NIGHT EXTRAas Sevete Weather Delays ■—NICJIIT EXTRA* • , * \ I Jfe HARRISBTJRG ifSgsii TELEGRAPH M tljc Star- In&cpcnfccnt / LXXX\'I I- No. 3 14 PAGES NEW DRAFT RULE ANNOUNCED; SINGLE MEN WILL GO FIRST Next Draft Will Take No Married Men With Dependants Washington, Jan. 3.—Provost Marshal General Crow- old since June 5,1917, (the fiirst draft) and who become of der, reporting to Congress to-day on the progress of the age hereafter shall be added to Class One as they become draft, expresses for the first time a definite promise and available. This will insure, the general estimates, a aim of the government not to take for army duty any supply of 700,000 men a year. other men than those listed in Class One of the new draft General Crowder outlined the new policy in this questionnaire. language: This classification excludes married men entirely, "Whether this guess (1,000,000 available men) be jus whose wives or families are dependent on them for sup- tified in practice or not, it can be announced now as the port and other men with dependants. General Crowder . policy and belief of this office that in all probability it will does this on the estimate that 1,000,000 men physically fit be possible to fill our military needs without invading any for Army duty will be available from Class One. This class more deferred than Class One; and this is the prom number, he thinks, sufficient for the present military ise, the standard, and the goal, here for the first time an needs of the nation, but to assure the future supply for nounced, toward which every administrative iffort of this those he recommends that men who have become 21 years office shall be directed." HALTED PEACE CAUSES GREAT MISGIVING TO GERMAN RULER Reported Break in Negotia tions Responsible For Sudden Change; Teuton Envoys Revise Offers MAY UPSET PLANS ON WESTERN FRONT I Formidable Attack in Cam brai Region Is Unlikely While Russian Situation Remains Unsettled By Associated Press Petrograd, Jan. 2. —The Bolshavik foreign minister, Leon Trotzky, declared to day that the government of the Russian workers would not consent to the German | peace proposals. A crisis is Hearing in the' Russo-Gerinan peace negotia tions and indications are that a; definite break :s not far off. The! Russian government has de manded that the eonfereuce which was to have reconvened on January 4, be transferred to Stockholm and has protested i against the German attitude regarding occupied territory. A resumption of hostilities is not improbable should the Germans decline to meet the Russian de mands. Emperor William and the rulers of Germany apparently are aroused over the sudden change in the situation and the German and Aus trian foreign secretaries are re ported hurrying back to Brest 1-itovsk with new instructions. Ger man military and political leaders conferred yesterday with the em peror and there is a widespread de mand throughout Germany that the Reichstag be convened immediately. Reichstag leaders at a conference with foreign Secretary Von Kuehl [Continued on Page 12.] HUNDREDS RISK LIVES IN PHILADELPHIA COAL RIOT; 150 TONS ARE TAKEN Philadelphia, Jan. 3.—Coal riots, which began here yesterday, were resumed when sevral hundred men, wo men and children raided cars on a Pennsylvania Railroad siding and stole mere than 150 tons of anthracite. Rail road detectives were powerless before the women, many o fwhom risked their lives when an attempt was made to remove eight of the fuel laden cars. For three hours the! raiders carried off coal and could not be dispersed until a riot call brought a detail of police who arrested the ring leaders. CITY BEHIND K. OU C. IN ITS WAR CAMPAIGN Workers Are Given Warm Welcome in Homes Vis ited on First Day ! Ilarrisburg will oversubscribe its, ! Knights of Columbus war fund. j , | This was the concensus of opinion i I to-day by team workers who com ; pieted their first day's work. Every- j i where the workers were received I with a welcome and contribution, j That the $23,000 mark will be' i passed seemed assured from the to- | | tals pieced together by enthusiastic j j committeemen. Just how much the| first day of the big drive brought in I cannot be told until after the formal reports are made by team captains to-night. Men and women of every religious faith are already listed on the con tribution sheets. It is thoroughly understood, team workers said, that : the recreation centers in the great Army cantonments here and "over there - ' with Pershing are open to! battling Yanks of every creed. The, uniform is the only credential need-1 [ ed to gain a glad welcome and a! i warm handclasp. The campaign was gotten under] j way last night at a big meeUng in! | the Board of Trade auditorium overj j which .David E. Tracy presided. | Anions the speakers were Bishop l | MeDevitt, William Jennings, Chap-I lain I.allou and Supreme Knight Fla- J herty. 25 Killed, 74 Wounded in Hunting Acidents in Penna. During Season Twenty-flvo men were reported ! killed and 74 wounded in hunting ac cidents in Pennsylvania during the season of 1917 by Dr. Joseph Kalb fus, secretary of the State Game i Commission, at the mid-winter meet ing of the Commission hold here to . day. , The kill of game, except for rab bits, was much the same of last year, the storms in December preventing larger kills of deer. There were 1,- 080 legal deer reported killed; 31 11- 1 legal bucks and 75.does, which are also forbidden. Other game was re ported killed as follows: Bear 368; 1 rabbits, .1,500,000: squirrels, 179,400; grouse. 107,287; wild turkeys, 2,950; i ring pheasants, 1,362: quail, 26.223; woodcock, 25,660; wild waterfowl, 32,907; raccoons, 13,255; shore birds 17,645. HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1918 SEVERE WEATHER DELAYS FREIGHT ON ALL R.R. LINES Reading Company Is Doing | Only About 55 Per Cent. j of Normal Business By Associated Press Heading, Pa., Jan. 3.—Because of j the severe cold weather, the Reading i Railway Company is to-day only do- i ing about 55 per cent, of the busi ness compared with normal eondi* tions in face of the fact that many trains have been annulled and the road is devoting itself more largely to coal and freight shipments under government direction. Never before has it been necessary to cut down the tonnage of freight and coal trains for so long a period. Notwithstanding the modern locomo tives that are now employed, there have been instances when they have I been frozen up solidly and it was j necessary to draw fires. The connecting lines are similarly; situated, or the lines of the Reading i would be swamped with traffic. Hun-: dreds of cars of freight, which had j been sidetracked, is now gradually being moved, together with muni. [ConUnucd on Page 12.J FRENCH DOSE P SHIPS Paris, Jan. 3.—Nino French mer chant ships of more than 1.600 tonsi were Sunk by submarines or mines! during the week ending December! 29. There, was no loss of vessels! under 1,600 tons or of fishing ships j Two attack,', on steamers failed. ' KAISER WILHELM AS A rhis photograph of Kaiser Wilhe.lm, dressed as a fleld marshal of the Turkish army, was taken when \LL? C . - ave & German l 3, ur " e ® 1 U l e Preeincta of the great mosque of Sophia at Constantinople. The short left arm which he usually In hie photographs makes an effort to hide is here plainly visible. -• ' * COUNCIL. PLANS j CONFERENCE ON | APPOINTMENTS | Commissioners to Get To gether at Closed Session • on City Jobs With the reorganization of city I departments and county offices next I Monday, interest is centered in pos j sible changes when appointive offices I are filled. Little lias been said in city of ficial circles about such changes. While it has not been decided defin itely when council reorganizes just how the various department heads will be placed It is believed Com missioners Lynch and Gross will re tain the departments of which they have had charge during the last two I years. This will mean that some de [Continucd 011 Page 10.] Mexicans Protest Against Troops Crossing Border By Associated Press Austin, Tex., Jan. 3.—The Mexl | can government, it was learned here, has protested against the crossing of i American troops into Mexico in pur suit of bandits. 1 Governor W. P. Tlobby, It was said. has received no advices from V/ash ij ington relative to the protest and i the Texan Rangers at least will con- I tinue their activities against Mexican ■ j raiders unhampered by state authori- I ties until Federal authorities instruct ' otherwise. WORK ON SHOPS RUSHED BY PIPE 1 MILL OFFICIALS! Burned Buildings to Be Beady For Operation in "Jwg Weeks •i ' I i i I Shops destroyed by lire yesterday "j at the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe j i Bending Company will have been re | built and in operation within two I weeks, officials estimated to-day | from the rush with which workmen • j got building operations under way. t j In order that no time may be lost, } I plans to erect fireproof concrete structures have been abandoned. As I many ot' the 1,000 men thrown out .! of jobs by the blaze as want to work, can secure places in the construc | tion work. Part of the old walls can be utiliz ed for the new buildings which are to be of brick and wood, David E. j Tracy, president of the corporation, | said this morning. AJrevised esti > mate of the loss to-day shows that ; the damage will not exceed the $200,- ! 000 mark. The company will not be held up . in its contracts, Mr. Tracy said, [ [Continued on Page .*>] BRITISH AMBASSADOR LEAVES , [ Washington. Jan. B.—Sir Cecil - Spring-Hice, the British ambassador, 1 who yesterday announced that he . was going home on leave, saw Presi i dent Wilson to-day to say farewell. ■ The ambassador, it is expected, will t not return to the United States in his present capacity. RUSSIA MAY THROW ARMY I OF 3,000,000 AGAINST HUNS Even Most Radical Bolshe viki and Ardent Peace Advocates Aroused by German Position MUST FIGHTIX) SAVEJ>RINCIPLES Teuton Attitude Is Harmon izing the Domestic Differ ences ; Resumption of Fighting Much Discussed By Associated Press Petrograd, Wednesday, Jan. 2. —The Russian peace delegation officially has suggested to the central powers that the meeting place of the peace delegates be transferred to neutral soil and has protested against certain articles in the Austro-Gcrman terms already submitted. The halt in the Russo-German peace negotiations and indica- 1 tions of a German refusal to' move the conference to Stock holm have revived universal dis cussion in Petrograd of a re sumption of fighting with a greatly reduced army, probably three million men. Even the most radical Holsheviki and the most ardent peace ad ocates have been aroused by the lierman position. They declare that a re sumption of hostilities is imminent and express the belief that it is possible to organize and make eftec [Continued on I'agc 10.] Another Cold Wave Sweeps Down From Canadian Northwest Washington, Jan. 3.—Another cold wave sweeping down fromithe Can adian Northwest was to-day centered In the Ohio Valley and Western lennessee. The cold will penetrate to-night as far south as Florida with freezing temperatures in the north ern part of that state and with a frost as far south as Miami. A storm was reported some dis tance off the South Atlantic coast apparently moving northward and storm warnings were issued from Kastport, Maine, to Hatteras, N. C Dangerous northerly gales will blow . along the coast between these two I points tigs afternoon . and to-night • and all snipping has been Warned. President Will Outline Railroad Plan Tomorrow By Associated Press Washington, Jan. 3.—Congress, re convening at noon to-day after its holiday vacation, planned immediate adjournment until to-morrow out of respect of Senator Newlands and Representative Uathrick, who died during the recess. The big war leg islative program will begin to-mor row when President WilHon is ex pected to outline his plan for govern ment operations of railroads in an address to a joint session. Single Copy, 2 Cents I LATE NEWS I t - r -4 n* 5 NORWEGIAN STEAMER TORPEDOED • <&| '| | X Jan. 3.—The Norwegian foreign officer re- *f* poris that the Norwegian steamer Vigrid (1,617 tons * ' 4* l; i *915 at Bergen) was torpedoed and sunk ' * T while" on her way from Bari to Rouen, says i Central -J > 4* ' Five men on '* * 4* .*s* i the Vjgrid were killed. Thirteen of the cicw were • rescued. i* * 4 * 4 ' LSORY RATIONING'FN ENGLAND * * 4 *** | to put 'f into eff< .'t in England soon, it was announced officially HIGH COST OF REGISTER IN DELAWARE .1 . *l* Washington, Jan. —An exhaustive report on the of before Congress to- JL [ft shal General Crowder. r* !*§* J • brought down to detail for every tf j p cultural pursuit, *)T <. 9 tt ide. and it sho\vs clearly that no class y 1 ~ x ASH COLLECTORS ARE FINED '*f 4 Harrisburg—Fine aggregating $250 have been im- J£ j £ posri i!pen the Pennsylvania Reduction Company, rep rv v. 1:3 4 :or. of f.sh collecting regulations, it £ was announced to-day. * A | | £ STOCKS TAKE UPWARD TREND ,J jf New York, Jan. 3. —Stocks took another decided up- |3 J ward spurt to-day. the reason most generally advanced 'X T being the further signs of a collapse of the Russo f Teutonic peace negotiations. Rails, which were slug- Z . ' gish at the opening soon bounded forward, leaders gain ■J* ing 2 to 3! 1-2 points. !T T X HOSTILE RAIDING PARTIES REPULSED ** • ♦ -T London. Jan 3.—"Hostile raiding parties were re -4 pulsed last night south and southwest of La Bassee, •JL Y* '2* leaving a few prisoners in our hands." the war office re- ,T " * ports The enemy artillery showed considerable ff 4* during the night east of Epehy." f m T TWO SOLDIERS FREEZE ON GUARD & Newport News, Va., Jan. 3 —Two soldiers while do- 'X <■ £ ing guard duty here arc reported to have been frozen to i*|* " * death Saturday and Sunday night. Their death certi * * ficates say they died in discharge of duty. i ! - 2 • MARRIAGE LICENSES 1 j! Snmuel l.lKhlnrr. Dradntr, nnd llrhrrm A. Mnrburßr. Pal- T T mrrai < hurl** M. Ivrllry unil Jlnr> <.rufl, >rnton Hnmllloni Hoxlrr Mi Ajs I'ntlfrwn. Salnnffn, anil Sunan 1.. Mlllrmvlllri hrlalopbrr 3 . A. I.lmlfiaj. llnrrlnburK. ami Molina f. I.rlittrr, lluntinsdoni Steve T T /.nnlt'li, Allcntovn, and Mary Okum, Steoltoa. Mg NIGHT EXTRA