Americas Young Men Enroll By Millions For Service With Its Armies HARRISBURG ? J§l§l|i TELEGRAPH ffhe Stor- ffnticpcnftent. LXXXVI— No. 134 14 PAGES NATION PUTS ITS MANHOOD BEHIND FLAG Men of Military Age in Every State in the Union Enroll For the Selective Army That Will Defend Honor of the United States; Returns Late Tonight Expected to Show More Than 10,000,000 Men on Rolls O'er field and city a deathless ditty is echoing down the wind, And far and near all they who hear shall leave their tasks behind, And shall rise to the swelling chorus that shaken the cloud hung sky, And hand and hand as brothers stand, with foreheads lifted high. That the new world flings at the old world kings whose hands are red with wrong: For this is the deathless ditty, this is the battle song "For God, for Truth, come these my youth, to pledge their lives therefor, And Goth and Hun, ere this day's done, shall know we're one in war." On street and meadow the world-wide shadow lies ominous and dun, So songs must cease that deal with peace until that peace is won, And there shall be one song for all. and one voice unafraid, For they who sing must love the thing whereof the song is made. For this is the deathless ditty, this is the battle song That the new world flings at the old world kings whose hands are red with wrong: "For God, for Truth, come these my youth, to pledge their lives therefor, And Goth and Hun, ere this day's done, shall know we're one in war." T. A. DALY 10,000,000 MEN , ENROLL FOR NEW SELECTIVE ARMY % America Steps Forward to Do Her Part For World Democracy America is stepping forward to day to do her part in making the world safe for democracy. In every city and town, in the most remote valley, hamlet and at the wildest mountain crossroads ten mil lion sons of liberty are inscribing their names on the honor roll of the ages, that the free governments for which their fathers died may not per. lsh from the earth. White or black, married or single, sick or well, alien or native-born— even enemy subjects of the Kaiser— all men between the ages of 21 and 31 are expected to present them selves to-day between 7 a. m. and 9p. m., for registration. It does not matter that a nrtin for any reason is unlit for army duty; that will be es tablished later. It does not matter that he may claim and be entitled to exemption from army service—that will be attended to In another way. It does not matter that Me is not a citizen of the United States. Every man between those ages is required to register to-day unless he already is In the military service in some branch or other. All Must Register The War Department's reglstra (Continued on Page 11) THE WEATHER For Hnra-lshurg find vlclnltyi Gen erally cloudy, probably showers to-night and Wednesday! not much ebonite In temperature) moderate Mouth winds. For Muatern Penniiylvanlai Over rant weather with proliubly showers to-nlaht and Wedncs dayi not much chantce In teni peraturei moderate aouth winds. Hirer The Susquehanna river and prob ably all Ita tributaries will full slowly. A singe of nhout 8.3 feet la Indicated for Harrlsburg Wednesday morning. General Conditions Pressure continues relatively blah over the Atlantic States and west of the Koeky Mountains. The urtaler part of the re • malnder of the country Is domi nated by an Mtonslve area of low barometer. This disturb ance baa cauaed rain In the last twenty-faur hours generally In north and central dlatrlcts from the Rocky Mountalna east ward to the eastern shores of Lakea Krle and Ontario and In to the I.ower Ohio Vnlley, There has been a general rlae of 3 to 10 degrees In temperature over the eaatern half of the countrx and In the Northwest. Temperature i S a. m., 03 degrees. Sum Illaes. 4i2tt a. m. Moon i Full moon, June 5. River Stage i S.O feet. Yeaterday's Weather Highest teanperature, TS. •lowest temperature, 56. Mean temperature, 00. Normal temperature, OS. ENROLLMENT DAY BRINGS FORTH LITTLE DISORDER Extent of Evasion Through out Country Believed to Be Negligible By Associated Press Washington, June 6.—Registration proceeded geenrally without disturb ance throughout the country and the few arrests reported were construed by officials not as evidence of any effective organized resistance but rather Hi sporadic affairs to be ex pected In an undertaking of such magnitude nnd Importance. Weather geenrally was fair and Incoming re ports Indicated a healthy registration during the early hours and continu ing as the day passed on. 'rhe extent of evasion will not be known until complete returns are as sembled, but officials, are confident It will be negligible. Army of 100,000 Aids in Enforcing Registration Law Throughout Nation By Associated Press \ Washington, D. C., June s.—De partment of Justice officials said to \ day that, at a low estimate, an army of 100,000 federal, state and local ' employes are enforcing the registra tion law throughout the country, j The entire corps of special agents 1 of the department are concentrating j their energies on the work and have j special Instructions to Immediately arrest anyone attempting to Interfere with registration or seeking to per suade others to evade registration. The government has Instructed these agents to call in the assistance. If necessary, of any federal, state or local authorities, wherever trouble may develop, and the entire govern | ment machinery Is at their disposal I for enfor"ement of the law. I Besides the special agents, police departments of all the cities, the | American Protective League with organizations In 300 cities, postmas ters and a host of other government employes watched the situation closely. In some States, National Guardsmen were in readiness for calling out In event of trouble. Many on Guard Against Possible Disorders in N. Y. By Associated Press New York, June 5. —' Called to their duty by whistles on factories and the shipping In the harbor. New York's young men thronged to the registration places early, standing in lines outside the booths when work began at 7 o'clock. The booths were guarded by policemen and members of the home defense league, In dis tricts peopled by foreign born classes federal agents and city detectives patrolled the streets and In the ar mories 10,000 national guardsmen were kept on duty while the regulars were held In readiness In the army posts abput New York, but the first two hours of registration passed with no reports of disorderly conduct reaching police headquarters. SOVTII IK EAGER Jacksonville. Fla., June s.—Scores !of young men stood In front of the j larger polls of the city this morning | long before the registration booths I opened, eager to be the first to enroll J • their names among the ellglbles fori war service. LONG LINE WAITS TO I ) HHk- V £ ■ mmwm ImM jPj| MfiSSHHSLfI When the Hope Flrehouse was thrown open for registration a long line of men were waiting to enroll under the conscription act. Beside the line is a Civil War veteran who volunteered to "set out the vote" and he and his granddaughter spent all day working at the polls. Registration over the city and county, exceeded even the expectations of he registrars In the earlier part of the day. CONVICTS FIRE STATE PRISON BEFORE REVOLT Militia Called to Quell Riot ing in Illinois Peniten tiary By Associated Press Joliet, Ills., June 5. Serious riot ing among convicts at the State pri son here broke out this morning. Five buildings were set on . fire. Companies E and F of the First Il linois infantry, now in federal ser vice and encamped near here, were called to assist the guards in quell ing the disturbances. The penitentiary is on the outskirts of the city. Three fire companies which responded to the aiarm, met opposition, the convicts using bricks and tools. There were some knives among them also. The buildings fired were the rattan and chair factories which are of con siderable size, the chapel, oil house and lumber shop, which are smaller structures in the big enclosure. There are about 1,200 convicts and the situation soon got beyond the control of the fifty guards. A. L. Bowen, temporary warden, tele graphed to Goverhor Lowden for military assistance. Discipline l.ax For some time there have been reports of lax discipline at the pri son and conditions were the subject of a recent investigation by a legis lative committee. Warden Zimmer resigned sofe time ago voluntarily to accept another position in Chi cago. Mr. Bowen has been acting temporarily. 'eYsterday he instruct ed that hereafter no visitors except relatives would be admitted to the grounds. Anger at the order made itself ap parent at breakfast to-day. Dishes were hurled at the guards, tables overturned, and the convicts surged into the grounds, shouting and mak ing threats. They grabbed all the missiles and weapons they could and obtained more from the implement house. They feet fire to the rattan shop twice, the first blaze having proved abortive. Other fires follow ed. Firemen from this city respond ed to an alarm but were opposed by the convicts who threw volleys of bricks at them. Chief Royce was knocked down, but was rescued by his men. The bottle was proceeding briskly when ttie spldlers arrived. They were ordered to hold their fire, and although outnumbered nine to one they began an orderly attack with bayonets and clubbed rifies. In the course of the fighting Peter Wat ers, a guard, was injured and three convicts were wounded by bayonet thrusts. Under Control The soldiers gradually forced the scattered groups of convicts to a corner of the yard. The work was hampered by darkness caused by the smoke of the burning buildings. Act ing on the order of their command ors the soldiers fired several volleys, aiming high so as not to kill. The shots had an Immediate effect on the spirits of the convicts. At noon it was declared that the fires in three of the five buildings were under control.. Captain Rldge way ordered his men to keep the convicts In a corner of the yard re mote from the fires. Greatest Prosperity in History Before Nation New Vork, June S.—Ten billion dol lars to be spent during the coming year by the United States and the al lied governments for the produ'cts of American farms, mines and factories, Secretary McAdoo declared here, will bring to the country the greatest prosperity In Its history. "Some people express apprehension about the future in business," said Mr. McAdoo. "Why. gentlemen, pros perity in the next twelve months will be greater than It ever has been iq our history. You cannot prevent It,, If you try. The only thing that could stop prosperity would be the refusal of th people to support the reasona ble measures of taxation that are needed, and to buy the bonds of the Government." HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 5, 1917. AMERICAN NAVY RELIEVES ALLIES IN ATLANTIC Brazil Votes Message of Con-i gratulation to the United States By Associated Press Rio Janeiro, June 4.—(Monday) The Chamber of Deputies voted to day on the motion of Deputy Mau ricio Lacerda, to authorize the ca bling of a message of congratula tions to the Congress of the United States on the arrival of an American squad ron. Deputy Henrique Coelho Netto de livered an address of welcome to the American squadron. He proposed that as an unusual mark of honor to the free American people in their struggle in the defense of the right there be appointed a commission of twenty-one deputies to visit the squadron, and that the commission include distinguished representatives of the military. Deputy Souza Silva objected to this proposal, suggesting that repre sentation of the chamber be limited to Its marine and war committees. It was decided to send the message of congratulations, leaving aside the nomination of a special commission. Washington. June s.—The forego ing dispatch from Rio is the first published information of steps taken in the plan of relieving British and French cruisers in the waters of the western hemisphere with American warships. For the present the Navy Department withholds further Infor mation or comment upon it. Austria Claims Italy Has Lost 180,000 Men in Spring Offensive By Associated Press Vienna, June 5. The lessons of the Italians in their attack on the Isonzo front are placed at 180,000 in to-day's official announcement. In creasing activity near Jamiano.on the front above Trieste, Is reported. The statement says: "It is evident from a careful esti mate that the Italian losses in the tenth Isonzo battle surpass all the previous sacrifices of the enemy. In the course of the nineteen days of the battle at. least 35 Italian divisions were engaged in the first line, so that along a front of 40 kilometers half of the Italian army attacked. More over we took 18,000 prisoners, •mak ing the total Italian losses 180,000 men. For 'his part, the enftmy oc cupied Mount Kuk and the destroyed village of Jamiano, which gains hardly justify the cry of victory on the second anniversary of the war with Italy. Indisputable success re mained ours." This Is the Day M . . It is the Law that "All Male Persons" aged 21 years and not past 31 must register To-day between the hours of 7 A. M. and 9 P. M. Registrars will be located mostly at polling places to sign-up all who come under this designation. If YOU are within the prescribed age DON'T FAIL to call at YOUR place of Registration. - NEGLECTING TO REGISTER IS PUNISH ABLE BY A HEAVY PENALTY NAVAL BATTLE ! FOLLOWS ATTACK ON ENEMY BASE I One Gorman Destroyer Sunk 1 and Another Damaged by British Ships ! - I London. June 5.—A Gorman de stroyer lias been sunk and another j damaged in a running light between ! six German destroyers and Commo dore Tyrwtlitt's squadron, the ad miralty announces. The text of the admiralty an nouncement reds: "The vicc-adttilral at Dover reports that the cncin.v naval base and work shops at Ostend were heavily iKim- I hauled in the early hours this moni : ing. A large number ol' rounds were lirod with good result. The enemy shore batteries returned our Are, hut 1 our bombing forces suffered no damage. "Commodore Tyrwhitt also reports ; that early this morning a force of light cruisers and destroyers under his command sighted six German destroyers and engaged them at long j range in a running light. One of the enemy destroyers, the S-20, was sunk by our gunfire and another severely damaged. Seven survivors from the S-20 have been picked up and made prisoner. There were no casualties on our side." Window and Porch Boxes Are Being Placed in Many Parts of City Already the window a'nd porch box showing for this year is most admirable. The boxes on the Bell Telephone building at Walnut and Court streets are exceedingly attract ive and have caused much favorable comment. All over the city these boxes are ! being placed in position and the | blooming (lowers and plants have beer, the subject of favorable com ment by the hundreds of visitors who have been in the city during the last week or two. Lutheran Ministerium Opens 170 th Session I Allentown. June s.—With President I H. A. We'ller of Philadelphia presid ing, the one hundred seventieth an nual convention of the Lutheran Min isterium of Pennsylvania and adjacen* states opened its business sessions this morning in St. John's Lutheran Church. President Weller called attention to the alarming condition which has de veloped during the past yeai In the depletion of the rangs of students in our colleges and other institutions of learning and from which the church must recruit Its ministers. THOUSANDS IN COUNTY ENROLL FOR NEW ARMY . TO ENTER WAR Registration For Conscrip tion Exceeds Even Ex pectations of Registrars; Stand in Lines to Be the First to Sign NO TROUBLE IS REPORTED HEREj Governor Visits Many Reg-| istering Places; Dauphin Is Loyally Coming For ward in Response to President's Plea 1 Safety Committee Makes Plea for Aid The Dauphin County Public Safety Committee this afternoon sent out an urgent plea for as sistanee in compiling registration returns. Men ami women are i wanted for clerical work Thurs day, Friday and Saturday, i ' "If we do not get help, a member of t\ie committee said this afternoon, "Dauphin county ! returns will be late and we do not care for tiife dishonor. There surely should be hundreds of pa ! triots who will volunteer for this . | service." j v j At noon to-day it was estimated | that mora than 3,000 men in the citj I between the ages of 21 and 30j years Inclusive, had registered for the se lective draft. Harrlsburg. accorflins to census figures from Washington, has ",314 men who must register. The heavy enrollment this morning indi cated the spirit of patriotism and co operation of the residents of the city. In the county the enrollment was practically as heavy. All morning registrars in townships and boroughs , were kept busy with the exception of those in small districts. In the i county census figures give the quota |of men who must register as 7,872. _ Governor Visits "Polls" Governor Brumbaugh with Wil ' liani Jennings, chairman of the Dau phin County Public Safety Commit tee, with members of the city boards toured sections of the city visiting many of the precincts during the morning. . , , , No trouble was reported in any or r the city or county districts. Members of the subboards went in automobiles to the registering places in each ward ' to give additional instructions about - the tabulation to-night after the en ' rollment is taken and for the return 1 of the district registration to-rrto,rrow. ' 1 All licensed hotels closed at 7 o'clock this morning and will not, re open the bars until 9 o'clock to-night, and many of the private clubs of good standing also stopped the sale of alco holic liquor during the hqurs of regis tration. Few Claim Kxemptlon At many of the city precincts the registration places were crowded shortly after 7 o'clock and the regis trars were kept busy all morning. In the Third precinct. Eighth ward, at least twenty-tive men were kept l in line waiting all morning. Of the j first twenty-tive registered only one, 1 a colored man, claimed exemption. At the Second precinct, Seventh i ward, another large crowd turned I out early in the morning. The rush ito sign up was much larger than ( was anticipated and with few ex ceptions it is not believed that the registrars will be swamped to-night, • owing to the steady stream during the day. In the First precinct of the Eighth ward only a few more residents re main as many of the buildings there are in the Capitol Park extension zone and have been torn down. Crowds Arc Quiet At the office of City Clerk R. Ross Seaman preparations were started for receiving the cards and tabula | tions to-night. The office will be open \intll midnight. A number of nonresidents who neglected to reg ister several days ago and sent their cars to their home districts, called and were told to hurry home and register. Many of them did so at once, while others claimed Harris burg as their home. Others who have recently changed their place of residence in the city and vicinity thinking they could not register did not do so until It was explained to them that, polling laws had nothing to do with the registra tion. Everywhere the seriousness of the draft roll fdr the government was evidenced by the crowds who were unusually orderly. Fire liells Sound Warning Interpreters were kept busy In some of the foreign districts of the city and county, anf in -some ln-% stances registrars in doubt as to what to do when an unusual case turned up. immediately communicat ed with the draft board officials for Instructions. . During the day in the city the bells on the fire engine houses were tolled hourly to call attention ,to the draft roil. Employers in many of the plants and stores gave their em ployes time off to register. Rush to Be the First At many of the registration places there was a rush to be the first to be enrolled in the district, and in some of the precincts where the registrars opened up early, men on their way to work took the honors. (Continued on Page 11) | Single Copy, 2 Cents BRITITH GET READY FOR A NEW ASSAULT Thunder of Artillery in Making Ready a Path For the Infantry Grows Steadily in Volume; Brilliant Field Leader Takes Command of Russian Armies All the familiar signs which herald a great offensive are re poitcd from the British front in I"ranee and everything points to the ncai approach of a resumption of fighting on a great scale in the western front. Ihe thunder of the British guns increases day by day in volume while trench raids and other feintings for posi tion multiqly in number. I lie most interesting feature in the meager official reports is the repeated announcement of a tremendous artillery duel in pro gress around the little Belgian village of Wytschuctc, about five miles south of \ pres. Prom this point as far south as the famous \ lmy ridge, thirty miles away, the guns are roaring day and night, apparently indicating that General Haig has chosen this wide sector for his next big blow. In this connection it is recalled that General Maurice, director general of military operations, pre dicted some weeks ago that the next British offensive would be i on a vaster scale than any which preceded it. Commands Position i Wytschuete marks the head of a] short salient held by the Germans! south of Ypres. This salient is roughly three miies deep and aver ages about the same extent in width. I Its great importance lies in the fact I that it is the only high land be tween the British and Lille. Once in the possession of the British their guns would command the broad plain between the plateau and Lille, a distance of about ten miles. The relative lull in the war the aters has had no counterpart in the field of politics, where events are moving rapidly. The opening of the Austrian parliament has caused something akin to consternation in the German press and the pan-Ger man organs especially are filled with gloomy predictions over the politi cal sltuatioh in the dual monarchy. Their uneasiness is largely based on the fact that the German party Is in a very marked minority In the GOVERNOR WIRES FOR GUARD J ' 1 ft wired orders for the sending of 25 militiamen to Negau- S i arc said to have threatened the enrollment .for the $e- fl ' I kcti-.v .ji \ 9 TRIED TO WRECK QEN. WOOD'S TRAIN T : Birmingham) Ala., June 5. —An attempt was made jk i I h brought Major General I.eon T , 2rd Wood from Chat ningham I J MONGOLIA AGAIN ATTACKED T I London, June 5. The American steamship Mon- a golia iP J- which discharged a torpedo at the Imer. Neither the I J Mongolia, nor the submarine was damaged. $ y AIR RAID NEAR LONDON Z London, June 5. 7.45 p. m. Official announce- S i' i , \ over the Thame* estuary M < WELCOMES VETERANS A j | une 5. President Wilson to-day • | | greeted the Confederate veterans f * 1 they sought, to destroy on the day millions of young I < F i ' , HOME GUARD TO DRILL ' - Harrisburg. The committer in charge of draft- I I ing a plan of organisation of the new association for 1 j I home defense to-day arranged to submit the plan to the general meeting to be held at the courthouse on '] Saturday night, Th • ■ j, that i *' . FORMER WAR SECRETARY CALLED . | % Washington. June 5. Former Secretary of War, 1 ** ' Harry L. Stimaon, now a major in the judge advocate's ] ! department oI the office* o' reserve corpt., ha* been order* < • 'rfu.ir till Jr.Myr. rinry to fht- , i.ini of ' MARRIAGE LICENSES <L, Herman Kappe, UeUabur, and CJri.ce E. Wjaver, Carllalei' I ll.eortce Wnxhinuton llrunn and Nnni Jane Johnn, l.iineaateri Kalnh L.nnrrni'f Miller and Mary Pauline VOUIIK, Harrlabumi Hay Claude I'onell, l.ancamer, and Minnie Sophln llehler, Reading! John David Adumit <Uanihaui[h. llnrrUhurii. anil Clara Annette Ulaek, Nenporti . l ?.' r . br ~..V l,rv t r,o J\ I"' 1 Hu,h Matilda Hoffman, llarrl.burst Rodnerl < 'Blair Millar, Bethlehem, and Ella Therma llelbo, Harrl.hurai John •JKrederle Trimmer, Mverpfool, aad Haael Marie Shumalter. Riverside, ft. II Itti < i ll— ar - " HOME EDITION Austrian Chamber of Deputies, while the fall of Count Tisza in Hungary has given renewed confi dence to the Czech and other anti- German elements. BrussilofT in Command In Russia the situation remains confused and obscured by all man ner of conflicting and sensational re ports. Two events, however, have given fresh heart to well wishers of [Continued on Page 4.] MAJOR FRANK ROSS M'COY IS ORDERKI) TO FRANCE Major Frank Ross McCoy, U. S. A., who accompanied Ambassador Hen ry Fletcher to Mexico as military attache, has been relieved from that post, and word was received to-day by his uncle, George F. Ross, from Laredo, Texas, that the Major was en route to Washington and that he [would proceed to France, probably 'with Pershing's division.
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