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Intense Artillery Fire on Wide Front Opens Second Phase of Great Allied Drive
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXV— No. 155
GERMANS FLEEING BEFORE
RUSS AFTER TRIPLE DEFEAT
IN RETREAT ALL
ALONG LINE FROM
RIGA TO
Teuton Forces Blasted in Riga, Kolki and Baranovich Sec
tors; Lose More Than 7,500 Prisoners, Half Dozen
Cannon and Machine G ans; Great Battle Raging
Along Whole Front of British Offensive in France;
Launch New Drive East of Albert and Take Trench
Half Mile Long
EFFORTS OF KAISER TO REGAIN
GROUND LOST WITHOUT SUCCESS
Unable to Break Allied Lines; French Rest on Their
Arms, Confident They Can March Into Peronne When
ever Ready; Intense Bombardment Along Battle Line
in Northern France Ushers in Second Line of Offen
sive; Violent Artillery Actions Around Verdun
A German retreat all along the line of the front in Russia from
Riga to Volhynia is reported to-day.
The unofficial news to this effect comes from Petrograd through
Rome. It declares that a triple defeat for the Germans in the Riga,
Kolki and Baranovichi sectors caused them to begin a movement
of their whole front westward.
Petrograd has recently announced successes in the regions
mentioned in the Rome advices. The last report from the vicinity
of Kolki, in the crucial Volhynia sector, recorded the capture by the
Russians of more than 7500 prisoners, half a dozen cannon and 23
machine guns.
A great battle is raging along virtually the entire front of the
British offensive in Northern France.
British Launch New Drive
At daybreak the British launched a new drive east of Albert.
Important tactical successes were gained in several sectors, London
announces.
The Germans simultaneously attacked in force near the river
Ancre and north of Fricourt. They succeeded in temporarily oc
cupying two or three hundred yards of ground lost in the earlier
British drive.
Capture Long Trench
Advantages gained by the British were in the vicinity of
Ovilleres, Contalmaison and La Boisselle. Near the last named
place in an engagement last night a German trench more than a
half mile in length was captured.
Counter Attacks Futile
Meanwhile the French, both north and south of the Somme in
the field of the great allied offensive, are resting on the ground won
in their notable advances of the last week. Efforts of the Germans
to break the line now held by the French before Peronne. at one
point with 2j4 miles of that city, have been futile according to
Paris.
There is a comparative lull in the fighting about Verdun so far
as the infantry is concerned, but artillery actions on the right bank
of the Meuse, north of the citadel, are still violent.
Germans Admit Retreat
Berlin, July /. via London.—A salient of the German line in
Volhynia projecting towards Czartorysk has been abandoned under
superior pressure by the Russians and a new line of defense selected,
it was announced to-day by the war office.
The repulse of Russian attacks on both side? of Sokul, in the
\ olhvnian region is reported.
Heavy attacks by the Russians against Field Marshall Von
Hindenburg's forces south of Lake Xarocz were beaten off.
Russians Take 10,000
Prisoners and Quantities
of Supplies in Fighting
By Associated Press
Petrograd, July 7. The following
official statement was Issued last night
by the War Office:
"The number oi prisoners we took
on July 4 and 3 during the righting
which still is going on west of the
line of the S;yr and below the town
of Kolki. totals mors than 300 officers
and 7,415 ruen, mostly uawounded.
We also captured six guns, 23 ma
chine guns, several thousand rifles,
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THE WEATHER
For Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair
to-nlKht; Saturday partly cloudyi
not much rbanfr In temperature.
For Eastern Trnnayltaula: Fair »o
nlfhti Saturday partly cloud; |
gentle, shifting; winds.
River
The Susquehanna river and prob
ably all Ita tributaries will con
tinue to fall sluwly. A stage of
nbont 4.0 feet Is Indicated for
Harrisburg Saturday morning.
Temperaturei * a. m., 70.
Bum Rises, 4i44 a. m.; sets, 7i35
p. m.
Mooni First quarter, July 8, OtSS
a. m.
Hirer Stage: 4.1 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperatare. S3.
lowest temperature, M,
Mean temperature. 72.
Normal temperature, 74. 4
DT CARRIERS <1 CENTS A %VKKK
SI>'GLR COPIES 2 CEXTS.
What York Has Done
Harrisburg Can Do;
Who Will Start Move ?
This is what York did. What is
Harrisburg going to do?
York, Pa., July 6.—Plajis for
raising 11.000 a week to provide
for families of York soldiers of
Companies A and K, Eighth Regi
ment, while in Federal service,
were tentatively shaped at a con
ference here to-day of the Bureau
of Municipal Research and the
York Branch of the Women's Pre
paredness League.
A schedule of assistance was
prepared, contemplating payment
to dependents of a certain per
centage of the salaries formerly
earned by th* men on the way to
the front.
The manufacturers, it is an
nounced, will share the burden of
expense, a number having already
agreed to contribute a sum equiv
alent to 1 per cent., or a fraction'
of 1 per cent., of their weekly
payrolls.
Recruiting to All the big gaps
torn in the two York companies
by the rejection of fifty-five men
on account of physical defects
proceeded slowly to-day. only five
being accepted.
The ladies lr. charge of the work
here need money. Is the public going
to respond or iw Harrisburg to be the
only city In Pannsyhnnia that declines
to take care of the families of ita
(fcoldiers?
HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 7, 1916.
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Nearer and nearer draws the French attack to Peronne. which is said to be one of the objectives of the pres
ent campaign of the French. Before Peronne falls the French must carry the defense at Braches and the ground
behind La Maisonette.
To the north the British are also making great advances.
SIGN FAR EAST
PEACE TREATY
Russia and Japan Agree to
Take No Part in Combina
tions Against Each Other
By Associated Press
Tokio. July 7.—The Japanese foreign
| office to-day announced as the sub
stance of the Russo-Japanese conven
tion signed at Petrograd on July 3 the
I following:
"First—Japan will take part in no
; arrangement or political combination
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MORE QCAKES IX ITALY
Naples. July 7. Several strong
earthquake shocks have occurred in
the Neapolitan and C'alabrlan prov
inces. They are believed to have been
| connected with the Telluric movement
which caused the disaster In the
| Sicilian sulphur mines.
SFIZE BRITISH STEAMER
Berlin. July 7, via London. Offi
cial announcement was made to-day
| that the British steamship Lestris was
' held up by German warships near the
: English coast and seized as a prize.
; The statement says the Lestris was
held up "by a portion of the German
; high sea fleet."
DOLLAR DAY,
WEEKLY FEATURE
Merchants Joining Forces With
Telegraph to Give Dollar In
• creased Purchasing Power
Karrisburg's merchants are answer
ing the call. They are mobilizing for
the general movement that will be
made toward their various business
houses next Monday. A great number
of the city's leading merchants have
signified their Intention of joining the
movement inaugurated last week by
the Harrisburg Telegraph to set aside
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SMALL CHANCE TO GET
GERMAN" DYES IN WAR
New York, July 7.—Users of Ger
man dye-stuffs who had hoped to bene
fit by Germany's offer of 15,000 tons of
the much-nocded colors have been
notified that the chance of getting sup
plies from this source during the con
tinuance of the war Is extremely slight,
owing to Great Britain's failure to
take action looking to permits for the
safe conduct of the shipments.
NORWEGIAN TURNS BACK
By Associated Press
New York, July 7. —The Norwegian
steamer Janvpld, which left New York
late yesterday bound for Nantes,
France, with a cargo of sugar, was
back at her dock early to-day. When
off Nantucket, smoke was discovered
Issuing from the vessel's forehold.
The captain returned here with all
speed but upon arrival no evidence of
a Are could be found. .
WOULD RESTRICT
BIRD SEASON;
EXTEND RABBIT
State Game Commission to Call
Big Conference of Sports
men
Restriction of the open season for
game birds to November only instead
of a period of six weeks, and the ex
tension of the rabbit season from four
weeks to eight weeks will be one of
the important recommendations of the
Stat 2 Game Commission which will'
be considered at a conference of the
400 or more game associations of Penn
sylvania to be called by the Commis
sion during the Fall to codify all the
game laws of the Commonwealth.
The calling of the proposed con
ference was decided upon at the semi
annual meeting of the State Game
Commission. That the various laws
and their amendments covering a
period of twenty years should be
codified before the Legislature con
venes this Fall is generally urged by
sportsmen throughout the Common
wealth and the Commission decided
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EIGHTH NEARS
WAR STRENGTH
Will Leave Sunday; Men From
Short Companies Transferred;
Sixth Will Go Tonight
Mt. Gretna. Pa., July 7. While
the Sixth regiment was being mus
tered into the Federal service to-day
pieparatory to leaving over the Penn
sylvania Railroad for the border to
night. transfers of men to get short
companies in the Eighth Kegiment up
to the minimum were begun. Further
transfers will depend upon the suc
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Flag He Loved Goes Into
Grave Wifh Camp Hill Boy
Special tn the Telegraph
Camp Hill, July 7. Funeral serv
ices were held yesterday afternoon for
little Richard Sweeney, nine-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. John K. Sweeney,
of this place, who was killed by "a
motor truck on a street near his home
on the evening of the Fourth of July.
Th" whole town is mourning the death
of the little fellow who was known to
everybody and on good terms with
hundreds who loved him for his happy
disposition and his cheerful greeting.
The flag with which the lad had been
playing on the day of his death was
draped across the flower-laden casket
ar.d was lowered into the grave with
him. The services were conducted by
the Rev. Dr. E. D. Weigle, pastor of
Camp Hill Lutheran Church, and in
terment was made in Camp Hill ceme
tery
FAVOR CLOSING
ON SATURDAYS
Merchants Discuss Possibility
of Changing Holiday From
Friday
The question of making Saturday
instead of Friday a half holiday and
closing the stores of the city at 1
o'clock on Saturday afternoons dur
ing the months of July and August
was thoroughly discussed at a well
attended meeting of representative
merchants and businessmen of the
city at the offices of the Chamber of
Commerce at 12:30 to-day.
Approximately forty men were
present at the informal meeting und
each one was given the opportunity
to present his views. Henderson Gil
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FAVOR MILITARY TRAINING
By Associated Press
New York, July 7.—The National
Kducatlon Association went on record
here to-day as assenting to military
training in sc-hools, providing that
"military ends should not be permitted
to pervert the educational purposes
and practices of the school." This is
a change of attitude. Last year the
convention came out flat-footedly
against such training.
LIMIT TRAINING
SCHOOL ENTRIES
Hereafter Only 15 Pupils Will
Be Admitted; Board
Awards Contract
At the meeting of the School Board
this afternoon, the teachers' committee
recommended to the directors that
hereafter only fifteen pupils he ad
mitted to the Teachers Training
School in any one year, and that they
be selected uccording to scholarship.
The names of the following appli
cants were presented for admission to
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Arrangements Made For
Peaceful Occupation of
Santiago by Marines
Washington, D. C.. July 7. Ar
rangements for peaceful occupation of
Santiago, Santo Domingo, by Ameri
can marines, under Colonel Pendleton,
were reported to the Navy Depart
ment to-day by Rear Admiral Caper
ton. Under an agreement between
Colonel Pendleton and the Dominican
peace commission, the marines were
to enter the city last night or to-dav.
11 was during the march toward San
tiago that the Americans had four
fights with revolutionary bands. Ad
miral Caperton again predicted an
early restoration of peace throughout
the island republic.
UNARMED SHIP SI NK
London. July 7.—The British steam
ship Gannet of London has been sunk
She was unarmed.
22 PAGES
U. S. REPLY TO
CARRANZA'S NOTE
GOES FORWARD
Wilson Formally Agrees to Di
rect Negotiations With
Mexico
VILLA BAND DEFEATED
De Facto Troops Warn Border
Patrols to Keep Careful
Watch For Survivors
j Washington, July 7. A note form
[ally ccepting General Carranza's
i proposal that differences between the
j United States and the de facto gov
ernment o<" Mexico be settled by direct
negotiations was handed to-day to
Eliseo Arredondo, the Mexican am
bu ssador-designate.
Secretary Lansing took a draft of
the note to to-day's Cabinet meeting
and had it delivered promptly after
the cabinet adjourned. The course
to be pursued already had been agreed
upon by President Wilson and his
advisers.
The proposed exchange of views
probably will be carried on through
informal conversations between Mr.
Arredondo and Counselor Polk who
will act as Secretary of State during
the next month. Secretary Lansing
leaves to-day to spend his vacation at
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Large Villa Band Routed;
Carranza Warns U. S. to
Watch Oat For Bandits
Washington, July 7. On instruc
tions from General Carranza the Mex-
J lean embassy to-day advised the State
Department of the virtual destruction
! of a de facto government force Wed
nesday by a large Villa band at Carra?-
ites. Chihuahua, and suggested that
the American border patrol exercise
all possible vigilance to prevent the
outlaws from raiding into the United
States.
Tn his dispatch to the embassy Gen
eral Carr,anza said he feared the ban
dits had crossed the desert In an at
tempt to reach the border and cause
| further difficulties. He suggested that
I th>e American troops patrol carefully
! between Boquillas and Ojlnage and
I premised that every possible effort
I would be made by his forces to ap-
I prehend and destroy the bandits.
c *
LI Paso, July 7.—During their raid on Jimenez, the if
Villa troops captured the Carranza pay train which was I
on its way north from Mexico City, filled with paper money *>
for the army and civil government of Northern Mexico, |
said a mining man arriving from Chihuahua. While the &
Villa followers are rich in the new "uncounterfeitable |
paper," the military and civil employes must go without &
their June pay, he said.
GATHERING PENNSYLVANIA STEEL CO. STOCK |>
Philadelphia, July 7.—Notices will be mailed either to- V
night or to-morrow to all stockholders of the Pennsylvania i
i Steel Company, it was announced to-day, to turn in their
stock with the liquidation trustees of the company in this [
i city. The prices are SIOO for the preferred and $31.32 for >
the common shares. f
, N. Y. TROOPERS TAKE SWIM HERE
Harrisburg. Almost iOO troopers from New Yo;!: '
State enroute to ihe border, went to the Island for a s-vi v. j >
in the river during their two-hour wait in this city >
their horses were being watered. They said it was the first
bath they had since they left camp. • !
NEW STEEL CO. TAKES OVER PENNA. HOLDINGS i *
Harrisburg—A deed for the sale of the Pennsylvania
! Steel Company's holdin;;; in Dauphin county to the. >
Penn-Mary Steel Company, recently incorporated by the | »
Schwab interests, was recorded in the Dauphin County :
Recorder's office this afternoon by a representative of
Cravath & Henderson,.New York attorneys. The consider- >.
ation was given as $10,167,297 and at the same time a mort- '<•
i J
gage for $60,000,000 was filed against the properties. V
! Revenue stamps to the extent of $6,082 were attached.
< » •'
, GENERAL HUTCHISON NEAR DEATH
< , Chambersburg.—Brigadier-General Joseph B. Hutchi-
son is slowly passing away here at the home of C. H. I
< 9 Nicklas, according to the latest report. His dtath is ex-«
pected momentarily. I
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MARRIAGE LICENSES
«
(irorie l.jn Haru* and Allna Irene WtllcM, hknbarf.
lIMr ' e Willi. Uirlnan and Fanny Catherine Livingston, city.
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QuAr i»Vl' ii i. W.i i
CITY EDITION
TROPICAL STORM
ABATING; LOSS OF
LIFE IS HEAVY
Seventeen Negroes Known to
Have Been Killed; Property
Loss in Millions
BLOWS 106 MILES AN HOUR
Working Toward Ohio Valley;
Torential Hains; Seven
Ships Sunk
By Associated Press
Washington, July 7. The tropical
i storm which struck the Gulf coast
I Wednesday with a yet uncounted toll
iof lives and property is now over
1 North Mississippi and moving north
eastward with diminished energy. The
Weather Bureau to-day reported that
the wind velocity at Mobile, Ala., duv
! ing the height of trie storm, was 10«>
miles an hour and at Ponsacola. Fla..
its velocity was SO miles. High
I winds, the report says, were not re
| ported from interior points but then
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Committed Suicide
After Shooting Girl
Elmer Devans, aged 28. of Fishinj
Creek Valley, who shot his sweetheart
Violet Maugans, of Edgemont. las'
Tuesday night, was found dead yester
day afternoon with a bulfet hoi'
through his head. An automatic rc
volver was found by his side.
The body was discovered by Eliza
behh Shoop, aged 10, wh
! turned it over to C. 1:
i Mauk undertaker, and shortly afte
Coroner Eckinger was notified. o«
ing to the decomposition of the bodj.
Coroner Eckinger believes that th
man committed suicide on the night o
} the shooting. Neighbors said tha
I they heard three shots shortly afte
Devons shot the Maugans girls, who i
now in the Harrisburg hospital, reco\ -
orlng.
Several young men searched for Dt
vans after the shooting in an effor
to capture him and turn him over t'
the authorities, but they failed to lo
cate the man, and thought that b
escaped.
The body was so badly decompose
that only one bullet hole could 1
found. Burial was made this after
noon. Devans was identified by som
letters which were found in hi
pocket.