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HEAVY GUNS ACTIVE
ON AMERICAN FRONT;
SERBIANS IN ACTION
- C
Yankee Infantry Rests After
Shattering German Lines;
and Advancing to the
German Threshold
METZ FORTRESS TURNS HEAVY
ARTILLERY ON PERSHING'S MEN
By Associated Press
With the American Army in Lorraine, Sept. 1 6.
—Activity of the German artillery increased
somewhat during the forenoon to-day. No in
fantry attacks, however, were made.
French and American forces to-day were in contact
with the Kriemhild defenses, which are of enormous
strength. Net it may be doubted whether the enemy
feels safe in these entrenchments after having been
driven in a day from some of the strongest natural posi
tions on the whole front.
These positions withstood some of the fiercest as
saults of the war.
Long Held by Bulgarian Army
hAliied troops are on the offensive on the Macedonian front.
Reorganized Serbian forces, aided by the French are attacking
Bulgarian positions in the mountain on the Serbo-Greek border
east of Monastir.
- Three important hill positions which had withstood allied
•efforts through several years, already have fallen to the Serbs and
the French. The heights are Sokol, Dolbro Polie and Teak
Yetrenik. Sokol is twenty miles east of Monastir. The captured
positions are about midway between the Cerna after it makes a
wide curve southeast of Monastir. Several hundred prisoners
have been taken in the advance, which continues.
French and British Push Forward
Meanwhile, the French and British troops on the main battle
front in France continue their progress.
Between the Oise and the Aisne the French are pressing on.
North of the Aisne they have taken the town of Yailly and nearer
the Chemin des Dames have stormed Mont des Singes, an im
portant hill position.
Astride the Scarpe the British have pushed forward new posts,
while along the Ypres-Comines canal, southeast of Ypres. they
have advanced on a front of two miles. West of Cambrai and
around St. Quentin the activity has died down after the British
capture of Maissemy.
No Infantry Attacks Develop
The aerial and artillery arms have been active on the new
American front southwest of Metz. The enemy guns have been
hammering the American lines but no infantry attacks have de
veloped. Allied aviators have bombarded railroad centers and
other military targets in the Metz area while enemy airmen have
bombed some places within the American lines, including St.
Mihiel.
Yankees Vnder Fire
Along the batUe line. American
attention is directed chiefly at
the front in Lorraine, where the
Americans are under flre from the
fortress of Jletz and apparently are
making ready for a drive against the
"Kriemhild" line, to which the Ger
mans withdrew their shattered col
umns from the St. Mihiel salient.
Along this front American forces are
on the threshold of Germany.
The victory of General Pershing's
men has had more than a merely
SEPTEMBER IS
HALF OVER NOW •
WAR STAMPS
WILL COST 1 CENT
MORE OCTOBER 1
£irAsk Arthur D. Bacon
About It
THE WEATHER
1 FOR Harrlxbarg vlelaltyi
(load? to-nlKbt naif Taexday.
probably rala; cooler Tacxdny.
For Eastern Penaaylvanlai ( loudy
to-night and Tuesday, probably
ralnt coaler ta-nlgbt in north
portion; coaler Tarxday: gentle,
shifting winds, becoming north
neat.
River
The loner portion of the mnin
river will rise xlonly to-night
and probably fall slowly Tues
day. All other streams of the
system will probably f„l| xlonly
or remain nearly stationary. A
stage of about 4.0 feet la Indi
cated for Ilarrtaburg. Taeaday
morning.
Temperatarei 8 a. m., SO.
>m 1 Risen. dtM a. m-i sets, 7.08
p. m.
Moos i Fall moon. September 20.
River Stogei A3 feet above lon
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperatare, 7*.
lowest temperatare, S2,
.Mean temperatare, <l3.
Normal temperatare, 03,
local effect. German lines to the
a I southeast have been weakened by
'• the terrific blow dealt along the
c heights of the Mouse, while to the
- j northwest, the Germans are forced
e to adapt themselves to the new
p menace which has taken from them
the cornerstone of their positions to
e the east of Verdun.
-i British Near Himlcnburg Line
Slowly the British are creeping
nearer the Hindenburg line in Pic
' ardy. Maissemy, northwest of St.
e Quentin. has been taken from the
Germans, who also were forced out
3 ; of Holnon Wood, farther south,
f i The German retirement in the
Flanders area still is going on. the
British pressing closely on the heels
of the enemy as he extricates his
; forces from the perilous into
which he rushed last April.
East of the Ailette and sovjth of
the Aisne close contact with the
enemy is being maintained by the
alies.
Bolshevik! Helpless
Nikolai Lenine and Bolsheviki
premier of Russia, has sent a note
to the People's Commissaries and
! Soviets announcing that the Bol
sheviki government is helpless and
that it must form a defensive and
offensive alliance "with another
power." He adds that the Russian
j people must not "recoil from an
■ j alliance with imperialists."
i Bolsheviki Government
I Seeks New Alliance, Is
Petrograd Information
By Associated Press
Amsterdam, Sept. 16.—Hints that
j the Bolsheviki government of Russia
may seek alliance with other powers
j are contained in a note addressed to
I the people's commissars and Soviets
jby Nikolai Lenine, the Bolsheviki
I premier, printed in the Pravda of|
■•Petrograd and republished in the:
Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin.
The note reads:
The position of the Czecho-Slovak 1
front is becoming more dangerous 1
dally. We are daily becoming in-,
creaslngly convinced that alone we:
are powerless. For the Soviet govern-'
ment there is only one way out,!
namely to conclude a defensive and
offensive alliance with another'
I power,
"In order to save the power of the
workers and peasants, wo must not
j e|ren recoil from an alliance with lm
j perlallsus."
Huns Threw Clothing
Away to Escape Yanks
. By Associated Press
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY OX THE I.UKRAINE FRONT.
Sept. 16.—Only tliv shuttered and battered remnants of towns stand
to-day in the lesion front whieh the (icratans were expelled. The
appcaranee of tlie country bears testimony of the confusion with
whieh the Germans fled.
Tlte mods thronshont the entire section still arc littered with
every conceivable article of wearing apparel discarded in frantic
haste. Several thousand sweaters were captured in one town alone".
Helmets by the hundreds were thrown away by soldit"rs too heated
by the retreat to continue wearins tliem.
WORLD MARVELS AT
EFFICIENCY OF U. S.
ARMY, SAYS BAGN ELL
Harrisburg Minister Returned From Front Declares War
Will Be Won Xext Year; Boys Xot Angels, but They
Are Leading Clean Lives
"It is safe to say the war will be
over by next year. The offensive has
definitely passed out of the hands of
the Geripans and definitely into the
hands of the Allies. There never
will be a time again when the Ger
mans "will be able to resume the
offensive. As the movement pro
gresses, the Americans will play a
commanding part in the great
struggle." This is the cheering mes
sage Dr. Robert Bagnell, pastor of
the Grace Methodist church, brought
to employes of the Harrisburg Pipe
and Pipe Bending company with
their families and friends, at a huge
patriotic meeting held in Chestnut
street hall. Saturday, evening. The
address was the first public speech
made by Dr. Bagnell since his re
turn from France where he was en
YANKEE FIGHTER
FROM HOME TOWN
IN REAL BATTLE
Sergeant Edgar Williamson.
Reily Street Youth. Back
For Treatment
First Sergeant Edgar Williamson.
Company F. 110 th Infantry, aged 17
years, 312 Reily street, arrived home
yesterday from the Plattsburg, N. Y.
base hospital, after spending a month
there, recovering from gassing and
wounds received on three sectors of
the western front.
Sergeant Williamson, who is one
of the youngest soldiers in the army,
has received ten wounds been gass
ed. bayoneted and shell shocked
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"Hinky Dink" Kenna and
"Bath House John" to Be
Partners in Ice Cream
Chicago. Sept. 16.—"Hinkey Dink"
Kenna, for forty years noted as the
dispenser of the "largest and cool
est" beers in Chicago to the motley
of the First ward and widely known,
with "Bath House John" Coughlin.
as political czar of the First ward,
will open an ice cream parlor next
year when the country goes dry.
Pat O'Malley, his principal rival in
the saloon business, will open a flow
er shop.
HOMELESS SOLDIERS ARE
ROYALLY ENTERTAINED AT
CITY'S HOSTESS HOUSE
Weekend Enjoyed by Scores of Lads Who Stopped Over
in Harrisburg; Real Home-cooked Food Provided For
Boys Who Are "Mothered" by Patriotic Women
A band of stalwart soldiers, "chin
close to neck," a swagger to their
step, bright eyed, resolute, were
marching past the Civic Club yester
day, strangers In Harrisburg, but
Americans to the bone and sinew and
you could see that they hungered
for a peep Into a real home. To one
who has traveled and mayhap met
with adventure, no memory in after
years is so sweet as that of hospital
ity offered unexpectedly in a foreign
place. These chaps looked longingly
at the Civic Club and at the com
fortable homes thereabout and at
this moment along came Mrs. Ed
ward F. Dunlap, who happens to be
chairman of the hostess house of the
Civic Club.
*'boldier boya," said she, amlllng
her welcome, "won't you come In our
house and rest; there are cookies by
the ton and irood coffee, a Vlctrola
with the latest records and writing
rooms, and—and—"
i gaged in lecture work under the
| joint auspices of the Y. M. C. A. War
' Work Council and the Committee on
j Public Information.
Optimistic of Future
Every word of Dr. Bagneli's lec
• ture was optimistic. His talk was
j full of human interest tales of the
i boys across the seas and their brave
I work for the cause of Democracy
land Human Liberty. During his
j visit to the Western Front he visited
j forty Y. M. C. A. centers of activ
! ities, talked to hundreds of men of
i all types from every state in the
j Union. "I always found a sinion
• pure brand of Americanism that rose
| above all else and made these boys
i what they are."
High praise of Britain and France
• was accorded in the -first part of
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COAL MINERS IN
SHAMOKIN FIELD
ARE ON STRIKE
Advised Wage Differences
Will Not Be Adjusted
Until They Return
Slianiokin. Pa., Sept. 16.—Eleven
thousand miners in the Shamokin
and Mount Carniel district of the an
thracite region suspended work to
day in conformity with the decision
of a mass meeting held here Sun
day.
The Richards colliery of the Sus
quehanna Collieries Company was
the only colliery in operation to-day.
District President Matthews wired
from Washington that until the men
return to work 'the federal fuel ad
ministration will refuse to consider
an adjustment of the anthracite
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Crowder Calls 29,016
Negro Registrants to War
Washington, Sept. 16.—A draft call
for 29,016 negro registrants from
thirty-three states, qualified for gen
eral military service and to entrain
for National army camps September
25-27 was issued to-day by Provost
Marshal General Crowder
I "Say," interruped a big fellow with
moist eye, "you look like a regular!
mother."
In two shakes, as the saying goes,
that squad of Uncle Sam's fighters
entered the portals of the Civic Club,
and it is safe to say that when they |
have finished the great adventure
and lean back to reminisce, not the!
least sincere of their narratives will I
be that of the day when Harrtsburg
made them feel "at home."
Enjoy Hospitality
"It would have done your heart
good," told Mrs. Dunlap. "to see'
those splendid fellows turning In to
help us with the canteen, for they l
had the freedom of the whole house,;
even the 'galley,' as one called It, and
1 thought to myeelf, here is the mis- ;
sion of the Civic Club this winter, to
make it a real home for soldiers of
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"SIMPLE," SAYS
M'CREATHOFHIS
HEROICEXPLOIT
Modestly Tells Rotarians How-
He Won French War Cross !
at Chateau Thierry
: SAVED SELF AND DETAIL
Recommended For Second
Decoration in Helping Halt
"Last German Offensive" ;
! "It was very simple."
Thus modestly and after repeated
urgings Captain William McCreath,
just home after stirring service with '
the American Expeditionary forces'
in France, told members of the
| Harrisburg Itotary Club, whose guest
he was at luncheon "to-day, how he
won the French War Cross and has
been recommended for a second dec.
oration by the French government.
Caption McCreath was the guest of
| Shirley B. Watts, who introduced
I him to the club after the Rev. Dr.
I Clayton A. Smucker. pastor of
j Stevens Memorial Methodist Church,
I had delivered an address on his work
iin the naval training and military
I camps of the Rake region, and Nor.
I ris S. Longaker. chairman of the
• entertainment oemmittee, had un
! veiled the club's service flag con
! taining eight stars. The addresses
■ of both Dr. Smucker and Mr. Long
j aker were of a patriotic and im
. pressive character.
Capt. McCreath Speaks
; Captain McCreath told the Ro
; tarians of what he termed "the last
' offensive the Germans ever will
; make," on the night of July 14.
i but he modestly refrained from re-
I citing his own part in that heroic
J defense or how he won his cross at
I Chateau Thierry until the club had
; made it plain it wtuld not let him
go until he did.
Captain McCreath said that during
; the Chateau Thierry light he was
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City Far Behind in
Giving Old Rubber to
Red Cross; Auction Near
From the size of the old rubber
j pile at Third and Walnut streets, this
morning. Harrisburg is far below thr
| class of Sunbury. Reading. Nazareth
I and Bath, when it comes to giving
rubber to the Red 'Cross. The pile
I may sell for a paltry $5OO when the
auction is held to-morrow morning.
Reading bold $1,700 worth. Sunbury,
j small town though it is, collected and
; sold over $l,OOO worth of rubber,
j "The trouble in Harrisburg," said
I Mercer B. Tate this morning, "is that
jwe haven't got our old rubber to
| gether—that's all. We're like the
j Johnstown Tri-State catcher who
| would have been in the big league.
J if only he could have hit the ball and
I had a good throw to second. We're
j good—but we're not working at it.
llf this campaign was one which
I would hold out money on the Fourth
Liberty Loan I'd say we could under
stand why the rubber is slow coming.
! But here's something that costs no
, body anything—and we're not get
• ting the old rubber."
I The city has the remainder of this
! afternoon and all of to-night to give
J old rubber to the Red Cross.
HOUSING EXPERT
TO STUDY CITY'S I
MANY PROBLEMS
Lawrence Veiller to Report to
Chamber of Commerce
Friday Noon
Lawrence Veiller. of New York,
who will make a study of housing
conditions in this city Thursday and
Friday and report the result of his
observations to the Chamber of Com
merce members at a luncheon meet
ing Friday noon in the Board of
Trade building, will make a trour of
the congested parts of the citjS to
ascertain actual condition there.
It is possible that a committee
will be appointed from the Chamber
of Commerce membership to accom
pany him on his inspection tour.
His visit has been arranged by the
Chamber of Commerce in order to
find out what can be done to relieve
the present inadequate housing ac
commodations.
A National Figure
Mr. Veiller is secretary of the Na
tional Housing Association* and the
foremost authority on housing in the
country. He is* the author of the
"Model Tenement House Law" and:
the "Model Housing Law," on which
most of the housing legislation in
the country is based. He is the author
also of "Housing Reform," and co-i
author with Robert W. DeForest, of
the "Tenement House Problem," the|
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VOTERS MUST
REGISTER
The second of three rcgistra- i
' tion days so that voters may be
listed and can ballot at the No
vember election will be to-mor
row.
Registrars will sit at each poll- j
Ing place in the city from 8 a. m. i
to 1 p. m., 2 to p. m. and 7 to j
10 p. in.
Voters who registered earlier
in the year for the May election j
must register uguln In order to
vote in November.
Hallotc will 'e cast for gov- j
ernor, congressmen and state and
legislative officers.
Register to-morrow.
AUSTRIA ACTS FOR
KAISER IN MAKING
NEW PEACE OFFER
I 0
| Allied Capitals Unanimous in |
Characterizing Effort of the |
Kaiser to Get Out of War i
With a Whole Skin
GROWING WEAKNESS OF
HUN ARMIES IS SEEN
; "Peace Offensive" Cannot Be j
Fruitful With Entente in :
Full Knowledge of Plans of
Central Powers
i
; ; By Associated Press
While Austria was preparing
; her note to the belligerent
nations, proposing that they
meet in informal discussion of
1 peace terms in a neutral country.!
j Germany was making ready to
make another offer of separate j
peace to Belgium. It is an-j
nounccd that the Belgian gov-i
eminent has been approached
'.with a proposal that if she will
remain neutVal during the re
mainder of the war, Germany is
i ready to withdraw to the fron
tiers that were violated in
| j August, 1914.
Austria Acts Alone
:J It is affirmed from Berlin that!
i the Austrian government acted
• on its own initiative in sending
r out its peace proposals, but the
' offer of Germany to Belgium i
points to what may be said to!
i be more than a coincidence, and
probably a desperate "peace of
• fensive" now is well under way. 1
! If official sentiment is reflected j
Iby newspaper comment at the]
I Entente capitals the effort of the j
v Central Powers to reaqh a peace.
, by negotiation are doomed to
fi failure. In London and Paris
* | the offer of Austria was very!
coldly received while at Wash-j
[ ington it is pointed out that the
! United States will not entertain
| any peace tentatives that can, at
- j best, bring about only a tem
porary respite from hostilities
.land will leave Germany and
J Austria free to break the peace
. jf the world at any future date.
1 British Foreign Secretary
Flays Kaiser's Peace Plot
. | By Associated Press
London. Sept. 16.—A. J. Balfour,
ijthe British foreign secretary, giving
i i his personal viewpoints on the Aus
' trian peace note to visiting journal-
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS
HOLD FIRST DRILL;
TECHNICAL NEXT
]
Officers of Harrisburg Rc
! serves Put Senior Students
Through Their Paces
i Drilling of the students of Harris
j burg's high schools was begun to
i day under the auspices of the Har
j risburg Reserves, the first drill being
: of the seniors of Central High School.
; To-morrow morning military instruc
' tion of the seniors and juniors of
' Technical High School will start and
j on Wednesday afternoon the Central
| juniors will begin their drills. Each
' group will have a drill once a week
! for the present.
j Principal Severance, of Central,
• turned his boys of the senior class
j over to Major Henry M. Stine, com-
I mandant of the Reserves, this morn-
I ing at 9 o'clock and RosS A. Hickok,
; county fuel administrator and an of- '
j fleer of the Reserves, gave the stu
! dents a short talk on what the in
struction means and the part they
1 will have to play. Major Stine, wtjo
: wa s assisted by Captain J. J. Hart- ■
j man and A. Boyd Hamilton, then be
| gan division of the class Into squads.
I six of the students being found to
; have ha'd military experience. They
, will probably be made noncommis
sioned officers. The Reserve Instruc
tors were L V. Harvey. Thomas B.
Caldwell,- A. Iteeder Ferrldav, H. B.
McClure, J. J. Conklin, Paul Kurzen
knabe and Claude Stroup.
Captains Hoy and Harvey will se
lect men for to-morrow's Technical
high Instruction, a meeting of offi
cers of Company B being fixed for
to-night at the Y. M. C. A. George
N. Barnes will assist Major Stine at
; the Wednesday drill at Central.
Students wishing to learn the bugle
calls will be given Instruction at
the Reserves Friday night drill at
the armory by Paul Kurzenknabe.
Captain F. H. Hoy detailed the
following men from Company A to
assist at >ho drill to-morrow morn
ing: Keller, W. H, Miller, R. G.
Miller, Ibaeh, Haldenian, Lowthci,
Strouse, Herman, Hatched and Mc-
Cullough, The Company B detail will,
be made to-night.
KAISER MAY
HAVE PEACE
ON OUR TERMS |
By Associated Press
LONDON, Sept. 16.—Austria's j
invitation to the belligerents to
meet in informal peuee discus
sions is given a warm roeeption by
the lyondon morning newspapers.
The warmth, however, is not that
of cordiality, but of indignant re
pudiation. The note is set-n by
commentators as a German trick
in which Austria Is made the
eatspaw in an endeavor to gain
time to enable the German high
eomtnanad to reorganize Its shat
tered troops. The offer or peace
to Belgium Is regarded as a
shameless insult.
"Our peace terms have been
made abundantly clear," says tlte
Tost. "When Germany and Iter
dependants are ready to accept
thorn tliey can let us know.
There will be no abatement to
them. Germuny must lie beaten,
and must recognize that site is
lieatcn."'
V J
ists said: "It is incredible that any
thing can come of this proposal."
Coming after the recent speech cf
Friedrich Von Papen, the German
imperial vice chancellor. Mr. Balfour
said, "this cynical proposal of the
Austrian government is not a genu
ine attempt to obtain peace. It is an
attempt to divide the allies.
"I cannot honestly see in the pro
posals now made to us. as I have
been able to study them, the slight
est hope that the goal we all de
sire—the goal of a peace which shall
be more than a truce—can really be
attained."
-Vo Basis For Peace
in Latest Kaiser Plan
Washington, Sept. 16.—Receipt of
the official text of the Austrian peace
proposal was awaited to-day by of
ficials here, but unless the communi
cation is couched in terms radically
different from the version contained
in press dispatches, it was felt that
the entire plea could he eharacter
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E! # 1
PORTUGUESE STEAMER U-BOAT TCTIM
A Canadian Atlantic Port—The Portuguese steamship
: Leixees Was torpedoed in the north Atlantic five day 6 ago,
| according to sixteen members of the crew who arrived
| here to-day. They had spent the interval in an open boat.
I It is feared 35 others in three boats may have been lost.
PENNA. MEN IN CANADIAN CASUALTIES
Ottawa—Lieut R. J. Reegar, of Philadelphia, was
| killed in action and E. O'Neill, of Wilkes-Barre. Pa., was
j wounded. *
COAL EXPERT HERE TODAY
Harrisburg—T. Ellsworth Davies, Scranton, a coat
[ expert is conferring this afternoon with bounty commis
, sirners of Dauphin county on plans to fix the valuation of
: fcoal lands.
RYAN PLEASED WITH AIRMEN
Paris—On his return from a tour near the battle
| front, John D. Ryan, American assistant secretary of wir
I in charge of air service, declared he was much gratified by
[ the work done by the aerial force of the American army.
HUN PROFESSOR IS PRISONER
With the American Army in France—Among the cap
| rives taken by the Americans at was Profes-
I sor Otto Schmeernkase, the exploiter of ehlorine gas as a
[ form of ftivilired torture.
; BAKER ARRIVES IN LONDON
London—Newton D. Baker, the American Secretary
: of War, arrived in London to-day from Paris.
MOONEY APPEAL DENIED
San Franciscc—The California Supreme Court to-day
; denied Thomas J. Mooney permission to seek a writ of
| error in the United States Supreme Court. This was said
j to be the defense's last move in the state courts. Mooney
! was sentenced to be hanged following his conviction for
: murder in conection with a boipb explosion here two
years ago.
LLOYD GEORGE IMPROVES
London—A medical bulletin issued at midnight said
: Premier Lloyd George's temperature had fallen and that
there was a great improvement in his condition.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Wlllih Raymond and Hlniite Shiitton, < nrllxlos George C.
. AVtafleld nnd Ethel I. Tndor, I'rternhure, Vn.i Thomna 1.. Ilevlne
i and Ada SI. Kepler, Lrirlttona.
CHILDREN AND
WOMEN SUFFER
MOST IN ATTACK
189 Lives Lost in Piratical
Sinking of the Galway
Castle
LIFEBOATS ARE CRUSHED
Heartrending Scenes Mark
Landing of Survivors; Babes
Cry For Dead Parents
By Associated Press
Plymouth, England, Sunday,
Sept. 15. —Heartrending scenes
were witnessed here when hun
dreds of survivors of the tor
-1 pedoed steamer Galway Castle
• were landed at an early hour
j Thursday morning. The pas
j sengers were mostly women and
' children, and it is believed whole
faniiles have been lost.
I Among the survivors were
i little tots scarcely able to walk,
I crying in vain for their parents.
| Parents were searching in all
directions for news of their chil
dren and women were seeking
vainly for their lost husbands.
| There seems no reason to
| doubt that the vessel was tor
pedoed without warning. The
| explosion occurred between the
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iNo Prohibition Against
Purchase of New Shoes
A rumor gaining currency in this
city during the last few days t.o
the effect that Harrisburg feet will
have to go "shoeless" so far as new
footgear is concerned by reason of a
government edict suspending the sale
of the same, was denied on every
hand by local shoe dealers to-day.
As a shoe-yarn it's a "shoddy" joke
according to Harrisburg dealers who
profess not to know how the rumor
started.