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ITALIANS CONQUER BERAT
ASCEND TO GOAL ROCK BY
POILUS PRESS
ON TO GAINS;
GUNS BOOM
Enemy Bombards Allied Lines in Flan
ders Although His Infantry Is
Still Held in Check
by Associated tress
Washington, July 11.—An official dispatch from Rome to-day
reports unchecked advance of Italian troops in Albania, with Bera't
as an objective. From the Yoyusa the Italians have carried all
positions to the Semeni in an advance of approximately 15 miles
over a fifty mile front.
I he Italian left wing, aided by cavalry units," says the dis
patch. "reached Fieri protected by British monitors. The Aus
liian aviation camp was occupied by our troops, which captured
a large quantity of war material.
"Meanwhile our right wing, after violent lighting, conquered
the Berat positions rock bv rock, climbing to the summit two
thousand meters high.
I lie actual advance has assured the Italian command safe
possession of Malacastra on the left and Toniorica on the right,
standing 011 the 2MX) meters above the sea and dominating Berat
city proper and the Devolivalley."
Paris, July 11.—French troops,
last night captured the town of]
Corey 011 the front southwest of
Soissons, the war office
nounced to-day.
In addition to gaining com-!
plcte possession of Corey, in
cluding tne Corey railway station,'
the French took the chateau anil the I
farm of St. Paul to the south of
Corey.
Two Successful Ha ids
The capture was effected in an!
operation for the enlarging of the!
Frenoh positions to the east of the !
Ketz forest.
The statement adds:
' "Fifty prisoners including one offi- !
cer, remained in our hands. Two I
MAX COPELIN IS
COMMISSIONED AS
ARMY CAPTAIN
Former City Treasurer and
N. (i. P. Officer Gets Place
in Ordnance Department
Captain Owen M. Copelin, of the
New Pennsylvania Reserve Militia
and for several terms city treasurer,
and Dr. Gustave A. Dapp. 1827 North
Third street, are two Harrisburgers
mentioned as having been commis
sioned in the United States Army In
announcements issued from the
Adjutant General's office in Wash
ington. Captain Copelin has 'jeen
grunted a commission as captain of
ordinance in the Reserve Corps
while Dr. Dapp will receive a ..om-
VI j.' on as a ,irst "eutenant of the
Medical Reserve Corps.
Captain Copelin has a record of
almost a decade's service in the
Pennsylvania National Guard and in
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Soldier, Assailant of
School Girl, Is Hanged
For Crime in U. S. Camp
Wbco Texas July 11— Nat Hoffman,
a white soldier, 25 years old and a
ennsylvanian, was lianged early to
day at Camp Mac-Arthur. He was con
victed of attacking a school girl last
April. The court martial sentence
was affirmed by Washington.
In April Hoffman met the 11-year
old girl in company with a boy about
her age in a lonely wooded spot near
Camp Mac Arthur. The boy was as- 1
saulted and ran away after which j
the girl was attacked. The affair !
was reported by the boy to military j
police, who soon captured Hoffman
His only remark was said to be that
he deserved his fate.
Hoffman's mother resides In Pitts- |
burgh, Pa., and has been notified of
the hanging of her son.
HEALTH <;OOI> IN ARMY C\MPS
Washington, July 11.—The weekly
array health report issued to-day
says health conditions at home
camps continue very satisfactory
Deaths this week were 112; last
week 18.
THEWEATH^H
For llarrlnhur* anil vicinityi Fair
to-night and Friday) not mnrh
rtunur In temperature.
For Kmlrrli Prnn* j I van la i Fair
to-night and Friday) little
rhanice In temperature) gentle
wind*, mostly west.
raids executed by us in the region of
| Maisons-de-Champagne and an un
-1 named hill resulted in a dozen
j prisoners being taken by our troops."
German artillery and aerial activ
j ity have increased on the Flanders
1 battlefield, but the infantry still is
1 held in check. Elsewhere on the
western tront there has been no
, marked activity except southwest 01
| S-oissons, where the French have ad
; danced and further improved their
| positions.
Since the revival of the enemy
I bombardments more attention has
i been paid to the sectors north and
j south of the Sonime, east of Amiens,
: and to the Lys salient, west of Haze
! t.rouck, an important railway supply
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QUIET DAY TEXT
OF CABLED WORD
FROM WAR FRONT
Number of Hun Planes in
Operation Less; Trench
Mortars Active
By Associated Press
Washington, July 11. General
Pershing's communique dated July
10 on operations in the sectors of
the western front held by American
troops, made public to-day by the
War Department follows in part:
"For our troops in the Chateau
Thierry region the clay of July 7 to
8 was uneventful. The enemy con
tinued to direct much rifle and ma
chine gun fire on our new line in the
vicinity*of Vaux and north of Vaux
and also on Bouresches. The activ
ity of the German artillery was not
abnormal for so active' a sector and
consisted mainly of harassing lire on
our front lines.
"Gas was, as usual, employed in
the shelling of the Marette, the Bel
leau and other woods. The number
of German airplanes in operation
again decreased. In the German
rear areas the movements observed
were mainly those of men in groups
of small or moderate size. Our own
troops were active in patrolling and
in artillery fire.
"In the Marne sector from July 7
to 8, the day passed almost without
incident. The enemy's artillery fire
was lighter than on the preceding
day and only a few planes were seen.
His trench mortars were active for
a time during the evening. Thre
was a little activity on x>ur side. Our
batteries exploded one of the en
emy's ammunition dumps. In the
Woevre there were no notable events
between July 3 and July 6, except
the attempts of parties of the enemy
to penetrate our lines especially In
t>- • region of Xivray. On the night
0 July 3 a German patrol was driven
1 .ck In the region by one of our pa
trols after an exchange of fire."
Fifteen officers and men of the in
fantry were cited by General Persh.
ing In to-day's official communique
for acts of gallantry for which they
have been awarded distinguished
service crosses. The citations weVe
quoted in the communique and show
the actions in which the men par
ticipated to have been fought April
10. 12 and 13.
Those awarded crosses were Sec
ond Lieutenant Allen K. Dexter, Ser
geants John J. Courtney and Lee P.
T. Jacques, and Privates William
R. Davis, Joseph J. Cannon. Elmer
L. Alfred P. Lee, Charles Ma
rino, Kenneth B. Page, Charlie M.
Dodge, Walter J. McCann and Glen
Hill.
Cross&s awarded posthumously
were: Corporal Russell A. Hoyt and
Privates Joseph R. Blair and How
ard P, Fitzgerald.
SI2VGI.K COPY
•i CENTS
CORP. W. O.
MAKES THE SUPREME
SACRIFICE FOR U. S.
\Harrisburg Man Serving With
Regular Army Killed in
Action Against the Huns in
France; Trained For War
at Gettysburg Camp
WIFE BEARS UP BRAVELY
UNDER SHOCK OF NEWS
Last Letter, Received a Week
Ago, Long After Wound
Had Been Received, Was
Full of Hope and Optimism
Harrisburg has given another son
lor the cause of Democracy.
William O. Corner, 1916 Penn
street, was killed in action in France,
June 10.. His name was contained In
General Pershing's official casualty
list this morning.
His wife, Mrs. Lorena Gorner, re
ceived a telegram front Adjutant
General McCain last evening telling
of the death of her husband.
"Deeply regret to inform you that
Corporal William Gorner. Infantry,
is ofiicially reported as killed in ac
tion June lt>." No details of the
death were supplied.
Wife Bears 17p Bravely
Mrs. Gorner, a quiet little woman,
was seen at the home of a friend
this morning. While the burden of
the great blow had already told on
her, the intrepid little woman re
fused to show how deeply she was
suffering from the sacrifice she had
made in the name of world freedom.
Quietly, without embellishments, and
without any visible signs of grief out
side of an occasional catch in her
voice and the deadly quiet of her
tones, she told the brief story of her
husband's military career which end
ed in the supreme sacrifice. She left
it for a friend to add that she, too,
had done more than her bit, by waiv
ing claims for exemption and per
mitting her husband to answer his
country's call, while she accepted
employment as a clerk with the rail
road during his absence.
Letter I.ast Week
Her mother has not been informed
of the death of her son-tn-law. as
Draft Board Continues Its
War on Idlers, Who Are
Compelled to Work or Fight
Continuing its war on idlers and
' loafers, the Steelton local draft
j hoard this morning ordered two men
j to report for physical examination
i and warned four others to go to
i work at the Steelton plant.
In less than lifteen minutes after
! the men reported at the board's of
| lice on orders issued yesterday;' four
j of the loaters were hard at work at
; the steel plant. So that no time
, was lost in setting the men to work
after they reported, members of the
board made arrangements with the
employment bureau at the steel
plant prior to the hearing to provide
positions for at least four men.
The drive to rid the borough of all
those who neither care to tight or
work was opened yesterday morning,
when Tony Imbrogno, South Front
street, was ordered to report for
physical examination, because he
would neither fight nor work.
Resuming its offensive with In
| creased energy this morning, mem
bers of the board declared the alates
of known loafers are now awaiting
the reports of the police department
; on additional cases where men re
fuse to work. The six men who were
heard by board members this morn
ing were those who were turned over
to the board by Chief Grova, of
Steelton.
Citizens of Neutral Lands
Are Exempt From Draft
By Associated Press
Washington, July 11.—Provost
Marshal General Crowder to-day is
sued an order temporarily suspend
ing induction into military service of
all subjects or citizens of neutral
countries, pending drafting of reg
ulations under the amendment to the
draft act in the new army appropria
tion law, under which neutral sub
jects or citizens who have declared
their intention of becoming citizens
of the United States may be relieved
from military service.
The amendment provides that such
regulations shall be consistent with i
the provisions of the amendment
which forever debar from citizenship
neutral subjects who, having declar
ed their intention of becoming a cit
izen, seek relief from military serv
ice.
FISHING SCHOONER SINKS
An Atlantic Port, July 11.—The
fishing schooner Georgia, carrying a
crew of nineteen, was sunk In a
collision with the steamer Bristol,
ooff the New England, last night.'
All hands were picked up by the
Bristol and landed here to-day.
HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 11, 1918.
SMMttlw dL.
QH
W. O. GORNER
the absence of her own son, who is
at the frortt where he is serving in
the field artillery in France, has
undermined her health.
Mrs. Corner received a letter last
week written by her husband short
ly before his death, in which he de
clared he was well and happy. "And
he said he would eat his Christmas
dinner with us," she added, with a
catch in her voice.
Corporal Gorner was a member of
Corapiiny A, Fourth Infantry, United
Suites: Regular Army. His arrival
overseas was announced to his wife
by card last May. He enlisted in
Harrisburg, June 29. 1917, and was
sent to Gettysburg for training. He
was later transferred to Charlotte,
S. C., and then to Newport News,
where he embarked for France.
Was Brakcnian
Prior to his enlistment Gorner
was a brakeman on the railroad. He
had been married for seven years.
He was 30 years old. and registered
for the draft, but preferred to en
ter his country's service voluntarily
rather than wait to be taken.
1 lis wife was Miss Lorena Keesey
She is living with her mother and
sister at 1916 Penn street.
I
Waive Age and Weight
Limit to Get Patrolman
and Matron Applicants
Because of the small number of
applicants for examinations for ap
pointment as patrolmen and police
I matron, the civil service board ex
tended the final date for filing ap
plications to July 24 and waived
temporarily the age, weight and
height limits, with the exception
that persons applying must be over
21. Heretofore the age limit was
from 23 to 40 years with certain
height and weight standards. These
all will be waived at present and
applicants only will be required to
undergo physical and mental exami
nations. Although the final date for
applications to be .filed has been ex
tended several times as yet an in
sufficient number have been listed for
examination. Members of the board
declared that because of the war
conditions it was necessary to take
such action at the present time,
otherwise they would be unable to
furnish a large enough available list
from which a selection could be
made for appointment.
Fears Burleson Might
Be Made Nation's Censor
Washington, July 11.—During the
Senate debate on the House empow
ering the President to direct tele
graph, telephone, cable and radio
wires during the war, Senator Smith,
of Michigan, declared that by giving
Postmaster General Burleson con
trol over wire communication he
could create a censorship over all
fcommunicp.tibn and asked if' the
Senate was willing to place the
postmaster general in such a posi
tion that he could inhibit the Asso
ciated Press, the United Press e.nd
the newspapers of the country from
the use of telegraphic wires.
Senator Lewis, of Illinois, defend
ed the administration of the post
master general and denied that he
has in any way created a local cen
sorship over the mails.
The More War Stamps
You Buy the Quicker
Uncle Sam Will Help
End German Power
Save That Quarter
Tomorrow
CAPT. ROUVIER,
FRENCH VETERAN,
| TO SPEAK HERE
Member of French High Com
mission io Head B;istilc
Day Celebration
TO ALL SINGERS
An urgent call to choir leaders,
choir singers and members of
singing bodies generally was is
| sued this morning by Attorney
i John Fox Weiss. Mr. Weiss said:
"So that next Sunday at'ter
i noon's meeting at Keservoir Park
j will not be wanting musically, it
' is urged by the committee in
charge of Bastile Day observance
that ail Harrisburg singers make
an effort to be present. This call
is directed to choir leaders, choir
singers, members of glee clubs and
all musical societies and singers
generally.
"It is requested that the sing
ers report either to Abner Hart
man, the director, or to myself,
at the bandstand in the park at
3.45 Sunday afternoon.
"It is also requested that su
perintendents of Sunday schools
make an effort to dismiss these
bodies in time for the observance
at the park.
Captain Jacques Rouvier, a mem
ber of the military staff of the
French High Commission at Wash
ington, will deliver an address at
the mass meeting to be held at Res
ervoir Park Sunday afternoon at 4
o'clock, commemorating the one
hundred twenty-ninth anniversary
of the fall of the Bastile. Word to
this effect was received from Wash
ington this morning.
At the beginning of the war in
1914 Captain Rouvier was attending
the French War College. He was
commissioned an officer. During the
months that followed he took part
in the battle of the Marne, the cam
paigns at Verdun and along the
Somme, and other campaigns on the
western front. He was wounded at
the battle of the Somme. Captain
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City Draft Board
Considers Labor Man
City board No. 3 is considering the
first case which has come before it
as an alleged violation of General
Crowder's Work or Fight order.
Charles Liebau, 533 Seneca street,
was reported to the board as engag
ed at a non-essential occupation and
the hoard was requested to investi
gate. Liebau was ordered before the
board at 2 o'clock this afternoon,
and submitted an affidavit, to the ef
fect that he is general organizer of
the American Federation of Rail
roaders, which he declared to be an
essential occupation. The board is
considering the case, and will inform
Liebau of its decision shortly.
COL OH GRANTS
CITY EIGHTY-FOOT
STREET WIDTHS
Linglestown Ftoad and Second
Street Widened; Planning
Commission Is Pleased
Looking ahead over a period of
years, in an effort to provide plans
tor the proper development of rap
idly growing Harrisburg, the City
Planning Commission yesterday pro
cured from Colonel Frederick M.
Ott permission for the widening of
Ott's Lane, or the Linglestown Koad,
from Riverside Drive to the subway
beneath the tracks of the Pennsyl
vania railroad leading to the upper
entrance to Wildwood Park. The
road is now thirty-five feet wide.
Under Colonel Ott's grant it will be
an eighty-foot street and will be part
of the city parkway boulevard.
In addition the commission pro
cured from Colonel Ott permission
to make the extension of Second
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Guns of U. S. Steamer
Fatal For Hun U-Boat;
Captain Is Commended
New York, July 11.—A German
submarine which attacked the Amer
ican steamer Lake Forest, 1,500 miles
oft Cape Henry, while the Lake
Forest was returning from a recent
voyage to Europe, is believed to
have been sunk by the steamer's guns
after a two-hour running fight, ac
cording to information received here
to-day in marine circles.
Captain Herbert R. O. Johnson,
U. S. Naval reserve officer, in com
mand of the ship, has been commend
ed to the Navy Department for hav
ing sunk the U-boat by officers as
sociated with him in the naval re
serve.
POST;
ROCK
CIRCLING AIRMEIt
DROP TRIBUTE ON
MITCHEL CORTEGE
New York Suspends Business
During Funeral Services
of Hero Flyer
TUMULTY WILSON ENVOY
Women Kneel in Prayer in
Rotunda; Roosevelt Pauses
Beside the Casket
New York, July 11.—Throughout
the nigh* men and women, repre
sentatives of every class, in groups
and singly, filed past the flag
draped coffin containing the body of
Major John Purroy Mitchel, for
mer mayor of New York City, to
pay silent tribute to his valor, un
measured loyalty and supreme
sacrifice.
Roosevelt Bows Beside Casket
Several hours before the funeral
procession started for the service at
St. Patrick's Cathedral it was esti.
mated 10,000 persons had visited
City Hall and hundreds still were
in line. Shortly after 8 o'clock came
Theodore Roosevelt, who stood be
side the casket with bowed head for
a moment and then passed on to
Mayor Hylan's office.
At times when the rush relaxed
women knelt in prayer in the flower
decked rot jnda. Many of the men
saluted, while others leaned over
and kissed the flag draped over the
sealed coffin.
Airmen Drop Flowers
The solemnity and ceremony of
military rites marked the funeral
to-day. The gun carriage which
conveyed the coffin to the cathe
dral was escorted by detachments
of soldiers, sailors and marines,
three regiments of the state guards,
a regiment of police and a platoon
of firemen. A squadron of eighteen
airplanes circling over the cortege
dropped flowers upon it as a last
tribute from the men of the air
service to the fallen comrade.
Behind the gun carriage the order
of marchers included Mayor Hylan,
the honorary pallbearers, officials
of the present city government, men
who served under Major Mitchel
while he was mayor and the hun
dreds of members of the Mayor's
Committee on National Defense.
President Wilson was represented
by Secretary Tumulty.
Business in the city virtually was
suspended during the funeral serv
ices. Messages of sympathy from
all parts of the country and abroad
continued to reach the Mitchel home
to-day.
The body, in a flag-draped casket
on which rested the cap which he
wore as a major of aviation, was
borne through the streets while tens
of thousands watched in silent tri
bute. All along the route people
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SKIP-STOPS FOR
CROSS-RIVER CARS
ARE ANNOUNCED
New Schedules For Valley
Railways Trolleys Become
Effective on Monday
In compliance with the federal
fuel administration order, the "skip
stop" ruling will be put into effect
on the lines of the Valley Railways
Company, Monday morning.
More than fifty stops have been
discontinued on the West Shore lines
of the company, affecting the bor
oughs of New Cumberland. Me
chanicsburg, Shiremanstown, Camp
Hill, Lemoyne, Wormleysburg, West
Falrvlew and Marysvllle.
Lists of the stops continued and
those discontinued were posted in
the offices of the company and at
the company car barn located at Le
moyne. Motormen and conductors
were instructed to acquaint them
selves with the new stops and un
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Heinz Apportions Sugar
and Cuts Out Wheat For
Year in Latest Ruling
Philadelphia July 11—No hoarding
of food, a limit of three-quarters of
a pound of sugar a week to each
person and the elimination of wheat
until the next harvest are among the
suggestion embodied In a statement
issued by Howard Heinz, food ad
ministrator for Pennsylvania, to as
sist housewives In the problem of
supplying the table and at the same
time observe the food regulations.
Copies of the statement containing!
a full set of the rules have been sent !
to all the county administrators In I
the state.
ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED Pit ESS
SEWSIMI'KII IN HAIUMSHURU
! LATE NEWS l
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J- PLAN MITCHEL MEMORIAL jj
4| New York—A plan for a memorial for John Purroy
4* Mitch ith popular subscriptions financing it, ! X
T endorsed to-day by the Publishers Association of New •T
York City. The movement was inaugurated b\ the New '§
York World. The Publishers Association in resolutions
J approving of the project declared the tragedy of Majcn
Mitchel's death "is a challenge to all to answer willingly 2
| every d 'r co-operation ith the lent to
the poiht of sacrifice of substance, personal convenience *§•
4* *§*
JL and even of life."
£ MARKET CLOSES HE/! *
T N-v.- York—Leaders rallied 1 to 1 1-2 noints in the 9
fin- h. 1:t mm re.| a:,.;am t . l-. s - 'tS
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£ ng v > hfavy. Liberty 3 l-2*s sold at •. .T
W first 4s at 94.04 to 94.10, second 4s at 94.0.? to -MO and m
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rp< ra ti< n s re in need c > iha *§*
fj in the stock market. Sales approximated C . 0)6 shares.
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£ Pittsburgh—Pitcher Paul Perritt, of •• Y jr
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T he should not*engage in essential emuloyr.-: r t T
• ,'vor.t Marshal General Crowdfr's work or .. ruling. <fj
fj ' NICHOLAS' SON REPORTED KILLED S
4 London—Swedish newspapers publish a statement b>
E Swede just returned from Moscow .that AjU manoff, 4
J| son of Nicholas Romanoff, the former Russian Emperor, 3
£ has been killed by a Bolshevik soldier by means of I M
f bomb, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copen- j]
J hagen to-d3y. m
|[ VETOES SHORT LINE RESOLUTION if
! Washington—President Wilson to-day vetoed the reso *
Tj lution adopted by Congress last week extending the time |i
• r i! • Jnquish 3*
|| control of lines not wanted in the federal system. The ?
* veto h..'l been expected.
|J JOHN G. BRANCA WOUNDED IN WAR 5
| Harrisburg—Guy Branca, 25 Boas street, *o-day re- I
ceived word of the wounding of his brother John G. T
jj Bran l a•• enlisted in the Seventh U. S nlry a year
'l* >. Branca was enlisted in the band was wounded gL
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CLOSING IN ON HUN SUBS • 'J
fj London—Speaking in London to-day Sir Eric Geddcs, •'
P first lord cf the British Admiralty, said mines gradually
lT were hemming in the submarine which now had less free- *jT
,
■| dom and he was glad to say there were fewer of' them. m
Jj PAYS TRIBUTE TO MITCHEL IN SENATE *
Wa;.lnii:;,toi\ —A tribute to the late Majoi John Purroy X
t Mite he] ■ i paid in the Senate to-day by S ttor Caldcr, T
* of New York, who in a brief address declared the nation X
i had lost ,i loyal citizen and a great soldier. 1
TWO *Y" WORKERS SENTENCED
Paris- Two American Y. M. CA. worke , have been , I
| sentenced to confinement by a. general court martial on * *
* charges attempting to evade censor. l v regulations.
, Oi ibe they will be returned to America* * *
I ROOP TRAIN LEAVES RA S \
< Shreveport, La.—Four coaches of an castboutid tioup , t
* train tarrying soldiers from Camp Bowie, To.as, on the * '
\ Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad, - -cf-
i turned in j ditch between Haughton and ; 'Xylene, -La. * *
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