di Jb 4U 4k Red Cross Campaign leaders Believe Membership Will Reach 10,000 +4k+ WF HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH (Ehf Star- UniJepfubcnt LXXXVI— No. 100 16 PAGES , KAISER STOPS ADVANCE BY MASS ATTACK Thousands of Germans Sacrificed by Berlin in Effort to Stop Steady Forward Push of General Haig's British Army; Losses Enormous in Fourth Day of Terrific Battling Which Brings No Decision FRESH RESERVES OF TEUTON TROOPS ARE RUSHED UP TO FILL THE GUN-TORN GAPS Importance of Issues on the French Front Overshadow Internal Difficulties in Enemy Countries; Electric ally Charged Wire Fence Erected to Keep News From Leaking Over Border The fourth day of the terrific struggle on the British front in France has opened with both sides still striving vainly for a de cision. The Germans have resorted to the terribly costly tactics of massed attacks and have apparently succeeded in checking the British advance. This partial success has been won, according to spectators of the titanic conflict, at a staggering toll of human life. Last night's fighting in the great battle in the Arras region seems to have ben chiefly in connection with a renewed German effort to wrest from the British the vilage of Gavrelle. Through the capture of this place on Monday, General Ifaig pushed a sharp wedge into the German lines along the Arras-Douai road. The Germans have sacrificed thousands of men in attempts to retake it, but have failed completely. Last night's efforts were as fruitless as the rest. The at tacking forces were caught by the British arillery barrage and broken up. On the Aisne battle front the French also had to contend with violent German reactions. Several powerful attacks were made in an attempt to drive General Nivelle's forces from the plateau near the Ghem-Des-Mese. The Germans lost heavily in the breaking of these assaults by the French artillerv fire. l{Dinars of Revolt It would seem as If the revolution ary mutterings which were ominously •welling through Europe prior to the Inception of the great battle were drowned In the thunders of the bat tlefield. but indications are not lack ing that momentous events are about to occur behind the lighting lin.es.l The summary adjournment of rtie Reichstag, when its sittings had bare ly opened, is given added significance by hints in the German press that the strike agitation in Germany may burst forth with renewed violence on May Day, the great international So cialist holiday. A nation-wide labor demonstration in Sweden is also plan ned for that day and may have its counterpart in Spain. No news of any Importance has come from Austria" in several days, a fact which has given fresh vigor to the ever-recurrent report of inten tions or efforts on the part of the dual monarchy to seek a separate peace. No confirmation of thq reports is available, from any reliable source, but there is more definite tidings of the status of affairs in Turkey, the r -* President Sends Appeal to Farmers The White House, April 24, 1917. To the Farmers of the Country: At the present moment it is our plain duty to take adequate steps that not only our own people be fed, but that we may, if possible, answer the call for food of other nations now at war. In this great est of human needs I feel that the American farmer will do his part to the uttermost. By planting and increasing his production in every way possible, every farmer will perform a labor of patriotism for which he will be recognized as a soldier of the com missary, adding his share to the food supply of the people. WOODROW WILSON. V THE WEATHER For llnrrlsliurg anil vicinity: Kalr tn-niuhl aiireat I.liken. It has caused rain and NIIOIV in the I,like Region , and I pper >1 insissippl Valley, rain In the Ohio Valley, Middle Atlantic Slates and Fast Ten nessee and light. scattered showers In tieorglit and .North ern Florida. Temperature: s a. ni.. 44 degreea. Sun: Rises, HiO.l a. m. Moon i Full moon. May A. River Stage: 4.11 feet. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, W, l.owcst temperature, 38. Mean temperature, 47. >or 111 a I temperature. SB. third member of Germany's imperial triumvirate. Appalling Stories Returning travelers tell appalling stories of the devastation wrought by disease and starvation in the Ottoman empire. The also repeat the oft-told story that the Turkish people are sick at heart over the war and Its entailed miseries, but arc kept In subjection by the iron hand of Enver Bey and his German colleagues. A striking example of the rigidity of the German censorship '.4 afforded by the news that no German news paper is allowed to leave the empire without being passed by the govern ment officials. Wire fences charged with electricity have also been erect ed along the German-Swiss frontier and every possible precaution has been taken to prevent the details of what is transpiring within the realms of the central powers from reaching the rest of the world. Rusa Maintain Silence Apart from France, there are few developments of importance in the war theaters. The British continue to drive forward in Mesopotamia but there is a curious silence In regard to the Russian armies in that region. An attack on a fairly large scale has been made by the allies on the Salo niki front but there is nothing as yet to indicate whether a general of- I fensive is planned in this region. McAdoo and Sec. Balfour Reach Understanding on All War Problems j Washington, April 26.—Announee i ment was made to-day that British . Foreign Minister Balfour and Sec -1 retary McAdoo have arrived at a ' completed understanding on ques | Hons affecting finance, trade ship : ping, banking, exchange and kindred | problems. Mr. Balfour expressed j himself to-day as tremendously pleased with the sympathetic under ' standing and the co-operation of the American government. The actual detailed working out | of the broad principles outlined will form the major podtion of the next ten days of the commission. Mr. Balfour devoted himself to-day to co-ordinating the suggestions made by Secretary McAdoo, with the ten tative plans brought over by the British commission and to arranging for the most efficient linking up of personnel in the two governments. Germany Drains Country to Rush Up Reserves to Check British Advance London, April 26.—Telegraphing to-day from British headquarters in France, Reuter's correspondent,- says: "The Germans are still hurrying up fresh reserves to press their counter attacks. They are fighting a great delaying battle although not now standing upon any well pre pared system of defenses, and can only hope to check our advance by using up great masses of troops, whose breasts have taken the place of parapets. "This policy must result in great ly accelerating the process of ex haustion, and if continued long the situation will resolve Itself Into the j simple problem of which side can ; longest maintain the deadly pace. Prisoners declare that the. German army is now being drained at a rate which brings collapse within a j measurable distance." IT'S GOING TO BE UNIVERSAL TRAINING FOR THESE ANYWAY FORESTALLING OF FOOD IN MARKETS IS AROUSING IRE High Prices Offered For Eggs That They May Be Placed in Storage TRY POTATO CORNER Farmers Being Promised $1.50 Per Bushel For All Tubers They Raise ] A prominent woman of this city— one much Interested in all good work —phoned the TELEGRAPH to-day to invoke the aid of this newspaper in overcoming the forestalling of food : in the markets of Harrlsburg. In going through one of the lead ing markets yesterday she was told I by a patriotic woman from the coun try that men were tramping up and I down through the market offering j higher prices for eggs than the pre vailing market figures in order to place thein in storage. "I didn't sell one egg to these men," said the farmer's wife, "because I felt it was an outrage to purchase eggs I for the purpose of storage at a time 1 like this. I would rather sell my eggs for less than the market price than to permit these men to deprive the poor people of an. opportunity to buy them at a reasonable price." Seek to Tie I'p Potato Crop This Instance would seem to indi cate the need of a sharp lookout in the markets of Harrisburg. It is bad enough that the price of food should be increased through a possible short age of supply, but it is outrageous that selfish men will endeavor to cor ner the market by offering a some what higher price now that they may profit by a still higher price a few months hence, Buyers say. It is also said that men are going through the country districts. Roberts Valley has been mentioned as one, offering farmers and others $1.50 a bushel for all the potatoes they can grow during the present season. It is said this is preliminary to monopo lizing the entire crop of potatoes in this part of Pennsylvania And some steps will undoubtedly be taken by the Committee of Public Safety to check the food grabbers. Sixty Cents Will Be Added to Cost of Coal by Wage Increase By .Issociatcil Press New York, April 26.—£0al men esti mate that the wage Increase granted to 175,000 miners In the anthracite fields will raise the retail price of hard coal an average of sixty cents a ton. The agreement signed last night by representatives of the oper- j ators and the United Mine Workers ! of America adds approximately $30,- 000.000 a year to the miners' wage's i and is the largest Increase awarded in 1 the history of the anthracite indus try. The advance averages 20 per cent., virtually the same as that recently re ceived by the 223,000 workers iri the bituminous fields. The agreement re mains In effect until April 1, l9is. HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 1917. SAFETY BODY HEARTILY ENTERS PATRIOTIC WORK I Food Conservation Will Be Given Especial Attention by Local Committee ' A permanent organization of the I , Dauphin County Committee of Public ' Safety, recently appointed by Gover j nor Brumbaugh was effected at an en j thusiastic meeting held in the Board ! of Trade Building yesterday after- I noon. The local members of the General Committee of Public Safety joined with the county committee in forming the organization. Gilbert Outline* Steps The meeting was characterized by great earnestness and the spirit of co-operation was manifest in all the [Continued on Page 16] MATCH HEADS FOUND BEFORE FATAL BLAST Munitions Company Officials Declare Malice Was Back of Explosion By Associated Press Chester, Pa., April 26. —r That conclusive evidence of the existence of a plot in the destruction of the plant of the Eddystone Ammunition Corporation at Eddystone, Pa., near here on April 10, -esulting in the death of 129 men and girls was lack ing, was admitted by Captain Walter M. Wilhelm, vice-president and gen eral manager of the corporation, the principal witness, at the inquest be gun here to-day by Coroner Drewes. About fifty witnesses were sum moned. Conflicting testimony was given by a number of the witnesses. I Asked directly whether he had any ! definite information as to the cause' of the explosion Captain Wilhelm said he had none but "that be did not believe the disaster was the re sult of an accident." He said he based his belief on evidence turned over to him following the company's investigation. "First of all," he said, "the dis aster was caused by an explosion in the loading room near vibrating table No. 4, and right at a pellet box con- I taining from 800 to 1,000 powder j (Continued on Page 11) 250,000 Berlin Workers Strike, Washington Hears By Associated Press Washington, April 26.—Reports to 1 the State Department through offi cial channels tell of a strike of 250 - 000 laborers In Berlin. While the name of the official who gave the information is withheld, the depart ment says the in.-ident shows the! growth of desire for peace on the l )a rt of the workman. It is reported also that bread rations have bicn' reduced from 1,900 to 1,600 grams I per week. PARK EXTENSION FUNDS WILL BE VOTED PROMPTLY Governor Brumbaugh all d Chairman Woodward Dis cuss Appropriation Governor Brumbaugh and Chair man Woodward, of the House appro priations committee, conferred this morning- regarding the bill to make the appropriation for Capitol Park Extension and it will -be drawn up and presented next week. The Board of Public Grounds and Buildings late yesterday afternoon adopted a resolution asking for $500,000 for the grading, planting and other parking work, which let ter was received by the chairman of the appropriations committees to day. Mr. Woodward went over the mat ter in detail with the Governor to day and assured him that every ef fort would be made to vote the (Continued on Page 11) MEMBERSHIP OF 5,000 EXPECTED BEFORE TONIGHT Red Cross Anticipates Returns From Canvass Will Place It Across Mark The prediction was made at Red Cross headquarters at noon to-day, on the strength of many encourag ing reports ireceived from leaders of the house-to-house canvass, that when the thirteen ward captains make their first returns to-night the membership of the Harrisburg chapter will cross the 5.000 mark. At 1 o'clock this afternoon en rollments had reached 3,885. One hundred and eighty memberships were taken out this morning by the [Continued on Page 10] American Ship Is Sunk by U-Boat's Shellfire By Associated l'rcss Washington, April 26. —The de struction without warning by sub marine gunfire of the American I schooner Percy BlrdsaH, of New ! York, was reported to-day to the : State Department. Time and place ! were not announced. The submarine tired ten shots, seven of which struck the schooner below the water line, some of them while the captain and crew of nine were taking to the boats. The sur vivors were rescued by a British pa trol boat after being in the boats about an hour and u half. HOPE FOII KL'SSIAN PEACE ! By Associated l'rcss Petrograd, April 2fi, via London.— A telegram received here from Itiga I indicates tliut the Germans are con-! tinuing unremittingly their attemptsi to parley with t{jp Russian soldiers, i At one place the Germans displayed I a placard on which was written. | "Russians: Do not uttucK. We uiso will not attack." FRENCH NOTABLES VISIT PRESIDENT AND SEC. LANSING 1 War Commissioners Pay For mal Calls on Administra tion Officials By Associated Press Washington, April 26. The s French commission began its first 2 day in Washington with a round of c official calls. The first was at the j State, War and Navy Departments. Former Premier Viviani, head of j j the mission, Marshal Joffre, Admiral r Chocheprat and Viscount De Cham ' brun called first at Secretary Lan- sing's office. Former Secretary of . State Elihu Root was conferring with Mr. Lansing at the time. The clerks . of the great building lined the halls _ and gave the Frenchmen a reception . of almost continuous cheer and hand ; clapping. After spending a few minutes with Secretary Lansing, M. Viviani, Mar shal Joffre and Admiral Chocheprat went over to the White House to be formally received by President Wil son. As the French party left the build ing the cheering was acknowledged [Continued on Page 1] ( Robert B. Reeves Succeeds Homer Black as Secretary of Christian Association . Robert B. Reeves, of New York city, was this afternoon elected gen eral secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association of Harrisburg to succeed Homer Black, whose term of service ended in February. Mr. Reeves was the unanimous choice of the special committee composed of A 1 K. Thomas, the Rev. James F. Bullitt and Edward J. Stackpole, Jr. who submitted their selection before a special meeting of the board of di rectors to-day, and the new secretary , was elected without a dissenting vote ' as the choice of the board from a large number of applicants from various sections of the country. Mr. Reeves is a man of high ideals of service and with years of experi ence behind him, having served in ' a number of cities, most recently at Troy, New York, where he success fully followed two of the biggest Y. M. C. A. secretaries in the coun try. For the past few years he has been in business in Now York city, but the lure of association work was I too strong and he determined to rc jturn to it. lie has been strongly | recommended by William Dietrich I I formerly of Harrisburg, who Is at I present general secretary of the | Young Men's Christian Association iof Brooklyn, N. Y.. which boasts of I the lurgest association building In the i world and the second largest mem- I bershlp. Word was sent Mr. Reeves |of his selection to-day. CUT I.IUI UU ADS By Associated Press j Tallahassee, Fla., April 26.—The hill j j to prohibit lhiuor advertising In this i state after July 1 passed by both' ! he-uses of the Legislature, went to ! j Governor l.'atts to-day for his np-i proval. The Governor is expected to ' | sign the measure. WHEAT AGAIN SOARS By Associated Press , Chicago. April 26. Wheat con-; i tinned its sensational advance to [ day. < m first trades May sold up 41,4 .cents to $2.55; July C cents to I $2.21 and September 4 U cents to i | 1.2 V 3; Single Copy, 2 Cents URGES CONSUMERS NOT TO HOARD UP FOOD SUPPLIES Wholesale Grocers Declare Accumulation of Provisions Forces Prices Higher "BUY AS YOU. EAT" Purchasing in Quantities Re sponsible For Hardships to Many With prices of groceries and other provisions soaring higher daily, offi cials of the Evans-Burtnett Com pany, Witman Brothers, Witman- Schwarz and othor local grocers urge consumers not to accumulate food. This, they say, has aided material ly in forcing the prices of foodstuffs up and has caused producers to raise the price of all goods and also to limit the supply. "If the consumer would use sound judgment and not buy more provi sions thun he heeds for immediate use, they could aid greatly in reduc ing the hardships which they and others have to endure," the say. While it is rumored that there is a shortage of cans for canning fruits and vegetables, in this section, those familiar with conditions said this morning that there is no immediate danger and that housewives here will not suffer, as glass jat-s are almost exclusively used here. These are plentiful. In an effort to avert a shortage of | tin cans the National Preparedness League and the Federal Government have issued orders to big canning concerns not to can peas, beans, corn and other products, which can be dried, but only to can perishable fruits. Some producers of canned goods have made complaint of the shortage of cans, but it is the belief of those familiar with conditions that there will be plenty when the season opens. rw M M ¥' ¥' ""If' ""M FLOUGH AT M'-dHt " 1 > I > ! I P - I ' ' ' I ■ > : ■ | 1 1 ! i { 1 army ! ; U S. TAKEN OFF BLACKLIST Jl I London, April 26.—-The British blacklist of '► . the 1 • et; .>:.*• i ► mp GERMANS PLAN FOR REPUBLIC , > 1 Washington. April ?6. -- : I l i'.'Mcan , ' ■ M' - •'!" 'M •** a > t\ , GEN. WOOD DENIES ORDER IS RESCINDED ' , *•' . ' ' ' v*r . • ' ' 1 t the order had be cd which to take command o( the new department of the south* 1 t I ■ . f ;*>, tl . V M'ADOO MAY ISSUE MORE CERTIFICATES | > Washington, April 26-~-Secretary McAdoo is con* g another ftering of $200,000,00< . J I ites due June • within the next ten day*. • J . 1 [MARRIAGE LICENSES • ! Ralph Wll-on \