I> ? rr WilMr> n r I Seme flans and Prepare For Next Onslaught Either in Picardy or Flanders- Artois jfe HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M © k otar-Independent * LXXXVII— No. 94 16 PAGES •"PS&.'K"* HARRISBURG, PA.,SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1918. HUN ADVANCE IS CHECKED BY ALLIES BATTLE HALTS i. AS BOTH SIDES BRING IP MEN AND ARTILLERY Germans Preparing For Des perate New Attack on Allied Lines on Picardy or Flanders Front FEAR FOCH'S RESERVE ARMY WILL STRIKE Huns Still Have Many Di- ; visions to Throw Into the Fight to Make Up For Appalling Losses By Associated Press Active lighting operations have halted for the time being while each i side prepares for the next onslaught. It is not improbable the Germans' again will attack either in Picardy j or in Flandcrs-Artois, while overj every move they make hangs the ; menace o£ the allied reserve ar.nyj and a counter offensive. Unfavorable weather has settled on the northern battlefield but up 'o the present the Germans have se lected mist and rain and cold periods as opportune for striking and the lull in their attacKs Is due more probably to their appalling losses which in the past ten days have caus ed such depletions in organizations that offensive tactics must wait the arrival of new troops. The enemy Is! moving up new troops and supplies' along the Lys river and these are; being bombarded heavily l>y the] British. Many Reserves Left Germany probably still has many reserve divisions and there is little' doubt that her masters will use up! the last division in their attempt to! crush either the British or thej French. The British have borne the brunt of the present campaign I which will end its first month to day and their line is unbroken. The ( < enemy has not been able to pierce iti ' and roll up one side as he apparent-1 ly intended. Facing them to-day on the west-! ern front the Germans find British.' French. American, Belgian. Portq-i guese and Italian troops. The nunij-j ber is increasing constantly while' the Germans undoubtedly have useil, up their veteran divisions in the bat-1 ties of the past month. Cannot Stop Now The Germans cannot halt now If' ■ they would attempt to crush the al-' lies while they themselves yet hnve| strength. Field Marshal Haig's Fa-i bian tactics have been more than a! match for the strong headon rushes! of the Germans. In a month of the! heaviest fighting of the war the Ger- i mans have gained nothing the allies ] could not afford to lose when, at the| 1 same time they could inflict losses i more than commensurate with \ t the value of the positions sacrificed. J In fact the allies now are in a better t position for an overpowering often-; j sive more than they were on March; t 21. | i In Flanders and in Artois north ofi Arras the opposing gunners are ac tive, the Germans especially so north' of Merville. the apex of the northern salient. On the Picardy battlefield the German artillery f.re has been 1 , lively between the Sotnme and Mont- | didier. On the right bank of the Meuse probably on the American sector, south of Verdun. American and' French troops have carried out a' small raid into the enemy trenches.! Several casualties were inflicted on I the Germans but their positions were found unoccupied. The German ar-l tillery. is reported active in this re-j Kion. | ~~ : WAR STAMPS earn while you tear off calendar pages Save a quarter when you can. THE WEATHER] I———————s For Hnrrlabnric and vicinity: Rain ~ to-niKht anil Sunday) nl<mi T : rlainic temperature, lonext to- 1 night about 48 degreeN. j a 2 • 8 Tempernturej 8 a. m.. 42. • t River Stage: 10.S feet above low- 1 water mark. Son: Rlaea, :-l a. m.; set*, 7:31 p. Di. p Venterday'a Wrnlhcr Highest trmpernture, I/O went tempera tore. 4D. Mean temperntorr, SI. . ll iSnrtnal tentpcrature, ,u Come On, Keep the Bin Full , e> ' ' '• f Rfe WITNESS TELLS ■ COURT HE WAS SENT FROM CITY Judge Kunkel Forecasts Ac tion on "Criminal Interfer ence With Procedure" Declaring he liad been taken to 1 Philadelphia by Jacob D. Shick, of j Heading, so that he could not appeal | here yesterday to testify in the James Woodward nominating petition con- j test, John H. Burnish testified Viefore j Judge Kunkel he had been paid to! get signers to the Berks county pa- j pers and had been given J."> to buy ■ tickets to Philadelphia on Thurs- j day evening. <Ourt C'nllx For Testimony Judge Kunkel ordered the court j" [Continued on Page 2.] PoJice Save Disloyalty Suspect From Noose By Associated Press Collins* illc, Okla., April 20. —lien-; ry Rheimer. suspected of disloyalty.; was hanged by a crowd of fifty men j here last night, but after he had j swunu until he had become semi conscious the police persuaded tli<S wouldbe executioners to cut him down on the promise that he would be given n trial by the county coun- ' til of defense to-morrow. Seventh Grade School Does Much For Red Cross Pupils o? the seventh grade of the f Keily school building continue to set the pace for the other grades in the i building in the manner in which they ! contribute their bit toward winning the war. With an enrollment ot' J thirty-two pupils they have done a ! splendid amoun of knitting since the beginning of the war. Even the boys , of the room take an interest in ! knitting. More than SBO has been j spent for yarn which is knit into j scarfs and sweaters. The room is one hundred per cent in the Junior Red Cross and Has even helped pupils of other rooms to join. Through the school savings bank they have de- i posited more than in money.! much of this amount i 9 used to buy baby bonds. A number ol the pu- : pils have relatives living in Europe. ; some of whom are fightinv in the German army. Mis* Annie K. Laurie is teacher in the room ind throubh ! her efforts these results, have been j accomplished. CITY AROUSED BY PATRIOTIC WAR APPEALS Sunday Parade to Be Follow ed by Monster Mass Meeting PATRIOTIC WEEK The city's patriotic program for the week, which has never been surpassed, follows: Parade of Central Iron and Steel Works this afternoon. "Parade of flags" and mem orial service in Market square 4.30 tomorrow. Monster mass meeting Chestnut street hall Monday evening. Rally of church organization Board of Trade Monday after noon. Madam Scliumann-Heink to speak in Chestnut street hall next Saturday evening. Anti-Booze rally for war workers. Technical High School, night Friday evening. Patriots have until Thursday night to buy Liberty Bonds. All arrangements have been com pleted for to-morrow afternoon's "parade of flags," in which the service flags of 2,500 Harrisburg and Dauphin county soldiers and sailors will be carried through the principal streets of the city. The parade moves from State and Third streets promptly at 4.30, fol lowing this route: From State out Thrid to Broad, to Second, to Forster, to Front, to Mar ket to the Square. On the square the bands, the pa [Continued on Page 3.] Harrisburg Women Asked to Organize Land Army Cards for the registration of wom en in the Woman's Land Army of America have been received at' Red Cross headquarters in the basement of the Public Library, and informa tion and cards may be secured at the registration desk. The plan is to have women take their places ns farmers, doing work on the Innd while the men do their work In the trenches and In the mu nitions plants. The new organization is being organized under the aus pices of the Woman's Committee of Council 9f National Defense. CLASS 1 MEN TO INCREASE ARMY OF THE FUTURE From 2,000,000 Names, In cluding Youths of Age, Calls Will Be Made By Associated Press Washington, April 20.—Under the classification of men for selective draft service Provost Marshal Gen eral Crowder has advised the Senate Military Committee approximately two million will be plkced in Class 1, from which it is expected all fu ture calls will be taken. These two million, according to General Crow der, are exclusive of between 500,000 and 1,000,000 more annually, it is estimated, who will be made subject to military duty under the bill now in Congress subjecting to registration youths reaching their majority. From the 2.000,000, in Class 1— nearly twenty per cent, of the total registration in tne country—and the additional number secured by new legislation. General Crowder has ad vised Senators it would be improb able calls will go outside the highest class. Of. youths reaching 21 years of age under the new legislation, it is believed, at least ninety per cent, would be placed in Class 1. MAYOR HAS PLAN TO SCARE CATS OUT OF Fourteen-Y ear-Old Boy Gets First-Hand Information and Will Try Scheme For Patriotic Reason The following letter from a 14- year-old war gardener who la trying, to do his bit by raising food presents a new problem for municipal officers. The answer of the Mayor to the yourcp gardener might be of Interest to msny other war gardeners' In the city. . 2 "Mayor Keister: "Uncle Ham wgnts every '>oy and Klrl to Riant a war garden this year. I have planted ono but.at night the cats scratch the Needs-out of their •places and I cat/ hardly see the rows. "If you will kindly tell me .what ENEMY EJECTED FROM ADVANCED LINE BY ATTACK Haig's Men Win Ground by | Sharp Drive South of Scarpc River HUN EFFORTS REPULSED Machine Guns, Trench Mor-' tars and Prisoners Are ' i Taken By Associated Press London, April 20.—Nine machine: guns, a trench mortar and prisoners' were taken by the British in a lo- j cal operation yesterday south of thej Scarpe river, the war office an-1 nounces. A German counterattack 1 was repulsed. The British gained all their ob-> jectives in their Counterattacks in| Flanders, advancing their defenses at i Givenchy and Fcstubert and re-es-' tablishing their positions. In sharp lighting southeast of Ho-1 becq the British drove back German attacking parties. On the Flanders battle front the! British ejected the Germans from: advanced positions gained by them! in Thursday's attack in the region ofi Givenchy and Festubert. The statement follows: Repulse Counterattack "As a result of a successful minor; enterprise carried out by us yester-i day south of the Scarpe river (in the | region of Arras) we captured a i'cw prisoners, nine machine guns and t: trench mortar. Early in the nighti the enemy launched a counterattack| in this locality, arid was repulsed. '< "During the nipht a successful! counterattack by the first division threw out the enemy from points in 1 our advanced defenses around Gi-i venchy and Fcstubert gained by him on the eighteenth instant at the cost of heavy losses. All objectives were gained and the position here was re established. "Local attacks against our po&i-; tions southeast of Robecq led to sharp lighting, at the end of which the enemy was driven back. "Beyond artillery activity on both sides at different points along our front there is nothing further to re | port." Ray W. Heagy Dies After | ' Being 111 but Short Time Ray W. Heagy, junior member of [ the firm of Heagy Brothers, died at his home. 1624 Fulton street, at 1.15 this morning. His death which was caused by pneumonia, followed an illness of two weeks. Mr. Heagy came to this city April j 15, 1911, from Lebanon county. Be j sides being engaged in business as a member of the motorcycle firm of j Heagy Brothers, he was a member j of the Keystone Motorcycle Club and !an active member of the Kiwanis Club. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin P. Heagy. He will be buried from the Hill Church, Lebanon county. The arrangements for the funeral have not yet been completed. , Thousand Workmen Parade For Third Liberty Loan Despite overhanding clouds and cold winds, almost 1,000 employes of the Central Iron and Steel Com pany paraded the streets of the city in interest of the Third Liberty Loan drive this afternoon. The men car ried numerous banners with appeals for the people to buy Liberty Bonds. Every employe of the plant, includ ing a large number of'foieign birth are proud possessors of Liberty Loan buttons, a sign of honor because they have purchased bonds in the drive. The men formed at the plant and headed by a band began the parade. At the end of the "walk around" the men listened to a talk by Mayor Daniel L. Keister. The Mayor praised the paraders for the example which they have set for the other plants in the city and vicinity in set ting into the honor roll of one hun dred per cent, class. to do to get rid of them I would thank you very much. "Yours respectfully, "GILBERT X. BACKENSTOSS, "1249 Kittatinny Street." P. S.—Don't let your secretary see this. He is my uncle. The Mayor's answer follows: "My Dear Gilbert: "l have your letter complaining about the cats destroying your wai garden and I am at a loss to advise you Just what to do in the matter. Permit me to suggest, as your father I san artist, that you have him painl a picture of a bulldog on a board, stand this In your garden at night and seo if this does not have the de sired effect." GERMANS FAIL TO SEPARATE ALLIED ARMYi Period of Strenuous Struggle' Ahead, Minister of Bloek ade Tells People OPTIMISM MIGHT HURT | Teutons Show No Change in Policy of Annexation, In demnities and Autocracy By Associated Press London, April ZO.—Before the pres ent German offensive began German officers in neutral countries were j prepared to wager that the Germans | would succeed in dividing tlie forces j of the Allies within a fortnight, j Lord Itobcrt Cecil, Minister of Block ade, declared in a speech last night | in Hitchin lie has been informed. Knltle Xot Kmleil "A month has passed and the Ger- \ mans have not succeeded," Lord Rob- i wickedly foolish if we believed the j battle had ended. We have an in- I definite period of terrible and stren- ; uous struggles before us. We must | not underrate our enemy, who has j the great advantages of fifty years j of preparation for war. favorable; geographical position and united* command." Lord llobert did not think the ene my's formidable advantages would decide the battle in his favor, but j the Allies must not come under the i sway of too easy optimism. \o Teuton riiongc off Volley The Minister of Blockade referred to the revelations of Prince Lichnow- ; sky. former German Ambassador to! London, and other proofs showing! Germany was absolutely unchanged j since she strove to lull the world to | sleep by talk of peace, planning this attack. Since tli2 battle has begun | nothing lias been heard but talk of j German annexations, indemnities, In crease in the power of the German military caste and the slavery of the | rest of the world. Beautiful New Catholic Church Dedicated With an Imposing Ceremony I Begining at 10 o'clock this mom -1 ing and lasting until noon, very | solemn services were held in the con secrating of the new St. Lawrence ' Roman Catholic Church, in State , near Front street. The Right Rover | end Bishop McDevltt, of this diocese, | officiated and the pastor of the church, the Rev. P. S. Huegel, was master of ceremonies. A large audl | ence was present, many of whom I had never witnessed the elaborate ] ceremonies' attendant upon an occa ! sion of this kind. The magnilieent j auditorium, Gothic in architecture, | was artistically lighted, illuminating the beautiful art works, the statues I and particularly the decorated cross with a bronze figure of Christ which I is suspended in the sanctuary arch, j Bishop McDevitt was assisted by j Deacons Very H. C. Christ, Lancas | ter, and L. A. Reuder. McSherrys | town: chanters, the Rev. George i Breckel, York, and Leopold Schneid er, Scranton; relic bearers, the Rev. j \V\ Da I ley, Harrisburg; thuriferarius, : the Rev. W. Huygen, of Steelton. Others who assisted were Fathers Carey, Feeser, Giadelt, Murphy and Rice, of Harrisburg; Bleistein, Her zbg and Howarth, from out of town. Fr. Thompson, of Steelton, acted as notary. After the ceremonies Bishop McDevitt was celebrant at a high mass. Sprouf Outlines Plans For Primary Campaign Senator William (\ Sprout made | this statement upon his plans for the ] primary campaign at Philadelphia i yesterday, taking the position that | this was not a time for noisy faction ] alism. ) "The people of Pennsylvania, with I the rest of the United States, are j concerned with things too trernen i dous and vital to ask them to listen I to the petty details of factional poll j tics. I don't think it is in good taste at such a time as this, when all our| I thoughts are wrapped up in the na-; | tional aims. When we wake up in I the morning and feel the exhilarating | effects of the early spring day, it is | only for the moment until the con- I sciousness of the war and its horrors j take their prevailing place in our i minds. "Under such conditions you can not ask people to take an interest in political partisanship. Our people are in a stern and,serious mood. They will d'ecide tliis'thing of the Govern orship of Pennsylvania because it is a question which must be decided in the day's work, but they will want to decide it soberly and along broad lines. I, for one, do not intend to obtrude upon them and ask for their attention to any personal claims. While 1 will make some speeches be fore the primaries, they will not be factional political speeches, but at tempts on my part to contribute what I thought I may on the broad issues of the day." Blind Girl Leads Mates From Blazing Building By Associated Press Jim YorU, April 20.—Rosa Cohen, !) years old and blind, saved the lives of sixteen other blind children at the Blind Babies'. Sunshine Home in'the Bath Beach section of Brook lyn early to-day. Awakened by smoke from a fire which started in the kitchen of the home, she groped her way through the girls' and boys' rooms and aroused each sleeping child. Officials of the home were not awakened until the children, led by little Rosa, were passing out of the blazing building. Two floors of the home were burned out. DISTRICT AWARE TO DUTY, BUYS LIBERTY BONDS Industrial Plants Come to the Front With Heavy Purchases BUTTONS ARRIVE SOON Twelfth of Income of Each Patriot Should (Jo Into Bonds Big Plants Do Well Pennsylvania Railroad , ( Dauphin Co.) sltil,ooo Philadelphian and Bead ing 41,000 Central Iron and Steel employes 141,250 Pipe Bending employes. 200,000 Pipe Bending Co 1.">0,000 State Capitol employes. 74,450 KUiott-Fisher employes. 4 8,000 Bight and Power em ployes 13,500 Uarrisburg Silk Mill em ployes 23,000 Uarrisburg Railway em ployes and Co 33,000 Central Construction Corporation 21,000 Counties Are Coming Cumberland county ...SBOO,OOO Dauphin (exclusive Har risburg, Steelton) ... 289,100 Perry county 189,100 Juniata county 60,400 The employes of the various de partments in the State Capitol are proving that they are not slackers. The story had been circulated that some of the hill folks were telling in Uarrisburg t hot they subscribed at home—anil at home that they bought bonds in Uarrisburg. Just how un true this Vstory is was proved con clusively this morning ly Klavel Wright, who reported total subscrip tions by hill employes of $74,450. Fifteen bureaus and departments in the Capitol are "hundred per centers." In the health department 149 out of 150 employes have bought bonds. Particular attention is being j paid the 150 th employe by the other t Continued on l'agc B.] I *3 >£ ! <■?* r | J AMERICAN STEAMSHIP SJNiii j <J NEW Y<SRK—THE AMERICAN' STEAMSHIP ? X; FLORENCE' H.; FORMERLY A GREAT LAKES <S T VESSEL, HAS BEEN SUNK WITH LOSS OF LIFE M ! *i £ NEAR A FOREIGN PORT. ACCORDING TO IK- $ 4 FORMATION .RECEIVED IN SHIPPING CIRCLES T 4' £► % TO-DAY. iv X JEWS MEET ON MOUNT OF OLIVES T T I"?* Jerusalem — Four thousand Jews held an open air Np meeting on the Mount of Olives yesterday and listened X |T to addresses by the British .Zionist Commission. \4* WILL DRAFT WOMEN FOR WAR i *? # S LONDON —A resolution to extend the milit - • .-r.-kc X T T to all unmarried women between ages of 10 and "S* I C • . S is to be submitted to the House PF Common; 14 DENY BRISTOW COURTHG "8"; T '** I *£* Ellsworth, Kas.—County. Commissioners, last night & Ji refused to allow Former United States Senator Bristow "IF to make an address in the court house here o- *jr' * |fi| * his altitude on the war. <? . •> 4* WILL RELIEVE GOETHALS & jy ,4, Washington — Lieut. Colonel Robert E. Wood, no mi- - 4* nated to become a brigadier general is slated for appoint- I *7* Ml j|* rnent as acting quartermaster general of the army, it •< jg IT learned to-day, relieving Major General Goethals of th -iB j 4* dc o: t hat office- . w J ANTI-JAPANESE OUTBREAK JQ V London—Owing to increased anti-Japanese demon* 9 ! e5 M NL ttrations at Vladivostok where Japanese and British J| -fL . | JftjH marines recently were landed it has been necessary to j|H <s* .'.range for reinforcements, telegraphs the correspondent J" at Tien Tsin of the Exchange Telegraph Company. f BLAME PLACED ON MONT BLANC X Halifax, N. S.—Blame for the collision between the mt Norwegian steamer Imo and the French munitions ship, jf*! | M nt L ac, in nich 1800 lives were lost c December placed on the Mont Blanc by Judge Drysdale in g ?•** MARRIAGE LICENSES j{ I'n it I G. HfndleTt Mnnhrtnt. and Kami I. Kerr. BiichmaßHvlllei -a, .luxrpb M. Ilranrd. Mrrbnnli-liur*. Mnd llorrl \V. llohouKb. Bow- J mnnNdnlri John K. i€mil)>*r. Iliirrlxluiru. nnd Aiinii M. Walts, Itrel- ' ty* Ion; Arthur C. Hnnvfly. TuxmlooN*. Aln.. nnd Miiricnret K. Siimd, ji, l.chnnom Hnhcrt 11. Klnii nnd tlurthn li \\ nitiirr. Hitrriabiiriti Jo- Tf xcph S. Sonlnr nnd Unhrl Hunt*. SiooKon; John H. Incklrr nnd ~ l.llllr B. Oclmler, Htlth llnnovrr toivukhlp. / HOME EDITION CITY ASHES MAY BE USED IN LIEU OF FERTILIZERS Chemist lo Analyze Housei hold Collections to De termine Value . FINISHING THE CLEANUP Work Progressing Rapidly Under Direction of New Municipal Bureau To determine whether ashes col lected from the thousands of back yards in tile city may be of any value as a fertilizer since the price of this article has advanced so much, H. l'\ Sheesley, chief inspector of the Bureau of Ash and Garbage I Inspection, has arranged to have a [chemical analysis made. Prelimi nary work has been started by a chemist in the city and ns soon as ho |tnakes a report to the inspector tha > result will be announced. H. O. i Niesley. county farm agent, when informed about the plan, expressed j much interest in it because of tha | advance in price of the usual fer | tilizers sold to farmers. As hundreds of tons of ashes are' collected In the city each month the value of thid refuse may be enough that they can l>e used to improve soil instead of till on the many dumps on tlie out skirts of the city. Despite the inclement weather of [Continued on Page 2.] Dead Body of Air Expert Found on Road to Peronne By Associated Press | Washington. April 20. —Col. 15. < Y Moiling, of the Signal Corps Re serve, recently reported as missing ! in action in France was killed in ac tiwn on or about March 29. A dis patch from the American embassy at Paris received yesterday by As sistant Secretary of State Phillips, brother-in-law of Colonel Polling/ said the officer's body had been found on the road to Peronne with a bullet wound through the heart. A widow and four children who survive Colonel Polling live at Greenwich, Conn.
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