United States Plans Great Distributing Center Here For War Supplies and Munitions jfe HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH jR - • ®l)£ o!ar-3n&cpen&cnt , W J mt\ LXXXVI— No. 187 12 PAGES U. S. STARTS CONSTRUCTION OF GREAT ARMAMENT PLANT NEAR HERE AT COST OF HALF MILLION AIRPLANES AND GUNS TO BE TESTED Twenty-one Acres Near Middletown Leased as Site; Air and Water Craft, Machine Gun Parts and Wireless to Be Assembled There and Tested Previous to Ship ment to Training Camps and Fighting Front; Location Within Short Distance of Old Camp Meade LABORERS WANTED FOR U. S. AVIATION DEPOT. The following call for laborers for rush work on the United States Aviation Depot, near Middletown, was sent out this afternoon: WANTED Fifty laborers for the United States Aviation Supply Depot. Leave car near Atlantic Refining Company's station on Lancaster Pike, near Middletown. Wages 35 cents an hour. JAMES L. STEWART, Contractor. The United States government began to-day the construc tion of a great warehouse and supply deyot for the assemblying and distribution of air and water craft, wireless apparatus, machine gun parts, etc., on ground belonging to the Keystone Industrial corporation on the Susquehanna river between Har risburg and Middletown along the main line of the Pennsylvania railroad. Twenty-one acres of land have been leased with the privilege of purchase. Engineers in charge say the building to he erected will rep resent an investment of between $400,000 and $500,000. The building will be 364 by 901 feet in length, with a forty-foot run way around the entire structure. I lie land is situated on a broad expanse of water suitable for testing out hydroplanes and motorboats. It lies within a half-mile of old Camp Meade, famous during the Spanish-Amer ican War. Gannett, Seelye & Fleming, engi neers, of this city, have been engaged to look after the engineering end of the development. Only Part of Blr Knterprisc The twenty-one acres of land leased to the government lie just at the northern limits of Middletown and have frontage both on the river and the Pennsylvania railroad. It constitutes a part of the old Kunkel farms and was intended to be a part of the Keystone State Fair and in dustrial Exposition, which failed be cause of lack of popular support, the holding having been reorganized into the Keystone I ndustrial Corporation by Hord Co., fO Broadway, New York, to save the r roperty for the stockholders. It is the intention of Hord & Co. to erect on land adjoin ing that leased to the government an aeroplane and hydroplane factory, the property of the Keystone Indus trial Corporation, Hord & Co. con trolling valuable aeroplane patents. lioasc Closed Yesterday The United States authorities at Washington closed the lease yester day and before nightfall four rep resentatives of the government were in Harrisburg requisitioning ma chinery for clearing the land and early this moring men were put to work cutting the corn on the land and clearing the site for the building which is to bo erected at once. It is understood that the plant will be used as a place in which to as semble air and water craft before shipping to France, Russia or any of the training camps and that also machine guns and wireless apparatus will be assembled and tested out there before being sent to the front. Orders have been given to rush the building as rapidly as possible and to that end orders for immediate THE WEATHER For llnrrlMbuv-K anil vicinity: Fnlr to-night hihl WotlnfMlayi not much chanKf In temperature. For KiiMtern l'ennaylviiiiifi s Fnlr to-night nnd Wedneadnyt cooler to-night In aouthenat portlonf general northennt wind*. m River The North Hritnch will prohnhly rime Nonifuhatt Otlicr Atreama of the Hjntem will remain near ly Mtntlonnry or fall alowly. A ataitc of nhout 8.9 feet la Indi cated for HurrlahurK Wedne*- dny morning. General Condition* Local NhouerN have fnllen In the laat twenty-four houra In the Suaquchnnnii Valley, Houthweat ern Virginia, Tenneaaee, In the Kaat Gulf Statea and on the Gulf count of Florida. Temprrnturf. 8 n. m., 72 degr<-<-. Mini II INCH, RIOR n. m. Moon i Kinex. i3O p. m. Klver Stngi 8.0 feet. ... . YeattTdoy'n Weathrr HlKhent trmpernture, 00. I'O'VMt temprrnturr, 85. Mean temperature, 78. Kormal Oamparaturc, 74. supplies were placed this morning with a number of local dealers who were asked to get the tools to the at once, and trolley cars were utilized to get the goods to their destination. Negotiating for Some Time .•Negotiations ' lave heen under way with the government for some time by Ilord Co. through William D. Hord. president. Mr. Hord was much impressed with the Middle town tract as ar. aeroplane site when he first took an interest in the tangled affairs of the Keystone Fair company <md it was he who laid the proposition before the authorities at Washington. After repeated confer ences and secret inspection of the site here by government officials it was pronounced ideal for the pur pose and the lease was made yes terday, the government reserving' the light to buy if it so desires. 1 ? cal . arrangements were in the hands of William C. Crerie. sec retary of Hord & Co., and Robert Marshall, who has charge of the in dustrial end of the corporation. iV eKartl this as a b 'K thhig for Harrisburg and Middletown, said *.l ~ his morn| ng when asked e " sc - " Wc did not '"tend that this move on the part of the ko\ ernment should have anv pre mature publicity, hut there can be no harm in its getting out now. In me vf Ve , the government of ficials will be pleased to have it so J c fu . ct that lhe >' wl " h e in need of workpien and supplies. I might say that I believe I will have other news shortly that will be of interest to Harrisburg people, but the t me is not now ripe to discuss that. U-Boat Captain Murders Crew While Kaiser Tells of Christian Chivalry Amsterdam, Aug. 7. —Dutch news papers print in a parallel column with an account of the murder of JLf reW T> 0 , f the Brlt,sh steamship L.v.nTiv, r f ' n ,? e ' a nerlln telegram gi\ing the follow extract from a pas toral letter read in all the Protestant churches of Berlin last Sunday: r-*.iti Wl !' comfort ourselves as Christians towards our enemies and conduc tthe war in the future as in the past with humanity and chiv airy. The British steamship Belgian Prince was sunk July 31 by a Ger man submarine. According to sur vivors who reached a British port the U-boat shelled the vessel and the German commander then order ed the crew to take to the boats and go alongside the submarine. The Germans, the survivors assert re moved lifebelts and outer clothing of the crew. They then smashed the lifeboats with axes, and re-entered the submarine. The men on deck the submarine traveled on the sur face for about two miles when the uraft submerged. Thirty-eight or the crew were drowned. Three others were rescued by a patrol boat. TROOP C WHICH IT IS REPORTED WILL GO SOUTH SOON F fnr tin . SIZ * ? J r , OOP ( T r °° P . C ' Pennsylvania Cavalry) caught just as they swunc in line for the beginning of their usual morning ride. They have been the object of admiration wherever they ap pear in the city or surrounding country. One of the men inclined to be confidential whispered that the rookies wouldn t have made a good picture when they returned from their first rides. All have gradually become hardened and can still maintain their soldierly bearing when they dismount after a hard morning's EXPERTS WILL ATTEND LEAGUE CONVENTION Men Well Versed in Municipal Law to Gather Here City Clerk R. Ross Seaman to-day announced to Council the complete program for the annual convention of the League of Third Class Cities which will convene here August 28, for a three-day session. Addresses will be made by city and state officials on many import ant subjects "relating to third-class city government and development. The program follows; Tuesday, August 28, morning ses sion: Reception and registration of delegates; prayer, the Rev. Dr. Ellis N. Kremer; address of welcome, John E. Fox, city solicitor of Har risburg; response, Ira W. Stratton, Reading, vice-president of the lea gue; roll ca'.l of delegates; reports of secretary of the league, treasurer of the league, executive committee. Afternoon session: Address, Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, state commission er of health; address, "Method of Street Paving, Assessments," M. B. Cowden, city engineer of Harris burg; address, "Accomplishments of One Third-Class City," R. Nelson Bennett, superintendent accounts and finance, Wilkes-Farre; 4.30, re view of Harrisburg's volunteer (ire department, Market S-iiare. Evening: Recept'on and smoker of the delegat-s at the Harrisburg Club by members of the Harrisburg City Council. Wednesday, morning session: Ad dress, T. C. Hare, city solicitor, Al toona; address, "Workmen's com pensation law," Harry A. Mackey, chairman Workmen's Compensation Bqprd; report of law committee, James A. Gardner, city solicitor, New Castle; open discussion. Afternoon session: Address, "Re lation of Public Utilities to Third Class Cities," William D. B. Ainey, chairman Public Service Commis sion; address, "Food Inspection," Dr. John M. J. Raunick, Harrisburg health officer; address, "Weights and Measures," James Sweeney, chief state bureau of statistics; lecture, "Awakening of Harrisburg," J. Hor ace McFarland, secretary Harrisburg Municipal League. Evening: Banquet at the palm room, Elks' Club, 216 North Second street. ,Thupday, morning session: Ad dress, "City Planning," member of Harrisburg commission; open dis cussion; unfinished business, new business, fixing place of meeting next year, election of officers, ad lournment. Afternoon: Delegates are request ed to report promptly at 2 o'clock for an automobile trip over the park system after which the Romper Day exercises will be witnessed at Reser voir Park. One German U-Boat Sinks 19 Vessels in Three Weeks By Associated Press An Atlantic Port, Aug. 7.—One German submarine during a three weeks' period ending July 19 sank nineteen vessels, aggregating 66,000 tons, and was still in condition to remain longer away from Its base according to a report brought here to-day by Harold Hansen, of Detroit, a member of the crew of one of the nineteen ships, who said he received his information from the U-boat commander. HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1917. FRENCH PIERCE GERMAN LINES AT THREE POINTS Crown Prince's Infantry Suf fers Heavily in Attack on Verdun By Associated Press Paris, Aug. 7.—French troops last night broke into the lines of the German Crown Prince on the Cham pagne front at three places, indict ing losses on the Germans and bringing back prisoners, it was offi cially announced to-day by the French war department. A Teuton attack between Avocourt wood and Hill 304, in the Verdun sector, was driven off with heavy losses to the Germans, Russians Advance The Russian'front situation con tinues complex, with Russian troops ottering spirited resistance and driv ing back the Austro-German forces in some sectors and weakly yielding in others. Ten miles from Chotin, just be yond the extreme southeasterly cor nor of Galicla, the Teutonic armies have been forced back, according to advices from Kishinev to-day. Pet rograd also officially reports the driving back of enemy advance guards south of Grijmalov. In Bukowina and on the river By stritza, on the other hand, the Rus sian's have been forced to yield more ground, in one case because of the voluntary retirement of two regi ments. Teutons Strike Rumania Further south, in Rumania, a fur ther menace to the entente lines be came apparent to-day in the an nouncement of the opening of a Teutonic offensive in the Fokshani region, near the point where the line turns southeastward towards the Danube. Petrograd concedes a re tirement here, and Berlin announces the storming of Russian positions north of Kokshani, with the taking of 1,300 prisoners and thirteen guns. In Flanders the infantry has con tinued Inactive but the total silence of the British official report on con ditions there, similar to that pre served while the great bombardment which preceded the initial attack was impending, coupled with the reports of greatly increased air ac tivity, seems indicative of a probable early renewal of the Entente offen sive effort. The French report, in deed, speaks of "fairly violent" ar tillery lighting in Belgium, notably in the Bixschoote sector. The steady closing In of the Ca nadian lines about Lens also gives the impression that the time is not far distant when the effort to give the final touch to the process of ex pelling the Germans from that lo cality will be launched. HORSK sno'I'HKHKU I.N MMMKII.X Paxtang, AUK. 7. "Pete.' veteran limekiln horse at the Kutlierford quar ries, near this place, came to his death tn a peculiar manner yesterday after twenty years around the kilns. Haul ins: limestone to one of the kilns, the horse fell Into a vent at the top and was smothered by the fumes and smoke of the Are that had Just been started below. NO CLUE TO DEATH liy Associated I'ress Butte. Mont., AUK. 7.—A coroner's Jury last night completed an Inquest Into the death of Frank H. Mule, Industrial Worker of the Wori t leader, hangqd by si* masked men last Wednesday, without securing in formation ah to the Identity of the lynchers, or even establishing a clue thereto. ENGLAND PUNS TO PUT NAVY ON OFFENSIVE BASIS Second Sea Lord Removed as First Step of Reorgan ization By Associated Press London, Aug. 7.—Official an nouncement was made at the ad miralty to-day that Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, second sea lord, had been replaced by Vlce-Admiral Sir Ross lyn Wemyss. Alan Garrett Ander son, hitherto vice-chairman of the wheat commission, succeeds Sir Eric Campbell Geddes, the new first lord of the admiralty, as controller of naval construction. The changes in the British ad miralty are attracting: much atten tion and are interpreted as the first step in a which it is supposed Sir Kric Campbell Geddes, first lord of the admiralty, was ap pointed to carry out. .Sal<l "Half Measure" In quarters where the existing ad miralty methods are regarded as un satisfactory the present step is de nounced as a "procrastinatory half measure" and it is believed the change to have been so com plete as to "give the country a reso lute and energetic admiralty per meated by an offensive spirit." There is no implication of in capacity against Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, whose services as Admiral Jellicoe's second in command of the grand tleet are recognized and an official announcement states that he will be employed orr special duty. An official statement contains the announcement that an opportunity is to be token of the appointment of Vice-Admiral Sir Hosslyn Wemyss to rearrange the duties of the sec ond sea lord of the admiralty, who will be relieved of detailed adminis trative work connected with the per sonnel of the fleet. This is inter preted as meaning that the second sea lord will not be trammeled by details .which subordinates cdn han dle, but will be associated more closely than was his predecessor with the preparation of war plans. Greene Is Removed Another change in the admiralty is the removal of Sir William Gra ham Greeno from the permanent secretaryship to the admiralty to a secretaryship in the ministry of mu nitions under Winston Spencer Churchill. , Sir William's departure from the admiralty is regarded as of consid erable importance, as the post of permanent secretary, which he has held since 1911, always has been largely responsible for the continuity of admiralty traditions and policy. It is this continuity which is re garded by many as a most dungerous factor in that it hinders initiative and adaptibility to current needs. Former President Taft Taken 111 in West Clay Center, Kas., Aug. 7.—Former Pieildent William H. Taft became II! at a hotel here during tile night anrl to-day is under the care of a physi cian. The nature of his Illness was described only as heins stomach trou ble. He was unable to leave Clay Center to-day for Lincoln, Neb., whore he has a speaking engagement. PKMt TK KICTS RH\I)Y Tickets for the annual Picnic, to be hld Thursday in Hcr slicy Park, to-day verc pine d on uale ! by the committee. TROOPCGOES SOUTH SOON IS LATEST REPORT Dispatch From Headquarters at Philadelphia Says First Cavalry Will Move TROOPERS EAGER TO GO Men of Local Command Anx ious to Start but Do Not Have Offical Orders The First Pennsylvania Cavalry, of which Troop -C is a unit, yester day received orders from the War Department to be ready to leave for the Augusta. Ga„ training camp in a few days, according to a Philadel phia dispatch. , K very thing is in readiness at the State street armory for orders when they come, although no such orders have been received here. The wagons are loaiied with equipment standing by the siding. When the order comes to go, regardless of how short a time is given, it is said every trooper and every piece of equipment will be on the train in a short time, in the orders said to have been received at Philadelphia no time was given for the troops to move, but merely to hold themselves in readiness. The regiment consists of twelve troops and is commanded by Col onel J. P. Wood. It will be known as the Twenty-eight division, United States Army when it goes as an integral part of the great national army that is to tight for democracy on the battlefields of Europe. Captain E. Hoyt Weston, 2138 North Second, this morning received his assignment to Governor's Island. He was appointed a captain in the quartermasters corps several months ago and since that time has been anxiously awaiting assignment to active duty. Army officers say his assignment is one of the best that could be given him. Captain Weston was formerly employed as a bond salesman and was active during the Liberty Loan campaign. Recruiting For Guard Second Lieutenant James T. Long, of Company D, assigned to recruit ing duty under Captain Harrell at 223 Market street, this morning re ceived a handsomely engraved com pass sent by the members of the Post Office Athletic Association, First Lieutenant J. P. Wilbar, of [Continued on Page 3] Millions of Cigarets and Tons of Tobacco to Be Sent to Pershing's Men By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Aug. 7.—The Red Cross has just received the fol lowed cablegram from its French commission in Paris: "Please arrange ship ten tons to bacco earliest date; 60 per cent. cigaVet mixtures, 20 per cent, pipe tobacco, 20 per cent, chewing to bacco. For use of troops. No suit able tobacco obtainable here. Sup ply American tobacco exhausted. Y. M. C. A. shipment lost. Prompt shipment important." The war council plans, therefore, to avail itself immediately of a very generous offer of Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company to donate, through the Red Cross for the use of Ameri can, troops abroad, 500,000 Fatima cigarets, 500,000 Piedmont cigarets, 500,000 Chesterfield cigarets, 10,000 5-cent packages Velvet smoking to bacco, 10,000 5-cent packages Duke's mixture smoking tobacco and 10,000 10-cent cuts Star chewing tobacco. A large consignment of tobacco is to be forwarded immediatley, the French government having arranged to admit free of duty all articles con signed to American troops. This al lows free entry for chocolate, to bacco. cigarets, games, playing cards and other "comforts." Russia Almost as Quiet as U. S., Says Elihu Root By Associated Press / Chicago, Aug. 7.—Elihu Root, who with other members of the American mission to Russia was in Chicago to day, said that as a matter of fact] there is scarcely more disorder In Russia than there is in the United. States. "Certain disturbances are inevi-| I table in a change of government so i [radical as that of Russia," said Mr. Root, "and cable dispatches deal I largely with these disturbances. I I Hence thepublic has gained an Im pression that there is little going on \ in Russia except demonstrations. A-s j a matter of fact If reports on Amer- > : ican affairs dissiminuted in Russia! concentrated on our own little dis-j turbunccs —race riots, the I. W. W. iind the like—Russian's would have; about the same picture of us that i wo now haVe of them. 1 have faith in the new Russian ministry and in, the Russian future as an important' clement In the alms of the allies. j "Russian women aro doing a won-| derftil work in shaming the men in to fighting, and where necessary 11 hope American women will follow; tlicir example.'' I Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION NICHOLAS KEPT 80,000 SPIES IN SECRET SERVICE Russia Infested by Legion aries of Autocracy, Cap tured Records Show MAJORITY POORLY PAID Informers Had Picturesque Names as Means of Identification By Associated Press Petrograd. Aug. 7.—Thirty-three long lists of spies, Informers and agents, provocateurs in former Kmpe ror Nicholas' pay, have been published by the commission for securing the r.ew system of government appointed by the provisional government imme diately after the revolution. Fifty more lists may be expected. The total [Continued on Page 10] Last of Armed Gangs Resisting Draft Taken By Associated' Press Oklahoma City. Okla., Aug. 7.—With 250 draft objectors under arrest and more surrendering, the Federal and state officials believe the organized outbreak against service in the Na tional Army to be over. Officers to day continued their search for several of the leaders who have not been apprehended and Department of Jus tice officials continued the prepara tion of conspiracy information. Re ports to-day from Seminole, Hughes and Pontotoc counties indicated last night passed without serious disturb ance. APPROVE I.KKiI K'X ACTION Members of the Harrisburg Build ing Trades Council and the Central Labor I'nion last night approved the action of the Workingmen's Non partisan League endorsing the candi dacies of Daniel L. Keister for Mayor, and Thomas P; Moran, J. L. Yoder, John A. Parthmore and ■ David K. Young, for Council. {- J ■ * 4. H BROTHERHOODS WIN FULL CREW CASE fc m *L X Harrisburg—Wcrd was received here to-day that the jT *¥ State Supreme Cort had refused to entertain the Penn- 4* * *6 ejf sylvania railroad to appeal from the decision of the X jj* Superior Court in the "locked baggage car," and "rear 4* t&f"' <s# end platform" casts in the full crew law complaints be- jj JL i ' fore the Public Service Commission. These were the 4* cSses decided in favor of the railroad men. W. N. Trinkle, X of Trinkle &. Jones, of this city, filed the objections on <Jj* behalf of the railroad men's organisation. These cases $ were among the first brought before the commission and T *"s were immediately appealed by the railroad to the | *** 'A Superior Court which upheld the Commission in findings X *f* on them. -j L 'f MANY FOUND PHYSICALLY FIT "3* £ A Chicago, Aug. 7—Fifty-seven of the eighty-six draft ] 9 *jj exemption boards in Chicago reported to-day that a total J ' 0 of 12,670 registrants had been examined and that *9.638 j H of the number had been found physically fit for military # t * * duty Of the physically fit, 6,095 made exemption claims. * * f J TO BUY SUPPLIES IN U S. * *7* A f | Washington, Aug. 7—American ship owners were # requested by Secretary Rcdfield to-day to assist in con- J * * serving the allies" food bupplies by purchasing all ship' ► v. stores in the United States. * ' II MAJORITY OF WOUNDED RECOVER "£* An Atlantic Port, Aug. 7.—Out of one detail of 1,350 ♦ * * * 4# wounded men sent for special treatment to a London * € - hospital suffering from crushed arid broken bones, 1,000 * i" • $ were able to return to active duty at the front, according g to Major J. E Goldthwaite. an orthopedic surgeon of the X j} United States Army Medical Reserve Corps who arrived ± here to-day from Europe. ' ifc T ASSESSOR TO RUN FOR COUNCIL T <■£ Harrisburg —City Assessor James C. Thompson an- L nounced this afternoon he will be a candidate this Fall 4 for City Council. rf -1 i 4 X * X f • ■ - L $* g ± MARRIAGE - 3- bur*! Ja mm Armilninii lioch; nnd Kllnnbetk May Kautm, Hnrrln- *s* b 'irK i ItOKKI Fornn nll, Mlddletown, nnd Hone Km her Humll, aL, KnrrUbur*. ~ PERSHINGS MEN TO TEST MASKS IN POISON GAS U. S. Soldiers to Be Instructed How to Avoid Asphyxia tion on Field NEED OF QUICK WORK Americans to Be Completely Protected Before Going. Into Battle Lines By Associated Press American Training Camp in France, Aug. 6.--The issuance of French gas masks to the American soldiers has brought them a little nearer to the realization of their proximity to real warfare. The men are looking for ward to the gas experiments with the greatest possible interest as giving a touch of adventure to their training. When the socalled "gashouse" is completed, the men will he put through a mixture of a deadly vapor several times stronger than will ever he encountered upon the field of battle. Some German prisoners have claimed that in their training they have endured periods of from five 05 ten minutes in a gas mixture fifty times as strong as can possibly be maintained in an open-air attack. The men are put through this intense mixture to demonstrate to them that with proper care and use of their equipment they cannot be hurt by [Continued on Pace 9] NEUTRALITY VIOLATED Associated Press London, Aug. 7.—The Admiralty learns that a German submarine yesterday attacked a Spanish fish ing boat In the neighborhood of Bil boa, Spain, within Spanish terri torial waters. Two of the crew were severely wounded.
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