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.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* *
<i notice in the Department of the Secretary of the Com- j
JL l
J monwealth .of' its authority to increase its stock from
$15,000,000 to $65,000,000. This is the issue recently !
| :
I ITALY TAKES MANY PRISONERS !;
T Rome, Sept. J .—The number of prisoners taken by f
b' the Italians has®bee increased to 27,302, the war office
T announces. Of these 720 are officers. *
S PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEEMEN 1
T llarrisburg—Governor Brumbaugh's* office to-ilay
♦ ai.'i- _> ! 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.