United States Now at War With Austria Hungary, Following Epoch-Making Action Yesterday HARRISBURG ifSHtp. TELEGRAPH M LXXXVI— No. 293 16 PAGES ,U. S. DESTROYER SUNK BY GERMAN U-BOAT; 60 OF CREW ARE MISSING ONLY 37 OF ALL ABOARD ARE SA VED Jacob Jones, While on Patrol Duty December 6, Encoun ters Enemy Submarine in War Zone; Commanded by Lieut. Commander David Worth Bagley, Brother of Mrs. Daniels, Wife of the Secretary of the Navy Washington, Dec. 8. Torpedoed in a night at tack. the American destroyer Jacob Tones, one of the newest and largest submarine hunters of her class, was sunk Thursday night in the war zone and two-thirds of her crew lost. The disaster brings to the American people the first naval loss of great consequence since the country entered the war. 37 Removed in Life Rafts Thirty-seven of her officers and crew were taken off in life rafts. The remainder are not accounted for in to-day's dispatch from V ice-Admiral Sims, who forwarded the names of ten of the survivors. Lieutenant Commander David Worth Bagley, brother of Mrs. Josephus Daniels, wife of the Secretary of the Navy, and whose brother was the first American officer to give his life in the Spanish-American War, does not appear in the list of survivors. Inasmuch as Admiral Sims mentioned other officers among the survivors and did not name Bagley, it is feared he went down —ivith his ship. • Complement of 07 Men The complement of the Jones in peace times was five offipers, five petty officers and eighty-seven en listed men. Undoubtedly this has been increased to a hundred or more. From the first report it would appear that the loss of life would be upward ot sixty. The attack, which was at 8 o'clock at night, was delivered by torpedo. In the rolling icy seas of the North Atlantic winter weather the subma rine probably had plenty of opportu nity to pick her time for the shot. The submersible probably came upon the destroyer patrolling her course in the dark and had all the best of the engagement. No details were contained in to-day's report but it has been the case heretofore that when a submarine gets a hit on a destroyer it is more due to a chance meeting and good opportunity than fighting skill on the part of the sub marine. Went Donn y the fact that nothing is said of survivors getting off in life boats. Those saved got off on rafts which probably floated off the sink ing ship as she plunged down in the icy darkness. The names of the ten survivors re ported follow: Lieutenant John I\. Richards, ICnsipn Nelson N. Gates, Assistant Surgeon L. L. Adamkio wicz. Charles E. Pierce, fireman; Ed ward Twomey, seaman; John C. John son, seaman; Henry A. Stutzke, chief ONLY 5 DAYS left for men between the age.s of 21 and 31 .rear# to enlist In the ~var axnitUX the Hun. After tha time all rcKistcrcd men must i n Ur tlielr rhanccc In being placed In whatever branch of the service • lie government decides. * THE WEATHER For HurriabnrK mid vicinity! Snow this nfternoon and to night, with rising temperature) lowest temperature to-night to-night nltoiit -•"> degree*| Sun day clearing and colder. For Knstern Pennsylvania i Snow to-nlKbt. with rising tempera ture! Sunday clearing nnd coldert Increasing east winds to night, becoming northwest Sun day, River The Susquehanna river and nil Its branches will fall slowly or re main nearly stationary, except local rises may occur as a result of Ice. A stage of about 3.0 feet Is Indicated for Harrisburg Sunday morning. Tempcrnturci 8 a. nr. 22. Sum nines, 7|lK n. m.| sets. 4i38 p. m. River Stagei Four feet nbove low water mark. Moon i New moon, December 14. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 30. I.onest temperature, 27. Mean temperature, 2ft. ■Normal temperature, 34. machinist's mate; Edward F. Grady, fireman second class; John J. Mul vaney, seaman, and Myron Flood, sea man. The Jacob Jones was the ship which suved 305 persons from the Orama a P. and O. liner, converted into an auxiliary cruiser, on October 19. The Orama had been torpedoed by a submarine while she was act ing as a part of a convoy of mer chant vessels under escort of Amer ican destroyers. The Jacob Jones W&s one of the convoy. The Jacob Jones and anot.h-jr de stroyer were detailed to remain by the Orama after the submarine had been attacked and put out of ac tion. When the Orama began to settle it had grown dark and l:er crew abandoned her. The Jacob Jor.ea picked up in the darkn*s 305 of ihe 478 persons on board. The other vessel standing by res cued the remainder. The Jacob Jones peace time complement was Ave officers, live petty officers and 8 7 men. She was one of the new est and largest of American de stroyers with a displacement of 1.150 tons and a length of 310 feet over all. She was completed in 1016 at the plant of the New York j Shipbuilding Company, Camdyn, N. J. She burned oil, was driven by j turbine engines and had a speed of I 29.57 knots an hour. No Time Set For Departure of County Selected Men ! W. G. Murdock, disbursing officer I at the state draft headquarters to ; flay said that no information had been received from Washington as to the dates when the remainder | of the quota under the first draft 1 cal l be sent to Camps Meade i Lee and that inquiries made in Philadelphia w-ere merely to ascer tain the condition of the local boards in regard to the number of men needed to complete the quota. I While it is believed that the 1,000 men needed to complete the quota I lor Camp Sherman will be sent De cember 14 or 15 there is nothing to I indicate when the men will po to other camps. The statement that Dauphin coun ty s remaining men would start for Camp Meade December 17 was pro | nounced without foundation The ; same is true of Philadelphia and other counties. Dauphin county draft officers, who inquired at the state headquarters regarding the reports that the men would start Decem i ber 17 were informed that there was | nothing, on which to base such re j ports. Contributions For Halifax Sufferers to Be Received Here Mrs. Lyman D. Gilbert, head of : the Harrisburg Chapter of Red Cross announced to-day that sub scriptions will be received at the Red Cross headquarters in Walnut .street for sufferers of the HalifAx disaster. "All checks mailed to us should be made out to the Harrisburg Chapter of the Red Cross and should be marked' for Halifax fund.' 1 Cash will also be received. Such j contributions will b epromptly for j warded to Halifax and j ment made to the donors." HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1917 THE TRUCE OF THE BEAR Tl TEUTONS PA PRICE FOR ADVANCE ON ITALIAN Within Four Days Defenders Have Been Forced Back Three Miles on Ten-Mile Front; Many Prefer Death to Surrender London, Dec. B.—The number of Italians captured by the Germans and Austrians in their new offen sive now exceeds 16,000, according to an official Austrian announce ment. Strong points east of Asiago have been stormed, the statement says. America's declaration of war on Austria-Hungary comes at a moment when the Italian northern front be tween Asiago and the lirenta is being hard pressed by an Austro-German arrry under Field Marshal Conrad Von Hoetzendorf, an Austrian. The passage of the declaration by Con gress with only one dissenting vote and it signing by President Wilson late yesterday, probably will be a great moral help to the people of EX-CZAR ESCAPES RUSSIAN PRISON, IS LATEST RUMOR American Consul at Tiflis Cables Report to State De partment at \yashington By Associated Press Washington, Dec. 8. —The Amer ican consul at Tiflis to-day reported a rumor that the former Czar of Russia has escaped. The message contained no details and made it clear there was no confirmation of the rumors. London, Dec. B.—The guards sur rounding Nicholas Romanoff, the former Russian emperor, near To bolsk, Siberia, have been disarmed [Continued on Page V.] Italy, and especially to the heroic troops in the Trentino. In four days the invading Austro- Germans have forced the Italians back an average of fhfee miles on a ten-mile front. But th 6 advance was gained at a great cost in casualties, as the Italians fought desperately every foot of the way and at some points preferred to die rather than to surrender or retire. In addition to losing 'lonte Sisemol, three miles east of Asiago, the Italians, accord ing to Berlin, have given up four thousand prisoners. Although superior in numbers, ar tillery has forced the Italians to re treat, the defense line has not been broken and there is yet ten miles of mountain country to light through [Continued on Page #.] HUN AND ALLIED AIRMEN BATTLE OVER SWISS TOWN First Infraction of Switzer land's Neutrality; No Ma terial Damage Effected By Associated Press Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Dec. 7. —The first aerial battle between allied and German airmen over Swiss territory occupied around Basle to day. It appears the Germans hard pressed by their opponents, entered Switzerland on purpose. The light took place at a great height and the number of the airplanes is not known. The encojntfer lasted twenty minutes. Seven bombs were dropped on Swiss territory but no material damage resulted. Eventually the airmen sped toward Alsace, still fighting, while Swiss.sol diers bombarded both parties with shojls from anti-aircraft guns. The resident- of Basle and the neighbor ing territory are Indignant over the violation of Switzerland's neutrality. LADS AT CAMP FOUND TO BE IN FINE TRIM Dr. Ellenbergcr Pleased With Spirit and Health of Training Yanks "There is no weariness among the men in the camps," said Dr. J. W. Ellenberger this morning in an In terview with a reporter for the Telegraph. "The men are not filled with the spirit of weariness at the end of the day, although they have done hard work, but they are work ing, happy and contented." Dr. Ellenberger, who lives at 924 North Third street, has recently re turned from Camp Upton, Long Is land. He was president of the tu bercular board and had eight physi cians and eight clerks under his charge. "The boys in camp are in excellent health," he said. "A marvelous transformation has taken place at the camp. Six months ago the place was a waste of sand, covered by scrub brush and weeds To-day it is a city, with 35,000 sol diers and 15,000 civilians as inhabi tants. There are 18,000 buildings, equipped with electric lights, run ning water and all conveniences. Few Arc 111 "About one per cent, of the boys [Continued on Page 2.] Messenger Boys Ungallantly Go on Strike When Girls Are Given "the Soft Jobs" "All us men 'a' got t' stand to gedder. now. Hully chee, th' wo men folks is buttin' into everything. Un'erstan' now, we got t' stick!" A feeble cheer, accompanied with a savage leer at two dapper cute lit tle messenger girds inside the Postal Telegraph office, followed the lead er's speech, and the strike of mes senger boys was on. "Yeh, 1 guess we'll stick" mediat ed one thoughtfully, "only I know me mudder is going t' give it t' me. She says women c'n do anything a man can." When the first messenger girl was employed no objection was made by' the regular staff. Even a second did ! not cause any disturbance. There - was something rather interesting In working with the young women, for a time; made the hardships easier. But when the Postal found that girls were quite efficient and more of them to be had the boys become alarmed. Quite a few Jobless boys ar© still sullenly realizing the fact that women folks are butting into everything. FIRST STORM OF WINTER HOLDS UP TRAFFIC IN CITY Snow to Continue All Night With Cold Weather in Wake STREET FORCES ARE BUSY Railway Schedules Are Held Up; Pavements Are Dangerous' The first real snowstorm of the winter is now at its height. llar risburgers awoke this morning to see the tirst Hakes begin to fall and in a short time the ground was covered. According to Weather Forecaster Demain the storm will most likely continue throughout the night. The temperature will probably rise slight ly to-morrow and then suddenly drop. Mr. Demain said that indica tions are that to-morrow will be the coldest of the season. There is a slight possibility that the snow might turn to rain if the tempera ture rises. In order to keep the streets free for the heavy Saturday night traffic the City Highway Department has its full force of men working to clear the streets of the snow. The Harris burg Railways Company has put the sweepers into operation to keep the car tracks free for service. Clirlstiuus Trees Here Christmas trees made their first appearance in the city this morning. A wagonload of pine and spruce trees was brought to market by John Ott, of Grantville. More than thirty trees made up the first lot. A number of green holly stocks with the big red berries was also included in the holiday greens. Because so many people thought that the trees would wither before Christmas and were not anxious to buy. Mr. Ott stored the trees and ho will sell them next week. The price asked for the trees was fifty cents apiece. Because so many people were un able to clean the pavements, a num ber of persons slipped on the snow and fell. Vehicular traffic also was held up by slippery pavements. Mb serious accidents were reported to the hospital authorities. Railways Tied Up The main lines o£ the Pennsyl vania Railroad is within the Btorm area, and trains were not running with any regularity to-day. The worst trpubje, according to reports. Is on tile "Pittsburgh division, where there was a heavy snow yesterday. The Middle and Philadelphia divi sions were kept open with the aid of construction and track gangs. They were called out early and will be on duty all day, and! to-night It" neces sary. No trouble has been reported on switch troubles. Special forces [Continued on Page 10.] Trial of Hardscrabble •Cases to Begin Monday Tria} of the Harscrabble appeal cases will be started in county court on Monday morning, when the jury from the November session of Com mon Pleas court will serve. With the verdicts returned in these ap peals from the awards by yiewers for damages to property owners on the west side of Front street, from Calder to Herr streets, the last itep in the acquisition of this territory by the cit ywill be taken. City of ficials preferred to wait until all appeals had been settled before taking over any of the properties. If there is no appeal from -h-3 jury awards the city can begin at once taking over the ground uiu\ razing some of the buildings, vfter the damages have been paid to the owners. * Steelton Red Cross Workers Charge Man Started False Story It is reported that A. Patterson, a driver for an oil company, residing at ' Fifth and Delaware streets, when asked to contribute to the Red Cross by a resident of Steelton in a Front street hotel. Steelton. during a recent I campaign, accused the Red Cross of loose housekeeping. A witness says that Pntterson, with an oath, declared tliet his wife had knit a sweater fo" " relative and turned It over to " H irrisburg Ked Cross for shipment. He said that some time later his wife was at the Red Cross Headquniters and saw a woman wearing what she believed was the sweater she had knit. When making the sweater she placed a mark of identification on it and asked the woman t-i sec it. She discovered the mark on the sweater, he said. The stcry. on course, is not true. This story is getting wide circula tion, and an investigation has been conducted by a eommittee in charge of the campaign. Unless this man apolo gizes publicly, the matter will be taken up with the Federal Govern ment. members of the Steelton con tingent said to-day. When a reporter asked Patterson about the matter, he said: "I have nothing to say just now; nothing to say." M. S. Hershey Gives Two Automobiles to Red Cross The local chapter of Red Cross, of which Mrs. Lyman D. Gilbert is president was most pleasantly sur prised to-day to receive a contrib i tion from M. S. Hershey, in the shape of two second-hand motor • care. One of these is a Packo-rd touring car, the other a Packard landaulet and their combined value is estimated at something near $3,000. The Red Cross rnanaicers made immediate arrangement to put these vehicles on sale and got a quick response from the firm of Rowman & Company, who will sell them in New York. The receipt;) from this sale are to be used rt guy ing yarn and other supplies Wttich are sorely needed just now. Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION STORM SWEPT HALIFAX FACES FOOD FAMINE Blinding Gale Holds City of Desolation in Its Grasp; Delay Faces Relief Trains Being Rushed to Scene; 20,000 People in Wrecked Part of Halifax With In sufficient Food and Clothing Halifax, Dec. B—A8 —A blinding snowstorm, accom panying a gale that at times attained a velocity of more than forty miles an hour, has held this city of desola tion in its grasp for the past twenty-four hours, adding new terrors to the awe-stricken survivors of Thurs day's disaster and greatly impeding the progress of re lief trains hurrying here from the United States and Dominion cities with their urgently needed supplies. Relief Train Delayed I he Massachusetts relief train,, which was due to arrive early to-day, was stalled in great snowdrifts near Amherst late last night and while snow plows were pressed into service to clear the tracks, the progress was so slow that the time of the train's arrival here is problematical. Other rescue trains also are re ported snowbound. With every building in Halifax and Dartmouth, more or less damaged by the explosion and fire, men, women and children huddled together as best they could and passed a night of suf fering. The chilling wind whistled through smashed windows; there were scarcely blankets enough to cover wounded bodies and many were unable tc obtain food. Fires were almost out of the question and the only lights obtainable were from oil lamps or candles. All Rally to Tnsk Out of the chaotic conditions, vich and poor have rallied gaitantly to their duty of caring for the In jured and homeless and accounting for the dead. The Citizens' Finance Committee estimates theiej X DIRECTOR ARRESTED 2 £ '' ■A- I £ T . *f® 14* > #s iS ■ T> <•' General Gregory at Washington. Marshal Devamtey *> * * ♦ t H announced that Prof. Kuriwald wis arrested in accord jp. *f ance with Article 1 Z of the President's pr-oclf motion •*" relative to alien enemies • t # DR. MELVIN DEAD * H} * * t Washington, Dec. B.—Dr. A. D. Melvin, chief of the • Bureau of Animal Industry, and well known to the coCm- „ t 4 • ry as the ; ure in combatting 1 * * | t . foot and mouth diac d other diseases of cattle, died. , t 'J a. his hope here last night of pulmonary hemorrhage j * * it was 55 yt&n old. i % ECUADOR SEVERS RELATIONS J * Guayaquil, Ecuador, • M ? . diplc * * ciai announcement made by the government to-day. * * ' * BELGIUM GIVES PERSHING 600 LOCOMOTIVES * I V / t "t* 4 With the American Army in France, Dec. B.—As a I f* n | 4 v mark of its appreciation of what the United States ha'. t a I lone for Belgium, the Belgian government has tumiJ T* V * * over to the American expeditionary forces 600 locomo- ( ] J tives, all that remains of the Belgian rail motive power. 'J * . Oeneral Pershing has been authorized to make such dis- i I II |n t t position of them as he deems advisable, k s € #f I ! FIRST CANADIAN DRAFTEES CALLED •£ * ( Ottawa, Dec. 8.-r-The first draft of men under the * 'military service act will be called to colors on Jan 4® , , third, it was announced here to-day. 14 " J REVOLUTION IN LISBON |2 • Madrid, Dec. B.—A revolution has broken out in Lis- w c ft JL f , . on, the capital of Pc ng to a dispatch re JL * J ceived here byway of Oporto and Tuy. Outbreaks also X 4 are said to have occurred at Oporto. * T - „♦* ii i ;; MARRIAGE ■ 45 * Simon W. Went* nnd A lire H. Shank, IVewvlllej Clair * 1 i I M. Sfealle. Oberlln, unl 4'lura S. Ilelchlcy, Uarrlaburar. H | are 20,000 destitute people ii the devastated area, the majority of them from the pqorer classes. Nearly 4,000 dwellings were de stroyed, the committee declares, and [Continued on Page 3.]