German Troops Launch Counter Attack Against French Positions in the Aisne 1 Sector
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXVI— No. 184 IKJHM£HS
FRENCH BEAR
BRUNT OF A
NEW ATTACK
Teuton Counterattack Launched to Divert Attention
From Battle Front in Belgium, Where Bad Weather
Continues to Hold Back Infantry Fighting on a Large
Scale.
ARTILLERY DUELS OF GREAT INTENSITY
BLAST POSITIONS HELD IN BELGIUM
Anstro-German Armies Advance Through Galicia Where
Important Cities Are Taken From Russian Control;
Kaiser in Triumphal Procession
The Flanders front, where the great offensive launched by
ihe Entente on Tuesday is still being held up by unfavorable
weather, remains the center of military interest. Along other
sections of the line in the west, however, there is notable activity,
suggesting attempts to deflect the course of the main Entente
effort.
To-day's British official report revealed that the Germans
ast night delivered an attack on the Arras battle front, biting
•nto the british line on Infantry Hill, an important eminence east
of Monchy Le Preux. There was a swift reaction by General
Haig s forces and by this morning part of the lost ground already
had been regained.
Although Russia's southern armies apparently are now offer
ing determined resistance to the Austro-Germ'an advance the
Teutonic drive seems to have attained such an impetus that the
Russians are not yet able to cope with it.
I he Russian forces are now back on their own soil along a wide
section of the front opposite the Galician border, and are fast
being driven out of Bukowina. Czernowitz, the capital of this
Austrian Crownland, yesterday was occupied by Austrian troops
and Kimpolung, in the southern part of Bukowina has been
evacuated by the Russians.
Petrograd to-day admits a further success for the Austro
% German columns operating along the Dniester, chronicling the
evacuation of the westerly bank of the Zbrocz, at its confluence
with the Dniester, near Chotin. The Zbrocz here marks the
Russian boundary.
Flanders Alive With
Artillery Action as
Infantry Fire Slackens
British Front in France and Bel
gium, Aug. 3 (by the Associated
Press). —Artillery duels of consid
erable intensity continued last night
along the front in Flinders,
but generally speaking the German
guns were less active this morning
and the situation was unchanged. At
daybreak the Germans concentrated
a heavy gun fire on the newly ac
quired British positions in the area
south of the Ypres-Menin road and
they have been actively shelling these
defenses since that time.
During the night the enemy
launched a counter attack on a small
part of the front held by the Aus
tralians and New Zealand troops in
the Hollebecke-La Basseeville line,
but were forced to retire by the
British artillery, which poured a
deadly fire into the German ranks.
St. Juliea continues to be the storm
center, the artillery of both sides
pounding steadily about this place.
The British were again In possession
of a 300-yard front Just north of
Frezenherg, which the Germans
wrested from them in a counter
attack lato yesterday.
In a sharp drive last night after
heavy .artillery preparation the Brit
ish forced the Germans from this
strong position and have held it
since. This was the only counter
attack of any consequence delivered
by the Germbans since late Wednes
day.
Detailed reports of Tuesday's bat
tle show that the front between Hol
lenbecke and Labasseeville was the
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THE WEATHER
For Ifarrlshiirg and vlclnltyi Fair
ninl ftllichtly cooler to-night;
Saturday fair and lumewhat
w arnifr.
For Fontern I'ennsylvanlai Fair
to-night and .Saturday! slight
ly cooler to-night | warmer
Saturday) lift tit north winds.
River
Hie Susquehanna river and all It*
branches will fall slowly or re
main stationary. A stage of
about 4.0 feet la Indicated for
Harrlshurg Saturday morning.
(■ciicral Conditions
I'Ocal tlnindernhowers occurred
Thursday la the Middle Atlan
tic and .New England States aad
111 the Ohio Valley, Tennessee
and the Fast tiulf States and
there were scattered showers In
Kansas aad Oklahoma.
There has been a general fall of
2 to HI degrees In teraperuture
from the l.ake licglon east
waril to the Atlantic coast and
south and cast of the Ohio
river. Including the west gulf
region.
\
Temperaturet H . m., 72 degrees.
Simi Rimes, 4ifl a. m.
Moon i Hlses, 7iflM p. m.
Hirer Staget 4.4 feet.
... . Vesterday's Weather
Highest temperature. IMI.
I.owest temperature, 70.
Mean temperature. S3.
" " r tl temperature, 74
Aastro-German Armies
Capture Czernowitz,
Capital of Bukowina
Vienna, Aug. s.—Austro-Hungar
ian troops have entered Czernowitz,
the capital of the Crown Land of
Bukowina.
C zernowitz has been the scene of
some of the most bitter lighting of
the war. It has .changed from Teu
ton to Russian hands altogether ten
times.
'.zernowitz was first captured by
the Russians from the Austro-Hun
garians on September 4, 1914, only
to be evacuated a few weeks later.
In November of that year the Rus
sians again occupied the city and
held it until February. 1915. In the
following month the Russians again
returned to the attack and after a
terrific battle stormed the capital
and drove the Austrians out. This
time the Russians held the position
for only two weeks. Twice in Janu
ary, 1916, it changed hands and in
June of that year it was again cap
tured by the Russians and held until
the present time.
Czernowitz is situated on a htil
south of the river Pruth and is about
140 miles southeast of Lemberg,
capital of Galicia. Before the war
a population of about 70,-
Morale Betters
London, Aug. 3.—The Times cor
respondent at Russian headquarters
on the southwest front, under date
of July 31, confirms reports of im
provement in morale in the Russian
army as a consequence of measures
against desertion and panics. The
correspondent says that disaffected
Russian regiments have returned to
the front.
Emperor William and Field Mar
shal Von Mackensen, according to
the same dispatch, made a triumphal
entry into Tarnopol. The weight of
the German offensive, the dispatch
adds, appears to be directed toward
Kamenets, enroute to Odessa.
Ambassador Fletcher Has
Conference With Carranza
Mexico City, Aug. 3. Henry P.
Fletcher, the American Ambassador,
to-day had a long interview with
President Carranza. during which
many international problems were
discussed. Tho President was given
information gathered by the American
during his visit to the United States
of the attitude and feeling there
toward Mexico.
TO VISIT CAPTAIN STIXE
County Commissioners C. C. Cum
bler and H. C. Wells. Clerk Ed. H.
Fisher, County Solicitor Philip S.
Moyer and County Controller Henry
W. Gough are planning a trip to
Chambersburg to-morrow to visit
Captain Henry M. Stlne. of Company
C, Eighth Regiment. Captain Stlne,
one of the county commissioners,
will entertain the visitors at lunch.
The party may return home by wav
of Gettysburg, visiting the training
camp there.
FRENCH SECRETARY at/ITU
Paris, Aug. 3. Baron llenys
Cochin, under Secretary of State for
Blockade, has resigned.
HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING,, AUGUST 3, 1917
ANOTHER UNIT
FORTH ON FIR
MARCH TO BATTLE LINE
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In tho large picture Lieutenant Harry A. Souders is shown leading Truck Company No. 6 through the
subway at the side of the Pennsylvania Station on the way to board the train for Mount Gretna. In the
background the crowds which packed the plaza of the station are shown. Tho insert is of Lieutenant
Souders. *
QUOTAS WILL
BE SENT OUT
NEXT MONDAY
Verified Lists of Guard and
Army Credits Are Ex
pected Soon
Official quotas for. the 282 draft
divisions of the State probably will
not be sent to each district exemption
board before next Monday or Tues
day, according to an announcement
to-day by Colonel Frank G. Sweeney,
of the State board.
While the verified lists of the
credits for National Guard enlist
ments were expected late to-day or
to-morrow from the Adjutant Gen
eral's Department, it will take at
least two days, Colonel Sweeney said,
before the revised quotas can be pre
pared. This may mean that dis
trict boards which have not begun
examinations of men for the draft,
will not be able to start until next
Friday or Saturday, and probably
not until Monday, August 13.
Start Examinations Aug. 13
"There is no need to hurry the
examination work." Colonel Sweeney
said to-day, "As soon as the various
boards receive the number of men
they will be required to furnish if
their notices are ready and are sent
out at once they will have enough
time to do the work efficiently."
No official word was received to
day from Washington, Colonel
Sweeney said, confirming the report
that an additional ten per cent would
be added to the quota for Pennsyl
vania.
Members of Dauphin county draft
boards predicted to-day that if they
did not receive the official quotas be
fore Monday or Tuesday, examina
tion of men for the draft may not be
started until August 13.
Notices have been prepared for
approximately the number of men
which each district would have heen
required to furnish when the first
allotments were issued. None of
these have been sent out by the
county boards because of the'prob
ability of a chanee in the number of
men to be furnished.
I. W. W. Plans to Give Little
Big Funeral as Martyr
By Associated Press
Butte. Mont., Aug. 3. The funeral
of Frank H. Little, national executive
board member of the Industrial Work
ers of the World, who was lynched
Monday, will be made the occasion
for a big demonstration next Sunday,
If the authorities will permit the
striking miners to march, according
to plans announced to-day by Tom
Campbell, head of the Metal Mine
Workers' Union. Burial of Little will
be either In Chicago or Fresno. Cal.
Austria and Russia on
Verge of Peace Treaty,
Socialist Secretary Says
By Associated Press
London, Aug. 3.—Camille Huys
mans, the Belgian secretary of the
International Socialist conference in
an interview to-day with a corres
pondent of the Dutch newspaper
Handelsblad. declared that Russia
and Austria-Hungary were on the
verge of coming to an understand
ing, according to a dispatch from
Copenhagen to tho Exchange Tele
graph Company.
BERLIN CAFE CLOSED
By Associated Press
Berlin, Aug. 3. Victoria Cafe,
which is situated at the corner of
Unter den Linden and Friedneh
strasse, probably the most popular
and heavily patronized of all Ber
lin cafes, has been closed for violat
ing the food regulations.
AMERICANS WOUNDED
American Training Camp in France,
Aug. 3. An American interpreter
ana a lieutenant were slightly wound
ed and a French Instructor was
bruised when a live grenade fell near
i a box of arrenades durlnjc practice.
Truck Co. No. 6, Am-
munition Supply Train
Departs for Mt. Gretna
for More Intensive Train
ing; Large Crowds Cheer
Boys on Their Way
Mothers, sisters and sweethearts
with tear-dimmed eyes, fathers,
brothers and friends with smiles,
hearty handshakes and cheers gave
Truck Company No. 6, ammunition
supply train, in command of Lieu
tenant Harry A. Souders, a rousing
sendoff this morning when they en
trained for Mount Gretna on the first
lap of the Journey to France to "do
their bit" by making the world free
for democracy.
The company assembled in front
of the Chestnut Street Hall, where
it was quartered for several days,
for the parade to the Pennsylvania
Railroad Station. A committee of
citizens had previously arranged a
demonsti'ation in its honor and es
corted the company to the depot. A
E. Buchanan was chief marshal and
Edwin S. Herman chief of staff. In
the line of inarch was the Common-
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Commissioners Ready
to Pay Share Toward
Purchase of Toll Road
Whenever the money is. wanted, it
will be paid, Is the answer Dauphin
County Commissioners gave to-day
to the report that their refusal to
pay Dauphin county's share until
September 1, has held up the open
ing of the toll road between Hum
melstown and Wernersville.
"This Is the last stretch of toll
road to be freed In Dauphin county,
and we have been waiting for a call
for the money for about a week."
the commissioners said. "We will be
only too glad to give our share, and
are not responsible for the delay in
declaring the turnpike free of toll.
Months ago It was thought the road
would not be opened until Septem
ber, but later we notified the prop
er parties we would pay our share
by August 1."
Beliefonte Man Dies
in Automobile Crash
By Associated Press
Bellefonte, Pa.„ Aug. 3.—While re
turning home from a night ride to
Dock Haven in an automobile, Oscar
Brown, one of four young Belle
fonte men in the machine, was
crushed to death, when the automo
bile ran off on a road at a sharp
curve and upset early to-day. When
two of the other young men realized
what had happened they disappear
ed. The automobile belonged to a
man who was not in the party.
German Chancellor Says
Peace Outlook Not Bright
By Associated Press
Copenhagen Apg. 3.—According
to a published account of conversa
tions in Dresden, Chancellor Michae
11s said that while he was ready to
accept any opportunity given him to
becure an honorable peace, the re
quirements of the hour for Germany
was to avoid any manifestations of
nervousnes# and prove to their op
ponents that Germany's might was
unweakened. '
Chancellor Michaelis Intimated
that the prospects for a speedy peace
were not bright, but that unexpected
developments might at any moment
bring the question to a head and pro
duce tangible results. He appealed
for unity and declared that the en
tire German press must back the
government in all vital aueatlona.
FRANCE WANTS
PEACE ONLY IF
VICTORY IS WON
Slavery For Nation Would
Follow if War Ceased
Now
Paris, Aug. 2. ln the chamber
of deputies to-day M. Renaudel, in
introducing an interpellation on the
government's general policy said in
view of the declaration by the
enemy it was not sufficient to op
pose a mere policy of denial.
Mr. Renaudel maintained that a
declaration of the entente allies'
peace conditions and immediate
steps to form a society of nations
would force Germany to unmask her
policy.
Premier Ribot, in reply, began
with the question of peace, saying:
"We wish peace, but peace sincere
and honorable. What would peace
made to-day be? 'We should re
nounce Alsace-Lorraine and be com
titlled ourselves to restore the de
stroyed provinces. Ruined France,
which deserves to march at the
head of civilization, would be al
lowed to live, but beside us wonld
bt t'te formidable block of the Cen
tral Empires, which would be the
true masters. Alms wou'.d be given
to J3tlgium; we should be made
slaves.
"Victory must be won. We shall
not forget that' this will not be by
discussions. We cannot believe that
conferences can giver It to us."
Kaiser Confers Honors
on Hindenburg at End of
' Three Years of Warfare
By Associated Press
London, Aug. 3. A Copenhagen
dispatch to Reuters contains the fol
lowing message telegraphed by Km
perior William to Field Marshal Von
Hindenburg:
"It is a need of my heart, my dear
Fieldl Marshal, at the conclusion of
the third year of this mightiest of all
wars In which you Incessantly and
with brilliant strategy and art have
defied the enemy's superior forces
and cleared the way for our armies
to victory, to express anew to von
my inexhaustible thanks. T grant
you the cross and star of, the high
command of my royal orders of the
House of Hohenzollern. The badges
will be posted immediately."
Ex-Guardsmen Allege
Partiality at Camps
By Associated Press
Niagara Falls, N. Y„ Aug. 8. —
Charging that partiality has been
shown in the recommendations for
commission In the officers reserve
corps, two former members of the
reserve officers training camp at Fort
Niagara are on their way to Wash
ington to register a protest.
They are Cornelius Dougherty, for
mer member of the Pennsylvania
National Guard, in which he was a
noncommissioned officer, and Harry
L. Gormley. who was a lieutenant in
the Pennsylvania Guard before en
tering the training camp. Both come
from Philadelphia.
GERMANY FIXES LIEGE
By Associated Press
Amsterdam, Aug. 3. According to
the Echo De Beige, the city of Ljege
has been fined 500,000 francs for dis
obeying an order given by the Ger
man authorities to demolish buildings
damaged by fire on the Qual des
Pecheurs.
FOOD SUPPI.Y CUT OFF
Copenhagen. AUK. 3. —The favorite
sport for hungry Berllners of forag
ing excursions to adjacent rural
regions, according to German news
papers received here, has been stop-
Sed by the military authorities, who
ave made the purchase or sale of
•atables under such conditions a
irlma ounishable Under martial law
GERMANYBACKED
AUSTRIA TO WAR
AGAINST SERBIA
Washington Has Positive
Knowledge Berlin Was
Informed of Ultimatum
HAD 14 HOUBS NOTICE
Zimmermann Admits Fore
knowledge of War's
Beginning
By Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 3.—Germany In
1914 had possession of Austria's ul
timatum to Serbia fourteen hour*
before it was delivered to Belgrade
according to positive information
which has reached officials here and
which was made public to-day for
the first time.
It was stated that former Foreign
Secretary Zimmermann admitted this
himself when pressed closely as lo
Germany's foreknowledge of the
action of her ally which precipitated
the European war.
Berlin's Falsehood
Germany has maintained consist
ently in all her public documents
that she was not consulted by Aus
tria as to the ultimatum which prac
tically denied Serbia's independence
and that she. did not even have
knowledge of the step.
Foreign Secretary Zimmermann's
admission, however, is Interpreted
here to show'that Germany had full
knowledge of the note In time to
stop action on it if she felt it essen
tial. Her Inaction, however, is felt
to have proved her an accomplice of
Austria, whom she had already told
she would support in any decision
she might make.
Could Have Averted War
The admission was stated here to
have been made when Zimmermann
was pressed very closely as to Ger
many's knowledge of the Austrian
ultimatum. For a considerable time,
it was stated, lie maintained Ger
many had known nothing at all
about it, hut finally, when certain
information and facts were present
ed, Zimmermann admitted Germany
had had the text for fourteen hours
before its delivery. This, he seemed
to think, was a purely negligible
time, which did not allow the pos
sibility of action.
Facts Fit In
This fact fits in very closely with
the recent statements, first advanced
by Deputy Cohn in the reichstag and
since adopted by the allied govern
ments, that Germany and Austrian
leaders lield a war council at Pots
dam on July 5 in which it was prac
tically decided to plunge Europe into
conflict. The interpretation placed
on this council has been that Ger
many had full knowledge of all Aus
tria's plans and stood unreservedly
behind her.
Germany, however, has repeatedly
denied the holding of such a con
ference.
America Makes Victory
Certain For Allies, Says
Belgian War Envoy
By Associated Press
Boston, Aug. 3.—Victory is in sight
for the allies, now that America has
bared her mighty arm, Baron Mon
cheur, head of the Belgian war mis
sion, said in addressing the mem
bers of the constitutional convention
at the state house. This being the
third anniversary of the violation of
Belgium by Germany the Baron took
occasion to refer to the events im
mediately preceding.
"Three years ago last night," he
said, "my government received a
most insulting communication from
the German government demanding
that we allow German troops to pass
through our land and offering us a
bribe. We were given twelve hours
in which to reply. That was more
than sufficient time for Belgium."
Early Reports Indicate
Quarter of Men Called
Will Be Unfit Physically
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C.. Aug. 3.—Scat
tering reports from local boards do
not indicate any increase in physical
exemptions from the army draft over
the average of 25.77 established In
1863.
Results of the next steps In the
selection procedure, the weeding out
of men with dependent families, also
are not clear. It may be that fur
ther supplemental rulings will be
necessary to give the local boards
the general policies to be pursued to
reach a decision in each case. The
question of marriage to avoid mili
tary duty has already been passed
upon and that type of slacker will
meet with a cold reception at the
boards' hands. It has been made
clear to the beard members that they
are the Judges of whether a regis
tered man sought the shelter of mat
rimary to avoid military service and
must act accordingly.
$2,500,000 in Property
Changes Hands in City
During Last Seven Months
Almost two and one-half million
dollars' worth of property changed
hands in Harrlsburg during the first
seven months of this year, according
to a report by City Assessor James C.
Thompson. The number of transfers
totalled 919, for property valued at
*2,396,451.
The exchanges according to wards
follow:
First, 47, $43,795; Second, 65,
$94,651; Third, 43, $553,360; Fourth.
49, $243, 055; Sixth, 38. $99,260;
Seventh, 130, $111,220; Eighth, 65,
$131,086; Ninth. 164. $420,030;
Tenth. 109, $261,280; Eleventh, 57.
$118,690; Twelfth, 31, $80,555;
Thirteenth, 64, $74,045.
Included in the Third ward re
turns was the sale of the Penn-
Harrls hotel site, which was respon
sible for the high figures totalled
there. ,
Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION
MOTOR DRIVEN
FIRE APPARATUS
IN TWO CRASHES
Hope Engine Hurdles Into Ar
mory; Mt. Vernon Swings
Into Fence
NOT BADLY DAMAGED
Both Machines Escape With
out Permanent Injury;
Bolton House Afire
Two pieces of motor-driven Are
apparatus figured in peculiar acci
dents to-day, the driven narrowly
escaping serious injury.
The first mishap occurred when the
Hope engine crashed head-on into the
Armory at Second and Forster streets,
snapping off a telegraph pole and
smashing a hole in the side of the
building, Luther Kerns, the driver,
was not hurt. The Mt. Vernon truck
was sent to pull the engine back to
the street.
Later In the morning the Mt. Ver
non apparatus, on the way to a fire
at the Bolton House, in rounding the
corner at Third and Walnut streets
plunged into the fence at the Penn-
Harrls Hotel excavation. The rear
end of the truck swung down Walnut
street, and in righting the machine
the front end was thrown across the
boardwalk and into the high board
fence. Bricks piled on the inside pre
vented the machine from dropping
Into the excavation, which is fifteen
feet deep at that point.
The fire at the Bolton House was
extinguished before any damage was
done to the building. A wire crossing
a cornice of the building started the
blaze. Telephone calls were made to
the companies in tho business dis
trict.
(COMPLAIN OF TAX
Bond agents in the city made
complaint to-day to City Tax Officer
William D. Block because of the
$25-city tax they must pay before
they may continue their business.
City Council recently passed an or
dinance changing the taxes on brok
ers and dealers in stocks and bonds,
reducing the amount from SIOO to
$25 for individuals in business who
do not have private wires.
H ii
IPoI, the whief n;ival station cf. Austria-Hungry on thr p
. At'ri.ii' arcoi tiiin * oar. c> 'i " • s'atf:. at t: .•>, -day B
p by the Italian war department. |
MORE OFFICERS TO TRAIN f
Washington, Aug. 3.—An increase of thirty per cent I
3 y ..\ tr.tjfn the r.rparirncnt.. bi.:teen
j Washington, Aug. 3.--President Wilson, in a letter to
| Representative Dyer of Missouri, to-day reiterated his
| ponfidence in the loyalty of the great body of American
3 cit A G< m n blood.
I PRINCE HAS NARROW ESCAPE
I London, ,3.—Prince George, former crownprince
I of Serbian, had a narrow escape to day while inspecting
1
3 received in The horse on which he was riding
J was ->hot and killed,
t REFUSE TO FREE FINLAND
-
a Petrograd, Aug. 3.'—The provisional government has
J refused to acknowledge Finland's independence law and
| . har tolled a manifesto ;he Landtag.
MARRIAGE
9 Albert 1.. Lyman Jr., and Helm L V blehello, Hnrrlabnrci Mar- P
tin L, Cooper and Mary Ellaabeth Hbonda, Harrlaburc.
BOAT OVERTURNS
WITH FOUR MEN;
ONE IS DROWNED
Colored Man Loses life; Three
White Men Rescued When
Craft Sinks
HAD CHANGED PLACES
Body of Youth Drowned Yes
terday Before Storm Is
Not Recovered
Charles Sander, a Southern negro,
wan drowned and three white men
narrowly c reaped the same fate this
afternoon when the boat they were
rowing upset between the Market
in I Walnut "'feet bridges.
The other men are: Hoy Berry, 6
South Fifth Mreet, in the Harrisbure
Hospital; I.ovl Berry, 228 Chestnut
street, and Charles Sherlock, 1840
Derry street. Keseuers say the men
were under the influence of drink.
Hie body of 'he drowned man was
taken from the bottom of the river
by Lewis Gibbons, a private in Com
pany 1.
W'Htcr Pours In
According to the story told by the
men who smrviied the disaster, the
boat was hired from Dintaman's
boathouse. Then Intended taking a
boat ride to ,-largest's Island to see
the National Guard encampment.
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Great War Tax Bill
to Raise Two Billions
By Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 3.—The war tax
bill, increased from $1*672,000,000 to
approximately $2,002,000,000, vir
tually was completed to-day by the
Senate finance committee and will be
reported to the Senate to-morrow or
Monday.
In preparing the final draft for the
printer the committee reduced the
tax on beer by 25 cents a barrel to
$1.50 a barrel In addition to the tax
under the present law and inereast-;!
rates on wines to about double the
present taxes and estimated to yield
$17,000,000 additional.