4 PRAISED IN CAMP "Extraordinary Fine Group of Men" Said to Be at Fort Niagara Fort Niagara, N. Y., June 7. High tribute has been paid to tho physique ind mentality of the Pennsylvanlans In training here for commissions In the officers reserve corps by Lieuten ant Colonel John W. Heavy, In charge f the instruction of the men. Colo nel Heavy said he did not think that more than fifty men now In camp would be dismissed for physical and mental incapacity. This, in view of announcements from other training ramps that from 500 to 1,000 are to be let out. shows the tnen from Penn sylvania to be of excellent physique and also that they have been chosen with rare care as to their mental fit ness. "They are an extraordinarily fine group of men," the officer said, "and I am proud to be connected with their Instruction. Their quick grasping of the fundamentals of military training, their willingness in drilling and their SSOUTTER'S 25c DEPT. 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Hj Steelton Harrisburg Middletown THURSDAY EVENING, (Arnest efforts at study have been a Kreat oource of pleasure to the offloers of the army connected with this camp. I have no doiA>t but that a lame ma jority will acquit themselves with sig nal honor when called upon to faoe the common foe." It was also stated that there Is every reason to believe that more than forty-five men from each company will qualify at the examinations, which are to be held at the conclusion of the three months' training. Work was started yesterday on the operating building, which is to be part of the hospital equipment. This building will be equipped with the most modern Instruments and surgi cal uppliancej, Including a complete X-ray outfit. This outlit has already been shipped, and should arrive lu a few days. A mess hall for the hos pital corps is also under construction. The hospital is separate and distinct from the other departments, and the buildings are all situated on a little hill, remote from the other buildings, and overlooking Ontario. The basketball and volleyball tour naments which have been organized will be started Saturday. These,' with baseball, the pentathalon and other games, will give the athletes in camp about all the activities they want. That the commissary department is a busy one and the problem of feeding 2.500 hungry soldiers is no sinecure may be shown from the following stores which must be served daily: Potatoes. 3.000 pounds; sugar, 600 pounds; coffee, 300 pounds; tea, 300 pounds; bread, 1,600 pounds; con densed milk, 192 cans. This is only a small portion of the daily stores sup plied camp. It does not take into con sideration meat, of which upward of a ton is used daily, nor does it Include the fruit for breakfast, the "second vegetable" or the dessert. Great German Fortress Capitulates Before the Government's Authority By Associated Prist Petrograd, June 7. The Kronstadt Incident Is closed. The local commit tee of soldiers' and workmen's dele gates has recognised the authority of the provisional government. The local committee of the work men's and soldiers' delegates at Kron stadt decided on June 1 to assume con trol of the great fortress and to re fuse recognition of the provisional government. The government officials were removed. The secessionists put forward a program of splitting Russia up into a great number of self-gov erning communities and sent mission aries out to try, to persuade neigh boring towns to Join them. The So cialist ministers in the provisional cabinet. Mm. Tseretelll and Skobeleff, went to Kronstadt from Tetrograd and endeavored to persuade the seceder* to abandon their plan. The present surrender, is apparently a result of their arguments. t GRADE PIKIXCIPAIi ELECTED Mount Union, Pa., June 7.—lvan Houck, of Orbisonia, for the past three years principal of the school at Mill Creek, has been elected principal of the grade schools of Mount Union. Mr. Houck will have chat-go of tho Market street schoolbuilding. Includ ing ten teachers and the first flvo grades. HARRISBURG QjrfefcjTg TELEGRAPH ACTIVE CHURCH WORKER DIES Frederick W. Liesmann, Pub lisher of Pennsylvania Staats-Zeitung r After an ill- About four weeks F. W. LIESMANN ago he became confined to his bed and since that time has gradually grown weaker. He was born in Cologne, Germany, October 28, 1845, the seventh son of Christolph and Margaretha Lies mann. In accordance with an old German custom the seventh son was named after the king then reigning, King Fredorick Wilhelm. Active Cliurch Worker Mr. Liesman came to this country during July, 1864. After landing in New York he came to Harrisburg to the home of his brother, the Rev. Herman Liesmann, who was then pastor at St. Michael's German Lu theran Church. May 24. 1868, he married Anna Mary, eldest daughter of J. George Ripper, founder of the Pennsylvania Staats-Zeitung. After the death of his father-in-law he purchased the paper which he edited and published until last November. An active worker in all church affairs, he was superintendent of St. Michael's Sunday school for thirty eight years. He taught a Bible class of seventy-five members for eighteen years. He was connected with sev eral building associations in this city and a director of the Emaus Orphan Home at Middletown. He is survived by a wife, five daughters, Mrs. John Brown, of this city; Mrs. Edward Shisler, Camp Hill; Jennie, Marie and Clara, at ! home, two sons, George W. and Wil | liam and five grandchildren. Airplane Fleet Bombards New York With Liberty Loan Bond Applications Bv Associated Press New York, June 7. An aerial bombardment of bombs of literature designed to rouse those who have not subscribed to the Liberty Loan, was the feature of the subscription cam | paigns here to-day. Twenty aircraft, I under command of Captain Walter (i. j Kilmer, IT. S. A., each carrying fifty ! pounds of bomb circulars, were as j signed to take part in the flight. The circulars hear the inscription: "This was <3roped by a United States aviator; it might have been a German bomb. To avoid bombs buy bonds." Liberty Loan $lO participation cer tificates issued by the Federal Re serve Hank, now on sale by many banks and stores throughout the New York district, are reported to be sup plying a steadily growing demand. The 000,000 schoolchildren in New York were informed in the classroom to-day of the necessity for the loan and the importance for every Ameri can man, woman and child to fix his name to the roll of honor, if the plan to establish the Liberty Loan Club of the public schools of Greater New York is carried out. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe ! Railroad has subscribed $5,000,000, ex i elusive of purchases by employes un ! der a gradual iJayment plan. | Italians Support Plan to Establish Jewish State Washington, June 7. Cordial ap proval of the idea of an independent Jewish state in Palestine is expressed by diplomats representing the entente powres here. This assurance has been i obtained from the statesmen of the | allied nations by the leaders of the Zionist movement. The latest country to respond to the inquiries of the Zionists is Italy. Members of the Italian mission asserted yesterday that Italy approved of the project. The allied Governments do not con test the right of the Jews, it was de clared by an entente diplomat yester day, to establish themselves wherevef they desire. If many or few Jews ! should return to Palestine to assist in the establishment of their national in dependence and formation of a gov ! ernment they would receive the recog j nition and encouragement of the ai | lied nations, it was said. I The view is held by the entente Governments that the Jewsish T'*s tlon is limited to Russia and Ilum.'V a, land in Russia the Jews have been granted equal rights by the Provision! Government. It is considered improb able that Russia will return to | pogroms and the persecution of the | Jews. i r Rotarians as They Used to Be —o — Youthful pictures of Harrisburg Rotary Club members shown by Photographer Roshon at a re cent meeting. V / This Is John T. Olmsted, well known lawyer and an enthusiastic member of the Rotary Club of Har risburg. Mr. Olmsted has been prominently Identified with civic and welfare work in recent years. He has long since outgrown the youthful appearance of this picture; just how long since he has not confided. The photograph Is one of his most valued nossessions. TRY TO OBVIATE HOMESICKNESS Raising Fund to Equip Club house For Soldiers Back of French Front Have you ever been homesick? Have you ever been In a foreign land and seized with utter loneliness when you couldn't speak the language used about you and where everyone from your native town seemed a near relative, and where anyone from your own State was immediate ly a close friend? To obviate such homesickness among Pennsylvania. soldiers in France the Emergency Aid of Penn sylvania has made an appeal to the residents of Philadelphia and the State of Pennsylvania to contribute SIO,OOO for the purpose of equipping a clubhouse for Pennsylvania sol diers "somewhere In France" where t'