Furtker Casualties Result From Artillery Fighting in Sector Held by U. S. Boys in France % HARRISBURG tSSljill TELEGRAPH M LXXXVI— No. 276 16 PAGES PREMIER FLEES 'WHEN DESERTED BY HIS ARMY Kerensky, Head of Russians Provisional Government, Re ported to Be in Flight; Whereabouts Unknown in Petrograd; Bolsheviki Control Moscow; Cossack Leader Approaches City With Relief For Premier's Forces; Thousands Killed Defeated in battle by the Bolsheviki and deserted by most of his own officers and men, Premier Kerensky is in flight and his whereabouts i~; unknown in Petrograd. The head of Russia's provisional government was about to surrender to the Maximalists under coercion when lie disappeared. In Moscow the tide apparently lias turned and the Bolsheviki are in control of the ancient Russian capital, with the forces of the provisional government besieged in the Kremlin. Heavy artiHen- is being used against the historic walls. Between 2.000 and 5,000 persons have been killed in Moscow since the outbreak of the revolt, lieneral Kaledines, leader of the Cossacks, is reported approaching the city with relief for the Kerensky forces. Previous to his sudden flight Premier Kerensky had seen his force, mostly Cossacks, defeated by the Bolsheviki near Tsarskoe Selo. which is now in the hands of the revolutionists. The Bol sheviki troops were commanded by members of the old aristo cracy and former armv officers. Disguised as Sailor Leader Flees to Escape Arrest by Own Officers By Associated Press Petrograd. Nov. 17.—General Duk honin has assumed temporarily the . post of commander-in-chief or the Kerensky forces following the dis appearance of Premier Kerensky who is reported to have fled disguised as a sailor. Premier Kerensky when told his officers were against him and the men v.ere at the point of deserting, agreed to come to Petrograd, but while a guard was being arranged he disappeared. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon I called the quarters of the comman k|i er-in-chief, said General Krasnoff. ~'He appeared nervous and excited. Claims Betrayal " 'General,' said he, 'you have be trayed me. Your Cossacks say they will arrest me and give me up to the sailors.' "'Yes, I answered, 'such a discus sion is now going on. There appears to be little sympathy for you.' "'Do the officers feel the same way?' he asked. " 'Ves.' "'What shall I do? Will I have to commit suicide?' " 'lf you are an honest man you will go to Petrograd under a white flag and appear before the revolu tionary committee, where you will negotiate as head of the govern ment.' Disguised as Sailor "Kerensky agreed to this and he was promised a guard. He objected to a guard of sailors on the ground that some enemies were among them. He wanted to wait until night but Anally agreed to make the trip bvi daylight. I went and called Colonel l Kishkoff. of the Tenth Don Cossarksi and ordered him to appoint a guard of eight men. A half hour later the Cossacks told me that Keren-I sky could not be found. I raised the! alarm thinking that he could not! have left Gatcliina." M. Bibenko, member of the com- ■ mittee on war and marine, has re-1 ported to the Workmen's and Sol diers' Congress that Kerenskv fled 1 garbed as a sailor. Before Keren-! sky's flight. Bibenko said he talked to the Cossacks and found they were' willing to come to an agreement with the Maximalists, only the offi- 1 cers being opposed. He said that he 1 had promised the Cossacks that they would be released and possibly be allowed to retain their mounts and guns and to return to the Don re- j gion. Bibenko denied that Michael Tto manoff, the former Grand Duke Michael Alexanderovitch, was with Kerensky. He denied also that Gen- J eral Korniloff had escaped from prison. THE WEATHER For IfnrrWbiirg nnd vlclailtys Fair to-night nnd Sunday: not much change in temperature, lowest to-night about degrees For Hantern I'ennxylvuninj Fair t*-nlght nnd Sunday; Utile change in temperature; gentle wind*, moMly went. River The Suc|iiehnnnn river and nil lt branehe* will fall Nlowly or re main NtMtlonar). A *tage of about 4.25 feet IN Indicated for HnrrlMburg; Sunday morning. General Condition* I'reHnare In low over .\ew Kng land and relatively low In the Mates along the northern border t from Minnesota ea*twnnl to the Atlantic. It Hun continued to IncreaNe and In now abnormally high *ve*t of the Hocky Moun tain*. The . outhern high preN- Niire area eat of the Rocky MonntalnN In now central over Tea neNNee. Temperaturet 8 a. m., 42. Sum Rlncn, 0:50 a. m.; Net*, 4:45 p. m. Mooni Flrat quarter, November 21. River Stage: 4.5 feet above low water murk. VeNierdtiy'* Weather HlgheNt temperature, 40. I'Ow e*t temperature. 41. Mean temperature, 44. formal temperature, 4-, No Enthusiasm For Kerensky' s Government; Long For Real Leader By Associated Press ; London. Nov. IT. Nowhere throughout a journey from the Cau casus to Petrograd. did a correspond- I ent of the Daily Telegraph hear a J word of sympathy for Premier I" r i ensky The educated passengers he met, he says in a dispatch sent from ' Petrograd Monday, were infuriated at Kerensky's laxity in permitting the Bolsheviki agithtion and soldi rs were ;indignant that the Premier i was unable to maintain authority 'and order. Railway men. the corre spondent adds, said that Kerenskv and I.enine and Trotzky. the Rolshe viki leaders, all ought to be thrown into the Neva. ! For the provisional government nowhere was there a spark of en ; thusiasm. he adds, as it was felt to j have deserved its fate. Everywhere, j however, the correspondent found a longing for real order and real au thority and for somebody who would i save Russia from trouble. I A few days before the Don Cos- I sacks rose, backed by the Cossacks I in the porvinces of Kuban and As trakahan. the Kalmuks of the ! Steppes and the mountain tribes of | Daghestan and the Black Sea coast j had formed a league of autonomous | units with a common federal govern | inent over the whole territory north | of the Caucasus, between the Caspian land the Black seas. The existence of j this league, the correspondent says, i guarantees complete order in that territory, which includes the rich est granery in Europe. General Kaledines' government, on November S. declared martial law in : the disturbed mining area in the Don j basin and it was declared the miners j had resumed work. • I'rom Rostov onward, the corre [Contintict! on Page 2.] Petrograd Banks Close as Lenine Presents Check By Associated Press Washington. D. C.. Nov. XT. The j only advices on the Russian situation , reaching the State Department to | day came from Stockholm and were , a resume of gossip printed in the newspapers there. They made no mention of the defeat of Kerensky's | forces recorded in Petrograd news ! dispatches. | The most interesting thing in the | dispatches was the statement that I when Benine, premier of the Bol sheviki government presented his I personal check for one hundred mil j lion roubles and demanded payment. ! all the banks in Petrograd promptly j closed. Competent Officers Lead Maximalist Revolt By Associated Press Petrograd. Wednesday, Nov. 14. The battle in which Premier Ker ensky was defeated began last Sat urday and continued until Monday night, according to the commander in-chief or the Bolsheviki staff. The Premier had five thousand Cossacks and several hundred mili tary cadets with considerable artil lery. The Maxamilist force included four guard regiments, several bat- j talions of sailors and numerous de- | tachments of the Red Guard. Many of the Bolsheviki were wour\ded and a few were killed. The Cossacks in Kerensky's force once attempted a charge near Tsarskoe-Selo, but suffered heavy losses, after which they retired into the town. The Maximalists now hold Tsarskoe-Selo. The correspondent of the Associ ated Press visited the scene of the fighting to-day and was surprised to find aristocratic officers command ing the Bolsheviki. One of them who was a explained they were disappointed VNth Kerensky. who first destroyed discipline in the army and were against him above all. ' j IMPOSTKKS COI.I.KCT KI VI) That a man and a woman passing themselves off as collectors for the Florence Crittenden Home for thf* Friendless in the city markets ai" Imposlcis was reported to-day to the I police department. THE DOCTOR . , i ■ ' '*=■■ * • ,,v "•* — — RAUNICK WARNS AGAINST TIPPING ASH COLLECTORS City Health Officer Asks That Householders Aid in Clean ing Up the City Dr. J. M. J. Raunick, city health officer, to-day declared that unless householders stop giving tips to em ployes of the Pennsylvania Reduc tion Company there will be no com plete remedy for existing conditions. Dr. Raunick, who has been author ized by Council to straighten out the collection muddle, is doing his level l>est to bring order out of chaos, but lie didn't hesitate to say to-day that the tipping must stop. ! The Telegraph printed a story this week of how many of those em ployes are holding the people up for extra compensation, positively refus ing to remove their ashes and gar bage unless they are paid extra to do so. Pr. Raunick to-day said that in one block where the men of the con tractors had covered a district, the extra wagons of the city responding to complaints had themselves gath ered a large truck load from prem ises which the regular contractors had not even visited. Strict inspection would probably put a stop to the practice it was said in city circles, however, it was gen erally conceded that it is up to the people themselves to refuse to give gratuities to men paid under a city contract. Dr. Raunick to-day asked house holders to report promptly to the city health bureau immediately any case where the collectors refuse to take away the refuse. Overflowing garbage cans and tons of ashes must lead Inevitably, it was pointed out. to an ujnvholesoine r.nd unsanitary city. Prompt action now will prevent more serious trouble hereafter. Women, according to to day's report, who have urged the regular collectors to remove garbage and ashes have frequently been in sulted as it is a common practice of these impudent employes to demand a lunch and in the absence of a tip to leave the accumulated garbage and ashes on the premises. Auguste. Rodin, Famous Sculptor, Dead at 77 Paris. Nov. 17. Auguste Rodin, the famous sculptor, is dead. Auguste Rodin struggled fifty years against poverty ana abuse and ridicule for his unconventional ideas before he achieved undisputed cele brity as one of the most famous sculptors of the world. Continuing his work until past his seventy-fifth year, he had, however, notwithstand ing those early handicaps, still time to enrich the world with innumerable examples of his Impressionistic, in spirational works, which arc prized both In Europe and America. Born in Paris In 1840, of wretch edly poor parents, he was first heard of in 1804, when, after a short time spent in studying under Barye, he sent his mask "The Man With the Broken Nose" to the Salon. Al though this interesting head con tained the germ of all that was great in his later work. It was refused, and his poverty obliged him' to spend the next six years In the drudgery of an artist's assistant. 12 rim: KIUIITRII* III' 11 \KI) Allendale. N. J., Nov. 17. —• Twelve mountaineers were burned to death >esterday while lighting a forest fire In the Kamapo mountains, near here. A veering wind swept the flames In a circle about them. Three hundred men vainly fought the names to reach the imprisoned mountaineers. HARRISBURG, PA.,SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 17, 1917 COLLEGE RIVALS WITNESS ANNUAL GRIDIRON FRAY Student Bodies From Gettys burg and Bucknell Chc'er Football Teams at Island Bucknell Gettysburg' Hall, 1. e. Houtz, 1. e. Kline, 1. t. Thompson, 1. t. Boswell, 1. g. Fisher, 1. g. Smith, c. Newcome, c. Elliott, r. g. Marcus, r. g. Xewcomoe, r. t. Oyler, r. t. Freeble, r. e. Gllliland, r. e. Waddell. b. Moyer, q. b. Morrison, 1 h. b. Hamil, 1. li. Spotts, rh. b. Seheffer, r. h. b. Lewis, f. b. Phillips, f. b. Officials Referee—Eberle, Swarthmore. Umpire—Ryan. Michigan. Linesman—Saul, Otterbein. Ideal football weather. ! College day in Harrisburg. ' Annual classic battle between : Gettysburg and Bucknell college ■ elevens. i All roads led to Harrisbuj-g to | day. Then the route was to Island ! Park. Record breaking crowds were [Continued on Page 13.] Recruiting Officers Believe an Attempt Was Made to Poison Them Officers in charge of the local shb- I station recruiting office arc of the belief that an attempt was made to poison them yesterday morning. > According to Sergeant <'. B. I.as •• a young man stepped into the j office and handed cigars around. Two | recruiting officers and a civilian in f . "nice at the time accepted them. ; All three felt the effect of the cigars i later in the day. The officers after taking several inhalations of the present felt sick and immediately threw them away. When handing the cigars to the men the young man Laid he did not like cigars and proceeded to smoke a cigaret After acting rather sus piciously he walked out. 11.- has not been seen since. Brotherhoods Not Agreed on Policy, Is Statement New York Nov. 17.—The railroads' attitude on the proposed demands of the Big 1 our railway brotherhoods for increases in wages amounting to $109,000,000 was the subject of H ?on ;s^?," CP to-day between Judge \\ illianiL,. Chambers, chairman of the 1 nited States Board of Mediation and Conciliation and the National Con ference Committee of the railroads. n well-informed circles it was stated that the railroads will offer to sub mit the question to arbitration Judge Chambers, who came here last night from ashington, issued a statement emphasizing that the brotherhoods had not yet agreed there would be no strike, nor had thev agreed to arbitration. Congressmen in France Have Narrow Escape By Associated Press British Front In Belgium, Nov 16 —Five members of the party of American congressmen and pri< ate citizens who spent yesterday and part of to-day visiting the Belgian war zone, had a narrow escape troYn death or Injury this morning when they were caught In a sudden burst of German machine gun fire while Inspecting the front line trenches near Dix nuUe. UPPER END GIVES 228 VOLUNTEERS TO U. S. FORCES Patriotic Committee Elated | at Response of Young Men to Nation's Call | The co-operation of thousands of j citizens, speeded up by energetic | committees, has resulted in the fur ' uishing to-day to Colonel Sweeney, j of the state draft board, a complete | list of volunteers who call the "up ; per end" their home. The volunteers, I -28 in number, are from Williams town. Wiconisco, Lykens, Loyal ton, Gretz, Berrysburg, Pillow. Elizabeth villt, Milleisburg, Halifax. Fisher ville, Matamorus, Knterline and Jacksonville. Thousands of pamphlets were scat tered over the upper end, hundreds ot committeemen hustled through the country preaching the urgency of everybody helping to get this data together. "If you fail now," they warned, "then forever after hold ! your peace. Don't then say that an other district got out of the draft |by appropriating the patriotism ol j the upper end boys. Hurry, furnish ! the name, about when and where en j listed, and what branch of the serv ice." When the bulky report was made it was immediately seen that the up per end must have been a hive of [Continued 011 Page ■!.] Count of Soldier Vote Shows Keister Is Elected; Eckinger Has Safe Lead 1 While the ofllcial returns of the I soldier vote on file at the office of | Prothonotary Henry F. Holler will not be opened until next Friday, the returns as made at the office of the Secretary of the- Commonwealth have been computed and indicate that Dan iel L Keister's majority for mayor is 43; while Jacob Eckinger, repub lican candidate for coroner, has a majority of 104 votes. George A. Hoverter, opposing Mr. Keister for mayor, lost the city by ninety-three votes, but received a majority of fifty in the soldier re turns. Eckinger list the city and county by 127 votes, verified but un official returns show, but received a majority of 231 soldier votes over Dr. G. Willis Hartman. his Demo cratic opponent. The returns on file at the Capitol follow; —Mayor— —Coroner— Hover- Keis- Eckin- Hart . Camp— ter ter inger man Hancock ... 147 94 193 6f) Meade 3 4 lis 21 Oglethorpe.. *378 Grant ft 1 8 t. Gordon .... ft ft 18 1 j Totten 1 7 7 0 1 Totals ... 159 109 339 108 PEKING CABINET RESIGNS By Associated Press Peking, Friday, Nov. 16.—The en tire cabinet resigned with Premier Tunn Chl-Jul to-day and it is con sidered probable that President Feng Kwo Chang will accept the resigna tions. Hsu Shth Chang, former prime minister, is expected to be named premier to form a coalition cabinet giving southern and central China representation, AMERICANS DIE i IN SHELLING OF BATTLE FRONT Two Casualties Are Reported When Shrapnel Drops in Front Line Trenches SHELL HITS U. S. Cil'N Troops Witness First Aerial Encounter; Enemy Plane Put to Flight With the American Army in j France, Friday, Nov. 16 (Uy the | Associated Press) The artillery j lighting in the sector held by Am erican troops has become more lively and there have been further casual- j ties, shrapnel wounding some men in the trenches. An enemy shell hit an American Run to-day and caused casualties, j Some of the men wounded in the last two days have died. The American batteries have been > tiring rapidly in return. The 1 visibility is becoming better, and it! is considered certain that more j damage and casualties have been caused in the German lines than the j Germans have inflicted on the Ain- i ericans. Patrolling continued actively last , night. The American troops witnessed j their first aerial encounter to-day. Three enemy airplanes appeared' over head. Soon all of them except one fled at the approach of tlve French machines. One of the French out-maneuvered this German and "got on his tail." The German aviator then bolted. The rattle of machine guns finally died away as the two airplanes disappeared to the west. The French general commanding the sector has mentioned in the dis patches fifteen American officers and j soldiers, including three who were• killed, for excellent military quali- ! ties and for bravery displayed in the I recent trench raid. A note accom-1 panylng the citations says that be-! tween 8.000 and 'IO.OOO shells were I used in the attack, which had been ! in preparation for three months, down to the finest details. The re-1 j suits obtained by the enemy were ! very small, he having been unable j to penetrate more than the first line trenches because of the resistance ■of the American soldiers with rifle land pistol fire and hand The enemy had to content himself, the citation continues, with carrj l ing off a few prisoners. Barred Zones Extended; Aliens Must Register By Associated Press Washington. Nov. 17.—Drastic reg ulations governing the conduct of all enemy aliens within the border of the United States are provided in a proclamation to be issued by Pres ident Wilson probably late to-duy. It is expected aliens will be re quired to register and that barred ! zones will be extended widely. Frequent fires and explosions, in volving the destruction of millions j -urn JBAV AIQCNIBA jo IOJO.W. .s-iuilop JO j terials are attributed to enemy .-Agents anxious to hinder the nation's war j preparations. A registration system drawn i.p ; by the Department of Justice pro vides for constant supervision over j all enemy aliens. The establishment j of the plan, now in use in every Eu | ropean country, would serve to check the activities of those inimical to the i interest of this government. Three Boys Are Sent to Corrective Institutions Five juvenile offenders were ar raigned before Judge McCarrell to day. Three of the youngsters were Committed to Glen Mills and the i Darlington schools. The other two l were released on parole. Theodore j Fletcher, one of the boys sent to | Glen Mills, was charged with taking a pocketbook from a stall in market. William Anderson, also sent to Glen Mills, was held for truancy, and also 1 had been before the court on a | charge of felonious entry and lar i ceny. Robert Hrown, who was held ! with him on the latter charge, was | sent to Darlington. • French to Build 20 Ships For U. S. Gov't By Associated Press Washington, Nov. 17. The ship ! ping board has approved the huild j ing of twenty 4,000-ton nonsinkable ships by the French government in the United States. By so doing it has waived the rule that no foreign construction should be permitted at | ihis time. The nonsinkable ship developed by French experts, is said to have withstood torpedo attacks in a test in which four shots were tired into the hull and the only effect was to destroy the cargo immediately sur rounding the point of attack. Governor's Troop Again Put on Cavalry Service A letter received to-day from j Troop Clerk liichard F. Hanier, for- i merly "Governor's Troop, states that: all the members of the troop are again in the cavalry service, after' being in the artillery service for two | weeks. They have their ol i officers, Cap tain Roberts and Lieutenants Kilns and Shoemaker am' are now known as Troop C, 101 st V. 8. Cavalry and are now the only National Guard regiment of cavalry in the country They are back in. their old quar ters at Camp Hancock but have orders to recruit the regiment to full war strength and then expect to be sent, to Texas as they lia'*e aot roo.n enough for drill at Camp Hancock, Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION ITALIANS HALT TEUTON DRIVE ON PIAVE RIVER Nowhere Has Line Been Pen etrated by Jnvader For Important Gains ENEMY PRESSURE STRONG Huns Checked by Opening of Floodgates; Seventy Square Miles Inundated Rome. Nov. 17.—The (ieriiinii troops wliitii forced a crossing ol the l'iave river at Zensoii are being pressed hack steadily by the Italians, it is announced of ficially. In other sectors nearly 1,000 prisoners have been taken. From Lake Garda to the Adriatic sea over the Asiago plateau and down the Piave Valley, the Italians arc holding the Austro-Germans in check. Nowhere has the Italian line been penetrated for important gains, although the enemy pressure is very strong. Teutonic attacks have been repulsed with heavy losses every where in the mountainous region ex cept around Cisrnon, in the Sugana Valley, northeast of Asiago. The intense artillery duel con tinues along the Piave. The invad ers have been unable to make fur ther crossings of the river. At the river's mouth the enemy advance lias been held up, if not stopped com pletely, through the Italian action in opening the lloodgates ot' the Piave and Sile rivers, resulting in the Inun dation of seventy square miles of terrain. Attempts to cross the river further north have been defeated by the Italians. The Teutonic force which crossed at Zanson is held on the river's bank by the .Italians. In the other war theaters thsre has been no intensive lighting. French attempt to cross the Ailette river, southwest of I.aon, Berlin re ports, was repulsed. The French reached the northern bank of the stream, but a German counterattack threw them back to their original position on the southern side. I $ r !$• X KING GIVES VILLA TO REFUGEES T- X Washington, Nov. 17.—King Victor Emanuel, official 4j. advices to-day from Rome says, has turned over his royal ♦.* e| villa of Monza to refuges from the invaded regions. The * . T- dispatches also tell pf the bestowal of the highly prized L gold medal on officers" for deeds of extraordinary heroism. 4 - 4 * - 4 MARINE WORKERS GET INCREASE 4* * L New York, Nov. 17.—Increased wage schedules, . Tj gfanting in a large measure the demands of 7,000 workers *•' • in the port of New York, were announced here to-day by ♦ • the government board of arbitration appointed to decide # . y the issue between them and their employes. ♦ J. VILLA MOVES SOUTHWEST j* £ Presidio, Tex., Nov. 17. —A force of Villa cavalry was 5p X seen to leave Ojinaga to-day for the southwest, going in ■g the direction of La Mula pass. General Francisco Murigia f-' X is reported to be moving northeast to engage the Villa • •[- X forces. <*•' X BRITISH SUCCESSES CONTINUE jfc ▼ London, Nov. 17.—1n Flanders the British carried out a successful operation last evening in the Passchendaele q. ▼ Vea, taking more of the valuable ground on the main t * ridge north of the village. They effected a slight ad- ij- vance as well in the difficult low-lying terrain sloping off * to the west. 4- 5 BRITISH CHASE TEUTON WARSHIPS jjl T London, Nov. 17.—British light forces to-day engaged X German light cruisers off Helgoland, the British ad- 4, IT: miralty announced to-day. The German warships re- jf* |L tired and the British forces are now chasing them. |X GETTYSBURG 6, BUCKNELL 0 f X The score of the Gettysburg-Bucknell game, first T" 3 quarter, was 6-0, in favor of Gettysburg. J. T CENTRAL WINS 34 TO 13 J T HarrUburg.—Central High School defeated Harris- J 4 bur S Academy this morning'by a 34 to 13 score. The jL game w played on the Academy grounds before a large T mn; , f r , , ;• rf, t MARRIAGE LICENSES J 'i* 4- Snmui'l •:. CnU-hrnti mill llnnnoln Klnu. llnrrl*l>ur(Ei William _ ' SrhrlhuN, llHrrlnhurK. anil Irene Ilulicr, \\ urmlf)nlitirit i Jay C. • "r SnltMKltrr iinil l.olti 11. Hrtxler, llnrrlwliiirK; \\ nllrr I). lonrari nnil y- IsKtrlln M. rrjdfr, lloyaltoni llcrniiiii <>. Ilolllnicrr anil Krantrn l. J i ( iimmcl, llurrlxburK; I'liarlra J. Union :tn