First American Combatant Corps Goes to Fc-r *. ' HARRISBURG iSlfli TELEGRAPH - Jnficprnbfnt EX XXVI— No. 125 24 PAGES . ITALY MAKES GREAT DRIVE FOR VICTORY Offensive in Julian Alps Grows in Importance and Extent as General Cardonia Begins Supreme Efforts to Wrest Austrian Grip From Enemy; Roar of Guns Already Heard in Triest but Ten Miles Away; Rapid Ad-j Stripes Fly on French Lines . Austrian official statements, supplementing the announce ment from Rome, indicate that the Italian offensive in the Julian Alps and on the Carso plateau is steadily growing in importance and extent. General Cardona is apparently making a supreme effort for a decison and the brilliant successes he has already won have aroused high hopes. The Italian commander is apparently following the Anglo- French tactics of striking mighty alternative blows at his enemy's flanks. The roar of his guns can already be heard in Triest, but the wilderness of volcanic rocks and caves which lies between him and his goal makes a rapid advance, under the most favor able circumstances, a practical impossibility. The most advanced Italian posts are scarcely more than ten miles from the great Austrian naval base, but this distance is not to be compared with an equal extent in an open country. The Italian blow is struck at a time nish food and raw materials for the when political conditions in Austria- Hungary liave reached an acute phase. The resignation of Count Tisza, "iron man" of the dual mon archy, and staunch pillar of pan- Germanism and junkerdom, comes on the eve of the assembling of the Austrian parlialnent, a step bitterly fought l>v the bureaucrats since the; outbreak of the war, and as bitterly , contendcu for by the Democratic leader;!. The two events give decided color to the numerous reports that; the voting Emperor Charles li<>a Democratic leanings and is conse ciuently opposed to the Junker ring in | Berlin. Kofoinaer Summoned ' A further and highly significant indication of the Austrian emperor 3 ' position comes in the report that he | ( lias summoned Counts Albert Ap- ; ponvi and Julius Andrassy to an ; ( audience. Both men have been con- ! spicuous for years as leaders of the A., liberal clement in the empire an t\ia London).! —Four Swedish steamers with car goes oT varied character, bound for ! Russia, have been captured by a J German submarine in the Gulf nf i Bothnia, the official news agency an- | nounces. Owing to the presence of subma rines, it is added, traffic between Fin- I nish and Swedish ports has been 1 suspended. A Copenhagen dispatch on May 22 carried a report from Stockholm that three Swedish steamers bad been captured by the Germans off Oeikder Lighthouse and taken to a German port. Russian War Minister Pessimistic at Outlook By Associated Press Petrograd. May 23. Minister of! War Kerensky, speaking at Helsing fors, before starting- on his tour of! thp front, referred to the military sit-! nation in Asia Minor, of which the! Official News Agency quotes him as j saying: "There is danger not only! of losing Armenia but possibly part ! of the Caucasus." AUSTRIAN CABINET SHAKING J By Associated Press I.ondon, May 23. A vacancy in the Austrian premiership may soon i follow the Hungarian premiership vacancy, according to reports through Amsterdam to-day. Count I \on Coudenhove, the governor of Bohemia, is mentioned as successor t to the present premier. U. S. Studies Foreign Systems of Pensions By Associated Press Washington. May 25. Foreign systems of compensation for the; families of soldiers are under studv by the government with a view to instituting an insurance plan for the American military and naval forces., Assistant Secretary Sweet, of the Commerce Department, who has the subject in charge, has conferred with members of the British mission. "There have been many abuses of the pension system" said Mr. Sweet i to-day "and a program should be worked out in advance of dispatch-1 ing troops to France." Compromise Censorship Bill Is Being Drafted Washington, May 24. Conferees on the espionage bill met to-day to draft a modified newspaper censor ship section which they believed would be acceptable both to the Sen-1 ate, formerly opposed to all censor ship, and to the House, which al ready had inserted a drastic censor-1 ship provision in the bill. The compromise would give the President authority to forbid publl-1 cation of certain information con-' sidered strictly military, but would' not prohibit editorial criticism of public officials and policies. The new proposal has administra tion support. Reading Socialists to j Fight Enrollment Act Reading. Pa.. May 25. Annou nee- I ment is made here bv L. Birch Wil son. a Socialist and chairman of the American tnion Opposed to Conscrip tion, there will be numbers of eligible men who will positively not register for the draft on Tuesdav, June 5. Since Its organization, two weeks ago, the union. Its officers say, has obtained a membership of 1,855 and the members have declared them selves aginst conscription on the ground that it Is a "violation of the letter and spirit of the Constitution cf the I nited States and destructive! of personal liberty." SOCIALIST!) TO MEBT Copenhagen. May 25.—The Berlin I Vorwaerts announces that a national German Socialist convention has been summoned for August 12. The con-1 vention. if permitted, will be the first! of its kind held during the war and will go far toward settling the vexed' question as to whether radical or reg-' ular organization represents the j wishes of the masses ol the party. | ANSWER THE CALL BERGNER BLDG., HARRISBURG Here is reproduced one of the new series of posters being placed in the windows of business places and ithor points of advantage over the city by navy recruitin.gr officers. $1,300,000 IS SUBSCRIBED TO LIBERTY BONDS $700,000 Short of Mark Boost ers Hope to Reach; Few Small Subscribers One million, three hundred thou- i sand dollars is the total of subscrip- j tions to the Liberty Loan. This includes both the banks of Steelton and those of Harrlsburg as l well as every other subscription so \ far received. This is still $700,000 j short or the mark that the boosters! hope to reach before the close of the j; campaign. To reach the entire amount, then small subscriber, it is hoped, will' make up the deficiency. The sub-J scrlptlons now include most of the I large purchasers and all of the! V.anks which have already taken j iheir full quota. To Open Headquarters To-morrow afternoon and evening the storeroom at 213 Market street, will be used as a Liberty Loan Pub licity Bureau. Headquarters will be j temporarily established and the men i in charge will bo ready to furnish information to any who apply. Sub- j scriptions will also be taken, and it is hoped In this way to reach many of the small subscribers who have ( [Continued on Page 17] German Papers Criticise American Press Service By dssvciated Press Heme, Switzerland, May 2.".—Ger man newspapers received here to-day contain slurring and even abusive ref erences to news dispatches In regard ! to recent events In America which 1 have been published In tiie Swiss press in the last few days. It having been discovered that these articles emanated from the American legation. The Frankfurter Zcltung abandons its usually dignllled atitude to assail this "propaganda" although Its qorre- | spondent ignores the fact that the i , German propaganda, as differentiated ! from news, lias become so burdensome I to Siwlss neutrality that a number of' genuinely Swiss-German language ; newspapers have protested vigor- i uusly • I . HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1917 REGISTRARS TO BE GIVEN FINAL DRAFT ORDERS | Boards and Subboards Prac tically Heady For Conscrip tion Day, June 5 / \ Everyone Between 21 and 31 Must Sign Roll Because of some misunder- , standing of the scope of the se- ! lective draft law, members of the registration hoards made the following statement: "The law provides that every i male person, whether a citizen or an alien, who is 21 years of age and has not reached 31, must register on June 5. "THERE ArtE NO EXEMP TIONS." All registrars for the city polling precincts who were appointed to day by the sub-boards for draft reg istration, will meet Alonday evening at 8 o'clock in courtroom No. 2 to 1 receive complete instructions and nil the necessary supplies for the! | work on June 5. These include registry cards, cer- I ; tificates which will be furnished af- ! i ter each person registers, and tables to be filled in showing the total i enrollment under various subdivi-, r _ , [Continued on Pago 17] British War Mission Leaves U. S. For Canada By Associated Press | Washington, May 25.—The British I mls'sion left Washington last evening I for Cm""-*- ""nouncement I was made to-day at the State De partment. The mission will cross I the Canadian border some time early ! to-day. The mission left here very quietly | last night on a special train. The i departure, though commonly known to the newspaper correspondent, was withheld from publication at the re- 1 guest of the government for consid erations of safety. As was the case j < with the departure of the French 1 mission, American newspapers, act- ' 1 ing under a censorship wholly volun- I tary on their part, co-operated loy- 1 1 ally with the Government - ' 1 SENATE TO PARE DOWN HUGE WAR TAX MEASURE Second Class Mail Increase Is Stricken From House Bill c By Associated Press Washington, May 23.—Sentiment j among members of the Senate Kl- j jnance Committee considering the! war revenue bill was said to-day to i i be strongly in favor of reducing the total amount carried in the bill as passed by the House from $1,800,- 000,000 to about $1,230,000,000, and) of raising the difference by short term bonds. The three slashing changes in the 1 bill follow: 1. The retroactive income tax, im posing rfn additional 33 1-3 per cent. , on the income taxes for the calendar ; year of 1916 (the tax which is paid ! before June 30, 1!1"), was stricken 1 from the bill. This wiped out an ! estimated revenue of $108,000,000. 2. The increase in second class j mail rates wfcs stricken out. 3. The excess profits tax was; I changed from the present system of) • taxing all profits in excess of 8 per , : cent, to the British system of tax- | ing all profits in excess of the aver ! age profits before the war. The pre- ; war profits will be determined either i by the three years or the five v P m j prior to the war. Tile English use i I the three-year basis. It is proba- ' .bio that the tnx on theßo "excess profits" will be at the same rate tiic House proposed to bo levied on prof- j its in excess of 8 per cent., or 16 | : per cent. Indications are that the committee j [ draft of the bill will >,e ready for the | i Senate's consideration within ten j j days. Brazil Abandons Her Neutrality Policy to Police South Atlantic By Associated Press Rio Janeiro, May 25.—According to I the .lornal IJo Commercio it was de cided at a meeting of the Parliamen tary Hnd Diplomatic Commission*,! called yesterday by the foreign min ister. to adopt the principle rff revo- i cation of Brazil's neutralitv In tile I war between the Vnlteil States aiuli Germany and to police the South At lantic with the Biaziliun fleet. U. S. DESTROYERS AID IN FIGHT ON SUBMARINES American Flotilla Effective in Waging Successful War fare on U-Boats MENACE IS NO MORE; British Food Supply Incrcas-1 ed When Campaign Slows Down By Associated Press London, May 25. "The successes i against submarines have resulted in a i distinct improvement in our food situation," said Premier Lloyd George i to-day, in the House of Commons. j The Premier said more effective | blows had been dealt the submarines during the three weeks than in j any corresponding perion of the war. j The shipping losses for May, the I Premier said, probably would show , a reduction fronj the April iigures. \ In speaking of the success of the an- i tisubmarine methods he said: Americans Help "We owe a very considerable debt of gratitude to the great American people for the effective assistance they have rendered and the craft they have placed at our disposal. Now that tlie American nation is in the war It is easier to make arrangements for the protection of our mercantile marine than it was before." Mr. Lloyd George asserted there was no .lunger to the country from starvation but that the utmost econ omy of foodstuffs was still essentiul. "The submarine menace need cause no fear that the war is going to, be ! lost for that reason," he declared. 1-lIORtN nil I are "If it is true that the Germans are depending mainly upon submarine warfare for success. I am able to say they are doomed to disappoint ment," Mr. George continued. "The German submarine warfare is j destined to be the greatest miscalcu i lation in the whole series of miscal culations of that hated empire." Recruiting Records Are Falling Far Below Mark; Want Bryan's Aid A prominent liarrisburg man will send the following message to Wil liam Jennings Bryan to-niglit: "W. J. Bryan: The Government is advertising for 350,000 volunteers. A few years ago you promised to raise 1,000,000 men overnight. Can you spare the time to give the govern ment a few hours to-night?" Recruiting records at both the army and navy are falling far below even the expectations of the recruiting of ficers, who understand the difficulty of raising a large army quickly. Quartermaster Quirk, in charge of the navy recruiting office, said this j morning not a single man had cn | listed for eleven days. I The following young men were sent |to Columbus this morning: Charles I D. Tobias, 31M5 North Sixth street: I John Myers. Fort Hunter; Joseph S. I Scheffer, Lykcns; George E. Spence, j Steelton. Garden Plots Torn Up by Vandals Who Dig Out Seed Potatoes Complaints have been made In ' ffonie quarters of actual tearing up ' of planted crops in those sections un | dcr control of the city-wide move ment for raising vegetables. One j cose has been reported to the HAR HISBURG TELEGRAPH where po tatoes planted in the evening had disappeared in the morning. Shirley Watts, who has general ■ charge of the agricultural activities of the city, said to-day that he had heard of one or two cases of that sort, but had no specific information. Chickens and dogs had given him more trouble he said than the hu man animal. Mr. Watts is authority for the statement that there are over 200 acres planted with potatoes and other vegetables in Harrisbury at the present time and that addi tional land would be cultivated and planted within the next two or three weeks. Pennsy to Help Its Employes to Buy Bonds By Associated Press I Philadelphia, May 25.-- The pub licity committee of the Liberty Loan I committee for the Philadelphia Fed eral Reserve District announced to day t"liat Samuel Rea, president of [the Pennsylvania Railroad, had in ! formed the committee arrangements | will be made by tha Pennsylvania and other companies W which their employes can subscribe to the loan and pay for it in instalments. "I have subscribed to the United ! States loan and I urge other citizens to take similar action because it is i a patriotic duty." he said. GERMANS WON'T QIIIT By Associated Press Copenhagen, via London, May 2f.— The Berlin Vorwaerts declares that no German, after the horrors of the three years of war, could think of purchasing peace on the terms Indi cated in the speech of Premier Ribot. The Socialist organ asserts that rath er than this the war must last for another three years. TAKE COMMISSIONER HOME Commissioner E. Z. Gross, who has l.een In the Harrisburg Hospital since last Krlday, after being struck by an automobile, had sufficiently recovered last evening to go home. He Is still suffering from the results of minor injuries. Sir.e-Conv. 2 Cents HOME EDITION U.S. FIGHTING MEN ON WAY TO THE FRONT Armed With Carbines and Attired in the Regular Army Khaki, First Combatant Corps of Americans Prepare to the Fireing Lines on the Aisne Front; Stars and vance Impossible in Mountains OTHER DETACHMENTS COMPOSED OF COLLEGE MEN DRILL FOR ACTIVE PART IN THE BATTLING Captain Tinkham, Commander of the Unit, Won the War Cross at Verdun For Distinguished Services Under Enemy Fire; French Officers Train Recruits at a Cen tral Training School For Active Service By Associated Press Grand Headquarters ol the French Army in France, May 24 The first American combatant corps went to the front to-day under Captain F. I. Tinkham and Lieut. Scully of Princeton. ! Captain Tinkham won the war cross at Verdun. It was a proud moment when the first detachment of the American field service consisting mainly of Cornell undergraduates, departed for the Aisne battlefield. They were armed with carbines, attired in khaki uniforms and drove American five ton motor cars. As they left the Stars and Stripes, floating over the cantonment, in an historic French forest, spread out in the breeze and other con tingents cheered them on their way. Clarence Mackay presented the camp with the American flag which now flies besides the | tricolor. The correspondent of the Asso ciated Press watched other American i sections drilling in preparation for ■ active participation in the fighting. I Among them were detachments from i Andover, Dartmouth, Harvard. Johns Hopkins, Yale, Chicago and Williams ; colleges, while a largo body from . Princeton was awaiting organization. Lieutenant Daly, captain of the Yale j football team of 1910, and Lieutenant T i 1 1 ' I W ' 1 I ' ? J merit a ; , J I f JAPAN TAKES GOLD OUT OP U. S t Japan I > ? gold from the United States at a rate which has caused j I considerable interest and sonic speculation as to the J t Sj Approximately $35,000,000 has betn with' - [<" J drawn since Januar t n the near future. 1 k FIFTY-THREE MISSING AT SEA : ! ' ~ New York, May 25. The British .steamship M * Feltria, a 5,254 ton freighter was sunk May 5 off the Irish coast 'hree members of the crew, includ- ▼ 4 ' ing 2Am I lk by a submarine April 13. • > FRENCH SHATTER GERMAN SHELTERS jf <' Paris, May 25. Part cf Chtvreux wood cn th ,|> Aisne front, was captured last nigh* by the war office announced. The Germanshe ' * ' to have been demolished by the French artillery and to j|; 1 be filled w>h the dead. 1 ► TO MAKE WAR PLANS 1 1 : Washington, May 25 The Italian Commissioners F y turned to-day their attention to starting at the earliest j | 1 possible time formal discussions with American official* 1 1 over various phases of erating between th< ' ' I United States and Italy. j | I BOXING BILL VETOED \ | Harrisburg. Governor Brumbaugh thi; f noon announced his veto of the boxing commission I 5* bill passed by the Legislature. •|i. ' i 'j MARRIAGE LICENSES ' Walter Hudy Hlifllfnbtrgff, MldUlctonrn. and laabel MaUheaon.i > . I.mifr Kwutura tiMhlp. 1 i John Hrmhry l.rnlmrd and I.ottle Viola Reaater, MountTlllc. W< m iyfci II yy II „ Anl I William Taylor of New York, were busy putting one section into shape while Lieutenant Kennedy superin tended another. French officers and Lieutenant .1. W. Ostheimer, of Philadelphia, who won his rank in the French army, in which he enlisted at the outbreak of the war, have been appointed in structors of the Americans at the central training school.