RUSSIA FIRST ON LIST FOR KAISER'S PLAN 4 Liberations of Thousands of Subjects Used as a Mask New York —There Is no longer any doubt that Germany had decided up on the present war long before 19H. It was to be wared first of all against Russia under the pretext that Germany must liberate thousands of Germans suffering under the yoke of Russia in the Baltic provinces. Shortly after the outbreak of the war the Kaiser said in one of his speeches: "The will of my fathers is being! fulfilled. The day has come when 1 j must cross the Vistula and the Nie- i men at the head of my armies and' add to our empire the crown lands of! Poland. The historical mistake ofj former rulers will be rectified. We i will rectify it" One of the Pan-German leaders thus defined the purpose of the war: j "We must bring the German plow j to the very heart of the Russian steppes in the name of those German J heroes who have for three centuries j shed their blood in order to trans form the Slav marshes into German] kultur land." Durinsr the five years preceding the I war the German agents in Russia circulated pamphlets and other forms of literature about Pan-Germanism among the Russian Germans. They were told that the German empire would rule the whole world and that Russia would be German as far as j the Vrai and the Volga. But they | did not confine themselves to this, sort of literature. They organized I German societies to help realize these dreams of the Kaiser, while the Rus sian authorities kept their eyes closed to all that was happening. The very first rule of the German soci eties and schools In Russia read as follows: Engineers >• Laborer* "The purpose of the societies is in| preserve for Germany her sons abroad, to help Germans in every **>' possible to remain Germans. | wherever they may have lost their. national character, to help restore it to them." German professors who taught at j Russian schools and universities j have tried for many years to implant i in Russian youths a sense of love l and respect for Germany and the j Kaiser. It appears that Profs, von j Etttngen and Kark Schmidt had elab- . orated about 40 years ago a system! by which to settle Germans in the j regions of Russian fortresses and j submitted their project to the Ger man War Department. According to this plan. German officers and en- j gineers were to live there disguised j as laborers. They were to be sub- j sidized by the German government, j They recommended that agricultural | implements be manufactured there j .and that the works be supervised by of the German general staff j ' who could speak Russian fluently j and who became Russian subjects. In addition to this. Germany settled 1 thousands of reservists in Russia, or ganizing various societies, ' roost ot them singing societies. There were j * also athletic clubs. Are brigades and a few military organizations. Thus. | for instance, in Lodz alone 18 sing-1 ing societies numbered more than j 10.000 German members in 1912. There j were 22 other German organizations; in Lodz at the same time. The fire brigades, athletic clubs and > singing societies were all made up; of well trained German reservists who: were ready to respond to the first! signal of the Prussian War Depart-1 ment and to carry out its orders in | Russia. No army In the world ever had ! such a large number of spies in an-) other country as the German army I had in Russia—in Poland, Lithuania] and Volhynia—before the outbreak of ; the present war. The German colo- j nists and the reservists planted in Russia for espionage purposes, fought Russia from within. Nemirovitch Danchenko, the Rus- j sian war correspondent, published j Interesting extracts from letters j found on German prisoners of war lauding the German colonists in Rus sia. War Hurts Barber's Trade, But Aids "Beauty Doctor" Memphis, Tenn.—Women taking the ! place" of men in the industrial world ! may be filling the Job all right, but i they are not helping the barbers. Visit any tonsorial establishment' and ask the man who wields the ' gleaming blade. He will tell you some , of his best customers have gone gone to fight the Germans. And he will tell you that all the women who took their places are strangers to htm. While the barber ccmplairn the "beauty doctor" has a diffeernt story I to tell. She says her patrons are more numerous than ever before, and they are more liberal. They spend money lavishly. A few dollars to remove a wrinkle that has appeared as a result I of business worries is handed over! without a murmur. Powder and paint and toilet water are used lavishly. Altoorra Manager Plans a Junior Police Force Altoona, Pa.—City Manager Hlnkle Is organizing a junior police force and has named as their chief Lieutenant * Colonel Walter B. Allen, of the Home Defense police. The Junior police are to be under the auspices of the public welfare board. According to the plans It Is Intended to have four Junior of ficers in each ward. Their duties will be to preserve order on the play trrounds, and act in a general police capacity, reporting violations of ordi nances. but they will not make ar-1 rests. The primary object of the or ganization is to supply the boys with 4 a form of instruction and recreation develop a feeling of civic responsi bility and help to lay a foundation for future good citizenship. Right! New York—Draft laws are things beyond David Jackson, colored, who ■was arrested yesterday for evading them, but bring on your Huns! "Boss," quoth Jackson, when ar-1 raigned before Judge Garvin ,in the I United States district court .yester-1 day. "Ah ain' no slacker. Jesa to con vince you, Jedge, bring in fo' Ger mans. Bring in ten. If yo' feel like it. X cert'n'ly will separate 'em. Jess lead me to 'em." "Why didn't you register, then?" queried his honor. "Boss," replied the would-be war rior. "I don' know no laws. I'm a fightin' man." "You certainly are," Judge Garvin acquiesced, "beginning to-morrow." Will trade a high-class talking machine with a fine selection of records for an upright or a player ' piano. Troup Bros., 317 Chestnut street.—adv. FRIDAY EVENING. "The Live Store" "Always Reliable" Doutrichs "Big" Semi-Annual I Everything in Our Entire Stock Reduced (Except Collars) E All "Clothing" "Shirts" "Under- 1 wear"— "Hosiery"— "Sweaters"— •4Sr§ • WE? I "Pajamas"—"Night Shirts"—"Neck- 1?k 1 wear" "Trousers" "Overalls" I "Work Shirts"— "Rain Coats" — All_ l I Boys' "Suits," "Knee Pants" "Shirts," 1 1 laHHfctjMM¥T I * Blouses"—" Hats" Etc. m\t I I Hart Schaffner Kuppenheimer Mjil ! I I & Marx & Clothes ' 1 The first day of the sale was phenomenal, so far beyond our M isj highest calculations that we were unable to accommodate the tremendous crowds who m (S attended the opening day of this greatest money saving clearance sale We've taken on all the additional help BW Iff possible to take care of the enormous crowds who will come to this "Live Store" to-morrow and we'll do our IB IB j - utmost to serve you quickly, accurately and intelligently. But we ask you to come early if possible for Satur- j S ■£§ | ► day is going to be the greatest day in the history of the store. * j 3 S # 1 tVhy shouldn t it? Have you ever heard Every article will be sold on a strictly fa | of prices like we are quoting for high-grade mer- cash basis, no charge, C. O. D.'s or approval of any §~m UiSI chandise? There is going to be majiy empty spaces in our re- kind—Remember you won't have to take "what's left" from a m serve storage rooms when we close our doors Saturday night lot of undesirable merchandise but you can "pick" what you %v --for the people came here yesterday from all over Central Perm- want f ro m the choicest, cleanest, newest and best stock to be - presented °itself to V'"S * een ™ well regulated .tore-Here we clean house twice a MMrou.lv £l' J C ' ?? b ° Ught free, . y and y r regardless of conditions, all our present stock is worth con . , - ou a y° ur friends are coming to siderable more than the price you are asked to pay for it and get your share from our immense stocks. i the advantages are for you. Don't miss this golden opportunity. I This Is the Sale Everybody Goes To | | i Underwear % All S 2(M2 Suits ... $ Neckwear * £ i In every style, fabric and quality— ij All SO£.oo C -| n ii All 50c Neckwear 39c i! I All 95c Underwear 79c ! . . . j; All SI.OO Neckwear ........ 79c;; I All $1.25 Underwear 99c i All Sill ii $ Neckwear $1.19 , I All $1.75 Underwear $1.39 ii A . * ' * * H ° #iery 1 Underwear. $1.89 ii All Suits . . . £S £ T T i-I I! 11M! Mtfc I 1 s All Boys Underwear reduced, ij au oo 00 O ii All 35c and 40c Hosiery 29c j; | Boys' 35c hosiery 29c ii All **>B= Suits • . • s 29= * All 50c Hosiery 39c ii 2 jßy.-'m,d.c.i"h.i=ry..39c| All S4O: oo s ;t 1 I Sweaters—Light and Heavy Weights in all Colors and Prices| All $5.00 Sweaters $3.891 All $8.50 Sweaters $6.95 $2.00 Straw Hats SI.OO £ All $5.00 Straw Hats $2.50 I i^" 0 ? • SB ' 9s All $7,50 Sweaters $5.95; All $12.50 Sweaters $9.75 ;> Allslo.ooPanamas'. $5.00 i ■■ ... ~ I HARRISBURG TRFQSFC. TELEGRAPH AUGUST 2,1918. 11
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