Ik HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M 11,1 fl)( Star-In&cpen&cni W J I—No. 1 10 PAGES IipTISH BREAK BUTON DRIVE If YEAR'S END tones on Cambrai Front Spend Last Day of Old in Desperate Fight to Defeat German Assault; *4uns Take Trenches But Are Thrown Back by Bril-' liant Counter Attack; Turks Lose More Ground IB British troops 011 tha Cambrai i passed tha last day of the old | Bar in a desperate ami successful | l(ht to break dov.n German attacks by liquid lire the enemy to rush the Hritish posi- on a front of 1,200 yards the TS'ol.-'i riiise, a com- position south of Marcoing. B The Jirst rush brought the Ger mans into trenchc- on ttie ridge hut British, in a ,1 rilli:int countur- threw the enemy out and re- the position. Oil the center |Mnd nothern ends of the attacking British artillery and rifle tire tin- Germans completely. on tho western front has been only artillery duels. e Pulscd ii> their attempt to re m ke Jerusalem the Tirks have been Kushed back to the northwest until defensive UE ■ : sow stand be- ■ Holy City. Oen jk. and captured a In three advanced seven v ? Hp Jerusalem. before this purpose to set our hands will <completely achieved," i Lloyd George in his | to the viceroy of ndia. TfiV advent of 1018 finds the i dlied forces in strong positions j rom the North Sea to the Adriatic,, specially in Flanders and on the j lisne front. jas Supply Held Up by Freezing Fipes in Homes Users of ga> throughout the city! l rere placed nt. considerable incon- > enience during \esterday and last 1 ight through the freezing of tVe| loisture in the pas pipes running into heir homos. The first trouble of the ature was reported yesterday morn ng, when users oi gas found that here was no fuel in their gas stoves r hen they began to cook mid-day ie&ls. Evi n d a great many omes throughout the city lightless. ue to the freezing uf the moisture i the pipes. Workmen sent oni by the gas com- 1 any worked until late hours last ight opening up the pipes. In some ases the trouble was in the pipes in he house, in other eases in the pipes >a<iing from the mains to the cel trs. The trouble was general hroughout the pity, and tinusual mounts of eon! oil anil randies were onsumed through it the evening. The trouble us-iaUy manifested it elf by the eompK-t. , ,t off of the as How. In some < s the lights ontinued to burn in tful flares and plutters. Oftn the flow of gas re amed itself, thus letting off a sup ly of unlighted >;. is into occupied ooms. Where quarter meters were scd, gas consumers reported that tore than one martoir was put in lie meter by ,iatro: - who thought lelr gas supply had run out. t Knights of Columbus Rendering Patriotic Service in Camps is> itoni uf j* KEEVKS, General Sri Trial , ,M,c. A. I am very j?la. , express a few words of syr, in hy and en courauemtnt to - knights of Columbus in th j amotion of the lomlni; eu „ to raise i funds for the } |, e order is doing in th' n U8 military training camp l homu an d | t broad. Ihe Kni<li dumbus arc loing a won, to lhat un . lertaken for th lirrs in our irnrfes by t Ai. A., and Prlvil* a2su ' men of all KOMs aia Jli' a linos. I lions n << "i both organize- j 1 k t >ceth<" training camps Tnirit O- "- '54 " ,lie friendliest 'suits a, • pre#i alion.. and the re- ; i>eau>' oiing satisfactory. j . Iro th' Knip the patriotic serv ♦ renderiu- Oils <>f - olumbus are mcnt, arc. in my judg -1 n-itrldtlc of the support of I >verv ti i-'-uns; and I wish the*" j \ which bUi! 8 " ,n 1h campaign A whK . % Wednesday. j t Wa - pHEVEATHERI I j.-„r II an< j vlrlnllfl M ,!*> 7 ,, ' lP" H| ,,r * 10 ""!£! ,bo "t It denreen. H Kor rlnr | n |einpr- Hi" V" a *V„ V> drxrrn. S rl>* ft „ k .ilxufd off mid my B no* r *:J£l\ ?'rltory. H ,>oe— H a l<- K l holldT. ° ?. map l •" iB . 4. H §*< y l . i rtn, 5- above low : ' '■ r r i Priest Is Remembered by His Battling Irish Soldier Friend at Front Chambersburg, Pq., Jan. I.—The Rev. Will W. Whalen, rector of the Catholic parish in Buchanan's Vol ley, and formerly assistant rector of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Harris— burg, received a Christmas box which contained a handsome fur-lined over coat, and he was nonplussed, for there was nothing to indicate whence came the splendid present until he reached his hand into one of the pockets to find a note. Then the story was told and this is it: When Father Whalen was in New York about a year ago he met an Irish soldier who was preparing to go to France byway of Canada. Priests and soldiers are always friends, there's a likeness betwixt them, it seems. Father "Whalen and the Tommy spent the day together, and when tney were parting—per haps never to meet again—the sol dier said: "I'd like to give you something for being so good to me." One pair of | Irish eyes sparkled back at the j | other, with manly moisture on their ! lashes. "Give me—er—your hide aft i er your country—our country—has no further use for it." said the priest, "and I'll sing a mass over you when my voice isn't cracked with tears. Then the priest, like Moses, went up to the South mountains to pray, while Joshua went down among the fighters in the trenches. Now the box! A brief line read: I "Soggarth aroon, (Priest dear):) You asked me for r,e hiiJv. I'm after telling me brother to send you me bearskin. That's what my coat is ! made of. 'Twill keep warm the I rockles of your heart. If a German bullet hits the riKht spot, I guess I'll I go where it will be warm without j coats. Sing the mass and I'll listen • for the echo over here in the cold—j or down there in the heat." Road of Duty and Patriotism Is Clear, Says Lloyd-George London, Jan. 1. —Premier Lloyd j George, in his Xew Year message to I the nation, appeals to all at home to | do their utmost for the cause for j which the democracies of the world! are leagued together, especially by!' practicing economy and savins! money to lend to. the government. His message concludes: "To every civilian 1 would say that; your firing line is at the works or of-1 fice in which you do your bit: the shop or kitehen in which you spend j or save: the bank or post office,, where you buy your war bonds. To! reach that tiring line and to become) an active combatant yourself there' are no communication trenches tu grope along, no barrage to face, no horrors, no wounds. "The road of duty and patriotism is clear before you. Follow it and it | will lead ere long to safety for ourj own people and victory for ourj cause." Intense Suffering Continues as Result of Extreme Cold Wave Philadelphia. Jan. 1. — Suffering continues aeute throughout the city; i and state as a result of the cold | I weather which ushered in Xew j I Year's with slight moderation in thei ! temperature. The minimum . rc- I corded by the thermometer to-day j was five degrees above zero here and suffering is intense because of the coal and gas shortage now assum ing threatening proportions. Zero I and much lower temperatures pre j vail in the suburbs and many parts i ! of Ihe state. n.-iilioad Iraffie is still much de-1 i layed. trains being a half hour to I I live hours late. Trolley service is i j also severely affected. Thousand* ' I of homes are without water because j of frozen pipes and these conditionsi cannot be remedied until the arrival of milder weather which is predicted I j to-day by the Weather Bureau. 'Fair and Warmer' Now Promised in Forecast I'heering news came from tho weather bureau to-dax, for Mr. De main thought it likely that by to morrow night the temperature would be no more than at the freezing point. A sweeping snowstorm which had its incipiency in Missouri for a time threatened to come along and tie up Harrisburg, but it fell by the wayside and prospects now are for clear and warmer weather. At 7.30 this morning the official thermometer registered its lowest point, four degrees above zero. At 8 o'clock last night the reading was seven and a half above. To-day the temperature slowly, but surely, work ed upward and Mr. Dematn expected that it would register about 15 de grees this evening. The big bank of warm air launch ed in the northwest is arriving grad ually and the drop in temperature will necessarily be slow. When it does get here the prospects we tor a period of pleasant weather HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1918. RESOLUTION |H W.'TW * V *- '* ' "Perhaps You Did Your Best, Sir, but I Shall Do Better." FRENCH DELIVER ! SMASHING BLOWS ON PIAVE LINES ' Careful Preparation and He roic Braver)' Win Signal Victory in Offensive By Associated Press Italian Headquarters in Northern ! Italy, Monday, Dec. 31. —The magni tude of the achievement of the French troops on the Monte Tomba I region grows as full details are re ceived. In addition to 1,348 men, in j eluding 44' Austrian officers, several I of high rank, made prisoners and I seven large guns captured, the booty i includes sixty machine guns, several i trench quick filers and a great I amount of miscellaneous war ma terial. I But the chief significance of the stroke is the change from defensive to offensive tactics, and the stirring ■ enthusiasm and sureness with which | the French delivered their initial j blow against the enemy lines. Thus far the enemy has been on tho of- I fensive with the Italians delivering I telling defensive blows. Now, however, the French have I turned the scale and the enemy is .being attacked in this sector for the first time since he reached the Piave. 'The story of the flulit shows thor oughness of preparation and heroic | bravery in execution. The scene was "southeast of .Monte Tomba, a low | snowless mountain just west of the Piave where the allied lines turn into 1 the mountain region. Here the axtil , b ry preparation began Saturday, but the main bombardment began at ! noon Sunday and increased hourly I until the enemy was deluged by the French lire. It was then that the crack French infantry swung forward in steady lines from Osteria di Monfencra anil Marnn/.ine, a front of about two, i miles. The heaviest forces were on ! the. right wing. Italian and Hritish I airmen 'at the sa-ine time attacked | the enemy from the air. The struggle was comparatively short, and sharp with most of the i lighting on the right wing. The artil lery had so damaged the enemy i positions that be was unable to make | any effective resistance. The French i losses were comparatively insigniti cant. Austrian soldiers mude up the en tire enemy force engaged, -which is taken to indicate that the German contingents are being moved fur ther west toward the llrenta river. It also has been established that no forces are being moved away from this Iront and that no new forces a*e being brought here. Oil Stoves Requisitioned to Heat Mansion For Governor's Reception For the first time in history oil stoves were drafted to-day to heat the Executive Mansion where the Governor and Mrs. Brumbaugh were hoe's at the annual New Year's re ception. Several hours before the arrival of the first guests for the reception, which is one of the big social events of the season, servants at the man sion despaired of getting any heat from tho steam -pipes. A hurry call from the butler brought a dozen oil stoves from dealers in the central j>art of the city. 'I : 1917-New i The fresh turned page; the empty slate Wiped clean of greed, of lust, of hate. Left for the uord decreed by Fate, For, "Victory!" A finished year; a stern tale told; Faith in God's blessings manifold i With hearts that value more than gold \ Democracy! I The chance to LIVE; the chance to DO; [ The chance to see the big things thru With finer courage than ive knew . But yesterday! A year of trial? A year of stress. v ' Perhaps, and yet a year to bless < By showing us our hidden best. With honesty! AN IS A HAMILTON WOOD. 1 ' - ; 1 **' ' ' - " - * | THIRD ATTACK ON I PADUA FROM AIR MADE LAST NIGHT 1 . Austrians Drop More Ineen-i diary Bombs on Historic 1 Church Buildings Padua, Monday, Dec. 31.—The, third successive night air raid lasti night scattered havoc among the fa mous- churches and art monuments' of Padua. The front of the six-' [ teenth century cathedral was demol-! ished. The Santo, or the basilica of St.) (Continued on Tact; 21 SAIIA)K WKIKS I/ADY CAIUtOMj London, Jan. 3.—Among severat recent marriages of sailors in the American flotilla off the Irish coust with Irish girls, according to thei Da\ly Chronicle, was that of a sailor named Oroff to Miss Nora Carroll. The bride is the daughter of Ladj* Kllcn Carroll, whose husband, the late Hit- James Carroll, was promi nent In the otvlc life of Cjueeustowni ■ m % 1 . L I NEW YEAR GETS AMILD WELCOME IN ZERO WEATHER I | Holiday Generally Observed ' in Quiet Manner; Big Mills in Full Blast i The brand new year of 1918 was i escorted in with somewhat subdued j whistling and bell ringing, owing to the scarcity of coal and the zero . weather. Old citizens hardly re ! member such a temperate, muffled [Continued on Page 2.] RED CROSS DRIVE NETS SIXTEEN MILLION NAMES Washington, Jan. I.—Sixteen mil lion new names were added to the membership rolls of the Amricnn j Red Cross as the result of the I i Christmas membership drive, Henry' P. Oavison, chairman of the National ! War Council, announced to-day in 1 New Year's greetings ' forwarded to : workers ..whose efforts mad# tie drive a big success. 1 DEBT IS FIVE TIMES GREATER THAN AT STARTING OF WAR U.S.Liakility Only About One- Fourth That of England or Germany EXPENDITURES HEA VY; Army Demands to Be Met With Cireat New Ap propriation By Associated Press Washington, Jan. I.—The United States enters the. New Year with a national net debt of $5,615,000,000, more than five times greater than when it entered the war nine months ago, but only one-third of the debt which promises to develop by the first of next year. ,Tlie debt per capita is about ssl and the percent age of debt to estimated national wealth is 2 per cent. The treasury financial summary j statement, issued to-day for the first i timo since last June 30, shows thati actual disbursements during the first' half of the fiscal year have fallen far | below the estimates, particularly for! the military establishment. An enor-l mous prospective increase in War J Department expenses, for munitions and materials contracts to bo filled in the spring, will raise the govern ment outlays at that time, but ofti- I oials feel some doubt that ordinary | disbursements will reach the $12,- 316,000,000 estimated for the fiscal I year ending next June 30. Each of these three principal de partments has outstanding contracts for which big expenditures will have to be made within the remaining half of the fiscal year, however, and the aggregate of these is the uncertain i clement which make it. impossible to determine at this time precisely how many additional Liberty Bonds must] I be issued between now and nexti I June 30. Great as the national debt seems; I to this country whose debt before i the war was only a little past the j i billion dollar mark, it is only about j i one-fourth that of either Great Bri- j | tain, France, Russia or Germany. ! The debt of all of America's cobelli ! gerents is about $84,000,000,000 orj i 14 per cent, of the estimated wealth! ' of those nations, and the Teutonic | allies - debt is about $40,000,000,000! I or 28 per cent, of their estimated j I wealth. More Than a Billion Is Needed to Meet Demands of U. S. Army and Navy By Associated Press Washington, Jan. 1. An urgent deficiency appropriation of approxi mately $1,338,000,000 for the Army, I Navy, food administration and other | government war work will be asked ! of Congress soon after the holiday re cess. The largest item will be one of $1,278,500,000 for the Army, includ-j ing $700,000,000 for the quartermaster] corps for supplies; $450,000,000 for] ordnance, and $140,000,000 for.engi j neers. I The Navy Department already Tias ! asked for $55,000,000 deficiency ap ! propriation. | Besides these deficiency appropria : tions contemplated, the War Depart , ment already lias asked $1,123,000,000 ! additional to the regular estimates I already submitted. Big Gangs of Workmen Cut Thousands of Tons of Fourteen-Inch Ice Work on filling the ice houses of J the United Ice and Coal Company is rapidly being pushed by officials of the company. Between five and ! six thousand tons of natural lee is being cut and packed away in the store houses each day. If the weather remains cold for about a week it is believed that a sufficient | amount of ice will bo in the storo houses for the summer. Yesterday workmen began to cut ice 12 to 14 inches thick at Cole i brool: and EUendale . Forge. And to-day they started at .Laurel Dam. More men responded to the company I for work' than was anticipated by the officials. By to-morrow it is I expected that more than 100 men I will te working at Allendale Foige. Reading to Ask Draft Exemption of Employes > Reading, Pa., Jan. 1. —As a result of the government operation of the i railroads the Reading Railway Com pany is preparing to ask for the | draft exemption of its employes. , Krom the lowal shops several hun ' dred skilled workers who cannot be -replaced in a short labor market,! j have already "been tatfen, and taking! I more would cripple phops and lm '! pede train operations. The newj j draft affects over 500 Reading, rail-' ! waymen. M'K I*. It. It. POIt • 10.0(H) I A suit for SIO,OOO wis brought by i Sarah Cohen against th Pennsylvania Railroad because of an accident at Millersburg in which her husband, Israel Cohen, wae killed. Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION COSSACK TROOPS DEFEAT REBELS IN GREAT BATTLE Bolshcviki Retreat in Dis | order; Several Hundred Men and 336 Guns Are Taken | ENGLAND STUDIES PEACE Allies Realize That Brest- Li tovsk Proposals Consti tute a Grave Menace By Associated I'ress Stockholm, Jan. I.—Ukrainian and Cossack forces in a great battle on the southwestern front have defeat ed Bolshevik! troops, taking four hundred prisoners and capturing eight big guns and 328 machine guns, according to a dispatch. The Cos sacks are in hot pursuit of the Bol sheviki. 1-ondon, Jan. I.—The British gov ernment recognizes that the Brest- Litovsk peace proposals constitute a grave and,new fact of which official cognizance must be taken, says the Daily Chronicle in reporting, as did \ the Manchester Guardian yesterday, that the British government intends I to return a serious and reasonable i reply to the Austro-German peace I terms when presented officially. The Chronicle adds that the United ! States, Great Britain, Francfc and [Continued ou I'age 2.] '■ WASHINGTON'S NKW YIvYU'S QI'IKTKST ON KKCOHI| | % By Associated Press Washington, Jan. 1. —The cold jwayf; combined with the new prohi bition law to make Washington's t first war New Year's eve observance j the quietest of recent record, j In sharp contrast to the crowds j which heretofore crowded Pennsyl vania avenue *nd the hotels and j cafes to greet the New Year, 1918 was ushered in with only a sem- Iblance of the olc'.' celebration by a few who braved the biting weather without and the "dry" dining table | within. I . I* 4> i< RUMANIAN PARLIAMENT OPENS *|* ],* J .Ri mania, Friday. Dec. 28. —The Rumanian par- JT " * epene i to-day with an 3ddr-ss;b} King Fer- *# dinand. "However painful may be the sacrifices that we | "V 'still have to make in order to realize our lerritimat <2* *#> ?sperat:. r,:-. said the king, "we have conviction " * they will be recompensed on the decisive day when there t T* dp is established the reign of justice and liberty in the rela- ** "f® tiom among nations." X I 4* *7" 4 DR I P. REMINGTON DEAD 4* i ' • T Philadelphia, Jan. i -Dt Joseph Price Remington, .T* dean !h n.lelphi ;C- lit ..e of Pharmacy and a phar- p %* ' i* £ i ir.tcr:icitionai reputation diecl to-day after an J nine ,ot i out five months He had suffered from heprt j *! trouble. He .as 70 qears old. |* I £ LE ; fGH FIELDS OBSERVE MEW YEAR'S !f ■ | *5 *l* ! Ha.-lcton!"Pa., Jan. 1. -Failure q| miners to report 15 tor ' " v Hed in tl ••'•andot.ment of coal companies £ it in t.-e L- .ti id. ' attempt to operate their mines ;Jp 4* to-day. 1 'mf- . Mr t !4* 4* ■ f CHRISTMAS MAIL, GREATEST EVER, f 4* ■ v |X Washington, Jan 1.-- Christmas mail this was fa JT greater m volume than any year in the history of the vjjr % postal service and was handled notwithstanding unusual 2? T conditions, mere promptly than in previous years. F J o>>t- JfJ 4* rri.Jhttr Bttrltson to day announced that complaints of dc *> < j |ju layed mail veie not due to failures of the postal service A I .j hut. to cor.gestidn ot railroad traffic. -2t ' [I, MUMMERS PARADE IN PHILADELPHIA <fl IT Philadelphia, Jan. I.—All that the selective military jfe Ixf 'L.iit ha 3 left ot''Philadelphia's marching clubs that have nT JL made the New Year's parade an institution here swept T through Droad street to-day in the annual Mummer's Jp 4 parade.r Thousands of, PhiUdclphians? and* mar? from !*iH vi* ♦ •> '■ t ' 4 crtJt ot town braved the intense cold and cheered the IT marchers who cavorted (or prices as usuaJ although'the £ * Mr .* i t j* temperature froze many of the instruments in their bands.? *f -5* '• fOad "in flimsy female finery > * L . Mummcfs counted pneutfconia with emsts and aQngtarec * * jjb to the.frigid .temperature. * • MARRIAGE LICENSES ' fj .4, William I'. Cook, lltillfns tuivßNhlp, and llmrl u. Mtrork. \rn | . T < unibrrlundi l)lfl H. Korrralrr. Mt. Inlon. unil Adellan M. I.n "? Henyan, llarrtaburai hiirlrm 19, ,\>lth and Kathryn I- I'agr. Ilnr- * ' 4, rlNlMirKi Hufll M. Kelly and Anna 11. Brown, llnrrlburK| Ell 11. a , T Miller, DrtroK. nnd Annu M. Sloli, HarrlaburKi Klmrr H. Frt, T' ejjn HadlnK, and KmtUrr K. Dobnrr Writ ltradlnK. •■ i ROTARY CLUB TO AID SOLDIERS I GET AMUSEMENT ■ Sale of Tickets Here to Pro vide Funds For Theatri cal Performances THE "SMILEAGE BOOK" .! Captain Lumb Calls Special Meeting to Take Up Important Work By the special request of the Sec- I retary of War the members of the Harrisburg Rotary Club will hold a 1 peculiarly important meeting to night when the president, George F. Lumb, wlll # launch the newest, lat est and most interesting plan of Uncle Sam to entertain his soldiers in the big camps and weld another link in the attachment between home and the camp. To-night's gathering is a sequel to the conference at Washington recently which was at tended by thirty-two district gover [Continued on Page 2.] Huns Fear an Invasion of Germany by American Air Fleet;- Unrest Acute . j By Associated Press I Jan. I.—Allied air raids I over Germany are awakening the people to a recognition of their rulers' mistaken air ruthlessness, ac cording to the Amsterdam corre . spondent of the Times. There is great i nervousness throughout Germany, especially in the more exposed parts, j he says, owing to the reported inten- II tion of the Americans to invade Ger ■ I many by air. The subject is discuss-, Med universally, though efforts are I made to calm anxiety by declarations ] about "American bluff." The frequent explosions in muni-' -itions factories, the correspondent, 11 adds, are causing the German mlliw.' iltary authorities anxiety not only be - cause of the interference with the i supply of munitions but also because' rjof unrest in the districts where the 3 explosions occur. The unrest has been acute since the advent of frost.
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