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WAR CABINET OF
HUNGARY'S IRON
MAN CRUMBLING
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Count Tisza Will Quit if
Demands Arc Not
Met
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PRO-GERMAN SPIRIT
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King Reserves Decision on
Proposed Franchise
Reform
By .Associated rress
London, May 23.—A Central News I
dispatch from Amsterdam says that
the Hungarian cabinet, of which j
Tisza was premier, has re
iKied
dapest telegram received here
H of Berlin says it is reported
Tisza submitted to the king
for franchise reform. The
king reserved his decision, upon
which depends whether the cabinet
will resign. Count Tisza, the dis- j
patch says, is leaving for Vienna,
where he will be received by the
king.
Count Tisza, the "iron man" of
Austria-Hungary, has been for many
years the leader of the pro-German |
party in the dual monarchy and was
Hie last survivor of the little group
of statesmen who surrounded Km- j
pcror Francis Joseph when the Eu- ;
ropean war began. On the accession j
of Kmperor Charles, the majority of •
the officials or the previous regime
were either dismissed or resigned. ,
There have been persistent reports j
from many sources that Emperor j
Charles keenly resented the domi
nance of Berlin in Austro-Hungarian j
affairs and that Count Tisza was the j
one great obstacle which prevented |
him from freeing his empire from i
the influence of Potsdam.
There have been several reports
recently that the fall of Premier Tis- .
za was imminent, but the rigid cen- |
worship imposed by Vienna has pre- I
vented the outside world from learn- |
ing the exact condition of affairs. At i
the outbreak of the war, a truce was !
declared between the political par- j
• ties in Hungary, but last August [
"-Count Apponyi, leader of the Liberals |
and a strong opponent of the pan-I
Germans, announced that the truce |
was ended and that he would resume j
criticism of the government's foreign
policy, lie was joined by Count I
Karolyi, president of the Hungarian s
independent party, and the two pop- i
ular leaders instituted a vigorous
campaign against Count Tisza for his
failure to carry out franchise and j
other democratic reforms.
I 800 Men of Roosevelt's
' Volunteers Enlist in
U. S. Reserve Engineers
By Associated Press
New York, May 23.—As registra- |
tion day draws near, recruiting of-1
ficers report an increase in the num- ,
ber of applicants. At the headquar- |
ters of the first reserve engineer reg- |
iinent, a letter was received from I
Thomas C. Desmond, offering the
services of eight hundred men who j
had 'enrolled as an engineer regi- I
me fit to Colonel Roosevelt's division.
Jftom this number it is expected thai j
suitable recruits will be en- I
r listed in the regiment. During the I
day seventy-four were accepted out
of 300 applicants.
The first volunteer body enlisted
in the State to go into training—l 77
men of the First Reserve Engineers
—arrived at Fort Totten yesterday.
King of England Handles
Hoe in Own Potato Patch
Windsor, England, May 23.
King George can be seen most after
noons in Windsor Park cultivating a
potato patch which he started him
self when the general allotment |
scheme was initiated. Princess Mary
is also the owner of an allotment I
adjoining her father's and one of thej
young princes puts in a good deal of j
time in a small patch of vegetables..
THE WEATHER]
l'°ur lliirrlHbiirK nml vleliiMyi Knlr
iiikl cooler ta-nlKht, with lon -
PHt temperature ..bout 40 lc
ureex; Thursday fair.
Kor KnMtern I'ennnylvanlni Partly
cloudy and cooler to-nlKht;
I htiritdny folrt frenh tu MtronK
Monument to northtvcNt windit.
• River
The main river and the lower por
tions of itn principal trlhutarlen
will rlae Nllfcbtly. The Juniata,
I pper Went and probably the
I pper North Hruncb will heKin
to fall alowly to-nlicht or Thura
duy. A Mtaicc of übout 4..1 feet In
Indicated for HarrlaburK Thiirx
duy mornlntc.
(■eneral Condition*
'fkr center of the itarm from the
I, SonlhwMt ban moved from St.
I.ouln to (irordan bay during
■he taxt twenty-four houm. It
Inn IncreaNed In enericy. A
wind velocity of Wfty-iil* mllea
an hour from the Southwest wax
reported at Buffalo thin morn-
InK- Hnln h fallen grnrrnlly
over the territory coat of the
Mlaalaalppl river, an a reault of
thla atorm, except In the South
Atlantic Statea and alonn the
l'.aat Oulf coaat, with some inow
In Northern Michigan.
Temperaturei a. ni., fift deftreea.
Sunt Itlaea, 4|!W a. m.
Moon: l ull moon, June 4.
\ Hlver staico 4i3 feet.
I \ Veaterday'a Weather
| \ IllKhci temperature.
I IjuvMt temperature. 54.
I *in temperature, U>.
I trmnl temperature, <ll.
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URGES VIGOROUS
RECRUITING TO
WAR STRENGTH
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Adjutant General Stewart Re
quests All Officers and En- |
listed Men to Help
SUGGESTS MORE DRILLS
Believes Outdoor Maneuvers
Would Aid; Nearly 20,000
in Organization
Adjutant General Stewart to-day
issued a circular to the National j
Guard urging that recruitment of [
the organizations to war strength be I
undertaken "vigorously and at once." j
CfTicers and enlisted men are called !
upon to become actively interested |
as a patriotic duty and it is asked
that the additional men be selected j
with care and special attention as to]
whether they have dependents, phys- j
ical condition, moral character, hab
its, sobriety and other matter.-? of I
importance. It is suggested that ef- i
forts be made to get men between
IS and 30.
It is also suggested that comrade- \
ship receive consideration and that j
every man'should not only ascertain j
and do his duty, but help others.
Men who fail should be disciplined,
says the circular.
General Stewart suggests that as
this season of the year permits out
door drills, the people should be al
lowed to see the organizations as
often as possible. In closing, he says
"The nation calls upon every citiaen
and especially the soldier, to do his
part even though it be at personal i
sacrifice of time, means and picas-1
ure."
20,001) Awaiting Call
A report that the organizations i
nf the National Guard not now in t
Federal service contain 534 officers
and 11,525 men was sent to the divi- '
sion of militia affairs at Washington j
to-day by Adjutant General Stewart. |
It is estimated that the organizations
in Federal service contain 210 offi
cers and 6.000 men. The strength
of the organizations is reported as
follows: First artillery, 37 officers
and 993 men; Second artillery, 41
and 1,076; Third artillery, 37 and
526; First cavalry, 51 and 1,191;
Fourth infantry, 53 and 1.194; Sixth t
infantry, 55 and 1,204; Eighth in-j
fantry, 53 and 1,087; Tenth infantry. I
53 and 1,491; Sixteenth infantry, 50
and 1,579.
The Governor's Troop contains j
three officers and seventy-seven men; I
Company D, three and 77 and Com
pand I, three and 95.
Employes of Cumberland
Volunteer For Engineering
Corps to Go to France
Cliambersburg, Pa., May 23. j
Cumberland Valley Railroad em
ployes will be the first outside of'
Philadelphia to report at headquar- 1
ters for duty in France, en- 1
listed under the recent call for volun- |
teers to go abroad to aid in build- j
ing up railroads, and for shop ami!
other railroad duty. They will be \
part of the Pennsylvania Railroad j
regiment. Those enlisted will leave !
to-morrow morning for Philadel- j
pliia. They are:
David G. Drawbaugh, machinist; {
George D. Stouffer, machinist; Chas. 1
P. Slack, clerk; Earl L. Harmon, I
clerk; Charles W. Bower, locomotive I
engineer, and Elmer E. Spear, ma- 1
chinist, all of Chambersburg. Luther!
D. Stouffer, a brother of George D. i
Stouffer, a machinist from Barbar- j
ton Ohio, also enlisted, and two
others, a draughtsman from the local |
shops of the Cumberland Valley and!
another from a local industry have
enlisted but their names are with
held for the present.
Officials of the Pennsylvania Rail- j
road in Harrisburg announced to- \
day that the Philadelphia division j
would furnish its quota of men, but i
up to date no enlistments were re- !
ported. Numerous inquiries have
been made and blanks furnished. Jt j
is expected that Master Mechanic
O. L. McllVaine will report his quota
by Monday.,
War Tax Bill Meets
With Much Opposition
By Associated Press
Washington, May 23.—Republi
can Leader Mann aroused applause
of the Republicans in the last hours
of debate on the $1,800,000,000 war
revenue bill to-day by declaring that
ho would vote against the measure.
The section of the war tax bill pro
posing Js, tax on advertising matter
other than that contained in news
papers and periodicals, was stricken
out to-day by the House on motion
of Democratic Loader Kitchin.
Final action on the bill was immi
nent when the House resumed con
sideration of the measure to-day.
After its passage the bill will go to
the Senate where it probably will be
rewritten.
Russia Sends Greetings
to War Stricken Belgium
By Associated Press
Havre, May 23.—Baron Beyens,
the Belgian foreign minister, to-day
received a telegram from Michael
Tereschtenko, the Russian foreign
minister, in which he greeted Bel
gium and declared: "Russia will
continue to pursue this war not for
the purpose of conquest or envy but
to assure all nations the right to
shape their own affairs and to secure
a peacp guaranteeing against new at
tacks.
HISTORIC HOTEL TO BE SOLI)
The old Dauphin Hotel at Dau
phin, a popular resort for many of
the motorists going to and from the
city to northern parts of the State,
will be sold at sheriff's sale on June
9 with two other properties of the
estate of the late Sheriff Charles Sel
lers, all situated in Dauphin. Nine
other sales are listed for June.
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From The New York Evening Post.
CITY IS NEARLY
READY TO DRAW
UP DRAFT ROLL
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County and Municipal Offi
cials Will Report to Gover
nor Tomorrow
Organization of the cl'v and
county conscription act registration
boards will be completed by to-mor
row.
Mayor Charles A. Miller planned
to organize the city board late this
afternoon. The members, in addi
tion to the Mayor, are City Solicitor
John E. Fox and Dr. J. W. Me-
Mullen.
Charles C. Cumbler, president vt
the board of county commissioners,
is chairman of the county committee
which includes himself. Sheriff Cald
well and Dr. C. R. Phillips.
Reports from both boards are lo
be made to Governor Brumbaugh to
morrow. Work of completing assign
ments for the few polling places in
the city and county where the regis
trars and registry assessors are not
able to serve will be made as soon
as possible. More volunteers were
received to-day, but there are a few
districts where appointments will be
necessary.
It may bo necessary. County Com
missioner Cumbler said to-day, to
have interpreters In some of the for
eign districts to explain to aliens
that they must register, and to aid
in getting the data needed by the
registrars.
Additional volunteers to aid in the
registry work follow:
County—Wayne township, C. E.
Walfel; Washington township, M. D.
Ronawitz; Swatara township, Sec
ond precinct, William Book; Third,
Harry Hoover; Fifth, Harry Snvder;
Middle Paxton township, Henry
Frantz; Lykens township, Isaac
Troutman; Jefferson township, Chas.
Bordner; East Hanover township,
E. H. Fisher; Conewago township,
X. H. Kaylor To be supplied prob
ably by appointment. Derry town
ship, First precinct, Gratz Borough:
I.ondonderry township: Middletown,
First ward. First Precinct; Rush
township, North precinct: Williams
town Borough, East and West wards;
Williams township, East and West
wards.
City; Twelfth ward. First precinct,
William P. Hoover; Ninth wUrd,
Ninth precinct. W. J. Devine; Sixth.
J. M. Cassell; First, Harry W.
Speece: Eighth ward. Fifth precinct,
Charles E. Shope; Seventh ward.
First precinct, Stephen J. Lewis;
Third ward, third precinct, B. M.
Africa. To lie supplied. First ward.
Second precinct; Fifth ward, First
precinct; Seventh ward. Third pre
cinct; Eighth ward. First and Sec
ond Precincts; Ninth ward. First.
Second, Third and Eighth precincts.
HARRISBURG, PA„ WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1917.
$5,500 LIBERTY
BONDS TAKEN BY
35 SUBSCRIBERS
Volunteer Salesmen Have Dif
ficulty on First Day of
Campaign
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ROUSING RECEPTION TO
BE GIVEN M'ADOO
A rousing demonstration simi
lar to the one given Ambassador
Gerard is being planned by the
Chamber of Commerce for Wil
liam G. McAdoo, Secretary of
the Treasury, who intends to stop
here while on a tour of the larger
cities of the country. The exact
date of his coming is not known,
but will be made public with all
plans as soon as everything can
be arranged.
It is hoped to hold a large
meeting n the Chestnut Street
Auditor*/'m and to have Mr. Mc-
Adoo and possibly several other
prominent men speak here at the
same time,
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Five thousand five hundred dollars
from thirty-five subscribers was the
report made last night by the bond
salesmen who yesterday started a
systematic canvass of the city to
raise Harrlsburg's share of the Lib
erty Loan. This cannot be taken as
an indication of the amount that
can be raised each day, officials says,
because it was the initial day of
work. Emphasis was laid on the
fact that it will not be an easy propo
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SHOPS SELL BONDS
By Associated I'ress
New York, May 23. Participa
tion of retail stores in the campaign
for subscriptions to the liberty loan
to-day spread to cigar stores, spe
cialty shops and other small business
places throughout the city. Signs
advertising the loan appeared in
even more conspicuous places than
placards announcing reduced prices
for merchandise and in many of the
larger stores.
SUBSCRIBES TO I/O AN
By Associated Press
New York, May 23. The Aetna
Life Insurance Company of Hart
ford. Conn., has subscribed for $ J,-
500,000 of the liberty loan bonds and
in addition made arrangements for
itc clerks to subscribe to the loan by
paying 5 per cent down and 5 per
cent monthly.
STATE BEGINS
REAL WORK FOR
CONSCRIPTION
Jail Sentences For Men Who
Refuse lo Serve as
Registrars
Pennsylvania to-day began the
reul work of preparing for the con
scriptive registration on June a.
Following yesterday's impressive
meeting in the Governor's reception
room in the Capitol where every
sheriff and every mayor in the State,
boards of registration and other
county and municipal officers met to
receive their instructions from the
Federal government, through Gov
ernor Brumbaugh, these officials to
day set about organizing their coun
ties or cities.
The directions given the officials
were as complete as the Governor
was able to make them, and he will
communicate with every county and
municipality from time to time as
he ets further instructions from
Washington, giving orders or modi
fying some of the instructions al
ready sent out.
The Governor impressed upon the
officials having charge of the regis
tration that it will be a jail offense
for any one commanded to serve to
refuse to do so. TJie sheriffs and
the mayors will have wide powers to
carry out the mandates of Congress
and the President. The Governor
also imprifjsed upon all present that
if there is any question they cannot
decide, they should immediately
wire him and also report all in
stances where citizens refuse to
serve in registering the men who
come within the conscription act.
One to Escape
The Governor's staff expects to
have a very busy time the next two
weeks, as the executive offices will
be the central directing point for the
entire Slate. The Department of
Health will also be active in naming
medical directors to serve on the
central boards in the counties and
cities.
Under the instructions and rulings
of the Governor, there is probably
but one man in the entire State be
tween 21 and SO years of age, who
will not be registered. He is a con
demned man in the penitentiary at
Bellefonte, sentenced to be electro
cuted on July 9. The Governor in
reply to a question said he could not
be registered, but that he wished he
! could. All male prisoners within
i the oge limits in penitentiaries and
i eformatcrles in the jurisdiction of
the State authorities will be regis
tered by the wardens, whether they
are life prisoners or not. Their ex
emption will be attended to later.
Prisoners in county jails or local
lockups will be registered by the
local registrars.
The meeting lasted until almost 6
o'clock and the Governor, Attorney
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FRENCH MISSION
ARRIVES SAFELY
ON HOME SOIL
Marshal Joffrc Sailed Quietly
From New York
May 13
VOLUNTEER CENSORSHIP
Newspapers Refrained From
Printing News For Patri
otic Reasons
By Associated Press
Paris. May 2li. —Marshall Joftre \
and former Premier Viviani arrived 1
at Brest last night on tneir return j
from the United States. They reached 1
Brest at midnight and are due in i
Paris to-night.
Washington, May 2 3.—Vice-Pre-
tnicr Viviani, Marshal Joffre and the i
French mission sailed from New I
York May 13, unknown except to a j
few officials and many American j
newspapers which loyally kept the ,
secret so the distinguished guests of !
the nation might not be unneces- |
sarily endangered by German sub- j
marines. The party slipped away on
the same steamer which brought
them over and convoyed by a French
warship.
1 'ITSS Kept Secret
!-'o well was the secret kept by the ;
volunteer censorship under which
American newspapers i're co-operat- |
ing with the government that the
French commissioners generally were
supposed to bo still in Washington
and up to yesterday invitations to
them to visit various sections of the
country were received in great num
ber.
The departure of the Frenchmen
was attended by as much secrecy as
the government could throw around
it and the arrangements were such
as to make it difficult for German
spies to use any information had
they gained possession of it. On
Monday, May 14, the mission re
turned to Washington on special
trains from their remarkable tour of
cities in which the'enthusiasm and
acclaim shown by the American peo
ple had been most touching to them.
After the notable reception in New
York, the party had divided and two
groups, one headed by Marshal
Joffre and the other by M. Viviani,
had made a flying visit to Canada.
The party reunited at Baltimore on
Monday 14 and returned to Wash
ington.
Doubled on Tracks
It was presumed that they were
returning to take up their confer
ences on the conduct of the war, but
they really returned to make their
farewell visits to President Wilson
and other American officials. Up to
that time there had been not even
an Intimation that the visitors were
to leave so soon. Their special train
was held in waiting and late that
afternoon in accordance with care
fully laid plans the mission sped
away again, doubling back over the
route It had covered earlier the same
day and reached New York before
midnight.
I Tugs wereready and the French
| men were taken to the liner, waiting
j for them in midstream. The ship
I sailed out through the harbor guards
j in the early hours of Tuesday morn-i
j ing and so well had the plans been
j laid that it was generally supposed
I ir. New York that the liner and her
| convoy were sailing for Hampton
Roads to take on the French party
! at the same place where they landed
I on coming to the United States.
Bth Regiment Adjutant
Receives Applications
The adjutant's office of the Eighth
Regiment at the City Grays' Armory
was a busy place to-day. The first
i man to enroll for enlistment in the
Guard was Myral R. Hocrner, of 550
' Race street, employed with the Cen
tral Iron ond Steel Company.
All recruits will be examined at
once and assigned to which ever of
the companies for which they ex
press preference. Recruits will
parade with the companies on Me
morial Day. The. Eighth Regiment
is in need of blacksmiths, saddlers
and cooks.
STRUCK BY TROLLEY CAR
Chambersburg, Pa., May 23. —A
Chambersburg and Gettysburg trol.
ley car this morning struck a lour
ing car containing Carl H. Rebok
head. of a local meat firm and
George Baughman, a cattle dealer of
Allentown, and badly injured both
men. The accident occurred at a
cross road at Stufferstown near here,
and the automobile was broken to
bits.
FOUR VILLAGES BURN
By Associated Press
Amsterdam, May 23. A Are
which started in a peat bog in the
province of Drenthe has swept over
four villages and is still burning. A
number of- people have been burned
to death and more than one hundred
houses destroyed.
SPAIN IS SATISFIED
By Associated Press
Madrid, May 23. Premier Prleto
has announced that a satisfactory
reply has been received from Berlin
In answer to the Spanish note re
garding the sinking of the Spanish
steamer Patricio.
Conv. 2 Cents
GERMAN SACRIFICE
UNABLE TO STEM
TIDE OF DEFEAT
Hindenburg's Costly Effort to Regain Initiative Fails Leav
ing British and French With Tightened Grip on Com
manding Positions That Threaten the Teuton Hold on
Northern France; Many Peace Rumors
The second phase of the great battles of Arras, the Aisnc and
Champagne have ended in the complete failure of the most de
termined and costly German efforts to stem the tide of victory now
setting against them. The net result of Field Marshal Von Ilin
denburg's supreme effort to regain the iniative has been that the
British and French have tightened their grip on the German line
and have placed in great peril the key positions held by the Ch
ilians in Northern France.
The customary lull which separates all major operations in
modern warfare has now come and the expectation is that it will
be broken by a British blow on a great scale against the Dorcourt-
Queant line, already practically outflanked. In the meantime the
usual crop of peace rumors which mark these lulls has made its
appearance. Reports from all kinds of sources, unofficial, semi
official, "inspired" and the like, tell of offers from Austria to Rus
sia. Germany to Russia and Austria and Germany to the collec
tive entente powers. The unnamed diplomats who apparently
infest Switzerland are unusually active, but there is nothing
tangible or authentic to show what these reports are worth.
The latest German-Spanish crisis
has subsided with the receipt by
Madrid of assurances from Berlin
which Premier Prieto announces as
satisfactory. Germany promises to
respect Spain's rights in her terri
torial waters, but the text of the
communication is not made public.
The recalled Cuban minister to
Berlin reports that matters are go
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MARRIAGE
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HOME EDITION
ing badly at home with the Ger
mans and sees cracks in the im
perial edifice and there are fresh re
ports of strikes in Hungary. There
seems little question that the feed
problem is an acute one for the cen
tral powers but information is fbo
meater to permit judgment as to
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