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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-19
SCOUTS IN NEED
OF EXECUTIVES
Big Drive to Get Real, Active
Leaders Is Soon to
Begin y

Plans for drive for scoutmasters
to lead Boy Scout troops were made
public this morning by the local
scout executive, J. Fredrik Virgin,
and the field scout executive, ". l..
Huntsberger. It's going to, be IL
real, smashing Hindenburg drive"
Mr.. Huntsberger said. I'VE are lay
ing plans to open the drive in the
near future"
The necessity for the drive is ap-
parent. The great need has been
caused by the calling of many scout
masters to service with the colors.
In the twenty-five troops of the
Harrisburg district, nine officials
have already been called for serv-
ice. A number of Harrisburg's prom
inent organizations will be allied
with the local Scout Council in the
carrying or of the drive. The goal
will be at least fifty more scout
masters.
Street demonstrations of wigwag-
gins, first aid and other Scout work
and handiworl of Scouts with war
garden products in the windows of
local stores, Will bring the campaign
before the men it is desirable to
! reach, Scout officials say.
Edward Manser, Ross Fl. Swope
and William n. Frantz constitute the
! committee in charge of the scout
! masters campaign. 1t will be brought
| before men employed in industries
not essential TO the winning of the
war. =
In harmony with the request of
President Woodrow Wilson, the To-
! cal scouts are arranging to search
/ the surrounding country for black
walnut groves. This valuable wood
is used for the manufacture of gun
stocks.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-19
CROWDS THRONG
YARLS FOR PLAY
Reservoir Park Holds 181 Stu
dents in Cooking; Folk
Dancing to Start

Record crowds of boys and girls
are turning out at the city play
grounds, Supervisor J. K. Staples
said today. Plans for the special ac-
tivities for the summer are being
completed now. At the cooking
school in Reservoir Park, Miss Anna
NJ. Bender has enrolled 1S1 girls, the
largest number since the domestic
science branch was started. The
fourth year class includes twelve
members. Instructions began this
morning.
The schedule for folk dancing
classes, to be conducted by Miss
Lillian Kamsky, follows: Monday
morning, Hamilton; afternoon, Res
ervoir; Tuesday, morning, PaXtang;
afternoon, Harris; evening, Syca-
more; Wednesday, morning, Penn;
afternoon, Maclay; Thursday, morn
ing, Calder; afternoon, Reilly; even-
ing; Emerald; Friday, morning,
Boas; afternoon, Twelfth street.
The first swimming classes for
girls will be held tomorrow after
noon and evening at the Island
bathhouse. Sewing classes for girls
will be started next week.
Two additional instructors have
been appointed. They are Samuel
Sherman, Twelfth street, and NJ. c.
Hummer, principal of the Wood
ward school building, for Reservoir.
Another meeting of the instructors
will be held Saturday morning at 3
o'clock.
League games will be arranged
soon for the various Fairgrounds. To
reduce expenses for sporting goods
used on the grounds, outer seam
playground baseballs are to be used
this season, Mrs. Staples said.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-19
Only SO of $50 Yale
Graduates Left by War

New Haven, June ia little
company of young men wearing SOM
ber black caps and gowns and led
by smaller squad of khaki and
sailor blue marched through the
Yale campus quietly yesterday and
later received their diplomas after
formal graduation exercises in Wool
sey Hall. There was no blare of
trumpets or sounds of drums. Just
the ryhthmic tread of marching
men. There were barely fifty of
them left of class of nearly $50,
the rest being in the active service
of their country.
They took their places beneath the
elms in front of the stately Wander
bilt Hall. Their mothers and sweet
hearts were there. some of them
hoping in their hearts that their boys
would not be taken, but all of them
ready to meet the sacrifice bravely
should these remaining few young
sters OF the graduating class of, 1918
be called to join their classmates.
There in the shadow of old Can
necticut Hall with it's surrounding
memorials decorated with dark
green wreaths which had been
placed upon them by the soldiers and
sailors of Yale yesterday the mem
bers of the senior class held their
class day exercises and bade their
last intimate good-by to old Eli.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-19
Navy Rejects Meat For
Battleships as Bad, Is
Testimony of Captain
BY Associated PreSs

New York, June 19.-Hundreds of
thousands of pounds of meat intend
ed for use on American battleships,
furnished by Wilson G. Company,
Chicago packers. has been rejected
because not in good condition, Cap
tain C. S. Williams, of the Navy. tes-
tilted to-day at the inquiry by the
Federal Trade Commission into
charges that bad meat is being fur
nished the Navy.
Captain Williams, when asked IL he
had ever rejected any meat from
Wilson & Company offered for the
Navy Department, replied:
yes. have rejected a great many
hundred thousands of pounds. One
lot consisted of 100000 pounds of
smoked ham," The reason 1t was re-
1ected, Captain Williams said, was
because 1t was sour and smearv.
He added in reply to a question that
an item of 42S.000 pounds of meat
had been declined and that on an
other occasion 110.5SS pounds of ham
shipped to the battleship Missouri
had after delivery been found "un-
sound and dangerous"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-19
SCORES OF MARRIED MEN ARE
BEING PUT IN FIRST GLASS
Local Draft Boards ReDse Clasficaons Under NeD Or
der; Many Registered Men Get Neru Jobs

1t is thought that more than two
hundred men will lose their deferred
classification when the three city
and three county boards push the
recently married men into class one.
Tile majority of the local boards
are now at work revising the classifi-
cations of their young married men
into class one.
The majority of the local boards
are now at work revising the clas-
sifications of their young married
men. City Board No. 1 estimated
that there are between forty and
fifty on its lists to be placed in class
one. City Board No. 3 estimated fifty
men, and it is likely that the other
city board and three county boards
will have corresponding numbers
who will receive advanced classifi-
cation.
Nearly all the men affected by the
recent ruling issued from the state
draft headquarters had been placed
in Glass 2.
In the meantime, all the draft
boards are kept busy answering the
questions of the draft registrants
who are affected by Provost Marshal
General Crowder's Work or Fight
order. Every day brings its quota
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-19
GATES OF ITALY
SLAMMED SHUT

Italian Army Headquarters,
June 19 (via Ottawa) The Mon
tello, the oval-shaped chain of
hills on which hinges the Austrian
offensive, has been occupied for
several months by the British
who came to Italy last fall under
General Plumer. A British divi-
sion occupies also the southwest
ern ridges of the Asiago plateau,
with the French on their right.
The British, after reconqueHng
the advanced positions momen-
tarily abandoned on Saturday
morning with view of strength
ening the line, not only resisted
all Austrian attempts but gal
lently counterattacked in a fash
fon that caused an Italian supe-
rior officer to remark:
"They are slamming the gates
of Italy in the face of the in
vader."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-19
FORMER PARK ENGINEER
CALLED TO SERVICE

James A. Shope. engineer in the
City Park Department for more than
four years. who is residing at Perdix,
but registered in the Second City
Draft District, has been called for SER
vice and will leave for Camp Lee next
Monday. Shope was appointed by eX-
Commissioners NJ. Harvey Taylor and
was retained by Commissioner E. u
Gross.
He is a graduate of the Technical
High school, class of 1907. and was
captain of the first football team to
represent the school on the gridiron,
playing in the backfield. Mr.. Shope
burg Academy. He has a brother in
training for machine gun service at
Camp Meade.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-19
Army Plans Final Drive
For Recruits Before Men
of All Ages Are Registered

The United States Army recruiting
officers attached to the party at 325
Market street, are preparing to
launch a final drive before they are
put out of business by the extension
of the draft age limits, which they
now declare seems certain to be a
fact in the near future.
An intensive drive in August to
round up the remaining men under
the age of 21 will be launched by
the recruiting party. The drive will
be launched on the same plan as the
one that has just closed, with repre-
sentative organizations staging each
evenings meeting
Lieutenant Lesher stated this
morning that a forerunner of the
breaking up of the party is evil
denced in the notice on each new re-
cruiting officers enlistment papers
that he is liable to transfer to the
firing line at any time.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-19

confessed he had stolen four sticks
OF dynamite, put the explosive under
the Hershey Chocolate Company
pant and then reported to the police
tnat ne had seen two men attempt
ing TO blow up the place. Two other
poys are held on charges of stealing
large quantity of ice cream, and
anotner Tor the theft of motion pic
ture theater tickets.
Sixty defendants on suspended
sentence will be heard in courtroom
NO L before Judge Kunkel when
PROBATION officers will make reports
on their conduct during the Ia ct
three months.
Add lO4 Books to Library-County
Law Librarian David Young, an
umeS had been added to the library.
comprising complete MARYLAND state
reports from 1851 to 1885. Marv-
land cases from 1885 to 1916 are in
GUIDED in volumes of the Atlantic
Reporter
ASK License Transfer - Albert
frltz, who holds a retail liuuor IL
cense to sell intoxicants at a bar
In odd Fellows Hall, Lykens. is
petitioning the court to transfer the
license to his new place of business
which will be established at 147
Main street, Lykens.
VIII Defend Divorce Suit-Mary
Shaner, through counsel, has petit
tloned 10 the court to require her
husband, Robert S. Shaner, to show
why he should not pay the costs of
defending divorce action which he
mas brought against her, alleging de-
sertion. Shaner must answer in ten
days.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-19
EDMUND MATHER WILL
FILED WITH REGISTER

The will of the late Edmund
Mather, widely known businessman
of this city and for many years a
member of the board of water COM
missioners, was filed to-day with
Register Roy c. Danner. Those
named in the document to take
charge of the estate waving their
right. letters of administration were
issued to Edmund M. Deeter. The
estate is valued at more than $780,
600, including realty and personal
property. "
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-19
COlored Attorney Cannot
Be Found by Alderman

Efforts to locate and arrest ]. r.
Bennett, a colored attorney charged
with embezzlement, were continued
to-day by constables in the city.
Bennett had furnished $500 bail to
appear before Alderman c. J. House
holder to answer the charge but at
the time for the hearing on Monday
night he did not attend. Since then
he has not been located and his bail
has been forfeited. 1t was reported
he had been seen at the courthouse
yesterday afternoon. Robert Brown,
colored, who preferred the charges,
has also brought a suit against the
Progressive Wage Farmers Building
and Loan Association to recover
money which he says he paid to the
organization toward the purchase of
house in Steelton.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-19
War Cuts Out Pomp in
Penn Commencement
BY Associated Press

Philadelphia, June 19.-Much of
the usual ceremony was absent from
the one hundred sixty-second COM
mencement of the University of
Pennsylvania, which was held to-
day. The Grafton was omitted and
Provost Edgar Fahs Smith made a
brief address to the graduating class.
There were SIS degrees and certifi-
Gates conferred. OF these recipients
307 are in war service.
Among the honorary degrees con-
ferred was that of Doctor of Public
Hygiene upon Colonel Henry Page,
former commandant of Fort Ogle-
thorpe.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-19
MRS. ELIZABETH MoYER

Andrew Meyer, a former Marked
street shoe merchant, died from q
stroke of paralysis at her home, 70E
North Sixth street. last evening, al
son, John A. Meyer. of Harrisburg
and three daughters, Mrs. II. r
Senseman, of Mechanicsburg, and
Miss Bernetta Meyer and Miss Kath-
crime Meyer, at home. Funeral serv-
ices will be held on Friday morning
at o'clock in st. Patrick's Cathedral
conducted by Father D. ]. Carey
Burial will be in Mt Calvary Gene
terry.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-19
Rumania Was Forced to
Make Peace, Ferdinand
Tells His Parliament
BY Associated Press

Amsterdam, June 10. Rumania
concluded peace because to resist
further would have exhausted the
country to the point of destruction,
said King Ferdinand in his speech to
the throne at the reopening of the
Rumanian Parliament at Jassy Mon
day. The peace treaty was then sub
mitted to the legislature for approval.
The king said the treaty manifestly
imposes painful sacrifices. but the Ru-
the manliness which an exact COM
prehension of the interests of the
state demands. He alluded with salts
faction that the war had brought back
sarabian people into the arms of Ru-
mania and restored friendship with
the Central Powers. Good relations
with other countries were still main
tanned and plans were on foot to re-
sumo normal diplomatic intercourse.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-19
May Coal Shipments Less
Than Those in Same Month
of Last Year; Beats April
BY Assocfated PreSS

Philadelphia, June 9.-Shipments
of anthracite coal for May amounted
to 6,SS7,256 tons, showing a falling
off of 30,269 tons compared with
May, 1917. They were, however,
51S,SS3 tons in excess of the April
output. This statement was made
to-day by the anthracite bureau OF
information.
The shipments of domestic sizes
decreased 1852 tons while those
of steam sizes increased 144,627.
All of the railroads carrying coal
showed a decrease in shipments with
the exception of the Reading and
the Lehigh Valley.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-19
Baby Fights For Life
After Swallowing Acid

George Roller. three-year-o son
of Mrs. Hattie L. Roller, 634 Verbeke
street, Is struggling for his life at the
Polyclinic Hospital against the ef-
fects of a dose of carbolic acid he
swallowed about 10 o'clock this morn
ing. The child's condition is seri-
GUS. but the hospital authorities are
hopeful of saving his life.
The baby took bottle of carboIic
acid from shelf in the-bathroom, and
liking its looks, swallowed a gener-
Gus dose. 1t is said he was in charge
of his aunt at the time, who was not
in the bathroom with him when he
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-19
Deaths and Funerals
MRS. FREDERICK NJ. REEN

Mrs. Anna Myrtle Reen, wife oi
Frederick M. Reen, died last evening
1882 North Fifth street, aged AS
years. She is survived, by her hus-
band, Ntwo daughters, Mrs. Esther
Ruth Ffline and Miss Myrtle Cath
crime Reen, both of Harrisburg, and
one brother and one sister. Funeral
services will be held at her late
home. on Friday afternoon. at .
o'clock with the Rev. A. M. Stamets
pastor of the. Augsburg Lutheran
Church, officiating. Burial will be In
the Paxtang Cemetery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-19
Want Entente Forces to
Form Siberian Army

Picking, June 19.-The Far East
ern Russian Committee for the "sal-
vation of the motherland" has re-
solved to appeal through Japan for
immediate intervention in Siberia by
entente allied forces. The Russians
say there would be no difficulty in
establishing an allied army in ST.
IBERIA. They frankly deprecate a
purely Japanese expedition, on the
ground of what they term Japan's
imperialistic and racial antagonism,
and memories of the Russo-Japanese
war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-19
U. S. May Train South
American Soldiers Here

Paris, June 19.-Premier Clemen-
oeau's newspaper, L'Homme Libre,
says advices have been received
from Washington to the effect that
plan is under way fer training
troops of South American republics
i'll the United States.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-19
BULGARIA ASKS FOR GRAIN
RM AssncinIeI Prccc

Amsterdam, June 19.-According to
the Germania. of Berlin. the food
situation in Bulgaria brought about
Premier Radislavoff's resignation
The food problem is that country. the
newspaper adds, is becoming increas-
mgly difficult. It's supplies are en-
tirely exhausted and the nation is
asking advances of grain to cover the
time until the next harvest. The
central powers, however. Germania
aid to the extent desired.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-19
COAL LICENSE REVOKED

Washington, June 10. - Fuel Ad-
the Federal license of ]. P. O'Connor,
doing business as the Pennsylvania
Coal Company in New York City, and
referred to the Department of Justice
O'Connor sold coal unsuited for use
in the war zone for ships plying be-
tween the United States and neutral
countries
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-19

Washington, June 10. Consider.
alton in Germany of legislation Il
prevent emigration after the war tC
evade payment of the heavy take.
that must then be levied. already Il
being considered. according to in.
formation reaching the State De-
partment. Enactment of a law re.
duiring persons liable to persona
taxes to leave twenty per cent. OF
their taxable property in Germany In
event of emigration has been pro.
posed
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-19
MRS. MARY sHATTo

Mrs. Mary Shatto, wife of George
Shatto died last night from a COM
plication of diseases at her home.
years. She is survived. in addition
to her husband, by one son, George f.
Shatto. Funeral services will he held
on Saturday morning at o'clock in
st. Mary's Catholic Church, Maclay
street, conducted by Father r. v.
DALEY. Burial will be in Mt. Calvary
Cemetery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-19
AUSTRIAN GRAIN EXHAUSTED
lYy dsSormicd Pes,

" .1F5ofH9cd TTcS9
London, June 49, -Austria's grain
supplies have completely run out and
such food of this nature as she is
getting is coming from what Germany
has allotted to her from the Ukrain-
ian supplies. according to indications
in Copenhagen dispatch to the Ex-
change Telegraph Company.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-19
JUVENILE COURT
SESSION FRIDAY
Charges Against 13 Young
sters to Be Heard Before
Judge McCarrell

Thirteen boys
and girls most of
them held on
charges of tru-
ancy and incor-
rigibility will be
given hearings in
juvenile court on
+ r i d ay before
Judge McCarrell.
One of the boys
to be heard is
Kenneth Slower,
the youth who
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-19
FINES wERE $500 .95

1t was reported at the City Treas
urer's office to-day that fines and for
FIXTURES collected at police court hear
ings during May totaled SS96.75, that
amount being paid into the treasury.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-19
PLANE INSTRUCTOR KILLED

Dy 1ISSOtEuTGu FTGSy
Fort Worth, Tex, June 10. - Lieu
tenant H. c. Kelly. an instructor in
aviation was killed this afternoon at
Benbrook field. The cadet flying with
him was uninjured.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-08-01
Conference of Mill Feed Men.

A conference of millers, dealers in
feed stuffs and consumers OF feed stuns
was held few days ago in Shepherds
town in the Office of the county food
administrator. The scarcity OF mill
feeds and the large demand for them
has made situation possible that is
rather serious. The high price OF corn
and the relatively low price on mill
feeds has caused the selling Of corn
and the buying of mill feeds. The
introduction of the creamery at kear-
neysville, with the incident removal OF
large quantities of milk for the pigs,
has increased the demand for mill feeds
also. =,
Charges and counter charges had
been made, until the relationship be-
tween millerS and consumers had be-
come rather strained, and this confer
ence was called to sift the matter out
1t became rather apparent as the con-
ference progressed that the mlllers were
distributing the entire product of the
mills as equitably as possible where the
demand was so great and the supply
was so limited. 1t was further de-
veloped that the supply of feeds in
the country was so limited that no
quotations are being made by manu-
facturers and no sales in car lots are
being made at all.
The State Food Administration will
be appealed to to use the influence Of
the administration in securing several
car lots of feed for this county, but
the chance of getting much relief is
rather remote.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-08-01
SHARPSBURG NEWS.

The two-year-old child OF Mr. and
Mrs. George Shoemaker died at their
home in this place Monday morning OF
spinal trouble. The little fellow was
almost helpless, but was great IA
yorite of the parents, who are very
much prieved from the loss. lhey
have the sympathy Of their friends.
Interment was made at Boonsboro.
The date for the holding of the union
picnic by the different lodges OF TINS
place has been set for August lotn.
They will have some very good oanos
of music and able speakers and amuse-
ments, such as merry go-round, ete
The picnic will be held in the George;
Poffenberger woods, near the Dunkara
Church. Every body is invited to come
and visit the battlefield and spend the
day in the woods.
The early potato crop in this vicinity
this wear is almost a complete failure.
Some persons that had been getting ~
bushels from their garden patches
won't get five bushels, and small at
that.
Another of our old residents was
buried on SuSSudy VI tiilo WV
Samuel Fry, who was lifelong resi-
dent of this place and veteran of the
Civil War, died last Sunday. He leaves
a widow and two sons, William and
Charles, and a daughter, Mrs. Harvey
Marker, of Hagerstown. Mr.. Fry was
aged so wears. His wife has been very
III, but has improved. lnterment was
made in Mountain View Cemetery.
Charles Fry, who had been caretaker
in Antietam National Cemetery for the
past ten years, has resigned his posi-
ton H. M. Johnson is expected to
succeed him, commencing the LIST OF
August Charley has been a faithful
worker for Uncle Sam.
DR.. Bushong and family have moved
all of their household goods to their
home in Virginia andwe now have but
one physician, S. H. Gardner.
Mrs. P. c. Dulin and two little
daughters, of Baltimore, are spending a
week here with her parents.