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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
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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
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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<vard the plains, which is
his main object, but merely a tluctuo
tion of the Italian line, of which
Monte Grappa is the dominating
barrier. Even below Grappa for
midable defensive works have been
constructed in the event that Ihe
enemy should reach the plain, but
each day of his futile pressure on
the north and east and of successful
resistance by the Italians and their
allies strengthens the belief that the
enemy will not realize this eventu
ality.
Congressman Has Narrow
Escape When Car Overturns
By Associated Press
Italian Headquarters in Northern
IJaly (Friday), Dec. 14 (by The As
sociated Press).—An army automobile
in which Congressman George H.
Tinkham, of Boston, was riding to
day on a visit to Monte YJrappa, on
the northern mountain, skidded over
the mountainside and dropped twenty
feet. It made a double turn and was
crushed to pieces, but the Congress
man and the other occupants escaped
with bruises, the chauffeur being
seriously but not dangerously injured,
The car was wrecked so completely
that it was abandoned.
Congressman Tinkham, who fired
the first American shot against Aus
tria the other day by discharging a
gun on the lower front, re
ceived slight injuries and was cared
for by a military surgeon.
TwoU.S.Engineers Injured
Behind British Front
By Associated Press
With the American Army in France
(Friday), Dec. 14 (by The Associated
Press). —A bursting shell has wound
ed two American railway engineers
working behind the British front, ac
cording to reports received to-day.
The projectile struck in a pile of
picks, shovels and other tools.
Ex-President and Army
Commander to Talk Here
William Howard Taft and General
E. F. Glenn, commander of the
troops at Camp Sherman, were to
day announced as speakers for the
patriotic meeting to be held at the
State Capitol on January 12 under*
the auspices of the Pennsylvania
State Society, composed of the heads
of departments and commissioners
of the state government.
( OAI. SHORTAGE DUE TO
TRANSPORTATION TROUBLES
By Associated Press
Washington, Dec. 15.
conference with Fuel Administrator
Garfield, to-day. Chairman A. W.
Thompson, of the operating commit
tee of the Kastern railroads, declared
the coal famine was due more to a
shortage of transportation facilities
than shortage of coal. The operating
committee, he said, iv trying to over
come this by rerouting coal ship
ments.
WHO WILL
THIS DOLLAR
Little Postal Messenger Sets Fine Example by Taking
the Profits From 33 Trips and Buying a Red
Cross Membership
This is Mary Russell.
Also, in her hand, this is the dollar
bill she gave the Harrisburg Chap
ter, Red Cross, for one membership.
Not shown in the photograph is the
membership card Mary Russell re
ceived.
Not shown in the photograph is the
heart Mary Russell has.
Mary Russell had a heart, or she
wouldn't have given her dollar. When
a 16-year-old girl, who earns a few
dollars a week by walking miles
through the snow deliberately goes to
Red Cross headquarters, without any
urging from anyone, and planks down
one of those few dollars she makes, it
is a sign that she has a heart, as
well as the dollar.
The Postal girl lives in Lingles
KULTUR TO BE
ELIMINATED IN
SCHOOL BOOKS
Principals of City's High
Schools Investigating Con
tents of German Textbooks
Principals of the .local high schools
are investigating contents of Oerman
textbooks to find out if there are any
traces of Oerman "kultur" in the
books now in use In the high schools.
This statement was made this morn
ing by Dr. F. K. Downes, superin
tendent of city schools. Gluck Auf
is one of the Oerman books that con
tains stories of the German govern
ment and present rulers.
Students of the Technical High
School recently took it upon them
selves to eliminate some of the Kai
ser's propaganda when they began to
take out of their textbooks pictures
of the German ruler. In this par
ticular textbook the Kaiser is shown
on a full page. Instructors of Ger
man are also making inquries from
the students as to whether they no
tice any reference of German kultur
in the books.
Iteeently James W. Gerard, former
ambassador to Germany, quoted a
number of passages from Oerman
textbooks to show how fhe Oerman
propaganda has crept into the school
books. ,
CItOSHY ELECTED PRESIDENT
By Associated Press
London. Dec. 15.—The interallied
council, which is to take up questions
of war purchases and finances, met in
London to-day. Oscar T. Crosby, as
sistant secretary of the United States
Treasury, was elected president.
WHAT! IS THIS ONLY THE
TAG END OF IND
Whoever started the rumor over
town that winter was here had bet
ter be a little careful. The govern
ment Is not standing for this false
alarm stuff nowadays. You want to
be sure of what you tell yourself and
your neighbor, if you want to show
that you are u loyal subject of Uncle
Sam take his word for it and put the
muffler on this winter talk.
"Winter!" shrieked an almanac
shark with tears of mirth trickling
from his weather eye. "Why winter
has not got here at nil. Official
winter does not b£gin until next Sat
turday morning.
"What the bawling blizzard Is this
season then?" shouted a fat man who
had rolled through a snowdrift In
Third street.
"Oh, i don't know precisely, tail-end
town. She works daytime.
The dollar she gave the Red Cross
represents no small share of her
week's earnings.
"How many Harrisburg men and
women will match Mary Russell's dol
lar?" asked William Jennings this
morning.
Right off the bat the forty-two em
ployes of Witman-Schwarz Company
said, "We will!"
And they did.
Forty-two workers, forty-two mem
berships.
One hundred per cent! Just like
Mary Russell!
George S. Reinoehl's industrial com
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BUY WAR STAMPS
WHILE LOW, SAYS
F. A. VANDERLIP
Savings Bonds May Be Had
Now at Low Price; Get
Luxuries Later
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. IG.—Buy
war savings stamps now when they
are cheap and luxuries, which are
high later, when they are cheap,
was the plea to-day of Frank A.
Vanderlip, chairman of the War
Savings Committee In an address at
a luncheon here.
"War saving stamps are a security
everybody can invest in," he said.
"Never before in the history of the
country have all the people had a
chance to invest small sums 'n a gilt
edged security.
"You know the main principle
on which wise investors, as well as
wise shoppers act is fo buy when
things are cheap. And the wise shop
per just now is not buying luxuries
because luxuries, have more than
doubled in price. Now, among rho
ancient Greeks there are a class of
philosophers called Epicureans
whose philosophy was to get as much
pleasure as they could out of life.
And so 1 WQUUI say to you, he a
wise Epicurean and a wise investor
at the same time. Invest your money
now in war savings stamps while
they are cheap and buy yourself
double or treble the amount of
luxuries when luxuries become cheap
again."
of Indian summer, maybe," gurcled
the weather scientist. "But really
old chap, you should be more accu
rate. You are suffering under a de
-lus ion, a slippery mental concept. I'm
telling you winter cannot get here
from ' *° l 11 - tra '*ht
, "What you got is bats in the bel
}f, y - ! f . the government don't know
its winter yet tell 'em to come up
here and walk on th' Susquehanna
river, solid ice all th' way across.
Tell him th Rsquimaux are settlin'
out in Berry street; I seen two this
morning building a snow hut."
"Can't help it. old chap. Washing
ton Is never mistaken. This is offi
cial autumn and you fake care how
you talk lightly about winter. oT
you 11 get a real blizzard next Satur
day, soon ■as he arrives.
TROLLEY SERVICE
TO BE PROBED BY
UTILITY BOARD
Railways Company Asked to
File Immediate Answer to
Woman's Charges
EMPLOYES ARE BLAMED
Public Service Commissioner
Wants Reply at
Once
The Harrisburg Railways Company
was to-day asked by the Public Serv
ice Commission to make an imme
diate investigation and answer to an
Informal complaint filed to-day by
Miss Liia A. Hamill. 2104 North
Third street, to the effect that in
spectors of the company have been
ordering motormen and conductors
not to stop for passengers.
Miss Hamill's letter states that
people had to wait forty-five minutes
on corners and that motormen ig
nored their signals. She charges that
she heard an inspector order a mo
tor man not to stop.
A number of similar complaints
have been made this week, but this
is the lirst to he brought officially.
Company officials have been spoken
to about car operatives slamming
doors in faces of people trying to
board cars at Market Square and
refusing to stop at Second and Wal
nut and Third and Market streets
when people were waiting.
An official of the Harrisburg Rail
ways Company emphatically denied
to-day that any inspector had ever
ordered an operator to "run past"
a corner or passengers. "You know
yourself that the thing would he
ridiculous," said the official who as
sured that he spoke for the head of
the company.
Traffic Conditions Nearing
Normal After Huge Drifts
Are Cut by Shovel Forces
Traffic conditions In the city an#
to outlying towns are assuming a
normal aspect this morning. In the
city cars are running near as pos
sible on schedule, and transportation
facilities are about normal again.
There has been no connection with
Linglestown or Rockville as yet.
Care are running as far as Carlton
on the Linglestown line, and it was
stated this morning that cars were
running almost to Rockville. The
way has been opened to Middletown,
and cars are running there.
On the Linglestown line a car was
caught in a drift so high that :t was
impossible to move it either way.
All that could be seen of the car was
the top. It remained in the snow
last night.
Roosevelt Urges Purchase
of War Certificates
Hy Associated Press
Cincinnati, 0., Dec. 15.—Tn a war
time speech at a patriotic meeting
here last night former President
Theodore Roosevelt made an urgent;
appeal for the purchasing of thrift
stamps and war certificates, us well
as for the -Red Cross.
"Germany has said that the
moneyey people of America were
hacking this war," said Mr. Roose
velt. "Let every man, woman and
child of us get into this th'rift stamp
buying habit and throw this state
ment back into the faces of the Teu
tons by letting them know that ev
ery man, woman and child in Amer
ica is back of this war."
Liberty Flag, New Patriotic
Emblem, to Be Flown Here
A brand new patriotic emblem, the
Liberty Flag, will soon be seen in
Harrisburg if the plans of Sergeant
Thomas Moran of the recruiting
force here mature.
The sergeant's emblem is a blue
Held with white circle in the very
center and that centered by a small
er red circle, the whole signifying
that a Liberty Bond is owned where
that flag flies. To make this em
blem further distinct and useful Ser
geant Moran has designed a triangle,
also emblazoned on the blue field, to
show that the home is contributor to
the Y. M. C. A.: a white circle to
Indicate a member of the family in
Federal service, and lastly a red cir
cle to mark membership in the Red
Cross.
War Aims Inquiry Said
* by British to Be Untrue
By Associated Press
London. Dec. 15.—With reference
to the German government's state
ment that it had received through a
neutral government last September
an inquiry in regard to its war aims
under circumstances indicating the
inquiry was made with the sanc
tion of the British government, the
Daily Chronicle prints a statement
from Lord Robert Cecil, minister of
blockade, brunding the whole thing
as untrue.
No such inquiry was ever made
with the knowledge and sanction of
the British government. Lord Rob
ert Cecil's statement declares, and
adds that no secret approaches of
any sort were ever made relating to
German war aims. In conclusion.
Lord Robert Cecil declared the Ger
man government's statement was un
true and pure Invention.
DISMISSES PETITIONS
Judge S. J. M. McCarreil, in a short
order yesterday afternoon, dismissed
the petition which had been filed con
testing the election of A. F. Banna as
councilman in Lykens. The law re
quires that when a bond is filed as
security for costs at least five of the
signers of the petition contesting the |
election must sign the bond,
Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION
QUESTIONNAIRES
HELD BACK BY
COUNTY BOARDS
Wait Until Government Can
Provide Envelopes For
the Work
ADVISORS ARE NAMED
Judge Kunkel Heads Board
to Give Advice to
Registrants
To-day was tho day set by the
War Department for the mailing of
the questionnaires to all men reg
istered for Army service, and the
county boards of Dauphin county,
owing to the fact that they were not
supplied with envelopes, failed to
mail the first day's quota of ques
tionnaires. The regulations are that
five per cent, of the list must be
mailed every day for twenty days.
The largest district has only 3,500
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Clip, Clip, Clip Go Shears
to Liberty Bond Coupons
by the Fortunate Owners
Holders of Liberty Bonds are buty
clipping coupons to-day and present
ing them to the banks, this being the
day when the first interest payment
is due. Banks were thronged with
persons, many of whom never saw a
bond before.
Mrs. George P. Tillotson, 113 Lo
cust street, has the right idea about
the coupon clipping. Mrs. Tillo'son
bought a SSO Liberty Bond several
months ago. To-day she clipped her
first coupon, drew 87 cents at a -ocal
bank, added 13 cents and signed a
membership application for the Red
Cross. "I want my money to work,
and the best way is to join the Red
Cross. That's the way to make your
money work," she said.
2' 4
T WILLIAM TO MAKE FINAL PEACE OFFER
|| London, Dec. 15.—Emperor William in bis Christmas
e-># 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
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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.