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GERMANS MAKE

NEW DRIVE IN

VERDUN REGION

Throw Fresh Troops in Large

Masses Against French

Lines

PARIS ADMITS RETREAT

Say Bulgarians Advance Into

Greece Through Secret

Agreement

Fresh troops in large masses are

being thrown by the Germans against

the French lines northwest of Verdun

and twice within the last 24 hours

General Xivelle's force? have been

compelled to give ground.

The weakest point in the French

defense appears to be in the neigh

borhood of Cumieres between that vil

lage and r>ead Man Hill, to the west.

This line was dented by the Germans

for a distance of more than 300 yards

in the third of a series of violent as

saults yesterday afternoon, Last night

the Germans returned to the attack

with a fresh division and Paris ad

mits that i:i the face of this drive

the French were forced to retire

slightly along the Bethincourt-

Cumieres road.

Other Violent Attacks

The German attacks apparently

were equally violent along other sec

tors of the front west of the Meuse,

but according to the French war of

fice, nowhere else were the Crown

Prince's men able to gain ground.

East of the river heavy artilery lire

in the region of Fort Douaumont is

reported.

Advices from the Balkans show a

continuation of Bulgarian activity

along the Macedonian front, following

the recent occupation by King Ferdi

nand's troops of forts on Greek ter

ritory in the vicinity of Pemir-Hissar.

The Bulgarians are reported to be

concentrating additional forces near

the Greek horder, at N'evrokop and

Xanthia. whMe along the Vardar river

the advance lines of the entente forces

are being bombarded.

A Rome dispatch through Paris de

clares that neutral diplomatic circles

in the Italian capital have information

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President Honors Dead

Heroes at Arlington

By Associated Fre:s

Washington, D. C., May 30.—Wash

ington to-day did honor to the nation's

dead soldiers and sailor heroes. Presi

dent Wilson and government clerks,

grizzled veterans and white-clad young

flower girls, daughters of the Union

•»nd the Confederacy, joined in observ

ing Memorial Day.

The President was the principal

speaker on the program of the G. A. R.

axercises at Arlington Cemetery this

afternoon. This followed a parade up

Pennsylvania avenue, reviewed by

military and naval officers. Special

honor was paid the memory of those

who lost their lives on the battleship

Maine and the submarine F-4. which

sank off Honolulu harbor.

Government departments were closed.

The Senate adjourned for the holiday,

but the House of Representatives held

a session.

ONE MORE HEARS "TAPS"

Michael Marzoif. Veteran of Civil War,

Dead nt 82

Funeral services for Michael Marz

olf. aged 52 years, a veteran of the

Civil War who died yesterday at his

home, Second and Seneca streets, will

be held at his home Thursday after

noon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. H. F. F.

Lisse, pastor of the German Zion

Church will officiate. He is survived

by the following children: Edward,

Michael and William Marzolf. Mrs.

Sophia Hursh, Mrs. B. H. Lutes. Mrs.

J. A. Ohisler and Mrs. William H.

Lynch, wife of City Commissioner

Lynch.

Mr. Marzolf was born in Alsace-Lor

raine. but came to the United States

many years ago. He was a member of

the German Zion Lutheran Church

ard Peace and Plenty Lodge of Odd

Fellows.

ANOTHER WAR VETERAN DIES

Special to the Telegraph

Dauphin, Pa., May 30. —After an

illness of nearly two years, the greater

part of which he was confined to his

bed with paralysis. William B. Scheetz,

Civil War veteran and retired rail

road conductor, died at his home here

this morning at 8 o'clock. Funeral

services will be held Saturday morn

ing at 10:30 o'clock.

THE WEATHER

For Hurrltohurs and vleinltyt Show

er# to-duy arid to-niiclit; cloudy,

with probable Mbowcr* to-mor

row: warmer Wrdnenday.

For K.ifttern Thunder

fthowern thin afternoon or to

nicht. nlfshtly cooler; Wednenday

fnlr: moderate xouthwcftt to

northweNt wind*.

(>'OTE—>Lefßl Holiday. >o Rulle

tln).

Yesterday** Weather

Highest temperature, W.

Loneit temperature, 62.

Mean temperature, 75.

Normal temperature. 66.

Have the Harrisburg

Telegraph Follow You

If you are leaving the city, if

only for a day. do not fail to

have the Harrisburg Telegraph

follow you. It is the only way

you can keep informed about

home affairs.

The Telegraph mailed to anv

address in the United States or

Canada is the same as when de

livered to your home, six cents a

week. Address may be changed

as often as desired.

WITH BARED HEAD, CITY PAYS TRIBUTE

TO THINNING LINES OF NA TIONS HEROES

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WHEN FIGHTERS OF FIFTY YEARS AGO PAID TRIBUTE TO THEIR COMRADES WHO HAVE GONE AWAY.

COL. MOSBY DIES 1

AT AGE OF 82

Famous Confederate Raider

With Small Force Made

Memorable Rides

By .Isscciated rress

Washington. May 30. Col. John

S. Mosby, the most famous Confeder

ate raider of the Civil War, died here

to-day after a Ions; illness. He was a

native of Virginia and was 82 years

old.

Col. Mosby dared death over fifty

years ago when at the head of a hand

of a few hundred Confederate raiders

he rode up and down the Shenandoah

Valley, capturing outposts, destroying

supply trains, and cutting off means

of communication. It has been esti

mated that he often neutralized the

force of over 15.000 Federals in the

valley.

Terrors as Night Riders

Born in Powhattan county, Ya., De-.

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Conductor John S. Snyder

Killed Near Trenton

John S. Snyder, aged 65 years. 1509)

Green street, preference freight con

ductor on the Philadelphia division of

the Pennsylvania railroad, was struck

by a westbound freight train near

Trenton last night and instantly killed.

The body was brought to Harrisburg,

at noon to-day. Arrangements for the;

funeral will be announced later.

The survivors are a widow, Mrs. j

Kate E. Snyder, two daughters. Mrs. I

Irvins Brandt of Lancaster, and Miss

Anne Snyder at home; also sisters re-!

siding in Harrisburg. Lancaster and i

Columbia. Burial will probably be

made at Columbia.

An investigation is being made as to

how Conductor Snyder met his death.

It is the belief he was stepping from

his train which was eastbound. when

struck by the westbound freight.

John S. Snyder was a native of Mill'

Creek. He started his service with the

Pennsylvania railroad 40 years ago.

and at one time was located in Colum

bia. |

BIG BILLED WOODPECKER FINDS

WA Y TO STORE

Deputy Prothonotary Erb Solu es Mystery of Grain's Disap

pearance; Hammer Seals Crack in Pole

Hockersville. Pa.. May 30.—Farmers

round about here who had been puz

zled hugely during the last few days

as to the disappearance of newly

sown corn solved the mystery to-day

with the aid of Deputy Prothonotary

Elmer E. Erb. Elmer is a lawyer and

situ in at sentence court and hears lots

about criminals and knows lois of de

lectives and so on. and the folks about

here kind of looked to him to do a

little Sherlock Holmes work on the

corn problem. So he did At (he

grocery store the other day he told

this story about it himself. Every

body said "Do tell!"

Just outside the Krb homestead Is a

tall telegraph pole. Of late the un

usual activity of a red-headed wood-

HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 30, 1016.

PHILADELPHIA IS

POLITICAL CENTER

Governor's Headquarters Staff

Goes There; No Response to

Penrose Exceptions

In the absence of Governor Brum

baugh and Attorney Genera! Brown

10-dav no one would comment upon

the exceptions taken by the Penrose

people in Philadelphia to the claim of

thirty-seven delegates. likely three

more and possibly six. for the Gov

ernor made last night by Mr. Brown.

The claim is regarded here as the final

statement from the Brumbaugh peo

ple. A week ago forty-four were

claimed, but the statement issued last

night does not include the three

Roosevelt men in Allegheny county

and has in the list a half-dozen men

who are for the Governor for Presi

dent and Senator Penrose for chair

| man.

The singular thing about the claim

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FINDS PENROSE'S HAT

The lost has been found, in the dis

covery by young Lester Stouffer. a lad

living along the road between Gettys

, burg and Harrisburg, of the hatbox

stamped "B. Penrose, Philadelphia,"

which the senior Senator lost during a

motor trip some days ago. In the box

i were several new hats which were des

tined to cover Senator Penrose under

the varying conditions of the Chicago

j national convention. Stouffer parcel

| posted the hats to the address marked

j on the box.

POULTRY FIELD MEETING

A big field meeting was held this

afternoon at the Beaufort farms by

] the Central Pennsylvania Poultry As

sociation and the State Department of

Agriculture. W. Theodore Wittman,

poultry adviser for the State Depart

ment. gave an interesting address,

speaking particularly on breeding, in

cubation and feeding. Automobiles

met the Rockville cars at the Lingles

town road and conveyed the persons

attending the meeting to the farms.

E. B. Mitchell, proprietor, opened the

■ place for inspection during the after

i noon.

it pecker half way up the pole had at-I

| tracted Rimer's attention. The wood

pecker apparently put in several good '

regular hours a day at his job of just

knocking. He seemed to make many

trips from field to pole.

To-day Elmer examined the pole

; pretty closely and discovered that the

I weather or Ma Nature had cracked!

the big stick from the tip half way to j

the ground. And into this crevice the '

woodpecker carefully carried, one by i

one, grains of new corn freshly dug!

from the field . Far back into the j

darkness he poked each grain—far !

| from the reach of shorter billed birds i

; but easily obtainable with his longer

I beak. Elmer says the corn was packed

lin for almost the length of the crack, j

OVER RIVER TOWNS

MAY JOIN FORCES

Washington Heights Names

Committee to Talk Annexa

tion With Camp Hill

Washington Heights citizens in

town meeting last evening appointed

: Charles H. Bishop, Frank J. Harro

and Gus M. Stelnmetz if committee to

wait on Camp Hill Council at its next

meeting and take up with that body

the matter of annexing Washington

Heights to Camp Hill borough.

The subject of annexation or creat

ing a separate borough for Washing

ton Heights was discussed at length.

Engineer James Thompson showing

by diagram the section proposed to be

included in the tract to be annexed

or incorporated. It was developed

that a twenty mill tax rate for the

proposed borough would yield an in

come of about $5,600 and that this

would not lie sufficient for the pur

poses, especially'since a new school

house would have to be built, about

$750 expended the first year to send

! children to Harrisburg High Schools

(a constantly increasing sum) and

that the expenses of a separate bor

ough would be much greater than if

the territory was simply made a part

of Camp Hill.

It was shown that the proposed

separate borough would cost the tax

payers much more than would be the

case if «he territory were annexed to

! Camp Hill and the two communities

governed by one burgess, one council,

one board of health, one school board,

etc. Besides, annexation to I'amp Hill

would give Washington Heights free

. high school facilities and a graded

school system, which It could not have

| otherwise.

The meeting adjourned to convene

at the call of Chairman Frank J.

Harro.

Young Woman Blacksmith

Advises Girls to Propose

Ames. lowa, May 30.—Miss Tura

A. Hawk, lowa State Colleges only

girl student of blacksmithing, has fur- I

, ther demonstrated her versatility by

winning the faculty cup for the*best'

extemporaneous address, and she did

| it with the subject "Why Women

1 Should Propose."

"There are three reasons why a

; woman should propose physical

; spiritual and moral," said Miss Hawk.'

"1 ask you. is there any reason whv

! a strong, able-bodied woman should

, not support a husband if she chooses?

! N*o; only a time-worn prejudice rears

itself against such a procedure.

"For the spiritual reason there is

the great saying. Whatever ye would

; that men should do unto you, do ye (

I even so to them.' As woman should

j rightfully be the manager of the old

est of all institutions, the home, is it

any more than fair that she should

! be permitted to ask the man of her

1 ideals to help her found and operate i

that home? Must woman, because

years of common practice have es- j

tablished a custom, wait when she is

ready to begin her life work because

only the men who are not her ideal 1

| will propose?"

YANKEES HURT IX WAR

Ottawa. Ont„ May 29.—The Over-1

■ seas casualty list, Issued by the militia

! department to-night. Includes the

I name of William Noland Thomas, of

, Buford, Ga., among the wounded and

Ernest John Campbell, of Pitts

[ burgh, Pa., Is among the seriously ill.

I

"Five Minutes For Memor

ies" Teaches Lesson ol

Patriotism and Heroism tc

Thousands Throughout the

State; Fighters of Fifty

Years Ago Step by Un

daunted in Spirit Though

Bent With Age; Impres

sive Ceremonies Mark Ser

vices Where "Utile Green

tents" Stand Ever So Si

lent

All Harrisburg to-day stood with

head bared while the survivors ol

America's greatest lesson in prepared

iness trudged by with the Flag.

The "thin blue l ine" wavered just

|a little more perhaps than in years

gone by, and the ranks were not so

lull and compact; but then the green

mounds in the cemeteries toward

which the procession moved were more

numerous than a year ago and the

year before.

nearer to the day of memories, only.

That didn't prevent the blue-clad

lighters of 50 years ago from stepping

!along any the less gamely; they cheer

fully grinned at the combined efforts

of the over-zealous weatherman and

the grave old Man with the Scythe and

| tramped past —inspirit at least—with

the same vigor that won that first

Grand review after Appomatox a place

:in history.

When "Tliey Remembered"

For just five minutes to-day the

scores of Grand Army men in Harris

; burg "remembered" with some 18.00U

fellow-fighters throughout the State,

the "fellows" who fought with them

some 50 years ago ana in whose mem

ory flowers wore strewn and salutes

were fired and "taps - ' were called to

day

This was at noon when, in response

to the State commander's general or

ider Grand Army throughout Pennsyl

vania bared their heacs and gave "five

minutes to rpemories."

The finishing touches to the big

day's program were completed last

evening and early this morning. Ev

erybody was busy as could be 'round

the quarters of Post 58 and 116 and

520 while the Sons of Veterans and

the Spanish-American war veterans

and the Veterans of foreign service

had their hands equally full.

What tile Kain Couldn't Kffaee

Just a word about the cemeteries,

too. Hundreds of people crowded thf

burial grounds and wIMtl the sun went

1 down last evening, the quietest section

of the city showed the results of loving

care and a few tears perhaps, thai

even the rainy tears of old Ma Nature's

May showers couldn't efface. Flow-

I ere, and the flag that makes any othei

[Nation's emblem —take it from th(

M tired but jappy veteran to-night—look

like mighty, mighty cheap, formed the

setting that t>nly Memorial Day car

give.

The Children's Tribute

The school children helped too

Committees sat all day yesterday al

tne post rooms receiving the fiora

tributes of hundreds of little folks

who "had read about Gettysburg ant

Vicksburg and Andersonville ir

j 'hist'ry.' "

While some of the preliminaries

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"Daisy Fleabane" 'II Get

You if You Don't Watch Oul

If you're at all susceptible to ha;

1 fever, you'd better be careful If yoi

go daisy-picking—the "daisy fjea

bane" 'II get you if you don't watel

out.

In the June issue of the "Dauphil

Medical Academician," the enlarge<

and very interesting monthly publica

tion that is prepared by the Harris

burg Academy of Medicine and th<

Dauphin County Medical Society, sonn

interesting advice about "hay fever"

and its causes, etc., is contained in i

leading 'article.

"Hay fever weeds and how the:

, may be recognized," is the title of thi

paper. The chief offenders are al

ready "black-listed" as they have n<

redeeming features of color, scent o:

utility. The chief characteristics an

that they are wind pollinated, very nu

i merous, the flowers are inconspicuoui

and extraordinarily full of pollen

But, listen, here's what Dr. Scheppe

grell. president of the American Ha'

; Fever Prevention Association, has ti

say about the daisy flebane:

"Children collect these flowers an<

in one whiff will inhale sufficient pol

len to cause a paroxysm of hav fevei

' lasting three to five days. Such at

tacks are almost invariably attributef

| to 'colds,' the real cause not being sus

; pected. It may, in addition, < ause i

['sensitization.' which will make*th<

j child susceptible to hay lever in latei

I yearn.''

PREPAREDNESS

COINS WILL BE

MINTED BY U. S.

Dimes, Quarters and Half Dol

lars of New Design After

July 1

DIFFERENT COINAGE

Poor Old Half Fallen Into Dis

use, Announcement Says;

Restore It to Favor

/ By Associated I'rcss

Washington, May 30. Dimes, j

quarters and half dollars of new de

sign will be minted after July 1, Sec

retary McAdoo announced to-day.

Koi the lirst time since 1891 a change

will be effected In these pieces. The |

announcement disclosed that the half'

dollar has fallen practically into dis- j

use. The new design was selected ]

here to-day of injuries suffered last'

eral circulation, it was indicated. Un- j

'ler the new coinage each piece 'will

be of different design. The half dol- !

lar and dime models were made by!

Ariolph A. Weinman, and the quarter I

b> Hermon A. MacNeil. Both are

sculptors of note.

The face of the new half dollar)

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MA YOU (at KM HOtlK

I.raven H<i«|illnl Against Advice of Hl*

Physicians

Mayor E. S. Meals left his room in

the Harrisburg Hospital last night and j

went to his home. Third and North

streets, contrary to the advice of his ;

physicians and members of the family. 1

The Mayor has improved during the

last few days and on Sunday was. p lll<■

to sit up. His physicians thought It

best, however, to have him stnv m Hie

hospital another week. He was accom

panied by his son, 1. Dale Meals and a

trained nurse. The Mayor was resting

comfortably this morning at his home. \

WOMAN IIA N(,S lIKItMCI.r

Mrs. Darlan Fox, aged 42, of 26: is

Main street, Penbrook. committed sui

cide by hanging herself yesterday af- 1

ternoon at her home, because of ill I

health, it Is believed. The body was

discovered by her Va-year-old son

Charles and another woman who had

returned home with him. The woman

had been ill in bed for some time. An

inquest was held by Coroner Eckinger

last night, and it was decided that

death was due to strangulation.

? GREEKS FORTIFY WITH HASTE T

x Paris, May 30.—The Havas correspondent at Athens re L

* ports that the Greeks are fortifying the Demir-Hissar sec- I'

1 tion with great haste. Bulgarian and German officers are I

M said to have entered the town. The Bulgarians continue T

I their concentration of troops. Engagements between pa- |

£ trols are occurring in the Kilindir-Orsovo sector. >

T FIFINELLA WINS DERBY jf

1 Newmarket, Eng., May 30.—The New Derby stakes of fi*

| 6500 sovereigns was run off here to-day and won by ff

I Fifinella. Kwangsu was second and Nassovian third. Ten £

horses started. •

1 AUTO OVER BANK; ONE DEAD, EIGHT HURT X

Wilkes-Barre, Pa., May 30.—One man was killed and I

J eight injured when a big automobile bus with eighteen per- I

m sons aboard backed over a ten-foot embankment at Bear T

J Creek near here to-day. Patrick Fagan, of this city, driver I

T and owner of the machine was pinned under the car and "]►

f crushed to death. i >

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i MORNING BASEBALL SCORES \

J National League—Philadelphia, 5; New York, 1. Bov , >

1 ton, 5; Biooklyn 3. >

J American League—Philadelphia, 2; New York 7. Chi- j

1 cago, 1; Detroit, 1. ' .

5 DEFEAT CRUISER INCREASE

j T Washington, May 30.—An amendment to the naval bill 1

i providing six battle cruisers instead of five was defeated in i jjj

| the House.

* Lite figures on the accumulated receipts from the sale >

< 1 of tickets, ice cream cones, donations, auction of dolls and T

1 cakes, clock golf, and other amusements show the total for I.

| I the Pure Milk Society cesulting from yesterday's Locust ' *

, Blossom Fete to be $791.27.

< l Washington, May 30.—President Wilson to-day issued * *

a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States

; < to celebrate flag day, June 14, with patriotic exercises, giv- <J J

* ing expression "to our thoughtful love of America.." The 1

President declared that the people should rededicate them

* selves "for an America which no man can corrupt." gt

;, tiIARKI ALL UCtNdL* f

J Daniel Aaron Geib, Hachmanville, and Sarnh ISiaeahour, Lawn, Pa. I

CIH/V"* 1 M nip;

12 PAGES CITY ED2TION

G. U. 0. F. HOLDS

ELEVENTH ANNUAL

FIELD DAY MEET

Big Street Parade to Be Foi

owed by Competitive

Drill

200 DELEGATES H E H E

Will Meet Next Year in Atlan

tic City and West

Chester

A big street parade, followed by a

! competitive drill in the Chestnut Street

' Auditorium this afternoon, featured

the eleventh annual Held day .meet of

the Third Regiment of the Grand

United Order of Odd Fellows.

The sessions opened last night with

i memorial services in the Wesley

I African Methodist Episcopal Church,

i Adjutant F. B. Brewington, of Wll-

I liamsport, presiding. The Rev. W. A.

| Ray preached the memorial sermon.

| This morning at fl o'clock business

sessions opened with Colonel P. 11. 13d

i wards, of Philadelphia, and President

I J. Ford, of Chambersburg. presiding.

1 Delegates were present from West

I Chester. Atlantic City. Pleasant vtllo,

X. J.. Wilkes-Barre. Wilmington, Del.,

Harrisbuig, Philadelphia, West Phila

delphia, Carlisle and chambersburg.

i Atlantic City and West Chester were

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ALLIES TO EAT RABBITS

By Associated Press

Norfolk. Va.. May 30.—Five hun-

Jdred thousand rabbits which will fur-

I nish food for the allies - armies com

prised a part of the cargo of the 13rit

j ish steamer Cumberland, which ar

rived to-day from Wellington, N. Z., to

coal. The ship is en route to Liver

pool.

"GIVE WOMAN MWS CHANCE*'

By Associated I'rcss

Chicago, ill.. May 30.—A man Won

the prize for the best slogan for tlvj

woman suffrage parade here June 7.

his offering being 'Give a Woman a

i Man's Chance." The originator of the

! slogan is Ratniro Maynes. a 28-year

old Spaniard, who is married to an

! American woman.

USING MORE PETROLEUM

By Associated Press

Washington, D. C., May 30.—Use of

petroleum as locomotive fuel increased

18 per cent, last year, according to

j a statement Issued to-day by the

United States Geological Survey.