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NEW CONSTITUTION
IF VOTERS PASS
This Is Plan of Representative
Whitaker, of Chester, in Bill
Presented Today
Under terms of a bill presented in
the House this morning by Represen
tative Samuel >,A- Whitaker, of Ches
ter county, the voters of the State will
vote at the November election on the
Question whether they desire a con
vention to be held for the drawing up
of a new constitution.
The bill also provides that at the
same election there shall be three
delegates to the proposed constitu
tional convention elected In each sena
torial district, making 150 delegates.
Fifteen delegates are to be named by
the Governor and these fifteen, in the
event of the convention being approv
ed by the people, are to meet imme
, diately after election to draw up
drafts of the proposed basic law.
The convention is to meet in Har
risburg next January, the sessions to
be held in the State Capitol.
Delegates are to be nominated by
petition signed by 200 voters.
The constitution to be drafted will
be submitted to the people at a time
to be selected.
The bill provide® a salary tof $750,
mileage and SIOO contingent fund for
each delegate.
An appropriation of $500,000 is
made by the bill to carry out all pro
visions.
Spies Open Door to
Gain Entrance to Senate
Naval Affairs Committee
By Associated Prtss
Washington, April 19. Capitol po
lice discovered to-day that the door of
the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs
had been forced during the night.
Clerks in the committee room after a
hurried examination said no papers
were missing and Senator Swanson,
the acting chairman of the committee,
said there was no confidential infor
mation in the room.
The door was badly splintered and
the Capitol police force was much sur
prised that no sounds were heard
when it was forced. The guards at
the Capitol were recently increased in
number. Entrance when the houses
of Congress are not in session has been
made unusually difficult. An investi
gation was begun.
U. S. Places Order for 6,000
Lewis Machine Guns
By Associated Press
Washington, April 19. —Emergency
orders for six thousand Lewis machine
guns for the army and navy have been
placed by the government, although
the American-made weapon, which has
ben the subject of such bitter contro
versy, has not been adopted as th*
standard light machine gun for the'
army.
Tests of the Lewis and other light
weapons will take place May 1, it was
said at the department, as a result of
which a final decision would be reach
ed. The Lewis gun, once rejected by
the American government, has become
one of the great factors of the entente
armaments on the western front.
PNEUMONIA KILLED BISSING
By Associated Press
Amsterdam, April 19. —A Brussels
telegram says that thee death of Gen
eral Von Bissing, German governor
general in Belgium which was re
ported last night, was due to inflam
mation of the lungs.
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THURSDAY EVENING, HARRIBBURO TELEGRAPH APRIL 19, 1917.
RED CROSS GETS
IS2B NEW MEMBERS
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President Hopes
Red Cross Campaign
Will Be Successful
v Tlie White House, Washington,
April 18, 101".
Hon. Vance C. McCormick,
Harrisburß. Pa.
I wish you success with nil my
heart in your campaign for in
creased membership of Red Cross.
This Is a direct and immediate
way in which the full patriotic pur
pose of the nation can lx- shown.
WOODKOW WILSON.
\ last night at a concert given by the
I Mendelssohn Chorus.
Red Cross Stickers
Beginning to-morrow every trolley
(car in the city will display the little
! Red Cross stickers. Scores of school
1 children came to headquarters to-day
: for stickers which they are putting
!up in the class rooms. The cam
paign committee requests owners of
automobiles to carry at least one
sticker in their cars.
Cameron Baer has contributed the
C. V. telephone service to the Red
Cross. The telephone will be installed
this week.
The number of the Red Cross Bell
I telephone Is 965-R. ,
The Campaign Committee this
morning decided to keep headquarters
at 206 Walnut street open on Satur
day afternoons from 3.30 to 5 o'clock
to receive memberships. The work
rooms, however, will be closed on Sat
urday afternoons.
Technical high school boys to-day
erected a recording sign on the old
Commonwealth Hotel building similar
to the one at Red Cross headquarters
although much larger. The track runs
the entire length of the Market street
side of the building and the ambu
lance which records the memberships
is of greater proportions than the one
at headquarters.
A big crowd was attracted while the
Tech boys were placing the sign.
Henry C. Claster, the jeweler, at
302 Market street, is contributing 10
per cent, of his gross receipts for ten
days to the Red Cross.
All women members of the Harrls
burg chapter of the Red Cross who
Intend to march In the patriotic pa
rade Saturday are requested to send
in their names to Red Cross head
quarters before 5 o'clock to-morrow
afternoon.
Following is a list of new members:
W. N. Robison, J. F. Rohrer & Son,
Kough, Brightbill & Kline, A. £>. M c *
i Creath, Eugene Snyder, F. E. Walz,
Mrs. Meryl Morrett, Miss Maul Light,
O. H. Bridgman, Mrs. C. D. Dipner,
Ethel M. Hoffman, Dean Hoffman,
Thomas S. Blair, M. D„ Melancitron
Usaw, M. E. Olmsted, Jr., Conway H.
Olmsted, Henry Olmsted, Miss Ger
j trude Olmsted, Mrs. M. E. Olmsted,
I Jane Olmsted, Charles H. Barnes,
! Francis L. Simonetti, C. Edgar Weber,
H. F. Quickel, Chester M. Schefter,
Margaretta F. McCreath, Ell Allen,
Mrs. Edgar Van Stant Einstein, Rich
ard Fox Einstein, Miss Sarah W.
Swartz, Mrs. George M. Sellers, Helen
R. Martin, Mrs. Anna H. Blgler, Wini
fred M. Meyers, Mrs. Van Bereghy, A.
Boyd Hamilton, Mrs. Ed. R. Sponsler,
A. V. Kriner, Mrs. F. W. Corvert, Mrs.
J. H. Dare, Miss Mary Stutzman, Mrs.
A. Frazier, Phillip T. Meredith, Mrs.
H. 1. Yost, Mrs. J. H. Butterworth,
J. H. Butterworth, G. Harold Bowne,
Mrs. Sarah Corning, Mrs. Walter
Webert, Miss Anna Walzer, Miss M.
Olive Barnett, Miss R. V. Sensen
haugh, Miss M. Caroline Sparrow. Miss
Bess M. Metzger, Governor Brum
baugh, Mrs. M. G. Brumbaugh, C. H.
Heckert, .Miss Mary Hiester, Miss
Marie L. Baillle, Richard Knibloe,
Mrs. George M. Whitney, Ed. F. Dun
lap, Miss Rae Frelberger, Miss Dora
Freiberger, F. B. Duyer, Miss N. R.
Wagner, Miss Sue H. Sparrow.
Mrs. J. W. Bowman, Edna Lover,
Miss Ame S. Levan, Esther White,
Martha Geraldine Houtz, W. G. Hicks,
George F. Ross, William B. Hammond,
Miss Anna C. Misley, Miss Helen W.
Shope, Miss Emma A. Kerney, Mrs.
C. W. Lynch, J. T. Balsley, Paul A.
Kunkel, George M. Whitney. Miss
George, Mrs. David Lacy, Miss Esther
F. Leib, Helen E. Holthaus. Miss
Sarah J. Walzer, Miss Dorcas Allison,
Mrs. David S. Funk, Mrs. Robert H.
Irons, Mrs. C. Ross Boas, Mrs. S. P.
Segelbaum, Miss Martha D. Bullitt,
Mrs. L. W. Andrews, Mrs. James F.
Bullitt, Mrs. Carson Stamm. Miss
Katharine Stamm, Miss Maud Stamm,
Mrs. D. W. Cox, Mrs. F. E. Garner,
Mrs. C. L. Wright, Mrs. William W.
Jennings, Miss Mary Jennings, Mrs.
John W. Reily, Miss Margaret M.
Pomerov, Mrs. B. F. N'ead, Mrs. M. I.
Kast.
Mrs. Augustus Lutz, Mrs. W. R.
Houser, Gertrude LeCompte, Miss
Letita G. Brady, Mrs. F. E. Downes,
Mrs. George E. Etter, Mrs. R. W.
Dowdell, Mrs. L. A. Drumlieller, Mrs.
J. W. Bowman. Mrs. Casper Shaak,
IMrs. O. P. Beckley, Miss Katharine
Etter, Mrs. C. C. C'rispen, Mary D.
Quickel, Mary Harman, Mrs. M. H.
Egle, Miss A. L. Boyer, Robert 8011,
Mrs. H. B. McCormick, Miss Eliza
-1 beth Flcisher. Miss Ruth A. Morrett,
Miss Jennie L. Gistwite, Miss Nellie
Eyster Blessing, Miss May Lemer, Miss
Laßue Lemer.
Mrs. W. H. Bitting, W. H. Bitting.
I Parke Weidler, Mrs. Parke Weidier,
i Parke Weidler. Jr., Dr. Charlotte E.
' Goodman, Matilda W. Heister, Betty
} Oenslager, Eleanor Copelin. Mrs. J. W.
Dunn. Miss Nell Payne, Miss Francis
! Gillespie, Mrs. Sarah T. Cook, Mrs.
I Murray W. Graydon, W. N. Yates,
! Mrs. W. N. Yates, Miss Mary C. Doyle,
Nancy I. Shunk, Miss C. M. Hage,
Theresa C. Fleet, Mrs. Wni. Schleisner,
| Mrs. Jesse linker. Mrs. Harriet Ward,
Mrs. Preston Crowell, Jr., Preston
Crowell, Florence Crowell, Mrs. J. R.
Keller. Miller Bros. & Co.. Penna.
Insurance Exchange, H. T. Meale,
Frank R. Leib & Son, E. O. Dare &
Son, Backenstoss Bros., Hammond &
Bailey, G. P. Hammond.
U.-S. May Stop Building Big
Battleships; to Give Time
to Needed Small Craft
i By Associated Press
Washington, April ID.—Temporary
suspension of construction work on
the five new battle cruisers and also
one other capital ship is under consid
eration, Secretary Daniels said to-day,
so that such portions of the steel ship
building industry as are not engaged
In building small fighting craft may
be concentrated upon construction of
merchant shipping to make good sub
marine losses.
No orders have been issued to delay
work on the battle cruisers but the
navy is holding up bids for three 42,-
000-ton battleships authorized by the
last Congress because it does not wish
to clog the ship production capacity
of the country with long time jobs in
the present emergency.
The present capacity of the country"
for the production of structural steet,
the entire strength of the shipbuilding
trade and the total available plant ca
pacity of shipyards fitted to build steel
ships would be required to carry out
the full naval program and to complete
merchant work now on the ways.
FRENCH INFANTRY
BESTS GERMANS
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and Ailles. North of the Chivres-Chivy
line the enemy retained all the heights
and a footing had to De won thern
before the operation, so auspiciously
begun, could be properly completed.
Two simultaneous attacks were de
cided upon with Nanteuil-La-Fosse on
the left and Chivy and Braya-en-La
onnois on the right as the respective
objectives. The attacks succeeded per
fectly notwithstanding the determined
resistance of the enemy, who had all
the advantages of the ground. Driven
out of Nanteull and Brave, the Ger
mans nevertheless still clung to the in
termediate positions, comprising Vaillv
and the important bridgehead on the
Aisne, by which they could threaten
the French flanks.
Movement Extended
The movement was then extended to
the bridgehead which was soon car
ried and the attacking troops scaled the
slope of the plateau north of Vailly.
They advanced rapidly as far as Rouge
Maison farm and a country house to
the right, gaining several hundred
yards of ground on the summit of the
plateau. Substantial progress was also
made east of Nanteuil and by the aft
ernoon only one narrow gap was left
through which the Germans could
withdraw the troops in the region of
Conde, Celles and Saucy. These de
tachments are in serious danger of
capture.
The violence of the French attack
threw the enemy Into Buch disorder
that he was unable to bring up re
serves quickly enough and consequent
ly lost several guns. Toward the end
of the day the French made further
progress between the plateau of Vailly
and Braye. all villages south of the
famous Chemln des Dames being taken.
Advance Continue*
The advance toward Courtecon dur
ing the last three days Iras been even
greater and amounts to more than
three miles in depth. In the center
the battle raged most fiercely in the
region of La Viiie-Aux-Bols. The wood
east of the village, two thousand yards
long by five hundred in depth, was very
strongly held by the enemy, no less
than 180 machine guns being crowded
into it. All these were captured, to
gether with 1,800 men, by a clever ma-
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neuver which cut off the Wood from
the rest of the line.
The army on the right, from Pru
nay to Auberive. by skilful maneuv
ering, cleaned the Germans out of
most of the heights In front of the
village of Moronvilllers. On one of
the crests several heavy guns were
captured.
On the whole, when the wretched
weather and the difficulties of the ter
rain are considered the day's work is
considered most satisfactory and it is
believed that It paves the way for far
more rapid progress in the near fu
ture.
Germans Fill Trenches
With Men in Vain Efforts
to Stem French Assault
By Associated Press
Headquarters of the French Army on
the French Front, Tuesday night, April
17—(Delayed)—The initial success of
the French in the great battle begun
yesterday continued to-day when, de
spite resistance from the Germans their
front position was occupied along an
other twenty miles, extending east
ward from Ilheims to Auberive.
The strength of the Germans can be
gauged by the fact that they em
ployed nineteen divisions of front line
troops. The trenches wero absolutely
filled with men and, according to pris
oners, who now number over 12,000,
they had orders to stand until the last
but could not resist the French artil
lery and infantry. Many fluctuations
in positions naturally occurred during
the course of the fighting, but when
ever the Germans counter attacked
they failed to maintain for any length
of time positions gained and # the
French were able to bivouac on the
ground they reconquered, some time
to a depth of five to six kilometers.
The defenses were found to be very
strong everywhere and were well pro
vided with artillery, some of which
already has fallen Into French hands.
There has been no cessation of the
battle even after nightfall, and thrust
and parry with large bodies of troops
have brought about many separate
battles at different points, in which
the French usually remained masters
of the field.
British Tanks Play Big
Part in Successful Drives
on the Hindenburg LiAe
By Associated Press
London. April 19.—One of the cor
respondents at British headquarters in
I France, referring to the work of the
"tanks," says they were one of the
undoubted successes of the battle of
Arras.
"The Germans claim to have destroy
ed twelve 'tanks' and it is true that
a few of them lie stranded about the
I battlefield," says this correspondent;
| "but they have saved hundreds, per
j haps thousands of lives, and have won |
! strong places and knocked scores of J
the enemy.
"Their successes vastly outweigh
failure. Their deeds gave the most
practicable aid possible to the ad
vance."
GERMANS THROW
MEN INTO FRANCE
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taken with the capture of the Vailly {
bridgehead yesterday and their wav- ]
ering lines continued last night to be !
pushed rapidly northward.
French Drive Forward
From Chavonne on the Alsne the |
French have driven more than three j
mtles north of the river despite des- !
perate resistance by Von Hindenburg's
reinforced armies. ( . j
In the Champagne the successes of
the French are equally striking. They j
have driven a great wedge more than J
three miles deep into the German lines !
between Rhelms and Auberive and last
night's attacks netted General Nl
velle's men several important heights
In the Moronvilllers region.
Capture Batterlen
Two more German batteries were
captured in the Moronvilllers fighting.
Previously the taking of seventy-five
German guns In the new French of- :
fenslve had been reported so that the j
number of cannon wrested from the I
Germans must now be nearing the 100
mark.
Shot From Dark Mortally
Wounds Bridge Guard
By Associated Press
Trenton, N. J., April 19. A shot
flr%d from ambush mortally wounded
Robert Price, 18 years old, a private
in Company 13, Second regiment. New
Jersey National Guard, who was on
duty guarding a railroad bridge near
Yardville, N. J.
The bridge Is a 50-foot long trestle
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over Crosswlck's creek on the Tren
ton division of the Pennsylvania rail
road. It Is said that a tralnload of
powder passes over this line at about
3 o'clock every morning bound for
Jersey City. Price, with other mem
bers of his company was on duty at
the bridge. All heard a shot ring
out nnd a bullet that apparently Camo
from bushes near the little bridge
struck Price and he fell unconscious.
His companions brought htm to a hos
pital In this city where physicians said
he could not live.