Millionth American Soldier Reaches France; 45 Dea 71 HARRISBURG ifljiji TELEGRAPH M LXXXVII— NQ. 147 14 PAGES CITY STEAM HEAT RATE INCREASED FIFTY PER CENT. Higher Cost of Coal and Op eration Declared Re sponsible ECONOMY Is ASKED FOR Consumer Has Chance to Keep Bills Down Despite Higher Prices To heat their homes with steam heat this winter will cost Harris burgers considerably more than it ever cost them before. Increased steam heating rates were announced this morning by C. M. Kaltwasser, general manager of the Harrlsburg Light and Power Company. Consumers will pay as soon as the company begins to supply steam for heating purposes this winter instead of the old rates of forty cents per thousand pounds of condensation, at the rate of sixty cents per thousand pounds for the first 25.000 pounds consumed. For each thousand pounds of the next additional "5.000 pounds, a charge of 55 cents will be imposed; for each thousand of the next 100,- 000 pounds. 50 cents and for each thousand over 200,000 45 cents. The average cost per thousand pounds supplied will cost 54.7 cents, instead of 40 cents a thousand as at present. In announcing the increase this morning, company officials told how the majority of labor now needed costs double what it formerly did; that material costs has advanced from 100 to 300 per cent, and that taxes are considerably higher than they had been. Increased expenses in former years were partially offset by greater economies. Manager Kalt wasser says, but affairs have reached such a stage that such measures will no longer suffice. Xew Rates Posted Notice of the new rates to be tiled with the Public Service Commission is now being prepared and will in all probability be in the hands of the commission by July 10. In case the proposed increase in rates is favorably received by the Public Service Commission, the new rates become effective within thirty days afterwards. No steam heat, however will be supplied until about October 1. Notices to all steam heat consumers of the proposed imnwas.< be sent out within the next days in accord with a re cent Public Service Commission rul ing. The old rate of 40 cents per thousand pounds has been in force in Harrisburg for almost fifteen years despite advancing ''costs of labor, supplies, etc., officials an nounced this morning. Other cities have been paying higher rates for a number of years, they sav. Wilkes- Barre. in the heart of the coal dis trict, for instances, has been paying a considerably higher rate for steam heat for several years than Harris burg will pay under the new rates, officials affirm. Look For Kconomjr While Harrisburg householders will be paying considerably higher rates for the steam heat needed, it is not believed that their steam bills will jump much, at least not propor tionately with the increase. When paying more for the steam they will be somewhat more economical In its use and in that way will keep their bills down. Manager Kaltwasser be lieves. Work on improving the plant of the company is moving along at an encouraging rate. Manager Kalt wasser reported this morning. With an A-3 priority for a new boiler of 610-horsepower normal rating which will soon be added to the present facilities, there is little dan ger of the repetition of last winter's unfortunate steam heat shortage, our stokers which caused consider able trouble last winter have been repaired and new fans to double the blowing capacity together with new turbines to furnish power for them have been added, while the entire plant is being remodeled Thtse im provements will considerably in crease the efficiency of thfc local plant. 25.000 STUDK.VT \FUNKS ARK CAFI.FI> FOR TRAINING By Associated Press Washington, July 3.—With the na tion's reserve of trained nurses de pleted through the calling of thou sands of nurses for service in mili tary and naval hospitals both abroad and in the F'nited States, it has be come necessary to call immediately for 25,000 student nurses for train ing in American Hospitals. Congressman Kreider says "Celebrate To morrow." By Buying WAR STAMPS To-night 1 THE WEATHER For Harrlafcarg and vicinity) Fair nnd nnmrr to-nlKbt and Thurs day. Far Eastern Pennsylvania i Fair ta-n!*kt. warmer In north and wet portion*: Thursday fair, warmer) senile shifting winds becoming: south. River The mala river will remain near ly stationary: all tributaries will tall slowlys „ Nlaße about 4.3 feet la Indicated far Harrisburg Thursday moraine. NO I SSL*IS TOMORROW In accordance with a long estab lished custom, there Villi be no Issue of the Telegraph to-mor row, the Fourth of July, EVERY DETAIL IS SET FORGREA TEST PARADE IN HISTORY OF CITY, Pageant to Move Promptly at 10 O'clock. With Thousands of Marchers in Line; Sfreets to Be Cleared of All Vehic ular Traffic During Hours of Celebration FORMATION OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED BY MARSHAL Every Nationality of Europe Will Be Represented in the Procession as True Sons of America; Ranks Open to Unattached Persons Who Desire to Join in Parade JULY 4 PROGRAM ?tOO n. ni.—Services In three Protes tant ctiurciiv*. 7:H<> a. m.—Special masses In Catholic churches. IO:fK) a. m.—The parade will moif over route given elsewhere in this paper. 11:30 u. m.—Community singing on Capitol grounds. 11:40 n. m.—The pledge of loyalty, Capitol grounds. 12 m.— I'llo minutes for prayer. 2:30 p. m.—Bund concerts ut pre v lously announced locatioan. 2)M p. m.—Atbleilc events, the Island. 3:00 p. m.—Bayonet drill, the Is land, "Tankers" from Gettysburg. 3iSO p. m.—Baseball, the Island, West Knd grounds, etc. 3:30 p. m—l'umping contest, cen trifugal triplicate pumpers. River Front, between Second and Wal nut streets. 7:30 p. m.—Band concerts, previ ously announced locations. At ail concerts, both afternoon aad evening, nddresses will be deliv ered by prominent Harrisburg speakers. Arrangements have been com pTeted for the largest parade Har risburg has • ever seen, ani this monster line 'of loyal citizens of the United States when it leaves the corner of Front and Market at 10 o'clock will require nearly two hours to pass a given point. The parade will pass ove- the following route: Front and Market, at 10 sharp, to Market and Second, to ReUy. to Sixth, to Knteralri, to Second, to Kelly, to lYont; and down Front street. The various divisions at the con clusion will be turned into Locust, Pine, State, and North street as de j cctibta in the orders of the chief of staff, published yesterday and to day. Community Singing Immediately following the parade, when it comes to rest in front of the Capitol, community singing will 1 e gin, under the direction of Abner W. Hartman. The singers will first have serenaded the paraders as they passed the corner of Sixth and Iteily streets, then proceeding to the Capitol. During this huge meeting Judge McCarrell will read the following pledge, which will be taken by the thousands of loyal citizens gathered before the Capitol: The American Pledge I believe in the United States of America as a government of the peo ple, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic; a sovereign nation of many sovereign states; a perfect union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice and hu manity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes. I. therefore, believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support [Continued on Paee lOi] Greatest Fourth Ever, Shipping Asserts; Launchings the Proof By Associated Press San Francisco, July 3.—"The Ereatest Independence Day in the history of the nation." said Charles M. Schwab, director general of the United States Emergency Fleet Cor poration, referring to plans for the launching July 4 of ninety, perhaps more, American ships. | "Launching of these ships," he I said, "is the significant thing that we i shall do on that day to give the world the news that America is up and doing." Half of City Closed to All Vehicular Traffic The formation and progress of Harrisburg's parade will not be im peded by automobiles parking in the parade zone. Captain Thompson, of the police department, to-day issued orders that no automobiles may be driven or parked in the city between Front and Sixth streets and Market and Emerald streets. City owners of automobiles have been advised to keep their automo biles in their garages. Out-of-town spectators who come into the cit> will be compelled to park their <ar.- south of Market street, north of Em erald r.r in the Capitol Park seoni-. The streets within the parade zont will thu* be kept free for the forTria tlon of the parade and for the pos sible passage of Are apparatus oi ambulances. I KnOLG COPY 2 CEXTS 4, I^lß THERE are weary, war sick, hopeless eyes Turned to the West to-day, To the land where freedom's blessed light Shines through the lurid, blasting night Of a sad world gone astray. There are hands stretched out from that madmen's hell And deep is the voiceless prayer That the torch of liberty blaze its trail To the heart of that black despair. And we who have paid the price in blood And won, in the long ago, Shall consecrate this, our sacred day To a mighty task in the simple way That the hearts of our people know; By a short, sweet hush in the war plans' rush While we plead with the King of Kings For the strength and power in this hour That ultimate victory brings. Columbia's ships shall ride the seas Serene in His guiding arm. Our khaki stream shall flow through France. The flag of America shall advance In spite of the Hun's alarm! For we gird our loins with robes of faith And seek but to make men free, That the foul false thing that endangers them Shall be killed—for eternity. By ANNA HAMILTON WOOD. Written For the Telegraph. MEN OF EVERY RACE LOYAL TO AMERICA Foreign-Born Appreciate Ad vantages They Have En joyed Under the Stars and Stripes, Says Interpreter Who Canvassed Situation * "Do foreign-born citizens appreci ate America? Yes, they do. They gradually become Americanized. The older people experience some diffi culty in learning the English lan guage, but it is quite different with the younger elemwtt. They easily ac custom themselves to the American conditions. They learn the language quickly and would rather speqk English than their own language. If you Will happen to pass a group of children born to foreign parentage of mixed nationalities, you will hear them speak English only. The younger generation don't care to speak or know any other language. It is natural to them and parents have difficulty in speaking to them in another tongue." Thisawas the opinion expressed to day by K. Posega, a leading foreign born citizen, of Steelton, in an inter view with a Harrisburg Telegraph reporter this morning. The inter view was given when the Telegraph Two Unique Features to Mark Celebration of July Fourth All Harrisburg to Ask Supreme Being For Guidance and Support; American's Creed to Be Read by Thousands There will be two features of to morrow's great celebration of the signing of the Declaration of Inde pendence that will be unique In dem onstrations he d in Harrisburg. The reading .of the American's Creed in Capitol Park by Judge S. J. iT. McCarrell Is expected to be joined in by fully 20,000 men and women. The seconu cvtnt will be the two min utes f.>r prayer that are to be given the stroke of noon. The church bells will ring as the sun crosses the nierid'an ant* all Harrisburg will doff t cap to cflei thanks to the Divine '< ing for the might He has permit ■d America to have to defend the lights if tjrrble people and to ask HARRISBURG, PA.,' WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 3, 1918. WHY HE IS LOYAL TO YANKEE FLAG A MACEDONIAN who speaks Bulgarian was uncertain un der whose sovereignty he was a subject when he sought his first snaturaliaation papers. He left home in 1912, when the Turks were the rulers of his country. Since that time the Bul garians. Serbians, Greeks and the Bulgarians again have taken over the reins of government regard less of the wishes of the people governed. "I am now and always will be loyal to the Stars and Stripes" says this foreign-born resident. wanted to know how much of tho patriotic demonstration to-morrcw will be due to the efforts of the for eibn-born population. That this ele ment of Harrisburg'se population appreciates America and her kind ness to them, is evidenced by pc siga's statement". As an example he cited the Fothergill schoolhouse in Steelton. Only Americans "There you will find children of about eight or ten nationalities." he affirmed. "They are all future Amer icans. There is no difference among them. They don't ask your nation " [Continued on Page 9.] fi" guidance during the present crisis. The creed of patriotism follows: 1 believe in the United States of America as a government of the peo ple. by the people, for tne people: wliote just pc.wers are derived from the consent of the governed: a de morcacy In a republic; a sovereign nation of many sovereign states: a perfect union, one and inseparable: established upon those principles of freedom, equality, Justice and hu manity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes. "I. therefore, believe that It is my duty to my country to love it, to sup port its constitution, to obey its 'laws, to respect its flag and to defend it against all enemies." TILLMAN, FIERY SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR, IS DEAD Once Governor, and For 2-t! Years Member of Upper j House of Congress UPHEAVAL TO FOLLOW Died in Midst of Great Polit ical Campaign in Which He { Was Recognized Leader By Associated Press Washington, July 3. —United States Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, a vet eran of twenty-four years' service in Congress and chairman of the Sen ate Naval Affairs Committee, died at | his home here early to-day as the I result of a cerebral hemorrhage suf fered last Thursday. To honor the passing of one of the most picturesque figures in Con gress and Southern public life, both bodies of Congress planned to ad journ to-day and appoint committees to accompany the body to the Till man home at Trenton, S. C. Prominent Many Years As Governor of South Carolina, as a leader in the Southern wing of the I Democratic party and as an active participant in the last generation's growth of American Navy, Senator : Tillman had been prominently before ' the public for many years. Senator Swanson, of Virginia. I probably will be his successor as I head of the naval committee. Senator Tillman's wife and all members of his family except a son, suffering from a minor operation in a Southern Army camp, were at the i bedside at his death. Political Upheaval Promised Senator Tillman's death promises .an upheaval in South Carolina poli tics. in which he has been a leader for more than a generation. He died in the heat of the Senatorial primary icar.ipaign in which his long-time political opponent, former Governor ' | Cole SI. Blease, was contesting for i nomination to the Senate. Senator Tillman was the eighth j member of the Senate to die fince I the United States entered the war. : The Sertator had been a member Jof the United States Senate since i 189 4. His term would have expired March 3. 119. Benjamin Ryan Tillman was one of the most extraordinary members I of the United States Senate th which , body he served continuously for 1 twenty-four years. During the latter : part of his service he was chairman !of the Naval Affairs Committee of ! the Senate and his work in that posl ! tlon, after the United States entered the great war. was considered by his colleagues to be of great value. As a Senator, Mr. Tillman quickly won a wide reputation through the country for plainness and bluntness of speech which, combined with his apparent rough exterior and some what careless manner of dress made him an unique figure in Congress. No one attracted more attention when he rose to speak in the Senate. His lan guage was always dramatic and he I called things by their simplest names. He often referred to himself as the cornfield lawyer but it was be lieved he did so only for the purpose of showing how little some of the lawyers knew on some of the in : tricate questions where common [Coijtinued on Page 10.] 100 INSPECTORS BACK AT WORK IN RUTHERFORD Philadelphia and Reading Of ficials Give Meager Details of Last Night's Strike The 100 car inspectors of the Har | risburg division of the Philadelphia , an 3 Reading Railroad in the Ruther- Iford yards, who walked out last evening have reported themselves ; satisfied to return to work, officials |of the car Inspecting service at i Rutherford said this mornihg. | The Rutherford men went out by ! qrder of the local union last evening I and delayed business in the yards | for a considerable period of time ! until railroaders in other branches !of work could be impressed into service in their positions. The men I were not satisfied, it is said, with , the ullotment of back pay due i them unjler the recent McAdoo order ( and were also somewhat displeased, j with the recent wage increase given j them. Michael F. Coan, chief car inspec tor of the Harrisburg division of the company, left Harrisburg last evening Immediately after receiving notice of the strike, for the Ruther ford yardH where he remained all night In endeavoring to right mat ters. He remained there all of this morning. "Everything is in a satisfactory condition in the Rutherford yards" is the meager information that quer ies at the local chief car inspector's office elicited this morning. Motor Dealers Plan War-Time Curtailment A meeting of the Motor Dealers' Association, of Harrisburg, will be held next week, probably Tuesday or Thursday, to take up the war meas ures which will probably be observed during the war. Among the measures which likely will be enforced are limitations on repair service, and cur tailment of service after 6 o'clock In the evening and on Sundays. The cur tailment Is designed to conserve ma terials and men for the Government. A LLIES PRE PA RE FOR NEW HUN O BY NIBBLING French Smash German Front; Another Blow and Roll En-1 emy Back Half a Mile on a Two-Mile Front, Where 200 More Prisoners Are Taken in Quick, Incisive Operation BRITISH MEET WITH A LOCAL REVERSE American Troops Hold Firm ly All Ground Taken in the Latest Attack Against Boche Territory; German Com mand Makes Fruitless Ef forts to Regain Ground By Associated Press Last night on the French front was marked by another of the sharp, incisive operations by which the al lies are from day to day improving their positions in anticipation of the renewal of the German offensive. General Petain's troops on this oc casion drove in on a two-mile front j near Moulin-Sous-Toutvent, between the Oise and the Aisne, and pene trated the German lines to a depth lof approximately half a mile. They took 220 prisoners in their advance. British Meet Reverse The British front on the other hand witnessed a minor reverse for Field Marshal Haig's gallant flght | ers, who were obliged to relinquish a large part of the ground they had j gained Sunday night in a local oper ation near Bouzincourt, north of Al bert. The Germans began on Monday i desperate efforts to recapture the i valuable high ground here from i which they had been forced but were ' | then able only to gain a footing in I their old line. Last night they re- | newed the effort with a furious bom bardment and then delivered an at tack which gave them back the j greater portion of their lost posi tions. French Are Successful The French success in the Moulin- Sous-Toutvent operations was achieved almost at the base of the ; German salient which projects to the Marne. along the front to the west of Soissons and on through the American sector northwest of Cha teau Thierry. The American troops on this Marne front are holding on firmly to their I gains in the Vaux region. The ! French official communique to-day | reports the checking of a German | counterattack in this area. Both of ficial and unofficial reports agree ! that no impression has been made 1 by the Germans upon the ground gained by the allies in the recent , fighting here. Nibbling Constantly Allied troops continue to harass . the Germans and have made further important gains in anticipation of ' the renewal of tlib enemy offensive. American aftd French troops are i meeting with success in carrying i forward their lines in the important section of front between the Aisne i and Marne rivers. Two villages and more than 500 prisoners have been taken by the AMERICAN ARMY SENT TO FRANCE IS NOW 1,019,115 Baker Reports 276,372 Left For the Front in June j Washington, July 3. President Wilson made public last night a j statement by Secretary of War Baker ! showing that more than 1,000,000 ! American soldiers have left the Unlt i ed States for France, j The actual figures given By Secre tary Baker were 1,019,115, and It cov ered troop shipments up to the end of June, during which month 276,372 men were sent overseas. This rec ord for thirty 'days is regarded as astonishing. The President's statement follows: "I have to-day received the follow ing letter from the Secretary of War. which seems to me to contain Infor mation which will be so satisfactory to the country that its publication ! will be welcomed and will giv e ad , ditlonal zest to our national celebra | tion of Fourth of July: | " 'My Dear Mr. President—More j than one million American soldiers j have sailed from the ports in this j country to participate In the war in [Continued on Page .] Fair Weather Forecast For July 4 Demonstration Weather Forecaster Demain had lots of encouragement for the hun dreds of Harrlsburgers who watched the skies anxiously all day for ad vance signs of fair or rainy weather to-morrow. "Warmer and probably fair," he said, and It was the last word needed to assure the world that Harrlsburg's Fourth of July celebra tion wilt be the best ever staged in the city. The weather forecaster added. I however, that there is a likelihood of j showers late in the afternoon. The j presence of "mackerel" clouds In the sky to-day made a few worry, but the weatherman said they arc "not always" a sign of rain. "Fair and warmer" remains the good word for the Harrisburg populace. ONI.Y liVKMM) ASSOCIATED PHKSS NKWSPAPHIt IK HAII ItISBDItU GERMANS MURDER FRENCH CAPTIVES Paris, July 3.—A general army j order has been issued to the ' French troops, recounting new I acts of cruelty committed by the j Germans since the offensive be tween Rheims and Soissons, says : the Havas correspondent at the ' front. Testimony taken by the : First Cavalry Corps shows that when Anthenay, between the ! Marne and Rheims, was taken the Germans murdered prisoners, in- ! eluding several wounded. At j uliza, just northeast of Anthenay, the Germans bayoneted French wounded prisoners. Franco-American soldiers. Strong German counterattacks have been repulsed and the allied troops hold hrmly to the ground gained. After the capture of Vaux and adjacent strong points, the Ameri cans withstood violent enemy reac tions, but the German efforts were of no avail, the attacking force being \irtually wiped out. Further at tempts probably will be made to re gain Vaux, which is an important point in the battlefront between Soissons and Chateau-Thierry, the nearest the Germans have ap proached to Paris. Anici'icun Artillery Busy Meanwhile the American artillery is bombarding heavily the German [Continued on Page S.] HUNS WANT NEW AIR Amsterdam, July 3.—A plea for a new national anthem Is made by the Lokal Anzeiger, of Berlin. "It is ri diculous," it adds, "for Germans to give the noblest expressions of their I patriotism to the tune of 'God Save ! the King.'" HUNS MAY OMIT EI.ECTIOX I London, July 3. The German Gov ernment is unanimously opposed to a I general election during the war. and has submitted a bill prolonging the life of the present Reichstag until I 1920. according to an Amsterdam dis ' patch to the Exchange Telegraph Company. ' ■r*-r'?TT,lfiTft T <* - 1 * —-0. n <l--(1.-(1- _•_-<! 1% l> I* Jl -> , ' i * T i T M ,,^, "*'* f '*"i i 'A 1 -A- 'ir'r't JT k"t .i.'i'ii 'A vvrirtr Z GIVES BLOOD TO SAVE MARINE jf T Paris—While convalescing from a wound received in •* f • i a Vnitcil Stine: i iv could be 4 ionih by transfusion of blood. Warfieh X 4, bmitted ?nd is recovering from his wound and the lon t *P. of blood. He is a Lafayette College graduate, a son of X Ethelbert D. WaiTield,'former president of-Lafayette. Jj* T HEADQUARTERS II ? T* T * 4* "ed tha- X ' X 7 >ing over the financial detailsof the headqu L 4 T 5 " EXPLOSION VICTIMS 65 f 'Syracuse—Latest figures announced by Scmet-Solvaj J x i Company officials give the number of dead in last night's Xr *jj explosion a.-. 65. Forty-nine bodies have been recovered. X: H 125 NAMES IN WAR CASUALTIES J * * Washington—The army casualty list to-day contained * ' 4 ' 1 ' L | JT t > <• disease, 4; wounded severely, 12; missing in .jction. 36. '• N ( | s " % ij The Marine Corps casualty • list contained 40".names* j h €sb 4 * ' Is, 4; w k * # wounded severely, 3. * * "* RAISE FOR PULLMAN EMPLOYES ia ! . ' ' '* • '* ► C| I < i <*. ► 4 same basi- as the advances recently given railroad em- !* % Floycs. • * ; 4j SENATE ADJOURNS OUI, OF RESPECT m Washington—When the death of Senator Tillman wa* ► * * Friday as * * ct after adopting'resolutions and author- * * * ~ uing a committee to attend the funeral ~ + ' • f : —. • - *?* *, (HlAkitUAiit ULtNSLS <- T* Hunt? I*, tlrudj, Urwve. N. V., nail Marie A. O'Connetl, -Jo HarrUburgi Humcll . Hallcr. Ilurrlt>iirn, un<J Ullvc M. build, WIU ii| lluaato ai Frank It Wharton and Marie iri)ontll, Harrlnburs. T ill 1 ! J ■iM'.'lL'M'J'Jal!!! 1 : HOME EDITION FIND EVIDENCE OF DISLOYALTY AMONG ALIENS Probe Shows Pro-German Propaganda Was Fostered by Certain Hungarians LOYALISTS ARE INCENSED Ramifications of Plot May Extend to Many of the Largest Cities Dr. Dion Moldovan, member of ; the United States Committee on Public Information in charge of | Rumanian* affairs, held a second . hearoing of Rumanians of Harris burg who are charged with disloyal ty, last night at the Courthouse. In formation tending to show a recent pro-German propaganda work in this district, as well as at Philadel phia, New York, Buffalo and several I other cities where Hungarian* and former subjects of Austria-Hungary live, was secured. An editor of a Rumanian news paper in New York and an attaclia of the Hungarian consulate at Phil adelphia were named as having beon in communication with several of i the disloyalists. Another heariiri will be held within the next few days. Dr. Moldovan, publisher of Ro manul, a Rumanian newspaper pub lished at Cleveland, Ohio, is devoting his entire time to halting the pro- German propaganda work in the district east of the Mississippi. Pros ecution o fseveral disloyalists will be begun within a few days. The results of the probe has stir red up much resentment against thealleged ringleaders among the great mass of foreign-bonn residents of the city and Steelton who are loyal to the country of their adop tion. nois DE BELEAV TO BE HOTS DES AMERICANS Paris, July 3.—The general com manding the French army in the Bois de Belleau region, on the Marne front, on reviewing the American troops returning from the attack on that position announced that the Bois de Belleau hereafter would be known as the Bois des Americans.
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