Wilson s Message of, Sympathy to Russian People Received With Marked Agpl hy Russ Congress jfe HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M * • ®l K otar- 3ni>cpcni>ent W I i-XXXVII No. 64 16 PAGES GERMANS MAKE PEACE MOVE, IS LATEST RUMOR Proposed Terms at Expense of Bussia, Is Washing ton Belief ALSACE - LORRAINE BAIT Losses in West Would Be Counterbalanced by Gains in Die East By Associated Press Washington, March 16.—Inferen ces that Germany may have made a new peace offer to the allies, pro posing terms at the expense of Rus sia, coincide with an undercurrent of discussion which has been run ning in diplomatic circles here for some time, but -which never has shown any evidence of tangible de velopment. The statement of Lord Robert C>- cil in London yesterday that no such proposals would be considered, coup led with Marshal Hindenburg's an nouncement that the German offen sive would go on in view of the en tente's unresponsive attitude toward Germany's peace intentions, served to strengthen the view of neutral diplomats who for some time have believed that some sort of under ground feelers have been going out for some time. American officials and allied dip lomats while agreeing with Lord Ce cil's statement that no such terms c.'fn be considered, give no evidence of how much may be known here of what HendenbuVg refers to as Ger many's peace intentions. To Give Alsace Lorraine Some of the neutral diplomats, however, have for some time firm ly believed that Germany would be willing even to give up Alsace-Lor-' raine if such were permitted to re tain her hold on the Baltic provinces and the mineral belts in the other nearby sections of Russia. The gen eral current of opinion in diploma tic circles for some time has turned toward the possibility of Germany attempting to give way in the vest and make up her losses in the ; Xced \cw Ore Supply The extent to which the question ' of future supplies of iron ore enter; into Germany's peace plans Is ',ndi-i cated in latest advices received here! showing discussion of the subject in! Germany. These show that Ger many knows production of ore with in her own borders is limited by ex ports to fifty years; that Sweden contemplating an iron industry of her own, will require her own ore and that the supply in Spain, upon which Germany also has drawn, is approaching exhaustion. , Consequently German officials con tend that her supply of ore must logi cally come from the iields Long \Vy and Briey. assuring ore for a cen tury, unless it is to come from some where else. Inasmuch as te allies are pledged by repeated declaration to the restoration of France, diplo mats see in proposed permanent ac quisition of mineral belts in the Rus sian provinces, Germany's last hope of remaining a military power. Saving for War is as important as Conserving Food Says Donald McCormick Buy a Thrift Stamp Now! THE WEATHER For Iltirrlftburit and vicinity! Fair and Mnrnier to-nlicht nnl Sun tlayt louext temperature t night nhout frerxinic. For Kmtprn l'<-nnN)lviinla: I'nlr. Mariner to-nlKht mid Min<lii)> moderate nlnda, lieeumlnK Month and Huutbtvext. Itlvrr The Sunquehanna river and nil Km hraneheM will full, the \orth and Meat limni-hrx quite rapid ly thin afternoon and .Sunilav, and the main river Kiiniliiy. V HtnKe of ahout 1.1.3 feet IK In dicated for IfarrlMhurK Mun* day, General Condition* I nder the lnlluer.ee of the high ItrenKure arm that rover* near • ly nil the eountry, fair weather ha* prevailed In all dUtrletH. c*eept In Florida and along the \\et dull count, where light rain* have fallen. II la to Ut degree* .older from I the fireat lakes eantward to •he Atlantic ronat, aouth and eaat of the Ohio river and In the SonthweNt. A deprenalon that haa appeared over Manitoba hiix entitled a general rla of 2 to 20 degree* In temperature In the Ntatea along the northern border from New York state westward to the I'aelfle eoant and In the I nnn dlnn province*. Tempernturei N a. m., 24. Man: Hle*, 6:0-1 u. m.t neta Bs.VJ p. in. Moon I Flr*t quarter, March 10, 12:30 a. m. Illver Stage: 75.7 feet above low water mark. Veaterday'a Weather Hlicheat temperntnre, IS, l.owest temperature. 32. Mean temperature, 4A, Normal temperature, 37. CARS FOR BEER i WHILE NATION BEGS FOR COAL j Report of M. E. Conference; Shows That 1,080,000 Cars ' . ' I Hauled Brewers' Output ALSO USE MUCH SUGAnI I : Liquor Interests Burn Much- Needed Fuel in Their Plants By Associate 1 Press ! Philadelphia, March IG.—-The' wiping out of the breweries of the I j country and the absolute prohibition | i of the manufacture of beer, is do-1 munded in the temperance report! presented at to-day's meeting of tin"! i 131 st Philadelphia Conference of J the Methodist Kpiscopal Church.: The report protested against the gov - { ! ernmental order permitting the serv-j j ing of liquor to soldiers and sailors j in the homes of friends as a drastic I j blow to the cause of sobriety and [ 1 efficiency in the Army and Navy. The report says in part: "The camouflage of the liquor in- 1 terests compels us to look upon a dis-1 i appointing and un-American picture | j of a nation of a hundred million peo- I pie baffled and almost impotent. The \ largest corn crop in the history ofj I the United States is threatened with j | rot for lack of cars for transports- j tion purposes. The coal tonnage of j the United States last year was i greater than that of all Europe. The i daily cry has been 'corn shortage. | | wheat shortage, coal shortage." We i have reason to believe that the co I famine and the corn rot danger I largely due to the fact*that In 191J ! the railroads of our land prostituted ; | 1,080,000 cars for the transportation | jof products utilized in the brewing: 'interests. Three millions of tons of, ! coal used up in producing the poison: | stored in the booze vats of the land, j ! It requires no special wisdom to fer-i ret out the source of this threatened j ' corn rot and sriarantie fuel outrage, j Grain Would support Army | "Last year the grain used in the brewing of beer in the United States j j was sufficient to support an army of i ' more than live million hard working j ! men for one year. The sugar uSed < amounted to 549,810,000 pounds in! 191ti. and the molasses worse than! wasted, amounted to 41,363,133 gal lons. Is It any wonder we face star- I vation in our country within the j next two years? "Imagine the power for good to j •our#land and our allies if these 1,-1 ' i 080,000 cars would have been used j . j in the transportation of, corn, coal,,' ; wheat and other essentials instead of! | j devoting them to enriching the brew er, pauperizing the people, making j I cowards of our sons, turning thou-1 j insane and debauching the : I nation." , German Paper Realizes Determination of Allies to Wage Economic War 1 By Associated Press i j London (Thurday), March 14. — j Germany must count as accom- I plished the fact of economic war j | after the war and control by Great i Britain and the United States ofj j sea-borne traffic in raw materials,, [ \ declares the Pan-German Taglische!, • Kundschau, of Berlin, says a dis-1, [patch from The Hague to the Daily j I mail. The Taglische Kundschau j : adds: "Germany must make up her mind ] j to exploit the countries available to j j : her and these are the Balkan and j Black Sea districts, followed by the I j Caucasus, the Trans-Caspian dis- ' j trict, Persia and Siberia." Lower Austrian House in Turmoil as Czech and German Members Clash By Associated I'ress Copenhagen, Manch >C. —Czech , ! and German members of the Lower j House of the Austrian Parliament I engaged in a wild scuffle in which ! several were injured Thursday dur- I ing a speech by the Czech deputy' ' Soukop, says a Vienna dispatch to ! the Hamburger Fremdenblatt. The I disturbance became so serious that ' j the chairman had to dissolve the ' sitting. Deputy Soukop complained that ; Prague, thl capital of Bohemia, had been for several days without food, including potatoes. Deputy Wolff, a German member, jumped to his , feet and shouted: "The Czechs have not given outj; proper quantities of food. The Czechs will starve us. They are the allies of the British." • The German deputy's harangue , was interrupted by Deputy Rydlaziz, a Czech, who threw him to the floor. The tumult thus begun soon spread throughout the House. Washington Remains Firm Against Japan's Plan of Intervention By Associated Press Washington, March 16. There were intimations in official circles to-day that President Wilson might make an early declaration on the Russian situation. It was not indi cated what might be its form or its manner of delivery. America's attitude toward inter vention in Siberia by Japan, whether ' she acts independently or in con- : Junction with other powers, has not c undergone any change, It was said 1 to-day at the State Department. j I It is known that the United States < has been doubtful of the need of ] intervention by Japan, many ofiicials of this Government fearing that ( such action might, bring together < the various factions in Russia to i combat the Japanese If they were i supported by the armies of the en- < itente and America, and however < 'good their intentions. < HARRISBURG, FA., SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, 1918, WE NEED THE GROUND SIX VICTIMS OF i WRECK ABLE TO LEAVE HOSPITAL Conductor Edwards Will He-! cover From His Serious Injuries Six persons who were among those! taken to the hospital to receive] treatment for the injuries they sus-j tained in the railroad wreck at| Kllzabethtown early yesterday morn- | ing, left the hospital this morning,! and one man will leave some time this afternoon. The remainder of the injured victims of the accident were reported late to-day to be ill good [Continued 011 Page 12.] Armed Men Guard Big Auto Truck Hauling Millions in Gold By Associated Press Philadelphia, March lti. Gold, se curities and bonds estimated t.o total more than $100,000,001) were whisked in fin armored automobile live squares over city streets to-day when the i-'ederal Reserve Hunk removed its old quarters, 40S Chestnut street, to !2r, Chestnut street. Two guards, armed with automa tic pistols and repeating rifles, occu pied seats inside the car, while a third with a rifle resting on his knees sat beside the driver. I'nited States secret service men and the police also co-operat.ed in forestalling a possible raid on the , government treasure stocks, ,as they were carried from the bank and lifted into the armored car. Twelve re serve policemen formed a lane on the sidewalk through which the men carrying the sacks passed. Secret service men in another au tomobile accompanied the armored car whetr it made the trips from the old quarters to the new. Plain clothes inen were stationed at inter vals along Chestnut street and they kept, a watchful eye for all sus picious characters. MUST LEAVE HIS WIFE AND SEVEN CHILDREN FOR THE ARMY It's Plain Now That Old Man Sherman's Vocabulary Was Limited When He Described War It wasn't Sherman's fault that he described war the way he did for the campaigns he saw were not ex actly Sunday school picnics, but the doughty old general had a small vocabulary which has been greatly improved upon by some of the men classified to-day by the district ap peal board. The board to-day considered the case of a man In the district who declared that he thought he was more needed at home than in the army. Said he: "I ant 24 years old and had no dependants when thi draft act was passed. I married a widow since that time who is ten RAISE POULTRY p IF YOU WANT TO EAT, IS SLOGAN : Every Citizen Urged to Make j His "Backyard His Mu nition Factory" | The community poultry move- j ! ment of Central Pennsylvania was < | launched at the State Capitol to-day 11 j with a stupendous burst of en-!' thusiasm inspired partly by the un- ' expected appearance of a United j! States government poultry scientist, ! 1). M. Green, who broke all rules | ■ and red-tape knots by reciting an j original poem which is bound to be j come an epic. "Let your backyard , be a munition factory," demanded . the Washington expert" and .we'll J win the war In no time." Chairman F. \V. Delaney Intro duced Mr. Green after he himself had explained the urgency of a poultry army in Pennsylvania and ] told what the association liad done. ' No vast activity inspired by the 1 war prortises to develop so swiftly J as universal chicken raising. Dozens \ of poultry men it\ this section volun teered before the meeting adjourned [Continued on Page 16.] Swiss Now Shelter Many War Prisoners i By Associated Press i Berne. Switzerland, Thursday, ' March 14. —Switzerland now shel- t ters 26,000 interned war prisoners, says a recent census. Sixteen thou- 1 sand are French. Knglish and lie!- < gian, while 10,000 are Germans. In ! addition 7,000 relatives of Interned |i men are visiting here. i Owing to the scarcity of food no i further visitors for a long stay will be accepted. , I > years older than I am and she has . seven children, the last two twins. I think I ought to stay at home and support them." Said the draft board: ' Class A 1." There was no official I minute of slacker marriage. The board now Is working almost entire i ly on marriages contracted since the pas.saKe of the draft act. . No desire to evade the provisions > i of the law were shown by this man 1 who to-day Informed the board' that i his wife Is able to take car© of hfer i self without his help. "My wife," he -said, "is skilled as an amateur wrest ler for which she is physically able to perform. It Is immediately pos sible for -her to get a job." CITY LIBRARIES OPENED WIDE FOR YANKS IN CAMPS Boy Scouts Gather Hundreds of Books in Thorough Canvass With nearly 1,300 books and hun dreds of magazines already received at Boy Scout headquarters and for warded to the Public Library, the drive for books to be used by the soldiers is a success. It is expected that befprc the day is ended at least 4,000 books will be in the hands of Miss Alice 1!. Katon, librarian of tho Harrisburg Public Library. Scouts who come in with their wagons filled with books, both new and old, tell many interesting tales of people's self-sacrilice in giving the books. Late tiction by Robert W. [Continned on Page 2.] Liberty Loan Committeemen Named For Campaign About to Be Launched in District Two chairmen of sub-committees for the Third Liberty Loan drive in this district have been appointed by William Jennings, chairman of the Dauphin county district. Frank A. Robbins, general manager of tho Bethlehem Steel Mills, at Steelton, will be the chairman of the drive at Steelton and have charge of the various canvassing committees there. J. Lindis Strleher, postmaster at Hummelstown, will, be tiie chairman of the Hummelstown committee. Mr. Strichler was a worker on the com mittee during two previous drives and his fine work made his promo tion to the chairmanship logical. Henderson Gilbert has been ap pointed chairman of the "Stunts" committee in the'city drive by A. S. Patterson yesterday. This is only one of tho many committees that will conduct the drive here. In Cumberland county, yesterday, a meeting of sfventy-flve women was held by George E. Lloyd, chairman o.f the Cumberland county commit tee. Mr. L)oyd has also organized an, automobile committee. More than 300 workers have been* reported by- Mr. Uoyd as ready to participate in the drive when it begins in this dis trict. Whisky by the Gallon Runs in Market Street With several gallon's of whisky running down the trolley car tracks in Market street this afternoon. 200 boys and men stopped long enough to offer much gratuitous advice to the owner who sorrowfully watched his supply soak Into the asphalt with only a sniff to compensate him for his money. The owner with another man came into the city about noon nnd tilled a reed-covered suit case with "bottled goods." As he was crossing Mai-, ket street, near Ucwiierrv, the top came loose and the 'bottle toppled out. He refused to give his uami DRIVE OFF A GERMAN PATROL BY GUNFIRE Americans Near 'foul Foil Hun Plan at Raid; Kill Several SILENCE ENEMY SNIPERS Believe Germans Have Aban doned Lines Now Held by Sammccs By Associated Press With the American Army in France, Wednesday. March lo.—Ac live artillery firing continues on tho I American sectors northwest of Toul and east of Lunevllle. A considerable r.rmber of gas shells have been fall ing intermittent iy on the Toul front. An tneny patrol was discovered tills morning in the American wire entanglements northwest of Toul. The Geimans were driven off with rifle lire and a number of them w"ero hit. One body was left hanging in the wire. American snipers have been very busy on both sectors. ICast of iAine ville six enemy snipers were si lenced by the Americans. On the Toul front during last night and to day considerable talking, and even singing, was heard within the ene my linos. Several times the Ger mans stuck their heads over the par apets to sco what the Americans were doing. After several of their number were hit, the Germans stopped looking. Iteriiptiire (irrnuin I'rlMoncr At one place lust night an Amer ican sentry saw a figure slinking through the darkness. The man halt ed wl en challenged and was found to be 4 German prisoner who had es caped and was trying to get back to his own lines. The German was turned over to the French authori ties. The place where the German was captured was not far from where an American one-pounder was busy fir ing on a large nest of enemy snipers. The Germans withdrew. The American artillery in the Toul sector again battered the German liies and observation posts and caused an explosion, probably of an ammunition dump. Hundreds of big shells were sent into throe new Ger man trenches, where weapons resem i bling gas projectors had been erected. ' Hi!ii Hurling Hlg Shell* I The visibility was poor to-day, but many airplanes were up. It is believed certain that the ] Germans have permanently aban ; doned trenches to the northeast of I Badonvillers,' near Luneville. The enemy now is hurling quantities of I large shells, some of twelve inches, at the American positions there. j An Associated Press dispatch from ! the American front in France Thurs day reported that General Pershing's j men had made their first permanent j advance in occupying evacuated ' trenchea northeast of Badonvillers ' and consolidating them with their j own lines. German attempts to eject | the Americans were repulsed. American Legation Protests to Mannerheim Over Arrest of Emery By Associated Press Stockholm. March lo.—An attache of the American legation left to-day lor Finland carrying a formal pro test from Minister Morris to Gen eral Mannerheim, commander of the government forces, against the ar rest by Germans on the Aland Islands of Henry Crosby Emery. De mand is made that the Finnish gov ernment obtain the release of Mr. Emery. i The American attache was accom panied by a member of the British | legation conveying a similar pro- I test and demand regarding the ar- I rest of sixteen Britishers in the same | port with Mr. Kmery, all of whom I were taken aboard a German steam er and taken to lJantzig, Germany. Minister Morris did not wait for instructions from' Washington, but called a conference of entente min isters which decided to take the mat ter straight to General Mannerheim who will have a chance to show whether Finland Is an independent state or a vassal of Germany. Maximalists Murder Japs in Siberia By Associated Press London, March 16.—Maximalists in Siberia have murdered 150 Jap anese at Blagoviesehtehensk, capital of the Amur province, says a report printed In the newspaper Hochi Shimbun, Friday, and forwarded by Reuter's Limited. A dispatch from Tien Tsin, China, to the Duily Mail, says the Japanese embassy at Peking has been inform- I ed that during recent disturbances at , Blagovieshtchensk, Ihree Japanese 1 were killed and seven wounded while | defending their property against : Bolslievlkl. Blagovieshtchensk is on the Amur river near its confluence with the 55eya and is opposite the Manchurian tewn of Aigun. It is 500 miles north of Harbin and has a population of 34.000. There are extensive gold mines in the district. Fair and Warmer During Coming Week By Associated Press Washington. March I'The fore cast for the week beginning Mon day. Issued by the Weather Bureau to-duy. follows: Present pressure distribution Indi cates that fair weather will prevail generally throughout the country during the week, with temperatures liiifi tkt Mascnal average as a rule. I Single Conv 2 Cents HOME EDITION FINAL ACTION ON GERMAN TREATY NOT DETERMINED Negotiations With Central Powers Apparently Not Set tled Finally by All Russian Congress of Soviets at Moscow; Split Occurs in Council of People's Commis saries ; Social Revolutionists Oppose Ratification London, March 16.—A conflict between the Maxi malist and Social Revolutionists of the Left members of the Council of People's Commissaries occurred in Mos cow Friday, says a report received here from the Petro grad Telegraph Agency. 1 lie Social Revolutionists ref with Germany and said they wet the treaty is ratified bv the All-] I' inal action on the German pjeace treaty apparently has not yet been taken by the All-RuAslan Congress of Soviets at Moscow. While Ms patches doted Thursday from Petro grad reported the Congress had de cided overwhelmingly to ratify the treaty, advices from Moscow Friday say there has been a split in the Council of People's commissaries and indicate that Russia has not yet been committed to the German terms. Bolshevik approval of the treaty seemingly has aroused the members of the government belonging to the part of the Social Revolutionists of the I.eft who refuse to ratify it. The Social Revolutionists are said to have resolved to resign from the council should the congress approve the treaty. This probably means that decisive action has not yet been taken by the congress as a whole. An Associated Press dispatch from Moscow, dated Thursday, says the Bolshevik! at a party caucus voted to approve the course of the Lenino government in agreeing to the Ger man terms, which nevertheless they 12 T - ? t ? t it * ' t m T - ; T O • POISONING '#' . 1 $ it * le ?* -rs. ? cnsignment of government 11 I ! T * T 4* X I t f t 9 t Alvin Siding," N. S;,' was destroy* * 2 T *3* £ It * IN COURTHOUSE YARD • ? | | X I $ • \t I 1 ¥ ? 4' 4 .• - ■ X r It 4* LIBS'DEMAND Jr > M T *t <f* *' -i YLIGHT SAVING NOW UP TO WILSON i * . X £ -■ • 1;ow waits on.y on J T Wilson's approval. House,amendments to the daylight *if ]-|j *s* f J a! *5 * *1 tJa V, X i' (j •/; : X mfcn fleet off the Aland Islands,'says the Russian, mili newspaper Krasnaya Armia. The Germans., it U J* ded, have occupied Razdieltiaya station on the OdeB(t >1 % X i* p- * • X **■ ?■' f X MARRIAGE LICENSES £ t . , a.v;s,";KSiTv;:.s t mill Klcnoiiern *. Kviinit, HarrriiiburKl Cnrmlnt t'urrlrr nn'd It nth "" ▼ <;. StuufTrr. HurrlobarKl Hurry 11. < J ,-•. A Urn, ** •4# Brow n, llowmaniidnlci < Inuilr X. HofTntna nml lOnlhrr X. I.nnrcicr' J. Harrlnburig. used to ratify the treaty of peace re resolved to resign the moment Russian Congress of Soviets. condemned. The Bolshevik! said it was necessary to orgsyiize for the defense of the nation against the invaders. Several ministers in the Leninc sovernment are members of the So cial Revolutionist party of the Left. They were admitted late last De jcember when the Bolsheviki were threatened with loss of power unless | the Revolutionists were recognized. ] The Social Revolutionists of the ; Right have been opposed continu ■ ously to the Bolsheviki, who brolifl lup the constituent assembly when the part of the Right elected the I chairmen. ANOTHER SMAI.LPOX CASE Joe iloulton, 651 Calder street, employed on the street force of the City Highway Department, is the latest victim of smallpox, city health oflicials reported late yesterday. Moulton 4 1ia.s been removed to the municipal hospital, where several others are under treatment. A. number of contacts have been vac cinated and any others which mav be found will be also, the officials said.
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