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LXXXVI—No. 228 12 PAGES
U. S. TROOPS
IN RANGE OF
GERMAN GUNS
Americans Are Moved Up to the Front Where Two Have >
Already Been Wounded by Teuton Fire; Many Men
Slip Out of Camp and Take Part in Actual Fighting
With British Tommies; Proud of Their Wounds
Somewhere Along the British Front in France, Sunday Sept.
23.—0n a historic battlefield which merges into the fighting lines
are encamped many American troops far removed from the rest
of their compatriots who form the vanguard of Uncle Sam's ex
peditionary force in France.
For military reasons it is impossible to tell the world just
where these men are, who they are or what they are doing to
further the interests of the entente allied cause, but it may be said
on authority to friends at home that they are a credit to the
Stars and Stripes which for the first time in history fly over a
camp of American soldiers in this part of the war-wrecked world.
Some of them have been working continually in a zone covered
by German guns and already two of their number have been
wounded, a fact whereof they are exceedingly proud.
The Associated Press heard these
men were here and sought them out.
The visit involved a long motor trip.
l>ut the sight of their bronzed faces
and the sound of their cheerful, de
termined voices more than repaid for
■the long journey. They are a fine,
healthy looking lot, and nearly two
months of hard work in the open
under real campaigning conditions
has put them in shape and they are
ready for anything.
Especially are they prepared and
anxious to try honors with the Ger
mans. In? fact,- their only grievance
ir that for the present they are not
permitted, except where necessity de
mands, to expose themselves to the
enemy's big guns. They want to feel
the thrill that one experiences when
explosives are going up all about and
■when shells herald their approach
across No Man's Land with a wicked
whine which gives notice that in a
fraction of a minute deadly bits of
rugged steel will be flying in all
directions.
In fact, until a stringent order was
Issued recently, the American officers
had a hard time keeping their men
out of the British front line trenches.
It is said that more than one
American soldier has crept away
when off duty and after making
friends with the Tommies has taken
his place beside them for a few glori
oup minutes while a minor battle was
progressing.
"Over the Top"
It would have been unwise per
haps for the correspondent to in
quire too closely whether any of the
American officers had "done their
bit" in this manner. Nevertheless
the correspondent had grave sus
picions that some of them had been
"over the top" with fheir allies in
oarly days before orders forbade it.
However, they are good disciplinar
ians and nobody is disregarding the
edicts which have been issued by
the higher command, although the
sound of the artillery brings a wist
ful look into their eyes.
The correspondent visited two dif
ferent camps and in each there were
the same scenes of methodical ac
tivity characteristic of American
methods. Things were moving
smoothly and no false motions were
being made. Efficiency was the by
word everywhere.
Plenty of Beans
It was noon when the second camp
was reached and the officers and
men were preparing for mess. Sev
eral clean-cut young officers came
out to greet the correspondent and
it was a cheery welcome with a firm
hand grip and a hearty "I'm mighty
glad .to see you." One would have
known he was in an American camp
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THE CIVIC CLUB'S
SECOND FLY—MEASURING DAT
SEPTEMBER 29
9 to 12.
Prizes awarded: 5 ceats a Dint
for all flies.
THE WEATHER
For Harrlsburg and vicinityi Fair
and slightly warmer to-nlKht and
Tuesdays
lor Eastern Pennsylvania) Fair
to-night, slightly warmer In north
and went portion*. Tuesday (air,
hllKhtly warmer. Gentle to mod
erate northeast to east winds.
Htver
The Susquehanna river and nil Its
branches will fall xlowly to
nlKht and probably Tuesday ex
cept the lower portion of the main
river which will remain nearly
stationary to-night. A stage ot
about 3.!53 feet Is Indicated for
Harrlsburg Tuesday morning
General Conditions
Pressure Is high over the eastern
part of the United States except
the extreme southeast portion
where as a result of a disturbance
In the Atlantic ocean, apparent
ly moving: northward some dis
tance oIT the coast, rain has fallen
in Florida, Alabama, Tennessee
and eastern \ort Carolina.
I* Is somewhat cooler than on Sat
urday morning In the Atlantic
nnd East Gulf States and Tenne
see, while over practically all the
rest of the country east of the
Rocky mountains there has been
a general rise of two to twelve
degrees In temperature.
Temperature < 8 p. m., 48.
Sun Rlsesi 3.50 n. M.i sets, 5.58
p. m.
Mooni Full moon. September SO.
River Stage i J.B feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, OS
Lowest temperature, 40.
Mean temperature, (16.
Normal temperature, 03.
GERMANY SOUGHT
TO USE U. S. AS
TOOL IN CRIMES
America's Protection 'Shame
fully Abused and Ex
ploited' by Kaiser Agents
Berlin Wonders How
U. S. Gets Information
London, Sept. 24. —ln com
menting on the latest Washington
disclosures concerning the activi
ties of Count von Bernstorfif, for
mer ambassador to the United
States, the Koelnische Volks Zei
tung, according to an Amsterdam
dispatch to Reuter's Limited, says:
"This affair, if true, has a very
disagreeable character and it is
highly regrettable. The American
government, God knows how, was
able to get hold, apparently, of
the whole collection of German
diplomatic documents, which it is
now exploiting against us and
Sweden."
Washington, Sept. 24.—The scene
of Cjerman intrigue shifted to-day t 0
Rumania. This time it is microbes
and explosives, found in the Ger
man legation at Bucharest while Ru
mania still was a neutral. The State
Department again is the medium of
publicity.
Official documents were made pub
lic by the department last night
showing that in August, 1916, while
Rumania still was at peace with Aus
tria and Germany, powerful explo
sives and cultures of microbes "des
tined to iftfect domestic animals, and
in consequence susceptible of pro
voking terrible epidemics also
among the human population," were
introduced clandestinely into the Ru
manian capital by the personnel of
the German legation through abuse
of diplomatic privileges and in viola
tion of neutrality.
It was another of the series of Mr.
Lansing's disclosures of German <n
tngue, made public without comment
in the same manner as the von Lux
burg telegrams, which have brought
Argentina on the verge of war with
Germany, the von Eckhardt letter
from Mexico Qity and the von Bern
storff telegram, asking the German
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Report of Disastrous
Battle With Submarines
Confirmed at Halifax
Halifax. N. S„ Sept 24. The
British steamship Virginian of 6,-
827 tons is said to have been one
of the victims of the massed attack
by German submarines on a con
voyed fleet of British merchant ves
sels off the Irish coast early this
month. Persons arriving at an Am
erican port on Saturday brought
word of this attack, their state
ments setting forth that five mer
chantmen and two convoying de
stroyers were sunk.
An officfer on a steamship now In
Halifax said that eight steamships
including, his own, not five, were
destroyed and that the Virginian,
seriously damaged and in a sinking
condition managed to make the
beach. The officer was unable to
say definitely whether any U-boats
were sunk by destroyers, as re
ported previously. "We were scat
tered over quite an area and our
ship had her own troubles In get
ting away," he said. "The destroy
ers were busy, however, and I am
quite sure some of them got what
they were aiming at."
Dr. Coover Promoted
to Captain in Army
Dr. Carson Coover, who has been
acting as regimental surgeon of the
Fifty-fifth Infantry Regulars, at Fort
Oglethorpe. Georgia, for some time,
has recently been promoted from a
first lieutenant to captain.
At present there are five of the
Harrisburg Hospital staff on active
duty who volunteered earlv in the
spring. Thev are Captains George R
Moffltt and Carson Coover, and Lieu
tenants J. C. Lenker, Gorman and
Alexander.
HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1917.
WINGS OF FREEDOM
SHOULD PLANT
FRUIT AS WELL
AS SHADE TREES
Park Department Officials
Believe Many People
Will Bespond
The City Park Department is plan
ning to plant a number of trees this
fall in the various parts of the park
system where some of the large shade
trees were snapped off and ruined by
the heavy storm which passed over
the city recently.
Because of the need of many more
shade trees all over the city, Park
Commissioner Gross and Assistant V.
Grant Forrer both advocate exten
sive tree-planting this year. In addi
tion to shade trees in yards where
there is enough space, fruit trees
could be planted, the officials satd.
A number of men are at work in
the city pa:ks trimming the trees
which were damaged by the storm so
that all possible branches can be
saved. Where some of the trees were
badly damaged small ones will be
planted nearby to replace the older
ones in a few years.
County School Exercises
Tlie city schools will not observe
Arbor Day extensively as the chil
dren usually plant trees In the spring.
However, teachers in the various
rooms' will, give short talks on the
importance of shade trees in cities.
F. E. Shambaugh, county superin
tendent of schools, and W. It. Zim
merman, assistant, are planning to
send out bulletins in the- near future
to all county schools calling atten
tion to Arbor Day, October 28, and
asking teachers wherever possible to
have children plant trees. Each year
the districts in many parts of the
county have a formal observance of
Arbor Day and plant both shade and
fruit trees.
U. S. Aviator Brings Down
Another Teuton in France
Somewhere on the French Front,
Sept. 24.—Lieutenant Raoul Lufbury
of Willingford, Conn., one of the
most prominent of the Lafayette Hy
ing corps, continued his brilliant
aerial exploits Saturday when he de
stroyed one German machine and
forced another to land near the front
lines.
Sergeant Kenneth Marr, of San
Francisco, was attacked by four Ger
man machines and forced him to
land when the wires controlling the
elevating planes of his airplane were
cut by bullets.
The members of the Lafayette
squadron witnessed a fight over their
own field this morning when a
French flier of another squadron
forced down a German machine
which crashed to earth about a mile
away. \
Reception Committee
Will Meet Mr. Kahn
President David E. Tracy of the
Harrisburfc Chamber of Commerce,
has requested the following gentle
men to act as a reception commit
tee to meet Otto H. Kahn of New
York City, who will address the Har
risburg Chamber of Commerce at a
luncheon meeting at 12 o'clock Wed
nesday, September 26:
Messrs. Donald McCormick, chair
man of the Harrisburg Clearing
House Association, E. J. Stackpole
and A. C. Stamm.
An unusually large number of re
servations have been received by
the Chamber of Commerce In ad
vance of the mailing of formal no
tices of the luncheon.
MANY NAMED
AS SLACKERS
HAVE ENLISTED
Board Finds That Majority of
Men on List Are Already
Serving Uncle Sam
r
Only Five Per Cent,
to Leave Here Oct. 3
Only (ive i*cr cent, instead of
tlu> original forty per cent, sum
moned by tlie War Department
will leave here October 3 for
Camp Meade. The eamp is not
able to handle any more at this
time. This means that there will
be no big movement of selected
men from here before the latter
part of Ooetober.
District 1 will send 13
District 2 will send 10
District 3 will send 7
Total 30
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Local boards of Division 1 and 2
were widely censured Saturday and
yesterday for Issuing lists contain
ing the names of seventy-seven al
leged slackers when later develop
ments showed that a majority of
the men mentioned had enlisted.
Since the- publication of the list
many complaints had been made to
the board which previously had no
knowledge of the missing men's
whereabouts. They claim they
were acting under orders of the
government.
The Paxtang board, since the pub
lication of the ltst has been In
formed that the following young
men, whose names were included in
the list have enlisted:
Thomas T. Fox, Hummelstown;
Leroy Landts, Grantvllle; E. S.
Shellhammer, Harrlsburg; H. A.
Schaffner, Hummelstown; M. E.
Tittiger, Oberlin; Clarence A. Herr,
Hershey; Harold G. Evans, Pen
brok; G. G. Anderson, Hershey;
Frank K. Shaw, Middletown; Chas.
J. Bickle, Hershey; George G.
Hoover, Penbrook; John Paul Hum
mel, Hummelstown; Lester Lerch,
Penbrook; Basillo Petrucci, Swatara
Station; Lawrence T. Burns, Har
risburg; Ruben McClain, Lingles
town; John A. Unholt, Harrisburg;
Norman E. Helf, Hummelstown;
Stanley Livingston, Harrisburg;
Paul Zentmeyer, Hershey; Geo. Ed.
Shearer, Harrisburg; Samuel E. H.
E. Wart, Dauphin.
Examines 43
The Paxtang board to-day exam
ined 4 3 of the three hundred men
who were called In the fifth sum
mons. Of this number nineteen
passed and claimed exemption, and
six passed and made no claim. Ten
did not put In their apearancc and
their names are as, follows. They
have ten days in which to show up
or their names will he certified to
the district board as "slackers";
Mike Gjuran. Bressler; Trinidad
Pantnga, G. L. Labor Camp; Sebas
tian Nagl. Enhaut; Geo. Christopher
Hen'ch, Harrisburg; Amos Snavely,
Hershey: Paul Nedela, Bressler;
Frank B. Deiter, Hummelstown;
Harrv Snyder Boyer, Hershey; Andy
Szrinjah. Enhaut and Wm. K.
Leedy. Hummelstown.
The facts have.been greatly mis
interpreted by the majority of those
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KIFTV-NIXK KILLED l.\ MINK
Amsterdam, Sept. 24. Budapest
dispatches printed in German news
papers arriving here tell of an explo
sion In the Luben coal mines. Fifty
nine persons were kilted and flfty-flve
Injured.
NEW MAYOR IS
SWORN IN AND
TAKES UP DUTIES
J. William Bowman Says He
Contemplates No Revolu
tionary Changes
J. William Bowman was sworn in
as Mayor of Harrisburg by Acting
Mayor Gorgas at a little after 10
I o'clock this morning. The oath was
i administered in the City Clerk's of
fice shortly after a conference had
been held with City Solicitor Fox.
| Mr. Bowman then went to the
I Mayor's office in the police station
j and took up the duties of his po
sition at once.
' He was greeted by the attaches
On his desk he found a handsome
bouquet of roses sent in by the em
ployes of the Bowman department
store.
The city clerk and William D.
Block, license tax officer, were pres
ent when the oath was administer
ed. Mr. Bowman remarked that al
though he will hold the office for
only a few weeks he means to con
duct the business of the office with
dispatch and to the best of his abil
ity and he urged city officials to co
operate with him toward attaining
that end.
The Mayor attended police court at
the station house this afternoon and
this evening he will attend the meet
ing of the city commissioners at
which the specifications for the new
garbage contract will be ironed out.
In an interview this morning, Mr.
Bowman stated that r.o revolution
ary changes are contemplated dur
ing his brief term in office. "I have
not had time to gefcmy bearings,"
said the new Mayor, "but I may say
that any good policies put in force
by my predecessors should and will
be continued. I am to be in office
six weeks, and certainly no revolu
tionary changes will be made during
that time."
"Must Feel My Way"'
The Mayor had no tijiie to con
sider many matters of importance,
when questioned by a representative
of the Tejegraph.
"If I had been seeking this office,
doubtless I would have a program
outlined. As it is. I must -feel my
way," said Mr. Bowman. "Just as
the country has been conscripting
men to tight in the war for democ
racy, I have been conscripted to All
the office of Mayor for a few weeks.
I will do my duty, and will see that
the laws are observed."
When questioned regarding the
police department and its activities,
Mr. Bowman remarked that he be
lieved the police organization to be
under civil service regulations, but
the new Mayor did not give the re
porter the impression that in his
opinion the city is going to the
proverbial bow-wows.
Changes Seats in Airplane
For First Time in U. S.
Rantoul, Ills., Sept. 24.—Officers
at the Army aviation school here de
clared to-day that the feat of Major
Maxwell Kirby who changed seats in
an airplane at an elevation /at more
than 1,000 feet, was the firstof its
kind ever accomplished in the
United States.
Major Kirby arrived "Saturday
froni DuytOn, Ohio, where he was in
charge of an aviation school. Ho
made his initial flight here yesterday
ascending alone in the rear seat and
using a stick control. When the air
plane was a quarter of a mile In the
air and running at the rate of a mile
a minute the major climbed to the
front seat and took wheel control of
the machine, making the descent
without mishap.V
GERMAN HEAVY
GUNS ACTIVE
ON WEST FRONT
Heavy Cannonading Takes
Place of Recent Infantry
Fighting in France
NEW BATTLE EXPECTED
Both Sides Preparing Way
For Fresh Assaults in
Flanders
London, Sept. 24.—German heavy
guns were active early this morning
on both banks of the river Scarpe
on the Arras front in France, Field
Marshal Haig reported to-day. A
German raiding party near La BPS
seeville was driven away after a
sharp fight last night with the Brit
ish. The statement isrflied to-day by
the British war office says:
"A hostile raiding party last night
near La Basseeville was driven off
with loss after a short fight. A few
of our men are missing.
"The enemy's artillery was active
early this morning on both banks of
the Scarpe and artillery activity also
was jhown during the night south of
Lens and northeast of Ypres."
GERMANS RPVLSKD
. Heavy cannonading was agijin in
prpgress last night on the Flanders
battle front northeast of Ypups, but
the infantry had a relief from the
reeent hard fighting. The last Ger
man reaction was not encouraging
enough, apparently, to warrant a
speedy repetition, as Field Marshal
Haig in his dispatches last night re
ported that when the Germans as
saulted the British lines northeast of
Lartgemarck yesterday they not only
were repulsed, but lost ground in a
British counter drive.
Signs of possibly important activity
impending are appearing in other
sections of the British front, notably
in the Arras region near the Scarpe,
and in the vlc'inity of Lans, which
city is still being closely pressed by
the Canadians. Considerable artil
lery activity is announced from these
sectors.
The artillery on both sides is also
notably busy on the French front In
the Verdun region. Last night its
activity reached the stage of intense
violence north of the fortress In the
Fosses and Chaumes wood regions,
Paris reports.
Although suffering a heavy re
verse in the recent German operation
in the Jacobstadt regions, the Rus
sians on the Riga-Dvinsk front are
showing recuperative power and to
-1 day a substantial Russian victory in
the sector south of the Riga-Pskoff
road.
Taking the offensive here the Rus
sian forces captured the German po
sitions they attacked, retaining them
after a hard struggle. The German
losses were more than 400 in killed
and the Russians took a number of
prisoners and ten machine guns.
The object of the Russian com
mand in initiating this attack and
other not dissimilar operations re
cently reported from this front very
likely may "be the rectification of
the line east of the Dvina at points
whtre it is now weak. The need of
strengthening it where possible is
suggested by the assumption on the
part of some of the Russian military
critics, that it is the aim of the Ger
mans. after establishing themselves
on this bank of the stream to push
along toward the southeast for the
reduction of Dvinsk, the keystone of
the Russian line on the northern
front.
The Berlin official statement, to
day claims the capture of large
quantities of provisions by the Ger
mans when Jacobstadt, on the Dvina,
was taken in last week's assault.
Means Denies Guilt in
Murder of Rich Woman
When Hearing Is Begun
Concord, N. C., Sept. 24.—Gaston B.
Means, business agent and confidant
of Mrs, Maude A. King, the wealthy
widow whose death has resulted in
a charge of murder being brought
against him, pleaded not guilty at a
preliminary hearing begun here to
day.
Means, backed by eight lawyers,
exercised his privilege of declining
to he examined before Magistrate
Palmer and the hearing was con
ducted by Magistrate Pitts.
Dr. William Burmelster, coroner's
physician of Chicago, testified that
in his opinion it would have been im
possible for Mrs. King to have held
the pistol , which inflicted her death
wound in the woods near here on
August 9. Means, at the coroner's
Inquest, testified that Mrs. King acci
dentally shot herself and that he was
several yards away. Dr. Burmelster
testified there were no powder marks
to support the theory that Mrs. King
held the revolver.
Yom Kippur Will Be
Widely Observed Here
Yom Kippur will be more widely
and devoutly observed this year than
ever be-fore |>y Harrisburg Jews.
Services will be held at both synago
gues starting at 6 o'clock to-mor
row evening and continuing until the
same hpur Wednesday.
The following stores will be closed
Wednesday: Kaufman's. C. Aronson,
Belslnger, Caplun Company, H. C.
Claster, Joseph Claster, Cohen's, Co
pltnky, Factory Outlet Shoe Com
pany, Flnkelstine, the Globe, Gold
smith's, Capital Optical Company,
Goldstein's, Goodman's, B. Handler,
the Hub, Konner and Company,
Charles Krauss and Company, Kulin
Clothing Company, Ladies' Bazaar,
Miller and KaOes, Leader Bargain
Store, Marks and Son, National
Watch and, Diamond Company, Rou
inson's Woman Shop, Rubin and Ru
bin, , Salklns", Schlelsner's, A. J.
Slmms, Stern Shoe Store, Wm.
Strouse & Co., Wonder Shop, Lou
Haunt, B. Bloom, J. H. Brenner, Loch
Bros., junk; Max Cohen & Sons,
Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION
GREAT CUTS IN
PRICE OF STEEL
ORDERED BY U.S.
•
Manufacturers and Govern
ment in Accord For Big
Reduction in Costs
LABOR IS PROTECTED
Maximum Production Agreed
Upon as Long as War
Continues
Washington, Sept. 24. —Uniform
stoei prices for the American gov
ernment,- the public and the allies,
which represent reductions of from
forty to seventy p<?r cent, in press- I
ent market Quotations were approved
to-day by President Wilson. The!
prices were determined in an agree- !
ment reached between steel pro- I
ducers and the War Industries Board i
after conferences lasting more than
a month. They were based on cost!
of production figures furnished by
the Federal Trade Commission
which made an investigation at the
President's direction.
Under powers conferred in the
priority of transportation act the
War Industries Board will supervise
distribution of steel in a manner
best calculated to win the war.
War Prices
Steel prices agreed upon between
the government and producers were
announced to-day as follows:
Steel bars at Pittsburgh and
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Minority Parties to Plan
For a Working Agreement
By Associated Press
Chicago, Sept. 24. A political
working, agreement among the Pro
hibitionists, Progressives, Socialists,
j Single Taxers and Union Labor :s
said to be the purpose of a confer
ence to be held here October 3.
There will be twenty delegate**
i from each contingent, and they will
meet behind closed doors.
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4* • £
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X MORE ilsr ELECTION MURDER X
[ X Philadelphia, Sent 24. —Additional warrants' were
|*p
A,issued t.o-day for unnanrjtd persons charged with rem- L
Mr jrlieity 'r. thy npurder of Policeman George'A, Eppley afid T
4 . ■ > : ■ W 'lne-.- #£>
4* §
4 *L
X oil James Clark, charged with murder and Mike O'Su! V
4 livan who Ls wanted for conspiracy to murder. &
|T 1 4,000 JOIN .SHIPYARD STRIKE
4 Portland, Ore., Sept. 24.—Approximately 4,C00 work
-4 L
IX rnep ir. three Portland steel • down the-' T
X tocils to-day and ioined the 3,000 men who walked out e" Jf
r i*!®:
4 the Portland Wooden shipyards recently to enforce thei 'a
|t d< • d fpi hi{ hei watgesf arid the closed shop.. Worl ( i* •
4 on government contracts at the yards was halted. '
II SUIT IS DISMISSED V
▼ Harrisburg—The charge of assault and battery brough jl *
T * *
X Dauphin street, was dismissed by Alderman Landis in ij J
4* pclice court this afternoon. '*
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4 STIiIKE STOPS ARGENTINE RAILWAYS
ji !' u tos Aires, Sept M A genera! strike on eleven
Argentmiari i] i&ds began at midnight last night. Trui
* B ir a>
| He has been absi raided on all railroads escep J
' * 9ome small government lines in the interior Noi „ whe * •
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is moving on any railroad entering Buenos Aires.
j j WOMAN'S BODY 'EXHUM.ED
C.. Sept. 24.--Dr,.Charles f. Nesbitt, jl 3
county health officer, to day acknowledged that he hao *[j
** if .rued a permit, for t>i. examination of the body of Mr? * *
4 Kotert WOrth Binghaci, former wife of ih<i late H M 1
X .V t h' *i :• i •Id thrjf-n rru v i nad been .**
g* #£*
A cmiv nrc! 'up
J U.S. TORPEtOBOAT DAMAGED " **
*f Wash ton, Sept. The. Navy Department an
4 nounccd to-day that a torpedoboat ©n patrol duty off „ t
? the Virginia capes has been disabled by a minor mechan-
4 ical accident on board ai 1 has been towed into port. The >
t accident involved no injury to any of the crew. J *
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MARRIAGE LICENSES , 11
John Joacph Monroe mid KlizalHth Shyilcr, city. *l*
Onrhmm, White Pin,. H n<l Rrrthn Mo>'man. lock Haven.
I Knr>l Koirlr anil Murj- I'ulroin, Mteplton.
t IHU,IC M. KX. I'hlladclphlH and Martha A. Hone, Middle ton n.
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EIGHTH REGIMENT
IS DISBANDED AT
CAMP HANCOCK
Colonel Finney Transferred
to Supply Depot to Train
Rookies
! UNITS ARE TRANSFERRED
Whole Companies Torn Apart
to Form Fighting Ma
chine For France
Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga.,
Sept. 2 4.—Orders for the reorgani
zation of the Pennsylvania National
Guard division have been received
from the Adjutant General's office in
j Washington.
Five, of the time-honored regi
ments of glorious traditions, the
I Sixth of Philadelphia; the Fourth,
jof Columbia; the Eighteenth, of
j Pittsburgh; the Eighth, of Harris
| l>urg, and the Thirteenth, of Scran-
I ton, are entirely dismembered, their
personnel being transferred to the
I four regiments that will make up
the division strength.
Colonel Maurice E. Finney, com
mander of the Eighth, has been
transferred to the depot brigade and
will train new troops. Officers of
this brigade probably will not be
sent to France.
Xew Regiments Large
These four regiments are the First,
of Philadelphia, to be known here
after as the 109 th. the Third, of Phil
adelphia, to be known as the 110 th;
the Tenth, of Pittsburgh, to be
known as the llltli, and the Six
teenth, of Pittsburgh, to be known
as the 112 th. Under this scheme the
strength of the division will not be
reduced. 'lts personnel still will con
tinue at more than 27,000 officers
and men.
i The new order of organization de
j clares that infantry regiments shall
j have a personnel of 3,61 fi men, and
| in order to obey this rising it will
be necessary to draw upon the Na
| tional Army men now in tnlning at
| cantonments. • About 2.000 of these
will be necessary. Commanding of-
I ficers are advised, in effect, that va
i cancies for noncommissioned officers
| will be filled by noncommissioned of
! [Continued on Page 7.]