_ Great Liberty Loan Drive Opens Here With Thousands Doing Their "Bit" For the Flag HARRISBURG iSlI®. TELEGRAPH M Eljc £tar~ Jn&cpen&cnt LXXXVI— No. 254 GERMAN FLEET BLASTED BY FIRE FROM RUSS WARSHIPS AND LAND BATTERIES $1,950,750.00 RAISED HERE FOR LIBERTY City Buys $580,900 of Second Issue in First Day of Drive; Cumberland Leads Country Districts With $775,600; Big Rally Tonight; Liberty Day Tomor row Will Aid Drive t The city of Ilarrisburg had purchased SSBO, l >oo worth of the Second Liberty Loan bonds, at noon to-day. Cumberland County reported sales amounting to $77^,600. Dauphin County, not including the city of llarrisburg, re ported sales amounting to $370,850. Juniata County's salesmen sold bonds worth $20,900. This does not include the banks in the county. Perry County's sales amounted to $202,500. The three counties comprising the Harrisburg District have to their credit for the first day's work, sales amounting to $1,369,- NSO. Including the total for this city there stands to the credit of the district for the first day, sales totalling $1,950,750. This includes sales of $46,800 to P. R. R. employes. New impetus is expected to be given the drive to-morrow — Liberty Day—when bands will parade and a monster mass meet ing address by Dr. Dwight Newell Hillis will be held in Chest nut Street Auditorium. Wild enthusiasm greeted the presentation of a beautiful Ameri can flag: to Division Xo. 1, this aft ernoon. It was but one ot the flags of various nations presented to divi sions for securing the highest num ber of points. As the flags wre dis tributed, the 600 men present ap plauded. When Chairman William Jennings advanced to the platform with the "emblem of beauty, flag of the free" the hundreds of men who have been unselfishly devoting every ounce of energy they possess to make the Second Liberty Loan a success, arose as a man and cheered until the building shook. Promptly at noon to-day, the 600 salesmen who are scouring this city for bond purchasers, gathered in Chestnut Street Auditorium to eat together and to hear Yeports from the divisions and captains of teams. Raise 5165,050 Division 1, Robert McCormick, chairman, reported through his cap tains a total of $165,630, as follows: W. H. Hunter. $2,900; E. D. Hilleary. $65,850; Peter Masaro. $10,450; Donald McCormick. $68,400; M. Har vey Taylor, $5,500: J. 11. Wallazz, $12,550. Division 2. Mayor J. William Bow man. chairman, was credited with $32,850, as follows: Ramsey S. Black, $4,750; John F. Dapp. $14,500: C. H. Kinter, $7,200; Ed. Moeslein, $2,200; Andrew S. Patterson, $2,250; Frank C. Sites. $1,950. $81,500 Their Haul ogh'tija-.?f.—s..FC shr taun tan The captain of Division 3, Harry Leonard, chairman, reported $Bl,- 500 as follows: D. P. Dunlap, SSO; George W. Fisher, $700; Henderson Gilbert. $59,150; David Kaufman, $18,150: J. P. McCullough. *2.800. Division 4. of which John C. Her man is chairman, reported through the captains SBO,BOO, as follows: C. W. Burtnett, $300; E. C. Eckenrode, $43,600; L. M. Xeiffer, 4,600; B. M. Ogelsby, $34,900; George S. Rein oehl, $1,650; Brook Trout, $750. Charles E. Pass, chairman of Divi sion 5, reported through his cap tains $36,200, as follows: Arthur D. [Continued on Page 4.] 1 Post It In the Front Window of Your Home Tonight the Telegraph pre sents each of its readers with a Liberty Loan poster. Celebrate Liberty Day to-mor row by posting yours in the front window of your home. Show your colors. Help Uncle Sam win the war. By placing this poster where your neighbors can see it you may induce somebclßy to buy a bon.d. This is a historic occasion. The posters are artistic, the work of trreat artists. When the campaign is -over lay your poster away among your household relics. Some day you will be glad to show it to your friends L ' THE WEATHER For HfirrlMtur*r and vicinity: (loady this afternoon; ruin to night and probably \\ ednexday mornlng, followed by fairs colder \Vedneduy; the tempera ture will probably fall below freenlng Wednexday niccht. For Kuatern I*ennalvunln: Rain to-night and probably early Wedneaday mornlngi colder Wednemday; frenh aouth wind* ahlftlnif to weat. Temperatures 8 a. m., 3M. Kun: Kiaea, i-6 a. m.; acta, 5i13 p. in. Moont Full moon, October 30. Hlver Ktawet 5.0 feet above low water mark. 18 PAGES Has Three Brothers in German Army But Buys Bonds Declaring that he had pur chased a .Second Liberty Loan Bond for the sake of his brothets. a German, who is a resident of Harrisburg. to-day purchased bonds worth S2OO from John T. Olmstead's team. The man has three brothers lighting in the Ger man army. His father and mother are living, and reside in Get many. William Andrew Wade was the youngest purchaser. He is just a little over rtwo months old. One Japanese resident of ITar risburg subscribed fo<* S2JO worth of bonds. One leader went to a certain town to address a meeting. No one showed up at tlie appointed time. Securing the services of a band, the salesman broke tip a lodge meting and r< utctd out the society leaders of the town. His tudience of 300 will purchase oonds worth $50,000, it was an nounced to-day. Half of Germany's Fleet of Super-Zeppelins Shot Down After London Raid By Associated Press Washington, D. C„ Oet. 23. Ger many probably lout one-half of her total effective fleet of siiper-Zeppellnx a result of the raid of October 20 over Kntclnnd, according to official tnhlecrnnin received here. All France l exultant over what the dispatches declare to le the greatest defeat ad ministered to an air fleet since the bcglnni'iK of the war. The gratifica tion IN more Intense because It I" now known that the German raid wan an attempt to carry out a fearful threat of vengeance made four days before. On that occasion the German gov ernment sent out a naming to both France and England of dire punish ment to follow what the Germans declared to l> c unwarranted and In human attacks by French aviators upen peaceful t.crinan towns. Ile prfsaln were threatened in an official German communication, which in part reads; "For every brick which rails from peaceful Gorman homes, nhole rows of bulldiUKs will he overthrown In Farls." RATTLE IX AIR By Associated Press London, Oct. 23—Fiften German airplanes were brought .down by British aviators in recent fighting over the battle area in Northern France, says the official statement on aviation issued by the war office last night. German airdromes and rail way stations were bombed heavily Eight Hritish machines are reported missing. TO DECORATE WOUNDED By Associated Press Washington. Oct. 2 3.—Distinctive ribbons to be worn by American sol diers wounded in action were au thorized to-day by an Army general order. Where a man is wounded more than once on the same day, he will be entitled to wear only one ribbon, but for each date upon which wounds were received additional rib bons may be worn. STEP UP, STEP —New York Tribune. COAL PROBLEM CAUSING MUCH CONCERN HERE Situation Is Unusual; Ship ments Are Being Diverted to Other Parts of Country The coal situation in Harrisburg is causing some concern at this time. No two dealers the charging the I same price, and Tew dealers are able ' to supply all grades of coal. Some Harrisburg dealers say that their j stocks of egg, chestnut and broken ! sizes are entirely exhausted. The situation is unusual. Harris- 1 burg, situated within a hundred j miles of the best coal fields on earth, t may face a serious shortage of the ! anthracite product. Since armlnis- I tiator Garfield has taken hold of the; situation, immense quantities of coal j are being diverted from this section to other sections of the country. Don't Meet Xeed Harrisburg prices compare favora bly with prices in other cities, the [Continued on Page 6.] Every Medical Man in U. S. May Be Enrolled to Aid Nation at War By Associated Press Chicago, Oct. 23.—Enrollment of I every physician and surgeon in the! United States without regard to th' i state of his finances or dependants, for employment in some form during I the war, is a probability, according to I dis ussions which preceded the open- j ing to-day of the eighth annual ses- I sion of the Clinical Congress of Sur- i geons. ( A conference was held last night by surgeons representing various states and tentative plans were made for listing every medical man for service. It was reported at the con ference that the medical officers re serve corps still lacks 8,000 of filling its ranks. The enrollment now is said to be about 14,000. Surgeon General W. C.\Gorgas, of the United States Afmy, speaking be fore the doctors, asserted that seven physicians and surgeons are being provided for each 1,000 men of the American forces at the front. Great hospitals are being erected In France, he said, with one bed for every five men or 200,000 beds. Provision is also being made at hojne for educating the maimed and crippled soldiers and sailors to some suitable trade. HARRISBURG, PA.',TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1917. REGULAR ASH COLLECTIONS ARE NOT BEING MADE Bonding Company Will Be Ordered to Go Ahead With Reduction Company \\ T ork Failure of the Pennsylvania Reduction Company to meet its promise to resume regular col lections of ashes in two weeks was reported to Council to-day. Commissioner Samuel F. Dunkle announces he will have the bonding company for the contracting firm notified by City Solicitor Fox to go on with thd wofk as required in the specifi cations. Postponement of action on the ordinance creating an ash and garbage bureau with a chief in spector and three assistants. Postponement of action on bids for removal of garbtlge only for llfteen.-month and twenty-seven month periods from February 1 next year. Reports of failure to collect ashes in various districts still being received. These were the developments to day in Harrisburg's ash and garbage collection and removal problems. Probably the most important is the istatement by Commissioner Dunkle that he will Insist that the American Surety Company, bonding the reduction company, go on with the collection work and see that the contract is carried out as required. [Continued on Page 18] Beet Sugar to Save East From Famine of Sweets By Associated I'rcss New York, Oct. 23.—The A. H. Lam born Company, sugar brokers, to-day made public a statement which it said was authorized by the food administration sugar distribut ing committee. This statement reads in part: "The beet sugar industry will come to the rescue of New England and North Atlantic states east of Buffalo and Pittsburgh and north of and in cluding Baltimore daring the exist ing exhaustion of cane supplies. "Shipments will commence Imme diately from all operating beet sugar factories. Owning to the extremely difficult transportation conditions it Is necessary to limit offerings U> only manufacturers or Jobbing trade in such communities as are entirely without sugar," PLEDGE THEIR ALLEGIANCE TO UNITED STATES National Ukranian Conven tion Sends Message to Wil son; Want Fatherland Free Ukranians of the nation are hold in* their biennial convention in the Hoard of Trade Auditorium. One of the first acts of the convention was to send a telegram to President Woodrow Wilson, expressing the loy alty of the national organization. The message follows: "The delegates of the Ukranian National Association of the United States, assembled at the convention at Harrisburg. Pa., on October 22. pledge their allegiance to the United States and its government. "They further take advantage to assure you that in these trying times [Continued on Page 15.] Room For Shrubbery Is Left About Post Office In the reconstruction of the gran ite coping along the western side oi the Federal building in Locust and Court streets, provision has been made for the planting of shrubbery In a space of eight inches in Court street and from thirty-six to fortj inches in Locust street. There is also ample space foi planting along thf building in tin newly-graded section of the Federal area. Postmaster Sites is much in terested in maintaining an attractive environment for the Federal head quarters and proposes to have the planting done as soon as the outside work shall have been finished. West End Republican Club Supper Tonight The West End Republican Club will hold a chicken noodlesoup sup per this evening at 8 o'clock in the club house In North Third street. All of the members have been Invited as well as the Republican candidates. GAS TO BURN GARBAGE C. A. Glbbs, of Williamsport, rep resenting a firm selling an inciner ator for garbage which can be in stalled in the home and operated by using gas, explained his system to day to City Health Officer Raunick. He was present also at Council and spoke to some of the officials after the session. A demonstration of the incinerator may be arranged for next week. FRENCH SM ASH GERM AN LINES FOR GAINS ON 3-MILE FRONT Petain Strikes Hard With Infantry and Gains Posi tions Sought to Strength en Allied Positions POILUS SEEK TO TAKE STRONG TEUTON FORT Kaiser's Hosts, by Counter attack Drive British Back From Outposts in Flan ders at Only One Point By Associated Press What may prove to be an operation of first importance was initiated by General Petain ear';,- to-day in the Aisne re gion northeast of Soissons. Along a front approximately three miles in extent the Franch infantry dashed forward, attacking the salient in the German line which curves about its southwestern key stone, the fortress of Laon. Fort Do Ya Malmaison, the German stronghold which baffled the French in last spring's attack, barring .their way to the westerlj-- end ot the Chemin-Les-Dames, is apparently one of the immediate objectives of the offensives. For days past the big French guns ha' been ham mering this front hea.ily, both the Paris and Berlin reports indicating that some major movement was in preparation. Petain Pushes Ahead Good progress was reported early in the day by General Petain, the French forcing their way forward along the whole front of the attack. The taking of Fort De La Mal maison would materially aid in the pushing of an attack on Laon, in an attempt to turn the German line in this region, although it has been considered probable that the main blow in such an attack would be struck further to the east, where the i>ack door road to Laon offers su perior tactical advantages. Virtually all the ground gained in yesterday s offensive in Flanders has been retained by the entente forces. At only one point in southern part of Houtholst Wood were the Ger mans able to regain any ground in counterattacks and here it was only a single British post that was pushed back a short distance. The ground won was consolidated along the re mainder of the front. Germans Try to Laiul On the eastern front the attempted German operations on the Ksthonian mainland north of the Gulf of Riga apparently have not progressed as favorably as the naval prelude and the lighting for possession of the outlying islands. Petrograd to-day reports that an effort by the Ger mans to effect a second landing on the coast about eight miles north of Werder, where they first put troops ashore was frustrated by the Rus sians. Nellie, Celebrated War Dog, Dies of Wounds Received at Battlefront By Associated Press Washington, Oct. 23.—Nellie, the celebrated war dog, brought to this country by the Belgian mission, la dead. The passing of a member ol the mission itself would scarcely cause more grief among them. At the first battle of Ypres Nellie trotted faithfully along beside her owner, a British officer, into the rain of shrapnel and high explosive shells with only the thought of being near her master. He fell, she, only wound ed, wandered about No Man's until picked up by Major. Osterreith or the Belgian First Regiment of Guides to whim she transferred her allegiance. In the trenches for many months Nellie lived with the Belgian Regl. ment, always ready to "go oyer the top'' with her new friends. Twice she was wounded by shrapnel, but she was a wirehalr foxterrier of breeding and character and never thought of deserting. When Major Osterreith came to this # country with the Belgian Mis sion," Nellie came along and thou sands of Americans have seen her twinkling little eyes and her stubby wagging tall acknowledge their at. tention and kindness. Now Nellie is dead. The cause, probably, was a combination of wounds and age. but she always will be remembered by her comrades a& a real heroine who went Into battle without faltering and was faithful to her friends to the very last. GET WAGE INCREASE By riSsuctatcii t'ress Milton, Pa., Oct. 2#.—Five hun dred employes of the Wilton Hillt Mills were to-day granted -u live per cent, increase in waives. It will be come effective Immediately. Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION KAISER'S NAVY LOSES FIFTEEN FIGHTING SHIPS Preparation For Great Sea Battle With Allied Fleet Made by Germany in Sending Large Numbers of Submarines and Destroyers to Guard Rear of Warships Attacking Russian Seaports By Associated Press Fifteen German fighting ships, including two dreadnaughts, were put out of action by the Russians during the actions last week in and around the islands at the head of the Gulf of Riga. The Russian admiralty says the ultimate fate of the larger ships is not known but that it has been established the Germans lost at : least six torpedoboats. The overwhelming superiority of the German naval forces told, i however, and the Russians were forced to retire with their units intact, except for the battleship Slava ancj a large destroyer. The i Russians are now protecting the southern entrance to the Gulf of Finland, where it is reported German submarines have been observed. Oesel, Moon and Dago Islands are now completely in the possession of the Germans, who claim also the capture of 20,00t? [Continued oil Page 15.] *f* 4. 5 ? 4 WILL PARADE ON MONDAY X 4 * X Harrisburg—Chief Marshal Auter announced to-dav ; 7* A 4* that due to the fact that the State Registration Board had f> 4 order*, <.h< cclcrr*! men of th Dauphin county district je X go to the training camps on Monday of next Week, 4* | the farewell parade which was to have been held on Sat- X 4. I X urday will be held on Monday at 10.30 *T At FRANCE GETS ANOTHER U. S LOAN J Jm ' Washington, Oct. 23.—'The government to-day ad- J V vanced another $20,000,000 to France, bringing advances 4 £ to the allies to date up to $2,776,400,000. T f FRENCH MINISTRY STANDS ? T <|t Paris, Oct. 23.-—The Painleve ministry is to retain J X office in its entirety according to announcement by tlu jV. >S Havas News Agency, except that Alexandre Ribot, min X X ister of foreign affairs, retires, being replaced by J. Loui; ]■£"' X Barthou, minister of state and member cf the war council # At BRITISH CASUALTIES 17,041 IN W'FLK T T X London, Oct, 23.—British casualties reporte T the we*l: frxied tG d*y totalled 17,041. M ? COPPER STRIKE.SETTLED X Washington, Oct. 23.—Settlement of the titrik- cf T copper miners in Aritona formally nnounc to • X>n telegram from President Wilson":. Lair Commie-,ion js X in the sweet. j A TAXI CABS COLLIDE T X Harrisburg—Two taxi cabs were slightly .damaged r. | -' hen they collided at Muench and Fulton streets at 3 ;X o'clock this afternoon A cab v at. coming down Fulton j\, !*iP and another dovn Third str•. ifci*. < * I I I <-W 4- • X 'x MARRIAGE LICENSES rin William Itauniliarh nml Miibel 8. Wlnr, Mlditlctonni Jaiuca 1.. | i Clratf and ICllxabrtk M. liroll, Harrlahui-KI Hrolt S. Hurvoon, Har- T T rlHlmrK, and Mary P. I.tniclr, I'rnbrook; Krnlrrlrk K. Katan and T Surah A. Michael, llarrlahurKi Karl Hodlt-b and KrlaMna Knull, mU ■ Steelton; Mile* E. Siey and Elalc I. llorkenherry, Hnrriaburn. '■ •$ * 'V-