berman Crv'wh Pmce Up Second Offensive Drive' 1 HARRISBURG Sillili TELEGRAPH M ®K Star-In&cpcnfcent ' I LXXXVII— No. 155 14 PAGES ONE MAN KILLED ANOTHER HURT ON GRADECROSSING Fast Passenger Train Buns Down Big Truck at Middletown LAMP THBOWN 1,000 FEET Watchman Injured When Flying Truck Splintered His Box One man is dead and another is in a critical condition as a result of a collision between a fast express train, Xo. 55, westbound, and a heavy auto truck at the Ordnance Depot crossing at Middletown at 3.30 o'clock this morning. The tr|un was traveli'ig at the rate of seventy or seventy-five miles per hour, it was said. The dead man is R. E. Welbourn, £3 years old, driver of the truck. Frank Still, of Higlispire, the watch man at the crossing, who is believed to have been sleeping at the time of the accident, is in a serious con dition at the Harrisburg Hospital with a probable fracture of the skull, probable Internal injuries and badly broken bones, with severe bruises and cuts. Welbourn. the truck driver, came to Middletown for employment came from 143 Cherokee avenue, Atlanta, Ga. He resided in Harrisburg at 1505 Allison street. Train No. 55, one of the fastest express trains on the Philadelphia division of the Pennsylvania rail road. was being hauled by two high power locomotives, engines 1245 and 3370. The former engine was in iharge of Engineer H. S. Holtry and Fireman H. Stoner, 341 Harris street, while the latter was in charge of G. W. Welch, 310 Cumberland street, engineer, and G. C. Miller, fireman. E. S. Quinland was the conductor of the crew. The entire crew was from Harrisburg. Watchman Asleep? Still, the watchman who is believ ed to have been asleep at his post at the time of the accident, was injured when the train struck the truck, the i ear end of which in swinging around liit the watchman's box and knocked it down over a steep embankment. The truck, one of five-ton capacity, was heavily loaded with cinder used tor filling in purposes at the depot. Not noticing the approach of the fast train and not being flagged by the watchman, Welbourn drove on with the truck across the crossing, but had just started across the first track, the westbound passenger trabk, when the fast express struck the truck. The truck, badly wrecked, together with Welbourn and what cinder was not thrown out, was carried a dis tance of two thousand feet before the last moving express was brought to a stop. Welbourn, who was instantly killed, was removed from the front of the first engine by Fireman Stiner of the first engine. His body was bad ly bruised and crushed. r Thrown Thousand Feet Evidence of the speed with which the train was traveling is given by the fact that the rear lamp of the truck after being catapulted through Hie air for a distance of a thousand feet, was imbedded six inches deep in one of the railroad ties. The front of the first engine, Xo. 1 243, was badly smashed In the col lision with the heavy truck. The truck, which is a complete wreck, is the property of Thomas Gray, the contractor at the depot. Still Declared Sick G. W. Terry, an officer on duty at the ordnance depot at night saidjhat lie had gone to Still's watclibox at -.30 o'clock and found the man com plaining of not being well. At 3.25 o'clock, Terry asain visited the sleeping man, but Still appeared to be unwilling to get up, it is said. After awakening him and warning hint of the danger, Terry proceeded on his rounds. He had gone scarcely tive minutes when the accident oc curred. C. S. Silger and A. A. Slavin, two government employes, who were abed in a structure near the scene of the accident, were awakened by the crash and rushed out to be of what assistance they could. They picked up the injured watchman and brought him to the Harrisburg Hos pital in Silger's automobile. THE WEATHER For HarrliilHirK and vicinity! Fnlr, continued cool to-night, nlth lowest temperature about 55 ik*r| Sunday fulr and slight ly warmer. For HaKtern T*ennsj I vnnln! Fnlr to-night and Sunday; slightly warmer Sunday: light. vnrlnl>lr ulnd, mostly northerly. ltlvrr The upper portion of the main river will begin to fall late thin A. afternoon or to-night mid the lower portion Sunday. A Hinge of about 5.0 feet Ik Indicated for Harrlsburg Sunday morning. General Condition* The St. Uwrfaoe Valley dlnturb nnce ban passed off northeaxt wurd and u high pressure area from Western Canada haa over spread the north half or the country east of the Mississippi river, attended by somewhat lower temperature and a mark ed decrease la humidity. I.lght, scattered nkoweri have fallen In the Middle Atlantic States and Southern Xew England and California. Temperature: 8 a. m.. 58, Sun: Hlses, 535 a. m.| sets, 8.25 p. m. Moon: First Quarter, Jnne in. Itlver stage: 5.0 feet above low water mark. Yeaterday'a Weather Highest temperature, 75. l.owest temperature. 57. Mean temperature, 110. Aormul temperature, 70. HUN DIVISIONS ARE REFORMING FOR NEW ASSA ULT ON ALLIES General Situation in France Not Seriously Affected by the Great Blows Enemy Has Struck This Spring Despite the Massed Number of Men Crown Prince Has Thrown Before the Allied Guns EXPECT HEAVIEST BLOW IN THE PICABDY FIELD Berlin Claims to Have Secured Great Amount of Booty and Ground as Besult of Becent Offensives; Italian Troops Break Up Every Effort of Austrian Army to Sever Lines; Pass Safely Held Allied strategy and tenacity in combat again have checked blows' by massed bodies of German troops and the German crown prince has given up his second offensive within a month without either of them hav ing affected seriously the general sit uation on the western front. Except for artillery duels a lull has come to the lighting sectors but a new enemy assault is expected soon. In the offensive which began last Sunday the Germans used large masses of troops on a short front. For three days they gained ground and were rapidly forcing their way southward along the Aisne. French resistance stiffened and then the French took the offensive. The Ger man effort to strike south of the Aisne and reach the Oise south of Compiegne also failed after a slight gain. Huns' LJnes Reforming __ Friday there was no infantry fighting of moment anywhere along the front from Ypres to Rheims which is now the vital section of the western line. The Germans made no further attempts and are probably reforming the divisions shattered by the French resistance of the past week. South of the Somme and between the Aisne and the Marne the artil lery tire has been above normal but there are no indications that the Ger mans are prepared to renew their offensive on either sector. Military observers believing that the Noyon- Montdidier effort was a feint to oc cupy the allies, expect that the heav iest blow yet will.come soon on the Picardy field with the enemy again attempting to separate the French and the British and reach the coast. Yankee Bombers Busy Berlin reports the number of guns captured since May 27 by the crown prince as 1,050. In the latest offen sive the Germans gained 180 square miles of territory and captured 15,- 000 prisoners and 150 guns, the poor est showing in any of the four major movements since March 21. While the American infantry has been inactive on all sectors, Ameri can aviators on the Toul front have been bombing towns behinds the German lines. The first American bombing raid was against Dommary- Baroncourt, northeast of Verdun on Wednesday. This was followed Fri day by another incursion on which seventy-nine bombs were dropped on Conflans, a railway junction midway between M'.tz and Verdun. On both occasions the Americans returned safely, despite efforts of enemy air planes and anti-aircraft guns. Italy Checks Advance Italian troops have checked suc cessfully strong enemy attempts to force a passage through the import ant Tonale pass, northwest of Trent. Two attacks by Austrian infantry were broken up by the Italian de fense and 130 prisoners captured. Tonale pass is just north of La Busazza, where the Italians recently gained a commanding height and the Vermtglio valley passes through it. The remainder of the Italian front is quiet. Work Trains Collide; Two Killed, 15 Hurt, in Cut Near Moosic By Associated Press Scranton, Pa., June 15. —Two men were killed and fifteen others injured when two work trains on the Lack awanna and Wyoming Valley (Laurel line) came together in a rock cut near Moosic, a few miles south of this city last evening. Six of the in jured ware able to go to their homes but the other nine are confined to hospitals. Mistaken signals are believed to have been responsible for the col lision, the force of which was suffi cient to teat" up the roadbed for a hundred yards completely tieing up traffic. Arthur Burkhouse, motor man on one of the trains, and an unknown section hand were the killed. WALK MORE SMOKE LESS CUT DOWN IN EXPENSES £*rWar Stamps start at 25c SINGI.E COPY a CENTS U-Boat Danger Not Serious By Associated Press I LONDON. June 15.—German submarine activity off the Atlantic Toast of the I'nitcd States should not be taken very seriously, us the Germans probably will not attempt a blockade of the American shores. This Is the opinion of Vice Admiral Sir Kosslyn Wcmyss, llrst sea lord of the British Admiralty. The admiral believes that there is only one submarine operating off the American const ami that the purpose or its trip across the Atlantic was to frighten the Americans. German ruthlessnew at sea, the first sea lord declared, must be met by ccnMalized warfare in the North Sea and in the Mediter ranean. YANKEE BIRDMEN DROP BOMBS ON GERMAN BASES Americans Act Like Veterans in Thrilling Adven ture in Air By Associated Press With the American Army in Franco, Friday, June 14.—The first raid by an American bombing squad ron behind the German lines was ac complished with successful and satis factory results, the Americans per forming like veterans. Some of the observers already had been on simi lar flying missions with French or British pilots and they knew exactly how to gauge accurately the fall of the bombs. As they made their start for Ger many the bombing planes received quite an ovation. A number of French and British aviators and offi cers and a large number of American fliers cheered them from the flying fleld as they came racing down the grass, tilted upward and then turned north toward the enemy's lines. Get Hot Reception The German antiaircraft batteries game them a hot reception as they crossed the front but this shelling was extremely tame compared with to what they underwent as they ap proached Dommary-Baroneourt. Two of the American planes, leading the squadron became the particular tar gets of the antiaircraft guns. They twisteS and dived under a heavy shrapnel tire until they arrived over their objective, a railway junction and the surrounding buildings three miles below. The commanding officer of the unit was in the leading plane as ob server and it sped over the objective first, the commander releasing his bombs. At the same time he signal ed to the other machines w f hich fol lowed in a nearly straight line. Drive on Runs Bursting bombs laid a perfect cir cle of smoke about the railway junction. The smoke obscured the buildings as the bombers turned southward toward the American lines. German attacking planes met the Americans two miles from Dommary and attempted to pick off those planes which were trailing but the lively fire of the other machines forced the enemy to give up the at tempt just as the line was reach ed. Arriving at the starting point, the aviators were showered with congratulations on the results of the first raid by their envious comrades. Acid Thrower in N. Y. Street Inflicts Burns on Dozen Young Women .New York, June 15.—Twelve young women were victims of strange at tacks last last night and early to-day when they were burned by an acid thrown from a bottle or squirted from a gun by an unidentified per-* son. All of the attacks occurred within a short period of time on Seventh avenue, between Forty-Sixth and Forty-seventh street. The women, none of whom was seriously burned were unable to tell the police where the s.cid came from and said that the first they knew of the attacks was when they felt pain, after the acid had eaten through their clothes. Police officials be lieve that the acid was thrown by a crank. New Hummelstown Bridge Approved by Grand Jury With the approval to-day by the Grand Jury of the report of viewers recommending a new bridge over Swatara creek on the main highway from Harrisburg to Reading, and lo cated just east of Hummelstown, it is likely the County Commissioners will advertise at once for bids for the new structure which will replace an old wooden covered one. The new bridge will cost about $40,000, it is estimated, and will probably be of reinforced concrete. The Grand Jury at Ahe March ses sions of court approved the view report first, and upon the approval of the present Grand Jury the Coun ty Commissioners are now legally authorized to ask for bids, shrdl tapu ntapu taun tapunhrha WBATHGR KAIH NEXT VVKKK By Associated Press Umhlniilon, June 15. Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday, issued by tHe weather bureau to day, are: North and Middle At lantic Stat.es: Generally fair, show ers in New England probably about Wednesday. Moderate temperatures. HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 1918. MANY MARRIED MEN TO BE PUT IN FIRST CLASS Crowder Buling Means Many Will Go to Army in Next Call Thousands of young married men throughout the state wilf lose their deferred classifications under the new draft ruling announced yester day by Provost Marshal General Crowder. according to local draft board officials to-day. In effect every man who married siijce the passage of the draft act. May 18. 191", will be held in either class one or two Whether or not a man married in pursuance of a long standing engagement or to escape ary service makes no difference. A survey of conditions in Harris burg and Dauphin and Cumberland counties to-day indicated that a large number of young men married since the selective service act was passed will be taken out of class two and placed in class one The number of lately married men In the local dis tricts who were given class four ex emptions are said .not to be many Under the latest Crowder ruling recently murried men who have no children, born or unborn, must be placed in class one. This is said to mean reclassification for a large number of Harrisburg youths who were in class two on the ground that their wives were dependent upon them. The only dependency that a recently married man now can claim is that of a child. The various local boards, it was said to-day, used different methors of arriving at what class in which to place these men. Proof of an en gagement before the war generally was taken to mean that the regis trant was not trying to escape the draft in his marriage. Young wives will not suffer, said one draft board official to-day. They will get an allowance of at least S3O a month under the soldiers' Insur ance act. WAR GUIDES TO DIRECT RETAIL TRADE IN CITY Mercantile Committee Named by Authority of Federal Director E. L. Fell The Mercantile Committee, which will outline regulations for the con duct of retail merchandise establish ments during the war, was an nounced by J. William Bowman, chairman, and Warren R. Jackson, secretary of the Chamber of Com merce, this morning. The conlmittee was appointed at the suggestion of E. Lawrence Fell, Federal director of mercantile econ omy for Pennsylvania, who addressed the meeting of merchants at Fahner stock Hall Monday evening. J. Wil liam' Bowman was made chairman, with power to appoint a committee to aid him in formulating regula ; tions to be observed by all the mer chants of the city. Committee Meets Monday A meeting of the committee has been called for Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock In the council room of the Chamber of Commerce. At the [ Continued on Page 2.] Court Fines a Naval Director SI,OOO For Hoarding Foodstuffs By Associated Press Wuslilnxtoa, June 15.—Dr. Francis S. Nash, a medical director in the Navy, was fined SI,OOO to-day in the District of Columbia Supreme Court after entering a plea of nolle con tendere to a charge of Unlawfully hoarding foodstuffs. An identical charge against his wife, Caroline S. Nash, was dismissed. The court was told that most of the food hoard, valued at approx imately *2.P00, found in the Nash home, had been purchased before the declaration of war with Germany and that much of it had been intend ed for charitable Institutions. The government Instituted pro ceedings to libel a portion of Dr. Nash's food stocks. Officials said that part of It illegally stored would be confiscated." PERSHING SCRAPS ARMY'S WHISKERS By Associated Press Washington, June 15 —A beard less American Army will fight de mocracy's battles in France. On the theory that a fellow fights better when his face Is de void of a three days' growth of beard. General Pershing has sup plied every soldier in the Ameri can Expeditionary Forces-with a j razor. The implied injunction is a once over every day. GOOD SPEAKERS WILL ADDRESS TONIGHTS RALLY Patriotic Mass Meeting to Be One of Most Important Since War Began Of course, you are going to the hall of the House of Representa tives to-night for the most Import ant patriotic rally since the begin ning of the war. Under the auspices of the Pennsylvania branch of the American League to Win the War— the League to Enforce Peace—im portant action will be taken with re spect to the attitude of the people] of this community as representative] of the Commonwealth. Arrangements for the rally have, been made by Dr. J. T. Rothrock,' the secretary of the league, and in addition to some eloquent speech making there will be music and com munity singing. Dr. Rothrock will present Bishop James Henry Darlington as chair man of the meeting and the Rev. I Dr. George E. Hawes will make the] invocation. One of the most elo quent soldiers from the western front has been ordered here and will be among the speakers. Others who have consented to make addresses are Professor SnMth Burnham, of West Chester and W. D. B. Ainey, i chairman of the Public Service Com mission. Both ai-c fluent speakers and are always heard with pleasure. Those who have men In the ser vice are especially urged to be pres- I ent to-nif;ht. There will be no tickets : of admission nor will tfiere be any 1 appeal for funds. It Is purely a pa triotic rally with a view to develop ing the work of the organization which is formulating already the constructive peace plan which must be adopted when the Hun shall have been crushed. The meeting has been called for 8 o'clock in the hall of the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill and there promises to be a great gathering. Reading Inspector Quits After Long Service Record T. E. Hassenbruch, fuel and loco motive inspector on the Reading system, has resigned. Mr. Hassen bruch has been with the company for a number of years. He will be suc ceeded by H. W. Catlicart, now as sistant fuel and locomotive inspec tor. PLAYGROUNDSTO OPEN ON MONDAY FOR THE SUMMER Instructors Arc Named to Carry on Work; More Positions Arc Open All clly playgrounds for which in structors have been appointed will open Monday morning, Supervisor J. K. Staples said to-day. The bath houses at Island Park Will open on Tuesday and the new one being con structed at Front and Seneca streets will be completed in ten days. The following instructors were ap pointed to-day for the various play grounds and special activities: Roas. Wilbur Meek, Leah Klavans; Penn, Naomi Matz; Harris, Mildred Shrad ley; Twelfth street. Sarah Beck. Ma tilda Davis; Sycamore, Margaret Dougherty, Rees M. Lloyd; Calder, Georgia Potter; Reservoir, Elizabeth Workman; Reily, Miriam Stevens; Hamilton, Margaret Wingeard; Ma clay. Renjamin Hefkin, Harriett Lane; Emerald, J. Gordon Hoffman, E'izabeth McCormick, Evelyn Joyce substituting first three days; Pax tang. Mildred Shrupp;swlmmlng in structors, Mary A. Black; also Henry Kohlman and Edward Emanuel on Island; cooking, Miss Anna M. Ben der; camp, Beulah Starry; sewing. Miss Maude F. Murphy. The camp at MeCormlek's Island will open probably July 5. Seven more male instructors are needed. Mr. Staples announced. All who served last year and applied again were reappointed. A meeting of the force will be held on Mon day morning at 9 o'clock In the City Council chamber in the courthouse. Special activity work will be organ ized next week as soon as the grounds are opened. Applicants for the cooking school classes are re quested to fill in the following blank and bring It to the school on Mon day or Tuesday. Name i... .* Address Are Trs. in Class Playground THREATEN STRIKE! It is rumored that carpenters em ployed on government operations at Middletown will strike If their cus tomary bonus is not continued to day. K(Torts are being made by the men in charge of tho work to com promise with the workers, it is said 1 800,000 TROOPS ARE IN FRANCE; SHIPS HOLD KEY Number of U. S. Fighters Go-I ing Overseas Is Limited Only by Capacity VITAL TO SEND QUICKLY! Importance of Holding Allied j Line From Rheims to i Sea Paramount By Associated rrcss Washington. June 15.—More thun I 800,000 American troops have been sent to France and the government expects to have a million there by July 1. This disclosure was made to-day by General lfeyton C March, Chief of Staff, at his first weekly conference with newspaper correspondents, and at an earlier conference of War De-, partment officials with members of the Senate Military Committee General March summarized the battle situation as it stands to-day with four distinct phases of the great German offensive halted, but with its I iinal battles still to come. To meet j the emergency, he ad'ded, only lack | of shipping facilities is limiting the i rush of American troops to the lighting front. Their prompt engage ment, he said, is a paramount neces sity. Points Out Fighting The newspaper conference was held in the rooms of the war coun cil. On the walls -were great maps showing the battle fronts and as General March talked he pointed to the rows of colored pins that marked 'each phase of the fighting, lie said ' that all four of the German drives ithus far have had a common ob.fec- I ttve and he has been only develop j ing phases of the German purpose to drive their way to the channel j ports, primarily, and. secondarily, to i capture Paris. The fighting of the | last week, in the Oise-Aisne salient, he demonstrated, was designed to straighten out the German battle front rather than a blow at a direct objective like Paris. Further oper ations of this nature, it was indi cated, are anticipated before the 'drive toward the channel can be re ] sumed. Rusli of Men Imperative | Up to the present time the bulge I the Germans have'made in the allied I line has added sixty-six miles of front to the allied lines from Rheims to the sea, and large number of addi tional allied forces have been ab sorbed into the work of holding the lines. This makes it urgent, said General March, that American forces be rushed forward without delay. General March would make no prediction as to when American aid ! might give the allies superiority of | numbers again. The time and size |of movements of enemy divisions from the east to the west, he said, would not be estimated, nor could a day be fixed when the allies would have the "mastering superiority" of numbers which will eventually be theirs. The Italian front situation was not discussed, and General March in | that the Russian problem j was still political rather than mili i tary and. therefore, not within his I Held of review. American Ace Brings Down Five Boche. Aviators in One Day of Fighting By Associated Press Pari*, June 15.—Sergeant David E. Putnam, of Brookline, Mass., is re ported to have downed Ave Germans on June 10. . Three of Putnam's aerial victories are now official and the other two are under investiga tion. This record, if the five victories are officially credited, makes Put nam's total thirteen, supplanting: Lieutenant Frank Baylies, of New Bedford, Mass.. as the American ace of aces. The feat accredited Sergeant Put nam is the most notable performed by any American aviator and has probably been eclipsed only once during the course of the war. The only rither aviator getting a larger bag of enemy airplanes In a single day is Lieutenant rtene Fonck, a French ace. who brought down six German machines. Sergeant Putnam is a descendant of Israel Putnam. YANKEES CiKT ANOTHER With the American Army In France, Friday, June 14. —American aviators on the Toul front probably drove down another enemy machine behind the German lines yesterday. In addition to the two machines brought down which have now been confirmed officially as victories. Ex cept for the usual artillery fire, the American sectors have been quiet to day. American Batteries Hurl Thousands of Gas Shells Into Hun Lines on Marne By Associated Press With the American Army In Prance, June 15.—American batteries last night hurled thousands of gas shells into the German lines along the Marne front, northwest of Chat eau Thierry. The bombardment was In retaliation for a heavy gas attack by the Germans. Washington, June 15.—1n addition to last night's communication Gen eral Pershing officially reported to day the downing of two enemy ma chines yesterday by American avia tors. Aside from heavy shelling 'by both sides, northwest of Chateau Thierry, the dispatch said, there was nothing else to report. 'ONI.Y i:\UM\G ASSOCIATED PHKSS NEWSPAPUIt IN HAItHISDLKG AN INCH OF SNOW AT ELLENTON, PA. ! By Associated Press WILLIAMBPORT, June 15. With over an inch of Snow re ported at Ellentoii, near here, last night, new cold we.n.licr records for June were established in this and other nearby sections, I'lio official thermometer here registered a minimum of 13 dc ftrecs early this morning while in the mountainous sections it hud dropped nearly to the freezing point.. While some damage to garden produce is reported in ex posed sections, the loss will not be heavy. BUHL ESTATE GOES TO WAR VICTIMS AND SHARON CITY Two Millions For Belgian Be lief and Bcmainder For His Home Town Shnron, Pa., Juno 15.—Men are building different monuments now adays. Service is the motive. Two million dollars for the relief of war sufferers in Belgium and northern France is set aside in the will of 1' rank H. Buhl. retired steel manu facturer. who died last Friday. The will has just been filed for probate at Mercer. The major part of the Buhl estate, Which is valued ut from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000, is directed to be turned over to the trustees of the Buhl Club, of Sharon, to be expended for [Continued oil Page 2.] Markham Names Ewing as Head of Reading Railway Philadelphia. June 13. —C. 11. Markham, federal railroad director for the Allegheny region, announced to-day the appointment of Charles 11. Ewing as federal manager of the | Heading Railway and the Central Railroad of New Jersey, with offices |in Philadelphia. Mr. Ewing was j vice-president of the Heading. Pres : ident Dice of that company elected I to remain as manager of the cor -1 poration's affdirs on account of ill | health. u f £ ■ '■" T Ma f'TCin.'i.r'T;KC , 'i'; g**ts 4 mo:; ms j *t* •£ 4 r *f* $ I 4 *?• ft 4* ♦ tj a TV X X '.\;>ALL MOVJ'S AGAIN FOR PROHIBITION, X 2| A;• ••.?;•. ;> t -re . .ihibi- 'Jj X I { ••. T J* ciMufv used in the produ tion !| rj* J 1* i ' A 4* jy, •v 1 2* ;.t O jlr • • J T •,* •f* 4* T 4* *** X CHARGED W^TH'TREASON TO BRITAIN + X ; London—Ch;.rl#s Alfred Vernon. said to have been J| 4* , l m jußo'v street police court to-day with conspiring with Sit* ■* * Joseph jens:-,, former lord mayor o! Sheffield, who was ,r, * ? - 1 *7* J ' ' MAC 111 MIST KILLED T # "Key West, Fia.—W\lliam D. Jones, Unlsndale, Pa.,, nrhoro, imd Delln >|. AlllNOn. Will IninK- "j f port! Kabntlno HuNNlarelll andAmlnii Plebunl, Heraberi Uenjiunln *t" K. Hnrmiin. Sunliury, mid Krmn 11. Nlnne, \Mllluiimpnrt i Loula H. tL r Bell. I'hlladelphln, and Sum Norr, Carll*le. V •<-> HOME EDITION DOUBLE MURDER CASE IS PUT IN HANDSOFJURY 1 illie Dale Pleads Guilty to j Charge of Conducting Dis orderly House OTHEB JUBY DISAGBEES ! One Holds Out For Conviction of Eichelberger Woman on Similar Charge 11 Juries in the case of Benjamin. j alias "Preacher" Johnson, charged '! with murder, and in the suit against J Emma Eichelberger, charged with selling liquor without a license and | conducting a disorderly house, were ■ j out at an early hour this afternoon. | Ihe jury in the latter case coming i into court for a few minutes to an nounce they could not agree on a ! verdict. Judge McCarrell sent thein out again, after intimating that the 5 evidence for conviction was so strong - that an acquittal would seem to be u } miscarriage of justice. Judge C. V. Henry, specially pre siding, charged the Johnson jury this • i morning, reviewing carefully the evl f I dence given and the attempt to prov< - self-defense. Johnson is charged u with the murder of Tucker and Odell a ' [Continued on Page 2.] 1 j Postmaster Sites Named ,!' War Stamps Chairman Postmaster Frank C. Sites was to day appointed as chairman of th War Savings Committee for Dauphir ' county, to succeed William M. Don aldson, who was compelled to re f 1 llnquish the work because of busl- I ness. Mr. Donaldson organized th [ j campaign for the stamps In thi r . county and devoted much time to j 1 getting the various districts lined up s' Mr. Sites took hold this artemoon eland had a conference with William I i Jennings, John F. Dapp and otliei a j men active in such work. s! _ ! tXKVKI.AM) PAPERS IIAISK PRICK d I Cleveland, Ohio, June 16. Effective . June 17, the price of the Cleveland II News and Cleveland Press, afternunr dailies, will be advanced to a cents