City Coal Dealers May Not Boost Prices of Anthfatiti Until Situation Grom Clearer Here HARRISBURG TELEGJR-A-PH ©K Star- Jn&cpeni>cnt - LXXXVI— No. 210 12 PAGES GERMAN LINES SPLIT BY NEW FRENCH DRIVE .First Attack Nets Petain's Troops All Objectives on Front Three-quarters of a Mile Long by 300 Feet Deep; Germans Make Preparations For Combined Sea and Land Attack Near Riga Paris, Sept. I.—French troops on the Aisne front opened an offensive yesterday afternoon in the Hartebise region. In one sweep they carried all their objectives on a front of more than three-quarters of a mile to a depth of more than 300 yards. The captured ground, says the official statement, was held against three counter attacks. Prisoners to the number of 150 were taken. The attack was opened after strong artillery preparations. Turning to the aggressive on the Aisne front in Northern France j where they have been withstanding j persistent German attacks for weeks pa£t, the French yesterday struck a 1 sharp and heavy blow at the Crown Prince's lines. In a swift thrust General Petain's attacking forces bounded forward more than 300 yards on a front of more than three-quarters of a mile in the Hurtebeise region on the Chemin-Des-Dames, between Cra onne and Cerny. This stroke may prove to V® merel ya local affair or the beginning of a more extensive: movement in this area. The attack followed a week of al most total inactivity on the French j front, except for small operations, such as trench raids and minor sur prise thrusts. The British have like- j wise been abstaining from the initia-1 tion of any major movements, but: there are signs in the increase of! the artillery fire on the Flanders front that a renewal of more active operations by General Haig may not be far distant. Latest advices from the Italian front show General Cadorna again hammering at the Austrian lines at selected points and generally im proving his position. This improve ment was effected both to the south in the district of Trieste, and on the northern frcnt of the attack, in the region east of Gorizia. The Italian lines in their new positions now ap pear to be firmly organized In pre paration for whatever further moves General Cadorna has in mind. Son of Gov. Brumbaugh to Claim Exemption From Service in Draft Army Philadelphia, Sept. I.—G. Edwin j Brumbaugh, son of Governor Brum-1 baugh, was accepted for military i service by the third draft board at Norrlstown. He passed the physical tests satisfactorily. Brumbaugh, who is an architect and lives at Gwynedd, gave notice that he intends to file claim for ex emption on the ground that he has dependants. He did not name them. Efforts to reach Brumbaugh by telephone la&t night were unavSling. At his home a relative said he had been married "a long time." fyut re fused to say whether there are any other dependants besides the wife. Two Americans Decorated By France For Bravery By Associated Press Paris, Sept. I.—William H. Wallace, of New Tork, a graduate of Colum bia. and Robert Scannell, of Cam bridge. Mass., a Princeton student, and both members of the American Field Ambulance Service, have re ceived war crosses for bravery in re moving wounded soldiers while under a heavy fire. This is Wallace's sec ond citation. THE WEATHER] For Harrisburg and vicinityi lrn nettlfd weather, probably show er* to-night and Sunday; not much rhange In temperature. For an tern Pennsylvania: Prob ably nhonern to-night and Sun day; eooler Sunday In north por tion; gentle, southeast to south wlaas. River The main river will ride slightly thin afternoon and to-night anil probably fall except local rises Sunday. All tributaries will prfobably fall except local rises may occur in tome stream* as m result of heavy nhowen. A stage of about 4.7 feet In Indicated for Harrisburg Sunday morning. General Conditions Cloudy weather prevails general ly thin morning in the Atlantic States. Including the Upper Ohio Valley and Eastern Tennes see, and showers have fallen in the Middle nnd South Atlantic States and the Kant Gulf re gion, Tennessee and the Upper Ohio Valley. It In connlderably cooler In the Mlnnourl and Upper Mlnslsslppl ▼alleys, the Rocky Mountains and In Western Canada. The temperature fell to freezing at Calgary, Alberta, this morning. Over most of the eastern half of the country, except In East Ten nessee. Temperature! 8 a. m., 66. Sunt Rises, 5534 a. m.; sets, 635 p. ra. Mooni Rises, 6:5© p. m. River Stage t 4.4 feet above low water mark. * Yesterday'a Weather Highest temperature, 74. lowest temperature. 62. Mean temperature, 68. Aorma 1 temperature, 68. Von Mackensen Asks For Reinforcements in Rumania By Associated Press London, Sept. 1. —The correspondent of Reuters. Ltd., at Odessa send the fcllowing advices under yesterday's date concerning the Rumanian situa tion: "The latest communication from the Rumanian battlefront report .fierce resistance, often favorable for Russo ! Rumanian forces against violent en- I emy attacks in the region of Oitus, I Ocna and the valleys of the Sereth ! and the Putna. The losses have been | heavy on both sides. It is affirmed | frcm authoritative source that Field ! Marshal Von Mackensen urgently de i n anded strong reinforcements for his I army." ' Great Attack by Land and Sea Expected at Riga London, Sept. I.—Germany's long expected combined land and sea drive on Riga is believed to be near at band. Forty Teuton airplanes during the last twenty-four hours descended upon various islands in the gulf ot the big Russian Baltic port, throwing bombs promiscuously. At the same, time, according to offi cial word from Petrogmd. German "mosquito" fiotilas, submarines and armed trawlers made their appear ance near the Riga bay. The Teuton air raiders hurled ninety bombs upon Russian "ships of the fleet" and 1/ar bor fortifications. Russian machines ascended to engage the raiders, finally driving them off. None of the Rus- I sian machines was h^i-med. Separate Peace Agitation Worries German League By Associated Press Copenhagen, Sept. I.—A telegram received here from Vienna says the German National League has demand ed that the government take vigorous and unsparing measures to check the agitation for a separate peace by Austria. It is declared that the Ger mans in Austria will oppose to the last any proposal to cede Trieste or South Tyrol to Italy. A resolution adopted by the league inveighed against the irresponsible elements that are making it difficult for Aus tria to continue by tier ally's side and painting the situation at the front in dark colors. Afraid Trolley Line Will Stop If He Is Taken For U. S. Draft Army A one-man trolley line within short distance of Harrisburg, has been discovered. Where! do you say? Ask Robert R. Free, chief clerk of the appeal board with headquar ters at the Capitol. Mr. Free re ceived a letter this morning from a motorman on the trolley line running between Millerstown and Lebanon in Lebanon county. The man said he wanted to be exempted from the draft, because if he has to go, the trolley line will have to stop, on ac count of losing his necessary serv ice. Mr. Free will present the let ter to the board Tuesday, but view ing the matter from the sideline, the outlook for the passengers of this trolley line is not very bright. German Press Comments Favorably on Wilson Note Amsterdam, Sept. I.—President Wil son's reference, in his reply to' Pope Benedi'ct's peace proposals, to the German autocracy as distinct from the German people, are commented upon favorably by the German press. The Tageblatt, of Berlin, says: "President Wilson speaks of the democratization of Germany, which we also desire, but it is an internal question and one we consider forbid den territory for foreigners as a con dition of peace." The Lokal Anzeiger says: "The whole fallacy of President's argument Is clear 'from the sentence in regard to the freedom of nations which are themselves to decide their own fate. President Wilson will not give us freedom to decide for our selves but would take it from us." i THE CIVIC CLUB'S SECOND FLY—MEASURING DAY SEPTEMBER 29 9 to 12. Prizes awarded: 5 cents a pint for all flies. OVERALL BLOOMERS ARE POPULAR WITH CAR CLEANING FORCE sIII - js! Wi #* ■lil®#' ■MtilHI t ' Wf g Hiring women is not a new feature with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in Harrisburg, but giving them work outside of offices is something new and the work they do has heretofore been looked after by men. The above picture shows the car cleaning force at the Union Station. With few exceptions all the women doing this work are now wearing bloomer overalls. It was a rather difficult task to get them to* get into male attire. One woman said she felt rather comfortable in trousers, but the others find the bloomers better'fitted for the work they per form. % These women have V general houseoleaning system they follow when cleaning cars. They operate vacuum cleaners, brushes and beat carpet. The two women standing on the car platforms were among the first to wear bloomers. They would not be without them now. The ing home. They like the work andPcnnsy has provided quarters for the women where they clean up and change their clothes before go officials claim their efforts are very satisfactory. 42 ADDITIONAL MEN ACCEPTED FOR DRAFT ARMY Virtually All of Steelton's Fifty Slackers Rounded Up For Examination Rounding up of the "slackers" at Steelton, the certifying of forty-two men at Paxtang. and the preparing of the reports of all the draft boards of the district, *t the. Capitol, for the meeting of the Appeal Board in the House caucus rooms on Tuesday, were the chief features of the work of the draft boards in Dauphin county to day. , At Steelton the work of rounding up all the "slackers" who failed to put' in appearance when called before the draft board of Division , No. 1 went on merrily. The names of all the men were placed in the hands of the local police and by this morning nearly fifty were in the toils. These men were brought before the exam ination board and examined. Most of the men were arrested Friday but several were captured this morning. Following their compulsory examina- (Continued On Page 7) Wilson's Note Said to Be Most Forcible State Paper Issued Since War Began By Associated Press London. Sept. 1. The Saturday Review, referring to President Wil son's note to Pope Benedict as the "most forcible state paper issued dur ing the war." says: "We cannot remember that ever before the sovereign of a great na tion with an army and a fleet in ex istence has been told that he is a liar and a chief with whom no treaty can be made. This terrible insult, so amply deserved, comes with great effect from a nation that is not, like Britain, a European rival of Ger many and cannot be described as jealous of German trade." Paving of Streets Torn Up For Repairs Will Be Started by City Soon Repairs to sections of the city streets which have been cut by pub lic utility corporations and a number of contractors in making pipeline changes and in the laying of sewers by the city, will be started soon. Highway Commissioner Lynch said to-day. One of the biggest cuts is in Wal nut and in Second streets, where the Harrisburg Light and Power Com pany is laying larger steam-heat con duits to, accommodate the* business Section. Delay in getting materials held up the completion of the work at various places and consequently presented re paving. Mr. Lynch explained. As soon as the larger cuts are closed and properly filled. reßavlng will be started. At present the Highway Depart ment forces are busy in various sec tions of Allison Hill, repairini; bad stretches of streets. Sale of New Liberty Bonds to Be Pushed Energetically in Harrisburg District Organization of committees for the sale of the second issue of the Lib erty Loan bonds announced for Oc tober 1, by the federal administra tion, Is being perfected rapidly by committee in charge. Donald McCormtck to-day an nounced that the directors of the Philadelphia district of the Federal Reserve bank had put Dauphin. Cumberland, Perry and Juniata counties into one district. He also an nounced the appointment of the fol lowing to serve aa committee chair men for each of the counties: Wil liam Jennings, Harrisburg; Robert W. Irving. Carlisle; P. F. Duncan, Duncannon, (and J. Lloyd Hartman, Miflllntowm HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1917. EX-CZAR'S DAUGHTERS ARE FORCED TO "DOUBLE UF' IN A SMALL Petrograd, Sept. I.—Nicholas Ro- ! manott, the former emperor of Rus- I sia, and his family are now living in j a fourteen-room apartment on the i second floor of a large old-fashioned ] house at Tobolsk, Siberia, according to reports just reaching Petrograd. i Nicholas and the former empress j each have a room, two rooms have j been put asido for the four daugh ters and one for Alexis, the former heir apparent. The other rooms, ex- j cept the dining room, kitchen, read- j ing room and so forth, are occupied i by the servants. The house is with- j out a garden and the only way of getting fresh air is from a small bal cony. The new home of the Romanoffs was not ready when the family ar rived and they were compelled to NO HOPE FOR CHEAPER BREAD BAKERS DECLARE Government Price Fixing Will Not Bring Flour •Below sll a Barrel Harrisburg bakers do not hold out the hope that the price-fixing of wheat is going to give the people of this section a cheaper loaf of bread. In fact, several of the larger baker ies assert that they are making no money at the present time. Some say that they are actually'operating at a loss, and none of the local plants are attempting to retail a five cent loaf. While it is not known at what price wheat will be sold Jocally, bak ers in this section believe that the price of flour will not drop below sll or Jl2 a barrel. It is declared by son e bakers that a five-cent loaf U not possible until flour drops to $8 per barrel. Members of the price-fixing com mission. havtf said that $2.20 wheat should mean a fourteen ounce loaf of bread to retail at five cents. Lo cal dealers charge six cents for a loaf weighing from eleven to twelve ounces. Low Here In Comparison An official of the Standard Baking Company in this city declares that bread costs less in Harrisburg than in any other city of the same size in this section of the country. In Phil adelphia, it is said, seven cents is charged for a twelve ounce loaf. In Reading ten cents is charged for a fourteen ounce loaf. When a fifteen ounce loaf of bread was selling in Harrisburg at five cents, bakers were paying $4.50 to $5.50 a barrel for flour, the dealers say. Since that time, the cost of sugar,'shortening, malt, coal and la bor has advanced immensely, they declare. Dealers here say that In fairness to both producer and consumer, not more than nineteen ounces of bread should be expected for ten cents, even under the most favorable condi tions. REPORTER BELIEVES WATCHING GOLF DEMONS IS ROSE FE VER CURE Feeling somewhat better than he did yesterday morning, although far from well, the Telegraph reporter who for eighty-nine or so years has been a victim of rose fever in its most virulent form to-day continued the "roast it" cure. Submitting him self to a steamtable bath yesterday the reporter snopped the studies temporarily, but over night he again became clogged. His exhaust pipes ] spend two days aboard the small | steamer on which they traveled the I last fifty miles down the Tobol river, i The former empress and her daugh -1 ter Olga rode to the house, while the ! other members of the family walked. The day of their arrival was a | holiday and few persons saw the | newcomers except for a small crowd ; which had assembled to watch a priest conduct the usual ceremony 1 of blessing the house for its new occupant. The guards of the former royal family are mainly cavalier of the Order of St. George and fusilllers | and the family is virtually under the same mode of life as at Tsarskoe ; Selo. Nicholas has asked permission to engage tutors for the children. The mother herself will attend to the re ligious instruction of the younget ones. It cost the government 10,000 rubles to move the family to Tobolsk. MAY NOT BOOST COAL PRICES FOR SEVERAL DAYS Local Dealers Undecided Be cause of Uncertainty of Situation It is not likely that coal prices will be advanced in this city to-day, al though an advance may be ordered this evening. It has been customary to revise the price of coal to local consumers on the first day of May, when there is a drop from winter prices, and again on the first day of September, when the higher rates become effective again. There is so much uncertainty about the price to be charged under gov ernment direction by the operators that many of the local dealers do not know when the advanced price will become operative. Unofficially, the dealers have been Informed that the operators will boost prices any where from 15 cents to a dollar a ton. These increases are permitted under the prices set by the govern ment commission. Officially, circular prices have not changed, and some of the dealers at least will make no change until they receive official no tification of prices to prevail at the mines during the winter. Some of the dealers may not wait for the official notification, but may announce the new schedule soon. Dealers announcing a change in prices may be compelled to make an other change later. It is possible that the change In prices will not be announced until the latter part of next week, dealers admitted this morning, and all agree that while there has been consider able discussion regarding the change, no definite action has been agreed upon. , Harrisburg consumers may be pre pared to pay an advance upon every grade, over the prices now in force. It is not probable that the increase will be heavy, but it seems certain that the revision in prices will be upward. wheezed more or less, and the intakes were not acting freely. It is needless to say that this reporter, having many thousands of friends whom he can call by their first names, was roasted considerably because of the publicity given his travail and suffer ing. "Well," Bald the city editor this (Continued on Bftge 11) , COUNCIL TO ACT TUESDAY ON ASH COLLECTION PLAN Special Conference to Be Held Next Week With Health Bureau Officials City Council and members of the Health Bureau will meet in special session next Tuesday night to confer on the best methods to be used in the collection and removal of ashes. It has been decided for the present not to consider the letting of a con tract for this branch of the waste removal work. The present arrange ment with the Pennsylvania Reduc tion Company, which was made ten years ago, ends February 1, next year. Commissioner Lynch at the Special meeting of Council yesterday was the first to brins? up the ash removal question. Commissioner Dunkle had just introduced an ordinance author izing the Health Bureau to ask bids for the collection and disposal of garbage for another year. Mr. Lynch then asked what steps would be taken to provide for the ash situation and . after an hour's discussion in which Health Officer J. M. J. Raunick participated the meeting was called lor next Tuesday nisht. Wants Joint Conference At first Dr. Raunick was requested to outline a plan which the city could use, but he urged Council to hold a joint conference with the Health Bureau. One of the tentative plans which has been talked of since the issuing of the survey report by Tribus & Massa has been the establishment of a municipal ash and garbage collec tion bureau. A superintendent would be placed in charge of the entire work, having under him one in spector for each district in the city. At least six districts will be required. It is said daily reports will be made by the inspectors, giving the tei ritory covered and to receive reports of places where th 6 collectors did not gather the ashes or waste. That the present rules controlling the collection of waste must be re vised was the statement made by Commissioner Dunkle. This impor tant question will also be taken up at the meeting next week. A plan to require householders to place their receptables filled wtth ashes on tho curb is being consid ered, it is said. Opposition to this, however, may prevent such a re quirement being Included In the new rules. Old Neptune Only Man Who Does Not Object to the "Peace People" By Associated Press • Chicago, Sept. I.—Officers of the People's Council of Ameri ca for Democracy and Peace to day said that if the proposed peace conference Is barred from Chicago and ruled out of the National Capital by official Washington, a steamship would be chartered and the delibera tions held on the high seas off Uie New England coast. OPEN SESSION By Associated Press Chicago, Sept. I.—The pacifists who failed to find asylum for their meeting in Wisconsin or Minnesota began their scheduled convention without opposition here to-day. They met in the West Side Auditorium. No police were present nor were there any crowds in the district. Aside from newspapermen no out side persons were paying any atten tion to their activities. The meeting of the organization committee of the People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace was dispersed by the police to-day on instructions froin Governor Frank O. Lowden fter it had been In ses sion about three hours. MIST GET OUT Springfield, Ills., Sept. I.—Gover nor Krank O. Lowden to-day ordered Adjutant General Dickson to pre vent any meeting of the People's Council of America for Democracy, and peace In Illinois, declaring lie feared disorder and rioting, Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION JITNEYMEN TO FIGHT RULING TO THE FINISH Announce This Morning They Will Not Run on Pre scribed Routes WILL TRAVEL AS BEFORE No Effort Made Today to Fol low Courses Laid Down by Service Commission The Harrisburg Jitney Association announced this morning that It will carry the fight against the recent ruling of the Public Service Commis sion to the finish. Midnight was the lime set by the commission for the jitneys to start operation on the fixed routes. George W. Shoffstall, one of the original jitney operators of Harris burg, last night filed an amended petition with the Public Service Commission, for approval of a route covering tho whole Allison Hill dis trict byway of Herr street and the Mulberry street bridge. This would give him a route through the heart of the city. Yesterday was the last day for tiling amended petitions, un der a recent ruling of the Public Service Commission, and ■ Shoffstall was tho only jitneyman of those in cluded in the Public Service Com mission's recent order, who filed. At a meeting last night the drivers decided to run as before until a fur ther move is made by the commis sion. President H. L>. McLaughlin said: "If the Public Service Commission makes any further attempts to stop us from cr>e,rating as before, we will apply to the court for an injunction. If this is granted, we will be able to operate until a decision is made by the court. If 'the decision is not in favor of the jitneymen, we will ap peal higher." Run as Before He also stated that the jitneurs contested the power of the commis sion to make the railing. He claims the jitney question is one which comes under municipal Jurisdiction. Jitneys sped around the streets this mornin,? the same as they have been doing for the last year. T i jh RADICALS LOSE IN SENATE j] | —ln the first test of strength Tf between Senate radicals and conservatives on war profits jj 4® s were defeated to-day when the j $ ~ ' maximum amendment of j Y Senator Johnson f levy of 80 per cent, of war £ profits. 3 x FOOD AGREEMENT SUSPENDED ] * j t Washington, Sept. I.—The agreement between the a ■J JL Netherlands and the food administration releasing grain r .jj T*. cargoes held in Afnerican ports to the Netherlands under *2* i 4L certain conditions has been disapproved by the exports tJ administration board and the project is in dangefpf being j? i • X BETHLEHEM STEEL INCREASE * Harrisburg—The Bethlehem Steel Company has filed * 4* * ! the a;v • '•'< ' '> ' 'he following additional £ members of the Rublic Safety Committee for Dauphin f County; Prof. F. E.- Shambaugh, County School Super- f intendent; Pro£. H. G. Dibble, Principal of Harrisburg 'i High School; Prof. C. S. Davis, Principal of the Steelton ■ itigh School, and Prof. Arthur E Brown, Principal of X the :i v .Hbur:, Ac<. jy. T TIIOU!. >S INJURED AT FIRE . S< —Several thousand persons aie \ T reporte'd to l\ave been killed and injured in the fire which >* * swept the city, of Kan/an on the Kazanka river, 430 miles X ea;,- Moscow ca; this week. The fire burned for 36 jjjj hour- driving mostof the population outside the city. MARRIAGE Alfred W. Krrmfcr, Hurrlaburn. and Anna M. Gates, Gulti 1 Ardnrv Lcmktldc, Steelton, and Gertie 1,. Coble, Ooveri Enrico < i. Monaco and Clara Clerl, Itutherford) Jacob Tefner, Jr., and Anna > Koch, Steelton. PIGGERY FED ON GARBAGELOOKED ON WITH FAVOR Much Favorable Comment oij Successful Method Used at State Hospital FIND IT IS PROFITABLE Two Old Massachusetts Towns Turn Disposal of Waste Into Financial Gain The successful method of disposing of garbage at the State Lunatic Hos pital as explained by Dr. H. L. Orth, superintendent of the Institution, has caused much favorable comment in the city as other municipalities ara using tho same system of maintain ing a piggery and'feeding: the refuse to the hogs. A complete description of the main tenance of a piggery and the cost to the city of Worcester. Mass., is given in the Engineering News-Record by Frederic Bonnet Jr., professor of chemistry and sanitation at the Wor cester Polytechnic Institute. Many requests had been made for Informa tion regarding the operation of Wor cester's municipal pig farm, to show how one city, after many years of (Continued on Page 11) CONSERVING CORN—WHAT? Four soldiers in an automobile in Strawberry alley spent a few min utes yesterday afternoon throwing roasting ears into the cellar of an abandoned building near Market Square. Whether this was hand grenade practice or plain foolishness is what the onlookers have been wondering. GIRL FLYER COMES DOWN By Associated Press Chicago, Sept. 1. Miss Katherine Stinson's Chicago-New York flight in an airplane lasted Just forty-one min utes to-day. Miss Stinson's ambitions to break Miss Ruth Law's record, left the ground here at 5.09 a. m. At Porter, Ind„ at 5.50 her engine acted badly and she volplaned. The avi atrlx was unhurt.