liCllTElL'mA—Austria Expected to Break With Kaiser in War—NIGHT EXTRA • ' • ...... i * ' < •j* i- ,\ ) i - ( ■ ** < .- ..it, ♦ i'li A . # %. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH jA: • ®K gtor-Sitftcpenftent * I LXXXVTI- No. 206 14 PAGES D,, i? a fh. nd p&, <$^ M a,"^i°.b rt U r* w HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1918. sl^ L o b cW NIGHT EXTRA SERBIANS SMASH BULGAR LINE BOLSHEVIK ARMY IS HARD HIT Huns Burn Town§ Before Which U. S. Troops A re Now Approaching MA Y RETIRE TO A SAFER LINE By Associated Tress Pctrngnul, Saturday, Sept. 14, Aia Amsterdam, Sept. 17. American, British and French detaehments are reported by the I*ravda to itave met the Bolshe vik forces in hattle 011 the Arch angel front. The Bolshevik troops, after an initial success, \tere repulsed by British rein forcements and fled in panic. A number of the Bolshevik officers, the newspaper says, deserted to the British. With the American Forces in I>or raine, Sept. 1 7.-—An •American pa trol in a raid made early to-day in the general region of Haumont. northwest of Thiaucourt, captured | five noncommissioned officers and j killed seven other noncommissioned yfflcers. Evidence is accumulating that the j ?nemy intends withdrawing behind the Hindenburg line in Lorraine, if he is pressed any further. He is burning towns along the Moselle, fp Prisoners taken report that the entire artillery of the Thirty-first German division was captured in the American operation on this front. The division that was used to bear 1 the bunt of the attack in the lunge j in the salient east of St. Mihiel, it appeared, wus the Thirty-fifth Aus- I trian division. It was ordered to ! maintain a holding action until all 1 he German troops were withdrawn. | In consequence of this it suffered I very heavy losses, especially in pris-I oners. I Questionnaires to Go Out Tomorrow to Men Between 19 and 36 Orders for all local draft boards to commence mailing to-morrow the blank questionnaires to all regis trants of September 12 between lit and 36 years, inclusive, were re ceived at State Draft Headquarters to-day. The blanks are in the hands of local boards and the orders are for 10 per cent, to be mailed each day. It is estimated that about 500,- 000 men will be sent the question-1 naires. State headquarters has sent! out over a million blanks. The third call for men to be re- i reived at state headquarters in a j week arrived to-day, calling for en trainment in the five days commenc ing September 30 of 1,650 white men qualified for special service, to' go to Fort Thomas, Kentucky. Bulgarian Troops Join Germans in War; Means Nation and U. S. Split Amsterdam, Sept. 17.—Bulgarian I regiments have arrived at Maubege ' to co-operate with, the German | troops on the western front, accord- ! ing to the Echo Beige. Washington, Sept. 17. - If Bui-: garians actually are fighting in the i west it will mean recognition of a j state of war between the United States and Bulgaria. Twelve Lose Life in Fire in Newark Button Factory By Associated Press. Newark, N. J., Sept. 17.—A1l po lice reserves and ambulances in the city were ordered out to a fire which broke out this afternoon in the plant of the American Button Company here. Police reports were that mary girls were jumping from the win dows of the factory. Twelve persons! are dead, according to the first po-1 lice report. The blaze still is raging: and firemen and policemen are mak-1 ing rescues. The dead are all girls, employes of j the plant, ten of whom were trapped 1 €nn the fourth floor of the mill, while the others who jumped to the street, died in an ambulance on the way to 1 hospital. , At least twelve perhaps more, of the young women workers were in lured, some of them seriously, the police report. PEOPLE KICK AT A PENNY RAISE IN j CARFARE THEN WHY LOSE ONE ON WAR STAMPS? Up a Cent October 1 FOCH READY TO BEGIN ANOTHER MIGHTY ATTACK 'Answer to Austrian Peaee Of fensive Will Be Shown in | Tremendous Assault; Way Is Being Felt in Many Local Engagements PERSHING'S MEN ARE READY FOR ADVANCE Enemy Making Preparations For Expected American' Blow Against Positions in the Vosges; Attack May Come West of Verdun By Associated Press It seems probable that a new and mighty blow against the i Teutonic armies in France will die the Allies' answer to the peace ! proposal voiced by Austria on behalf of the Central Powers. From the North Sea to the Swiss border, there is a tension.! which may forebode another de-i i velopment of Marshal Foch'sj masterly offensive. All along; this battleline there have been' local actions by which the Allies have tried out the German posi-1 tions and gained points of van-' tage from which to launch their i next assault. U. M. Troops Before Metz Generul Pershing's first American | army, standing before the fortress of; -Metz. has straightened its lines! across the base of the St. Mihiei | salient. It is known that there is a! heavy concentration of men in this region and it is expected that the J Americans w.ll not give the enemy j much time to recuperate before de-1 livering a new blow against this bas tion of the Gqrman positions on the | western front. Enemy Active in Vosges Region ; In the Vosges region there is great I activity by the enemy, who evidently! expects the American legions there i to attack the German lines on the: west of the Rhine. In this sector of I the battle front, the Americans are I standing on German soil and an as-! sault there will, if successful, carry the war nearer to the heart of Ger many than elsewhere along the line. The country to be traversed by an attacking army, however, is very rough and lends itself admirably to defensive operations. May Strike West of Verdun Marshal Focli, however, may 1 elect to strike to the west of ! Verdun, where the German posi- ! tions have been seriously shaken j by the American victory at St. j Mihiel. An attack from Khcinis j to Verdun was eVpected throe ' weeks ago, after the British and French advance in Picardy and Santerrc had slowed down. It | would have far reaching effects, j if it should succeed, und proh- j ably would compel a German re I treat from the region north or Itlieims as well ns a re-location , of the enemy's lines around Ver- i dun, which is a sector that seems j to he vital to the enemy's posi- I tion in eastern France. In Flanders the British have nearly I reached the lines they held when: the Germans launched their attack I in April on each side of Armentieres. DAUPHIN FARMS IN NEED OF LABOR SURVEY SHOWS; MANY ACRES SAID IDLE A careful survey of labor and farm ing conditions in Dauphin county by H. G. Nicsley, county farm agent, shows a serious shortage of skilled farm labor, Mr. Niesley reported this morning. The farmers are short 353 men necessary to man their farms under normal conditions. This is the ac tual shortage of labor ascertained through an accurate survey of every township. Three thousand and twenty-five acres cf tillable farm land in the county are estimated to be standing Idle because of the inability of the farmers to secure men to farm them. The shortage 6f men is in the facd of the government request that the farmers increase their wheat acreage by 1,000 acres, and also increase hog raising ten per cent. This would mean in increase of 300 brood sows, Mr Niesley said. j The information was secured by j Mr. Nlesley for the benefit of the Dis | trict Appeal Board's arglcultural ad -1 viser. In view of the approaching SLAUGHTER 812 • IN PETROGRAD; 400 ARE DOOMED • By Associated Press STOCKHOLM, Sept. 17 —Whole sale executions are Increasing in Petrogrnd. according to private telegrams received here by the way of Helsingfors. During the past week eight hundred and twelve |>crsons were executed and more than four hundred others are doomed. All persons of the rank of councilors of state have been im prisoned regardless of their po j liticnl views. This, too, is a sector where an allied ; offensive may be expected. Power Behind Allied Blow Allied successes along the front in Macedonia may indicate that the period of quiescence in the near East is at an end. Strategists have pointed out that a great offensive on this front would have immediate results in determining the position of Bul garia and Turkey as allies of Ger many. The gains made by the allies along the center of the Macedonian line would seem to indicate that there was plenty of power behind the blow and that it may be followed up by other attacks which will shift the scene of action for the time being to a front which appears perilous for the enemy Allies Active in Siberia Entente allied forces operating in Siberia have been active north of \ ladivostok and have won victories which mav be reflected in a break ing down cf the Bglsheviki regiment in eastern Siberia. The Czecho-Sio vak forces, operating to the west of Lake Baikal, hate made gains re cently and, although outnumbered, are fighting with great vigor in east- European Russia. Allied Pressure Allied pressure against the Ger mans on the western front shows no signs of abating. In the region of Metz the enemy is reported to be burning towns in the Valley of the i Moselle, probably in preparation for a retirement to the Hindenburg line i in this region. From Ypres to Rheims the Brit ish and French are carrying out lo cal engagements with success. Be tween Lens and Ypres the British have pushed forward slightlv, while northwest of St. Quentin they are pressing toward Le Verguier. which is on high ground und offers a good starting point for a flanking move ment north of St. Quentin. Aerial activity in the region from Laon to Metz continued intense and possibly may lie the forerunner of large scale infantry operations on this front. French aviators have ac counted for sixteen captive balloons and twelve enemy airplanes, while allied bombing squadrons have been drenching enemy railway junctions and other targets effectively. German artillery fire against the new American front southwest of Metz is very strong. The belief that the enemy is digging in in the Hin denburg line is strengthened by the fact that his heavy artillery bom bardment has not been followed by infantry attacks. This also is borne out by the report that the Germans are burning towns between Metz and the American front. THE WEATHER For Hiirrlshurg nnil vlclnltyi Fair anil cooler to-night, with low eat temperature nbout SO de grees; Wednesday fnlr, continu ed cool. drafts of the 18 to 45-year-old man power reservoir, the step is necessary to prevent the farms from being neglected. A. B. Shenk, adviser to the District Appeal Board, will attempt to se cure protection from a labor short age when the cases of necessary farm laborers come before that board for deferred classification. At the same time, he will prevent any so-called farmers from securing exemption on false claims. The tabulated report of Mr. Nies ley on the farm labyr shortage shows the following farm laborers needed: Necessary skilled farm laborers: 310 general farmers; two fruit grow ers; eight stock raisers; two dairy men. Necessary assistants or, hired men: 29 general farmers. Necessary managers: two. The ihformation was secured by sending Questionnaires to a farmer in each township. The report has been sent to Mr. Bell, the farm help spe cialist at Philadelphia, and the as sistant secretary of agriculture. Serbians Gain Five Miles and Capture ) 3000 Prisoners in New Drive ALLIES MOVING ON WIDE FRONT By Associated Press London, Sept. 17. Serbian and French troops continue the offensive in Macedonia and have progressed more than five miles, according to a Serbian official statement received here. The advancing allies have oc cupied an important series of ridges. The Allied troops have captured more than three thousand prisoners and twenty-four guns. The casual ties have been slight. The Allies are moving forward on a front of more than twelve miles and have taken the village of Gradeshnitsa, twenty miles east of Monastir. A Jugo-Slav division is fighting with the Serbs and French and has reached Koziak, the most important pestion in the region of the offensive. RICH DEMOCRATS FEEDING PUBLIC FALSE DOCTRINE General Snyder Makes Key note Speech at Opening Republican Rally City Chairman Harry F. Oves, | Auditor General Charles Snyder, ■ State Senator E. E. Beidleman, W. Harry Baker, secretary of the stake I committee and Prothonotary Charles ! E. Pass addressed the opening meet ing of city and county Repbulican committeemen and workers in No. ! 2 courtroom last evening, the really I being the largest in years and by far I the most enthusiastic. Many promi | nent Republicans who had not been j to a gathering of workers in years i were present,-together with the reg -1 ular workers. Every seat was tilled | and many stood about the walls and in the corridors adjoining, the doors ! having been thrown open that they might hear. "The Democratic State Committee announces that it has no candidate | [Continued on Page 12.] UNITED STATES REJECTS PEACE OFFER AT ONCE Purpose of America So Plain 1 here Is No I loom For Doubt Washington, Sept. 17.—The United States government will definitely and emphatically reject the proposal of the Austro-Hungarian governmeift for a peace discussion. This was an nounced last night by Secretary Lans ing, with the authority of President Wilson, after he had read the offi cial text of the proposal. Mr. Lansing made this statement: "1 am authorized by the President to state that the following will be the reply of this government to the | Austro-Hungarian note proposing an unofficial conference of belligerents: I "The government of the United States feels thnt there is only "" one reply which It enn make fo the suggestion of the Imperial A us tro-Hungarian government. It has repeatedly and with en tire candor stuted the terms upon which the United States would consider peace nnd cun and will entertain no proposnl for a eon- j ference upon n matter concern ing which It has made Its position and purpose so plain." With the first of the expected peace bids of the Central Powers! having met a flat rejection, specula- i tion turned to-day to the course of action to be followed by officials in Germany and Austria-Hungary. It was believed in some circles that these officials again would attempt to place the entire blame for the continuance of the war upon the Allies and the United States. In the opinion of other offi cials it was believed Austria was prepared , to tnke the next step—a withdrawal from lier alliance with Germany, Turkey and Bulgaria, and a complete acceptance of the terms laid down by President Wilson. PATRIOTIC JUNK MEN BID HIGH FOR RUBBER Jewish Dealers Come to Aid of Red Cross; Simon Michlo vitz Pays .$425 For Worn-Out Tire; Total Raised Is $2,360 Spirited bidding and high prices marked the auction this morning of the Red Cross old rubber pile, at Third and Walnut streets] Twenty three hundred and sixty dollars was realized from the auction. The highest single bid for a used automobile tire was made by Simon Miehlovitz, who bid $lOO and gave the tire back to be sold again. "If there were a- few more Jews in this crowd the Red Cross would cer tainly make some money!" said Sam Fishman this morning at Third and Walnut just after a 30x3 Ford tire on the Red Cross old rubber pile had sold for $BOO. The total amount secured from the sale was $2,360. As it was the Red Cross certainly did very nicely; and Mrs. Mabel Cronise Jones, chairman of the Sal vage committee, and Mercer B. Tate, who was in direct charge of the old rubber campaign, were very well pleased. f The auction was a startler. Some fancy prices have been paid for auto mobile tires by Harrisburg motorists, CITY IS ASKED FOR 20 TONS OF OLD CLOTHING Red Cross Appeals For Cast offs Needed by Stricken Belgians | The Harrisburg chapter of the j American Red Cross has been asked j to contribute twenty tons of clothing j for the Belgians, it was announced | this morning upon receipt of advices j from Pennsylvania-Delaware divU j sion headquarters in Philadelphia. ! Inasmuch as the campaign is to I begin next week, Red Cross officials ! realise the necessity of prompt ac j tion, and every effort is being made |to have the drive organized. Fur i ther details of the campaign will be I announced in newspapers to-mor ' row. . "In making contributions of cloth ing. it should be emphasized that | only clothing that can be worn wilt j be acceptable," said Red Cross offl- I rials. "Every kind of garment for | all ages and both sexes is urgently 1 [Continued on Page B.] FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN HEAD HERE I NAMES BOOSTERS ISanic Plan to Be Followed in New Drive as in Last Campaign George S. Reinoehl, chairman of the industrial Committee for the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign, which begins September 28, to-day announced the personnel of that committee. Practically the same plan will be followed during the fourth campaign as was pursued in the third. There are to be two subdivisions —Indus- trial and Home. The house-to-house drive has been set for the three or four days beginning October 8. In stead of winding up the industrial campaign prior fo the house-to house beginning the industrial wind up will occur at the same time as the house-to-house. The first meeting of the Indus j trial Committee will be held the I evening of September 25. The reason the Industrial Commit tee is making an early start is be [Continued on Page 12.] Chapin Killed Wife as She Slept, City Editor Tells Police i New York, Sept. 17.—While his I | wife slept, Churles E. Chapin, city! j editor of the Evening WorM, first' tried to shoot,her with a magazine revolver, but it failed to discharge. He then brought out a police pisto'. that had been presented tgshini by former Police Commissioner Waldo and flred the shot that killed her. This was the story told by the news paper man in police court here to day. Ho committed the murder :n their apartment in the Hotel Cum berland and surrendered himself to the, police this morning after failure to carry out plans to take his own life. He said he had been driven to the deed through desperation caused by the demands of his creditors but the $BOO secured for the little black rubber Ford tire set a new record. "Charley" Ensminger was the auc tioneer. He picked up the little old Ford tire at 10 o'clock and asked for a bid. Some one put a starting price of $5 on it. Sam Fishman casually murmured "Fifty dollars." Then Simon Miehlovitz went him $5O bet ter. "O, is that so?" said,. Fishman. Let's see you go better than $200." "Thre hundred dollars,' shouted Miehlovitz. "Three hundred and a quarter," parried Fishman. But in the end Miehlovitz got it for $lOO. "Now sell it again." he said. "So "Charley" Ensminger sold it again—four times. The first time B- Abramson got it for $lOO. Then Sam Fishman got it for anotther $lOO. The Capital City Junk Company paid a third $lOO. The American Metal and Rag Company bought it for $75; and [Continued on /Page 10.] HOUSING RULES DRAWN UP FOR FINAL ACTION Heavy Penalties Expected to Do Away With Nauseat ing Conditions City commissioners and members [of the city health bureau will con | fer to.morrow evening on revision |of the rules of the health depart ment so that any unsanitary condi tions may be remedied at once or a severe penalty imposed upon prop erty owners, agents or tenants who fail to comply with the regulations. The new rules as approved by the health bureau were submitted to council to-day by Commissioner S. F. Hassler, who has supervision over the department. They provide a line of not more than $lOO nor more than 30 days in jail for violation of any of the provisions and also give the health bureau power to close any building or premises not kept in sanitary condition. The provisions approved by the Health Bureau follows: Declared Nuisances "The following are declared to be nuisances prejudicial to public health, and hereby prohibited: "Failure of owner, agent or agents to provide proper facilities for the storage of garbage, ashes and mis cellaneous refuse containers. "Failure of owner or agent to pro vide a separate and adequate water supply for each house. "Failure of owner, agent or agents to provide separate water flush toi let facilities for each house. • "Failure of owner, agent or agents to keep al ldrains, toilets and qther sewer connections properly trapped and kept in good working order. "Failure of owner, agent or agents to repair leaky roofes, downspouts or sewers. "Failure of owner, agent or agents to provide access to all rear yards, other than through dwelling houses. "Failure of owner, agent or agents to remove and repaper rooms re cently occupied by persons suffering | with scarlet fever or tuberculosis be fore being used for living or sleep ing purposes. "Failure of owner, agent or agents, tenant or occupant to provide arti ficial or natural light in all halls, stairs, and passageways in premises occupied by more than one family. "Placing or keeping garbage can in living or sleeping rooms. "Placing or keeping garbage can on the sidewalk. Proper Sleeping Quarters "Use of any basement or cellar for. I living or sleeping purposes. "Use of bath or toilet rooms for living or sleeping purposes. "Failure of owner, agent or agents | [to provide separate toilet facilities! for both sexes in all offices or build- | ings where both sexes are employed. I "Failure of owner, agents or agents! to provide ventilation of bath and J toilet rooms by openings or windows' leading directly to outside air. "The use of any room for living i or sleeping purposes not provided '• with a window area of at least 13 j square feet of clear opening fori each occupant. "The use of any room for living ori sleeping puqioses containing less than 70 square feet or floor area. "The use of any room for living or sleeping purposes containing less! than 6H 1 cubic feet of air space. I "The use of agy room for living) or sleeping purposes by more occu-! pants at the same time than can be furnished with a constant supply of! fresh air by proper window openings! in said room. Free or Waste ' • "Failure of owner, agent or agents [Continued on Page 12.J 'i LATE NEWS J f CARGO CARRIER .TIPTON IN WATER , Wilmington, Del. The steel cargo carrier Tipton vas launched at the shipyard of the H; rlari and. Hol'dns-, worth corporation to day. The Tipton was de: : •••: r, r, sugar carriei for the United Fruit Company for W< t In dian trade. M-- ' Men* a T ,. Tipton, of Washing! * \ was the sponsor. . | I 'Hi Iff H W AMERICANS IN LONDON CELEBRATE | London—American residents of London celebrated I the American victory in hotels and .public places last , [ night, singing "The St it Spangled Banner" and other j airs. • } I I T of any more definite rca i l > 1 i which up i | ' I I ' i th • 1'• lent demands. * T , i ' , 1 were inflicted. ' '' . g >■ -j* ft FRENCH FLYERS.DESTROY 16 Hi/N PLANES Paris—ln aerial fighting Sunday French aviators de stroyed twelve German airplanes and set' on fire teen capti' : balloon according to last night's war office f.tate m<. : •i , ;-cr,. £-.* ""ayrif.ht '- r .s- '• the German lines from Laon to Metz. TWO HUN PLANES DOWNED ' in the raid on the region of Paris Sunday night were shot down by anti-aircraft guns. They fell in tlf: forest of Compieghe. • * VOLCANO IN ACTION; 29 DROWN Tokio—During an eruption of a volcano oh Urup i overwhelmed if fprce of men at work refloating a sunken Ship, drowning twenty-nine, according to advices received here. • ' U-BOAT SURVIVORS REACH PORT ' . An Atlantic Port—The first officer "and thirteen men* of -the Portuguese steamship Leixoes, torpedoed Septem ber. 12, tw& hundred-miles off the north Atlantic coast, arrived here to-day after six days in an open boat. The captain and fourteen men. reached port yesterday. A third boat, with 22 men, still is missing. GERMANS DENY PEACE PARTNERSHIP Amsterdam—The German government had no previous knowledge of the note Austria-Hungary recently dis patched inviting the belligerents to a conference, it is I declared in "authoritative Germaa circles," according to the Vienna newspapers. . FIVE fcIOTERS PAY-PENALTY '• x • p • • S n A :.toiaio, Texas—Five negroes' yhose sentences to ' de •h.wrre'j t. nc meed by count martial which tried them for participation, in the Houston riot, August-, 1917, and whose .sentences were approved by President Wilson, were-hanged at Fort Sam Houston at dawn to-day. • K V •• *■ MARRIAGE UCENSES .. . Hlimmel.towß, und Addn K. MvCronc. ICnthrrford HclßbtMi John H. Urotcfendl unil Vlniu B. Uodnon. St. I.OUIM, NO.
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