Plan Nation-wide Control of Food With Government Distribution in Case of rir.uze
HARmSBURG iSlliii TELEGRAPH
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LXXXVI— No. 122 16 PAGES
AID RECRUITING
WITH THRILLING
EXPERIENCES
Civil, Spanish and Foreign 1
Veterans to Advise Pros
pective Soldiers
WILE BE AT ARMORY |
.
Advantages of Serving in
Guard Regiments to Be
Emphasized
To stimulate recruiting In both the j
regular army and the national guard ;
veterans of the Spanish and other
foreign wars will tell prospective re- |
cruits of their experiences under arms
for Uncle Sam and advise them which
branch of the service they are par
ticularly fitted for.
They will be at the armory. Sec- j
and and t'orster streets, to-morrow,
Thursday and Friday. The party ex- I
pects to do a "land office" business ;
because it is believed that young men I
of conscript age will rush to them to |
get the benefit of their practical j
knowledge before enlisting in the 1
national guard or regular army.
Guard officers arc anticipating a
big increase as they feel certain men i
between 21 and 31 years of age rea
lize they must fight anyhow and that |
now they can choose branches of the |
service by enlisting in guard regi
ments in addition to being among men
whom they already know.
An opportunity is also given men
above the conscript age and youths.
from 18 to 21 years, by the national ;
guard to "do their bit" by enrolling
for the defense of their country. If 1
thev wait until the national army is ,
called into the field the opportunity
will be lost.
Tnke Men t'p to 45 Year*
Men will be taken into the national,
guard who are between eighteen and
forty-five years of age, and the next
two weeks is the time to enroll, so ;
that preparations may be completed
for responding with alacrity to the I
nation's call to arms, July 15.
To Appear in I'nlform
In the party who will fire the ardor
of the prospective soldiers with thrill- j
ing tales of battles fought in the
Civil. Spanish-American and other
foreign wars, will be:
Camp 8, Spanish War Veterans —j
Captain Henry M. Stine. Captain K. j
Eaubenstein, Post Commander Nor- j
man Ream, Edward Dapp, Adjutant
Paul Harm, Sergeant Major F. F. }
Bruker, Mr. Newcomer, Charles E.
Blessing, Stewart Foltz, Thomas P. j
■ Moran and nearly every other mem- ;
ber of the camp will appear in uni- j
form at the armory Wednesday, j
Thursday and Friday, from 10 o'clock !
in the morning until 9 o'clock in the
evening.
A. R. Veterans to Help
Veterans of Foreign Wars —Com- j
mander Jonas K. Reist, Vice-eom
mander Myers and Captain and Quar
termaster Ross A. Fulton.
G. A. R.—Captain George W. Rhoads,
Thomas Numbers and Francis H. Hoy,
Sr.
Colonel Maurice E. Finney, of the
Eighth Regiment, will have the re- |
cruiting detail of his command pres
ent to set forth the advantages of
serving among friends from the c'ty
and vicinity.
The Eighth Regiment is in need of
musicians as well as fighters. Ex
perts on string instruments as well as
horns and reed players are desired so
that' an orchestra can be formed to '
play fo.- the regimental "hops."
Because of the order of the War
Department, requesting the national
guard to go to the fjI 1 war strength
ot 150 men to a company and with'
ihe re caif of married men. Company
I need'- t fty-four men. Company J.),
r.ec-U more than sixtv, whllq U"J
iiuar'ers can take ss'n more. Toe
Gcvevtcrs Troop has a long waiting
lis;. Several more uan l.e mustered
in by the Machine-gm company.
Attempt Made on Life
of Russian War Minister
By Associated Press
New York, May 22.—The Jewish '
daily Forward received a cablegram I
from its correspondent in Petrograd |
to-day saying that an unsuccessful at- i
tempt was made this morning to as- j
sassinate War Minister Kerensky. The
dispatch reads:
"An attempt on the life of War Min- j
ister Kerensky was made just now.j
Kerensky escaped. All the partici- j
pants arrested. Rumors that the plot I
was arranged by the supporters of the
old regime."
THE WEATHER
For Harrlsburg and vicinity: Kain
to-uight unci \\ ednesdn.v; not
much ehangc In temperature.
For Kastern Pennsylvania: Italn ,
to-niuht and WedncMtuy; increas
iiiK cast to Mouth winds.
River
The Susquehanna river and all its
branches will probably rise
somewhat as a result of a gen
eral rain Indicated for the
watershed within the next
thirty-six to forty-eight hours.
A stage of about 4.4 feet Is Indi
cated for Harrlsburg Wednes
day morn 1 111;.
General Conditions
The storm from the Southwest
now covers the greater P*rt of
the eastern half of the Cnlted
States, with Its center near St.
I.ouis. It has caused light to
moderate rains over most of the
country, in the last twenty-four
hours, cast of the Rocky Moun
tains, except the South Atlantic
and ICast t.ulf States. Frosts j
occurred this morning In Wy
oming and South Dakota, and
temperatures fell to near freex-
Ing In Minnesota, the Dakota*
and Wyoming, several stations
reporting readings of 34 de
grees.
temperature: H a. m., 54 degrees.
lani Rises, 4:30 a. m.
Moon: Full moon, June B.
Jllver Stage x 4.3 feet.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, till.
Lowest temperature, r^.
Mean temperature, AO.
Normal temperature, 04.
ATLANTA CARES
FOR THOUSANDS
OF ITS DESTITUTE
'
3,000 Homes Destroyed by
Fire Which Swept Through
City's Heart
DYNAMITE COSTLY HOMES
Greatest Blaze Since General
Sherman Burned Town
in Civil War
By Associated Press
Atlanta, Pa., May 22.—Atlanta
went actively to work to-day to care
for the destitute people from three
thousand homes destroyed in the tire
that raged yesterday afternoon and
last night throughout seventy-five
blocks and was stopped only after
the dynamiting of beuutiful homes
in Ponce L>e Leon avenue. The prop
erty loss was estimated at $3,000,000
by Mayor Candler who declared that
his estimate was conservative. Other
estimates ran as high as $5,000,000.
The lire started in a warehouse
in Decatur and Fort streets and
drove lirst due north and then south
east, at some points a block wide
and ut times half a mile in width. It
crossed Ponce l)e Leon avenue at
one point and swept down Boulc
vary for a block. On the south side
ot Ponce De Leon avenue, a wide
residence street, the burned area
extended from North Jackson street
some seven blocks east of Peach
Tree street, the principal business
section, out almost to the baseball
park.
It was the greatest fire in At- j
lanta's history since Civil war days'
when General Sherman, terming it
the backbone of the Confederacy, de- j
creed that it must be burned. In
property loss and hardships it was I
even greater for the city General ;
Sherman destroyed had only ten;
thousand inhabitants.
Destitute persons from the burned
area, which included negro homes
and costly residences of white people j
were cared for by the local Red,
Cross and the Associated Charities. I
Hundreds were fed last night and j
to-day and lodging was provided in ,
the Auditorium, Armory, the negro
Odd Fellows Hall, churches, private;
homes and hotels. .
Preparations were completed to-)
day to feed five thousand people.
Relief work got under way early j
several thousand dollars being sub
scribed in a few hours. A meetiug
of the city's representative men was
called for to-day to provide relief for
those needing it. Mayor Candler
and President Ivan A. Allen, of the
local Chamber of Commerce, agreed
that no outside aid would be need
ed.
Only One Dead
Only one person is known to
have died as a result of the fire. Mrs.
Bessie Hodges died of shock at't#
her home was destroyed. Injuries
were remarkably few.
Here and there fire brands blew
ahead of the blaze firing houses a
block ahead of the wall of fire.
Gradually the flames advanced
northward. Before them came hun
dreds of persons. The flames grew
to a roar when within a distance of
a block or more. Men who had com
forted their families with statements
that the fire would not reach them
realized at the last moment that
their homes were doomed. All ve
hicles were pressed into service.
Gathering what belongings they
could tlie people fled. Along the
sidewalks rushed men carrying
whatever property they had hurried
ly collected.
Militiamen Helped
After the fire reached a block or
two of Ponce De Leon avenue, an
hour before dark, order began to
come out of the confusion. Militia
men and prospective United States
officers from the training camp at
Fort McPherson took charge of the
situation under personal direction of
Colonel Charles R. Xoyes, comman
der at Fort McPherson.
As the soldiers took charge, aban
doning of homes in the threatened
districts was carried out consistent
ly. Automobiles, furnished by hun
dreds, carried people and their most
valuable belongings to other parts
of the city. Furniture, bed clothes
and all the odds and ends from the
many homes littered the streets
which were made impassable in
many cases by fallen wires and splin
ters from dynamited houses. The
soldiers allowed nothing to be mov
ed during the night and blocked
civilians from the fire zone and a
wide area around it. Only one case
of attempted looting was reported
.and that resulted in an arrest.
Advertises For Grandmother
Besides actual relief work to-day
there was a tremendous task ahead
of Atlanta in getting its scattered
citizens together. Members of many
families had become separated. To
day a man advertised for his ninety
year-old grandmother. Another
sought his wife and baby through
the want ad section of the morning
papers.
Germans Told to Eat Grass
When Foodstuffs' Fail
Copenhagen, May 22.—Berlin is
now feeling the potato shortage.
Residents have been warned that ir
may be impossible to supply five
pounds to everybody this week, but
that those who are unable to obtain
the full ration will receive cakes.
The supply of pork is short, and it
will be sold only on Thursdays.
Another announcement says a re
duction in the present meat ration
after August 15 is being considered.
Professor Weldner, an agricul
tural expert at Passau, Bavaria, ad
vises the people to follow the ex
ample of Nebuchadnezzar and eat
grass. He Informs them that the
red clover and Lucerne alfalfa both
may bo used for the making of
dishes for human consumption.
Lest America Alone Should
From a Liberty Loan speech by Frank A. V
T FEEL that people are not altogether awake to the serious
ness of this war; not altogether comprehending that we
are in a.very serious war—war'that might even come to our
own shores. It is easy to think that Germany is 3,000 miles
away, surrounded by the greatest armies that were ever as
sembled ; that the war is likely to be over before we can get
any men into it; that we are like a manufacturer or merchant
who is getting his customers to keep on buying at rather ex
orbitant prices, and that \ve are doing a good thing in loan
ing to the Allies, but that we are not in a very serious situ
ation. As 1 conceive it, it is much more serious than that.
"Now, just let us take one or two contingencies that are
perfectly possible. \\ e have had a revolution in Russia. No
man in America or Russia can tell what the future of that
situation is. It is surely conceivable that Russia might make
a separate peace. I do not believe she will, but it is conceiv
able. What would happen then? It is said that there are a
million and a half prisoners in Russia. Suppose all the forces
EXPECT CITY TO J
TAKE $1,500,000
OF LIBERTY LOAN
Bondsmen Volunteer to Sell
Issue; Allied Bodies to
Work Together
/
What the Liberty Loan Is
Amount, $2,000,000,000; aver
age, S2O for each inhabitant of
the United States.
Denominations of bonds. SSO,
SIOO, SSOO, SI,OOO, and upward.
Payments, 2 per cent, at time of
subscribing for bonds; 18 per
cent., June 28; 20 per cent., July
30; 30 per cent., August 15, and
30 per cent., August 30. Small
bonds may be paid for in full at
time of subscription.
Purchases may be made
through any bank or trust com
pany, preferably with the one In
which the purchaser has a deposit
subject to check. Subscriptions
close June 15.
Interest. 3>■, per cent., payable
semiannually on June 15 and De
cember 15.
Bonds mature in thirty years,
or in 1947, but the Government
reserves the right to purchase the
bonds at par and interest at any
time after fifteen years from date
of issue.
Free of all taxes except inher
itance tax.
Convertibility—lf bonds bear
ing a rate of interest higher than
3 M per cent, are issued during the
war the present issue may be ex
According to figures given out this
morning by officials of the Harris
burg Clearing House Associaion,
Harrisburg is expected to buy ap
proximately one and one-half million
dollars of the Liberty Loan. If 7,000
patriotic citizens each buy two SIOO
bonds the amount will be practically
raised. The remainder of the million
and a half it is expected will be
raised by the instalment plan of
buying.
Fourteen bond salesmen have al
ready volunteered their services free
of charge to sell the bonds. Each
will be furnished with an authoriza
tion, signed by Victor Lecoq, chair
man of the committee, to show they
are vouched for by the Clearing
House Association and the Chamber
of Commerce.
The salesmen who have volunteer
ed their services and the houses they
represent are: T. Clancy, Frederick
Peirce & Co.; R. A. Davis, Baker,
Ayling & Co.; John P. Heiner, Har
ris, Forbes & Co.; Lee A. Lauben
! stein, A. B. Leach & Co.; William J.
I Lescure, Lescure, Snavely & Co.;
' Russel H. Kreible, Chandler & Co.;
; Edward R. Miller, Liggett, Drexell
& Co.; A. H. Paddock, Lee, Higgin
i son & Co.; Paul B. Ruder, Harris,
Forbes & Co.; John C. Seidel, A. H.
i Bickmore & Co.; E. H. Weston, E.
H. Rollins & Co.; C. E. Bentley, New
berger, Henderson & Loeb; John C.
Jessup, Jr., Guaranty Trust Co.
Want More Volunteers
Donald McCormick, of the execu
tive committee this morning laid
stress on the value of volunteers for
the selling of the bonds. As many
reputable men as will volunteer for
the work will be of great assistance
to the banks who are doing this pat
riotic service free of charge. The
volunteer salesmen should apply at
the Chamber of Commerce and will
be given a separate form of authori
zation if vouched for by the Cham
ber.
At a meeting of the Clearing
House Association late yesterday
afternoon the committees were ap
pointed who will carry on the work,
each along a particular line and all
co-operating wit hthe Clearing
[Continue'. 1 on I'ago 3]
Big Circus Crowd Sits
Still When Fire Starts
Without showing any signs of a
panic, the 15,000 persons who
crowded the "big top" at Barnum
and Bailey's performance last eve
ning sat stone still as "razor backs"
fought flames which sprung from a
lighting apparatus near the big pole
at the lower end of the tent.
For a time the fire appeared as if
it was getting beyond control but
was # finally smothered with a hand
extinguisher.
LOSES PURSE IX CROWD
Two negroes were arrested yester
day afternoon, at Fourth and Market
streets on the complaint of a woman '
who said she had lost her pocketbook I
while watching the parage.
HARRISBURG, PA.,TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 1917.
U. S. TO TAKE
OVER FOOD IN
TIME OF NEED
Government Experts Oppose
Fixing of Maximum Price
■ on Staples
By Associated Press
Washington, May 22. Although
government food experts oppose fix
ing maximum prices on staple food
products except to force big holders
to release their supplies, protection
for the consumer will be one of the
first considerations of the new food
control administration.
1 If there is a shortage in any food
staple and it becomes essential to
lower the price, the government, it
was said to-day, will not hesitate to
take over supplies and distribute tnem
j itself. t In this way officials believe
more can be accomplished than, by
setting maximum prices beyond which
i sellers may not charge. If there is
! an abundance of food, however, they
do not think it ever will become nec
; essary to exercise the power of com
i mandeer.
A short crop of any commodity, food t
J experts say, will send prices up
| through competitive bidding, despite |
i ordinary regulatory measures and the
only remedy, they hold, in this case, j
i is for the government to take over
I the product, paymg the grower a good
j price and distributing the food where
it is most needed.
Trade Commission to
Force Reductions in
Price of Hard Coal
By Associated Press
Washington. May 22. —Measures
to force anthracite coal prices will
j be taken, the Federal Trade Com
| mission announced to-day, if pro
i ducers and deaiers do not adhere to
| their recent statement on the sub
ject: "In its interim report of May 4
to the United States Senate the Fed
| eral Trade Commission, promised
; that its utmost efforts would be used
| to assure fair distribution and fair
; prices of anthracite coal.
The commission has sent agents
| into different parts of the country
who will observe closely throughout
j the anthracite trade the operation of
j plans formulated at recent confer
j ences the commission with operat
ors, jobbers and representative re
| tailers for bringing down prices to !
\ moderate levels and keeping them !
i there.
"There field agents will reportedly
I promptly to the commission for ap
j propriation any renewal of the in
tolerable abuses that marked the ac
tivities of certain elements of the
trade during monthu.
"The Independent operators have
j realized that the situation calls for
publoc spirited action on their part
|and it is expected that they will re
! duce their present prices to mod
erate levels for the season and co- I
operate in every way with the com
mission."
Reduce Postage Tax;
House Hopes to Reach
Vote on War Measure
1 Washington, May 22.—Consideration
of the war-tax bill was nearlng an
end in the House to-day, and while the
leaders hoped to reach a final vote
to-night, this seemed by no means
certain.
A compromise on the proposed sec
ond class mail tax so as to make it
from one and one-half cents per
i pound in the first parcel post zone to
; eight cents in the eighth zone was
agreed upon to-day by the House
ways and means comrrjittee.
Receipts from educational enter-
I tainments were excluded by the House
from the proposed ten per cent,
j amusement tax by a ote of 114 to 1,
I Representative Mnore, of Pennsylva-'
I nia. .opposing. He insisted that it wa.V
I unfair that William Jennings Bryan
should receive from S2OO to $750 a
i night for "educational" entertaln
| ments, while the government got
I nothing from them.
Appropriations For
Local Charities Are
Increased This Year
■j Appropriations for five Harrisburg
I I charities, carried in bills presented
! by Senator E. E. Beidleman, were in
I the list favorably reported to the
| Senate to-day by ,Chairman Buck
:■ man, of the appropriations commit
-1 tee.
, | The local list is as follows:
Children's Industrial Home $6,-
000, an increase of S3OO.
Home For the Friendless $4,500,
an increase of *SOO.
Florence Crittenton Mission, sl,-
000; none granted in 1916.
Nursery Home, $4,000. an increase
| of $1,500.
j Messiah Home, $3,000; none grant-I
ied in 1915.
ave to Settle With Germany
'anderlip, president of the National City Bank
of the central powers on the eastern border might be with
drawn"; suppose their forces were augmented by a million
and a half returned prisoners'; suppose Russia's food stores
were opened for Germany and all that • happening very
promptly, which is a conceivable thing. In that event could
the armies of England and France on the western border
withstand the onslaught? Is it not conceivable that if some
solution is not found for the submarine menace England may
be brought to the point of starvation? No matter what her
wealth may be, starving men could not fight.
"I tell you it is within, the possibilities that we may be
raising not a Liberty Loan to pay for a war. we hope success
fully to wage but a loan to pay the cost of a war Germany has
been waging 011 civilization. This is 110 wild picture, cer
tainly do not believe it is within the future of events but there
is a possibility enough in it to cause us to wake up as a na
tion to make us recognize that we are in a great and uncertain
war, and then we must support the military movement which
this government has got to make."
CENTRAL PENNA.
IS IN MIDST OF
BUSINESS BOOM
Producing More Steel, Food, I
Clothing and Other Necessi- !
ties Than Ever
Harrisburg, Daupliln and sur-j
rounding counties are producing and ,
will produce this year more food,)
more steel, more clothing and other
necessary articles than ever before
in history.
All mills, factories and farms
around here are being worked at the
highest productive speed. The only
thing keeping tliem from going
faster and producing more is the
lack of men. It is estimated that
several thousand more men could be
employed here in the various indus
tries and on the surrounding farms.
The big Bethlehem Steel plant at
Steelton, the Central Iron and Steel
Company, the Harrisburg Pipe and
Pipe Bending Works and other
firms turning out munitions or other
articles vital in time of war are
busily turning out record produc
tions.
On the farms every available acre
of ground is being cultivated. This
is especially true in Cumberland
where intensive farming is being de
veloped to its highest possible form.
Dauphin county is not lagging
either. A resident of the city who
recently returned from an auto trip
over the greater portion of the dis
trict said to-day that he had never
seen so much land under cultiva
tion. Wide "fence rows," formerly
productive of only weeds and
brambles have been turned under
and farmers are peeling the fence
posts in i.n effort to run another
furrow closer.
All through the city, too, are
backyard and vacant lot war gar
dens. It is estimated that nearly
thirty acres of land are now well on
the way of producing many bushels
of vegetables. Forward looking
businessmen in the city are confi
dently looking forward to bigger
business on top of the biggest busi
ness the city has ever known.
Senate Writes New Food
Bill to Meet Situation
and War Time Needs
By Associated Press
Washington. May 22.—F00d legisla
tion laid aside in the Senate yester
day is.to be taken up again at once.
That dealing with stimulating produc
tion first will be taken up and a new
bill dealing with food control will fol
low.
The Senate agriculture committee
today reported a redrafted bill deal
ing with production. It amended the
House bill introduced by Representa
tive Lever for tiie Department or Ag
riculture, and made plans to bring
it before the benare for action at
once. By Friday it is planned to in
troduce the food conirol bill dealing
with price-fixing, food administra
tion. prohibition and regulation of
grain exchanges.
The amended bill, agreed upon to
day by the Senate committee, provides
for a national food survey and ap
propriates for various measures to
Increase food production. It would
authorize the Secretary of Agricul
ture to investigate all details of the
present food supplies, demand, con
sumption, costs, transportation, pro
duction, storage and distribution and
to co-operate with state und other
federal agencies In Increasing pro
duction. Appropriations for specific
purposes, including federal purchase
and distribution of seeds are pro
posed.
To Collect by Law All
Outstanding School Tax
Not Paid Before June 1
City Treasurer Harry F. Oves Is
preparing to take action against all
persons who have not paid 1916 school
tax.
This was ordered by the city school
board at a recent meeting, und pro
ceedings will be started on June 1.
[ Outstanding school tax for 1916 to
tals approximately $30,000, City
Treasurer Oves said to-day, and un
less delinquents settles the accounts
before June 1, legal action will bo
taken.
RECESS KNOCKED ON HEAD
Senatorial leaders to-day announc
ed that there would be no recess over
Memorial Day and probably none
over registration day. This means j
that the legislators will adjourn !
probubly Thursday and come back
.Monday night. A session will proii- 1
ably be held on Memorial Day so
ihat appropriation I ilia can be ad-1
vanced
NEGRO SOAKED
IN OIL AND SET
AFIRE BY MOB
Three Thousand Join in Tak
ing Life of Confessed
Murderer
I
KILLED WHITE GIRL
Execution Takes Place Near i
Scene Where Crime Was
Committed
Bv Associated Press
Memphis, Tenn., May 22 —-Eli Per-|
sons, a negro, confessed murderer of !
Antoinette Itappal several weeks agn.
was burned to death near the scene
of the crime at 9 o'clock to-day. A j
mob. estimated at from 2,000 to 3,000,
saw the death of the negro.
In preparation for burning the body
was soaked in oil and afterward sus
pended In midair from the limb of j
nearby tree. A torch was then applied j
and tlie body burned fiercely until j
: the scorched flesh of the negro fell j
to the ground.
Hunt Others
Persons is said to have repeated
his confession that he killed the child
and implicated two other negroes.
Members of the mob immediately set
out in pursuit of them.
When all was in readiness Mrs.Rap
pal, mother of the dead girl, was
taken to the bridge where the pris
oner was held and identified him. In
a short speech to the mob she de
clared she wished Persons to suffer
the tortures he dealt to his victim.
Naval Coast Guard
Looks For Reported
U-Boat Near Maine
By Associated Press
Portland, Me., May 22. lt was
officially made known to-day that the
reported presence of a submarine off
the Maine coast was being investigat-
I ed bv the naval stations.
! A patrol scrutiny of these waters
was ordered following a report to
the naval stations that a periscope
was sighted late yesterday afternoon
and that at C o'clock last night a
submarine was seen running awash
off Machias.
On tho heels of the reports came
the word to-day from three lobster
fishermen that they had sighted from
two different points what they be
lieved to be a German ..übmarine.
They sighted the craft they said, off
the mouth of the Kennebec river at
9.T5 o'clock this morning. The fish
ermen'brought the report to Popham
station. When it was reported to a
navul officer he furnished the Ma
chias end of the story and confirmed
press reports that an investigation
was under way.
It was later learned unofficially
that a coast guard at Cross Island
had sighted the supposed submarine
and watched it for five minutes when
it submerged.
Calls on Men Not to Hide
Behind Petticoats or
Children in Army Draft
By Associated Press
Washington. May 22. "Do not
hide behind petticoats or children to
avoid service in the new national
army," is the injunction of Provost
Marshal General Crowder. in an offi
cial guide he has issued to show
how questions put to those who reg
i ister on June 5 should be answered.
! The guide explains that there is no
desire by the government to draft
any one who is the sole support of
any man. woman or child, but points
out that "unless the person you have
In mind is solely dependent"on you"
exemption would not be granted,
j The registrar will drop perma-
I nently from the list those with
i physical defects, such as the ab-
I sfcnce of a lef or an arm making un
fitness for service obvious, but all
other claims for exemption will be
passed upon by the local boards
The applicant will be required to
state specifically the character of the
■ work he is performing in order that
the board may judge if it is such as
to warrant the government in excus
ing him from army duty.
"If you are a felon or otherwise
morally deficient and desife to claim
exemption on that ground, state your
ground briefly." says the guide.
The difference between a "natural
born" citizen and a naturalized citi
zen is explained carefully and It Is
pointed out that even alien enemies j
within the age limit will be required 1
to register although they will not be I
drafted.
CNEAKTH "DUCK" TOMBSTONE
Workmen who are excavating for!
the foundations of the new Courier!
building in North Third street, thlsj
morning uncovered a tombstone
bearing tie lone Inßcriptiou "Duck."
Single Copy. 2 Cents
HOPE TO BEAT DOWN
GERMAN SPIRIT BY
CONSTANT POUNDING
British and French Commanders Plan to Crack Iron Ring
in France by Keeping Up Terrific Pressure Day and
Night on Invader's Positions
RUSSIAN CRISIS CONTINUES ACUTE WITH
LITTLE CHANCE FOR SUMMER OFFENSIVE
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Anti-Teutonic Feeling Rising in Scandinavia and Spain
Because of Ruthless Submarine Warfare; Censor
ship Prevents World From Knowing German Feeling
The German armies in France are slowly yielding ground be
fore the relentless pressure exercised by Generals Haig and Petain
and the vital question is as to whether their morale car be main
tained under the terrific pounding to which are subjected day
and night. Apparently the allied commanders have abandoned
the policy of sudden thrusts at'ehosen points and are relying on
a constant hammering over a wide front in the belief that sooner
or later the iron German ring must either break or crack.
While there is little immediate prospect of sensational de
velopments in the battle area the political situation remains
fraught with many possibilities. The latest news from Russia
indicates that the crisis in that country continues acute and the
menace that Russia may either withdraw from the entente or be
plunged into chaos still throws its shadow over the future. The
Russian radicals are apparently as determined as ever to reject
! the war program of England and France, but they show almost
as much reluctance as Berlin to define their precise aims. A con
ference is projected at which the coalition government will be
asked for a frank statement as to its position and there are un-
I comfortable rumors that the Russian radicals intend to attend t<
force repudiation of Russia's treaties with the other members o.
the entente. [Continued on Pngc 3]
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PRESIDENTIAL C T JF FRA " ; TTOPOSED 1
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; for two new active depositaries of State fund?
< L ig for a Deputy State Treasurer at $6,000 a ye,; i '
; a law clerk at $5,000. M
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< FULL CREW HEARING ON J
Harrisbufg. The bill to suspend the Full Crew
opr. • ►
is before the joint railroad committees of the Legist- !
1 : lature to-day. Among tl the railroads 1 [
* ' are Alba B. Johnson W. I. Schaffer and former Senator. T
' T ohn H Fisher Jfc
! ( Rowand, SR. T raner, W. N. Doak and scverfc '
| 1 DEFENSE COMMITTEE CONFERENCE
j Harrisburg. The State Defense, Ccmrm ' >
j I Members of the Safety committee are meeting with thr
I! Governor this afternoon outling plans for co-opci if
SHERIFFS AND MAYORS MEET g >
< i Harrisburg.—Sheriffs and mayors of cities through-
I out the state axe meeting with the Governor late to-day
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1 to discuss plans for registration under the new '
toon act. \ ;^|
| DOZEN TRAINMEN KILLED
Clarksburg, W. Va., May 22. A dozen trjainmen
1 are believed to have been killed and a number of others ' L ",\{
1 ' seriously injured when a wreck train on the Baltic
and Ohio railroad crashed into a moving freight train at "
| I Wallace, >5 miles north of here to-day. Five bodies 1 '
already been removed from the wreckage.
, f SEAMAN'S INSURANCE BILL PASSES
Washington, The a 1
( j appropriation $50,000,000 for the goaesntnent war I [
insurance bureau and authorizing it to insure live?
| crews on American merchant'vessels was passsed to-dav 4 >
< 1 by the Senate. A similar measure is pending in the
1 House.
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<* MARRIAGE UCENSES
i TurprkulT and l.ulu Htibcr, Slrrllon.
Adum C. Ha.\ und Alice Hitrbrn Yont, Hurrlabarff. - |
, ' I.uiilh Mitrtlu MiuMx nn<l Cyntbln Uellr loprr. llarrl.hnrc 1
J* *u.or H. Kirk and Ihilh M. Klmcb, Harrlabar*. rr""or
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