pttatKrine Star SpansJeißanner in Triumph Shall Wa/^W HARRISBURG lilllli TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 152 TO CO-ORDINATE ALL MILITARY ACTIVITIES ON MEXICAN LINE t War Department Divides 1,- 800-Mile Frontier Includ ed in Southern District In to Three Military Sec tions; Major-General Fun ston, Brigadier - General Pershing and Major-Gen eral Bell in Charge SUPREME COMMANDER WILL BE APPOINTED i Major-General Wood Consid ered For High Post; Offi cials Say Change Has No Significance as Indicating Preparations For War; Purely Efficiency Step; Promotion Comes to Gen eral Pershing as Reward Washington, July 3. With more than 150,000 troops assembling along the Mexican border the War Depart ment to-day took steps to decentralize direct administration of the 180<>-milo frontier in the Interest of efficiency !>n<l probably to |>ave the way for the iippointment of a supreme commander t<- co-ordinate all military activities 011 the international line and in Mex ico. Three New Departments The border formerly in the Southern Department from the Gulf of Mexico to California now is divided into three military departments, commanded by Major-General Frederick Funston, Brigadier-General John J. Pershing and Major-General J. Franklin Hell. War Department officials said the new order, which automatically re lieves General Funston of supreme command on the border and the enor mous responsibilties that have crowded upon him, had no significance as indi cating preparation for war. There were no formal anouncements in re gard to the probable selection of a senior major-general for commander in-chief of the border guard and field forces. There are indications that Major-General Leonard Wood, former cliieff of staff and now commanding the Department of the East, is being considered in this connection. Promotion for Pershing A Another probable change indicated by the new order is- the promotion of General Pershing under the army or ganization bill now effective. It pro vides for an additional major-gen eral and it is believed General Persh ing will be given one of these posts in recognition of his services in the pur suit of the Columbus bandits. The statement issued by the department follows: "The present Southern Department is divided as follows, with assignments of command thereto as indicated: "A—The Southern Department to be [Continued on Page 12] Soldiers' Relief Fund Contributions Needed Contributions for the Relief Fund to help families dependent on enlisted soldiers are badly needed, the Har risburg Chapter, Pennsylvania Wo men's Division for National Prepared ness of the Red Cross announced to day. It is said four families in need have been reported. Funds now available are limited and it is the desire of the local organiza tion that cash donations be made promptly. Contributions made through the Telegraph will be turned over to the Harrisburg chapter. The name of Miss Katherine E. Keen who con tributed $5. was added to the list to day. Lieut-Col. Hunt, N. G. P., Forced to Beg Food, For His Men at Kansas City Kansas City, Mo., July 3. Lieut. Colonel Charles P. Hunt, command ing the 1614 men of the First Infantry Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard, who reached Kansas City, ap pealed to Mayor George H. Edwards to supply his men with food. Lieut. Colonel Hunt declared they hod been practically on Tialf rations elnce leaving the home station Friday and since yesterday had been almost without food. Mayor Edwards, and trigadler-General Lechtman, of the Missouri National Guard and other citizens arranged to supply the troops ■with sufficient rations for their trip to El Paso. NO TELEGRAPH TO-MORROW In accordance with a long es tablished custom, there will be no fcsuc of the Harrisburg Telegraph to-morrow, Independence Day. THE WEATHER For Harrlsburg and vicinity! Fair and slightly cooler to-nlghti Tuesday fair. For Eastern Pennsylvania! Partly eloudy and slightly cooler to night! Tuesday fairs moderate northwest to north winds. River The Suipurhnnna river and prob ably Al its tributaries will con tinue to fall slowly. A stage of about 4.4 feet Is Indicated for Harrisburg Tuesday morning. Temperature! S a. m., 74. Sum Rises, 4i37 a. M.i seta, 7i30 p. m. Moon: First quarter, July 8, 6is|> a. m. River Stare i 4.7 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, Bn. I.oweat temperature, 02. Mean temperature, 74. normal temperature, 74. BY CARRIERS 8 CENTS A WEEK. SINGLE COPIES 3 CENTS. | IT'S ALL IN GETTING USED TO IT -T- ~ "DEFECTIVE" BUREAU FAILS TO GET THIEVES West End Terrorized by Con tinued Visits of Bold Housebreaking A serious condition and not a theory confronts the police department of Harrisburg. For the last two weeks there has been one robbery after an other in various sections of the city and sneak thieves and porch climbers are apparently itble to enter and leave many of the homes of the city without let or hindrance. So serious has the situation become that many women are unable to sleep for fear of a visit by these midnight prowlers. Already more than a score of houses have been entered and.de [Continued on Page 5] Nine-Foot Shark Kills Swimmer After Furious Struggle Near Beach Beach Haven, N. J.. July 3.—Nothing ! ever more deeply shocked this section of the coast than the tragic death in I the surf late Saturday of Charles Ep | ting Yansant, of Philadelphia, who was i attacked by a nine-foot shark as he was about to end a swim in the surf. The man-eater had been seen mov ing swiftly after the swimmer and warning cries went up from those on the beach, but they came too late. Mr. Yansant was less than fifty yards from the bea"h and evidently failed to understand the meaning of the warn ings, for he kept on swimming leis urely. The shark made a dash, turned over, with jaws open, and then closed tliem upon Yansant. The sea became crimson as the un fortunate man struggled to free him self. Alexander Ott, an expert swim mer, made his way swiftly to the spot, but was too late. The shark darted away and disappeared, leaving the ; mangled man floating He was brought to the beach and t hurried to the Hotel Engleside, where ! he died within a few minutes. Three Injured When Car Hurls Occupants to Road Three persons were painfully In jured on Saturday afternoon near York Springs, Adams county, when the steering gear broke on the auto mobile which Mrs. V. Lome Hummel, 107 South Front street, was driving. The machine turned over, then rimhted Itself and hurled the occupants to the side of the road. The injured are: Mrs. Hummel who sustained a frac tured collar bone and shoulder blade. She is being treated at the Harrisburg Hospital. Dr. C. Robert Thomas, of West minster, Md., fractured left leg and bruises, in the Harrisburg Hospital. Miss Eleanore Thomas, Westmin ster, Md., severe bruises and sprains; taken to the home of her sister, Mrs. J. Grant Schwarz, Jr., 2224 North Second street, whom she is visitirig. Dr. Thomas is a son and Miss Thomas a daughter of Supreme Court Judge William H. Thomas, of West minster. Mrs. Hummel and Dr. Thomas are improving to-day, accord ing to hospital physicians. BOY SHOOTS STEPFATHER Washington, D. C„ July 3.—Zanello Virgin, 17 year<? old, shot and instantly killed his stepfather, Elmer Dillon, in the presence of a score of passengers on a Wabash Railroad train near Avella last night. Virgin jumped from the moving train following the shoot ing and fled into the woods. He was arrested to-day and taken to JalL HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, JULY 3, 1916. Message of the Fourth « 'J f _ I £ (|N ever y whispering breeze from out the past if £ V-J Down through the years the silent voices ring, '■* g "We fought and died to keep Old Glory high. £ What sacrifices do our children bring? ~ "We suffered hunger, want. Our blood ran red f ' 2 As yours to-day and life was full as sweet <?! £ Yet for an unborn future we faced death. • Ji £ Shall you your problems with like courage meet? f £ m a "Remember your forefathers! Lift the flag ' _ And let it stainless float before the world . ® For God's great hand designed each stripe and star £ And His great justice its dear folds unfurled." JI £ ANNA H. WOOD. jj £7 Written For the Telegraph. -TJ ate f* £a fe Be * its tta fti. Ra .«a »». *9 Ws, Ra *a k* KB SS r ; : . BATTERIES WILL FOLLOW SECOND Tenth Regiment Already on Way; Sixteenth Will Go To night; Eighteenth Tomorrow By Associated Press Mt. Gretna, Pa., July 3. While he was preparing to return to his home in Pittsburgh because yesterday United i States army medical inspectors had rejected him, Colonel William H. Mc- Ree, commander of the First Regi- j ment of artillery, to-day received word that he Anally had been passed. Colonel McKee and the regimental i staff yesterday underwent the medical inspection. Major Thomas O. Cole, of South Bethlehem, regarded as one of the most efficient artillery officers In the division, was disqualified. Colonel McKee who is a member of the State [Continued on Page 10] RICHEST WOMAN ! IN WORLD DIES | Paralysis Fatal to Mrs. Hetty Green, Aged 80; Leaves For tune of $100,000,000 New York, July 3. Mrs. Hetty I Green, known as the world's wealthiest ! woman, who was 80 years old, died I here to-day. She had suffered three strokes of paralysis during the past two months and for eleven weeks had been practically helpless. Her death occurred at 8:05 o'clock at the home of her son, Colonel Ed ward H. R. Green at No. 5 West Ninetieth street, adjoining the plain brick, four-story house at No. 7 on the corner of Central Park West, where Mrs. Green had lived lately in seclusion except for her son and sev [Continued on Page 8] NO ATTENTION TO RORBERY Boys broke, into the candy and cigar case In the hall of the Telegraph bund ing and stole money and candy. Po lice were summoned when the lads were seen loitering about, but were un able to And them when they came. After the robbery a report was sent to the police station of the matter but up to a late hour to-day no attention had been paid to it. POSTPONE CAMP OPENING Because of the extreme high water ] the opening of the summer children's , camp o« McCormlck's island, has been postponed from Wednesday. July 5 ! until W«dn««Uy, July 12. J PIPE WORKS GET U.S. SHELL ORDER Will Manufacture 22,000 3-Inch Casings For Uncle Sam W. P. Starkey, general superinten dent of the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bendlnw Works, announced this after ! no.m that the company had been given i a Government order for 22,000 three | inch shells for use in the United States ordnance department. Work will be started within the next few weeks and the order will be completed within , about two months. Mr. Starkey said , that although additional men will be required, the plant will not resume op ! erations in the shell Apartment to full capacity. This is the second Government order that has been awarded the local plant within the last two years, and the Pipe Bending Works has also turned out big orders from the British Gov ernment for 4H-inch shells. ! MARINE KILLEb NEAR SANTIAGO Three Others Hurt in Clash With San Domingo Revo lutionists Washington, July 3.—Two encoun ters near Santiago, Santo Domingo, July 1 between American marines and revolutionist bands, in which one ma rine, Private Mills of the 31st com pany was killed and three wounded, were reported to tne Navy Depart ment to-day by Rear Admiral Caper- j ton. Private Mills was killed in a nght between marines commanded by Col. Pendleton and one hundred revolu tionists at a village named old Cami norea while the Americans were ad vancing upon Santiago from Monte Christi. A marine detachment advancing i from another point clashed with a I group of revolutionists 25 miles from ! Santiago. Lieut. D. B. Roben and 1 Trumpter Julius -Goldsmith were ! slightly wounded and First Sergeant I Fernando Barrter was seriously wounded in the leg. At Monte Christi last week a marine was killed and sev era wounded. I. O. NISSLEY, KM AUS TRUSTER For the second time Isaac O. Nisa ley, Middletown, to-day was appointed a trustee for eight years on the man aging hoard of the Eraaus Orphanage Middletown, EAGLE'S SCREAM TO HAVE DEEPER ! MEANING IN CITY Raucous Note Will Echo to. Tramp of Marching Troops at Mt. Gretna Because the Eagle hasn't planned to screanr here to-morrow with any special ceremony doesn't mean that the defiant note in his raucous call across the Nation will be lost in Har risburg; like many another city throughout America this city is send ing: its quota of sons and husbands pud fathers some thousands of miles from home to teach some rather stub born folk the real meaning of a cer tain blend of red, white and blue — and a whole city will celebrate ac cordingly. That a general holiday will be ob served hy industrial establishments, businesshouses, the Federal, State, ccunty and municipal offices goes without saying; some departments go ing further than that they're tak [ Continued on Page 3] * Rotarians Hear Plea For World Peace From Maker of Munitions I The Harrisburg Rotary Club heard W. P. Starkey, general superintendent of the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Works, a big manufacturer of war munitions, make an earnest I plea for world-wide peace at the I luncheon of the club to-day. Mr. Star j key said .he believed the time is com ing when wars will be no more, and begged his hearers to so live their individual lives that the time may be hastened. But he laid stress upon immediate preparations for trouble in case we find ourselves at odds with unscrupulous nations. C. L.. Scott, an official of the com pany, was chairman, and it was dis tinctly a Pipe and Pipe Bending Day, the tables being grat ed with shrapnel, shells and each of the diners being I rresented with a tiny rapid fire gun i that short candy bullets. The Fourth of July also came in for attention In ! the decorations and patriotic, songs [ were sung. Mr. Scottfs father, a vet- I eran of the Civil War, told of his own experiences as a member of the | Pennsylvania Cavalry and the Misses Frances Bogar and Etnel Thompson led the club in singing America, wav ine flags to the music from the plat form. OFFICER TAKES A BRIDE ! I>evlsburjf Lieutenant Slips Up From Mount Gretna to Get License Mars figured once again in the pro ceedings of the Dauphin countv mar riage bureau to-day when Arthur Paul Kline, second lieutenant of Com pany M, Eighth Regiment, Lewi iburg, slipped up to Harrisburg on his pre border leave and got a license to wed I Miss Ethel Mae Martin, also of Lewis burg. The officer appeared in khaki. July's license record got a good boost to-day, incidentally, when eight wedding permits in all were issued. POST OFFICE >IEN ARRIVING Delegates to the fifteenth annual j convention of the State Association of i Post Office clerks to be held in this j city to-morrow and Wednesday, will 'arrive in this evening and to-morrow , morning. A baseball game to-mor- I row afternoon between the Harris | burg Post Office and Lancaster Post Office men will feature the pro gram with other amusements in the evening. Business sessions will be held on Wednesday. FAIR AND COOLER JULY 4 Fair nnd cooler to-night and to morrow is the weather forecast for the Fourth of July in Harrisburg- and vicinity. North to northwest winds with partly cloudy weather Is the fore cut tor Eut«ra Pjwuu^lvapi*. 12 PAGES RESCUER OF GIRLS DROWNS York, Pa., July 3.—Stewart Rohr baugh, 22 years old, of New Freedom, was drowned in the Susquehanna river last evening after rescuing two girls from drowning. The accident came at the end of a day's outing along ths river bfelow Wrightsville. The two girls waded into the river beyond their depth and Rohrbaugh went to their assistance. He dragged them into shallow water and then sank out of 3 "** "If '"Tf' ** 'V ** "Y'-i"|(V " Hft "i i i(|ft n I £ 9 Harrisburt;. —All officers ot 'ii Regiment pa £ , ed their physical ["his is said to J < I the first regiment t< irough. There is 5 an uncotifirm* p will lea j , camp Thurs< ;oing physical exam- M ination to-day. I-! j j ? JAIL FOR ELECTION JUDGE , > T Thre# months in jail and SSO fine and costs was the 'j i 1 penalty • < ele<ti T ! victed in January quarter sessions of conspiracy in maki I | • returns of th< ber primaries. In pleading for met If I ! Jones tried to in in the con «l NEGRO IS SHOT IN ARM * > Harrisburg- n affray in Ridge street, Steelton, ] f « shortly after 3 ock this afternoon, a negro was shot • > the left arm by a ;er gave himself up ; ! Squire J. L. litted to jail. Thfc name jj 1 of neither man has vet been learned. L ARMY BILL CARRIES $328,000,000 Washington, July 3.—The army appropriation > revised by the Senate Military Committee, and ordered reported to-day, carries $328,000,000, an increase of $146,-1 f 000,000 over the bill passed by the House. > t BELIEVE MOVE PRESAGES WAR , ► I San Antonio, July 3. —Secretary Baker's order placing I J the Am< order under three 1 ' , coi , ) | indicating that tl - a Iministration w ing to use 1 the forces at its command in dealing with the Mexican sit- ' f & «' uation. MAN'S SKULL FRACTURED ® Harrisburg.—Daniel M. Roof, of West Fairview, sus-' ' tained a fractured skull this afternoon when he was struck » on the head with an axle at the Harrisburg shops of the* ► Pennsylvania Railroad. I London, July 3, 6.40 P. M.—The surrender of the rem-(| > nant of the German garrison in La Boisselle was officially 1 , announced this afternoon. I J MARRIAGE LICENSES ~ I Arthnr Paul Kline and Ethel M«e Martin, i i ' alter William Moorhead and Ethel May Piper, Shlppennhar*. nullum tinllnmon Schroeder and Mnj Reberra Smith, York. AXIIIInm .lohn Snjder, rlty, and Eiither Ethel Iluaer, Breaaler. Nervln Howard Walton, Elmlra, N. and Urace Mildred Wonden.. t> ShlppenMliurK. 9 . llohert Milton Munta and Caroline Dorothy Phillip., (leading. V)| A__ Vti j » CITY EDITION SECOND LINE OF TEUTONTRENCHES SMASHED FULL OF HOLES BY ALLIES Marked Successes in Great Drive Being Systematically and Successfully Followed Up; French Take Two Lines Along Three - Mile Front and Village of Her becourt BRITISH PRESSING TOWARD BAPAUME General Haig's Forces Now Occupy Big Stretch of Country; Are Trying For Junction of Many Main Highways; Meet Deter mined Resistance North of River Ancre, but Are Not Stopped The marked success won by the: British and French in initiating their great offensive along the western front are being syste matically and successfully follow ed up. Heavily pounding the German second line south of the Somme, the French have captured twol lines of trenches along a three-] mile front and taken the village! of Herbecourt, two miles north east of Dompierre. The captured village is on the road to Peronne, which town is apparently the immediate objec tive of the French forces in this sector. It is five miles distant from the furthest thrust of the [Continued on Pa<ce 12J
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