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Advancing Teuton Hosts Drive the Russian Forces from the Great Gulf Port of Riga
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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.
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No Night Extra
There will be no Night Fxtra
edition of the Harrisburjt Tele,
graph tonight because of Iabor
day.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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J . ' ENGLAND RAIDED BY AIR ij jjj
!oi Sept. :..-, -On< pgers on was killed and six were ,* *
§! the aerial raid over East *
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ju* el port of Dover. >* *
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jtf Washingtpn, Sept. >s.—The State Department was .? *
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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< '
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I Day developments in ; * *
' * . shorter hours and recognition of !• I
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4 PICKET" CAPITAL - j, i
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' 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!
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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 '
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* ■ | among organized jyorkmen. In almost every State striker , 1
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' * are in progress arid others are threatened. * *
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MARRIAGE LICENSES
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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
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