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HARRISBURG ifSfife TELEGRAPH M
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LXXXVII
No. 1.24 14 PAGES
AMERICANS STOP BIG DRIVE;
PIRA TES SHELLED
YANKEES THROW HUNS
BACK ACROSS MARNE
ALLIES CHECK
ARMIES OF HUN
AT ALL POINTS
Favcrolles Retaken by Foes oi' ;
Germans, French Display
ing Utmost Heroism
By Associated Press
With tlic French Army In France.]
Monday, June 3.—The allies are now
checking the German armies every-;
tvhere.
Terrific struggles took place to
day when fresh German divisions en- j
tered the line between the Ourcq i
and Oise rivers, trying with the!
greatest determination to enter the!
forest of Villers-Cotterets. The townl
of Faverolles, on the edge of the|
forest, was retaken by the allies af
ter the most fierce fighting in which
the French displayed utmost hero-.
Ism against superior numbers.
Scenes of Terrific Fighting
Choisy Hill, north of the Aisne
near Choisy-au-Bac, was the scene
|kof some terrific lighting. The height
changed hands five times and even-|
tuaily was carried in an assault by ai|
battalion which had distinguished it-ii
self at Douaumont in the defense of
Verdun. *
A cavalry corps executed one of]
the most brilliant performances of|
the war Ly marching 160 miles and]
immediately joining in the hottest j
rart of the battle, where it fought
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18 Belgians Are Shot
to Death; Abbe Deported;
Washington, June 4. A cable-1
gram received at the Belgian lega-i
tion said that eighteen Belgians con
fined in the fortress of Vieux Dieu'
had been shot. It said also that Abbe I
Knglebert. rector of Comblian aul
Pont .and Alderman Straus of Ant
werp had been deported to Germany.
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Want Ad Efficiency
The following advertisement
appeared exclusively in the
Classified Advertising Columns
of the Harrisburg Telegraph,
Saturday night:
LOST Bunch of kevs,
Friday evening, in or near
Post Office. Leather pocket
protector. Reward if re
turned to Harrisburg Tele
graph Office.
This morning the keys were
returned to the Telegraph Of
fice and before noon were
in the hands of the owner.
DAILY RETURNS SUCH AS 1 ,
THIS PROVE THE j
EFFICIENCY OF
Telegraph Want Ads
i
I 1
1 E. E. Beidleman Says
Every Man Should Boost
THRIFT STAMPS h
feß* He makes speeches J
for them <
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THE WEATHER]
I
For Harrlnburg and vicinity: Fair I '
to-nlßht and Wcdneaduy) i
warmer Wcdnc*dny.
For Kaatern I'ennaylvanla i Fair
to-night and Wcdncadayt
warmer Wedneaday| light varl
<*. nble wlnda.
River j
The Sanqoehann river and all Ita
brant-hen will continue to fall
a lowly. A atnite of about 5.2
feet la Indicated for Harrlaburg
Wednesday morning.
General Condltlona
I nder the Influence of the area of \
high barometric preaaure tern
peraturea have fallen 2 to 1H
denreea iilonic the northern '
boundary from Mlnnenota eaat- i
ward to the New Kngland count. I
Temperature! 8 a. m., 74.
Sun: niaea, s:lt a. m.| acta. 8:24
p. m. J 1
Moon: New moon, Jane 8. I
Hiver stave: 5.2 feet above low- i
water mark.
Veaterday'a Weather
IllKheat temperature, H2.
I.oweat temperature, 70. '
Mean temperature, 76. 1
.Normal temperature, 07. j
TEUTONS RE
U. S. TROOPS SHELL
A TERRIFIC BLOW
\ German Advance Scar Xeuilly !
Wood Stopped and Hurled
Rack as Americans Launch j
Dashing Counterattack
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Fy Associated rress
Paris, June 4. —American ;
troops, thrown into the battle o i j
the western side of the Cham-J
pagne salient, have stopped Ihe i
[German advance near Neuillyj
wood and, in a dashing counter;
attack have thrown back the!
Germans, the war office an-|
nounced to-day.
On the Maine front German:
troops which had forced aj
passage of the river were driven j
back again by French and j
American troops.
Make No Progress
Between the Oise and the;
Aisne the Germans last night i
were prevented from making j
any progress, says to-day's offi-;
cial statement.
The battle continued with the
greatest violence between the
Aisne and the Ourcq. The Ger-
CITY CLEAN, SEE j
FOR YOURSELVES,
FIRMASSERTS
Commissioners Promise to
Make Tour and Peer Into
Backyards, Too
Confident the city has been cleaned j
completely of all ashes and rub-'
bish removed, a member of the Stees, j
Simonetti Company, the firm em-! ■
ployed to make ash collections, ap
peared at Council to-day and after]
the business session invited all the;
members to take an inspection tour j
over Harrisburg.
The plan met with instant ap
proval and the commissioners de- ■
cided to meet Thursday afternoon ati
3 o'clock to go over the city. The
firm representative declared he
would not show the commissioners!
"front doors," but intends to have j
them taken through numerous alleys
to see the backyards. He assured
the officials the cleanup is ended and
regular collections are now being j
made. The firm is being paid:
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FAIRBANKS' CONDITION GRAVK
Indianapolis. June 4. —Charles W '
Fairbanks, former Vice-President! '
who has been ill at his home here'
for the past few weeks, last night I 1
passed into a state of complete coma i
and is sinking rapidly. Dr. J. A. Mc-
Donald, chief physician in attend-''
ance, announced.
Disappearance
Fountain Is Mystery
Historical Society Would Like a Little Information Concern
ing Memorial Which Suddenly Was Taken From Park
Attention, all professional and
amateur detectives, here is a chance
to attain fame.
Some time ago some one removed
the Kelker Memorial Fountain from
its base in River Front Park, op
posite the Dauphin County Historical
Society building, and from that day
to this the officials of that society,
who were custodians of the me
morial, have searched In vain for
any trace of the fountain. The
president, Theodore B. Klein, is too
ill at Lebanon to be interviewed, and
the first vice-president, A. Forten
baugh, knows nothing of the me
morial other than that it has disap
peared. No notice so far aa can be
SINGLE COPY,
•i CKSTS
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| WOUNDED YANKS
TAKEN TO NICE
By Associated Press
Nil-®, France (Monday). June 3.
j —The first batch of wounded
| American soldiers who had been
( amalgamated with French troops
j arrived at Nice to-day. They
were sent to the American hos
i pital here.
Apparently the foregoing refers
| to American troops who have
i been brigaded with the French,
. according to the plan announced
| some time ago. Whether they
] were wounded in the fighting of
I the present offensive or while
acting with the French in other
| sectors is not clear.
j
j mans captured Pcrnant. Further
I south the French lost a little
i ground.
The Germans have made a
i further advance in the Ourcq
valley, capturing the town of
| Silly-la-Poteric.
i The Germans have made a
j further advance at one point be
| tween the Marne and Ourcq
capturing the village of Neuilly-
La-Poterie (seven and one-half
miles northwest of Chateau
Thierry).
ASK NEIGHBORS
TO CHECK UP ON
REGISTERED MEN
U. S. Determined "Work or
Fight" Rule Shall Be
Obeyed by All
That the new "work or fight" or
der of Provost Marshal General
Crowder will be stringently enforced
and widespread in its effects was
evidenced by the regulations made
known to the local and district
boards, this morning. At the same
time local boards were making
ready to register to-morrow all who
have reached 21 since last March.
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Speakers Named For Big
Army Recruiting Rally
Dr. J. George Becht, E. J. Stack
pole and Belford P. Atkinson, an
American ambulance driver, will be
the speakers at a big recruiting
rally to be held in Market Square on
Thursday night. The rally will open
at 8 o'clock.
The meeting will be under the aus
pices of the Central Y. M. C. A.
Community singing under the direc-!
tion of J* rank Gregory and band se
lections will constitute the musical
program. The meeting is being held
in connection with the big drive for
recruits being waged by the local
Army recruiting station.
learned was given members of the
society that the fountain would be
removed.
For years the fountain has been
a landmark in River Park and was
placed their under the provisions of
a will to keep a running stream of
water flowing. Now the water has
ceased to run and the fountain it
self disappeared, only two huge
stones which formerly were part of
the base remain.
This is a resume of the story. If
any persons has a clue to this' his- i
toric memorial, notify the officials of
the society and perhaps they will
place a plate on the fountain in
your honor.
HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 1918
YANKEE COMBAT
PATROL FIGHTS
HUN SCOOTERS
I .
j American Losses Slight in;
Desperate Encounter in
Lunevillc Sector Today
With the American Army in
I JYanoo, June 3.—An American com
bat patrol engaged In a desperate
fight with a larger enemy patrol near
Ancerviller, in the Luneville sector,
early to-day. The American losses
were blight. The German casualties
are not known.
The Americans discovered the
German patrol and endeavored to
surround and capture the enem".
| During the fighting the Americans
) found themselves being surrounded
by overwhelming numbers, but man
aged to extricate themselves and re
tire fighting all the while. It is l<e
f lieved certain that punishment was
inflicted upon the enemy by the
5 grenades and rifle fire of the Amer
| icans.
! Commissioner Burtnett
f Wants City Trees Cared
t ! For; AsksJFor Forester
Declaring that a number of city
trees are being neglected and should
> receive immediate attention under
- the supervision of a city forester,
£ Commissioner Burtnett said to-day
that he will bring the question to
1 the attention of other city officials
at a meeting of Council.
Mr. Burtnett mentioned the low
branches on many of the trees which
at night are dangerous to pedestrians
and also made other inquiries about
what attention is being paid to tree
development and planting.
Last year money was provided for
the employment of a city forester
and for the completion of the tree
survey started the year before. Later
[in the fall, however, the funds were
appropriated for other purposes and
the work remained unfinished. This
year similar funds have again been
provided and Commissioner Burtnett
* intimated the money should be used
for this purpose and a forester em
ployed at once.
Big Liner Reported
Lost Arrives Safely
in Port Seeking Shelter
By Assos'ctc l Press
Vineyard Haven, Mass., June 4.
; The City of Columbus, of the Sav
| annah Line, which it was feared had
been sunk by a German submarine,
is safe in an Atlantic port harbor.
While the City of Columbus was
anchored some distance from shore
there was no evidence that she had
been damaged by submarines. At
the time she came into the harbor
' it had not been known here that she
had been reported sunk. No boat '
had come ashore half an hour after
' the ship's arrival.
The City of Columbus had been ;
: at anchor for some time before her
1 identity was discovered. The vessel
1 entered the harbor shortly after the
arrival of a ship operated by the '
Merchants and Miners Transporta
tion Company reached here and the
fact that no message was immedi
ately sent ashore was taken to mean
that the vessel merely has sought
refuge and that all was well aboard. :
Allied Air Raid on
Cologne Gets 269 Victims 1
By Associated Press
Wimhlnacton, June 4.—A recent Al
lied air raid on Cologne caused the
death of 146 persons, the State De- :
partment was informed to-day. i
About 150 were injured. The people <
of Cologne, the department's advices <
said, were thrown into a state of i
"the most absolute panic."
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RESCUE AIRMEN i
IN U-BOAT HUNT ,
By Associated Press
Nantucket, Mass., June 4.—Two
American aviators. Ensign Ro
leau ad Mechanic Harrington,
were brought to port to-day by
the patrol boat Sadie, which had
rescued them from their disabled
hydro-airplane adrift ten miles
southeast of Sankaty Head at
the east end of the island. The
machine sank soon after the two
men were taken ofT. They had
oeen forced by engine trouble to
ilight on the water yesterday c
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HARRISBURG TO
SEND 264 MEN
TO THE CAMPS 1
Quotas for Harrisburg in the !
draft call for June 24, are 249 j
white and fifteen colored men, it
was announced late this after
noon. This is the largest quota !
yet to be laid on the city. The !
county districts will send thirty- |
three white and twelve colored
draftees.
Of this number City Board i
No. 1 will send 67; No. 2, 118.
and Xo. 3, 64. City Board No. 1
j will send four colored men; Xo. 2,
i six, and Xo. 3, five.
! Men to be sent from Dauphin
| county boards are:
Xo. 1, 4 white and 12 colored;
I No. 2, 12 white; No. 3. 17 white
I men. A total of 55 men will be
j sent from county districts.
| The colored men will be sent to
Camp Sheridan, Chillicothe, Ohio,
j No official assignment has been
j made of the white draftees.
NOISE AND SPEED
BY AUTOS WORST
IN CITYSHISTORY
Existence of Ordinances With
Penalties Pointed To; Why
Not Enforce Them?
Tco much noise, too much speed
ing rnd avoidance beyond reaso.i of
all other traffic regulations exist in
Harrisburg was the consensus of
opinion among leading citizens this
morning That there is need for a
detailed ordinance to tbate the nuis
ance no one doubts, but the opinion
was prevalent to-day that strict en
forcement of the ordinance in force
is absolutely necessary to the suc
cess of a campaign to break up the
evil.
"What is the good of enacting a
new ordinance," one citizen ques
tioned this morning "We have traffic
ordinances now Why not enforce
them," he queried. "While many
speed evils exist in Harrisburg," he
continued, "probably none is of
greater consequence than the use of
unmuffled automobile and motor
cycle engines at night when the
working people of the city are in bed.
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Many Entries Received
For Rose Show at the
Y. M. C. A. June 7 and 8
With many varieties of roses In
their full glory this week, especially
those of the climbing species, the
lobby of the Y. M. C. A. may be
expected to present a gorgeous ap
pearance at the First Annual Hose
Show, of Harrisburg, on Friday and
Saturday of this week. This show,
given under the auspices of the
Woman's Advisory Board of the Y.
M. C. A., is for the benefit of the
war work of the Y. M. C. A. No
entry charges are being made but
an admission fee of twenty-five cents
will be charged.
Announcements were issued to
day to the effect that entry cards
would be received as late as Thurs
day evening, June 6, because of the
unusual weather conditions which
make uncertain the amount of ex
hibits. All roses, however, must be
left at the Y. M. C. A. sometime be
tween 11 a. m. and 1 p. m. on Fri
day.
Mrs. W. P. Starkey, Front and
Kelker streets, chairman of the pub
licity committee, is still busy dis
tributing entry cards to late comers.
She reported this morning that
many cards have already been re
ceived.
This show is for amateurs only.
As a result all exhibits of nursery
! men, florists, or their emploves are
barred. There will be no limit to
the number of entries that one per
son can make, but only one award
in any one class will be given to a
single exhibitor.
City's Businessmen Join in
Organization of Ad Club
Preliminary plans for the organi
zation of an advertising club to in
clude those Harrisburg men inter
ested in advertising were made last
evening at a largely attended meet
ing and dinner of representative
Harrisburg businessmen. Further
plans will be made at a meeting to
be held within the next two weeks
when a permanent organization will
be formed. ✓
The temporary chairman of the
organization appointed last evening
is Herman P. Miller, of the real es
tate firm of Miller Brothers & Co.
The committee on permanent organ
ization appointed last evening by
him include F. K. Downey, chair
man: William H. Bennethum. Jr..
Carl Hanson, Lee Moss and E. Fred
Rowe.
The plan of the new organization
is to benefit buyers, sellers and pro
ducers of advertising. Indications to
day were that the new organization
will have a large and live member
ship. It was pointed out that the
club would be a benefit not only to
the businessmen of the city but also
to the host of city buyers.
NEW YORK
DARK TO WARD OFF
• POSSIBLE
AMERICAN NAVY
SCOURING OCEAN I
EOR HUN CRAFT
' Officials Believe Submersible!
Has Left U. S. Waters 1
For Home Base
By Associated Press
Washington, June 4.—Navy De-!
partment officials believed to-day the
submarine or submarines that sank
probably more than ten American
11 vessels off the Atlantic Coast was on
its way back to its base and that
for the time being the danger was
over.
Secretary Daniels announced in
the morning that no additional ad
vices of submarine activities had
reached the department.
Warships, submarine chasers and
airplanes were scouring the seas to
day in. search of the enemy. Navy
officials threw a veil of secrecy over
, their movements, however, and re
• quested newspapers to make no men
-1 tion of their whereabouts.
See Purpose of Raid
There is a growing impression
here that only one submarine took
part in the raid. The Navy Depart
' ment has only one report to indl
, cate the presence of more. That is
the statement of the captain of the
schooner Cole that he saw the peri
. scope of a second U-boat. Mr. Dan
. iels said to-day that nothing to con
firm other reports indicating that
, from one to five submersibles had
I been off the coast had been received.
The Secretary reiterated his opinion
that the purpose of the raid was
to create a demand in the United
I States for the return of naval craft
!to home waters. This, he said, was
j based on speculation and not on any
I concrete information.
. | Eleven Days Off Coast
I j No information has reached the
| department, it was said, indicating
, I that during the eleven days or more
. ! the submarine now is known to have
, 1 been in American coastwise water,
[ j that it had any communication with
_ agents ashore. It Is understood.
s however, that the naval service has
. not neglected that possibility, and
that every effort to check up what
' has transpired along the coast is
included in the program it is fol
; lowing out.
U-Boat Commander
j Sorry, He Said, to
Sink Steamship Texel
! B.v Associated Press |.
I Atlantic City, N. J.. June 4.—The !,
I thirty-six survivors of thf* steamship j
, Texel. which was sunk Sunday aft- ; '
ernoon sixty miles south of New j ,
York by two German submarines. I
prepared to-day to leave here for
New York..
Arriving here yesterday in two ,
leaky boats and almost exhausted
from their long pull for shore, the '
members of the crew told stirring ,
tales.
Captain R. K. Lowry, of Brooklyn, '
a former Girard College boy in Phil- 1
adelphia, told how the Texel, repre- ,
senting a value of more than $2,000,-
000, was torpedoeed and sunk. 1
"The first warning we had," said <
Captain Lowry, "was when a shrap
nel burst over the bridge at 4.20 on
Sunday afternoon. Two submarines '
next drew alongside our ship. The <
captain, who spoke good English, ,
boarded our boat, demanded our pa
pers and ordered us to leave the
ship. The guns of his U-boat were ,
trained on us."
After the submarine commander '
had taken over the Texel, Captain
Lowry reported that the captor said: ,
"I hate like hell to do this, but we
have been ordered to get Into action '
or return home. We have been over
here for two months."
"There was no attempt to get the
men," Captain Lowry continued. "We 4
manned two boats and everybody was
saved. When we were leaving, one
submarine nearly crashed into us. *
The captain shouted and waved us *
back to safety." t
HASKELL CREW LANDED "
By Associated Press,
Ronton. June 4.—Officers and crew t
of the schooner Jacob M. Haskell,
sunk by a German submarine, were *
landed at a New England port by the-
steamer Grecian to-day.
MAYOR A GRAXDFATKR *
Mayor Kelster has received a tele- e
gram from his son, Simon Kelster, of
Buffalo, informing him that he is a *
grandfather. The mayor's grandchild •
is a girl, named Mild.ed May. Mrs. J
Simon Kelster was Miss Mary B. De- 1
hart, of this city. |
ONLY EVENING ASSOCCIATED PRESS
NEWSPAPER IN HARKISUUHG
NEW YORK IS ON
GUARD AGAINST
ATTACK IN AIR
By Associated Press
New York, June 4.—The police
department to-day issued an or
der that all display lights in New
York City at night are forbidden
until further notice.
300 of Crew of Missing
Porto Rican Liner Brought j
Safely Into U. S. Harbor;
An Atlantic Port. June 4.—Three
hundred of the passengers and crew
of the torpedoed steamship Carolina
were picked up at sea in open boats
by the schooner Etta B. Douglass.
The schooner anchored a mile off
Barnegat Inlet at 1.30 o'clock this
afternoon, apparently awaiting or
ders regarding the disposition of his
shipwrecked cargo.
The men tarried long enough to
say they "had a tough time" and
I then they were whisked off to the
I coast guard station where they were
I supplied with much needed food.
5 4**4 m 4 , *4* 'Sis
4 f.
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J CAROLINA SURVIVORS LANbED J*
I "** *f
"3* l*
*3*
T V
*l* *£
e3 Jk
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X *f*
* ashore here. Thi* probably accounts for all of the 340
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+ FAf RBANKS" DEATH IMMINENT fe .
4 X
A Indianapolis, Ind.—The condition of Charles W Fair-
Jj|^* n ' ts former vice-president of the United States was so fIH
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<L critical this afternoon that hi-s attending physician, Dr.
X .■;•-! • r e.-j • T 1
4 within a lew hou: s. 4
I JUDGE GRAY PR 4
J Philadelphia—Rc-eUction' of the present officers of
I'the Reading Railway was as sured in the vote cast at the
S
'h: • ;,'V '!' ,• r . v. 1." IL
|p- brief and without feature. Judge George Gray, of Wit- 4j 1
n:.: ■ ion, . pic idr-' ' 2 k |
t 4
$ WILL REVISE SPECIAL RAILROAD RATIOS X
visions will be ordered by Director General .McAdoo be- 4
w *Lj
JL fore June 25. when the new rate schedules to into effect,
Jl TT'M
X <h- ' vi;. Imi nisi ration announced to day T^.'i
-)* WILL CALL OUT TELEGRAPHERS X
!
„ ington—S! J. Konei X
* • inerLtal Telegraphers' Union, announced la
he would call 3 strike of telegraphers after lie reaches jH|
* * Chicago, whence he will go to-morrow. The strike call, •f'
he said, will go out by mail, which probably will take'
, * three da' for its delivery. VHrr'
' BAVARIAN GENERAL KILLED IN WAR ?
4 n Washington—A diplomatic dispatch from SWitter- !$ 1 1
' * land to-day says that Prince Von Buchau, the command- :
♦fr
* ing general of a'.Bavarian division has been killed in the db
X fiihii:on the Marne JtMl
T MARINE INSURANCE LEAPS TO $1 ON SIOO T |
4 New York—Marine insurance ratea jumped in New dfr'.jfl
X York yesterday from 10 cents per SIOO to $1 per stoo. X
4*" . if.
4.' MARRIAGE LICENSES J
5 Joftrph H. Ilarnrtt, Hnrrlnhursr, nnl Kmma llurlarhrr, Pa*- rK
i. tIMI Herman E. Turn*. I.ovvrr I'axlon loitnxhlp. and Mary Anna
y Hunaell. Penbrooki Albert Kerrnr nnd Minnie Brla, Harrlaburu i *<"
W Harry T. Tltna, Boebeitter, N. '., and Xnrnh M. Sktelr. Harrla- -3
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HOME EDITION
U-BOAT TURNED
MACHINE GUNS
ON PASSENGERS
| British Steamer Reports Find
ing of Splintered and
Empty Lifeboat
By Associated Press
New York, June 4.—Evidence that
the German submarine that attacked
j the New York and Porto Rico liner
11 Carolina, shelled her lifeboats was
| brought here to-day by a British
• steamer from West Indian ports.
The British ship reported that
1 she had picked up at 4 p. m. yes
terday off Cape May an empty mo
> tor lifeboat belonging to the Caro
lina damaged by shell fire.
> The hull of the motorboat had
I been pierced by the fire of the
i U-boat guns. One of only three
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