Germans Suffer Crashing Defeat Witk loss of Forty-Mile " in Ft HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXVI— No. 92 18 PAGES U.S. WARSHIP FIRED GERMANS LOSE 100 NEW ASSAULT j CRUSHES LINE FOR 150 MILES Allies Roll Back Teuton Armies in a Titanic Struggle For the Mastery of the Western Front; Powerful Counter attacks Fail With Appalling Losses For the Invading Hosts; Bad Weather Hampers Organization Along a 150-mile front battle line the French and British are pushing back the German armies in a titanic struggle for the mas tery of the western front. Stepping into fray after the British had been hammering the j German lines in the Arras region to bits for a week, the French j struck along a 25-mile front along the Aisne, carried the German j positions to an average depth of from two to two and a half miles, j captured more than ten thousand prisoners and maintained all the! ground won. Last night, after the great success of their initial rush, i General Nivelle's forces occupied themselves with consolidating I their new positions and resisting German counterattacks. All these j assaults were repulsed and in the Ailles region, west of Craonne.! the Germans suffered heavy losses. Their total casualties, all told,' in the first twenty-four hours' fighting are estimated at 100,000 men. Both British and French reports to-day indicate that the con tinuation of the operations is being hampered by bad weather. Nevertheless the British pushed forward in the region between St.! Quentin and Cambrai advancing east of Epehy to Le Tombois farm, j within two and a half miles of Le Catelet, where they threaten to cut i £hc St. Quentin-Cambrai main line of communication. Work in Harmony The strategic outlines of the great Anglo-French attack have been work ed out in complete harmony by the staffs of the two armies. The dis patches indicate entire co-ordination for placing and timing the blows de livered so as to insure their greatest possible effectiveness. In a broad way, it may be judged, the French now have for their imme diate objective the isolation of the im portant railway center of Laon, to turn the southern end of the Hinden burg line. The British already have pierced this line at the northern end. The joint operation apparently is aimed at the rolling up of the present German front in an effort to compel [Continued on Page 10] Patriotic Canine Series "KAISER" MOPISH "Kaiser." formerly an aggressive bull dog belonging to Harry Nason, keenly feels the ignominy of his name. Since war was declared with Germany he mopes under the kitchen stove anil refuses to answer when his name is called. In the early days of the war when "Kaiser" was on everybody's lips the bull sneaked under so many porches that he rubbed all the hair from his back. "To-morrow on the anniversary of Paul Rever's famous ride," his owner says, "I'm going to christen him 'Warning.' " Urges Stores to Close Saturday Afternoon and Evening For Big Parade To the Businessmen of Harrisburfj, Harris burg, Pa. Gentlemen: , In compliance with the procla mation of His Honor, the .Major, that Saturday IK- observed as a holiday after 12:30 p. m„ I am pleased to announce that the Com mercial Department of the Cham- t bcr of Commerce heartily cn- ' dorses the Honorable Mayor's ac tion. I would further urge that every member of the Commercial De partment observe Saturday after noon and evening as a holiday per iod and that in lieu of the usual Saturday evening hours, all stores remain open until 9 p. m. on Fri day. With n deep sense of the privi lege that is given to all of us, the young and the old, the r|c|i and the poor, to share in the mightiest cause that lias arisen since the foundation of the city, I am, Very sincerely, WM. H. BKXXETHIM, Chairman Commercial Dep't Harrlsburg Chamber of Commerce ITHE WEATHER! For JlnrrNlmrg and vlelaftyi Fair to-iittfht and probably WedaeK ilay, with rlMlnic temperature, lowmt to-nlKht nbotlt 40 descree*. For a lit h t and probably Wedaeadayf rlMlitic temperature; gentle vari able wlihU, Hlver The tfaMquehaaoa river and all !t trlhutarlea will fall alowly or re-r mala nearly stationary, 4 atuse of about ft.ll feet la Indicated for IfarrlMburit Wedoeaduy morning. Temperature! H a. in.. -I# degrees. Sua i HI.HIJ) a. ni. Mooni New moon. April 21. Hlver Ptugef f1.3 feel. Yesterday'ft Weather IliuticMt temperature. tfO. 1.0 went temperature, :tH. Mean temperature. 4H. Normnl temperature. 51, Prisoner Who Escapes From Almshouse Enjoys Liberty Just One Week , j Julius Clawson, held on a charge of . | felonious assault with intent to kill . j after a true bill had been found ) against him. was rearrested last night . by City Detective Hyde Speese after , i one weeK of freedom. Clawsot?, sev- I eral weeks ago, became ill while in j I jail and was sent to the almshouse, t the police say. From the latter place 1 he was released when he recovered, ! it is claimed, and Detective Speese was sent to rearrest him as he has no bail, • authorities declare. ! Veteran of Somme Battles Passes Through on Way to Canada to Recuperate ' I '"- B. McFarren, a veteran of the Somme battles on the western front in trance, passed through Harrisburg ! last on his way home to Toronto. . Mr. McFarren, who is a prominent Toronto businessman, was wounded * three times in the Somme engage 'iiuents and is now home to recuperate. He expects to return to the front in a short time. He states that it is j impossible to exaggerate the tearful ness of the fighting in France, and | pays a great tribute to the coolness and i bravery of the Americans fighting with the Canadian overseas army. Surgeons and nurses are doln.g a wonderful work at the field and base hospitals, ho ,states. He has no doubt of the ulti mate complete defeat of the Germans. : # Council Authorizes City Solicitor to File Bonds in Hardscrapple Appeals I City Solicitor John E. Fox to-day was authorized by Council to tender bonds in all appealed biases in the Hardserabble proceedings, as sug gested by the Dauphin county court. The bonds will be complete within the next few days and will then be given to counsel for the property holders in the district. In case any of them are (refused as the city Is offering Its own surety, the court will be askod to de cide. After the bond (|uestion is set tled Ihe court will be petitioned again to award Issues for trials of the ap -1 pealed cases. Condition of Mayor Meals Continues Serious; Not Able to Take Nourishment The condition of Mayor J*J, B, Meals Is Htlil reported to be serious. After I the operation the Mayor rallied for a j snort time, but since Sundav has suf fered a relapse, Since that time his condition has been unchanged with j no improvement for the better. Ha lias he<-n unable to take much nourishment. British Commission Has Not Yet Reached the U. S. I Washington, D, C., April 17.—An nouncement was made at the State De partment that "so far as the depart ment's information was concerned the British commission, headed by Foreign Secretary Balfour had not arrived in this country and reports to the con trary were utterly false and made from whole cloth." Added to this announcement was a >itement that after the commission rives here and the conferences be t-pen the British and American offi < i.Hs begin no part of the discussions I will be iaad public. HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 17, 1917 I STATE TRAINS NURSES WAR \ iwmiw VAK truiasES. "* Br. Samuel G. Dixon, State Health Commissioner of Pennsylvania, is training all nurses in liis department as part of a scheme to use the organization in case the war makes der w ind upon home forces. The photograph shows the nurses in a department dispensary being instructed in the proper method of resuscitating a soldier overcome by the effects of a gas bomb. COUNCIL ELECTS JOHN A. AFFLECK AS COMMISSIONER Says He Will Be Unable to Ac-| cept Because of Other Re sponsibilities To break the deadleeU in the eleo-1 tion of a city commissioner to till the ! unexpired term of the late Harry F. i Bowman, Council to-day named John j A, Affleck, president of the Harris-! burg Shoe Maufacturing Company, for! the office. Mr. Affleck, when told of his elec-1 tion, said he would be unable to ac cept because of his many personal and business responsibilities. As soon as; he received official word, of his elec-, [Continued on Page 18] | AUSTRIA, WEARY | OF WAR, READY TO MAKE PEACE Will Accept Terms That Are Not Humiliating to Na tional Pride B.v Associated Press Berne, Switzerland, April 7. —Peace and spring weather are what the Austrian and Hungarian people most desire. During a long stay in Vienna whence The Associated Press corres pondent has just come, thero was ob served every indication that the gov-' ernment and people are willing to ac- j cept any peace proposal leaving' Austro-Hungarian territory intact and making no claims for war indemnity, j By the same token there appears to I be no doubt that the monarchy will! .continue fighting unless these inini-J [Continued on Pago 18] TRACTOR PLOWS WILL USHER IN j GARDEN SEASON Giant Machines to Turn Soil in Spectacular Opening of Lot Cultivation The Hacrisburg Chamber of Com merce campaign for the cultivation of vacant lots in Harrlsburg will be in augurated in spectacular fashion at 9 o'clock to-morrow morning when two giant tractor plows donated by the Emerson-Brantingham Implement Co., and the International Harvester Co., begin to turn over the soil of a tract of land at Twenty-Fifth and Market streets, the use of which has been do nated to the public through the Cham ber of Commerce by the Bellevue Park interests. The plowing of this tract of city lots (Continued on Pace 2) She 3tnr- 3nftcprnbcnt SWEET MUSIC APPA COMING FROM THE SKIES AROUSES NEIGHBORHOOD I With a hang:, shutters came open In Geiger street near Fifth early yester day morning. Windows were opened with a slam, and in less time than it takes to tell there were a half hundred heads sticking out. Women with nightcaps, young wom- with their hair in papers; men, 'boys and kids were fighting for a view. Two young women In pajamas appeared at the doors of their homes, | A passenger tireman en route to duty ; heard the racket and stopped. He ex ! pected to hear a cry of fire, or a call ■ | for police. | Suddenly all was riulet. Then came | strains of music. There was no one • in sight and it was certain the music i did not come from any of the homes, i It was I.SO a. 111. II "Ain't It divine?" said a woman. "It , must be coming from the heavens." "No music like that could be pro j duced by a human being," sighed a VOTES FOR WOMEN BEATEN IN HOUSE BY VOTE OF 101-94 Measure Required 10-4 Votes For Passage; Galleries Well Filled I The Whitaker resolution proposing the woman suffrage amendment to the i Constitution was defeated on third reading In the House of Representa tives to-day, falling three short of the number of votes required to pass It. The vote was 101 to 04, The measure required 104 to be passed, The vote caine at the conclusion of two hours of speeches and the presen tation of numerous petitions, The gal leries were crowded by advocates and opponents of suffrage when the vote was taken. Suffrage leaders announced immedi ately after the vote that they would endeavor to have the vote reconsidered [Continued on Page 18] FIXED PRICES FOR FOOD IN WAR TIME PLANNED BY U. S. Proposed Legislation Would Provide For Government Supervision Washington, April 1?. Legislation lo empower (he Council of National Defense to supervise distribution of food, and if necessary, fix maximum and minimum prices. %Vas being fram ed to-day as ono of the results of yes terday's conference between the Chi cago meat packers and Secretary Houston, of the Department of Agri culture. Headed by i. Ogden Armour, a dele gation of the foremost packers, in cluding Kdwin Morris, E. A. Cudaliv, Thomas E. Wilson and L. F. Swift, assured Secretary Houston of their co [CQntinucU on Page 16] schoolgirl, who resided in the neigh borhood. "Why I believe It is in the sky, I can't see anything up there but it cer tainly is not coming from below," re marked another listener. I.et'it l'rnv "Let us pray." shouted one of the men who had been awakened out of his sleep. "It might be the end of the world." he continued. "It is certainly angelio music," said his daughter. The Pennsy fireman was taking it all In, and finally decided to investigate. He tried to get a line on the direction the music was coming from. Nearer and nearer came the music and a maiden remarked, "I believe it Is an angel with a harp descending from heaven," when from a small alley stepped a stranger. The man was playing a ukelele. He [Continued on Page 10] BERLIN PASSES A DAY OF FEAR DURING STRIKE German Workers Register Dis approval of Short Ration. Allowance By Associated Press Berlin, April 16, via London, April 17, —A. day of apprehension in Berlin ended to-night without alarming events, Tile threatened strikes because of a reduction in the weekly bread ration materialized in only a portion of the larger factories and did not [Oontinued on Pago 18] CLASH IX BL'KNOS AIRUS By Associated Press Buenos Aires, April 17.—Supporters of the allies and advocates of neutral ity clashed last night during a street demonstration, Several persons were injured. PARADE WILL BE REVIEW OF ALL FRIENDLY POWERS Serbians, French and Other Foreign-Rorn Persons to Re in Line While the big patriotic parade next Saturday will be essentially a display of Anvcricanism it will not be without its international aspect. In the titanic struggla for the per petuation of this righteous cause are listed many of the weaker nations of the earth, and that they should be rep resented at the patriotic demonstra tion celebrating America's entrance into that struggle is thought by the committee on arrangements for [Continued on l'agc 10] UPON; ,000 MEN U-FOAT FIRES FIRST SIIOT IN WAR ON KAISER Torpedo Misses American Destroyer by Thirty Yards; Presence of Submersible Near New York Shows That Berlin Has Begun Its Blockade of United States Coast; Hostile Craft Disappears Before Guns Can Be Brought Into Play Py Associated Press Washington, D. C., April 17. —A German submarine to day fired on the destroyer Snith about 100 miles south of New Ycrk. The presence of enemy submarines in American waters indicates that the threatened German blockade of Amer ican Atlantic poits has begun. This announcement was made at the Navy Department: "Reported from Fireland lightship to the naval stations at Boston and New York at 3.30 a. m. on the 17th an enemy submarine was sighted by the U. S. S. Smith, run ning apparently submerged. Submarine fired a torpedo at the IJ. S. S. Smith which missed her by thirty yards. The wake of the torpedo was plainly seen crossing the bo\y t Submarine disappeared." Destroyer Keports First Information of the encounter came to the Navy Department in a roundabout way from the Boston navy yard which picked up the Smith's re c ...... th* i I • I H t ih I be- -i - [-e I A I * I O'NEIL URGES DRY STATE DXJItiNG WAR 1 ™ j • •ft I war, thus saving the grains and other foodstuffs that now j J 'MSh- 1 *v: " \. •' 1, • < "