2
THINK U-BOATS
MAY BE COMING
OVER IN RELAYS
Coastwise Traffic Has Not
Yet Reen Interrupted,
Authorities Declare
Washington, June 15.-—At least
one German U-boat is again oper
. ating close to the North Atlantic
•const and Thursday night attacked
r * the British steamer Keemun outside
" of the Virginia Capes. The Keemun
escaped and made port safely yester
day.
This latest development in Ger
man's submarine warfare convinced
, some officials and naval experts that
l'-l>oats are coming to this side in
relays. Experts have figured out on
c linrts that a single submarine could
Inns sunk all of the eighteen vessels
. so far officially listed as U-boat vic
' tinis off this coast. Nevertheless,
'vii;> ny liold the view that more than
•" one submarine Is operating oft the
* CfHSt.
~ It was stated emphatically at the
Navy Department yesterday that
in ressary traffic is not being kept in
cur ports by the presence of sub
luurlnes. Coastwise traffic is moving.
t- l.lght' draft vessels are proceeding on
Cieir usual runs, hugging the shore
i nd thus keeping out of reach of the
I'-boats. while heavier draft boats
n-e being convoyed and seen safejy
to their destination.
Trans-Atlantic service continues
without a letup. Some delay may
occur from time to time In arrang
ing convoys, but this Is largely the
normal conditions and has been.for
Home time past. A report was cur
rent during the day that the pres
ence of one or more submarines on
this side had tied up all traffic In our
ports. It was declared to be wholly
without foundation.
Troops on Transports
Kept Fit By Exercise
l.ondon. June 12.—"Hey! Tou
with the beak!"
Sergeant S—, abruptly interrupts
the calisthenics of D Company and
levels a stern forefinger at a tall
young soldier with a bruised and
swollen nose who Is making only a
perfunctory effort to touch his toes
with his finger tips. The scene is the
deck of a transport, warward bound,
about 10 a. m. of a fine spring day.
"Is that what you call exercising?"
demands the sergeant. "You think
you don't need any of this one-two
throe stuff, eh! You're fit already,
maybe, to eat a boche for break
fast!"
The company looks on and grins.
The tall soldier flushes and stam
mers out an explanation. Bending
- over causes his nose, still sore from
a bumping against a door to bleed.
"Kail out, then." directs the Ser
geant, "You oughta said something
before we started."
Briskly he resumed the setting up
exercises, and for half an hour the
company is busily engaged.
"Keek 'em busy," Is the watch -
* word of the officer in military com
mand of the vessel, has several
thousand exuberant young t Ameri
can soldiers to look after, and his
experience on transports has taught
him that ship life becomes weari
some for large bodies of men closely
quartered unless they have regular
daily occupation. To meet this de
> maud, he has worked out a program
* that supplies the required amount of
' wholesome work and also plenty of
i eoreatlon and amusement.
Army hours are strictly observed,
llcville Is sounded by the buglers at
an hour that brings muffled protests
from the few civilian passengers on
board, the blasts penetrating to every
corner of the ship. Some time later,
after the civilians have rolled over in
their berths and are about to fall
asleep again, there is a mighty
tramping on decks and in the cor
ridors as the hungry soldiers pour
up from their quarters below, eager
for breakfast.
Impatiently they await the sum-1
mons, which is beaten on &n instrus j
ment that sounds to the unfortunate:
civilian like a sheet of boiler plate,
and, when it comes, they are off with
a rush for the huge first cabin din
•ing room. And it is not until they
have satisfied their husky appetities
that the officers and civilians are
called to their breakfast in the small
er dining room which, before the
liner became a transport, was reserv
ed for second cabin passengers.
, This is a British vessel, one of the
largest in His Majesty's fleet of aux
iliary cruisers. Before the war, It was
described as "a floating palace," now
II is a warship, grimly utilitarian.
With the exception of the handsome
mural decorations of the salons,
there is scarcely a vestige of its
former splendor and luxurious ap
pointments.
CHARGED WITH ASSAI I.T
Koger Phillips, charged with assault
und battery, received a hearing in
police court this afternoon. It is said
that he struck Frank Kinhnur while
riding on a I'axtang car last evening.
Courthouse Notes
Clerk Enters Service:.—Warren 2.
■ l/yme, clerk In the city water de
partment office, left early this morn
ing for Erie where he will enter the
wireless telegraph training class of
the Signal Corps. Lyme is the sec
ond courthouse employe to enter the
service.
Z Letters on Estates. Executors
*• and administrators for ten estates
"* were named to-day and letters is
sued by Register of Wills' Hoy O.
Danner, as follows: Annie E. Zlm
irferman, letters to Harrisburg Trust
* Company; David H. Miller, to George
A W. Miller, Shirleysburg; Grace E.
.. Brenizer, to J. Chas. Brenizer; Jero-
miah E. Reed, to Naomi A. Reed;
4. Margaret A. Johnson to Morris V.
J Johnson; all executors of estates of
persons who lived In the city at the
y. time of death: Linn S. Lehman, late
of Conewago township, Alice B. and
.. Elmer B. Lehman, executors; letters
of administration in the following
* estates: Eleanor S. Rutherford, late
r ' Swatara township, to Joshua E.
, f Rutherford; Annie Jarfe Llghtner.
„ city, to Camp Curtin Trust Company,
•> Peter Radlsic, Steelton, to Steelton
*'■ Trust Company. ,
* Argument Court List.—Only five
cases are listed for the argument
v court session next Tuesday. The list
■ follows: Commonwealth vs. Sarah
v. Heller, motion for new trial; James
•£ H. Brenner, attorney In fact for ee
tate of father, Benjamin Brenner vs.
U Samuel Gold, rule to open judg
ment; Albert L. Evans vs.' Consolida
ted Manufacturers' Corporation, mo
- lion for judgment for want of a suf
licient affidavit of defense; Common
. wealth vs. Lancaster County Insur
ance Trust and Safe Deposit Com
'? pany, quo warranto; Commonwealth
£ of Pennsylvania vs. McClintlc Mar
, shall Company, argument.
SATURDAY EVENING,
ENLISTMENTS
ARE RESPONSIBLE
Interesting Situations Have
Developed in Regard to
Registration of Aliens
Enlistments of young men of alien
birth and the fact that there have
been many young men attaining
twenty years of age who are the sons
of foreign parents who have become
naturalized and also that quite a
number have left Philadelphia for
smaller towns in the vicinity to work
in war industries may account for
some of the low registrations of
aliens who have attained their ma
jority in the last year in Philadel
phia. The inquiry which has been
under way in Philadelphia for the
I last week in regardto to this phase
of registration, has been finished, but
Major W. G. Murdock declines to dis
cuss it until he makes his report to
Adjutant General Beary who is ex
pected here on Monday.
Major Murdock will not return to
Philadelphia until he consults with
the Adjutant General, but he does
not contemplate making any report
to the Governor.
In the absence of Governor Brum
baugh no one here will comment
upon the declaration of Mayor Smith
that his responsibility in connection
with the appointment of draft boards
ft>y the Governor ended when he
made the recommendations of names.
•TheGovernqr is in Philadelphia to
day. Just what course the Army au
thorities will take in the recent con
troversy in regard to board members
is not known.
A circular has been issued here in
which it is stated that boards are not
to issue permits for passports to reg
istrants of June 5 until after classi
fication except that when the ap
plicant is a sailor when a permit may
be issued when its refusal would In
terfere with shipping and the board
Is satisfied that the draft would not
be evaded.
Handel, Surgeon's Son
Stole Pleasure of Music
Why has it been the rule that
parents of geniuses in the various
arts, particularly in music, have op
posed their children? There Is a
scientific reason for all things, and
very likely when this matter Is re
duced to a psychological analysis we
shall find the dormant genius in the
parent—or the element in the one
parent which coalesces with an ele
ment of the other parent to produce
genius—makes for the hostility. But
this will require a volume. The pur
pose here is merely to set forth
some of the evidence.
Handel, whom most everyone
knows for "The Messiah" and the
beautiful "Largo," had about the
hardest time of all. His father, a
surgeon, aged 63 when the composer
was born in 1685, so opposed his
son that he would not send him to
school lest he learn notes. But the
young Handel found an old clavi
chord and stealthily fitted it up in
the garret, where he taught himself.
When Handel was aged 7 his
father set out to visit a son by a
former marriage who was valet de
chambre to the Duke of Saxe Weis
senfels. HaTidel was to remain at
home, but he would not and \Cas so
persistent that he walked part of the
way. If It had not been for this
queer circumstance the world prob
ably would know no Handel. The
Duke heard the boy play and told
the father he ought to be ashamed
of hitrtself—or words to that effect.
So Handel got a teacher.
PICKS UP MVB WIRE
A youth, by the name of Green, em
ployed at the Ordnance Depot at Mid
dletown was badly shocked this morn
ing when he picked up a live wire
while helping to search for Henry
Still, the watchman, who was injured
in the crash of the fast express train
and a motor trutk at the Ordnance De
pot crossing at Middletown this morn
ing. He went to his home at Middle
town. He is not believed to have suf
fered any serious injuries.
DOUBLE MURDER CASE
IN HANDS OF THE JURY
[Continued from Elrst Page.]
Copelin, both colored, of Wiconisco
township.
Foreman Explains
The foreman of the jury In the
Eichelberger case, Francis Hawk, an
nounced whpn the jurors came into
court again that a verdict could not
be agreed upon, eleven voting for
conviction and one for acquittal.
Judge McCarrell explained that It
was their duty to consider all the
evidence, and asked why one member
of the jury voted for acquittal. The
foreman said the Juror voting for
acquittal did not believe the testi
mony of the commonwealth's wit
nesses and thought the woman Inno
cent of both charges. Judge McCar
rell reviewed In brief that three wit
nesses had been at the house and
also the reputation which the police
stated the place had.
In the cases against Tillie Dale a
verdict of not guilty was accepted
on the charge of selling liquor with
out license and a plea of guilty was
entered on the charge of conducting
a bawdy house. Sentence will be
imposed next Friday.
Court Surprised at Police
When members of the city police
force testified to-day that the Dale
house had been under suspicion for
many months, Judge McCnrrell ex
pressed much surprise at the failure
of the police department to make a
complete investigation ancl bring
charges against the woman.
In courtroom No. 1 following the
completion of the murder trial, the
case against Edward Dapp, charging
false pretense, was heard and went
to the jury this afternoon. The trial
of Lewis Capin may be started late
to-day.
Because of tlje systematic work at
this session of court, only three of
the new cases have been continued
and in addition to disposing of all
the other June session trials a num
ber of continued cases were heard.
Jury Praises Institutions
The Grand Jury to-day reported
that 99 bills of Indictment had been
examined, of which 88 were returned
true 'bills and 11 ignored. The mem
bers said they had no recommenda
tions to make for improvements in
the county. In speaking of conditions
at the prison and almshouse, Harry
S. Gilbert, foreman made the follow
ing report:
"As is customary, on Friday we
visited'the Dauphin county alms
house and the Dauphin county pris
on, and the splendid condition in
which we found both of these insti
tutions. reflects much credit upon
the steward and matron of the alms
house and the warden and assistants
of the prison. We were much pleased
with the heating system recently in
stalled at the almshouse, and believe
It. will prove to be a great saving to
the county." i
U-BOAT FEIGNS
ROLE OF QUIET
FREIGHT VESSEL
Hun Crew Celebrates Victor
ies of Day With Dance
at Night
An Atlnntlv Port. June 15.—At
least one of the German submarines
operating off the American coast is
camouflaged so as to present at a
distance the appearance of an ordi
nary freighter, according to Captain
Bratland, master or the Norwegian
steamer Vlnland, one of the raider's
victims.
Captain Bratland, who was a pris
oner on the submarine for several
hours, said yesterday she had iron
bulwarks three or four feet high
around her decks, with an elevated
bow standing out of the water, and
looked much like a cargo carrier
about 200 feet long.
The captain declared he was told
the U-boat crew had a dance on deck
every night to celebrate victories of
the day.
Captian Aitklns. whose ship is one
of the few armed craft to be at
tacked by the U-boats since they
came to American waters, said the
German showed no disposition to
come within the .range of the guns
of his armed guard of British blue
jackets. though he trailed him at
long range for twelve hours. Many
shots were tired without effect.
Fireman Killed When
' Train Hits an Engine
Headon Near Ridgway
Renovo, P., June 15.—Philip Mec
cas, of Renovo, aged 22 a fireman on
an extra freight train On the Penn
sylvania, was instantly killed when
his train met a light engine in a
headon collision near Ridgway at 5
o'clock this morning.
Alfred J. Clucker, of Renovo,
brakeman, was so badly scalded It is
feared he will die and S. R. Snyder,
of Renovo, engineman of the freight
locomotive, was slightly injured. The
locomotive of. the freight train was
overturned and eight cars piled up
in the collision.
Music, the Birthright of
Every Child, Says Mannes
"Let your children learn to play,
not for professional purposes, but to
bring light into their own lives and
to their friends." This is the mes
sage of David Mannes, famous for
his sonata recitals. He says:
Occasionally among the boys and
girls who begin the road on-which
scales and exercises are the step
ping-stones, there is found one with
a talent that outstrip all his com
rades and develops into a mastery
of music such as is this young man's.
But that should be the last thought
in the head of the parent looking
toward his child's future happiness.
Much as I honor all the sincere mu
sicians who play and sing on our
concert platforms, those who know
me are aware that I discourage pro
fessionalism among my own students
and, indeed, wherever I go. Give
the children music for the light and
beauty it will bring them.
And don't deny your child les
sons because you think he is not
talented. That is an injustice' to
him. Every child is born with'a
feeling for music: yes, and a talent
for it, too, that should be cultivated.
Though he may never perform bril
liantly, nor even perhaps be able to
play a piece through without mis
takes. he should not for that reaon
be cut off from the understanding
of music and the satisfaction of
producing it himself.
Dr. Lyman Abbott Ranks
Songs High as Sermons
Dr. Lyman Abbott, probably the
most distinguished publicist-clergy
man in America, and editor of The
Outlook, has the following to say,
in the Etude on the necessity of
music:
Music in our homes, in our schools,
in our churches, in our civic centers,
is an essential to our national life
and should be pro
moted during the war. Julia Ward
Howe by her "Battlfe Hymn of the
Republic" rendered as true a ser
vice to her country in war time as if
she had been a soldier in the fleld
or a statesman In the councils of the
nation. What the Italian bands have
done to Inspire with courage the
Italian soldiers is a matter of cur
rent history. Jt is a grave question
to my mind whether or not as many
persons have been brought into the
kingdom of Ood by.song as by ser
mon. The means which has accom
plished so much In the cause of re
ligion is surely needed in the cause
of patriotism. It is not only a rest
and a refreshment, but also an in
spiration and a strength.
HOYVS i:\TF.UTAIV PARENTS
About oixty fathers and mothers and
grandparents witnessed the activities
of their sons and grandsons, who are
members of the Central Y. M. C A
gymnasium class for "perp boys." ' At
a special session of the class last
-night, the parents were the guests of
the boys. Following a gymnasium
exhibition several addresses were
made and refreshments were served.
CHICAGO PAPERS ADVANCE
By Associated Pre is
Chicago, June 15.—The, Tribune
and Herald Examiner announced to
day that, effective to-morrow, the
price of their Sunday Issues will be
7 cents in Chicago and suburbs and
10 cents a copy elsewhere.
Deaths and Funerals
JBROMK M. RUM)
Funeral services for Jerome M.
Burd, aged GB. will be held Monday
afternoon at 1.30 at his home, 1917
North Seventh street, the Rev. C. W.
Hartman officiating. Burial will be
in the Unglestown * cemetery. Mr.
Burd died Thursday night. He was
a member of Warrior Eagle Tribe
No. 340, Improved Order of Red Men,
and was also a member of the Penn
sylvania Railrpad Relief Association,
rfe Is survived by his wife, three
sons, Harry F. Rirfti, 'Charles M. Burd
and Grover C. Burd, and two daugh
ters, Mrs. W. C. Fox and Miss Cath
erine Burd, all of Harrlsburg.
MRS. FRANCES SMITH
Mrs. Frances Smith, aged 64. died
at her home. 411 South Fourteenth
street. Friday. Funeral services will
be held Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock, the Rev. Harry R, King, pas
tor of the Paxton Presbyterian
Church, officiating Burial will be
in the Baldwin cemetery, Steelton.
Mrs. King Is survived by her hus
band, William H. King, and two
daughters, Mrs. B. C. Agle and Miss
i Minnie Smith. .
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HARRISBURG GIRL TELLS WONDERFUL
EXPERIENCE IN FRENCH WAR ZONE
Miss Marion B. C. Watts Writes Interesting Letter to Relatives;
Meets Many Friends and Acquaintances From
America at Y. M. C. A.
Meohank'sburs:, Pa., June 13.
The following letter from .Miss Mar
lan B. C. Watts, second, somewhere
In France, to h_er mother, Mrs.
David Watts and sister, Miss Anna,
of Mechanicsburg, will be'of in
terest to her many friends in this
locality:
Dearest Girls: You have no idea
how little time there is for writing.
We literally write our letters in ten
minute chunks. First of all, con
tinue my address. "Care .of Y. M.
C. A., American Expeditionary Force,
France." Nothing more nor less!
I am liable to be sent any place at
any time, but this address will al
ways reach me. This letter being
for J., too, —your packages and let
ters have come and I fairly wept
over them. Bless your thoughtful
hearts! The hairpins, pins, thread,
etc., come in good for all of us. I
surely did cry over auntie's box with
the Imperial cake. You never know
where it is going to hit you and this
hit me hard. I think I have gotten
everything everyone has sent me.
A box from Mary F.; one from
Catherine Y., and one from Dan G„
with the most fetching apron and
cap. Mary F. also sent me a pink
apron, which I use daily in the
kitchen. Mrs. C. sent me tea and
crackers and the sweetest letters,
which I greatly enjoyed. Isn't *it
kind of her? Alice R., from Pitts
burgh, sent fifteen books, they ore
the greatest joy. A., your "Robert
Tourney" has been read and re
read and J.'s "Mrs. Wiggs" itnd the
others you have sent.
We would like numbers more, if
you can only send one or two at a
time. I feel the need more than
some of the others, as I am often
librarian and could cry, for there
are books for only one in every ten.
We need all kinds—poetry, history,
fiction, nonsense, everything in fact;
also, the monthly magazines. J. has
sent three of the latest magazines,
which we .are delighted to have.
Nancy C. sends a Pittsburgh paper
Young Harrisburg Men Who Leave
Today For Army Training Camps
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A. T. SCARBOROUGH
A. T. Scarborough, who "has been a
member of the Burroughs Adding
Machine Company selling force for the
past two years, leaves to-day for Kort
Oglethorpe, Georgia, having enlisted
in the Medical Corps. Mr. Scarbor
ough is well known in the musical
circles of Yoi*k and Harrlaburg.
through the Hut Club and two boys
from Pittsburgh fairly hug it.
Strayer W. is here in camp. I
saw him last night at the Y. He
looks very well and says he is in
fine health. Tell his family to write
him if only a' card. These photo
graphs that I am asking for, I would
really like to have as soon as pos
sible. The few we have are a joy
to the boys and help so much in
making the rooms look homelike.
The turkey wings are the joy of my
life. We are going to hang them
by the stove in our new home. As
you know, our barracks that the Y.
has built for us, is quite near the
Hut and we hope to move in next
week. I can hardly believe it is
true and won't we have fun fixing
it up. It is a hideous barracks out
side, the dining room and sitting
room, of the snake shape. We hope
to do something with curtains and
a few comfortable chairs and much
laughing—this is thrown in, and it
helps a lot.
You ought to see our kitchen win
dow sills, the sunny one about eight
feet with a board to make it wider,
has boxes of pansies and pink Eng
lish daisies in front, and some pots
of lovely lavender and purple French
flowers behind them. The boys just
love the flowers and now that the
days are warm -and casement win
dows open, we have a continual
stream of visitors while we cook and
eat our meals.
Our dish cloths arid tea towels will
be a great Joy and the coverings ,of
the package—little did you think it
would do duty for bureau and tablo
covers. We have gotten Georgette
to come and live with us pt a very
low price. Her husband was killed
last year. Poor girl. •
I expect to work much bafder af
ter we get settled, but am thankful
to do it for there is so much to be
done. You can't begin to know of
the many little things that come
to us each day and so little time to
do them. I may not write quite so
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H. B. TUSSEY
H. B. Tussey, chief inspector of the
Burroughs Company, leaves to-day for
the University of Pittsburgh, where
he is being sent by the Government'to
take a course in automobile mechan
ics. Mr. Tuasey is a native of Phila
delphia, but has been stationed at the
Harrisburg service station for two
years.
often, but do not worry. We are in
a comparatively safe spot and I am
wonderfully well. Major R., George
R.'s son, is here—has been very
polite and kind to us and I am about
to ask him to dinner in the kitchen.
I would like to tell you something
about F. McC., but "I ain't the
darst." He's an old brick.
Col. Haygood, whose car we rode
in when we met in D— some months
ago, has been rpade a Brigadier-Gen
eral and is a joy. He comes in
sometimes a few minutes as he is
motoring through. The first time
he came after his promotion, he
looked at his shoulder with the mer
riest smile and said "look what
they've given me." And we just
snorted, as we knew it before,
though it was only two days old.
Col. Farmer* says when he wants
information, he knows where to get
It. General H. is chief of staff and
sent us a marked copy of the gen
eral's orders, allowing us to ride
In the motors, etc. I think he did
it with a chuckle, remembering that
his chauffeur had said when we
came out from town with them the
first time, "X have to have an order
to haul the women."
This evening Captain Lewis spoke
to our boys. The place was packed
and he told them things X dare not
write, but that made you so proud.
The tears just flowed. Then he told
of one night that he was billeted in
a house in a little town and in the
early morning he heard a beautiful
male voice singing a familiar Amer
ican song. He dressed and went out
to find the singer was a Dr. Jones
from "Cleveland, 0., who was at
tached to the English regiment. It
was rather dramatic the way he told
It and then remarked, "I want you
all to join in that song," and the
boy at the piano played the opening
bars of "Way Down Upon the
Swanee river." Those boys sang- it
wonderfully, but we had to retire.
If you could see the hundreds of
boys—boys in one sense and men,
fine men, in another sense, keeping
clean and fine and strong because
they know it is right and against
big odds, for there is every kind of
temptation. If you could know and
see them as we do, you would re
spect them just as wo do. I know
at times you are all worried and
anxious; but, oh girls, the worries
at home are nothing to the lonli
ness of these boys here. No one to
i speak their tongue, no one to be
gentle to them and what are two
women among thousands? Your
heart is so torn sometimes you can
hardly bear it. If you put out your
hand to shake hands they grasp it
like a drowning man and they look,
'and look at you as if they were
starved, and often, If you smile at
them, you see the tears roll down
their cheeks, /
They tell a story—that we think
they just made up—of a man just
sitting lpoking, looking into our
kitchen window and wiping the tears
away. A friend came up and said,
"What's the matter, old man?"
Pushing the friend aside roughly,
the man replied, "get out of my way,
don't you know I am watching the
angels?"
Some days are filled with such
touching things that "mother" Is
ever mopping the eye and smiling
while the tears are running—you
know my habit. But, oh dear, they
are so lonely many times, t have
been meaning to tell you that J3.
keeps my hat from hanging on on#
ear and looks after me generally.
She's a perfect joy.
Major R. took us a most heavenly
ride in his car. We went to a won
derful old chateau that reminded
one for all the world of King's Gap.
"My Mother's Day message is this
—Praise the Jx>rd that you taught
me tunes and words of hymns In my
youth. Hymn books are scarce and
I rejoice that I can open my mouth
and make a jyful noise unto the
Lord, hymn book or no hymn book.
"O Paradise," "Weary of Earth,"
"Son of God," "Rock of Ages," and
"Nearer, My God to Thee"—. all the
dear ones we learned, It seems gen
erations ago. Begin at once on nil
the little ones, as they will never
forget them, no matter how old they
grow.
Good night, girls dear, and may
the Lord bless yoi. Do not worry,
tor we are in a pretty safe place.
I/ove to each and all of you.
Devotedly,
MARIAN.
JUNE 15, 1918.
BOYS WAITING IN
VAIN FOR PARCELS
Major, Not a Captain, Now
Must Sign Mail Card
Applications
Many Harrlsburg boys serving In
the trenches in France with the
American Expeditionary Forces are
eagerly awaiting the arrival of some
little and long expected luxury from
home that has as yet failed to ma
terialize. And they are wondering
all the more by reason of the fact
that they have sent for the luxury an
order, countersigned by the captain
of their company.
But soon they will receive a letter
from their fond parents, or from
sister or brother or sweetheart, to
the effect that the postal officials'
would not honor the order and that
they refused to accept the package
with the luxury. And the postal offi
cials, the writers will say, refuse to
honor any requisition unless It be
signed by a major or some higher of
ficer, or by the authority of these
officers.
In orders sent out from Washing
ton under date of March 28 it was
said that parcels might be sent to
members of the American forces In
Europe at tjie written request of the
addressee countersigned by a super
ior officer. And sotin the requests
came in large numbers to relatives in
this country and for a period all
honors, signed by all commissioned
officers above a first lieutenant, were
accepted.
But affairs have taken a different
turn of late. Many Harrlsburg par
ents with orders signed by captains,
have been unable to have postal offi
cials accept their parcels and their
boys are sitting in the trenches with
out the things that fond mothers and
others wish to shower upon them.
Thiß ail happens by reason of the
fact that postal authorities at Wash
ington have construed the order_ for
signatures of a "superior officers" to
j mean the signature of a regimental
or higher officer with the major be
ing the lowest In command to have
the power to sign requisitions that
will be honored. The orders to this
effect which have been but recently
issued, say that the orders may be
signed by a captain or other offi
cers below a major provided the au
thority to do so has been delegated
to him by the proper official.
Twenty-nine Men Leave
For Army Training School
Twenty-nine men were sent to
Pittsburgh by the three city draft
boards this morning for duty as
mechanics. The men entrained at
the Pennsylvania railroad station at
8 o'clock this morning.
The men who left are:
City Board No. I—Harry B. Tus
sey, 121 South street; James Duncan
Sanderson, 309 Riley street; Wil
liam Clarence Marshall, 415 Broad
street; Richard Hohn, 1072
South- Cameron street; Byron Leon
ard Frederick, 1016 South Cameron
City Board No. 2 —Ltiwson M. Zim
merman, 134 Hoerner street; John
P. Ellicker, 127 Summit
street; Charles E. Lotchford, 1119
State street; Arthur K. Huber, 30
North Sixteenth street; John H. Bite
man, 434 South Fourteenth- street;
John S. Shaeffer, 1910 Holly street;
Harry A. Early, 713 North Seven
teenth street; Spencer H. Sieghman,
22 South Fifteenth street; John R.
Elscheld, Jr.. 13 North Fifth street;
Gordon Harley Johnson, Milton, Pa.;
William M. Reiss, 1618 Market
street; Alvin E. Pock, 1528 Walnut
street; Eugene E. Dehart, 305 North
Market street, Mechanicsburg. and
Bland Sober Cornell, 1408 Derry
Btl cfty Board No. 3 —Dewitt R. Em
ery," 618 Broad street; Oris C. Orem,
2211 Locust street, Earl W. Moyer,
529 Violet street; James D. Hollohan,
1944 North Fifth street; Roy W.
Landls, 1813 North Third street;
Robert Squires, 635 Mahantongo
street; Harry F. Weigle, 1713 North
Fifth street; Robert T. Ross, 336
Hamilton street.
BUHL ESTATE GOES
TO WAR VICTIMS
rCopUnuod from First Page.]
beneficial usage of citizens of Sharon
and vicinity.
Mr. Buhl always was active in ev
ery patriotic move to promote the
war against Germany, but no Intima
tion was ever given that a large be
quest was to be made for war suf
ferers.
The language of the codicil rrgard
olng the bequest follows:
"I give and bequeath $2,000,000 to
be either expended In aiding the
destitute or needy in northern France
or Belgium, who have been reduced
to such condition by reason of the
lavages of the present war, or. If my
executors may elect, shall be expend
ed in whole or In part for this pur
pose through the agency of any so
ciety or organization which may be
in existence at the time of my death
or which thereafter may be created
for the purpose of" affording such re
lief."
After the executors of the estate
have paid bequests amounting to
more than $4,000,000, the executors
are directed to turn over the re
mainder of the estate to trustees of
the F. E. Buhl Club or A. Bulil Foun
dation, tha Income from which may
be spent for beneficial usage of the
citizens of Sharon without regard to
what may be deemed legal or public
charities within the contemplation
of the laws of Pennsylvania. In ad
dition, Mr. Buhl made these be
quests:
To his widow, Julia F. Buhl, sl,-
000,000; to Arthur H. Buhl, of De
troit. Mich., a nephew, to
be held in trust for his nvo sons:
SIOO,OOO for the relief of the injured
or sick of Sharon; F. W. Koehler,
Mr. Buhl's secretary, $50,000; Oak
wood Cemetery Association, SIO,OOO.
Frank H. BUhl, a native of Detroit,
came to Sharon forty years ago and
started in the iron business. He
later formed the Buhl Steel Com
pany, which he sold to the National
Steel Company. He then formed the
Sharon Steel Company and built
great steel, tin and wire mills at
f\puth Sharon. When the Steel Cor
poration was formed he sold out and
formed the Klmberly Syndicate,
which bought 3,000.000 acres of arid
land in Idaho, which was Irrigated.
It is estljnated that Mr. Buhl had
given about $5,000,000 to Sharon in
the last fifteen years. Among his
benefactions are a public park repre
senting an Investment of $3,000,000;
the F. "• Buhl Club, which Is simi
lar to the Y, M. C. A., but nonsec
tarian; Buhl Armory, Sunshlno
iHul'dlng, Buhl Mausoleum and Chapel
in Oak wood cemetery and the Coun
try Club.
GREATER GERMAN
DRIVE ON AMIENS
MAY FOLLOW LULL
Washington Experts Suspect
Huns Are Preparing Attack (
Against the British
Washington, June 15.—The pres
ent lull on the battle front in France
only presages a new and more vio
lent storm of attack on the Allied
lines in military opinion here. The
impression is rapidly strengthening
that the stage is almost set for re
newal of the German main thrust
at the British Army around Amiens
with the channel coast as the objec
tive.
Belief has never wavered among
the majority of officers here that the
real purpose of the German General
Staff has been from the first to cut
the Allied armies apart by a drive
that would carry them to the chan
nel; that arrived at that goal, massed
attacks would be hurled against the
northern sector for the purpose of
destroying the British Army, while
a strong defense was maintained
against the French to the south. The
thrusts at Paris have been looked
upon as well planned and executed
feints designed to weaken the Amiens
front before the final effort should
be made there.
On no other theory can these ob
servers explain the sequence of Ger
man operations in the great battle;
and on no other basis, they say, can
the campaign of defense waged by
General Foch be understood. It is a
battle in which the ultimate reserves
will wiß the day, as the tight is seen
here. If the German General Staff
considers the present situation along
the vast, front stretching from Ypres
on the north to Rheims on the south,
promising for the final effort, the
ultimate German reserve is now be
ing assembled for the attack while
fighting fronts take breath.
CHILD IX IUJ.\ DOWN
BY BICYCLE 111 OUR
Twelve-year-old Ruth Fannasy.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F.
Fannas.v, 107 Washington street, was
knocked unconscious and badly bruis
ed last evening, about 5:30 o'clock,
when struck by a fast-moving bi
cycle ridden by Samuel McCahan, of
Knhaut. The accident occurred at
Second and Chestnut streets when Mc-
Cahan failed to signal that he wished
to proceed towards Third street in
Chestnut. The little girl was picked
up by Amos Barr. chauffeur for W.-.1.
Featherstone, of the Middletown Ord
nance Depot, who took her in the car
to her home. To-day her condition is
improved.
WAR GUIDES TO
DIRECT CITY TRADE
[Continued from First Phrc.!
meeting the rules will be outlined.
They will be sent to Mr. Fell for his
approval, and when he" has approved ,
them, will become effective. The
regulations ar ecompulsory, and will
be enforced by the authority of the
Federal director of mercantile econ
omy.
The committee appointed repre
sents every lina of retail merchan
dise in the city,' including depart
ment, drug, grocery, furniture, jewel
ry, clothing, shoe, meat and music
stores.
The committee follows: Chair
man, J. William Bowman; F. J. Ault
liouse, J. Frank Bass, W. H. Bennett,
Charles K. Boas, Henry C. Claster,
Frank J. Consylman; C. J. Crego,
P. G. Diener, Frank R. Downey, B.
B. Drmnm, William A. Gernert.
George A. Gorgas, Fred B. Harry,
Wilson T. Hoy, David Kaufman,
John Kelley, A. H. Kreidler, J. S.
Lowengard, A. W: Moul, H. S. Par
themore, S. S. Pomeroy, Dr. H. G.
Reuwer, Ben Strouse and Robert
Troup.
Regulations Suggested
.Among the regulations which were
suggested Monday night,, and which
probably will be included among
those to be drawn up by the mer
cantile committee, are the following:
One delivery a day for all mer
cantile establishments.
A charge of 25 per cent, on all
goods sent C. O. D.
A delivery charge of all deliveries,
irrespective of size or contents.
A charge of 25 cents for all spe
cial deliveries outside of the regular
deliveries.
No exchange of goods after pack
age has been opened.
The regulations are expected not
only to cause a saving in time, men
and materials, but to lpwer the cost
of goods to the consumers as well.
It ITas been pointed out by Mr. Bow
man that the saving effected by the
curtailment of deliveries will lower
the cort of doing business, and the
effect will lie a reduction in retail
prices.
NBW YOBK CURB STOCKS
Following prices supplied by How
ard A. Riley & Co., Stock Brokers.
212 North Third street. Harrlsburg:
Title Building. Philadelphia; 10
Broad street. New York:
INDUSTRIALS
T,a 11 Sale.
Aetna 11%
Chevrolet 133
Smith 1H
Wright 10%
Am Marconi 3\4
Curtlss 40 H
Submarine ~ 17 "4
U S Ship , S4
United Motors 28 V 4
INDEPENDENT OILS
Last Sale.
Barnett .. 6-16
Oosden 6T4
Federal - ' =
Houston S-'Va. .
Met Pet 1 I'IS
Okmulgee •>
Northwest 63
Sequoyah %
Boston and Wyo 21
Elk Basin *>'4
Glenrock 3%
Island 4'4 . ▲
Mcrrltt 20
Midwest 11'
Okla P and R • f
Sapulpa 8%
MINING
I.*st Sale.
Rig Ledge 1 V 4
Cal and Jerome 1 *IS
Canada 1 11-16
Mother I.Qdo 37 •A
Nlpissing 8T&
Tonopsh Ex ~ .. 1%
Boston and Montana 57
Caledonia 43
Con Arizona 1%
Hecla <*4
Ray Hercules 4%
West End 1 1-33
CHICAGO BOABD OF "Tl Kl>*s
By Associated Cms
t blcnito. June 15,—Board of Trade
closing:
Corn—July. 1.45; August, 1.46%.
Oats—July. 70*4 ; August, 65%.
Pork-r-July, 41.85; September, 4J.10.
I.a rd—luly. 24.52; September, 24.77.
Ribs— July, 23.80; September. 23.25.