Allies ' •"• ensive Movement HARRISBURG lij|& TELEGRAPH dk Star-Jn&epcnkni ' LXXXVII — No. lis 16 PAGES VOTERS DECIDE AT PRIMARIES TODAY WHO'LL BE ON TICKETS Senator Penrose Declares Sproul and Beidleman Have Won the Republican Nominations JUDGE PORTER GETS STATE-WIDE VOTE Candidates For 32 Con gressional Districts; 28 Senate Seats and 207 in House to Be Named Primary election is being held in Pennsylvania to-day for the nomina tion of complete state tickets and candidates for Congress and Legis lature. There were spirited contests in the Republican party for virtually every office on the state ticket, from Gov ernor down. The principal light of the Democrats was for the guberna torial nomination, the candidates for which were Joseph F. Guffey, of Pittsburgh, and Eugene C. Bonnl well, judge of the municipal court of Philadelphia. There were also several contests in the thirty-two Congressional districts of the state. The campaign of the Republican factions for the gubernatorial nom ination and that for Lieutenant Gov ernor was especially vigorous. Unit ed States Senator Penrose early to day claimed that State Senator Wil liam C. Sproul, for Governor, and State Senator E. E. Beidleman, ■ for Lieutenant Governor, would win re spectively over Highway Commis sioner J. Jenny O'Neil and Congress man John R. K. Scott by large ma jorities. O'Neil supporters, on the other hand, predicted a victory for their candidate, while State Senator E. H. Vare claimed that Scott would be nominated. Candidates were to be nominated for thirty-two Congressional dis tricts. twenty-eight seats In the State Senate and 207 In the lower House of the Legislature. There were fourteen candidates for the four nominations for Congress-at-Large. Judge W. D. Porter was unop posed for renomlnatlon for the State Superior Court on the nonpartisan ballot. Light Vote Is Polled in City Fears of party leaders that the vote in the city would be a light one were dissipated at an early hour this afternoon, when in twelve of the fifty-three election districts in the city a total of 592 votes polled of 3,002 qualified electors who were enrolled was announced. The reports were from widely scattered districts in all parts of the city, both business and residential. While in some districts the percent age of total votes cast was 35 per cent., in others It was only about 15 per cent., and in estimating the en tire city it was said that probably about one-fourth of the voters had cast ballots during the morning and early afternoon. Part of the de crease is due to men who have en listed or been called Into Army service since last November, It was said. Among the districts from which reports were secured were the fol lowing: Third ward, First precinct, 35 votes cast, 155 registered; Thir teenth ward, First, 42 of 216; Tenth ward, Fourth, 7 5 of 443; Seventh ward, Fourth, 61 of 375; Fourth ward, Second, 115 of 402; Ninth ward, Fourth, 36 of 221; Second ward, First, 35 of 101; b'econd ward. Fifth, 79 of 424; Eleventh ward, First, 54 of 241. Reports Slow in the County in the county districts accurate reports were not received from many sections, but it is believed the vote may not be any larger In pro portion than In the city districts, with the exception of districts with polling, places in boroughs. Because of vacancies on a number of election boards, the court late yesterday made four appointments, as follows: Harry C. Miller. Democratic mi nority inspector. Fourteenth ward, no election last November; John R. etutzcan. Democratic minority in spector, Sixth ward, Second precinct, succeeding J. C. McFadden, resigned; W. W. Bailey, Republican, judge of elections, Third ward. Third pre cinct, succeeding Benjamin C. Sny der, resigned; C. W. Davis, Repub lican majority Inspector, Sixth ward, First precinct, succeeding Francis B. Dwyer, formerly of the City Highway Department, who is now in service in Europe as a Y. M. C. A. war sec retary. For the first time in the history of the country, there are two candi dates for nomination for an impor tant state office, Senator Edward E. Beidleman running for Republican nomination for lieutenant governor, and Howard O. Holstein for the Democratic nomination for the same office. In some of the citv districts were contests for precinct commit teemen, and it is likely a higher vote will be polled in those precincts than in a number of others in the same and adjacent wards. If You Save in THRIFT STAMPS You Can Buy in LIBERTY BONDS £3g"Be a Coupon Clipper U. S. UNCOVERS HUN AND IRISH IN PLOT TO WEAKEN FOES OF TEUTON Evidence Found by Govern ment Leaders Partly Re sponsible For the Arrest of Sinn Fein Leaders GERMANS HERE WERE TO FURNISH MONEY Uprising Set For the Time When Germany Planned to Reach Channel Ports; to Confuse England By Associated Press Washington. May 21. —Evidence of plotting between German and Irish agents in this country for an upris ing in Ireland has been uncovered by United States government agents and is partly responsible for the re cent arrest ■of Irish leaders by the British government. This evidence. which may be made public soon, is understood to show definitely that Irish leaders, mainly Sinn Fein sympathizers in the United States, have been in touch with German representatives who agreed to furnieh money to fiance a rebellion in Ireland and possibly to send arms and ammunition to Ire land by submarines or blockade runners. There was even some dis cussion of the chances of sending German soldiers to take part in war fare on Irish soil. The uprising was set for about this time, when the Germans had planned to reach the channel ports after their great drive in France and it was believed England would be thrown! into confusion b ythe German ad vance. Former Policeman Killed Instantly When Hurled 45 Feet to Iron Floor William Crutchley, 1309 South I Cameron street, was killed instantly I when he was hurled lorty-tive feet J from a huge crane to the floor of the blast furnace at the Central Iron and Steel Company this morning:. His injuries included a commjiuul fracture of the ffik.k, broken jaw and internal injuries. Crutchley had been employed at | the Central Iron and Steel Company for six years. Prior to that he waa j on the city police force under Mayor Gross. The accident happened while he was putting a new magnet on the hoist of a 100-ton crane. A knot in the rope caught at the pulley and the rope broke. The 100-ton ladle fell to the floor, the rope hurling the unfortunate workman from the crane to the floor where he fell be tween two rails. The body was removed to his home by Hoover & Son this morning. He was 50 years old and is survived by his wife, Mrs. Laura A., and daugh ter, Helen Crutchley; three brothers, Henr£, Daniel and Joseph Crutchley, and one sister, Mrs. H. B. Long. The funeral services will be conducted Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock by the Rev. H. B. King, pastor of the Paxton Presbyterian Church, and burial will be made in the Baldwin Cemetery at Steelton. Government Takes No Chances of Losing Its Laborers to Contractors Government officials are taking no chances on employes for the new ordnance depot at Middletown. With other concerns eagerly bidding for help every effort is taken to safe guard the supply of help, that work may be pushed as quickly as pos sible. This morning when a train with a special car of fifty-four men secured to come to Middletown to work, from Syracuse, N. Y., arrived here at 4.25 o'clock, officials from the Middletown plant were on hand to care for them 1 despite the early hour. These men I secured by Agent R. A. Rosenberger,! were met by Lieutenant of Police K. W. Shope, Officer Henning and F. A. Barr. Despite the early arrival of the train, agents from other concerns were on hand to met theni to en deavor to persuade some of the men to locate with the concerns that they represented. The government offic ials, however, "pulled one over on them when they went to the special car and formed the men In line and marched them to government head quarters while the agents of the other concerns went to the smoking cars to conduct their campaign. U-Boat No Longer Menace to Navy, Roosevelt Says Bridgeport, Conn., May 21. —Ger- man submarines are no longer con sidered a menace in offensive tactics by the United States Navy, in the opinion of Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy, who spoke here yesterday. Mr. Roosevelt, in opening the Red Cross campaign her*, said: "Of course, we cannot hope to ab solutely wipe out the German sub marine. However, we hope that each week's report will show a decrease, as has been shown in the reports of the last few weeks." REFUSED MARRIAGE LICENSE Abraham Nash, colored, of Steel ton, was refused a license to-day to marry Annie Ixirry, colored, of Penbrook, when she told the mar riage license clerk that she had been married before but had not secured a divorce. Nash also was married once before but was di i vorced in Mississippi. He is 46 and [ the woman 28 years of age. accord ing to the record ot the license bureau. SINGLE COPY, a CENTS Remember, You Are the Doctor COUNCILMEN AND MAYOR DISAGREE ON SPEED LIMIT Krister Would Limit All City Traffic to Rate of Fifteen Miles an Hour REPORTS ON VIADUCT Engineer Would Not Ruild Wall Along Entire Rridgc Sidewalk Should all vehicular and street car traffic in the city limits be re stricted to fifteen miles on hour? That this question will bring about a long discussion in Council at a meeting in the near future as the re sult of a new traffic ordinance in troduced to-day by Mayor Keister was intimated by'other commission ers, who all but openly said they will oppose the measure with such a clause. The new ordinance framed for Mayor Keister at the office of the city solicitor includes all other traffic rules and regulations which have been in existence, repealing ordi nances which had been passed dur ing the last few years. It was de cided to change the restriction pro hibiting parking within twenty-live feet of any fireplug to fifteen feet. The speed clause .was drawn ac cording to state iaw, Mayor Keister explained. He paid the act of Leg islature establishes a fiftcen-mi'.e limit providing the highways are pla carded, and in districts where there are no signs a twenty-four-mile limit is maintained. Members of Council in speaking of the provision declared they were In favor of proper control of all vehicu lar traffic, but did not approve of a fifteen-mile limit unless it was strict ly enforced. Commissioner Lynch introduced an ordinance appropriating $5,000 from [Continued on Page 16.] Cyrus Townsend Brady to Speak Here on War Dr. Cyrus Townsend Brady, famous author, lecturer and minister, will address the Chamber of Commerce luncheon here next Tuesday. He will speak on the subject. "Why God Doesn't Stop the War." The lunch eon will be held at noon in the Board of Trade. In the evening he will speak in the Chestnut street auditorium under the auspices of the Kiwanis Club. The meeting will be phblic and will be a part of the drive for recruits now being launched by the Harris burg Recruiting Party. His subject in the evening will be "When God Will Stop the War." Dr Bradv is being brought here by Major William B. Gray, Engineer R. C„ Construction Quartermaster, Ordnance Depot, Middletown. TO AUCTION RARE RED CROSS POSTERS THE Harrisburg Chapter of the Red Cross will auction off the few remaining Harri son Fisher Red Cross nurse post ers remaining in its possession. There has been a great demand for this wonderful work of art, and Washington headquarters has asked all local chapters to return the pictures that remain. A few, however, have been retained by Harrisburg chapter for those who desire them for framing purposes. These will he sold or auctioned in the next few days. The pic tures are beautiful examples of their kind and approach very closely the great works of the French wkr-poster makers. HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1918. ""fcWMWSS CITY CONTRIBUTES LIBERALLY AS RED CROSS DRIVE OPENS Thousand Active Workers Begin Canvass; Results In dicate Harrisburg Will Nut Be Found Careless of Wei fare of Its Fighting Sons Nine hundred and sixty men and women in the Money Col lected During Yew Has j Been Expended; Wonderful \ Work Done For Soldiers Is Harrisburg Red Cross chapter worthy of the confidence and support of the people of Harrisburg and the balance of the territory making up this chapter's district? The follow ing questions and answers will give some idea of the wonderful work that l has been done. This newspaper sub mitted the questions to the chapter: Q. How many members has Har risburg chapter of the Red Cross .' A. It has S&141. Q. How many members had it j when war was declared against Ger ! many? A. About 10,000. Q. How many auxiliaries has Har-! I risburg chapter? A. Thirty auxiliaries; twenty-five; branches. Q. Where are they? A. Twenty-five auxiliaries in Har-j risburg; auxiliaries in Berryaburg, I l.iiiglcstown. Ix>ynlton. Loysville, Fort Robinson; branches in Blaln, Dau phin. Duncaniion. Elizabctln illc,! Gratz, Green I'ark, Halifax. Heraliey, j [Continued oil Page 5.] ARMY OF 750,000 EXPECTED FROM YOUTHS OF 21 General Crowder Forecasts Registration of Million Ad ditional Men June 5 By Associated Press Washington, May 21.—Estimates to-day by Major General Crowder, provost marshal general, indicate that probably three-quarters of a million men will be obtained for the Army by the registration on June 6 of all youths who have attained 21 years of age since June 5 last. Fully a million youths, according to General Crowder's estimate, will be registered. At lease one-fourth of them, he thinks, will be exempted on various grounds. the sending of fully 260,000 men. The plans, fully worked out, with the possibilities of failure guarded against as well as may be, call for the movement of 260,000 men to Krance and Britain. At that rate Christmas will be celebrated "over there" by some thing like 2,000,000 of our lighters, a large number of whom will be actually in the trenches with the others in training camps. And each man who goes will carry his full personal equipment, the artillery peedb being supplied in Prance through purchases—not loaiib—of] equipment. FAMINE AND WOE WILL JOIN FOES OF THE GERMANS Great Masses of Teutons and j Austrians Talk of Noth ing But Bread FEAB BOLSHEVIK MOVE I Murder of Prisoners With J Fellow Workers Eating Their Flesh Beported l.ondon, May 21—"t feel confluent that the time is at hand wh£n i famine, stark, medieval famine—will ! join the entente as a political and j military ally against Germany and I Austria," the correspondent of the ! Daily Mail telegraphs from Anne- ] masse, in France, near the Swiss j border. The correspondent says he draws j this conclusion from oral statements j by an authentic witness whose obser- . vations extended up to the end of April. The great masses of the Ger man and Austrian people, this in formant declares are more than sick of the war. They think and talk of nothing but bread and their morale Js so low that the governments are fearful of Bolshevik movements. Murder Hushed lip Among the incidents given in sup port of the stiry of terrible want is the case of two prisoners of war em ployed at the gas works in Vienna, who he declares, were murdered by fellow workers, who ate part of their The Arbelter Zeitung ot Vienna demanded an investigation, and the entire issue was confiscated i in consequence. The affair was re ferred to in parliament, but was hushed up in the Vienna press. The narrator said he and his fam ily had lived for weeks almost en tirely on mushrooms gathered in a forest Outside the town in which he ! dwelt. "People often faint in the streets from hunger," he continued. "Ev£n the soldiers do not have sufficient food. They are not only sick of war. but thoroughly apathetic regarding it. It Is a common sight to see soldiers begging for food. Everybody is convinced that the ex pected food relief from Ukraine is a mirage. 'Only another Prussian swindle,' they say. "The t'iiree worst months —Jurmj July and August—are yet to come. I-Ast year there was almost nothing to ea, in those months but cucum bers, and fruit. Typhus and dysen tery became epidemic. The people are shuddering at the prospects of these three months now." As far as they dare, the dispatch continues, the people jeer at the talk of smashing the British and French and at the submarine campaign. i THE WEATHER For Harrlshurg and vlelnityt Fnlr to-night and Wednesdayi not much dinner In temperature, lowest to-night nlimit no de grees. | For Kastern Pennsylvania: Fair I to-night and Wednesday, little change In temperature) gentle to moderate shifting winds. Hlver The upper portion of the main river will rlsei the loner por tion will full slowly this af ternoon nnd to-night and begin t rise slowly Wednesday. A stage of about .1.0 feet is Indi cated for Harrlshurg Wednes day morning, with a maximum stage of about six feet Thurs day afternoon or night. Temperaturei 8 a. m., M. snni Rises. 5i3.1 a. m.t sets, Niil p. m. Moon 1 Full moon. May 23. River Stage 1 8 feet above low water mark. HALF MILE RIVER PARK STRIP GIVEN 1 ALONG WEST SHORE E. M. Hershey, Through City Planning Commission, Dedicates Land to Make River Front Park For River View and Other Cumberland Valley Communities; Other Property Owners to Be Approached Through the co-operation and j with the consent of E. M. Hershey, | the well-known real estate developer, j the Cit.v Planning Commission has] been able to procure the dedication j of nearly n half-n)ile of land along j the West Shore of the Susquehanna just above Wormleysburg for a river park like that on the Harrisburg side of the river. Chairman E. C. Herman, of the Planning Commission. expressed himself to-day as delighted witli the dedication of this piece of river shore property on the Cumberland side and said - unquestionably the public spirit of Mr. Hershey would set an example for other owners, that he hoped would result in dedication of all the property fronting the city be tween the river road on the West Shore to low water mark for park purposes. This would give the people of the West Shore perpetually a river park like that in which Har risburg takes so much pride and in addition would provide a back ground for the river from the Har risburg side free from buildings such as top often mar the edges of rivers, j It would also preserve the frame of j trees and greenery which now sur i rounds the Susquehanna river basin las viewed from Harrisburg. Harris ! burg has done its part by the West I Shore in this respect, Mr. Herman ! points out and the West Shores owes j as much to the city, to say nothing | of looking after its own interests. Another llig Development ] The latest E. M. Hershey develop ! ment lies between the Susquehanna j river and the Northern Central rail ; road line jyst above Wormleysburg j and was made possible by taking x * *"" K'ITISH CASUALTIES 36/77 % , inttsh casualties to the number of 36,6? **• ' *l® 4* ha reported in the week ending to-<£Ay £> 2 N PEKIANS URGE CHURCH UNION , £ J^ 1 * Columbu?, O.—Resolution# urging the orgaok union 4* A jd $ of fjelicdl churches m the United STATES were IJ* e to-day by the general ASSEMBLY oi tl j§ Pre Church North- This ACTION W**decla: & | ' JL r, *t important taken by any idenr>naitw6on i . ™ "7* IF i| years. • , 'ESIDENT GETS sro,ooo GOBBLER *l* \S ton—Colonel Jake Pawsen, a Te*t turke IW. t'nln. Hnrrrlnburni Chirbn 'A. Klrkhold and V ~ l ulherln* E. I.lit*. Hnrrlnhurm Ammon M. Iffbrrllng nnd lrrnr 4 V* Houarr. Mlddlptowni Rulwrt J. Anderson nnd F)c r 'rn K. Hurk Har- I i rlahurnc. ' " *T* HOME EDITION I over the old McCopmick estate farm j which was under cultivation up to i this spring. The plot has been laid | off into 360 lots, with the street car j line of the Valley Railways running j longitudinatly through the center in . | what is to be known as Second j street. The houses are all to stand I at least 20 feet back from the street ' 1 line and tne streets themselves are : | wide and airy. The plans as ap [ proved by the City Planning Com ' j mission yesterday, provide also for a I 60 foot wide thoroughfare running • through the tract from the river to ! j the railroad which is designed to ' i connect with a road to be built down : j through the valley on the north side II of Fort Washington and Washing ton Heights from Camp Hill, paral lel with the Carlisle Pike and about -j one-eighth of a mile to the north of t, that road. With this stret 60 feet ; j wide no further change of high.vays 5 will be necessary through the tra'ct [Continued on Page 5.] l - FAIRBANKS CRITICALLY ILL By .Associated Press ! Indianapolis, May 21.—Charles W. Fairbanks, who is critically ill here, j "continued to hold his own," ac _ cording to an announcement made t at his home early to-day. it was said his physician still had hopes for " the recovery of the former Vice (j President of the United States. * 1 WILSON MAY HOLD CONGRESS By .Associated Press Washington, May 21. —Indications to-day were that President Wilson ■ may be called unon to decide wheth. a- er Congress will remain in session - after July 1 to pass new war rov- B enue , legislation as., suggested by gSecretary McAdoo.