cps in rkdkern France the Shock of - heavy Fi- ' : -v the Gevm^m HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M ®ftc otor-ln&ep*tt&ciit • # LXXXVII— No. 109 14 PAGES HUN ARTILLERY SEEKS TO LEVEL LINES OF ALLIES Fresh Troops and New Sup plies Brought Up by En tente For Coming Battle ENEMY HALTED BY RAIN Germans Disappointed at Meager Military Besults Gained at Awful Cost By Associated Press Along the battle lines in Northern France the allied troops still await the shock of renewed heavy fighting by the Germans. Apparently the rainy weather has interfered a great deal with the enemy's transport and he has not been able to perfect his arrangements because of the difficul ties of bringing his supplies over the battle-torn ground of Flanders and Ficardy. Having gained some advantageous positions in local fighting, the allies are waiting for the next effort of the Germans which already has been delayed much longer than in pre vious lulls since the beginning of the offensive on March 21. Mean while fresh troops and new supplies are pouring in to strengthen the allied positions and this fact must also add to the disappointment of the enemy who has nothing re markable in military achievement to show for his heavy losses of the past seven weeks. Heavy Artillery Fire The artillery tire continues vio lent on important sectors. The Ger mans are shelling heavily the Anglo- French front southwest of Ypres and the sector south of the Somme. between Villers-Bretonneux and Hailles. These sectors saw the heavy fighting previous to the Ger man repulse north of Mont Kem mel nine days ago. Knemy fire against the southern side.of the Arras sector, which lies north of Albert, also has been intense. There has been great aerial activ ity on the American sector north west of Toul and Captain James Norman Hall, well known as a fiver in the French and American armies, is reported missing after a battle in which he and two other Ameri cans engaged four Germans. Two of the enemy airplanes are believed to have been brought down. Other Americans also have been meeting the enemy in the air along the line east of St. Mihiel, and it Is be lieved the Germans have concen trated large forces in an attempt to wipe out the American flyers. There has been no infantry fighting on any of the American sectors. Faces Political Crisis Except for fruitless patrol raids by the Austrians and limited artil lery fire there has been no activity on the Italian front. The Austrians still withhold their attack and neith er Vienna nor Berlin has said any thing of it for the past several days. A political crisis involving the se curity of the Lloyd George govern ment has arisen in Great Britain over the letter written by General Maurice, formerly chief director of military operations, in which he questioned the veracity of the Pre mier and the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. In the House of Commons a parliamentary tilt between An drew Bonar Law, for the govern ment, and former Premier Asquith resulted in the government's accept ance of a motion by Mr. Asquith that the House discuss the form of inquiry to be made into the state ments of General Maurice. The motion will be debated in the House Thursday and the govern ment has decided to stand or fall on the vote taken after the discussion. The government looks upon the mo tion as a vote of censure and has called its' supporters to be in the House for a vote to-morrow. Just why you don't buy some WAR STAMPS weekly is hard to realize up the Interest THE WEATHER For Harrlaburg and vicinity! Fnlr to-night nod Thurmhir; ronlrr In-night. Willi llonrNt Irmprrn tare about T0 tlejcreen. For Eaatern IVnn.)lvnnlns Fair Mlchllv cooler 10-nlKhti Than day falri moderate nnt n n <l northufßt windi becoming; vari able. River The Suaqnehnnnn river anil all Ita tributaries will fall klonlv or remain nearly Ntatlonnrv. * xtage of about 5.0 feet la Indi cated for llarriaburK Thursday morning. General Condition* The atnrm that Tina central north of the Great l.akea, Tucndiiv morning, ban moved northeant vrard to the North Atlantic conat. It earned arattered nhon era In the lant tnrntT-four honra over the eaatern part of the l.nke Region, the t'ppcr Ohio Valley. Tenneuee, In the ttlantlc state* from North Caro lina to New York and In the St. I.nnrence Vnller. Temperature! 8 a. m.. HI. Snm Iliac*, |O7 n. m.; acta, 7i53 p. m. Mooni ,\cw moon. Mar 10. River Stage I 8.1 feet above lOTT ivatcr mark. Yeaterdajr'a Weather Hlgbeat temperature, 77. l<oweat temperature, 3. Mean tcmperatare, TO. Normal temperature, no. SHOWS HOW COOKS MAY SAVE DURING TRYING WAR TIMES Mrs. Kate Brew Vaughn, Who Has Met the Plaudits of Large Audiences at the Y. M. C. A. Hall, Plans Inti mate Discussion of Food's Relation to Health and Morals; Lecture to Be Open to Women Only Mrs. Kate Brew Vaughn thrilled . a large audience yesterday, after- I noon at Fahnestock Hall by one of ! the really great patriotic addresses ! that have been given in this city, j Her address was a preface to the demonstration of war cookery she is giving under the auspices of the Telegraph. She attacked with vehe mence the attitude of the German nation toward the world and told how the Holienzollerns have been crooned to sleep in their cradle with a song of military character instead of the sweet lullabys of other lands. When the Kaiser's children were rocked to sleep it was to the strains of a song of conquest which de clared that the Germans will some day rule the world, she said. Regarding the brutality of the Kaiser she said that where Xero left off in fiendish brutality there the Kaiser began. She told how he had always been unfriendly to the United States and before the war started referred to America as a pig INVENTOR HAS DEVICE TO BRING HUNS TO KNEES James G. Dudley Tells Poor Richards He Can End War Before Winter Philadelphia. May B.—James G. Dudley, research and experimental engineer of the Chester Shipbuilding Company and an inventor of note, told members of the Toor Richard Club at their weekly luncheon yes terday he" had in his possession a conception which if put into use by the United States Government "would knock the sword out of Germany's hand and end the war before the snow flies." Mr. Dudley was careful to explain that the power he had in mind to bring Germany to her knees was not an invention, but a conception so simple that it was a wonder no one had ever thought to apply it to this present war. "It might cost a hundred million or a half-billion to bring about final results," Mr. Dudley said, "but so sure am I of its success that I would willingly stake my life, my future and mv fortune on it." The experimental engineer said the plan was submitted to him by an inventor who had sought to interest the Government in it. This man. he said, like other inventors, had set about to find new and deadly weap ons to overcome the Huns when the war started. Mr. Dudley said thia man had invented many devices, but; like a true inventor had always found antidotes for every engine of destruction. This new conception. Mr. Dudley said, would absolutely bring Germany to hrr knees without sacrificing an Allied soldier, or a German either, for that matter. Secret Only For Wllnon "I will tell no man the secret un less it be the President of the United States or one of his Cabinet offi cers." Sir. Dudley said. "As a tech nician of some twenty-five years' ex perience, I know it will work." After the luncheon Mr. Dudley was plied with questions by ne jp.\per men. He was asked if the invention, or conception, as he called it, had any bearing upon the reported start ling discovery of Garabed Giragos sen, the Armenian inventor, but he refused to reply. "If your conception is so startling are you not afraid to travel around for fear that German spies might get it?" he was asked, and to this he replied: "A German spy to get this inven tion would have to get it out of my head. I realized that the plans might be stolen by an enemy agent, so 1 first memorized thein and de stroyed them. No danger of that. " Intention Board to Get Plan Mr. Dudley said that already he has made plans to visit Washington to place his idea before the Inven tion Board, of which Thomas A. Kdl son is president. He said he has been promised a hearing, and pre dicted that if the Government ac cepts the conception which he has to offer the war will be over before winter sets in. City to Remove Poles From River Front Park Commissioner Gross said he is planning to make arrangements for the removal of the few poles In River Front Park userl for wires by local public service companies. As the entire park system is lighted with standards and underground wires, park department officials said there Is no need for the tall poles on ihe park property. The discussion about the removal of the poles was brought about by the erection of three large ones along River Front near Seneca street, for a street light. SIKGI.B COPY, 2 CESTS Program For Thursday Afternoon Lecture Subject: "Fools Hill" Menu: One Egg Cake Chocolate Sauce Pineapple Mousse Apple Salad Boiled Dressing Fish Cutlets Epicurean Sauce One Egg Muffins Doors open 1.30. Musical Con cert 2 p. m. lecture 2.30. Fahnestock Hall, Y. M. C. A. building. Free to everybody. ready for the sticking. What we are fighting is this damnable German system which would not hesitate to inflict upon the women of England and America the same hell to which they have put the tforaen of Bel [ Continued on Page ".] GEORGE CABINET FACING A CRISIS, CALLS FRIENDS Asquith Resolution Aims at \ Censure of Government;' Division Certain l<onrlnn. May S—A letter writ ten by General Frederick B. Maurice, recently removed from the post of director of military operations at the British war office, led to a gov ernment proposal yesterday to in vestigate Maurices startling charges. Maurice accuses Premier Lloyd George and Andrew Bonar Law, gov ernment spokesman in the House of Commons, of making misstatements to the House regarding: military af fairs. The letter caused a great stir throughout Great Britain and in par liament. In his letter, published in the Lon [Continued on Page 12.] Poison Drunk by Mistake Kills Young Bride About to Begin Housekeeping Mrs. Samuel Worley, aged 19. 222 Cumberland street, died at the Har ri;-burs Hospital at 5.45 this morning, as the result of drinking poison. She was laken to the hospital at 8 o'clock last evening. Mrs. Worley lived with her hus band, who is employed on. the Penn sylvania railroad, and his parents. -Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Worley. The young couple had purchased a house and intended to begin housekeeping themselves within a few weeks. At the home of Mrs. Worley this morning it was stated she had been in good spirits at dinner last even ing. It is thought that she took the poison by mistake, as they could ascribe no cause for her taking her life. Arsenic .vas the poison which caused her death. The body will be buried in the <~>berlin Cemetery Friday afternoon. Funeral services will be in charge of Hoover & Son. They will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the heme, with the Rev. Mr. Markward, pastor of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church, to which the deceased be longed, officiating. Besides her hus band, Mrs. Worley is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Walker, a brother and two sisters. HOW COLLISION CRUSHED PASSENGER COACHES ; ; : / , , s '4 ; > JMPall The weight of a loaded draft of freight cars that ran wild across the Cumberland Valley Bridge crushed in three empty passenger coaches and wrecked half a dozen or cars. A trainload of sol'dier ß was in the station shed at the time but the quick wit of. opening a side s witch probably averted a bad wreck. HARRISBURG, FA„ WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1918. EXPLODING OIL TANK CAUSE OF C. I. & S. CO. FIRE Thirty-Five Thousand Gallons of Fuel Destroyed in Spectacular Blaze FLAMES SHOOT INTO AIR j Great Crowd Drawn by Ex plosion Heard All Over City Thirty-five thousand gallons of oil were consumed when a huge oil storage tank feeding the open hearth at the Central Iron and Steel Com pany exploded with a terrific blast at 1.30 this afternoon. The flames shot many feet into the air, blow ing out both ends of the huge fur-; naee. The value of the oil was about $3,500. Under the oil lank is a pit Into which any oil which leaks collects and later flows through a drain to I the river. It is thought a spark from : a passing engine ignited the oil col | lected in the pit and the heat caused i the explosion of the oil in the tank. I The Friendship. Paxton, Susque hanna and Washington companies worked for an hour and a half to! extinguish the blaze. Kirc Draws Hundreds The oil from the huge tank, which j is situated at the end of the gas house, is fed through pipes into each end of the open hearth, where it is ignited to furnish heat to melt the steel. The flames were seen by hundreds of workmen and the alarm was turned in from Box 4 41' soon after the lire began. The blast accompany-' ing the flames was heard in many parts of tile city and drew crowds to the boundaries of the steel com pany property. The flames tlie first few moments were very spectacular, shooting many feet into the air and raging in the ruins of the tank with intense fury for an hour. While many men are employed by the company at the time the fire be gan, none of the workmen was in the vicinity of the lire when it be gan. and no one was injured by the (lames or bins'. Rumors that, the toi> of the blast furnace had blown off as it did once before caused many anxious inquiries to come to the of fices after the explosion occurred. Economy in Newsprint Paper Urged by State Editors in Conference Resolutions endorsing the action i of the American Newspaper Publish | ers' Association in urging economy I of newsprint paper, were adopted at I a conference of newspaper publish ers held in the assembly room of the Central Y. SI. C. A. to-day. It was urged that the work of the national organization be supported finan cially and otherwise. The recommendations of the na tional association in regard fco the new second-class postage act were also given strong endorsement in the resolutions adopted, and com mittees were appointed to carry out the recommendations contained in the resolutions. E. J. Stack pole, president of the Ilarrisburg Telegraph, was elected chairman of the meeting, and W. I;. Taylor, of the York Dispatch, was elected secretary. The conference was called for the purpose of con sidering various important problems j rtow confronting the newspaper publishers, among them those of the newsprint paper situation, the sec ond-class mail rate and various oth er problems. The publishers gathered at the call of .a committee, which met at the annual meeting of the Ameri can Newspaper Publishers' Assp ciation in New York. The various actions of the national association were strongly emphasized and cn- I dorsed." TO ATTEND SERVICES JCion Lutheran Church, Fourth street, near Market, will entertain Pilgrim Commandery, No. 11, K. T., at Ascension Day services to morrow evening at 8.15. Headed by the commandery band the knights will march from Masonic Temple at 7.30. Services will be conducted by the Rev. S. Wintield Herman. HARRISBURG FREE FROM DRAFT CALL FOR MEN MAY 25 City's Enlistments Again So Large None Goes From Here; 20,000 From State RECORD HERE IS GOOD Volunteers to Guard and Army Puts Town in Enviable Class Harrisburg will not be called upon to send one man to the training camps under the draft call of May 25, Major Murdock, officer in charge of the State Draft Headquarters, said to-day. This is the first announcement of the Government that enlistment cred its are again to be counted against the draft in communities where vol unteer enlistments meet the draft quotas. Under the original ruling Harris burg had so many volunteer enlist ments that tt was made entirely free from the requirements of the first draft. Indeed, it was not until Jan uary that it became necessary to call men from this city under the selec tive service law. Harrisburg has one of the very best recruiting records in the coun try. No other city in Pennsylvania has piled up sufficient volunteer en listments to twice escape calls under the draft act. Major Murdock is working out t,he quotas for the state under the call for men to leave May 25 and will have them ready in a few days. More than 20,000 men will be required to go from Pennsylvania to the training camps this month. YANKEES MOURN I FOR JIMMY HALL, LOST IN BATTLE American Fiver Last Seen by Companions Making Dive For Earlh By Associated Fress Willi the American Army in I-'rance, May 7.—"Jimmy" Hall is gone and the whole American air service is mourping his ioss. All are wonder ing whether lie was killed or was able to bring his machine safely to earth after his battle in the air over Pagny stir Moselle. Captain Hall was popular throughout the Army and he had won admiration by his daring coolness and skill in han dling his machine. The captain's flying companions | are all certain he would have knock ed out his opponents had it not been for a maneuver unheard of so fir as American and French pilots in this section of France are concerned, it has been considered dangerous to the last degree to bring up a machine sharply from a downward plunge be cause the strain is almost certain to cause the collapse of some vital part of the plane. The German aviator whom Captain Hall was pursuing, being hard pressed, adopted this des perate expedient to escape death and won. He was thus enabled to pour a stream of bullets into the bottom of Hall's machine. Captain Hall, with two others, was [Continued 011 I'acc 7.] To Bring Suit For Unpaid School Tax 11. P. Oves. school treasurer for 191fi and 1917, said to-day that in compliance with instructions from the School Hoard he will he com pelled to briiiK suit May 15 for all unpaid 1916 and 1917 school taxes. The School Board took this action for the reason that so much tax is unpaid a year or more after It be came due that they are compelled to borrow, with interest, $30,000 to $40,000 from the banks each year to pay the running expenses of the school district, while if the tax were paid promptly they would have money on deposit, drawing interest. RUNAWAY CARS ARE WRECKED ON SIDING IN NICK OF TIME Quick Wit of Operator Who Switches Wildly Careering Draft of Thirty-Five Heavily-Loaded Freight Cars, Prevents Wreck in Passenger Shed Where Trainload of Soldiers Was Standing; Three Coaches Smashed Only the quick work of the opera tor in SV tower in the Harrisburg yards prevented thirty-five heavily loaded runaway freight cars from careening wildly through the passen ger trainshed of the Pennsylvania railroad early this morning. A train loaded with soldiers was standing in the station. The runaways were switched off the main track of the Cumberland Valley railroad onto a section on which three wooden pas senger coaches were slanding at the foot of Third street. The cars composed a runaway draft which broke away from the siding at Lemoyne and tore wildly across the Cumberland Valley rail road bridge into the city at thirty miles an hour. The three empty passenger coachtv were pushed off the end of the sec tion of track and crushed against the transter shed of the Adams Express Company. A boxcar, containing many tons of pigiron, and a coalcar were telescoped and derailed in the crash. AMERICAN LINE IS SUBJECTED TO HEAVYGUNFIRE! French Premier Congratu lates Yankees on Splendid Showing Made in Battle By Associated Press With Hie American Army In Pi eard.V, Monday, May 6.—The artil lery fighting continues along the sector held by American troops on the Picardy battlefront. There is no change in the situation. Premier Clemenceau visited the Americans yesterday afternoon and congratulated them on the fine showing they have already made. jHe expressed particular pleasure at the harmonious manner in which the French and Americans are working together. The Premier in spected the billets and kitchens and i talked with officers and men. ! With the British Army in Franco, May B.—The Australians last night made another advance, pushing for ward their lines five hundred yards along a front of six hundred yards near Sailly le Sec. on the sector east of Amiens. They also pushed back the Germans 300 yards along a front of five hundred yards west of Mor lancourt, just above Sailly le Sec. Notwithstanding a heavy barrage the Germans were unable to prevent their advance. His Guinea Pigs and White Mice Fail to Keep Him Out of First Draft Class There are more ways than one of getting into Class Al of the draft. Ofcourse the ideal procedure is to be prefectly free, unemcumbered by kith and kin. unhandicapped with some trade or profession essential to furnishing Uncle Sam with necessi ties and then to be in perfect physi cal condition. But it cannot he said that S. P. Mehringr, of Hanover, felt that he had these qualifications. Mr. Mehring's protest to the district draft board of appeal was unique, uncom mon and emphatic, as he requested to be put in Class 4 and not identified as a fighting man: "What am I engaged at?" re- I sponded he to the board's inquiry. "Why I am raising guinea pige, rab bits and white mide for food, for re search work and for pets, and I am a very busy man." "Just the man for Class Al" chear fully determined the board, showing that it believes association with guinea pigs, rabbits and white mice (ioesnot necessarily invalidate an American from going over the top. Berlin Ordered to Give Teuton Fighters 40,000 Suits of Old Clothes By Associated Press Amsterdam, May B.—The city of Berlin has been ordered to produce forthwith 40,000 complete second hand suits for war workers, prin cipally those engaged in railway and farming work. It is to be a "volun tary surrender against a small pay ment" but warning is given that If the clothes are not forthcoming they will be taken by force. This applies especially to persons whose social po sition warrants the assumption that their wardrobes are well stocked. Monday was the first day for col-J lection and depositories were opened for the purpose. There was a rush of people laden with old coats and trousers who did not conceal their anxietv to get possession of a certifi cate handed to "voluntary" con tributes exempting thorn from offi cial inspection of their wardrobes. OHLY BVHMINU ASMMIAIKU tMiUSS NEWSPAPKIt FN HAniIISRIIHO The transfer shed of the express company was smashed in by the force of the impact. Switchman'* Quick Work Francis E. Bobb is the switch op erator whose quick work prevented the cars from running through the passenger trainshed with a possible collision and loss of life. Railroad men freely admitted this morning that if the cars had run under the shed the result might have been loss of life. The switchman turned the cars oft the main track onto a track known as Section B, which terminates in the yards at Third street. It was after tearing across the Utidge and into the yards at the rate of thirty miles an hour that th- cars were turned onto the section and the ter rific collision with the passenger coaches occurred. The crash occur red at 3.10 this morning. Cars Heavily l.aden The runaway draft had been left on the Cumberland VaS't-y ttacks at Lemoyne last evening by a P. R. R. engine. The thirty-five cars were heavily loaded with pigiroti an,! coal. How they broke away was t.nk.u wn to railroad officials this fior'nng An investigation was conduce 1 by Trainmaster Lowman ut Lemoyne this morning. When the cars bro'ie away from Lemoyne, Bobb. the op.irV. ir on SV tower, was notified at once. An ef fort was made to catch the. runaways with an engine as came, into the city and switch it to the B sec [Continucd on Page 7.] | " Jr. MAYOR APPOINTS REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE 4 it 4 1 r°r 1 I $ t 9 I* ' Tiinmrih, ..ill"'.' : ot t I |sr I x ii 4 •' 4 S t II T i> -ncr *■ i o. -< . T * T * ll Tr • 4 s £ HARRISBURG BRAKEMAN LOSES LIFE j[ Tj "harles W. Smith, Jr., " * Ajstreet, was killed when he fell from a C3r on an eas- i JC " 1 *?* i *3* miles north of Lt § I r y Smith, who is a brakeman, fell off the train whil i was working on a car. Word of his death was' J J L ceived here by his wife this morning. • > i <4* i CREEL OFFERS CO-OPERATION ■' 4 *| 1 JL Harrisburg—-Just after the adjournment of the Penn 'fj I X Newspaper Publishers Asso' |4 Jon this telegram was read from George Creel, chair * i <4 a i I man of Committee of Pubhc Information. Wash.: n X ; J I IT "Deeply regret inability to attend your meeting but as-. * • sure yoa vory henest desire for highest possible degree * ' X 0: - Should your meeting decide to send rep J \ 4.r- • vative h< (f I will put myself at his ser ice ;n every * 1 Mr * ' A s c.Mbk may and also give aid and advitf in . blems i X that are mutual." ■ • * N i | MARRIAGE LICENSES ■■ J, nrnln tUrl Wnrd, Cuip Meade, iiml Carrie Mnllnda Z.ellera. . . T Mlllwitoniii Onralmnn H. Beck nml Jennie Npansler. Harrlabnrffi <■l Frimrl* K. singer and Helen V. (.ulrtjn. Hnrrlabargi Jacob S. Ilium- • I kfr(, New York, and Eatber Cnplan, Brooklyn. HOME EDITION CITY IS TO BACK WITH MONEY MEN WHO OFFER LIFE Heal Test of Patriotism Is to Come With Red Cross Campaign TO ENLIST 1,000 WORKERS Hope to Go $30,000 Over Top of $150,000 Minimum Quota The impression that the forthcom ing Red Cross drive for not lfess than $150,000 in the Harrisburg Chapter district is not to be a house to-house canvass is entirely an er roneous one; and plans are now be ing shaped for a campaign in which the se-vices of nearly 1,000 men and women will be enlisted. Harrisburg "went over the top" a year ago when the Red Crose raised $100,000,000 in the nation. That it will do it again is the be lief of Chairman W. T. Hildrup. Tli chairman said this morning: "Shortly after the war with Ger many began—so f#.r as we were con cerned, and folks talked of the many [Continued on Page 9.] Loyalists Place Old Glory on Pacific Amish Church; Refuse to Purchase Bonds By Associated Press Hemline, Pa., May B.—Patriotic protest against anti-American senti ments as expressed by conscientioiu objectors in pacifist utterance, fail urp to purchase liberty Bonds, ctt%, reached the point of fever height last night, when a crowd decorated tli „Amish church near Morgantown, tWt county, with an American llag. H'di months public opinion against tlif unpatriotic attitude of the so-cailee "conscientious objectors" has been growing and the recent Liberty Bond campaign brought matters to an is sue when the Amish farmers stead* fastly refused to purchase bonds.
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