Thrilling Story of War's Effects in Germany Start HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Jtk. ®ljc otar-Jn&ej>en&ent - .XtfXVI- No. ,222 14 PAGES riHE TRUTH ABOUT GERMANY" A Pittsburgh Girl Says the Unrest in Ger many Is Growing—Food Riots Describ ed—German Hate To-day Equally Divided Between U. S. and England —Rich People and Officers Dont Go Hungry—Common People Long For Peace. By MARIE BONINI BROWN By MARIE BONINI BROWN ( I was waiting anxiously and impa tiently in my little flat, which I shared with a girl friend at Prinz Regent, Strasse, 6, Berlin, Germany, jn Friday, June 29, 1917, for a tele gram telling me that the money for ivhich I had cabled to return home aad come. I hiid waited six weeks for that telegram, each day hoping that before the sun would set I would be started jn my way back home, to the United States, which never had looked so good to me as it did viewed those last few weeks from the heart of wartorn Germany. • The telegram came about noon, jrought by a little girl, one of the lundred of little girl messengers in Scrlin (for the boys are either fight ng or farming). As I tore open the ;elegram I excitedly called to my :riend, "It's the money—l'm going iome—home where I'll get enough o eat." The child who had brought the tel egram looked at me wistfully, her ninsjer-filled eyes piteous. 'We don't get enough to eat here," the said. "If the Kaiser hadn't itarted the war, we wouldn't be in it." And that, I found this last year, (specially since the' United States en ored the conflict, is the sentiment of nore Germans than the Kaiser knows. The unrest in Germany is growing I ivery day—at least it was all during , he war while I was there, and I vent to Berlin in 1914, and left less I han two months ago. I am sure mat ers are no better now than when I eft. With little to eat, little hope, nilitary restrictions hedging them in io that they scarcely can breathe, rraft sapping the strength of the leople, and poverty crushing them lown, the great mass of Germany's leople want peace. They have come o the point that they do not ask for Jelgium; they do not ask for Alsace xrraine; they do not ask for Poland —they want their own homes and Iresides and enough to eat. People Won't Start n Revolution But they never will start a revolu ion in my opinion. The people have ieen under the thumbs of the Kaiser tnd his war lords too long. Also, hey have no leader. There is no nan in the empire big enough to tand on his feet and defy the Kaiser, tnd, if there were, so efficient is the 3erman military system, so closely init are the iron bands which hold he people together to the will oi heir emperor, that no sooner would uch an intrepid soul find his feet ban he would lose his head. The Germans are a splendid people, 'hey are enduring privations and lardships in their lives such as they ever knew before. With a courage rhich is marvelous, they are facing' he fact that practically the whole ivilized world is fighting them. Men, romen, youths and girls and children re all Imbued with such a spirit of oyalty that, even though they will Register Today Voters have their last oppor tunity to-day to register for the coming election. Polling places in the fifty-three districts of the city will be open until 10 o'clock to-night and reg istrars will enroll all voters. THE CIVIC CLUB'S SECONT' TLY—MEASURING DAT SEPTEMBER 29 9 to 12. Prizes awarded: 5 cents a pint for all flies. THE WEATHER! For HarrlaburK and vicinity: Cloudy and unnettled weather, with probably rain to-night: nut much changf In temperature. For Kuatern Pennsylvania ■ Haln to-nigliti Sunday cloudy: little change In temperature: moder ate to freiih north wlnda. Illver The main river will remain near ly atntlonary. The Juniata and Went Branch will probably con tinue to tail. The Xorth llranch will likely rlae aomewhnt Nun day, at a reault of the rain In dicated within the next twenty four hours. General Conditions The disturbance off the South At lantic coast Is movlnK slowly northward and Is now appar ently central off the Carolina coast. Haln has continued In the Sontb Atlantic States and the Vain area has advanced northward Into Southern Penn sylvania and Southeastern New York and weatward along: the Gulf coast to Louisiana. Temperature: 8 a. m„ 84. Sum (Uses, B:4R a. m.| acta, 0:10 p. m. • River Stage: 4.1 feet above low water mark. Yeaterday'a Weather Highest temperature, 74. t<owest temperature, 40. Mean temperature, 63. Normal temperature, 00. ' admit under their breaths that the Kaiser has done wrong; that German power has been used illegitimately: that German ruthlessnesa has broken prestige of the German people, yet few will say these things aloud, and none will be so rash as thus publicly to express himself. If a goodly portion of American "pep" could be introduced into the veins of those stolid Germans, to gether with a little real news of what is going on in the world, I am confi dent that Germany would shake off the thrall of war and the world's op probrium. But the people cannot ltarn the truth. Any newspaper whlcj> dares to print it is suppressed, suspended and, perhaps, annihilated. German militarism always has made the life of the people of Germany and of visitors within her gates a burden. But since the war one is afraid to step outside one's door for fear one will stumble upon something "ver boten." The German System Since the war began, wnen I was in Germany 1 had to report every day to the police of the city. They had a big card with my name, age, na tionality and fi dozen other- identify ing remarks about me. livery day when I reported, that card was stamped with an official stamp. If I were ill. I had to send word that I could not come, and why. That also was marked on the card. For everything I bought, I had to [Continued on Page 2] Workmen Should Avoid Even Appearance of Evil When Police Are About About noon to-day Charles Fleck, desk man at the police station, re ceived a call for an officer at Third and Market streets. According to the informant, a drunken man had crawled beneath the porch of the LrOchiel Hotel. Nothing was visible but the man's feet. Officer Fleck immediately dis patched Officers Paul Schelhas and Joe Demmo with the wagon to bring the victim in to the station. Quite a crowd had gathered at the hotel steps, on the Third street side. There, plain as life, were the soles of two big shoes, but nothing else was to be seen of the quarry. Officer Schelhas decided nt would be best to arouse his catch before re moving him, so he hit him a smart rap on each foot with his club. The officers each grabbed a shoe. Following that there came muffled sounds from beneath the porch. The first words the crowd caught were something like this: "What d' you mean, you blankety blank fools?" Only he didn't say blankety blank. What was really said would be bet ter represented by dots and dashes. The officers continued to haul away, and a moment later there emerged from the narrow hole a workman, hatchet in hand. He had been employed to make some repairs beneath the porch and had dug a's way beneath the steps as the only possible method of getting there without removing the porch. Stone Thrown at Troop Train Basis For Report That Men Were Attacked By Associated Press Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 15.—N0 sol diers or others were wounded and no evidence can be found to sub stantiate last night's report that a troop train on the Pennsylvania railroad had been fired upon at Mingo Junction, near Steubenville, according to an announcement made here to-day from the office of the Pennsylvania railroad. Railroad detectives who investi gated the affairs reported that as the troop train was passing through Min go Junction something was hurled at the train, presumably a stone and that one window was broken. No one was sitting near the window and no one was injured, they reported. It was reported from Steubenville last night that the train had been fired upon and that three soldiers had been wounded. Chauffeur Deserts Auto And Then Forgets Place After searching several hours this morning, employes of the Harrisburg Automobile Company succeeded in recovering a limousine which during last night had been abandoned near the Market street subway by its chauffeur. The car had an Indiana license tag an.d had been left at the Harrisburg Automobile Company garage yester day. Early last evening the chauffeur called at the garage and took the car away. When he returned this morning he was unable to tell where he had abandoned the machine. The automobile arrived in the city yes terday and is owned by an invalid woman who is visiting on Green street. The names of the owner and chauffeur were not known by the company officials as they were registered only as Indiana tourists. "MENTAT, CONIC" MEETING There'will be a meeting of those Interested In forming a "Mental Clinic" In Harrisburg, September 28. The place of meeting will be an nounced later. PRESIDENT WILSON ENDORSES TELEGRAPHS CARTOONIST THC VKMITC HQOSt WH.NO t ON ZD iufliot. 191* I ■ Wy doar I'r. Uacauleyi , t an sincerely Interested to learn of your new ork on o eorlee of cartoons -to eraplify Anerlca'e spirit In the war. and I bll you lodepeod In the entorprlse. X Know ' that the fines'. spirit and the most practiced" execution Till <*o ,ato 41,0 Cordially and incorely youre, t C. s. Kacauley, / 516 Plfth Avenue. / Hetr Yortf City. " S C. R. Maeauley, formerly car toonist for the New York World, and now engaged in the preparation of a series of great patriotic car toons for a selected number of newspapers thioughout the United States, has received the hearty en dorsement of President Wilson, as the foregoing facsimile letter shows. This is an honor no other car toonist has received. The Presi dent's recommendation is never lightly given, and seldom if ever to an artist whose drawings cover such a wide range of world criticism as come from the pen of great car toonists of the Maeauley rank. The President must have been very well convinced of Macauley's ability, BABY KILLED; PARENTS THREE OTHERS HURT Mildred Sourbeer, a small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Sourbeer, of Penbrook, was instantly killed this afternoon when an automobile and motorcycle collided headon near Hogestown, Cumberland county. Her father, m§ther and sister, Esther, were all seriously injured. An automobile owned and driven by Clayton Thomas, of Lemoyne, collided with the motorcycle which the Sourbeer family was riding. Mrs. Thomas and one daughter were also injured. The in jured were brought to the Harrisburg Hospital, in an automobile owned by the Cumberland Valley Telephone Company. The motorcycle was coming east on the Carlisle pike and the auto mobile coming trom Mechanicsburg when the accident occurred. The smaller car turned turtle, killing the child and pinning the other occu pant underneath. Mr. Sourbeer sus tained serious injuries of the head, MORE MONEY COMES IN FOR TOBACCO FUND Admitted "Makins" Given by Folks Back H6me Will Have Big Part in Winning War Contributions to the Telegraph's fund for tobacco for the soldiers in France are coming in#it a rapid rate. At noon to-day the anxount had reached $88.75. Smokes bought from this amount will keep 355 brave boys in tobacco for a week. The soldiers in the French trenches prefer to smoke home raised tobacco instead of the poor grades now cultivated on foreign soil. Tobacco raised in Kentucky and Virginia and furnished by the folks [Continued on Papc S.] Coal Gougers Facing" Refund of Excess Profits Washington, Sept. 18. Retribu tion in the form of a compulsory re fund of excessive profits to consum ers forced to buy coal now at unjust rates may come to retail dealers who have participated in price gouging in many cities. That sucl. an interpretation may be placel upon the Pomerene amendment to the food control act by Dr. Harry A. Garfield, the fuel administrator, was clearly intimated last night* by an official who Is In dally touch with the fuel administrator. Moreover, there seems to be no other was to solve the problem cre ated by the apparent Intention of big retail coal dealers to fouge the consumer to the limit until a retail price Is fixed by the Government af ter making investigations of the fuel situation throughout the country. The price will not be fixed until Oc tober 1, at least. HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1917. Americanism and patriotism or his letter never would have been forth coming. To this encouragement from the executive Mr. Macauley replied: My dear Mr. President: I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your generous letter of encouragement and commendation, written In these hours crowded with world trag edies. I shalj labor mightily to ful fill the mission X have set for myself. Very sincerely yours, C. R. MACAULEY. Mac&uley's masterpieces will ap pear dally in the Telegraph begin ning Monday. prabably internal injuries and a broken right leg; his daughter Es ther suffered a fractured leg and other injuries; while the extent of Mrs. Sourbeer's injuries are not known. It is thought that neither Mrs. Thomas or her daughter are injured seriously. Coroner Dear dorf, of Mechanicsburg, was sum moned' and at once conducted an in vestigation. COAL DEALERS MUST FILE FULL PRICE DATA Requests From the Telegraph Result in Summons Here From Federal Commission Following requests for informa tion submitted by the Telegraph to Dr. Garfield, federal fuel admin istrator, relative to coal prices In Harrisburg, every local coal dealer has received from Washington in structions to file with the Federal Trade Commission full data concern ing eosts and prices. The data required must be sub mitted to Washington authorities not later than September 25, a penalty of SIOO fine to be imposed if the re quired statistics are not on hand on that date. The dealer is asked to submit sworn statements covering both anthracite and bituminous transac tions. The figures are to be com parative. He must tell how much coal he received during a given' period last year and how much he was able to get from the mines this year. He must tell whence this coal came, the price charged at the mines and tho price charged the customer. The effort of the government Is to procure full Information as to the coal business In Harrisburg this year as compared with trade conditions last year. Tho dealers arfi required to make oath to the correctness of their statements. GEN. KORNILOFF SURRENDERS TO RUSS PREMIER Arrested Along With General Lokomsky, Who Bevolted With Him LITTLE BETTER FEELING Governmen Undecided on Matter of Capital Punishment By Associated Press Petrograd, Sept. 15—General Kor niloff, leader of the recent rebellion against the provisional government and General Lokomsky, the com mander of the Northern front, who refused to take command of the Rus sian armies after Korniloff was do posed, have been arrested. Faces Death Penalty The question of the probable fata of General Korniloff is exciting pub lic opinion. Indications are that itlie government must face serious diffi culties over the matter. A feature of the conflict is the creditable absence of bitter feeling and clamor of vengeance. Having re-established capital punishment at the front, however, the government if it spares the rebel commander must face the reproach that it exe cuted common soldiers for less seri ous offenses and it would virtually be impossible to impose the death penalty in the future. Against this are the facts of General Korniloff's brilliant services, his chivalrous and personal character and the happy circumstances that # therc has been no bloodshed so far. MEXICAN EXPOSE IS DENIED BY KAISER'S AGENT Von Eckhardt Says He Did Not Use Swedish Minis ter as Dupe By Associated Press TXHHIOII, Sept. 15.—Count A. Wrangel, the Swedish minister to Great Britain, and the Coun tess Wrangel li ft Lioii.toii to-duy for the continent on a few weeks' leave of absence. Count Wrangel yesterday had a long conference witli Robert Ceeil, the British mulcr secretary for foreign af fairs, presumably on the subject of the Swedish Argentinian dis closures. W. F. Bostroem, coun sellor of the Swedish legation here, will tako charge during Count Wrangel's absence. Mexico City, Sept. 14. —Heinrich von Eckhardt, the German minister to Mexico, to-night made a statement denying everything in connection with the disclosures from "Wash ington that he had been employing a former Swedish charge d'affaires to convey information to the Berlin foreign office. Von Eckhardt de clared that he had never sent any communication through Folke Cron holm and that he never wrote any communication recommending Cron holm for a decoration for his services to Germany. Von Eckhardt further declared that he did not know Cronholm per sonally, only having met him at diplomatic receptions or through the offices of the introducers of ambas sadors or some such formal means. Von Eckhardt makes a formal denial of everything in connection with the Washington disclosures and in reply to an assertion that Washington had full proof of his complicity declared that this was merely an American intrigue for the purpose of casting discredit on the representatives of Germany. Registrars Estimate Two-thirds of All Voters Are Enrolled For Election Registrations in the city districts to-day showed there is an increased interest in the election on the part of voters, the registrars In a number of the polling places reported. At noon about two-thirds of the voters in some of the districts had been en rolled. and the registrars look for many more late this afternoon and this evening. It was announced at the county commissioners' office to-day that any attempts at fraudulent registration of voters who had not paid their taxes and all exonerations Is on file at the office. Registrars in the fourteenth ward —Riverside —enrolled voters In that district so that should there be a way found to let them vote they will bo enrolled. Auto Bandits Lock Up Village Police, Cut Wires and Blow Oft Safe Door Battle Creek, Mich., Sept. 15.—Six automobile bandits drove Into the town of Climax, about twelve miles south of Battle Creek early this morning, cut all wires, held up the village officers and blew the safe at the State Bank. They got away with $7,000. It took four charges of ex plosives and an hour's time to ac complish the work. SUBMARINES OFF U. S. COAST IS SHIP WARNING Vessel Sends Wireless That It Is Being Shelled by U-Boat BRITISH TOLD OF TRAP Merchant Ships Believed to Be in Danger Near Nantucket By Associated Press An Atlantic Port, Sept. 15. A British steamship that arrived here to-day reported that early yesterday morning a wireless SOS call was heard stating that the ship from which the message came was being shelled by a German submarine, the location being sixty-five miles east of Nantucket lightship. The name of the ship attacked did not come clear, only the word "Abby," pre sumably the last half of the name being caught. Additional information that a sub marine was in the western Atlantic was brought by another British liner which arrived here to-day from an English port. Officers of the liner said they had been instructed to watch for U-boats when nearing the American coast. There are a number of vessels, both sail and steam, of which the word "Abby" is a part of their names now engaged in Atlantic trade, The place where the ship reported she was being attacked, sixty-five miles east of Nantucket, is in the vicinity in which the German sub marine U-53 sank three steamships on its visit to American waters in October, 1916. PREPARING FOR DEPARTURE OF FIRST QUOTAS Boards Here Practically in Shape For Mobilization; Names of Those Who Go The draft boards of Dauphin county and the appeal board of the Middle Judicial District are putting the fin ishing touches to their work previous to the departure of the first conting ent from this district on Wednesday and Thursday of next week. The boards of Divisions 1, 2 and 3, with headquarters at Steelton, Pax tang and Elizabethville respectively, have nearly completed the list of the exact number of men that will go. Steelton has 147 men certified and will send practically all. Paxtang has ninety-five certified and it is cer tain that all these will take the train that leaves Harrisburg on Thursday morning at 11 o'clock. The Eliza bethville board is still shy ten men, but when it receives its certifications from the appeal board more than the required number will be on lAnd. Of the three boards, Steelton at present is in the best shape in the matter of furnishing men. This board has 247 men certified for military service. Each of these men has re ceived a "pink slip" and a green one. The colored men of this group will* be entered into service formally on Tuesday, when they will report with the others at headquarters. However, they will not leave with the first con tingent but will be held in readiness to leave on short notice. Extra Cnll tiora Out The Steelton board has issued or ders to report for examination on September 18 to those whose numbers run from 918 to 1000, inclusive. When these have been examined it is ex pected that the entire quota of 255 f|om this district will be obtained. The Paxtang board will resume ex aminations on Monday and will fin ish up the remainder of the 300 men who were summoned on the fourth call. The remainder of the week will be spent in doing routine office work. This board was occupied to-day in making out the new shaped registra tion cards and also the medical slips that will be sent to the camps with the men. Boards to Visit Camp The Paxtang and Steelton boards will Journey to Camp Meade next week in order to ascertain at first hand the results of the medical ex amination by the army medical men of the fellows sent from the two dis tricts. The result of this trip will be awaited In the county with Interest. Much depends upon the result. Just about enough men to cover the re quired forty-five per cent, have been certified and a wholesale rejection by the army doctors will mean that hun dreds of men from Dauphin county who so far have escaped the draft will be called for examination. As it is, It Is certain that the Paxtang board will call at least three him [Contiiuicd on Page 7.] Big Liner Afire at Sea Puts Into Port in Time to Save Passengers South American Atlantic Port, September 15. —A British steamship j of 7,600 tons gross, bound from a! North American port for South Af-1 rlca, put in here to-day with fire in her coal bunkers, endangering the j lives of passengers and crew. Among! the fifty-one llrst cabin passenKerrs ure many American missionaries. All are safe. The vessel's wireless call for help' was heard by land stations and measures were taken by the authorl- ; ties to render all possible aid. Mean-: while the crew heroically fought thd flames, i Single Copy, 2 Cents STATE GUARD DIVISION TO BE MADE OVER Pennsylvania Militia Will Be Wholly Reorganized With Regiments Shorn of Identity and Units Torn From Old Commands to Meet the Demands of New Warfare; Part to Go to France and Remainder Will Make Up Reserve and Training Battalions By Associated Press I Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., Sept. 15.—Reorganization of the twenty-efghth division, the Army designation of the former National Guard of Pennsylvania, will be ef fected within a few days. In its wake will be left regiments of proud history, shorn of identity, officers and enlisted men with heart aches over being detached from the old commands and. consolidated In others. The division of 28,000 men is to be placed on a war footing of 10,000 strength to conform with the French fighting units. The residue, it is anticipated, will form a depot bri gade of reserves and training battal ions. Major General Clement has passed a week laboring over the reorgani zation plans. No hint of their char acter has been dropped. In fact, it t' • *• T * ® f IAN POLITICAL^SITUATION SOLVED II X Retrograd, Sept. ', r --Russia's political beei * * T, * T 1 * T. X es4 X * x* * * BERLIN CLAIMS ATTACK REPULSED J ' £ Berlin, Sept. Artillery preparation, which attained 6 ® f dri .' intensify Y.'tfffc'' X Flanders, was followed by a British attack on the German .*! 5 X * x . * JLf to-day; X counterattack. J FRENCH EJECT GERMANS * 4 Pai L * el! * * 7i fl i S* eg# I X Caurieres wood, ir * , X • ji j T* > Hp in the 3 * T the French. ' I SIAN TROOPS DEFEAT GERMANS ► V forces yesterday de J j T ited the German troops on the road to Pskoff, on the ♦■) 4* 11 town of Kronburg, the £Ru to <1 • The' ■ tans j* vtn and Sisseral, which i 4* i* J -After deliberating for , djt'hours, poden 11 * * norrow morning. More ' i * 1 or ''' ■ " ' . • 1 i e * Illinois coal mine oper ' .4* ct with like repr*sr * ' J r :d Western Pennsylvania per- i • iners' wages in Washington per- * ' A I e t >ps next week, President Frank Farrington, of the ■ ' Illinois district United Mine Workers of America an- ! ' e * , | nounced to-day. The conference will be held with fuel * ' jr admmfii'rtfor Garfield. . ! ■j i 2 | MARRIAGE LICENSES . i r< John H. Neltllo* anil Aniilc Wetter, Hteeltoni Ralph W. Lnl- * ' inrMrr, Wllltea-Harre, and Wllhrlmlna N. S. Ilall, Harrlbr*| i ■ T Frank T. Spooner, Bethlehem, and Helea Dull Oeaala'cer, Harris* i bur. t q HOME EDITION ! Is said, only a few officers on tha general's staff knew of the changes to be made, so zealously have they been guarded. Captain Harrell Believes War Will Be Fought Out in Open Fields The announcement was made at the Regular Army recruiting station here this morning that enlistments may now be made in the cavalry ser vice. "This will be good news to many young men," said Captain Harreil to-day. "During the past three months, during which time the cav alry was closed, hundreds of per sons applied for enlistment In this popular branch. "The balance of the war in Eu rope is not going to be fought in the trenches," continued Captain Har reil. "Just wait until our boys get in action—there will be something doing then." Captain Harreil is of the opinion that the cavalry is to play a promi nent part in the war, particularly during the latter part of the conflict when he believes the fighting will take place in the open.
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