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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 <<ould not be deciphered. The date
! "1871" was plainly visible and had
| evidently been carved with very
| painstaking efforts.
Jacob Weigle was at one time a
j well-known person to the older in-
I habitants of llummelstown and van
j rioted for his peculiar ways. lie has
been dead for some time and during
the tatter years of his life lived ny
h'HMWIf in that town. Trips to out
lying parts of the country was cne
of his peculiarities and at times ho
would be gone for lengthy periods.
None of the older inhabitants who
knew him had ever heard him speak
j of the existence of the cave, which
1 he probalilv discovered.
May Have Been Penned In
Just how he was able to sain en
trance to the cave is pu/.ssling the
later explorers, as it was never sus
pected that such a cave existed. Tb9
sliding of a rock may have closed
the entrance and its existence have
been forgotten even to the few who
knew of it. Whether-or not any
person was in the cave when it w:is
closed cannot be determined unless
the tones should be found to be
these of a human being. People in
the vickiity cannot remember of anv
mysterious disappearance in late
;• en rs. •
Mr. Brehm does not believe (hit
•he nc.wly-found cave leads to the
well Known Sloverdole cave. The
new shaft runs at an angle from tho
Stovfidale cave and is almost half
a m'lt distant from the new ■ en
trance.
Eby Wanted Action on
Big Appropriation Bills
Consideration of 252 bills carry
ing $8,174,000, appropriations for
hospitals and homes, was presented
in the House to-day because the bills
were not on the file. The House
voted to meet at 9.30 o'clock this
morning and the bills were not de
livered at that hour by the printer.
Speaker Baldwin filled that they
could not be taken up under the
circumstances, whereupon Mr. Eby,
Perry, wanted to know why.
"Because it would be a direct
violation of • the Constitution," re
plied the Speaker.
"Oh, I thought we could do any
thing here," observed the man from
Newport, with a laugh.
Guard Will Not Be Calkd
Out in Week, Officers Say
Inquiry at Washington and at Na
tional Guard headquarters in llar
risburg brought out the information
that there is no ti-uth in the rumor
that the Guard will be called to the
colors within the coming week.
Those in position to know said
that the militia will not be
summoned for considerable time and
that there is no immediate cause for
alarm on that score.
ARMY NEEDS BAKERS
Lieutenant Lesher of tho local re
cruiting station, this morning re
ceived word from the War Depart
ment that experienced bakers will
be accepted iti the quartermaster's
corps. The records for the entire
month of April have already been
beaten at the local station during
May. In April, 1,265 were enlisted,
and for the month of May, 1,284
have been already enlisted. Yester
day's work for this district again
led the state by a small majority.
HOUSE QUITS IJNTIIi MOMJAY-
The House adjourned at 10.25
a. in., until 0 p. m. Monday, when
the appropriation bills will be called
ud on second reading.
HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1917,
HALF BILLION
ADDED TO HUGE
WAR TAX BILL
Increases in Income Surtax
Probable Under New
Budget *
WIN IX FIRST VOTE
Chances For Reduced Hides
Lessened by New
Demands
By Associated I'ress
Washington. May 17.—Democratic
Leader Kitchin announced in the
Mouse to-day that the Treasury De
partment had notified him it would
be necessary to raise $2,245,000,000
instead of $1,800,000,000 by the war
revenue bill debate. He
i rged support of new proposals to
rr.ise the Income surtax Increases on
sums above $40,000 as contained In
tlie hill by one-fourth.
The hill as reported to the House
was estimated to raise between
# 1.X00.U00.000 and $2,000,000,000,
vliich was expected to defray one
half of the expenses of the first year
of the war.
Great Surprise
Kitchin's announcement was a !
great surprise. When the movement
to increase the income taxes was
started yesterday by Representative
Lenroot, Republican, of Wisconsin,
and Representative Sherley, Demo
crat, of Kentucky, {*lr. Kitchin
fought it vigorously. Yesterday the
insurgents were successful, never*
tueless, in getting in an increase on
tHo surtax on incomes between $40,-
('OO and SOO,OOO. Immediately after
Kitchin's announcement to-day they
renewed their efforts and Lenroot
introduced an amendment to in
crease the proposed surtaxes on in
comes between st>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.
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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
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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. .
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HINDENBURC
THRO W5 FRESH ARMY
INTO BLASTED
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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<lcll'rtu n ,i."' V ''' <"'>• ■>' 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.