Italian War Mission to United States Will Visit Harrisburg on June 20 \ £ * ' • r HARRISBURG l£3ffS& TELEGRAPH - ffht Stor- flnfaprnftent. LXXXVI— No. 140 14 PAGES' WEST SHORE MAY SEEK ADMITTANCE INTO HARRISBURG Firemen's Union Wants Lc moyne, Wormleysburg and Camp Hill Annexed WOULD REQUIRE ACT Special Legislation Necessary but Committee Relieves It Possible The West Shore, through the West Shore Firemen's Union, is seeking ad mittance to the City of Harrisburg. The union, in session at Enola last night, named J. Fred Hummel, presi dent of the union, and the Rev. A. G. Wolf, secretary, on a committee to ascertain the sentiment of the city commissioners of Harrisburg regard ing the annexation, and If the opin ions are favorable, call a public meet ing of the residents of the entire West Shore in the Wormleysburg town hall. The committee was authorized to ask the opinions of the commissioners about taking in the entire territory, including Enola, West Falrvlew, Worrnleysburg, Lomoyne, Camp Hill and New Cumberland, but it is likely that the outcome will be the annex ation of Lemoyne, Worrnleysburg and Camp Hill. Annexation of Whole Territory A plan for the merger of Lemoyne, Wormlevsburg and Camp was first presented by the executive rom mittee. This plan was abandoned when Burgess Hummel of Worrnleys burg said that he had made applica tion to the city commissioners to admit that borough to the city and was given assurance of consideration. One of the union members suggested that the union should assist Worrn leysburg in accomplishing its object, but this was voted down when it was brought out that residents of the West Shore, other than those of Worrnleysburg, would not be inter ested in the move. A motion was then presented for the annexation of the entire territory. There would be little trouble in an nexing Worrnleysburg, Lemoyne and Camp Hill to the city, union rnembers believe, as the borough lines run to gether at all boundaries. An improvement of this kind would mean much to the West Shore. Sew ers would be Installed as one of the first improvements, which are badly needed in every West Shore town. Aside from this, the trio of towns are in good shape, having good streets, lights and many modern improve ments. Would Require Special I.aw If the proposition Is given favor able consideration, it will require an act of the Assembly to annex this ter ritory, which is located in another county. This could be accomplished before the present session ad.iourns f the matter would be rushed through, It is pointed out Work on the fire alarm telephone system for the West Shore was put into the Hands of a committee. R. D. Brown of Worrnleysburg, a represent ative of the Bell Telephone, last eve ning spoke before the union on a plan of the company officials. Mr. Brown suggested that one telephone, central ly located, would be selected for the union's use. A list of several firemen in each town would be close at hand and when a call is sent in, the duty of the person where the telephone is lo cated would be to notify the firemen in other towns of the need of appa ratus. J. Fred Hummel of Worrnleysburg volunteered to take the centrally lo cated phone. A committee was ap pointed to work out other details. On this committee are J. S. Cummings, Lemoyne, chairman: J. G. Shaeffer, Worrnleysburg; Ira Shaull, West Fair view; C. H. Germyer, Camp Hill; J. H. Hummel, New Cumberland; J. H. Al bright, Midway, and H. H. Way, Enola. A complaint against the Riverton Consolidated Water Company regard ing high rates, impure water, poor water pressure and meter payment will be signed by President Hummel this week and filed with the Public Service Commission. THE WEATHER For Harrlsburg and vicinity i Probably fair to-nlsht and Mrdntadari moderate tempera ture. For Eastern Pennsylvnnlni Prob ably fair and moderately nnrm weather to-night and Wednes. daji Kentle, variable wind*. River The upper portion of the main river will rise nomeivhat to night and the loner portion Wednesday. All tributaries will fall except the North Branch, which will line, the upper por tion beginning to fall late to night or on Wednesday. A stage of about 7.3 feet I* Indicated for Harrlaburg Wednesday morn ing. General Conditions Pressure has Increased over the eastern half of the country. The strong, high pressure area that was moving In from the Xorth Pacific, Monday morning, him advanced rapidly eastward. Its front now reaching Into the Upper Mississippi Valleyi It has divided the low pressure area In the West, the northern portion being central over Manitoba and the southern portion over Southwestern Kansas. Showers continued Monday In the Atlantic States from Xorth Carolina to Maine and In the St. Lawrence Valley. Temperature! a. m., 86 degrees. Suai Rlaes, 4i27 a. ni. Moon ■ >"ew moon, June 18. River Stage i 7.2 feet. Vesterday'a Weather Highest temperature, 73. l.owest temperature, <l3. Mean temperature, 60. , Normal temperature. 08. BOY SCOUTS ARE CANVASSING CITY FOR BOND SALE "Every Scout to Save a Sol dier" New Slogan; Dis tribute Circulars TOWNS OVERSLRSCRIRE Nearby Communities Are All Exceeding Quota; Far Over $4,000,000 "WE HAVE APPLIED FOR A LIBERTY BOND, HAVE YOU ? "IF XOT, CALL A BOY SCOUT." That motto will become as popular in. the windows of the city as the national flag. Boy Scouts of the city have already started the distribution of large circulars appealing for Lib erty Loan subscriptions. The upper half of the circular is intended to be placed in the pur chaser's window, while the lower half contains the blank application. Boy Scouts will not only deliver the appeals, solicit subscriptions, but will also take the forms to any bank des ignated by the purchaser. The slogan, which formerly was: "Every Scout to feed a soldier," has been temporarily changed to "Every Scout to save a soldier." The boys who last week were living up to ev ery letter of the motto with hoe and rake in the thousand garden plots of the city, this week wil lturn their entire attention to the saving of a soldier by assuring plenty of money to carry on a campaign against prin ciples that are not in keeping with the Boy Scout ideals. Nearby Towns Oversubscribe Ten million copies of the circular will he distributed by the Scouts all over the country. The job of print ing the circulars was the most diffi cult proposition ever attempted by the Public Printer. Since May 25 they have been turned out at a rate of 40,000 an hour. The distribution of them will prove almost as gigantic a Job as the printing of them, but the Boy Scouts of the nation are equal to the job. Reports from towns believed to have reached their full subscriptions show steadily increasing figures. This morning Hummelstown, New port and Middletown phoned head quarters they had far overreached their previous records. All figures will not be available until Friday, when returns must be sent to Phila delphia, but officials of the loan are confident the estimate of J4,000.000, made yesterday, was well justified. Men who have been giving almost all of their time for the last two weeks to the interest of the Liberty Loan have asked that all those who have been deferring the time of the purchase of their bonds do so as soon as possible to expedite the great amount of work the loan has entail ed upon the voluntary workers. Bank employes have been working far into the night to tabulate the daily re turns and if all subscriptions are not made as soon as possible Harris burg returns may be late. After the splendid ana unsurpassed record that Dauphin county has made ev eryone is anxious for the Harrisburg returns to be promptly on time. It is also expected to round up many of those who are waiting to be asked for a subscription before Thursdav noon. Twenty-Five Carpenters From Here Are Helping With Government Work H. M. Brooks, state organizer for the federation of Labor, and presi dent of the Carpenters' Union of this city, has taken twenty-live journey men carpenters to the government work now on at Gettysburg. All of them were secured in this i city and Mr. Brooks this morning said he expects to take another large corps of union workmen to Gettys burg within a short time. A large number of carpenters have : been at work there for some time. , Union conditions prevail almost without exception. Sixty cents an hour is paid and the regulation eight hour day prevails. It is the same ; schedule as in Philadelphia. Rural Members Will Oppose Compensation For Workers on Farms Rural members of the House of ; Representatives to-day decided to j oppose the bill to extend the com- I pensation system to cover agricul tural labor and domestic service and to demand that further issuance of ! ttachers' certificates be restricted to state normal schools and those ! m hools now authorized to issue them. The meeting favored tUc bills to add | new routes to the state highway i system. A meeting will be held to-morrow to discuss the proposed amendment to the Constitution to authoize bor rowing of $50,000,000 for roads and the fishermen's license bill, "BROWNIE" IS FOUND "Brownie," the famous Cheewawa dog that traveled from the Texas border, a distance of 2,800 miles, with its owner, G. W. Zeiders, 1506 Drummond street, and then was lost, has been recovered by Detective George §huler. It was discovered at . another Hill residence, and It is be lieved the dog was stolen and then resold. BUYS SI.OOO BOVD The Harrisburg Repulflican Club, I at the regular meeting last evening, I subscribed 3 to the Liberty j Loan. Thursday evening the club will participate in the Flag Day exercises and will be headed by the Highspire Band. The Central Democratic Club ! has been invited to Join with them. Thursday evening, June 21, the en- I tertainment committee will give a | hardshell crab dinner and social. IRRESISTIBLE - * . . .■•, . . - i v ;i V.>*>v.v ... . I i BUSINESS BOOM PREDICTED 1 he opinion of Association of National Advertisers' mem bers, expressed at their semi-annual meeting in Detroit, was that American business is now passing through a crisis, which is expected to soon end when the money subscribed for the Liberty Loan gets back into circulation again. This is what happened in England and Canada, and the advertising men are sure the United States will have the same experience as soon as the first war scare wears of?. A big business boom is looked for soon. Louis \Y. Hill, head of the Great Northern Railway, said the other day: "It would be a poor display of zeal for public welfare to preach a gospel of inertia at a time when this country, in both military and civic branches, has its most tremendous tasks to do. But if American business cannot weather such a shock and come back stronger than ever, it is a pretty poor quality of business. What America needs to do is push on and on—building up— conserving, working—earning—yes, and storing worthily. In our greater and continued national progress is our protection. In "business as usual"'—ONLY MORE SO, lies the welfare of the nation. "What the country needs is not only people who will get down on their knees and pray for their native land, if necessary, but people who will get up on their feet and work and fight for it. I am for optimism. I am for optimists. And you advertising men of the world are our truest busi ness optimists. "In Canada we arc paying attention to business. '"lf I were to drop any small word of advice, I would say if the United States is going to take any value out of the experience of our country, that that would be the word I would leave with you. , "Speaking of the whole country, a few figures are neces sary to bear out what I have in mind. "Our trade with the United States in 1913 to the United States was $197,000,000; in 1916, $269,000,000; in 1913, from the United States, $427.000,000; in 1916, $5.92,000,000, that is exclusive of coined bullion. "It simply indicates that while we have sent 400,000 men on military duty, some to the war front and a few thousands still in Canada, that we have been producing more and we have been doing more trading, more buying and more selling with the United States than we have ever done before. • "At the, same time while we have'been subscribing our millions and our hundreds of millions to the war funds, to the war loans of our Dominion government, we have, accord ing to the bank statements, at least 30 per cent, more money in the banks of Canada than we had two years ago." I } Each U. S. Soldier to Get < Handbooks on French New York, June 12.—A small | handbook of French-Kngland con- i versational phrases will be supplied to each American soldier who goes' to Europe and officers, which has been accepted by the War Depart-! ment. acording to the National Se-| curlty League. In a letter received 1 by the league to-day Secretary Ba-! ker said It would give him pleasure i to co-operate with Cecil C. Blumen- . thai, who will donate the books, in their distribution to the nrmy. The preparation of the text will be completed within a few days. The book will be printed In indelible ink on waterproof paper and will include an identification blank and a form of last will and testament. j HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 12, 1917. Millersburg Bridge Bill Passed by Senate The Beidleman bill for the erec ! tlon of a State bridge over the Sus | quehanna between Millersburg and Crow's Landing was passed finally in the Senate to-day. Tha Senate passed the Schantz agriculture commission, borough manager and Meade monument bills ' together with a long list of appro priations and minor bills. ARTILLERY ACTIVE My Assoctattd frets Paris, June 12.—Violent artillery engagements in the region of the California plateau, on the Aisne front, and in the Champagne, are reported In to-day's war office an | nouncement. PERSHING IS THE POPULAR IDOL OF HOUR IN LONDON English Pleased Immensely With American's Whirl wind Speed London, June 12.—"Thorough in every detail of his character." This is the concise summing- up of Genera! Pershing from a well-known British army officer who has been in close contact with the American leader sioce his arrival here. It is not difficult to see how well impressed are all Britons who get a glimpse of General Pershing. For the past forty-eight hours he has been tearing through formalities with an energy which, to an Englishman, Is typical of all Americans. They ex pect an American to do things with snap and Pershing seems to fit all the details of the Englishman's precon ceived idea of him. Sinse he stepped on the quay and broke the usual formality of a dress parade by addressing a private in his guard of honor General Pershing has been a regular whirlwind. Several comments are made in the press upon the manner In which he met the King, introduced his staff officers and de veloped cordial relations with his Maj esty all within a half hour. Every Incident connected with Gen eral Pershing's presence in London leads to the conclusion that he is the biggest popular idol of the hour. The privates in General Pershing's party had another crowded day. An automobile sightseeing tour of Lon don occupied nearly all the daylight hours. The men visited St. Paul's Cathedral, where they saw the Amer ican flags carried there by five Cana dian battalions called American le gions; the Mansion House, where they I were welcomed by the Lord Mayor; | the Houses of Parliament, the War | Office, Buckingham Palace and parks and museums. While General Pershing and hts staff were guests of the Earl of Derby, the minister of war, at a luncheon this afternoon, Lord Den man escorted the other American officers through the House of Lords A large number of the officers also found time to visit Kings College where they saw the "intensive" teaching of French and other lan guages to British officers. The government's dinner to Gen eral Pershing and his staff this even ing at which Premier Lloyd George will preside, completes the social program for the party in this coun try. State Police Capture Thieves Who Loot Summer Home of Mr. McCormick Thieves who recently broke into Vance McCo'rmick's summer home, "Rose Garden," were arrested this morning in Lancaster, by Private Wilson and Corporal Davies. of the State Police. The typewritten list of articles re covered fills a large sheet of paper and includes not only a great many pieces of valuable silver, but almost everything portable. Glen Billit und George Fisher are accused of the theft. U.S.CALLS FOR 70,000 RECRUITS FOR NEW ARMY Men Wanted For Infantry and Field Artillery by June 30 TO TRAIN AT ONCE Loss of Time Will Re Serious If Men Fail to Respond* By Associated Press Washington, June 12.—The War Department to-day called for seventy thousand additional recruits in or der to fill the regular army to war strength before June 30. The cavalry, coast artil lery, signal corps and quartermaster corps of the regular army have al ready been brought to war strength," says an official statement. "Forty five thousand recruits are needed at once to complete the new regiments of infantry ajid field nrtillerv. Twen ty-five thousand additional'recruits are desired at the earliest practicable date to fill vacancies in order that the war strength of 300,000 men may be maintained. "Facilities are in readiness for placing the seventy thousand men under proper training. Any delay in obtaining this number will necessar ily cause the loss of invaluable time. "It is the' earnest desire of the War Department that 70.000 single men between the age of 18 and 40, who have no dependents and who arc not engaged in professions, busi nesses or trades vitally necessary to the prosecution of the war, be en listed in the regular army before the 30th of .Tune, 1917." Mistakes Aromred Cable For "New Kind of Root;" Off Go All Wall Lights Because a workman employed by ' Frank Baumgardner, contractor for | rlprapping the river slopes from Ma clay to Calder streets, believed an armored cable was "a new kind of root," as he put it, the lights along Harrisburg's "front steps" were out : of service last night. The workman was digging away ' I some of the bank at Maclay street. ! ! when he struck the cable and cut ( through it. The current was not on. I and the man escaped injury. Mr. | Baumgardner did not discover the I damage until he asked his employe I what he had been doing, and was shown the "root." The break was spliced to-dav bv , electricians and the lights will lie on [ again to-night. The armored cable 1 was used in preference to conduits I leading to the wall and steps. Italian War Mission to Be in City June 20; Plan Elaborate Welcome With the definite announcement that the Italian war mission would < he in the city Wednesday, June 20. plans for a great reception and wel- i come were actively 3tarted by the j Chamber of Commerce. The tour, which will include chief cities of the South and Middle West, was deferred on account of the ill ness of Prince Udine a week ago. He has not recovered sufficiently to go along, but expects to join the party ! at New York about June 22. The I mission left Washington this morn ing and in the absence of the prince | Enrico Arlotta. minister of transpor- i ttion in the Italian cabinet, will be [ the ranking member. At the conclusion of the tour in | New York the party will return to i Washington to pay its final respects j to President Wilson and the heads of department before returning to | Italy. Harrisburg Reserves Called For Their First Drill Tomorrow Night Major A. M. Porter, commandant j of the Harrisburg Reserves, issued I I an order to-day calling all men of i I military experience in the organiza- j tion or desiring to join, to meet him on the island pU|ygrounds this even ing at 7.30 o'clß-k. • The Reserves will meet for their i first open-air drill to-morrow even ! ing at 7.30 o'clock on the Island play j grounds below the Market street | bridge. They will be divided into sriuads, if arrangements can he j made by that time. Members should I report prepared to say whether they 1 desire to be registered' as active or i associate. ! "BRANCH CAPITOI/' RIM. IS SEXT BACK TO COMMITTEE The Vare "Branch Capitol" bill which made an appropriation to es tablish a way station capital on the Philadelphia Parkway was sent back to, the Senate Appropriations Comv mittee In the Senate to-day. Senator McNichol made the mo j tion. The bill originally carried ■ I $.">00,000. As reported out it had been chopped to $40,000. When the bill came out again late in the session It was shorn of all ; salaries. I SPROIT, WOCIiD I,OOK INTO OM AGE PENSION NEEDS Senator Sproul to-day presented a j resolution In the Senate for a com mission of ssven to investigate old ngc pensions and report to the next general assembly. The commission is allowed $5,000 and it is to be composed of two lawyers, two em ployers, two labor representatives and one woman. Single Copy, 2 Cents HINDENBURG IS SMASHED AGAIN ON MILE FRONT Seven German Field Guns Are Taken by the Rritish LOOK FOR RATTLE Trencr Raids and Artillery i Fire Prepares Way For Infantry London, June 12.—Von Hinden burg has been smashed again on the battlefield that saw his heavy defeat I of Thursday. British infantry ofj General Plumer's army stormed a! whole German trench system, front I line and support trenches, on a mile Iront beyond Messines. Besides pris oners, the British captured seven Gorman field guns. This attack was made in the morn ing, and after consolidating the new! ground the troops went ahead fur ther during the day. The new suc cess was gained near La Poterie Farm, on the slope west of Warneton.i leading do.vn to the valley of the Lys, the boundary of France and Bel gium. Berlin says the British at-! tacked the farm itself last evening in vain. Heavy Fighting Kxpectcd Though this was the only serious offensive movement on the whole! western front, there were further in— | dications that heavy fighting may be; expected north of Lens in the neari future. On the whole front between Lens and Armentieres British raid-' I ing parties were out last night. dash-| ing into the German trenches arid' i bringing information back to their| I own lines. Raids were carried out near La Basse, Vermelles and Ar mentieres, and Berlin says German guns stopped other attempts on the same stretch of the front. Berlin ' report? heavy firing on the Belgian i coast. A bombardment in this sec j tion was announced by the French | War office last night. ITALIANS RKPULSED Vienna. June 11, via London, June 12.—The repulse of all Italian at i tacks in their new offensive in the Trentino is reported in an official | statement issued by the war office ! to-day. [VOLUNTEERING SLOW I I iched 112,653 yesterday when lj \ } York was still In the 'fad I i ennsylvanw j t 72. Illinois will be the first of the three ( I States wit excess of 10,000 to provide its com- ■ I !jletemeni_of men for the regulars j WOOL RELEASED TO AMERICA on, June 12. Sixteen million pounds r 1 J ?h government I I to American users will be distributed by the Bureau of 1 V Fort gn . Domestic Commerce.. 1 1 SPAIN TO REMAIN NEUTRAL ] £ Madrid. June 12. The minister of the new cabins J c # £ # f J r affair % & •*'' > > fr\ M U. S. NEEDS AIRPLANES 1 Washington, June 12. Rear Admiral Robert E. 1 Peary told a sub-committee of the Senate Military Com- ' mittee to-day that the airplane was the cheapest and ' quickest answer to the submarine and that if 1,000 air- 1 planes were, sent abroad they would do more to curb the • übmnr ~<• menac than anything else that could be done, m LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS JUNE 28 I | :burg. The Legislature will adjourn finally . ■ 1 on Thursday, June 28, as close to noon as possible. Thi C 9 Senate to-day took the House resolution fixing June i fc 14 for adjournment, put in 28 and passed it. . Thi j • chances are that the appropriation bills will be sent ti I S the Governor next week. I RESCUE DISABLED U-BOAT 1 Cadiz, Spain, June 12. A Spanish torpedo boat | I to-day discovered a German U-boat disabled from gun- , \ ehot which had struck her engines. The undersea craft M 1 was towed into Cadit. ■ i I MARRIAGE LICENSES . John R. Narnbold. (.rantvllle. nnd Ada Adeline Llfhtntr, Ellin- I bethtownt Stanley Vantcli mill Hnrbarn I'tnofnkle, Jiew Cumberland! I A,l ? er ' B,rk an l Mary Kat, Harrlnhurpi Raymond Davenport Kennedy trance* Smith. HarrUhuriti Clarence UimhlnKtnn and Beat- I rice Meldn, Harrlnburjti Donald I nmrrnn Horahrrirr and Jeannetts i Kllnore Brown, Harrlnhurßl Harry Adolf Awcuntun Karle nnd Bertha , May Mayer, HnrrUburKi \ernon Kliler Palmer and Gertie May Mean ' •ort Hunter. ' A HOME EDITION AMERICAN SHIP SUNK BY U-BOAT, SCORE MISSING Two Lifeboats With Part of Petrolite Crew Arc Not Accounted For NO DETAILS DISCLOSED Carried Cannon and a Gun Crew For Protec tion Washington, June 12. The Ara j erican steamer Petrolite has been | sunk by a German submarine. Consular reports which brought news of the disaster to-day said one boat with eighteen men, the third , mate and the chief engineer, had | been landed and two boats with an , unstated number of men were mlss ; ing. Attacked Before The time and place of the attacks | were not given in the dlspatclies. I The Petrolite. a tank steamer, first j figured in the news nearly two years ago. an attack upon her by an Aus ! tiian submarine threatening diplo matic relations between the Vienna ! government and the United States. | The ship was shelled by the subma i rine and men aboard her weri! j wounded. , The submarine sent a crew aboard S the vessel and removed a large quan tity of supplies. She then was per mitted to proceed. The incident was the subject of a [Continued on Page IS] I CA.VT WORK I HANGS SELF I Waynesboro, Pa., June 12.—Growing 1 melancholy because of a minor injury i that kept him from work, John Leber ,j knight, aged forty-five, became so de . I jeeted that he committed suicide by .] hanging himself in the attic of his 1 home. His body was recovered later s: by nis daughter. He is survived by j his wife and three children.
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