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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.