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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-06
IRON TRADE REVIEW TELLS
OF HARRISBURG MANS WORK
Francis Hall Plays Important Part in Production of Steel
Badly Needed For Uncle Sana'S Ship Production

little thought he was being fitted for
one of the big wartime jobs.
He became affiliated with that
company on December 1, 1902, and
through successive promotions he
finally became its vice-president.
For a while he served as general
sales agent.
while it is not an official state
ment, it is generally conceded that
Mr.. Halls findings on the plate stu
alton had much to do with the elm
ination of Chicago as a basing point
for that product, just ordered by
the President, If not also in shapes
and bars Mr.. Hall has attended
practically all of the price-hxing
conferences between the producers
and war industries board and was
present at the latest, which was held
Friday, June 81.
Mr.. Bonner leaves plate matters
in Mr.. Halls hands and the latter
is given practically n free rein in
this work. Mr.. Halls duties keep
him constantly in touch with the
war program and since plates come
in for a large measure of considera-
ton, he sits in on tonnage questions
affecting plates at the steel section.
'He is native of Harrisburg,
having been born there April /,
1878. He has been greatly interested
in civic affairs, is manager of that
City's hospital and is a trustee of
its board of trade. He is a member
of the Harrisburg Club, the Coun-
try Club of Harrisburg. the Ivy
Club of Princeton, of which he is a
graduate, and the Masonic frater-
nifty. He also is member of the
American Iron and Steel Institute.
"When the Harrisburg company
was organized in 1853 it's output of
plates was 1000 tons. Thas hasstead-
lily increased until now the annual
tonnage is about 100000 This will
dor. - =. - ..---S-ese s--.S->ese thiC EeAE"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-06
Fleet Workers Will Be
Liable to Draft Under
New War Dept. Order

a revision of the orders regarding
the status of Emergency Fleet Cor
poration workmen is expected by To-
cal draft officials from Provost Mar
shal-General Crowder. The "E. F. c."
degree is the exemption from mill
tary service granted employees of the
Emergency Fleet Corporation. Local
draft officials state such men are
classified the same as other regis
trants, but their missionaries are
then laid aside and they are not
called in the successive draft calls,
rcgar dless of order number or classi-
tication.
A number of men in Harrisburg
are affected by the revision of rules
concerning the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration orlmen. 1t is pointed out
that men employed in shipyards are
not the only employees of the Emer-
Gency Shipping Corporation. Many
employees in the plants engaged on
Government contracts in this city and
vicinity are exempted with the "E. f.
G." degree.
The revision of rules is expected to
reduce the number of registrants
sSith &c. f. c." degrees. 1t is ex-
Mained that during the first rush of
classification many men employed on
Emergency Fleet Corporation con-
tracts throughout the various plants
are not engaged at essential branches
or the work. These men will lose the
degree. None of the essential men
will be withdrawn, it is said, but the
~. +. c." degree. 1t is known, will
no longer be permitted to shield nom
essential workmen from military
service.
County Board No has twenty
mon holding the "E. F. c." degree.
only a few of these are in Glass l
and some are in Glass 3. it was said
this morning. These men are not
called for service according to their
order numbers but are classified in
case the "E. +. c." degree is an
nulled.
City Board No. 8, which gave all
the men 3-H classification as essen
tial workmen. has thirty-hve men on
its lists. The other two city boards
have about twenty men each
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-06

Importance of the services in the
distribution of steel, Francis j. Hall,
vice-pFesident of the Central Iron &
Steel Company, is told in an article
in the Iron Trade Review of this
weeks issue. The article in part
follows:
Francis j. Hall was the man Sc
lected to represent the manufactur-
ers of the steel plates on the Ameri-
can Iron and Steel Institutes sub
committee on steel distribution.
When the extent of the country's ef-
fort to establish adequate shipping
to meet war times is considered the
great importance of the services be-
ing rendered by Mr.. Hall may be
accurately measured.
Troop ships, merchant ships. sub
marines and submarine destroyers
are included in the term shipping
Another large field is the intense
present demand for plate by the rail-
road car-building industry. Plates
likewise are needed largely in the
construction of the famous 'caterpil-
lar tanks, which again have figured
prominently in the war dispatches
for many essential purposes. Mr..
Halls responsibilities and activities
in seeing that all these demands are
filled consequently have been varied
and numerous, since his task is that
of locating orders for all Govern
ment plate needs.
He is one of James b. Bonner s
right-hand men at Washington. MIR.
Bonner is vice-chairman of the
committee of which James A. Farrell
serves as. chairman. Mr.. Hall is
constantly on the job visiting plate
mills throughout the country. To-
day. as result, he is regarded as
one of the country's best informed
men on the plate situation. AS vice.
president of the Central Iron and
Steel Company. Harrisburg. Mr.. Hall
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-06
City Gets Ready For
Big Y.M.C.A. Campaign
$4,000 Needed to Continue MuchValued Work During
Coming Year; Pledges to Be Sought by Committee

To secure funds to carry on the
d higher degree of efficiency, a COM
mittee of fory-five premonent Har-
risburgers, with William r. Hildrup
as general chairman, on Tuesday
morning will start four-day drive
TO secure $4,000 for the organiza-
tion. Ten thousand dollars has al
ready ben promised for this fund.
Final plans for the campaign
drive, whic hwill close at Friday
noon, will be made at a luncheon of
the forty-five committeeman in the
Y. M. c. A. on Monday evening at
o'clock
Money Badly Needed
Seven thousand dollars of the fund
is desired by the directors of the or
ganization to pay off the long-stand-
ing debt of $1,000. The remaining
$4,000 will be devoted to covering
the expenses of the organization for
the ensuing year and the expenses of
rIaking some improvements to bene-
fit the Y, NJ. c. A. and its building
The campaign will be directed by
HndnCe committee OF lNe mem DefS,
of which William T. Hildred is the
chairman. The other members of
this committee are w. p. Starkey.
j. William Bowman, Edwin S. Her
man and f. u. Wallower. In addi-
ton, five teams of eight men each
will canvass the city
Eight thousand dollars. one-half
of the total desired, has already
been subscribed by the five members
of the finance committee on condi-
ton that the remainder be raised by
Harrisburg citizens. Hildrup and
Starkey have each subscribed S2.500
of this amount while the other three
members will pay 81, 900 each. In
addition to this, $4,000 has already
been subscribed by Harrisburg citi-
zens, so that Harrisburg has but to
subscribe an additional $4,000 to
ill the quota.
Need Not Pay at Once
Secretary Reeves this afternoon
emphasized the fact that subscrip-
tions to this fund need not be paid
at once, but at any time during the
calendar year. To emphasize the
need of improvements and additions
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-06
MRS. FRED c. HAND


Mrs, Jane e. Hand, wife of Fred
G. Hand, of Scranton, died at 2
o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the
State Hospital in that city, where
she had been since undergoing an
operation two months ago. During
the past two weeks her condition
was so critical that hope of her re-
covery was abandoned She had been
unconscious for several days. Death
came with her husband and chill
dTen at her bedside.
Mrs. Hand was the daughter of
the late William and Mary Goucher,
of Philadelphia. She was married
to Mr.. Hand twenty nine years ago,
the ceremony taking place in the
Quaker City. Since that time they
made their home in Scranton. AL
though Mr.. Hand has been for years
connected with the Department of
Labor and Industry and prominent
in Harrisburg musical circles.
The Scranton Republican says:
Mrs. Hand was a woman of lovely
character, intensely devoted to her
home life. In her death her hus-
band and children have suffered a
great loss. She is survived by her
husband and the following children:
Mrs. J. Elmer Williams; Chauncey
G. Hand and Roland X. Hand, IL. T.
Van Ripper, of Seattle, Wash; also
by two sisters, Mrs. +. A. Niven,
OF Nanticoke, and Miss Emily Gou-
cher. of Philadelphia; and by two
brothers, Grant l.. and Charles b.
Goucher, of Los Angeles, Cal"
Funeral services were held this
afternoon at 2.30 o'clock.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-06
GEN. CROWDER
DECLINES STARS
OF HIGHER RANK
Modestly Asks That Draft
Boards Be Given
Recognition

Washington, July 6.-Declining
promotion in recognition of work
well done, because he believed other
persons deserved as much credit as
himself, General Crowder. provost
marshal, has astounded Washington
by his modesty and lack of self
seeking" Upon his request Senate
and House conferees yesterday
dropped from the Army bill a pro-
vision for his promotion to the rank
of lieutenant general.
Senate and House conferees have
reached a complete agreement on
the twelve -billion-dollar Army ap-
preparation bill
ITO the draft boards" said Cen
eral Crowder, must go the chief
credit for success of the draft by
means of superb teamwork" and
while deprecating official recogni-
ton of his own work, he proposed
that some public and emphatic rec
ognition be granted to the draft
boards for "the enormous sacrifices"
they have made.
The conferees decided to grant
more pay to Army nurses and higher
rank to medical officers. The bill as
it now reads provides for two major
generals and two brigadier generals
for each division of the Regular
Army and one major general and
two brigadier generals for each divi-
sion of the National Army.
Secretary of War Bakers plan for
the formation of Pan-American
army, to be composed of soldiers of
all the American countries
that have allied themselves with the
United States in the war with Ger
many, and to be trained with Ameri-
can troops in the cantonments in
this country and brigaded with them
in France, was finally dropped from
the bill. Despite Mr.. Bakers re.
quest. the War Department, through
the general staff, has requested that
the plan be eliminated from the bill,
sccording to Senator Chamberlain,
cf Oregon.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-06
President Calls Advisers
to Confer on Intervention
in Siberia; Allies Urgent

Washington, July 6.-President
Wilson called into conference to-day
Secretaries Lansing, Baker and Dan
iels and Admiral Benson, chief OF
operations of the Navy. There was
no statement of the purpose, but a
report spread that the conference
had TO do with the Russian situation
1t is known that the President has
been earnestly urged by representa-
tives of the allies during the past
week to approve American and al
lied military Intervention in Siberia,
and that the subject has been given
renewed serious consideration.
General March, chief -of-staff of
the Army. Joined in the conference
soon after two naval officers appear
ed at the White House carrying a
large map of Russia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-06
FATEFUL HOUR IN
WAR IMMINENT AS
HUNS STAY DRIVE
Bonar Law Tells Diners Help
of United States After
Russia Was Vital si
By Associated Press

London, July 6.-The coming Ger
man blow will not be less dangerous
because of the time employed in pre-
pairing for it, but it is comforting to
know the men responsible for the
command of the allied armies are
confident of the result. Andrew
Bonar Law. Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, declared last night at a
dinner to the delegates of the par
liamentary commercial conference.
Hopes Decisive Hun Failure
1T is impossible to foresee the
future" he said, "but I do believe
the fateful hour Of this war is upon
us and if in another three months
our enemies have won no strategic
object, then their campaign will
have failed and it will, hope, be
a decisive failure"
The Germans possessed the most
perfect military machine that ever
existed, but, the Chancellor said,
he believed that when the history
of the war was written it would be
seen Germany had made greater
military mistakes than any other
power. He instanced the submarine
warfare which had brought the Unit
ed States into the war. He doubted
whether Germany would get as
much out of Russia as she expected.
Wherever the German soldier had
planted his foot the name of Ger
many was loathed for generations.
The Chancellor spoke gratefully
of American help and alluded to the
wonderful organization in sending
! American troops across the Allan
tic. The Germans, he said, could
now weigh the advantages and dis
advantages of their submarine cam
paign through them.
Russia in Delirium
| Mr.. Bonar law said he trembled
to think what would have been the
! position of the allies after Russia
went out of the war but for the
help of the United States. He had
not despaired of Russia. who was
like a patient in a delirium. 1t was
impossible from hour to hour to tell
what the future might bring there.
"I ssee no immediate hope of
peace. There is no road to 1t, I fear,
except the rugged road through vic
/ tory. 1t will be fatal to the world
and fatal to the Germans themselves
if they are not taught the lesson
that war does not pay"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-06
Austrian Dead $4,000;
Total Losses, ESQ, 900

Washington, July 6. - Austrian
losses in the recent unsuccessful of
fensive against italy and during the
Italian counter offensive are esti-
mated at between 100000 and 25O,-
600, including at least $4,000 killed,
in an official dispatch to-day from
Rome, based upon testimony of nu-
merous prisoners. The message says
the Austrians persist in beating the
ground about positions captured by
the Italians with strong but inef-
fectual artillery fire. 1t adds:
Seven Italians, who escaped cap
tivity, state that the Austrians force
a majority of the war prisoners to
work on the second line under our
fire."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-06
MAYOR mitchell
KILLED In AIR


from San Diego, Cal, about three
weeks ago and Mrs. Mitchell was at
Gerstner Field this morning, but did
not witness the accident.
Mrs. Mitchell will accompany the
body to New York tonight
New York. July 6.-John Purroy
Mitchell, killed in an aviation acci-
dent to-day, became a flyer for the
army after having been defeated last
fall for reelection as Mayor of New
York. He had served one term as the
chief executive of the country's big
gest city, the youngest mayor ever
elected to that office. On July 10,
next, he would have been 80 years
old.
Major Mitchell went into the Army
service with previous military train
ing, having taken the course at
Plattsburg while he was mayor. Upon
joining the Aviation Corps he was
transferred to San Diego, Cal, where
after successfully covering the cadet
training, he became a full-fiedged
flyer. He frequently was mentioned
as having shown, unusual daring.
Was Ant-Tammany
Mr.. Mitchell, running on a fusion
anti -Tammany ticket, easily defeated
Edward E. Mccall for mayor in 1913.
He took that office at the age of "a.
and was credited during the four
year term by many even not his
partisans with having administered
affairs as one of the city's most sue
cessful mayors. He was attacked,
however. by John F.. Hylan, who de-
feated him for mayor last fall, for
alleged extravaganza in financial eX-
penditures and unnecessary innova-
tions particularly in the employment
of experts from other cities to assist
in the administration of some de-
partments, notably that of educa-
tion.
There was one attempt on Mitchel's
life when a man named Mahoney
fired shot at him nea rthe City Hall
four months after his Inauguration.
Willing TO Serve
Toward the close of his mayor
atty term Major Mitchell frequently
expressed reluctance to accept a re-
nomination, saying he preferred to
enter his country's service. This
sentiment was reflected in CONVEX
sation with Frank L. Bowling, then
president of the Board of Aldermen,
who to-day quoted Mitchell as say
ing:
"If I die. IL doesn't matter when
or how. A man could not die more
gloriouslS than for his country"
The flags of the city have been
half-masted by order of Mayor
Hylan. He announced steps would
be taken by the city ito pay every
respect to the late mayor"
When the body of Mayor Mitchell
arrives here it is planned to place
it, attired IL the uniform he served
his country, in corridor in the City
10 s.s~. L.. a..
that which was accorded Mayor Gay
nor will be held, with the addi-
tional solemnity of military atmos-
nhere.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-06
$40, Boar Called
Greatest Duroc Born

Kansas City. r. A. Long has
added to his pure-bred stock at Long
view Farm $4,000 boar. Jacks Orion
King II. bred by Ira jackson, Tippe-
canoe City, Ohio.
This boar is the greatest Duroc
ever bred by Mr. Jackson, it's sire,
Orion Cherry King, having put twenty
the shows of 1915 and 1917. while its
dam, Jacks King Lady. has been a
producer of the same kind.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-06
Hun Pact With Rumania
Stirs Socialist, Cohn,
to Bitter Arraignment
By Associated Press

Amsterdam, July GA bitter at
tack on the German peace with
Rumania and militarism was made in
the debate in the Reichstag Thursday
by DR.. Cohn, Independent Socialist,
according to the Rheinische West
falische Zeitung of Essen.
we reject the Rumanian treaty,
he said. Like the Ukrainian treaty
it will not produce a real peace. The
Rumanian Jews still lack rights
This treaty is nothing but bartering
for petroleum and railways.
THE treaty is nothing but dis
guised, perhaps undisguised, rob-
berry"
Here the president called upon DR..
Cohn to observe moderation in his
remarks. After further criticism Dr.
Cohn exclaimed:
Unless militarism is overcome
we cannot obtain a lasting peace"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-06

CONTINUED from First Page.]
operations, but the belief is held by
some military observers that he
might surprise the German COM
mand by striking in forces at u vital
point His man power is increasing
and his artillery and aerial forces
predominant over the same services
on the enemy side. In the past
week British airmen alone have sc-
counted for 1875 German machines.
while SO of their own failed to re-
turn.
Fighting activity on the Itallap
front is becoming more general hut
is moi very severe at any one point
Near the mouth of the Piave the
Italians have gained ground further
and teken 400 more prisoners. Be-
tWeel the Brenta and the Piave. on
the mountain front, the Italians have
MAJ do a slight advance and repulsed
enemy efforts. Austrian attacks on
the Asiago plateau, west of the
Brenta were broken up by the Ital-
iaus.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-06

to the local institution, Secretary
Reeves to-day told how yesterday a
total of twenty-five men were unable
TO secure accommodations in the
dormitories, while on an average of
six and seven men are turned away
each day.
First reports of results in the
drive will be heard at a MONDAY
luncheon of the committeeman at
the Y. M. c. A. Final reports will
be given on Friday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-06

Corporal David D. Swavely. with
Headquarters Company. One Hundred
and Twelfth Infantry, has arrived in
France, advices to his father. Hiram
Swavely, say. Young swavely enlist
ed in April. 1917. and had been in
training at Camp Hancock, Ga. His
father is an engineer on the Queen
of the Valley express train of the
Philadelphia and Reading railway.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-06
FLYERS
WIN THRILLING
SKY BATTLE
Fight Against. Odds of Is to 8;
Send Two to
Earth

With the American Army in
France, July 6.-American aviators
-Lieutenants Carlisle Rhodes, of
Terre Haute, Ind; S. P. Thompson,
Honeoye Falls, N. Y; Waldo N
Heinrichs, of Granville, Ohio, and
John Mitchell. of Manchester, Mass,
engaged in a thrilling air battle
northwest of Chateau Thierry yes
terday morning. One German ma
chine was shot down during the
combat and it is believed that Lieu
tenant Heinrichs was the American
who sent the enemy airplane to
earth.
The four American aviators were
patrolling the lines five or six kilo-
meters inside the German front when
they encountered six enemy ma
chimes. The battle began at an alti-
tude of 4,200 meters and continued
until the machines had dropped
down to 2,200 meters from the earth
The combat lasted for twenty min
utes.
An hour later eight American ma
chimes engaged in a battle with fif-
teen enemy airplanes at height of
400 meters. The combat swayed
boShNdid VI anu lOl W1Iu ONGI lH6 IcI .
man and American lines near Chat
eau Thierry. The German machines
were higher than the Americans, but
the latter maneuvered their airplanes
admirably in the fight. Suddenly one
of the enemy airplanes dived toward
the earth and went spinning down
ward being chased down by two of
the Americans, Lieutenants Ralph
| A. O'Neill, of Nogales, AriZ., and j.
c. Raible, of New York.
| 1t is believed that the German air
plane was out of control during its
| plunge.
Paris, July 6.-Two American
aviators were killed yesterday when
the machines in which they were
| flying at a low altitude fell to the
ground in flames. The airmen were
Lieutenant William Dudley Robbens
and Second Lieutenant John Will
| ford, of the American Army. The
bodies of the aviators were burned.
Washington, July 6.-Thomas Mac
! MILAN Weddel, an aviation pilot
and Edward Charles Kneip, an OBJ
server, were killed in an aviation ac-
cident in France, July 1, the Navy
Department announced Yesterday
Weddell lived at Pensdale, ILL.,, and
Kneip at 16S East End avenue, New
York City.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-06
Miss Wynn to
Visit Camp Colt

Miss Bessie Wynn, who has been
appearing before Majestic audiences
this week, will go to Camp Colt,
Gettysburg tomorrow, where, in
the Y. M. e. A. tents, she will sing
and talk on her experiences in war
torn France for the benefit of the
Tank Corps men located at the Get
tyshurg camp.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-06
U. S. Plans Building of
10000 Ton BattIeships
Bv .4Stocfntc6 Prcss

Washington, July 6.-Two of the
40.000-ton battleships authorized by
Congress will be constructed at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard. Secretary Dan
iels, it was learned to-day, has ap-
proved the building of ways at that
yard for this purpose.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-06
KILLED IN WRECK

Youngstown, Ohio, July Cone
man killed was the toll of a rail-
road accident at 6 o'clock this morn
ing when Barnum and Bailey circus
train No. crashed into the rear end
of Erie Railroad New York Chicago
Limited, at Girard, four miles west
of here. The man killed was Thomas
Rooney. 25, of Murphysboro, Tenn,
a hostler. Rooney was thrown be-
tween two cars by the impact.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-06
Deaths and Funerals
JACOB ARMSTRONG

Jacob Armstrong, 21, died this
rnorning at the Harrisburg Hospital.
Funeral services will be held Tues
day afternoon at - o'clock at the
home of his sister, 1920 William
street. The Rev. w. Tolliver, pastor
of the Zion Baptist Church, will Of
ticiate and burial will be in the Lin
coin Cemetery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-06
AUSTRIA ADMITS REVERs

Vienna, July 6.-The battle at the
mouth of the Piave river, on the
Italian front, continued yesterday,
the Austrian war Office announced
to-day. Austrian advance forces
were pressed back to their main
body by the Italians.