BLOW BY HUNS
IN 24 HOURS, IS
BELIEF OF U.S.
Opinions Vary on Delay, but ';
Resumption Seems to I
Be Imminent
Washington. May 23.—Although,
there has now been relative calm on j
the western war front for almost |
k a month, military experts here are i
*' not inclined to accept the theory j
that something has gone radically
wrong with the plans of the German ,
high command and that the immedi- j
ate danger of the German drive is ;
over.
There is divergence of opinion
among the Army authorities as to j
what has caused the delay, hut there
■ is unanimity of opinion that every I
day's delay has helped the Entente j
and the United States. Great taution ]
is in evidence here in attempting to '
forecast the next German move. j
Secretary Baker said yesterday in j
response to inquiry that nothing au- ;
thoritativo had come to his atten
tion concerning the reason for the
delay in the German offensive. At
both the French and British em
bassies there is a lack of positive
information.
Theories entertained
The theories which receive consid
eration here are the following:
"The Germans, after unparalleled '
efforts to smash through by continu
ous and desperate tactics, found it j 1
necessary to halt and repair damage I
to their so-called war machine be- j
fore subjecting it to further strain, j
This implies replenishing gaps in the j
ranks, bringing, up transport lines ;
and ammunition and a general over
hauling process linked with a respite
for the troops which had borne the
brunt of the fighting.
"The Germans, who had counted j
on being much further advanced in j
their campaign for the channel .
ports, foresaw that the momentum j
of their drive would be spent before |
they could reach their goal and con- I
sequently were forced to resume the
old form of trench warfare.
"The Germans found unexpected |
resistance at the eleventh hour near ;
Ypres and were unable to overcome |
this last obstacle despite their sacri- jl
fices and desperation.
"German losses have proved far
heavier than generally realized, and j'
the German high command has seen 11
that persistency in the policy of at- 1
tempting to smash through regard- J ■
less of losses would prove danger- I
ous in the end to the morale and ! j
effectiveness of the German armies." !,
Of these theories the first one is j
supported particularly by general 11
staff officers. These officers are not i
surprised a/ the delay. They say it |
was to be expected, in view of the !I
stiff resistance of Sir Douglass Haig's ' I
troops, that the Germans would be j
obliged to call a halt to prepare for
their next effort.
It would not surprise general staff
officers to learn of the resumption of | j
the drive within the next twenty- !
four hours.
A particularly encouraging fea- |
ture of the lull in the fighting is the .
fact that every drive so far under- j
taken on the western front, whether |
liy the Allies or the Germans, has | j
<-nded in about the way which the i
present offensive seems to be ending. ! I
Woodward School Pupils
to j
The pupils from the Woodward j
school will give the following tiro- 11
gram in the Technical High School ij
Auditorium next Monday evening: |
Music. Liberty orchestra; reading, j I
Miss Rena Shurtz; vocal so'.o, Miss i
K; tharine Dubbs; reading. Mis.-! J
Klmira Bricker: music. tat "From!'
the Land of the Sky-Blue Wat>>r," ]
(b) "The Lord of All," (c) "Pil.
grim's Chorus," mixed chorus Woo 1-
ward school; "Dance of the Blue .
•ird," Miss Jean Matter; piano solo, j
William Yates; Dances of other Na- !
tions; (a) "Irish Lilt," th> "D.ttc.h
Dance," (c) "Scotch Dance, (d) j
"French Vineyard Dance." (e) "Nor- I
wegian Mountain March." girls from !
Woodward school; vocal solo. Miss I
Frances Strine; reading. Miss Emily I
Zerby; "Grasshopper's Dance." Miss j
Matter: music (ai "The Salute to '
the Flag," (b) "When the Flag Goes j
By." fc) "America's Message." <d> ;
"When the Boys Come Home,"
mixed chorus, Woodward school;
dance, "Motor March," Miss Matter;
reading, Miss Elmira Bricker;
Vmerican dances: (a) "Indian
Dance," (b) "Virginia Reel," (c)
"Sailor's Hornpipe Dance," (d)
"Yankee Doodle," (e) "Eccentric,"
(f> "Shoemaker's Dance," (g) "Ace
of Diamonds, (h) "American Dance."
girls and boys from Woodward;
music, "Liberty orchestra.
Miss Ella S. Yost will direct the
music and Miss Elizabeth Workman
will be in charge of the dances,
dances.
Miss Elmira Bricker is a jtudent
from the Dunmire school and Miss
Katharine Dubbs from Phillips'
.studio, while Miss Jean Matter from
High, is well known as a
popular young dancer.
( RII.D SLASHES ANOTHER
IN JEAI.OI S RAGE
Irene Red, 1213 Monroe street, 13-
year-old colored girl, is being held
to-day on the charge of slashing her
friend. Alice Huber, with a knife.
The quarrel is said to have arisen
over a boy friend. Alice Huber, also
of 1213 Monroe street, was treated
at the Harrisburg Hospital for the
knife wound.
EPHRAIM RIDER BURIED
Newport, Pa., May 23. —Funer.il
services were held on Tuesday for
Ephraim Fahnostock Rider, aged
K9. who died of heart trouble on
Saturday. Services were conducted
by the Rev. M. W. Stahl of the Cal
\ary United Evangelical Church and
hurial was made in the Newport
Cemetery.
Mr. Rider, a member of the New
port Castle. No. 300, Knights of the
Golden Eagle, and of the Dunean
non Senior Order United American
Mechanics, is survived h.v his wife,
two daughters. Mrs. Wilmer R. Hoke,
and Miss Annie Rider, of Newport: ;
one son, Harrv Rider, of Cedar I
Bluffs, la., and ons sister, Mrs. Mary j
t L. Davis, of Philadelphia.
GRADUATE ACCEPTS CAM,
New Bloomfield. Pa., May 23.
Howard D. McKeehan, son of Mr
s<nd Mrs. L. Scott McKeehan. of
Mannsville. a recent graduate of the
Eastern Theological Seminary of the
Reformed Church at Lancaster, has!
pecepted a call to become pastor of
•he Bethel Reformed Church of High
Point. N. C.
I,ACE CI'RTAIX HI ll\,
A blaze caused by the wind blow
•'g a lace curtain over a gas .let at
the home of H. O. Lutx, 211 VorMieke
•reet ast evening was easily ex
tinguirhrd by chemicals before much
•■••mage had been caused.
THURSDAY EVENING,
Masonic Reunion to Close
With Ceremonial Session
in the Orpheum Theater
One hundred and thirty-seven can
didates will receive the thirty-second
STORE OPENS 8:30 A. M.—CLOSES 5:30 P. M.
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nU-e fibre double
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|cM I FIHJCT FLOOR FIRST FI.OOR \
degree at the closing session of the
annual spring reunion of the Har
risburg Scottish Rite bodies of Free
masonry this evening in the Or
pheum Theater. This is the only
event of the three days' reunion that
Is being held at any r*ace other than
the Scottish Rite Cathedral, North
HABRISBURG TELEGRAPH
and Capital streets. The degree
work will start at 7.30 o'clock, with
William b. Snyder presiding.
Thirty-second degree Masons of the
Wllllamsport Consistory choir will
be present at this evening's service
to render music for the occasion and
will help to improve the degree work
of the evening. It Is believed. This
choir, organized four years ago, is
under the direction of Frederic E.
Manson. with Henry Hippie as or
ganist.
The degree work of yesterday
started at 1.30 p. m., when the sev
enteenth degree. Knight of the East
or West, Ample Form, was conferred
on the 137 candidates by William H.
H. Baker. The remainder of the de
gree work of yesterday included:
1.45 p. m., eighteenth degree, Knight
Rose Croix, de H-R-D-M, George A.
Gorgas, presiding: 4 p. n"i., nineteenth
degree, Grand Pontiff, George U
MAY 2i, 1918
Reed, presiding, and 7.30 p. m.,
twentieth degree. Master ad Vitam,
Frank D. Beary, presiding.
The twenty-sixth degree. Prince of
Mercy, was scheduled to be con
ferred at 1.3Q p. m., with Clyde P.
Love presiding. The remainder of
the day's degree work Includes
3.30 p. m., thirtieth degree, Grand
fclect Knight Kadodh, Henry W.
Gough presiding, and 7.30 o'clock, at
Or#heum < Theater, thirty-second de
gree, Sublime Prince of the Royal.
Secret, William S. Snyder presiding.;
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