ha es Matte Despem-; Effort to Hold Piave River Against Awtro-Gertnan Despoilers -1 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M &\)C Star-Jn&cpen&cnt ' LXXXVI— No. 278 16 PAGES HARD FIGHTING * MARKS BATTLE TO HOLD PIAVE Italian Forces Make Most Brilliant Stand Against Aus tro-Germans Who Seek to Smash Piava Line; Premier Kerensky Reported to Be With Loyal Troops; Food Probelms a Matter of First Importance in Petrograd By Associated Press Italian Headquarters in Northern Italy, Monday, Nov. 19. — The enemy is concentrating his attack on the north and very heavy fighting is in progress south of Quero, where large enemy masses arc attacking the Italian positions on Monte Tencra and Monte Tomba. lly Associated Press Italy's armies are holding firmly at tlie iHiint at prevent most vital to the preservation of the Piave river line. The* Aeistro-German attempts with heavy masses of trenips to drive southward along the* \ve*st bank of the* Piave from Qucro, ami thus outflank the lower river front have been cltcckeel by the heroic resistance of the* Italian troop* at the Memte Tomha-Monte Monfcnora line*. The reports from both the Rome anel Berlin war ollie*es to-day show this clearly. 11l tlie light ef ctiwnt state*- ments it appears probable* that the Austro-Gcrman elrive at MontaTomba which protects the? Italian right flank west of the? Piave. diel not re-seilt in tlie e'ap ture* of tlie entire* eminence as yesterday's oflieial report from Berlin indicated. The German KERENSKY WITH HIS ARMIES, IS REPORT By Associated Press Petrograd (Monday), Nov. 19.—Two army corps loyal to the Committee for the Salvation of Revolution, sta tioned at Luga. report that Premier Jverensky is with them. There is no Confirmation. Premier Kerensky is reported to be at Luga, ninety miles south of Petrograd. where two army corps loyal to the Committee o' the Salva tion of the Revolution, which is op posed to the Bolßheviki, are sta tioned. The Bolsheviki now hold the upper hand in Petrograd, Moscow and other large cities, but it is indi cated that the question of food sup plies now overshadows the political situation. Telegrams received in London show that the food problem is most pressing and that the men ace of famine has brought about a cessation of hostilities between the opposing factions, at least for the moment After the defeat of his forces at Gatchina. Premier Kerensky was faced with the proposed desertion of the bulk of his army. The pre mier was coerced into promising to surrender to the Bolsheviki govern ment, but while the guard was being termed he disappeared, disguised as a sailor. The Committee for the Salvation of the Revolution is op posed to the Bolsheviki regime in Petrograd and has protested against the order of arrest of Premier Ker ensky. Luga is on the Petrograd-Pskoft' Railway, about ninety miles south of Petrograd and sixty miles south of Gatchina. Cossack Leader Controls .. Bread and Coal Supply; Petrograd at His Mercy By rlssociated Press • Washington. Nov. 20.—Unofficial dispatches reaching the State De partment to-day from Tornea. on the Swedish frontier, say passengers ar riving thei-e from Russia declare :he Russian situation is controlled by General Kaladines. the Cossack rommander, who holds the country's - THE WEATHER] For llurrtsburK and vicinity! Fall to-nlKlit and Wednesday! not much rhfiiiKe In temperature. lon eat to-nlKht about 35 de- IE rem, Kur Eastern Pennsylvaniai Gen erally cloudy to-nlicht nnd Wed nesday, little chance In tem perature; entie to moderate shifting winds. Illver The Susqunehniiaa river nnd nil Ita branches Mill fall slowly or re main nearly stationary. A stnite of about 4.19 feet Is Indicated for HarrlsburK Wednesday morning. (■rnernl Conditions 'l'lie southern disturbance, now central over Ueorgla, has caused rain In the last twenty-four hours In the Middle and Kast (lUlf Mates and In Tennessee, tieorKla* South Carolina and Florida, the amounts helna mostly small except In Alabama, where the rainfall was moder ately In the vicinity of Mont- Kouiery, Tcmpcrnturei 8 a. m., 54. Bum Itlses, AiftO a. m.| sets, 4t43 p. m. Mooni First quarter, to-morrow. Illver Staicei 4.3 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather lllßhest temperature, 44. l.owest temperature, 3.1. Mean temperature, 40. Normal temperature, 40. , stafT to-day mentions positions | eaptnre*el by tlu* Teutons "on the northern slopes'' of Monte* Teini ba indicating retention by the Italians e>f the remainder of the lH'ights. Kvcn this niue'li of a Temtonie hold on tlie hill is being fiercely conte'ste'el by the* Italian forces for Herlin announces the con tinuation of a ele*sperate struggle I there with Italian counterat tacks by e'eniecntrated masses. No further advance's any where on tlie Italian front are e'laime*el by the Germans. They tried in four successive thrusts to capture tlie Monte Monfencra spur, but e*ach time were thrown hae'k by the* ele'termiiicel resist ance of tlie Italian trenips. j Italian possession of A'enlce and ! the security of the Piave line depend i [Continued on Page o.] coal f.nd bread supply in the Don Cossack region. A similar view is taken at Stock ho'm. A message from there, dated yesterday, tells of the belief that Kaleelines Is the man of the hour and that Petrograd is at his mercy. A elispatch from Tornea dated yes terday, reports the arrival there of several Americans from Petrograd in advance of the large party being sent away by Ambassador Francis. Petrograd was said to be quiet with theaters open and trains running. Soiuier - were parading the streets of the city bearing banners staMng that "Russia does not want separate peace" and demanding constitutional assembly for all Russia, and eleclar ing that the Nicholas regime was never so tyrannical as that of the I'.olshevikl. T!.e passengers were of the opln- i ion that the present revolutionary j poveinment cannot last because it! JacKS support of all Ihe parties, in cluding the extreme Socialists. Ke rensky is again reported to have escaped capture and to have Koiic to the front in an effort to get support. According to Swedish newspapers an Army Corps is marching on Petrograd under commanel of an Armv committee determined to end the Bolsheviki power. Five Survivors of Steamship Rochester Arrive in Ireland By Associated Press London, Nov. 20.—The missing boat from the American steamship Rochester, which was sent to the bottom by a German submarine No vember 2, has just landed at a port in Ireland, the British admiralty an nounced to-day. The boat con tained five men, the only survivors from the original boat's crew of twelve. Hope has been abandoned for the tecond officer and eleven other men in a boat from the Rochester, who et tlie time of the arrival of the five survivors in Ireland had been miss ing for eighteen days. Vice Admiral Sims cabled the Navy Department Saturday these men had been given up as lost. The landing of the five men re duces the Rochester's death roll from nineteen to fourteen. Four men died of exposure in another boat. Two were killed by the explo sion of the torpedo and one was drowned. Mayor Stops Sugar Sale as Women Are Trampled Brockton, Mass., Nov. 20. Police reserves were summoned yesterday to maintain order at city hall, where 9,000 persons, attracted by an an nouncement that Mayor McLeod would sell four tons of sugar, got beyond the control of the small squad of officers. Many persons were knocked down. Six women and several children were slightly Injured. The mayor ordered the doors closed and suspended the sale until the police restored order. CLEVELAND FARES ADVANCED By Associated Press Cleveland. Ohio, Nov. 20. Three cent street car tickets In Cleveland will be boosted one third of a cent per fare,' effective January 1. „ The new fare will be three tickets for a dime, as against the present fare of five tickets for fifteen cents. Cash fares will be four cents', effective January 1. HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY pVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 1917 21 AMERICANS LOST WHEN U. S. DESTROYER SINKS Vessel Goes Down With Heavy Loss of Life, Navy Department Reports COLLISION IN WAR ZONE Cliauncey, a Small, Old Type Boat of Only 420 Tons Displacement r V U. S. Soldier Killed In No Man's Land With the American Army in France, Nov. 19 (By the As sociated Press) There has been another clash between American and German patrols in No-Man's Land. Full details are not known t this hour beyond the fact that one American soldier was killed. American patrols have been especially active the past two ' nights. One encountered a Ger man patrol close to ihe German lines. The firing at his point was hot but brief. Theie is believed to have been German casualties but they cannot be determined. Artillery firing on the sector continues more active. M By Associated Press Washington. Nov. 20. —Sinking c,f the American destroyer Chauncey, in collision in war zone, early yesterday morning with a probable loss of twenty-one lives, was announced to day_ by the Navy Department. No fuither details were given in a brief report to the department from Vice Admiral Sims. The Chauncey was a small, old type boat of only 420 tons. Secretary Daniels made this state ment: "The Chauncey, a small destroyer on patrol duty in foreign waters was sunk in a collision early Monday morning. First dispatches indicate that twenty-one lives were lost. Fur ther information will be made pub lic when full reports are received. "The Chauncey was one of the old type destroyers completed in 1902. Her displacement was 420 tons and her complement ninety-one officers and men." For several years before the war the Chauncey was used only in coast defense work and was classi fied as a coast torpedo vessel. She was built at Philadelphia. Santa Claus to Have Little Candy For His Christmas Stockings This Year If you see very little of the cher ished old "clear toys" this Christmas season, yet. will'know that tiie gov ernment ha.- cut down on the mak ing of glucose: also many of the candy-making girls are now working in munition factories, and also, not forgetting, that sugar is scarce. Sad neV/E for the kiddies, this, but as everv good American must make sacrifies, why, it may do no harm to begin on clear toys. "Christmas may not be the same rolli.-king holiday without this ven erable standby" replied the candy doparlir.ent manager, Mr. Buttorff, of the Witman-Schwarz Company, to day, "but I cannot see at present how Harrisburg will get it. Glucose en ters largely into the making of clear toys and glucose is a product of corn which must be conserved, according to government orders. But the scar city of labor is probably even more to blame. To show you what it means I recall that one manufac ture to whom we sent some big or ders replied that his factory had been closed entirely. Nearly one hundred girls had left in a body to take jobs in a munition factory where they could get more wages." The D. Bacon Company, confec tionery makers, say that they have not' made any clear toys for this season and probably will not on account of the scarcity of raw mate rials. They are putting out a clear toy on a stick, but the product is limited. To illustrate how prices have raised one wholesaler explained that the candy known as "cut lumps" which sold wholesale last year for twelve cents now sells for eighteen. The retailer gets as much as twenty-five and thirty cents for this popular confection which also, in better days, was a sweet morsel for the boys and girls. Roundup of Suspected Germans Under Way Washington, Nov. 20.—A roundup of suspected Germans, mainly in sea coast and lake port cities, is in pro gress to-day under authority of Pres dent Wilson's new proclamation for bidding alien enemies within 100 yards of docks, requiring their reg istration and imposing other restric tions on their movements. The intelligence bureaus of the Army and Navy have charge of ma king most arrests of Germans not evacuating the new barred zones. The Department of Justice will determine those to be interned permanently. Only a small percentage of the half million unnaturalized German men affected by the President's proclama tion will be arrested, officials ex plained. A few Germans left Washington to-day in compliance with the Presi dent's order making a barred zone of the District of Columbia. Howard Coffin to Head the Aircraft Board Washington, Nov. 20. Howard E. Coffin was appointed head of the aircraft board yesterday by Presi dent Wilson. , His business is the providing of the airplanes for the Army and Navy. It has nothing to fin with operations. PSYCHE TO ROUSE ALLIES HIS AIM, SAYS BRITISH PREMIER Brilliant Campaign Against Enemy U-Boats Arouses Great Enthusiasm By Associated Press London, Nov. 20.—The government of Premier Lloyd-George apparently has been successful in facing the first serious attack upon Its adminis tration. The Premier In the House of Commons has answered his critics and declared that the new allied war council would co-ordinate the wor": of the various staffs and was an at tempt to place military power in the hands of politicians. Premier Llord George declared that two obstacles to be removed by the allies were lack of unity and the submarine menace. The new council would brine war activities >nder one body and the Premier had no fear of the submarines. Five German submarines were le stroyed on Saturday. Premier Lloyd George made this announcement yesterday in the House of Commons. The Premier said he had no further fear of submarines. Alluding to his recent address in [Continued on -Page B.] Entered U. S. Under False Colors, Is Claim Chicago, Nov. 20.—Arpad Egon von Diilmont, claimed by th 6 Government to be a reserve officer of the Aus trian army, and Nicholas Hochman, also an Austrian, are In custody on charges that they .fraudulently en tered the United States. Government officials say the men, both of whom were educated in Ger many and have had German military training, entered the United States under assumed names and used false passports. Von Diilmont endeavored to organ ize a company for trade between the United States and South America, ac | cording to Government agents. HARRISBURGERS TO ATTK\I") ANNUAL DINNER IX NEW YORK A number of Harrisburgers have arranged to attend the nineteenth annual dinner of the Pennsylvania Society at the Waldorf-Astoria. N?w York, December 8. Among those who have decided to go are: Mayor J. William Bowman, W. L. Gorgas, H. A. Kelker, Jr., Thorilas Lynch Montgomery, Martin A. Cumbler. J. E. B. Cunningham, D. E. Tracy and E. Z. Wallower. Other Harrisburgers will also probably attend. The French Ambassador will be the guest of honor and a notable group of speakers has accepted the invitation of the society. RAFFLES BOOST TURKEYS Shamokin, Pa., Nov. 20. —*• District Attorney Strause was notified to-day that a number of saloonkeepers have representaUves in the country dis tricts of Northumberland county and adjoining counties purchasing tur keys, geese and chickens to be'used in raffles during Thanksgiving wk. In former years the saloonkeepers were directly responsible. It is wild, for the high prices , f poultry. Saloonkeepers who resort to tills method of gambling get exorbitant I'i ios through - and realize t iff sums. WHOLE DISTRICT 'OVER THE TOP'IN Y. M. C. A. DRIVE Central Pennsylvania Coun ties Bespond to Campaign With Enthusiasm * \ Y. M. C. A. $35,000,000 Fund Oversubscribed New York, Nov. 20. Over subscription of the $35,000,000 Y. M. C. A. war fund was officially announced to-day by the National War Tax Councii of the organiza tion here to-day. The total sub scription cannot be computed, it was said until full returns have been received from many states which have not reported. i "We've passed the goal, and gone 'over the top,' " exulted Robert B. Reeves, secretary of the Ilarrisburg district for the Y. M. C.'A. war work fund this morning, when he re ceived messages from counties .• ty ing that $210,954 had been con tributed by people of the district. The ten-county district lias an allot ment of just $200,000, and it is ex pected that the grand total of sub scriptions will amount to at least $220,000 when-the returns are in the hands of the officers. "We are con fident that we will pass the goal, and get at least $220„000," said Mr. Reeves, commenting on the total. A total of $10;910 has been an nounced as the boys' share of the district, by Arch H. Dinsmore, dis trict boys' campaign manager. The allotment for boys was SIO,OOO. Church to the Fore Contritiutions to the Y. M. C. A. war work fund continue to pour upon the local headquarters, with Secretary Robert Reeves in charge. Subscriptions from all parts of the district and from all classes of peo ple show that the fund is a popular one. and that the appeal of the Y. M. C. A. has touched many hearts. In fContinued on Pago 9.] Socialists Warn Germany Against Annexation Project • By Associated Press Copenhagen, Nov. 20.—Philipp Scheidemann and Friedricli Ebert, the German Socialist leaders before large meetings in Dresden and Elber feld, yesterday launched a campaign designed to force the German and Austrian governments to abandon their present plans for annexations under the guise of pretectorates of Poland, Lithuania and the Baltic provinces and accept the peace offer of the Russian Bolsheviki. Herr Scheidemann said Germany would be endangered and the propos ed general disarmament and lasting peace placed in jeopardy if Russia should be forced by German pressure ta become a military state. Fear Italian Novelist Has Been Captured by Huns Hy Associated Press Paris, Nov. 20.— Nothing has been heard of Gabriele d'Annunzlo. the Italian poet and novelist, for nine days and it is feared he has fallen Into the hands of the enemy, accord ing to reports In Italia" newspapers received by. the Figaro, CITY TO TAKE OVER RIVERSIDE SEWERS AT COST Council Appropriates SIO,OOO For Prchase; Street Cleaning Costs Up City Council to-day passed finally the ordinance providing for the pur chase of the sewerage system in Riverside—the Fourteenth ward — maintained at present by the Subur ban Drainage Company. The max imum cost of the system is not to ex ceed SIO,OOO. according to the terms of the ordinance, and Commissioner William H. Lynch, as Superintendent of Streets and Public Improvements, is given power to complete arrange ments and sign, the agreements necessary to carry the ordinance into effect. Commissioner Lynch raised the question that the drainage system as installed now may not prove worth SIO,OOO. The other members of Coun cil, however, stated he would have the power under the ordinance to de ermine whether deductions should be made in case the system was not worth as much as provided, unless the present owners make improve ments. Mayor Ho whin n HI Mayor J. William Bowman, who is ill at his home, did not attend and Commissioner W. L. Gorgas pre sided. An ordinance transferring the property west of the pumping sta tion, and also the baseball field in Island Park to the supervision of the Park Department was intro duced. At present this ground is in the hands of the Water Department, but the Park Department is required to make necessary repairs and im provements in the way of planting, with the result that it actually has been under the supervision of Park Commissioner Gross. The city mechanician was also placed under the park and fire departments, as he is. required to make inspections and repairs of all the fire apparatus. Because of the increasing cost of keeping the city streets clean. Com missioner Lynch introduced an or dinance appropriating $7,500 from general revenues to meet the ex penses for the balance of the year. A contract for the grading of River street, from Seneca to Schuyl kill street, was awarded to William H. Murphy & Son. Council also passed finally the ordinance provid ing for the construction of a sanitary sewer in Hudson street, 288 feet north from Manada street. Coal Cards to Be Used as Check on Purchases Philadelphia, Nov. 20.—Telephone and mail orders for coal wore placed under the ban yesterday by Francis A. Lewis, chairman of the local fuel committee, in an effort to ensure an equitable distribution of the com modity. Every would-be purchaser of coal must visit a dealer's office and fill out an application blank containing the following data: Amount of coal required, amount on hand, name of dealer, kind and amount of coal on hand one year ago, number of tons ordered from any other dealers size of coal usually burned. This. Information must be furnish ed before any dealer will deliver a pound of coal to any house. The blanks will be furnished to dealers , by the fuel commissioner. Single Copy, 2 Cstits HOME EDITION INDUSTRY LEARNS MUCH IN STUDY OF WAR'S PROBLEMS Noted Surgeons Here to Apply War-Gained Knowledge to Civil Life TO MAKE OVER CRIPPLES Clearly Explain How State Must Face Task of Car ing For Men By Associated Press The great war was brought to Harrisburg to-day in vivid, grim fashion when the , industrial phy sicians and surgeons of the state 'icld their fifth annual conference in the House of Representatives. Surgeons of international repute, keen-eyed, of supreme poise, men earnestly < m , cerned in their work and the wel fare of the nation were gathered from all parts of,the vast industrial Commonwealth. The keynote of -lie meeting which attracted many men and women from Harrisburg, so that the big auditorium was filled, be spelletl in one word, patriotism. There was a decldeil atmospnere of the military, for Army surgeons were scheduled to talk on the recon struction of wounded soldiers, the [Continucel oil Page 6.] 47 Milk Dealers, 12 Egg Sellers Caught Breaking Food Laws Philadelphia, Novj 20.—Dilution of milk, according to investigations by the State Dairy and Food Com mission, is going hand and hand with the rise in prices in Philadelphia. Special Agent Robert Simmers has found forty-seven flagrant vio lations of the law, he announced last night. Fifteen dealers will be ar raigned this week and thirty-two will have to answer the charges e-f selling skimmed or watered milk I next week. At the same time Agent Simmers anrcunced he has starteel prosecu tion against twelve egg dealers caught selling storage eggs for fresh, at fresh egg prices. 5 GOVERNMENT WITHDRAWS CHARGES ./ X San Francisco, Nov. 20.—The government withdrew 4 '„ JJ all charges to-day against five men indicted for conspiring ' " w to overthrow British rule in India. United States District 7ji Attorney John W. Preston asked and obtained their full * I* release at the opening o£ the trial of thirty-seven other ,* £ < . JL defendants in the United States district court. 4* PERSHING REPORTS CASUALTIES ■ * ( Washington, Nov. 20. —General Pershing to-day re- { . Y ported following casualties: Private Rex. ,L. McKenney, v 4 " L engineers, died November 17, of scarlet fever, B. P. NJc- „ Tj Kenney, father, Springfield,' Maine. Private Cecil A. * " T Rowan, headquarters company, infantry, died November ♦ * Jm 1 of gunshot wounds; next of kin, Aaron Rowan, Chani}te, '>> JE Kansas. ' * ' f LEGISLATOR ILL ♦ - X Harrisburg—Word reached the Capitol to-day of the T serious illness of Representative of Ebens- .*•' #• burg. lie suffered a stroke of paralysis. Mr. Davis took, •.*' p . * - J| a prominent part in the debates of the recent session. X GERMANS MAKE SLIGHT GAINS Jv T Paris, Nov. 20.—The Genfians .made an attack last *, |h night on a front of one kilometer in the Verdun sector 1 Ijj north of. Caurieres Wood. They succeeded in pene- S* trating the French advanced positions over a small ex- i Jjj, tent of this front, according to to-day's_official statement, * • but subsequently were repelled for the most part. K* BEEF IS OUTLAWED ( £" * * Harrisburg—Dairy and Food Commissioner James •*' Foust to-day stated that several tons of beef in cold stor- ♦' i |t age warehouses n Philadelphia had been marked as # \ J J Utlawed" and could not be sold in Pennsylvania. It *s' • was stored longer than,the law allows and the state con- '* * t, icmned it. v - " J BETHLEHEM STEEL DECLARE DIVIDEND k ' *- • New York, Nov. 20.—The Bethlehem Steel Corpora -4 tion to-day declared an initial quarterly dividend of 2 J* € 4 , # per cent, on the new eight per cent, preferred stock pay- *J" * * able January 2. The regular 2 1-2 per cent, on the com- y *2* it. £ mon stock also was declared. . , w. '1 i *• * MARRIAGE L £ , 1| Willi** C. * "?■ • Kr'neWi 11. Hhlllcnn, Hnrrlnbiiric. ®. £ iHrfrrlii' $ j POLICE FIRE ON BERLIN RIOTERS, DISPATCHES SAY I Fierce Fighting Between Of ficers and Independent Socialist Mob | USE GUNS AND KNIVES Amsterdam Advices Authority For Statement That Many Casualties Result By Associated Press London, Nov. 20.—Serious rioting took place' in Berlin last Sunday, according to dis patches received by the Wire less Press and the Exchange Telegraph Company from Am sterdam. The message to the Exchange Telegraph Company says that the fighting between the mob and tlie police was very fierce and that there was a heavy casualty list as. the police used their fire arms. The Wireless Press says the mili tary and police were called upon to oppose the progress of the Inde pendent Socialist demonstrators. Ii the riotious scenes which followed the police were forced to lire with their rifles and revolvers and the organizers of the meeting respondec'. with firearms and knives. The German press, the dispatche say, have been forbidden to publish details of the affray. No newspaper have arrived in Amsterdam fror. Berlin. MI ST AVOID SPAIN London, Nov. 20. —A Madrid dis patch says that the Spanish goverr ment has issued a special warnir. ; i that Spain would regard any flight < American airplanes over her territo i ies as in violaUon of neutrality, av would instruct the military to fire i-i them.