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BIG GUNS BOMBARD BATTLE
LINES AS INFANTRY RESTS
ALLIES LOOK NOW
FOR OFFENSIVE ON
Ml BIG FRONTS
ilravy Holding to Cowr in
I'r.iiuT and Holy Willi
Niftitllfiitit nll* |ilnw<
<ilKVr (il NS ARK ACTIVK
No At Irrupt In
Win Biit'k Ground Thry
fliivr I.il
I. ,l ilnh'iDit h> died down
ii id l'tndi* nrnt Plißfdjf and
it} hr tun* ntr hiipy. The artillery
i ' nnimitvo fiitntiß ntl nloft* thetse
'• <(*■* •• ti i' on (hp ,\rrp.- front
t>i t i s north of K*ni'
ftt#l and tnrth and of the Itom-
fmm a: -h to th A - . t"
1 h**< u>tn lave !<* n the m one*
of *ll th# t> en tlyhtlna ami they
" ■ i *ll *c* tho strongest en
• when* —r the OtrmaiM
t*i,v# ih*> t,n> l opportune to
•trlli* inew. In Flinders ,he Oer-
IMiM lm • !>• ii i • ippoiflted n t.irir
• tif pt |.. full' It'll 4 4 m thr F pn h
t t nl* irove t -iim from the high
I liM at* < penetrated tht n-
I nrmt lln|,ia t(T
in ft. „f,H f'i# i(irman h.v.e not
tiiir enuntmttack* to
• m> tl f from the wooded
•Train , oniple'eu f,enr Halite*. Ger
n'*n ni Km artillery f're con
t •*) >>• i orih ok thp Avr". T't 1
< * >mv t.onilit 'n ent of tt# trench
> • herr hi i>< < i m.*t inte.se for
th# | 1 j#*t two hu ttv Germans
attemp'ed no at'ants it'tpt to
• • t .'.n . . f.il >■"• Mich local
A* on the wetetn fr >nt thl lull
lu!> ri Kin* unbroVen, hu w th
. o iPtlm* (h.t nn In Franc#.
I' y fnhtlnc * ill br#.'k out soon.
ihr'-,-r* In I,on<;on the her
l>. \ *tt.an hbw will be adalnst
thf Italian lin#* 'rotn th# Ht. Elv<o
I 1 to Monte Otsppa. Just #a#t of
'i- Hrrnt i, |n the hop# of brea'.!n
thruiih the Italian '.#fcnß# and
hi,i'. 11re*< la and Milan Rome
r!"irt* :iMty a.tlllery and patrol en
l iemtit* F r.e th<> mountain frint
i n S the dl*i>*r- <1 of •nTiy trrop# ill
> e potrf" by Italian ba.teries.
furl* It p ilc Mr Haiti
An at(empt (■> enemy aircraft to
fr ;tratei| by the erial and artillery
4#fn# of the city. The o#rmam,
} ..wevff. dropo(I a number of bombs
on th# more tistant suburbs of the
t < ri. h ■ apltal. Aerial activity on
i>attlr line* < ontlnues at high
pitch with Kr#n<h and British alr
ii#n 'lruppln* many bombs on rail
way %#rtlona and concentrations cer
t#r ehind th# tlcrman line*.
• lerma'iy's ambitions as rtfarris
Autria-Hunit.try's pla> c In the .MU
t#l Kurop plan, Oerman newspapers
ndl- te vere realized In the ccn
entlon upon by the two ein
l rors at their metln)r<. The izree
c #tt w hlch I* not yet <red, alii
f"r allUn e foi twer:y-ti\e vears
with ' Uier •• '>notiic ,*iatiot)j. ."I?n
--i . look, wj h a| pre 1 . nsion ca th#
probability 'hit the Austro-Hu'igar
n arm) will be P( ussian zed anil bo
lie\es uch a step more iniDorta t
■ ,"n ■ her f ftt jrc of tne new
Held Under $1 000 B.iil
For Alleged Violation
of liquor License Law
•tH'ifW lloffinin. prop( ietor of a
hoc*' ! i the i' e*t end cf Wiconisco
towriah . van lielrt ISOu b/Ut
' ' . • 'urges of t irnls-h: ig
i (• or to mi .10 • and 'tiling liquor
Sunday. <*o tjr tn tp'-tive James
T S'ulters ra-'j th investigation
j 1 then appea ed against HolTmai.
' for'- Justice C. H. Herman, at
lie in a Position to Flash
Vour Thrift Card on
the Committc.-s.
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Our Ship Building Program Is Getting Under Way
"She Moves, She Starts, S'.ie Seems to Feel, thr Thrill of Life Along Her Keel."
WAR TO DEATH,
TAFT URGES IN
PEACE SESSION
Former President Admon
ishes Stern and I'nbending
Face Toward One End
Philadelphia. May 16.—War to
tl death demands former P. esi
d< nt Talt in his keynote speec i at
' the opening session to-day o; the
Win-tl e-War convention nt the
1 eague to Enforce Peace. The con
| ■ ention rill continue twj days clos
, ing to-morrow night with ... banquet
i "i bo ott.-nded by mor- than 2.0')0
i quests.
After a stiTing plea for a fight
ing aim* o. 5.000,000 men Mr. Ti ft
said; "We should set our fact s
stern and unbending toward one entl
—w r. Let 'js have peace, but l?t ua
| have war that we may have peace.
[Continued on Page 10.]
Three Taught Sedition
in This State, Witnesses
Say in 1. V/. W. Trial
By Associated Press
i liU-agf, May 16.—Pennt viva nia s
: tight to uppresi the antiwar aut'vi
l ties of Industrial Workers of "he
World was described yesterday by
witnesses caller to substantiate the
government's charges of sci'Lious
• onispiraey again.-t 11%' leaders of
the organization. Three witnesses,
all Jtfi era of the I w. told tales of
lawleif.ness by members of the or
' ganiZ itlon and uarr ed specially three
defendants A.bert Prassner, John
Baldaza inri Joseph Graber, us
teachers of ..edition 'u the anthra
i ite reg on of Central Penusyl-'a
■ nia.
KOI'AL Sll'HiAt.K PLAN
iNsisrcn on by kuser
Amsterdam. Vay H.—Herr Fried
bur g, \i e-presidei t of the Prussian
stale Mini* .y. speaking Tuei dt y In
tie Prussian lower house, srid ac
cording to B-'rlin dispatches, that
the government continue', all crnsti
tutional means to carr' ihsuffrage
thr >ugh.
HOMHtt OI'TSIOK P/tfMS
Parii. May IS.-- lCnemy air?raf;
dropped bomb* on the outskim of
t'arifc iat last nignt. None of he
> i.iiny was aid to ;>ene'fate he c.)-
jliiw* of the i.ty prop'r.
New Army Shoe to Take
All Sole Leather in U. S.
Footgear Built Along New Lines to Cost Twice as Much
and Consume Much Leather
Py Associated Press .
Atlantic City. X. J., May 16.—'
dtnam.s of A.nerica's lighting forces!
are consuming pratlcaliy all of the
s le leather produced it' this coun-i
try and the sumo is true of the har-i
ness 1 Aiher and general equipment, i
according to 3reakers before the,
National Association of Tanners and
participating organizations of the
Tanners in convention here. I
So'e leather requirements of the I
guvei n nent at rrisent average 750,-1
0 '0 ;<e -, fp_t saddles of hides a month, i
t le delegates were told smd these re- [
quirenents are expectei". to largely I
ITALIANS PASS
HARBOR PATROL;
SINK AUSTRIAN
ship While Latin Seaplane
Engages Enemy in Air
lU.mr, Mav 16—An Austrian bat
tleship was torpedoed by Italian
naval forces in Pola h irbor early
T';esd?y norni ig, it was ifficially an
nounced to-da".
The battleship v as of the Viribus
type 20,000-ton vessel). The Italian
for j worVed its way in :o the Aus
trian naval base by dodj Ing the pa
trol bjafi and searcMigh's of the de
fenders.
While the naval op< ration was
progressing an italian sei plane force
enraged Austrian btittlep anes above
?cia. Two of the Aus rians were
brought down and sev >ral others
were compelled ta desc md out of
[Continued on Pag: 10.]
MARS-HALL M'CORMI :K DIES
By A sor'eltd Pro. s
Bertjnrtlle, Va.. May ll—Marshall
MeCormijk, p<ne-al counsel for the
NorfolV n<* Werern railroad, who
has b en in chart,of lefal work of
tbt> Shrnaidoah division for many
/ears died late yisterdaj afternoon
it hu home kere.
HARRISBURG, PA, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 191S
increase when the manufacture of
the new "Pershing" shoe starts with
the perfection of the necessary ma
chinery. This new type of shoe, it
was stated, will cost twice ajj much
as the present Army footgear and
will have its uppers riveted togeth
er, soles hobnailed instead of sewed
and will be made "inside out," the
untreated surface on the outside to
permit a more lasting oil treatment
to waterproof the boots which will
have a semirigid box toe instead of
the present soft type. It will have
four soles and will be several inches
higher than the Army shoes now
worn.
HIGH SCHOOLS TO
CANVASS EVERY
HOME FOR W.S.S.
Bovs and Girls to Lay Aside
Books For Big Stamp
Drive
- The entire student bodies of the
Central and Technical High Schools
will canvass the city to-morrow in a
clean-up canvass in the interest of
the War Savings Stamp Proposition.
The principals of the two institu
tions- have consented to have the
boys and girls make a house-to
house canvass, and in this way it is
hoped that the entire city will have
been thoroughly covered. Students
of the Central High School will go
out in squads of twenty and twenty
five. and will cover the district north
of State and west of the railroad.
[Continued on Page 10.]
U. S. RENEWS ARBITRATION
TREATY WITH FRANCE
Washington May 16.—Secretary
Lansing and Ambassador Jusserand
yesterday exchanged ratifications of
a treaty extending for isnother term
o." five years, the treaty or arbitra
tion between France and th* United
States, which otherwise would have
expired by limitation.
ARTILLERY FIRE
ON YANKEE LINE j
GROWSHEAVIER
First American Official Com
munique Is Issued by Gen
eral Pershing at Front
DOWN THBEE AIRPLANES
Two Aviators Win Battles in
the Air Over Lorraine
Sector
By Associated Press
With the American Arm.v inj
France, May IC.—The first American j
official communique issued since the |
American troops entered the fighting!
line on a permanent basis was issued)
last night. It reports increased arti 1-1
lery activity northwest of Toul andj
Lorraine, as well as the destruction |
of three German machines by two j
American aviators. The statement!
reads:
"Six p. m. Headquarters American I
Expeditionary Forces. Northwest ofi
Toul and in Lorraine there was a;
marked increase in artillery activity
on both sides.
"To-day our aviators brought {
down three German machines. There
is nothing else of importance to re
port."
An earlier dispatch Wednesday
from the American front in France
said that Captain Kenneth Marr, of;
California, had brought down an j
enemy biplane and that Captain
David Peterson, of Homedale, Pa., i
had brought down two German |
monoplanes in the Toul sector.
General Pershing's first official!
statement on American operations
since his troops took over sectors
permanently, was issued simultan
eously w'ith an announcement from
Washington that where American,
British and French troops are fight
ing together and the Americans are
in the majority, the control will be in
American hands. The Germans put
down a heavy barrage on the Amer
ican lines northwest of Toul Wed
nesday but no infantry attack re
sulted.
Post Office Salary Raise
Passes Senate Quietly;
Affects Local Employes
By Associated Press
Washington, May 16.—The amend
ment to the Postoffice bill raising the
salaries in the Postoffice Department
has passed the Senate, action being
taken quietly und without protest
late yesterday afternoon.
The salary increases have already
been passed by the House with or>e
difference. The House proposed the
increases as a permanent change
while the Senate made them for the
next fiscal year on the ground that
when the year after that comes
I around, salaries may have to be
made lower or higher according to
existing conditions.
L'nder the amendment salaries of
clerks in first and second class post
offices and letter carriers in the city
t delivery, as well as railway postal
i clerks, from grade one to ten, are
■ increased S2OO per year. The same
t .raise is given to postal service em
i ployes whose compensation exceeds
I $1,500 annually.
II One hundred and fifty employes cf
i the Harrisburg Post Office, includ
> 'ng supervising officials, members of
t the clerical force and city carriers,
I will benefit by the postal salary in
f crease provided in the amendment
s to the postoffice b.'ll which passed
i the Senate late yesterday afternoon.
r Each one of the employes will re
ceive a raise of SUOO flat annually.
Mrs. Wilson's "No"
Settles President
•
Washington, May 16.—There are
some arbitrary limitations on even
the wartime powers of President
Wilson.
At the Flying Field here yesterday
watching the departure of the first
airplane mail carrier to New York,
the President posed for motion pic
tures. After once passing through the
ordeal he was asked to pose once
more with Mrs. Wilson. The Presi
dent conferred with his wife and
then replied:
"Mrs. Wilson says 'No,' and you
know, boys, my authority stops
, there."
Corn Flakes Are Not a
Substitute For Wheat
Bakers are not permitted to use
, corn flakes as a substitute in baking,
i The Dauphin county food adminis
, trator issued that notice to-day in
! response to requests for information
! made by consumers who had learn
ed that some bakers were using corn
flakes in making bread. Instructions
to reftise permission to use corn
flakes as a substitute were received
this morning by the local adminis
trator.
Wheat flour substitutes shall In
clude bran, shorts and middlings,
corn flour, corn meal, edible corn
starch, corn grits, hominy, barley
flour, rolled oats, oat meal, rice, rice
flour, buckwheat flour, potato flour,
•sweet potato flour, tapioca flour,
milo, kaffir and feterita flours and'
meals, soya bean meal, peanut meal,
cassava flour, taro flour, banana flour
and other products of a similar na
ture. - •
SCHOOLS TO COST
$94,947 MORE IN
COMING YEAR
Budget Shows Big Increases
in Salaries and Other
Expenses
TAX RATE IS 1U; MILLS!
Board to Add Mill and a Half i
to Meet Higher
Costs
Estimates of tiic expenditures of |
the school district lor the 1918-19 j
season show a net increase of $94,- !
9 47.99 over the amount for the year
just closing and will necessitate an
increase of the school tax rate for
1918 from ten to eleven and one
half mills school board officials said
to-day.
The complete summary of ex
penses showing the increases in the
various items has been made. Re
ceipts from an assessed valuation
of $53,700,000 taxes at eleven and
one-half mills will total $617,550;
state appropriation, $46,000; per
sonal taxes, $7,000; interest, $6,000;
tuition, $3,000; rent on properties in
volved in condemnation proceeding,
$3,700; total receipts, $683,250.
Of the expenditures increases are
shown in fourteen of the summarized
items; decreases in three, and no
change in live. The largest Increases i
are in the following; Teachers' sal- |
aries, $41,500; interest on bonds and >
mortgages, $37,048.50; sinking
funds, $20,200, largely to meet loan j
issue of more than $600,000; jani- ;
tors and other employes, $5,490. The
total increase in all expenditures is
estimated at $111,328.70; decreases,
$16,380.71, making the total budget
for -the coming year $671,501.15 us
compared with $584,553.16 for 1917.
To Submit lUalgct
At the regular meeting of the
board to-morrow afternoon the
budget will be submitted and the I
tax rate fixed for 1918. The Increase
of one and one-half mills will pro
vide $50,550 of the money needed
and the balance—more than $14,000 >
will be made up by slight in- j
creases in the amount of interest
received on money on deposit and
the rentals of properties now in the
hands of the board. Secretary D. D.
Hammelbaugh will submit the en
tire report to-morrow.
Other important business will be
brought before the directors to
morrow. including the following:
Plan *> invite Drs. Henry Snyder
and James H. Van Sickle to city to
survty the high school situation;
improvements at continuation
school removal of Teachers Train
ing school to Steele building, and
use of present quarters for admin
istration purposes; department of
physical education to be established
in schools in September, 1918; em
ployment of female attendance offi
cer; investigation of financial con
dition of retirement system; elec
tion of teachers; resignation of Miss
May Lemer as French teacher at
Central High school, effective at
close of present term, fixing of
school term at nine and one-half
months beginning September 3.
Soviet Protest Full
of Fear For Freedom
of Russian Republic
By Associated Press
Washington, May 16.—A copy of
the protest made by the Soviet .gov
ernment to the German ministry of
! foreign affairs on April 26, against
i German aggressions, made public
j to-day by the State Department
shows that the Russians gave notice
of their intention to mobilize "all
necessary force in order to secure
the freedom and independence of
the Russian republic which is now
menaced beyond the limits establish
ed by the Brest treaty."
Italy Desires American
Troops Against Austrians
By Associated Press
Washington, May 16.—Italy, in an
informal way, has made known to
the United States that the presence
of American troops on the Italian
front is greatly to be desired, it be
came known here to-day. A few
thousand men under the American
flag. Italian officials feel would heart
en the Italian civilian pbpulation and
their troops.
Buy War Savings Samps,
Governor Tells Hill Men
"Every employe of the common
wealth of Pennsylvania should be
owner of a large number of War
Stamps. I would like to see the
commonwealth a 100 per center,"
said Governor Brumbaugh to-day.
"Mrs. Brumbaugh and I have bought
nearly $350 of the War Stamps here
and I hope old Harrisburg goes over
on this drive, too.
"The idea of using Liberty Loan
coupons for War Stamps is fine.
They are dividends in a corporation
and our corporation should have the
use of our money as long as the war
lasts. Put your coupons and your
savings Into War Stamps and you
won't regret It."
DON'T WAIT
for people to ask
you to pledge
War Stamp buying
START YOURSELF i
&3TTONIGHT
ONI.Y KVKNIXG ASSOCIA'I'HI) PURSS
NEWSPAI'KII IV HAIMIISBKIIU
ALL BUSINESS IS
TO STOP DURING
GREAT PAGEANT
Stores to Close Between Four
and Five For the Red
Cross Parade
THOUSANDS TO MARCI
STORES WILL CLOSE
Kod Cross headquarters this
morning announced that the prin
cipal downtown stores will close
Saturday afternoon from 4 to 6
o'clock, so that all employes and
possible customers may view the
huee Hod Cross psiade. scheduled
for that hour.
While the various prominent Ilar
nsburg men in charge of the Red
Cross drive of next week are busily
engaged in whipping final plans into
shape lor the $150,000 to $200,000 con
tribution the Ilarrisburg Red Cross
district will make to the national
fund, the officials of the chapter are
completing plans for Saturday's mon
ster parade.
Stalling at 4 o'clock—promptly—
the puiade will move from the cor
ner of Front and Market streets,
passing over Market to Fourth, to
Walnut, to Third, to Reily, to See
on-1, to North, to Front and to Mar
ks* street.
It was urged this morning by the
executive committee that all auxili
aries and others be in their places—
to be found in the details of the pa
rade formation below—not later than
3 o'clock. Chapter headquarters
workers will be at headquarters at
2.45. The women who will compose
Mrs Jennings' service flag division
v. ill report at Fahnostock Hall at 3
[Continued on Page 10.]
KEDICKM 1.1 15FORTY COUPON'S
Coupons of Second Liberty Loan
Bonds were redeemable yesterday at
local banks. The coupons represent
six months Interest on the money
loaned to the government. When
bank officials announced the fact
yesterday, they made the suggestion
that the coupons be given the Red
Cross orfor the War Savings Stamp
campaign.
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| month, in the Monro. co„„, y j=_ H ts l J
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•f* counts 'HI United- States court. He was sent- 4>
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4 Paris—The United States has promised to hav* T
* * 1,50 C,OOO fitting men in France by thi end of 1918, sayt
a *"£*
* Libre t , Premier' Clemenceau s newspaper. |1
* * isc troops, it adds, have their own organization *|f
:an at least 2,000,000 specialists, w
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i I wqrkers, men in the quartermaster s department ai' X
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j[ SUNDAY NOT COMING
* • Harrisburg—Word was received here to day thai'
X *%>
||| J. Denny O'Neil. He is busy with a meet ▼
gin Chicago. Much comment has been caused by th W
< fact that attaches of the Department of State Police weri
* * M- l.< *s*
* tioni for O'Neil- This is the first time State Police have
* en dragged into peliucs, factional or otherwise. fi|
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X MARRIAGE LICENSES %
4 it*
Raymond I'. Ruhn. Nlrfllon, and *laa Thorn Jjirqaeit. Harris* T
!?* hnrai Cliarlra K. Mhrnlrr and Mary A. Unman. Mrrltnni John far- f*
rlrnto and Marx Helmvnt. Hlffllom Marvin O. Harnrr und Mar- (L
r Kurd A. Mr. HnrrUl>tlii lirnriif llurlrj- and Milmarfl Ivddlnarr. T
llarrlMhnrsi Wllllnm J Urnhr. Ilrihlrkrm. and Avnra M. l.rivU,
-i, \\ llllaniMtnnai Onrrril lliim finllnshrr and %nnn II Kfllt. Hnr- ~ _
J rlnhurtfi Mllford H. Swarm. Ila>amelt*na. a-t IClhrl M. Hupp. ~
•} llarrlaburct thnrlta J. Bltkfl aad Helen C ' 1 Iterabe}'.
HOME EDITION
CITY BEGINS USE
OF SUGAR CARDS
FOR PRESERVING
New Rules Hit Manufacturers
Much Harder Than They
Do Private Families
MUST SIGN PLEDGE CARD
Housewife Is Put on Honor
Not to Use Sugar in
Heedless Fashion
Harrisburg householders began
the use of sugar cards yesterday
when the ruling allowing house
holders to secure sugar In twenty
live-pound lots through tho signing
of food certificates went into effect.
Five thousand of the certificates
were issued to grocers in the city
and county and 25,000 more will be
furnished on request.
While the canning season has not
yet started, the ruling will permit
householders to secure adequate
supplies of sugar when the canning
season begins in earnest. A number
of grocers reported applications
made for twenty-five-pound lots of
sugar yesterday.
It was pointed out that the ruling
allowing twenty-five-pound pur
chases for canning purposes does not
nullify the ruling limiting the pur
chase of sugar for ordinary pur
poses to five pounds in the city and
ten pounds in rural districts. This
ruling remains in effect.
Must Olicy Utiles
Energetic measures will be taken
to see that the ruling allowing
twenty-five-pound purchases for
canning is not abused. It Is pointed
out that in order to secure twenty
continued on Page 10.]
Austria Plans Early
Blow Against Italy
London, May 16.—An Austrian
blow against Italy may be expected
at an early date in the opinion of
well informed observers here. The
enemy project, it Is believed gen
erally, comprises a great Invasion
with Milan and Brescia as the chief
objectives in a scheme to smash the
Italian army.