Thrilling Instalmmt of Creat War Story, "The Diary of a U-Boat Commander" Tomorrow ftk HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH .. M %\\t £tar-3n&cpcnscnt * * LXXXVI— No. 244 24 PAGES GERMAN LINE STAGGERS UNDER IMPACT OF NEW ASSAULT IN FLANDERS i Haig Strikes Again With Success Before Kaiser's Hosts Can Find Time to Recover From Recent Defeats on Belgian Front; British Begin Great Battle After Night of Rain; Satisfactory Progress Made by Attackers; Hope to Clear Teutons From Last Commanding Position in Invaded Territory London, Oct. 12.—The British troops in Flanders attacked the Germans this morning on a front of about six miles northeast of Ypres. They are reported to be making satisfactory progress. Rain fell heavily during last night. < The official report from Field Marshal Ilaig's headquarters to-day reads: "We attacked at 5.25 o'clock this morning on a front of about six miles northeast of Ypres. Our troops are reported to be making satisfactory progress. Rain fell heavily during the night. GERMAN MORALE I BROKEN BY HARD! QUICK ATTACKS Kaiser's Army Is Much Less Formidable Than 011 <■ Former Occasions By Associated Press British Front in France and Bel gium, Oct. 12. At an early hour to-day the British troops which be gan an attack in Flanders this morn- I ing had penetrated several hundred yards into the enemy's territory on a six-mile front from near Houtholst j wood to a point below the Ypres- j Roulers Railway and were battling i along the Passchendaele ridge with-! in 1,000 yards of the center of the j village of Passchendaele. Indications are that the Germans | early were aware that trouble was j .impending, as about 4 a. m. a large 'number of gas shells were fired by them along the British front. Advance Hun Yards By 7.45 o'clock this morning re ports were received that everything was going well with to-day's British attack in Flanders. The troops along a wide front had pushed forward to a depth averaging 800 yards or more. Prisoners were beginning to come in early, although slowly, owing to the condition of the ground. The main enemy to-day was not the Germans, but the mud. The Germans were far less formidable than previously, owing to the dis organization occasioned among them by the recent terrific blows of the British. The correspondent yester day spoke to Field Marshal Haig, who does not confine himself te headquarters. The field marshal paid the highest tribute to his men for their gallant work in the batl weather. Governor Praises Spirit of City Governor Martin G. Brum baugh to-daj wished Hurrisburg godspeed in its campaign to stimulate recruiting in the fol lowing statement: "The movement to encourage recruiting so that llarrisburg shall once more staud out as a city Hint did not need to lie called ii |m>ii under the selective service law is in line with tlic splendid patriotic- spirit of Pennsylvania's Capital. Harrlsburis led Pennsyl vania and Pennsylvania led tlic nation In recruiting the last time and 1 feel confident that they are going t° do it again. My best wishes for the campaign. 11' I can help I will gladly do so." • - [THEWEATHER! Fur Hurrisburg and vicinity: Haiti thin afternoon) clearing and colder to-night, with loucst temperature ntiout 311 degrees; Saturday lair und colder; prob ably frecKliiK temperature Sat urday night. For Kastern Pennsylvania t Haln and much colder to-ulKht| Sat- j urdny fair, colderi fresh north- ' neat winds. * River The Susquehanna river and prob ahly all ItN tributaries will rise. A staar of about -1.0 feet Is Indi cated for llarrlslturg Saturday morning. Cienernl Conditions The storm that was central over the I |>|icr Mississippi Valley, Thursday morn Inn, has moved eastward with Increasln™ in tensity nnd now covers nearly' nil the western half of the coun try, with Its center over Michi gan. It has caused rain gencr nlly In north and central dis tricts east of the Mississippi river In the last twenty-four hours, with some snow In Illi nois. Under Its Influence tem peratures have 'alien - to 30 de crees over the western part of the Lake Region, In the Mis souri, Mississippi and Lower Ohio valleys und In the South west. Temperature! 8 a. m., 54. Sunt Itlses, Utl4 a. m.| sets, siUl p. m. Moons !*ew moon, October 18. Itlver stage: 3. feet above low water mark. Highest temperature, 57. I.owcst temperature, 45. Mean temperature, 51. Normal temperature. Off. Early and Decisive Victory, Says Haig British Headquarters in France and Belgium, Oct. 12. General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Force in France, has telegraphed to Field Marshal Haig: "Permit me to extend sincere congratulations to you and your magnificent army upon the re cent important gains in front of Ypres. They give a striking an swer to the weak-kneed peace propaganda. Field Marshal Haig se.it this answer: "I wish to thank you very Jieartily in behalf of the British Army under my command for your most kind telegram. We look forward to the day when the American armies join us on the western front, and we are quite confident the Allies, so re inforced, will tight the war to an early and decisive issue." RUSS REPULSE TEUTON EFFORTS FOR ARMISTICE German Troops Try in Vain to Again Fraternize With Men in Field By Associated Press Petrograd, (Jet. 12.—Austro-Ger man troops are renewing their at tempts to fraterrize with the Rus sians, but so far every effort has met with failure according to a state i ment issued by the Russian war of fice. based on reports from the front. The general situation is quiet, al though some of the armies as well as some of the Cossack units, still act with some suspicion towards the commanding staff. The question of peace is said to agitate the great mass of the Russian soldiers. At some places there is agitation against capital punishment, but at tho same time demands are made that punishment in the rear of the tlghing front be enforced with greater strictness. The cases where orders are discussed or not carried out are comparatively rare, the sol diers who refuse to obey orders usu aly being brought to trial. The war office announces with re gret that the evil influence of the gendarmes and police still asserts it self. Ho far no measures have been taken to isolate these elements. Complaints of want of discipline among new recruits are still numer ous. British Battleplanes Raid Home of German Aircraft By Associated Press London, Oct. 12.—Another air raid over Belgium was reported officially I to-day. The statement follows: Naval air craft dropped many bombs on the Sparappelhock air drome yesterday afternoon, despite heavy clouds and rain.. All our ma chines returned." Russia Sends Home Men Not Needed in the Army By Associated Press Petrograd, Oct. 12. —The demobili zation of superfiuous.troops attached \o the Russian Army has begun. The classe; called for the years 1895-96, which include the men 4 3 and 4 4 years old. are the tirst to be relieved from duty. The men are being sent to their home villages in special trains, committees at the various towns- on the way assisting in their return. SKA RISK IS L.ESS By Associated Press Washington, Oct. 12. —Reduction of approximately 25 per cent, re cently ,by the government in war risk insurance rates on vessels traversing the war zone was followed to-day. by a reduction of one-third in premiums on the insurances of officers and crews on such vessels. INJURED AT II RE While J. M. Clark of Good WW Fire Company No. 7 was playing a hose upon the tire at the Harris burg Auto Company's plant this morning, the hose slipped away, striking his liand, and injuring it slightly. HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 12, 1917 * BRITISH STEAM ROLLER CRUSHES GERMAN LINES Great War Machines Moves Steadily Through Teuton Positions in Belgium By Associated Press The British steamroller "goes uphill very slowly, but 'it is now going downhill and battles are following each other more and more rapidly," said Major Geneijal Maurice, director of operations at the British War Of fice, yesterday. The truth of this assertion was driven home less than twenty-four hours after it was made by the be ginning this morning of another Brit ish attack in Flanders. Only three dayß had elapsed since the last at tacks made on Tuesday. Tuesday's push was launched after a four-day pause, the last previous drive having been carried out the preceding Thurs day. Previously intervals of a week or more had elapsed between the Brit ish attacks. Good progress was reported early by Field Marshal Haig along the six mile front northeast of Ypres, on which today's assault is being deliv ered. To Clear Hldgc Field Marshal Haig's latest effort is being pushed in the same region as the attack of Tuesday in which the British, in co-operation with the French, drove back the Germans along a front of seven miles and captured more than 2,000 prisoners. It is probable that the present effort is an attempt to clear the Germans from the remaining portions of the dominent ridge east of Ypres. Tues day's attack gave the British more ground on the ridge and left the Ger mans with only a small section in the region of Passchendaele. The British now hold most of the good positions on the ridge, from which they domi nate with their artillery the impor tant Roulers-Menin Railroad and the railroad towns of Routers, h'taden an<f. Menin. Fight In Ruin I Apparently the present drive is being made under weather conditions similar to those which existed Tues day. Following several days of heavy! lain, Field Marshal Haig threw his men forward and surprised the Ger mans, who did not think that the British would attempt to attack while the battlefield was waterlogged. Another notable fact in connection with the present series of drives is that each .is now apparently being made regardless of weather condi tions. One good day for airplane ob servation was enough for the British in this instance to get their ranges, launch their drum tire, drop their barrage and push to attack through the mud and renewed rainfall. Morale Weakens Military observers in this con nection credit the British high com- I mand with the belief that it is prob ably of little use to wait for good weather at this time of the year in Flanders. Another consideration pointed to is the reported weaken ing state of the German army mor. ale, an opportunity to be seized with all possible promptitude if the ut most advantage is to be taken of it. There is no indication that the French forces on the British left which pushed forward approxi-1 mately a mile to the edge of Houth olst wood, in Tuesday's attnek are participating in to-day advance. Their task for the moment seems j to have been completed by the bring ing up of their lines to a point where efficient' protection would lie given | the British left flank In tho renewal of the wedge-driving process being | carried out between Passchendaele and GheluVelt. Mutiny in German Navy s Disrupted Sea Campaign By Associated Press London, Oct. 12.—The inactivity of the German fleet in the Baltic sea reoer.tb when there were obvious op portunities for attacking Russia, ac cording to a dispatch to the Dally Chronicle from Amsterdam, was due to the mutinous outbreak in the German Navy. The outbreak affect ed at least six important units of the fleet, putting them out of action and causing the authorities to doubt the discipline and loyalty of the crews of other large ships, it was Impossible, the dispatch adds, to take stern measures on a large scale against the offenders, because that would have increased the evlL "MUST SUCH THINGS BE?" U.S. NAVAL CHIEF PERFECTS PLANS WITH OUR ALLIES Commander-in-Chief of At lantic Fleet Homc®From Conference Washington. Oct. 12.—Admiral Mayo, commander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet, and his staff have re turned from England where they parUcipated in a naval conference with the allies. This anouncement was authorized to-day by the Navy Department. The statement authorized by Sec retary Daniels follows: "Admiral H. T. Mayo United States Navy, and his' staff have re turned from England. The purpose of the visit of Admiral Mayo to England was to permit him to con fer with officials of the allied navies, to become intimate in every detaii with the situation as it is at ent, what had been done before and to discuss the plans for the future. The British Admiralty extended every courtesy and every facility to promote the success of this mis sion. To Make Report "Admiral Mayo will proceed im mediately to Washington and will there make a full report to the Sec retary of tile Navy. Admiral Mayo visited the English fleet' and our own forces in British and French waters in order that he might familiarize himself with the condi tions under which the allied forces are operating." The fact that Admiral Mayo had been sent to England for a confer ence with Admiral Sims and the British and French naval officials was disclosed to the press at the time of his departure with the re quest of the government not to men tion the trip in published statement until an authorized statement was issued. Except in one or two in stances, the request was generally carried out by the American news papers. P. R. R. to Build New Transfer Station Above City to Relieve Congestion Plans are being worked out for a large one-story concrete building on the Pennsylvania Railroad plot ad joining Mnglestown road, and located l.etween the main tracks of the Penn sy and the line of the Harrisburg Railways Company. This building is to be a transfer Station for the clas sification of express shipments. The total cost is not estimated. Construc tion of this building will begin as soon as plans have been officially approved. For some time congested conditions at the Pennsylvania Railroad Station, due to record-breaking express ship ments, have caused delays both to trains and In handling express con signments. At present the classifica tion of shipments is made on the sta tion platform which is causing much Inconvenience in handling of trains. With a special station for handling through express shipments and clas sification, considerable relief will be afforded at the passenger station. Surveys have been made and blue prints will be forwarded to Phila delphia for approval within a few days. Bids will be aslu>d for at the earliest possible moment In order that the new structure may be ready for the holiday rush. NOTHING IS TOO GOOD FOR BOYS OVER IN FRANCE Dr. Mott Tells Men From All Parts of State Part They .Should Take For Y.M.C.A. "It will cost $lO to care for the physical, intellectual, moral and spiritual needs of each boy we send to France. Where is the man who will say that there is anything too good for that boy who goes out on our behalf to give his life, if need be, for us?" Mere words are inadequate to ex press the force and earnestness with which Dr. John R. Mott, secretary of the international committee of the Young Men's Christian Association, pressed home the needs for consecra tion to the most crying need that has ever faced the people of Penn sylvania, in a masterly address be fore representative leaders in the educational, financial and religious world at the Board of Trade Build ing, this afternoon. Dr. Mott, who is one of the most widely-traveled men in America, told |of the four journeys he had made to the battlefields of Europe since the beginning of the world conflict. Out of his splendid knowledge of work | conditions he painted a picture that [Continued on Pasro 20] Will Have Instruction School For Drivers of Motor Fire Apparatus Commissioner E. Z. Gross. Super intendent of the Park and Fire De partments. announced to-day that a school will be started in a short time for all the chauffeurs employed to operate the motor-driver apparatus. City Mechanician Ray V. MacNeil Is preparing a list of the parts of the engines of the various machines, of which charts will be needed for the classes. The drawings will be ob tained from the? various manufactur ing companies and as soon as all nec essary materials are obtained the instructions will start. One driver from each fire com pany will attend while the other driver and a substitute is on duty. The attendance will bo compulsory. Commissioner Gross stated, and will be for the purpose of securing great ei operating efficiency. Later it Is planned to have experts explain fully the construction hnd operation of the engines used in driving the appa ratus. 500 Will Attend Meeting of P. 0. S. of A. War Board A meeting of the War Board of Pennsylvania. P. O. S. of A., will be held in the Senate chamber. Friday, October 19, at 10 o'clock. Plans for war activities will be considered. Aims, intention and practical service of the board will also be determined. John W. German, Harrisburg Na tional bank building, is chairman. About 500 members of the order will bt present at the conference. DON DICKINSON ILti By Associated Press Detroit. Oct. 12.— Don M. Dickin son, Postmaster General under Pres ident Cleveland, is seriously 111 at his home in Trenton, Mich., a suburb His physicians hold out little hopo for his recovery. Mr. Dickinson has been confined to his home for two vaarsr DISCUSS NEEDS OF SCHOOLS IN TIME OF WAR Representatives From All Over State Here to Make Plans For Raising Fund Representatives from practically every college, state normal and uni versity in this state are in session at Fahnestock Hall, in the Y. M. C. A. building in this city, to-day, to pian for a program which embraces training for leadership and the rais ing of not less than one million dol lars by student bodies of Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. At the conferences held this morn ing, special emphasis was placed upon the necessity for trained leader ship in every phase of human ac tivity, at the conclusion of the world war. It is for the purpose of laying plans to meet the needs of the near future that leaders in educational circles from all parts of the state arc here to-day. Plans rfor raising a fund of not lest thair one-million dollars are be ing laid. This money is to be con tributed by students of Pennsylva nia,- and is to represent in each case, a personal sacrifice on the part of the giver.* Fifty per cent, of the fund is to go to the "Prisoners of War Work" in Europe. Ten per cent, goes to an emergency fund, to as sist students in foreign countries. The remaining forty per cent, is to be divided equally between the war program fund of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. The devotional services opened this morning with George Kirk, gen eral secretary of the University of Pittsburgh, in charge. The leaders in the big conference to-day are David R. Porter, of New York City. International Student Secretary; William Kroll, of Har risburg, State Student Secretary; Ruth Ijee Pearson and Anna G. Sees holtz, of Philadelphia, National Y. W. C. A. secretaries for this field. Secretary McDeod, of McGill Uni versity. was an interesting speaker at the morning session. Mr. McUeod represents the Canadian movement. The conference opened at 11 o'clock this morning and will con clude at 4.30 this afternoon. Dr. John R. Mott is scheduled to de l'ver an eddrevs to the student work ers late this afternoon. Violations of Full Crew Law Charged Against P. R. R. and P. and R. Complaints are to be preferred be fore the Public Service Commission charging that the Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia and Reading rail roads are violating the full crew act of lull in the operation of freight train.". The confplaints will be brought by William N. Trinkle and Harry D. Jones, counsel for the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, who handled pre vious complaints which were that the law was not being observed in the operation of passenger trains on three railroads. These cases were decided by the Commission some time ago and taken to the Superior Court. The new complaint will be the first to be raised in regard to freight serv ice. They will charge the Reading with falling to operate freight trains between Frackville and Mahanoy Plane with the number of men re quired by the law, and a similar of fense by the Pennsylvania Railroad on its Hewickley branch. The complaints will be the first to be raised In' regard to the full crew law since the war began and are In tended to be tests of the act In regard to the freight provisions. Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION U.S. CALLS OUT TWENTY-SIX MEN FROM CAR WORKS Get Letter That They Arc Wanted by Government; Skilled Workers ESTABLISHES PRECEDENT First Time Uncle Sam Has Stepped Into Local In dustry For Help Twenty-six employes of the Mid dletown Car Company were notified to appear before Lieutenant it. W. Lesher, at the Army recruiting head quarters, 325 Market street, this city to be inducted into the service of the United States Army this after noon. Twenty-four of the men came to the city and took the oath shortly alter noon. Two of those notified to appear here, Earl E. Evans and B. P. Hardy, had been drafted by the Steelton .board, it was learned, and are already at Camp Meade! They will be transferred. The twenty-four men who were formally Inducted into the service of the government this afternoon are among those who registered on June [Continued on Page 20] Liberty Loan in Danger if Patriots Do Not Work Fast •..r , By Associated Press \\ AshinKtnn. Oct. 12.—Within fourteen working days the American people must subscribe to the Second Lanerty Loan at an average rate of more than $330,000,000 a dav if the $5,000,000,000 hoped for by the gov! eminent Is to be obtained. If the minimum of $3,000,000,000 set bv Secretary McAdoo is to be raised 1 qfnnn n°n n n S mUSt , avera *e about $191,000,000 every business day un til the end of the Liberty Loan cam paign on October 27. total subscriptions are $025.465.000. or at the rate of onlv about $30,000,000 a day. whereas if the maximum of $5.000,000,000 is to be raised, subscriptions must aver age more than $208,000,000 a day 1 X MAYORS PLAN TO SEIZE COAL f J* Columbus, 0., Oct. U. —Mayors throughout Ohio v. ere £ w preparing to-day to seize coal to prevent suffering, which .jjf* tis becoming - widespread, in their coramunitiw. Some a! X "F T with a big drop in temperature an<3 Jr X the filling of snow in many towns to-day, came iniics- £ I*?* • ' i c on t'r % f oth-f -§ y m.r. . imminent. <■• J AUTO COMPANY OWNED GARAGE 1 § Harrisburg—Title for the Harrinburg Antomooil? *f® JL X Company's property, Hamilton and Susquehanna streets, L J -cmains in the company's hands, it was learned lat* this X afternoon. The purchasers, M, Brenner and Sons, will 4* take the title as soon as the fire damage is settled for, J 4* • ▼ and lov- are adjusted. l X Wu-hinpton, Oct !?,•• Senator Lafoflette to-day wv: 'X 4* invited by the Senate Committee investigating his al x „ legcd disloyal speech at St. I*aul to appear next Tuesday *i jr iij beWe tl v% (r a Kwthg tvpHrihlfg X § in hit Idf 'S. $ 1 | j RUSSIAN ARMY ADVANCES • T T Pctrcgrad, Oct 12.-By a counterattack yesterday X jb I troopa rt< lbtui d the trenches lest Wednesday JL s< u'.h . f the Pskeff read in the Riga region, the war office 'im || announce to-day , North r i the r< >ad Russian advance 'A vj, ; : were drawn in where they were exposed to a ♦ T violent artill-ry fire by the Germans. Jl J INVOLVES SOCIALIST PARTY T 2 Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 12.—Adolph Germer, see- T rotary l the National Socialist Party, testifying in his own b iiaif in Unit' • I Sum district court'hcre to-day de* 4* T ci' that, the so-called anti-war pamphlet,, which were £ § printed in Chicago at his direction were ordered by the n| 4* *f* Aj National War Committee of the Socialist organization j If Paris, Oct. ;.'.—The suggestion that President Wilsor 3l X vi-.it Kir ye is mnd< by the Information in its toadlns *'? T editorial to-day. It says the allies need the President', £ .twunoel, th.it his influence wuuld be powerful in estal> *'* • * J lishing unity in regard to democratic ideals and that suet * • a visit would be. of adjutage to America. * 4* • < ■ - - -4, 4 ( * * * x FIRE WHICH BURNS GARAGE IS INCENDIARY CHIEF FEARS Flames That Destroy Har risburg Automobile Com pany, Six Small Stores and Two Dwellings May Be y/ork of Criminals DAMAGE PLACED NEAR SIOO,OOO Partial Insurance on All Properties; Two Firemen Hurt; Women Carried to Safety; Boy Jumps Into Arms of Neighbors A firo which state and city offi cials believe may have been of in cendiary origin early this morning destroyed the building of the Har rlsburg Automobile Company, at Hamilton and Susquehanna streets, six small business places and dani i aged two dwelling houses. Twenty three automo lies were burned. The loss is placed at SIOO,OOO. Two firemen were injured fighting the blaze. Five Chief Kindler and investigators of the State Fire Mar shal's office are seeking details of a brawl in a poolroom near where the fire started during which a man was heard to say, "Vou must do it." Soon after the fire was discovered. How ever, other witnesses of the fire ox pressed the belief that it started from a cigar or clgaret stub thrown [Continued on Page 9.]
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