HARRISBURG lf§§i§gl TELEGRAPH M LXXXVII— No. 128 12 PAGES BUSINESSMEN SEEKING CLERKS NOT IN DRAFT Big Rush For War Jobs Ex pected at the Last Minute PLENTY. OF WORK HERE Industrial Plants Have (lood Places Open For Reg istered Men Notwithstanding it is now ap proaching the middle of June, hun dreds of men in the city affected by the "War Work or Fight" order of | Provost Marshal General Crowder are not making any appreciable ef- : forts to get into some branch of em- i ployment whereby they will further j the prosecution of the war, accord- j ing to information received by large 1 employers of labor this morning;, j The order is effective July 1. The men employed as clerks. I waiters, porters, doorkeepers, ushers j and at other non-essential oc- I cupations, are remaining at their ; positions despite the order to get j into a war activity by July 1. This : is notwithstanding the announcement of the large employers of labor working on government contracts that they can make use of most of : the men effected by the order. Kxpeet Late Rush That there will be a rush during the last few days of June to get into ! branches of endeavor not coming I under the ban of the military i authorities is the consensus of opin- ' ion among businessmen in the city i A number of merchants with large i ntimbers of clerks who will be ef- | fccted by the exodus of the regis- j t rants from nonusful employments, ' are quietly making arrangements to ; fill the places of the registered youth ! when they leave for other employ-! ments. Plenty of Work Large manufacturing plants like! the Central Iron and Steel Com pany, Bethlehem Steel Works at' •Steelton, and the Harrisburg Pipe' and Pipe Bending Company, said) this morning that they have noticed no particular influx of men between ' and 31 seeking employment.! on i? establishments are working! on government orders, and are 1 nearly always able to employ men! on T'l Re plants - While it was ilt 'he Central Iron and ! , f ,? mpanv n 'l the Bethlehem Steel Works, that there has been noticeable demand for rmpl vmem y the men effected bv the work or I great. o ' fier> lh ® demand has n, 't been ; < liance l'or Advancement the' P i". 1 , i 2 n umonK ,he employers at near the pHv n 'i', onß P |antii an.l to be that Jh morning seemed! 10 he that the men who get into i heir service will „e benefited In stated Th ° . manilf "Cturers ! chance for n i mfn have the same: i,i-,.!. , advancement in their sprSS! no matter in what clisk h man j ject to the order ' he ' S Bub " j Police Appear in Court Wearing New Uniforms of Dark Gray; Puttees Too •t.™* a w t!? b^ t a f zz ' the new uniforms ordered bv Mayir : tiafli,- men wear leather puttees Th^ of the department think thl L 1?^ 8 ! after a month's wear Tim uniforms attracted con^irlor!ki now ! tentlon in the streets this morning!* 1 "j Colonel Finney and Our I Men Are "Over There" BUY YOUR WAR STAMPS RIGHT HERE! And buy systematic ally, too. Itheweathfp] For HnrrUliurs and vicinity, I'nlr ""•J. cooler <a-nlKht. Wltk lownl loiDlirnilur,. lllo„t ttO ilrffrreN t Tuexdny purlly cloudy. ' For K.tfrn Pennsylvania! Knlr nnd slightly cooler to-nlicht, Turtday partly cloudy, light variable Hindu, mostly north erly. Trmprritum S a. m„ m. Sum UINCK, B|B7 n. m.|- sets, hi 23 p. in. Hooni First qunrtrr, .Innr lfl. River Stnuri 4.8 feet nhovr low. ater murk. Yesterday** Weather Highest temperature, NO. I.oivmt temperature. .12. Mean tenipernturc, (HI. Normal temperature, HI). Some One at the Door . SOME j * IT'S ALL THE SANlExtfc / //"\ /' \ ITOU, THEY seem TO -v m >\ . URRY ♦ ( CHRISTLEY PAYS WITH LIFE FOR MURDER OF WIFE Mail Clerk Electrocuted at Bellefonte For Crime He Committed Here By Associated Press IJollofonto, Pa., June 1 <).-•—John O. j Chrlstley, a mail clerk of Harcisburg, was electrocuted early to-day at the Rockview penitentiary. Chrlstley was convicted of killing his wife. John O. Chrlstley, former railway mail clerk, murdered his wife on the afternoon of July 11, 1916, at the home of John O. Hushes, 347 South Thirteenth street, a few doors away. Mrs. Chrlstley, according to testi mony at the trial, was in the kitchen with her small daughter, talking to Mrs. Hughes, Verna Hughes her daughter, and Mrs. Harriet Geiger, Mrs. Hughes' mother. Chrlstley en tered the kitchen, shot his wife and then attempted to end his own life. [Continued on Page 2.] Big Rally to Be Held This Evening in the Interest of Palestine Restoration Fund In the Interest of the Palestine Restoration Fund, Jewish residents of llurrisburg and Uauphin county hav completed arrangements for a big meeting in the Technical High School auditorium this evening. Jo seph' Claster will preside at this meeting, which is scheduled to start at 7.30 o'clock. The Palestine Restoration Fund is to be devoted to the restoration of the Jewish settlements and institu tions in Palestine, preparing for the final establishment of the Jewish homeland, expanding and continuing the work of the Zionist organization, maintaining schools of various sorts in Palestine, making loans to pros pective colonists, supporting the Zionist bureau in Palestine and mak ing the necessary plans for harbors, roads and irrigation projects. The speakers will be Rabbi Meyer Berlin and Charles Cohen, of New York City, and Rabbi Rumanoft, Rabbi Haas and Robert Rosenberg, of Harrisburg. Several vocal selec tions will be rendered by M. Abram son. Patriotic selections and tradi tional Hebrew songs will be sung by the audience. Keystone Division to Get Further Training in France Letters received in Harrisburg to day state that the Keystone Division which was trained at Camp Hancock is now stationed in France. Of course under the military rules the exact location is not disclosed. Pennsylva nia -troops were landed at an Eng lish port and immediately shipped to France. It is expected that this divi sion will have a further period of training before being sent to the lighting front under the usual practice. , BINGI.B COPV, ■2 CENTS BRETHREN BACK NATION IN FIGHT ! FOR DEMOCRACY Money Paid For Red Cross Is Matched by M. S. Hershey The 1019 conference of the Breth ren churches of the United States will lie held at Winona I.akc, lnd., next summer, the exact date to be set later. Decisions to this effect were reached this morning at the annual conference in session at Her shey. Next year's conference will be the ■ fourth one held at Winona and at this time services will be held in commemoration of the two hun dred anniversary of the founding of the church in America. At the Sunday school conference under the auspices of the general Sunday school board this morning, addresses were given by S. G. Meyer, of Elizabethtown. on "The Christian Workers Society's Opportunities"; R. D. Murphy, "Possibilities of the Sunday School Library"; Adam Eby, a missionary to India, "What Our Sunday School Can Do For Our For eign Missions"; Nathan Martin. Eliz abethtown, "The Sunday School as a Factor in Fostering the Devotional [Continued on Page 2.] Rev. Robert Bagnell Will Leave Next Week For Visit to France The Rev. Dr. Robert Bagnell, pas tor of Grace Methodist Church, will leave for France next week, where he will spend the summer along the fighting front. His passports arrived this morning. , Dr. liagnell, whose expenses will be borne by Grace Methodist congrega tion, will go as a representative of the Department of Public Informa tion at Washington and with the en dorsement of the Pennsylvania Com mission of Public Safety and De fense. He will preach his farewell sermon next Sunday evening, when special services will be held. KAISER IS INNOCENT OF ONE 'BARBARITY'CHARGED Proved Right Here at Home That the Boss Boche of Them All Never Said "Fife" For Five The Hun is guiltless of one bar barity tliat has been charged against him. This important piece of news "broke" this morning, when it was made apparent that the "atrocity" was planted here at home on good American soil and roared and cul tured by American citizens. Complaint was made to-day that since America Is now at war with the Kaiser and the German language being slashed from the high school curriculum and all that sort of thing ®lje otar~3nftcpcnsent HARRISBURG, PA, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 10, 1918 CIRCUS ARRIVAL TO BREAK PEACE OF EARLY MORN Parade Scheduled to Arrive in Center of City at 10.30 O'clock Bedtime will be welcomed this evening by small boys who are in tent upon arising early enough to morrow morning to watch the cir cus come to town. Some time between midnight and dawn the gaily painted trains, com prising eighty-nine cars, each with "Ringlong Brothers" lettered across the side of it, will roll into the yards of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the elephants will be here. All will be in readiness for the momentous invasion. In addition to the delega [Continued on Page 12.] Survivors of Submarine Attack Report Sinking of an Unknown Schooner By Associated /Vr.tf .Norfolk, Va„ June 10.—Sixteen sur vivors of the crew of the American freighter Pinar Del Rio which was sunk by an enemy submarine off the Maryland coast, Saturday, said on their arrival at Elizabeth City, N. 0., to day, enroute to Forfolk, that shortly after the submarine sent their ship to the bottom they witnessed the sinking of a schooner a few miles away. FIND XO U-BOAT BASES By Associated Press WnohinKton. Juno 10. A methodi cal survey of the entire Atlantic coast from the Mexican line U> Hali fax has failed to bring to light any evidence that the German submarines have employed a shore base or have had touch with the shores at any point. Secretary Daniels said to-day. This was taken as an official denial of reports that strange signals had been see at night from remote sec tions of the coast. it is high time to have telephone girls right here in Harrisburgr atop talking German. The use of "fife" for "five," said the patriotic kicker, "oughta" IJ'e stopped. The girls "oughtn't to give aid and comfort to the enemy." Telephone officials here who coun tenance the us e of "flfe" and the rolling "thre-rr-rr-ee" were not quite sure that a mistake was not made when the School Board stopped the study of the Hun tongue. KAISER PAYS HEAVY TOLL IN NEW BATTLE FURIOUS GERMAN ATTACKS BROKEN BY FRENCH FIRE American Marines Continue Their Advance Against the Enemy on the Marnc HUN LOSSES ENORMOUS Counterattacks by Poilus Win Back Some of Ground Lost in Battle By Associated Press Paris, June 10.—The new German attack on the front between Mont didier and Noyon continued last night with undiminished violence, the war) office reports. On the French front left wing furious German attacks, made time after time, were broken by the French fire. In the center the enemy, bringing up reinforcements, made further progress, reaching the southern part of Cuvilly wood and Ressons-sur- Matz. Americans Gain Ground French and American troops con tinuing their attacks in the region of Brussiares. on the Marne front, gained more ground and took pris oners. On the French right wing along the front of the new attack bitter fighting continues. The French took more than 500 prisoners in various engagements. Prisoners report unani [ mously that the losses of the Ger mans thus far in the battle which be gan yesterday morning have been ex tremely heavy. Battle Wages Fiercely The statement follows "The German push was continued yesterday evening and last night with the same ferocity. "On the French left wing violent attacks were renewed on several oc casions, but they were broken by the French fire and by counterattacks by our troops. The town of Courcel les was captured and recaptured and finally remained in our hands. Bitter Figliting "On the right the French 'forces maintained their positions to the southeast of Vllle. Here there was bitter fighting. The French took more than 500 prisoners in the course of these various engagements. "On the center the enemy en deavored by bringing in fresh forces to continue his progress. Ife was suc cessful in reaching the southern edge of Cuvilly wood and Ressons-sur- Matz on the plateau of Bellinglise. Further to the east the fighting was continued in Thiescourt wood. Hun losses Kiiormotis "According to the unanimous re ports of prisoners the battle up to the present time has cost the enemy | enormous losses. j "To the north of Rheims there has | been fairly spirited artillery lighting. French forces completed the opera tion on which they embarked yester day to the east of HaUtebraye, and took 150 prisoners. "Between the rivers Ourcq and Marne French forces repulsed sev eral German attacks east of Vinly. Continuing their progress in the re- I gion of BruSsaires French and Amer | lean troops gained ground; brought up to 250 the number of prisoners taken and captured thirty machine guns." French Guns Mow Down Huns, Who Are Paying Full Price For Gains By Associated Press London, June 10, Via Ottawa.— Telegraphing from the French Army headquarters late last night the cor respondent of Reuter's Limited, says: "Latest reports from the battle field are encouraging. The French are fighting bravely and with great tenacity. "The denseness of the enemy's formation was greater than in pre \ iou. a attacks and his losses must be extraordinarily heavy for the guns had him at their mercy and they did terrible execution. "Several anxious days are ahead. It is certain the enemy will make an I extremely bitter fight of it, but he il I paying the full price for every mile." Yankee Fighters Got in Good Work Before German Bullets Put Them Away By Associated Press Parts, Sunday, June 9.—"We cer tainly got a few of them before they got us," said the American Marines and infantrymen wbunded in the Bouresches-Veullly- fight and who now are in Paris hospitals where the nurses marvel at the good spirit of the men. * "Mother and father told me to get them and 1 did," said Theodore J. Waldem, of New York City, a mem ber of the Marine Corps, and whose parents were born in Germany. Women May Have to Give Up Stays to Stay Huns Washington, June 10.—Women may have to gp corsetless to help win the war. Tremendous amounts of steel, used yearly in stays for these women's essentials" are even more essential to war needs, the War In dustries Board intimated to-day. BOCHE PEACE PLAN WOULD MAK RULERS No Our Would Dare Oppose: Mittel Europa When Ten- j tons Reign Supreme, Dream ! of Imperial Vice Chancellor' "WORLD'S FATE WOULD \ BE IN GOOD HANDS'' j Russia, Bulgaria, Turkey and Poland and Austria-Hun- j gary All Would Be Domi-\ nated in Latest Scheme By Associated rress Amsterdam, June 10.—Permanent i economic and military union be-! tween Germany and Austria-Hun gary, "with the gradual disappear-! ance of customs duties and fron-1 tiers," is proposed by Friedrich Von 1 Payer, imperial vice-chancellor of] Germany, in a statement published in I the Neue Friepresse of Vienna. i Included in this scheme of a Mit-j el-Europa under domination of the | central powers are Russia, Poland, | Bulgaria and Turkey. The vice-chancellor points out that | with this union once effected, the! peace of Europe would be in the hands of the Teutonic allies, the set tlement of vexing problems arising from the war would be made more easy and the solution of internal questions would also be facilitated. In his statement the vice-chancel lor said in part: Wants World Disarmed "It would be, indeed, tine if general world disarmament would be reach ed with the conclusion of peace. Let us take a stand for the present, however, on facts and make the al liance complete. "Once Germany and Austria- Hungary arc economically and polit ically united, who in the world would have the courage, whether alone or with others, to run against this bloc, especially when the war preparations of the allied empires are unified, when France is weakened to such a degree as she appears to day to have no idea of; when czar istic Russia can be neither a menace to its enemies nor a protection for political states which play the role of perpetual disturbers of the peace and intriguers; when the northern border states are the military follow ers of Germany; when Poland is al lied to the central empires and when neither starvation in the central powers or dissension between them can longer be accounted upon. "The peace of Europe will then rest in the hands of united Germany and Austria-Hungary, and will be in good hands. With every economic and political agreement that takes j place between the new alliance and I the Balkan states, or even with Tur -1 key, the Importance of the bloc and consequently its guarantee of peace, still further increases." THE MERCHANT'S POINT OF VIEW New York, June 10. —In spite of much prediction and some ap prehension to the contrary, gen eral business conditions have re mained good during the spring season which is about closing. Here and there over the country there was a slight lessening in the volume of transactions, with out, however, a decrease in the money total of the purchases. In the neighborhood of plants en gaged in war activities and also in most of the farming regions, business has been quite brisk. Money obtained ffc>m sales V>f crops, and also the higher waXes I received by mechanics, WSva j found their way Into mercantile channels, and the selections of buyers have In most instanoes been of rather higher grade mer chandise than formerly. This jm particularly true in the cjiscs Qt women who have been getting better pay. A reflection of these conditions is shown in the reports of the mercantile agencies, which Indicate prompter collections and a lessening of Indebtedness. East month the total number of failures chronicled was onl/VSO. involving an indebtedness of about *13,000,000. This is the low est for ten years. The failures for' the first five months of the year arc 20 per cent, less than for.the similar period In 1917. To the en couragement afforded by these figures additional ground for con fidence is given by the crop esti mates, each of which is more optimistic than Its predecessor. Under the circumstances, business men are taking a hopeful view of the immediate future. ONI.If EVENING ASSOCCIATKIJ I'BESS NEWSPAPER IN HARIIISBURG BATTLE RESULTS SATISFY FRENCH , By Associated Press PAHIS, June 10.——'"It was a I perfectly satisfactory day," said i l*remlcr Clemeiiceau last nighl. i In those words tlic French leader I accurately summed up the pre vailing impression. The long-range bombardment i)f the Paris district continued to day. AMERICAN LINE REPULSES HEAVY ENEMY ASSAULT Pershing Reports Severe Ger man Losses Before Yan kee Guns Washington, June 10. General Pershing's communique to-day re ports the repulse of a heavy enemy attack in the vicinity of Bouresches with severe enemy losses. There was lively artillery fighting in the [Continued on Page •!.] 3* I .; J GPADE CROSSINGS HEARING POSTPONED' J £ ( MP. postponed the hearing of the'complaints of the State 1 ® Highway Department against the grade crossings on the 8 t > !<••.[■ ';< 4 ; T of Swatara station has been postponed from Wednesday M T v 19 *< J HOUNDING UP MEN OP DRAFT AGE '< 1* { | calling ott the Secretaries cd War and Navy to inform I jr fhe House a ; to the number of men engaged in noncom- 9 <-? t i| X 1 A' v . rork to those unable to pass physical tests. - 3 T BLACK SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC AT ESSEN I t "%* ' * among the enrployes cf the Krttpp gun plant at Essen, a ',l S . 4 4* * I 1918 DRAFT REGISTRANTS j J MAY ENLIST IN NAVY > I WASHINGTON—MEN OF THE 1918 CLASS OF J j J DRAFT REGISTRANTS MAY ENLIST IN I WAVY MARINE CORF'S. ACCORDING TO A NEW { 'J I RULING TODAY BY PROVOST MARSHAL GEN- J ; u, <• rowder } J BAKER BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE ' Washington- Secretary Bakec was the first witness 1 # ,* I befcre the Senate Military committee which to-day opened 1 * 1 ing on (he army appropriation btU carrying $12,000.- 1 4 000,000 and containing a provision to give the President g , | unlimited authority to increase the army. * JfIGHBR RAIL T ARE EFFECTIVE TO-DAY 3 ♦< * > Washington—Travelers upon American railroads to- I € , retted fat'., he rw rate of three cents a I * | mile, ordered by r>:r<-. 1 > General McAcJoo having be- I t come operative last midnight. A half-cent a mile * J added to the fare for Pullman accommodations. MARRIAGE t Waller A. Deurtli. I'M tnhurKh. nnd Aurunlii H, Henn. H orris- * f)i hurKt John It. Horh. Wllmlntcton. Del., nnd Orrtrudr M. Mdn, i lUnh-i>lr.-t ICdnnrd 11. Illnek unil Snrn H. Chn.vnr, HurrlKhuric. HOME EDITION HUNS ARE MAKING LITTLE PROGRESS INNEWBATTU Enormous Losses Have Beei Suffered by Germans in Small Advance GAIN BUT LITTLE GROUNE Seek to Force Allied Retire mcnt by Big Flanking Movement By Associated Press Comparatively slow progress, at tended by losses described as enor : mous, is being made by the German! in their latest efforts to break th< allied front in France. The advanc< igninst the line from Noyon to th< eastern suburbs of Montdidier, con* ing quickly after the force of thi offensive of the Aisne had been spent has encountered stern resistance anc it is only over a comparatively shor< section of the line that the cnen has made appreciable gains. Th< deepest penetration reported so fai is two and three-quarter miles. It has been believed since the drivi [Continued on Page 1] MAIL IX THE AIR FROM LONDON TO PARIS BEGIN.' Paris, June 10.—An aerial posta' service between London and Par|l j has been successfully inaugurated The aviator, Lorgnat concluded hli third round trip yesterday in hours and fifteen minutes. The re- I turn voyage was rendered difficult owing to the strong head wind afid deep air pockets.
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