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' (Wj 10tar~ Independent I
LXXXVII— No. 14J 16 PAGES
YOUTHS OF 21 GET
NUMBERS IN GREAT !
U. S. DRAFT LOTTERY
Secretary Baker Draws First
of Capsules From Bowl
• With Prominent Members
of the Military Committees
Present; Little Excitement
YEAB OF WAR SERVES
TO CALM THE PEOPLE
"Master Numbers" Apply to
Those on Registration Cards
. as "Serials" Will Not Be
Given Out to New Regis
tered Men
By Associated Press
Washington, June 27. —Americas
class of 1918 stood at attention to
day as the numoers assigned to each
young man attaining his majority in
the year ending last June were
drawn in the national draft lottery.
Historic events of a little less than
a year ago were repeated as. from
a large glass bowl in a committee
room of the Senate office building,
v.cre drawn the numbers represent
ing 744,500 youths, the majority of
■whom within a few months will be
enrolled in the forces fighting for
democracy and against Prussianism.
officials Arc Witnesses
Secretary Baker, members of the
Senate and House Military Commit
tees. and other high government of
ficials witnessed the drawing by blind
folded men of the little capsules from
the bowl, each of the capsules con*
taining a "master number" to be ap
plied in the 4.500 registration dis
tricts of the country according to
the total registration.
The setting for the lottery was a
replica of that of July 20 last, when
the drawing of 10,500 numbers de
termined the liablity for service of
approximately 10,000,000 men. In
the country at large there was little
of the excitement that attended the
first drawing. A year of war had
served to calm the American people.
The lack of excitement, however, was
largely occasioned by the fact that
to-day's drawing was fraught with
only rlight significance, owing to the
qvestionnaire method of classifica
tion.
Will Be Five Classes
To-day's drawing was to determine
only the relative summoning to the
colors of the new registrants as
Anally classified by the local boards
under the questionnaire system. All
jf the youths whose numbers were
drt wn to-day will be assigned to the
various five classes on the basis of
information furnished in the ques
tionnaires now being mailed out. The
new registratns will be placed at the
foot of the list in each class in their
respective districts in the order in
which their numbers are drawn to
day. In that respect only will to
day's drawing affect the registrants.
Statements made recently by Pro
vost Marshal General Crowder and
Secretary Baker indicate that all af
the new registrants placed in Class
1 will be called before the end of the
year. Accordingly, not more than a
[Continued on Page 12.]
AM- POVLTRY RETAINERS
MUST (iCT IJCENSK
The Food Administration yesterday
announced that any one who sells
poultry or eggs in any other way
than at retail to the consumer, re
gardlens of the amount of business
lione, must be licensed. It was added
that many stores in the country dis
tricts whose business is mostly re
tail selling, but who buy eggs and
poultry from the farmers, have never
< onsidered themselves as operators of
poultry and egg-packing plants, but
in reality come under that heading
and must be licensed.
TOMORROW
Make Your Pledge for
All You Can Buy of
WAR STAMPS
Uncle Sam asks you
to loan your cash
THE WEATHER
For HnrrUltarK and vlrlallji Fair
nnd ftlightly wurmer to-nlftht;
Krlday partly cloudy and prob
ably nhontni.
For Kaolern I'ennnylvanlai Fair
an<l nllKhtly warmer to-night g
Friday partly cloudy and ahon
rrn In extreme north nnd ant
portions) warmer In aouthraot
portion i ll(kl, variable nlnd.
River
Tbe Bn*ioebannn river and all it*
branekea will continue to fall
to-night and probably Friday. A
■tace of about 4..' feet la Indi
cated for Harrlaburs Friday
mornlnK.
General Condition*
Tbe preaaure taa* Increased over
the greater part of tbe east
ern half of tbe country. Show
era have fallen In the Middle
Atlantic and Golf States and In
Florida and (iesrgla.
Temperature i H a. m., AO.
Sunt Rlaea, S<3s a. ni.; sets, 8i25
p. m.
Moon i First quarter, July 1.
River JitaKei R a. m., 4.7 feet above
low-water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, 70.
l>owest tempernture,
viean temperature, (14.
Normal temperature, 73.
THE ORDER NUMBERS
Ist Hundred
246 1168 818 1091
479 469 492 154
529 355 580 740
10 599 29 210
445 305 259 1007
1153 410 298 361
17 328 370 71
961 836 618 136
069 1001 322 1195
145 737 661 470
482 777 1154 1194
988 207 617 767
692 1117 1078 652
1196 817 1071 377
447 1012 712 555
1174 1111 226 57
885 762 1115 330
507 1161 268 78
122 785 1160 668
928 279 557 516
1200 87 742 252
209 1025 177 923
747 199 269 4
753 778 306 320
822 239 859 130
2nd Hundred
500 229 1016 851
1093 1133 397 465
1126 1181 809 319
70 1069 575 108
840 357 860 411
579 589 1125 466
792 1107 719 820
308 302 401 1120
28 1089 881 89
1147 454 151 691
937 787 1067 807
867 793 800 90
291 522 65 752
1169 lit 519 125
1135 365 825 921
829 276 1190 45
722 570 135 1029
275 301 212 396
906 61 596 234
91 743 405 1162
51 348 241 63
1198 231 703 613
1173 335 41 974
875 317 1051 446
274 81 902 833
3rd Hundred
367 637 32 66
16 299 203 218
1112 7Hi 518 315
984 574 957 1090
191 153 82 530
995 1187 427 238
147 622 762 980
801 1048 419 55
33 56 862 285
535 639 1012 102
714 429 816 688
48 549 206 13
254 477 353 3
1104 342 321 61
924 168 567 372
198 442 137 545
776 626 297 1118
267 694 193 155
999 543 823 1152
216 210 992 1146
1083 158 985 861
865 518 1128 638
270 11 1130 880
552 927 69 211
46-t 385 1084 766
4th Hundred
35 614 113 630
976 655 676 513
869 1034 1183 398
62 1011 1188 303
337 895 666 961
1163 709 813 728
1122 18 1105 819
143 462 110 223
1086 620 521 200
1019 401 54 761
594 1032 697 660
003 501 81 Olf
966 1040 338 173
421 189 189 604
266 443 613 481
278 581 815 682
181 138 344 958
636 935 1137 261
789 715 88 1028
188 797 537 1072
007 578 434 12
150 701 245 418
685 978 221 493
898 1155 1095 727
1151 114 257 39
LITTLE INTEREST
SHOWN IN DRAFT
NUMBERDRAWING
Telegraph Table Gives Regis
trant Chance to See Where
He Stands
Little interest was *hown here
to-day in the drawing of draft num
bers at Washington. This was due,
it was said, to the fact that com
paratively few men are affected and
that every man will have a chance
to appeal for a deferred classifica
tion on his questionnaire.
Thus any one of the men holding
the first numbers may not be called
until the last. The first number,
[Continued on Page I I.]
Stores Close For First
of the Half Holidays
This was the first Thursday half
holiday of the season and all city
stores which hold membership in
the Chamber of Commerce, closed
at noon. This system, inaugurated
recently by the Chamber, also pro
vides that the same stores will close
at 5 o'clock each day, excepting
Thursday and Saturday, beginning
July 1. The closing will continue
, until September 1. <
SINGLE COPY
■i IKSTS
sth Hundred
855 316 618 1145
010 SO "7 1125
•108 110 280 1022
38 2ti 052 734
1167 803 352 187
1135 512 813 760
160 08 362 360
632 751 000 1008
40 605 546 1037
070 704 1170 042
857 432 547 25
452 1043 480 707
288 316 01 253
657 540 58 847
277 12 435 802
34 616 340 448
433 856 677 504
554 153 661 228
203 717 140 1045
500 420 830 430
368 584 014 030
1077 1080 663 112
510 812 030 018
828 123 687 2
047 1175 768 588
6th Hundred
1107 247 202 95
018 062 412 561
1100 072 77 46
1138 300 1114 287
758 263 243 227
8 107 1100 713
608 302 553 03
760 658 Oil 426
004 701 00 402
628 811 100 131
1127 123 631 1101
186 317 730 300
000 620 1011 451
1189 431 201 503
063 871 587 120
615 104 150 1050
781 04 148 260
577 773 265 1033
156 070 407 67
1026 1165 056 786
706 1082 308 811
770 280 1159 40
013 182 38 564
882 333 700 795
621 693 605 1060
7th Hundred
647 232 633 003
754 351 1021 621
559 959 517 868
284 565 654 804
7 27 474 929
541 251 1057 016
665 610 1038 1036
415 163 1024 576
726 897 702 1015
258 1158 233 558
262 853 170 1
52 1170 920 1110
6 859 1052 1070
312 381 456 406
219 24 597 917
14 1193 595 1096
165 763 602 710
610 237 471 366
1002 416 520 1064
572 136 944 71
887 208 662 671
178 670 806 761
798 386 336 612
10 459 230 998
1058 106 191 318
Bth Hundred
1046 185 1062 796
562 669 842 383
698 680 439 722
1180 635 339 990
022 50 505 531
506 37 1136 487
735 364 11*4 36
1066 68 531 711
861 884 1041 919
295 784 1023 85
755 195 417 975
592 686 716 926
128 838 329 1005
172 161 356 1108
83 566 1097 905
387 172 756 623
313 1076 II 1172
178 116 1056 51 1
138 92 313 197
653 696 161 890
983 1044 007 733
872 1071 973 292
181 122 1156 1061
1118 382 667 586
110 833 222 167
9th Hundred
1099 1085 128 1112
1176 217 1027 871
495 1018 792 1009
1157 811 5;i3 155
197 103 79 771
511 485 15 1181
1192 1134 625 1106
1139 943 945 369
141 26 110 211
748 1004 772 967
736 729 805 794
539 400 104 651
775 912 1087 932
542 986 157 31
678 890 612 1073
627 746 1063 1088
96 272 989 1144
837 876 124 845
524 934 490 780
314 593 256 1094
1079 53 43 142
846 1141 538 391
106 1020 374 1065
359 248 131 765
1003 358 340 80
10th Hundred
715 532 509 508
201 955 127 101
74 4 1113 475 159
380 731 1177 483
965 700 170 971
582 144 23 749
350 473 832 883
573 614 250 388
569 22 437 673
1185 1053 646 670
585 214 656 457
21 460 180 866
1068 839 708 699
394 286 954 1055
75 672 1102 282
1000 1101 1161 874
938 1047 1006 888
854 803 563 50
908 891 484 1075
324 47 674 1166
126 1132 732 1092
86 60 783 129
1149 799 689 273
724 659 323 395
205 821 375 1186
lltli Hundred
1143 757 183 1010
528 831 73 1171
993 536 311 1031
378 421 167 169
1129 307 675 946
384 1116 826 759
730 461 515 111
824 175 491 458
1121 953 523 116
852 1124 9 331
20 601 551 1081
1150 600 556 327
720 1017 334 220
255 242 591 803
951 560 100 849
486 910 115 877
399 291 403 892
326 634 650 409
827 879 441 496
848 611 583 354
997 994 376 109
996 878 249 281
261 215 814 950
,5 290 1103 363
463 873 919 283
12th Hundred
1039 166 779 117
1199 571 723 139
310 609 133 105
42 213 176 1059
393 235 1178 550
870 915 683 476
526 171 525 341
1030 933 499 373
711 606 987 598
345 390 88ft 1008
738 408 1019 968
lllft 5(1 982 1013
425 502 1140 931
1182 611 121 901
111 725 771 221
705 162 806 810
132 1123 488 981
941 788 960 419
413 894 118 681
••"I 97 325 721
332 236 645 1054
379 389 834 850
619 171 468 301
527 568 750 152
681 690 936 225
NATION MAY BE
'DRY'AFTER JUNE
30 OF NEXT YEAR
Making and Sale of Beer to
Stop 90 Days After the
Law Passes
By Associated Press
Washington, June 27.—The Sen
ate Agriculture Committee to-day
. agreed upon an amendment to the
$11,000,000 emergency agricultural
! appropriation bill providing for na
j tional prohibition.
Under the amendment the manu
facture and sale of whisky and
wine would be prohibited after June
30, 1919 and the manufacture and
sale of beer three months after the
final approval of the bill by the
President.
Another test vote irt the lower
House of Congress on prohibition,
the second in a week, resulted to
day in the adoption of a resolution,
112 to 92, calling on the President
to inform the House whether any
rulirig has been made by the railroad
administration, the war industries
board or the war trade board cur
tailing supplies to liquor manufac
turers. J
HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 27, 1918.
COAL DEALERS
PESSIMISTIC AT
SITUATION HERE
Little Fuel at Hand For Or
ders Which Have Been
Piling Up Steadily
ALL HOPE FOR THE BEST
Promises of the Administra
tion Viewed Skeptically
by Many Men
Coal dealers in Harrisburg refuse
to be optimistic over the promises
of .the government anthracite com
mittee and mine operators that
there will be adequate fuel for
household needs next winter.
With 114, 229 tons ordered, and
only 20.T45 tons delivered, leaving
unfilled orders to the extent of 93,
484 tons on their books before June
1, the dealers are frankly skeptical.
A total of 15,063 orders for next win
ter's supply had been received by the
dealers until this morning. The ma
jority of them are unfilled.
"The fuel administration is very
optimistic," said one dealer. "But
we want to see the coal."
Shipments In April were fair, they
say, not so good in May and very
poor during: June. With three
months of the summer buying sea- I
son gone, and the supply on j
hand about as tangible as the coal j
that was burned last winter, the I
dealers are growing restive.
Their opinons vary with the fig- I
ures received by the local fuel ad- j
ministration from the federal anth
racite committee, which promise
more than enough coal for the city's !
needs. Ross A. Hickok, county fuel '
administrator, is confident that the 1
coal will be supplied, he has said.
A survey of the outlook among j
the dealers this morning elicited the j
varying opinions that the situation is
"bad," "gloomy," "unpromising" and j
"uncertain."
All the dealers admitted they have ■
no coal. They expressed their pes
simism in terms of varying inten
sity.
John H. Gates, of the Gates Coal
Company, says: "We've had no i
shipments for two weeks. We have !
no prosjjeots of shipments, no guar- ■
antees and there isn't going to be
any coal in Harrisburg irrespective [
of what the fuel administration says
unless the people wake up."
Frank Wallis, Wallis Coal Com
pany. took a more conservative view.
"We have practically nothing on
hand, and we know absolutely noth
ing more than you regarding ship
ments to come. We couldn't get a
guarantee under any circumstances.
But there is an optimistic view be
ing taken by the dealers regarding
the promises of the operators. The
peonle must learn to conserve."
Walter Montgomery, Montgomery
Coal Company, said: "We have a
little coal and are filling orders."
Ix>ok For Bettor Times
J. E. Dare, coal dealer, said: "We
don't have any but buckwheat, and
haven't got any nut for two months.
We have the promises of the opera
tors and anthracite committee, but
those promises are not always kept."
H. M. Kelley, of H. M. Kelley &
Company, sounded a note of hope
above the dealers' miserere. No,
we have no coal, but we have the
| assurance of the government that we
i'will have it. The trouble is the peo
ple get excited and all of them want
their coal at once. We'll have the
eoal in August and September.
Meanwhile householders who were
urged to tile their orders early are
wondering what they will get for it.
as the priority of deliveries, dealers
said this morning, is not given to
those who filed their orders first,
but as the dealers see fit. And house
holders are getting restive at the re
ports of advanced coal prices to be
announced contingent to the ad
vanced freight rates.
Mysterious Marshal
Smith Says the "Case
Is Greatly Exaggerated"
Mike L Malarkey was arrested
yesterday in York charged with im
personating a United States officer
of the Department of Justice.
United States Marshal Smith said
this morning that the "case was
greatly exaggerated."
Then he hung up his phone in
the midst of the conversation.
Smith had an altercation with a
newspaper reporter one day and
since that time he has looked upon
all reporters as something akin to
German spies. He conducts his of
fice as though the public had no in-
I terests in its doings and with about
: as much regard for courtesy as one
I might expect at the hands of a
' newly-elected village constable the
| day after election.
Bolshevik Troops Slay
Emperor During Retreat
Paris, June 27. —A dispatch from
Kiev under date of Wednesday. June
26, declares that the report of the
assassination of former Emperor
Nicholas of Russia has been con
firmed.
It is declared he was killed by
Bolshevik troops during their re
treat on Yekaterinburg.
Geneva. June 2 7.—The Ukraine
Bureau at I<ausanne announced to
day it had received confirmation of
the report that the Bolshevik author
ities at Yekaterinburg condemned
Nicholas Romanoff, the former Rus
sian Emperor, to death after a short
trial and then shot him. Details of
the reported execution are lacking.
The Kiev message was received at
Basel. Switzerland, and forwarded
here by the Havas correspondent in
that citv.
HIX BOMBS HIT PARIS
Pari*, June 28.—German air
planes penetrated the anti-aerial
defenses of Paris Wednesday night
and several bombs were dropped. !
causing material damage, says an
oclcial statement issued early yes
terday
ASK INFORMATION
FOR JULY 4 FETE
THE committee making ar
rangements for the patriotic
pageant as part of Harris
burg's monster Independence Day
celebration, with many harassing
details to arrange, has issued re- i
quests that persons in charge of
organizations desiring to partici
pate in the parade get into com
munication with Secretary Clar
ence O. Backenstoss at the May
or's Office, ether by telephone,
letter or personal call, before j
noon Saturday, June 23.
Secretary Backenstoss declares
that the parade formation cannot
be made up unless such persons
furnish him with information as
to —
I—Approximate number of
paraders expected.
2. —Name of person in
command.
3—Xame of band engaged,
if any.
ONE SPOONFUL OF
SUGAR PER MEAL
IS NEW ORDER
Three Pounds a Month a Per
son Cuts Down Use of
Sweets
SITUATION IS GRAVE ONE
Manufacturers May Not Use
Anything Like Their Full
Amount in Products
Restrictions that effect every one
issued because of the increasing:
gravity of the sugar shortage, will |
cause a reduction of twenty-five per
cent, in sugar consumption in Har
risburg homes. These restrictions,
promulgated late yesterday after
noon by Food Commissioner Herbert
Hoover provide for the use of but
three pounds of sugar per month i
per individual in homes in Harris-1
burg, as well as in other homes
throughout the United States.
Manufacturers will likewise be seri
ously affected.
Three pounds of sugar per month
will permit the use of a single tea
spoonful by an individual at any one
meal. If Young Husband desires
sweetened coffee in the morning,
unless he is very soaring with the
sugar, he will be obliged to go with
unsweetened cereal.
Harrisburg citizens have failed to
realize the gravity of the sugar
situation, largely because of the fact
that the price has remained at prac
tically the same figure as it had
been before the declaration of war.
through the earnest efforts put
forth by food administration of
ficials. It Is concedel that the sugar
price would have mounted to twenty
or thirty cents per pound had not
[Continued on Page 11.]
PLANS FOR NEW
READING BRIDGE
ARE NOW READY
Big Viaduct Will Reach From
West Shore of River to
Cameron Street
j Plans for the new reinforced con
! Crete bridge which the Philadelphia
' and Reading: Railway Company pro
; posed constructing across the Sus
| quehanna river at this point to re
, place the present iron girder struc
i ture were presented to city officials
i vesterday, it was announced. City
; Engineer M. B. Cowden and Com-,
missioners Lynch and Gross confer
red on the proposed improvement
which will necessitate permission
I from city authorities to place one
of the large piers in the River Park
1 near the present wall and "front
I steps."
According to the officials the plans
call for a structure similar to the
one recently completed for the Cum
j berland Valley Railroad. The Read
ing bridge will be longer, as it will
j extend across Front and Second
i streets and the Pennsylvania rall
' road main line tracks connecting
! with the Reading lines west of Cam-,
! eron street. The new structure will;
! be wide enough for double tracks,]
j and it was said that work would be
started as soon as permission is re
j ceived from state departments and
I the government. Increasing traffic
necessitating two tracks acrOM the
river Is largely responsible for the
proposed plan to build a new bridge,
officials said.
Paul Voorhees, resident engineer
for the company, said he had no
knowledge that plans for the new
bridge were brought to the city yes
terday. It U understood an engi
neer from the Philadelphia offices
came here.
Disease Invades Hun
Ranks; Next Move in
Offensive Nearly Due
By Associated Press
With the British Army in France,
June 26.—German troops are suf
fering from an epidemic of grip
which incapacitates them for a
week or ten days. There are also
many cases of typhus and dysen
tery.
There is no evidence, however,
that these illnesses are responsible
for the postponement of the new .
offensive. It is believed the German
high command has nearly com
pleted its preparations for the next
great attack
MANUFACTURERS
ORGANIZE FOR
CITY'S WELFARE
Businessmen to Consider the
Best Means of Advancing
Common Interests
WILL MEET TOMORROW
Housing of Labor and Trans
portation to Be. Studied
by New Board
The Manufacturers Council, a new
bureau to consider problems common
to manufacturing interests of Harris- j
burg, is being organized within the j
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce,
according to the announcement of
Warren R. Jackson, secretary of the
Chamber, this morning.
The first meeting will be held in
the Chamber of Commerce offices in
the Dauphin Building to-morrow
evening at 7.30. The organization of j
the bureau will be effected at the |
meeting.
Housing, transportation and the j
multitude of other questions con
fronting manufacturers and their em- I
ployes which have arisen as the re- I
suit of the intense war activities in |
the city will be considered and acted ,
upon by the Manufacturers Council.
The project was launched at a
meeting held this month in the Cham
ber of Commerce, when the represent
atives of industries holding member
ship in the Chamber elected a com
mittee to formulate preliminary
plans. Frank A. Robbins. general
manager of the Bethlehem steel
works at Steelton; B. F. Blough, pres
ident of the Blough Manufacturing I
Company, and W. S. Baldwin, super- |
intendent of the Harrisburg Gas
Company, compose the committee.
ltCKUlar I nit
The tentative plan drafted by these
men will be submitted to the manti- ,
facturers for their approval to-mor- |
row evening.
The Manufacturers Council, accord- j
ing to the plans outlined, will be a |
self-governing body, responsible only |
to the directors of the Chamber of j
Commerce. It will have a staff of j
officers elected from and by its I
membership to administer its affairs ]
and will hold meetings at regular in- |
tervals.
• The need of a distinct unit in the i
Chamber through which the Indus
tries of the Harrisburg district could ,
give expression to their views on
matters of general community inter
est and through which their efforts
could be efficiently and effectively
co-ordinated for the support of the
projects aimed to advance the wel
fare of the city and nation has been
manifested repeatedly in the past, it
was felt.
"In the organization of a manufac
turers division in the Chamber of
Commerce, Harrisburg is keeping
pace with the majority of the larger
cities of the country, where such
bureaus of the local commercial bod
ies are now in successful operation,"
Mr. Jackson said this morning, dis
cussing the project. Mr. Jackson was
responsible for the formation of the
Manufacturers Council.
EVIDENCE OF
DISLOYALTY AT
FOOD HEARING
Enemy Aliens Said to Be De
liberately Working to Em
barrass Government
Evidence that in disobeying the
food laws of the Federal food ad
ministration, a part of the enemy
alien population of the city is be
ing deliberately disloyal, piled up
at the trial of three foreign-born
••esidents who received tines for flour
1 hoarding at the hearing before the
food administration this morning.
Fines to the amount of $35 were
■ imposed and 90 pounds of flour were
j confiscated by the food administra
| tion. The money is devoted to the
| Red Cross.
Mrs. Mike Spork, 1321 North
I Eleventh street, was fined $5. Mart
in Janka. 1323 North Eleventh
street, $lO, and Nick Trailia, 121G
! North Eleventh. S2O. .Fifty pounds
of excess flour was confiscated from
the last and forty pounds from
Janka.
Not Naturalised
All three are unnaturalized Aus
. | trianß. Food Administrator Donald
| McCormick flayed the three for their
| disloyal tendencies in this country,
; when they are here as a means of
S escape from the oppression of their
own government. Janka, he de
clared, would have to light if he
were in his own country, as he is of
military age.
All of them have been in this
country more than live - years and
have made no efforts to take out
their first naturalization papers. In
response to questioning on the part
of the food administrator, they said
they would like to see America win.
Evidence,. however, wa* produced
which showed that Trailia was dis
tinctly disloyal and had expressed
disloyal sentiments.
Stringent prosecutions of food I
hoarders are to be instituted by the j
food administration at once if d*s-1
loyalty continues, It was said at the i
food administration offices this
morning.
Germans Are Massing
For a New Drive
IxHidon, June 27. The Daily
Chronicle says that Important events
are developing on the western front
and that German reserves are be
ing cunningly maneuvered into po-'
sfOon for a new offensive, but It js|
■ impossible to say yet in which sec-1
tor the attack will develop.
The situation, however, is well In 1
hand, and the allied armies are con-!
iident of the outcome. i
ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEWSPAPER IN HAKKISOURU
ALLIED ARMIES
PREPARING FOR
NEXT HUN BLOW
Infantry Fighting on Italian and
French Fronts Quiets Down
Before New Battle
GERMAN COMMAN
TO LAUNCH ITS OFFENSIVE
Italians Busy Taking
Other Booty Captured
Austrian
By Associated Press
With the American Forces on the Marne, June 27.—The num
ber of prisoners captured by the Americans in their drive on the
('erman positions in the Belleau wood sector Tuesday night was
officially increased to-day to 311. The Americans also captured
1 1 big machine guns, 10 automatic rifles, a quantity of small arms
and ammunition and other material.
Along the western battle line as
well as on the mountain and Piave
sectors of the Italian front, the al
lied armies await further enemy ef
forts. Infantry activity is confined
to local actions at various points.
On the vital stretch of the battle
front between Ypres and Rheims the
most important action of the past
few days has been that in which the
American troops took from the Ger
mans a commanding hill position
near Belleau wood, northwest of
Chateau Thierry. Besides gaining
the hill the Americans took 264
prisoners, including seven officers.
From the hill the Americans domi
nate the German positions for some
distance beyond in the direction of
•Torcy.
It is believed the German com
mand is about ready to launch an
other stroke against the allied lines.
The artillery activity remains about
normal on important sectors, but
J AMERICAN BARK SINKS DURING GALE £
* Rio Janeiro —The loss ot t! m bark, James ▼
1 Sdn k j' l! ' r here during a X
If ne.r ; ale, is rep rte Several lives were^lost.
'4 U. S. SICK AND WOUNDED HOME £
IjSi Washington—One hundred and eighty-five sick and
i j *t"*
iw ounded American soldiers from France were landed at
Ljki American Jm the week ending June 2!, Surgeon
|r General Gorgas to-day announced.
X HUNS RAID PARIS <S|
Ti Paris—Few bombs were dropped and no casualties '
were caused by the German ir raid on Paris last night, X.
T say:, the Petit Parisien |H
j4* FIND DEADLY HUN DEVICE ?
i a
IX Pittsburgh—A high pc>wer airgun and mechanical ' ,H|
IT' b without leav- ▼
T ,4*
Mb mg a trace were found by Department of Justice agents 'j>
jiljjj td-day in the ejects of Fernando Roberto Eduardo Lud- jjfei
•( leicke, German alien enemy arrested yesterday on charge -tfl
! tg
:9 cf failing to register. '<flf|
T *
IT ir
f* NEW BOND BILL GOES IN T
L Washington—Another bond bill, authorizing eight J*
T* billion dollars cf Liberty Bonds in-addition to all here x
4 tcfore authorized was framed to-day by the House Ways W
X and Means Committee i preparation for the next issue T
4 in October, and to provide for a subsequent issue when
-5* **'
ary. Authorization ling for $4,000,000,- *
T I the next issue probably will be around * *
X s^.ooo-,000,000. ;
J DEFER RAILROAD DIVIDEND
4 Buffalo and Susquehanna * *
.; oad to t led postpone actioft on the usual s H
T quarterly dividend on the common stock due at this time *
X 80 NAMES ON CASUALTY LIST
X Washington—The casualty list to-day contained 80
names, divided as follows: Kiled in action. 29; died of * *
* * '
JL wounds, 6; died of accident and other causes, 4; died >
of airplane accident, 2; died of disease, 2; wounded J'(
severely, 31; wounded, degree undetermined, 4; missing ►
<3
X-I'l 2 rhfrr. v.-rr ,-io I'-ru,- ) , ; -.iana. ,
X ' MARRIAGE LICENSES 1
e U nay Hnwbecher, Ikambmburg, and Ruth S. Snyder, Marlon; tL
Jaroh I". I'ltndeli and Hutb Olive Brady, ISnolnt John \\. I.rho and
Kmma I. Mummery, Hallfaxi Howard Baler, C amp Meade, nml Mary T
K. Hetrlek. I.ebaaoni I'hlllp K. Welmrr and Mny H. Hank*. Clear- *JL
V vlllei Charle* l. Shall, Sterlton. nnd Jennie !■. Match, Hlnomflrldt !
7t Hnlph W. I.rntr, Hnrrlaburg, imd Mnrgarrl A. Hank, Cheater-
tana, Md.
HOME EDITION
a jf' a ' fighting has Increased mark
edly. Thirty.six German machines
were brought down or forced to land
in a damaged condition Tuesday by
Franco-British airmen, while Berlin
claims the destruction of twelve al
lied airplanes the same day. Ger
man airplanes raided Paris Wednes
day night.
There is much sickness prevalent
among the German troops, but th)k
Is not believed to be having any ef
fect on plans for a renewal of thi
enemy offensive.
The Italians are busy taking count
ot the guns and material captured
from the Austrians who fled across
the Piave. In the mountain zone
the fighting has died down to local
attacks.
Unconfirmed reports received in
Switzerland from Berlin are that
Foreign Secretary Von Kuehlman.
will resign, in consequence of IWs
speech in the Reichstag Tuesday.