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LXXXVII— X.OT M M T.AGTS "TSST-
BIG REPUBLICAN
VICTORY IS SHOWN
BY ENROLLMENT
County Voters in Overwhelm
ing Numbers Hcgisler With
Dominant Party of Stale
RETURNS ARE NOT ALL IN
Figures Indicate Sentiment
Strongly Favors Principles
of Republican Party
Returns by registry assessors In
the county districts filed to-day at
the county commissioners' office
show practically no change in the
party situation in the county, the
Republicans maintaining a big ma
jority. The overwhelming Republi
can registration was said to-day by
persons conversant with the situation
here to be indicative of the usual
Republican victory next fall.
The number of Republican voters
is shown to be much greater than
the enrollment of all other parties,
including even the men enrolled as
"nonpartisan." A large number of
the voters thus registered also arc
said to be Republicans.
With fifty of the seventy-two dis
tricts reported the total Republican
enrollment for them is 7,405; Dem
ocratic, 2,21; Socialist, 257; Wash
ington, 13S; Prohibition, 89; Inde
pendent, 2,365; scattered, 11; indi
cating the plurality for the Repub
lican party over the entire enroll
ment in all other parties including
independent voters, is 2,219. Of the
independent voters party leaders, be
lieve hundreds registered last fall,
failing to give any preference at the
time, and did not take the trouble 1o
notify the assessors Tuesday or yes
terday.
Republican Gains
In practically every district some
changes were made because of re
movals, but in most instances only
slight changes in the total party
enrollment were noted, most of them
being gains for the Republican
party. Of these the Republican
party received the most, the in
crease ranging from live to more
than thirty with decreases in inde
pendent and other party enroll
ments.
Districts for which returns had
not been filed at neon include four
Swatara township precincts; two in
Susquehanna; Derry, one; Lower
Paxton, Lower Swatara, West Lon
donderry. East and South Hanover,
Second Middle Paxton, Penbrook,
Royalton, several precincts in Mid
dletown and in Steelton.
Total Net Losses to Allied
Shipping 2,641,297 Tons
By Associated Press
WnNliliißton, March 21.—Secret (lg
ures of the British Admiralty on sub
marine losses and world shipbuilding
were made public hero to-day by tlie
British embassy. They show that
fiom both enemy action and marine
risk on January 1, 191S, Allied and
neutral shipping bad lost since the
var began 11.527.572 gross tons,
while shipyards outside of the Cen
tral Powers were turning out 6.606,-
275 tons.
In spile of the tremendous total of
losses, they do not approach the
claims of the Germans, and with 2,-
559.000 tons of enemy ships added to
the output of the war period, the net
loss to world shipping, exclusive of
that of Germany and her allies, is
only 2,611,297.
Controller Gough
is noted here as a
good business man
&5TAsk him about
THRIFT STAMPS
THE WEATHER]
Fo A. Hnpr, 2 b,,rK nnd viHnltyl it,iiii
If 1 .. a V er nn ami to-nifrht;
I ritlay fair; not much Hinrmc
ill temperature, loweMt to-nlicht
about 47* decree**.
For Knitern fennmylvanla: Local
rain* to-nl K ht; Friday fair; lit
tle change in temperature;
nrentlc to moderate north wtnd
becoming variable.
Iliver
The North llrnneh will continue to
rlKe. The inn in river will re
main a l>o nt Ntutionnr.v tills af
ternoon and rlnc Noinetvlint to
niKht nnd Friday. The liehnvior
of other xtrenniM of the Nvxtetu
•lependN on the ehnrneter of the
loenl ruins Indiented for the
nterhed within the next
twenty-four hours. A stnise of
about 7.7 feet may be expeeted
nt llnrrlMhurß, Friday morning,
Momewhiit higher If eoniilderuble
rain falls.
General Conditions
The unsettled weather conditions,
which have persisted for sev
eral days over the South Atlan
tic Mates, have developed a
xveak dlxturhanee, now central
over North Carolina, apparent
ly moving slowly northward.
Temperature: S n. m., 48.
Sum Klmcm, 5:50 a. m.| sets, BiOl
p. m.
Mooni Full moon, March 27, 10:32
n. in.
Itlver stntce: 7.4 feet above low
wnter mark.
Yesterday's Weather
lushest temperature, "O.
l.owest temperature, 8I.
Mean temperature, T. 4.
, Normal temperature, 30.
TEUTONS BEGIN
WESTERN FRONT
BOMBARDMENT
I Intense Activity Started Over
Wide Section of Brit
ish Defenses
DOORS SHAKEN IN DOVER
Firing, Heaviest of War, Con
tinued For Several
Hours
By Associated I'rcss
1/Oil(Ion, March 21.—"\Vc art'
ill tile decisive moment of tlie
war, and one of the greatest
moments in (•erntuii history,"
said Emperor William ill a tele
gram to the Kheinisli Provincial
Council, says a Central News
dispatch l'rom Amsterdam.
London, March 21.—The Germans
shortly before dawn to-day began
I a heavy bombardment over a wide
J section of tlio British front, it is
! announced officially.
The artillery action on the west
| ern front could be distinctly heard at
j Dover and other towns on the east
i coast of England. The doors nnd
j windows of the houses at Dover, for
I instance, were continuously shaken
' by the heavy concussions.
The firing, which was the heaviest
I that has been heard in this district
| from such a distance, began at 3
I o'clock this morning and lasted at
I brief intervals until 7 a. m.
At Ramsgate, besides the sound
iof the cannonading, bright flashes
j were seen at sea, while the vibration
| of the explosions shook the windows
. and dislodged tiles from the roofs.
Full Power of Germany
Now Turned Toward the
West, Reichstag Is Told
i Amsterdam (Wednesday), March
! 20.—A war credit of 15,000,000,000
j marks was brought before the
| Reichstag to-day for lirst reading.
J Count Von Roodorn, secretary of
11lie imperial treasury, said Ger
| many's monthly war costs had in-
I creased from 2,000,000,000 marks in
the winter of lyio-'lO to 3,750,000,-
i 000 in the last live months, owing to
i ti\c increased supply of necessaries
j of war. The secretary gave the total
| cost of the war as 550,000,000,000
i marks, of which he said the entente
Iliad expended U07,000,000,000.
Germany's military successes, said
the count, had silenced the guns in
the east, and the full power of the
nation now was directed against the
west. Germany's enemies there did
not desire to hear anything about
peace; he asserted, adding that she
could not be vanquished by the
catchwords of Clemenceau and Bo
nar Law. He continued:
"It is easy for President Wilson to
thunder against so-called militar
ism. 1' rom the east anil west his
j country is protected by oceans, llis
j country is the strongest on the
| American continent and has no dan
| gerous neighbors, as have tlie Cen-
I tral Powers, which are in the heart
i of Europe, surrounded by fornilda
(ble military powers."
i The credit passed both first and
j second readings without debate.
Germans Driven Back
in Violent Fighting
Southeast of Rheims
By Associated Press
rnriN. March 21.—There has been
an Intense and sustained bombard-
T' nt of the sectors north and south
east of Rheilns, as well as on the
Champagne front, the War Office an
ricunced to-day.
Between Caurieres wood and Rezon
vaux, on the Verdun front, the Ger
mans were driven hack in violent
hrnd-to-hand fighting.
In Lorraine the Germans suffered a
complete defeat in the region of
Xotneny, sustaining heavy losses
without attaining any success.
Has Two Sons to Place in
Good Christian Home
.An opportunity for some country
family to do a good turn and also
get assistance in summer work is
offered by a man who applied to the
office of tho Harrisburg Telegraph
to-day with the proposition to hive
his two sops taken care of by some
respectable family. The lads are 10
and 15 years of age, healthy and in
telligent. Their father said that lie
was able to be home so little that
the boys were being neglected and
hf would like to see them settled in
a family that would treat them well
and take some interest in their de
velopment. A Communication to this
office will reach the father.
CLEAN UP ASHES
Officials of the bureau of ash and
garbage inspection estimate that
there is an accumulation of at least
5,000 tons of ashes and refuse on the
Allison Hill district which have to be
be removed during the present clean
up. As this section is about one
third of tho city's area, it is believed
the total accumulation of refuse
piled In backyards and alleys Is
about 15,000 tons. The clean-up will
not be finished for at least live
weeks it is anticipated
HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1918
77t£ir Work Is Ended-Our's Just Begun
RICHCREEK WINS
FIGHT FOR LIFE
| IN NIGHT SESSION
| Jury Frees Man Once Con-j
vieled of Murder in
First Degree
J Acquitted on a charge of murder
ling Ephraim Silberman, an old junk
j peddler, Frederick Richcreok, of ltoy
j alton, who has been in jail since No
j vember, 11)10, was discharged by
j Judge A. W. Johnson, shortly after
j the verdict of the jury was read.
The jurors had been out since yes-
I terday afternoon, retiring shortly be- !
j lore 5 o'clock. The verdict was not
j reached until 3.J5 o'clock this'morn
| ing, it was said. According to re-
I ports at the courthouse the jury took
I dozens of ballots. At one time, it is
! said, the vote stood five for man
slaughter, five for second degree
'murder and two for acquittal. Many
of the other ballots ranged from
seven to ton votes for acquittal and
live to two for second degree mur
der, it was reported. Many officials I
and members of the bar expressed !
I surprise at the verdict as in the lirsl |
j trial lirst degree was returned,
i The veydict was read about 10.40 j
o'clock and a few minutes later a
motion was made to have the de
fendant discharged. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Robert T. l'ox con
sented and the order was given. A
number of relatives of Richcreek. in
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Cabaret Dancing No
Longer Permitted in
Phila. Drinking Places
By Associated Press
Philadelphia. March 21.—Dancing
I and cabaret entertainment in places
I in Philadelphia where liquor is sold
| will no longer be permitted. This
! drastic order was issued to-day by
I Judges Shoemaker and Wessels sit-
I ting as the license court, an annual I
j institution !n this city. The order
I applies to all hotels, • cafes and
{ saloons and hundreds of places
| which reaped a harvest from the
dancing feature of their establish
ments will be hard hit.
The court decided that a reason
sonable use of instrumental music in
| public licensed places is not unlaw-
I ful. In this connection it said:
j "The reasonable use of instru
-1 mental music may have a beneficial
effect, but the extension of the
amusement features to places 1
censed for the sale of liquor pro
duces consequences injurious to the
individual and to the community."
RECOVERS FROM ILLNESS
The many friends of Francis O.
Neely, £(08 North Second street, will
be delighted to learn that he has
almost entirely recovered from his
; recent illness. Mr. Neely, several
1 months ago, was taken ill with heart
trouble. lie was present at the
luncheon of the Klwanis Club -at the
Klks' clubhouse to-day and said he
ielt "lit and line."
GEORGIA IS MORE
PROSPEROUS'DRY'
THAN WHEN 'WET'
| Prohibition Docs Prohibit and
It Is Highly Beneficial
as Well
ll.v R. .1. Stnrkpolo,
Kditor-in-Chief of the Telegraph, j
Ausustil, Ga.—Does prohibition j
prohibit?
That's the question which is con- j
stantly being suggested by those op- !
j posed to the proposed constitutional [
| amendment, and here in Georgia,;
where it has been tried out, I have j
endeavored to learn from reliable t
sources, the actual results. They are
heartening for all friends of the
nation-wide movement for the over
throw of John Barleycorn. As Penn
sylvania wijl have as its main issue
this year, the ratification of the pro
posed anti-liquor amendment to the
Constitution of the United States, we
can't have too much light on the
| subject. Here are the concrete re
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Americans Encounter
Germans in Hand to
Hand Fight in Raid
By Associated Press
! Willi tlic American Army in
J Prance, Wednesday, March 20.
j American troops in the sector cast 1
I of Luneville participated to-night in
a raid on German trenches, pene
trating the enemy lines for some dis
tance. fighting en
sued.
j The raiders returned to the Amer
ican lines after about forty minutes.
Further details are tunavailable at
this hour (10 p. m.).
The raid was carried out in con
junction with French troops, after a
brief but intense barrage. The Ger
mans retaliated with a heavy fire of 1
gas and high explosive shells on the
American batteries.
VILLA FOLLOWERS <
DYNAMITE TRAIN 1
By Associated Press I
El Paso, Tex., March 21.—Villa j
followers under Epifanio Holguin i
dynamited and robbed a Mexico
Northwestern mixed passenger and 1
freight train this morning at Santa t
Sofia, 110 miles southwest of Juarez, ;
killing two passengers and wounding |
ten, according to reports received ]
shore to-day and confirmed by theb
Mexican general consulate. I
PENNSYLVANIA
WILL CARE FOR
DISABLED MEN
Plans Made For Physical Res
toration and Education of
Wounded Soldiers
! Preliminary plans for physical res
j toration, educational training and
j proper placement In industry of dis
! abled Pennsylvanians returning from
| war service were formulated to-day
I by a committee named by Governor
i Brumbaugh to institute the work as
' a project of th 6 Commonwealth.
The committee comprises Adjutant
I General Frank D. Eeary, chairman;
Dr. B. Frank Royer, Acting Commis
sioner of Health; Lew R. Palmer,
Acting Commissioner of Labor and
Industry, and Dr. J. George Becht,
secretary of the State Board of Edu
cation. S. S. Riddle, of the Depart
ment of Labor and Industry, is sec
retary of the committee.
•The possibility of one or more edu
cational Institutions in Pennsylvania
being temporarily transformed into
1 training schools for convalescent sol
diers and sailors is foreshadowed in
a survey of such institutions' to be
made by Dr. Becht to determine most
i suitable locations; dormitory, infirm
ary and gymnasium facilities; class
room, laboratory and vocational
training equipment.
Offer C'o-opcrntlon
The committee will get in immedi
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Several Soldiers Injured
When Vessels Collide;
Depth Charge Explodes
By Associated Press
Washington, March 21. One
American officer and three men were
killed aboard an American destroy
er March 19, when the vessel col
lided with a British warship, the
Navy Department announced to-day.
A number of American sailors were
injured.
The destroyer Was the Manley.
A depth charge on the Manley ex
ploded when the vessels met. Both
vessels were damaged.
Lieutenant Commander Richard
McCall Elliott, Jr., was killed. His
wife lives in New York.
Find Night Watchman
Dead at His Place
Joseph F. Rudy, aged 68, employ
ed as a watchman at the Sanitary
Laundry, was found dead at the
laundry at C o'clock this morning.
Upon investigation by Coroner Jacob
A Eckinger, it was found that death
was due to heart disease.
Funeral services will be held at
his late home. 342 South Seven
teenth street, Saturday afternoon at
3 o'clock. The Rev. Dr. J. A. Lyter,
pastor of the Derry Street United
Brethren Ghurch, will officiate and
burial will be In the Shoop's Church
Cemetery.
ALLIES DESTROY
FOUR HUN SHIPS
NEAR DUNKIRK!
Force of Five British and
French Destroyers Engugc
German Vessels
NO FRENCH CASUALTIES j
Enemy Bombarded Dunkirk
Prior to Sea En
gagement
By Associated Press
London, March 21.—Two enemy
destroyers and two enemy .torpedo
boats have been sunk by a force of
live British and French destroyers,
I
tho Admiralty announced. One
British destroyer was damaged. The
engagement occurred off Dunkirk
this morning. The British casualties
were sligHt. There were no French
casualties.
The announcement follows:
"Vice Admiral Douer reports that |
an action occurred off Dunkirk be
tween 4 and 5 o'clock this morning.
Two British and three French "e
--stroyers were engaged with a force
of German destroyers which had
, previously bombarded Dunkirk for
ten minutes. Two enemy destroyers
and two enemy torpedoboats are be
lieved to have been sunk. Survivors
have been picked up from two enemy
torpedoboats.
"No allied vessels were sunk. One
British destroyer was damaged but
reached harbor. The British casual
ties were slight. There were no
French casualties."
Get Parks in Shape For
Summer by Clearing Up
All Debris of Long Winter
Extensive preparations for open
ing tho city parks for the spring and
summer months have been started
by the department during the week,
weather conditions permitting much
repair and improvement work.
! Within the next two or three weeks
tho track at Island Park will bo
ready for use. As there was little
damage from high water so far this
year tho track is in good condition
and will require little attention. At
present much of the playground
equipment which is kept at the
island is being repaired and repaint
ed. The department announced that
this year all the apparatus will be
taken to tho Island, overhauled and
set up so that as soon as the season
opens it can be taken to the grounds
and placed without any delay.
Plan General Cleanup
At "Wildwood Park, at tho lower
end of the lake, repairs are being
made to a small bridge and a board
walk over a marsh. During the win
ter part of the walk was washed
away by high water and this is being
replaced.
All of the parkway except
the one in Wildwood to the breast of
the dam are closed, and will not be
opened for a time.
Within a week or two a general
cleanup of all the parks will be
started, including River Front, after
which seeding will be done. Part of
the spring work will include plant
ing along the top of the bank from
Harris to Maclay street, where the
riprap work was done last year.'
Whether this work will be com
pleted to Calder street has not beeh
assured yet as no provision was made
for it in the annual park department
budget. It is likely efforts will be
j made to secure sufficient money
from another fund to do the work.
| County Commissioners
Upheld in Coal Land Tax
By Associated Press
Philadelphia, March 21.—The Su
preme Court to-day filed opinions
dismissing the appeals of various
coal companies in coun
ty from tax assessments against
their coal lands levied by the county
commissioners.
Tho companies 'adversely affected
by the decisions are: Temple .Coal
Company, Lehigh Valley Coal Com
pany, Price-Pancoast Coal Company,
Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern Company, Scranton Coal Com
pany, Delaware and Hudson Com
pany and the Northerp Coal Com
pany.
JOHN R. T. RYAN
DEAD AT WILLI AMSPORT
By Associated Press
WUllamsport, Pa., March 21.
John R. T. Ryan, one of Williams
port's wealthiest residents, died last
evening in the Jefferson Hospital,
Philadelphia, at the age of 79 years.
He was born in Trenton, N. J.. where
at the outbreak of the Civil War he
recruited Company G, 10th Regi
ment. New Jersey Volunteers. Dur
ing the war he served on the staffs
of General Wadsworth and General
Martlndale.
He made a fortune in the lumber
business.
o\i.y nvKsnc Associati:i> riiicss UAMr rnTnnn
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FRANCIS PLEDGES
HELP OF U. S. TO
WAR-TORN RUSSIA
American Ambassador Warns Slav People That Russia
Will Become German Province and People Will Lose
Their Liberty if They Submit to Peace Imposed by
Central Powers; Urges Union of Purpose
Moscow, Tuesday, March 19. —Germany has increased
her demand upon Rumania and now asks that Rumania
surrender to the Central Powers all of her own war muni
tions as well as those left in Rumania by allied troops.
All the Entente ministers remain in Jassy, but will
leave there if Rumania surrenders the war munitions to
Germany.
i
Pctrograd, Wednesday, March 20.—Kremcntchug, Minamenka
and Romodan, in southern Russia, arc being evacuated by gov-.,
ernnient forces. A Russian commission has left here for Pskov
to investigate reports of attacks on German troops.
Armenian colonies in Turkestan and the trans-Caspian district?
have declared a general mobilization. The Soviet Council of
the republic of the Don has levied a contribution of live million
rubles on local capitalists.
Moscow, Tuesday, March 19. —
Russia eventually will become a Ger
man province and Russians will lose
their liberty if they submit to the
peace forced by the Central Pow-I
erg, David R. Francis, the American I
I
ambassador, declared in a statement!
to tlie Russian people, issued from J
the American embassy at Vologda.
The ambassador pledged A'ner-j
lean help to any government in Rus
sia that would resist the German
penetration. He urged them to for
get their political differences and
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* Manner, >nv Cumberland, and llrrlha B. Mambautrh. Harrlabure.
a 111 !_l IIIUI M M t ft t| >
Raid that lie would not leave Russia
until compelled by force. The. am
bassador's statement said:
"The friendship between Russia
and the United States which has ex
isted for a century or more, should
be augmented, rather than impair
ed by Russia becoming a republic
and Americans are sincerely desir
ous that Russians be permitted to
continue free and independent and
not become subjects of Germany.
"I have not seen an authentic copy
of tho peace treaty, but I am sulU
ciently acquainted with its provis
ions to know that i£ Russian
people should submit to it Russia
not only would be robbed of vast
areas of its territory, but her peo
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