President WilsonAethsrizes Expansion ofU. kogalm ill ffc HARRISBURG (iSMmI TELEGRAPH . (Ehr Stnr- ftniieprnbrnt !.XX XVI— No. 115 14 PAGES RUSS INJECT NEW CRISIS FOR ALLIES Continued Harassing Course of Socialists Radicals Throws Provisional Government on Verge of Dis integration; British Slowly but Surely Force Back German Lines in France Where Big Battle Continues While military interest continues to center in the great bat tle on the French front where the British are continuing slowly hut steadily to press the Germans hack, the political situation in Russia is demanding increasing attention and causing, if pos sible, added concern among all the allied nations. Under the continued harassing course of the radical ele ments in Petrograd the provisional government which has held Russia together, at least in semblance, since the overthrow of the old legime, now show signs of breaking up. The first gap in the government ranks was created yesterday when M. Guchkoff the minister of war and marines, handed in his resignation. Goaded by interference with tlitf army and navy to an extent which he declares threatens "the defense, the liberty and even the existence of Russia," he felt it impossible to share longer the responsibility "for the grave sin being committed against the country." Some Kncoiiraßcment Simultaneously there comes from Petrograd news of a more encour aging character in a denial of a re port that the council of workmen's and soldiers's delegates was favoring an armistice. On the contrary it is declared, it has never raised such a question and in fact is about to ap peal to the men at the front not to fraternize with the enemy, and point ing out to them the inadvisability of a separate peace. In the recent carisis between the provisional government and the council of workmen's and soldiers' delegates over the government's for eign policy the entire ministry threatened to resign. The council at that time gave in, nominally at least, but continued to enforce its claim to direct affairs of state by sitting as a censor over the cabinet and vir tually holding the reins over the na tion's armed forces. By a recent close vote in the ex ecutive committee of the council the , radical body refused to co-operate ' in the formation of a coalition minis try. The entire significance of M. Guchkoff's resignation has not yet developed but it-may prove that his step was taken with the acquiescence of the provisional government in an effort to compel the radicals either to take their share of the responsibility for the conduct of the government, or cease interference with govern— mental functions. Germans Ucspernte In the face of blazing oil, liquid fire, poison gas and every other hor ror known to modern war. the British are slowly and stubbornly lighting their way to the Procourt-Queant line, the gate to Douai and Cainbrai, and the principal link in the fetters welded on northern France by the Germans. General Haig is hammer ing all along the line but it Is around Queant, at the southern extremity, that his success has been most mark ed and the corresponding menace to the Germans greatest. Queant is virtually pocketed. To the east, west and south the road is clear to the British, aa far as nat ural barriers are concerned, except for part of the village of Bulleoourt. After some of the grimmest lighting on the western front the British have driven their foes from one-half of Bullecourt. and unless the tide is promptly turned the tillage is lost to the Germans and the crushing in of the southern end of the Drocourt- Quenant line is inevitable. nay of Sunshine A ray of sunshine has also fallen on British arms at sea. The great German submarine base at Zeebrugge and the naval strongholl at Wilhelms haven have been assaulted from sea and air, apparently with notable suc cess. Zeebrugge is an absolutely ar tificial harbor, called into existence on the llat, sandy coast of Belgium by the exigencies of submarine warfare and practically depending on its be ing on a great mole. This mole is said to have been reached by the British guns and the Germans must quickly repair the gap or the silting THE WEATHER Par llarriahurg and vlelnli.i i Fair to-night mill Turndavi not much change In trmprraturr. For Knatrrn Pennsylvania! Fair to-night and Tuesday, little change in temperature) gentle to moderate northwest wind*. River The Simquefcannu river and all Itx iiranchea trill fall slowly or remain nearly stationary. A stage of about .">.l feet Is Indi cated for liarrlaburg Tuesday morning. General t'ondltlona Tresnure has Increased over prac tically all the country rant of the Hocky Mountains during; the laxt forty-eight hours) It Is highest over the Plains States, where an extensive area of high pressure Is central, and lowest over the Xortb Atlantic coast region, which la atill under the Influence of the atorm that has passed off aeawrard. Temperatures are - to 10 degrees higher than on Saturday morn ing over partlcally all the coun try eaat of the Rocklea, except In the Kast /Gulf and South At lantic Statea. Temperature! 8 a. m., 54 degrees. Soni Rlaes, 4x43 a. m. Moon i !w moon. May 20. River Stagei 8.4 feet. Yesterday'* Weather Highest temperature, HI. I.owest temperature, 47. Mean temperature. M. •Normal temperature. Oh sands will complete the work of de . struct!on commenced by the British I gunners. The only incident of moment '.it the other war theaters is a fresh Aus trian report of a great artillery bom bardment 1) tlie Italians in the izonso front. This may mean that the long inactivity of General Cadorna is about to be broken. The Italian situation lias been wrapped in considerable ob scurity and there have been uncom fortable rumors that the chaos in Uussia was inspiring the Central Bowers to mass forces for a great drive against Italy. These rumors have been somewhat offset by the ac cumulating evidence that Austria is seeking in every direction a path of peace and is willing to make great concessions toward that end. Fight Chancellor In this connection the announced visit of Chancellor Von Bethmann- Hollwpg to Vienna assumes consider able importance. Tho fury of the German punkers against the Austrian attitude is obviously Increased by their conviction that the chancellor has gone over to the moderate party, with its program of peace without an nexatlon or indemnity. There seems little doubt that the demand for peace is steadily growing in volume in Ger many and the hysteria of the junkers as displayed through their newspapers and through the utterances of their Readers 'is significant in this respect. German Army Loses Heart at Reverses; Mass Attacks Fail Britisli Headquarters in France, May 14, via London—From a Staff Correspondent of tlie Associated Press, —British troops have just about com pleted the absorption of two impor tant villages to which the Germans have clung desperately ever since the battle of Arras began. One of these villages Is Roeux, on the north bank of the Bc.arpe, and the other is Bulle court. which lies directly in the Hin denburg line, just to tho west of Queant. As a result of steady fighting dur ing the last forty-eight hours the Germans' foothold in Bullecourt has been reduced to two isolated posts, where bombing lights are continuing. A virtually similar situation exists in Roeux. "It is probable the German govern ment will declare this news 'a pure invention'," savs the correspondent, "nevertheless I can affirm that my in formation is accurate." Since the British victory on Satur day tlie German counter-attacks have lacked much of their recent fierce ness. The n imbcr of prisoners taken during this time has been exception ally largo for the character of the operations and tho number of troops involved. These may merely be coincidents, or it may be that tho Germans have become tired of sending so many of their troops to their death In massed formation. The German soldiers have been fighting very stoutly since re serves were thrown into the Arras area. The heat wave In the fighting dis trict has been temporarily broken by a series of thunderstorms. All Wheat Trading Is Closed For Two Days to Curb Runaway Prices Chicago, May 14. All trade In wheat except to close up existing con tracts was ordered stopped for two days by directors of the Board of Trade to-day. Saturday's closing fig ures were given as the maximum at which settlements may be made. All trading in corn and oats for May de livery was ordered discontinued. May wheat was eliminated last Saturday. Tho two days' cessation of trading was decided upon to give time for representatives of the hoards in the country to come here for a meeting to discusß concerted action to curb the runaway tendency of grain prices. Telegrams were sent last night urg ing the boards to have representa tives here by to-morrow. Extreme de clines of from 9 to 12 cents In July and September wheat came as a re sult of the order of the board. BALFOUR AT CAPITOI, By Associated Press Washington, May 14.—Arthur James Balfour, British foreign sec retary and most of the members of the British mission arrived in Wash ington early to-day following their three days' welcome by New York city. They plan to remain here for i;evcral days longer before leuvlng probably for Canada and England. l HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1917. SPECULATORS IN FOOD ARE HIT BY NEW AMENDMENT Price Raisers Called "Pirates" and "Robbers" in U. S. Senate TALK OF HANGINGS Favor Grows For Prohibition During Term of the War By Associated Press Washington, May 14.—Another vote was imminent in the Senate to-day on the amendment to the espionage bill to forbid the use of grain for liquor during the war, but even op ponents of the provision hardly hop ed to defeat it. The Senate adopted the amendment Saturday night in committee of the whole, and was ex pected to-day to take up the entire bill and pass it. Since the ilewspaper censorship provision was voted out of the Senate bill the tight over this question probably will be thrown into conference, where administration pressure may be brought to bear for its reinstatement. SOU Wllllt C'ennor Senator Overman, In charge of the administration espionage bill, an nounced to-day an effort would be made to restoro the press censorship section to the measure before pass age. When the Senate resumed consid eration of the espionage bill to-day Senator Thomas, of Colorado, present ed his amendment proposing to sus pend during the war, all boards of trade, stock exchanges and chambers of commerce which permit "future" speculation in foodstuffs. "Pirates" and "robbers" were terms applied by Senators to food specu lators during Senate debate to-day, on proposals to abolish future trad ing in food. Lamp-post hangings as a remedy were again referred to. Public Demands Action Senator Thomas said he had re ceived scores of demands from the general public that gambling in necessities of life druing the war he stopped by Congress, lie cited the recent soaring of May and July wheat futures in the Chicago mar ket to show the need of immediate action by Congress to stop "food gambling." Opposing the amendment Senator Overman, of North Carolina, in charge of the bill, pleaded against "loading down" the espionage meas ure With "irrelevant" amendments. Although he said, the Thomas amendment appealed to him in many respects it should be considered later with the food control bill re ported by the agriculture commit tee. A similar pica was made by Sena tor Lewis, of Illinois, who said, however, "some provision like this must be made eventually for the benefit of the country." Cliance For Censorship The section was stricken from the bill Saturday by a vote of 39 to 38. Senator Overman said to-day Ma jority Leader Martin who voted then to strike out, would vote to restore a censorship provision. He did not know whether there would be other Senators in the same position. One other Democrat who voted to strike out the section was said to day to be ready to follow the ma jority leader but Republicans oppos ing the censorship declared that two of that party who had voted against striking out were now prepared to vole against censorship. Another defeat for the provision, however, will only defer the ad ministration fight for it until the different bills passed by the two houses get to conference which sits behind closed doors and where pres sure undoubtedly will be brought to bear to put the section in. P. & R. Railroaders Are Arrested on Charge of Stealing Rolls of Leather George Ramford, 705 South Front street, and Frank C. Mordan, 911 South Tenth street, a conductor and brakeman on the Philadelphia and Reading railroad, were arrested this morning at the Junk yard of D. Cooper, 411 Verbeke street, charged w'th stealing more than 200 pounds of leather. Detectives Shuler, Murnanc and E. J. <Yanford of the Pennsylvania police force, made the arrest. It is believed by the police that the leath er was stolen from the Reading freight station. It is rolled in two big bundles of whole hides, each bundle weighing more than 100 pounds. The men state the leather was bought from a junk dealer in Marysville. Allison Hill Is Being Scoured on First Day of Annual Clean-Up Weeks Harrisburg's annual spring: clean up began with a rush to-day, all of the teams and men of the Pennsyl vania Reduction Company starting in the Hill district north of Market street. While reports had not been re ceived at the health bureau this af ternoon, It is expected the total number of loads of ashes and re fuse hauled away will break all pre vious records. The men will remain in the same district to-morrow and may finish in time to start in the section south of Market street. The remainder of the schedule will be worked out on Wednesday at the health bureau meeting. MAN WANTED HERE ESCAPES FROM JAH, Frank Nelson, who was arrested at WestOeld, Mass., charged with the theft of a car belonging to Miss Anna (Jross, lfiOO Market street, has escaped fiom the jail at that place. Nelson was wanted on at least six charges including the theft of $5,000 worth of Jewels at Allentown, and anoth r car from Westflcld. The car belonging to Min Uross was recov ered and returned to her. , y "CONFOUND THE BOTTLES AND |j FARMERS REFUSE PROFFERED HELP OF SCHOOLBOYS (500 Agriculturists Queried on Their Needs; Only One Wants Aid Donald MoCormiek, chairman of the committee of agriculture of tlie Chamber of Commerce, Is impressed with the fact thu-t the farmers in this section of Pennsylvania are not great ly In need of help at the present time. Of the Technical High School boys, 137 volunteered to go upon the farms to assist In raising food products. The conditions were that they should re ceive one dollar a day—those over sixteen years, and seventy-five cents a clay under sixteen years, with two Sundays and two Saturday afternoons as holiday periods each month. It was also one of the conditions that they should not be worked more than | eight hours a day for the first two weeks. A return postal card was sent with the GOO letters addressed to farmers all over this district and to these hundreds of letters but five re plies were received, and of these but one wanted help. Also one hundred students of the University of Penn sylvania have tendered their services. Continued on Page 1.1 Bank Robbers Murder Three to Make Escape By Associated Press Pittsburgh, May 14.—Three persons in the First National Bank of Castle Shannon, a suburb, were killed soon after noon to-day when an atempt was made to rob the hank. The rojj bers escaped after the shooting. Reports received by the county de tectives said that three men entered the bank in which O. I* McClaln, the ehashier, and Frank Erbe, assistant cashier, were working. The shooting began imemdiately and after securing a sum of money the men ran into the street. They met Nick Yost, a street railway dispatcher, who at once opened fire on them. They returned the Are and Yost fell. Farther up the street they encountered George Beltz lioover, a magistrate, who also began shooting. He, too, was shot. The rob bers ran a block further to a wait ing automobile into which they jump ed and drove rapidly away. A posse of businessmen was quickly organized and the robbers, who hail taken a hill .road, were pursued in au tomobiles. They were overtaken near Bridgeville, Pa., ten miles away, and in the flglit which followed, one of them was killed and the others wounded. Council All Split Up on the Mayoralty Council will endeavor to-morrow to elect a mayor to succeed the late E. S. Meals. If it. does no taucceed the court under the vacancy law will appoint. It is said E. Z. Cross will vote for himself for mayor and that William 11. Lynch favors Daniel 1.. Keisler, former member of the Leg islature. It is rutnored that S. F. Dunkle, the new commissioner, will vote for Gross and that W. L. Gor ges will cast his ballot for John K. Royal, former mayor. There will lie no result on the Hrst ballot, that seems sure. What the outcome will bo is not apparent. The names of William Jennings, former Revenue Collector 11. 1.. Iler shey and others have been mention ed as possibilities. In the event of Gross winning the mayoralty, De- Witt A. Fry said to-day he would be a candidate for superintendent of parks, for which place V. Grant Forrer already has announced him self. Forrer is now assistant super intendent. Fry is city controller. FI.OUK PRICKS 90AII By Associated Press Chicago. May 14.—Popular brands of Minneapolis patent Hour advanced . eighty cents a barrel to )17.80. Tills came on top of a forty-cent rise Sat urday, making the advance 11.20 a barrel in two business days. A car load of No. 2 hard winter wheat sold in the spot market.foe s:i.ai a bushel, a decline of eight cents. 200 DELEGATES ARE ATTENDING SYNOD MEETING i Lutherans Open Semiannual Conference in Augsburg Church The first session of the semi-an nual llarrisburg conference of the East Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangclicul Lutheran Church, com prising the counties of Dauphin, Berks, Lebanon and Lancaster, be gan this afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Augsburg Lutheran Church, Fifth and Muench streets. More than 200 ministers and delegates are attending the conference. The meeting this afternoon pre sided over by the Rev. J. B. Mark ward, pastor of the Bethlehem Luth eran Church, was addressed by the Rev. R. L. Meisenhelder on the sub- Icct "Best Time For Sunday School— | Morning or Afternoon," and by the ! Rev. C. S. Jones, whose theme was j "Combining Sunday School and Church Services." Discussions fol lowed the addresses. To-night the Rev. Dr. B. F. Alle man will preach the conference ser mon. The conference ends with the ses sion to-morrow morning. Baltimore Turns Out to Honor French War Mission Hy Associated Press Baltimore, May 14.—Rene Vlviani, Marshal Joffre and the remaining members of the French war mission, spent an hour in Baltimore to-day as the guests of the city. Arriving on two special trains j about half an hour apart the distin guished visitors were escorted by j Maryland troops through the main j streets of the city to c : t.v hall where I they were presented with the free ; (lom of the city by Mayor James 11. I Preston. Although it was doubtful until I yesterday that the mission would ] visit Baltimore, the streets weic i lined with cheering crowds. From city hall the guests were taken "to | Vernon Square where they were for l mally introduced to the people or I Baltimore. Conscription of Industry Planned by Manufacturers !Hy Associated Press New York, May 14. Volunteer conscription of large industrial re ! sources, through contribution of the ! best efforts of American manufac- I turers to meet the country's require. ments in the present war, was the [ general topic of discussion at the ! Iwenty-seeond annual convention of | the National Association of Manu j facturers which began a three-day session here to-emj. There also will be a discussion of industrial conservation as a means of bringing about a belter under standing and closer co-operutlon be tween wage-earner, wage-payer and i the community in general. Russian Radicals Deny They Are Seeking Peace Pctrograd, May l|,-_Via London— The semiofficial news agency to-day gave out the following: •The report that the council of workmen's and soldier*' delegates has called for an armistice is denied. The question of an armistice luut never been raised by the council, which on "the contraiy is engaged at present In drafting an appeal to the soldiers .at the front, pointing out the inad vlsabllity of a separate peace or of .fraternizing with the enemy." EMBRYO OFFICERS BEGIN TRAINING AT FT. NIAGARA Work and Play Murks Open ing of Nation's Big War Camp Fort Niagara, N. Y„ May 14. — Moro than two thousand men who will bo given an intensive training here for three months are now get ting their first real taste of military work and labor with a small dash of fun and play thrown in. By this evening it is expected that the entire number called will have been regis tered. The total will then be 2134 i'.en —all recruits. Three hundred and sixty-six vacancies are being held for the men to be assigned for training for officers' commissions from the Pennsylvania National Guard. These men are all expected to be in by the last of the month. Continued on Page 13 Senator Penrose Favors Recess For Legislature Instead of Adjournment By Associated Press Philadelphia, May 14.—Up to early this afternoon nothing developed at political conferences here with re gard to the date for ending the pres ent session of the Legislature, to change the opinion of legislators that linal adjournment will take place about June 14. Senator Pen ' l ose saw Speaker Baldwin among i others and afterward said he ex pected the matter of adjournment would come up in llarrisburg to night. Because of the war, the sen ator said, he personally preferred a recess rather than a Hnal adjourn ment, and added that the leaders probably would leave it to the mem bers to decide. Senator Penrose will see Senators McNtehol and Sproul later in the day. Henry Claster Gives Farm of 45 Acres For Boys' Camp and Garden Henry Claster, the jeweler, has do nated the use of his entire farm of forty-live acres near Linglestown for tii-e of the Associated Aids boys camp during the coining summer. The I.mil will be plowed and seeded and jllie boys will work it during part of I each du.v. The vegetables raised will lie supplied (irst to the families of the boys in llarrisburg ami the remainder to the Home for the Home for the Friendless, the Chil dren's Industrial Home, Sylvan Heights Orphanage, the Nursery Home and the Florence Crittenden Home. Last year the camp was held nonr Foyettevlllc. The committee in charge will he: John P. Guycr. chairman; Stanley G. Jean. Leon Lowengard. William I St rouse. John F. Sweeney, J. P. Mc j Cullough, V. Grant Forrer, Howard C. Fry and two others yet to be J named. Infernal Machine Found in Kaiser's Royal Palace Paris. May 14.—An Infernal ma chine was discovered recently in the Bellevue palace in the Tiergarten in Berlin, wher th Imperial German f tmlly now is residing, according to a correspondent who sends German news to L'Humanlte. The machine, he says, contained enough dynamite to wreck completely the palace and the adjoining buildings. ZEPPELIN BROUGHT DOWN' London, May 4. —British naval forces destroyed Zeppelin L-22 In the North Sea (his morning, according to an official statement issued by the admiralty. Sinpi' Cnnv. 2 Cents WILSON ORDERS ARMY PLACED ON WAR BASIS Organization of Many New Regiments Will Rcgin Tomorrow NEED MORE RECRUITS Four Regiments to Re Train ed on the Gettysburg Rattlefield By Associated Press Washington, May 14. Expan sion of the regular army to the full war strength contemplated in the administration army bill has been authorized by President Wilson. Or ganization of the new regiments will begin to-morrow. About 65,000 of the 183,000 men to be added to the army, aleady have been recruited. Tho immediate effect of the order will be to promote nearly two-thirds of tho present officers of the regular army. Tho following new regiments will be raised in the eastern department: Tho Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth regiments of infantry at Syracuse, |N. Y.; one existing regiment of in fantry to be sent there from the southern department and each of its three battalions expanded into a full regiment. The Twelfth field artil lery to be raised at Port Myer, Va., from one battalion of Held artillery to be brought from the border. The Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, Forty ninth and Fiftieth regiments of in fantry to be raised at Syracuse from two existing regiments from the bor der. Tho Fifteenth lieltl artillery to bo raised at Syracuse from one bat talion brought from the border. Tho Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, Six tieth and Sixty-lirst regiments of in fantry to be raised at Gettysburg Na tional park from two existing regi ments to be brought from the bor der. The Nineteenth and Twentieth lield artillery to be raised at Mon tauk Point, L. 1., New York, from Continued on Page 13 CERMANS London, May 14. Accord ng to authoritative | !•' figure , tween April 'J and May 12 captured 43,579 Germans, in i i ' ma... I 1 New May 14.—The British passenger steam* ' ship M< as sunk by a Ger- " man ' A}■.■::! ■ of P)j m>uth, ic , t( i from England. On the same day, the Omrah, 8,130 tons, ' was si 1 FIRE AT HUMMELSTOWN Harrisburg. Fire from burning brush caught j ' the storage building in the rear of A. D. Hoover's res- '] 1 taurant in Main street shortly afternoon to-day arid damaged it slightly. The loss is covered by insurance ' I When t ! cussing . I I I STOP WHEAT "TRADING , Kansas City, May 14. Directors of the Kansas -J City Board of Trade t d to take actnn in ' pending trading temporarily, simillar to that of the 1 1 Ch: FRENCHMEN AGAIN AT CAPITOL ] * 9 Washington, May 14. Members of the French ' war commission arrived in Washington to-day after ' I their tour of the country. They will sail for home I within f -it few diys L FORM NEW BRITISH NAVAL STAFF 1 London, May 14. The formation of a naval staff .1 , of Which Admiral Sir John Jellico, first sea lord, wiU j be the .% JI use . f Common;; ' to-day by Sir Edward Carson, first lord of the admiralty. I 1 FLOUR JUMPS $1.20 IN TWO DAYS Chi !go, Mny 14.'— Popular brands of Minneapo- ( I lis patent flour jumped 80 cents a barrel to-day to*a $17.80. This came on top of a forty-cent raise SaturdflM I l MARRIAGE UCENSES Kn? rnond Hull Cionuch anil l.ena Ivva - mk, Yellow Creek ■ ■" -n % mu i. at I | HOME EDITION RUSS MINISTER OF WAR RESIGNS UNDER PRESSURE Radicals Force Army IlcacJ Out of Office by Demands SECOND- MAN TO GO Commander of Petrograa Garrison Quits When So cialists Intervene By Associated Press Petrograd. May 14.—Via London- General Guchkotf, minister of war, has resigned. The resignation of General Gucli koff follows that of General Kornllorf, commander of the Petrograd garri son, and probably is due to similar reasons. General Korniloff said his position had become impossible on ac count of the efforts of various organi zations to control the garrison, tho last straw which led to his resigna tion having been a demand by tho executive committee of tho work men's and soldiers' delegates that all his orders be presented to tho com mittee for its endorsement. General GuchkolT has been a leading tlguie in the Octoberist party for years, but during the war little was heard of him until the time of the revolution, when he was appointed minister of war and navy ad interim. Since that time he has issued many appeals to the troops and the work men to support the government. • Cause For Resignation In announcing his resignation at yesterday's meeting of the congress of delegates from tho front, M. GuchkolT read the following letter sent by him to Premier LvolY: "In view of tho condition in which the power of the government lias been placed, especially tho authority of the minister of war, relation to the army and the navy, a condition which I am powerless to alter and which threatens to have conse quences fatal to the defense ,the lib erty and even tho existence of Rus sia, 1 can no longer exercise the functions of minister of war and ma rine and share responsibility for the grave sin being committed against the country."
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