ffc HARRISBURG tSjilli TELEGRAPH M ®he Star- Independent . . y t,***Vlf-fc& V* i4PAOtS "Vhl&Y*' WILSON OPPOSES INQUIRY INTO GENERAL CONDUCT OF THE WAR FRENCH IMPROVE LINE BY QUICK HARD BLOW WINS SKKKING WEAK POINT IN AIM!) LINES ♦ of f.< t-jil \t- I f<{ Positions fM\vvtMY is mm PACK AHill'f-y Pifc Dnifv (tfows 1(1 Ifllf'Wllt ntl All Impor fi'rtf f>ofls fft 'lnhrors IT rl Pirardy there are *( tl tin Iflrff?it(lf>h9 t,t the Hermans ■iff t-titfiy ( i (•(•otifne infantry opera '"h (tti H lre *cale. Local enemy ;i (tfte|t:! lily for the purpose hf ffitllhs out (he allied posllio is i M r&tOHtP of n '•!* ut tacit, havf n repuWrt nort'i of Kemmel and #rttfff t>f Albert. fhe sottlth„Th battlefield (be 'fprfrian efort Wr s made on a fron* '• art fnifp h"r f Mof iahoourt. be tn (he fOfirie nnd .Ancre ruer, ' r #:t hot p-ished strongly. The flffnt *'lhe( an initial suceeis and pf P< tOf Jer* (he British line at nip i "inf. f>< '(ir repi'l-' d elew here. \ • ilftr:i((*clt )'reh h on hill 4 1 and Hoinine elements. The Oernians ■ miffed (h s frill, v hieh dominat -s (l*e Mrn irtdfue r egion. but Field Mar •hal t'nis fej 7r( they were -ep.il??d I'p'l'lv. the r.\-)#e> ( • t renew-i! of (he 'ver (> in often'h i having failed to de f'P (h • aill art continuing (heir ( (■ i-• if anticipating the thru<-(. by I in* oti( foi new vantage r >ints io(ri n hl/h (he I--'.(er (o resi-d l(. f! >pp' h fhe ngKressors in (he |ates( r>pratlon of (hi* kind, r rrletl oi ( a'e yesterday•. Tl ey i >•■ out fri rn (heir lin<"■" s iuth of H -tiles, oh fhe Pommp fronv (ludr f.',ir, tive neln* a wood situ ited at i( th point Where (he 'iernans i id made (he'r furthest T est ward dvatit ahd are within a siort dis til r> cf thp far|-Amiens railway. Th • operation was entirely sic '< sful. resulting in (hp capture of t Wood, on (he pe ie r determine! 1 attai k ■a a fillute however, for |iiri(efl (i*h(in>r the French remained in po *ion of 'lie! rnew jiositiim. 'f ft nh\ I ri cut (he enemy up badly ii(h the?* (irp, besides taking more (him threi seore prisoners. 'he artillery (Ire is reported by I'r.ri- (o ii\f bern \ lolen( last night Mirth of Montdidler, just to the south of (his sector where Anierlia'i ( 'ips rr holdinif a pordon tf (h>, f ofit The bombardment wa' t ■ ' re fits'i (he southerly side or ((IP Montdidler sullen!, as far east ■ Sr>\ on, and th" Oermnns a(- frtnptpd (u a((a~k at one point on this line hut were promptly checked. lliin* Nperil I'p fire The l.onrlon statement also indi- IHIPI ronsiderablf acfivitv bv the hostile ertlllery o-i the BrKlsii por tion of the front in Homme v *i I lev s, While #li mot n on it ;m r>ispd in the rpglon oe tweon the Homme and (he Arcre np.ir Morlancourt where the Australl Inns reipptly have made notaKe ad ,; 'n''" and whpre yesterdny they tppui-pd \ Oerman effort to recap* lure (ho lost ground. Vn the Glanders batt!front tha '|p mans lil;pwise spppr) uf , l f p early to-day ,n ttu* Kemmel set tor. after hiMng worl.ed fhPir guns moderately hard during th* night pn the southerly nidn of the I v salient In the Itethune and Niepe wood sep'ors. Almost a „eek has gone ~y since he G* mans displayed any marked Infant r- activity, ,md while the H'- (,T'k north of Kemmel end south of Albert apparently were not In gre- the tirwx | pnner f.lnsfnhoilti. of \isrnni, \ustrlii. 'l'he iinper lirelarrs that only . (no pro* Itirew in the Austrian empire, (inllela anil Hukintlna, the I eoekpffs of Brest eonfllet* between the Austrian mill KUMKIHII armies, have snfTered more terribly from the war than Ilosnla and Herr.e- Biivlnn. > evert he less, the situation Is liorrilile. "Fntlre districts of eastern llosnln and the nhnle of the eastern nnrt of ffer'PKotl ia are to-liny deiiopulatrd and iletastutril reKlons eh look as If n terrible typhoon liail tlalted them with Its devilish j ileitrnetfr n. \ sr -at nuniher of Inlialiitants vvere deported anil have slaee illeif In Infer intent esmps. Those who remained were massHerrd by Austrian Soldlfrs. In other illstrlets the ponulatlon is ilvfnK of starvnffvn." PRESIDENT SEES ' FIRST M4IL IN j AIR START OFF (.lrr'rrs l.cave Washington nnd New Yorl. Latter With 4,(>00 Letters Py . 1 sociated Press Washington May 15. —Airplane mail service between Washington j and Vew York went into operation j tfi-diy w'len the tirst mail carrier,! piloted t.• Lie tt Geo ge I>. Boyle,; \ t 'ft t'otomae Park for Philadelphia i it '. 1. J 5 o'clock. PresMent and Mrs. Wilson witrn?ssed the liltial start. The airplane was f irced to tie- ! scend at V aldorf. Md. \ew York. May 15.--Aerial mail i -er'ice from New York to Philadel- | .: pi i i and Washington was inaugu pliaH et 1 ;i. m. o-day when |an aii plane, driven by Lieutenant 11 Torrey H. of C ilifornia, an \rmy aviatcr, arose fnm Belmont a Pirk clrcb d around tle field and beat'ed i ito the sou hwest at a heisht of 5,000 leet. He was cheered ' by a distinguished ci-nup of specta tor", including New York public of r flcials and post office e? ecutlves. In the plane were 33) pounds of ' first-class mall, compris ng approx- I imately 12.000 letters. Among them - were autograph notes irom Secre tarj of War Maker to President Wil - son and f'ostr'aster Get eral Burle f son, two copic of Mr. Biker's book. Frontiers of 1- reedom." ind a letter f rom '"harles li. Sabin, luesident of . the Guaranty Trust Company of I - New York to William C Potter, of the .iicraft secti'in of the War De i partment. VlilljitU Iphin, Miy 15—The air ; mail nute exten Is onl .• between r S w YTk nnd V, nshingtnn. Planes , botlt ways fitoroed in Philadelphia to deliver and receive ma I, and this i will lie the regular schedjlc for the, , service. The lrtiding place for 'he central I station is at Buntieton, i suburb. t thirteen m;les from city I all. in the , extreme not theart st r tion if the city. , Army and'navy officers, is well as . other govvnment employes and '. heads of vnrlous state ani city egan a stringent investigation to ascertain the iden j tity of the persons who seem to be Inaugurating another era of false | alarms. • HARRISBURG, PA.,WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 15, 1918. KINGS ATTEND ! CONFERENCE TO * SHARE POWERS Bavaria, Conscious That Hour Is Grave, Penetrates Meet ing of the Emperors NEITHER ASKED TO COME Unwilling to Allow Prussia to Be Whole Arbiter of German Destinies Py .Associated Frets Zurich. Switzerland, May 15. Both Kins Ludwig, of Bavaria, ancl King Frederick August, of Saxony, seem to have been participants in' the great headquarters conference of the German and Austrian em perors. although apparently neither was invited to be present. This is indicated by a statement in the Mu nich Xeueste Xachrichten, which says: "The hour is grave and Bavariaj cannot leave Prussia to be the whole arbiter of German destinies. King Ludwig therefore decided to proceed to headquarters. The departure of the king of Saxony to take part in the negotiations a participation which was not desited in Berlin cir cles —was due to the same cause. A Vienna dispatch to the Xeueste Xachrichten, of Munich, says ihe new Austro-German alliance is llxed for a period of twenty years, includes a military convention, and provides [Continued oil I'age fl.] TAFT DELIVERS ADDRESS BEFORE COLLEGE CLASS Gettysburg Confers Degrees Ipon Men Widely Known in Public Life Gettysburg, May 15.—An appeal fop 5,000,000 men for service in France, was sounded by ex-Presi dent William Howard Taft, address ing the commencement of Gettys burg College this morning. "When there are 5.000,000 Americans in France, we'll be ready to do some thing," he declared. "Then the only cry will be 'On to Berlin'." Ex-President Taft arrived in Get tysburg this morning after spending last night in Harrisburg. In his ad dress he reviewed the causes leading up to the war, showed how this na tion was neutral, observing all rules of international law, and bow we tried to remain neutral. He depicted the horrors inflicted upon inno cent Belgium. "It is possible for the United States to pursue any other course than to enter the war?" he asked the huge crowd. Only One Way He told of the spirit of the Ger man people, and declared that they are obsessed with the idea of Divine Bight to rule the world. "The only way to get rid of them is to lick them." he said. Although all of the special features though all of the special features that always go with a college were missing the commencement at Get [Contiiiued on Page 7.] Harrisburg Trust Declares Dividend For the Red Cross As showing the widespread inter est in the Bed Cross drive which is now in its preliminary stages in thi3 community the directors of the Har risburg Trust Company this morning in addition to the regular dividend of 5 per cent, for the last six months, declared an extra dividend of $4,000 for the Bed Cross fund. This dividend will be payable cn Saturday and will be sent through the regular channels to stockholders with a recommendation to them that It be used as a subscription to the Bed Cross. This banking institu tion declared a similar dividend in the last Bed Cross campaign and with a few exceptions all stockhold ers endorsed their checks to the Bed Cross. WILSON WANTS PROBE TO MISS WAR PROGRAM President Objects to Investi gation of "General Con duet of the War" TELLS SENATOR MARTIN j Pronounces the Chamberlain I Resolution of Inquiry Un necessarily Broad Washington, May 15.—1n a letter to-day to Senator Martin, of Vir- i ginia, Democratic leader in the Sen ate, President Wilson declared he would regard passage of the Cham berlain resolution calling for an in vestigation of aircraft and other war i activities as a "direct vote of want of confidence in the administratfon" and an attempt by Congress to take over conduct of the war. "1 deem it my duty to say." the President's letter said, "that 1 should regard the passage of this resolu tion as a direct vote of want of con fidence in the administration. The purpose which it undoubtedly ex presses has been expressed again and again in various forms during the present session and has always seemed to originate in a rooted dis trust of those who are at present in charge of the executive functions of the government. Those executive functions are very clearly under stood. They have been defined both by the constitution and by long ex perience. and no one can doubt where the responsibility for them lies or what the methods are, by which those who are responsible can be held to their duty. "Such activities on the part of a particular committee of the Senate as this resolution would look for ward to would constitute nothing less than an attempt to take over the conduct of the war, or at the least so superintendent and direct and participate in the executive ] conduct of it as to interfere in the 1 most serious way with the action of j the constituted executive. I protest i most earnestly against the adoption of any such action and shall hope that every Senator who intends to support the present administration in the conduct of the war. will vote against it. These are serious times I and it is absolutely necessary that ' the lines shall be clearly drawn be | tween friends and opponents." ! The President informed Senator I Martin he had no objection to the I most searching inquiry into the air craft situation, but that he deemed i inadvisable at this time any inves- I ligation of the conduct of the war. ; At the last session of Congress his i opposition to such investigation put i an end to proposals that it be made. It was believed that the Presi [Continued on Page •!.] American People Will Give $4,095,699,000 in Taxes Toward Victory Washington. May 15.—Revised es- J limates of revenue receipts in the I current fiscal year ending next June | "0, place at $4,095,699,000 the sum ' which the American people will con , tribute directly to the government. I mainly in taxes, for prosecution of the war. These estimates, reported ' to-day to the Senate by Secretary I McAdoo in compliance with a request \ for specific information throwing light on future revenue needs, show ! that about one-third the expense of the war this year has been met by • taxation and two-thirds by Liberty | bonds. ; The report disclosed that about r 52,775,185,000 will be collected on ! the basis of income and excess piof- I its lax returns on tile May 4, about i $"48,000,000 more than the yield e i timated when the war revenue law was enacted last October, but less I than the $;,, 000,000 000 recently est'- ■ mated. The total now expected from j internal revenue, which includes re ceipts from income and excess profit ' tax returns, is $3,tM3.899,000; from j customs, $180,000,000; from misce.l --| laneous sources, including $40,000,- 000 earnings of increased first class ! postage, $270,000,000: and from sale i of public lands, $1,800,000. Estimates of internal revenue receipts last fall I were about $3,400,000,000. j WOMKX TO ORfaANIKE A IIBCRI'ITINC CORPS I Mrs. William I. Laubenstein will I preside at a mass meeting to be held | in the Technical High School audi- I torlum to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock. The purpose of the meeting is to organize a woman's recruiting corps to aid in the various war work and recruiting drives waged here. A number of speakers will address the meeting, among them Sergeant John K. Blake, of the Harrisburg recruiting station. TTCKAHOE, STEEL SHIP READY FOR SEA DUTY Philadelphia, May 15.—Completed land ready for her cargo, the steam i ship Tuckahoe, built by the New York Shipbuilding Company in rec ord time, was to-day turned over to the United States Shipping Board In this city. Thus, thirty-seven days after the keel was lajd the big steel ship of 5,548 tons de'ad weight, was prepared to sail across the seas. OWI-Y EVENING ASSOCIATED I'UESS NEWSPAI'EH IN HAIIIUSDIIIKi THREE AUSTRIANSj FIREON ORDNANCE DEPOT BARRACKS Are Captured While Shooting From Hiding Places in Field and Jailed ARREST AFTER STRUGGLE Explains Action by Saying lie Wanted to "Shoot I Americans" Three unnaturalized, unregistered j Austriuns were captured by police at the United States Ordnance Depot j development near Middletown at 10! o'clock last night while tiring re-1 volver shots from concealment into I the barracks occupied by the work men. The men gave their names as Juperlch Marko, Frank Dorich and Frank Mehalic and their residence j as Steelton. They carried revolvers i and cartridges. The three were given a preliminary hearing before Alder man Hilton this afternoon and were | held for a further hearing before j United States Commissioner Leroy J.. Wolf. . i Sergeant of Police Lewis Melvin | and Officer Boyd Manbeck lirstj heard shots in the Held back of the . Jednota building just opposite the) office building on the ordnance i depot site, and quietly made an in-1 vestigation. Melvin came upon I Marko just as he fired from conceal ment in the tall grass upon the bar-, racks and arrested him after a] struggle. Manbeck captured Dorich j as he was running away and on-| their way back to the highway thci two came upon the thtrd Austrian | and took him in tow also. Wanted to Slioot Marko wanted to "shoot Amerl-• cans." he said, and put up a light for freedom. Chief of Police D. W. Bell, Officer G. E. Konesci and As sistant Fire Chief Millard Tawney came to the assistance of the two officers and the prisoners were brought to Harrisburg and lodged in jail. The Austrians were sober and had no known grudge against anybody connected with the ord nance depot. b'o far as could be found to-day they are i*nregistered aliens and no other purpose could be ascribed to their firing upon the barracks other than that they hoped to kill or injure some of the work men and thus delay operations and terrorize those who escaped their bullets. Eighteen Candiepower Is Limit of Light Permitted on Autos in City Streets The police department this morn ing issued its rulings regarding the lenses which were displayed Friday night at the request of the Harris burg Motor Club to decide on the legality of the lenses in common use. At the test numerous makes of j lenses were tested and the police have decided that every one of them will come within the limitations of the ordinance provided no more than 18- c andle power is used in the head lights. If more than that candle ( power is used, dimmers must be used .with them. Only one lens, Chief Wetzel said, j came completely within the regula j lions of the ordinance. Justice Agent Points to Lawyer as Teuton Aid New York, May 15.—An offer to agent of the Department of Justice to smuggle arms into Mexico was de | scibed to-day at the state attorney I general's inquiry into reports of the j hoarding of minutions in the United j States for German interests. Wil liam R. Benham, an operative of the ! Department of Justice, named Wil j lard G. Stanton, a New York lawyer j who represented himself as formerly a .nidge In Utica, and formerly a congressman, as having volunttered to assist in the smuggling. I THE WEATHER ' For lfarrlMhurK nnd vlclnltyi Fair to-niirht nnd Thursdays nnrmrr Thursday. For Kastern Pennsjlrnnln < Fnlr to-nlKht; Thursday fnlr nnd wnrmcr; moderate northeast to southeast wind*. SUPPOSE The French Blue Devils Had Been Hun Gray Devils s§r' Buy War Stamps Weekly 4- J i*irlrtr 'kirir#. 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