"■■'chant 5% HARRISBURG |fli§flsl TELEGRAPH (2Thc Star- Unfrcprnbcnt LX XXVI— No. 121 14 PAGES TWO AMERICAN NURSES ON WAY TO FRONT KILLED Shell Fired by Naval Gun Crew Wounds a Third on Board Shij) VICTIMS FROM CHICAGO Vessel Puts Back to Port With Flags at Hall- Must . By Associated Press New York, May 21. —Two Amer ican nurses, members of au ambu lance unit on its way for service in france, were killed yesterday on board an American steamship when pieces of a shell fired by a naval gun in practice ricochetted from the water's surface ana scattered among a group of nurses and surgeons. A third nurse was seriously wound ed. The steamship sailed on Saturday evening for Europe. With her flag at half-mast she came into an Amer ican port this morning bringing the bodies of the dead nurses. These were brought ashore. The steam ship will depart at an unnamed time. The accident happened about 2.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. A gun at the stern was being used. An ex planation made by one of the ship's officers was that when a shell struck the water about 175 feet from the vessel the centrifugal force caused bits of the steel to fly back on ship board. One of the ship's officers was standing beside the nurses and was uninjured. Accident to Naval Gun May Have Caused Nurses' Deaths Washington, May 21. —The two Ked Cross nurses killed on the Amer ican steamer, referred to in the fore going dispatch, were Edith Ayrcs and Helen Burnett Woods, both of Chicago, and attached to base hos pital No. 12. The Navy Department's official dispatch gave no details of the ac cident other than that the nurses were killed by fragments of brass from one of the liner's guns. This was taken to dispose of the first re port that they had been struck by a shell ricochetted from the water and to indicate that they were killed as the result of some sort of a gun accident. Motorists Up in Arms Against Condition of Pike All motorists are up in arms over the rondition of the Lebanon and Heading Pike. This highway has been in an almost intolerable condi tion for months and is now spotted with large areas of sharp broken stones who are doing little more than tearing the life out of automo bile tires. It was expected that this highway would be taken over by the State, but it is still a toll road with fre quent Kates where the luckless tour, ists are held up. When it isn't cov ered with mud it is a pillar of dust. f s Chief Items of Food Measure in House It provides against hoarding and monopoly of food. Arranges for the licensing of wholesale distributors of food and of storage houses. Provides against the spoilage of food by being held back by agents. forbids speculation in food or the organization of exchanges to control it. Regulates the use of grain, for bidding its use in the manufac ture of alcoholic beverages. Proposes guaranteeing reasonable prices to farmers (a minimum as suggested by the President) for staple food products. Fixes reasonable prices to the food distributor so as to prevent extortion or the cornering of a market. Allows, in time of scarcity of food, for the relinquishing of food stuffs. Authorizes confiscation of food supplies if emergency requires. Allows placing an emergency tax on foreign foodstuffs to protect American-grown food. Allows increasing the milling per centage of flour and mixing other cereals with wheat in the manufacture of flour. Provides for census of country's food resources. *■ * THE WEATHER ■''or lliirrlxhurK and vlrlnltji l n (icttleil, probably rain to-nlKht null Tuesday. . For ICHNtern I'ennsylvnnln: I'roli lllily ruin to-nlKht mill Tuesday; moderate northeast nnd east n iii(lN. Hlvfr The Susquehanna river nnil nil It* brunches will probably contlnuc to full slowly or remain near ly stationary to-nlKht. Gen eral rain*, Indicated for the wntrr*lied to-night nnd Turn day, will likely eauiie a rise In ■ill streams of the *y*tem. General Condition* l.oeal rnlnH have fallen In Oregon, Washington und In Alhertii, (nnndli, and also In Maine, Northern Pennsylvania und New Jersey. In the Rocky Mountains, over the Krenter part of the I'lnln* States nnil front the Upper MlsslsHlppl Vnlley eastward to the Atlantic count temperatures are from <1 to TJ degree* lower than on Sat urday morning. Temperaturei 8 a. m., 56 decree*. Nun I KINCM, 4i38 n. m. Moon i New moon, Muy 28. Itlver Stngei 4.4 feet. Yesterday'* Weather Highest temperature. Ha. Iy | July 15 under section 111 of the I national defense act. From the or | ders received at the Capitol it is ! now believed that none of the Na | tional Guard will go to Mt. Gretna, | where the State has had men at I work for weeks preparing the camp ; site. The Secretary of War has directed i that there shall be no further dis charges of enlisted men of the Na tional Guard or its reserve for en listment into the army, navy or ma rine corps except in cases whereby it may be to the interest of*the Gov ernment to have them because of special qualifications. Commanding officers of organiza tions which have not submitted the iequired lists of enlisted men recom- i mended for the training camps are | required to forward such lists to Ad- 1 jutant General Stewart not later than May 2", as the men selected are to go to camp May 31. v Prominent Irishmen to Draw Up Constitution For Island Home Rule Hy Associated Press London, May 21.—1t was announced by Premier Lloyd George, tn the House of Commons, to-day, that the government proposed to summon im mediately a convention of representa tive Irishmen In Ireland to submit to the British Parliament a constitution for the future government of Ireland. Premier I>loyd George stated to-day that the chairman if the proposed Lrlsh convention will bo nominated by the crown. "If a substantional agreement is reached regarding the character and scope of the constitution framed by the convention," said the premier, "the government will take the necessary steps to enable the imperial parlia ment to give legislative effect therein. The convention will be held with clos ed doors." Administration Food Bill Reported to House Washington, May 21. Favor able report on the administration bill to gove the President broad powers as to preferential shipments of food, munitions and other war traffic was made to-day to the House. The report says the bill is "ger mane to the earnest effort we are making to utilize the highest state of efficiency during the war the trans portation facilities of the country and to promote the efforts of the ad ministration to carry on the war by requiring prefentlal shipments of all freight which, in the Judgment of the President, is essential to the pub lic security and defense.' I TYPE OF AMERICAN DESTROYERS CARRYING BATTLE FLAGS IN EUROPEAN WATERS | •—• "' ; -"'j Phis is the type of destroyer now in the North Sea war /.one In the constant hunt for the piratical submarine. The federal government has care fully censored all news dealing with the names of the fast little boats en eased in the dangerous work, but it is known that the majority of the destroyers are built after the model shown. THIEVES TRY TO BLOW SAFE OFDR.KALBFUS Enter Office in Franklin! Building and Drill Holes For Charge? Thieves last night broke into the ' office of Game Commissioner Kalb fus on the fourth floor of the Frank- ! lin Building and made an unsuccess ful attempt to blow open the safe. They were evidently frightened away j before they succeeded. At night the Franklin Building has | been without a watchman and the first evidence of the robbery was no- ! ticed this morning when employes j entered the oty.oes. The transom ] above the door had been removed j and then lowered to the floor, evl- I dently very carefully that the glass | might not be broken or noise I made to arouse anyone in the vi cinity. Try "Jimmy" A small drill hole was made on the side but the workmen were evi dently amateurs or had very poor drills, as they gave it up before making much headway. The rob bers next endeavored to "jimmy" the locks and although the combina tion was thrown out of working or der and the door pried at the side, they were unable to force open the door. The safe contained a number of postage stamps, but little else of value. Whether or not any small valuables were taken from the office has not been definitely ascertained. The detectives of the police de partment are working on the case, but. although every move points to amateurs, they were clever enough to cover their tracks. Body of Former Resident Is Found Floating in Juniata Near Mt. Union The body of Cecil Lewhd, believed to be formerly from Harrisburg, and recently employed by the Aetna Ex plosive Company at Mount Union was found last night in the Juniata river near the Mount Union railroad bridge. His overcoat pockets held two I bricks and his head was badly cut. | The coroner gave the verdict "death j by suicide." It is believed that the | bricks were meant to weight down I the body and the cut was sustained in the leap from the bridge. He was a roomer at the home of the Rev. C. W. Todd, Mt. Union, who identified the body. When Lewhd was last seen he was in the best of I health and no reason is known for I his having committed suicide. The | body was found by National Guarcts ! men on the duty near there. French Torpedo Boats Defeat a German Fleet By Associated ■Press Berlin, May 21. An engagement between German and French torpedo boats off the coast of Flanders is re ported in an official announcement from the admiralty. The announce ment says: "On the morning of the 20th off the coast of Flanders, a short outpost engagement took place between Ger man and French torpedo boats. The enemy boats were repeatedly hit by our artillery and our vessels returned without loss or damage." The French official statement is sued yesterday reported that a flotil la of German destroyers had been driven back to its tui.se by a patrol of four French torpedo boats. The statement said that one *of the French vessels had suffered some damage. Commissioner Gross Will Be Able to Attend Council Commissioner E. Z. Gross, who was injured last week in an auto accident has recovered and It is expected wili be able to attend Council to-morrow This will be the first time since the death of the late Commissioner Harry F. Bowman that there has bene five members in Council. Mayor Charles A. Miller will preside. Contracts for fire hose for the city department and for riprappinsr the river slopes, from Calder to Maclay streets, will probably be presented for approval. HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1917. NATIONAL FLAG PATRIOTICALLY ! SHOWN BY CIRCUS Amcriacn Colors Exhibited to Exclusion of Every Other by Barnum and Bailey American colors, red, white and j blue, made to-day's circus parade: one bis patriotic demonstration. Barnum and Bailey pageants are | usually of an elaborate character ■ but that of to-da.v surpassed any- ! tiling ever seen in Harrisburg. Flags I of other nations were not in evidence | this year. Old Glory was the only flag that was displayed. There were many big wagons de- | picting features of countries now at I war. Banners on the wagons were in forms of largo shields in Ameri- ' can colors. The bands won ap-1 plause with their patriotic airs, and | when the United States division, which brought up the rear of the big j procession passed there was an out-1 burst of applause. Thousands of people viewed the i gorgeous cavalcade, representing all classes and races of people. There were many visitors from outside of the city and the sidewalks were banked ten deep. Windows along the route were at a premium, too. The parade this year included new i features in addition to the old pro- | gram. The open cages afforded a chance to see many rare wild ani mals. Camels were in evidence, and the herd of elephants is the largest in the United States to-day. The pa rade left the grounds on time and covered a big route. Many Inspect Tented Clt.v The circus arrived from York early yesterday morning. The six sections bringing the big show to this j city were delayed and it was late in j the afternoon before the tented city ! was In shape for a real inspection, j Yesterday many thousands of people visited the show grounds and watched with interest the raising of the tents, the preparations for din- | [Continued on Pago 0] E. G.GRACE CONFINED TO HOME I Bethlehem. Pa., May 21. E. G. Grace, president of the Bethlehem Steel Company, is confined to the house with an affection of the right eye, a specialist being in attend ance. LIBERTY LOAN SAFEST INVESTMENT v TUUirRY OSABTMINT. WIT LiaMt* l/itii-r arv N, LIBERTY LOAN. APPLICATION FOR BONDS. ' TM. .ppHc.Ho. ahould be thrrtugfi , h . bank. ,ru.i comply. or other ■feiicy acllnj an hi. ftth.lt, or li m.y be Hll direct lth Ih. Fxkrd Kc.-vr B.nk of hi. dlllrlct or the Trauury Department .1 Waahlngton, Dated _ To the Secretary of the Treasury: According to the term. of Treaaury department Circular No. 78, dated M. 7 |, 1917, the underlined hereby apply tot ( —_p, c .l Ue ot the Ifr-au Vat 3J Per Cent Gold Bond, of the United Sut "' * D full tor the one •50 or the one 1100 bond applied for), Signature of eubaenber, in full _ _ Addrua Nipnber and atreet, City or town, County. Stale, NOTE.—It u dealraMe that the followlag latorm.tMa tm fanUbM by Ih. .ppllc.nl I If full payment i. to be nude before tin*l iiuuliment date indicated in the eireuUr, what will be the date of cucb full payment t , _ # 8. II it u expected that future pajmrnu will be made by oimk, upon rhat bank or tnm company will cueh check* probably be drawn t Nane of bank or trust company: Addraai 1 3. What, it any, particular denomination* of interim ecrtttaatea are dwired? 4 Through what, if any, bank or other eney la thia application tranamittedT LIBERTY LOAN APPLICATION Pinal plana were completed late this afternoon by city and out-of-town member* or the American Hankers' Association to increase the sale of Liberty Loan bonds by arousing: more public interest in th*> securities. A number of city banks have already placed them on sale, some of them on a club plan, allowing the purchaser a period of tlfty weeks to complete payments. The Harrisburu Clearing: House Association has been co-operat fth b e^ e,y movenie t of this kind to increase public interest in the sale WIDELY SCATTER HARRISBURG BOYS IN NIAGARA CAMP, This City and Vicinity Repre sented in Every Company Now in Training ! Fort Niagara, N. Y„ May 21. — I j Plans have been completed for the j arrival of 466 recruits from National | Guard organizations of Pennsylvania :in camp here. The men will arrive I before May 31 and will begin train j ing with the different companies the i following day. The call will be is j sued on May 27 by ihe War Depart ment, the notifications going to the men by mail. A complete roster of the men at I camp has been completed with the j organization of the United States I army student officers. Uarrisburg ! ers are widely scattered. They have i been placed in every company. I The arrival of the guardsmen will bring the camp roster tip to 2o'oo. 45 Men From Each Company Colonel Miller said that only t'orty five men from each of the fifteen companies would be selected as of ficers in the selective army to be called to the colors on September 1. Others in the camp will be placed in the reserve corps, while those not i included in these two dispositions ; will be otherwise disposed of by the ; War" Department. This means that the reserve officers in camp for study, an dtlic recruits, are on the same footing. All are on their mer its, and men with previous military experience have no more chance of obtaining commissions than have the recruits without any previous expe rience. All must pass the specific ; examination at the conclusion of | their tour of duty, which will enyl I about the middle ot August. Y. M. C. A. Heading Room The Y. M. C. A. has established a I reading room and writing tables In I the post chapel. Books and maga [Contlnucd on Page ] HURT IN FAIjIJ FROM CAR William . DfeSllvey, aged 23, a brakeman on the Pennsylvania Kail road, was badly injured about the back list night when he fell from a moving car in the Marysville yards. He narrowly escaped being ground to death by the wheels of the train. T. R. ADVISES HIS SUPPORTERS TO I ENTER THE ARMY Only Course Open Since Ad ministration Refuses to Accept Volunteers By Associated Press Oyster Bay, N. Y., May 21.—C010-j r.el Theodore Roosevelt announced 1 to-night that all men who had vol- j unteercd to serve with him under j the American flag had been absolved from all further connection with the j movement and that the only course | open to thim now is to enter the) military service in some other way i it they are able to do so, and if not | so, to serve the country in civil I life. "As good American citizens," said I Colonel Roosevelt in a former state ment, "we loyally obey the direction of the commander-in-chief of the American army and navy. The men who have volunteered will now con sider themselves absolved from fur ther consideration with this move ment. The funds that have been promised will be treated as with drawn and applied to other pur poses. I therefore direct that this statement bo sent to the leaders in the various states who have been raising troops." Colonel KoOsevelt said that after conferences personally -or by wire with some of the men who had vol unteered to raise units, regiments and battalions, it liaa been decided unanimously that the only course open was to disband in view of decision of President Wilson not to permit the organization of the divi sions authorized by Congress. "Our sole aim," the statement con tinued, "is to help In every way in tho successful prosecution of the war and we most heartily feel that no individual's personal interest should for one moment be considered save as it serves the general public : interest. 1 "We rejoice that a division of our j fin* regular soldiers and marines, j under so gallant and efficient a iead |er as General Pershing, is to be sent I abroad. We have a right to a cer tain satisfaction in connection there with." Colonel Roosevelt declared that had his offer been accepted all four of his divisions wou;d have sailed and two would have been on the fir ing line by September 1. "the time ! at which the Secretary of War has announced that the assembly of tho I selective draft army is to begin." "I wish," added Colonel Roosevelt, ' respectfully to point out. certain er rors into which the President has been led in his announcement. He states that the purpose was to give me an 'independent command'. In my last letter to the Secretary of War, I explicitly stated that if T were given permission to raise an army corps of two divisions to be put under the command of some general like Wood, Pershing, Barry or Kuhn„ I desired for myself only the posi tion of junior among the eight brig, adier commands. 1 would not have hcen 'independent'. 1 would liaye been in precisely the position of ajl the other brigadiers commanders, except that I would have ranked aft er and been subordinate to the rest of them." Elephant Carries Plea to Enlist in U. S. Army; j. Seek Recruits in Crowd* Grasping every opportunity to In terest the young men of Harrisburg and vicinity in the national crisis and the '.'Call to the Colors," Cap tain William F. Harrell of the local recruiting station this morning had a large recruiting poster placed on the side of an elephant in the Bar num and Bailey circus parnde. I This afternoon and to-night Man ager Beckett will co-operate with the officers in every way possible to interest possible recruits for the army. Men will be on the grounds with pamphlets to pass to the crowds. Several prominent citizens have offered the use of their auto mobiles for the day to the men at the station so they may be able to cover as much territory as possible. Walter Seller, of Dauphin, a senior at the Wharton Extension School of Accounts and Finance and an employe of the Mechanics Trust Company this morning signed with the quartermaster corps. Other voting men from nearby towns who enlisted this morning are Robert 1.. Gait and Lester Turnbaugh, of New Blooijifleld, Harvey Goodllng, of I-oysvllle and J. Bryan Williams, Paul Kintley and Robert Dents, of Kaw Hlonmtiald. Singl* Copy. 2 Cents ALLIES PUSH FORI YARD FOR FRESH GAINS Haig and Petain Smash Hindenburg Line on a Mile Front and Take Support Trench in the Rear; Germans Forced Bit by Bit to Give Up Ground in Northern France; Counterattack Fails Generals Ilaig and Petain a're again pushing ahead with their offensive in northern I*ranee and to-day both report new gains. After driving into the Hindenburg line along a mile front yesterday morning in the sector northwest of Bullecourt the British resumed their attack last evening and captured a support trench behind the position just taken. 1 he firmness of the British hold on this section of the Hind enburg line seriously threatening the Qucant-Drocourt switch protecting Douai is attested by the failure of the German reactions. General Haig is well maintaining his initiative and bit by bit forcing the Germans to give ground. Not only did the British prove themselves able to hold their gains of the morning against heavy counterattacks but to resume their offensive the same day and push further ahead, maintaining their second advance also against renewed counterattacks. The French for their part in the great battle have resumed their ad vance in the Champagne. Having foiled the crown prince's desperate and costly effort to regain control of the Chemin-des-Dames plateau on the Aisne front. General Petain turned to the Champagne sector and struck northward on the Moron villieres heights. Several lines of German trenches were captured in these operations and Some 800 prisoners taken. All the important observation posts in this section of the front are now in Krench hands, facilitating their fur ther advance in the drive calculated to flank the Germans out of the salient to the northwest projecting towards Rheims. Y FIGHT FO i I yr : . ">?- vr. hibi- X 9 J 1 A I p xi- C I i I I I j C T is •-; I I 1 S> -rms | I PROCLAIM r;\-E 5 A HOLIDAY |j| 9 6 A K I legal hoi £ m the day 1 i New York, May 2 —A volunteer' army of 500 * j I bone , I district for subcriptions e i J BRITISH HONOR LATE AMBASSADOR I ( , London, May 21. Several hundred | * Vended a service to-day in memory ; Choate. I I I of New York, at St. Margaret's church, .Westm. J•. ter. The Archbishop * of Canterbury spoil ir. § I \ Choate's services for the American and British nati< c ? WAR REVENUE BILL IIANGS FIRE f I Washington, May 21. liupe of passing the war J revenue bill within the next two days was not trong 1 among House leaders to-day, partial A , ways and means committee was still toiling C V' question of higher second class rates. S ITALIANS CROSS OCEAN SAFELY ?! Washington, May 21 The IU ion I 1 to the United States, headed by Prince Udine and in- ifl I • eluding William Marconi and several other distinguish- J I ed Italians, has safely crossed the Atlantic and s \ I be in Washington to begin conferences with A . officialt and the Italian Ambassador. H :| ■ " ■ ' MARRIAGE LICENSES Joseph David Brlirhtbtll and Mary Elisabeth Smith, Mllleratowa. | r>-W */lr —vy -ii HOME EDITION Berlin Admits Reverses Berlin's official .statement to-day . admits that gains were effected by both the British and French. The British aimed at much more than they accomplished, the German war office asserts, havins attacked on a. ] front of several miles along which the Germans maintained their posi tions with the exception that a de molished trench was abandoned. The French are conceded footholds on Mont Carnillet and Mont Geil on the Champagne front. There has been no let-up in the . promising offensive launched by Gen- - eral Cadorna against the Austrian*. He reports a new success by the Ital- ? ians in the capture of a hiil between Palliova and Britovo and also the ex tension of the Italian positions in the . Yodice area.