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LONDON AIR

ATTACKS TO

BE AVENGED

Premier Lloyd George Promises to Pay Kaiser With

Compound Interest For Outrages on London and Eng

lish Coast Cities; French Airmen Bombard Baden to

Give Germans a Taste of Their Own Medicine

By Associated Press

"We shall bomb Germany with compound interest," Premier

Lloyd George is quoted in the London press as declaring to a

London crowd in promising it that Great Britain would soon

launch reprisals for the many German air raids on England.

The French reprisals already underway were continued last

night. French airmen dropped bombs, on the town of Baden,

some 55 miles beyond the French frontier. More than seven

tons of bombs also were dropped on various military objectives

in German-held territory.

Busy in Air

Paris. Oct. 3.— Continuing their j

reprisals for attacks of German air

men on French cities, French avi

ators last night dropped bombs on

the German town of Baden, the war

office announced.

In the course of these various ex

plosions, projectiles to the amount of

7,000 kilograms (15,400 pounds)

■were dropped. .

The town of Baden in the Grand

Duchy of the same name, is one of

the most famous and beautiful wa

tering places of Europe, best known

for its medicinal baths. It Is a town

of some 15,000, about flfty-nve miles

from the French border.

Artillery Active

Violent artillery fighting continues

on the Verdun front says to-da> s

official announcement. No impor

tant infantrv operations occurred

during the night. The statement

f °'-East of Rheims our_artilleryef-

fectively shelled the Gern ™," „, "

teries and broke up Preparations

the enemy trenches for an attack.

West of Kavarin, French detach

ments penetrated the enemy Jj"® 8

and blew up several shelters, bring

ing back prisoners.

Patrol FiKilling

"On the Verdun front the night

was marked by violent antillei

ing on both banks of the Meuse,

particularly in the region north of

Hill 304, where spirited patrol en

gagements also occurred.

"An incursion into the enemy lines

in the region of the Casque gave us

good results."

Will Petition Court

For Special Hearings of

Hardscrabble Appeals

It is expected that City Solicitor

John E. Fox will petition the court

some time this week to set a datf for

special hearings of all the Hard

scrabble property appeal cases. Sev

eral weeks ago issues were awarded

bv the court in each case in which a

property owner in the Hardscrabble

district appealed from the award of

viewers. .

Many important points will be set

tled during the trial of these cases

it is anticipated. In opinions the

court has upheld the various moves

of the city to acquire the North Front

street jtroperties, but the questions of

settlement with some of the owners

who appealed from the viewers

awards has delayed taking o\er the

ground. Thero Is much interest in

the final settlement of the cases and

the trial of the appeals will be one

of the last steps in getting possession

of the properties.

Her Husband in Pen;

Wants to Marry Again

With one husband dead and the

second serving a penitentiary sen

tence, Jennie C. Hall, a colored wo

man from Steelton, thought she was

free to marry again and came to the

marriage license bureau this morn

ing with the groom-to-be, John F.

Stotts. also of Steelton. The clerk

explained a divorce from the hus

band in the penitentiary was neces

sary before a license could be issued.

THE WEATHER!

For Hfirrlobnrg nnd vlrlnltyt Fair

and narmrr to-nlKhtt Thursday

unsettled, prolmbly showers.

For Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair

nnd warmer to-nlKhti Thurnday

probably ohowrmi itentle south

west winds.

River

Tbe Susquehanna river and all Ita

hranrhr* will fall slowly or re

main nearly stationary to-nlxht

and probnlily Tburnduy. A atiiKe

of about 3.4 feet la Indicated for

IfarrlaburK Thiirsdny mornlnK.

General Conditions

The hltch preanure nrea from the

Went ban reaehed the Atlantic

eoaat and la drlftlnit slowly ea

wnrri. Another urea of hlith

barometer rover* moat of the

country weat of the lioeky

Mountains. Between the two

hltcha Ilea a trough of low

barometer, central' over lowu,

which haa caused showers over

the Upper Mississippi Valley,

the Lake Ileglon nnd the I'ppcr

St. I,wrence Valley.

Over nearly all the rest of the

country a general rise of 2 to 10

degrees has occurred In the tem

pernture, except on both sides

of the northern bonndury from

Michigan westward to North

Dakota.

Temperature i 8 a. m., 48,

Sum Rises. OiOfl a. m.| sets, (ti42

P. m.

Moon ■ Rises, 7ioß p. m.

River tttngri 2.4 feet above low

water mark.

Yesterday's Weather

HlKheat temperature, flfl.

I.oweat temperature, 48.

Mean temperature, 54.

Normal temperature, 60.

720,000 TROOPS

MOVED BY U. S.

SINCE WAR BEGAN

Movement of Two Hundred

Thousand More Men

Starts Today

By Associated Press

Washington, Oct. 3.—About 200,-

000 men, representing the third in

crement to the National Army, to

day are on their way to sixteen can

tonments where already half the

K87.000 called to the colors by the

President, are mobilized. Although

to-day's quota should be 40 per cent,

under regulations promulgated by-

Provost Marshal General Crowder,

local conditions in the various states

have reduced the general average of

the increment to 20 or 25 per cent.

Coincident with the start of the

third division of the new National

Army for the training cantps to

day, the railroads war board issued

a statement in connection with the

part which the railroads have play

ed in handling the biggest troop

movement ever attempted in this

country.

"Including the National Guard,

the Regular Army and the new Na

tional Army, the railroads to date

have moved approximately 720,000

soldiers from their homes to train

ing camps or embarkation points,"

says the statement.

"The great bulk of this Army—

all of it in fact, except the 32,549

men included in the first five per

cent, of the National Army that

moved by regular train on September

5. required special train service, in

volving the use of 13,500 passenger

cars, including 1,500 Pullman and

tourist sleepers, 2,000 baggage cars

and 4,500 freight cars.

"Some slight conception of what

this problem .means, may be deduced

from the fact that in the National

Army movement alone the railroads

have had to prepare special sched

ules covering the 4,531 towns and

cities designated by the provost mar

shal general as the points of local

concentration from which the re

cruits to the new National Army

proceed to their cantonment.

"Practically all of the National

Guard movements to date have been

of great length. The longest one was

that made by a battalion of San

Francisco Engineers from San Fran

cisco, Cal., to a point on the Atlantic

coast. This battalion Included 506

men and 18 officers. They occupied

a special train comprising one stan

dard sleeper, nine tourist sleepers,

one baggage car, two kitchen tears

and three box cars. Their train left

San Francisco at 4 p. m. on Sep

tember 1. and arrived at its destina

tion at 10.15 a. m., September 8."

Samuel H. Kautz Found

Dead in Bath Room

Samuel H. Kautz. aged 74, was

found dead In the bathroom of his

sister's home. 25 South Thirteenth

street, this morning at 7 o'clock by

his sister. Mrs. N. D. Gully. Coroner

Eckinger pronounced the cause acute

indigestion. Mr. Kautz was a news

paper solicitor. He was a member

of St. Paul's Methodist Church for

sixty-two years and was a member of

the G. A. K. Surviving him are one

sister. Mrs. N. D. Gully, and two

brothers, James B. Kautz, ex-chlef of

police, and George W. Kautz, su

pervisor of the Second city district.

Funeral services will be held Frl

■ ?,° c '°ck. Burial will be made

in the Harrisburg Cemetery.

U. S. Destroyer Disabled

in European Waters

My Associated Press

\\ ashlngton, Oct. 3.—An American

destroyer in European waters recent

ly was in collision with a British na

val vessel which after taking oft the

American crow, towod the disabled

destroyer safely to port, In an

nouncing the collision to-dy the Navy

Department Maid no one was injured

aboard the American destroyer and

that the vessel had been repaired and

restored to active duty.

_ An inquiry developed that

the collision was unavoidable, the

vessels having come gether during a

heavy rainstorm. No blame was

P. i?? i. on the American or the

liritlsh vessel.

TURN TO THE LIGHT

SCHOOL PUPILS

TO DO THEIR BIT

FOR NEXT LOAN

Will Be Placed Before Them

by Principals and

Teachers

PRACTICAL PATRIOTISM

Means Enlistment of Thou

sands of Little Boosters

in Campaign

Superintendent F. E. Downes of

the Harrisburg schools, this morning

arranged to take up with all princi

pals and the 342 city schoolteachers

the matter of educating the thou

sands of pupils in Harrisburg schools

to the importance of the Libertv

Loan.

A series of little talks which will

appear In the Harrisburg evening

papers will be the basis for the daily

lessons in the city schools. These

talks will start next Monday. Les

sons in the schools above the fourth

grade will begin Wednesday, Octo

ber 10.

"This is a system by which to

teach practical patriotism," said Su

perintendent Downes this morning.

"In connection with the teaching of

practical patriotism it is the plan to

have the schools use thair influence

in continuing th% efforts to float the

second Liberty Loan. We will teach,

by the coming lessons, not only pa

triotism, but practical thrift."

Means Agents by Thousands

The teaching of Liberty Loan gos

pel in the city schools will mean the

enlisting of thousands of loan "boost

ers" in Harrisburg. Practically every

child above the fourth grade will

have something to carry to the folks

at home; and as the children "boil

down" the Liberty Loan story it will

reach the wage-earners in a concrete

form, stripped of all useless verbiage.

Signs Going Vp

Arrangements have been made for

electric signs on Market street and

Market Square. The government has

donated the use of the poster board

of Federal' building property. A

huge banner will float across Market

street, bearing this legend:

THE KAISER IS WATCHING YOU!

BUY A BOND!

Thousands of "stickers" and post

ers will be received at loan head

quarters, Dauphin Building, this

week. After Saturday owners of au

tomobiles who wish small posters

for their windshields may get them

at headquarters. The publicity com

mittee will leave nothing undone to

show Harrisburg that a campaign Is

on.

Royal Arcanum Will

Hold Big Meeting Here

The Associated Councils of the

Royal Arcanum in the Central Penn

sylvania district will be held In

White's Hall, Verbeke and James

streets, October lfl. Bepresentatives

will be here from Dauphin, Cumber

land, Lancaster. York. Lebanon and

Franklin countlea.

The guests of honor at the session

will be Supreme Regent C. Arch Wil

liams, one of Chicago's leading at

torneys, and lecturer in equity juris

prudence at the University of Illinois,

and James E, Norton, of Reading,

who is grand regent of Ponnsylva

i nla.

HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 3, 1917.

jj WHO WILL GET THIS S3O? I

p rM HE Telegraph, in connection with the Liberty Loan |

11 Lxecutive Committee and a number of individuals, has a

arranged to offer cash prizes to pupils in the Harris- j

□ kuig schools who submit the best answers to certain ques- I

jjl tions dealing with the Second Liberty Loan. □

111 P"ze of $lO and a second prize of $5 will be [j

Q oftered to High School pupils.

Similar prizes will be offered pupils in the grammar 0

| grades.

: Ihe contest will be operated in conjunction with the I

Liberty Loan lessons which will start in the schools Wednes- P

day of next week. The subject for the short essay desired of

a pupils will be announced in this newspaper within a few days

j| with other details. ' a

ENROLLMENT IN

SCHOOLS 329 MORE

THAN LAST YEAR

11,662 Children Arc Attending

• Sessions' During First

Month; Expect Others

Total enrollment in the city pub

lip schools for the 1917-18 season Is

11,66 2 or 329 more than thfe figures

for last year, according to attend

ance reports complied by Dr. P. E.

Downes, city school superintendent.

The total this year will be higher

after the reports for October are re

turned, Dr. Downes said, as mere

pupils have enrolled since the first

figures were given.

The biggest increase this year was

in the enrollment of beginners. A

small army of 1,176 youngsters be

gan their public school career this

year, as compared with 895 last

year. In the two High schools, 754

freshmen were enrolled, all boys go

ing to Technical and all girls to Cen

tral.

More Pupils at Central

Despite this change and We elimi

nation of boys in the Central High

school, there are thirty-four more

pupils at that institution this year

than last year. Last fall 1,057 pupils

were enrolled at Central with hoys

in the freshmen class. This year

there are 1,091 students and no boys

in the first-year class. At Tech there

are 662 boys this year. Last year

there were 61 /. The total HiKh Bchool

enrollment for the present term is

1,753, as compared with 1,574 last

fall.

The figures will be submitted at

the regular meeting of the school

board on Friday, together with a re

port on other minor details of the

school district work,

At the Susquehanna open air

school the present building IK being

razed In preparation for the erection

ol' the new one. The uptown boy;s and

girls have been transferred to the

Stfeele building until the new struc

ture is completed,

A. P. BUYS HON 1)8

lly slssocialetl Press

New York, Oct, B.—The directors

of the Associated Press In session to

day unanimously resolved to trans

fer the sum of $200,000, which the

association has in Its emergency

fund, to an Investment in Liberty

Loan registered bonds as was done

in the cast of the first issue.

EIGHTH REGIMENT

OFFICERS GIVEN

NEW COMMANDS

Harrisburg Transferred

to Units That Will Go

to France

Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga„ Oct

3.—Orders were issued to-day as

signing many officers of the dismem

bered regiments of the Twenty

eighth Division. All the officers of

the old Fourth, Sixth. Eighth and

Thirteenth and Eighteenth Regi

ments have not been assigned, but

those not included in the order is

sued to-day, it is understood, will be

assigned to the depot brigade, in aV

cordanee with specifications of the

reorganization orders. The follow

ing were the assignments made to

-r °/i, A i," p,!imcnt officers:

ro the One Hundred and Ninth In

fantry, from the Eighth Infantry

1* irst Lieutenants Charles W

Thomas Harrisburg; James E. Dil

lon, William W. Shatzer, Second

Lieutenants Henry J. Pleacher, Ar

thur I.* Mateer.

To the One Hundred and Tenth In

fantry, from the Eighth Infantry

Captain Robert H. Whetstone First

r fL T na £ tS ( Gp T ? rpe J Anderson

Guss I. Knios, Roy R. Kriechbaum,

Chambersburg; John C. Wiestline

Harrisburg; Second Lieutenants Pat

rick J. £weney, Randal A Crouso

William E. Franks. Wlllman O SK

To the One hundred and Twelfth

Infantry, from the Eighth Infantrv:

I'irst Lieutenants Josiah P. Wllbir

Harrisburg; Edgar E. Dilcher, Horry

m'i R ™,. Rlp ?°y T Shearer. otir

.isle; William J. Prlfer, James Pain

ter, Second Lieutenants James T

Long, Harrisburg; Adolph O. Tlmrn"

William M. Corbln, John L. Hellman,'

John V. Manoney,

Orders also have been Issued for

bidding 1 enlisted men to wear any

thing but canvass leggings. Cavalry

men must wear canvass leggings with

leather reinforcements. This will be

particularly hard on members of the

Governor's Troop who have always

worn full leather puttees.

\V. H. JOHNS DIKS

By Associated Press *

Mystic, Conn., Oct. 3. . William

Henry Johns, of Pittsburgh, died at

his summer home at Lord's Point

yesterday.- He was a brother-in-law

of John K. Tenar, president ot the

400,000 PERSONS

LOSE HOMES IN

GREAT TYPHOON

Tokio Swept by Terrible

Windstorm That Wrecks

Buildings

138 DEAD; 217 MISSING

I

Monger Dispatch From Shang

hai Gives but Few

Details

By dissociated Press

London, Oct. 3.—A Shanghai

dispatch to Router's says that as

the result of a typhoon which

swept over Tokio on Monday

400,000 persons are homeless

and that 138 arc dead and 217 j

missing.

Traitors in U. S. Stab

American Soldiers in the

Back, Says Sec. McAdoo

Chicago, Oct. 3.—Secretary of the

Treasury William O. McAdoo to-day

went to Madison, Wis., to continue

his campaign in behalf of the Lib

erty Loan. In an address before a

large audience here last night he

urged the purchase of the Liberty

Bonds because they are the "safest

investment in the world."

Mr. McAdoo digressed briefly from

his talk on the Liberty Loan to

speak of peace propagandists.

"There isn't a soldier in France,"

he said, "whose life is not more than

ever imperiled by this idiotic peace

talk. Let us not give aid and com

fort to the enemy by letting him

think we don't mean to fight. We do

mean to fight and the quicker they

realize it the better. There isn't a

man in khak'i who isn't willing to

face German bullets, and is it not

cowardly to attempt to stab him in

the back with peace talk by

traitors?"

Baltimore Receives Offer

of Fifty Cents Per Ton

For All Its Garbage

Baltimore, Md., Oct. 3.—Baltimore

city has received a bona fide offer of

50 cents per ton for all of its gar

bage, and us the amount collected

during the year is estimated at 200,-

000 tons, the municipal revenue

would be increased by SIOO,OOO. More

than this, at present the garbage is a

liability. It costs the city $70,000 an

nually to have It hauled away.

William H. Faust, of Los Angeles,

Cal., made the proposition to buy the

city's offal to City Water Engineer

i Lee, who, in turn, submitted it yes

j terday to the board of estimates.

I Mr. Faust said he converted garbage

into chicken feed by a process not

dissimilar to that employed at the

| disposal plant, but which eliminates

| odors.

More Than $3,000 Is

Received by Y. M. C. A.

At the weekly luncheon of the

board of directors of the Y. M. C. A.

in the Harrisburg Club it was shown

that la. considerable increase had

been made in the budget funds for

repairs and equipment.

Contributions of more than SB,OOO

were reported. A. Ramsey S. Black

. was elected a director.

LIBERTY BONDS POPULAR

By Associated Press

New York, Oct. 3.—Official and un

official subscriptions to the second

Liberty Loan amounted to $93,345,-

850 in the second Federal reserve

district up to noon to-day. This

amount is approximately one-six

teenth of the total allotment of $1 -

500,000,000,

RUSS RKVOLT SUPPRESSED

By Associated Press

Petrograd, Oct. 3. —lt was official

ly announced to-day by the provi

sional government that the revolt

which broke out on Saturday at

Tambov, 300 miles southeast of MOD.

cow, has been suppressed.

COMMITTEE TO ACT

By Associated Press

Washington, Oct 3.—Preliminary

consideration of numerous petitions

seeking expulsion from the Senate

of Senator LaFollette and several

other senators for their attitude to

ward the war was begun to-day J)y

the Senate privileges and elections

committee.

RATI) EFFECTIVE

By Associated Press

Berlin, Oct. 3.—ln the official war

office announcement Issued to-day It

was stated that the bombing raid in

London, Margate, Sheerness and Do

ver by German aviators on Monday

WOB "visibly effective,"

Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION

PERSHING TO BE

GIVEN RANK HELD

BY WASHINGTON

War Secretary Plans to Make

American Commander

Full General

I 1

•PROMOTION FOR OTHERS

Corps Commanders to Be

Rated at Lieutenant

Generals

' By Associated Press

Washington, Oct. 3.—Elevation of

Major General John J. Pershing to

the rank of general, a title held by

only Washington, Grant, Sherman

nnd Sheridan, is sought by Secretary

Paker in a recommendation before

the Senate Military Committee to

day.

The secretary urged the revival of

the rank of general for Pershing and

the Army chief of staff and lieuten

ant general for the corps command

ers with the expeditionary forces.

The urgency of Pershing's promo

tion was explained by the secretary

who declared that the head of the

overseas troops should be given a

grade commensurate with the posi

tion he holds.

Honors to Crew of Small

Ship That Fought U-Boat

Palis/ Oct. 3.—Th*e minister of

marines has commended in navy or

ders the French sailing vessel kleb

er, of 277 tons, which on September

7 stood up to a big German subma

rine off the coast south of Brittanny

and plied a single gun so well that

her opponent retreated dlscomfltted

after three hours' of stirring battle.

Pierre Miney, the boatswain, who

fought the ship after the captain

of the Kleber was killed, has been

decorated with the Legion of Honor,

while the twelve men of the crew',

several of whom were wounded have

been given war crosses. Seven mem

bers of the crew who particularly

distinguished themselves also receiv

ed the military medal in addition to

the war cross.

T • m

X LUTHERANS VOTE TO MERGE

* Hafrisburg—The East Pennsylvania Lutheran Synod

M

X m session here voted to-day in favor of the merger of the

▼ three large Lutheran bodies in America. This was the *

X first of the synods to approve the action of the general

X bodies in recommending the merger and is genrrally ;

L regarded as assurance that the move will be successful.

± THEATER OPENS LATE

J Harrisburg—"Chin-Chia" had a late matinee stirt this

X afternoon, the curtain not being raised until'3.3o. The dc

▼ lay was due to one of the cars with scenery going astray

X and reaching Harrisburg at 2 o'clovk To add to the

T troubles somfc of the members of the company missed '

4 < < Willi \ .pi • •

± SENT HOME FROM CAMP MEADE

•F Ca.hp Meade, Admiral ,Md., Oct. 3.—The first batch '

T*

of men rejected for physical reasons from the National

A. my cantonments here, was announced to-flay at division

X headquartefs. It includes 164 Pennsylvanians. j

X AMERICAN LIEUTUtfANT KILLED

TT Washington, Ocjt. 3.—Lieutenant G. P. Howe, of the ;

A Boston Medical Officers • Reserve Corps, was killed in

T action September 28, while on duty with British forces

•It in Fian. e, it was announced to-day. .

7 CUMBERLAND MEN TO BE EXECUTED

* Harrisburg.—The Governor to-day fixed the week of '

X November 12 for the execution of Archie Miller and i

•F Jameu Anthony, of Cumberland county, convicted of mur- J

4 dering Railroad Officer J. L. Beisser, near Worraleys

" burg.

* Harrisburg.—Secretary Reeves to-day announced the .

4 contribution this week brings the lotai to $15,528. The I

| J sum previously acknowledged was $12,188. J

*• U. S. DESTROYER IN COLLISION v )

4 I

4 # Washington, Oct. 3—An American destroyer in •

* • European waters recently was in collision with a Brit- I

ish naval vessel which after taking off the American crew '!

| I

m # towed the disabled destroyer into port. No one was hurt I

•• i

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| MARRIAGE LICENSES \

~, M r JJn Hoaenbcrgrr and Itnthnrlnu Scliunk, HnrrUbiirffi Una- i

5? ! Hurrlßhnr*, nnd Father M. Miller. Pee brook)

™ Horry Heckerd, Harrlaborg, nnd Minnie M. Fu, Lebanon. I

SYNOD MEETS

ITS ORPHANS

AT LOYSVILLE

250 Little Children and Dele

gates to Lutheran Confer

ence Arc Firm Friends

TAKE DINNER AT HOME

Brotherhood ight Is Observed

Here Afterward; Discuss

Foreign Missions

At a late hour this afternoon

delegates to the lOa.st Pennsyl

vania Synod meeting were still

discussing the merger of the

General (Synod, General Council

and the United Synod for South.

The discussion started at 10.3 ft

o'clock this morning. The ques

tion is revolving around the

problem as to which proposition

should receive first considera

tion, the merger or the consti

tution.

The greatest sermon of the seven

ty-sixth annual convention of the

Evangelical Lutheran Synod of East

Pennsylvania was preached Tuesday

afternoon when more than two hun

dred delegates went to Loysville,

Perry county, to inspect the orphans'

home at that place.

And what a sermon! Five hundred

sparkling eyes, two hundred and

fifty attractive faces, a quarter of a

thousand vigorous healthy bodies and

as many cheery, cultivated voices

pouring out in the pleasant old chap

el with its tasty furnishings and

sacred memories, hymns of praise

and thankfulness! More than one

bronzed ambassador of the King of

Kings, not often given to display of

emotion, wiped from his cheek a

furtive tear as the sweet, childish

voices melted away in the last notes

of familiar melodies. More than one

visitor, for the first time at Loysville,

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