12
YANKEES SWING
INTO LINE FOR
VESLE ATTACK
Struggle to the Right of Amer
icans Places Them Before
Hun Artillery
With the American Army on the
Vesle Front, Sept. 6.—Menaced by
a salient increasing in danger, the
Germans to-day began a withdrawal
from the Vesle valley to the right
of the Americans. On the west
flank the Americans held firmly,
while the French exerted sharp pres
sure on the rear but there has de
veloped a situation considerably dtf-j
ferent from that of the past few days;
in the region westward towards Sols- j
sons. The Germans fought more;
nearly in the spirit of their tradl- ]
tions but slowly this continued to give i
way. leaving little doubt that the!
line from near Rheims to that now |
along the Aisne would bo quickly I
straightened.
The struggle is being made to the!
Americans' right and has placed;
them in a position where they are;
subject to a heavy enfilade, espe-1
cially by the artillery. Despite l
desperate resistance they swung]
their line forward to its junction!
with the French, where the most de- I
termined resistance was encountered, j
More broken country offers better i
opportunities for defense and the!
Germans have taken advantage of j
every hillside and ravine in placing 1
their artillery and machine guns. 1
The Americans were forced to face'
a deadly barrage, while barriers of
gas were raised in every ravine i
down which they might advance. An j
equally destructive artillery re- j
sponse was made by the Americans, j
however, and the men already tried j
in previous engagements, advanced!
steadily, driving out the machine gun ;
nests one after another.
The Germans held their positioni
along a machine gun line stubbornly, j
many of them dying at their po-=ts, I
but the total mortality was not great, ]
since only machine gunners were j
left in the rear line. It is probable, j
however, that the German losses
were large as a result of the counter
artillery fire. Some thirty prisoners:
were brought in to-day from that I
part of the sector on the Americans' I
right. Because of the better terrain, j
the Germans can afford to retreat
here more slowly and from the:r|
positions they can exact a higher:
price in return for their withdrawal.
It is inevitable at the same time that]
they, too, must pay dearly. The re- ,
suit is a foregone conclusion and ]
the only question is that of the cost
in men.. To-day the Germans en
filaded the Americans who on their]
part replied in kind and with inter- l
est, while the French supplemented
their work with what must have}
been frightful consequences for the j
Germans The slowing down.
Supplies Brought Up
The slowing down of the German]
retreat from the Aisne has enabled ]
the Americans and French to bring 1
up supplies end artillery and get in-j
to the line the full strength desired:
for forward positions. The Germans,
of course, have had the same oppor-l
tunity to place their artillery in posj-!
tion with the result that artillery
action to-day was enlivened and may
l>e expected to increase until a new
move towards the Chemin des Dames
is made. That the Germans will es-1
tablish themselves on that line there
is virtually no doubt. This conclu- ]
sion is reached from statements made j
by prisoners and substantiated by]
circumstances incident to the opeta-i
tions.
The Americans concluded to-do
their movement across the plateaul
and down the slopes towards the]
river. They were constantly made
targets but the movement was ae-j
complished with astonishing success,
notwithstanding the Germans' inti
mate knowledge of the abandoned!
territory and their excellent oppor
tunity for observation. French air
planes assigned to this front were
remarkably daring and efficient.in
their operations, but the Germans
never tiring in their aerial work at
tacked with guns and bombs and:
were rarely out of sight of the Allied]
observation positions.
Enemy Patrols Driven Off
by Sharp Yankee Fire
By Associated Press
Willi the American Troops in
France. Friday, Sept. 6.—The artil
lery fire on the American sector in
the Woevre tegion was heavier to
day than it had been for two weeks.
In the Vosges, however, the firing
activity decreased.
The pilot and observer of a Ger
man airplane that was shot down by
the French and fell within the
American lines were captured to
day by American troops.
American patrols had a sharp on
counter with an enemy ambushing
party last night. Another enemy
patrol approached the American wire
but beat a hasty retreat when it wgs
fired upon.
U. S. Officer Ends
Life With Scissors
Baltimore, Md„ Sept. 7.—Cutting
his wrist with a pair of scissors in
the office of a physician on St. Paul
street. Captain Samuel O. Brumbaugh,
U. S. A., of Huntingdon, Pa., died
shortly before four o'clock yester
day afternoon on the operating table
in Mercy Hospital.
Captain Brumbaugh, about sixty
years old and well known as a phy
sician, stopped off in Baltimore in
the afternoon en route to Washington
to report to the Surgeon General's
Department of the Army, having been
inducted into the military service.
New York-Chicago Air
Mail Service Projected
Washington First steps look
ing to the establishment of an air
plane mail service between New
York and Chicago will be taken by
the Post Office Department Thurs
day, when two planes—a Curtiss and
a Standard—will be sent over the
course, leaving New York at 6 a. m
The return trip from Chicago is
planned for Saturday, and mail will
be carried each way.
The course has been named the
Woodrow Wilson airway, and will
have regular stops at Lock Haven,
Pa., and Cleveland and Bryan. O.
With favorable weuther conditions
the flight should be completed in ten
hours.
On the initial trip Thursday the
planes are due at Lock Haven at
8.30 a. mi.; Cleveland, 12 noon; Bry
•m, 1.30 p. m. and Chicago 4 o'clock
'tin the return trip the machines will
/ leave Chicago at 6 la. m.
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SATURDAY EVENING. HAHRISBURO TELEGRAPH SEPTEMBER 7, 1915.
! RAPID PROGRESS
| MADE IN SHIPPING
HEAVY CANNON
Twenly-Four Plants Now at
Work on Manufacture
of Artillery
j Washington. —ln an informal
. summary of the army munitions sit
[ nation, Assistant Secretary Crowell,
Director of Munitions, indicated that
| rapid progress was being made in
the production of rifles, machine
guns and some types of artillery. In
a majority of the twenty-four plants
at work on artillery contracts, how
ever, he said the ilow of manufac
j ture had not yet reached the pro
duction stage,
j The output of 155-millimctter how
j itzers is an exception to this rule,
i approximately 250 weapons of this
; caliber having been shipped to
| France.
Mr. Crowell pointed out that the
Bethlehem Steel Company was the
only experienced ordnance manu
facturing concern at work, nineteen
others being wholly new to this in
dustry. In all of them, however,
the raw material is being steadily
fed in at one end of the plant and
the time is nearing when it will
emerge at the opposite end in com
pleted guns of all sizes.
In this connection, Mr. Crowell
said, the new Government plant on
Booneville Island, near Pittsburgh,
was designed for the manufacture of
largest caliber high-power guns only
and will turn out nothing smaller
than 14-inch rifles. The contract
made with the United States Steel
Corporation, which is erecting and
will operate the plant for the Gov
ernment, without profit, for the com
pany contemplates an expenditure of
$150,000,000 on this project alone.
The plant has a ground area of 1,000
acres, in addition to large housing
projects for the employes.
The flow of Browning machine
guns from the plants is increasing
rapidly. From 0,000 to 7,000 heavy
and from 8,000 to 9,000 light Brown
ings per month are now being deliv
ered, Mr. Crowell said, or enough to
meet all requirements in France,
l.ater on it will be possible to sup
ply large numbers of these weapons
for training in the United States.
So far no report has come show
ing that divisions equipped with the
Browning guns have been in action,
but such reports cannot long be de
layed, for a large part of the Army
in France is now supplied with these
weapons.
The output of artillery tractors
has reached about 1,200 a month,
Mr. Crowell's figures showed. He
regarded it as still far below the
rate of production desired. There is
no shortage of powder and no short
age whatever in quartermaster's sup
plies. The rifle production, Mr.
Crowell said, is steadily at about
200,000 a month, and the output of
revolvers and pistols ranges from
50,000 to 60,000, which it is expected
will be largely increased within an
other sixty days.
The Assistant Secretary would at
tempt no estimate upon the relative
strength in artillery between the Al
lied and American forces and the
Germans which the completion of
American projects would give. He
said, however, that it seemed evident
that the American troops or the
Allied forces would be able to make
good use of all of the guns that
could be turned out and shipped.
HOUR IS NEARFOR
PERSHING BLOW
[Continue*! from First Page.]
stand in his old position along the
Hindenburg line.
There is no doubt among observers
here thut Marshal Foeh has mapped
out a plan by which he hopes to
prevent the enemy from settling into
his old lines and reverting again to
trench warfare.
The St. Mihiel salient, where the;
German lines thrust forward beyond j
Verdun on the west, might offer a:
chance for Foch's favorite pincer!
tactics, some officers think. There
are indications that this front is
held by Americans with the excep
tion of the defenses of Verdun itself
and the lines southeast of thut city.
If General Pershing should strike
suddenly toward Metz and meet with:
any success It is thought the enemy]
might be forced to evacuate the!
whole St. Mihiel bend and that the t
pursuit of that retirement could be'
expanded at will into action of;
whatever scope Marshal Foeh had!
authorized.
ALL BREWERIES CLOSE
ON DECEMBER 1
[Continued from First Pago.]
ply of foodstuffs due to drought con
ditions in the West.
Supersedes Slay 1 Proviso
The order does not affect the sale
of beer already manufactured or
manufactured before December 1,
and probably will not head off ac
tion in Congress on the "bone dry"
rider of the food production bill,
passed by the Senate yesterday,
which would end the manufacture
of beer on May 1 next, and its sale
and the sale of whisky after July
1. For all practical purposes, how
ever, it will supersede the proposal
of Congress to give the brewers un
til May 1 to manufacture beer.
Factors which influenced the de
cision to prohibit the manufacture
of beer after December 1, the food
administration announcement said,
were "the further necessity of war
industries for the whole fuel pro
ductive capacity of the country, the
considerable drouth which has ma
terially affected the supply of feed
ing stuff for next year, the strain
upon transportation to handle neces
sary industries, and the shortage of
labor caused by enlargement of the
army program."
Under national prohibition in leg
islation passed by the Senate yes
terday and sent to the House, which
exacted similar legislation last May,
manufacture of beer and wine would
be prohibited after next May 1. To
day's order will move up seven
months the time for discontinuance
of the manufacture of beer, al
though the breweries may be allow
ed to resume operations between
that date and the effective operation
of the "dry" legislation, if finally
enacted, since yesterday's order was
"until further orders."
"SIGN OK GREEN CROSS"
ON DOCTORS' ALTOS
Five tags with the "Sign of the
Green Cross" have been issued to
physicians who called at the mayor's
office this morning. The tags are to
be placed on the windshields of the
automobiles so that traffic officers
and others will see that the cars are
driven by physicians making business
calls and their passage through the
city's traffic can be facilitated. In
addition, these cars on the streets
to-morrow will be distinguished
from the "slacker" gasoline users.
GERMAN PEOPLE
AND ARMY TORN
BY DISSENSION
Outbreaks Occur in Fighting
Units; Bavarians and Si
lcsians Mutiny
By Associated Press
London, Sept. 7. —General demor
alization of the German population
and widespread and growing disaf
fection in the German army .accom
panied by mutiny and desertions are
described in a dispatch to the Daily
Telegraph from its Rotterdam cor
respondent, under date of Thursday.
The correspondent declares he has
received corroboration from authori
tative sources.
He says alarming outbreaks have
occurred in several army units, prin
cipally Bavarian and Silesian. A
whole Bavarian division on the Ar
ras front was disarmed and trans
ported to Bavaria, where it was
placed in a prison camp. The mutiny
of a Silesian regiment resulted in
nearly a hundred of its men being
executed.
A huge number of desertions are
occurring the correspondent says and
it is estimated there are more than
20,000 deserters in Berlin alone.
Hundreds have been sentenced to
fifteen years imprisonment. A great
number of imprisoned deserters,
broken by solitary confinement, have
been sent back to the ranks.
Disobedience and defiance of of
ficers is common at the front, ac
cording to the correspondent's infor
mation. and a similar spirit is shown
in the munition factories.
West Shore News J
Personal and Social Items
of Towns on West Shore
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pease and
family, of Siddonsburg, and the
Rev. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pease, of
Halifax, visited Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
M. Pease, at Marysvllle.
Mrs. Allen Depugh and daughter,
of York, are guests of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Roush, at
Marysvllle.
Dr. and Mrs. G. H. Eppley and
son, George, of Marysvllle, are
spending vacation at Atlantic City.
H. H. Fesler has returned to his
home at Marysvllle after visiting at
Atlantic City.
Fred Houck, chief electrician on
a transport, and Mrs. Houck. who
were married recently at the bride's
home at Brookline, Mass., were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Houck,
at New Cumberland, on Wednesday.
Mr. Houck is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Adam Houck, of Goldsboro.
Miss Grace Poffenberger, of Mil
lersburg, visited friends at New
Cumberland yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Tritt, of Car
lisle, spent Thursday with their son,
J. M. Tritt, and family, at Wash
ington Heights.
Mrs. J. C. Firestone, of Earling
ton, visited Mrs. H. L. Waggoner,
at Washington Heights, on Thurs.
day. . ,
W. H. Young, of Philadelphia,
was the guest of his sister, Mrs. W.
O. Rishel, at Washington Heights, j
on Wednesday.
George Rice, of Washington
Heights, is visiting his brother,
Frazer Rice, at Mechanicsburg.
Mrs. David Lamberson and son.
of Harrisburg, were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Bowers, at Wash
ington Heights.
Mrs. James Jacobs, of Washing
ton Heights, has returned from a
visit with her daughter at Boiling
Springs. . .. ,
D. Vuille Hull, of the United
States Navy, is visiting his aunt,
Mrs. George Rice, at Washington
Heights.
PROGRAM If" MONTH
Washington Heights, Pa., Sept. 7.
The Rev. P. R Koontz, pastor of;
Calvary United Brethren Church, j
announces an interesting program j
for the coming month, the last
month of the conference year. On |
September 22 at 8 p. m. the annual
Harvest Home services will be held;
on September 29. the feature will be
"Promotion Day," in the Sunda>
school and installation of officers at
9.30 a. m., also. Holy Communion
at 10.30 a. nil, and 8 p. m. A grand
rally at all services is scheduled for
October 6, which will close the year,
the pastor and delegate, J. C. b ire
stone leaving for the annual confer
ence to be held at Hanover on Sep
tember 9.
FESTIVAL OF HARVEST
On Sunday morning the festival
of Harvest will be celebrated at St.
John's in the country, at half past
ten o'clock. A committee of women
headed by Mrs Duvid C. Dietz, are
preparing suitable decorations for
the occasion. Automobile service
has been inaugurated by members
of the congregation, to convey per
sons to St. John's in the country
who find it difficult to walk. Cars
leave Mrs. H. W. Rupp's store about
ten o'clock.
The theme of the pastor's sermon
will be "Larger Barns."
The music at Keller Memorial
Church Sunday evening will be at
tractive, Mrs. George Kubachcr, or
ganist, will play as a prelude,
"Fugue." by Guilmant and the post
lude will be the grand chorus by the
same writer. St. John's vested
choir will sing "O Lord How Mani
fold Are Thy Works," by Neidlinger
and Mrs. Herbert Price Hunt will
be the soloist for the evening serv
ice. The theme of the pastor's even
ing sermon will be "A substitute for
Bread."
PORCH PARTY FOR GUEST
Sliircmaiistown, Pa., Sept. 7.—Miss
Mary Sheets delightfully entertained
a number of friends at a porch party
at her home here on Wednesday
evening, in honor of her guest, Miss
Ethel Bower/ox, of New Buffalo.
Those in attendance included: Miss
Ethel Bowersox, of New Buffalo; Mr.
and Mrs. Ross O'Brinc, Mr. and
Mrs. Lester Butler, Miss Mary Gipp,
George Ramsey and Robert Peters
all of Harrisburg, Miss Mary Sheets,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wentz, Joseph
iGher Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Urubuker,
daughter, Anna, Sarah Sheets, Har.
vel Rhiver, William Baum, Sr., Wil
liam Baum, Jr., all of Shiremans
town.
MRS. ANNA MADISON
Mrs. Anna Madison, aged 58
years, died yesterday morning at
her home, 615 Primrose street. Fu
neral service will be held Monday
afternoon ul 2 o'clock in the Wesley
A. M. E. Zion Church. The Rev. W
McNeill wlil officiate. Burial will bo
made In the Lincoln Cemetery,
Questions For Registrants
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Age in years. Date of birth.
3 4
(Month.) (Day.) (Yctr.)
Race.
Indian.
White. Negro. Oriental.
Citizen, Noncitizen.
5 6 7 8 9
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istrant's majority. declarant .
10 11 12 13 14
15
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Present occupation. Employer's name
16 17
18 Place of employment or business.
'~~(No/j (Street or R.F D. No.) (City or town.) (County.) (State.)
_
Name.
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(County.) (State.)
I affirm that I have verified above answers and that they are true.
(Registrant's signature or mark.)
Harrisburg men, together with the :
estimated number of more than 13,-:
000,000 men in the United States,!
who register under the selective j
draft act next Thursday, must make j
explicit claims for deferred classifica
tion If they do not wish to be called
into the service when their order |
number is reached.
This is contrary to previous expcc- 1
tations. It had at first been expected I
that each registrant would merely I
answer the questions on his question- ]
nalre and that the local draft board ;
would then decide whether he'
MARKETS
SEW YORK STOCKS
Chandler Brothers and Company,
members of New York and Philadel
phia Stock Exchanges—3 North Mar
ket Square, liarrisburg; 336 Chestnut
street, Philadelphia; 34 Pine street,
New Y'ork —furnish the following
quotations: • Open. Close.
Allis Chalmers 31% 31%
Amer Beet Sugar ® a
American Can 46% 46
Am Car and Foundry ... 86% 86
Amer Loco 66% 66%
Amer Smelting ......... 79 79
American Sugar lflS 108
Anaconda 67% 68
Atchison 86% 86%
Baldwin Locomotive .... 92% 92%
Baltimore and Ohio .... 55% 55%
Bethlehem Steel 84 85%
Canadian Pacific / 161% 161%
Chesapeaake and Ohio .. 58 57%
Chicago R 1 and Pacific . 26 26
Chino Con Copper 39% 39%
Col Fuel and Iron 46% 46%
Corn Products 42% 42%
Crucible Steel 67% 67
Distilling Securities .... 56% 56%
Erie 15% 15%
General Motors 126 12"%
Goodrich B F 46% 47
Great Northern pfd .... 92% 92%
Great Northern Ore subs 32 32
Hide and Leather 20% 20%
Hide and Leather pfd ... 89 87%
Inspiration Copper 53% 53%
Kennecott 34% 34%
Lackawanna Steel 85 85
Lehigh Valley 61 61
Maxwell Motors 27% 28
Merc War Ctfs 27% 27%
Merc War Ctfs pfd 101% 101%
Mex Petroleum 103% 103
Mid vale Steel 52% 53
New York Central 74% 74%
N Y N H and H 44% 44
Norfolk and Western ... 105% 105%
Northern Pacific 90% 90%
Pennsylvania Railroad . 44 44
Pittsburgh Coal 51 51 '
Railway Steel Spg 67% 67%
Ray Con Copper 24% 24%
Heading 90% 89%
Republic Iron and Steel . 90% 91%
Southern Pacific 86% 87%
Southern Ry 26% 26%
Studebaker 46% 46%
Union Pacific 124% 125
U S I Alcohol 119% 120
U S Rubber 102% 102%
U S Steel 111% 1112
U S Steel pfd 110% 110%
Utah Copper 83% 82
Westinghouse Mfg 43% 43%
Willys-Overland 20 20%
Western Maryland 15 15
NEW YORK CURB STOCKS
Following quotations furnished by
Howard A, Riley and Company, 212
North Third street, Harrisburg, Pa.;
Land Title Building, Phila., Pa.; 20
Broud street. New York City:
INDUSTRIALS
Last Sale.
Aetna 10%
Chevrolet 122
Smith 1. 7-16
Submarine 17%
U S Ship 6 %
United Motors 31%
Wright 7%
INDEPENDENT OILS
Last Sale.
Barnett %
Boston and Wyoming 18
Cosden 6%
Federal 2%
Glenrock 3%
Island 3%
Midwest 95
Okla P and R 6%
Okmulgee 2%
MINING
Last Sale.
Big Ledge 13-16
Boston and Montana 56
Caledonia '. 45
California and Jerome ... 1
Hecla 4%
Jumbo Ext 10
Ray Hercules 4%
Tonopah Ext 1%
West End .• 1 1-32
PHII.AOEI.PaiA STOCKS
By Associated Press
| Philadelphia, Sept. 7. Wheat
No. i. >oU. i en, it.so. No. t r.r.j, i:.ti
No 2. soft. red. 12.22.
Bran Tne uiarKet Is steady: soft
winter, per ton. 946 60®47.00: spring
|.. •> Jl l 0047.45 no.
Corn The market Is easier: No. 2
yellow, 21.80© 1.85, as to grade and lo-
o oieuaiyic VI ujaia../
11 should receive deferred classification.
! Recent rulings, however, provide that
] each registrant must make definite
claim when his questionnaire is
I filed.
I Next week's registration will be
. conducted much as the previous ones
have been. Class 5 of the old system,
I will be subdivided In this registration.
. A sixth class will be added for those
I persons who style themselves as
I "conscientious objectors.",
The cut is a reproduction of the
I card each registrant must fill out.
Claims for exemption are not*touch
■ ed upon on it.
cation; No. 3. yellow, $1.80@1.90.
_ Oats The market is steady;
No. 2, white. ,8 % © I 9 %c; No. 3, white,
7 7 © 7 7 % c.
Butter The market is higher;
western, creamery, extra, 51c; near
by prints, fancy, 57 ©s9c.
Eggs—Market. Hi in, Pennsylvania,
and other nearby firsts, free cases,
$14.40© 14.70 per case; do., current re
ceipts. free cases, $13.80© 14.10 per
• case; western, extras, firsts, free cases.
$14.40©14.70 per case; do., firsts, free
cases. $13.80© 14.1u; fancy, selected,
pui'Kvd. 53© 55c per dozen.
Cheese The market is steady;
Ne> lork auu Wisconsin, lull milk,
j 26%@27%c.
Kefiueu sugars Market steady;
j powdered. 8.45 c: extra fine, granulat
ed 7.25 c.
I Live Poultry Market steady;
fowls. 34©36 c; young, softmeated
| roosters. 26©2ie; young, staggy roost
ers. 26©27 c; old roosters, 26©27 c;
I spring chickens, not leghorns, 34©36 c;
I leghorns, 32©34 c; ducks, Peking,
I spring, 32©33 c; d0.,01d.3U©32c; Indian
Runner, 27@29c; spring ducks. Long
Island, Higher, 36©37 c, turkeys, 27©
38s, geese, nearby. 25 ©26 c; western.
| 25 ©26 c.
I Dressed Poultry Firm; turkeys,
j Dem uj. clioice to lunc>, 39©40 c, uu„
tuir to good. 32®37c; do., old. 37©38 c,
ao„ western, cnulce to fancy, 37©38 c;
do., fair to good, 32@36c; do., old touts,
30o; old common. Cue; fresh killed
fowls, fancy, 37%@38c; do., smaller
sizes, 33©37 c; old roosters, 28c; spring
uucks. i-olig LslaliU, 3/©3Bc, lloZei.
(owis, fancy, 3v© 35% c, do., good to
choice. 32©34e, do., small sizes. Hu
30c; dressed Pekln ducks higher, 34©
26c; old, 30©32 c; Indian Runners. 27 ©
27 %c; broiling chickens, western, 36©
40c.
Potatoes The market is higher;
New Jersey, No. 1. fl. 00© 1.15
pet basket; d., No 2, 50©65 c
pel basket, do., 150-lb. bags. No I.
$3.75©4.00. extra quality; do., No. 2,
j $2.50©3.75; Pennsylvania, 100 lbs.!
j I i.su©l.7s, western, per 100 lbs.. $1.44
I ©1.55, Maine, per 100 lbs.. sl.uo©
! 1.80; Delaware and Maryland, per 101
lbs.. 9Ue©sl.iU; Michigan, per 100 rb*„
■ 11.6U© I.lu, Florida, per barrel,
| $2.00©4.00, Florida, per bushel,
| hamper, 75©85 c; Florida, per 156-rb.
■ bag.-. $ 1.500r 5.0U, North Carodna. per
| barrel, $1.50© 4.00; South Carolina, per
a„ri el $ 1.50© 4.00: Norfolk, per bar
i rel. $2.00©4.75; Eastern Sho per
i barrel, $2.00@4.75.
Flour The market is dull
'and weak; winter wheal. new,
I 100 per cent, ttour, $10.25©10.50 per
j barrel; Kansas wheat, new. sll.oo©
11.25 per barrel Spring wheat, new
$11.00911.35.
Hay Scarce and firm; timothy.
No. 1. large and small bales, $28.50©
29.00 per ton; No. 2. smull bales, $27.00
©27.50 per ton; No. 3, $22.U0©23.00 per
Ion; sample. $12.50© 15.50 per ton; no
gia i< *■ s"© I! 50 per ton.
Clover Light mixed. $26.50©
27.00 per ton, No. 1. light, mixed;
$24.00©25.00 per ton; No. 2. light mix
ed, $19.00@20 00 per ton; no grade.
11 0..M1 iwr ton
Tallow The market is quiet;
prime etty. in tierces. 17% c; city,
special, loose, 18% c; country, prune,
17c; dark. 15%©16% c: edible. In
tierces. 19©19% c.
CHICAGO CATTLE
I By Associated Press
ClileiiKo, Sept. 7. (U. S. Bureau
of Markets)). Hogs Receipts,
■ 4.000; market unevenly, 10c to 20c
higher; some 25c up; top, $20.00;
. | butchers. $19.25© 19.95; light, $19.40©
' 20.00; packing. $18.40© 19.10; rough,
$17.75© 18.25; pigs, good and choice.
$18.50© 19.00.
Cattle Receipts, 2,000; compared
with a week ago. good and best na
tive steers steady to strong, others
' mostly 25c lower; western steady;
butchers' cattle mostly 50c lower;
hulls off more and canners less; veal
calves 25c to 50c higher; stockers and
feeders steady.
Sheep Receipts, 15,000; compared
with a week fat classes of lamb
and yeai lings 25c to 40c lower; sheep
steady to 25c lower; feeding classes
of lambs steady to 25c higher, and of
sheep 25c to 50c higher; yearlings
and breeders steady.
i I'll 11. A DELPHI A STOCKS
By Associated Press
Philadelphia, Sept. 7.—Stocks closed
steady.
Baldwin Locomotive 92
General Asphalt 31
General Asphalt, Pfd 66
Lake Superior Corporation .... 18
, Lehigh Navigation 70
' Lehigh Valley 61
Pennsylvania Railroad 44
Philadelphia Electric 24%
Philadelphia Company, Pfd. .... 25
Philadelphia Rapid Transit .... 27
Heading 89%
Storage Battery 53
Union Traction 37%
United Gas Improvement .... 64%
United States Steel 112
York Railways 8
: York Railways, Pfd 30%
REVOLUTION IS
RIFE IN RANKS
OF TEUTON FOE
Pamphlets Circulated Among
Troops Arc Violently
Anti-Prussian
British Headquarters in France,
Sept. 7.—Sparks of revolution seem
to be flying even thicker in certain
parts of the German army. Numer
ous prisoners taken bj the British
mention the distribution of pacifist
and revolutionary pamphlets among
the troops.
One prisoner, who recently had re
turned from leave, said that he was
in the company of a large number of
Bavarians when he was shown revo
lutionary pamphlets, which, he was
told, were being widely circulated.
All the pamphlets, he added, were
violently anti-Prussan and appealed
to the men to refuse to light.
It was asserted that during the re
cent fighting the commanding officer
of the 137 th Pioneer Battalion of the
Fifty-second Division was shot by his
men when he attempted to stop a
panic stricken rush from the
trenches.
A battalion surgeon captured said
all the regimental officers he knew
believed that General Ludendorff
would fight delaying actions until the
Allied offensives had died out, the
same as Germany's did, at the same
time saving his "elite divisions" for
a counterstroke, preparations for
which now are being made.
If the Allies ever reached the
Rhine, said the doctor, Germany
would make peace, no mutter at
what price. The doctor seemed con
siderably perturbed by the prospect
that the Rhine might be reached.
With the French Army in France,
Sept. 7.—Thousands of letters taken
from prisoners during recent engage
ment show that the Germann army is
suffering even more from depression
and discouragement than from de
pleted numbers.
In letters written home both by
officers and men the expressions most
recurring are, "We have been fooled"
and "We have been betrayed." A
staff officer wus quoted by one officer
in a letter as having said "Some
thing is giving way."
Officers made prisoners generally
have sized up the significance of the
Intervention of the United States in
the war, admitting that they were
deceived regarding the possibility of
the transportation of a great Ameri
can urrny overseas.
FIRST U. S. ARMY
IS NEARLY FORMED
[Continued from First Page.]
March pointed out thut the German
lines now are sixty miles from the
French capital at their nearest
point, as compared with forty miles
as late as July 15.
The enemy's retreat was forced
primarily, General March said, by
two operations. The first was that
of the British on the Arras-Peronne
front and the other was the advance
of the Franco-American troops
across the Soissons plateau.
Ilindenburg Line Nearer
The Hindeiiburg line now is only
ten miles away from the advancing
Allies at its farthest sector.
Official reports to the department
show that the Franco-Americans
had reached the Aisne on a ten-mile
front last night, while the French
and American troops farther north
were within ten miles of St. Quen
tln.
General Pershing has sent to the |
department a report of minor eas- |
ualties hitherto unreported becatise I
of their trivial character. They total
20,000 cases up to August 20, most |
of them being men who were so j
slightly wounded that they were re- |
turned to the ranks within a few j
days.
To Report Wounded Biweekly
In connection with this announce
ment, General March disclosed that
the new policy of the department
would be to have General Pershing
forward by courier twice a week
lists of all wounded. The complete
list will be made public from Wash
ington and casualty reports cabled
from American headquarters will,
when the system is in effect, include
only dead and missing.
General March explained that
complete data in each case will be
included in the list of wounded, so
that relatives may be advised fully
as to the nature of the wounds.
Situation Better in Siberia
Summarizing reports received here j
on the Siberian situation, the chief
of-staff said the Czeeho-Slovaks and
the Cossack-Japanese forces had
cleared the trans-Siberian railway
from Vladivostok to the river Volga.
He added that the general situation
now was more favorable.
Organization of three new divi
sions has ben ordered, the Ninety
fifth, at Camp Sherman, Ohio;
Ninety-sixth at Camp Wadsworth,
S. C.. and the Ninety-Seventh at
Camp Cody. N. M.
• Yanks in Own Sectors
General March announced that
more than ninety per cent, of the
American forces in France already
have been included in the American
sectors.
American trops in Italy still are
in reserve sectors and have not tak
en part in any activities. Referring
to the location of American di
visions in France, General March
said the Twenty-seventh, composed
of New York troops, now hud taken
its place on the line in Flanders,
while the Ninety-second, composed
of negro troops from all sections,
had arrived in the Vosges.
Improvement in the transportation
facilities continue to progress, Gen
eral March said. Further improve
ment in the airplane situation was
noted. General March said 1,200
airplanes have been delivered from
the factories so far. Ratest advices
indicate, he eaid, that 800 American
fighting planes now are in France.
LIMA BfiAN CHOP FAII.S
Waynesboro, Fa., Sept. 7.—Extreme
dry weather several days spells ruin
ation to the lima bean crop. Where
there would have been bushels of the
beans there will now be but a few
quarts. Tomatoes, too, in this sec
tion were hard hit—the vines being
parched and the small tomatoes fall
ing to mature. The prospect for a
big corn crop never was brighter.
DINNER IN HONOR OP SON
Sliircmanstowii, Pa., Sept. 7. —
; Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Wallace enter
tained at dinner, Wednesday even
ing at their home in past Main
street, in honor of their son, Frank
M. Wallace who left Thursday for
Camp Greenleaf, Ga. Covers were
laid for Mrs. Ella Haupt, of Harris
bury, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Freyslnger,
of Enola. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Wal
lace, Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Wal
lace, Mrs. Clyde Smith, George
Merle, Anna and Clara Wallace, of
Shiremanstown.
ANOTHER LOCAL
BOY IS HELD IN
GERMAN PRISON
Second Harrisburgcr to Be
Captured, in Camp
Langcnsalza
JSf
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JOHN ALLEN BEAVER
Reported missing in action in early
August, John Allen Beaver, 2032 Ful
ton street, serving with Company M,
109 th Infantry, is now reported a
prisoner of the Huns and confined to
Camp Langcnsalza, Germany. Bea
ver is the second Jlarrisburger to be
sent to this camp for internment,
Fred J. Russell, former National
Guardsman, also with the 109 th In
fantry. at one time reported missing
in action, is also languishing in this
Teuton camp. Notice of Russeli's
detention there was received several
weeks ago.
That Beaver is being kept at Camp
Langcnsalza was known for the first!
time in llarrisburg to-day when his
mother, Mrs. Ella Beaver, 2032 Ful
ton street, received a telegram to this
effect. Beaver entered the service
in April while working at Cham
bersburg and was sent to Camp
Meade, Md., for training. He ar
rived in France on May 20.
GERMAN FLYERS
BOMB HOSPITALS
[Continued from First Page.]
as the patients were removed to
nearby caves when the bombing be
gan soon after dark.
Eighteen bombs were dropped,
two striking the red cross which is
built of red in a great Held of white.
When the alarm was sounded the
attention of attendants was turned
to the wounded who were taken to
caves. The slightly wounded retired
without aid and there were several
instances of slightly wounded pa
tients assisting the attendants in
carrying the seriously wounded to
places of safely. The first bomb
struck near a tent and two others
struck the red cross.
Owing to the darkness due to the
extinguishing of all lights there was
great confusion, but not a single
patient or attendant was injured.
The hospital doctors related with
pride the bravery of the women
nurses and the number of instances
where nurses went to and fro from
the caves to the hospital beds dur
ing the raid to make sure that all
of the patients were under shelter.
CHICAGO, BOA KD OF Tit AHE
By 'Associated Press
Chicago, Sept. 7.—Board of Trade
closing:
Corn October, 1.57 &; November,
1.56 ft.
Oats October, 7214; November,
73%.
Pork September, 41.40; October,
41.40.
Laid September, 27.00; October,
26.75.
Ribs September, 23.75; October,
23.90.
Additional Classified Ads
on Opposite Page
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LEE A. I,AUHEN'STEIN
Harrisburg
Dively Files His
Nomination Paper
The third nomination paper to be
liled for the Supreme Court was filed
to-day by Augustus V. Dively, of
Blair county. His papers came from
Blair, Huntingdon, Westmoreland,
York, Cambria, Allegheny, Mifflin,
Bedford, Lehigh, Tioga and Phila
delphia. The papers filed for Justice
Simpson yesterday were from Alle
gheny, Berks, Bucks, Chester,
Cambria, Delaware, Lancaster,
anon, Lycoming Mercer,
ery, Philadelphia, Westmoreland
and York.
The Democratic Executive Com
mittee, composed of the division
chairmen of the state, will meet
here at 4 o'clock Saturday, Septem
ber 14, to fill all vacancies. There
are now two Twenty-fourth Con
gressional and one legislative seat
in Westmoreland.
James P. McShane, Fourth Alle
gheny, was the last man to file a
Fair Play nomination paper before
the time closed.
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE is hereby given that tha
following accounts have been filed in
the Court of Common Pleas of Dau
phin County, Pa., and will be confirm
ed by said Court on the 26th day of
September, 1918, unless cause be
shown to the contrary:
Account of Donald C. Werts, com
mittee of the person and estate of
Sherman E. Notestine, a lunatic.
Sixth and final account of Charles
F. Kerschler, receiver of Traders and
Mechanics Bank of Pittsburgh, Pa.
CHARLES E. PASS.
Prothonotary.
OFFICE OF COUNTY CONTROLLER
Harrisburg, Pa., August 31, 1918.
REBUILDING BRIDGE
SEALED BIDS OR PROPOSALS will
be received by the County Controller,
Room 13, Court House, Harrisburg,
Pa., until 10 o'clock A. M„ Monday,
September 23, 1918, for the rebuilding
of the County bridge over Fishing
Creek, about four miles from its
mouth tFort Hunter), being the sec
ond wooden bridge going ea3t from
f ort Hunter. Said bridge to be re
inforced concrete, earth filled arch,
as .Plans and specifications now
" ,e bounty Commissioners'
Office, where they may be secured by
making u cash deposit of Ten Dollars
(110). fcaid deposit will be refunded
if plans und specifications are return
ed within thirty days of the award of
the contract.
, , 1, . c1s or Proposals must bo
sealed, plainly marked "Fishing Creek
Valley Bridge," and be delivered to
the County Controller, accompanied
by a certified check payable to the
order of the Dauphin County Com
missioners in a sum equal to not less
than 10 per cent, of the bid price.
Said checks being held by the Com
missioners until the provisions of the
notice to bidders, which accompany
the plans and specifications have been
complied with.
All bids or proposals, accompanied
by certified checks, received by 10
o'clock A. M„ September 23, 1918, will
be opened in the County Commis
sioners' office at 11 o'clock A. M. of
the same day and date.
The Commissioners reserve the
right to reject any or all bids.
The successful bidder will be re
quired to execute contract and fur
nish bond satisfactory to the County
Commissioners in a sum equal to the
full bid price within 10 days after the
award of the contract, for the faithful
performance of the same.
HENRY W. GOUGH,
County Controller.
DIDS FOR HOSE FOR THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT
SEALED PROPOSALS will be re
ceived by the undersigned, at his of
fice in the Calder Building, Harris-**
burg, Pa., until 2 o'clock P. M.. Mon
day, September 9, 1918, for furnishing
TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED (2,500)
FEET OF GOOD FIRE HOSE for the
City of Harrisburg, Pa-
All bids must be sealed, addressed
to the undersigned and marked "Pro
posals for Fire Hose."
The hose to ,ie good quality two and
one-half (2%) inches internal di
ameter, to be coupled with heavy
bronze metal couplings, Harrisburg
standard, eight (8) threads to the
inch. Hose to stand a pressure test
of four hundred (400) pounds to the
square Inch, with the usual guarantee
as to quality.
Each bid shall be accompanied by
a certified check for ten per cent, of
the bid. and the successful bidder will
be required to tile a bond for twenty
five per cent, of the contract price,
said bond to be approved by the City
Solicitor.
The right to reject any or all bids
is reserved.
EDWARD Z. GROSS,
Supt. of Parks and Public Property.
PROPOSALS FOR CONSTRUCTION
AND REPAIRS TO BRIDGE PIERS
OFFICE OF BOARD OF COMMIS
SIONERS OF PUBLIC GROUNDS
AND BUILDINGS, STATE CAPITOL
BUILDING, HARRISBURG, PA.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be re
ceived by the Superintendent of Pub
lic Grounds and Buildings at his office
in the Capitol Building, Harrisburg,
Pa„ until two o'clock P. M„ Tuesday,
September 10. 1918, lor furnishing all
labor una materials for the construc
tion of Pier No. 1, reinforcing Pier
No. 2 and south abutment uiid rlp
rupping Piers No. 3 and No. 4 of
bridge over the North Branch of the
Susquehanna River, at Laceyville,
Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, as
Indicated tully in the plans and
specifications prepared by W. B. Pax
son, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa„ Consulting
Engineer tor Die Board of Commis
sioners of Public Grounds and Build
ings of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania.
Plans, specifications and , bidding
blunks will be furnished prospective
bidders by applying to the Superin
tendent of Public Grounds and Build
ings, Capitol Building, Harrisburg, Pa.
Proposals must be marked "PRO
POSALS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND
REPAIRS TO PIERS OF LACEY
VILLE BRIDGE" on outside cover.
GEORGE A. SHREINER,
Super in tendenL
L W. MITCHELL.
Secretary.
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Suburban
and
City Properties
FOR SALE
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