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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he German troops were withdrawn.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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. •
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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
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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
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declared in "authoritative Germaa circles," according to
the Vienna newspapers.
. FIVE fcIOTERS PAY-PENALTY
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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. •
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HclßbtMi John H. Urotcfendl unil Vlniu B. Uodnon. St. I.OUIM, NO.