Amcrl Corners Repulse Early Morning Attach Planned hy Teatoh 'itk Picked Meu HARRISBURG Q9OQI TELEGRAPH ' ' Star-Independent j| f LXXXVII— No. 86 16 PAGES *HUN INFANTRY I VAIN AGAINST YANKEE LINE; AMERICAN TRANSPORTS BUSY KAISER PLANS TO WEAR DOWN BRITISH ARMY AT ANY COST Germans Make Small Gains North of Somme For Lives Spent in Infantry Attacks on Fortified Lines U-BOATS ARE SEEKING AMERICAN TRANSPORTS United States Is Rushing Troops to France Three Times as Fast as Original Schedule Called For By Associated Press London, April 11.—The Brit ish have withdrawn from Ar mentieres, on the northern battle front, the war office announces. Violent fighting continues all along the front from La Bassee canal to the Ypres-Comines canal- On the front north of Armentieres heavy fighting was continuing late last night. There little change in the British •positions. London. April 11. —The Germans pushed on yesterday from Croix Du Bac, southwest of Armentieres and parties of them are reported in the neighborhood of Steenwerck fa'jout five miles west of Armentieres). Reuter's correspondent at British headquarters announces. Yesterday noon the enemy occupied Bestrem, but in the course of the afternoon the British drove him out and across the river Lawe. Paris, April 11.—A German attack in the Champagne last night was broken by French fire. On the prin cipal battle front there was iieavy artillery fighting between Montdidier and Noyon. On the northern battlefront Amer ican soldiers, the vanguard of a large force, have joined the British ar mies. The first force was only a bat talion in strength, but other Amer ican contingents are moving forward rapidly. General Pershing's men wire greeted enthusiastically by the British. Desperate fighting continues unin terruptedly on a twenty-five-mile front between Givenchy and Wyt schaete, with the Germans suffering severe losses for small gains against the strong British defense. In two days of heavy engagements the ene my has not yet gained any point of strategical importance and the Brit ish still dominate the battlefield from the heights of Messine's ridge on the north and Givenchy on the south. Fighting 'is llloody Below Armentieres, where the at tack was launched Tuesday, the Ger mans have made little additional progress, although they hav e crossed to the left bank of the Lys between Estaires and Bac St. Maur. Itepeat ed attacks against the British line between Estaires and Givenchy to ward Bethune have been checked sj nguinarily. Berlin claims the cap ture of 6,000 men and 100 guns on this sector Tuesday. North of Armentieres the Germans, after driving the British from their [Continued on Page 14.] Prothonotary Pass says saving nickels starts THRIFT CARDS * I THE WEATHER, I-"or nnrrUhurß nml vicinity i Cloudy anil continued cool to night, with lowest temperature ■bout ST. degrees; Friday fair ■nd warmer. For Eastern Pennsylvania! Cloudy and continued cool to-nlshti Friday fair and somewhat warmer* diminishing northeast win""- Temperature: R a. m.. 30. SHI RIMI, <1:31 a. m.t nets, 7:o'.' Moon i First quarter, April IT, > It>o7 a. m. River Mtaice: 5.0 feet above law water mark. Hold 'im! We're on the Way. ALL CANDIDATES I ARE QUESTIONED | ON PROHIBITION Asked to Say Whether They Are "Wet" or "Dry;" Con centrate on Legislature All nominating petitions for the; May primary will have been tiled j with the cl.>se of to-day and the \ showdown as to those who favor or j oppose the proposed constitutional ' amendment prohibiting the inanufac- ! turc and rale of liquor is now at hand. Some time ago the Dauphin County Ratification Committee, the j Rev. Dr. J. B. Markward, chairman, issued a letter to all announced can didates for the Legislature, asking a statement regarding the following; matters: "First—What is your attitude to ward the prohibition amendment to > the Constitution of the United States? j If favorable to ratification of the i [Continued on Pago 16.] High School Pupils Are Dropping German Tongue Announcement was made to-day i regarding the discontinuing of Ger man in the city high schools that no j official action is likely to be taken, : but that the pupils themselves are 1 solving the problem by swinging over I to the French. The two languages j are alternatives, selective, and at j Tech High, in particular, the bulk j of students formerly taking German i have now quit and taken up French. ; Dr. Fager to-day said that German j books in use had been censored care- r fully, all texts pretty freely cut out. j He also said that Prof. Downes had \ ; asked him to take a canvass of how many boys want to take up Spanish next year. If the number warrants it this language will be taught at 1 Tech. SH U.I, FIRE IX THEATER An alarm from Third and Cumber- | 1 Irnd streets was turned in last night , when a film at th*. Royal Theater be- 1 ' cj-me ignited. No damage was done. I i The audience passed oat safely. i SIXULK COPV, CENTS CANADIAN HERO TO SPEAK-HERE FOR THIRD LOAN Working Girls Show Patriot ism by Buying War Bonds Arrangements have been complet i ed for the appearance in industrial plants of Harrisburg of Captain , Baker of the first Canadian Expedi , tionary forces—an officer whose eye > sight was destroyed by a Hun bul let, and Ralph Bingham, the humor ist. The schedule follows: Arriving at 2.40 this afternoon [Continued on I'agc 3.] Runaway Girls Sent Back to Homes at Hagerstown; One Carried Small Baby Naomi Bechtel, age 19 years, with | a 20-month-old baby girl, and Ethel Smith, 17 years, runaways from Hagerstown. were sent home to-day. They reached the city Tuesday night i and stopped at a local hotel. ' Yesterday they attracted atten tion at the Pennsylvania railroad station where they applied for in formation regarding n day nursery. The girl with the child said they had just arrived from Philadelphia where they had work, and made good money, but that it cost too much to live in that city. They wanted a place provided for the baby so they could work, claim ing they had been promised employ ment. Failing to get any help from local charities they were referred to Dr. John B. Fager, 1234 North Sixth street, who turned them over to the Florence Crittendon Home. An investigation followed. The Smith girl finaHy confessed that they were runaways and want ed to get rid of the baljy so they 1 could leave the,city. She said It vras her money they Were spending, and that she had been provided with a small bank account by her father. The Hagerstown authorities were communicated with and the girls sent back to-day. HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING,'APRIL 11, 1918 COAL DEMANDS EXCEED SUPPLY NOW IN CITY Cold Weather and Delayed Shipments Work Against Fuel Situation A freezing temperature during the "present week has sent hundreds of Harrisburg householders scurrying to the office of the coal dealers for a supply of anthracite to keep riwuy the cold and dampness. And the late spring rush on the coal yards finds Harrisburg woefully short of coal. Shipments of coal into the city, dealers say, have been negligible [Continued on Pugc 12.] Last of Four Great Liners Is Sunk by Hun U-Boats Now York, April 11. The big British steamship Minnetonku. U.- 528 tons register gross, anil for merly in the New York-Bondon pas senger trade for the Atlantic Trans port line, was sunk by a German sub marine in the Mediterranean dur ing February, the Maritime Register reports to-day. The ship was launched in 1902. The Minnetonka was one of four pas senger ships of the line aggregating 53,099 grom tons, all of which have been sunk since the war began. J'he others were the Minneapolis, sunk March 22, 1916; Minnehaha, stink September 7, 1917, and Minncwaska, sunk November 29, 1917. OLMSTED ESTATE TAKES SIOO.OfIO IX MHKKTV BOSDS A bi K boost was given the local subscription of the Third Liberty Ijonn to-day with the announcement that the estate of the late Congress man M. E. Olmsted had subscribed SIOO,OUU. It is believed that other estates and men of large means will greatly swell the total before the end of the week. Throughout the city there is a risln K tide of interest in the new lean and the patriotic re sponse ia going to bo heard in Berlin. U. S. ARMY M DOWN BOCH FUTILE ASSAULT Heaviest Attack Yet Made Against American Sector Blasted as American Gunners and Infantrymen Pour Withering Fire Into Advancing Ranks of Huns; Yan kees Not Frightened by 72-Hour Bombardment By Associated Press With the American Army in! France, Wednesday, Apui 10- The Germans attempted an at tack against the American posi tions northwest of Toul just be fore sunrise this morniig and were completely repulsed. Two German prisoners said the enemy planned the attack in a force of 800 men but that it was stopped in its full strength by the ef fective tire of the American artillery. The Americans lost no pris oners. One of the German prisoners died later of wounds. Brilliant woi;k by American gunners dispersed the German infantry before they reached the wire entanglements and those of the enemy who got into the wire were accounted for with machine gun and rifle fire. Many Boches Killed The German attack came after a Violent artillery bombardment of three days. A large number of the enemy are believed to have been killed or wounded during the at tack which continued for nearly two hours. For severity-two hours before their effort the Germans had been firing an increasing number of shells at the American positions and mak ing extensive use of gas shells. At HUNS NOW PLAN TO EXTEND BATTLE LINE Germans Outnumber British on Northern Field, but First Rush Is Stemmed By Associated Press • Witli the British Army In France, | April 10.—Prisoners declare the of fensive above Armentieres will be I extended forty kilometers north - • ward. Everything the Germans can | put against the British will be kept | on this front and desperate fighting must be expected, j Yesterday's gains south of Armen j tieres were made mainly through the AUSTRO-HUNGARY ! ADMITS ATTEMPT | TO MAKE PEACE i Emperor Confers With Men of International Connection Concerning War's End By Associated Press London, April 11.—Negotiations regarding the possibility of peace be tween the United States and Austria- Hungary have been carried on be tween Prof. Anderson, of Washing ton, and Count Stephen Tisza and Count Julius Andrassy. former Hun-* gnrlan premiers, according to. a Vienna dispatch to the Berlin Tage blatt, as quoted in an Exchange Tele graph message from Copenhagen. The dispatch also says the Austro- Hungarian foreign office admits va rious attempts have been made to obtain a general peace and that Emperor Charles has had negotia tions with several persons who have international connections. Return Causes Sensation The Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister, Count Czernln. has return ed unexpectedly to Vienna from a [Continued on Page 12.] FOOT CRUSHED I'NDKR CAR Samuel Hheem, aged .•;!>, 1820',i North Fifth street, a brakeman on the Pennsylvania Railroad, will like ly lose his foot as the result of an accident in the Enola yards this morning. He was standing at the end of a car loaded with sheetiron when the brake slipped and the car passed over "his foot. He is at the Harrisburg Hospital, noon yesterday the enemy began a I harassing fire against one of our strong points anil kept it u;> throughout the night, dropping hundreds of shells of all calibers on both front and rear positions. The American artillery replied vigorously, the men in some batteries working: with their gas masks on for two or three hours at a stretch. • Advance in Force About five o'clock this morsvng Oe'man infantrymen in the front line signaled their batteries for a barrage and started for the Ainsr i lean front line. The American gun i ners laid a counter barrage almost immediately. The attackers who were-especially trained for this operation, •were selected from among the best men ill three regiments. They were fire ceded by shock platoons bi't the American barrage caught them be fore they were able to reach our wire entanglements. l'irc Is Terrific A terrific tire against the advanc ing enemy was kept up by the American batteries. The Germans j probably suffered severe casualties as several bodies were seen hanging across the barbed wire after the enemy retired. The attack was made in a heavy morning mist but the American gunners did wonderful work considering the poor visibility. As soon as the American barrage lifted, American infantrymen climbed from their shelters and attacked the enemy with heavy machine gun and rifle fire, driving back those who had not been dispersed by the ar tillery fire. The attack was followed by a vio lent artillery duel which was still goinK on at a late hour to-night. Portuguese front upon which the G mans delivered their main attack. The assault had been anticipated a?id the present line to which the aUies fell back was prepared as a coun ter move to check the rush. Outnumber Allies A captured German document shows that the German plan was [Continued on Page 16.] DOORS CLOSED TO HOLD BACK CROWD AT RUMMAGE SALE Bargains Bring Overwhelm ing Throng to Big Hos . pital Event ' "Lawzy sakes, such a crowd!" shouted an aged colored woman as she emerged from the throng of pur chasers at tho Hospital Rummage Sale now being held in the Board of Trade hall, in Market street near Front. The colored woman was right! Hundreds upon hundreds of men, women and children waited good-naturedly from 8 and 9 o'clock in front o'f the Board of Trade build ing. yntil the doors swung open at 10. When tho doors swung back a stream began to pour into the room [Continued on Page 16.] MOTOII CLUB TO FIND . OUT WHAT'S WHAT The Harrisburg Motor Club is go ing to stage an exhibition of auto mobile headlights for the benefit of the police force next week, it was announced to-day. So many of the members have been fined for violat ing the ordinance that orders them to have their lights dimmed at night or else shaded so that the undlinnied lights throw a ray of not more than seventy-five feet ahead of the ma chine, or more than forty-two inches above the groupd, that they propose to give a demonstration of how the lights wprk, and ask the coppers to decide when they are within tbe law and when they are noL Oltl.V ISVUNINU UIUU |'|ll£t NBWSPAPKH IK II WIIIIMII IM; GROCERS TO TAKE OVER POTATOES AT NINETY CENTS W ill Retail Them Without Profit to Conserve Wheat FARMERS FACE BIG LOSS Potato Week to He Observed Beginning Next Monday • Wheat conservation, so vital to the wtlfarc of the American tand to our Allies, is to be effected throughout Pennsylvania by observ ance of Potato Week, when citizens are asked to use potatoes instead of bread. It is to begin next Monday. Grocers have arranged to purchase potatoes direct from local farmers, paying; I'U cents a bushel for N'o. 1 potatoes. They will sell them, in luisl" - ' lots, for sl, which r ft tns that their margin of profit is pradically nothing, whenuhe handling and time consumed Is considered. They will make no profit * out of the transac tion, but many have agreed to ren der this patriotic service to the com nunity and nation in an effort to conserve the wheat. To Save Wheat In addition to saving wheat, the Potato Week will make certain an adequate crop of potatoes for next winter. The recent severe winter, which set in early in December, pre vented farmers from hauling their potatoes to market. The result is that many of them have large stocks en hand. Unless these are sulil with out serious loss to'the farmers, the.v j will not pis nt heavily this spring, 'that means that an insufficient sup ply will be on hand next fall and that will bring high prices for po tatoes. It is imperative that citizens aid the movement. Notify your grocer ihat you will take part in Potato Week, so he may know how many potatoes to contract for through the Dauphin County Farm Bureau. #** ** irHrWr "7* £. * % v * O'Uews PETITIONS FILED *s ® N ;- f w -& court- T for Highway Commissioner J. Denny *fr' * 4* • .if t> v 3L I *xi If krcll, secretary of the O'Neil committee, who 4* which ia sent in. He also-filed petitions for the RepuJb!- J? fj| gresa-at-Large for W. S. Aaron |* IS Thomas H. Atherton, Wilkes-Barre and W. J. J IX & ittsburgh. Fred E. Lewis, Allentown, filed a HK . J 1 v *t* ! * IS ■ ■ Internal Affairs *nd Guy B. Flyte, Wilkes- j 1 '99 IX es .t 5 4 * ' |i ?v,-o desertqra from the Canadian ar}\ , i . draft c .adcys and eight enemy aliens, said to * * A ermans, have taken refuge bn an island in the Ottaws S [Z river and are defying the authorities. 4 t t 1J V — | MARRIAGE LICENSES j i * S nnd KOHII I'urf, Steeltoni Al.nlniiii lluribhrrgrr. Mnttnnunn nml FR* * l.niirn A. l.on)tcrc, lli.rrl.hur, Hn> monri 11. Kycr. llllnm-'port. wi. J, and Saimh C. Mmltt. lOdgf-mom. ~ T. ... ..... HOME EDITION DEMOCRATS TO HAVE LIQUOR FIGHT IN PARTY Judge Bonniwcll and Howard O. ilolskin to Oppose llic Stale Slate BELIEVED TO BE "WET" Last Day Marked by Tremen dous Hush to File Papers at (lie Capitol Rival candidates for the Demo cratic nominations for Governor and Lieutenant Governor to-day filed nominating petitions, at the capitol. Joseph P. Guffey, of Pittsburgh, not ing Democratic state chairman, and Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell, of the Philadelphia municipal court and president of the State Firemen's as sociation, are the two who filed fi.r Governor, while Ex-congressman J. Washington l.ogue. of Philadelphia, and Howard O. Holsteln, former fire chitef of ilarrisburg and for years identified with the liquor business in Dauphin county, filed for Lieute nant Governor. Asher J. Johnson, Bradford, tiled for Democratic nomination for sec retary of internal affairs, and S. IJ. Tamer, Pittsburgh: Joseph F. Gor man. Allen town; Fred ik'.-ler, Bloomsburg, and J. Calvin Strayci, iork, filed for congress-at-large. Kor [Continued on Page, li.] Man Who Slashed Throats of Brothers Gets Hearing Ben. alias "Preacher" Johnson, colored, charged with the murder cf fucker Copeland and Odell Cope'a.id, also colored, in a tight at Lykens early on Easter morning, was ffivea a preliminary hearing this afternoon before Justice Walter S. Youn-;, of Lykens. Johnson was taken to Lykens this morning and immediate ly after the hearing was brought back to the county jail. District At torney Michael E. Stroup conducted the prosecution at the hearing, and County Detective James T. Walters appeared as a witness, as Johnson made a confession to him.