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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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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
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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
nn<! warmer to-night, nith tow
el temperature about 3ti ile
greesj Sunday fnir, with moder
ate temperature.
l-'or Fastern I'eiuisy Irania: Fnir
and warmer to-night; Sunday
fairs moderate winds, mostlv
xoutfi we*t.
Itlver
The main river will rise this af
ternoon. to-night iiuil Sunday,
tlie upper portion beginning to
tali Sunday. The loiter North
anil Went hruneheM will eontiniie
lo rise till late to-night or enrly
Mindiiy. All other streams of
the system will fall. V ntne of
about 11i.7 feet Is Indieated fur
llarrishurg Sunday morning,
with a maximum stage of about
111.5 feet Sunday afternoon.
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fienernl < onditionx ,
The eyelonie depression from the
Canadian Northwest has mov
ed southeastward and in now
eentrnl over Ontnrlo. I nder its
influenee temperatures hate
risen 2 to :tli degrees over the
I'lnins State*, the I pper Hin
sissippi \ alley nnd the l.ake Ite
in in the last twenty-four
hours. Springlike weather pre
vails oi er moNt of the t nited
State*, with moderate tempera
ture* nnd clear skies prevail
ing generally, except In North
western Texas nnd Oklahoma,
where rain is fulling. I.ight
rains fell Frldny along the At
lantic coast from Sew Jersey
northwaril In the wake of the
storm that pasned off the >ew
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. !
! ' ,
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.