x • * Advancing Teuton Hosts Drive the Russian Forces from the Great Gulf Port of Riga HARRISBURG ifSjllli. TELEGRAPH (0k " ®IK JStor-Jn&cpcnfcent 4 / * LXXXVI— No. 211 10 PAGES RUSSIA GIVES UP RIGA TO GERMAN ARMY Great City, Second Only to Petrograd in Commercial Importance, Surrendered Before Advancing Hosts; Fate Was Sealed When Kaiser's Troops Forced Cross ing of the Dvina in Their Powerful Offensive Petrograd, Sept. 3.—The Russians have abandoned Riga, the war office announces. Some Russian de tachments voluntarily left their positions the war office reports and are retiring towards the north. Riga, Russia's principal Baltic port, has been abandoned to the Germans' under the threat of an offensive by land and sea in which the deciding stroke on the land side was delivered by the Germans last Saturday. The fate of Riga was virtually sealed when German troops powerfully initiating their offensive, forced a crossing of the Dvina southeast of the city and began to push northward after making good their foothold on the right bank of the stream. Menaced also by the attack of a column of Teutonic forces moving from Mitau southwest of Riga and.by the German naval forces recently reported hovering in the vicinity of the Gulf of Riga, the Russian military authorities evidently considered the city no longer tenable and decided to evacuate it. The possible ultimate military consequences of this development are difficult to estimate. The right flank of the entire Russian western front was anchored on the Gulf of Riga at a point west of the city and with this anchorage apparently lost the possible strategical develop ments of the situation seem infinite. Much depends on the purpose of the Germans and the size of the forces at their disposal for opera tions in this war theater. It is too early yet for it to be made ap parent whether they will be con tent at present with occupation of the Baltic seaport the Russians have left to them, or if the ad vantage is to be pushed and an at tempt made to swing back the entire Russian line on this front, creating an opening for an operation of land and water with Petrograd as the objective. Riga, capital of the government of Livonia, had a population of more than 500,000 persons before the war and aside from Petrograd was the most important Russian commercial and industrial town having access to the Baltic. The Germans long have had their eyes upon Riga and at the close of the great campaign of 1915 when Poland was overrun and large sec tions of Russian soil occupied by the Teutonic forces an effort was made by Field Marshal Von Hin denburg to break the line of the Dvina between Riga and Dvinsk, 110 miles to the southeast. Ever since the Russian revolution with its disorganizing effect upon the Russian armies, made the mili tary situation more favorable to the Germans, there haye been hints that a descent was to be made upon the Russian northern front and several alarms have been sounded in Petro grad that silch an, eventuality was pending. Labor Day Observed Quietly With Hundreds of Picnics and Outings While there was no formal com munity observance of Labor Day in the city to-day, hundreds of infor mal picnics, house parties and out ings were held by families. All the stores of the city were closed, giving the employes a full holiday, and they flocked to Her shey, Paxtang and Boiling Springs Parks for picnics and dances. The masons, bricklayers, carpen ters and other unionized trades were off. Barber.?, the newspapers and other business houses observed short hours. The only firms going full blast were those engaged on war or ders for the government. This is Labor Day in Harisburg; It is also Kipona day, but as the ordinary celebration of the day has been limited to a cessation of labor In some quarters so also was the ?reat river festival omitted this year wing to war conditions. There has been general approval of the omis sion of the river events to-day, but it is the hope of everybody that the 3reater Harrisburg Navy will pre pare to resume the big river cele bration just as soon as the end of the war has made such events possible. t \ No Night Extra There will be no Night Fxtra edition of the Harrisburjt Tele, graph tonight because of Iabor day. L J THE CIVIC CLUB'S SECOND FLY—MEASURING DAT SEPTEMBER 29 _ . 9 to 12. Prizes awarded: 5 cents a pint for all flies. THE WEATHER Cloudy weather la forecast for Har labnra nnd vicinity thla afternoon nd evening. Showera are alao prob ble for to-night or to-morrow. The Mfcntua will chance little. Two Badly Injured When Motorcycle Runs Into Boy on Wheel Lewis J. German, of Chambers burg, and John Shope, of Lucknow, were badly bruised this morning at 10.30 o'clock when German's motor cycle collided with a bicycle on which Shope was riding. Both men were taken to the Harrisburg Hospital. Their injuries were reported as seri ous, but it is thought that both will recover. The accident occurred at Coxes town, and while neither of the in lured men are able to give an ac count of the affair, it is thought that German's machine sideswiped the bicycle. German is 29 years of age and is employed as a flagman on the Cum berland Valley railroad. Shope is 15 years of age. H. C. Rodgers and Mr Miller, of Enola, brought the men to tills place. Dr. Brown, of Coxestown, was near when the accident happened and ac companied .the injured men to the hospital. Famous Old Trees in Capitol Park Are Damaged by Storm Capitol Park lost ten of its finest ttees, including one planted by the late Governor James A. Beaver and others planted by prominent State of ficials in years gone by In the storm which hit the city yesterday after noon. The famous umbrella tree, the largest one of the kind in Pennsyl *anla and occupying a place near the State Library, was stripped of its foliage and only the bare trunk re mains. One of the largest elms at Third and street entrance, oft en sketched by people, was uprooted and in the northern end of the park elm and oak trees were torn, vhile the maples on the Third street side, some of them forty years old, had 1 ranches torn from them. Over fifty' trees were damaged and some cf the , dwarf trees were so badly cut that wholesale tree surgery will be neces sary. Between the holiday and the storm damage the Capitol and the park had more visitors than known on Labor Day in years. There were hundreds of people in the building and the guides worked without time for lunch. All of the main departments and the legislative halls were open for itors. Formally Opens Finest Hotel in Lehigh Valley Allentown, Pa., Sept. 3. —The opening took place Saturday night of the Hotel Traylor, the largest and finest building for human habitation not only in Allentown, but in the entire Lehigh Valley. Tt. was erected by Samuel W. Traylor, of Allen town, and its construction and fur nishing cost SFiOO.OOO. Made a millionaire by the war, Mr. Traylor did not start to pave the Great White Way with gold or burn hundred-dollar bills, but made up his mind to do something worth while for Allentown, and as a starter built the Hotel Traylor apartments, which in these times of needed ac commodations is a most welcome addition to the city's caravansaries. Practicing For Trenches He Intimdates Restaurant William Alonis, a Greek, wanted to practice up a little on his shoot ing so he would be in position to go into the trenches in Europe. In stead, he was taken to the State Asylum for the Insane. The Greek went into the Crystal Restaurant Saturday evening and commenced to flourish a large re volver. When arrested Alonis stated that he wanted to practice up for warfare in Europe. It is believed that the Greek meant to take his life when he purchased a new re volver, and he was placed under observation. FRONT STREET SUFFERS ppgpjjjjSßSTL. wk River lErortt Parkraud the houses facing it suffered the brunt of yesterday's storm. Thi above picture shows a large tree blown down at Front and South streets. Embarked in a malstrom of broken hearts America stands by her guns Turning her back on the peace she loves, Threatened by treacherous Huns; But the thought of the hour is the hope that cheers, Wh'en the black pall closes in, That sorrow and death are bought at a price, And suffering follows on sin. Our fathers who settled these fertile shores Were seeking a sect-free God, And chief of their buildings of rough-hewn logs Was a place to worship.the Lord. Now He repays for this land is called With the fate of the world at stake To feed the nations; to shelter the weak And the arm of the war-god break! • —ANNA HAMILTON WOOD. Written For the Telegraph. U.S. BREAKS ALL RECORDS IN USE OF INTOXICANTS Tremendous Growth of To bacco Habit Recorded Among Women By Associated Press Washington, Sept. 3. —All previous records for consumption of whisky, cigars, cigarets and tobacco appar ently went by the boards during the past fiscal year. The preliminary re port of Commissioner of Internal Rev enue Osborn, covering the twelve months ending July 30, made public to-day, shows record tax collections on these, and other articles. Here are the grand totals of pro duction on which taxes were paid: Distilled spirits from every source —rye, corn, wheat, apples, peaches, pears, plneapplies, oranges, apricots, berries, prunes, figs and cherries—l 64,- 665,2-16 gallons, an increase of 26,000,- 000 gallons over the previous year, yielding a tax return of $186,563,055. Much Tobacco U*eu Cigars of all descriptions and weight, 9,216,901,113 approximately ninety per capita—as compared with 8,337,720,530 the previous year. Cigarets, 30,529,193,538, as compared with 21,087,757,078, an increase of more than forty per cent. Tobacco (chewing and smoking), 445,763,206 pounds, an increase of 28,- 500,000 pounds. I NOT ONLY NREE PRETZELS ELIMINATED BY BARS A frugal man Is Wilmer Hughes, Whose business is The sale of booze. He thinks the time Is almost near t When whisky, gin, Rum, wine and beer Will all be barred; And so, you know, He has to gouge Before they go! Following the age-long precedent set by the original booze sellers, whose range of vision ended at the point of his nose, the llcker sellers of Harrisburg have not only raised the price of all booze but beer, but, falling back on a convenient law en acted by the recent Legislature, they have eliminated even the frugal free lunch known as the lowly pretzel. "Those who like pretzels with their beer will kindly Ving their own pretzels," is a sign which has not yet made its appearance in local saloons, HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1917. DRAFT BOARDS PREPARE THEIR APPEAL REPORTS Spend Labor Day Catching Up With Mass of Work The draft boards of the three divi sions of Dauphin county are observ ing Labor Day by preparing reports for the appeal board, and by acting on the exemption claims made by the men who passed the physical test. At the headquarters of the dis trict board for division No. 2 of the Middle Judicial District of Pennsyl vania, In the House caucus rooms in the Capitol, Chief Clerk of the Board Robert Free, is putting the final touches to the reports that are to be made to the board at its meeting Tuesday morning. All the local boards have made first reports to the appeal board, and these will have to be acted upon to-morrow. A large number of claims have been made by the men of Dauphin county, and un less fortune favors the appeal board action upon all will not be taken to-morrow. Most of the claims are [Continued on 'Page B.] PROF. OSLER'S SON KILLED. Baltimore, September 3. Mrs. Thomas Putcher, niece of Sir Wil liam Osier, the eminent medical savant has received a cablegram from him telling of his only son. Second Lieutenant Edward Revera Osier, dying of wounds received in action. but which may be expected any day. "You don't serve pretzels any more?" said one man to a licker seller. "Nope, law won't allow it," said the man back of the bar. "What law?" . "Don't know; the boss told me," replied the bar clerk. The questioner found the boss. "Under what statute do you cut out the pretzels?" he asked. "Don't know which one, exactly," said the boss. "The association told me about it. Anyway, we lost money on pretzels. We got to cut down on expanses. Looks like we'll be out of business pretty soon. Might as well get what we can while the getting's good." "Is that the reason why you rais ed wnisky five cents a glass— whisky you've had in your cellar for three years?" "O, you go to Lancaster," said the booze man. Only he didn't say Lancaster, i CITY SUFFERS HEAVY DAMAGE . IN BIG STORM Houses Unroofed and Great Trees Blown Down in Its Narrow Path One of the worst wind, rain and electrical storms in years swept over the city and vicinity late yesterday afternoon causing thousands of dol lars of damage -to property and crops. Telegraph and telephone lines were torn down, the city's lighting system put out of service for hours, trolley service delayed on many lines, and hundreds of autoists held up because of the uprooted trees which were hurled across the highways. While less than an inch of rain fell during the storm, the downpour lasted only a short time and was ter rific, flooding all the main highways. Storm water sewers were unable to carry away the water fast enough and in many places the streets look ed like small rivers. In the outlying districts the wind did less damage to trees, but the water swept hun dreds of yards of earth over the paved streets and in many places [Continued on Page B.] Red Cross Ready to Look After Comfort of Drafted Men at the Cantonments By Associated Press Washington, Sept. —The Red Cross is preparing to care for the comfort of the first detachments of the/'National Army, which will be sent to the cantonments this weok. Under the direction of Winthrop M. Crane, assistant director of military relief,' chapters are organ izing a canteen service for the pur pose of supplying refreshments to supplement the regular rations pro vided by the War Department. Riverside Will Ask About Improvements It was reported to-day that when CounciJ convenes to-morrow morning a petition will be presented signed by residents of Riverside asking the commissioners when they expect to plan for improvements to the suburb just north of the city should it be annexed. , Council last week passed finally on the annexation and unless objections are filed before Thursday by more than half of the property owners, the territory will become part of the city. Plot to Overthrow Kerensky Is Discovered Petrograd, Sept. 3. The attorney of the High Court of Moscow has un earthed a counter-revolutionary, mon archtistic conspiracy, the design of which, according to a report pre sented to the cabinet last night, was to accomplish a coup d'etat by ar resting the Provisional Government. Many arrests have been made of of ficers and civilians in Moscow and the provinces and some also in Petro grad. Tho names of the arrested per sons, the authorities for the present, refuse to divulge. It appears that the headquarters of the conspirators was the villa dis trict outside of Petrograd. Premier Kerensky personally Is conducting a preliminary inquiry. Somerset Gives $2,100 to National Guard Unit Somerset, Sept. 3. When Company I C leaves Somerset the commissioned I officers wi\l have a fund of $2,100 with which to purchase little luxuries for the soldiers. The greater part of this fund was subscribed by the citizens of Somerset, who, by the way did handsomely by the beys In other ways through the contribution of food, comfort kits, etc. BOY HIT BY AUTO Charles Bosdorf, aged 10, 1905 Fulton street, sustained a fracture of both legs this morning when he was hit by an automobile. Young Bos dorf was playing in the street In the vicinity of Muench and Kulton streets when the machine hit him. He was taken to the Harris burg Hospital, > NEW SYSTEM OF ASH COLLECTION MAY BE OPPOSED Antticipate Residents Will Not Agree to Place Cans in Front of Homes COUNCIL TO ACT SOON Special Se&ion Tomorrow Night to Make Plans For \Vaste Removal With Council considering plans for municipal ash collections, residents of the city are expressing themselves as opposed to one of the proposed plans which will require them to place ash and garbage cans in front of their homes along the curb on days for collections. While it was said that wherever possible the cans would be placed in alleys to the rear of residences, the property owners, it is believed, will fight the move. Council will meet in special session to-morrow night with the health bu reau officials to make preliminary arrangements for the municipal col lections. The. proposed system of having the ash cans placed on the curb will be discussed then. Commissioner Samuel F. Dunkle, under whose supervision the collec tion work Is now being done, stated he was not prepared to say which system he favored. Will Cost More "Other large cities require house holders to put the cans on the curb in front of their homes on the days the collectors are in the district," Mr. Dunkle said. "If the people of Harrisburg do not want this, I think It only fair to them to give them es timated costs both of collections from back yards and rear alleyways and also from the curb. It will undoubt edly cost the city much more to col lect from the rear under the present system, but if this is retained the residents absolutely must co-operate and it will be up to the city to en force stringent rules compelling householders to use proper recep tacles and keep ashes and garbage separated. From what T have learned of the situation I believe the resi dents should come in for a share of the blame as well as the reduction company because of conditions which developed during the last few years." Commissioner William H. Lynch, superintendent of the highway de partment, declared he is decidely op nosed to any move to require house holders to place cans in rront of their homes. "Under no condition will I ever favor this system. It is going back to the old way of doing the collect ing work and Harrisburg doesn't want to go back. If the city makes the: collections, the city can also see that the people co-operate, and there should not be so much trouble. Har risburgers aren't educated to the curb system and I don't believe would want to use it." May Adopt System Commissioner Gross in speaking of the problem said he believed the city will eventually adopt the new sys tem because of the great expense which will result when municipal collections are made should they use the present method of removing waste from back yards. He pre dicted the cost will be three times more than if the waste was collected from cans placed to the rear of properties wherever possible. Acting Mayor Gorgas was out of the city to-day and his opinion on the. plans for the collection work could not be learned. One Seriously, Another Slightly Hurt When Car Rolls Over Bank B. T. Moses, of 534 Forrest street, was taken to the Polyclinic Hospital, in a serious condition, as the result of an automobile accident last night. Moses was almost scalped when his car turned over. His brother, who was riding with him in the car, practically escaped injury. The brothers were returning from Carlisle at about five o'clock last evening. In an effort to escape the heavy storm which was sweepfng over the country, Moses was driving the machine at high speed. Near Camp Hill the car plunged over a bank and turned completely over. Moses was unconscious when picked up.. His brother secured as sistance. He suffered from a severe laceration of the scalp, and his back was injured. Dr. Faul, of Camp Hill, brought him to this place. At the Polyclinic Hospital grave doubts were entertained for Mr. Moses' recovery, but it Is not thought i that his injuries will result fatally. AUTO HITS F. F. STEVICK While riding north In Front street this morning on a bicycle, F. F. Stevlck, 1011 North Third street, was Injured when his wheel was struck by an automobile owned by Grant H. Warner, of Landlsvllle. His left hip, leg and side were hurt by the col lision. Stevlck was attempting to ride around one of the fallen trees In Front street when he was injured. His ccndltlon is not serious. BEHIVSTOHKK DECORATED By .Hisoctaled Prtss Berlin, Sept. 2. Count Von Bern storft, former German ambassador to the United States, received from Em peror William at great headquarters yesterday, the civilian Iron croas. Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION 1 CHICAGO PLACED UNDER MILITARY RULE BY TROOPS Governor Lowden Arrives in City to Enforce Ruling Against Pacifists FEAR RIOTS IN THAT CITY Peace Council Aided by the Mayor Holds Meeting and Organizes Chicago, Sept. 3. Governor l.owden arrived here to-dny to take chnrgc of the Hltuatlon aris ing out of the conflict of authority • between himself anil Mayor Thompson, with whose aid the People's Council of America for Democracy and Terma of I'eace, was able to hold a meeting here yesterday after It had been Interw dleted by the governor. Mayor Thompson was believed to be at ( Luke Geneva. Chicago, Sept. 3.—Four companies of Illinois National Guardsmen, under command of Adjutant General Dick son, are in Chicago to-day "awaiting developments" in the paQiflst program as enunciated by the People's Council of America for Democracy and Terms of Peace. The soldiers are here under orders from Governor Lowden, who decided upon military interference to prevent the peace meetings after Mayor Thompson of Chicago instruct ed the local police yesterday to allow the sessions to be held. Meanwhile the peace delegates as sert the purpose of their assembling has been accomplished—that the skel eton of a permanent organization has [Continued on Page 3] I I J . ' ENGLAND RAIDED BY AIR ij jjj !oi Sept. :..-, -On< pgers on was killed and six were ,* * §! the aerial raid over East * :e •* * ¥*l ¥ * ?*, d was directed the ju* el port of Dover. >* * Jji t AMERICAN SCHOONER SUNK **l jtf Washingtpn, Sept. >s.—The State Department was .? * jr< * ? X inking August 23 of the schooner ,* * A rl F. Cressy- af Bath, Me., by a submarine. The 4*' '* I §[ my weather and shelled ali iJQ 4| night. The crew of seven was saved. V X .TROLLEY LIMES HELD UP BY STRIKE !jj J ".an shot in a quarrel 1* ► <#! gto bum a carbarn her< ' 6 ' ' I Day developments in ; * * ' * . shorter hours and recognition of !• I iF * I L • > • .I e s of f * * * f if the company, . | t > \ 4 PICKET" CAPITAL - j, i * I® € *, | | ' i*) 1 th< calleU People's Council met at a 3 *J- hotel thisrforejioC • leadership of Miss Crystal p i < * to W a , 4 , celeferat 'here Sept. 4. The 2* keting, it was said, would consist in the display of > 1 4 ion of the suffragists .who picketed , * J' the White House. jj i ITALIANS WIN NEW POSITION J! ■ * u ' e * c 4 I . • L | cat Au |g | 4 * on their new position... the war office announced to-day. !* I ! MANY STRIDE 1,1 *J , San F*ancisec. Celebration of Labor Day in ,* * | I the Far Wst Was weighted with widespread' unrest ' € ft 4 L * * ■ | among organized jyorkmen. In almost every State striker , 1 -* i ' * are in progress arid others are threatened. * * i .M MARRIAGE LICENSES £ KSS I * • KocJ'slmlioil*'* Clerl, Ituthrrfnrrii Jacob Tefner, Jr., and Anna • 1 0 © O'NEIL IS NEW STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER Insurance Commissioner 1$ Named to Fill Office yacated by Black AMBLER SUCCEEDS HIM Ex-Speaker of House Gets Ap pointment; Expected to Qualify Immediately State Insurance Commissioner J, Denny O'Neil, of McKeesport, "wad to-day appointed Stato Highway Commissioner to succeed Frank B, Black, of Somerset, who resigned just a month ago at the request of the Governor, and Charles A. Am bler, of Abington, who was speaker of the lower house in the 1915 gen. eral assembly, was appointed to succeed Mr. O'Neil. Announcement of the appoint ments was made from the office of Governor Brumbaugh at 2 o'clock this afternoon, the word having been telephoned from the seashore by William H. Ball, secretary to the Governor, who had been in touch with the Governor who was stated to-day to be in Maine. While no announcement as to the time of beginning the terms of the two offcials was made it is under stood that they will qualify imme [ Continued on Page B.]