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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.
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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
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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
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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
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J GPADE CROSSINGS HEARING POSTPONED' J
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MP. postponed the hearing of the'complaints of the State 1 ®
Highway Department against the grade crossings on the 8
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T of Swatara station has been postponed from Wednesday M
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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
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A' v . rork to those unable to pass physical tests. - 3
T BLACK SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC AT ESSEN I
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* among the enrployes cf the Krttpp gun plant at Essen, a ',l
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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
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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.