REVOLUTIONISTS
SEIZE PETROGRAD
fmmediate Peace is Declared
For and Arrest of Kerensky.
WINTER PALACE BOMBARDED
Workmen's Congress Begins Its Ses
sions—L enine Welcomed Back And
Chosen As An Officer Of
The Body.
Petrogf
Petrograd.—The Provisional Govern-
ment has been thrown out of power
by the Extreme Radical headed by
Nickolai Lenine; Premier Kerensky
has fled the capital; several of his
ministers have been placed under ar-
rest, and the Winter Palace, the seat
of the Government, has been bombard-
ed by the guns of the cruiser Aurora
and of the St. Peter and St. Paul for-
tress and forced to capitulate to the
revolutionists. :
A congress of the Workmen and Sol-
diers’ Delegates of all Russia has con-
vened in Petrograd and will discuss
peace and war and the formation of a
the questions of organization of power,
constituent assembly. A delegation
has been named by the congress to
confer with other revolutionary and
democratic organizations with a view
to initiating peace negotiations for the
purpose of “taking steps to stop the
bloodshed.”
As yet the details of the disorders
which followed the assumption of
power by the Radical element are
moorings in the Neva, the eruiser
Aurora fired shrapnel and solid shot
against the Winter Palace for four
front of the Palace keeping In accord
with the salvos from the warship.
Desultory fighting also took place at
various points inside*the city,
along the Nevsky Prospekt and vari
ous bridges over the Neva. It is pos-
sible that the casualties among the
citizenry were slight, as the Work-
men’s and Soldiers’ Delegates took
refuge in their homes.
Reports as to the whereabouts of
Kerensky are various. Some
say that he has sought safety in Mos
cow, while others assert that he has
gone to the front in an endeavor to
obtain the backing of the troops to
Cossack regiments are declared al
ready to have announced their readi-
ness wholeheartedly to support the
Government on condition that no com-
promise with the revolutionists is
made, but on the other hand it is as
eerted that delegates from the Black
themselves in favor of the Radicals.
Workmen's Congress Meets.
The General Congress of Workmen
and Soldiers’ Delegates of xll Russia
convened here with 560 delegates in
attendance, The chairman declared
that the time was not propitious for
political szpeeches and the order of
business of the congress approved was
as follows:
First. Organization of power.
Second. Peace and war.
Third. A constituent assembly.
The officers
Maximilaste, Including Nikolal Lenine,
the Radical Socialist leader: M. Zino
vieff, an associate of Lenine, and Leon
Trotzky, president of the central
executive committee of the Petrograd
Council
Delegates. In addition,
tionary Socialists were
seven Revolu-
appointed.
peace negotiations with the other rev.
olutionary
stop bloodshed.”
Assumes Full Power.
The official news agency made pub-
fle the following statement:
“The Congress of the Councils of
Workmen and Soldiers’ Delegates of
all Russia, issued the following proe-
lamations:
“To all provincial councils of work-
men and soldiers’ and peasants’ dele.
gates: All power lies in the Workmen
and Soldiers’ Delegates, Government
commissaries are relieved of their
functions. Presidents of the Work:
men and Soldiers’ Delegates are to
communicate direct with the revolu-
tionary government. All members of
agricultural committees who have
been arrested are to be set at liberty
immediately, and the commissioners
who arrested them are in turn to be
arrested.”
I. W. W. BOBS UP AGAIN.
Federal Agent Investigating Alleged
il Field Activity.
Ringling, Okla.-—Federal agents are
investigating alleged activities in the
Healdton oll fields of Industrial Works
ers of the World, who are said to have
organized under the name of the Oil
Field Workers’ Protective Association,
superinduced by strike conditions in
the Texas and Loulsiana ofl fields,
THANKSGIVING
PRUGLANATION
President Urges All to Be Thank-
ful Even in War.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29
Calls Upon Nation In Midst Of War
To Thank God For Bless
ings Better Than
Mere Peace.
Washington.—President Wilson is-
sued his 1917 Thanksgiving proclamea-
tion, calling upon the nation, even in
the midst of the sorrow and great
peril of a world shaken by war, to
thank God for blessings that. are bet-
ter than mere peace of mind and pros-
perity of enterprise.
The proclamation,
November 29,
follows:
fixing Thursday,
as Thanksgiving Day,
“Thankegiving, 1917"
By the President of the United States
of America:
A Proclamation,
“It has long been the honored cus-
tom of our people to turn in the fruit.
ful autumn of the year in praise and
thanksgiving to Almighty God for His
many blessings and mercies to us as
a nation. That custom we can follow
now, even in the midst of the tragedy
of a world shaken by war and immeas-
urable disaster, in the midst
row and great peril, because even
amidst the darkness that has gathered
about us we can the great
ings God has bestowed upon us, bless-
ing that are better than mere peace
of mind and prosperity of enterprise.
“We have been ‘given the opportun-
ity to serve mankind as we once
served ourselves in the great of
{ our Declaration of Independence, bs
taking up arms against a tyranny that
threatened to master and debase
everywhere, and joining with
free peoples In demanding for all the
i nations of the world what we then de.
manded and obtained for ourselves
i In this day of the revelation
| duty not only to defend our own rights
i as a nation, but to defend als=o
rights of free men throughout
| world, there has been vouchsafed us
in full and inspiring measure the reso-
lution and spirit of united action. We
have been brought to one mind and
purpose, A new vigor of common
counsel and common action has been
| revealed in us. We should especially
i thank God that, in such circumstances,
| in the midst of the greatest enterprise
of sor
y
see bless
day
of
{ the spirits of men have ever entered
upon, we have, if we but observe a
reasonable and practicable economy,
{ abundance with which fo supply the
| needs of those associated with us as
| well as our own. A new light shines
| about us. The great duties of a new
day awaken a new and greater na-
tional spirit in us. We shall never
| again be divided or wonder what stuff
we are made of.
“And while we
these things, let us pray Almighty God
{ that, in all humbleness of spirit, we
| may look always to Him for guidance:
| that we may be kept constant in the
{| spirit and purpose of service; that by
LIBERTY LOAN
34,617,332,300
Oversubscription of 54 Per Cent.
I ——————
9,400,000 SUBSCRIBERS
Third Loan Not To Be Put Out In
January, As Reported-Distinct
Triumph For People, Says
McAdoo.
Washington. —Americans responded
to the call Tor a second Liberty war
loan by subscribing $4,617,5382,300 an
oversubscription by 54 per cent. of the
$3,000,000,000 asked, and only $383,
000,000 less than the $5,000,000 maxi-
mum fixed by the Treasury. Tabu-
lations just completed showed that
every Federal Reserve district exceed-
persone
{ and our hands strengthened, and that
| In His good time liberty and security
{ and peace and comradeship of a com-
| nations of the earth.
“Wherefore, 1, Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States of
| America, do hereby designate Thurs
day, the twenty-ninth day of Novem
{ ber next as 4 day of thanksgiving and
prayer, and invite the people through-
out the land to cease upon that day
rom their ordinary occupations and
their several homes and places of
great ruler of nations.
“In witness whereof | have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
“Done in the
{ this 7th day
accepted,
cent. of the subscrib-
the amount for which
all subscriptions for
ers
will receive
they bargained,
and those above that amount being
down in varying proportions.
ranging from a 90 per cent. allowance
on subscriptions between $50,000 and
$100,000 to 40 per cent. for the largest
single subscription of $50,000,000,
“The success of the second 1
Loan, Uke that of the first is & dis
tinet triumph the people of the
United States,” said Me
Adoo
ability,
pared
Aberty
for
Secretary
patriotism and
the
resources,
augurs certain _guccess of any
ture loans that may be offe
the Government.”
The Secretary added a denial of
ports that the third loan would
cited in January 1918,
“In view of the large oversubserip
tion of the second Liberty Loan”
sald, "I am glad to state that t
not be necessary.”
It has been generally
that the third loan
probably in late February
March next vear
Although only *1 per cent. of the
number of subscriptions was for sums
above $50,000, $2.129.000.000. or nearly
half the big aggregate, was made up
the larger sums. More than three
quarters of a billion dollars were sub
scribed in individual amounts of more
than $1.000.000,
Subscriptions to the Pirst
Loan, which closed June 15.
035,000,000, a 50 per cent
scription of the $2,000,000 offered and
allowed. There were more than 4.-
000,000 subscribers and allotments
were made in full on subscriptions of
$10,000 and less
On the Second Liberty Loan pay-
ment of 2 per cent. of the subserip-
tion amount was required with the ap
fu-
red by
re
be sold
hie
his will
would be sought
Liberty
were $3.-
of the smaller bonds, particularly of
$50 and $100 denominations, paid cash
in full From
000,000 already has been received bs
the Treasury.
cuT THROAT oF u. 8. . SOLDIER.
American Backed Against Trench
Wall—Murdered With Knife,
American Field
killed in the recent
rald had his throat cut
German
He was over.
:
i
| pendence of
| America the one
| second.
(Signed) WOODROW WILSON.
| By the President:
“ROBERT LANSING,
“Secretary of State.”
hundred and forty-
WASHINGTON.
Ship owners and charterers sought
from the Shipping Board a ruling on
the question of who received money
obtained from freight rates on cargoes
when the freight rate is higher than
the government-fixed charter rate.
To relieve freight congestion at San
Francisco and other Pacific terminals
railroads asked the Interstate Com:
merce Commission for authority to
refuse export shipments for which car
go space has not been reserved.
After December 1 all persons of oth.
er than British nationality going from
the United States to Jamaica will be
required to have passports vised by
the British consular authority at the
port of embarkation.
The Red Cross War Council has ap-
‘propriated $216,260 for the enre of Bel
glan children moved into France and
Switzerland to get them out of Shy
range of the battle Wnes, oy
Across
The
his neck.
wound was inflicted
tiling.
All wounded Sammies now in the
base hospital are improving They
will probably return to their units,
eager for revenge, when the army sur
pronounce them fit for active
gervice,
EXPLOSION WRECKS PLANT.
Two Killed When Workman Drops
Iron Pipe On Dynamite.
Tunnelton, Pa-—-Two men were
Some of the injured. it
likely die,
According to survivors, one of. the
men was carrying an iron pipe and
accidentally dropped it on a pile of
high powder dynamite, which explod-
ed. The company manufactured ex.
plosives for blasting.
WOULD IMPORT RABBITS.
Australian Commissioner Thinks
Would Cut High Cost.
Lewiston, Idaho.-The importation
of Australian bits for use as food
in the United States ls suggested by
H. C. Boyle, Special Commissioner for
New South Wales, in a communica
tion to the Idaho State Game War
den,
Hoyle says the Australian rabbit is
yielding his country $15,000,000 an-
ually as a food animal, whereas, like
the Jackrabbit of the Texas panhandle,
It
Mk Sarmarly wes Noparded an 4 pest
of 5
3 AMERICANS
Five Are Wounded in Hand-to-
Hand Encounter.
————————
ENEMY SUFFERED
——————
LOSS
Cut Off In Trench By Heavy Barrage
Fight Hand-To-Hand With Foe
Until Overwhelmed By
Numbers.
With the American Army in France.
-A small detachment of Americen
infantrymen was attacked in the front
line trenches early Saturday morning
by a much superior force of German
shock troops. The Americans were
cut off from relief by the heavy bar
rage in their rear. They fought gal
lantly until overwhelmed solely by
numbers.
The fighting
hand-to-hand.
in the extreme,
Ag a result of
Americans
wounded,
in the trenches was
It was brief and fierce
the encounter three
killed and four
eant and corporal
taken prisoners
soldiers, who were in
were killed. The
men, but the nuwinber
ag their dead and wound.
carried off by retiring
were
A serg
and 10 men were
Two French
the enc!
enemy lost some
is unknown,
were
108, also
ed
Germans,
From the
ment until
the
beg! nning of the engage
the Americans
up to al traditions of the
American army. records showing
the bravery of the detachment and of
individual
The
trench
the ‘end
i the
the
members
n raid on American
was carried out against
bers of the second contingent enterihg
the trenches for training
had only been in
Saturday
sheiling vigorously the barbed
front of the trenches,
Germa the
hese men
a few days. Before
the Germans
wire
dropping many
high explosives of large calibre A
fire was then directed
to cover all the adjacent ter
ritory, Including the passage
up to the trenches, thereby
moe! effective in
well ag in the
The young
charge of
artillery
80 as
ti forming a
barrage the
front
lieutenant
the detachment Ameri
to the communicat.
ing trenches to his immediate superior
for orders. The barrage knocked him
he picked himself up
again He was
but,
rear as
who" had
of
gtarted off
determined
to reach his objective, got up again
A third time he was knocked down
and badly shell-shocked, and was put
of action
Soon after that, Germans to the
number, according the report, of
210, rushed through the breaches and
to
salient, their general objective bar
The Germans went into
the trenches at several points. They
met with stout iesistance Pistols,
were
freely used.
For many minutes there was consid
erable confusion in the trenches, the
the Americans stalking the Germans.
two Germans
with the bayonet. That was the last
a dead American was found on the
spot. Another was killed by a blow
above,
Some of the Americans apparently
Yealize just what was going ofl.
of the wounded, a private, said:
“1 was standing in a communicatis
I heard a
One
i felt a bullet hit my arm.”
The Germans left the trench as soon
ag possible, taking their dead and
wounded with them.
An inspection showed, however, that
they had abandoned three rifles, a
number of knives and helmets
The raid evidently was carefully
planned, and American officers admit
that it was well executed. As a raid,
however, there was nothing unusual
about it. It was such as is happening
all along the line. There is reason for
believing that the Germans were
greatly surprised when they found
Americans in the trenches instead of
the French.
The French general in command of
the division, of which the American
detachment formed a part, expressed
extreme satisfaction at the action of
the Americans, for they fought brave.
ly against a numerically superior
enemy. the handful of men fighting
until they were smothered.
The bodies of the American dead
were brofght back to divisional head.
quarters and buried with honors. The
HERDS OF SHEEP POISONED.
Death Of Several Thousand Reported
In Navajo County, Ariz,
Tucson, Ariz.—The Arizona Food
Administrator has received reports
of the death of several thousand
Shakin, hicugls what in hai to be mis
Heows wolauaion,, in Navajo! coumy.
WILL FORESTRATE
CAMP MT. CRETNA
State to Plant 5.000 to 10,000
Trees For Preserving
the Water Supply.
ADD TO ATTRACTIVENESS
Reservation Inéludes Over 2,000 Acres,
of Which Almost 1,500 Are Tim.
ber Land-—Plan Is to Reen.
force Existing Growth,
Harrisburg.
Between 5,000 and 10,000 young
trees will be set out before the end
of the year at the state's permanent
jreamp site at Mount Gretna with the
| object of preserving the water supply
and at the same time adding to the
attractiveness of the grounds. Ar-
rangements were completed by repre-
sentatives of the departments of the
adjutant general and the forestry
| commission for an early start of the
| planting, the trees for which will
| come from the state's nurseries,
The Mount Gretna res
| includes over 2,000
{ almost 1,500 are
{ the plan to
| growth, especially where
| supply ie to be conserved:
| evergreen borders along
| oughfares, including the
this year; to plant new
| paths and to refores
{ chestnut bright killed off trees of that
| variety
ervation in-
which
It is
ting
water
set out
4
of
ACTER,
land
the exi
the
to
main
timber
re-enforce
thor-
road built
trees along
it areas where the
: First Crossing to Go.
| The Public
made an order for the abolit
! what i828 known as the Mount
| crossing on the Lincoln highway, in
| Bedford county, and apportioned the
i cost of a change whereby it will pass
| under a viaduct of the Pennsylvania
| railroad.
This ia the first grade crossing
| be ordered abolished by the
| gion after an inquiry inaugurated on
| itz own motion. The state highway
! department brought the conditions to
| the attention of the commission,
which made an inquiry and requested
| that plans and specifications be pre-
| pared.
The report of the commission,
pared by Commissioner Rilling,
| lows damages to adjoining pro
| owners to the amount of $150
| assesses the cost of elimination of
| crossing, as follows: Pennsylvania
| railroad, $1,000; county of Bedford,
Snake Spring and West Prov-
| ideqace townships, each $150; Broad
| Top Mountain and Coal company,
| $11,046.50, and state highway de-
| partment, $11,046.50,
Service Commission
ion of
Dallas
4
to
commis
pre-
al-
perty
and
the
1 $1,000;
| companies operating the central
and eastern counties. The Chester
Valley eompany, Coatesville, filed no-
tice of issue of $45,000 of bonds; the
in
tric Light, Heat and Power company,
both of Clearfield, stock, $30,000;
car trust certificates, $25,000; Scran-
| ton Electric company, Scranton, notes,
$613,000; Penn Central Power and
Transmission company, Altoona,
bonds, $59,000;
and Power company, Altoona, bonds,
$75.000; Millersburg Electric Light,
Heat and Power company, Clearfield,
stock, $118,000; Stroudsburg Trac-
tion company, Stroudsburg, bonds,
$54,000, stock, $100,000;
tan Edison company, Reading, bonds,
$143,500: Lehigh Valley Transit
company, Allentown, bonds, $12,000;
adelphia, stock, $200,000.
Hamperd State Road Work.
of the state highway department for
people at the state capitol.
last few weeks the highway depart-
ment people have been concentrating
efforts toward getting roads into
shape for winter and to repair those
which haye been worn by the heavy
traffic, especially from trucks which
have been sent across the state by
main highways to the seaboard be-
cause of the congestion on railroads.
Hundreds of tons of stone and other
materials are yet to be delivered,
especially in the southern counties,
where work is sometimes possible un-
til well on in December. There is
also a scarcity of teams and trucks,
and the department is forced to fall
back upon its own vehicles.
Chestnuts Going to Waste.
. Large quantities of chestnuts are
going to waste In mountain counties
of Pennsylvania, especially those in
the southern section of the state, ae-
cording to reports which are reaching
the capital.
This part of the state, which is also
PERRET IRR EER I
PENNSYLVANIA
BRIEFS
fan
The Hazleton Chamber of Com-
merce has made another appeal to
for the accommodation of 4,000 men
works to turn out shells for the gov-
ernment.
From 24 acres 3,200 bushels of po-
tatoes were harvested by D. K. Phil-
lips, a Shoemakersville merchant,
Horace C. Gotshall and Harrison
Landis of Morwood raised two
slaughtered, 472
M.
The Manufacturers Foundry com-
pany of Sinking Spring closed its
plant three days to give its employees
a chance to go rabbit hunting
The Birdsboro Steel Foundry
Machine company will enlarge
iron foundry to double its output.
Ten thousand and seventy-five
hunters’ licenses have been issued in
Berks county, more than a dozen to
wonien.
and
its
A 150 pound bear shot by John M.
Schearer, Yellow House, made a feast
for 144 persons
Because of
girls are being employed in the broom
factory at Blandon.
Wilhelm
se the
ing parties in
hips and have
in
which
13 she
the she {
ri Of
of a ov 1a heir
riage anor
Fara Fromm
work corn husk-
ern and Penn
contracted
November
and Irw
of two
in
supervi
town~-
for ev
ery
day and part of Decem-
means that
ll not all be in crib by
to shortage of farm help.
Fourteen girls are employed by
forge company at Elwood (
speclors and operators of
presses and lathe es. This
time that girls have filled the po
tions, and it was ie necess
account of a number of the
men being called to the I
wear overalls,
ber Jerks county’
Crop w Christe
mos, due
a
ity as in-
mach
is the
ary
girl
Struck In the stoms
ping rope,
years old
eighteen
a atleam she
Claire
of Ringtowr
at Weston
stantly killed
Thirteen
ho had be
vel
engineor in-
was
at Shen
of the
Berks
Work at
prisoners jail,
en d
w ing farm
Ouse, went on a
with the
the
county almen strike,
claiming th
sauerkraut
they ought
at the pork served
was “lu Ky
fo be
0 ape
oO served with
L100.
Hinit:
erson college
President FW
ton and Jeff
Was mgton that seniors called
colors will awarded bachelors’
grees and diplomas, providi
they are in good standing at the
of enlistment or conscription
Conservation of coal promises
hait Pottsville’s Great White Way,
Center street, till after the war
The forestry department
flag out with 30 stars,
of its men are to go
de-
ng
time
be
their
io
on
state has
and
four more into
enlist
Wyoming;
three for
The state police department
ed 28 men-—13 for B troop,
12 for D troop, Butler, and
C troop, Pottsville
A curb market opened at Mahanoy
City was attended by one farmer, othe
ers declaring a boyveott.
Frederick K. Ployer, seventy-two
year-old banker of Mechanicsburg, and
Miss Hannah Bucher, aged sixty-eight
were married by Rev. George Fulton
A huge service flag bearing more
the undergraduates and faculty mem
to
owners have been
as their share in the
erection of a bridge over railroad
tracks
Following a $300,000 extension to
500 more
be taken on by Louis Roe
Butier property
hands will
sel & Co.
Dr. H. 1.
‘Hull has been sent “o
Because of scarcity of help, Nath
telsville, which he had conducted over
Lehigh county's potato growers will
meet in Allentown November 17 to
form an organization. Reasons given
for organization are: To increase the
acreage of potatoes in Lehigh county,
to increase the number of bushels per
acre, to secure pure seed distributing
stations, to raise five or six varieties
and to advertise the Lehigh county
product. Lehigh is the second largest
potato producing county in the coun
try.
The state bureau of markets wae
informed by the attorney general's
department that it has no authority
under the act establishing the bureau
to charge any commission for effect
ing any sales of agricultural products
or putting: buyers in touch with sell
ere.
Only one Berks flour mill will op
erate under government control under
the new grain and flour regulations,
the Schuylkill, owned by D. W. Diet