wmmmm ' , ¥ „ German Troops Unable to Stand s Artillery an en fa HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M LXXXVI— No. 257 SMASHING VICTORY WON BY ALLIES IN GREAT NEW BATTLE French and British Troops Open New Offensive in Flanders, Where Kaiser's Hosts Are Rolled Back by Determined Poilus and Tommies; Petain's Men Capture Hun dreds of Prisoners and Many Fortified Positions; Guns of All Caliber With War Booty Left by Fleeing Teutons London, Oct. 26.—The French and British troops are attacking to-day in the Ypres region, the war office announces. 1 The French and British are making satisfac-tory progress in their attacks. The statement follows: "At 5.45 o'clock this morning attacks were launched by the French and British armies north, northeast and cast of Ypres. The allied troops are reported to he making satisfactory progress. "Rain fell heavily during the latter part of the night and is still continuing." ITALIANS DRAW BACK BEFORE TEUTON ATTACK Prepare lo Evacuate Com manding Plateau Won After Whole Summer's Fighting By Associated Press Berlin, Oct. 26.—Via London —The Austro-Germans in their offensive on the Isonzo front have captured more than 30,000 Italians, the German war office announced to-day. More than 300 guns also were taken. By Associated Press Rome, Oct. 26.—Under the Aus tro-German pressure on the Isonzo front the Italians have withdrawn their lines to the border in one sec tor and are preparing for the evacua tion of the Bafnsizza plateau, the war office announced to-day. The text of the statement reads: "The hostile offensive against our left wins? on the Julian fron't con tinued Wednesday night and yester day, conducted by powerful forces. "Prom Montemaggiore to the west of Auzza we have withdrawn on our boundary line, in consequence of which we had to provide for the avacuatlon of the Bainsizza plateau. "East of Gorizia and on the Carso the situation is unchanged. "Ten enemy airplanes were brought down or forced to land by our avia tors yesterday." Lack of Confidence in Government Is Voted by Italian Lower Chamber By Associated Press Rome, Oct. 26.—The Government has been defeated in the Chamber of Deputies when a vote of confidence failed by 314 to 96. The Italian parliament reopened its sessions less than two weeks ago. A dispatch from Turin on October 17 said that the position of the Govern ment was endangered because of the serious riots in Turin during the lat ter part of August and because of the general food crisis throughout Italy. The food controller. Guiseppe Canepa. l esigned owing the to food situation. The dispatch said that the govern ment would be called upon by parlia ment to justify its action. The Rome correspondent of the Petit Papislen reported Thursday that political circles in Italy were con vinced that Minister of the Interior Orlado shortly would be called upon to form a nstional ministry. When the Salandra ministry re signed in June. 1916, It was succeeded by the present Boselli cabinet, which was reconstituted June 16. 1917. (THE WEATHER For llarrlnburg and vicinity: tn creanlng ctoudlneMH, probably lollimod by rnln to-night mid on Saturday) warmer to-nlKht. For Maitf rn I'enlinylviinin: Prob ably rain late to-night nnil on Saturday| warmer 10-nlghti in creatting Mouth wind*. River The upper portion ot the main river trill begin to fall to-night and the lower portion Saturday. All tributarlen will probubly fall. A HtnKe of about v.; feet In indicated for , Hnrrlaburg Saturday morning. General Condition* I'reHNure la high nlong the Mid dle Atlantic coast and over the North I'ucMc States. A disturb ance of moderate energy in cen tral over Southeanaern Mlnne notu, with a aecondary deprex nlon over Colorado. Rain han fallen over a broad belt of country extcudlnar from the West Gulf conat northeastward through the Mlkmlmhlppl and I,ower MiMHonrl valleyn and the weatern portion of the I.ake Re gion Into Canada. It 1a 2 to IN degrees warmer In the South Atlantic and Knit Golf Stat en and lit the Lower Ohio and Middle Mlanlaalppl valleyn and over moat of the Ukc Region. Temperatnret 8 a. m-, 34. Sum Hlnea, Ai2o a. m.| sets, 5:08 p. m. Moon: Full moon, October 2. River stage! 8.1! feet nbove low water mark. Yeatcrdny'a Weather Highest temperature, 51. l,oweat temperature, 43. Mean temperature. 47. formal temperature, 50. 24 FACES r Progress of the War On All Fronts By Associated Press From the heights of the Aisne the German Crown Prince is being driv en back relentlessly toward the fortress of Laon and perhaps to a general retreat along a line from St. Quentin to the Champagne. His strongholds wrenched from him, 12 - (HO of his troops prisoners, many thousands slain and wounded and 120 big guns lost, the predicament i of the Crown Prince is most serious General Petain's great smash of Tuesday opened the way for iurthar advances and Thursday under Flench pressure the Germans were forced back to the Oise-Aisne can;.l. evacuating valuable positions in their retiiement. More than 2,000 addi tional prisoners and many blfr guns fell into French hands. Can Smash I.aon T,aon. the fortress at the southern end of the' Hindenburg line, is now but eight miles from the French lines and Petain's big guns can smash it ai will. East of Chavignon the cen ter of the French advance stretches the Ailette river, on the southern bank of which the Germans have been lighting desperately to hold hack the French for several months. From the newly-captured positions the French can sweep the German defenses with torrents of artillery tire. Every foot gained by General Pe- , tain in the Chavignon salient weak ens the line northward through La Fere to St. Quentin. The French al ready are on three sides of La Fere and St. Quentin has all but fallen into allied hands several times sinre the German retreat of last spring. A retirement from St. Quentin and La Fere to a line running north from Laon would endanger the entire Gernr.an positions on the western front as far north as Ypres. llammcr Both F.nds Probably the two most important salients on the western front, from the sea to Verdun, are those east of Ypres and south-southwest of Eton. I Field Marshal Haig is hammering at , the one and General Petaln is smash ing through the other. A German | retirement all along the line might | result in surprising eventualities and there are reports from Germany that such action is not without the realm of possibilities. Italy's armies are fighting against the massed attacks of the Austro- Germans along the Isonzo north ot Gorizia. General Cadorna apparent ly has checked the Teuton efforts on the Bainsizza plateau at the south ern end of the line. Near Flitsch, at the northern end and south of Tol mino, in the center, the Austro-Ger mans made gains. Berlin Claims Victory South of Tolmino the Italians were clinging to the eastern bank of the Isonzo and the Teuton thrust forced them to cross to the western bank. Berlin claims the capture of 10 00C prisoners and much material. The fighting on this front Is all on Austrian territory and the terrain is very difficult, which should be help ful to General Cadorna. who has proved himself a master of moun tain warfare. Behind the Italians are many high mountains and the country here is more sparsely settled than that farther south around Gorizia. New Drive Opens Although the Germans on the j Aisne front were still smarting from the heavy blpw General l'etain had administered to them, leaving him uninterrupted in organizing the cap tured ground, they were called upon to face to-day a resumption of tho entente offensive in -Flanders. Both Field Marshal Haig and the Paris war office report the launch ing of the new attack, which is de clared to be developing satisfac torily, although under the most ad verse weather conditions. Tho French were obliged to wade through water up to their necks in crossing the St. Janzbeck and the Coverbeek rivers, but nevertheless they made Important progress on the left flank of the lield of attack, cap turing Draeibank village. Papegoed wood and many farms where the Germans had organized points of support. Hundreds of Germans fell into the hands of the French as prisoners. The front of th thrust apparently is a far more extended one than that of last week, as the London official statement mentions the at tack as being launched "northeast and east" ot Ypres. If the Britisn have carried the field of attack to a point as far south as directly east of l'pres the battle front of the day is on a line approximately ten miles long, extending along nearly the en tire curve of the new Ypres salient. FRENCH FORD TWO RIVERS TO SMASH GERMAN MACHINE Hundreds of Prisoners Taken by Petain's Poilus in Great Victory By Associated Press Paris, Oct. 26. The village of Draeibank, Papegoed wood and a' number of fortified Jarms were tap-' tured by the French in an attack launched this morning on the Fland ers front, the war office reports. Hun dreds of prisoners were taken. The French forced a crossing of two rivers, wading through water up to their shoulders. On the Aisne front the ground' newly won is being consolidated and no important fighting occurred dur ing the night. The Germans re-1 newed their attacks in the Verdun sector and were again beaten hack, suffering large losses. I.aon Is Near The French have reached the Aisne canal and Laon, eight miles away, is in sight. Following up the victory of Tuesday, the French took Monkey mountain east of Vauxailion, the village of Pinon and the forest of the same name, as well as the village of Pargny-Filain. Certain demoralization in the Ger man command is shown by contra dictory orders found on prisoners. The question is asked where another tetreat is intended. Crossing the battlefield in the vi cinity of Vaurains and St. Quiliain farms the correspondent obtained ample evidence of the extent of the splendid French victory. Hundreds of prisoners in large groups were [Continued oil Page 4.] German Press Worried by France's Easy Victories and Continued Advances By Associated Press Amsterdam. Oct. 25.—German newspapers are uneasy over the French advance northeast of Sols sons. Those at Cologne say it is impossible to minimize the impor tance of the French blow. The Volkszeitung, says: "We must not exaggerate the meaning of the French advance. It is only an initial success. * * * We must not forget what resistance our brilliant troops have offered to the numerically superior enemy." The Frankfuerter SJeitung charac terizes the battle as "painful" for Germany, but not desperate, and be-* lieves France's aim is the capture of Laon. Russians Repulse Attack; Teuton Lines Withdrawn By Associated Press Petrograd, Oct. 26.—Russian forces on the Werder coast of Esthonia yesterday repulsed a German de dachment, the Russian war office an nounced to-day. Part of the German naval squadron, including some dreadnaughts, the statement adds, Is anchored in Kuivast bay, on the eastern side of Moon island, in the Gulf of Riga. The Russian troops on the north ern end of the front, following the Germans in their withdrawal in that sector, have advanced as far as the' Riga-Orel railroad without discover-, ing the enemy, the war office reports. I Munitions Plant Burns With Rainbow-Like Flames By Associated Press ( Montreal, Oct. 2 6.—Tremendous explosions destroyed part o fthe plant of the Canadian Explosives companies at Vaudreville this morn ing. A special train carrying fire fighting apparatus has ben sent from Montreal. Early reports indicated there had ben no loss of life. The detonations continued for an hour. The sky was lit up as though by rainbows with the multicolored flames of burning acids. The explosions are believed to have started from fire discovered in a shell-tilling building. A heavy wind blew the flames straight across the plant. The company employs about 1,500 men. The damage is estimated at $1,600,000. I HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1917. GOVERNOR TURNS FIRST EARTH IN AR Governor Brumbaugh, who attended the Arbor Day ceremonies thin morning participated in the plant ing at practically every tree. He is shown here assisting in the work and thoroughly enjoying doing hi: bit toward tree conservation. CITY AND STATE IN ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION Governor Brumbaugh, Mayor Bowman and Dr. Bagnell Make Addresses TREES FOR GOVERNORS School Children Sing and Technical High School Band Provides Music The Commonwealth of Pennsylva niaand its capital city of Harrisburg officially united to-day to make Ar bor Day of 1917 notable in the his tory of the state. With Mayor J. William Bowman presiding, six trees from the city's nurseries were plant ed on the Walnut street side of 'he Capitol Park In honor of earlier gov ernors, beginning with William Penn, as observance of Arbor Day and to mark the commencement of the plan of beautification of the Capi tol Park and its extension, destined to be the center of a metropolitan park system. Thousands of *chool children sang and hundreds of citi zens gathered to _ hear Governor Brumbaugh speak 'and to see the Governor and state officials plant or dedicate trees. The ceremonies were marked by the most cordial expressions of ap preciation by state and city officials of the part the Commonwealth and municipality had taken in the inak-. inn of plans for the creation of a park which the Governor said would give the Pennsylvania Capitol a get ting unrivaled in the land. This ex (Continued on Page 6) American Labor Federation Not to Send Delegation to Russian 'Peace* Meet By Associated Press Washington, Oct. 26.—The execu tive council of the American Federa tion of Babor has declined to par ticipate in an international confer ence of workmen and Socialists of all countries, suggested by the executive of the Russian Workmen's and Sol diers' Delegates Council, declaring that to hold such a conference at this time would be untimely, inappro priate and conducive of no good re sults. A statement issued by the Federa tion said: "We regard it as untimely and in appropriate, conducive to no good re sults, but on the contrary harmful, to hold an international conference at this time or in the near future with the representatives of all coun tries, including enemy countries, and we are constrained therefore to de cline at this time either to partici pate in or to call such a conference. "We take occasion to again send fraternal greetings to the people and the republic of Russia's democracy; that we all make energetic eiTorts in our common cause for freedom, jus tice and democracy in all of the na tions of the world." Silk Underwear Worn by Allied Troops in Battle By Associated 'ress New, York, Oct. 26.—The fact that troops of tiie entente allies are wear-I ing silk as protective armor agutnst blood poisoning from wounds, has partially 'accounted for the huge shipments of American silk fabrics abroad since the beginning of the war in the opinion of silk trade authori ties who have Just returned to this country from France. The destina tion and use of this silk has hereto fore been regarded as a trade mys tery. It was learned early In the war. according to these authorities that it soldiers wore silk next to the skin there was less <lang;er from blood poisoning if the silk were driven into the wound than in the case of cotton or woolen fabrics. This discovery icsulted In the manufacture of a spe cial silk, prepared by a secret proc ess, which is now generally used by' the allied armies. MA YOR WANTS "DA Y OF PR A YER" OBSERVED BY A proclamation by the Mayor of Harrtsburg urging local recognition or Sunday, as a "Day of Prayer" was issued this morning us follows: "Our country is now actively engaged in prosecuting its part in the Great World War ugainst the German Empire, !n order to pie.s:i'vo l.'ie .Me of this country from those who have planned and plotted our Ulti mate destruction us a nation, ynd nine in order to make a supreme eX foi t to secure a righteous peace for .lie world. "Our country's reason for entering this war is a holy and righteous one. We are neither desirous of .adding to our possessions; :ior plan ning to extend our commerce through concessions obtained by force and bloodshed. We endured countless outiages against our people, and the cruel murder of many of them without rushing hastily into war. Our great hope is to rid our sister nations In Europe of a monstrous invader who respects neither persons nor risht and deliberately violates uoth human and Divine principles and laws. "In accordance with the lofty and unselfish aims of our country, government and people are leaving nothing undone that will enable tlio soldiers we are training and sending abroad to fight our battles, to lead clean, healthy lives devoid of conditions that destroy character and ruin the body. No great "people ever devoted themselves so carefully to the spiritual and physical welfare of their as we are doin,;. "It is therefore appropriala mid important that the people of this nation should seek through prayer the guidance and protection of God in the great enterprise vve have undertaken. "I therefore gladly join our President in urging our people to faithfully and solemnly observe Sunday, October 28, as a general Day of Prayer for the protection of our soldiers and sailors and our govern ment and cause and for greater strength and comfort of those of us at home. "J. W. BOWMAN "Mayor of Harrisburg." ENTHUSIASM RUNS HIGH AT MEETING OF THOSE BEHIND' Schumann-Heink Addresses Mothers, Wives and Daugh ters of Men in Service One of the most enthusiastic audi ences ever gathered in this city, greeted Madame Schumann-Heinle at the Orpheum theater this afternoon. The demand for admission tickets at the Y. M. C. A. last night indicated the degree of Harrisburg's apprecia ! tion of the honor conferred upon the I mothers of this city by the great contralto singer. At an early hour this morning, practically all of the seats on the first floor of the theater had been taken. Thousands of those who de sired to attend the meeting were pre vented from doing so. The world war has not yet advanced to the point where every American woman can name a son, a husband, a brother or a father In the service of the coun try. Perhaps that time will come— Madame Schumann-Heink earnestly hopes not. No specific plan of procedure was laid for this afternoon's meeting. Months ago, Mayor J. William How man expressed the wish that the mothers, wives, daughters and sisters ! of Americans who are in the United States service might meet together, for those who have given loved ones can appropriately gather in a com mon cause. Discussing the matter with C. Floyd Hopkins, manager for Wilmer & Vincent, Mr. Hopkins ex pressed the opinion that Madame j Schumann-Heink would very gladly meet the women of Harrlshurg. The famous singer gave a prompt and gracious consent, and Wilmer & Vincent contributed the Orpheum theater without charge for the oc casion. Knows What War Means It is not surprising that Madome Schumann-Heink should take a por tion of a day from her busy life to [honor Harrlsburg ■women who have given loved ones to fight democracy's great battle. Herself the mother of several children, she has given four sons, as well as her daughter's hus [Continued on Page 4.] SCOTT RESIGNS By Associated Press / Washington, Oct. 26.—Prank A. Scott, of Cleveland, Ohio, has resign ed as chairman of the war industries board. Mr. Scott was compelled by ill health to relinquish his duties. Mr. Scott will he succeeded temporarily by Robert S. Lovett, priority director of the board RIPRAPPING AND PLANTING ALONG RIVER COMPLETE Large Force Working on the Slopes From Maclay to Hamilton Streets Treatment of the river slopes > from Maclay street to the south aide of Hamilton street has been under way since early in the summer un der the supervision of the City Park Department. With the riprapping of this long stretch of the bank and (he planting completed the slopes have been well fortified against any serious wash or other damage by high water during the winter and spring months each year. At Maclay street there has be£n placed hundreds of loads of dis carded asphalt from the uptown streets secured from the highway department. This fill was needed at that point because of the ter rific t'orcw of water and ice when the river is near flood stage. Lead ing down from the northern line of Maclay street a combination path aad roadway seventy-five feet long and eight feet wide was constructed and has been finished with cobble stones. Later it will either be rough grouted or paved with brick. The planting on either side is Jap anese barberry and is arranged'-so that a perspective view from Second and Maclay streets, shows no signs of the roadway. Humps Placed At Porter, Muench, Kelkor and Hamilton streets ramps have been placed with smooth cemented sur faces to make access comfortable and easy from the upper park level. With the exception of Muench street! these- ramps are four feet in widtli and from 108 to 124 feet in length. The planting scheme has been car ried out elaborately the park offi cials considering it advisable to [Continued on Page I.] Lalance-Grosjean Men Get 10 Per Cent. Increase The Lalance-Grosjean Mfg. Co., with large plants at Division and Seventh streets, to-day posted notice that all employes are to receive an advance of ten per cent, in wages, effective October 2 2. This is the third increase granted during this year, each for ten per cent. The company is doing a rush ing business with immense orders ahead Single Copy, 2 Cents SCORE FARMERS WHO DO NOT BUY LIBERTY BONDS Jennings and McCormick Say Rural Residents Do Not Understand FEW HAVE SUBSCRIBED Make It Clear They 1) Not Criticise Those Who Have Aided the Government Will the farmers of the Harrisburg district .come forward and do their full share in subscribing to Liberty Loan Bonds? That Is the question that is agita ting the minds of the leaders of the Liberty Loan movement here, who say that the figures show the farmer has not done his part. V\ illiam Jennings, chairman of the committee which Is conducting the Dauphin county bond drive, says the farmers do not realize the situation In this he is backed by Donald Mc t ormick, who is in charge oi the Liberty Loan campaign in the entire Harrisburg district. "The farmers are back." said Mr. Jennings this morning. "If you will look at the figures for baupliin county you will find that of the more (Continued on Page 10) Even the Kaiser Owns an American Liberty Bond I Philadelphia, Oct. 26.—Kaiser Wilhelm owns a Liberty Bond, it be l came known yesterday. (fiistavus Reniak. Jr.. an attorney, lias hoen handling funds of German estates in the vicinity of Philadel phia. and in settling one estate re cently, he had a balance of S(SO which belonged to the Imperial Ger man government. Yesterday he applied SSO of that amount to a Liberty Rond, to help America win the war against its owner. i i X SUFFRAGE LAW IS VOID 4* ' *r 4 Us, Oct. 26.—-The Indiana Woman's Suffrage 2 yE;law was held to be unconstitutional by the Indian.' T I * Supreme Court to-day. As a result thousands cf women X who exttectd to cote St the municipal elections nesi - ? T month v. ill not be permitted to do so. G OVER NOP PROCLAIMS DAY OF PRAYER T T Karrisbui^—-Oovemcr -Brumbaugh late to-day issuec * 4* proc!arr t aon setting aside Sunday. October 28, as j 4 X of jrr.r.TT In Pennsylvania for a "righteous and au T V enduring peace" and for "guidance in all national and X 4* I i ar V^rson a 1 duty. "Thjs is in accord with the proclamation A ▼ ' Wilson some weeks ago. ♦s U TO APPPORTION SUGAR '. J ** He'.? Oct. 26.—The American Sugar Refining J C ternotai announced an agreement undei f * U \gjiich it •w.-ill if apnroved by an international sugar com .jt *. mittec being organised, apportion alt raw sugar bffcrrc in the market. Under this plan many idle refineries wiT. 'i '*'■- <* : A i*> i rurtne optratirtn *** '2l 4 I LAST WEEK OF MONTH FATAL ' T 3 Williambport, Oct. 26.—Harry Pmelli, 36, committed , n suicide by hanging himself in h<s home in Northumbcr r . ' * land to-day. - Five years ago Pinelli accompanied by hir,- (fc brother, his wife and three children, came here from Aus- X ** traJio. One y*r.later hi* brother died. His wife died 4 the iicNt year and two children in the successive years. t j * All passed away during the last week in October. Fii> 1 L| p elli became despondent and melancholy as that week ap- *1 ,4, proachcd this year *f* O U. S. TO PROSECUTE GOUGERS <■£ i L Washington, Oct. 26.—Charges have been rpceived by t | the Department of Justice from persons in various sec- * * 4* tions to the effect that retail and wholesale coal dealer: JL •• slating fhc law in charging more for coal, than fig- * V • K * ires set by the fuel administration. Investigation of thu ► hac been ordered with a view to instituting criminal „ p T pror <, cut- -:r- * t Z T • 2* 4 X .. * * ± MARRIAGE LICENSES ± Knrl W. Wnlta, llarrixburg, nnil Jennie K. Hiaenberger. En. 4 oln > AuNtln l„ linker, I,ewlnbrrr)' nn<l llnnnnh K. XeflT. Grantham* . 'lliuniHH Y. Iliitlrrtvortli, ,\>w lurk, and Kmnui M. Gruff, Pitta- V *2* burgh! David H. Murray, llarrlitburK, nnd Alma Knawly, Hnola. t £ HOME EDITION DISTRICT WILL REACH ITS WAR LOAN QUOTA City Has Raised $4,008,650; County Is Coming in Strong HAS ANOTHER DAY TO GO Subscriptions Will Be Re ceived by Banks; Open in Evenings At the close of the biff drive yes terday, Harrisburg had to her credit S>UIQS amounting- to $4,008,650. In the Second Liberty Loan campaign, Harrisburg "went over the top" with flying colors. The campaign is still on. Hun dreds of persons in this city did not succeed in setting their subscrip tions to the bond salesmen during the three days of the drive. These persons may subscribe through sales men or through any of the Harris burg banks io-day and to-morrow. Any desired information will be given by the Liberty Loan Com mittee, in the Chamber of Com merce rooms of the Dauphin build ing. It is conlidently expected that the grand total for this city will (Continued oil Page 10) KATSER HONORS SULTAN By Associated Press London, Oct. 26.—Emperor Wil liam on leaving Constantinople says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam, invited the Sultan of Turkey to visit Berlin. The Sultan may visit Vienna, Sofia and Berlin in November.
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