- ; • * - - Senate Would Erne President Decide if HARRISBURG §S||l&. TELEGRAPH k LXXXVI— No. 153 12 PAGES AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY ARMY LANDS IN FRANCE U.s. TROOPS ARE READY FOR ACTION A FRENCH SEAPORT, JUNE 27. THE SECOND CONTINGENT OF AM ERICAN TROOPS ARRIVED AND DISEM BARKED THIS MORNING. For the past ten days it has been known that American troops were on the water bound for France. The newspapers have had this information from the time the first regiments passed through Pennsylvania on their way to the eastern seaport, but have re frained from making any mention of the fact, in order so far as possible to conceal the troop movements from the knowledge of those who might use it to the disadvantage of the nation. For days troop train after troop train passed through Harris burg, some of them so well disguised that the curtains were pulled down as they traversed the local yards and all of them were carried on special schedules. The transports as rapidly as loaded dropped quietly out of the harbors without the toot of a whistle or the ringing of a bell to be token their departure. They were escorted by war ships and their courses were not more known, in order that they might go un disturbed through the submarine area. Washington, June 27.—The epochal land ing of American troops in France cannot be fully discussed at this time for obvious reasons con cerning the safety of other contingents. It is entirely permissible to say that they are part of the force which will be under command of Major General Pershing and for whose ar rival the general and his staff have been ar ranging ever since they landed on the other side. The American troops will be an entirely inde pendent command, just as are the British troops, working, of course, with the French at the head of operations as they are on French soil. \\ hen the troops have had their period of preparation behind the lines they will take their place on the battle front to be ar ranged by General Pershing, in consultation with the other mili tary chiefs there, and probably will very soon be carrying the Stars and Stripes in the assaults which steadily are driving the Germans out of France and Belgium. All the troops under' General Pershing's command are reg ulars, and comprise the division which President Wilson directed to proceed to France "at the earliest possible time." It is not permissible to say what precautions were taken to get the American troop ships past the wait ing German submarines, but there is no doubt that the precautions were as carefully worked out as they were effective because it is generally believed that some time ago most of the German submarine fleet was withdrawn from its attacks on com mercial shipping to make it ready to ambush the American troop ships in force. HARRISBURG UNIT RECRUIT ING STATION—MARKET SQUARE I HEREBY agree to enlist in the Harrisburg Unit fostered by the Rotary Club of Har risburg. to be stationed at Gettys burg National Park for training. Name, Address June, , 1917. (Type of blanks being filled out at the Recruiting Station by Ro tary Recruits.) THE WEATHER] For Harrisburg and vicinity i I'rqhably fair to-night nnd Thursday) somewbat cooler to night. For Kaatern Pennsylvania: Prob ably fair to-night and Thursday) aMchtlv cooler to-night; mod erate) west winds. River The main river will fall slowly, except the upper portion nlll begin to rise attain late to-night or on Thursday. The Juniata, Ipper North Branch nnd Upper Went Branch and their trlbu tarlea will fall or remain near ly stationary. The l.ower North and Lower Wet Branch will rlae. A atage of about d.tt feet la Indicated for Harrisburg Thursday morning. Temperatnrei N a. m., 74 degrees. Sun: Rlsea. 4:30 a. m. Moon i Kali moon, July 4. River Stage i 5.2 feet. Yesterday** Weather Highest temperature, HR, l.oweat temperature. HO. Mean temperatnre, 72. Normal temperature, 73. The successful landing, while a source of gratitude to officials here viewed from the point of being a military operation, is regarded with added significance for its moral ef fect in Germany, if it is permitted to become known there. The reference in the cable dis patches to a duplication of "yes terday's surprise," intimating that there was also a landing yesterday, passes without comment here but obviously discloses a landing of a contingent not recorded in yester- American Woodmen Fully Equipped For Work Abroad Are Landed in England By Associated Press I London, June 27.—Ten units of | American woodmen sent over by [ New England states and orguniza | tlons to turn various forests of the I united Kingdom into lumber have j arrived on English soil. The complete equipment of the | units Caused much surprise and oc casioned a great deal of -favorable | comment. The woodmen brought i with them not only the necessary I machinery but were fully equipped e Xf/ y , way ' even to lubricating | oils. Their arrival found them ready I to establish their saw mills and be gin work at once. The only neces sity for their maintenance Is raw food, which their own cooks will | prepare! Senator Beidleman's Speech Saves Teachers' Retirement Measure The Senate to-day agreed to the amendments made by the House to | the teachers' retirement bill und it j passed the upper house by 49 to 1, ! after a lively speech by Senator R* jE. Beidleman. When the bill camo i over Chairman Buckman, of the ap- I propriatlons committee, objected, | saying that It would commit the ; state to large appropriations. He suggested sending it back to commit tee but Senator Beidleman Intimated that If It ever got Into committee It would hardly survive. The Sena -1 tor's speech was made In tho pres ence of a large audience. Several other senators favored the bill. Military Band Gives Concert at Red Cross Headquarters nHppjjjHGf . Hundreds have heard the Fourth Infantry band which has been playing at various places about the city to stimulate recruiting. The band is attached to one of the regiments now stationed at Gettysburg to which Harrisburg recruits are being sent. This afternoon the band played in River Park and this evenintc it will play at the big mass meeting in the Orpheum theater. REGISTRATION CARD FOOD ADMINISTRATOR. WASHINGTON, D. C. I am glad to join you in the service of Food Conservation for our Nation and I hereby accept membership in the United States Food Administration, pledging myself to carry out the directions and ad vice of the Food Administrator in the conduct of my household, In so far as my circumstances permit. NAME ADDRESS * ' ■ Number in Household Do you employ a cook? Occupation of Breadwinner Will you take part in authorized neighborhood movements for food conservation? There are no fees or dues to be paid. The Food Administration wishes to have as members all of those actually handling food in the home. DIRECTIONS ,„yP° n receipt of your pledge card by the Food Administrator, Washington, D. C„ you will receive FREE your first instructions and a household tag to be hung in your window. Upon receipt of ten cents with your pledge card and a return ad dressed envelope, the official button of the Administration and if desired, the shield insignia of the Food Administration will also be sent you. SESSION OF 1917 WILL ADJOURN ON TIME TOMORROW Unless All Signs Fail Close Will Come at Noon; Re view of Work Done Unless all signs fail, the General Assembly of 1917 will close its ses sion to-morrow at noon. It has not passed as many bills as usual and there have been times when it ap peared to be without a policy, but it lias done better than many expected because it refused to enact into law many propositions which would nave made mischief and upset the con structive work of past sessions. The influence of the war was shown upon the Legislature soon after tt met and as soon as war was declared it lined up promptly behind the Presi dent and has passed many bills de signed to strengthen the resources of the Commonwealth, among them the enactment of a law to lermlt the StatS to issue sf>,ooo,ooo for defense in case the situation becomes acute. Other measures which were passed as part of the preparedness or the [Continued on Page 12] Russian Congress Votes Against Separate Peace By Associated Press Petrograd, June 27.—A resolution categorically rejecting any move for a separate peace between Germany and Russia has been adopted by an overwhelming majority by the Con gress of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates of all Russia. The reso lution at the same time declares that restoration of peace at the earliest possible day is the most Important need of the Russian revolutionary democracy. GERMAN SHIPS BUSY London, June 27.—A dispatch from Rotterdam says German shipping there is steadily Increasing. Twenty two German ships from Hamburg and Ral.lc ports entered last week. Two German Bhips were torpedoed or mined by British. HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 27, 1917 PLAN TO BREW BEER DURING WAR AGAIN HALTED Senate Agriculture Commit tee Puts Back Teeth in Pro hibition Measure By Associated Press Washington, June 27. —With dras tic prohibition amendments to pro hibit the manufacture of beer as well as distilled liquors, and giving the President discretion to permit tha manufacture of wine only, the idministratlon food bill was agreed to-day by the Senate Agriculture' Committee and favorablv reported as a substitute for the bill now un der consideration. By a vote, of 8 to 7 the Senaie Agriculture Committee rejected the subcommittee's prohibition plan and proceded to consider various other substitute proposals. After rejecting the subcommittee's prohibition plan, the full committee adopted the House prohibition pro \isions with a modification as to manufacture of vinous beverages. The new provisions would prohibit manufacture of all intoxicants, in cluding both distilled spirits and malt beverages and wines, but would allow the President discretion to permit further manufacture of wine only. Whisky and kindred spirits are doomed. They will be absolutely pro hibited in the bill so far as further manufacture is concerned, and the measure will further authorize the President to commandeer spirits in bond for redistillation. Senator Chamberlain, in charge of the food control bill of which prohi bition is now a prominent feature, expressed great confidence that the measure as redrafted by the commit tee would be BO satisfact-ry that it will be passed by the Senate Satur day. . j "Wtf have taken off many of the rough edges." he said. "Some of the objectionable features Mill remain, however." There are many, on the other hand, that believe the prohibition tight will prolong discussion of the measure indefinitely. The decision of the subcommittee to-day, puts the decision for a "wet" or "dry" war up to the President, CTl)c Star- ffnftcpm& ent HOUSEWIVES ARE ASKED TO SAVE SUPPLY OF FOOD Committee of Women WiH Enroll in Organization to Conserve Provisions A meeting of the food supply divi sion of the Dauphin County Com mittee on Public Safety will be held to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock in the Y. M. C. A. building. The pur pose of the meeting is 10 enroll all women in Dauphin county in the United States food administration in an effort to conserve tho food supply of the nation during the war. The plan suggested by Herbert Hoover, food administrator, will be taken up at the meeting to-morrow. An intensive campaign will be wag ed from July 1 to 18. An effort will be made to have Mr. Hoover ad dress a mass meeting which will be called during the campaign on food conservation. It is the intention of the committee in charge to enroll every woman in Dauphin county in the movement. Assessors to Help City and county assessors as well as public schoolteachers, who are not otherwise engaged, will be asked to make the enrollment. The head quarters of the Red Cross, 206 Wal nut street, will be used for this pur pose. Committee Members Donald McCormick •is general chairman and Mrs. John W. Ueily is chairman of the Harrisburg divi sion. The subcommittee on registra tion of women in Dauphin county under the department of food sup ply of the Pennsylvania State Com mittee of Public Safety is made up of the following: Mrs. Lyman D. Gilbert, 203 North Front street; J. Wiliam Bowman, 807 North Second street; C. W. Burtnett, 2023 North Sixth street; Miss Mary Cameron, 407 North Front street; Mrs. Charles E. Covert, 202 State street; Mrs. Wil liam Henderson, 25 North Front street; Miss Mary Jennings, 7 South Front street; Albert Shenk, Her shey; Mrs. Mercer B. Tate, 218 North Second street; W. Frank Wit man, 309 North Front street; M. A. Cumbler, Steelton; W. B. McCaleb, 27 North Front street. Nearby Committee Chairmen The committee heads in surround ing towns are; Mrs. W. H. Shetron, Paxtang; • Miss Maude Baker, Hum melstown; Mrs. C. O. Glynn, Her shey; Mrs. Fanny Care, 1-iinglestown; Mrs. J. D. M. Heed, Dauphin; Mrs. Marshall, Halifax; Mrs. R. E. Woodside, Millersburg; Mrs. D. V. Randall,' Lykens; Mrs. H. H. Has singer, Elizabethville; Mrs. H. F. Shaffer, Williamstown; Mrs. Samuel H. Miller, Wiconisco; Mrs. Frank Snyder, Pillow; Mrs. Edward Kirby Lawton, Penbrook; Mrs. Fred Harner, Loyalton; Mrs. Quincy Bent, Steelton; Mrs. Ruhl, Middletown. town. All to Help In the plan suggested by Mr. Hoo ver, conceding the food conserva tion question, alj women organiza tions will Jie asked to assist in the move. Cooks, shop girls and house wives, every Boy Scout, Sunday school teacher and civic body would be brought into the work. Every per son of foreign tongue will be asked to co-operate in the conservation move. The names of all signers of the registration cards will be" sent to Washington and tiled In order that specific Instructions may bo sent from the headquarters at the capi tal. The places suggested for tak ing the enrollment are post offices and other public buildings in each community. FOUR ENLIST IN ROTARY COMPANY FIRST FEW HOURS Recruiting Will Be Given Big Boost at Great Patri otic Rally REGIMENTAL CONGER T Men of Conscription Age Will Hear Law Explained; Theater Open to All The Honor Roll RECRUITING for the Rotary Club Contingent of 150 started at the recruiting: station this morning. Before noon four young men had taken advan tage of the senerous offer of the club. Recruiting will be contin ued until Saturday evening. The Roll of Honor: Walter K. Collill, 317 South Front Htreof. Kaj niouil Dnnley, 145 Ann xtreet. \\ IIMOII A. Ku'klcr, KB South Front "trect, Nt<-rlton. Kugenc Crawley, Anhlnml, Va, The Harrisburg Rotary Club con tingent of 150 volunteers, to be made a part of one of the Regular Army regiments now in training at Gettys burg, will be given a big sendoff to night at the Orpheum Theater, when the Fourth Regiment band will give a free military concert and Emer son Collins, Deputy Attorney Gen eral; the Rev. Dr. George Edward Hawes, of Market Square Presbyte rian Church and Jesse E. B. Cun ningham, former Deputy Attorney General, will speak. The Rev. Dr. Lewis S. Mudge, of Pine Street Pros byterian Church, will deliver the in vocation. Captain Harrell will be present with a recruiting force to take tho names of those who "want to go into the service under the sponsorship of the Rotary Club, which offers the following advantages for enlisted men in this mo\ ement, up to the number of 150: Names of men enlisting will be carried on a roll of honor on the first pane of the TELEGRAPH through out the week. Wrist-watch or equivalent, as de sired, will be presented to each re cruit. The Rotary Club to raise a fund among its members to be set aside, from which to meet the wants, needs and desires, so far as practicable, of the men of the Rotary Contingent at the front. Each member of the club to make himself responsible for one letter a month to one member of the Rotary Contingent, to send him newspapers (Continued on Pngc 7) American Sailing Ship Is Sunk by Bomb; Fifteen Survivors Land By Associated Press June 27.—The American sailing ship Galena, 1,048 tons gross, was sunk by a bomb on June 25. There were no casualties. The Gu iei'a was sunk oft Ushant Island (off tho coast of France, twenty-six miles northwest of Brest). Fifteen sur vivors were taken to Brest. The Galena was formerlv the Bnrkentine Foohng Suey. She left here March 22 with cargo forßouen. France. She carried a of eight een men commanded by Captain P. V. Marshall, among whom, accord ing to the records of the United States Commissioner of Shipping here, were eight American citizens. Middlemen Exposed in Plot to Gouge Public For Profit in Potatoes Philadelphia, June 27.—Because Philadelphia commission men, in an effort to keep the market price of potatoes from falling, have allowed fifty-six carloads, aggregating ap proximately 56,000 bushels, to ile idle on sidings in West Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Railroad last night declared an embargo on shipmenis of potatoes from the eastern shore of Maryland, Virginia and other potato growing centers adjacent to this cltv. The embargo goes Into effect Im mediately upon the arrival to-dav of sixty-one carloads of perishable freight in which ace Included many thousands of bushels of potatoes. Coincident with the discovery that the commission men have been pay ing demurrage on carloads of pota toes, some of which arrived as long ago as last Friday, came a drop in the potato market. Hotel stewards wero able to buy potatoes, which a week ngo sold for $8.50, and sl2 a ! barrel six weeks ago, for $7.25 a bar rel. Housewives paid 25 cents a quarter peck yesterday for the same potatoes for which they were pay ing 85 cents eleven days ago. Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION FALL OF LENS NEAR AS HAIG MOVES AHEAD German Commander Seeks to Prevent French From Strik ing Blow That Would Help British in Capture of Coal City; Loss of City to Allied Armies Appears Imminent While General Haig is closing in so closely upon Lens that the capture by the British of that coal mining city and its adjacent fields seems imminent, it is a question whether the British opera tion will be accomplished by any offensive move by the French on a like scale. ' Although there has been more or less constant jockeying for position by the two commands along the Aisne and Champagne fronts, particularly the former, the German activities appear more like efforts to choke off any possible extended movement by the French than anything else. On the other hand. General Pe tain's occasional strokes give the im pression that all he is trying to do is to preserve his vantage points as the basis* for resuming the French advance at some future time when thnt effort seems advisable. The most important of the recent French drives was that of Monday at Hurtebise, west of Craonno. The Germans seem to have suffered a considerable deprivation here, one of the positions taken being n fort res.* of some magnitude which had served the Crown Prince well as a point of departure for counterat tacks. No further attempts to re take the lost ground at Hurtebise were made last night, the Germans contenting themselves with a spirited bombardment. No Separate Peace Cumulative evidence that all Rus sian opinion of influential character lOOfu tr n" dm , I SENATE VOTES DAYLIGHT SAVING I Washington, June 27. -r-' The daylight saving bill P amended to tak<* effect next year, passed the Senate to iday without discission cr r.ccord vcte and was sent to, the Hcu- Under ;l-.e bill all time pieces would be turn ed forward one hour beginning the last Sunday in April and continuing until the fest -Sunday in September. WILL PLAY WAR AIRS OF ALLIES Harrisburg. The Fourth Regiment band at its free [ concert at the Orpheurri to-night, will play as a special attraction the war airs of the allies, some of which have I never been heard in Harrisburg before, i NO APPOINTMENTS TODAY i Harrisburg. Governor Brumbaugh will not send j his appointments to the Senate until late to-night and i possibly t morrow. ! RESERVES DRILL TONIGHT i Harrisburg. The Harrisburg Reserves will drill at I 111 t 7.30. All members not having ex- Icuses must attend. CARLISLE MAN SAW U-BOAT SUNK New York, June 27. Additional details of the sinking of a German .submarine vy the gunfire from the American stamer Silver Shell was related to-day by H. T. Mapes, cf Carlisle, Pa., senior wireless operator on the 1 Silver Shell, who arrived from a French port. He is ccr- I tain the U-boat was sent to the bottom. SIX SUFFRAGISTS FINED Washington, June -.7 Six suffragists, arrested I by the police because they insisted on picketing the White i House and flying banners there, were convicted of viola ( tion of a city ordiance in police court to-day and given , the choice of $25 fines or three days in jail for each. They i refused to pay and were taken to jail. I SHULER IS EXPLAINING I Harrisburg. City Detective George Shuler was given a hearing late this afternoon before Chief of Police I Wetzel, on the charge that he had tippe'd the inmates ol I a house about to be raided by the police. I MARRIAGE LICENSES F Joaeph Duncan nnd Huth Itollnhnuith. South Fortl Gr( DcWalt k Klnnenrd nnd Minnie Kllanhetli Slnralrln, Hnrrlnhui gi Jonna A. Caaafi, I Jr., nnd June Blanche (ilnitrlch. Iliirrlahure i John Hay Snivel r and [ Mruret Uruvllln l.lndorninn, Harrlaburit- is now definitely set against any idea of a separate peace continues to come from Petrograd. The pow erful j>an-Russian Congress of Sol diers and Workmen's Councils Is emphatic on this point in a resolu tion just adopted by an overwhelm ing majority. The program of the entente in Greece continues to develop more and more tangibly. It is now evident that It is their purpose to cause the convocation of the parliament of Ma> 31, li'lfi, which was controlled By Venizelists who gave a majority favorable to the cause. It was the dissolution of this parlia ment by Constantine that has been denounced as unconstitutional by the allies, the act being one of the chief counts of the indictment of Constantine as a betrayer of his peo ple into a desertion of their natural allies.
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