r i c f h V. < is- ' : * ■ trench Smash UeMjKt Line and Gain Mile, Placing in Peril Mm Advance M n ~h of m Ohe HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M • / ®l )t Btar*3n&cpcn&cnt * I % LXXXVII No. 130 14 PAGES FAILURE TO SIGN SUGAR CARDS TO CLOSE SCORES OF BUSINESS PLACES Candy Shops, Soda Water Counters and Bakeries Hard Hit by Neglect of Owners to Obey Orders MUST HAVE CARDS TO PURCHASE NEW SUPPLY Time For Filing Needs Is Past; Wholesalers Will Not Sell Without Order From Federal Agents Indications are that scores of small manufacturers whose products con sist of soft drinks, preserves, drugs, soda water, cocoa and chocolate, canned goods, ice cream and other ! I products in whose manufacture : sugar is used, will be forced to sus- , pend operations within a few weeks, | through their failure to make out ; sugar certificates before midnight of j Monday last, as ordered by the coun- j ty food administration. Only 116, of these manufacturers! in Karrisburg and Dauphin county j who use sugar in their products will j be entitled to purchase their usual I sugar supplies after July 1, accord- i ing to the ruling of the state food administration, which will be en forced by the Dauphin county ad ministration. It is estimated that this is only half the number of cer tificates which should have been tiled in this city alone. Has No Redress When the manufacturer made out j his certificate showing his supplies, ! requirements and amounts ordered, j he was given a sugar purchase cer- ; tificate by the food administration. [ This sugar purchase certificate, stai- I ing the amount he is allowed by the local administration, is the only I means by which he can secure sugar | from the wholesaler. The 116 per sons who made their returns before i -Monday last are the only ones in Dauphin county who now possess the purchase certificates. The manufacturers who now order sugar for use in July and are not supplied by the wholesalers because of their inability to show a food ad ministration sugar purchase certiti- ! iate, can do nothing but await a further ruling from the state ad ministration. The local administra tion has no information regarding the procedure to be followed in the ! future, other than that the supplies to the negligent manufacturers is | cut off. By an order from the state : administrator received by telegram, I the local administration will have! the manufacturers who did not make j nut certificates in time, tile the >:ei-i tiflcates now, and they will be for- I warded to Philadelphia to the state ' administration. A strict order not to issue sugar purchase certificates to these manufacturers, however, was received. Two manufacturers called at the food administration office in the Dauphin building this morning and said they knew nothing of the rul ing that they had to sign their cer tificates and return them by last Monday. When they were informed that the only publicity given to the activities of the food administration Is through the newspapers one of them said that he does not read the papers. Our State Capitol would make a fine target for bombs if Hun aircraft ever got this far. itffWar Stamps will keep them away. THE WEATHER For Harrishurg ami vicinity: Fair and slightly cooler to-night with lonKt temperature about <lO degree*; Thursday fair with moderate temperature. For Kastera Pennsylvania: Fair and cooler to-night; Thursday lairs freiih northnent winds. River The ntnln river will Hue siightiv or remain nearly stationary, ex cept the lower portion. A stage of ahout 4.0 feet Is Indicated for HarrlNhurß Thursday morning. General Condition* The dl*turbance from the IVorth went caused thundemhowerH In the la*t twenty-four bourn along the northern and eastern bor der* of the Great Lake* and In the Middle and Xorth Atlantic Mates. Temperature) 8 n. in., IW. Sum KINCM, 5130 a. m.| set*, Hi 24 p. m. Wtloon: First quarter, June 10. River Stage: 4.0 feet above low water mark. Yentcrday'* Weather Highest temperature, 78. l owest temperature, H3. Mean temperature. 70. iSormnl temperature, 410. By the Way, What's Happened to the Austrian Drive? PACIFISM TO BE HIT AT BIG RALLY SATURDAY NIGHT Stirring Meeting Is Scheduled For Capitol Under Auspices of League to Enforce Peace Dr. J. T. Rothrock, former state forestry commissioner, who is secre tary of the Pennsylvania branch of the great League to Enforce Peace, is in the city arranging for a popu lar meeting in the hall of the House of Representatives next Saturday evening. This organization with ex-President Taft at the head, has two fundamental purposes—to make the world safe by the defeat of Ger many and German militarism and to keep the world safe by a league of nations. Philadelphia was surprised, awak ened, and taken by storm on May 16 and 17. Almost four thousand dele gates gathered to give definite ex pression to their belief that we must crush the Hun, win the war ami make peace permanent by a league of nations. They represent every por tion of the country. From start to finish each speaker bore witness to the fact that we were a united people,- purged of pa cifism, and ready to do our part in removing the peril of Kaiserism from the world. Dr. Rothrock said to-day: "The spirit of that convention has spread. It is in the atmosphere everywhere now, and its presence is recognized in the clearer ring of patriotic ex pression. "One of the immediate re/alts will be a patriotic rally in Harrisburg on the evening of June 15 (Satur day), in the hall of the House of Representatives, to reaffirm our alle giance to the government and to impress upon every one, everywhere, that we will accept no inconclusive peace, which would be merely a prelude to another, and more ter rible struggle. "Once for all the question must be settled whether or not Prussian mili tarism is to rule the.world, No fu ture time can be so favorable as now. Let us make a finish of it. Come out to the meeting at 8 p. m. on Sat urday evening." The meeting will be opened by the Kev. Dr. George Edward Hawes, pastor of the Market Square Presby terian Church, with prayer and the Rt. Rev. James Henry Darlington, Bishop of the Harrisburg Diocese, will preside. , Everyone will, be welcome and there will be no tickets or collec tion. "Simply a flood of patriotism to overflow in other directions and t'o give more backing to the govern ment," said a member of the com mittee. TWO KAI-Ii WITH PLANE By Associated Press Belleville, 111., June 12.—Lieuten ant R. Bardwell, of New York, was killed instantly and Major Brooks, of Kansas City, commanding officer at Scott Held, six miles southeast of here, probably fatally injured, last flight when an airplane in which they were circling above the field fell •10U feet to the ground. SINCI.K cor*. ■J CENTS BRETHREN READY TO SERVE U. S. AS NONCOMBATANTS Convention Passes Resolution Thanking Government's Recognition That the noncombatant principles! of the Church of the Brethren, j whose annual convention at Hershey [ came to a close this morning, will j not decide them to seek exemption i from service under the law, was) indicated by the resolution thank-1 ing the Government for providing noncombatant branches of the serv- ! ice for the members of their creed ! in the Army, passed at the closing i session of the convention. Ihe resolution did not express j any opposition to military service, I and the convention made no refer- 1 enee to a desire to be exempted from j [Continued on Page 6.] U. S. Shipyards Beat Damage by U-Boats; 21 Built Since Start By Associated Press Washington, June 12. —Since Ger man submarines began their raids off the Atlantic coast on May 25 the output of shipyard building for the Atlantic coast on May 25 the output of shipyard building vessels for the shipping board has exceeded Ihty sinkings of American ships by more than 100,000 dead weight tons. The production during this interval has been twenty-one ships totaling 130,- 642 tons. Excluding the vessels sal vaged the submarines destroyed ten American ships totaling 26,000 tons. CHARGED AS PICKPOCKET Louis King, 21 years old, was be fore the Mayor at police court this afternoon on the charge of attempt ing to pick the pocket of a fellow passenger on a trolley car coming from the circus grounds last night. He hails from Trenton, N. J. "MERRY WIDOW" TO DEATH FOR HER TREASON Widow of French Soldier Used 16-year-old Son to Aid Her in Spying to the Huns By Associated Press l'arl>, June 12.—Brief announce ment has just been made that a Paris martial has condemned to death as a spy Madame M. , 37 yearn old. Her son, Noel, 16 years old, who was accused of being her •accomplice, was ordered to be sent to a penitentiary colony until he comes of age. Th court believed he was too young to be held responsible for his acts. As the case was not heard in pub lic. only a few details have become known, such as that Madame M.'s HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 12 1918 CHICKENS COME l HOME TO ROOST, HE TELLS JURORS Conewago Farmer Tells Court How He Identified His Poultry Don't forget Mr. Chicken Thief, that roosters and hens always go home to roost —that is when they can; so in making a nightly rouna up be careful how and where they are disposed of or the doors of the county prison will swing wide j-nd close with another prisoner oehind thb bars. That is the belief of Joseph P. Aldinger, a farmer in Oonewago township, whose henroost was vis ited frequently, and he told .1 juiy in criminal court so in appearing against Joseph Brady, Middletown, cllitrged with the thefts, which oc cur? d in 1916. Brady has been a fugitive until early this year. Aldinger told of the many times his chicken coop had been -intered, and said that finally he learned a Middletown hotelman had purchased chickens from Brady. Ooing ti the hotel proprietor: he found five live [Continued on Page 6.] Germans Throw Fresh Divisions at Americans in Effort to Stop Thrust Liondon, June 12.—"The Germans are taking seriously the' American thrust at the apex of their line in the Clignon valley (northwest of Chateau Thierry) and thus far have used-five divisions in attempting to counter if, but entirely without success," Keu ter's correspondent at French head quarters telegraphs under Tuesday's date. "Two fresh divisions wero thrown at the American center at Rouresches this morning in a fruit less attempt to recapture the vil lage." husband was killed at the front In March, 1916, and that the wife soon started a life that earned her, in the circles she frequented, the name of the merry widow." She soon ran through the money she inherited and to obtain more, communicated with a Greek living in Spain, an agent of the spy bureau established in Bar celona by Germany. When mother and Hon were errest ed, (he boy Tyas just about to engage in the aviation service in order to obtain Information to be supplied to i Germany, I FRENCH CHECK HUNS ALONG OISE RIVER GERMANS STRIKE FRESH BLOW ON THE MARNE Enemy Tries to Outflank the French by Hitting at Old Line By Associated Press German efforts to batter down the French defenses between Montdidier and the Oise begun on Sunday, seem to have been checked on the third day of the struggle. On- the western end of the battle line ,the French have counterattack ed and have regained important ground, while on the center and right, repeated efforts by the enemy to exploit his earlier successes have been met with stmn resistance from the French, who claim that the Ger mans are being held. Fight Again at Marne At the moment, when the plunge of the foe west of the Oise appears to have met with a reverse, the front to the southeast between the Aisne and the Marne has again flamed up. Striking the allied line to the south west of Soissons, in the neighbor hood of Dommiers, Cutry and south of Ambleny, the Germans have be gun what may be a very serious threat to the security of the allies north to the Oise. The new attack would seem, for the moment, to be almost equal in importance to that east of Mont didier. It appears to be an effort in part of the enemy to cut in south of C'ompiegne forest, outflanking the French to the north and compelling their retirement and a relocation of the whole allied line from Montdidier to Chateau Thierry. Battle News Incomplete Except for,the fact that heavy lighting is in progress, nothing is known of event" on this new battle area, but the struggle there will be watched with some concern until the magnitude of ttie German thrust there is developed. The French" still hold the left bank of the Oise, although they may have readjusted their lines in the northern section of the Ours camp and Carle pont forests. Their positions, there, however, will become very awkward shoulcf the Germans drive west of Soissons and make considerable ground. Smashing the German line on the left wing the French have advanced a mile on a front of one half miles and threaten tne German gains on the center and along the right bank of the Oise. At the apex of their advance the Germans are within seven miles of Compiegne on the northwest. On the French right center the Germans have gained four miles along the Oise to Bethancourt, but apparently have not"budged the allied lines on the left bank. Enemy Near Trap In driving back the Germans on [Continued on Page 6.] NEWSPAPERS MAY BE SMALLER AND MAKERS REDUCED Efforts to Force Publishers to Raise Wages Disastrous, Says Publishers' Agent • Chicago, June 12.—According to ! H. N. Kellogg, chairman of the spe ' cial standing committee of the Amer j ican Newspaper Publishers' Associa ; tior., government agencies are now considering a plan for pro-rating | distribution or print paper which he ,I said would mean smaller papers anJ curtailment of employment. "This action," said Mr. Kellogg, j "undoubtedly will be taken in the ! ne&r future. This will, of r ourse, lesren opportunities for profits to soi-e newspapers and cause serious I losses to others. Mr. Kellogg's remarks were made in ai' address to-day to the con vention of the International Stereo types and Electrotypers Union. "The- effort to force publishers to increase wages so that their em ployes will escape the burden of in creased cost of living entirely will, if persisted in, result in disaster to many newspapers and consequent loss of employment to men them selves." said Mr. Kellogg. Expenses E.wnl Revenues The speaker reminded his hearers that the war had increased the ex penses of newspapers without aug menting revenues. Incresed prices for newspapers themselves has not equaled the enormous increase in ex penses which have increased, he said at a rate far greater than the living expenses of the individual. Even before the war. he said, only a small j proportion of the newspapers were ] profitable. Since then many papers i have been driven out of business, ] some by consolidation, others by dis- | continuance. In 1917, he said, 926 newspapers! in the United States and Canada sus pended publication and 250 others! were eliminated by consolidation, i Few publications sprang up, but the | net loss of newspapers for the year was 616. GUNNER'S MATE IS LOST Washington, June 12.—Gunner's Mate Horace E. Whitaker. of St. l-iouis, was lost overboard from the U. S. S. Ij-8 on June 8. the Navy UeDartment reported to-day. American Infantry Ready to Join French West of Montdidier Front U. S. Artillery Takes Part in Fight Which Resulted in Big Poilu Victory; Hun Air men Use French Device to Deceive Yankees With the American Army in Pieardy, Tuesday, June 11. —Amer- ican artillery aided the, French in the counterattack against the Ger mans southwest and south of Mont didier to-day by directing a harass ing tire against the enemy. Other wise, the American troops have not been engaged in the present battle. The Americans in the sector Avest of Montdidier, however, are ready to assist in the lighting at the tirst op portunity. The Germans made two minor raids against the American lines at Cantigny Monday night and were re pulsed each time. One raiding party, which numbered forty, was routed by the revolver tire of the Ameri cans. On the right of the American sec tor German aviators have been busy. One enemy tlying machine, bearing a French insignia us a disguise, flew over the American line at a height of 500 meters and attacked with bombs and machine gun fire American sol diers on the march. The Americans took cover and there were no casual ties. Reports that the Germans have been using French signs on their airplanes have been numerous dur ing the past fortnight. Huns Told Foch's Reserves Have Been Wiped Out by Attacks of Crown Prince Aninterilniii, June 12. "A great part of the French army has been beaten," General Von Stein, the Prussian war minister, declared in a speech to the Reichstag, according t.o Berlin advices. "The so-called Foch reserve army no longer exists," the minister as serted. "The success of the crown prince's carefully prepared attacks against the French and British on the Chemin des Dames front on May 27, inflicted one of the gravest defeats the entente has suffered during the entire war." General Von Stein made these statements in a review of the mili tary situation at the second reading of "the army budget in the Reichstag yesterday. "Besides his losses in men," con tinued General Von Stein, "the enemy suffered an enormous loss in war ma terials and equipments. Immense stores of ammunition which were heaped up along the lines of com munication behind the front of the defeated army likewise fell into our hands, just as previously we cap tured enormous stores from the British army." MAYOR APPOINTS COMMITTEE FOR JULY 4TH FETE Hopes to Have Wonderful Patriotic Demonstration on Independence Day Mayor Keister this afternoon ap pointed a large general committee to meet to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock in courtroom No. 2 to start plans for a gigantic patriotic demonstration on July 4. All the committeemen are re quested to be present at the organ ization meeting. Every effort will be made to have all allied nations represented in the demonstration and while only ten tative plans have been made those in charge declare an effort will be [Continued on Page ®.] Veterans of Foreign Wars Conduct Recruiting Rally The veteran." of former wars have completed plans for the open air Army recruiting meeting in Market Square this evening. The meeting will be in charge of the Spanish- American War, Civil War and For eign War veterans. There will be music by the Highspire Band. Philip S. Moyer, county solicitor, ha.s been secured as principal speaker of tho evening. To-morrow evening's meeting, which will b~ in charge of the In dependent Order of Odd Fellows, will be preceded by a street parade in which several hundred Odd Fellows from Harrlsburg and nearby cities will participate. The Municipal Band will furnish music. Speakers will be Frank B. Wickersham and the Hev. George N. I^auffer. Decorate 92 Americans With French War Cross With tlic American Army In France, Tuesday, June 11,—for gal lantry in various actions on the Toul front ninety-two American soldiers were decorated with the French war cross to-day. Copies of the cita tions and medals were presented by a French general, while each sol-| dler was congratulated by the Amer ican general commanding the sector. ONLY EVENING ASSOCCI A'l'F.l) PRESS NEWSPAPER IN HARRISUUKG Fate of Battle Hangs ' on Today's Fighting By Associated Press PARIS, June 12. To-day's lighting probably will decide on which side victory will rest in the present battle, says Henri lildou, the military critic, in reviewing the situation. He says the light ing is taking the classical form in which cac|4 side has won 011 one wing. Till* scales are now even. By their counterattack tho French stopped tlie enemy from carrying out this plan and at tho same time assured themselves of a better line of defense. The tier mans now are obliged, M. ISidou believes, to keep their elTectivcs on the firing line and to dip into their stock ol" reserves for fresh divisions. Americans Hold Air Surprises For the Teuton; Pilots in Front as Flyers Ixmdon, June 12.—There "will be some surprises on the western front when the American air program is in full working order, says a special correspondent of the Times, in con cluding to-day his authorized de scription of the worn of the Ameri can forces in France. There are already large production departments, several huge flying schools, repair shops and supply cen ters in France and also plenty of pilots who, the correspondent is con vinced, aVe among the best flyers at the front. ; t ( fi ' 4 ;"F ' X ! f V 1 ■ "f* > r *s J ' *l ; v 4* '" 4* ! 4* V 4 !• *3* 4 ,7 , V* f * 4* *S 4* i ® * • * 4| <! <§ X 1 4* 4* T X •'•'■" ■ T• Fele- y j . T ,' . rc-sr. Amsterdam 4 11 | | ' J ASKS TIME EXTENSION FOR SHORT ROADS | 4j " Dircrf Gc Mi-Anon ~Uy re- T 4 ♦* 4* line railroads may be taken ovey by the government to I . s>, $ ™ <fc j 1 , '! :. 3 J LONE GRADUATE AT NA/ARETH T " * $ " •' ' % 4 ' # T • r ,X ¥ • ' 1 GERMAN PLANES I <4* Y f " " *** ' J the Italian front by the British air for re L 4 *V° 4 ' *l* • DODGER -SAND MATTY BALKED BY RAIN J < ; klyn—The Brooklyn-Cincinnati game, scheduled -J, " ■' ■' -• f €H' . V t -*w.. ||) 5 MARRIAGE LICENSES J J l;no7 l , Ü Bn(, MlVu* *"" " Cr.wforU,^ HOME EDITION ITALIAN TORPEDO BOATS ASSAULT AUSTRIAN SHIPS Send Shells Into Battleships and Damage Pursuing Destroyer By dissociated Press Rome, Tuesday, June. 11.—Two Italian torpedoboats attacked bold ly two Austrian warships and ten destroyers near the Dalmatian coast on Monday. Two torpedoes were sent into one battleship and one into the other and one of the destroyers which pursued the Italian warships after the en counter was damaged seriously. The Italian vessels returned safe ly to their base. An official statement issued by the Italian admiralty to-day follows: "At dawn on Monday near the Dalmatian islands two small Italian torpedoboats under command of Commander Rizzo Luigi de Mi lay.™ attacked an Austrian naval division consisting of two large battleships of the Viribus Unitis class .escorted by ten destroyers. Our units, having boldly broken through the line of destroyers, hit the leading battle ship with two torpedoos and the oth er with one and returned to their base unscathed. One of the destroy ers which pursued them was dam aged seriously." Battleships of the Viribus Unitis type are four in number and a.o the largest in the Austrian mm. They displace 20,000 tons and carry 1,000 men each.
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