,■. _- ~■ ij ...... . • . • " p- : 4>_ ■ •.-••• ... Kerensky Makes Advance on Petrograd With 200,000 Troops; Rebels Rapidly Losing Powet kk HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M £I)C Star-Independent . 8r / - LXXXVI— No. 271 14 PAGES RUSSIA'S FATE WILSON PLANS KERENSKY AT HEAD OF ARMY STRIKES FOR RUSSFREEDOM "Iron Man" Drives on to Petrograd With a Great Force to Crush Radicals Who Seized Government LOYAL TROOPS ARE RAPIDLY ADVANCING Revolutionists in Moscow Are Driven Out of Power After Weak Attempt to Seize City Petrograd, Nov. 11. —Street fighting is proceeding con stantly. Junkers loyal to the Kerensky government regained possession of the telephone sta tion this morning. The exact whereabouts of the Kerensky army which is reported to be approaching the city is un known. Fighting is in progress in the Grand Morskaia between Bolsheviki infantrymen and junker forces in armored cars. Premier Kerensky at the head of 200,000 loyal troops is marching on Petrograd. where the Maximalists rapidly are losing power. The Bolsheviki uprising in Moscow was abor tive apparently and the loyal troops have driven the revolu tionaries into the Kremlin. General Korniloff, leader of the recent futile revolt; General Kaledines, former Mcrtman of the Don Cossacks; Michael Rodzianko. president of the Duma, and Professor Milukoff, constitutional democrat leader, are reported to he forming a government in Moscow. Probably such an organization •<\ould bo more conservative than the Kerensky ministry and whether it is supporting Kerensky is not yet indicated. Many Troops Tjoyal The Bolsheviki and the Kerensky forces have not yet engaged in ex tensile fighting. I-oval troops have occupied Tsarkoe-Selo, fifteen milos south of Petrograd, and Premier Kerensky and his troops are reported at G.itchina. about 30 miles south southwest of the capital. Food sup plies in Petrograd are reported to be very low and the Cossacks there are backing the Minimalists in re sisting the Maximalists. Apparently there have been no further defection to the Bolsheviki from the army and garrisons and Petrograd and Moscow appears to have been the only large cities af fected by the uprising of the fol lowers of Lenine. Loyalist troops now control the chief wireless sta tion. one report from which says that the overthrow of the revolt is "on'y a matter of days or hours." This is borne out in part by the lack of timely advices from the Bolsheviki headquarters In Petrograd. , The radical element in Finland has 1 seized the opportunity to attempt to set up a separate government. Gov ernor General NekrasofT hau been dismissed and his place taken by a sailor and a state of war has been proclaimed. The Finnish Diet has voted to give supreme power in the Province to a state directorate. (THE WEATHER 1 For HrlbvrK and itrlnltri fieu crally cloudy to-night anil Tues day, probably rain Tuesday; not mneb change In 4rmperu tore. lowest to-nlßht about 44) d<(rr. For Uastera J'eaasylvanlui ( lnmi to-ult;bt and Tuesday, probably rain. fair in south portion t-niKlit; sentle f shlftlau winds, heenmlnic north. River The Masqitehnnna river and all Its trlbatarlea will probably run tlnue to fall slowly or remain stationary. A la of about -'• I'M la Indlented for Harrls burg Tuesday mornlnK. Temperature* H a, m., BH. Bum Rises, tl a, m.| sets, 4i49 P. m, Mooat Blew noon, November 14. ltlver Btagei 4.7 feet above low wnte* uaark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 50. • I'onrst tcmprrutare, 3H. *len temperature, 4N, Normal temperature, da. ITALIAN ARMIES CHECK HUN DRIVE ; ALONG THE PIAVE New Attempt by Austro-Gcr mans Fails lo Encircle Diaz's Fighting Forces I POSITIONS RECAPTURED j Italian Resistance Is Stiffen ing; Menace on Left Wing Practically Past By Associated rress Berlin, Nov. 12.—Via IjnndAn. —The Austro-German forces in Northern Italy have cut off 10,- 000 retreating Italians in tlie upper Piave valley, the war of flee announces. The Italians are said to have surrendered. The German statement says the Teuton forces liavc advanced from Hclluno down the river Piave and are standing before Icltre. Home. Xov. 12.—Tin' Italians have resisted the enemy every where on the northern front, along which the Auslrians are attempting to outflank the Italian river line, the war office reports. On the plain there is hrisk tiring across the Piave River. Italian resistance Is stiffening along the Piave line and in the So gana valley the Austro-German pro gress is slowing tip. The invaders have not been able to cross the Piave from around Feltre to the Adriatic. The Vidor bridgehead, on the eastern bank of the river, was defended stubbornly by the Italians, who final ly retired across the river after blow ing up the bridge. Violent fighting is in progress around Asiago and the Setti com muni, to the west. Berlin reports some progress on the Setti communi and in the Sugana valley, but against strong Italian resistance. East of Asiago the Italians in a desperate charge were able to recapture posi tions from the invaders and in the Sugana valley near the Austro-Ital ian border they captured an enemy advance guard. The permanence of the Piave line depends mostly on the success or failure of the Austro-German blow in the Asiago region, military observ ers think. If the invaders can be held in the north, the Troviso hills along the middle Piave will help the Ital ians in checking an advance across the river. Further Austro-German advances from the north might make the Piave line untenable and Venice I and Treviso probably would have to be given up to the enemy with .a fur ther retirement either to the Brenta or the Cartige. However, the Italians are fighting hard and the German progress Saturday and Sunday ap parently was appreciably slower. In France there has been little fighting activity of moment. The Germans have failed to counterattack in an attempt to regain the Pass chendaele ridge, whose capture has been completed by the British. In Palestine the British advance con tinues. More villages and additional j prisoners have beet) lost by the ' Turks. King Victor Calls on Italy to Give All For Victory i Rome, Xov. 12.—King Victor Em i manuel has issued a stirring appeal I to the nation, saying that the enemy, | thanks to an extraordinary combina , tion of circumstances, has been able to concentrate all his efforts against Italy. The Austrian army, defeated | in every struggle for thirty months, i his Majesty declares, obtained nu | inerous seasoned German reinforce ! ments. "Italians, citizens and soldiers," says the appeal, "be one single army. Every act of cowardice is treachery. Every disorder, every recrimination, is treachery. "To the enemy, who counts less on a military victory than on weaken ing our spirit and on our passivity, let us reply with one voice that all are ready to give all for victory and the honor of Italy." The proclamation is signed by the members of the cabinet as well as by the King. Hardscrabble Appeals to Be Heard December 10 President Judge George Kunkel to-day set the week of December 10 for trial of all the Hardscrabble cases in which property owners on the west side of Front street appealed from the awards of damages by the board of viewers. in calling the cases to have coun sel for the various plaintiffs stato whether it will be convenient to try the Issues then, sumo of the attor neys were not present. Unless a pe tition is made for continuance, how ever, all the cases will be heard then. It is probable that the jury for the session of common pleas court next week will be retained to hear the Hardscrabble appeals. HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12, 1917 ALL AMERICANS MUST HELP WIN WAR, PRESIDENT TELLS WORKMEN Co-operation Is Needed to Make World's Peace Safe, Nation's Chief Executive Declares Before Union GERMANY BEGAN THE WAR ON CIVILIZATION Nobody Shall Be Permitted to Stand in Nation's Path; Wilson Would Deport Critics Who Hinder By Associated Press Auditorium, Buffalo, X. Y., Nov. 12. President Wilson made a personal and eloquent appeal here to-day for the full support of organized labor for the government in the conduct of the war. Speaking before the annual convention of the American Federation of Labor lie declared the war could not be won unless all factions unite in a common cause, sinking their differences. The President paid warm tribute to Samuel Gompers. president of the federation, and virtually called upon the fed eration to give him united sup port. He denounced pacifists and critics. He appealed for co operation. Discussing Germany the President declared flatly that Germany had started the war and that he was willing to await the Verdict of his tory on that statement. New instrumentalities for better co-operation between labor and capi tal was one. statement by the Presi dent which was of prime interest to the convention. The President referred to the present war "as the last decisive issue between the old principles of power and the new principle of freedom. "I believe," he said, "that the spirit of freedom can get into the hearts of Germans and find as fine a. welcome there as it can find in any other heart. But the spirit of freedom does not suit the plans of the pan-Germans. Power cannot be used with concentrated force against free peoples if it is used bv free people. "You know," he. continued, "how many intimations came to us from one .->f the central powers that it is more anxious for peace than the chief central power, and you know that it means that the people in that central power know that if the war ends as it stands, they will in effect themselves be vassals of Germany notwithstanding that their popula tions are compounded of all the peo ple of that part of the world, and notwithstanding the fact that they do not wish in their pride and proper spirit of nationality to be absorbed and dominated." Referring to Russia, the President said: "May I not say it is amazing that any group of people should be so ill-informed as to sup pose as some groups of Russia ap parently suppose that any reform planned in the interest of the peo ple can live in the presence of a Germany powerful enough to un dermine or overthrow them by in trigue or force. Any body of free men that compound with the Ger- Safe in Jail After Making Many Escapes William Savercool is in lail await ing the arrival of an officer from Rititz who will take him to that place charged with trying to break Into a distillery there. Savercool was arrested last Thursday night when he was caught trying to break into a cellar window of the distillery. A Lltitz constable who arrested him handcuffed one wrist, holding the other bracelet, as he walked him to Jail. In this manner Savercool made his escape, still handcuffed. He wan apprehended again Friday in Sible town, still handeufTed. At the prison he feigned such illness that it was necessary to send him to the hospital with orders to be guarded. He es caped from the hospital last night and was again arrested in the upper end of town. Ho is now locked up awaiting the arrival of an officer to take him back to Lltitz. Savercool was sent to the hospital with the handcuffs on one wrist and when apprehended again was not wearing them. It Is not known how he freed himself of them, 2VOTFII IIVVICNTOIt DIBS By Associated Press Newton, Mass., Nov, 12. Freder ick W. Cole, Inventor of many devices used In fire alarm systems through out the country, died at his home here yesterday. Ho was <0 years old. IN BALANCE; ONL Y FOR "ONWARD WITH GOD" ft 1. T* UPPER END SETS PACE FOR WHOLE CENTRAL PENNA. Sonic of Districts Arc Already Beyond Their Quotas; En thusiastic Meetings The upper end of Dauphin county is setting the pace for the whole Cen tral Pennsylvania district in the mat ter of filling its quota for the Y. M. C A. and the Y. W. C. A. war work campaign which starts this week. Some of the districts already have more than equaled their quota and say they have not yet begun to work. At Curtin, with Walter Deibler, student of Annville college, in charge, Reigle's Sunday school yesterday, with 41 present, gave $54.50 to the fund, the quota for that town being only S2O. At Berrysburg James E. Lentz, chairman for the uppor end, and Mr. Deibler spoke at the Sun day school sessions yesterday and in the Methodist Sunday school raised [Continued on Page ll.] Tech Senior Appointed Midshipman at Annapolis Announcement was made to-day by Congressman A. S. lvreider that George iler Fisher, a Technical High senior has received the appointment to Annapolis from this district. Fisher is the son of W. L.. Fisher, of Enola. The appointment comes about by reason of an act of Congress, author izing an extra appointment for each congressional district, to fill the gaps in the academy owing to the early graduation of the upper classes as a war emergency. Maurice E. Boate and Harold C. Fry, Carlisle, are first and second alternatives. Fisher has been employed In the editorial rooms of the Harrlsburg Telegraph during his school vacations. /' \ False Reports Are Started by Germans AH manner of false reports of treason in high places at Wash ington aro afloat. Tlicy have Itcen started by Pro-Germans to chuso mistrust of tlx* Vnitcd State* government by tlio people. There Is no truth in any tales of tlie kind. The Telegraph has la-en asked concerning many of tlietn and Investigation at Wash ington show tliein to he lies out or tlio whole elotli. Tliey wore, started by Germans and anybody who helps circulate them is no friend* of the government. Outline of What "Y" Will Accomplish With Fund Drive Will Give The following statement with regard to the work of the Young Men's Christian Association in the war has been issued by Sherwood Eddy, associate general secretary of the international committee: "The V. M. C. A. has been chosen by the Government as the agent or arm of the nation to minister to the physical, social and moral needs of the men in the armies, together with one or two other organizations. -In France there are two organizations working for the soldiers—the Bed Cross and tile Red Triangle of the Y. M. C. A. The former cares for all the wounded who are carried to the rear. The latter cares for the walking wounded, lighting men, the welfare work of the allied armies of France, Italy and Hus sia and the six million prisoners of war—a total of 24,000,000 men in all. calling for a total budget of $35:000,000 or an average of $1.50 per soldier. "The Y. M, C. A. works on broad lines. It is open to those of all creeds. It seeks to evangelize, but never to proselytize, and to hold every man true to his God. his church, his faith, his home and his best self. Here is an oppor tunity for us to present a com mon front and to serve the need of our common humanity." Five Important Places to Be Filled by Counci When Council reorganizes on the first Monday in January, in addition to two new members—Dr. Samuel F. Hassler and Charles W. Burtnett —taking office, there will be five im portant appointive offices to be filled. These are the ones held by City Assessor James C. Thompson, City Treasurer Harry F. Oves, City En gineer M. B. Cowden, City Clerk B. Boss Seaman and City Solicitor John E. Fox. It is understood tho holders are all candidates for re-election. It will be the lirst time that a mayor in Harrisburg, elected by the voters of the city, will have under him a police department under civil service. While the civil service law was in effect when Mayor J. William Bowman took office, he was appointed by the court and will serve only until the official elections re turns of last Tuesday are certified. David Tuff Marks Up $299.98 on Debit Side When David Tuft, charged with selling and offering for sale punch boards, balances up accounts at the end of the year, he will have a little item on the debit side of his books reading something like this: "F!ne3 and costs in payment of sentence on plea of guilty to three charges of selling gambling devices, $299.8." Tuff was called for sentence to day by Assistant District Attorney Robert T. Fox. Judge S. J. M. Mc- Carrell fined him $75 and costs on each of the three charges preferred against him. Chief of Police Wetzel and Detective Shuler were the chief witnesses. SOLDIER VOTE TO BE DELAYED UNTIL NOV. 23 Judge Kunkel Rules Against Early Count of Camp Returns The official returns of the soldier vote cast by the men in army camps throughout the country, for candi dates in Itarrisburg and Dauphin county, will not be opened and of ficially computed until Friday, No vember 23. President Judge George Kunkel, presiding at the official count in court of the returns from the 124 city and county districts, made this statement to-day just as the worK was nearing completion. But for slight errors in returns from three county districts this tedious tasK could have been finished to-day. Three boards were notified to ap pear before the court. The election officials from the Fifth precinct, Swatara township, appeared this aft ernoon to rectify their errors, while the boards from East ward, Wll liamstown, and West Londonderry township will appear to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. In deciding when the soldier voto will be counted, Judge Kunkel stated it was the only recourse for the court as the act under which the ballots were taken provides that they cannot be officially tabulated until the third Friday after the general election, which will be November 23. This decision will mean that Fred L. Morgenthaler, elected by a big majority to serve out the unexpired term of the late City Commissioner Harry F. Bowman, probably will not receive his certificate of election for several days after November 23, cut ting his term of office to scarcely more than a month. It also will pre vent Daniel L. Keister from becom ing Mayor for about two weeks. The tally clerks who are tabulating the voto cannot make any totals un til the soldier vote is opened and added to the figures already copied. There have beer no changes in the majorities which Mr. Keister holds over George A. Hoverter, the other majoralty candidate, and Jaiob Eck inger, the Republican candidate for coroner, over Dr. G. Willis Ilartman, his Democratic opponent. Coal Situation Well in Hand in Dauphin County A meeting of the Dauphin County Fuel Administration took place this afternoon in the office of Walter P. Masulre. A large amount of work was disposed of. There Have been no serious complaints made to the commission yet, and Fuel Adminis trator Hlckok says the situation here is well in hand. One of the additional two members to be added to the committee was selected to day. S. S. Pick, a merchant, of Mlllersburg, is the man selected to aid on the commission. Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION STANDARD PRICE FOR'WAR BREAD' 7 CENTS A POUND Large Saving in Sugar, Lard, Milk and Wheat Flour Is Planned MAY CUT OUT WRAPPERS Hoover Calls For Use of Less Expensive Material in Bakeries Following an announcement ■ to day by the federal food administra tion of new bread regulations aimed greatly to reduce the price of bread, leading bakers here said that there is no fear of a bread famine although they cannot see how they can eieet the prices unless the tuatily is greatly cut. Food Administrator Hoover to-day outlined the plan for "war bread" as follows: A standard loaf, with one pound as the basic minimum. Price to be competitive, with Mr. Hoover estimating it to be about seven cents a pound at ."cash-and-carry" stores and nine and ten cents at "credit-and-dc livery" stores. ..Prices are based on flour at sll a barrel. Bakers are forbidden to ac cept returned bread from retail ers, which will result in an an nual saving of COO,OOO barrels of flour. Curtailment of the use of sugar in bread making by 50 per cent, an annual saving of about 100,000,000 pounds of sugar. Substitution of vegetable oils' for lard and a reduction of 33 1-3 per cent in all shortening, entailing a conservation of 100,- 000.000 pounds of lard annually. Limitation of milk used in bread making to skimmed milk. Another factor will be the estab lishment of "trade at the door" by big bakers to eliminate 33 per cent [Continued on Page 5] 1 PATROLBOAT ASHORE ''f T 1 * *" Xr.ounced to-day that a patrolboat had gone ashore in ' ♦> No one was injured, so far as reports received \ /.] ▼show and efforts to refloat the. vessel were begun at *'.* ionce. ( '' J TURKS TO MAKE STAND 4 - 4* 4 Xretreating before the British advance in Southern Pales- Tj.tine are organizing for defense in the vicinity of Hebron, V Ai'about 20 miles southwest of Jerusalem, says an official J, ▼••tatemtnt to-day. British mounted troops are continuing *•' X 4 '• 7. DIE WITHIN HOUR OF EACH OTHER *f. A Reading, Pa., Nov. 12.—Horace Roland, prominent ,'• Xtesident/of this city and a leading member of the Berks ' ! bar, and his wife, died within an hour of each f§ Tother this morning. Mr. Roland had been in ill health V> Tfor some time and recently had an operation performed. $ | 2 SOLDIERS KILLED IN WRECK >£ ♦ Denver, Col., Nov, 12.—Three soldiers were killed * 4* * jjjnear Sotopaxi, Colo., according to a message received <1 iby the Denver and Rio Grande railroad officials here. The K' Jjrroops were said to be traveling east from Utah. J jb STRIKE BREAKERS BEATEN *'• JJ Houston, Tex., Nov. 12.—The first tnouble of the oil Meld workers' strike was reported to-day, seven strike V Lbreakers in the Goose Creek field having been attacked * lucers in the field have asked that mar- tial 3. v be declared. J} HOVERTER 11, KEISTER 0 * J The 103 d Ammunition Train, it was leaded this aft- ernon gave for Mayor, 11 votes, Keister 0. '♦>; |l' ( 4 , 4 ,Keister still maintains a lead. ' * * Washington, Nov. 12.—The Interstate Commerce I Commission, the Supreme Court held to-day, has author Jity to compel railroads to establish thresh i and • , _ *,• • I :: 4* GREAT DRIVE FOR Y.M.C.A.WARFUND NOW UNDER WAY Campaign For Much-Needed Work Opens in Conjunc tion With Y. W. C. A. MERCHANTS HELP CAUSE Central Pennsylvania Will Meet Its Quota, Busi nessmen Believe Final plans for the T. M. C. A. war fund campaign were perfected this morning, and the work will be launched in two meetings, one this afternoo.i and one this evening. Everything now is in readiness for the drive which is to be made ir conjunction with the Y. W. C. A campaign. ,• Mrs. John R. Meigs, wife of the headmaster of the Hill School, Potts town, addressed the women worker of the campaign in a meeting at the Civic Club house. Front and North streets, at 1.30 this afternoon. Ed ward W. Bok, editor of the Indies Home Journal, Mrs. John Meigs and Mrs. Robert E. Speer, or Englewood N. J., will address a meeting, follow ing a supper in the Board of Trad' Building, this evening at 6.30. ai \yhich the men and women worker of the city will be present. At tin afternoon meeting, delegates fron the thirteen counties of the V. W C. A. district, were present and wil confer on their final plans. The teams of men and women wil begin their work to-morrow mornin [Continued on Pac o.] Miller and Anthony Expected at Rockviev By Associated Press Bellefonte, Pa., Nov. 12.—For tl I murder of John 1,. Beisser. a railros: ' policeman, near Carlisle, in October | 1916. Archie Miller and James Ar ithon.v, both Southern negroes, we: I electrocuted at the Rockview pen Itentiary to-day. They were convict' in the Cumberland county court lr. I February.
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