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LXXXVII— No. 118 16 FACES
ENEMY FLYERS
SENT CRASHING
TO EARTH BY
U. S. BIRDMEN
Spectacular Fighting High
in Air Marks Battling of
Aviators Over German
Lines in France
FRONT QUIET EXCEPT
FOR WORK OF AIRMEN
Pennsylvania Man Gets His
Third Victim of Week
After Battle Far Behind
Hun Sector
By Associated Press
Mllh tht American Army In
Fraaer, Sunday. May 19.—Two hos
tile airplanes have been brought
down by American aviators, says an
official announcement issued at Amer
ican headquarters this evening.
The statement, timed at 9 p. m.,
follows:
"Aside from activity of the air
forces on both sides, the day was
quiet at all points occupied by out*
troops. Our aviators brought down
two hostile machines."
With llie American Army In
France, Saturday, May IS.—A report
that two Gorman airplanes were
shot down northwest of Toul this
morning is not confirmed. During
one of many lights on both sides of
the line, two enemy machines were
seen to dive, but the best informa
tion is that they straightened out be
fore hitting the ground and escaped.
The American aviators, therefore,
have not been credited with vic
tories.
Third in Three Day*
The German biplane brought down
yesterday by Captain David Peter
son, of llonesdale. Pa., his third since
May 13, was conquered after a fight
live kilometers within the German
lines. Peterson and another pilot
came upon two enemy machines, one
2.000 meters high tnd the othti 3,000.
The Americans each picked out an
enemy airplane and attacked it.
Captain Peterson, diving onto the
tail of one 2,000 meters high, fired
thirty shots tt close range. The
enemy went into a spinning nose dive
and crashed to earth. The other ene
my machine escaped.
Lieutenant Douglas Campbell to
day gained his second aerial victory.
On the Toul sector lie shot down in
flames an enemy biplane containing
two officers.
Hurtle* Down in I'lnmra
Returning from a trip over Ger
many at a height of 4,500 meters,
the lieutenant met a German photo
graphic biplane going home. He
maneuvered until he got under the
tail of the German machine and thn
opened fire.
The German machine burst into
flames and fell inside the American
lines southeast of Elirey.
A French aviator this &iternoon
shot down an enemy plane back of
the Lunevllle sector. Two men from
the plane were captured by the
Americans. The Germans came from
somewhere in the rear. It is report
ed. although not confirmed, that this
is the machine which brought down
Major Lufbery.
There has been extraordinary aer
ial activity all day in this sector.
ONE THRIFT STAMP
will buy a waist belt
for a soldier
And you will only
be lending.
THE WEATHER
For Hnrrixhurg nnil vicinity:
Thunder*hotter* thi* afternoon
or to-night; Tue*iliiy rair and
•iimen hat cooler.
For l*a*tern Pennsylvania: Tliun
der*hotvcrx thi* afternoon or to
night: Tuesday fair, xomenhnt
cooler; gentle to ntoderate xouth
winds, becoming northwest
Tuesday.
Kit er
The main river will prohnbly con
tinue to fall slowly. Some
tributaries are likely to rise
sometvhat as a result of the
scattered showers that have
fallen anil others thnt arc Indi
cated within the ne*t twenty
four hours. A stage of nhnut
■t.H feet may he expected at
Hnrrlsborg Tuesday morning.
General Conditions
A disturbance, now central over
Ontario, has ennsed showers In
the Inst twenty-four hours gen
erally In the I pper Mis>.lsl|ipl
Valley and the l.ake Itegina and
locally In Pennsylvania and
Xew York.
Temperature! S a. m.. US.
Muni Rises, 5:40 a. m.; seta, 8:11
p. ra. ,
Moon: Fall moon. May 3r.
River Stage: 4.M feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperiitnre, NO.
I.owest temperature. 111.
Mean temperature. 70.
rVormnl temperature, 03.
MAJOR LUFBERY,
NOTED FLYER, IS
KILLED IN AIR
With llie American Army ill
France, May 1 y.—Major Raoul
Lufbery. one of the most famous
of the American flying corps, has
been killed in an aerial battle.
He will be buried to-morrow with
full military honors in which
both American and French troops
will participate. The German
machine which brought Lufbery
down, which was armed with two
machine guns with an operator
for each piece, apparently es
caped. Lufbery's only wound,
aside from those received when
he dashed to earth, was a bullet
hole through the thumb. Appar-
ently the same bullet punctured
one of the gasoline tanks of his
machine.
The German machine was un
der heavy anti-aircraft lire sev
eral times both before and after
the air fight, and one explosion
of a shell upset the enemy plane.'
but it managed to straighten out
again.
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BEIDLEMAN AND
SPROUL WILL WIN
IN PRIMARY HERE
Both Popular and Have Many
Promises; Democrats Will
Pull Guffey Through
Both Harrisburg and Dauphin
county will give big majorities for
Senator William C. Sprcul for Gov
ernor and Senator E. K. Beidleman
for Lieutenant-Governor at the He
publican primaries to-morrow.
The local Democratic machine, al
though sadly neglected In recent
months, will be able to put over Guf
fey and his slate and defeat Bonni-
W'ell and his fellow candidates in
both city and county.
These were the predictions to-day
of men who have made a study of
tlie local political situation in the
past week. There is not. however,
any prospect of a very large vote.
The fine weather and the efforts of
the farmers to take full advantage
of it will keep down the vote in the
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In Kaiser's Pay, He
Says of Bolsheviki
l.nntlnn. May 20. A sensational
letter from Boris sSavinkoff, the Rus
sian Minister of War during the Ker
ensky Administration, is published in
the Norwegian newspapers.
It is a strong denunciation of the
Bolsheviki. accusing them of having
received pay from Germany and of
having recompensed their paymasters
by working for the humiliation of
and chaos of Russia.
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flloouilieUl. Neb., May 2".—Twelve
persons killed, mostly children, and
twenty-five injured, some dangerously,
is the toll of a tornado that swept
this portion of Nebraska, .Saturday
night.
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H. D. BUCKWALTER
KILLED BY HUNS
ON BATTLE FRONT
Captain of U. S. Engineers
Meets Deatli While Serv
ing His Country
LEAVES FIANCEE HERE
Served With Public Service
Commission Before En
tering Army
Captain H. W. Buckwalter, for
; merly an engineer in the State
! Public Service Commission, has been
) killed in France, a cablegram re
! ceived last night advises. Captain
' Buckwalter was a native of Royers
j ford, but was in the Public Service
• Commission here, staying at the
I home of Mrs. James L. Stewart. 1920
j Market street. He was well known
here, having many friends. He
went to the Officers Training
! Camp in Washington the latter part
|of August and after a period of
j training there, embarked for France,
j where he was captain of a company
in the Engineers' Corps. He was
aged about 28.
Captain Buckwalter was engaged
to be married to Miss Carolyn Lind
ley, it is said. Miss Lindley is an
attache in the State Health Depart
ment. and lives at 1115 Green street.
Captain Buckwalter was a grand
son of the owner of the Buckwalter
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Final Preparations For
Primaries Are Completed
Final preparations for the primary
j election in the county and city were
i made to-dayat the office of theCoun-
Ity Commissioners. Ballots and sup
| plies for each district, which had
i i>een received last week, were sent
out to all the boards.
Eighty-six voters who could not
inppear before registrars in the city
I May 1 were listed by the County
| Commissioners, of this number all
j but two were Republicans. Elec
tion boards have until noon Wednes
day to file returns. The appoint
ment of clerks to make the official
tabulation will be made Thursday or
j Friday and compilation will start at
| nonr.
i The court to-day named Christian
! K. Brenneman judge of elections for
j the First precinct. Second ward,
} Middletown, succeeding Joseph P.
j Stehman, resigned.
Mussulmans in Battle
With Bolsheviki
>loran, May 20. Mussulmans
I and Bolshevik forces are engaged in
| a deadly conflict with Baku, on the
Caspian Sea. According to dispatches
I to the Moscow newspapers 2,000 per
j sons have been killed and 3.000
I wounded. Various parts of the town.
I including entire streets and the Per-
I slan bazar, are burning.
• IIARRISBURQ, PA., MONDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1918.
H. D. BUCKWALTER
KILLED BY HUNS
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Captain Buckwalter was widely
known in Harrisburg and went from
his place with the Public Service
Commission to the Army. His death
on the field on honor, the third Har
risburger has been called upon to
suffer, was told in dispatches from
the front to-day.
LIGHT VOTE NOW
FEAR OF STATE
POLITICIANS
Sproul Confident He Will
Win Easily; O'Neil Says
100,000 Majority
Candidates' Statements
Sproul—"l will win by a ver:
arge majority." '
O'N'cil —"My majority will run
over 100,000."
GulVej—"There is no doubt
about my winning at all."
Bonnlwell —"My campaign has
been won."
Several hundred thousand Penn
sylvanians will go to the polls to
morrow and nominate candidates
for state offices. Congress and the
Legislature. The registration and
enrollment are impressive, but the
fear of a light vote is genral in
both Republican and Democratic
parties. There are over a million
and a quarter voters qualified to
vote at the primary, it is believed,
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PLANS COMPLETE
FOR GREAT "DRY"
PARADE TONIGHT
Legislative Candidates Favor
able to Prohibition Say
They Will Win
LINE TO MOVE AT 8.13 P. M
Endorsement Given Men Who
Will Work Against the
Booze Interests
"Dry" Parade Plans and
Route Are Announced
rri HE U.g temperance demon
stration this evening in favor
of the nomination of "dry' legis
lative candidates, will form on
Front street, and will move
promptly at 6.15, over the fol
lowing route: Out Market to
Fourth, '"ourtli to Walnut, Wal
nut to Third, Third to Vcrbekc,
Vcrbeke to Second, Second to
Market Square, where community
singing and music by massed
bands will conclude tlio demon
stration.
Alpng with plans for the big
"dry" parade this evening, the
Dauphin County Ratification Com
mittee, which is interested solely in
the nomination of men of all parties
fo the Legislature pledged to vote
for the Amendment, to-day yave
out the following notice:
"A vote .east for these men
at tlie Primaries to-morrow will
be the first step in the fight to
make Pcnnyslvania 'white"";
IST LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT
Citjf of Harrisburg
REPUBLICAN
Harry A. Slierk
C. D. Triillinger
DEMOCRAT
V Ramsey Black
G. Willis Hartman
2ND LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT
Doupliin County
(Outside of Harrisburg)
REPUBLICAN'
C. W. McCoy, of Stccltou
W. R. Bottomlcy of Wiliiainstown
DEMOCRATIC
O W. McCoy, -Of Hfrrtfon
W. K. Bottomlcy, ol Wlllinistown
"These men arc safe, they arc
pledged to support the Shop
pard National Prohibition
Amendment, and are endorsed
by the Dauphin County Ratifi
cation Committee."
Say They Will Win
Both Mr. Sherk and Dr. Trul
linger told friends to-day tfiat they
found sentiment strong for the "dry"
amendment and both believe they
will win out by substantial major
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Harrisburg Misses Honor
of Having Ship Named
For It by Coincidence
Replying to a suggestion of the
Telegraph that one of the new ships
of Uncle Sam be named in honor
of Harrisburg, Daniel H. Cox. man
ager of the Division of Steel Ship
Construction of the Emergency Fleet
Corporation writes as follows:
"You may be interested to learn
that we already had under consid
eration the naming of one of the
Emergency Fleet vessels Harrisburg.
but found that there are now two
vessels registered in Lloyds operat
ing under this name. You will no
doubt appreciate the confusion liable
to occur where more than two ships
are operating under one name, and
if such a ship were unfortunate
enough to meet with disaster, the
report of such would be liable to
cause undue concern, where in real
ity it would not be warranted.
"Your suggestion has been re
ferred to the committee which de
cides upon such matters for consid
eration."
It will probably be news to many
people of this city that already two
vessels are operating under the
name of Harrisburg. The plants of
this city are having much to do
with the fitting out of the new fleet
in one way or another and this fact
manifestly was in the minds of the
Shipping Board which had already
under consideration the naming of
one of the vessels for Harrisburg.
Civic Club Members
Forget Business and
Hear Wednesday Club
With eleven months of huslness
meetings and a roundlcss number of
tasks completed, 200 members of the
Harrisburg Civic Club relaxed them
selves and this afte/noon attended
the annual social meeting of the or
ganization, held in the rooms of the
organization at 3.30 o'clock.
This event is held every year at
the end of the twelve months' busi
ness and is the only meeting of the
year when business In not consid
ered. Complete relaxation and ease
is the order of the day.
Preparations for the event were
completed this morning by a large
committee. Decorations of the build
ing and rooms at noon to-day pre
sented a gorgeous appearance.
To entertain the members, an ex
cellent program was prepared by the
Wednesday Club, a program fully up
to the standard of those rendered by
this musical organization. During
tlie progress of the afternoon tea
was served to the members by a
committee, with Mrs. Robert Irons
as chairman.
Mr. William Henderaon, recently
elected president of the Civic Club
for the fourth time, reported this
morning the makeup of the commit
ter.! for the ensuing year would be
annouccd during the afternoon.
BATTLE SPIRIT IS
KNOCKED OUT OF
BEST HUN CORPS
j Crack Divisions Have Not
Recovered From Fear
ful Losses
EXPECT TWO ATTACKS
British, French and Ameri
cans Ready For Any
Eventuality
By Associated Press
From Ypres to Rheims the allied
armies await confidently the resump
tion by the Germans of the offensive
thoy began two months ago. Good
j weather prevails along the fronts in
Flanders and Picardy but the enemy
has yet-shown no disposition to take
advantage of it.
Lack of lighting spirit irf the crack
' divisions it is- reported is holding
! back a renewal of the heavy battles.
Most of the first class units were
battered severely in the fighting in the
past two months and require more
! rest before they can again take up
1 active operations, although the losses
j have been made up from reserve
I stations.
| ■ Allies Look For Feint
Indications are that the Germans
I may extend the fighting front further
1 south and east along the Aisne into
| the Champagne. It is thought they
[ may strike south of Loan in an effort
| to gain the attention of General Foch
j and his reserve army, while their
| real effort is made further north in
ian attempt to separate the British
1 and French armies.
Meanwhile, British raiding activity
' grows livelier. In a successful opera
tion between the Ano*re and Somme
rivers, east of Amiens, Australian
troops have occupied Ville-sur-Ancre
and captured 360 prisoners. On the
same front betwen the Somme and
Arras, the British have carried out
minor roads northwest of Albert and
near Hamel. Artillery and aerial
work continues at high pitch. In ad
dition to dropping many tons of
bombs on important railway sta
tions, airdromes and billets, British
aviators Saturday destroyed 21 Ger
man machines and disabled two
others.
Rattle in Mountains
There is increased local fighting
on the Italian front, especially in the
mountains in the western Trentino.
Austro-Hungarian troops have at
tempted attacks in the Mantello and
Adamello region, but were driven
back by the Italians. In the Giudi
caria Valley, in the same zone, the
Italians captured prisoners in break
ing up an enemy outpost.
It has been reported through neu
tral countries, that the Austrians
planned to resume their offensive
with an attack against the Italian
lines in the western Trentino with
the intention of reaching Milan and
Brescia and outflanking the Italian
line along the Piave: Except for the
storming of Casatassoon ridge north
of Monte Grappa by the Italians, who
captured prisoners, the activity on
the front between Lake Garda and
the Adriatic has been confined to
artillery bombardments.
Anti-Hun Demonstration
Four German airplanes were
brought down during an enemy raid
on London and the southeast coast
of England, Sunday night. This Is
the largest number yet to fall before
the British defense. The raid was on
a large scale and a large number of
bombs are reported to have been
dropped. It was the first enemy air
plane raid on England since April
12, and the first on London since
March 7, 'when 11 were killed and
46 Injured in the British capital.
Anti-German demonstrations in
Prague by Czechs and Jugoslavs have
resulted in a state of siege being pro
claimed in the Bohemian capital.
The garrison has been reinforced
and the Jugoslavs ordered out of the
city.
French Scouts Find
Pennsylvanian Hurt
by Ballet of Enemy
By Associated Press
Paris, Saturday, May 18. Captain
Charles J. Blddle. of Andalusia, Pa.,
chief of a patrol of the Lafayette
squadron, who recently was reported
lost after a tight with the Germans,
was Pound to-day by French scouts
in No Man's I-and with a bullet
through his leg. His machine was
wrecked. He was brought to the rear
for treatment in a hospital.
Romanoff, Former Rass
Raler, Chooses Place
of Exile Among Swiss
By Ars.iciated Press
Oenevn, Switzerland, Sunday, May
19.; —Nicholas Romanoff, former Em
peror of Russia, and his family, ac
cording to reports printed in Vienna
newspapers, has been given his
choice of exile in Rumania or in
Switzerland and has decided to go to
Switzerland. He must refrain from
making efforts to return to the Rus
sian throne.
Motorcyclist Severely Hurt I
in Crash With Auto Truck
Walter Rupp. of Mcchanlcsburg, is
in the hospital suffering possible In
ternal injuries and severe lacerations
and bruises as the result of a crush
between the motorcycle he was riding
and a delivery truck belonging to
the local branch of the Kleichman
Yeast Company.
The hosptal ambulance was sum
moned and took the Injured man to
the hospital. At the office of the
Flelchman Yeast Company it was de-
I'lured no report of the accident was
made. And they would not divulge the
name of the driver.
BOHEMIANS CHEER
FOR WILSON AND
ALLIED LEADERS
London, May 20.—A state of
siege has bccij proclaimed at
Prague, the Bohemian capital,
by the police, and the military
garrison has been reinforced.
These counter itieasurcs. accord
ing to an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Zurich, followed
demonstrations of an anti-Ger
man character in which Caechs
and Jugoslavs paraded through
the streets shouting, "Long live
Wilson, Clemenceau and Lloyd
George."
At a performance in the Bohe
mian National Theater speeches
violently attaching Germany were
delivered.
The theater was then closed
and rioting occurred in the
streets outside.
Submarine U-39 Limps
Into Cartagena Port;
' Torpedoed Lusitania
By Associated Press
Madrid, Sunday, May 19.—The
German U-39, says an official dis
patch from Cartagena, entered that
port last night in a damaged condi
tion.
The U-39, according to German
advices, is the submarine that tor
pedoed the Lusitania off Kinsale on
May 7, 1915. A dispatcli from
Munich, Bavaria, received in Switz
erland on May 8, said that it was the
U-39 that sank the British liner. On
March 11,.1916, it was reported in
Washington that it was the U-39
which attacked the American tanker
Petrolite off the coast of Egypt in
December, 1915. it is possible that
the old U-39 may be out of service
by this time and that her number has
been taken by a new boat.
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mf an er to-day declaring the State street bridge, which *j* : |
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JR NEW TROLLEY CARS "HERE
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g Philadelphia, reached Harrisburg to-day and were being JJJ
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X U. S. STEEL TO GIVE RED CROSS $£,000,000 I|
New Yrk—The U". S. Steel Corporation will con- jr|j
§ tribute $2,000,000 to the Red Cross fund, it was anouncec* $>
JL by E. H. Gary, chairman of the board of directors to-day. Tt
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HOME EDITION
EVERYTHING NOW
READY FOR HUGE
RED CROSS DRIVE
TO AID FIGHTERS
Harrisburg Determined tc
Show That Its Patriotism
Is Something More Than
Cheering For Men to Win
WORKERS TO MAKE
PLANS THIS EVENING
Three Whirlwind Days Ex
pected to Bring City Well
Over $150,000 Quota;
25 Per Cent. Stays Here
Harrisburg this week 'again tells
the world that it is more than vo
cally patriotic.
It not only singß "Keep the Home
Fires Burning,", and talks about its
duty to the boys in far-off France,
but it conies through with money—
and in this war money is the word
with the bark on.
"We'll win the war—if the civil
ians hold out," said one British
Tommy to another, and in Harris
burg and the balance of the district
covered by Harrisburg Chanter ol
the Red Cross the civilians are go
ing to hold out till the war's won.
And while the district's endurance is
good, it will not "hold out" in an
other sense, and the question in
Harrisburg isn't "what will 1 give?"
but "how much have I?"
With 9,280 women and children
appearing Saturday in a visualized
prayer for victory Harrisburg's pa
triotism is on straight, and the Bed
Cross campaign is to be a success.
It Begins To-morrow *
Harrisburg's campaign for not less
than $150,000 and perhaps $200,-
000 begins to-morrow. It will con
tinue for three whirlwind days. Final
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