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LXXXVII No. 17S 12 PAGES s, ?°CENT. pv HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1918. ON *N * HYH I ISVII P |'< SS HOME EDITION
CROWDER CALLS
BOYS, 21 SINCE
JUNE 5, UP TO
SIGN AUGUST 24
The Provost Marshal General
Wishes to Fill Quickly De
pleted Ranks of Almost Ex
hausted Class One
150,000 YOUTHS
ARE AFFECTED
They Will Be Drafted Into the
Army Within a Month of
the Recording of Their
Names
By Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 14.—Registra
tion on Saturday, August 24. of all
youths who have reached the age of
21 since the second registration last
June 5, was ordered to-day by Pro
vost Marshal General Crowder. under
a proclamation by the President. The
purpose is to add quickly to the al
most exhausted class 1 to meet army
draft calls in September.
About 150.000 young men will reg
ister. Most of them will qualify for
class 1, and therefore, will join the
army probably within a month after
their names are recorded.
Organized labor's emphatic opposi
tion to any work or tight provision in
the new manpower bill extending the
draft ages, is expressed in a letter
from Samuel Gompers, president of
the American Federation of I-abor.
received to-day by members of the
Senate Military Committee.
St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 14.—Regis
tration of youths who have reached
21 since June 5, 1918. will be held
August 24. according to a telegram
received from Provost Marshal Gen
eral E. H. Crowder at state draft
headquarters to-day. This registra
tion. it was pointed out in the tele
gram. should not be confused with
that pending under new legislation
for some time in September.
All local draft boards In this sec
tion began to-day to arrange for
registration of young men who have
become twenty-one since June 5 to
take place on August 21. The sys
tem will be similar to that in use in
June. These men are to be regis
tered so that they can be put into
class 1 at once. There will prob
ably be registration days later in the
year to register those who will be of
age between now and the end of the
year.
Washington, Aug., 14.—With a
broad work or fight amendment de
signed to prevent strikes and a new
provision for education at govern
ment expense, after the war. of
youths under twenty-one serving in
the military or naval service, the
administration's man-power bill, ex
tending draft ages so as to include
all men between eighteen and forty
five years of age. was ordered favor
ably reported to-day by the senate
military committee.
The Reed amendment for free
education of boys under twenty-one,
affects both Army and Navy volun
teers and those who have been draf
ted. Under its provisions, upon ap
plication, the youths would be given
"an education at the expense of the
government at approved educational
institutions, the period of such edu
cation being equivalent in point of
time to the period by him served in
the Army or Navy, but shall not
exceed two years."
"Application for such educational
privilege," the amendment provides,
"shall be made within six months
after discharge, and the applicant
shall begin his studies promptly af
ter his application shall have been
approved."
Still another amendment offered
by the Missouri senator would per
mit soldiers and sailors, regardless
of age, who have either volunteered
or been drafted, to receive commis
sions. They also would be made
eligible for admission to officers'
schools.
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EVERY MEMBER OF
THE CITY'S
CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
IS A
WAR STAMPER
&3T Join the Parade
I THE WEATHER]
For Hnrrlsbnrg and vicinity: Fair
to-nlgbt; Thursday probably
thundershowers and somewhat
cooler.
For Eastern Pennsylvania! Fair
to-night, warmer In northeast
portlont Thursday probnbly
thnndershowers and not quite
go worm- light, southwest
winds.
River
The lower portion of the North
Branch will rise slightly. All
other streams of the system will
probably fall slowly or remain
neurly stationary. A stage of
about 3.8 feet Is Indicated for
Harrlaburg Thursday morning.
Temperature! 8 a. m., 72.
River Stagei 8 a. m.. 3.8 feet above
low-water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest tempersture, 84.
Lowest temperature, 72.
Mean 1 temperature, 83.
Normal temperatnre, 73. I
William Can't Come Just Now; He's Busy
GENERAL DROPS !
RANK; PRIVATE
IN O. ARMY
Texan Resigns Commission as
Brigade Commander in
. Mexican Army
Camp Wadswortli, Spartanburg,
S. C., Aug.. 14.—From the rank of
brigadier general in Che Mexican
army to the grade of private and
acting sergeant in the American
Army, sounds like a long drop, but
htere is one American who has made
the jump and is proud of it. He
is J. E. McCandless, a member of
the casual detachment, provisional
depot for corps and army troops in
Camp Wadsworth.
Private McCandless, who used to
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German Quarrel Raging
Over U. S. Entry in War
| Washington. Aug. 14.—Violent
I controversies are raging in Germany
! as a result of the second Marne bat
j tie between the Liberals and pan
! Germanists over the question of
j who is responsible for America's en
trance into the war. A dispatch from
Switzerland says both sides are re
fusing to accept responsibility for
American intervention.
The Liberals are accusing the
pan-Germanists of having provoked
the unrestricted submarine warfare.
The latter protest and affirm that no
matter what the cause America's en
trance into the war-was certain.
AIDED DESERTER
FROM ARMY; JURY
INDICTS WOMAN
True Bill Against Pair Who
Conceal Draftee; Chops
Off Fingers in Camp
When Don Strausser. of Wayne
township, Mifflin county, was draft
ed into the National Army and sent
to Camp Meade, he amputated the
fingers of his left hand with an ax
and was sent to the camp hospital.
He escaped from the camp hospital
to his home township, where he was
harbored by friends. The sheriff of
the county captured him after a
hard fight in which Strausser tried
to jump from the roof tf a house to
the ground and hide in the moun
tains.
Statements to this effect were
nade before the grand jury of the
Federal court yesterday afternoon
when a true bill was brought against
Mrs. Kosa Hassenplug and her son
Samuel, on the charge of harbor
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GERMANS HOLD
PLEMONT;GURY
FRENCH PRIZE
Fall of Rove, in Fierce Battle,
Automatically Means the
Evacuation of Lassigny
By Associated Press
Paris, Aug. 14.—1n comparison
- with the quick advance of the first
; four days the battle in Picardy now
j may seem to be stagnant, but never
theless the French have pushed near
er to the Chaulnes-Roye-Lassigny
! Noyon line to which the Germans are
| clinging desperately. The wooded
| hills between the Avre and the Oise
are difficult to traverse.
Tuesday's fighting put the French
more than a mile north of Cam
bronne, close to Attiche and Carrnoy
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Archbishop Asks Miners
to Work on Feast Day
Pottsville, Pa., Aug. 14.—Request
of Archbishop Dougherty that miners
of this region work Thursday next,
August 15. which marks the feast
of the Assumption, will be complied
with by the miners of the Schuylkill
districts.
It will be the first time in the his
tory of this region that the miners
have not observed the day, one of
the most Important in the ecclesias
tical calendar.
MILITARY DRILL
FOR CLASSES OF
ACADEMY PUPILS
Headmaster Announces Inno
vation Is Made to Meet an
Almost Universal Demand
Headmaster Arthur E. Brown, of
the Harrisburg Academy, announced
to-day that provisions are being
made for military drill, to meet the
government requests along this line.
It is impossible at this time, to an
nounce definitely the plans for equip
ment. The pupils will be measured
for uniforms after the opening of
school. The plan is to have but one
uniform this year.
The Academy ground lends itself
admirably to drilling purposes. The
central Front street plot is sufficient
ly spacious for the drilling of a large
number of pupils. The Academy
athletic field, also, is suited to this
purpose. On rainy days the gymna
sium and the new Junior school play
room are both available for military
drill.
This Innovation will meet the al
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OIL TANKER SUNK
BY U-BOAT; SEVEN
OF CREW MISSING
Frederick R. Kellogg, Bound
From San Pedro For Bos
ton, Sent Down
By Associated Press
! New York, Aug. 14.—Gernian sub
j marines, approaching the very gates
jof New York harbor sunk the oil
I tanker Frederick R. Kellogg off the
| Ambrose Channel last night. Thirty
j five members the crew, brought
j here to-day, reported that seven
I others are missing. These survivors
were picked up by an Anmerican
steamship.
The Frederick R. Kellogg was a
tank steamship of 7,127 tons gross
register, valued at more than sl%
500,000. Under command of Cap
j tain C. H. White, she was on her
I way from Tampico, Mexico, to Bos
! ton, with a cargo of approximately
| 70,000 barrels of crude oil.
j The ship was owned by the Petro
leum Transpoic Company, and was
launched a year ago this month at
Oakland, Cal.
An Atlantic Port, Aug. 14. A
German submarine, sighted oft the
tip of Cape Cod early lata night,
fired a torpedo at the steam trawler
Walrus, which missed by a narrow
margin. Captain Clayton Morrisey, of
the fisherman reported on arrival
here to-day. Because of the fog
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AUTOMOBILES ARE
NOT TO BE TAXED
OUT OF_BUSINESS
Word Comes From Washing
ton Efforts Will Be Made
to Prevent Hardship
Word reached the local automobile
dealers from Washington that there
appears at present to be little danger
of the proposed war taxes on auto
mobiles being burdensome. Neither
is there much prospect of the tax on
gasoline reaching proportions that
will place serious hardships on the
trade.
The passenger automobile has
come to be so important in the busi
ness life of the community that to
seriously interfere with it would be
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PATROLMAN RESIGNS
Patrolman Clarence 8. Hoffman.
1520 Penn street, has resigned from
the city police force to accept a po
sition as motorman for the Harris
burg Railways Company. He was ap
pointed to the force under former j
Mayor Royal
FRENCH GO FORWARD
IN DRIVE ON PICARDY;
HUNS LOSE LASSIGNY
GERMANS ORDER
FINNS TO MARCH
AGAINST ALLIED
ARMYJN RUSSIA
Ultimatum Has Been Sent to
Finnish Government, Says
Report From Stockholm
Which Reaches Lansing
TIME LIMIT OF
TWO WEEKS SET
British Officially Recognize j
the Czeeho-Slavs as Allied
Nation; Trotzky & Co. Must
Explain Bolshevik Threat
By Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 14.—A report
from Stockholm reaching the State
Department to-day from sources con
sidered reliable, says the German
government has addressed an ulti
matum to the Finnish government
requiring that the Finnish army pre
pare to march against entente forces
on the Murmansk coast within two
weeks.
London, Aug. 14. —The British gov
ernment has issued a declaration
formally recognizing the Czecho
slovaks as an allied nation and the
three Czecho-Slovak armies as an al
lied force regularly waging warfare
against the Central Powers.
It is reported from Moscow byway
of Berlin, that the diplomaUc repre
sentatives of the entente have hand
ed a collective note to War Minister
Trotzky demanding within three
days an explanation of Premier Len
ine's threat that Russia would de
clare war "against Anglo-French im
perialism," the Central News stated
yesterday.
Amsterdam, Aug. 14. —The Bolshe
vik government of Russia, as late as
August 6, considered itself still at
peace with the United States, al
though at war with Great Britain
and France, according to a note de
livered on that day by Foreign Min
f ister Tchitcherin to Consul General
Poole at Moscow, as quoted by the
German semi-Qfficial Wolff Bureau.
The Bolshevik minister said he had
placed at the consul general's dis-,
posal the Russian wireless station
and asfted Mr. Poole to inform his
government that an unjustifiable at
tack was "being made upon the Bol
shevik government. M. Tchitcherin
protested against the allied landing
in the north.
Army Officers Go
to Washington For
"Dry" Conference
1 Officers of the ordnance depart
ment depot at Middletown have gone
t to Washington to discuss with the
| War Department the proposal to
i make Harrisburg and nearby towns
"dry" zones. This is the result of
' failure of the local police depart
ment to co-operate with the federal
authorities in halting the operations
of bootleggers and in keeping down
disorder.
Most of the trouble has been on
this side of the river. Major Morava
at New Cumberland, having very lit
tle trouble, due largely to the fact
that he has very few soldiers sta
tioned there. But more are coming
and he has been quoted as saying
that he would be glad to see the sale
of liquor stopped.
Major Gray said he would not be
surprised if an order came from
Washington closing the district to the
sale of drink.
MEYERS FUNERAL
IS ATTENDED BY
PROMINENT MEN
Officials and Others Active in
City and State Honor Pub
lisher and Party Leader
Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell. Dem
ocratic candidate for Governor, and
John J. Breen, of Philadelphia, his
campaign manager; ex-Lieutenant
Governor John M. Reynolds, of Bed
ford; Thomas H. GreeVy, Democratic
leader of Blair county for many
years, and other prominent men at
tended the funeral services of Hon.
B. F. Meyers to-day at his resi
dence, 11 North Front street. Of
ficials and men active in many walks
of life in this city were in attend
ance and there were also present a
number of old residents of Dauphin
county who had been associated with
Mr. Meyers in newspaper work, bus
iness and politics.
The services were conducted by
the Rev. Rollin Alger Sawyer, rec
tor of St. Stephen's, of which Mr.
Meyers was long senior warden, and
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KEYSTONE MEN
DRIVE CHARGE
HOME IN FACE
OF AWFUL FIRE
Four Hundred Iron Men of
Fighting Guard of Pennsyl
vania Drop in Four Hours'
Baptism of Bullets
28TH ADVANCES
BIGHT TO VESLE
I
| Paris Now Is Fifty Miles Away
From Nearest Hun Lines?
Says General March in His
Semi-Weekly Review
By Associated Press
WaMhlnKtoai, Aug. 14.—The 131 st
infantry of the 33d United States di
vision, has been engaged in the light
ing north of the Somnie and par
ticularly in the repulse of an enemy
counterattack at Chipilly, General
March said to-day at his semiweekly
conference with newspaper corre
spondents. This regiment alone cap
tured three officers, 150 men and
seven 105 milimeter guns.
General March briefly reviewed the
situation in the Picardy salient, where
the lines now have reached the gen
eral position of the front in 1916 be
fore the Hindenburg withdrawal. At
no point is the enemy now within
fifty miles of Paris.
The Picardy salient has been trim
med away on a front of titty-three
miles to a maximum depth of fifteen
miles, the chief of staff said, and the
line on the Aisne-Marne front has
remained stationary. American troops
have recaptured Fismette, on the
north bank of the Vesle, from which
they were driven.
Discussing the work of the 2Sth
division, comprising Pennsylvania
Guardsmen, in the Aisne-Marne sali
ent, General March said the only re
port upon its casualties received was
I that 400 men had been hit during four
hours on July 30 in the advance to
the Vesle.
The 131 st regiment is composed of
Illinois National Guardsmen and is
attached to the 66th brigade of in
fanttry in the 33d division, command
ded by Major General George Bell.
The troops were trained at Camp Lo-
I gan, Texas.
Nearly 500 Men Lost
on Troop Ship Sunk
in Mediterranean
Paris, Aug. 14.—Four hundred and
forty-two men are missing as a re
sult of the torpedoing of the French
steamer Djemnah in the Mediterran
ean the night of July 14-15, while
bound from Bizerta to Alexandria
with troof>s on board, according to
an official announcement last night.
Four days later the French steamer
Australian al#o was torpedoed in the
Mediterranean.
A report of the torpedoing has
been received from Berlin, where it
was announced, and has been con
firmed here.
The Djemnah was an old steamer
built in 1875 at La Ciotat. She was
397 feet long, 39 feet beam and 30
feet depth. She is registered as
owned by the Msssageries Maritimes
of Paris and Marseilles.
Bohemians on Verge
of a General Revolt;
Huns Kill 74 Czechs
By Associated Press
Ixmdon, Aug. 14.—Turmoil in Bo
hemia has resulted in the execution
of seventy-four Czech soldiers and
wholesale arrests in many raids,
newspapers of Munich and Dresden
say, according to an Exchange Tele
graph dispatch from Zurich.
Munich newspapers say it is be
lieved that even a slight Incident will
bring about a general "uprising.
British Losses Drop
1,246 on All Fronts
Within Last Week
By Associated Press
London, Aug. J4.-f-Biitißh casual
ties reported in the week ending
to-day totaled 8.620. compared with
an aggregate of 9,866 reported in
the previous week. These are di
vided as follows:
Killed or died of wounds: Officers,
215; men, 1,441.
Wounded or missing: Officers, 647;
men, 6,317.
Mayor Fines Speeders;
Gives Cash tto Bride
Altoona, Aug. 14.—"1 remit this fine
and I want you to go home and give .
it to the bride as a wedding gift," said i
Mayor Rhodes, handing over J15.80 :
to a chauffeur who had appeared to i
pay a flpe that had been imposed for;
violation of the traffic regulations. |
The chaufTeUr had Informed the'
Mayor he had been married last;
Thursday.
Germans Fall Back From Lassigny Mas
sif to Plemont Followed By General
Humbert 1 s Army, Which Now Is
Five Miles From Noyon
w t
By Associated Press
London, Aug., 14.—The town of Lassigny, on the south
ern part of the Picardy battle front, for which the French
have been struggling over the hills to the west and south,
has been captured by them, the Pall Mall Gazette to-day
says it understands.
The reported capture took place this morning. New of
the fall of the town has not been officially confirmed.
Paris, .Aug., 14.—General
Humbert's army moved for
ward two miles yesterday; and
took the St. Claude farm, which
makes the hold of the French
,on the southern part of the
Thiescourt plateau secure. It is
said the French are advancing
steadily on Noyon; and while
the stubborn defense of the
Chaulnes-Roye road .has delay
ed operations, the storming of
the Noyon positions is impend
ing.
Huns Falling Back
The Germans are now in Ple
mont, about a mile southeast of
Lassigny to which they retired
following a new advance by the
French. At Plemont the Ger
o
RAILROADERS BACK, GET MORE PAY
Wr- ..ton —Higher .wages recently , minted railroad
shopn ' ave resulted in recalling to : 'ay employ
ment more than 5,000 workmen who had left previously to
accept jobs with higher pay. On orders from thq Frank
McManamy, manager of the railroad administration's
mechanical department, the forces of car repairmen at
Conway yards of the Pennsylvania Railroad, near Pitts
burgh. has been quadrupled to eliminate the bad order
car situation here.
ARMY PILOT DROPS TO DEATH
Rantoul, 111.—Lieut. J. W. Johnson, a cadet at Chanute I
aviation field, was killed to-day when his plane fell
1,000 feet at Clifford, near here. Another aviator was *
only slightly hurt. t j
Fort Worthf Texas—Cadet William R. Turnstall, son 1
of John R. Turnstall, of Brockfield, Ma?s., was killed to- i
day wh n his airplane collided with another machine <
several thousand feet in the air. The second.fhachine j
landed cafely and the cadet occupant escaped uninjured. • j
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INTE - NED GERMANS DOWN Wil li TYPHOID j
Ashe die, N. C. —Half a do.zen German civilians in- |
terned at Hot Springs. N. C., are reported dead of typhoid f
fever and 165 ill, as a result of drinking ujiiiltcred water I
from FfepCh Broad River, with the hope that their illness |
would prevent the War Department fr<Jm transferring ]j
' ' f • II
them to the military prison carpp at Fort Oglethorpe, jj
Georgia. _ ___ +ej*it m'lLMm. Jj
FATALLY BURNED AT STEEL PLANT
Harr'sburg—Phillip Kovic, 243 Meyers street, Steclton, ]
a laborer was fatally burned this morning at the Beth- ]
lehem Steel plant when he was caught by an electric 1
crar.e. H'e was taken to the Harrisburg Hospital where j
he died at 1.15 this afternoon. j
Reading, Pa.',—While, William C. Feather, aged 54, |
membc of Wolfersberger & Feather, undertakers, at I
Wernersville, was embalming ar body' to-day, he toucjicd 1
a drop light, which had evidently been heavily charged j
from the effects of last evening's storm due to crossed j
wires, and was instantly killed. __ j
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Gay Edgar Hrtrlrk and Helen Marcel la I'ee, Daaennnon.
mans found positions all ready
to receive them and were able
to offer strong resistance. The.
enemy took Plemont during the
fighting early in June and their
old trenches there still are or
ganized with wire entangle
ments.
The French army on the
southern end of the Picardy bat
tle line was at least five and a
half miles from Noyon, accord
ing to latest detailed reports.
British Advance Halted
Farther north the British
army commanded by General
Rawlinson is known to be en
countering desperate resistance
along its whole front. It is vir
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