French Deli ver Another Hard Blow Against German \ HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M ®l)c otar-Jn&cpcn&cnt * " LXXXVI— No. 204* 14 PAGES NEGRO SOLDIERS REMOVED FROM SCENE OF RIOT All but Three of Men Taking Part Accounted For BRING MURDER CHARGES White Guard Thrown About Camp to Prevent Further Outbreak By Associated Press Houston, Texas, Aug. 25. The negro soldiers of the Twenty-fourth infantry who Thursday night took part In shooting in the streets that killed seventeen persons, were taken from here and started toward Co lumbus. N. M., early to-day. Among them were the thirty-four men charged with murder by District At torney John H. Crocker. The en tire 633 members of the battalion which came here four weeks ago to guard Camp Logan during con- j structlon were entrained by day break and shortly after the train started westward. The fate of the more than 100 ne gro soldiers who participated in the j shooting to-day is entirely in the > hands of the military notwithstand ing the action of District Attorney John S. Crocker in filing murder j charges against thirty-four of the, men. j Mu.ior General George Bell. Jr., I who arrived this morning from San j Antonio and took command, indi- | cated that there was slight possi-| bility of any of the men being re- { turned here for civil trial. To Be Court-Martialcd "1 assume," he said, "that the j local authorities will seek to try the men against whom charges have been tiled. However, their disposition is in the" hands of the military. They will be court-martialed. The justice meted out by army authorities will be much quicker obtained than it could l>e bv any civil procedure." General Bell said it would be im possible for him to discuss plans for the court-martial or to say where it will lake place. Penalty is Death "Mutinv in time of war is punish- ; ble by death," he said. "Murder at i;l! times involves the death penalty. Punishment will be dealt out to those participating in the disturbance promptly and effectively. Immediately after news was ob tained that the thirty-four negroes had l cer. turned back to the military j authorities the Harris county grand : jury began investigtaion at the action I of Sheriff M. H. Hammond in giving v;p the custody of the prisoners. Jus tice I .eon l.usk, who tssued a blanket murder warrant against the thirty four, said to-day: Say Xcprors Must <■<> "I want it understood," he ex plained, "that 1 issued no release for these men and have given no one authority to release them. The < rime* they committed took place before martial law was declared." Telegrams were sent to the Texas congressional delegation to-day by t itizens stating that the negro com pany of the Eighth Illinois Infantry stationed here "must go." The tele grams pointed out that not since the rioting h'ad a single negro been troubled by the civilian population. They called to the attention of the delegation also the fact that on the night the disturbances occurred the I'hambe: of Commerce had arranged for a watermelon feast for the negro soldiers. The Illinois negroes took no part in the trouble. The funerals of a number of the rio' victims were held to-day. With the arrival to-day of Major [Continued on Paso 3] Wll.l. >OT MAKH AUDKESS By Associated Press Washington, Aug. 25. Talk in Congress that President Wilson might possibly address the national body on the subject of peace when he makes reply to Pope Benedict's pro posal, was effectually silenced to-day when ih>' White House let it be known in emphatic terms that the President has no such Intentions. THE CIVIC CLUB'S SECOND FLY—MEASURING DAY SEPTEMBER 23 9 to 12. PrU- s awarded: 5 cents a pint for all flies. [THE WEATHER] For Iftirritthvrs and vicinity* Fair nnd cooler to-iiitftit; Sunday fair with .uodernif temperature. For I'HHtfrn IVan*ylvanlu* Fair and cooler to-nlftht: Sunday fair vitii in otic rate trnit>era(ure; moderate uorthweat wind*. Hirer The utuln river will Hue nlotvljr. 'I he lower portion of the >orth llrnneli will rise to-nijght and probably bfKtu to fall Sunday. All other stream* of the Su*- quelinnnn river system will fall. A *tai;e of about 5.6 feet Is Indi cated for tlarrlsburu: Sunday morning:. teaeral Conditions The northern disturbance that ha* CflNsed unsettled nnd showery wetttliir over the eastern part of the country durlnic the last Jen dfl7** Is moving slowly northeastward down the St. Lawrence Valley. It has caused light lu r.iodt rate showers in the last twenty-four hour* over the I.nkc llrirtott, the Middle Atlan tic and Xew England States and the St. Lawrence Valley, and rain waft falling In Northern Xew England, Western Xew York nnd Northern Michigan at time of observation this morn ing. Showers fell nlao In South western Kansas and extreme Southern Florida. Temperatures S a. ra., 08. Hunt Klses, Si 23 a. m. | acta, HiftO p. m. 11l ver Stagei 5. feet. Yeaterday's Weather lllghe*t temperature, M. Lowest temperature, 60. Menn temperature, 76. Aorin u I temperature, 7V MEN WITH WIVES j MAY BE EXEMPT IN FIRST DRAFT President Takes Stand For More Liberal Policy in Army Selection VIEWS ARE IN CONFLICT Wilson Declares Single Men Should Be Called in Advance By .Associated Press Washington, Aug. 2 s.—President i Wilson has written Secretary Baker expressing a view that the drafting | of married men who are heads of j families, should be carefully examin- j ed to avoid it. if nossible, and ex- j pressing the view that single men j should be taken where it is pos- j sible. As the President is empowered by I \ the draft law to make the regulations j under which it will be carried out, the effect of his letter to Secretary Baker is to throw his Influence to-1 ward a more liberal policy for ex emption of married men than has l been pursued by the provost general's i office. It is no secret that the President's! view is in open conflict with the in- i ■ tcrpretatlon placed at present upon', j the law by the army officers who are I administering it. They contend that | as the history of the law shows that I Congress voted down amendments to I exempt married men they have no j legal authority to exempt them ex- ( | cept on the grounds of dependency j alone. President Wilson's view as fore-! least in his recent letter to Senator i Weeks is that the taking ol' married | men and heads of families should be 1 avoided at least on the first draft. | The President's letter probably | will be made public later by Secre-1 I tary Baker. Bulgaria Wants Peace But Is Confident As to Outcome of the War By A tsociated Press Sofia. Aug. 25. —"We want peace r.nd desire to end this terrible blood- ■ . ,-hcd," said Premier Radoslavoff in an interview on the papal peace note. . ' We have been emphasizing this at- I titude for more than a year. Last ! December we offered peace to the en ! tente, but it preferred to seek its fortunes in a continuance of the war. In the nine months intervening our • , military situation has become nine I times more favorable and every day j proves it is becoming still larger. j "I do not believe the pope sought | to get in contact with the different j govern men' heads before transmit- i 1 ting the note for the purpose of dis-, I covering if they desired peace. Thej ' entente appears to make every effort! Ito prepare public opinion for a! j brusque refusal of papal mediation, j | whereas the central powers welcome it with sincere sympathy. "The central powers will make \ concrete proposals in keeping with the papal note and will answer it in- i i virtually. Whether peace will come i j soon, who can say? We want peace,j j but are calmer than ever, nor are j i we asking tor peace for the benefit i lof mankind. We desire peace to I j come soon, and unless this occurs I before long the entente alone will j i have occasion to regret It." Wash With Rain Water if You Fear Germans Poisoned Your Soap i Soap is the latest article to be re- i ' ceived at the State Department of Health from people" who fear that , it is infested with germs. Some cakes were received to-day tVom ' people who stated that they had re-I | ceived them from German peddlers and who asked to be informed j whether they had been poisoned. ] The state officials will advise people i not to use the soap if they are j afraid of it. State Commissioner of Health Dixon to-day detailed Dr. H. il Hull, associate chief medical inspec-' tor to make immediate investiga tions into conditions at Tarentum . and Brackenridge, where outbreaks of the disease have occurred. Water, milk and other conditions will bo • examined. U.S. Spending $24,000,000 a Day to Carry on Waar Washington. Aug. 25. —War ex penditures of the United Sates, in cluding Allied loans, have mounted during August to more than $24,- 000.000 every twenty-four hours. The figures, minus *100,000,000 just loaned to Russia, are contained ir. to-day's treasury statement. Two thirds of the great sum is represent ed by the advances to the Allies. The United States has been spending daily during August for its own needs an average pf $8,088,652. The Allies have been receiving an aver age dally allowance of $16,375,000. Including cash already paid, and the new Russian credit, which will be paid shortly, the total daily expen diture during August thus reaches i $24,463,652. American College Men Get French War Crosses By Associated Press Paris, Aug. 23 (delayed).—Charles M. Ashton, Jr.. of Philadelphia, and Charles W. Isbell, of North Adams, I Mass.. both Dartmouth students In I the Amerlcn field service, were to ! day awarded war crosses. The pres. | entatlon was made at the America!! military hospital at NeulUv, where the two men are recovering from In. | Juries received a month ago while i removing wounded under fire In the 1 Champagne region. , LATEST PHOTO OF SOME BATTLESHIPS OF THE AMERICAN FLEET READY FOR ACTION f 1 ' This is the latest photograph of a line of battleships of the American fleet—the Atlantic fleet—which is somewhere on the Atlantic coast ready to be called to action in Europe should the Germans, who have been bottled up in the Kiel Canal, show fight. BIG COAL PRICE JUMP INEVITABLE DEALERS DECLARE Government's Allowance Is Higher Than Present Cost ! at the Mines I Harrisburg coal dealers are unani- j mous in their statement that anthra-j cite coal cannot be delivered in this | city at prevailing prices this winter, J and all declare that a reduction is i absolutely out of the question. The dealers claim that they are more than glad to give the real facts to the public, and it is felt that coal consumers should not be misled at this time. That there should be a reduction in the price of the product, si me dealers do not hesitate to de clare, but certainly no relief is in sight based upon the prices fixed by the President. Prices Are Hinker Dealers point out that the prices fixed by the Government commission are in every instance higher than the present "circular prices" iti effect by the largest producers in the country. The increase in price permitted by the President runs from 15 cents to 90 cents per ton, and, the dealers say, it is impossible for them to absorb the increase. They will be compelled to pass it on to the consumer. Take, for example, pea coal, a size which has become increasingly popu lar on account of the high price of [Continued on Pajje 13] "Nig," Machine Gun Co. Mascot, Safe From Dog Catcher; Gets License Boys of the Machine Gun Com pany of the Eighth Regiment, Na tional Guards, are taking no chances on the city dog catcher paying a visit to camp and taking their fine shepherd dog, "Nig." The members of the company are planning to have | their mascot go with them, and ( Want him protected against capture j I by any enemy dog catcher, so to-day Sergeants H. B. Meisenhelder and YV. F. Nlcolls took out a city dog li ! cense, bought "Nig" a now collar ! nnd gave him a "hair cut." Accord j ing to the men "Nig" Is one of the I most intelligent canines around these i parts and is well worth the money it j has cost to protect him. Lightning Shocks Chief Justice and Family By Atxociatcd Press | Lancaster, Pa., Aug. 25.—Chief 1 Justice J. Hay .Brown, his family and i several friends, were shocked by a , bolt of lightning which struck the | justice's summer home at Paradise. The bolt passing close to Mrs. | Brown, shattered window panes, splintered the porch roof and tore : up a deep hole in the lawn. The women of the #household were knocked unconscious. The justice ) himself was not seriously affected. Yes Indeed, Many Have Suspected the Bitter Truth By Assniiotcd Press j Washington. Aug. 2 5. —A shortage of $1 and $2 bills acute in many sections exists throughout the couq ; try. Banks, looking to the treasury I for relief, are unable to have their full demands satisfied because of the | low reserves of these denominations in the vaults. Prosperity of the country. It was ; said, is the primary factor of the ] condition with the crop movements land other seasonal demands <is,con j tributing factors. BABY ABANDONED Lewlstown, Pa., Aug. 25.—Awak ened by a baby's cries that came from the wagon shed, Mrs. Charles Maxwell, living near McVeytown, found a three weeks' old girl in a fruit Jar container, with a nursing bottle at her side. The clrfthlng In- I dicated the refinement of the mother, but there was no mark of ldentlflca i tion. Heveral newspapers, dated i Philadelphia, August 22,' were pit flowed under the baby's head. HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25, 1917 HOW COAL PRICES INCREASE FROM MINES TO THIS CITY n~ 2 i & n 2 a g |£ S n "Is JC a M 3 ! a S S I ■§ If! ■§ £ a* g.2 *35 £ • y i ©99 : I 2* fcu I III! || Hroken $4.55 $1.45 $6.00 $7.75 $6.75 $7.95 j'irjT $4.45 $1.45 $5.90 $7.65 $6.65 $7.55 Move $4.70 $1.45 $6.15 $7.85 $6.90 $7.80 .Chestnut $4.80 $1.45 $6.25 SB.OO $7.00 $7.90 J'ea $4.00 $1.25 $5.25 $7.00 $6.00 $6.25 EXEMPT 69 WHO FILE CLAIMS; 52 TAKEN FOR ARMY Third Division Board Refuses Only Ten Who Ask Dis charge From Service The draft exemption board for the third county division in official fig ures given to-day disallowed the ex emption claims of ten of the seventy nine who asked discharge from serv ice in the national army. Members of the board denied to day that they had refused to exempt any man with dependent childrwen and said that the ten whose claims were not allowed were not needed tor the support of dependants, but that not one of the ten has children. Other Rulings Coming The first and second county di vision boards will probably announce rulings on exemption claims next week. In the third district 207 men have been examined to date, 121 passing physically and 70 failing to pass. Fourteen did not appear and two were 111 and could not. So far 52 men in the district have been accepted for army service. On the draft board /Continued on Page 13] Bank Clearings Here Fourth Highest in State Bank clearings in Harrisburg for the week ending August 23 totaled $2,345,000, according to figures com piled by Bradstreet's Journal. For the week ending August 16 the tqtal was J2.499.000. In the United States the total for this week was $5,287,458,000 and last week $5,959,246,000. Harrisburg is fourth highest in the State for total I clearings. Philadelphia is first. Pitts j burgh second and Scranton third. Wll.l. HOI,I) JIIIII.KK PARADE I The committee in charge of the Draft Jubilee parade in honor of the city's drafted men has not given up the idea of holding the demonstration. | As* the city will not furnish any men i for the first draft the Jubilee will I probably be held some time in the spring. Colonel H. C. Demming is chairman of the committee. STEAM SHOVEL G SONS ON Tiiose of the Sons of Rest who had been waiting anxiously for weeks and weeks to see the contractors remove the steam shovel from the cellar of the Penn-Harrls Hotel were verbally castigating the aforesaid contractors to-day, when pickets discovered that the shovel was gone. "I see the shovel has went," said John Newton about 9.15 to-day, turn ing to his bosom companion. Edmund James, of Camp Hill. Newton and James had just arrived at the open ing in the Third street fence, through which sand is to be thrown into the basement. "Aw?" said James, in a tone of perplexed bewilderment or something. "Fact," said Newton. Sure enough, the shovel was en tirely missing. "How did they get It out?" demand ed James. "Well." replied Newton, ")t they didn't run It up that earth runway then I don't know how In gosh they did It." Instantly, one might say. the Sons of Rest were thrown Into a turmoil KAISER PLANNED FOR WAR A WHOLE YEAR IN ADVANCE Crown Prince Wanted Father to Begin Hostilities at Once By Associated Press London, Aug. 25. —"I see they again are talking in Germany about how England started the war," re marked Lord Robert Cecil, minister of blockade, in his weekly talk yes terday with the Associated Press. "It is an old song, but I think the time has come, particularly in the United States, when it is well to re state briefly the bald facts regarding the beginning of this great conflict. "Frankly. I do not think anyone anywhere can honestly believe that England began the war. Certainly we did not start the war. Certainly I think the answer Is unquestionable, For at lest a year before the war began Germany had definitely made up her mind to fight. "American Ambassador Gerard has {old us the German crown prince made no secret of his desire for war end that he even expressed the hope that it would come before his father died; and he added that if it didn't come before his father died, it would come as soon as he, namely, the crown prince, ascended the throne. "Balfour's secretary. Lan Malcolm, has also quotl-d his conversation with the crown prince in which the prince suggested that England and Germany should combine to destroy France. "There Is no question but that Ger many had made up her mind that somewhere about the summer of 1914 would be the best time for war, this because the new French military 1 service act would not become effect ive and the Russian strategic rail ways would not yet be ready. More over, they knew thoroughly the con ditions of corruption in Russian of ficial life and hoped our domestic preoccupations would keep us out, although they were determined to go on with their plans whether we stayed out or not." of feverish argument. Some said the runway, some said not. So frenzied became the talk that a negro sand worker Anally soliloquized in a tone audible to the Sons of Rest. "Judas Priest," sighed the negro. "Ain't hit funny how some white fclkses kin stand yere idle all th' day when thar's a sign up yondah 01 th' falnce saying laborers is want ed at 35 cents per hour?" To tell the truth, this did not feaze any of the Sons of Rest. They con tinued their argument, passing from the steam shovel to the time when the Penn-Harrls would be completed. "I bet you don't know how many miles of Iron pipe there'll be in this hotel." spouted John Newton finally. "Neither do you." said Edmund James. "Vou just bet I do." replied Newton. "Look here." Then he and James bent over a sheet of foolscap full of figures. New ton refused to show this paper to the reporter. "Walt till Monday," he said. Now why? , CITY PLANNING BODY APPROVES RIVERSIDE PLAN Pass Resolution Favoring Annexation of Large Tract North of City The City .'lanning Commission at ' a meeting yesterday afternoon ap- ; proved the plan for the annexation j of Riverside to the city, provided I Council can settle the financial and j other questions in connection with ■ the taking in of the large strip of j property from Division street to sev-1 eral blocks above the end of the Riverside car line and from the Pennsylvania railroad to the Sus quehanna river. The ordinance providing for the annexation comes up for final pas sage when Council meets Monday morning. The City Planning Com mission at its meeting adopted a resolution giving its approval and to-day sent a copy to Council, signed by Edward S. Herman, president of the commission. May Act .Monday A thorough discussion of all im portant questions to be considered in the annexation is expected when Council meets on Monday. Notice has been sent to the city school board to have representatives pres ent, and Secretary D. D. Hammel baugh and Superintendent F. E. Downes were authorized to attend. Action is also expeced at the ses sion on the garbage and ash disposal problem which has been delayed pending an investigation by Commis sioner S. F. Dunkie, who will make a report to Council. Five Hurt When Autotruck Collides With Machine at Front and Kelker Streets Five persons were injured, none seriously, this morning in an auto mobile accident at Front and Kelker streets, when a truck collided with a touring car. The injured are: Mr. and Mrs. W t . N. Richards, their daughters, Lillian and Jean and C. J. Rogers, all of Pittsburgh. The Itlchards party was driving up Front street on their way to Nan ticoke when a large truck owned and driven by J. M. Lucas, of Valley View, crashed into their machine. Lucas started to turn his truck up I Kelker street, when he collided with I the Richards' car. A 1 loccupants of ; the car were thrown out on the i street. They were taken to the Harrisburg Hospital, where in juries were dressed. They suffered mostly lacerations of the head. Lucas was taking a party of women from Valley View to Her shey park for a du.y's outing. '1 he touring car was badly wrecked. The injured women are in the hosp.tal and expect to go to their home tliis I evening. Eat More Fish and Less Meat, Is Hoover Plan By Associated Press Washington, Aug. 25. —A campaign to increase consumption of sea food to save meat \yas begun to-day by ; the food administration with the ap j pointment of Kenneth Fowler, of ! New York, to direct the movement. Betterment of market conditions, ex | tension of distributing markets, tn- I crease of coif) storage and preserving I facilities and improvement of trans- I portation facilities, particularly for | the fish production "of Southern j States, will be undertaken. The food I administration will attempt to i broaden the retail distribution, par ticularly in the interior parts of the country, and iu stabilize the whole sale and retail prlcns as far as pos sible. Draft Quarters No Place For a Woman Clerk News of resignation of a woman clerk employed by Erie county board No. 2 at Girard was received at- the State Registration and Draft .Bureau here to-day. She was the only woman clerk employed and re signed hurriedly when physical ex amination of men began. The local board advised headquarters that It could not get a man to work as clerk at |2.60 per day. The bureau replied that It was up to the board. Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION FRENCH SMASH KAISER'S ARMY NEAR VERDUN Italians Secure Brilliant Victory in Bold Dash For Forti fied Position on the Austrian Front in the Alps; Gen eral Cadorna Breaks Through Line and Closely Pur sues Enemy Through Difficult Ground By Associated Press Paris, Aug. 25.—The French scored a new victory on the Verdun front last night north of Hill 304. Three fortified works near Bethincourt were cap tured. The number of prisoners taken has been in creased to 8,101. The Austrian line on the Isonzo front has been broken at ,5-everal points by the Italians, it is announced officially at.Rome, j ' he Italians, continuing their furious assaults between Tolmino 'and the Adriatic are now pursuing the retreating Austrians, who are defending the difficult ground yard by yard. One of the most brilliant features of the Italians was the rapture of Monte Santo, 2,245 feet high. This peak, seven miles | north of Gorizia, dominates the broad plain beyond that city, and occupancy of it has enabled the Austrians to hold up the Italian advance to the east since their capture of the city. The ■>rief official recital gives little idea of the struggle which attended the storming of the Austrian stronghold on the mountain top, but it doubtless will have an important bearing on the development of ihe Italian campaign. Having developed their principal objections on the Verdun front, the French are completing their victory by local attacks to round out and secure their new lines. Profiting by the capture of Hill 304 yesterday they last night to the north of It. Three fortified works in the vicinity of Bethlncourt were stormed. Renewal of fighting tn the Cam paign may be forecast by the state ment In the official French report X FATAL B.LAS2 NOT AH ACCIDENT J < f* Washington, Aug. 22.—The exnloiicn at Mare Island "f "5 t-r *? X thirty, is pronounced, ... ilcial report made public bj Secretary Daniels, to have beej te T jet of some one unkncv.n, and not an accident. j" T -*• TO PROBF, I. W. W. PfcOBE L Washington. Aug. 25.—The I. W. W. situation X X throughout the country, and especially in the west where x c* * activities are interfering with war industries, is to be f JT investigated; with the approval of President Wilson, by a T ♦ commission appointed by the Council of National Defense. $ X CANADIANS DRIVE AHEAD j X J Jl Canadian Headquarters in France, Aug. 25.—Another *s* illy planned minor operation by the Alberta bat- jl T talion which holds that part of the line ca-t of St. * *r T on fl X account of its flatness, the Canadian: r ssession of JL ▼ *?- i* •f' b to-day. lit, $ t •$ U. S. TO USE GERMAN CRUrSER f. X V 'ashington, Aug 5. The former G< i nan cruiser jf^ f Geier, which was seized by the government on the declar- l X ati nof war, is to enter the war against the Germans as JT *|* unit of the United States Navy, it was announced to- 4* •4 lay. The Geier whoso engines were badly damaged by L her crew immediately aftw internment, will be com- jT ♦ mission about September 1, under the name "Carl Hp £ Schurz." A crew is already aboard the vessel. X T TROOPS TO SHOOT TO KILL V 4 Portland, Ore., Aug. 25—"-Detachments of troops, £. X started into the forests of Oreg.-n tOrday with order's to ▼ vtftioot on sight any person caught setting fires. • l X COAL MEN GOUGED PUBLIC 1 X Washington, Aug 25—Boston coal dealer- the Fed- T j era! Trade Commission reported to-day, with a few sjj* X notable exceptions "did not hesitate" the spring 3* j X months this year "to take advantage of the necessities J of th< public and to. charge for anthracite a price that g [X netted them unreasonable margins." j£ | : : . X J MARRIAGE LICENSES * A D. Bltnrr und Soillt Tkcnu Shultx, HnrrUliurm John *f"' y Hanlch anil Annii J. Marter, Sterltom Itolirrt H. stllrn and Violet gL, •S* l.eab Mallck, Harrlahurici Harvey V. Hernliey, l.emoynr, und Kdna ~ M. Oaraond, Harrlaburs. j that xiolent artillery engagements ar in progress there. In Belgium also in the vicinity of Bixschoote the big guns are heavily engaged. No further infantry actions on a large scale are reported by the Brit ish although they were successful in 1 minor operaeions last night. A Ger • man trench and a post near Lorn 1, baertzdyke were captured with I prisoners. Near Kpehy, northwest of St. Quentln there is increasing I activity with heavy artillery fighting : i under way.
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