Russian Situation Believed to Be Very Bad c . Ift HAKRISBURG Hf§l§llp> TELEGRAPH. M > ®l)t Star- 3n&cpcnscnt / J LXXXVI— No. 212 14 PAGES SCORES KILLED IN AIR RAID OVERENGLAND Loss of Life Heavy in Attack by German Airplanes on Naval Base; Nearly All Casualties Are Confined to Enlisted Men; Invaders Make Escape by Flying High in the Air By Associated Frcss While the major operation of the Germans in the Riga district on the Russian front and the great Italian campaign for Triest continue to furnish the chief developments of military nterest the German authorities have caused a momentary diversion by directing spectacular raid on the English coast, apparently directed at one of the principal British naval bases. Whether British naval property suffered to any extent from the raid has not yet been made apparent. It is known, however, that airplanes engaged in the operation reached Chatham, the site of extensive military and naval establishments, 30 miles southeast of London and that 107 men of the naval establish ments were killed and 86 wounded. All the six German machines participating in the raid appear to have escaped although they were" engaged by British air forces and anti-aircraft guns as they swept up the Thames estuarv to Chatham. Germans Experiment to Try Out Possibilitties of Raids by Moonlight By Associated Prets London, Sept. 4.—Reporta receiv ed here from Southeast Coast towns says that during Monday night's air raid the air along the coast and some miles inland resounded with the noise of aircraft engines. One of the raiders passed over a coast town headed seaward, its engine making the loudest noise ever heard there for an aircraft. The raids over the southeast const on Sunday and Monday nights seem to have been more for the purpose of testing the possibility of attack by moonlight than in the hope of doing any considerable damage. Like the single aviator who dropped bombs, on Dover Sunday night, those who came last night kept at a very high ] altitude and while their machines could be heard they could not be deen. Nevertheless British airplanes went up in pursuit. After dropping bombs over a wide area many of them falling into fields or the sea, the raiders departed as quickly as they came. The announcement follows: "Lord French, commander of the British home forces, reports that last night's air raid was carried out by about six enemy ail planes which proceeded up the south bank of the Thomas estuary to Chatham. Bombs were dropped in the Isle of Thanet and in the Sherness-Chatham area between 10.40 p. m. and 11.30 p. m. There were no army casualties. Civi lian casualties reported at preseut are: "Killed, 1; injured, 6. The ma terial damage was slight. Our ma chines went up and anti-aircraft guns came into action but without result. "The secretary of the Admiralty reports that in the course of the air raid lust night the following casual tie were caused to naval ratings: "Killed, 107; wounded, 86." Thirty Italian Airplanes Drop 30 Tons of Bombs Rome. Sept. 4.—Thirty Italian air planes dropped nine tons of bombs on the Austrian naval base at Pola, causing destruction and large con flagrations. it is officially announced. All the Italian machines, although determinedly attacked, returned In safety. The artillery fire has grown heavier on the Julian front, says the official V THE CIVIC CLUB'S SECOND FLY—MEASURING DAY SEPTEMBER 29 9 to 12. Prizes awarded: 5 cents a pint for all flies. THE WEATHER For Hnrrlshurg and vicinity: Fair to-ntgltt and Wednesday) not much chanKf In temperature. For Eastern l'ennsylvunlui Fair, continued cool to-night and Wednesday \ moderate north wind*. ' River The SuMiuehannn river and nil lit branches will fall slowly or re main nearly ntatlonury. A stuge of about l,a feet la Indicated for Harrlshurg Wednesday morning. General Condltlona An area of high barometer cover* the greater part of the country ea*t of the Kocky .Mountain*, wltli Its center over Su perior. Anothrr high preasure ha* appeared In Northwestern Canada. The pressure la rela tively low over central und southern districts neil of he Rockies with minimum over Southern Arizona. Temperature* nre -' to 12 degrees , lower than on .Saturday morning •yer nearly all the country east of the Mississippi river and In JJJ North Faclllc Stutes and British Columbia) over practic ally all the remainder of the country there has been a gen eral rise of 2 to 18 degrees. Temperature t 8 a. m., 62. jm"*"' 8,815 m ' ! uta ' 8>33 JJooni Rises, 7i53 p. m. River Mage i 4.6 feet above lon. water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 76. Lowest temperature, 66. Mean temperature, 71. Normal temperature. 4JB. Austrian Army Unable to Stand Before Advance of Italian Offensive By Associated Press Geneva, Sept. 4.— A dispatch from lnnesbruck says that after several urgent appeals Field Marshal Von Hindenburg had consented to send two divisions of Bavarian troops from the Russian to the leonzo front to strengthen the Austrian defense. Udine, Italy, Sept. 4.—Field Mar shal Von Arz, chief of staff of tho Austrian aimy, is reported to be in specting the Italian front for the purpose of reorganizing his troops, demoralized by many recent defeats. Meanwhile the Italians continue their steady advance and are spread ing over a larger tract of the coun try, especially through the Bresto vizza Valley and over the Bianzizza plateau, e&pturing trench after trench and in some cases finding con tingents of Austrian troops, literally exhausted and suffering from thirst and hunger, their means of com munication having been cut off by the well directed Italian fire. Mon\e San Gabriele still is making desperate efforts at resistance, but Italian pickets are gradually creep ing up the slopes, making its fall only a matter of time, when as otfl cers laughingly say here, "the Aus trians execute another strategical retreat." Since the beginning of the present advance the Italians have gained ground everyday, while all Austrian efforts to recapture lost positions have been shattered by the energetic resistance of Cadorna's army. Russian Situation Is Described as Dangerous to Present Government By Associated Press London, Sept. 4.—The Petrograd correspondent of the Times views the internal situation pessimistically. "The government," he says, "is still dominated by irresponsible forces. General Korniloff has been obliged to take personal measures to victual the army and has ordered the forcible appropriation of cereals from the peasants, within the war zones and is negotiating with the railway men with a view to satisfying their Jupt grievances. His program of army reforms is still in suspense. M. Nekrasoff says that the government has accepted it in principle and prob ably will agree to all eff Korniloff's demands. "Nekrasoff denies any conflict be tween the government and Kornll off or the cosSacks, but admits that arrests have been made for all al leged conspiracy against the revolu tion, though he denies that the men arrested belonged to Korniloff's en tourage." The correspondent asserts that the Bolshevik! have regained the upper hand in the council and are display ing the greatest activity in all the cities of Russia. Ominous signs, he points out, are repeated acts of arson in the munition works at Petrograd and tre burning of Kazan. He adds that the government anticipates se rious Bolshevtki disturbances and that armored cars are In readiness in Petrograd for any emergency. Teutons Will Not Turn Down Peace Proposal Made by the Pontiff London, Sept. 4.—The peace pro posals of Pope Benedict will not meet with a rebuff on the part of the central powers, according to the Budapest newspaper Az Est, as quoted in a Central News dispatch from Amsterdam. This newspaper says It learns from a diplomatic source that the pope's note and the Polish problem form the main sub jects of the deliberations now under way between Dr. von Kuehimann, the German foreign secretary, who is now in Vienna, and Count Czernln, the Austro-Hungarian foreign minis ter. The central powers will make J [Continued on Pace 141 CITY TO CHEER NEXT UNIT OFF THIS EVENING Quartermasters Corps Will Entrain For Camp Han cock at 7.25 PARADE WILL BE HELD Civic and Military Organiza tions to Accompany it to Station Formation of Parade Form at 6 o'clock. Chief Marshal Thomas P. Moran. Chief of Staff Captain W. L,. Hicks. Aids. Commonwealth Band. First Division— Captain W. H. Roberts. Marshal. Governor's Troop. Detachment Company I. Eighth Regiment, and machine gun. Second Division— Will I. LAubenstein. marshal. Detachment of Grand Army ot the Republic. Veterans, of Foreign Wars. Spanish-American War Veterans. Harrisburg Reserves. Civic and patriotic organizations. Escort of honor. Detachment of Quartermaster's Corps under command of Captain D. S. Gressang. Departing Quartermaster's Corps under command Captain Leo A. Lettinger. Governor's Troop and detach ments will form in Second street, right resting on North. All veteran military, organiza tions will form in Second street, right resting on Briggs street. Civic organizations will form in Briggs street, right resting on Sec ond street. Quartermaster's Corps and the departing Quartermaster's Corps will form in Forster street, right resting on Second. After the parade the friends of the soldier boys on the Island will attend the ice cream festival which takes place to-night. Harrisburg will start her second contingent of soldiers upon their way to France at 7.25 this evening, when twenty-six members of the quarter master's corps, Pennsylvania admin istrative staff, will entrain for Camp Hancock, Georgia. Orders were received this morning from headquarters of the Seventh Division Pennsylvania National Guard at Philadelphia, to move the men as soon as the train facilities could be' provided. All arrangements have been completed and twenty-six mem bers of the quartermaster's corps, fully equipped for field service, will leave the arsenal at 6 o'clock this eve ning. A monster parade will follow, in which many military, patrtiotic and civil organizations will, join. Parade Kraut Armory The men who are departing this afternoon for Camp Hancock will leave the arsenal at Eighteenth and Herr street at 6 o'clock. They will be taken in automobiles to the City Grays Armory, where the big parade will promptly form. All plans are bting made to move the procession with promptness, as there will be but a limited time for the movement of the marchers. The orders directing a part of the men at the arsenal to prepare for their departure come August 31. The men will carry a full equipment for field service, and will, immediately upon their arrival at Camp Hancock, take part in the work assigned to their department. Sergeant Edison It. Henry will be in charge. It is thought probable that the remainder of the [Continued on Page 12] American Sailors Mobbed in Streets, of Cork by Gangs of Irish Youths By Associated Press London, Sept. 4.—Attacks on American sailors on Sunday night are reported in a dispatch from Cork to the Chronicle. It is said that gangs of young men paraded the streets and set upon the Americans who were accompanied by their sweethearts. One instance cited as that of two Americans who were attacked on the chief street of Cork, a young woman with them being Insulted and having her hat torn off. The correspondent reports that the sailors did nothing improper or contrary to good taste to invite the attack and as far as could be learned did not retaliate. They escaped on a tram car. All the girls who suffered at the hands of the crowds the dispatch says, belong to the respectable class. An attempt was made at XI p. m. to break Into places where Amer icans are paying, the dispatch states, but after a short seige the attack ers departed. Several parties pa raded the streets singing Sinn Fein songs and performing military evo lutions. Some windows were.broken. One party raided the premises of an officers' training corps and fifty six rifles, thirty revolvers and a num ber of swords, none of which had been recovered, the correspondent says, at the time of writing his dis patch, nor had any arrests been made. He reports that he talked with several American sailors yes terday and that they believed the affair organized but were not aware of the reaqpn. They said they had been well treated hitherto in Ireland. BRITISH CASUALTY 1.1 AT By Associated Press London. Sept. 4.—British casualties reported In the last week are 16,614. They are divided as foljows: Killed or died of wounds: officers, 364; men. 3,880; wounded or missing: officers, 846; men, 10,52 4, * HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1917 WOULD LOOK FIN K W'Z ■■ ' ' ' ■ - v - ■;.': ■ J V T ' HIM Hfe. ?■ 7 Mr. Householder, how would you like to have this pile of ash recep tacles tilled nnd standing: in front of your home instead of In your bark yardf City Council IN considering; a plan In connection with municipal ash collections which would require you to place the ash cans in fronz of your home. It would probahly look something like this. MUCH OPPOSITION, TO COLLECTION OF ASHES FROM CURB Civic Club Members and Other Greater Harrisburg Advocates Against Plan That City Council will have opposi tion from all parts of the city should the officials attempt to carry out the plan which has been discussed to re quire householders to put ash and garbage cans in front of their homes OP days for collections, was the pre diction voiced by residents of the city tc-day. Many of the citizens who have been co-operating wherever possible in public improvement work declared the city streets would soon become littered with ashes and waste should collections from the curb be started, and a number of property owners em phatically declared they would do all they could to oppose any move to start such a system. Would He n Great Pity Mrs; William Henderson, who is president of the Civijc Club, and deep ly interested in the city development and public welfare, in speaking of the plan, said: "I think it would be a great pity to have to ask people to place ash and waste receptacles in frc.nt of their homes. These would, be left there for hours, as'the city could not operate enough wagons to make Immediate collections." Mrs. ,Mabel Cronise Jones, another active member of the Civic Club, pointed to the impracticability of the plan and the unsightly conditions which would result from placing ash cans along the curb line. "It be extremely unhealthy and insani tary to use such a system," Mrs. Jones said. Others predicted that vVious or ganizations in the city would probably start a campaign against an attempt to adopt the collection plan which has been considered in connection with the ash and garbage removal. Discover Plot to Kill Premier of Canada and Blow Up Parliament Montreal, Sept. 4.—Frustration of plots to assassinate Sir Robert Bor den. premier of Canada, and Arthur Meighan, solicitor general, and to dy namite the parliament buildings at Ottawa was announced by the police to-day as having been effected by the arrest of anticonscriptionist agitators alleged to have been responsible for the blowing up about a month ago of the summer home of Lord Athelstan. CHANGE OF DRILL. PLACE Owing to the concert and festival of the Eighth Regiment at the lower end of the Island U)-nlght, the Har rlsburg Reserves drill will be held on the old baseball field near the camp, above the bridges. NORWAY I.OSKS 21 SHIPS By Associated Press London, Sept. 4.—According to Nor wegian advices, twenty-one Norwe gian merchant ships with an gate tonnage of more than 41,000, were loet in August. Twenty-three seamen were killed and five are miss ing. COMMISSIONERS ASKED TO ACT ON COMPENSATION Ordinances to Insure City Employes by Private Firm Never Put Through City commissioners to-day wore asked to take definite action on the workmen's compensation insurance situation which was left in the hands of City Solicitor John E. FOJJ after repeated attempts to reach'a definite agreement. Franklin Suydam, representing the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, spoke at Council to-day, giving a review of the case of city compensation insurance and'request ed the commissioners to act. L.ate last year a resolution was passed by Council awarding the in surance contract to the United States Company. In the annual budget how ever $4,000 was set aside for insur ance -with the state insurance fund. Later two ordinances were introduc ed in Council giving the contract to [Continued on Page o.] Work Day and Night to Get Camp Meade Ready For Penna. Draft Army By Associated Press Camp Meade. Admiral Jld., Sept 4. —Work on the construction of the Immense national army cantonment here for the selected men of Penn sylvania swept forward to-day with renewed vigor after the first day of actual Idleness since the camp was begun, more than two months ago. Only a few hundred of the 9,000 men employed on the task appeared for work yesterday because of the holiday. Night work is to start this week that a further postponement of the calling of the first increment of 5 per cent, of the selected men may be avoided. Powerful electric lights have been installed and many of the men have agreed to work fifteen hours a day. from 7 o'clock in the morning until midnight, with an hour for lunch and an hour for supper, time and half time being paid for every hour in excess of eight a dav. It is figured that on this basis some *of the men will make between S7O and SBO a week where they have l>een accustomed to drawing from $22 to S3O. Lalance-Grosjean Will Open Another Mill to Keep Abreast of Orders The rush of wark work has com pelled the Lalance-Grosjean Manu facturing Company to open another of the big mills at Division and Jefferson streets which has been Idle for some time. It was stated this morning by an official, Charles Lan dis, that they had secured enough helpers to open this fourth mill next Tuesday. When the additional mill opens it will mean working twenty-four hours a day getting the rough material ready for the factory at Woodhaven, Long Island, where the finishing touches are put on It, making it ready for the market. The United States tak-sa practically all of the output of tlcld, store and hospital supplies. When the new mill opens Monday there will be approximately 300 on the payroll who work In eight-hour shifts. Tin plate la a specialty of the plant. APPEAL BOARD BUSILY AT WORK ON DRAFT CLAIMS Sixty-three Arc Certified From Fulton County; Fin ishing up Huntingdon FEWER ERRORS FOUND Steelton "Slackers" Present Selves For Examination; Disallow Claims The certification the sending back to the local boards the names: of 63 men of Fulton county and j nearly a hundred of Huntingdon j co my comprised the larger part of the work of the district appeal board of the HJiddle Judicial District at its \ meeting in the House caucus rooms j at the Capitol to-day. Six agricultural claims from Ad- j ams county were also acted upon! and two were allowed. The other fourj were rejected on the grounds of in- j sufficient, evidence. The board con-1 tinued in session until late in the aft- | ernoon ami in all probability will meet again to-morrow morning. The claims presented by all the counties of this district will be acted upon at this session and as they will be al phabetically, those of Dauphin coun ty will not come up for action until late to-day. The board will endeavor to clear up everything at* this session I and as soon as the names are certi tled and the required time has elapsed they will be sent back with all haste to the local boards. Every effort will be made to have consider able more than the necessary five per cent, ready by September 19. The presentation of reports of | some of the local boards have inter fered somewhat with the smooth working of the appeal board. This morning as soon as Clerk Free ar rived at the office he was greeted by several young men who wished to claim exemption. Investigation into their cases revealed lack of knowl edge on the part of the local boards and as a result the appeal board will be subjected to much inconvenience in order to straighten out matters. However, mistakes are becoming fewer and fewer each day, the ap peal board having serit out addi tional Information and advice. Slackers Coining In The "hullaballoo" about the slack ers at Steelton, the headquarters of the draft board of division one. Is gradually beginning to subside and at the latest reports a large number of the so-called slackers have re ported and were examined. The ex [Contlnued on Page J2] Americans to Get, Taste of Trench Warfare by Practice Under Barrage By Associated Press American Training Camp in France, Sept. 4.—lt is announced that a num ber of British army officers will soon be attached to the American expedi tionary force to assist in training the Americans, who will thus get the ad vantage of the best points of both the French and British tactics. It is considered probable that many of the British officers selected for this as signment will be Americans who have been serving in the British ot French divisions. American soldiers on Wednesday will see men advance under artillery barrage fire for the first time. It will of course be only a practice barrage, but the French division training the Americans will lay a curtain of fire as if under actual battle conditions and will show tfteir American stu dents how closely infantry can follow a protecting wall o* fire when prop erly trained artillerymen are direct ing it. Registration Lists Will Not Close Until 10 O'clock This Evening While a larger number of voters registered to-day for the primaries than on the first registration day there are still a large number who will have only one more opportunity before the election September 19 according to registrars in the city districts. They will sit this even ing from 7 to 10 o'clock and on the final day for registration Sep tember 15. Precautions were taken to-day by the clerks to see that their work was done properly and no com plaints were received by county of ficials. In the-county districts the registry assessors Misted a few addi tional voters today and made changes for those who had removed to other districts. The assessors will sit again to-morrow and will make their complete returns to the County Commissioners on Thursday. Make Every Effort to Secure Dirt For Fill Determined to complete the work of riprapplng the river slopes from Calder to Hamilton streets, if pos sible, city officials are making every effort to obtain fill for this stretch along the river bank. Some of the ground is being: ob tained from contractors who are excavating at Front and Hamilton streets for the erection of a resi dence. A survey is being made of slope which has not been finished to determine how much more fill will be needed. The riprapplng work from Maclay to Hamilton streets has been completed but the remainder of the stretch could not bo finished* until the bank brought to the p toper, grade. Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION NATION HONORS MEN SELECTED FOR WAR ARMY President Wilson, Members of Both Branches of Con gress, Diplomats and High Officials March in Great Parade as Farewell Demonstration to Those on First Lap of Journey to Trenches in France PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE TO DRAFTED MEN Soldiers of the National Array are welcomed Into Uie country's service by President Wilson in the following message: "To the Soldiers of the National Army: *ou are undertaking a great duty. The heart of the whole country is with you. Everything that you <lo will he watched with the deepest interest and with the deepest solicitude not only by Uiosc who are near and dear to you, but by the whole tuition besides. For this great war draws us all together, makes us all comrades and brothers, as all true Americans t'elt Uiemselves to be when we first made good our national Independence. Xlic eyes of all the world be upon you. because you are in some special sense the 6oldlers of freedom. Ix>t it be your pride, therefore, to show all men every where not only what good soldiers you are, but also what good men you are, keeping yourselves lit and straight in everything and pure ami clean through and through. liCt us set for ourseives a standard so high that it will be a glory to live up to It, and then let us live up to it and add a new laurel to the crown of America. My affection ate confidence gees with you in every battle and every test. Clod keep and guide you!" By Associated Press Washington. Sept. 4. With the President of the United States, mem bers of both houses of Congress, high officials and diplomats participating, the national capital to-day paid a farewell tribute to her sons who soon will enter the national army for serv ice over seas with the expedit'onary forces. The demonstration rook the form of a parade in which the men of the selective army, led by President Wil son and accompanied by veterans of the blue and gray, soldiers, satlors and marines, swung up historic Fennt-ylvania avenue from the Capi tol past the White House. The Senate and House prepared to adjourn early in order to take part, it being the first tim that Congress ever marched in any popular demon stration. The Senate was led by Sen ator Saulsbury, President pro tern., *¥. ----- - 4 A BOARDS HAVE CERTIFIED > ♦ > X . . . \ C <f 4 $ # 4 * <* A ' ' :11 \ J X -i th< fien for Cam{ Let are leady. Delay i'fi gettin, *' J. under way aftd son' fault on the part of local draft * I l* # t boards are said to L responsible for the slowness to > certify quotas. • * X . MARKET ALMOST DEMORALIZED J [ *s* \ New York. Sept. 4—One of the most severe setbacks * mt | market ha:> had in several months occurred ' 4 • * ■* TJ to-day when prices broke five to ten points under fever- i" 4* :moralized dur- * T -in.' thi hour. ' # LAFOLLETTE AMENDMENT . RILLED * *§* > iZ jected 50 to 18 an amendment by Senator LaFoll°tte to * lat increase of 60 oer cent on war profits. * * t s ! GERMANS TAKE RUSSIAN PRISONERS A t isand Russian prisoners 5 4 . were tak?n by the Germans in their advance in th< * € * * - * Qermdn artny in the Great Jaegel river district. * ' TURKS DEFEAT RUSSIA > e H n t I Constantinople; 'Sept. 4—Russian troops in North- \ ■j * the Tur 1 war office announces. Turkish detachments advancing in „• JJ | 4 # an easterly direction from Mcrivan is reported to have * j{ FRENCH CHECK GERMAN ASSAULT ! * * Pans, Sept. 4.—Attacks were made by the German. .* 4 I last night on the French lines in the Hurtebise region or. < V the Aisne. front arid cast of thr Mouse in the Verdun L sector. The war office announced that both were * check '1 <y th !' h ,: i c. „ . \ > :: ——j % MARRIAGEyLICENSES S Robert O. Tall. IlarrlMhurK, nnd Beutnh S. Hrrm, Dunrannoni * * Rulr Clark, Strflton. and Mary P. Ileverly, Ilnrrlahurßi Hoy 11. t t T, Ntrlekler, Mt. Joy, nnd Kuth M. Troatle, Mnytowni John Hollman, IlnrrlaburK. and Tereaa Dullkx, Ml. C'armeli Krnnt ttrlmea. Hum- I i. mrlnlonn. and Rdnn Mac Wataon, llarrlaluirsi Harry M. Dennlaoa, WaahlMtton, nnd Nina M. Fulton. Ilnrrlaburitt Jnmra Henderaon * 4,; Deyarlnln nnd Lottie C. Witter*, Hollldayaburxi William A. Mad- a 4 den, Rlkwood, and Mary H. l.ynch. Harrlaburgi Jncob I„ Blxler, Mil- ■ , <y leratotvn, and Violet K. Frey, Marietta. f * and the House by Speakre Clark and "Uncle Joe" Cannon, both of whom refused to ride despite their advanced age. Senators Nelson and Warren, who fought on the Union side in the Civil War, and Senators Martin and Bankhead, who were with the armies of the Confederacy, marched side by side in their respective uniforms of blue and gray. The veterans of tho Spanish-American War with the sen atorial delegation are Senators Wads worth, Lewis, Vardaman and Farrell. As the van of the column reached the White House the President en tered the reviewing stand. With him was Viscount Ishil, special ambas sador from Japan, and the members of the Japanese mission, the French ambassador and Mme. Jusserand, the Mexican ambassador and Senora Bo nillas and other members of the diplomatic corps.
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