America to Strike Hard Blow at Germ HARRISBURG PSWfiS TELEGRAPH LXXXVI — No. SS 20 PAGES BRITISH DRIVE HOME SMASHING BLOWS ON HINDENBURG'S LINE German Attempts to Regain Key to Positions in Northern France Failed When Haig's Troops Mow Down Invad ers For Heavy Losses; French Launch Fresh Assault to Prevent Teutons From Sending Reinforcements North By Associated Press London, April 12.—Reports from a Swiss source have been received at Rome that the Bulgarian minister at Berne has made overtures to the entente ministers with a view to the conclusion of a separate peace, says the Exchange Tele graph Rome correspondent. Similar advices regarding Bulgaria are sent by the Ex change Telegraph representative at Lausanne. He reports that the Gazette of that city states it has learned that semi official Bulgarian delegates are in Switzerland endeavoring to arrive at a basis for a separate peace with representatives of the entente. Despite the most unfavorabe weather conditions prevailing, the British continue the delivery of telling strokes against the Germans along the line from Lens to St. Quentin. Apparently devoting the greater part of their attention to the important sector of the line near Vimy ridge, the key position on! the northern end of the front which they have captured, the British to-day drove against two important positions north of the ridge and j captured them. This blow was driven home just southwest of Lens, and en-, abled the British to advance their lines on both sides of the Souchez I river. All German attempts to regain on the ridge itself have been j foiled. The Germans tried twice last night to drive General Haig's! troops from the positions they had established on the northern end | of the ridge but the machine guns broke up the assaults with heavy.j German losses. Further south progress for the) British below the river Scarpe, where j Monchy Le Preux was captured yes- ! terday, is reported. Much importance is attached to | the resumption By the French of the general attack. Seemingly, they are I giving the Germans in the region j southwest of Laon all they can attend I to, preventing any reinforcements j from this sector of the lines menaced ! by the British offensive. Xivclle Strikes Hard The main drive by General Nivelle's j forces was launched along the three j and one-half-mile front from Coucy La Ville to Quincy-Basse. A consid- I [Continued on l'agc 1] Firemen's Union Opposes Plan to Transfer Paxton Engine to Royal Company Resolutions asking Commissioner E. ! 55. Gross not to transfer the engine of ihe Paxton Fire Company to the Royal Company on Allison Hill and protest ing against the abandoning of the Pax ton Company were passed at the regu lar monthly meeting of the Harrlsburg Firemen's Union. Resolutions also were passed re-1 <iuesting the Royal Company not to j ask for the Paxton engine, but to join ! in a petition that a new engine should i be purchased for the Thirteenth ward ! organization, and a chemical wagon j for the Paxton. Petitions are being circulated pro- j testing against the proposed transfer and will probably be presented to j council within the next few weeks. j U. S. Call Ready For j 500,000 Volunteers For Duration of the War Rv Associated Press Washington, l. C., April 12, riio War Depart nil in prepared to lay to issue instructions to reeruit officers which will Ik- in effect a •all lor 504>,00H volunteers to fill up tlie regular army and the existing units of the National Guard, All recruits enlisted since the leclaratioii of war and those to be rnlisted hereafter will he notified liat they will be discharged at the 'lose of the war, putting them in •.lie status of war time volunteers. —————— Itheweatherl I'or llnrrisburK and vicinity! Part ly cloudy and colder to-nlitlit mill Friday; lowrat temperature to night about 411 degree*. For Kuatern Pennsylvania: Partly overcait and colder to-night and Friday) freah northwest ninda. River The Susquehanna river nnd all it* ■ tranche* will continue to fall slowly. A stage of about U. 1 feet Is Indicated tor Harrlaburg Fri day morning. General Conditions The area of low presaure that was central over I.nke Superior Weil- | nesday morning, has moved eaat urd to the North Atlantic const; i It caused unsettled weather with Mome scattered, light showers from the Great Lakes eastward to the coaat. Kn*t of the Mlaalaalppl and south of the l.akes n general rise of 2 to IS dejereea la temperature haa oc curred. Temperature: H a. m., SO. Sun: Riaea, 5:27 a. m. Moon: Riaea, 11:58 p. m. River Staler: H. 4 feet above low water mark. Yeaterday's Weather ItlKheat temperature, KM. I.oweat temperature, 50. Mean temperature, 54. temperature, 49. i, !_ — Five Fires, Three of Them of Mysterious Orgin Cause, But Very Slight Damage I The fifth fire within twenty-four: hours damaged the home of Clarence' ; Gife, 1624 Swatara street, to a slight ; I extent late this afternoon. The fire | started from an overheated chimney, ! j but was quickly extinguished. ! The aggregate loss of the fires has | been very small. Flames in the store 1 \ shed of Appleby Brothers and Whit ! taker this morning damaged it to a j small extent. This is the third fire in ! the building in a short time. The cause is unknown, but it is believed boys may have started it. A chimney fire at the home of Mrs. Martin. 1124 Herr street, called out sev- I i f>ral companies but was extinguished ; , before any damage was caused, i T.'l? of unknown origin damaged the : ! building of the Pennsylvania Bronze j Company. Seventh and Herr streets, to | a slight extent. The fire started about 10 o'clock last night. Several com panies were called out earlier in the I evening; to extinguish a blaze in a rub ' liish pile in Seneca street. Gross Gets Flood of Ash Complaints From All Over City | Commissioner Gross, with scores of c omplaints on hand from all parts of the city that ashes and garble have not been collected for weeks, "declared I to-day that he will certainly carry out i his plan to penalize the Pennsylvania j Reduction Company $5 for each card I sent to the city health bureau. So far more than one hundred have been received by the health depart ment and almost a score of communi cations have been sent to Commis- 1 ■sioner Gross. Many of the complainants claim there have been no collections for periods of three, four and six weeks. Commissioner Gross announced to-1 day that the public should co-operate ;is much as possible with the city and again asked all residents to be sure to "end in complaints of no collections. "We hope to be able to inflict a pen alty which will bring results and will notify the company within the next, few days of our intention to impose : the fines." New Blast Furnace Will Be Blown in Soon By Central Iron and Steel An extra blast furnace, which has neen rebuilt along modern lines, at the {Central Iron and Steel Company will be put in operation the early part of ; next week. Robert H. Irons, general i j superintendent made this announce- ; I ment to-day. i All previous records of production of ! i finished steel were surpassed during | the last month. The new record was ! 16,000 tons. The former figure was 1 113,300. BIRTH RATE INCREASES Only two more deaths were report- 1 : ed during March, 1917, than during! ! the same month last year, according! j to figures compiled at the citv health i | department offices. Birth totals show i a big Increase. In March 1916, 114' were reported, while last month there i were 155. Births according to sex and ! color follow: White male, 86: white fe i male, 63; colored male, 4: coolred fe i ma>- " HARRISBURG. PA..THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1917. [ THE DELUGE NEWS ITEM:—Commissioner Gross lias asked citizens of Harrisburg to notify him of any delay in ash col lections at their homes. FEAR EDDYSTONE i BLAST IS ONLY PART OF PLOT Company Officials Convinced Disaster Is Beginning of Reign of Terrorism J Chester, Pa., April 12. —After ex ; tended investigation, company of ficials to-day reaffirmed their belief i that an ingenious plan, conceived in I the brains of enemy plotters, was the cause of the disastrous explosions on j Tuesday at the plant of the Eddy stone Ammunition Corporation, near here. They asserted their conviction that the disaster was deliberately per petrated as part of a campaign of ter rorism. Opposed to this view is the state tContinued on Page \] BIG WAR COUNCIL TO SHAPE POLICY OF U. S. IN WAR 'Commissions From England and France Will Come to America Soon By Associated Press Washington, April 12.—The Govern- J ment to-day began to prepare for Im ! portant war councils to bo held" here 1 ;<oon with commissions from England [Continued on Page 4] SIGN'S STATE POLICE BILL Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh signed the State police bill increasing the number of policemen from 227 to 329 and also increasing the salary of the officers, this morning at 11.50 o'clock. He called Captain George F. Lumb into his office and presented him with the pen with which he had written his signature. EXPECT EVERY VACANT PLOT TO BE CULTIVATED Wide Response to Request For Donations of Available Land j Secretary E. L. McColgin, of the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce, is being besieged dally with requests for garden plots in the various sections of : the city, and the plan of the ugricul- I ture committee of the chamber is I meeting with success on all sides. It • is expected by those in charge of the 1 work that every vacant and available lot in the city will be under cultiva tion before the summer months are here. J. G. McAllister, head of Troop 4, Continued on Page (Jhf Star- JfniiepmbrnL VOLUNTEERS TO AID OF RED CROSS MAIL TO APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP Mate all (bar* M| AMERICAN RED CROSS Hed CHOSt HEADQOAR TERS - 'ASHWGTOII, D. C I hereby apply for membership lo Lh* checked below and entloae the nun of —— .. Dollar* I$ -r - the re (of. -kcA 'liH mv*4 M • r •• •••'• I I KM* ul Mnb*< . . . . . II | I *Sufacnknt Mba numiaUt . t Name * .. _ ' j 'Cantributini Mmbt> mvmalJt . i I ) 'Sustaining Mtobo . . nnua(lv . . 10 Hon)* 1 address + _ I ) *lif Member • an* parm#nt . . 2S ' > 'Patran Membo . . o# pafmcnt . . lOil Oil • arj ■ •IMPORTANT? yzxzrrj-c','xr*::?:,?.. R*o ?-*—M/UI Sixty-eight volunteer workers re ported for duty this morning when the Harrisburg chapter of the American Red Cross Society opened its new headquarters at 206 Walnut street. The big room was soon transformed into a veriatble factory and the hum of the sewing machines was deafening. New recruits were added to the force of busy workers throughout the day, WARNS MEMBERS ! OF C. OF C. TO STAND LOYAL : Committee Urges Them to Keep Promises Made in High School Campaign Declaring that loyalty to the Cham | ber of Commerce demands of its mem j bers that they shall personally urge I a change of attitude on the part of the five directors, composing the ma jority of the school board, who have disregarded the recommendations of the joint committee with regard to the employment of a noted architect to take charge of . the school building program, a special committee of the Chamber of Commerce issued a for mal statement last night reviewing the history of the school loan cam paign and calling on the members to keep their promises, made during the [Continued oil Page 10] NO IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER PROBLEM CAN BE EXPECTED Entrance of U. S. Into War Routs Any Chance of Betterment Advice from the Federal Trade Commission and from experts in the newspaper field are to the effect that no improvement in the print paper situation may be expected owing to the entrance of the United States Into the world war. [Continued on Page 1] STATE POLICE TO EDDYSTONE At the request of District Attorney J. B. Hannum, of Delaware county twelve State police are being rushed and as fast as they came had tasks assigned them. All yesterday members of the gen eral committee of the local chapter were putting the workshop in readi ness for the opening this morning. The room was stocked with large quanti ties of cotton gauze and other ma terials and the equipment of sewing [Continued on Page 18] THIS CITY GREAT COG IN WHEELS OF U. S. INDUSTRIES Foreign Trade Council Secre tary Declares Harrisburg Has Big Obligation That Harrisburg's share in main taining and increasing the industrial and commercial prestige of the United States among foreign nations is no small one was verified by the remarks of Robert H. Patchin, of New York, secretary of the National Foreign Trade Council of the United States, who addressed the Cliamber#of Com merce luncheon the Harrisburg [Continued on Page 18] 15,000 TO MARCH IN HARRISBURG'S GREATEST PARADE Men, Women and Children Will Be in Line of Everybody's Patriotic Celebration Fifteen thousand is not too large an estimate to place on the number of men, women and children who will march in the great "Everybody's Patriotic Parade" to be held on the afternoon of Saturday, April 21. The demonstration promises to be the big gest in the history of affairs of the kind in Harrisburg. Preliminaries were arranged at a meeting of the general committee and representatives of various organisa tions in the courthouse last night. [Continued on Page 7 J U. S. TO BREAK DOWN U-BOAT SEA MENACE Campaign of Colossal Proportions on Germany's Warfare on Shipping Is Determined Upon by Administration As America First Stroke Against Her Enemy CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS TO LABOR GREAT MERCHANT FLEET TO BE ISSUED SOON Hope to End War by Supplying Entente With Vast Amount of Supplies; Plan Will at Least Make Impossible Star vation Threat Through Which Teutons Hope to Win Washington, April 12.—A campaign of colossal proportions to break down the German submarine blockade and keep the entente plentifully supplied with food, clothing and munitions has been de termined upon by President Wilson and his advi§fcrs as America's first physical stroke against her enemy. Unable now to send an army into the trenches, the President believes the United States can do an even greater service in the com mon cause against Germany by providing a great armada of mer chantmen to invalidate the undersea campaign about which have been rallied the fading hopes of Prussian conquest. For weeks officials have been at work on such a plan, but not ntil to-day was it revealed on how great a scale the task had been [Continued on Page 10] 10' -- j JUMP • N PRICE I 1 T cd the 3 with . - -'-r-tv (oj- s-p I tember c J j 1 rhe Woodman of the World, ■ K C 1 MARKET < LOSES FIRM I I \ ' last hour, but reached in % y \ 1 r VO ARRESTED ON ARSON CHARGE 1 J w —Two men have benn arrested on ! J SUt J ling houses and a score • j 1 5 a loss of $40,000. 1 VOPPED J ' K I £ I the ■- : 1 .tn .m-.l v: -jf.vv. i'r.j # ■ i M g C INCREASE LARGE I C 'ice pv \ £ lent c iroad, testified here to-day M £ :.>eforc Jt L t £ f C ff j c s € I kill any p tampering with wdtex supplies. 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