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NATIONAL GUARD
ORDERED TO FILL
RANKS AT ONCE
Units to Be Recruited to Peace
, Strength of Regular
Army
By Associated Press
Washington, April 12.—Army depart
mental commanders have been ordered
to resume recruiting National Guards
organizations to the peace strength of
the regular army, one hundred men to
the company. Many companies now
have as low as sixty-five men.
A War Department statement was is
sued to-day to make plain that the Na
tional Guard recruiting had wot been
discontinued.
"Such an impression is not correct,"
the statement says, "and department
lomamnders have been informed that
National Guard organizations may be
recruited to the maximum peace
strength of the regular army."
I.ook to Coitr*
Recruiting •of the guard to war
strength will not be undertaken until
Congress has authorized the emergency
enlistment contract, to hold during the
war. Otherwise men would be required
to obligate themselves to six years'
service in the guard. Irrespective of the
present emergency. It is felt this would
tie unfair to men who wish to volun
teer for the war only.
No decision has yet been announced
as to the possibility that the states
may increase their number of units
to the full quota authorized by the na
tional defense act. If every state took
that step twelve full divisions of the
National Guard would be available with
a peace strength of 4 40,000 enlisted
men and a war strength of approxi
mately 650,000. Many additional offi
cers would be required, however, to or
ganize new units and that may result
in delaying this element of mobiliza
tion.
BRITISH DRIVE HOME
SMASHING BLOWS,
[Continued FYom First J*a£c.]
erable grain of ground was effected
south, taking the French to the
southwestern edge of the upper
Coucy forest.
There is every evidence that this
attack was carefully i.repnred by ex
tensive artillery fire and there would
be little surprise if it developed into
a continuous offensive.
French Straighten Lines
The dent in the French line caused
by the German attack in the Cham
pagne some time ago has now been
completely straightened out. Paris
reports the position re-established in
tact by means of a sharp attack de
livered east of Sapigneul.
Advices from Rio Janeiro indicate
the expectation there that Brazil will
rest for the present on the Heverance
of diplomatic relations with Germany,
not issuing a declaration of war in
the immediate future at least.
Germans Deplore Losses
in Battle With British
But Minimize Importance
By Associated Press
Copenhagen, April 12. The battle
of Arras in the opinion of the Ger
man press is an event of only local
importance, lamentable it is true, but
nlready brought to a standstill and not
affecting in any degree the strategic
condition. It is interpreted by gen
eral consent as part of the plan of the
Anglo-French command, foiled in Its
intentions of delivering a shattering
blow on the Somme front, to roll up
the new Hlndenburg line by assaults
on both flanks at Solssons and Arras.
Both attempts are already described
as failures, despite regrettable losses
in men and probably guns. The Brit
ish official reports are given scanty
notice and are printed In inconspicu
ous type without headlines. The cen
sorship authorities are evidently as
sured that the reading public generally
accept the German version and that
confidence in Field Marshal Von Hin
denburg is unimpaired.
An interview between the field mar
shal and a Spanish correspondent is
given prominence by the German press
and shares headline honors with the
battle of Arras. In this interview Von
Hlndenburg avows hla confidence In
ihe firmness of the German fronts on
the west and east and expresses a con
viction that the submarine campaign
will not fall. It has had an effect on
public opinion where the field mar
shal still bulks large as a confidence
inspiring hero. The Interview was
evidently launched to counteract any
feeling of discouragement at the
growing dimensions of what the
Vorwaerts terms "a world league for
the destruction of Germany."
Lloyd George Declares
Kaiser Is Right in His
Forecast of Democracy
By Associated Press
i.ondon, April 12. Addressing the
American Luncheon Club to-day
Premier Lloyd George said the advent
of the United States into the war had
given the final stamp and seal to the
character of the conflict which was a
struggle against military autocracy.
The premier said he was not sur
prised that America had taken time
to make up her mind as to the
character of the struggle, having re
gard to the fact that most of the great
wars in Kurope in the past had been
waged for dynasty aggrandizement
and conquest.
Early in the war, Lloyd George con
tinued, the United States did not com-
Drehend what had been endured In
Europe for years from the military
caste in Prussia. Saying that Prussia
was not a democracy but that Em
peror William had promised it would
be after the war, he added:
"I think the kaiser is right."
War's Greatest Battle
About to Begin, British
Military Director Says
By Associated Press
Lontfon, April 15. That the Arras
conflict will develop shortly into the
greatest battle of the war was the pre
diction made by Major General F. B.
Maurice, chief director of military
operations at the War Office, in his
weekly interview with the Associated
Press to-day.
General Maurice declared the pres
ent British offensive was being con
ducted according to plans completed
in February, thereby controverting the
claims of the Germans that their re
treat had upset the British schedule
:-nd that the Teutonic military author
ities control the situation.
The British losses during the first
two days of the offensive were only
half what thev had been in the cor
responding time in the Somme offen
sive General Maurice declared.
THURSDAY EVENING,
24 PROPERTIES
IN NEWVILLE FIRE
Early Morning Blaze in Lower
Section of Town Destroys
Dwellings and Stables
Newville, Pa., April 12. —A destruc
tive fire broke out in ths lower section
of Newville about 1.15 o'clock this
morning and destroyed eleven dwell
ing houses, eleven stables, a black
smith shop and a garage, causing a
loss of J 10,000 or $12,000. The alarm
was given and the Friendship Fire
Company quickly responded with
their auto tire engine purchased last
August nt a cost of $5,800. The lire
men fought hard, but as all the build
ings were frame the fire spread rap
idly. Help was asked from Carlisle
and the auto engine of the Union Fire
Company was sent to the scene, mak
ing the run in quick time. The Car
lisle firemen aided materially in pre
venting further spread of the flames.
The properties destroyed were
dwellinghouses in Corporation street
owned as follows: Three properties of
the Skinner estate, double house of
Mrs. Jacob Boyle?, and homes of
Robert Hackett, William Royles, El
der Nehf, Daniel Heffelfinger and
Fred Clark and the Elliott property.
Stables burned on Cove alley were as
follows: Large livery stable of D. N.
Huntsberger. in rar of Central Hotel;
smaller stables of D. 11. Heller. Mrs.
Myers, Dr. E. W. Remsberg, George
Brown, the Woodburn estate. Charles
Koons and George Kyle. Tha new
automobile garage of D. 11. Heller
was also destroyed, as was the black
smith shop of Robert Hackett.
This was the first fire at which the
new auto fire apparatus was in serv
ice and it did excellent work.
DISMISS GGItMAM I.ABOIt
Newark. N. J., April 12.—The Public
Service Electric Company, which con
trols electric lighting in Newark and
the neighborhood, has granted leave
of absence to 51 employes, natives of
Germany and Austria. The company
announced to-day that it construed the
President's proclamation regarding the
presence of alien enemies on or near
properties of military or naval impor
tance as applying to electric power
plants.
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HARRS3BURG TELEGRAPH
NO IMPROVEMENT
IN PAPER PROBLEM
[Continued From First Page.]
The Fourth Estate, an authoritative
newspaper magazine, states that there
continues to be a shrinkage of news
paper enrollment— a steady decline
of the sum total of paper due to con
solidation as well as discontinuances.
Biweeklies and triweeklies are return
ing to the weekly field in order to re
duce news print consumption.
Private advices from Washington
indicate that there has been no let
up in the effort to compel some
of agreement that will enable news
papers to live. Manufacturers of pa
per report trouble from labor and car
shortage and these factors make still
more difficult an already : orious situ
ation.
AH Rig Papers at 2 Cents
Under date of April 7 the Fourth
Estate observes that a great deal of
discussion has taken place in all large
cities regarding the advisability of all
one cent papers going to two cents
to meet the present high cost. A re-|
port from the American Newspaper
Publishers' Association declares that
the present forecast on paper condi
tions for 1918 is worse than experi
enced in 1917. This report states
further that other materials will also
be seriously affected so that it may be
that every publisher will bo face to
face with conditions he had not con
templated. All the Pittsburgh. Phil
adelphia, Baltimore and practically all
of the important papers of Pennsyl
vania have gone to two cents within
the last six months.
BIG WAR COUNCIL
TO SHAPE POLICY
[Continued From First Page.]
and France. The State Department an
nounced it expects the arrival within
ten days of a Brit'sh delegation, head
ed by Foreign Minister Arthur J. Bal
representing the navy; General Bridges,
repjesenting the army, and the gov
ernor of the Bank of England. It was
learned authoritatively also that a
French commission, headed by M. Vl
viani. minister of Justice, and former j
premier, will arrive about the sam&
time.
The conferences will take up such [
questions as the steady supply of niu- ,
nltions and foocjs to the entente al
lies, the proposed *3.000,000,000 loan,
naval co-operation, military participa
[ tion of tlie United States, readjustment
jjf diplomatic relations between the
United States and the entente nations,
relations with the remaining neutrals
and future peace terms.
Plfin Co-uprrntlon
Although as a result ef the confer
ences a concert of action to effect the
most thorough military and naval co
operation Is certain. It Is felt that the
discussion will not change the United
States' traditional policy of not enter*
ing into European alliances.
Naval co-operation is understood to
i contemplate the policing of all North
. | and South American waters by the
: | American navy, allowing the return
. i of the British and French vessels en
. j gaged in that work, and the safe
■i guarding by American ships of at least
I I part of the son lane to Europe. Wheth
. I er the latter will necessitate the actual
j sending of American warerat't to the
| other side has not been announced, but
i i if It do'-s, arrangements already have
' been made to offer the port of Brest,
• j in France, as an American naval base.
[ ; Not to Send Army
i The military participation of the
j I'nited States also probably will be
i discussed in broad terms, though It Is
realized on all sides that this coun
try will not attempt to send an army
to Europe for the present. The riilli
i tary situation of this country is well
i understood by officials abroad. There
> Is, however, an intense desire on the
>. part of the general public In the en
. ' tente countries to see u small division
of American troops at tile front.
[ The complete reversal of American
relations to the entente powers through
i the abandonment of neutrality in favor
I of war will necessitate an entire read
justment of the country's diplomatic
situation.
HKCEI'TIOX I'Oll NEW PASTOR
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
will give a reception for the new pastor
. and his wife, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Bag
. | noil, this evening, at 8 o'clock, in the
, j Sunday school room. The general com
mittee and the subcommittee chairmen
have been working hard on the 61-
rangements, and a capacity attendance
Is expected. Tlie decorations will carry
out a patriotic scheme, and ferns, palms
I and Faster flowers will be used in pro
i fusion. The new district superinten
i dent. Dr. Morris Swartz, and the Metho
dist pastors of the city and vicinity
; have been Invited as special guests of
i the occasion. The reception line will
consist of Dr. and Mrs. Bognen and the
! official members of the church and their
I wives. The Central Mandolin orchestra
will furnish the music, and refresh
-1 ments will be served.
FEAR EDDYSTONE
BLAST WAS PLOT
[Continued From Hrst Page.]
ment of G. Chal Port, State Fire Mar
shal, who is also conducting an in
vestigation into the explosion, de
clared there is no evidence of a plot.
He advances two theories as to the
cause. One is that an accidental
"flare up" of black powder in the
east end of "F" building caused a
general explosion. The other is that
an accidental ignition of loose black
powder in one of the four troughs on
the base loading tables set that por
tion of the plant afire and caused the
shrapnel shells to explode.
Run Down Rumors
Police investigation of the probable
cause has developed nothing tangi
ble, police officials now de%'oting
themselves to running down the
myriad "clues" and rumors that have
flourished since the disaster. Thefe
remains one other inquiry, that of op
eratives of the Department of Justice
and these agents are making no state
ments, pursuant to the policv of their
department since the United States
entered the world war. In spite of
the plot theory, Captain M. W. Wil
helm, general manager of the muni
tion factory, points out the improba
bility of three accidental explosions
occurring within a few seconds of
each other. There is the possibility
that the concussion of the first pro
duced the two following blasts, be
says, but this is regarded lightly by
the explosive experts familiar with
conditions in the ruined building.
Many Workers Warned
It was said that a plotter with sev
eral confederates could have caused
the explosions by dropping capsules
of acid into several of the three-inch
shells. The time it would take for
the acid to cat its way through the
gelatine capsules, it was slated, would
have given the plotters sufficient time
to leave the doomed plant.
Other points in support of the plot
theory aro the warnings that nu
merous munition workers are said to
have received, bidding them to quit
their occupations us the plant was to
be blown up within a month after
the United States declared that a state
of war existed with the Imperial Ger
man Government.
Experts to-day are analyzing pow
der in the shrapnel shells at the
works of the Eddystono Ammunition
Corporation, with the hope of estab-
APRIL 12, 1917.
llshing beyond doubt the causo of the
series of explosions. These experts
are from the Du Pont Powder Com
pany. They worked all night, arid
continued their investigation to-day,
assisted by the Eddystone concern's
authorities.
There is a theory that if a plot
existed, as officials of the plant main
tain, an acid capsule might have been
dropped into a shell in the charging
room. The investigation by the ex
perts includes a probe into the possi
bility of a defect in the explosives with
which the shells were loaded.
GOLDSMITH KIIIM OH.HKKYKS
ANNIVERSARY WITH BANQUET
Employes of the Goldsmith Furni
ture Store last evening celebrated the
thirty-sixth anniversary of the estab
lishment of the firm. Yesterday was
also the thirty-third year since A. G.
Shantz has been associated with the
firm. A large boupuet of tlowers was
presented to Joseph Goldsmith as a
token of his employes' esteem. Those
present were A. G. Shantz, George S.
Ileiges, Robert McCombs, Chester Hale,
.lames Piatt, G. A. Uergstresser, Fred
Herman, C. J. Rettman, H. E. Mo.ver,
Miss Mary Baker, Miss Sadie Uricli,
Miss Pearl Johnston, Miss Almeda
Swartz, M. Lee Goldsmith and Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Goldsmith.
§ Corns Stop Hurting, Then
? They Lift Out With Fingers
11 | No pain or soreness! Corns and calluses just
j! ; |} i shrivel up and lift off. It's foolish to
let a corn ache twice.
A noted Cincinnati authority discov
ered a new ether compound and called
it freezone and it now can be had in
little bottles for a few cents from any
drug store.
You simply apply a few drops of
freezone upon a tender corn or painful
callus and instantly the soreness dis
appears, then shortly you will find the
corn or callus so loose that you can
just lift, it off with the fingers.
No pain, not a bit of soreness, either
when applying freezone or afterwards
and it doesn't even irritate the skin.
Expect First Three
Chemical Wagons to
Be Shipped in Month
The first of the additional motorized
apparatus for the city fire department
Is expected to be shipper to the city
within a month, Commissioner Gross
announced this morning.
The pieces will be three of the six
chemical and hose wagons which have
been contracted for. Tractors for the
Citizens, Paxton and Susquehanna en
gines may be received in a few days
and will be attached at once. The
two triple-combination pumpers ara
expected July 1. and the Good AViil
engine early in June.
MOTORCYCLIST HITS HOI.LEII
Charles Peace, 175 South Front
street, Steelton, lost control of a mo
toj-cycie upon which he was riding at
noon to-day, and crashed into a steam
roller of the City Highway Depart
ment, on Third street near Market, lie
was taken into a barbershop nearby
and flrstaid treatment was given, after
which he was removed to the Harris
burg Hospital, where it was found that
he received several lacerations on his
legs. He later went to his home.
Hard corns, soft corns or corns be
tween the toes, also toughened calluses
just shrivel up and lift off so easy. Jt
is wonderful! It works like a charm.
Try it!
Women should keep freezone on
their dressers and never let a corn
ache twice. If a corn starts hurting
just apply a drop. The pain stops in
stantly.
Genuine freezone is only sold in
little bottles packed in a round, wood
case.