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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-15
YANKEES GET ANOTHER

WIN hmCEhcuu army IN
France, Friday, June 14.-American
aviators on the Toul front probably
drove down another enemy machine
behind the German lines yesterday,
in addition to the two machines
brought down which have now been
confirmed officially as victories. Ex
cept for the usual artillery fire. the
American sectors have been quiet to-
day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-15
[Continued on Page 81
Markham Names Ewing as
Head of Reading Railway

Philadelphia, June 15.-C. IL.
Markham, federal railroad director
for the Allegheny region. announced
to-day the appointment of Charles
ii. Ewing as federal manager of the
Reading Railway and the Central
Railroad of New Jersey, with offices
in Philadelphia. Mr.. Ewing was
Vice-president of the Reading. Pres
ident Dice of that company elected
to remain as manager of the cor
poration's affairs on account of i'll
health.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-15
Reading Inspector Quits
After Long Service Record

It. e. Hassenbruch, fuel and loco
motive inspector on the Reading
system, has resigned. Mr.. Hassen-
bruch has been with the company for
a number of years. He will be sue
ceeded by H. w. Cathcart. now as
sistant fuel and locomotive inspec-
tor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-15
100000 TROOPS
ARE IN FRANCE:
SHIPS HOLD KEY
Number of U. S. Fighters Go
ing Overseas Is Limited
Only by Capacity
VITAL TO SEND QUICKLY
Importance of Holding Allied
Line From Rheims TO
Sea Paramount
BY Associated Press

Washington. June 15.-More than
100000 American troops have been
sent to France and the government
expects to have million there by
July l.
This disclosure was made to-day
by General Reyton March. Chief of
Staff, at his first weekly conference
with newspaper correspondents, and
at an earlier conference of War De-
partment officials with members of
the Senate Military Committee
General March summarized the
battle situation as it stands to-day
with four distinct phases of the great
German offensive halted. but with it's
inal battles still to come. To meet
the emergency, he added, only lack
of shipping facilities is limiting the
fighting front. Their prompt engage
ment, he said, is paramount neces-
sity.
Points Out Fighting
The newspaper conference was
held in the rooms of the war coun-
Gil On the walls were great maps
showing the battle fronts and as
General March talked he pointed to
the rows of colored pins that marked
each phase of the fighting. lie said
that all four of the German drives
thus far have had Il common objec-
tive and he has been only develop
ing phases of the German purpose
20 flt-tt. 81 fn hn slNaV nal
ports, primarily, and, secondarily. to
capture Paris. The fighting of the
last week, in the Oise-Aisne salient,
he demonstrated. was designed to
straighten out the German battle
front rather than a blow at "a direct
objective like Paris. Further oper-
ations of this nature, 1t was indi-
Gated, are anticipated before the
drive toward the channel can be re-
sumed.
Rush of Men Imperative
Up to the present time the bulge
the Germans have made in the allied
line has added siXty-siX miles of front
to the allied lines from Rheims to
the sea, and large number of addi-
tional allied forces have been alb
sorbed into the work of holding the
lines. This makes it urgent, said
General March, that American forces
be rushed forward without delay.
General March would make no
prediction as to when American aid
might give the allies superiority of
numbers again. The time and size
of movements of enemy divisions
from the east to the west, he said
would not be estimated, nor could
day be fixed when the allies would
have the mastering superiority" OF
numbers which will eventually be
theirs.
The Italian front situation was
not discussed, and General March in
dicated that the Russian problem
was still political rather than mill
tary and, therefore. not within his
field of review.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-15
THREATEN sTRIkE

It Is rumored that carpenters em-
ployed on government operati at
tomary bonus is not continued To-
day. Efforts are being made by the
men in charge of the work to COM
promise with the workers. it is said.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-15
PERSHING SCRAPS
ARMY'S WHISPERS
BY Associated Press

Dy fSSOtTuItd FTtSS
Washington, June 15-A beard
less American Army will fight de-
mocracy's battles in France.
On the theory that a fellow
fights better when his face is de-
void of a three days growth of
beard. General Pershing has sup
piled every soldier in the Ameri-
can EXpeditionary Forces with a
razor. The implied Injunction is
once over every day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-15
HUN DIVISIONS ARE
REFORMING FOR NEW
ASSAULT ON ALLIES
U-Boat Danger Not Serious

LONDON June 15-German activity
probably American
Grstse British
frghten the
Americans.
ruhlesnes first declared
met North i'm the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-15
FAIRGROUNDS TO
OPEN ON MONDAY
FOR THE SUMMER
Instructors Are Named to
Garry on Work; More
Positions Are Open

All city Fairgrounds for which in
structors have been appointed will
open Monday morning, Supervisor J.
*. Staples said to-day. The bath
houses at Island Park will open on
Tuesday and the new one being con-
structed at Front and Seneca streets
will be completed in ten days.
The following instructors were ap-
pointed to-day for the various play
grounds and special activities: Boas,
Wilbur Meek, Leah Klavans; Penn,
Naomi Matz; Harris, Mildred Shrad-
ley; Twelfth street. Sarah Beck. Ma
tilda Davis; Sycamore, Margaret
Dougherty, Rees NJ. Lloyd: Calder.
Georgia Potter; Reservoir, Elizabeth
Workman; Reilly, Miriam Stevens;
Hamilton. Margaret Wingeard; Ma
clay. BENJAMIN Hefkin. Harriet
Lane; Emerald, j. Gordon Hoffman,
Elizabeth Mccormick, Evelyn Joyce
substituting first three days: Pax
tang. Mildred Shrupp; swimming in
structors, Mary A. Black; also Henry
Kohlman and Edward Emanuel on
island; cooking, Miss Anna NJ. Ben
der: camp, Beulah Starry; sewing.
Miss Maude f. Murphy. The camp
at McCormick's Island will open
probably July 5.
Seven more male instructors are
needed. Mr.. Staples announced. All
who served last year and applied
again were reappointed. A meeting
of the force will be held on Mon
day morning at o'clock in the CITY
Council chamber in the courthouse.
Special activity work will be organ
lied next week as soon as the
grounds are opened. Applicants for
the cooking school classes are re-
quested to fill in the following blank
and bring it to the school on Mon
day or Tuesday.
Name
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-15
WEATHER FAIR NEXT WEEK
r., 1eeog.sofs1 prsxe

Washington, June 10. Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Monday. issued by the weather bureau
to day, are: North and Middle At
lantic States: Generally fair. show
ers in New England probably about
Wednesday. Moderate temperatures.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-15
tContinued on Page 81
Postmaster Sites Named
War Stamps Chairman

Postmaster Frank c. Sites was to-
day appointed as chairman of the
War Savings Committee for Dauphin
county, to succeed William NJ Don
aldson, who was compelled to re-
linquish the work because of busi.
ness. Mr.. Donaldson organized the
campaign for the stamps in this
county and devoted much time to
getting the various districts lined up
Mr.. Sites took hold this afternoon
and had conference with William
Jennings, John +. Dapp and Other
men active in such work
CLEVELAND PAPERS RAISE PRTcE
Cleveland, Ohio, June Effective
June Il, the price of the Cleveland
News and Cleveland Press. afternoon
dailies, will be. advanced to ? cents
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-15
THE WEATHER

For Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair,
continued cool tonight, with
lowest temperature about ~
degreesi sunday fair and slight
Iy warmer.
For Eastern Pennsylvania, Fair
Tonight and Sunday; slightly
warmer Sunday; light, variable
winds, mostly nOrtherIy.
River
The upper portion of the main
river will begin to fall late this
afternoon or tonight and the
lower portion Sunday. A stage
of about 80 feet II Indicated for
Harrisburg Sunday morning.
General Conditions
The st. Lawrence Valley disturb
ance has passed of northeast
ward and "a high pressure aren
from Western Canada has over
spread the north hnlf of the
country east of the Mississippi
river, attended by sOmeWhat
lower temperature and n mark
ed decrease I'm humidity. Light,
scattered showers have fallen IN
the Middle Atlantlc States and
Southern New England and
Temperatures 3 a. M. IS.
sun; Rises. 5s35 n. M; sets, S.25
ID. M.
Moons First quarter. June 10.
River Stagei so feet above low
water mark.
Yesterdays Weather
Highest temperature, ~.
Lowest temperature. 80.
Mean temperature, 90.
Normal temperature, 20.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-15
Wnshlneton. June 15.-In addition

Washington, June 15.-In addition
to last nights communication Gem
eral Pershing officially reported to-
day the downing of two enemy ma
chimes yesterday by American avia-
tors. Aside from heavy shelling by
both sides, northwest of Chateau
Thierry. the dispatch said, there was
nothing else to report.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-15
American Batteries Hurl
Thousands of Gas Shells
Into Hun Lines on Marne
By Associated Press

With the American Army in
France, June 15.-American batteries
last night hurled thousands of gas
shells into the German lines along
the Marine front, northwest of Chat
eau Thierry. The bombardment was
in retaliation for a heavy gas attack
by the Germans.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-15
CRISIS THIMINENT IN AUSTRIA

Aueterdam. There runners here Of riotng in
JienUa The people arc crying for peace al any price
nd crisis in tie affairs Of the government imminent
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-15

Key West Fla-~WiEar o. Jones, Uuisndae, Pa,
yesterday when his body caught IN the propeller o
1ydroaipane Hc sustained compound fracture Of the
.EuU
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-15
General Conditions

Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, ~.
Lowest temperature. 80.
Mean temperature, 90.
Normal temperature, 20.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-07
81 Die the Death | Coveted. "

With these words a son of NJ Jean de Reszke,
the famous old Polish singer, passed away on the
battlefront OF France.
He was only 70 when he called upon to
make the supreme sacrifice. Nobly and willingly
he went and when his turn came he passed away
with the simple words II die the death l coveted
his lips.
There's wonderful likeness in the death of this
young Polish patriot, fighting for the freedom Of
his own land and that of the world, to that OF
Nathan Hale, who passed away with those mem
orabIc words, 81 only regret that have but one
life to lose for my country"
Both fought for the principles of liberty and
justice both fought to make their country safe from
the tyrants of autocracy, and both died for
that has triumphed and will triumph till the prn-
ciples for which they fought established in all
corners of the world.
There are thousands upon thousands of these
young patriots from overtrodden Poland. from free
America from France, and England and Italy and
from every freedom-loving country in the world
who will keep battling against the standards OF
autocracy and greed till they banished from the
earth. And those youths who must give their lives
to attain this end will give them gladly, dying the
deaths they coveted
The Washington herald., 1918-08-07
Facing Our War Problems.
BY a Woman.

We women sometimes get discouraged, what
with food conservation" and Substitutes" and all
the rest of kitchen problems we are facing
these days. Occasionally we even rebel-just a
little and in the privacy of secret souls-at all
the brain-rackng extra planning and body-racking
extra work each added regulation, such as canning
sugar cards, entails. But
There is dear old neghborly custom in Ameri-
that all the rush of our life has not been able
to down.
Has your neighbor, of baking day, never run
in with pie, fresh from the oven for your supper
table? Have you never passed glass of jelly over
your backyard fence? And if there were trouble
or sickness or death in any house on your street,
didn't you and all the other neighbors vie with each
other in sending in thoughtful little comforts and
tempting dishes of food?
And when your little boy comes in begging for
cookies, do you ever refuse him second handful
to share with his playmate? Even if your giving
depletes the cooky crock to the point of your sub
stituting something else for supper that night?
Your always shares his cookies with his
comrade. Your jelly, the glasses with the clearest
of ruby lights in them, is carried to your neighbor
always.
Can't we women think about the war problems
OF our kitchens in the same way? There is sick
ness and death in the house of Americas nighbors
England and France and Italy and Belgium, though
we have realized closeness to them only little
while, need our friendship Their sons are playing
the game of war with sons. America has NOV
ed into the worlds street The food we save is still
given to our boys to share with their comrades
It's carried truly. "just the way" to the sor-
rowing house of friend
The Washington herald., 1918-08-07

pettes" were killed. And those that lived will
never play with toys again for they have lost their
handsl (It is comfort to know that many OF
these children are now supported by American
funds.)
Fiends who can eontrive such joke can never
be made over. They must be wiped from the
face of the earth
The boys numbered on the casualty lists have
done their part to stamp them out Their short
soldier-lives have Counted" in the noblest cause
man ever fought for.
Mourn for them1 Weep for thems We cannot
help it. But though we who abide safely at home
and work for a thousand years, we cannot measure
up to the who die to free the world from the
stain of Hun kultur.
Unto each man his handiwork, unto each his
crown,
The just fate gives;/
Whose takes the worlds life on him and his
own lays down,
He. dying so, lives
The Washington herald., 1918-08-07
Infant Unafraid.
By EDMUND VANCE COOKE

By EDMUND VANCE COOKE.
"a 10-yenr-old of the captain waved nj n Amer
lean nag In the Germans face during the two-hou
bombardment"-Press dispatch.
While round the peaceful craft there fell
The murderous hail of shot and shell,
It was the captains Io-year son
Who blithely faced the pirate Hun
And. dauntess as infant Mars
Held proudly up the Stripes and Stars.
So Captains Son, we bow to you
And Captains Son, here's Howl to you!
Our future faith we vow to you,
You Spirt-of-our- Y outh!
For, Captains Son, you're one of US,
Not more nor less than son of US,
Pledge of all action done of us
For freedom and for truth.
y, German knaves, o, German doltsl
You who would hurl your murderous bolts
And think to make our purpose lag
BY Frightfulness" against our flag
Behold our babies stand beneath .,
And Haunt your foul and gnashing teeth.
II, IN some coming morn to u.s.
Our cause shall look forlorn to u.s.
This scene shall be reborn to us
And not man dismayed 80
So, Captains Son. this song for you! -
hearty cheer and long for you'll
Believe US, we strong for you'll
You Infant Unafraid!
Copyright 1918,
The Washington herald., 1918-08-07

the eternal glory OF our arms. And
we are as solemnly impressed that If
we fail in united. devoted and self
sacrificing support We contribute to
palsy the arm OF him who is the hope
of the world. to make vain the sacrf-
fee OF multitudes Of our dearest and
best, and to open the gates through
which the foul beast of Berlin will
. soon or late advance to crush our
womanhood under the same iron and
polluting heel that has crushed mar
tyred Belgium.
Fellow countrymen Of Nebraska.
of all parties, from the depths Of our
hearts we call to you. How. in such
day, is it possible that free men
should stop to quarrel and quibble
over mole hills when the majestic
mountains of human achievements
and human rights are trembling on
their foundations! How. in such a
time. can sane men think Of playing
for partisan advantage!
I'VE can win this war. we can
serve our sons in arms, only by sup
port OF our superb President, Wood
row Wilson. We can support him by
giving him the backing of a friendly
and sympathetic Congress. We can
not support him by electing a Con-
gress seeking to supplant him.
Neither can we support him by dis
tracing the attention and energies
of the American people from war
duties to other issues that in happier
and serener days might well be Of
great Importance.
And so we say in solemn earnest
ness that there is but one issue and
but one leader, and that beside our
duty to them other duties and other
desires fade to nothingness. That
duty includes the protection of our
sons at home as well as abroad. and
of the free American institutions for
which they fight We must perform
this duty by putting down the odious
profiteer, by planting our heel mer-
cilessly on sedition. by sustaining the
Constitution and the laws. by giving
our wealth, our labor and our energy
TO one end"
The one who wrote this must have
had vision which made him forget
politics-he must have seen ahead OF
the weak. depreciating strife of par
tisan politics at a time like this. At
least, there are men here of foresight
and patriotism who think he did. We
are ready to leave 1t to the opinion
Of the reader. What do you think
Of 1t. gentle reader? Could you sub
scribe to it-and would you?
THE OBSERVER.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-07
Casualties.

The casualty lists coming in. Considered as
a whole, and in proportion to the victory, they
are not bad. But considered individually, each
name set down there brings into some American
home portion of the great world agony.
Parents, thinking backward from the grief Of
today say to each other "Only yesterday, it seems,
we were buying playthings for his baby hands,"
And rebellious hearts question God himself,
"Was there no better use for those hands, grown
big and strong? Why? Why?"
new and true atrocity story tells why he had
to 60 overseas to fight to die.
In the first month after the Germans took
possession of Northern France, a group of little
children were playing in the street The Hun-hends
threw some bundles wrapped like toys among them.
And the children scrambled for them The play
ssings" were bombs which exploded as the chill
dren, laughing, snatched at them. Some of 'les
The Washington herald., 1918-08-07
Mothers United.

The editor received letter written by the
mother of soldier now fighting "over there" to
make the world safe for democracy and a fit place
for lberty-loving people to live in.
Keeping up the morale Of the people at
home," she writes, "is the duty of mothers
and wives. There tremendous tests OF
our courage coming. We must organize to
stand together and carry on have reason
to believe there is already an insidious Ger
propaganda working upon the human
fears and love of mothers to induce them to
sign petitions asking President Wilson to
make peace. We must be able to call moth
ers together and to tell them the danger of a
German peace. And here is the point, they
will not believe the truth unless it is told
them by mother who loves her
too we'll to have peace without victory"
Many reasons have been found any of which
are sufficient for the banding together of
mothers, sisters and wives of our soldier boys.
This writer-mother advances one we had not
thought of. 1t is that person in all the world
so ably and thoroughly combat German propa-
ganda and German fake peace talk as the mother
of boy fighting in the trenches of France. If
the War Mothers of America do nothing more
than reveal to each other what they have learned
of the trickery of German propaganda and the dan
gers of German-made peace they give their coun-
try assistance which cannot be measured in mere
words.
1t will be comparatively easy for the War
Mothers who have come to know the depths Of
German nfamy and the blackness Of German prop
aganda to make other War Mothers see human
ity's arch foe in his light They will do this
at their meetings and when they meet each other
in homes and when they swap letters they have
received from their boys. All the newspapers and
public speakers in this land cannot do half as much
in killing off German propaganda.
No doubt the Kaiser wishes the War Mothers
of America would give up their idea of organizing
and uniting their efforts. Another wish the
Kaiser will not realize, for the War Mothers of
America have learned that great work can be
done without organization.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-07
ROSARY CHURCH LAWN FETE

A lawn fete will be given this
evening at 1915 Quincy street north
east by the Union of Italian Ca
tholic Women of Washington, af-
filiated with the Church of the
Holy Rosary. The proceeds OF the
clubs charitable works. Mrs. Christine
Facchina il chairman Of the COM
mittee on arrangements.
The officers of the union are as
follows: Mrs. NJ. Croccia, president;
Mrs. x. Rocca, vice president; Mrs
c. Dt Giulian. treasurer; Mrs. G
Facchina, recordingasecretary.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-07
HE'S PART OF LANDSCAPE
HOW ABOUT YOU?

thought you were somsbody in lifes
show.
I But you've been doing the sans
thing too long. and people have got-
ten used 70 you.
When IL comes your turn" they
pay no attention. although you may
be just as good as ever. but you
should be better-and this means
you must be different
have pretty strong conviction
that a man should change his Job
at least once every ten years.
He may work for the same con-
cern, and he may DO the same gen
eral thing. but II he does exactly
the same thing in exactly the same
way, then it's a sure sign that he 10
part of the '1andscape--andm mighty
uninteresting Landscape" at that.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-07

was admitted TO hospital and dis
charge papers were Issued. II appears
that the soldier was too i'll 70 UNDER
stand his discharge papers or that
they were submitted TO him in such A
way that he did not understand them,
It has been held in previous cases
that IL a soldiers mental condition
is such that he understands the no.
tice Of discharge and he has actual
notice OF such discharge he was dis
charged as OF the date OF such notice.
In the present case the discharge pa
pers were not delivered TO the SOL
der. and 1t does not appear that he
was actually notified that he was Sis-
charged. Therefore Il will be held BY
the War Department that the soldier
was not legally discharged on March
l. He died In the hospital on April :,
The Washington herald., 1918-08-07
RECORD CATCH OF FISH.

Prince Rupert. B. Give days
fishing for halibut netted each
member Of the crew Of the Atlin
$685.. The little craft after fishing
seventy-fve miles of this port re-
turned with $4,000 pounds OF nsh. 1t
is believed this Is a record for the
Pacific coast.