Forces of General Hah Beat Germans Back Along Wile Front Near Lens HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M yt Star-Jnftepen&ent * ' LXXXVI—No. 194 22ITAIEES ALLIES WILL •REJECT PEACE STEP BY POPE Proposals Not Received by Washington, But Officials From Outline Assert Entente Will Refuse; May Re state War Aims in Answer; U. S. Has Not Changed Stand For Democracy; Received With Degree of Deference Washington, Aug. 15.—Pope Benedict's peace proposals had not been received to-day by the government but Secretary Lansing said the summary as published by the Associated Press ■was substantially in accordance with the unofficial outline he has before him. There is no change in the first impression, that the allies certainly will reject the proposal in its present form and probably refuse to consider it at all. There is a growing probability that in making clear to the world the refusal they will restate their >var aims. In discussing the probable channels of communication Mr. Lansing said that as the Vatican was without diplomatic status here the note would in all probability come through some neutral embassy. U. S. Stands Unchanged Declining to discuss the war aims of the allies on the ground that they might change frequently, Mr. Lansing said there had been no alteration in the aims or plans of the United States since his speech at Madison Barracks. Because of their source, the Pope's proposals are certain to be received with a degree of deference and consideration which would not be accorded to a similar communication from any other source, even from a combination of neutral states. Some Degree of Success This is the judgment of the diplomatic representatives of the entente powers here to-day after a close scrutiny of all that could be gathered from the news dispatches. The embassies and legations generally have not yet been advised by their foreign offices of the movement. Preferential treatment of the proposals is said to be certain above all countries in France, essentially a Catholic nation, although even in Great Britain, owing to the large Catholic population, the document will command respect. There is no idea, however, that any marked change in policy will follow the reception of the Pope's communication. On this point the diplomatic representatives of the allies are unanimous, although it is admitted that in the more or less argumentative leplies that must be made there may be some disclosures of the war aims of the allies states further than have already appeared in the speeches and public utterances of their public officials. To that extent, therefore, some degree of success may be :laimed for this latest effort. JOINT ANSWER BY U.S.AND ENTENTE IS NOT PROBABLE "No Common Ground on Sub ject of Territorial Ad justments" Washington, D. C., Aug. 15.—While It is known authoritatively that the pope sent a peace note two or three (lays ago to all the belligerent gov ernments, as announced in a dispatch from Rome, there still seems to be considerable doubt as to the accu racy of the reported contents of this note. According to the Rome dis patch, the pope proposed a virtual return to the status quo ante bellum, the restoration of Belgium, Serbia end Rumania and a settlement by negotiation of the questions of Alsace-Lorraine, Trent, Trieste and Poland. If the report of the contents of the [Continued on Page 9.] "Til WEATHER. For IfarrlnburK nnd vicinity: Generally fnlr to-night avid TliurNday; not much CIUIMKC in temperature. For KiiNttrn I'ennay lvanla: (Gen erally fnlr to-nlicht nad Thnrs dayt not much change In tem perature; lik It t Nouthurnt to Mouth wind*. 9 River The main river will rise. The lower portion* of the North and Went hraacheM will rl*e to alht nnd bejcln to fall Thur •iayj the upper portion* will probably full or remain ntatlon ary. \ ntaiee of about <1.2 feet Jf indicated for llarrlshuric Thursday morning, with a maxi mum Ntage of about 7 feet I afternoon or nlKht. <cnera| < onlltIons The deprcHNion that ha* been cen tral o*er the Lake HeKlon wince Sunday ha* about filled up. An other weak riepreiislon from western Canada ha* moved DOWN over the I'pper MIMSIMMIPPI I I * Shower* have fallea In the InNt twenty-four hour* gen erally In the Ohio. Middle Mla- MI MM Ip p i and Lower MIMMOVIH val- I 'f'" aad In Florida, Alabama, Tenne*ee, Virginia. Central l ennM.vlvnnla, the Interior of New lork State nnd In the Up per St. Lawrence Valley. Tem perature ehanxen have been *enerally small. Temperature! 8 a. m., 70. Suaj Rises, 5513 a. m.; nets, 7:40 p. m. Mooni New moon, August 17. River Sta^ei >* feet above low water mark. . Yesterday's Weather Hlffhest temperature, 80. temperature. Afl. Mean temperature, 78. Normal temperature, 78. EXPECT U.S. WILL URGEFAVORABLE REPLY BY ALLIES Administration Prepared to Give Serious Attention to Pope's Proposals Washington, Aug. 15.—Officials of the State Department and of the 1* rench and British embassies decline to speak for quotation in regard to the Pope's peace proposal until they have received the official text of the \ atican s not'i, but unofficially they agree that if the latest press reports accurately forecast the terms of the note the Pope's move will start a series of reactions which will be greatly to the advantage of the allies and may possibly lead to an early peace. • The Pope's proposal has set the State Department and the embassies of the Entente nations awhlrl with ex [Continucd on Page 9.] Reading Man Member of Gun Crew Captured by German Submarine By Associated Press Washington. D. C., Aug. 15. The personnel of the naval gun crew, be lieved to have been taken prisoners by the German submarine which de stroyed the American tank steamer C'ampana, was announced to-day by the Navy Department. Names of the men. their ratings, next of kin and home addresses follow: James Delaney, chief gunner's mate, commander of the armed guard, wife. Elinor Delanev, Maiden, Mass.: William Albert Miller, sea man. second class, mother. Elizabeth Grebock, Chicago; Fred Stephen Jacob, seaman, second class, father August Jacob, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Ray Roop, boatswain's mate, second class mother. Elizabeth Gam, Royne City, Mich.; Charles T.,ovan Kline, gun ner's mate, third class, father, Henry C. Kline, 240 West Button wood street, Reading, Pa. Captain Oliver, master of the Cam pana, Is also a prisoner on the U-boat. TROOPS GETTING "CHESTY" American Training Camp in France. Aug. 15.—The strict physical training out of doors wnich members of the American expeditionary force are undergoing It: having its results. One turned up to-day, when field headquarters received a letter from a company commander saying his men were developing so fast that all their uniforms were getting too small. Some of the un'torms, he wrote, now ure four Inches too small about the HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1917. PENNSYLVA NIA NS CONSPICUOUS IflEraSlßß jflffiß- JS^|B9^HH|^H <fc px/CE M/GACif£/t C£MDM£ v. rnu.rn. jrjkpfiEKSC/X W. Xr/ZIWJU.*.. DETERMINED TO MAINTAIN FAIR WHEAT PRICES U. S. Will Take Over Whole Harvest if Necessary; Cor poration Formed By Associated Press Washington, Aug. 15.—Government purchase of enough of the 1917 wheat crop to stabilize prices in the United States was forecast in the formation to-day of a $50,01)0,000 corporation by the food administration. The intention is to take over the entire harvest if necessary to main tain fair prices. The corporation will make all allied purchases of wheat and flour and thus will stabilize prices to the allies. Through this ar rangement, too, it hopes to secure I itself against any possible loss. The food administration will open ' agencies at all the principal wheat i terminals, carrying on its transac tions with the usual dealers. No com mission charge will be made except to cover costs of operation. The price to be paid for wheat will be fixed by a committee under the grain [Continued on Page 10] Senate Takes Up Most Difficult Sections of New War Tax Bill By Associated Press Washington, D. C„ Aug. 15.—The i liquor and income tax sections of the war tax bill were taken up when the Senate resumed debate on the • measure to-day. The latter section, I together with the war profits and the publisher-*' tax sections, are prob lems of the most difficulty ahead of the Senate. Approval of the soft drink, to-! bacco and most of the public utilities schedules already has been given. The House ways and means com- I mitte'e will meet August 25 to con sider the question of raising part of i an additional 19.000,000,000 asked j for by the administration to meet j war expenses for the remainder of the fiscal year ending July 1, 1918, including further loans to "the Allies ! It is expected that a bond issue of between $3,000,000,000 and $4,000,- 000,000 and am horization of an ad ditional $500,000,000 in taxes to be i added to the war revenue bill now pending in the Senate will be pro posed. Country Club Asks Crossing Change • The Country Club of Harrisburg, which has just completed the fine new clubhouse on the spur of >he mountains overlooking the Susque hanna near Fort Hunter, to-day ask- i ed the Public- Service Commission to i order abolition of the dangerous grade crossing on the Fishing Creek road which goes east from state \ highway route No. 1 at Fort Hunter j and skirts the property of the club and numerous farms on the way to •Linglestown. The petition points out that the crossing, which has three Northern Central tracks and one of the Read ing, is dangerous in that the road is ; now much traveled by resident of] Middle Paxton and other townships and will be still more traveled when i the new clubhouse is opened, while! the approaches are of such a char- > acter as to increase the risk. The! petition suggests an overhead cross-1 ing and also points out that such I means will enable closing of Hecks' . crossing half a mile west, the road on this crossing being one which parallels the railroad for a distance and then joint Fishing Creek road. Miss Elizabeth Bailey to Wed Lieut H. M. Gross Mr. and Mrs. Edward Uailey this afternoon announced the engage ment of their daughter. MIHS EllZH beth Bailey to lieutenant Henry M. Oross, son of City Commissioner and Mra. Edward Z. Oross. Mr. Gross is battalion adjutant of the Eighth Infantry and a Yale graduate. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bailey this afternoon announced the engage ment of their daughter. MIHH Eliza beth Bailey to lieutenant Henry M. Gross, son of City Commissioner and Mra. Edward Z. Gross. Mr. Gross is battalion adjutant of the Eighth Infantry and a Yale graduate. PENNA. OFFICERS ARE GIVEN HIGH RANK IN ARMY Major General Clement, Brig adier Generals Price, Logan and O'Neill to Serve Washington, Aug. 15.—Major Gen- i eral Clement, of the Pennsylvania National Guard. who has been com missioned a major general in the United States Army, will remain for the present at the head of the Penn sylvania division, but in the event of that body being broken up and its units scattered. General Clement will be assigned to some other command. By the same order that commis sioned Clement, William A. Mann. St. John Greble, Joseph E. Kuhn and Pay ton C. March are appointed major gen erals also. Samuel W. Miller and Frederick Foltz are made brigadier generals. W. A. Mann is chief of the bureau of militia affairs; and was born in Huntingdon; Edwin St. John Greble is a Philadelphian and in artillery; John E. Kuhn is an engineer officer and formerly in this State and Peyton C. March is a brotTier of the editor of the Philadelphia Press and member of the famous March family of La fayette College. Samuel W. Miller is commandant at Fort Niagara and a native of Huntingdon and Frederick Foltz is a son-in-law of the late Major John B. Keefer. The following National Guard brlg [Continued on Page 10] Determined Crowds Rip Suffrage Banners Fast as They Are Raised Washington, Aug. 15. Tearing of banners fron- the suffrage pickets of the Woman's party at the White House gates and attacks on the party headquarters fit Lafayette Park, iicross the way, continued to-day. Good-natured but determined crowds tore down the banners as fast as they appeared. William Bayard Hale, one-time •special representative of President Wilson in Mexico, who ventured to address the crowd in behalf of the women, was pelted with rolled-up newspapers and other missiles until he desisted and moved on. No attempt was made to attack the banner bearers, but the crowd was determined that the banners should not he floated. Man Held Under $l5OO Bail For Draft Evasion Oren Landis, of Boiling Springs, was arrested this morning by a Unit ed States marshal, charged with evad ing the draft. He was held under $1,500 bail to appear at Scranton Au gust 23 for a hearing. Eandls a few 1 days before the registration wa> tnkuii skipped to Canada, where he remained until several weeks ago. His parents telling neighbors how easy it was to avoid army service caused bis arrest. The local board upon learning the facts notified the United States authorities, and his arrest re- I suited. President Wilson late yesterday signally honored Pennsyl vanians in his nominations for army officers. Major General Clement is placed in command of an army division. General March has seen long service in the regular army. He is from Easton. General Greble is a Philadelphian and saw hard service on the border. Generals Price, O'Neill and Stillwell earned their promotions by their work in the National Guard. CITY MAY NOT GET BIG FIRE INSURANCE CUT Harrisburg Man Says Com merce Chamber Should Have Waited Evidently Harrisburg Is not going to get .a big reduction in tire insur ance rates even after the expendi ture of $60,000 to motorize the city Are department, according to the statement of a Harrisburg fire In surance man. Pointing to the rerating about two years ago with the deficiency charge because of inadequate fire righting- faniliticF, he gives the fol lowing explanation to the HARRIS nURG TELEGRAPH: "The reference to the 'adjustment of fire insurance rates' in the con densed report of August 11, 1917, of the Chamber of Commerce is mis leading. for as a matter of fact every mercantile risk and -every manufac turing plant in Harrisnurg is now and has been rated under a schedule since March, 1908, when the present tariff of rates wai: put into effect. A rerating under new schedules was made about two years ago, but never promulgated, largely due to the ef iorts of local insurance agents, who insisted that they be withheld until the new motor fire apparatus be in stalled,. which would give all mer cantile buildings a reduction in the charge for fire department deficiency, which at present is 16 cents, and which may be cut in half as soon as the motor apparatus is officially ap proved by the Underwriters -Asso ciation of the Middle Department. "Under the law governing rating associations, the same basic sched ules must be used on all mercantile buildings within its territory, and as every commodity haa advanced and companies are being daily required to pay 25 to 50 per i-ent. more to adjust partial losses, it would only be reasonable for the rating asso ciation to Increase the deficiency charges on the new schedules to meet these Increased payments if the insurance companies are expected to maintain solvency. The Chamber of Commerce should have waited for the new rates hefore announcing a saving of 'thousands of dollars' to the citizens of Harrisburg on fire Insurance premiums." IHICHKSS HOBBKD OF JBWRI.S Paris. Aug. 15.—The Duchess De Noallles was robbed yesterday of fam ily Jewels worth more than 200,000 francs. The Jewelß were In a bag which the duchess laid on a counter In a Paris department store while trying on a hat. When she turned to go the bag had vanished. QUALIFICATIONS TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE NEW ARMY Highly Trained Individuals Will Be Given Correspond ingly High Positions By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Aug. 15.—Army officers who will organize the na tional army divisions face the task of making the best possible use of the men selected for nulitary duty by the local boards. Thoy will come from all walks and conditions of life. Among them will be highly trained individuals, f-pcclalists in particular lines and efficient mechanics. It is the intention of the War Department to get the maximum' advantage for the nation out of each man's special qualifications and his previous occu pation will bo carefully considered in assigning him to duty. To accomplixh this, it was pointed out to-day, descriptive lists of all drafted men will be made out as soon its they reach the training canton ments. They will contain an abstract of the 'if* history of the soldier, showing what occupations he has been engaged in From these a pre [v'ontlnucd on Paj?e 4.] Poles to Take Charge of Affairs September 1 By Associated Press Copenhxgen. Aug. 15.—Adminis tration of Justice in the kingdom of Poland will be handed over to the Polish authorities September 1, when the council of state will establish a ministry of Justice and hierarchy of courts. These are the first actual powers placed in the hands of the council of state. The council is unable to accept the educational plan sub mitted by German authorities and hence declines to undertake the school administration. WORKS BACK TO OERMAXY Amsterdam, Aug. 15.—Naval Lieu tenant Otto Scherik, one of the few remaining survivors of the German Pacific squadron which was defeated by the British off the Falkland Islands In Dectmber of 1914. has suceeded In returning to Germany, according to the Zeltung of Elslehen, Saxony. The_ lieutenant's Journey from South America occupied eight months and was accompanied by great difficulties. On arriving in Ger many he Immediately rejoined the navy. Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION PUBLIC SERVICE STARTS TRACTION INQUIRY HERE Moves to Obtain Data Which Will Lead to Betterment of the Service JITNEY ROUTE LIMITS! None Between Market and Division, River and Rail roads Hereafter The State Public Service Commis sion to-day took step 3 to secure bet ter street car service for the City of Harrisburg and authorized Chairman W. D. B. Ainey to take up with the officials of the Harrisburg Railways Company proposition for changes in schedules, rerouting and other details which the State authorities hope will bring to the State capital more ac commodations. This action, which tuken In connection with the disposal of a number of Jitney complaints and applications for State certificates filed from Harrisburg and vicinity, is in line with the recommendations for a survey made last spring by the HAR RISBLRG TELEGRAPH, and which is now in progress. A report on this survey, which was made by a Chicago firm, is expected almost any day. The commislon's action is the re portation in Harrisburg on the part of commissioners, who began to ob sult of personal study of the trans [Continucd oil Page 10] 4 TAKING FORMER CZAR TO SIBERIA T Petrograd, Aug. 14.—The semiofficial Russian news 4 agency announced to-night that former Emperor Micho- X las ami his family were removed to-day from the palace < * and that it wis reported that they were being trans- X ported Siberia. T LOAN MAY BEAR 4 PER CENT, f Wash.ni 'on. l5. -Indications wero to-day that 5J the new $4,000,000,000 bond issued for an allied loan, J to be authorized by Congress might bear four per cent. t interest. TO MOVE SOON TO ALABAMA Sea Girt, ls.—Approximately 3,500 troops of the T Eighth Army Division will move out of their present 4 locations f>i Anniston, Ala a . quickly as possible. • i DENY EVERY EXEMPTION APPEAL TP New York, Aug. 15.—The district board for the city <& of New York at its morning meeting to-day denied every * appeal by applicants for exemption from the national t army. X TO MOBOLIZE GUARD AT MINEOLA, L. I. •P Washington, Aug. 15. —The National Guard division to go to France, representing twenty-sis States, in -4j eluding Pennsylvania a;:d the District of Columbia, will X he mobilized at Mineola, 1 1., at a camp named Albert TL. Mil: after the ;nt-; Brigadier General Mills, chief -J* of the divi ion of militia affairs. T VALOR MEDAL IS AWARDED ROOT New York, Aug. 15.—A medal for "distinguished valor X in the service of the United States" was presented by Mayor Mitchel to Elihu Root, head of the mission to X Russia. This is the first time this recognition has been jP awarded an American citizen. T WANTS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE 4 Washington, Aug. 15. A resolution proposing that ♦l* the Senate assure the American people that President X Wilson can be depended upon to take proper action |j toward securing peace was introduced in the Senate. + . . MARRIAGE LICENSES Grower C. FoUn and Margaret M. Hlchwtne, Harrtaba**. ALLIES SMASH GERMAN LINES IN RESUMPTION OF BIG DRIVE British Strike Heavy Blows; Stronghold Near Lens Is Stormed by Canadians EVACUATION OF LENS IS NEAR Kaiser's Position Becoming Untenable; Entente Sol diers Advance The British and French returned to the attack in Northern France and Belgium last night and prelimin ary reports indicate that they have won considerable successes. The principle blow was struck by the British on a tront of 4,000 yards from the northwestern outskirts of Lena to the Bois Hugo, northeast of Loos. General Haig announces that his troops carried the German first lines at all points and are making satis factory progress. Hill 70, a German stronghold northwest of Lens which (Continued On Page •) German U-Boat Risks Destruction to Take Live, Squealing Pig Captive By Associated Press An Atlantic Fort, Aug. 15.—A live | pig, part of tlie stores of the Nor wegian ship Piraa, sunk by a Ger j man submarine off the Azores on I June 29, was made a "prisoner of war" and transferred "squealing and ! kicking" from his pen on the deck of Ihe Siraa to the hold of the U-boat, said members of the Slraa's crew who arrived hero to-day on a Span ish ship. The men snld the U-boat risked destruction from an approaching de stroyer in order to get the pig safely on board their own craft.
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