to the greatest extent.
The weighing and measuring of •* babies
under school age is to be continued Tuesday
and Thursday afterno ons of every Week
from 2:30 to 4:30 o'clock. Untol d benefit
is derived from these lectures and;de mon-stra
tions and mothers are urged to-bring
their babies to every meeting if. possible.
APPROPRIATE SERVICES AT! PALI *
LUTHERAN !
Appropriate services will mark the unveil-ing
and presentation of th e Baptism al {Font
presented by the Sempre Fidelis Class of the
Palm Lutheran Church, Palmyra, [Sunday
morning at 10:30 o'clock. Dedication ser-vice
will be held in the evening, hi charge
of the pastor , the Rev. H. A. Kunkle, M. A.