- • t•• ■ -T—. • . . . nmwv Teutons Plan to Hurl Greatest Army Against Allies—Lull Gives Allies Time to PreparTlwr ®hw HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M (UK otor-Sntepcnfccnt * LXXXVII— No. 149 16 PAGES ROUNDUP OF THE JOBLESS BEGUN BY POLICE, WHO MAKE 12ARRESTS Those Who Are Too Old For Military Service Must Go to Jail Under the Vagrancy Ordinances. Unless They Work Every Day WHOLESALE ARRESTS PROMISED LOAFERS Every Man in Street Must j Have Good Excuse Why He j Is Idle or Be Hauled in For i a Hearing at the Regular Police Court The police department this \ morning began a systematic j cleanup of the city to rid the | streets of loafers and put every man in Harrisburg either at profitable work, iin jail or in the army. The police drew twelve alleged i loafers in their net this morning, all of whom received hearings this afternoon. The men were ar- j rested in the streets when the patrolmen suspected them of idle ness. The watch for loafers will be continued, and wholesale arrests are likely to follow. The men arrested this morning; Kave their names as follows: John Hamilton. H. Cook. George Boggs. I Mike Daulton, Lewis Sowers. Clif; Douglas. John Lane. Patrick Coine, John Hickert, and two others who! had been drinking so much that they ! could not tell their names. Several of the men are from Har-1 several from out of town,; and all are held by police to be Ron- j workers. Several of the men claimed i that they were at work on govern- ! ment projects near the city, but none could give good reasons for their ab- 1 sence from work this morning. Three Alternatives The men who are not within the draft age limits will be prosecuted under the city vagrancy act. "Go to work or jail" will be the slogan of the police until all abiebodied men in the city are placed at profi table work. Those within the draft age will be prosecuted under General Orowder's work or fight order. They will be turned over to the draft boards for immediate military duty. The police will insist that men, work all the time. Two of the men are employes of contractors doing government work near here, and had what appeared to be their last week's pay on their persons. They were intoxicated and were evidently in the city to idle their time until they were out of money again. Police will deal with this form of loafers as heavily as the continual idler. 1 To Curb Floaters Police contend that the number of disorderly characters in the city is larger now than at any time in its history, owing to the great forces of laborers who have been brought here since numerous war projects were started. On effect of the stringent enforcement of the work or tight order will be to curb this disorderly element of the town's floating population, police say. Three of the men were arrested at Tenth and Market streets this morning when they had remained on ! a street corner more than an hour. The patrolmen on the corner sent them into the station, charging that there was no reason which permits a man to idle on a corner that length of time. The police declare they will break up corner loafing. IF EVERY PERSON who Saw the big parade on July 4 PLEDGED FOR W.S.S. £*rlt would put us away up. THE WEATHER For Harrlfchnrft and vicinity■ Fair and continued cool to-nlKht and r Tuesday; lowcxt temperature to-nlcht about ."2 degreea. tor Eautern Pennsylvania: Fair and continued cool to-ni|Cht and Tueadayi Kcntlc to moderate northwext nlndx. River The Snsquehannn river and all It* tributaries Mill continue to (all Mlowly. A ataice of übout 8-rt feet la Indicated tor Harriaburg Tuesday morn inc. Forecast for week In Middle At lantic State*! Fair, except some showers about the middle of the meekt nearly normal tempera ture. Temperature) 8 a. m., 58. um Itlaes. S:3O a. IM.I acta, Bi2l p. m. Mount First quarter, July 10. lllver stage! 8 a. in., 3.0 feet abate law-water mark. Veaterday'a Weather Highest temperature, 7n. I .on eat temperature, 05. Mean temperature. TO. Norn.nl temperature, 74. "Oh. come on. Vance, let's be patriots first,—stand by the President and adjourn politics this Falll" —Xorth American Review's War Weekly STREET CAR CO. AGAIN PROTESTS AGAINST JITNEYS Complaints Filed With Pub- J lie Service Commission Against 19 Drivers TEN DAYS TO ANSWER Test of Law May Be Made to Determine Legality of Auto Carriers The jitney situation in Harris ' burg, which has been slumbering since the Public Service Commission I last August issued a statement re -1 fusing all applications for • cateot' public convenience, ordering 'amended petitions filed and restrict -1 in;; jitneys to certain districts, was ! brought to a head to-day when the ' Harrisburg Railways Company filed I complaints charging that nineteen •iitne> operators were running motor vehicles for hire in defiance of the j Commission. It was set forth that notwithstanding the order of the ; Commission last summer these jit ney operators had not filed amend ments to their applications for cer tificates and were operating without having tiled routes or obtaining sanc tion of the commission as has been I done elsewhere in the state. The complaints were filed against the following: ! G. 11. Swope. 1810 Berryhill street. C. E. Powley, Penbrook. j A. R. Stine, 1909 Wood street. H. Edwards, 2114 North Sixth ! street. I Jesse Corst, 608 North Seventeenth street. D. F. Jones. 1413 Zarker street. G. H. Smiley, North Sixth 1 street. C. W. SchoPfstall. 1217 North Sec l onil street. Mary E. Zimmerman, 6 South I Eighteenth street. Cliff Drabenstadt, 813 South Front j street. | F. M. Trostle, 1718 North Sixth ! street. W. L. Gutschall, 2153 Jefferson ' street. R. B. Hammon, 1107 Cowden | street. Christian Crone, 313 Calder street. W. S. Dimeler. 1252 Walnut street. W. H. Gates, 1906 North Sixth I street. W. M. I.otz. 1608 I-ogan street. C. J. Kennedy, 2532 North Sixth street. The complaints will be sent to the jitneymen to answer. An answer will be asked in ten days unless an ex tension is granted and hearings will then be fixed and the jitney situa tion in Harrisburg will come to a showdown. When the Commission issued its order there were reports that the counsel for Jitneymen would invite a test of the law. O. G. Wickersham, counsel for the Jitneurs' Indemnity Association, an organization of jitney drivers of the city, who represented them at the hearings last year before the Com mission. said he had not been con sulted by any of the drivers and could not determine what action they would take until he had dis cussed the situation with them. 93 DEATH TOLL IX WRECK OF STEAMER Pcorin. 111., July B.—Ninety-three persons went to their death on the steamer Columbia when it went down In the Illinois river Friday night with more than 500 excursion ists on board. This 'esUmate was made 'by Coroner E. L. Clary to-day after three more bodies had been re covered, making the total seventy nine. Coroner Clary said fourteen still are missing. SINGLE COPY !i CENTS SUFFICIENT GAS BERLIN BREAKS FOR NEXT WINTER OFF RELATIONS IS NOW PROMISED WITH RUSSIA Additional Supply to Be Re ceived From New Coke Plants at Steelton With the charging of eighty new coke ovens at the Steelton plant of the Bethlehem Steel Company, prac tically doubling the gas production at the Steelton plant, more gas is ex pected to be furnished to the Harris burg Gas Company for the needs of Harrisburg and Steelton. Added machinery at the Steelton plant, however, will utilize much of 'he gas. so that it is hard to estimate how much additional gas may be ex pected for Harrisburg. It may, how [Contlnucd on Page B.] PENNSY CALLS ON RETIRED MEN TO GET INTOHARNESS Appeal For Help in Time of Need Goes to Loyal For mer Employes To help relieve condiUons incl-; { dent to the acute shortage of labor j j occasioned by many employes en-; j tering the United States military ser | vice and some few entering other j ! branches of work, many retired em-j ! ployes will re-enter active service un the Philadelphia division of the ; Pennsylvania railroad as they will j also do on other divisions of the com- : j pany. Several weeks ago orders [were issued calling for the employ-! ment of a larger number of girls and women in the offices. Attaches of the Philadelphia dlvl-i 1 sion during the past several days; I have mailed notices to the 374 em-1 ployes of the divisien that they will i be permitted to re-enter active serv-| ice in positions fitted to their physi-j , cat capacity and be retained in them [ ! during the duration of the war and j for at least six months after its con- 1 I elusion. Of the 374 employes toj whom the notices have been sent, i [Continued on Page B.] I DRIVES AUTO THROUGH BENCH DOWN OVER RIVER BANK Inexperienced Driver Puts Foot on Accelerator and Machine Makes Mad Dash For the Susquehanna e Three men and three children escaped injury when a small touring car crashed over the river bank near Front and Muench streets yesterday. The car was driven by an inexperi ; enced driver who, in attempting to turn around, used the accelerator in place of the reverse. The car \ plunged forward, plowed through i tIM park, smashing a park bench and j went over the bank, turning over .once and landing on its side on the I cement promenade at the foot of i the bank. iThe three children were badly frightened, and the owner of the car was found sitting on the steps at HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, JULY 8, 1918. Assassination of German Am-! bassador Accompanied by Uprising in Moscow By Associated Press London, July 8. Fragments of news from various sources indicate the assassination of Count von Mir bach, the German ambassador to Russia, was accompanied by a for midable uprising against the Bol sheviki in Moscow. A Russian wireless dispatch claims ! the uprising now has been complete ly suppressed, and the tone of the message indicates the suppression was accompanied with sangpinary violence, the orders being that all who showed resistance to the Bol [Continued on Paste B.] ICE SHORTAGE IF ECONOMY IS NOT PRACTICED IN USE Food Administrator Warns Against Waste in House holds and Industries Consumers may suffer from a i shortage of ice this summer unless j strict econonly is practiced by them as well as the dealers. Military serv i ice has taken many employes and i manufacturers of artificial ice as [Continued on Page B.] Mothers and Wives of Soldiers to Have Outing Scores of mothers, wives and sis ters of United States soldiers and ; sailors will attend a picnic arranged by the Harrisburg Chapter of the National War Aid at Reservoir Park | to-morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. A ' box supper will be enjoyed. At 8 o'clock in the evening a band j concert will be rendered by the I Steelton band. Community singing i with Mrs. Wilbur Harris in charge, : will form an interesting feature of I the program. the foot of the promenade with one foot in the water. "Pretty cold?" he nonchalantly remarked as a passerby hurried to his aid. "You know this is the first time I've been in the water this year and it's rather chilly." The members of the party refused i to give their names, but the car bore !' he license 36969. Police officials say the holder of the license Is Albert William Andrews. 481 West Main street, Bloonmburg. Thec>r was taken to a garage and with a few repairs was made serviceable again. "We weren't going very fast," said one of the men after the drop over the -bank. AUGUST CALL TO EXHAUST CLASS 1 IN DAUPHIN CO. Youths of 21 to Be in Canton-' ments Before Summer Is Over | QUESTIONNAIRES ARE IN Local Boards to Classify and Examine Class of 1918, Reginning This Week J Not a man will be left in the first I t lass in any of the six local draft | boards which have jurisdiction in j Dauphin county, according to the un ! official estimates of members of sev eral of the boards to-day. The draft tails will take before September 1 all of the class of 1918 who do not get j deferred classifications, it was said, j These estimates were based to-day upon the heavy call which the city and county boards must meet July 22 and the unexpected, call for August. According to information made pub j lie in Washington, the call for Au j gust will be approximately for 300,- I uOO men. The July calls total about I 350,000. After that the training can j tonments will again be filled to ca ] pacity and the monthly calls are ex | pected to be much smaller. Draft ( all* Hravj- Harrisburg will furnish 223 men for the July call and will have less than a hundred men left in the first class, not counting those in the class of 1918. The August call, if it is as heavy as indicated, will havt to take virtually all the recently reg istered men of 21 to fill the comple ments. The order was i ssued Saturday from the office of the provost mar shal-general that locnl boards should immediately give all members of the class of 1918 a physical examination. This probably will be begun here be fore the end of the month. With the exception of about twenty question naires, all those recently sent the class of 1918 have been returned and the boards will begin the task of classification this week. The police now are being called upon to seek out the slackers, who face jail terms for their neglect to have their ques tionnaires properly returned. Under the present system the draft calls will take no men in Class 2 un less the man who holds this deferred classification is moved up into Class 1 for some sufficient reason. There is, therefore, no danger that men in the second class will be called for the present, at least. The quotas are being basedv upon the number of men available in the first class. Italian Director of the Yankee Flyer Says He Can't Keep on Ground By Associated Press Italian Army headquarters. Sun day, July 7. —The Italian command ant under whose direction the Amer ican flyers are working on the Ital ian front has only one fault to find with them. They never want to re main on the ground. Regardless of the weather, the fierceness of the barrage or the vigilant enemy chas ers they want to be after the enemy in the air. The exploits which brought live of the American airmen decorations cannot yet be published, but the value of their services may be judged from the fact that King Victor Km manuel traveled to the section held by the Americans to personally make I the presentation. OFFENSIVE IMPENDS ON ALL THE FRONTS WITH ALLIES READY Huns May Retaliate London, July B.—The assassination of Count von Mirbach, the German Ambassador to Russia, is seen as an event of great impor tance, which may have far-reaching results, by the newspapers here. The Daily Mail and the Daily Express compare it to, the murder of Archduke Francis Ferdinand at Sarajevo. The Express adds: "German influence (in Russia) can only be established on a solid basis by the maintenance of a "great army of occupation. Russia may once more play a part in the war." The Daily Chronicle expects that if the German Emperor has his way there will be a march on Moscow, accompanied by ruthless se verities, although It Is possible a more ,rudent policy may prevail, especially as Lenlne and Tchitcherln will accept almost any de mands for reparation. HUNS HOLD CAPTIVE !| Corporal Leads Volunteer Rescue Party After Com-1 rades Through Heavy Bar rage of Shell Fire, and Take German Officer ENEMY SNIPER ENJOYS A VERY SHORT LIFE By .ftsociated Press Wltli the British Aruiy hi France. Sunday, July 7.—ln the German; counterattack against the uew I 10 8'" lions gained by the Australians and Americans around Hamel, two Anier- , icans and five Australians were cap-' tured by the enemy. Volunteers were, called for and an American party brought back the captured men and a German officer while twelve Aus tralians brought the number of German prisoners to fifty. The story of this incident as told br an American officer who took part in the fighting follows: "The Boches did not bother us until Thursday niglit when they made their counterattack which was ! repulsed. They did succeed in the first rush, however, in getting hold of two Americans and five Austral ians whom they carried back. Volunteers Aplenty "We immediately called for vol unteers to go out after these cap tured lads and all our men at once began yelling for the chance. Cor poral Raymond Powell was first up and he was given a squad of men for . 1 the work. "The guns had put down a heavy barrage, but the corporal led his chaps straight through this fierce lire and charged hot foot atter the retreating enemy. The Germans re tired to a strong point but the cor poral with the other Yankees went in after them. "Our two boys were retaken along with the five Australians and the cor poral and his party also captured a Boche officer. In the meantime, twelve Australians had circled around and joined the American party with the result that fifty Ger- I man prisoners were brought back. The Sniper's Eiul "That night a Boche sniper caused a lot of trouble from a nest in the front line and one of my men went out across No Man's Land alone after hlfti. The Yankee got him and left him dead on 'the Held." Recounting a story he had heard of the grit of an American corporal, the officer continued: "An Australian officer was telling me about one of four corporals who I did what was considered a fine piece lof work. This lad had charge of a machine gun squad. Early in the push all his comrades knocked out by shell fire and he was left alone with the gun. "He knew that the gun was need ed so he started forward with it him self. It was no light job but he kept setting it up and working it until he got through to the final objective where he made his final stand. He was pumping away religiously at the Boches and the Australian officer was watching him with interest for he knew he was a green man and admired the way he as carrying on. Suddenly the corporal raised himself up and then dropped to his knee again with his head hanging. Tlic Discovery " 'What's the matter Yank? Are i you hit?' called the officer. "No, sir,' replied the corporal quickly, 'but do you know this darned thing don't kick at all.' "After fighting magnificently with his gun for HO long the corporal had just made that big discovery and he simply stopped firing for a moment to inspect his machine with new in terest. The officer was delighted with the soldier's action and told the story to us later." "We were surprised," the ofllcer added, "at some of the prisoners taken. Most of them were strapping feHows, but there were a lot of them who, while big, were very young. The Boche put over some gas at one time but it was only a mighty good experience for our men as they were equipped with the masks. Magnificent Fighters "I want to say here that those Australians are magnificent fighters. We have been learning the game from them. Our fellows watched the veterans closely and it was a case of imitation without, a second lesson." All the Americans are anxious to get into the fight again and are watching eagerly for the next call. CITY SUES IjANDIJORDS Property owners who have not paid 1916 and 1917 school taxes are being prosecuted by H. F. Oves, treasurer for those years, who has been directed by school authorities to collect all out*t® ■><*** tax. ONI.Y KVICNIISO ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN HARHISBURO YANKEES SHORT TIME 2 COLORED LADS GIVE 40 BOCHE CHASE FOR LIVES By Associated Press With the American Army in Franco, July B.—Henry Johnson and Robert Hobinson,. colored soldiers from New York, have been cited by the French com mand for bravery in putting to flight in Xo Man's Land a party of about forty Germans. Two German deserters crossed the American lines on the Marne last night. They said they were tired of the war and the ill treatment of their officers who walked them far and fed them I little. f. V T DEUTSCH GOES ALONG T West Chester—lsaac Deutsch, one of the co-defend- P *T ants in the conspiracy charge growing out oi the murder JJ 4* George A. Eppley, a policeman in the Fifth ward, *P X Philadelphia, during last year's primary election, was to- £ Hf iay denied a separate'trial by Judge Butler. The trial T I *s* **• will begin next Monday and Deutsch, who is known a &. jy the Varc leader in the Fifth ward, will face a jury along Jlj |L with six police co-defendants. ♦s t WAR COUNCIL ABOLISHED 4* Washington—Secretary Baker to-day formally abol- T ished the war council and turned over its principal func- m j* tions to the assistant secretaries cf war, Genera! March, X and Major Geenral Goethals, assistant chief of staff. w J RUMANIANS TO FIGHT HUNS T f Youngstown, O.—A Rumanian legion of 20,000 men *P to be rec ths United States and the allife i nations 4* for service against Germany, will be formed immediately, t* ti made public here to-day by :he National 4? 7 Rumanian league. J| X *f S.KNATE MOVES FOR WIRE SEIZURE * Washington— Steps toward prompt action on" the X £ House resolution authorizing the President to take over Y •degraph, telephone, cable and radio wires during the 2 w war were taken to-day in the Senate. Postponement oi x the strike cf Western Union telegraph operators, Sen- X Jjj ate leaders said, will not affect plans for prompt action. £ , • Considerable debate and a spirited fight is expected. * f II HEARST CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR * * Syracuse, N. Y.< —The standing committee of seven, * * 0+ " < arranging for the Democratic conference to be held here * J tomorrow told by a personal representative of William 4* Randolph Hearst, this afternoon that Mr. Hearst had * • 4 t iken out his petitions and would be a candidate for Gov- • * J eraor in the Democratic primaries. I 4 CRASH OF TRAINS ON READING * || • in t , Allentown; Pa.—Passenger train No. 6 and freight on L * P. and R. collided near East Penn Junction near here '* # this afternoon. Much damage caused, one brakeman ► ' * severely injured. ¥ * * '♦ f MAMiIAGL UCINSES J Richard B. Muxwell, 4 limp Hamrkrtra, Virginia, and Iva H. * " **• Thompaoa. Harrlalmrm 4 barlea C. Milter. I.emayae, and Faaale | . i Dean, HnrrlnburKi Jnrob K. Hulal.y, and Ur< H 'T, Mar- . f rlahurlu Hrr> W . Sku. y. Knolu, and I'orlla M. Sadler, Warntleya -4| buries Frank H. Dnvlea, Jr., and Kllf M M. Heltlaser. HnrrUbura i g , < s l Cbariea A. Mehler aad Martartl IS. My era. Harrlahurit. HOME EDITION German Command Expected to Hurl Massed Troops Against Lines in Another Desperate Attempt to Break Through AUSTRIA TO HIT AT ITALY SECOND TIME Kaiser Has 30 to 40 Divis ions Prepared For the As sault Now Believed to Be Only Few Hours Of! By Associated Press j Paris, July B.—A new offensive , is impending: on the Trentino front. I General LndenaorfT, says a dispatch I to the Matin from reliable sources in i Switzerland, personally has visitetl !the Austrian headquarters there and ; has hastened preparations for an- | other blow against the Italians. Con siderable reinforcements, it is added, | are being concentrated at lnnesbruck ! and Trent. | Willi the American Army in . Franco, July B.—Although the en ! tire front continues in a state of I tension in expectation of a renewal of the German drive, the enemy ef | fort has not yet developed. Com parative quiet prevailed in all the | American sectors last night and this : morning. j There has been an increase, how. i ever, in the aerial activity, chiefly !in the patrolling and scouting j branches. 1 Momentous happenings are in the making on the western front. The [Continued on Page B.]
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