British and French Armies Capture Important Positions in Unchecked Drives HARRISBURG ||Spßgl TELEGRAPH (Jhc stor- jJnfttprnbcnt LXXXVI— No. 89 28 PAGES • DEMANDS QUICK ACTION TO GUARD CITY'S WATER Chamber of Commerce Fears Dilatory Steps Will Cause Suffering COUNCIL WILL REPLY Businessmen Ask Adequate Protection and Flood Lights For Reservoir Council will reply officially to-mor- , row to a communication from the Har- i risburg Chamber of Commerce asking; that steps be taken at once to safe guard the city water supply. This was decided to-day when Com- | missioner E. Z. Gross received a let- j ter from the Chamber making this re- t quest. In a statement to-day the Com- j missioner said: "We took steps early in March to j guard the reservoir, filter plant and ! pumping station. Since then addition- | al guards have been put on duty on | eight-hour shifts, flood lights and in- ' candescent lamps have been installed I and more of these are to be put up | to-day. We are taking every precau tion and have been at work for weeks, l So far no appeal has been made for '• State aid or for uniformed and fully armed guards blut this may be done also. "Council, with City Electrician Dlehl, last night inspected the reservoir, pumping station and filter plant with a view to deciding on further steps for [Continued on Page 7] House Takes Up Seven Billion Dollar Revenue Bill For War Purposes By Associated Press Washington, April 13. Debate on the $7,000,000,000 war revenue bill, began in the House to-day with pros- ; pects of its passage before to-mor-> ; row night Majority Leader Kitchin, j in charge of the bill, was prepared to ■ explain its provisions. Only opposi tion of a perfunctory nature was look- i ed for as most members of the House ! are said to favor the measure. No effort had been made to limit de- i bate and discussion was expected to | take a wide range, including possibly [ the question of sending troops abroad i .and conscription. As soon as the bill j •is disposed of by the House, members j of the ways and means committee will j begin devising means for raising a j part of the $7,000,000,000 by taxes. The Senate finance committee is ex peeted to approve the bill in substan- '• tially the form in which it comes over from the House. It is hoped to re port the measure to the Senate the tlrst of next week. No strong opposi- ' tion is looked for there. To Ride Over Route Taken By Paul Revere in 1775 By Associated Press Boston, April 13. Cities along the route of Paul Revere's ride in j 1775 to warn the Middlesex county farmers of the approach ol'the British troops will co-operate in a special ob servance of Patriots Day on April 19. A rider in Continental uniform will } go over the route from Boston to Lexington, not in the early liour3 of Revere's gallop, but during the day, I in order to promote a patriotic cele- j bration in each place through which ! he passes. A war rally will be held I in the Bo.to'n arena in the evening. r \ Sporting Extra Added to Editions of Telegraph Have you seen the Sporting j Extra of the HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH issued every evening i within a few minutes after the close of the big league games? If you are a baseball or war I "fan"—nearly everybody is one or I the other, or both—and want news up to the very last minute invest to-night. You'll find everything of ! a straight news character that the papers the following morning will have. Compare them if you are ! doubtful. The edition appears shortly after j S o'clock. Watch for it to-night. V / I THE WEATHER] l'or Hnrrlnliurn and vicinity! Fair and colder to-iiiHElit, with lowcxt temperature about 1W degree*; Saturday fair, continued cold, l'or I'jantrrn Pennsylvania ■ italn or xnow tbl* afternoons overcast and colder to-night with freez ing temperature; Saturday fair; fresh north wind*. Hlver The Susquehanna river and all It* branches will fall slowly or re muln nearly Ktatlonury. A stage of about ,1.8 feet la Indicated for Harrlnburig Saturday morning. General Condition* I'nder the Influence of the disturb ance from the Southwest, nhleh is now central over Northwestern North Carolina, unsettled weal her ! prevail* thla morning over near ly all the eastern half of the ■ country. Rain has fallen gener ally In southern district* east of the Rocky Mountain* and In the Middle Atlantic States In the last twenty-four hours, and light snow was falling In Western Pennsylvania, Western New York and Southern Michigan nt 8 a. m. to-day. There baa been a general fall of 4 to 22 degrees In tempernture from the Plains States eastward to the Atlantic coast, except la Georgia, the Carollnas and New England, where It Is slightly warmer. Temperaturei 8 a. m., 38. Sum Rises, 8:25 a, m. Moont New moon, April 21. ltlver Stagei H feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, k. l.owest temperature, M. Mean temperature, <ll. Normal tempernture. 50. AD) FOR SOLDIERS'! FAMILIES PLANNED BY BUSINESSMEN Seek Wisest Means to Provide; For Dependents of Nation's Fighters HUGE SUM IS NEEDED Great Britain's Plan Proves a Failure Because of Cost New Vork, April 13.—Leading 'manufacturers In the United States are seeking to discover the wisest ' and most patriotic way of dealing with the problem of industrial pay rolls during war time and making provision for dependent families of ! men who enlist in any branch of the j I national service. I A definite effort is to be made, It | was learned to-day, to urge the Gov . ernment to provide "subsistence al ' I lowances" in the United States to de \ pendent families of men who enlist, i on a similar basis to that adopted by j I the governments of Great Britain and J • Canada and the creation of a nation . al patriotic fund will be urged to be j handled by the American Red Cross, ; assisted by the charity organization j \ society and local commercial organ!-1 | zations in the matter of necessary in ■ vestigation. Knormous Sum Involved An enormous fund would have to 1 be raised In this country, it Is said. | Even if only 1,000,000 families should j lie Involved, it would mean $2,000,- 000 a month or $240,000,000 a year [for "separation allowances" alone. SlMost of this, it is calculated, would [Continued on Page 18] Four Youthful Runaways With $260 Stolen From Parents Arrested Here 11 Four small boys, all under 15, with; { $260, stolen from their parents, and a j desire to see the world, were arrested | here last night by railroad police. ! They are John Torok, Raymond Lau, j Daniel White and Elmer Lau, all from Philadelphia. Raymond Lau and Torok took the bulk i j of the money from Mrs. Mary Torok, j j believed to be a hard-working woman, ! j who had saved the money for an | emergency. They secured it from a bu ■ reau drawer, where it had been hidden, recruited their friends and started on i a trip to Milton, where one of them : has relatives. White and Elmer I,au ! had intended to work In the munition ; plant at Milton but decided there was no use of working as long as the money lasted. They spent money so freely and in ! a manner not in keeping with their ' dress that suspicions of railroad detect ives were aroused. When they arrived J in Harrisburg they were arrested and ! < | lodged In police cells for the night, j ! Their parents will be notified. Two Boxes of Dynamite Stolen From Freight Station at Bellefonte | Warning:—Do not touch any boxes, j the contents of which are unknown to you, if they are marked "Bellefonte," I |or stamped "P. R. R." If the boxes I look suspicious call up 1400 Bnd ask I for Captain of Police Paul Barclay, of! 1 the Pennsylvania Railroad. Word was received here last night that two boxes containing dynamite were stolen from the Pennsylvania j Railroad freight station at Bellefonte. ; The explosive is 80 per cent, high pow -1 er. Search is being made for the stolen I dynamite all over the Pennsylvania Railroad system east of Pittsburgh and Erie, l'acts concerning the robbery and j disappearance of the two boxes of ex- , J plosives are being kept secret. Telegraph Will Print Series of Windowbox Suggestions and Helps Responding to many requests the ' I HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH will pub | lish a series of porch and windowbox ! garden Instructions shortly, lllustrat ' ed where possible, for the benefit of ; hundreds who want to take the lead of this newspaper in beautifying the city during the coming summer months. The windowbox movement was start |ed by the TELEGRAPH last year. It< 1 was highly successful. Now. when those who had boxes last year are re painting and refilling them, prepara tory to another season, neighbors who saw how much better their houses looked with these floral decorations, 1 are beginning to pattern after their ex- ' j ample. The result will be many more boxes this year. Two Vessels Are Sunk on Mediterranean By U-Boats By Associated Press New York. April 13. Reports of i the torpedoing and sinking of the Danish steamship Daisy and the Brit ish schooner Greenwood by German submarines in the Mediterranean were I brought here to-day by survivors of the two vessels who were passengers on a Spanish steamship. Acting under | orders, they said, the survivors de clined to relate any details of the sinkings. The survivors of the Green wood said they were on their way l from New Foundland to an Italian 1 , port. Among other passengers arriving here was Captain J. A. Kimball, a ! Xew London pilot who was on the Am- I erican-built Bpanish submarine Isaac 1 j Peral when she left the Connecticut i port on February 28 for Spain under convoy of the steamship C. Lopesy Lopez. The engines of the submarine, ■ ' '"aptain Kimball said, broke down i when about 1,200 miles out and the submersible was taken In tow by the steamer and left at (he Azores for re -1 nuira. HARRISBURG. PA.. FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1917, GREAT RESERVE FORCE WILL TAKE PLACE OF N. G. P. Governor Brumbaugh Outlines Plan to Organize Division For Home Duty i IS IMPORTANT STEP Will Issue Proclamation Re lating to Industrial Situa tion on Sunday Governor Brumbaugh is preparing; for the organization of a great Militia Reserve Force to take the place of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, l when that organization shall have been taken into the State service. Explaining a request made upon l Adjutant General Stewart yesterday I that he frame legislation "for the I protection of the State during the! period of the war with Germany the Governor to-day gave out the follow- I ing statement: In askimr the Adjutant General j to plan for it Militia Reserve I Force it is expressly understood tliat this force should IK- used— (l) Only in ease all the Guard is called into the National Service, and, (2) Only for the purpose as those of the Guard as set forth in the Constitution, and not (3) In any way to have any I relation or bearing upon labor ! conditions in this Commonwealth. What I have to say nbont our ] industrial situation during the war I will say in a public proclamation ! on Sunday. A part of the National Guard of the State already is guarding bridges, [Continued on Page 1&] Attempts of Austria and Bulgaria to Stop War Gratifying to America Washington. April 13. —Officials to day viewed the disclosures that Aus tria and Bulgaria through their rep resentatives in Switzerland are try ing to approach entente diplomats on the subject of peace as gratifying, in asmuch as they indicate war weari ness in those countries, but as not necessarily involving the sort of def inite proposals that might bring 1 peace in the near future. Information received here does not • indicate that Austria and Bulgaria j are sufficiently desperate to make' them propose terms acceptable to the j entente allies and diplomats of the latter have indicated that they will 1 refuse to enter peace discussions not i based on publicly avowed terms. Defensive Sea Areas Designated By the War Department For Vessels j By Associated Press Washington, Arpil 13. An execu tive order designating "defensive sea I areas" on coasts of the United States' ! and its insular possessions was made 1 public to-day. Regulations governing I the movements of vessels in these waters are appended and the other concludes with this statement: "The responsibility of the United i States of America for any damage in flicted by force of arms with the ob- I ject of detaining any persons or ves-' sels proceeding in contravention to regulations duly promulgated in ac cordance with this executive order shall cease from this date (April 5)." "The areas specified include New York east, New York main entrance, Delaware river, Chesapeake and en trance, Delaware river, Chesapeake entrance, Baltimore. Potomac, Hamp ton Roads. An inner and outer limit f is fixed for each area and the secre- ' tary of the navy is charged with the I duty of publishing and enforcing the regulations. Entrances for inbound or outbound vessels are designated . for each port. The lightships or other markets of courses to be followed are' given with compass bearings for the information of the mariners. Take Out License to Wed, Misunderstanding Crops Up So They Return it After taking out a license shortly! before 9 o'clock this morning to marry Miss Ruth Flo Worthington, of Cham bersburg. Von Linden Zimmerman, of Steelton, returned alone at noon and handed the certificate to Recorder James E. Lentz declaring he did not want it. Zimmerman's only explanation to Recorder Lentz, was that there had been a misunderstanding. He said he resided in Hagerstown before, knew 1 Miss Worthington for three years, and had been engaged for a month. "It won't keep me from getting a lixense here again, because I returned this one," Zimmerman asked anxious- I ly. When assured that it would not. he I left. / \ Kipling Sings Praises of America in Verse London, April 13. The Daily j Telegraph this morning prints verses by Rudyard Kipling, writ ten to celebrate America's partici pation in the war. The poet puts the words in the mouth of "the American spirit," which speaks of the opportunity to "recover the | road we lost In the drugged and 1 doubting years." Two of the I stanzas run: In the gates of death rejoice: We see and hold the good— Bear witness, earth, we have made our choice For freedom's brotherhood. Then praise the Lord most high Whose strength hath saved us whole, Who bade us choose that the flesh should die And not the living soul. LOCAL CHAPT RED CROSS FOR MORE Harrisburg, Pa., April 13, 1917, + "ln a few tlavs, a campaign will be started by the Har risburg Chapter of the American Red Cross Society for new member* of the Red Cross in this city Harrisburg will not be doing its full duty to the society at this grave time if its citizens do not supply, at least, FIVE THOUSAND MEMBERS. "It is designed, in order that as many persons as possible may be offered the.opporunity of joining the society, that each of the various social, religious, fraternal, civic and industrial organi zations of the community be invited to designate one or more persons connected with it, who will consent to solicit member ships in that particular organization. Public announcement will be made from time to time of the number of subscriptions received by, or credited to, each organization a fact which should stimulate keen competition among canvassers as to which organization shall obtain the largest number of mem bers. "Will your organization take an active part in this import ant movement? "Memberships may be had for as little as SI.OO a year, al though larger sums may be contributed, if desired." Yours in the cause, GADRIELLA C. GILBERT. ARMY READY DESCEND With Flaming Banners Bearing Insignia of Red Cross Host Will Swoop Down on Harrisburg in Great Campaign For New Members + With flaming banners bear ing the insignia Of the Red Cross, an army of patriots will descend on the city of Harris burg next Monday and for two weeks will hold mighty sway over the hearts of the people. It will be a fighting host, fired with the spirit of loyalty to the cause of world freedom and sacrifice for the brave legions that will battle for its establishment among the nations of the earth. Warm Welcome Awaits That army is already destined to capture the city and swell its ranks by the thousands. Plans for the cam paign are completed and the organi zation perfected to the highest degree. Churches, fire companies, clubs, fra ternal societies, industrial and busi nes firms have contributed liberally of their numbers to enter the lists of the PLAN TO PLACE RAILWAYS UNDER U. S. DIRECTION War Measure Would Give the President Power to Super vise Roads By Associated Press Washington. April 13.—Power for the President to order railway officials to operate any part of their rolling stock during war time as he may see fit, without actually taking over railroads, is given in the common carrier regula [Continued on Page 18] Breaking Sad War News to "Jake", Causes Him to Become Sick At the home of Philip T. Meredith, 1605 Front street, the family pet is said to be cast down these days. It is a dachshund, and the story was furnished by Richard, the 7-year-old son of Attorney Meredith. The other day the father left the son playing with the dog and was absent for a short time, on his re turn the son told his father that "Jake" was not feeling well. "What's the matter?" asked the father. The reply was: "Well, father, I just told him that to-day we had captured ninety-two German vessels. He dropped his tail between his legs, curled himself up in the corner, and I guess he feele rather sick." 4 TRAIN FOR YORK, BALTIMORE AN' "SHUT upr INTERRUPTS POLLY Usher at P. R. R. Station "Fussed" by Parrot Who Follows l p First Exclamation With "You're a Liar" "Train for York, Baltimore and Washington," In accents loud, shouted Charles R. Killian, usher at the Penn sylvania Railroad station to-day. "Shut up'. Shut up!" came from the vicinity of the ticket office. Usher | Killian looked around. The watting room was filled with passengers and they too could not understand the un usual reply to the train call, 'Train for York, Baltimore and Washington," again shouted Usher Killian. This time he was between the news-stand and ticket office. "You're a liar! You're a liar!" came in loud tone recruiting hosts. Monster posters, signs and emblems will herald the righteous cause of the invading army And Harrisburg will welcome it and rally to its standard in the greatest outburst of patriotic enthusiasm ever known in the history of the city. To Post Great Signs Two mammoth signs, one on the old Commonwealth Hotel building and the other at the headquarters of the Red Cross at 206 Wiiltltit street, will tell the story daily of the captures made during the two weeks' cam paign. Technical high school boys are making the signs under the direction of Professors Shreiner, Todd and Rees. Huge ambulances will move over the ! signs to a mark with the figure "5,000" above it, and it is expected that the [Continued on Page I] U.S. WARSHIPS TO PATROL SEA LANES AGAINST U-BOATS • [Expect Germany to Declare Blockade on American Coast Ports By Associated Press Washington, D. C„ April 13. New impetus was given plans for naval co operation between the United States and the entente nations to-day by con ferences between Secretary Daniels and American naval officers, and Vice- Admiritl Al. E. Browning, of the Brit ish navy and Rear Admiral R. A. Gra.<- set. of the French navy. American warships first will under take the patrol of the entire Atlantic coast from Panama northward, pos- I sibly even including Canada, permit ting the withdrawal of British and French patrol vessels, and using naval bases of those nations in the South At lantic, if necessary. Naval officers have expected that Germany would extend submarine ac- j tivitiee sporadically to this side of the I Atlantic and announce a formal block ade of Boston, New York, the mouth of the Delaware, the mouth of the Chesapeake. Charleston and Savannah.' The flotilla motor patrol boats now being assembled, and a number of i submarine trap nets will be relied upon chiefly for protection of the sea coast and harbors. It is understood British and French ports in Europe will be opened to Am- | erican ships when the need arises and eventually an American naval station I probably will be established on. the I Irish coast. I Looking in the direction of the < ticket office the Pennsy usher noticed a small boy, and thought he was do ing the talking. Nearby was a tall man waiting for a ticket, and he turn ed his head in the direction of the usher and laughed. "Are you kidding me?" asked Klil lan. "No, I'm not," said the man, "but my bird Is," At hia feet wu a suit case filled with holes, Inside waa a parrot. On the way to the train a newsboy shouted to the parrot: "Shut up!" The answer that came back from the bird, la unprintable. 1 GREAT DENTS KNOCKED IN GERMAN LINE Powerful Offensive Thrusts Delivered By British Armies Crush Hindenburg's Famous Trenches From Lens to St. Quentin; Fresh Attacks Opened on Cambrai Front POSITION AFTER POSITION TAKEN IN NOTABLE ASSAULT ON A NINE-MILE FRONT Teutons Make Desperate Resistance to French Drive in New Sector, But Are Forced to Yield Lines of Trenches, Prisoners and a Number of Machine Guns Great dents are being driven in the famous Hindenburg lines by the British in their powerful offensive thrust from Lens to St. Ouentin. Having cleared Yimy ridge, the northern pivot of the line, and taken Monchy-le-Preux, a key point to the southeast of Arras, com pelling the Germans to look backward for another line on which to make a stand against the impetuous onrush, the British are also giving attention to another important sector of the front that between St. Quentin and Cambrai. To-day's official report from London tells of a notable victory won in an assault on this sector of the line, along a nine-mile front. Position after position was taken by General Ilaig's forces on this front beween Havicourt, eight miles northwest of St. Quentin and Metz en Coutre, ten miles southwest of Cambrai. It was in this region that the creat German retirement of last month took place. According to the Germans the retirement was to have delayed any contemplated British offensive here for weeks if not months. Nevertheless the British have evidently been able to organize their combinations and bring up their guns across the devastated territory and to deliver a smashing and effective blow within a compara tively few days. While the British were halting mo mentarily on the northern end of the line to consolidate their gains and ' BRITISH PUT UP STIFF FIGHT London, April 13.—Under improved weather condi tions there is now stitf fighting on two-thirds of the British I front. Another mile of the famous Hindenburg line has been captured southeast of Arras. t PRESIDENT DISCUSSES WAR Washington, April 13. —General problems caused by the entrance of the United States into the war were dis cussed to-day at a conference between President Wilson and J. J. Jusserand, the French ambassador. The meet ing was preliminary to discussion which will take place on the arrival here of the French comisssion headed by Justice i Viviani. KING AND QUEEN TO ATTEND London, April 13.—King George and Queen Mary will attend the service to be held in St. Paul's Cathedral in commemmoration of the entrance of the United States into l the war. PLAN TO RECLAIM BARREN LANDS Washington, April 13.—A far reaching administration > measure to stimulate production of food upon private and public lands within reclamation projects and appropriating $5,000,000 for the purpose was introduced in the House to-day. I MAY GRANT GERMAN NATURALIZATION ; New York, April 13.—The legality of granting final I naturalization pepers to alien enemies subsequent to a declaration of war with this country was affirmed here to-day by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. I GREAT APPLAUSE FOR REVENUE BILL Washington, April 13. Great applause from both • sides of the House greeted Democratic Leader Kitchin to-day when he began his opening statement in behalf of the $7,000,000,000 war revenue measure. RUSSIA TO PLACE BIG ORDER HERE Petrograd, April 13.—via London—The Russian pro visional government has decided to place a contract in the , United States for 40,000 railway cars and 2,000 locomotives to be delivered by July 1918. BERLIN DENIES REVERSES 9 Berlin, April 13.—via London—From the Arras-Gav relle road to the river Scirpe, says the German official statement, British divisions which twice attacked were I repulsed with heavy losses. Southeast of Arras several attacks in which cavalry participated failed. I • ' MARRIAGE HnVph Graver llttthiK ami Kiln Jane Ulrloh, HarrUhurff. Hear? Harry Brnnrr anil Jeimlf (ifrtrmlr Hrcnoer, Harrlaburff. i gamael DwUt, Jr., ami Irene Howie Uehhart. llarriMhur*. brotk il>>Ue I'arro Deckiuan, l.emoyne, ami Asaea Lauinaa Harper* Pen* •*"" Nel **" B " h 'nK. Maryavllle, and Sarah Jane Jackaoa, Key. HarrlHbur*. and Jennie A. Wilaon, l.ucknow. I I William Charlea Itommel, llarrlnbui-K, and lOather 1.. Dedaker, Taeonr. Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITIOK move up* their artillery, and mean while attacking in the center, the French chose the opportunity to make a sharp thrust south of St. Quentin. Their attack was delivered this morn ing and its success is regarded in the Paris olficial statement which recounts the capture of several lines of trenches between the Somme and the St. Quen tin railway against desperate German resistance. General Nivelle troops also have kept up their offensive movement south of the Oise, making further progress east of Coucy la Ville.
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