■* . r - "IWiigUPt," ■ M.WJUP' ■ - . ••• T r r "r***- . ■ . • : "*T-ff • ?• Meet Famous German "Shock Troops" in Raid and Compter !y Outfight Enemy HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH ®lje otar- Independent # LXXXVII No. 53 16 PAGES PEACE PARLEY IS OFF; YANKEES REPEL RAID; U. S. FAVORS JAP MOVE Peace Negotiations Between Germany and the Bolsheviki Government Apparently Have Been Broken Off Again; Russ Envoys Ask Military Guard; Lenine Urges Slavs to Save the Revolution; Huns Within 80 Miles of Petrograd; U. S. Sol diers Outfight Famous Teuton "Shock Troops" Berlin, March 2.—(British Admiralty Per Wireless Press) —The Russian fort ress of Kiev, on the Dnieper river, in the Ukraine, has been "liberated,"' the general staff announced to-day. General Von Linsingen's troops have captured Gomel (120 miles southeast of Michilev, the official statement also declares. Amsterdam, March 2.—ln the capture of Pskov by the Germans one of the German battalions suffered heavy losses through an explosion caused by the retreating Russians, says a Berlin dis patch published in the Yolkszeitung of Cologne. London, March 2. —German forces are moving on the town of Bologoie, on the Moscow- Petrograd railroad, which place is the chief freight center for the feeding of Petrograd, says a dispatch from Petrograd under date of Friday received by the Exchange Telegraph Company. The Germans probably intend, the message adds, thus to cut off supplies from Petrograd and to compel the capital to capitulate by famine. Large columns of German troops, the correspondent says are marching toward Novosokoliniki. Enemy forces have occupied t h e station of Kliastitsa in their movement in the direction of Petrograd. PEACE PARLEY AGAIN BROKEN; SLAVS RESIST Bolsheviki Make Strenuous Preparations to Meet German Advance By Associated Press Peace negotiations between Ger many and the Bolsheviki government apparently have been broken off again. Resumption of the German forward movement and the fact that the Russian peace emissaries have asked that a train under military guard be sent to meet them near Pskov indicate Teutonic aggression has not yet been satiated. The Bolsheviki are making strenu ous preparations to meet the German advance and Premier Lenine is sending forth proclamations urging all Russians to save tne revolution. Moscow and the interior of Russia have declared against a separate peace an'd the local councils in the [Continued on Page 10.] BUY War Sayings Stamps Swat the Kaiser and feather your own nest at the same time. AST 11 your dealer hasn't them, ask him why. I I j THE WEATHER l-'or Ilnrrlshurg nml xielnity: Fnir nnew Kliglnnd coast. Temperature! M a. m.. 3-. Mlver Stage: 0.4 feet above low water murk. Sun: lUhcn, 6:21 a. in.; acta, P. ni. Moon: I.ast quarter, March 5, Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 14. , 1 ,0nest temperature, 3U. Mean temperature, 40. -Normal temperature, ,1,1, U. S. MAY FAVOR JAPANESE MOVE TO ENTER SIBERI A _ Agreement Between United States and Allies Is Be lieved Near * ■ By .Associated Press l.ondon. ''larch 2. Premier I.loyd Ufiiritf visited the Amer ican embassy Friday fvrninic nml had nn important confertnce j ulth Ambassador l'nsr, Kay* the Daily Ni'n*, which believes the . niri'lini; was in connection with Japan's intervention in Siberia. It is quite unusual for a premier' to visit foreign embassies. Such calls j i vsua'l:' are made by the foreign j runister. Reuter's Limited lias issued the fol- j lowing statement from an author!- j i totive Japanese souric in London: "Japan has put forward no sugges- j ' tions regarding any action that may ! be necessary as a result of tlie Rus-,! i sian situation. The plain facts are j that a few days ago Japan addressed ! inquiries to the Allied governments ! asking for an expression of their I : views on the latest developments in j Russia. There has been no proposal, | : military or otherwise, by Japan. "It is pointed, out that Japan did ! not enter the war under any terms or agreements with the Allies which j would suggest that there had even j been any question of aggrandizement in tiie mind of Japan. There was no ' such thought when Japan embarked ! on hostilities and if she has to ex l tend operations her object will not J be aggrandizement. "The new menace is -one directly j threatening the Far East and im- j j mediately involving Japan's security. ! ! ' , [Continued on Pago !).] American Cavalry Patrol Kills 12 Bandits in Hot Skirmish Near Texas Ranch l By Associated rress Marfa, Texas, March 2. —An | American cavalry detachment in ' | command of Captain Kramer ! Thomas, during a skirmish with j ' Mexican liandits, yesterday killed 1 twelve ol' their number and wounded j several others. Thirty bandits hail crossed the i ! river, raided A. P. Neighbor's ranch , and killed three cows. Captain ! Thomas went to investigate, taking \ ; a detachment of cavalry. The parley : (followed, during which the bandits maneuvered for a (lank attack on 1 I the cavalry detachment firing as | they rode. Captain Thomas ordered : I his men to return the Are. German Alliance Active in Interest of Brewers; Is Charged at Hearing fly Associated I'ress Washington, March 2.—Hearings oti the resolution of Senator King, of Utah, providing for the revoking of the charter of the National German- American Alliance on grounds that it is an unpatriotic organization, were resumed to-day before the Sen ate sub-Judiciary Committee. The witnesses summoned to-day included K. Lowry llumes, of Pitts burgh, Federal District Attorney: former Representative Bartholdt, of St. Louis, and S. ,G. Von Hosse, of Wilmington. l>el.. president, and Adolph Timm, of Philadelphia, sec retary of the organization. Mr. Humes took part in a federal; I inquiry into the alleged political ac j tivity of brewers in Pennsylvania, I which government agents say de ! veloped testimony to show the al- I liance was used as an agent for the J liquor interests. I-IARRISBURG, PA.,SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 1918 YANKEES REPEL GERMAN RAID, KILLING MANY Enemy Dead Arc Strewn Over Ground in Front of the U. S. Trenches By Associated Press With the American Army in I* ranee, March 2.—American troops i epulsed a strong German attack yesterday morning in the salient n*rth of Toul. There were many American casualties, one of the killed being a captain who was grad uated from West Point in 1517. The German raid was a complete failure. Three German prisoners re main in American hands. The ground in front of the American trenches was strewn with German dead. A driving wet snow was falling when the Germans - opened tire on the American srtjient with every weapon !nt their command. "Seventy-sevens," | heavy shells and gas sJiells fell in a whirlwind in the American trenches [ for half an hour. At the same time ; ether enemy shells in great numbers were dropping on the American bat j tery positions. ti* I nils to Terrify American* The Germans, evidently thinking | the Americans in this section, having [Continued on Page 10.] Aerial Grocery Delivery in Operation by Army Flyers in California By Associated Pi ess Pan Diego. Cal., March 2. —An aerial delivery line for groceries was in operation to-day by the signal corps aviation school at North Island, to supply a detachment of forty mechanicians sent to the site of the new aviation Held at River side. The airline distance between San Diego and Riverside is approxi mately ninety miles. Plot to Rob City Hall of Two Millions Fail By Associated Press Chicago, March 2. —Plans for a raid on the treasurer's office in the City Hall, in expectation of obtain ing $2,000,000, believed to be stored there, were revealed to-day by a confession, the police say, of Henry Emerson. According to the police, Kmerson, who is held in connection with the recent robbery of an Illinois Centra) railroad station, said the band fixed a date following the collection of li censes and were to hold up every person in the office at the point of revolvers. The plan failed because more guards were about the City Hall on the day fixed than had been expect ed. Auto Owners Plan to Omit One Trip and Put Money Into Thrift Stamps As a patriotic measure to boost the sale of War Savings Stamps and Baby Bonds, the board of governors of the Motor Club of Harrisburg at the monthly meeting last night de cided to request all members of the club to forego the use of their au tomobiles on one of the first three Sundays of this month and invest the money In Thrift Stamps. The move will be known as Pleasure Carless Sunday. The names of all members of the club who comply with this re quest of the board of governors will be sent to the American Defense So ciety. Twenty-one new members were elected at the meeting last night. First Photographs of Uncle Sam's New Machine Gun The Browning machine gun. the heavier and the lighter, have been tested successfully in Washing ton. The heavier gun. which is shot from a tripod, had in a previous government test tired 39,600 shots without a break. In another test i t fired 20,000 shots in 48 minutes and IS seconds. It weighs thirty-four and a half pounds with the water jacket for cooling purposes tilled. The lighter gun. which is tired from the shoulder or hip. like a rifle, weig s fifteen pounds. It fired twenty shots in 2'j seconds. The guns have been described as being the best in the world and will be turned out in great quantities for the American Army. GROCERS WORK ON CASH AND CARRY ECONOMY PLAN ; Majority of Retailers Now Be lieve Idea Is Prac tical Grocers in the city arc working lon the project of selling groceries on a cash basis, to bo delivered by the customers themselves, a uni form price rate, and it is likely, it was said to-day, that within a short time customers can secure their gro ceries at a fair discount bv deliver ing them themselves, and paying as they purchase. ! That groceries will continue to be ! sold on the credit system to a large | extent, and delivered by the grocers, I was conceded by grocers this morn | ing. Many of the grocers do more i than two-thirds of their business on j the credit plan, with customers who j would not care to pay cash right ' along. This is one handicap to the ! system that will retard its use here, | grocers say. I Many grocers to-day said they are | opposed to the cash and carry sys | tem for the simple reason that they buy most of their groceries on the ! credit system themselves, and by j their system of credit with their i customers, maintain their purclias i ing schedule regularly. | Most grocers now are of the opin- I ion that the cash and carry system ! can be worked out to be used for the ) benefit of the customers who de j sire to buy their groceries on the cash and carry plan. A committee of seven men has ' been appointed by Donald McCor mick, food administrator for Dau ; pliin county, to organize the grocers , into a body that can put into effect land operate for a trial period the j cash and carry plan. This eom j mittee has not been announced and ! will not be announced until the or -1 ganization is complete, Mr. McCor j mick said. Bread For Soldiers Is Nutritious, Says Goethals By Associated Press ] Washington, March 2. —In a mem- I orandum prepared for Secretary Baker, Major General Goethals, act jing quartermaster general, to-day ; denied a complaint by Mayor O. Mosher, of Walnut, lowa, that the bread fed to soldiers lacks nutrition. "It is not true soldiers are being forced to use a bread from a flour i that the government declared to be ! 'bled white' by the millers, as stated iby Mr. Mosher," General (ioethals I says. "The greatest care Is taken by I the Quartermaster's Department to j see that the "bread issue'd to the sol j dlers is nutritious, wholesome and ' tasty in every respect. The bread • issued to the soldiers is wholesome fand is entirely satisfactory, accord ing to repiorts received by this de partment."' Bread, General Goethals says, is being made in the various camps, in which from, ten to twenty per cent, of cornmeal, rye, barley, rolled oats and rice are used for substitutes, de- I pending upon the locality and fa- I cilities with which the supply can j be furnished. 10 Years at Hard Labor Sentence of Deserter By Associated Press Camp Meade, Md., March 2. —Ten years confinement at hard labor, for feiture of all pay due him and dis- j honorable discharge from the Army, : has been imposed upon Private Leo | E. Burns, of the auxiliary remount 1 j station here, on the charge of deser j ti6n. The military disciplinary, bar- ' ! racks at Fort Jay, X. Y., was desig- ! nated as the place where Burns [should serve. The sentence indicates the deter- i j mination of the military authorities I here to deal severely with deserters. ! I Recently another deserter, a mem- ! I ber of one of the selected units from | | Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 1 ! twenty years' confinement at hard i k labor. PREPARING TO SALVATION ARMY REGISTER ALL WAR FUND GETS CITY PROPERTY FURTHER BOOST Ordinance Requires Property Owners to Present Deeds to Be Recorded , I PREPARING NEW MAPS II New System Will Enable Of ficials to Make Proper Assessments I j Preparations for the registry of ! all real estate in the city as required I by an ordinance passed In Council re | cently, will be completed in a few j weeks by City Assessor Janv>s C. 1 Thompson and City EnginceJf>M. B. ' | Cowden. , i The ordinance requires all prop ! erty owners to bring the deeds show -1 ing they hold the title to the ground : and buildings in question, to the ' j city engineer's office to be record 'j ed. According to city officials it will r | require months to record these and ' some other arrangements may bo ■' made. By the first of next month, how ever, it is believed the necessary books will be ready for use and all ! deeds Of transfers of property after • that .date must be brought to the engineer's office to be registered and stamped. ' The county recorder, sheriff and [Continued on Page 10.] Kissed Wife Against Her Will; Jury Finds Case Against Husband Newark. X. J., March 2. —John Mac Donald, of Montclair, stands j convicted to-day of assault and bat tery for kissljig his wife by force. 1 "Xo husband has a legal right to j kiss his wife by force," Prosecutor : Mott told the jury. Mac Donald it was alleged, foreib ; ly obtained the kiss, after his wife I had refused to "make up." The jury I convicted him in 15 minutes. Sen | tenco was deferred. Bandits Rob Toledo Paymaster of $8,900 I By Asscciatcd Press Toledo, Ohio, March 2.—Four I bandits in a high-powered autonio t bile held up and robbed the pay j master of tlie Doehler Doe Castings Company of $8,900 .in cash to-day i near the factory in the western out | skirts of the city. The paymaster j was returning from a bank. A ! guard who accompanied him was : shot. The bandits escaped in their ; car. REV. J. T. KOSSITKR DEAD By Associated Press Baltimore, March 2. —The Rev. ! Joel T. Rossiter. for forty-three years ! | pastor of the First Reformed Church j :of this city died yesterday of heart 1 'disease. He was born in Montgomery j j county. Pa., in 1842. In his early | ! years he was a member of the fac- i j uity of the Military and Collegiate I ; Institute of Allentown. Pa. Dr. Bos- ! jsiter was an earnest advocate of ! electric sign advertising of church j services. Camp Curtin School Is 100 Per Cent. Red Cross! i • j Camp Curtin public school is one j l of those that have gone "over the ] | top" In the rted Cross drive, every one 1 : of the 847 pupils in the building be- I ing enrolled, and each room of the j twenty ha a perfect score. The I Senior and Juniors memberships have I netted a total of $269.35. or sn.l9 ! above requirements. Pupils of Miss (Ruth Wells raised $41.25. and those of i Kits BaVene Grove. $36 for the en rollment of little children who could not turn tluii own membership fees. iv Kiwanis Club Expects to Rais< $2,000 by Monday i | Results of the Kiwanis Club-Sal | vatlon Army war fund drive will be announced Monday night when members of the club will meet at the Central T. M. C. A. building, j Second and streets, at 7.30 I o'clock. Reports of the workers will l>c given at this meeting. Up to j this time the members of the club j have been working individually to j secure the subscriptions. Club offi cials are coniident that the fund will go "over the top." ! If the individual work fails be j fore Monday night to put the fund [Continued on Pago 10.] American Sea Captain, His Wife and Child Only U. S. Prisoners on Hun Raider By Associated Press Copenhagen. March 2. John Cameron, captain of the American j schooner Beluga: his wife, Mary Cameron, and their four-year-old | daughter Janita, of San Francisco, were the only American prisoners lon board the Spanish steamship | Tgotz-Meiuli, which went ashore on the northern extremity of Jutland, Captain Cameron says the Germans a German port. j Captain Cameron says the Germans fed and treated all of the prisoners ! well until a Japanese succeeded in escaping after which all were kept below for twenty-eight days. J A German ofticial statement of February 25 stated that the Ger man auxiliary cruiser Wolf- had re turned home after fifteen months in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. A British Admiralty com munication of the same date said that the Wolf had sunk eleven ships and a number of sailing vessels. Later reports showed that the Igotz | Mendi after her capture last May ! was placed in charge or a prize crew ! and a number of prisoners from the j sunken vessels transferred to her. The Igotz-Mendr followed the Wolf for four months until they were sep arated south of Ireland. The Ger man prize crew has been interned. Spanish Boat Chartered ' by Switzerland Is Sunk | by German U-Boat Torpedo By Associated I'ress Paris, March. 2. —A Spanish' ship chartered by Switzerland and .convey ing 3,000 tons of wheat from Amer ica to Kurt po has been .torpedoed and sunk, says a dispatch from Berne to the Petit Parisien. The sinking, the Berne advices say, was contrary to the solemn undertakings entered into by Germany.* The news lias had a strong effect on political' circles in Berne. Five Spanish vessels were sunk by Teuton submarines in the last five weeks. A dispatch from Madrid on February 27 said Spanish newspa pers announced that the Spanish ship Strnlero had been torpedoed and sunk. The sinking could not be con firmed In official circles. The Sar niero may be the ship referred to In the Petit Parisien dispatch from Berne. Snow Threatens Early in Week; Fair Afterwards By Associated Press Washington. March 2.- —Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday Issued by the Weather Bureau to-day are: North and Middle Atlantic States: Some prospect of rain or snow about Tuesday ox er northern portion. Gen erally fair thereafter. Moderate tem peratures first half, cold second half of week. Single Copy. 2 Cents HOME EDITION P.R.R.BUYSTWO PROPERTIES IN MARKETSTREET Corporation Takes Over For mer Hotel For Unan nounced Purpose PLANS NOT ANNOUNCED Rumors Arc That Company Plans a Big Im provement Announcement was made to-day that the Pennsylvania Railroad Hall purchased from Charles .Martin, pro prietor of the Hotel Martin, the buildings now housing the Capital City restaurant and a barber shop in Market street at the subway. The consideration was not given nor would officials of the company s-ay to what purposes the buildings \ ould lie put. "The company pro poses to hold tlie properties for fu ture uses," said one official. The buildings have a wide front age and at one time were used by A']-. Martin for his hotel. They run back to tlie private alleyway adjoin ing tilt; Pennsylvania passenger sta tion. The value of the structures was said by realty men to-day to be mall, although the ground has been assessed at a good iigure. It was ru mored that the company proposes to build on the sites within a short time. Berlin Claims Capture of Twelve U. S. Soldiers l> y . Associated Press Berlin, March 2 (British Admiralty. Per Wireless Press).— in a Herman attack northeast of Selclieprey yes terday the Americans suffered heav ilv and lost twelve prisoners, the War Office announced. -The Ger ivans penetrated the trenches at tacked, the statement says. Kast of Kheims, the Germans f< reed their way into Fort Pompelle, which had been destroyed. t< * X ± r . v ft i ♦ T* ' f • g ' *7* £, r L T JU • i *** A *s® „ w* <■£* X 3 v X J ! 44 ': 4 s T <44 JL ♦* 4* ■w.W. or any other organization adv.. X efo \. Al - T L X ion was ordered into the I. W. W. gatherin jr .1: . ■<•■ Wf: h. X COMMISSION APPROVES INCREASES § T X v 4 :p all w e§ ; U\;.t- T "f 4 : .a- 4* § e& C. X 1 I T JOHN REDMOND IMPROVING {♦ ▼ t London—John Redmond, the Irish leader, upon 3 A was | erfcfmed yesterday pa: V X 4I WILL REDUCE PASSENGER SERVICE * -v X VI f --*7* l • [ f-ched x 2 ules to be announced shortly by Director General X McAdoo. f X SCHUPP TO BE WITH NATIONALS * *s* Ferdinand Schupp, of Louisvill * ytW X ? T pitching" staff, it was announced here today. He win *• J receive SIO,OOO for the season, it is said unofficially. *j£ X -9LE REPORT ON PROHIBITION BILL J ♦ Washington—A favorable report to 'he Senate wa. J jfe rdered by a committee to-day on the bill providing pro & T hibition in Hawaii during the with a referendam X T vote within two years after peace, tt> determine whether &> T® ' 4# '• * 4* ~~~ " MARRIAGE LICENSES £ • Roland \\ liiMlc-r, HurrUliuric, nnd Midle May Mutffner. lllHNplrei *? Blu.urnll..e i.nd Kmmu \V. Hoorncr, HiirrNhurd 1 hnrlen A ' "• ■"A ? lnr> '" Allfmil". Hl*hplret U llllniii M. Stewart *** 7' imd Violet I. Ilclrm, llurrlMburgi lloivrr C*. French and Beanie I*. i£> Wclcbt, Altoonu. i MURDERS WIFE WITH SHOTGUN; TRIES SUICIDE Tears Hole in His Side With Weapon Ranged on Con trivance With String WOMAN FEARED DEATH Told Policemen to Wait Until Today Before Making Arrest Waynesboro. Pa., March 2.—John I Monn shot and instantly killed his I wife and then tried to kill himself i with a shotgun to which he had at- I tached a string. lie also cut his throat with a pocketknife and now jis in the Chambersburg hospital with little hope for his life. Monn's wife conducted a boarding house and the couple quarreled last night. Mrs. Monn is said to have told Patrolman John that she feared her husband would shoot her, but asked that he not be arrested until to-day: This morning Monn came down stairs earlier than his wife and loaded a double-barreled shotgun. | When Mrs. Monn appeared and l>e- Igan to get breakfast for the nine ! boarders living at the house he i opened lire. She died instantly. Monn then placed the gun on a contrivance that he rigged up in tlio I kitchen. He pulled the trigger with a string, which deflected the aim of ! the gun and the bullets tore a holo iin his side. Monn used the knife ! on his throat while bleeding on the floor, but missed his jugular vein land windpipe. Mrs. Monn was 34 ! and Monn is 40. . . STOWKMJ KKNIGNS By Associated Press j Mew York, March 2. —Kllery t'ory - Stowell .recognized as a leading au i thorlty on international law, has re signed from the faculty of Columbia University, he announced to-day. Professor Stowell declined to dis cuss his resignation. He will con tinue his work with the Patriotic Service League.