NinHTEXTRA-jiJaf. knee- 'GHT'EXT \ HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH jfk ______ CTlic Stor- Jnbcpcndcnt / LXXXVII— No. 153 18 PAGES HUN LEADERS SAY THEY ARE IN UNISON FOR PEACE OFFER ALLIED RAIDS HOLD TEUTONS FROM By Associated Press General Peiain is giving the Germans on the westernly side of tlie Marne salient little rest in their position cast of the for est of Yillers-Cotterets. Last night the troops again drove in on this front and made substantial pro gress. The most tangible result reported ! from this latt lighting is the cap-j lure of the village of Longpont, to ] the outskirts of which the French | had pushed in their advance on Wednesday night. A farm in this, neighborhood also was taken. French l>rivc Ahead The French lines were likewise driven ahead in the Chavigny farm district, north of Longpont. A for ward push also was given the line In the area south of Longpont, east of Fave.rolies. The extension of the front under attack to the Faverolles 2region is noteworthy as showing that the pro- I • ess of straightening out the line A etween the Aisne and the Maine T H being carried still further couth I and is threatening the local salient; held by thf Germans between the 1 Longpont district an dthe American! sector northwest of Chateau Thierry. The series of operations carried out by General Peiain on this front during the present week has been generally regarded as of merely local importance designed to straighten the line and fortify it against the ex- : pected renewal of the German oifen sive. The possibility is not over 1 looked, however, that these may eb a prelude to more important at-i tacks. The time has not been considered; opportune for General Koch, the al-! lied commander-in-chief, to aban don his defensive role and turn to the aggressive on a large scale, but it is not impossible than the feeling-; out operations which are in progress on both the French and British fronts have other than a merely j defensive purpose. Scouting Expeditions Last night's action on the Brit ish front were all in the nature of scouting operations. Tlie majority i of them were on the Flahders front. I LOCAL BOARDS ARE SELECTING JULY 26 QUOTAS Elizabethville Roard Finishes Physical Examinations of Class of 1918 The names of the draft registrants who will entrain f(jr camp July 2G; have been announced by several cfi the local boards. County board No. 1 and county board No. 2 announced; their quo.is last evening. The third county board, which TU| not called upon to furnish a quota: [Continued on Page 4.] TO Bt'II.l) NEW TRACKS Work on the construction of a I new stretch of track at the northern end of Middletown will be star'ed on Monday morning by track gangs of the Harrisourg Railways. The new change of track was made neces-i sary by the erection of the new Ann ■ street bridge over the Pennsylvania railroad tracks. THE WEATHER] For Hurrisbtiric anil vlriallr: Fair to-night and Saturday; not , inurli cliaiißr in temperature. * Fr Eastern l'fnn>lt aula: Fair ' to-nisht nnd Saturdays sentle north wind*. becoming vari able. CIVIC CIA II FI.Y CONTEST Civic Club Fly Swatting t ontrat clone* July 31. I) H. in. lo 1 - noon. Five pent* a pint for all flic*. Prize* to be awarded. SEVEN INJURED TRAIN LEAVES TRACK Seven were injured when pas senger train No. 1204 on the main line of the Northern Central Rall ivay Company left the tracks on a sharp curve south of Seitzland. 4 3 -.nilcs south - of this city shortly be fore noon to-day. The engine tender and baggage car left the rails and plunged over a twenty-five foot em bankment. Both baggagemen who were in the ear at the time of the ! accident escaped injury by jumping from the car. The injured ai;e: Samuel S. j Ot-ovc, Washington, 1). C.; Oscar W. .where during the day yesterday. ! Field Marshal Haig's men had con i ducted a raid in force in the vicin .; ity of Merris northeast of the Xieppe j wood on the road to the railway '! junction of Hazebrouck. bringing in , more than 120 prisoners. Additional , j raids last night in the Meteren and i Kemmel sectors on this front re j suited in the taking of more i prisoners. i On the assumption that the Ger | mans if they decide to open up j their attack on a new front when | they resume their offensive, will 11 strike somewhere between Rheims | and Lorraine, some interest may be . attached to the report in the French official statement to-day that the enemy artillery is displaying rather marked activity on the front north west of Verdun, within this area. Germany still hesitates to chal lenge the allies to heavy fighting by a resumptioi of offensive move men's. Initiative in local engage ments a.id raiding operations ,s in | the hands cf the allied troops ard they continue to harass the enemy at uur.v points between Vpres and | Rheims. * British troops on several sectors : have raided the German lines on the Flanders and Picardy battie lields. the Australians in one place bringing back seventy prisoners. Be tween the Aisne and the Marne French patrols have penetrated the enemy positions near Bu&saires, south of Corey, the scene of the ! latest French gain which the Ger mans have made no attempt to dis i pute. On the Marne front American i troops have routed a German patrol i j which attempted a raid. On this I front as well as on most of the j British front from Ypres to 'he Somme the weather has been rainy! • and sforniy. Austrian forces in Eastern Alba nia continue to retire before ihe pressure of the advancing Franco- Italian detachments. In the To morica valley the enemy is fleeing i northward before the French who j have reached the valley from the ) east and occupied several villages.' Italian troops on the west have oc cupied the commanding peak of Glu : maka, capturing 260 prisoners. This ; height commands the district J>e- I tweeri Berat and the Tomorica. WAGE ADJUSTERS GRANT INCREASE OF 81 PER CENT. Fix July 23 as Day For Pass ing on What Constitutes Minimum Rate Washington. July 12. —Readjust- ment of wage scales at eight war supply plants of Waynesboro,, Pa., with forty cents an hour as the minimum wage, was announced to day by the War Kabor Board. Three thousand men are affected. Tuesday, July 23. was' ttxed as the date for determination by the board of what is a minimum living wage for workers generally and for a de cision as to general application of the eight-hour standard for a day's work. In the Waynesboro case the board Si ante Jail increases sought by skill ed workers and made the lowest rate for unskilled men forty cents an hour instead of thirty as the men re quested. This means increases of as much as 81 per cent, for low paid men. The companies involved in the controversy at Waynesboro, Pa., are the Frick Company, Emerson-Bran tingham Company, Landis Tool Company, Eandis Machine Com pany, Bostok-Lyons Bronze Com pany, tfheafcr Machine Company, Victor Tool Company and the (."ash man Tool Company. .1,000 AT CONCERT Three thousand persons attended the first open-air band concert of the season, given at Reservoir Park last evening by the Municipal Band through the courtesy of Irving E Robinson, head of the Woman's Shop. 20 North Fourth street. • Carlson, Chicago; Creighton C. Wright, Johnstown, Pa.; Isabelle Jefferson, Cleveland. O.; Mrs. Her bert H. Brooks, Buffalo, N. Y.; Mrs. Sarath Dugan, Baltimore, Md.; Sarath Lugan, Baltimore, Md.; • James Mulcorn, Baltimore Md. ; Physicians from Tork attended the injured who continued their journey. A relief train from Harrisburg ! picked up the passengers and brought them to this city. Of the eight cars in the train only \ tho baggage car and engine tender plunged over the bank. SINGL.E COPY A CE.XTS HUNLEADERSOF ONE MIND AS TO SINCERE PEACE, HERTLING SAYS Chancellor Tells Reichstag Union Between the Political Leaders and Military Is Close; Cling to Reply to Pope's Nolo PRESIDENT'S FIRMNESS HOLDS HUNS IN STRIFE Chancellor Avows Germany 1 - i Will Not Change Policy in Spite of Idea of Destruction Expressed in the Speeches, Made in Allied Countries i By Associated Press I.ondon, July 12.—There is the closest union between the political leaders of Germany and German army headquarters regarding their readiness to receive peace proposals from the allies, if they are offered in a spirit of sincerity. This state ment was made in the Reichstag by Imperial Chancellor Von Hertling, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen. The program of Germany's foreign policy, the chancellor added, was laid down in Germany's reply to the j papal peace note and it would be 1 adhered to. That would be a right-i eous peace and Germany has not and! will not change her policy, however j strong the idea of destruction was expressed in speeches in allied coun tries. The recent utterances of President Wilson and Foreign Secretary Bal four, he continued, forced Germany j to continue the struggle. Hintxc Avows Loyalty Admiral von Hintze, the new G6r-i man foreign secretary in succession] to von Kuehlmann. made a binding! declaration to Count von Hertling j that he was willing in every way to follow the Imperial Chancellor's policy. Chancellor von Hertling told the; Reichstag main committee that thei government intended vigorously to prosecute the reforms already be-j gun. He commented on the prob-j lems in. the cast and in the west and ] concluded with remarks on the gov- [ ernment's program regarding thej declaration made in November, 1917,, which had been accepted by a large majority in the Reachstag. The change in the foreign minis-, try, the chancellor said, was not, caused by any real difficulties of ; opinion. Pershing Cables Need of Chaplains in War; Sustain Men at Front New York. July 12.—The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ! in America which sent greetings to' General Pershing and the American Army in France, through the Rev. 1 Dr. Charles S. MacFarland, received a cable message from Dr. Mac Fa- j land to-day saying 1 General Pershing i asked the churches "to send over their very best ministers or cljap- ; tains. general Pershing says, the clergy man cabled, that ministers "are very important influences in the highest efficiency of the Army. The men need them for all kinds of help, i They sustain the men especially at the most critical times." I Newspaper Slackers From the Philadelphia North American •rrMiE "preliminary economies" re cently listed are sound. But there is another vital require ment which should be enforced without delay— namely, that news papers shall not lje sold for less than the cost of the white paper on which they are printed. Kor exam ple, it should not be permissible to sell any paper larger than eight 8- coluinn pages for less than "Z cents at retail. To allow publsihers to continue at will to sell large-size newspapers for about one-half the cost of the white paper alone, when there is a serl cus deficiency in the supply, is in defensible. Those who persist in pelliryi papers of from twelve to twenty pages for 1 cent are delib erately sacrificing a commodity es sential to the national life in order thereby to obtain something else of value —a circulation stutus which increases advertising revenue. The Government has laid down the rule 1 that necessaries of which the supply I is limited, such as sugar, must not j be sold at cut rates In order to stim- HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1918. PORTALS OF THE PENN-HARRIS TO BE THROWN OPEN DURING OCTOBER Contractors Believe Hand . some Hostelry Will Be Beady For Occupancy in the Early Fall; Many Seek Beservations BAPID PBOGBESS BEING MADE ON THE BUILDING Virtually All Interior Wood work in Place With Three Elevators Bunning; Orna mental Decorations Gotten Well Under Way ) The Penn-Harris hotel will be ready I for occupancy in October, contractors said to-day. Rapid progress has been j made during the past month and men I' in charge confidently predict that they will have the million-dollar structure ready near the opening of I the autumn season. A number of i conventions have already been booked , for the big hotel. Among these is the | State D. A. R. convention and a num | ber of others. Practically all of the interior wood ; work, except the doors on the typical floors has been finished, it was stated ! to-day by R. E. Hawes, who repre- I sents Prank C. Lewin, the contractor. ! In the main lobby, the ornamental j ceilings are almost finished and work j men are now busy in the lounge and I dining room. rilevatorw Running ' Nearly all partitions below the top | floor have been made. Metal flooring and ceilings are near completion. | Tiling has been set in the bedrooms | and plasterers have virtually finished ' their work in the bedrooms from the j third to the ninth floors. The finish ' ed roofs are being installed. Three of the four elevators are now lin operation. In the service wing the ! walls are complete except for the , Strawberry street side and this will , soon be finished men in charge pre ; diet. W. I* Stoddard, supervising archi | tect, was in Harrisburg yesterday, in -1 specting the Job. "It's good work," ihe told the surepintendents. "Keep j it up!" Congressmen Will Visit Yankee Fleet Oversea Washington. July .12. —Fourteen | members of the House Naval Af fairs Committee are about to start ] on a visit to the American fleet in i European waters. The trip of in- I spection has been approved by Sec ! retar.v Daniels. In the party will be Representa : tives Padgett, of Tennessee, chair man; Riordan, of New York; Hens ley, of Missouri; Connelly, of Kan sas; Oliver, of Alabama; Venable, of Mississippi Llttlepage, of West | Virginia; Wilson of Texas; Butler, i -of Pennsylvania; Browning, of New Jersey; Farr, of Pennsylvania; j Mudd, of Maryland; Peters of Maine, and Hicks, of Now York. HARRISBURG Throws Away Dollars Every Passing Hour itS Put the Waste Into War Savings |i:!ate the sales of other goods; and u-J,! . / iP l P , 1 . Cat u it)n of thc Principle p ii. analogous practice or selling newspapers at a price be low the cost of the white paper, ut a time when the resources of labor, fuel and transportation cannot meet the normal demand, for the purpose of increasing the sale of another Thu m rn p y ' n ?j ne| y advertising. This rule should also require all competitive papers to be sold at the same retail price. nA maJ ° r L ty the Principal pub lications of the country have al ready recognized the demands of the situation and have made their Lmfi , \u K I"' ices approximately paper But ° f lhe un P rlnt e<l paper. But a large number of I newspapers, some of them using! considerable tonnage, are still sold at 1 cent in order to stimulate their circulation. This is chiefly a viola tion of the principle the Govern ment applies to other essential com modities. and. of course, it is unfair to the publishers who have limited their consumption of paper by rais ing their selling price. ARTILLERY USED \ TO DOWN MUTINY IN KARL'S ARMY By Associated Press Washington. July 12.—Occu pation of Herat anil tlic capture of quantities of war material and many prisoners by the ad vancing Italian army lu Alba nia were announced to-day in an official dispatch from Home. The message also told of loss c> inllictcd upoil the AiiMrians in surprise attacks at Couca l.aghi and in Val D'Assa and of the repulse of enemy attacks on the southern slopes of Sasso liossa. Had weather was re ported iu the Altipino of Aslago. Corfu, July 12—A serious mutiny among the Austrian troops in one of the occupied districts of Serbia is announced by the Serbian press bureau here. The garrison at Kraguyevatz. the former Serbian arsenal, broke into rebellion because ot bad food, the statement declares, and many of the officers were killed. The mutiny was suppressed after a veritable battle in which machine guns and artillery were freely used Germany Claims a Heavy Indemnity From Russia I'iirin. July 1J —Germany's claim for indemnity from Russia amounts to approximately ".0U0.000.000 rubles, ac 763 BOYS AND GIRLS READY FOR HIGH SCHOOL l'hosc Who Failed to Pass in All Subjects to Get An other Chanfcc A total of 763 eighth grade pupils qualified without condition, for en | trance to the High Schools of Harris burg according toithe report of Dr. F. E. Downes. superintendent of schools. Approximately SO others have been conditioned, generally in one subject, and these will be re-ex amined in August. On grade SA, 713 pupils were exam ined of which 629 passed without condition 55 will be re-examined and 29 failed. Approximately two-third of those to be re-examined probably will pass. Superintendent Downes pre dicts. On this basis the promotion percentage for the grade will be 83. Fifty pupils of grade SB pased suc cessfully and about 25 others will be re-examined in one subject. Names of the pupils who have suc cessfully pased the examination and will be graduated to High School in the fall, may be found on page 10. Vote on "Dry" Nation Comes on August 20 By Associated Press Washington, July 12.—An agree i ment was tentatively reached to-day by Senate leaders for postponement j ot prohibition legislation until Au i gust 20, for a vote late to-day or to . morrow on tile administration wire | control resolution and for suspen i :sion of Senate business until August , 10 under ;i "gentleman's agreement" day recesses. Royal Pair Return to Belgium by Air Route By Associated Press Paris, July 12. —The king mid queen of Belgium, who had hi<en visiting Knrland, have returned to France by the same means which they u.ed in crossing the channel to England—through the air. The re turn passage, the newspapers say, lasted thirty minutes. The royal couple Haid they were delighted with the experiences of the aerial voy- 1 ages. DERNBURG AND JUNKER AT ODDS By Associated Press Amsterdam. July . 12.—1n the course of a debate on Wednesday in the Prussian upper house, Dr. Bern hard Dernburg, former German minister of colonial afTairs, agreed that a peace never was concluded on the battlefield alone. Without the co-operation of diplomacy no peace could be attained, he declured. If Pruasia, said Dr. Dernberg, is to maintain her leading position she must make and continue to make moral conquests. "I am rather doubtful whether ONLY liVKM.Mi ASSOCIATED PIIUSS NEWSI'AI'EII I.N llAltltlSllliltO cording to a report prlntede in the | Berlin Vossische Zeitung of the work done by the mixed commission i named to take up consideration of i claims growing out of the concius ! ion <*f the Brest-L,itovsk peace. | This commission has concluded Its | sessions, during which the German , representatives, says the newspaper, j presented claims aggregating the j amount named for war damages. Im | mediate settlement of the claim is i asked, it is stated. i Hun Shore Guns Sink American Launch Bent on Saving a Seaplane Washington, July 12. —An Ameri i can naval launch, after aiding a I French destroyer in towing a dis jabled American seaplane to safety i was sunk by German shore batteries | losing two of her crew, probably i drowned, and two taken prisoner by the enemy. Assistant Surgeon Albert Mason Stevens, naval reserves, and Philip Goldman, quartermaster, both of New York City, landed in front of the German batteries and were cap tured. Seamen Charles Joe Tatulinskt, j <*levcland, and John Peter Vogt, I New Orleans, are missing. Three j others in the boat swam for shore j with life preservers and were picked up unhurt on allied territory. SEVEN OFFICERS AND ONE MAN LEFT OF THE OLD GUARD Remainder of the Common wealth's Military Organiza tion Is Now in France All that remains of the Pennsyl vania National Guard is a Personnel of seven commissioned officers and one enlisted man, it was learned at the office of the Adjutant General this morning. The remainder of the huge military force of the Pennsylvania has taken its place' in the armies ot the United States 'and are in France awaiting the next move of the Huns. The Pennsylvania State Reserve Militia, organized since the departure of the National Guard, takes the place of the National Guard, and was organized for service within the state. The fact that eight men of the old National Guard remain In the service of the state, however, accounts for the fact that Pennsylvania still has a National Guard organization, al though the United States Government has absorbed the vast civilian army into its military ranks. Until the eight men of the old National Guard are discharged or absorbed into the Reserve Militia, the stale will con tinue to have a National Guard. Two in llnrriNlturg Two of the old National Guard of ficers are trom Harrisburg. They are: Col, Jerry M. Lehman, deputy Adjutant General of Pennsylvania anil Captain George C. Ja<k, former com mander of the Governor's Troop and officer of the Ordnance department. The remaining officers are: Col. Frank G. Sweeney, Chester; Lieuten ant Colonel William J. Elliott, Phila delphia; Major J. Warner Hutchins Philadelphia; Second Lieutenant Nolan P. Benner. Allentown; Lieu tenant Colonel Herbert A. Arnold surgeon, Ardmore. These men, it was explained at the Adjutant General's office, are "sur plus officers." When the National Guard was sworn into Federal serv ice. there was no place in the organi zation of the Federal Army to cor respond with the positions held by them In the National Guard. For that reason they were automatically left out of the Federal organization It was learned to-day that Captain .lack stands a good chance now of getting a Federal commission. I she has succeeded in this," Dr Dern -1 burg added. There were shouts of contradiction at this. The Extremist junker, Herr Oldenberg-Janulchau, declared: "Dr. Dsrnburg Is the last man who ought to talk about moral con quests," he added. "Such things lead to banquets in honor to the Ameri can ambassador, Gerard." Dr. Dernburg replied: "I never regarded Mr. Gerard as! a fit object for moral conquests. I did attend the banquet In question,! but so did the vice-chancellor audi the secretary ol the state for foreign I affairs." I I LATE NEWS j 14* Rl IAN VERGE ON STARVATION 4 a* <£ L i ■•■■ Rumania's peasant population is in a morn £. 1 - undition from lack of food and thir than g ,time since Rumania entered the war. Reports 4 jl ' '.he A: >c kited Press from author i' ti mrces T s T 4* i" i : that all crops this year are failures. AK . OFFICERS ADRIFT IN HEAVY ; !,A l| T Havana—Two .American Anny officers were rescued T 4* 4 s |t late yesterday by the crew of a launch of a Cuban gun- * iT boat. The engines of their motor boat'having failed three j* h ,<■ near Santiago, the officers vci'c I' t .it the 4 i --nv.: yot a heavy sea. i 4* ? • w | TRADING DULLEST IN WiXLS * | y York Wall Street—Leader, v.-: ■ kible p •' in the last hour but minor specialties ved ex- £ |'? t? lvalues of Ito 2 points. The closing was firm. A jj 1 ••••> sold at 99.60 to 99.66, first 4s at 93.96 to 4 14* ond 4s at 93.06 to 94.1 6and 4 1-' ,;t ' 34 to X A ding m stocks to-day was the dullest in many 4* wt rec-ult leaving a majority X X - • •.•>:'.; i atcd 250,000 shares. T 4 T J W SUPERIOR COURT PROTHONOTARY T 4 ' T jjT Philadelphia—l he Superior Court appoints 1 Charles *f* I T Mi X 'h s prothonotary for the Scranton district of the A i 4* . 4* Suj :rioi Coutt to take effect August 1. This fills the T ' |T vacancy caused by the death of Samuel 11. Stevens. Wil- <| ji liam K Taylor crier of the Superior Court been T I y, • X i to return to the Scranton office, bel ing to <§• 4* anton district now in the office of the prothonotary 3$ ;<£* He has been actin. Pr i f<• : -i , 'X nie £Ki lIOR ( hstrict. • J 't MIRBACII ASSASSIN IS TAKEN T London—One of the murderers of General Count *T m 4* Von Mirbach, German ambassador to Russia, wa- arrested •* Thursday, says a Moscow dispatch to the I'ranfurter ZJ which transmitted from Copenhagen b the 4* jj* Exchange Telegraph Company. -P !± MOUNTAIN FIRE DESTROYS TIMBER X iX 4* Waynesboro—Fire is raging on Fairvicw mountain, J* ;X nt nar. Several hundred acres of valuable timber- IT i" ve been swept by the flames, whi h are being X ! g* fought by large forces of Pennsylvania and Maryland <9. Tran;cr. ; . Zl i • X TAL LAONS TO ALLIES $6,26( 000 O* ,ton —Great Britain was grant- t <i y an T !4 <■ it of $175,000,000 by the • y De- *'?* JX : a nr., the total loans to '.cr t d -45,- jX 1 ; I the total credit to the allies $G,26( ' ■o.OOO. 4 *T 4* 4* DANIELS ENCOURAGES FRENCH T 4* *|* |L Pari -A message from Secretary of the Navy Daniels *£■ It to t!-c Matin declares the hundreds of thousand • f Amer- I *T > *5" j m al - <3y in France are but the vanguard of the armiea IT that v;n follow and that the submarines maot stop X them. "fl? jj J IERNOFF HEADS MARCH ON MOSCOW J IT Stockholm M. Tchemoff, a leader of the Russian 4* If ! 4 Social Revolutionists, is inarching on Moscow at the head jjT of numerous bands of unarmed peasants, says adi patch *jf sent the Matin by its Stocholm correspondent. 1 X J CHOLERA RAGES IN PETROGRAD W i.o ndon—Owing to the shortage in food. cholera ,T 4 un the increase in Pctrograd and hundreds of persons A arc :,Jily falling victims to it, says a Russian wir less dis- X 4* pat h received to-d3y. £ X BISHOP OF ALBANY DIES J Albany, N. Y.—The Right Rev. Thomas 1 . Cuuack, T iX bishop of the Catholic diocese of Albany, died shortly *£ |X after 2 p. m. to-day. T f MARRIAGE LICENSES T . Paul M. Kids, Washington, D. t, mill Kuth Srever, Carllale, *■*' •J* 1 ■" W. Strlekter, Harrlkbur B . and .llaricnrct A. Ileahore. 1 55 r 1 K# ""T""" l.anraat*r. It. I)., K. 1, nnal Mrln-I Htchmun. Mnnhrlm. It. U. o. li I rank M. UaUhuaith. Hrrke>, #a*. .t, and Dwtlhy l. Ffenrr. Mnicl*tn>n. ~ NIGHT EXTRA
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