tier mans Reach. me marne; Huri %trrM iDiropmms HARRISBURG ifSfill TELEGRAPH dok ®K Stor-Independent f / LXXXVII— No. 123 14 PAGES HUNS SEEK TO CUT OFF PARIS BY NEW THRUST ENEMY MOVES POWERFUL ARMY WEST OF MARNE French Troops Making Heroic Defense of Every Foot of Ground Yielded BATTLING IS DESPERATE Counter Blow Wrenches Posi tions Back From Bochcs at Danger Point Having reached the Marne, the German Crown Prince Is now strik- ) ins westward with all the force of the great armies at his command ! with the apparent purpose of forcing j the elimination of the Montdidier j salient and ultimately pushing in be low Amiens to culr off Paris from | the north. So far. according to the French official reports, his progress has been | small, despite most desperate efforts, j On the important front between I Soissons and Chateau-Thierry, on | the Marne. indeed, the French have j been impetuously counterattacking ! and at points the enemy not only I has failed to advance but has been j forced to give ground. Heroic Resistance This was notably the case imme diately to the south of Soissons. j where the enemy was thrown back i upon the Crise river, which runs in | an almost north-and-south line , through that town. Further south | the Germans had worked some three i miles west of the Soissons-Chateau- j Thierry road, and had taken the vil- | lage of Chaudun. The French drove ; in here determinedly, however, and ; recaptured the place, which they I now hold. Ground also was won j from the Germans just below, near i Vierzy. Still further south the German advance had progressed somewhat further from the main road, to a total of something like four miles. Paris reports, however, that new German attacks here, in the region of Chou> and Xeuilly, were broken up. the French maintaining their lines to the east of these towns. Stopped at Ma roe The Germans seemingly have made no attempts to cross the Marne, and they have not yet taken the important railway junction at r"hateau-Therry. Elements of their advance, however, have spread out slightly further eastward along the north bank of the river, and they are now accupying this bank for the distance of approximately twelve miles in an airline between Chateau- Thierry and Verneuil. Rheims is still in allied hands, and in general there seems to have been but little change along the easterly side of the new German salient. The line runs northeastward from Ver neuil along the Dormans.Rheims road and curves protectingly north ward around the cathedral city. Qidet at Soissons No mention is made in the day's report of further fighting northwest of Soissons, where the Germans were successful yesterday in forcing back the allied left wing in the direction of Noyon, on the Oise. The night statement of Friday showed the Germans driven back across the Oise. were they had crossed it at one point, near Sampigny, south of N'oyon, and to have been held up on the Xoyon-Blerancourt-Soissons line. Quiet prevails on the front except [Continued on Page 7.] PC M.M AN FARES GO UP Washington. June I.—ln line with the increase in passenger fares to three cents a mile, the Pullman Company shortly will raise the mini mum overnight rate for sleeping berths from $1.50 to $2.00. Other Pullman rates will -not be changed materially Mercer B. Tate works hard for the Red Cross £sir.But he buys War Stamps, too. I THE WEATHER For HarrUburg and Tlelaltri h, Fair; rontlnuel vrarm to-night fl and Sunday, For Ealrrn Prnnurlvania: Fair and continued vtarm to-night and Sundays freah loiithnent wlnda. Hirer The Sunquebanna river and all Ita branrhea will fall to-night and Sunday. A atage of about IU) feet la Indicated for Harrta hurg Sunday morning. Temperature i 8 a. m„ 61. Sum Rlaea, 5137 n. m.; aeta, Bi2© a. m. Moon i New moon, June ft. River Stage i . feet above low water mark. Yeaterday'a Weather Hlgheat temperature, 8. I.oweat temperature, AO. Mean temperature, 74. Sral temperature, 6#. BRUTAL TREATMENT A CCORDED AMERICA N PRISONERS i.lothing Taken Away From Men Who Are Herded Into Huts Unfit For Habitation From Dampness and Cold BREAD REFUSED TO j UXFORTUXATE YANKEES Hungry and Penniless Men in Prussian Camp Are Vic tims of Many Injustices, Russian Learns in Hospital By Associated Frcss With tlio American Army In I France, Friday, May 31.—A Rus-, I sian prisoner who recently was re-j ! turned from Germany, has made a i statement at Moscow, which is now i available here, to the effect that he! I saw American prisoners of war in a j [ camp at Tuchel, West Prussia, and j that they asked him to let it bo ■ known that they were being treated | brutally. The prisoners said they i ; were hungry and penniless. When the Americans arrived at j the camp, according to this account. | : the Germans removed all their cloth- j es. They were particularly anxious to ' have the Americans' shoes. They told I the prisoners they should not wear expensive clothing and shoes while l working, and that their property! would be taken care of until their return to America. The Russian said, however, that everyone knows what that means. A consul, the Russian was not sure whether he was a Swiss or a Spaniard—visited the camp. Com plaint was made to him by the Lieut. Campbell as First Am Yankee Airman Gave Hun Flyer Chance For His Life; Rickenbacher Also in Coveted Class By Associated Press With the American Army in France. Friday, May 31.—T0 Lieu tenant Douglas Campbell, of Califor nia. goes the honor of being the first "ace" in the American Flying Corps. ' It was Lieutenant Campbell who shot down the German biplane near Pont-a-Mousson to-day. It was his fifty victory to be confirmed offici- ; ally. It is probable that another "ace" will be announced shortly and the I aviator to win the honor probably will j be Lieutenant Edward Rickenbach er, of Columbus, Ohio, the former I automobile racer. Official confirma tion of the victory reported gained 1 by Rickenbacher Thursday will bring his string of victories to the coveted five. Fight For Twenty Minutes With a number of other pilots Lieutenant Campbell was out early to-day.. They were acting as patrols and as protection for an American observation machine returning with British bombing airplanes. Some distance away Lieutenant Campbell saw a German airplane at a height of 4,500 meters. He sped toward it and when he got near the FINDS BROTHER WHEN ACTING 4S PALLBEARER Vows Vengeance When Pathetic Scene Marks Discovery at Battlefront of Death at Hands of Huns Witt the Amerli-an Army In ■ France, June I.—One of the most pathetic instances of the war so far , as America is concerned occurred in a little cemetery to the rear of the Picardy front recently when an American soldier acting as a pall bearer at the funeral of several American dead discovered nis own brother, Joseph Ash, among the corpses. The brothers, members of different companies, had met only the day before at the front. Ji.seph re mained there and was mortally wounded that night, dying soon aft erward. His brother was ordered to the rear lines with a party of wood choppers. The wood choppers were working near the cemetery at the time of the funeral and the chaplain asked them to be pallbearers. In the midst of the service the chaplain read the name of Joseph Ash. The brother, who stood with bared head in the small group of soldier mourners, reeled forward, his eyes filled with tears, and he exclaimed: "My broth er! My brother!" The chaplain, not understanding, atepped up and placed his arm SINGLE COPY. •i CENTS THIS CANADIAN A MATCH FOR HUNS By Associated Press Canadian Headquarters on the British Front, June I.—A cor poral attached to a western On tario battalion crawled through the wire entanglements recently and worked his way around a German post in the neighborhood of a very strong enemy pillbox-. He shot a German there. A sen try rushed up, and the Canadian killed him. Another German who approached was frightened away by the corporal's revolver. The Canadian then encounter ed another German and took him prisoner. Under a heavy lire the corporal rushed back to the Cana dian lines, bringing his captive with him. Americans, and their clothes were returned, but as the consul seldom visited the camp the Germans had opportunity to practise many injus tices. Huts Unfit for Use The Russian said that eight Amer icans who were captured several months ago reached the camp at midday and. being very hungry, ask ed for bread. They were told bread was distributed only in the morning. They were placed in a hut with Rus sians, after being forced to stand in a square, where Germans were given an opportunity to insult them. The huts in which the Americans are living, the Russian said, are damp, cold and untlt for habitation. Some of the Americans became ill. Two of them who were in a hospital had an opportunity there to talk with the Russian, and it was through them that he obtained the informa tion on which his statement is based. | German the enemy biplane began to dart in and out, firing bursts from I his machine gun. The German did j his best to get a shot home, but I Campbell kept circling and darting at high speed. The battle continued for twenty minutes before the enemy observer abandoned his gun. Camp bell saw that the German's ammu ; nition was exhausted and he closed | in on him. The Fair Game Lieutenant Campbell tried to sig | nal the German to surrender and i descend on French soil but the lat ' ter apparently decided to take a i chance on getting home. The Amer ! ican got on the tail of the German, forcing him down, but all of the time the enemy was getting nearer home. Lieutenant Campbell again signaled without success and then when the chance came of permitting the Ger man to escape or shooting him down he cut loose with his gun and poured a deadly stream of incendiary bullets into the German machine which crashed to the death inside our lines. Our first ail-American "ace" said: "I did not like the idea of shooting him down when he was not fighting, but I could not let him get away." ■ around the young man's shoulder, saying: "We are all brothers, my I boy." The soldier looked ut the cof | fin and shook his head. 'The Germans will pay for your blood, Joe," he said, and t'.ien It'was that the chaplain and the others around him understood and they led him away. Camp Meade Expecting Early Orders to Pack Up Camp Meade, Md„ June I.—lt Is generally understood that soon the troops here will receive word that they are to pack their kitbags, whigh that the date of their departure for France, which must be kept secret, is now within sight. The date has been a subject for speculation for many months, and it was thought by many that June 1 would find them in France. Two thousand one hundred and 1 twenty-six men have been sent from | Camp Meade In the last few days to other units. HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 1, 1918. GERMAN MASSES SLOWED UP BY HEROIC FRENCH General Foch's Men Counter attack Victoriously With Indefatigable Energy Hl'N ADVANCES BROKEN I ; Chaudun Finally Held After Village Changes Hands Several Times j tiy Associated Press j With the French' Army In France, June I.—Attempts of ! the Germans to cross the river Marne have met wltCi vigorous resistance ami failed, 'l'hc troops which made the effort retired from the river bank. Washington. June I—Allied air raids oil German towns are demoralizing the German people. Advices to the State Department to-day said that the effect upon j the populations of cities bomb- i ed was fat greater than hereto- I fore reported. Paris, June I.—The German at tack continued during the night with! redoubled violence on the western[ side of the new salient, between Soissons and Chateau Thierry. The French made counterattacks, and j drove back the masses of German troops in the region of Soissons and, cn the line of Chaudun-Yierzy, gain-j ins: ground everywhere and taking several hundred prisoners, the war office announced. The statement follows: "The oressure of the Germans con- j tinued late yesterday and through] the night with renewed violence oni the front between Soissons and Cha-' tcau Thierry. In the region of Sois- j sons and on the line of Chaudun- Yierzy the French, making couij|er-j attacks with indefatigable energy, ! pushed back masses of enemy troops, winning ground everywhere and tak- • ing several hundred prisoners. South of Soissons the Germans were thrown back on the Crise river. Chaudun : was taken and lost several times, and remained in the hands of the French after desperate fighting. I "The battle was violent also in the region of Chouy and Neuilly (in the, center of the western side of the salient). The French broke up Ger- ! man attacks and maintained their lines immediately to the east of these I localities. "Along the northern bank of the Marne the Germans pushed advanced bodies from the north and east bor- j ders of Chateau Thierry as far as Verneuil. German Airmen Let Fall Bombs on Paris in Second Attempt to Raid at Night Paris. June I.—German airmen at- j tempted two air raids on Paris last' night. The first was a failure, butj on the second occasion bombs; were dropped on the capital. An official statement issued early, to-day said: "Enemy airplanes having crossed | the lines in the direction of Paris,! the alarm was given last night at! 10.53 and our guns opened fire. No bombs fell on Paris. 'All clear,' at! 12.38 a. m. A certain number of bombs are reported to have beeni dropped in the Paris region." United Telephone and Telegraph Co. Transfers Headquarters to Lancaster The general offices of the United Telephone and Telegraph Company j have been removed from the Calder ! building in Market Square to the I company's building at Lancaster, Pa., ! the transfer ending to-day. Several | months ago Receiver William B. Mc- Caleb and General Manager Charles A. Carl determined to establish headquarters In the company's property at Lancaster. The construc tion department had been operated I from that point and from an eco ! nomical as well as executive stand point it was thought best to com bine the financial and physical de partments. The removal means the transfer of General Manager Carl, Auditor Mel vin W. Smith and his force as well as the staff of the general manager, away from Harrisburg. The com pany has maintained offices here for several years. It has close con nections with the Cumberland Val ley Telephone Company, which has operating and executive offices at 227 Federal Square in charge of General Manager Cameron L. Baer. Red Cross Appeals to Harrisburg Women to Knit Winter Sweaters Hospital garments have been moved from the Fager Building Red Cross rooms to the Public Library headquarters of the organization. It was announced to-day. Other de partments which were originally in the Fager Building will remain. An appeal for more sweaters is being made by the various camps throughout the country and in ac cordance with this request, many of the workers are concentrating their efforts upon the making oI knitted sweaters. MRS. ROSE PASTOR STOKES RECEIVES 10 YEAR SENTENCE jH m mffWßii - T* / \ . tjj Ho3E!*\PASTOW stokeS) By Associated Press Kansas City, Mo., June I.—Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes, of New York, to-day was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in the Missouri State Penitentiary on each of three counts of an indictment charging her with violation of the espionage act. Fed eral Judge Arba S. Van Yalkenburgh announced that the sentences on the three counts would run concurrently and that the defendant would be subjected to no tine. U.S.HAS ARMY OF 700,000 MEN NOW IN FRANCE Transports Safely Carried 200,000 American Soldiers Across Seas in May. By Associated Press Washington. June I.—Members of ! the Senate Military Committee at their weekly conference to-day with War Department officials were told ' by General March, acting chief of 1 .staff, that opinion here is that the ! Germans have reached their present objective—the Marne—and that they probably now will dig in and pte i pare for a later drive, perhaps on Paris. | With the Germans within forty ! five miles of Paris, the situation, the Senators were told, is serious. Mili tary experts here, they were advised, | are a unit in realizing the dangers I confronting the allies. Gas Responsible I The Senators were told that the rapidity of the German advance since their offensive began last Slon i clay, was unexpected by virtually all allied military experts. Twenty Ger [ man divisions, it was said, were j thrown against seven of the allies, j T he territory taken during the last j few davs ha.l been regarded as easily , defended and a comparatively small j 'oroe hud been left to hold it. Success of the enemy was ascribed by the wtr council largely to im proved use of gas shell. Although few new types of gas offensive have been developed, the Senators were told, the Germans are employing for mer types to much better advantage, trt'i.g nine-inch gas shells to shell territory from se.en to eight miles back of the allied lines. This, it Was explained, forced an extensive retirement. The French, it was said, found their second line, eight miles to the rear, untenable. Great U. S. Army Present enemy successes and pros pective leni'Wdl of the offensive, the Senators Wtra informed, emphasizes the necessity foi urgent transporta tion of uS mericaii forces abioad. The schedule lor shipment of men in May was c:;ceedeu, the Senatois were told. Mc/c than 200,000 Americans —and these exceeding the c&ual ra lic cf lighting men, whlcti .nas been sixty per cent. — were sent. In June it is ply li'ltd to send even larger r-umbers, >viih larger pescentage of combatant troops. None of the Americana, the Mill-j tary Committee was advised, will be sent into ncr.\c- service until after expiration of at least thirty days' further training abroad. 700,((00 Men "Over There" The na'.cnitnt of Senator of Illinois, that ;liere ate now one' million lighting men in the American force was raid by a milltar; commit tee member to be "about thirty per eenr. exaggeration." Of the Ameri cans so far transported, it was stat ed, about forty per cent, are non ccm batants. Great improvement in production of aircraft, ordnance and other war materials vas repoited to the Sen ator- The airplane situation, it was said, has readied a stage of sub stantial production both of planes and engines, Germans Missing Number 664,104; Dead 152,000; France Holds 236,000 Amsterdam, June I.—On April 27, the German general stafT was not In position to give detailed information regarding the German losses in' the offensive operations begun on March 21. This announcement was made in the Reichstag by General Von Wrls berg, according to the Berlin Vor warts. The number of men taken pris oners and missing in the German armies up to March 31, General Von Wrisberg said, was 664,104. Most of these were prisoners, there being 236,000 prisoners in France, 119,000 in England, and 157,000 in Russia and Rumania. The remainder, about 162,000, should tie considered as dead. PROSPECT IS FOR SPLENDID CROP THIS SUMMER Vegetation Two Weeks Ahead of Normal For This Time of the Year TIME FOB WAR GARDENS City Man to Vie With Farmer; if Good Weather Continues All agricultural products, grains, | vegetables and small fruits, are prac tically two weeks ahead in ttieirl growth in Dauphin county this year. I Slightly below normal yields for most grains is predicted while aver | age and better than average yields of j garden vegetables and some fruits J may be expected. The war gardener j will be in luck it was said, if condi • tions hold out. The wheat crop in Dauphin coiin- I ty is much better than that of other j Southeastern Pennsylvania counties. | The crop, however, is only medium • ajjd will reach but 85 per cent, of the | normal yield. The fields are probably two weeks farther advanced than I they ordinarily are at this time of I year. J The oats crop promises to be good. | It is not. however, at this time far i enough advanced to gain a really satisfactory idea as to what its yield will be. The corn crop at present is quite problematic. Seed corn throughout all Pennsylvania was much poorer on the average this year than at any time for some years. Many farmers failed to secure tested grain and many of them were the victims of i poor seed. Consequently much of the I county acreage is being entirely re ! planted while many more fields are : being planted after, that is, vacant j places in the corn hills are being ; filled in with grain. Good Crops Promised Hay promises to be a bumper rrop in the county this year. The growth of the clover shoots now indicates t-hat the crop when harvested will be one of the best cut in the county during the past decade and a half. The timothy grass is not far enough advanced at this time to gain a defi nite idea as to what the harvest will bring forth. Unless some effective measures are taken by county potato growers to Check the inroads of the flea beetle and other buss, a shortage of pota toes may result in this county. Ex aminations of many fields located in all sections of the county reveal the fact that various bugs have been quite active on the leaves of the po tato plants. Numerous fields may be noticed in which one-half of the functioning surface of the plants have been eaten away. If proper pre cautions arc taken the potato yield of the county will be excellent, but unless the farmers exercise some care, the yield may be far below nor mal. Favorable Weather As a whole, the wet weather has been quite favorable for the growth of leafy plants, but decidedly un favorable for tuber plants. Radishes and other small plants have not thrived well. Many plants of this nature are badly afflicted with the blight. cabbage and other [Continued on Pane 10.] It MAY Be Cooler This Evening, but CERTAINLY Warmer All Next Week By Associated Press Washington. June I.—W'cath ol prediction* for the week be ginning Monday issued by the Weather Bureau to-day, in elude: North and Middle At lantic States: Fair and warmer except showers Monday in New England. Ho, you perspiring ones! Atten tion, sweating fat men and perspir ing thin people! Hearken to the cheering news from the Weather Bureau. E. R. Demain* weather forecaster, has decided that the high wind which hit Buffalo this morn ing, is going to chase the heat from Harrisburg. When a Telegraph re porter reached his office this morn ing, Demain broke the good news. The wind is to reach Harrisburg sometime this afternoon and it will, he hopes, drive the sultry atmos phere from the city. "Of course, I'm not certain, but the chances are that it will touch us in the late after noon." The weather this week wasn't as had as people think it was. At least that's what Forecaster Demain says. Monday and Tuesday were rather, warm, Monday's temperature was 91 and Tuesday's 89. Yesterday the mercury registered as the highest temperature, 75 degrees, and this morning, 75 degrees. Destroyers Pick Up the Survivors of Transport Hit on Way Home by Torpedo I.ondon. June I.—News of the tor pedoing of the American troop trans port President Lincoln, by a German submarine, while in the naval war zone yesterday peached London (to day. The ship was struck while re turning home and sank in thirty min utes. Destroyers reached the scene In time to pick up the survivors. The vessel carried only her crew and a few convalescent soldiers returning to the United States. No particulars as to casualties have yet been received. The Red Cross and the Navy headquarters here have been notified, but it Is not likely that any survivors will he landed at ports In the United King dom. The survivors are now proceeding to port. The latest wireless advices, re ceived this afternoon, say that the casualty were slight. OM.Y EVENING ASSOCCIATED PRESS NEWSl a AI>EK IN HARHISBIRU Where Youths of 21 Must Register Many youths who have or who will attain their majority between June 5. ISU7, and June 5. 101*. must register for the Army June 3. Fol lowing are tlie districts and draft board headquarters: City Hoard. No. I—First,1 —First, Tnird, Fourth, Finn and Sixth Wards. Courthouse. City Board, No. 2 Second, Figlnh, Ninth and Thirteenth Wards. MeFarland Frintery. City Board, No. 3 seventh, Tenth. Kleventh, Twelfth and Fourteenth Wards. Room Jl- Com monwealth Trust Building;. " County Board, No. I—Steelton, Ilighspne, Mlddletown, Koyalton and Londonderry. West London derry and Coiiewago townships. Electric Light Building. Steelton. County Board. No. 2 Middle Paxton. Lower Paxton, East Han over. Derry, Swatara and Lower Swatara townships. Dauphin Building, Harrisburg. County Board, No. a—Lykens, Up per Paxton, Washington,Wiconlsco, Williams, Jackson, Jefferson, Hali fax, Wayne and Rush townships. Llizabethville. DAUPHIN GIVES 81 MORE OF ITS YOUTH TO ARMY Men From Six Draft Boards to Get Demonstration From Friends Eighty-one men are scheduled to leave at 8 o'clock this evening the Harrisburg station of the Pennsyl vania railroad on special coaches for Columbus Barracks, Ohio, as the Dauphin county quota in the present draft call. These men, coming from the . e ix districts of the county, will be given further examinations at Co lumbus and will then be sent tQ vuri [Continucd on Page 7.] VERDICT FOR DEAD MAX New York, June 1. Although dead six months. William Pelking ton. of Far Rockaway, received a verdict for SIO,OOO against John F. Marsden, a florist, of Far Rockaway, in the Queens County Supreme Court yesterday. The money will go to his estate. \± U. S. TROOPS IN BATTLE AREA * f -* <*■ 4 I AMERICAN TROOPS ARE- REACHING T j POSITIONS IN THE BATTLE AREA. THESI I TROOPS DISPLAY THE MOST ARDENT DESIRE i T TO SHARE IN THE-PRESENT GREAT BATTLE T I WITH THEIR EUROPEAN COMRADES. % J ORDERS STRIKERS BACK TO WORK 4" 1 S New York—The National War Labor Board here to 2* day sent a telegram to the leader o£ the street railw ; employes cn strike at Scranton, Pa., demanding that t;<, 4W 7 m L empoyles return to work at once and offering to arbi- 3 T ate their differences with their employers and make an J L award. The board plans to go to Scranton tomorrow. -3K T AIR STUDENT DIES OF INJURIES T j4 Maima. Fla.—Lieutenant G. B. Evans, a student pilot at the air station here, died to-day of injuries receiver, jf 4 yesterday when his hydroairplane fell into-the*bay .from j£j X a height of 500 feet. Lieutenant Evans lived at Phila- X T delphia. . ji jj AMERICANS AWAIT ORDERS TO JOIN' BATTLE ® J With the American Army in France.—The American X 1 soldiers are considering the part they may probably play Ybl the battle that is raging to the northwest oi, their *l* t positions. There is no doubt that every available man X £in France will be thrown into the combat wherever the Hh HK French high command deems necessa . be- jfr £ tween Soissons and Rheims has drained all activity from \T the zone in which the main body of American exped- Jp i *f* i itionary forces hold positions. a*., J ELISHA LEE ASKS CO-OPERATION ' jfe 4 Harrisburg- A message was received late this after *f* a n .on at the Harrisburg offices of the Pennsylvania Rail- Z| V road from Elisha Lee, federal railroad administrator foi | the Allegheny district asking for the fullest co-operation ■ of all officers and employes' on all the lines ail dlmg T attention to the importance of furnishing the ,—eatest T pbssible transportation facilities. £ | 1 X MARRIAGE * *9* Owner H. Nwanaon, WlnrkcMrr, Va., and Nellie V. RrHm ejt Philadelphia! Harry V. Keen mid Belle Herr, l.anraotcri John Bar t T MeNeal nnd Kdnii K. Nlekle, HiirrlnhurKi l.ronnrd 1,. Ralph. Steel- T ton, nnd l.lllle K. Magaro, HarrUhurKi Frank n. Veldlev and Clara tf -fa M. Klrf, Harrlabnrßl Hohfrl A. Shell? nnd Ruth M. William*. New 2 7 Cumberland) (irorßr Shumandnn nnd Kntr (•ennclea, HarrlnhurKt 4 I.OUIH I.lndourn. Wotsonlonn, nnd Penrl K. Wolfe, l.onrr Pamton townahlp. HOME EDITION ' 12,500 MORE MEN FROM THIS STATE CALLED FOR JUNE W ill Go to Camps Lcc and Sherman and Fort Ogle thorpe For Training WILL FAVOTTFARMHANDS Where ver Possible They Are to Be Withheld; Special Training For 24,674 State draft headquarters to-day announced that Pennsylvania would be called upon to furnish 12,500 men for three camps during the month of June and that the quotas would be worked out within a few days. These men are all to be white except 500 who are to be colored. The statement issued to-day says: "The following calls for the State of Pennsylvania are hereby an nounced: "Call No. 662 for 9,000 men to be sent to Camp 1 *ee, Petersburg. Va„ during the five-day period beginning: June 24. "Call No. 673 for 3,000 men to be sent to Kort Oglethorpe, Ga„ during the live-day period beginning June 24th. "Only white men and men physic ally qualified for general military service are to be furnished under these calls. If practicable men com pletely and assiduously engaged in the planting and cultivation of crops should not be entrained unless abso lutely necessary in order to fill the allotment. "Call No. 651 for 500 colored men to be sent to Camp Sherman, Chilli cothe, OUia, during the five-day per iod beginning June 19. "Only colored men and men phy sically qualified for general military service are to be furnished under this [Continued on Page 10.] Girl's Hair Burned Off When Curtain Blazes Mi.=s Mae Sloathouer, 18 years old, 537 South Front street, had all the hair trtirned from her head lasr evening when a lace curtain caught fire at the home of her father, John Sloathouer. The curtain and a nuit ress were entirely destroyed.
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