MONDAY EVENING, HXHJRISBURG TELEGRAPH SEPTEMBER 24, 1917, 12 COURT FEELS WAR'S EFFECTS Dlany Jurors in Army, While Others Are Working on Government Contracts The effects of war made itself IFelt In September criminal court this morning when It was opened by {Fudges Kunkel and McCarrell. ' A number of jurors were found to (be enlisted in the army; others were excused because they are working on government contracts for army sup piles and there were other slight hindrances attributed to the world wide conflict. Jacob Hess, a Steelton merchant, "was made foreman of the grand Jury and the court excused Harry Dill man, Millersburg, and Jacob A. Nls ley, Steelton. Of the petit jurors the sheriff was not able to locate John Allen, Fifth ward, city, and Harry S. Brandy, Derry township. Joseph I. Claster, city, and Hikes Nell, this city, have enlisted In the •rmy. Casper J. Mehring, Sixth ward, •'Sent my boy to the front on Sat- lirday," he said, and he was excused Ibecause his attendance in court would interfere with his tailoring business. Thomas P. Moran wants to assist in the .plans for a publicity campaign to get recruits from Har risburg for the army and he was excused until Thursday morning. Emerson S. Minnis, Fifth ward, is dead; John Shellenhamer, Derry township, is suffering with a frac tured leg. In Judge McCarrell's court John Pardo would not make a defense to a charge of pistol toting and he re fused to plad guilty, so the court pent him to jail for four months. J. W. Wrlteleather pleaded guilty to a charge of larceny and was paroled and bail was forfeited in the case of Sarah Yoselowitz, who failed to appear to answer to a charge of lar ceny. Hello Balowich, of Steelton, was put on trial just before noon on a charge of assault and battery. Three Middletown colored girls. Mabel Johnson, Bertha McCurdy and Sarah Johnson, were tried in Judge Kunkel's court on a charge of as saulting William Fink, Middletown. The girls said Fink called them "nigger" and Fink said they lied. He said they pounced upon him without warning. The girls also said Fink "hissed his dog on us." The case went to the jury just before court adjourned. Only Five Per Cent, to Go From Here to Camp Meade October 3 State Draft Registration Headquar ters to-day received a telegram from Provost Marshal General Crowder changing the percentages of ship ment o> drafted men to mobilization camps from Pennsy?vania. The move ment will start October 3 and be ex clusively of white men. Teritory tributary to Camp Meade Will send five instead of forty per cent, and may send the five per cent, on one day. Camp Lee will start twenty instead of forty per cent, October 3. Camp Sherman territory will start thirty instead of forty per cent, the same day. The following appointments as members of local draft boards were announced at State Draft Registration Headquarters to-day: Erie county No. 2—The Rev. J. Frank Nash (vice Harry S. Foye). Luzerne county No. 4—A. C. Shaw <vice Prof. W. L Dean) Philadelphia county No. 37—Two additional members, making five in ajl: Samuel L. Baron, Howard Eccles. Westmoreland county No. 3—John H. Trescher (vice S. L. Tropper; Dr. T. A. Klingensmith (vice Dr H. J. Stockberger). Sensational Evidence of German Treachery in Hands of the U. S. Washington, Sept. 24.—While there 5s no indication of what will be the State Department's next disclosure of German intrigue in America or else where, it is known that disclosures as sensational as any yet published are being held in reserve and may be made at any time. One of the things the State Depart ment has is a list of persons who received German money in passport frauds, the munitions plots and prac tically all the other activities of Ger irien intrigue here which took place between the beginning of the war in August, 1914, and the entry of the United States into the conflict. This list is said to contain scores of names end the amount of money represented runs very high. From time to time the Department also probably will make public certain evidence to dispose of the denials of those who have been involved in the disclosures already made. ANNOUNCE BIRTH OF SOX Enoia, Pa., Sept. 24. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Newmyer announce the birth of a son, Walter Edward New myer, on Saturday, September 22. FALL 1 1917 An Announcement _ For Men and Young Men For Fall and Winter, Holman announces the addition of a line of "twenties" which I i '■ML will occupy the same place in their field which the "fifteens" have taken in theirs. M Custom-made Suits and Overcoats, twenty dollars up / \ Custom-made Shirts, V two fifty up • V A. W. Holman $ m 228 Market St. TELLS LITTLE KNOWN OF HOW McCORMICK'S ISLAND W4S ACQU J. Horace McFarland, Member of Old Park Commission Relates Interesting Interview With Donor; Never Wants Liquor Taken to Island and It Always Must Be Used For Park Purposes The little known story of how Mc- Cormlck's Island was given to the city by James McCormick, who re cently died is related for the first time by J. Horace McFarland, who was a member of the old Park Com mission at the time. Mr. McFarland's story follows: "Now that James McCormick has been laid away, after a beneficent lifetime, it will be in point to tell the story of the acquisition of Mc- Cormick's Island as a park by the city of Harrisburg—a story which could not be told while Mr. McCor mick was alive, because of his ha tred of all semblance of display or self-gratulation. "It was during the last year of the control of Harrisburg's park sys tem by the old Park Commission, that one day I was called to the tele phone to answer the inquiry as to whether or not I would see Mr. James McCormick if he would call upon me at my office. Of course I replied instantly that not only would I gladly see him at my office if he came, but, what would be much more appropriate, I would jUBt as gladly call on him at his home, or his office, or anywhere else. "The reply was that he preferred to come to my place of business. This he did, the same day, accompanied by his son and his secretary. "I had no inkling whatever of the purpose of the visit, when Mr. Mc- Cormick said to me, rather hesitat ingly, "Do you think, Mr. McFarland, that the Harrisburg Park Commis sion would be willing to accept Mc- Cormick's Island as a gift to the city for park purposes if I should offer it?" "There was but one answer to make to this suggestion, and I made it in saying that while I could not, of course, bind my associates, I be lieved they would be, as I was, over joyed at the opportunity to acquire this beautiful tract of more than a hundred acres, ideally situated, for park purposes. . "Mr. McCormick's answer was, "Well, I did not know whether the thought would be agreeable or not, but if you think the Park Commis sion would like to have the island, I will prepare to transfer it to their custody for the city. All I want to stipulate is that the tenant shall not be distiybed in his occupant of the cultivated portion of the island until the end of the term for which I have leased it to him. Must Be Used Only As Park "We then had some further con versation, and Mr. McCormick cour- U. S. TROOPS IN RANGE OF GERMAN GUNS [Continued from First Pa#c.] had he been blindfolded. An invita tion was extended to mess and it was accepted. "I'm afraid we can't offer you very much to eat," said one officer.' "You see our cook is ill and just at this moment we are getting along best we can. But we can give you plenty of beans and —well plenty more beans." He ended with an apologetic laugh. Best Ever So Boston baked beans were served, the first the correspondent had seen in two years of knocking about which had taken him from revolution-torn Dublin to the Mo hammedan revolt on the northwest frontier of India. And they were the best beans ever canned or that ever will be canned. During the meal the correspond ent fell into conversation with a young officer who comes from one of the famous and wealthy families of the United States. "How do you like it out here?" asked the correspondent. The officer gazed reflectively through the open door of the mess room out across the open and be yond the camp. As far as the eye could reach there was a scene of devastation and desolation. Here and there shattered walls of a building reared themselves to mark the spot where' a farmhouse, or perhaps a village had stood. I.and I,aid Waste For miles could be seen shattered trunks of trees that had been smash ed by shells as though rent by light ning. Occasionally the eye met .< little graveyard with its wooden crosses —some for German soldiers and some for British. In places there still were remains of German dugouts, for the enemy had held this territory at one time. Grass was growing -over all this but could not conceal the myriad of mounds that marked the lips of great shell craters which pitted the entire zone. The officer returned from his contemplative gaze and answered: There For Business "Well, it isn't exactly the same as Forty-Second street and Broadway here but we didn't come out looking fot- the "great white way." We are here for business and we like it part ly for Itself and partly because w< teously accepted my suggestion that in order to protect this munificent gift to the uses to which he intended to have It applied, he should make his gift conditional upon its con tinual use for park purposes. I did this in order to protect the city from the shortsightedness of the incidental officials, who might, as it may be remembered, was once suggested in reference to Wtldwood Park, desire to divert the gift to some other pur pose than that of promoting health and recreation for all the people In the city. "Then, just as he was about to leave, Mr. McCormick said: 'Oh yes, there is one other thing I want to be sure of, and that is that no in toxicating liquors shall ever be used on McCormick's Island.' I told him that this could be arranged, at least In sof ar as the definite prohibition of the sale or giving away or use of intoxicants on the island was con cerned, but that it would hardly be fair to the city to stipulate a rever sion of the land to his estate in the event that some lawbreaker should use whisky on the island contrary to regulations. To this he cheerfully agreed. "I communicated at once with my associates by telephone, and a meet ing of the Commission was immedi ately arranged. Messrs. Disbrow, Hershey, Brady and Bailey were as delighted as I was at the munificent gift, equal, indeed, to one-eighth of the whole park system at that time. "No difficulties occurred in ob taining access to the island under the arrangement provided by Mr. McCormick with the tenant, and in less than four weeks from the time the subject was first broached, a girls' camp was established in the lovely grove at the lower end of Mc- Cormick's Island, under the capable and energetic handling of Mr. For rer, then superintendent of parks. That this camp became popular and a real beneficence to the city hardly needs to be more than suggested. "The good people of Harrisburg are in these days, I fear, losing sight not only of the underlying spirit which has made possible the mar velous progress of the city in the past fifteen years, but they are for gettng some of the men whose beneficence, liberality and self-sacri ficing spirit made possible this prog ress. It is well at this time to call attention to one of the men, whose splendid life has just ended, and whose spirit of interest in his city is here set forth in only one of the many Instances which might be re counted." ought to like it. We want to do our bit and we are more anxious to do it than ever before. "I think that some of our boys who have crept up and stolen a look at the fighting lines have been a lit tle disappointed in a way. Of course they read of what it was like over here but it did not seem quite right not to see banners flying on the bat tlefield and not to witness troops moving out in the open. But they all are tremendously impressed with things in general. They realize more than they did what a vast busi ness this is. And they are all anx ious to do a bigger part. Hard as Nails "The health of the camp is ex cellent and the men are as hard as nails. We are all ready for the call to real action." The American quarters are very simple. One officer proudly dis played quarters that he had built out of airplane wings which had been discarded by the British and had been presented to him by a colo nel. The reported high reward offered by a German officer for the first American soldier brought into the German lines, dead or alive, has im mensely amused the Yankees. "We aren't worrying about it any," laughed the officer. "We are here and 'Fritz' can some after us any time he is ready. We will be wait ing* MRS. RIDDLE GOING ABROAD Philadelphia, Sept. 24. Follow ing her original plans, made when Miss Nancy Coleman, she had in tended to sail for France to take up hospital work, the present Mrs. Georne Biddle will sail for the war Eone shortly. The wedding of Lieutenant Biddle and Miss Coleman took place early in September, at the home of the bride's father, B. Dawson Coleman, in Rlttjenhouse Square, and after a brief honeymoon, Lieutenant Biddle sailed for France. 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In his first speech from the throne at the opening? of the German Reichstag on June 25, 1888, the Kaiser promised that his love of the German army and his position toward It should never lead him IVito temptation to cut short the benefits of peace unless war were a necessity, forced on us by the attack of the empire or its allies. The German army should safe guard peace for us and should peace, nevertheless be broken, it would be In a position to win it with honor. The Kaiser has, by his acts, fulfilled the promise he then made in twenty-six years of happy rule, despite provocations and temptations. In the crisis which led to the present conflagration, his Maj esty's efforts were up to the last moment directed toward settling the conflict by peaceful means. After the war had broken out, against his wish and desire, the Kaiser, in conjunction with his high allies, was the first solemnly to declare his readiness to enter into peace negotiations. The Ger- man people supported his Majesty in his keen desire for peace. Germany sought within her na tional frontier the free develop ment of her spiritual and material possessions and outside the impe rial territory unhindered compe tition with nations enjoying equal rights aud equal esteem. The free play of forces in the world in peaceable wrestling with one another would lead to the highest perfecting of the noblest human possessions. Disastrous concate nation of events In the year 1914 absolutely broke off all hopeful course of development and trans formed Europe into a bloody bat tle arena. Appreciating the importance of his Hollness's declaration the Im perial Government has not failed to submit the suggestion con tained therein to earnest and scrupulous examination. Special measures which the Government has taken in closest contact with representatives of the German people, for discussing and an swering the questions raised, prove how earnestly it desires, in accordance with his Holiness's desires and the peace resolution of the Reichstag on July 19, to find a practical basis for a Just and lasting peace. The Imperial Government greets with special sympathy the lead ing idea of the peace appeal wherein his Holiness clearly ex presses the conviction that in the future the material power of arms must be superseded by the moral power of right. We are also convinced that the sick body of human society can be healed only by fortifying its moral strength of right. From this would follow, according to his Hollness's view, the simulta neous diminution of the armed forces of all states and the insti tution of obligatory arbitration for international disputes. We' share his Hollness's view that definite rules and a certain safeguard for a simultaneous and reciprocal limitation of arma ments on lpnd, on sea and in the air, as well as for true freedom of the community and high seas, are the things in treating which the new spirit that in the future should prevail in international relations should find first hopeful expression. The task would then of itself arise to decide international dif ferences of opinion, not by the use of armed forces but by peace ful methods, especially by arbi tration, whose high peace pro ducing effect we, together with his Holiness, fully recognize. The Imperial Government will in this respect support every pro posal compatible with the vital interest of the German Empire and people. Germany, owing to her geograph ical situation and economic re quirements. has to rely on peace ful intercourse with her neigh bors and with distant countries. No people, therefore, has more Veason than the German people to wish that, instead of universal hatrefl and battle, a conciliatory fraternal spirit should prevail be tween nations. If the nations are guided by this spirit it will be recognized to their advantage that the impor tant thing 1 Is to lay more tre upon what unites them In th , relations. They will also succ®' In settling Individual points conflict which are still undecid in such a way that conditions existence will be created whl will be satisfactory to every na-tli and thereby a repetition of th great world catastrophe wou appear impossible. Only on this condition can lasting peace be founded whl' would promote an intellectu rapprochement and a return the economic prosperity of humi society. This serious and since conviction encourages our con dence that- our enemies also mi see a suitable basis in the ide submitted by his Holiness for a proaching nearer to the prepar tion of future peace under cond tlons corresponding to a spirit reasonableness and to the situ tion in Europe. Many Aliens Are Given Chance to Be Citiz< By Associated Press Washington, Sept. 24. Assls Secretary Post of the Departmen Labor, has written to Senator Ca of New York, informing him that department heartily approves his to provide for naturalization in t] months of approximately 600 aliens who have signified their In tion of becoming American citis but who, under existing regulati must wait two years before ac is taken on their declaration of tention. About half of the 600,000 declari are of military age and would liable for military service under terms of the pending alien d bill.
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