Brazil, Norway and China on Brink of Joimng' . in a Pirates HARRISBURG QSM& TELEGRAPH LXXXVI— No. 106 18 PAGES BRITISH OPEN NEW DRIVE ON GERMAN LINES Additional Breaches Made in Badly Battered Hindenburg Position by Heavy Assault Launched by General Haig on a Twelve-Mile Front; Infantry Moves For ward in Renewal of Great Battle ATTACKS COME AT MOMENT WHEN ARMIES APPEARED TO HAVE REACHED A DEADLOCK Reinforced Teuton Armies Unable to Withstand Shock of Encounter While Their Counterattacks Are Re oulsed With Heavy Losses; French Give Enemy No Rest by Keeping Up Steady Artillery Fire ' New breaches in the already badly battered German line on the Arras battlefield are being made by the British in a heavy assault launched on a 12-mile front to-cay. Striking in 3 1-2 miles south of Lens, on the Achevillc-Yimy road. General Ilaig's troops drove at the Germans all along the line as far south as Croisilles on the Sensee river, 8 1-2 miles southeast of Arras. Virtually the whole front of the attack ..t the beginning of the Arras battle on April 9 was under assault by the British infantry. • The attack came at a momemt when it seemed as if a dead lock had been established, for a tithe at least, because of the heavy reserves which had been brought up by the Germans and the strong resisting pOvvers they were displaying. Of the initial success of the renewed offensive the official British report sper s positively, recording the capture of a number of strong enemy positions. Germans Fall Back Under ! Steady Pressure Exerted by Gen. Haig's Forces Unofficial accounts bf the fighting i •pecify British progress at several ' points. From Arleux, captured last week in the *>ig drive north of the | Searpe which broke into the Oppy j line, progress has been made to- j wards Kresnoy, marking a still deep- i cr thrust into the Oppy positions. This operation seems likely to force the speedy evacuation by the! j Gerinuns of the town of Oppy to which they have been desperately, clinging. The British had already j advanced south, of it when they cap lured Gavrelle and now are pressing in to the north at Fresnoy. lOnglisli Push Ahead South of the Arras-Cambrai road | the Germans have been driven back from the region of Heninel, south of Guemappe, in the direction of' i 'lierisy. Occupation of Clierisy by j the British would mark an advance j of considerably more than a mile. | Corerspondents also mention British : progress in the Bullecourt region, which is south of the Sensee, slightly | beyond the field of attack mentioned in the official statement. While not pressing ahead on any wide front, the French along the Aisne sector and in the Champagne are giving the Germans no rest, em- 1 ploying their artillery vigorously and nicking out a section of the enemy line here and there. Last night, in the hills east of Mont Maut, where strong German positions were recently taken, an isolated position j was reduced and its garrison of more than 200 men captured. Ger- ! man counter attacks in this region were repulsed. There may be prudence in the re- | ports of activity which are coming j from the Verdun sector lines east of it, where the Germans have sue- i cessfully maintained a deep salient | since early in the war. THE WEATHER l''or llnrrlsburg nntl vicinity! Fair to-niuhtj Friday Kenerall.v cloudy, probably rain; continued cool. Fo" Fastern Pennsylvania: Pair to-night) Friday cloudy, prob ably local rains i moderate northwest winds. River The Susquehanna river and nil Its branches will fall slowly or re main nearly stationary. A static of about 4.15 feet Is Indicated for llarrlsburg Friday morning. General Conditions Pressure Is high over north-cen tral districts and frosts occur red this morning In Western Pennsylvania, New York, Michi gan nnd Wisconsin. It Is 4 to 8 degrees cooler In the Ohio Valley, Pennsylvania and .Yew York and temperatures have fallen 3 to 10 degrees gen erally In central and south dls trlets west of the llocky Moun tains. Temperature! S a. m., 44. Sum Itlses, 4:r> n. m. Moon: Full moon, Slay fl. Itlver ytagei 4.2 feet. Yesterday's Weather llluhrst temperature, 110. I.owest temperature. 40. 'lean temperature, 54. Normal temperature, 57. ' Germany's Ruthless War May Force Three More Nations to Join Allies | Brazil lias drawn one step nearer to j | war with Germany and to-day is one] of three countries who are hovering! j on the brink of the maelstrom which j j has convulsed two-thirds of the | | world. Norway and China are the j j other two countries which may short- | | ly be added to the ever-lengthening I list of Germany's foes, j Two events have happened in Bra- I ; zil which may easily form the impe- j i tus to the last remaining step on the 1 road to war Dr. I„auro Mueller, Bru-} t Lilian foreign minister, -has tendered ! i his resignation on the eve of the day j set for the Brazilian congress to de- j I cide whether the republic shall draw i its sword. Dr. Mueller has been per-! | sistently reported as, if not actually ! pro-German, at least a firm opponent of hostilities oetween Brazil and the , i Teutonic empire. His resignation co- ! j incides with an order by President , Braz detaining the dismissed German! | minister. The order was issued on 1 i receipt of news from Berlin that the | j Brazilian minister in Germany had i | been refused permission to leaTve the ■ | country. LuaMt l.nrKe The possibility of Norway's en- I trance into the ranks of the allies is based on the havoc wrought among! I the Norwegian mercantile marine by I German submarines. Norway, prior j j to the war fourth among the world's ; seafaring nations, has suffered so | heavily from the ravages of the U-boats that her shipping is actually' j threatened with extinction. The bit- ! terness among the Norwegians over ! German war methods is growing rap- Idly and many voices are urging that .she could not be worse off as a bel llgerent and might find compensation! | If peace found her In the lists with i the entente. All reports from China agree that the advocates of war are in a ma jority at Peking but apparently the president is still reluctant to take the fateful step. It has been reported that Japan was unwilling that China should enter the struggle but the Japanese foreign office has officially denied this. Iteport* Conflict In the meantime the entire situa tion in Europe remains obscure through conflicting reports and the extraordinary efforts of the censors, especially in the realms of the cen tral powers. The only definite fact in regard- to conditions in Germany is that a political crisis exists and that the antagonism between the par ties lias blazed out with a violence unknown since tiie beginning of the war. Chancellor Von Betlnnann-Holl weg is the target for all shafts but apparently can rely only on a luke warm support from the moderate So cialists. Tnere is no light whatever on the strike situation and no delia ble news of any kind from Austria. The deadlock on the western front continues and the whole military sit uation is veiled in uncertainty. The British continue to make headway in Mesopotamia, but this is offset by unexplained reports of a Russian re treat in the Caucasus. If the reports are true the Russians are withdraw ing with no serious fighting and In the face of the most successful cam paign yet undertaken against Tur key. XOT AFTER CONQUEST ' Amsterdam, via May 3. A Vienna dispatch quotes Talaat Bey, Turkish Vizier, as saying to a report er Tor the Neue Frele Presse that Turkey did not seek conquest hut an honorable peace and had so informed President Wilsor ASHES AND CANS PILED HIGH IN RE his is what tho HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH photographer found on an asli-inspection tour in the city. One of the views shows a pile of ashes tin ! ins, and other debris which has heen dumped on a vacant lot in a residential section. The other shows piles of ashes and refuse at Fifth and Emer ld streets just opposite some of the city's linest dwellings. These conditions are a result of the failure to maintain a regular schedule for ash col ictions during- the last few months. BRITISH SEEK MEANS TO END U-BOAT MENACE Aid From United States Is Needed to Save Allies From Trouble By Associated fress Washington, May 3.—That the submarine menace and ways to com bat it by increased shipping, freight selection and naval co-operation, is the main interest oC the British mission, became certain to-day from many different sources. The issue was focused by Premier Lloyd George's statement in parliament re cently that the need was for ships and still more ships; Lord Percy's explanation here that destruction was outrunning construction; and declarations of Secretaries Lansing and Lane that the submarine situa- tion is grave. It is now evident that other mat ters before the British commission, however vital, are being subordinat ed. / ! The British naval officers in com j ing to this country hoped to get a | considerable number of small boats |to use as submarine chasers, but | they have been disappointed to dis ! cover that the few available are j needed here. The British shipping experts, however, have found cn [ oouragement in the emergency cf j forts of the shipping board and the J availability of many German ships. I Proposed curtailment of non | essential freight now being carried j to Europe would give increased ton j nage for necessary supplies. The j American government has agreed i not only to restrict imports, as the j British already do, but to impose j export restrictions, authorized by the | bill now pending in Congress. I One of the greatest uncertainties ;of the situation is a total ignorance 'of the number of U-boats Germany lis building. Admiral De Chair has j estimated this at two or three a week, but many officials here be j lieve it possible to turn out many more on standard plans. School Board and Citizen's Committee Meets to Decide on Architect The city School Board met in joint session with members of the Citizen's Advisory committee at 3 o'clock this afternoon, to decide on an architect for the high school development pro gram. What action will be taken as a re sult of the startling statements by William B. Ittner, of St. Louis, one of the architects mentioned for the work, and the denials of allegations by Howard Lloyd, a city architect, has lieen the cause of much discussion during the last few days by taxpay ers of the city, it is understood an effort was made to-day to make a unanimous choice and settle the ques tion. which has been hanging file for months, delaying even a start on the program which will bring the much needed relief. Joffre and Party Will Pass Through City This Evening on Way to West President David Tracy, of the Har risburg Chamber of Commerce to day appointed a committee to plan for the reception of Marshal Joffre and the French mission on its ar rival in this city Tuesday afternoon. The names of the committee will bo announced as soon ns acceptances are received. Preliminary work for the reception has already been started and the reception tendered the French hero will be one long remembered by himself and residents ot' the city of Harrisburg. It is not known definitely when the French mission will arrive here, but the Chamber of Commerce has been assured that it will pay its re spects to the Capital of Pennsyl vania. It is expected that they will arrive here about 1:30 oclock in the afternoon an they are to arrive in Philadelphia at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Marshal Joffre and his party will pass through this eity late this aft ernoon on its way from Washington to Chicago. It is not known here what time the party will pass through as the train movements have been kept secret. WOMAN' lIIT HY AUTO Mrs. Jacob Musselman, Fifteenth and street, was struck at noon to-day in Market Square by a deliv ery wagon. Her left arm was broken and her head badly cut. She was taken to the Harrisburg hospital. HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1917 : Clean-Up Week Proclamation | Harrisburg, Pa., May 3, 1917 | To the Citizens of Harrisburg:— ♦ In accordance with custom and at the request of the J Bureau of Health and Sanitation, I, \V. L. Gorgas, of the | City of Harrisburg, do proclaim tlie weeks commencing ♦ May 14 and ending May 28, to be known as Clean-up and ! Brighten-up Weeks and as Acting Chief Magistrate of the J City earnestly requests all of our citizens to clean up their ♦ cellars and back yards, dispose of the accumulated rubbish ! of the winter months, use disinfectants where necessary, J white-wash cellar walls, fences and sheds; brighten up the i house, porch, steps, roofs, with paint. Make thorough in t spection of the premises for all elements of fire hazard, such ♦ as open flames, faulty or unclean chimneys or flues, imper ♦ feet wiring, etc., and make prompt correction of any defects. J "Clean-up" weeks have been associated with great re- I duction of fire waste as well as important factors in reduc ♦ ing disease. At this time also it is a patriotic duty to remove every ♦ form of unnecessary hazard to life and property. | May we have Fewer Fires, Better Health and a Cleaner I City. | W. L GORGAS, i Acting Mayor CARPENTERS QUIT WORK TO ENFORCE NEW WAGE SCALE Desire 50 Cents an Hour and 8-Hour Day; Three Con tractors Sign Up Members of the carpenters' union, except those in the employ of three contractors who have signed the scale of fifty cents an hour and eight hours a flay, quit work to day. Officers of the union said that as. rapidly as the contractors agree to the new working conditions the workmen will return to the jobs. Three more, it was said, were ex pected to sign this afternoon. Following a meeting of the union this morning it wis said that the men had given the contractors notice that the new scale )*st January was [Continued on Page 15] Milk Dealers May Make Fight For Decrease in Price During Summer Retail milk dealers of the city will meet next Tuesday evening in Maennerchor Hall, North street, to take action on the milk situation for the summer. The cull for the meeting was made this pfternoon by C. E. Cpoper, pres ident of the City Dairymen's League. Dast November, city dealers in creased the retail price from seven to eight cents a quart because of a price advance by the country dairymen. It is understood the deal ers will make a fight for a decrease in the wholesale price. A committee may be appointed to confer with representatives of the Dairymen's League of Dauphin and Cumberland counties. Germany and Austria in Accord on Peace London, May 4. • The confer ences that have been held in Vienna between Count Von Hertling, the Bavarian premier and Count Czer nln, the Austro-Hungarlan foreign minister show that a perfect agree ment continues between Berlin and Vienna regarding questions of peace. Correspondents also mention British from Vienna forwarded by the Ex change Telegraph correspondent at Amsterdam. I.OCAI. RANK* TO IIKI.P Philadelphia, May 3.—Richard T>. Austin, chairman of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank, received to day from Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo Instructions to Immcdlatel.v call a meeting of the banks in the Philadelphia district, comprising Pennsylvania us far west as Cambria county. Southern New Jersey and Delaware, for the purpose of consid ering the distribution of ihe two bil lion-dollar liberty loan. QThe Star- IfafteprnftriiL WAR SECRETARY UNDECIDED WHEN ARMY WILL SAIL j Baker Seeks to Discourage | Speculation on American Plans of War I By .Associated Press Washington, May 3.—Although | the French mission has accepted j full responsibility for censoring Marshal Joffre's remarks on the im mediate need of sending American troops to France, controversy con tinues as to whether the expurga -1 tion might not have been made as a result of the opposition of the army general staff to sending Ameri can troops out of the country at a time when they are wunted for train ing the new army. The State Depariment has official ly disclaimed any part whatever In the expurgation and has made it plain that it issued Marshal Joffre's statement as it was delivered by [Continued 011 Pago 15] Million Dollars an Hour Pours Into U. S. Coppers fly Associated Press Washington, D. May .1. Sub scriptions to the first. $2,000.1)00,000 of fering of bonds of the Liberty l.oan of 1917 poured into tile Treasury to day at a rate of more than $1,000,000 an hour, while approximately 3,000 banks in every section of the countrv simultaneously were taking subscrip tions over their counters. There was every indication that the huge issue would be far over-subscribed. Secretary McAdoo to-day delivered to tlie Italian Ambassador the SIOO,- 000,000 which the Government has de cided to advance Italy to meet her pressing demands. The $100,000,000 for France probably will be simllarlv delivered shortly, bringing the total advanced the allies thus far up to 400,1100,000. Success of U Boats Not Fatal to Allies Cause By Associated Press Washington, May 3.—While mem bers of the entente missions share the alarm of American officials at the ' growing inroads of the submarine menace, they do not regard the situ- ' atlon as in any sense fatal. It means,! in their view, a period of very great self-denial and further restrictions but they do not credit in the least any opinion that if is certain to lead to starvation or the loss of the war. I They are counting on ships, men and money from the United States and possibly American inventive genius to outweigh the U-boat terror. , j Critical as the allied situation is 1 made to appear, allied diplomats say it is as nothing to the insuperable difficulties of Germany almost en tirely hidden under the censorship, i ASH CONDITIONS j UNEQUALEDIN CITY'S HISTORYj Accumulation of Refuse Pil ing Up For Months Litters j Vacant Lots | Conditions unequaled for years in j the history of the city exist in many j districts because of the accumula i tion of ashes during: tlie last tire j months, —a result of the failure of I city officials to enforce the provisions j of the contract with the Pennsylva- t ilia Reduction Company. Backyards piled full of boxes, cans, cardboard cartons, tubs, barrels and [ any other kind of receptacle; plies of i ashes and other refuse on vacant lots'! are evidence of the lack of collec tions. , For months relief has been prom- | ised the residents but the only pros- j pect of this is the announcement of ! a clean-up wok campaign. Recently'Cortimissloner E. 55. Gross' requested postcard complaints re porting nonooliection of ashes for two weeks or more. More than 213 of these were re ceived and a penalty of $1,075 has j been Imposed on the Reduction Com pany. Failure, however, earlier in the year, to get results and enforce regular collections has resulted in conditions which arc unparalleled since the present contract began, al most ten years ago. Even action 011 the proposed sur vey to prevent a repetition of con ditions next year has been delayed, Commissioner Gross finding on Tues day that he could not award a con tract for tills work until money had I been appropriated by ordinance for | it. Vacant l.ots Piled High Many of the residents, unable to [ obtain receptacles for ashes, piled , 1 them up in their cellars and with ' [ spring housecleanlng on, have re ' moved them to backyards. Vacant j lots have been utilized in many in stances and now are piled full of tincans, loose paper, ashes and other waste. Other persons, finding that despite Commissioner Gross' Various ultima tums to the Reduction Company no regular collections had been resumed earlier in the year, paid private col lectors to haul away the accumula tion which resulted. Commissioner Gross announced to day that he has notified the company of the $1,075 penalty, based on the 215 complaints. lie also stated he would again ask for complaints with in the nex.t two weeks if the com pany failed to s maintain a regular weekly schedule in all parts of the city. Hopes for removal of ashes accum ulated during the last few months have been shattered and residents now are looking forward to "clean up week" as the only possible way.to get rid of the refuse. Market Square Church Extensions Considered; Acquiring Properties The Market Square Presbyterian Church congregation to-day took over the properties at 114. 11G and 118 Chestnut street, owned by John Fox Weiss. Mrs. Elnilra Brandt and John F. Hutchison, respectively. The total consideration was more than $23,000. It is understood that extensive de velopments are planned by the church in the way of providing ad ditional accommodations for the ra pidly increasing congregation. The main auditorium and Sunday school departments are already crowded during the services, and it is probable action will be taken in the near fu ture relative to extensions as the i I Chestnut street properties adjoin the I south side of the church. While no 1 definite plans have been made one I of the possible meuns which may be 1 decided upon for extension may in : I etude the erection of a large struc ; ture to provide facilities for the Sun i day school together with large rooms | for other church activities. Dunkle Accepts Election to City Commission I Samuel F. Dunkle. Commissioner- 1 elect to City Council, has accepted the . office, according to. a communication ! 'received by City Clerk Charles A. Mil- 1 ; ler. Me will be sworn Into office as 1 soon as he returns from a trip to New : I York. Mr. Dunkle Is nil ex-Sheriff of l)au- j j phin county and was named on Tues- I day to succeed the late Commissioner ! Harrv F. Bowman, whu was superin tendent of the Department of Public j Snfety. Mr. Dunkle will have charge rof the water, health and sanitation. I lighting, plumbing and building In- I >pection liurCAua. Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION HOUSE GIVES A WARM WELCOME TO HERO JOFFRE Viva La France and Viva La Amcriquc Arc the Cheers . I VIVIANNI MAKES SPEECH Former Premier Kisses Hand of Representative Jeanctte Rankin By Associated Press i Washington, May 3.—The French mission was received on the floor of the House to-day with roars of cheers and cries of "vivo la France" i from the floor and galleries. Rene Vivlani, head of the mission, ; delivered a stirring speech in French ! and Marshal Joffre in response to a fjreat demonstration, said "thank you," and then waving his hand above him shouted "vive la Anieriquc." The Frenchmen shook hands with the members and as Representa tive Jeanette Rankin passed down the line M. Viviani bending low kissed her liana. Several little girls, some of them daughters of members, were kissed upon the cheeks by Marshal Joffre. Places of Honor M. Viviani took a place at the right of Speaker 'Clark on the rostrum. Applause and cheering lasted more than five minutes. When [Continued on Page 15] Seventy-One German and Austrian Merchant Ships Ready Soon For Service By Associated Press Washington, May 3. Seventy one German and Austrian merchant ships seized by the government will be repaired and ready for commis sion within five months unless con cealed damage is .discovered, the Federal Shipping Board estimated to-day. They will add 535,722 tons to America's merchant marine. * ——— * * ~Tfr " • ' ' ; | \ \ I ' I 4 ' ■ I |p l , ! I t > I' f '■ion , v * f '! , | ! . i ■ ' 1 : j " ► j i , I -S ! "! " ' !. ' * MER SUNK ,)ni< ® ► .t: , city ; ' Tss * ** X ; 1 * ' ut - v r , , J br ' ' , v ablr i 1 <l ■ J MARRIAGE LICENSES , < '' Frank Joneph Uatrea. \\ llinl, 1K <„„, Uel., and Kl*le l.oulae I.ona HnrrlNburK. •' | Calvin Robert l Knola. and l.onlar Irene Koona. Pror> Harry Karl Dabr, Harrlbur ( , and Vletta Mllle Urlmn, HI B h",lrf. i > n A V><~ W >■ W "A >W ii iiitfii I i BELGIANS STARVE BECAUSE OF FOOD SUNK BY U-BOATS Death Rate in Belgium and Northern France Multi plied by Three MORE VESSELS NEEDED Adults Suffer to Permit Chil dren to Get Enough to Eat * By Associated Press New York, May 3. The German U-boat menace has made the food i situation in Belgium and Northern ! France one of extrcmo gravity, the | mortality among adults in the in dustrial, districts having multiplied I by three during March and April, ae ! cording to Herbert C. Hoover, who j arrived here to-day from Europe on an American ship. Mr. Hoover said I he .\yould go immediately to Wash ington to take charge of the govern ment's food control program. \ "Like every good American, 1 | have come over to do my share," , ' [Continued on Page <>] 300 Plots Distributed by Commerce Chamber; Agent Here Tomorrow It was announced at the Chamber of Commerce oflice this morning by 4 Superintendent Shirley B. Watts, of the chamber gardens that to date ! more than 300 plots have been given j out and that the number is increas ■ ing daily. He said that at the pres t ent time ho has enough ground to 11 supply the demand. The newly .appointed farm agent ■ of Dauphin county, 11. G. Niesley, ! will take up his new duties here on I Friday morning and at present i* 5 studying conditions in Berks county with the farm agent there.
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