Italian Resistance Increases as General Cadorna Prepares to fie form Forces For Stand HARRISBURG iflSplg. TELEGRAPH M LXXXVI— No. 260 14 PAGES RESISTANCE OF ITALIAN ARMY IS STIFFENING Entire Isonso Line Turned and the Carso Positions Given Up to Victorious Huns Who Are Now at Udine; Gen eral Cadorna to Reform Along Tagliamento; Allied Infantry Resumes Battle in Flanders; Making Good Progress British Front, in Belgium, Oct. 30.—At an early hour to-day the Canadians had taken a stand in the neighborhood of the famous Crest farm only four hundred yards from the heart of tht of Passchendaele. London, Oct. 30.—The Germans have been driven back in places to a depth of nearly 1,000 yards in to-day's British drive on the Ypres front, Reuter's correspondent at British headquar ters reports. The principal fighting is taking place towards the outskirts of Passchendaele and in the region of Poelcappelle. The British are reported to have fought their way along several important spurs of the great system of ridges. The Canadians quickly gained a great part of their objective. The fighting to-day was on a more limited front than the battle of last Friday. The weather was fine. General Cadorna is bending every effort to retard the forceful Austro-German advance on the Isonzo front while he effects a retirement to the strong line of the Tagliamento river. His cavalry is reported to-day in close touch with the enemy, who has been further hampered in this forward movement by the strong resist ance of the Italian rear guards and the destruction of the bridges over the Isonzo. The Teutonic center which yesterday was reported nearing Udine, the former Italian general headquarters, has now entered that place. More menacing to Cadorna's purposes than this movement however, seems to be the thrust of his left flank against the upper reaches of the Tagliamento. The hope of the German command apparently is to reach this northern section of the intended line and turn it before the more southerly Italian forces can fall back to the river and establish themselves there. Berlin indicates a steady advance by the Aus tro-German columns toward this objective. Has Strong Line Despite the crushing blow suffered by the Italian' forces on the north ern Isonzo and* the consequent re tirement all along the river. General Cadorna has the Tagliamento line from to beat back the in vader.- from" the Venetian plains. Berlin does not report any great ad ditional number of prisoners and this coupled with Cadorna's official statement that his troops are check ing the Austro-Germans, may mean that the force of the first blow has been spent. May Start New Drive Teuton activity is reported in the region of Ploecken pass in the Car nic Alps, north of Tolmezzo, where the Tagliamento turns westward. A strong advance here might make the Tagliamento line untenable as also would any Austro-Gerinan effort in force southward from the Carnic and Dolomite Alps. The Italian high command must consider too possibility of a blow from the Tren tino. From Swiss sources it is re ported that the Austro-Swiss frontier has been closed and that German reinforcements are being buried to the Italian front. This may mean either supports for the invaders west of the Isonzo or material for a new drive from tSe mountains southward behind the Tagliamento. Meanwhile there are no reports of any activity in the Trentino and Great Britain and France have taken steps to reinforce the Italians. What [Continued on Page 9.] [THE WEATHER For llarrixburcc anil vicinity! Fair to-night and \\ ediicxduy; folder to-night, with lowest temperature about lis drvrrmi continued cold VYrdiicxday. FOP Kuxtern Pennsylvania! Knlr to-night and \\ cilnexdiiy, except clearing to-night in nortlieiiHt portion; colder to-night, with n cold wave In east port lout con tinued cold Wednesday) fresh to Ntrong Hindu. * River The main river and the .North llrnncli will rise Mevernl feet; other streams will rlxc Koine whut or remain nearly xtatlon ary. A Ktnge of between HI and 17 feet IN Indicated for tYllkes llarre and about 10..* feet for Harrisburg \Yednexdii> morn ing. Uenernl t ondltlons The Ntorm that wit* central over Indiana, Monday morning, him moved northeastwiiril iicroan the eastern part of the I.ake Re gion Into the Upper St. I.aw rence Valley. It httH caused min nfc' xnon- generally over the couhtry from the I'lnlns State" eaMtwaril to the Atlantic count In the laxt twenty-four hour*. The colli wave from the Rocky Mountain.* hit* overxpread near ly nil the eastern half of the country* except Atlantic coant district*, falls of 4 to 40 de grees occurring over all the country between the Gulf of Mexico and the t'anadlan bound ary. Teniperntiiret S a. m., 46. Sunt Hues, Vi 33 a. M.i sets, 3i03 P. m. Moont Rises, 4t45 p. m. River tttngri H. 4 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, (to. I.fittest temperature, 40. Mean temperature, SO. Normul temperature, 48. Huns in Ranks Do Not Know Americans Are in Trenches, Victim Says With the American Army in France, Oct. 29.—The German sol dier fatally shot by an American patrol on that part of the French front where American troops are in the front line trenches, talked free ly after reaching the hospital. He was a blonde youth. From his cot he said in German: "I was going from our trenches with the mail following another man in the dark. We kept turning to the left when he should have kept turn ing to the right and as a result en countered the patrol. The soldiers do not know you Americans are here, but the officers probably do. They tell us nothing. "The German soldiers in the ranks are tired of the war and want it to end, but the officers want it to con tinue as they are well paid. Our food is good, but we know nothing of conditions in the interior of Ger many. Sometimes no mail is permit ed to reach us for eight weeks at a time." The American doctor who operat ed said that the prisoner was very game, despite his painful wound. Germans Believe Fiction That U. S. Is Not Yet on French Firing Line Copenhagen, Oct. 30.—The first of ficial report from the American ex peditionary forces in France is print ed in the German newspapers with out so far being accompanied with any comment, although occasionally sarcastic emphasis is placed in the headlines on the reference to "a quiet sector" of the front. The American official dispatch Is as a rule not included by the news papers in the general column of enemy war reports, most of the journals endeavoring to adhere to the fiction that the United States is not regarded as a full fledged mem ber of the group hostile to the cen tral powers. Potato Prices Due For Sudden Drop, Says Food Director Heinz Philadelphia, Oct. 30.—Reports from county chairmen of the Penn sylvania Committee of Public Safety show that many farmers are holding their potato crops in anticipation of higher prices similar to those of last year, it was announced here to-day by Howard Heinz, federal food di rector of Pennsylvania. Prices are scheduled for a sudden drop within a month Heinz predicted. The Pennsylvania potato crop amounts to more than 25,000,000 bushels on the farms.alone not count ting the many bushels raised in' war gardens, according to a survey made by the committee of public safety through its county organizations. Mr. Heinz said this crop is sufficient to feed all the people of the state inde pendent of outside shipments. "From now until December 1 the farmer ought to sell 50 per cent, of his potato crop," says a bulletin sent to the county committee by Mr. Heinz. "Considering the big output there Is every reason why the farmer should take advantage of present prices and nt the same time render a patriotic service." THE BEAST OF ALL THE AGES C BTtnuo sweatt IM " ■ ■ • i > nW. n CITY IS NEAR FREEDOM FROM SECOND DRAFT Only Short Time Needed to Keep Harrisburg Clear of Call, Says Lieut. Lesher MANY MEN ENLISTING "Over the Top" Is Slogan Near Fulfilled by Patriotic Men of Harrisburg "If the calling of the second draft allows us sufficient time, we will free Harrisburg," declared Lieutenant Robert W. Lesher, in charge of the local recruiting station, when inter viewed this morning. "Have you any figures?" was the question asked. "None accurate." was the reply, "but we are optimistic over the outcome, and unless the Government issues the second call unexpectedly, the full quota from Harrisburg will be 'over the top." " These cheerful answers were given and will set at rest the minds of ivi.ny Harrisburgers who feared that the second call would find Harris burg behind. The young men of Har [Continucd on I'ngc 7.] Army Vote May Decide Election Contests For ' Places in City Council The vote taken in the various Army camps next Tuesday may play an important part in the council manic mayoralty and other fights in the city and county, a number of the candidates anticipate. Some of them, it is reported, have made campaign efforts through friends in the vari ous camps where men from Harris burg and county districts are located. In case of a close local fight the vote from the soldiers may be the deciding one. Because of the delay which will ensue in getting the returns to this city, tabulated and certified, it is believed successors to Commissioner Dunkle and Mayor Bowman, of city Council, may not be able to take of fice 'or at least two weeks after elec tion, and not then if the complete returns have not been officially counted. This may mean much to the city at present in the organiza tion of an ash and garbage collection plan and in the preliminary work of preparing a budget for next year. Central High School Breaks All Records in Liberty Loan Campaign Central High School students have broken all records for local schools in the sale of Liberty Bonds. During the campaign just ended students placed orders for $12,550 worth of bonds. The Central students went into the campaign earnestly and worked ear ly and late. Many of the students purchased bonds either from savings pr on the weekly plan. HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 30, LOOKING FO OF U-BOAT German U-Boat Commander Has Won Reputation For Vein of Quite Un-German Humor By Associated Press Base American Flotilla in British Waters, Oct. 16 (by mail).—There is a German submarine commander who is known through the American flo tilla as "Kelly". His real name is something quite different, but the American sailors promptly dubbed him "Kelly of the Emerald Isle" and the name will stick in the songs and stories of the Navy as long as the great war is talked about. "Kelly" earned his Irish name by his display on various occasions of h rich vein of quite un-German hu mor. He has become the hero of numberless stories told in forecastle and on quarterdeck. Not all of these stories are true, and probably most of them have grown in the telling. All that The Associated Press can vouch for Is that "Kelly" is a real Individual and that there is some foundation for the remarkable tales of his exploits. "Kelly" commands a mine-laying U-boat which pays frequent visits to the district patrolled by the Ameri can destroyers. When he has fin ished his appointed task of distrib uting his mines where they will do most harm, he generally devotes a few minutes to a prank of some kind. Sometimes he contents himself with leaving a note, flying from a buoy, scribbled in schoolboy Knglish and addressed to his American enemy. On other occasions he picks out a deserted bit of coastline at night and goes ashore with a squad of his men for a saunter on the beach, leaving ONE BOND SOLD HERE TO EVERY FIFTH PERSON Harrisburg Is Over Maximum Quota of Four Million by $141,990 Harrisburg went "over the top" by $141,990 in its great drive last week to subscribe its maximum quota of $4,000,000 of the Second Liberty Loan, complete returns from all city banks to-day show. According to the figures tabulated to-day by Victor Lecoq, 3d, 12,276 persons helped in bringing in the to tal of $4,141,990. As many of the large corporations bunched the sub scriptions of their employes, the number of subscribers actually is much larger. It was estimated that a bond was sold to every fifth man, woman and child within the city limits. Dank Reports The complete reports from the banks are as follows: Harrisburg National bank, 360 subscriptions, $578,950; Dauphin Deposit Trust Company, 2,103 sub [ Con tinned on I'ago 9.] NO PROOF* OF HOARDING Bji Associated I'rcss Washington, Oct. 30. Preliminary search of ntorngt> warehouses has fail ed thus far to disclose food hoarding to any appreciable extent. The in vestigation. however, by the secret service and the food administration, still is proceeding . behind a placard or a bit of German bunting as a reminder of his pres ence. His most audacious exploit, how ever. if the legends of the forecastle sre to be believed, was a trip whlcn he made several months ago to Dub lin, where he stayed two days at a leading hotel, afterwards joining his O-boat somewhere up the west coast. He is said to have informed the Brit ish of his exploit by leaving his re ceipted bill attached to one of tner buoys. , I Still another of "Kelly's" more re cent stunts was to plant two German llags on a rise of the coastline. It was the first time that the British and Americans knew just where he and his men had set foot and they shared the excitement of the village folk who awoke one morning to find a new kind of Hag flying from their native soil. At first they could not make out just what It was. But when they made It sure that it was the German colors they were furious, for It so happened, so the story goes, that the fishermen along this particular strip of coast had suf fered much from submarine raids. U-boats had shelled their boats, Ger mans had stolen their fish—their only means of livelihood—and left them empty-handed after a weeks' hard catch of mackerel. These poor fisher folk were in no biood fr this latest display of German humor so they, according to report, promptly burned the flag and set a watch for "Kelly." GREAT PARADE MARKS CLOSE OF RECRUITING DAY Thousands in Patriotic Dem onstration March Through Crowded Streets Marching to the tune of twelve bands, while red lights blazed the way, several thousand Harrisburgers paraded last evening in testimony to the magnificent work that -Captain W. F. Harrell and Lieutenant.Robert W. Lesher have done in freeing Har rlsburg from the selective draft. The marchers paraded through the prin cipal streets, while at least 50,000 onlookers watched. Early in the evening the darkening skies foretold possible rain. The committee in charge arranged for the ringing of bells and the blowing of whistles If rain should Interfere. However promptly at 8 o'clock the entire parade had assembled and Lieutenant Leaher gave the order, "Ready—March." A platoon of po lice, led by Captain Thompson, pre ceded the marchers and imade the way clear. Following the members of the police department In a place of honor was Lieutenant Lesher, Lieutenant James Long and William H. Ball, secretary to the Governor, who represented the state's Chief Executive. Uniformed Men A representation of the recruiting office and of the various military men in the city followed Lieutenant Lesher. There were fifty uniformed (Continued on Page 11} SWAMPED WITH INVENTIONS TO CONCLUDE WAR Range From Land Torpedoes to More Deadly Bombs and Grenades MANY CENTRIFUGAL GUNS Would Feed Out. Bullets in Steady Stream, One Suggestion By Associated Press Washington, Oct. 30.—Fifty new ways to end the war are proposed daily to the War Department, for that many military inventions are submitted each twenty-four hours and nearly every inventor claims his device will revolutionize warfare. Ninety-nine out of one hundred are discarded as impracticable in the war emergency, but for the sake of the possibilities in the one, all are welcomed and investigated. Here are a few of the devices be fore the War Department's board of ordnance and fortifications, which give preliminary investigations to inventions, for consideration to-day: Polished reflefctors to throw sun light into the eyes of the enemy and blind him; elaborated slingshoots for throwing bombs; land torpedoes re sembling small tractor engines to run across No Man's and ex plode in the enemy trench; aerial torpedoes to fly without a pilot; dou ble shot connected by chains to en tangle airplanes in the skies; self propelling bombs, resembling sky rockets; sabers with pistol attached to the hilt, to inflict double wounds; coats of mail, like medieval armor, to make soldiers shed bullets like rain drops; hand grenades with trail or strings, the pulling of which causes explosion "after the grenade lands in the enemy trench; centrifu gal guns which whirl bullets until they gain sufficient momentum and then feed them out in a steady stream: safety parachutes to allow aviators to drop from disabled ma chines; modernized catapults for hurling trench bombs; and smoke bombs to be thrown by charging in fantrymen. a moment before the bayonet clash. Nearly ten thousand inventions have been offered the War Depart ment since war was declared. These include about fifty designs of cen trifugal guns and hundreds each of hand grenades, new explosives, ma chine guns and poison gases. Many which have strong elements of merit are rejected becailso they cannot be adopted in short time to the war exi gencies. or because they need many refinements which War Department experts have no time to give, par ticularly since testing and experi menting requires many months. Snow and Sleet Is Only Forerunner of Cold Wave Due Here by Morning A cold, driving rain, mixed with snow and sleet, this morning ade Harrisburs disagreeable with its first "winter" storm. The storm, which hit the city last night during the pa triotic demonstration, probably will develop into a cold wave by to-night, Weather Observer Domain said to day. The temperature is expected to fall below the freezing point to-night. Early to-morrow the mercury may sink "as low as the twenty-five-degree mark. Heavy rains early to-day swept great quantities of mud. over the tracks of the Steelton and Oberlin car lines. Employes were forced to shovel off the earth to get the lines open. Up until noon nearly an inch and a half of rain had fallen. Cold Wave Spreads Over Eastern Half of Country By Associated Press Washington, Oct. 30.—The cold wave to-day overspread the eastern half of the country. Frost extended to the gulf coast, Texas and Central Florida and snow fell as far south as Asheville. N. C. The coal shortage was being keen ly felt in some localities, although the pinch was somewhat relieved by yesterday's twenty-four-hour lifting of the embargo on priority ship ments. Lowest October temperatures of record at various points in Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, ' Texas, Mis souri, Indiana, Mississippi and Louisi ana were reported to-day by the Weather Bureau. In eastern districts a sharp fall in the temperature this afternoon and to-night and continu ing Wednesday was forecast. Cold wave warnings were sent out for the territory from Western Pennsylvania southward to Northeast Florida. Yes Sir, This Man Must Go to War and Take His Ailments With Him This is the tale as he unwound it before the district appeal board to day: "I have: "Sharp recession of the frontal bone, retraction of the intermaxillary muscles of right side of race, inabil ity to pucker the mouth, bad gums and all teeth bad in upper ,law and deformed lower jaw. Chest: Right clavicle very prominent, impaired resonance in apex of right lung, bronchial breathing with marked tac tile fremitus, and depression above and below clavicle, ears of dispro portionate size, slightly enlarged liver." He is flat-tooted, with marked bulging of inner border. There Is also marked enlargement of axillary glands, with slight struma. To support his claim, the soldier to-be submitted affidavits from two physicians from the York county district In which he lives. The board decided that the appli cant cauid take his ailments with him to camp and tell his troubles to the Army surgeons. Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION TELLS RUSSIANS SEPARATE PEACE IS IMPOSSIBLE Foreign Minister Declares De fense of Territory Funda mental Need DARE NOT DEMOBILIZE Tercstchenko Asserts Disarm ament and Neutralization of Straits Would Prove Fatal Petrograd, Monday, Oct. 29. —For- eign Minister Terestclienko in ad dressing the preliminary parliament to-day said a separate peace was im possible and that defense of Rus sian territory was one of the funda mental needs. The foreign minister said the ab solute independence of Courland and perhaps of Poland and Lithuania was impossible, as it would mean that Russia would return to the days before Peter. He also asserted com plete demobilization and disarma ment and -neutralization of canals and straits were impossible. Russia's foreign policy had not changed, the minister continued, since the first statement enunciating [Continued on Page 7.] Match Dropped Through Grating Fires Boxes in Cigar Store Cellar A lighted match thrown through a grating over the cellar in front of the display window of Shaner Broth ers' cigar store and poolroom, 1430 % North Sixth street, caused a small fire this morning shortly before noon. The blaze was extinguished in ten minutes after an alarm was sent in. There was very little damage done, even the articles on display in Ihe window, where the fire centered, be ing but slightly damaged. The floor ing was damaged slightly. It is thought that the match, which set fire to paper wrappings and box cases in the front of the cellar, was thrown through the grating by a careless smoker. *' * * 4 m 4 CITY SUBSCRIBED $4,141,990 X X Harmburg—Complete totals for Harrisburg's sub- Jy rirnior: to the Second Liberty Loan to-day were an- ♦ X | nounced by Capaign Manager Victor LeCoq, 3rd, to be X X $4.14* 'f .-• maximum quota wa> four million. Sub J X scriptlons were divided among X ',276 persons officially x T although the number actually was much larger as some *T l of the reports from industrial corporations were bunched |£ to^ hcr . $ RTLINO GERMAN CHANCELLOR L Amsterdam, Oct. 30.—'Count George Von Hertling, X Pr the Bavarian prime minister, has been appointed Imperial .4* *§ German, Chancellor; Former Chancellor Michaelis has |> X been named prime minister of Prussia. * * ? * LEWIS S SADLER CHAIRMAN I [X Harrisburg—At a meeting at the capitol this afternoon J £ j Lewis S. Sadler, Carlisle, was elected chairman of the * ' •j State Commission to choose a site for and supervise the ' •> jr erection of hospital for inebriates. The commission has ■* T ,*f X T > J FIRST AMERICAN WOUTNDKD ]J "4* With the American Army in France, Oct. 29.—-The X h J the be pitAl H' is •) lieutenant of the Signal Corps. ' ► L It' ■ splinter, while.working in I t „ communicatlon trench, near the front line. The wound is * I light. The weather was cleat and cold to-aay in th* > L . r American sector. *£ pFFENSrVfi NOT FOR CONQUEST ► X Amsterdam, Oct. 30.—The AuMro-Gcrman offensive Jj| y Italj oi ling t•• the Vorwaerts of Berlin was * * L not undertaken in an aggressive spirit with the object of ± conqu< t but solely to bring peace nearer- J * 4; ENGLISH EXPENDITURES HEAVY ► 4 ♦ - e£ . Oct. 30.—1n the House of Commons to da;,- jX : Law said that in the period from July ' t Y22 to September the daily average expenditure of the ► British government was 6,414,000 pounds sterling. ' It - MARRIAGE LICENSES llernard l.loyd, llnrrlxburK, nml Akik'h M. .Smith, New Inn " heflnndi l.cnter l„ SpriiKl<-r, llimhr,. nml Jennie M. Srholl, Mt. * ' A) Actum Limrrnrr K. Sprout and Mnricnret K. I nurion, Picture • J '■ ItockMi Frederick St. I.aucks, Atlantic City, and Yerna I. tttanffrr, e4j llnrrlHhurK. | COUNCIL TAKES OVER COLLECTION OF CITY'REFUSE Drastic Step Taken by Com missioners to End Long standing Nuisance TO ASSESS ENTIRE COSTS Dr. J. M. J. Raunick to Direct Work, Rcginning November 7 City Council unanimously decided to-day to have Health Officer Dr. J. M. J. Raunick placed in charge of the ash and garbage collection supervi sion temporarily and employ a suf ficient force of men to make regular collections beginning November 7. The cost and expense of the work will be collected from the bond of the American Surety Company, the firm bonding the Pennsylvania Re duction Company. A resolution authorizing this ac tion was presented by Commissioner Dunkle and was passed without a dissenting vote. Dr. Raunick was present at the meeting and stated after the measure had passed that he will start arrangements at once to have ashes and garbage removed regularly. In case the Reduction Company throws up its present contract, which expires February 1, next year, every effort will be made Dr. Rau nick said, to get enough men to have the city make scheduled collections of all rubbish and waste. The cost of the work will be collected from the bonding company, it is said. So far nothing has been heard from the surety company in answer to the communication calling on the firm to [Continued on Pago !).] .$200,000 CLEVELAND FIRE By Associated Press Cleveland, 0., Oct. So.—Fire early to-day destroyed the three-story storeroom and shipping building of the Cleveland-Akron Bag Company plant, menaced the lives and prop erty of residents In the neighbor hood and resulted in an estimated loss of $200,000.
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