4" + Harrisburg Hearts Are Right and Dollars Are Plentiful in the Big Red Cross Drive + + . At HARRISBURG HSfglp TELEGRAPH M Star-Independent ** * f LXXXVI— No. 301 18 PAGES RUSSO-GERMAN PEACE ENVOYS TO MEET TODAY Teutons and Austro-Hungary Will Lose No Time in Ar ranging Separate Pact With Bolsheviki Government; Representatives on Way to Brest Litovsk to Begin Negotiations; Bulgaria and Turkey Will Have Part Copenhagen. Dec. 18. —A report that former Premier Ker cnsky cf Russia, supported by some thousands of troops, has appeared in the vicinity of Petrograd. is contained in a dispatch from Haparanda, in Sweden, at the Finnish frontier, to the Ber lingske Tidende. The Bolsheviki are said to have sent troops against him. Petrograd, Dec. 17.—The that Trotzky has notified the ; tice has reached definite results begin, and asking them to part wish peace or not. Germany and Austria-Hungary apparently will lose no time in bringing about a separate peace with the Bolsheviki government Of Russia now that the armistice be tween the countries has become ef fective. Dr. Von Kuehlmann, the German foreign secretary and Count i~"zerntn. the Austrian foreign min ister, will arrive at Brest-Litovsk to day to begin negotiations looking to ward peace. A semiofficial statement issued in Vienna declares the central powers will follow up the armistice "as speedily us possible" with peace par leys and it is added that Bulgaria and Turkey also will join in the ne gotiations. Brest-IJtovsk, the scene of the meeting between the Austro- German and Russian plenipotentiar ies, is on the Bug river in Russian Poland. It was captured by the Ger mans in their great drive in the summer of 1915. There has been virtually no change in the Internal situation in Russia. The Bolsheviki government, Jn a notice to foreign embassies in Petrograd says it considers the ques tion of recognition purely formal and about which it cares little. The notice declares the foreign embas sies must vise the passports of Bol sheviki couriers or similar courte sies will be refused. By Associated Press Washington. Dec. 18.—It is assum ed at the State Department that the reply of American Ambassador Francis to the invitation of Leon Trotzky, foreign minister of the Bolsheviki government, to partici pate in the peace negotiations would be that he has no Instructions from this government. No instructions have been sent to Mr. Francis and it was indicated that none authoriz ing him to have anything to do with peace negotiations would be sent. The recurring suggestions in Furope for de facto recognition of the Bolsheviki nas not ieei> support ed here and it is believed Ambassa dor Francis will be expected to do nothing more In connection with the peace parley than to observe devel opments and report them. No Important Advances Along Italian Front By Associated Press Washington, Dec. 18. —On the Northern Italian front no further important advances are being re ported by the Austro-German com mand and the Italians within the past day or two have even been able to regain some of the ground previously lost in the Col Caprille re gion on the mountain front. THE WEATHER For llnrrisburg iind vicinity: fim ernlly cloudy to-night nnd Wed nradayi not much rhnnxr In temperature, lonmt to-night about 20 degrees. For Fastern Pennsylvania: Cloudy to-nltht nnd Wednesday, not much clinnKc In temperature; moderate northeast to north wind*. River The Susquchnnna river nnd nil its tributaries will remuln gcncrnl ly froxen and nearly stationary. \ stage of about 4.5 feet la Indi cated for Harrisburg Wednes day morning. General Conditions I'ressurc has diminished over the eastern half of the country dur ing the Inst twenty-four hours, but la atlll abnormally high over n Encland and the Middle Atlantic Stolen. Treasure has Increased over the I'aclflc slope, the I'pper Missouri Volley and generally In the Itocky Moun tains. Rain has fallen In the northwestern States nnd on the Texas coast, and rnln or snow- In the Western Conndlan prov inces) elsewhere the weather has been fair, except In Xfw Jersey and Kastern w York, where light precipitation hns oc curred. Kxeept in the West ern Canadian provinces nnd In a few districts of limited area In the United States, where tem peratures have fallen 2 to 10 de greea. there has been n general* rise in tcmperatnre of 2 to IK degrees, being most decided In the Middle nnd Upper Missis sippi Volley and nlong the northern border of the Great Lakes. Temperaturet H a. m., 18. Sum Itlses, 7:21 a. m.; aets, 4i3S p. m. Mooni First quarter, December 21. Hlver .Stage: 4.3 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 27. l.owest temperature, 15. Mean temperature, 21. Normal temperature, 32. , evening newspapers announce illied embassies that the armis and that peace negotiations will icipate or to state whether they EXECUTIVE HAS CLOSE ESCAPE IN BOMB PLOT California Governor Narrowly Escapes Death When the Mansion Is Wrecked By Associated Press Sacramento, Cal„ Dec. 18.—What is believed to have been an attempt to kill Governor William D. Steph-> ens by means of a powerful explo sive bomb at midnight last night re sulted in the wrecking of the execu tive mansion, the entire rear end of the building being blown out. The governor and Mrs. Stephens, as well as the household servants, ere asleep at the time and all escaped injury. The detonation of the explosion was heard all over the city and win dows were broken by the force of it two or three blocks away. It *vas believed that from twenty to twenty five sticks of dynamite were used. Governor and Mrs. Stephens were asleep in the wing of the house adjoining the soot where the explo sion occurred, but beyond a nerv ous shock they were unharmed. The attempt occurred just is the guard was being changed. H. Ciaus sen, one of the watchmen w'as the first on the scene, having passed the spot but a few minutes before the exploaiou occurred. C!ausscr. raid h? was certain there was nothing un usual occurring on the grounds. A hole several feet in depth and at least five feet wide was torn in the ground beneath a bay window at the rear of the structure and the entire wall up to the seond story was blown away. A clew as to the perpetrators was given to the police by the Rev. Fra zer Langford, pastor of a church, who reported that four months ago a man was noticed lurking about the executive mansion and that he con tinued to haunt the locality until a week ago when he disappeared. The police are of the opinion that the attempt was made by pro-Ger mans. Last week Governor Stephens made a series of patriotic addresses in Southern California, dealing large ly with the duties of Californtans in supporting the national government during the war. Seek Recruits For New United States Guard Circulars have been sent out to all 'lie mayors, chief of police and fire chiefs in the Harrisburg. recruiting district urging upon them the neces sity for them to co-operate in the ef fort to enlist a quota of men over the selective service age for service in the United States Guard. The pur pose of the new guard army is to pro tect the utility plants and factories of the country from spies and bomb throwers. •ft*. f l ar .. a , s P°ssible. the men who enlist in this army, will after receiv inf? their training, be put . in service near their own homes. The pay of a soldier in the United .States Guard will be the same as the pay of the soldiers in the National Army, and the same allowance will W made to the families of the membefs. Veter ans of former wars a're '-specially de sired in the new Home Defense Army. These Cakes of Ice Stand Unmolested Before Jail Wanted—Owner for five hundred pounds of ice. That's what slipped off somebody's wagon early yester day morning in front of theDauphln county jail, and has been piled up there ever since. Not only that; it's getting bigger. Seems to be no chance of any one taking it, although it 1s worth money. "If it was summer now," speculat ed one of the jail guards, watching the two big hunks slowly emerge in to a full grown iceberg, "there's a number of clever lads inside here that could get away with It. But they wouldn't touch it now If we was to open all the doors and chase 'em out." SUFFRAGE VOTE JAN. 10 By Associated t'ress Washington, Dec. 18. —Vote in the House on the woman suffrage con stitutional amendment on Thursday January 10, was assured to-day when the Rules Committee agreed on that date. HARRISBURG. PA.,TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1917 15,00 WILL BE RED CROSS TOTAL BEFORE TONIGHT Headquarters Reports That Teams Have Perfected Organizations REFUSALS ARE VERY FEW Roys in Rattleline to Have Racking of Home Folks' Hearts and Money Many New Members Join the Red Cross reports on the Red Cross Membership Campaign give a total of 1,148 memberships for the day. The grand total foi the campaign is 9,131 members. Indications this morning were that the total of Red Cross memberships for the day will bring the grand total for the campaign to 15,000, but it will be necessary for the team workers to throw more steam into the cylinders if the 30,000 quota for Harrisburg is to be secured. The women's teams seem to be having greater success than those of the men; and as a result there was some considerable japery this morn ing as the women's teams now and then ran across—or over—men's teams or workers. "The women are forging ahead," said Mercer B. Tate, "because they have a system that can't be beaten. In their districts they are dividing the various sections into blocks, and are assigning workers to these blocks. The trip around four sides of a block is being made in a couple of hours and none are missed. First Returns Returns up until 9 o'clock last night were as follows: Men's Teams .1,016 Women's Teams 2^769 Industrial Committee 2|oso Booths . 421 Joined Since Sept. 1 \ sbo Total Red Cross Memberships Credited First Day .-. 7,956 The reports for to-day will begin to come in about 4 o'clock. Yester day there was much delay and Chair man Jennings asks all team captains to report promptly to their com- [Continued on Page B.] Police to Go Ciubless, Mayor Keister Decrees in New Order to Force Announcement was made this morning that the police will no longer carry the long familiar clubs during the day, and the night force will carry blackjacks, concealed in their pockets. The mayor is of the opinion that the large clubs have become obsolete and are no longer necessary. A number of changes also have been made by Mayor Keister in re gard to the pay of men on the police force. The usual allowance of ten days will be made for vacation. Where a policeman is absent because of illness contracted while perform ing his duty, the mayor directs that he shall receive full pay. When a po liceman is on the sick list through a natural illness not brought on through the performance of his duty, half pay will be allowed. A man will be selected from the ranks to fill the position of complaint clerk. This is a new position, created by the mayor to relieve the secretary of the mayor of the duty of answer ing questions of visittrrs, and to re lieve the desk clerk of telephone calls. Another innovation inaugurated by the mayor will be the practice of saluting the police officers. All mem bers of the force when entering a room occupied by a superior officer will remove their caps or ltats in salute. Smallpox Getting Start Up-State Word was received this morning at the office of State Health Commis sioner Dixon that a case of small pox existed in the family of W. E. Harris, in Morris township, Clear field county. Dr. S. C. Stewart, coun ty medical inspector, visited the home and verified the diagnosis. A report was also received this morning from Dr. W. IS. Matthews, of Johnstown, county medical in spector of Cambria county, that on December 15. Mrs. John Josephson. aged 51 years, was examined and found to be suffering from small pox. A 1 report was received this morn ing from Dr. W. R. Heaton, of Philipsburg, that William Garland, in Blue Ball, was sick with small pox for a period of a week. Sugar Men Saw Danger of Famine By Associated Press Washington, Dec. 1®. —Sugar jren saw the danger of a shortage early last spring because of stories of a fictitious famine and later when they began to realize the large amounts being sent abroad. Earl A. Babst, president of the American Sugar lie fining Company, today testified lie fore the Senate Invstigating Com mittee. Win ItW lo® CLKCC the CCLKJJU jllfllS HEN the Christ-child comes thru the wintry void hid e i ,l ,the hearts of men, k%SSQ&B£To give them courage, to give them strength, To teach them to love again, • The Ttvkinkling eyes of the taper lights Shall be burning to shoiv the way To welcome the Babe of Bethlehem To earth on His natal day. But behold the tip of the candle wick Shall gleam thru a cross, dull red. The emblem of love unquenchable. . The color of life-blood shed; And our laden hearts ivhich are sick with war Cry aloud to the Christ-child, "See! Back of the love you have given to us Is burning our love for Thee!" ANNA HAMILTON W OOD. + + + 9* • ' , NATIONAL " AMENDMENT CERTAIN Senate Completes Congressional Action by Accepting Resolution as Passed Yesterday by Almost Unanimous Vote Without RollcaU By Associated Press Washington, Dec. IS.—The roniilt tutlonnl amendment (or national pro hibition waa to-day finally aubmltted by ConicreNN to the ataten (or ratlflcn tlon or Rejection within aeven years. The Senate completed rongreaalonal action by accepting the reaolutlon aa pnased yesterday by the Honae, 47 to 8, without a rollcnil. Immediately after thf Senate con vened Senator Sheppard, of Texas, called up the national prohibition amendment and moved that the Sen ate concur in the House amendments. Vice-president Marshall ruled that a two-thirds vote would be required for concurrence. Senator Borah objected to accept ing the House amendments, contend ing that Congress has no authority to specify the time in which the amendment is to be ratified and that the Constitution gives no authority PARENTS MOURN FOR HERO SON DEAD IN FRANCE Father, Recently Out of Hos pital, Seeks Work to Support Family Amid the gloom of a great be reavement the father and mother of Earl Aurand, the first Harrlsburs hero to fall In battle in France, sit in their little home at 1625' Logan street, and recall the incidents of their boy's life. He was their only son and in his last letter to his mother he told her that he had received the testament which she had sent him and that he read it every night. Sympathetic women of the Harris [Conllnuwl on Page B.] Fire Destroys Estate of Rockefeller in Cleveland By Associated Press Cleveland, 0.. Dec. IS. Fire, late last night destroyed the Forest Hill estate of John - ©. RO<atefeller in East Cleveland, the magnificent summer heme of the oil master. 80 qiilcHly did the flames spread that it was be lieved incendiaries were responsible. One of the employes of the estate discovered the Are Just before mid night. The fire started in a bedroom Mr. Rockefeller always occtlpied while here. Early to-day It was estimated the loss would reach near 1100,000, no adequate figures being obtainable on the rich furnishings of the house. The removal a month ago hv John D. Rockefeller o# practically all of the valuable paintings from his summer home here saved him hundreds of thousands of dollars. for providing that prohibition shall become effective within one year aft er being accepted by the states. "We have no such power as to say the amendment shall be ratified with in seven years after being submitted to the states by Congress," said he. "It is cither to be submitted to the states or not to be submitted at all. If it goes to the states they can ratify it whenever they desire." KnthuKlnxtlc Scene* The final scene in the great conflict against liquor interests was one of greatest enthusiasm. The galleries from the time the discussion began had been crowded with spectators. As the vote was announced there was, a tremendous cheering, in which the members of the floor joined heartily. Hats, handkerchiefs and flags were waved In the air, and the demonstra- [Continued on Page 10.] BIG FIELD IN RECEPTIVE MOOD FOR CITY JOB Sentiment Grows For Straight Salary Instead of Fees For Treasurer With the reorganisation of the City Council next month will come the election of a city treasurer. There are several candidates for this lucrative position among them the present Incumbent Harry F. Oves, Edward C. First, James C. Thomp son, the city assessor, and others. The commissioners are said to be divided in their support of the sev eral candidates and It Is a question at the present time who will be the successful candidate. It seems at this stage of the game to be a ques tion as to which one of the candi dates can land the third necessary vote, each claiming to have two sup porters. Some people prominent in finan cial circles have been advising an agreement as to the fees of the 6f fice to the end that the treasurer shall be p&id a fixed salary and al low all fees to go into the general fund. As against this proposition it is contended that similar agreements were made with treasurers in Phila delphia and Pittsburgh, who subse quently refused to be bound by the arrangement and appealed to the courts, which sustained the right of the officials under the law to the fees amounting to thousands of dol lars. . It is almost certain that the next Leglsature will be asked to fix the salary of the city treasurer In cities of the third class so that what is re garded as excessive remuneration may be overcome. MORE COAL ON WAY TO CITY, WIRES ffICKOK Freezing of River Cuts Off Big Supply of Good Fuel County Fuel Administrator Ross A Hickok. to-day telephoned from Philadelphia. whither he had gone in an effort to secure consignment of coal to Harrisburg that he had been given assurances that to-morrow there would be shipped to this city twenty-two cars and to Steelton seven cars. These shipments will be anthracite from the collieries of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company and should make a material difference in the condi tions prevailing the last twenty-four hours in the opinion of men fa miliar with the fuel situation. People will be cautioned to take what can be allowed and to husband coal as much as possible owing to the nation-wide situatibn. Men connected with the fuel ad ministration said to-day that deal ers were complaining that they were being hampered in deliveries, when they were able to make them, by failure of people to clear away snow banks in front of their homes. "If this is done drivers can save time and that is Important," said one man. Supply Cut Off With the Susquehanna river ice bound at this point so early in the winter a large supply of river coal which could have been obtained dur ing the next few weeks, has boon shut off. Bach month thousands of tons of fuel are removed from tl.e river by large dredges, about Oftcen public and private corporations maintaining large coal fleets with pumping engines mounted on large flat boats. The total amount of coal recovered from the river bottom at Harris burg has been estimated at ap proximately 200,000 tons a year by those who are in close touch with the industry. Of this amount >rob ably the largest supplies are drawn by the Harrisburg Light and Power Company, the Central Iron and Steel Ccmpany and two or three firms con trolled by private individuals. The Eight and Power Company usL-d tie river coal at its various plants and the Central Iron and Steel Company has had special grates installed so that it can be used as fuel for the big furnaces. Thousands of tons of the fuel are sold to the city and are used at the pumping station. A number of smaller private corporations use river coat either alone or mixed with other cdal shipped here from the mines. Unless there is a sudden thaw it is believed that the river may re main icebound for many weeks. As there* is a large supply of river coal reported on hand it Is hoped by the various firms using it that the supply will last until there is a thaw and the ice moves. Until that time how ever, the large coal fleets will re main idle. Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION PIGGERY PLAN APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL Garbage to Re Fed to Hogs on Farm Outside the City Limits COST $24,000 PER ANNUM Commissioners Now Ready to Take Up Disposal of Garbage Garbage collected in Harrisburg after February 1 will be fed to pigs. Council to-day awarded a sixty-throe month contract for collection and disposal to Hagy Brothers, at $24.- 000 a year. Hyles Hagy, of the Hagv Brothers tirm, was in the city to-day making arrangements to start a pig gery and reported he had options on several farms not far from the city limits. In addition to awarding the gar bage contract an ordinance was in troduced bv Commissioner Morgen tlialer authorizing him to advertise for bids for horses, carts, harness and a motor truck to be used by the [Continued on Page 10.] 1,700 TURKEYS IN DRIVE Many Fowls Escape From Flock and Some Are Stolen Bear Station, Del., Dec. IS.—One of the greatest turkey drives in this section in fifteen years began on Sat urday from the station here of 1,700 turkeys to the Hamburg farm of Jo seph Quigley. Many*fowls would rot travel on the ice and snow and sought roosts in the orchard of Ben jamin Siiliton and the large trees at the Bogers - estate. At attempt was made to get them corraled, Out thev flew from tree to tree during Sunday and more than 200 are now on the farms of other neighbors. Mr. Quigley fed at dinner on Sun day at the farm about thirty men who aided him in getting in the fowls. In the lot were guinea fowls, chickens, ducks and geese. Some of these were stolen enroute. The Tur key Kinsr, as Mr. Quigley is called, says that the fowls cost more this year in Virginia. Many farmers pur cliae the birds for breeding purposes. t I X L FREIGHT DIRECTOR APPOINTED £ I ' * Washington, De<. 18 Appointment by the President T of ,1 general freight traffic director to co-ordinate and *f c ii m # utilize the transportation facilities during the war was X 4 • rovided in -i joint resolution introduced to-dav by Sena *f® * f <i tor Sterhpg and referred to the Interstate Commerce • * * Committee. * f* I MANUFACTURER OF WAR PRODUCT FAVORED J * Washington, Dec. 18.-—To insure electric power-for 3* Hto iJL < I war industries in the Pittsburgh district, priority ccrtifi- X . * tes have been issued calling on the Pittsburgh Power * * Companies to supply current to certain industries held , ' J indispensable for the conduct of the war. * * # * FIRST CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST CHAJPLAIN *1! 41 € Washington, Dec. 18.—Edward W. Dickey, recently ' ■ appointed chaplain-at-large in the Army with the rank n 4■ „ j # of first lieutenant, has been assigned to the 77th Division, , * * Camp Upton, N. Y. He is first Christian Scientist chap * * 9 ain appointed to the Army. „ , / . PRIORITY REQUEST HONORED IN OHIO ' , Columbus, 0., Dec. 18.—Chairman Robert Lovctt, of ,* 1 ", * > * the Federal Priority Transportation Committee, to-day • i € # notified Governor Cox that the Governor's request Sat- J ' • urday for priority shipment of coal in Oliio had been * 1 * . , r Ohio. Railroads will co-operate, £ : T informed the Governor. Ohio's coal fields are in the • * T * ■** eastern portion of the state. , , ! SENATE WILL INVESTIGATE DELAYS *' * * Washington, Dc. 18.—Investigation of the delays in * a dding the American merchant marine by the Shipping * j * * Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation was ordered !* 1 V 8 y* -today by the Senate, which 'rushed through a resolu- j # tion by Senator Harding, of Ohio, after vigorous criticism i* 1 .. i y* by several senators of the failure to produce ships. i 'GERMANS SAVE 2 FROM JACOB JONES ' , • Amsterdam, Dec. 18.—Two sailors were saved by the . .* 1 A * 1 AGcinnnj from the American destroyer Jacob Jones, ac- ! i | <M . • 1 an official German announcement received hero * J ? to-day. ' i X ■* 1 ! J _> | it MARRIAGE LICENSES> I? ♦ i -4 ciirton C, MeCurdy mid X. Ilrlford. Hnrrinbarsi George I). Krxky, llarrlMburK. JBd KlHr M. Straw, l.ykrnm Charlm 1,. 1 r 5 llrarirrnon, lloHing Stprlnnx. and Brolah M. Schrim, Mt. Holly. MAY CALL ENTIRE BAR TO AID OF REGISTERED MEN Thousands of Men Need In struction in Filling Out Questionnaire ADVISERS ARE SWAMPED Many Attorneys Willing to Do Their Bit For the Government ■ - • t\ The great body of more than six thousand men of draft age :n Har risburg will speedily be enabled to get legal advice on the rather intri cate questionnaires if plans begun this morning by the lawyer-advisers appointed by Governor Brunuaugh mature. The complete membership of the Harrisburg bar may be enlist ed in the urgent work and every lawyer will be asked to contribute some of his time to attending one of. the three headquarter? so that there will always be present a number cf competent counsellors. An avalanche of inquiry, personal ly and by phone, beginning at an early hour thia morning, rattier daz ed the district draft advisers of ihe city, inasmuch as they had lust re* ceived the notice of appointment from Governor Brumbaugh. Harris burg is divided into three districts.' Of No. 1, 218 Market street, A. Car rContinued on I'agc 11.] Dr. Keen's Offer of $25 to Red Cross Fund Meets With Responses Dr. C. 10. IJ. Keen's offer of $25 to the Red Cross membership fund if one hundred others in Harrisburg do likewise, is bearing fruit. 1-ast evening Ira P. Romberger called up the editor of the Telegraph to say that he was about to match Dr. Keen's $25 and that a check would be forthcomnig to-day. Immediately thereupon E. J. Stackpole also sent his check to go with those of Dr. Keen and Mr. i Romberger. Next.
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