n • I S T7° • en r* • • f , , ' Radicals and Vision■ ■■ Russia Endanger Provisional Government HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH (?ht Star- independent. . I.XXXVI—No. 113 24 PAGES RUSS MINISTRY a TO FORCE ISSUE WITH RADICALS Socialists Do Not Know What l Kind of Government They Want VISIONARIES AT FAULT Provisional Government Fear ed Only Because Leaders Are of Higher Class By Associated Press Petrograd, May 11. —The govern ment in making suggestion of a coali tion ministry, appears to have put the issue squarely up to the Social- j ists. The move on the part of the j ministry is seemingly an effort to , remedy the anomalous situation In ! which the country finds itself j through having a nominal govern ment with the power lodged else where. Yesterday's call upon the Socialists, as represented by the council of workmen's and soldiers' delegates, was byway of shifting some of the responsibility for govern ment upon the elements which wield the power and which assume the right to direct, criticise and thwart the acts of the ministry. In endeavoring to determine what it is that the Socialists want, the ministers have developed the fact that there is a wide divergence of opinion among the Socialistic groups, but that they are practically united in a desire to evade responsibility for the government of the country. Socialists Balk The suggestion that representa tives of the Socialists take a hand in directing the difficult affairs of . the nation met with a flat refusal j on the part of the Moscow council : of deputies and the "Bolshi Vike" j meaning the extreme letters in Pet- | rograd. The proposal elicited only \ slight support in the Petrograd coun cil of deputies. Among the latter! out of six prominent leaders inter- j viewed, only two. Stankevitch and Kameneff, favored a coalition cab- | inet. Tseratelli considered it impos- j sible and Tcheidse, Stekloff and Dan ! declared that the movement was not ! A opportune at the present moment. I • Apparently the objection to coali- j tion is based upon the distrust of the cabinet which the Socialists regard as retaining a taint of imperialism | from the old regime. Practically the ! only criticism of the ministers is that j they represent the Bourgeoisie and | therefore must have imperialistic I tendencies. At the same time the Socialists realize their own limita- \ tions and are not willing to assume responsibility for ousting che present | government and assuming the actual ! conduct of affairs. May Force Issue The ministers have hinted at tho ! possibility of forcing the issue by resigning unless they receive the sup port that they have solicited. The outspoken threat to resign in a body, uttered in the heat of last week's crisis, brought from the council of delegates the frank avowal that the council is not ready to assume gov- | ernmental responsibility. TWO NORWEGIAN* BOATS SUNK By Associated Press London, May 11.—The Norwegian steamers Tiger and Leikanger have < been sunk by German submarines' ten miles off the northwest coast of Spain. According to information re eeived here the submarines halted the steamers in Spanish waters and escorted them beyond the territorial limit where they were sunk. How About a Pet Sheep or Lamb? The proposition for the use of vacant lots and back yards for the raising of vegetables and other foodstuffs in order to meet the present crisis in this coun try is a most commendable one. Why not carry it still further and persuade each family to keep a pet sheep or lamb in place of a dog? It would be more profit able by far.—Textile World Jour nal. 1 1 THE WEATHER For Hnrrlibnrg and vicinity: Fair to-niKht and Saturday; little ehange In temprratare, toneat to-nlKht ah'JUt 45 degrees. For I",astern Pennsylvania! Fair to-night and Saturday; little ehnnge In temperature; mod erate northwest winds. River The Miiaqnehanitti river nnd all It* liraneben will fnll slowly or remain nearly stationary. A staice of about S.S feet IN Indl eated for Harrlabarg Saturday morning. General Conditions The North Atlantic eoast storm Is a movlnic slowly seaward. The weather has cleared atonic the Middle nnd South Atlantle eoasts, but eontlnues eloudy In the Sorth Atlantle States with general, light rains In Jirn England. I.lght frosts are reported thla morning from Western Penn sylvania, Western New York, Colorado and Utah and heavy frosta from Nebraska and Wy oming. Temperatnret 8 a. m.. 50 degrees. Sunt Hlses, -titti n. m. Moon: Hlses, 13:10 a. m. River Stage: 5.U feet. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, W, l.owest temperature. 43. Mean temperature, 52. formal temperature* home last night for dinner, and they i seemed to have washed up and dash ed for the station in time to get the train. These same fellows wore the sani'- mufti in which they had filled their last civilian day. And the chap i [Continued on Pago 8] Defalcations of Phila. Man in Seven Years Said to Reach $750,000 Officials of the State Banking De- j partment to-day said that Jesse Wil liamson, 2nd, secretary of the Penn- j sylvania company for insurances on ; lives and the granting of annuities# i of Philadelphia, had been arrested on the charge of taking securities! valued at between. $650,000 and $735,000. The banking company, one of the strongest in the State, has made good the amount of the loss, I together with Williamson's bonds man. Under the law Williamson will be prosecuted. According to information here Williamson, who entered the service ot the company in 1898, as assistant bookkeeper and is 36 years of age, j abstracted the securities through a period of seven years, all of the bonds being taken from estates of women., one of whom lost $250,000. All of these losses have been replaced in kind, it is stated here. I The banking department's six j examiners were at work in the in stitution when officially informed of the discovery of the defalcation and i Hanking Commissioner Lafean and Attorney General Brown were imme- j uiately notified, being conversant' with all the steps taken. It is said ! that the discovery was made last j month and that since May 1 steps to; make good the loss of the very se curities taken have been under way. I The bonding company made good i $150,000 of the loss. New Pennsy Exchange Is Now in Full Operation; Middle Division Changes Wires have all been cut in. and the 1 j new Pennsylvania railroad exchange |is now in operation. It is located on I the second floor of the Pennsylvania I railroad station and is connected i with all yards and offices in and j about llarrisburg and the main line. ' The Kcily street exchange has been ! abandoned. This big improvement was made possible because of the placing of wires underground and I other important changes to the tele phone system. Calls will be made ! by numbers only, a new directory is now being compiled. With these changes will come the transfer of the headquarters of the middle divison in Harrisburg from ' DK office at Keily street to Maclay street, offices have been fitted up in , the Fleming property at Seventh and Maclay streets, known as the Decker 1 building Assistant Trainmaster Ja :< ob Whiteman, with his clerical forces, and the chief caller and his men will occupy this building on an.d after Monday next. Critics Attack War Bill While Supporters Say Nation Needs the Money IB.v Associated Press Washington, May 11. The House to-day continued debate on the sl,- 1800,000,000 war tax bill which Chalr '■ man Kitchln, of the Ways and Means ! Committee, said would raise more ad j ditional taxes than any measure "that has ever been presented to any legis lative body in the history of ihe world." Members speaking in defense of the bill argued for it as a whole on the ground that It was necessary to meet the national emergency. From many representatives, however, came vigorous criticism of particularly 1 taxes on a variety of commodities, or I earnings which they thought should ! be exempt. Representative Fordney, ranking Itepubllcan member of the Ways and Means Committee, planned to take , ili< floor to second Chairman Kiteh in's plea for speedy passage of the bill. Readers believed to-day it might be disposed of by tho House early j next week. HARRISBURG,-PA.., FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 11, 1917. MANY HARRISBURGERS ARE BEGINNING CAMP LIFE HERE TODAY • : : * , Y . .• * ' ' . •. A general view of Fort Niagara proper, is shown in the photograph with its ancient walls inclosing a French castle built in the eighteenth cen tury, a log cabin of early Colonial days and beautiful Lake Ontario in the background. WANT WEALTH OF U. S. AS WELL AS MEN CONSCRIPTED Slate Federation of Labor May Petition Congress to Adopt Such Laws PLEDGE THEIR SUPPORT Delegates Will Back Presi-, dent in Whatever War Action He Takes That the State Federation of Labor j petition the President and Congress j of the United States to enact laws j for the conscription of wealth as! well as men for the great war in ; which, as a nation, we are engaging was one of the chief lesolutionsj adopted by the State Federation of 1 I.abor this morning. Resolutions 1 were also adopted pledging the Fed- ; eration of I.abor's support to the President and Congress during the war and urging the co-operation of j the Federation and the State grange for the conservation of the nation's resources. Disorder marked the ses- j sion to such an extent that President j James H. Maurer was unable at ! many times to control the meeting, j Delegate Charles A. Brown intro- ' duced a resolution that was later { passed urging that great wealth in | every instance be heavily taxed so that money as well as men be con scripted for the present war. Stress : was laid on the fact the present high j cost of living made the great masses of the toilers unable to stand any \ greater tax on their resources. It ] further asked it be made a Federal j law with a heavy penalty attached,! for any one to gamble in the necessi- i ties of life and that a maximum price be put on al. foodstuffs so the j workers might not be the pawn of I the men in control of the food of 1 the nation. To Co-operate Willi (.range Plans are under way for a per-; manent co-operation between the j Federation and the State Grange \ that they too might act together j I and serve the food of the nation to! the greatest possible extent. A per- j manent otlice will be established for ! both organizations to use as head- i I quarters. The resolution was intry duced by it. J. Wheeler, of Allen- [ I town. j Resolutions were also adopted i asking that labor be represented on ' defense boards, lied Cross boards I and conscription boards, and eom ; mending the Ward Baking Company for its fairness to labor and the : sanitary conditions of its many | i plants. War Resolutions The resolution stating the posi | tion of organized labor during the ) | war follows: "Whereas, the United States has! ' been committed to a part in the j great war and the social, industrial ! and economic conditions of the coun try threaten to become acute, caus- j ing distress and suffering and "Whereas by the early termina-1 tion of the war and the return of i peace to the nation can these dan-j gerous conditions be eradicated adti, : "Whereas, labor is fundamentally I j opposed to war and yet, wishing to i show its patriotism in thi grave hour, !of trial, therefore, be it j "Resolved, the State Federation j of Labor in convention assembled, j [Continued on Page 15] CON PICK ON SKWAUK j City ICnglneer M. B. Cowden and ! Highway Commissioner William 11. I Lynch, were in New York City to-day consulting with .lames H. Fuertes, consulting engineer, on the city's : plans for a sewage disposal plant. | Arrangements were started to take' up changes in the plans for the plant; as ordered by the State Health De partment. BOY CArsKN URi: A small boy playing with matches j I this morning started a lire at the | 1 home of Walter I. eParson, 62 North | I Fourteenth street. The lire spread | I to the adjoining side of the house jat 64 North Fourteenth street, the 1 ' home of Kdward E. Albright. The I damage will not exceed SSO. PLEDGES FOR BOY SCOUTS WILL OVERRUN MARK; $11,159 Promised Before Cam-j paign Is Half Over; Expect Big Excess Harrisburg in two days lias pledg ed $ 11,159 toward the Boy Scout move ment. This announcement was greeted with cheers at the noon luncheon held by the Scout campaigners at the Board of Trade Building to-day. It is not a question now of raising tlie remaining S9OO but how much over the sum set the amount collected or pledged will run. It was a jolly crowd that gathered about the tables when Chairman I George W. Reinoehl called the cam- I paigners to order. Success was in the ! air and the division captains await- i ed eagerly the reports of the Red I and Blue teams, to see how the con test between the two of them stood. Blues l-'tirge Ahead Yesterday the Reds were ahead. To-day the Blues forged to the front and when the last of the /lgures on the big board were tabulated it was found that the Blues had collected or pledged a total of $2,886, while the Reds had but $2,169. Much of this was due to the work of the team cap tained by Henderson Gilbert, which turned in exactly $1,200 for the Blues. ■Tlie Hags were transferred from the tables of the high team of yesterday, that captained by William H. Benne thuin, Jr., to the winner of to-day's laurels. The rivalry has been so keen be tween the Reds and the Blues that Andrew I£. Buchanan, head of the Blues, went down into his pocket to day for a paid advertisement in the TELEGRAPH, calling the attention of the public to the Boy Scout cause and giving the names and addresses of all his team captains, so that vol unteer subscribers might send in their money. , Tlie last luncheon will be held to morrow noon. Until that time it will be a "free for all race," the' teams calling where they desire, not being confined to persons listed on the cards provided by the campaigner. Troops Quell Riot When Chinese Parliament Votes Down War Resolution i Peking, May 11.—After a riotous secret session lasting throughout Thursday night the House of Repre sentatives refused to pass a resolu tion decluring war on Germany. The House of parliament was sur rounded by a mob which demanded wax, making threats of violence, j Under the orders of Premier Tuan jchi-Jui troops llnaily dispersed the ! mob. The premier addressed the I House, urging a declaration of war. He was denounced by members who said he was attempting to coerce parliament. The pl-ess is opposed to the war party, urging parliament to resist military pressure on the ground thut it threatens the repub lic. SUBSCRIPTION CARD A Scout Habit "DO A GOOD TURN DAILY" pOR THE BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT in Harris burg I will give $ in four payments of $ each. First payment to be made on June 1, 1917, and continue every six months until the last payment is made on Dec. 1, 1918. Name Address Date Currency or Check herewith $ Obtained by Team No Checks should be made payable to (ieorgc W. Rcil.v, Treasurer, Hoy Scout Campaign, Harrisburg Trust Co.. Harrisburg, p a . SEPARATE PEACE IS NOT PLAN OF RUSSIAN DUMA Parliament Leaders Declare Country Will Not End War in Draw Petrograd, May 11. Thursday being the anniversary of the opening of the first Duma, an extraordinary session of delegates and ex-delegates was held at the Tauride Palace. The members of the provisional govern ment and foreign diplomats were also present. Prolonged applause greeted a speech by President llodzianko, in which he repudiated any idea of a separate peace. There was an en thusiastic demonstration later on when he proclaimed the loyalty of Russia toward her aiiies. The whole assembly stood and cheered the en tente ambassadors. "The war which was forced upon us, which we did not desire and for which we are in no way responsible, must be brought to a successful ter mination in such a manner that the integrity of the country and the national honor of Russia shall he entirely maintained," said President Rodzianko. "The innumerable sac rifices we have laid upon the altar of this war demand that the peace should correspond with the immen sity of our efforts and that the aim for which we are struggling, the tri umphs of the ideals of justice and liberty, be assured us. Can Be No Draw "The Germans oppose to these splendid ideals their own program, j which to tally different—the heg | niony of the world nnd the enslave | ment of the nations. The struggle I for principles so mutually contra | dietory cannot terminate in a draw but only by a decisive victory by one or the other of the adversaries. Only the complete defeat of Ger ■ many militarism will assure the hap -1 piness of the world." Prince LvofT, the premier, also ad- I dressed the Duma gathering." "It is not the wonderful, almost j magic character of the Russian rev i olution; it is not the power displayed and the rapidity of development which astonish the world, but the j idea which directed it and which em braces not only the interests of the j Russian people, but those of oil the 1 nations," said the premier. "It is i true that this revolution compels us | to endure a period of great trials and | raises in our puths to soda! happi i ness the grim specters of anarchy and despotism. 'Hut you representa i fives of the nation may be sure that I the work you inaugurated and have ! pursued despite all obstacles, disillu j sionments and hostile elements, will ' not have been in vain." FARM AGENT "IX PIKLB" H. G. Niesley, Dauphin county agriculturist, spent to-day in "the J field" appealing in person to farm ers to put forth every effort to in crease the yield of their farms this 1 summer. AMERICA HAS NO AGREEMENT ON PEACE PACT Lansing Denies U. S. Has Promised to Stick in War to llie End EXPECT GERMAN OFFER Secretary of State Refuses to Intimate Attitude of Ad ministration By Associated Press Washington, May IX. —Secretary Lansing to-day denied reports that the United States has an agreement with the entente allies not to make a separate peace with Germany by saying: "There is no agreement written or unwritten relative to peace." When pressed to say whether the subject had been discussed inform ally Air. Lansing declined to discuss the subject further. •Me would not Intimate that there was any proba bility of the United States acting separately but said the question of an agreement never had been raised. Interest in the attitude of the gov ernment springs from announce ments that the German chancellor soon is to make another offer of peace terms. Mass Meeting of Thieves Demand Share in Russia's New Political Freedom By Associated Press Petrograd, May 11.—A muss meet ing of thieves was recently held <>.t Rostoff on the Don to demand a share in the new freedom and a chance to turn over a new leaf. The chief of the local militia and the president and several members of the council of workmen'#! and soldiers' deputies were present on invitation. Practically all branches of the profession of thievery were repre sented and several of the most ac complished members made speeches in which thy outlined the difficulties confronting them and declared that [ it was impossible to return to honest | pursuits without the help and sup | port of the community. The speak i crs complained that recently the population had risen against them and, in some instances, went so far as to lynch some of their brothers, i Chief of Militia Balmikoff asked : for help and support by the people J in aiding the efforts of the thieves at reformation. One of the by standers complained that he had j been relieved of his purse contain ing six rubles. The thieves roundly j protested that it was not the worn | of a professional and took up a col lection to reimburse the victim. School Board Hears j Report of Director Boyer on Investigation of Charges The city school board met this afternoon at 3.110 o'clock to hear the report, of Director Harry A. Boyer on an investigation of charges which had been made earlier in the week and which he together with Dr. C. E. L. Keen personally investigated. At the special meeting on Tues- I day afternoon a motion was passed to postpone action on the selection of an architect until this afternoon. It was anticipated when the session opened this afternoon that the archi tect row would be settled before the directors adjourned. Mr. Hoyer's report, supported by affidavits by officials of the York Engineering company, was presented first. In It an explanation was made that a charge had been made that commissions wore paid George Mr- Ilhenn.v and <\ Howard Lloyd to se cure a contract to install a heat plant In one of the school buildings of the city. Upon the failure of the affi davits to support these charges an I Investigation was started. Mr. Roy er said, and the affidavits from the company officials were secured. Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION ALLIES MASS MEN AND GUNS FOR BIG DRIVE Lull in Great Battle in France Gives Commanders Time to Prepare For Supreme Effort to Force Invaders From Captured Country; Great Offensive Opens on Hun dred-Mile Front in Macedonia Along the entire front in Macedonia, from Monastir to Lake Doiran, a distance of about 100 miles, tlie allies have opened a great offensive. On every section of the line General Sarrail's artillery is roaring day and night, but the campaign is in its in itial phase and there is 'ittle to indicate as yet where the main at tempt at an advance will be made. Bitter fighting is proceeding in the bend of the Cerna river jand in the neighborhood of the Vardai, the two points on the I Macedonian front where the wild barbarous country of moun ' tains and sterile deserts is broken by fertile valleys. Military critics are agreed that it is up one of these valleys that the allied forces must force a way, but the operations have not advanced far enough to indicate which is the chosen point of attack. ! in France the deadlock continues, I but behind the fighting line the allies! are massing men and guns for an other tremendous blow such as that which broke the Hindenburg line and loosened the grip of tho Germans on I Champagne. General Maurice, chief 'director of British military opera ! tions, announced that thecoming drive will be mightier in force and extent than those which opened the battles | of Arras and the Somme and the indi j cations are that tiie blow will not be ! long delayed. The comparative lull on the fighting I front in France has once more direct | ed attention to the political situation ! which appears to be rapidly reaching ! a crisis or rather a scries of crises, j The news from Russia is increasingly gloomy in nature and it becomes inore i and more a question whether the pro i T .1 , Minneapolis, Minn j [ J ed new high points to-day, fancy patents advanci cents to sl6 70 a barrel. . j | ' PASS ON ARMY BILL TOMORROW 1 'I Washington, May '-U The conference agree- i| | , • | | HAITI DECLARES FOR PEACE Pert Au Prince, Haiti, May 11. Congress t