14
SURVEY OF SUGAR
IS BEGUN AMONG
CITY CONSUMERS
Corn Product Being Used in
Restaurants in Lieu of
Cane Sugar
The Dauphin County Food Ad
ministration this morning began a
survey of the amount of sugar held
in stock by registered commercial
users of sugar. Registered users ure j
those who filed sugar statements for ,
tugar purchase certificates.
The survey being made is to de
termine if sugar is being hoarded by]
retailers and users. The amount of j
sugar sold in Pennsylvania last j
month exceeded the monthly allow
ance for the state, and the food ad- I
ministration is attempting to de- J
termJne if householders have been j
buying more than is justitied under
the regulations of the food adminis- j
tration. The survey will determine!
if householders have been buying I
more than their share, or If retail
ers and manufacturers have been
hoarding.
The sugar reports are now being
mailed to the registered sugar usersi
and must be returned until Mon
day, August 5. After that it is (
thought that the sugar purchase cer
tificates for August will be issued to ;
the registered sugar consumers
again. In the meantime the con
sumers who sell and use sugar lor
manufacturing or public eating
houses may not purchase sugar.
Using Corn Sugar
The sugar reports now being
mailed are to ascertain the total
quantity on hand in store, total
quantity bought but not received,
total quantity on certificates unused,
and the total of those three items;
total quantity lepresented by can
ning certificates since July 1 and
now in possession, and the total
quantity of jnsar represented by
canning certificates tilled since
July 1 and turned into adminis
trator.
Restaurants in the city which have |
felt the sugar shortage since they
have been unable to secure unlim
ited amounts of sugar are rapidly
adapting themselves to the use of
hubstitutes. Corn sugar is one of
the substitutes adopted in a local
restaurant yesterday. The corn
sugar, maple sugar or grape sugar
I may be purchased without sugar
purchase certificates. At the food
. administraUon office it was said the
■ corn sugar now'in use has greater
t sweetening power than the ordinary
I cane or beet sugar,
f 1 Charged With Hoarding
The food administrator is in com
munication with the state food ad
ministrator to determine whether a
fine shall be imposed on James
Beck. 32 Chestnut street, Steelton.
for hoarding sugar in excess of the
amount allowed him. A search of
his home revealed twenty-five
pounds which had been bought for
the purpose of canning and which
was never used for that purpose.
The sugar was confiscated and a tine
may be imposed in addition.
With the beginning to-morrow of t
the drastic regulations limiting pri-1
\ ute consumers to two pounds i
monthly per person, the food ad- j
ministration will keep a sharp
watch to see that there is no hoard
ing.
Hon to Save Sugnr
The exact amount which two
pounds of sugar per month will al
low each person weekly, daily and
! r euch meal was worked out to
.ay by Miss Mary Ruth Fisher,
ite College Economics Extension j
presentative for Dauphin county, j
i J that householders will not ex-1
< ed the amount they should adhere
t • if they wish to do their part in
tha world struggle for democracy.
Two pounds per person a month.
> ie said, means one cup a week,
v liich is sixteen tablespoonfuls or
'orty-eight teaspoonfuls. This is
slightly more than two tablespoon
fuls of sugar each day or about six
t uspoonfuls, allowing two spoonfuls
per meal. Worked down to this
basis, the sugar allowance does not I
t> em so small after all.
Miss Fisher outlined several plans
fo be followed by householders in
order to limit themselves to their
allowance. She told of a family
which puts the weekly allowance of
each person In a separate holder,
and at the end of the week the per
son who has saved the most sugar
receiver a Thrift Stamp from each
of the other members of the house
hold. Another family puts the
weekly allowance on the table, and
11 when Friday comes the members
, have saved enough from their meals
for the baking of a cake, tbey are
k rewarded with a cake for their sav-
B ing. Otherwise there is no baking
I in that house for the week.
Waste Material May Be
Turned Into Money For
Benefit of the Red Cross i
Conserve metal, paper, rubber and I
hair!
This isy the keynote of a drive
launched to-day by the Harrisburg
Chapter, American Red Cross. As
announced by Mrs). James X. Cham
berlain, who has been placed in
< harge of the campaign, the object
is to save waste materials and to
sell them for the benefit of the local
chapter or auxiliary. The campaign
will be made county-wide and is
under the Joint auspices of the
American Civic Association and tbe
lied Cross.
k "It is the patriotic duty to every
r right-thinking American to con
' serve!" So declared Mrs. Chamber
lain. Commenting further, she said:
"This work offers a combination
" of civic work and Government work
at the same time, and the people of
Harrisburg are asked to take the
first Important step in the campaign
by saving the following waste ma
terials: Tin and lead foil, collapsi
ble paste and paint tubes, lead,
brass, copper and aluminum waste,
old gold, silver and broken bits of
Jewelry, typewriter ribbon boxes and
) ibbon spools, old motor licenses,
motorcar and bic.\®'e tires, rubber
of all kinds, books, and
newspapers, which must be folded
once and tied securely both ways;
l-urlap sacks, clean cotton and wool
en rags, tailor clippings and rem
* ' unts, glass fruit Jars, tin cans with
l'-tted lids and tin boxes (no tin
i ins that have been opened with an
• pener); old batteries, hair switches
: :id hair combings, buttons, old win
dow shades, old knives, forks and
i Moons, pasteboard boxes in good
11 nditlon an innumerable other
urtlcl's. *
have these articles ami awaJt fur
ther information
THURSDAY EVENING,
RAILS FALL AT
MARKET'S START
Sumatra Tobacco Chief Element of Strength—U. S.
Steel Registers Slight Gain —Atlantic Gulf
Firm—Liberty Bonds Steady
By Associated Press
New York, Aug. I.—Wall Street —
: Rails wore fractionally lower at the
Irregular opening of to-day's stock
market, Baltimore and Ohio and Wa
bash Issues showing especial heavi
ness on postponement of dividend ac
tion. Marine, pfd., and United Fruit
reacted fractionally to a point with
Mexican Petroleum and Crucible
Steel. Sumatra Tobacco was the chief
element of strength, gaining 2 1-2
points. U. S. Steel, common and pfd.,
made slight gains andi California
Petroleum, pfd., and Atlantic Gulf
displayed firmness. Drive movements
became more uneven before the end
of the first half hour on pressure
ugainst Investment rails. Liberty
Bonds were steady.
Union Pacific led the reversal with
high grade rails losing a point with
Reading, while Canadian Pacific,
Atchison and Norfolk and Western
yielded fractionally. U. S. Steel was
affected a setback and other indus
trials and equipments, including
Bladwln Locomotive, lost ground.
Sumatra Tobaccco lost much of Its
gain and Lorillard Tobacco, General
Motors, Texas Company and sundry
specialties were one to three points
under yesterday's closing prices. The
market became lifeless at noon, after
a nominal rally. Liberty 3Hs sold at
99.86 to 99.88, 4s at 93.30 to 94.44
and 4 Vi s at 95.28 to 95.68.
SEW YORK STOCKS
Chandler Brothers and Company,
members of New York and Philadel
phia Stock Exchange—3 North Mar
ket Square, Harrisburg; 336 Chestnut
street, Philadelphia: 34 Pine street,
New York—furnish the following
quotations: Open. Close.
Allls Chalmers 33% 33%
Amer Loco 65% 65%
Amer smelting 78% 78%
Anaconda 65% 65%
Atchison 85',4 85%
Baldwin Locomotive .... 90 89%
Baltimore and Ohio 54% 54
Bethlehem Steel 82% 82%
Butte Copper 27% 27%
Canadian Pacific 153 152
Chi Mil and St Paul 44% 43%
Chicago R I and Pacll.e 23% 23%
Chino Con Copper 39% 39%
Corn Products 43% 43%
Crucible Steel < 66% 65%
Distilling Securities .... 56% 56%
Erie 15% 15
Genera] Motors 135 134%
Great Northern Ore subs 31% 31%
Hide and Leather 18% 18%
Inspiration Copper 62% 52
International Paper .... 36% 36%
Kennecott 33% 33%
Lackawanna Steel 84 84
Maxwell Motors 26% 26 !
Merc War Ctfs 26 26
Merc War Ctfs pfd 97% 96%
Mex Petroleum 101% 101
Miami Copper 28% 28%
Midvale Steel 52 51%
New York Central 71% 71%
N Y N H and H 40% 40
New-York Ont and West 20% 19 %
Norfolk and Western ... 103% 103%
Railway Steel Spg 61 Vi 61%
Heading 87% 87
Republic Iron and Steel . 91% 91%
Southern Pacific 84% 84%
Southern Ry 23% 23%
Studebaker '43% 43%
Union Pacific 121 Vi 120%
U S I Alcohol 126% 126%
U S Steel 108% 107%
U S Steel pfd 112% 112%
Virginia-Carolina Chem . 51 59%
Westinghouse Mfg 41% 42 j
Willys-Overland 19% 19% I
CHICAGO CATTLE
By Associated Press
Chicago, Aug. 1. (U. S. Bureau
of Markets. Hogs Receipts,
23,000; mostly 15c to 20c higher than
yesterday's average. Butchers, $19.00
® 19.55; light, $) 9.20® 19.60; packing.
slß.oo® 18.90: rough, $17.60© 17.90;
bulk of sales, $18.25© 19.50; pigs,
good to choice, $18.00©18.75.
Cattle Receipts. 3.000; beef
steers and butcher cattle strong;
other classes slow; veal calves, good
to choice. $16.50® 17.00.
Sheep Receipts, 9,000; steady to
strong; some prime native lambs
higher to local butchers at $17.75;
feeders active.
Britain Seeks Biggest
Vote of Credit For War
By Associated Press
London, Aug. 1. ln asking for a
vote of credit of £700,000,000 sterling,
in the House of Commons to-day, An
drew Bonar Law, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, said the largeness of
the amount was not due to increased
expenditure. but to the fact that
Parliament was about to adjourn. He
hoped, he said, that not more than
one vote would be necessary before
the end of the financial year.
The vote asked is the largest in the
history of the country. It is intended
for the carrying on of the war until
the end of October.
EIGHTH GRADE Pt'PILK
TO TRY FOR HIGH SCHOOLS
Examination for pupils in the
eighth grade for the removal of con
ditions in various subjects so that
thev can enter high schools in Sep
tember will be held next Tuesday at
the Stevens Building, in Chestnut
street.
In the morning examinations the
following subjects will be held: Writ
ten arithmetic, mental arithmetic and
bookkeeping. Afternoon: Spelling,
grammar and history. Notices have
been sent to all pupils who have fail
ed to pass in one or more subjects.
$6,000,000,000 Loan
Drive Opens Sept. 28
Washington. Aug. 1. —The fourth
Liberty Loan campaign will open on
Saturday, September 28, and close
three weeks later, on Saturday, Oc
tober 19, William McAdoo, Secretary
of the Treasury, announced last
night.
While no announcement was made
! of the amount of bonds that the
Treasury will offer, it is understood
the drive will have for its goal a
minimum of $0,000,000,000, the larg
est loan ever floated In the United
States.
Neither was any announcement
made is to the rate of Interest the
new bonds will carry, but it Is gen
erally understood that it will be 4 %
per cent., the same as the third Lib
erty Loan.
When the bill authorizing the
fourth Liberty Loan was before Con
gress. Mr. McAdoo, In a communi
cation to that body, declared that the
Intention of the Treasury Depart
ment I* lo keep the rate where It is
and not increase It again.
C. OF C. PICNIC Al'G. IS
Tht Harrisburg Chamber of Com
merce outing w|U be held at John
Relly's cabin In the mountains above
Rockvllle August 15. The members
will go by automobile at noon, spend
ing the afternoon and evening In
tncvrU and amusements.
PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE
By Associated frets
Philadelphia, Aug. 1. Wheat
Nk. i. run, lull. fS.ai. .No. a red.
No. £, HOft, ted. J2.12. ,
Butter The market la Arm;
western, creamery, extras. 45c; nearoy
prints, fancy, 51®63c.
Eggs Market firm; Pennsylvania,
and other nearby firsts, free cases,
$12.90@13.2Q per case; do., current re
ceipts, free cases, sl2.til) per case;
western, extras, firsts, $12.90® 13.2u
per case; do., firsts, free cases. $12.60
per case; fancy, selected, packed. 4'J<&
51c per dozen.
Refined Sugars Market steady;
powdered. 8.45 c; extra fine, granulat
ed, 7.25 c.
Cheese Market steady; New
York and. Wisuu ;jn. " 'I cream. 25V4
©2614 c.
Corn —The market is firm; No. 2,
yellow, $1.87©1.88; Nok 3, yellow,
$1.86 @ 1.87.
Oats The market Is steady;
No. 2, white, 87©87% c; No. 3. white,
86 ©B6 He.
Bran The market Is steady; otl
winter, per ton. $46.50©47.00; spring.
t>*r ton. $4 4.00®45.00.
Live Poultry Market higher;
fowls, 35©36 c; young, softmeated
roosters. 26©27 c; young, staggy roost
ers. 25ifti26c; old roosters, 26@26c;
spring chickons, not leghorns, 36©42 c;
leghorns. 34® 47c; ducks. Peking,
spring, 33@35c; d0.,01d.28©30c; Indian
Runners. 26@27c; turkey>>. 27©i'8o;
geese, nearby. 25@16c; weßtern. 25©
26c.
Dreased Poultry Steady; turkeys,
nearby, choice to fancy, 3'J©4oc; do.,
fair to good, 32{j>37c; do., old, 37©38 c,
do., western, choice to fancy, 37 ©3Bc;
do., fair to good, 32©36 c; do., old toms,
30c; old, common. 30c; fresh killed
fowls, fancy, 37@37%c; do., smaller
sizes, 33® 36c; old roosters. 28c; spring
ducks,Liong Island, 35 Vi ©36 He; frozen
fowls, fancy. 3;>tn3sHc; do., good to
choice. 32®34c; do., small Files. 28®
30c; western broilers. 41® 44c.
Potatoes The market is higher;
New Jersey. No. 1, 88c%51.00
per basket; do., No. 2, 40@60c
per basket; Pennsylvania. 100 lbs..
$1.30® 1.65; New York. old. per 100 lbs.
$1.66®1.75; western, per 100 Tbs.. sl.2s
©1.55; Maine, per 100 lbs.. $1,600
I.80; Delaware and Marylnnd, per 100
IDs., >oc®sl.lo; Michigan, per 100
$1.50® 1.70; Florida. per barrel.
$2.00©4 00; Florida. per bushel,
hamper. 75@85c; Florida, per 150-lb.
bags. $1.50®3.00; North Carolina, per
barrel, $1.60® 4.00; South Carolina, per
barrel. $1.50®4.00; Norfolk, per bar
rel. $1.50@4.75; Kastern Shore, per
barrel, $1.50® 5.00.
Tallow The market is firm;
price city, In tierces. 17c; city,
special, loose, 17 % c; country, prime.
16He; dark. 15®15%c: edible, in
tierces, 18>4 <9l9c.
Flour The market is quiet
and steadier; winter wheat, new.
100 per cent, flour, $10.75®11.25 pel
barrel; Kansas wheat, new. $11.25®
11.60 per barrel; spring wheat, old,
$11.35© 11.75 per barrel.
Hay Market firm, timothy.
No. 1. large and small bales. $25.60®
26.60 otr ton; N<\ 2. small bales. $23.00
©24.00 per ton; No. 3, $17.50®19.50 per
ton; sample, $12.50® 15.50 per ton; no
grade, $7.50 3".l 50 per ton.
Clover Light, mixed, $24.00©
25.00 per ton: No. 1. light mixed.
$20.60®21.60 per ton; No. 2, light mix
ed. $15.50@17.50 per ton; no grade,
S 18.00 tfpl'O.uO per ton.
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
By Associated Press
Chicago, Aug. I.—Board of Trade
closing:
Corn August. 1.55%; Septem
ber, 1.57.
Oats August, 69>4 ; September,
68%.
Pork—September. 45.30.
Lard—September. 26.67.
Ribs—September, 25.02.
Playground Leaguers
Begin Volleyball Tonight
The playground volleyball leagues
will open this evening with four
games scheduled in the girls' league,
which is divided into two sections.
The schedules for the month fol
low:
Boys' Volleyball
Aug. 2—Emerald at Boas; Syca
more at Maclay; Emerald at Reser
voir.
Aug. 6—Boas at Maclay; Syca
more at Twelfth; Emerald at. Reser
voir.
Aug. B—Reservoir at Sycamore;
Twelfth at Boas.
Aug. 12—Maclay at Reservoir;
Twelfth at Emerald.
Aug. 15—Twelfth at Maclay;
Sycamore at Emerald; Boas at Res
ervoir.
Aug. 20—Emerald at Maclay;
Sycamore at Boas.
Girls' Volleyball
Aug. I—Sec. A: Harris at Reser
voir, Sycamore at Penn; Sec. B: Ma
clay at Boas. Emerald at Relly.
Aug. s—Bee. A: Penn at Harris,
Paxtang at Sycamore; Sec. B: Reily
at Hamilton. .
Aug. 6—Sec. A; Reservoir, at
Twelfth.
Aug. 7—Sec. B: Boas at Emerald.
Aug. B—Sec. A: Paxtang at Har
ris; Sec. B: Hamilton at Maclay.
Aug. 9—Sec. A: Reservoir at Penn,
Twelfth at Sycamore.
Aug. 12—Sec. B: Relly at Boas.
Aug. 13—Sec. A: Penn at Pax
tang, Sec. B: Emerald at Maclay.
Aug. 14—Sec. A: Sycamore at Res
ervoir, Harris at Twelfth.
Aug. 16—Sec. A: Twelfth at Pax
tang: Sec. B: Boas at Hamilton.
Aug 19—Sec. A: Sycamore at Har
ris; Sec. B: MaclaJ' at Reily.
Aug. 20—Sec. A: Paxtang at Res
ervoir, Twelfth at Penn; Sec. B:
Hamilton at Emerald.
Murder of Eichhorn Is
Proof of Russian People's
Hatred of German Yoke
By Associated Press
Paris. Aug. I.—The murder of
Field Marshal Von Eichhorn, accord
ing to the comment in the Paris
newspapers, demonstrates that in
spite of their legendary pacifity, the
Russian people cannot endure the
German yoke. This crime, the papers
say, coming after the assassination
of Count Von Mlrbach, the German
ambassador to Rusia, shows that the
return to dictatorial methods of gov
ernment in Russia was bound to
place bombs in the hands of those
men who for many years knew no
other argument of opposition. The
newspapers insist that Germany Is
reaping the harvest she sowed.
"The situation in the Tast" says the
Gaulols "presents particularly stormy
omens. It Is aggravated by the fact
that the allleß are ready to begin
operations to deliver the Russian
people and that the campaign in Si
beria will be coincident with opera
tions on the Murman coast. Who
knows if Germany will not be obliged
to rec'onstltute the eastern front?"
BROTHERHOOD TO MKKT
The state organization of the
Brotherhood of America, will have
Its state convention here commenc
ing August 12. The Bolton has been
selected for headquarters.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
STOP EXEMPTION
OF FLEET WORKERS
[Continued from First Pane.]
employed, liable for Immediate mil
itary service.
The new regulations of the corpo
ration will provide for the freeing
of all plants engaged in performing
this kind of work, of all persons sus
pected of being draft dodgers. Every
effort will be made to reduce to a
minimum the number of employes of
draft age in Its service.
To Gf< Questionnaires
As the first step to achieve this ef
fect, a questionnaire of very search
ing character, will be furnished to
each employe of draft age, engaged
in performing work for the corpora
tion. No matter whether the Harris
burger is engaged in making shells,
In turning out steel girders, or in
doing similar work, he will receive
one of these questionnaires, no mat
ter whether he has received defer
red classification or not, he will be
required to All out one of them, pro
vided he is engaged in work con
tracted for by the fleet managers.
The questionnaire of the corpora
tion will require the man to give a
complete history of his military
eligibility and existing draft status.
His physical qualifications must be
fully set forth. He must tell whether
deferred classification was granted to
him through the request of his su
perior corporation official or whether
he took steps to secure it on his own
Initiative. F\ill details are required.
Under the order, issued by Howard
Coonley, vice-president of the cor
poration, every man must fill in, sign
and forward to him personally, the
completed questionnaire on or before
August 1. Upon their receipt, these
questionnaires are to be referred to
the heads of the department under
whose supervision the man comes.
The department head will be re
quired to examine immediately and
with thoroughness, each of the ques
tionnaires and to report at his very
earliest convenience to Mr. Cooney
whether or not the individual can be
released for Immediate military serv
ice without retarding ship produc
tion. Deferred classification will be
approved only where the employes'
service Is more essential in the pro
duction of ships than it would be for
military service. The fleet corpora
tion will in no way aid a draftee to
obtain deferred classification. It in
tends to view the matter wholly
from the viewpoint of the nation's
welfare.
The Statement
Mr. Cooney, in issuing the order,
made this statement:
"The officers of the United States
Shipping Board Emergency Fleet
Corporation feel that they should ask
for exemption for those individuals
only who have special experience
and ability which makes them essen
tial to the successful carrying out of
the shipbuilding program.
"In such cases, the officials take
the position it is the duty of the in
dividual to subordinate a natural de
sire for active service at the front,
to the greater service which he can
render in the shipbuilding program.
"It Is, therefore, his patriotic duty
to be governed by our judgment in
the matter. In cases other than these,
it is felt that the greatest national
good can be rendered by entering the
military service."
"The time has come when the
country needs every available man.
This corporation must make its sac
rifices just as other industries are do
ing in subordinating all interests to
the national welfare.
"Do we need the individual enough
to ask him to give u phis privilege
and high duty of military service for
the production of ships, is the sole
question to govern exemption in the
future.
"The initiative in this matter of
exemption must come from us and
not from the man himself. Should
the individual ask for his exemption,
it will be refused without further
ado, and, furthermore, we will im
mediately discharge him.
"The only kind of a man we want
is the kind who wants to go but who
is willing to subordinate his personal
desire for army service to advance
the national good."
The questionnaire to be filled out
contains a series of searching ques
tions intended to reveal the present
status of the draftee, his physical
qualifications, whether his superior
fleet corporation official has request
ed his exemption or whether the in
dividual or any one in his behalf has
sought exemption on any grounds
whatever.
Drafted Men to Have
Legal Advice Free;
C. H. Bergner Named
By Associated Press
Philadelphia. Aug. I.—Free legal
advice will be furnished and legal
protection extended without cost in
matters of personal concern to I
drafted men and to their families or
dependants by a new legal advisory
department of the Pennsylvania
Council of National Defense now be
ing organized throughout the state.
John Hampton Rarns, of Philadel
phia, has been appointed director of
the department.
Mr. Barns has associated with him
as an advisory board the following
Pennsylvania lawyers: Charles H.
Bergner, Harrisburg; C. La Rue
Munson, Williamsport; Thomas M.
Patterson, Pittsburgh: S. Y. Rossi -
ter, Erie; William I. Schaffer, Ches
ter, and F. W. Wheaton, Wllkes-
Barre.
Texas Pulls Nation's
Cotton Crop Downward
By Associated Press
Washington, Aug. I.—Loss of 1,-
616,000 bales In the prospective cot
ton cfop, due principally to droughty
conditions In the western part of
the cotton belt, especially In Texas,
was shown to-day In the Department
of Agriculture's August production
forecast, placing the estimated crop
at 13,619,000 equivalent 500-pound
bales, compared with 15,235,000
bales forecast in July.
New York, Aug. 1. —A wjjve of
buying took place in the cotton
market here to-day within a few
minutes after publication of the
Government report making condi
tion 73.6 per cent, of normal. Bear
positions rose 80 points, or $4 a
bale, from the low quotations of the
earlier trading. The market re
mained steady after the advance.
Wage Scale Is Raised
at Central Iron Works
The Central Iron and Steel Com
pany announced this morning that
eftectlvo to-day, the wages of men
doing labor will be advanced to 35
cents an hour. "Equitable adjust
ment will bo made on day and ton
age," the statement says.
Laborers were formerly paid 31V4
cant*.
Two Sons in the Service
EMMETT WOLF
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Wolf, 226 Hummel street, are proud of their two
sons in the United States service. Clayton Wolf has been in l'rance since
April. Enlisting on June 27, 1917, he ha'd been stationed at Gettysburg,
Pa., Camp Green, N. C., and Camp Suiart. Emmett Wolf recently left
for Camp Lee, Va.
•
KAISER CHANTS OF ,
VICTORY TO ARMY
[Continued from First Page.]
heavy blows dealt the allies during
the present summer.
Kaiser Ignores Democracy
He assures the army and navy,
that, although they are in the midst
of the hardest struggle of the war,
they will be victorious.
TTie proclamation follows:
"Serious years of war lie behind
you. The German people, convinced i
of its Just, cause, resting on its hard j
sword and trusting in God's gracious!
help, has, with its faithful allies, |
confronted a world of enemies. Youri
victorious fighting spirit carried the|
war In the first year into |he enemy's i
country and preserved the homeland;
from the horrors and devastation!
of war.
"In the second and third years of
the war, you, by your destructive
blows, broke the strength of the en
emy in the east. Meanwhile, your
comrades in the west offered a brave
and victorious front of enormously
superior forces.
"As the fruit of these victories, the
fourth year of the war has brought
us peace in the east. In the west
the enemy was heavily hit by thej
force of your assault. The battles i
won in recent months count among|
the highest deeds of fume in Ger
man history.
"You are in the midst of the hard
est struggle. The desperate efforts
of the enemy will, as hitherto, bo
foiled by your bravery. Of that I
am certain and, with me, the entire
Fatherland.
"American armies and numerical!
superiority do not frighten us. It!
is spirit which brings the decision.'
Prussian and German history teach- j
es that, as well as the course which
the campaign hitherto has taken. |
"In true comradeship with my |
army stands my navy. In unshake-;
able will to win the victory in the
struggle with opponents who often
are superior and, despite the united
efforts of the greatest naval powers,
of the world, my submarines are I
sure of success. They are tenacious-1
ly attacking and fighting the vital
forces which are streaming across:
the sea to the enemy.
frauds High Seas Forces
"Ever ready for battle, the high
sea forces in untiring work, guard
the road for the submarines to the
open sea ard, in union with the de
fenders of the coast, safeguard lor
them the sources of their strength.
"Far from home, the small and
heroic band of our colonial troops
is offering brave resistance to a
crushingly superior force.
"We remember with reverence all
who have given their lives for - .he
fatherland. |
"Filled with care for their brothers
in the field, the people at hom-> in
self sacrificing devotion, placing
their entire strength at the service
of our great cause. We must and
shall continue the fight until he
enemy's f ill to destruction is broken.
We will make every sacrifice and
put forth every effort to that end.
"In this spirit the army and the
homeland are inseperably bound to
gether. Their united stand and un
bending will la certain to bring vic
tory In the struggle for Germany'*
right and Germany's freedom.
"God grant it."
Typhoid Breaks Out
in Bulgarian Army
l.onrion, Aug. 1. —Travelers from
Bulgaria, sa.vs an Amsterdam dis
patch to the Kxchange Telegraph
Company, declare that a serious out
break of typhoid Is raging in the Bul
garian army and at Sofia The num
ber of casualties is said by the
travelers to run iijfo the thousands,
especially In the army. The medical
service is reported to have broken
down.
The departure from Sofia of King
Ferdinand, the arrivals at Amster
dam say, was due to the fact that
two cases of typhoid had broken out
in the royal palace.
Two Steamers Seized From
Germans Come to U. S.
Washington, Aug. I.—Two of the
German steamers requisitioned by
the Uruguayan government and
leased, to the American Emergency
Kleet Corporation are about ready
for the trial tritfs, after which they
will be over to the United
States.
There are eight German ships In
Uruguay taken over by the Uruguay
an government at the outbreak of
the war, and the United States has
.contracted for all of them for the
duration of the war, with an option
on them after the wir.
England Is Rounding Up
Yankees of Fighting Age
London, Aug. I.—ln pursuance of
the British-American convention for
drafting Americana of military age
resident in the United Kingdom no
tice has been given American citi
zens desiring to return to the United
States for service that they must
make their own arrangements to
leave before September 29.
If they fall to leave by that time
they become liable to service in the
British army without right of ap
peal. An American may enlist in the
American forces by applying to a
British recruiting office.
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soldiers will lie sent here to take
charge.
Laying of additional tracks and
the completion of the water system
are going forward rapidly. The three
old Camp Meade wells—those which
supplied the soldiers with pure
wuter in 1 898—have been reopened
and three electrical pumps installed
under the direction of Lieutenant
Avry, who laid out the water sys
tems for Camp Meade and other
goyernment stations. , Twelve-inch
mains have been laid over the prop
erty and the hydrants have a pres
sure of eighty-five pounds. The pipes
are laid by a trench-digging ma
chine, which digs from 900 to 1,300
feet of trench a day, by steam power,
digging a trench eighteen inches
wide and five feet deep.
The barracks are models of their
kind, heated and well ventilated and
equipped with ' baths, kitchens,
toilets, hospitals, bakeries and spe
cial quarters for the officers.
Feed Hundreds Dally
The hundreds who are on the job
are fed in a model dining room large
enough to seat 600 at a time—the
largest dining room in Harrisburg
scats ninety—and supplied from its ,
own well-equipped kitchen. Frank '
Davenport, of Harrisburg, was en
gaged by the government at the out
start for this work and he maintains
on the ground a model restaurant
and canteen system built according
to his own ideas, with cold storage,
big kitchen and bakery all properly
located with a view to as little walk
ing as possible for employes. The
men live well and are sorry to leave.
Fifteen engineers left yesterday and
jmore will go very shortly. None of
I the officers know where they will
j go from here.
TWO FLYERS C.KT 67 HCXS
l*ari*. Aug. I.—Sub-Lieut. Boyau
lias gained five additional aerial vic
i lories, three of which were won in
I ten minutes each, the newspapers
'report. His total now Is 29. Lieut.
! Madon has increased his string of
j victories to 38.
George P. Tillotson
and Dr. J. B. Lawrence
Capture Channel Bass
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DR. J. B. LAWRENCE
GEOHGE P. TILLOTSON
George P. Tillotson, well-known
typewriter dealer, and Dr. J. B. Law
| rence, chiropodist, returned recently
i from Wlldwood, N. J., where they
| caught a large number of Jlne fish.
: Each one was lucky enough to get
In channel bass, the finest game fish
| In the North Atlantic ocean, and the
| pictures herewith presented show
j the two with their basa an douttits.
i While there they met Edson J. Hock
■ cnbury. of Harrisburg, who is sum
mering there. Another party, of Har
rishurgers will go to Wlldwood
Crest, Saturday, for a few days' fish
ing. which is reported good at this
time
AUGUST 1, 1918.
FRENCH BEGIN A
FLANK MOVEMENT
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of the line between Seringes and
Cierges, this really is secondary to
the outflanking of the Germans to i
the southward. The enemy Is hold- 1
ing very strong positions at Ron
cheres and St. Gemme, where his
line still is less than live miles from
the Marne. and a continued advance
between Nesles and Cierges would
force him to fall back to escape
being cut off from the rear.
With the American Army on the
Alne-Mnrne Front, Aug I.—The Fran
co-American forces on the main battle
front continued yesterday the pro
cess of straightening out the line.
They scored advances in this effort,
the Americans pushing beyond Sergy
to within two kilometers of Chamery.
American and French troops
launched an attack Wednesday after
noon from Seringes to Cierges, on
the center of the Marne front, for
the purpose of straightening the line
and demolishing the barbed wire en
tanglements which the Germans have
paced through to the hills, forests
und open places.
The Germans Wednesday used a
new gas having a white flame and
smoke.
The allied forces effected their pro
gress against stubborn German re
sistance.
I Chamery, the town the Americans
now are approaching marks the spot
where Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt
fell to his death recently with his
airplane.
Th purpose of the American and
French attack which is in a north- |
easterly direction probably is for the i
purpose of outflanking the Meuniere |
wood and In cutting off the blunt |
edged salient in the line between j
Romlngny and Cierges. This salient
was made more acute by the Ameri
can advance north from Cierges to
Seringes.
Wire Torn Down
The allies brought into action
their heavy artillery, their aviators
and patrols having reported mileaft
er mile of barbed wire standing
along the German lines. The heavy
guns soon found the range of the en
tanglements. Some enemy infantry
had dug in behind the wires, but the
lines for the most part were manned
by machine gunners.
The German artillery reply con
sisted chiefly of shells from the 77's
and 105's. The machine guns with the
heavier pieces indicated were active
in an effort to prevent an allied ad
vance.
A new phase in the bitter fighting
in the Aisne-Marne salient is immi
nent. On both sides the infantry
rests while the respective commands
prepare for further movements in
the great struggle in which there has
been no letup since July 15.
Allied gunners are hurling shells
of all calibers into the German po
sitions und in the communication
i area northward to the Vesle to blast
a path for the infantry when they
move again. The enemy is retaliat
ing with high explosive and gas
shells.
Future Not Clear
What the lull portends is not "lear.
The possibilities are many. But the
fact stands out that the Germans are
not anxious to meet the hard-hitting
allies oftener than is necessary for
they have not taken the opportunity
to counterattack and attempt to re
take important positions on the cen
ter, held by the Americans, and
on the west flank in the hands of the
French and British. This may bear
out the opinion in some allied quar
ters that the Germans fully intend to
retire to the Vesle, or beyond, as
soon as their plans have been per
fected and that the enemy efforts
of the past three or four days have
been wholly for the purpose of cov
ering important movements.
As long as they remain south of a
line running generally between
Rheims and Soissons the Germans
are subject to violent bombardments
from the allied guns which can de
moralize their communication system
more or less. However, the bulge
in the salient has been lessened and
the Germans are on higher ground
than formerly. But at two vital
points—Seringes und north of Grand
Rozoy—there are deep indentions in
the German lines. These points offer
good "jumping off" places for the
Americans and the French when
they again are ready to move for
ward.
Many Prisoners Taken
A brief calm in the infantry fight
ing last week was broken by General
Foch launching an attack across the
Marne east of Dormans and this had
a good effect on the situation to the
west, where the Germans subse
quently were forced out of the re
gion of Fere-en-Tardenois. There
are no indications, either official or
unofficial, however, that any such
Han now is under way.
On the whole the most signifi
cant straw seems to be the failure
of the Germans to attack when they
relaxed momentarily.
Berlin while reporting the repulse
of allied, and especially American,
efforts Tuesday on the Marne bat
tlefield. admits the loss of Merris to
the British. The German war office
claims that the prisoners captured
in the fighting since July 15 now ag
gregate 24,000. The latest unoffi
cial total of Germans taken by the
allies was 30,000.
German Cities Bombed
The opening of the fifth year of the
great war finds other sectors and
other fronts —In France, Italy and
Macedonia—relatively quiet. There
have been artillery actions here and
there, but except ofr the repulse of a
German raid in the Montdidier area
the infantry is inactive.
Unofficial reports received In Paris
are to the effect that the German
command has attempted to with
draw more troops from the eastern
front. The German commander in
Rumania is said to have declared it
would be "unsafe" to take troops
from that region at present.
British aviators again have bomb
ed the Rhine cities of Stuttgart and
Coblenz. A fire was started nt Stutt,
gart. Important military objects in
the Saar region, west of the Rhine,
also have been attacked with good
results.
I Quotas Announced For
I Syracuse Training School
The following quotas have been
! called for from this section for draft
( ed men to go to Syracuse on August
5 for training as guards at embarkaa
tion points:
Harrlshurg No. 1, 2; No. 2 2, No.
3. 3.
Dauphin No, 1. 1; #No. 2, X; No.
13, 2.
. I Perry, 1; Juniata. 1; Mifflin, 1.
I Lebanon Nos. 1 and 2. 3 each.
| Cumberland Nos. 1 and 2. 1 each.
CLASSES lilt K Ali IIKCOIII)
Miss Jean Cameron, leader of the
. Red Cross classes for evening work
I announced to-day that there will he
.no meetings during August. On
'Tuesday all records for work were
•broken when 46 workers completed
I 124 packets each containing ten
I' dressings. On the same evening an
other class of thirteen workers com
pleted 92 pads in two hours.
"Tell Folks We May Not
Return But Are Winning
War," Yankee's Message
By Associated Press
I.oiulon, Aug. I.—Nine American
Congressmen who with the members
of the naval committee of the Amer
ican House of Representatives,
twenty-two members of Congress ,
now in London, arrived to-day from
France and Italy. They had visited
the Americans on the Marne front,
saw the fighting there and said they
were prouder than ever of America.
Congressman M. Clyde Kelly, of
Braddock, Pa., is a member of the
party.
Congressman Assius C. Dowell, of
Des Moines, la., said the most cheer
ful message he got on the Marne
front was from a boy who came from
his home town. The soldier lay on a
cot wounded and had just been
brought in from the fighting zone.
He said, smilingly, to the Congress
man:
"Tell the folks at home that we
may not all come back but that we
arc winning the war."
Congressman Dowell added that
he had found the same spirit every
where.
The Congressman said the pres
ence of American troops in Italy had
thrilled the entire nation just as did
the arrival of the Americans in
France.
Several of the party accompanied
the naval committee at the audience
with King George at Buckingham
Palace this afternoon.
Make Candy For Sammees
of Sugar Meant For Huns
Paris A thousand tons of sugar
said to have been destined for Ger
! many is now being turned into candy
for American soldiers in France.
Swiss agents had purchased the
sugar in the United States. When
the shipment arrived at a French
port the government learned that
it would remain in Switzerland just
long enough for reshipment into
Germany. The sugar was stored
in a French warehouse, where it re
mained for three years and recently
it was sold at auction.
The Young Men's Christian Asso
ciation purchased the sugar and
now the association factories in
France are busy manufacturing dain
ties for the soldiers.
The system of the "sugar card" in
France entitles one to one pound
of sugar per month. 500 grams.
About the 25th of the month there
are many who have their coffee
"without."
MAJOR SCHELL HOME
ON SHORT FURLOUGH
Major Edward H. Schell, 2031
Green street, after spending a short
furlough at his home here, will leave
, to-morrow for special military duty.
Major Schell had been located at
Camp Logan, Houston, Texas, for six
. months as camp quartermaster.
Major Schell won high commenda
tion from officers of the division as
, well as from officers of the depart
ment at Washington for the manner
in which he directed the movement
of the troops when the 33d Division
was ordered to France. With the
completion of his work as caiUft
quartermaster, he has been assignefl
to special duty.
GERMANS LOSE 11 PLANES
By Associated Press
Washington, Aug. I.—Eleven en
emy airplanes were brought down
I by the Italians on the front in North -
j crn lta4y on Tuesday and raids were
made with planes which bombardel
j enemy railroad plants, according to
an Italian war office statement re
ceived to-day from Rome.
CONTRACTS AWARDED FOR
22 STEEL CARGO SHIPS
by Associated Press
Washington, Aug. I.—Contracts
for twenty-two additional steel cargo
vessels and ten tugs were awarded
last week by the Emergency Fleet
Corporation, the shipping board an
nounced to-day. Fourteen of the car
j go steamers will be built by the Ames
j Shipbuilding Company, Seattle, and
the other eight by the Long Beach
Shipbuilding Company, Long Beach.
Cal.
LULL ON FLANDERS FRONT
By Associated Press
Witll the British Army in Fland
ers, Aug. I.—Except for the laying
down of barrages here and there
■ along the line and the usual harass-
I ing fire from both sides, the front
s this morning was quiet.
3 SHIPS COLLIDE OFF COAST
By Associated Press
Philadelphia, Aug. l. —Information
e was received here to-day that a
r cargo carrier was in collision with a
i tanker off the Atlantic coast last
night and that the former at last ri
- ports was sinking. After the collision
s the tanker proceeded.
15 HUN DIVISIONS AT RHEIMs
3 By Associated Press
Paris, Aug. I.—ln the fighting on
- the Soissons-Rhelms front July 15 to
i July 31, the Germans used forty-flvo
s divisions, according to the Echo De
f Paris. Many of these were used sev
eral times, being brought back into
- the tight after a rest of only one or
5 two da> s.
EX JURV COMMISSIONER
J RAISES BIG TUBERS
1 Former Jury Commissioner Sam
-5 uel H. Taylor is the proud tiller of
I a war garden at Front and Union
i streets, which attracted considerable
II attention. Despite the tremendous
| inroads made on it by the blight,
s twenty bushels of potatoes have been
i| harvested from a plot 20 by 75 feet.
-| Some of the tubers weigh threc
i quarters of a pound.
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11 500,000 POUNDS OF
, SMOKELESS POWDER BUR\S
Wilmington, Del., Aug. 1. A
: magazine and its contents. 500.000
1 pounds of smokeless powder at the
r Carney's Point. N. J., plant of the
l Du Pont Powder Company were burn
, ed about 12:30 o'clock this morning,
j causing a loss of approximately $250,-
000. No person was injured.
PRESIDENT SIGNS HYPHEN
ALLIANCE DEATH WARRANT
I Washington, Aug. I.—President
Wilson yesterday signed the congres
, sional resolution revoking the char
. ter of the National German-Amerl
t can Alliance.
This organization was charged in
Senate committee hearings with pro-
German activity.
NEW FARE EFFECTIVE
New schedule of fares eliminating
round trip tickets on the suburban
lines of the Harrlsburg Railway.!
Company, becam® effective to-day.
The new ruling means the addition
of five cents to a round trip fai
, where three fares are charged i.i
. each direction. Announcement of th- >
' schedule was made four weeks A/; J
b> officials of the company.
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