Undersea Fighter Sends Big Ob Tanker to Bottom >)f the Ocean HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXVI— No. 103 14 PAGES U-BOAT SINKS AMERICAN SHIP; NAVAL GUN CREW IS MISSING GERMAN SUBMARINE ATTACKS VESSEL ON WAY BACK TO U. S. One Boat Carrying Survivors in Charge of First Mate Safe; Captain and Gunners in Missing Life Craft; Fifteen of Crew of Thirty-Four Are American Citizens; Vacuum Sailed For England Four Waeks Ago and Was on Return Trip Home When Attacked London, April 30.—The American oil tank steamer Vacuum has been sunk. The captain and part of the crew and the naval lieutenant and nine American naval gunners are missing. The Vacuum was sunk bv a German submarine on Saturday while she was on the way to the United States. The chief mate and 17 men, including three of the American navy gunners have been landed. A boat containing the master of the ship and the remainder of the crew together with the lieutenant and nine naval gunners is missing. The details of the sinking of the Vacuum arc not yet available here, nor have the names of the survivors or the missing been received by the officials. The survivors are expected to reach here to-morrow. The Vacuum Oil Company was sent this message from its agents here: "Vacuum torpedoed 28th, 140 miles west of Barrau. Xo. 1 life boaf with captain and others missing." By Associated Press New York, April 30.—The Ameri can steamship Vacuum, commanded by Captain S. S. Harris, of this city, left New York on March 30 for Birkenhead, England, carried a crew of 34 men, of whom fifteen were American citiiens, including nine na tive bom. The Vacuum, formerly the steam ihip Bayamon, was owned by the Vacuum Oil Company of California. She was built in 1912 at Ecorse, Mich., and was brought to the At lantic byway of the Great bakes and the St. Lawrence river and con verted into a tank steamship. Since the war began she has made fre quent trips to Europe. She was a vessel of 2.551 tons gross, carried oil in bulk and was 247 feet long and with a 49-foct beam. Americans on Hoard As signed here before the United States Commissioner the Americans besides Captain Harris were: Oscar Gailes, mate. Russian, nat uralized; Frank J. Yerney, second mate. Belgian, naturalized: E. D. Husted, third mate. Mount Vernon, N. Y.; John Kirk, chief engineer, Scotch, naturalized; John Simpson, assistant engineer, English, natural ized. New York City; Francis J. Davison, assistant engineer, Swedish, naturalized; It. Williams, assistant engineer, born in Wisconsin; J. Wit jens, Born in New York; W. H. Crane, steward, Brooklyn; Thomas Ellis, Albany, X. Y.; L. J. Hatton, wireless operator, Niagara, Wis.; Jo seph Mullen, Brooklyn, and R. Pun- Eie and —* McDlog. both of San Juan, P. R. I\ 11. K. I,KK IMB AT HI.KS llarrisburg Elks have a social rven iiigairareged forto-morrow night,when the Pennsylvania Railroad Glee Club will offer a musical program. There are more than two dozen members of this musical organization, all Harrigburg employes of the Pennsy, and they will give a full evening of high-class entertainment at the Klks' Home, in North Second street. A shad supper will be served. NKW HHIIH.i; Kon pf.:\nsy Lewlstown, Pa., April 30. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company will begin the erecting of a tive-span iron bridge over the Juniata river at this point to succeed the one now in ser vice on the Sunbury branch. This bridge has been in service since the flood of 1889 and has become too light for the heavy equipment of the pres ent day. THE WEATHER For llarrisburg and vicinity t I ll settlrd weather to-night ami Tuesday, probably ahowerst not much change In Irmprrnturr. For Kastern Pennsylvania! In creasing cloudiness, probably followed by liofr Inte to night anil on Tuesday) moder ate temperature; moderate, variable winds. Hiver The Susquehanna river and all It* tributaries will continue to fall slowly or remain nearly station ary to-night anil probably Tues day. A stage of about 4.11 feet Is Indicated for Harrisburg Tuesday morning. General Conditions Cloudy nud unsettled weather pre vails over the greater pnrt of the I nlted State*. It was snow ing In Montana nnd South western Kansas at 8 a. 111. to day. Temperature changes have been slight and somewhnt Irregular over most of the country since Saturday morning! risen of 'J to N degrees are reported over most of the country east of the Mississippi river, except along the Atlantic coast from South Carolina to Maine, Including Kilt Tennessee, where It la two to eight decreer cooler. Temperature ■ 8 a. m., 52 degrees. Muni Hlaea, 4i39 a. m. Moon i Full moon. May 6. River Stage i 4.3 feet. Vesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 01, Lowest temperature, 43. Mean temperature, 52. formal temperature, 56. Trolley Conductor on Second Street Line Is Victim of Smallpox | The first case of smallpox in the I city in two years was reported to the city health authorities to-day. The victim, John Theal, who resides I in Derry street near Twenty-sixth j street, is a conductor of the Harris burg Railways Company, and was | working on Saturday on the Second I street line. Immediate steps to prevent a spread j of the disease were taken by health j officials. Dr. J. M. J. Raunlck, health officer, ordered all Railways Company cars ! fumigated, and all employes vaceinat j ed. Thi* was started at once. 1 A warning has been issued by the [ health department to all residents of ! the city, advising them to be vacci j nated so as to immunize them against I the disease. I In 1915 a case of smallpox devclop ! Ed in the city but precautions taken ! by the health officials at that time prevented contagion, with the result that it was the only case on record until the one which was reported to day. Park Extension Bills to Be Rushed The bills to appropriate $500,000 for the grading, street improvements and other work in Capitol Park extension will be on tlie calendars by the end of this week. Chairman Woodward, of the House Appropriations Committee, will have ! charge of the bill in the House. He ] will present it to-night and It will j be referred to a joint subcommittee to-morrow and when this committee decides how much can be allowed there will be a report out. The bill should be back in the House by Wed nesday afternoon. Mr. Bechtold, of Steelton, will be a member of the subcommittee. New Hotel Charter Will Be Signed Today The application for the cliarte for I the new Penn-Harris Hotel Com i pany, of this city, was laid before Governor Brumbaugh upon his re ! turn to Harrisburg from Philadel i phia late to-day. The Governor will sign it prompt* I ly as he expressed himself as heartily , in favor of the project some time ago, especially commanding the | proposition to have it as a "dry" hotel. As soon as the charter is approved > the letters patent will he issued by Secretary of the Commonwealth Cy j rus E. Woods. BRAZIL TO BE NEUTRAL By Associated Press Rio de Janeiro. April 28. (Delayed) —The Brazilian government issued a I proclamation of neirtrality to-day in respect tothe war between the United States and eGrmany. KING MAY QUIT By Associated Press London, April 30. The report that King Constantine of Greece is soon to abdicate is reiterated in a j dispatch from Rome to the Star which says it has been > confirmed from neutral diplomatic sources. It is suggested that the King and Queen may land at an Italian port and proceed overland to Denmark. BANKS TO HELP By Associated Press Washington. April 30. Assur : ances have been received by the Fed ! eral Reserve Board from scores of State bank?, and trust companies ithroughout the country that they ' will enter the Federal Reserve sys tem upon the passage of amend i ments broadening the scope of the law now before Congress. PRESIDENT AIDS IN GETTING ARMY BILLS INTO SHAPE Administration Very Much Against 40-Year Ago. Limit For Soldiers By Associated Press Washington, April 30. President Wilson and Secretary Baker' to-day took up differences between the Sen ate and House army bills. The con ferees adjusting differences .between the two houses will be informed as a result of where, the administration stands oa disputed points. The age limits of 21 to 27, fixed in the Senate Hill are preferred by the administration since they more nearly approximate the desire of the War Department for age limits of from 19 to 25 years. The limits from 21 to 40. fixed by the House, are unsat isfactory to the administration. A date for the registration of those liable to service will not.be formally fixed by the President until the bill has been perfected in both.houses. Until that time no campaign will be undertaken to recruit the regular army and the national guard up to full war strength. Robert B. Reeves Accepts Secretaryship of Y.M.C.A.; Will Come Here June 1 Robert B. Reeves has accepted the call to the secretaryship of the Har risburg Young Men's Christian Asso ciation, to a telegram which was received here this morn ing. Mr. Reeves stated in the tele gram that he will probably start work on June 1. Mr. Reeves has consented to spend a month at the International Com mittee Headquarters, New York, working with the war council and will help in starting the work until a trained purchasing agent is secured. U-Boat Losses Growing Admiralty Lord Admits London, April 30. Replying to questions in the House of Commons to-day Sir Edward Carson, first lord of the admiralty, said that as the number of German submarines had been increased the danger to ship ping must be expected to increase in proportion. As a matter of fact dur ing Awl!, he said, the loss to ship ping In the English channel had been less than in any preceding three months. This was partly due to the increase of submarines in other areas and partly as the result of an increased number of patrol boats In the English channel. Generally, the first lord saiJ. the losses were' in creasing. MAN BURNED TO DEATH Mt. Union, Pa., April 30. ln a fire which occurred about 2 o'clock Sunday morning, Henry Varner, was burned to death at his home. The cause of the tire is unknown. The man lived alone, his wife being dead. He was a brother of Simon Varner," whose wife and three children were burned to death while in lied during a fire here'threte years ago. BREWERS FINED $50,000 By Associated Press Pittsburgh, April 30. —A total of $50,000 in tines was assessed by Judge W. H. 8. Thompson in the United States District Court here to day, against the thirty-three Penn sylvania brewing companies which last Saturday entered pleas of nolo contendere to Indictments Charging misuse of money in the congression al campaign of 1914. The Itnes ranged from SSOO to $3,000, (Ehc Star- flnflcprtibrnt HARRISBURG. PA.. MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 1917 "PAPA" JOFFRE, THE IDOL OF THE POILU < . • ; r \ ; i : • • <• , ■'. ' . ' •/■' ' ■ ■;•'■,.*'•,•• ■ f V- :■ • ••;•:' ■■in Illrt"! ' l*t**'MtH,>H'dMiirt' / ■■■ .. P°" u —t' lat s the lnnn * n trenches—knows him, not as a marshal of France, as Marshal JolTre but as Ia pa Jofrre, the genial, gentle, manly man, who saved a people In its hour of danger. "Papa" .lof're is a sinilinir and the photographer in Washington caught him twice in the mood which earned for him the title of "Papa" CHARGES MADE BYITTNERARE UNANSWERED Friends Say Mr. Mcllhenny Will Have Statement to Make Soon The charge made by William B. Ittner, the St. L.ouis architect, that through a third party Gcorre W. Xlc llhenny offered to procure his selec tion as architect of the new high school buildings if he would pay hini one-lifth of his commission re mained unanswered to-day. Mr. Mcllhenny, when reached on the telephone at his office in Chest nut street Hall late this afternoon, said that he would have a statement to Hive to the newspapers before the end of the week. Howard Lloyd, designer of most of the school buildings erected in Harrisburg'in the past twenty years, said to-day that he felt his reputation as an architect and a gentleman had suffered l>y inference in thp state ments and affidavits published Satur day. In his own defense, he de clared, he is put to the necessity of preparing a statement for tlie public detailing at length his connection with the school board in the present controversy and covering his past re lations. "In the meantime I desire (o say that the imputation that I have been collecting commissions either for myself or for another arc absolute lies. There has never been hereto fore a breath of suspicion as to nty manner of handling all of the various contracts, and I submit whether or not it sounds reasonable that I could have continued business all these years if guilty of such unethical practices." BRTTISH ARMY DRIVES FORWARD FOOT BY FOOT Tens of Thousands of Ger nians Hurled in Vain Against Line The battle of Arras still rages with the issues remaining in doubt. For six days torrents of blood have flow ed and the armies of Britain and Germany yet struggle for the mas tery in a conflict which bailies super- Tens of thousands of reserves have been hurled against the British front by Fiefd Marshal Von Hindenburg in a supreme effort to check the British advance, but so far without avail. Almost literally foot by foot General Haig is forcing his stubborn foe back. Both sides are tihting with a resolution as grim and savage as any the war has shown and It seems to be a question as to which can [Continued on Page 3] NEW YORK "DHY" FIVE HOURS By Associated Press New York, April 30.—for five hours each day New York city will be "bone dry" after 1 o'clock to-morrow morn ing. under an order of Mayor Mitch ell, who look the step as a war meas ure-. The order affects not only sa loons, but all-night restaurants along the "white light" belt in Broadway, j which must close from 1 a. m. until i 6 a. ui. PUBLIC FAVORS I COL ROOSEVELT'S ' DIVISION PLAN Middle West Enthusiastically Endorses Former Presi dent's Stand t \ ! Sentiment Strong i to Allow Roosevelt to Raise Division i "TJL'HI.IC sentiment is growing -I \~ in favor of the Roosevelt di- ! , i vision. The country as a whole t| apparently■ believes that the Colo- i >: nel should be allowed to rfilse an j army for Immediate service in | 11 France. ij "I want to get Americans into j , I the trenches of France at the ear- j \ | liest possible moment," the Colonel 1 1 | said at Chicago on Saturday. j Great meeting adopts resolutions . j urging I'ongress to adopt law for I Roosevelt division. ! f j Senators Curtis, Smith and 2! endorse Roosevelt plan in the Sen- I 1 I ate. I I New York reports thousands I -I clamoring to serve with the Colo- ' I nel. : ' r j Chicago, April "O.—A great public! j| demand for a Roosevelt division, to go ! immediately to France has gone up s \ from the middle west, following the r i Colonel's speeches here on Saturday. 1 i"1 want to get Americans into the 21 trenches of France at the earliest pos [Continued on Puge 0] VIVIANI MEETS WILSON TO TALK v OVER WAR PLANSj - Groundwork Laid For Part 1 ,U. S. Is to Play in Great Work I 1 !By Associated Pre.'.' p Washington, April 30.—The British 1 'and French commissions began their j I second week of conferences to-day | _ 1 with preliminaries cleared away and 1 . | the groundwork laid for perfection of I jl the part the UnltM States is to take j 'l In the grand alliance for overthrow of Prussian autocracy. | M. Viviani, head of the French mis-j * | sion, accompanied by Ambassador i j-j Jusserand. had an hour's conference j ' t with President Wilson. No announce- ' I ment was made about the meeting but! | It was understood the needs of France j | and the co-operation of the United i | States were fully discussed. M. Viviani and Marshal Joffre were j' [Continued on Page #] WOOO I.EAVES TONIGHT By Associated Press i , ! New York, April 30.— 1t is expected' , | that Major Oeneral J. Franklin Bell, j , the new commander of the army's I < I eastern department, will reach Gov- ' | ernor's Island to-day Major General 1 i f I I .eonard Wood plans to leave tu-uigl.c, r , for Charleston. S. C., where lie will I i take command of the recently-createdl . < southeastern departincn' > , PLANS TO GIVE SCHOOL PUPILS FARMING WORK Directors Considering Pro-! gram Affecting Thousands of Students Plans to give thousands of students in the grammar and high schools of the city an opportunity to do farm work during the spring and summer were recommended to the school board in special session this after noon by the teachers' committee. This step was taken as part of the national preparations to produce an adequate food supply during the war. , . .. The program as outlined by the committee places the grade schodl work under the supervision of com mittees organized by the live district school supervisors. Students en gaged in garden work are to be ex cused at afternoon recess. High school students who enlist in farm service arc to be excused from school duties after tomorrow, if the plans ar.e approved finally to-day.. The program recommended by tlie committee follows: Grade Schools Five (.'>) supervisors of districts who will organize committees to serve for periods of three qr four weeks. Committees to perform tlie follow ing duties: Make survey of city for available garden plots; get size of plots and quality of soil: prepare list of pupils who are willina to do gar [Continued on Pago 3] FAST RED CROSS PACE IS SET BY CITY'S SUBURBS Duncannon and Paxtang Pro portionately Have Much • Larger Membership V* "Ilarrisburg will have to mW : Harnsburg. Representatives of the P. R. R., | j ' , the Reading and other leading railroad companies of Pa. , > 1 r appealed before the Public Service Commission to-day i I to ask that certain modifications be made in the rules \ . [regarding the publication of tariffs, in order to save ' time and money in putting readjustments recently granted in force. ' ► t Washington, April 30.—Appropriations of $2^695,• ! 485,281 10 meet urgent deficiencies in the army an J [ navy are i.-eluded in a bill favorably reported to the SI t i-aay by the Appropriations Committee. ' WASHINGTON NOT INFORMED OF ATTACK ■' Washington, April 30.—-This afternoon State and ' ' < Navy department officials aald they had no official dis patches on the destruction of th~ Vacuum or the fate • \ DRAW DRASTIC FOOD BILLS f , • ' . Washington, April 30. Bills conferring plenary * powers on the President on the suggestion of the Nat- > I ional Defense Council to fix prices, both minimum and a j I * maximum, to prescribe prohibition and regulate spec- II ulation are now being drawn. > < PROPOSES NATIONAL BUDGET SYSTEM Washington, April 30.—A joint congressional com- ( > ' i mittce to report plans for a national budget to largely ■ supersede present committee control was proposed to- f > < day by a resolution introduced by Senator Kenyan ' BRAZIL TO REMAIN NEUTRAL j • Rio.de Janeiro, April 30 — The Brazilian govern ' ' . ment has issued a proclamation of neutrality in respsct || bo between the.United State# and Germany ' MARRIAGE LICENSES * < 9 ■lf-tin to Mrka Kalilanlr anil Annie Mor.a.v, Strrlton. Jo*epli ItnlrlKh Crawford and Martha Scott Xpottrood, Harrlabar*. it • ' 1 • ' n-* l *'■■■■*■■■ >in