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LXXXVI— No. 298 28 PAGES
GERMAN HOPES
CENTERING ON
WESTERN FRONT
Generally Increased Confidence Is Based Upon Russian
Armistice and Great Offensive Which Is Regarded as
Certainly Impending; Bolsheviki Forces Apparently
Have Been Successful in Clashes With Revolutionists
London, Dec. 14. —A generally increased confidence in Ger
many based on the Russian armistice and other obvious factors
is shown in extracts from the latest German newspapers tele
graphed from Holland. Travellers arriving in Holland from
Gerfhany are quoted as saying that the German people are build
ing great hopes on a great offensive in the west, which is regarded
as certainly impending.
The Koelnische Volkzeitung says the only battlefield remain
ing is the western front, "toward which the hands of the clock
of destiny rapidly are advancing."
"Our enemies also recognize this," it adds, "and are crying out
for American help. No matter. Justice is about to end the war."
I Germans Rush Troops
to Western Lines; Huge
Attack Is Anticipated
Artillery and local infantry fight
ing has been in progress on the
western front, to which the Germans
■r still rushing troops and supplies.
The enemy has attempted no further
massed attacks since Wednesday
and there is still no outward sign of
where his expecte 1 blow is to come.
In the Cambrai area yesterday the
British stormed a German post on
the southern end of the sector, while
on the northern end there was bomb
lighting in which German prisoners
were captured. German artillery has
been especially active south of the
Scarpe, in the Arras area, and north
east of Ypres, In Flanders. Intermit
tent artillery activity continues along
the French front. The only infantry
action has been near Juvincourt
north of Rheims where a German at
tack was repulsed.
Mummers Abandon Plans
For New Year's Celebration
On account of the war, Harrisburg
will be without its annual mummers
parade this year. This was decided
upon at a meeting of the Harris
burg Mummers' Association, held
last night in the Majestic theater.
C. Floyd Hopkins, who presided
at the meeting said that as the mer
chants of this city have been con
tributing very liberally to the Red
Cross, Liberty Loans and other war
funds, it would be imposing upon
the populace of the city to go
around soliciting funds for a New-
Year's pageant. He further stated
that as so many Harrisburgers have
enlisted and been taken away to "war,
the parade, should one be held,
would probably be a failure and the
association would go into debt.
President Hopkins declared, how
ever that should the war end be
fore January 1. 1919. plan* wiU be
made for a parade next year.
SIOO,OOO FOR STARVING POLES
By Associated Press
Berne, Switzerland, Dec. 14.- On
behalf of the American Red Cross
the American legation has remitted
to the Polish relief committee SIOO.-
000 for starving Polish children.
EX-KMI*KROR'K p\rc.IITER
IS SERIOUSLY ILL
By Associated Press
Petrograd, Thursday, Dec. 13.
It Is reported from Tobolsk, Siberia,
that Olga, eldest daughter of for
mer Emperor Nicholas, is seriously
ill.
THE WEATHER]
For Harrlshur* and vicinity! Fl r
to-night anil Saturdays colder
to-night, with lowest tempera
ture about H degree*.
For Eastern Pennsylvania! Fair
to-night and Saturday | much
colder to-nights fresh, possibly
strong, northwest wind*.
River
•| lie Susfluehannn river nnd all It*
branches will remain generally
Ice-hound nnd nearly stationary.
A Maise of about 4.2 feet In Indi
cated for Ilarrlsburg Saturday
morning.
C-enernl Condition*
The western Mtorm ha* moved
rapidly northeastward to the
New Knglnnd State* with ln
cren*lnK Intensity. It was at
tended by snow In the northern
and central districts east of the
Mississippi river, nnd strong
winds anil gnles along the At
lantic const from Hntternn
northward. New York City re
ports a maximum velocity of
thirty-four miles nn hour from
the northwest. l.lglit to mod
erately heavy fnlls of snow oc
curred In the Missouri and. Up
per Mississippi valleys.
Temperatures have fallen - to 20
degrees over most of the coun
try east of the Mississippi river,
except In the Middle Atlantic
States, where It Is somewhat
warmer. A general rise of 2 to
•-•o degree* In temperature has
occurred west of the Mississippi
river. N
Temperature! 8. in.. 20.
Sunt Hlses, 7t-S a. m.| sets, 4:.T0
p. m.
Moon I First quarter, necember 21.
11l ver Stage I 4.2 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, 27.
I.owest temperature, til.
Menn temperature, 22.
Normal temperature, :CI. <
i Bolsheviki Claim Cossack
Defeat in Encounter;
Reports Are Incomplete
By Associated Press
Washing-ton, Dep. I I.—Tlio stniiflo
for power In interior Russia is
growing more bitter.. Advantages
in the! civil warfare are claimed by
both sides. The Bolsheviki assert
success in the fighting with General
Kaledines' Cossacks in the vicinity
of liielgorod, some 350 miles south
of Jfoscow while the Cossacks are
reported victorious at Rostov-on
the-Don, capturing {Tie city and forc
ing the liolslicviki troops to retreat
across the Bon.
London, Dec. 14.— Bolsheviki
troops have occupied Tamanovka
and Kaluga, according to a Reuter
dispatch from Petrograd.
Tamanovka was occupied by
troops from Petrograd, while Kaluga
w.-;s captured without much lighting.
Tiit counter revolutionary troops
there were disarmed and arrested
and Bolsheviki authorities restored.
Commissioners with the Black Sea
feet have telegraphed asking for the
immediate dispatch by land and
water of all Black Sea detachments
new ashore. They also ask for a
large number of machine guns. The
commissioners report that military
cadets are attacking Rostov with
armored cars.
Tamanovka is near Bielgorod, in
Kursk province, about 350 miles
south of Moscow. There is a rail
road town, named Kaluga, in the
province of the. same name, which
lies about 100 miles southwest of
Moscow.
Petrograd, Thursday, Dec. 13.
Civil offenders in the Petrograd
prisons have been removed to jails
ir the provinces to make, room for
counter revolutionary suspects who
are being arrested continually.
! Countess Panin, former vice min-
I istei of public welfare, has been ar
rested. She is charged with naving
returned all the ministry funds to the
state bank, leaving tne safes in the
ministry empty when the Bolsheviki
took control.
The lodgings of Mine. Kerensky,
wife of the former premier, were
searched to-day by soldiers. She was
told she had better notify Kerensky
to come to the Smolny Institute vol
untarily or he would be in great dan
ger of lynching if found.
The members of the constitutional
democratic party now in prison will
ne tried by revolutionary tribunals
Bolsheviki leaders express the opin
ion that the probable penalty will
be exile abroad for one year or more.
London, Dec. 14.—The Russian
authorities have ordered the reie. se
of all civilian German prisoners in
exchange for 4,000 Kussian officers
in German prisons, according to a
(!ts):.tch from Haparanda printed in
the liagena Nyheter, of Stockholm,
prd forwarded by the correspondent
of the Morning Post.
It is reported reliably, the dis
rf.trh adds, that Russian troops have
been ordered to evacuate Finland,
rhe-commander of the fortifications
at Sveaborg is said to have acknowl
edged officially the independence of
Finland.
Am sterdam, Dec. 14.—Official der
ma • and Austrian statements sav
that the Russian delegates arrived
at lirest-Litovsk on Wednesday and
thut the armistice negotiations were
resumed yesterday.
London. Dec. 14. —The Moscow
Workmen's and Soldiers' Council has
suppressed the newspaper Russkoe
Slovo foi publishing a rumor that
r Jns"-n Krylenko's seizure of general
staff headquarters was instigated at
German headquarters, according to
a Heuter dispatch from Petiograd.
The office of the newspaper is •>cc:i
pied by soldiers and the nlant and
the paper had been sequestrated, for
tie needs of the workmen and sol
diers.
Distillers Refused Grain;
Thousands Thrown Out of
Employment in Holland
Amsterdam, Dec. 14. —The 200
distilleries of Schiedam, which pro
duce vast quantities of gin and other
liquor have been notified by the
government's grain bureau, the Tele- i
graaf reports, that after this week
no more grain will be supplied tor
conversion Into alcoholic products.
HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1917.
LIVE BY THE SWORD, DIE BY THE SWORD
COLD WAVE IS TO
FOLLOW IN WAKE
HEAVY SNOWSTORM
Thirteen Inches of Snoio
Blankets City, Cutting Off
Suburban Towns for Hours;
Drifts Block Streets; West
Winds Lower Temperature
A real, old-fashioned winter. Is the
prediction of oldtimers for the com
ln t.iree mo-.tVi. when they sur
veyed the blanket of snow cov
eted H :rrisburg this morning. Only
twice in the history of the city has
there .xnn as heavy'a snow during
the month of December as was le
porfcu at the weather bureau office
this morning by Weather Foresaster
Deinain. The snow, which fell in
tern'ttently all day yesterday, began
to fall n earnest About 5..10 last
night, and continued steadilv until
after £ o'clock this morning. The
storm was driven by a twentv-six
mile vv nd. which made the sn >w as
*>uu e the aspect of a blizzard. The
covering on the ground this morn Miff
is 1U.2 ruches. Kight inches of snow,
sale Mr. Demain fell last night.
•.Continued on Page 21)
QUESTIONNAIRES
ARE READY FOR
REGISTERED MEN
Men Liable to Service Have
Seven Days to Make
Detailed Report
Nearly all of the questionnaires to
bo mailed to-morrow to the 7,000 reg
istered men in ilarrisburg to-day
were prepared for the mails by the
three draft boards in the city. Ap
proximately the same number have
been prepared by the three boards In
the Dauphin county districts.
While the boards have twenty days
In which to get the questionnaires
ready, it was said to-day by Sheriff
Caldwell, F. Tt. Smith and John C.
Orr, chairmen of the three city
boards, that most of the men regis
tered for army service would get the
pamphlets by next week.
It 1s mandatory that the registered
man have all the questions answered
and the questionnaire returned with
in seven days after It has been
mailed. Men who have moved or who
fail to receive their questionnaires
(Continued on Pi.ge 21)
Steamer Kurland Is
Sunk in Collision
By Associated Press
London, Dec. 13. —The steamer
Kurland has been sunk in a col
lision, according to announcement
made by Lloyds.
According to available shipping
record* there Jire three steamers
named Kurland, one Belgian and
two Russian. The Belgian steamer
K'irlund arrived In an American port
on November 10.
Railroads Virtually at Stand
still as Result of Drifts;
Freight Service A bandoned
Until Trains Already Out
Can Re Rrought In
With the exception of the Phila
delphia and Reading Railway, all
railroad lines running into liarris
hurg were almost put completely out
of business. Snow drifts tied up both
passenger and freight traffic between
New York and Pittsburgh. No effo-f
was made to-day to run trains on
schedule time.
Passenger trains running from
four to eight hours late were kept
moving once they started to move.
Those who found it necessary to do
any traveling to-day had no pleas
ure as to any particular train, un
less they desired to wait. If they
were going east, west, north or south
they went to the station and took
the first train going in the direc
tion desired.
As to freight, no effort was made
(Continued on Pago 21)
MAYOR TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY
OF POLICE WORK
System of Conferences to Re
lieve Police Chief of
Much Extra Work
A new system with which he hopes
to thrash out difficult polieo prob
lems and a system which he believes
will be a betterment to tho entire
department, wijl be inaugurated by
Mayor Keister this evening, when h
will call into a conference Police
Chief Wetzel, Captain Thompson,
Lieutenant Page, Secretary Hacken
stoss and Clerk E. M. White. The
Mayor's plan is to hold these con
ferences at least once each month
and at such other times as is neces
sary.
One of the chief reasons for hold
ing these conferences is to relieve
Police Chief Wetzel of much respon
sibility. For year the Mayor
said, Chief Wetzel has borne all the
responsibility of the police depart
ment and this he will not stand for
any longer. The chief has perform
ed his duties well and used very good
(Continued on Page 21)
Felix Calonder Elected
President of Switzerland
By Associated Press
Berne, Switzerland, Thursday, Dec.
13—Felix Calonder, vice-president
of the republic and head of the de
partment of the Interior, to-day was
elected president of Switzerland for
1918 Dr. Edouard Miller was
elected vice president, defeating Uus
tave Ador, president of the Interna
tfonal lied Cross.
DRIVE ON ITALY
CHECKED WITH
TERRIFIC LOSS
Austro-German Troops in
Hard Fighting Relieved
by Reserves
ENEMY'S THIRD ATTACK
Downpour of Rain Fills the
Piave River, Re-establish
ing Water Rarrier
Italian Headquarters in Northern
Italy, Thursday, Dec. IS (by The As
sociated Press). —After three days of
fighting on the mountainfront be
tween the Brenta and Piave rivers, the
enemy is holding some trenches on
Col Beretta and tli esuinmit of Monte
Spinuccia, but all the rest of the
Italian line is in its original posi
tion. This is the enemy's third suc
cessive attack with the object ot
j breaking through to the plains.
The backward season continues to
ibe an important factor. A downpour
in the last two days has tilled the
Piave. which had nearly run dry, ob
literating the water barrier with the
enemy trenches only a few hundred
yards away. The water in the inun
dated section along the lower Piave
also had fallen from fiv,e feet to a
foot. The rains again mad* the river
a fairly deep barrier and the inundat
ed section again effectively flooded.
Taking advantage of th e low water
the Austrians "occupied a villa near
the lagoon of Venice, in the vicinity
of Boro Cavilllno. The Italian de
stroyer Sauro managed to work into
the lagoon and landed a party ot
sailors, who destroyed the villa, to
gether with the telephone and ma
chine guns which had been installed.
Austrians Claim Many
Prisoners in Piave Drive
London, Thursday, Dec. 18. —An of
ficial Austrian statement reviewing
the recent attack on the northern
Italian front says that in the four
days of lighting in the Meletta re
gion 693 Italian officers and more
than 16,000 men were made prisoner.
The capture also is reported of 293
guus. 233 machine guns, four quick
firers, elghty-ona mine throwers and
a quantity of other materials.,
Harrisburg Musicians to
Sing at Army and Navy
Training Cantonments
Mrs. Roy U. Cox. soprano soloist,
and Miss Sara Lemer,' violinist, have
contributed their services to the Y. M.
C. A. War Work Council and will
sing before the sailors in th e naval
training camps at Camps Sewell and
Wissablckon. New Jersey. Mrs. Ray
mond Carle, a well-known pianist of
Philadelphia, will accompany the
party.
The musicians will leave Harrisburg
next week and will apear before the
sailors at Camp Wlssahlckon Monday
evening. Tuesday evening the will
sing before the Camp Sewell sailors.
These are the first Harrlsburgers
to appear before the men under the
auspices of the National Y. M. C. A.
War Work Council. Both are widely
known In this city as musicians.
HICKOK TRIES
TO GET SHIPMENT
OF COAL HERE
Steps Arc Taken to Aid Suf
fering Among Poor
Families
KEISTER TO ASSIST
Retail Dealers to Meet With
Fuel Administrator and
the Mayor
Following; a visit by representatives
of the Gates and Dare Coal Com
panies, Mayor Daniel Keister said to
day that he would endeavor to have
Fuel Administrator Hiekolc meet the
retail coal dealers of the city in the
very near future in order that some
understanding might be reached.
The retailers represented that their
yards are bare, that people are clam
oring for coal, that since the ap
pointment of a fuel adminfstrator lit
tle coal has reached Harrisburg, and
that they did not believe the admin
istrator fully understands the seri
ousness of the situation. *
Mayor Keister replied t"hat as he
was new to the office and had been
occupied in getting acquainted with
routine he was not familiar with the
fuel situation In the city and did not
realize that the supply was so short.
He said he would see what he could
do to procure more coal and made an
appointment with Mr. Hickok this
afternoon. He said he hoped to ar
range for a meeting between the re
tailers and the administrator so that
a full discusjion of the situation from
both points of view might be had.
| This may be arranged for to-mor
row, it is said.
When Mr. Hickok was seen this
morning in regard to the effort local
coal dealers made yesterday to re
quest the Mayor to force the hand ot
the coal commission, for the purpose
of supplying the coal needs of the
city, lie stated emphatically that he
cannot order operators to ship any
coal to any dealer or any consumer.
Mr. Hickok said that the only thing
he can do is advlso the Philadelphia
commission to request the operator
to furnish the coal. Mr. Hickok says
liis commission has no executive pow
ers whatever, but is only an informa
tive body. The coal administrator
says he wired all day yestercfey in
an effort to get shipments of coal to
the city, and is doing all in his power
to relieve the situation here. He says
the coal situation in Harrisburg is
bad, but insists it is better than
nearly every other city in the state,
owing to the supply of river coal.
The industries are nearly all well
supplied, but some of the dealers are
not, he said. lie said there has been
no coal in Marysville for three weeks.
"A record of the coal used by every
district is kept a*. Philadelphia," Mr.
Hickok said. "And I have been in
formed that Harrisburg has received
more than her share. When a dealer
orders coal, I inform the state ad
ministrator of that fact, and if the
need is great, ask him to recommend
to the operator to supply it. Even
the state administrator cannot force
the operator to ship coal. The deal
ers here do not seem to realize that
every city in the state is situated as
badly or worse than Harrisburg.
"I think the njanufacturing plants,
and the people with money, are well
supplied with coal. It is the people
in the poor sections whom I fear for.
and if I lind any danger of freezing
among them, on my own responsi
bility I will take steps to supply
them. X am going to And out the ac
tual situation among the poor, and
take immediate steps to relieve them.
"Another thing I want to empha
size is that I have absolutely no juris
diction over matters arising between
dealers and consumers. Frequently
physicians and charitable organiza
tions send me their patrons with slips
certifying that they are in danger of
hardship because of lack of coal. In
such a case I can do absolutely noth
ing, and they know they are simply
'passing the buck'. I wish to em
phasize this fact."
Harrisburg Man Helps
Government Save Big Sum
Commander K. C. Kalbfus, of the I
United States Navy, a son of Dr.
Joseph Kalfbus. secretary of the I
State Game Commission, is one ot I
the members of the board of naval
officers which has s)ived the Govern
ment millions. He is a graduate of
the Harrisburg High School and An
napolis, but served on the Oregon at
Santiago before he was commis
sioned.
A Washington dispatch says: "The
Navy Department has saved millions
of dollars in the process of purchas
ing private vessals for patrol serv
ice. according to Assistant Secretary
of the Navy Roosevelt in an inter
view to-day.
"The lesson learned from the Span
ish-American War scandal, in which
ships for auxiliary war service were
bought up haphazard at enormous
prices, has schooled naval officials
against a repetition of the blunder in
the present struggle. ,
"Upon the declaration of a state of
war with Germany a board of ap
praisers was appointed . for the pur
pose of passing on the ships surveyed
and the prices their owners asked
for them. The board consisted of
three civilian constructors and three
naval officers, one a naval construct
or. one an engineer and the last a
line officer.
The vessels surveyed were pur
chased only after a careful appraisal
of their value had been made. Many
owners attempted to obtain prices
for their yachts far in excess of their
value. In one instance the owner of
a gasoline yacht twenty years old
asked the Government |1,000,000 for
his vessel. 'The board of appraisal
finally commandeered the ship and
paid the owner 1350,000. It was made
so that the decision of the board
could not possibly be Influenced by
the good outward appearance of a
ship,"
Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION
MARY RUSSELL'S
HEART IS RIGHT;
SHE GAVE DOLLAR
Postal Messenger Girl Con
tributes Her Entire Profits
on Thirty-three Trips
LOYALTY COMES FIRST
TO TIIOSK WHO STAY AT HOME
Harrisburg this week has seen
hundreds of lioys from this city
and vicinity off to Uw war.
I' rom Ilarrisburg alone perhaps
3,000 young men are either in
r ®}. nco ?■' i' l the training camps.
They have made the highest sac
rifice.
There are in Dauphin county
luO.OOO men, women and children
who are not going to war.
These 150,000 men. women and
children are back of th e boys who
have offered their lives.
You, personally, are back of the
Dauphin boys.
But have you proved it, other
than by saying so?
Membership in the Red Cross
makes you a bona lide backer.
iou need only a dollar—
A dollar, plus a heart!
Have a heart!
You have the dollar!
President Wilson and former Presi
dents Roosevelt and Taft to-day is
sued statements calling upon the
American people to join the Red
Cross. Governor Martin G.' Brum
baugh issued a statement addressed
particularly to Pennsylvanians. Hut
all of these statements, in the opin
ion of local enthusiasts, fell short of
the deed of Mary Russell, the Postal
Telegraph girl, who, from her meager
earnings, has bought a Red Cross
membership.
Mary Russell lives in Binglestown.
To-day, for example, she came
through all the snow between Har
risburg and Binglestown, to tind that
rContinucd on Page 10.]
DESCENDS ON VIIjLAGE
By Associated l J ress
London, Dec. 14. —Several news
dispatches from Holland agree that
the aircraft which descended :n a
Dutch village .yesterday was not an
airship, hut a British balloon, which
is said to have drifted across the
North Sea from England.
tl TROLLEY LINES ALL OPEN 4
Harrisburg—Shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon *5-
President Frank B. Musser announced that all of the ; >"
lines of the Harrisburg Railways in the city and suburbs
were in operation with the exception of the far end of
4 Linglestown and the upper part of the Rockville line, T
j~W where the drifts were very high, and these he hoped to 'T
14* have in operation by 4.30 this afternoon.
IS . MR. HICKOK ASKS POLICE AID 4-
j jj, Harrisburg—Ross A. Hickok, fuel administrator,
j called upon the mayor to-day in an effort to enlist'the *r
i ■ aid of the police to obtain an accurate idea of the city's V
coal needs. The mayor has called a meeting of coal "T
dealers, Chamber of Commerce and fuel commission for V
3 o'clock to-morrow afternoon.
4> DECLARES DIVIDEND IN LIBERTY BONDS tg.
4* New York, Dec. 14.—The Delaware, Lackawanna
4 and Western Coal Company controlled chiefly by stock
-4* holders of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western *>*-
4* railroad, to-day declared a special dividend of S2O a share, V
--in bonds of Great Britain and in Liberty Bonds. 4*
4* SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT DELAYED J
[§ Washington, Dec. 14.—Majority Leader Kitchin X
sought unanimous consent of the House to-day to vote J.
|4 January 7on the constitutional suffrage amendment, but v? .
14* Representative Walsh of Massachusetts, objected and £
j4* that ended it for the time being. &
RUSSIAN DELEGATES POSSESS POWERS
London, Dec. 14.—Leon Trotzky, the Bolsheviki
foreign minister, according to a Reuter dispatch from T
|X Petrograd, announces that if an armistice for the eastern
front is signed at Brest-Litovsk, the Russian delegates
are empowered to enter into peace negotiations.
NOVEMBER COTTON CONSUMPTION i
Washington, Dec. 14.—Cotton consumption during *1"
November was 590,763 running bales, the Census f r
IT Bureau announced.
I? • BRITISH IMPROVE CONDITIONS
!-/ Londoh, Dec. 14.—Our troops improved their posi
-fc tion slightly east of Bullecourt as a result of the bomb H
,4* fighting in that locality reported in last night's com- *£
!4 munique," says to-day's official statement. The enemy
4 raided one of our posts last night south of Pronville. A
[4* few of our men are missing. On the remainder of the *f
4 front there was nothing of special interest during the 4
4* night."
TO INVESTIGATE CONDUCT OF WAR X
4 Washington, Dec. 14.—A House sub-committee to
• thoroughly investigate the conduct of the war by the
4 Nav y was created by the Naval Committee to-day in *1
4t executive session. Hearings will be arranged soon. Sec- It
retary Daniels, bureau chiefs and officers who have been
4 o nduty abroad will be called. X
X EXPLAINS MEANS' BUSINESS DEALINGS
; Concord, N. C., Dec. 14.—John T. Dooling, assistant
£ district attorney of New York to-day took the jury fa V
the trial of Gaston B. Means along the pathway of the %
defendant's career as business manager for Mrs. Baude
X A. King, with whose murder he is charged and pointed Jl
4 ° ut and explained link by link the chain of evidence X
which the state contends establishes the motive for the
alleged crime.
4> . ;
$• MARRIAGE LICENSES §
John K. I.owl), I*hlludl|>htn, nnri Mnc I:, (•rlffltli, IlnrrUburK. ji|)
CITY IS FREE
OF DRAFT FOR
SECOND ARMY
Lieutenant Lesher Believes
Volunteers Sufficient to
Again Save Harrisburg
GREAT WORK WAS DONE
Records Shows Capital City
District Is First Among
Those of Nation
The campaign lias brought the
city district forward until it baa
taken its stand as being one oi
the foremost in the country. Five
thousand recruits have been
sent to the great training can
tonments, Lieutenant Lesher's
records show.
"I think I can safely say that
there will be no men taken from
[ the city to fill a quota in the
I second draft," Lieutenant R. W.
Lesher, recruiting officer for the
Harisburg district, said to-day at
(Continued on Pago 21)
Robbers Attack Bank
During Snow Storm;
Escape With $47,000
By Associated Press
Chicago, Dec. 14.—Two hundred
pounds of money, totalling $4 7,000,
was carried off by the live men who
yesterday robbed the BaOrange State
Rank at BaGrange, a western suburb,
it became known to-day after an in
demnity insurance company checkgd
up the bank's cash.
The robbery took place at noon, but
a heavy snowstorm obscured the rob
bers at work in the bank from peo
ple on the street, and they escaped in
an automobile.