T F jy S Activity Front—f ffe HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M ■ K ®l)t otar-3itf>cpcnteiit I LXXXYI I- T NQ. 9 16 PAtiES AMERICA PREPARED TO STRIKE BLOW FOR WORLD'S FREEDOM U. S. PREPARED TO MEET THE HUN ON FIELD OF BA TTLE Arms of Most Effective Kind Supplied Men in France, Secretary Baker Tells Senate War Investigating Committee; Great Program For Production of New Devices of Warfare; Almost Two M illion Men Under Arms; Equipment For All; Credit For Accomplishments Due Every Loyal Citizen, War Head Says Washington, Jan. 10. —America now has in France an army of "substantial" size ready for active service, Secretary Baker to-day told the Senate War Investi gating Committee. Conceding delays and errors o£ judgment in so vast an undertaking, Secretary Baker epitomized his reply in these words: "Xo army of similar size in the history of the world has ever been raised, equip ped or trained so quickly. No such provision has ever been made for the comfort, health and general "well-being of an army."' Officers and men, he explained in a statement of the mobilization accomplishments, have been trained specially for modern warfare, independent lines of co'mmunication and supply arc in process of construction and great programs have been formulated for the production of new in struments of war. • Arms of the most modern and effective kind, the secretary declared, have been provided for everv soldier fn France and arc available for every lighting man who can be sent to France in 1918." . . An army of nearly a million and a half men, enlisted and selected without serous dislocation of the nation's industries, is now in the lield or in training at home and abroad, he asserted. The subsistence of the Army, he continued, has been above criticism, while its initial clothing supply, temporarily inadequate, is now substantially complete. Slates Department's Problems "1 state the foregoing conditions of the War Department's problem and some of tlie results attained, lor two purposes," lie said. "In the lirst place the American people are entitled to Know of the splendid ef fectiveness with which they have been able to organize the man power and the material power of the na tion in a great cause; and sec ond, our urniy in France under Gen eral Pershing and our allies are en titled to have the benefit resulting from the depression of the morale of their enemies which must come when the Germans realize that the American democracy has neither blundered nor hesitated, but actual ly brought the full power of its men and resources into completely organized strength against their mili tary machine. "No army of similar size in the l.istory of the world has ever been raised, equipped or trained so quick ly. No sucli provision has ever been made for the comfort, health and general well-being of an army. Nation Now Organized "Dy the co-operation of all Inter ests and all people in the country, the nation is now organized and set to its task with unanimity of spirit and confidence in its powers. More has been done than anybody dared to believe possible. That there have been here and there errors of judg ment and delays goes without say ing; but 1 should be wanting in frankness were I to omit my own estimate of the estimate of the real unselfishness and intelligence with which my associations, military and civilian, have applied themselves to this undertaking, and the results demonstrate the success of their ef forts." The secretary gave the committee an outline of the work of the de pal tment and its various bureaus. Outline of Work "On the tirst day of April, 1917, the Regular Army," he said, "com prised 5,791 officers and 121,797 en listed men: the National Guard in Federal service, approximately S,- 73 ;► officers and 76,713 enlisted men; and the reserve 4,000 enlisted men. There were also at that time approxi mately 2,755 officers in the re serve but as these were on inactive duty they cannot properly be con sidered In estimating the strength of the army of the United States at that time. On the thirty-first day of December, 1917, the Regular Army consisted of 10,250 officers and 2,000 ACRES FOR WAR SUPPLY BASE NEAR MT. GRETNA A. D. Smith, superintendent of the Lebanon division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, formerly the Cornwall and Lebanon, offi cially announced to-day that the United States government has taken up options 0:1 2,000 acres of land along that railroad in the Conewago Valley near Mt. Gretna between Bellaire and Beverly station. It understood that thereon the government proposes to locate one of the largest storage bases for munitions and other military supplies in the east. Work will be started at once it is understood. This Is part of a general plan of the War Department It Is said for a secondary line of war base depots to l)c located along or near main trunk lines about 200 miles back from tile Atlantic seaboard. The first series of 475,000 enlisted men; the National Guard of 16,031 officers and 400,900 enlisted men; the National Army of 480,000 men; and the Reserve of 84,575 officers and 72,750 enlisted men. In other words, in nine months the increase has been from 9,524 of ficers to 110,856 officers and from 202,510 to 1,425,650 men. Our Great Army "Tlie total number already in the military service is one and a half times as largo as any force ever mo bilized by this nation. "A substantial part of our military forces was selected by the operation of a draft law, the execution of which has demonstrated both the economical and the efficient way of selecting soldiers. "For the training of officers two series of training camps were held, from which about 45,000 officers were commissioned from civil life. This number is nearly eight times as great as the number of officers in the Regular Army of the tirst day of April. "For the training of these sol diers. sixteen cantonments have built, costing $134,000,000 with an average profit to the contractors of 2.98 per cent. "In the death rate in our forces In the United States, from mid-Sep tember to the end of December aver aged 7.5 per cent. Leaving out the deaths due to measles and its com plications, our rate among all troops in the United States, since Septem ber 1, has been about two per thou sand. "For the fiscal year 1915 Congress appropriated for the War Depart ment $158,000,000; for the fiscal year 1916, $203,000,000; for the fis cal year 1917, $403,000,000. for the fiscal year 1918, $7,527,338,716. Til other words, taking 1915 as a normal year, the appropriations for 1918 are nearly fifty times as great. "The regular appropriations made [Continued on Page o.] LAWYERS AMI IIWKKMS TO HIOAIt TAX EXPERT David A. Snyder, an inspector in the Federal Treasury Department will speak to-morrow evening at S o'clock at the regular meeting of the Dauphin County Bar Association, to be held in the courtroom No. 2. Mr. Snyder will explain every important phase of the income tax. Officers of tlie city hanks have been invited to be present at the meeting. bases is to lie in coast towns, the second about the distance of Alt. Gretna from the ocean, to which supplies would be rushed back in [Continued on Page B.] HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING JANUARY 10, 1918 GERMANY IS NOT DRAINED, KENYON WARNS SENATE Exponents of a Patched-Up Peace Arc Weakening Anierican Preparations By Atsociatri frets I Washington, Jan. 10. Senator | Kenyon who recently returned from | a visit to the French front' and to ! England to-day warned the Senate against Germany's peace offers and stories that the country was exhaust ed. "Nothing could assist Germany more," he declared. "Those who arc trying to help in bringing about a patched-up peace and lend their influence in that dl lection are weakening the American forces, weakening American pre paration," he said, "and they had best to remember that it will cost us more now to lose this war than to win it." No Reason Fop (doom Pointing to the fact that it took ngland two years or more to pet itady to figlit he declared there was no reason for gloom in this country now but "the saddest words this nation can ever write if it fails in this emergency by reason of delay will be the words 'to late.' " I "We must bring to the western [Continued on Page B.] Refuse Accumulates as Contractor Neglects His Schedules of Collection [ Because of the failure of the Penn-I sylvania Reduction Company to I maintain any regular collections of either ashes or garbage, city officials anticipate that at the expiration of' the contract, February 1, there will | be a big accumulation of waste to be' removed. Hagy Brothers, who receiv-1 ed the collection contract, are rapidly completing preparations to start work on the first of next month, but will probably have some of the garbage which has been piling up. to remove. Bids lor ash collections will be opened on Saturday. Commissioner Hassler said he does not expect the firm which receives the contract for ash collections will be in a position to start before the latter part of February because of the scarcity of labor and materials. While the re duction company promised Dr J M J. Raunick, city health ofoleer, 'that a cleanup will be made, some officials said it will take almost a month to cover the entire city and collect all the ashes, rubbish and garbage which has accumulated. ASYLUM FIRE CLAIMS TWO <iy .Associated t'ress Middletown; Conn., Jan. 10.—Two lives were lost in a tire which de stroyed a wing of the Connecticut Insane Asylum to-day. Four patients are unaccounted for. Until the fire had been subdued and the men had begun to rake over the wreckago It was believed that every one of the inmates in the wing had escaped unharmed. The property loss is placed at $150,0Q0. BRITISH TANK CAPTURES BIG GERMAN GUN After a British tank during the recent Cambrai offensive harl driven the crew front one of the great German naval guns used on the defense, the men rushed forth, and hitching it to their tank towed it to their lines. The photograph showjt the gun passing through a lano of British soldiers. GROSS THROWS A WRENCH INTO j CITY CONTEST Takes Sting From Statement When Other Couneii men Protest Cit.v Commissioner Gross has thrown ti mtnr4res'wr^nrh Into the I eounctlmanlc machine through his j public statement that he cannot sup port three of the several candidates for City Treasurer because of certain, propositions which, he says, each of the three lias made to him. This statement has upset the situation to such an extent that certain of his colleagues in the City Council will refuse to any of the three cahdidates in question until they are satisfied that the intimations of Commissioner Gross are not of such a character as to reflect upon the integrity of these candidates. His colleagues believe that his statement places them in a false po [Continued oil Page B.] SEEK 10 CARS OF COAL TO RELIEVE POSSIBLE FAMINE Crisis * Reached Here With Dealers Without Fpel to j , Supply Needy Families Indications arc that the coal short age Jn Ilarrisburg is approaching a crisis. Ross A. Ilickok, fuel adminis trator of Dauphin county, returning after a five days' absence from the city, announced this morning that the situation is serious. Ten cars of cohl, laid up on a sid ing on the Pennsylvania tracks be low Ilighspire, will be commandeered for use in the city if the fuel ad [ Continued on Page B.] European Situation Demands U. S. Wheat; Americans Must Save Washington, Jan. 10. The food situation in Europe is regarded here as so critical that the food adminis tration is planning to release an ad ditional 90,000,000 bushels of wheat despite the fact that the normal port surplus had been shipped by the middle of December. The Am erican people will be asked to save to make yp thtc deficiency. The demand front the allies is so insistent that the food admnistration has decided to take a chance on a shortage in the spring to meet in part their needs. If consumption is not reduced, officials see a possible shortage of flour in the United States in May before the new wheat crop comes in in June. Prominent Promoter Killed by Red Cross Car By Associated Press Philadelphia, Jan. 10.—Edward P. \ ogels, a promoter and member of a family socially prominent in this city was killed by a Red Cross motor car. I He stepped in front of the machine: and sustained fatal Injuries before l , the driver could throw on the brakes! He was 4 years old and was con-1 nected with a New York real estate! corporation. K.OFC.NEARS ITS QUOTA FOR WAR CAMPAIGN District to Go "Over the Top" When Drive Closes Sunday Wpitilbutjns Werte coming into Kijfghut o t Columhus headquarters [in the Kunkel building, ko rapidly this morning that the otßcn force I wan unable to get a total, but the $ 15,504.14 total of the night before I had been increased almost to $17,000 I for the city alone. Over $3,000 has already been reported from outside' i the city, so that the Knights are within $5,000 or so of their goal. Chairman Tracy last night an nounced that the campaign for the Knights of Columbus War Camp Fund will he continued until Satur day night. The cold weather of last week hindered efforts the first few of the drive. Many workers did not get a start. For that reason two days have been added. "We want to take this opportunity to thank our friends who have re sponded so generously," said Mr. [Continued on Page 6.] SNOW AID DEFENDERS ON PIAVE LINE Entire Mountain Front Buried Under Solid Blanket of Winter By Associated Press Italian Headquarters in Northern Italy, Wednesday, Jan. 9. —The enemy's winter cam paign appears to have been in terrupted seriously., if not halted definitely, by heavy snowfalls during the last twenty-four hours. The snow covers the mountain front to a depth of from three to five feet. Monte Grappa, which is the cen (Continued oil Page 3.] SAYS HE THHKATKNKD 1.1 KB William Brown was committed for court to-day, on a charge of a.sxault and battery, by Alderman Fritz Kramme, I.avlna Kilstuck charges to kill her. The affair took place at 1219 North Soventh street, more fa miliarly known as the "Bucket of Blood." BOLSHEVIKI WILL REPUDIATE DEBT OF RUSSIAN NATION London, Jan. 10.—The Bolshevik! government Intends to publish a de cree within a few duys cancelling the Russian national debt, telegraphs the correspondent at Petrogred of the Manchester Guardian. The corre spondent understands the decree will •contain these provisions: "First- All loans and treasurj bonds held by foreign subjects abfcoad or in Russia are repudiated. "Second Loans and treasury bonds held by Russian subjects pos sessing more than JQ.OOO ruble? in capital are repudluted. RUSSIA RESUMES PEACE PARLEY AT BREST-LITOVSK Selection of Meeting Place in a Neutral Country First Consideration AGREEMENT IS LIKELY <s• Proposal ot Separate Peace With Turkey Is Rejected by Rolsheviki By Associated Press London, Jan. 10.—At the first sitting of the resumed negotia tion at Brest-Litovsk on Tues day, says a dispatch sent out by the official Russian news agency, the discussion between the Rus sian delegates and those of the central powers centered 611 th<* selection of a city in some neutral country in which to con tinue the deliberation. There is every probability, it is added, of a satisfactory arrangement being reached. Petroerad, Wednesday, Jan. 9. Generals Kaledines and Dutoff, the Cossacks leaders, the official news [Continued on Page 11.1 . Government Will Cut Out All Solicitors; Thousands Affected Heading, Pa., Jan. 10.—Since the government has taken charge of the railroads it is learned here to-day that it is the plan of the Federal of ficials to cut out traveling freight and passemrer solicitors all over the country. This will affect thousands of men, many of whom are well known in this city. The competing systems employed a large number of men and maintained officers in many cities. It was the duty of these men to solicit freight and look after the in terests of their respective lines in a certain territory and some, of them traveled considerably. There is no necessity for their employment since there is no competition between the lines. An official of the Reading railway stated to-day that the company would take care of its traveling men all of whom have a valuable experi ence in the freight business. The company did not employ near as many traveling men as some of the other lines. $4.50 Per Day Required For Family of Five By Associated Press Philadelphia, Pan. 10. —In a state ment supported by statistics, Edward L. Keenan, president of the Central Labor Union, told the NaUonal Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment Hoard to-day that the head of a family of five must makemore than $4.50 a day to support his family. The food bill of a family of live, under prevailing price schedules, Keenan said, cannot possibly be fig ured at less than $12.14 a week, and even then the food allowances are the smallest. Keenan was chairman of a com mittee of twelve which made a can vass to determine food prices and other expenses the industrial work ers must meet. Including housing, fuel, lighting, and other necessary expenses as well as insurance and doctors' fees, Kee nan'g figures purported to show it would cost a family of live $1,442.80 fc year to exist. CLASHED WITH INDIANS f Douglas,' Ariz., Jan. 10. —A de tachment of American cavalry sent Ir.to Bear Valley, twenty-five miles west of Nogales, yesterday, to ob serve trails, clashed with a band of Yaqul Indians, capturing ten, one of whom died at Nogales of wounds, according to a telegram to-day from the commandant at Nogales. "Third —Loans and treasury bonds held by Russian subjects possessing capital in loan scrip or deposits not exceeding 1,000 rubles are to receive live per cent, interest on the nominul value of the loan, and those possess ing 10,000 rubles are to receive three per'oent. "Kourth-—Workmen and peasants holding 100 rubies worth Of loans or bonds, may sell their holding to the state at 75 per cent, of its nominal value. Those holding 600 rubles worth may close it at 70 per cent, of its nominal value." Single Copy, 2 Cents NIGHT EXTRA XJJJE NEWS! I IT ALIAN STEAMSHIP SUNK g4 New York—The big Italian steamship* MUazzo, 11,4? J oil • during the early part of December by a German submarine while the ship was in *1 Mediterranean waters, according to word received in jws shipping cir c les here tt-day. It is understood no lives were 91 ASK DISSOLUTION OP CORTES ffi Madrid—The cabinet has decided to submit Hi *ls to Km Alror.-. and £ dec i' . iMing for the dissolution |J| of the Cortes The King is to sign the decree ffl today ID - i • MARKET CLOSES STRONG fig C j'j New York—Steels, oils *s and specialties at gains of 2 to 4 points, infused considerable ac - of f ' • Libctt-' uQ 3 1-2's were quoted at-8.78 to 98.70, first 4V at 98.10 to R '' • ' • set ?' 96.62 to '>.' l'. Technical condition:; S ?were again the chief influence in to-day's stock market, 93 f short covering in the later dealings more flian effacing M the numerous declines of the forenoon. Sales appro::i- yj mated 5G0.C00 shares. |fl TUNGURAGUA VOLCANO ACTIVE ||| ; Quayaguil, Ecuador. Jan. JO.— volcano of Tun ffi J gum ua in ce tral Ecu ad r h beer: in eruption for M several days o'ast, emitting showers of stones and ash' fIS T;-c ion in he rt ic:\l n.v.ed. It is reportt wj ' the tcv/n of Banos, at the foci the has been R , - 1 1 DEATH OF YORK SOLDIER IN FRANCE S V n —General Pershing tcday reported the ffi er L. Fitzgerald, 423 East Prospect street, flf York. Pa , from.meningitis. yj COUNTY TREASURER A SUICIDE S Norristown, Pa.—George M. Anders, treasurer of HP .% Montgomery county, who several days ago cut his throat m, with a razor, died to-day pital. The registrar of H I the county issued a certificate that death was due to 'ED J n •t suicide temporarily insane. ypj DYNAMITE IN COAL WRECKS ENGINE ffl il shoveled into the a® ight locomo- nTC y : . iissippi river LjJ 'ci . • A' le it two men til. are ;xr it; d tv . dj ing. ' H"|| EXPLOSION KILLS MANY & •• - N tc plant jjfij There B 1 " - - - iB REQUA HEAD OF OIL DIVISION Washington Mark L. Requa, of Oakland, Calif., was \ S-. 1 tc#day appointed head of the newly-formed oil division '1 E|| o; the . :el administration which will handle || contro loil. The first work will be an investigation | w il PARIS PRAISES WltSO NSPEECH {J Pe: Th passage in 1' evident Wilson's address to f Cu: . i emphasized by nil | the Paris newspapers. The Matin says restoration of the M lost territories is the forerr ,-1 c jndition of peace, not only L j of I-r-mct but of her allies. .It refer, to Mr. Wilson's II 1L speech ■> ai immens.- effort a con, ihation by a sincere W Democrat. I I&- SWEDEN TO AC T AS GO-BETWEEN? ' h Petrograd—The German delegations in Petrograd are j. reported iJy the Evening Post to have got into touch with ft | the Swedish legation'here and to have expressed the de- | ! ."*3 sire that Sweden act as a go-betv een with Great Britain, [ j France and Italy. ' | ' * ' I "'fill MARRIAGE LICENSES | Uwit liUkl*fr, : 'trrlton. unit Anna Shofhauacr, Harris- 1 ' / •
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