StatesmantCoastrwttion of Greates f HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M ®)c Siac-3nt>cpcnbcnt * J LXXXVI— No. 198 12 PAGES .WHOLE CITY SUSPENDS BUSINESS TO HONOR DEPARTING MEMBERS OF CO. D WAR BROUGHT CLOSE TO HOME BY DEPARTURE Soldiers Break Camp and Prepare to Leave on Journey o Battlefields of Europe; Long Troop Trains Steam Through City on Way South; Mt. Gretna Detachments Are Moving; Big Parade Moves Through Streets Late This Afternoon THE drums beat solemn measure For our boys leave home to-day, And the truth of war is with us As we see them march away. With their swinging step so fearless Those we cherish march away! We sent them out in answer To the call Old Glory gave, • And she brought them back uninjured, Our old Eighth, so fine and brave! But this war has wordless horrors— Sea and air and nameless grave! Our hearts beat solemn measure As we bid the Eighth farewell; We must both rest in God's keeping For "He doeth all things well;" And'the future of His planning Is beyond men's power to tell. We give them up. Columba, Hold them in your sheltering arm; ] With the foreign fighting forces Keep your soldiers safe from harm. In the fury of the battle Keep these men we love from harm! —AXXA HAMILTON WOOD. With floating banners, some of which have already received a baptism of fire, and to strains of martial airs, the people of Harrisburg this afternoon paid a high tribute of respect to the boys of L ompany D, who will leave within a few hours for Camp Hancock, near Augusta, Ga. The parade was one of the most impressive ever held in this historic city. Practically every business place in Harrisburg closed fts doors that the employes might join in wishing friends 1 relatives and-acquaintances Godspeed. Realizing What War Means For the first time, the people of Harrisburg have come to the realization that the sons of Dauphin county are actually going to' war. To many, this afternoon's splendid demonstration, with 'lying flags and the tread of many feet, brought a vision of other! and sadder scenes to be enacted when at least some of the boys who I so blithlv marched to-day shall return from the training camp or irom a foreign field of battle. ! Whatever the outcome of the war, wherever the bovs of' (ompany D may be placed, their friends here are certain that 1 they will stand the test and the thousands who marched and who watched the marchers voiced this unspoken thought bv their presence today. Promptly at 2.30 City Electrician Clark E. Diehl sent in I two taps on the Courthouse bell and to the various fire Iv *e< ! ' his was the signal to start the bells, and blow whistles /was ' a notice to everybody to get readv for the formatio- A the 1 parade at 4.30. / I Troop Trains Going Through Local Pennsylvania Railroad officials had their hands full! to-day taking care of troop trains. Advance units enroute to the South with the exception of the Philadelphia regiments passed' tnrougli the city. Ihe entire truck division from Mt Gretna came through this afternoon. Orders are to have all troops movintr i-outhward between ;> o'clock this evening and 12 o'clock midnieht to do this all train department forces were kept busy Retnihr trains suffered slight delays, ft is estimated that until all tPooos arc moved twelve more special trains will be handled. THE WEATHER, For llnrrinliurK nnd vlrinltys rrolialily NhoMrrN and liic* " trench disger, whicf, is°U Se° Z i Ul ''^^.'^.''l^ao.r:.' V''' t ,',7 Jft the engineers' in MTf hJ " of a-Sl.tSE'ce'S DRAFT BOARDS GET 13 MEN OF 60 EXAMINED Nino From First County Dis trict; Four From Third; 18 Fail Physically Nine of the thirty-four men ex amined until noon to-day by the draft exemption board for the first county district are willing to serve In the National Army and will file no claims for exemptions. In the third county district only four of the twenty-six called and ex amined this morning will not ask ex emption from service. Examinations of the first county board went on this morning on schedule time, but the percentage of physical disqualifications was higher to-day than on Saturday. Eleven men failed to come up to the stand ard for the new army and were dis continued on Page 10] Gen. Petain Convinced U. S. Troops Will Soon Be Ready For Front By Associated Press American Training Camp in France, Aug. 20.y-General Petain, commander in-chief of the French armies, yester day visited Major General Pershing, spending the entire day in the Amer ican training area. After the visit. General Petain said he was must im pressed and convinced that the Amer ican troops soon would become an excellent fighting force. General Per shing will proceed to the front in a few days. Two Have Narrow Escape When Garage In West End Collapses Two men narrowly escaped being caught under a pile of bricks and debris this morning when the front wall of a building, formerly owned by the old Oyster estate fell to the ground. The men were employes of the Blue Eine Transfer Company and were taking an automobile truck out of the building. Just as the ma chine had cleared the building the endgate hit a pier of the building, causing it to collapse. The building is situated at 404 Susquehanna street. The front of the structure was torn away this afternoon in order that danger of a further collapse of the building would be eliminated. Hoover Plans to Control Sugar Prices in U. S. By Associated Press- Washington. Aug. 20. —Measures to stabilize sugar prices were discussed to-day by Herbert C. Hoover, the food administrator, with a committee from the New York Coffee and Sugar Ex change. which stopped sugar futures trading last week at Mr. Hoover's request. Prices have advanced sharp ly within the last few months. The food administration plans to take control of sugar dealings as soon as It has completed a program for supervising wheat trading and flour and bread manufacture. U.S. PLANS FOR WORLD'S BIGGEST DESTROYER FLEET Daniels Calls on Ship Build ers to Help In Campaign Against U-Boats By Associated Press Washington, Aug. 20.—Immediate expansion of building facilities of the United States to double or treble the output of destroyers during the next eighteen months was the object of a conference to-day between Secre tary Daniels and representatives of twenty-five or more ship and engine builders. "If we get what we want," the sec retary said, "the United States will have more destroyers than an* other power. They are the one thing that a submarine fears." This statement indicated that all [Continuejl on Page 12.] Chinese Commander Asks That His Army of 30,G00 Men Be Sent to Europe Peking. Aug. 17. — (Delayed.— General Chang Chn Yam command ing troops sent to suppress General Chang-Hsun's forces in Anh-Wei province .telegraphed President Peng Kwo Chang, urging the immediate sending of his force of 30,000 to Europe to flsrht the Germans. Dr. Paul S. Reinsch. minister of China, and other ministers of the entente, have agreed upon a com mon note, sent individually to the foreign office, congratulating China on its declaration of war. China has instituted a cable and mail censor ship. Iron Ore Production Breaks Records in U. S. By Associated Press Washington, Aug. 20.—A1l rec ords for iron ore production in the United States were broken in 1916 when the output reached a total of 75,177 672 gross tons, valued at ap proximately $180,000,000, according to figures issued by the geological survey Jo-day. This was an increase In'quantity of 19,600,000 gross tons and of forty per cent, in value over 1915. ' * Old Friends Best The HARRISBURG TELE GRAPH t*ikes proper pride in the very large number of its sub scribers who have been readers of this newspaper all their lives. The other days one such strolled into the office, bringing a bit of news. Said he: "I have been a reader of the HARRISBURG TE EE GRAPH since early childhood. A few months since my sister and I subscribed for a cheaper news paper. but it was not long before I became hungry for a glimpse of the TELEGRAPH. so I bought a copy each night on the street. Then we had two papers nnd my sister suggested we drop one, which we did, but not the TELEI GRAPH. It was like the return of an old friend." This Instance is typical. The TELEGRAPH Is like an old friend. MEAT SUPPLY THREATENED BY WAR'S DEMAND Alarming Inroads Arc Made Into World's Diminish ing Herds By Associated Press Washington, Aug. 20.—The prob lem of supplying the allies with meat has devolved mainly on the United States and daily tlie burden is growing more onerous, according to a statement issued by the food administration to-day. War time demands have been so great that Europe has been making alarming inroads on its herds with a conse quent reduction in its domestic supply. Since the war,started there has been atotal decrease of 115,005,000 in the world's supply of meat pro ducing animals. Cattle increased 7.090,000 in the United States, while' the total world decrease was 28 080,- 000. Sheep decreased 3,000,000 in [Continued on Page 12.] Mysterious Stranger Gets Money Posing as Son of Secretary Daniels By .Associated Press Washington, Aug. 20.—The mys terious stranger, passing himself "off on naval officers and others as a son ol Secretary Daniels, has obtained numerous sums of money and to date has eluded capture. The Navy Department issued a warning to-day against the imposter. According to the department's an nouncement the first occasion was July 9 when the imposter introduced himself to the officers of the receiv ing ship at New York navy yard and was invited to luncheon. He said he had lost about $47 and suc ceeded in borrowing from the ship's paymaster S2O, furnishing a regular navy receipt which he signed "Her bert J. Daniels." On July 25 the same man called on the principal of the Mont Clair, N. J., Academy, introducing himself as Frank Daniels, a son of the secre tary, and said he had been commis sioned by Hear Admiral Usher, of the New York navy yard to arrange for an encampment on the Academy campus for 200 sailors. He also ex pressed a desire to visit Thomas A. Kdison at his laboratory at Orange, N. J., and this was arranged through Dr. M. Reese Hutchison, Mr. Edi son's confidential man, who first took the stranger to his own home for luncheon and then to the inventor's laboratory. The Navy Department statement says that Dr. Hutchison lost $25 0 in cash by taking th< stranger's check. Woman Fires Clothing Because of Army Draft By Associated Press York. AUK. 20. —Mentally deranged by worry because her two sons and a son-in-law are in the draft, Mrs. Paul R. Myers, 45 years old, of Spring Grove, poured kerosene over her clothing and then applied a match this morning. The pain caused her to run screaming from the house where she was alone when she com mitted the deed. Neighbors quenched the flames, but not before she had been fatally burned. To a physician, whose attention she refused, she told the reason for her act. One son and her son-in-la* were called for exam ination this week. FRENCH ATTACK STRONGLY ALONG VERDUN SECTOR Poilus Strike German Lines; Hard on Eleven-Mile Front HEAVY BOMBARDMENT | Italians Open General Of- i fensive Against Austria By Associated Press Homo, AUK. -<•.—The ItaliimN, In their offensive on the Isonxo front liCKim yesterday, have crossed flu* J lnonnt river nnil already have j taken 7. "00 prisoner", it vns <>ffl elally announeed liy the War I)e- , |>artnient to-day. The French took the offensive this i morning; on the Verdun front, strik- 1 ins along a sector of eleven miles I on both banks of the Meuse river. I Early official reports from Paris, i while giving few details of the battle, I say it has de\ eloped to the advantage '■ of the French and that prisoners al-1 ready are passing to the rear. The lirst reports do not show whether the French have inaugu rated a major offensive, although the indications are that the operation is an unusually important one. j There has been sharp lighting re cently on the Verdun front, which has been the scene of some of the most sanguinary struggles of the war. It was in this sector that the German crown prince launched an offensive early last year in an at tempt to break the French line, los ins? several hundred thousand men without gaining any material advan [Continued on Page 12.] Greater Harrisburg Navy to Decide On Abandoning Kipona Members of the Greater Harrisburg Navy will meet to-night at 8 o'clock at Dintaman's Roathouse in North Front street to decide whether they will abandon the evening boat parade which has been planned as the annual Kipona celebration., Because of the fact that many members of the Navy have enlisted in various branches ot army service it is possible the mem bers may vote to abandon any kind of a celebration for the present year. Weaver's Asks Court To Grant Receivership Application for the appointment of a receiver for Weaver's Confection , ary Store, 29 North Second street, was made in Dauphin county court to-day before Judge Charles V. Henry, specially presiding. The court decided to hear testi mony to-morrow morning before de ciding on the receivership. The Wea ver store opened several months ano in North Second street. It was for merly located in the College block in North Third street. E. F. Weaver i and J. Gilbert Aldinger are proprie ; tors. Edison May Have Device To Combat Submarines By Associated Press Washington, Aug. 20.—Thomas ; Edison conferred with Secretary ■ Duniels to-day and later went to the 1 White House to call on President Wilson. It is well known that the ; inventor has been giving much at i tention to development of antlsubma ( rine devices. Secretary Daniels said | to-day that that was a subject about | which he could say nothing. New Type of Airplane Being Built By Germans By Associated Press i London, Aug. 20.—A dispatch to j the Dally Mail from Wevey, Switzer | land, says the barns of the Zeppelin | works at Friedrichshaven are being | used for the building of a new type lof airplanes from which much is expected. The body of the machine is serpentine in form and from the • both sides of it smoke clouds can Ibe thrown out which will entirely ' conceal the machine. Allies To Confer on Pope's Plan For Ending War ißy Associated Press London, Aug. 20. Lord Robert Cecil, minister of blockade and un- I roposals would be sent to I the Vatican. President to Rule On Married Men In Draft By Associated Press Washington, Aug. 20.—a new defi nite statement of the administration's j interpretations of the exemption ot married men p.nd those with depend ants is expect*.) within the next few days. President Wilson has taken up the question and probably will settle [the problem himself. Single Copy, 2 Cents . HOME EDITION ARMY AIRMEN TO BE TRAINED FOR WAR HERE Harrisburg Chosen by Government as Site For One of Six Aviation Schools to Drill Flyers; Probably 5,000 Will Be Taught; Quarters For Student Aviators, Mechanics and Big Aerodromes Will be Erected. Site Will be Near City Harrisburg will get one of the six aviation schools at which .-0,000 young men will he taught the art of war flying, according to an official announcement of the Government this morning. The location of the school has not been decided upon. For some time past a committee of the Harrisburg Chamber ot Commerce has been assisting the Government officials in planning for the school. 'I he work of the committee has been confidential and a definite announcement of the location of the school probably cannot be made for several days. To Train 5,000 flyers At present the United States Army is making arrangements to recruit 35,000 men for the aviation section. It is probable that between five and ! six thousand men will be in training!: at tho school during the period ofj the war. It will be no uncommon | thing to see machines in the air any | hour of the day or night training for; the grand drive which the War De- j part ment officials hope will be the i deciding factor in bringing the war | to a successful termination. Separate From Middletown It is probable that the training I school will be located on the city's outskirts or suburbs. All material for the school will be handled through- the freight yards of Har risburg. The training school for t SKERIVT .A v D JUDO!-; AKHI'3TED Tij I ;,elville, Vy., ' 20. S*. Jji tnc:: S. Tnylor, S la member of the Logan county exemption board, and J c J. W. Edward, were placed under arrest 4* Marshal B. M. L T Richardson on the charge of conspiring to violate pro- T rk. Aug. -DrS J. BcnfeM and Louis ♦ I No. ;>:ncr y , when they were about to be *s "7 s t| i . Federal Penitent iar, at Atlanta.' t | J I. W. W. STRIKE A FAILURE- J Spokane, Wash. Aug. 20.—A general strike of the <■ ustrial Workers of the World called as a protest T against holding its members in jail without charges, sup- 4 p<>- " to be.;i to-day Montana, Washington, Idaho I and Oregon, did not get a good start, according to reports X received here. * * I T X BERLIN REPORTS HARD FIGHTING 4 r T* Berlin, Aug. 20. The war office announces that the T j! eb French without fighting have occupied the Talou ridge on ▼ 4 T the Verdun*front east of the Meuse. At all other placer,