++ + + Red Cross Will Continue Campaign For Filembers Another W J* 4 lf% HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXVI—No. 102 18 PAGES CONSCRIPTION WINS BY BIG HOUSE VOTE Administration Forces Throw Out Amendment Calling For Volunteers System; Army Bill Assured Now of Passage as Drawn by United States Military Ex perts; Votes Stands 279 to 98 Washington, April 28. Administration forces overthrew opponents of the administration selective conscription bill in the House on the'first vote to-day and struck the volunteers amend ments from the measure. The vote came on an amendment by Representative Kahn, who lias led the fight for the administration bill, moving to strike out the volunteer amendments inserted by a majority of the mili tary committee against the protests of the President and the army war college. It assured the passage of the bill as drawn by the army experts. The vote to sustain the provisions of the administration bill was 279 to 98. Wilson to Get Bill The bill probably will be in Presi dent Wilson's hands for his appro val within the next day or two un less slight changes made iff the measure by either House require a conference. As soon as the Presi dent signs the bill plans already tor mulated by the War Department will be put into execution. Debate in the Senate to-day was begun by Senator Harding, of Ohio, in support oC the administration bill and also his amendment to permit Colonel Booseveit to raise four divi sions of volunteers for immediate service abroad. Senator Harding said the amend ment was not to be misconstrued as inimical to tfie general plan of con scription which he endorsed. Need T. It 's Division "It does not underestimate the im pressiveness of our deliberate pre paration of an army of a million men.'' lie said, "while laying the foundation of ten million more if n< i d tie. to say that an immediate force of American volunteers would put new life in every allied trench ami a new glow in every allied camp fire on every battle front in Eu rope." Uaay Favor Jtoonevclt Senators Curtis. RepuDlican, of Kansas, and Smith, Republican, of Michigan, also endorsed the Boose veit plan. Senator Lodge spoke at length in its favor. "1 can see no reason why men over twenty-live who earnestly desire to What Selective Draft Means For America Washington, April 28.—Here is wiiat will happen when the selec tive' conscription bill becomes a lan : 1. The President will designate by proclamation a day of regis tration. the voting precinct being used as the smallest unit for cn rollinciit. The Governors of tlie various States will be askc<l to have the Sheriffs of the counties appoint registers to take Itie names of all males between the ages of nineteen ami twenty-live. Those who refuse to enroll will be arrested. 2. The State officers will ex empt front military service "per sons engaged in industries, in 'hiding agricultural, found to lie necessary to the maintenance of the military establishment or the effective operation of tlie military tones, or the maintenance Of national interests during the emergency," and those who have relatives absolutely ilc]>eiulciit upon tliem. :i. Those not exempted will lie reported to the War Department, which will make further exemp tions. 4. It is estimated that by August I the 500,000 men desired will be in training camps. In the meantime the Government must provide equipment for the re cruits. 5. It is estimated that the regis tration will result in an enroll nient of 7.000,000, and about 10 per cent, of this number will be weeded out on ac<-ount of pliysi eal disabilities. The 500,000 to lie selected from tlie remaining 00 per cent, will lie chosen l>v lot. v ' THE WEATHER For lliirriMlmrK nnil vlelnltyi (ipn erally eioudy nnd continued pool to-niKht and Sunday, probably ruin Sunday. For Ka*tern I'ennxylvanin i Over- CIIKI ll nd rontlniird pool to-nlclit and Sunday, probably rnla Sun day I frexh north HhiftinK to put wind*. Hlvpr The "iuwquphannii river and nil It* | hraneliea will pontlnup to fall *!ovi!y to-nliclit and probably Snm(ay. A xtnKe of about 4.4 fppt I* indlpnted for HarrlnhurK 1 Sunday mornlnK, (General Condition* The iveathfr la un*ettled over moot of the country. Haln ban i fallen In the Ohio and Middle die XlMlnKlppl valley*, the ea*t ern mid aoulhern portions of the I'lnln* state* and the evtreme Soutliweat. nnd rain* and Nnom 1 In the AVextern Plain* Sitae*, Itopky Mountain* nnd over the I'aeittr olope. Haln ban fallen i , alao in the 1 pper St. Lanreiipr ' "Hey, Southern \fw KnKlnnd. Kantern Sew York and the ll trlct of Columbia, and HIIOIV In Northern Sew ICiißiand. I Temperature: S a. m., 48 degree*. Sum l(i*e*. B|o3 n. m. Moonl Full moon. Mav 0. Itlver stace: 1.4 feet. Veaterday'a Weather Illthext temperature. 59. I.oweat temperature. 42. Mean temperature. 40. Normal temperature. 55 i i tight for their eount-V in France. If > i physically fit. should not be permit- ' ted to .offer their lives if they want I to. It cannot injure the principle of j I universal compulsory service," said I j Senator Bodge. "The one man who would be able ' to raise these divisions alone would |be Colonel RooSevelt. He is known . in Europe as is no other American. | His presence there would help and [ encourage the soldiers of the allied j ; nations. I.orige Fnvr T. It. "Marshal .loffre, if he could express ; an opinion, would favor the Roose ! velt expedition," Senator Lodge pre i dieted. , I "It is impossible for me to con- I ceive why the administration or Con- ' I giess should refuse to Colonel Roose- I ! velt and his volunteers the opportu j nity to give their lives to their coun- I try if they so desire," said the Massa chusetts Senator. "Colonel Roosevelt f as a subordinate officer. He would have \ ! does not seek their command unless I the expedition under a regular army officer. It is not personal self-seek i ing. For Heaven's sake, is there any reason why he should not be given j an opportunity, if he desires, to give j his life for what he regards as the most sacred of ail causes?" asked Mr. ; Lodge. Would l imit Command Senator Stone, of Missouri, suggest ed that Former Governor Sulzer, of New York, also desired to raise a division. "If any man by his own personal inftuence or weight in his community can raise a division under this amend ment," Senator Bodge replied, "I shall be glad to see him do it." Senator Williams, of Mississippi.! j said he favored allowing Colonel ! Roosevelt to recruit a volunteer ex- j ' petition but not to command it. "He is competent to command a regiment but by no means a division." j : said Senator Williams. "I would like j to see him there but not as command; I er-in-ehlef.- I also would like to | see ten thousand American regulars there: they would show those Euro | pcan folks something; just like the ! Canadians. 1 have no personal ob- I jections to Colonel Roosevelt's going." ! Proves l.oyal Citifi'iiN Registering his approval of con- I scription Senator Williams said he | ! favored it. for one reason, because it i will "weed out loyal and disloyal I Americans." "There are one million traitors in America, including a considerable ncmber of German spies." he said. "1 j want to weed out that element. If ; they resist the draft they will be in- I tcrned. This conscription will sep j arate the loyal and disloyal Ameri cans." j Also Senator Williams said, he ap j proves conscription in the hope that | with defeat of Germany it will be I possible to end universal military ; ! conscription forever throughout the i j world. Nation Wide Prohibition For War Is Urged by Women in Telegrams The Dauphin County Branch W. |C. T. U lias started a movement to I I have all women's organizations, I 1 churches, missionary societies, and j i commercial organizations send in dividual or collective telegrams to President Wilson, recomfhending ; nation-wide prohibition as a con ! scrvative war measure. Last Sunday the East Harrisburg Branch sent the following telegram to President Wilson: "We. the 200 members of the East Harrisburg Branch W. C. T. U. earn estly petition for the passage of the | i Federal Prohibition Law as a war, ' measure to conserve our food sup ply" The message was signed by Mrs. iM. M. Speece, county president, and j Mrs. C. M. Spahr, press superintend- j ent. Col. Roosevelt Passes Through City on Way West to Make Speech Colonel Theodore Roosevelt pass- j ed through Harrisburg last night en route to Chicago where he will make an address to-night. The Colonel was given a hearty welcome by at taches and newspapermen. He said there was nothing to give I out in the way of an interview ex- i I cept that "he was ready to organ-, I ize a regiment if Congfess permitted i him to do so." Before the train left : . for the west two young women ! greeted the ex-President and each j ! pinned a small silk flag on his coat. ! I'MMBKHS GKT 8-HOUR DAY All plumbers of tho city have been granted an eight-hour working day. This action was taken last night at a meeting of the plumbers. The new work day will go Into effect ! on June 1. BRITISH OPEN NEW SMASHING ATTACK ON THE I GERMAN LINES Teutons Throw Fresh Divis ions Into Fray in Efforts to Stop Gen. Haig's Steady Advance North of the Scarpe ENGLISH THROW DEEP WEDGE INTO ENEMY Greatest Discontent Seeth ing in Austria Hungary as Well as in Germany; i Berlin Makes Frantic Ap peal to Stop Strikes Another smashing; drive I>y the British on the French front was be- Run to-day. General Haig reports an advance on an extended front north of the Scarpe, The attack already has scored gootl progress and is continuing. Heavy fighting has developed, the Germans throwing fresh divisions into tne fray. The field of the new push lies within the ten mile front from the Scarpe to the coal city of Lens, which the British have had under their guns on three sides for nearly two weeks. German Army Slipping ■General Haig already had pushed a deep wedge into the German line three miles north of the Scarpe. at Gavrelle and was fighting to-day to enlarge this opening. Every yard he gains there is making the Ger man front between that point and Lens more difficult to hold. A considerable part of the force of the present heavy attack seems to be aimed at this part of the line. At two points along this stretch the British are reported to have ad vanced more than a mile as far as Arleux and Oppy, but deiinite pos session of these villages anparentlv was a question for the furious light ing of the day to settle. French Are Active While the British apparently are thus giving the Germans more than iContiiiucd on Page 12] New Farm Agent to Attend Farmers' Meeting at Mechanicsburg Tonight H. G. Xiessley. new-appointed Dauphin county farm agent who will come to Harrisburg next week to assume his duties. *vill be present at the farmers' meeting at Mechanics burg to-night. The meeting will be addressed by Assistant Secretary of the United State Department of Agri culture, Carl Vrooman. Mr. Xiessley will attend this meeting in order to otbain the latest views of the fed eral government about increasing the food supply and kindred matters. Mr. Miessley has been spending the past week in Berks county with the county farm agent there getting some excellent experience. Mr. Niess ley's headquarters in Harrisburg will be at the Chamber of Commerce of tice in the Kunkel building. Second Baptist Church Is Destroyed by Fire The Second Baptist Church, in 1 North Cameron street, was de.strjyed by lire early last evening. It is be- i lieved that the heat of a furnace started the. interior of the walls blaz ing. Flames ' had gained considerable headway before the water could be thrown on. The building was an old one and the damage is estimated at $6,000. The pipe organ given the church by Andrew Carnegie is a total i loss. As a result of the tire services ; to-morrow will be held in the Hoerner i Building. Thirteenth and Market 1 streets. FORD IX XDVA SCOTIA By Associated Press Halifax. X. S„ April 2 B.—Henry : Ford, of the Detroit automobile i manufacturer, arrived to-dav accom panied by several other Americans. I Beyond saying that the party had come on an important mission, Mr. 1 Ford declined to discuss the reasons '■ for the visit. HOD CARRIERS ORGANIZE At a meeting held last night in the rooms of the State Federation of Labor the hodcarriers and build- i ing laborers were organized. The I next meeting will be held Friday evening, when officers will be elect- : ed. Henry M. Brooks, general or- j ganizer is at the head of the nios-e --ment. STRUCK BY TRAIN Ralph Bitting, 1931 Fulton street, who was struck yesterday bv a train near Division street in the Pennsyl- ; vania yards, is still in a serious con dition in the Harrisburg Hospital. It Is believed that his skull Is fractur ed. PORTER FOUND DEAD John O'Brian, 4 5 years, Philadel- 1 phia. a PuHman porter on car Xo. j 1,443, Pennsylvania railroad, was found dead by the crew this morn ing. Coroner Jacob Eckinger made an investigation and pronounced death due to acute indigestion. TO PUNISH MIGRANTS By Associated Press Copenhagen. April 2R, via London. —The Hejmdal publishes an an- 1 nouncenient of the Prussian military authorities that desertions from fron- ' tier districts will be punished In the same way as desertions from the I front. The penalties range from -five' years lmrisonment to death. HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1917 CITY FARMERS SWINGING RAKE AND HOE IN CULTIVATION OF THEIR LOTS =<>' ' =IQI= I 1 V : ■ " .. -V. " , HMpSgSfipS ',{,&}■■ '4 *'' N '^%y * 'f>> ' m „^J l l eSe .J >ic f U s e9 . % Y ere s "ap ped at Tark and show the progress ,n/r>i !u J& us P rdß 5 e J? u mler the direction of Shirley B. Watts, superintending the Chamber of Com merce food conservation campaign CITY MERCHANTS WILL VOTE ON WAR FINANCE Chamber of Commerce Mem-! hers Consider Taxation of 0 Business How is the war to be financed? j How shall business be taxed? These two questions of vital im- j portance to every businessman at 1 this time are going to be voted on by j the board of directors of the Har-' risburg Chamber of Commerce at the j request of the Chamber of Com- ] merce of United States of America j next Thursday. A circular letter was mailed to every member of the Chamber re-! questing them to carefully consider! suggestions embodied in the letter, | and asking them to submit ttieir | written view as soon as possible. The Chamber of Commerce of the I United States, a federation of over seven hundred business associations, I [Continued on Page 12] FEAR 119 HAVE DIED IN COAL MINE EXPLOSION Fifteen Bodies Found by Rescue Parties Who Fight Fire • By Associated Press Hastings, Colo., April 28. Nine more bodies, malting a total of fif teen, were found to-day by rescue crews in the Hasting.* mine of the Victor American Fuel Company, in which 119 men were entombed yester day by an explosion. Mine officials said it was feared all hed perished. As soon as the first rescuers emerg ed early to-day another crew entered the mine bearing stretchers. Outside the mine scores of volunteers press eel foAvard eager to be in the next 1 shift to go inside. , , | The rescue crews are unable to • make their way down the main mine i slope, but by working along the air- ' ways have "gone a considerable dis- ; [Continued on Page 9] IN SPITE OF HIMSELF "Doggone it, but those TELE GHAPH want ads certainly do produce," said a disappointed advertiser yesterday. "1 decitfed to sell my roadster and put an ad in the TELEGRAPH Wednes day. Thursday I began to think of the faithful little car and changed my mind. I ordered the ad killed, but it was too lute. The want ad had sold the car for me, so I guess I 'll have to advertise in the TELEGRAPH for another." This is the ad that sold the car: BCICK ROADSTER FOR SALE— Bargain price—owner leaving town; new tires, engine overhauled; t75. Apply Box A, 4970, care of Tele giaph. Name of advertiser on request. (£hf Star- Unfrcprnbrnt RUSSIA READY AND WILLING TO CONTINUE WAR Cabinet Member Shows Dis quieting Rumors Based on Falsehood By Associated. Press Petrograd, April 27. -*via London, April 28.—Minister of Jiistiee Keren sky gave to a representative of the Associated Press to-day a clear pre sentation of the present status of political and economic affairs in the country and, with the aid of con crete facts, contradicted the asser tions and rumors of alarming dis organization in the army and fac tories, generally circulated and credited In Petrograd in the last lew weeks. The minister declared that not only is the army bettor pre pared and more willing to light than before the revolution, but that the factories are putting out more am munition than at liny previous stage of the war. He continued: "Most of the weakness attributed to the present government are the [Continued on Page ll] BIG CAMPAIGN OF RED CROSS TO CONTINUE WEEK Drive For Members Will Not Conclude Until Next Saturday The Bed Cross membership cam paign will not end to-night. Many of the precinct teams, because of a late start this week, will con tinue the house-to-house canvass un til next Saturday. The membership office at Bed Cross headquarters, 2U6 Walnut street, will be open each day next week from I Continued on Page 12] Plenty of Food at Markets, But Prices Still Remain High While there was plenty of food on the local markets this morning the •prices still remained very high Kgg were selling at frm 30 to 35 cents per dozen. New green beans and new potatoes syjld for 25 cents per quarter peck, while some asked 65 cents per quarter peck for large new potatoes. Spring onions brought si and seven cents a bunch and rhu barb sold for from live to ten cents per bunch. Butter was scarce and sold for 18 and 52 cents per pound. A gi eat many farmers expressed the opinion this morning that they would stop making butter, because, of the high price of feed. They will feed their cattle only hay and fod der and stop feeding bran and choo all together. RESTRICT KXIM.OSIVBS By Associated Press Washington, April 58. The ad ministration bill to restrict the sale of explosives hns been ordered fav orably reported to the House bv the mines committee GARDENERS ARE RAPIDLY GETTING PLOTS PLANTED Hundred Amateur Farmers I 1 Are Working Hard on Belle vue Park Tract Shirley B. Watts, superintendent! of the Chamber of Commerce garden ! plots is progressing rapidly with the i work and more than 100 plols have i bfeen given out In the Bellevue Park section. Those who have been as- | signed to plots have been working j on them the iast few days and the ! sieater number are already under! cultivation. Superintendent Watts yesterday! received a plot of ground 100x100 feet, from Backenstoss and Brothers, j located near the Chlfdrens' Industrial Home. This section will be laid out ! and distributed as soon as possible, i The Division street plot donated by the Harrisburg Realty Company, will ; be staked off and will be ready for j distribution Monday morning. Thirty persons have already made ap'plica- i tion for plots in this section and about forty will be given out. Flan to Knlist Students I Plans to arouse the interest of the I i ten thousand schoolchildren of the j ! city to increase the food sunpV j I through garden work, will be taken ] up at a special meeting of the school i board to be held on Monday after- j ! noon, at 3.30 o'clock. A report on the situation with I | recommendations will probably lie J made by the teachers' committee, ] composed of members of the board. 1 | This committee with Superintendent r-F. E. Downes went over the situa ! tion at a special meeting, j The Agricultural Committee of tlie I chamber liu* secured J. B. Seherrer, I extension vegetable gardener of I I Pennsylvania State College, to give an illustrated lecture on gardening. ! on Thursday night at S o'clock, in I the Technical Uigh School audi- j torium. Not only owners of I Chamber of Commerce garden plots' will be invited to attend the meeting, I but it will be open to the public. j Prospect of Grave Labor Trouble Throws Shadow Over All of Germany I By Associated Press Copenhagen, via London, April 28. The prospect of grave labor! | troubles throughout Germany on May day overshadows everything else in j the German press. General Groener's address to the iteichstage commit tee, the manifesto of the Federation of Labor, against strikes an*l edi torial appeals to the same purport i predominate in the newspapers, the news of the great battle of Arras and the general military situation be ing very much subordinated. • Where there is so much smoke there evidently must be some tire, j The manifesto of the metal workers' ; union, the organization! which took the leading part in the previous' strike Is worded in a curiously du- ! bious manner. While ostensibly di- : reoted against strike agitators it gives the impression of being a very half-hearted document. The mani festo argues that a general strike is ' unnecessary because stoppage of work in the iron works, munition ! plants and transportation systems wouldl be sufficient to immeasurable ! difficulties of the situation. Death of One of Germany's Most Note Submarine Commanders, Reported I Copenhagen, via London, April 28. Lieutenant Commander Petit, one of: ! the most successful of the German I submarine commanders, had perished in the submarine campaign. The ( newspapers of hif home town. Koe nigsberg, carry an official death no time although the admiralty has said nothing of the loss of his boat. Commander I'etz was mentioned in dispatches in February as being in charge of a submarine "which destray ed 52.00U tons of shipping in one day. ItltA/.11. IAV KKTKII WAR By Associated Press Rio Janeiro. April 28.—The decision as to whether Brazil will follow up her breach of relations with Ger- \ many by a declaration of war will be '• made by the Brazilian congress when ' it convenes on May .V - L —r. . I ti. A, K. IAC AD Kit lines' ' I By Associated Press * j Cincinnati, April 28. —Captain W.! C. Johnson, former commander-iii- ' chief of the Grand Army of the He- i public, died here yesterday. He was i "4 years olt 1 • | Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION McILHENNY WANTED PART OF COMMIS ITTNER TELLS PUBLIC Sensational Statements Issued in Reply to Newspaper Interview; St. Louis Architect Says He Heard How Architects Were Accustomed to Leave "Money in Drawers" For the Then Boss; Mcllhenny Wanted to Keep Hold on Contracts and Materials; Story Supported by School Supply Officials; President Stamm's Interview Grave reflections upon the man-t ner in which architects have been selected by the ilarrioburs School Hoard in past years and assertions that George \V. Mclllienny made of fers to procure the one necessary j vote to elect William B. lttncr, of St. Louis, as architect for the new I high school buildings,*if the St. Louis i man would pay him one-fifth of his j I commission, are made in a sworn | statement by Mr. Ittner made pub- j I lie to-day. I • . The affidavit of Mr. Ittner is ac- I . • 1 companied by affidavits bearing the' [ . signatures of L. D. Petrie and T. M. j Boyd, both of Chicago, and William ! T. Stewart, of Philadelphia, all offi cials of the American Seating Com- j pany, setting forth their efforts to j procure the influence of Mr. Mcll t' f PROHIBITION FOR THE ARMY f c I Senate adopted a • I I most drastic prohibition amendment, making it unlaw- £ ful to sel! cr give any liquor, ■ f ' \ I cr man In uniform cr knowlingly furnished liquors to 9 any pr- rln thf army < I TECH SECOND, CENTRAL LAST a ielphia, April 23,—1n the one mile relay first 1 I honcrs went to McKinley Manuel, Washington, D. C.; ] A Harrisburg Technical was second; Steelton was third, 4 1 Time J. 35 3-5. I 1 Harrisburg Crvril y VOLUNTEERS ADVOCATES ASTOUNDED } [ Washington, April pdnsors of the volunteer I I ngth § developed by the advocates of selective conscription. I 1 When announcement was made that the volunteer m j • clause had been bowled out there was thunderous ap- f I fronn the flo r and crowded galleries. L < ' J : MAY APPOINT SOCIALIST i i Washington, April 2B.—President WUon has un- ' der consideration the appointment of an American So cialist to the commission headed by Elhiu Root, which ' socn eent to Rui ■ia 3ince .kxlalir ts and labor le?ders make up a large part of the controlling element f in Russia, such an appointment appears probable. I GRANGERS' PICNIC CALLED OFF T Chambersburg, April 28.—Because of the war and y the general conditions and mainly because the farmers f will likely be too preoccupied to attend the Great Gran- I \ I gers Picnic at Willows Grove, will not be held this j year This would have been the 44th annual gathering. | I Chicago, April 2&—Colonel Roosevelt in his first 1 war speech delivered here tcr-day urged that the use of i } t grain for the manufacture of alcoholic drinks be pro- t hibited for the period of the war. He urged obligatory > i' military training, the expansion and improvement of the • * navy,'4nd asserted that an expeditionary force be sent to France. f ' MARRIAGE LICENSES , , spr^ru! 1 i n ,'. d , Penbrook - Ma> MnrrlnburK, nl Mary Copenhnver, I.ebn ■! Vlf iV' Vli "A "VW"'A' jjii | benny in favor of Ittner's selection, outlining at some length what trans pired at several conferences held by Ittner and Mcllhenny, and Mcll lienny and the Keating Compan# representatives. President A. Car son Stamm is also out with a full explanation as to why he favored , the choice of Mr. Ittner and why he still believes' the St. Louis man should be given the work. The statement of Mr. Ittner and the accompanying affidavit are In reply to an interview given out a i week ago by Mr. Mcllhenny pre senting his side of the Ittner confer ' once and the efforts of the Seating | Company officials, with which Mr. j Mcllhenny was connected at times | as sub-agent in this city, to have him j use his influence for Ittner. Refused Commission OlTcr Ittner asserts that he refused the .alleged offer to split his commission 'with Mcllhenny, made through a third party, and admits that lie mado | a mistake in ever conferring with him. Mcllhenny, he says, wanted also to see that local materials were ! used under certain conditions and | local contractors favored. Mcllhenny also tried to induce Ittner, it is said, to favor the site 011 the bluff at Heir. * [Continued on Page IS]
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