W, and V r " ' !" T 5 ~ H ARRISBURG lflf|lil TELEGRAPH LXXXVI No* 281 24 PAGES HURL HUNS FROM LAST LINE; CRIPPLES FORCED TO FIGHT GERMANS FLEE TRENCHES AND FIGHT IN OPEN Men Struggle With Rifles and Bayonets in Hand-to-Hand Encounters in Fiercest Fighting of War; Cavalrymen Play Prominent Role; Huns Throw Cripples and Sick Men Into Battle Line By Associated frcss London, Nov. 23.—The British early today drove back the enemy at the elevation called Tadpole copse, which dominates a large section of the Canal Du Nord and a large part of Moeuvres, in the Cambrai area. British Army Headquarters in France, Thursday, Nov. 22. The success of the British arms in the Cambrai sector has con tinued to grow steadily and Field Marshal Haig's troops in a little more than two days-' lighting have overrun an area equal in size to that won by the Germans during the first fifteen days of their spectacular drive on Verdun. British cavalry, tanks and infantry to-day were battling their way forward along a line which at many points west and southwest of Cambrai was less than three miles from that important town. 1 lie advance also was spreading north ward in the region of Bullecourt and the salient toward Cambrai was being widened. '1 lie total of prisoners captured must ap proach the 9,000 mark. At last the British and Germans are at grips on comparatively upen ground and some of the fiercest hand fighting of the war has been going on. The enemy troops were unprepared for the attack, but they have been putting every ounce of their strength into an attempt to stem the rising tide. Slake Cripples Fight I Troops have been pulled away! from other points and rushed to i.he Cambria sector by the desperate! Germans and so hard pressed were' they fo> men that two companies ofj cripples and convalescents were ire-' fruited hastily at one camp and thrown into the line in the region of Masnieres. Some of these pitiful ob jects are in British hands and arc receiving medical treatment. One prisoner was in the last stages l of tuberculosis and he had to be' moved to prevent the disease from ; spreading to the others who were in a state of cruel exhaustion and virtually helpless from their valient I attempts to tight under the lash of their unrelenting officers. Cavalry Charges The great battlefield has taken on' the aspect of. scenes in wars gone J by. Tt is no longer a conflict of trenches and shell holes, but of men I JOYOUS FRENCH GREET TANKS AS SAVIORS British Army Headquarters in Fiance (Thursday). No. 22 (By The Associated Press). —The roads every where for two days have been swarming with advancing troops and with prisoners and civilians coming back from the front. Many rejoic ing nonconibatants—men, women ani children—have been pouring out ot the captured towns under the guid ance of their deliverers from German bondage. This lias been a battle of strange sights, but no mpre striking specta cle has been witnessed than that ot ihese people marching toward homes and comfort back of the British front. Through the very gaps which the tanks had torn in the famous Hlndenburg line, mothers yesterday THE WEATHER For Harrisburg mid vicinity I Fair mill colder to-night, with ioivrat tempernture aliout 2S degrees; .Saturday fair. For KiiNtem Pennsylvania: Part ly cloudy In south, probably snow in northern portion to night; colder Saturday, fair;; moderate to fresh north winds. Illver The Susquehanna river and all Its tributaries will rise slightly or remain nearly stationary. A stage of about 4.1 feet Is iaill eated for Harrisburg Suturday morning. (•cnernl Conditions The eenter of the extensive baro metric pressure covering the eastern part of the United States that was central over i.nke Uric. Thursday morning. I. it* moved southeastward oil the Middle Atlantic coast. It has caused light rain and snow In central and north districts east of the Mississippi river In the lant J twenty-four hours. There has been a general fall of 4 to 24 degrees In temperature In the last twenty-four hours from the Plain* States eastward to the Atlantic ocean. Temperaturei 8 a. m.. 38. Sun: Itlses, 7:0,1 a. m.; seta, 4i41 p. m. Mooai Full moon, November 28. Hlver Stage; 4.1 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, SMI, I.onest temperature, 4a. Mean temperature, 40. Normal temperature, 3D. struggling bitterly with rifles and bayonets over a virgin battle ground, while the long-neglected cavalry sweeps in picturesque charges against the enemy positions over the wide territory involved. liard lighting has taken place to day at Crevecour, southeast of Mas nieres. The British were holding a high ridge in front of this pla< e and some troops had forced an en trance into the western part of the town. The Germans were still hold ing the eastern section. A German battery here which had been giving trouble was charged and captured by dismounted cavalrymen. The battery was surrounded by heavy barbed wire entanglements preclud ing the use of horses, so the soldiers stormed the position on foot and annihilated the gun crews. In the region of Rumilly heavv machine gun and rifle lighting was [Continued on Page 15.] and to-day were pushing baby car nages containing infanta or tramp ing happily along with their babies I'lutched to their breasts. Beside them toddled other youngsters, manv ot them carrying their treasured dolls and not a few clinging deter minedly to squirming puppies which they dared not trust to run on the ground. Old men and women were bringing away all the household ef fects they could pack on pushcarts or carry, on their backs. Ofllcer Swearing Mud For three years they had been In captivity and some of them in slav ery. Tney had been subsisting on the bounty of the American reliet c< mmittee, which furnished them vir tually the only food they obtained. Among the prisoners taken by the British were some officers who were caught in the regimental headquar ters. The regimental commander was captured and it is reported that his advent into the British lines was a particularly humorous spectacle. He came tramping back clad in an elaborate fur coat, followed by two servants who carried more of his llnery. He was swearing mad at the turn of events. The sight of a com pany of British cavalry threw him almost into a frenzy and lurid lan guage which he directed at the Brit ish drew a smile from even the hard ened Tommy, who has a somewhat picturesque vocabulary of his own. Itejolce at Freedom C'villans who wer§ released from Masnieres to-day told something of their experiences in the last three years. They tejolced at their new fcund freedom, and many of them to-day Still wept with joy when the subject of their deliverance was [Continued on Pnare B.] Heavy Snowstorm in New York State Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 23. West ern New York awoke to-day in the grip of a heavy snowstorm, the first of the season, that came out of the North in the night. Six inches had fallen at 8 o'clock and the storm showed no signs of abating. Traffic on steam and electric roads was de layed. Ogdensburg, N. Y„ Nov. 23. Northern New York was covered to-day with a blanket of snow, the first heavy fall of t.he season. 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BATTLt .tNt =-OkO* Starting with a surprise attack Tuesday, November 20, the third British army, in a two-day battle, plunged forward toward Cambrai for the big gest gain of any single action on the western front. More than a dozen towns and villages and many thousands of prisoners have already been taken, with the British still pressing on. The insert map shows (1) the British drive at Cambrai, (2) scene of pretentious French attack at Cra onne. and (3) the Verdun sector, where lively fighting is also reported. GOVERNOR WOULD SAVE HARD COAL GAS NOW WASTED Calls Meeting of Anthracite People to Consider Great Conservation Scheme Representatives of boards of trade and similar organisations in the an thracite coal region of Pennsylva nia were to-day urged by Governor Brumbaugh at a meeting at the Cap itol to work for conservation of life anil natural resources and at the same time to lend their influence to maintain the peace and good order of their communities. The primary purpose of the meet ing was to obtain ideas to use the \tfaste gases of the hard coal mines. "If we can harness this power we cai change the complexion of youi industrial life, ship coal and receive more money," said the Governor. The Governor said 72,000,000 cubic [Continued on Page 13.] Wage Scale Boosted by Harrisburg Railways Co. Motormen and conductors on the lines of the Harrisburg Railways Company will be given a bonus of I>4 cents an hour, beginning De cember 1. This ifnnouncement was made to-day by F. M. Davis, super intendent of transportation. The present scale of wages is 26 cents an hour for the first year, 28 ccrits for the second and third years, 29c for the fourth and fifth years, and 30c after five years. Keister Spent $217.24 to Be Elected Mayor of City Daniel L. Keister, mayor-elect, to day filed his expense account for the Keneral election, with l'rothonotary Henry F. Holler. The total expenses of his campaign as reported in the account were $217.24, much of which was spent for advertising purposes. Capps Resigns as Head of Shipping Corporation By Associated PrcsA Washington, Nov. 23.—Rear Ad miral Washington U Capps, chief constructor of the Navy, has asked to be relieved as general manager of the shipping board's emergency i fleet corporation because of ill j health and probably will be succeed ed by Homer L. Ferguson, now pres ident and general manager of 'the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. Mr. Ferguson has been asked to take the place. ENGI.ISH HERO PROMOTED London, Nov. 23. —King George has promoted Lieutenant General Byng to the rank of general, in rec ognition of his distinguished service in the field In the recent operations, it uia* nfflrlnilv announced to-dav. ®l)e otar-Jn^cpcnbcnt HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 23, 1917 FUSS AND FRICTION IN WAKE The fuss and. friction which al most wrecked the Sons of Rest at the Penn-Harris corner yesterday morning, the trouble,arising over the date on a land turtle's shell, was as naught, one might say, compared with what happened to-day when the enemies of toil got together. It seems that the official Sons of Rest reporter in his account of yes terday's disturbance said that a ter rapin belonged to the "bicuspid" family. It might bo said in passing —or en passant, as they say in the trenches—that in 'steen thousand families last evening the family dic tionary had the dust blown from its cover for the first time in weeks, while the other several thousand families which read the Telegraph didn't look up the word because they knew instantly—or thought they knew, that the official reporter was wrong. The Sons of Rest, however, seized the opportunity for another argu ment, and the heavyweight corner cop at Third and Walnut threatened several times to pinch the whole R.R. MEN TELL WILSON THEY WONT STRIKE Labor Unions Place U. S. First in Wartime Request For Increase Washington, Nov. 23.—President Wilson, in a statement Issued yes terday, declared that the railroad brotherhood representatives had agreed ni the conference yesterday to stand patriotically by the govern ment and to consider any proposed solution of the wage dispute in "a spirit of aefcommodation," and were not inclined to contend for anything which they did not consider to be necessary for their welfare. The railroad brotherhood chiefs, in a statement after the conference with President Wilson, announced that any suspension of transporta tion would be avoided, and declared their willingness to discuss and ron sider any suggested solution of the difficulties. The statement of the brother, hoods, signed by the four chair. ien, Messrs. Ntone, Lee, Carter and Uar retson, follows: . "The men who comprise the rall [Continued on Page o.] ALASKAN LINEH ASHORE l!y Associutra i-ji'u A Pacific Port, Nov. 23. The Alaskan liner Spokane of the Paci fic Steamship Company Is ashore to-day oft the British Columbia coast but wireless reports indicated ner passengers were not In Immediate danger. ITALIANS HOLD PIAVE VALLEY IN FIERCE FIGHT On Monte Fontana Italian Forces, After Inflicting Heavy Losses on Enemy, Make Retirement; Situation Is Be lieved to Be Improved; Venice Not Yet Safe; British and French Reinforcements Expected Soon High military opinion, recently expressed that the chances of the Italians holding the Piave line and saving Venice are in creasing hourly, seem likely to be strengthened by the tone of to-day's Italian official statement, showing continued successful resistance by the Italians to the furious attempts being made by the enemy to pierce their northern front. The Italian First and Fourth armies, defending the northern line, were the defensive forces that added to the record of their already notable achievements. An encircling movement in the Monte Meletta region, northeast of Asiago, was completely frus trated by the First army, although great forces of Austro-German troops were employed in the attempt. All the Italian positions remained in the hands of the defenders. The Fourth army holding tho front to the east, between the Brenta and the Piave, was compelled td contend all day with a series of at tacks in the Teutonic effort to turn the flank of the Piave river line by pushing a wedge through in the Monte Grappa region. The battle tide ebbed and flowed throughout the day, but when night came the Italians had retaken all the positions they had temporarily lost and a final counte: attack clinched the victory. Italian Headquarters in Northern Italy, Thursday, Nov. 22.—(8y the Associated Press) —Heavy fighting continues on the northern lines, cen- outfit. This here, how, Vendig, he said a "bicuspid" was the French name for the brass hickey you spit in. .John Newton said it wasn't any such thing—that the thing you spit in is a humidor, while "bicuspid" is Italian for three buttons. The Hon Edmund James said "bicuspid" means a tooth that has been filled by a painless dentist. That in itself started an argument, because several of the Sons were willing to bet that a painless dentist can keep your tooth from hurting only till you get half a block away from his office. At noon to-day the Sons of Rest were still arguing. As a matter of fact, a terrapin dQes not belong to the "bicuspid" family at all. A "bicuspid" is a tooth found to the left of the six year molars. In rare cases, the of ficial reporter reports, "bicuspids" occur on the right hand side, but only where the possessor is atavistic in his tendencies. At any rate, the Penn-llarris Hotel is being built de spite the argumentative tendencies of 'the Sons of Rest. METHODISTS GET READY FOR BIG SCHOOL DRIVE Campaign to Aid Dickinson College and Seminary With Needed Funds I The educational campaign of the | Central Pennsylvania conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church Is getting into a most hopeful stride. Every day the reports from over the territory indicate that the min- Istrj and the laity are putting their shoulders to the wheel *nd making headway. To date there is in sight nearly $200,000 in subscriptions These subscriptions are to be paid in five annual instalments. Dickinson College is to get $125,- [Continued on Page 13.] U. S. Troopships Safe After U-Boat Attack •A French Port. Nov. 23.—The latest American transports to reach hero had an exciting trip through the sub marine zone. The first night in the zone two transports collided. One was slightly damaged while the other had a small hole torn in her bow and a few projecting guns damaged. Temporary repairs were made and the ships proceeded. The following night a submarine attacked the transports. The wake of a torpedo was seen off the bow of one of the vessels, but no cunning tower or periscope was visible. The transports raced ahead and succeeded in reaching port safely, and the collision damage was repaired. tering along the low mountains above Monte Grappa. These . uc cessive mountains are proving the same kind of natural barrier to he enemy's swift advance that the suc cessive rivers interposed before the Piave was reached. Before the enemy looms snow-cappd Grappa, held by the Italians which would be a really formidable obstruction should tho lower ranges be taken. The name of this mountain in spires a feeling of security among The fighting to-day between the Piave and Brenta rivers, while heavy, brought no material change in the positions of the opposing forces. YANKEES AGREE TRENCH FIRE IS IDEAL TRAINING Officers Who Have Served Turn Hold Meeting and Compare Experiences With the American Army In France, Thursday. Nov. 22. — (By the Associated Press) —The enemy artillery firing is more active along the American sector. Shells in more normal number are falling on the rear areas. No new casualties have resulted. In reprisal for the shelling of the town in which the American head quarters is located, during which a shell fell on an American regimental headquarters, American guns sent an equal number of shells into the corresponding town behind the Ger man lines the next day. Patroiing operations continue with nightly excursions to the vicinity of the German wire defenses, but the Americans have failed to encounter any Germans and no further casual ties have been reported. ' The officers who have served their turn in the trenches with the bat talions already relieved have held a meeting with the commander of the first contingent and discussed their experiences. All agreed actual training in the trenches under fire is the ideal method of acquainting officers and soldiers with fighting methods. U. S. Officer Rescues Lost Private Under' Hail of Hun Bullets With American Army in France, Nov. 23.—The American Army was thrilled to-day by. the heroic action of a young lieutenant in saving the life of a soldier. A private, a menr ber of a patrol, lost his way and went to sleep in a shell crater in No Man's Land last night. The patrol returned and It was found he was missing. At daylight the Hermans saw the American soldier near the line and opened fire with flfles and grenades. The soldier remained in the crater. A lieutenant, whoso home is in in danger of immediate death and went out over No Man's Land through a hail of enemy machine-gun bullets several hundred yards, got the sol dier and led him back to the Ameri can lines amid cheers. After being rescued, tlie soldier said that when lie looked over the I top of the shell crater the enemy saw him immediately and the first bullets and grenades nearly got him. The attention of the lieutenant was attracted by the firing and through field glasses he saw the shrapnel hel met of his man in the crater. He gave orders for no rifle or machinc gun Are on the enemy lines and then started out, making part of the way through a depression in the ground. The Germans turned their attention to him and for some minutes bullets whizzed on all sides, but none hit him. The soldier said that hn did not know In what direction liia own lines were, otherwise he would have tried to set to them himself. Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION CONSUMERS SAID TO BE WORST OF FOOD HOARDERS Mad Rush to Get Sugar and Salt Responsible For the Present Shortage PLENTY OF SALT IN U. S Unusual Demand Makes It Impossible For Railways to Carry the Supplies "The greatest speculator in the count!" is the public. It it were not for the government supervision sugar would now be 40 or 50 cents a .pou id. The people made the shortage of sugar themselves, like wise the shortage of salt. If they will or.iv co-operate and buy in (he same quantities they are accustomed to we will have comparatively little trouble with food supplies." This was the opinion expressed to-day by an official of the Witman- Schwarz Cfcmpany where efforts are being made to meet what might be called a mild panic over the sup posed shortage of food supplies. And this is all uncalled for, ac cording to the various city whole salers, who assert that the mad strugglo to fill to overflow the In dividual commissary is • responsible. [Continued on Page 13] WAR IHSK KATE REDUCED By Associated I'ren Washington, Nov. 23.—0n account of the reduction in ships torpedoed during the past few weeks the war risk bureau to-day lowered the in surance rate on vessels passing through the submarine zone from 5 to 4 per cent. REDUCTION IN RUSSIAN ARMY By Associated Press Petrograd, Nov. 23.—A reduction of the Russian armies, beginning with the class conscripted in 1899, has been proclaimed by the Bolshe viki leader, M. I.enine, an official an nouncement to-day states. The or der is to take effect immediately. , i* 4 ? BRITISH ADVANCE LINE 3 X London, Nov. 23.—The British have advanced their T ▼ line slightly in Flanders, southwest of Ypres, the war <• -4* ccs.. The situation on the Sommc fro* T scut Invest of Cambrai is unchanged. t EX-GOVERNOR PEABODY DEAD J j C \'ov - fames Hamilton Peabody, J J* >lorado, during the "Cripple Creek strike'' J *P ir. ibo l was 65 years old. 2 been ill several months. I 4 ITALIANS HOLD PIAVE X *?* ' * k was at- jj I X yesterday by the Austro-German forces against • Tl ii ii i the Italians held all the positions, it | £ t iced to-day by,the war office. Throughout Ijj X in positions be > *§ e|i vers. Several positions • . 4* all 11 e§ . ' # £* it Italian countei a 9 T ely stopped the Austro-Germahs.- * * J j A. O'LEARY INDICTED | I New York, Nov. 23.—Jeremiah A. O'Leary, president J Tof *! American Truth Society and editor of "The Bull," * T ' $ I : 1., the postal laws. * J* DRAFT BOARD CHANGES J J Hamburg—National Guard officers who have been *|j in charge of the state draft headquarters in this city sin X 1 T spring will retire fijoni supervision of its affairs within a J j short time and the work will probably be directed by i X W. G. Murdotk, of Milton, the present disbursing officer, J j 5?. with from the Adjutant General's Department * * Col. Frank G. Sweeney, of Chester, will retire next month ft J t , |t after service since Aprjf and Col. J. Warner Hutchins, [ I of Philadelphia, in charge of the distribution bureau, will * ; J retire to-morrow, after several months' service. ' !• I I \ | £ MARRIAGE J 1 Tumi an Mouth* .Ir., llrlilKefxirt, Conn., nntl Klva M. Cnmrron, ?• Mnrlrtlni Willltim 11. IlofTnini* Jr., IJurrlMlHirit, and Frnncm K. jd 4 nMt, I'tiillpNlinrf. t JOHHUH A. Urol*, *)'iilrvlcn, mfl Hrlen It. 'i J* Kilhrfcr. Knbiiiil. ti'-t #*. JSi.JSt.JI.JLJS-JLAXXJL.BL JB. ... DEMOCRATS ASK • COURT TO THROW OUT SOLDIER VOTE Seek to Turn Close Election by Disfranchisement of Men at Camps IS ORGANIZATION PLAN Stranahan Makes Protest For Candidates, County and State Committees Objecting to the computation ol the returns of the soldier vote, James T. Stranahan appeared to-day before Judge George Kunkel in Dauphin county court just as the returns were about to be opened, stating he repre sented the Democratic county and state committees, and Dr. G. Willis Hartman, Democratic candidate for coroner. Mr. Stranahan was Instructed by the court to appear this afternoon and present the objections in writing. Mr. Stranahan stated in addressing the court that he based the objec tions to the computation on two points, first that there was no au thority for the soldiers voting municipal officers as there is no act of assembly authorizing such a vote; and second, that the soldier vote i;i Pennsylvania is different to-day front that of 1864, as thp act of that year provided for taking the vote cf Pennsylvania soldiers while now tha men were in United States service. Judge Kunkel in answer to the ob jections stated that the probable re [Continned on Page 13] WII.I; PROPOSE RUSSIAN PEACE By Associated I it Stockholm, Nov. 23.—According to the Tidningen, a Russian diplomat left Stockholm yesterday for Petro grad with orders to hand to the Russian revolutionary government, proposals for peace by the central powers.