Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-02

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nrty-four precints.
Want to Get Out vote"
Volunteers to get out the vote"
on tuesday are being sought by the
Dauphln County Committee on Pub
lic Safety, which is cooperating with
me CITY ofncials at various tasks in
connection with Registration Day.
Realizing that party workers" are
missing in the program for registra-
ton as is usual for such affairs in
Harrisburg. a call for workers has
| been issued.
TO save the eligibles from suffer-
ing the effects of the severe penalty
attached to failure to register is
the desire of the committee, whose
members realize that every man of
reslStratlon age is not thoroughly
Iamlllar with the law and may.
through neglect fail to become reg
istered.
Issues Call
j. William Bowman "a member of the
Dauphin County Committee on Pub
Tic SAFETY, in charge of this work has
issued public call for volunteers
Tor this work, announcing that the
committee is anxious to have work.
ers In every registration district in
the city and county. Men familiar
with the residents of their district,
who desire to keep the young men
INFORMED of their duty next Tues
day, may enroll for this work bv
| telephoning to the office of the Har-
risburg Chamber of Commerce, Kun
kel Building.
Ministers VIII Aid
The ministers in Dauphin county
will remind their CONGREGATIONS to-
morrow of Registration Day and ad-
monish the eligibles present to re-
member to register.
Need Interpreters
chairman Bowman, of the local
Military Affairs committee of the
State Committee of Public Safety, is
sued the following request for volun-
teer help on Registration Day:
The Board of Registration, which
will sit IN the Common Council
Chamber, Courthouse, desires the
volunteer services of interpreters of
the following languages and races:
Italian, Greek. German, Polish, Rus
sian-Jews, Slavish dialects, etc.
The board desires to be in a posi-
ton where 1t can use these volun-
teer interpreters to assist their coun-
trymen at the registration places.
The donation of automobiles to
be available at the courthouse for
carrying members of the Board of
Registration to polling places to set
tie any situations that may arise dur
ing the day is especially desired.
Patriotic citizens who can donate
their cars for this service will only be
asked TO give three hours service, at
the end of which period another set
of volunteer cars will take their
places.
1.-The services of several dozen
copyists who can write a legible hand
is desired at the courthouse on June
Z, s and 8, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, to make copies of all the
registration cards. Parties who can
volunteer to donate their time to
this service will materially assist
Dauphin county to make a good
showing because these copies have
to be made and sent to Washington
promptly"
Mr. Bowman requests anyone who
can volunteer for the services to ad-
wise the Harrisburg Chamber of
Commerce. Both phones. APO, with
out delay. Without such volunteer
assistance the work will be badly
hampered. Donations are requested
in line with the Presidents sugges-
tions that Registration Day be con-
Quoted without expense to the coun-
try.
Sub-Boards Meet
At the meeting of the sub-boards
last night arrangements were started
for tabulation of the registration and
filling in of other blanks required by
the government. AS soon as the
precinct registration places close on
Tuesday night the chief registrar of
each district will be required to bring
in all cards filled in at that place.
During the next five days these will
be arranged and listed according to
instructions given by the govern
ment.
Yesterday eighty-seven nonresi-
dents or persons in the city who will
be away on Tuesday, signed at the
office fCity Clerk r.. Ross Seaman.
OF this number forty-four did not
claim exemption. Until noon to-day,
forty-seven more had signed, max
ing the total so far 375. Included in
this number were Charles Bold,
pitcher and first baseman, and Eu-
gene Gaffney, centerfielder, on the
Harrisburg, New York State League
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