Attstjh.Ger.mm Artillery Reaps Great Harvest From Madly Fleeing Rmstan Atmes HARRISBURG ifSgill TELEGRAPH £1 )t otar~Jn&cpcn&cnl, - * f LXXXVI— No. 176 12 PAGES TEUTON ARMY PRESSES IIARD ON RUSS LINE Little Hope That Retreat Can Be Checked Before All Ground Won by Brussilo ffs Big Drive Last Year Has Been Lost; Government Optimistic That Troops Can Be Reorganized and a New Line Presented to Enemy KERENSKY PLANS TO WEED OUT DISLOYAL MEN AND TO REPLACE THEM WITH RESERVES French Emerge From Bitter Battle on West Front as Victors Over the Army of the German Crown Prince; Petain Retakes All Positions Captured by Kaiser's Son, Who Paid Heavy Price in Lives For Short-lived Victory Russia's shaken armies in Galicia are still in a retreat which bids fair not to end until they reach approximately the line oc cupied by them last year before General Brussiloff began his big offensive. Despite this extensive retrograde movement, covering vir tually all the front between the North Galician border and the Carpathian foothills, the tone of both official and unofficial dis patches coming out of Petrograd is not pessimistic. There is apparent confidence that the disorganization in the ranks, induced by the mechinations of the extremists and believed to have been largely promoted by German intrigue, will be ad equately dealt with and a firm front again be presented to the :nemy. For one thing the Germans by their own admission have not the aien to spare to prosecute a sus tained offensive on a large scale on the eastern front. The British and the French are keeping them too busy and they are too apprehensive af some extra forceful stroke in the west to transfer any great number of troops from the Franco-Belgian war area. For another, the Russians have big reserves of men and Premier Kerensky, with the vast powers now in his hands, will find it possible, it is believed, to weed out the disloyal elements rapidly from the front ranks and replace them with the hosts of dependable troops which Russia still possesses. French Win Ground The inherent strength of the en tente position in the west has Just received a fresh illustration on the Aisne front. Here the French have just emerged victors in a long-drawn out struggle with the Germans for possession of the important high ground in the Caronne region. Yesterday's brilliant attack save General Petain's troops renewed possession, in almost complete meas ure, of the slight area gained b> the Crown Prince in his costly series Df attacks. The French even pushed beyond their old line at some points. This morning came the test of the Serman reaction. It was directed against the positions recaptured by the French on theOalifornia plateau. Although delivered after a violent bombardment, it was entirely futile, the French retaining the rewon ground and consolidating their gains. f \ FLY MEASURING DAY Saturday, July 28, 9 to 12 noon, 11 North Market Square. The Civic Club will pay 5 cents a pint and give prizes also for I those turning In the greatest 1 number of flies. V_ / THE WEATHER THE WEATHER For llarrlsburg and vicinity! Thuii<lcrshow ers this afternoon or to-night. Thursday probably fair. ( ontinufd warm. For Knsti>rn Pennsylvunlni Fair in north, t hundershowers in portion this afternoon or to-night. Thursday probably fair, (ientle winditi mostly cast. River The Susquehanna river and prob ably all Its tributaries will fall slowly except heavy locul rains may ponsibly cnune riMeei in souie MtreuniM. A stage of about 4.8 feet In Indicated for Harris burg Thursday. General Conditions I ressurc linn Increased over the eastern half of the United Mate* and IN highest over New Eng land. It ha* increased aho over the extreme northwestern Mate*. I'he principal area of low prcMMure In central over Saskatchewan, (auada, with a second depression over Arizona. Miowerft have fallen generally In the Ohio valley, Eastern Ten nessee, Alabama, the Interior of North Carolina and Vlrglnlu and locally In Eastern Peunsyl vanla. Temperature 8 a. ni.: 74. Sunt 4.50 a. m. Mooni First quarter August 27. River stage t 5.1 feet. ... Yesterday'® Weather Highest temperature 88. 1 'Owest temperuture <lB. Mean temperature 78. Aiorxual temperature 75. Russian Women Bravely Face Death by Going Into Thick of the Battle By Associated Press Petrograd, July 25.—The Russian women's battalion raised by the twice-wounded girl-officer, Vera Butchkareff. was in action on the front at Krevo yesterday for the first j lime. They are reported to have been successful, although the bat ta.ion suffered some losses, the ex tent of which is not yet known. The >ovoe Yremya correspondent at the front reports that the women be haved in an exemplary way, gain ing the respect of the men soldiers. The "Command of Death" is the official title of the battalion raised by Mademoselie Butchkareff. It re cently left for the front after a re- Mew by M. Kerensky. Most of the recruits are from the higher edu cational academies or secondary j .-ichools. with a lew peasants, factory girls and servants. Some married women were accepted, but none who bad children. Most of them are be tween 18 and 25 years of age, of good physique. The girls carry the cav f{'ontinned on Pago gi U. S. Revises War Plans So as to Send More Men to the Front in France Washington, July 25. lt is the understanding to-day in Washington that the request for $5,000,000,000 by .Secretary McAdoo for war purposes j IS . result of the decision of the administration to augment the Ameri- I l lu France at much more | lapid rate than was at first deemed I ! 1 h C f s f? ,y an<l a growing conviction 1 hc^Hi^ ar f ca l? n n ot he won without i of a U, east " million, and perhaps tvo million Americans to 1 Thi n w.!"i? in 'I 16 ,IPXt lhr " e >'^ a " I The War Department Is making its : preparations on a grand kale, but IV?JV' y K m ?r* being guarded care i fully by the censors. Leader of Ruthless War Policy Dies in Baden By Associated Press London, July 25.— A Reuter dis patch from Copenhagen says that Major Ernst Bassermann, leader of the National Liberals in the German reichstag, has died at Baden Baden. i O - I J aj °L, Bawermann was horn in *♦l' iJ 1 on * k een a member of the reichstag. He was a leader of the faction in the house which fa ored the carrying on of the war until 'teat Britain was defeated and was supported by the bulk of the Na tional Liberal party in his campaign against Chancellor von Bethmann l-iollweg. In speeches at various times he urged the most ruthless use ' O' submarines and Zeppelins. A dispatch from Copenhagen, July IS, said Admiral von Tirpitz. father of the German U-boat campaign, had telegraphed an appeal to Major Bas sermartn to leave the sanitarium where he was under treatment and tome to Berlin to assist in the tight against peace resolutions of the ma jority bloc in the reichstag. I FATHER OF TEW KII.LED By Associated Press Northumberland, Pa.. July 23 Thomas Tordor. 46 years old, " the father of ten children, was killed In a peculiar manner to-day. He was standing in the street talking with the occupant of an automobile wher a street car struck a big truck and threw It against the automobile. Tor dor was caught between the automo bile and truck and crushed. THERE WERE WISE ONES EVEN IN NOAH'S DAYS —From New York Tribune. EXPECT QUICK APPROVAL FOR SHIPBUILDERS Work, Not Talk, Says Chair man Hurley, in Telling of the Plans By Associated Press Washington, July 25. Vice-Chai rman Theodore Brent is to-day act ing head of the shipping board pend ing Senate confirmation of President Wilson's appointment of Edward N. ' Hurley as chairman to succeed Wil | liam Dennian. Rear Admiral Wasli- I ington L. Capps, chief constructor of , the navy, is in charge of the emer i gency fleet corporation as successor |to Major-General George W. Goe thals. The nominations of Mr. Hurley I and Bainbridge Colby, who was se | lected to fill the vacancy on the (Continued on Page 12) Hershey May Be Elected Mayor to Succeed Miller City Commissioners Say Harry L. Hershey, ex-Internal j revenue collector, may be appointed [ next Tuesday by Council to succeed the late Mayor Charles A. Miller, [ some of the commissioners admitted to-day. If he is elected, he will serve until in November, when he would be succeeded by the man elected to serve out the two years and two months of the late Mayor Meals' term. It was said to-day that it is not believed Mr. Hershey would be a candidate for election for the un expired term. A mere slipup in the plans pre vented Mr. Hershey Trom being elect ed by City Council yesterday, it was learned to-day. Originally the city commissioners were opposed to fill ing the vacancy after the death of Mayor Miller, saying acting Mayor Gorgas would fill in until a mayor is elected in November, but when Her shey loomed up as a possibility a ma jority of the commissioners felt in clined to favor his appointment. British Sailors Say They Saw U-boats Attack American Transports By Associated Press Halifax, N. S„ July 25.—British sailors arriving here to-day, who claim to have been among crews of vessels in the vicinity of the trans ports whic.h'conveyed the first Ameri can troops to France, say they were credibly informed that German sub marines made a concentrated attack and were beaten off with a loss of; six U-boats, only one submarine es- J caping. The sailors said they were within i three miles of the transports and i witnessed hevay and continuous fire. The men were on the former Dutch vessel which had been taken by the P.ritish government and on their way to Europe. HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1917. TO RECRUIT FOR AVIATION BRANCH AT LOCAL OFFICE Permission to Enlist For This Service Received From War Department Permission has been received from the War Department at the lo- I cal recruiting station to enlist men for the aviation section of the sig nal corps. Prior to this time enlist ments for the aviation corps could not be taken at the local station. Together with skilled mechanics, tradesmen of all sorts will be ac cepted for enlistment. Each corps will carry not only the men who have been trained as fliers, but me chanicians of every kind, including even stenographers and painters. Many local men have applied for [Continued on Page J.] President Congratulates Father Whose Six Sons Enlisted in U. S. Army By Associated Press Washington. July 25.—1n a letter to J. H. McShane, of Omaha, Neb., expressing admiration for the action of McShane's six sons in enlisting, President Wilson wrote: "May I not turn away from the duties of the day for a moment to express my admiration for the action of your six sons in enlisting in the service of the country? They are making and through them you are making a very noble contribution to the fine story of patriotism and loyal ty which has always run through the pages of American history." Canada to Raise Loan of $100,000,000 in U. S. By Associated Press Washington, D. C., July 25.—Sec retary MrAdoo has notified Sir Thomas White, Canadian minister of finance, that the United States gov ernment has no objection to Canada's obtaining short time credit of $100,000,000 from private sources in the American money market. Mr. McAdoo declined to state whether arrangements for the loan had been made. It is understood, however, that negotiations have been proceeding for some time between Kir Thomas White and New York bankers and have reached the point where further progress awaited the consent of the American govern ment. COOLER WEATHER FORECAST Temporary relief from the pres ent heat wave is promised by Weath er Forecaster Demain to-day. Thun der showers are forecasted for this evening or to-morrow. Yesterday the mercury reached its high point of the summer when it touched 88 de grees, the maximum humidity was within six degrees of this mark. The temperature at noon to-day was 81 degrees. STATES BEGIN WORK CALLING DRAFTED MEN Details For Calling Those Ac cepted Into Service Are Being Worked Out By Associated Press Washington, D. C„ July 25.—The race between states for the honor of being lirst to till their quotas under the selective draft bill was on to-day in earnest. Calling up men for physical examination began this morning in several regions. Meanwhile details of the machin ery for actually calling the accepted men into service and sending them to their mobilisation camps are being worked out. Provost Marshal Gen eral Crowder has already ruled that the claim of the army attaches to any registered man as soon as the local selection board has posted him as accepted. From that time on. unless exempted, he will be subject to military law and the articles of war. Failure to appear when called will bring the military forces of the piovost marshal general in search of the missing man and he will be tried for any violation of regulations be fore a court-martial. This ruling was necessary in order to enforce the prompt compliance of all ac cepted men with army orders. Two Rules Made It appears probable that the ac cepted men, when the mobilization order for the new army is given, will be first assembled in their selec tion board's headquarters. Their distribution among the sixteen can tonments, General Crowder said to day. would be governed by two rules —lirst, the section of the law requir ing that they be assigned, as far as possible, to duty with troops from their own state, and. secondly, the location of the nearest cantonment, to reduce the transportation prob lem as much as possible. No information has reached Gen eral Crowder indicating that there will bo any need to summon a second draft in addition to the 687,000 men now called for during the present year. Estimates to cover expenses of the second increment have been sub mitted, it was pointed out, because all these expenditures must be made in advance of a call to have equip ment and quarters ready, or the funds must be on hand when the call is made. May Decide Not to Hold Kipona Day Celebration A meeting of the executive com mittee of the Greater Harrisburg Navy will be held on Friday evening in the offices of the city park de partment to discuss the advisability of not having tile annual Kipona Day celebration on the river in Sep tember. liio action of the executive com mittee will be presented at a meet ing of the navy to be held some evening next week when all mem bers will have an opportunity to de cide on whether a river feto will be held. DRAFTED MEN IN j STATE WILL GET ! CALL NEXT WEEK Delay in Getting War De partment Lists Will Hold Up Work OFFICIAL NUMBERS HERE Will Be Sent to the District Boards as Soon as Reprinted There is small chance of call for drafted men in Pennsylvania befure' the middle of next week, it is belicv. Ed here. Although the official draft numbers have been received by the newspapers from Washington, most of the lists having been delivered by mail this morning, the War Depart ment's list for the Pennsylvania Reg istration Board has not yet reached headquarters. When it is received Colonel Frank G. Sweeney, in charge, will send it immediately to the print er, in order to have published the 282 copies necessary to supply the district boards. Until these are mail ed and received in the outlying dis tricts of the state no men can be called, for the boards will have no official knowledge as to the numbers and names of men to be summoned. Colonel Sweeney said to-day that! in view of the fact Washington lia 1 not been able to rush the work more! i I rapidly than it has, that it is scarce ly to be expected that the state regis- i tration board will be able to accom-l 1 plish it in less time. The board is 1 in the midst of tremendous mailing! difficulties. Practically one-tenth ofj all the drafted men will come from 1 Pennsylvania, and the work of cov-j ering the whole state with the vari ous forms required by the War De-| partment is immense. Seventy-flvo j sacks of forms, to be subdivided and i allotted and then remailed, arrived I from Washington to-day and more i are on the road. Protest Quotas The state board is still receiving! letters from various counties where residents believe ,the credits allotted | them were too small. Colonel Swee- i ney is checking over the quotas as j compiled in accordance with instruc-: tions from Washington in order to I see if any clerical errors were made. [ If not, the quotas will have to stand ; unless changed by Washington. It { is conceivable, according to members I of the boards, that some inequalities; do exist, for the reason that men who | enlisted in the Guard or the United! States service res'iding in county dis-J tricts may have given the town in j which they enlisted as their resl-! dence. In this manner some county districts have lost advantages which | have gone to cities, but it is not. thought this is true to any great ex-1 tent. The state board insists that' any change from draft quotas not due to clerical error must be made by Washington. County Boards Get Orders Draft boards all over Dauphin i county received instructions to-day | | from the Governor to recommend! ! physicians to be appointed who will! i assist the exemption boards to ex | amine drafted men for the army. In I I the city the extra physicians will not! j lie needed at once, because Harris- i ' burg's volunteer enlistments number- j j od more than the quota the citv was | required to give in the first draft, but j j recommendations will be made! ! neverthlcss so that the physicians! will lie available when they are need-I | ed. The county boards will need sev eral physicians and probably will fol-[ ; low the instructions to recommend 1 one physician for each allotment of ( ! eighty men drafted. The first dis-1 ! trict board likely will suggest Drs |H. H. Rhodes. Middletown; W. R.! j Kirkpatrick. Highspire, and J. R.! Plank, Steelton. and the second eoun-[ j ty district board probably will sug-f ! gest Dr. S. N. Traver, Paxtang. Explosion in American Submarine Kills Five and Injures Three Men By Associated Press Washington, D. C., July 25.—An j explosion yesterday on the submarine j A-7 at Cavite, Philippines Islands, i killed five men and injured three ofj the officers and crew. The dead, as reported to-day in , official dispatches, are: Lieutenant Arnold Marcus; ma-1 chlnist's mate, first class, H. H. Dang; gunner's mate, second class. O. Hope- I well; chief electrician, J. M. Curry; machinist's mate. K. A. Kunz. Following ire the injured: Rums on the waist and arms—; Chief electrician. Scharlin; fireman,! second class, A. M. Jacobs; maeliin- j ist's mate, second class, J. P. llixon. The explosion from a preliminary | examination appeared to be due to! the ignition of gas within the ship, j The cause of the ignition of the j fumes has not been reported. School Board Gossip Brings Out Names of Well Known People With four vacancies on the school i board to fill at the elections in No- i vember it was reported about town' to-day that numerous persons arc being considered for the places. j While nobobdy could be found who knew anything about an organized! movement in the direction of setting! up a slate, the names of a number of, well known people have been per-1 sistently spoken of as possible candi-! dates, among them Charles W. Burt-j nett, Arthur D. Bacon, at present a member of the board: John G. Dapp,! S. S. Pomeroy, Warwick M. Ogelsby, | J. Austin Brandt and Mrs. Lyman D. ! Gtlbert. So far. none of those mentioned i have announced themselves as can-1 f'ates. It is understood thpt Mrs. Gil-1 bert has expressed a willingness to serve if the election came to her without contest. Mrs. Gilbert Is a leader In civic affairs, is head of thej Horrtsburg chapter of the Red Crossl and capable business woman. < 1 Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION ALLIES CONFESS HINDENBURG LINE IS IMPREGNABLE American Officers Find Ger man Empire Is Able to Care For Internal Difficulties IX NEED OF U. S. AID Airplanes Badly Wanted to Gain Supremacy Over Teutons By Associated Press Paris, July 25. General | Pershing, accompanied by Gen eral Jodie, yesterday visited the French l'ront and reviewed inci dentally one of the most famous battalions of French Chasseurs which figured in the fourteenth of July review in Paris. General Pershing expressed high admi ration of the dash and smartness of the men. Washington, July 25.—Nine Amer ican officers who accompanied Gen eral Pershing to France and made a tour along the western front have re turned to Washington prepared to submit a report to the General Staff. These officers represent virtually every arm of the service. They were sent with General Pershing to make first hand observations and to come back immediately to the Capital that they might give the War Department detailed reports on conditions in the trenches and outline the principal needs of the Allies. The group went to the War De partment upon reaching here yester day, and then went to the War Col [ConUnued on Page 12.] CHECK FOR ltt CENTS State Treasurer Kephart to-day received a check for sixteen cents from the settlement of an escheat in Philadelphia. The money repre sented the redemption of four beer checks found on the person of the decedent. - i:3t)VT iERHOOD MEN HERE - Na' onal officials cf the I-*- 'hcrh P.. live Fircm- i and Enginemen came to Harris* this afternoon. They will investigate charges at p ial mooting of member!; of the L efhocd of I scomotive Firemen arid Enginemen, h d at Third and Cumberland streets. .The meeting opened this afternoon. The nature of the charges was not stated. HOT LARD CAUSES FIRE Harrisburg Slight damage "as caused by a fire • j ;• .•••.<? dwfi 1i: in Cut;ant stt. <i near V rbcv.e hort ly before 3 o'clock to-day. The fire was caused when some hot lard on a stove boiled over on the floor. 80 KILLED IN MINE DISASTER Halifax, N, S., July 25. Eighty workmen were k. in. ;: ■ ;r. ■ - •. icn CrAl Company at' New Waterford. C, B , according to . auvi received' here from Sydney. Twelve bodies had bqcn recovered at noon- HURJLKY •r , :D ."TtSED EV COMMITTEE Was.' : .:'gtcr, july 25. Reorganization of the ship pi;;;; ! '.r,rd and the Emergency Fleet Corporation was in full v.'.' ing to The Senate/Commerce Committee qui .kly recommended confirmation of Edward N. Hurley, of Chicago, as the new chairman. Acting Chairman Brent t< j oflcrt . h resignation, but the Preside, it. took no action on it- WAR COST MOUNTS UPWARD Washington, July 25. America's war bill for the fiscal y... will.t. tl $17,000,000,000 Senator Smoot told the < etc to-day. inntcr.d of the $14,226,000,000 he esti mated yesterday. t OPPOSITION TO FOOD BILL DWINDLES Washington, July 25. —.The administration (ood bill was sent to conference in the House to-day under a rule without a record vote. Opposition which developed yesterday disappeared. ' MARRIAGE LICENSES Ttrpnfc V. Palmer, I.emojne mi,l Miiry S. Hubr, New Cumberland! Roy 1\ Fulrehlld. Mlrtlinl.urK, and llnttle C. Relh, Cowan; George B. Keller undl \ertle M. Bmtr), clt> i Jlr. Mary Elisabeth Stater and Monroe \%lltlamn. CITY MUST ACT AT ONCE ON ASH DISPOSAL PLANS Have Only Short Time Until Contract With Reduction Company Expires MAY PURCHASE PLANT Required to Give Owners Six Months' Notice; Council Meets Tonight Council will meet in special session at 8 o'clock this evening to act on the ash survey report, which was pre sented yesterday, and to discuss the Riverside annexation question. Because of the contract with the Pennsylvania Reduction Company, which expires next February, the commissioners must take immediate action if they intend to purchase the plant ot that company, as recommend ed by Tribus and Massa, engineers making a study ot local conditions. The contract requires that SJX months' notice must be given to tne contractor in case the city intenus to take over the plant. Whether council will decide to do this will probably be voted on to-night. It is understood Commissioner Samuel r. Dunkle, under whose supervision the (Continued on Page 12) Fugitive Places Phone on the Top of His Head New York, July 25.—Anyone no ! ticing a man holding a telephone re- I reiver on top of his .head while ! standing in front of the mouthpiece j will please communicate as quickly j possible with Chief Dunn, of the Omaha, Neb.,'police. | The man at the telephone probably will be Albert G. Dean, wanted for forgery at Omaha. Dean's telephonic eccentricity, due to the fact that he was born without folds in his ears, is set out in a circular from Chief Dunn, received to-day. Dean is a painter and decorator.
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