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AMERICAN CREW
SHELLED OUT OF
VESSEL BY U-BOAT
Forced to Abandon Schooner in
Mediterranean Off Coast
of Spain
By Associated Press
Washington, April 14. The Am
erican schooner Edwin R. Hunt, of
New York, was abandoned by her
crew, under shell fire from a submar
ine, near Cape Gata, Spain, in the
Mediterranean, April 7, according to
a dispatch to the State Department
from Consul Gassett at Malaga.
Consul Gassett's message said;
"American schooner Edwin R. Hunt,
Of New York, Nicholas Miller, master,
with crew of eight, bound from Crette
to New York, in ballast, shelled by
submarine at 4 a. m. April 7 forty
miles oft Cape Gata. Ship abandoned
by crew under fire, fate unknown.
"Crew all saved, brought to Almeria
by Danish ship Konso."
U. S. MUNITIONS
PLANTS READY
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of from 100,000 to 500,000 shells a
month. There were six separate pro
posals coVerlng the entire order for
3,000 fourteen- inch shells. The bids
show also a capacity to produce 30,000
six-ineh shells, 2.500 fourteen-inch
and about the same number of twelve
inch shells a month after the machin
ery is set in motion.
The Bridgeport Projectile Company
bid on all classes of shells up to six
inch, and showed a monthly output of
1,200 of the larger type and 100,000
one-pounder shells within a short
time.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works
could begin delivery of fourteen-incli
Shells within one hundred days and
turn out five hundred a month there
after.
The Bethlehem Steel Company could
deliver 750 big shells a month begin
ning within a year, and within ten
days could deliver five-inch, four-inch
and three-inch shells at a rate of
10,000 a month. The Washington
Steel and Ordnance Company is pre
pared to deliver 100 fourteen-inch
and 100 twelve-inch shells within six
weeks, and turn out one-pounder pro
jectiles at a rate of from 3,000 to 5,000
a day thereafter.
Church Realizes Large
Sum From Benefit Concert
Over 900 people attended the bene- i
fit concert given the other evening in i
the Board of Trade Hall by the mem- I
hers of the St. Augustine's colored
Episcopal Church. This is an annual J
affair of the congregation and proved ,
an unusual success this year.
The net proceeds up to date amount I
to. $450. This amount was made pos-|
sible by the efficient work of the mem- j
bers in selling so many tickets. The i
amount realized from the concert will j
be used to pay the diocesan assess
ments. It is hoped, however, that a 1
sufficient sum will remain to purchase
)>ews for the church.
The committee in charge of the con
cert included; Archdeacon and Mrs.
E. L. Henderson, Van Buren Harrison,
George Winters. Mrs. Robert Wash
ington, Benjamin H. Baker, Miss Ar
della Fisher and Chester Vedricks.
Sentry Fires on Three Men
Prowling Near Boston Fort
Boston, April 14.—A sentry pa
trolling the shore near the Boston
harbor forts fired several shots last
night at two men in a motorboat and
another on land. The boat quickly
disappeared in the darkness and the
man on shore escaped. The sentry
expressed the opinion that the men
in the boat, who appeared to be grap
pling for something, were trying to
cut a telegraph cable and that the
man on shore was directing the work.
INFERNAL MACHINES IN RICE
Bethlehem, Pa., April 14.—1n a box
of rice that Irwin Weiss, a Bangor mer
chant received a few days ago, he
found an infernal machine, which fail
ed to explode because the time fuse
refused to work.
It is thought*the rice was originally
a part of a shipment intended for
abroad.
MEXICANS TEAK DOWN FLAG
Laredo, Tex., April 14.—The Ameri
can flag was torn from a United States
mail wagon when it crossed the border
to Nuevo Laredo yesterday.
Carranza soldiers, who are said to
have removed the flag, said the driver
of the small wagon had no right to
carry the flag after crossing the bound
ary line.
ARGENTINA NEI'TRAI,
Buenos Aires, April 13.—The German
minister conferred for an hour to-day
with President Irigoyen. Interviewed
subsequently by newspaper represent
atives, he said that Germany and Ar
gentina were In a state of absolute
peace and that as far as the Argentin
ian note to the United States was con
cerned he recognized that the republic
occupied a very difficult position.
PIG IRON HIGH
By Associated Press
Pittsburgh. April 14.—Pig iron prices
in the Pittsburgh district were to-day
announced as the highest In more than
forty years, basic being firmly estab
lished at S4O a ton as a minimum,
which compares with $12.50 two years
ago. In some quarters this Is really
held to be the highest since the days
of charcoal Iron in 1837.
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Eighth Regiment
Companies Can Enlist
Few More Recruits
FOLLOWING the receipt of or
ders from the War Depart
ment to recruit companies of
the National Guard to 100 men,
local company commanders arc
busy trying to secure men at once,
and several are up to the ninety
■nark.
Last night at the regular drill of
Co. I, ten men applied for enlist
ment and four were accepted. This
company Is still In need of eleven
men and young men of good char
acter desiring to render their coun
try a service should apply at once,
for by so doing they will not only
be In with men from their own city,
but will be among tho first called.
In all probability.
Tlic advantages to lie gained by
going out with u command com-
Itosed of two-thirds well drilled
men can hardly be estimated. By
drilling with experienced men tho
recruit Is able to pick up tho drill
more rapidly, and shorten* Ills per
iod of training In the squad hy half,
liy waiting, men may be assigned
to strange outfits from distant
|>olnta In which they know no one,
whereas by enlisting In one of the
lH-al companies they will be With
their friends.
Don't wait.
SATURDAY EVENING,
C. L AND S. MEN
RAISE BIG FLAG
City Officials and Executives of
Plant Participate in
Demonstration
With hundreds of the Central Iron
and Steel Company employes standing:
with bared heads, every whistle about
the plant shrieking its utmost, a big
American flag swung to the breeze late
this afternoon at the plant. A commit
tee. consisting of Clarence Butts, Wil
liam Griffin, George Mumma, Martin
Shannon and John Nitchman, raised the
funds for the purchase of the Hag from
among the employes.
Park Commissioner E. Z. Gross made
the invocation and later addressed the
men on the origin and the history of
the (lag that they had gathered to
honor.
The crowd that gathered about the.
staff could not have been more cosmo
politan. A delegation of prominent
businessmen from the city were pres
ent, as were also the officials of the
plant, including Robert H. Irons, super
intendent of the plant. Colored persons,
proud of the flag' that stood for
liberty, were everywhere mixed in the
crowd. Foreigners, who could not
speak a word of English first, stood as
reverently and then shouted as loudly
as the rest.
FLYING SQUADRON
WILL OPEN DRIVE
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cause of military preparedness so are
all of the city's people listed in the
one recognized agency where every
body can aid regardless of whether
one possesses the necessary military
requirements. The minimum member
ship fee is one dollar but any amount
over that will be gratefully received at
the Red Cross headquarters at 206 Wal
nut street.
For the benefit of those Harrisburg
ers and suburbanites who cannot take
the trip to headquarters, application
blanks will be printed in the newspa
pers. The blanks may be clipped out
and mailed together with the member
ship fee, to Robert McCormick, treas
urer of the Harrisburg Chapter, Amer
ican Red Cross, 206 Walnut street.
CHECKS SHOULD BE MADE PAY
ABLE TO THE AMERICAN RED
CROSS.
Wide (o-oprrallon.
All the commercial and industrial es
tablishments, all the civic and pa
triotic bodies, the lodges, secret socle
ties and labor organizations were ask
ed to name a membership solicitor for
the Red Cross. The responses are ar
riving at headquarters in every mail
and by Monday there will be consider
able work ahead for the flying squad
ron, of which Jackson Herr Boyd, for
merly of the American Ambulance in
France, is the head.
Beginning Monday morning the fly
ing squadron, which will ltave at its
disposal a number of high-powered au
tomobiles, will begin to comb the city,
paying visits to the designated mem
bership solicitor, giving him sufficient
membership blanks to supply his needs.
Mrs. Lrf>rne Hummel is vice-chairman
of the committee on the automobile
division.
A beehive of activity will be the
headquarters when OTe intensive mem
bership campaign opens Monday morn
ing. There will be representatives of
the membership committee present
from 10 o'clock in the morning to 5 in
the afternoon and from 7 to 9 at night,
every day for two weeks, to receive
membership applications. Workers en
gaged on the making of Red Cross
supplies will also be busy during those
hours at headquarters.
Benefit Performance*
Several benefit performances have
been planned for the Harrisburg Chap
ter of the Red Cross. Next Saturday
evening the Bethlehem Steel Company's
Band, assisted by Christine Langen
ham, soprano, of New York City, will
give a concert in the Chestnut Street
Auditorium, under the auspices of the
Surgical Supply Department of the lo
cal chapter.
The Mendelssohn Choral Society wilt
repeat its Easter concert program next
Wednesday evening in the recreation
hall of the Harrisburg Cigar Company.
No admission will be charged but a
silver collection will be taken.
Miss Sara M. Murray, of Philadelphia,
chairman of the State Committee on '
Red Cross Nursing Service, last night !
addressed 100 graduate and student
nurses of the local schools on the work I
of Red Cross nurses. The meeting, (
which Was held in the Academy of !
Medicine, was called by the Alumni As- j
soclatlon of the Harrisburg Hospital
for the purpose of outlining plans for
organizing a local committee on Red
Cross nursing service.
Members of the P. G. C. Club, of the
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, in
charge of Miss L LeVene Grove. 550
Curtin street," have applied for permis
sion to assist the Red Cross Society in
making bandages and other surgical
necessities. They will be given a table
at the Red Cross headquarters and will
take up the work on their regular
meeting nights.
450 Wounded on Board
Hospital Ship Sunk By
a German Submarine
London, April 14.—There were 450
wounded on board the torpedoed hos
pital ship Gloucester Castle, including
a few German prisoners. All of these
were saved by a number of vessels
which hastened to the aid of the
sinking hospital ship. None of the
hospital staff were injured, but an
engineer and fireman were killed by
the explosion of the torpedo and sev
eral members of the englneroom
staff were wounded.
Moonlight and a smooth sea great
ly helped in the work of rescue which
was carried on with remarkable
speed. The worst cases among the
wounded were hoisted in cots, either
over side or through the side ports,
to the decks of the rescuing ships.
The latter started at full speed for
harbor as soon as they were loaded
and all the wounded were safely re
moved to hospitals ashore.
Espionage Bill Prepared
By the Administration
Washington, April 14.—The admlin
istratlon espionage bill was completed
to-day by the Senate judiciary com
mittee and will be made public when
reported Monday to the Senate and
pressed for Immediate passage.
The principal changes make more
definite and specific the offenses
named abandoning the generalization
of terms objected to In the former
measure, which failed of enactment at
the last Congress.
CALLS PROMINENT HOTEL
PLACE OP DISSIPATION
Pittsburgh, April 14.—Declaring that
the Hotel Schenley la "a rendezvous for
dissipation, and If the dances were
kept up at that hotel the bar would
have to be closed," Judges Carpenter
and Reld. who are hearing the liquor
license applications, severely criticised
Harry M. Willis, agent and trustee for
the Schenley Hotel and Restaurant
Company, yesterday.
Judge Carpenter declared that he had
seriously considered refusing all liquor
license applications In the Oakland dis
trict because of practice followed by
the Hotel Schenley and other hotels In
serving boys and girl
RUSSEL A. KINTER
2D LIEUTENANT
Promoted From First Sergeant
to Commission in Machine
Gun Company
First Sergeant Kussel A. Kintor, of
Lemoyne, was to-day promoted by
order of Adjutant General Stewart to
be second lieutenant of the Machine
Gun Company of the Eighth Pennsyl
vania Infantry. Lieutenant Kinter
saw service at the border where he
made a line record for efficiency. He
has eben in the Guard for a number of
years and is a crack rike shot.
B. H. Whittaker, Philadelphia, was
appointed to-day to be captain and as
signed to the Second Pennsylvania
Field artillery. Captain Harry D.
Case, of Lebanon, was made a major
and assigned to the Fourth infantry.
Regimental sergeant Major Nich
olas J. Sepp, Pittsburgh, was made
first lieutenant and buttallon adjutant
of the Eighteenth infantry; First Ser
geant Wallace W. Wellman was pro
moted to second lieutenant Company
A, Sixteenth infantry; Major Greeg
A. Dillinger, of the medical corps of
the First Field Artillery, was relieved
from active service and. the resigna
| tion of Captain James Archbald, Com
pany C, Pennsylvania Engineers,
| Pottsville, was accepted.
P. R. R. TO THROW
OPEN NEW STATION
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buildings and freight tower will be
put in service as soon as completed.
This is the first building to be com
pleted, which will be a part of the big
freight station improvement the to
tal cost of which will reach nearly
$1,300,000. The big changes cover
fourteen blocks and will include ad
ditional trackage between Second
street and tlie main line of the Penn
sylvania Railroad.
Thoroughly Fire-proof
The new building to be opened
Monday morning, located at Second
and Mulberry streets, is of reinforced
concrete and brick. It is 470 feet in
length, 32 feet in width, including a
12-foot platform. It is thoroughly
fireproof, with 22 revolving doors,
facing Second street. The floors and
platform are concrete. Steel roll
doors with long sections of hose and
fire doors in the center of the build
ing makes it one of the best equipped
buildings for fire protection in Cen
tral Pennsylvania.
At the north end, of the building
rest room, locker and toilet rooms
have been provided for the thirty-five
employes who will work there. The
rest room will be furnished with all
home comforts, large chairs, reading
tables, etc. Each employe will have
a steel locker. The toilet room is
furnished in marble and includes ten
wash stands in white enamel. All
rooms will be well lighted.
Up to Date Devices
Upon the interior of the freight
station are a series of offices for
shipping and weighing clerks. Four
large scales have been provided for
weighing freight. At the south end
of the building is a special room for
the storage of supplies needed for
taking care of automobile and other
shipments, tools, and devices for
handling all kinds of freight. Run
ners will be erected at the top of the
freight room for carrying freight
through the building. Later on a
tower will be completed to carry
freight from the outbound station on
to other stations. Every department
will be connected by telephone.
On the west side of the new build
ing next to the platform, two tracks
are being laid. Each will hold four
teen cars. These tracks will connect
with the freight yards and sidings
and facilities will enable the prompt
movement of all cars when loaded..
Officials who will take part in the
opening of the new station on Mon
day include John H. Nixon, local
freight agent; James B. Kautz, Jr.,
chief clerk; Charles H. Titzel, fore
man, and John M. Reighter, clerk.
SEVEN BILLION DOLLAR
BILL WILL PASS
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night. Voting on the bill Itself was
to begin early this afternoon.
An amendment was added to limit
to specifically distribution of the pro
posed $3,000,000,000 foreign loan,
which the bill would authorize, to
countries actually at war with Ger
many and only during hostilities. It
was approved by Secretary McAdoo
and agreed to by the framers of the
bill after several members had In
sisted that without the limitations the
Secretary of the Treasury might
make loans to European neutrals
after the war ends.
A feature of the debate was the
absence of any partisan spirit.
France 'Helped XT. S.
"France, 140 years ago, when our
credit was gone," declared Repre
sentative Rainey, amid applause,
"loaned us millions and millions with
out discussion or debate. The thing
to do is to pass this bill and pass it
quickly and say to the world that we
propose to help our friends and do
it quickly."
Representative Fitzgerald aroused
great enthusiasm by declaring he fa
vored making the loan at once, not
because of a desire to help another
nation but to help maintain the
rights of the United States.
"Whatever we may owe to France
Is not enough to justify our entering
this war," he said. "We hav£ been
dragged into this war by another na
tion's violation of our rights. I have
no sympathy with the statement that
we may or may not get our money
hack.. We may or we may not, but
that is of no difference."
Should Not Hold Back
Money being the only aid that this
country can now give the allies, Rep
resentative Mann declared, it should
not be denied them.
"We are not prepared," he said, "to
place men in the field. We are not
prepared to do much with our navy,
not because we have no navy, but be
cause of lack of an opportunity to
use it. But there Is one way we can
engage in the war. That is to help
finance those who are fighting our
enemies.
"This proposed appropriation is for
$3,000,000,000. I doubt not that be
fore a year that amount will be dou
bled. Let us hope that we can end
the war by extending our credit. Our
highest duty is to give aid to those
who are fighting our enemies."
f SUGGESTIONS
OF BOTH.
I can't quit*
make up my
mind whether
young Fobbs Is
trying to b a
desperado or a
mollycoddle.
Neither. He
Is endeavoring
to resemble the
hero of the
novel his beat
girl Is reading.
HARRIBBUKO TELEGRAPH
CITY BUILDING
WORK INCREASES
Fifteen Per Cent. More in
Month Than Last Year; 23,406
Permits in 111 Cities
Building operations in Harrisburg In
creased 16 per cent. during March,
1917, in comparison with the same
month last year, according to figures
compiled by American Contractor.
Permits issued in 111 principal cities
of the United States during March total
$79,284,262, as compared with $83,624,-
502 for March, 1916.
i The total number of permits Issued
this year during March was 23,406.
Sixty-three cities show increases rang
ing from 2 to 932 per cent.; forty-six
showing decreases from 5 to 86 per
cent.
In Harrisburg forty-eight permits
were issued in March this year for a
total of $183,210; March, 1916, thirty
five permits, total. $158,818.
Standing of the Crews
IIAHHISIII'HG SIDE
Philadelphia Dlylnloh —l2s crew first
to go after 3:30 p. m.: 112.
Engineer for 112.
Flagman for 125.
Engineers up: May, Gehr, Brodacher,
Schwartz, A. StefTy, Albright, Lefever,
Simmons, Sellers, Howard, Sober. Bui k
ley. Gross, Wiker, Hogentogler, Ten
nant, Keisinger.
Firemen up: Earhart, Hughes, Sny
der, Meuer, Horwarth, McCorkie, J.
tz. Beshore, Brymesser, Baker, Her
man, Dietrich, Walflon, Kugle, Farmer,
1 Swartz.
Flagman up: Buyer.
BraKemen up: Stimeiing, Smith, Pen
ner, Rexroth.
>l!dile Oivlnlon —233 crew first to go
after 12:4i> p. m.: 220, 241, 250, 236.
Five crews laid off at Altoona.
Sixteen crews to come in.
Engineers up: Peightal, Albright,
Mckles, Kumer, Asper, Burris.
Firemen up: McDonald. Coyle, Al
corn, Orr, Killheffer, Bitting, Smith,
Kline, Stewart.
Brakemen up: Lenhart, Sweger,
Campbell, Heck, Gilbert, Kraft.
Yard Crewa—
Engineers for 104, second 106, 110.
fifth 8, 14, 16, 20. fourth 24, 38. 50.
Firemen for second 8, 16, 28, 38.
Engineers up: Matson, Beckwith,
Machamer, Gibbons, Ciess, Ylnger, Star
ner, Morison, Monroe, Beatty, Feas,
Kautz.
Firemen up: Smith, Vuchity, Black,
Howe. Dunbar, Rotlie, Hassler, Spahr,
Charles, McCormick, Otstot, Bryan.
ENOLA SIDE
Philadelphia Division— 2l2 crew first
to go after 3:45 p. m.: 215, 209, 239, 220.
Engineer for 239.
Fireman for 209.
Conductors for 12, 15.
Flagmen for 15. 20.
Brakemen for 12, 39. •
Conductor up: Dewees.
Brakemen up: Brenner, Heckman,
McCombs.
Middle Division —23o crew first to go
after 2:15 p. m.: 251, 252, 249, 231, 219.
Engineer for 252.
Yard C'rewn—
..Engineers for 104, second 106, 110.
Firemen for IJJ, 130, second 102,
third 102.
Engineers up: Bretz, Kauftman,
Reese, Anthony, Xuemycr, Rider, Hill,
Boyer, Anspach, Kling.
Firemen up: Guilermin, Myers. Eich
elberger, Haubert, Brandt, Hinkle,
Reed, Backenstoe, Murray, Books, Sel
lers, Walsh, Rice.
PASSENGER SERVICE
Middle Division —Engineers marked
up at 12.01 p. m.: O. Taylor, H. -1...
Robley, J. Crimmel, T. D. Crane, W. C.
Graham, G. G. Keiser, S. H. Alex
ander, W. D. McDougal, F. McC. Buck,
R. E. Crum, O. L. Miller.
Firemen up: R. M. Lyter, W. O.
Bealor, C. W. Winand, F. Dysinger, H.
O. Hartzel, N. G. Gates.
Engineers for second 27, 33, 31.
Firemen for 25, second 27, 063.
Philadelphia Division. Engineers
marked up after 12.01 p. m.: W. W.
Crisswell, W. S. Lindley, C. R. Os
mond, J. C. Bless, B. F. Lippl, B. A.
Kennedy.
Firemen up: W. W. Hershey, W.
G. Shaffner, C. D. Burley, W. E. Ault
house, F. L. Floyd, B. W. Johnson.
Engineers for none. One Philadel- i
phia extra crew here.
Firemen for none. One Philadel
phia extra crew here.
THE READING
Harrisburß Division Opening for
conductors, 62, 70.
Engineers for 59, 62, 64, 7, 8, 14.
Firemen for 56, 60, 62, 64, 71, 1,
7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 18.
Brakemen for 60, 62, 64, 67, 7, 8, 12,
13, 18.
Westbound—The 22 crew first to
go after 6.45 a. m., 8, 7, 18, 19, 23, 12,
9, 1. 11, 14.
Eastbound—The 67 crew first to go
after 6.45 a. m., 51, 52, 71, 64, 62, 70,
59, 63, 60.
Conductors up: Hamm, Bashore.
Engineers up: Freed, Barnhart,
Wyre, Morne, Bowman, Landig, Bord
ner, Minnich, Hoffman, Billig, Beech
er.
berger, Hurborrow, Bitting, Cunnlng
berger, Hurborow, Bitting, Cnnning
ham. Peffer.
Brakemen up: Horvath, Messimer,
Paxton, Rivers, Reidell, Sollenberger,
Filbert, Edmonson, Kipp, Gates,
Householder, Shupp, Pryor, Overfield.
Plans to Stimulate the
Production of Food in
U. S. Are Being Perfected
By Associated Press
Washington, April 14.—Activities
of the Government in furtherance of
Its campaign to stimulate food pro
duction in the United States during
the war continued unabated to-day.
Chief among these activities were:
Secretary Houston, of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, conferred with
Congressional leaders regarding pro
posed legislation authorizing the
Government to regulate and fix food
prices, if necessarj, and to license
large distributing agencies.
President Wilson had under con
sideration a suggestion, approved by
Secretary Houston, that he issue a
proclamation calling the public's at
tention to the need for increased pro
duction and economy in the use of
foodstuffs.
Asks Telegraph to Aid
in Locating Man Who
Has Been Left Legacy
George Gerhart, 14 06 Berryhill
street, asked aid of the Harrisburg
Telegraph in locating C. W. Collison,
who during the time of the Civil
War lived near Gettysburg, but who
has since married and whose where
abouts are unknown to those who
are searching for him.
Mr. Collison has been left a legacy
by a distant relative, Zachariah Horn
dafher, Baltimore, Md. John Zook,
Lancaster, is holding the legacy un
til its owner can he located.
ARGENTINE SHIPS SUNK
By Associated I'ress
Buenos Aires, April 14. The Ar
gentine sailing ship Monte Protegldo
has been sunk off the European coast,
according to an official announcement
made here.
FIRE ON ARSENAL
London. April 14.—1t is officially
announced that, a flre occurred at
Woolwich arsenal this morning. There
was no loss of life and the announce
ment says only slight damage to the
L tj"tlilxuc.
MAXWELL RAISE
LESS THAN SHOWN
Decrease Last Year Offsets
Most of Advance Found Nec
essary This Year
Running up and down the scale of
increases In motor car prices during
the last year, the advance of S3O an
nounced as applying to twj> of the
Maxwell models after May 1 stands out
as amounting to only $lO as far as the
buyer is concerned.
How a S3O advance is in reality but
a $lO-1)111 is explained by the company
pointing out that, while the lift of S3O
is distinguished in itself as the narrow
est price advance the industry so far
has announced, it is but one-third of
that amount when the Maxwell buyer
this year realizes that the price after
May 1 will be but $lO more than the
Maxwell's cost was this time last year.
Buyers will recall that Maxwell, in
the face of price increases that were
general throughout the industry, last
year lowered its retail figure by S6O.
This was one of the surprises of last
season. Considering the increase this
spring in relation to the decrease last
year, the Maxwell purchaser finds the
company is going ahead with Its pro
duction of a hundred thousand cars
annually on a basis of manufacturing
efficiency so marked that the price
change sums up to an advance of only
two $5 bills.
Moreover, the company points out,
Maxwell producing units now have
been in operation with the making of
the present standardized car for four
years, so that for the $lO the buyer
is given the advantage of car refine
ments and improvements that have
been worked out of the experiences of
200,000 owners. The company also
has two road engineers—a new kind
of tester employed only by Maxwell —
who are each week subjecting the cars
to the hardest performance demon
strations available on the roads in dif
ferent parts of the country. These
roaa engineers are Ray F. McNamara
and P. W. Gibbs.
Another factor that has influence in
enabling the company to keep the
Maxwell price down, it is asserted, is
that the company plans this year the
production of the world's greatest out
put of trucks. This will amount to
upward of 20,000 vehicles, it has been
announced, and their making means
further economy and manufacturing
efficiency throughout the producing
plants. The Maxwell company, having
offset with efficiency its rising ma
terials costs so far with success, holds
Itself as in as advantageous a position
as any in the Industry to further pro
duce a complete automobile at the
lowest possible price margin.
Republic Truck Agency
Shows Prosperous Season
M. K. Thomas, of the Penn Mar
Auto Company, local representative
for Republic Motor trucks, reports an
exceptionally busy spring season. Evi
dence bears out the statement when
one considers that twenty-tive carloads
of Republic trucks were received here
and delivered within three weeks.
"Be Kind to Animals" Week
Will Be Observed Here
The Harrisburg S. P. C. A. will co
operate in the nation-wide movement
for a "Be Kind to Animals Week,"
which will be observed next week. The
last day will be known as Humane
Sunday.
The local society has asked the
school children to help observe the
week and they have also asked the
ministers to mention the Humane Sun
day from their church pulpits. Thurs
day will be known as the American
Red Star Day. The Red Star is a
newly-formed organization for the re
lief of animals.
UNITED TRAVELERS' BANQUET
Members of the United Commercial
Travelers held their annual banquet
for ladies last night at the Colonial
Club. More than sixty guests were
present at the entertainment. County
Recorder James E. Lentz was toast
master, and addresses were made by
Senator E. E. Beidleman and Flavel
Wright. Music was furnished by Up
deprove's orchestra. The committee
of arrangements included S. C. S
Weidenmyer, Jr., L. D. Wiltse, B. P.
Reynolds and T. P. Carey.
MRS. lIENRY \V. FRYMIRE DIES
Mechanicsburg, Pa., April 14.
Mrs. Alice E. Frymire, wife of Henry
W. Frymire died at her home, 108
North Walnut street yesterday after
a short illness. She is survived by her
husband and one daughter, Mrs.
Bertha Hade Myers, of Mechanicsbursr.
The funeral services will be held on
Monday morning at 10 o'clock at her
late home and burial will be made in
Trindle Spring Cemetery.
AMERICANS WEI.I, TREATED
By Associated Press
Copenhagen, April 14.—via London—
Charles Worleln, a representative of
the Chicago Western Electric Company,
who has arrived here from Berlin, says
that there has been no molestation "of
Americans In the German capital and
that they are not even subjected to the
usual rule requiring enemy nationals
to report daily to the police.
POSTPONE INJUNCTION HEARING
Hearing of the preliminary injunc
tion suit brought by Jacob Weiner
against Wifliam H. Killing, have been
postponed until April 23.
Deaths and Funerals
FUNERAL OF MRS. SHEARER
Funeral services were held this
morning for Mrs. Ella R. Lane, wife
of Dr. A. L. Shearer, 808 North Sixth
street, at her home. The Rev. H. W.
A. Hanson, pastor of Messiah Luth
eran Church, assisted by thdt Rev. H.
C. Halloway, conducted the services.
Burial was made in New Bloomfleld
Cemetery.
. MISS ESTHER M. WILSON DIES .
Miss Esther M. Wilson, aged 27, 437
South Sixteenth street, died last night
at her home after a lingering illness.
She is survived by her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas B. Wilson, two
i brothers, Harry G., Harrisburg; Carl
D., Lebanon, and two sisters, Mrs. Lil
ly Kinch, Harrisburg, and Mrs. Mary
E. Grecbe, Philadelphia. She was a
member of Stevens Memorial Church.
Funeral services will be held from her
late home on Friday afternoon at 3
o'clock and will be conducted by the
Rev. Clayton A. Smucker. Burial
will be made in the East Harrisburg
Cemetery.
The Quinine That Doe* Not Affect the
Hrnil
Because of its tonic and laxative ef
fect, Laxative Bromo Quinine can be
taken by anyone without causing ner
vousness or ringing in the head. There
is only one "Bromo Quinine." E. W.
GROVE'S signature on box. 26c.
S2fj' Book Binding
The Telegraph Printing Co.
APRIL 14, 1917.
BRITISH UNCHECKED
IN GREAT DRIVE
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verses sustained by the German arms
on the western front.
German Army Retreats
Before Victorious British;
4-Mile Front Broken
London, April 14. The Turks
have sustained another defeat at the
hands of the British in Mesopotamia.
The war office announces that the
Turks are in retreat after a battle in
which they suffered heavy losses.
The Turks were driven from their
positions near Ghaliyeh, ten miles
northeast of Dettawah. (Deitawah is
3 5 miles north of Bagdad). They then
withdrew toward Seraijilc and thence
toward Dely Abbass. The British are
pursuing the Turks.
On Wednesday the Turks lost 200
killed and 700 wounded.
This announcement indicates that
the British have wrecked the plant of
the Turks to halt the invading armies,
which have been sweeping forward
without serious interruption for sev
eral weeks. An official British state
ment on Tuesday said the Turks were
preparing a converging movement
against the British between the Ad
heim and Deila rivers. It is in this
region that the fighting now reported
occurred.
Turks Suffer Crushing
Defeat and Heavy
Losses in Mesopotamia
British Headquarters in France,
April 14, via London —(From a Staff
Correspondent of the Associated
Press). —The British last night broke
the German front for a distance of
four miles. The Germans are in re
treat.
The gaps in the German defense
were made in two places. Positions on
a front of three miles between the
Double Crassier and Glvenchy and an
other mile on the north flank of the
Hindenburg trench system were cap
tured. Advance posts were pushed
well toward Queant and Pronville.
Pronville, important points in the
German defenses
The Germans are fighting as they
retire from Loos southward and are
being hard pressed.
Fires and explosions In the territory
to the rear of the German lines con
tinue. The weather to-day was favor
able for campaigning.
British Take Bulldog
Grip on Whole German
Line North of Loos
London, April 14. —The British have
taken a bulldog g<;ip on the whole Ger
man line from Loos to north of St.
Quentln and refuse to be §haken off.
Under what the newspapers call the
"Haig plan" first on.e section of the
Hindenburg line and then another has
been subjected to 1 violent bombard
ment followed by infantry attacks
which have badly shaken, if they have
not seriously broken, the front on
which the Germans have depended for
the defense of the industrial districts
of France which have been In their
hands for more than two years.
The Lens coal mining area, around
[the town, is being closely Invested and
[the German hold on It Is becoming
most precarious. Several more vil
lages and positions southwest of the
town, fell into British hands during
the night, together with four 8-inch
howitzers, and the line hero has been
linked up with the positions taken
from the Germans in the battle of
Loos.
St. Quentln Threatened
The German stay in St. Quentin is
likewise additionally threatened
through the capture by the British of
the village of Fayet, a bare mile north
west of the town, from which point the
British guns command the German
lines of communication northward.
Again the British have advanced fur
ther toward the Cambrai-St. Quentin
road, while southeast of Arras they are
approaching Queant which is the
northern extremity of the new Ger
man line defending Cambrai.
General Home, who is considered
the greatest artillery expert in the
(British army and who assisted General
Nivolle in the successful attack by the
French north of Verdun in December
last, commands the British forces
around Lens where, owing to the nat
ural defenses composed of waste
dumps around the mines, the artillery
must largely be depended upon. Gen
eral Home has on his right the army
under Major-Oeneral E. H. H. Allenby,
who has also gained new laurels In
this war.
These generals and their colleagues
under Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
have accomplished since Monday a
work which many military writers ex
pected would oeeunv a erreat, part of
the summer but thus far has been
no flae- waving nor celebration in
Great Britain.
The imnression prevails that greater
"vents will soon follow and that with
the fall of I-ens th relief of Lille will
not be long delayed.
MAINE POTATOES *S A I)ARItEI,
Houlton. Me., April 14. Potatoes
were sellincr yesterday in Aroostook
county for a barrel, an artvnnce of *2
within a week. Less than 500,000 bush
els are left in the county, according to
dealers.
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NO WAR CLAUSE !
Why not buy your insurance where you get
the most liberal contract?
The Penn Mutual Life is still issuing policies
without a war clause.
£. R. ECKENRODE
604 KUNKEL BLDG.
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ASSOCIATED AIDS
WILL DISTRIBUTE
GARDEN SEEDS
Poor to Be Given Packages
Procured by the Harris
burg Telegraph
The garden seeds which the National
Emergency Food Garden Commission,
with headquarters at Washington, of
fered to tlie people of this city through €
the HARRIS BURG TELEGRAPH, will
be distributed by the Associated Aid
c harities instead of by the Harrisburg
Benevolent Association, as was pre
viously announced.
The Benevolent Association found it
impossible to supervise the distribution
of the seeds although it had agreed
to do so when the ofTer of the Commis
sion was brought to its attention about
two weeks ago.
It is to be understood, of course, that
the Associated Aid Charities will giva
these seeds only to those persons whom
by investigation it llnds are unable to
purchase their own garden seeds.
John Yates, secretary of the Asso
ciated Aid Charities, said to-day that
those who want seeds should apply to
him in person at his office. No. 5 North
Market Square, and that only residents
of Harrisburg could be accommodated.
TO ASK STATE AID
TO GUARD WATER
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terday by the Harrisburg Chamber
of Commerce, asking that steps b
taken to provide protection, replied
to-day.
Invites Suggestions
In the communication he invited the
Chamber of Commerce to go over the
question with Council and offer sug
gestions for additional precautions.
At the same time Commissioner W.
H. Lynch who is in charge of the watei
department temporarily, decided to
ask for State aid and to prepare an
ordinance which, if passed finally, will
provide more armed and uniformed
officers under the city police depart
ment supervision,
Want 8-Hour Shifts
These will be placed on eight-hour
shifts at the reservoir, filter plant and
pumping station, and together with
additional lights which are being in
stalled, will be sufficient safeguard
Commissioner Lynch believes.
If Council approves the plan for uni
formed men the salaries will probably
be fixed at $75 a month.
Action at once was urged by the
Chamber of Commerce, but no special
meeting of Council has been called.
The problem of providing guards will
be discussed at length in Council next
Tuesday, Commtsioner Lynch said.
Gross' I /Otter
The letter from Commissioner Gross
replying to the Chamber of Commerce,
follows:
"Mr. E. L. McColgin, Secretary,
"Chamber of Commerce,
"Harrisburg, Pa.
"Dear Sir Recorgnizing the im
portance of the matters concerning
which you write under date of April
12, concerning the safeguarding of the
water supply and distribution system
of the City of Harrisburg, more than a
month ago the City Council quietly
proceeded to establish what we felt
was adequate protection.
"It is never wise to inform th<
enemy of the nature, extent and posi
tion of the safeguards thrown arounc
any property, so we did not make
these matters public.
"If you care to go over these mat
ters with us, we will be glad to con
sider your suggestions as to any addi
tional guards or precautions required
"Thanking you for your interest in
this matter, we are
"Very truly yours,
"EDWARD Z. GROSS."
It was reported to-day that within
the last week a resident of the Allison
i Hill district, turning up his coat collai
j and pulling his hat over his eyes, made
I a complete tour of the path around
I the reservoir and through the entire
| park, but was not stopped by a guard.
Others, however, have attempted tc
make a visit at the reservoir, but were
stopped by guards, they said.
WON'T INTERN AMERICANS
Berlin. April 13.—There will be no
internment of Americans in Germany.
After a conference between the politi
cal and military authorities it was an
nounced that the German government
would treat Americans here on virtu
ally the same lines as laid down in
President Wilson's proclamation con
cerning the treatment of Germans in
I the United States. The Americans here
will have almost every freedom, except
they are not allowed to reside in forti
fied places and are subject to stricter
police registration rekuirements. They
may carry on their businesses as be
fore.
KILL DEATH PENALTY
By Associated I'rcss
Jefferson City, Mo., April 14.—Gov.
ernor Gardner has signed a bill which
prohibits capital punishment in Mis
souri. The law becomes effective on
June 18.