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FRENCH AIRMEN
DROP BOMBS ON
SERMAN CITY
lalf Ton of Explosives Dropped on Capital of Wurttem
berg as a Reprisal For Bombardment of French Mu
nicipality; French Repulse Three Attacks Made by
Crown Prince on Verdun
Paris, Oct. I.—The Germans attacked last night on the \ erdun
nt on both banks of the Meusi The war office announces that
:y were repulsed. Violent artii erv fighting is in progress in
t Verdun sector.
French aviators dropped half ton of projectiles on the Ger
n city of Stuttgart in reprisal f r the bombardment by the Ger
ns of Bar-lee-Duc.
Stuttgart, capital of the king ! u of Wurttemberg, is a city of
rly 200.000, about 100 miles m the French border.
Plan New Offensive
'hile the lighting front in Flan
i apparently is witnessing the
>aration of another offensive
Ke by Field Marshal Haig which
Germans are trying to anticipate
ewntr attacks and retaliatory
the "Crerman crown prince's army
.gain attempting to harass the
ich in the Verdun region.
Iter yesterday's three futile at
pts to drive the British back
l the high ground they occupied
both sides of the Ypres-Menin
I in Flanders, the Germans con
ed themselves with keeping up a
ry artillery tire during the night,
(ion's official report to-day re
; this hostile demonstration, but
<Vnt as to the British response,
•h, judging from past experience,
eluging the German battle zone
thousands of high explosive
is.
Italians Strike
fws from the Italian front is
Ing added interest with evidence
land that General Cadorna is
ing out again east of the Isonzo,
Hg forward on the Bainzizza
tau, near the southeasterly edge
hich he has almost reached the
povano valley. The capture of
• than 1,400 prisoners in Sixt
y's thrust indicates the force of
talian blow, which there is every
ation will be followed up as the
ground has been firmly held
ist the Austrian reactions,
terest also attaches to the Meso-
Jiian war theater, from which
lews of a brilliant victory by the
sh was telegraphed yesterday,
ral thousand prisoners are al
r in British hands as the result
sudden and well executed stroke
h resulted in the surrending of
itire Turkish army ir the Bema.
egion, northwest of Bagdad.
/ York Plans to Raise
Half of Liberty Loan
By Associated Press
w York. Oct. I.—New York City's
ing drive of the campaign to
at least half and as much more
ossible of the Second Liberty
in the Second Federal Reserve
ict—51,500,009,000 in
.ing days—was ushered in to-day
iie ringing of church bells anil
hrieking of whistles from fac
et and harbor craft,
accomplish the project, probably
pi the most stupendous feats in
lar finance ever attempted by
Jhimicipality in the world, it will
ece.isary to obtain an average of
0,000 on each day of the cam
3.
a Little Youngsters
Start to See World
•<> youngsters started out rather
I 1 in life to see the wonders of
big world this morning. Hand
tnd they wandered over Market
t, every moment in danger of
{ run down by a passing vehicle,
an officer picked them up and
them to the police station,
e youngsters were about three
i of age. Their homn is at 20
l Cameron street. The mother
ieally searched for the children
• the officer turned them over
I r '
IE WEATHER]
I Mnrrlshura and vicinity: Fair
I <1 I'uolrr to-night with llshi
I >st 111 exposed pliirrst lonmt
I sipcraturr alioul 42 ilegrccsj
I irsilay fair.
Kanlern I'ennsj Ivnnla s Fair,
I uler to-night with liicht front;
I csday fairs diminishing west
I nd.
Illver
I Susquehanna rlirr and all Its
I anrhra will fall slowly or rc-
I tin nearly stationary. V
I ibi* of about .*1.4 fret Is Indl-
I ted for Harrlaburg Tuendny
I irnlng.
I (General Conditions
I tropical hurricuitf that was
I 11 ra I aver Alabama. Saturday
I rnln, has disappeared
I m the map. bavin* probably
I ved seaward off the South
■ antle roast. The dlsturh-
I >e from the l.ake Superior re-
I n has moved eastward with
I reosing enersry and I" now
I tra' oft the .North Atlantic
I at.
I 2 to 10 decrees roolrr tbnn
I Saturday morning over prar-
I lly all the eastern half ot
I country.
I rrnturn Ba. m..
H Itlsrs, iliOl a. in.i seta, BiM
■
I Itlses, ttigff p. in.
Staaet 5.4 feet above la w-
I rr mark.
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GERMAN STAMINA J
i DETERIORATING,
SAYS SEC. BAKER;
Kaiser's Defensive Strength 1
Is Shaken hut Still
Powerful
THI TONS ARE DESPERATE
I S. Official Statement Out
lines Progress of War
in France
By Associated fress
J Washington. Oct. I.—Sl-.aken. but
stiii powerful is the estimate of Ger
many's defensive atrengt on the
wi ern front given in this week's
ofi ial communique, issued by the
Wti- Department.
T e superiority of the Brit.sh over
the enemies, the communique says,
has conclusively been proved by th
last week's lighting; while it has
demonstrated that the lighting stam
ina ot the German is deteriorating
Oi the activities of the American
force in Europe the communique
says absolutely nothing. Of the
forces at home, it reports mobiliza
tion of the National Guard and the
National Army proceeding satisfac
torily.
The analysis of the situation on the
wes' tront which the communique
says remains the principal battle
front of the war, follows:
Great Ifaittle of War
"The battle of Menin road (Tpres
salient) which promises to be one of
the great battles of the war, is fol
lowing its normal course. Last week
we recorded the gains of the British
in this sector. This week w t must
note the desperate attempts made by
; [Continued on Page 12.]
Old Enough, They Say,
But Won't Give Ages
|L " We ?, re of marr'app age wore
I the rt plies from lister r. Rooks
City Point. Va., and Miss Knu . k'
. | Myers, of Middleiown. at thr m&r
riage license bureau to-day wh<--n t'ie
' clerk inked each one that question
1 The couple would net s>tu , e
: numbf: of years, a rather unusual
ocucrrf nee at the bureau, as f , v ,|„
l not obj. rt to Riving a definite a-i w. r
Ito the iuery.
How. ver, the law provide* that
when applicants will not give their
ages in years, but will make an nffi
davit tl tthey are or age. a li<-< n >...
. may bo issued. So the clerk fliic- i
out thr ertificates.
During Seutember 156 marriage
license? were issued at the ofTi <• m
comparer! with 122 for the ami
month ! -t year.
Nicolo Kotur Dies in
Chair For Steelton Crime
By Associated Press
Bellefonte, Pa., Oct. I.—Nicolo Ko
tur. of lauphln county, twice con
victed of murdering Yosep Bakic in
Steelton on December 22. 1915, was
electrocuted at the Western Peniten
tiary to-day. He went to the chair
at 7.03 a. n: and after Ave contacts
was prone .need dead by Dr. Robert J.
Campbell at 7.10.
Kotur was refused a commutation
of sentence by the Board of Pardons
Inst week
I.FTTKR* GHA XT FID
Isetters of administration in the
estate of Samuel E. Paul, late of Mid
dle Paxton township, were granted to
day by Reirlster Roy c. banner to the
widow, Paul.
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KARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1, 1917.
| SEVEN CIRCLES OF HELL j
DELEGATES ARE !
ARRIVING FOR
SYNOD MEETING
230, Representing 143 Lu
theran Churches, to Be
Enrolled
Many of the delegates who .will '
participate in the seventy-third an
nual convention of the Evangelical
Lutheran Synod of East Pennsylva
nia arrived in this city this after- j
noon, it is expected that 250 dele
gates, representing 143 churches in
the synod, which embraces Eastern
Pennsylvania, Delaware and South
ern New Jersey, will be here when j
the convention gets down to routine :
work to-morrow morning.
This afternoon several young men
will be examined and if they success- j
fully meet the test will be licensed to ,
preach for a probation period of one
year. If at the expiration of that
time they receive church calls they I
will be regularly ordained as pastors
of congregations. At 4 o'clock to
day the nominating committee se
lected the standing committees.
As the visitors arrived here to-day
they were met at the railroad station j
and takn to the homes in which they j
will be entertained during their stay j
in Harrisburg. Each delegate was
presented with an attractive badge |
with a replica of the original He- I
formation medal attached.
Important Sessions
The interior of JJion Lutheran j
Church, in which the convention ses- j
sions will be held, has been attract- !
ively decorated with American flags
and with cut and potted flowers.
[Continued on Page ll.]
City Has Only 40 Cents
Available to Pay Bill
For Damages of SIOO
City Council has a mathematical
problem to solve to-morrow. City 1
Solicitor Fox has recommended the j
payment of SIOO damages to Percy]
V. Rltter. of this city, who was in
jured in a fall on a sidewalk.
Finance Commissioner Gorgas,
however, announced that there is
only 40 cents in the general con
tingent fund, from which the money
must be obtained. The announce
ment came as a serious blow to the
ommissioners. as It means that there
i is practically no money available for
contingencies and that no improvc
j ment can be made except out of thf
funds specifically appropriated at th<
end of the year.
It is probable that a Tew hnndrei
dollars representing unexpended bal
ances in specified funds will be trans
ferred to the general contingent fun<
There Is about $3,000 in the
for paying the premium of work
men's compensation Insurance. /
the city is carrying its own lnsuranc
all of this will not be needed to pi
claims which are due.
Ilherc is nearly SI,OOO also In t"
funil for the payment of the sala )
of Assistant city clerk, as that off
has! been vacant since the appoli
meiit of R. R(* Seaman, succeedl
t lie I late Mayor Charles A. Mill
CorrLnlasloner Gross, however. 1
Intiiltluced an ordinance at
anaell meeting whli+ wIM i|W
1
•I I , i f■. Ui\* f
! DEALERS UNABLE
TO ASSIMILATE
COAL RULING:
Declare Services of Experts
Arc Necessary to Determine
Profit; Prices May Rise
Text of Garfield's Order
Reducing Pea Coal Prices j
To all persons, firms and cor- j
pora "gaged in the mining |
anil ion of coal in the
Stat nsylvania:
T dent of the United
Sta' g heretofore, on or
abo ;3d day of August,
191 , tue of the provisions
, of if Congress approved
Au 191", entitled "An act
to further for the na
j tio ity and defense by en
co the production, con
se s supply and controll- ;
in itribution of food pro-
It fuel," ordered and di- j
rf t the maximum prices '
w uld not be exceeded in
tl f Pennsylvania anthra- j
c >al should be as follows,
t' kVhite ash pea coal, $4 !
p red ash pea coal, $4.10 j
| fnd Lykens Valley, $4.35 |
! i 'hen sold by certain pro- |
j < lecified in paragraph 4 }
! i!' esident's proclamation of :
J3, 1917, and that when
! any other producer the I
n price should not exceed i
! • than 75 cents the prices '
.fcd above. ,
y direction of the Presi
the United States, the j
ninlstrutor hereby orders >
•cts that, until further or
the premises, the above j
ned maximum prices for
vania anthracite pea coal |
the same hereby are modi- j
j 1 reduced, pending further .
! tation, to the following
am prices: White ash pea I
j 3.40 per ton; red ash pea
3.50 per ton, and Lykens
•< $3.75 per ton, which said
arc to be observed by the j
Ij- :ers specified in paragraph <
t the President's proclama- i
I f August 23, 1917.
V.■'■ it is further ordered that
her producers shall sell
ylvania anthracite pea coal j
ximum prices not to exceed ,
bove mentioned maximum j
i by more than 75 cents per !
f 2,240 pounds.
?se prices shall become ef- i
e at 7 a. m. October 1, I
dealers in this city frankly'
s that the ruling of Dr. Harry,
< iarfield, coal administrator,
them very much "in the air.",
irice of pea coal has been ci:tj
• ats a ton at the mines, and deal- j
ill base their sharges upon their '
profits in 1915. Because of the
ased cost of doing business
•rs may charge the consumer'
ice representing not more than
[Continued on Page 9.]
CAItS DAMAGED
•• touring car and an automobile j
•!' 'ery were damaged ut Third and
it<*r dt .
\i iX tttiV-f - .1 t'iu- fleiiv.-rv •
• T' • .*•< "' due it fIM-rt • >1- :
1* <■ -r mrtw.l tni.i't 1 the :
ROTARIANS BACK
MINISTERS' MOVE
j FOR PRAYER DAY
October 24 to Be Set Aside to
Petition God For Safety
and Success of Soldiers
j The Harrisburg Rotary Club at its
I noon luncheon to-day endorsed the
i movement of the Harrisburg Minis-1
j terial Association for a day of prayer
j for soldiers October 24.
j The Rev. Dr. Robert Bagnell. the
j Rev. George Edward Hawes and the
I Rev. William J. Dockhart represented
the Ministerial Association. Dr. Rag- ■
nell said the ministers of the city feel
that the young men at the front are
in need' of divine guidance and that
they would be greatly benefited and
comforted by the knowledge that the
people back home were appealing to
j God for their help and protection,
i The association, he said, had come to
| the club with the proposal that Oc-
I tober 24 be set aside as a special day
I of prayer in Harrisburg for our sol-
I diers at the front and in the trenches.
| and that two hours of that day be
especially set aside for prayer, when
business should be suspended and the
j whole city devote itself to "prayer
| and talking of prayer." The club
| unanimously endorsed the move,
i which will be laid before Cham
| ber of Commerce at its meeting next
i week.
I .The entertainment of the day was
j provided by YV. S. Essick, David Cot
terei and Kd. Black. Mrs. Vanßeed,
accompanied by Miss Essick, sang
several solos.
Paxtang Invited to
Join State on 50-50
Basis For Road Repair
Harrisburg State Highway Com
missioner O'Xeil has written to the
borough council of Paxtang inviting
the borough to join with the state
l on a fifty-fifty" cost plan to improve
I the condition of the pike in Paxtang
between the city limits and the end
of the state highway. This stretch is
one of the most atrocious In Dauphin
county and the cause of many com
plaints. The borough authorities have
not vet replied to the proposal, but
[there is considerable sentiment in
j the town that the council should
, either accept or do something to
i abate the conditions so much com
plained of by people entering the
I city trom that section of the coun
j tv. The bad stretch begins at the end
|of the state road beyond the en
trance to Paxtang Park.
German Reform Dissolves
After Doing Nothing
| Copenhagen, Sept. 30. The dis
solution of the "double seven" coni
! mittee of the Reichstag and Bundes
j rat under the chairmanship of the
i Imperial chancellor, draws attention
I to how little is left of the widely
j hailed constitutional reform move
ment In Germany. The committee,
the institution of which was pro
claimed by the liberals and the
chancellor as a great step forward
lon the path to constitutional r>™.
• ' * •' .a;.'-nl |itrs :
oirdlety ( >t vt si > v
; "tl i PM-j.tur.rSil, .• .(*'•>(* IftM'.l I'tott
• U. -p.'- ' Jte i*'" • ti <
!*r •* 'm r m\n in •'
Of ttt* Geri,. j rgpf; xy t(ic
BIGPUSHFOR
VOLUNTEERS IS
NOW UNDER WAY
Scores of Organizations Iden
tified With Movement to |
Free County Second Time
COMMITTEES ARE NAMED
Campaign Will Be Carried to
Every Nook and Corner
by Speakers
To-day witnesses the commence- j
ment of the greatest drive to secure
recruits for the United States Army
ever known by Harrisburg or Dau- i
phin county.
yh purpose is two-fold. First, to;
enable the city and county to avoid l
furnishing any men under the sec- j
ond selective quota. Second, to form |
a lighting unit known as the Dan-i
phin county unit to which the peo-!
pie of this city and county can point;
with pride as their own unit in the!
Hegular Army.
Proudly did the names of Harris
burg and Lancaster stand forth un
der the first selective quota as ;hel
two cities in the Harrisburg recruit- j
ing district of twenty counties which!
had supplied the entire quota!
through volunteers.
Dauphin county now has its op-i
portunity to do better than it did
prior to the.first selective call and
every aid will be given to assist its
[Continued 011 Page 14.]
Hopkins Tells Rotarians
Shows Will Be Clean; Sslys
His Critics Are Insincere
C. Floyd Hopkins, manager of the !
Wilmer and Vincent Theaters in Har- j
risburg, appeared before the-Harris
burg Rotary Club to-day to defend i
himself and his firm from what he re
garded as unfair newspaper attack
with regard to burlesque shows ap
pearing at the Orpheum Theater.
Mr. Hopkins said that conditions
had been misrepresented. The re
porter who wrote the first of the
criticisms of the burlesque shows had
tcld him the day aftei the article ap- '
peared that he could find no fault ,
with the show, but that he had roast- 1
ed the show because he had been told |
to write his story that way.
Mr. Hopkins also pointed out that
the newspaper in question had print- j
ed the pictures of young men attend- j
ing these shows as "mental weak- j
lings" and worse, and he called atten- i
tion to the fact that twenty-four em-1
plo.ves of the Patriot and its evening j
edition had been attending each ot
these shows on twenty-four passes,
provided as part,pay for advertising I
the burlesques. •
He also pointed out what he said
was inconsistency because the paper >
ccmplained that women in the bur- |
lesque shows wore little clothing, I
while in the same issue on an inside |
page it published the picture of an j
almost nude woman, "clad after a
manner that would cause my arrest
if I attempted to have her give her
dance here."
He pledged his support to the au
thorities to have nothing but clean !
shows in Harrisburg. and said that !
be. makes weekly trips to Philadel- ;
phia, New York, Altoona and other !
cities to make sure that nothing ob- j
jectionable comes here, "if the shows |
are not what they ought to be. let j
the management be arrested,'*"he said.
U. S. Faces Stupendous
Task of Raising 14 Billions
For War Before June 30
By Associated Press
\ Cleveland, Oct. I.—Secretary of |
the Treasury William G. McAdoo of-1
flcialty opened the secotid Liberty
Loan Campaign in Cleveland to-day.
Speaking of the financial problem
of the nation, Mr. McAdoo said:
"After allowing for the revenue
from taxation for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1918, we shall have
to raise by additional bond Issues
between thirteen and fourteen bil- i
lions of dollars. It is estimated that
$5,000,000,000 will represent addltio-j
nal loans to the allied governments,
which, in turn, will give us their
obligations hearing interest.
"To raise thirteen to fourteen bil--
lions of dollars on or before the 30th
of June, 1918, by the sale of bonds;
in recurring instalments, seems toj
some people an impossible task. It Is'
a stupendous undertaking but it Is:
not Impossible for America. It is not I
easy, but it can be done. Our re-'
sources are adequate; our will Is per-1
feet; our spirit is' indomitable and
our success is certain. We have |
only to pull together and we can do
the job. Already we have demon-1
strated what a united people '-an do i
when partisanship is subordinated to
patriotism: when love of country be-!
comes supreme. 1 look forward,
therefore, with confidence to the i
success to the recurring campaigns j
we must make for the sale of Liberty ,
Bonds."
American Patrol Ship Is
Sunk Off U. S. Coast by
An Unknown Vessel
Washington, Oct. I.—An Ameri
can patrol ship on duty off an At
lantic port was rammed and sunk to
day by an unknown craft.
The Incident, rennrtpd to th Vqw
IK-j.fi truent. *h ofh in.' i
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Single Copy, 2 Cents
EXPECT CITY TO
SET FAST PACE
IN NEXT LOAN
Committee Declares Philadel
phia and Pittsburgh Will
Have to Hustle
BUY A BOND!
Every SSO bond purchased in j
the new Liberty i.oan will buv
1,200 cartridges. Buy a bond!
The new Liberty Loan 4's will
be issued in such denominations
and upon such terms that every
patriotic citizen will have'an op
portunity to assist the govern
ment by lending: his mone" , in
the security or a Uni* a
government bond.
It is essential t
the war and tf.
gallant United
these loans shall
scribed, but over.
Buy a Dond.
The county oinmit ~
direct t'- • Libert i
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the t, ny. trict
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erally belie
The Harri- \ .
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W.WTS N V "If! •
Motions for a n-> J it
Karpes. convicted of
tor vehicle while int , <' •
an aggravated ass;u
charge, were tiled to-i.
.-'tucker, counsel for K# ' 1U
the reasons given Is tHt. ,r
Andrews, one of the juroi. n ,
cases wpre tried, is a broth ■ >"
liam Andrew's, one of the >ir
wealth's principal witness
motions were directed to IK T" :
for argument.
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FROM CRADLE TO
THE GRAVE, WAR
TAX HITS ALL
A Few New Levies Put on the
Heirs For Good
Measure
'EXCESS PROFITS ARE HIT
Men of Moderate Means as
Well as Wealthy Affected
by Measure
Washington, Oct. 1. • Tho $2,-
i 00,000,000 war tax bill which is up
for ilnal action to-day in the House
"catches" almost everybody from
■s cradle to the grave, and for
■i measure, levies a few new
on the heirs.
y's lirst dush of talcum pow-
II under the two per cent,
.'turers' tax on cosmetics,
vile Sam carry on the war,
death the Federal collec
e on hand to get the in
ax, at advances on the
of from one per cent.
■) ten per cent, on sl,-
ween birth and death
lufacturers activities
votinn a proxy at a
emetery association
the few specially
profited most by
of enormous ex
-1 pay the most
'age IJ.]
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S. Plant
1 i vfKßes of
on and
ec't to
■nas been
.. none is eon
~nt. They said this
their laborers make a
-ents an hour and by
e of overtime they
v more.