1 \ • M • rr 11 n , n Austrian Armies Unable to Stand Before Determ Italian, Assault HARRISBURG |§Sls& TELEGRAPH M % LXXXVI— No. 213 12 PAGES MOVEMENT OF S EXPECTED WITHIN 48 HOURS CAMP HANCOCK IS READY FOR PENNA. GUARD ———————————— % General Clement Wires That Guardsmen May Now Be Sent to Great Cantonment in Georgia; One Regiment a Day For Two Weeks Would Take All Men Out of Pennsylvania; Troops Are Anxious to Move Philadelphia, Sept. s.—The movement of the entire division of Pennsylvania troops to Camp Hancock, near Augusta, Ga., is expected to start within the next forty-eight hours. In response to an inquiry made by Adjutant General McCain, of the United States Army, at Washington, Major General Clement, commanding the Pennsylvania division, who has been at Camp Hancock for some time, has wired that the camp is now ready to receive the whole division from this State. It is practically assured that the troops whose movement was held up last week by last minifte orders, after they had been directed to start south will be the first to leave. These troops consists of the Tenth, Sixteenth and Eighteenth Infantry regiments, composing the Second Brigade; the Third Field Artillery regiment, the only unit of that arm of the service remaining in the State, and the various State medical units. General Price said the movement of the Pennsylvania troops should not take more than two weeks, if they leave at the rate of a regiment a day. MEN IN ISLAND CAMP GLEEFULLYGET WORD OF REPORTED DEPARTURE The announcement that the entire Pennsylvania division may receive orders to move to Camp Hancock, near Augusta, Georgia, within thirt3'-six hours, was received at Hargest Island this morning with delight by the hundreds of men who are located there. The men will be sorry to leave Harrisburg, but they are anxious to join the boys of Com pany D, and feel that the training which they will receive at Camp Hancock will be of great value to them. Expect Orders Soon No official news has been received by the officers here, but it is con fidently expected that orders to en train may be received at any moment. In all probability, the men at the Island will leave Harrisburg either to-morrow or Friday., "The orders can't come any to soon to suit us," remarked a mem-' ber of Company I. "We are sorry to leave Harrisburg, you may be cer tain of that, but if there is serious tvork ahead we are anxious to get flown to solid work in preparation for it, and the facilities for inten sive training are not offered here." That's the way the boys all seem to feel about leaving. Many of them are native Harrisburgers, and it Rill be no pleasant matter to break. 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 Harrisburg nnd vlelnltyi Fair to-night nnd probably Thurs day! warmer. For Eastern l'ennylvanln: Fair In south, probably shower* In north portlQn to-night and Thursday) warmer to-night In north and nest portions; warmer Thursday) moderate, variable winds, becoming sonth. River The Susquehnnna river and prob ably all lt branches will fall slowly exeept the I pper North nnd I'pper West branches may rise somewhat as a result of heavy showers. A stage of about 4.2 feet la Indicated for Harrlabiirit Thursday morning. Temperature i 8 a. m., 68. Sum Rises, 5t37 n. ra.j sets, oi3l p. m. Moon I Rises, 8i32 p. m. River Stage i 4.4 feet above low water mark. „, . Yesterday's WentbeV Highest temperature, 70. Lowest temperature, 60. Mean temperature, (4. Normal temperature, •$, the family ties, but duty is calling and the boys are ready. Ready to Go It would be possible for the men to leave upon a notice of five hours, one officers said. Others admitted that while the camps could be broken and the equipment loaded within that space of time, the men really need ten or twelve hours in which to complete all necessary preparations. If orders are received to-day, it is urtlikely that the movement of the troops will take place before to morrow afternoon. In this case, the committee in charge of the big demonstration which is being planned, will have ample time to complete the arrangements which are already under way. When Company 4 left for the South, a royal expression of Harrisburg's re gard was tendered them, and it is the desire of prominent citizens that no stone be left unturned to make the celebration to be given Com pany I, the Supply Company, the Machine Gun Company and the Headquarters Company an affair that will live lons in the memory of Ha-rrisburg people. To Give Roys Send-off The demonstration to be given will be in charge of the City Grays. Edward C. Humer, who was chief marshal at the former parade, will serve in like capacity again. Cap tain E. Laubenstein will be chair man of the general committee, and all aids who served when Company D left two weeks ago are expected to be in line. The various organizations of the city, including the Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club, etc.. will have a part in arranging for the affair. The several military, patriotic, civil and religious orders participating in the former demon stration will be expected to take part. While it is possible that the Gov ernor's Troop will receive word to move at this time, it is not expected that this troop will leave Harris burg until the latter part of the month. Pershing Arrives at Field Headquarters to Take Up Final Training Work By Associated Press American Training Camp in France. S , cpt J S—General Pershing has; ar rived at his field headquarters, where his staff had preceded him several days and where the French govern ment had turned ove* quarters for the American occupant?-. The transformation in the pictur esque trench town has been most remarkable. Up to three weeks ago American uniforms had been seen but' once or twice and the passing of an American automobile through the place was a signal for great excite ment among trfb people. To-day khaki was the predominant color on the streets, with here and there a touch of white and blue—costumes of American nurses who h*ve taken over a I 4 rench hospital and are caring for French patients pending the activity of the American forces. French and American sentries guard ai approaches to the town and no one is allowed to enter without proper passes. American flags mingle with the French tricolor from flag staffs on both public and private buildings. FAREWELL! r ~ ENGLISH COAST BOMBARDED BY GERMAN U-BOAT London Suffers From Third Air Raid in Three Days Ixuidon, Sept. 5. Scarbor ough on the English east coast was bombarded last night by n hostile submarine, jt was olli icully announced to-day. About hair the shells in the thirty rounds fired from the undersea l>oat landed, three persons be ing killed and Hvc injured, but little material damage being caused. l.ondon. Sept. s.—Eleven per sons were killed and sixty-two injured in last night's airraid, it is announced officially. London, Sept. s.—The first moon light air raid over the London dis trict occurred about midnight last night and resulted in the dropping of bombs, but tlte full extent of the damage is yet unknown and no cas ualties have been reported. One bomb fell just outside a hos pital, another smashed through a theater and still another hit a re tail store in which a number of girls were sleeping. Notwithstanding the moonlight nothing coukl be seen of the raiders, although their engines could be heard overhead. That they were invisible was perhaps due to a slight haze which, however, was in sufficient to obscure the moon. The raiders were constantly shelled by anti-aircraft guns and several Brit ish machines took to the air to at tacl. the invaders. Streets Deserted The streets were practically de serted at the time of the raid, it be ing long after theater hours. The few late street cars that were run ning either put out their lights or stopped. A message from a south eastern district says that apparently the Invaders crossed the North Se.i in three successive groups and that all were severely shelled both ar riving and departing. The streets were filled with curi ous crowds until the early hours to day inspecting the damage from lust night's air raids over the 1 London [Continued on Pac Sj r. S. AIDS A 1,1,1KS Washington, Sept. s.—Loans of $100,000,000 each to Great Britain and France were made by the gov ernment to-day bringing the total advanced the allies up to $2,266.- 400.000. HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1917. ALL BUT TWO EXEMPTION PLEAS ARE SENT BACK Appeal Board Unable to Act Because of Errors; Farm ers Want Men Excused The troubles of the district appeal board of the Second Judicial District were greatly increased this morning. Fifty claims for exemption on agri cultural grounds from Cumberland county were acted upon and out of this number forty-eight were sent back to the local boards for further information. The two other claims were refused and the result of the morning's work of the board amounted to nil. This is a record and unless things take a de cided brace it will be some time be fore the board will complete its work. The "farmers" of Cumberland county have suddenly found out that they are lAiable to continue the work ■that they have been doing for some time, alone. This fact was brought to light by the claims examined. Nearly everyone claimed exemption for a son, or hired man on the grounds that he -was a necessary helper in working the farm. The board decided that the "farmers" will have to show more reason in or der to secure exemption and the forty-eight claims were returned. Come For Information This was not the only trouble of the board. The clerk of the board at York, and the entire board of Mif flin county, waited on the meeting. They came after information, and it was found that both boards are very much "at sea" regarding the method of procedure. They were still learn ing the rudiments this afternoon, and by this evening are expected to accumulate enough knowledge to continue their work. Many of the other boards in the various counties have discovered that they don't know everything about what they are doing and the appeal board is going to work overtime in supplying infor mation and acting upon .claims. It was stated that the board wHI be in session this afternoon and also this evening. The claims of Dauphin county will come up this evening Working on Claims The draft hoards at Steelton and at the Dauphin building in this city, are still acting upon exemption claims. So far this week they have not made any examinations and are not expected to do so until next Mon day. At Steelton the men who had not reported when called are show ing up in large numbers each day. They are being examined and their claims for exemption are being re- {C'ontlnucd on I'age 3] —New York Tribune. ITALJANS TAKE LAST STRONGHOLD BEFORE GORIZIA Monte San Gabriele Reported to Have Fallen to General Cadorna By Associated Press London, Sept. 5.—A dispatch received in London confirms tlie capture by the Italians of Monte San Gabriele together with 950 prisoners, including 32 officers. The Italians now possess Uie en tire chain of mountains which dominate Gorizia. Italy's long years of preparation and General Cadorna's strategy and ability as commander continue to bear fruit in the great offensive the Italian armies are now waging for Triest. Although official announcement is lacking, there seems little reason to question dispatches from various sources that Monte San Gabriele the last of the Austrian strongholds in the Gorizia district has been taken by the valorous Italian troops giving them possession of the entire chain of hills dominating the Gorizia area. At Italy's Mercy This eminence, in fact, has been virtually at the mercy of the Italians since the fall of Monte Santo, its neighboring stronghold. Now that his troops have taken it, the way seems cleared for General Cadorna to complete his domination of the Bainzizza plateau and push on into the Chiapavono valley, driving a wedge in between the Austrian north ern and southern armies on the Is onzo front and severing their lines of communication with each other. On the Franco-British front the British hail of shells being dropped upon the German lines in Flanders Is causing the Germans to contem plate abandoning a wide expanse of territory there now being swept by General Haig's big guns and those of French co-operating with him in the Belgium campaign. Expect New Offensive ■ The launching of the next entente push here is apparently iminent and' as a measure of preparation the Ger mans are reported to be removing the civilian population of a district extending twelve miles or more to [Continued on Page 3] V-BOAT VERY ACTIVE , Copenhagen. Sept. 6.—Captain Von Knehlwetter, the naval expert of the Berlin Lokal Anzelger writes that he expects the submarine sink ings during August to reach 750,000 tons. ANNEXATION OF RIVERSIDE TO BE RECONSIDERED iCouncil Will Hold Another Special Meeting to Take Action Tomorrow OPPOSITION DEVELOPS Leaders Sure Majority of Res * idents Do Not Want to Come Into City City Council will meet to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock to vote on whether the commissioners will re- j consider their action on the ordi nance annexing Riverside to Harris burg. Two residents of the district. Professor F. C. Martin and Miles C. Fry, together with Attorney George Ross Hull, after almost an hour's discussion with the officials finally succeeded in having the meeting ad journed until to-morrow when Act ing Mayor William L. Gorgas re turns to the city. Claiming that the majority of 'he residents in the district were op posed to annexation at this time, the commissioners were asked to vote in favor of the reconsideration so that all citizens in the territory can give their opinion now on coming into the city. Willing to Reconsider Commissioners Gross and Dunkle decided they would be willing to re consider their action should Acting Mayor Gorgas, who introduced the ordinance, agree to do so. Com missioner Lynch who voted against [Continued on Pac 5] Two Trains of Aviators Among Eleven Sections of Troops to Pass Through Troop movement last night and to-day broke all records. From 7 o'clock last night up to noon to-day, eleven trains passed over the Penn sylvania railroad. The movement to day included 1,000 aviators from. Texas. They occupied two trains. A stop of one hour was made here to allow the soldiers to limber up. They were taken on a hike through the business section and ware drill ed on the plaza at the Pennsylvania railroad station. The soldiers at tracted much attention. When the trains moved out of the stations whistles were (>lown and the aviators loudly cheered. Whistles kept almost a continuous blast last night. Every troop train was given an enthusiastic welcome. The soldiers represented artillery men from Fort Sheridan, 111.; in fantrymen from Fort Sill, Okla., and engineers, infantrymen and artillery men from California. During the lay over here the band with the Illinois artillery plqyed a number of selec tions. Other visitors to Harrisburg repre sented the United States ambulance service. They were mostly California and lowa soldiers and came in forty eight ambulance cars from Allen town. The train is en route to Get tysburg for a two-day stay and will return over another route. There were five men to each car. A stop of one hour was made in this city, the Ambulance Corps lining up in Front street. Last night they stopped at Hershey. Harrisburg Boy Is With Aero Squadron One Harrisburg boy is a member of the Twenty-third Squadron, United States aviation corps, that passed through Harrisburg at noon. His •name is Robert Merle Nace. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William K. Crozier, 1523 Swatara street. The father is assistant city electrician. The young man went to Fort Slo- I cum early in April. Instead of re maining the requtred twenty-one days, the young aviators, because of their good work in training, were sertt to San Antonio, where they have been in training until one week ago. Before enlisting Mr. Nate was em ployed on the Reading railway. Hold Noses as Chicago's 'Slacker' Mayor Passes; His Party Is Mobbed By Associated Press Chicago, .Sept. 6.—Mayor William Hale Thompson was the center of a menacing demonstration by soldiers lure this morning as his party was mobilizing in fifty automobiles for a trip to the fair at Kankakee, 111. Ban ners of a political nature were torn frum his and other machines. The demonstrants were members of the Second Illinois field hospital corpo, encamped in Camp Grant, on the lake front. Civilians joined In cries of "slacker" hurled at the mayor and his retinue while passing automobiles halted, some ostentatiously holding their noses as if in the presence of a \ stench. • | The banner stripped from the may or's car bore the legend "William Hale Thompson Republican Club." The outbreak was quelled by the appearance officers of the hospital corps with the provost guard. Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION BIG CHANGES TO BE MADE BY TRACTION CO. Harrisburg Railways, in Reply to Public Service Com mission, Agrees to Improvements Suggested For Bet terment of Service; to Be Put Into Effect Immediately Consider Future as Well as Present The outlook is bright for immediate and extensive improve ments in the street car service of Harrisburg, Steelton and other nearby communities. 1 1 his is outlined in the reply of the Harrisburg Railways Com pany to the request of the Public Service Commission for a series of conferences with officials of the company relative to immediate betterments suggested by the commission and for the purpose of outlining plans looking to future developments of a more i extensive character. I lie letter was filed last Thursday, only a few days after the request of the commission was received, but was withheld until to-day owing to absence from the city of Chairman Ainey, who has been holding hearings throughout the State. In main the j traction companies agree with the recommendations of the com j mission and offers to co-operate in every way possible for the betterment of the service. The "points covered by the letter are as follows: Offers to meet the suggestions of the commission by filing Uic report ol Hion Arnold, expert engaged to make survey for the coin j pany and to submit, as suggested, outlines of plans and studies for general improvements. Agrees to meet vvitfl the. Commission to discuss the various proposals submitted. The development of the Nineteenth street route to Steelton is under consideration and the company will be glad to make such changes as are feasible. Has l>eeii realized for some time that Second street route to Steelton is advisable, but the engineering difficulties arc not easy [Continued on Page 5] J LOSE ON WAR COMMITTEE PLAN £ T Washington, Seb* s.—House Republicans to-day lost 'jjj T. fight to amend th° war bond and certificate bill so ♦ <| a'j to provide for a congressional war expenditures com- I 4*' . X Tj mittec. Representative Johnson, of Kentucky, chairm-n T of the Committee of the Whole, sustained points of orde r '■ 1 i-madc by Democrat.'. Leader Kitchin agnirfst two differ 'X ' ent proposals offered by Representative Gillett, cf Mass. T '*r g and Representative J ore, of Pennsylvania. T FRENCH I/OSPITALS BOMBARDED P . Sept. mr attacks on the Aisne and - Champagne fronts last night were repelled by the French, >7 Y gays to-day's official c ommunication. The French made A £ a successful attack in the Champagne. French hospital, £ j X were bombarded by German f 1 X ft: TAIL COAL PRICES J Wi ton, S Dr H. A. darfic i:< fuel ad- I* * JP Utrat or, will ann rtfee in a day or two a general policy (• { w fen government control of the coal industry, which is ' 4 ' J GIVE OVER CONTROL OF SUGAR j* "j ♦ Washington, Sent s.—Control of the •sugar industry C i W, of the food administration to-day by refiners' representa- * ► es who agreed t -ill raw sugar through a com- , T ;bert Hoover. I* * A ELEVEN SUFFRAGISTS GO TO JAIL | I <n K I Washington, S Eleven mi the militants of the t j X NationaK Woman's Party arrested yesterday while picket- at the parade of ' „ 9 National Army men were sentenced to-day to sixty days r*■ * in the workhouse. They/did not appeal and be<>an sen-- ► i J, ing time. r O HUNGARIAN PAPERS ENDORSE WILSON S•' A * * 4 Amsterdam, Sept. s.—Two Hungarian newspapers, • * " * and the Magyar Orizag, fully agree with the • O views expressed in President Wilson's reply to Pope | 4 I Benedict's peace . . to the great disgust of the 'J J * * V siv.h c £eitung, f Berlin, which asserts they take a * j * view which is almost incomprehensible. T MARRIAGE LICENSES It * * 4 . Selfon and I.Milan Krand, HnrrUburci Geortc J. Whim M . X -nd Elby C. l/rltblarr. H.rrUhurK, .>rt-y Ki"hoib,,£ r „ d '£l * ej vlnln Alkmi, Wormlerabnr*. ft
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