... ,m -v - -,'4-W'. • '.<** ' _ .Jii'WP BVmUIHMV. l| 1.1 . , —— 1,1 " «..i» . W'■ "! .1 »' ' ~ € J More Thinning Lines of Blue Pay Tribute to Comrades Who Are Gone HARRISBURG iSllsli TELEGRAPH T YYYV X T r v 1 ?? BY CARRIER 6 CENTS A WEEK. LA A A V — A-O SINGLE COPIES 2 CENTS. GERMANS MAKE NEW DRIVE IN VERDUN REGION Throw Fresh Troops in Large Masses Against French Lines PARIS ADMITS RETREAT Say Bulgarians Advance Into Greece Through Secret Agreement Fresh troops in large masses are being thrown by the Germans against the French lines northwest of Verdun and twice within the last 24 hours General Xivelle's force? have been compelled to give ground. The weakest point in the French defense appears to be in the neigh borhood of Cumieres between that vil lage and r>ead Man Hill, to the west. This line was dented by the Germans for a distance of more than 300 yards in the third of a series of violent as saults yesterday afternoon, Last night the Germans returned to the attack with a fresh division and Paris ad mits that i:i the face of this drive the French were forced to retire slightly along the Bethincourt- Cumieres road. Other Violent Attacks The German attacks apparently were equally violent along other sec tors of the front west of the Meuse, but according to the French war of fice, nowhere else were the Crown Prince's men able to gain ground. East of the river heavy artilery lire in the region of Fort Douaumont is reported. Advices from the Balkans show a continuation of Bulgarian activity along the Macedonian front, following the recent occupation by King Ferdi nand's troops of forts on Greek ter ritory in the vicinity of Pemir-Hissar. The Bulgarians are reported to be concentrating additional forces near the Greek horder, at N'evrokop and Xanthia. whMe along the Vardar river the advance lines of the entente forces are being bombarded. A Rome dispatch through Paris de clares that neutral diplomatic circles in the Italian capital have information [Continued an Page 11] President Honors Dead Heroes at Arlington By Associated Fre:s Washington, D. C., May 30.—Wash ington to-day did honor to the nation's dead soldiers and sailor heroes. Presi dent Wilson and government clerks, grizzled veterans and white-clad young flower girls, daughters of the Union •»nd the Confederacy, joined in observ ing Memorial Day. The President was the principal speaker on the program of the G. A. R. axercises at Arlington Cemetery this afternoon. This followed a parade up Pennsylvania avenue, reviewed by military and naval officers. Special honor was paid the memory of those who lost their lives on the battleship Maine and the submarine F-4. which sank off Honolulu harbor. Government departments were closed. The Senate adjourned for the holiday, but the House of Representatives held a session. ONE MORE HEARS "TAPS" Michael Marzoif. Veteran of Civil War, Dead nt 82 Funeral services for Michael Marz olf. aged 52 years, a veteran of the Civil War who died yesterday at his home, Second and Seneca streets, will be held at his home Thursday after noon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. H. F. F. Lisse, pastor of the German Zion Church will officiate. He is survived by the following children: Edward, Michael and William Marzolf. Mrs. Sophia Hursh, Mrs. B. H. Lutes. Mrs. J. A. Ohisler and Mrs. William H. Lynch, wife of City Commissioner Lynch. Mr. Marzolf was born in Alsace-Lor raine. but came to the United States many years ago. He was a member of the German Zion Lutheran Church ard Peace and Plenty Lodge of Odd Fellows. ANOTHER WAR VETERAN DIES Special to the Telegraph Dauphin, Pa., May 30. —After an illness of nearly two years, the greater part of which he was confined to his bed with paralysis. William B. Scheetz, Civil War veteran and retired rail road conductor, died at his home here this morning at 8 o'clock. Funeral services will be held Saturday morn ing at 10:30 o'clock. THE WEATHER For Hurrltohurs and vleinltyt Show er# to-duy arid to-niiclit; cloudy, with probable Mbowcr* to-mor row: warmer Wrdnenday. For K.ifttern Thunder fthowern thin afternoon or to nicht. nlfshtly cooler; Wednenday fnlr: moderate xouthwcftt to northweNt wind*. (>'OTE—>Lefßl Holiday. >o Rulle tln). Yesterday** Weather Highest temperature, W. Loneit temperature, 62. Mean temperature, 75. Normal temperature. 66. Have the Harrisburg Telegraph Follow You If you are leaving the city, if only for a day. do not fail to have the Harrisburg Telegraph follow you. It is the only way you can keep informed about home affairs. The Telegraph mailed to anv address in the United States or Canada is the same as when de livered to your home, six cents a week. Address may be changed as often as desired. WITH BARED HEAD, CITY PAYS TRIBUTE TO THINNING LINES OF NA TIONS HEROES I " - ' - - ... . - -' 1 ;■.. : t , ... ■:.. . .;4 '• ' ■ ~ . ' "'_ 7 / . 'V ' : : - ■ - ■ - ■ ' : HP - 1 . t y ~, ' > WHEN FIGHTERS OF FIFTY YEARS AGO PAID TRIBUTE TO THEIR COMRADES WHO HAVE GONE AWAY. COL. MOSBY DIES 1 AT AGE OF 82 Famous Confederate Raider With Small Force Made Memorable Rides By .Isscciated rress Washington. May 30. Col. John S. Mosby, the most famous Confeder ate raider of the Civil War, died here to-day after a Ions; illness. He was a native of Virginia and was 82 years old. Col. Mosby dared death over fifty years ago when at the head of a hand of a few hundred Confederate raiders he rode up and down the Shenandoah Valley, capturing outposts, destroying supply trains, and cutting off means of communication. It has been esti mated that he often neutralized the force of over 15.000 Federals in the valley. Terrors as Night Riders Born in Powhattan county, Ya., De-. fContinued on Page 11] Conductor John S. Snyder Killed Near Trenton John S. Snyder, aged 65 years. 1509) Green street, preference freight con ductor on the Philadelphia division of the Pennsylvania railroad, was struck by a westbound freight train near Trenton last night and instantly killed. The body was brought to Harrisburg, at noon to-day. Arrangements for the; funeral will be announced later. The survivors are a widow, Mrs. j Kate E. Snyder, two daughters. Mrs. I Irvins Brandt of Lancaster, and Miss Anne Snyder at home; also sisters re-! siding in Harrisburg. Lancaster and i Columbia. Burial will probably be made at Columbia. An investigation is being made as to how Conductor Snyder met his death. It is the belief he was stepping from his train which was eastbound. when struck by the westbound freight. John S. Snyder was a native of Mill' Creek. He started his service with the Pennsylvania railroad 40 years ago. and at one time was located in Colum bia. | BIG BILLED WOODPECKER FINDS WA Y TO STORE Deputy Prothonotary Erb Solu es Mystery of Grain's Disap pearance; Hammer Seals Crack in Pole Hockersville. Pa.. May 30.—Farmers round about here who had been puz zled hugely during the last few days as to the disappearance of newly sown corn solved the mystery to-day with the aid of Deputy Prothonotary Elmer E. Erb. Elmer is a lawyer and situ in at sentence court and hears lots about criminals and knows lois of de lectives and so on. and the folks about here kind of looked to him to do a little Sherlock Holmes work on the corn problem. So he did At (he grocery store the other day he told this story about it himself. Every body said "Do tell!" Just outside the Krb homestead Is a tall telegraph pole. Of late the un usual activity of a red-headed wood- HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 30, 1016. PHILADELPHIA IS POLITICAL CENTER Governor's Headquarters Staff Goes There; No Response to Penrose Exceptions In the absence of Governor Brum baugh and Attorney Genera! Brown 10-dav no one would comment upon the exceptions taken by the Penrose people in Philadelphia to the claim of thirty-seven delegates. likely three more and possibly six. for the Gov ernor made last night by Mr. Brown. The claim is regarded here as the final statement from the Brumbaugh peo ple. A week ago forty-four were claimed, but the statement issued last night does not include the three Roosevelt men in Allegheny county and has in the list a half-dozen men who are for the Governor for Presi dent and Senator Penrose for chair | man. The singular thing about the claim [Continued on Page 7] FINDS PENROSE'S HAT The lost has been found, in the dis covery by young Lester Stouffer. a lad living along the road between Gettys , burg and Harrisburg, of the hatbox stamped "B. Penrose, Philadelphia," which the senior Senator lost during a motor trip some days ago. In the box i were several new hats which were des tined to cover Senator Penrose under the varying conditions of the Chicago j national convention. Stouffer parcel | posted the hats to the address marked j on the box. POULTRY FIELD MEETING A big field meeting was held this afternoon at the Beaufort farms by ] the Central Pennsylvania Poultry As sociation and the State Department of Agriculture. W. Theodore Wittman, poultry adviser for the State Depart ment. gave an interesting address, speaking particularly on breeding, in cubation and feeding. Automobiles met the Rockville cars at the Lingles town road and conveyed the persons attending the meeting to the farms. E. B. Mitchell, proprietor, opened the ■ place for inspection during the after i noon. it pecker half way up the pole had at-I | tracted Rimer's attention. The wood pecker apparently put in several good ' regular hours a day at his job of just knocking. He seemed to make many trips from field to pole. To-day Elmer examined the pole ; pretty closely and discovered that the I weather or Ma Nature had cracked! the big stick from the tip half way to j the ground. And into this crevice the ' woodpecker carefully carried, one by i one, grains of new corn freshly dug! from the field . Far back into the j darkness he poked each grain—far ! | from the reach of shorter billed birds i ; but easily obtainable with his longer I beak. Elmer says the corn was packed lin for almost the length of the crack, j OVER RIVER TOWNS MAY JOIN FORCES Washington Heights Names Committee to Talk Annexa tion With Camp Hill Washington Heights citizens in town meeting last evening appointed : Charles H. Bishop, Frank J. Harro and Gus M. Stelnmetz if committee to wait on Camp Hill Council at its next meeting and take up with that body the matter of annexing Washington Heights to Camp Hill borough. The subject of annexation or creat ing a separate borough for Washing ton Heights was discussed at length. Engineer James Thompson showing by diagram the section proposed to be included in the tract to be annexed or incorporated. It was developed that a twenty mill tax rate for the proposed borough would yield an in come of about $5,600 and that this would not lie sufficient for the pur poses, especially'since a new school house would have to be built, about $750 expended the first year to send ! children to Harrisburg High Schools (a constantly increasing sum) and that the expenses of a separate bor ough would be much greater than if the territory was simply made a part of Camp Hill. It was shown that the proposed separate borough would cost the tax payers much more than would be the case if «he territory were annexed to ! Camp Hill and the two communities governed by one burgess, one council, one board of health, one school board, etc. Besides, annexation to I'amp Hill would give Washington Heights free . high school facilities and a graded school system, which It could not have | otherwise. The meeting adjourned to convene at the call of Chairman Frank J. Harro. Young Woman Blacksmith Advises Girls to Propose Ames. lowa, May 30.—Miss Tura A. Hawk, lowa State Colleges only girl student of blacksmithing, has fur- I , ther demonstrated her versatility by winning the faculty cup for the*best' extemporaneous address, and she did | it with the subject "Why Women 1 Should Propose." "There are three reasons why a ; woman should propose physical ; spiritual and moral," said Miss Hawk.' "1 ask you. is there any reason whv ! a strong, able-bodied woman should , not support a husband if she chooses? ! N*o; only a time-worn prejudice rears itself against such a procedure. "For the spiritual reason there is the great saying. Whatever ye would ; that men should do unto you, do ye ( I even so to them.' As woman should j rightfully be the manager of the old est of all institutions, the home, is it any more than fair that she should ! be permitted to ask the man of her 1 ideals to help her found and operate i that home? Must woman, because years of common practice have es- j tablished a custom, wait when she is ready to begin her life work because only the men who are not her ideal 1 | will propose?" YANKEES HURT IX WAR Ottawa. Ont„ May 29.—The Over-1 ■ seas casualty list, Issued by the militia ! department to-night. Includes the I name of William Noland Thomas, of , Buford, Ga., among the wounded and Ernest John Campbell, of Pitts [ burgh, Pa., Is among the seriously ill. I "Five Minutes For Memor ies" Teaches Lesson ol Patriotism and Heroism tc Thousands Throughout the State; Fighters of Fifty Years Ago Step by Un daunted in Spirit Though Bent With Age; Impres sive Ceremonies Mark Ser vices Where "Utile Green tents" Stand Ever So Si lent All Harrisburg to-day stood with head bared while the survivors ol America's greatest lesson in prepared iness trudged by with the Flag. The "thin blue l ine" wavered just |a little more perhaps than in years gone by, and the ranks were not so lull and compact; but then the green mounds in the cemeteries toward which the procession moved were more numerous than a year ago and the year before. nearer to the day of memories, only. That didn't prevent the blue-clad lighters of 50 years ago from stepping !along any the less gamely; they cheer fully grinned at the combined efforts of the over-zealous weatherman and the grave old Man with the Scythe and | tramped past —inspirit at least—with the same vigor that won that first Grand review after Appomatox a place :in history. When "Tliey Remembered" For just five minutes to-day the scores of Grand Army men in Harris ; burg "remembered" with some 18.00U fellow-fighters throughout the State, the "fellows" who fought with them some 50 years ago ana in whose mem ory flowers wore strewn and salutes were fired and "taps - ' were called to day This was at noon when, in response to the State commander's general or ider Grand Army throughout Pennsyl vania bared their heacs and gave "five minutes to rpemories." The finishing touches to the big day's program were completed last evening and early this morning. Ev erybody was busy as could be 'round the quarters of Post 58 and 116 and 520 while the Sons of Veterans and the Spanish-American war veterans and the Veterans of foreign service had their hands equally full. What tile Kain Couldn't Kffaee Just a word about the cemeteries, too. Hundreds of people crowded thf burial grounds and wIMtl the sun went 1 down last evening, the quietest section of the city showed the results of loving care and a few tears perhaps, thai even the rainy tears of old Ma Nature's May showers couldn't efface. Flow- I ere, and the flag that makes any othei [Nation's emblem —take it from th( M tired but jappy veteran to-night—look like mighty, mighty cheap, formed the setting that t>nly Memorial Day car give. The Children's Tribute The school children helped too Committees sat all day yesterday al tne post rooms receiving the fiora tributes of hundreds of little folks who "had read about Gettysburg ant Vicksburg and Andersonville ir j 'hist'ry.' " While some of the preliminaries [Continued on Page 8] "Daisy Fleabane" 'II Get You if You Don't Watch Oul If you're at all susceptible to ha; 1 fever, you'd better be careful If yoi go daisy-picking—the "daisy fjea bane" 'II get you if you don't watel out. In the June issue of the "Dauphil Medical Academician," the enlarge< and very interesting monthly publica tion that is prepared by the Harris burg Academy of Medicine and th< Dauphin County Medical Society, sonn interesting advice about "hay fever" and its causes, etc., is contained in i leading 'article. "Hay fever weeds and how the: , may be recognized," is the title of thi paper. The chief offenders are al ready "black-listed" as they have n< redeeming features of color, scent o: utility. The chief characteristics an that they are wind pollinated, very nu i merous, the flowers are inconspicuoui and extraordinarily full of pollen But, listen, here's what Dr. Scheppe grell. president of the American Ha' ; Fever Prevention Association, has ti say about the daisy flebane: "Children collect these flowers an< in one whiff will inhale sufficient pol len to cause a paroxysm of hav fevei ' lasting three to five days. Such at tacks are almost invariably attributef | to 'colds,' the real cause not being sus ; pected. It may, in addition, < ause i ['sensitization.' which will make*th< j child susceptible to hay lever in latei I yearn.'' PREPAREDNESS COINS WILL BE MINTED BY U. S. Dimes, Quarters and Half Dol lars of New Design After July 1 DIFFERENT COINAGE Poor Old Half Fallen Into Dis use, Announcement Says; Restore It to Favor / By Associated I'rcss Washington, May 30. Dimes, j quarters and half dollars of new de sign will be minted after July 1, Sec retary McAdoo announced to-day. Koi the lirst time since 1891 a change will be effected In these pieces. The | announcement disclosed that the half' dollar has fallen practically into dis- j use. The new design was selected ] here to-day of injuries suffered last' eral circulation, it was indicated. Un- j 'ler the new coinage each piece 'will be of different design. The half dol- ! lar and dime models were made by! Ariolph A. Weinman, and the quarter I b> Hermon A. MacNeil. Both are sculptors of note. The face of the new half dollar) [Continued oil I'ase 12] MA YOU (at KM HOtlK I.raven H T FIFINELLA WINS DERBY jf 1 Newmarket, Eng., May 30.—The New Derby stakes of fi* | 6500 sovereigns was run off here to-day and won by ff I Fifinella. Kwangsu was second and Nassovian third. Ten £ horses started. • 1 AUTO OVER BANK; ONE DEAD, EIGHT HURT X Wilkes-Barre, Pa., May 30.—One man was killed and I J eight injured when a big automobile bus with eighteen per- I m sons aboard backed over a ten-foot embankment at Bear T J Creek near here to-day. Patrick Fagan, of this city, driver I T and owner of the machine was pinned under the car and "]► f crushed to death. i > 1 ► i MORNING BASEBALL SCORES \ J National League—Philadelphia, 5; New York, 1. Bov , > 1 ton, 5; Biooklyn 3. > J American League—Philadelphia, 2; New York 7. Chi- j 1 cago, 1; Detroit, 1. ' . 5 DEFEAT CRUISER INCREASE j T Washington, May 30.—An amendment to the naval bill 1 i providing six battle cruisers instead of five was defeated in i jjj | the House. * Lite figures on the accumulated receipts from the sale > < 1 of tickets, ice cream cones, donations, auction of dolls and T 1 cakes, clock golf, and other amusements show the total for I. | I the Pure Milk Society cesulting from yesterday's Locust ' * , Blossom Fete to be $791.27. < l Washington, May 30.—President Wilson to-day issued * * a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States ; < to celebrate flag day, June 14, with patriotic exercises, giv-