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LXXXVI— No. 264 16 PAGES
GERMANS RETIRING ON WESTERN FRONT;
ITALIANS STOP HUNS ON BANK OF STREAM
FLEEING
ACROSS
AILETTE
Another Teuton Retirement Is Under Way in France;
Necessitated by Pressure of Allies; Burn Bridges Be
hind Them as They Go Back Beyond River; Huns
Hurrying Reinforcements to Surround Italians
AMERICANS CAPTURED
By Associated Press
EERLIN, NOV. 3 (VIA LONDON) THE
CAPTURE OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS BY A
GERMAN RECONNOITERING PARTY IS AN
NOUNCED BY THE WAR OFFICE.
THE STATEMENT SAYS THAT ON THE
RHINE-MARNE CANAL, AS A RESULT OF
A RECONNOITERING THRUST, NORTH
AMERICAN SOLDIERS WERE BROUGHT IN.
THE RHINE-MARNE CANAL RUNS
THROUGH A SECTION OF NORTHEASTERN
FRANCE IN WHICH THERE HAS BEEN
LITTLE FIGHTING SINCE THE EARLY
DAYS OF THE WAR. IT CROSSES THE
FRENCH FRONT AT A POINT NEAR THE
GERMAN BORDER, TWENTY MILES
NORTHEAST OF LUNEVILLE.
Blowing up the bridges as they retreated, the
Germans on the Aisne front in Northern France have
given up their precarious h old on Chemin des Dames
plateau and retired to the north bank of the Ailetle
river along a front of approximately 13 miles, closel)
follomed by the French.
This retirement by the German crown prince has
been in prospect since the recent successful drive by
General Petain, southwest of Laon, which carried the
French to the banks of the Oise-Aisne canal at the
westerly end of the Chemi 11 des Dames and gave
them artillery domination of a large section of the Ger
man lines to the east.
As appears from to-day's Paris official statement
the Germans are now in the north bank of the Ailette,
a maximum distance of a mile back of their previous
position, while the French have moved up to the south
bank of the river.
There is no hint in the official reports from either
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I THE WEATHER
For llarrl*burg nnd vicinity* Fnlr
10-nlKlit ant) Sunday; not much
chanse in temperature, loweM
to-nli;l>l about freexiiiK.
For KfiKtcrn PennNylvanlas Fnlr
io-u Ik li t and Sunday; little
change In temperature; moder
ate wet winds* becoming vari
able.
Stiver
The Susquehanna river and all it*
branches will continue to fall. A
st:i y.v of about 7.2 feet IN Indi
cated for IlarrUburK Sunday
morning.
(ieneral Conditions
Prepare haa dlmialMhed over
nearly all the l.ake Itcfttioa and
thence eautward to the Atlan
tic ocean, a slight dlnturh
nnce over the I pper St. LJlW
rence Valley, uhlcli ha cauNfd
Nome rnln In Montreal and vi
cinity.
There haw been a general rise of
h 2 #o 20 (Icßree* In temperature
i over nearly all the country, ex
cept In the South Atlantic and
<■ talf StateM, including Tennes
see, nnd In Southern California
and Arlxona, where temperature
fallN of 2 to 12 degree* have oc
curred. Heavy front occurred at
Charleston, South Carolina, thl.N
morning;, with the minimum
temperature at 40 degree*.
TemperAturet 8 a. m., 32.
Suns Klses, <1:30 a. m.; sets, 4:57
p. nt.
Moon: Itlses, 0:31 p. m.
Hlver Staicei 8.6 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday*s Weather
lflirhcNt temperature, 40.
liOweNt temperature. 31.
Mean temperature, 38.
Normal temperature, 47.
Two Suffer Broken Legs
in Auto Accident
While Irene Fernsler, 15, 1200
Wallace street, was crossing the
street, near home last evening, the
automobile driven by W. M. Miner,
941 North Seventh street, struck her
and threw her to the ground. She
was taken to the Harrisburg Hos
pital where it was found that her
left leg was fractured.
Howard Burke, 12, 131 South Fif
teenth street, was struck by an
automobile driven by an employe
of Baptisti and Shuler, at Fifteenth
and Swatara streets, this morning
He was taken to the Harrisburg
Hospital, and it was found that his
left leg was fractured.
Many Voters Registered
Today Before Books Close
During the week more than 250
voter.'- filed petitions with the county
commissioners for registration, the
majority of them making an affi
davit that they were out of the city
on the regular registration days. To
day until noon about 100 signed
their petitons. During the afternoon
clerks were busy transcribing the
names Into the registry books which
are to be sent to the judges of elec
tion in the various districts.
Election supplies for the county
districts were delivered during the
day by automobile. The city ballots
supplies will be turned over to the
election officers on Monday.
o *>*• TW t•*!-*M j
177 SELECTED MEN
OFF TO CAMP, ARE
GIVEN AN OVATION
Dauphin, Perry and Cumber
land Counties Send Large
Contingents to Army
Unrestrained Emotion
Shown at Station
For dramatic feeling nnd un
restrained emotion, the I'arevell
given the selected men to-day at
the Pennsylvania station- by the
parents, wives and close relatives
surpassed anything yet seen In
Harrisburg.
On.e mother, could hardly give
up her boy although she had been
brave Until the last minute. The
woman clung to the coach in
which the young soldier had taken
his place until train guards al
most had to pull her from the
moving train. Because of the
large number of selected men to
go there was a much larger throng
of relatives and for some reason
niore of the mothers broke down
at the station.
One hundred and seventy-seven
tnen, representing Dauphin, Perry and
Cumberland counties, paraded this
morning through the principal streets
of the city previous to their depar
ture at 11.50 o'clock for Camp Meade.
It was the fourth contingent of white
men to leave Harrlsburs.
Dauphin county districts 1 and 3
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Germany Is Putting
14.3 Soldiers in Field
For Cost of One Here
Washington, Nov. 3.—Germany is
putting 14.3 soldiers into the field
for the same amount of money
which the United States is paying
for a single fighting man, according
to calculations to-day of government
experts. They said the same general
proportion was true also of main
taining the armies in the field or in
other words. America must raise
$14.30 where the enemy nations
raise only $1 for the purpose of car
rying on the war.
The difference was said to he due
to the higher pay of United States
soldiers and the greater cost of sup
plies 1 in this country, and the con
trast was used as a text for admon
itions that resources alone would not
win the war, but that strict economy
was necessary.
HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 3, 1917
"KAMARAD!
WANT ALL CHESTNUT VENDORS
CONCENTRATED
The Sons of Rest this morning
adopted a resolution directed to the
Chief of Police asking that all the
chestnut vendors in Harrisburg be
compelled to confine their activities
to the Penn-Harris corner. Third and
Walnut. The one solitary vendor at
that point has a good charcoal fire,
but the brazier is so small that only
two Sons of Rest can huddle over
it at one time; and the vendor says
they hide the chestnuts.
Work proceeded apace on the
Penn-Harris this morning. The Sons
of Rest who are riding herd on this
job are well pleased with everything.
It is true that the inspectors are
troubled slightly \fith stiff necks,
from looking upward so much, but
arrangements will be completed
shortly whereby the roof of one of
the buildings in Third street will be
available for watchers.
There was an unconfirmed rumor
to-day that the steamshovel which
MEANS MUCH TO
AMERICANS WHO
ARE FIGHTING
Part Played by Y. M. C. A
Told by Son-in-Law of
President Wilson
Allentown, Pa., Nov. 3.—Francis
B. Sayre, son-in-law of President Wil
son and international secretary of
the Young Men's Christian Associa
tion in France, addressing the
twelfth district convention of the
Pennsylvania War Work Council
here to-day, gave a word picture of
conditions surrounding the American
soldier in that country and reviewed
the welfare work of the Y. M. C. A.
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Mayor of Pittsburgh
Proclaims Wheatless and
Meatless Days Each Week
Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 3.—An
nouncement was made at the office
of Mayor Armstrong to-day that he
would, by proclamation, designate
each Tuesday as a meatless day and
each Wednesday as a wheatless day,
throughout the city, for the period
of the war.
The plan was decided upon after
conference with the Allegheny Coun
ty Hotel and Restaurant Keepers'
Association and the Pittsburgh Stew
ards' Association and will apply to
all public eating places, beginning
next week.
some one says was forgotten, and is
still in the sub-basement, is being
used to run the concrete elevator.
The Sons of Rest have not been per
mitted to go down in the basement
for inspection, because the contrac
tor are now waterproofing the side
walls; and the process is a secret one.
Water from the raging Susquehanna
had been seeping through to the ex
cavation, but the secret process will
soon stop that.
John Newton and Edmund James,
two prominent Rest men, tossed up
at noon for the honor of being the
first professional lobby loafer to go
to the clerk's desk and ask for some
stationery, when the hotel is finished.
There was no decision. The first toss
was won by Edmund James; and
Newton then claimed that they had
agreed on two out of three. Mr.
James demurred—and, in fact, was
still demurring at the time the Tele
graph whooped off to press.
DEMOCRATIC ROW
MARKS CLOSING OF
FALL CAMPAIGN
Kinsinger and His Friends Say
He Has Been Deserted
by the Local Bosses
The only political development of
to-day was the revolt of Samuel
Kinsinger and his friends who have
threatened to bolt the Democratic
ticket because Kinsinger has been
blacklisted for the School Board by
the McCormick wing of the Demo
cratic party in the city. Kinsinger,
who won the nomination at the
Democratic primaries, says that the
only reason he is opposed by the Mc-
Cormick influences is that he re
fused to take orders from them when
he was a member of City Council
and insisted on voting as he thought
best.
Klnstnger's friends also draw at
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Y. M. C. A. Is Ready For
Saturday Evening "Pop"
Members of the social activities
committee of the Young Men's Chris
tian Association have arranged for a
big time at the "pop" to be held at
the Y. M. C. A. building to-night. Nu
merous invitations have been sent out
for the entertainment which promises
to be one of the best of the season.
The program will include vaudeville
stunts and five selected comic motion
picture films. Refreshments will in
clude cider and pretzels.
GERMAN RAIDER
AND TEN ARMED
PATROL CRAFT
SUNK IN FIGHT
Commerce Destroyer Is Sent
to Bottom by British De
stroyers in Scandinavian
Waters
SINK ELECTRICALLY
CONTROLLED BOAT
By Associated Press
British destroyers have put an
end to the career of a German
commerce raider in an arm of
the North sea. Copenhagen dis
patches to-day report the sink
ing of the raider, the Crocodile,
a new vessel of about 1,000 tons
and with a crew of 100 men, to
gether with five armed German
trawlers. The engagement took
place in the Skagerrak, between
the Norwegian and Danish
coasts.
A British admiralty announce
ment tells of an engagement in
the Cattegat, the adjoining arm
of the North sea, between
Sweden and Denmark. It seems
probable that the same, encoun
ter as that reported in the Co
penhagen dispatches is alluded
to.
The sinking of an "electrically
controlled" boat reported from
London may mean that the ves
sel is of a new type, without
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LOYAL WOMEN
PLAN SOCIETY
TO AID NATION
Steps Taken Here to Organize
Unit of Great Pos
sibilities
Preliminary plans for the organiza
tion of women in this city to aid in
the prosecution of the war by keep
ing the close relationship between the
soldiers at the front and their homes,
were made to-day at an enthusiastic
meeting of a special committee ap
pointed by Mayor J. William Bow
man and Mrs. William Jennings.
The movement is the outcome of
the talk given by Madame Schumann-
Helnk to an audience of about 1,000
women in the Orpheum theater re
cently. At that time a motion wjis
made to have the committee appoint
ed to proceed with the plans as sug
gested by her.
Meet With Mrs. Jennings
The members met at the home of
Mrs. Jennings, 7 South Front street,
to outline a definite program for the
complete organization of the women
of the city, and to discuss fully the
many important duties which can be
done to keep up the good cheer in the
homes where men have left to an
swer the call of the country.
Because of the many possibilities
for good and the splendid oppor
tunities to be of help to those who
are in need of companionshfp and aid
it is hoped that the women of Har
lisburg may found an organization
which will set an example to many
other places to show how necessary
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Shoots Gray Fox While
Hunting For Rabbits
William A. Kitzmiller, 1617 Ro
gina street, is to-day the proud
possessor of a beautiful griy
fox, which he killed this triornlng.
Mr. Kitzmiller was hunting rabbits,
about three miles this side of New
ville. He was walking across a Held
when he saw the fox, chased by a
dog, running toward him, at a dis
tance of about two hundred yards.
When the fox was forty yards away,
he shot.
The fox is a splendid specimen,
measuring ovfcr three feet and two
inches from head to tail. The gray
fox is a scarce specimen in these
regions. The fur was not spoiled
and is to be converted into a neck
piece.
Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION
TWELVE LOST
WHEN PICKET
BOAT FOUNDERS
Fail to Locate Boat or Living
Occupants; Bodies of Three
of Crew Are Found
By Associated Press
Washington, Nov. 3. The Navy
Department has been advised that a
picket boat of an American battle
ship in home waters has foundered
and its crew of twelve men are miss
ing. It is believed the men are lost.
The Navy Department issued this
statement:
•"The Navy Department announces
that on October 30 the picket boat of
the U. S. S. Michigan foundered. Ap
parently the entire crew were lost.
The finding of the bodies of three of
the crew and the failure to find any
other trace ol' the boat or its occu
pants leads the department to be
lieve that all were lost."
The Navy Department made pub
lic the following crew list of the 'ost
in the picket boat:
Joseph J. Schultz. seaman, brother
Herman Schultz, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Joseph H. Hendrickson, seaman,
father Albert C. Hendrickson, fill
.Tessop Place, York, Pa.
Roscoe Scott, fireman, brother
Frank C. Scott. Denver, Colo.
Stanley J. Wing, fireman, mother,
Mrs. Sarah Wing. Detroit, Mich.
Austin Atwood, seaman, father,
George Atwood. Sandusky, Ohio.
Arthur A. Flow, seaman, father.
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T T EUTONS H£LD BACK
4 Rome, Nov 1 -Austro-German pressure was mof X
X 'ir.; : tin Italian •*
X nth liamento-line, savs the official statement issue-* l M
4 w
war office. Attempts made .bv ff'
A %
T T eutOnsto reach the right bank of the river, the otiit&fteri w.
ffi'ad&f, bjctxi prevented by -the Italian troops. *;
i* FRATERNIZED WJTH OERMANS
t*®* • Pctrograd, Nov: 2. —Russian troops in the V*ishneF
sector fratemizi'd with the German troop:*, r. n"
is announced to-day by the war office. (*Vishnefr*is a
4* town on the Russian from southwest of Vdna and nofrth j"
*r
X v.- t . >h< Niemen rlvtr.) 4
T OIL CITY. LA., BURNING • T
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i| Texarkana, Ark., Nov. 3,—OH City, in the midst of Jr
T the North Louisiana oil and gas fte4d, is threatened with J
A i struction by Fire, according to word received here this
V g. One entire business block already has tot eh 4
4* l ink building watt afire. Thr 5
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X HAS BAGGED 15 PLANES 4
L(eut< : ' Raoul Lufberry, of WaS- A.
ingfotd, Conn., member of the Lafayette FTying Squad- T
X ->ught down his fifteenth German airp'.ane. 4
▼ according to to-day's Paris edition of the ,Chicags J
4 ' V tf
T GERMANS CLAIM *IOO,OOO I'RISONItftS f
f 4
4* •' • ■ •"opr - : nir h , L
X been taken in Ihc Austro-German campaign on the Ita!- T
•• •. ■ r rtv-br-.. There was no important 4
A fighting on this front yesterday.
t . KILLED IN ENGAGEMENT T
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J -T.v ; -ien on the German a i.\ :1..r
| i: - * , "tt-i killed in an en ;; j?* T
T ment I : .v.rMir'tn according to an Exchan * T
i 7' . „i t it h f. hi Copenhagen. X
X CRUISER CREW LANDED 4
Denmark, Miw —Wounded men from t 4
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|.G'.'. . ' -ir; crui'. 'T rihk <n the North Sea landei L
t' : •$
| MARRIAGE LICENSES f
4* Will lain O. Foifle, llnrri*bur, and Smile Troup, lUehflfldl w
e>j (heruood l*\ \Vnttn nnl Kllen H. (John, IlarrUburK! Kay A. I.mm- .JL
(lou and l.oiitlc 1.. Coui(h<>noiir, (irfrnuooili Delvlit 11. Weaver, *7
Hut ton wood, and >lar> K, LOIIK. Liberty J Julin Marts and Ivute
StON|>, Steelton; William M, Okuni and Mury 12. livoka, Steelton) J
11* tieore Hats and Ellxabeth UellnNky, WllllumMtoun. T
ROSS A. HICKOK
TO ADMINISTER
FUEL SUPPLIES
Businessman Appointed to Di
rect Supplies and Sales
in Dauphin County
Coal Shortage is Not
Enough to Cause Famine
"There is no serious coal
shortage in Dauphin county."
Koss A. Hickok said to-day. Mr.
Hickok has investigated in his
new capacity of fuel administra
tor of Dauphin county the situa
tion at the Steelton plant of the
Bethlehem Steel Company, the
largest concern In the county
and finds that there is enough
coal on hand to keep the plant
running for seven or eight days
and plenty coming on the road to
relieve the situation. Mr. Hickok
said that as this plant is turning
out a large amount of govern
ment work, the Government Will
see that there is plenty of coal on
Stock.
The new administrator will see tc
it that the coal in the county is prop
erly regulated as to prices am
amounts shipped and sold in variou
districts. l J lans will be laid so tha
the amount of coal on hand and tin
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