| < .. ' ; f - • - ' ;• • ' • '• . *" ■ Substantial Increase in Wage Scale For Union Building Tradesmen Is Granted For Apr 1 rsi HARKISBURG TELEGRAPH fcfoc otar-3ni>cpcnknt • . * * LXXXVII— No. 76 18 PAGES #,^V"£ts y * ALLIES MAKE READY TO HIT BACK AT AD VANCING GERMANS WITH UNIFIED ARMY CONTROL DESPERATE BATTLE I LAUNCHED BYHWS ON FRENCH FRONT Temporary Lall in Fighting Merely a Prelude to Heavier Battling That Is to Come; Kaiser's Massed Forces Still Press Forward at Points Where Heaviest Attacks Are Made Against Defenders' Lines By Associated Press LONDON, March 30.—The Germans still are rushing forward artilley and reorganizing their forces, Reuter's correspondent at British headquarters telegraphs. The slowing down in the battle, he says, probably is only a lull before another storm of still greater intensity. The situation on the British sector of the new battlefront this morning was more satisfac tory from the allied standpoint. The night was comparatively quiet. Strong enemy patrols in the Arras sector penetrated the British outpost line near Alreaux and forced the posts to withdraw after intense fighting. This appears to be the only change in the lines near Arras. London, March 30.—The Germans attacking yester day at Demuin and Mezieres pressed back the British from Mezieres, the War Office announces. All the enemy attempts to capture Demuin broke down after sharp fighting, which lasted throughout the afternoon. Mezieres, captured by the Germans, is in the sector south of the Somme, where the principal gains of the Germans in the last few days have been made. It is ten miles north of Montdidier. The Germans last night renewed their powerful attacks in the Montdidier region, where their wedge had been pushed fur thest toward Paris, and a.great battle is raging along a twenty-j five-mile front -jn both sides of the salient which has Montdidier! ;it its point. Tue French, backed up by powerful reserves, are of-; icring a desperate resistance to the German blow. Apparently the French line lias been forced back slightly on the northern edge of this front, as the Paris official report of the battle mentions the town of Moreuil as forming a part of the line' here. This place is on the Avrc river about eleven miles south east of Amiens, and its occupation by the Germans would advance them slightly nearer that Allied base- Battle Rages Near Lassigny On the southerly side of the salient the battle is raging to a point beyond Lassigny, which lies some fourteen miles east of Montdidier. There is no indication of any change along this part of the front. The German assault in this region stems a logical outcome of tlie strategic position in which the Teutons find themselves, as their lines, virtually in the open all the way back to the Oise, of-; fcrcd an inviting objective for an Allied counter blow. It ap parently was a case of attack or be attacked, and they have taken the initiative. 4 j •To the north, along the British front, the situation virtually! is unchanged. In general, {lie British line stands to-day in nearly! the same position as yesterday. At only one point, just about where the French and British lines join, did the Germans make any advance, pushing a short distance up the Rove-Amiens road [Continued on Page 9.] BRITISH FRONT TIN MAGNIFICENTLY London, March 30.—The British line held magnificently throughout Friday, according to Reuter's Limit ed, correspondent at British head quarters in France. "At one point only," says the cor-, respondent, "where the Germans got across the river in force about Cerisy j and so taking the troops in the Pro-' yart-Merlcourt neighborhood in ;lie; rear, have we fallen back but that! . retirement gallantly waj done. Our BATTLEFIELD STREWN WITH BODIES OF THOUSANDS SLAIN! ■ —— By Associated Press , l.undon. March 30.—A gruesome picture 'of battlefield conditions Is drawn by the .Morning Host's corres- j pondtnt in France. "Prisoners say the countryside is full of bodies r.nd! that the air is horrible with the odor of death," he writes. "Weils cannot be used. The ruined vil lages nre impossible as billets be cause they are strewn with German dcud. There are great piles of men wfere taken In the rear before! they knew it. "As there were guns to be with- i drawn both infantry and gunners faced round and for a while some cf our! lield artillery was firing with', open sights into tho die my. Then; the infantry charged and succeeded driving the superior force of the! enem.v uack to the river bank hold-' lug them there until the (runs were withdrawn. This sector of the ii-.ie then swung back to new positions, l runniiig by Hampl and Lamotte." j I bodies along the roads and between, s them. The enemy has only recently| ■ J found time to bury any of his dead.! "Thre spectacle of the battlefield! '| carpeted with the bodies of their! Il comrades has affected I'resli troops 1 who in this way discovered to their! i surprise that the British are notj too weak to fight. Prisoners sav the! British endurance and skill in fight ing jls delaying the progress of the* Gcomn axuiiv" S 4 J*-' , f ft . h I-JARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING. MARCH 30, 1918 Democracy's Gethsemane % FOOD SLACKERS GET CHANCE TO MAKE PROTEST Easy Now to Show Adminis trator How You Feci About the War Food slackers who object to ob serving meatless and wheatless lavs when ordering their meals at pub- I lie eating houses, to-day were given I an opportunity of having their names j turned into tl)cs United States Food | Administration, the local food ad- S ministrator announced this morn j ing. j Following the coal and flour cards, ; now conies the United States Food . Administration Pledfje Exemption Card, issued to the local food ad ministrator by Howard Heinz this morning. The pledpe exemption lard | is a card which patrons of public eating houses who object to the re | fiti ictlons 011 food urged by the na tional food administration, will be j asked by the proprietors of such eut j ing places to fill out for return to the [Continued oil Page I".] l:\IM.OSIOX KILLS GIKI, Word was reecived here to-day that j Miss Kathryn Mahoney, of Wiconisco, : had been killed yesterday in an expio i sion near Philadelphia. Miss Mahoney was well known in the upper end of tlip county. Relatives left for Phila j delphia last night to arrange for I burial. THE WEATHER For Ilurrifthurjc and virinKy: Fair to-nitsht; lowfMt temperature about !W ilrgrrpN] Sunday purely rloinl> nnl wnrmrr. i For KiiHtrrn IVnnH.vlvanlni Partly eloudy ln-nl((ht und Sundnj; wnrmrr Sunday : grritlf to mod or ate .south and southwest lad*. Teaiperuture: H a. m.. -IU. Sun: Hlaes, 54H a. m.; set*. tlilli l. m. Hi ver Stuff** 5.4 (eft nbove lon water mnrk. Mnoni l.aat quarter, April 4. THE CLOCK WILL WHOLE CITY WILL DO THE THINKING HONOR DR.FREUND It YOU TURN IT DURING HIS VISIT Daylight Saving Is Easy if the | Noted Musical Authority Is Individual Doesn't Coin- Coming to Interest Harris plicate It burg in Nation-wide Plan Turn the Clock and It Will Do the Host j AT - O'CLOCK to-morrow ! morning the railroads, street I car lines and all industries I will turn ahead the clock hands 1 one hour. Citizens are advised to make j the change at 10 o'clock to-night, | otherwise they may be late for j Church Easter morning. Turn forward the hands and I | forget all about it. If you need j a reminder. Mayor Kclster has made provision, for the whistles j I of Harrisburg will blow to-night j at exactly 10. Turn then, citizen, and forget it. ! Daylight saving will go into effect 1 officially at 2 a. m. to-morrow,, ac cording to Federal law, and it will save $40,000,000 worth of coal ia the next seven months, say United) States engineers. If each of the one; hundred million persons in America j' will utilize this extra daylight Hour j it will mean an increase of just that j many working hours. Reduced to! 1 years, this would signify that 11,416'' years each day are at our disposal,! to be wasted, or used to help Uncle | : Sam make the world safe for de- j mocracy. Announcement has been made by ; the Pennsylvania Railroad that no \'■ change will be made in timetables on any portion of the system in con- | nection with the inauguration of the ' daylight saving plan. The hands of 11 the clocks simply will be turned ji ahead one hour, and the existing train schedule will automatically ' apply to the new standard time. il Daylight Saving isn't nearly so I complftated as it appears. All you j l [Continued on Page t.] ' t 1 \., . , 1 The coming week will bo an eventful one in the musical history of Harrisburg. marking, as it does, ' the visit of Dr. John C. Freund, I president of the Musical Alliance and | editor of Music Trades and Musical I America. The Chamber of Com merce, state officials, the public | schools and the public In general will | do honor to the distinguished guest, I will speak at numerous gath j erings and in the schools, telling I about the Musical Alliance of the ■ United States, a comprehensive plan i for the furtherance of the musical cause, which plan is the result of j his life-long work and of the ex j perience he has had as to the actual [Continued on Page 2.] Foch's Appointment as Chief Long Urged by U. S. tly Associated I'rcs* i Washington. March 30. —The ap- ; i pointment of General Koch, French ; jcliief of staff to supreme command! iof the allied and American forces, jin France, is regarded here to-day : as the Important development In the i I situation on the western front, j The elevation of General Foch t imade known in official Information! j reaching Washington last night ' means the co-ordination of nil the ! armies opposing the Germ '.n jn- ' slauglit. This is a step long urg >.l by American and French militarj I men and apparently ivas bro-igh> ! about by the realization of the im ! mediate necessity .of driving the Germans. The naming or General Foch a!;n went a great way to strengthen l!.r belief that an Anglo-American coun ter offensive is not far off • nd tha! the allied blow ls L to 'fall on the French section of the recent fighting front. ' . v. • - HUNS SUFFER HEAVY LOSS IN ARRAS ATTACK British Gunners Account For Many Germans in Drive For Town By Associated Press British Army Headquarters ill I'ranw, Friday, March 2 o—The Ger man attempt to force the British! hack along the Scarpe and capture; Arras cost them an enormous price; in casualties, although they used ten i divisions. North of the rive? the | Britis'i held to their positions and I only slightly wavered before the) enemy onslaught. South of the river, j however, the British retired slightly between Fampoux and Boisleux. There was hard lighting 011 both sides of the Scarpe. To the north the most desperate conflict \*as staged about Boeux, where the Germans succeeded in forcing the British to withdraw north of Gavreile, the enemy tried to push the British back on Bailleul, but were repulsed. South of the river the most bitter lighting was about Telegraph Hill, which changed hands several times. Marvelous Artillery Work Below the Somme British artillery has been doing marvelous work in getting the heavy guns baclc during the withdrawal. One battery of heavies was cut off and lost for three days. Although often surrounded the men worked their way out to the British lines with all the guns. Oft high ground near Albert there are five machine gunners who are cut off six hundred yards in front of their own infantry but who still are doing heavy execution among the enemy. Tanks have been traveling in pairs, stemming the advance and making prisoners. Meeting Obstinate Hesistanee That sector of the long battle front : lying south of the Somme river con-1 tinued to-day to be the crucial zone j of conilict. The Germans, following j up th6ir small gains of yesterday in j their northwestward drive to-ward Amiens were pressing the attack vig orously. They were meeting with the most obstinate resistance on the part of the British defenders however, and the latest reports indicate little or no change in the situation since last night, despite the hard lighting. On the extreme north the enemy had desisted for the moment from their assault against Arras, but it appears the>* are only waiting for fresh troops before renewing their drive. Solemn High Mass to Be Said For Soldier Boy Who Gives Life in France Solemn High Mass of roqulem for Sylvester P. Sullivan, the Harrisburg boy killed recently while fighting with the Rainbow Division in France, will be celebrated Monday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Among those who at tend will be a soldier chum of tlie fallen youth. Lieutenant Hoy Peters, formerly of Company 1, Eighth Rcgi ment and also well known here. The lieutenant was transferred to the Rainbow Division just in time to i join the expedition and upon receiv - ing a furlough several weeks ago he prepared to return home, arriving yesterday. Nearly the last comrade he saw was Sullivan who gave htm ;i purse of gold that he had saved \ from his soldier's pay. "Please give | this to my mother," he requested. I "She will have more use for it than 1. and I want her to have It." No other message arrived after this and | Lieutenant Peters did not know that the brave lad had lost his life while he was at sea. At the Solemn High Mass, Father Carey will be celebrant; Father Fee ser, deacon, and Father O'Flynn sub deacon. BishopMeDevitt will give ab solution. Various delegations will pay tribute to the dead hero, among them the Daughters of 1917 and the Red Cross. At St. Francis' Church last evening prayers were offered for the repose of Soldier Sullivan's soul. WINS TEWIS rHAMVIONSniI' By Associated Press Sew York, March 30. Miss Molln Biurstedt won the women's national indoor tennis championship here to day. defeating .Miss Eleanor Goss two sets out of three by scores of 3-C, 6-1, 6-4. GET 10 I'EH CKM'. INCREASE Employes of the big Lalance-Gros- Jean tin plate plant were given a 10 per cent, increase in wages. It is given to all employes, and Is effective Monday. LAST CALL On Monday Morning $4.14 will not = $5.00 It will then take $4.15 ifcgTTell the Boy Scouts you've bought. a a li> nctitss i iaii r miTiAif MUM-Ariit i m HAMiiisiniiu; HUMh EDITION COAL PRICES FOR SUMMER SEASON ARE ANNOUNCED Cheapest Grade of Pea to Sell at $7,150 For Five Months THREE GRADES LISTED Each Dealer Must Charge the j Same Flat Price, Ad ministrator Rules The Federal Fuel Commission ol'i Dauphin county this morning issued i a price list on nil grades of coal t i which must be conformed to by the! dealers of the city. Tiio price list takes effect with the new coal year! beginning; Monday. The uniform price list is the re sult of much consideration 011 the part of the fuel commission, and a series of conferences between local coal dealers, public officials, and cit izens' committees. The price list as published conforms to the regula-' tions of the National Fuel Adminis-1 tration, which issued rulings on, [Continued on l'agc .] Escaped Enemy Alien Is Placed in County Jail Deputy United States Marshal Harvey T. Smith brought to the Dau phin couunty jail to-dsiy a German | alien. Karl Fatschel, who had been wandering over the country, shadowed I by Secret Service men, ever since lie escaped from the interned German | steamer. Wlilielm dor Grosse. in Ho- | boken harbor. Fatschel, with two other sailors, managed to elude the ' United States soldiers and reaching! Philadelphia he exchanged his uni- I form in a Chinese shop for citizen clothes. He changed his name with bis clothes, but in an u 111 IK' l\y moment f for him he wrote to a friend, signing | his light name, and tht> Post Of lice I Department picked up his trail. Mar- I slial Smith located him at Phillips-1 burg, ivlirre lie was working in the Silica Company plant. State Police bad already bunted him down and had him in custody. He said that he bal been a railroad fireman in Geramny, getting $25 a month. Marshal Smith will procure a Presidential order of removal and send him to a detention prison. ©•sHSnMr iriHHcirjnk. irHrkirirtic. iHrJbMdfe 1 | -.a L> I I I 1 T * X T T t x ± £ 4* ' t \.\V, AM. X-M . qpy 2 X ♦ T " X I :n >- ± i ? X; j I i f ? I i t ' L • cr n- 2 i* n t 4 + <& ** f T X $ .'r.fr. m rt) t- T , j| J ' 1 0" X i * * ? * * K !(■; , £, J \ before Congress, Senator Overman. N Carolina j!* I 5 1 T ;• . ■f - cha ■ <■: (■ ii r * *- . , i y' ■ *f> j! Rome—The Prefect of Safari har, request ated es- a, . ,i; vn< : u ■ Vo < v £TirpiU in Sardinia 1 X MARRIAGE £ J; Paul C. Kauffmnn. Dayton, Ohio, nnd Pauline B. O'Neal Har- >1 < rUl.urm Samuel B. l.onK. Sunhury. ami Abbey K. Pllta. \\ |..onlneo: ■j Jm-ob 11. Slielley ua<l Martha 1.. Olmeler, MMdltltwni Harvey I *V* V Whye and Sara X. i:pentu<<l>-. Mlrtillrtnivn; John J Pa lit nnd' i:. i' tella 1,. Ilmilorr, KHr'.e(hv lie, t hurlem 1., "berk. Hulnl"?. and * 4 I Vu "" < ' ~" , ;k 1 P Ir> 1 r> '' r . n M r "" U! ' l" ri "r U Oherlln, ami Kllra i- .. ."V"' M " Hi.navke, ..ml , -* I.la 11. 'l'honiMo... Ilxrrixl.uriti Ira A. Ilurrell. Oitm-annon. ami *ell *t* J, CulbertßOii. l.o>Hvlllet Murray H. Ilrnry. ICllwond City, aa.l 1.11- lli.ii l<. Ilolhert. Ilarrlxhurut I'lliil Ivni.M .. n <l Katie Keuhauer. Har- < rlMhurgi John lleimoo.l, AVla.lhurn, ami l ulu |, itemivdrr, Clear * " r,d ' ifwfr**** ju.fc i. y.a .... SKILLED LABOR GETS 15 PER CENT. WAGE INCREASE Xew Scale to Become Effect ive in City on llie First of April MANY CONTRACTS SIGNED Nearly 2,.">00 Members of the Building Trades Union Affected | A wage increase of at least 15 per | cent, to skilled and unskilled labor \ engaged in building projects through* | out Dauphin and Cumberland coun ties was announced last night by H. M. Brooks, business manager of the j iiuilding Trades Union and president of the Central Labor Union. The in creased wage scales go into effect Monday. Approximately 2.500 men in Dauph in and Cumberland county are af | fected by the increase, and the new scale will increase monthly payrolls |by many thousands of dollars. The ; wages have been agreed to by many j I.lidding contractors throughout the | ciunty, and in numerous cases cm [Continued on l*agc 3.] Wood Passes Test, Will Return to His Command Washington, March 30. Major I General Leonard Wood has passed j his physical .examination for active service at the front and will be re- I turned to command his division at ! Camp Funston, Kan. This became known at the War j Department late yesterday, disposing !of rumors that through the rigid | test to which all general officers who j are to take the lield in France are subjected, the administration was | preparing to shelve General Wood, j senior major general on the active list of the Army. Unless he is selected for some more important post. General Wood probably will retain command of the Eighty-ninth division when it is sent to France. In his fifty-eighth year, the former chief-of-staff enjoys ro bust health.
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