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AMERICAN ARMY
IS ARRIVING IN
FORCE AT FRONT
Yankees Hurrying to Take
Their Places in Battle,
Says Clemenceau
FRENCH ARE CONFIDENT
Hun Hordes Are Being Held
in Check by Allied
Armies
By Associated Press
Paris, May 7. American
troops arc continuing to arrive
on the front in force, Premier
Clemenceau told Marcel Hutin,
editor of the Echo De Paris, on
returning to-day from a two
days' visit to the front area.
The premier brought back, he
said a feeling of confidence in
the invincibility of the entente
forces.
Germany's hordes are still held in
check. Neither in Flanders nor in
Picardy nor along the important Ar- I
ras sector has the enemy renewed J
his attacks in force and he has not !
reacted against the gain made north j
Df the Somme by the Australians in 1
which more than 200 prisoners were
captured.
On both battlefronts, however, the j
artillery tire has been most intense '
and the German attack cannot much j
longer be delayed if the enemy I
hopes to take advantage of what- i
ever damage has been done to the ]
allied positions by the heavy bom- I
bardments carried out by his guns .
since the repulse north of Mont
Kemmel more than a week ago. The
greatest German artillery activity
has been on the northern half of the !
Flanders front and south of the '
Somme to below the Avre in Picardy.
Americans Await Attack
American troops in their positions j
south of the Somme have been sub- i
jected to intense artillery fire, the I
enemy using more than 15,000 :
shells, mostly gas, in a short period, i
There have been no signs of a Ger
man infantry attack against the
Americans who confidently await
the first signs of reawakened activ
ity.
A large part of the southern end
of the important Arras sector has
been taken over by Canadian troops,
who also are being visited by a
storm of German shells. French
generals believe the Germans may '
attack simultaneously on the Flan- i
ders, Arras and Amiens fronts in 1
an effort to push the allies back in
one mighty blow. The hill positions, I
however, arc held by the allies and !
their guns dominate the Germans I
atfl along the line.
' Hold Up Austrian Blow
The Austro-I-iungarian blow j
against the Italian front has not de
veloped. Rome reports only mod
erate artillery fire along most of the
front from Switzerland to the Adri- i
atic and no infantry activity. The
Austrians, however, may be waiting
for the most favorable moment,
probably the renewal of the German
drive in France.
To-day. May 7, is the third anni- I
versary of the sinking of the Lusi- J
tania by a German submarine with i
the loss of 1,275 lives.
41 Names on Casualty
List; 4 Killed in Action
By /li.'ociaicH Press
Washington, May 7.—The casualty
list to-day contained forty-one
names, divided as follows: Killed in
action, four; died of wounds, two; ]
died of disease, five: died of other
causes, one; wounded severely, six
teen; wounded slightly, thirteen:
missing in action, one. Lieutenant
F.dmond J. La Porte, of Plainfield.
N. J., was the only officer named.
He died of disease." Horseshoer Jo
seph Schubert, of Ford City, Pa., is j
reported as having been severely
wounded and Corporal George R.
Kardascovic, of Auburn. Pa., as
slightly wounded.
(
James M. Cameron
will be one of
'our citizens to
BOOST W. S. S.
! Everybody's doing it' I
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THE WEATHER]
/ffor Hnrriahurg nnrt vlclnltn
Thunrirrahonern thin afternoon
or o-nlKh Wednesday prob
nhlj- fair and somewhat eooler.
Fop Enntern Pennsylvaniai Tknn
ilernhowern thin afternoon or to
night I Wednesday prohnblv fnlr
nnd Komewhnt cooler) moderate
to fresh southwest to not
winds.
River
The Susquehanna river and prob
nhly all Hk hranchm will fall
■ lowly or remain nearly station
ary. A stave of about R.l fret
Is Indicated for Harrlsburg
Wednesday morning.
Sunt Rlsesi diOS a. M.i sets, 7i5J
p. tn.
Moon i New moon, May 10.
Give Him a Four Years' University Course in One!
If bv increasing our faculty to 5.000,000 we can complete his education in a shorter time, by ai
means, let's do it^
GERMAN GUNS
TURNED ON RED
CROSS MISSION
Party Escapes From Odessa
Thirty-Six Hours Before
Teutons Enter City
By Associated Press •
London, May 7.—ln an eventful
flight from Jassy, the Rumanian
capital, the American Red Cross mis
sion to Rumania which now has ar
rived in London, escaped from Odes
sa thirty-six hours before the Ger
mans entered it, only to be fired up
on by a German battery in the
Ukraine 200 miles north of the
Black sea port.
| The German shells did no damage
•to the Red Cross train, failing about
a half mile from it, but several mem
[ bers of the mission breathed a aigh
of relief when the bombardment
came to an end after five minutes
which had seemed like hours.
When the mission left Jassy. it
was known that ihe Journey likely
would be a dangerous one. Reports
in Jassy as to the whereabouts of
the Germans varied greatly, but it
was fairly clear that the Germans
were within fifty or sixty miles cf
Odessa and that their advance part
ies might be encountered along the
lines.
The train on which the Americans
traveled was one of the most extra
ordinary combinations of railway
rolling stock ever seen. American
doctors and officers had a third
class sleeping car while the nurses
had a second-class sleeper. Both
cars were of ancient Russian vintage
and without water supply or heating
facilities. t
The engine which pulled the train
| dated back to 1876 and only burned
| wood which was picked up along the
way. The engineer matched the
! engine. He was an elderly Russian
I of Bolsheviki opinion and had to be
fed with rubles and cognac almost
; as frequently as the engine required
wood. lie carried his family along
; with him in a boxcar next to the en
| gine and whenever meals or other
I domestic affairs required his atten
tion, he stopped the train and went
'home" to his boxcar.
Just outside Odessa the engineer
i became dissatisfied with the flow of
| rubles and cognac and went on a
strike and departed with the engine
and the boxcar. He had chosen
rather a critical time for reports
were current that the Germans were
likely to reach tho railway at iny
moment. After some delay they
succeeded in finding another engi
neer and engine and the train pro
ceeded.
As a matter of fact German bat
talions entered Odessa only th.lrtv
six hours after the Americans passed
through the city and It Is probable j
that some of their advance parties|
already were in the suburbs when
the engineer went strike.
dies worth *tr., 000,000
By Associated Press
Chlengo. May 7. Real estate ex
perts to-day estimated the fortune of
the late Mrs. Potter Palmer, who died
in Florida Sunday night, at between
$10,000,000 and $15,000,000.
TEUTONS STILL
HUNGER WITH
AID OF A DRUG
By Associated Press
Amsterdam, MAy 7.
TC> BEAR hunger without at
the same time suffering from
headache or other indisposi
tion is very difficult for most
people," reads the opening sen
tence of a significant advertise
ment inserted in Sunday's Tage
lische Buntschau, of Berlin, by a
Berlin chemical firm, praising
a newly-invented drug which,
"though not forming a substitute
for a minimum daily sustenance,
is an excellent preparation for
still premature hunger and en
ables one to hold out until the
next meal time."
COMMUNITY SONG
AT TECH SCHOOL
FOLLOWS PARADE
School Pupils and Others Are
Invited to Take Part After
W. S, S. Demonstration
The executive committee of the
community singing campaign an
nounces that following the marching
of the schoolchildren on Monday
for th eWar Savings Stamps, a great
song festival will be held in the Tech
nical High school auditorium, be
ginning promptly at 8 o'clock.
It is expected a celebrated leader
from out of the city will be present
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Alabama Ku Klux Klan
Ride Streets Bearing
Fiery Warning to Idle
Birmingham, Ala., May 7.—One hun
dred and fifty white-robed men, in
Ku Klux Klan uniform, carrying an
American flag and a flery cross at
the head of the procession, rode
through the streets of Birmingham
last night, warning idlers to find
work to do.
The riders distributed cards saying
the United states Is at war; that ev
ery man Is needed—except those
whose attitude Is hostile to the Gov
ernment—and that the klan intends
to see that there Is no idleness. The
cards say In part: .
"If you would be Justly entitled to
the toleration and protection you are
enjoying, find work to do and do It.
No able-bodied man, rich or poor,
has a right to consume without pro
ducing. Take heed and go to work.
The eye of scrutiny is upon you.
"Be respectful to the flag of our
country and loyal to the Government.
Aid by every means at your command
the suppression of 'disloyalty by
either speech or action. The Ku
Klux Klan is pledged to the enforce
ment of the above tenets."
HARRISBURG, FA., TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1918.
LIBERTY LOAN IS
$2,000,000 OVER
ITS LOCAL QUOTA
Official Figures Show District
Did Splendid Work For
National Cause
The total amount subscribed to
the Third Liberty Loan in the Har
risburg district -was $8,226,000, ac
cording to figures reported by Don
ald McCormick, chairman of the
district, this morning. The quota
was $6,200,000. In subscribing $2,-
000,000 more than its quota, the
Harrisburg district set a record
which has hardly been surpassed in
the country, and which won special
commendation from the Advisory
Committee of Pennsylvania.
The four counties comprising the
district and oversubscribing their
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British Casualties in Week,
38,691; Heaviest Loss
in Seven Days of Fighting
By Associated Press
London. May 7.—British casual
ties reported during the week end
ing to-day reached a total of 38,-
691. Of this number 6, s<js officers
and men were killed or died of
wounds and 32,136 were wounded or
reported missing. The casualties
were divided as follows:
Killed or died of wounds, officers
499; men, 6,056.
Wounded or missing: Officers, 1,-
859; men, 30,277.
British casualties reported during
April, starting with low figures in
the first week, began to mount rap
idly thereafter, so that the total for
the month reached 52.475. The re
turns from the heavy fighting
against the German offensive in late
March and April are now appar
ently in full flow-
It appears probable those report
ed during the current week are the
heaviest in any single week of the
fighting. In the days of the Somme
battle of 1916, however, the losses
reported in August averaged 30,000
per week and an average of more
than 25,000 has been reached in sev
eral other months.
May Fix School Tax at
Board Meeting May 17
Harrlsburg's school tax rate for
1918 will probably be fixed at the
meeting of the board. May 17, it was
said to-day. School official* predict
an Increase of at least 1 % mills
making a total of 11% mills, because
of the increase cost of maintenance
and the salary increases which have
been granted teachers and are being
considered for all other employes in
cluding janitors. A report from the
special committee on the latter in
creases was expected at the special
meeting this afternoon. The session
was called to discuss proposed
changes in the building program It
is understood.
HOPE TO EXCEED
RED CROSS QUOTA
IN RIG DRIVE
Committee Will Not Stop at
$150,000 Mark Set by Na
tional Organization
BIG WEEK APPROACHING
Quarter of Collections to Re
main Here For Local
Work
WILL HARRISBURG
RETAIN $37,500
OR $50,000?
During the week of May 20-27
Harrisbi'ig and the surrounding
sections of Perry and Cumberland
county which go to make up the
Harrisburg Chapter of the Red
Cross will raise not less than
$150,000 for the Red Cross.
The Harrisburg Chapter retains
25 per cent, of the total sum
raised.
Will the Harrisburg Chapter
have $37,500 in its treasury when
the campaign ends?
Or will it have $50,0007
Puzzle.
Chairman W. T. Hildrup of the
general committee in charge of the
forthcoming Red Cross campaign
through which $100,000,000 will be
raised in the nation, and not less
than $150,000 in the Harrisburg
Chapter district, declared this morn
ing that Harrisburg has already
made up its mind that a figure far
above the minimum will be the least
that it can give.
Tlie Harrisburg district consists
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McAdoo Promises Prompt
Action on Wage Increase
Washington. May 7. Secretary
McAdoo found a multitude of ques
tions awaiting his action at the
Treasury a/id Railroad Administra
tion when he returned to Washing
ton to-day after an absence of near
ly five weeks spent on a speaking
tour for the Liberty Loan. One of
the most important matters was de
cisions of wage increases to be grant
ed employes under recommendations
of the railroad wage commission.
The Secretary had said he would act
on the commission's report promptly
and increases will go into effect as of
January 1.
ACCISES PATIiOI.HA> OE
ISING ST KONG I.AXGIAGE
When Earl F. Goehler, 1117 Market
street, was fined $5 and costs of $3.75
in police court this afternoon on the
charge of parking his car in front
of the Dives. Pomeroy & Stewart
store. h<' stated that he would bring
information against the officer for
using profanity in arresting him. The
officer is George Neumyer. Goehler
is a Sunday school superintendent, it
is said.
U-BOAT SINKS
AFTER YANKEE
SHOOTS TWICE
No Signs of Submarine When
Crew of Tidewater Awaits
Morning Attack
Washington, May 7.—A fight be
tween the American steamer Tide
water and a German submarine on
March 17, in which the submarine
was defeated and perhaps sunk, has
been reported to the Navy Depart
ment. The announcement says:
"The commander of the armed
gard on the steamship Tidewater
reports to the Navy Department that
on March 17, about 11.30 p. m., a
submarine was sighted off the star
board bow, heading toward the ves
sel, about 150 yards off. As the
ship turned it missed the submarine
by not more than twenty feet. The
U-boat was then submerging. The
ship's guns were brought to hear
and the first shot hit some distance
ahead of her wake.
"The pointer fired the second shot
and had what the captain, the chief
engineer and myself and other mem
bers of the crew called a clean hit
and was satisfied that it was effec.
tlve. The third shot was fired by the
boatswain's mate in charge of the
aftergun's crew, having her spotted
and firing in the position she was
submerged. We resumed our course
and commenced zigzagging, stand
ing by for an attack, but the subma
rine did not appoir again. We made
all preparations for an attack at day
break but there was no signs of a
submarine."
Tyler's Crew Perish When
Bomb Hits Steamship
By Associated Press
New York, May 7.—The Ameri
can steamship Tyler, formerly an old
Dominion freighter, has been tor
pedoed and sunk off the FreYich
coast., according to information re
ceived in marine circles here to
day. Eleven members of the crew
were killed or drowned.
Of the eleven who perished, six
were members of the merchant crew
and five navy gunners. The mem
bers of the merchant crew killed !
were K. W. Mears, third assistnt, en
gineer, Washe f'reek. Va.: Clarence j
Knowlton. oiler, Norfolk, Va.; F\ j
Kauamato, mess man, no address; !
Joseph Kodrlguez, fireman: CJreg- |
garlo Carro, coal passer; Fernando I
I-assc, fireman, the three last from
Corunna, Spain,
WAR-TIME
HAS APPEAL FOR
HARRISBURG
Initial Lecture at Y. M. C. A. by Famous Cook Appre
ciated by Large Audience; Baking of Real War Bread
That Is Patriotic and Palatable One of First Demon
strations; Mrs. John W. Reily Introduces Speaker
Mrs. Kate Brew Vaughn, who has
returned to Harrisburg to give a six
days' demonstration of war cookery,
under the auspices of the Telegraph,
gave her initial lecture and demon
stration yesterday afternoon at
Fahnestock Hall, Y. M. C. A. build
ing to an audience of women that
well tilled the main auditorium and
that received her address with en
thusiasm and watched her demon
stration with great interest and
profit.
Mrs. Vaughn was introduced to the
audience by Mrs. John W. Reily,
local chairman of the Council of Na
tional Defense, who graciously re
ferred to the enterprise of the Tele
graph in bringing Mrs. Vaughn here
at such a propitious time.
Warmly Greeted
Mrs. Vaughn was warmly greeted]
by the women who heard her on the
occasion of her last appearance here]
and by many new friends as well.
Mrs. Vaughn wears the shield of the
council as well as other insignia of
national significance. She is accom
panied in her work by Miss Vivien
Kieffer, of Lancaster.
Unlike many speakers on house
hold economics, Mrs. Vaughn makes
a point wherever she goes of giving
straight from the shoulder patriotic
talks. In fact her teaching through
out the demonstration bears constant
reference to the war and the work
that women must do to win it. She
thrilled her audience yesterday aft
ernoon with the thought that for the
first time in the history of our nation
the government of the United States
has been obliged to rely upon its
woman-power, as second only to its
man-power and hardly of less im
portance in the present world crisis.
Then she told how this woman-power
must be mobilized for service ex
pected of it and from that went
quietly and logically into a demon
stration of ways and means, which
was of the most practical value. She
took occasion to mention the activity
of the food conservation workers
here which is evidenced by the fact
that the local grocery stores are
stocked with various kinds of flour
substitutes, also by the great number
of food cards that are displayed in
the windows of the homes through
out the city.
Real War Bread
Mrs. Vaughn's first demonstration
yesterday afternoon was war bread
which she made using no wheat
flour. She used one cup of potato
flour, one cup of cornmeal, one cup
of buckwheat flour and one cup of
BIG DEMAND FOR
ICE IS RESULT
OF HEAT WAVE
Price List For Summer An
nounced; Hard to Move
Natural Product
The warm weather of yesterday
and to-day caused the consumption
of hundreds of .ons of ice in the city
and vicinity. This ice, according to
the statement of the officials of the
United Ice and Coal Company, which
delivered 100 tons of ice in the city
yesterday, and perhaps more to-day,
is being sold at the same prices as
last year. This is In spite of the
high cost of materials and labor, and
the difficulty of securing ammonia
for artificial ice.
The United Ice and Coal Company
has been able to secure a supply of
ammonia to keep its artificial ice
plants in the city running daily with
an output of 105 tons per day! Much
of the ice sold and consumed in the
city during the present hot spell is
artificial.
Owing to the car shortage on the
railroad, the general manager of 'he
United Ice and Coal Company an
nounced to-day that it has been un
usually difficult to secure a supply of
natural ice in the city. The com
pany stored great quantities of the
natural product during the wintnr,
but Is beginning to anticipate diffi
culty in getting it to the city over the
railroads. The shortage of cars is
the only exigency which can cause a
scarcity of ice here this summer with
accompanying soaring prices, it w&s
said this morning.
The prices of ice as announced this
morning are:.
Per twenty pounds $.lO
Per hundred pounds 45
Per fifty pounds 25
When the customer delivers the
ice himself, per hundred
pounds 30
Per fifty pounds, delivered by
the customer
By lots of at least 200 pounds,
per 100 pounds 35
By more than two ton lots, per
ton 5.00
It was announced some time ago
that the only increase in price for
ice this summer will be when it is
sold In large quantities. These in
creases have not been announced as
yet.
MOHTAMTV IIATK IXCRKASK
The "mortality ratp in the city for
the first three months Increased
slightly according to inonthlv birth
and death reports at the City Depart
ment of Health. During Januarv,
February and March. 1918, there were
864 deaths and 434 births. During the
same three months last year there
were 323 deaths and 448 births.
ONI.V EVENING A SSO;i A I'liU PIIKSI
KEWSPAPKH FN H AII It IftHHIIH
Program For
Wednesday Afternoon
Lecture Subject:
"Making the Most of a Little.
Stretching the Dollar."
Menu
War Cake
Meat Loaf—Tomato Sauce
Rice and Tomato Croquettes
Chocolate Marshmallow Pudding
Doors open I.3o—Musical Con
cert, 2 p. ni.—Lecture. 2.30.
Pahnestock Hall, T. M. C.
A. Building.
Free to Everybody.
oatmeal. She whisked together a
wonderful meat substitute loaf with
peanuts and peanut butter as part
of the ingredients and the audience
had an opportunity of tasting it.
Then she sent around some mint jelly
lhat was delicious to taste and still
more delectable to see. All the time
she was giving valuable culinary
hints, pausing to put in a patriotic
word, showing how to do this or that
clever stunt. In fact she was her
own. fascinating, magnetic self and
she won the hearts that had not been
hers before. An interesting incident
of the afternoon was the allotment
of a beautiful decorated caJte <a war
cake in its ingredients) which was
presented to Mrs. C. H. Wagner,
2409 Main street, Penbrook.
kitchen Cabinet lor Someone
Considerable interest was manl-
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f T! ' mills now are running at capacity, he said, as com 1
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if RUMANIA AND TEUTONS AT'PEACE $
£ Amsterdam—The peace treaty between Rumania an
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official dispatch from Bucharest to-day. T
I "DELPHIAN DIES SUDDENLY 4>
I !v lphia—William Henry Ashurst, a prominent 4
4 Philadelphian and a member of the original Ashurst ♦
X - ft r "f.turning
IX home from a motor ride. He was 51 years old and a
MP T
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4| NICARAGUA DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY J
JL Ni ir en: ■. .:".,ress j*
t to-day declared war on Germany and her allies.
X S
J CURTIS CO. HEARINGS BEGIN *r
4 Commission to-day X
at fchedule of hearings in the complain J
Tj against the Curtis Publishing Company, of Philadelphia 4*
it Baltimore. The complaint involve *
X ■ restrain I
4* *
CROWDER CALLS 4,060 FOR MAY 20 J
T Washington—A requisition on all states except Ari *
X zona, Delaware and Vermont for 4,060 specially qualifie
V draft registrants to go to camp May 20, was sent out to 1
f* day by Pro.vost.Marshal General Crowder. *
T McADOO HAS TONSILITIS 1
♦
♦ gton-—Secretary McAdoo developed a case of M
e£ *
Np tonsilitis to-day and was compelled to do his work at |
T home. * ®
4 HOURLESS TAKEN FROM TRACK X
New York—Hourless, a leading three-year-old on uic 'X
rF American turf last year, will not race again, it was an- 4|
4 - owner, August Belmont
MARRIAGE LICENSES f
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Mervln \eUon l.lachtner, IMimniinon, urid Mnr<r Hnrgurrlte
•p Hire. Hurrlnhurni Jumrx Mai-Donald Murlnnri, Hitrribur. and • "
4) lluth Mnrlan Nhenk. Mlllerntnni .luneph A. Mrxnrt and Kleanar (
T C. McCarthy, Harrlnliarut Walter M. W Irnnd nnd Irene K. C'olr-
Mtm-k. HurrlsburKt Cnrmlno CanbMella und Mllemlnn Ualln, Har- tf
rUbor*.
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HOME EDITION
DR. BAGNELL TO
TOUR AMERICAN
LINES IN FRANCE
Pastor of Grace Church to
Bring Home Great Truths
of the War
TO VISIT HARRISBURGERS
Minister Plans to Learn First
Hand How Soldiers
Fare
Harrisburg is to learn first hand
just how its fighting men are living,
under what conditions they are bat
ling for their nation's cause and
what protection and comforts are
provided for them by the govern
ment. the V. M. C. A., the Red Cross
and the Knights of Columbus. It is
to learn just what problems the peo
ple at home must meet to insure
victory and what rumors from the
front are based on truth and what
are based on Hun propaganda.
To ascertain these facts the Rev.
Dr. Robert Bagnell, pastor of Grace
Methodist Church, will leave fox-
France in June and return in Sep
tember. He is being sent by a spe
cial committee of his congregation.
It was Dr. Bagnell who toured the
great training cantonments in Amer
ica to report to the government
what the moral conditions were sur
rounding the men.
To Be in France
It is no longer a military secret
that the big majority of the huii
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Child Scalds Self by
Toppling Over Soup Kettle
Dorothy Kahn. the 3-year-old
daughter of David Kahn. 18U North
Seventh street, is in the Harrisliurg
Hospital, seriously scalded about the
body as the result of an accident at
her home yesterday.
The little girl was playing in the
kitchen during her mother's absence
and pulled over a kettle or soup
which was boiling on the stove. The
boiling liquid poured over her cloth
ing, scalding her seriously. The
screams of the little girl aroused the
mother, who sent for the hospital
ambulance.