' 1 Federal Agents Have Mass a/ Evmme Agmftst I Jf. JP. Gained is Nation-Wide Raids HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Jlf Star-3n&cpen&cnt * LXXXVI— No. 214 14-PAGES LAND AND SEA FORCES MASSED AGAINST RUSSIA Kaiser Throws Great Military Machine Against the Withered Line Retreating in Disorder From the Riga Region; Safety of Republican Armies and Baltic Fleet Threatened by New Move Petrograd, Sept. 6.—The Russians are continuing their retreat toward the Northeast in the Riga region crossing the Melup river, the war office announces. With the appearance of a German fleet in the Gulf of Riga the difficulties of the problem facing the Russians in the opera tions on their northern front are accentuated. Not only is the safety of their armies concerned but apprehensions are excited as to what will happen to the Russian fleet in German naval forces are given full swing in the Baltic. Only submarines so far have been operating against the Rus sian right flank as it fell back along the gulf of Riga coast. Larger warships now bid fair to take part in the activities, in creasing the troubles of the Russians in the task of keeping their flank protected. As to actual operations against the Russian fleet, it does not appear to be expected that they will develop until the land cam paign has progressed further and it is seen what success the Russians will have in their effort to make a stand on a new line. Moreover it is a long way over land to Reval, where the Russian warships are supposed to be chiefly congregated. The Riga gulf, however, would offer a favorable base for purely naval operations against Reval, if these should be decided upon. On the forty-mile front of the break in the Russian lines the Ger mans are pushing their advantage and have as yet met with no effec tive resistance. It is declared, how ever, that the Russian retreat is by no means a rout and that a well defined plan is being carried out in the retrograde movement. Its suc cess admittedly depends upon the behavior of the Russian troops, /Whose morale on this front is now reported to be better than the earlier accounts of the retreat seemed to indicate. , , The Italian compatgn for Triest is being vigorously pushed in the face of vast concentrations of Aus trian infantry and artillery and Gen eral Cadrona continues to report progress. It seems that the unofficial reports of the capture of San Gabriele by the Italians were premature, judging from the latest advices from the front, but the vdtimate reduction of this last remaining stronghold of the Austrians in the Gorizia hills, is accounted a certainty by the mili tarv writers in view of the steady Italian progress through the protect ing works. Holding Firm General Cadorna's report to-day shows the Italians holding firm on the Carso where the Austrians have mossed great reserves for the de fense of Triest and have launched numerous' counterattacks. The Ital ians took about 700 additional pris oners. To-day's official reports from Ber lin and Petrograd add little to the details of the Russian retreat except to show that the Russian left flank engaged in the operations is hinging on Friederichstadt on the Dvina, the Russians having abandoned their Dvina positions that far (about 45 miles) to the southeast of Riga. It is revealed also that the number of prisoners taken by the Germans has been rather surprisingly small, con- [Continued on Page 4.] THE CIVIC CLUB'S SECOND FLY —MEASURING DAT SEPTEMBER 29 9 to 12. Prizes awarded: 5 cents a pint for all flies. THE WEATHER For Harrl*hurg and vicinity I Shower* to-nightt Friday fuiri cooler to-nlKlit mill Friday. For FiiHtern Pennsylvania! Show m to-nlKhtt Friday fair In Koiith, In north portion) rooleri moderate west to nortli neat wlndN. River The Susquehanna river and prob ably all IIH branches will /all nlonly except the loner portion of the main river, which will rlae MllKhtly or remain nearly stationary to-night. Heavy Kbonrra to-day may cauae rises In sonic of the northern *tream* of (he system. A *tiige of about 4.3 feet is Indicated for Harrla burg Friday morning. (ieneral Condition* The disturbance that appeared over the Upper Mississippi Vul ley Wednesday morning, ban moved rapidly eastward and la now central over the L'pper St. I.awrcnce Valley. It ha* cauned Khower* generally In the Lake KCKIOII and Middle Atlantic States In the lat twenty-four hour*. There ha* been a general rl*e of 2 to 1H deitrees In temperature nouth and east of the tJreat l.akes, being most decided In the Ohio Valley and New York State. Temperatures 8 a. m., 62. Sam Hlne*i 5i38 a. m.| arts, :2S p. m. Moon: ItlneN, 1|14 p. m. Itlver Stage i 4.5 feet above low water mark. Yesterday'* Weather lllKhest temperature, 72. I.owest temperature, 58. Mean tempernture, 62. Normal temperature, 68, Badly Injured When Bolt of Lightning Strikes His Automobile Standing with his foot on the run ning board of his automobile after he had helped a friend make repairs to another car which was damaged in an accideirt at Inglenook, W. Arthur Wilson, 1738 North Fifth street, was struck by a bolt of lightning and painfully injured. Ths shock knocked Mr. Wilson over unconscious. He was later revived and taken to the office of Dr. A. C. Coble, of Dauphin, for treatment. Al though seriously burned about the hands and arms and left foot, Mr. Wilson will recover. The accident occurred about five o clock this morning, just as Mr. Wil son was about to return to Harris h^"L' n £^. aUtO wlth w UHam Straw whosa ift ®? nth an ble anxiety, were hit hard in a series of simultaneous raids. On orders from the attorney general, Mr. Greg ory, United States marshals in more than one hundred cities and towns descended upon the local I. W. W. headquarters at exactly 2 o'clock in the afternoon, central time. The Federal agents seized books, checks, correspondence and other doc uments in every instance. In some cases they arrested officials found upon the premises. The arrest of Wil liam D. Haywood, national secretary of the organization, at Chicago was a conspicuous example and led to the belief that the documents seized at other places where no arrests were made might be used as evidence against him. Score* of Itnllls In Chicago, Federal agents also tool possession of the national headquar ters of the Socialist party and a war rant authorizing the seizure of its documents were served upon its cun— sel. Uncle Sammy wants the miller's helper to help him. The miller's helper is not a slacker, as is testified hy the work he does, but he likes his boss too much. Therein lies the whole trouble. The young man knows that without him the mill will stop grinding, and the boss is also aware of this fact. Now the young man is generous and gratoful for the splen did chance in life that he received from the miller and had filed a claim of exemption with the appeal board and he and his boss bave filed affidavits stating the above facts. These affidavits were read at the meeting of the appeal board yester day by President Tracy. Mr. Tracy's reading was listened to carefully by the other members of the board and in some instances wet eyes could be seen, when the wonderful spirit of gratitude was brought to light in the young man's statements. His love for his "boss" was wonderful. His thoughtfulness was unheard of. His faithfulness was touching. "We shall exempt him" the board said. "No," said Howard E. Butts, of Huntingdon, secretary of the board. "I have a better plan. We will re ward him for his faithfulness. Let us honor htm. I make a motion that he be granted a handsome in crease in salary, and also his clothes, board and room, be thrown In." "That Is fine," responded the rest of the board, 'what hajl we do." "Let him join the Army," saicV Mr. Butts. This was done and the grister is now listed among the chosen few, p CAN NOT CHANGE ANNEXTION VOTE SOLICITOR SAYS Too Late For Council to Re consider Riverside Move, Is Legal Ruling With an opinion cited by City So licitor John E. Fox showing that City Council is powerless to reconsider an ordinance which has been passed and signed by the Mayor or acting Mayor, City Commissioners to-day in special session abandoned the proposed plan to recall their vote on the Biverside annexation ordinance. Solicitor Fox also cited another case in which a ruling had just been made recently by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in which councils in cities of the third class could not even repeal an annexation ordinance after the ten-day limit had expired and the city legislation had become operative. Mr. Fox stated, however, that Council, should it care to do so, might repeal the ordinance, but that he even doubted whether such ac tion was avisable. The commission ers, following this advice, declined to take any further action. Part or City A number of residents of Biver side attended the session to learn what action would be taken. When they heard the opinions cited they agreed that it was now too late, unless an appeal is taken to the county court before the end of the day. No such action \vM contemplated, however, and beginning to-morrow the district north of the city will lie part of Harrisburg. City Solicitor Fox will begin at once the preparation of a petition to the court to be presented on Mon day asking for the final order annex ing the district, establishing a new ward or adding the territory to the Tenth ward, and providing for the registration of voters, appointment of necessary election officers and other details so that tjie voters can cast ballots at the primary election for the candidates for city office. Among those who spoke at the session were Howard M. Bingaman, Professor F. C. Martin. Miles C. Fry Professor George W. Hill and Frank K. Oyster. The opinions expressed by these men were that while they were not entirely opposed to coming into the city later, they were anxious to know at this time whether, when subject to city taxation, they will have the benefit of improvements toward which they are contributing by payment of city taxes. The following ordinances were passed finally at the business session: Authorizing laying of water pipe in Nineteenth from Naudain to Brook wood streets: providing for salaries and appointment of two additional general utility men in the Water Department; reducing the, number of emergency guards at the pumping station, filter plant and reservoir from nine to three; providing for the purchase of 1,000 tons of river coal for the pumping station, and locating light standards which are to be erected in Rellevue Park. Commissioner Gross announced to Council that the front drive tractors of the Citizen. Susquehanna and Pax ton fire engines had proved satis factory and were accepted by the Fire Department. School Officials Do Not Plan to Change Tech to Boys' School City school officials ere not plan ning to change the name of the Technical high school to the hoys' high school with the addition of the classical course to aqcommodate the scores of freshmen enrolled who will pursue academic Instead of manual training studies. A report that a change in name was contemplated was denied to-day by members of the School Board, who said they had not heard of any request to that effect. Dr. Charles B. I-'ager. Jr., principal of the school, also said that while the clossical course was heing started this yeer as all boys in the freshman class entered the school, the technical courses have large enrollments also, and no change is necessary. ONLY THIRTY OF 200 EXEMPTION PLEAS GRANTED Appeal Board Refuses to Make Blanket Rulings During Hearings FEW STEELTON CLAIMS Of 2,435 Liable to Draft, Beth lehem Steel Asks to Have Eleven Excused After a two-day session which did not adjourn until 10 o'clock Wed nesday night the Appeal Board of Exemption at the Capitol reported to-day thAt they had taken up two hundred claims for exemption on industrial and agricultural grounds, and out of this number only thirty were allowed. The remainder were either re jected or sent back for further in formation, the majority being in the latter class. The board ad journed until next Tuesday morn ing When it will meet at nine o'clock prepared to remain in session for the rest of the week in order to clear up matters. During the two days' session many defects of the draft system as worked in this State came to light. The many claims sent back for further information testified to the loosief rules that prevailed until a recent interpretation. Most of the claims came from the farming districts. While the farmers were claiming exemptions by the wholesale, some for no reason whatever, beyond the fact that they did not want to go to war, the coal regions of North umberland were close behind. In these regions nearly all the miners or those connected with the mines who were examined and passed in variably claimed exemption on the grounds of their services being in dispensible to their employers. Some of the employers sent in affidavits asking the favor for their men. The board looked into the matter and it was found that the mines could be [Continued on Paffe 12] Picked Chinese Troops Ready to Be Sent Into Trenches of Europe By Associated Press San Francisco. Cal„ Sept. 6.—The Twenty-fourth Chinese Army .Corps, composed of 15,000 picked troops from the northern provinces, is be ing mobilized in a Chinese city for immediate departure to Europe, ac cording. to a cablegram received here by the Chinese Daily World from its correspondent at Shanghai. The dis patch, censored and deleted, indi cated that the troops would be trans ferred through Siberia to the eastern front. The message hinted that gaps in the Bussian armies also would be filled by Japanese. The Twenty-fourth Corps was said to include several companies of engi neers, commanded by Chinese grad uates from American colleges. An aviation corps, trained by Ameri cans and French, will accompany the corps. It was indicated. Editors of the Daily World said to-day that if the soldiers were sent, they would be the first Mongolians to fight in Europe since the time of Genghlz Khan. Young Married Men Not Adopting Children Here to Avoid Draft As a measure of preparedness the Children's Aid Society is making an even more rigid investigation into means and condition of all appli cants under 31 years of age who de sire to adopt children. If the man is subject to the draft, no child is permitted to be placed in that home unless the wife has independent means of supporting herself and the child, or unless the man is able to leave sufficient means for their support in his absence. So far the draft has not affected Har risburg and the society has had no case of young married men trying to adopt children in order to evade the draft. When J. H. McCandless, secretary of the society, was asked this morn ing as to whether or not he had ex perienced any such condition in Har risburg he said: "In Dauphin county we have not experienced any calls where men are adopting children in order that they may evade the law. We are, however, making even more careful examinations of the would-be adopted parents than we have had to do in the psat." Narrow Escape From Death When Trolley Smashes His Bicycle ' Suffering from a bruised knee, lacerated arm, and more scared than hurt, Lawrence Danner is resting comfortably at his home, 1958 North Seventh street after experiencing the most narrow escape from death ill his life. About 2 o'clock this afternoon Young Danner was riding along North Fourth street, on his bicycle. Crossing the car track of one of the nearby streets his wheel skidded. At that moment a Capitol street car struck the rear end of the wheel. Young Danner was thrown for a con siderable distance and before the car, which was in charge of Motor man John Lino and Conductor A. S. Cockery, could be stopped, It had smashed the bicycle. A large crowd witnessed the acci dent nnd rushed to the aid of Dan ner, who was lying on the ground. Ho was taken to a nearby store where he was treated. Beyond a multitude of small bruises and skin abrasions he was not very badly injured and was able to go home. Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION LABOR PLEDGES LOYALTY TO U.S. DURING THE WAR Lnion Men to Stand Together Until Armies Sweep For ward to Peace TO ORGANIZE BRANCHES Coast to Coast Campaign to Combat Pro-Germans and Traitors Minneapolis, Sept. 6. —The Amer ican Alliance for Labor and Dem ocracy. having disposed of the pre liminary work of organization, to day took up plans for establishing local branches from coast to coast in the campaign to bring organized labor up solidly behind the govern ment in its prosecution of the war and to stamp out disloyal and pro- German activities. The resolutions committee, in spe cial session, began drawing up declarations of the alliance, recently formed for the announced purpose of combating disloyalty, which are expected to "put organized /labor right before the world." Discussion of terms of peace with [Continued on Page 9.] Tries New Prophecy on War When Old One Fails By Associated Press , Copenhagen. Sept. 6.—Herr Von Heydebrand, the conservative leader, whose ill fortune with an earlier prophecy that the submarines would crush England within two months find end the war fresh in mind, has again ventured a forecast. This time he predicts that the war will not last through the winter and probably will be ended by the new year. Herr Vpn Heydebrand is opposed to any extension of the war to pres ent neutrals saying that Germany now has enemies enough and dare not let other states submit pressure as enemies. R NO COMPROMISE ON ALSACE LORRAINE e§ Jjjak % mjt question of recovery ot Alsace and Lorraine, Premier W.Ribct declared to-day in an address delivered in connec §*' ju' elebration of 'he anniversary of the battle Jr He said France would not consent to ; Adin'. to whether the provinces 'should > | f 4k X. Kobe, Japan, Sept. 6.—At a large mass meeting here |J*to-day resolutions were adopted declaring that the Amsr- j <4* u iTjace.' '1 * nr, .perity ot • city and ui,;i:ig that the em illbargobfli Japan. A cabbgram request- JL ' X"' n 8 relief was sent to President Wilson. X REPEL GERMAN. ATTACKS X" Paris. Sept.-b.—Two German attacks on the Aisne Tr front last night were repelled by the French, says to-dav'a I *ir *§*' ' i T ITALIANS CONTINUE ADVANCE . Rome, Sept. 6.—The desperate battle for the posses ±,sion of vital positions in the district northeast of Gorizia the Austro-ltalian • front is continuing> according to i ?;tooi: ; ■ than 500 add it • val prisoners O'NEIL TAKES OFFICE T Harrisburg J. Denny O'Neil took the oath of office * before Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth God- X charles this afternoon. Insurance Commissioners Amblet ;▼ is expr.. •.'! t;> qualify 'r <•-. >!. i. >i f arly M-morrow X morning. „ T • RUSS LINE RETREATS > m Petrograd, 'Sept. 6.-— lt us semiofficially announced :§ X that a German fleet has appeared in the Gulf of "Riga. I T During the last two days the Riga front has been broken r T * on a width of sixty versts. Throughout Ti4ssday the ' X Germans energetically pursued their offensive, particu- X larly north of Uxkull in order to cut the Riga-Venden fa railway. 4 _ 4 ' f , MARRIAGE LICENSES 4 l.rorur C. noritej-. New Vork, and Annie D. Carter, St. Mnrj'a 7* county, Md.i I.evere H. Hf. und Alice K. Ilolt*, UnrrUburßi Wll (4) llnm Croud and Edna Jordan, Urans> point, S, Y.j Karl Hart* and F Kthel H. Uunkle, HarrUhurKi John J. Walab, tiettraburs, and Jea nle K. Prltchard, Harrlaburg. j TROOP C GOES TUESDAY; ISLAND BOYS MONDAY First Cavalry Will Follow Immediately After Eighth Regiment PLAN MONSTER PARADE Whole City Will Turn Out to Honor Men Off on First Leg to France ■ The men at the Island anxiously await the official notice to leave fop Camp Hancock. It is generally be lieved that the Eighth Infantry will leave this place on Monday, but this will not be definitely known until the official orders have been received. In the meantime, Chief Marshal Edwin C. Humer Is completing all arrangements for the big demonstra tion which is being planned for the men upon their departure. Order of Departure Major General C. M. Clement has telegraphed the commanding gen eral of the Department of the East with regard to the movement of troops, as follows: "Adjutant general of my army wires me that I am to notify you as the orders which I desire troops to be seut to camp. The following is the list of organizations in order de sired: Remainder of division head quarters, including headquarters troop stationed at Sunbury; Field Hospital No. 2 and three ambu lance companies, Nos. 1, 2 and 3; Field Battalion signal corps, field bakery, remainder of personnel all [Continued on Page 9.]