♦nj IIM. < U9V&I **" '• " ? First Instalment of "THE REAL MAN"'Thrilling HARRISBURG ||S§ilgl TELEGRAPH ' 2Thc Star- IJnttcpnibtnt. LXXXVI— No. 118 16 PAGES RUSSIA SETTLES CABINET CRISIS BY COMPROMISE Socialistic Groups to Re Given Places on the New Ministry TO PROSECUTE WAR Provisional Government Au thorized to Keep Down Anarchy liy Associated Press Pctrograd, May 17. —The cabinet crisis has been settled. A declara tion of the government's policy has been accepted by the representatives of the Council- of Workmen's and Soldiers' delegates, with merely slight alterations, and was signed by them at midnight. During the sitting At Tchernoff, , national Socialist, was appointed minister of agriculture, and M. Sko beleff, vice-president of the Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' Dele gates, was appointed minister of la bor. It was also cecided to be de sirable to include in the govern ment Feodor Kokoshkine, Constitu tional Democrat, and a professor at the University of Warsaw, and M. Tseretelli, member of the Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates. The duty of the mn will be to pre pare for the constituent assembly. To Mick In Wnr The declaration meets the council's toward the attainment of an agreement toward the attainment of an agrement with the allies which will realize the government's declaration of April 9. The government, however, is convinc ed that Russia's defeat in the war would be a great misfortune to all na tions and while willing to make n general peace on the above founda tions, believed firmly that revolution ary Russia will not permit the defeat of its allies in the west. The government consents to the council's demand for the democratiza tion of the army, but desires to com- j bine it with a strengthening of Rus sia's fighting forces. The declarations ! meet half way the council's Socialist! program by promising further control | over the production, transport, sale ! and distribution of products; meas-] ures for the better protection of labor; the right to a settlement of the land question by the constituent assembly; increased direct taxatidn of wealth; development in a democratic direction of local self-government and the hastening of preparations for the constituent assembly. To Down Ali ri rcti is Is In return the government demands such full confidence and support as will enable it not to only fight a re actionary counter revolution but also to lake measures against the anarch ists of the extreme left. A new feature was injected into the situation by the demand of the peas ant congress which began its sessions here yesterday that its representa tives participate in the discussions. The government and council agreed and it is stated that five peasant rep resentatives will join the conference. American Steamer Sunk With Loss of Four Lives; Was Valued at $3,500,000 By Associated Press New York, May 17. The Amer ican steamship Hilonian has been torpedoed and sunk off Genoa, Italy, with a loss of four members of the crew, according to a cablegram re ceived here to-day by the owners, the Universal Transportation Com pany. Tlie Hilonian was not armed. She loft here April 27 for Genoa with cargo. She was a vessel of 2,921 tons gross, wai commanded by Captain 11 H. Williams, and carried a crew of thirty-nine men, of whom eight arc Americans. The cablegram to the owners gave no details of the torpedoing. It said that Captain Williams and the en gineer, who is Fred Schmidt, a naturalized Norwegian, were saved and that four of the crew perished. The cargo consisted of provisions and was worth $2,500,000, the own era stated, and the ship itself was valued at $1,000,000. THE WEATHER For IlfirrinhiirK iiihl vicinityi l-'nlr to-night nml Frlilnj, not inn<*li I'hniiKi' In triiiiiemtiirr. For llnstirn I'rnnM.vlvnnlnt Fair to-night unci Frlilii.v; warmer Frlilny In north portion; mod erate north to eiiMt winds. River The *iiM|uehaiiiui river anil all Km triliiitarleM will lull mlowly or remnin nearly Ntntionary. A Mtaite of about 4.tl feet Im Indi cated for llariiMhurK Friday mornliiK. Cieneral ComlltlonM I.oenl shower* have fallen In New York anil \orthern Pennnylvn iiln anil In UlnneMOta. KlMewhrre fair weather han prevailed throughout the territory reprf sented on the map. Tempera ture* have rlfien 2 to 18 degrees over nearly all the eantern half of the country, except the l.ake | Region anil New s York States, where It han fallen Momewhat or remained Ntntionary. Frosts , occurred thU morning In North ern Utah and Wyoming. Con siderable smoklnesM prevails over the northeastern part of the country, due to forent Are* In Meveral State*. Temperature! 8 a. m., 60 degrees. Sun: Rises. 4:40 a. m. Mooni New moon, May SO. Itlvcr Stage i 4.8 feet. Yesterday** Weather Highest temperature, 7H. I.owest temperature. S2. Mean temperature, t1.%. Normal temperature, tl2. BONES BELIEVED TO BE OF A HUMAN FOUND IN CAVE Large Stone Falls Near Hum nielstown in Hills Diseas ing Huge Cavern ONCE HERMIT'S RETREAT I May Have Reen Penned in by Sliding Rocks; Investiga tion Being 'Made The falling of a large stone at the j Hoffers Quarries near llummelstown yesterday disclosed a large cave I reaching back into the liills. The ! piobable length of the cave can only j be guessed, as the explorers wire | unable to go in more than tifty feet I until another large stone effectually | blocked their progress. A torch held j at a small aperture disclosed a 10n..; j stretch that could not be explored. ir.ones, apparently those of a humnr. being, were found littered about t.ho I R'ain chamber of the newly-disco>•- | erf d entrance. The name J. Wei'Sie |vvtf: found carved on the side of thfi ! rocks, also the date 1871, proving | that at some other time the cave was a retreat for human beings, al j i hough it was not known since then I'hat such a cave existed. ! Charles E. Brehm, superintendent | of the quarry, was overseeing the re j moval of some unusually large rocks : w"ien the slipping of one- of them | disclosed the beginning of the newly fovud cavern. In company with { George Speidel, Mr. Brehm secured ; a light and immediately started to |c; plore the interior. At several places the cavern is large enough *. 'permit the passage of a man with ,o.it stopping and -t others the cav ! ei n narrows considerably. Another Hock Blocks Progress i When about fifty feet from tha , entrance the explorers were unablo- I to bo further because of a large rock j that blocked their progress, llold • ing the torch to a narrow aperture j .Mr. Brehm was able to see the I gloomy length of cavern. As yet the i r-'ick has not been removed, but it is j expected a thorough investigation of ! the entitre length of the cave will | be made soon. Bones believed to be j those of human beings were found j scattered promiscuously about. "1871" Carved on Rocks A closer investigation of the walls lot the cavern showed the name J. I Wtigie" and another name that j <o,ooo and SSO,OOO "1 do not see," replied Mr. Kitch in, "how any member of the Ways and Means Committee can oppose this proposed'tax." To Clit Into Incomes To adil an increase of one-fourth all along the line would fall far short of raising the additional $44 5,000,000 and it was considered likely that jeven a greater surtax than the in surgents suggest might lie levied on larger incomes. Meanwhile hope of striking from the bill proposed taxes} on freight, light and heat bills by the substitution of the surtax in creases, as proposed bjfc.itepresen.tu.- tive Lenroot, seemed to disappear. Hope that it would be possible to strike out the proposed increased rate on second class mail matter also waned somewhat, but supporters of the proposal still were determined to make a hard tight. Pass Amendment The Lenroot amendment for fur ther increases was adopted in the committee of the whole by an over whelming vote. Preparations were immediately made to propose simi lar increases on all the remaining divisions of the income tax section. 12 Guardsmen 111 After Meal in Restaurant; Second Lieutenant Dead By Associated Press , Pittsburgh, May 17.—Pour more sol diers of the Third Pennsylvania in fantry, on police duty in the Pitts burgh district, were removed from their camp at Port Perry, Pa., to hos pitals here this afternoon, suffering from the effects of poison, while the military authorities and physicians investigated the death of Lieut. Wil liam P. Corcoran, of Philadelphia, and" the illness of twelve other guardsmen last night. The soldiers were on duty at Port Perry, and yesterday were served with a meal from the restaurant conduct ed by Call Miller, near their camp. Later I.ieutenunt Corcoran entered the old Pullman car which served as hetdquaite r s for the command and complained of heing ill. In five min utes he was dead. Within an hour a number of non-commissioned officers and privates had been seized by sim ilar illness snd Major Poos, command ing the district, ordered an investiga tion which is now being conducted in conjunction with the county authori ties. Trying to Save From Chair Archie Miller Who Killed Officers Steps were taken at the office of the State Board of Pardons to-day to lile an application for commutation of the deatli sentence of Archie: Miller, sentenced to be electrocuted for the murder of Pennsylvania Rail- | road officers near Wormleysburg. The supreme court affirmed the death •sentence of the Cumberland county; court and the next step will be to gto to the State Board of Pardons. It is j understood that a plea of insanity will be made. Unless the plea is pretty well sup-| ported it is not likely that it will get I very far with the present board I whose members have gone on record ] time and again against clemency fori men who carry weapons and shoot I down officers of the law, especially j when caught trespassing. Wheat Falls Again When Speculators Fear Allies Will Sell Their Futures . By Associated Vres.t Chicago, May 17.—Reports that the United States government had asked Great Britain and her Kuropean al lies to sell Immense holdings of future delivery wheat purchased in this coun try. were largely responsible for a downward plunge in wheat prices on the Board of Trade to-day. The mnxl mum fall in values this morning was 16 cents. Owing to the continuance of artifi cial restrictions on trailing the aggre gate of wheat transactions was small. •Inly wheat fell to ] l us against 230 at yesterday's finish, but later rallied to 222. | PREPARING FOR CHARGE A ' - > * " Wt! w "XT '■ I * • . " '" ' • I I . ' * ' ' ' ' " " I''> . : • Y • JwO rTA-HS* French troops in first-line trenches ready for the cbmmanri to advance across "No Alan's T,nnd" to attack the (•crinan trenches, lu tlu- distance Is a barbed-wirfe entanglement erected by the Germans, and behind that the "curtain of lire provided by the French tield artillery as a protection for tin- advancing inlajitrvrnen and to prevent the sending up of reserves by the Germans. This picture was made by French military photographer. PUBLIC SAFETY BODY OUTLINES PLANS FOR WORK State Commission Completes Organization; to Meet With Committee The State Commission of Public Safety and Defense to-day completed its organization and will meet to morrow with a committee represent ing the State Committee of Public Safety and outline plans for future work. The meeting was held at the office of Governor Brumbaugh with all of the members of the commis sion present and Colonel "Lewis 13. Beitler, Philadelphia, was elected as sistant to Krank B. McClain, the sec retary of the commission, at S3OO per moi#Lli, and William 11. Ball, sec retary to the Governor, was made secretary for the Governor, who is chairman of the commission at S2OO per month. Governor Brumbaugh said both positions could be termin ated at any time. "We will meet to-morrow morn ing at 11.30 o'clock with the com mittee of the Public Safety commit tee to discuss the scope and purpose of their duties," said the Governor. "We wish to learn what in their judgment is best to promote the safety of the State and nation." "We intend to have an open and free conference with the members of the committee that is coming here and then we will act on our plans," continued the Governor. "Nothing has been done as yet. The disburse ments will be made by this commis sion, which is delegated by law to act in such matters, and the committee can only handle State money as it comes through us. This commission will authorize what is to be done." Col. Beitler, said the Governor, will have an office in the suite of the lieutenant-governor at the Capi tol. Governor Brumbaugh said that he was ready to proceed with steps to call upon the people of the State in connection with the selective draft as soon as authorized by the Presi dent. "This is a matter which will be under the authority of the Gover nor and handled through the adju tant general," remarked Governor Brumbaugh. "It has nothing to do with this commission or the Public Safety committee. It. is a separate matter entirely. I cannot yet an nounce the details but you may be sure Pennsylvania will dto its du;." Gen. Wood to Supervise Training of New Army By Associated Press Washington, May 17. The chief center of the army training camps j by the War Department's decision ; to-day will be located in the new j southwestern department under Mu j ior General Wood. Twelve of the ! thirty-two camps will lie placed In j General Wood's Department which j will be responsible for os many as j any other two departments combin ed. Grouped by departments, twelve !of the camps are to DO located n Hie J Southeastern, one in the North [ eastern, lour in thr, Eastern, six in I the Central, six in the Southern and three in the Western. Selection of sites will depend | largely upon transportation, water i and light supplies and available open tracts of land for exeroising the | troops. War Bill Lacks Only Confirmation by Senate By Associated Prets Washington, May 17. The war army bill to-day lacked only the Sen j ate's approval of the conference re port before being ready for President I ; Wilson's signature. The House yes-j terday accepted the conference re-J port, with its provision for S3O mini-1 mum monthly pay for enlisted men, and the Senate was expected to take It up to-day or to-morrow. BRITISH STKA.MKR SUNK By Associated. Press New York, May 17.—The British steamship Harpagus has been torpe doed, according to a cablegram re ceived here to-day >y the agents. J. W. Klwell and Cor.ipany. The Har pagus of 5,866 tons gross, left New York on April 21 for Marseilles, France. WOMEN ACTIVE IN WAR RELIEF; , FUTURE PLANS Pennsylvania Railroad Wo men's Division to Hold Con cert and Dance The Pennsylvania Railroad Wom en's Division for War Belief, of liar risburg, which furnished food and refreshments to troops from distant points passing through flarrisburg last July, enroute to the Mexican border, to which the people of llar rlsburg contributed liberally, have preserved their organization. This organization is now engaged in pre paring hospital equipments and similar war relief materials under the direction of the main Pennsyl- YuiUb Ktulroad cruiMtiKulion, headed by Mrs. George Dallas Dixon, wife of Vice-President Dixon. Mrs. George W. Boyd, wife of the passenger traffic manager of the Pennsylvania Railroad, has immedi ate supervision of the columns dele gated to this work in the various cities on the Pennsylvania system. The division under Mrs. Boyd's direction carried off the honors "for [Continued on Page 16] Experiments With Army Tabooed by Sec. Baker By Associated Press Washington, May 17.—Secretary Baker definitely settled to-day the question of proposed changes in the army uniform by instructing bureau chiefs that lie will not give considera tion to any suggested alterations in organization, equipment or uniform of the army that does not bear di rectly on successful prosecution of the war against Germany. The secretary's action was made ne cessary by the persistence of some war department officials that the uni form of the American army officers be remodeled so as to foilow closely that of the British army. The arrival here of British officers attached to the Balfour party and wearing- the roll collar Jacket of the Britisli serv ice uniform started the agitation , Mayor Miller Spends Day at Police Station Mayor Charles A. Miller spent much of his time this morning at police headquarters. During the next few weeks the newly-elected Mayor will make a careful study of gondi tlons in Ihe police department. It 's | not probable however, he said, tlmt any change in the present system will ho. needed. j Congratulations from many out jof-town friends of the Mayor and of | City Clerk R. Boss Seaman began | pouting '.n to-day, many of them let lers of greeting front city . officials in other third class cities of the State, many of whom have known both Mayor Miller and City Clerk Seaman for years. Many Volunteer to Aid on "Conscription Day" Twenty-live of the 125 registrars and registry assessors in Hie city and county polling districts have already responded and volunteered their services to make the registrations of i all men between tiie ages of 21 and |3O years for the selective Military | Service list. i Others in the city have offered to ' work on the day which will be sot and have been requested by the county commissioners to mail their names. Blanks for the registration ' have -been received, it is understood, but will not- lie opened until further orders are received. Food Control Act Would Prevent Price Extortion By Associated Press Washington, Muy 17. The gov ernment, if given power to tlx maxi mum food prices, would exercise the authority only to break up corners or to prevent extortion, Secretary! Houston explained to-duy in a letter replying to an inqidry. "The single thought in this con- j nection," the secretary . wrote, "is that the power might be used as a 1 club, to be applied only In individual cases where it is clear that an indi- j vidual or corporation had established a corner or was practicing cxtor- , tlon." ] NAVY'S FINEST DESTROYERS IN THICK OF FIGHT "Start at Once" Is Reply to Query as to Fleet's Readi ness For Service London, May 17. The United States navy, represented by some of its finest and fastest destroyers, is in the thick of the light against Ger man submarines in British waters. An official announcement issued yes terday says: "The British Admiralty stales that a flotilla of United States destroyers recently arrived in this country to co-operate with our naval forces in | the prosecution of the war." The flotilla is in command of Rear Ad miral W. S. Sims, IT. S. N., who is in daily touch vith the chief of the Britisli Naval Staff. Only now has it been deemed ad visable to tell of the arrival of these hornets of the American fleet, al though they have Ueen co-operating for some days with the British navy in the warfare against U-boats. The Germans, however, have known of the presence of the Stars and Stripes in the naval conflict, a U-boat hav ing -made an unsuccessful attack on one of the destroyers. i The arrival of the destroyers in British waters th ri lied Americans here, as it did many Britons. After an uneventful trip across the Atlan tic, the destroyers were immediately and warmly welcomed. They arrived in the afternoon. A crowd of several hundred persons, some of them car rying small American flags, lined the water front and cheered the flotilla. The Americun senior officer came ashore to gi*et the British sentor offi cer and Wesley Frost, the American Consul .at Queenstown. Everything was done in a simple, businesslike manner. There was an entire ab sence of formality. | Alter the exchange of shore greet | ings and the British commander had | congratulated the Artierican officers i on their safe voyage, he asked: j ' When will you be ready for busi ness?" "We can start at once," the Ameri | can commander replied promptly. Redmond Rejects Home Rule Plan Proposed by British Premier By Associated Press I London, May 17. —John Redmond, leader of the Irish Nationalists .in the House of Commons, to-day re jected the proposal of Premier Lloyd George for a settlement of the home | rule question but accepted the pro | posal for (he immediate calling of a convention to decide on a govcrn ! ment for Ireland. Mr. Redmond IN a letter to Pre | infer l.loyd George accepts on be ' half of the Irish party the proposal | for "assembling a convention of ; Irishmen of all parties for the pur ; pose iif producing a scheme of Irish ; self-government," on condition that I the "basis of what the convention is to lie called is such as to insur ance that it is fully and fairly re spective of Irishmen of all creeds, in terests and parties; and secondly, that the convention be summoned without delay." Retail Merchants Will Discuss Summer Closing Members of the Retail Merchants' 1 branch of the Harrisburg Chamber | of Commerce will meet to-night at the Harrisburg I'lub to discuss sum mer closing hours. A number of plans have already been suggested by various members but what action will be taken is doubtful. Last summer many of thui ' stores remained open on Friday eve iningß closing Saturday afternoon and 1 evening. This plan met with general I apnroval and is one which has boen I mentioned for this year. * I M.WGI.HD IN MACHINK Eli l'off, aged 2?. of Dauphin,,was caught In a machine at the Speece vlMe Brick Company and drawn into the cog!) His rlgn* leg was umptrt tated at the knoe. Boff was brought to the Harrisburg Hospital. . V Singlt Copy. 2 Cents HINDENBURC THRO W5 FRESH ARMY INTO BLASTED I # German Dead Piled High Before British Advance Wher4 Withering Fire From Allied Guns Mows Path For New Gains; Teutons Fail in Tremendous Effort to Regain Initiative in Bloody Fire t I lie CJerniaiis have piled liigli their dead before the British lines, but have failed to stop the British advance. The most fur ious and sustained counterattacks have withered before the blast of the British artillery and the sapping of the Ilindenburg line goes on, slowly but without halt. 1 he tremendous clTorts made by Field Marshal Von Hin denburg to stem the tide of victory which was steadily setting against him have given the battle of Arras an appearance of ebb and flow, but the net result f!s that the most violent efforts of the ; Ciermans to regain 'the initiative have failed. Von Ilindenburg . apparently used every ounce of strength at his command to wrest I from the British the villages of Roeux and Bullecourt and the | outcome is summed up it, the almost monotonous repetition by j the British war office of the statement: "Our troops made pro gress in the Ilindenburg line." Possibly more ominous for Berlin, ] i'i view of the wabbly condition of j her Austrian ally, is the news of the M-eut blow struck by Italy in he direction of Triest The Italians ha\c opened their spring offensive in brilliant fashion, attacking on i wider front and apparently with greater forces than at any other previous operation. The Ison/.0, i turbulent mountain stream bordered by mountains and cliffs, is in their j har.ds for a distance ot lifteen o twenty miles north of Gorzia. Gen eral Cadorna appears to plan a flanking movement against the Cor so plateau, nature's great rampart defending Triest. The operation i.-, however, in too early a stage to per mit judgment of its exact Import. The allied offensive in Macedonia f WHITMAN HEARS STATE PLEA Albany, May 17 —An application lor the -cxtracU- J k tion from New York to Pennsylvania of Clarence and Kello; j Birdsye, chuiged Mth alle .• fraud in the management of the Pittsburgh Life and Tlust Company ' ' was heard to-day by Governor Whitman RECRUITING DROPS 1 Washington, May 17. Regular army recruiting a [ dropped to 1,731 men yesterday with Pennsylvania still ■f vi leading with 281 enlistments The grand total of 73,- 1 L 451 men recruiting since April 1 leaves 110,000 men to be 1 * found by the middle of next month i> ODD FELLOWS INSTALL OFFICERS ' i T" York, May 17. lnstallation of,th> n~w offiers f and an impresive memorial service brought the ninety- T W fourth annual cessions ofthfcPennsylvaniaGrandLodg* I 2 of the Independent Order of Odd Felows to conclusion a here this morning. The Daughters of Rebekas con- 1 I • eluded their sesions at the same time C J SENATE DELAYS ARMY BILL 1 i .Washington, May 17. ■ — When the army bill came | J rp in the Senate to-day for final action it was tht I I into a long debate over technicalil i Senator T \ Chamberlain characi | I ded that such tactics might result in the bill's f W held up for thirty or sixty days The principal corner* I 1 on was over whether soldiers' were being drafted for 5 M "the existing emergency" of "the war " 1 NO REPORT ON SEA ACTION J Washington, May 17. —• No report has come frorr. IL* jl' Rear Admiral Sims that any of the American destroy. ! ~ I cruising with the allied fleets have encountered I ' 1 Geramn submarines, but navy officials do not expect I ' 1 to receive detailed statement?, of operations on minor en y gagements if no losses ar* involved, ! MARKET CLOSING STRONG , | '} < r New York, May 17.—Steel's, further rise to 122 5-8 '\. | j stimulated the balance of the list especially coppers and j i FBI i!n the jast nour ITi " 7~"" j 1 1 MARRIAGE LICENSES cmn. Ml• ■>' Katherlne Kllmbeth, I I I William ICdunr Kline, Steelton, mid Hmma Hcbeeca Howe, Harris- ' ' l.ulher <>rny Kltamlller and ] |>h|n , '' runk Kline nnd Kllr.nl,eh Katharine Loreneae, Philadel- I Novnk Viielilty and Slnry Mel*. Harrlaburff. • 1 > r* Harry Adaina, Shernianadale, and l(ole Kiln /.<-i K lrr, HarrlaburK ' rnflr--vt VI flr ii vt( ii vyi n yii' i n & km. * . HOME EDITION [continues with considerable success I Tor the British forces, but the fight- I tug is on such an extended front and jso sporadic in character that its I meaning is obscured. Reports from Bulgaria of nationwide discontent and weariness of the war may be signiticant in connection with Gen em! Sarrall s campaign. The Russian factions havo patched ui- a truce, but tho outcome is still dubious. The news of the resigna ! tion of Generals Gurko and Brussi loff is now supplemented by a dis quieting rumor that General Alexiff. Russian's commander in chief and generally credited as her most bril liant strategist, is also about to re sign his otllce. In any event It seem certain that little can bo expeete from Russia in a military way for a long time to come.