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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
CROATIAN SOKOLS
BUY WAR BONDS
Local Foreign Organizations
Subscribe $1,000 to the
Liberty Loan

That the Croatians in Steelton are
loyal to this country is proved by the
fact that the Croatian Sokol, Steel
tons most influential foreign society,
has subscribed $1,000 to the Liberty
Loan. This amount, however. is ex-
rected to be materially increased
after the canvass of the members
which is now being waged is COM
pleted.
The members are all enthusiastic
over the proposition and are behind
the government to a man. Methods
are now being considered for look
ing after the families of any of the
members who may enter the service
of the government afield or afloat,
as 80 per cent. of its members are
of the registration age and liable to
d call.
Announcement has also been
made that the st. Lawrence Croatian
Society has bought a $500 Liberty
bond.
When the final shot is fired in this
war the Croatians expect to see their
country united with the Serbians and
Slovenians in the one country which
they term "Jugoslavia," meaning
united country OF Southern Slavs.
This has been the teachings of the
Croatian Sokol since its organiza-
ton. 1t has endeavored to bring be-
fore its people the realization of the
necessity of the liberation of their
people from the dual monarchy, Aus
ria-Hungary, and to form a union
based upon the American democratic
principles with their kin of southern
Europe, consisting of the following
branches of the Southern Slav race,
namely, Croatians, Serbians and Slo-
venians.
ut is needless to say" stated an
officer of the sokol to-day, that we
Southern Slavs consider it our great
est duty to give our adopted country
every possible support in this strug-
gle, as, doing this, we are helping all
those who are dear to uS back there
in our native land to free themselves.
to attain their long hoped for lib
erty, to erect their own democratic
state, and as free people take their
place among the free
AS to the outcome of this war he
said The price the world is paying
to-day is big, but the object 1t strives
to attain is worthy of the price"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14

zas2Hhc'7'F''s~ssz$A~VSA of the general ap-
preparation bill. An error was dis
covered in the bill after it had pass
ed the Senate, where it was reprint
ed, and it will be necessary to recall
the bill from the Governor to correct
1t.
AS the Senate has adjourned the
House resolution to recall can not
be acted upon in the upper branch
before Monday and it may be the
middle of the week before the bill
becomes law. Under ordinary con-
ditions the attaches would have to
wait until the general bill becomes
q law, which will not be until well
on in July.
Flag Day was not observed as a
holiday at the State Capitol, al
though a number of state officials
participated in exercises held in hon
or of the day.
Blight Is About-The State De-
partment OF Forestry is advising
against planting of chestnut trees
anywhere in Pennsylvania. This is
due to the prevalence of the chest
nut blight, which has been reported
from almost everyone of the fifty
two state forests in Pennsylvania.
A bulletin issued by the department
shows that in the two years ending
June l the state forests paid into the
State Treasury $4,000, chiefly from
the sale of minerals and dead or
over-ripe timber. Very little grow
ing timber has been cut.
Dinner to Ncwspapermcn.-G
trnor Brumbaugh last night gave Il
dinner in honor of the legislative
correspondents at the Executive Man
sion. Colonel Henry w. Shoemaker
publisher of the Altoona Tribune,
was the guest of the evening. There
were handsome floral decorations
and covers were laid for seventeen.
Ex-Member Here.-Henry I. Will
son, former member from Jefferson
county, was at the Capitol to-day.
Inspectors Appointed. Cover
nor Brumbaugh to-day appointed
the following named persons to be
inspectors of bituminous coal mines
of Pennsylvania for the terms of
four years: Richard Maize, Union
town; Thomas II. Thompson, Punxu-
tawney; James A. Mather, Tyrone;
James J. Stoker, Irwin; Charles H.
Crocker, Johnstown; Thomas A.
Furniss, Punxsutawney; p. j. Gallag-
han, Bridgeville: John j. Mcdonald,
Greensburg; William Langan, Eliza
geth; Harry Phythyon, Bella Ver-
non; Edward f. Girod, Masontown;
Patrick S. King, Pittsburgh; C. p.
Bryne, Brownsville.
Governor at College. - Governor
Brumbaugh is attending Juniata
College commencement to-day. Col.
Henry w. Shoemaker, of Altoona,
his guest, accompanied him. Col.
Shoemaker will be given a degree
to-day He will address a patriotic
meeting in Lancaster this evening.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
New Army Motorcycle
Smashes All Records
BY Associated Press

New York, June IA transcon-
tinental motorcycle trip, which is
declared to have established q rec
ord, was completed here last night
by Allan II. Bedell, a member of the
Los Angeles Signal Corps, it was an
nounced to-day by the Motorcycle
and Allied Trades Association.
Carrying an official government
dispatch from Major General Hun
ter Liggett. commanding the De-
partment of the West of the United
States Army, Bedell left Los Angeles,
crossed the continent in seven days,
sixteen hours and sixteen minutes,
and delivered the message last night
to Major General Franklin Bell,
commanding the Department of the
East. The time was said to be lower
by approximately three and one-half
days than record set in 1914.
Bedelfs journey was made for mil
itary purposes as a government test
of type of motorcycle the War De-
partment is considering using for
war purposes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
FED SUIT CLOSES

Philadelphia, June 14.-The Balti-
more Federal League baseball club
to-day closed it's case in its suit
against organized baseball, now be-
ing heard in the United States dis
trict court here. The defense gave
notice that it would make a motion
for a nonsuit, but in order to save
time would not argue the question
until 1t had examined some of its
witnesses, and would then argue the
motion along with request for bind
ing instructions to the jury.
President Tener, of the National
League, was the first witness for the
defense and he outlined the op.
Grafton of tn minor leagues and or.
ganized baseball generally.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14

JACOB HOUSER
Jacob Houser, aged 19, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Houser, was one OF
the five American survivors of the
Red Star linee Southland, that was
sunk by a submarine off the coast OF
England last week.
The lasting department of the shoe
factory closed down for a week on
account of taking stock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Huntzberger
and Mr.. and Mrs. d. w. Huntzberger
and son Samuel motored to Philadel-
phia yesterday.
Miss Ruth Klahr, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. e. II. Klahr, and Mr. Rene
Grove of Fort Washington, Pa, were
married at the home of the brides
parents yesterday morning at $50
o'clock by the Rev. o. NJ. Kraybill
pastor of the Church of God. The
ring ceremony was used. Only mem
bers Of the immediate families were
present. They left on a wedding trip
and on their return will reside at
Fort Washington.
The Liberty Fire Company will take
part in the firemen's parade at Pal
myra on Saturday afternoon, when
they will dedicate their new firetruck
Mrs. C. e. Bowers entertained the
Social Circle at her home on Swatara
street this afternoon.
Mrs. Emma l. Stager, who had been
visiting in town for some time, re-
turned to her home at Kansas City.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
Thirty-Two Members Taken
Into Alumni Association

Thirty-two members of the grad
uating class of the Steelton High
school were taken into the Steelton
High School Alumni Association at
a business meeting and reception in
the auditorium last night. The meet
ing was attended by 10 persons.
At the business session the follow
ing officers were elected: President,
w. H. Nell; vice-president, Stanley
Zimmerman; secretary, Mrs. Sylvia
Snyder, and treasurer, Harry Deik.
The alumni prizes for general eff1c-
iency were awarded to Miss Thelma
Maginnis, of the scientific course;
Miss Margaret Lord, of the CONNER
cial course, and Miss Ruth Davis, of
the classical course. Miss Agnes
Hess and Miss Martha Armstrong
took part in the program.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
ALLEGED STACKER ARRESTED

Sunbury, Pa, June 14.-Earl Fill
man, of Milton, who has been pass
ing for 81 at the American Car and
Foundry Company's plant, where he
is employed, was arrested as slack
er and held in $1,000 bail by N. S.
Engle, United States Commissioner.
Fillman denies that he is twenty-o one.
He says he only raised his age limit
to get a job, and that he will not
be twenty-one until next October.
In the meantime he is held in de-
fault of surety.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
Ten Believed Dead in
Ruins of Sugar Plant

New York, June II. After a
search of the ruins was begun to-day
at the American Sugar Refining Com
pany's plant in Brooklyn. where ex-
plosion and fire caused an estimated
the authorities expressed the opinion
that the loss of lives would not prove
greater than ten. Two men are known
to be dead and three of fifteen persons
in hospitals may succumb to injuries.
OF nearly two-score persons earlier
unaccounted for ten made their ap-
pearance this morning, saying they
the others are believed to be at their
homes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
RED CROSS RENEEIr

Mechanicsburg, Pa, June 14.-Un-
der the new management of the Par
amount Theater, which has been
closed for repairs, a Red Cross bene-
mt VIII be given at the reopening
next Monday evening. Manager
Jaffe will give especially interesting
pictures and the entire proceeds will
go to the local Red Cross.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
HOUSE ADJoURNs TODAY

Opening of the session of the House
was delayed to-day because bills were
not on file and only first and second
reading measures were considered
There was only a slim attendance 81
members and the plan for three ses-
sions to-day was abandoned. When
the House adjourns to-day it will be
to meet again on Monday night
Among the bills to pass second read
ing without comment was the Powell
bill requiring judges to grant licenses
on basis of population.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
Deaths and Funerals
FUNERAL OF MRS. INGRAM

Funeral services for Mrs Anne In
gram, who died yesterday. will be
held from her home, 611 Mahantongo
street, Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock, the Rev. NJ. o. Pierce, pastor
Tabernacle Baptist Church, off1ciat-
ing. Burial will be made in Paxtang
Cemetery. Mrs. Ingram came here
from South Wales twenty-one years
ago. She was a lifelong member or
the Baptist Church.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14

Bethlehem, Pa, June 14.-With
only one more day for the campaign,
the subscriptions of workmen of the
Bethlehem Steel Corporation to the
Liberty Loan bonds to-day amounted
to S4,S45.950. Ninety per cent of the
total number of men have been can
vassed, and approximately eighty per
cent of them subscribed.
The campaign closes to-day, by
which time it is thought more than
$5,000,000 will be raised. The total
subscribed at Bethlehem to date is
$1,S12,7O
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
G. D. SwingIy Named
State Highway Paymaster

State Highway Commissioner Frank
B. Black to-day appointed G. d.
Swingly, of Connellsville, as paymas-
ter in the State Highway Department.
Mr.. Swingly succeeds A. D. Steele,
who has been appointed to a position
in the State Treasury Department.
Mr.. Swingly formerly was connected
with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
He will assume his duties June Is.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
LAURA VARNEs DIES

Laura Jane Varnes died last night
at 10 o'clock at the residence of her
sister, in Chestnut street, from a COM
plication of diseases, aged So Funeral
services will be held Saturday MORN
ing at $40 o'clock, after which the
body will be taken to Duncannon
where burial will be made.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
CHARGED WITH ARSON

Sunbury, Pa, June 14.-Charged
with attempted arson, Samuel Paw
ling, of Milton, has been committed
to jail. Information was sworn out
by Thomas @. Ryan, of Danville,
state fire marshal. 1t is alleged that
he set fire to the house of Mrs. En-
lily Voris, in which he was tenant.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
DIES FROM INJURIES IN WRECK

Injured in an automobile accident
near Elizabethtown several weeks
ago, William L. Blosser, aged 80, has
died at the Harrisburg Hospital. Fu-
neral services will be held from the
home of his brother, Edward E. Bios
ser, tomorrow afternoon at O'clock.
The Rev. Edwin Il. Rupp, pastor of
Otterbein Lutheran Church, will off,
ciate. Burial will be made in East
Harrisburg Cemetery. He is survived
by his mother, Mrs. Lillian Blosser
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
SANE FoURTH ORDEREp

Marietta, Pa, June 14.-Marietta
will have a sane and quiet Fourth OF
July this year, as the borough council
has passed a resolution that the mer-
chants are not to sell anything of
this nature.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
SCHOOLS CLOSE

To-day was the last day of school.
Nearly 1900 schoolchildren were
given their vacation. The schools
closed much later this year on ac-
count of the quarantine. Last year
they closed about June /.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
BURNS
6 co.
28, 80, 80 S. End Street
Join Burns
Washing Machine
CLUB at Once

This is an opportunity for you to
not only buy the REGENT Washing
Machine for the small first payment
OF Sl.O0 and the balance for soc a
week-BUT you are getting a Wash
ing Machine that cannot be equaled
at anywhere near the price.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
SALARIES HELD
BY ERROR IN BILL
important Capitol Hill Meas
ure Has to Be Recalled
From the Governor

Attaches of the
state government
will not get their
semimonthly pay
tomorrow in spite
of the passage of
the Woodward
bill to bridge the
gap between June
/, when appro-
priations la p s G
and the approval
of the general ap-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14
The Price of
The Washing
Machine Is

We will be glad to explain all the
details of the operation and con-
struction of the machine to you here
1t the store. ''''''''
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14

NOTE THIS - THE REGENT
WILL BE SENT TO YOUR HOME
FOR $1.00 FIRST PAYMENT AND
WE HAVE ONLY A LIMITED
NUMBER OF WASHING MA
CHIMES TO PUT OUT AT THIS
PRICE ON ACCOUNT OF MA
TERIAL AND LABOR CONDI-
TIONS
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-14

Very attractive and comfortable
and suitable for living room or
porch. The high back and easy roll
arms make the chair exceptionally
cosy.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-28
SHEPPARD'S BILL.

A bill that should be enacted
promptly into law is that of Senator
Sheppard of Texas, providing for a
commission to determine what action
is necessary to check growth of land
lordism. The bill creates commits
sion of three, consisting Of the secre-
tary of agriculture, secretary OF the
Interior and the secretary of labor,
1t is to be empowered to investigate
every phase of the situation, find out
why there is steady decline in the
agricultural population, why farm
tenancy is on the increase, why the
proportion of home owners is con-
stantly becoming less, what must be
done to put a stop to this tendancy,
how to discourage holding of land for
speculation instead of use, and other
matters relating to the situation.
Although all the facts to be covered
have already been made known by
cher investigators and economists
and are accessible to anyone, never
theless Senator Sheppard's idea is a
good one. An investigation made by
three members of the cabinet, to-
gether with their recommendations,
can not be ignored so easily by con-
gress as the same facts and sugges-
tons produced by less prominent in
vestigators. The chances of remedial
legislation will be much better. It is
probable. of course that the commit
tee on public lands to which the
Sheppard bill has been referred, will
try to put it to sleep. So the members
should hear from their constituents.
American Economic League.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-28
ARIZONA NEWS REPORTS MAY
BE ONE-SIDED.

The Bulletin has no sympathy with
the so-called I. w. w. movement
There is little or nothing in common
between that movement and the
recognized labor forces as exempli-
fled by the American Federation Of
Labor. But. at that, readers should
be slow to form opinions of the trou-
BILE existing in Arizona and other Sec
tions between bands of organized citi-
zens (tho without legal authority in
many 1nstances) and workingmen, re-
ported in the daily press. Deportation
is bad business at any time, and the
fact that agents of the copper COM
pan1es In some Of the camps estab-
llshed a personal censorship on news
dispatches would seem to indicate that
full and truthful news items might be
unpleasant to some. Trade unionists
may do we'll to withhold judgment
until final returns are in, as it appears
now that few workers are able to get
warranted readjustments of wage
schedules without being accused in
some manner of being unpatriotic or
lacking in support Of the federal gov
eminent in the present crisis.-Denver
Labor Bulletin.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-28
What Other Paper. Say
THE CHILD LABOR PERIL,

Superior Telegram: The national
child labor committee and the federal
council of churches have done a very
timely and patriotic thing in issuing a
fresh warning to legislatures and the
general public against the hasty ac-
tion taken or proposed to be taken,
whose effect would be to abrogate
child labor laws and bring youngsters
OF tender age into the work of the
farms. the mills and the truck gar
dens.
Under the pretext of necessity
wrong things are being done. Money
grabbers see their opportunity to get
around and evade wholesome laws de-
signed to protect the future men and
women Of the country. Already sew
eral states have repealed or suspended
the operation of the child labor laws.
There is clamor to cut the school
hours and the school months ON rep
reservations which are not valid, not
made in good faith. They are founded
in greed. They are inspired by a de-
sire for cheap labor. They are marked
by an utter callousness to the fate
of the instruments they seek to en-
ploy and misuse.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-28
WAGES AND PRICES

correspondent submits compila-
ton of comparative food prices for
1900 and 1917. The purpose of the
article is to show the effect war
prices on foodstuffs is having on those
employed In the railroad maintenance
of way department. The writer shows
that the average increase in the 20
leading articles Of foods enumerated
has been more than 800 per cent.
In 1900 the trackman received 12h
cents per hour, which would purchase
II pounds of beefsteak, today he re-
ceives 17h cents per hour and the
butcher will hand him just one-half
the quantity or y of a pound for his
hours wages.
1t is in such foodstuffs consumed
by the poorer classes that prices have
advanced most. Take that of corn
meal. Corn meal, according to the
figures submitted, has increased more
than 500 per cent; salt meats nearly
500 per cent; beans nearly 900 per
cent; potatoes 500 per cent, and so on
down the list. And what is true of
foodstuff prices is also true of all
other commodities that enter into al
most daily consumption.
The workers who \have had their
wages advanced, if they will do lit
tie figuring, will discover that the in
creased pay they are receiving is alb
sorbed by the advance price of COM
modities, so that, after all, the strug-
gle for higher wages is not so much
a contest for better living conditions,
but is rather a resistance against a
lowering of existing standards-Rail-
WaV FedoratiOniSt
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-28
JUSTICE FOR THE WORKING
GIRL

Detroit Labor News: The nineteenth
century gave solution to many prob
lens that have vexed the medical
World-and to not few that had been
and in many ways are yet of vital
import to the world of Labor, but the
twentieth century is to offer solution
to the problem Of the working girl
through the only rightful channel,
that of absolute justice, unerrink and
unchanging.
In the quest of why we have so
many young girls upon the streets
girls whose faces have lost the Took
of innocence all too soon-one blames
the dance halls, another the lack OF
religious training, lack Of education,
etc., yet on strict analysis all these ar.
guments lead back over the trail to
"here gaunt poverty cradles her
nest-back to the cold, hard facts of
over-work, under-pay, and all that
goes with it. Youth must have time
TO laugh; when it has not, the toll
exacted is the birthright gone.
In the vast army of women workers
VINO leave in the early dawn-some of
them-to begin their work of toil-be-
lore the shades of night have fallen
despair has done its work, the last
light has been lost--and won-but
won by the Tollgate Keeper Of the
Great White Way.
IL is Tor cases like these as we'll as
for all other branches that organized
LABOR puts forth a helping hand, and
IN the might of Justice-in the face
OF right-reaches out and under it's
protecting arm takes in even the little
shadow children from whom all child
hood has been taken away in mill and
factory, and in the UNFOLDING Of the
Child Labor law gives back to them
the sunshine that is theirs by right d.
Vine
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-07-28
LABOR BRIEFS

Because of the scarcity of negro
labor for river steamboats, New Or
leans boat owners and agents are con-
sidering the employment of white
deck hands and roustabouts.
BARRIERS of Baltimore recently went
on strike for shorter hours, increased
wages and better working conditions.
The International Slate and Tile
Roofers' Union of America will con-
vene at Detroit Aug. 6.
The International Typographical
union meets in annual convention at
Colorado Springs, Colo, Aug. 13 to IS.
The Bricklayers. Masons and Plas-
terers' International union has paid
up membership of 10000.
The lace workers strike at Pater-
son, N. j., affecting about $50 en-
ployees, has been settled by an in
creased scale of wages for the work.
ers.
A movement is on to consolidate all
the Transfers unions in Milwaukee.
This includes the coal and truck team
sters, ice teamsters and truck wagon
drivers.
Three thousand miners in five coun-
ties Of western Kentucky struck re-
Gently for an eight hour day, recogni-
ton of the union and higher pay.
Operations have been resumed in
the Alberta (Canada) coal mines of
District 10, United Mine Workers Of
America, where several thousand men
have been on strike since early in
April