J . WIW ■ - • T — ••'- -v^t-;'' .■•■>/■ v ■ /•.'" V-,-,■ ■..' ■■>?;•"" v' - •■•■ --fj Failure of Unregistered Men to Enroll Tomorrow j HARRISBURG iffifliii TELEGRAPH ®(K otar-Jn&cpcn&cnt / LXXXVII— No. 102 16 PAGES HEAVY TOLL EXACTED HUN M Thousands of New Troops Desperately Thrown Into Bat tle Fails to Dent French and British Lines; Heaviest Strokes Made hy Kaiser's Legions Brilliantly Thrown Back by Defenders of Ypres Salient DISASTROUS DEFEAT By Associated Press I.OXDON, April 30.—The correspondents with tlie British army agree that tlie enemy yesterday suffered nothing less than a disas trous defeat. It was the first phase of the battle in his desperate attempt to capture the line of hills held by the allies which endanger his possession of Mont Kemniel. The Germans have probably used thirteen divisions front tlie cast of Ypres southward on the line of battle, with two more northward, and the violence of the gunfire was never greater or more unceasing at any period of the war. The successful allied defense made the day the bloodiest yet experienced by the enemy, as attack after attack was smashed by artillery and infantry fire. The Germans had already suffered heavily on Sunday, when their concentrations of troops Mere caught and shattered by gunfire. Their waves yesterday were moved down and the British wings were neither bent nor broken. By Associated rress To-day's reports from the Flanders battlefront only serve to emphasize tlie completeness of the victory won by the Anglo- French forces yesterday in withstanding the tremendous assault by which the Germans hoped to break into the allied hill positions southwest of Ypres and begin cutting their way on toward the channel ports. The situation seems to have been one of the Entente high command deciding once more to make a stand after having forced the Germai to use up tens of thousands of men in fighting their way desperately forward as far as they have. The decision made their stand was taken, and the Germans were stopped, as they have been previously on other fields since the great- offensive opened on March 21. Great Massed Attack in Vain The enemy, it is estimated, threw as many as thirteen divisions,! or about 175,000 men into the attack on this twelve-mile front, but despite continued furious assaults was held almost every where. At a few points there was a slight enemy penetration, but the line was largely rectified late yesterday. During last night the French, in dashing counter blows, drove the Germans from the remainder of the small stretches of ground they had gained in their initial drives of the day. A welcome feature of the current news from the front is the announcement that the French, on the crucial part of the line at Locre have not lost any part of their hold on this domi nating ground. They now have undisputed possession of Locre itself for the first time in several days and apparently have killed I off all the enemy efforts to edge in around that place and force j its abandonment. Huns Suffered Terrible Losses The importance of Locre lies in the fact that it guards the approach to Mount Rouge, one of the most valuable hills of the defensive line, which cannot be taken in flank so long as Locre i remains in allied hands. Similarly the allied troops have stopped the drive towards Scherpcnberg by holding at La Clytte, while j the Belgians who had two additional German divisions to face ; north of Ypres, dealt with them successfully and prevented any! breach in the line toward the sea. All the evidence points to the probability that the Germans; suffered well nigh the heaviest casualty of any day of the fight-! ing on the northern front as wave after wave of the attacking j forces was mowed down by artillery and infantry fire. They were i so exhausted by their fruitless efforts that they remained virtually J inactive all night while no reports have come through to-day indicating any resumption of major activities on their part. Thousands of Fresh Troops South of the Somme front the British carried out a local oper ation last night, further improving their position before Amiens by advancing their line somewhat east of V'illcrs Bretonneux. Throwing in the thousands of new troops the Germans are making a desperate effort to drive back.the allied lines in Flanders and capture Ypres and the hill positions in the southwest. Many attacks in strong force, aided by powerful artillery fire, have been futile and the allied soldiers are standing firm while inflicting j severe losses on the enemy. Against the British around Voormezeele and the French in ! , [Continued on Page 12.] STILL GRAYOF HUN DEAD IS Wilh the British Army in France, April 30. —This morning the allied lines in Flanders were to all intents the same as when the Germans surged fqr\yard yesterday. In front of the defending positions gray uni- THE WEATHER For Harrlabur* nnd vicinity! Fnlr to-nlsht and Wednesday: cooler to-night, with lowest tempera ture about 4S dennn. For Kaatern Pennsylvania: Fair and cooler to-altcbtt Wrdnra dny partly cloudy; moderate wwt winds. Illver The Suaquebannw river and all Ita branehea will fall slowly or re main nearly atatlonary. A atnse of about S.tf feet la indicated for Harrlaburg Wednesday moru las. Sun: Rlaea. 6:0 a. m.| aeta, 7:51 p. m. Moon) Fall moon, May 10. formed men lay in great numbers, representing the awful price paid by the Germans. At one time the Germans appeared actually to have had some men an the lower slopes of both Mont Rouge and the Scherpenberg after they had succeeded in driving a small wedge into the French lines between these two elevations. The situation appeared critical but the French counterattacked deter minedly and re-established virtually all the old positions. The artillery was increasingly busy this morning from Vimy northward. Thus far the Germans' capture of Kemmel hill has done them little good for the entente allied artillery has kept the crest so smothered in shell fire that it has been impossible for the enemy to occupy it in force. At the ridge wood wo.st of Voor mezeele heavy fighting also contin ued throughout the day and the number of German casualties in that region was great. The enemv repcutedly came forward in waves. SINGI.E copy, a CUNTS AUSTRIA'S RULER HAS FRESH PEACE OFFER FOR ITALY j Basel Dispatch Intimates Cen tral Powers Arc to Inaugu rate "Peace Offensive" WASHINGTON DOUBTFUL Believe Move Is Made to Make Trouble Among Latin Enemies By Associate J rtcss Stockholm, April 30.—The Catholic | International Press Agency an ! nounccs, a dispatch from Basel says, that Emperor Charles of Austria, is • malting a fresh peace ofTer, appeal ing to Italy to consider it in her own ;interests. Although it has been predicted ■ frequently that if the present Ger , man campaign should fail a "peace : offensive" will be Inaugurated by the •Central Powers, there has been no ■ previous intimation that a new move • of this nature was being made. l"n-l I less confirmatory advices are receiv-| ;ed through tho usual channels ofi ! news from Switzerland, this dls patch may be accepted with reserve. ; Ordinarily news originating in Switz erland is forwarded to this country j byway of Paris. i Washington Believes Peace Report Is to Make Discord , in Italy; to Pacify Austria By Associated Pt t ss Washington. April 30.—Officials: j liere regard the report that Emperor; j Charles is about to offer a separate I . peace-to Italy with the same senti-l they repeatedly have express-1 ,ed toward other peace offers. Al- I I though without any information I other than that contained in a Stock-1 j holm dispatch, they freely expressed j the opinion that the chief purpose ofi such an offer was to create discord! among the Italians to weaken tlieirl resistance and at the same time at- ■ j tempt to quiet unrest among the; I Austrian people. Ordinance Authorizing Curb Market Is Put Before City Commissionj Commissioner Lynch introduced in Council to-day the ordinance estab lishing a curb market in Kelker, from Third to Fifth streets. Dealers will be permitted to have stands there on Tuesday, Thursday and Sat urday of each week, upon payment of a ten-cent license feet for each day. The hours will be from 5 to 10 i o'clock in the morning. Provisions In j the ordinance direct closing the I street to all traffic unless absolutely I necessary together with other meas ! ures for sanitary conditions at the | market. A penalty of $25 fine or im prisonment is allowed for violations. To prevent forestalling dealers are prohibited from purchasing any food products and reselling them within the market space. All other routine business before I Council was postponed until next : week because the chamber is being j used for criminal court sessions. The ' bond of George N'ebinger, the new j inspector ot' weights and measures, ; was approved. He will begin his j duties to-morrow. Fare Paid Here, but Men Refuse to Work | After the government had paid $2lO for their transportation from New Tork to the Middletown ord nance depot, a score of men who had agreed to work at the depot, refused to work. Nine of them i weer taken into custody and brought before Alderman E. J. Hilton, for a hearing this morning. They were committed to the Dauphin county jail for further hearing on the •charge of conspiring to defraud the government. t About a dozen of the laborers es caped and officers are on their trail.. British Casualties For April Reach 52,475 By Associated rress fiondon, April 30.—British casual ties reported in April reached a total of 52,475, divided as follows: Killed or died of wounds: Offi cers, 1,621; men, 7,723. Wounded or missfiig: Officers, 7,447; men, 35,584. Although the complete reports of j casualties sustained in the recent | heavy fighting- in France and Bel- ' gium apparently have not yet been I made, a marked increase is shown I in the April figures. The total in March was 14,090, the smallest in! several months. XO PICNIC THIS YEAR: CHILDREN PLAN BOND The children of the Sunday school of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church will dispense with their annual pic nic this year. They will purchase a Libert# Bonds instead. This deci sion was made unanimously by the ■ d-en at a recent meeting, I If you put by One Nickel every time you see A White Horse itW You can soon buy War Stamps i HARRISBURG, FA., TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 1918 Foe to High Cost of Living maggm JshL . MRS. KATE BREW VAUGHN W"O HI Lecture Under Auspices of Telegraph All Next Week to Eliminate Cooking Troubles of City's Housewives. GERMANS URGED BEFORE AMERICA By Associated Press Geneva, April 30.—German newspapers which last year ridiculed American intervention in the war now have begun gradually to inform the German public concerning the danger of present and future American intervention on the western front. The Zeitung of Constance says: "We must hurry to obtain a solid victory by arms be fore the full American forces arrive." The Vienna newspapers are taking the same course as those in Germany, VOTERS HAVE A CHANCE TO GET NAMES ON LIST Begistrars Will Sit Tomor row; "Dry" Candidates Arc Endorsed , The Dauphin County Ratification Committee which hopes to enroll enough partisans to-morrow, the only spring registration day, so that Dauphin county will have a major ity representation in the next Leg islature favoring prohibition, gave final instructions this afternoon to ward workers and all persons active in tlie campaign which is also rely ing much on the churches. If a voter fails to register to-morrow between the hours of 8 and 12, 1 and 6, 7 and 10, he will be unable to cast a bal lot on May 21, the spring primary election. That is. if he has not reg istered on any of the three registra tion days last fall, or if he has changed his voting residence since that time. If a voter was registered on any of the three registration days last fall, he is not obliged to register to-morrow, unless he has subse quently changed his residence and moved into another voting pj-ecinct. In this event, if his new residence has been gained sixty days before the primaries, or before May 21, he can register to-morrow and thus qualify to cast a ballot from his new [Continued on Page B.] KING OF TONGA ISLANDS DIES Melbourne, Australia. April 30. George 11, king of of the Tonga islands, is dead. He was 43 years old. The Tonga, or Friendly islands, in the Jouth Pacific, have been under a British protectorate since 1900. al though stilPpossessing a native king. MISSIONARY MEETING The Missionary and Aid Society of the Nagle Street Church of God will holds its monthly meeting at 7.30 o'clock to-morrow evening. The pas- i tor. the Rev. K. E. Kauffman, will ! talk on "Missions;" Klsie Carpenter j will recite and five girls will present a candle exercise, "Send the Light."' MAYOR WOULD WA KATS' KINGDOM Armed With Gas Mask, War Gardener Should Be Able to Practice Atrocities on Marauding Felines Once again Mayor Keister has a plap to help the war gardeners who are at war with the ''Kingdom of Kats." Residents of the city have been complaining daily about the midnight marauders who sing in the war gardens in preference to the time honored backyard fence. To EXPERT COOK TO TELL HOUSEWIVES OF WAR DISHES lelegraph Secures Expert to Demonstrate Making of Economical Menus The Telegraph has' secured Mrs. i Kate Brew Vaughn, teacher of na tional fame, to conduct a week of home economic lectures and war time demonstrations beginning Mon day, May 6 and continuing through •the week at the Y. M. C. A. auditor ium. The lectures will be open and free to all and judging by the inter est taken by the women of Harris ! burg in the food question, it is safa to predict that capacity audiences will be in attendance daily. Mrs. Vaughn's course of six lessons and demonstrations will consist chiefly of lessons in the art of cook ing war-time dishes at small cost. "War-time bread need not necessar ily be dry and tasteless because we use no white flour," says Mrs. Vau ghy. "Gingerbread may be made almost as delicious as expensive cakes, and while meals may be pro pared without the use of eggs, but [Continued on Page 12.] French Army Birdman to Fly to Harrisburg For the Liberty Loan Lieutenant Georges Flachaire, of! the French Flying Corps, to-day was in Harrisburg looking for a place to land his army airplane Friday in his proposed flight from New York to Pittsburgh. The flight is to be in the interest of the Liberty Loan. According to the lieutenant the flight will begin in Xew York early in the morning. He will fly to Phil adelphia and from there to this city The landing probably will be made at 11.30 o'clock. Lieutenant Flach aire was of the opinion that the island wojild make the best landing point. day the problem jvas discussed by city commissioners in the presence of Mayor Keister. The city execu tive was asked what he thought about It. , "Sprinkle red pepper around In .the garden very freely, using a mask while you do it. The cats will pny only one visit aXtci; UIW - i I PRICE OF ICE TO | REMAIN SAME TO SMALL CONSUMER Cost Id Bo Increased Only to Purchasers of Large Quantities Food Administrator Tells the Nation's Dealers Not to Profiteer The shortage of ammonia and in creased labor costs will not cause the inflation of ice prices here this summer, it was learned to-day. The United Ice & Coal Company, ■ which controls much of the ice sup- Ply in 1 larrisburg; and vicinity. Is preparing- a readjustm-nt of prices to regulate the sale of ice this sum mer. The readjustment will Jceep the price of ice in small quantities to private consumers at the same ligure as last year, tlie company of flcals said, and the only increase will be in the price of ice sold in large quantities. This increase, It was said, will not be great. Hoover Aetit As a reminder that the sale of ice conies under the control of the Food Administration, measures to prevent any inflation of ice prices have been taken by the Federal Food Adminis tration. These measures include the submitting of ice price lists to the local food administration for approv al before they are charged. The lo cal food administrator this expressed himself pleased with the manner of the United Ice & Coal Company of readjusting their price,'. The measures announced by Her bert Hoover in regard to the sale of ice states that "the Food Adminis tration is particularly concerned that there shall be no profiteering in Ice : for the future, and especially that : the cost of ice to that portion of the I community which is least able to | protect itself shall not be increased, j unless absolute proof can be given ! by ice_ companies as to such a ne- I cessity. fluxed on l"re-wnr I'roflt* | "Any Increase in price over that i of last season to the household con | sumer will, therefore, justify Investi | gation p.s to whether it constitutes j profiteering, and profiteering will be, ! defined on the basis of the trade's ' profits in recent pie-war years. ,1 "All ice dealers will be required j to file any propose* schedule of in i creased prices, together with figures j as to cost and distribution, before ! these increases are put into effect, I and no increase to the household consumer shall be made until after investigation by the Food Adminis tration. "A very important feature of the ice ruling is that in which provision shall be made with regard to unfair practices, and in any case of pro posed increase in price there will be an investigation of the tendency to make unreasonably lower prices, pro duction and distribution considered to commercial users than to domes tic consumers. A Loral Problem "The Food Administration recog nizes the fact that the ice problem essentially is a local one, and it is not its purpose to intciven? where local dealers do not Increase prices, or where they come to an arrange ment with municipal authorities which shall be satisfactory both to dealer and consumer. "If, however, such an arrange ment cannot be made between the ice dealers and the local authorities in cases where an attempt if. made to unreasonably increase the price of ice to the consumer, in Investlga t tion will be made an-J an attempt made to arbitrate such differences. In case arbitration to settle a fair price fails, then the administration will step in and in the interests of reasonable prices will exfrt all the power at its command and put the full force of the food laws in opera tion among the ice lia'idlcts in that locality. "By the arbitration method be tween the local authorities and ice dealers it Is believed that there will l e fe%v cases where an n'jptral to the Food Administration authorities will be necessary." Regular Collection of Ashes Begins Tomorrow Regular collections of nshes on a two-week schedule are to start to morrow morning according to plans of the Bureau of Ash and Garbage Inspection. Temporary districts have been announced and as soon as it is ascertained whether they are too j large, cards will be printed, giving in- I structions to housenolders. Members I of City Council within the next few 1 days may make another inspection j trip over the city to determine to what extent the general cleanup has been carried out. During the last few days a number of complaints have reached the commissioners and will be investigated they said. Trades Union to Furnish Mechanics* For Marsh Run Announcement was made late this ! morning that all mechanics for the Marsh Run government operations will be furnished by the Building Trades Cnton, which has headquarters at 211 Locust street. One hundred and fifty carpenters will be put to work at the Marsh Hun site by H. M. Brooks, local manager of the organi zation. to-morrow. This number will be increased steadily until -the max imum of men needed on the job is secured. The supply of material® to proeeed with the operations at Marsh Hun is not yet large, but indications are that there will be no delay In securing them, and the work will proceed rap idlv. Carpenters furnished for work on the big Job will not be taken from other jobs, it was announced, and the supply of skilled labor at the "crojs | river operations will not affect the labor market unfavorably. DENOUNCESTREATY London, April 30.—The newest Russian government In Petrograd, according to the Aftonbladet of Co penhagen, says an Exchange Tele graph dispatch, hns denounced the ' Biest-Litovsk treaty with Germany. , It calls for a new treaty with Estho ta under Russia* cyJa* ONLY KVE.VIN(J ASSOCIATED I'RKSS XEWSPAI'KIt IN IIAIIKISUIiItG JURY PANEL IS EXHAUSTED IN MURDER TRIAL Court Procedure Malted With Eleven Men Selected For Duly MANY TALESMEN' OBJECT Won't Serve Because of Their Prejudice Against Capi tal Punishment For the first time since February, 191G, the panel of petit jurors for criminal court sessions was exhaust ed to-day when the men on the list were called for qualification to serve on a jury in the trial ot Charles Ky ler, colored, charged with murder. To complete the jury, as one more was needed when the panel was ex hausted; Sheriff XV. W. Caldwell was ordered by the court to call tales men if the room to be examined. William Adams, Alfred Munch and '•■ liner E. Forster were called, Mr. Forster, who resides at Wiconlsco, wis accepted for service. The others on the Jury are: William Itaudenbush. Williams township; Samuel I* Ueyer. London derry township; George M. Glelni, city; Jacob Deimler, Middletown; [Continued on Page 12.] Lone Mourner at Funeral Shows Schmidt Spy Proof Detroit, April 30.—With only one parson attending, the funeral of Hel muth Schmidt, self-slayer, believed by the police to have been respon sible for the death of three women, was held at Highland Parjc yester day. Mrs. Adele Ulrich Braun, to whom Schmidt, under the name of Braun. was married in Lakewood, N'. J., in 1914, was the sole mourner. The time of the funeral was kept secret. Mrs. Braun shed new light on charges she previously made, that Schmidt acteil as a German agent. She showed the authorities letters in code, which, she says, she copied from his letters while Schmidt was absent on periodical journeys, to for tifications along the Atlantic coast. 1 T Mr* ! t -.. f • X l ' 4* l S ' *l* i e * ** ■ & e X jjf "• COMPERS BREAKDOWN NOT SERIOUS J ; f j -Samuel Gompers, president & ■4* to-day ht 'H '. * * z § t r j *"f ij ; X' J J HOLLAND ANT) GERMANV STILL DIEFER J T t'that '2 •4 d Germany have not yet reach : (fnjerri *T' 7 concerning transport through Holland-. dfc * r say, A ,T •f* to Antwerp. £' 7" ' f ' i ' X L State * . .in- * JL . -' :ree* - lown * * !X * * T| be run from Market S ► <4 .tr -et * \ T and then east on State street., 11' rui **. T* x i;r. > X eron 'to Market and thence to Market Squaic. f BOMB DESTROYS THEATER ► £ :ater was , , by; the explosion of a bomb last night, the • 1 * * * throwing of the bomb said to have been the result of labor 4 £ < , troubles during the construction of the building, which v* f ■ * said to have cost $300,Q00. \ H RANGE GUN SHELLS PARIS AGAIN \ J * * Paris—The long range bombardment of the region * ' 4 of Paris was resumed this morning. X $. I ❖ S, J MARRIAGE Ji .Inmm A. llnrr, Hnrrlaburft, iind Snrn Hoy. Mlllrrabursi Ale*. -fP ™ K. Kornmhuff nml K. I'ovnnolrtj. Mrrllnn. £> HOME EDITION PATHETIC SCENES MARK LEAVING OF BIG ARMY QUOTA Woman Collapses in Street When Men Depart For Camp Lee FAREWELLS ARE SERIOUS Little of Old-Time Raillery Seen as Train Leaves City Amidst the quiet encouragement and farewell of friends 184 of Dau phin county's finest young manhood entrained at 9.45 at the Pennsylva nia station for their trip to Camp Lee, Virginia, where they will be come a part of the great National Army of America. The scene probably was the sad dest that has yet attended the de parture of Harrlsburg and Dauphin county men for the training camps. There was little of the good-natured raillery that has been so common heretofore, the departing And re maining were too seriously inclined for that. The boys didn't shout their farewells, and the friends did not laughingly beg them to bring back the Kaiser's helmet,—too many of the llarrisburg boys are leaving these days for joking, and the friends who accompany them to the station real ize the full significance of the de parture now. Many of the men gave up good positions to answer the call and many are widely known through out the city and county. In front of the Victoria theater [Continued 011 Page 6.] Michigan, on Edge of Prohibition, Has Big Day By Associated Press Detroit, April 30. —Capacity busi ness in retail houses dealing in pack age goods, famine prices for winoft, and whisky in cafes, and barrooms and "no beer" signs In many of them marked the last day of the legal sale of liquor in Detroit and Michigan to-day. The constitutlon.il amendment making Michigan a pro hibition state becomes operative at midnight to-night.
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