■fr "# Red Cross Launches Membership Campaign With Big Cains iyi HARRISBURG tfSi|iS|> TELEGRAPH ■ QThe Star- Unftrpmbfiit LXXXVI— No. 91 16 PAGES ENTIRE ALLIED LINE IN TERRIFIC BATTLE SUPREME EFFORT TO DRIVE OUT TEUTONS GOTTEN UNDER WAY General Engagement Virtually Takes in Territory From North Sea to Swiss Border; Ar tillery Duel Grows in Intensity in Region of Rheims, French Prepare to Launch Northward Push in Effort to Turn Left Flank of Hindenburg Line as the British Have Turned the Right at Vimy 1 he fighting on the western front has assumed almost the proportions of a general eniraeement along the whole line, from the North Sea to the Swiss border. As yet the infantry has not been heavily engaged much to the north of Loos, in the Lens reg ion, or cast of the Soissons region, within which confines the battle of Arras and the struggle for St Quentin are being wages. J he artillery duel, however, is growing in intensity in the region of Rheims in the Campatme and down the line to Lorraine and Alsace. Raiding operations by the French in these sectors also have assumed great importance and similar significant activivities arc being displayed by the Belgians north of the present great battlefield. . Look For Great Infantry Offensive ♦1 fll r? a * tent . lon " ot centered at present on the dramatic situations about Lens and St. Ouentin p . botl, ? ein g considered nnminent, the great artillery battle in the region between Soissons \ . ; ♦L mS ♦ , - aS going on for several days, doubtless would have attracted more notice. As is the potential importance of this duel of the big guns cai.not be minimized, presaging, as it may, oifensive movements of the infantry on a large scale. turn thi' p r° bab j! it y of a , northward push by the French from Rheims region to tl.n fr f 1-1 n H,n I den I bu rg hne, as the British have turned the right at Vimy, has come to the front while the artillery battle has been raging. Desperate German Resistance Desperate German resistance and a probable desire by the BWtish to squeeze the Germans out of Lens Mother than drive them from this coal nine and factory town by a direct bombardment and frontal attack, have delayed the fall of the city. To-day's official statement from London, however, shows the British lines creeping steadily closer, notably on the northwest. Within the town the Germans are reported working havoc in the destruc Largest Oil Carrying Ship Sunk off Ireland By German Submarine By Associated Press New York, April 16. The British tank steamship Narragansett, a ship of 9,196 tons, and one of the largest carriers of bulk oil ever built, has been torpedoed and sunk somewhere off the Irish coast, according to word brought here to-day by officers on a British ship. The Narragansett was owned by the Anglo-American Oil Company, rep resented here by E. A. Eames. At the office of the company it was said no word of the vessel had been received although several reports that she had met with disaster had been received here from unofficial sources. The Narragansett was last reported when she left here for a British port on March 5. U. S. War Censor Board Meets For First Time Washington, April 16. Secretaries Tensing, Baker and Daniels, and Ueorge Creel, who compose the new government publicity bureaus created" by President Wilson, held their first meeting to-day to map out a course of action. The primary purpose of the bureau, it was stated, was to profit Immediately by the mistakes made abroad in im posing a military censorship on the press at the beginning of the war and to open to the public all proper in formation as to what the government 's doing or Intends to do I THE WEATHER] For Hurrlslturg and vicinity; Fair 10-niiclit nml probably Tuesday, brooming unsettled liy Tuesday night; not mueh change In tem perature, lowest to-night nbout ' 35 degrees. For Hastern Pennsylvania; Fair to-night mid probably Tuesdnv, brooming unsettled by Tuesday ulicht; not muob ebange In tem perature; frost to-night I gentle, i variable winds, Illver The Susquehanna river and all It* brunches will fall slowly or re main nearly stationary. A staue of a limit 5.4 feet Is Indicated for lliirrlshurg Tuesday morning, (•eneral Conditions The western dlsturbanee eontlnues eentral over Utah, but has de veloped eastward. Its front reaeh liik Into the I.ower Missouri Val ley this morning. It Is canning unsettled wenther over an exten sive area, and IlKht rains and snows have occurred under Its In flnenre generally south and west of the Missouri river In the last twenty-four he lira; temperatures are 2 to 20 degrees higher than on Saturdny morning, the moat derided rises oeeurrlng In the Southwest. Temperature; 8 a. m., 38. Sunt Mines, rti2o a. ni. Moon; New moon, April 21. Hiver Slope: 5,5 feet abote low- water mark. • Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, SO. l.owest temperature, 3a. Mean ' temperature, 42. Normal temperature. 31. tion of industrial plants and mines and feverishly removing guns and stores to follow the population in the exodus which already has been effected. The situation around St. Quentin is little changed, but both the British and French statements reveal a situa tion there which is making the town untenable for the Germans. In the district to the south, the French are steadily pushing forward, reporting to-day the capture of several points of [Continued on Page 7] $7,000,000,000 War Bill Approved By Finance Committee of Senate By Associated Press \ Washington, April 16.—The $7,000,- 000,000 war revenue bill which has I passed the House, was approved to-day by the Senate Finance Committee and will be taken up in the Senate to-mor row for passage. The committee vote was unanimous and Senate leaders expect to make an effort to put the bill through in one session. Three minor changes were made in the bill as it came from the House. One in the title is to make more ap parent its purpose of assisting in the prosecution of war: another suggested by Secretary McAdoo, is to permit funds raised under the-measure to be deposited in banks not members of the Federal Reserve System and in trust companies. A third is to more clear- I ly exempt certificates of indebtedness | from taxation. Counldn't Bribe Schwab With $100,000,000 Offer Boston, April 16.—Mayor Curley has created a sensation by declaring in a speech at a patriotic massmeeting that an emissary of the German government offered Charles M. Schwab $100,000,000 if the Bethlehem Steel Company should cease making munitions for the allies. The Mayor said he had received this information from Mr. Schwab himself about two weeks ago at the launching of an Argentina steamship at the Fore River yards at Quincy. Mr. Schwab told him, he said, that the offer was made two days before Congress .de clared that a state of war with Ger many existed. "And this great big American, who stood for the grent principle of the Re public, refused," added the Mayor, amid applause. The meeting was for the purpose of stimulating recruiting and after It was over Mayor Curley was asked for fur ther details of the bribe offered to Schwab, but he said he had told all he knew about it. New Coal Field in Elk County to Be Developed Ridgway, Pa., April 16.—Important developments are to be made in the coal fields of Elk county during the next few months. The most important mines to be opened will be those lo cated at Trout Run and owned by the Hall Kaul Company, which contem plates building a railroad from the mines of St. Marys. During the past winter vast acres of coal lands have been leased at Benzette, Rathbum and Beechwood, and many mines will be placed in operation in the vicinity of these towns in the very near future. Most of the coal lands which have been leasfed or purchased are owned by Elk county farmers. WILSON RECEIVES BRYAN By Associated Press Washington, April 16. President Wilson received William Jennings Bryan at the White House this morn ing. They conferred in the President's rooms befora ha went to his offices. HARRISBURG. PA., MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1917. MEXICAN OPINION MOLDED TO SUIT GERMANY'S NEEDS Funds Not Held in Toulon Banks Reported in * Danger By Associated Press Washington, April 16.—Further evi dences of German activities in Mexico, spreading anti-American and anti-en tente propaganda and exerting Ger man influences upon the Mexican gov ernment, aer contained In diplomatic reports passing through here to Euro pean capitals. Funds of a number of foreign banks are reported to be in danger. Circulations of any matter at all favorable to the United States or the entente is disapproved by the Mexical officials and the newspaper El Universal recently was suppressed be cause of publications disapproved by German agents. The publisher and edi tors have been sumoned before a mili tary tribunal. Property of foreigners, Germans ex cepted, is said to be in constant dan ger. Tlie German bank and the German legation in Mexico City are said in these reports to be dominating Mexi can affairs more than ever. Transfer of Supervisor Moore From Middletown to Millersville Cancelled Clarence Z. Moore, a supervisor of the Pennsylvania railroad with head quarters at Middletown, will remain on the Philadelphia division. His transfer from Division No. 4, running from Dock street, Harrisburg, to Dil lerville Junction, Division No. 10%, Pittsburgh division, between East Florence und Portage, has been can celled. Supervisor Moore has won much prominence by his efficient work, and many improvemtents made each year on his division. He is at present in charge of track extensions at Steelton and other points, and it was feared his transfer at this time would greatly handicap the work now in progress. ARBUTUS HUNTERS START FIRE ON MAI NTAIN NEAR ROCKVIEIE Arbutus hunters started a forest fire on the Rockville mountain near that town yesterday which did considerable damage before Fire Warden Allen E. Shaffner got it under control. The Forestry Commissioner urges the peo ple of that district to telephone the ! warden at Weaver's store in case of other outbreaks and warns flower gatherers from careless use of lire in the woods. At least four small forest tires have occurred in this locality in the past week. HANK CLEARING $2,189,000 Bank clearings in Harrisburg for the week ending April 12, totaled $2,- 189,000 an increase of twenty-six per cent, over the total for the previous week, according to figures compiled by Bradstreet's Journal. Total bank clearings were $5,517,738,000 against $4,548,527,000 for the same week last year. Large increases in clearings were reported from all parts of the country. EIRE SWEEPS ROCK AWAY By Associated Press New York, April 16. Fire to-day swept n section of Rockaway Park, one of the finest cottage residehtial sec tions of Long Island. The property loss thus far is estimated at several hundred thousand dollar a RED CROSS DRIVE FOR NUMBER OF MAIL TO Uobert McCormick, Dauphin Deposit Trust Co. APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP Make til cherla MB cy.hir. AMERICAN RED CROSS AMERICAN RliD CROSS HEADOOARTERS WASHINGTON. D. C. I hereby Apply lor membership io 'he cJas* checked below and enclose the mm ot —..... ....DOUAT* therefor. v fl*M <IMU <!•• <n< • •• • ••(At*. | ) Annual Member ....... Si I | "Subftcnbinj Member . urniulh . . I Nmr I | *Contributini Member uuuilh . S I | *Su>Uiruny Member . . enmielfv . . M Ham* *ddre —... .. .. I ) *Lili Member . . n par men . . IS I ' *Pfron Member . . one prOMtni . . ION Oil . •"J StjU ... • I M PORT" A N T ' • 'Umm iianH •• ho* includ* nnu*| aubacriptlon to th I IVI r U l\ I F\ IN I ! KMD CM ****{*•. pubtUhod monthly. Rk(f IT-, MM— MAKLH- H* ♦ Mere is reproduced an application blank of the Harris burg Branch of the American Red Cross which is making a drive for an unlimited number of new members. The drive started this morning. Checks or money should be mailed either to Robert McCormick, Dauphin Deposit Trust Company, treasurer of the Harrisburg Branch or Red Cross headquarters, 206 Walnut street. RUSH TO ENLIST WHEN OPENING + Calling on the people of Har risburg to rally 'round the ban ner of the Red Cross anil to support "this most holy nml beneficent service," Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh this morning tired the lirst gun in the big Red Cross mem bership campaign. In a letter to Mrs. Lyman D. Gil bert, chairman of the general mem bership committee received this morning at the moment the campaign started, the Governor says: "Mrs. Brumbaugh and I are both members of the Natonal Red Cross Society, but we wish also to be mem bers of the Harrisburg Chapter, and I TURKS INTERN U. S. GUNBOAT FOR WAR PERIOD Part of Crew of Scorpion Is on Way Back to the United States By Associated Press London, April 16.- -An official state ment issued by the Turkish war office sa.vs that the American gunboat Scor ! pion has been interned. Washington, D. C.. April 16. —The internment of the Scorpion has been expected here for soni2 time and is perfectly in accord with the rule ne cessitating such action for a belligerent war vessel not leaving port within a prescribed time. About two weeks ago the Navy Department, through the State Department, cabled Ambassador Klkus suggesting that the Scorpion 'eave Turkish waters for the Black ! Sea, but Turkey objected to this on [Continued on I*agc 10] P. R. R. OUTBOUND ! FREIGHT STATION j READY FOR RUSH J. H. Nixon, Local Agent, Gives Order That Starts Thirty- Five Men Working Promptly at 7 o'clock this morning the new outbound freight station of the Pennsylvania Railroad was opened for business. It is located at Third and Mulberry streets, extending 700 feet south, and 'covers two blocks. J. H. Nixon, local agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad, was on hand to direct the official open ing. Since he has been in charge in Harrisburg business has increased to large proportions and more room has long been needed. The new station ■ls part of the $1,000,000 improvements which the Pennsylvania Railroad will [Continued on Pago 7] NO HOPE FOR ACTOR By Associated Press Chicago, April 16. A slight rally last night left David Montgomery, comedian, still in a critical condition to-day in the hospital here where he has been for several weeks. No ex pectation of his recovery was express ed by his physicians. | beg to enclose our memberships and I to urge through you upon all the peo- I j pie of this city to support this most j I holy and beneiicient service." Quick Ru>ii to Enlist | There was a quick rush to enlist this I morning when the headquarters of the ; Red Cross at 20(> Walnut street opened j this morning. Twenty new members J were signed up in the first hour, and at noon it was reported that the re cruiting was progressing very satisfac- ! torily. Below is given an incomplete ljst of members of the Harrisburg i chapter up to this morning. The [Continued on Page 7] PATRIOTIC LINE WILL TAKE HOURS TO PASS POINTI More Than 25,000 Marchers With Sixty Bands in Pa rade, Assured "Everybody's Patriotic Day" in Ilar risburg next Saturday will be the big gest and most remarkable thing of its j kind ever recorded in the illustrious ! annals of this city. So the signs read ! to-day. A parade which can only be de scribed as gigantic—fully 25,000 marchers and 60 bands will be in line, taking at least three hours to pass a given point—and tens of thousands from this and scores of towns and cit ies of Central Pennsylvania that will line the route of the procession, giving voice to their love for their country in [Continued on Page 7] ALL WIRELESS PLANTS ORDERED I TO DISMANTLE i Government to Confiscate All Apparatus Not Taken Down at Once By Associated Press Washington, April 16.—A1l wireless telegraph stations not operated by the government were ordered dismantled during the war to-day by direction of the Secretary of the Navy, Failure of owners to comply will result in con fiscation of equipment. The action was taken under the ex ecutive order recently issuedby Presi dent Wilson directing that the Navy Department take over all radio sta tions. The department's statement says: "All licenses for radio stations on shore are suspended for the duration of the war. The Secretary of the Navy has directed that during the war all [Continued on Pago 7] POWDER IN BLAZE By Associated Press ' < Carney's Point, N. J., April 16. —-A*'* slight tire in the smokeless powder plant of the Du Pont Powder Com pany here today destroyed a few thou sand pounds of powder. No one was \ hurt and there was no other property d loss. The Are was caused by friction. I WILSQN OUTLINES TASKS FOR MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD Nation Must Be a Unit to Triumph in World's War • EACH MUST GIVE AID Every Class Told How Services Would Help United States Washington, D. C„ April 16. ln a personal appeal addressed to his fel low-countrymen, President Wilson yes terday called upon every American citizen—man, woman and child—to Join together to make the nation a unit for the preservation of its ideals and for triumph of democracy in the world war. The President's appeal follows: • "My fellow countrymen: The en trance of our own beloved country into the grim and terrible war for democ racy and human rights which has shak en the world creates so many problems of national life and action which call for immediate consideration and set fContinucfl on Pago JO] Patriotic Canine Series HE WON'T EAT HAMBURGER Jake Vonstein, a good old Irish name (?) has a little fox terrier. The dog's small but his appetite is large. ! He's toothless, too, which accounts for his fondness for Hamburger steak. That is, he used to eat Hamburger but since war was declared—snuff! nothin' stirring. "I'd rather starve," he sig nals with his tail. Jake fears he will, so he is feeding him gumdrops. But there is one ray of hope. Jake read | a story in the HARRISBURG TELE GRAPH that in Williamsport they are not calling it Hamburger any more, but "Harrisburger" instead. He pasted the clipping in the dog kennel and be lieves his hound will wise up to the change before he slowly starves on his : gumdrop diet. w t* H %i /y> iw<|fri w J WAR EMBARGO BILL IN ? Washington, April 16.—With the approval of the ad- ' \ 1 ministration. Chairman Adarascn of the House Commei L , Committee to day uced a war embargo bill l j I power the* President to'forbid exports of any sort 1 I J - interest to do so. • } HOME COMMERCE CHAMBER TO PARADE 4 | Harrisbirrg.— The Board of Directors of the Chamber I I of Commerce to-day decided to enter the patriotic parade M P Saturday. All members of the chamber along with their I 1 employes will be invited to join the chamber division, m L .Charles W. Burtnell will head the'division. Z L TO DISMANTLE TEN STATIONS f p Harrisburg.-j-The order by the War Department to day that all wirelesl stations not operated by the Govern- ] f i ment would have to be dismantled, will affect at least ten j stations in this city. Prof. Pcet said this aftrenoon that ® > , the ordT will be obeyed once at the school. if BRAZIL TAKES GERMAN SHIPS 1 Rio Janeiro, April 16—The seizure of German ships in Brazilian ports has be*n completed with incident Preej ® ® dispatcher from Sant.js report the arrest of three Gerrr.i spies near the. fort at Itaipu. I WHEAT GOES STILL HIGHER 1f Chicago, April 16.—July wheat sold, at $2.00 just b?- tfore the close of the market to-day, an advance from Sat- ', urday of 8 1-2 cents. May jumped 12 5-4 cents to $2.37 yi RIOT IN BERLIN STREETS London, April 16.—Travelers arriving in Holland from ■ I Germany say that a general strike was commenced thi' ' morning ui Berlin and that riots have taken place in th- I German Capital. 1 ' > KUROPATKIN PLACED UNDER ARREST I Tashkent, Asiatic Russia, April 16.—General Kuropat ' ' kin. Governor General of Turkistan, his assistant. General Yerofeiff, and General Sivers, chief of staff, have been ar- I \ I rested by the Council of Soldiers' Delegates. MARRIAGE LICENSES I Sylvester llrown, Fort Hunter, Rjtd Catharine ( armlrkarl. HarrlnbarK.l ' ■ Arthur CaHtner t hrlxtman anil Hmrl Inea Ncbrlver, North Wales. i 1 llenjamln Brewater Miller and Ualny Blanche Mainrll, York. Single Copy, 2 Cents 1 COUNCIL TO ACT ON 3 IMPORTANT NEEDS FOR CITY Guarding Water Supply, Ash Survey and Vacancy Elec tion to Be Decided I LYNCH HAS GUARD PLAN Wants Nine Officers For FiK tor Plant, Reservoir and Pumping Station Harrisburg's City Commissioners have three of the most important questions of the year to decide to morrow— Election of a successor to fill the unexpired term of the late Commissioner Harry P. Bowman. Provision of adequate guards for the reservoir, lilter plant and pumping station. Action on the proposed ash and garbage survey. In addition to these City Solicitor John E. Fox will ask authorization to file bonds In all of the IJardscrabble cases in which appeals were taken from the viewers' report. Three candidates have been nomi nated for the vacancy 1n Council. They are City Clerk Charles A. Miller, J. Grant Koons, engineer at Technical high school, and William Pavord, of the Harrisburg Shoe Manufacturing Company. It is understood every effort will be made to-morrow to till the v~- I.Continued on Page 7] Wilso nto Receive British Commissioners Wednesday LJ j .'IdJVliUJiVti i'/ViJi A WasliiUßiuu, JJ. April iti.—it was unuuuuccu io-uuy iii*ii -L'I'CSIQCUI Vvii bUil WOUiU IXCeIVe tilC lil'lllau CUlUllUo alollci'o cuuillla lU QltiCUbb Hit; COiIUULt, U1 tilt) >Val Ut UIO VVIIUU liuUoL oil ueUiicaua>. roiolßll itiuublei' Jjuuoui. 11CUUS Liili COllillllbSlOn. aibu was uiuiuunctU that Hie i'lcsiuem. wuuiil receive the I'rciitu uil llle suuie uu> ii uicj nave men airiveu in uie wiuuuj. inn i' reiica commission iucluuet) I'reiiiler viviani, ueneiui juUiu ui.* other distinguished Frenchmen. HOME EDITION
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