' of.fastim Armies Bedsm y Will Never Surrender to Germzw HARRISBURG |fl|jl}|t TELEGRAPH M\ ©)c Star-Jirtcpctiftcnt I LXXXVI— No. ISB 14 PAGES RUSSIA READY • TO ENTER WAR WITH ENERGY General Korniloff Declares Second Phase of Campaign Is Just About to Start; New Democracy Will Never Sub mit to German Rule; Surrender Would Make Nation a Colony Under Kaiser, Says Army Chief London, Aug. 8. The correspondent of the Times at the headquarters of the Seventh Russian army talked with General Kornilo on the eve of his departure to take over the supreme com mand. General Korniloff said. The first stage of the war is over. The second phase begins to-day. The correspondent says the Russian commander repudiates the possibility of the Russian's surrendering. He holds that if Russia concludes a dishonorable peace to which traitors have been driving her she will become a German colony forever. The Ger mans would seize her foodstuffs, enroll her men and treat her as a conquered country. There' could be no choice between the evil of war and the evil of surrender. Russia is full of spendid fighting men. Ten millions have already been enrolled, but they are scarcely trained. They are too busy attending meetings instead of drill. These millions must be helped by British and French officers as Serbians, Ru manians, Greeks and Americans have been. GERMANS OPEN HEAVY FIRE ON BRITISH LINES Crown Prince Continues Fu tile Attacks on French Positions By Associated Press London, Aug. 8. —German artil lery last night began an active bom bardment of the British front in Belgium to the east and north of Ypres. British troops during th 3 night raided the Teuton trenches near Lonibaertzyde and returned with some prisoners and a machine gun. Troops of the German Crown Prince last night launched attacks on the French positions east of Vauxaillon and west of the Califor nie plateau, in the Aisne region. The statement issued to-day by the French war office says that all the • attacks were repulsed. German raids north of St. Mihiel, in the Verdun sector, and in Upper Alsace, was checked by the French fire. On the greater part of the Aisne front, the statement adds, there was a heavy mutual artillery Are. She Eases Pain of Her Guinea Hen by Cutting Craw Then Sewing It Up Opening the neck of a guinea hen, removing its craw and taking out foreign substances that threatened to choke the fcwl to death, and then replacing the craw and sewing up the neck, is said to be a difficult operation. It was successfully per formed by Mrs. G. T. Kirkwood, a former Harris-burger, now residing at Hellam, York county. The op eration required but twenty minutes. Mrs. Kirkwood bound the guinea's head with a piece of linen and cut the neck. She took out the craw and opened the latter sufficient to remove several bunches of thread and other foreign substances which the hen had picked up during feed lng. The craw was sewed up with black silk thread, replaced, and the same operation performed on the neck of the guinea. The latter is alive to day and shows little discomfort be cause of the recent operation. I THE WEATHER For llarrlnburg and vicinity: Un settled father, probably Nhon er* to-night aad Thurnday; not much change In temperaturr; Kentle *outhwe*t to went wind*. For Eastern Pennsylvania! Prob ably *hower* to-nlnht and Thursday | gentle Houtbwmt to treat winds. filter 1 hf Susquehanna river and all I(n tributaries will probably fall slowly or remain stationary, except ri*cs may occur in Nome streams an a renult of heavy local ralnii. A stage of about 3.8 feet In Indicated for liarrls burK Thursday morning. tieneral Conditions An extensive area of high barome- A feom the Xorth Pacific ocean W has moved In over the .North west, causing a general though mostly Mllght fall in tempera ture along the northern boun dary of the United State* from the Great Lakes westward to ' Jhe Pacific ocean and in the westeru Canadian province*. Temperaturet 8 a. m., 74 degree*. Sun* Hl*en. CtOU a. m. Won t Rise*, IMS 2 p. m. River Staget 3.W feet. Yesterda;*a Weather Highest temperature, HU. Lowest temperature. 07. .Mean temperature, 70. .Normal temperature, 74. ELIHU ROOT IS CONFIDENT OVER RUSS SITUATION Commissioner Meets Presi dent Wilson With Hopeful Report on New Republic Washington, D. C.. Aug. 8. A Russian republic is certain to result from the situation in that country, is the opinion of Elihu Root, head of the American mission which re turned here to-day from its three months visit to report to President Wilson. In Mr. Root's opinion onlv through the overwhelming of the country by German armies, making impossible further development in the formation of the new govern ment can prevent the erection of the Russian republic. Internal difficulties are being over come and the process of crystalliza tion is going on rapidly; the extreme elements which threatened serious trouble have been brought under control, and, given due opportunity and time and such assistance as America can render in material and moral support, in Mr. Roofs opinion, tne Russian republic is a certainty. A delegation of government offi cials met the party at the railroad station. Major General Scott, chief of-staff of the Army, who spent much time at the front, will report to Secretary Baker. The general was with the Russian army part of the time it was in rout before the German forces and is expected to bring much valuable military infor mation. Reports Toclay Arrangements were made at the White House for President Wilson [Continued on Page 12.] Second Liberty Loan to Be Floated Next Month; Expect a Higher Rate By Associated Press New \ ork, Aug. B.—Preparations for the floating of the second lib erty loan to be offered to the public some time early in the fall were begun here to-day by the general loan committee of the s?econd fed eral reserve district. This action was taken following a request from Secretary McAdoo that the com mittee reorganize at once for a sec ond campaign. Although the date the second loan will be offered to the public and the rate of interest it will bear have not been definitely decided upon, it was said It would be about September 15, and not October 1& as at first reported. It was also said in the financial district that it was very doubtful if the govern ment could sell another issue if liberty loan bonds bearing per cent. Interest so long as the market price for the last issue remains un der par. • The reason given for advancing the date of the next issue from Oc tober 15 to September 15 was that the small investor might be one of the big factors in floating the loan. It was said that should the loan offered beginning October 15 the workingman would not invest heav ily because of the coming holidays. President Sends Judge West to Look Into I. W. W. By Associated Press Washington. Aug. 8. President Wilson to-day took cognizance of the I. \\ . A\. agitation and labor troubles in the West by selecting Chief Jus tice Covington, of the District of Columbia supreme court to make a personal investigation of the situ ation. Justice Covington conferred to-day with the President and Sec retary Wilson of the Departmeru of Labor before starting on his work. HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8, 1917 EASE PHYSICAL NEW ARM Y TO GET MORE MEN ) NAMES OF ALL W EXEMPTION, W WILL BE MADE PUBLIC THE State registration headquarters in this city to-day notified the 282 local boards throughout the State of the \\ ar Department's decision to make available for news paper use the names of all men who apply for exemption, together with their reasons for the same, details concerning physical disqualifications excepted. The instructions arc as follows: Washington advises wherever any registered per son imposes upon a local board and Improperly secures a certificate of exemption or discharge he advances the time of call of all other uncalled persons on the list. For this reason every registered person and to some extent every person in the community is more or less directly interested in seeing that the true facts are brought to the attention of the Government. For every local hoard a person will be designated who will re ceive information of such cases and lake appeals to the district board or inform the local board. For this reason the public is entitled to know the grounds upon which claims for exemption or discharge are being asked by registered men. Local Boards should there for make available for the press from day to day the names of persons claiming exemption or discharges, the grounds upon which such claims are based and iii general the number of cases that are being disposed of by the boards from day to day. This instruction does not apply to discharges on the ground of physical dis qualification. W. G. MURDOCH. For Governor Brumbaugh. LOCAL PLANTS SEEK EXEMPTION FOR THEIR MEN P. R. R., Bethlehem Steel, Pipe Bending and Other Indus tries Want Furloughs Officials of the Pennsylvania rail road, Bethlehem Steel Company and all local industrial plants handling government contracts will seek ex emption for employes subject to draft. It is said that skilled labor is now so scarce that any 'urther withdrawal of employes would great ly interfere with prompt and effici ent work for tne government dur ing the war. Some time ago it was announced that with the acceptance of a num ber of large government contracts, th> Bethlehem Steel Company would not only need every man in its em ploy, but would have work for hun dreds of cithers. Agents hr.ve been busy for some time hunting for men for the steel company. At the Steel ton plant many young men of draft age are employed, and to take them away at this time, officials claim, would badly cripple the big plant. Pipe Bonding Wants Men President David E. Tracy, of the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Company, said to-day that he would make every effort to keep l.is men, and that a loss of any number of employes, large or small, would ham per the work now on hand. While no official announcement had been [Continued on Page 9] Starvation Wipes Out Whole Towns in Palestine By Associated Press New York. Aug. 8. Conditions in Syria and Palestine are declared to be "the worst possible" by a refugee who has reached New York and reported to the American Com mittee of Armen'an and Syrian re lief. The committee's informant whose name is withheld, said there were 8,000 cases of typhus in Beirut when he left owing mainly to a lack of medicine and scarcity of doctors. The poorer classes have been, wiped out by starvation, he said. In Lebanon he saw many villages and towns without a single inhabitant. Relief' work In Beirut is being carried out in behalf of the American Commit tee by Americans there. Skidding Auto Knocks Traction Employe to Street John Fullcher. 1716 Logan street, a switch greaser for the Harrisburg Railways Company, was struck and hurt by an auto truck this morning The truck, one of B. F. Hoffman's was going west on Walnut street and the driver, seeing Fullcher greasing the switch at Short and Walnut streets, applied the brakes, which caused the machine to skid. The rear end of the truck hit Fullcher knocking him about ten feet. The machine then turned completely around and struck the curb, smash ing the rear wheel. Fullcher was taken to the Polyclinic Hospital by- Captain George C. Jack in his ma chine. Fullcher suffered bruises of the left leg and lacerations about the head. Two Black Bear Cubs Bought For Park Zoo Two baby bears have been bought for the zoo at Paxtang Park, the management announced to-day. One of the cubs, a lively black bear, ar rived from St. Louis, Mo., lust week, nnd has been placed in one of the smaller cages near the deer pens. The other cub is expected in a day or two. Kecently one of the small bears at the park was killed by a large brown one. FIRST AND THIRD COUNTY DISTRICTS AWAIT QUOTAS Men in Second Division Called For Examination Monday; Notices Go Out Examinations of men from the first and third county divisions for the National Army will not be started until the official quotas are sent to the boards, the members said to day. Notices to men subject to draft in the second county division were sent out by .the board last night. The first examinations will be held next Mon 'n h Paxtang schoolhouse when about one hundred will ap ?he division includes Pen brook, Paxtang, Hummelstown bor oughs, and Susquehanna, Swatara Lower Swatara. Derry, Kast West and South Hanover and Lower Pax ton townships. humbler chairman of the first county exemption board, with the largest registration and quota in ru ?£' Said to - da >' th at the ruling or the government in accept b® a b ' K hel P to hi S because of the large percent fvf 6 TJ f °r clßn " born men employed in at e sreel?on hem St * el Col ™>' P lant Other county divisions will not be ♦ s f ° much by the orde ' - as the hea y iest foreign enrollment is in the industrial district. Four Americans Among Crew Murdered by Teuton Fiend in Submarine London, Aug. B.—Kour Americans * ere lost on the British steamer Bel gian Prince, which was sunk Julv 31 • a German submarine. One Ameri can is anions the survivors. The Americans who lost their lives were WlHum Cri-sy or Hughes Philadelphia; James Shew, Detroit' Ren'raln 6f * !errlck Mass., and Ben Cain, negro, Norfolk. Va. The sole American survivor is Wil vmn il ' 4L ne * rO, r ' om Jackson- f l "' Th f American consul at ?i V s I 10 1 "1 to-day heard from his lips story of the murder of the crew. e Thirty-eight of the crew of the steamer were drowned and three others were rescued by a patrol boat and taken to a British port. The survivors say the submarine shelled the vessel, after which the com mander ordered the crew to take to the boats and go alongside the sub marine. According to the survivors the Germans removed the lifebelts an . Stuart, of Pittsburgh, one of the largest contractors in the country. The construction on the grounds is in charge of M. E. Brown, of the construction division of the United States Signal Corps. The force of laborers will be increased to about 300 men as soon as quarters and ma terial have been secured. Tracks Into Building All wood to be used in' the build ing will be cut by large power saws. Large buildings will also be binlt i for the accommodation of the labor ; ers. A bunkhouse, and diningrooui and kitchen will be built. The ofllce building is only temporary and when the work is finished only the ware house will remain. Two railroad tracks will pass through the build ing. The approximate cost is be tween $400,000 and 1500,000. Russian Brotherhood Sends Delegates to Aid Galicia Obtain Freedom At the closing session of the Rus sian Brotherhood of the United States meeting in the Harrisburg hotel, $2500 Was appropriated late this afternoon for the purpose of sending two delegates to Galicia. They will leave as soon as pass ports can be obtained. It is the in tention of the Brotherhood to send these representatives to Galicia to aid that country to obtain its free dom from Austria and annexation to Russia. Final instructions will Ibe given to the men before they I sail. Shoots Self When Auto Party Crashes Into Tree By Associated Press Meadville, Pa., Aug. B.—When Miss Florence Hughes, of New- Brighton, Pa., was killed, and two other members of an automobile party, Howard Reck, of Aspinwall, and Miss Mabel Spencer, of Slippery Rock, were severely injured in an accident caused by the machine striking a, tree while running at a high rate of speed at Conneaut Lake, near here, last night, Walter Welch, of Slippery Rock, the fourth member of the party, is said to have drawn a revolver and shot himself. He is In a serious condition with a bullet wound in the neck. Preparing For School Opening in September Final preparations are under way at the school board offices for .the re-opening of city schools on Tues day, September 4. Practically all new books, and other supplies both for grade and high schools, have been received and distributed. Con tracts have just been let for new desks and chairs for a number of the rooms in various buildings. Repairs in all buildings are being pushed so that there will be no de lay when the fall term starts. Un officially it was estimated that at least 11,000 youngsters will resume their studies in September. At the continuation school, near Sixth and Forster streets, the second floor has been torn out. and ex tensive alterations are under way. American Dies of Wound Received on French Front By Associated Press Paris, Aug. B.—John Verplanck Newlin, of Whlteford, Pa., an Amer ican field service member who was seriously wounded by a shell at his post on August J, died in a hospital at the front on August 5. Newlin was a member of section 29 and left Paris less than a month ago. He was a Princeton student and was> the second man from that university to be killed in field serv- Ire within the last week. The same shell which struck New lin wounded Julian Broome L. Allen, of New York, the section's leader. The latter is the son of Frederick Allen. Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION GUARDSMEN ARE ORDERED FROM BRIDGE DUTY! First Regiment Companies Already (lone; Third Unit Ordered to Get Ready POLICE TO TAKE PLACE P. R. R. Has Large Force of Special Duty Men to Take Over Patrol Orders for the withdrawal of sol diers guarding railroad property, day. In conjunction with Harry C. Baum, assistant division operator of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Cap tain of Police Paul L. Barcla.- n-- ranged for placing special officers b,! L 1.! u Where they will mobi lize wjth their battalion. Soldiers on duty at Coatesvllle, Downingtown and points west of Overbrook will leave sometime to-day or to-mor- I, 0 "' . are all of the First and Third Pennsylvania Infantry. Captain Barclay will have at his disposal 138 officers for duty on Pennsylvania Railroad property He has assigned four officers at day. and the same number at night for duty at Lemoyne. The Cumberland \ alley Railroad Company officials will furnish guards for the river bridge. Now York Ouarri Coming The Philadelphia division starts at Marysville. Soldiers on duty there, at Enola and Rockvllle are preparing for a hasty departure. Philadelphia division police will go on duty not later than Saturday. East of Philadelphia and between Trenton. N. J. and New York, sol diers from New York National Ouard regiments will be placed on duty. At present New Jersey and Pennsylvania Troops are on guard. Orders issued to-day were to be in readiness for immediate movement. J f3 £ IANS RES , i —* Mp | Petrcgrad, Aug. B.—Russian troops arc on the qffcn- X sivc in the Chotin region, near the southeastern fr; ' X of Galicia. Yesterday they drove the AUstro-G'erman <§► *i* &• forces from two villages, captured a height and took more X X tl:an 300 prisoners and four machine guns, the \rr.r ♦ | £ S> office announced to-day. A Teutonic attack in the region X <4* 31 T* of Brody where the Russians are still cn Galician soi:. *f* * •f was only temporarily successful. A counterattack L T restored the Russian positions that had been penetrated. T 2 COMMISSION APPROVES STREET CHANGE g • Harrisburg—The City Planning Commission this 3* Js •* "x* afternoon approved the plans for the proposed changes at ths Fourth street approach o{ the Mulberry street X bridge, wHich will eliminate one of the dangerous curves Hk there. 'X * I IfaTrisburg. Dr. C. J. Marshall, State Veterinarian, T f *r to-day was appointed bv the Surgeton General to serve on im £ the advicory board reorganizing the U. S. Army Vet- Q bushels more £han forecast in July. The com- wt bined wheat yield estimated at 653,000.000 bushels. X. I TURKS BOME'ARD CHIOS 4 X Athens, Aug. 8. -*- Official advices from Chios say the .jt Tuiks have bombarded the Island from Tchcsme, a sea- J* i <4, P°rt of Asia Minor, forty miles from Smyrna, sinking X four sailing vessels and slightly damaging the town and '4* <4 the aviation grounds. X * Z * ? T * 4 T -r .1 X t t X MARRIAGE LICENSES % -t X CtarlM A. Trawcr and Klale H. Vaunt, Hurrlabur*. FAKE ASSASSINS PLAY ON RUSSIA FOR FAT LIVING Enterprising Citizens "Mur der" Despotic Officials With Free Hand ARE HELD UP AS HEROES Success of Released Terrorists Responsible For Terri ble Tales Pctrograd, Aug. B.—Among the novelties which Russia's revolution has presented to the world is the pro fession of fake assassin. In other countries only persons suffering from hallucinations claim to have commit ted murders of which thev are inno cent. Here, as a result of Nicholas' overthrow, posing as an assassin is a highly profitable if transitory branch of business. Terrorists released from Siberian convict jails and exile villages are naturally made heroes of. They are given free train accommodation, free dinners, free clothes and gifts of money. When they reach their na tive towns they are acclaimed as martyrs of liberty; and they receive proposals of marriage from attrac tive and wealthy young women. As a result of this novel condition many enterprising citizens whose hands are innocent* of any thing grimmer than mud or Ink are posing as mur derers of despotic officials, women as well as men entering the profession. In Minsk has been arrested Cath erine Smirnoff who announced that she had murdered M. Ivanoff. gov ernor of Odessa, and described with pathos her sufferings In the Arctic wastes of Yakutsk. Catherine levied tribute and was presented with bouquets. An unkindly inquirer dis covered that Odessa had never had a governor named Ivanoff. KILLED IN FOOD RIOT By Associated Press Bahia, Brazil, Aug. B.—Disorders have been used here by the high cost of living. Two persons were killed and a number wounded in conflicts with the police.