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. 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."