__ ■■ nji. v H")Kiiif ipiwp ."ir"• * v '•• First Instalment of "Nan of Musk Mountain", Appears This ft > HARRISBXJRG mm&M TELEGRAPH LXXXVI — No. 76 20 PAGES TURK ARMY CORPS LOST IN PALESTINE British Troops .Force Way Fifteen Miles Along Mediter ranean; Germans Strike Back in Champagne in Vain Attempt to Check Ceaseless Pounding by French on Hindenburg Line London, March 29.—The entire divisional staff of the Fifty-third Turkish Division in Palestine has been captured by the British, it is announced officially. The British army in Palestine has defeated'a Turkish army of 20,000 men, capturing 900 men, including a general, the war office announced. The official statement says that British troops have advanced for a distance of fifteen miles along the southern Palestine coast of the Mediterranean. The British forces have pushed forward from Kafa to the Wadi Ghuzzeh, a river five miles south of Gaza (Ghuzzeh.) Gaza is twenty miles north of the Egyptian-Syrian boundry. German* Strike liack The Germans are sinking back tn | Champagne in a determined effort to divert General Nivelle from his cease- j less pounding at the base of the shaken Hindenburg line. The scene of 1 the counter offensive launched by Field Marshal Von Hindenburg is j along a fifteen-mile front, starting i about 26 miles east of Rhelms. At lacking in force in this sector the Germans have driven the French from some of their advanced trenches, but have failed so far to make a seri ous impression on the defender's lines. In the meantime the iron semicircle i which General Nivelle has thrown' around the southern half of the great St. Gobain plateau is steadily contract ing. If the French maintain their present rate of advance it can only Pe a matter of a very few days before the entire plateau is in their grasp, removing the last great natural barrier to Laon. The British are moving forward steadily to the north, but the fact that Commonwealth Furnishings Will Be Disposed of at Public Sale, April 3 With the public sale of tho furnish ings of the Commonwealth Hotel on April S, ono or the most "amous hos tclries in the State will pass into his tory. The property which Is owned by the McCormick estate, will be re tno.ielcd and made an office building. This hotel has been the stopping place of many distinguished persons, including President Lincoln, General V. S. Grant, afterward President of tho United States, the Prince of Wales and other notables. In the early 50's the hotel was known as the Cloverly. Later it be came the Jones House and then the Leland. During the proprietorship of the late James Russ, prior to his re moval to The Senate, it was named the Commonwealth. It has been the headquarters of all political parties during State conventions and legisla tive sessions. $25,000 Contributed For Erection of New Hill Church Supporters of the movement for the proposed new Methodist church to be erected 011 the Hill announce that the financial prospects are good. Twenty-five thousands dollars has already been subscribed and an endowment of $2,000 promised. As his share in the building of the new church, the Rev. Richard Howard Col burn has offered his services as pastor for one year without charge to the congregation. The committee of five appointed to select a location expects to meet in the near future to decide 011 the location and architecture of the church. I THE WEATHER] For Harrisburg nml vicinity 1 Kair to-night 11ml Fridnyi lowest tem pueraturv to-night nliout 3li de grees. For Eastern Peiinaylvnnln: Fair to night, slightly colder in south east portion; Friday fulr; moder ate to freah northwest winds. Hlver The Susquehanna river and all Ita bronchea nlll fall to-night untl Friday, except the loner portion or the inuin river, which wlli re main nearly atationary to-night and begin to fall Friday. A atuge of nliout 10.5 feet la indicated for llarriaburg Friday morniug. General Condltlona The disturbance thut was central over Manitoba, Wednesday morn ing, haa moved southeastward with Increasing energy and la now central over the Upper St. I.awrence Valley. It cauaed rain pnd anow In the laat twenty-four hour* In the l.nke Kegion and the Lpper Ohio Valley, and thence eastward to the Atlantle coaat. Haln haa continued In the North Pacific States aa a result of a nevr disturbance that haa moved Inland over Western Canada. Elsewhere fair weather has pre vailed. except over the southern portion of the Florida peninsula, where a thundershowcr occurred Wednesday night. There has been a general rise of 2 to 18 degrees In temperature over all the territory represented on the map, except In Western Min nesota, the Dakotas, Wyoming, Northern Colorado and In Mani toba. where It la to 14 decrees colder. Temperature I 8 a. m., 40 degrees above sero. Sum Hlaes, 5i48 a. m. Mooni New moon. April 8. River Stages tt.3 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Wrath-- Highest temperature. 50. l,owest temperature. 35. Meaa temperature. 42. Normal temperature, 43. they are capturing villages with cav | airy indicates that they are not yet til 1 contact with the main German forces, i The most advanced British outposts ! are still ten miles from the Cambrai line, where allied observers have as sumed the Germans propose to make j their real stand. Military critics in Paris and Lon ! don are reverting to the belief that I the present German retreat is only | part of tho plan for a retirement on a | tremendous scale to the Belgian bor ! der. In support of this theory It is I pointed out that the withdrawal from { the Noyon and Bapaume saltents is ; rapidly forcing the whole German line : into the form of an Immense right j angle. The upright of this angle runs I north and south for 120 miles from Nieuport on the Belgian coast to Laon. The horizontal runs for about an equal distance east to the Lorraine border. It is into the apex of this angle that General Nievelle is boring his way, [Continued on Page 10] 'Will Turn Hospital Over to Government in Event War Comes The directors of the Harrisburg Hos pital have offered tho hospital to the government In case of an emergency ! during war. The hospital at the present time is ; crowded to its fullest capacity and i plans for its use would be left entirely iin the hands of the Federal authori j ties. Costs Railways Many Millions More to Operate By Associated Press Washington, March 9.—increased cost of railroad operations, upon which the railroads of the country base appli cations for a general advance in freight ; rates, is reflected in statistics made public to-day oy tho interstate Com merce Commission, covering operations for January, i Total operating revenues throughout i the country increased about $40,000,000 during the month over January, 1916. This increase was nearly ofTset by a $31,000,000 increase in operating ex penses. The net operating Income. ! after deducting taxes and uncollectible ! revenues, was $71,929,868, an increase i over January 1916 of $7,000,000, al j though the figure falls below the aver ! age monthly return for 1916. State College Students Visit City Filter Plant Twenty-five seniors from State Col lege to-day inspected the city filter ! plant, pumping station, Cumberland 1 Valley Railroad bridge, and a number of local industrial plants. H. B. Shat tuck, professor of railroad engineering at the college, was In charge, the party i arriving shortly after 8 o'clock this morning. Dr. Saipuel G. Dixon, State j Health Commissioner, gave the city ! authorities permission to allow the college students to visit the plants. This is an annual event of the stu dents, who make a careful study of the filtration and pumping methods at the city plants, which are among the best in the country. Dinner wns served at the Metropolitan Hotel after the morning tour. WHEAT I'll ICES BREAK ItCCORD By Associated Press Chicago. March 29.—Wheat for de j livery next May to-day sold at 197 the highest price since the beginning iof the war In Europe. The locking up ! of the Russian supply, the Argentina failure, the short domestic supply and crop damage this spring lie at the bottom of present prices, according to crop experts. CAR SHORTAGE LESS By Associated Press Washington, D. C.. March 29.—With continued improvement shown dally in reports from virtually every affected section, 'he car shortage and conges tion which demoralized traffic through out tho country last winter probably will be entirely cleared away within two weeks, in the opinion to-day of officials of the Interstate Commerce Commission. CZAR WANTS SON SAFE By Associated Press London. March 29. The former Russian emperor has asked the pro visional government to permit his lit i tie son to go to Norway for the sake j of nis health, according to a Petro ! grad dispatch to the Exchange Tele graph Company. The dlepatch says : that permission has not yet been I granted. HARRISBURG, PA.,THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1917. "WAR LEAST OF OUR TROUBLES" SAYS SAILOR FROM PENNA. * J; _ • V: \ V ' ''' ' • GROUP OF P ENXSYLVANIA SAILORS ENJOYING NAVY LIFE GOVERNOR SENDS SUPPORT PLEDGE TO PRESIDENT Committee of Safely Stands Ready to Do Its Utmost; Ex-Governor Named Piompt steps to put into im mediate operation the general plan for mustering the strength and resources of Pennsylvania, adopt ed yesterday afternoon at the notable meeting of the committee on safety and defense, are being taken to-day. While the sub committee named by the execu- [Continued on Page 10] BRYAN APPEALS TO CONGRESS TO KEEP OUT OF WAR Would Have United States Try /lis So-Called Peace Plan By Associated Press Miami, Fla., March 29.—William J. Bryan to-day addressed an appeal to the Senate and House of Representa tives urging that an attempt be made to secure the suspension of Germany's i ruthless submarine campaign through the application of the so-called Bryan peace plan which provides for an In vestigation of all disputes by an Inter national tribunal before resort to war. Mr. Bryan asked that Congress also consult the wishes of the people (Continued on Page 14) 75,000 Mennonites Want to Avoid War Training By Associated Press Lima, Ohio, March 29.—Congressman B. K. Welty, of Lima, who will reach Washington to-day, will submit to Pres j ieffent Wilson a resolution adopted by 75,000 members of the Mennonite i Church protesting against compulsory , military training and asking that they be exempted from military service in the event the United States Is engaged !in war. The resolution sets forth that ' the Mennonite Church does not counte | nance war. 1 J. A. Huffmann, professor of a Men nonite college at BlUffton, Ohio, and j Rev. Jacob Schneider, of Alloona. Pa., i will accompany Congressman Welty, Claim Right to Cross Cemetery in Penbrook to Get to Their Homes Because they thought they had a right to cross the East Harrisburg Cemetery property, in Penbrook, to get to their homes, William Lewis and Wil son Mickey, of Penbrook, appealed a suit against them for trespass to the county co'.rt. They were represented I by W. Justin Carter, and the hearing {took place this morning. Both were prosecuted by officials of > the cemetery company, who are at tempting to break up the practice of 1 trespassing on the property. When taken before a Justice tney were fined $lO each and costs, but appealed from the summary conviction. GIVE-TP KIGHT-HOCn DAY By Associated Press Petrograd, March 29, via London.— ' The workmen in all the factories en* , gaged In manufacturing for the na ; tional defense have decided to re j nounce for the period of the war one • of the fundamental Items of the labor program, namely, the eight-hour day, j it Is announced here semiofficially. The ; decision was taken In view of the necessity of augmenting the output I of munitions. 1 SHOOTS WIFE: KILLS SELF Philadelphia. March 29. Frank ; Schifani, 3t>, returned home early to | day after being away several days, I entered his wife's bedroom and shot and seriously wounded her as she lay asleep with four small children at her side. He then killed himself. A quar rel Is said to have cauAed Schlfant to leave home. About two days ago he i went to visit his brother, Joseph, a barber, at York, Pa. (sht Star- Uni^tpmbent Enthusiastic Enlisted Man Says He Can Not Speak Too Highly of the Serv ice; Wants All Young Men to Join Him in the Fun Life on the ocean wave is graphically set fo-th in a letter to the editor of the HAKHISBURG TELEGRAPH from a Pennsylvania ratlor. The let ter follows: Dear Sir—l can Just imagine the rumors about the war that are in your town at present. This picture was taken ten days ago along the beach of '.he Caribbean sea. The U. S. S. Ol.vmpia and U. S. S. S. New Hampshire are shown in the distance. Does it look -as if we worry about anything? War is the least of our troubles. Just came back to the United States and it was just our luck to anchor in a dry • state. Ain'.t that sad? Ha! You could not go to extremes in any article you write about good fun and the famous West [Continued on Page 11] ELISHALEE IS MADE MANAGER OF PENNSY LINES Succeeds Late S. C. Long Whose Assistant He For merly Was ■ Kb. ■ ELISHA LEE Philadelphia, March 29. Klisha [ Lee, assistant general manager of the ' Pennsylvania Railroad lines east of Pittsburgh, was to-day appointed gen eral manager. He succeeds S. C. Long, who died several days ago. Klisha Lee was born in at Chicago, 111., September 24, 1870. When he was I 7 years old his family removed to Trinidad, British West Indies, where l he remained until 1883. Mr. Lse entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad in November, [Continued on Page 10] TWO AMERICANS SAVED WHEN SHIP IS SUNK By Associated Press Washington. March 29. The Brit- Ish bark TCeath, from Mauretius for Havre with sugar, was torpedoed without warning at 8:45 a. m. Tues day, 28 miles southeast of Fastnet, ae-< cording to State Department reports' to-day from Consul Frost at Queens-' town. Two Americans, Clarence Bloom, of San Francisco, and Peter i Webster, negro seaman, of Pensacola,! Kla., were aboard the Neath but ex- j caped together with other member*] of the crew without loss or Injury. ' SOCIALIST BACKS AMERICA By Associated press New York, March 29.—The mayor's committee on national defense an nounced to-day that Charles Edward Russell, formerly a candidate for gov ernor of New York on the Socialist ticket, had asked to have lits name signed to the declaration circulated by the committee supporting the Presi dent In the protection of American rights. Mr. Russell is one of the eight leading Socialists wh< recently Issued a statement favoring Arm action by the United States in the present crisis" i NATION DEPENDS ON ITS NAVY IN CRISIS--DANIELS Midshipmen Graduated Ahead of Time Told War Come Soon By Associated Press Annapolis, Md., March 29. The class of 183 midshipmen commissioned at tlie Naval Academy to-day. three months ahead of the time of their regular graduation, were told by Sec retary Daniels that the nation expected them to be ready "for the day that may come—how soon, who can tell?— when upon your coolness and knowl [Continued on Page 4] * RUMMAGE SALE OPENED WITH RUSH AND BANG First Hour Sales Total $500; Thousands Storm Doors Seek ing First Choice The annual rummage sale is on. It started off with a whoop and a rush i this morning at 9 o'clock. From the | minute the doors were thrown open Until time was called at 1 o'clock to give the "poor shopgirls" a chance to | catch their breath and grab a bite, : thousands of bargain-seekers, some | carrying bulky bags and clothesbas kets, jammed the aisles. An hour before the sale began a crowd estimated at over four hundred had gathered in Walnut street, between Court and second. It was an order ly mob, but when rumors started to , fly about that potatoes were priced lie a quarter peck something akin to panic seized the throng, and the fe ! male of the species, armed with mar [Continued on Page 8] Jap Warship Reported Sunk by a German Radier in Pacific By Associated Preis Vancouver. B. C., March 29. a dispatch to the Canadian News from | Toklo says that a German raider has sunk a Japanese warship in ihe Southern Pacific. The names of the vessels were not disclosed. It was officially announced In Toklo about two weeks ago that a converted German cruiser had been sighted in the Indian ocean and was being traced by Japanese and British warships after the raider had sunk a Japanese freight ship. Prior to that two Brit i ish steamships were reported to have ] been destroyed by an armed mer chantman oft Colombo, Ceylon. Almshouse Inmates Will Have Movie Shows Twice a Month at County Home Acting on the recommendation of the grand Jury for the March sessions ,of court, an arrangement has been : made to have motion picture exhibits at the Dauphin county almshouse (every two weeks. The first one will be given to-morrow night, i The films will be furnished by the Universal Film Exchange and Max ! well Hlte, motion picture machine operator, has volunteered to exhibit them for the Inmates. Six rsdls will be shown at each entertainment, it was announced. Although movies were shown oc casionally. according to the Directors of the Poor, no regular programs were followed out. The offer of the Film Exchange has made scores of the in- ' mates happy. Other enteMalnment* are planned also by church societies. TRADES UNIONS CLOSED Madrid, Spain, March 29, via Lon- j don.—The headquarters of the trades! unions wtU be closed to-day. Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION SPAIN DECLARES MARTIAL LAW TO CRUSH REVOLT Constitutional Guarantees Sus pended on Every Province in Nation REBELS UNDER ARREST Cabinet Moves Quickly to Deal With Sedition; Appeal to People London, March 29. The Of ficial Gazette at Madrid*published to-day a decree suspending con stitutional guarantees in all provinces of the kingdom, Rcu ter's Madrid correspondent cables. The Spanish government will adopt measures made necessary for the preservation of order in view of an appeal to the people which is characterized as sedi tious savs a Reuter dispatch from Madrid. No information had been re ceived here early this afternoon in explanation of the suspension [Continued oil Page 8] Germans Reach Trenches Prepared by Hindenburg; Allies Rush Up Guns By Associated Press Ixjndon, March 29. The Germans are now entrenched along the front over which the French and British have been advancing, according to a state ment made to The Associated Press to day by Major General F. B. Maurice. General Maurice, who is chief direc tor of military operations at the War Office, said that whether the positions taken up by the Germans formed the much-advertised Hindenburg line would not be revealed until the French and British armies had brought up their heavy artillery. [WW V ■ P V MW WW WW IMN GEK.JI.IA?""* : MSI-DERS MOT "ION I SUUMARINEXAMPAIGN k • LONDON", MARCH, 29.. INFORMATION • Dl-' | RECT Ff-'OM GERMANY ASSE'JTS THAT CHAN f CELLOR BETHMANN-HOLLWEG WILL OFFER A |\RGE MEASURE ol< ELECTORAL REFORM AND A | POSSIBLE MOM RATION OF THE SUBMARINE | CAMPAIGN IN AN ELEVENTH HOUR ATTEMPT k TO .1 AV:• ; WAR w: } u A :-OCA. ) A P GETS I*v!" f New York, March 29 The application of The A* | sociated Press for j writ of injunction restraining the In } ternational News Service from appropriating complaint's I ncwi. . prior ,tc by complaintant'i. J members was, granted by Judge Augustus M. Hand in the I Feck: 7 un to-... ' STOPS OFFENSIVE". M RUMANIA ■ Petro • ''arch 29. -macks on the south ' ern ' <! < lonian ft . *rM yesterday, 'but were stopped by Russian fire. I . ' ' - T. V 1 SCO U>. ; • O.G Ilarrisbur Scoutma •■. C . "eld McAllister, I charge of the Boy m HO r.obu.g, has offered the ' - ;t; W E Quir - I in charge of the real naval recruittt-g office, in posting ad ) vcrtir.mg roughout ■ ■' :.c scouts, will be 1 in char jc ~ out Scribe Klugh, ted by Scouts Wic land, Speakman, Carson, Luts and Morgen. , MARKET CLOSING HEAVY ' Further shrinkage; of valuer to lowest levels of the da.,* occur cd in'the final hour The closing was heavy. Sales, ( were e&'vimat.<d at bhaiev BEATEN SENSELESS IN STREET Harrisburg. George 8. Harris, was attacked and/ beaten into insensibility late this afternoon by an unidenti fied negro. The assult occurred at the corner of Fifth and and Walnut Streets. Robbery is,thought by the police have • been the motive • ® . J MARRIAGE LICENSES "T Hoy Clayton Keller, Kellrrvllle, nnd Kvn Lena Illllman, Cocalamaa. John Utorie Hoover, llarrlnburii, and Helen Care KnulTman, Itlveralde. Harry Krank Starnbo, Harrlabar*, and Mary Catherine Sweftr, New Rloomdeld. ' Charles Nclon Bnxhore and Martha Washington Rice, Harrlabnr*. Aadcraoa Fisher Corbln, Steelton. and Jennetta Stokeley, llnrrlsburs WILSON HOPES CONGRESS WILL AVOID DELAYS President Plans to Appear Be fore Body Tuesday or Wednesday DEMOCRATS ARE DIVIDED Public Opinion May Keep Petty Squabbling at Minimum By Associated Press Washington, March 2" President Wilson was said (D-day to be hopeful that the House of Representatives will rush its organization plans so that there will be no delay In affording him opportunity to make his addresu on the war situation to a joint session with the Senate. No matter how the final organization is perfected, ad ministration leaders are anxious that if a prolonged light is in prospect some sort of an arrangement be made for temporary organization to permit the President to uppear Tuesday or Wed nesday. These officials feel that puli [Continuc4 on Page 0] Chamberlain Asks the President to Indorse Universal Training By Associated Press Washington. 1). C.. March 29.—Chair man Chamberlain, of the Senate mili tary committee, with a White House engagement for late to-day, said ha would ask President Wilson, in his ad dress to Congress next week, to en dorse universal military training as a preparedness mearure of first Import ance. Impetus was given the movement for universal training legislation to-dav when a call went out to Itepublicaii House members for a conference on the subject to-morrow. Representatives Green, of Vermont; Gray, of New Jer sey; Piatt, of New York; Gardner, oT Massachusetts; McArtliur, of Oregon, and McCormick, of Illinois, issued the notice asking "Ftepublican members elect who favor the principle of uni versal compulsory military training" to the meeting. Many members have In dicated their acceptance. Representa tive Caldwell, of New York, a Demo crat, has announced he will lntroduc the Chamberlain bill for universal ser I vice as soon as Congress convenes.
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