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HARRISBURG Q9OQI TELEGRAPH
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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ish have withdrawn from Ar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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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-& court-
T for Highway Commissioner J. Denny *fr' *
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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
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& ittsburgh. Fred E. Lewis, Allentown, filed a HK . J
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|cfc BRITISH TAKE TWO VILLAGES X
X ■ British troops on April 0 advanced their linf •*
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? • 'ROOPS MUTINOUS . I*
un—A mutiny occurred among Gcrmai *'
4 troops at Beverloo camp in Lindenburg, Pru befor< *
4 hoc in I'r , ;,ccord " *
the Tc'egraaf. Three officers were shut and sev- * * 1
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4 he <• ?i- for thr L
X were placed under arrest *
? . DESERTERS DEFY AUTHORITIES V>
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|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
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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
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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.