Hope For 14-Ounce of Bread to Sell at Five Cents Following Reduction of Wheat Price % * HARIUSBURG TELEGRAPH dfk ' ®l)c Star-In&cpen&cnt * * ' LXXXVI— No. 209 18 PAGES THREE DRIVES IN WEST WILL BE LAUNCHED Spectacular Attack of General Cadorna on Trieste Dis playing More Activity; Petain and Haig Are Easily Repulsing Counter Raids; Speedy Renewal of Infan try Action at Verdun Indicated None of three big campaigns now i in progress on western fronts seems j again to have got into full swing. General Caclona, whose great drive! for Trieste is perhaps the most spec tacular of the current operations, is displaying an activity more pro- j nounced than either General Petain or Generul Haig in their respective fields at Verdun and in the Arras-; Flanders areas. Even the Italian commander, however, apparently is, in the midst of one of the pauses characteristic of virtually all the great drives against strongly fortl-j lied positions in this war. On the front below Lens General Haig reports the repulse of a Ger-1 man raid on the British lines tivej miles southeast of the city. No men tion is made of the activities on the British side, but London war office intimations are that the artillery battle is being carried on in virtual ly continuous form in preparation for the next forward thrust with | every indication that the wearing j down process is having its due effect I on the Germans. I 'ope Is Bitterly Disappointed With Reply of Wilson to Peace Note I By Associated Press Rome, Aug. 31. lt is stated at the Vatican that Pope Benedict on receiving President Wilson's reply to his peace proposals did not attempt to conceal his bitter disappointment, and that he regards the President's answer as leaving little room for fur ther peatv efforts at present. It has been no secret here that the pope hoped for a more favorable response from the United States than from any where else. Before President Wilson reply was read it was naid at the Vatican that the responses from the various gov ernments were expected to be more favorable than the tone of press com ment. At tile same time the pope was reported to have signified his in tention of issuing a reply after re ceiving the answers of all the belli gerents, pointing® out questions in regard to whic hall the nations at war might begin in agreement and Dthers concerning which it would be necessary to hold discussions. )eposed Emperor Is Retaken After His Escape By Associated I'ress -London, Aug. 31. Lidj Jeassu, the deposed emperor of Abyssinia, who escaped from Magdala. has been cap tured, according to a dispatch to the Daily Mail from Jibuti, French So maliland Lidj Jeassu is a grandson of the ate King Menelik, whom he succeeded in 1912. He was dethroned In 1916 ay his aunt. A London dispatch of August 26, reported that the deposed Mnperor and his followers had de bated three hundred of the govern ment forces who had been trying to capture him for six months. HOOK IKS EAGER TO CJET CRACK AT THR KAISER Hookies from the Naval training itation at Chicago passed through harrisburg. There wefe 400 of them, md the recruits attracted much at cntion at the Pennsylvania Railroad itation. They sang, cheered and lanced. On the sides of the cars vas written, "To Hell With the <aiser," and "To Berlin or Bust" THE CIVIC CLUB'S SECOND FLY—MEASURING DAY SEPTEMBER 29 9 to 12. Prizes awarded: 5 cents a Dint for all flies. THE WEATHER For llarrlsburitr and vicinity! Fair to-night anil Saturday) not miieh change in temperature. For Eastern I'eniisy Ivnnlu: Fair, continued eool to-night and Sat urday) gentle northeast winds. River The main river will rise slowly to-nlglit and .Saturday, except the lower portion, which will remain nearly stationary or fall slightly to-night. All tribu taries will fnll slow Iy, except the loner portions of the North and West branches, which will rise somewhat or remain neurly stationary to-night. A stage of about 4.N feet Is Indicated for Harrlsburit Saturday morning. General Conditions The stagnant weather conditions that persisted over eastern dis tricts during the last few days have dissipated under the In fluence of an area of high barometer from the West, which baa overspread the eastern half of the eountry. Scattered show ers. mostly || B ht, have fallen In the Atlantic and Gulf States and In the Ohio Valley. Temperatures have fallen 2 to 14 generally In the Middle ■Atlflntic and New England States and the Upper St. I.aw renee Valley, and It Is consld drably cooler. Temperaturest 8 a. m., 04. Sum Rises, 8i33 a. M.i seta, oi3B p. m. Moon i Rises, |4O p. m. River stage) 4.4 feet above low water mark. . Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 72. Lowest temperature, 67. Mean temperature, 72, Kormal temperature, 00. To Renew Verdun Drive General Petain's report indicate# the possibility of a speedy renewal of the infantry battle at Verdun. The artillery on both sides of the Meuae is actively bombarding the German lines. The Germans have shown some activity in Alsace, making an attack near Hartmanns Weilerkopf which the French repulsed complete ly. British Casualties Although the British armies on the Franco-Belgian front were engaged in much notably heavy lighting dur ing August, including the great at tack of the Anglo-French forces in Flanders the casualties were notably less than during July. The British tigures for August, given by London to-day, total 59,811 as compared with 71,83 a for July, a falling off of more than 12,000. The casualties in deed have been on a descending scale during the entire period since the active campaigning season opened, the high mark set in the May fig ures, which totalled 112,233. 249 CALLED IN PERRY COUNTY BY DRAFT BOARD Eighty-three Must Appear on Each of First Three Days of Next Week New Bloomfield. Pa., Aug. 31. Eighty-three men will appear be fore the Perry county draft board on each day, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, for exami nation to help fill Perry's quota of 130 men. These are contingents of the 249 men, ranking from 277 to 525 inclusive, from Perry county called to fill the Quota when the first. 276 called failed to yield enough available men. Appended in the list of the 249 men in sections of eighty-three ac [Continued on l'agc 13] British Casualties For Month Total 59,811 London, Aug. 31.—The total Brit ish casualties on all fronts as reported in August is 59,811, divided as fol lows: Killed or died of wounds: Officers, 1,278; men, 10,942. Wounded or missing: Officers, 4,- 122; men, 43,469. West Point Graduates Class For the Army West Point, Aug. 31.—One hun dred and fifty cadets were graduated from the Military Academy yester day* Only once before in the history of the academy's one hundred and fifteen years have two classes been graduated in the same year. In April last the class of 1917 was graduated two months ahead of time. To-day, a little more than four months later, and ten full months before its mal time, the class of 1918 was sent forth into the Army. Find Hidden S7OO in Deserted Home Boston, Mass.—Notes found in the personal papers of Mrs. Charles Tucker, who died in 1907, led to the finding of S7OO in the deserted Tuck er cottage in Baker stret. Maiden. A nephew from New York directed the search. The money was hidden under a false bottom in a clothes basket. The woman's husband is be lieved to be living somewhere in Dorchester. SPAIN PREPARES REFORM By Associated I'ress Madrid, Aug. 30.—After a cabinet meeting presided over by the King Alfonso to-day, Premier Dato an nounced that a comprehensive • pro gram of reform was in preparation and would soon be announced, after which general el#eti*s would be held. The king will return to San tander to-morrow. HOLDS POLICE AT BAY Chicago, Aug. 31.—As a result of a pistol light between police officers and Edward Wheede, who was being sought to-day for alleged complicity in the murder and robbery of twO express messengers last Tuesday, three detectives received bullet wounds and Wheede, afer three hours' resistance, was captured. Wheede was found In a cottage in the northwestern part of the city FELICITATE oi!EE\- By Associated Press Washington. Aug 31. A message of felicitation In the name of the American people upon the anniversary of her birth was sent to Queen Wll helmlna of the Netherlands to-day by President Wilson. Queen Wllhelmlna was born August 31, 1880. [ -so THIS JS PARIS! | "" ■SAMMIES" IN FAISiS ' Some of Major General Pershing's doughboys enjoying short leave in Paris. The old sight-seeing bug has followed our American boys abroad. When off duty they train it to the nearest big city and "do" it from the Motel de Mile to the last farm on the outskirts. The photograph shows a group of American soldiers making themselves at home on the Bridge La Concorde, viewing passing Paris with intense interest. SCHOOL BOARD IS DIVIDED ON SITE FOR HIGH SCHOOL Action May Be Taken on Fur chase at Meeting Next Friday Afternoon Action on the selection of a site for the proposed girls' high school building may be taken at a meeting of the directors Friday afternoon of next week. Considerable difference of opinion exists among the directors, according to interviews granted the Telegraph to-day. Some members favor the location on the new civic center fronting on Capitol Paj-k and % tuking in the present Wickersham building on North street. Others favor the Front and Boas street plot and still others are undecided as to how they will vote. However, it developed to-day that the Van Sickle report, on the high school problem in Harrisburg, upon which the School Board based its recommendations for the million and a quarter loan approved by the vot ers last fall, called for the building to be located between the railroad and the river, south of Briggs street. The School Board, it was pointed out, if it • votes to buy the Boas street plot, would violate one of its pledges to the people when the loan was un der consideration. Repeatedly those who spoke for the loan last fall told the voters that the building would be located as the report in question recommended, between the railroad und the river and not above Briggs street, and it was pretty generally understood that the North street civic center site would be approved. Costs in Cur Fare But above all the arguments in favor of the Ndrth street location and against, the Front street pro posal is the vast amount of money it will cost the people of Harrisburg to send their children to the Front street site and the length of time tht will be required to get> them t® and from school. It is urged that the North street property will cost much more than the Front 'street site and that this is important in view of the fact that incresad f costs of labor and materials will run'the cost of the high school building program far beyond the $1,250,000 in sight for the purpose. Bui those who put forth this objection are met with the counter argument that it would be much bettor to have this additional sum paid for the site by the School Board than to assess every family 10 cents a day car fare to and from the Front street site and have stu dents spond an hour or two on the street cars every day. Tfie North street site is so centrally located, It is pointed out, that hundreds of stu dents could walk to and from school in a short time, whereas only one out-of-the-way street car line leads to the Front street site. The board is widely divided on the [Continued oil 14] WA*T UNIFORM FI.AG LAW By Associated Press Saratoga Springs, N. Y„ Aug. 31. Proposed legislation designed to ef fect uniformity In the state laws for the protection of the flag was con sidered to-day by the national con ference of commissioners on uniform state laws, now In session here. It was explained that such laws are now greatly at variance In many states and that no laws whatever exist In others. The suggested act, wh,e n ap proved by the American Bar Associa tion, will be offered to the legislature for enactment. The committee on au tomobile legislation recommended the adoption of a law making uniform among the states the recognition of nonresident licenses and registration. HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1917 ADVOCATES OF PEACE CHASED OUT OF HUDSON Pacifist Delegates Can't Find Place to Hold Their Convention Minneapolis, Aug. 31. Leaders of the People's Coun ell of America announced here to-day that they would start for Washington, D. C., to-night to l>ut of their rights of holoWlrii national peace con vention up to the Federal authorities. In case a hall can not be obtained there, it was suggested that the. meeting might be held on the plaza in front of the CapitoL By Associated Press St. Paul. Minn.. Aug. 31.—Barred from Minnesota by proclamation of Governor Burnquist on Tuesday, told that they would be unwelcome in Fargo, N. D., on Wednesday and un ceremoniously escorted from Hudson, Wis., on Thursday, the arrangement committee of the People's Conference of America for Democracy and Peace, headed by Louis P. Lochner, execu tive secretary, was uncertain to-day as to where the national convention would be held. It is barely possible that some point in North Dakota will be selected. After peace advocates had been afked to leave Hudson, Governor Fra zier, of North Dakota, reiterated his statement that the council may hold its proposed peace meeting in his state and will be accorded adequate protection as long as speakers re frain from making seditious state ments or pronouncements which might incite mob violence. Cltlsenm Indignant The appearance of the arrangement committee of the peace council in Hudson, Wis., yesterday aroused the citizens to a high pitch. Indignation meetings were held during the day, the council passed an order forbid ding the holding of the convention and at a mass meeting in the evening resolutions were adopted protesting against .the convention and calling upon Governor Phillip to stop It. Excitement ran high and' from an orderly meeting there developed an organized mob which went to the hotel where the pacifist delegates were stopping, hustled them into an automobile and took them to the depot, where they were put aboard a train for Minneapolis with orders never to return. Shortly after the Pacifists were driven from the city a truckload of peace literature for the meeting arrived and it was at once made the subject of anothei attack. The driver, innocent of the whole matter, tried to make terms with the crowd, but quickly learned its temper, wheeled the truck around and started at breakneck speed for the interstate bridge, followed by a hooting crowd ur.tll it reached the Minnesota side. Delegates in Special Train Have No Place to Go By Associated Press Cleveland, 0., Aug. 31. The spe cial train carrylnfi about one hun dred eastern delegates to the con vention of the People's Council of America for Democrac and Peace "some where in the West," reached hearc early this morning. Linley V. G. Gordon, of New York southern organizer and member of the general organization committee sal dthe eastern delegates could not say where the convention will be held. He said a meeting of members of the executive committee will be held In Chicago this evening to de cide the matter. G. 0. P. Committee to Meet at Courthouse A meeting of Republican city and county committeemen will be held this evening in Courtroom No. 3. The meeting will be an adjournod session and City Chairman Harry F. Oven will be In charge. Charles E. Pass, Republican candidate for prothonotary, and others will apeak. REPORTER TRIES 'ROAST IT' CURE FOR ROSE FEVER Wise Old Bird, the Reporter, and 89 Years of Suffering Calls For Treatment A cure may be found for rose fever. Physicians have been at loggerheads for several hundreds years on the subject of rose fever, but a reporter for the Telegraph this morning found what he says is a cure for this woeful ailment. The reporter started to-day on a series of tests. "Roast It," he says. Some peopll say "Freeze It." Not the Telegraph reporter, however. "Roast It," says he. This reporter has had rose fever [Continued oil Page 13] Dog Catcher Will Soon Have to Dodge Income Tax Collector If present conditions continue. William Green, the official dog catcher of the city, will have great difficulty in escaping the income tax collector when that gentleman makes hifa next visit to persons suspected of possessing large wealth. Green was appointed dog catcher during the'present month. He has served ten days and to-day received as payment for his services during that time the sum of $92, or a little less than $lO a day. He receives $1 for every stray canine picked up and is well pleased with the possibilities ! of his position. • Poundkeeper Aaron Martin re ceives 50 cents for each dog placed in his care, so he, too, received a very fair salary for the month. Little Fido, Sweetheart with the silky ears and muscular Jumbo are all accorded the same treatment. Fido is kept at the pound forty-eight hours, and if his mistress fails to claim him dur ing that time he is disposed of in a manner best fitting the needs of the occasion. Must End Trial Monday or Keep Witnesses All Winter By Associated Press Seward, Alaska, Aug. 31.—Efforts wer.e being made to-day to bring to an end by Monday the trial begun here yesterday of A. F. McLean, a government teacher at Nushagak, Bristol Bay charged with the murder January 2. 1916, of his native wife, because the government desires to avoid the expense of maintaining witnesses through thq winter. Some of the witnesses brought from Bristol Bay would be compell ed to remain this winter if the trial is not ended by Monday when a steamer leaves here on the last trip of the season to that diatrlct. The trial promises to be the most expen sive in the history of the territory. Witnesses first were taken nearly 2,000 miles last fall to testify before | the Grand Jury at Valdez and brought almost as far to testify here. Twelve Merchant Ships Overdue at Pacific Port By Associated Press A Pacific Port, Aug: 31. Twelve sailing vessels and steamships were considered overdue at this port by shipping men. according to an an nouncement to-day by the Chamber ,of Commerce. The list Includes the Walruna, 2,530 tons, ninety-one days out of a New Zealand port, and the motor schooner, Laura Whalen, 1.046 tons, sixty-five days out of a Pacific i port, bound for the Orient. PRICE OF BREAD MAY DROP WITH REDUCED WHEAT Chance For Fourteen-Ounce Loaf to Retail at Five Cents DEALERS TO BE LICENSED New System For Flour and j Bread Dealers to Be Put Into Effect By Associated Press Washington, Aug. 31.—A reduction ' in the price of bread is in sight to- j day as the result of the 'fixing of ; $2.20 as the price per bushel of the j 1917 wheat crop. The licensing sys- j tern for flour and bread dealers soon ! will be put :nto effect, and, although I not extending to the small dealer, the i food administration is expected to find i a way to hold down bread prices. Members of the price-fixing com mittee are agreed that a price of $2.20 will permit of a fourteen-ounce loat of bread for five cents, allowing a fair profit to both the flour manufac turer and the baker. CoiniiromlNC I'rlee The wheat price was announced by j President Wilson last night after tlirf > committee headed by Dr. Harry A. j Garfield completed its three-day de- j liberations. Representatives of the producers began by voting for $2.50 and labor representatives for $1.84. The $2 price set by Congress for the lf'lS crop was taken into considera tion by the committee in fixing a fail valuation for this .year's harvest. I On the basis of $2.20 at Chicago, the j f< od administration worked out dif-: ferentials for the various grades and j classes for the several grain ter- ' minals. • i Tile decision of the President will come as a distinct surprise to the ! wheat farmers of the country. A vast 1 majority of them were holding out | for a price not less than $2.50 a bushel for No. 1 wheat, while others main- j that they could not reap any I profits from their product unless the price was fixed at $3 a bushel. Above Average Price During the last ten years the high est average price paid to producers | for wheat was the price on June 1, 1917, practically $2.49 per bushel. ; Up to the present time the price has ; ranged between a minimum of 76 [ cents paid in December, 1912, to the! above maximum. The price has been mounting j steadily but never has such a high i level been reached and maintained since the outbreak of th war. The ! farm price went as high as $1.23 a bushel in June, 1909, receding till I it aKain took an upward curve in 1915, reaching practically $1.30 a bushel in February, hut declining to | 91 and a fraction cents in December of that year. The average price has not gone : below that mark since December,! 1915. Wheat opened at $1.02 and a fraction in 1916, falling to 93 cents' in July and closing the year with a' new high price of $1.60. Three Highwaymen Rob Laborers in Center of New York's Night Life By Associated Press New York, Aug. 31. Three high- | waymen, operating in the Times Square district of Broadway, the cen ter of New York City's night lift-, shortly after midnight held up a num ber of subway laborers while crowds coming from the after-theater cafes passed within a few feet. The rob bers. who obtained $97, confronted the laborers, who had just been paid off | and were going off duty, as they came I from the tunnel where they had been | workftig. One of the laborers, who j started to resist, was felled with a ! blow from a revolver of one of the i highwaymen,' The holdup men made i their escape. State Troops at Camp Mills in Fine Trim By Associated Press Camp Mills, Garden City, L. 1., j Aug. 31. Wet to the skin and! thoroughly tired, the Pennsylvania! soldiers of the One Hundred and i Forty-Ninth Machine Gun Company tumbled into their tents yesterday. They are attached to the Rainbow Division, United States Army, which is expected to be the first body of state troops to be sent to the fight-i ing front in France. They had an ardous day of drill- : ing as infantry unit. Every one of the men is fit, there are no hospital cases in the command, and the men have fitted into the division with . much more readiness than many of the troops from other states. First Artillery to Be in Camp Hancock Tonight By Associated Press Camp Hajicock, Augusta, Ga„ Aug. I 31.—Another artillery regiment will be under canvas by dusk. The First Regiment, Colonel McKee, with, headquarters in Pittsburgh, is ex pected to reach camp this after noon. The arrival of Colonel McKee's regiment will bring the number of men in camp close to 4,000. The main bodies of the division I according to advices reaching hero' early to-day, will start for the sou'.h I next week. Labor Day Hours at Post Office to Be Observed On Labor Day the main post office and Hill and Maclay stations will be closed from 10 a. m. to 12 p. fh. All carriers will make their first delivery and collection and the 6.40, 7.30 and 10.20 p. m. collections. No rural service on thiß day. Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION WILL CELEBRATE FREEING OF ROAD WITH CORNRQAST Lebanon Chamber of Com merce Will Be Host to Big Crowd of Enthusiasts SAVING TO HARRISBURG / s I'AY XO TOLL! STATE ROAD! *- ■ Hundreds of automobilists who this morning traveled the William Penn Highway between Harrisburg and Heading, slowed down and reached toward their jeans for the customary and exhorbitant toll charge, but were agreeably surprised when huge signs on every gate along the old Berks-Dauphin pike advised them that after a hundred years the road was free. The saving to users of the road is estimated at SIOO,OOO yearly. The toll road cost the Stute, Berks, Dauphin and Lebanon counties $70,000. The investment is almost a 150 per cent. one. Will Celebrate The Chambers of Commerce of Harrisburg, Lebanon and Reading will join in a celebration of the free ing of the pike, according to plans of W. L. Shafer, secretary of the Lebanon body. "Our Chamber of Commerce plans [Continued on Page 11] XO 5-CEXT LOAF" IX SIGHT By Associated Press Chicago, 111., Aug. 31.—According to Chicago bakers and trade pub lications, the fixing of $2.20 as the basic price lor wheat will not resusci tate the old-time 5-cent loaf which disappeared long ago with skyrocket ing of wheal prices. In fact, it was said that the reduction would merely permit bakers to continue in business without a loss, as it was alleged some of them have been doing. J T CHllrj LALcn LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL T *?* * GREENSBORO, N. C., AUG. 3|,—FEDERAL JJU JAMES L. EOYD TO-DAY DECLARED J T FHE KEATING OWEN CII'ILD 'LABOR LAW f I* ---• V VCTTTI *5- iT STATE POLICE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS 4 *** *s |4 sbtitg—Accprding to an opinion by Attorney mm ||, General Brown the suatc Police arc a part, of the cxecu- T X l ' vc the State Government and arc executive § ' rfd \JL Officer# and therefore not within provisions of the draft W law. Plans to bring the matter to the attention of *T | Ij National officials are being made. X :7 ' ..>bur ; ; The State Game Commission to-day T • Mil announced that under the provisions of the new. game A code the season for blackbirds, reedbirds and railbirds J? as well as raccoons would open to-morrow. The season birds given; Will run until November 30 and the L IT between sunrise and sunset. Raccoons may be y • | . night, however. X |4 X • 4, GERMAN RAID REPULSED X It London, Aug. 31.—The repulse of a German raid on '4® T I f the front below Lens is reported in to-day's.official com- „ , JL * Y mUnication. The statement follows: "The weather is 1 * \W tmiettled. During the nij ht the enemy heavily shelled <■§ L our forward positions near Arleux-en-Gobellc (five miles X IX X south of Lens) and at an early, hour this morning at * * tempted to raid our lines. The German troops were X repulsed completely. RUSS UNSUCCESSFUL <X Berlin, Aug. 31 via London—Operations undertaker * * i-JR' by the Russians yesterday at Narocz lake, sixty miles * * L southeast of Dvinsk, resulted unsuccessfully for them, t| ' T says to-day's official report from the eastern front. * * 4 RECAPTURE GROUND J* X Berlin, Aug. 31. via London.—A portion of the ground * * recently gained by the British south of Le Catelet has X been recaptured by the Germany, the war office an- T 2 nounces. fe X J !-. -1 £ MARRIAGE LICENSES -iu O " nd M * ry Kmm wrn, Grttj Kliursi Roy A. *F ** Rutter, MlllrmburK, and Myrtle llliin.hr Blever, Halifax. SHOULD PROFIT INSTEAD OF LOSE ON CITY GARBAGE Commissioners Divided on Plan For Disposal; Present Methods Disgraceful HOG FARM IS SUGGESTED Many Progressive Municipali ties Find Hearing of Swine Highly Profitable Waste has been the curse of the American people and those who live in Harrisburg are beginning to real ize what profligacy has characterized lije conduct ot the city garbage de partment. Instead of waste and loss and provocation without end the city nhould have been profiting financially in the disposal of its garbage. Harrisburg has suffered much in convenience as a result of the in tolerable conditions here anc". public sentiment will force a change. The employes of the present contractors have beeivthoroughly demoralized. In some cases they are said tt> have given service only when a free lunch or a substantia! tip was in sight. Im pudence has characterized the con duct of the subordinates and utter indifference has been the rule. For several weeks the City Coun cil has been considering how best to meet the situation in view of the early termination of a private con tract. One of the commissioners is siid to favor the purchase of the reduction plant owned by the com pany which has been in constant hot water for several years, and another member of the Council is understood [Continued on Page 3] KICK OK HORSE FATAL E. W. Smith, who was-kicked in the abdomen by a horse yesterday morning, died late yesterday after noon at the Harrisburg Hospital. Smith was employed at a livety stable in Fulton stret, and received his injuries while working with an unruly horse. It is believed that the dead man has no relatives. He room i cd at Fourth and Sayford streets.
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