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PLOT RIOTS
TO PREVENT
ENROLLS IENT
German Agents Secure High-Power Rifles and Band Dis
loyal Citizens Together in Effort to Annoy Govern
ment Officials From Registering Men For Army
BILL BEFORE CONGRESS WOULD IMPOSE
20 YEARS' IMPRISONMENT FOR OFFENSE
Indictment by Grand Juries Follow Discovery of Evidence
Showing Plotters Have Taken Oath to Disrupt the
Nation's Plan For Waging War
Washington, May 29. German influences to encourage re
sistance to army registration and the selective draft, uncovered in
Texas by the Federal Grand Jury investigation already have re
sulted in eleven indictments. Other arrests on the same charge
made in various cities by agents of the Department of Justice
apparently are not so closely linked with German influence, but
are being: investigated.
In tne Texas case, according to an ofiical announcment by
the Department of Justice an organization was formed some time
ago ostensibly for the purpose of co-operative buying. Its mem
bers were required to take a secret oath and soon after the enact
ment of the army draft law the official announcement says, "a
strong Germain influence succeeded in inducing the organization to
turn its efforts to combatting conscription and high-powered rifles
were obtained to intimidate persons subject to registration and
the officials who will be appointed to perform the registration."
In lome western cities there are
evidences of an effort to defeat the
registration but the Department of
Justice, it was officially announced
is fully prepared to deal with the
offenders under existing lav.s and the
new espionage law now nearing com
pletion in Congress which imposes
heavy penalties for such offenses.
Scattered over the country are
sporadic efforts to Interfere with reg
istration but officials here do not be- ;
lieve they are connected. The Texas
case, in which the German influence;
is clearly established and the arrest
of two mountaineers in Southwestern
Virginia, are the most conspicuous
instances.
Attack Planned
The two Virginians, William Mc-
Coy and J. W. Phipps, both well
known characters in the feud region
are in jail at Roanoke and govern
ment agents say they have complete
evidence to show they have plotted
organized resistance to the draft its
well as a wholesale attack upon the
landed people of the vicinity whose
property they intended to divide be
tween themselves.
As the day of registration draws
near, the Department of Justice and
other agencies of the government
are carefully watching for evidence
of resistance to the law and are pre
pared to deal with them promptly.
"These arrests," said Attorney
General Gregory, in an official state
ment referring to the proceedings al
ready under way, "should be accept
ed by the country generally as a
warning against interfering with the
enforcement of the provisions of the
new army law. They merely demon
strate what the Department of Jus
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How the Flag Should
Fly on Memorial Day
On Memorial Day the national
flag should fly at half staff from
sunrise to noon, and full staff
from noon to sunset. This fol
lows the custom of hoisting the
flag full staff at the conclusion
of a funeral.
THE WEATHER
For Harrlsburg and Tlolnllji Fair
nml somewhat warmer to-night
anil Wednesday.
For Kastern I'enns jlvnnla! Part
ly cloudy to-night) H pdnrnUv
fair; somewhat nnrmrri mmlrr
atr north winds, becoming vari
able.
River
The Susquehanna river nnd ltd
main branches will rise, except
the Juniata, Ipper Went Ilrnnch
and the Chumung river* will be
gin to fall to-night or Wednes
day. The most decided risen,
about live to nix feet, will oc
cur In the liOncr North Branch.
A stage of nbout 4.8 feet la Indi
cated for Harrlsburg Wednes
day morning.
General Condition*
The Ohio Valley storm of Mondny
morning ban moved northcast
wnl with Home decrease in en
ergy and la now central over
Southern New Knglnnd. It has
caused nhowera • and thunder
storms In the last twenty-four
hour* In the Ohio Valley and
Tennessee and In the Atlantic
States from Georgia northward,
the heaviest rains falling In the
Susqaehanna Valley and South
ern New England.
It Is S to 12 degrees cooler sooth
and of the Ohio river and
over nearly all the country from
the Great Lakes eastward to
the eaat, and 4 to 14 degrees
cooler In the extreme North
west) elsewhere there has been
a general rise of 2 to 14 degrees
In temperature.
Temperature i 8 a. m., 02 degrees.
Sum Rises, 4i32 n. m.
loom Fall moon, June S.
niver Stage >*4.6 feet.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest tempemtore, 57.
l owest temperature. 52.
Mean temperature, 54.
Normal temperature, 06.
tice proposes to do in every case
where attempts are made to hinder
or discourage registration."
Twenty-Year Penalty
A section of the espionage bill
dealing with interference with army|
registration provided penalties of i
twenty years imprisonment and $lO,- |
000 tine. This section of the bill says:- 1
"Whoever, when the United States j
is at war, shall wilfully make or con
vey false reports or false statements
with intent to interfere with the
operation or success of the military
or naval forces of the United States
or to promote the success of its
enemies and whoever, when the Unit
ed States is at war, shall wilfully
cause or attempt to cause insubor
dination, disloyalty, mutiny or refusal |
of duty, in the military or naval j
forces of the Cnited States, or shall'
wilfully obstruct the recruiting or en- j
listments service of the' United States!
to the injury of the service or of the !
United States shall be punished by a j
tine of not more than SIO,OOO or im
prisonment for not more than twenty |
years or both.
Men Claiming Exemption
From Army Draft Must
Give Reasons in Detail
By Associated Press
Washington, May 29. —Men who j
claim exemption from army draft!
when they register next Tuesday will j
be required later to explain fully why I
, they believe they should not be call- j
| ed. Provost Marshal General Crowd- j
ler announced to-day. Public au- ;
thorities will determine the exemp- i
tion of each individual on the basis |
of the second and more ample ex- i
planation. not on the briefly stated j
reason given the (registrar Tuesday, j
j All men who are married or who I
I belong to classes which may be ex- I
| empted, will not necessarily be sub- ,
ject to exemption. Furthermore.!
every man between the ages of 21
I and 30, inclusive, must register, re
[ gardless of his claim to exemption j
unless he is now in the army, navy, |
I national guard or naval militia. I
Each man must state' his full i
name, age on last birthday, street ad- '
dress, date and year of birth, oc<;upa-!
tion and the kind of establishment ]
where he is employed, military ex- |
perience, whether he is single or >
married at present; whether he has'
a father, mother, wife, or child, !
brother or sister under 12 years of
age, dependent solely on him for
support; whether he is a state or
federal official;- whether he is a na
tive-born American, or whether he (
or his father is naturalized or has j
taken out first papers.
Men past 31 years should not try!
| to register, as they will be refused
j and will only confuse the system.
Watermelons at $1 Are
Still Cheaper Than They
Were Early Last Season
Southern delicacies will be ptenti
ful to-morrow in the local markets.
Not only will strawberries be cheap,
but watermelons and canteloupes
may be had at a cost greatly reduced
over that of a year ago.
Included in a consignment of fruit
received by Gardner-Kaptisti and !
Company to-day. were a number of |
Georgia watermelons, and many j
crates of canteloupes. It is the earl
iest Georgia products have ever been
received In Harrisburg. The wa- i
termelons will sell for SI.OO each,
which is just one-half the price ask
ed one year ago. Cantelounes will
bring from 10 to 20 cents each. One
year ago they could not be had for
less than 25 cents each. Strawber
ries are plentiful and the retail
price is 15 cents a box. New celery
arrived to-day, and hew potatoes
brought $lO per "barrel.
LEOPOLD ROTHSCHILD DIES
London, May 29.—Leopold Roth
schild died this morning at his home
at Leigh ton Buzzard after an illness
of six weeks. Mr. De Rothschild wa*
72 years old and was the third son
of Baron De Rothschild founder of
the English branch of the famous
banking house.
HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1917.
MOB ATTACKS
NEGRO QUARTERS
FOR REVENGE
Score of Colored Men Beaten
Into L'nsciousness Dur
ing Riots
SEEK JAIL FOR SAFETY
Hundreds Driven Across Mis
sissippi River Because of
.Labor Trouble
By Associated Press
Kust St. Louis, 111., May 29.—A
mob of perhaps two thousand per
sons went through the negro quar
ter during the night, shot one col
ored man, seriously wonding him,
beat a score Into unconsciousness,
drove several hundred negroes across
the Mississippi river bridge into St.
Mo., and then dispersed parly
to-day.
The assault began after a report
had been circulated that a white
woman had been insulted and two
white men held up by negroes, just
after a committee from the Central
Trades and Labor Union had attend
ed a meeting of the city council to
make a protest against the importa
tion of any more colored laborers
into St. Louis.
Refuge in Jail
Many negroes were given refuge in
the city jail and at midnight the po
lice estimated that two thousand per
sons surrounded the building threat
ening to storm it. The mob was dis
suaded, however, and rushed into the
business section, where street cars
were stopped and saloons searched.
Several negro saloons were wrecked
and Mayor Mollman issued an orderl
for ail bars in the city to close.
Riot calls brought out the entire
city police force, but the mob went
virtually unchecked.
Many workmen here have been.
idle on account of strikes, and it is
estimated tlia'. at least 8,000 negroes
have been imported from the South,
to take their places.
Plead In Vain
At the meeting of the council
whish was held in the main auditor
ium of the City Hail in order to ac
commodate the crowd, the mayor
pleaded with the men to restrain
themselves from violence and prom
ised that some method of controlling
the ingress of negioes would be
found. i
The cro-td seemed peaceful enough
until a rumor was heard that a white
woman had been insulted and that'
two white men had been held up by i
negroes. Then the mob began at
tacks on negroes who were seized and |
searched. If unarmed, they were pun-|
islied lightly. If they carried a wea>
pon they were shown no mercy. This;
continued intermittently for more
than four hours.
U-Boat Sinks American
Steamer and Robs Crew
Set Adrift in Boats
By Associated Press
New York. May 29. The Amer
ican schooner Margaret B. Ross
which left St. Andrews Bay, Fla.,
February 4, with a cargo of pine
lumber for Genoa was sunk by a
submarine April 27 near the French
-I'allan coast and the crew robbed
! by the Germans, according to Cap
[ tL'in Fred E. Foot, master of the
: schooner, who arrived here to-day
i from France. Captain Foot said
1 a detachment from the submarine
. boarded his vessel and took from it
) everything of value, including food
stuffs, navigating instruments and
; even the extra clothing of himself
, and his six men. They were set
| adrift in open boats and were landed
|at Monte Carlo by a patrol boat
which picked them up.
Scout Executive to
Be Selected by Council
Final action in the selection of a
scout executive will be taken this
I afternoon at a meeting of the execu-
I tive council to be field in the Board
of Trade at 4 o'clock. J. Howard
I Stine. an applicant for the position,
j will at that time appear in person,
i He comes from a large field of social
I welfare work among the employes of
the American Felt Company at Nor
wood. Mass.
Saturday the scouts of the city will
distribute letters to the subscribers
to the scout fund thanking them for
■ the support they have given the
1 movement. To-morrow nine troops
of scouts will hike to different part
. of the county.
Land "Battleship" Is
Launched For Recruiting
By Associated Press
' New York, May 29.—The Recruit,
the only land batleship in the Amer
i lean navy, to-day became the head
| quarters for navy and marine corps
recruiting in New York City. Imme
diately after the formal "launching"
ceremonies in Union Square the struc
ture, built to resemble a battleship,
was occupied by naval and marine of
! fleers. Rooms aboard the ship will
! give ample space for the work of th'e
; recruiting officers and examining phy
| slclans.
County Insures Its
Farmers Against Loss
By Associated Press
New York, May 29.—With a fund
of $25,000, which later may be In
creased, the West Chester County
Commission of Safety has insured be
tween fifty and seventy-five farmers
aginst all possible loss on their
crops In the event that prices should
drop, 't was announced to-day. These
farmers, who have enlisted in the re
serve army of food producers, are as
sured a minimum price of $1.50 a
bushel for potatoes and $1.75 a bushel
for corn and buckwheat. In turn the
farmers have pledged themselves to
increase their acreage and raise as
much food as the soil can develop.
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to stimulate the sale of the loan.
COMMITTEE TO
AIL GOVERNMENT
IN ENROLLMENT
Dauphin County Safety Body
Names Fifteen Chair- |
men
Under a recent act of Congress all i
male citizens between the ages of 21
and 30, both Inclusive, will be sub- ,
ject to registration next Tuesday,
June 5, between the hours of 7 a. ni.
and 9 p. m.
This matter was thoroughly consid
ered at a meeting of the Dauphin
County Committee on Public Safety
yesterday afternoon. It developed that
some persons are of the opinion that
they can register or not, as they
please. But should they not register,
owing to ignorance or a deliberate
purpose to evade the law, they will
be punished by imprisonment for not
more than one year. The registra
tion has nothing whatever to do with
exemption from military service. That
is a subsequent proceeding.
Everyone Asked to Help
The registration boards and the
registrars will make the enrollment.
Preachers, industrial and commercial
leaders, foremen of plants and all who
can in any way aid the registration
boards are called upon to assist In
, completing the enrollment so that no
man may sufTer the penalty provided
through carelessness, indifference or
neglect.
This duty of enrollment Is so Im
portant that Governor Brumbaugh has
issued a special proclamation urging
that Pennsy lvanians perform this
service in the most patriotic manner.
Those who are not familiar with the
registration should immediately In
form themselves by study of the law
I or by inquiry In proper quarters.
All malr> persons aged 21 and not
past 31 MUST register.
Committees !Vamed
President William Jennings was In
the chair and he apportioned the
duties to a series of fifteen commit
tee chairmen, as follows:
Finance, J. M. Cameron; publicity,
E. J. Stackpole; legislation, A. Ram
sey S. Black; allied bodies, D. E.
Tracy; sanitation and medicine, Mrs.
L. D. Gilbert; civic relief, Mrs. M. E.
(Olmsted; food supply, Donald McCor
j mick; materials, W. H. Bennethum;
; plants, industrial, etc., Quincy Bent;
motors and motor trucks, C. R. Burt
nett; civilian service and labor, F. J.
j Hall; guards, police and Inspection,
Frank Payne; railroads, W. B. Mc-
Caleb; electric railroads and motors,
E. S. Herman; highways and water
ways, James E. Lentz.
At the same time a committee on
military service was constituted with
J. W. Bowman chairman and Includ
ing E. S. Herman, Frank Payne, S. S.
i Pick of Millersburg, M. S. Hershey of
I Hershey, M. A. Cumbler of Steelton,
l and E. B. Cressler of Mlddletown.
' The duties of the latter group will
not be precisely defined until Imtruc
i tions are received from the State Pub
! lie Safety Committee.
Boys and Girls Asked
to Remain in School
Because of War Needs
By Attocialtd Prist
Washington, May 29. Declaring
that trained men and women will be
needed during the war just as much
as fighting men, P. P. Claxton, Uniti
ed States commissioner of education,
i to-day urged all high schools pupils
to remain in school next fall.
"If the war should be long," sul(J
Dr. c.'laxton, "tne country will necJ
all the trained men and women it
can get—many more than it now
has. There will be men in abund
ance to tight in the trenches, hut
there will be a dearth of officers, en
gineers and men of scientific knowl
[ edge and skill in the industries"
CITY WILL UNITE
WITH G. A. R. IN
HONORING DEAD
Veterans Plan Impassive
Exercises For Memorial
Day
Veterans of the Civil War for the
forty-ninth time will honor their
their dead comrades to-morrow with
special Memorial Day ceremonies at
the Harrisburg, East Harrisburg and
Paxtang Cemeteries.
Final plans for the observance
were completed last week and in
clude the annual parade in the after
noon with the formal exercises and
the salute over the graves.
The route to-morrow follows:
Form at Front and Market
streets, at 1.45 o'clock. Start at 2
o'clock east in Market, to Fourth, to
Mulberry street bridge, to Thir
teenth; first division halting while
second division passes turning north
to State and Thirteenth streets; first
division then gointr to Mt. Calvary
Cemetery. Post 520 will leave at
State and Thirteenth streets, going
to the Lincoln Cemetery.
Parade in Two Divisions
M. W. Newman will be chief mar
shal and F. It. Hoy, Sr., chief of
staff, with E. B. Hoffman and Capt.
K. Laubenstein as aids. The forma
tion of the parade follows: First
Division, Eighth Regiment Band,
Company D, Company I, Headquar
ters (Jompany, Machine Gun Com
pany, Eighth Regiment, National
Guard, Governor's Troop, United
Spanish-American War Veterans,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, City
Grays' Veteran corps. '
Second Division: Assistant Mar
shal A. Runkle; aids, Charles Bea
ver and W. D. Rhoads; Son of Vet
etans Drum Corps; Camp No. 16,
Sons of Veterans; Commonwealth
Band, Posts 58, 116, 520, Grand
A'my of the Republic; automobiles
with veterans and speakers. Per
ijon-j who will furnish automobiles
are requested to be at 26 North
North Third street at 1 o'clock to
morrow afternoon.
The following program will be
given at the Harrisburg Cemetery:
Assembly, Mrs. Roy Mlkle; dirge,
Commonwealth Band; prayer, the
Rev. Harry Nelson Bassler, chap
lain, Eighth Regiment, N. G. P.; ad
dress, the Rev. Dr. George Edward
Hawcs, pastor Market Square Pres
byterian Church; march to Soldiers'
Plot; dirge, band: prayer, chaplain.
Post No. 116; address, A. Wilson
Black, commander of Post 58, G. A.
B.; General Logan's Order, W. T.
Bishop; Lincoln's Gettysburg Ad
dress, N. A. Walmer, adjutant of
Post 58; memorial ceremonies, J.
A. Runkle, C. D. and W. H. Moore;
prayer, William Huggins, chaplain,
Post 58; benediction, the Rev. Dr.
Hawes, salute over graves; taps by
Mrs. Mlkle; echo by band trumpets.
All city and county offices, public
schools and banks will be closed to
morrow following an annual custom
established years ago when Memorial
Day was made rt legal holiday.
SAVE FOR BONDS
By Associated Press
Albany, N. V., May 29.—Savings
banks of the state are urged to assist
their depositors to subscribe for Lib
erty Loan bonds, to be paid for with
future savings rather than with
money withdrawn from the banks, in
a letter issued to-day by Superintend
ent of Banks Richards.
AGED WOMAN KILLS SELF
Sellnsgrove, May 29.—Miss Bach
ael Portisllne aged 60, committed
suicide at her home in Melservillu,
Snyder county, this morning.
F.MH AND WARMER
Fulr and somewhat warmer is the
weather prediction for Memorial
Day. The skies wll| clear to-night
and remain so for the next few
days.
PARK EXTENSION
PURCHASES MADE
AT SMALL COST
Commission Meets Thursday!
to Lay Out Streets; Will.
Be Its Final Act
TERM ENDS ON JUNE 1
Business Conducted at Less
Than Three Per Cent, of
Money Expended
The Capitol Park Extension Com
mission will meet Thursday with Ar- I
nold \V. Brunner and Warren H.
Manning, landscape architects and '■
engineers, to lay out two streets north j
and south and one street east aiivl |
west through the Capitol Park zone.
This will he the last official act of j
the commission, the term of which
expires June 1, 1917, all its work be
ing completed. Mr. Manning was 111
the city yesterday going over details i
as to the city's part in the proposed I
extension of streets through the ex- |
tension zone. The city and the state ;
will have no differences on this ]
score.
The Capitol Park Commission has ]
done a remarkable piece of work at ■
a very small cost to tho state. The
entire expense to the commonwealth,
including all overhead charges, ab
stracts of titles, salaries, etc., cover
ing a period of live years and nine
months, was about $87,000, or less i
than three per cent, of the total ap- 1
propria tion handled. When it is con
sidered that the average private bus
iness is judged well managed on a
ten per cent, basis and that real es
tate transactions on a live per cent,
commission are regarded as not too
high, the very efficient manner in
which the Capitol commission's busi
ness has been conducted may be ap
preciated.
Commission Named in 1911
The Capitol Park extension act was
signed June lt>, 1911, and the com
mission appointed by Governor John
K. Tener consisted of Arch G.
Knlsely, Samuel Kunkel and Samuel
G. Todd. Mr. Knisely died January
22, 1913, and his place was filled bv
the appointment of Spencer C. Gil
bert. Mr. Kunkel died January 31
of this year.
The money appropriated for the
purchase of real estate in the zone
amounted to $2,300.00, and the mini- -
ber Of properties in the zone uum- |
bered 641, all of which were ac
quired by direct purchase except
j nineteen, controlled by nine owners,
Which were taken condemnation
proceedings. This is considered a
very remarkable record by real estate
experts acquainted with the facts.
The commonwealth is now using
eight of the properties in the park
for departmental purposes.
Among the larger properties taken
over, most of which have been de
molished. were the Hickok Manufac
turing Company's plant, the Harris
burg Steam Heat Company's plant,
the Harrisburg Electric Light Com
pany's plant-, the National Hotel. St.
Lawrence Roman Catholic Church
I and school, four churches of other
denominations, seven hotels, two
wholesale liquor stores, several man
ufacturing plants, and the old State
street markethouse.
To Eliminate Si<le\vnlk!
With the passage of the bills now
under consideration by the Legisla
ture, and of which there is no doubt,
the Board of Public Grounds and
Buildings. or whatever authority may
be created for the purpose, will start
this year the grading and planting
of the whole district covered by the
old Capitol Park zone. Also! the
sidewalks along Third and Walnut
streets will be eliminated so as to
increase the width of these streets
and the state will then dedicate for
sidewalk purposes a strip alone: the
top of the terrace in both Walnut
and Third streets. The general ap
propriation agreed upon for the next
two years is $850,000.
Funeral Processions Dot
Streets and Cemeteries
in Wind Wrecked Towns
By Associated Press
Mattoon, Ills., May 29. Mattoon
and Charleston to-day buried manv
of the victims of Saturday's torna
do. Throughout the day the streets
and roads to the cemeteries were
doited with funeral processions.
Business in the two communities
to-day began to assume a normal as
pect for the first time since the
storm. In Charleston where a large
part of the business district lay di
rectly in its pathway with hastily ob
tained new stocks, merchants opened
stores in makeshift shelters, several
tentß and covered wagons being
used.
Plans for rebuilding announced by
J. J. O'Connor, director of the cen
tral division of the Red Cross, in
cluded reconstruction of the homes
of hundreds of persons in the two
cities who were left penniless. Rur
vejs indicated that about fotir thou
sand cars of lumber are necessary
for the purpose and the aid of the
National Lumbermen's Association
in obtaining preferential delivery has
been enlisted.
Meanwhile, temporary shelter is
being afforded many of the homeless
in tents sent by the State of Illinois.
Bill to Suspend For
War Period Full Crew
Law, Passed by House
The McKee bill to suspend the op
eration. of the full crew law during
the war and for one month thereafter
was passed finally in the Senate to
day by 32 to 13, and immediately
sent to the House.
Senator Burke, Allegheny, opposed
the bill, and Senator Byre, Chester
spoke for It.
Senator Beldleman voted agalnt
the bill.
TROOP C KILLED
In accordance with a recent or
der from the war department Troop
<\ First Pennsylvania Cavalry was
last evening recruited to full war
strength of 100 enlisted men. More
than fifty applicants are on the wait
ing li&t, '*' XQmgi
Single Copy, 2 Cents
ALLIES MAKE
PREPARATION
FOR ATTACK
Stagnation Along French and British Fronts Expected to
Give Way to Great Drive on Teuton Lines; Intense
Aerial Activity Points Strongly to General Offeiv
sive; Italians Push Steadly Forward
Rome, May 29. via. London. - The Italians in the
Plava sector yesterday drove the Austro-Hungarian
forces to the end of the valley cast of Globna says the
official statement issued to-day by the Italian war depart
ment. Since May 14, the statement adds, Austro-Hun
garian prisoners taken on the Julian front number 23,-
681. The Italians aso captured 36 guns, including 13 of
the heaviest calibre.
While the other sphere of intensive military activity at pres
ent is on the Austro-ltalian front where General Cadorr.a is day
by day pushing back the Austrian lines upon Trieste there are in
dications that the stagnation along the French and British fronts
in France may soon be interrupted.
The sign that points most strongly to this impending change
•is the intense aerial activity taking place. The British report of
last night emphasized this in its accounts of twelve German ma
chines destroyed mid ten others driven out of control, while to
day from the French front, Paris announces the bringing down
of'seven German airplanes in engagemnts and the serious damag
ing of 12 others.
For the present, however, the allied |
infantry is being held close to .Its
lines. Raiding operations and occa-
I sional local attacks by one side or
j the other are the only developments
I reported in the oflicial statements,
J aside from the displays of energy on
I tlie part of the airmen and the artil-
I lery arm.
i The German infantry facing the.
British armies is apparently being ,
| held in check by its commanders as
closely as that of its opponent* h.-t
; sharp attacks continue upon the
French lines, notably In the Cham-
I pagne region. Two of them were
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I MARRIAGE LICENSES
Y Mlflmrl Yudurltb Midlandand llnrlinrii Kanbir, SteeHom Lrllor
I Vernon UorkntHii mid Kdnn Florence Klmmell, Harriabum Hay \V.
1 lljfru, I purr I'axton township, nnd Minnie M. K tinner, MirUln tnwii-
I ulilpi Clartncr Benedict and Gertrude Itlpiterllnic. l.nnraMert Hughi '
it'lrmun Wllnun and Kuth Isabella Kahn, Hnrrlaburgi \VUUam KUvvlu 1
prl hlrr and Slary laabelle Heem, Mlllersburir.
HOME EDITION
| launched last night in the Hurteblse
district, but each was easily repulsed
by the French.
Active at Verdun
The French made a minor thrust oh
their own account in the Verdun re
gion, where the activity is becoming
more marked of late on both sides. A
small German post north of Vache
rauvllle was captured In this opera-
I tion.
Brazil is rapidly passing from the
status of a neutral to that of an ac
tive partisan on the entente side of
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