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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
1
Secretary Baker and lawmakers witness the 1918 draft lottery in Washington drawing master numbers for 744,500 youths. The event sets five classes based on questionnaire data. final calls depend on local boards, with no immediate excitement due to wartime calm.
The Food Administration announced that all sellers who move poultry or eggs to consumers retail must obtain a license. Many stores that buy from farmers but sell retail to the public are now considered poultry and egg packing operators and must be licensed.
Fair with slight warming tonight and partly cloudy conditions tomorrow. Winds light and variable. Susquehanna River and all stations continue to fall. Pressure trend shows decrease over the Middle Atlantic and Ohio Valley regions. Temperature 8 a.m. 60. high 70, low 50. mean 64. normal 73. First quarter July 1. River stage around 4.7 feet above low water.
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Little interest was shown in the draft number drawing at Washington with officials citing few men affected and the chance of appeal for deferred classification. Any man holding early numbers may not be called until the last, as the process allows delays through questionnaire appeals.
This was the first Thursday half holiday of the season and all city stores with Chamber of Commerce membership closed at noon. The system, begun recently by the Chamber, also requires that stores close at 5 p.m. daily except Thursday and Saturday starting July 1. The practice runs until September 1.
Washington June 27 The Senate Agriculture Committee approved an amendment to a 11 million emergency agricultural bill setting national prohibition. Whisky and wine would be banned after June 30 1919 and beer after the Presidents final approval. A House vote adopted a resolution 112 to 92 asking the President to inform if any agency has cur tailed liquor supplies.
Harrisburg coal dealers express pessimism as orders exceed supply with 114 229 tons ordered but only 20 745 delivered leaving 93 484 tons unfilled before June 1 fifteen thousand and sixty three orders for next winter exist most unfilled. Dealers warn shipments have been poor through May and June while awaiting assurances from the anthracite committee and operators that August and September deliveries will arrive.
Mike L. Malarkey was arrested in York for impersonating a United States officer for the Department of Justice. United States Marshal Smith said the case was greatly exaggerated, then ended the call. He had clashed with a reporter earlier and now treats reporters as spies, running his office with scant courtesy after an election.
Kiev dispatch dated June 26 reports former Emperor Nicholas II was fatally wounded by Bolshevik troops during their retreat from Yekaterinburg. Lausanne says Nicholas Romanoff was condemned to death after a short trial and executed. details remain sparse.
The committee planning Harrisburg’s Independence Day pageant asks organizations wishing to join the parade to contact Secretary Clarence O. Backenstoss at the Mayor’s Office by noon June 29. Required information includes approximate number of paraders, the commander’s name, and the band’s name if any.
Food Commissioner Herbert Hoover imposes a limit of three pounds of sugar per month per person, plus a single teaspoon per meal, in Harrisburg and nationwide. The move aims to reduce sugar consumption by about twenty five percent amid growing shortages, affecting manufacturers and daily use.
City officials reviewed reinforced concrete bridge plans proposed by the Philadelphia and Reading Railway to span the Susquehanna River. The new Reading Bridge would extend across Front and Second streets, connect with the Reading lines west of Cameron street, and accommodate double tracks. Work awaits state and federal approvals to proceed.
From the British front in France on June 26 the German army is afflicted by grip that incapacitates soldiers for a week or more, with many typhus and dysentery cases. Despite illness, authorities say preparations for the next major attack are nearly complete.
The Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce announces the Manufacturers Council a new bureau to address housing transportation and other war era manufacturing issues. A kickoff meeting is set for tomorrow at 7 30 p m in the Dauphin Building with officers elected from member firms and a self governing structure to coordinate community effort.
The Food Administration tried three foreign born residents for flour hoarding. Fines totaling 35 dollars were imposed and 90 pounds of flour confiscated. The defendants Mart in Janka Nick Traika and Mrs. Mike Spork were all non naturalized Austrians. Traika showed disloyal sentiments while others claimed support for America. Prosecutions for hoarding will be intensified.
The Daily Chronicle reports German reserves being maneuvered into position for a new offensive on the western front. It is unclear which sector will be attacked, but the situation favors the Allied arms as events develop.
American units report 311 German prisoners captured at Belleau Wood with 11 machine guns and 10 automatic rifles seized. Allies hold the Ypres to Rheims front as aerial combat intensifies and German plans reportedly await a renewed attack. Unconfirmed reports from Berlin say Foreign Secretary Von Kuhlmann may resign after a Reichstag speech.
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