Guardsmen From Every State in Union Reach French Front Without Loss of a Man Jfe HARRISBURG ifSffill TELEGRAPH M\ ®)t Star- Jn&cpcit&cnt ' LXXXVI No. 286 24 PAGES U. S. ENGINEERS MAKE POSSIBLE CAMBRAI DRIVE First American Troops to Be Engaged in Military Oper ations on British Front Take Prominent Part in Break ing Hindenbnrg Line in Famous Byng Drive; Men Eager For Active Service British Army Headquarters in France, Monday, Nov. 26. American engineers, the first American troops to be engaged in military operations on the British front, took a prominent pait in the breaking of the Ilindenburg line by General Byng last week. Military necessity has made it impossible to speak of their presence, but it is now possible to inform the people of the United States that engineers of the American Army had a large part in pushing up the vital railways behind the advancing Brit ish soldiers. As a matter of fact the American engineers have been labor ing on the roads through the devastated battlefields of the Somme Jistric< for nearly fouV months and two of their men, who word wounded, were the first American casualties announced from Washington. The speed with which the lines have been laid lip through the broken Hindenburg defenses during the past week has called forth highest prai3C from the British authorities. The Americans have been working in shifts twenty-four hours a day and no such amount of track has been laid in this region in so short a time before. The manner in which they stood up under the strain has led to their being dubbed the "force of American athletes," for these un tiring soldiers to-day are as fit and as willing as they were before the bat tle began. Naturally the Americans have for a long time been working under the range of enemy artillery and more than once they have come under heavy shell fire. One of the most striking sights along the front has been that of the engineers laboring coollv at their tracks while great shells were bursting 100 yards away. Work at Nlglit At one time the Germans cut Idose with their guns on a section of the tracks and tore up three miles of rails which had been laid with much labor but they scarcely had finished this bombardment when the twin lin;s of steel began to creep forward once more. After the engi neers had reached a point wherej they were exposed on the skyline it | was necessary to work at night or on foggy days in order to avoid enemy observation. There have been three bodies of Americans employed in this region since about August 1. Two of them have been occupied with the opera tion and maintenance of light rail ways and the other has been con structing narrow gage lines. The im portance of this work hardly needs emphasis for it is well known that over these railways food, ammuni tion and material of all sorts are re ported up to lend support to the fighting forces. , „ J The correspondent has visited many of these engineers since their arrival and has found them as fit as possible and eager for work. Most of them undoubtedly look forward to the time when they will be able to join the American forces, but just now they are content to do *heir| ait more hero and to learn valuable | essons in military railroading. Want to Be In Fight The correspondent was talking with three officers to-day and the only anxiety they expressed about the future *was the fear that they might later be compelled to work far back of the lines out of the lighting zone. The engineers love to hear the guns and to get as close to the firing line as military orders per mit. Some of them had an unusual experience, much to their liking, on the first day of the offensive. The British called for volunteer stretcher bearers to go forward to the battle field and bring in wounded British and Germans, a large number of the engineers offered their services which were accepted. They just had finished a hard day's work on the railroad, but they gladly undertook Ihe new, arduous and dangerous task und labored through the night get ting injured soldiers back to the dressing stations. They were high ly complimented by the British for their efficiency in this line of service which was rather far-reached from building .railroads. THE WEATHER For Ilarrlsliuru nnil vicinity l Cloudy to-nlxM uml Saturday, probably rain. Slightly warmer ( tn-iiiftlit, lowest temperature about 3M degrees. For Knstern Penns} Ivanla I Cloudy to-night mid Saturday, prob nbly mint slightly warmer to night In south portioni luoder nte southeast to southwest winds. River The Susquehanna river and all Ms branches will rise slightly or re main nearly stationary. A stage of about 4.0 feet Is Indicated for llnrrlshurg Saturday morning. Ueneral Conditions Pressure has decreased over nearly all the country since Inst report and cloudy weather prevails generally east of the MiNslssslppl and over about half the territory west thereof. Temperature! 8 a.m.,34. Sunt Rlaea, 7:00 a. M.i sets, 4i:tU P. m. Moon: Rises, Uilß p. m. River Stage. Four feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature. 4it. Lowest temperature, 31. Mean temperature, 3*l. Hormal temperature, 47. LENINE CABINET FALLS; SOCIALIST BODY IS FORMED Alleged Secret Treaty Retween Allies Given Out by Rol sheviki Government London, Nov. 30. —The fovernmcnt of Nikolai Lenine has fallen, ac cording to a Petrograd dispatch to the Daily Chronicle dated Wednes day. It has been succeeded by a coalition cabinet of advanced So cialists, in which, however, the Bol sheviki are represented. Amsterdam, Nov. 30. —The v.is tro Hungarian government, accord ing to a dispatch from Vienna, has sent an official reply accepting the Russian government's wireless pro posal to enter Into negotiation for £tr armistice and a general peace treaty. London, Nov 20.—The Russian envoys sent to treat with che Ger mans, according to a Reuter dis patch from Petrograd, have tele graphed the Bolsheviki leaders the Hut so-German plenipotentiaries will meet Sunday noon at the crossing on the Dvinsk-Vilna Railroad west of the village of Kukharishlty, be tween the opposing military lines Thence they will travel by speciai train to German headquarters at Brest-I.itovsk. London, Nov. 30. —A secret treaty between Great Britain, France, Russia and Italy has been given out by the Bolsheviki government, ac cording to a Petrograd dispatch un der date of Wednesday to the Daily Mail. It comprises the terms on wnich Italy entered the war. Great Britain. I'ranee and Russia, accord ing to the published text agree to Italy annexing the Trentino, the southern Tyrol, Istria, Dalmatia, certain islands in the Grecian Archi pelago and territory in Asia Minor and Africa. Article XV of the. treaty is reported to read as follows: "France, Great Britain and Rus sia take upon themselves to sup port Italy in her disallowing repre sentatives of the Holy See to lake any diplomatic steps for the con clusion of peace or regarding mat ters pertaining to the present war." Great Rush to File Deeds Before New War Tax Goes ofc Transfers Tomorrow Ihe war tax on all deeds and mortgage bonds lllod with county re corders becomes effective to-morrow. At the office of County Recorder .lames K. Lenta to-day almost 100 In struments were filed by persons who wished to have them on record be fore the tax goes on. Register of Wills Roy C. Banner also stated that after to-day all ad ministrators named in estates will be required to pay a tax on the bond they hie as security. The law re quires an administrator to file a bond in double the amount of the estate which will be handled. A tax of fifty cents is imposed on this bond unless it is obtained from a bonding company in which case the tax is one per cent on the premium paid. The tax on power of attorney pa pers is twenty-five cents Recorder L,entz stated; on mortKage bonds fifty cents, and on all deeds flftv cents for each SSOO paid for the prop'- erty transferred. WILLIAM E. CHANDLER DIES ' Concord, N. H„ Nov. 30.—William Eaton Chandler, who as Secretary! of the Navy In President Arthur's I Cabinet was largely responsible for the beginning of the modern United! States NavyK died at his home here to-day. CONCERT FOR SOLDICRK The Elizabethville band gave a j patriotic concert Inst evening in thp borough school auditorium in honor' of a number of the soldiers of thej town who were home over Thanks-1 giving. MISS KM I I.IK I.KTT Funeral services for Miss Kmelie i Lett will he held to-morrow after-1 noon at 2 o'clock, from her home, 218 Pine street. The lit. Rev. .fames II I Darlington, will officiate at the serv-< ices. Interment will be made in the' llarrisburg Cemetery. HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 30, 1917 Faithfulness, Justice and Truth WILL Win, But Not as Interpreted by The Arch-Prussian I 1 Pflllllfllll 11 '.I l! ""WE ARE FIGHTING FOR FAVfif'^ 1 I /J M ''i, fULNESS. JUSTICE AND TRUTH, i , i 111 In; 1 J AND IT IS THESE THAT WILL WIN." I ']! ' Jl | j I, I 1 1 '< J , II I' RALTHFULNTSS ( B0 (H E K.MO) 111 ij ( ! || I j [ j-JL |j | VIOLATED TREATIEi-TRtftSOM TO All HUHAKIir. Ij j * ■' ■ TWO MEATLESS DAYS EACH WEEK URGED BY HEINZ Every Pound of Pork Saved Is Worth Shell Thrown at the Huns Philadelphia, Nov. 30.—Two meat less days a week. One meat meal other days. These are the haw tions of Howard Heinz, Pennsylvania Food Administrator, to people of this state. Excessive American ci vilian consumption abnormal war demands are assigned by him as reasons for the appeal he ad dresses to housewives of the state. Tuesdays and Fridays are suggested ac meatless days. The Great American Hog is set first as the bulwark of this country. Soldiers need the bacon, sausage and lard as fuel and need them far worse than the stay-at-homes. Every pound of pork saved for the use of the men in the trench is worth a [Continued on Page 20J Wealthy Mrs. Field Gets $25 as Sergeant's Wife Chicago, Nov. 30.—A benevolent and thoughtful Government has add ed $25.50 a njonth to the income of the wife 'of.Marshall Field, Jr. Mr. Field, one of the principal heirs to tile $120,000,000 estate ?>f the fate merchant, Marshall Field, is a sergeant in a field artillery regi ment now in Texas. As such he draws ssl a month, and, as Mrs. Field did not waive the Government allotment nor show that she was able to support herself, her husband s superior officers ruled that she was entitled to the money, according to word received to-day from Houston. COAL CARDS TO BE USED HERE TO PREVENT HOARDING OF FUEL In accordance with the order of the United States Fuel Admin istrator in Pennsylvania, purchasers arc required to make true declaration in writing in answer to the following questions: All coal merchants in tlic City of llarrisburg are required by the Fuel Administrator of Dauphin County to report all iuis-statcmcnts made on this form. ' Name- of Dealer > * City Date 1. Amount of coal desired 2. Kind used last year 3. Approximate amount used last year 4 Pounds or tons on hand at present V. 5. Will last approximately days 6. Havp you any unfilled orders with other dealers? I hereby certify that the above report is true to the best of my knowl edge and belief — Name Address GERMANY WILL DISCUSS PEACE WITH RUSSIA Will Consider Terms if En voys With Full Powers Are Sent to Berlin Berlin, Nov. 29, via London, Nov. 30. (British Admiralty via Wire less Press) The war situation was reviewed before the Reichstag to day by Count George F. Von Hert ling, the new imperial German chan cellor. He declared Germany was ready to enter into peace negotia tions as soon as the Russian gov ernment sent representatives having full powers to Berlin. The chan cellor said he hoped and wished the present efforts would take definite shape and "bring us peace." German arms, the chancellor said, have been uniformly successful and the submarine warfare will reach the aim intended fop it. He said the ships sunk will exceed that of those newly constructed. . He praised the army and navy and eulogized the home population for its patience and endurance under great privations. Political reforms he said would be f Continued on Page 18] 16 Nations Represented at Allied War Conference Paris, Nov. 30.—Sixteen nations, representing more tjiun nine-tenths of the area of the globe, joined hands here yesterday at the first ses sion of the interallied conference. Promptly, without pomp or bombast, they set down to work. Their task is to put unity of action definitely into the driver's seat of democracy's chariot of war. It is the first conference of the kind to be formally attended by the United States. PIAVE DEFENSES WILL HOLD, SAYS GEN.G.P.SCRIVEN American Expert Is Greatly Pleased With Effective Italian Organization Italian Headquarters in Northern Italy, Thursday, Nov. 29 (By the As sociated Press) —Brigadier General George P. Scriven, who is here to study the Italian situation tor the American Government, yesterday In spected the line along the Upper Piave and to-day was going along the northern fighting front. The General went into the first line trenches along the edge of the Piave yesterday, noting the condition of the officers and men as well as the character of the defenses, the material and guns. A heavy artillery fire was coming from enemy batteries posted on a hill cn the opposite side of the river with rifle fire from the bushes along the shores and the Italian batteries were making strong replies over the place where the General and his escorts were making their inspection. At another place the General saw a heavy artillery duel around Monte Tomba. General Scriven says he was im pressed most favorably. The Ital ian army, he said, has been able to make an effective reorganization and is now in a high state bf efficiency. The Piave tiver he regards as- hav ing good defensive advantages.' Italian material, guns 'and sup plies were of the best. General Scriv en declared. He noted the .men at the guns and the relief men in the trenches ready to take the place ot those on duty. He saw a British di vision, including an engineer sec tion, artillery, cavalry and infantry, moving toward the front. The thor oughness of their equipment and the high state of the men was particu larly noticeable. The tour to-day will take General Scriven through Lassapo and along the Asiago plateau, where the "fight ing now is heaviest because of the enemy atempts to force a way. south ward to the open plains. Lockjaw Develops After Teeth Are Pulled Surgeons at the ltarrisburg Hospi tal were greatly interested this af ternoon in a case of lockjaw. The victim was Howard Huker, whose home home is Twenty-ninth street, I'enbrook. So far as he could give any infor mation to the surgeons Baker was of the opinion that he had contract ed the disease through a dental op eration. Recently he suffered greatly with his teeth and had two remov ed. Tetanus has often been caused by dental operations, say the sur geons. Baker was brought to the hospital, suffering intensely. City to Open New Bids For Removal of Garbage Bids for the removal of garbage for periods of fifteen months, twenty seven months, three and live years, will be opened at noon to-morrow by Commissioner Morgenthaler. The bidders submitting proposals also have been given permission to submit specifications. Separate bids for col lection and disposal of the garbage are required. It is expected Council will act on Tuesday In case a con tract will be awarded and that the ash and garbage collection bureau will be organized in a week or two CONSUMERS MUST FILL OUT CARDS TO GET COAL HERE Dealers Co-operate With Fuel Administration to Pre vent Hoarding POOR MAN'S MEASURE Punishment to Follow Where Householders Lie to Get Rig Supply Coal cards to-day were issued for the first time in Harrisburg at the instance of the county fuel admin istration working £ln conjunction with the state director. After to-day a card must be llled out by the consumer before any of the local dealers will sell anthracite fuel. The action was taken to le lieve the coal shortage by prevent ing hoarding. The coal cards make it necessary for the customer to state how muoh coa l he has in his cellar, how much his immediate needs require, the kind, and how much he used last year, and the number and amount of unfulfilled orders with other dealers. The cards were distributed to all the dealers this morning, and ro dealer is allowed from now on to Fell coal unless the cprds are prop erly filled out when the customer orders the coal. Prevent Hoarding Tho cards are designed to prevent | the hoarding of coal by any con- j Eumerp who are able to buy coal in j large quantities and so prevent tho mn!l buyer from procuring his share. The fuel .administrator this mormnp announced that the nim will to to sell coal in one-ton lots. Customers filling out a card for three tons will receive three tons, hut only in one-ton lots. No one will be allowed to fill out a card for a coal order which will supply 'iim for more than thfrty days. The cards will be returned to the fue'. committee every day, and filed. The fuel administrator announced that If funds are forthcoming, a fil ing clerk will be secured to take care of all tho cards at some cen tral roint. An effort will be made to procure aid from the state. When a dealer receives a coal order and is in doubt about some of the state ments of the customer, he can look up any questionable points about the customer's former dealings, on his coal cards filled at the central office. Dealers Pleased Ross A. Hickok, fuel administra tor. announced that untruthfulness will be punished fully, and in doubt ful cases, a representative of the commission will visit the coal bin of the consumer and investigate his statements. At their meeting Thursday, the members of the fuel commission did not think that the conditions In the city were such as to warrant the use of the coal cards, but the dealers wanted them so badly they agreed to print them themselves. The fuel commission has no funds in Its pos session, being largely an advising and representative body, to the State Fuel Commission. The coal dealers complained that without the cards, the dealer who would be willing to furnish coal in the largest lots got the business of the best customers, a/ifl th' other dealers last it. By making it unlawful for one dealer to supply more to one customer than another dealer can do, all the dealers will be taken care of. The dealers are of the opinion that the cards will eliminate much of the confusion of the coal situation here. Veteran Political Leader Fears Ruin of World By Associated Press London, Nov. SO. —Much discus sion has been provoked in England by the publication of a letter from the Marquis of Lansdowne, a veteran political leader. He pleads for a re vision of the war aims of the allies and an attempt to obtain peace be fore the war leads to the ruin of the civilized world. The letter has created such a sensation that it is understood it will be the subject of debate in the British House of Commons probably enr'v next week. Thcf Evening News says that at a representative meeting of the Union ist party to-day Chancellor- Bonar Law very strongly repudiated L.ord Lansdowne's letter, describing it as a "disaster." Hummelstown Council Asks County to Aid Road Work A petition from the rfummelstowp borough council asking the County Commissioners to aid in perman ently improving the main highways in the town, and to join in asking for state aid from the State High way Department, was received to day. In the statement it is ex plained that the stretch of roadway in need of permanent improvement is 9,225 teet long extending from the Swatara creek bridge at the eastern end of the borough to the western borough limits. The commissioners In a reply seni to-day requested council to furnish a statement of the total cost of the repairs which are planned and which year's appropriations would he needed to meet the expensa of the improvement. MANY MAIt It Y on HOI.IDA Y Twenty-three marriage licenses were issued Wednesday and yester day, it was reported at the countv recorder's office to-day, virtually Pualing the record of Thanksgiving licenses issued In previous vears Three of the certificates were issued yesterday, one of the clerks coming to the office for a short time in the morninic. Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION GUARDSMEN FROM EVERY STATE NOW AT FRENCH FRONT U. S. Soldiers From All Parts of Country Training in Europe ALL ARRIVE IN SAFETY Men Are in Fine Shape; Quar tered in Rarracks Spe cially Erected By Associated Press With the American Army in France, Thursday. Nov. 29. —Na- tional guardsmen from every state in the union have arrived in France, it is to-da.v permitted to announce, 'I hey are among the troops now training or lately arrived. While it is not permitted to dis close the identity of units, it may he said that all those which sailed from the United States have ar rived safely and that some already are in training within sound of the Kims on the battle front. They are showing a spirit in co operating with the purpose of all co'ictrned to make the American ex peditionary force a homogeneous American Army in which each di vi.'-'on. whether Regular, Natio: il Guard or National Army, cannot be distinguished in efficiency fron. the others The former state troops are billeted over a wide area and are rContinued on Page 18] Wonder Army Cooks Make Pumpkinless Pumpkin Pies Washington, Nov. 30. —Camou- flaged pumpkinless pumpkin pie and gingerless singer bread are the latest experiments in food conservation tested on one of the Army trans ports. The pie is. as its name implies, camouflaged with cornmeal, with Indian meal, salt, brown sugar, cin namon, two eggs and ginger. The ginger bread, however, is gingerless, molassesless, egoless, butterless and milkless. {• c BU-RG I.llc' HANDS | 2! Chambersbift'g Nov, 30.i—Control <>f the Chambers- X I ▼ <§ 4* W - I W- T* Hagerstown and Frederick Railway Cdmpany. The deal *f" 8® ' *5 m .sbout, $." .*"0.000. t . t NAVY DEPARTMENT RELEASES TTN *B* amount of *s* d. aL *l* Jay by the Navy Department on representations V 4 Department of Commerce that private industries £• T would be liandicapped seriously by lack of the metal, par- Jm J NO GENERAL SESSION OF CONFERENCE J 4* Paris, Nov. 30.—The delegates to the interallied con- I ference engaged to-day with the committee meetings <] L j* the various French ministries, there being no genero: "j* I rs* non. The impression exists that the important work <i W i the oonference will be transacted by these commis X • sions, the proceedings of which are entirely secret. Hf J f T j GERMANS CLAIM CAPTURE OF PRISONERS T A Berlin, Nov. 30.—Storming troops of the German Crown Prince yesterday made a successful attack against J tthe French positions north of Brave and captured a num- A JL be'r of prisoners, the war office announced to-day. Jjg, It! CORONER TESTIFIES IN MEANS TRIAL K" J Concord, N. C., Nov. 30.—Dr. W. H. Burmelster, T coroner's physician of Cook county, Illinois, testifying X i.e-r the rtate, on cross examination in the trial of Gaston •{'- T B. Means charged with the murder of Mrs. Maude A. m- King to day said the pistol that inflicted the wound caus- •£ T ing Mrs. King's death was not in contact with the head !£ ™ "r hen fired* The witness declared it would have been a "j* 4 hysical impossibility for Mrs. King to have caused the 4" , A wound. T 4- \ X f __ I MARRIAGE Andrew A. Clark and Francea L. Slsler, Mechanlcahnrßi WIN "i llam J. Stflnbrric, Jr.. and Mar*are J. Clancy, Harrlabnr*| ,KI- & 4. wood K. Mell and Auna I. Uuiutitr, llarrlnltiirK i Harper S. libera, 3 T Camp Meade, and Tuvllln A. Jacob*, Harriabursi Kdnin H. Teaicne *1" M mid Fannie F. Francla, WaablnKtun, 11. C.| John J. UcntalUler and J. < lam J. Cirlbble, Harrlaburm Herbert H. \\ nahinger, I.emoyne. and Vernn V. Wllklna, Johnatown; Cbnrlea H. Erford, Camp Hill, and •> Ftancea H. Mummn, Mt. Joyi Cbnrlea G. Hariuan and Mary R, _t. OrawliailKh, HiirrlabnrKi Itelvln K. Kendall and Sarn J. Ilannan, 7" llnrrlnliurtci William C. Ilnmood, Cleveland, and l.lle U. Peeler, •% At llnrrlaburin Jacob C. 1,. Httchr.v and liraee M. Wetzel. Carllalei - i Charlea A. KwlnK. Steelton, -ind Ml -le ti. Naclta, Ilarrlaburitl 7* llomer C. K. Oelar and Horclln St. Clnlr Flrcatonc, <nn p Hill; Ilil- at _' 1{ win v. liner nlO Minnie K. Ilodkey, IlltrrUliurKl \\ llllnm R, i burp 1 nnd Muaan Hlppenateel, llnrrlaburßt l.elloy . limberifer. Hum- X ■* mrlalimn, and Mary K. MeAlllater, Harrlahnrs. tit STATE REVENUE HIT BY CONDITION OF TAX RECORDS Auditor General's Department Issues Statement Regard ing the Fiscal Year ECHO OF THE SUITCASES Relief That Next Year Will See a Great Increase in. the State's Income Pennsylvania's fiscal year, which closes to-night, will not show as great receipts as the fiscal year of 1916 because of a difference of two months in the period covered, be cause of conditions in which there was found records on which taxes had to be computed and because the new direct Inheritance tax i not yet producing much money accord ing to a statement issued by the Auditor General's DeoUtnient. The receipts for the fiscal year of lftlii were $36,6(13,039.23 and c\- ipenditures $35,4 89,553.6/. Heavy payments are being made to-day, but it is estimated at the depart ment that the aggregate will not [Continued on Pago 22] Man Grabs Purse From Woman in Dauphin Mrs. Sherman Fertig, wife of a rural mail carrier of Dauphin, was robbed of twenty dollars in money and a gold watch this morning short ly before noon. Alr;>. Fertig was walking down Erie street, Dauphin when she was attacked by a tall dark-haired man wearing a big overcoat, while she was o:i her way to take a rain for Harriaburg. The man approached from the rear, grab bed her pocketbook and watch and fled toward the river. As soon as the crime became known a number of men began a search for the thief. At a late hour to-day no trace of the man had been found.
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