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RECRUITING TO
CONTINUE HERE
Regular Army Office to Be
Maintained Permanently;
Guard Awaits Call
That the regular ariuy recruiting,
office in this place will be maintained
here permanently, is the interesting
intormation given out this morning
by Lieutenant K. \\ . Lesher at tne
10.cal recruiting headquarteis.
More or less uncertainty has ex
isted regarding what disposition
might be made of the recruiting ot
hces scattered over the country, now
that the machinery of the druit
boards is in operation. Many
have been ot the opinion tnat all
candidates for the vacancies in the
.National Army as well as the Nation
al uuard would be iiled by tne selec
tive process.
Positive assurance has been given
by tne V> ar Department that the re
cruiting offices will remain open,
said lieutenant .Lesher, who is in
marge ot the activities of the local
ottiee. Isot only will the recruiting
oltices be maintained, but the worn
of securing men tor the army will
be pushed with new activity. That
there will be plenty ot' worn for the
i ecruiting officers is evidenced by tne
lact that the regular army is to be
kept up to Its lull strength of 300,-
uuu men and the National Guard
to its lull strength of 450,000 persons,
through recruiting.
Pennsylvania holds an enviable
record in the worn of enlisting men.
This State has led all other States
Irom the very start, but New York is
a. close second. To-day's reports give
Pennsylvania's enlistments as 21,-
784. New York is credited with 21,-
53!) enlistments.
Pennsylvania not only leads the
United States, but Harrlsburg leads
in the State in recruiting. This tact
tihould have weight with the young
man who expects to enlist, for Har
risuurg men promise to play a prom
inent part in the world war.
n.xpect Husli of Hccruits
Keporis received from tne con
ference held by the various exemp
tion boards In this city indicate that
there will be a general tightening ot"
tha rules, and there is a leeiing
that young men ot military age who
have not yet been called should en
list at the army headquarters and
select the brancn of service desired,
'lhis privilege is denied after a man
has been actually called for exam
ination by a local examining board.
Raymond A. Miller, lllti North
Eighteenth stret, and Jacob L.. Nlck
-011, 1-46 Swatara street, this city,
have been accepted at recruiting
headquarters for the Signal Corps,
and nave been assigned to the Co-1
lumbus, Ohio, barracks. Alfonso
Stella, 234 South Second street, en
listed for the infantry and was sent
to Gettysburg.
To Call Reserve Soon
Sergeant Howard B, Kllinger, of
the Signal Reserve Corps, has been
notitieu that no date has been set
calling the tield battalions of the
Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps to
dutv. Sergeant Ellinger has been ad
vised, however, to have his affairs
ir. such shape thut the staff can leave
upon short notice, and there is a
feeling that the call may not be long
delayed.
The following enlistments in the
Signal Reserve Corps were made at
the local headquarters yesterday:
Donald F. Gerbig, Chambersburg;
Joseph A. Barnes, Williamstown,
and John H. Countryman, Middle
town.
At Hargest Island, the men are
anxiously awaiting the call to leave
for Camp Hancock. While it is be
lieved that the orders to move may
be received at any moment, there is
nothing certain about the time of
leaving, and it is possible that the
orders will not be received earlier
than ten hours prior to the time of
leaving.
Reports received from Company
U tend to make the boys at the Is
land all the more anxious to en
train for Georgia.
Co. I Needs But Two
There are but two more vacancies
to be tilled in Company I, and when
these are tilled, the company will be
at full strength. The following re
cruits have been accepted by Com
pany 1: Isaac Rolneck, 222 Chestnut
street; Fred B. Hitter, Lewistown;
Ray M. Keller, 1061 South Ninth
street; John M. Shenck, York.
George E. Sponsler, of Eberlys Mills,
has enlisted in the Supply Company.
The ball game yesterday after
noon between the Company I boys
and the Forty-seventh Infantry of
New York, resulted in a victory for
the Company I boys, the score being
14 to 2.
An event of unusual interest is the
guard mount ceremony, which will
be held at the Island to-morrow
evening at 6.30 o'clock. Following
this, the famous Eighth Regiment
band will give a concert.
The Harrisburg Bridge Company
has announced that SIOO will be add
ed to the general fund of the Eighth
Regiment. This amount represents
the tolls collected by the bridge com
pany on the evenings when parades
and drills were held at the Island.
The company has no to make
money as a result of the visits of
friends and relatives to the soldiers,
and for this reason it was decided to
make a liberal donation to the gen
eral fund.
Bombs Here Taboo
When asked if Troop C had ever
had under contemplation the use of
bombs upon the old buildings in the
Capitol Park extension. Captain
Roberts replied that such a thing
had never been thought of for while
it would no doubt be interesting to
give the men practical demonstra
tions of how the explosives work,
the project would be attended by
grave danger to pedestrians and per
sons living in that neighborhood.
The men are receiving instruction
of a most practical sort under the
direction of Captain Roberts, and
when they arrive in France, they
will be able to put their knowledge
to a practical use. . , . , . .
MR. NeFARLAXD MAKES ADDRESS
J. Horace McFarland, president of
the American Civic Association, of this
city, delivered an address of a remls
ceiit character at the tenth annual re
union of the Society of the McAlister
vtlie Soldiers' Orphans' School, at that
place this afternoon. Mr. McFarland's
father, the late Colonel G. F. McFar
land, was the founder of the school.
TRACK MEET POSTPONED
Owing to the inclement weather,
the annual Playground track meet,
scheduled for to-morrow, has been
postponed until pext Tuesday after
noon. The meet will be held on the
Island under the supervision of the
Park Department. The same schedule
of events will be used.
HEAVY ISSUES FILED
The State Public Service Commis
sion to-day announced that during
1916 there were filed with certificates
of notification calling for Issues of
stocks and bonds by Pennsylvania
common carriers and public utility
companies amounting to 1156,148,-
107.50, of which $112,862,800 were
bonds. *30.780,307.50 stock*. 110,780.-
000 equipment obligations, $1,725,000
reecivers certificates.
Ht RT IN CRASH
Emmet Wolf, 226 Hummel street,
was Injured last night when his mo
torcycle crashed Into a Reservoir
S street car at Second and Black
r streets. He was taken to the
laburg Hospital for treatment,
condition la not serious. >
THURSDAY EVENING.
BRITAIN SEEKS TO MAKE
SUPERMEN
England Preparing to Turn Scales Against Adversary So
They May Never Swing Back Again—Ban Weapons
of Frightfulness and Teach Use of Three B's
A Place in England, July 16 (by
mall Associated Press). British
military authorities are convinced
that the day of the superman has
arrived, and that the part he is to
play in ending the war and regener
ating the world cannot be overesti
mated.
I A representative of the Associated
Press, who was permitted to visit
a great training school as the guest
of the Foreign Office, obtained an in
sight to the remarkable change
brought about in the British view
point during the past three years.
The British are not only putting
forth all their energy in further per
fecting their fighting forces, but ac
tually and earnestly are devoting
themselves to the developments of
their youth in a manner calculated
to fit them for any and all years to
come.
If the Germans cherished the Idea
of eliminating Britain as a world
Power, Britain, it is said, far from
being beaten, now sees with a clearer
vision than ever and Is preparing to
turn the scales against her adver
sary in such a way as they may never
again swing back.
ICmlloss Chain of Troops
While statesmen are being made
or unmade with the changing for
tunes of war, the great silent forces
of a nation proud of its traditions
and thoroughly aroused to its own
shortcomings, are constantly march
ing, in an almost endless chain, from
training schools to battle fronts and
back again. Stretched over many
miles of rolling hills, carpeted with
green foilage, is the school wherein
hundreds of thousands of British
youth are being taught to master
themselves, as one of their instruc
tors expresed" it, "so that they be
better prepared to master their
enemy and live their lives as they
would live them."
"Use your eves and your brain,"
Is the new British watchword which
is being instilled into the British
youth with all the force at the com
mand of his superiors.
"We are training Our men to be
lieve in themselves." said the gen
eral commanding the school. "Each
must not only feel that he is better
equipped physically and mentally
PAINTS VIVID PICTURE
OF ARMENIAN SUFFERING
Bombay—The following statement
given to the Associated Press by a
British officer now in a hospital here
presents a vivid picture of the suffer
ings undergone by the Armenians of
whom comparatively little first-hand
lnfromatlon h&s hitherto been forth
coming.
Before X got my wound in the
fighting up beyond Bagdad I came
into contact on several occasions
with a highly educated Armenian
who had escaped from the Turks
and was being employed by us as
interpreter. The stories he told of
the inhumanities inflicted upon his
compatriots were sp appalling that
I made notes of his conversations
and have attempted here tb repro
duce them in something like his
own language so that you can get
at the heart of the man and realize
what he and all educated Armenians
feel. The interpreter was in Con
stantinople until the end of last
year when he was sent to the front
with a party of Armenians, several
of whom escaped.
The interpreter's story follows:
Cold Blooded Murder
"What you have read and heard
about Armenia is not a hundredth
part of the truth. Dante's Inferno
was a heaven compared with the
hen that the Turks have made of
my country. Something of the awful
reality of the past twelve months I
have myself seen in passing through
on the way to the front.
"At Aleppo there are four factories
in which, under the supervision of
deported Armenians, two thousand
Armenian women are being employ
ed under terrible conditions. The
women are oil deportees. One of
them said to me: 'On a halt during
our deportations, I saw a gendarme
bury a sick woman alive. Cold
blooded murderc were every day oc
currence. Our guards had orders to
kill on the spot any one who lagged
behind on the journey. Often sev
eral were killed at once, and there
was no separate grave for them—
the bodies wero Just thrown into a
ditch together and covered. It was
all horrible to behold, but our eyes
eventually became hardened to the
sight.
"Bab, Messguene and Zor are three
Five War Veterans Are
Attending Encampment
A. Wilson Black, 139 North Thir
teenth street; Harry S. Watson, 1803
North Third street; David Challenger,
64 North Fourteenth street; Thomas
Numbers, 1446 Regina street; George
N. Shetter. 1504 State street, are rep
resenting Post 58. G. A. R.. at the na
tional encampment in Boston. They
left for Boston last Sunday and are
expected to return about Saturday.
N. A. Walmer, of Post 58, G. A." R„
has been reappointed post inspector
of Dauphin county. This inspection
is made every fall.
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than hts antagonist, but he must be
able to demonstrate It. That Is the
lesson we have learned from the
world war."
As the average Britisher is natur
ally a sportsman, his games are be
ing made to play an impressive part
in his training. In scooting, bomb
ing and all the various arts of war
fare these are proving inavaluable
to him. .
"I have been very much impress
ed with the fact that most men who
are prominent in our games distin
guish themselves at the front," de
clared the general.* "They are keen,
thoughtful and clear-sighted and for
that reason become the best fight
ers."
v Instructions In Three "B's."
Unlike the armlea of other belli
gerents the British are discarding
what are termed weapons of fright
fulness and instructing their young
manhood in the use of what they are
pleased to call the "three B's —the
bullet, bayonet and the bomb.
"Experience has shown us that
the rifle and the bayonet are the
best defense weapons with which
to arm a man," asserted one officer.
"If he has the proper physical and
mental traininig and knows how to
handle his rifle and his bayonet, he
is certainly the match, if not the su
perior of his adversarry."
With a single eye to their task,
the British have established elaborate
systems of trenches wherein the
young men are taught every con
ceivable method of present day war
fare. Young officers and others rec
commend for promotion are regular
ly brought back form the front for
intensive traininng of from ten to
twenty days, so that they may return
to the front and instruct their respec
tive units In this way, the British
argue, their men never become'stale'
and are ever fit and ready for any
emergency.
The message the British would im
part to their American allies was
summarized af follows:
Train your young men to bo
physically and mentally strong.
Train them to think for them
selves.
Make them supermen in the
modern sense—and the world
will be made safe for democracy.
places never to be forgotten by the
Armenians. 1 have visited them. Do
you know what happened there a
few months since? By the order of
the governor Aflv, nearly one thou
sand of my brothers were massacred
by armed Circarians.
Report Children
"At Bozanti I saw six railway
trucks of littlo Aremnian children
being dispatched to 'an unknown
destination.' What had these little
Innocents done to defend? Was it
to the mere fact of being alive and
being sons and daughters of our
thrice unhappy race?
"The German soldiers that one
sees around the stations in Armenia'
I are generally of a low type and not
far behind the Turks In their dis
regard for the rights of our peo
ple.
Nothing Sacred to Germans
"Their cruelty is a little different
from that of the Turk, but the dif
ference is only one of kind. The
Turk, for example, often respects
certain things which I have learned
to associate with our religious or
racial beliefs; the German has no
respect for anything, nothing is too
sacred for his profane hands. The
German as soon as he arrived herl
pointed out the educated Armenian
as the most daiiferous of all and in
stigated the Turkt into organizing a
luthless persecution of the intellec
] tual classes of Armenians. One day
; they surrounded the offices of the
j conservative newspaper Asadamard,
: arrested all the staff and deported
! them, I know not whither. Will they
| ever return? Who knows?
Graves of a Nation
"One day I walked from a placa
! where thousands of innocent women,
| girls and children were bivouacked,
1 suffering nameless miseries. I walk.
I ed away because I could not bear
] any more to gaze upon them, and I
came to a hill where I saw a little
! child. I was in Turkish uniform.
! The child came near me and cried
in Turkish. 'Give me for God's sake
a piece of bread. For five days I
have eaten nothing but this.' ' He
pointed to some melon skin that had
been left lying on the road. I an
swered him in Armenian and the
poor boy jumped up into my arms,
.laying, 'Art theu Armenian?' He re
mained there a minute uttering no
other word. But I felt warm tears
j falling down my cheek.
"The waters of the Euphrates, the
: *ands of the desert of Mesopotamia,
j are the graves of the whole Armen-
I ian nation. I cannot longer weep.
I My tears have frozen In my eyes."
Chinese Pirates Try to
Seize British Steamer
By Associated Press
Amoy, China, Aug. 23. The
British steamer Laertes, bound from
Singapore for Amoy, reports a
piratical attempt to seize the ship.
The Laertes carried 900 Chinese
passengers, among them, unknown
to the officers, 41 desperadoes who
had been deported. These criminals
| attacked the European officers, but
| after a hard fight were overpowered
by the Europeans with the help of
1 the Chinese crew.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH!
TIME TO MAKE
SAUERKRAUT
Tremendous Rainfall Results
in Enormous Crop of Cab
bage; Predict Low Price
Washington, Aug. 23. —Now is the
time to make sauerkraut, say offlcials
of the United States department of
Agriculture. Tremendous rainfall
throughout the country has resulted
in an enormous cabbage crop. Nine
v"ut of every ten pounds of cabbage
is water. Lack of rain from
$2 and $5 a ton to SIOO and *2OO.
One million dollars' worth of last
year's crop of cabbage was made into
sauerkraut, but even so there was
such a shortage of this valuable food
material that the price rose from *3.50
a barrel to *35.
Indorse Pickling of Vooda
The ancient art of pickling or fer
menting food, as a cheap and simple
means of preserving it in large quan
tities. is highly indorsed by the de
partment's experts. On account of
the great development of canning in
dustries, this healthful method of food
preservation has been lost sight of in
recent years In the individual homes,
but it now offers a safe and sane
method of caring for the perishable
products coming onto tile market in
quantities too great for immediate
consumption.
The* advantages of this method of
food conservation, say the depart
ment's officials, are that it is simple,
requires little labor, practically no
outlay of capital, and takes care of
forfd in larger quantities. The method
also lends variety to the home menu.
The ferment which develops in tho
food is thought b> 1 some to have a
beneficial effect on the health.
Sum* Acid In Milk
It is the same acid that develops in
sour milk, which has had such a "wide
vogue as a healthful beverage. To a
certain kind of pickle, fermented by
the sauerkraut process, was ascribed
the good health of Japanese soldiers
during the Russo-Japanese War. Un
cle Sam has been quick to appreciate
the value of fermented food in the
diet of soldiers, and has ordered large
quantities of cucumber pickles, sauer
kraut, etc. Not only cabbages, cu
cumbers and beets can be very suc
cessfully preserved by this process,
but string beans, beet tops, turnip
tops and other food materials which
would otherwise go to waste.
Fermentation of vegetables Is suc
cessful either in northern or southern
states. Full information will be sent
by the department to anyone wishing
full details regarding the method.
University Club Has
Many Members in Army
The University club of Harrisburg
has been doing its bit in the present
war. Inroads have been made into
its membership by enlistments and
the club is well represented in the
various fields of service.
Tho following members received
commissions from Fort Niagara:
Jackson Herr Boyd. Alfred S. Ellen
berger, J. Harold Fox. George Kun
kel, Jr., Richard Robinson, John Mc-
Illienny Smith.
Captain Edward J. Stackpole, Jr.,
received his commission from Madi
son barracks and Dr. John L. Good
from Fort Benjamin Harrison. W.
B. Everhard and J. B. Marshall re
ceived commissions as first lieuten
ants in the Dental Reserve Corps and
George Moffitt in the medical corps.
The following have gone to Fort
Oglethorpe: Earl T. Wrenn and
John B, Zink.
Wilson Discusses Strike
Situation With Gompers
By .4ssociated Press
Washington, Aug. 23.—The general
strike situation throughout the coun
tiy was discussed to-day at a confer
ence between President Wilson and
President Gompers of the American
Federation of Mr. Gompers
declined to discuss it further than to
say that he had laid "labor's jusi*
grievances" before the President and
that he had been assured that the
rights of labor would be cared for.
Some time ago Mr. Gompers was
credited with having expressed the
] opinion that unless labor had a bet
ter representation in handling some
of the war problems the no-strlke
promise made at the beginning of
| hostilities might not be respected.
B. M. Baruch, Successful
Stock Trader, Sells Seat
By Associated Press
New York, Aug. 23.—Bernard M.
Baruch, member of the War Indus
tries Board, who for years has been
known as one of the most successful
stock market traders in Wall street,
has sold his seat on the New York
Stock Exchange, it became known to
day.'
Mr. Baruch's stock market activities
during the period of peace discussion
drew the attention of the congres
sional committee which investigated
the "leak" on the President's peace
note. He testified that he made sev
eral hundred thousand dollars selling'
short at that time, but denied that he
had advance information on the Pres
ident's note, in which he was sup
ported other testimony.
DRAFT CONSPIRATORS HELD
New York, Aug. 23. —After a hear
ing in the federal court in Brooklyn
to-day Dr. Henry Seligman, assistant
physician at txenjption'board 52, and
Lazarus Jacobson, an Insurance
agent, charged with conspiracy to
obstruct the working of the selective
draft law, were held in $5,000 bail
each for trial on September 10.
FORTY FRENCH DRAGOONS
WIPE OUT
Frencli Front —Forty l<"rench~cav
alrymen were the heroes of one of
the most brilliant feat of arms which
stands out by Itself among the In
numerable stories of heroic deeds
of this war during the German at
tack on Juno 20 on the French po
sitions around the Mort Homme, to
the northwest of Verdun. These few
men, who were in charge of a sharp
salient whose point stuck far into
the German position, not only held
out against half a battalion of the
l'amous German shock troops sup
ported by flame projectors, grenades
and machine guns, as well as by
only of the most intense artillery
bombardment ever accomplished,
beat them back after inflicting on
them heavy losses.
The German attack, preceded by
n bombardment, In which more than
five hundred of their cannon rained
shells on the French positions along
a front of onb about 1,800 yards,
was led by the model battalion of
German shock troops headed by
Captain ltoehr, the inventor of the
new system of selecting special
troops to make sudden strong rushes
on the opposing positions. These
shock troops, while their comrades
were attacking the other part of the
French line, came forward with an
Impetuous rush on to the little sa
lient held by the forty dragoons,
since it was most important for the
Germans to take that point if their
attack was to be. completely suc
cessful.
The dragoons comprised two ser
geants, four corporals and thirty
four privates. They could see the
enemy approaching rapidly. Three
Reported Plans of U. S.
to Regulate Price Is
Cause of Price Drop
By Associated Press
JCew York, Aug. 23.—Alt classes
of stocks dropped in the stock mar
ket to-day in the early trading, the
decline being attributed to reports
of plans on the part of the national
government to regulate the prices of
leading commodities.
War shares lost 1 to 3 points and
prices for all other active issues In
dicated renewed liquidation and
short selling. U. S. Steel was sold in
large amount! during the tirst hour
down to 119, an overnight loss of
1%. Other stocks sold off 1 to 3
points.
Coalers were again depressed, at
declines of 1 to 2'6 points, while
coppers, tobaccos and other issues
lost 1 to 6 points. Shippings showed
reversals of IV4 to 2% and petro
leum, as represented by Texas Com
pany, lost several points.
Arrested Here on
Charge of Bigamy
Charged with bigamy by Buelah M.
Johnston, of Bellefonte, Ross Dickey,
who gave Ills address as 311 Hamilton
street, was arrested this afternoon.
The police claim he has a wife and
baby in this city. The Bellefonte wo
man says he married her in June. He
will be taken there by the police to
morrow.
I). M. BOWERS IS DKAI)
David M. Bowers, aged 64, died at
his home, 631 Peffcr street, yester
day. Funeral services will be held
to-morrow afternoon at 1.30 o'clock
from the parlors of the Hawkins Es
tate, 1207 North Third street. The
RCv. H. S. Hershey, of the Green
Street Church of God, will officiate.
Burial will be made in the East Har
risburg Cemetery.
To Be Chief of Staff
of "Rainbow Division"
/v,'
DOUGLAS MACARTHUIi
Major Douglas Mac Arthur, former
army press censor, who has been se
lected as chief of staff to Major Gen
eral William A. Mann, who will com
mand the "Rainbow Division" of
American troops, composed of Na
tional Guard units, which soon will
be sent to France. Major Mac Arthur,
besides being an able officer, is one
of thg most popular of the youngef
officers of the army. While ocupy
lng the position of press censor he
did what few censors have ever been
abel to do —he retained the friend
ship of the- newspaper men.
squads of pioneers led the way, each
equipped with a name projector
throwing burning liquid before them
as they advanced. Behind them In
the Intervals could be seen three
squads of hand grenade .throwers
and still further In the rear a wave
cf ordinary Infantrymen carrying be
sides their rifles with tlxed bayonets,
spades for the purpose of organiz
ing the French positions after they
had captured it. Other lines could
be seen dimly in the distance carry
ing sandbags and ammunition sup
plies.
Tills overwhelming force did not
affect the nerves of the dragoons,
who belonged to the determined
Breton race. One of their sergeants
took command.
Their rifles spoke out with rapid
fire and their portable machine gun
worked unceasingly.
It took three hours to make 200
yards arid by that time the dragoons
had reached the opening to a com
munication trench leading to' the
rear. Hero they decided to form a
redoubt and make their last stand.
Just then the sergeant in charge
of the drngoons noticed a relaxation
in the German attack. He gathered
all his remaining men together, made
a dash forward and In less than half
an hour had reconquered the en
tire salient and had taken four
prisoners.
The roll call showed that only
twenty of the dragoons had escaped
wounds or death. They had account
ed during the fight for two full com
panies of Germans and had retained
the salient which had been entrust
ed to theirfcliaige.
Commands Negro Regiment
COL. WILLI H AY WAR D
Colonel William Hayward, of New
York City and Nebraska, is the com
mander of the Negro regiment of'
New York militia, the Fifteenth,
which is ready for war. Colonel Hay
ward believes his blank troops will
make as good a showing when they
go to France as any regiment In the|
service, and he believes every man is
anxious to go.
Drafting of State
Policemen Raises New
Conscription Problem
Drafting of state policemen by
local boards has raised a new prob
lem for the State government under
the conscription act and according
to the latest statement obtainable at
the State Capiol the matter is one for
local boards to handle.
A few days ago one of the men
at headquarters of one of the troops
was drafted and after being accepted
was ordered into a mobilization camp
and this week a local board at Pax
tang, Dauphin county, drafted an
other. Provost Marshal General
Crowder has ruled that exemption
of state policemen is a matter for
local boards, but some of the mem
bers of the local boards think the
question should go to district boards.
The State Police Department re
cently gave three of its men to the
United States Department of Justice
to handle finger prints and has been
co-operatins with the Post Office,
Navy and Justice Departments in
rooting out Illegal wireless plants
and rounding up suspicious aliens.
French Gain Objective
to North of Verdun
By Associated Press
Paris, Aug. 23.—The French objec
tive north of Verdun appeared to have
been attained. If the offensive were
continued fresh artillery preparation
would be necessary.
The German counterattacks yester
day against dominant positions such
as Dead Man's Hill and Hill 344 proved
to be costly failures, leaving the
French masters of the points they
held before the beginning of the great
battle of Verdun last year with the
exception of Hill 304, which as yet Is
In the enemy's hands.
Those who believe In the
that cannonfire brings on rain, alway"
refer to the offensives of the allies
In support of their contention, as
they have frequently been hampered
by downpours after a day or two of
fighting. In the present instance,
hqwever. their argument has failed.
Although the firing on the Verdun
front has never been equalled, there
has been no rain since Friday.
A projectile fired by a French bat
tery which was silencing batteries
struck a depot of asphyxiating gas.
It burst, silencing three batteries.
German prisoners express envious
admiration of the French artillery I
fire. "No troops could have got
through your barrages," said one.
r AUGiy,T 23, 1017.
New Boys' Work Head
to Come Here Sept. 15
ARCH H. DINSMORE
Arch H. Dinsmore, who was recently
elected boys' work secretary of the
Harrisburg Y. M. C. A., will assume
his new duties at the local association
about September 15.
Mr. Dinsmore comes to this
highly recommended, having years'
of experience with boys' work in
western cities. The second floor of
the Y. M. C. A. will be turned over to
the new boys' department, and addi
tional equipment purchased.
British Weakness in
Air Is Scored by the
Manchester Guardian
By Associated Press
London, Aug. 23.—The Manchester
Guardiun expresses great dissatis
faction over what it terms weakness
in the air and says that Great Brit
ain's position should be such that
an invasion of the United Kingdom
by air would be as impossible as
on the water on the surface.
The air service," the newspaper
continues "comes into conflict with
two great vested interests, that of
the Army and of the Navy, who are
both conceded to push their own
solutions of military difficulties and
regard the newcomer—air powers—
with a certain degree of jealousy. It
must be put at the service of the
nation and above any mere detri
mental subordinations.
Until the air ministry becomes
a separate department at state,
equal to the war office and the ad
miralty, we shall never realize all
the value that is to be got out of it.
As well subordinate the Navy to the
| Army as the air service to either."
COLGATE IX FIELD
I Seagirt, N. J., Aug. 23.—The can
| didacy of Austen Colgate, well
i known Jersey City manufacturer, for
the United States Senate was an-
I nounced to-day at the annual sum
mer meeting here of the New Jersey
staet Republican committee. Mr.
Colgate is a former state senator.
HOPE TO AVERT STRIKE
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 23.—Con
ferences seeking to avert the threat
ened strike of 2 8,000 soft coal miners
were begun here to-day by Secretary
Wilson, of the Department of Labor,
with operators and workers.
NEWTON NOMINATED
Washington, Aug. 23. — James T.
Newton, of Georgia, was nominated
to-day by President Wilson as Com
missios of Patents.
DIES FROM COMPLICATION
John Quann, aged 28, 103 Cherry
I street, djed at the Harrisburg Hos
pital from complications. He is sur
■ vived by a wife and two children.
Adjutant General of U. S. A.
f 1m
! ' i'*
? ' *
General Henry P. McCain is Adju
tant General of the United States
Army with headquarters at Washing
ton. With the increase of the Army
to more than a ouarter of a million he
Is a much busier man than were
those who held the same place in
years past.
MUCH NEGLECTED
COMMANDMENT
Whisper of Evil Often Grows
and Ruins a Repu
tation
Beatrice Fairfax
A very much-neglected command
ment tucked away between others,
which seems vastly more Important,
is the ninth: ."Thou shalt not bear
false witness against thy neighbor."
And yet people who entertain them
selves with gossip and scandal would
be rather startled to Mud that they
are set down on the Books of Uw
in very close juxtaposition to those
who kill and steal. Of course, the
commandments have gone a little out
of style—honoring your father and
your mother and remembering the
babbath Day to keep It holy and omit
ting to swear, do not seem to have the
hold they once had. However, a few
old-fashioned people think about
these things nowadays; and I have
never denied my old-fashioned ten
dency.
"'nth commandment Is a par-
; cu '" r favorite of mine. Sometimes
I I. th. t 't almost takes In the
sixth and the eighth and paves the
way for the tenth! If you don't hap
pen to see the application, X suggest
you go read those ten very excellent
and interesting documents. Whether
>ou regard them as Inspired and God
given aH not. you will have to ac
knowledge that they have lasted
n"i S ' e i! A!" 1 " Most literary prod-icts.
ehold them triumphantly outwearing
hund, 'ed Of millions of gen
eiatlons of best sellers!
. false witness against your
neighbor Is not a matter of stand
ing up In court and giving testi
mony which may steal his reputation.
J!# , < ' r '" ne ' his happiness or even his
life itself. That is the melodramatic
last ugly possibility at -which break
ers of the ninth commandment may
arrive. But along the road which
leads to public and sworn and mali
cious false testimony there arc miles
and miles of sinister possibilities.
An Evil Growth
A whisper of evil often manages to
grow Into a veritable thunder storm
of cruel ' ugliness. An unkind sug
gestion may be the beginning of de
stroying a reputation, for unkind sug
gestions are fertile seeds when they
fall into the ground of human imagi
nation.
A few years ago a rather conspicu
ously golden-haired young woman
came to a summer resort where I
was visiting. She held herself some
what aloof from the guests, and her
quiet dignity sugp-ested nothing more
to me than well-bred desire to be
alone with her thoughts and plans
until such time as she found her
friends worth having. One afternoon
I was sitting with a group of seven
women, who began discussing the un
known.
Said the first: "There's something
rather'odd about her. I wonder why
she s so exclusive. Do you suppose
sne doesn't think any of us good
enough for her?"
That suggestion inspired the sec
ond. who went a bit further. 'She's
a bold-looking woman. I don't think
we're exactly her style. Wait until
the men come down for the weekend.
I'll wager she'll put herself out a
bit then."
The third ventured a bit further.
She Jookp like 'that sort of woman.
But there may be one particular man
—perhaps that's why she's so exclu
sive."
With a sneer In her voice the fourth
jabbed her embroidery needle a bit
deeper Into the human fabric we
women were shading with stitches of
unconscious cruelty—and rather high
coloring: "Of, course. She's a notor
ious woman. You can see that."
The fifth laughed sardonically: "I
think she's that horrible Mrs. Xavier
for whom young Wilton killed him
self a few years ago, after his wife
had divorced him on her account. She
murdered that man as surely as if
she had shot him, and now they say
she has Jimmy Hargrave in her toils.
That will Just about kill his mother,
for I hear he's gong the pace., and
in his position he might easily enough
actually embezzle the funds of his
trust company for her. Oh, she's a
horrible woman, X . I recognize
her from her photograph."
"Here she comes now," said the
sixth, "and she's smiling at one f
us. I don't propose to sit here and
be contaminated by her society."
All the women In the group were
infinitely older than I, but I could not
refrain from telling them a bit of
what was going on in my mind "You
don't know one thing about that
woman except that she bears a chanco
resemblance to an old newspaJper
photogrsfph. And you sit there se
renely destroying her reputation be
cause you resent her exclusiveness
and her mystery. I don't Bee how
you dare sit there and kill another
woman's good name. I think she is
smiling at me, and I'm going straight
up to her and -tailk with her."
There waß a chorus of excited ex
clamatlocs. I am not going to Insist
that my motives were entirely beau
tiful and noble. I was not afraid of
anything those gossips might say, and
they had fairly goaded me Into a de
sire to show them how worthless I
considered their fevered and ugly
Imaginings.
So I walked over and said, "Good
afternoon," and was met with a cor
dial request that I sit down and
chat. "I've been wanting to get you
alone for a little talk, but you're al
ways surrounded by a crowd of peo
ple," said the unknown, "and I really
have had no time for people. How
ever, by next week, I hope to be free
•and then you must introduce all youi
friends. I simply must finish the lasl
chapters of my book by next Wed
nesday. Publishers are so Insistent
I'm Incognito Just now—Mrs. Smith
you know, on the register. 'But ]
rather thought you would know me.'
And the "notorious woman" re
vealed herself; she was one of Amer
ica's half dozen really noted writers
And that Is gossip!
Breaking the ninth commandment
cannot hurt a woman of assailabli
position as It can a timid and shrink
ing wife, an unprotected young girl
a lonely old woman, a mlddle-age<
man who la struggling against thi
tide—but there is no one whose lifi
does not hold the possibility of being
wrecked by gossip and slander.
Homes have been broken up, for
tunes sweipt away, men have actu
ally been driven to suicide and womei
have become outcasts and pariahs be
cause the world has neglected thi
Importance of keeping the ninth com
mandment!
"Stupid people talk about people
moderately clever people talk abou
things and real- Intellectuals tall
about Ideas," says some cynic. Wei
—if your respect for the command
ments Id mode-n and aero sure);
cynicism is your fetish. Are you wll
ling to be colled one of the atupli
people to talk about people?
Malice and deliberate lying are no
In all of us—but whenever we begli
discussing people, that old childTsl
desire to "show off" takes posseaslo;
of us. Wo want to seem well In
formed, wlee, on "the Inside o
things;" and ao we take ideas ani
suspicions and hints and suggestion
and weave them Into a fabric whlcl
la a very poison garment.
"Thout shalt not bear false wltnss
against thy neighbor." How dare an
of us satisfy our deelre to appear wel
Informed, or (.lever or cynloal, o
| worldly-wise at the expense of an
I other hupian belng'a reputation*