_ ... ~ x Austria Masses Greatest Army Against Italy; Foes Fail to / * Again ' /.ofms and Allies . HARRISBURG t§|§l|l' TELEGRAPH 4# . == _ === __ L _ ®K Star-Inbepcn&eni / LXXXVII— No. 130 12 PAGES CITY LADS TAKE UP HOE IN WAR AGAINST THE HUN Tcch and Central Boys Enlist For a Summer's Work in Fields TWO SCORE ON FARMS Youths Give Up Better Paying Jobs to Take Up Im portant Work The men who marched away in khaki with shouldered puns to "strafe" the Hun in France are not the only patriots from Harrisburg •who marched away from their homes to ser\e their country. Two score young men of high school age. it was announced to-day. have volunteered their services for duty on the farms during the sum- 1 mer. The young men offered their services in response to a call made early in the summer for boys to turn out and help farm the crops while farm labor is so difficult to procure, j What's more, these forty or more hoys from Harrisburg have created a demand on the part of the farmers ! for more. They are "making good." i The principals of the two high schools who enrolled the boys, said this morning that the farmers are looking for more labor of this kind, j as they can depend on the boys to ; do their part of every job, and do ' it right. Sacrifice Opportunity When the war has been success- ' fully concluded, the roll of honor will , not contain more deserving names i than those of the farm boys. It is ! pointed out that they have sacrificed ' opportunities to make attractive wages in munitions plants and other j lines of endeavor, to answer their ■ country's call. Too young to be in | the draft, the youths are at the same * time giving their time and best ef- ; forts to answering the call which 1 they considered addressed to them. | They receive on an average S2O a i month and board, or S3O if they are able to do a man's work. The boys signed up for service on ! the farm during the early spring. ■ and were then sent to State College Jjfr a ten days' course of training. A ! JJfctingent of boys from the Tech- High School is at State College now. The remainder of the Tech and , Central High School volunteers are j on the farms, some in Dauphin j county, and some in farm camps ; scattered over the state. Tlie Volunteers The names of the hoys who volun- ' teered for farm work were an- ' nounced by Dr. Charles B. Fager. Jr.. | county enrollment representative of t the Boys' Working Reserves this j morning. They are: John C. Koch, Central: Paul John ston. Tech: Kramer Johnston. Tech: ' Albert Sanders. Central: Jav Stoll. Central: C. Willard Smith. Central: Gerald Harris. Tech; William Long. Tech: J. Rov Seidel. Tech: Edward Watson. Tech: Robert Webster. Jr.. j Tech: William Webster, Tech: Henrv Voung. Tech: William Keller. Tech": | Emerson Beible. Tech: Daniel Krieg. Tech: I.eon Reiscli. Tech: George McCormick. Tech: Paul Schwartz I Tech: Harry Weidman, Tech: Carl Miller, not in school: David Gilbert, i Tech: Richard Wilson. Carnn Hill Hieh: Richard Hamnie, Tech: George Dolby. Cameron: Paul Springer, '""ameronr Wilbur Nislev, Tech: John Roth. Tech: Paul Shank. Tech: Karl Opoerman. Jr.. Tech. Besides the farm volunteers, six teen bovs volunteered for industrial work. They are: John S. Bowman. Tech: John L. Bitner. Tech: Foster W. Cocklin, i Tech: Fred H. Murray, Tech: Wal- < 'on Kersteter. Tech: Paul Hunts berger. Tech: Frederick Huston, I Tech: Ross Reed. Tech: Jack Meek. Tech' Carlton Gardner. Tech: Fred Essig. Tech: John Derick. Tech' Abram Burkholder. Tech; Earl Schwartz, Tech: Charles H. Israel. ' Jr.. Tech. and Franklin Koons, Tech. K. BOONE ABBOTT Says War Stamps HELP MOVE WHEELS to back up our FIGHTING i MEN. ifesf Are you giving your quarters? - THE WEATHER For Hnrrlnbnric and vlclnltn Fir 1 ••T-iKht and \\l„,dH,; 1 nIIrMIj rovlrr to-night, with 1 loOT+M triii pern tare about HO tie- i litre*. For KaMern Pfnn.jh.ni,, Fair to-night al Wrdnfftdov; ulisht ly rooter to-night; light north Hindu. i River The *>uqnehannn river and .11 |„ j branched *>lll fall I , •"*' "bout 4.3 feet U |„di rated for Harrisburg Wednm da> morning. < 1 < (General Conditions l.ight, arattered thonen have oe- ' < rnrred In the ; I pper Ohio, I pper Mlalaa|p p | and I'pper Mlaaoarl vallera. In the Morthern Hooky Mountaina 1 and over the plateau region. The 1 high preaaure area over the ' l ake Region ban caused the temperature to fall from 2 to 10 c degreea. Temperature i 8 a. m.. AS, Sum niaea, 5i33 a. m-l aeta. p. m. Moon i Full moou, June 24. River Stagei 4.3 feet above loir. a water mark. r Yesterday'* Weather t Hlgheat temperature, 94. 1 l.oneat temperature. W. f Mean temperature. 71. j 1 .\ormal temperature, 71. t /fs Time to Take Both Hands to It HARRY F. OVES CITY CHAIRMAN ELEVENTH TIME Charles E. Pass Made Vice-. Chairman by Republicans; Ovation For Bcidleman The Republican city committee at I a largely attended meeting in thei courthouse last evening unanimous ly re-elected former City Trearurer Harry F. Oves city chairman. Mr' Oves has been head of the citv com-' mittee for eleven years and is more | thoroughly acquainted with the pro- ! cinct and ward organizations than any other man in the city. He pre sided at last evening's meeting and 1 received the vote of every member i in attendance. Prothonotarv Charles E. Pass, for! ; many years a member of the com mittee and 1 an indefatigable worker for the Republican party in Harris-' burg, was honored with the vice-] chairmanship of the committee, also' by an unanimous vote. Mr. [Continued on Page 10.] N. Y. Central Shops at Jersey Shore Are to Be Improved by McAdoo By Associated Press williamxport. Pa. June IS.—An appropriation of over ssoo,ooo has been made by the Railroad Admin :stration for extensive development and enlargement of the New York Central shops near Jersey Shore, ac- j i cording to an announcement received | here to-day. The development will include new ; I car shops and new machine and ; blacksmith shops, as well as im- ! , prove ; bers of the crew of an American steamship arriving here to-day re , ported an engagement with a Ger man submarine oIT the Virginia I Cap*s yesterday, in which the ship's | naval gunners made a clean hit and j either sunk the undersea craft or dis ; abled her. The American vessel was | not damaged. TO LAUNCH B3 SHIPS Philadelphia, June 18.—According to reports made to the Emergency I Fleet Corporation at least sixty-three | ships will be launched .on the Fourth iof July in response to the appeal made by Charles M. Schwab, direc i tor general of the corporation, that i Independence Day be celebrated bv! I such a big splash of ships that It ! I will reach the ears of the German' | emperor. J ITALIAN LINE HOLDS AUSTRIANS IN CHECK HUNS DASHING IN VAIN AGAINST IRON DEFENSE Frightful Losses Suffered by Soldiers in Big Army of Emperor Charles LITTLE GROUND GAINED Furious Counterattack Wins' Back Positions For Allied Troops By Associated Press Holding their lines intact along i virtually all the ninety miles of bat-] tie front from the Adriatic to the i Asiago plateau, the Italian and al- j lied armies appear to have given the; Austrian armies a serious setback.' Approximately one million Austrians! have been hurled against the Italian ' front but have gained little except j along the Piave river, where their progress is seemingly too slow to be threatening to the allied positions. I.osses described as frightful have i been inflicted upon the Austrians. i ! In the mountainous country, where I j the British have been holding their ■ positions solidly, thousands of the! enemy have perished, while they j havep aid heavily for every foot they I have paid heavily for every foot they front. Austrians Gain But LitUc In the Montello area, on the up per Piave, the Austrians seem to have gained a foothold on the west bank of the river. North of Zenson Loop and at Capo Sile, lower down, i they have also moved westward, but their greatest gain does not exceed two' or tht-ee miles. It seems that, thus far in the battle, the Austrians have gained the most ground at Capo Sile, a village west of the Piave j river and surrounded by low, marshy I land, which in itself does not lend itself readily to rapid advance. | The vital mountain sector, along the upper reaches of the Brenta, has j not been broken. On the contrary, I the British claim to have defeated the foe. As long as this front holds | firmly, according to military ex perts. the stability of the Italian line is assured unless a serious breach should be made along the Piave river east of Treviso and Montebel- I luna. Italy May Strike Back There are hints of a counter of | fensive in reports from Italy. The .success of the Italians two weeks : ago in the mountainous country ; west of Lake Garda, and the evi dent concern of the Austrian com i mand over an advance there may in- I dicate that, if the Italians strike I back, it may be along this part of • the front. A success there would iso . late the Austrian forces fighting east of Lake Garda and turn the right flank of the enemy armies. While the gigantic Austrian at j tempt to break through to the | plains of Italy has occupied the c'en j ter of the stage, events of import | ance may be taking shape in the I Somme battlefield. Heavy firing by ! the German artillery in the Ancre valley northward to Cerre is report jed by the British. It is in this part j of the front that a German attack j has been expected by the allies, and j the German bombardment may be j the prelude of a resumption of the j enemy's offensive in France. Bitter Fighting Marks Engagements Along Piave on "Hunger Offensive" By Associated Press Italian Army Headquarters, June 18.—Bitter fighting is in progress along the Piav e river. The Austrians are sustaining large losses from the concentrated fire of Italian batteries. Repeated counterattacks are being made by Italian infantry, inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy. The "hunger offensive," as the Austrian prisoners describe it, is be ing carried on with the greatest se verity on the Piave front, where it is apparent the Austrians have massed large bodies of troops. In the mountain regions to the north the fighting for tlfe present is limited to locaV attacks and counterattacks. The enemy is making desperate ef forts to retain the positions he ob tained duiing the initial stage of the offensive on the western bank of the Piave at the points where he still has a footing across the river. These operations are costing him heavily. Fierce fighting is taking place in tlie Nervesa zone, where the river emerges from Ihe Alps to the plain, and in the region of Fagare, midway between the Alps and the sea. There is no question that the spirit of the Italian troops is excellent. Nevertheless, the general situation is regarded as serious, in view of the fact that the Austrians, so it is stat ed. have brought into action all their available forces in the hope of breaking through the Italian lines and scoring such a decisive victory as to put Italy out of the war. On Austrian prisoners lia\e been found copies of a speech delivered by j Emperor Charles shortly before tile I offensive was begun. "Before you is the enemy," said the Emperor. "There glory awaits you. and also honor, good food, abundant spoils, final pence. With the help of Uod. make the supreme sacrifice for your King, for liberty and for yuui beautiful fatherland." Million of Aust Best Soldiers Against Every Available Force of the Dual Monarchy Is Being Used in Supreme Effort to Crush Southern Nation; Thousands of Cannon Are Massed Back of Infantry INNUMERABLE CORPSES STREW BATTLEFIELD Enemy Is Ordered to Advance at Any Cost and Without Thought of Blood Sacrifice; Objectives Still Far Away Because of Determined Re sistance of Italians Paris, June 18.—Ninety-two Austrian divisions, consisting of eighty divisions of infantry and twelve of cavalry, have been hurled into the greatest battle that Italy has yet fought, ac cording to an official announce ment at Rome received here through the I lavas Agency. Seventy-one of these divisions have already been identified. The forces engaged comprise three-fourths of the whole Austrian aVmy and the choicest troops under the command of Field Marshal Boroevic. (The number of men in an Austrian division is not exactly known, but the number'of divisions engaged would indicate that ap proximately 1,000,000 Austrian sol diers have been thrown into the battle.) Papers found on officers show that, after forcing the passage of the Piave, the first day's objective was the Treviso-Montebelluna railroads. In two days of lighting the enemy columns had succeeded only in real izing the minimum assigned tor the lirst day, according to the official note issued at Home. But one single allied aviator has been lost during the Austrian of fensive, while 4 4 enemy machines have been brought down. "In artillery and airplanes Aus tria is using all her available re sources," says the official note. "Not less than 7,500 cannon of all calibres have been brought into action. Three Austro-Hungarian armies under the command of Field Marshal Boroevic are engaged in fighting desperately with enormous military means. Or dered to advance at any cost without thought of blood sacrifices, the Aus tro-Hungarian regiments readily obey. Thousands of corpses strew the battlefield overlooking the moun tainous Italian sector and accumu late along the Piave. But the ob jectives which the enemy was to reach are yet far away." Streets to Be Kept Clear % For Big Fourth Parade To insure plenty of street space for the gigantic Americanization parade to be held July 4, Mayor Iveister said to-day he will arrange with the traffic officers to have or ders issued keeping all automobiles from parking on highways to be traversed by the parade divisions and that he will also have approxi mately 100 special officers sworn in if necessary to keep order. The mayor and city commissioners who comprise the invitation com mittee, of which C. O. Backenstoss is secretary, held a short conference in council this morning to consider further plans for the parade. Mayor Keister announced he had sent in vitations to the burgesses of the fif teen boroughs in the county asking them to send delegations to partici pate and also requesting them to keep in touch with committees on arrangements here. The officials in the boroughs are instructed to ap point their own committees for ar rangements. All other societies, fire companies and other organizations in the county are given an invitation also to participate in the parade. In the city the entire fire department will be represented with all apparatus in line. Commissioner Gross said he has had assurances from the builders that the new motorized chemical truck for the Paxton Fire Company will be here and in service by July 4. This will be the last piece of ap paratus to be added to the depart ment to complete the motorization. Mayor Keister to-day added to the parade committee Captain E. Lau benstein, Captain Charles P. Meek and Captain F. H. Mikle. SCOTT TYPOS' PRESIDENT By Associated Press Indianapolis. June 18.—Marsdon |G. Scott has been re-elected presi dent of the International Typo graphical Union, according to an nouncement made at the Interna tional headquarters Ijere yesterday by the official canvassing board of the order. The canvass of votes has been proceeding for some time. Wal ter W. Barrett. of Chicago, was fr'fr'fr-fr'fr ■§..fr.fr.g. -fr-fr.fr s T £ J BONKI'WELL IN CftNTROV HERE X f ' '•'• • 1 4 *IP 7* * '• • ' ; • ;j"ir,u- K ' V-'rl l 4*'!"' ancfc ( . McCormkk, tn oote In the state commit- '3§fl ! $ Jttdfcf Bonnjwell may select his ow* cam- ,9 3 J T> •' " I'j - 4* *T l .Aj I *£* * *** T ? v ■ • '3' ¥ t * Z J THIRD CAVKIN VICTIM DIES 4 rr W::wv,c?. who V-Rj, i;V *P® '*a ' i: ' : •••' 'he Branch Colliery Si V % c man t© die from injuries suf: IA *l*l s '"9 is l i ' t if f ' • i> 're.™ ;v 'm| |J " or.ct. -i. ■ -c hot. '.vert 2 J 4 -'.OH ;c '<£ 1 JL 'JK j| X a ■ y .• C- • t Cm * '2''.a '4 *h< company, howiver, denied this story. The r 5. *iU t general ma;.sger said the company had bid on contracts '? ■■ 4 ' ■ •Sf < •*!•-;' •,• *r "fj no flection on the Mtddleto-wn company. ■,* X PROBING STEEL WORKERS' COMPLAINTS JjJ V Bethlehem—Representative-, rf the National War |* 4. Labor Board to-day carted hearing in this city to take testimony in the recent labor troubles at the Bethlehem 1 4 Company's plant here. The complaints of the me X * ■ '' •< tn l f GRAND JURY TO INVESTIGATE DRAFT BOARDS 4j.'J T Philadelphia—A fecial gtand jury to probe a J leg-*- 4* tions of irregularities in the draft waa to-day-.ordered by 4g.a X Federal Judge Dickinson. The jury will begin its irtves- * 'jfl 2, tigatlons cn July 1. JT - 4 _ • I || MARRIAGE LICENSES ? T Simon Veinr, Jr.. nnd Mnrlhn Mrlrklrr. Mount JOTI Charles T* J. H" | Uurnrx and Corn !*. lirl \\ n > nmhoro. " : HOME EDITION 13 YANKEES IN FIGHT WITH 40 HUNS GET BACK Hun Into Hun Patrol in Pi cardy and Slash Way Through Enemy AMERICANS GET WOUNDS Three Flyers Attack Teuton Biplane; Goes Down in Flames By .issociated Press Washington, June 18.—A story of a tierce tight between thirteen Amer icans and a German ambush patrol of forty, in which most of the Amer icans fought their way back to their own lines, is told in a dispatch to day from General Pershing, continu-' ing yesterday's communique. Details also are given of the de struction of two enemy airplanes on June 13, reported on June 14. Fol lowing is the communique: Cuts Through Enemy "Section B—On the night of June 1 to June 14, an American patrol of thirteen men operating on the [Continued on Page 2.] Ht'XS I.OST KO.IIIM IX DRIVE By Associated Press Pari*. June 18. Eighty thousand Germans were killed, wounded or made prisoner during the offensive between Montdidier and Noyon, Cap tain Andre Tardieu, who accompanied Premier Clemenceau to the front on Sunday, told Marcel Hutin. editor .if the Echo de Paris, upon his return lo Paris.