DORSETT WILL
SHIFT POTATOES
New Plan Worked Out to Help
Western End of the State
Get Supplies Soon
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Plans for carry
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RrCjM£f&LpJ by means of co-
I lnc * selling are
I I WfflfflWWtoS' oe ' n K considered
iig|||Gl!!9UuJlj]fe reau of Markets.
ttfcgJ —— r 1 -r-5 Western Pennsyl
iiui.iuo uiuau m the southwestern
section, have been sending word
here that they are short of potatoes
and want to buy them. E. B. Dor
sett, director of the bureau of mar
kets, who has been traveling in the
farming sections, in seeking infor
mation on the yield in the potato
growing counties, such as Lehigh
and Berks, with the idea of putting
the western countians in touch with
the producing regions.'
Steps for the organization of com
munities to sell in large lots, espe
cially to make up shortages in some
sections of the state or to supply
Army camps are also being worked
out.
Olive Oil Inquiry—lnvestigation
into the olive oil being sold in Penn
sylvania is being made by agents and
chemists of the dairy ad food divi
sion of the State Department of Ag
riculture. Scores of samples have
been taken, but beyond the com
ment that some do not seem to be
olive oil no statement has been
made.
Executive Session —The Public
Service Commission has fixed next
Monday for an executive session at
which the dozens of cases heard this
week and a number of pending mat
ters will be taken up. All of the
commissioners are expected to be
here. •,
Money in Hand —The revenue for
the state for the fiscal year starting
November 30 has reached the $34,-
000,000 mark, which is $3,500,000
ahead of this time last year.
Fuss Over Creek—lt is now
charged that the pollution which is
killing the fish in the upper Susque
hanna has been traced to the Sinne
mahoning creek.
Big Heal ing Held The whole
question of increase of trolley fares
in the Scranton and Wilkes-Barre
districts was opened yesterday at
Wilkes-Barre by Chairman Ainey.
The litigation will be extensive.
Marshal Better —Fire Marshal G.
Chal Port, who is ill at his home
in Huntingdon county, is improving.
Uncle Sam Objects—State High
way Commissioner J. Denny O'Neil
has announced that the United
States Highway Council, composed
of one representative each from
the United States Department of
Agriculture, the War Department,
the War Industries Board, the Rail
road Administration and the Fuel
Administration, has disapproved the
following contracts, as not necessary
at this time:
Mloute 62, Cambria township, Cam
bria county; Route 276,Cr0y1e town
ship, Cambria county; state-aid ap
plication 720, Lawrence township,
Clearfield couhty; state-aid applica
tion 583, Shickshinny borough, Lu
zerne county, and the bridge on State
Highway Route 201, Lower Marion
township, Montgomery county. Just
as soon as some plan can be work
ed out whereby settlement can be
made with the contractors, the State
Highway Department will proceed
to open the above roads to traffic
and put them in a passable codition,
so that they can be used during
the war. The United States High
ways Council has also disapproved
the building of the Martins Creek-
Bangor road, in Northampton coun
ty, for which bids were opened on
August 1 and, accordingly, Commis
sioner O'Neil to-day rejected all bids
that were received for this project.
Lower Encl Water Cases—The
complaint of the borough of Middle
town against the Middletown and
Swatara Consolidated Water Com
pany. which will raise the water
question in Lower Dauphin county,
is scheduled to be argued before the
Public Service Commission on Tues
day, while the Progress complaint
against the Susquehanna Water Com
pany, will be heard the following
day.
Brunncr Is Ready—Arnold W.
i Brunner, the architect for the Cap
itol Park extension, to-day sent a let
ter to Superintendent George A.
Shreiner, of the Department of Pub
lic Grounds and Buildings, suggest
ing an early conference on the plans
for the park and the ornamental
bridge. Mr. Brunner will have the
detailed plans ready for the state
board soon.
To Help Paxtang—Highway Com
missioner O'Neil has agreed to help
the borough of Paxtang repair the
stretch of the Reading pike within
the borough as soon as he can spare
any road machinery which is now en
gaged on military necessity roads.
The borough is to supply the labor
and material.
New Cliarman—J. C. Grumbine, of
this city, was to-day appointed a
Capitol charman.
Goveyior Due—Governor Brum
baugh has closed his summer home
in Maine and is on a motor trip to
this state. He is expected here before
Sunday.
Coatcsville Case No objections
were made before the Public Service
Commission to the agreements to
give the Coatesville Trolley Company
the right to construct lines in Coates
vll'.e city and East Fallowfield town
ship. The Norwood Electric Com
pany, complaints will be heard in
Philadelphia to-morrow.
Jitneymcn Fuss—Major E. M. Vale,
of the Public Service Commission, to
day heard two men contest for the
exclusive right to run a jitney from
Mont Alto station to the state sanl
torium. Other jitney complaints
which developed fights to-day were
in routes between York and Gettys
burg.
Snnntor Here —Senator Henry Was
hers, of York, was at the Capitol
'to-day on a business trip.
l.itue to Quit One Place —J. Wash
ington Logue, Democratic nominee
for lieutenant governor, to-day filed
at the Capitol a withdrawal as candi
date for Congress in the Sixth Con
gressional District, but as it was pot
complete It could not be entered. He
has arranged to complete it at once.
Swnrllimore'ti Complaint—The bor
ough of Swarthmore to-day entered
„ complaint before the Public Service
Commission against the Springfield
Consolidated Water Company, rates
for fire hydrants, the objections be
ing similar to those filed by other
municipalities in the company's ter
ritory. It is alleged that the price
to the borough is advanced 725 per
cent. The city of Hazleton filed com
plaint against ttye new duties of the
Hazleton Steam Heat Company and
the Bradford Board of Commerce
against the proposition- of the Penn
sylvania railroad to withdraw cer
tain* passenger trains.
Elevator* Go Up, Too—The Iron
* City Grain Elevator Company, of
THURSDAY EVENING ' tIAimiSBtTRG TELEGRIAPH SEPTEMBER 12, 1918.
Slipping! Slipping!
J As a contributor of old rubbc.*
: for the benefit of the Red Cross
| Harrisburg seems to be on some
I other lob, judging by the appear
i ance of the pile at Third and
Walnut streets at noon to-day.
The S. O. R. (Save old Rubber)
drive of the Red Cross began this
morning and will continue until
Saturday night. An auction will
be held at 1 o'clock Saturday af-
I ternoon, when all rubber con
! trlbuted up to that time will be
! sold to the junkmen. Another
| auction will take place Tuesday.
| In the meantime there will have
i to be a lot more rubber or there
I won't need to be an auction.
Pittsburgh, to-day filed notice of an
increase In rates for storage and
sacking, being the first concern of
the kind to enter notice of an in
crease. The People's NaQiral Gas
Company, filed notice of an increase
in rates for portions of Western
Pennsylvania from Altoona to Pitts
burgh, including domestic rates and
churches and charities which are
raised from four to six cents. Notice
of a seven-cent fare was given by
the Waverly, Sayre and Athens Trac
tion Company.
York County Chungc Applica
tion was made to the Public Service
Commission to-day for approval of
the reorganization of the York
County Consolidated Water Com
pany, into the Dallastown-Yoe Wa
ter Company, and for the incorpora
tion of the Millville Electric and
Cabin Run Telephone companies to
operate in Columbia county.
New forms —Major W. G. Mur
dock, state draft officer, to-day is-
notice to all local and district
boards that the new questionnaires
are to be accompanied by a 'supple
mental when issued. This ad
ditional form will provide the means
for making of applications for de
ferred classifications on the ground
of occupation in addition to those
now permitted for agricultural and
certain industries. The granting of
such deferred classifications will be
for local and district boards to de
cide. Notices regarding the ques
tionnaire issues will be given out at
an early day. In 100 days the draft
boards will not only have to register
men under the new law, but classify
those in the ages fixed, examine
those in Class 1 and send many to
camp, according to a circular issued
to-day.
City Wants System—The city of
Harrisburg to-day asked the Pub
lic Service Commission for permis
sion to take over the Suburban
Drainage Company, which has the
sewer lines in the new Fourteenth
ward. No objections were filed.
CITY MISERLY
WITH ITS RUBBER
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gas, garden and vacuum cleaner
hose, rubber overshoes and rubber
boots, rubber gloves, rubber coats,
hot water bottles —everything rub
ber. Good heavens, man! There's
enough old worthless auto tires
hanging around the public and pri
vate garages of this city to make $2,-
000 worth of junk. At the outside
the individual wouldn't benefit $3 or
$4 by the transaction, but if the lot
were bunched and sold for the Red
Cross it would mean real money for
the Red Cross."
Organizations Help
' Secretary Myton and President
Downey of the Motor Club repeated
their requests that auto owners do
everything they can for the Red
Cross.
Central Iron and Steel and the
Harrisburg Pipe Bending Company
are gathering up old rubber around
the plants and will send it down to
Third and Walnut to-day.
Many business firms in various
parts of the city have boxes out on
the walks in front where folks can
throw their rubber scraps and avoid
a trip downtown.
It is expected that when school
ends to-day. many hundreds of boys
and girls will carry old rubber to the
slowly growing pile.
But in the meantime Harrisburg
is "fallinw down" on the old rubber
drive. Reading, which sold $1,700
for the Red Cross, seems to have
more than a little on Harrisburg.
Y. M. C. A. Plans Winter
of Activity, With Great
Housewarming on Oct. 3
Plans for a social and gymnastic
activities of the winter season were
j outlined and approved at a meeting
lof the board of directors of the
Central Y. M. C. A. held in the as
sembly room of the association
building. It was announced that the
opening of the season's activities
will be marked by a housewarming
to be held Thursday night, .October
3. The program to be presented will
include a gymnastic exhibition and a
number of other entertaining fea
tures. The first Sunday afternoon
men's mass meeting will be held
Sunday afternoon, October 6. The
name of the speaker will be an
nounced later.
A total membership of 1,169 mem
bers was announced by General Sec
retary Robert B. Reeves. This is a
gain of fourteen members over last
month. Secretary Reeves expressed
his satisfaction on learning of this
gain. He was elated when he re
called that it has been made in the
face of the fact that hundreds of
men have gone into government
service.
A legacy of $3OO to the associa
tion was announced. It was be
queathed by Mrs. Catharine Chan
dler. The money will be invested
in fourth Liberty Bonds and will be
placed in the permanent endow
ment fund. The financial report de
clared that virtually all bills have
been paid and thpre is a balance
of $387.28 in the hands of the treas
urer.
The educational committee will
organize a class in debating and
public speaking to open October 7.
W. C. T. u7MeetsFor Its
Thirty-Second Annual
County Convention
To-day the thirty Second annual
session of the Dauphin County Wo
men's Christian Temperance Union
was held in the Augsburg Lutheran
Church, Fifth and Muertch streets.
Questions of vital importance to the
organization were discussed by the
delegates. One feature of the meet
ings is the singing of patriotic songs.
The motto of the convention attracted
much attention of the delegates. This
was emphasized during the day's ses
sions. The motto was "Don't dodge
difficulties: meet them, greet them,
beat them."
The program for this evening's
meeting follows: Patriotic singing,
led by Mrs. J. G. Sanders; devotions,
the Rev. A. M. Stamets; address, in
terspersed with reading, Miss
Amanda Landis, B. A. MlUersville
S. N, 8.1 collection; benediction.
GERMAN CRUELTY
IN AFRICA IS LAID
BARE BY BRITON
British Government Replies to
Hun Secretary of State;
Natives in Fear
By Associated Press
London, Sept. 12.—A report <Son
taining evidences of the brutal meth
ods employed by Germany In the ad
ministration of her colonies in Africa,
made public to-day by Edmond H.
L. Gorgas, acting secretary of the in
terior, Union of South Africa, con
stitutes the British government's re
pl. to Dr. W. S. Solf, the German
secretary of state for the colonies,
that Germany would demand the re
turn of her colonies at the peace con
ference.
The report is one of the most sen
sational ever issued in connection
with German colonial methods and
constitutes an indictment of German
fitness to rule the black native of
Africa. The evidences upon which'
the report is based are taken from
official German documents at Wind
hoek, from sworn statements by na
tive chiefs and by Europeans famil
iar with the country and from the,
writings of Governor Leutwein, who
held office from 1894 to 1905; Dr.
Paul Rohrback, Dr.'Karl Dove and,
others. The following statement by
Acting Secretary Gorgas is interest
ing:
"The native opinion hero is unani-|
mously against any idea of their ever
being handed back to the tender
mercies of Germany. Any suggestion
of the possibility of an act of this
kind on the part of Great Britain i
produces the utmost consternation."
Agreements Disregarded
When the Germans first arrived,
says the report, they entered into
agreement with the native chiefs but
these became scraps of paper and
the natives were fraudulently depriv- j
ed of their best land. Traders and
settlers robbed them of their cattle,
which was their only wealth, and the
law subsequently prevented the na
tives from possessing large herds of
stock. The natives thus were drjven
to work at ridiculously inadequate
wages and often never were paid.
They were treated like slaves and
their women folk were maltreated
habitually by the Germans who took
them into forced concubinages. These
were some of the things which goad
ed the natives into rebellion, which
was supposed by ruthless cruelty,
resulting virtually in the extermina
tion ot" the three tribes involved. 1
"The Hereros were reduced from
80,000 to 15,000, the Hottentots from
20,000 to 9,800, and the Berg-Dam
aras from 39,000 to 12,800. Thus 80
per cent, of the Herero people dis
appeared and more than half of the
Hottentots and Berg-Damaras shar
ed the same fate. How it was done
was to supercede the lenient Govern
or Leutwein by the notorious Gov
ernor Trotha, fresh from Germany
to East Africa, where he suppressed
the Arab rebellion by a wholesale
massacre. Governor Trotha issued an
"extermination order," the terms of
which provided that no Herero man,
woman, child or babe was to receive
mercy or quarter.
Trotlia Orders Executions
"Kill every one of them; tak<) no
prisoners," he said in these orders.
Evidences that the order was only
too faithfully carried out is recorded
in a story of Governor Trotha's form
er groom, who described how he once
was ordered to kill a young Herero
woman. He refused in disgust, where
upon a German soldier showed him
how to do it and then held the drip
ping bayonet in his face. An officer
and German soldiers were standing
around but none interfered in behalf
of the woman.
Another reliable witness, who was
with Governor Trotha for two years,
testified that he knew of no instance
of prisoners being spared. Even aft
er the rebellion surviving natives
fared but little better.
"The instances of cruelty, injustice
and barbarism might be multiplied
almost indefinitely. Instances of gross
bestial conduct which for sheer de
pravity and immorality are well nigh
unbelievable .also are contained in
the tile of affidavits, but they are
hardly fit for publication."
DEFEAT OF HUN IS
CERTAIN, SAYS GEORGE
[Continued from First Page.]
tie for international right now were
a league of free nations.
"To end all wars," the Premier
said, "we must impose a durable
peace from our enemies. The Prus
sian military power must not only
be beaten but Germany herself must
know and the German people must
know that their rulers have out
raged the laws of humanity and that
Prussian strength cannot protect
them from punishment.
"This must be the last war. Don't
let us be misled that the establish
ment of a league of nations without
power will in itself secure the world
against a catastrophe. A league of
nations with the Prussian military
power triumphant would be a league
of fox and geese—one fox and many
geese. The geese would greatly
diminish in numbers."
The only sure foundation for a
league of nations, the Premier said,
was a victory for the Allies. Peace
must be of a kind, he added, that
commends itself to tire common
sense conscience of the nations. As
a whole it must not be dictated by
extreme men on either side.
"We shall neither accept for our
selves nor impose upon our foes a
Brest-Litovsk treaty," he said. "We
cannot allow the 'Bolsheviks' to
force on us a peace so humiliating
as to dishonor the national flag and
to make a repetition of the horrors
of this war inevitable. When a sat
isfactory peace has been secured we
can proceed with a clear conscience
to build a new world."
"The news is distinctly good,
really good," said the Premier. "We
are going through a long tunnel and
are not at the end of the journey.
There is some steep gradient to
climb. It may be that. the tunnel
will be dark but it will be short, now
that the worst is over."
Oil City Mother Has
Four Sons in Army;
Fifth Registers Today
OH City, Pa., Sept. 12.—Four sons
of Mrs. Minnie Stormer, of Oil City,
are in the United States Army. The
fifth is 18 and to-day registered for
service. Paul is at Camp Forrest;
Robert is a second lieutenant at
Camp Perry, Ohio, having served on
the Mexican border; Amer L.. is a
sergeant in Company D, 112 th Reg
iment, now at the fighting front.
Sergeant Stormer served through
the Mexican border campaign with
the Sixteenth Regiment, N. G. P.
Wayne, corporal with Company D,
112 th Regiment, at the fighting
front, served through the Mexican
border campaign with the Sixteenth
Regiment, N. G. P. . ,
Huns Constructing New Line
By Associated I'ress
Paris, Sept. 12.—A supreme line of defense, to be called
the Parsifal line is being constructed by the Germans from
Antwerp to Metz, says Marcel Hutin, in the Echo De Paris.
The article also says the Germans are putting the Antwerp
foils in a defensive condition.,
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American Army Crushes
Foe in Terrific Drive
[Continued From Page One.]
west would be left in a threatening position on the flank of the
attacking armies.
Huge American Army Ready
It is known that General Pershing has a huge American army
under his command and there seems little doubt that adequate
forces would be at the disposal of Marshal Foch for an important
push in this sector were the opening moves to develop a suitable
opening. The St. Mihiel salient is nearly twenty miles wide at
its mouth from Fresnes 12 miles southeast of Verdun, to Pont-a-
Mousson, and somewhat more than 15 miles in depth, with its
apex just to the southwest of St. Mihiel. It was driven into the
French line in a sudden German eruption southeast of Verdun
early in the fall of 1914 before the line had become entirely
stabilized after the Marne and Aisne battles.
Salient of Long Standing
The French checked the German push near St. Mihiel and
prevented a debouching movement on the flanks. The positions
taken up by the Germans were strong ones, however, and there is
on record no previous organized attempt to reduce this
bulge pointing at the heart of France between the Fortresses of
Verdun and Nancy.
Marshal Foch has caused the launching of this attack almost
coincidently with the virtually complete elimination of the various
salients the German drove into the Allied lines in their offensive
during the present fight.
Huns Stand on Hindenburg Line
The Hindenburg line again had become the German defensive
position along almost its entire length, and the German defense
was stiffening materially -at all points where the French, British
and Americans were pressing in upon them.
The German command will now have, it appears, another prob
lem to meet in dealing with the outbreak of its foe in another and
comparatively distant quarter from that in which the .bulk of the
fighting has been done in this year's campaign. The question will
be it seems, if the reduced German manpower has left General
Ludendorff with forces sufficient to maintain his front from
Rheims to Ypres, and at the same time beat back a powerful
thrust by the Allies far to the southeast on the battle front.
British Hit at Cambrai
The Hindenburg line itself, however, already has not proved
too strong for either the French or the British at some points in
the recent fighting. The British breached it on the Queant-
Drocourt line, and to-day there came the officia lannouncemcnt
from London that the British had made further progress Behind
this line in the direction of Cambrai, one of the principal German
bases in the north. A strong defensive line had been taken by
the enemy here along the Canal du Nord, but this line now seems
turned on its left flank, as the British have forced a crossing of the
canal to the northwest of Havrincourt and are in a position to
push up the easterly bank providing Field Marshal Haig decides
to employ his driving force in this direction.
Additional progress also was made by the British yesterday
and last night in closing in upon St. Quentin, another of the Hin
denburg line strong points. They captured the towns of Ver
manda, Attily and Vendelles and advanced beyond Atilly, directjy
west of St. Quentin as far as the outskirts of Holnon wood, where
they are not more than four and one-half miles from St. Quentin.
With the occupation of Trav
ecy and the heights dominating
the country to the south, General
Petain's forces have outflanked
the important German position
at La Fere. This advance by
the French ovfer a narrow front
of two miles presages the evacua
tion of La Fere by the Germans
and general weakening of their
lines before the vital stronghold
of St. Gobain forest.
Hun Line Pushed Back
Slowly the allies are pushing
the enemy back on his Hinden
burg line from La Fere to St.
Quentin, slight advances being
made by both the French and
British armies fighting in this
area. The French have taken
and passed Hinacourt and re
tained their ho'ld on Essigny-le-
Grand, four pules south of St.
Quentin by repulsing enemy
attacks.
British Roach Vormanrt
The British ip their drive for St.
Quentin have reached Vermand,
about six miles east of the Hinden
burg line running through Cambrai,
MANY REGISTERING
FOR WAR SERVICE
[Continued from First Page.]
whether citizens of another country
or not, must register for service if
they are within the age limit of 18 •
to 4 5 inclusive. Every man not al
ready registered or in the service
of the army or navy, must register
if he was born after September 11,
1872, or on or before September 12,
1900.
When given their cards, draft reg
istrants were informed that they
have nothing further to do until they
receive their questionnaires. This
will likely take place as soon as the
cards of the registrants have been
tabulated and filed, so that question
naires can be sent to those in the
classes which will be called first. Ac
cording to a message received from
Washington, Provost Marshal Gen
eral Crowder proposes to call first
the men in the 19, 20 and 32 to 36-
year classes. These men likely will
receive their questionnaires first..
A round up of possible slackers
will not be started until after the
questionnaires have been sent out
and returned. This will cover a period
of some weeks. It is not thought that
there will be many coming within
the draft ages who will fail to reg
ister to-day. A? the first registration,
June 5. 1917, there were numbers
who failed to register because of mis
understanding of the regulations.
This probably will not occur to-day,
as there is a much better under
standing of the regulations.
Big Task Ahead
•Practically every man who regis
tered for the new draft did it with a
cheerful willingness to do anything
the government requires of him.
Many of them made Inquiries as to
the likelihood of their seeing active
service within the near future. The
general concensus of opinion among
the registrants at the couple hundred
draft registration places was that it
was a day for tbo performance of a
which with St. Quentin form tho
central pivots of the German de
fenses between La Fere and Ypres.
Counterattacks launched by the Ger
mans in an effort to prevent the
British from driving a wedge between
Cambrai and St. Quentin were re
pulsed near Gouzeaucourt. Un
favorable ghting weather has served
as un aid to the enemy, but despite
the rain and the stiffer resistance of
the foe Field Marshal Haig's men
continue to make progress towards
the Hindenburg line.
Guns Active in Gobain Sector
Artillery activity continues in the
St. Gobain sector and also between
the Aisne hnd the Vesle where the
Germans are making a valiant effort
to retain possession of the St. Gobain
and Chemin des Dames strongholds
and prevent the Allies from forcing
them to fall back all along their
line east of Rheims. In the region
of Laft'aux and in the Aisne area
enem> attempts to approach new
French "positions were repulsed, the
Germans losing 150 prisoners.
British Recover Ground
In Flanders the British have ad
vanced their lines northwest of Hul_
luch and made progress west of Ar
menticres, which the Germans took
from them last spring. In the Hav
rincourt wood sector the enemy ar
tillery is active. At Gouzeaucourt
the British have re-established their
line after repulsing tho Germans
who gained a foothold in one of the
most bitter local engagements since
the. rapid drive was halted by bad
weather conditions several days ago.
privilege, rather than a duty or ob
ligation.
The cards will be turned into the
local boards by the precinct chair
men to-night. The task of compiling
the lists to be sent to the selective
service headquarters is one .which
will take hours, and volunteer clerks
have signified their willingness to
help in the task.
Besides those registered to-day,
several thousand were registered be
fore the boards opened this morning.
They were the men whose work kept
them out of the city to-day, and
obligated them to register ahead of
time.
Registrants whose homes are out
of the city, registered with the
boards beginning more than a week
ago, so that the number who are
registering in the city and county
are by no means the only residents
of the vicinity who are registering as
volunteers to help crush Kaiserlsm.
Waiting Early
Seymour Samuel Eberts made him
self famous in Harrisburg by being
the very first man to register. This
at least, is the claim of the booth In
the county courthouse where Mr.
Eberts, district manager of the Bell
Telephone Company, accompanied by
his two pet bull-dogs, was waiting
early as six a. m. for the bureau to
open. Mr. Eberts loyal enthusiasm
was advertised loudly by the canine
patriots whose carrying on brought
many to the scene of activity.
This booth was remarkable for the
number of men over forty, who regis
tered. There were 11 in the first 20,
a good number of them an even 45.
There was plenty of "kidding" as
each applicant had to put the cards
on the table. Distriot Attorney
Michael Stroup Just got under the
wire and many law firms were so rid
dled that if Uncle Sam calls them all
folks will have to do their own law
ing.
A Brisk Business
The booth at 20? Locust street,
with Frank Snodgraßs and Mercer B.
Tate In charge did the briskest busi
ness of any place in that neighbor-.
AMERICA MUST
BE CHRISTIANIZED
Methodist Workers Arc Plan
ning For Work After the
War Is Ended
Declaring that America must be
thoroughly christianized that the
world may have the benefit of Amer
ican Democracy and that God has or
dained that the world shall acquire
American standards of civilization,
the Rev. John Watchorn, of Phila
delphia, made the principal address
at the opening session this morning
of the two-day training conference of
the Harrisburg district of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church, held in the
Grace M. E. Church, this city.
"The Cost of the War," spoke Dr.
Watchorn whose topic was "Making
Democracy Safe for the World,"
"must find a corresponding cost in
material and spiritual gifts given by
the church of America." Part of the
material side of this cost to the,
church, said the speaker, was the
$80,000,000 to be raised shortly by
the Methodist Episcopal Church in
this country to help onward the
christian evangelization of the world.
Before Democracy could be offered
to the world, Dr. Watchorn averred,
it must first be made safe in itself
and one of its greatest problems en
countered in bringing this safety
about, he said, was the unchristiaft
ization of large numbers who live in
out cities. Citing New York as an
instance of the bigness of the ques
tion, Dr. Watchorn stated that a
bishop of his church described Goth
am as "dead" religiously. "If we con
cede that Jesus Christ is a failure in
New York," he went on, "who shall
know that He won't be a failure in
Harrisburg and Philadelphia?" The
religious and ethical standards of
cities, the minister said, would de
termine the ultimate standards of the
country.
The religious basis for a true de-
Dr. Watchorn stated, could
be made much more secure by a
sympathetic and intelligent attitude
in solving the social, ethical and
spiritual problems of immigrants
who come to America. They, he said,
personilied in the laborer and miner,
were the ones really responsible for
the tremendous wealth of the nation.
The conference marks the centen
ary of the foreign and home mission
endeavors of the M. E. Church, And
in this connection an outline of the
"Centenary Working Program" was
given in part by the Rev. W. S.
Bissonette, a returned missionary
from China, who spoke of the "Vis
ion, Intercession and Stewardship,"
features of the program. Describing
his subject summed up in "action,"
Dr. Bissonette said that the huge
program that the church had map
ped out for herself could not be
realized through mere mechanical
and monetary efforts alone however
great these might be. The efficacy of
prayer in achieving the desired
evangelical goal and the necessity of
making the national campaign for
$80,000,000 as much a spiritual as a
pecuniary one, was insisted upon by
this speaker if both undertakings
would be a success.
Presiding at the morning session
was the Rev. William A. Brown. Fol
lowing is this afternoon's and even
ing's program of the conference:
1.45. Intercession; 2, address, "The
Challenge of the Present Sunday
School Situation," the Rev. William
A. Brown; 2.45, address, "The Call to
Advance," the Rev. H. C. Wilson;
3.30, section conferences; elementary
"The Children in a Growing Sunday
School," Mrs. Mary Foster Bryner;
Young People, "Organizing the
Young People," the Rev. H. C. Wil
son; adult, "Building Up the Bible
Class," the Rev. W. A. Brown; 4.45,
address, "The Teacher's Inner Life,"
Mrs. Mary Foster Bryner.
Evening Session
7.30, Intercession; 8, stereopticon
and world program address, "The
Home Survey and Opportunity," the
Rev. John Watchorn.
hood although the heavest registra
tion reported was on Allison's Hill.
The Locust street spot handled 150
men before 11 o'clock at which hour
came Louis the tailor, with his game
toe. Louis recently had some bick
ering with Bell Telephone workmen
who were putting up a pole near his
bailiwick and when he personally ob
jected friend pole cavorted, cutting
off his dexter little toe,
Forget Their Wives
"I had it sewed on" explained Louis
this morning and when Uncle Sam
wants a full-toed tailor, here I am.
"He was registered ccordingly.
Officials were puzzled at the differ
ent identifications of "nearest rela
tive." A great many married men
gave "mother" or "father" instead of
"wife," but this option was with the
registrant.
A big percentage were from out of
town and Local Board No. 1 at the
courthouse was crowded all day with
i itizens of Tennessee, California,
Texas and frbm all over the coun
try. The process was to make out
the registration and send it by spe
cial delivery to the home town.
TELEGRAPHERS WANTED
State Draft Headquarters was to
day Called upon to furiish five tele
graphers, to be sent to Fort Myer,
to be assigned to duty with the Mili
tary Intelligence Bureau. They are
to be white men. qualified for special
or limited service.
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One of the latest photos of Prince
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and Queen Mary of England, to ar
rive in this country. Prince Albert
Is an active member of the Royul
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A LLIED ARMIES POUR
TERRIFIC FIRE INTO
ENEMY IN LORRAINE
Reply of German Guns Vigorous Only in Spots; Signs of
Withdrawing Artillery, but Foe May Fight Hard Be
fore Retreating; Endure Assault of Eight Hours
i
American Forces on the Lorraine Ffont, Sept. 12.
French and American artillery this morning directed a
terrific barrage fire on the German positions on this front.
The reply of the German big guns was vigorous at some
places, although as a whole it was weak.
There are some indications that the Germans are withdrawing
their artillery, although it is more probable that they are going
to fight hard before being driven out after enduring a stifling
J barrage of more than eight hours.
The Germans at some points are increasing the volume of
their big gun fire, but ineffectually.
WHOLE OF CZAR'S
FAMILYJWURDERED
[Continued from First Page.]
1895; Grand Duchess Tatiana, born
in 1897; Grand Duchess Marie, born
,in 1899 and .Grand Duchess Anas
tasia, born in 1901.
The former Empress Alexandra
was born Princess Alix of Hesse, in
1872.
Recent Rome advices reported that
the Pope had taken steps to assist
out of Russia the former Empress
and her iour daughters, who had
made pressing appeals for their lib
eration.
A later dispatch from London re_
ported the assassination of Alex
andra and her daughters, but this
rumor was doubted in Spain, where
King Alfonso had taken steps to ob
tain their transfer to Madrid, rvhere
preparations were being made for
their reception.
Stockholm, Sept. 12. July and
August were months of horror which
never will be forgotten by persons
who watched Russia's two great
cities, Petrograd and Moscow, pass
through the mad attempt of the Bol
sheviki to shoot or imprison all per
sons who disagreed with their wild
efforts to control crumbling Eura
pean Russia. September probably
will be worse, for the opposition
parties are gaining strength through
desperation.
The lives of the non-Bolsheviki are
unsafe and everywhere in Russia
self-defense is forcing unwilling bel
ligerents to take up arms against the
ruthless persecution of the so-called
commissions for the suppression of a
counter revolution which shoot down
the bourgeoisie by the hundred.
, Trotzky Threatens Pillage
Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevik min
ister of war, evidently is determined
that his dictatorship of the proletar
iat shall not repeat the history of the
nnfr provisional government and
fail through being too merciful.
He has said in speeches that Mos
cow will be reduced to ashes before
it is surrendered, jfaroslav, a :own
on the Volga 160 miles northeast of
Moscow, was burned for resisting
Bolshevik domination, and Vologda,
110 miles north of Paroslav is re
ported to have suffered the same
fate.
Night has been hideous in Moscow
for months because of the volley 3
from execution squads in the mili
tary enclosures where prisoners are
kept. Foreigners and Russians alike
where searched without warrants
and the Red Guards marched crowds
of men and women prisoners through
the streets with such regularity that
pedestrians hardly noticed them.
Rule Worse Titan Entpcror's
Marie Spiridonova, a Social Revo
lutionary leader, charged in her
memorable speech made before the
All-Russian Soviet congres at Mos
cow on July 4 that Bolshevik rule
was more tyrannical than that of *he
late Emperor, and the reign of ter
ror scarcely had begun at that time.
Dr. Karl Helfferich, the German
ambasjasdor at Moscow, rushed back
to Berlin and reported to his gov
ernment that Moscow was in such a
state of anarchy that the embassy
could not stay there, and he is al
leged to have advised a discontinu
ance of diplomatic relations with the
Soviet power.
There is little wonder that Ambas
sador Helfferich had such an impres
sion. Two attempts were made on
his life while he was in Moscow.
(This is the first news to come out
of Russia of an attempt being made
against the life of the new German
ambassador at Moscow. His prede
cessor, Count von Mirbacli, was as
sassinated!.
Lil'c Is Disregarded
Shots were heard everywhere day
and night and motor lorries filled
with ar/ncd soldiers dashed madly
through the streets with utter disre
gard for the life of civilians- The ac
tual fighting which took place in the
streets of Moscow on July 7 when
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the city was under artillery fire for
several hours was far less terrifying
to the public than were the endless,
days of sheer brutality when the sol
diers imposed on the helpless public
by virtue of their arms.
Men who have refused to fight the
Czecho-Slovaks on the Volga hive
been arrested. Even the helpless and
paralytic and one old woman more
than eighty ,years old have been
taken into custody.
Bolslieviki Encourage Violence
Such is the wild campaign carried
on by the Bolsheviki under the guise
of suppressing a counter revolution.
Moses Uritzky, who mercilessly di
tected activity of this sort in Petro
grad, paid for it with his life, but
Dzerzhinsky still continues his fran
tic persecution of civilians in Mos
cow. A brutal class war is encourag
ed by exhortations daily in the Bol
shevik newspapers to continue at
tacks upon the bourgeoisie and even
to take their lives.
But bad as conditions now are in
Moscok and Petrograd a worse situa
tion is expected by the intelligent
classes if an interregnum takes place.
The spirit of vengeance is so strong
and the feelings so bitter against the
Jewish leaders, arrivals here from
Russia say, that rioting against the
Jews generally is feared. Such riots
never are confined to one class in
Russia, but expand into general mur
der and plunder.
Germans Hold Back ,
The apparent abandonment of Eu
ropean Russia by the Germans iias
led to the belief that their experi
ence in the Ukraine has caused them
to cease in their efforts to establish
a monarchy or to support any other
new government friendly to them.
The Russians are helplessly pload
ing for outside assistance to cute
them of their political troubles. The
Constitutional Democrats and other
bourgeoisie friendly to the Germans
now are turning to the Entente Al
lies since the defeat of the Germans
on the western front and the success
of the Czeclio-Slovak, Murman and
Vladivostok movements.
The Constution&l Democratic party
and the other parties of the Extreme
Right, however, are in such disfavor
with the great mass of Russians of
the Center that foreign diplomats are
not willing to take them seriously.
Czecko-Slovaks Gain
The Czecho-Slovak movement be
| yond the river.Volga has gained tho
| support of factions favoring a con
stituent assembly and it is making
the more reactionary programs im
possible, as Siberia generally is con
ceded to be the key to reconstruc
tion in European Russia.
Somewhere among the Social
Revolutionaries. probably among
those of the Right, a leader is ex
pected to develop who eventually
may crystallize the opposition to the
Bolsheviki.
MRS. CATHERINE LEIB DIES
Mrs. Catherine Leib, aged 73, died
at 10.30 o'clock this morning at the
Florence Crittenden Home for the
Friendless. Funeral services will be
held Satuftlay afternoon at 2 o'clock,
the Rev. H. W. A. Hanson, pastor
of Messiah Lutheran Church, offici
ating. He will be assisted by the
chaplain. Mrs. Leib is survived by
her sister, Alice Lewis, and a daugh
ter, Mrs. Harry Weitzel. The body
will be taken to Mount Olivet, York
county, for burial.
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