V- t;Q-nkg Teuim A. ::k Looked 'Fy< ajt Any 1 :;z HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M dip £tor~ Independent / LXXXVII— No. 96 16 PAGES CONCRETE FILLED SHIPS SUNK TO BOTTLE U-BOATS GERMANS MASS BIG BODIES OF MEN FOR NEW FLANKATTACK Enemy May Launch Simul taneous Assaults Against British Lines in Flanders and North of Somme RAIDING ACTIVITY GREATLY INCREASED Allied Forces Making Ready For Hun Drive Expected to Develop in Great Force at Any Moment New thrusts on the western front by the Germans are still held in abeyance. Raiding activity has be come more pronounced but the en emy apparently is not fully prepared for his next blow. The allied forces are making ready their defenses and it is believed the Germans will not delay resumption of heavy fighting much longer. There are evidences of German concentrations for a renewal of the great battle on the Somme front. Field Marshal Haig reports enemy activities of this nature in the vicinity of Villers-Bretonneux, where the German wedge south of the Somme has been pushed farth est toward Amiens. The enemy masses were taken under fire by the British artilery as were similar con centrations north of the Somme, near Serre, seven miles north of Al bert. Bombardment Heat y The Germans are heavily bom barding the region west of Albert and the entire northern side of the salient along the Lys, on the Plun ders front. The Pitris war office also reports considerable artillery ac tivity in the Somme battle area. The chief activity of the British infantry last night was north of Albert where the defensive position was improved and sixty prisoners taken. Local fighting in which the British had the advantage occurred also on the Lys front near Kobecq, and in the neighborhood of Wyt schaete in the ridge region to the northeast. German raids on both the north ern -and southern battlefields indi cate the enemy is feeling out his adversaries, who realize that the longer the Germans hold off their rew attack the heavier it is likelv to be. Southwest of Ypres the Ger mans are massing large bodies of troops on the northern leg of the salient probably in preparation for further attempts to overcome the Mont Kemmel positions and out flank \ pres. They have carried out small raids in the vicinity of Laßassee and Festubert. where the southern leg of the salient joins the old battleline. in the center the British have further improved their position around Robecq. Look For Two Attacks On the Picardy battlefield the Ger mans show increased activity north of the Sonime to Albert. Tliis is at the base of the trianKle whose apex is the juncture the Somme and [Continued on Page ll.] LIBERTY BONDS AND BABY BONDS g-o well together jtSPßoth help the soldiers, too Itheweathf.p] H"L,bor* and Tlclnltyi Generally cloudy to-night and Wednesday; not mnch chanter In temperatare, lowest to-nlsht about 48 deferens. For Eastern Pennsylvania: Port "h 1 ov " r " Wednesday In north and west portions; moderate went Minda. River The lower portion of the North llranch Mill continue to rise -lowly, all otlaer streams of the system will fall slowly or re muln nearly stationary this af ternoon. to-nlaht and probably Wednesday A Mate of a bant Indicated for Rarrla h®rn H ednendiiy morninK. *onj ftlae*, 6i17 a. acta, 7*43 p. m. Now That We Are Over That HOLLAND MAY VERGE ON WAR WITH GERMANY Dutch Cabinet in Extraordi nary Session May Have Sent Ultimatum By Associated Press The Hague, April 23.—The Dutch cabinet met yesterday in extraordi nary session. The Vaderland says an agreement has been reached regarding one point which has caused friction be tween Holland and Germany, but that the old dispute concerning the transport of sand and gravel to Ger many continues to be a stumbling block. Germany desires to resume the practice of shipping gravel through Holland, but the Dutch gov ernment offers objections, on the ground that new circumstances have arisen. The British Foreign Office, accord ing to the Ix>ndon Daily Xews, has learned that the relations between Holland and Germany are very strained. The dispute about the sup ply of gravel from Holland to Ger many was said to have been the cause. Official and diplomatic cir cles in London were reported to look upon the situation with uneasiness. Rumors were that something in the nature of an ultimatum had been delivered to Holland by Germany. Holland in the Way The Handelsblad of Amsterdam on Monday expressed the belief that Germany would not hesitate to use communication through Holland even at the risk of war if she be lieved that by doing so victory could be obtained on the western front. It was reported recently that Ger many looked with disfavor upon Holland's atUtude toward the seizure by the United States and Great Britain of Dutch tonnage in Amer ican and British ports. Guatemala Declares War; Follows Lead of U. S. Guatemala City, April 23.—The Xational Assembly at its session yesterday declared the Republic of Guatemala to occupy the same posi tion toward the European bellig erents as does the United States. Guatemala broke diplomatic rela tions with Germany in April, 1917. The action now taken is apparently intended ti> constitute a declaration of war against Germany and Aus tria-Hungary. with whom the United States is now at war. SINGLE COPV, 1! CEX'rs REGULATION OF ALL ADVERTISING BY SIGNS, URGED Ordinance Imposing Restric tions and Taxes Proposed by the Mayor Passage on first reading of an ordinance restricting all bill boards, signs and other adver tising, providing an annual tax and annual inspection. Appointment of George Xeb inger as inspector of weights and measures, succeeding Harry D. Reel, resigned. Statement by Commissioner Gross questioning advisability of changing name of Muench street as it was given in honor of the late Charles F. Muench, respect ed citizen. Statement by Commissioner Hassler that at least $3,00Q more will be needed by Health Department to handle smallpox epidemic. Action postponed on ordinance to require owners of public garages to keep record of all au tomobiles which are brought there for repair. Resolution declaring Friday, April 26, legal holiday, closing all city offices, directing city em ployes to aid in Liberty Loan work, in case Governor Brum baugh issued a proclamation, in troduced by Commissioner Lynch •These were the important devel opments at the session of Council to day. Mayor Keister announced shortly after tiie session began that he had accepted Mr. Reel's resignation and had appointed Mr. Xebinger. 1437 Swatara street, to the position. The appointment .becomes effective May [Continued on Page 5.] HELD UNDER HAIL FOR DISTRIBUTING PAPERS Harry A. Wenrlch, 2028 Berryhill street, was held under $2,000 bail for a bearing May 3 on the charge of distributing seditious literature ad vocating resistance to the draft. With him was held Mrs. Jane G. Zea, as an accomplice, under the same amount of bail. Wenrich was arrested last night for distributing posters and leaflets issued by the government suppressed International Bible Students' Asso ciation. entitled "Kingdom News'' and "The Finished Mystery and Why It was Suppressed." Mrs. Zea was ar-j rested this morning. HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1918. WARNING AGAINST THIEVES SOUNDED BY POLICE CHIEF Large Floating Population Drawn Here Makes Danger ous Unprotected Property Chief of Police Wetzel to-day sounded a warning to householders to take extreme precautionary meas ures to protect themselves from rob bery. A number of sneak thefts | have beer reported to the police re j cently,. besides the entrance and bur glary of a number of stores. With the large floating population occasioned by the labor situation which brings hundreds of men to this vicinity, the chief to-day predicted that the summer will cause the local police department the worst crim [Continued oil Page 14.] Fewer Autos For Pleasure, Plan of War Directors By Associated Press Wellington, April 23.—A further curtailment of the manufacture of pleasure automobiles was indicated to-day as the outcome of a confer ence held by the Fuel Administra tion and the War Industries Board with representatives of the automo-| bile industry. The curtailment if made effective. ! would restrict the manufacture of I pleasure cars to about 25 per cent. I of the normal production. A thirty! per cent, reduction already has been J operative. Total Loan Subscriptions Reach $1,596,709,900 Washington. April 23. —New sub scriptions reported co-day raised the total of the Liberty Loan already pledged t0'51,596,709,900. Until fur ther .reports are received it will not be possible to determine whether the St. Louis or the Minneapolis district exceeded its quota first. HORSE AND TEN COWS HIS "DEPENDENTS"! PotU'rsvillc, Cal., April 23.—While filling out a questionnaire the exam iner asked an Armenian, "Have you any dependents?" "Yes," he "re plied. "Name them," demanded the examiner. "A horse and ten cows," rejoined the registrant. BRITISH SEND OLD CRUISERS TO BOTTOM IN PIRATE HARBOR Cruisers Run Aground and Blown Up in Effort to Stop Submarines From Leav ing Great Base in Belgium BIG COAST PORTS RAIDED FROM SEA Ostend and Zebrugge Suffer Under Naval Strategy; Official Report Gives but Meager Details By Associated Press I.unilon. April 23.—British naval J forces to-day raided the German | submarine base* of Ostend and Zee brugge, the Admiralty announces. Five old cruisers which had been filled with concrete for use in block ing the channels were run aground, blown up and abandoned by their crews. The Admiralty reports that, accord ing to incomplete information thus far received, the raid met with a rea sonable measure of success. The statement follows: I'jfcscly this morning a naval raid j was made on Ostend and Zccbruggc, j which aro being used by the enemy as destroyer and submarine bases. Our forces are returning and the; scanty information so far received is to the effect that the raid met with a reasonable measure of success." Troop* Are I.oniloil In all probability the entrance to the Bruges canal has been blocked effectively in consequence of the na vail raid. Sir Eric Geddes. First Ix>rd of the Admiralty, announced to-day in the House of Commons. While the operation was in prog ress, Sir Eric announced, British par ties were landed to distract the ene my. The officer who developed the scheme of attack was killed. Storming parties were landed on the mole from the cruiser Vindictive. The casualties to the personnel, said Sir Eric, were heavy in proportion to [Continued on Pape 13.] HUN TRENCHES ARE SWEPT BY FIRE AND GAS Canadian Army Headquarters in France, April 23 (by Canadian Press Ltd.). —The Canadians during the past twelve hours have raided the German lines at seven places, gassed the enemy with thousands of lach rymatory and lethal shells, harassed j him by special artillery shots, swept | his trenches with machine-gun and j rifle fire and hammered his front | line with trench mortars. ! In some of the raids sharp fight ing developed, in onp instance pro tracted hand-to-hand fighting taking place, this struggle being so intense that the Canadians were unable to ; take prisoners. The seven raids to. ; gether netted five prisoners and twoj | machine guns. Two of the prisoners ! have since died. BRITISH LINES IMPROVED IN A NIGHT ATTACK By Associated Press l.ondou. April 23.—0n the Somme i front north of Albert the British last night improved their line by j a successful local operation, it is an- I nounced officially. They took sixty prisoners. On the Flanders front in the Robecq sector and near Wyt schaete the British took prisoners. The statement follows: "As a result of a successful local operation carried out by us last night north of Albert we improved our position and captured sixty prison ers. A nuhiber of prisoners have been taken by us also in the Robecq sector and Wytschaete, in both of which areas local fighting occurred to our advantage. "In the neighborhood of Ampoux one of our raiding parties entered the enemy's trenches and penetrated his support lines. "The hostile artillery was active yesterday afternoon and during thei night west of Albert and on the greater part of our front from south of the forest of Nieppe to enst of Ypres. Concentrations of hostile troops observed in the Villers-Bre tonneux sector and in the neighbor hood of Serre were engaged by our artillery.'' HOLD AMERICAN BORN MECHANIC AS POSSIBLE SPY Spent Most of Ilis Life in Ger many Before Coming Back to L'. S. MAY BE GOOD CITIZEN Eniil Kricgsnian to Be He leased if Charges Arc Not Substantiated The United States Department of Justice has placed limil Kriegsman, 1614 Susquehanna street, alleged pro-German, in the Dauphin county jail. Investigation into his status,as an American or German citizen Is being made. The arrest was made by Hyde Spcese, city detective, on the suspicion that the man is a Ger man spy. The alleged pro-German learnings of Kriegsman were learned of by the Telegraph from railroad men to-day, who have been working with him at Roundhouse No. 2 for the Pennsyl vania Railroad. When arrested, Kriegsman had pictures of the German Kaiser. Fred erick the Great and another framed picture entitled "The Great Herman World War of 1914" hanging in his room, it is said. It was also oaid that he had a picture of a German bat tleship on which he had worked. Kriegsman registered at City Draft Board No. 3. He claims to have been born in New York state, and after a year gone back to Germany, where he remained until 1911, and learned his trade as a mechanic. It was as a member of the crew of the Vater land that he returned to this coun try in 1914. Kriegsman is declared to be an accomplished linguist, as well as a first-class mechanic. It is said that he was accustomed to ab senting himself from the city for five or six-day periods at rather regular intervals. Kriegsman is declared to have ap peared at the police station in Feb ruary to register as a German alien, but upon his declaration that he was born here was told by the police that he need not register if he were born in this country. His father, it is said, is unnaturalized. An investigation will be made by the Department of Justice to see if he is to be interned. If he proves to be a desirable American citizen he will be released. Churchmen Urged to Put Full Weight Into Fight Against the Booze Traffic "It is a defeat for tne church if the fight is lost," declared J. Horace McFarland, chairman of the publicity committee of the Dauphin County Ratification organization, which held an important meeting yesterday aft ernoon. "This fight against liquor is primarily a fight of the church and it is largely up to it to see that the battle is won." A signal for ail clergymen in Harrlsburg to take an active part in getting the voters of their congregations enrolled and reg istered, this statement found instant response. The ministers will keep in close touch with the oranization leaders and advise with them regard ing candidates who are approved. A short time before this meeting, the object of which is to hurry the triumph of doing away with liquor, the Dauphin County liquor Dealers' Association held their conference; that Is. if there? was a conference. An emphatic letter was sent out from their headquarters, 109 South Second street, for all and every one of the members to be present on Sunday evening for discussing the national prohibition amendment, which is "as important to the clubs as to the li quor dealers." It appears, however, that these invitations were either wholly ignored or politely declined. The invitation was tabled by the Central Democratic and liarrisburs Republican Clubs. BIG GUNS OPEN A HEAVY FIRE Paris, April 23.—Active artillery operations on the Sonime front and east of Hheims are reported in to day's official communication. The statement follows: "Rather spirited artillery engage ments occurred on the Somme front and east of Rheims. German raids between Lassigny atld Noyon, north west of Rheims and in the Vosges were without results. Prisoners re mained in our hands." SECRETARY M'ADOO URGES BIG FRIDAY HOLIDAY ' Washington. April 23. —All Qov. ernors were asked yesterday by Sec retary McAdoo to declare next Fri day a State legal holiday, as Presi dent Wilson has proclaimed it a national holiday, to aid the Liberty Day celebrations by which it is hoped to boost sales of Liberty Bonds well along toward the $3,000,000,000 mini mum. HARRISBURG BOY GASSED Arthur M. Eckert, Harrisburg's first soldier invalided back to Amer ica from France will be a year get ting over the effects of a gas at tack and shell shock, for which he is being treated at the hospital at Camp Stuart, near Old Point Comfort, Vir ginia. This was the word brouftHt back last night to liarrisburg by { A. L. Eckert, 36 Balm street, father | of the boy. Young Eckert !a 19 i years old. He enlisted September' 10. 1917. I OFFER CONSCRIPTION 811.1. j By Associated 'n-.ii St. Johns, N. F„ April 23.—With the opening here to-day of a speciul session of the New Foundland legis lature, the government was prepared to offer a conscription bill fixing the draft ages ai J# to 39 years. ONIiY KVUNINU ASMM IA ll'ltbas KEWSPAFKII IK II Altlll*Hl>tt3 CITY MUST BUY MANY BONDS TO FILL ITS QUOTA Public-Spirited Citizens Put Shoulders lo the Wheel For Nation's Cause TOWNS OVEB THE TOP "Little Fellows" Jusf as Pa triotic as Men of Better Means The niillenium has not been reached, nor is the end of time in sight, but. politically speaking, the lion and the lamb are together this week—and they are not lying down; they're selling Liberty Bonds. Regardless of factionalisms or po litical differences, the public-spirited people of the entire Harrisburg dis trict—Dauphin. Cumberland, Juni ata anil Perry counties—are at work to-day in the effort to send the dis trict past its Liberty Bond allotment before Saturday. The bond sellers lmtfe some dis tance to go. Reports received so far from the entire district show only a trifle more than $3,000,000 worth of bonds placed. The quota for Harrisburg is $3,- 500.000. The quota for the district is $6,- 500.000. Many of the towns have "gone [Continued on Page 16.] Lightless Nights Are Suspended For Summer Lightless nights have been sus pended until September 1. United States Fuel Administrator Garfield has issued orders to this effect to state fuel administrators, to be Issued in turn to the county administrators. The order states that "by reason of the late hour of lighting, brought about by the daylight-saving law. the lightless night order will remain sus pended until September 1 next, when it will again become effective." Thursdays and Sundays were the lightless nights. The order takes ef fect Jhursday night. 1 $ * MRS ROSE PASTOR STOKES INDICTED § j y J- Kansas City. Mo.—Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes, of New