* ' x I m.• • • '.-JJ,^pwwwiww"'f: * • ^pspppip, )■Jl hjiipim*J;l YOU Can Serve YourCotiritry &<"* Cross HARRISBURG li|§l|l TELEGRAPH ==================================== £ft}t;£9flr-- ITnfrtprn&ent LXXXVI— No. 94 24 PAGES HINDENBURG'S LINES SHAKEN BY ASSAULTS Teutons Throw Quarter of a Million New Troops in Totter ing Raids; Nivelle Sends French Annies Forward For Terrific Onslaughts From Which German Divisions Are Still Staggering; Second Phase of Stupendous Battle Opens With Allies Holding Whip Hand in France Paris, April 19.—That section of Von Hindenburg's gran ite wall which runs from Soissons to Rheims has beea shaken to its foundation by the terrific blows of General Nivelle. The French have the whip hand now and the Ger mans are still staggering from the great rebuff dealt to them on Monday. The French soldiers who won the first line have been relieved by fresh formations and the second phase of the battle begun with renewed vigor. Unaffected by counterattacks in some places and the sturdy resistance offered everywhere the French have gained substantial advantages and have driven forward with such speed that the Germans have been obliged to abandon many guns. The enemy made a desperate effort to stem the tide between Juvincourt and Berry-au-Bac. This is the weakest point of his line, being devoid of natural de fenses. Thirty thousand of the best German troops were hurled forward here in a furious counterattack but the move had been foreseen and the French guns were ready. Artil lery and machine guns smashed wave after wave of the green-clad soldiers until finally the attempt was given up after awful carnage. GERMANS THROW A QUARTER MILLION MEN INTO FRANCE With Fresh Troops Hindenburg Is Unable to Stem Tide of Defeat Germany has thrown nearly a quar ter of a million fresh troops into the fray on the sixty-mile sector of the western front between Soissons and Auberive and still is unable to check the Trench advance. Both north of the AJsne and In the Champagne General Nivelle's forces are pressing forward. The last strong bold of the Germans on the Alsne was [Continued on Page 8] Patriotic Canine Series EXTREME PATRIOTISM "Teddy," a bright little fox terrier belonging to John Guard is a firm be liever In a purely vegetable diet. A delicacy he has long been fond of and accustomed to get frequently, unrea sonable as It sounds, is Sauerkraut. Nosing round the newspaper bulle tin boards In his Inquisitive fox ter rier way, "Teddy" found that war had been declared with Germany. First thing he did was refuse his por tion of Sauerkraut. He is now on a diet of milk-soup. Co-operate With the Merchants THE merchants of Harrisburg will close their places of business Saturday at 12.30 in order to permit their employes to participate in the great patri otic demonstration. The stores will be open to-morrow evening until 9 o'clock for the convenience of shop pers who usually do their buying Saturday nights. By doing their shopping to-mor row Harrisburg people will co-op erate with the businessmen of the city In their patriotic endeavor. The TELEGRAPH presents this evening the advertisements of enterprising merchants who ordinarily do their heaviest advertising Fridays, it will pay you to look them over. THE WEATHER For Harrisburg and vicinity: Prob ably nhonera to-night and Krltl day, not much change In tempcru turei moderate variable winds. Forf KaNtcrn Pennsylvania i Prob ably Nhovrera to-night and Fri day, not much change In tempera ture) moderate variable winds. River The Susquehanna river and all Its tributaries will probably con tinue to fall alowly, except show ers In the next thlrty-l* hours may cnuse local rises In some streams. A stage of about -1.8 feet In Indicated for Harrisburg Friday morning. General Conditions Pressure has dlmlnlsMen over near ly >ll the country east of the Rocky Mountains and scattered showers have occurred generally < over thla territory, except south and east of the Ohio river, where fair weather has prevailed, Temperaturei 8 a. m.. M degrees. Bum Rises, Bil7 a. m, Moom New moon, April 111. River St nice i 5.0 feet. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, T(l. I.owest temperature, 81. Mean temperature, 114, Normal temperature, Bit. FRENCH INFANTRY TACTICALLY BEST GERMAN TROOPS Teutons Cling Desperately to Positions Under Terrible Fire By Associated Press Paris, April 19.—Further details of yesterday's battle from Soissons to Auberive show that the French infan try tactically outclassed the Germans. The first army, operating from Sois sons to Craonne, had established Itself on Monday night along the front run ning from northeast of Margival and Vauxalllont to the south of Craonne by Vregny, Chlvres. Chavonne, Chivy [Continued on Page 8] Boy Scouts Give Skin For Grafting on Badly Burned Member of Troop Harry Hain, 247 South Thirteenth street, who was badly burned four weeks ago when a retort In which he was making vitalized air in the office of Dr. 11. C. Stover, burst, had a sec tion of skin grafted in his right thigh yesterday afternoon and another this afternoon. The operation is being performed at the Harrisburg Hospital by Dr. George Kunkle. The skin for the operation was given by txvo of his playmates, Halph Williams and Paul Bricker, members of Troop 11, Boy Scouts, of the Market Square Presbyterian Church, in charge of Scoutmaster Ed ward Manser. Young Hain is a mem ! ber of the troop. English Poet Will be Guest of John F. Weiss During Stay in City I Alfred Noyes, the noted English poet, who will lecture in the Technical high I school this evening on "Hunting the I Submarine," will be the guest during I his stay in Harrisburg of Mr. and Mrs. •lohn Fox Weiss. Mr. Noyes is well 1 known in Harrisburg, being a friend of ; Jackson Herr Boyd, with whom Mr. Hoyd spent, some time in England dur ing a brief furlough while the Harris burg man was an ambulance driver along the French front. During his visit here, March 9, Mr. Noyes was the guest of Mrs. John Y. Boyd. His lecture to night wil be interspersed with headings of his war poems. Mr. Noyes comes from Chicago, and goes to address a big meeting in Seranton. : Supcranuatcd Ministers' Fund Makes Big Advance in Last Several Months At the annual meeting of the trustees of Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Church, in Grace Church, yesterday, it was reported that the con | ferencn now lias *182,000 on interest which pays 30 per cent, of the claims of superanuated ministers, or $7,500 a year, an advance of 6 per cent, in the past few months. Since conrerence met *21,000 has been Invested. Not a dollar In interest or principal has ever been lost by the trustees. J. S. Souser. Shamokin, was elected as the new treasurer, and these other officers re-elected: B. H. Hart. Wil llamsport, president; M. K. Foster. Wll liamsport, vice-president, and E. H. Heekman, Altoona, clerk. COXFEF. ON DAUPHIN ROADS County Commissioners conferred yesterday with State Hlghwav Com missioner Black on State aid for road repairs on the roadways from Paxtonia to Linglestown and from Dauphin to Clark's Ferry bridge. Other road im provement plar.a may bo taken up to morrow by the County Commissioners. HARRISBURG, PA.,THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1917 Volunteers Wanted. Enlist Now. No Limit GRAIN SAVERS' LEAGUE MTtiftf II United States | j n|| WHEHFAS, I love my country; nnd _ fjf I iof 1/ HIIKHKAS, my vountry IN now nt wnrj anil fl ' I E 11/itl 11 WHEREAS, there In a grent Mhortnge of food, enpoclnlly I | I -yßf ' ill WHEREAS, 'intoxicating liquor* nre nuide largely from fltfAL&SJill hereby gladly promise, on my honor as a patriotic S American citizen, that FOR THE DURATION OF THE WAR (AND AS LONG THEREAFTER WFCXSESIM AS THE SHORTAGE OF FOOD SHALL PER SI ST), I WILL NOT DRINK, BUY, SELL OR ItySign this and tile it with your wife, or somebody else who ■ , < ™knows how much your word of honor is really worth. K93ißsglis! THE LEAGUE—Has no officers, headquarters, initiation 'araMßt. fee or dues. It is a Voluntary Coincidence of Moderate Drinkers who "can drink or leave it alone at will," and who love their country better than they do liquor. People who "have THE LAW—-Any man can close the saloon between his own nose and his own chin; the Supreme Court of the United States cannot declare the act unconstitutional. "Yotl Arc AfriKpH of Wactino- th* . THE BADGE—A small American flag worn on the left lou rYCCusea OI \v asting tne lapel of the coat. If you see a man drinking liquor while Grain Supply of the United States!" pltHotYsm t amo A unt s r, to. n flag ' you wIU know how much hia [Copyright, 1917, by the New York Evening Post Company.] FRIENDS OF DRAFT CLAUSE TO FIGHT VOLUNTEER PLAN Army Bill May Be Forced Through Congress Early Next Week By Associated Press Washington, April 19. Friends and opponents of the administration's plan for raising: an army by selective I draft lined up in Congress to-day for the impending fight over the two sys i tems. In the House the Military Com mittee was to report on the adminis tration measure with amendments i providing for calling volunteers In increments of 600,000 each and au | thorllzng draft only when the Presi j dent decided the volunteer plan is not ! adequate to produce the army desired. } The volunteer amendment was adopt ed in the committee by a vote of 13 to 8 and a minority report recom : mending the selective draft system was drawn for presentation to the House. An attempt probably will be made to press the measure for pass age Monday. In the Senate the military commit ! tee had voted 10.to 7 to recommend the administration bill virtually as it was drawn by the general army staff. This was to be reported to-day and it [Continued on Page 12] HIGH COST AT WASHINGTON NOT ITTNER'S FAULT Municipal League Gives Letter Praising Architect's Work in Highest Degree As Is well known, Washington is in a peculiar sense a city belonging to the whole country. Congress acts as the City Council. The residents do not I vote, and therefore haye no direct con j trol over the expenditure of the money ! they pay in taxes. Every effort is I made, under what is perhaps the best i operating commission government in !the United States, to make Washing ton a model city. The school building of Washington Is operated from the office of the En gineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia, and is in charge of the municipal architect. The Engineer Commissioner himself is a distinguish ed engineer of the United States Army. Got lighting Plan There It Is to Washington that Harrisburg [Continued on Page 9] EASY FOR DOPE~ FIENDS TO GET DRUGS-CHARGE Federal Agents Quiz Physicians on Prescriptions; User Held Under SI,OOO Bail As part of the clean-up of the com plex dope situation in this city, sev eral doctors were cross examined this morning In the office of the Chief of Police by Emile Koos, of the narcotic drug department of Internal Revenues at Pittsburgh. An effort is being made to determine whether or not the prescriptions that dope ilends could [Continued on Page 22] GAIN I.f KX POUTS By Associated Press New York, April 19. Notwith standing Germany's submarine block ade imports at the port of New York during March made a big: gain over the preceding two months of the year. The total from Europe was more than $12,000,000 ahead of February, the first full month of unrestricted sub marine warfare. SLACKERS CAN'T ESCAPE BEHIND WIVES' SKIRTS Uncle Sam lo Call on Men Who Married Because of Cowardice Hy Associated Press Washington, April 19.—Men of mili tary age who have married since a state of war against Germany was de clared will not escape their obligation of military service under a War De partment policy formally announced to-day. The department's statement follows: "The War Department announces that all men married since the out break of war will be treated upon the same basis as unmarried men Insofar as their military obligations are con cerned. It is desired that the utmost publicity be given by the press to this announcement." The Department was moved to take this action In order that all men should understand exactly what is contem plated In the organization of an army to light Germany. It was desired there should arise no question of slack ers upon the score of marriages con tracted since the outbreak of war with the possible construction that the mar riage in any case was hastened in or der that military duty might be evaded. CITY AND STATE I MOURN DEATH OF MAYOR MEALS House of Representatives, j Council and Police Depart ment Pass Resolutions Members of the House of Represen tatives, City Council and the Police ! Department to-day passed resolutions jof sorrow because of the death of Mayor E. S. Meals. Council ordered all city offices closed at noon to-morrow as a tribute to the executive and decided to attend in a body. Before the resolution was adopted Commissioner E. Z. Gross made a short address eulogizing the Mayor and expressing his deep re gret because of the death of one of his colleagues. Council's resolution follows: "Whereas, Ezra H. Meals, the Mayor of the City <if Harrisburg and our col league in the Council thereof, has [Continued on J'age 12] RED CROSS GETS 1828 NEW MEMBERS IN BIG CAMPAIGN Funds to Date Close to SIOOO Mark; to Plaster City With Stickers Membership in the Red Cross stood at 1328 at noon to-day, and funds re ceived up to a late hour this after noon will put the total over $4,000. Canvassers covering the business and Industrial establishments of the city reported substantial additions to their lists throughout the day. Fifty four memberships were turned in from Harrisburg Foundry and Ma chine works and seventy-five were re ceived from Zlon Lutheran Church. During the first two hours this morn ing registrations at headquarters reached 98. Complete llst/i from the hundreds of canvassers will not be turned In till late to-night. An offering for the Red Cross which amounted to *42.56 was taken (Continued on Pace "A ESPIONAGE BILL HAS HARD FIGHT IN U. S. SENATE Fate of Press and Speech Cen sorship Measure in Doubt By Associated Press Washington, April 19.—Debate on the administration espionage bill con tinued in the Senate to-day -with the fate of the section imposing a press censorship and other restrictions' up on publication'of military affairs still in doubt. This section provides a ten years' Imprisonment or a fine of 110,000 for persons who collect, publish or elicit Information concerning matters of na tional defense which might be of use to the enemy, in violation of regula tions by the President. I Opponents of the section were ready to-day to renew their tight, confident that it would either bo defeated or materially modified. The Senate added an amendment, offered by Senator Lodge, designed to prqtect the right of comment or criti cism of acts or policies of the govern ment. MARRIAGE NOBAR IF ENLISTED MEN HAVE INCOMES But Order to Discharge Sol diers With Dependents Is Hard Blow to N. G. P. The seriousness of the situation in National Guard organizations because of membership in units of men with dependents was brought home at the Capitol to-day ,whon it was announced at the Adjutant General's office that forty members of company K, Eighth Infantry, located at Mahanoy City, would be discharged because they had families depending upon them for sup port. A letter was received from General W. A. Mann, chief of the militia bu reau at the War Department, stating that, with reference to the circular let ter of April 9, relative to discharge of 1a" enlisted men of the National Guard who have families dependent upon them and which might become a charge [Continued on I'age 15] TO ADVERTISE SOON FOR BIDS ON RIPRAPPING j River Slope Improvement From Caldcr to Maclay Streets to Be Started Bids for riprapplng the river front slopes, from Calder to Maclay street, wil be advertised for In the next few days. Action toward the beginning or Hi's much-needed improvement, delay ed for many months, la to be taken now, according to an announcement at the Park Department. Park Commissioner E. Z. Gross and his assistant, V. Grant Forrer, are planning if at all poalble, to do much [Continued on Page 15] Washington Herald Two Cents The Washington (D. C.) Herald, which hat* formerly sold lor onr cent, hap found it necessary to increase Its sales rate to two cents per copy. All the Pittsburgh newspapers raised liT * ' ~. p two cents niontns ago. and In no case was tlie loss of circulation appreciable. The fall in? off vu lea* than was anticipated. PLANS PERFECTED FOR PATRIOTIC PARADETO SHOW CUT'S LOYALTY Harrisburg in Great Festival of Patriotism Will Record It's Loyalty to the Flag; Divisions, Units and Aids An nounced For Monster Line; Stores and Business Houses to Close Ilarrisburg's great festival of patriotism on Saturday promised to record the high watermark of the city's unprecedented display of loyalty to the Flag that began the moment President Wilson called the nation to arms. Plans for the monster parade were perfected to the last detail yesterday evening at a meeting of the division marshals. Every business house, factory, store, barber shop and saloon in the city will close for the day at 12.30 o'clock Snturday afternoon. The stores will be open to-morrow evening to ac commodate those who would be in convenienced by the closing on Sat urday afternoon. Holiday hours will be observed at the post office. No Open-air Meetings The open-air meetings have been canceled because of the lateness of the hour at which it is believed the parade will end and also on account of the confusion that would result from interference with (he heavy Sat urday night traffic in Market Square. A resolution thanking the mer chants of the city for closing their stores Saturday afternoon was unani mously adopted iast night at the meeting of the Chief Marshal and di vision marshals. The resolution reads: We, the undersigned members of the committee, representing the patriotic organizations, civic and commercial organizations, fraternal societies, etc., having charge of the patriotic parade on Saturday, April 21, heartily com mend the merchants and allied interests of Harrisburg who have demonstrated their patriotism by co-operating with us in Satur day's demonstration by arranging to close their establishments at 12.30 p. m„ Saturday until Mon day morning. "The above action of the mer- L t t i 9>• • ' | F ' I r * * | dint; <. ■ ■• ■" T* i' - ■ ! r f p I - ** L • - ■ .' b/i r•:•.•!.t sin C. '<. C. > ;• i -1 : I > r ! ■ ► r 1 p ; thit L • i * j the late Dr. E. S. Meals, if he will become .1 candidate, ! In• ' * . 'J, l-. u h *h." ICo , G; ' -• #0 fl hli ice re- • t iv. j ui g members cf council but that he would vote for Mr. ;' nor inatrd. 1 ► 1 ECK DECLINES OFFICIALLY '■■■'■ -j"i.n A. Arficik to Jjy ' Council J | j . 1 v • 1 ' MARRIAGE LICENSES , 1 Maurn I.Krlaniiall, Ilnrrlxluiru, null FrUclnnn Mnifaro, Wnt Falrvlevt. ► ' Victor ( rtr and Kl>- \ ir U liiin Heel en, \ <>rk. O. Arnold and Mary Ml.liiirU. I'mlon. > llayiuond I'erfectua sharp. Ilurrlliuri(, and Mlllnn Kraarn l'lper, AI toon. . Samuel Klannnaky, Mlddlelonn. and Jennie Mildred fiaronalk, Harrla-f > I •■'*• ► Outdo Crovcttl and Gulaapptna Frane I'olatta, Chicago. 1 M W M w4li Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION cantile interests of Harrishurg. will not only make the parade In the afternoon a great success, but it will also enable their employes to take part in the patriotic dem onstration and thus obtain the tit most inspiration to serve their country during the present war. "We earnestly request the buy ing public of Harrishurg and this district to arrange to do its Sat urday afternoon and evening shopping on Friday afternoon and evening and Saturday morn ing up to 12.30 p. m„ as the retail establishments will be open until !>.OO and 9.30 Friday evening. By patronizing the stores on Friday evening instead of Saturday even ing, you will give substantial ap proval to the merchants who have sacrificed Saturday after noon and evening in order to per mit their employes to turn out and make the occasion a complete success. Signed: Captain E. Eaubensteln, Chief Mar lial. F. 11. Iloy. Jr., Chief of Staff. W. I. Eaubcnstein, Secretary. Col. M. E. Finney. Captain Frank H. Miklc. 1/eo C. Cainor. W. B, McCaleb. John C. Kindler. H. M. Brooks. W. C. Roberts. [Continued on Page 20]
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