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HARRISBURG iSSpli TELEGRAPH
LXXXV— No. 158
BRITISH CRUSHING LINES OF
GERMANS TO LEVEL OF FRENCH
Capture Contalmaison, Mark
ing Notable Progress in
Work of Smashing Teu
tonic Salient Extending
From Thiepval and Mon
tauban, North of Somme
BRITISH TAKE 500
MORE PRISONERS
French Within Mile of
Peronne; Take 1,300 Cap
tives in Last Two Days;
Crown Prince's Forces Oc
cupy First Line Verdun
Trenches, but Are Ejected
The British lines north of the
Somme are gradually being brought
up to a level with those of the French
further south.
London to-day announced the cap
ture of Contalmaison, marking nota
ble progress in the work of crushing
the German salient extending from
Thiepval on the north and Montauban
on the south.
This process has been further ac
celerated by the taking of several
lines of German trenches in Mametz
wood southwest of Montauban, while
the struggle of the British to regain
possession of Trones wood in the Mon
tauban sector, is continuing.
British Hold Montauban
The entire village of Montauban is
now in possession of the British while
the greater portion of the Mametz
wood is in their hands, the official
statement asserts. Contalmaison was
carried by the British in the initial
rush of their offensive but subse
quently was lost. This time it has
been held against a strong counter at
tack.
500 More Prisoners
Nearly 500 additional prisoners and
four pieces of artillery, including a
heavy howitzer, have been taken by
the British troops.
While the British were achieving
these ersults, the French forces on
their right flank lapsed into momen
tary inactivity after having yesterday
pushed to within a mile of Peronne
and captured a liill commanding the
Somme in_ this region. They have
taken more than 1,300 prisoners in
the last two days.
Continue Verdun Attacks
German attacks at Verdun con
tinue. Paris reports the temporary
success of one of the German charges
in the vicinity of Fumin Wood but
declares the Germans were imme
diately ejected from the advanced
trenches they had captured. Near
Reillon. in Lorraine, German troops
captured portions of French first line
trenches on a 200-meter front.
The Austro-Hungarian admiralty
announces the sinking by the scout
cruiser Novara of a fleet of four or
five armored British patrolboats at
the lower end of the Adriatic. Only
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THE WEATHER
For Harrishurg and vicinity; Gen
erally fair to-night ami Wednes
day; normal temperature.
For Easteru I'enusyM ania: Gener
ally fair to-night and Wednes
day; gentle south winds.
River
The Susquehanna river and Its
tributaries will remain about sta
tionary durinic the next twenty
four hours. A stage of about 4.«
feet is Indicated for Harrishurg
>\ ednesday morning.
General Conditions
The influence of the tropical storm
that has caused unsettled
weather throuahout the eastern
part of the country, is slowly
disappearing. It Is raining, how
ever, this morning in Tennessee,
Chattanooga reporting I.OS
Inches for the last twenty-four
hours. l.ynchburg reported 2.40
Inches.
The pressure Is low over the Cen
trnl States, but as yet, has not
developed Into a deflnlte storm
■ ren, except that It has caused
thunderstorms. The tempera
ture has risen over the Eastern
half of the country, and over the
Northern Rockies.
Indications are that generally fair
weather, with seasonable tem
perature. will continue during the
next thirty-six hours at Harris
burg and vicinity.
Teniperaturei R a. m.. 74.
Sum Rises, 4:-If! a. m.; sets, 7i3K
p. m.
Moon: Full moon, July 14, «:33
p. m.
River: 4.7 feet above low water
mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, KO.
Lowest temperature, <W>.
Menu temperature, 74.
Normal temperature, 74.
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to reach you every day. Your
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less your favorite newspaper
(ponds the time with you.
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Blow Your Horn and
Save the Child
BLOW your horn and save the child," is the text of a letter to the
Telegraph from a subscriber, which strikes such an important note
that it is published herewith. So many children have been' maimed j
or killed during the past few months by automobiles and motor trucks
that some measures of precautions must be taken. The letter in part
follows: '
WIU the Telegraph not add another to lt» many good works for
the City of Harrisburg by starting a "blow your horn, save the
child" crusade? So many little forms have been mangled, so many
little children have t>een killed by motor-driven machines in the
past few months that careful automobile owners for their own
self protection must soon do something to prevent less careful
drivers from "taking a chance" that so often proves fatal, or accept
the consequences. The consequences in this case, no doubt, will be
radical legislation of a regulative character demanded by an in
censed public. The remedy is simple—compel every automobile
driver to "BLOW THE HORN. AND SAVE THE CHILD," or put
him behind the bars, where he belongs.
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195 NEW CASES,
32 FATALITIES
IN EPIDEMIC
Large Increase in Numbers of
Deaths and Outbreak of
Infantile Paralysis
By Associated Press
New York, July.ll. A large in
crease in the numbers of deaths and'
new cases in the epidemic of infantile 1
paralysis was reported to-day. During
tlio last 24 hours 195 new cases de- J
veloped in the five boroughs of New!
iork City and there were 32 deaths.
270 Deaths So Far
This is an increase' of more than .
100 per cent, in the number of deaths!
resulting from the plague in the 24 I
hours ending at 10 o'clock this morn- I
ing compared with the previous 24 [
hours' record. In Brooklyn. 68 new!
cases were reported yesterday as
against 155 to-day. There are now a
total of 1,278 cases of infantile pa- j
ralysis in the Greater city. Deaths'
since the outbreak of the scourge •
number 270.
Recommends Isolation in
Infantile Paralysis Epidemic \
By Associated Press
Washington, July 11. lnstructions!
for State and city authorities con
cerning means of preventing spreads
<Ji infantile paralysis was completed;
by the Public Health Service to-day to
be mailed throughout the United 1
States. It recommends isolation or
patients for six or eight weeks, and!
of persons coming in contact with
them and a general strengthening of i
all sanitary precautions.
Reports to the Health Service to
day indicated that infantile paralysis j
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AUTOS MAY PARK
ONLY 10 MINUTES
Council to Consider Supple
mentary Traffic Measure
For Business District
Adoption of additional tragic regula
tions for the more congested streets
of the business district will be offi
cially considered by City Council at
its meeting next Tuesday when a sup
plementary traffic ordinance embody
ing the suggestions of Chief of Police
J. 1 nomas Zeil and the Firemen's
Union is read for the first time.
At the same meeting a new measure
authorizing one-way travel to the
eastward in Strawberry street from
Third to Fourth streets, petitioned for
by all the leading department stores
and businesshouses in that district,
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CANOEIST NAVY
WILL ORGANIZE
Water Sportsmen to Boost
"Basin"; Plan Annual
Carnival
Harrisburg's treat "navy" of canoe
ists, motorboat men and other river
patrons will organize permanently
within the next few days for the pur
pose of boosting the proposed im
provement an.l development of the
Susquehanna "basin" and at a meeting
to-morrow evening of the committee
cf arrangements the date for the big
gathering of river sportsmen will
likely be fixed.
The purpose of the meeting prl
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ENDEAVORERS
ATTENTION!
In every city where there la a
larne feathering of people "VALU
ABLE ARTKI.ES ARE I.OST or
MISLAID. The Hnrrlahuric TEI.K
GBAPH, the rrcoKnianl WANT
MEDII'M of Central Pennay Ivanlu,
ofTera the uae of the "I.oat anil
Found" eolumna to all VISITING
ENDEAVOR HRB thnt are unfor
tunate enoiiKh to loae any of their
helonglnica while vlaltlnK Hnrrla
huric this week.
.
HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 11, 1916.
PROGRESSIVES
MEETING HERE TO
ENDORSE HUGHES
State Ticket Will Be Taken
Down; Attendance at
Session Small
Considerably less than half the
j members of the Washington party
J State commtttea were present when
i State Chairman Detrich opened what
i may be the final meeting of the com
mittee at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon,
j He stated that the committee was not
| called earlier because he had found
men had not been elected in some dis
i tricts and had secured consent of those
I chosen to postponement. The roll of
| names showed many absentees and
| \ acancies and then Mr. Detrich said
! the meeting was open for discussion,
| remarking that the future of the som
| mittee in the hands of the men
1 present.
B. F. Ruth wanted to know whether
I Republicans were to be permitted to
I take part In the discussion. The chair
man said the discussion was open to
| all present.
Mr Detrich then read a letter from
I William Draper Lewis suggesting that
Hughes be endorsed, but that the local
committees be maintained. He said
ihe endorsed what Mr. Lewis wrote.
J Mr. Flinn, the national committeeman,
j was then asked to make a statement.
Some Kick Left
However, signs that there was still
some kick left in the Bull Moose were
noted between 1 and 2 o'clock this
j afternoon when the Washington party
State committee began to assemble for
| what may be the final meeting.
The plan of William Flinn, State
Chairman Detrich and others to with
draw the State ticket met with some
j opposition from George L. Holmes,
j Philadelphia city commissioner, who
has a lot of registrars to look after;
! ex-Congressman A. R. Rupley, W. P.
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iDONATO DANCERS
DISCUSS DELAYS
'
City Council Could Have Heard
if Xot Seen Some "Kicks"
in the Warehouse
The snappy music of a military
i band lilted through the gloomy ware
house; husky draymen in shirt sleeves
| and perspiration ran to the doors.
"Another trainload going through to
|ihe border," shouted one. "I'll say
| that's some one-step that band's
playing. It's a bear. Fellow can't
j keep his feet still "
So the storeroom was soon emptied;
the crew wa# out on the steps watch
ing the troop-trains pass; the music
grew louder; above me hacking
racket of locomotive exhausts and
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LAST TRIBUTE TO
GEN. HUTCHISON
City Officially Pays Mark of
Respect by Stopping Work
One Hour
Flags at half mast, the muffled beat
of drums, the f-low, Impressive march
of the soldiers, a salute of guns over
I grave of their departed com
mander, and, last of all, "taps" as the
! rays of the afternoon sun sent long
shadows over the Harrisburg Ceme
i tery—these were the tributes paid by
hundreds to Brigndier-Geheral Joseph
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Burglars Get Cent at Home
of Chief Justice Hay Brown
dy Associated Press
Lancaster. Pa., July 11. The city
residence of Chief Justice J. Hay
brown was burglarized early to-day.
The judge and his family are at their
summer home and precautions had
been taken to send all the valuables to
the bank, so the only thing the
burglars found was an old pocketbook
with a lone cent. The burglars tied
the purse to the front door with a
note, "A Chief Justice's wealth."
FINDS GIRL HE
LOVES AFTER 14
YEARS'SEARCH
Interned German Officer Weds
Sweetheart Whom Long He
Sought at Steelton
WAR GOD AIDS CUPID
Romance Begun Aboard Ship
Ends Happily to British
Cruisers
Sixteen years ago In the month of
May, when sixteen-year-old Albertlna
Dehner tearfully followed a solemn
procession across the green hills to
the little graveyard that nestled on the
hilltop overlooking her home in
Hohenzollern, Germany, she began to
live the romance of her life.
Griefstricken, she watched the last
formal rites as the body of her wid
owed mother was laid away, and the
next day she bade farewell to her girl
hood friends, took train for Bremen
and a few days later boarded a North
Geiman Lloyd Line steamer for Amer
ica where she was to live with her
uncle, Otto Dehner, whose fame as a
brewmaster is known hereabouts.
While steaming smoothly along
across the Atlantic that pretty Miss
Albertina forgot her grief Just long
enough to engage in a flirtation with
Tobias Voskuhl, a stalwart and cheer
ful petty officer, who showed more
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Brilliant Spectacle When
Shriners Escort Imperial
Divan to Headquarters
By Associated Press
Buffalo, X. Y., July 11. The most
brilliant spectacle of the 42nd annual
session of the Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine was presented to-day when the
Imperial Divan was escorted from
headquarter? to the theater by Har
risburg patrol and band, where the
opening session of the Imperial Coun
cil was held. In the escort were 10.-
000 Nobles.
George K. Staples, past potentate of
Ismalia Temple, of Buffalo, presided,
and J. Putnam Stevens, of Portland,
Me., delivered the annual address as
Imperial Potentate.
Two Men Drowned;
Identity Not Known
Two men drowned in the Susque- j
hanna river shortly before noon to-day,
when their boat was drawn intj> the 1
undercurrent of the dam near the west j
shore and capsized.
Witnesses said that the men strug
gled to get away from the current
which brought them back, but they
finally disappeared. Mrs. F. B. Huber,
137 Hanna street, whose son, William
. Huber, together with Joseph Rakovsky,
j 527 Race street, went out fishing this
morning, said that her son told her he
was going to fish neir Independence
Island. She went over in a boat with
searching parties, but no bodies were
j found. It was aiso rumored that the
! drowned men were George Givens, Race
j street, and Oscar Banford, South Front
1 street, but this could not be confirmed.
Grand Lodge of Elks
Opens Business Sessions
By Associated Press
Baltimore. Md.. .July 11.—The first
1 business session of the Grand Lodge of
i the Order of Elks was held to-day.
I The records of the registration bureau
j showed that 7,500 people had regis
; tered and officials estimated that twice
I that number actually arrived in the
; city. According to Grand Exalted
Ruler James R. Nicholson, of Boston,
| the total number of Elks now in the
; order is 453,000 and there are 1,340
; lodges.
I Unless the weather prevents, there
I will be a floral automobile parade to
i night. Later a grand ball will be given
j in honor of the grand lodge officers at
! which there will be a prize drill con
\ test between uniformed visiting dele
! gations.
Armored British Patrol
Boats Sunk; Nine Saved
By Associated Press
Berlin. July 11—By Wireless.—The
Austrian Admiralty announced to
i day that the Austrian armored cruiser
| Novara, 3,384 tons, had sunk four or
! five British armed patrol boats. Only
nine men from the British vessels
were rescued.
Boy Shoots Himself in
Head With Shotgun
Playing with a shotgun at the home
of a playmate in Royalton this morn
ing, Jacob William Seiders, aged 8,
shot himself in the hejtd «.nd was in
stantly killed. The boy is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Seiders, Penn street,
and had been playing with Jacob Hol
linger, aged 12, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Hollinger, Ulrich street, Royal
ton, in a bedroom at the Hollinger
home.
The older lad declares that he told
the Seiders boy to put away the gun. I
VXABLE TO ENLIST, KILLS SELF
Huntingdon, Pa., July 11.—Disap
pointed because his parents refused
to sign the papers necessary for his
enlistment in the Eighth Regiment
before it started for Mount Gretna last
week. Charles B. Kershaw, 18 years
old, son of W. B. Kershaw, of Smith
field township, near Huntingdon, wan
dered Into the woods near his resi
dence and shot himself in the heart
The body was found last evening ' <
22ND CONVENTION
STATE CHRISTIAN
ENDEAVORERS
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J. HENRY STAUFF, • f
State Vice-President of Pittsburgh, |
Who WtK Preblde at Opening
Session To-night.
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GOV. MARTIN* G. BRUMBAUGH.
Scheduled to Make Address of Wel
come at Christian Endeavor
Convention.
DESIRE QUICK
MEXICAN ACTION
Carranza Notified U. S. Offi
cials Will Accede to Any Plan
For Early Settlements
By Associated Press
Chihuahua, Mexico, July 11.—
The main hotly of the Villa force
| retreating from Jiminez attacked
Parral, fifty miles to the south
west, but was defeated by the Car
ranza garrison after a savage bat
tle, according to an official report
received to-day by General Jacinto
Trevino.
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., July 11.—Gen
eral Carranza has been notified that
I negotiations for the settlement of the
border difficulties need not await the
j return of Secretary Lansing from his
| vacation. s
j It is expested here that Carranza
i will propose a joint formal conference
1 rather than Informal conversations be
tween Ambassador Arredondo and the
j State Department. American officials
will accede to any plan which assures
I quick action.
War Department officials had no re
ports upon and discounted rumors of
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Penna. Guardsmen to Be
Detailed to District at Which
Latest Villa Raid Is Aimed
By Associated Press
El Paso, Texas, July 11.—Pennsyl
vania national guardsmen soon will'be
detailed to the Marathon district, It
waj» announced to-day, although in
what force was not made known.
Marathon was the base of the force,
which pursued the Glenn Spring raid
ers last .May. It Is ninety miles north
of Boqulllas, which has been men
tioned as the objective of a new Villa
raid, warning of which was given to
Washington -by General Carranza.
The Fifth Massa< husctts Infantry
to-day was ordered to the border for
patrol duty, the first of the eastern
Organizations tc see active service. |
The guardsmen will be stationed be- i
twecn Fort Quitman, Texas, and Noria,,
New Mexico.
THREE INJVHEI) IN RUNAWAY
Reading, Pa.. July 11.—Gerhard Lue
ken, a Reading business
man, suffered a concussion of the brain,
his wife sustained a broken arm and
other injuries and their 6-year-old son
was seriously hurt as the result of a
runaway accident. Their fiorse took
fright at a passing automobile. ' The
occupants of the carriage were thrown
to the street and the vehicle was de
molished, ;
Bh| ft'-1
BISHOP U. F. SWENGEL,
State Vice-President and Trustee of
the United Society of C. E. of
Harrisburg, Who Will
Speak To-night.
Hundreds of Delegates Here
From Philadelphia, Pitts
burgh, and Other Large
Cities of Penna.; Meeting of
Executive Committee This
Afternoon; Formal Exercises
at Chestnut Street Auditor
ium Tonight
e Whatever may be the atti
tude of the weather clerk
during the week the young
people of Pennsylvania who
have been arriving by the
hundreds all day for the State Chris
tian Endeavor Convention are here for
the biggest sort of time.
Christian Endeavor conventions
usually do afford opportunities for big
things, but this one is expected to be
a record-breaker. Anyone who has
| been around the railroad stations dur
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T FLINN IN HOT TILT g
? Harrisburg.—William Flinn and W. H. Boland, Scran- X
I ton, engaged in a lively tilt at the Bull Moose meeting this A
7 afternoon, Boland charging that the Progressives were |
1 being sold out. Flinn advised the endorsement of Hughes i
i and the elimination of the Washington State Committee. J
J Boland got into a rage over the proposal and Flinn replied I
i tartly. 9
T PENNSYLVANIA GUARDSMEN AT BORDER {
I New York, July 11.—Of the 38,189 National Guardsmen
T in the Eastern department, commanded by General Wood, Jf
I already at the Mexican border, Pennsylvania leads with
I 12,405 men. The other States are Massachusetts, 7,561: JL
9 Connecticut, 2,193, and New Jersey, 4,251. T
S TWO YOUTHS DROWNED BELOW DAM ?
I Harrisburg. Two young men were drowned below I
i the river dam nea; the west shore of the Susquehanna J
! shortly before noon. ty
SCHWAB AND GRACE IN TOWN i
Harrisburg.—Charles Schwab, Eugene Grace, General 1
Manager Roberts and others of the Bethlehem Steel Com- 1
pany management are in Steelton this afternoon
the steel plants there and will go to Baltimore this even- I
mg to visit Sparrow's Point. The special car Lorreto?
brought them to Harrisburg this afternoon and they went' *
to Steelton by automobile. Mr. Schwab promised a state
ment before he left but would not talk until he had looked* >
over, the newly acquired plants. The car was transferred !
It is'understood that Mr. Schwab's visit here has to do 1
! with the electrification of the entire Steelton plant and the| >
* * increase of tonnage production, work on this latter feature
1 having been already started. t
t 1 Baltimore, July 11.—Captain Koenig, of the Deutsch- '
land made a statement to the customs officials this after
< l noon that he expected to get away with ten days. He had ' *
, been told if he remained longer than two weeks, the
' i Deutschland's wireless would be sealed up. i 1
— niiim'Wi i
MARRIAGE LICENSES „ >
•
Tobias Vnakuhl and Albertlne Dehner, Steelton.
William Mervln Hrounht-r, city, and Oertrude Trout, Dlllabnrs.
Charlea M. Sebellat and Martha Shearer, city. . >
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16 PAGES CITY EDITION
NAVY OFFICERS
SHOWN THROUGH
DEUTSCHLAND
U. S, Experts Given Privilege of
Learning All Secrets of
Underwater Freighter
UNLOADING THE CARGO
Dyestuffs and Chemicals Being
Placed in Bonded Ware
house at Baltimore
By .-Issuctatcd Press
Ealtlmore, July 11. American
navy officers, detailed by the Navy
Department to determine, the status
of the German submarine Deutsch
land, went aboard the craft to-day.
Captain Paul Koenig, commander of
the Deutschlanii was not there to re
ceive- them but they were shown
through the vessel by the marine sup
erintendent of the North German
Lloyd Line, with her commander's
permission.
The officers. Captain C. F. Hushes
ano two submarine experts, Lieut. J.
O. Fisher, of the Bureau of Steam En-
Kincering and Naval Constructor Her
bert S. Howard, accompanied by the
collector of the port, boarded the
Deutschland at her pier from a tug.
0 %cia!ly they were to determine
whether the submarine was an armed
vessel, but they were Riven permis
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CAPTAIN BOYD BURIED
By Associated Press
Washington, July 11. With full
military honors the body of Captain
C. T. Boyd, Tenth Cavalry, who was
killed at the head of his command at
the Carrtzal tight, was burled to-day
In Arlington National Cemetery. Sec
retary Baker, Major General Hugh L.
Scott, chief of staff, and other nigh
officers and officials of the War De
partment attended the funeral.
AC CIDENTALLY KILLS SON
Williamsport, Pa., July 11.—Hiram
Mosteller, 8 years old, of near here,
was shot and instantly killed by his
father. William Mosteller, to-day. Thw
boy was sent to bring a shotgun with
which to kill a hawk and when tho
father "broke" the gun to load one
| tiarrel a shell In the other barrel was
1 accidentally discharged. The charge
J entered the bay's back and passed
' nearly through Is body.