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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04
German Submarine
Base Still Blocked

London, May A. Latest reports
show that the Germans are display
Ing great activity in endeavoring to
repair the damage caused at Zee
brugge, the submarine base on the
Belgian coast, by the recent British
naval raid. The channel still is
blocked and it is thought likely it
will remain so for a considerable
time.
Apart from the fact that the en-
trance is occupied by two sunken
concrete vessels, the position OF the
sunken cruiser Thets, which IS at
the edge of the shoals, is likely TO IN
crease the difficulties of dredging and
prevent the harbor from being clear
ed ups
Admiral Jellicoe has sent warm
congratulations to Admiral &eyes,
who directeddhe raid. Plans for he
enterprise were approved by Adini-
raj Jellicoe when he was first sea
lord.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04
Overland Records Prove
Physicians Use Closed Cars

A study of the sales records of
WHY'S Overland, Inc, reveals many
interesting facts in connection with
the growing business uses of the mo-
torcar. 1t is an established fact that
the farmer has been one of the larg-
est purchasers of the automobiles
and now it has been conservatively
estimated that G3 per cent. of the
automobile ownership is confined to
the rural districts including towns of
less than 5000 population. But
there were other trades and profess
sions which have found the automo-
pile to he indispensable in the cf-
iectiVe handling OF their business.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04

Germany's military leaders still
hesitate to renew in force the Of
fensive to which they are committed
and the lull in Flanders and Picardy
is still unbroken by heavy infantry
fighting.
The past week has been a dis
tinctly unfavorable one for the
enemy. After capturing Mont Kem-
mel and heralding it as only the first
step of a victorious blow in Flanders,
the Germans have not been able to
advance either southwest of Npres
or east of Amiens. Checked by the
heroic defensive of the French and
British in the north they also were
unable to gain south of the Somme.
French Make Local Gains
In PiCardY during the past few
days the British and French, cspe-
cially General Pctain's men, have
made important local gains and the
Germans have not reacted in force,
an unusual procedure. The enemy
has made no attempt TO force the
French from Hill 50, near Castol,
and from the new positions around
Hangard. The British and French In
the Nillers- -BretonneuN region also
have not been molested except by the
German artillery which continues a
most violent bombardmcnt south of
the Somme and north and south of
the Avre.
Intense enemy artillery fire on the
southern flank in Flanders has not
vet been followed by infantry fight
ing. The Germans also are lombard
ing heavily the British north of Al
bert. Perhaps the enemy may intend
a blow on the Arras salient as these
bombardments have been against
the northern and southern lines of
the salient. Dispatches from the
British front indicate the Germans
are making ready for further at
tacks and it is believed they have
not yet had time to complete all ar
rangemcntS.
Allied AirmCn Busy
Anglo French airmcn continue to
harass the German communication
lines in northern France and Bel
gium and have dropped thousands of
bombs on railroads, railway stations
and other important targets. Thirty
eight German machines of which
% were destroyed, have been ac-
counted for by the British and
French On the American front
northwest of Toul, Aviator Chapman
has met death in a combat in which
he destroyed his adversary, both
machines falling in German terri
tory.
Great Russia rapidly is being cut
off from access to its former Euro
pean allies. Finland is almost com
pIetely under control of the Finnish
government forces and its German
allies, while in the south of all but
the eastern coast of the Black Sea is
in the hands of the central empires.
The Turks have reached Batoum in
the Caucasus and in the north, Ber-
lin claims, the Germans have occu-
pied Taganrog, at the mouth of the
Don river and in the Don Cossack
territory and also a part Of the great
DonetZ coal basin.
Berlin significantly refers TO the
Finnish red guards as the enemy
in announcing the defeat and cap
ture of 10000 of them. Reports that
a German prince will head a mon
archy in Finland again, are being
circulated. These rumors come from
Finnish cities under German con-
troll.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04
Three Persons Killed
in Auto Accident in
Jersey; Car Turns Over

Atlantic City, n. j.. May 4.-Three
persons We're killed and one badly
injured last night in an automobile
accident near Absecon, across the
meadows from this city. The dead
are: Neletta Bowen. &c, Philadel-
phia; William Wagner, Camden. n.
j.; unidentified man. of Camden.
Mrs. Mary Born, sister. of Miss Bow
en-, was injured.
The party was on the way to At
lantic city and in turning out to
avoid a collision with another auto
mobile their car turned over, PIN
ming all but Mrs. Born beneath it,.
The gasoline exploded and set fire to
the woods necessitatinE the calling
out of the Absecon fire department
TO eNtinguish the flames
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04
Britain Is Ready to
Meet Peace Drive

London. May 3.-In the personal
opinion of Lord Robert Cecil, Min
lister of Blockade, the failure of Ger
many's knockout offensive" on the
Western front will result in big
peace offensive, directed mainly
against Great Britain and possibly
made in an attractive form, but
which will not afford any terms the
Allies can look at.
In this opinion, made in state
ment to The Associated Press, Lord
Robert expressed the further belief
that the new peace offensive would
be largely for German consumption.
because the rulers of Germany
know that if they have to rely on
their own resources they cannot hold
out much longer"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04
ASK HARRISBURG
FOR VOLUNTEERS
TO GO TO FRONT
J. William Bowman, Chair
man of Committee to Re-
cruit For "Y" Service

we hope to have Harrisburg rep-
resented in France in the Y. NJ. c. \.
work." said eX-Mayor J. William
Bowman, chairman of the recruiting
committee to-day. Indeed it is es-
sential that every city the size cf
Harrisburg send number of men
to France to help in the great work
being done by the Y. NJ. G. A. for
our soldiers. After hearing of the
needs of the service at the meeting
yesterday have been more than i'm
pressed with the Importance of the
work. We must provide not only
dollars but men, and there is op-
portunity for men of many qualifca-
tions. The committee will get TO
work Immediately and we hope to
have many volunteers from Harris
burg and vicinity.
Mr.. Bowman was appointed chair
man of the committee to recruit yol-
4
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04
YOUTHFUL RED
CROSS WORKERS
TAG THOUSANDS
City Combed From End to
End by Children For
Patriotic Cause

Eighty thousand Harrisburgers
played in a game of tag" to-day.
Every man and woman in the
street was cit" and every youngster
was chasing him or her. Buy a
tag" You had to do it to-day or
you were in trouble. The proceeds of
the sale are to go to the Junior Red
Cross and the buying of supplies for
the thousands of school children who
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04
Germans Take 10000
Finnish Prisoners

Berlin. Via London, May An
southwestern Finland we have over
whelmingly defeated the enemy dur-
ing a five days battle near Lakhti
and TaVasthus, capturing 10000
prisoners" says the German official
communication issued to-day.
"In Ukraine our troops marched
from the Ekatlerinoslav-K Khar<oV
line into tho Donetz region. We oc-
cupied Tagenrog, on the Sea of
AZoV."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04
Germans Are Sending
Youths in Alsace-LOrraine
Qep0ts TO Front Lines
n .llletinlcd Prctt

Geneva, May 1.-The German mill
tary authorities are sending direct to
the front lines all youths from the
reserve depots in Alsace Lorraine, ac-
cording to an Alsatiau chemist, who
has just arrived here from Mulhausen.
The chemist already has lost four
sons, the latest aged Is. having been
killed at Locre, in the Flanders bat
tie.
THE Germans are employing their
last reserves said the Alsatian, 'es-
pecially the soldiers from Alsace Lor-
raine. 1t is the German manner of
settling the question of the two prov
inces. If a referendum is taken after
the war only n few Alsatian electors
viii be left
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04
Trains Full of Wounded
Germans From Battle Front
Counted on Nemur-Liege
BY associated Press

Amsterilnm, May 4. = Two hundred
and siXty-fve trains full of wounded
soldiers. returning to Germany from
the battle fronts i'm Picardy and
Flanders, says the newspaper Les
Nouvelles of the Hague, were counted
in the daytime on April. ., April II and
April 12 on the Nemur-Liege Railway
The transports were so crowded that
the Germans We're even using Goa
cars to carry the wounded
Hospitals. converts, schools and fac
tories in Belgium. the paper adds, arc
ali packed with wounded.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04
RUSSIA TO SEND
100000 TEUTONS
HOME WEEKLY
100000 Prisoners TO Be Re-
patriated Through New
Arrangement

Moscow. Saturday, April 27.-The
exchange of prisoners with Germany
will soon begin. A special commits
sion charged with this work has ar
rived here with Count Won Mirbach,
the new German Ambassador to
Russia. There are 100000 Rus
slams in German hands, while L.
100000 Germans are held in Rus
sia. The first to be exchanged will
be women, boys under sixteen and
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04
CONTINUED on Page 1O.l
L. s. AND NORWAY SIGN
TRADE AGREEMENT

Washington. May 4.--Signing of a
general commercial agreement be-
tween the United States and Norway,
the first agreement of the kind 20 be
entered into by America with one Of
the north European neutrals. was
announced last night by the War
Trade Board
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04
YANKEE BIRDMAN
FLAMING VICTIM
AFTER AIR DUEL
American and Tcuton Pour
Lead at Each Other;
Planes Spin Down
BY Associated Press

With the American Army in
France, May S.-Charles w. Chap
man, Jr., of Waterloo, Iowa, ana a
German pilot plunged to the eartn
inside the German lines. both their
machines wrapped in flames, follow
ing a battle over the American lines
northwest of Toul to-day. Four otn-
er American machines returned safe
ly after driving an equal number Of
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04
TAFT ''MATCHES WILSON,;
BUYS A BOND AT RALLY

. EIIzaDcth CITY. n. j., May 4.-Wil-
liam II. Taft matched President
Wilson" here last night in buying a
$50 Liberty Bond Mr.. Taft made
tho purchase at loan rally. where
lie was the principal speaker.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04
GERMAN ARTIL LLERY PREPARES
WAY FOR ATTACK IN FLANDERS
ALLIED LINES NEAR
YPRES SUBJECTED
TO HEAVY GUNFIRE'

London May An intense bombardmcnt opened by the
Germans carly this morning the Flanders front from Locre to
the south Nprcs There great activity also in the sector
between the forest of de Neppc and Mceren the office
announces.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04

LATE NEWS
REsETTs r-'Tr-.T-ScT Of BRITISH


Baron V5a Riohthofen, buried by the British i
says members Of the flying CORPS who buried our hen
are nothing but war proateers."
OLDEST ALUMNI is DEAD :
New Yora-Ro5ert Norris Olyphant, oldes, alumni. |.
of Columbia University and honor chairman of the oxcc
tive aansse Of the Delaware & Hudson railroad djcs
at b@# home here yesterday in this cath year.
THIRD LOAN OvERsCRIBED 9
Washing .or--Thc Third Liberty Loan has been overs i
subscribed ag 58ss9oo the Treasury reported to-days
Later re are expected to raise the total far abov,s
three Billion !
PEACE ENIssARY' IN ENGLAND
Lo-doa--An enissary of Germany new peace oGers
avc already in England. According to the Centras
News he Dutch dnaneor. Another agent the ageaayss
says believed to be on the way.
AMERICAN VILLAGE AT PISA
Ro.---Aq American village will rise shortly at ta:'
gates Of Pisa to accommodate 1000 refugees from Venes
tia. PLANS have been adopted The work viii be carr,
ricd out g ais American Red Cross
LORD MAYOR OF IRELAND COMING
Lando1-Taa Dublin correspondent Of the Express,
quotes hs Lord Mayor Of Dublin as saying in an inter
5a he was expecting to receive passports soon to
aaa gssit.scl ters 4a
GUARDS DISCOVER TUNNEL UNDER PRISON
Atlanta, Ga--An apparent attempt at whoesal, deE
livery the German prisoners at Fort Mcpherson VI
fotel yesterday when the guards discovered dttE
foot saa leading from under one of the prisoners bar
racks toward the double wire fence which cncloses th
prison camp it became known to-day
BRITISH IMPROVE POSITION
Loaaaa-rha British slightly improved their posaorss
in minor operation near Hinges southeast Of Auians
while northern front the French carried out ocst
enta-- r which prisoners were taken in the Locr5
sector
MISSION AVOIDED GERMANS
New caeda On Tyne-The American Red Cross mis-,
sion aaana which left Jassy on March has arrived
here Irarder to avoid contact with the Germans tbe
Amer---r took cireutous route through Russia and
left Russia By northern port All the members Of The
mission ere we'll
Pzas-spritea artillery sighting along the Avre river,
on the front southeast of Amcns is reported in to-day
Official statement
PROBABLY SHOWERS TONIGHT
Washngton--Weather forecast for Eastern Pennsyl;
Partly cloudy in south; probably showers in nort
portion tonight and Sunday moderate shifting winds
LIBERYTY LOAN HAS CALL
New Wars--Wau street--stoess were duh and barely
steady 5o FIRST half hour of todays session. general
Interest contorng in the wind up Of the Liberty drives
The only stock vary more than fraction was General
Motor which last I 3-s points s Steel yielded haIa
poin i.a Bethlehem and Midvae These reeessior5
were balanced BY similar gains in Laekawaana Steel sa
Marine preferred. Rails we're again ignored with minot
apeeiaiu,s Liberty Bonds reacted slightly
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-04
MARRIAGE LICENSES

barnes and MIA u Coz Harrisburg. Albert
aInc Folk Berwick.
'tsT-5 -ESte5tT .SSSssss
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-07
DEMOCRATIC DEGRADATION

We had thought the limit of Otero
county Democratic degradation was
reached last election when urged
Of the Republican, boss. Democrats
doublecrossed and defeated five of
their nominees, chosen by the
popular party vote. We were mis-
taken.. They have been Inundated
further. At the present time two
Republican bosses, assisted by their
Democratic l~ieutenants, are known
TO be scrapping over which control
the Democratic convention (no PR
mary If they can help it). The Demo-
Gratis look on s~erenely and prepare
to take side in the controversy We
heve stated before that we hoped
for no Improvement in Otero county
politics this year but we now expect
a decided movement toward the
worse, n the Democrats will not
their own party who Will
Tularosa Tribune. (Dem.)
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-07
THE MAN FOR THE PLACE

Many of the New Mexico papers
are fovarably and eulogistically pres
enting their able and competent local
men for U. S. senatorial candidates
at the coming election, but it is a
ten to one bet that the Republican
candidate will be the Hon. A. B.
Fall, who measures up as the strong
est and. solidest piece of national
timber that New Mexico has ever
sent to Washington, and who is one
Of the dozen most able and fearless
men in the U. S. Senate AMI who
should and will be kept there, and
that his contestant on the Demo-
cratic ticket will be Hon. w. B.
Walton who in spite of the fact
that he is much of an opportunist
and policy man, and lacks a great
deal of being in Falls class in force
and ability, is a hustler, a v~ote-get-
ter and a good fellow.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-07
FALL HARD TO BEAT

In view of the fact that Senator
Albert Bacon Fall is going to be a
candidate for United States senator
t is time that the democratic party
was putting on the lid. and getting
adv for m big fight. AS a demo
cratic paper, The Evening News
would rather any other republican
in the state should be nominated.
Fall is hard to beat. With all his
faults, he is n great big man. and
the people of the state know it. 1t
is written that we are going to have
a democratic senator in his place.
of all because this is a democra-
tic year. but we are going to know
there was a campaign.-Roswell
News.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-07
WHO'S PLAYING POLITICS?

The Democratic leaders in Cong
ress who objected to dealing with
the revenue problem at this session
were naive if rot nervy in the rea-
sons which they advanced in sup
port Of their position. They said
hat it would be hard enough for
them, in any event, to retain party
control of Congress in the approach
ing election and that new taxes i'm
posed now would make it impossible
for them to remain in power. In
consequence, they pleaded hat the
Treasury should be permitted to go
hang until after November, at lea st,
while they went home and tried to
elect a Democratic majority in the
mex House. This argument contain.
ed two elements of confession
which is said to be good for the
soul. II admitted that a tax law,
drawn by Democrats, would contain
crudities and inequalities which
would render it unpalatable to the
voters; and it admitted also that
Democratic leaders place the inter-
ests Of their party above the inter-
ests of the nation. Ii 10 inconceiv-
AOie tnAt NepuDlicAns Will let the Oc-
casion pass without commenting up
or this phase Of Democratic policy
which would be bad enough in time
of peace, but which, in time of war,
amounts to downright malfeasance.
BY thus perversely seeking to neg
lect the national necessity, the Dem
ocratic party has committed an Of
fence parallel to that which a mill.
tary commander in the field would
commit If he neglected to defend
an exposed position or if he neglect
ed to attack when the necessity for
attack rose. This war is not to be
won by postponement-either of
military or Of financial preparation.
The waiting game is the Germans
game. We have played it too long
already in some respects. And with
our men in the trenches resisting
Hindenberg, it is no time for slack
ers at home to be seeking political
advantage at the expense of a vital
point of national defence.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-07
SAN JUAN LEADS

Up to June lst, San Juan Coun.
~ leads in the sale of thrift war
savings stamps in this State, with a
total sale of ; 5000, and . per capita
Of $500 per person.
The quot. is about 5000 for every
person in the State during the year
and as the year is nearly half gone,
every man, oma and child should
nearly 5000 worth of stamps
by this time.
San Juan seems to be the only
county that approaches that amount.
Other counties will have to fall
in line promptly and march double
quick time or their w. S. S. banners
will be SO far behind San Juan's that
by the end Of the year they cannot
be seen with a telescope.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-07
CAN STAND A FAILURE

Curry County has experinced the
greatest drouth this wear in the his
tory Of the county. A few years ago
this would have caused an exodus of
her citizenship but not so now In
spite of the dry weather improve
ments have gone right ahead. con-
tracts for new buildings let and the
county has been going forw7rd in a
general wav. This is caused by more
''7n ono thing. In the first place
the citizenship Of eastern New Mex
'co has come to have more faith in,
the country. Time has taught them
it IS a good place TO tie 70. Another
reason is the farmers are in better
shape f~inanciallv than thev were a
few years ago and are in position to
stand a crop failure should it come
Clovis News.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-07
LET THE SOLDIERS VOTE

Agitation is coming from many
quarters of the state to have the
legislature take the action ccessary
to extend the franchise to our citi-
TENS who are out of the state boun-
daries in the military service. As each
stat. controls the Internal admins
~tration of the franchise, the situa-
tion now is that our soldier bows who
are in outside training camps or fa-
cling the rigors of the war abroad
cannot vote in the coming state cleo
tion unless the legislature specifical-
ly passes a law authorizing them to
do so. There can be no question a.
bout the right of the boys to exer-
else this typically American privilege,
and the fact that they are now en-
gagged in the world fight for the pres
ervaion of a form of government
such as ours should not operate as
. bar to this function.
The boys are entitled to the best
we can give, and the state admin
~istration would be guilty of a failure
in a very clear duty if it should ne
glect to make provision for soldier
voting now.
Opposition to such action could be
based on only either of two pr.exts;
that army regulations might defeat
the purpose Of such an act after its
passage; and that to call an extra
session Of the Legislature would be
expensive.
Az to the first excuse, the law
should be passed because no amount
Of army regulation could give the
soldiers the ballot in their home
states without the proper authority
being first written into the state
statutes. Other states are passing
such laws and are calling special
sessions for that purpose when me-
eessary. Such laws cannot but
operate to call the attention of the
military to the desires of the SOL
diers and of their people at home.
A. to expense, this 10 . craven
argument hardly worth attention, and
certainly not worthy Of any red
blooded American at this time. The
boys ar. giving all, and If the pee-
PIE Of New Mexico can not dig up
fer . brief session Of The Legislature
% fulfill sUeh . neeessasy obligation,
bev can ve Dssk eur r~sturnins sci.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-07
De BACA
Prolonged Drouth Disastrous

Prolonged Drouth Disastrous
The prolonged drouth in this part
of the state is proving disastrous to
live stock and kindred industries.
Most of the alfalfa growers will
not make their first cutting of al
faIfa. They think it pays better to
rent their fields for fifty cents a day
per acre, the prevailing price. =.
One well known Fort Sumner
stockman says his loss has been a
thousand dollars a day for some
time.
A man owning a small bunch of
cattle west of the river reports IS
dead animals almost in one pile.
Reports Xix ethese could be repeat
ed indefinitely.-Fort Sumner Re-
view.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-07
Gave Andy ~Slight-Headache

Anderson Bruce and wife, colored
residents of Stringtown, engaged in
a family scrap recently over the
division of their joint property, con
sisting of three hogs and a crate of
chickens. After Andy had combed
his spouse with a rake and slammed
her with a board, she took ~offense
and a % calibre gun shot Andy be-
tween the eyes The bullet glanced
upward on the concrete, cutting
Andy's scalp and causing a slight
headache. At present he is eating
three meals a day at the expense
of the county and his wife has the
pigs and chickens.-Raton Range.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-07

Thos. F. Cooney, now of Dona Ana
County, who wal a member of the
First State Legislature from Socor-
County, in a long letter in last
weeks Las Cruces Citizen names his
for some of the places on
the Republican ticket this fall and
gives his reasons for supporting
each. They are: Hon. H. B. Holt.
for u. S. Senator; Hon. E. c. Cramp-
ton, for Governor; Hon. E. F. Coard,
for Corporation Commissioner-all
good and well qualified men for the