• ' T'— ' —■' .. - ~*. ~*. " ..,, iim , mmwmm^ United Allies to Ignore Lenine and the Bolsheviki Regime in Shaping Attitude Toward Russia HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M - Jnscpcnscnt >l • ' ' LXXXVl — No. 284 16 PAGES GERMANS FAIL * TO BEAT BACK ENGLISH GAINS New Attempt to Drive British From Positions in Bourlon Wood Defeated; Artillery Active in Verdun Region; French Check Meuse Attack; Franco-British Join Italians; Russia Declared to Be on Verge of Civil War t New German attempts to drive the British from their posi . tions in Bourlon wood and the high ground dominating the Cambrti region have failed. General Byng's men have repulsed anothei enemy counterattack at the northeast corner of the wood. There was much severe lighting Monday around Moeuvres, wcsti of the Bourlon wood, and in the outskirts of Fontaine Notre Dame] immediately east of the wood and toward Cambrai. German artillery, however, has been active in the Ypres and Verdun regions. In Flanders the British positions at Passchen daele, the northern part of the Passchendaele-Gheluvelt ridge are being bombarded heavily bv the enemy, but Crown Prince Rupp recht of Bavaria has not attempted infantry attacks. On the right bank of the Meusej where the French gained the Jlrsti and second German defenses on a I two-mi'e front Sunday, German ef- ' forts to attack have been checked by j French artillery, while the enemy guns have been bombarding the j new French positions. The activity j of the big guns also has been vio- | lent in Belgium and north of the I Chemin Des Dames. French and British soldiers have i reached the fighting- zone north of the Venetian plains to aid the lt.nl-1 ians in their brave defense against] the invading Austro-German forces! Between the Brenta and the Piave j the Italians are withstanding , degrees. For Kastern I'eniiNyl vaiila: Cloudy and warmer to-night and Wed nesday, probably snow or rain; moderate east to southeast wind*. River * The Susquehanna river aad all Its branches will fall slowly ex cept the lower portion of the main river, which will remain stationary to-nlicht. A stage of about 4.1 feet Ik Indicated for llarrlshurg Wednesday morn in(. General Conditions Pressure has increased over the Atlantic States ami decreased considerably over the central valleys and the l.nke Region, and In the Western Canadian provinces and the North Pacific States. Know and rain have fal len In the Missouri, t'purr and Middle Mississippi and I.ower Ohio valleys and In the l.nke • Heiiion, and there been ■ liKht, local snows In Pennsyl vania and New York. There has been a general rise of - to 18 degrees ii\ temperature over a broad belt of country ex tending front the tiulf of Mexico northward Into Canada. Temperature! 8 a. ni., 20. Stini Hlses. 7ioß a. M.i seta, 4i39 p. m. Moon i Pull moon, to-morrow. Klier Stngei -1.2 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 32. l owest temperature, 27. Mean temperature, .10. Normal temperature. 38 is described as being on the verge of civil .war. Efforts of the Bol sheviki government to arrange an armistice continue and Berlin and Peirograd are reported in communi cation by wireless, presumably in connection with the peace offer of the Maximalists. The second army, on the Russian northern front has removed its, officers, agreed to the Bolshevik! armistice proposal and pledged its support to the ex tremists. The American government has received the armistice note from the Petrograd government and it is un der consideration. The ministers of the allied powers in the Russian capital, it is reported unofficially, will demand their passports if Russia enters into separate peace negotiations. General Kaledines, the Don Cos sack leader, a dispatch received in London says, is master of the situa tion in Russia. He is in control of most of the grain-growing territory in the south and Is said to hold the Russian gold reserve, reported re moved from Petrograd a year be fore the war broke out. The Rus sian soldiers at the front are re ported as desperate from hunger due to the exhaustion of food sup plies and mutinies are said to have broken out. terattack which involved still more furious hand-to-hand lighting through the streets. The battle con tinued here to-day. ..The light for Bourlon wood and village will long be remembered as one of the most bitterly contested and sanguinary ' yet fought along the British front in France. Amer ican officers visiting the Cambrai sector have been thrilled at this re newal of the old type warfare and with one accord say: "That's the kind of fighting Amer ican troops would like to be in, for you are in the open where you can get at the enemy with cold steel." The Germans have been concen trating all efforts in the attempt to oust the British from this elevation, which is vital for the enemy to hold if he is to maintain himself in the present positions farther north and northwest. The British have clung tenacious ly to Bourlon wood, defending part ly by tanks, which have taken po sitions at advantageous locations from which they can work their guns. Fontaine Notre Dame was be ing hard pressed by the British at latest reports. Throughout yesterday this hamlet remained unmolested, for it in no way hampered the oper ations about Bourlon wood. In a certain British casualty clear-' ing station on the Cambrai front there has been working for several days a well-known New York "Ur geon, who belongs to the American Medical Corps and who volunteered' his services for the present battle. Most of his work has been done among the German prisoners, who have come to look upon this big, cheerful officer as almost superhu man because of several remarkable operations he has performed. The Germans all swear by the "big American" and treat him with ut most deference. It fell to the lot of this surgeon to operate upon a Ger man who had left the Russian fronn only thirty-six hours before. He was among the reinforcements rushed from the east. It took him twenty four hours to get into the battle be fore Cambria and twelve hours later he was a prisoner in a British clear ing station. Share of Sales of Patriotic Songs to Be Given to the Telegraph's Tobacco Fund E. B. Chenoworth. manager of the S. S. Kresge Company store, has just announced that ten per cent, of the sales from the song. "The Most Beautiful Flag in the World," dur ing the week, will be given to the Harrisburg Telegraph Tobacco Fund. Two hundred copies of the song were given to children in the public schools, and every girl at every coun ter in the Kresge store has a pile of the songs to sell. The song is a patriotic number written by Newman & Glogau. Jack Glogau is a famous composer. HARRISBURG, PA.,TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, 1917 WOMEN SECTION HANDS Of ■ in HWIIIII Miwtiiiiwni This photograph was taken on tho Pittsburgh division of the Pennsylvania Ralroad. Women, it proves, have actually taken up "the hard work heretofore performed by men. They clean- the tracks of the road, and it has been said by officials that they keep the tracks cleaner than did the men they supplanted. EVERY POSTMAN TO SELL NEW LIBERTY BONDS Five-Dollar Certificates For $4.12 to Be Put on Sale Monday "Better than the Liberty Bond" is the way ithat post office authorities to-day described the "thrift cards," which arrived In Harrisburg this morning, much to the interest of the government employes. ,This, "thrift card" is the latest device of Uncle Sam for saving money in small quantities and it is principally :n --tended to attract the boys and girls of the nation. These coupons will be ready for distribution bright and early next Monday morning, along with the live-dollar certificates which can be bought for $4.12. Postmaster Sites said to-day that he anticipates no difficulties from the rush. No es pecial preparations have been made, livery postman will carry blanks with him; every branch office will be supplied, and at the main office the money order department bears the responsibility. The certificates have much the appearance of a five dollar bill. The government expect.-, to raise $2,000,000,000 with these be fore spring. Thousands of these latter cards were being distributed over the city to-day. so that they will be ready by Monday morning to be purchased. On each card are sixteen squar-i ' [Continued on Page 7.] WOMEN If jour retailer or duller charges in execs* of the prices quoted lielow Howard If elm., Federal I-'ood Admln iHtrntor for I'enunj Ivnnin, ivania yon to write him h letter lit once and re port the matter. Address this let ter to the United States l-'ood Admin istrator, .Morris lliiildlug, Philadel phia. Consumer Ketailer Should pay Turkeys: pays per lb. per lb. Fancy $0.33-$0.3 7 0.30-*0.12 Fair to g00d... .28. .32 .30- .35 Cold Storage . . .30- .35 .32- .38 Fowls: Heavy 26- .28% .20- .33 Medeium 24- .26 .27- .20 Light 21- .23 .23. .2(1 Chickens: Heavy, fresh .. .26- .29 .29- .33 Medium 24- .26 .27- .211 Ducks, fresh ... .23- .28 .20- .32 Geese 22- .25 .25- .28 Sugar: Granulated cane sugar in bulk, 8.35- 8.60 .OOVi (Per 100 lbs.) Potatoes: Pennsylvania .. . 2.25- 2.60 .45- .50 (Per 100 lbs.) (Per 15 lbs.). New York and western 1.90- 2.30 .35- .45 (Per 100 lbs.) (Per 15 lbs.) Butter: Fresh creamery extras, in tubs, .48- .. .53- .55 Storage butter, fair to good .. .43- .45' .17- .40 Kggs: Cold storage, candled, ex tras, per doz., .36- .38 .30- .43 Cold storage, , candled, firsts, per doz 34- .35 .37- .40 (Kggs in cartons one cent per doz en above these prices.) Lard: Best kettle ren dered. per lb.. .29%-.30 .32- .35 Compound, in bulk, per 1b... ,23-.23% .25- .27 Heans: Navy beans . .15.00 to 16.50 .17- .10 (Per 100 lbs.) (Per lb.) Prices quoted for stores operating on cash and carry basis. Abundant i Cauliflower, cabbage, carrots, beets, onions, potatoes, radishes white tur nips, pumpkins, parsley, lettuce, ro maine. . Normal) Celery, sweet potatoes, yellow tur nips. grapes. , Scarcei Spinach, peas, peppers, eggplant, to matoes, apples, pears, grapefruit, oranges .lemons, bananas, cranberries, pineapples. REAL 'PUNKIN' PIE COSTING LESS THAN 'CAM VARIETY IS STILL KING J. A. Kepner, New Cumberland, sajfls that his daughter's receipt for real "pumpkin" pie has it all over the "camouflaged" one published in last night's Harrisburg Tele graph. Mr. Kepner's daughter makes her "pumpkin" pie from real pumpkins and comes out cheaper in the end. Here's how he figured it: The cost of Mrs. King's materials for the "camouflaged" pie as pub lished yesterday was: Milk, ten cents: eggs, ten cents; sugar, throe cents; spices, one cent, commcal, three cents; cream, one- cent. The WOMEN COME TO AIDOFPENNSYAS WAR LABORERS Work on Tracks and Road beds, Handle Freight and Work in Shops To date the Pennsylvania hailroad hap found women a valuable ac quisition to their working forces. While the weaker sex have not fit well into some positions, they tre more than meeting expectations in many branches. The total number of women employed on the Penn sy November 1, It was said to-day was 6,000. An interesting feature reported, is in the success of the women in branches that have heretofore been looked after by men, and it was tue general belief that women would be unable to stand hard work. About 2,000 are employed as clerks. There are at least 2,500 en gaged in fairly hard work, 9 hours each day, which Includes the un loading of cars, helpers in boiler shops, engine cleaners, car cleaners, chain women, gang leaders, hammer operators, machinists, crossing watchmen, signal women, bridge tenders, shop hands, painters and many other vocations requiring hard work. Many are employed as agents, decks, ticket examiners and heads of women forces in offices. Christley Pleads Insanity of Three Cousins to Save Himself From Electrocution Argument for a new trial for John O: C'ristley, convicted of first degree •nu, !jr on a charge of killing his wife, was based by counsel on the fact that three first cousins of tlie defendant were insane and that the court erred in not admitting this evi dence at the trial. The court at that time ruled that the evidence of in sanity was too remote and not ad missable as evidence upon objections raised by District Attorney Michael E. Stroup. John R. Geyer, Christ ley's counsel, cited a number of cases in which rulings had been made on the question and called attention to the fact that in no other case had three cousins, all in one family, been insane. District Attorney Stroup ar gued against the motion. The court will make a decision later. During the argument President Judge Kunkel said in .speaking ot testimony submitted to prove insan ity: "To many persons aye found to be medically insane who are thor oughly responsible under the law. Alienists even can't tell positively legal sanity and their testimony is admitted with reluctance." Three R. R. Crossings in Dauphin County Dangerous to Public Highway Commissioner O'Neil to day brought formal complaint against three grade crossings on the Phila delphia and Heading Railway lines in Dav>hln county as dangerous to the people. This Is the second time the head of a department of the state 'government has asked the Public Service Commission to take steps to Kbolish crossings, and in his letter the commissioner says that he makes formal complaint to facilitate action to obtain better conditions. The crossings complained of are on state highways and include that on the main road to Heading one mile east of Hummelstown, where a num ber of accidents have occurred, and crossings fifty feet west of Swatara Station and 300 feet west of that sta tion, which are also on a much-trav eled highway from this city to east ern counties. total cost ®f the materials is twenty-eight cents, for five pies, or five and three-fourths cents per pie. Now, here's the way the New Cum berland girl makes her pies: Pumpkin, five cents; milk five cents: corn-starch, five cents; spice, one cent; syrup, one cent; sugar three cents. The total cost Is twenty cents for 4 pies or a nickel for each pie. "When you sink your teeth into these, you get real pies," said Mr. Kepner to a Telegraph reporter. "Come over and taste them for yourself." ITALIANS HOLD 'TEUTON ARMIES ALONG ASIAGO Defenders of Italy Oppose Fearful Odds; Morale of Troops Improving By Associated Press ltonie, Nov. 27.—An entire division of tlic enemy made an attack yesterday in the Hrentn. valley in an effort to break through the Italian northern front. To-day's olliciul statement says these troops, which attack ed in massed formation, were driven back. , Italian Army Headquarters iri Northern Italy, Monday, Nov. 26. (By the Associated Press.) —During a trip of one hundred miles to-day through the fighting zone in the north, the correspondent met the major general in command of the most exposed front between the Brcnta and Piave-rivers, where the pressure has been greatest and the losses heaviest and obtained from him details of the situation. As the general spoke, a heavy cannonading resounded through Ills field head quarters and he looked out upon a great stretch of the Brenta valley where (he enemy is concentrating his forces to break through to Bassano and (he Venetian plains. Staff officers and orderlies were arriving with reports from all vitaf points and hurrying off with orders for the maneuvering of troops. It was a striking scene but the general paused long enough tq give a f;ood general idea of the situation and de tails of the condition of the troops and the splendid light they are mak ing against heavy odds. Attack Almost Continuous The general estimated these odds at four or five to one, based on re ports reaching him and which were much heavier than heretofore known. But even against such odds his men were fighting'with a power of resistance, courage and dash be yond all praise. Attacks were almost continuous at one point or another, but the Italians were always ready to respond, and had not only re pulsed attacks, but driven the enemy back after a scries of heroic charges. The general summed up the physi cal conditions of the battleground which made the struggle particu larly trying on the troops. First, he said, there was that terrible strain of endurance and natural fatigue ac companying nights and days of ceaseless fighting with the relentless foe. Then there was the extreme cold with the temperature at nights at about fourteen degrees above zero Fahrenheit. The extreme cold cause the men were without any kind of shelter, everything having been swept away in the terrific ar tillery action and the constant shift ing of position. Water Lacking There were no trenches or dug outs which ordinarily give some shelter and there was no water from unfailing sources such as the sol diers should have when going through such an ordeal. They were on the barren ground of foothills covered with rocks and stones. The ground was without habitation and the slightest natural facilities usually required by fighting troops. After summing up the physical hardships, the general added there was the still more serious condition of many commands being with very few officers. • As a result new men were suddenly called upon to lead large forces far beyond their experi ence and subofllcers as well as Jun ior officers were directing superior commands In many Instances. The general said there have been fearful losses among the troops, which required a constant reform ing of companies, regiments, bri gades and divisions. But all these terrible conditions, the general said the spirit of the men was unabated in the determination to hold at any cost. < The ruinble of heavy artillery flro continued throughout the general's talk, while a dense mist over the valley gave a faint outline of the ris ing hills where one attack was. fol lowing another in thsi fateful battle. WEEK FAVORABLE TO ALLIES By Associated I'rcss Washington, Nov. 27.—"The week just closed has been one very fa vorable to the allied arms," says the War Department's official communi que issued to-day. reviewing opera tions for the week ending Saturday. FRENCH TAKE PRISONERS By Associated I'rcss Paris, Nov. 27.—The French last night overcame the resistance ot Germans still holding out on the: field of operations of the French at-1 tack on the Verdun front Sunday,; says to-day's official report. Prison-j ers were taken In raids elsewhere on the battle line. MAYOR KEISTER TAKES OATH OF OFFICE TODAY New Chief Executive Inducted Into Office by Mr. Bowman IS GIVEN BIG OVATION Fred L. Morgenthaler Suc ceeds Samuel F. Dunkle Mayor Daniel L. Keister took the oath of office this morning shortly after Council convened at 10 n'clock, letiring Mayor J. William Bowman administering it. Shortly after Com missioner Fred L. Morgenthaler was sworn into office for his forty-two day term and Commissioner Samuel F. Dunkle retired. lioth Mr. Dunkle and ex-Mayor Bowman were re quested to remain during the remain ing session of Council. In retiring. ex-Mayor Bowman in troduced Harrisburg's fifth mayor ot the year with these words: "Mayor Keister, it gives me great pleasure to be able, in person, to sur render to you the fjavel, that symbol of order which has been used for so many years by the presiding officer of this body. , "It is with regret, tempered with pleasant memories of my association with the men of this body, that I am compelled to sever my relations, linn Full Confidence In congratulating J' ou upon your installation into this office, I feel safe in making the statement that I believe you have the full confidence end the goodwill of your fellow-workers in his body but also that of every good citizpn, who will stand ready to uphold your hands in the administration of the law and in any steps that you might take for -he welfare of this community. "As a private citizen, I wish to pledge my support, and to y> u and through you to the city offer my service at any time or place ypu may see fit to command. May 'God grant you a good and successful adminis tration, which shall add honor to yourself and the city." Ex-Mayor' Bowman also mentioned the splendid nonpartisanship dis played in the parade on Saturday I evening in honor of the new mayor. Mayor Kelstcr's Speech Mayor Iveister's statement as he I took the chair in Council follows: "To the members of Council and my fello\v citizens: 1 "It is indeed an honor to be se lected by the citizens of i great and i growing city like Harrisburg to be ! their chief executive. But to be se i lec.ted at a time such as this, when , the very bowels of the natio.n are | quaking, when the very vitals of our : democratic form of government are ' being threatened, by the hand of a i foreign foe, when the young blood of 1 cial • standing Is being threatened, [Continued on Page 6.] Bread Cards Will Be Issued in Paris; Price Set at Five Cents Per Pound Paris, Nov. 27. — Bread cards will be issued shortly. They will be in the form of hooks with detachable coupons, each entitling the holder to purchase a certain amount of bread. The daily allowance .has been fixed at 300 grams (about 10 j ounces) per capita. Men engaged | in hard manuul labor will have a ; double allowance. The system will be applied only to i towns and cities, not to country dis i tricts. The authorities also have de cided to abolish the obligatory mill | ing rate of 85 per cent. Henceforth I millers will be expected only to es - tract all the flour of the wheat berry, i to the exclusion of the bran, i - Bakers will be permitted hereaf : ter to bake loaves of any shape or | size they please, instead of the loaf | of standard shape and dimensions : now obligatory. It is probable a j uniform price of five cents a pound for the whole country will be fixed j for bread. Knickknacks Made by French Soldiers to Be Here During Holidays For 'perplexed Christmas shoppers who wsnt to buy gifts for their friends, and" help the soldiers and (he women of France, Miss Anne MeCormiek and her corps of co worker*-- have devised a way out of their dilemma. Through the agency of French women. Miss MeCormiek recently secured a large number of various articles for Christmas shop ping, all being the handiwork of French soldiers and war-widows. Among the collection are beautiful French soldier dolls nestling side. by side with American soldier dolls, dressed in the khaki. , Writing port folios, black moire ba'gs, dollhouses and sets of furniture, cigaret boxes, bridge boxes, bonbonnieres, and a fine Itttle donkey with his cart, —these are some of the articles which will be sold. A sale of the articles will be held at the Civic Club, Wednesday after noon, from 3 to 6. The proceeds will be sent to Lex Abellles de France, a society for the relief of wounded and disabled soldiers, and war widows. The patronesses are: Misses Anne MeCormiek, Katherine Etter, Mar garet MeClain, Eleanor Darlington, Catherine Moss and Mrs. Thomas A. Baldwin. RIVER Ftlil, OF ICE Tile liver this morning was full from bank to bank with floating Ice which had firmed over the surfacs I during the last two days' cold spell, j The - *fo *l* T BRITISH TROOPS MAKE NEW . 'f. X .' ADVANCE IN CAMBRAI I |T BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, NOV. •> 27. THE BRITISH HAVE MADE ANOTHER AD | VAKCC IN THE CAMBFAI AREA AND ACCORD- T 4* ING TO TH.E LATEST REPORTS, HAVE WORKED * $ THEIR WAY FORWARD THROUGH THE NORTH- T 1 T WESTEN PART OF FONTAINE-NOTRE DAME, T I § 4* WHICH THEY CAPTURED AT THE BEGINNING £ X OF THE ATTACK BUT SUBSE- T QUENTLY LOST. THEY ARE NOW SAID TO V outh* of Juarez. The federals were on a troop ► | I ff p 1 j 4 !* train southbound. Federal rei.iforcements are being en- ¥ T trained here. .icui'-r J P. &R. TELEGRAPHERS GET INCREASE ► X Reading; Pa., Nov. 27.—The Reading Railway Com- J | T pany has granted its telegraph operators a flat increase * * 1 ] at in wages of about six per cent, effective Novemby 16. * T men arc affected. ' ' T DEATH OF MISS EMILY LETT * r < Harrisburg—Word has jlist been received here of the , ,4, death of Miss Emily Lett in New York city, after an * * c , ♦ •praticn. Miss Lett lived at 218 Pine street. t X BANDITS SECURE $35,000 £ Toledo, 0., Nov. 27. —Five bandits to-day attacked the " * •I* Huebner Brewery Company paymaster, and got away \ 1* •> 'm i' 1 ! '" " .'""J .i, l uifl'i'i- tu a -tpon m.nw] by tho palir.c... 4. MARRIAGE LICENSES * "I* HARVEY C. WNKNFR "NIL L.LLLLE M. HERMAN, YORK) JNMEA W. -71S HOFFMAN, I.YKENTI, Hurt KMLLY I'. "cSmI, \\ leonlm-o TOWNNHLPI WLL- * 5 LLAM \\. LLOTVARIL IINIL ALVENN K. LLANXLIIKER, MIFFLIN TOWNXHLPI URAN T S. ILRRNR, L''RHIIKATIINN, NML KLIF J. KUNXINAN, ALTOONA; MIIURLRE E. L>- t HOOVER UNIT MARTHA T. ILELILLER, LLNRRLMBURKI JOBN 1,. LLRARR ANIL I MABEL A. JOHNXON, LLNRRLXBIIRU, UUY 12. DRIP, L.ANNLNTT, MLEH., AMI *"* _ NELL 1.. MUAKROVC, MLDDLETOVVN. T J MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT IS LET HERE BY U.S. Gun Carriages to Be Made in City For Coast De fense Work GET NEW MACHINERY Entire Output of Roiler Com pany Taken Over by Government Announcement was made to-day that the Harrisburg Manufacturing and Roller Company, Nineteenth and Xaudain streets, has been awarded a government contract to manufac ture sun carriages to be used for coast defense. The statement was made to-day by Samuel F. Dunkle; president of the company, and retiring city com missioner. Mr. Dunkle said that ho will now devote his time entirely to the business of the firm. The contract for the gun carriages will mean an expenditure of aimo.it a million dollars and will keep the bis; plant running for about a year at least. President Dunkle said. New machinery is being installed and in order to net the machines and otjie ■ supplies here at once the govern ment is commandeering whatever i needed and Is rushing it to the cit - at once. It is understood that ever, tually the government may take ovc • the entire output of the plant, whic i may mean that additional contract i would be awarded. The carriage i which are to be turned out by tlv; company weigh approximately thirty to thirty-five tons When completed. I RGKI) TO SAVE FUEL by Associated Press Washington, Nox. 27. —Declaring American homes are overheated, tie fuel administration to-day urged ; II householders to maintain a tempera ture of not more than 68 degrees, recommended by eminent Anjericun physicians. With that temperature the saving in coal will go far t >- ward meeting the enormous war tl ?- mand for fuel officials announced