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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1917
Page
1
Census experts reported high turnout under the Selective Draft Act with most residents complying in the county. Officials noted around one thousand registrations despite some individuals seeking to avoid service.
The Harrisburg Telegraph reports a district wide survey on fruit and crop conditions. Officials say registered growers total 7 225 in the main district with 6 915 enrollments in the city, while beans vegetables fruits and other crops are far above normal. Courteously supplied by S R Coover and Witman Schwarz Co Lewistown Carlisle, the report credits Governor Brumbaugh's defense committee for urging food production and notes widespread attention to expanding crops across Juniata Cumberland and Lebanon valleys.
Washington June 6 Associated Press Crowder announced that registrars have until noon today to report. No fully complete registrations are expected until late today. Governors were told to allow those who missed registering yesterday to do so today with a liberal policy. Nonresidents may also register under paragraph sixty four. If abuse is found, stricter action will follow.
A semi official note from Paris reports Marshal Joffre in the United States conference with American military chiefs. A plan for organizing the new American army was elaborated with British leaders. The marshal played a preponderant role and was called the godfather of the American army by his collaborators.
Registrations from most districts came in by noon totaling 14 141 with state estimates at 15 186 about 1 000 higher. City districts total 6 915 from 54 precincts while 7 226 are from 70 districts. Jackson township delayed. officials expect few additions. Panels organize cards for tabulation then forward results to Mayor Miller and state officials.
A biblical passage from Numbers recounts Moses listing Israelite males aged twenty and older fit for war. Moses and Aaron, with a tribal man from each tribe, register the people on the first day of the second month, detailing pedigrees and family lines to define eligible fighters.
Registrars during the draft registration elicited puzzled questions about eye color and complexion for uniforms. Applicants debated whether to use Russian or American names, with one man noting a name change possibility and another seeking plain spelling.
Berlin newspapers express hope for a fresh clash with the American navy following Admiral Sims speech in London. The Lokal Anzeiger notes the German fleet desires a new encounter and suggests America may be drawn to join if a new Jutland-like battle occurs.
In Springfield Missouri on June 6 plans to abduct a St Louis munitions maker were confessed to Paul O Day by C G Pierre. He is among six held in the Lloyd Keet disappearance case the 14 month old son of banker J Holland Keet.
County commissioners decide to share half the cost with the state to take over the Berks and Dauphin counties turnpike from Hummelstown to Wernersville. The remaining stretch in Dauphin runs to the Lebanon line near Palmyra. Permanent repairs and improvements are planned after takeover.
Dauphin county manufacturers plan an organizing meeting in the city this evening to cooperate with the state association. The group aims to promote proper relations between manufacturers and state government departments, with involvement in supervising industrial and manufacturing activities.
News that the steamship Rochambeau carrying hundreds of Yale, Princeton, and Harvard students bound for the American Ambulance Corps has docked at a French port. George E. Etter of Harrisburg learns his son B. Franklin Etter sailed with Princeton, and Broadnax Cameron, another Princeton participant, is a nephew of Mrs. Lyman D. Gilbert of the city.
A heavyweight freight wreck on the Philadelphia division of the Pennsylvania Railroad tied up traffic for sixteen hours. A broken track at Devon left twenty four cars piled across four tracks at 11 30 last night. No injuries reported though equipment and a bridge were damaged and a complete rebuild was needed. Through trains rerouted to Philadelphia and the Trenton cut off while crews from Harrisburg Philadelphia and Morrisville cleared the line.
Contributions reach 11641 toward the 12000 goal set by the committee. Through the Civic Club 5806 has been donated with a promise of 700 more. Funds will establish Y M C A headquarters at training grounds and support work at the front.
Tornadoes last night in Missouri and Kansas caused fourteen deaths and injuries to about fifty people, with extensive property damage. The most severe blow struck Centralia, Missouri, where five people died and about thirty were injured as fifty or more houses were destroyed.
Violet Osborne of Newark, N J, traveled to Harrisburg to pay tribute to Ephraim Klerner, only to learn he was alive, married with two children. She and her mother arrived after receiving notice he died by scalding. The man had led a double life, with a wife and two children.
President Wilson writes Governor Brumbaugh urging against relaxing humanitarian labor safeguards tied to war measures. He warns that lengthening hours would dampen national energy and harm workers, amid protests by Samuel Gompers and other labor leaders.
Washington lawmakers introduced bills to expel and permanently bar U S citizens who flee the country to dodge military service. The measures would allow a 30 day window for those who have already fled to return and make amends. Both bills went to the immigration committee for favorable reporting.
The Bureau of Municipal Research after a city survey recommends comprehensive changes in police operations. It urges civil service improvements and addresses traffic, vice, and liquor problems with detailed recommendations.
The report proposes civil service for police and a chief, with officers aged 21 to 30 at appointment and an average of two police magistrates to conduct public hearings and take over aldermanic criminal cases. Detectives drawn from uniformed staff stay only while performance warrants, and hearings should be held in a dignified courtroom with a district attorney or assistant present. Separate hearings for women with a matron, and juvenile hearings out of court. It urges midnight saloon closing by law or court order, sending officers to New York to study traffic, revising Harrisburg traffic regulations, a vigorous vice campaign with reports on suspected sites, motorcycle patrols in suburbs, better lighting in business districts, and a modern record system already implemented.
A New York Bureau of Municipal Research survey presented to the Chamber of Commerce advocates civil service for police and the chief, replaces alderman court with a magistrate, and shifts criminal work to a magistrate. It calls for sweeping traffic rule changes, a campaign to wipe out vice, and a new record system including fingerprints.
At Franklin and Marshall College eighty first commencement at Lancaster PA honorary degrees were conferred. Benjamin M Nead of Harriste received the doctor of literature. Other honorees include Henry DG Darbaker and Charlie R Santee, both noted clergymen, Charles f Scheeffer, a scientist, and Judge Nevin W Wanner plus James Herry Morgan president of Dickinson College. Diplomas went to a 62 member graduating class many absent attending Fort Niagara officers training camp. Half the class has enlisted in government service.
A German submarine is believed sunk by an armed American steamer after a running fight of about ninety minutes. The subs fired 35 shots to 25 by the steamer. the final shot purportedly sent the submarine diving and rising stern up before vanishing from view. The State Department confirms the engagement and the American naval crew operated the steamer’s guns.
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