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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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I'AY XO TOLL!
STATE ROAD!
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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
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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.
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T CHllrj LALcn LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL T
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* GREENSBORO, N. C., AUG. 3|,—FEDERAL
JJU JAMES L. EOYD TO-DAY DECLARED J
T FHE KEATING OWEN CII'ILD 'LABOR LAW f
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iT STATE POLICE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS 4
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|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
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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
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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- „ ,
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Y mUnication. The statement follows: "The weather is
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\W tmiettled. During the nij ht the enemy heavily shelled
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L our forward positions near Arleux-en-Gobellc (five miles X
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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
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£ 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
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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.