No Just Cause Found by Federal Body For Increasing Prices of To ' Jfc. HARRISBURG |si!§fii> TELEGRAPH LXXXVI— No. 108 18 PAGES RUSS REVOLT; TURNS NATION INTO CHAOS Attack on Provisional Government Presents New Phase to War That Has Staggered Possibilities For Ger many's Enemies; Great Masses Are Silent MINISTRY WILL RESIGN RATHER THAN FORMULATE SEPARATE PEACE POLICY Leaders Apparently Have Gained Upper Hand But Wild Rumors of Intrigue and Dissatisfaction Are Con fusing; Radicals Make Impossible Demands The riddle of Russia has presented a new phase with a men aced counter revolution of staggering possibilities. For the moment the provisional government lias the upper hand, but the voice of the radicals grow louder and more threatening every dav, demanding concessions which would make the existence of an'organized government impossible. The wild currents of intrigue and dissatisfaction which are in evidence in Petrograd are the more confusing as the opponents of the revolutionary government offer no coherent program and seem to have no common aim. The capital is boisterously vocal but back of it the vastnesses of Russia lie silent with not a hint to tell of what the masses of the people are thinking or doing. An indication of the German \iew of the situation is given by a report that the best German troops have been withdrawn from the eastern front, their places being taken by landsturm and landwehr divisions. .' ' 1 As far as news dispatches indicate the radical insurgents in Petrograd are basing their attack on the May Day note sent to the allies by Foreign Secretary Milukoff, reaffirming Russia's deter mination to fulfill her obligations to the entente and vigorously prosecute the war against Germany. The provisional government lias energetically supported this position and the ministers de clare they will resign rather than modify the stand taken by M. Milukoff. MINISTRY WILL NOT SEND A NEW NOTE TO ALLIES Russian Leaders Will Hesign Before Considering Sepa rate Peace Proposals By Associated Press Fetrograd, via London, Way 5. The provisional government, through Premier Lvoff, has declined to modi fy the note sent to the allies. The government declares that the ministers are prepared to resign their posts if necessary. Premier Lvoff said: "It is impossible to pend another note. The temporary government will comply with its dnty and leave its post rather than take such a step which would menace the country with very serious consequences. The government understands fully the responsibility it has assumed in be half of the country and in view of that responsibility is ready to re sign it" it becomes necfessary." Foreign Secretary Milukoff, con firming the stand taken by Premier Lvoff, said: „ Ministers Stand Firm "The note expresses the view of the temporary government. It has no other aim. The recent note re peats and develops the idea express ed in the tirst note, which was work ed out in conjunction with the coun cil of deputies. If we compare the notes it is clear that the Information [Continued on Page ] THE WEATHER For Ilarrlaburti nl vicinity: < loudy to-night; Sunday partly cloudy; continued cool, lor Faatern Pennnylvanlm Cloudy to-night with rain In north nor tion i Sunday partly cloudy; con tinued cool; moderate to frexli northern*! to north winds. Hirer The Siixniiehannu river anil It* frlhiitarleM will rlae allghtly or remain nearly atntlonary. A xtngc of uhout 4.4 feet la indi cated for llarrlxburK Sunday • morning. fJcneral < ondltlona The center of the Southwestern k *torm haa moved from Teuneit xee lo the Virginia coaat during the laMt twenty-four hourn. It huK canned ruin generally aoulh and eaat of the Great Lake*, ex cept the Florida penlnaula, and in the Went t>ulf State*, the heavlcNt ralna, between one and two inches, falling In New Jer ney, Kantern Pennaylvanln, Kaatern New York, Kaatern South Carolina and Northeastern Florida. temperature: 8 n. m., 40 degreea. inn: Hlaea, 4:53 a. m. •loon: Full moon. May 0, River Stage: 4.3 feet. Yeaterday'a Weather Highext temperature, 47. l/oweat temperature, 311. Mean temperature. 43. Normal temperature, L ABOR COUNCIL EXPRESSES FAITH IN GOVERNMENT Thousands Parade For and Against Policies of Pro visional Ministry Pctrograd, May 4, via London, May 5 The Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' delegates have accepted the government's explanation of its May Day note by a vote of 34 to 19 and has decided that the incident is closed. Tho anti-government street demonstration was completely swamped by a gigantic pro-govern- i ment demonstration on Friday even- j ing. There were some clashes but no serious incidents. Friends <jf the government out demonstrated the demonstrators this evening. As though of one accord the people, stirred into a seemingly realization of the catastrophe over shadowing the country through the [Continued on Page i] Reichstag Plans to Limit Kaiser's Power ' By Associated Press Amsterdam, May 5, via London. — A restriction of the power of the Emperor of Get-many has been de cided upon by the constitution com mittee of the Keiehstag, according to a dispatch from Berlin. The com mittee has decided to alter Article XVII of the Imperial Constitution as follows: "Ordinances and decrees of the Kaiser will be issued in the name of the empire and will require for va lidity the counter signature of the imperial chancellor or his represen tative, who thereby assumes respon sibility to the Keiehstag." Nation Pours Deluge of Gold Into War Box By Associated Press Washington, May s.—The nation's response to the first offering of Lib erty Loan bonds is a deluge of gold. Subscriptions poured in to-day at la rate threatening to choke tele craph lines leading into Washing ton. Practically every messenger boy in the city was carrying tele -1 graph subscriptions to the Treasury. The rush was so great that the tele grams were delivered in bundles. There was no diminution in the rate of $20,000,000 an hour at which the ocering is being oversubscribed. Church Abandons Morning Service For Garden Work By Associated Press Lexington, Mass.. May B. —The Follen Unitarian Church of East Lexington, taking advantage of the new law permitting farm and gar den work on Sunday in this State, iiaa decided to omit its morning ser vices on Sundays during May and June in order that its members dc- I vote more time to their gardens. The pastor, the Itev. John N. Mark, has enlisted in naval itativa. RUTGERS COLLEGE BOYS CHARGING AS THEY WILL IN FRANCE r """ rcr v ';•""" tt~, & •• - T?-" ■. ."..-.."-; —m ' >, " ' "" ' j "' ' , ' i*--, r ■- v ..\w wi ifttti. i, v.. v.. .y M ..w.irt.4 rtm vvikniwif i~ i II.V .Vx..* I. FCF I n i ILL i Vrrv > r irtlih*tiinVitf^ : "<i>Vi ftl Rutgers College, at New Brunswick, N. J., Is ready for war, and soon will be able to send forth a lot of young men equipped to bo officers, as well equipped as many of the officers now commanding men on the battle-fronts of the east and west. Freshmen and sophomores are required ac cording to the college curriculum to take military training under an officer of the United States army. HIGH PRICES FOR COAL SHOWN TO BE UNWARRANTED Federal Trade Commission Promises to Expose Un scrupulous Dealers SHOULD HAVE REBATE Cost at Mines Little Above J Normal; Wage Increase Small By Associated rrcss Washington, May 5. Prevailing retail prices of anthracite coal are unwarranted and the supply for next season Is adequate, the Federal | Trade Commission stated to-day in j | a preliminary report based on a par tially completed investigation order-1 | dered by Congress last winter. The i commission warns consumers against j buying larger quantities of coal than | usual this summer, saying there are I symptoms now of such a buying I panic as that which enabled specula tors last winter to force prices above i normal. Xo good reason exists, says the report, why May prices should not lie subject to the usual summer discount, but " if the public is again ■ so deceived as to indulge in a scram ble for coal, the favorable situation | may be nullified." The commission is keeping in close touch with the anthracite situ ation and promises to "expose any unscrupulous wholesaler, jcbl>er, or retailer who seeks to mislead the public into a belief that exorbitant \ prices are justifiable or that there is I any necessity to join in a frenzied j bidding to secure immediate delivery I for far future needs." The Vnited Mine Workers' new wage scale which went into effect last week increased production cost I between 24 and 30 cents a ton, and j "is a beneficial and steadying factor i in the industry," says the commis -1 sion. Treading operators' prices at the mine for May provide for this | wage increase, and "there is no jus tification for a larger increase to be passed on to the consumer." Prices for May at the mines are quoted at s3.t a net ton for egg, $3.54 for stove, and $3.93 for chestnut coal. Referring to evidence that specu lators. by storing coal in cars, paying demurrage or reconstgning it, tend- I ed to Increase prices materially last winter, the commission's report rec ommends action by Congress or some authority to be designated by Con gress on the following: First, the elimination of the ele ment of speculation and the charg ing of an exorbitant price, or the withholding from use of this neces sity of life; and, second, the imper ative -need of keeping coal moving from the point of production to its coa' ears from being held out of use final destination, and of preventing for the purpose of speculative stor age." People Are Kobbed When the report was presented in Congress Senator Hitchcock, author of the investigation resolution de clared it "shows the people have been robbed by speculators and con sumers have contributed to it by their panicky condition." Ho ex pressed the hope that wide publicity would be given to the report from a governmental agency that there is abundance of anthracite and no war i rant for increasing prices. The high cost of living in all lines, Senator Hitchcock said, had been made higher by the panicky condi tion of the consumers and specula tors had taken full advantage of the opportunity. Petty Larceny Extinct Since Breaking Up of Dope Ring, Chief Says Reports of petty larceny < have | practically ceased since the "dope" cleanup in this city, according to Chief of Police J. fad ward Wetzel. At the present time most of the { "dopers" are in tail and others who : were not in advanced stages havo left town. Several druggists accused j of furnishing the goods are being held under heavy hail for Federal 1 court. "Dopesters" while on the chair at police court have admitted they would lie, steal or do anything to i'ome into possession of the drugs they consider necessary for life. Prior to the cleanup as many as six larceny reports were made in one day to Complaint Clerk Earl White. After the raids, larceny reports he came fewer and fewer until at the present time a larceny report is an exception. Police officials trace this decrease directly to the elimination of the drug. Emiiie Koos, who with the assist ance of the local police through De tective Hyde Speese, is at present In Pittsburgh, where he recently en gineered the largest cleanup the Federal authorities have ever pulled. HARRISBURG, PA„ SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1917. KEEN MAY NOT SUPPORT LLOYD FOR ARCHITECT W ants Stamm to Face Charges; Postpone Selection Until -Tuesday When A. Carson Stamni. president of the city school board, branded as false some of the statements made by C. Howard Lloyd, one of the architects mentioned for the High school development program. Dr. C. K. L. Keen at yesterday's session of the board, declared he would not support Lloyd if he had not told the truth concerning Stamm. Dr. Keen asked President Stamm to meet Lloyd with himself and face the charges. Air. Stamni consented. The school board, when this unex pected development turned up, de ferred action on the selection of an architect until next Tuesday after noon. At the time a motion was be fore the board, made by Director George A. Werner and seconded by Director Ilarry M. Bretz, giving Yerus T. Ritter, of Huntingdon, W. Va„ the Girls' High school; C. Harry Kain, Harrisburg, remodeling of Camp Curtin Building and Mr. [Continued 011 Page 4] B ALFOUR GETS GREAT OVATION FROM CONGRESS President For First Time Oc-| cupies House Gallery to Hear Speakers By Associated Press Washington, May s.—President Wil son occupied a seat in the executive gallery of the House to-day while the British Foreign Minister Balfour and members of the British mission were received on the floor. It was the first time as far as Capitol historians could find, that any President of the United States had appeared in the galleries. President Wilson entered the exec utive gallery unnoticed while Repre sentative Estopinal, of Louisiana, was reading, in French, a message from the President of the Chamber of Dep uties of Rumania. The message said the Chamber of Deputies hastened to express to the representatives of the American House its wannest eongrat-* illations on Joining the war against Germany. Prrnlilriit thffrfd After the President had been in the gallery five minutes he was discov ered and members stood tip and cheered. The President rose and bowed while the galleries joined in the demonstration. Then the House turned its atten tion to Mr. Balfour and his party who were escorted into the chamber to handelapping and cheers. Mr. Balfour was immediately introduced by Speaker Clark, and addressed the House. "Will you permit me," he began, "to offer you my most sincere thanks for the honor done me here to-day?" Military MeniU'e "The menace of militarism in creases. W e free peoples of western civilization are banded together to fight this menace. • In this cause we will surely conquer." President Wilson was among those who applauded loudest as .Mr. Bal four began speaking. He removed his gloves and entered Into the handclap ping with vigor. Navy Consulting Board Believes It Has Solved the Submarine Problem New York, May 5. —W. L. Saun ders, chairman of the Naval Con sulting Board, announced here to day that the board had forwarded to Washington plans for dealing with submarines which, it was believed, had solved the problem successfully. Mr. Saunders, who has been chair man of the Naval Consulting Board about two months, supplemented his announcement by saying that while the submarine problem cannot he considered In reality to have been solved until the U-boats have been destroyed, nevertheless numerous ex periments had been made along the Atlantic coast with highly encour aging results which led the board to feel confidence that a successful so lution had been reached, ®hf Star- Unflcpmbent OUTLINES METHOD OF REGISTRATION IN CONSCRIPTION War Department Prescribes Course to Be Followed by Men Affected By Associated I'rc.is Washington, May 5. An official outline of the method by which mili tary registration is to be carried out under the selective conscription bill, was made public to-day, with an ap peal from the War Department for the voluntary services of State elec tion and other officials in order that there will be no delay in enrolling and classifying millions of men for army duty. Careful preparation has been made to place the whole task in the hands of civilian officials of the States and to remove every sug gestion of military force in putting the measure into effect. The only function of the Federal Government will be supervision through the office of the Provost Marshal General. The Department's statement follows: There was a time In the country's history when mllttury enumerators, backed by bayon-ets, went out among people to take a compulsory [Continued on Page 1] PETTY GRAFTING IS DEMORALIZING ASH COLLECTION Little Chance For Improve ment as Long as "Bribes" Arc Offered Is Seen Unless and until the garbage col lection system is relieved of the petty grafting of the collectors, those who have been watching the opera tion of the present system believe there will be little improvement. When collectors demand and accept gratuities in the way of free lunches and tips from the disgusted people whom they are supposed to serve and when they refuse to give the service for which the city pays, those who refuse to be held up in this way, it is not hard to discover why the system has broken down utterly in Harrisburg. It has been reported to the HAR RISBURG TELEGRAPH that in many instances the collecting force, under the eye of an inspector has failed to remove the ashes from houses where they had formerly been quite willing to go into the basement and carry out the accu mulated ashes. This because they are afraid to accept the tips anil free lunches while, the inspector is on the job. Kcfusc to Assist It is known that in such cases they have positively refused to assist in removing ashes in a cellar way while in other cases they have not only gone Into the cellar, but have spent as much as fifteen or twenty minu tes in removing the ashes and clear ing out the furnaces. Of course, the explanation was cbvious. In these cases they were paid either in free lunches or with cash. While the regulations provide against carrying ashes out of a cel lar, the fact remains, that for a con sideration these collectors will not only go into the cellar, but spend as much time as necessary in cleaning up the accumulations. All of which explains why it is not possible to keep up with the schedules. So long as the inspectors are in sight and on the job the collector* are busy within the regulations, but once their backs are turned the tip ping and free iuncli gratuities inter fere with anything like efficient col lection. Dunkle Is Sworn in as City Commissioner; to Start Work Monday Samuel P. Dunkle, commissioner elect to city council, was sworn into office this morning by City Clerk Charles A. Miller. Congratulations were tendered the new executive who succeeds the late Commissioner Harry F. Bowman, as superintendent of the department of public safety. Commissioner Dunkle will as sume charge of the various bureaus in the department on Monday and will probably attend council on Tuesday morning. Commissioners Lynch, Gorjras spd Gross who have had charge of the different bureaus of the department will be relieved of this work, EVERYBODY WILL HAVE CHANCE TO SEE FRENCHMEN Marshal Joffre and His Party Will Parade Over Down town Streets WILL INSPECT CAPITOL Will Stand at Salute While Band Plays Marsellaise at Third Street Steps The arrangements of the Harris burg Chamber of Commerce for re ceiving the French mission to United States next Tuesday at 1 o'clock are! assuming definite form. The pro- ! gram will permit every man, woman and child in Harrisburg and the State officials and the members of the Leg islature to see the distinguished party. The party will be met at the sta- 1 tion by the reception committee and probably the short time they are here will prevent any but a few members of the committee going in the auto mobiles to the Capitol. The route of the march will be in Market street to Front, up Front to State and up State to the Capitol. The brevity of the vist will not permit the party to meet the Legislature in the House of Kepresentatives' chamber, and they have requested that the State offi cials and members of the Legisla ture headed by the Governor and the different heads of departments and branches of the Legislature meet the party in the rotunda of the Cap itol lor the briefest sort of greeting, us minutes will be precious and the party do not speak Englisn. Salute National Air After the official greeting, the party will be escorted down the walk from the Capitol building to the Third street stops, at the foot of which they will take their cars to re turn to the station. When the party reaches the Third street steps on its way out they will salute while the band plays the "Marsellaise." It must be remembered that the visit of the party will be very brief and that the whole program will have to be handled almost on the run and the citizens of llarrisburg will be able to see them as much as anyone else. They can be seen on their way to and from the station and at the foot of the Third street steps. It will be well to remember that the "Marsellaise" will only be played once and in the most formal way, as the hymn is regarded by the French to be too sacred to be played except in the ceremonious fashion. The committee on arrangements is working hard on its plans and Presi dent David E. Tracy, of the Cham ber of Commerce, will announce the personnel of the honorary reception committee shortly. Harrisburg is be ing highly honored by this visit be cause such important oities as Pitts burgh are not being made stops, and the Chamber of ( ommerce feels that citizens of Harrisburg should appre ciate the good work that was done when the arrangements were made for the French party to stop here. Another Big Plot Is Donated For Gardens James G. llatz, donated a plot of ground 50x150 feet at Emerald and Third streets this morning:, to the Chamber of Commerce, to be used for garden plots, according to an an nouncement made this morning by Shirley B. Watts, superintendent of' the Chamber garden plots. Work will be started at once to stake the plot oft' and place it at the disposal of applicants. Superintendent Watts said this morning that, the rainy weather dur ' ing the past week has held up tho garden work materially, but that more than four hundred plots have been given out to date. ;j H. G. Niesley, the new Dauphin county farm agent took up the du ties of his new office this morning, and is 'planning extensive work to be carried out on the Dauphin county farms. The next few weeks will be devoted, l>y him, to getting acquaint ed with the farmers and the condi tions throughout the county. Hollweg to Give Plain Outline of Peace Plans By Associated Press Copenhagen, May 5.—A plainer declaration of Germany's peace con ditions will be made by Chancellor Von Bethinann-Hollweg within a fortnight. Dr. Karl Helfferich, the vice-chan cellor, announced yesterday that an answer would be made within this time by the chancellor to the Inter pellations presented by the Conserva tives and the Socialists. The chan cellor's decision to define Germany's aims wu the result of pressure L exerted from ail sides* Single Copy, 2 Cents NIGHT EXTRA BIG ARMIES BATTLE OVER LONG FRONT French Batter Their Way a Little Closer to Goal by Storming Great Natural Fortress; Thousands of Lives Lost in Attempt to Gain Fortified Plateau; No Signs of Either Side Gaining a Substantial Victory Ihe greatest battle in history continues to rage in bloody fury in Northern France with no sign as yet of a decisive issue to the tremendous fighting which is raging day and night along a hundred mile front. The French have battered their way a little closer to Laon and have stormed one of the great natural fortresses guarding the southern end of the Hindenburg line. By the capture of Craonne they have forced ajar the back door of Laon, but there are mighty obstacles still in their*path. Craonne formed one of two gun-crowned heights at the head of a broad valley leading to the French goal. The other, which remains unsubdued, is the sinister Brimont plateau from which the Ger man guns thunder daily against the ruins of Rheims cathedral. 1 housands of lives have been spent in vain in an effort to storm this plateau, but its capture is vital to the French advance. Outside of the lists where the warring nations are arrayed interest centers on Brazil and China. In both countries a par liamentary battle is being waged which will decide whether they enter the ranks of Germany's foes. .The war advocates arc in the majority at Peking, but the minority has the support of President Li Yuan-Hung. In Brazil the situation is not so , clearly defined by the resignation of Dr. Lauro Mullcr is supposed I to give a preponderance to the war party. r i I RUiS MI.• .. i f 1; ar. : ,: d j vct*.. .:: tontV ;| j, I i i! a V . ... . ; I , J • I j i , - i < i I , $ J ' i ■' - i• ■ i PATRIOTIC PARADE POSTPONED i i . chief marshal ( 4 1 .. . . 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