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LX XXVI— No. 117 16 PAGES
RUSSIAN LEADERS
UNABLE TO AGREE
ON PEACE TERMS
Provisional Government Splits
With Workers' Council
Coalition
DUMA AIDS MINISTRY
Fear Anarchy Would Follow
in Wake of Labor's
Proposals
By Associated Press
Petrograd, May 16.—Paul N.
Milukoff, minister of foreign af
fairs, has resigned, leaving the
cabinet altogether. M. Teresch
tenko minister of finance has been
appointed foreign minister and A.
F. Kerensky, previously minister
of justice has ben named minister
of war and marine.
Petrograd, May 16.—Having discuss
ed the conditions under which repre
sentatives of the council of work
men's and soldiers' delegates would
consent to enter the cabinet, the pro
visional government decided to-day
that 'it was unable to accept the first
of these conditions. This called for
the enunciation as a fundamental
principle of a foreign policy openly
pursuing the aim of reaching as soon
as possible a general peace without
annexations or Indemnities, on the
basis of the right of nations to work
out their own destinies. The pro
visional government was unable to
agree to such a principle, because it
did not consider possible any renun
ciation of principles set forth in its
proclamation of April 9.
Tlie provisional government further
thinks it necessary to conform the
unity of all allied fronts, atul insists
on an energetic struggle against an
archy. To the financial and economic
reforms mentioned in the council of
workmen's and soldiers' delegates the
government raises no objections re
garding it as part of its task to
realize such reforms. The executive
committee of the Duma has approved
this decision of the government,
rrobnble Cabinet
The probable composition of the
coalition cabinet as reported with re
serve folows:
Premier and Minister of the Inter
ior, Prince G. A. Lvoff, (the incum
bent).
Minister of Public Instruction, Pro
fessor Paul Milukoff. (Now foreign
minister).
Minister of Foreign Affairs, M.
Tereschtenko. (Now minister of ft-
nance).
Minister of Finance, A. I. Shingar
off. (Now minister of agriculture).
Minister of Commerce and Industry,
A. I. Konovaloff, (Now minister of
trade and commerce).
Minister of Communications, N. V.
Nekrasoff. (The incumbent).
Minister of War, A. F. Kernsky.
(Now minister of justice).
Minister of Marine, M. Skobeleff,
vice-president of the council of work
men's and soldiers' delegates, or Ad
miral Koltchak, commander of the
Black Sea fleet.
Minister of Agriculture, M. Tcher
noft. a revolutionary socialist.
Minister of Labor, M. Gvozdeff, a so
cial democrat.
Minister of Justice, M. Nikitine. a
Moscow lawyer and social democrat,
or M. Malantkyltch, an Odessa lawyer
and social democrat.
Minister of Munitions. M. Peche
konoff, a national socialist.
Will Notify Ash Survey
Firm to Send Men Here
at Once to Start Work
Tribus & Massa, of New York, the
firm which was awarded the contract
for a survey of garbage and ash col
lection and disposal in the city, will
be notified at once, city officials said
to-day, to send men here to start the
work.
The ordinance authorizing the
survev was passed finally yesterday
by council. The total cost of the
work will not exceed $llOO. accord
ing to the estimate given by the firm.
As soon as a report is made on the
investigation, council will take action
to provide for carrying on the col
lection and disposal work wjten the
present contract expires next Febru
ary.
.WTO CRASHES INTO TREE
A large touring car crashed into a
large tree down over the side of the
river bank in front of Major F. M.
Ott's farm along the river road last
night. This morning the machine
was seen tightly wedged against the
tree. The license tags had been re
moved.
THE WEATHER
I'or lliirrlnbnrK and vlrlnltn Fair
to-nisht and Tburada;. not
much change In temperature.
For lOaatern I'ennaylvanlat Fair
to-night, warmer In north por
tions Thursday fair, nurmer In
rant portion! Kentle to moderate
xhlftlnir wind*.
River |
The Susquehanna river and all Ita
branches will eontlnue to fall
■ lowly. A >la(c of about 4.S
feet la Indicated for Harrlitburn
Thursday morning.
Geaeral Condition*
L Pressure haa deereaaed decidedly
over the Plalna States and the
Rocky Moaatalna and to a leaa
extent over the rent of the coun
try east of the Plalna States,
except along; the Atlantic coast
and In the East Uulf States,
where It haa Increased some
what or remained nearly sta
tionary. The temperature fell
to 24 desreca at Wlnnemucea
this morning, and It waa snow-
Inn at Helena at 8 o'clock.
Tempera to 'n 8 a. m., M decrees.
Sunt Rises. 4i4H a. m.
Moon i New moon. April 20.
RlTer Stage i 5 feet.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, TO.
I.owest temperature, 33.
Mean temperature. 02.
Normal temperature, 01.
SENATE TAKES UP
WAR BUDGET IN
SECRET SESSION
i
Doors Closed to Protect Mili
tary Secrets From the
Enemy
' HOUSE PASSES BILL
i Confidential Information Is
j Demanded of U. S. War
Department
By Associated Press
Washington, May 16.—When the
i Senate to-day took up the great $3,- j
i 390,000.000 war budget it closed the
doors and discussed it privately be
cause many senators said, it entail
ed discussion of confidential infor
mation on prosecuting the war. The
House passed the bill openly.
Senator Martin, Democratic lead
er, assented to considering the bill 1
in executive session upon suggestion
of Senator Weeks, Republican, of
Mass. It was not decided whether '
the entire bill would be so debated,
or merely sections relating to war
problems. ,
Senator Weeks sai vlthat the Senate j
could not properly act upon such a
great bill without confidential in- I
formation. Secretary Baker, of the |
War Department, had specially re- j
quested that information he gave the i
appropriations committee be kept
confidential.
The Senate.first took up the $500,-1
000 appropriation for the council of
national defense and then the S4OO,- |
000,000 appropriation to start con- j
struction and purchase of a fleet of
merchantships.
An amendment designed to re
lieve the freight car shortage was)
offered by Senator Smith of Oeor- !
sia, proposing that of the appropri- I
ation for merchant ships SIOO,OOO. j
000 be used to construct or acquire
freight cars and perrtiit their use by j
the railroads upon terms to be ap- j
proved by the President.
Girl Joins German
Aviation Corps After
Fiance Meets Death
By Associated Press
Geneva, Slay 16. A German girl
aviator, belonging to a rich family j
at Constance, whose fiance, a j
member of the flying corps, was kill- I
ed in France during an aerial raid i
last November, has taken up his J
work as aviator and aerial scout. I
Fraulein L , who is 20 years \
old. who has the rank of lieutenant,
dresses like an officer and few know ;
her secret.
According to the Konstancer Zei-;
tung she has brought down three|
enemy machines on fhi Vosges-Bel-1
fort front and has learned to handle |
a machine gun in an airplane. With
hair cut short and a strong face, the
journal adds, the young woman can-1
not be distinguished from other
young officers. She has been fight
ing in the air for four months and
had two narrow escapes, being forc
ed to land within the German lines,
but has not been wounijed.
Bids Are Opened For
Riprapping River Slopes
From Calder to Maclay
Three bids were received by the
park department for riprapping the
river slopes from Calder to Maclay
streets, one of the final steps in the
river park development in that
stretch.
The bids were opened by Park
Commissioner E. Z. Gross this aft
ernoon. Proposals follows: Henry
Opperman, $1.76 a square yard;
John McCullough, $1.52%; Frank
B&umgartner, 95 cents. It is prob
able that the contract will be award
ed to Mr. Baumgartner. He has also
been contractor for some of the
other river park improvement work.
Council will be asked to approve the
contract award next Tuesday, Com
missioner Gross said, and the work
will be started at once.
Warsaw Press Wants King
or President at Once
By Associated Press
Amsterdam, May 16.—Warsaw tel
egrams say the local praos is eagerly
discussing the question of the acces- !
sion of a Polish king. -They demand
that the question be settled as soon '
as possible as the state cannot be
conducted without either king or re
gent.
The radical press is equally in
sistent on the declaration of a Polish
republic. Vienna and Berlin are re
ported to be in a deadlock over the
subiect.
President Anxious For
Food Control Legislation
By Associated Press *
Washington, May 16. Members
of the Senate and House agriculture
committees to-day reported to their
colleagues that President Wilson is
unusually anxious for early passage
of legislation to stops speculation in
foods and regulate production and
distribution. The food situation
ranks second only to the army and
navy in importance for the war, the
President told the committee mem
bers at a White House conference
last night.
V. {• TO AID CUB \
By Associated Press
Washington, May 16.—Assurances
of the closest co-operation by the
military forces of the United State*
with those of Cuba will be carried
t"> Havana by the Cuban commis
sioners who to-day concluded their |
work here and left for homo.
J\X-CONGRESSMAN' DIES
By Associated Press
Pittsburgh, May 16. —Ernest. F.
Aclioson, 55, former congressman
f-om Pennsylvania, died to-dav at
lils home In Washington, Pa., of
pneumonia after a short lllnejs.
HARRISBURG, PA.,
NO FRICTION OVER
SAFETY MEASURES
GOVERNOR SAYS
Has Not Authorized Expendi
ture of One Penny of Fund
in Advance
HARMONY AT MEETING
Another Session of Commis
sion Tomorrow at Which
Plans Will Be Discussed
| Governor Brumbaugh emphatically
denied to-day that any friction had
'arisen between the State Commission
of Public Safety and Defense and
the Pennsylvania Public Safety Com
mittee.
He also explained that he had not
authorized the expenditure of any
money by the Executive Committee
of the Public Safety Committee.
It is understood here that $50,000
was advanced to the Executive Com
mittee by Drexel & Co., at the in
! stance of E. T. Stotesbury, the Phila
! delphia banker.
) "Not long after the Public Safety
I Committee was organized and its j
Executive Committee was appoint- j
' ed," the Governor explained, "Mr.
Stotesbury, who, as you know, is a
; member of the Executive Commit- j
| tee, called me up on the 'phone from j
Philadelphia and suggested that it
i might be well to provide funds for
j the patriotic work the committee had
| undertaken.
Hatl Xo Power
"I informed him that, as the mens
! lire sponsored by Senator Buckman,
i which created the Commission of
Public Safety and Defense, and pro
vided $2,000,000 to be disbursod by
j it. had not been passed at the time
by the Legislature that 1 was not in j
I a position to officially,, or, otherwise
'authorize, the expenditure of any|
j money by the Public Safety Commit
; tee, or its Executive Committee. I
"I also explained to Mr. Stotes- [
bury that until the passage of the I
measure by the Legislature and the I
approval of it by myself no State
funds would be available for the |
great undertaking the members of:
the committee had so generously as-1
sumed at my invitation.
"Mr. Stotesbury was so generous
as to suggest that Drexel it Co..
would gladly advance whatever
money tlie committee might require!
until such time as State funds would i
be available. I naturally expressed;
my appreciation of hia liberal offer |
but made it very clear to him that 1
could not authorize such a course,
either officially, or, privately, and
that if Drexel & Co., or he, ad
vanced any money for the expenses
of the committee it would be solely
on their, or, his initiative.
Applauds Motive 4
"I desire to say that I believe any
| patriotic Pennsylvania!! would have
appreciated, as I did, the splendid
[ motive by which Mr. Stotesbury was
actuated. I was not in a position,
however, to give official cognizance
| of his offer and neither he, or Geo.
i Wharton Pepper, chairman of the
I Public Safety Committee, as well as
:of its Executive Committee, have
over mentioned the subject to me
since, although I have talked with
them both since the matter was
broached by Mr. Stotesbury.
"When the other members of the
State Public Safety and Defense
Commission met In my office yes
terday Lieutenant Governor Mc-
Clain, Adjutant General Stewart,
State Treasurer Kephart and Aud
itor General Snyder—there was not
I the slightest friction among us—only
the most complete concord and un
derstanding.
"I understand that through the
kind offices of Mr. Stotesbury $25,000
was advanced by Drexel & Co. to the
Public Safety Committee, but it was
done without my knowledge or au
thorization and as for the second
$25,000 which I am now informed
was advanced, I really had no previ
ous knowledge of it.
Objects to Extravagance
"Right now, I want the people of
Pennsylvania to understand that I
would be opposed to any unneces
sary or extravagant use of the state's
money for any purpose. I regard
the $2,000,000 to be disbursed by
the commission of which I as gov
ernor a mchairman as a sacred trust.
"I believe that not a single penny
of the money should be expended
unless it is found absolutely neces-
Continucd on Vagc 13
Loyal Citizens to Help
in Ferreting Out Slackers
on Conscription Day
By Associated Press
Washington, May 16.—Persons
volunteering to act witout compen
sation as registrars under the sclee
| tive draff bill were requested in a
War Department statement to-day to
communicate direct with the heriff
or mayor of their home jurisdiction.
The department has been flooded
with such volunteer offers which In
each case have to be referred back
to local authorities.
The statement announced that the
pay of registrars not volunteering
would be $4 a day, but that compen
sation for the registration day only
would be allowed.
Slackers who seek to evade regis
tration for the war army on the
day to lie set by President Wilson can
be detected easily. Another depart
ment statement to-day explains that
lists of persons registered will IH*
posted and all rltirens who know of
evasions arc expected to report
them.
In falling to register, says the
statement, a citizen "places himself
cross current to the overwhelming
sentiment of the country as voiced
by Its representatives In Congress.
He casts doubt upon his courage,
commits a misdemeanor and ren-1
ders himself liable to imprison- j
1 ment." I
WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1917.
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"GIRL-FARMER" RESPONDS TO PATRIOTIC
APPEAL BY
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CAROLINE HH* PENSTEEE WORKING ON HER FATHER'S FARM
Pretty 12-year-old Caroline Le
oviita Hippensteel is the first girl in
this vicinity to enlist in the army of
agriculture of a larger scale. The
girl, who Hves on a farm near Camp
Hill, plows, harrows and rolls from
sunup to sundown every day. She
is able to do anything in the farming
line that any man can do. her father
claims.
While working in the field yester
NEW MAYOR DOES
NOT PLAN ANY
POLICE CHANGES
I Mr. Miller Asks For Close Co
operation and Harmony
in Department
FIRST DAY ON JOB
Announces He Will Retain
Albert M. Hamer as His
Secretary
No changes will be made at present
at police headquarters. Mayor Charles
' A. Miler, announced to-day. The ex
j City Clerk spent much of his time'
I this morning at his old office in the
| Ceurt house preparing to remove to
snew Quarters.
! Mayor Miller in speaking of the po
lice department said: "I only ask for
harmony and co-operation from all.
Harmony among the members of the
force will mean success to me."
For the present police court hear
ings will be conducted by Alderman
James B. DeShong, Mayor Miller,
said, and Albert M. Hamer, who was
secretary to the late Mayor E. S.
Meals, will be retained.
All day many more friends of the
newly-elected Mayor called at the
City Clerk's office and extended con
gratulations and best wishes to both
Mayor Miller and City Clerk R. Ross
Seaman. One of the latter's first of
ficial acts was to prepare new roll
blanks for council sessions including
the names of the two new members.
Commissioner Samuel F. Dunkle and
Mayor Miller. Members in the future
will be called to vote on all questions
in the following order: Commissioners
Dunklo. Gorgas, Gross, Lynch and
Mayor Miller.
Club System For Purchase
of War Bonds Is Providing
Popular Investment
Farmers in Dauphin county will
Invest readily in the Liberty • Loan
bonds, it Is expected, because of a
club system which is being Started
by a number of local banks.
! The war securities are issued in
I denominations from SSO to $50,000. The
I plan which a number of banks will
I usp will be weekly payments for a
I period of fifty weeks, at the end of
! which time the total amount for the
cost of the bond will be deposited.
: Weeklv payments of $1 for a SSO
bond: $2 for a SIOO bond: $lO for a
SSOO bond, increasing proportionately.
The small bond for SSO affords an
l opportunity for almost anyone caring
! to Invest money, to place it in a Aafe j
I security with a !'i per cent, return,
j local bankers point out. •
All Carpenters and
Bricklayers Are at Work
Union Leader Announces
All of the carpenters and brick
layers who quit work are back on the
| Job. differences with the employers
i having been satisfactorily adjusted. j
| "The men are back at work under
favorable working conditions." said i
jH. M. Brooks, head of the Central I
I>abor Union, who was instrumental In \
settling the dispute. "It was a case
of give and take. The union leaders
were reasonable, and from all I can
learn everybody is busy and no
trouble exists."
Mr. Brooks said he Is highlv pleased
with the outcome, particularly In view
of the largp amount of work In pros- !
pect and thp necessity for every man i
"doing Ills bit."
TO OR D AIN MI\IST MR • j
At the weekly prsyer meeting of j
the Pine Street Presbyterian Chu'rcli
this evening the Rev. Harold Bild-
I win, of the Princeton Theological
Seminary will bo ordained and In-
I stalled us the assistant pastor of that
j church. The Carlisle Presbytery will!
I have charge of the ceremonies.
day. when this picture was snapped,
the girl-farmer was engaged in roll
ing with a team of three horses. Her
bare feet and legs were coated with
dust from the field.
Inspired by President Wilson's a--
peal for volunteers to increase the
production of food products, Caro
line early in April stopped school to
assist her father in farming his large
tract of land. Every day since that
STEPS IN PATH O
READ NEW INSURANCE POLICY
Now He Is Figuring if He Had Not Bought the Accident In
surance He Would Not Have Stopped in the Street
Thomas Vrenc, who lives at 1200
Sotith Ninth street, stopped In the
®f the afreet yesterday after
noon to look at an accident Insur
ants* policy Just delivered him.
About the time Vrenc reached his
own name on the document a heavy
motor truck struck him amidships;
and the accident policy started to
work.
On his cot in the Harrisburg hos
pital to-day, ' Vrenc is puzzling his
mind over a complex problem. If,
DAYLIGHT SAVING
IS RECOMMENDED
BY LEGISLATURE
Both Houses Pass Resolutions
Urging Congress to
Pass Law
Both houses of the Legislature to
day adopted a resolution urged by
the State Chamber of Commerce for
j "daylight saving". The resolution
I expressed the approval of the plan
! by the Legislature and asked Con-,
gress to pass a law to put it into ef
fect.
Among the prominent members of
: the State Chamber favprlng the day-
I light savings bills now before Con
[ gress and recommending that the
j State Chamber urge the passage of
a daylight-savine law are: Alba B.
Johnson, % president of the State
Chamber, who says: "Yes, I ap
prove the Chamber favoring the one
hour daylight saving bill;" Richard
M. Reillx, president of the
Chamber of Commerce; D. E. Tracy,
president Harrisburß Chamber of
Commerce; V. S. Bond, president
Erie Board of Commerce, who says:
"We consider the one hour daylight
saving bills a progressive step;" Ed
win E. Sparks, president of the
Pennsylvania State College: "I am
li< artlly in favor of the davliKht-sav
inir movement;" Fred krebs, ex
piesident Johnstown Chamber of
Commerce: <'l approve Chamber fa
vcring daylight-saving bill;" Judge
Kwgene C. Bonniwell of Philadel
phia; F. B. Balfock, ex-presldent
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce,
who says: "We approve the State
Chamber favoring o.\e hour daylight
saving bill;" F. W. Walker, director
of the Beaver Falls Chamber of
Commerce: Alvan Markle, a promi
nent citizen of Hazleton and director
in the State Chamber; H. C. Christy
of Indiana, who says: "Our local
Chamber of Commerce is on record
of ipproving the one hour daylight
saving bill."
TO CLOSE PAPER MILLS
By Associated Press
St. Johns, N. I\. May 16.—Inahil
it > to obtain steamers to transport
their product to England has result
ed in a decision of Lord Northcliffij
and his assistants to shut down th't.' ,
large paper mills at Or:ind Fa.l.
The Klnmle steamer hitherto allowd
the company has comman
deered' by the' government.
time she has been her father's side
partner in the work and has been
plowing. harrowing, rolling and
planting. She is able to handlo a
team of four horses with as much
s-klll as many boys.
She is the daughter of W. E. Hip
pensteel, and attended school In the
fifth grade of the Washington
Heights school taught by Miss
Mumma.
he figures. he had not bought the
policy he would not have stopped
lrt the Street tt> examine It, and con
sequently would not have been
struck by the truck. But, on the
other hand, If he ha hot bought
the policy he might have stopped in
the street to look at a newspaper;
.
and a newspaper isn't an accident
insurance policy. Charles Scheaffer,
truck driver, told the police Vrenc
was smiling his very broadest as
| the truck Interrupted his perusal of
I
I the policy.
SIX KILLED IN
EXPLOSION AT
SHIPPING PIER
.Military Investigation Follows
Wrecking of Buildings
by Dynamite
fault Ste Marie, Mich., May 16.—Six
men were killed and several others se
| rlously injured in an explosion this
: forenoon at the end of the Fort
' Brady pier. Most of the victims were
laborers. It is believed dynamite stor
ed under the dock exploded.
The fish hatchery and adjoining
buildings were badly damaged. Sol
diers stationed at Fort Brady were
ordered to patrol tho area swept
the explosion and a military investi
gation was started.
A fire In the Quartermaster's build*
ing at Fort Brady last Saturday caus
ed considerable damage. No announce*
ment has been made regarding the
cause.
White Woman Refuses to
Prosecute Colored Man
Who Badly Beat Her
It is believed by the police that the
timely arrival of Charles E. Dasher,
: former secretary to ex-Mayor John K.
Royal, saved Launt McAvoy, 1167
Cumberland street, from being beaten
Ito death. Dasher was in the vicinity
I when he heard a woman s screams for
help. Calling a policeman, lie burst
'into the house. William Heed, colored,
j wan striking the McAvoy woman with
a shovel handle and had previously
I bealen her with it is fists. Her scalp
was cut open, both eyes almost shut,
and her face badly cut and bruised.
The woman is white, the man col
ored.
When asked why he had struck her
with a shovel. Iteed declared that lie
had seen her coming from a place
where he didn't think a woman of
"her character and standing In life
ought to be stopping." The woman
positively refused to bring informa
tion against him, Insisting that she
did not want to get him Into trouble.
Police brought the information and
held Reed under S3OO ball.
KWARTZ C'APITOI/ PARK Blt.f,
IS PASSKD BY THE HOUSE
The House of ltepresentatlves to
day passrd th<- Swart* bill providing
for transfer on June 1, to the Board
of Public Grounds and Buildings of
all moneys In the hands of the Capitol
Park Kxtension Commission. The Idea
Is to have tho money available to pay
for properties now in litigation In the
district. The commission goes out of
existence on June 1.
Sinpt' Conv 2 Cents
KAISER MAKES
OE DEMORALIZATION
OE RUSSIAN ARMY
Hope For Cracking of German Power Through Political
and Economical Pressure Before Anarchy Reigns
Supreme in Former Czar's Dominions; Soldiers in
the Ranks Have Bit in Their Teeth
FOOD SITUATION GROWS WORSE IN CENTRAL
EMPIRES WHERE AVAILABLE SUPPLY IS SHORT
For First Time in History Revolution and a German Re
public Are Talked About in the Reichstag; Number
of Malcontents So Large That Government Dare Not
Take Means to Check Them
The demoralization of the Russian army and the consequent
withdrawal of German forces from the eastern front are having
their effects in France. The heavy reinforcements of men and
guns which Field Marshal Von Hindenburg has been able to
throw into the defense cf his sorely battered lines have for the
time being" at least, caused a deadlock which the most furious ef
forts of the British and French have failed to break.
1 hese first fruits of the chaos in Russia are the more ominous
in the hints they offer of future possibilities. The council of
soldiers and workmen s delegates seems tu have been aroused at
last to the perils of the course it has elected to follow, but it is a
question if its awakening has not come too late. The soldiers iu
the ranks evidently have the bit in their teeth and it remains to
be seen if there is a hand strong enough to check them from
bringing about practical anarchy. The hopeful side of the picture
is drawn by the multiplying signs that the political and economic
crisis in Germany is as acute as ever.
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AMERICAN DESTROYERS ARRIVE
, , IN URI7 I v.'/ fERS 1 •
4 i LONDON, MAY 16 THE ADM I*A L T
j! NOUNCED THE ARRIVAL OF AMERICAN i
< 1 ST ROVERS IN BRITISH WATERS.
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i Minneapolis, Mary 16. Declines of as much as I
! $1.40 a barrel in flour prices were registered in the mar* M
11 ket to-day. Fancy patents dropped 75 cents to sls 50 J
EXPECT MUCH OF NEW (JABINET 1
I Washington, May 16. —. Reorganisation of the Rus- *
, ! sian cabinet was regarded here both as increasing thf L
j | power of the radicals and as looking forward to a great- Ti
, . er degree ot uni: v
j Washington, May 16. A committee of tin plate (K
<jj makers, can manufacturers, canners and government
officials to-<Uy agreed that cans be supplied only to <
, packers of perishables and foods absolutely nectary J
' to the national existence. There will be no canned '
I baked beam or soups,
RUSSIAN TROOPS CROSS PIALA '
< l Petrograd, May 16 Russian troops again have
forced a crossing of the Diate river on the Mesopotam- |
, t iah front northeast of Bagdad. They were met with X
strong opposition. I;
T. R. SURE OF COMMISSION I
Albany, May 16. At the conclusion of a two- J*
. hours' conference to-day with Governor Whitman.
{ ' Theodore Roosevelt announced that he would accept a I?'
I - major general's commission in the state service if th 1
I I federal government refused to send him to Europe with Jr
an expeditionary force. I
j I WHEAT PRICES DROP HEAVILY
Chicago, May 16. The price curbing effect of 1
i t restrictions by grain exchanges was enhanced to-day j|
by v arm weather and wheat futures declined from 23 to f
( was before the new regulations and September dropped f
to $1.98, a decline of 47 cents.
; ' MARRIAGE UCENSES
William E. l'uftrlKrr, HarrlaburK, and Clara Kathrrn Miller •
Wayneavllle, * ' 'K
! | Hlehard Edward l.aiidlg and Snaan Kathaleen Boivmni. Harris. 1
burs.
K<iice Abram DUalnzrr and Nellie Amanda Plnea, Maryavllle *
John Jarob Llrleb, Middletown, nud llaiinih Harriet Blaaaer Mil. 1
leraburn. J
, |(| John Andrew Stewart, Harrlaburg, and Violet Shaffer, Ur>-f
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