Government Agencies Get All Preparedness Measures Well Under Way
HARRISBURG tSsStfift TELEGRAPH
LXXXVI — No. 76 32 PAGES
OPEN UNION DOOR
TO PROVIDE MEN
FOR WAR WORK
Labor Barriers Lifted to Fill
Ranks in Federal Shops
and Yards
APPEAL TO LEADERS HERE
Efforts Being Made to Mobilize
Harrisburg Boilermakers
and Machinists
As a patriotic step, barriers be
tween union and non-union labor
all over the country may be swept
aside so that the government will
not be handicapped in mobilizing
skilled artisans for Federal work.
Local labor leaders are in favor
of the plan. They say that there
could surely be no objections to
opening the doors at this critical
time in the nation's life.
Efforts are being made here to re
cruit machinists, boiler markers and
artisans of all descriptions for work
in government yards and arsenals.
Appeal to I.nbor JiCaders
George S. McCrone, secretary of the
board of examiners of the United
States Civil Service commission, with
headquarters at the local postoliice,
has sent out letters to all labor lead
ers in this section asking them to give
him the names of nil unemployed me
chanics. The commission is compill
ing a list of mechanics not already ep
jjaged in government work, who would
be willing to accept employment with
the governnn nt at once and also a
list of those who would not accept
immediate employment, but would ac
cept in case the country urgently
needs their services. The heads of all
labor and fraternal organizations have
been requested to make this fact
known to their members, with a view
of giving as much publicity to the
need of the mechanics as possible.
Positions are open to machnists,
boilermakers and artisans of all de
scriptions at the various arsenals and
imvy yards. Persons wishing to apply
for present vacancies or to enroll sub-
to call by the government can se
ore the necessary papers from George
► • S. McCrone, secretary of the board of
examiners at the local postoffice.
Philadelphia Responds Promptly
Applicants will not be required to
appear before a board of examiners
but will be rated upon the evidence
In the application papers. Papers will
be rated by the commission at once
and if satisfactory the applicant will
be notified to report for duty. If all
of the positions at the particular place
stated in the application have been
filled he will be advised of other va
cancies' by the Civil Service commis
sion.
Philadelphia labor leaders are in
favor of the project and stated yes
terday that for the first time in his
tory union and non-union laborers
would combine In an effort to mobil
ize skilled artisans for work in the
navy yards and the Federal arsenals.
Plans for the labor mobilization havt
been worked out by Assistant Secre
tary of the Navy Roosevelt, Secretary
of War Baker and Albert J. Berres,
secretary of the metal trades depart
ment of the American Federation of
Labor. at Washington.
Grand Duchess, Cousin
to Deposed Czar, Arrested
By Associated Press
London, March 30.—The arrest anil
detention in her home of the Grand
Duchess Maria Paviovna, first cousin
of the deposed Russian Emperor, is
reported in a Reuter ' dispatch from
Kislovodsk, Russia. The arrest was
made as a result of seizure of a corn
iromising letter to another cousin of
Nicholas, Grand Duke Boris.
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all your arrangements for
moving into your new home
this spring. All the myriad de
tails attended to, vou are going to
set back contented that first even
ing. Tour favorite pipe and paper
will never seem so good.
You haven't forgotten a thing to
spoil this picture, 'lave you? For
instance, you have teiephoed the
Circulation Department to deliver
your copy of the HARRISBURG
TELEGRAPH to your new home?
If not. then do it now. Bell 4100:
Dial 2135.
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ITHE WEATHER]
For HarrUhurK and vicinity: Fnlr
to-niKht. with lovirxt teiiiprrut ure
about 38 degree*) Snturday (air
nnd warmer.
For KaMtern I'ennaTlvania i Fair to
night: Saturday fair and warmer)
Kentlo to moderate shifting wlndx
becoming Mouth.
River
The Susquehanna river and all Sta
' hrnnrhex will fall, the most de
cided mInUN changes occurring In
the .\orth Branch and the main
river. A stage of about tt.O feet Is
Indicated for Harrisburg Satur
day morning.
General Conditions
It Is somewhat colder over nearly
all the country east of the Mls-
Isslppl river under the Influence
of the high pressure area that
covers practically all the terri
tory south and east of the Great
Lakes.
Temperature! 8 a. m„ 40 decrees
above zero.
Son t Rises, Ri4R a. m.
Moon) Fall moon. April tt.
River Staftet 10.2 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, 4!>.
I.owest temperature, BJI.
Mean temperature, 44.
Varnal temperature, 1.1
LOCAL RED CROSS
IS WORKING HARD
ON MERCY TASK
Making Wonderful Strides i
Despite Lack of Funds and
Workers
ALL KINDS OF SUPPLIES!
Everything For Comfort of
Wounded Being Manu- i
factured
[By Anna Hamilton Wood.]
The meaning of the great Amtrican
Red Cross Society is expressed in two |
words, "Humanity" and • Neutrality."
It carries as Its insignia the precious
emblem of the hope of the human race i
dyed in the blood of all mankind, it j
recognizes no creeds or nationalities
but follows In tho foodsteps of the i
Great Physician. It has been a bless
ing to the war-scarred countries of!
Europe during the past three years,'
but now. at the home call, It has arisen !
and is answering valiantly.
The Natloual Red Cross was ap
pointed by Congress and the Procla-1
mation of the President of the United
States of August 22, 1911, the agency
which must make preparations m j
time of peace to assist the Medical ;
Departments of the Army and Navy in
time of war.
All over the country base hospital j
units are being organized .under in
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Ten Die and Many Are
Lost in Sinking of
Ship by Submarine
London, March 30. The British j
steamship Alnwick Castle has been tor
pedoed in the Atlantic ocean. Some
persons are reported dead and others
are missing.
The Admiralty has informed the As
sociated Press that the Alnwick Cas
tle was torpedoed without warning
March 19, In the Atlantic. 320 miles
from the nearest land. On the previous i
day the steamship had rescued the crew
of another British steamship that also
had been torpedoed.
The passengers and crews of both ,
vessels abandoned the Alnwick Castle
(In five boats. One of these boats land
ed on the Spanish coast. It originally
contained twenty persons, including a
stewardess and a child, but five of them
i died. All the survivors in this boat
were suffering from frost bite.
Three other boats also were picked
up during th® week, one containing
twenty-seven, another twenty-nine, and
the third twenty survivors. In these
boats there were five dead. The fifth
boat that put out from the vessel has
not yet been accounted for.
The British steamship Alnwick Cas
tle measures a,900 tons gross and was !
owned by the Union-Castle Mail Steam
ship Company, of London. She was 40U
feet long and was built in Glasgow in
1901. There have been no recent re
ports of the whereabouts of the Aln
wick Castle and she probably was in
the service of the British Government.
"We Are Americans or
Not Americans," Foreign
Born Citizens Are Told
By Associated Press
Salt Lake City, March 30.—More than ;
a thousand German and Austrian resi
j dents of Salt Lake last night accepted
the invitation of Governor Simon Bam
berger to attend a mass meeting for
the purpose of non-partisan, non-sec
* tarian discussion of the international
crisis.
"The time has come," said the Gov- i
ernor, In opening the meeting, "for us j
|to call a spade a spade. A man or i
: woman Is or is not an American. His |
or her right to freedom Is governed 1
! I>y no half-way course. The time for j
silence Is gone and the time for the
' expression of afitli is here."
Resolutions pledging the faith and
allegiance of Americans of German and
Austrian birth or parentage were I
adopted unanimously and ordered i
transmitted to President Wilson !
| through the Governor.
Determined to Break up
Speeding, Police Order
17 Motorists to Appear
Determined to break up the numer- '
1 ous violations of the city ordinances
governing the operation of motor ve
hicles in the city, seventeen offenders
have been "ordered in" by Motorcycle
officer George Fetrow. They will be
heard at police court Monday afternoon.
Chief of Police J. Edward Wetzel this j
morning declared that he was deter- j
' mined to break up the series of viola
tions that automobile owners are guilty
of, regardless of the number that must
be arrested.
Not only speeding, but driving with
bright lights, and failing to keep the
license plate in condition to be readily
j seen comes under the ban.
Walks 25 Miles to Take
Up Arms For Uncle Sam
By Associated Press
Newark, N. J.. March 30. —Andrew
1 Miller, a young farmer who Is on his
i way to-day to Join tie United States
j marines at Charleston, 8. C., walked
twenty-five miles to enlist because he
had no money and was too proud to
beg a ride.
"I want to fight," he told the re
cruiting officer. "I was working in a
Held when a fellow came along and
said the Germans had declared war
■ m the United States and were bom
barding New York city. I dropped
, my hoe and didn't even wait to get the '
i money that was coming to me. I don't
'need a uniform; all I want is a gun." i
HARRISBURG, PA..FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1917
CITY'S LATEST CONTRIBUTION
TO UNCLE SAM
Recruits still continue to swell the splendid sum total that the Harrisburg Kecrulting Office is sending to
what may be "The First Line of Defense." F. J. Seibert, the famous bomb kins; Steve Kubicek, Wave lleed,
John Roger, Arthur L. Longsoing, all ready to go to Fort Slocum, New York, are shown abovp.
STATE-WIDE PLAN
FOR PREPARATION
FAST WORKING OUT
Huntingdon's Committee Al
ready in Field; Two Sub- ,
Committees Here
Huntingdon is the first county in
the state to complete its list of mem
-1 bers of a local unit of the stae-wide
I committee on public safety. E. M. C,
i Africa ,of Huntingdon, named from
that county, to-day reported to Gov
ernor Brumbaugh the names of 102
citizens of the county who had agreed
to serve and announced that imme
j diate steps would be taken to perfect
the oganization and to begin work en
trusted to it by the general committee.
"This committee represents each of
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WAR SYSTEM OF
WOUND-TREATING
| TO BE INSTALLED
Hospital Physicians Studying
Carrol-Dakin System Pre
liminary to Adoption
To learn the latest developments in
the use of the Carrol-Dakin method of
I treating antiseptic wounds. Dr. Carson
Ooover, 233 Pine street, has gone to
Pittsburgh to make a study of the va
rious hospitals where it is installed. It
will probably be installed at th Har
j risburg Hospital.
The Carrol-Dakin method of treat
ment, a result of the present war, is
used extensively on the battlefields of
Europe. It consist* of an elaborate
arrangement whereby a wound is
j soothed and healed by a constant flow
1 t'o an antiseptic solution. Wonderful
j ressults have been attained.
| Th system of W-eatment has been
explained in detfl before the Dauphin
1 Medical Society recently by Dr. Wil
• Ham O'Xeit Sherman of Pittsburgh,
j and Dr. Piper, who was with ttio
American Corps in France'lt has been
also experimented with at the Harris
j burg Hospital with success.
1
PAPER PROBLEMS
TO BE DISCUSSED
j AT MEETING HERE
Editors and Publishers Will
Endeavor to Find Ways to
Alleviate Situation
Joint meetings of the Associated
Dailies of Pennsylvania, the State Kdi-
I torial Association and the Association
of Weekly Newspapers will be held at
the Board of Trade rooms in this city
i Tuesday, April 10. There will be three
sessions and it is expected many mat
-1 ters of importance to the newspaper
industry will be discussed, especially
the present serious situation respect
ing print paper.
A bulletin of the American News
paper Publishers' Association just Is
sued from the New York headquar
ters to the membership of the asso
ciation states that nothing very defi
nite has followed the recent efforts
of the Federal Trade Commission to
place the print paper situation on a
moro satisfactory basis.
Outlook Is Poor
Representatives of the commission,
the bulletin states, recently met New
| York publishers urging them to go to
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(Ehr Star- Jitfcpmbrnt
CITY IS IN GRIP OF
GREA T BUYING
Harrisburg has a real epidemic on
its hands. The "buying fever" that i
has been developing the last few j
has spread all over the city. The big
rummage sale, the sburce of the con- j
tagion, got in its deadly work jester- i
day and tightened Its grip on the purse j
of the people.
The 3,000 that caught the spendthrift j
germ yesterday transmitted it to ad- |
ditional thousands in all parts of the |
city.
The second day of the sale started j
this morning without riot or stampede. [
GERMANY WON'T
ATTACK AMERICA
IF U. S. SUBMITS
Chancellor Says Ruthlessness [
Will Continue in I'-Boat
Warfare
Berlin, March 30. (By wireless to
Sayville, X. v.). —"Germany never had ■
the slightest intention of attacking the
United States of America and does not:
have such attention now. It never de
sired war against the United States of ,
America and does not desire it to-duy,"
was trie declaration made by the Ger-!
man Imperial Chancellor, Dr. von
Bethmann-Hollweg, in a speech in the.
Reichstag yesterday.
The chancellor made important dec-'
larations concerning Germany's policy i
toward the United States and Russia, i
"How did these things develop.'"!
asked the chancellor, in speaking of
the relations with the United States.!
r Continued on I'acc til
HOGS MAKE: NEW RECORD
By Associated Press
Chicago. March 30.—Hog prices at'
the Union Stock Yards went soaring!
to new altitudes to-day. lighter re- |
celpts than expected sent the general j
market up 15 to 20 cents. The topi
price was ? 15.50 for choice heavy hogs. |
POUR OIL OVER
MEAT BECAUSE
OF HIGH PRICES
Hundreds of Police Guard Chi-;
cago Markets Against In
furiated Women
By Associated Press
Chicago, March 30.—Hundreds of po- |
licemen were detailed to-day to protect'
the meat markets and groceries in the j
west side ghetto which were attacked
yesterday by angry crowds, composed
mostly of women, who protested I
against the high prices of food.
Armed with stones and kerosene,
which they poured over the wom
en attacked the Kosher butchers who,
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EATS WAY IN ARMY
Chicago, March 30. Macmlllan
Weddell, of Hinsdale, a suburb, la to
day in the government aero service,
after having been refused earlier In
the week. Weddell, who is an exper
ienced aviator, tried to enlist but was
found to weigh only 142, six pounds
under the weight required for the aero
service. Yesterday he brought his
weight up to the required 14 8 pounds
[by eating four very large meals.
A crowd of 300 impatiently awaited the
opening of the doors at i o'clock, but
when the gong was sounded entered
in orderly fashion under the direction
of Officers Phillips and Ross, of tho
police force.
Last night and early this morning
each department was restocked with
contributions of every conceivable de
scription that had been sent in, in re
sponse to the urgent appeals of the ex
ecutive committee yesterday afternoon.
While the committee was gratified with
the prompt and liberal response to Its
call, many more articles are needed,
especially men's trousers, children's
clothing of all sorts and books, par
ticularly geographies and arithmetics.
5265.i1" hi First Hour
The first hour's sales this morning
netted a total of $205.07 as against
J562 for yesterday's first hour of busi
ness. The sales have fallen off only
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SUGGESTS RAISING
TAXES TO PROVIDE
| FOR ROAD REPAIRS
1 Montgomery County Commis
sioners Tell of Success of
Move There
An increase of one-half or one mill
• in the county tax rate to provide for j
permanent road and bridge improve
ments was suggested to Dauphin coun
ty commissioners by Roy C. Hatlield,
of Norrlstown, president of the Mont
] gomery County Commissioners' board. ,
Commissioner Hatfield declared ihat
! in- Montgomery county more than
'5200,000 had been expended for road
1 improvements, ami that the money
[Wits raised by an increase In the tax- 1
j es. the plan meeting with little oppo
! sition.
j Dauphin county commissioners, 1
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IIEI.EASE 22 NEUTHAI.S
I Copenhagen.- March 30.—Twenty-two ,
' neutrals, who were brought to Ger- I
! many on the commerce raider Moewe as
| prisoners, Including one American, ar- \
j rived here yesterday from Kiel. They <
) were released because they were not j
i serving on armed merchantmen.
FIND MINE NEST
| IN TIME TO SAVE
ALLIED SHIPPING
British Convoy Needed to
Guard Vessels Through
Cleared Lane
By Associated Press
I (Censored.) Morch 30.—The fact
| that the Cunard liner Orduna was
! stopped off the Irish coast by a Brit-i
! ish torpedoboat destroyer and hur- I
riedly ordered into the nearest port 1
while the North channel was swept!
clear of a great flock of mines dis
covered there, was revealed by the
ship's officers as the reason tne ves
sel was three days overdue when she
reached her American destination to
day.-
Upon her arrival in the Irish port
of refuge, her officers said, they found
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V. S. MARSHAL AFTER SPY
United States Marshal Harvey T.
Smith went to York to-day to Investi
gate the case of Adolphus Wrucllla
believed to be a German spy. Wru
cllla has been held since February 17
on a charge of vagrancy.
FRENCH SUSPEND
VIOLENT ATTACK
ON GERMAN LINE
i Teuton Troops Continue to!
Fall Back Before British
Pressure
CANADIANS ABE REPULSED
English Army Captures Several
Villages in Forward
Movement
j German troops In Northern France
| are still falling back to Cambrai under
i the British pressure. Evidently they
\ have not reached, in this sector, at
! least, a line on which they feel In
ched to make a stand against the j
| entente armies.
I To-day's announcement from Berlin
; of a German retirement on a four and ;
, a half mile front between Ruyalcourt |
and Sorel was forecast to some extent I
by the British announcement last night |
that the village of Neuville Bourjonval, |
on this line, had been captured. Berlin |
reports that the Germans gave way on
tho front Indicated after an engage
ment with stronger British forces.
The French apparently have sus
pended temporarily their atacks along i
the southern end of the line. Paris j
reports a quiet night along virtually i
the whole front.
' North of the line of the retreat near
Neuvllle-St. Vaast Berlin reports four'
attacks by a Canadian regiment, all of!
which were fruitless.
There have been no important events j
, on any of the other fronts.
i Rl'Sll NAVAL KNLISTMKN'T
i By Associated Press
•' | Chicago, March 30. Orders have
been received by Commandant W. A.
• j Mofl'et, of the Great Lakes Training
1 j Station, to rush the enrollment of a
" | division of 3,000 men to serve on 500
■ | yachts and power boats being collect
■i ed for the navy. Arrangements have
• ! been made for the distribution of the
1 ; yachts on the Great Lakes and prep
' i arations for a cruise of three weeks
• I were started to-day.
ACTIVE WAR WITH GERMANY
IS CONCENSUS OF CABINET BELIEF
WASHINGTON, MARCH 30. AS THE CAB
INET MET TO-DAY WITH PRESIDENT WILSON
FOR THE LAST TIME BEFORE THE ASSEMBLING
OF CONGRESS MONDAY THE CONCENSUS OF
OPINION WAS THE UNITED STATES WAS
ABOUT TO ACTIVELY ENTER INTO WAR WITH
GERMANY.
MORE TROOPS CALLED TO SERVICE
Washington, March 30. Battery A, Georgia field
artillery, the 23rd and 47th regiments of infantry, New
York Guard, and squadron A, New York cavalry, to-day
also were ordered mustered into federal service for similar
duty.
HOUSE TO HEAR PRESIDENT WITHOUT DELAY
Washington, March 30: Plans for prompt organiza
tion of the House when it assembles on Monday so that
there may be no unnecessary delay in hearing President
Wilson's address were made by the Democratic caucus to
day when the Ways and Means Committee was instructed
to report Democratic committee selections directly to the
House. This provision will eliminate the usual delay of sub
mitting the selections to another caucus and was made in
the interest of saving time.
MORE RAILWAYS WANT HIGHER RATES
Washington, March 30. Traffic officials of virtually
all southeastern railroads at a meeting here to-day decided
to join eastern, western and southwestern railroads in re
questing the Interstate Commerce Commission to permit a
general advance in freight rates of from 10 to 15 per cent.
BRITISH CAPTURE ROYAL COURT
London, March 30. The capture by the British of
the town of Ruyalcourt, about eight miles east of Bapaume
is reported by Reuter's correspondent at the British head
quarters in France.
I. C. C. AGREES TO INCREASE
Washington, March 30. lncrase of about five per
cent, in freight rates on all classes moving east and west
byway of rail and ship lines over the great lakes, went
into effect to-day when the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion declined to suspend tariffs proposing them.
MAY STOP TELEPHONE EXTENSION
New York, March 30. Temporary embargo on tele
phone service extension throughout the country may be
come necessary in order to hoi din reserve facilities that
may be needd by the government, it was said here to-day.
TO STRENGTHEN PANAMA FORCES
Washington, March 30. Strengthening of the mili
tary forces in the Panama Canal zone was ordered to-day
by the War Department.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Joiirpb Samuel Slmennen and .Vane llarrlNhuric.
NyhfMvr Falrbuiika anil IXelln Matthew**, Nt*elt<ii.
Claude Hay Hand* l.ykrnn, and Minnie May Wonder JL*V /Hfcuwplre.
Dr. Jaaiew Monroe Strohm aud Kllu Sholl, F rede riff.
Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION
WAR MEASURES
WHIPPED INTO
DEFINITE SHAPE
[President Meets Cabinet For
Final Conference Before
Congress Convenes
DEMOCRATS IX CAUCUS
Methods of Raising Money Dis
cussed by Ways and Means
Committee
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., March 30. —Step;
in anticipation of President Wilson's
appearance before Conuress next week
I and for action on whatever recom
mendations lie may make to meet tlio
national emergency began to take final
form to-day. These steps were.:
[ The President held a final confer
ence with his Cabinet preparatory to
starting the actual writing of the ad
dress he will deliver before a joint as
semblage of the House and Senate.
House Democrats hold a caucus to
consider plans for organization of the
House by their party and a committer
of twenty-seven Republicans met to
prepare its final recommendations tor
organization of the House which will
| be laid before a caucus of Republicans
| to-morrow.
Plan New Revenues
Plans for raising revenue were con.
| sidered at a meeting of Democratic
| members of the House ways and means
I committee.
Senator Chamberlain, chairman of
i the Senate military afTairs committee,
J following his conference with the
President yesterday over his universal
military training plan, agreed to press
for prompt action in the .Senate oil
the regular army appropriation bill,
which failed at the las., session, as soon
as it comes over from the House.
The senator assured the President
that he already has authority, without
further congressional action, to raise
immediately an army of more than
700,000 by increasing tho regular army
to war strength and calling out tlio
entire National Guard at war strength.