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LXXXVI— No. 97 14 PAGES
'PALL OF SILENCE
COVERS CRISIS IN
CENTRAL EMPIRES
Cutting Off of Communications Serves to Accentuate Re
ports of Grave Internal Troubles in Germany and
Austria; 300,000 Munitions Workers in Berlin Re
fuse to Quit Strike and Return to Work
VIENNA STOPS ALL NEWS FOLLOWING PERSISTENT
REPORTS OF HUNGARIAN PREMIER'S RESIGNATION
Revolutionary Spirit Gives Sensational Demonstration in
Sweden; Workers Storm Parliament Calling For
Establishment of a Republic; Demand For Food
Used as Basis For New Movement
A pall of silence has fallen over the central empires, serving
to accentuate the reports of grave internal troubles. Despite the
assertions of the German press that the great Berlin strike, which
involved at least 300,000 workers is over, there is evidence that the
agitation is continuing. The Berlin Tageblatt admits that the
members of two of the munition workers' unions have refused to
return to work and says that those who persist in their refusal
will be called to the colors.
The meager light which sifts through the veil of the German
censorship disappears entirely in the case of Austria. Following
persistent reports that Count Tisza, premier of Hungary, and
foremost exponent in the dual monarchy of the German idea, had
resigned, all information as to conditions in Vienna or Budapest
ceased. The one thing that appears certain is that the Socialists
and Radicals in both empires have recently drawn much closer to
gether and that inflammatory language is being used with an
impunity inconceivable in the earlier days of the war.
In the meantime, the revolutionary spirit which is rampant
throughout Europe has given a sensational demonstration in
Sweden. The food situation is ostensibly the cause of the re
markable events in Stockholm where a great multitude of workers
tried to force their way into the parliament building. The fact
that there were unrebuked shouts for a republic and that the
ominous word "revolution" was lreelv used gives another aspect
to the affair. The Royal Castle is under guard and more serious
outbreaks are predicted for May 1.
Allies Mass Guns
While the revolutionists gather
headway and audacity in the mon
archical kingdoms of Europe the
armies of the British and I-'rene>i
democracies are massing their guns
and shells for another tremendous
thrust against the German lines in
France. There is nothing definite
to indicate where the blow will fall,
but the general opinion in the allied
capitals is that General Haig is about
to make another great effort to
smash his way through to Cambrai
and Douai.
Pending these deveopments pub
lic interest has been keenly aroused
by the cryptic words of Lord Curzon,
member of the British war council,
"keep your eye on Mesopotamia."
The uninterrupted successes of
the British forces in the valley of
the Tigris, who are now some eighty
miles north of Xiagdad, have given
rise to the hope that Lord Curzon's
words are a prediction of some over
whelming blow against the shattered
forces of the Sultain. The main
Turkish forces are at present practi
cally surrounded by the British and
Russian armies and their only road
of retreat lies across an almost im
passable desert.
New Offensive Begun
Ushered in by a prolonged artillery
bombardment, a renewed attack In
force h®3 been begun by the British
on the German lines in Northern
Fiance. The new stroke, marking a
resumption after a week's interval
of the British offensive begun April
9, was given its initial impetus .to
day "on both sides of the river
Scarpe." The statement, issued at
about noon, embodies a report of
"satisfactory progress" sent by Gen
eral Haig.
Besides tending still further to en
compass the city of Lens the move
ment is directed toward both Douai,
the important German distributing
point to the northeast and the Hin
denburg line keypoint of Canibrai to
the southeast.
(German I.lne Shattered
Every detail of the offensive report
the shattering of the last remaining
defenses of the Hindenbtirg line north
of the Scarpe. This was accomplish-
TOE WEATHER
For Ifarrlshurg and vlrlnltri
Mhonrra thin afternoon) prob
ably fair to-night and Tuesday i
cooler.
For Knstern Pennsylvania! Show
er* to-night and Tuesday) cooler
to-night and In Mouth portion
Tuesday ( moderate northerly
win (IM.
River
The Susquehanna river and nil It*
tributaries will probably remain
nearly stationary. A stage of
about 4.H feet is Indicated for
llarrlsburg Tuesday morning.
General Conditions
The lake disturbance of Saturday
has passed aft northeastward.
It Is - to 14 degrees cooler In
North Carolina, Virginia and
Fast Tennessee) over nearly all
the rest of the country tempera
tures have risen 2 to 20 degrees.
Temperature! 8 a. m.. M degrees.
Sunt ltlsea, SilO a. in.
Moon i Fall moon. May 6.
River Htaget 4.7 feet.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, 74.
I.owest temperature, 84.
Mean temperature, H4.
Aorinnl temperature, 53.
i ed by the taking of the town of Gav-
I relle. This capture marked a new ad
-1 vance of about a mile for the Brit
! ish.
I South of the Arras-Cambrai road
the line has been straightened out by
the capture of the village of Gue
mappe. Already more than I.UOO ad
ditional Germans have been taken
i prisoners.
Meanwhile the French infantry is
j being held in check along the Aisne
j front and in the Champagne by Gen
! era! Nivelle, while the work of con
j solidating the notable gains of the
! past week is in progress. The arttl
j lery is busy, however, and Paris re
! ports the breaking up of German
I counterattacks at several points.
May Attack Itussla
While momentous battles are being
l fought on the western front a new
movement of possible vital impor
tance may have been initiated by the
i Germans in the eastern theater of
war. A news agency dispatch from
; Petrograd to-day reports the depart
! ure from Libau, on the Baltic south
j of the gulf of Riga, of German trans
ports for an unknown destination.
This may mean that the Germans
j have begun their threatened opera
i tion of making a combined land and
sea movement against the Russians
t by landing on the g;ulf of Finland in
the rear of the Russian northern
; Hank, lighting their way inland an?
1 cutting off Petrograd.
In Mesopotamia the Turks are still
in retreat up the Tigris, northwest of
I Bagdad, before the victorious British.
| They have evacuated their Iztablat
! position, ten miles below Samara, and
moved to a position six miles nearer
| the town. General Maude, the Brit-
I ish commander, reports they are now
' heing attacked there.
Applicants For Garden
Plots Throng Office of
Chamber of Commerce
Applicants for Chamber of Com
j merce garden plots in Bellevue Park
I thronged the Chamber of Commerce
i office today to receive their assign
! ments.
I Superintendent Shirley B. Watts,
of the Agricultural Committee, who
lias charge of the distribution of
the lots assigned fifty-six bofere
2 o'clock this ofternoon anil It was
I expected that the entire Bellevue
I Park section would be distributed
• before night. The Chamber office
| will be open until 8 o'clock tonight.
Serious Conditions Facing
All Newspaper Publishers
A. G. Mclntyre, special representa
| tive of the paper committee of the
American Newspaper I' lblishers As
i soclation, which is now'in session at
I New York, says df the news print
situation:
"The United States} is facing an
enormous increased demand for
print, paper, which the present equip
ment is helpless to supply. Publish
ers must seek redress themselves in
every possible way by selling their
paper at not less than 2 cents a
! copy, by cutting out returns, using
economical sizes of make-up, and
! in every way attempt io give a ser
vice to the public in the most effi
cient and business-like way. It Is
the greatest folly for publishers to
think they can continue selling their
commodity to the public at increaa-
BRITISH OPEN
NEW OFFENSIVE
ON WIDE FRONT
Big Guns Brought Up to
Rake German Defensive
Linos
| PUSH STEADILY AHEAD
j General Haig Forces Gaps on
Both Sides of River
Scarpe
By .Associated Press
London, April 23.—After a week's
i interlude, during which they had
| been busy consolidating the gains of
;the first week's offensive and bring
ing up their guns, the British at
| dawn this morning began another
phase of the operations against the
■ formidable German defenses on the
! front in Northern France. General
Sir Douglas Haig reports that the
forces under his command attacked
1 on a wide front on both sides of the
j river Scarpe where a portion of the
Hindenburg line forms a barrier de
fending Cambrai and that they are
i making satisfactory progress.
Further South British troops have
captured the remainder of the village
of Treacault and occupied the greater J
part of Havrincourt wood which i
formed a two-mile bulge in their j
line. From this point to St. Quentin
the line approaches closely the
Canibrai-St. Quentin road and canal.
The correspondents at the front had
prepared the public for the renewal;
of the more active operations which
have entered a new phase with each
succeeding Monday. The British be- 1
gan their great offensive on Monday'
a fortnight ago and the French fol- 1
lowed this with their stroke along j
the Aisne a week ago. The third
Monday finds the British again on
the move.
A success along the Scarpe not
only would threaten the new Ger
man line but would further outflank
Lens on the south.
Russian Peasants Want
Land Given to Workers
By Associated Press
London, April 23. A Petrograd
dispatch says that the peasants of
Saratov, a Volga government, have
elected all the Social revolutionist
candidates to the district Zemstvo.
Acongress of the peasants passed a
resolution in favor of the land be
ing shared by everybody on condi
tion that each person who takes up
a section personally works thereon.
Another American Falls
Fighting For France
By Associated Press
Paris, April 23. Sergeant Wil
liam Dugan, one of the American
aviators with the French army is
reported missing. Lieut. William
Thaw says that it is feared Sergeant
Dugan was one of the aviators who
were seen to fall during a battle over
the German lines. Dr. Edmund
Gros, one of the organizers of the
American squadrilla, thinks how
ever, that there is a possibility that
the sergeant was taken a prisoner or
even landed in the British lines.
Sergeant Dugan was 27 years old
and was born at Patchogue, Long
island, but lived latterly in Roches
ter, N. Y.
Bulgaria Declares It
Will Stick to the End
By Associated Press
| Amsterdam, via London, April 23.
I—A semi-official Bulgarian state
ment which has been received here,
I referring to the manifesto of the
Russian provisional government of
: April 10 says:
"The Bulgarian government is al
! ways ready to support steps cal
culated to secure peace. On the
I other hand it is tirmly resolved. In
I union with its allies, to continue the
i war to a termination which shall
[ guarantee to Bulgaria the complete
j union of all her nationalities."
Despondent Man Kills
Self With Towels
Fran kIC. Taylor, aged about 65,
committed suicide, the police say,
this morning in his room at 15 North
Fifth street. Me had tied two towels
together and then tied the one end
around the top of a closet door after
it had been firmly knotted about his
i neck. He evidently jumped from a
chair, and then held his feet from
the floor until death came by
strangulation.
Taylor came to t'he boarding ouse
of W. H. Lindley about three tveeks
afco. Since that time he has heen
soliciting for the Curtis Publishing
Company. For several days he has
been acting despondent and was last
seen about 9 o'clock last night.
MAY TRY TO FILL VACANCY
Council may make another effort
to-morrow to elect a successor to
Councilman Harry F. Bowman, al
though nobody cared to-day to say
who the candidates might be. There
is little likelihood of an effort to
choose a Mayor to till the vacancy
although it is the opinion of City
Solicitor Fox that the new law per
mits council to elect a Mayor as well
as counclLoieu in case of vacancies.
HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, A PRIL 23, 1917.
CITY PLEDGES SELF TO
BACK SACRED CAUSE OF
UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD
The etching shows Thomas P. Moran. originator of the Everybody's Patriotic Parade Idea: Captain E. lAuben
stein, t aptain Henry M. Stine, Captain William I. LaubenstHn and Commander Kdward Dapp. To these men
is much of the credit due for the success of the demonstration.
Ihe other picture shows the boys of 'Tti, who led the Harrisburg TELEGRAPH cont ingont.in the parade. Back
of them inarched men attired in the uniforms of the War of IS 1J and other conflicts in which the United States
engaged up to the present.
Cily Proclaims Us Readiness to Sacrifice lis Lives and Its
fortunes Fur the Sacred Cause of Universal Peace and
World-Wide Freedom i n Patriotic Patjeant; Men, Wo
men and Children A'ever Falter as Rain Ponrs Down
The great, patriotic heart of Har
risburg beat true to the Flag Satur- I
day when, shaken to its very founda-1
tion by the mighty tread of 14,000 [
marching patriots, the thunderous j
cheering and applause of countless 1
other thousands and the blare of two i
scores of bands, the city made public |
profession of its loyalty to the Na- i
tion.
It was a fervid yet solemn pro- '
claiming of the city's ardent devo-;
tion to the principles upon which' t
this Nation was founded and of its I
willingness to sacrifice its lives and j
its fortunes for the sacred cause of j
universal peace and world-wide free- {
dom.
Throughout that gigantic column |
TURKEY BREAKS
OFF RELATIONS
WITH AMERICA
Ottoman Government Follows
Example Set by Dual
Monarchy
By Associated Press
Washington, April :!3. —Official no
titiiation of the Turkish government
breaking off diplomatic relations with
the United States was received to-day
by the State department in a dispatch
fiom American Minister Stovall. at
Heme, Switzerland.
Chester's Town Hall
Oldest in the State,
to Be Kept Forever
By Associated Press
Chester, Pa.. April 23. Chester's j
ancient town hall, said to be the old
est building in Pennsylvania, is to
be preserved as a public building,
forever. At tlds morning's meeting ,
of City Council it was voted to ac- i
cept a proposition from State Sena- !
tor William C. Bproul to restore the-,
structure to its original appearance
at his own expense* and fit up the I
interior as it was in Colonial days j
under an agreement with the city;
that It shall bj inalntaihed with
suitable surroundings for public use
for all time. The modern buildings
around it will be removed and a
plaza formed, at the rear of which
will be erected a new city hall, also'
of Colonial pattern. The town hall i
was built in 1724, during the reign!
of George I of England.
. of marching hosts tind among the
' multitudes that crowded the streets
j along the line of the procession
i there was one premominate thought
! that was voiced by a rain-soaked,
j bare-headed woman, well past 40
' years, as she struggled resolutely on
: ward with the downpour at its worst,
when she called out:
; "We'll do our bit though heaven
! falls!"
Will Be long Remembered
"Everybody's Patriotic Day" will
| be remembered alike by the gruy-
I haired veterans of many battles and
| tlie fresh, snappy hosts of Boy Scouts
I as one of the greatest events of their
j lives. The old soldiers were spared
i to see the banner they fought under
! tor the preservation of the Union
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PARK EXTENSION
BILLS WILL GO IN
EARLY THIS WEEK
Brunner and Manning Will
Explain Plans For (lie
Great Improvement
The two bills prepared by City
Solicitor John E. Fox, on behalf of
the city of Harrisburg, and Deputy
Attorney General W. H. Keller, on
behalf of the State, which provide
for the co-operation of the Common
wealth and the municipality in de
velopment of the Capitol Par., ex
tension will lie submitted to the
Legislature this week. To-morrow
night Arnold W. Bruisaer, of New
York, and Warren H. Manning, of
Boston, the architects in charge of
the landscape work will explain
plans recently adopted by the Board
of Public Grounds and Muildings for
the monumental Capitol Park im
provements at a special session of
the House Appropriations Commit
tee.
The bills which will be presented
this week will provide for the de
velopment of the park extension un
der direction of a ±;tate commission,
similar to that which handled the
[Continued on Piigje ]
ISITIiD STATES GETS .Vs MASK
By Associated Press .
Washington, April 23. Experts of
the Bureau of Mines are designing
n apparatus to combat noxious
Bases, which it is declared, promises
to be superior to any now In use on
the Kuropean battlefields. Details of
the invention, however, are being
withheld for obvious reasons,
ASK ENLISTMENT
OF 5,000 BEFORE
| END OF WEEK
| Red Cross Housc-to-House
i •
Canvass to Start; 185 Signed
Since Saturday
"Unless the enrollment In the Hjir
risburg Chapter of the Red Cross
goes over the 5,000 mark before the
end of the week, the membership
committee will be greatly disappoint-
I ed.
But no one at Ked Cross head
[ quarters today hesitated to predict
that the total membership next Sat
i urdav night would be far in excess
j of 6,000, at the same time voicing
[Continued on Page 11]
CONGRESS TAKES
IP ARMY BILL
FOR LAST DEBAI|
Leaders Work to Save Selec
tive Conscription Claus'jfp
From Defeat
By Associated y Press •
Washington, April 23. The'jijJ
ministration bill to create a big
| army by selective draft was u
i debate in both houses of CongfAs
t/7
! to-day. It was taken up in the tfOHSe
i for the first time and in the Senat"
| debate was resumed.
j The House bill, ns reported b^a-ji
j majority of the committee, lij^-
vided for volunteer enlistment with
! conscription only as a last resort and
I the tight for this measure was-led-by
! Chairman Dent of the Military Com
mittee, whose supporters felt surtL
that'they would make a good show-J
I Ing. A strong element In the House,
j however, backed the selective eon
j scrlption plan advocated by tfce
army general staff and recoramend
• ed by the military committee minor
j ity led by Representative Kahn, of
I California, a Republican.
I In the Senate the bill under cf>u
sideration was the genoral staffw
' measure.
In the House the bill was taken-up.
I under an agreement providing for IS
j hours of general debate to be follOw
i ed by five-minute talks.
Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDI
COUNTRY PAYS
HONORS TO ITS
BRITISH GUESTS
War Commissioners Visit
U. S. Cabinet Members on
Formal Calls
TO DINE WITH WILSON
Balfour Pays First Visit to
State Department and
Mr. Lansing
"Washington, April 23. Calls ot'
courtesy filled part of the program
to-day of Foreign Minister Balfour
und other distinguished members of
the British commission who arrived
here yesterday to confer with Am
erican officials on the nation's joint
task of beating Germany. To-mor
row also the visitors will be enter
tained with all the honor the nation
can show to guests of such high
rank, 011 a mission of such tremen
dous significance and then will come
series of official conferences for the
(Continued an Puge 5)
Infernal Machine Burns
Four in York Suburb
York, Pa., April 23. Four persons
were injured this morning by an In
fernal machine left on the porch of
the suburban residence of Wade W.
McClune, former reputy prothonotary
uf York county. McClune and Charles
11. Still, a your.g attorney, who re
sided with the family, are in the York
hospital, the latter In a critical con
dition. Both of the men, as well as
McClune's wife and his (laughter, Jes
sie, suffer from burns, as the bomb
was evidently loaded with black
powder and flared rather than ex
ploded.
A package bearing a* scrawl "To
Charlie From Bill" was discovered this
morning and carried into the house
where it was found to contain a ci
garbox which McClune and Still were
opening when it went off. Jessie leap
ed through a window and Mrs. Mc-
Clune fainted.
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1 ARD BILL KEADY '||H
4 I
ST
I -"*4rtg th<- l Nat- H
1 • u-ill be- Introduced to-M^^H
| h tis of infii it/ . nd one regi- 1
it: >ns of which have not betfft I
I -INQ SPgCTFICATiy^S v , fWi
£ tWms f'*>T ing the ;'E
1 *? in tht Park , >
1 I'b'- -d to
T ( ">no as jpp Hdg will . •■s! ; |
£1 , that th* k Mart 1 ' 1
J
| t CD FARMER. 1 . I i
f V - Wtntam J B<- i> paid * l |!l P
T fWtfsh istef j I
I B tour of the far vr?st, to hlp fl
? AgTfcult '• r in- |
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j IN6 IRREGULAR i\'
9 Mtmfddtis, •-'ind.gaß 1
I•. ted State* 7* - tht last <f.
'9 he er, lost gro Th< clos- *fa
I ir.g ies were tmder bearish preth f j
& day's dull sr - on. There
1 the. . • <*d 4f&, j M
1 . ii. Salts we.- nd st L- 1 '
| 450, C
I OR rm, house iißl 1
9 I 1
T Harris! . e opened thip. afternoon for
1 remode . Hose House on Chestnwt
r str< ■ ented to Park Commlesiow*" 1 t
'V I *t bid,'s2.3? 3, the Horace G.
Hippli C uncil will be asked t< >pp?6ve the i{
' cu; st bidder tomorrow.
IwSMe* m-i
l ' |'-V |
MARRIAGE LICENSES^
\ !<oul* Zlogar, Slrdton. and Mary Sabuhlla, Strelion. t'l
HurH* l.ltthi Spanicler. I.ebanoM. Helm June Wrlitht. HirrltlMM. 1
U IrnnWi.. Hllna Miller, I.aadliiburK, and Elisabeth Clrilß^Hßft :
( , iltlonaaurK.
QtiU'Mi Vb" ii Vl" ■ V| <A" '"A"
FOOD STAPLES
I AND COAL ARE
| SOARING HIGH
Flour, Sugar, Molasses, Prac- j
tically All Groceries Arc 1
Going Up
FUEL GROWING SCARCER
Situation Worse Now Than It
Was During Great Strike
in 1902 ■ ■
The high cost of living Is soaring
higher and higher daily and the end
lis not in sight local grocers, cdal
dealers and other merchants say.
I Flour has increased in price until at
the present time it ss higher' than
It has been for fifty yearH, the same
is true of other materials.
I The coal situation Is perhaps the
most serious of rll. J. B. Mont
gomery, one of the dealers, said this
morning: "The coal situation in this
city and all over the country Is more
serious to-day than it has been since
the famine in 1902. Dealers have
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Sarah Bernhardt Rallies
When at Death's Door
By Associated Prets
New York, April 23. The con
dition of Sarah Bernhardt improved,
! during the night. L,ast evening th 3
i physicians attending the actress
| held out scant hepe for her recovery.
A bulletin issued this morning read:
"After having passed a poor dav
| yesterday Madame Bernhardt shor-
I ed an improvement last night n'hd
I her improvement has continued. She
spent a comfortable night;" 4
MCBD MfIHK SHU'S
By Associated Prtti
Washington. April 23. —' Diveisloh
of ships from coastwise to trans-
Atlantic trade was discussed .to-ilav „
at a conference of siumber of heada 1
of steamship line f railroads with 1
the cqUncil of N- v- .nl Defense To
I lie, railroad im 'emphasis we
on the neccsf ty for rearranging
their schedules to a< i-nmmodatp !' w
increased shipping which would
thrown upon thein by
coaJiw.oo vsßs-Jls.
M