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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report that the best German troops have been withdrawn from the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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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*
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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.
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I ard Prince, I'ottMtonn, and Tlllle Uertrude Kreedmaa.
I (<M>r(r Koaeevlc nnd Ho*le ilrextak, Strtlton. Daniel t'ranrl.
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ter and Helen Welmer Alheri, Han-labor*. < ornellnn Joeph Vaniet"
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