Capture TorevmJ MMHRRH the French V sl Sh !j-Poteries and Vmly; Allies O'erwhebn , * v ' '* ~M 0 % ' X HARRISBURG ifSpib TELEGRAPH M\ * Al.. 4¥A V-„A f LXXXVII— No. 12/ 14 PAGES ALL POSITIONS TAKEN BY MARINES ARE HELD GERMANS DRIVEN BACK TO RIVER BY AMERICANS Sharp Fighting Continues Where Americans Forced Offensive Against Huna BIG GUNS ARE ACTIVE Increased Activity Reported on Italian Front. Where Patrols Are Busy By Associated Press Allied pressure against the Ger man lines northwest of Chateau ! Thierry shows no indication of re- ! taxation. The enemy having yielded readily to the first thrust against him on Thursday, the entente forces have pursued their advantage and are | realizing new progress in a series of local operations. The whole German line at the tip of the salient driven into the allied I tront has been pushed back in this process. The allied line is now astride the Clignon river and point* of vantage have been secured north of that stream. Allies' Win Ground According to reports from the front, the attack of Thursday began ; over a front of about three miles, but the reaction has spread until it extends from Hill 204. west of ; Chateau Thierry, to Dammard. over { seven miles to the northwest. Along all this line the allies have won j ground with encouraging rapidity. The official statement issued by 1 the French war office mentions two violent attacks against the Bourefc- ! • hes-le-Thiolet tine. It is on this sec tion of the new battle ltne that the Nmerican marines have been In nr. j tion and they probably are still operating here. The faot that both German assaults were repulsed with heavy losses indicates that these Americans are still fighting •"•"tth their initial vigor. Go Forward Rapidly According to official statement*, the heights east of Hautevesnes have been taken by the French, which | may indicate that a wedge has been driven into the German lines north ! of the Clignon and that the retire- | [Continued on Page 2.] Sun to Be Darkened Here in the Early Evening Hundreds of people of Harrisburg ! and surrounding section are prepar- j ing this evening to witness the par tial eclipse of the sun visible here. The total eclipse will be seen in the United States only in a narrow- belt not over seventy miles w ide, extend ing diagonally across the United Slates from Washington to -•"lorida.; In Harrisburg and vicinity the I partial eclipse will be visible for a j period of one hour and forty-eight | minutes. It will be first noiiets-iole i at 6.31 p. m. and may be witnessed until 5.19 with the maximum degree, of the eclipse noticeable at 7.27. : This eclipse is one of the three! eclipses visible this year, two of them being eclipses of the sun and the third an eclipse of the moon. KAIX TO I SHF.K IV WEEK By Associated Press Washington. June 8. Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday issued by the Weather Bu reau to-day are: North and Middle Atlantic States: Local rains tirst of week and again about Friday; sea sonal temperatures.. A quarter starts a War Savings Card ONE STAMP BUYS FOUR CARTRIDGES iW Cartridges stop Huns, But Buy Now -1 THE WEATHER I'or Harrlsbnrg and vicinity: Fair, •■oHflnard cool te-niafat, with Innmt trmprratare about 55 dr- Rree*i Sandar fair and warairr. For Knstrrn Pennsylvania i Fair, • rantlaaed cool to-nUM: Itaaday fair and narouri light norther ly winds. * River Tke mala river will rise slowly. A atase of a boat 4.0 feet la In. dleatetl for Harrlsharg Sunday mora lag. General Conditions The storaa that waa central over •he I'pper St. I.awreacc Valley Friday, ransed showers alonic Ihe Atlaatlc coast from Florida to .Northern Xew Eafland. Temperature: 8 a. on.. 71. from Rises, 5:37 a. M.i sets, 8:23 Moon: First quarter, June IS. River Stage: 4.9 feet above low- ( water mark. Vesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 70. l owest temperature. Bit. Mean temperature, 74. Aoraaal temperature, SB. Turning Loose the Greyhounds / >.! "** A v A / _^^X N GETXM P n ) f GERMANS MAY BE PLANNING WEDGE INTHEWOEVRE Heavy Hun Train Movement Toward St. Mihiel Stirs U. S. Forces With the American Army in Frame. Friday. June T. —Reports of recent heavy German train move ments from the direction of Metz to ward the St. Mihiel salient has aroused discussion in the American expeditionary forces as to whether the enemy is planning an assault in the Woevre. Offers Logical Point From a tactical point of view the neighborhood of St. Mihiel. with its sharp salient, offers a logical place for a German attack. A drive through St. Mihiel to the southwest, it is considered, might have a triple object—the menacing of Bar-le-Duc. the outflanking of Verdun from the rear and the elimination of the sa lient which has its apex at Verdun. For the moment, at least perhaps permanently, the allies have stopped the enemy at the Marne. Many en gagements of a tactical nature may be expected even if the Germans de cide it is useless to continue their ef forts along the Marne and elect to hit the allied line at other places. The position of the railways and the formation of the terrain northwest and north of Bar-le-Duc offer tb- Germans an opportunity. Of course, what the future holds for the Amer ican forces around St. Mihiel is not known, but the salient there Is being discussed as a possibility not to be lost sight of. Americans in Battle I.ine Another place which is likely to see more fighting is • the sector around Montdidier where American troops recently captured Cantigny. Another important point at which American troops are stationed is the territory around Chateau Thierry. It may be considered certain that what ever the future holds, the American forces undoubtedly will participate in some hard fighting. CNDER KNIFE SO THAT HE CAN' JOIX COLORS Determined not to be kept out of the Army. Horace G. Oves. son of ex-City Treasurer Harry F. Over, underwent an operation at the Har risburg Hospital to that he will pass the physical requirements and can re-enter the service. He had been in training with the Pennsylvania National Guard but was refused for further service. He will re-enlist as soon as he recovers he said. SINGLE COPY, a CESTS HUNS GOT MUCH BOOTY IN DRIVE By .Associated Press PARIS. June B.—Millions of lollar- worth of building material mported from America by Mi>s \nne Morgan's •■omniittee to re build French villages wa en !*lfed in tlie last German offen ihe, according to the Paris edi tion of the Xew York Herald. \ certain amount of the material had hurriedly removed to the south, but the bulk is now in the hands of the ticrmans. a.- also are mo-t of the fort.v-tlu-ee vil ■ages for ulilcli it was intended. BRETHREN HOSTS NUMBERING 2,500 ATHERSHEYFEST All Available Stopping Places Occupied; Visitors Sent to Nearbv owns With 2,500 delegates already reg istered in addition to many hundreds of visitors and with thousands of persons more expected at the con vention of the Church of the Breth ren at Hershey, the little town is jammed. Transportation facilities are badly congested. Hershey is literally filled. All avail able space is occupied. Sleeping quar ters for a thousand more persons are needed in Hershey for this evening, but with everything filled, hundreds of persons are being sent to Pal- [Continued 011 Page 2.] Whistles on Pennsy Must Not Tell of Troop Trains Passing Through For War Philadelphia. June B.—Except for the giving of proper and necessary signals, locomotive whistles on the Pennsylvania Railroad eastern lines are forbidden to be blown during the movement of troop trains. An crder to this effect, issued to-day by Elisha E. Federal manager, was in compliance with the desires of military authorities. Shop whis tles must also rease the practice of saluting the troops. ©K otar- Independent HARRISBURG, PA„ SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 8, 1918. CITY EXPECTS TO FILL ITS QUOTA OF WAR NURSES All Hospital Graduates Asked to Attend Rally at 7.30 O'clock This Evening j s^/ esu,t of to -n'Sht's meeting and before the campaign is endd although probably not before the conclusion of the intensive drive on Monday evening, the Harrisburg chapter of the American Red Cross Society expects to recruit its full f^K° f £^' ent> ;- fivc graduate nurses tor the L_ mted States service A statement to this effect was issued this morning by Mrs. James I. Cham berlain, chairman of the committee in charge of the campaign hJi > " n t gh u S m T e r et,ng ' w hlch will be c a i th .° Harrisburg Hospital, South Front street, will be called to order promptly at 7.30 o'clock in- [Continued on Page 2.] FALLS FROM CHERRV TRBE TO HIS DEATH George Barnhart. aged 60 was found dead under a cherry tree on the Kingston farm near Middletown this morning. The man's neck was roken b.v the fall. It is assumed that balance P cherr 'es and lost his SEEK TO RECRUIT HERE FOR THE OLD BTH BAND More Men Seeded For Organization That Marched From City With the National Guard Last Summer With twenty-eight men. most of them coming from Harrisburg and vicinity, an increment of twenty-two more men is needed to bring the old Eighth Pennsylvania Infantry Band to the new war strength of fifty men. Accordingly JDavld M Clark, leader of the Harrisburg Army musicians, has sent a call here for recruits. With practlca'llv all musicians in the band from this section, Leader Clark desires to keep the organiza tion as strictly a Harrisburg body as possible. So Clark is now offering musicians of Harrisburg and vicin ity an opportunity to enlLst in this military band. DRAFT BOARDS TO HAVE A BIG TASK IN DRAFT REVIEW Men With Deferred Classifi cations May Be Taken in Next Call SOME MISTAKES MADE Result of State Inspection Ex pected to Have Good Results Just what effect the order for a complete review of the draft classi fications with the purpose of putting into Class 1 every available man w-ill have in Harrisburg artd Dauphin county, local draft boards to-day were unable to say. The order of the Provost Marshal General, however, is clear enough to make many young men of the city, who have been considering the war as a far away and vague proposi tion and who have been sheltered by a deferred classification, wonder if their classifications will not when reopened put them in for the next draft. • As a result of recent investigations made by inspectors for the state draft hoard, local draft boards throughout the state have received pointers on places where mistakes have been made. This will, with General Crowder's ruling, enable the boards to reopen cases and give men now wrongly holding deferred classifications a place in class one. Others in class three and four will be placed in class two. To Consider Marriages Particular attention is to be given to men who were married since the passage of the conscription act. At tention also has been called by state inspectors to men who claimed ex emption on the ground of dependants and Vhere it is known that there are others with incomes in the families. Boards also have been asked to con sider the fact in considering depend ency that a man in the army gets an allowance from $25 to S4O a month for his folks at home. Owing to the rush of work dur ing the classification, many men are thought to have received deferred classification who were not entitled to them. Marriages promulgated after the passage of the selective service law. and industrial classifi- particularly ctOse scrutiny as a result of the order for an investigation. As an example of these mistakes the instance is cited of a young man who registered for the draft in this city while he was married, but soon after divorced his wife. Prior to his classification he remarried, and asked deferred classification on the grounds of having a dependent wife. In spite of tlie obvious fact that he had married after the effects of the draft law became known, his local draft board gave him the deferred classification and the decision. Percentage High Here Men with wives who have means of support or the ability to earn their livings will be placed in Class 1 or 2 by the new order, so that the men who have dependent wives and families unable to sup port themselves will be allowed to remain at home. Claims on the part of farmers and war workers will also be reinvestigated, to determine if deferred classification was de servedly granted. Tlie government percentage of Class 1 men from the list of regis trants is 28.7 per cent. The per centage of. men the local boards have put into the first class vary consider ably. City Board Xo. 1 had 3 3 per cent, ana revised their lists some time ago to give certain railroad men de ferred classifications, but their final list showed more than 30 per cent of the registrants in Class 1. City Board Xo. 2 estimated this morning that between 20 and 25 per cent, of their registrants were in Class 1. All marriages made after the selective service law went into effect were not considered claims for exemption by this board, it was said this morning. City Board Xo. 3 said some time ago its Class 1 registrants were about 2 4 per cent, of the total. A large "V.TfL of L railroad m en registered with this board. The local boards this morning pointed out that many of the doubt ful cases which finally received de ferred classification wore determined by the district appeal board. This was particularly true of *ie mar'- nage and industrial claims. Investigation into deferred classi fications granted aliens will also re ceive investigation. Mlnm| A '! l , <>OP RECORD Mlnml, Ha June B. —Lieutenant F L- !• leer, of the marine flyinjr schnnt* here made 109 successive loopg yes terday. His feat is said to eataKlf.h a now military aviation record Men between the ages of 18 and w >l*'her registered or no" are eligible for positions in the band Players of all Instruments between these ages are needed. While most of the men will enter the band as privates, several positions as nori commlssioned officers are open and will be dealt out to deserving musi cians. The Pay for Army musicians \?r g rl H r ° m in to * 4B per roonth. Married men will receive additional allotments each month. Further in formation may be obtained from Da vid M. Clark, ohief musician of Eighth Infantry Band, Headquarters Troop. Provisional Depot for Corps and > -*®ps, Camp U. S. Transports Attacked By Safely R British Convoy Beats Off Both Attacks in Danger Zone "Overseas;" Depth Charges Arc Used YANKEE DISCIPLINE HOLDS UNDER DANGER American Soldiers Described as Having "Nerves of Steel" While Destroyers Attack Enemv 'Submarines By Associated Press London, Thursday, June 6. German submarines were foiled in tlieir attempts against a con voy which included ships carry ing American troops and Amer ican Red Cross workers, accord ins to the Rev. Father Joseph Wareing, of Baltimore, one of the Red Cross party and who ar rived in London yesterday. The protecting destroyers got into, action quickly on two occasions last Sunday, but Rev. Wareing did not know whether any. sub marines had been sunk. To the Associated Press. Rev. Father JWareing, who had a trying experience following the torpedoing [ of the British steamer Laconia in j February, 1917, said: Two I'-Boats Sighted "Soon after we reached the danger! zone our convoy was attacked by German submarines and for a few minutes I thought I was in for an- ' other experience of the same kind j as 1 had on the Laconia. The exact! number of the enemy U-boats was ! not determined but at least two were | seen. "We had a lively .escort of British i destroyers, however, and they wepe I on the trail of the periscope like a flash. Guns and depth charges be gan popping like giant firecrackers ion the fourth of July. Fifteen dpth charges were dropped Into tlie nest of German submarines. Whether any submarines were sunk I cannot say for we were on a fast ship and enveloped in smoke, but I know we did not lose'a single ship. Our con voy carried a large number of Amer [ ican troops, I cannot tell you how many. Enemy Beaton Off "When the first alarm was sounded for the passengers to go to their life boat stations late on Sunday after noon I was in my stateroom. Word was passed around that enemy sub marines had been sighted. I • had no sooner reached my station than depth charges began to explode, shaking our ship. After a few min utes of anxious waiting at the life boat stations we received the signal: 'The enemy has been beaten off.' "Discipline on board was superb. The troops behaved as if a subma rine attack was part of the every day routine and there was not the slightest flurry anywhere on board. T' or coolness in time of emergency I do not think you can beat these young Americans. Their nerves are like steel. The Second Alarm "Two hours later on the same day while I was preparing for dinner another alarm was sounded and al most simultaneously the destroyers began dropping depth charges. One landed within about 500 yards of our ship and gave it a good shaking After the sinking of the Laconia on February 26 1917 { the Rev. Father Wareing was in the same lifeboat with Mrs. Mary E. Hoy, of Chicago and her daughter, Miss Elizabeth Hoy. Mrs. Hoy and her daughter both died of exposure and were buried at sea. Niece of Paxtang Woman on Carolina, Hun Victim, Has Not Been Heard From Word has been received heTe ty ' Mrs. Adeline M. Rutherford, of Pax tang, that her niece, Miss Francis R. Dickey, who was abroad the Caro lina when it was torpedoed by a Ger man submarine, has arrived safely at her home in Oxford, Chester county. Miss Dickey was on her! way home from Porto Rico, where i she has been teaching. Her visit I home Is the first she has returned! to the United States for two years, j She has been located in Porto Rico four years. Mrs. Rutherford has not heard from her niece directly since her ad i venture. She has been informed in- I directly, however, that Miss Dicker was taken off the doomed liner with the other passengers in a lifeboat, and remained afloat in the little boat for 18 hours. She was finally picked up by schooner, which bore the pas sengers of the U-boat victim to an Atlantic port. Mrs. Rutherford was unable to say this morning whether Miss Dickey was taken to New York or Atlantic City after her recu. Bull Calf, Sylia Johanna, Brings $106,000 at State Fair Park; Mother Peeress Milwaukee, June 8. Champion Sylia Johamna, a 6-months' old Hol stein bull calf, sold for $106,000 at the state pair park here yesterdav. The previous record price was $53 ." 000 paid for the calf's mother. May Echo Sylvia, a year ago. The moth er holds the world's record with 41 01 pounds of butter and 1,005.80 pounds of milk for a seven-day period. The seller was A. C. Hardy. Brook sua* K. A., Stuart, of Oconomowoc, Wis. ONLY KVKM.XJ ASSOCCIATKD PRESS NEWSPAPER IN HARIUSUUKG MRST AMERICAN ACE IS WOUNDED By Associated Press GOLDKXDALE. Wash...June 8. —Professor W. W. Campbell, of Lick Observatory at Mount Ham ilton, Cal., who Is here to stucly tlie phenomena of to-day's solar eel ipse, received a table?* nun from 1-ranee to-day, stating; that his sn, Lieut. Douglass Camp. Be l !, was slightly wounded. Camp bell is the first Amcriean "ace." New German Drive Aims to Place Paris Within Range of Big Han Guns By Associated Press l*arls, June B.—ln an article in the Matin dealing with the recent ap pointment of the Paris committee of defense, Frederic Brunet, a Socialist deputy, says: By another drive made without regard to sacrifices, the Germans, if ,lle >' d 'tht Atftiilk. w^ t , the ace { 'ht b 2 ' | HUN PLANE AFLAME PALLS INTO THE SEA J w. • ■ Ij • ' • Hilt he'."-: * erved tfciall in'flames info tin £ jlj * t*shh-'/PA KD "H as- apt' . ::rcms jgp jej, Helen Gould . her how 4 |in Filth avenue. The n j; ; da er satisfactory and*it is hoped an m 4 t* £ . br abided 4 •> tf ± • , - t |4 OP MOVrfMLNTS TC '' KL'} *f X P" rrrt -ht ,• pj C "- ap.-j ft>- T the movtiwmt.e# troop • - order to thr T. I '• ucd to-day by KRsha ft. Let, federal manager f ... arathotfcJes Hjp xj X J BRETHREN WOM"EN UttGED TO WAR DUTY £ T -At the (iidft Aid m j * cthrcfl convention this afternoon, women were § 4* j aid in every | urged the peep) Mke an opti- • ju uttiw< T 3 I.f \L SWITCHING CHARG : TO RISE I . 4* Wr, -iff ton—Local frrritctring cha* ;r< air to be in- X ! creased J.me 25 under the .tame nries applicable to other J shipping the railroad administration announced to-day. — .* f marriage licenses $ Tlfrrlnbiirs v and Kdnn P. Hyrfe, PUi> B . ' ueor* F. Stto, • 4> HOME EDITION EYE OF NAVY IS TO BE ON GUARD FOR HUN RAIDERS Future Visits From German U-Boats Is Conclusion; Pa- . trols Maintain Vigil ENEMY MAY STILL LURK Sinking of Vinland Follows That of British Steamer Harpathian Washington, Juno B.—Plans of the Navy Department for constant vigilance in American waters against further depredations by Ger man submarines we -e believed to day to have been set in motion. Putting iftto effect of the home cam paign Known to have been formu lated some time ago has only been hastened by the visit of raiding U-boats to the Atlantic coast, it was intimated, and the present efforts are but a part of a long contemplated program. May Lie In Wait Future visits from the German raiders may be expected it was said, and Atlantic coast waters must not henceforth be considered as suli marine-proof. The Navy Depart ment would not venture a prediction to-day as to whether the craft which preyed upon American coastwise shipping early in the week might still be lurking in waters on this side of the Atlantic. It was said that the vigilance of patrols in nor wise had been lessened nor would it be decreased even after it was safely assumed that the submarines hr.d re turned to their home ports. lsc Bombs in Attack The latest dispatch made public by the Navy Department concerning the raiders was the announcement last night of the sinking late Wed nesday of the Norwegian steamer Vinland. of 1,193 tons, 65 miles oft the Virginia capes. The crew of the Vinland was landed safely at Cupe May. N. J., yesterday. The sinking of the Vinland followed that of the British steamer Harpathian by nine hours and occurred 35 miles nearer the Virginia coast. Bombs were use 4 in the attack on the Vinland.