A fe Germ iFlan HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M ' ®b* otar-Independent - ' # LXXXVII— No. 121 16 PAGES "KAMERAD"GETS RIFLE BLAST IN REPLYTO CALLS Huns Attack American Ad vanced Guards in Picardy; Are Repulsed With Loss STORM WITH DEADLY GAS Raiders Blow Up Yankee Wires and Try For Trenches By Associated Press Wlth tlie American Army in Frnncf, Monday, May 27.—Ger man rnldtne troop* attacked the AmerleunH in the I.unevllle sec tor thiM iiiomln(t. In Hharp fighting the raldern loot Ave men killed. The Americana Muttered Home caMiiiiltiCN. The tiermnn In fantrymen were sent forward after the American punltlonN had been deluged with gaN launched by the u*e of projectors. The body of one German wn brought Inio the American trenchc*. • Washington, May 28. Another section of General Pershing's com munique of yesterday, made public to-day by the War Department, said that an enemy bombardment and a j?as attack on American advance positions in Picardy before daylight were repulsed by counterattacks. Two places in the American lines were penetrated. An attempted raid ac companied by artillery Tire in the "Woevre also was repulsed. There were gas attacks in Lorraine yester day. The text of the communique fol lows: l'iercc Yankee Lines "Section B ln Picardy before daylight this morning the enemy af ter a violent bombardment with high explosives and gas, attacked our advance positions in three de tachments. In two places he pene trated small portions of our front lines. Shortly aftcrwarfl our troops counterattacked, expelled the Ger mans at all points and occupied part of the German tienches. Heavy losses were inflicted on the enemy and some prisoners were taken. Our casualties are light. In one case tin American was taken prisoner hut was rescued by counterattacks and' all of his captors were killed. Our! M troops displayed a fine offensive! spirit at all times sir.d have achiev-j ed a notable success. "During the early hours of the morning in the Woevre a hostile force, supported by violent artillery tire, attempted a raid upon our lines. This force, which was composed of three officers and about one hundred men, well equipped with light ma chine guns, j)lew up our wires and attempted to capture portions of our trenches. They were complete ly repulsed by our infantry and our artillery, leaving one officer and four men dead in our trenches and one wounded prisoner in our hands. Ten Stretchers Seen Fifteen- or twenty dead were ob served near our wire and ten stretch ers were seen being carried from this point. Here also our losses appear to have been relatively slight. "Yesterday in Lorraine the enemy was unusually active in bombarding our trenches with gas and in patrol ling. On one occasion a patrolling party approached our lines with cries of 'kamerad.' Our troops replied with rifle fire. One of the hostile detachments was killed and his body secured." Americans in Brilliant Counterattack Hurl Huns Back to Second Line By Associated Press AmAlcnn Headquarters on the French Front, Monday, May 27.—1n the simultaneous attack of three German raiding parties against the American positions in Picardy to day, the enemy penetrated the American first line to a depth of two hundred yards. A brilliant counterattack threw the Germans out and the Americans kept on until they had entered the enemy first line, where they remain ed until ordered back. The Germans suffered heavily in the fighting which was of a hand-to hand nature at times Several prison ers were taken by the Americans. After a lull of several days, (be artillery bombardment in Picardy has become more intense on both sides. The Germans are throwing many gas shells into the American lines. The American gunners, how ever, are returning the enemy fire two-fold. DIES AFTER LUNCHEON Just after eating a hearty lunch eon at noon to-day. William M. Crull. 263 Cumberland street, died. Mr. Crull was a veteran of the Civil War and was well known in the tip town district. THE WEATHER For Hnrrlsburn and vlclnltvi A Partly cloudy to-night nnd Wrd ■ nesdayi not mo sultry. For Eastern Pennsylvania: Part ly cloudy to-night and Wednes day, cooler to-night In north portion ( gentle to moderate north winds. River The main river will rise slowly. The North Branch will continue to rise except the upper portion, which will begin to full to il IK ht. All other streams of the system will fall slowly or re mnln nearly stationary. A stage of about 6,5 feet Is Indicated for Harrlsburs; Wednesday morn- Ins. Sun; ltlses, 5i20 a. m.| sets, Bil7 P. m. Mooni Rise*, 10t53 p. m. Boys Deliver Release M Youngsters With Express Wagons Reap Harvest While Aiding Householders and Workmen Who Formerly Did Work "We're doing men's work," said two boys in the Allison Hill district •to-day after canvassing a district of several city blocks. The youngsters live near one of the community serving ice stations just erected by one of the large re tailers and are making plans to de liver ice to regular customers. This plan reduces the number of deliver ies for the company and releases men formerly engaged in the work for something else. Thus severel lads may release one man for war serv ice. The idea advanced by the young MORE COAL IS NEED FOR THE COMING WINTER Fuel Administrator Declares Anthracite Needs of City Are Heavy Harrisburg will need more anthra cite coal during the winter of 1918- 19 than she consumed during the past winter, according to figures is sued this morning by Ross A. Hickok, fuel administrator of Dauphin coun ty. The minimum requirement of an thracite coal for Harrisburg during next winter will be 160,920 tons ac cording to Mr. Hickok's figures while from April 1, 1917, to April 1, 1918, but 129,4KS tons were consumed. These figures are the minimum requirement to satisfy Harrisburg's need for the winter, Mr. Hickok said. "If we get that amount of coal, we will be able to get through nicely." He added, "and if we don't, we will not." And so unless Harrisburg re ceives this amount of coal, more "fuelless" days may be anticipated for the winter. Federal authorities have not given any intimation of the amount of anthracite that will be meted out to Harrisburg. Figures quoted this morning by Air. Hickok do not include bitumin ous coal. This coal is used entirely by manufacturers of Harrisburgr and is shipped directly to them from the mines. As yet Harrlsburg has had no difficulty in securing a sufficient supply of bituminous coal. The growth of the city population together with an increased demand for anthracite by steel companies and other companies producing war sup plies accounts for the increased need for coal in Harrisburg during the coming winter. During April a total of 10,638 tons were received in Harrisburg and de livered to consumers, all of it going to householders and bakeries. Fig ures have not yet been compiled of the amounts received during May to date. All Our Fault, as Usual , v WE CAM'T HELP IT IF You IMSIST OK QU2LDZNG* HQ^ Pi talis right where we goxkg, TO X>*opJ SINGI.B COPY, 2 CENTS listers in their canvass of home is ; this: They will bring each day after ! school a piece of ice the size the householder wants. The delivery is ' to be made by means of the express i wagon that has done familiar duty • for years for the housewife returning home from market. A weekly charge i is to be made for the work. One of the boys had worked out a i scale of prices so that the house . holder still will be able to benefit by i the cheaper prices charged at the small stations and still let a good margin of profit for the "war work-| er." DR. BRADY ASKS CHAMBER TO ACT TO SAVE WOOD Says Distinguished Soldier Is Punished Far in Excess of His Indiscretions Dr. Cym* Townsend Itrndy, fa in ou n im soldier, Mnllor, adventur er, author nml priest. who spoke nt noon before the Chamber of Commerce, ltlll Rive n patriotic address thin evening In the Chestnut Street Auditorium. No tickets nre required for admls ion to the patriotic rally, There will be a wnlk-around prior to the lecture, which will begin nt 8 o'clock. • "If I had the voice of the Harris burg Chamber of Commerce I would make it heard in Washington in pro test against the order transferring General Leonard Wood from the command of the division he has brought to a high state of efficiency [ConUnued oil Page 11.] Many Buyers, but Few Sellers at Curb Market Two wagons were present at the opening of the Kelker street curb market this morning. Three per mits were issued by George B Neb inger, city sealer. "The fact that about 300 people wanted to buy, is significant evidence of the resident's wanting this market," Mr. Nebingor said. He predicted that a number of wagons would be present on fu ture days. The market will be held Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays of each week from 4 until 10 in tho morning, although no sales may be made before 5 o'clock. The two vendors present sold flowers and vegetables and they were kept busy supplying customer's wants. HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 28, 1918. MAYOR AND CITY ENGINEER DO NOT AGREE ON BRIDGE Mulberry Street Viaduct Re port Is Not Satisfactory to Hill People, Says Former CONSIDER HEAVY COSTS Building of Protecting Curb Too Expensive, Experts Before Council Although he did not oppose a mo tion to accept and file the report of J. E. Greiner, Baltimore, the en gineer who made a study of condi tions on the Mulberry street bridge, Mayor Daniel L. Keister declared in Council to-day he believed the resi dents of Allison Hill would not be satisfied with it. He stated he un derstood Mr. Greiner was to give an estimate of the cost of constructing a buttress curb the entire length of the structure, separating the road way from the sidewalks. City Engineer M, B. Cowden was present in Council when Mr. Grein er's report was read to-day. He was asked to give his opinion of the sit uation and stated he agreed with all the recommendations made by Mr. Greiner. H said the enormous ex pense of constructing the curbing would probably be considered and would result in a decision not to take such action, and he also inti mated such a curbing might not prove sufficient to prevent accidents if vehicles were going at a high rate of speed at the time they struck it. Billboard Action Postponed Action on the sign and billboard ordinance and the new measure in corporating all traffic rules was again postponed. A conference will be held on Friday evening to discuss these ordinances. After a short discussion Council authorized payment of a bill from Tribtis & Massa, for additional data furnished when the 1 firm was asked to send a representative to the city late last fall to make recommenda tions for ash and garbage collec tions. One of the items charging sls for the services of an assistant, who was not authorized to come to Harrisburg by Council, caused the delay in paying the bill. The amount was deducted and $22 8.19 will be paid. Percy L. G/übb was appointed to the police civil service board to All the unexpired term of the late Pierce Rettew, and was also named on the civil service board fqr the engineers, electrical and building inspector's departments. Professor Grubb is a member of the Technical High School faculty. The ordinance appropriating $5,- 000 from a bridge fund for repairs to the State street and Paxton street bridges was passed finally. Commissioner Gross reported to the other commissioners he had Riven permission for the use of the baseball field at Island park for games to be played Memorial Day and July 5, the'proceeds of the con tests to be given to the Red Cross. TERRIFIC FIGHTING MARKS HUN CHARGES LEFT OF BRITISH LINE IS FORCED BACK IN BATTLE Germans Developing Attacks of Great Strength Along Entire Aisne Front FORCE RIVER PASSAGE Severe Rattling Continues, With Enemy Pressing Hard on Haig's Lines London, May 28.—The Ger mans yesterday forced a passage of the Aisne river west of the British sector, compelling the left of the British line to fall back, the war office announces. The Germans are developing at tacks of great strength along the en tire Aisne front. The enemy main tained pressure all day yesterday against the British on the Aisne front. Severe fighting continues to day. The announcement follows: "Continuous pressure was main tained by the enemy all day yester day against the British troops en gaged on the Aisne front, and severe fighting is still taking place on the whole front of the British sector. "Toward the end of the day the weight of the enemy's attacks car ried his troops across the river Aisne to the west of the British sec tor and compelled the left of our line to fall back. The enemy is de veloping his attacks in great strength along the whole of the Aisne battle front. "On the Lys front local fighting was recommenced this morning in the area east of Dickebusch lake. "On the remainder of the British front a- number of prisoners have been taken by our troops in success ful raids carried out at different points during the night and the ar tillery has been active on both j sides." ; Germany Plans to Retain Belgium After War as Necessary to the Kaiser Amsterdam, May 28. —"We must retain Belgium economically, politi cally and militarily," said Von Tir pltz, former German minister of ma rine, in an address at Dusseldorf on Sunday as quoted in the Nacli richten of that city. The admiral's address was deliver ed before the Dusseldorf branch of the reactionary fatherland party, of which he is one of the leading spirits. Speaking of Germany's requirements after the war, he said: "Neither central Europe, the Orient nor northern Europe can Sup ply us wifh the raw material re quisite to our industries. We need •to have the sea frco from Anglo- Saxon tyranny for that purpose." • Apparently the admiral did not mention the submarine waifare, which was discussed at the same meeting in a highly optimistic man ner by Herr Uachmelster, a deputy in the Langtag. AI7I.IKS DKOP BOMPS Amsterdam, May 28. Nineteen bombs have been dropped on Lan dau, Germany, by ten allied airmen, tha Tageblatt, of Berlin, reports. The garrison headquarters and some private houses are said to have been damaged. I Power Company Fails to Show Fire Company Was "Stealing" Light Current Efforts of the Harrisburg Light and Power Company to substantiate a charge that the Susquehanna Fire Company was 'stealing" current fail ed City Commissioner Gross reported to other oflfcials to-day in explaining that a bill for almost. SSO had been re duced to less than $2. According to Commissioner Gross the company put a test meter on the outside of the lire company house to show how much current was used. Inside the house was a volt meter to show the power of the current and close to it the usual electric meter showing the amount of current used by the com pany for lighting. Months of readings showed a wide variance between the test, meter and the regulation meter for which the light company made charges but the fire company refus ed to pay. Investigation by Commis sioner Gross showed that the differ ence in current used resulted from the amount consumed in the volt mif ter. When notified the light company made the reduction in the charge and turned <>n the lights again, which had been turned off for weeks be cause the firemen would not pay the additional charges. Dies Suddenly While at Work in Hershey Plant L. J. Ecka, an employe of the Hershey Creamery Company, died suddenly at the creamery plant at 11.16 o'clock this morning. Cause of his death was pronounced to be acute indigestion. Ecka lived In Mifflintown. His wife is dead, and he is survived by two children. This morning while at his work he said that he felt ill. In a few minutes ho dropped to the floor and his fellow employes car ried hirrt to a milk truck, where ho died ten minutes later. The body was taken to the undertaking par lors of Hoover and Sons, and will probably be sent to Mifflintown tor I burial. U. S. HOSPITALS ARE SHELLED WITH GAS BY HUN A Funeral Ceremony Undisturb ed as Explosives Fall Near < Cemetery; Wounded Men Anxious to Repay Barbar-; ians For Ruthless Attack- By Associated rrcss With the American Army lit i France, Monday. May 27.—What was apparently a deliberate attempt to wreck American hospitals in the rear of the American Hues in Picardy oc curred Sunday afternoon, when the Germans hurle yards. The attack was preceded by the heaviest bombardment since Von Hindenburg launched the offensive of March 21. At the beginning of this terrific cannonade it looked as though the Germans were about to renew their great effort. From 1 o'clock yesterday morning until dark a great concentration of hostile artillery maintained a bombardment of drum fire intensity, which was opposed furiously. More gas shells than us ual were employed by the Germans, especially in the back areas, in an effort to catch concentrations of Al lied troops. Terrible Punishment When the Germans advanced they met such an effective barrage on the French right flank that the attack ers never got to close quarters. They sustained severe punishment from concentrated shellfire. and French machine guns. In the center and on the left flank, however, the enemy was more suc cessful In the first rush. Pompier, south of La Clytte, was captured and the enemy pushed back the defend ing line somewhat south and east of Dickebusch lake. City and County Officials to Plan New Hospital City officials will confer with the county commissioners to-morrow morning on plans for the proposed contagious disease hospital. Com missioner Hassler will be present at the conference, he said, and other members of Council will attend. Members of the board of prison inspectors also will be present at the meeting of the county commis sioners as Solicitor Philip S. Moyer will give an opinion on the employ ment of prison labor on the county roads. Save by Quarters and cash in by Five Dollars t&T Thrift Stamps will do it ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED fUESS NBWSI'APEII IN UAKKlsnilllG WOMEN WERE HUNS' VICTIMS By Associated Press PARIS (Monday), May 27. i Three persons were killed ami fourteen injured in tile bombard ment of Paris to-day by the Ger man long-range gun. One shell burst in a crowded street iu front of a tramway station. Three women were getting into a ear One was killed and the others injured. Several persons within the ear, one a child, were injured. was going on while American fu nerals were being held. Several [Continued on Page B.] ALLIED TROOPS HAVE SITUATION WELLIN HAND French and British Display Greatest Bravery in Meet ing Heavy Assaults By Associated Press With the French Army in France, Monday, May 27. —Whether the Ger man attack north of the Aisne is merely a demonstration in force with the object of drawing the allied [Continued on Page B.] ■H'W *&*&$"& 4-4~HH-3 4 " T . AMERICAN SrfOOTS DOWN HUN PLANE