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.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
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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- \
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.