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City and Nation Unite in Solemn War time Observance of Memorial Day

HARRISBURG TELEGRAPHifnbent

LXXXVI? No. 129 12 PAGES

BIG ARMIESSTOP BATTLEIN DEADLOCK

Pronounced Pause in Activities Gives Impression That

New Phase of War Is to Come With Great Drive on

One of the Fronts

KAISER PICTURES DECISIVE TIMEOF WAR AS BEING "NEAR AT HAND"

General Cadorna Pushes on His Campaign For Trieste

Where Desperate Fighting Marks the Campaign

Between Italian and Austrian Armies

There has come such a pronounced pause in the major ac-

tivities of the great war as to give the impression that prepara-

tion for a new phase in the development of the conflict may be in

progress.

Only the Austro-Italian front where General Ladorna is deter-

minedly pushing his campaign for Trieste, is any sustained offen-

sive movement going on. I lie great battles which developed last

month on the front in northern France have come to a halt. Even

counterattacks by the Germans have virtually ceased along the

British front, while on the French front they have lessened in

number and violence. The recent pronounced aerial activity also

lias subsided.

W hen the next blow is to be delivered can only be surmised.

Indications are multiplying that the Germans are looking for somenew development. They have mentioned the Russo-Rumanianfront at the place of expected attacks. The trend of the news

from the entente side of that front, however, has not been such

as to lead to the belief that an effective stroke could be delivered

upon the Teutonic lines there at present.

Emperor William in addressing histroops on the front in northernFrance recently exhorted them tostand fast in the decisive time he pic-tured "near at hand." Apparently

thus, a renewal of the Franco-Britishattack, possibly on a larger scale thanever, is anticipated.

As for some time the fight-ing on the western front yesterdayand last night was of a local charac-ter. London reports only trenchraids. Paris announces the repulse ofa German attack on a narrow frontnear Mont Blond in the Champagne

and an important raid by the Frenchat the famous Hill 304 in the Verdunregion.

Thousands Honor Memoryof Late Ambassador

| By Associated Press

Pittsburgh, Pa., May 30.?Memor-

ial Day took on a deeper meaning

in Pittsburgh to-day as thousandstiled past the bier upon which the

body of the late George W. Guthrie,ambassador to Japan, lay in state

in Memorial Hall. Citizens of all

ages and stations passed in contin-

uous processioon for nine hours. Itwas Pittsburgh's tribute to the man

who once served as the city's mayor

and who has been termed "the city's

foremost citizen."

Perfectly Satisfied toGet $16.50 of $1,400 BackHenry Null, of Tower City, last]

evening made a complaint of robberyin the Strawberry and Cowden sec-tion. Null complained of the loss ofa round SI4OO. When searched hestill had $16.50 in real money, andSI,OOO in stage bills.

An investigation was made butnothing disclosed to substantiate thetale of loss. This morning he wasoverjoyed to receive his fit.BO anddeparted apparently perfectly satis-fied.

CONFERENCE POSTPONEDAmsterdam, May 30.?According

to news received from the Dutchdelegates at Stockholm the Socialistconference has been postponed untilJuly 15 or possibly later. Every-thing depends upon the arrival ofthe French and Italian delegations.

PROTEST HATES INCREASEBy Associated Press

Washington, May 28.?Shippers :from Vermont to Texas to-day addedtheir protests against the proposed15 per cent, freight rate Increase atthe Interstate Commerce Commis-sion hearings.

THE WEATHER]Kor Harrlsbnrg nnl vlelnltji Fair

itn<l continued warm 10-nighfanil to-morroir.

Yeaterdajr'a WeatherHlKhmt temperature, <lO.l.TieNt temperature. 80.Mean temperature, 58.?Normal temperature, M.

DECORATIONDAY GAMES

New York trimmed the Phillies,to-day in a pitchers' battle, score 3to 2 . Lavender was touched up inthe eighth inning for a bunch ofblngles. Boston shut out Brooklyn,score 4 to 0. Rudolph held theDodgers to five scattered hits.

In the American league rain pre-vented a morning game at Chicago.The Athletics were given a dose ofwhitewash by the New YorkYankees, score 6 to 0. New York wasin a hitting mood. Detroit handeda jolt to Cleveland, score 4 to 1.Boland pitched gilt-edged ball scat-tering his hits. Boston won a closegame over Washington score 4 to 3,Bader pitching good ball. The scoresfollow:

AMERICANLEAGUEAt Chicago St. Louis-Chicago

postponed; rain. One game this af-ternoon, at 3 p. m.

At Cleevland? R. H. E.Detroit ....100001 1 1 0-r-4 8 2Cleveland ..10000000 o?l 6 3

Batteries Boland and Spencer;Bagby and O'Neill. Umpires Con-nolly and McCormick.

At Philadelphia? ? R. H. E.New York ..3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 o?6 8 1Pl'ila 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o?o 5 3

Batteries Cullop and Alexander.Walters; Falkenburg, Myers, Seiboldand Schang, Haley. Umpires?Hilde-brand and O'Loughlin.

At Washington? R, H. E.Boston . ...01010101 o?4 8 lWashington .0 0000111 o?3 10 2

Batteries Shore, Bader and As-new; Gallia, Ayers and Henry, Ains-worth. Umpires Evans and Mor-iarity. ?

NATIONAL LEAGUEAt Boston? R. H. E.

Brooklyn . .00000000 o?o 5 3Boston . ...00 03000 Ix?4 8 1

Batteries Coombs and Miller;Rudolph and Gowdy. UmpiresRigler and Orth.

At New York? R. H. E.Phila 00010100 o?2 5 1New York ..01 000002 x?3 4 2

Batteries Lavender and Kille-fer; Anderson, Perritt anil Rariden,McCarty. Umpires Klem andBransfield.

Berlin, Wisconsin, IsTired of Its Name

By Associated Press

Berlin, Wis., May 30. ?A moye-ment to change the name of thistown is expected to assume definiteform to-morrow when steps are tobe taken to place the question be-fore the voters in the near future.The agitation for a change has beenin progress ever since the Unit&dStates entered the war aginst Ger-many. The Indian name "Mascou-tin" is said to be favored by many,(his being the name of the tribe ofIndians who first located the townsit*

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HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY30, 1917.

THE NEW DEDICATIONm____ m^m^??? mmmm a?_________-MBana\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0M

?Public T.edger.that government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth.

NATIONAL GUARDCALLED TO STOP

BIG RACE RIOTNegroes Arm Selves For

I Pitched Battle With In-furiated Whites

By .Associated PressEast St. Louis, 111., May 30.?The

second rtlght of antinegro riots herereached its climax after three whitemen and two n.egroes had beenwounded by bullets, several negroes-beaten and half a dozen negro homesburned, then subsided suddenly and atmidnight the was comparativelyquiet. Rioting started Monday nightalter a meeting of the city council, atwhich labor leaders protested againstthe wholesale importation of negrolaborers into East St. Louis.

Small mobs formed quickly lastnight but wero soon dispersed. Dis-turbances began about 7 o'clock in theoutlying districts and were confined tothese sections. Six companies of Na-tional Guardsmen under the commandof Colonel C. E. Clayton, Fourth Inni-nois Infantry, formed a cordon aboutnegro districts and dispersed groupsof men wherever sighted, but as thelights had been shot out, small mobsformed and clashed with the negroesat frequent intervals, despite theirvigilance.

Close the Saloons.Two laborers were wounded slightly

when they entered a negro district.Thomas Ritchie, private detective forthe Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, washit by a charge of shot from a shot-gun in the hands of a negro whom hehad challenged in the company yards.His wound was not serious.

One of the wounded negroes prob-ably will die. but the other sufferedonly a tlesli wound. Whenever shoot-ing started, the guards rushed to thescene and dispersed the troublemak-ers, who offered no resistance to theofficers.

Several false fire alarms wereturned in, and six negro homes wererlired by whites and burned to theground. None -of the negroes whowere beaten was badly hurt.

Saloons and picture shows wereclosed at 6 o'clock last night. Campsfor the six companies of guardsmenwere established to-day.

Telegraph ObservesMemorial Day; Flower

Boxes Cover BuildingFollowing a custom of years, the

HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH ob-served Memorial Day by decoratingthe front of the TELEGRAPHBuilding with flowers and vines andconfining to-day's issue to one editionin order that members of the TELE-GRAPH Family might participate inthe exercises of the day.

The windowboxes were plantedand placed by the Berryhill NurseryCompany. They will remain In placeuntil the first frost. The TELE-GRAPH Building was the first inHarrlsburg to be so decorated. Scoresof private residences displayed win-dow and porchboxes for the first,time to-day.

U. S. Army EngineersReach Paris on Way to

the French Battle LineParis, May 30.?The United States

Commission of Engineers has arrivedin Paris. The party consists of MajorWilliam Barclay Parsons, Major W.J. Wilgus, W. A. Garratt and CaptainA. B. Barber, Immediately on itsarrival the commission called onUnited States Ambassador Sharp,who made arrangements for its re-ception by the ministry of war to-day.

The engineers were escortedthrough the British lines by ColonelHenry W. Thornton, the formerAmerican who is manager of theBritish Great Eastern Railroad. TheAmericans traveled from Boulogne toParis by automobile. On their arrivalhere Major Parsons said he and hiscolleagues were keenly desirous ofgetting out where the big guns wereroaring and that they would do ev-erything in their power to expeditetheir business in Paris in order tohasten their departure for the fieldof action.

HARD-BOILED SHIRTS ANDSTIFF COLLARS ARB GOING

Chicago, May ' 30.?Doom of thestarched collar and glossed shirtbosom was forecast In Chicago to-jday as a war measure. Haberdash-ery manufacturers, anticipatingprobable action by Congress, are ad-vising their patrons that unstarchedgoods will be the proper style forwar times.

The suggestion came from Eng.land where a governmental cautionagainst waste of starch, an import-ant food item, has been Issued. .

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lift A11*| 1 hese hearts which are cradled in dust

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Once flashed in the eyes of a world! iji-I- id|J§ Come softly, Avith reverent souls; . ||fgjj The little green mounds point the way.M The footpath of duty is steep=| And loud is the voice of to-day.m pi

They served who lie gently at rest HIWith no longer a flag to defend. Iji

It is we who must hold it aloft, IffSublime and unstained, at the end.Ki ( m|f| The nations arc drunken with blood

And the rivers run red to the sea,But Columbia's footstep is firm fig

Iji b'or justice and world liberty!?ANNA HAMILTON WOOD.

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Congressional LeadersConfer on Points in

Big War Tax MeasureBy Associated Press

Washington, D. C? May 30. Con-gress was not in session to-day. bothhouses having adjourneil over theholiday, but leaders took the opportu-nity to survey progress on war meas-ures.

Chairman Simmons, of the Senatefinance committee, in conference withTreasury officials, pointed out thatthe principal questions of the warrevenue bill yet to be determined re-late to the administration's proposedautomobile license taxes, excise taxeson coffee and tea. higher second-classpostal rates and taxes on public utili-ties. Secretary McAdoo is urging thecommittee to report out a bill carry-ing about 11.500.000.rt00 as provided 'inthe House measure, but committee Isentiment apparently is in favor ofreducing It to around sl,srtu,uoo,ooo,the difference to be raised by short-term bonds.

Conferees of the Senate and Houseon the $3,342,000,000 war budget billto-day still had further changes toconsider, notably the provision toregulate the acquisition of an Ameri-can merchant marine, for which 1750 -

000,000 Is authorized.

PARINGS FOR SEEDBy Associated Press

New York, May 30.?Enough po-tato parings are being saved bv thechef of a popular uptown restaurantto plant one-fourth acre of groundon Staten Island as un experiment,to determine what kind of crop canbe obtained from such seed, the may-or's committee on food supply an-nounced 'o-day. The experiment willbe in charge of a park departmentfarmer. ,

RUSSIAN ARMYI ASKS ALLIES TOI SEND MUNITIONSDelegates From Front Calls

on Nation to Stand byGovernment

NEED MUCH STEEL

Soldiers Declare They Have;to Fight With Their

Hands

By Associated PressPetrograd, May 30. The con-

gress or delegates from the front,after a debate on the war, has unan-imously voted the following resolu-jtion:

"First, the army in the trenchesdeclares that it is indispensable totake every measure to put an end asquickly as possible to the interna-tional carnage and conclude peacewithout annexations or Indemnities,on the basis of the right of all na-tions to dispose, of themselves, pro-claiming at the same time the watch-word, 'Whoever wishes for peacemust prepare for war'; second, thearmy, pointing out that the Russiansoldiers have been lighting hithertounder conditions infinitely worsethan those of the allies, that theRussian soldier, has had to marchalmost unprotected against the ene-my's bullets and break with barearms the barbed wire entanglements,which the allies and the enemy passfreely after artillery preparation, de-clares that the Russian front mustbe provided with munitions andeverything necessary to maintain theprinciple, 'the more metal the lessgun fodder.' "

In conclusion the congress declaresthat the army appeals to all to whomfree Russia is dear to rally aroundthe council of soldiers and work-men's delegates ancUthe provisionalgovernment and not to permit "ad-venturers to let the army becomemanure for foreign fields."

ARMY WANTS ASSURANCEB Associated I'rcss

Paris, May 30. Marcel Cashin,one of the Russian Socialist dele-gates attending the meeting of theNational Council of the French So-cialist party, writing in the Pari-1sien says:

"Sure from now onward that the jwar objects of the Russian republi- 1i an government are the same as itsown, the Russian army wishes tofeel the same certainty as regardsthe allied governments. Premier Ri-bot's speech in the Chamber of De-puties will be very useful from this]point of view, but more must bedone. It will be necessary for thecombined allied powers in completeagreement, to express thmselves inthe same way."

War Clouds Cast SpecialGravity Over MemorialDay Exercises in Capital

By Associated PressWashington, May 30. War

clouds cast a special gravity to-dayover Memorial Day exercises here inwhich President Wilson, CardinalGibbons, Chief Justice White andmany other high government offi-cials participated.

Down Pennsylvania avenue andthe Potomac to Arlington Cemetery,marched veterans of two past warsat the head of a column of NationalGuardsmen and regulars who may-see service in France with a year,adorning buildings along the waywere a number of Confederateners, set flying for the confederateveterans reunion here next week,and the old Union soldiers marchedbeneath them with no sign of rancor.

President Wilson arranged to at-tend the exercises at Arlington thisafternoon, but did not count on mak-ing an address. The ceremonies atArlington were the principal featureof the day.

Special pontifical military masswas held at St. Aloysius Church byCardinal Gibbons ana was attendedby Knights of Columbus councilsfrom Raltimore, Chief Justice Whiteand other members of the SupremeCourt. This was followed by a pat-riotic celebration before the Colum-bus monument in front of the UnionStation, with former GovernorGlynn, of New York, the chief speak-er. Spanish war veterans held ser-vices about the Maine Memorial atArlington.

First Whole Carload ofWatermelons Arrive;Prices Lower Than Usual

My, doesn't It sound like the real,good old summer time, and doesn'tit make jour mouth water'.' A wholecarload of Florida watermelons cameto town yesterday and are now in thewarehouses of the Harrisburg Ban-ana and Fruit company.

"Old High Cost of Living seemsto be unknown down Florida way,"said a representative of the companyto-day. "Never at this, season ofthe year have we been able to sellwatermelons for forty or fifty centswholesale. Many of these melonswill retail at from fifty to sixty centseach. Every year the Florida peopleare forcing their melons to marketa little earlier and the prices in-dicate that this spring the crop mustbe large than usual."

Harrisburger to Go WithYale Unit to France

Another Harrisburg boy will leaveSaturday to drive an ambulance InFrance. He Is C. L. Bailey 111, son orMr. and Mrs. C. L. Bailey Jr., 2103North Third street. Young Bailey,who Is a freshman at Yale, will leaveas a member' of the Yale Ambulanceunit. The unit will sail Saturday.He is a graduate of the HarrisburgAcademy and the Chestnut Hill Acad-emy, Philadelphia.

Upon their arrival in France theywill spend several weeks In a factoryIn Paris before leaving for active dutyon the front.

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MEMORIALDAYSOLEMN WITHNATIONATWAR

Even Greater Tribute Paid Those Who Died inDefense Of U. S.; G. A. R. Veterans AreGiven Wonderful Ovation in Parade; CituMourns as Bells Are Tolled

Never since the observance of Memorial Daybegan far back in 1868, has the day meant so

imuch to ljoth young and old in the Unite toStales, as this great country is rapidly completing

i ',rc

' )ai at '"ns or act ' ve participation in the

\ 10-day as the veterans of the historic CivilWar filed down the city streets to the cemeteries to pay tribute to

then departed comrades, it was evident that the ceremonies werethe most somber, yet the most impressive ever observed in thecity.

W ilh a deeper and truer meaning a new vision came to-dayto the younger generations as they saw before them, ,the Boys in

Blue, living examples of patriotism and loyalty to the flag. Thepiesencc of the war scarred veterans, with bent shoulder, dimmedeye and grayed head, filled the young men and young womenwith a more pronounced and more sincere love of country and agreater patriotic devotion to the flag.

Desire EmulationDuring: the day circulars were

handed out on the streets by theGrand Army men, bearing thischarge:

"Young man, your country needsyou. The boys of '6l-65 present toyou THE FL.AG unsullied, keep itso. Don't bo a slacker, but enlist imsome branch of the service. Compli-ments of the Patriotic Instructor ofPost 58, G. A. R."

Aside from the serious nature of(he observance, programs of sportsand other amusements were partici- 'pated in by the younger folks.

Leaves Strong Impression

But this year the wonderful devo-tion of the old soldiers for the com-rades who have answered the,call of

Death, left an impression which willbe more lasting than ever before.

Each year since 1868 the Boys inBlue formed in line, then with larg-er numbers in the ranks, and march-ed to the burial grounds, posted theflags and strewed the flowers and re-turned home. Kach year the num-ber grew smaller, but the men, evenas they grew more aged never failedthe tryst?to honor the comrade whohad gone before.

To-day but a mere handful remain.I In 1865 thousands after thousandsof troops rolled down Pennsylvaniaavenue, Washington, for the final re-view, went to their homes and receiv-ed an honorable discharge rrom ser-

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| U-BOAT MENACE LESSENSI London, May 30. The weekly report of BritishT

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T1 marines and the admiralty is taking full advantage of 1

NEW YORK TO ENROLL 600.000j , New Yoik. May 3V to-day b; tilt, i. .f r)< p.. ; ? V : ; ~,.-n ~f

j the 600,000 men in New York City, who are to register* 9 or, Tv:

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; the Trieste front jf, announced in to-day's official state*

jh. ment. The Italian lines havt been* Medea /.-.a.

<i BRAZIL MAY ARM SHIPS

Rio Janriro, May 3U. Foreign Minister Pecanha

j receive! a * e. of the Brazilian Lloyd St<ship Company yesterday for the purpose of consider-

I ing measures to safeguard Brazilian shipping, lit isI 1 p - -hij' > ' i! If! Iliv^

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jj VILLAFORCES WIN BATTLE 1Presidio, Tex., -May 30. A Villa force attacked

a i Ojinaga, Mexico, opposite, here early to-day, surprising lV, the Mexican government soldiers in the Karruon there

1 | and causing them to flee to the American side, iJ 1 their arms in Mexico Ail women and children at

| Ojinaga fied across the line into Texas when the at-

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MARRIAGE LICENSES ,Carl Honikt mid i'lilmiMay Kinney, llummeUtownt Harry Ed-

ward Mpliplng, 1.lne vilie. anil t'ntherlne Kll<nleth Hrtiht, Harrla-huric; Harry Homm I'iikc anil Kmmit Mntlliln lilfrkncr, Allentonnt Bd-Wl,rl Spoltuwood Dfpeu and EMlicr Kinnui Schnyler, HarrhburKi Cu-par Hay Mower), l.emojnc, nnd l.fiurn Miiricaret llruncr, IInrrinburff;Lharlea Joeph Hall, Jr., and Roa Alice Hockenhury, Mt. Union.