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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. |
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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
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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"
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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
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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
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| 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.
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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
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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
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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.