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No. 252 16 PAGES
LXXXVI—
ZEPPELIN RAID
KILLS MANY IN
ENGLISH TOWN
Great Dirigibles Shower High Explosive Bombs on Lon
don and Other Cities; Heavy Loss in Lives and Prop
erty; Attacking Aerial Squadron Divides Into Two
Parts to Cover Wide Territory; British and French
Artillery Levels German Trenches For New Drive
Paris, Oct. 20.—A Zeppelin was brought down in
flames late last night at Ramberville, near the Alsatian
border, and two others were forced to land. They be
longed to a squadron composed of a large number of
Zeppelins which flew over the Vosges.
London, Oct. 20.—Twenty-seven persons were killed and fifty-'
three injured in last night's Zeppelin raid.
The following official announcement was made:
"In last night's airship raid the casualties in all districts were:
Killed, 27; injured, 53. There was some material damage to
houses and business premises."
AT LEAST SEVEN
AIRSHIP TOOK
PART IN ATTACK
Homes and Business Struc
tures Damaged by Explos
ives Hurled From Sky
By .•Issoeiated Press
An East Coast Town, Oct. 20.
Seven or more Zeppelins crossed the
eust coast at about 8 o'clock last
night, four going in one direction
| ,nd the others in another. At 11.30
o'clock one Zeppelin passed out on
the homeward journey. This air
ship dropped six bombs at 11
o'clock and three at 11.15. The
noise of Jts engines was heard for
twenty minutes.
Just when it appeared that the
Germans had virtually abandoned
the use of the Zeppelin for air raids
on England because of the effective
defense that had been established
against them another Zeppelin fleet
has penetrated the eastern and
northeastern counties and reached
at least the edge of the London
area.
The bombs dropped by the raiders
killed 27 persons and injured 53
others, it is officially announced.
These casualties cover all the dis
tricts visited. Houses and business
structures were damaged to some ex
tent. says the brief statement is
sued.
To Avenge Murders
All the big raids in recent weeks
have been conducted by means of
airplanes which proved extremely
'difficulty to combat on the moon
light night chosen for their opera
tions. After the last series of raids
during which heavy casualties oc
curred it was announced that a re
prisal policy had been decided upon
by the British government.
The last previous use of the Zep
pelins for raiding purposes was on
September 24 when an airplane
raiding fleet also was in action. The
airplanes reached London and
worked considerable havoc bat the
Zeppelins barely succeeded in cross
ing the coastline.
The Germans lost two of their big
airships on November 28 of last year
when a raid was being attempted
and thereafter all through the
spring, summer and early fall of this
year airplanes have been used al
most exclusively for these death
dealing visits.
THE WEATHER !
For Harrlnhurit and vlclultyi Fair
anil nllKhtly collier to-night,
with lowent temperature about
33 ilei&recn; Sunday fair, con
tinued colli.
For Ku.stern I'cnnaylvanla; Knlr
mill nomewbnt colder to-nlKht;
.Sunday fair, continued cold;
dimlnlnhlntc norihitrM wlniln.
1 ltlver
The t'unquehaiuia river and ItM
main liruncheM will rine moder
ately. A rlne of three or four
feet IN Indicated for the .North
(Iranch and the Loner Went
II rune It in the next t cat y-four
to tlilrty-alx hours. A MaKe of
■ bout 4.3 feet Is Indicated for
lliirrlHhurK Sunday inornlnß,
with n maximum of about nix
feet on Monday.
General Condltlonn
The lake ntorm has panned off to
thr northeaatward. It canned
Keneral rnlnn In the laat
twenty-four hourn from the
Great l.akcn enntward to the At
lantic connt and nouth and eant
of the Ohio river. High pren
nure. attended by a marked fall
in temperature,.ban overnprend
moat of the eantern knlf of the
couatry.
TemperatureT S a. in.. 40.
Sum Itlnen, (1:23 a. m.| seta, Sil7
p. m. '
Moon I Flrnt quarter, .October 23.
River Stagei Four feet above low
water murk.
Yenterdav'a Weather
HlKbent temperature, mi.
l.owent temperature, 48.
Mean temperature, 58.
Mormal temperature, 33.
HEAVY ARTILLERY
PREPARES FIELD
FOR NEW BATTLE
Position of Enemy Along
Whole Line Bombarded
With Terrible Fury
By Associated Press
London, Oct. 20. On the Flan
ders battle front the British nerial
and artillery activity continues In
tense, probably in preparation for
another stroke against the German
positions east of Ypres within the
next few days. The British airmen
have been favored with fine weather
in the last two days and have carried
out much photography work as
well as bombing raids against Ger
man supply depots.
Field Marshal Haig's artillery has
been shelling the Zonnebeke sector
and other points northeast of Ypres
heavily. . His official statement of
last night declared that the artillerv
was carrying out "a concentrated
bombardment of the enemy's posi
tions."
French Artillery Active
Paris. Oct. 20. Heavy artillery
fighting is in progress on the Aisne
and Verdun, fronts says to-day's offi
cial communication.
"On the Aisne front there were
violent artillery actions, especially
in the sector of Mennejean farm,"
says the statement. "Strong enemy
patrols which attempted to approacn
our lines in this region were repulsed.
The enemy left prisoners in our
hands and suffered appreciable
losses. N
"On the right bank of the Meuse
(Verdun front) the nrtillery fighting
was spirited north of Bezonvaux and
in the Carrieres wood."
American Aviators Drop
Liberty Loan Posters on
German Lines in France
By Associated Press
Washington, Oct. 20.—American
aviators in France, the Treasury De
partment announced to-day, were fly
ing over the German lines dropping
tens of thousands of Liberty Loan
posters.
Large supplies of the posters were
sent some time ago to General Per
shing and arrangements were made
to have American aviators on the
western front shower the German
lines with them, simultaneously with
the aerial campaign of dropping pa
per bombs from coast to coast in this
country to-day.
The posters selected for use on the
front depict Uncle Sam with an army
of millions and an air fleet of tre
mendous proportions. Another pos
ter selected for this work was the
one depicting the Statue of Liberty.
6,500 HUNTERS NOW
With the opening of the squirrel
and quail season to-day there was
another big rush at the county
treasurer's office for hunters' li
censes. At n.oon to-day the total
number issued so far this year was
almost 5,5 00 according to an esti
mate by the officials. year on
October 20 the total for the season
at that time was 5,269.
100 KILLED ON TRAIN
By Associated Press
London, Oct. 2 O.—A dispatch to
the Times from Odessa says 100 pas
sengers were killed or wounded on
a train held up by 200 armed
brigands near Vladikavkaz, in the
Caucasus.
BANK ROBBEKS GET $20,000
By Associated Press
Middlevllle, Mich., Oct. 20.—Three
burglars in an automobile drove in
to Middleviflle early to-day, blew
the safe In the Farmers State Bank
and escaped with $20,000. Five ex
plosions were heard by villagers but
so far as can be ascertained no one
opposed the burglars.
GERMANS SINK NINE SHIPS
AND 2 BRITISH DESTROYERS
M ORE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS WHO OWN BONDS
200 MORE MEN
ARE CALLED BY
PAXTANGBOARD
Finds It Is Short Quota Re
quired For First Call; Start
Examinations October 29
Two hundred additional men have
been called by the Paxtang board to
secure enough to complete the first
call.
The District Exemption Board, at
its session yesterday, established a
record when it examined claims at
the rate of two a minute. The claims
were those of the miners in District
4, of Northumberland county. Thirty
of the claims were granted and forty
ttve were denied. The claims granted
were from miners who had certili
cates of service and were bona fide
workers.
Those denied represented the mis
cellaneous workers of the mines.
[Continued on Page 3.]
Candymakers to Quit
Business Unless Sugar
Shortage Is Remedied
By Associated Press
New York, Oct. 20. —The candy
industry in New York City, which
employs more than 50,000 men and
women faces a temporary tieup as a
result of the widespread shortage
of sugar. Candy manufacturers
said to-day that their supply had
been cut off and that unless the
commodity could be obtained soon it
would be necessary to close their
plants.
A statement issued here on behalf
of refiners, whilo conceding sugar
scarcity which it says is temporary;
declared there is no hoarding by
producers, refiners or wholesalers.
Auto Bandits Blow Safes
in Two Banks; Get $31,000
By Associated Press
Grand Kapids, Mich., Oct. 20. —A
gang of automobile bandits, terroriz
ing the residents obtained $31,000
from two banks in small towns near
here early to-day. The robbers es
caped.
The safe of the Farmers' State
Bank at Alta, was blown about 1.4 5
o'clock. Eleven thousand dollars
was obtain,ed. The robbers then
speeded to Middlevale where at 3.30
o'clock they blew the safe in the
Farmers' State Bank and got $20,-
000. The towns are ten miles apart.
GETS BIG PAYROLL
By Associated Press
Springfield, 0., Oct. 20. Placing
a revolver against the head of K.
Lynn Arthur, accountant of the Am
erican Seeding Machine Company,
a robber secured the Saturday pay
roll of the company amounting 'to
$10,582 and escaped.
HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 20, 1917.
Men in Pipe Bending Blooming Mill and Saw Shed
The Telegraph to-day continued photographs of well-known
men of Harrisburg industries who own Liberty Bonds. In this
picture are John Paul, 1124 Eleventh street; Harry Fry, 275
Cumberland; J. E. Burkhart, 1194 Bailey; A. Blum, 454 Cumber
land; David Deshler, 924 South Ninth; Harry Marks, 1425 Berry
hill; J. E. Naugle, foreman, 285 Herman avenue, Lemoyne; Pictro
Wasilo, 1114 Cumberland.
VIOLATORS OF
TRAFFIC LAWS
TO BE ARRESTED
Chief of Police Going After
Autoists, Motorists and
Teamsters
War has been declared by the po
lice upon automohillsts and motor
cyclists, who are constantly in the
habit of violating all sections of the
traffic laws, according to a statement
given out by Police Chief Wetzel to
day. Since leniency has failed to re
duce the number of violations com
mitted daily by these motorists, the
chief said, a more stringent method
will have to be used.
The chief declared that he will in
[Continued on Pugc 3.]
"LIBERTY DAY" IS
PROCLAIMED BY MA YOR.
Whereas, the vitul interests of
our country make it absolutely
necessary that the second I.ib
erty Loan, for which subscrip
tions are now being taken, be not
only subscribed in full but be
great oversubscribed, and
Whereas, it is highly desirable
that ten million individual sub
scriptions of this second Liberty
Loan be made by the citizens of
the United States in order that
every family in this country may
be supporting this war }n a
financial way, and
Whereas, the president of the
United States, the Secretary of
the United States Treasury, and
the Governor of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania have re
quested that Wednesday, Octo
ber 24 be observed as Liberty
Loan Day, and on the evening
of that day Dr. Newell Dwight
Hilllfe will address a mass meet
ing of our people upon the war
and the second Liberty Loan,
now therefore.
I hereby proclaim Wednesday,
October 24, 1917, as "Liberty
Loan Day" in Harrisburg and
urgently request every person in
Harrisburg who can devote his
time to securing subscriptions to
the Liberty Loan to dt> so and
also request our people to give
special attention on Liberty Loan
Day to requests for them to sub
scribe to the loan whether in a
large or small amount, for the
following reasons:
SB.OO IS THEIR
BIT FOR TROOPS
NOW IN FRANCE
Little Hill Children Hold
Movie and Stage Show
For Tobacco Fund
Six children stepped into the edi
torial rooms of the Telegraph this
morning and said they had some
money for the "Smokes For Sol
diers Fund."
One of the male members of the
committee handed a canvas bag to
the reporter. "Here is some money
we raised for smokes for soldiers
at a movie we held last night in
Sauers' Garage in State street," he
said.
The bag was opened and two one
[Continued on Page 3.1
To demonstrate to the brave
men who are making a personal
sacrifice and even risking their
lives tor our protection by serv
ing in the military and naval
establishments of our country, In
numbers now exceeding one mil
lion men, that every family in
the United States is whole heart
edly behind them and putting
up their money for their support
and comfort.
To demonstrate to the govern
ment of the United States that
the citizens of Harrisburg: at this
time, as always are solidly and
enthusiastically behind the gov
ernment in its prosecution of
this righteous war against the
Imperial German government
and to do our share in furnish
ing our quota of the required ten
million individual subscriptions
to this loan so that the Imperial
German government may be
again convinced in the most
crushing manner that every fam
ily in the United States is deter
mined to sacrifice men and
money to the limit every time
they are called upon by their
government until the war is
brought to a victorious conclu
sion and a crushing victory in
flicted on the German govern
ment
J. W. BOWMAN,
Mayor of Harrisburg, Pa.
Issued Oct. 20, 1917,
U. S. TRANSPORT
SPLIT IN TWO
BY A TORPEDO
U-Boat Believed to Have Lain
in Wait For Troop Ship
on Way Home
By Associated Press
Washing-ton, Oct. 20.—The German
U-boat has claimed its first victims
from America's war forces.
Within twenty-four hours after an
American destroyer had been disabled
In an undersea attack, a torpedo
crashed into the engineroom bulkhead
of the homecoming transport Antilles
and sent her to the bottom with the
less of seventy lives. Sixteen sol
diers and several enlisted men of the
N&vy were included in the submersi
ble's heavy toll.
Out of the 237 persons on board.
167 were saved. Seventy men are
missing', and probably are lost.
Awnlt Details
Administration officials are await
ing- with profound interest to-day
amplification of the meager details
cabled to the Navy Department yes
terday by Vice Admiral Sims. Names
of the great majority of the victims
are lacking, yesterday's dispatches
giving only those of four naval sea
men and three engineer officers of
the transport.
It was impossible to-day to ascer
tain the identity of the casualties
among the crew and soldiers. The
list cannot be completed until the
muster roll made up at the French
[Continued on Page 7.]
Rolled Oats to Be Cheaper
in U. S. During the War
By Associated Press
Washington, Oct. 20.—The oat
milling Interests of the country'and
the food administration have agreed
on measures to assist in reducing the
price of rolled oats, limiting for
ward sales and prohibiting specula
tion. Conferences between the War
Emergency Committee of the Na
tional Association of Oat Millers and
the food administration staff also dis
cussed impending federal licensing
as applied to millers and distribu
tors and the committee will co-oper
ate with the food administration and
the trade during the war.
MINERS RETURN
By Associated Press
Springfield. 111., Oct. 20.—Miners
In Illinois coal fields gradually were
going to work in response to the call
of their leaders, reports received
here to-day indicated. About one
third of the mines in this vicinity
were in operation this morning.
FREEZING WEATHER COMING
The thermometer is scheduled to
drop down near freezing in outlying
districts to-night.
Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION
RAIDERS SEND
BIG FLEET TO
SEA'S BOTTOM
Kaiser Slips Two Raiding War Vessels Past British
Guard in North Sea and Raises Havoc With Merchant
Vessels; Three Freighters Escape During Battle Of
ficial Report Is Meager
London, Oct. 20. Two German raiders attacked
a convoy in the iVotlii Sea on Wednesday and sank
two of the British escorting destroyers, it was an
nounced officially to-day by the British war office.
The official announcement says that three mer
chant vessels escaped in the action hut that five Nor
wegian. one Danish and three Swedish vessels were
sunk without warning.
The British torpedo boat destroyers sank were
the Mary Rose and the Strongbow.
AMERICAN SCHOONER SUNK
BY GERMAN SUBMARINE
I-ondon. Oct. 20.—The American
schooner Jennie E. Ritfhter, of 647
tons sross, was sunk by a Teuton
submarine on Tuesday off Cape Vll
iano, Spain. Nine men of the schoon
er were landed to-day at Mujia. The
Jennie E. Righter hailed from New |
I Haven, Conn.
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4> FOUR ZEPPELINS BROUGHT I>OWN X
4 BY FRENCH AERIAL DEFERS I ■+
ON THE FRENCH FRONT IN' FRANCE, OCT X
J 201— FOUR GERMAN ZEPPELINS WERE DE X
4 TROYET) on FORCED TO LAND IN VARIOU; 4*
X PARTS OF FRAKCE IN THE COURSE OF A RAjr. $
T UNDERTAKEN BY THESE HOSTILE AIRCRAF I J
£* DURING LAST NIGHT. J
X MUST DO WITHOUT SUGAR T
♦ Chicago, Oct. 20. Formal earning was issued her< 4*
4* X
•<s tvduy f ' n nwtrtfcclons from the ©fine of Food Admin!..- T
Ttr " VW that .i rug.r famine te upon the i\,"mt.r, T
a fl n<i that t|ie moment of America's first seH denial in th
T matter cf food ha; arrived. 4*.
<J Harrisburg—Company B, Seventh New York In X
Tl lantry will concentrate at Lemoyne Tuesday, in prepara X
v Hon for leaving for the south. This company ha 6 been *
X in and around Harrisburg since August 12, coming her*
f lr. Ml TV -unit has been guarding th* Penneyl T
A-i X
2*
JJ PORK TAKES GREAT DROP ' T
f Chicago, Oct. 20.—Provwions underwent a remarkab!' fa
T c r--e value t- !v ' specially pork, which cra*he 1 JJ
4 $2.30 a hirrel, January deliver, the principal trad £
<•£ i°! optirn. Bacon fei,' 51.05, Ae-smions from author-
T hat ; ."t: irc< thai the ; mply of hogs for feeding was 4j
much larger than had been siippoaed made holders of B
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L prow 1 e confidence:.
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9,000,000 TO BE CALLED X
4 <£
t Washington, Oct. 20.—President Wil-son hsc ap- -J]
proved the new draft regulations which will be promu l - X
gate •' <-n -0 govern the selection of the •emainder of 4j
4* registered inen for the National Army. The. new plar. 44
X aims to cla< ify c:h of the 9,000,000 not.yet drafted ir. T
T his place in the national scheme of defense, and to poet X
po e the ciraftiii; of mtn most needed in war Industrie! £
f and tlicnc having dependents.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES £
i' Jame F. Smith and Kllirl M. Spolm, llarrliiburari Adolnhim \V T
Crly, Jr.. Cnmp Alfred Vail. Mttle l.cvrl, N. J„ nn< | Annti I,i w
Sponger, HarrlMliurKt Plrtro Mplulrrl anil Pllmnn SpUstrrl, .steel- X
- ton) Chnrle* M. I.elntnicer, Mohnton. and Hnbel M. Carver,
fc town I Joiteph Much, U. S. .cl t>lniru. and Almrna Franrk, *£
I (HfOKiu John K. Snyder and linlkfr A. Low, HarrUburgt John r. T
™ Welmfr nnd Mary l.awrenec, l.ancanter.
Apparently there was no loss of
life on the American schooner Jen
ie E. Righter, sunk by a German
submarine, as the records show that
the vessel carried only nine men
when she left New York September
12 for Havre, France, in command
of Captain Stephen Black.