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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-17
COUNCIL ELECTS
JOHN A. AFFLECK
COMMISSIONER
SAYS He Will Be Unable to Ac-
cept Because of Other Re-
sponsibilities

To break the deadlock in the cleo
ton of q city commissioner to fill the
term OF the late Harry L,
Bowman, Council to-day named John
A. Affleck, president of the Harris
burg Shoe Manufacturing Company for
the office.
Mr.. Affleck, when told of his cleo
ton, said he would be unable to ac-
cept because of his many personal and
business responsibilities. AS soon as
he received official word of his cleo
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-17
THE WEATHER

For Harrisburg and vicinityt Fair
Tonight and probably WedHes-
day, with rising temperature,
lowest tonight about 20 degrees,
For Eastern Pennsylvania FaiH 10.
night and probably Wednesday,
rising temperatures gentle yHri-
able winds,
River
The busquehanna river and oil it's
tributaries will fall slowly or re=
main nearly stationary, stage
of about 81 feet il Indicated for
Harrisburg Wednesday morning.
TempeRatuFet a. m.. 40 degrees.
Sunt Rises, $40 a. m.
MOOnt New moon, April 81.
River stageI 5.3 feet,
Yesterdays Weather
Highest temperature. go.
Lowest temperature. ID.
Mean temperature, 4S.
Normal temperature, 81,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-17
Condition of Mayor Meals
Continues Serious; Not
Able to Take Nourishment

Tho condition OF Mayor 70, s. Meals
II still reported to be serious After
short time but since Sunday has suf-
fered n relapse, Since that time his
condition has been unchanged with
no Improvement for the better He has
been unable to take much nourishment
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-17
|U-DOAT FIRES
FIRST SHOT In
WARONkAISER
Torpedo Misses American Destroyer by Thirty Yards;
Presence of Submersibe Near New York Shows That
Berlin Has Begun Its Blockade of United States Coast
Hostile Craft Disappears Before Guns Can Be Brought
Into Play
By Associated Press

Washington, D. c., April ia German submarine to-
day fired the destroyer Smith about 100 miles south of
New York.
The presence of enemy submarines in American waters
indicates that the threatened German blockade of Amer
iican Atlantic ports has begun.
This announcement made at the Navy Department.
Reported from Freand lghtship to the naval stations
at Boston and New York $50 d. m. the 18th
enemy submarine sighted by the U. S. S. Smith,
ming apparently submerged Submarine fired torpedo
at the u S. S. Smith which missed her by thirty yards
The wake of the torpedo plainly crossing the
bow Submarine disappeared"
First Information a U-boat.
roundabout
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-17
Work lin Harmony

W Ofk III harmony
The strategic outlines of the great
Anglo-French attack have been work
ed out in complete harmony by the
staffs of the two armies. The dis
patches indicate entire coordination
for placing and timing the blows de-
hvered SO as to insure their greatest
possible effectiveness.
In broad way, it may be judged,
the French now have for their imme-
diate objective the isolation of the i'm
portant railway center of Laon, to
turn the southern end of the linden
burg line. The British already have
pierced this line at the northern end.
The joint operation apparently is
aimed at the rolling up of the present
German front in an effort to compel
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-17
Urges Stores to Close
Saturday Afternoon and
Evening For Big Parade


To the Businessmen of Harrisburg,
Harrisburg, Pa.
Gentlcmen:
In compliance with the procla-
nation of His Honor, the Mayor,
that Saturday he observed as a
holiday after 1890 p. m., 1 am
pleased to announce that the Com
mcrcial Department of the Cham
bcr of Commerce heartily en-
dorses the Honorable Mayors ac-
ton.
would further urge that every
member of the Commercial De-
partmcnt observe Saturday after
noon and evening as holiday per-
iod and that i'm lieu of the usual
Saturday evening hours. all stores
remain open until 8 p. m. on Fri
day.
With n deep sense of the privi-
lege that is given to all of us, the
young and the old. the rich and
the poor. to share in the mighticst
cause that has arisen since the
foundation of the city. am,
Very sincerely,
WM. ii. BENNETHUM,
Chairman Commercial Dept
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-17
DESTROYER Report,

Destroyer Reports
First Information of the encounter
came to the Navy Department in
roundabout way from the Boston navy
yard which picked up the Smiths re-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-17
[Continued on Page fSl
CLASH IN BUENOs AIRES

I79VEIUFtN
Buenos Aires, April 17.-Supporters
of the allies and advocates of neutral
ity clashed last night during a street
demonstration, Several persons were
injured.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-17
BERLIN PASSES
ADAY OF FEAR
DURING STRIKE
German Workers Register Dis
approval of Short Ration
Allowance
BY Assoefatca Press

Berlin, April 16, via London, April
IA. day of apprehension in Berlin
ended tonight without alarming
events, The threatened strikes because
of reduction in the weekly bread
ration materialized in only a portion
of the larger factories and did not
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-17

port saying she had been fired upon
by a German U-boat
The Navy Department after com
[Continued on Page 101
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-10
REMAIN NEUTRAL.

REMAIN NEO RAL. - MILLIONS
for defense to the last drop of blood
in our system, but not a pickayune
for conquest! And if that be treason
to the monOpolistic money-junkers
that want war let them make the
most Of it.
The unctious satisfaction that
these waF-crazed people looked upon
the efforts of tyrant England to
starve the women and children of
Germany into servile submission to
her dictates, as compared with the
holy horror they exhibit when Ger
many, as a last resort to save her ma
tionaI existence adopts the same tao
tics, would make the war gods Of the
dark ages blush in shame.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-10

Now I am not what the Journal
designates a ''hyphenated copper
head" but I always did have a heart
for the under dog in a fight, and the
other day when I saw a bOw-legged,
undershOt-jawed bulldog have a sci
entifcaIly WeIl-bTed Scotch collie by
the throat eating his life out, held
a bunch of lighted matches under
the bulldogs nose, and, by gOlly, he
let go! No, wasn't prO-bull nor pro-
collie If the proposition had been
reversed I would have held the
matches under the cOIlie's nose just
as quick. I was simply neutral and
wanted to see fair play.-C. M. Max
son, 6637 Normal Az.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-10

ing performance cut down about 80
minutes, so as to enaLle the company
to get to the Coliseum by midnight.
Suckers? Thou art a jewel!
Then, again, this show, advertised
as a real success from New York,
came here with much praise and
was accorded great support, asst no
doubt deserved.
However, a man who saw this
show on its opening and would care
to see it today would see some
change. In the formation of drills
by the chorus girls one can notice
where several girls are missing. In
fact, at least five to eight girls are
missing, including one of the leads.
Also the twelve men in the Silver
City number have been dispensed
with. Several of the numbers have
been cut out, making the show at
least 20 minutes earlier than on the
opening night. And still they have
raised the price so cents and you
have to pay $3.50 for a main floor
seat.
Oh, you Chicago public! How you
do like to get cheated. You remind
me so much of the woman who did
not think her husband loved her I'M
less he beat her. So you don't be-
ieve one can love you unless they
do" you good, Gee, but how you
must be loved! And what will be the
end and when?-C. N. Baker.
REMAIN NEUTRAL. - Millions
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-10

Rear Admiral Grant is the first Of
ficer Of high rank to be put in charge
of the entire submarine fOtilla of, the
United States. He is conducting the
three-year building program for IL
fleet submarines and $50 coast sub
meTsibles.
-O-O
Elevator Conductors and StaTt0Fg'
union admitted to A F. of L
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-07-11
Weak, Weary Women

Learn the Cause Of daily Woes and
End Them.
When the back aches and throbs.
When housework Is torture,
When night brings no rest nor
sleep.
When kidney and bladder disorders
set In,
Women's lot Is Q weary one.
Doan's kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys.
Have proved their worth in Grants
Pass.
This Is one Of Grants Pass woman's
testimony.
Mrs. J. r. Cunning, 400 South
Fourth street. says: my back
causes me a great deal OF misery at
times. II is one OF those dull. bear
ing-down pains across the kidneys.
During these attacks my kidneys
sometimes act too freely. and then
again they are congested. find
Doan's Kidney Pills always relieve
me and stop that misery In my back
after l have taken box or two"
. Price Soc. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy--get
DDan's Kidney Pills--the same that
Mrs. Cunning had. -Milburn
Co.. Props. Buffalo. N. Y.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-07-11
Classified Advertising


o. & G. GRANT LANDS-Bius print
plats showing lands In Josephine
county. $50. Address A. Z.
voorhles, Grants Pass u
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-07-11
WILL 8. R-knY vylLL EE READY
United States ...;rins .e:ra.. Has Most
Appropriase Name.

United States .'.srins .e:ra.. Has Most
Appropria.s Name.
Although shnkcpca.' SAID There il
nothing IN nnme." VIII II. Ready OF
81. Louis lias p.o,ed an cs'cptiun to
the rule by Offering his services rs u
fighter IN tie unIied States marines.
Ready. whoss name sounds like a
slogan for national preparedness.
weighs 10 poands and is over six feet
tall He is pronounced . marvel OF
strength by physical examiners. al.
though f,w months ander the 10.
quired military age, Hc was requested
to obtain the consent ~ his parents or
defer his enlistment.
VIII n. Ready snys he will be ready
when his parents and the United States
marines say the word.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-07-11
No kelac,inn slipk.

NO noJoCttUy oVpt.
Shears--IIow Is II that young Scrib
Ieigh has been attending church SO reg.
ularly Of late? Typo-Why. he says
that he likes to go where he Is always
sure of having his contributions &C.
eepted.-A. W. b. In Lamb.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-07-11

o. q G. LAND GRANT MAPS--Big
ones. good ones. Each map covers
more than two counties. Prics
800 at Grants Pass Abstract Co.
FOR sALE-High grade, new plano.
Used only a short time. Bargain
II taken at once. Address 1890,
care Of Courier. I03
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-07-11

FARM LANDS-Ths government
needs farmers - well - fishtsrs.
Two million three hundred thou
sand acres Of Oregon Z California
Railroad Co. grant lands. Title
Tsvested In United States. To be
opened for homestsads and sale.
Containing some Of best land left
In United states. Large copy
nshted map. showing land BY Sec
tions and description Of soil. cli-
mate. rainfall. elevations. tsm-
persturs. etc.. BY counties. Post
paid one dollar. Grant Lands Lo-
eating Co.. Box $40 Portland. Ore
son. setf
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-07-11
SUMMER RESORTS

RESORT--At the edge OF
the redwoods. accommodations for
tourists, hotel 80 per dty. electric
LIGHTED camp grounds, garage and
accessories. groceries and sup
4 plies, fishing and hunting. 3. R.
Price. Propr. 117ti
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-07-11

WANTED-Good reliable wash
woman. Apply morning. $50 N.
2nd street. OF
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-07-11

WANTED Family washings to do.
Inquire 62s North Ninth street.
or phone 12S-J.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-07-11

THE GARD
Effective June /, 1917.

All trains leave Grants Pass from
the corner OF q and Eighth streets.
opposite the Southern Pacific depot.
For all information regarding
freight and passenger service call q
the ONCE Of the company. Public Ser
vice building. or phone i:1 for
same.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-07-11

WANTED Experienced girl for gem
eral house work, Good wages, In
Quire OF Mrs. Guy w. Conner, Med
ford, Ore. 102
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-07-11

!. y. CLEMENT. n. D.-Prssas.
limited 70 diseases Of the eye, sss.
nose and throat. Glasses fttsl !
once hours s-1z. rs. or On ~
pointment. once phone. 90; rssi-
dencs phone 1851.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-07-11
TO EXCHANGE

TO ExCHANGE-10 acres OF good
Florida land. suitable for pecan
orchard. for automobile. Must be
new or as good as new. Write
In care Of No. 1859. Courier. 11s
WILL TRADE-Good placer claim,
gold bearing ledge on same. good
water right. good dump, etc.
Happy Camp district for good car.
Must trade quick. Address 1888.
care Courier. 103
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-07-11
WANTED

WANTED-Old iron. machinery, old
automobiles. aluminium. copper,
brass. zinc. lead, rags. sacks. wool.
hides. pelts. old rope anything you
have in junk. we pay the nignest
price for everything. Gather up
your junk and phone us. we call
for your goods in city or country.
Union Junk Co. Phone 81. 403
South Sixth street. 1T
WANTED--f'ive miners at Black
Butte quick silver mines. Black
Butte. Oregon, 16 miles on stage
line from Cottage Grove. Wages
$3.50 per day, board, 81 per day.
Black Butte Quick Silver Mines.
WANTED--The Ewauna Box Com
pany, of klamath Falls, Oregon.
offers employment for experienced
box men and inexperienced la
borers, and at all times solicits
correspondence with anyone in
terested. Good wages and oppor-
tunity for advancement is the rule
with this company. 99tf
WANTED-Good reliable wash
woman. Apply morning. $50 N.
2nd street. OF
WANTED-Man for work on fruit
ranch. Good wages, steady en-
ployment. home, etc., apply In per-
son. Ellerslee Fruit Farm, Tur-
ner and Augustein, Fruitdale. 05
WANTED Family washings to do.
Inquire 62S North Ninth street.
or phone 1aS-J.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS girl for gen.
eral house work. Good wages. In
Quire OF Mrs. Guy w. Conner. Med
ford. Ore. 102
- st-,.-.. .--.----------------
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-07-11

FOR SALE-St. Valentine Broccoli
plants. 10 cents per dozen, so
cents per 100. Geo. r. Riddle at
Rogue River Hardware Co. 1o3
FOR SALE cHEAP--Good four
cylinder roadster. guaranteed to
be in good mechanical condition.
This Is bargain. see 1t at the
Fashion garage. $125 cash. 1O3
FOR SALE-82 acres one mile north
Of Selma. water TO irriga.e About
25 acres in cultivation. price.
$500. $500 down tine on bal
ance. Possession October Is. ".
J. schmitt. Philomath. Ore. los
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-06-06

Measures to force down anthracite
coal prices will be taken, the federal
trade commission announced at Wash
ington If producers and dealers: do
not adhere to their recent promise to
cease extortionate practices. -.
With 40 vessels caught in the ice
within two-mile radius of the har-
Dor entrance, residents Of Duluth,
MIMI, witnessed the novel spectacle
Of an arctic scene with green grass
and budding trees as the background.
Heinrich and Johann Schmidt, Ger
man subjects both of New York, who
had been interned at Fort Mcintosh,
Laredo, Tex, attempted to escape.
The Presbyterian general assembly
IN the United States Of America in ses-
sion at Dallas, Tex, voted unanimous
ly in favor Of reunion for the two
branches Of the church-the north and
south.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-06-06
Seeds Used as Fuel,

Hundreds Of tons Of peach and
apricot seeds, which have been thrown
away every season heretofore by the
canning factories in the great fruit
districts of California, are now sold
az fuel and bring $3.50 ton retail.
Formerly the seeds were considered
too hard for fuel, but recently it was
found that when heated in a stove
burning hard coal they soon pop open
and ignite. after which they burn with
an Intense glow like that of anthra-
eitS, and are practically smokeless, be-
sides holding fire well.-Popular Me-
chanics Magazine.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-06-06
FINLAND.

The following words were uttered
by M. Milukoff, Russian minister of
foreign affairs, during al interview
granted a Swedish newspaper man {:
"The re-estab1ishment Of full autonomy
for Finland demonstrates the liberal
spirit Of the new Russia. 1t deprives
the Swedish activists Of all raison
detre. Sweden understands because
Of the treatment Of Finland, that the
new Russia has no desire for terrific
rial aggression at the expense of Swe-
den. The provisional government wants
to assure the Swedish government that
Russia has no thoughts Of establishing
a hegemony over Sweden. The new
Russia has only one desire externally
to crush Ger1nany's aspiration for
world domination
Hannes Kolehn1ainen, the Finnish
distance runner Of New York, won the
Evening Nails seventh annual modi-
fed marathon race Of 12% miles in !
hour minutes and IL As seconds at
that place. President Wilson started
the men by pressing an electric signal
button in Washington. This was Ko-
lehmafnen's fourth victory in these
events. He ran unattached.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-06-06
European War" News

East of Reims the French swept
over the slopes Of Mount Cornillet,
captured several lines of trenches, and
took 800 prisoners, says the Paris
statement.
The British are working north and
south Of Bullecourt astride the Hin
denburg line. Instead of a frontal at
tack they are now making a flank
movement. Haig's soldiers stormed
the enemy's supports, bringing them
right up against the Wotan, or Queant-
Drocourt, line. The British now hold
the entire Hindenburg line from the
east of Bullecourt to Arras (about
eight miles).
The Norwegian steamship Thorum
has been seized by German suDma-
rine inside the four-mile limit, which
Norway always has claimed as the
boundary Of Norwegian territorial wa
tiers, and serious diplomatic conflict
may result.
It was announced officially at Lon
don that the British steamship High
land Corrie was torpedoed without
warning. Six members Of the crew
and two passengers were killed by tho
explosion.
The French torpedo boat destroyer
Boutefeu was sunk by\strikfng a mine
in the naval engagement between en-
tente and Austrian vessels in the Adri-
attic on May Is, according to a state
ment issued at Paris.
Compulsory military service on~a Sc.
lective basis to raise Immediately at
least $4,000 and probably 100000 men
to make good the wastage in the Ca
madam army corps in France was pro-
posed to parliament st Ottawa, Ont,
by Sir Robert Borden, the premier.
General Cadorna's forces extended
their positions on Hill 852, on the
Julian front, repulsed counter-attacks
Of dense masses Of Austro- Hungarian
troops and captured large quantity
Of war matter, says the italian Oh.
cial statement issued il Rome. .....,..z
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-06-06
Domestic

Thirteen persons, including Albert
Kalschmidt, wealthy business man,
were charged with bomb plots in an
Indictment returned by federal grand
jury at Detroit, Mich.
United States District Judge Hol-
lister at Cincinnati, O., sustained the
demurrers to the indictments which
charged 80 men with having violated
the election laws at the election last
November. This action serves to
throw the cases out of court without
trial.
Northern Pacific railroad pay checks
totaling $4,000 and issued for engi-
neers and trainmen as back paw from
January 1 and for extra time under
the Adamson law are missing at Spo-
kane, Wash.
The Sutrell ranch, near Santa Hell
ena, Tex, was raided and IL horses
and mules stolen and driven across
the Mexican border.
A referendum on prohibition In Wis
Consin within the next two years was
killed when Governor Philip vetoed
prohibition referendum bill. The
governor in his message urged legisla-
ition which would permit the sale of
beer and wine.
One year in Jail was the sentence i'm.
posed upon Capt. Franz Rintelen OF
the German navy, David Lamar and
IA. B. Martin, convicted in the federal
court at New York Of conspiracy to
anterfere with shipment Of munitions
to the entente allies in 1916 ..,.. or
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-06-06
SWEDEN.

Popular unrest far more serious
is threatening the royal house Of Swe-
den. Members Of King Christians
suite, who accompanied the Danish
monarch on his recent Journey to.
Stockholm to confer with King Gus,
tat, report a situation in the northern
istence of the monarchical government.
So critical has the situation become, im
fact, that there is open speculation
on the possibility Of King Gustaf being;
deprived Of his throne at no very re-
mote date. The disclosure Of the Dan
ish courtiers bear out cabled messages
which reported few days ago two
warships of the Swedish navy an;
chored opposite the kings palace, to
receive the royal family if an uprising;
forced it to flee. The administration
attitude Of friendship for the German;
throughout Sweden, and Norway's an
ger over its rapidly increasing losses
at sea, while pressing that nation,
toward war, is squirting the neighbor-
ing people to express openly their pro-.
ally sentiments. With the downfall Of
the fears that held the Swedes firm in
the ranks of neutral nations. The open
avowal of the new Russian regime that
1t seeks no territorial gains and fights
merely for just and lasting peace,
have lulled the apprehensions Of Rus
sla's partner in the control Of the Bal
tic. While the Aland islands were in
the hands of an imperialistic govern
ment responsible to no one, the guns
Of this sea fortress doomed always as
constant menace to Stockholm. and
Swedish trade with the whole world, in
the minds Of Swedish statesmen. In
the control Of popular government,
the menace Of the Aland island bat
teries appears to have lost its terror
for the masses in Sweden. Gustaf is
known as man Of energetic charac-
ter with prediction for militarism. It
is not considered likely that he would
follow the example of the late czar
of Russia in meekly yielding his throne
without a struggle.
Large detachments of German tor
pedo boats and armed trawlers are
patrolling the southeastern coast Of
Sweden. This indicates that the Ger
mans are endeavoring to prevent Brit
ish vessels from leaving Russian ports.
Another account says the movements
Of the German war vessels are connect
ed with a German plan for landing
troops in Russia simultaneously with
advance on land againsr Petrograd.
Sweden's supply of seed grain is re-
ported to be 100000 tons short.
The removal of Swedish mine fields
in Oeresund will make it possible for
allied submarines to penetrate into tho
Baltic and cut off Germany's import
of iron ore and lumber from northern
Sweden, if the agreement between
Great Britain and Sweden does not
prevent such operations.
Count Johann Won Bernstorff, former
ambassador to Washington, has &C.
cepted appointment as German minis
ter to Sweden, but official announce
sment of his new post has been with
held.
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