Germans Hope to Drive Allies Toward Kemmel Seek River and From Kemmel Heights feb HARRISBURG lil§l|i TELEGRAPH M otar-3n&cpcn&cnt ® LXXXVII— No. 110 16 PAGES GREAT BATTLE BEGINS ANEW WITH ALLIES STANDING FIRM GERMANS SUFFER HEAVY LOSSES IN COUNTERATTACK British Eject Huns From Po sitions Gained in Costly Day Assault THE ALLIED LINES HOLD Kaiser's Legions Held in Cheek When Two Divisions Fail to Make Progress By Associated rress London, May 9.—By a counter attack delivered last night by British troops the Germans were driven from the positions of the allied front line they had entered on the Flanders front •In the La Clytte-Voormezeele sector, the war office announced to day. A new German attack was made this morning on the Flanders front north of Kemmel. The enemy pressed back the British line slight ly at one point, the war office an nounces. Further progress was made last night by the British on the front east of Amiens, between the Somme and Ancre rivers. Yesterday's attack on the Fland ers line was carried out by two Ger man divisions. Heavy casualties were inflicted upon them by the British' forces. The {statement follows: "Successful counterattacks launch ed hy British and French troops yesterday in the 1a Clytte-Voor mezeele sector drove the enemy from the portions of the allied front line in which he had gained a foot ing during the morning, and re established the positions originally held by us. We captured several prisoners. Fincmy Attacks Again "This morning the enemy again attacked north of Kemmel and sue- I reeded in pressing back our line 1 slightly at one point where the fight ing continues. "Troops of two German divisions took part in the enemy's attack yes terday morning. Heavy casualties were inflicted on them hy our ar tillery tire as well as in infantry fighting, both during the attack and in the subsequent counterattack. "Local fighting took place also yesterday at Bucquoy, in the course of which we captured thirty pris oners. During the night further progress was made by us between the Homme and the Ancre. Our new positions in this sector were im proved. Several prisoners were taken by us. "Hostile raids were repulsed in the neighborhod of Lens and Mer ris. The enemy's artillery develop ed considerable activity during the night in the Albert sector.'' In Flanders the Germans have re turned to the attack but apparently only in a strong local attempt to outflank the positions of Locre, Scherpenberg and Mont Bougc which rContinued on Page ll.] FRANK SITES' COM MITTEEMEN START NEXT WEEK £2TDo You Buy WAR STAMPS THE WEATHER For HnrrlNbiirK nn<l vicinity: Cloudy to-night and Friday, probably nhowrrm uiirmrr fo nt Kh t, with lotvrNt trmperiitiirr about' 58 degreex. For EnKtrrn IVnni.vlvania: Cloudy tn-nlglit nnd Friday, probably Kbonprn, pxcrpl fnlr In outh mxt portion to-night \ mirmrr to-night; moilrrntr xoiith ninda. Hlver The SiiKqurliannii river nnd nil ll* brant-ben vrlll fall xlonl.v to right and probably Friday. \ atngr of about 4.H tret la indi cated for Harriaburg Friday morning. Crneral Condition* The diaturhance that appeared went of the Iloeky Mount nlnn. \\ ednexdny morning, haa moved rapidly euatward with Inerenx- Ing energy and la now central over Sontbweatern Nebrnnku. with barometer reading; of 2K.IS Inehea at North Platte. It haa •-aimed acattered ahowera over much of the weatern part of the country nnd In connection with n high preaaurc area to the northweatwnrd, anow In North ern Wyoming and Montana. It la 2 to 20 degree* cooler In the Atlantic State* from South Carolina northwnrd, l.lght froat occurred at llutTalo thla morning. Temperature* have riaen 2 to 14 degreew in the Ml*- alaalppl and l.ower Mlanourl valleya and the i.ake llegion. Temperature I H a. m., 84. Sunt Itiaea, A:0tl a. m.| acta, 7:54 p. m. Moon: New moon. May 10. River Stage: 3 feet above low mark. Yeaterday'a Weather Hlgheat temperature, 77.. I.oweat temperiiture. til. Mean temperature, 00. Normal temperature, ,*>o. How Large to Make Our Army j Secretary Baker to-day a CITY MAY PAY FOR WHEAT LOST BY NEGLIGENCE Officials Now See Error of Indifference When Airplane Landing Site Was Selected Indifference on the part of city officials to see that a proper field was selected for the landing of Lieu tenant Georges Flachaire's airplane last week has caused the loss of the major portion of the harvest from a large wheat field, it was learned to-day. To make partial amends city officials this afternoon took steps to see that the farmer he reimbursed, but there is no way to meet the loss of the wheat now so badly need ed because of the war. According to. the police to-day Lieutenant Flachaire and a press agent appeared at the Mayor's office last week and asked for police pro tection at the landing point. A pa trolman was sent out with the men and the press agent picked on the wheat field. His action was sanc tioned by the patrolman. An adja cent field with nothing in it was passed up because it was "too rough." The field selected is a part of the McCormick estate, farmed by P. L. Neals. The farmer was not consult ed and his first knowledge of the selection was when he saw the great crowd pouring across his valuable wheat field. The murmuring protest of Satur day against the destruction of the wheat field to-day grew until there was city-wide criticism of city of ficials who did not take the trouble to determine what was going on. Intrepid French Flyer Makes 5-Minute Record; One Sunday's Work I'arta, May 9.—Within five min utes on Tuesday Sublieutenant Nun gesser, leading French aviator, brought down his thirty-third and thirty-fourth German machines and damaged another, which undoubtedly will be placed to his credit. On Sunday he knocked out two other enemy airplanes, which have not yet been officially recorded. Sublieu tenant Nungeaser, during three years of air fighting, has been wounded seventeen times and has served on fifty-two bombing expeditions. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS nnounced more than 500,000 Americans now are in France STORY OF FRANCE TO BE TOLD HERE FOR FIRST TIME French Army Chaplain to Re veal Condition of Great Sister Republic When Dr. Sauvage, the French army chaplain, talks to the audience that will greet him at Chestnut Street Auditorium Saturday night, Harrisburg will again have an op portunity to hear a first-hand story of conditions In France; and this time from a man of a nationality so far not heard in this city. There have been English talkers, and Canadians, and Belgians, and Amer icans, Out no French. IJr. Sauvage, who was formerly one of the faculty of the great University at Washing ton, has been on the French front almost continuously since the battle of the Marne; and in the more than forty months since then has seen [Continued on I'age 5.] Teuton U-Boat Envoy Landed on Irish Coast Captive in London Tower By Associated Press I-oution. May !>.—A German submarine recently landed a man on tin- Irish const where lie was amulet! liy government otiicial.s. .(nines MacPlierson, parliamentary secretary to the war office, announced in (In- House or Commons to-day that tills man was in tlie Tower of London and would be court mar t luled. It was a German submarine that two years ago last April landed Sir itoger Casement on the Kerry coast of Ireland. Casement was appre hended by the government authori ties .taken to London and after be ing incarcerated in the Tower of London, was charged with "high treason without the realm." After a sensational trial Casement was con victed and hanged in Pentopville prison on August 3, 1916. The arrival of Casement in Ire land from Berlin was the prelude to a revolt against British sovereignty which broke out in Dublin on Easter Sunday, in 1916. According to wit nesses who testified at the trial, Sir Roger was to have led the uprising and was to have utilized the arms which he had imported from Ger many, HARRISBURG, FA., THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1918 ALDERMAN ADDS TELEPHONE CALLS AS "MILEAGE" Autoist at Police Station Paps Same Bill Second Time as "Additional" Police court hearings are still con ducted by Alderman Caveny, wkh Mayor Keister sitting in attendance. The Mayor yesterday would set no date when he will begin to conduct the hearings, but said "sometime this month." Costs in the petty cases arising in police court are at the same time being imposed in the same bewilder ing manner that has always marked the administrations of aldermen in police court. According to explana tions secured from police officials, the secretary to the Mayor, and the alderman westerday, the city is loo ing money and the defendants are at the same time being "soaked"' double when their fines are imposed. K. F. Goehler, 1117 Market street, was fined $5 in police court the other day for parking h*s car in front of a market street department store. In addition .costs of $3.75 were im posed. Alderman Caveny, who was sitting, said the costs were imposed because a warrant was served. The [Contlnned on Page I.] Motor Messengers of Red Cross Will Meet A special meeting of the Motor Messenger Corps of the Harrisburg chapter, American Red Cross, will be held in the basement of the Public Library to-morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. A number of matters of vital interest to the members of the organization will be discussed. Mrs. S. F. Dunkle is captain of the corps. HOLK IX STRKKT The asphalt paving between the car tracks at Second and Walnut street, caved in this afternoon mak ing a hole more than a foot in dia meter and about three feet In depth. It may be necessary to rope off a section of the street until repairs are made. TO RBMODBI. HOUSE! E. N. contractor, took out a building permit for remodeling the two-and-one-half-story frame dwelU ing at 1601 Derry street, owned by CharlM E Pmi. The improvements will cost $2,000, YANKEE PATROL IS AMBUSHED BY ENEMY FORCE Germans Lie in Wait For j American Workers in No Man's Land NOT A SHOT WAS FIRED | Huns Lsed Gun Butts and 1 Bayonets to Slay Small 11.I 1 . S. Force By Associated Press With tlie American Army in France, May B.—An American patrol on the Toul sector fell victim to a silent enemy ambush some time last night. The Germans evidently used bayonets and the butts of their rifles. The Americans went out early in the evening and nothing further was heard of them until another patrol happened to cross the spot where the others had been ambushed. Not one shot was tired during the encounter as far as was known. First German American Spy Is Captured in Camp By Associated Press With the American Army hi I'ancc, May 9.—The first German- American to be caught spying on the Americans is safely in custody. Behind the characterization of traitor to his country, contained in l he report of his arrest, is the story that he aided a German prisoner to escape. Both men donned American of-1 fleers' uniforms and entered the line from the rear in the late afternoon. I hey said they were studying the j ground between the lines with a j view to using tanks and asked to be allowed to cross the lines. The officer to whom they made the request soon discovered the ruse and ordered them escorted to the rear. it was found that one of the* men was a German and that the German-American was his oo complice. Yankee Audacity Wins Praise From the French Oficials With the Amcricun Forces on the Frcnoli Front, May 9. —The official French report of the patrol action in which American troops in the Lorraine sector of the battlefront: carried out a brilliant little opera tion on May 5 in the vicinity of the hamlet of Amservillers shows the wonderfully enterprising spirit of, the American troops. The report says the Americans, whose activity never relaxes and whose audacity is remarkable, want ed to see what the Germans oppo site theni were doing. At 3 o'clock in the morning of May 5, without artillery preparation, three Ameri can patrols left the village of An servillers, which is in the Entente allied lines. Two of the patrols took a position on the right and left flank, while the third, composed of eight men under Lieutenant Cassidy, executed a clever turning movement and en tered Anservillers hamlet from the rear and fell upon the German ad vanced post. The patrol fired only one shot, and then attacked the Germans with trench knives, A fierce struggle en [ Con tinned on Page 10.] WOMAN HONORED BY 3 COUNTRIES IS TO SPEAK HERE j "Pound-a-Minute" Burke Has Proudest Medals of the Allied Governments "Pound-a-Minute" Burke Is com ing to Harrisburg. Who is he? "Pound-a-Minute" Burke isn't "he" at all. She is Miss Kathleen Burke, a young Irish woman who has been decorated by the English, French and Belgian governments; and she is to speak at the huge Red Cross meeting to be held in Chest nut Street Auditortum the night of May 14. This meeting is to be one of a preparatory series of gatherings held | prior to the opening of the Red Cross drive through which Harris [Continued on Page 5.] City Selected as Central Office For Boy Scouts H. M. Butler, national field secre tary of the Boy Scouts, to-day was notified that Harrisburg had been selected in preference to Philadel phia and Pittsburgh, for the perma nent headquarters for the Third dis trict, comprising all of Pennsylva nia and Delaware. Mr. Butler will continue hla offices in the Calder building. GOOD THINGS TO EAT TO HAVE AN EXTRA INNING Noted Cooking Expert to Give Popular Lecture Tomorrow at the Y. M. C. A. TELLS A MORAL LESSON Every Woman Is Invited to the Famous "Mrs. Jones' Party" '"The laws of nature are the thoughts of God," said Mrs. Vaughn this afternoon, "the body is the highest gift of God for the vehicle of the soul; the proper care of the body is an] important factor in the Maker's hap piness." Teaching the facts of life to children Mrs. Vaifghn advocated through gradual instruction, com mencing from the earliest years. The speaker said impressively "that the mother is God's agent and it is her work to make the body a fitting vehicle for the soul, with which should go her willingness to give her time to this duty." Another potent fact to be remembered in this mat ter of providing for a family is not to permit fads in food among chil dren. Also the habit of comment upon food at the table was a factor in making children obstinate in opinions formed on the food ques tion. It was a straight from the shoulder talk to women and she urged moth ers to gain the confidence of their daughters in early childhood and never tell them lies. Mrs. Vaughn referred to the Santa Claus myth and the "stork" story as something imported from Germany that we might well forget and abandon in giving children their impressions. To say that Santa Claus is the Christmas spirit that comes to us about three weeks before Christmas and goes away about Christmas night along with broken toys Is all very well but to lie to the little ones about it is entirely unnecessary. "The birth of Christ in the stable at Bethlehem is good enough for me to teach my children," .said the J speaker. She explained the ruling | motive of curiosity as the basis of j Iso much sin and evil and explained i I the ease with which children's I curiosity may be satisfied from their 'earliest years until subjects that might lead -to harmful results be come commonplace and, therefore, not a menace. Dross Said Immodest The speaker spoke of the camps for soldiers and what the various communities are doing for the boys. She arraigned the shamelessness of [Continued on Page 4.] ! Monster Parade Against j Rum Traffic Is Planned Night Before Primaries ; Plans for a monster parade of Har risburg voters who are in opposition to the rum traffic were announced last night following a meeting of the Dauphin County Ratification Commit tee. The parade will be held Mon day night, May 20, on the eve ofthe primary election. Hundreds of vot ers will be in line and a number of bands will march with the temper ance workers. The parade is planned as a formal protest against the liquor traffic. It will be the means of voicing a de mand that "dry" men be sent' to the Legislature and that the federal pro hibition amendment be ratified. It Is promised that the parade will be one of the biggest formal protests against the liquor traffic this city has witnessed in years. Men's Bible classes, ministers and church members, temperance workers and all who are in sympathy with the abolition of booze will be In line for the big affair. Detailed plans will be announced later. It is already assured that a number of churches will co-operate and that clergy will be In the parade. WAGERAISEFOR RAILROAD MEN DUE IN 10 DAYS Director General Expected to Announce Decision on Rec ommendations Shortly By Associated Press VI asliington, May 9.—ln recom mending wage Increases of 1300 - 000,000 annually for all railroad em ployes whose wages were less than 1250 a month In December, 1915, the Railroad Wage Commission made several original and far-reach ing suggestions on the problem of railroad labor which attracted the close attention to-day of Director General McAdoo and other govern ment officials. Mr. McAdoo Is expected to an nounce his decision on the recom mendations in about ten days. There are indications that he wili not ac cept them In their entirety. Some union officials already have express ed dissatisfaction with the amounts recommended for the men of their j organizations, the increases ranging from 4.3 to 4.6 oer cent., the high est paid men rucelving the lowest [Continued on Page 16.] IJRITISH MISSION ARRIVES AT A BRAZILIAN PORT By Associated Press \ Brazilian Port. May 9.—A Brit-- ish mission to Brazil, headed by Sir! Maurice De Bun*en has arrived here.i ONI,* KVMI.M, ASMMI.A run fith-ss NEWSPAPFII IIV H AIIItISHIIIIG Program For Friday's Session Lecture Subject: "Planning a Meal" Menu Pimento Cheese Boast Cheese Biscuit Chocolate Tapioca Pecan Loaf War Salad Gelatine Salad Doors open I.3o—Musical con cert 2 p. m.—Lecture 2.30. Fahnestock Hall—Y. M. C. Bldg. Free to Everybody I LLOYD GEORGE RULE LIKELY NEAR ITS END Indications Today Were Brit ish Government Would Weather the Storm By Associated Press London, May 9.—Moving a mo tion in the House of Commons this afternoon for the appointment of a select committee to investigate 'he charges made by General Maurice, former director of military opera tions at the war office, ex-Premier Asquith said he thought it was not the business of parliament to con stantly inquire into the conduct of successive phases of the war. The House of Commons, he added, had more than enough of such inquiries already. Former Premier Asquith made de nial that his motion respecting the Maurice affair was designed to ob tain a vote of censure of the govern ment, saying it was absurd to de scribe it as such. Should he find it his duty to censure the government, he said, he hoped that he would have the courage to do so in direct and un equivocal form. Although the indications are that [Continual on Pago IB.] SENATE DEFEATS OVEItIHtAFT Washington, May 9.—A bill to reg ulate the allowance of overdrafts by national banks, the first of twenty measures proposed by the Treasury |to strengthen the. federal hanking laws, was defeated without a record | vote in the Senate yesterday. f + WAR VESEL SINKS U BOATS ? M An Atlantic Fort A United States war vt ..cihiLau. *| X cut in two a German submarine, one of tlucc which ji X T peared and which caused the American gunners hui y rie ily to attack the submersible craft Ihe tii ;d . li't h< X '.he U-boat under the watcrlinc, breaking its back an ▼ lifting it out of the water. *£ % AIRCRAFT PROBE BEGINS T Washington Whdc the Department of Justice wai v idL' 4 'tuning to-day its investigation of aircraft production 4 X Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, chairman of the Senate T military committee., opened the way for his committee in jjl A rstigation by offering a resolution authorizing it. The ▼ T resolution will be taken up to-morrow. J* <-jjt DISAPPROVES VOLUNTEER CREDITS £ X' Washington—ln a letter to Chainnan Dent, of the ♦* SL House Military Committee, President Wilson to-day said J he was in error when recently he advised the committee ▼ T he thought it would be proper to give states credit in th< <¥* draft for volunteers furnibhed. L Oj PRESIDENT SUSPENDS TRIAL J ' * New York—Trial by'court martial of Brigadier Gei ▼ X T oral Arthur 8.- Donnelly. which began here to-day wa. * I I e „ uapended by order of President Wilson. T I J VON HERTLING THREATENS DISSOLUTION J * Amsterdam—Count Von Hertling, the German in X e * l> * penal chancellor and Prussian premier, has decided 1 X * * dissolve the Prussian Chamber if the third reading • T * the franchise reform bill >s rejected, the Cologne 2 , asserts. 3, 4 FORMER KING OUT OF DANGER ? $ $t Zurich, Switz.-Former King Constantiiie, of Greec J * has undergone an operation in Zurtetf hospital and is n ,▼ out of danger. It is believed however, that his .. | <• lj> valescente will be slow T j{ 12 TEUTONS CONVICTED OF TREASON * 4 Amsterdam I wtlve Dresden members of the mt X I | X pendent party of Germany have been con it< T X of high treason by the imperial court at Lcipsic, t i -■ 4? 4 iL patch from that city to the Vorwaerts, of Berlin, ic, - i MARRIAGE LICENSES + Liealrianl Warde CoiHiln*, Camp Colt, UeltTikiirl, and Flor- f tnce Anlln Anderson, Broken Howl, Neb.) I.eroy R. Wis, Harris- <■ m burn, and Roth I. Conner, rroKreaai Aaron U. Bailer and Grace O. J 5 (inriunn, llnuphlni l))non H. H. IMllxburu. and Mary E. Kllcker, y *# Kant Berlin i I.eater John First nnd ICilna Mne Stnrllper. Harris- L 4. burß - J HOME EDITION PROTEST RAISED AT DESTRUCTION OF STREET PAVING Public Aroused at Indiffer ence of Property Owners, Corporations and Officials MUST CURB PRACTICES Heavy Trucks Responsible For Rapid Deterioration; Replacement Cost Rig There is a rising tide of public protest against the misuse of the paved streets of the city. On every side there is heard the most drastic criticism of the destruction of line asphalted highways by the heavy motor trucks which are permitted to run without let or hindrance to the absolute destruction of the paved streets. It is believed that unless the city authorities immediately take this matter up and enforce without delay strict regulations the enormous cost of replacement will stagger Harrisburg. City Commissioner Lynch is not unaware .of the conditions and is to-day at great expense repairing large sections of paved streets which would have lasted in good condition for ten years more had there been some reasonable regulation regard ing the sort of vehicles which would be permitted to use the highways. When trucks weighing with their loads twelve to fifteen tons run up and down the main streets of the city daily, it Is not surprising, ac cording to those who are -familiar with highway conditions that* the base and the surface are deteriorat ing so rapidly. Situation Xels Courage "If one corporation is permitted to use enormous trucks without ob jection" said a business man to day "it is not likely that others will feel that they have not a similar right. I want to say that another year or two of such indifference will about complete the destruction of streets which have been paved by all the people at great cost and the. story of a city's pride in its paved streets will be but a memory. This is a sample of the general [Continued 011 Puge 16.]
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