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LXXXVI— No. 270 14 PAGES
BRITISH MAKE
BIG GAINS
IN FLANDERS
Early Morning Attack on German Positions Northwest
and North of Passchendaele Results in Successful
Drive; Gain of 800 Yards at Some Points; German
Attacks Unsuccessful
By dsscciated Press
London, Nov. 10.—The British made an attack this morning
on the Flanders front near Passchendaele. The war office an
nounces that early reports indicate good progress.
The announcement follows:
"At sunrise this morning our troops attacked German positions
northwest and north of Passchendaele. The first reports indicate
that good progress was made. The weather is stormy with heavy
rain and high wind."
British Front in Belgium, Nov.
10.—The British troops which at
tacked this morning in the Pass
cliendacle area were reported at an
early hour to have battled their
way forward as much as 800 yards
at some points.
By Associated Press
Paris Nov. 10. —German troops
undertook a series of advances last
night against French positions north
west of Rheims, says to-day's of
ficial report. They were repulsed by
the French.
The announcement follows:
"On the front northwest of
Rlieims the night was marked by a
series of efforts directed by the
enemy against our trenches and
small posts, especially in the sectors
of Loivre, Courey and DuGodat. W*
repulsed the enemy by our fire and
he was not able to approach our lines
at any point
"East of Neuville we penetrated a
German trench and destroyed shel
ters
"On the right bank of the Meuse
(Verdun front) the artillery fighting
continues to be spirited in the vicin
ity of Chaume wood, where there
were patrol engagements i: which
wetook prisoners.
the Vo3ges and in Alsace we
-Inflicted considerable losses on the
enemy in raiding his lines northwest
of Senonnes and east .of Seppois.
There is nothing to report from the
remainder of the front."
Great White Way to Be
Dimmed at 11 Tonight
By Associated Press
New York. Nov. 10.—Broadway's
far-famed "Great White Way" will
be dimmed for the remainder of the
war, commencing to-night, by order
of the fuel administrator at Wash
ington. The myriads of lights in their
fantastic advertising designs will not
glow only from 7.45 until 11 o'clock
each night, instead of from dusk un
til the early morning hours.
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Attention, Patriotic
Citizens!
Till' campaign workers of tlio '
Young Men's Christian Associa- •
Hon and the Y. W. C. A. will call
on you Tuesday and Wednesday,
,iext, for your contribution to the
wr work fund. Do not keep
them waiting. Be ready for tliem
and save their time. They arc
working for 'your boys.
Prepare to give and give gener
ously. j
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| THE WEATHER 1
For Hnrrlshurg nnil vicinity: Fnlr
to-night anil probably Sunday;
continue*! mild temperature,
lowest to-night nbout 45 de
grees.
For Kantern I'ennnylvnnln: Fnlr
to-night anil probobly Sunday;
little ehnnge In temperature;
Identic to moderate WIIHIH be
coming variable.
River
The SuMiinchannn river and nil It*
trtbutnrlcH will continue to full
slowly. A Ntnge of about 4.8
feet In indicated for Ilurrlxburg
Sunday morning.
General Conditions
A moderate disturbance ho* de
veloped In the West and Is now
central over lonni It lias canned
showers 111 that mate and In
i:n<crn South Dnkotn. The
ncnther ha* continued fuir
throuelioiit the remainder of
the country, except In Northern
California, where IlKlit rain has
fallen, and In Northern New
HnKliuid, where xoine light snow
has fallen.
There has been n generul rise of
'I to 10 degree* In temperature
over practically nil the eastern
\ half of the country and over
f nearly all the I'aclflc slope,
while over the Rocky Mountains
nnd Western Canada and near
ly nil the I'lulns States tem
perature* have fallen - to 111
degree* in the last twenty-four
hour*.
Temperaturei 8 a. m.. 48.
Sun: lti*eM, 11:18 a. m.j seta, 5:01
p. "i.
Moon: New moon, November 14.
River Stage: 5 feet above low
water mnrk.
Yesterday's Weather
IliKhcNt temperature. At.
I.owcst temperature, 44.
Mean temperature, 52.
Kormul temperature, 44. ,
ARMISTICE OF
THREE MONTHS
RUSSIA'S PLAN
Representatives Elected by the
People, and Not Diplomats,
to Arrange For Peace
PETROGRAD IS ORDERLY
Railroad Men Asked by Le
nine to Refuse Transporta
tion to Kerensky's Men
An immediate armistice of three
months will be offered by the Maxim
alist government of Petrograd. Dur
ing this time, Nikolai Nenine, leader
of the Maximalists, plans that rep
resentatives elected by the people ot
ail nations will settle the questions
°' Peace. Lenine's government is
willing to consider proposals for a
just peace from either side.
Moscow, tlie ancient capital of Rus
sia, is reported to have gone over to
the revolutionists. Ttie garrison has
supported the revolutionary commit
tee there in taking over the govern
ment offices. Conditions in Moscow
end Petrograd are reported to be
quiet.
The Bolshevik! element in the peas
ants congress and the Workmen's
and Soldiers' organizations is meeting
with opposition from members of Pe
trograd municipal council and the
Minimalists. The opposing factions
will not acknowledge the authority
ot the Maximalists and are said to be
planning an appeal to the Russian
ration regarding the Petrograd re
volt. A cabinet has been named by
the Bolsheviki with Lenine as pre
ir ier.
As yet no clashes between the
Maximalists and the supporters of
the ICerensky cabinet are reported
i and the whereabouts of Kerensßy is
• still in doubt. The revolutionary
( committee has ordered that the for
mer minister be arrested and impris
oned with the other ministers now in
the fortress in Petrograd. Lenine
also has given instruction that his
forces shall move against any sol
diers supporting Keren sky, and has
appealed to the railroad men not to
transport Kerensky adherents.
It is not clear whether the Rus
sion armies as a whole have accepted
the new government, but it is re
ported that some units have gone
over to the revolutionary side. All
available Russian advices, except re
ports from Germany, must come
through Germany, and even these
have not indicated any great rush to
the revolutionary leaders from the
soldiers outside Pctrograd and Mos
cow.
The Russian war Office has not
issued an official statement for sev
eial days. Berlin in its statement,
however, mentions no great activity
on the eastern front and are
no reports that the Austro-Germons
have taken advantage of the disor
der in Pctrograd to make a deter
mined attack at vital points between
the -Baltic and Black seas. A report
from Copenhagen says the Germans
have occupied the Aland Islands at
the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia,
which lies between Sweden and Fin
land.
Middletown Boy Dies
From Mysterious Gun
Shot Wound in Head
Mystery surrounds the death of
Paul Bergstresser, 14 years old, son
of Mr. and Mrs. John Bergstresser,
of Ann street, Middletown, who was
found early this morning by a broth
er in a woodshed on the lot at the
rear of his home Buffering from
a bullet wound in his head. Young
Bergstresser was taken to his home
where he died at 10 g'elock without
regaining consciousness.
Alarmed by the absence of his
brother, Paul, one of the Bergstres
ser boys went in search of the boy.
Shortly after 8.30 o'clock the limp
form of the lad was found lying in
the woodshed with blood flowing
from the wound in his head. A .22-
ealiber rifle was found lying at his
side.
Coroner Kckinger was notified and
at once began an Investigation. It is
believed the gun was accidentally
discharged while the lad was clean
ing it. No funeral arrangements
have been made.
TO ITALY!
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VON HERTLING
WINS CONTROL
OF CABINET
Vice Chancellor Helffrich Ca
pitulates; Von Payer Gets
Post; Politicians Quieted
Berlin, Nov. 10.—Dr. Karl Helf
frich, the vice-chancellor, has ca
pttulated and political peace once
mor has been restored. The cabinet
containing Count von Hertlinf,, as
chancellor, Friedrich Von Payer,
vice-chancellor and Herr Friedberg,
as vice-president of the Prussian
ministery, means a virtually coali
tion Liberal government.
The Clerical, National-Liberal and
Progressive parties are represented
actively in the cabinet. The Socialist
accept the appointment of von 1-ayer
as evidence that Count von Hertling
is willing to work with the present
group of Reichstag majority parties,
but they are reserving to themselves
complete liberty of action. The con
servatives are the only important
Reichstag faction not having a mem
ber in the new government, which
may be raid to mark the active ini
tiation of the first parliamentary cab
inet in Prussia and Germany.
Chancellor von Hertling "returned
to-day to Munich where he will assist
in the reorganization of the B: arian
ministry, from which he retires. His
first .üblic appearance as chancellor
is expected at the next session of the
Reichstag on November 22.
Veterans Will Hold Ball;
Proceeds to Be Devoted to
Smokes For Our Soldiers
Members of Captain Howard F.
Calder Post, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, will give a ball the evening of
December 12. in Winterdale ' all. the
proceeds of which will be devoted to
the purchase of smokes for the boys
in France. A gobd orchestra will be
engaged for the bail and the hall
will be handsomely decorated for the
event.
Members of the Post are all men
who know what it means to be thou
sands of miles from homo without
even the comfort of a smoke. They
have decided that they can do noth
ing that would be more appreciated
by the men in the Army than to pro
vide tobacco for them.
City Now Lags in Number
of Regular Army Recruits
Pennsylvania has contributed 1 721
more men to the United Sttaes Army
than New York State, according to
figures given out at the United States
Army Recruiting Station, at 325 Mar
ket street. This state has sent 28 759
men into the Army, and New York
has sent 27,038. The Harrisburg dis
trict leads all the districts In recruit
ing. but the city of Harrisburg itself
has not contributed as large a quota
in proportion to Its size as the smaller
cities. '
Y. M. C. A. WORK POPULAR
By Associated J'rcss
New York, Nov. 10. —Early reports
from all sections of the country indi
cate that the $.15,000,000 Y. M C A
war fund campaign will result in a
heavy oversubscription, according to
an announcement by the Nations
War Work Council here to-day.
HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 10, 1917
WAR VETERAN
OF SOLDIERS'
Y. M. C. A. Campaign Will Keep Men Clean and Add
Much Needed Home-Touch to Lives of
Those at Front
By AIXF.X SANGRKE
Writer and Veteran of the Boer War
NEARLY sixty years ago Abra
ham Lincoln in speaking to
the Civil War Sanitary Com
mission said: "X am not uccustomed
to use the language of eulogy. I
have never studied the art of pay
ing compliments to women. But 1
must say that of all that has been
said by orators and poets cince the
creation of the world In praise of
women If applied to the women of
America It would not do them Justice
for their conduct during this war. '
When Abraham said this
he must have known something of
the soldiers' life at the front and he
evidently appraised correctly what
it means to have an intimate link be
tween the home and the battle line.
SCHOOL BOYS AND
GIRLS TO WORK
FOR WAR FUNDS
Railroad Men Pass Hat to Pro
vide Recreation For
U. S. Soldiers
Following the lead of boys of the
city, girls of Harrisburg are sign
ing pledges, promising to earn a dol
lar for the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W.
<?. A. War Work Fund. Activities
were opened in the schools of the
city yesterday.
Boys Campaign Director Arch H.
Dinsmore and Mrs. Mabel Cronise
Jones addressed students of Techni
cal High and Central High schools
yesterday. Mrs. Jones spoke on the
"hostess houses" which the Y. W.
C. A. War Board is building, and Di
rector Dinsmore addressed the boys
on the subject, "Boys and the War."
"It is the patriotic duty of every
boy to study more, to earn more, and
| to take the place of some man who
is at the front," said Mr. Dinsmore.
! "To keep the standard of efficiency
; at its present high point, it is nec
| essary that the boys of America take
, [Continued on Pago B.]
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Tarred and Feathered
Men Are Warned to Keep
Away From Tusla, Okla.
By Associated Press
Tulsa. Okla., Nov. 10.—The where
abouts of seveftteen half-naked, se
verely beaten members of the Indus
trial Workers of the World seized
Trom policemen flogged with a cat
o'-nine-tails, tarred and feathered
last night by a band of sixty black
robed and hooded "Knights of Lib
erty," was unknown here to-day
With the warning "never return to"
Tulsa," the I. W. W.'s were started
[throvejiß\ the brush away from the
cit foUjwad by a XuslUad# shots.
in the Civil War it was Woman who
strengthened the sinews of the na
tion with her unflagging enthusiasm;
bridged over the chasm between civil
and military life. The cry of Am
erican women in those days was to
keep the men in the Held civilians
and to make the people at home, of
both nexes, half soldiers.
Times and customs change very
v-*"*' an< * " ever soldiers needed the
Y. M. C. A. shack and the homely
comforts and cheer furnished by
such organizations as the Y. M. C. A.
it is these lads now lined up for
France, these, the flower of our
country.
X take It that few persons have
enough imagination to picture life In
[Continued on Pago B.]
KILLING OF BOY
NOW SURROUNDED
BY NEW MYSTERY
Police Can't Understand Why
Shot Second Time
at Nephew
Charles Nagle, the 14-year-old Leb
anon boy who shot and killed his
nephew while "playing
rubbit, was placed under arrest in
Lebanon to-day on a charge of Vnur
der preferred by the district attor
ney. From what at. first was be
lieved to have been an unfortunate
childhood accident there is now in
prospect a murder mystery of the
[Continued on Pngc B.]
City Must Furnish More
. Recruits if Second Draft
Is to Be Passed by
Lieutenant Robert W. I,esher lo
cal recruiting officer, to-day called
attention to the fact that to be se
curely out of the second draft Har
rifrburg must come forward with
more recruits. While the city district
is the best in the state, and Harris
burg has been free from the first
draft, tho lieutenant said that efforts
are being made to secure a greater
number of recruits from the city.
Lieutenant Lesher is urging the
f®" n f oC Harris burg to get Into
the Aviation section of the Signal
Corps. The Aviation Corps prepares
the men Tor service in civil life after
the war is over, as the recruits are
taught a thorough knowledge of
aeronautics. The men who enlist
now need not have any special
knowledge of motors, and onlv a
fundamental education. They will be
instructed in everything pertaining
to the aviation section of the Army
and are later given their choice of
flying, or remaining on the ground
The advancement is rapid, as the
service is in its infancy. Men with
trades are especially desired in the
Aviatiott, service-
FATE OF RUSSIA
B^ P .ELY ESCAPED
BY SUNNY ITALY
Bui German Propaganda and
Peace Literature Fail to
Influence Patriots
ALLIED TROOPS ARE NEAR
Spies Gave Kaiser's Hosts De
tailed Information Re
fore Battle
By Associated Press
Rome, Nov. 10.—Italy will con
tinue to fight until the end despite
the efforts of German propaganda
and the disaster on the Isonzo front,
in the opinion of official circles here.
The government must fight the ef
fect# of Austrian and German propa
gnda as well as do all in its power
to drive the enemy from Italian soil.
It is felt Italy narrowly escaped
the fate of Russia, as it is believed
the campaign carried on to destroy
the spirit of the Army and the Peo
ple reached its height when the
Austro-German blow was struck in
the Julian Alps. Political hatreds
have been healed.
Since the Isonzo defeat the ~u
thorities have learned that anti-Brit
ish and anti-American reports were
widely circulated throughout Italy.
Austrian aviators dropped bombs
over Italian trenches containing Ger
man propaganda and peace litera
ture. The propaganda campaign was
also carried on through resident
German citizens.
During the recent retreat it was
noted that the Austro-Germans pos
sessed detailed information concern
ing the number of Italian troops and
their positions.
Italy's armies, under a new com
mander, General Diaz, are in their
new positions, probably along tho
Piave river, ready to offer stouter
resistance to the Austro-German in
vaders. It is apparent the momen
tary halt on the Livenza river was
only for the purpose of delaying the
enemy as much as possible until the
bulk of the Italian forces could es
tablish themselves in the new de
fense line.
British and French troops have
arrived in Northern Italy and will
aid the Italians in beating back the
invaders from capturing Venice and
the rich manufacturing district in
Lombardl and Piedmont. Berlin re
ports the Teutons advancing toward
the Piave through hill and over
plain, indicating that the Jtalian
withdrawal in the Carnic Alps as
not yet halted.
General Cadorna has been appoint
ed Italian member on an inter-allied
staff. The other members are Gen
eral Foch, one of the great French
leaders, and General Wilson, of the
British staff. These three probably
will take supreme direction of the
allied campaign in Northern Italy.
Fire Chief Redistricts
City to Eliminate Long
Runs For Apparatus
Fire Chief John C. Kindler an
nounced to-day he had completed the
work of redisricting the entire city
and had listed all the companies fr
the various boxes they will answer
in response to the first, second and
third alarms. The new ruling becomes
effective on Monday.
Through the motorization of the
entire department, it has become pos
sible, according to the Fire Chief, to
eliminate many of the long runs for
the motor-driven apparatus which is
stationed at flrehouses In the central
district. This will mean a big saving
in the cost of maintenance of the
heavy wagons and engines.
In the central part of the city un
der the redistricting six companies
will answer all alarms, furnishing
four engines, one aerial-ladder truck
and five chemical and hose cars In
response to the first alarm.
In the districts adjoining the cen
tral part of the city four and Ave
companies will respond and in the
outlying districts three companies
will answer the first alarm.
Seven Boys Charged With
Serious Crime by Father
of Small Up Town Girl
Three boys early to-day were ar
rested, charged with having crim
inally attacked a young girl last night
in Wildwood Park. Four others are
being sought in connection with the
crime.
The boys were taken before Alder
man DeShong, of the Twelfth ward,
for a hearing. DeShong to-day re
fused to give out details of the case,
saying that the boys and their par
ents would not like the crime to be
come known.
The father of the girl later In the
day consulted District Attoi-ney
Stroup. The father, who is a well
known fireman, said he would push
the case through the courts to de
termine if the boys arrested arc the
guilty ones.
Town Meeting Charges
Not Upheld by Court |
By Associated Press
Philadelphia, Nov. 10.—Charges of!
fraud brought by the Town Meeting
party against Republican election
officers in connection with the Third
division of tho Fourth ward wire
not borne out hero to-day when the
ballot box was opened at the order
of the election court. Attorneys for
the Town Meeting party alleged thatl
twenty-three ballots had been ille T l
gaily thrown out. A count of the
ballots showed a total of 62 Repub
licans and 47 for the Town Meeting
party. Four balltats on each side were !
found to be vitiated, which left thel
final total 68 Republicans and 43!
Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION
MINOR ERRORS IN
TALLIES DELAY
OFFICIAL COUNT
Soldier Vote 011 Mayoralty
Contest Yet Remains to
Be Counted
MORE BOARDS CALLED IN
Returns to Re Corrected in
Court Monday Morning
Before Tellers
The rfficial count of the county
ballots can not be completed until
Mondav, because of errors found in
the returns by six election boards
in the districts outside of the city.
Sheriff W. W. Caldwell was
directed to notify the boards to ap
pear in court on Monday morning
to correct the returns. This will
prevent finishing the tabulation
work on the county vote until then.
Early this afternoon with the court
still in session the count of the re
turns from Susquehanna township
for county offices had been started
and it 's probable the court may
complete the entire county to-day.
Vote Delayed
It could not be learned definitely
when th soldier vote will be opened
but this also may be delayed until
Monday pending the completion of
the county return tabulatio-n.
The boards notified to appear on
Monday are from the Second pre
cinct, Hummelstown, Highspire,
Halifax township. Lower Paxton
township, Third ward, Second pre
cinct and Second ward. First pre
cinct, Middletown. There was also
a slight mistake, it was reported, in
the Fourth ward. Steelton. return.
The official returns of the entire
soldier vote as received by Protho
notary Henry P. Holler has not been
counted yet. While unofficial returns
have been received from practically
all the camps there is much interest
in the exact count from each camp.
The majority of twenty-five votes
which Daniel L. Keister holds is un
changed.
-7* Pans, Nuv. lu—.German aviators last hight dropped *1
▼ bumbb on a French hospital at Zudecoote, department
•ul 'thc Nurde, killing seven persons and wounding nine. */
J SEIZE SUSPECTED BAGGAGE jjj
4*. Hoboken, N. J., Nov, 10. —Scores of trunks and bacfß
f containing belongings of the officers and men of the * .
T North German Lloyd Steamship Line, were seized by
4 Department of Justice agents here to-day. Search will
be njade for suspected documents. j*
J WET FORCES LEAD IN OHIO ♦
X Cincinnati, 0., Nov. 10.—With the substitution of offi-
4 cial county figures for unofficial returns in the final stages *•
Xof Ohio's wet and dry contest the anti-prohibition major- V-
Jjj ity hovered for forty hours near the thousand mark, and •*;
ill at 3 o'clock this morning stood at 1,133.
1[ BERLIN REPORTS CAPTURE OF ASIAGO
T Berlin, Nov. 10.—The Austro-German forces which
f are invading Northern Italy have reached the Piave river, 'fi-
T Asiago has been captured. The Piave river has been £
T reached all the way from Susegana to'the Adriatic. ,V
4 'i t-
T ENEMY CHECKED, ROME REPORTS $
fi Romf, Nov. 10.—The enemy has been checked in the *£•
X Odor Valley, the war office announces. A hostile thrust 5]
:# Brocon, in the Tesino basin, also has been checked.
XAn talinn rear guard force which had been surrounded X
*** at Loren/ago, succeeded in forcing its way out.
X TURKISH CASUALTIES 10,000 £
London, Nov. 10.—The British army in Palestine,
pursuing the defeated Turks, has made further gains, T"
war office announces. Askalon has been occupied.
.jj he Turkish casualties, exclusive of prisoners, are mort
X'h i 10,000.
T GERMANS ENTER FINLAND Jr
J St..holm, Nov 10. Helsingfors, capital of Finland,
JL, ha* been entered by the Germans, according to a press J,
jjjj dispatch troin Haparanda,
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INCREASE IN TAX
RATE FOR 1918 IS
NOW FORECAST
New Budget Attracts Almost
Undivided Attention of
City Officials
PROBLEM IS DIFFICULT
Increasing Costs of Labor and
Materials May Mean In
crease in Expenses
With less than two months until
the new administration In City Coun
cil takes office the commissioners al
ready are making plans for their
budgets for next year. While It is
certain that the city tax rate will he
raised according to some of the offi
cials. the budget will determine
largely how much of an increase
may bo necessary.
Daniel L. Keister, whose election
as mayor is practically assured, will
be the only one of the new member;!
of council who will have a chance to
arrange his budget. Commissioners
Lynch and Gross, both re-elected,
also will start work on their account
of expenses for the coming year, but
Dr. Samuel F. Hassler and Charles
W. Burtnett will not take office
until January after the budget has
been passed. They may be called
into conference when it is prepared
however.
Ciarbnfje Again
The present commissioners are
facing a difficult problem ns they
prepare their accounts for next
year. With increasing cost in mate
rials for repairs, increasing laboi
costs, the ashes and garbage collec
tion trouble, Hardscrabble and
other needed Improvements facing
them, It will require much figurin:
to determine the various Items.
City Assessor Thompson Is work
ing on the assessment figures an
the board of revision will probabl
meeting In. the next two or thr<
weeks, after which the commissiot
ers can decide Anally on the budgi
and tax rate.