I**..- ' ' ' : • ••• - ■* . ~-^ r **- -r? v*r. ■. - * -;., ■ ---- - - ( ": .•?*•• ; . -. \ . . • V * ' • •'- "'• \. * * Ceraan Reichstag Gives Up Hope of Annexations to Empire as Result of Military Conquest HARRISBURG ifSglill TELEGRAPH jfk ~ ®>e otar~3n&epenseiii • W- I LXXXVI— Xo. 168 14 PAGES WHOLE RUSS FRONT ALIVE WITH BATTLE Germans Rush Troops From Other Fronts in Effort to Hold Lines Assaulted by Armies of New Republic; Teuton Commanders Entirely Rearrange Their Positions to Receive the Shock AUSTRIANS IN FULL FLIGHT TO THE CARPATHIANS ON THE SOUTHERN FRONT Sea Transports Used to Get Needed Reinforcements to Scene of Battle; Heavy Automobiles Pressed Into Service Near Lemberg For Quick Moving of Infantry to Threatened Lines Washington, July 16. The whole Russian front from the Gulf of Riga to Rumania is reported in official dispatches to-day from Petrograd to the Russian embassy here to be alive with bat tle. The Germans are said to be rushing troops from Italian and French fronts and to be entirely rearranging their positions. On the northern front near Riga German reinforcements are rushing up by sea transport. On the Lemberg front the troops are being shifted back and forth by means of heavy automobiles in an attempt to prevent further advances by General Korniloff. On the southern front in the Carpathians, the Austrians are said to be in full flight. Kaiser Plans Offensive The German reinforcements of the Riga front by transport is under stood Lere to be for a German coun ter offensive as a diversion to the severe Kussian attacics further bouth. l'his has been long threatened and it is thought now that General Von Moedre, in command there, has been given orders to go ahead.- Dispatches report that the Rus sian Haltic fleet is in splendid con dition and capable of meeting any naval offensive in that quarter. On the .Lemberg front, the left flank of the Austro-German army defending that city is stated to be seriously threatened with the result that tlic enemy is rushing men back and forth in heavy automobiles in order to support the weakened wing. On the Carpathian front the Aus trians are said to be "fleeing in (Continued on Page 12) Russian Army Takes 35,809 Prisoners and Many Guns in Battle By Associated Press Petrograd, July IB.—The Russians yesterday captured sixteen officers and 900 Austro-Germans in the bat tle In Eastern Galicia, says the of ficial statement issued to-day by the Russian War Department. The Rus sians also took a number of ma chineguns. From July 1 to July 13, the state ment says, 834 officers and 35,809 men were captured by the Russians. General BussilofT's forces also cap tured 88 heavy and light guns, 28 trench mortars, 403 machineguns, 4 3 mine-throwers. 45 bomb-mortars, three fire-throwers, two airplanes and much equipment. t \ Serial Numbers of Conscriptable Men On Pages 6 And 7 Continuing publication of the serial numbers and names of men liable for conscription, the HAR RISBCRG TELEGHAPH presents this evening the remaining city division and part of the first coun ty division, on pages 8 and T. The others will follow Tuesday ana Wednesday, L 1 THE WEATHER Fur llarrlaburK and vlcloltyi Partly cloudy to-nlghti TuMiitj fnlr, followed tliunderahow erx In the afternoon! not much change In ton per at tare. For Eiiklrrn I'etiKaylvunlui Partly rlcuily to-nlKbtt Tundi) fair, followed by ihindmhtiirni late In the ufteriuxrnt gentle went wind a. HJvw Tbe mnln river will remain near ly stationary tu-alirht and fall slowly Tueaday, General Condition* weather conditions are* unsettled over mont of tfce eastern half of the country. Pair weather haa prevailed over moat of the west ern half of th country under the Influence of an area of kluli P pe *sre central over the Upper Mlaaourl Valley, Temperatures or. 1 <• Iff decre.. lower In tha Ohio Valley and Tenneaaee, Southern Vlrtrlnla and Kenerally over th Plalna Btatea and th Nouthweat, Temperaturei H . na„ 7a decree*. Suai Rlaea, 4,43 a. in. Wwsst Full moon, Auffuat 2. River stage ■ 8.2 ftet. Veaterday's Weather Hlrheat temperature, 81. I.owest temperature, (IT. Mean temperature, 74. >ormal temperature, 73, Germans Make Series of Strong Attacks in an Effort to Break Lines By Associated Press Paris, July 16.—The Germans made a series of strong attacks last night between the Somme and the Aisne and in the Champagne. To day's official announcement says they were repelled everywhere except near Mont Haut, in the Champagne, where they retained a few trench elements. The statement follows: "Between the Somme and the Aisne the enemy delivered a series of strong attacks, preceded by bom bardments. Three attempts in the vicinity of St. Quentin were broken up by our fire. South of Corbeny several detachments of shock troops attacked our small posts. After a 1 very spirited engagement the enemy was repulsed completely. For our part we made progress soutl' of Ailles and took prisoners. "In the Cahmpagne, after a very violent bombardment in the region of Mont Haut and Teton, the Ger mans hurled important forces against the positions we conquered on Julv 14. Our troops resisted with indom itable energy and tenacity the at tack of any enemy greatly superior in numbers. At Teton the efforts of the enemy were without success. The attacking forces .which suffered very heavy losses, were not able to cut into our lines. At Mont Hout there was a violent action which continued all through the night. The enemy, who succeeded at first in recaptur ing a large part of the ground we had won, was hurled back by our | troops in a brilliant countertattack. | Certain trench elements are all that remain in the enemy's hands." Break With Germany Is Urged in Austrian Diet as Means to Get Peace Zurich. July 16. The Austrian Keichsrath was thrown into an uproar I r>n Saturday when the former Czech Minister. Herr Praschek. declared the hate of the entire world was not di rected against Austria, but against Germany. and that Austria should de tach herself from her ally, says a > ienna dispatch. "How are we to obtain peace." de mand'd Hcrr Praschek. "If we cling to the German wide? Must we con tinue to sacrifice our interests to the expansion of Germany? Must we con tinue to submit to the German mill as draw n us into this declared that Czech Deputies had been imprisoned for at tempting to bring about an alliance of Austria with Russia and France, and added that If they were to be ft d s traitors then all Czechs * igrna t!zed? B,m " ar,y " hould b * so Boy Scout Court of Honor Is Appointed George H, Tripp, president of the Central Construction Company; Robert B. Reeves, general secretary of the Harrisburg Y, M. C. A.; John 8 Musser, president of the Dauphin Electrical Supply Company: Charles B Fager, Jr.. principal of the Tech nical High School, and J. William Bowman, Bowman and Company, will constitute the court of honor for the Harrisburg Council Boy Scouts of America, These men were appointed by Wil liam B, McCaleb, president of the executive committee of the coun-' ell. It will be their duty to pass! on awards for merit badges and oth er Important duties. Already two applications for the coveted merit badges have been received, they are from William R, McCaleb and Lewis 1 Sterling Kunkei. COMPANIES D AND I ON ISLAND TRAIN FOR WAR j - g, v i iil^l jSKt fr ~ fIW m fw, - mfl ' • Above is a view of the "Tented City" on Island Park baseball grounds which is sheltering Companies D and I, of this city. They went into camp yesterday and to-day everything is in tirst-class condition. The other view shows Lieutenant Charles W. Thomas, of Company I, just finishing putting the men through "setting up" exercises. POLICE SUSPECT TOMPKINS IN AUTO TRAGEDY Search For Alleged High waymen Ceases Because of Doubt of Existence By Associated Press Johnetown, July 16. To clear the mystery surroundihg the shoot ing yesterday on a country road near Carrolltown, this county, of Ed ward Humphries, coal operator, Mrs. Carrie Humphries, his wife, and 16- year-old son, Edward Humphries, Jr., all members of an automobile party, was the task taken up by District Attorney D. H. Weimer and other county authorities. The great est factor in the solution of the mur der mystery, authorities said to-day, is George K. Tompkins, Jr., of Phil adelphia, the fourth member of the automobile party, who is being held at the county jail at Ebensburg at the request of a coroner's jury. Tompkins and Humphries were as sociated together in a coal company formed about six weeks ago. The three members of the Humph ries family were held up and shot by three masked hig+iwaymen, ac cording to the story told to Sheriff W. E. Mulhollen yesterday bv Tomp kins and reiterated by the Philadel phia man to-day. Accepting his ex planation of the triple murder, posses scoured the country near the i scene of the shooting for hours yes terday, but gave up the search for the alleged bandits when it was an nounced by Sheriff Mulhollen that statements made by Tompkins were at variance" with facts brought out at the inquest held by Coroner G. A. Fitzgerald. Find Powder Marks According to the story told by Tompkins, the highwaymen surpris ed the party while a punctured tire was being repaired and that the shots which caused the deaths of the Humphries were fired at a distance of seventy feet in front of the auto mobile. After examining the bodies, Coroner Fitzgerald announced that all the bullets were fired at close range, powder burns being found o two of the bodies and that the shots were fired from behind. Another question to be put to Tompkins to-day was In regard to several cuts on his head and chest, which according to the coroner were caused by a blunt instrument. Tomp kins in his statement to the sheriff said he escaped death at the hands of the bandits by crouching In the tonneau of the automobile and later dropping to the ground as if shot. "Charlie" Fleck Wreathed by Cloud of Smoke Is Back on Job When reporters dropped Into the police station this morning on their morning rounds the first greeting was "Charlie Fleck Is back." Sure enough Charlie, looking chipper as ever, is pushing the little switches on the telephone desk and getting police patrons accustomed to his short and crisp "Hello." Fleckie has been off the list for thirty-seven days and during that time had a hard timje to convince the dpctor that he was still able to smoke. • "Whltey" Cummlngs took his place during his absence. Whitey is just as affable and good natured as Fleckie, *>ut reporters missed the haze of smoke that always sur rounds the desk when Charlie is on the Job. HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, JULY 16, 1917 MINERS FORCE EXODUS OF ALL ALIEN FAMILIES Situation in Missouri Lead Belt Serious, Military Au thorities Believe By Associated Press Flat River, Mo.. July 16.—The sit uation in the lead belt in Southeast ern Missouri, from which American born miners have driven hundreds of foreignborn workers during the last two days, was still serious to day, in the opinion of the civil and military authorities here. No violence occurred Sunday but twenty men were arrested on charges of carrying concealed weapons or looting homes of evicted foreign born miners. The peaceable disposi tion of the crowds yesterday, peace officials said, was probably due large ly' to the presence of the Missouri National Guard and the conciliatory work of State Labor Commissioner Lewis. Federal agents have arrived but will do nothing more than keep (Continued on Pa#tc 12) Navy Places Another Big Shell Contract With Pipe and Pipe Bending W. T. Hildrup, Jr., general mana ger of the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Works, announced to-day that the United States Navy Depart ment had placed a large contract with the local company for four inch shells. The contract was made after open ing competitive bids and as the local firm was the lowest bidder more than half of the contract was award ed to them. With this new contract, in addition to what the Navy De partment had previously placed with the Pipe Bending Company, more than 800,000 shells will he turned out. This will keep the plants busy for more than a year. Now For Forty Days of Rain if Legend Tells Truth Sowers yesterday—it being St. fiwlthin's Day—led many to wonder how much truth there is in the an cient legend. 'St. Swithln's Day. If thou dost rain. For forty days it will remain. St. Swithin's Day, if thou be fair, For forty days 'twill rain nae mair. According to the weather records here for the last flVe years the legend is "bunk," like the one about groundhog day. States Delay Draft of New National War Army By Associated Press Washington, July 16.—The bur den of responsibility for hastening the first drawing of men for the new national army to-day rests entirely of State and local authorities. The fedoral government has completed its work, but the failure In some sec tions to complete organization of the exemption boards and finish the serial numbering of the registration cards Is cuaslng delay. Many precincts to-day reported to Provost Marshal General Orowder that local exemption machinery Is complete, but there are still many isolated districts to be heard from. War Department officials were hope ful that the work will be finished within the next few days so that the draft lottery may be held before the end of the week. GOVERNOR SIGNS ROAD BILL AFTER SLASHING IT Measure as Approved Carries $10,373,470.40 For Highways Governor Brumbaugh to-day an nounced that he had approved the State Highway bill, after cutting half a million dollars from the two-mil lion-dollar Item for "constructing and maintaining state-aid highways." The bill as passed carried $10,373,- 470.40. The items approved are: Construction of state highways, $6,- 000,000, including routes in bor oughs where state highway route is improved to borough lines; state-aid highways, $1,500,000; condemna tion and purchase of turnpikes and tollroads, $500,000, some of which will be paid for this week; township "dirt roads," $1,873,470.40, provided that not more than $1,350,000 shall be paid out before June 1, 1918. The Governor also approved the following House bills: Providing that second class cities may pay salaries of employes en listing in the armed forces during the war. Providing for a statistician in the department of mines at $2,000 per year. Defining sodomy and increasing penalties. Regulating discharge of sureties on bonds, after one year. Authorizing companies incorpor ated in any other state to hold real estate and to erect and maintain buildings. The Governor also approved the Dawson bill, placing all employes of electrical, engineering and build ing inspection departments of third class cities under civil service. This Is the second third class city civil service bill to be approved, the for mer having been the police civil service bill. The bill creates an ex amining board. Body of Steelton Youth, Who Drowned at Dauphin, Is Recovered Here The body of Brandt, aged 19, of Steelton, who was drown ed in the Susquehanna river Thurs day afternoon while bathing at Dau phin, was found early this morning by Merle Danner and John Marshall, employed at the city filter plant. The body was seen floating near Island Park by the two men who at once .-ecovercd It. It was brought to the city and taken to Steelton by Undertaker Wilt. Funeral services will be held at his late home to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock and will be private. The Row H. H. Rupp, pastor of the First Reformed Church, Steelton, will of ficiate. Burlak will be made in the Chestnut Hill Cemetery. He Is sur vived by his mother, Mrs. Edith Baxter; sister, Mary Baxter, of Car lisle, and a brother. David, of Tren ton, Canada: and his foster mother, Mrs. Gertrude Brandt Steelton, with whom he made his home. He was a member of the senior class In Stoel ton High School. ANOTHER UNIT OF GUARD GOES FORTH FROM CITY Truck Co. No. 1 Cheered on j Its Way to Mt. Gretna; Tented City on Island Harrisburg this morning again turned out to give the departing, members of Truck Company No. 1 j a rousing farewell. Although hun- ( dreds of friends and fellow guards- i n*n gathered at the station for the j cheering and the demonstration, the real farewell was staged from the I Mulberry street bridge. It was there | that relatives of the soldier boys' knew they would get the last glimpse J of their boys on their way to war. | They will undergo training at Mt. Gretna. Practically the same organizations i turned out again this morning for a j short parade prior to the leaving of ! the guardsmen. They again assem-1 bled in South Maj-ket Square, parad- \ ed to the station and fell :n line for] the departing men to pass before, as they went to their train. Relatives and friends escorted the troopers to the gates, received a last embrace and then hurried to the bridge for the farewell look. As the cars carrying the soldiers neared the bridge hundreds of women lean ed perilously far over the guard rail to wave farewell. The boys showed their apprecia tion by cheers an.d salutes until the train had disappeared into the dis tance. There were a few tears, but very few mothers could not restrain their emotions when the cheers were dying amid the rumble of the train. The members of the D and I com panies are stationed on the Island and hard at work at the endless routine of a soldier. The tents are all in line and the men last night got their first taste of sleep on an army (Continued on rage 12) Penn-Harris Directors Will Select Face Brick to Be Used on New Hotel President Wallower has called a meeting of the directors of the Har risburg Hotel Company for to-mor- afternoon to make a final selec tion of the face brick for the Penn- Harris-Hotel and to consider other details of the important undertak ing; hTe third instalment of the sub scriptions to the hotel proposition was called on the first of July and the contractors are making good headway in the construction work. President Wallower in a recent let ter to the stockholders says: "The hotel will be of reinforced concrete construction, the exterior being of a very attractive face brick trimmed with terra cotta and gran ite. The building will be dignified and pleasing in appearance and an architectural feature of the Capital i City. "You are aware, of course, the ho tel has been leased for a long term of years, to be operated under the ! direction of the United Hotels Com pany, who operate one of the larg est and most successful chains of first-class hotels in the United States. "It gives me great pleasure to ad vise you that the affairs and the prospects of your company are In excellent condition. The officers and directors have been devoting a great deal of their time to the affairs of your company and believe that they have been very successful in their efforts." U. S. to Send a Part of National Guard to France Within a Few Weeks By Associated Press Washington, July 16.—Mobiliza tion of the National Guard for war service began to-day. While no or ders for embarkment of State troops for France will be given until aftej August 5. when the entire force will be formally drafted into the United States army, there are indications that some divisions will be regarded as ready to board transports soon after that date. It is regarded as practically cer tain that If the guard divisions are sent to France at an early date they will be equipped with French artil lery on their arrival there. Pre sumably their first war work will be with the famous French "75'5." Departure of the guardsmen for France, it was Indicated to-day will be, governed by the shipping prob lem. War Department officials regard many divisions of the State troops as virtually ready now for the Inten sive training behind the fighting line In France which will prepare them for their- place in the trenches. There Is no reason why some elements could not go forward at once except lack of transportation and the sub marine menace. Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION NEW CHANCELLOR TO MAKE MAIDEN TALK THURSDAY Successor to Hollweg Expect ed to Outline Program For Continuance of War MAPS PEACE POLICY Reichstag Stand Approved and Censured by Different Factions By Associated I'rcss Copenhagen, July 6.—Dr. George Michaelis, the new chancellor, will deliver his maiden speech in the Reichstag Thursday. The address is expected to contain an announce ment of his forthcoming program and is awaited with a great deal of interest. Field Marshal Von Hindenburg and General Ludendorff. who were summoned to Berlin by Emperor William, are continuing their con ferences with party leaders. Dr. Michaelis is participating in them. LiulendoriT Optimistic Representatives of the Berlin press were received Saturday by General Ludendorff, who discussed the military situation. He said the situation on all fronts was favor able. The pan-German independent league met and adopted a resolution of protest against the proposed peace action of the Reichstag majority, de claring the adoption of the majority program would result In the indefi (Continued on Pace 12) Germans Abandon the Building of Zeppelins and Turn to Airplanes By Associated Press London, July 16. lt is reported in an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Lausanne that no Zeppelins are be ing constructed at Friedrichshafen. Thousands of workmen who have been employed in building airships are now said to be engaged in the construction of airplanes. CROWN PRINCE LEAVES BERLIN Amsterdam, July 16. Berlin reports that tije Ger man crown prince who his been in Berlin in connection with the political crisis, has left for the western front. GERMANS NOT BACKING I. W. W. Washington, July 16. Reports that the activities of the Industrial Workers of the World in the west re cently have been financed by German gold have failed of substantiation after an exhaustive investigation by fed eral agents. TOMPKINS CHARGED WITH MURDER Johnstown, Pa., July 16. George K. Tompkins, Jr., a Philadelphia coal operator, arrested in connection with the mysterious deaths by 'shooting, of Edward Hum phries, his wife and son, yesterday, on a country road near here, was formally charged with murder before a justice of the peace to-day andis locked up in the Cam bria county jail. GERMANS TO'TRY FOR PEACE Amsterdam, July 16. A Berlin telegram to an Am sterdam news, agency quotes the Tageblatt of Berlin to the effect that the Catholic party in the Reichstag has decided with two dissenting votes to make a declaration in favor of peace efforts without regard to the attitude of the National-Liberals. RUSSIANS REPULSE ATTACK Petrograd, July 16. The Russians have driven the Austrians out of the village of Dodziany. Northeast of Kalusz the Germans began an attack this morning. The Russians threw them back. BERLIN CLAIMS SUCCESS Berlin July 16. Three attempts made by the Brit ish yesterday morning to recapture the positions won by the Germans at Lombacrtzyde on the Belgian front, says a statement issued by the German war department, were repulsed with heavy looses to the attackers. \ i' ' * ! FOUR OF KAISER'S LARGEST U-BOATS SUNK BY U. S. ' American Warships Destroy ; Germany's Most Modern Sub marines in Battle BERLIN ADMITS . LOSS Three Die When Undersea Pirate Sinks U. S. Merchantman By Associated rrcss London. July 16. —Four of the largest and most modern German submarines were destroyed by Amer ican warships which were convoying the first instalment of American troops to France, according to a re port from German sources as con tained in a Berne dispatch to a Rome news agency and forwarded from Rome by the Central News. U. S. Steamer Sinks Washington, July 16.—Sinking of the American steamer Grace and the killing of three men, one of them an American, and the injury of two members of the naval armed guard was announced to-day by th 3 State Department. The steamer was owned by the Standard Commercial Steamship Corporation, 15 Whitehall street, New York. She was sunk by a tor . pedo from a submarine. ' Those killed were E. J. Farrell, of New Jersey, and two aliens named , Van Dyke and Anderson. Five men I were injured by fire from an explo ■ sion of petroleum cargo. Three were aliens. The two naval hurt were Hugh Donnelly and George Wilson. All survivors have been landed and the injured taken to a hospital.
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