The Bntish Cain Advance Daring the Night on Southern Bank of Somitie, Announces ?i it Mfc HARRISBURG p J§f§l|| TELEGRAPH M ®lj t otar-Independent * LXXXVII— No. 83 12 PAGES .ALLIED LINES HOLDING FIRM UNDER THE TEUTON ATTACKS HUNS NIBBLE AT ALLIED LINE IN EFFORT TO FIND A WEAK SPOT New Threat May Develop Into Big Engagement or May Be a Feint to Attract Attention AMERICANS ENGAGE IN MINOR TRENCH RAIDS French and British Lines Hold Firm When Germans Launch Heavy Assaults; Poilus' Great Defense By Associated Press Checked at most points along the front from Arras to Courcy north of Soissons, the Germans are nibbling: at the allied line in an effort to find a weak spot. So far the enemy has been repulsed along the western leg of the "elbow" salient. In the Chauny-Courcy-La Fere triangle along the Oise, on the extreme east ern end of the southern front of the battleline the French have retired to higher ground. Correspondents at the British front in France say signs are not wanting that the Germans are get ting ready to launch another heavy attack on a long front in an endeav or to reach Amiens. Enemy efforts north of the Somme recently have been solely in an endeavor to capture artillery positions but Germans have not gained their objectives. Aerial fighting continues heavy. French and British aviators have brought down enemy machines while reports the destruction of eighteen enemy airplanes. Petrain Men Stand Firm From Arras to the Somme the British lino still stands as it did tcri days ago. The latest enemy attempt to attack was made in the region of Bucquoy, 20 miles north of the Som me, but both efforts were broken up by the British artillery fire. Imme diately south of the Somme there has been only local fighting with no change in the position of the battle front. General Petain's men still main tain their splendid defense east of the Amiens-Paris railway. The Ger mans have tried to advance north of the Amlens-Boye road in the rc-1 gion of Hangard, but the French ar-1 tillery fire was sufficient to break up' the attack. Berlin claims further advances in the region norh of Courcy and around | the lower forest of Courcy. No men tion of fighting here is made in Paris south of Chauncy the ground is lowj and marshy, especially along the! Oise river and the Oise canal. Folem-! bray, 65 miles northeast of Paris and j Pierremande reported captured by > Berlin, are on the low land between j the forest of Courcy and the height* j north of the Aisne. Await Developments Whether the German attacks on the front between the Oise and Courcy are designed as a feint to I draw fresh attention from a morel vital point or are the beginning of a strong effort to force the French back to the Aisne, remains for de velopments to show. Up to the pres ent the Germans have only gained the marshy ground along the Oise and the low lying ground between Chauny and Courcy as well as the lower forest of Courcy which was vir tually denuded of trees in the Ger man retreat of March, 1917. Facing them now are the heights on the line running south of Noyon, through Courcy to Anizy and thence across the Ailette to the famous Cliemin des Dames sector. American troops on the front northwest of Toul have successfully countered German attempts to raid their positions. Two raids were made at two different points on Sunday, but each was dealt with efficaciously with machine gun and automatic rifle fire, the enemy advancing no further than the outposts. On Friday the Americans also checked two -raids. The first was taken care of easily, while the sec ond time the Americans left the trenches and pursued the Germans back to the fire enemy trenches and drove the Germans into the support positions. The artillery silenced two German batteries. SECOND CITY CLEANUP STARTS The second round of the city's ash clean-up started to-day, the Bu reau of Ash and Garbage inspection reported. Despite the inclement ■weather teams and men were started •in the districts but the force was smaller than had been planned. THE WEATHER] For IfnrrlfthurK nnil vicinity; Itnln to-night and probably Tnrx •liiyi cooler; lowrnt tempera ture 10-niKht about .18 degree*. Trnipf •■turn 1 n. M.i 42. Sun: nixed, ti. m.) set*. "i2(I p. in. Moon: Xew moon, April 10, 11 til l p. m. Hirer Stnsei s Govern ment withheld approval, and the Ilus iian National Council of Soviets has announced its purpose to protest to the United States against the pres ent step. America's attitude drew expres sions of satisfaction from the Rus sian official press, but developments in Vladivostok have changed the sit uation. In the past the United States often has asserted its right to land naval forces to overcome con ditions of anarchy existing at some foreign port where American lives and property were involved. In Vera Cruz large military forces were used for this purpose without violat ing the general principle of inter national law. Assuming that the American con sul's report that Japanese citizens M-ere killed and wounded at Vladi vostok by unrestrained Russians is [Continued on Pago 3.] Calls on Mother Here to Find Her Dead Arriving here yesterday to visit her mother, who was Mrs. Annie Hold, 2227 Jefferson street, and learning that she has been dead since Christmas, was the experience of Mrs. Caroline Shoudy, of Ridge wood, N. J. Mrs. Shoudy was ac companied on her trip here by her 15 months' old daughter. Mrs. Shoudy had never heard a word from relatives and friends here regarding the death of her mother. When she arrived in the city yester day morning and called at the form er home of Mrs. Hohl, she received her first intimation that her mother had died. She was without a friend with whom to stay after her long journey to the city with her little daughter. Mrs. Shoudy called upon the po lice department to secure news con cerning the whereabouts of two sis ters, Mrs. Wallace and Mrs. Kraliek, who were also thought by Mrs. Shoudy to reside in this city., The police could not locate 'either woman. SIMUI.E COPY, 2 CENTS O'Brien Is Late; All Meetings Off Except Tonight's LIEUTENANT PAT O'BIUEN, R. l'\ C.. to-day wired Hen derson Gilbert, of the lib erty Loan Committee, that he had missed the train on which he hoped to reach Ilarrisburg at 4 o'clock his afternoon. Consequently the committee called oft the five outside meet ings arranged for the lieutenant, and he will speak only at Chest nut Street Auditorium, at 8.15 to night. An overflow meeting will be helil if it is necessary. Admission to the auditorium Is by ticket until 8 o'clock. After that hour the doors will be thrown upon to the general pub lic. WINTER WHEAT CONDITION BETTER THAN LAST YEAR Indiana Makes Best Showing, Reports Nation's Depart ment of Agriculture Washington, April B.—Winter wheat production this year will be about 56,000,000 bushels, the De partmen tof Agriculture estimated to-day in its report showing the con dition of the crop on April 1 to l.e 73.0 per cent, of a normal. itye production will he about 86.- 000,000 bushels, its condition April 1 being 85.8 per cent, of a noma'.. Condition of winter wheat in the important growing stales follows: Ohio. 80; Indiana, 91: Illinois. SS; Missouri, 92; Nebraska. 15; Kansas. 67; Oklahoma. 63. Winter wheat production last year was 418.070,000 bushels and the con dition of the crop April 1 was 63.4 per cent, of a normal; 1016 pro duction was 4 80,553,000 bushels and the April condition 70.3, while the ten year average April condition is 93.6 percent. The crop's condition on December 1 was 79.3 per cent, of a normal. I.ast year's rye production was I 60,145,000 bushels and the condi tion on April 1 was 86.0 per cent, of n normal; the 1916 crop was 48,- 862,000 bushels and the April con dition 87.86 per cent, while the ten I year average April condition is UO.U , per cent. HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1918 BRONZE NYMPHS TO GET SUITABLE SETTING IN PARK j Reservoir Said to Have Sev eral Good Spots For the Fountain Statuary City officials and others interested in public improvements in Harris lmrs to-day expressed opinions urg ing care in the selection of a site in Reservoir Parle for the Donato fountain, "Dance of Kternal Spring," presented to the city by M. S. Her shey, the "chocolate king." Among Jhose to give their views [Continued 011 Page o.] Superintendent of County Schools to Be Elected at Directors' Convention School directors of the county dls-l t tricts will meet to-morrow morning' in the courthouse for the election of! a county school superintendent and I an assistant. It is understood both I Professor F. E. Khambpugh und W. R. Zimmerman, the present officials, will be rc-elected for four-year terms. The question of a salary increase for both of the superintendents will be brought up by a number of dr-1 rectors it was reported to-day. Sev eral directors have said they favor gianting each a SSOO increase t;n nually because of the traveling ex penses which must be paid in order that Professors Shambaugh and Zimmerman can visit schools. The city school board will meet in special session to-morrow afternoon at 3.3 0 o'clock when Dr. F. E. Downes will be nominated for re election. Wild Mexican Is Shot to Death on Pennsy Train j, > O.v Associated Press Pittsburgh, April 8. Carmino| Carizo, a Mexican, was shot audi killed in the Pennsylvania station! here to-day by a railroad policeman, after he had terrorized passengers on the Chicago and Pittsb-irgh ex press train over the Pan Handle railroad. Carizo was a passenger in a day coach out of Chicago. At Steuben- Vllle, Ohio, lie brandished a long knife and ran through the train driv ing lialf-dressed persons from their! berths. As the train entiered ihel Pittsburgh yards a policeman enter ed an end door and in the struggle ) which followed the Mexican was shot dead. TERRIBLE TOLL OF BOCHES TAKEN BY FRENCH _ I Petain's 75's and Machine Guns Cut Lanes Into Deep j Masses of Men; Commanders Are Unconcerned as to Losses; Poilus Not Worried at Task of Facing Odds of Three to One on Plains of Picardy By Associated Press Germany apparently is preparing for another big effort on the wide battlefront in northern France. Heavy drumfire, such as usually preceded an attack, is reported along extensive sector* held by the British, while the Paris war office also announces violent artillery actions along the French front. The most intensive German fire seems to be in progress south of the Somme, where the direct aiive toward Amiens is on, and north of the Scarpe river towards the British left flank. In the Somme sector the British have evidently been trying to better their position in anticipation of the next German push, and field Marshal Haig reports to-day a slight advance of his line on the south bank of the Somme, ca<-t cf Vaiic Sous Corbie. By Associated Press i Willi tin- French Army In France, Sunday, April 7.—Twenty-live divi sions have been used by the Ger-1 mans in the last four days in efforts! to break through the French line and ! reach the railroad running soutli j from Amiens. All attacks have been checked by the wonderful resistance of the French. The Germans are obtaining only insignificant results in their at tempts to advance compared with the number of troops engaged, which is at least throe times the wumber. of the French defenders. Terrible LlxrttiUon The confidence witn which the French troops go into action is most remarkable. They make light of the German superiority in nuivtirers. The French command continuei to work on the principle of using the small est possible number of troops to stay the German rush, thus retaining the reserves for possible attacks some place else. Tlie Germans are resuming massed Otttcks, in which their men come ruder the direct lire of French ma chine guns, rille grenades and 755, which indict terrible losses. The 7">s do terrific execution, cutting wide lanes through the enemy ranks. Slaughter I itnotleed The enemy commanders appeared to pay little attention to this slaughter, their aim being to reach BRITISH POUR WITHERING FIRE INTO HUN MASSES AND LINE HOLDS UNDER ATTACK Willi the llriliNli .* rmy |n France, Sunday, April 7.—At ks and coun terattacks continue to spring up at various points along the British bat tlefront. While none of them lifis seemed large as compared with ihe intense conflict waged in the first days of the German offensive, yet all of them are important that they rep resent the foundation tvor I '. of bigger events to come. Twice last evening and again this morning the Germans undertook to advance their lines at points ir> the sector north and south of Albert and each time they foiled. At 8 o'clock this morning a considerable enemy force advanced for an attack In the vicinity of Bucquoy, north of A'bert. The Germans were seen coming while they still were a .itlle away and the British artillety ani machine guns put down such an intense bar rage among them that the projected assault was stopped. Some time aft erward the enemy reformed his forces and made another effort, but 'his was checked without the use of infantry. When You Hear the Court House Bell Ring" for Noon COUNT WHAT YOU HAVE SAVED FOR THRIFT STAMPS Quarters make j dollars rapidly. the objective, whatever the cost.) Late last ifight the enemy again at tacked in the region of Grivesncs, but were repulsed sanguinarily and forced back to their own lines with greatly diminished numbers. Further south, in the vicinity of Noyon, they ut llrst succeeded in entering the I'rench positions. Later, after the most severe fighting, they were com pelled to retreat. Mont lienaud, near Noyon, saw re peated attacks front the Germans throughout Saturday, but ail were equally futile. This hill was the first point where the French barred the German advance through the Oise valley towards Compeignc and Paris. When the Germans first swept down front Noyon the hill changed hands repeatedly. The ground thereabouts shows striking evidence of the fear ful nature of the battle in the num ber of German bodies that can be seen. llolfl I,lite Firmly f-ince March :!0 the French have not budged. In fact, they have gained some ground on the northern slopes of the hill. The Germans oc cupied two hills overlooking Mont lienaud, Further eastward, along the Oise the French fell back Saturday from the dangerous salient north of Amigny. Fighting all the way they retired to better posiions. which had been prepared along the course of the Ailette river. One of the .attacks last evening vas delivered southwest of Albert, whrro the enemy had been battling so determinedly to get a strong hold on the Albert-Amiens railway. Un der cover of a heavy machine gun barrage the German Infantry surged forward against the British line, but was met with such a withering rifle and machine gun lire that it was compelled to retire. The other onslaught was attempt ed near Serre, soutli of Hebuterne. Two short but intense periods of barrage tlr 0 were put down on the [Continued oil Page 2.] ' Contributions Coming in For Big Rummage Sale Contributions to the big rummage sale collections for which are being made to-day will continue through out the week. A great assortment of odds and ends are expected to be gathered together and sold for the benefit of the Hairisburg Hospital. Mrs. Herman Astrich to-day con tributed a big show case for the dis p'ay of women's goods at the sa'e. The case is forth several hundred dollars and will be sold on the last day of the sale. Harry and I ..eon Lowengard, of the Courier Publish ing Company, contributed a printing press. Another man gave three bushels of onion sets. Local Draft Boards Are Ready to Fill New Quota The three city and three county draft boards to-day were busy with their HsB preparing for the call that Is to come for men to til! the con tingent of 11,000 men to go to Na tional Army Camps by April 2(1. While the quotas have not been announced, it is estimated that the city and county together will Jit lose many more than fllty men, ONI.Y KVUNIMi AWMICIAfISU I'ltKiS KBWSIMPKK IN II \ lilt IMIIIKi CITY'S PURSE TO OPEN WIDE AT NATION'S CALL llarrisburg Determined lo Do! lis Share and More For Liberty Bonds SUBSCRIPTIONS STARTED! Everything in Keadiness For Capitul City's Reply lo the Barbarian ITKADY! SETS CJO! Tlarrisburg's Liberty Loan cam paign begins to-morrow morning* This city is called upon to sub scribe for $:;,500.000 Liberty Bonds. What will r>on,ooo do? it will ouy the following: Fifty combat airplanes; pistols, titles ami luvif a million rounds of ammunition for ten infantry regi ments: rI il" fur iir*v-Hi\ ir.fantry battalions; live base hos|.it;>t> with a total of 500 beds; supply live infantry brigades with pistols. All that can be bought with the $::.500,000 bonds llarrisburg will buy. ' BUY YOUU BONDS! Workers to-morrow morning begin canvassing that portion of the lii.OOO ■"'age and salary workers of Harris lurg which Is employed in the indus trial plants and the stores of the city, and when returns are reported ar headquarters to-mcrroiv night it is believed the first day's showing will bo a remarkable one. Members of the executive commit tee held a meeting .it headquarters in the Dauphin building this morn ing and wore much entluidcd over the outlook. Headquarters, iiiei Icntolly, was a [Continued on Page 10.] I)R. liAl XICIi IMPROVES Dr. J. M. J. Itaunick, city health officer, who had been ill for sev eral months and was ot,it of the city I while convalescing, returned to-day ' and will resume his duties within a few days. *irWMrirkic •&&*£% I' + I I *4 ' ' *?* #£► lj $ X r y^t <4 *"' * £ X 4j IF IS X I V If y I J* "8* f ' 'r *s ? 4*. 31 ! <"-5* *F 1 " *** i 2 * T X T S " *s ! 4> | "* i *^h • § t A RMANS GUNS POUND HEAVILY **j K X- Gi 4 *?* *s* P I morning. North of the river Scarpc and south of thr X| " * Somme river German guns are conducting an unusuall;. "IP i * I £' ® * attack No infantry action however has bee *f*) reported. £ OLDEST MERCHANT DIES J **. ■ • 4* l old, Mahanoy City's oldest merchant, died to-day. 1 J 4 1 was a native of Berks county. Mr.'Adam's widow and • # ; •ur ive lum ± MARRIAGE LICENSES £ A( Ullnto lluvrlattl. Swnlnrn. anil lilii Soviinl. llrrshryi .lumen # Knnl. stfcllon, mill Jrnnlr Mll|rtir<>, llurrislitirK. *i HOME EDITION RIVER COAL IN GREAT DEMAND THIS SUMMER Shortage of Anthracite Makes Manufacturers Eager For Susquehanna Supply MANY DREDGES AT WORK Price Soars as More and More and More Calls Arc Re ceived For Fuel One effect of the shortage of an thracite coal will be to increase shipments of river coal dredged in llarrisburg to outlying points. This is certain to come unless there is a material increase in the supply of anthracite during the coming months Between 12fi,000 and 150,000 tons of coal is dredged from the river every year, according to C. M. Kaltj wasser, manager of the llarrisburg Light and Power Company, whose company conducts extensive dredg ing operations on the river to supply its own fuel. Hitherto all this coal has been used by four or five large industries in the city and vicinity. River coal is used by the Central Iron and Steel Company, Bethlehem Steel Company, the Capitol, the Pipe and Pipe Bending Works, and the City Water Power Company. Shipped Out of City Hitherto the river coal mined here has been largely diverted to these industries and a few others. Since I the shortage of anthracite, firms out side the city have been ordering large amounts of the coal and it has been shipped out of the city in largo quantities. It is thought that the amount of coal shipped to outside points will Increase as activities on the river increase. One effect of the coal shortage and the outside demand for river coal, lias been to increase dredging activi ties on the river. The great demand :of river coal last winter, which caused it to double in price within a few months, caused a large num ber of now boats to be put on the river this spring and it is likely that the amount of coal dredged this year will be far greater than ever.