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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-08
ABOUT 400 MEN
PASS PHYSICAL
TEST FOR ARMY
Exemption Boards Unable
Yet to Give Full Result
of Their Work
MANY MORE UP BEFORE
DOCTORS This MORNING

Members Of the four exemption boards
Of Wilmington were busy up 10 early
this afternoon subiecting registrants for
tho selective army TO physical examina-
tions. The boards try TO conduct ex-
aminations on an average Of ten an
hours. From 25 TO 30 minutes are re-
quired TO examine q man In conformity
with the Federal standards.
As result of their work on Monday
and Tuesday the hoard of District No
passed 1926 men; District No. passed
lOl men. District No. had not COM
piled its aoceptances and reflections for
yesterday and District No. 4 passed 81
men.
The statistics arc not in such shape
~ vet 20 enable strictly accurate
figures as 20 the number Of men accept
ed and rejected as a result Of the physi-
| cal examinations, but u is estimated
that about 400 men passed the physical
examinations the first two days. Tho
| city's quota Ia Gl4 men. lt will be neces
sary for many more than that number
20 pass the physical examination. e
provide enough men 70 replace thos'
| granted exemption.
Statistics showing the result OF IN,
mornings work az the exemption
boards we're not compiled early this
afternoon, but a was announced tha
Board No. ] had examined hfty-flv'
men. Board No. had examined MT!
men. approximately forty men hal
Nced the examining physicians o
Board No 3. and thirty-three men ha
been examined by Board No. 4.
More than half Of the men calle
for examination have laid claim
4 exemption. Il was stated. although
the present time Il is still difficult
arrive at accurate conclusions. m
number OF men examined has fall
n considerably short OF the number
|J men called, each district being abe
Al twenty-five shy on the first two da
III Of the examinations. But many OF
men who failed 10 report for the Nc
day call appeared yesterday. and
w IS believed that many who have
failed TO respond will be on hand
day before the examinations close
night. 10 was declared that a lar
number OF those who are still missi
arc men who have enlisted sin
June g.
During yesterdays oxaminatio
Continued on Page Two)
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-08
EIGHT HORSES
DIE IN FLAMES
when BARN BURNS

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL
SMYRNA. Aug. Sire Of unknown
or gin yesterday afternoon destroyed
the stable and barn on the farm
owned by Alexander Deakyne. near
Taylor's Bridge and tenanted by Alfred
Boyer.
The fire had gained such headway
when discovered that II was impossi-
BILE TO get out the horses and eight
we're burned 10 death. About 200 bush
els OF wheat. a large quantity OF hay
and other contents we're also de
stroyed. Adjoining buildings also
caught fire but were saved by the ef-
forts of members OF the Citizens
Hose Company. There was no insur-
ance on tho property.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-08
NEGRO With Open
RAZOR THREATENED
WHITE POPULATION

Walter Lewis. Negro. was hned
500 and costs in Municipal Court
this morning
According to Patrolman Gross
Lewis was prancing up and down
Madison street, between Sixth ana
Seventh streets yesterday, nourishing
an omen razor and telling what TIP.
roaring bad man from DEVILS Gulch
he was Gross placed him under ar
rest. Lewis had everyone along 'ne
street hunting cover 49,. -.
Michael Carney testified that ne
saw the man waving the open razor
around. and informing the whole
street how he proposed to carve up
the white population. He notihed the
police officer.
Lewis said he came here fronA
Richmind. Va. about three yearS ago
and had no excuse to OFFER for taxing
the warpath.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-08
NEGRO Thief SUSPECT
LOADED With JEWELRY

Receiving information that a Negro
was endeayoring TO pawn several
watches az Miller's. No. 122 Market
street. this morning. Patrolman AL
Bradford started on a hunt for the
man. whCm he found az Front ind
King streets. After being placed
under arrest It was found tina. the
Negro. who gave the name Of Harvey
Russell. was well supplied with
jewelry, he having two watches, sew
eral gold cum bu u.tons and two gold
bracelets in his pockets.
Russell was taken to the police sta
ton. where the iewelry was identified
by Max Dareyski. a pawn broker, OF
No. 23i Market street. whose show
case was broken in'o last night and
much iewelry stolen. The police also
learned that Russell had some jewelry
which had been stolen from tire store
Of Morris Feldman. No. Z East Front
street.
Russell had charge OF breaking
and entering placed against him.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-08
German
PLOT IS revealed
IN BUENOS aires
By CHARLES P. STEWART.


BUENOS AIRES. Aug. s.-An ex-
tensive German spy plot. as a result
Of which ship sailings and other in
formation has been revealed. was dis
covered by the foreign Office here
today.
The miscarriage OF a letter intended
for the head espionage Organization
led 10 the discovery of the plot The
letter fell into the hands of the foreign
office An investigation is understood
20 have revealed extended organlzs-
tlon OF the espionage system
Numerous suspects are under sur
veillance Of the police today. No ar
rests have yet been made. however,
owing to doubt as to whether the Ar
gent,ne laws make infiction Of penal
ties for such offenses possible. Despite
this, Il is believed the governmen. will
find some means of suppressing the
spies.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-08
MANY MINOR ACCIDENT
Cases IN HOSPITAL

Accident cases reported this morn
ing at the Homeopathic Hospital we're
as follows: Harry schelzer, No. $40
East Third street. employed at the
Pusey and Jones Company. laceration
Of the leg: William Collins, No. All
Shipley street, confusion Of the left
shoulder and eye.
Delaware Hospital accident cases
this morning follows: Rose Marshall,
foreign body in the eye; Steve Com
ansky. confusion Of left finger;
Charles Robinson. tar burns on face
and neck; Thomas II. Parkins, con-
fusion Of right index finger; Kathe-
rine Draper, infected foot; Harry
Markell. nail wound in foot; Steve
Leon, lacerated scalp.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-08
HUSBAND KICKED
and CHOKED HER.
Wife Tells court

Edward o. Thompson was before
the Municipal Court again this morn
ing, this time on a charge OF wife
beating. He has faced the court a.
number OF times on various chargess
from non-support to drunkenness.
Mrs. ThompIn told the court THAI
on July ? he came hims intoxicated,
Knocked her down. choked, kicked
and dragged her around the house tn
III neighbors interfered TO save her
She said that then he went away,
and returned yesterday, when he was
arrested. She said that she had re-
ceived nothing from him, under the
non-support order OF the court. for
six weeks. Thompson was held under
$500 bail for trial.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-08
FEAR INDIAN MASSACRE OF WHITE MEN.

By The United Press
GLOBE Arz Aug s-Massacre of nine white men oy 100
Anaebe Indians and Mexcans have them beseged in
aurut IN the Sierra Anchas feared today Citizens
4, Globe hastily armed today the
the beseged men, They driven into the dugout by the
Indians and Aezcans following the asbestos mine
The Indians wArpah have nred the forest on
the mountain slopes. .Ii
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-08
MISS BIZ 4. sMITHERs DIS.

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL.
SMYRNA, Aug s.-Aliss Ella L..
Smithers, only child of Dr. David y.
Smithers and Mrs. Harriet Smithers,
died AZ her home yesterday after an i'll
ness OF several years. She was
member Of the Asbury slethodist Epis-
copal church. and active in the work Of
the Woman's Home Missionary Society
until her illness The funeral Will take
place Friday afternoon at o'clock. with
interment in Glenwood cemetery.
Smyrna.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-08
PAID AUTO HIRE With
BAD CHECK. IS charge

Ernest Jennings was arrested last
night on a charge of issuing a worth
less check for $S.75, drawn on the
OF Leroy Barnes. His hearing in the
Municipal Court has been postponed
quest.
II is alleged that Jennings hired an
automobile from Barnes yesterday and
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-08
FIRE THREATENS AUTO.

The Phoenix Fire Company re-
sponded to an alarm Of fire in Ship
ley street near Tenth street, this
morning when an automobile bearing
license number e21i was found in
flames. The flremen were not needed.
however. the bmze being extinguished
before any damage was done.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-08
wORKMEN INJURED BY sCAFFOID's FALL.

Seven worknen employed by the Church-Kerr construc
ton company in erecting new buildings for Chem
ca Company at Clamon seriously hurt by the fall OF
scanold on they working shortly before noon
They were rushed to Chester Hospital
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-08
EXPECT dupONr SUIT DECREE.

is expected that Thompson will file HIS final decree
IN tho dupont stock suit in the Court VIII
mington today.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-08
ENGLAND EXPECTS.
BIG Things" IN.
WAR ZONE soon
Official Silence Regarding
Operations in Flanders
Regarded as SIGN iicalt
LONDON IS s. AIKEN
BY He Wy Gun FIRE
BY The United Press.

BY The United Press.
LONDON. Aug. s.-The roar Of big
guns as they hurled their tons Of
lead against the German lines was
distinctly heard last night within
thirty miles Of London.
Windows in Southend on the
Thames and this distance from Lon
don vibra,ed from the conclusion Of
the bombardment
The sound Of the guns was the most
distinct that has been heard since the
start Of the war.
With the report Of Field Marshal
Haig announcing active artillery FIR
ing during the night In the region Of
Ypres, and ralding on the coast. specu-
lation was rife as TO the possibility
of the allied drive against the Ger
man lines begging resumed
Ypres is about 100 miles on an AFR
line from SOuthend.
The intense bombardment heard in
Eng and served to increase the gen.
eral feeling Of expectancy Of impend-
ing big events. Field Marshal Haig
was silent as TO operations about
Lens today. but further word from
that section was anxiously awaited.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-08
Rv The unlied Press.

LONDON, Aug. S.-An air Of ex-
pectancy for biz things on both land
and sea prevailed in London today.
Slowly but surely the grip on Lens,
the great coal center Of France held
by the Germans. Is tightening The
Canadians are now astride the Lens
Bethune road and within striking
distance of the positions IN which the
enemy Will make his last stand TO
hold the present line.
The official silence regarding oper-
adons in Flanders during the past "a
hours IS regarded as probably hold
ing greatest significance.
In the meantime speculation has
been revived in London as 90 whether
the German feet may not he planning
another sally into the North Sea. Fro
quent appearance OF small German
vessels from their bases are being re
ported. British scouts ships and aero
planes have brought IN word OF sight
ing thest warships. though no actual
engagements have been reported. The
Flanders battle is following the course
OF the usual British Offensive vio-
lent attack. then a period given over
20 consolidating and new preparation
followed by a renewed assault.
As further comment Of German
newspapers on new cabinet appoint
ments were received today the first
British impression that ministerial
changes we're OF little significance re-
mained unchanged. That the junkers
retained full control Is now apparent
Successful solution OF the Russian
Continued on Page SiX)
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-08
TODAY's TEMPERATURE.
SUN AND TIDES
Mouth OF Christiana.

Sun rose ........-......... sos A. NJ.
sun sets observation-disclosures. I'll p. NJ.
Mouth OF Christiana.
High water .. 3.35 A. VI. 1851 NJ.
Low water .... llOl a. NJ. ii. Is =. NJ.
lgeecy Island high md low wates one
hour earlier.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-08
WFAIHER

Probably showers tonight
and Thursday; GENTLE south.
west 70 west winds.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-08-08

Ci.sG.atis9 7..9.4d:g 17,547
NON-RETURNABLE
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22
U. S. Recognizes War Song
Written by Harrisburger

"The Old Gray Mare" with years
of fame in Harrisburg and Central
Pennsylvania, bids fair to become
known all over the fighting world
from word received to-day by Allen
Sangree, who wrote lines to the ia
miliar air called Your Old Uncle
Sam" that are now on gramophone
records. From Washington came
the announcement that Your Old
Uncle Sam" had been selected for Il
place in the official list of war songs
compiled by the War Department
for use in every Army camp here
and abroad. An order also arrived
from the Committee on Defense in
New York City for copies of the
song which are to be sent immediate
ly, by the governments permission,
to the National Army.
On the first occasion of the sing
ing of Your Old Uncle Sam" when
the Eighth Regiment gathered in the
Y. NJ. c. A. auditorium here one
evening last summer Lieutenant
Lesher of the local recruiting force
predicted that this would be a sue
cessful recruiting song and he start
ed the songs's. popularity by sending
copies to a number of Pennsylvania
recruiting stations.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22
General Advance

Notice of the general advance of
ten per cent. in premiums which
covers every kind of insurance writ
ten follows:
That all rates, minimum and spe-
cific. shall be advanced ten per cent,
to take effect as of November %,
1917. This advance shall apply to
all rates now in effect or hereafter
published until such time as busi-
ness conditions warrant its removal.
Any advances upon specified classes,
effective concurrently with this in
crease or subsequently promulgated,
shall be first applied and ten per
cent. added to the result. This ten
per cent. advance will not be in
cluded in any published rates"
The following additional increases
on certain kinds of property also are
announced:
Additional Premiums
Specific and minimum rates,
bearing date of promulgation prior
to November %, 1917, upon mercan-
tiles, buildings and all contents,
rated as unprotected, sprinklered
risks eXcepts. shall be advanced fif-
teen per cent. as of November 22.
Specific and minimum rates.
bearing date of promulgation Ijrior
to November %, 1917, upon all con-
tents of mercantiles, rated as pro-
tected, sprinklered risks excepted,
shall be advanced ten per cent.
Specific and minimum rates,
bearing date of promulgation prior
to November %, upon all hotels.
commercial and resort, boarding
houses, hospitals, sanatoriums, club
houses and all contents of the
clauses specified. rated as unpro-
tected. shall be advanced twenty per
cent, sprinklered risks excepted" f"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22
MASONS CONFER
DEGREES ON CLASS
Scottish Rite Branch Exercises
Attended by Many
Lodgemen

An extensive program for the CON-
ferring of degrees Yves arranged for
to-day's session OF the local Scottish
Rite branch OF Freemasonry which
is holding its annual fall reunion In
the Cathedral at North and Capital
streets Beginning at Q o'clock this
morning when william Bennett.
S, NJ, inducted candidates to the
fourth degree, The whole day was
occupied in further degree con-
ferring, the last being the sixteenth,
AS had been expected, the entering
class was unusually large, number
ing 1870 candidates, The Council OF
Princes OF Jerusalem, sixteenth de-
gree, held its annual business meet
ing in the afternoon and a similar
meeting of the Chapter of Rose
CroiX, of which the Rev. Harry Nell
son Bassler, is Most Wise Master,
was scheduled for tonight.
Some notion of the Importance of
the Scottish Rite and the number
of Its members Is conveyed in the
report of one local lodge, the Lodge
of Perfection, fourteen degrees, This
was the first of the Scottish Rite
bodies in Harrisburg. From n few
charter members this lodge has in
creased until Its present membership
is 2,074,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22
BRITISH BEGIN A
NEW OFFENSIVE
[Cont:nued from First Pagel

lOOnlsnuGu from n IESI EdEGI
ments, British infantry tore
such, holes in the German de-
fenses that British cavalry is
now taking part in the drive to-
ward Cambria and the Belgian
border beyond. Surprised by
the suddenness of the thrust
Tuesday the Germans fought
back Wednesday, but the Brit
ish pushed steadily towards the
immediate goal.
Nearly score of towns and
villages have been taken and
more than 5000 prisoners have
been captured. The Germans
have been driven from the high
ground west, southwest and
south of Cambria and this city,
formerly German main head
quarters in the west and one of
the main links in the German
supply system is at the mercy
of the British artillery.
While the British attacked on a
front of thirty-two miles between
st. Quentin and the Scarpe, their
main effort was on a ffteenmile
front west and southwest of Cam
brai, where an advance of more than
five miles has been made. At Cam
taing and Noyelles, the British are
within three miles of Cambrai and
on the south they are at Crevecour,
four miles away. The Scheldt canal
has been gained. as have towns on
the Scheldt or L'Escaul river. whose
valley extends northeast through
Belgium to Antwerp.
In England the victory of General
Byng is hailed as the greatest on the
western front and it is looked upon
as the forerunner of still greater
achievements against the supposedly
impregnable Hindenburg line. The
new tactics of the British apparently
overwhelmed the Germans and, in the
view of military critics, hold out
great possibilities for the future,
especially as to it's efficacy without
the usual preliminary artillery fire.
The Germans had only five airplanes
on the front and eleven British air.
men, by flying at a height of fifty
feet because of the mist, wind and
rain, sacrificed themselves during
the first stages of the offensive.
What effect the British drive will
have on the Austro-G German invasion
of Italy is not yet apparent, but the
Italians are holding tenaciously to
their positions and the invaders have
not been able to make a marked
gain in two days Around Asiago the
Italians have repulsed strong attacks
while on the important sector be-
tween the Brentna and the Piave.
the Austro-G Germans have ceased
their attacks. apparently worn out
by fruitless efforts against Monte
Tomba and the nearby defenses. The
Piave line still is unbroken.
French troops have carried out a
successful attack on a front of two
thirds of a mile between Craonne
were captured and IT'S prisoners fell
into French hands.
In Palestine General Allenby's 8
force is within five miles of Jerusa-
lem on the northwest and six miles
on the west. 1t is not yet clear
whether the Turks intend to defend
Jerusalem. but If they should do so
force seemingly is in great danger
of being cut off from the north and
northwest.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22

Marietta, Pa, Nov. 22,-J. Eugene
Staman, mate on the steamship
Brindilla, is son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John p. Staman, of Washington
boro. He is home on a furlough for
few days. He has completed three
trips across the Atlantic ocean and
back again since the outbreak of the
war, and has many interesting things
to tell. His last voyage was to
Italy as mate of the Brindilla. with
a cargo of gasoline, and the trip was
successful in every particular. In
none of the voyages was there a sub
marine sighted, though for hundreds
of miles the voyage was made
through where the submarines
work.
John P. Staman has two other
sons In the service. Henry is a cap
tain of a steamship plying between
America and England and France,
and James, another son. who was
drafted, got into the service before
his turn came.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22
Thanksgiving Day Bags
Distributed For Hospital

Hundreds of Thanksgiving offer
ing bags for the Harrisburg Hospital
were distributed by the Women's
Aid Society of the hospital to-day.
The society seeks contributions OF
cash, groceries. and provisions of all
kinds. The bags will be collected
before Thanksgiving by trucks and
wagons. Mrs. Marlin E. Olmsted is
president and Mrs. Henry B. Nc
'Cormick is honorary president.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22
''Gets-lt," z Drops
Corns, Peel Off!
For rs Cents Peel OFF rs Corns.

"Gets-It," the greatest corn discov-
cry of any age. makes joy-walkers
feel like the Statue of Liberty. Buy
liberty" bottle of "Gets-It" right
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22
FIRE INSURANCE RATES
HAVE BEEN'INCREASED


and all office and agency supplies
show an average increase of fifty
per cent. The direct cost of clerical
help is materially higher, to say
nothing of the cost of maintaining
with the colots. many employees on
a basis of the difference between
their normal salaries and the COM
pensation allowed by the govern
ment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22
All Fat People
Should Know This

The world owes a debt of gratitude
to the author of the now famous Mar.
mola Prescription, and is still more
harmless, effective obesity remedy to
tablet form. Marmola Prescription
Tablets can now be obtained at all
drugstores, or by writing direct to
Marmola Co, S64 Woodward Ave, De-
troit, Mich, and their reasonable price
(75 cents for a large case) leaves no
excuse for dieting or violent exercise
for the reduction of the overfat body
to normal proportions.-Adver
ment
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22

now-free yourself at once from all
corn misery 1t will peel off pain
lessly, in one complete piece, any corn,
old or young, hard or soft, or between
the toes, any callus. or any corn that
has resisted everything else you have
ever used. Off 1T comes like magic.
Guaranteed.
All you need is 2 or drops of
"Gets-It,' that's all. "Gets-It" is the
only safe way in the world TO treat a
corn or callus. It's the sure way-the
way that never fails. 1t is tried and
true-used by millions. Never irri-
tates the flesh or makes the toe sore.
Ikea -a-banana-skin. CSC a bottle is all
you need pay for "Gets-It" at any
drug store, or sent on receipt of price
by e. Lawrence e. Co, Chicago, Ill
Sold in Harrisburg and recommend
ed as the worlds best corn remedy by
Clarke Medicine Store, w. II. Ken
nedy, Golden Seal Drug Store, Frank
i. Kitzmiller and G. A. Gorgas. - Ad-
NertiSement
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-22

THE one per cent. tax in lieu
of the stamp tax will equal on the
net lines retained of companies a
tax of 1.30. This item alone alb
serbs nearly one-third of the aver
age underwriting profits for the last
ten years.
Large losses of incendiary origin
are occurring with greater frequency
and have played an important part
in producing an increase of $780,
100000 in the first ten months of
1917, as compared with the same
period of 1916. The partial losses
and the cost of replacement follow
ing the heavy advances in materials
have caused a drain upon profits,
out of all proportion to the former
tax on fires of the ordinary run.
Since the war began the nom
advance in fire insurance rates
stands prominently to the fore as an
isolated exception. but the time has
now arrived when the solvency of
the companies their duty to the
public, insurers and stockholders re-
quires that they obtain some margin
over and above their losses and ex-
penses."