Flooded Piave, Bridged by Austrians, Helps Italians Against Foe; Yankees Clean German Trenches JfS HARRISBURG lf§l|l|l TELEGRAPH: LXXXVII— No. 158 MINES IDLE WHEN WORKERS ATTEND THREE FUNERALS Men Quit Work Because of Company Refusal to Col lect Contribution OPERATORS ARE BLAMED Miners Take Means to Dem onstrate Position on Col lection Agency Lykens, June 21.—That they might attend the funerals of their three comrades who were killed in the cavein of the Short Mountain Col liery of the Susquehanna Coal Com pany on Monday, nearly a thousand workmen of the company refused to work yesterday and are not work ins to-day, in accordance with a ruling of the Lykens Union of the United Mine Workers of America. Yesterday morning they attended the funeral of Rudolph Hirsh, of Lykens, and in the afternoon that of Charles Fenstermacher. This aft ernoon they are attending the obse quies of Thomas Davis. In explaining why they are not working and getting out approxi mately 4,000 tons of anthracite coal on these two days in view of the im minent shortage of anthracite, the miners say that they are forbidden to work on the days of funerals of dead fellow workmen under pro visions of their local branch. This ruling, they say. was enacted because the Susquehanna Coal Company re fused to permit its clerical force to make certain deductions from their wages on the day of the funerals, to be paid to the dependants of the dead men. So as the only method by which they can pay tribute to their fellow workmen, they do not work on the days of the funerals of any men. accidentally killed, and attend the funerals of the victims. This has been the custom of the workers, it is said, since the work men's compensation act became ef fective. Previous to that time the Susquehanna Coal Company, at the request of the Miners' Union, had its clerical force deduct twenty per cent, of the wages of each workman to be paid to the dependants of the •lead men. Since the enactment of the compensation act,' which re quires the company to compensate . the dependants, the clerical force ! does not perform this duty. So the ! workmen, to pay tribute to the dead | men, refuse to work. This they have ! done ever since the enforcement of the compensation law. Queried on the matter this morn- ; ing. officials of the Susquehanna Coal I I'ompany declared the men only want to take several days off. The I company takes the stand that if the ] miners want to contribute to the i families of the dead men they could j easily have collected any sum they j desired to give. Republican County Committee tc Hold Meeting Tomorrow The annual meeting of the Republi- j ran County CommittPp will be held to- ' morrow morning. Every district in i the county will be represented. County 1 • 'hairman William H. Horner will call, the committee to order at in o'clock. ! in Courtroom No. 2. Congressman ; Aaron S. Kreider, Senator K. E. I Beidlenian and the other candidates' • will speak. There will be addresses ' also by William M. Hargest and John E. Fox. Women Urged to Wear Old Clothes During the War Emphasizing the fact that the! United States government will spend! in its 1918 war campaign plans ap- J proximately nineteen billion dollars,! just seven billion less than she spent [ during all of her entire previous ex-j istence, Miss Ruth Fisher in the! House of Representatives emphasiz ed the part civilians must take in this. Speaking on "Textiles and ! t'lothing," she said that civilians can \ help very well by wearing old! clothes. "Old clothes will be quite fashion-! able during the fall and winter," she I said, "and patches may rightfully be! counted as badges of honor." By wearing old clothes, Miss Fisher said, I civilians can aid in releasing for war! duties many persons now engaged in ! manufacturing clothing demanded 1 by the idlosvncracies of the people. \ Mrs. Sanftiel Freidman, chairman j of the Home Products Committee, < presided at last evening's meeting!! Rabbi Louif J. Haas led in prayer Community singing featured 'the program. Mrs. Mabel Cronise Jones! will preside at this evening s meet-1 ing. THE WEATHER] For HnrriMbnrK nnil vicinity: Nhotvrrn anil wnrnu-r <-ni K li<. Saturday nlioer with rlnlnir temperature. For Knntern I'ennflylvnnhi: Show er* to-night, except fair In ex treme Koutlienxt portion warmer I Saturday Nhonrrn with rlnltiK temperature; moderate MliowerN with rlilng tempera ture; moderate louthweiit to nouth wlndn. Hlver The main river will probably con tinue to fall Mlowly. A Ktage of about 4.0 feet In expected at Harrlnbiirit Saturday morning. Uenernl Condition* Prcanure has dlmlnlMhed over nearly all the enatern half of the country. A general rlae of - to l'J decree* In temperature baa occurred In the Middle At lantic and New Fngland States. Temperaturet N u. m„ 37. Sum nine*, 5i84 n. m.; acta, Hrju p. m. Moon I Full moon. June 24. Itlver Stagei 4 feet above low water mark. • Ycaterduya Weather Highest temperature, 72. I,owest temperature, 52. Mean temperature, U2. .Normal temperature, 72. 20 PAGES Drove Into the "Rough" r \ V s Vi M \> X \V! \iJKy NOT GAINING MUCH AM) SEE WHAT ITS DOING TO HIS SCORE MAY ELIMINATE STOPS NOW MADE BY TROLLEY CARS Drastic Measures Proposed to Save Coal, Labor and Time of Workmen Officials of the Harrisburg Rail ways Compaiiy and Ross A. llickok, local fuel administrator, will confer during the coming week on a plan to eliminate many of the stops now made by the cars on the lines both in the city and rural districts. The conference will be the result of a letter sent to Frank B. Musser, pres ident of the ailways company, by William Potter, state fuel adminis trator, notifying him to work out a fuel conservation program and ar range an additional "skip-stop" sys tem with the local administration. The letter also makes numerous other recommendations which must be carried out. Recently the rail ways company inaugurated a fuel saving by eliminating all alley stops, but the order of the state adminis tiator is more drastic and provides that no more than eight stops be al lowed to a mile in the business dis trict, six in the Vesidence districts and four in the country. Similar letters were sent to all [Continued on Page I.] Longest Day of Year Is Marred by Heavy Clouds; Summer Gets Bad Start Summer was officially ushered in to-day with most of the palm beaches and other lighter garments discarded for clothing affording more protection. While the weather appeared to be unusual for the sum mer season, it was not altogether as cool as it might seem. The fact that the sun was covered by clouds to gether with the fact that a fairly brisk breeze prevailed, accounts for the apparent coolness. The lowest temperature recorded to-day was 55 degrees, but a lower temperature than that was recorded just two years ago on the first day of summer when the mercury went one degree lower. The highest tem perature of the day was recorded at 1 o'clock when the thermometer registered 64 degrees. It will like ly fall somewhat later in the day with the effect that the mean tem perature will be approximately 57 or 58 degrees, about three degrees low er than the average mean' temper ature In Harrisburg for the past twenty years. To-day will be the longest day of the year, the sun being* in sight for approximately fifteen hours with daylight prevailing nearly three hours longer. The sun rose at 5.34 a. m. and will set at 8.26 p. m. Draft Call For 8,976 Men Set For July 15 \Vu.shington. June 21.—Provost Marshal General f'rowder to-day called for 8,976 draft registrants qualified for general military service, to he sent on July 15 to various schools for special training. The call is to ho held open for volunteers un til July 1. SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS D. H. ELLINGER, LONG IN EMPLOY OF CITY, DIES Served For Years as Munici pal Sanitary Officer; Prom inent in Fraternal Orders David H. Ellinger, aged 71, sani tary officer, the oldest employe in the service of the city, both as to age | and term of employment, who had been confined to his bed for the last j six weeks, died at his home, 413 Boas street, early this morning. Be fore his last sickness he had been at his office only several weeks after being in'bed for a time. Twice with in the last two years he has had strokes of paralysis. Mr. Ellinger was born in Hum melstown, coming to this city about forty-five years ago. He was ex press messenger between Harrisburg and Baltimore and also Harrisburg and Winchester. Later lie entere:! the employ of the Citizen Railway Company, which was consolidated with the present Harrisburg Rail ways Company. He then became a manager of the Prudential Insur [Continued on Page 7.] TRAIN KILLS :t IN AUTO By Associated Press Erie, Pa., June 21. —A fast New York Central eastbound Pullman train struck an automobile at a grade crossing here last night, kill ing three persons and perhaps fa tally njuring another. The dead are: Mr. and Mrs. Lelghton Mould, Cleveland, Ohio, and Mrs. Laura A. Moorehead, this city. Mrs. Ida M. Sartwell, also of this city, is at a hos pital here with a fractured skull. • They were on their way to Buffalo. The automobile ran into an unguard ed crossing directly in the path of i the train. DRAFT DODGER WHO MAGNIFIED . HIS ILLS GETS Uncanny Apparatus Now Able to Inform Officials Where Malingerer Is Lying to Escape the Army The draft dodger who had hopes of escaping active service with the Army because of his plea of poor physical condition is "up against it," according to the verdict of physi cians of local draft boards to-day upon receipt of information from the Provost Marshal GJneral on how to weed out the malingerer from honest men. According to local draft boards, the hardest thing In the world was to determine how good a man's eurs or eyes arc if he claimed they were bad. This was particularly true In cases where cither the eye or the car was slightly attectcd and the HARRISBURG, PA, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 21, 1918. CITY MEN WILL TURN FARMERS TO HELP FOOD Supply of Labor Short and Demand For Army Sup plies Is Urgent Every able-bodied man in Harris ; burg and Dauphin county will be asked shortly to lend a hand to the farmer. The plan vas announced to j day in all its very simple details by ; Ric-liard C. llaldeman, who is di rector in Dauphin county for the [United States Public Service Re serve. Whether you are a store clerk, bank clerk, minister of the gospel, school teacher, machinist, laborer, you will have an opportunity to be whisked out into the wholesome country air in a high powered mo torcar and give your patriotic mus cle to the patriotic farmer who, per haps. cannot get his hay in. "The supply of farm labor," says Mr. Haldeman, "is far short, so much so that unless help is given the farm ers they will not be able to produce the food which must be supplied to {Continued on Page 11.] Yankee Aviators Tear Holes in River Bridge in Bombing Expedition Italian Army Headquarters, Thurs day. June 20.—The first American aviators to fly on the Italian front went to-day on a bombing expedi tion and succeeded In blowing two holes in a new Austrian bridge across the Piave river. The commander of the Italian aviation camp expressed satisfaction with the work of the Americans. The aviation forces on this front are displaying the most intense ac- 1 tivity. | draft dodger wanted to exaggerate 1 his ills. i The best medical science in the j United States recently was called In and a series of tests arranged under j which any physician can tell' in ten : minutes if the drafted man is telling ~the whole truth. These -tests which ■ are said to be almost uncanny in the certainty with which they work are 1 done with and without apparatus Information telling how to do the work now is In the hands of draft I officials. Publication of the means | taken to detect malingerers is being , withheld so that he tannot have the j benefit of being prepared beforehand, i AUSTRIAN ARMY NOW HELD ON DEFENSIVE STOUT ITALIAN RESISTANCE TOO MUCHFORHUNS Austrians Defeated in Drive Against Keystone of the Allied Defence RAIN HINDERS INVADERS Seventh Day of Battle Sees Little Success For the Enemy By Associated Press Stout Italian resistance has again stopped the Austrians in their ef forts to extend their front on the Montello plateau, the keystone of; the Italian defense on the Piave river. Official announcement is made at Rome that the Austrians were de feated in a drive yesterday on the northeastern section of the plateau and that only on the south were they able to itiake any progress whatever. The enemy was able to cross the Montebelluna-Susegana railway at several points near Nervesa station, but even at this point was promptly stopped. Nervesa i.s a village on the west bank of the Piave on the extreme southeastern point, of the Montello plateau. The railroad mentioned is not shown on military maps and probably has been built quite recent ly. On the north and west the pla teau slopes up steeply to wooded heights, while on the south are low lands similar to those further down, where the Austrians have been checked by the Italians. As the Aus trians have for some days held posi tions near Nervesa, tne net results of their last attacK is apparently in significant. I Austria's offensive against Italy apparently has resolved itself into a defensive movement both in the mountains and along the Piave. While facing allied counterattacks on the fighting front, the AustHan gov ernment is being harassed in Vienna ! and elsewhere by popular outbreaks j caused by food conditions. (spurred on by their successful re sistance, Italian troops are making repeated attacks against the enemy positions west of the Piave and have gained some ground. In the moun tains around Asiago Franco-Italian troops have reoccupied important positions. Wednesday the bag of Austrian prisoners aggregated nearly -.000, bringing the total captures to 11,000. Vienna Admits Reverse Vienna in its official statement ad- I mits that its troops are on the de j tensive, and is content to report that | all Italian attacks, especially along ! the Piave, have been repulsed. The I lighting is now in its seventh day and ; the Austrians west of the Piavc prob j ably in a more precarious position | than at any time since last Saturday. Around Montcllo, on the northern i end of the Piave line, the Austrians j liave been driven back slightly. Their J efforts to advance near Zenson, near I the center of the line, have been j checked with severe losses. At San i Dona di Piave and on the Fossetta j Canal Italians have driven the j enemy from ground gained earlier i ill the week. Klcmcnts Aid Allies j Heavy rains are reported in the | mountains and these may add to I the torrent in the Piave which ] already has washed away many | bridges. With the flooded river be | hind the enemy the Italian counter i attacks are gaining in strength in j an effort to wipe out or capture the troops which have crossed the Piave and have been unable to advance into the Venetian plain. Riots are reported in suburbs of Vienna and 100,000 workmen in im portant war manufactories there are on strike. The situation apparently is growing beyond control of the civil authorities and martial law in the Austrian capital is not unlikely. The workmen continue to demand more bread and the agitation ! Advices received in neinral coun tries are to the effect that the pres ent trouble is the most serious the Austrian government has yet faced and is causing grave apprehension throughout the country. Germany appears- unable to help because' it is faced with a serious food situation itself. Yanks Are ilusy Subnormal fighting activity con tinues generally on the front in France and Belgium. The American troops appear to be the only ones who are busy and the actions which have occupied them have not been extensive. West of Montdidler American troops in a short and desperate en gagement have cleaned out German trenches and machine-gun nests at Cantigny. Most of the Germans who icmained to fight the Americans were killed, while a number were made prisoner. Huns Give False Report Berlin officially claims that Ger man troops have penetrated the American trenches at' Seicheprey. The falsity of this report is shown by i dispatch from the American front which says that the "penetration" >vas only an attempted raid by sixty Germans. Announcement is made of the tor pedoing in the Mediterranean of the I French transport Sant' Anna with the loss of 638 lives. The vessel was sunk on May 10 and 1.512 of the sol-, dlers and native workmen on board were saved. ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED I'lllCSS NEWSPAPER IN HAHIMSIIDRG Germans Prepari New Assault Positions in Flanders Hun Armies Rested For New Attempt to Rreak Through | Haig'sLines; Crown Prince's j Men Exhausted FOOD RIOTS MAY LEAD TO AUSTRIAN REVOLT | By Associated Press Paris, June 21.—Grave events are [ impending on the British front, ac- | cording to military experts, who see j in the intensity of the German can- I nonade at various points the pre- ; liminary steps of a new German attack. It is pointed out that the Fourth army group, under Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, has- had lei sure for reorganization during the three weeks since it was engaged in battle and is now ready for a new effort along the front. It has been established that units of Crown Prince Rupprecht's army were engaged in the abortive attack on Rheims Tuesday night. This is considered proof by the L'Honime Libre that the German Crown i Prince's army is tired and exhausted, j Copenhagen, June 21.—The situa- | tion at Prague, Bohemia, and the in- j dustrial centers in that district, says the Neue Freie Presse of Vienna, has become so serious that the Austrian government will either be compelled to increase the bread ration or run the risk of still further exciting the working people. In. the latter event, the newspaper declares, railway communication would be cut off and a revolution would break out. London, June 21.—1n many prov inces of Hungary there is only one third or one-quarter the food neces sary to maintain the population in health, former Premier Tisza de clared in a speech to the Hungarian Parliament yesterday, according to a Budapest telegram forwarded by the Exchange Telegraph correspondent at Amsterdam. Baylies,'Yankee Ace, Missing Since June 17; Machine Fell in Flames By Associated Press Paris, June 21.—First Lieutenant Frank 1,. Baylies an American mem ber of the French flying corps, has been missing since June 17, when his machine fell in flames six miles within the German lines. Baylies' i home was in New Bedford, Mass. Leading American ace in the French flying corps, Baylies was downed during an unequal fight with four German machines. With Ser geants Dubonnet and Macari of the Stork escadrille, he had finished sev eral hours patrolling, and they were about to return at twilight when they sighted four single-seater airplanes which they mistook for British ma chines. But they were German, and they seized an opportunity to attack Baylies simultaneously. The enemy had the advantage of position and number, but Baylies put up a game fight. He attempted to take the of | fensive but Jiis machine caught flrp and fell after a few moments about six miles within the German lines. Sergeant Macari thinks that Lieut. Baylies may have had a good land ing if he escaped death in the flames of the 'burning machine. American Machine Guns Inflict Losses on Hun Patrols at Two Points By Associated Press Washington, June 21.—Enemy patrols suffered considerable losses northwest of Chateau Thierry and in the Woevre region. General Persh ing reported to-day in his communi que for yesterday. In the Chateau Thierry and Woevre regions and In Loiralne artillery fighting continues. The communique follows: "Section A—Patrolling has again been especially active. Northwest of Chateau Thierry and in the Woevre, hostile patrols suffered considerable losses in patrol encounters and from our machine gun fire. Artillery fight ing continues In these regions and in Lorraine. "Section B—There is nothing to report in this section." CONCERT PROGRAM The Steelton Band, under the leadership of Director Zala, will give the following program at a band concert in Reservoir Park to-night:. "America." March, "Liberty Loan" Sousa Grand selection, Macbeth.. .Vcrdl Melodies from the comic opera "Maid Marian". . . .R. delvovtfn Grand scenes from ''Samson and Delilah" Salnt-Saens Fantasia on Scotch. Irish and English airs, "Albion" Ch. Baetene "Ballet Egyptien"—in 4 parts Motives from "The Grand Mo gul" G. Luders "Star Spangled Banner." STARVATION IN FOOD RATION London, June 21. * I "MIE weekly food ration In i Austria, the Daily Mail corre spondent at The Hague quotes the Arbeiter Zeitung of Vienna as reporting, is as follows: Twenty-two ounces of bread; one pound of potatoes, of wfcich half cannot be eaten; one ounce of black bran mash; one ounce of another mill produce; an ounce and a half of fat; six and one-half ounces of sugar; one egg; seven ounces of meat and a little jam and coffee substitutes. The Vienna newspaper says that the meat allowance is obtained "if the applicant waits all night for it." Use Airplanes to Escape From War-Burdened Berlin By Associated Press Copenhagen, June 21.—Four resi dents of Berlin attempted to escape from Germany Tnursuay in two air planes. One succeeded in landing in Denmark, but the other was brought down in the Baltic Sea by German guardships. The machino which landed in Denmark had two occupants, one of whom, a reserve officer, is a professor in the Univer sity of Berlin. They say they fled from Berlin because of the condi tions there. S •4* e 3fc* , 4® a 4* ( v i 4 , =4 ,al * "1- 0 A* X jk 4* yANKEE GRIP ON 38 MILES OF FRONT X 4* jton—American soldiers are now holding the j j *£ . T fight ng line for a distance o£ 38 miles on the western 2 ; 4 front, according. to information given inetaibers of th'. 2 House tylilitary Committee to-day at the weekly con v * ferencc with Secretary- Baker and General March, chief- JL -5* i + of - s ' ■ ;r J? "DRY" RIDER HALTS FOR HEARINGS X Washingtotts-Thc Senate Agriculture committee to- *Pf i JJ day decided to postpone action on Jones' prohibition ride * *DU 'mt to agricultural appropriation bill and to reopen hearings. JL. ; & .CHURQHTLL TO BE CHIEF CENSOR ? 1 Washington—Army censorship is to be placed directly A . X nder the military intelligence section of the general stai: Mr > x Mi* ' X *"°* on e' Marlborough Churchill as chief censor. ' J,' NEW GERMAN ATTACK IMPENDING T ' r-y " . Paris—Grave events are impending on the British w ♦J* front according to military experts, who see in the inten- X TJ iiity of the German cannonading at various points the 4* TW preliminary Steps pf a new German attack. M ± ' 4 *s '4 ■ CZECHOSLOVAKS CONTROL RAILWAY f X Moscow—Czecho-Slovak control of sections of the X A >M Trans-Siberian railway has completely cut all rail and VP i *3* v *f* |b :bmmunicauons between Siberia and Russia and has jB x resulted in Russia of the Siberian grain supply. At X -£ f RUSSELLITES GET 20 YEARS *t f ♦§ v York—Joseph F. Rutherford, successor t *| || "I ■' Rustcll au head of the International Bible Stu- -4^ denti Association, anch six of his associates were to-day X JL er,* rot wenty year; i prisonment for conspiracy to ? violate t! < espionage law. X f 'o 4 I'll.LT D WHEN BOMB EXPLODES X I "*§* Mk Baltimore—rTwo soldiers were killed and a third T, s I", lie prr nture explosion of a trench 4* iw ' bomb at the army proving grounds at Aberdeen, 3jf |T Md., yesterday. Secretary Baker and several ordnance T | oflr c; were ctanding less than 300 yards away. T MARRIAGE LICENSES £ •*L* Philip S. Dryan nnd Smu A. .Shakeaprnre, Harrlaburir: Kd- **- V ward I. Hurley, Newvlllc, and Rdrtb M. Heard. S Hnrv*y K. Shut! and Hrrthii A. Harmon, Dietrleki Kduar Carwl 7< " nd B*rtlm M. Urehn, Harrlabnrm li.vman M. Krrmrr, Baltimore, . S and Anaii Cohen, HnrrlaliurK. *r V 9~ HOME EDITION. AUSTRIANS MUST START NEW DRIVE OR ADMIT DEFEAT Italians in Readiness to Meet Second Phase of Piavc Offensive LATINS OUTCLASS ENEMY Town of Nervesa Set on Fire by Guns of Empire's Foes By Associated Press Italian Army Headquarters, Thurs day, June 20.—The second phase of the Austrian offensive, featured by attacks to the right and left of Vai slagna, aong the Brenta river and in the mountains should logically be gin soon now that the effort on the. Piave has failed. It is felt that If the Austrians do not renew their ef forts to penetrate to the plains through the Brenta region and tak ing Monte Grappa, it would be an acknowledgment of defeat and their inability to carry out the ambitious plan launched a week ago. The situation, however, is still re garded as most serious and all prep arations have been made to meet any new offensive. I-'oc Outclasses Austrians Along the Piave the Italian posi tions are virtually unchanged. The Austrians are lighting well, accord ing to the Italians, but the latter are outclassing them. It is believed the Italians would have firiven the Aus- I trians back across the river before [Continued on Page 18.]
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