HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Mk ®K otar-Independent %r I* 1 LXXXVII— No. 1 21 14 PAGES HUNS SUFFER HORRIBLE LOSSES IN BIG BATTLE EARTH CO WITH DE GERMAN HORDES Division After Division Thrown Into Inferno of Fire as Enemy Puts Forth Every Effort to Break Through the Line Guarding Approach to Paris; French Make He roic Defense by Exacting Heavy Toll By Associated Press With the French Army in France, Monday, June 10.—Un diminished severity marks the fighting between Montdidier and Noyon. The situation to-night is rather satisfactory for the allies vhose obstinate resistance and frequent counterattacks have caused great consternation to the Germans. Enemy losses under the direct tire of the French artillery have been horrible. Every time the allies counterattack they rind the ground covered with German dead. Throughout tlie day. the enemy threw his greatest pressure toward the center of the allied line in an effort to gain as much ground as possible southward in the direction of Compeigne. Un der the powerful push of the continually reinforced enemy columns the allies were forced to give a little but they fought tenaciously for every inch of ground. An Epic Struggle An epic struggle occurred in the vicinity of Plemont, where the small garrison of dismounted cavalrymen possibly may still hold out. French soldiers who managed to get through the Ger man lines late yes/erday declared that before they left the Germans had delivered terrific assaults all of which have been repulsed with losses for the enemy. Several small villages, including Mery, Belloy and St. Maure changed ownership a number of times but this evening were in German hands. At no moment is it possible to say positively that this or that place is occupied by the enemy or the allies, such i- the terrific nature of the conflict. Ebbs and flows occur every where. On the Belloy plateau, fighting went on continuously for several hours, man tackling man in single combats. The artillery is engaged more actively than in any battle in a long while. The Germans have been able to bring forward field guns in considerable number. The French artillery fire is most violent and very destructive, especially when turned against at tacking enemy troops. Fresh Troops Huns to By Associated Press . Paris, June 11. —All the advices from the battle front show that the j enemy Is putting forth every pos-• sible effort in his design to push to-1 ward Paris throwing division after division into the melting pot. So far he has succeeded, in two days of i fmhting. in carrying "forward his line 1 at the maximum point of advance, at! Vignemont, a distance of six miles.! In this he has been materially aid ed by a considerable number of tanks' which the French artillery was at first unable to demolish. The enemy further succeeded in i widening the point of his wedge byj bringing up two divisions of the guards and two Bavarian divisions borrowed from the army group of, I'rown Prince Rupprecht. These j troops captured the villages of Mery. i St. Maur and Relldy, giving him a plateau behind which he can mass' troops partially screened from ob-i servation by the French. French Regain Lost Positions By Brilliant Counterattack B$ Associated Press Paris. June 11.—The German drive between Montdidier and N'oyon continued unremittingly last night, jays to-day's official report. On their left the French offered effec tive resistance*. The>y recaptured the village of Mery. THE WEATHER For Harrlahurir and vicinity! Fair anil wnrmer to-night and_Wed . nradar. fk For Kulrrn PenaHj Ivnnla: Fair and warmer to-nlcht and Wed ncadnyi freah aouthweat to aouth wind*. River , The mala river and the other trlbntariea will riw xilicbtly or remala nearly atatlonary. A atace of about 4.0 feet la Indl- I rated tar Harrlaburg AVednea dnv morulas. General t'oadltlon* Thuaderahowera have occurred In the laat twenty-four hour* In the Middle Atlantic Statea. Temperaturei 8 a. m.. DA. Sun: Rlaea, 3:36 a. m.( acta, 8:24 p. m. Moon: Flrat quarter, Jane 16. River Ittaiei 4.9 feet above low water mark. Yeaterday'a Weather Hlchext temperature, 84. I.oweat temperature. HI. Mean temperature, 74. Normal temperature, 60, i French Hold Balance If the danger to the French is in ; losing ground that is valuable as i room in which to maneuver, the German peril lies in the human wast ! age that is in progress. The German army as a whole has been engaged for the past three months with j slight facilities for renewal. The balance seems to be in favor of the i French. The resistance that is being offer ed by the French forces in this bat- I tie has not been surpassed for de , termination during the whole war. i Thus one little group of dismounted ! cuirassiers at Plemont, where, al i most surrounded, it beat off fourteen German attacks, contributed largely to the checking of the German ad , vance. In a summary of the Paris com | merit on the battle the Havas Agency refers to the small progress made by the Germans yesterday in com-, | parison with the price they had to I pay. Huns Ignore Losses The difficulties confronting the enemy are very great in the nature of the country he has now entered in his new drive. The terrain comprises sharp hills, deep valleys and thick woods. Where his most pronounced progress has been made in the cen ter of the battlefield, the ground forms a sort of hollow through which runs the main road from Senlis to Roye and the Compiesne-Roye rail road. The Germans are apparently try ing to increase the rapidity of their advance by entirely ignoring the losses they sustain, the object being to acquire possession of as much ter ritory as possible before the allies are able to stabilize the front. Each division seems to have received [Continued on Page 12.} ONE OF THESE DAYS ; There's to be a 'Dauphir*' among Uncle Sam's fighting ships. felt War Stamps Will Help Get It SINGLE: COPY, 2 CENTS Helping the Boy .V \NriVj MY circus I is a national institution! P\N institution! A CtflL* LEARN riOßfc fl&our ANIMALS, AN' GEOGRAPHY,4N>AN; IN AN HOUR,THAN I Couup TEACH HIN) IN A MONTH'. AN' I Sttf •) THAT HE GOES TO TH£ CIRCUS, IP | 1 HAVE TO LAY OFF I^ N ' T^K£^^V,' _ ■ HUNS MAKE STEADY AID OF U. S. ARMY ADVANCE A T POINT IN RUSSIA ASKED WHERE ENEMY MBY THE EMBASSY French Reach Line, Where the Final Stand Is to Be Made; Battle Sow Enters Its Most Critical Stage With Both Sides Straining Every Point By .Associated Press • Moving with steadiness, in spite of the frightful losses inflicted upon them, the Germans, in their plunge southward on the line from Noyon to Montdidier, continue to gain here and there in the center of the line, where the greatest effort has been exerted and where the Frejich re sistance might have been expected to be most stubborn. The enemy's greatest advance is at Vignemont, six miles from the line as it stood last Saturday. The French have launched coun terattacks on the left of their line, which may be an indication that they have reached the front where they will make their final stand. This line seems to be along the Aronde river, a small stream flowing west and northwest from the Oise and roughly paralleling the line of the advance. I limit of Advance The Germans, according to the of ficial statement issued by the [Continued on Page 5.] British Advance Line Half Mile in Surprise Attack of Local Nature By Associated Press l.oDdon. June 11.—The British last night carried out an operation in the region east of Amiens by which their line south of Morlancourt was advanced a half-mile on a front of a mile and a half, the War Office announced to-day. Two hundred and thirty-three prisoners were taken. The statement reads: "Last night another minor opera tion was undertaken with complete success by Australian troops in the region of Morlancourt. The line Kbuth of the village has been ad vanced to the depth of nearly a haW mile on a front of over a mile and a half and 2a3 prisoners, twenty-one machine guns and a trench mortar, were captured by us." I HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 11, 1918. Time For Kings • to Stick Together By Associated rress I/ONDON, May 31,——A private and secret letter written to King Ferdinand of Rumania by Em peror Charles of Austria-Hungary in the latter part of February marked tile turning j>oint in Ru mania'., participation In the world war and was one of tile deciding factors in the long series of in trigues which eventually broke the spirit of the Rumanian king. Cnder this outside pressure King Ferdinand clianged from an ani ent supporter of the war against Germany into a lukewarm and vacillating opportunist and finally into a distinct peace advocate. "This Is a time when kings must stick together." Yankees Improve Their Positions by Moving Forward With the French By Associated Press WnNhlngton, June 11. General Pershing's communique for yesterday reads: "Section A—Northwest of Chateau Thierry our troops, co-operating with the French, again improved their po sitions and inflicted upon the enemv losses in killed, prisoners and ma terial. "There was moderate artillery ac tivity in the Woevre and on the Marne front. Our patrols crossed the Msrne and successfully reconnoitered the hostile positions." Wilson Wires Labor to Keep Busy Continuously in Order to Win the War fl.v Associated Press Washington, June 11. _ President Wilson to-day telegraphed to the American Federation of and the American Alliance for and Democracy, in convention at St Paul urging renewed efforts of labor in support of the war program. "The war can be lost In America as well as on the fields of France and ill-considered or unjustified In terruptions of the essential labor of the country may make It Impossible to win It. said 'lie President's tele gram to Robert Malsel, of the Ameri can Alliance for Labor and Demo cracy. Allied Help in 'Stemming En emy Advance Is Sought by Diplomats By Associated Press Washington, June 11.—An appeal | to the United States and the allies to f send an expeditionary force to Rus j sia to repel the German invaders, ] forwarded by the Central Committee ,of the Ladet Party .in Russia, was ; transmitted to the State Department j to-day by the Russian embassy. It is j asked that the expedition, if sent, be | put under international control to guarantee the rights of Russia. City Council Postpones Action on Traffic Rules Proposed by the Mayor Council postponed action on the traffic ordinance Mayor Keister de . ciding not to call it before the mem- I bers after some of the Commissioners requested a delay until Captain Jo seph P. Thompson, of the traffic squad, returns from New York City where he will make a study of police training arid traffic methods. The ordinance locating new arc lights was presented by Commission er Hassler. It provides for the plac i ing of arcs at the following locations: Cameron and Nagle; Seventeenth be jtween Catherine and Philadelphia and Reading railway: Derry and Dunkle; Vernon, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth; Fifteenth and Hun ter; Fourteenth and Market; Twelfth and Kelker; Mahantongo and Jeffer son; Division and Jefferson; Camer on above Berryhill; Tenth between Market and Walnut streets; incande scent lights at 27 South Summit; Reservoir and Regina; Division be tween Sixth and Jefferson; Cherry ' and River. The ordinance appropriating $3,. 000 as the first payment for the sew erage system in the Fourteenth ward, WHS passed finally. A letter was re ceived from an official of the com pany owning the system asking for the right to retain' all legal fran chises and the charter. Commission er Lynch said the city would not ob ject to the company holding its charter, but said he understood the purchase price included all legal franchises. KYLER SENTENCED TO DIE WHEN NEW TRIAL IS REFUSED Negro Says He Didn't Receive a "Fair Deal" During His Trial HOTEL MAN GOES TO JAIL Liquor Dealer From Upper End of County Confesses to Illegal Sale C. V. Henry, of Lebanon, who was specially presiding at the trial of Charles Kyler, colored, charged with murdering Walter Shaffer, a railroader, in an uptown ' hotel, handed down an opinion to-day ■ refusing Kyler a new trials District j Attorney Michael E. Stroup moved for judgment Immediately and Kyler was brought into court to be sen tenced. When asked if he had any state ment to make before being sentenced, Kyler said: "I don't think I received a fair deal in this trial in no way." Judge Henry asked him to explain why he thflight he had not been treated fairly. The prisoner then re peated his statement made on the witness stand that the stabbing oc curred on the inside of the hotel. Commonwealth witnesses all stated J the murder was committed outside | the barroom. Just before the death sentence was pronounced by Judge Henry. Kyler again repeated his statement that he did not think he had a fair trial, and said he hoped j to be given one when he appeared before "the greatest of all Judges—l God." Hotelman Sentenced While present in courtroom No. 1 during the morning. Judge Henry presided at several trials and also imposed sentences in cases in which convictions were returned by juries. In courtroom No. 2 during the morning George Chappelle, charged with felonious entry and larceny, and Emma Arder. charged with receiving the stolen goods, were on trial be fore Judge McCarrell. The case may be concluded this afternoon. Clyde Anderon, pleading guilty to a felon ious entry, was sentenced to one month in jail.' C. M. Dubs, charged with receiving flour stolen by an em ploye of Hotter & Garman, grain dealers, was convicted before Judge McCarrell. A severe sentence was given An drew Hoffman, a hotel proprietor in Wiconiaco township, who pleaded guilty to selling liquor to minors and also on Suhday. Judge Kunkel or dered him to pay a SIOO fine, serve thirty days in jail and revoked the liquor license in February for the present year. Cases disposed of by Judge Henry follow: Charles Taylor, larceny, ac quitted; Theodore Cashman, larceny, six months; Joseph Bee and Richard Brown, larceny, three months; Wil liam Spratley and Country Smith, colored, larceny, on trial this after noon. i Cases disposed of before Judge Kunkel follow: Andrew Ross, lar ceny from the person, three months; Marko Zuperich, carrying concealed deadly weapons, three months. Grand Jury report on bills of in dictment which were ignored: S. If. Kreiger, larceny: Walter McQurrin, William Heminghouse, W. E. Hanes, serious charge; Oliver Craig, lar ceny. Funeral Service Instead of Ordination For Young Graduate of Bloomsburg Bishop James Henry Darlington, j of the Episcopal Church, who was jto have' officiated Friday at Sun ' bury at the ordination of John Clayton Rutter 111, of Bloomsburg, received word to-day that the young man died this morning as the result of a shooting accident, and the Bishop will be present at the fu neral services Thursday. Mr. Rut ter was graduated at the general theological seminary in New York last week and as soon as ordained would have gone into the Army service, his application already having been accepted. He comes from a well-known family and has been prominent in Bloomsburg life for years. The bullet which killed him was fired by a lad named Paul Mcßtide, who was trying to shoot ! sparrows with his father's revolver, i The shooting occurred on Sunday ; while young Rutter was taking a j walk. Archdea,con Fred O. Musser, i of Bloomsburg. will have charge of the funeral services. The Bishop Will go to Bloomsburg for the funeral and return to Sun bury on Friday, where he will pre side at the ordination of the re mainder of the class. The Rev. James Hart Lamb Jr., assistant at St. Luke's, Altoona, will be raised to the priesthood. His father, the Rev. Dr. rector at Devon, will preach the sermon, and a brother, rector at Radnor, will pre sent the candidate. The following will be ordained ,as deacons: Charles Nelson Thomas, Montours ville; Joseph Herbert Bond, Lylcens, and Clayton E. B. Robinson, Gou dersport. Place Open on City Police Force For One New Man Applications for appointment as patrolman to fill the one vacancy on the cltv police force will be received until June 24, R. Roas Seaman, clerk of the civil service board announced to-day. Blanks can be secured from him. Mr. Seaman announced that'as there are only two . names on the eligible list for appointment examin ations will be held again. Men from 23 to 4 Oyears of age may applv. As only one applicant has been Hat ed for appointment as transltman In the city engineer's office the date for filing applications has been extended by the civil service board until June 24. Examinations for registry clerk applicants will be hel dor Friday evening. ONLY EVENING) ASSOCCIATED PRESS •' NEWSPAPER IN HARRISBURG Y.M.C.A.RECRUITS ARE NEEDED FOR SERVICE ABROAD Recruiting Committee Hears About Conditions Abroad; Applications Received WANTED Wanted —Stenographers, ship ping clerks, bookkeepers, auto mobile drivers, automobile re pairmen, storekeepers, canteen workers, men and women for ev ery kind of business conducted in connection with the Y. M. C. A. work in France. Automobile re pairmen. secretaries and athletic directors especially needed. Ap- j ply Robert B. Reeves. Central | Y. M. C. A., Harrisburg. After considering applications from several candidates for'service abroad, the Y. M. C. A. recruiting committee at its noon meeting listened to re ports from General Secretary J. Wil liam Bowman. Flavel L. Wright, E. J. Stackpole and Ross A. Hickok, members who attended the confer ence last week in New York City where John R. Mott outlined to them the needs of the Y. M. C. A. in France and the importrnce of re cruiting men a s well as of raising money. J. William Bowman pre sided. The need of physical directors es pecially was emphasized, although there is work aplenty for men of al most every branch of business or re ligious training. How Army Is Billeted The American Infantry is billeted mainly in French peasant villages— from three to live times as many men in each village as the normal [Continued on Page 12.] CITY DETECTIVE IS CALLED TO ARMY David Wills, city detective, ap pointed under Mayor Keister by the Police Civil Service Board, will leave the force Saturday to answer the call of his draft board for service in the National Army. Wills registered in the western part of the state before he came to this city. He is a for mer member of the Pennsylvania State Police. 4 M i*4"ir 'l' ■fr'fr'fr'fr-a i ' t J FOCH STANDS AS BARRIER TO HUNS JJ Washington—lrt the (Opinion of arwiy observers here- . | •T Hisis between Amiens anti Arts*:; • Hjgh dfficiala believe jfr |f the policy o) Genera! Poch of holding his reser\-e; along 'wj e vital line uhich form* the connection between the £ 4j French and.'Briti&h has greatly impeded th Jcvelor- *S* X merit of he all Genmart pUn Z | t 4COKGRESS FOLLOWS BLINDLY. SAYS SENATOR 4k Pall, oi NF 9, publicl] * * impart-to fl € cbn{ resi fatw asked for and said this action has cotn- fl ® * |l es •fl * V-. r►H> , - * * ' • WILL LICENSE MOTOR BOAT'S * ' <4 # gton—AH flfcft* in American Mi I * ''*■ " ' ' " * • ?•■ la" i • * * *: <;,y, M l< * 4 i Less days a week 41 * < i Three ir<*atle:;s days a \vrek within a 'j i ® * upon by the National. > | | § A- min • tio . Harry Wheeler, chief food administi*ft i | * • for Illinois, wired headquarters br * J '< TWO KILLED BY RrG GIJN •> Paris—The long distance bombardment of Parts was* * ' , t ' -umed this morning. Two pmont were kiUetfand nin* i e ere wounded in yesterdays bombardmertt lr accoHin ■ 1 1 , „ . the Eclair, , , , * * • SWEDISH VESSEL SU#K • , * An Atlantic F • New Sweden, a passenger am , ••freight vessel owned fry the s^pn:-h- American-Mexico J 1 L.ne . $u rmflH&i!W*y 2$ in Mediterranean * > £}** ;; * HtJht MINES WASHED ASHORE • e , Rehoboth, Del —iThfee German mines sown in the * \ ; J Delaware Bay try U-boat*, hive been washed ashore and T. < taken to the coast tfcrard station. Xj I .t t MARRIAGE Ralph D. Blair, I hambrnbum. and Edith H. Behalf, Green- i i, raatlei Samuel Ivlunhrr/. I.ancanter, and I.llllan M. Heddlg, Koh- T ratal Jonathan A. Stoulfer and Margaret H, '•hanabrosk. Bow ri* manndalei Harry J. Klnerfrork nnd Ruth MeK. 'lv.trr. Harris- >1 X borll Mtchael F. MrNellla and Stuy I- Prlee, Hnrrixburc. HOME EDITION THOUSANDS SEE COLORFUL CIRCUS PARADETODAY Bands, Horses, Clowns and Calliope Hold Interest For City Crowds MANY WAIT FOR HOURS Lateness of Pageant Does Not Detract From Attractive ness of the Event "There It comes!" The electrical cry worked quickly up the street, with all the intensity of the sailorman's "Thar she blows!" Craning thousands listened painfully for the tlrst staccato notes of the cir cus bugles. Windows of buildings along the of march were gorged with humanity. The sound came. A ripple spread that brought lookers to tiptoe. The pavement began to rock perceptibly to the tune of a measured and approaching rumble. Something colorful swung into view. It was the van <# the circus parade. Thereupon, sure of being sated, the populace sank back placidly on Its heels and watched. Bands blared. Horses caparison ed in crimson and gold, caracoled and pranced spiritedly. Long ser pentine teams danced in and out ahead of correspondingly tiny coach es. Bedizened riders swung Jauntily by, cowboys of the west, Cossacks of the Siberian steppes, turbaned Arabs. ' [Continued on Page 10.] •10.000 WENT DOWN Washington, June 11.—Mail lost when the Porto Rican liner Carolina was sunk by a German submarine off the New Jersey coast included 4 0,000 letters, forty-two sacks of newspapers, fifty-four sacks of par cel post and 376 registered articles, mailed from throughout the islands between May 25 to 28, inclusive, and at San Juan May 29, the post office department yesterday announced. SEEK CITY JOBS Three applications have been re ceived bv the civil Service hoard fur the position of registry clerk in the city engineer's office *and one for the other vacancy.