"A Heart and a Ready For the Solicitor From tJ^^M^wssChapfa HARRISBURG liSglii TELEGRAPH ®l)c Star- Jn&cpcn&cnt * LXXXVI— No. 299 20 PAGES COSSACKS CRUSHED BY BOLSHEVIKI; COMMANDER TAKEN COUNTERREVOLT OF KALEDINES A FAILURE, CLAIM REBEL LEADERS Partial If Not Complete Col lapse of Revolutionary Struggle Is Assertion of Maximalist Government KORNILOFF DEFEATED; KALEDINES ARRESTED Mayor of Rostov, in Don Territory, Is Invited to Discuss Suspension of Military Operations By Associated Press Amsterdam, Dec. 15.—A treaty between Russia and Germany has been formu lated according to an offi cial German statement re ceived here to-day. Petrograd, Friday. Dec. 14. The Germans already have be gun to obtain fats and other sorely needed supplies from Russia,: according to informa tion reaching Petrograd to-day. New shops have been opened and the Germans are exchang ing metals and chemicals for vegetables and fats and espe cially soap. , Partial, if not complete, collapse of the counter-revolution In Russia is indicated in an announcement from the Petrograd official news agency, which says the Bolshevlki have cap tured three important cities in the Don Cossack territory and that Gen eral Kaledines, leader of the Don Cossacks, has been arrested, appar ently by his own generals. With General Korniloff reported defeated and wounded near Bielgo rod. and General Kaledines under ar rest, the only one left of the counter revolutionary triumvirate of military leaders is General Dutoff, hetman of the Ural Cossacks, who has been op erating in the province of Orenburg. The latest report on the 'Situation there is that there has been little military activity while Bolshevlki iigents were attempting to undermine the morale of Dutoff's troops. General Kalediiies' foil probably followed the capture of Rostov, Nak hltchenvan and Taganrod by the Bol shevlki. There had been heavy fight ing in and around Rostov since last Sunday, and previous reports had been that General Kaledines was winning. Nakhltchenvan is across tile Don river from Rostov, while Ta ganrod is on the gulf of the same name ten miles west of Rostov. The announcement of the official news bureau says the captors of Gen eral Kaledines have invited the mayor of Rostov to go to Novo Tcherkask. capital of the Don territory, to dis cuss the suspension of military op erations. The mayor of Rostov prob ably is a member of the Bolshevik! agents of which organization were reported several days ago as having been sent into the ranks of Kale dines' Cossacks to spread extremist propaganda. The people of Germany are re ported to be looking forward to a supreme German effort on the west ern front, but so far it has not de veloped. The artillery activity which has been very heavy along the west ern front for the past week or more [Continued on Page 14.] THE WEATHER I''or Ilurrlsliurg and vicinityi Fair nntl continued cold to-night nnd Sunday; lowest temperature about 5 degrees. I'or Eastern Pennsylvania t Fair, continued cold to-night anil Sunday; gentle west wind*. River The Suruiuehnnnn river nnd nil MM tributaries will remain gener ally frozen anil nearly station ary. A stage of about 4.2 feet Is Indicated fur llarrisburK Sunday morning. General Conditions The aevere storm that was central near Hoston, Krldny moralag, has passrd off northeastward and the high pressure aren from the Northwest now covers most of the country east of the Itock.v Mountains, with Ita center over the Ohio Valley. An area of moderately high prrssure from the I'urlflc ocean has moved inland over the plateau region. Temperaturei 8 n. m., 10. Sons HlJ.cn, 7124 n. m.; sets, 4i30 P. m. loon! First quarter, December 21. River Stage! 4.2 feet nbove low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest teaiperature, 2(1. I'Owest temperature, IS. Mean temperature, 22. Normal temperature, 33. RUSSIA OUT OF WORLD WAR; U.S. MUST FILL GAP Germans Aim to Win Before America Is Ready, Lloyd George Warns STEADY PROGRESS MADE British Premier Admits Grav ity of Situation; Allies Must Meet Danger German Delays Surrender Until Laundry Arrives With the American Army in France, Friday, Dec. J4. (By the Associated Press)—A story of how German officers are surrend ering is told by an Ameycan offi cer just returned from the Brit ish front where he had been un dergoing: instruction. One night recently a German officer crawled across No-Man's- I.and to the British wire, raised his hands and cried: "Comrade!" British soldiers covered him with rifles whereupon the German said: "Excuse me if I lower my The surprised Britishers grant ed the request and the German dropped into the trench. In his hands he had a package of laun dry. He said he had decided to surrender a week before but had waited until his laundry came back. Eondon, Dec. 15.—Premier l,loyd George declared yesterday that the allies are making steady progress' to ward victory. Peace overtures to Prussia now would be betrayal of Ihe trust of the premier and his col leagues, he added. Elo.vd George said he was ! .n full accord with President Wilson. The premier was speaking at a dinner of the Grey's Inn benchers. The premier's words were impres sive, the more so because of his re cent accurate forecast of the waning success of the German U-boat war lare in the face of the allies' tactics. To-day he emphasized the reliance the allies place upon Apierica. The most significant words In the premier's speech follow: "it is because I am firmly convinc ed that, despite some untoward events, despite discouraging appear ances, we are,making steadv prog ress toward the goal. I would re gard peace overtures to Prussia at the very moment the Prussian mili tary spirit is drunk witli boastfulness as a betrayal of the great trust with which my colleagues and myself have been charged. "If this is the worst moment, it is' because Russia has stepped out and America is only preparing to come in. Every hour that passes will see; the gap formed by the retirement of the Russians filled by the vaiiant sons of the great public. Germany! knows it and Austria knows it, hence j the desperate efforts that they are making to force the issue before' America fc ready." If Russia persists in her present policy, the premier pointed out, the [Continued on Page 14.] Dealers and Officials Thresh Out Methods of Relieving Coal Shortage Late this afternoon the coal com mission of Dauphin county. Mayor Daniel E. Keister and members of the Chamber of Commerce and the Retail Coal Dealers' Association went into session in the Council chamber, in an effort to find some means of alleviating the serious coal situa tion in the city. The call for a meet ing of the businessmen and coal dealers with the commission and Mayor comes as a result of a oonfer ence between the fuel commissioner and Mayor yesterday afternoon, when the seriousness of the situa tion was placed before the Mayor. The Mayor stated that he was un able to suggest any remedy for tho situation, and has called the meeting this'afternoon in the hope that sug gestions which can be acted on to relieve the situation will be received. Snow Hinders Companies in Answering Fire Alarm An alarm of fire was sent from Box 61, at Cameron and Herr streets, this morning at 4 o'clock. The fire was in a dwelling at Cameron and Cumberland streets, and was ex tinguished before most of the com panies could arrive on the scene. Reports say the damage was small. The fire was caused by a match thrown in a pile of paper in the kitchen, a witness said. The great piles of snow in the streets prevented most of the com panies from getting to the scene. Pour pieces of apparatus were stall ed in the snowbanks and much dif ficulty was experienced in removing them. The drive shaft of the Hope truck was broken when it was caught in a drift. HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1917 HUNS SUFFER HEAVY LOSSES IN DRIVE ON PIAVE RIVER Germans Concentrate Big Guns on North Front of Italian Line in Effort to Break Through INFERNO OF SHELLS NEAR TREVISO CITY Italian Commander Admits Reverses at Great Loss of Life to Invaders; No Real Advance By Associated Press Italian Headquarters in North ern Italy, Dec. 15.—Heavy fight ing is in progress to-day on the mountain front in the north, east of the Brenta river. 1 he chief Austro'-German ef fort is centering about -Monte Beretta. There the enemy suc ceeded in advancing only a short distance in the course of re peated attacks in which he su?-, fered large losses. Italian Headquarters in Northern Italy, Dec. 14.—The enemy has brought a large number of his heav iest guns to the Piave and north ern fronts and the bombardment has taken on increased runge and viol ence. Some of the shells have reach ed Manclno, eight miles back of Ihe Piave and a few miles from the city Of Treviso. Four hundred of the monster projectiles were concen trated on one point. General Diaz, the Italian com mander-in-chief, sums up the results of the struggle of the last three days in the north by saying that the enemy secured an insignificant stretch of ground at the cost of an immense sacrifice of blood. Although he has obtained a lodgment on Monte Spinuccia and Monte Fontanel, here tofore held by the Italians, this does not represent any appreciable ad* vance to# JjL cjb message proposes to make a final peace offer to his ]T Hr enemies "on whom, ill case of rejection, will fall fespott- sibrlity for bloodshed in 1918," according to an unofficial 3, * telegram forwarded from Geneva by the Exchange Tele- *T jT *• graph Company to-day. BRITISH ADVANCE IN PALESTINE S 'T* London, Dec. 15.—The British have made another £ advance in Palestine, northeast of Jerusalem, the war L e ft office announces. 2* f NORWAY HAS LOST 5,000 SAILORS M L London, Dec. 15.—1t is stated officially that Norway j, X has lost 5,000 sailors during the war, a Central News ▼ " + | dispatch*from Christiania reports. The sinking of two more steamships is told of in the dispatch. 5T ¥ BRITISH MAKE GAINS X 4* X London, Dec. IS.—The British h?ve regained part of X the ground won by the Germans on the Ypres front yes- *f Mr *f I § terday, the war office reports. JL ! i GERMANS HAVE 60 DIVISIONS IN ITALY 2 X Washington, Dec. 15 The strength of the Austro jejU German invaders in Italy is placed by official dispatches j> j± from Rome to-day at sixty divisions. On the front line 7 jjp are fifty-twOi of which forty-five are Austrian and ueven L}* German'. Eight others, four German and four Austrian, 'Ju T are said by information from competent sources to be 4* held back of the lines in reserve. £ X .DISREGARD OF SIGNALS CAUSE OF WRECK x V Washington. Dec. 15.—Disregard of block signals was ►. one of the principal cause., of railroad collisions last year, 'X X H. W. Belnap, chief of the Interstate Commerce Commis- *f*' t* -3* sion's Bureau of Safety, declares in h annuo 1 report f to-day. S* ¥ • VERDUN REGION QUIET |X A A Paris, Dec. 15.—"Nothing worth importing occurred '| X during the course of last night with the exception of ,*|* v* rather lively artillery fire on the Beaumont Bezonvaux £ jp front (north of Verdun)" says to-day's war office state- jT MARRIAGE LICENSES | Cltnrlea K. ' oiirnil, >lechanlehurt, nnd Kmma C. Miller, Car- ''l' ' Unlet .lumen (i. Kline, llnrr'aliurß, iiiml Knrn J. Byrw, Newport) J, I Ahner H. Homier. I'rpwott, anil Mainle H. Krnll. Annvlllet Joseph T T M. Krrldrr, Aniivllle, mill III'. M Krelder. Kalrlnnilii Harry 11. Jury •Jtt and Mauil M. Ilaln, Kllllniceri John K. Keener anil Anna K. II re In, f Hiirrlxliurll; John 12. linger, HnrrlxburK, anil Claire A. Garverleh, ' 7* rronre*. jrjSj CHRISTIANITY IS ACCEPTED FREELY BY U. S. TROOPS Training Camps Scenes of Marvelldus Religious Activ ities, Says Dr. Bagncll LADS ARE RESPONDING Minister Pleased at Safe guards Thrown About Na tion's Best Young Blood "The great outstanding fact in thi war is the tremendous progress that Christianity is making through the agencies of the Y. M. C. A. and the Red Cross. No man can say the world is growing worse who studies the operation and result of these marvellous religious activities." Thus spoke the Rev. Dr. Robert BagneU this morning, fresh from a snowbound journey of six weeks' minute inspection of the Army camps, north and south. He had started with the Naval Reserve es tablishment at Newport, swung a wide circuit and finished With Camp Hancock in Georgia. He had grasp ed the hand of hundreds of Ilarris burg boys who in one instance made up two-thirds of an entire audience. "They aim t hugged me, they were so glad to see some one 'from their home town," related the minister. Grace Methodist Church to-mor row night will hear a complete ac [Continued on Page 14.] Halifax Blast Blinds More Than Army Hostilities By Associated Press Halifax, N. S„ Dec. 15.—The di rectors of the Bank of Nova Scotia announced to-day SIOO,OOO lias been voted toward the Halifax relief fund. A committee has been formed to aid 210 persons blinded by the explo sion. The proportion of blinded in the army at the front is estimated at one in 10,000; in Halifax to-day the proportion is thirty-five in 10,000, according to Sir Frederick Fraser, superintendent Of the Halifax School for the Blind.