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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-29
No Truth in Report
Japs Invade Siberia

Washington, July Republication
IN London of what was supposed to
be an inspired statement indicating
that the movement of Japanese
forces into Siberia had already be-
gun, according to the terms of the
Allied and American agreement,
was said at the State Department to
be without any basis in fact.
This Government is maintaining
rigidly its attitude of secrecy con-
cerning the negotiations of the
United States, Japan and the Entente
Powers in regard to Intervention in
Russia, and there was no intimation
as to when an Official announcement
would be made.
L. q. Masaryk, commander-in-
chief of the Czechosiovak forces in
Russia, in accordance with the plans
OF the Allied Supreme War Council,
has instructed the troops in Siberia
to remain there for the present, ac-
cording to a statement obtained
from the Czechoslovak National
Council.
These Czechoslovak contineents
occupy unparalleled" strategic DO
sitions and realize, the statement as
serts, that by remaining in Russia
they may be able to render far
greater service, both to Russia and
the Allied cause, than If they were
transported to France. They have
stretched out detachments toward
the Murman coast, which is held by
-French-American forces, and
their activities are expected to make
possible the establishment of the
eastern front
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-29
Mothers of France
Thank Those of u. S.

Washington. July 2s. - The deep
gratitude of the mothers of France
VINO have given their sons in the war
Tor democracy for the help that the
sons OF American mothers are giving
is expressed in a letter which Mrs.
Wilson, wife of the President, has re-
ceived from French mother. Mrs.
Wilson made the letter public yester-
day. 1t says:
Madame Woodrow Wilson,
Washington. d. c.
Madame: 1t is from the mothers
and women of France that I send you
these words to prove our gratitude for
the comforting and brotherly support
that these young Americans bring us
with such noble enthusiasm, who are
not afraid of leaving their families,
their country and their hopes to come
to our rescue. Alas! I myself have
given my beloved son. to my unhappy
and cruelly-trfed country, and I can
understand the pain of those who see
their sons go so far, so very far away.
Tell them, those mothers. those wo-
we are to them in thought and how
moved we are at their sacrifice. They
are our sisters through suffering and
worries and we are brought together
through the same sorrow. That we
will never forget. 1t would make me
happy, madame, to correspond with
some of these mothers IL they will
send me a few lines.
Very respectfully, madame, salute
you.
(Signed) MADAME NJ BARRON,
1 Rue du 14me Juliet,
Pan -Basses, Pyrenees, France"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-29
HOARD STEEL
FOR WAR USE,
Is u. S. EDICT
Consumption For All Other
Purposes to Be Deferred
When Possible

Washington, July 2s.-In view of
the threatening steel shortage, the
war industries board in a statement
issued yesterday by Edwin B. Parker,
its priorities commissioner, announc-
ed every possible use of iron and
steel. or their products. which can be
deferred must be deferred until after
public the boards policies and regu-
lations governing distribution, in
cluding the plan upon which ration
ing of steel-using Industries is based
The statement made no secret of
the fact that steel production is
barely equaling actual war needs,
and drew the conclusion there would
be Comparatively little steel left to
Distribute among those industries
engaged in nonwar work."
The announcement, issued on the
eve of a conference on the steel
situation to be held in New York to-
day between heads of government
war agencies and representatives of
the steel-producing industry, was
taken here to mean that many in
dustries will be denied a steel sup
ply unless the conference finds a way
to increase production materially.
Steel Now a Previous Metal
For winning the war steel is now
the worlds most previous metal"
says the statement. "It is consum-
ed, or used to some extent, every
day by virtually every civilized man
in every civilized country, and no.
where in such vast quantities per
capita as in the United States. The
present and constantly increasing
steel requirements of this country
and its allies for direct and indirect
war needs, 100 per cent. of which
must under any and all circumstan-
ces be promptly supplied. are so
enormous as we'll nigh to absorb our
constantly expanding producing ca
pacity. The result is obvious. There
will be comparatively little iron and
steel left to distribute to those in
dustries engaged in nonwar work
and to consumers for application to
nonwar uses. Every possible use of
iron and steel or their products
which can be deferred must be de-
ferred until after the war. This
duty is personal"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-29
OVER $4,000 TO
ENTER THE ARMY
State Draft Headquarters Is
sues Some Interesting Fig
ures Regarding State

Estimates made at state draft
headquarters are that between July
10 and August 15 Pennsylvania will
have sent to cantonments, special in
stfuction camps or colleges for tech
nical training 25,956 men under the
operations of the selective service
law. This number includes only men
covered by the various calls on file
and it is expected in view of tele-
grams received from the provost
marshal general that there will be
other calls at an early day.
Between to-day and August Is II
is expected that Pennsylvania will
entrain 1926 alone. This week men
drafted or voluntarily inducted in
Pennsylvania will go to. widely sep
arated places. Men qualified for
working in numbering will go to Van
couver; 1900 will go to Syracuse re-
crutt camp to be trained to act as
policemen and firemen at embarka-
ton points, these men to be those
qualified for limited and not general
service, while others taken from the
want column for special work will
go to Camp Forrest, Lytle, Ga, to
general military service and drafted
from all over the state will also
start on Wednesday. In the first five
days of August there will be 2,76S
colored men sent to Camp Custer,
Battle Creek, Mich, and 1850 color
ed men sent to Camp Sherman
Chillicothe, Ohio, and on August 1,
43 men will be sent to Kelly Field,
San Antonio, Texas, while draft
boards will prepare 5000 white men
qualified for general military service
to go to Camp Wadsworth, Spartan
burg, S. C. Special induction calls
are being filled up for 784 men to go
to the University of Pittsburgh to be
trained for motor vehicle work by
August Is.
State draft headquarters has aid
ed men who were left behind at var
ious points in the state where stops
were made while passing through to
eastern camps to rejoin regiments
without being classed as deserters.
Reports are commencing to arrive
on the number of 1918 registrants
in class 1, this information having
been asked for special purposes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-29
MOTHERS CRY AS
AMERICANS DIE
Paris Women Attend Impress
sive Daily Funerals of
Our Heroes

Paris, July 10.-Correspondence OF
the Associated Press. = Four. five and
in many cases six thousand miles
from their maternal hearth, the
American dead. heroes of the second
battle of the Marne who have sue
cumbed from grievous wounds in
Paris hospitals. are mourned daily by
French mothers. sisters and fathers.
who feel the emotions of these heroes
kindred at home.
Daily the funerals leave the city
hospitals for the little Suresnes Gem
etery dedicated to Americans by the
French metropolis Daily the Re-
publican Guard. in their picturesque
and, and HISTORIC military attire. march
Frances regard upon these American
heroes; and though no volley is fred,
because It is forbidden by the French
Sounds taps" with Impressive toning.
beautiful Professions to Grave
A service Is hrst held in the little
ehapiains officlate over the dead Of
their faith and Catholic over theirs.
Tho hospital organiEation, such as
can be spared. including nurses, or
derlies, clerks and doctors, attend the
The bodies are borne from the
chapel to waiting ponderous army
motortrucks. The Republican Guard
each body is brought to the.convey-
ace. these military units execute
present arms" When all the dead
have been placed under their military
bier, the procession to the cemetery
starts. At the head are the chaplains
IN motorcars. Then follow the motor
TRUCKS and last the guard of honor.
Tho coffins are draped with Ameri-
can flags. Each one bears two
wreaths, one given by the Republic
Of France and another by the city of
Mreaths. In letters of gold the rib
6ons are marked AUX Defenseurs de
TIL, The little procession winds It way
along the boulevards. The French
know its significance. Without ex-
cepuon. as 1t passes, every pedes-
trian stops. uncovers and bows in
homage to the American heroes,
French Mothers at Burial
Reaching the summit of the hill of
Suresnes, the burial of the bodies
begins. a crowd of French mothers
They reverently listen to the chap
lains pronounce the last words, and
heavy OF heart, they feel the expert
ence of those thousands of miles
The American bugler takes his place
ana slowly and feelingly sounds
taps The assemblage is moved to
NJ lllS Tune In6 command
is given and the military escort re-
turns to its post in the city. The moth
srs ana sisters return to their homes
feeling the heaviness of the commit
tai of the American heroes to the
grave. Their thoughts are carried to
the mothers and sisters back here.
The Suresnes Cemetery is the gift
OF the Su,esnes municipality to the
American Army. 1t Is beautifully sit
uated in tie midst o: a cluster of
trees. The city of PaI's can be view
ed from the location. The walks are
arranged in the form of a cross. The
surveying was done by American en-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-29
Father Of Boy Shot
by Companion Calls
For Full Investigation

j. Franklin Tippery was shot and
stantly killed Saturday evening while
playing with companions at Losh's
Run. Playmates give conflicting
stories of the shooting and the one
which is nearest to the truth, his
father says. is the statement that
John skeen, another Harrisburg
youth, threatened to shoot young
Tippery IL he didn't give the as
sailant some soft drinks. mo-" said
Tfppery, I'VE must keep some for
tomorrow" Whereupon it is said
Skeen shot Tippery.
The coroner of Perry County was
called to investigate the case but
according to the father of the un-
fortunate youth, he did not come.
The aid of the district attorney has
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-29
Dutch Between
"Devil and Sea"

Amsterdam, July 29.-An imagin-
ary dialogue between a Dutchman
and German, published in the Tele-
graaf shows the state of public opin-
ion over the German refusal to per-
NIT Dutch ships to sail for America
to bring wheat for Holland.
why are you always pestering
me? Why don't you hold your ton
gue?" the German demanded.
But why can't I have wheat for
my bread?" asked the Dutchman.
What do care about that? Don't
I send you coal?"
Yes, but"
None of your impudence," re-
torts the German. And what do you
send me in exchange?"
Vegetables, cheese and milk.
Also meat and little of everything
besides. And I give you credit for it,
too" replies the Hollander.
What are you complaining about
then? Be thankful that I still allow
YOU to trade with me. might have
taken everything wanted of you
without giving you a scrap in re-
turn"
Have you the right to do SOP"
Right? 1 make my own right" is
the German response.
But my wheat?"
why should you have wheat ?
Have we any wheat?"
"At least allow us to give tonnage
to America in exchange for wheat"
"Centainly not. If you give ton
mage you strengthen the enemy, and
he who does that is my enemy Also
And what do you do to your
enemy?"
IT club him to death and take all
he possesses"
Then if I give up tonnage you
club me to death, and If I don't I
starve to death 2"
"I don't object" says the German.
DO ask you to keep alive? It is we
who must live; you don't matter"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-29
BUY U.SRAHWAYS
Or YCRUMBLE,
EXPERT ADVISES
". G. Cook, Corporation Law
yer. Urges Upon Congress
Wisdom of the Move

Washington, July 29.-William G..
mce H. Mackay Companies and
luthor of a standard law book.
Cook on Corporations" has ad-
dressed statement to the Joint
Committee on Interstate Commerce
urging that the Government begin
at once to acquire the stocks and
bonds of all railroads in the coun-
Try, with the intent of future Gov
srnment control.
Condemnation proceedings would
entail a tremendous cost he said.
put the purchase of stocks can be
lone by exchange that would not
,ost the Government a dollar.
Cannot Return to Old Conditions
In his argument for Federal
control, Mr.. Cook says:
I'VE cannot return to old condi-
ions. The railroads would again
break down financially and railroad
securities would again crumble
away; higher rates would again be
denied; the present vast saving in
direct routing, in common use of ter
minals, tracks and equipment, in
the discharge of an army of solic-
tors. branch officers, traffic agents
md branch ticket employees and in
The elimination of unnecessary trains
and unnecessary depots, would dis
appear, and the waste of competi-
ton between trunk lines and branch
ines would reappear.
state commissions would again
.-.s. MI rk..ss
md chaos would again prevail. Rail-
road security holders will oppose
my such catastrophe
Meantime, the railroads are be-
,ng fused and welded into a solid
mass of metal. They cannot be dis
lntegrated into coke and iron ore.
Their old organizations are being
broken beyond repair. The stock
holders want no resurrection; the
directors are falling away; the pres
dents are dropping out; the operat-
ing staffs are becoming Government
employees.
Public Tired of Old Regime
THE people will not want the
bid system. They will want the uni
led system. And even if, like the
Bourbons, the former railroad re-
Eime did come back, it would again
De suspected.
Public control may cost more,
but at least the public will be spend
ing it's own money. The old regime
was not allowed to increase railroad
rates because the public was deter
mined to get rid of that regime at
any cost"
Mr.. Cook urges that his plan be
adopted without delay, because the
purchase of railroad stocks can now
De made cheaply.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-29
SCHOOL TEACHER EIEOrED

Marysvtlle, Pa, July 2s.-Marys-
vile school directors have filed one
of the two vacancies in the teach
ing force by the election of Miss
Cora Martin, of Cumberland coun-
ty. to teach the eighth grade. She
will I'LL the vacancy created when
Miss Carol Kerchner. of Newport,
was released to accept a position in
the Middletown High school. The
other vacancy is in the first assist
ant principalship of the High school,
resulting when John L. Hahn, Jr.,
left last week to go to Camp Lee.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-29
MICHIGAN HOUSEWIFE

Tells How Vinol Made Her Strong
Bronson, Mich-"l took Vinol for
weak, rundown condition. and
backache and had to keep up and do
my housework for my family of
three. Vtnol has improved my con-
dittou so that now I feel like diff
/ ferent person. Mrs. Albert Rose.
The reason we recommend Vinol
to our customers for such condi-
tions. IL because we believe 1t to be
the most successful strength creator
we know, containing as it does beef
and cod liver peptones. iron and
manganese peptonates and glycero-
phosphates. The greatest of all tom
l'ics.
George A. Gorgas, Kennedys
Medicine Store, 321 Market ST.: c..
F. Kramer. Third and Broad Sts.:
Kitzmiller's Pharmacy. 1925 Derry
St. and druggists everywhere.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-29

Dauphin, Pa. July 29.-Mr. and
Mrs. David Hoffman have received
word of the arrival overseas of their
son, Sergeant-Major Ray e. Hoff-
man. Sergeant Hoffman is a grad
uate of the Harrisburg Technical
High school and of the School OF
Commerce. He was employed for
seven years in the building and con-
struction department at the Pennsyl-
vania Steel Works at Steelton. Hoff-
man left last fall for camp Meade
and soon after was made sergeant
major of the Three Hundred and
Sixteenth Infantry and attached to
Headquarters Company
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-29
UNFURL SERVICE FLAG

william NJ. Melick. of the State
Workman's Compensation Bureau,
was the principal speaker at a pa
triotic service held in the Nagle
Street Church of God yesterday morn
ing. The Sunday school was in
charge of the service. A service flag
containing fifteen stars was unfurled
at the service. The Offering will be
given to the support of chaplains of
the General Elders of the Church of
God. THE Only, Medium of Saliva
ton" was the subject of the evening
sermon. delivered by the Rev. E. e.
Kaufman, pastor of the church.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-29
New Post Office Is
Open For Business

Located in temporary quarters at
than four years, the Harrisburg Post
office is to-day again open for busi-
ness in the Federal Building. Reno
vations to the extent of 100000 have
been made on the building.
With the lights turned on for the
first time on Saturday evening". the
building was open for inspection then
as we'll as on Sunday. The stamp
windows opened shortly after mid
night this morning
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-29
YOUNG WOMAN HursT

New Cumberland. Pa, July 3A<-4
Miss Margis McIvoe. OF Bridge
street, New Cumberland. met with;
a painful accident on Friday Miss
McIvoe l. employed at the ofice OF
the Bethlehem Steelt Works and
while on her way home the window
of the trolley car fell on her right
arm, injurying 1t badly. She was
taken to the hospital where 1t was
found no bones were broken.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-29
MAYOR OPPOSES sPEED1Nc

=, Mayor Keister continues to Oppose
the twenty-f four-mtle speed limit, and
declared last night that il will mean
speeding of thirty-five miles an hour
In the outskirts of the city. He added
that police rarely make arrests for
speeding twenty miles an hour with
the present speed limit of fifteen miles
an hour. He declared the new limit
will mean trouble for the police.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-29
CAMP FIRE GIRLS oFFTCERs

EnoIa, Pa, July 29.-At a recent
meeting of the local branch of the
Camp Fire Girls, officers for the en-
suing year were elected as follows:
President, Hilda Wagner; vice-pres-
ident, Mary Aller; secretary, Mar
garet Hassler; treasurer, HiIda
Smith. The girls have been organ-
lied only a few weeks but have a
large membership.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-29
HIT BY AUTOMOBILE

Colliding with an automobile at
Cumberland street.. while riding 81
motorcycle, Francis w. Blain, 2146
Logan street, suffered slight bruises
eft side of the body. Neither G. NJ.
Jackson, nor his sister, Miss Sarah
jackson. riding with him, who were
in the automobile. were badly injured.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-29
ID for full Investigation of

been asked for full investigation of
the case.
Funeral services for young Tippery
will be held Wednesday afternoon at
2 o'clock at his late residence, 331
Kelker street. The Rev. A. NJ.
Stamets, pastor of the Augsburg Lu-
theran Church, will officiate. Burial
will be made in the Paxtang Gene
terry.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-29
U. S. TO DIRECT
LABOR SUPPLY SOON


Asked by the United States De-
partment of Labor to cooperate with
the Federal government in making
the present labor situation clear to
the people of Harrisburg, Mayor
Keister last evening issued a state
ment to city workers explaining the
vital necessity of the conservation
of labor.
After August 1, the supplying of
common labor to war industries will
be centralized in the United States
Employment service, he explained.
Recruiting of common labor by in
dustries employing more than 100
men, will be diverted by this new
federal service. Eighty-seven dis
tricts have been formed in Pennsyl-
vania for the effective working of the
new service, with Dauphin county
forming one of the districts.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-29
MRS. Ala HEsDuNGER

Penbroolk, Pa. July 2S--Word AMI
nouncing the death of Mrs. Ada,
Hemminger, aged % years, wife OF
Merrill Hemminger, of Prescott,
Lebanon County. was received here
this morning by her parents. Mr.,
and Mrs. George Tsehopp. Funeral
services will be held at 2 o'clock
wednesday from the u. B. Church.
Surviving are a husband and two
childre4. Harold and Mildred.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-29
GOOD OATS CROP
NOW BEING CUT
Reports to Capitol Show That
1t Will Be Worth Money;
Public Service Meets
Pennslvania Is

PennSlVania is
harvesting a large
crop of oats and
in some sections
1t may reach rec
ord proportions.
according to re-
ports coming to
the State Depart
ment of Agricul-
ture. The har-
vest is delayed in
some counties be-
cause of the lack
of labor, but in
RfanCna are re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
Record Sum for the Navy.

Fighting ships, as well as cargo
ships, came in for attention during the
week. The House naval committee
brought in the largest naval appro-
priation bill in the. history of the
country, carrying items of proposed ex-
penditure aggregating 1891, 00o, 900
What blow this would have been to
the pacifists a couple of years ago. and
before the beginning Of the European
war such a proposal in the American
Congress would have shaken every
chancellery in the world.
But the naval program will go
through the House and through the
Senate with a whoop and a hurrah.
For the Navy just now is the particular
joy and pride of the nation, and Jose
plus Daniels, its head. so recently
under the fire of hostile criticism. is
basking in public and congressional
the chief of war-making department
in time Of war.
The day before it brought in the huge
naval budget the House naval committee
submitted report of it's inquiry into
naval affairs, the author of which almost
exhausted the stock of comniendatory
terms. Conduct by the Navy Department
Of its war activities was characterized as
remarkable achievement in executive
efficiency, and the bureaus were taken
up one at a time and each given a clean
bill of conduct Summing up. the report
declared that the Navy, called upon sud
denly for enormous expansion. accomp-
lished that expansion with expedition and
at the same time made a clear gain in
efficiency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
Wedding Out the Unfit.

One of the most important subjects
upon which Mr.. Baker will confer with
Gen. Pershing is the shake-up in the
Army now under way. Officers who for
one reason or another have failed to
make good as field commanders are being
sent home from France. and others.
among them a number of generals, are
being dropped without having gone
abroad at all. The Army is being gotten
ready for the big push" and only men
mt, physically. mentally. temperamertally
and in adaptability are to be in positions
of command on the fighting front. The
game is too big, the stake too vital. to
risk failure at any point because the
wrong man is there.
1t is made clear by the War Department
that there is no reflection on the pro-
tessional ability of many of the men
who are being relieved of field command.
1t is simply case where some one else
is better fitted for the job, and the job
is one demanding the most fit. Not only
the chances of victory but the lives of
scores perhaps hundreds. perhaps thou
sands, of men are involved. In all the
other armies there has been done what
is being done now in the American
Army, with this difference: In most or
all of the other armies the insists were
not weeded out until the price of their
retention had been a costly one. America
is profiting by the mistakes of the
others.