daferassage For Transport Used to Take Second ''' - • * HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH ' Jok LXXXVI— No. 179 14 PAGES .ANOTHER AMERICAN ARMY CONTINGENT SAFELY LANDED U. S. SOLDIERS ALREADY ON WAY TO CAMP American Fighting Men in High Spirits Upon Arrival at Foreign Port; Spectators Cheer "Sammees;" Signal Company Remains Near Pier For Short Time WAR DEPARTMENT REFUSES TO COMMENT ON DISPATCH OR TO GIVE DETAILS Enthusiasm Leads to Query: "Are We Downhearted?" With Thunderous Reply, "No;" Representative of Pershing's General Staff Watches Disembarkation; Entrain For Training Cantonment A European Port, July 28. Another American contingent has safely arrived and disembarked. The American troops arrived by the same steamer whereon Kermit Roosevelt, his wife and child traveled. \\ hen tenders went alongside the vessel Friday, the men were in high spirits and frequently shouted: "Are we downhearted?" which was answered with a roaring "no" given with great enthusiasm. Representatives of the general staff watched the disembarka tion. There was no demonstration. Only a few spectators knew of the landing. These cheered and the troops cheered back. The men entrained quickly and left for their new quarters. A signal companv remained at the port tor some hours and these were J'the only representatives of the contingent which the public saw. Washington, Tulv 28. The government withholds informa tion or comment on the foregoing dispatch. U.S. OFFICERS LEARN QUICKLY TACTICSOFWAR Regular Army Men Pleased With Splendid Work Done by the Youngsters By Associated Press With the American Forces in France (Friday), July 27.—The hard training which the American troops are now undergoing is bringing out a marked degree of efficiency in young officers who recently joined the arm}', having undergone training at Plattsburg or at other camps. Regular army officers are particularly struck by the enthusiasm with which these men have plunged into their work. They declare that the quality of these men sets at rest any doubt as to the high standard of leadership in America's vast new army. The young officers have adapted themselves very quickly to the new conditions met here in training with French instructors, and seem to ap preciate fully t!ie most minute details. They are exceedingly earnest in their work and never tire. They have won unstinted praise from older officers who have seen long years of mili tary service. The colonel of one of the old line American regiments, standing to-day watching the work of one of his battalions in which many reserve officers are serving, ex claimed: Fine Clas* of Men "They are simply splendid! I can not say enough about them. I have never seen a finer class of young of ficers anywhere. With very little preliminary guidance they have already shown themselves capable of taking over entire direction of the battalion. They have brought to (Continued On Page 7) THE WEATHER For Hsirriftburg nnd vicinity: Fair fo-iiimht and Mind ay, warmer Sunduy. For Eustern Pennsylvania: Fair to-uight Sunday fair and war mer. <>cntle to moderate north to earn winds. River The Susquehanna river and all its ItruncbcH will fall Mlowly or re main neurly stationery. A Mage of about 4.3 feet Is Indicated for Harrlshurg Sunday morning. Temperature at 8 a. m.t 72 de grees. Sun: HUes 4..%4 a. m. Moon: Full moon August 2. filter: Stage 4.5 feet. Yesterday's Weather fflghest temperature MS. l,ow+t temperature 72. Mean temperature SO. \ormal temperature 75. GERMAN WOMEN FOUND FIGHTING ON RUSS FRONT Every Russian Girl Who Reached Battle Line Is Dead or Wounded By Associated Press Petrograd, July 28.—When the Russian women's battalion, known officially as "The Command o'f i Death," went into action against the Germans near Smorgon, July 25, they captured a number of women from whom it was learned for the first time that German women also were fighting on the battlefront in Western Russia. Ten _ wounded heroines of the women's battalion arrived in Petro grad to-day. leaving their com manders, Vera Butchkareff and Marya Skrvdloff, a daughter of Ad miral Skrvdloff. former commander of the Baltic fleet and Minister of Marine, in a hospital at Vitebsk. Interviewed, the women said it was reported that of the 200 of the command who reached the front only fifty remained. Twenty were killed, eight were taken prisoner and all the rest were wounded. Germans Lost Nerve "Several times." said one wound ed girl, "we attacked the Germans. Especially memorable was our at tack at Xovospassky wood, near Smorgon, when the enemv, hearing the voices of girls, lost their nerve. The result was that many of them were killed, wounded or taken pris oner. Among the prisoners were a few women from whom we learned for the first time that German wom en were also fighting. "We did not feel the slightest fear for our personal safety. Our passion was to serve the fatherland. We ad vanced gaily against the foe with laughter and song, our only unpleas ant sentiments being when we first came to the corpses. Once, when re plying to the enemy's severe rifle and machine gun fire, we discovered to our amazement that all men com rades in the neighboring trenches had treacherously fled, leaving us — a handful of women—to face the enemy alone." American Troops Call Themselves "Amexes" By Associated* Press Paris, July 28.—The American troops in Prance have chosen their own soubriquet, according to the Matin to-day, adopting the name "Amexes." This was formed bv piec ing together the first two letters of the words, "American expedition" in a manner similar to that adopted in forming the word "Anzac" by which the Austrian and New Zea land troops in the British forces are known. HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 28, 1917 COPY OF GOVERNMENT'S DRAFT NOTICE Serial No • Local 80ard........ v. (tn—l by t*irp w Jlrretad U 9c 3 of Rcu'*Uno. > Addresi: ...... rokM NO. las. rur\itD BT nn rovot MAMBAI omut. NOTICE OF CALL AND TO APPEAR FOR PHYSICAL EXAMINATION To ....... (Xtm*.) Odd• mlrri(i card > Vou l* hereby notified that pursuant to the act of Congress approved May 18. 1917. you #re called (or military aervice of the United States by this Local Board from among those persons hose registration cards are m-ithin the juriadiction of thia Local Board. Your Serai Number fa and your Order Number Is i....... You will report at the office of this Loral Board for physical examination on-the # (&4 y ) da 7 of : 191 ,at o'clock A- M. OFOMFC.I OTMT.) Any claim for exemption or discharge mast be msde on forms which may be procured at the office of this Locai Board, and must be filed at the office of this Local Board on or before the SEVENTH day alter the date of mailing thia notice.* Your attention is called to the penalties for violation or evarkm of the Selective Service law approved May 18. 1917, and of the Rule? and Regulations made pursuant thereto, which penalties are printed on the bach hereof. . LOCAL BOARD By Chairman. ' CUriu" •Date of mailing notice of ...' ,191 ICW) Mom.) <YM •-4T The above is a reproduction of the Government's official form letter that is to be used by all exemption boards in notifying the drafted men of their selection for the first examination. The form clears up two points about which there has been some confusion. In the first place, it is made plain that all claimants for exemption must go to the headquarters of each district and make out the appli cation there. In the second place, all claims for exemption must be filed with the board within seven days after the notices have been mailed, not seven days after receiving the notice.' THIRD YEAR OF WAR ENDS WITH GERMAN ARMS HARD PRESSED Fortunes of Conflict Greatly Favor Entente Following Momentous Setbacks, Military and Political, for— Central Empires; Tremendous Losses on the Field of Battle The third year of the world war closes with the fortunes of conflict favoring the entente, except for un certainty as to the outcome of the Russian situation. The central powers sustained mo mentous setbacks, both military and political, during the twelve months. On the western front in Europe the Teutons find themselves on the defensive at the advent of the fourth year. They fight on lines newly es tablishd after forced retirement from terrain which they had won in earlier days at a tremendous sacrifice. Meanwhile new enemy powers, notably the United States, have been BOTH SIDES ARE FIRM IN STRIKE OF SWITCHMEN Railways Say Settlement of Trouble Would Start An other by Other Employes By Associated Press Chicago, July 28.—The strike of I switchmen belonging to* the Broth erhood of Railway Trainmen which ' was called yesterday, became effec- j tive at 6 a. m. to-day on nineteen railroads entering the Chicago dis- 1 trict. At that hour it was impossible to i say, representatives both of the I switchmen and the railroads de clared. whether all of the 2,500 men ! belonging to the order would go out, as the men report for work in shifts. The first report came from the Van Buren street yards of the Chi cago and Alton, where about 200 men failed to report for work. 0,500 Employed Of the 6,500 switchmen employed ! in the Chicago switching district, 2.- 500 belong to the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, 2,500 to the Switchmen's Union of America and I 1,500 either nonunion or belong to i some other labor organizations. James Murdock, vicie-president of I the B. O. R. T., in stating the griev- \ (Continued on Page 2) Guardsman Shoots Self While Cleaning Rifle Foster Keammcrer, aged 19, a guardsman in camp on the Island \s in the Harrisburg Hospital with a gunshot wound in the left leg sus tained while cleaning a rifle tI;U morning. The bullet lodged in his • knee and lic.s not yet been removed :He resides at 340 South Second ■ street, Steelton. 1 I drawn in by the central empires and progress toward the achievement of the ultimate ami of the entente and its allies has been furthered by po litical disturbanc which will remain memorable in the history of all times. Chief among these are the fall of two crowned heads—Nicholas of Russia and Constantine of Greece. In Russia autocracy has given way to a republic. In Greece a kingdom remains, but not a pro-Teutonic one, yitentc pressure having won suprem acy in this part of the Balkans. Political events within the Ger [ Continued on Page 4] WILL BANISH ALL DOUBTS OF DRAFT FAIRNESS IN PA Guard Enlistments to Re Re calculated; May Renefit Some Counties With a view of determining abso- I lute correctness of the credits assign | ed to Pennsylvania on account "f i enlistments in the National Guard of Pennsylvania, Adjutant General Stewart has required from the com-! manding officer of each unit in the! j National Guard, a roll giving the name, post office address, county and i city of each enlisted man. These j rolls will be made the basis of a I recalculation as to credits to be as signed to each city and county in the state of Pennsylvania. In accordance with the require ments of the provost marshal gen (Continued on Page 2) Navy Officials Decide to Have Kipona Program j Members of the executive commlt- I tee of the Greater Harrlsburg Navy lat a meeting Monday night of ail I members to be held at Dintaman's I bqathouse, In North Front street, will recommend that the annual Kipona Day program be given again this year on Labor 'Day. : The committee members met last 1 night in special session to consider the advisability of having the water j fete and finally decided to call a meeting of members on Monday night i when they will be asked to approve the move. It was agreed that no night display of fireworks will be Riven because of the government's request to this effect. Every member Is urged to attend by President J William Bowman, the meeting Mon day night. MA.IOK YKAIjF DIFS . By Associated Press Philadelphia, July 28. Major ! Moses Veale, widely known in Grand ! Army circles, died here to-day. He | was 85 years old. YOUNG INDIAN FOLLOWS EIGHTH; REGIMENT MEN From Saskatchewan to Texas, Then to Harrisburg, Alone and Penniless PREFERS LOCAL COMPANY Forced to Leave Train When Troops Came Home, but Finds Way to This City Bill Lavalie, the 15-year-old French Canadian Indian who travel ed from Saskatoon to El Paso and then to Harrisburg just because he loved the sight of a U. S. uniform is hard at work on the island camp and as anxious as ever to have Cap tain Bretz accept him for enlistment. Although Bill has been in the city since June 20, few people except troopers know of his experience for Bill does not like reporters and when it. was suggested he pose for a pic ture, despite his youth, Bill said harsh things. If Bill has a real Indian-chief name he has forgotten it or is too modest to mention it, but at all events he much prefers Bill. His home is near Saskatoon, in the Cana dian province of Saskatchewan. [Continued on Page 2] Increased Taxes and a Bond Issue to Meet Increased War Estimates By Associated Press Washington, July 28. —Congress to day faced the task of raising *7,000,- 000,000 of additional revenue needed to run the government during the coming year. This enormous sum is called for in estimates furnished by Secretary McAdoo, putting the cost of the war for the year at $10,735,807,000, exclusive of loans to the allies. Should extension of credit to the allies be continued at the rate now prevailing, $4,500,000,000 of new reve nue would be required, bringing the grand total of war expenditures for the year up to more than $15,000,- 000.000. Ways and means of meeting the new revenue requirements are to be worked out by the House Ways and Means and the Senate Finance committees, to which the new estU J mates were submitted. It seemed to j be generally agreed to-day that of j the total of $7,000,000,000, about $2,- 000,000,000 would be raised by taxa tion and the balance by issuance of I bonds and treasury certificates of in debtedness. The Senate Finance Committee to day continued work toward revising the war tax bill in the light of the new estimates. It is expected that the bill, which now totals about sl,- 670,670.000, will be raised about $330,- 000,000, chiefly through the imposition of increased excess profits and possi bly tobacco taxes. This would leave a balance of about $5,000,000,000 of the new expenses to be raised by bonds. There is much sentiment in the Senate committee to have new bonds in serial form, and at four per cent, interest. Socialist Wants Place in German Government; Censure Russian Cowards By A aociatcd Press Copenhagen, July 28. Philip Scheidemann, Socialist member of the Reichstag, gave yesterday the views of the Socialists on their par ticipation in the government. Herr Scheidemann said that if really a parliamentary government were formed with a program which the Socialists could approve they must participate and share the responsi bility. If, however, members of the Reichstag were only to become sub ordinates to under-seeretaries and chancellors they would not accept the invitation to participate. Herr Scheidemann said it was nec essary to defend Germany against Russia as long as it was an enemy, but the Socialist did not desire to see the fruit of the revolution destroyed. The Galician retreat involved "the Russian soldiers and the masses in frightful sufferings. The Socialist government was able to assign the responsibility for this enormous mis fortune to the Socialists of another school. Herr Scheidemann set hopes for a speedy peace upon the Russian So cialists but not the Maximalists who transformed brother strife Into brother murder and involved the country and army in deep trouble. This should serve as a warning and an example to the German Socialists not to follow dangerous advice from abroad to work for a revolution amidst war. American Bark Carmela Sunk by German U-Boat By Associated Press Plymouth. Eng., July 28. The American bark Carmela has been sunk by a submarine. The crew was landed in safety. The bark Carmela. 1,379 tons sailed from the United States June 29 for Havre, France. Captain John A. Johnson was In command with a crew of twenty, including six Arner i icans LAST BUILDINGS SOLD IN CAPITOL PARK EXTENSION Total Sum Realized Is Over s4s,ooo—Great Changes in Capitol Park District TO PUSH IMPROVEMENTS i I City to Co-operate With State | in the Great Work The Board of Public Grounds and Buildings to-day sold the last of the j buildings in the Capitol Park exten-, sion, including two Harrisburg tire | houses and the armory of the Gov- j ernor's Troop, and all structures j must be razed in sixty days. The j total amount realized from sale of I buildings for material they con tained was about $45,000, sales in the ; last two years being at much higher! prices than when sales began. There ! were 537 buildings in the tract and the last seven sold to-day brought $2,575 in a lump. Louis Silbert, of this city, was the j buyer of the seven buildings. Sam | uel Fishman and A. Katzman bid SSO each for the firehouses and John T. Ensminger bid S2OO for the old Russ residence at Fourth and North streets, now occupied by the State Live Stock Sanitary Board. In none of these cases was the building sold separately. The State Employ ment Bureau in the old residence in | Fourth street near South, and the I Document Division in the old Gor- I don Manufacturing Company build ing in Walnut street, must vacate and j Superintendent G. A. Shreiner is now looking around for quarters for j them. Need Xcw Armory The armory building will remain jas it is until the guardsmen leave | and their property can be stored i elsewhere as will be done with the [Continued on Pagrc 8] City Needs Good Man to Catch and Impound All Unlicensed Canines The city needs a dog catcher. It is said an ambitious and energetic dog catcher can earn $25 or S3O a day. All he needs to do is to look at a doggie's collar for a 1917 license If he finds none, he captures the dog and sends it to the city pound. Chief of Police Wetzel this morning ex amined the pound and reports it will hold dogs of all kinds, whether they are SIOO-Boston bull pups or merely plain ordinary unribboned canines. The chief will handle applications for the job. 2,250,000JF1ies Killed in First Swat Contest Approximataly 2,250,000 flies, counting 7,000 flies to the pint, were measured in the first fly-swatting contest of the season this morning at 11 North Market Square. More than five hushels of the pests were turned In by contestants in the con test given annually by the Civic Club. Prizes in gold were given to the win ners in addition to a fee of 5 cents a pint for all flies turned in. A second contest will be started at once and will end in September. The prize winners were: First, Daniel Clark, 531 North Cameron street, 138 pint?, prize $5; second, tie between Miss Mary Blair, 321 Ham ilton street, and Harry Slegmund, Seventh and North streets, 74 pints tach, prize $2 each: third, W. W. Clippinger, 347 Harris street, 16 ;>ints, prize sl. A number of young sters turned in one, two and three quarts of flierf. The contest was in charge of the municipal department of the Civic Ciub, of which Miss Rachel Pollock is chairman and Mrs. Solomon Hiney vice-chairman. The measuring com mittee was Mrs. Mabel Cronlse Jones, Mrs. James R. Mersereau and Miss Josephine Hanlen. Alderman Hoverter, of Ninth Ward, Candidate For Mayor This Fall After considering for some time the requests of friends, George A. Hoverter, Alderman of the Ninth ward, to-day announced that he will be a candidate for Mayor this fall. Alderman Hoverter said it is his in tention to continue his ttand for fair, honest and business-like han dling of the city's affairs if elected to the office. He was appointed al derman of the Ninth ward in No vember, 1903, at the time he was a member of Select Council. In 1904 he was elected as alderman with no opposition, and five years later was re-elected. Two years ago in an in teresting light, Alderman Hoverter again was sent to the office with an overwhelming majority over his op ponent Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION NEW MINIMUM SET FOR SCHOOL TEACHERS' PAY Governor Signs Measure Add ing $5 to Those With Proper Certificates FISH CODE IS APPROVED Salaries of Dauphin County Judges Increased to SII,OOO a Year Governor Brumbaugh to-day an-J nounced his approval of the flsh code' and the bill establishing new mini-' mum salaries for teachers. Both bills! were accompanied by statements. | The Governor also announced his j approval of the bill increasing salar ies of Judges in nine counties. The bill amends the existing judges' sal-J ary act by providing that Judges of 1 Schuylkill and Westmoreland coun-' ties shall be paid $8,500 instead of' $7,000 and those in Berks, Montgom- < cry, Lancaster, Fayette, Washington j and Cambria counties be paid $8,000! j instead of $7,000. The Dauphin | county judges are to be paid $4,000 [ instead of $2,000 for trying state cases which will make their salaries SII,OOO per annum. Judges Kunkel and McCarrell arc affected. They do by far the larger part of the state's work, for the reason that by status many Commonwealth cases must be brought here. Another bill approved was the (Continued On Page 7) U I: July.2 B. derntari derntari airplanes -list night drcp • . i he r du-av t;t iti :u; and t: i' c< • Hsh ir.cnv-. ' .ris. The c#Ti i>. 1 *ci • n ,) p n. ■ th? French •. coital sayr, -h-n ai: C .•••. ir mcn returned. ARTILLERY FIRE TS INTENSE Berlin, July 28. Dnim fire of the greatest inten sity began in Flanders this morning says th< official statement issued to-day by the German general staff. NO ACTION ON FULL CREW Harrisburg. At 3 o'clock Governor Brumbaugh's oihci ' • : ;t he had not yet ;nncun< .• action on bill i that i* \ , ur. .vlifn he would. time exrires at midnight. MASTER LISTS SENT IN Harmhurg. - The master lists cotr.-.inir serial n'.'.mbcrs : r the draft were mciled thi^-' aft err von from . d. if h* id ;U&ru-. . The official quotas . 1 :;n the ' middle? of next week RUMANIANS PUR G' ',RY '.MS •'j Petr 'ad, July 28. —On th- Rumanian-f" nt Ru manian troops arc continuing their pursuit qf the retreat ing AuvStro-German forces in*'he direction of -Kedzi-. Vi arhc' They have occtmu I th? !u uhv.est •V • of Beresozi, taking an artillery batter}- and making prisoners. GERMAN.SH.IPS PUT IN COMMISSION L' ton. July 28. The German str m:-,hipr., the • Kronprir.ze3r.in Cecilic and Cincinnati were placed under . the An.;. - in'flag t. ' 'he Boston navy y; 1 Vd v. Th** Anicrika, ..nother German fhip. will b- commissioned Monday. KERENSKY 9UIETS PETROGRAD ) Londcn, July 28. Dispatches from Petrograd at- . ■ I the Ynuitary and v >litical v a i a elates • that Petrograd is outwardly calmer than it has been for months, which is attributed to Premier Kertnsky's strong repression meusures. " ■ - MARRIAGE Dr. Peter B. MulllKan, Unlontonn, anil Helen M. I.eonard, Camden, IV. J.i Ralph 1,. Uenrd and C harlotte K. May, Hagera tonn. >ld.| Andrew Kuiunkovli- and Jlury Benkovie, Steeltoni Albert K. Snyder, \\ leunlaeo, nnd Anna K. Muchumer, Lykenai (ieurse A. Manifold and Eugenie Kunkel, city. TEUTONS SEEK TO CLEAR RUSS FROM GALICIA Crown Prince. Meets With Complete Reversal on French Front HEAVY GERMAN GUNFIRE Rritish Report Artillery Ac tion From Rear of Bel gian Border By Associated Press London, July 28.—The Austro-Ger man march through eastern Galicla and toward the Bukowina border is going on unchecked, so far as reports indicate. Apparently the Teutonic purpose is to give the retreating Rus sian forces no pause until Austrian territory has been completely cleared of them if the achievement is pos sible. In the west, while there is no cor responding allied advance, there is at least an absence of German progress. The Crown Prince is the aggressive | fc.rce at present, as he has been for some time past, but his liberal sacri j Hces of his troops are not gaining ; him any ground of consequence. Last night he met with a complete check in a renewal of his offensive on the Aisne front. The French lines were not penetrated in the whole field of the attack, which took in a considera ble sector of the Chemin des Dames, and Paris reports his losses as ex tremely heavy. The British report a heavy fire from the German guns on the front from near the Belgian border to the coast. 1 Evidences accumulated that the Ger mans. in probable anticipation of a ! British attack here, are giving fire j for fire to the extent of their ability when the British guns open up. ap parently with the intention of coun- I terlng preparations for a thrust from i the British lines. I 90 DEGREES TOMORROW | Warmer weather is forecast for I Harrisburg to-morrow by Forecaster j Demain. Yesterday the mercury I tipped 86 but fell to 81 to-day.
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