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SIGNAL CORPS
I NEEDS RECRUITS
•Still Chance to Join Reserves
With Men From Central
Pennsylvania
As the day for registration ap
proaches the thoughts of those sub
ject to the selective draft turn to the
different branches of the service—
artillery, cavalry, infantry, engineers
and signal corps. The thunder of
heavy guns will appeal to some; the
clatter of the mounted troops to oth
ers; the rattle of machineguns to
many, while the building of bridges
and the tickling of telegraph instru
ments and spluttering of wireless in
the issuing and receiving of orders
to various units of the army will in
terest those adapted for that work.
That every man should seek to
join the branch for which he is best
fitted is obvious, and it is with this
in mind that the attention of those
qualified for signal work is called.
The signal corps is comprised of
several departments, mainly: Radio,
field service and aviation.
A field service battalion. Signal
Corps Reserve, is being organized in
this section of Pennsylvania and it
is rapidly filling up. However, there
is still room for about fifty men. They
will be selected from those applying
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THURSDAY EVENING,
I from Lancaster, York, Harrisburg!
| and towns adjacent to those cities.
I The necessary qualifications in
clude a fair working knowledge of,
either of the following: Radio, tele
graph, telephone, line construction,
installation, switchboards and gas
engines (automobile, motorcvcle, i
trucks, etc.).
Those who possess any of the
above requisites should get into touch j
quickly with D. G. Casern, Lancas- |
ter News Journal, who will cheerfully |
supply any further information de-!
sired.
Applicants for this field service
battalion will be examined as to their
physical fitness by Lieutenant D. I
Macfarlan, M. R. C., in Lancaster, on '
Monday, June 4. If possible each j
man should bring some evidence of
actual employment, study or other
I preparation for the ensuring of an I
efficient and skilled unit.
Quick action is imperative so that
each candidate will be able to mark!
his registration card -Signal Corps}
Reserve," thereby avoiding delay in j
determining which branch of tho!
army enlisted men are best fitted.
V. S. AVIATOR KILLED
By Associated I'ress
Buffalo, N. Y., May 31. Fred W. |
Zimmer. an aviator instructor, was
fatally injured, and Seymour H.
Knox, Jr., a young Buffalo million
aire, who was making his first flight I
in a training course for government j
service, suffered internal injuries,
and head wounds yesterday when •
the hydro-airplane in which "the two
were riding crashed into a telegraph
pole. Zimmer caught under the en- i
gine of the aircraft, sustained a frac
tured skull and died in the hospital
a few hours after the accident.
HARRISBURG UNIT OF SIGNAL CORPS DRILLING
HARRISBURG UNIT
r. . T2L e llarr '; sl, urg "n't of the Bell Telephone Signal Reserve Corps Is here shown drilling In Reservoir
Park. The members are ready to answer the rail of the country.
, r, heading from left to right the members are: Fred F. Lutz, company supply sergeant, Harrisburg: J
M. Hamilton. Harrlsburg; George Erb. Harrlsburg; C. E. Althouse, Paradise; Paul R. Knight. Harrisburg-
John Miller. Harrisburg: W. C. Simmers. Greencastle; W. C. Underwood. Bent Mt„ Va.; W. B. Haislop
Thornsburg, Va.; IV. J. B. Danielß. Taniaqua; H. W. Taylor, Harrlsburg; C. B. Fullerton, Red Lion; C.
Johnson, \ork; M. K. Miller, Shippenaburg; G. A. Donhaugh, Harrlsburg; R. C. Tritle, York; H. Span
gler, Emmitsburg, Md.; S. J. Bingham. McKnightstown; J. C. A. Klehl, Lancaster; C. E. Miller, sergeant
Lancaster; V. L. C. Hasskarl, master signal electrician. Harrisburg.
MANY TREES SET
OUT BY STATE
Interesting Figures Furnished
by State Forestry Depart
ment Today
Of the 22,000,000 trees planted on
the State Foreists to January 1, 1917,
over 15,000,000, or about 72 per
cent., are now living, according to a
statement made to-day by the Com
missioner of Forestry. Over 11,000,-
000 of the 15,000,000 are white pine.
Figures are not available on
present status of the private planta
tions, but up to the end of
1916 about 3,000.000 seedlings
were planted by corporations
and individuals, and at least 2,000,-
000 should be in good condition now.
Foresters report great difficulty se
curing labor to complete this spring's
plantations, although the number of
trees to be planted is only a trifle
over half as large as last year. All
shipments have been made from the
nurseries, but several hundred thou
sand trees are still unplanted.
Total shipments of seedlings made
from the State Forest nurseries are
as follows:
Asaph, Tioga County....'. 618,000
Clearfield, Clearfield C 0... 1,929,700
Greenwood, Huntingdon Co 622,900
Mont Alto, Franklin C 0... 1,762,300
Several small nurseries... 717,500
Total 5,650,000
MUNITIONS STEAMER BURNS
By .issociatcd Press
Honoulu, May 31.—Two members
' of the crew were killed when the
| steamship Hama Kua, carrying ex-
I plosives, burned yesterday off the
I island of Maui of the Hawaiian
group, according to word received
I here to-day. The vessel was a total
loss. The boatswain is missing and
is believed to have perished.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LIBERTY'S CALL
HEARD AGAIN
President Wilson Declares
America's Response as
Prompt as Ever
Washington, May 31. America's
response to the call of liberty in the
struggle of the world will hold the
attention of all mankind. President
Wilson 'said yesterday in a Memorial
Day address at Arlington National
Cemetery. In observing the day, he
said, the natural touch of sorrow is
tinged with reassurance because,
knowing how the men of America
have responded to the call of liberty,
there is perfect assurance that the
new response "will come again in
equal measure, with equal majesty."
The President spoke in the natural
amphitheater in the cemetery at a
meeting arranged by the local Grand
Army of the Republic and attended by
a crowd of thousands. He said he did
not pity the men in whose honor the
ceremonies were held.
"I envy them rather," he went on,
'because their great work for liberty
is accomplished and we are in the
midst of a work unfinished, testing
our strength where their strength has
already been tested." The time for
action, he said, has come, "and in the
providence of God America will come
once more to have an opportunity to
show, the world that she was born
to serve mankind."
Died l>'or Union
"When you reflect upon it, these j
men who died to preserve the Union |
died to preserve the- instrument which <
we are now using to serve the world
—a free nation espousing the cause of ;
human liberty. In one sense the great |
struggle into which we have now en- i
tered is an American struggle, because
it is in the sense of American honor
and American rights, but it is some
thing even greater than that: it is a
world struggle. It is a struggle of
men who love liberty everywhere, and
in this cause America will show her
self greater-than ever because she
will rise to a greater thing.
"We have said in the beginning that
we planned this great Government
that men who wish freedom might
have a place of refuge and a place
where their hope could be realized,
and now, having established such R
Government, having preserved such
a Government, having vindicated the
power of such a Government, we are
saying to all mankind:
Not Srlflah With Onr Liberty
I " "We did not set this Government
lup In order that we might have a
[ selfish and separate liberty, for we are
j now ready to come to your assistance
and fight out upon the fields of the
world the cause of human liberty.'
"In this thing America attains her
full dignity and the full fruition of
her great purpose.
"No man can be glad that such
things have happened as we have wit
nessed in these last fateful years, but
perhaps it may be permitted to us to
be glad we have an opportunity to
show the principles that we profess
to be living, principles that live in our
hearts, and to have a chance by the
pouring out of our blood and treasure
to vindicate the things which we have
professed. For, my friends, the real
fruition of life is to do the things we
I have said we wished to do.
1 "There are times when words seem
I empty and only action seems great,
j Such a time has come and in the
I providence of God America will once
| more have an opportunity to show
i the world that she was born to serve
I mankind."
Germans Use Admiral
Fiske's Aerial Torpedo
By Associated Press
New York, May 31. Tdeas em
i bodied in Rear Admiral Bradley A.
| Fiske's invention of a torpedo
i launching seaplane have been "ap
propriated" by the Germans and
were used by them in torpedoing the
3,000-ton British steamship Gena off
Aldeburgh, May 1, according to a
statement given out here to-night by
the Aero Club of America.
The torpedoing of the Gena was
j reported by the British admiralty
! May 2. The seaplanes participated
lin the attack and one was brought
down by the British.
The charge of theft against the
Germans is based on evidence re
ceived by the Aero Club to-day, the
statement said. The evidence con
sists of a sketch of thfi captured Ger
man seaplane which shows that the
arrangement for holding the torpedo
is exactly like that in Admiral Fiske's
j Invention.
Natural History Society
Spends Pleasant Day
The Harrisburg Natural History
Society held a very pleasant all-day
field trip to Inglenook yesterday,
! where they made the cottage of Mr.
1 and Mrs. H. L. Anwyll their head
quarters. The mornins was spent In
inspecting Mr. Anwyll's orchard of
twenty-five hundred trees. Modern
processes in fruit growing were ex
plained and scientific methods of ob
taining best results with trees were
shown.
In the afternoon a tramp through
Peters mountains was made In search
of specimens. The showy orchis and
other Interesting plants were found.
Thirty species of birds were rec
ognized, the oriole and scarlet tan
ager being most conspicuous.
Those present on the trip were Mr.
and Mrs. H. L. Anwyll, Dr. George
Potts. Mrs. Georse C. Potts, Mary
[ Potts, E. Deacke, Mrs. W. D. Fuller,
Miriam Hershey, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
ReM. Helena Keet, A. K Rupp, J. C.
HillaTd, Blanche Hlllard, B. Wirt,
Fara Anwyll, Erma Coleman, Mrs.
A. F. Nelson, Alice Nelson, Baby
Nelson, Miss Stambaugh, Ross Swope,
Frances Grove. Mr. and Mrs. S. P.
Bby. Eleanor Eby and Mrs. Craig
head.
KI.KVS ON WAY HOME
By Associated Press
Stockholm, May 31. The Amer-
I ican minister to Sweden, Ira Nelson
j Morris, has been advised through the
I foreign office that Abram I. Elkus,
I the American ambassador, loft Con-
I etantlnople on Tuesday on his way to
| Berne, where he will arrive Friday.
Ural Cossacks Endorse
Provisional Government
By Associated Press
Petrograd, May 31.—The cossacks
in the Ural district held a conven
tion recently and passed a resolution
to give their unqualified support to
the temporary government. They
also issued an appeal to all citizens
of free Russia to follow their exam
ple. Among the declaration contain
ed in the appeal were the following:
"You must remember that the:
enemy is watching our interior disor
ganization. Away with fraterniza
tion and disorders.
"We have only one front—our own
and that of our allies. The army
must not remain quiet, but must help
the allies by advancing."
New Ctra Remover Causes
Big RID on Drug Stores
Since the virtues of Ice-Mint as a
corn remover became known in this
country druggists have been hav- |
ing an extraordinary demand for this
product and it is predicted that this t
summer women -will wear smaller j
and prettier shoes than ever.
The fact that this new discovery
which is made from a Japanese pro
duct' will actually remove corns— 1
roots and all and without the j
slightest pain or soreness, is of!
course mainly responsible for its
large and increasing sale.
You apply just a little on a ten
der aching corn and instantly the j
soreness is relieved, and soon the
corn is so shriveled that it may be
lifted out with the fingers—root and j
all. It is a clean, creamy, snow white,
nonpoisonous substance and will j
never inflame or irritate the most
tender skin. Cutting or paring corns
too often produces blood poisoning
and people are warned to stop it.
Just ask in any drug store for a lit
tle' ice-mint and you can quickly end
your corn misery and make your feet
feel cool and fine. There is nothing
better.—Advertisement.
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Seventy Bills Will Have to Be
Sent Back For Correc
tion Next Week
Over seventy House appropriation
bills which are now In the hands of
the Senate appropriations committee
will have to be sent to the lower
branch of the Legislature for con
currence in amendments due to er
rors, mostly typographical. The
blunders have been discovered in
checking up the bills with the
amounts of appropriations agreed
upon by the chairmen of the com
mittees.
The bills have been ordered print-
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Ed with the correct amounts and will
be reported out by the Senate next
week. They will then go to the
House for concurrence. One of the
errors grlves the Women's Hospital,
of Philadelphia SIOO,OOO more than
provided, the figure "1" having been
put before $58,000.
Chairmen Buckman and Wood
ward will spend a few days here go
ing over the appropriation bills so
that there will be no mistakes. The
Senate bills carrying appropriations
which passed the upper branch this
week, will be reported out In the
House next week according to pres
ent plans. A few inspections, includ
ing the Senate institution at Laurel
ton, are to be made and then atten
tion will be given to the general ap
propriation bill, the last to be passed.
( CHIIiD FAIJ/S
While watching the parade yester
day afternoon two-year-old Richard
Stan* fell from the steps of his home,
at 722 State street. He was taken to
the Harrisburg Hospital.
Russia May Take Over
Private Property to
Finance the Country
Petrograd, May 31. The provi
sional government is seriously consid
ering a widespread scheme of con
fiscation of private property. This
is the result of the relative failure
of the war loan, due to the hoarding
of currency.
The correspondent of the Associ
aed Press understands that the gov
ernment will issue a communication
reporting capitalists for not subscrib
ing to the loan and declaring that th
aim of the war loan is to prevent th *
flooding of the country with fresl'
paper currency not backed by go:
The government, the communication
will say. must, as things stand, is
sue more and more paper with it:
result that a further depreciation in
the paper already issued will occur