SPIES INFORM
BERLIN OF U.S.
NAVAL SECRETS
Kaiser Knew of Destroyers
Crossing Sea Four Days
in Advance
By Associated Press
Washington, May 26. Four days
before the American destroyer flotilla
arrived abroad Berlin knew It was
f.on the way and to what port it was
going, and the day before the vessels
steamed Into Queenstown German
submarines had strewn mines about
the harbor entrance.
This startling information, reveal
ing that German spies not only still
are at their work in this country
but that they have a swift and sure
means of communicating America' 3
war secrets to the fatherland, came
to the Navy Department yesterday in
a cablegram from Rear Admiral
Sims at London.
The admiral said his information
was positive. His dispatch was not
made public, and for obvious reasons
nothing will be given out concern
ing how the news came into his
possession nor about the precautions
which defeated the German plans
and enabled the flotilla to speed
safely through the mine fields.
Hunt Spies
The result will be to redouble the
vigilance both of the censors and of
every agency of the government en
gaged in rooting out the spy systejn.
Every German known to have been
connected with the espionage work
of his government already is under
arrest or under surveillance. Other
arrests may follow at any time, and
now that the country is at war and
the revelation of its secrets may
mean death to its sailors and sol
diers. swift punishment undoubtedly
will be dealt out to any convicted
spy.
In announcing Admiral Sims' dis
patch the Navy Department, through
the committee on public information
said:
"The department calls attention to
this fact as proof that the German
spy system is still at work in this
country, making imperative the
need of secrecy in connection with
our naval operations. The premature
publication of ship movements is
particularly a source of danger."
U. S. Leases Allentown
Fair Ground For Camp
Allentown. May 26.—There will
not be any Allentown fair this year.
A lease has been signed between the
officers of the fair and of the War
Department whereby the Govern
ment will immediately take over the
fairgrounds as a training ramp for
the United States Ambulance Corps.
Men enlisted as members of the
corps will receive their intensive
training there prior to being sent to j
■ France.
The buildings on the grounds are
handy for dormitories, the big grand
stand will make an admirable mess
hall, the grounds are well adapted
for training, the race track is just
the thing desired to teach men how
to run the motor ambulance. There
will be accommodations for 3,700
men, and 2,000 motor ambulances
are to be brought here.
Millions in Tonnage
Sunk by Submarines
By Associated Press
Paris, May 26.—Deputy Jules Cels
created a sensation in the Chamber
of Deputies yesterday in the course
of the discussion of the interpella
tions concerning submarine -warfare
by producing statistics showing that
merchant ships aggregating 5,400,-
000 tons had been sunk since the be
ginning of 1915. After he had giv
en details of these figures and
sharply criticised the Navy Depart
ment in connection with the subma
rine question, the chamber decided ;
to continue the discussion in secret I
session.
If we can not please you when
it comes to the repairing and
" retlnlshlng of your lamps, wind
shields, radiators, and other
brass and nickel plated fixtures
about your car, no one can.
We have the finest equipped
plant in Harrisburg and vi
cinity for replating and refin
ishing of all metal work, also
gold, jewelry and silverware.
Give Fs a Trial
Both Phones Harrisburg,
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Everybody Seems
To Be Shopping
at
Schell's Seed Store
It Appears to Be Headquarters |
For the Patriotic
Army of the Garden
and Farm
Tliey sell everything "under the
sun" for the garden.
And Then, Too, Everybody
Knows That
Schell's Quality Seeds
Are Absolutely the Best
They Grow Better
They Yield Better
The Store Is at
1307-J3o# Market Street
SATURDAY EVENING,
War Traffic Will Be
Solved by Motor Cars
When the government cuts down
railroad passenger service to meet
the nation's military neods this will,
in the opinion of T. J. Toner, Direc
tor of Sales of tha Maxwell Motor
Company, give a tremendous im
petus to the use of automobiles for
traveling purposes.
"This is not merely a theory I
have evolved," said Mr. Toner in his
office at Detroit the other day. "Pinna
to this end are already tentatively
! under way in the big centers.
"I have been advised by business
-1 men In New York, for instance, that
they expect to be thrown back on
the motor oar as almost the only
method of making short trips. The
automobile, they believe, will soon
be an absolute necessity for one who
has to do much traveling.
"With a million or two men under
arms In this country—being moved
frequently from one camp to an
other or to the seaboard for trans
portation to Europe the Govern
ment will have to commandeer a
large part of the railroad passenger
facilities. How far this will effect
the general public it is impossible
to predict, but railroad traveling
facilities arc going to be greatly re- :
duced.
"The automobile offers the only
substitute and I look for its exten
sive use by men and women who
have to go from one city to another
and cannot get railroad accommoda
tions.
"If this situation had arisen a few
years ago the automobile might not
have been equal to the emergency.
Hut great strides have been made in
motor car efficiency and no fear of
the automobile falling down on the
job need be entertained now.
"Just to illustrate motor car de
pendability to-day I cite that Max
well stock car which traveled 22,022
miles at the rate of 25 miles an hour,
without once stopping the engine.
"Only a few of the fastest trains
equal that running time, and railroad
trains have to change engines every
few hours. Locomotives can't go
2,200 miles—let along 22,000 without
stopping.
"I might cite, too, Mrs. Miriam
Thayer Seeley, Professor in the
Oregon Agriculture College, who
drove her Maxwell across the con
tinent and back—9,7oo miles—at an
average cost of lij cents a mile for
gasoline, oil and repairs.
"That was 25 per cent, less than
the lowest railroad fares —2 cents a
mile, which does i\ot include Pull
man charges and extras.
"The motor car therefore is faster
and cheaper than the train as a
passenger conveyance. And not only
in my opinion, will many of the cars
now in use be put in this service, but
also conditions will greatly stimulate
automobile sales.
"The automobile has become, al
ready. a necessity in our American
life. War. it appears is to make it
even more so."
IX HONOR OF HOUSE GI'ESTS
Meclianlcsburg, Pa.. May 26.—in
compliment to her house guests, Mrs.
Frank Logan and Mrs. Earl, of Pas
saic, N, J., Miss Lulu Coover enter
tained at cards at her home In West
Simpson street, on Thursday evening.
Luncheon was served to: Mrs. Charles
Milleisen, Mrs. Arna Walker. Mrs.
Clara I. Logan, Mrs. George Coover.
Miss Clara Titzel, Miss Anna Longs
dorf. Miss Emma Rasehore, Miss An
nie Keefer, Mrs. Frank Logan, Mrs.
Earl, Mrs. Susan Coover and Miss-
Lulu Coover. I
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Judge Your Car
by What You Cannot See
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Big Four (p~)
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Light Fours • lalce a llst of requirements such These things, and the millions in
as beauty, comfort, convenience, economies effected by Willys-
IZ'JZ'. : : !' horsepower and the like. _ Overland's vast production, are
Country Club . . ITBS Overland has won the verdict of vital factors in your car although
over 400,000 owners after a not visible to the layman's eye.
Rig Fours comparison of such items. But they are visible to the lay-
If this is not enough to convince man's reason —they are seen in
Iws£ !! ! I S' OU then 3 U(^Se your Ovterland continued consistent perform
couf .... htjo by what you cannot see. ance —and they are*shown con
s<dan .... ti4s o You cannot see the accuracy, the vincingly in the price that gives
minute care, nor the patient you a better car for less money.
Light Sixes perfecting that are practiced The Big Four —the car that made
Tourint .. . , lo „ j n Willys-Overland manufactur- ' Overland—exemplifies this ex-
.. . ttoio ing methods. cess value. The experience ac
fijjj ®ut you may know that these cumulated in the building of
things are definite Willys-Over- over 300,000 similar four
land accomplishments—else it cylinder Overlands has contrib-
WiHys six would never have been possible uted directly to the develop-
Tourim . . .j, 4 , s for us to market those 400,000 ment and perfecting of this
cars. model.
Win •r • h OU can . not see the quality in the Test its superior mechanical ex
materials —the scientific reasons cellence and remarkable easy
Four Tourim . tutt for designs, nor the proven riding, qualities—come in and
F°ourSedanlis' superiority of every part and judge for yourself its incom-
Four Limousins tifjo principle. parable beauty of design.
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Manufacturers of Willys-Knight and Overland AutomohiJes
THE BATTLESHIP THAT WILL NEVER GO TO SEA
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SUII/D SJ-IIT* IN "RA T2J-C. . # ©//v/wv/tr/eV/*t.
New York City. To stimulate recruiting 1 a monster superdrcadnaught is being built here in Union Square in
the shadow of some of the city's loftiest buildings. The work of construction is drawing great noon-hour throngs
and many attracted by the construction work have applied to the naval recruiting station established in the park.
The photograph shows the monster vessel in its bed of grass in the park which Is the "breathing place of
millions."
War Conditions Makes
Tire Economy Essential
A threatened scarcity of tires dur
ing the present season, upon which
the war will have some bearing, will
at least have the effect of making
the motorist heed the advice of the
large tire manufacturers in the >
proper care of their tires.
"We have never advised, from a
selfish point of view, that motorists \
glvo their tires every care and atten- j
tion," said W. F. Mower, local man- j
ager of the B. F. Goodrich Rubber \
Company. "All of the vast amount ;
of literature which we have issued !
on this subject has been done with j
the Idea of educating automobile!
owners in the proper care of their |
tires so that they might get the very'
maximum of service from them. This
applies to all other tires as well as
Goodrich. The seriousness of *this|
advice will be brought home to j
thousands of motorists during the
present year, for tli<? approximate
waste of S3O per car owner during
the 1916 season has been conserva
tively estimated at $150,000,000 for
the entire country. And all of this
has been due to negligence of the
car owner. The tire manufacturers !
see hundreds of living examples of 1
this negligence every day. A remedy }
must soon be effected for this extra- j
vagant waste cannot continue, ft 1
has been almost impossible for the
tire manufacturers to keep pace
with the production of new cars and j
at the same time meet the demands;
of the cars already in use. An actual
shortage'in certain sizes exists at this
time. Due to the alertness of a great
many dealers it may be two to three !
months before the consumer feels i
HAHBISBURG TELEGRAPH
this shortage, but It must come, and
when it does, it is then that motor
car owners will be,more impressed
with the idea of giving their tires the
care they should have and thereby
add much to the service they will
give. The average manufacturer is
looking for all the business he can
get, but the problem of meeting the
present demands rather than antici
pating large increases is the one that
all rubber companies arc facing to
day."
Tech Students Will Place
Wreath Upon Soldier's
Monument Decoration Day
Following the custom established
last year, Tech students will march
to the Soldiers' Monument at Second
and State and place wreaths
j upon the monument in honor of the
| dead. Joseph Todd, of the graduat
| ing class, will be the presiding offl
i oer, while Sidney W. Kay will de
liver the panegyric and place the
wreaths. The students of the school
will sing America and The Star
i Spangled Banner, and the Rev. S.
J W. Herman will deliver the invoca
! tion. The services will take place
j at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Joseph Schmidt has won the posi
' tion of circulation manager of the
Tech Tatler for next year by selling
the greatest number of tickets f6r
| the commencement issue of the
i school paper.
Members of the faculty were en
tertained at a faculty meeting last
evening at the home of the principal.
Dr. C. B. Fager, to which he has re
i cently moved.
School Notes
TECH
A group of members of the Senior
class intent upon the subject of Civil
Government in a practical way, re
cently made an interesting trip to
Steelton where they visited the for
eign section df the town, and led by
Max Kolin, were much impressed
with the patriotism of "Little Hun
gary." They returned to the class
i room, much changed in opinion as
jto sanitary conditions, hospitality
I and living conditions.
Mr. Kolin first led the group to
the South Third street district where
the Slavs and Southern negroes are
quartered Then the Tech students
were ushered through "Little Hun
gary," where they met with .many of
the genuine Hungarians who ha\e
'come from the agricultural class of
that country. At the boardinghouse
of Frank Biro. 406 Mohn street re
freshments were served to the stu
j ilents. At this home and at 445 Mohn
j street, operated by John Benedict,
! every phase of Hungarian life was
1 peered into by the seekers after
j knowledge.
I Those in the party, included Prof.
Pierce Rettew, Prof. W. A. McCune,
Paul Bratten, Charles Johnson, Paul
Melclioir, Delmont Plank, William
Wagner, DeWitt Gable Louis Kray
bill, WilHttm Huber, Lester Wolf and
Gilbert Stewart.
Over 100 Tech students enjoyed a
Tech dance at Hanshaw's Hall last
evening. Students from the four
classes participated.
I The annual election for the offi
cers of the Camera club was post
poned until next week.
KAISER THINKS
U.S. CANT 1 FIGHT
Germans Believe Americans
Are Tango Lizards, Says
Ambassador Gerard
By Associated Press
Philadelphia, May 26. —"If Russia
stacks arms and German submarines
continue to litter the ocean with
corpses of the merchant marines
Uncle Sam will hfcve to bear the
brunt of the great battle practically
alone, declared James W. Gerard,
former ambassador to Germany, who
was the principal speaker here last
nlKht at a meeting under the aus
pices of the Southeastern Pennsyl
vania Chapter of the Red Cross. Mr.
Gerard said he-had witnessed nearly
all the atrocities which have been
charged against the Germans.
"While we need many things in
this war we need the Red Cross more
than anything else," he said. "The
spread of disease is terrible. France
is staggering under the joint blows
of tuberculosis and Germany.
"The Germans think that the Am
ericans are tango lizards and male
manicures. You're a lot of fat peo
ple who are all for money, German
officers told me before I left Ger
many. You might lend the allies a
lot of money but you couldn't do
anything else. You have no men.
Your people would not go to war.
You could not make them flght. This
is the impression throughout. Ger
many."
HENRY W, MII.LKK DIBS
Mechanicsburg, Pa.. May 26.—Henry
W. Miller died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. F. M. Wrightstone, in
Kollertown, about one-half mile south'
of this place, on Thursday, at the age
of 74 years, following an illness of
two years. He was a veteran of the
Civil War, serving as a member of
Company F, One Hundred and Thir
tieth Pennsylvania Veteran Volun
teers. He was a member of the Breth
ren in Christ Church, of Mechanics
burg. These children survive: Mrs.
Ira C. Gray, of Harrisburg; Oscar H.
Miller and Mrs. F. M. Wrlghtstone,
of Kollertown. Funeral s'orrices wilf
be held to-morrow afternoon at 1.30
o'clock, conducted by the Rev. Mr.
Culp. 1 V
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equip your car with Lee Tires. They give \\VW\^\u
real tire comfort and remarkable mileage •
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rubber attains the extreme measure of tough- \\\\\m
Especially will you appreciate the sturdy 'u\\\ mT
character of these tires when you subject MWuUU
them to rough usage on hard roads. There L'.
you will be convinced of their dependability.
They are made in plain and non-skid treads,
regular and puncture-proof construction. •
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431 MARKET STREET
MAY 26, 1917.
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Satisfied Owners Endorse
The Jeffery Six
Jeffery Six combines dependability, power and
comfort Consequently the nation's list of sat
isfied Jeffery owners is steadily growing.
The Jeffery Six Motor, 53 horsepower, insures
all the power and speed you can use. It accel
erates on high gear from two to sixty miles per
hour without effort.
The straight fines of the Hammock-slung body
have found wide favor. Both tonneau and
driving compartment are comfortably large,
accommodating seven passengers.
You'll find this car exceptionally strong value
**1465.
Bentz-Landis Auto Co.
1808 Logan Street
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