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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-15
American People Will
Give $4,O95, $4,000 in
Taxes Toward Victory

Washington. May 15.-Revised es-
Inmates of revenue receipts in the
current fiscal year ending next June
80, place at S4.095, $4,000 the sum
which the American people will con-
tribute directly to the government,
mainly in taxes, for prosecution of
the war. These estimates, reported
to-day to the Senate by Secretary
McAdoo in compliance with a request
for specific information throwing
light on future revenue needs, show
that about one-third the expense of
the war this year has been met by
taxation and two-thirds by Liberty
Bonds.
The report disclosed that about
S2,175, 1856, 900 will be collected on
the basis of income and excess prof.
its tax returns on file May 4, about
S34S, 100000 more than the yield es-
timated when the war revenue la ~
was enacted last October but less
than the $4,000, 900 900 recently est
mated. The total now expected from
internal revenue, which includes re-
ceipts from income and excess profit
tax returns. is S3,643, ,S99, 900: from
customs, $1SO,000,000; from miscel~
laneous sources, including $4,000
900 earnings of increased first class
postage, 100000; and from sale
of public lands, s1,S00,000. Estimates
of internal revenue receipts last fall
were about $4,000, 100000.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-15
TAFT DELIVERS
ADDRESS BEFORE
COLLEGE CLASS
Gettysburg Confers Degrees
Upon Men Widely Known
in Public Life

gettysburg, May 15.-An appeal
for 100000 men for service in
France, was sounded by eX-Presi-
dent William Howard Taft. address,
ing the commencement of Gettys-
burg College this morning. when
there are 100000 Americans in
France, We'll be ready to do some
thing he declared. Then the only
cry will be on to Berlin"
Ex-President Taft arrived in Get
tysburg this morning after spending
last night in Harrisburg. In his ad-
dress he reviewed the causes leading
up to the war, showed how this ma
tton was neutral, observing all rules
of International law, and how we
tried to remain neutral. He depicted
the horrors inflicted upon inno-
cent Belgium. 1t is possible for
the United States to pursue any
other course than to enter the war ?"
he asked the huge crowd.
Only One Way
He told of the spirit of the Ger
man people, and declared that they
are obsessed with the idea of Divine
Right to rule the world. THE only
way to get rid of them is to lick
them" he said.
Although all of the special features
though all Of tho special features
that always 20 with a college were
missing the commencement at Got
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-15
THREE AUSTRIANS
FIREON ORDNANCE
DEPOT BARRACKS.
Are Captured While Shooting
From Hiding Places in
Field and Jailed
ARREST AFTER STRUGGLE
Explains Action by Saying He
Wanted to Shoot
Americans"

Three unnaturalized. unregistered
Austrians were captured by police
at the United States Ordnance Depot
development near Middletown at 10
o'clock last night while firing re-
volver shots from concealment into
the barracks occupied by the work.
men. The men gave their names as
Juperich Marko, Frank Dorich and
Frank Mehalic and their residence
as Steelton. They carried revolverS
and cartridges. The three were given
a preliminary hearing before Alder
man Hilton this afternoon and were
held for a further hearing before
United States Commissioner Leroy D.
Wolf
Sergeant of Police Lewis Melvin
and officer Boyd Manbeck first
heard shots in the field back OF the
Jednota building just opposite the
office building on the ordnance
depot site, and quietly made an in
vestigation. Melvin came upon
Marko just as he fired from conceal
ment in the tall grass upon the bar
racks and arrested him after a
struggle. Manbeck captured Dorich
as he was running away and on
their way back to the highway the
two came upon the third Austrian
and took him in tow also.
Wanted to Shoot
Marko wanted to shoot Ameri-
cans" he said. and put up a fight
for freedom. Chief of Police ID. w.
Bell officer G. f. Konesci and AS
sistant Fire Chief Millard Tawney
came to the assistance of the two
officers and the prisoners were
brought to Harrisburg and lodged
in Jail. The Austrians We're sober
and had no known grudge against
anybody connected with the ord
nance depot. So far as could be
found to-day they are unregistered
aliens and no other purpose could
be ascribed to their firing upon the
barracks other than that they hoped
to kill or injure some of the work
men and thus delay operations and
terrorize those who escaped their
bullets.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-15
PLAN TO MAKE
PRISONERS WORK
ON HIGHWAYS
County Commissioners and
Inspectors Favor War
time Measure

\ special committee of the Board
Of Prison Inspectors conferred to-
day with the County Commissioners
on plans for employing prisoners in
the county Jail on city and county
highways which are being repaired.
on the committee were W. E.
Meetch and c. +. Covert. who were
appointed by the Prison at a recent
meeting when the employment of
prisoners was discussed.
The Commissioners and the COM
mittee both favored the plan and
referred the question to County So
licitor Philip 5. Meyer for an opin-
ion. In case it is found that there
is no legal provision for putting the
prisoners to work on the roads the
Commissioners and Solicitor Mover
said they will bring the question be-
fore the convention of County Com
missioners late in the summer with
a view toward having legislation in
troduced and passed authorizing
county officials to take such action.
With the present labor shortage
much important repair work on the
public highways is being delayed.
while there are scores of prisoners
sitting idle in the Jail, maintained
by county and city taxes. The Off
cials, in discussing the plan, said it
would not only make the prisoners
earn their maintenance but would
tend to lessen petty criminal Of
fenses
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-15
KINGS ATTEND
CONFERENCE TO
SHARE POWERS
Bavaria, Conscious That Hour
Is Grave, Penetrates Meet
ing of the Emperors
NEITHER ASKED TO COME
Unwilling to Allow Prussia to
Be Whole Arbitcr of
German DeStinicS
BY Associated Press

Zurich. Switzerland, May Is. -
Both King Ludwig, of Bavaria, and
King Frederick August, of Saxony,
seem to have been participants in
the great headquarters conference
of the German and Austrian en-
perors, although apparently neither
was invited to be present. This is
indicated by a statement in the Mu-
mich Neueste Nachrichten, which
says:
The hour is grave and Bavaria
cannot leave Prussia to be the whole
arbiter of German destinies. King
Ludwig therefore decided to proceed
to headquarters. The departure of
the king of SaXony to take part in
the negotiations participation
which was not desired in Berlin cir
cles-was due TO the same cause.
A Vienna dispatch to the Neueste
Nachrichten, of Munich. says the
new Austro-German alliance is fixed
for period of twenty years, includes
a military convention, and provides
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-15
WILSON WANTS
PROBE TO MISS
WAR PROGRAM
President Objects TO Investi-
CATION of General Con-
duct of the War"
TELLS SENATOR MARTIN
Pronounccs the Chamberlain
Resolution of Inquiry I'm
necessarily Broad

Washington, May 15.-ln a letter
to-day to Senator Martin, of Nir-
ginia, Democratic leader in the Sem
ate, President Wilson declared he
would regard passage of the Cham
berlain resolution calling for an in
vestigation of aircraft and other war
activities as a direct vote of want
of confidence in the administration
and an attempt by Congress to take
over conduct of the war.
Il deem it my duty to say" the
Presidents letter said, that | should
regard the passage of this resolu-
tion as a direct vote of want of con-
hdence in the administration. The
purpose which it undoubtedly eX-
presses has been expressed again
and again in various forms during
the present session and has always
seemed TO originate in A rooted dis
trust of those who are at present
in charge of the executive functions
of the government. Those executive
are very clearly under
stood. They have been defined both
by the constitution and by long eX-
perience, and no one can doubt
where the responsibility for them
lies or what the methods are, by
which those who are responsible can
be held to their duty.
such activities on the part of a
particular committee of the Senate
as this resolution would look for
ward to would constitute nothing
less than an attempt to take over
the conduct of the war, or at the
least so superintendent and direct
and participate in the executive
conduct of it as to interfere in the
most serious way with the action of
the constituted executive. l protest
most earnestly against the adoption
of any such action and shall hope
that every Senator who intends to
support the present administration
in the conduct of the war. will vote
against it. These are serious times
and it is absolutely necessary that
the lines shall be clearly drawn be-
tween friends and opponents"
The President informed Senator
Martin he had no objection to the
most searching inquiry into the air
craft situation, but that he deemed
inadvisable at this time any inves-
tigation of the conduct of the war
At the last session of Congress his
opposition to such investigation put
an end to proposals that il be made
1t was believed that the Presi-
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-15
Fire Chief Seeks Arrest
of Men Who Sound Alarms

A false alarm from the box at
Race and Hanna streets the second
time in few weeks called the fire
companies of the district to the vi
cinity at midnight last night.
An epidemic of false alarms from
the boxes in this part of the town
some time ago was quelled only after
vigorous action of the police and
fire authorities, and Fire Chief Kin
dler this morning began a stringent
investigation to ascertain the iden-
tity of the persons who seem to be
inaugurating another era of false
alarms.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-15
Eighteen Candlepower Is
Limit of Light Permitted
on Autos in City Streets

The police department this morn
ing issued its rulings regarding the
lenses which were displayed Friday
night at the request of the Harris
burg Motor Club to decide on the
legality of the lenses in common
use.
At the test numerous makes of
lenses were tested and the police have
decided that every one of them will
come within the limitations of the
ordinance provided no more than 1S-
candle power is used in the head
lights. If more than that candle
power is used, DINNERS must be used
with them.
Only one lens, Chief Wetzel said,
came completely within the regula
tions of the ordinance.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-15
Harrisburg Trust
Declares Dividend
For the Red Cross

As showing the widespread inter-
est in the Red Cross drive which is
now in. its preliminary stages in this
community the directors of the Har-
risburg Trust Company this morning
in addition to the regular dividend of
8 per cent. for the last six months.
declared an extra dividend of $4,000
for the Red Cross fund.
This dividend will be payable on
Saturday and will be sent through
the regular channels to stockholders
with a recommendation to them that
it be used as n subscription to the
Red Cross. This banking institu-
ton declared n similar dividend in
the last Red Cross campaign and
with a few exceptions all stockhold-
ers endorsed their checks to The
Red Cross.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-15
President Asks Hughes
to Help Probe Aircraft

Washin gton, May 15.-Pr ,sident
Wilson has asked Charles E. Hughes
to assist Attorney General Gregory
in investigating the aircraft situa-
tton. Mr. Hughes has replied that he
will be glad to assist,
Correspondence between the Presi-
dent and Mr.. Hughes was mad, pub
lie here to-day. The President said
the Importance Of the aviation sery-
ice warranted Un investigation with
as little delay az pc @ibIe.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-15
Justice Agent Points
to Lawyer as Teuton Aid

New York, May 15.-An offer to
agent of the Department of Justice
to smuggle arms into Mexico was de-
scrIbed to-day at the state attorney
generals inquiry into reports of the
boarding of munitions in the United
States for German interests. Will
liam i. Benham, an operative of the
Department of Justice, named Will
lard q. Stanton, New York lawyer
who represented himself as formerly
a Judge in Utica, and formerly a
congressman, as having volunteered
to assist in the smuggling.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-15
TUCKAHOE, STEEL SHIP
READY FOR SEA DUTY

Philadelphia, May 15.-Completed
and ready for her cargo, the steam
ship Tuckahoe. built by the New
York Shfpbuilding Company in rec
ord time, was to-day turned over to
the United States Shipping Board in
this city. Thus. thirty-seven days
after the keel was laid the big steel
ship of 5,54S tons dead weight. was
prepared to sail across the seas.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-15
WOMEN TO ORGANIZE
4 RECRUITING COnns

Mrs. William l. Laubenstein will
preside at a mass meeting to be held
in the Technical High School audi
torium tomorrow evening at s.
o'clock. The purpose of the meeting
is to organize a woman's recruiting
corps to aid in the various war work
and recruiting drives waged here.
number of speakers will address
the meeting, among them Sergeant
John X. Blake, of the Harrisburg
recruiting station.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-15
RED CROSS NOW
READY FOR BIG
WAR PAGEANT
Several Thousand Women
Expected to Join in Sat
urday'S Parade
NEXT

NEXT!
HarrisburE's next feature
event Is the parade Saturday
afternoon mt 4 o'clock of Red
Cross women workers, which Will
cover the principal streets of
the central city. There will he
several thousand women In line,
with dozen or more bands.
Only ono misfortune cnn prevent
the staging OF what will break
numerous Harrisburg parade rec
Ords-Rnd thnt Is rain.
Red Cross headquarters in the Ii
brary building this morning, after
nights rest, dismissed the Blu
Devils from everything but a pleas
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-15
FRENCH IMPROVE LINE
BY QUICK HARD BLOW
TWO Provinces WipedOut

Of
is
provinces
more
hc he ituu ion is horrible.
Destruction
AUSTRIAN soldiers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-15
THE WEATHER

For Harrisburg and vIcinltyt Fair
Tonight and Thursdays warmer
Thursday.
For Eastern Pennsylvania Fair
tO-nightj Thursday fair md
warmer; moderate northeast to
southeast winds.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-15
PRESIDENT SEES
FIRST MAIL in
AIR START OFF
Carriers Leave Washington
and New YORK. Latter
With 1000 Letters
By associated Press

Washington, May 15.-Airplane
mail service between Washington
and Nev York went into operation
to-day when the first mail carrier,
pilotsd by Lieut. Geo 'ge /. Boyle,
left Potomac Park for Philadelphia
at i1.55 O'Clock. President and Mrs.
Wilson witnessed the initial start.
The airplIne was forced to de-
scend at Waldorf, Md.
New York. May 15.--Aerial mail
Ser' ice from New York to Philadel-
piil and Washington was inaugu-
rated et 1870 a. m. o-day when
ar airplane. driven by Lieutenant
Torrey n. Webb. of c ilifornia. an
Army aviator, arose from Belmont
Park circlod around the field and
headed into the sou Invest at
height of 1000 feet He was cheered
by a distinguished group of speCta-
tors. including New York public Of
dcials and post office e. ecutives.
In the plane were $50 pounds of
frst-class mail. Compris ng approx
imately 10000 letters. Among them
were autograph notes from Secre-
tary Of War Baker to President Will
son and Postmaster Ger eral Burle-
son. two copies of Mr.. b; kers book.
Frontiers of Freedom" md letter
from Charles n. Sabin, president of
the Guaranty Trust Company Of
New York to william c Potter. of
the aircraft section Of the War De-
partment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-15


mail route extends onlf between
New York and Washington. Planes
both ways stopped in Philadelphia
to deliver and receive mall and this
will be the regular sChed lle for the
service.
The lending place for he central
station is at Bustieton, 4 suburb.
thirteen miles from city Ian. in the
extreme northeast section IF the CITY.
Army and navy officers. IS we'll as
other govrnment employees and
heads Of various state ana cit- de-
partnents, were on hand t. greet the
first aviGtors to make an official
landing in Philadelphia W tn United
States mail.
In six minutes the $50 pounds ~
mail brought from New York had
been shifted to another airplane
some mail from Philadel ,hia had
been added and at 1.06 o'c ock. with
Lieut. Edgerton as the pilol the start
for Washington, approxim ltely 14O
miles distant was made. The mail
brought from New York for PhiIa-
delphia was placed in a high now
cred motor truck and hurri I'd to tho
Philadelphia post office. A great
crowd of people witnessed tho in
augurstion of the unique service
The usual time Of trave bv tbe
fastest trains between New Yorl,
an1 Washington is a little nj ore than
five hours. whereas the trit bv air
plane is expected to be made in two
and half hours. other me saw
ing features o. the service are ex-
pected tn make the saving in mail
delivery to and from the criminal
points about twelve hours. Il Is re.
corded that IN 1892 the wa,ihington
state Senate boasted that let ers had
been brought to Washington from
New York. distance of ESQ miles
in thirty SIX hours"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-15
MARRIAGE LICENSES

r Roy Osephine
..E-ssE. E.asEf.A..ksss
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-15

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-24
UNDERSTAND NEEDS.

With the American Army in Eng
land.-Letters from men in the rest
camps and training camps to rela-
t1ves back home" are beginning TO
carry inquiries as to the probabiIi-
ties of a relaxation just before
Christmas of the orders restricting
the transportation of parcels.
The cutting down of space on
ships formerly used for carving
parcels To the men either already
in the trenches or waiting orders
behind the line Eas sharply affected
the men, although there has been
displayed no resentment. They
have understood the wisdom of
utilizing space for more men and
munitions, but Young Mems Chris
tian association secretaries and
censors agree that letters going to
America are filled with suggestions
to relatives that efforts be made tn
get through their Christmas mack
IT on. II. 10 Ak 5shrdlcmfwv
ages.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-24
An Heroic Spirit.

Great Britain did very gracious act in voting
the of 100000 to the widow of Stanley Maude,
the British general who turned defeat into victory
in Mesopotafnia.
Lloyd George, in proposing the vote, paid him
beautiful tribute. His name" said the premier
will always be cherished by the inhabitants of that
land Mesopotamia) that of the greatest con
queror who entered the gates of Bagdad. He
died victim 1.-The inbred courtesy of his fine char
acter. He visited plague stricken the nvf-
tation of the Inhabitants. They anxious to ex
tend welcome for the many kndnesses he had dis
played They gave him great welcome and they
offered him small act of hospitality. Though he
well knew the peril that he had actually forbidden
soldier in his escort drink while on that
visit, he himself the risk rather than hurt the
susceptibties of a people anxious to give him a
welcome. There cholera in the cup and he died
in few days"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-24
Sinking of the Lusitania Was a Crime,
German Paper Saws.

The New York Herald, of the leading German
language papers of that city, published few days
ago the following editorar-on the Lusitania:
Like Banquos ghost there rises today from the
deep and time, the Lustania and her CHASTITY
crew of passengers men, and little children
The elements of human rage and unreason that sent
them down still rave and and keep the nations
busy and give the dissonant orchestral background
to the words of sympathy and remembrance which
press and public will utter this occasion.
"The passing Of three long years has given
perspective to the event which enables the Ger
peop1e-or at least of them-to see that
the sinking of the Lusitania more than mistake
crime. when looked at simply from the stand
point of German interests"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-24
UNUSUAL FEAT OF
BRITISH AIRPLANE

London. A trench newspaper
published by one of the British d.
visions in Palestine gives the fol-
lowing account OF an unusual feat
by a British airplane in the fight
ing zone:
zone Of our aviators was forced
by engine trouble to land 10 miles
inside the Turkish lines His en-
CINE was miss-tiring, but produced
sufficient power for taxing and
short hops, but not for fights. Pre-
sumably the valves Of two or three
cylinders had broken or stuck.
But the pilot did not givs up
hope, and succeeded in taxing
the whole way - the British lines
over the level sand On the way be
crossed a Turkish encampmcnt, and
his under carriage brought away a
clothes line and a number Of Turk
ish shirts. The pilot was attacked
by several detachments armed with
rifles and machine guns, but they
invariably fed when he charged on
them with his gun. Two or three
German airplanes diyed and fired
bursts at him, but luckily hit no
vital part"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-24
Enemies Within Our Gates.

We are getting accustomed to stories OF German
plots and intrgues but to realize, that in day when
the spirit of patriotism wide spread, and appeals
1or aid SO nobly responded TO, learn that there
are men in our very midst who mean and con-
-emptibe enough to plan to simply serve their own
ends and seek to get rich by system of trickery and
fraud, calls for the severest condemnation.
An example OF such is furnished in the OF
H E. Lazarus member of the defense councils
sub-committe supervising rain coat production.
Lazarus, who is charged with attempting to
bride a government inspector acted in the capacity of
an advisor OF the department He reported
the equipment of certain manufacturing plants and
the distribution Of orders were made his recon-
1nendations. Being himself a wealthy clothing
facturer, he made sure that large contracts came
his way but satisfied with that he sought to bride
a government inspector to approve material not up
to the standard
The Investigations going will, it is said, in
volve many other manufacturers, all of whom sought
70 use the same tactics.
We feel sure the people Of the United States will
demand that punishment adequate the enormity
OF the ofense be melted out to these men. who
nothing short of being disgrace to their country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-24
The Value of Lorraine to Germany.

If debar Germany from direct control OF
tha iron fields by means Of which she wages war
we shall strike the sword from her hand forever The
iron deposits of Germany estimated to represent
total Of $500 600 900 and OF this total 100000
600 tons are in the province of Lorraine. Now if
Germany Is compelled TO hand back Lorraine 10
France she can again wage war on grand
scale She is fighting with the resources of the
hIched provinces 1t has been computed that four
out of every FIVE shells fired from German guns
made from the French metal Of Lorraine.
The Lorraine iron ore is known as "minette" and
being rich in phosphorus Is is especially suitable
for conversion into steel. German munition makers
in a secret document drafted in 1915 declared that
"only this kind Of iron Gre be extracted in
country quickly increasing quantities" TheS fur
Their stated that IF the output Of the mnette to
be disturbed, the war would be good as lost"
When Bismarck and NoItke took Alsace and LORI
raine from France in 1871 neither Of them have