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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-28
DECLARES EDITH CAVELL
: WAS EXECUTED WITHIN
THE LAWS OF WARFARE
Minority Report of the Committee Military Law Is Made
Public at Session Being Held in Baltimore

seems to me is to impeach our sim
cerity and good faith in criticising
the German authorities in this re-
gard, and to warrant the suggestion
that such criticism is inspired rath-
CIR by the fact that they, our enemies,
were responsible for it. as well as
sympathy for a good and worthy
woman. than any well considered
judgment in the matter"
The majority members of the com
mittee. Andrew A. Bruce, of Minne-
apolis; Martin Conboy. of New York,
and John Hinkley, of Baltimore. de-
clared they could not concur in the
suggestion of Mr.. Gregory that there
should be provision prohibiting the
death penalty in the case of women
spies"
1T would certainly he inadvisa BILE
unless such provision were in the
codes of all the nations with whom
we would be likely to be at war;
they said.
The majority also decided to concur
in recomme udatious of the minority
that enii.ted men sit on courts mar
ti&l and that special courts be aban-
doned. The majority report assert
ed that although I'VE believe some
changes should be made, We are sat
isfied that the errors which were
committed during the recent war and
the excessive penalties which were
no doubt often imposed. were due
sclely to the incxperience of those in
control and to the fact not only thai
we had of necessity to train an Of
flcer class over night for our volun-
teer army, but that our practice In
the past of scattering our regular
Army, divided into battalions, COM
panies and even smaller units over
ulhe country had made it impossible
to train properly even our West
Point officers"
The majority members of the com
mittee urged that greater efforts be
made to cut down the time taken IN
bringing prisoners to trial in order
to lessen their period of confinement
in the guard house. I'VE are salts
fed that their associations in the
guard house have ruined many a fine
soldier" they said.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-28
Many Witnesses Uphold
Packers; Rap Control Plan

Washington. Aug. 2S.-A process
sion of witnesses representing Sec
tions of the United States scattered
from Texas to New York city, var
led as to occupation and views. but
all unit is opposing passage of the
Kenyon and Kendrick bills for regu-
lating the packing industry, were
heard yesterday by the Senate agri-
culture committee. Stockmen pre-
dominated in the list, but grocers,
farmers, feeders, bankers and com
mission men were included.
Frank Currie. of Gard, Nebraska,
a cattleman, announced that he was
opposed to the bills because they
would GermaniZe the United
States"
We've heard every other argu-
ment against them but the pro-Ger-
man one" Senator Kenyon, Repub-
lican, of Iowa, author of one of the
measures, interrupted.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-28

Baltimore, Aug. 2S.-Execution by
the Germans of Miss Edith Cavell
the English nurse, which aroused the
indignation of the Allied world, was
in accordance with the laws of "civ-
ilized warfare" according to a mi
nority report of the committee on
military law of the American Bar
Association. made public here. Both
majority and minority reports were
prepared by the committee. which
was appointed to investigate courts
martial and suggest reforms in mil
itary law.
The reference to the case of Miss
Cavel was made by S. s. Gregory, OF
Chicago. chairman of the committee
and was concurred in by Judge Will
liam P. Bynum. of Greensboro. n. C.
the other minority member, in advo.
eating abolition of the death penalty
for women convicted of infringing
military law. In his report Mr.. Greg
ory said:
"A careful consideration of the case
of Miss Edith Cavell, one of the most
pathetic and appealing victims of the
great war. whose unfortunate fate
has aroused the sympathy and excit-
ed the indignation of two continents
has led me to the conclusion that
she was executed in accordance with
the laws and usages OF what we are
pleased commonly to refer to as civ
ilized warfare.
This being so it has seemed to me
quite inconsistent with our condem-
nation of those who thus took her
life to retain in our own system OF
military justice those provisions OF
law which were relied upon by the
German military authorities in order
ing her execution. The mere fact that
her trial was attended by the bru-
tality and duplicity which commonly
marked the exercise of military pow
er by the German command. does not
alter this aspect of the case. This
is not subject upon which I desire
TO reason at any length, for it is one
is to which The impulses of the heart
can much better be relied upon thar
any sophisticated and artificial reas-
ching.
For us to take any other course, II
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-28

naming seven and three-quarters
million.
The advantage France may draw
from full exploitation of this rich
resource in power appears clearly
when it is realized that Germany
has only 100000 horsepower in
hydraulic resources, that coal costs
three times as much as it did before
the war, and that the French water
power corresponds to a total annual
coal consumption of 7S,000,000 tons.
100000 tons more than France
consumed annually before the war.
France requires 10000, 900 tons of
coal yearly in excess of her own
production, at its maximum. At the
present cost, the purchase of such a
quantity means the payment abroad
of billion two hundred million
francs annually. materially aggravat-
ing the situation of French ex-
change.
The program of utilization of the
unimproved water power comprises
the manufacture of nitrate fertilizers
so much needed to increase agricul-
tural production in France.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-28
BRING OUT OLD \
ARTS TO GREET
THEIR SOLDIERS
Island Natives Celebrate With
Festival Lasting Two
Weeks

Papettc. Tahiti, Aug. 2S.-Age old
Polynesian customs and arts of song
and dance, half forgotten by the
natives in their swing toward Euro
pean customs, were revived during
the great festival which during the
past few weeks welcomed home
Tahitian veterans of the great war.
Maran, formerly queen, came from
semi-retirement and gave a pic
turesque feast of royal proportions in
the old kings palace.
The otea, or dancing company,
presenting evolutions not unlike the
Hawaiian hula-hula, was seen
again and the himene. said by mu-
sical experts to be unique in all the
world, wfes sung. In the himene,
lately abandoned for hymns and
European songs taught by mission
aries, short phrases of great orig
inality and often of great beauty
are woven together in four or five
parts without dissonance. Some liken
it to Wagnerian choruses.
One colorful feathre of the cele-
bration was the lantern parade
when young and old, carrying
torches, danced through the high
ways and byways of the town. The
square, lighted all about with paper
lanterns while flower crowned wo-
men promenaded with husbands or
sweethearts, presented a romantic
picture of old Tahiti.
When the battalion of Tahitian
soldiers arrived they were greeted
by great crowds of brilliantly attired
natives crowding piers and beach
They marched through triumphal
arches of palms and after being off,
vi n L La lsnnN Il ~
lyn Robert were taken over by the
crowds.
The festival continued more than
two weeks. Other settlements OF
the island have made preparations
for other celebrations to follow.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-28
Johnson Urges Soldiers
Be Brought Home at Once

Washington. Aug. 28. Senator
Johnson. Republican, California, in a
statement yesterday urged the i'm
mediate return of American troops
from abroad. and declared the time
has arrived when this country should
get out of the whole mess and be
just American again"
Asserting that American boys were
fighting an "undeclared and rndis-
closed war in Siberia" that others
were to be sent to Silesia that Amer
lean troops had been "cruelly treated
in Dalmatia" and still others were to
remain upon the Rhine for fifteen
years, Senator Johnson said:
"All of this was ordered in secret
not in the United States, but in Paris
where we had one vote out of five.
The logic of events demonstrates
what the league of nations is for
to have America underwrite the peace
treaty, in which are interviewer the
secret treaties disposing of the world
among the Allies which were hidden
from us during the war"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-28
NOTED PASTOR
LAUDS TANLAC

That the stomach is the fountain
head of most diseases was again
proven in the case of the Re-.
Johnah Smith, Wilkes-Barre, W. },
after suffering six years with kind
ney trouble. found absolute relief
through taking Tanlac. He said.
Severe pains in the back and
across the kidneys used to hold me
almost rigid. Before 1 hid finished
a half bottle of Tandac I could feel
the beneficial effects, while to-day
kidnev trouble is thing of the past.
Tanlac got my ~tomack working
right and kidney trouble soon left"
People suffering from nervous de-
\ ~, sleeplessness, lost vitality,
poor appetites headaches, indiges-
ton, weakness, stomach, liver and
kidney troubles should take TanIac,
the Master Medicine of Millions"
Sold here by all leading druggists.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-28
Prizes Awarded in
Annual Baby Parade
Eu Associated PrI5s

Asbury Park, N. j.. Aug. 2S. -
Jane Mannigan, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Mannigan, of Harrison,
N. j., won the grand prize, gold
loving cup, in the twenty-eighth an
nual baby parade here yesterday af-
ternoon.
The queen prize" a pony and
cart. was awarded to Veni Spinelli,
of Newark. N. ].
Thousands of paraders were in
the march before the throne of the
tiny queen, Anna Irene Psaki,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George H.
Psaki, of Forest Hills, L. l., and
her fairy court. The pageant, which
was featured by victory and pa
triotic floats, was witnessed by near
ly' 100000 persons.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-28
YANKEES LEAVE
BIG GAP TORN
IN CAMBRIDGE
Their Departure From British
University Is Regretted
by Instructors

Cambridge. Eng, Aug. 2S.-The
departure of the American soldier
students from Cambridge University
is regretted. The are missed.
quite a gap has been left by
the Americans" the correspondent
was told by w. F. Reddaway, of
Fitzwilliam Hall, censor of nom
collegiate Students and the Rev.
]. P. Whitney, professor of eccles-
iastical history at Emmanuel Col
lege, which was John Harvard's rut
in q quick corroboration. Indeed
they are" said he. They were a
CHEEKY lot. We all liked them.
They lent quite a bit of color"
The university authorities gem
orally were impressed by the earn
estness with which some of the
Americans buckled down to work.
All did not work hard, however,
many taking the view that they
would profit more by looking about
in a leisurely fashion, studying
English practices and manners and
cultivating the social side of things,
than they would be burying them
selves in books and lecture rooms
during their limited stay.
Cambridge is beginning to make
bid for American students who
look to Europe as field for post
graduate work. Formerly Ameri-
cans had great difficulty in secur-
ing degrees of Doctor of Philosophy
in British universities, so they went
to Germany. Cambridge now has
arranged a Phi. D., Sir Godfrey
said, that will have a special appeal
to American researchers.
English postgraduate students,
like the Americans, used to go to
Germany. To Offset a resumption
of that practice, Cambridge is ar
ranging to have its men go instead
to universities in the United States.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-28
Prince of Wales Given
Reception at Toronto

Toronto, Aug. %. - Great DEM
onstrations of welcome and loyalty,
which continued throughout yester-
day, marked the last day of the
present visit of the Prince of Wales
to Toronto.
The reception given the royal vis-
itor at the grounds of the Canadian
national exhibition, and in the
twenty-four mile triumphal drive
through the streets, was unparalleled
in the history of the city. On ac-
count of the great crowds and mag
nitude of the demonstration consid-
erable curtailment of the Princes
program was necessary.
Hundreds of thousands of per-
sons lined the streets to get a view
of His Royal Highness and party.
Mounted police had to charge the
crowds at times to get the Princes
car through.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-28
So EASY TO
HEAL YOUR SKIN
WITH POSLAM

Don't let those eruptions remain to
blemish and annoy any longer than il
takes Poslam to heal them. And Pos
lam is best equipped to do the work
because it's healing powers are con-
centrated. Relieves itching at once.
Apply Poslam at night = and leave
1t on in the daytime too. when con-
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soon see benefits. Poslam is harmless,
So effective is Poslam that a little
of it will cover a large surface. 1t
is the QUALITY, not the quantity of
il, that does the work.
Sold everywhere. For free sample
write to Emergency Laboratories, 243
West 47th St, New York City.
Poslam Soap, medicated with Pos
lam, brightens, beauties compilations.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-28
VITOLYN
Nature,s Tonic OF Herbs

Put New Life into your weak and
disordered Stomach and natural
Vigor and Regularity into your Liver
and Bowels.
Vitolyn makes Rich Red Blood.
Sold at Golden Seal, Forney, Ken
nedy and all other leading druggists.
STEVENS MEDICINE CO.,
54S Vanderbilt Ave-, Brooklyn, n. Y,
Also Manufacturers of Stevens Ca
tarrh Compound, sure preventive Of
Hay Fever.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-28
Leaders Statements


Los Angeles, Cal, Aug. 2S.-Un-
less there is decided improvement
the government will take steps to
operate the lines" said a statement
concerning the railroad strike re-
ceived from Warren S. Stone. chief
of the locomotive engineers.
Mr.. stones statement follows:
Effective at once inform all
members of division that strike
is illegal from start to finish.
All members of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers
will be required to abide by the
laws of the organization.
Failing to do so.
they will be expelled inside of
"a hours. Unless there is de-
cided improvement the govern
ment will take steps to operate
the roads. You all know what
this will mean. Impress on
everyone the necessity of using
sober thought and exercising
common sense and not be car
ried away by wave of mob
law"
In addition to Mt. Stones state
ment the following statement sign
ed by w. G. Lee, president of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
was posted by local officers of the
brotherhood last night:
Advise all men of the
brotherhood that we will not
engage in sympathetic strike
and tell our men that less than
two months ago 25S members
of the brotherhood were ex-
PEELED from the organization at
Winnipeg for sympathetic ac-
ton while many of them lost
their positions. Our members
must return to work and up
hold their contracts if they ex-
pect to retain membership and
support of this organization"
Brotherhood leaders went into
executive session to consider the
new orders from Mr.. Stone and Mr.
Lee. They refused to comment or
the developments.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-28
RICH RESOURCE
in WATER POWER
Natural Falls of France Fur
nish 100000 Horse
power

Paris, Aug. 2S. Nine million
horsepower is the total capacity of
the natural waterfalls of France,
according to complete census
made by Monsieur Jules Gels. Under
Secretary of Public Works. OF that
total 5000 horsepower was utilized
before the war and about half
million has been put into operation
since 1914. The Chamber of Dep
uties is now discussing a bill regu-
lating the cession of water power
privileges which, it is hoped, will
facilitate the utilization of the re-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-28
RAILROAD MEN
ARE ORDERED
BACK TO WORK
Face Expulsion From Broth
erhoods if They Remain
on Strike
By Associated Press.

Washington. Aug. IS. - Director
General Hines has announced that
the chiefs of the four railroad
brotherhoods had sent final in
structions to the men of their or
ganizations participating in railroad
strikes on the Pacific coast to re-
turn to work Immediately.
THE chief executives of the four
train and enginemen's organiza-
tions," the director general an
nounced, have sent final and un-
qualified instructions to their men
on strike on the Southern Pacific,
Santa Fe coast lines, and Salt Lake
lines, to return Immediately to work
and are confident that the instruc-
tions will be complied with.
The railroad administration has
thought it highly desirable to give
the organizations an adequate op-
portunity to obtain control of the
situation but the government is TAX
ing the necessary steps to deal with
the matter without the lapse of
further time unless this last effort of
the chief executives of the organiZa-
tons speedily proves successful"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-28
Stock Exchange to
Close Again Saturday
BIZ Associated Press.

New York, Aug. 2S. - For the
fourth time this summer the COVER
nors of the stock exchange. acting
on a petition signed by a majority
of the members of that institution,
yesterday voted to suspend business
Saturday.
Brokers and commission houses
are far behind in the clerical work
resulting from the activity of the
bull market which began last Feb
ruary.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-28
ASK PROBE OF WAR RISK BUREAU

Washington. Aug. 2S.-Investiga-
tion of war risk insurance bureau
with a view to changes in the law
governing its operation is proposed
in resolution introduced by Senator
Gore, Democrat. Okla.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-10-14
FRIML POTRETf ZENAT.

New York, 10. fijna. - BY
10 zde objeveno, re pred tremi
tydny ozenil Sc cesky hudebni
skladatel Rudolf Friml jiz po
treti. Elsie Lawsonova, ktera
vystoupila v posledni sezon6
We Frimlove operete Tumble
Inn," s,ala sc treti manzelkou
jeho. Friml byl pred peti roxy
rozveden prvni svou manzel-
kou Mathildou pc soudu, v
nemz byla zapletena Emma
Trentiniova. Po dvou letech O.
zenil Sc Friml 3 Blanche Bet
tersovou. ktera vystoupila V
jeho "Katince'. Vse bylo V po
fadku, dokud Sc neobjevlla FL
sic Lawsonova pred rokem V
male roll V "Gloriane.' Nasle
doval rozvod a nyni tfeti swat
ba.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-10-14
ITALSKA NUCENA PUJCKA.
ZEME OEIROZENA NEBEZPECNOU KRISf.

Rim, 13. fijna. We vsech zdejSich kruzich vzbuzue
nova taska nucena pIicka ez bude hstor zem6 prvni
sveho druhu ktera citene dokne kazdeho ehoz men
pfevySule obnos 1000 dollaru, Znacny roZruch
Suma &C dost znacna pfi dneSn vSeobecne draho6, nj
echo neznamena Stavkam vyeerpany lid mens kapta ma
poskytnou SCI eaez pfeEsuiicich udany obnos
n6kterych pripadech az do 400
DIE rGZnych pfedpovedi bude lid zejmena jzn Italii
e Zakoren6na nedGv6ra podobnemu ukladani
nez, jednoduSe penze schovavati tim zpGsoben zmizi
denniho fnan6nho ob6hu obrovsk6 sunny Mate6 pozem-
XII musf upisova pom6ru Gene nemovitos mnoz kter
nemaj hotovych, budou nuceni odproda 6imz maietky
zasn6 poklesnou Gene Tova vlasnici v6tSich prImy
slovych podnkI musi pTisp6t az nekoik mlonu ponej
celou polovici provozovacho kaptau by by nucen
z3vody zavrti ponehati d6nictvo bez vyd6ku
Vlada ocekava re tmo zpGsobem vynucena pGj6ka Wy
Cd do mlliard dollarh stenou obdrz ale
podob6 vaeGn6 nahrady take by spoien6 krovst spou
puiGkou zbavo polovny ceeho valeGneho dluhu
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-10-14
NALEZLI MRTVOLY ZMIZE
LYCH LETCU.

Nogalez, Ariz. = Tela dvou
muzi, od6nych V americkyc
vojenskych uniformach a od-
znaky aviaticke sluzby V kap-
sach, byla nalezena pohrbena
ma pobrezi zatoky Los Ange-
les, as 800 mil ma jih Cd San
Diego soudi Sc, ze isou to po-
rucici F. B. Waterhouse c..
H. Connolly, jak oznamil dnes
vojenskym autoritam A. Ri
chards z Chicago po SVEN pri-
jezdu 2 Guyamas. Oba muzi
zmizeli behem rohranicni
vzdusne patroly mezi Yuma,
Ariz., a San Diego, Cal. Ri
chards a William Rose, jiny A
merican nalezli mrivoly %.
zafi, kdyz pristali ma pobfezi
zatoky z paniku Navari.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-10-14
POPETIDENNfM BOJ HUN0VE DONU-
CENI USTOUPITI IA kEKU DUNU.
GENERAL GOLTZ VYSTRlDAN GEN.
EBERHARDTEM.
SPOJENf NEMECKYCH ODDfLU S RUSKYM VOJ-
SKEM Sc POTVRZUJE
BULLETIN:

Berlin 49, rijna AS 25, 900 nemeckych vojakd odmit-
10 uposechnouti rozkazG Berina nastoup zpateGn po
chod batickych provnc vaky okupovanych pfes jed
nodue ruskemu vojsku, kere po6tu $4,000 muzd
vrac do svych domovt TAX mi dose zpravy dfednf
Kodan 13. fina - Lotys pfekroci poznovu feku Dunu
smerem Mtave obsad pfedm6sti Rigy lezfci evem
brehu Has tax depee dosa lotysske skove dradovn6
Wenden Lvonsku, SO mil everovychod cd Rigy kan
tez pfesdly mnsersky kabinet narodn shromazd6ni
j. vladni 1Tady, nektere vsak opetne vratiy.
Estonci uzavrena byla voenska smlouva die ktere tito
mali boji Rigu poskytnouti pomoc
Spoienecke bitevnice vydane pomaha haiti Rigu prot
nemeckym tokhm, kere byy po dni opakovany vrdo
siinou urpunos Neei bombardova meso ae toto jest
otevTeno, nkterak opevneno.
General Won der Gotz predal vrchni veen baltcke
bas Eberhardtov jest neblizsich dnech oGekavan
Berlne kde "zodpovi proc neuposlechl rozkazu Ba
cka provncie nevykd Vat spoencGm Nernecko omlou
re neposusn6mu voku nebudou poskytnuty poravnove
zasoby vada podnikne ably oddly dopraveny byy
domu Vlaky do backe obast ezdit budou prazdny ably
zamezeno bylo zaslani streiva.
Dnstoinic tax zvane bile ruske armady, havne meme
ckeho pdvodu, meska dosud Berne, udanive voen-
skm posanm prohlasuji vefeine re Goltz jeho prvr
senc nehodla vzdat jech dobrodruznych pokusu OBJ
zvaste ntni kdy chystaj spoenc tazen Moskvu
Petrohrad kdy ruskemu bosevsmu hroz nasna smrt Ne
keif chadnokrevn Nemci vdf nespravne rozusten spe
te stuace pTpceni n6meckeho voiska oddhm pro-
bolsevckym boovat spoletne vrchnho dozoru spoje
neckeho.
Zprvy dosle Helsingfos ici stav lotysskeho voiska
Rige "a primo zoufaly. Nemci Rusove hodaji vymoc
pechod pres Dunu ez e deli cd havnho vote plukovnka
Avalova Bermonda Stare meso jakoz pfistav byy vane
poskozeny bojd ostreovani byo zabo nekok obcani
Do Rigy dovoleno pouti lodm ami kdyz mali nakad
nutnych potravin jsou vraceny amercke pomocne lode
Londyn, 13. mjna - VZet Jamburku vojskem generala
udene vysledkem vseobecneho postupu voj>k
Petrohradu. Pr obsazen zaaty byly dpne bosevcke
puky 1000 muzn neho voska sovetu cely stab 10
bolSevcke dvse Ma strane dobyvateu byo pax jen 27
$50 ranenych. Hlavni srGjce protiboSevcke
pravy gen. Vladmrov vyadrue nemecko ruska akce
pod pukovnikem Avalovem Bermondem prisla z pozde
by moha zastaviti postup ruske severopadn armady.
Londyn 13. fijna Jak bylo uredn3 haSeno, opu-
stilo posedni angicke yojsko nedeli Archandelsk