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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1917-09-08

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN tina

NOTICE Is HHRHBY GIVEN that
a special election In and for the city
OF Crystal Falls. Michigan. will be
held In the several wards OF said city,
to-wit:
In the First Ward. at the Captains
ONCE at the Great Western mine.
In the Second Ward. at the base
ment OF the Lockwood House.
In the Third Ward. at the base
ment OF the new City Hall.
On Monday. the nrst day OF October
A. D.. 1917. at which election there
will be submitted to the electors OF
said City. for adoption or rejection.
the question OF having a general re-
vision OF the Charter OF the City o..
Crystal Falls.
AT said election there will be elect
ed seven Charter Commissioners, one
OF which shall be elected from each
ward OF the city and four OF said com
missioners shall be elected from the
city at large In case the PROPOSE
ton TO revise the Charter does not
carry, the election OF the Charter
Commissioners shall be void.
Any elector OF said City, having
residence OF at least three years In
said city, except city officers or en-
ployes. whether elected or appointed.
shall be eligible to place on said
Commission. Candidates for said
Charter Commission shall be nomin-
ated by petition without reference to
or designation OF party afiliation.
signed in the case OF the Commission
er from each ward. by not less than
fifty electors, residing in such ward
and In case OF Commissioners at Large
by not less than fifty electors resid-
ing in each ward in such city, asking
hat the name OF the candidate desig-
mated shall be placed upon the ballot.
ALL NOMINATION PETITIONS OF
CANDIDATES FOR SAID CHARTER
COMMISSION MUST BE ON FILE
WITH THE CITY CLERK OF SAID
CITY NOT LATER THAN FOUR
O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON or
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER %. 1917.
For said election the Boards OF
Registration for the several wards OF
the City OF CRYSTAL Falls shall be in
session on Saturday, the Goth day OF
September, 1917, from eight o'clock
in the forenoon to eight o'clock in the
afternoon, sn the following places,
respectively:
In the First Ward, at the Captains
office at the Great Western mine
In the Second Ward, at the base
ment OF the Lockwood House
In the Third Ward, at the basement
OF the new City Hall.
At said session OF the said Regis
tration Boards it shall be the right OF
each person then actually residing in
the ward and who at the said pro-
posed election may be qualified vot-
er, and whose name is not already
registered, TO have his name entered
in the register OF such ward
49,. W j. GRIBBLE, City Clerk
Sept It'll 1917. CSept S-4D
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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1917-09-08
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31

The Austrc- German lines on the
Italian mountain front felt the shock
yesterday of a French infantry blow
and were shaken, if not broken, by
the impact
The French stroke was delivered
on the easterly end of the mountain
line near its juncture with the Piave,
the assault being directed at Monte
Tomba. The attacking columns broke
into the enemy defenses on the noun
tain at some points and apparently
made good their hold, as Berlin ad-
mits a penetration of portions of the
Tomba positions.
The Austrian official statement
makes the French victory appear even
more significant as it announces the
preparation of counter measures"
against the French. This expression
has previously been used in state
ments from the Teutonic side in ini-
tial announcements on occasions when
striking successes have been made by
enemy forces.
Both French and British troops
have been for some time aiding the
Italians in holding their present front
their activity having been almost en-
tirely of the defensive order, how
ever. Yesterdays attack was the first
offensive move by the French on this
front, so far as the official statements
have shown.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
Many to Welcome in
the New Year Tonight

After midnight tonight the year
1917 will be history. Judging from
the events that have transpired dur
ing the 365 days just past it was the
most important year in the history of
the city, state and nation.
Watchnight services will be held
in a number of churches. Worship
ers will usher in the new year, with
service and song. Praying that the
new year will bring peace to the war
weary world. In other instances
bands of merry people will parad 2
the streets waiting for the birth of
the new year. They VIII celebrate
its arrival with noise.
County and city offices will also
be closed tomorrow. Many stores
and places of business will also OBJ
serve the holiday. There will be no
formal celebration, the ATummnrs
having postponed their parade be-
cause of the war.
For the accommodation of all who
will usher in the new year tonight,
including those attending watch serv-
ices, all city cars will run until
a. m. The suburban cars will run
as usual.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
BRITISH REPLY
TOHUN PROPOSAL
WILL BE SERIOUS
Russia and Germany Reach
Agreement; Still Pcrplex-
ing Problems in Way
CONFLICT IN SIBERIA
Red Guards Murder French
Agent and Set Town
on Fire
BY Lssoelo.cJ Press

London, Dec. 31.-The Manches-
ter Guardian says it is the intention
of the British government when the
Austro-German terms of peace are.
presented officially to return a Sc
rious and reasoned reply. Premier
Lloyd George has arranged to visit
France, according to the newspaper,
to confer with Premier Clemenceau
on this subject.
The Austro- German ueace terms
referred to are those presented by
the representatives of the central
powers at the negotiations with the
Russians at Brest-Litovsk. These
negotiations were interrupted for ten
days to give the entente allies oppor,
tunity to state whether they would
join in them. The principal point
in the Austro- German outline OF
peace terms was acceptance of the
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
Only One Change in
PrOthOnotary's Office

Charles E. Pass, who will take the
oath of office as prothonotary of
Dauphin county Monday of next
week is at the court house learning
the details of the office under the
direction of Prothonotary Harry
Holler and his clerks.
Asked if he contemplated many
changes in the force Mr.. Pass said
to-day: 81 do not. feel very for
tunate in having been able to retain
the services of Prothonotary Houler
as my chief deputy. MI. Holler Is
more familiar with the details of the
office than any other man in Dauphin
county, due to his long service as
clerk and as prothonotary. Elmer
Hummell will remain as q clerk and
Elmer Erb will retire from the
clerkship he now holds to take up
the practice of law"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
SLICES
ITS PASSENGER
SERVICEFOR WAR
To Carry Freight Instead
Under New Govern
ment Plan

Plans for making the Philadelphia
and Reading Railway lines one of the
great freight carriers of the east al
ready have been taken up by Cow
ernment officials with officers of the
company. AS result the company
has sliced its passenger schedule to
pieces for the period of the war.
The Pennsylvania lines are to carry
passengers where the two lines serve
the same points. To compensate the
Reading. freight from the Pennsylva-
MIA lines will be turned over. This
will, it is said, permit the Reading to
haul a great amount of freight to
the coast.
Increased traffic will also come
from Pittsburgh over the Western
Maryland to Hagerstown and from
there. to the rutherford yards over
the new cutoff recently constructed
and connecting with the Cum mberland
Valley Railroad. 1t is understood the
Reading is to look after coal and
other freight traffic on a much larger
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
Police Searching For Men
Listed as Delinquents
By Local Draft Boards

Police are looking up the names
of the registrants in the First regis
tration district who do not return
their missionaries seven days after
they are mailed. According to the
rulings of the draft regulations list
of delinquents must be turned over
to the police at the" end of each
seven-day period, who look them up
and make a report to the draft
board Chief of Police Wetzel said
that the chief cause of delinquency
reported by his men is that the reg
istrant has moved from the address
on his registration card, without
giving a new address. In n mum ber
of instances, the registrants are not
even known at the address they gave
on June 5.
Two registrants are reported to
have given fictitious addresses by the
residents at the address they gave.
a number of registrants were re-
ported as simply neglectful. One
registrant was reported as having
moved to Michigan, without giving
an address at all, while another went
to his home in Georgia. In a few
cases the registrants were found to
have enlisted.
one alien registrant in Cowden
street reported that he was sick in
bed and his baby put the question
naire in the fire to see it burn. The
police, when they find "a delinquent
registrant. warn him to turn his
QUESTIONABLE back to his draft
board. When the reigstrant is not
found by the police within five days,
a report of the case is returned to
the draft board, which files it with
the Adjutant Generals Department.
Only one draft board in the city is
giving the list of names to the po-
lice.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
MILDER WEATHER
EXPECTED HERE
IN NSEVERALDAYS
Closing Month Proves to Be
Coolest of Any Decem-
Der on Record
NO IMMEDIATE RELIEF.
Much Trouble Experienced in
Keeping Homes Warm
and Pipes Open

There's warm wave up in South
Dakota" consoled the weatherman,
running n trained finger over his
map. 1T was two degrees below
there yesterday morning and now it's
80 degrees above"
You think that warm wave will
hit the Susquehanna?" chartered the
reporter from under the collar Of
his sweater.
Not to-day" ventured the wealth
erman with ~ frozen smile. 'It was
zero in Harrisburg at seven-thirty
this morning, and should say it
would stay near there the rest of
the day. You see there's a cold
wave in ahead of that warm one, and
IT doesn't seem to be moving very
1ast. However, it ought to be o
little less chilly by this evening, and
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
GOVERNMENT TO
ACTPROMPTLYIN IN
COAL SHORTAGE
Passenger Crews Will Be
Transferred to Freight
Trains, Is Belief

Washington, Dec. 31-Immediate
action by the railroads to relieve the
critical coal shortage, particularly
In New England and other sections
suffering from the cold wave, was
being considered to-day by Director
General McAdoo and members of
the railroad war board
Plans designed to bring about a
speedy moVem ent of fuel into the
ahected areas We're being perfected.
Greater use of the water routes in
to New England from Hampton
Roads probably will be made.
In addition to effecting. a Nveer
movement of coal'th treatment OF
labor questions will be one of Me
chief railroad pro' lens to be dealt
with by the director general. Heads
OF the railroad brotherhoods havN
been summoned to confer with tho
director general Thursday regarding
relations of labor and the new gov
ernment railroad administration.
Reading, Pa, Dec. 31.-As soon
as the order goes into effect annun-
ing nfty-four passenger trains on the
Reading Railway, it is believed that
coal shipments will be made without
delay, unless the. weather interferes,
as 1T. lis proposed to speed up" in
this particular.
Although so many. passenger trains
will be annulled, the crews will not
be without employment. 1t was said
here to-day that the crews would
be transferred to freight trains,
where they are most necessary. This
means prompt shipments of coal and
freight under ordinary conditions.
Includes All Shops
The control of the railroads of the
country by the government it is
learned here to-day includes all Of
the shops and. 'storehouses, in fact
all property owned or leased by
them. At least $500 Reading peo-
pie are now in the government en-
ploy. These work in the Reading
Company's carshops, : locomotive
shops, etc. E-..F "a
1t was rumored that workmen
would be brought here from Camp
Meade and other environments to
work in the shops but the officials
stated that they knew nothing of any
such move.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
Scarcity of Teachers May
Force County Schools to
Combine Different Classes

Because of shortage in the num-
Der of teachers available for county
schools, superintendent +. T.. Sham
baugh in a letter to hundreds of
patrons throughout the country pre-
diets that it may be necessary in a
number of districts to consolidate
smaller schools. In several districts
this plan is already being considered
seriously he reports.
Attention is also called to the i'm
portance of holding community
meetings in the schoolhouses as a
means of increasing interest in the
social life of the place and in max
ing the school the center of this
work.
All patrons are urged to cooperate
in the work of the schools, Super
intendent Shambaugh asserting that
it will be q big help because it is
through the school room that the
national ideals opposing autocracy
find expression
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
X. OF C. CAMP
WORK PRAISED
BY SEC. BAKER
Men Look Forward to Can
tonment HutS With
Great Pleasure

A recent report of the Commits
sion on Training Camp activities,
published by the War Department,
contains a tribute to the efficient
work being done by the Knights of
Columbus in the various Army tram
ing camps This statement is of in
terest to Harrisburg because of the
campaign about to open for the
Harrisburg diocese's share of the
knights of Columbus War Camp
Fund. The city itself will raise not
less than $25, 1000 this sum having
been agreed upon at a meeting of
the executive committee Saturday.
The War Department pamphlet
containing the reference to training
camp activities of the recreation
commission has the following to
say:
Just as the Young Mems Chris
tian Association represents the
Protestant denominations, which
viii constitute roughly 60 per cent
OF the new Army, so the knights of
Columbus represent the Catholic
denomination, which will constitute
35 per cent of the Army. While this
latter society is a fraternal organ
iZation, it will sustain. exactly the
same relation to the camps as. is sus-
tanned by the Young Mems Chris
tian Association, and will hold no
meetings toswhich all the troops in
the camp are not invited, regardless
of religious. or other preference. In
deed, the. admission Of both these
societies to- military. reservations
was upon the condition that they
would not limit their activities to
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31

Germany struck her first strong blow
ON the western front since the her
aiding of a great offensive and the
British have held it in check. the
attack, which resulted in heavy iiGht-
ing, was made on a short front on
the southern end of the salient De-
fore Cambria. The fighting continues
The attackers gained foothold Ill
British trenches, but later were eject
ed in part by counterattacKs. me
German thrust was on n front OF
more than two miles between Mar
Going and La Nacquerie. and against
positions which the British have held
since the retirement after Hehet"i
Byng's successful blow.
In the center the Germans We're
held for no gain, but on either ehd
of the assaulting front they entereu
the British front line. the brltisn
counterattacks drove the Germans
from part of these positions ana re-
suited also in the capture oil some
prisoners. Berlin claims front llhe
positions and few hundred prls-
oners were captured.
The Germans also have been active
at other points along the front but
their local attack in the Apres sector
and their raids northeast of Nerduh
brought no successes. These elorts
follow upon heavy German hre IN
these three sectors-Cambrai, hpre5
and Verdun-and may be forerunners
of determined attacks.
Another advance along the Naolus
road north of Jerusalem has been
made by the British forces in Pales-
tine. Against stubborn Turkish re-
sistance the British progressed three
pereoth and three other towns. Prog
ress also was made between the Ma
blus road and the Mediterranean
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
Richcreek Given New
Trial on Murder Charpe

Frederick Richcreek, convicted of
first degree murder on charge of
shooting an old peddler along the
towpath of the canal near Middle
town, was granted a new trial to-day
in an opinion by the county court
signed by Judge S. j. NJ. McCarrell
Among the points raised by James
II. Stranahan and A. Ross Walter
counsel for Richcreek, it was con-
tended the court erred in stating that
the defendant was bound to establish
his plea of accidental killing by q
preponderance of the evidence. The
court agreed with this exceIAion
citing a Supreme Court ruling and
basing the granting of the new trial
on the point. After reading the opin-
ion Judge McCarrell said: II want
to say in addition that the verdict
of the jury was fully supported by
the evidence. The jury was warrant
ed in rendering the verdict it did"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
Germans Wreck Ancient
Church From Airplanes
BY Associated Press

Padua, Italy, Dec. 80. - The an
cient monumental Carmini church OF
Padua containing frescoes by Titan
and Campagnola, was the center oil
vast conflagration last night which
lighted up the skies for miles around.
The fire started from incendiary
bombs dropped by enemy airplanes
in another raid which scattered
widespread destruction and death.
The dome of the massive church
burned throughout the night, making
a majestic spectacle, but the solidity
of the ancient walls dating from
1850 and the copper roof saved the
main structure and paintings from
destruction. The bomb hit the outer
edge of the dome which was soon a
fiery furnace -'sing 100 feet in the
center of the city.
one building was pieced from top
TO bottom and torn to pieces by a
bomb which buried four pesons, three
of San Valentine and the ancient pal
ace were hit and partly wrecked.
other private buildings also We're
struck.
While the destruction of property
was great, reports indicate the loss
of life was not as severe as on Fri
day night.
The correspondent to-day visited
lle CdTln-nl cnuTcnI Where mass was
proceeding in the baptistry. The
altar was covered with wreckage but
the walls and roof had not been dam
aged greatly. A number of hangings
and tapestries were burned by red
hot metal from the roof. The tall
campagnite was saved and the bells
were inging to-day. a monument to
Petrarch in an adjoining square was
scorched and surrounded by debris
from collapsed houses.
The frescoes saved were the meet
ing of Joachim and Anna by Titan,
and the birth of Christ and the
Alteration of the Magi by Campag-
nola. The Carmini church was
erected to commemorate the end of
the vrutal tyranny of one of the
Hohenstauffen chiefs who raided
Northern Italy 700 years ago.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
CROZIER DENIES
OPPOSITION TO
LEWIS WEAPON
Was Not Prejudiced Against
Inventor of Machine Gun,
Is Testified
APPROPRIATIONS SMALL
French Munition Heads Gave
Ordnance Chief Assurance
of Adequate Supply
APPROPRIATIONS SMALL
By associated Press

Washington, Dec. 31.-The Senate
inquiry again was turned to the ord
nance situation when Major General
Crozier was permitted to take the
stand again to-day to reply to re-
cent statements made by Colonel
Isaac Lewis, inventor of the Lewis
machine gun, rejected by the War
Department in favor of the Brown-
ing type.
Before beginning General Crozier
asked to be put under oath and then
read a prepared statement dealing
first with borrowing artillery from
the allies for General Pershing's
forces. Desire to make Americas
forces of actual aid on the fighting
front as soon as possible was a prime
factor, General CroZier said, in the
artillery loans from France. Cor
respondence was produced in which
NJ. Tardieu, of the French high COM
mission, asked the War Department
to order French artillery and that
French deliveries exceeded the num-
ber promised.
Conferences between the heads of
the British, French and American
governments abroad regarding fur
nishing of artillery to Americas
forces We're recited by General Croz-
ier. He produced a letter from Cen
eral Bliss, chief-of-staff, stating
British and French munitions heads
had formally assured him their ar
tillery and ammunition production
had so increased they would be able
to completely equip all American
forces arriving abroad in 1918.
81 am not attempting to excuse the
situation that requires us to depend
on our friends for heavy artillery"
said General Crozier, but the re-
sponsibility rests on the whole coun-
try"
Wanted More Artillery
How he had, during previous years,
often asked Congress for larger ap-
preparations for artillery and that he
and other army heads had many
times called the country's attention
to the need for more artillery, was
related by the general.
Machine guns, General Crozier
said, were never expected to become
such an important weapon but the
Germans, realizing better than any
one else their great future, proceed
ed to secure them in quantities.
Turning to the charges that pre-
iudice had kept the Lewis gun out
of American equipment, General
Crozier detailed the official records
of the department.
All the boards formed to test ma
chine guns, General Crozier pointed
out, were not subject to his jurisdic-
ton. The board in April. 1916, found
the Lewis gun had many desirable
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
German Airplanes
Destroyed by British

London, Sunday, Dec. 3O.-Five
German airplanes were destroyed or
put out of action yesterday by the
British, who lost none of theirs.
Two hostile machines were
brought down in our lines on Sat
urday," says an official statement
given out here tonight. "A third
was brought down in the enemy's
lines. Two other hostile machines
were driven down out of control.
None of our airplanes is missing"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
Bursting Waterback
Throws Fire in Her Face

Pearl Delaney, aged 20, who re-
sides at HOP Cowden street, was
seriously burned about the face and
neck pnd hands about $50 this morn
ing while trying to light fire in the
stove in the kitchen. Miss Delancey
was working over the fire when the
water pipes, which had frozen dur
ing the night, burst with an explo-
sion and threw the fire into her
face. She eXtinguished the fire with
her hand, but not until after she had
suffered severe injuries. She was
building the fire TO heat the house
for the return of her aunt, who re-
sides there. She was removed to
the hospital in the police ambulance.