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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- |
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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
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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-
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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-
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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 '<l ot enter Paris, perhaps
could approach near enough to hold'
the capital under the tire of long
range guns, not as now, for an Inter
mittent bombardment, but for meth
odic, permanent fire.
Would Imperil Industrial Life
Such conditions." the deputy
adds, "would render industrial life
imposible, and the government s will
to resist must not be influenced by
the fear of sacrificing the lives of
non-combatants or by fear of the
consequences which a cessation of
the output of the munition factories
surrounding the capital would en
tail."
I'he committee in question, whose
duty it is to defend the Paris area,
will not only study plans to meet
the threat of invasion, which is re
garded as improbable, but will deal
with the problems caused by night
airraids and the long range bom
bardment, says a Havas Agency re
view of the committee's work which
summarizes the newspaper comment.
This morning the long range bom
bardment of the Paris region was re-
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! creased J.me 25 under the .tame nries applicable to other J
shipping the railroad administration announced to-day.
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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.