NIGHT EXTRA Coal Shortage Grows Worse in Harrisbmg T TRA
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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LXX.W No. 12 14 PAGE£
15 PER CENT
REGISTERED
ENGLAND IS
DEMANDING
NEW TROOPS
Between 420,000 and 450,000 New Recruits Must Be
Raised at Once, Sir Auckland Geddes, Minister of
National Service, Tells House of Commons; This
Estimate Is Declared to Be an Absolute Minimum
London, Jan. 14.—Between 420,000 and
450.000 troops must be raised at once in this
country, Sir Auckland Geddes, minister of
national service, told the House of Commons
to-day. The minister said this was the absolute
minimum, and that it might be necessary during
the year to take men from civil life for the army.
Sir Auckland said the government had de
cided not to introduce conscription in Ireland ior
the present, nor to c hange the military age limit.
Great Britain and the colonies, he added, had
raised 7,000,000 men.
"Plain facts," said the minister, "do not .sup
port the .statement that the armies are melting for
the lark oir recruits and that recruiting has broken
down.
"The withdrawal of Russia means that ncrt
less than 1,600,000 men will be made available
on the western front, ' said the minister.
"Notv withstanding Russia's defection, the re
sources of the allies and America are sufficient to
assure victory, and nothing but a psychological
catastrophe can save the central powers.''
15 PER CENT. OF
REGISTERED MEN I
IN FIRST CLASS!
Local Boards Expect to See
This Number Classified
For First Call
Harrisburg will have a good per
centage of its 6,000 registered men
classified in the first class for future
calls for tlie National Army, to judge
by. the figures arrived at to-day by
members of the three local draft
exemption boards, "who are working
on the questionnaires, much of which
liave been returned.
Owing in great measure to the vast
number of industries in this section
ihere were many single young men
"without dependent relatives." and
much unskilled industrial and farm
labor.
Members of board No. 3 estimated
that from 15 to 20 per cent, of the
registrants, out of a total of " 2559
were fixed in the c?:is.s from which
the first troops wilt be taken. About
the same average prevailed at board
No. I, out of a total of 1,078, nnd
as for board v No. 2. of Pantang.
it is impossible to give any approxi
mate guess for the members of that
hoard have not been able to get
through with their list of 2,757 reg
istrants. Only 150 have been passed
on owing to the fact that some mem
bers of the board have been xo press
"(l for time that they could not at
tend to the job.
Many Appeals
If this estimate of 15 to 20 per
cent, is correct it does not mean that
that number will eventually no, for
the district board up at the Capitol
was flooded to-day with appeals.
Krorn board No. I, alone a bundle of
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FIRST LIEUTENANT
BE DRAFTED INTO SERVICE
There milst be a lut of men in
the Army suffering with toothache
and yet in llarrisburg Is a first class
dental patriot who cannot get down
to the camps to lend a hand. Bince
last August this expert with the
drill and forceps orginally from a
% western state but widely known
' here, has been waiting in Harris
burg, armed cap-a-pie in his uni
form of first lieutenant, with no
place to go.
Convinced that there would be an
emphatic call for men of his pro
fession he appUe4 la*t summer to
, enter the service and received a
SCHOOL BOYS AID
IN ATTACK UPON
CHICAGO DRIFTS
Public Institutions of Learn
ing Remain Closed While
Pupils Battle With Snow
Chicago, Jan. 14. An army of
Workers estimated at more than 100,-
000, including 60,000 school boys, to
day resumed the attack on the great
snow drifts which for 48 hours tied
up railroad traffic in this city and
vicinity and caused what the health
authorities termed an alarming
shortage of fuel and milk.
As an emergency measure the
public schools of the city did not
open to-day, the board of education
having decided that the boys could
render valuable service in clearing
away the snow.
Every ton of coal in the railroad
yards was commandeered by County
l-'uel Adnvnistrator Kaymond E.
Durham a' ->rders were given to the
railroads divert coal on tlie
tracks t Ac most available yard or
team t A. Stock trains started un
loading /vith a semblance of unusual
activity, but numbers of cattle and
hogs were found frozen in the cars.
Rochester Schools Close
Car Service Curtailed
Rochester. N. Y., Jan. 14. Be
cause of the shortage of bituminous
coal here all public, private and
parochial pchools of the city, the
University of Rochester, and the
Theological Seminary will be closed
to-day for an indetinite period.
commission in the Jledical Reserve
Corps. Ready to do his bit he wrote
for orders to Washington and was
amazed to get a reply that the gov
ernment was overstocked with dent
ists. At the same time, being in the
service, he must wear the uniform
and when fairly riddled with inquiry
from curious friends, he linall.v
called to-day at draft headquarters
appealing there to be taken as a
drafted man. It was the most curi
ous case that had come up there
and the board could only say that
they have no authority to draft a
man already .in. service and besides
an officer.
HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, JANUARR 14, 1918.
OF HARRISBURGERS
ARE IN CLASS ONE
KREIDER PLANS il
TO AID MOTHERS
OF U.S.SOLDIERS;
Seeks Amendment of Insur- ]
ance Law That Works
Inequity to Aurands
: I •
POINTS OUT INJUSTICES
I
Dependent Parehts Have a ; ]
Right to Government Aid
For Sacrifice of Support
Congressman ICrelder has intro
duced in the House a bill which if;
reported favorably by the commit- j
tee on interstate and foreign com-!
merce and passed, will correct what j
appears to be a grave inequity in the!
present war risk insurance law. j
When this law went into effect thej
general pension laws automatically 1
became obsolete. Under the old!
pension laws, a mother who depend
ed on her son wholly or in part for
support and who lost that support
i because of the death, of her son in
line of duty was entitled to a pen-
I sion.
Under the war risk insurance law,
i this mother would iot be entitled to
I a pension unless she was a widow,
the law only taking care of a "wid
owed mother."
i To Aid Aurands
Congressman Kreider first noticed |
this inequity in the law when he en- j
deavored to obtain relief for the j
mother of Karl Aurand, the first !
llarrisburg boy to give his life in I
France, in order that "democracy!
might life." Karl Aurand contribut- ]
ed to his mother's support and dur- I
ing liis service in the Army he!
made an allotment of his salary tot
her. During the last few months |
the allotment was not so large, be- (
cause he was buying Liberty bonds,'
but nevertheless he was assisting in
no small way in the support of his
mother and invalid father.
Karl Aurand was a good soldier i
and a good patriot and has been
highly commended by his superior
officers for the splendid showing he j
| made at the front and for the sol- j
dierly qualities and bravery display
| ed in the engagement with the en
emy which cost him his life. ,
it is without doubt the intention
| of the government to aid parents of j
I boys like this and yet under the war I
I risk insurance act Mrs. Aurand Is I
not entitled to a pension because she !
is not a widow—yet she is doubly j
entitled to a pension as she must not |
only care for herself but also her
husband who is helpless because of |
almost total blindness. The bill j
I makes no provision at all for a "do- I
I pendent father."
Needed Amendment
l As soon as Congressman Kreider
i discovered this apparent flaw in the
law he prepared and introduced a
bill, the purpose of which is to
amend the present law so that a
dependent mother, whether she be
a widow or not, a dependent father,
or both parents shall be entitled
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WORKING ON VNCLE SAM'S NEW AIR FLEET
HER JM
Ik <sp^jr
I •• t ■
•WOIPJCTNrt ON J<TF.W ySXK. FLEET <S>Comm. ./R.i/c A A. .
Photo shows expert workmen reinforcing the landing gear of a-new
airplane. The United States is doing everything possible to rush through
thousands of planes for use on the battle front. The landing gear of an
airplane must he able to withstand a greater hammering than any other
part of the machine. This is due to. sudden and powerful blows received
when a machine comes to earth.
HICKOK LOOKS
TO U.S. TO TAKE
OVER ALL FUEL:
Local Fuel Administrator Says 1
Situation Grows Worse >
in This City
GOAL YARDS ARE EMPTY!
Light and Power Company)
Plant Gets Only Tern- i
porary Relief
Snow to-night and to-inor- !
row was forecast to-day by j
Weather Forecaster Domain for j
this district. Slightly warmer I
weather was said to be due this j
evening. Zero weather .was avert
ed yesterday, the mercury fall- '
ing only to twelve.
With little letup in the cold '
weather promised, the coal shortage;
in llarrisburg and vicinity remains]
as serious as ever. Eight per cent. ;
of the dealers in the city .are with- j
out coal to-day, the Retail Coal
Dealers' Association announced this
morning, rush on the deal
ers remains as strenuous as ever. In
place of the thirty cars of coal
promised by the Pennsylvania rail
i roau for to-day, Fuel Administrator
liickok was able to announce the
arrival of only three ears of coal
from tliat company and two from
the Reading. Gates Coal Company
and J. E. Dare Company each re
-1 celved a car of coal this morning
; from the Reading Coal and Iron
! Company. Hoffman Coal Company
j received two cars from the Pennsyl
! vania, and the Joseph E. Rhoads
I Coal Company received one car of
i coal. These offices were besieged
| with eager buyers, and their dellver
i ies are expected to consume the en
j tire supply during the day. The
j Gates Company announced that one
j hour after the arrival of a 27-ton
I capacity car of range coal this
morning, fourteen tons of it were in
j the bons of the consumers.
The Harrisburg Railways Com
| pany also is reported to have re
' eeived two cars of bituminous coal
j this morning. Mr. liickok said that
I there might have been arrivals of
coal other than the few cars that
I were reported to him, but the Retail
| Coal Dealers' Association could re
i port no other shipments. Mr. Hlckok
said that the coal shortage is as
suming a worse aspect than any time
during the winter. He visited sev
eral yards this morning, finding
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GET AWAKE
To the fact that Thrift
Stamps at
$4.12 NOW
Will mean
$5.00
January 1, 1923.
up the Post
master.
BREACH is
PARLEY IS II
NOW LIKELY*
I
Rasso-German Negotiations at Brest-Litovsk Are Again
Broken Off, Apparently; Final Break Not Unexpected
in Petrograd; Armistice Extended Till February 18; ;
German Military Leaders Hold Hurried Conferences
By Associated Press
London, Jan. 14.—Warning of the possibility of a final breach J
in the Russo-German negotiations is the outstanding feature of |
the current news from Petrograd. Meanwhile, according to the
correspondent of the Daily Mail in the Russian capita!, the j
armistice had been extended until February 18 and the Russian 1
delegation returns to Petrograd to-morrow, but the peace nego-j
tiations will be resumed after an interval at Warsaw.
Premier Lenine has returned to.
Petrograd, and is reported to lie ■.
taking an important hand in guid-j
ing the negotlaUons with the cen- •
tral powers, although avoiding the |
limelight. The correspondent of the j
Daily Mail says some extremists are i
dissatisfied with Foreign Minister
Trotzky's conduct of the negotia
tions, thinking he is too willing to
meet the German views, and they
suggest Lenine take his place at fu
ture conferences.
(•ennaiis Confiscate Newspaper
The Petrograd correspondent of
the Daily News reports that the
Germans are doing their utmost to
COUNCIL HOPES
TO PUT END TO
TREASURY SNARL
City Commissioners to Ballot
oil Appointments at To
morrow's Session
Appointment of a city treasurer,
city solicitor anil cjty assessor and
action on the bid for ash collections
received by Commissioner Hassler
on Saturday, will be the important
business before Council to-morrow
morning. The ordinance providing
regulations for garbage collections
and another authorizing appointment
of five.more patrolmen arid one ser
geant on.thi police force, also will
be called for final passage.
The city treasurer appointment
may necessitate a number of ballots
because of the failure of the com
missioners and the mayor to agree
on anyone for the post. With the
elimination of the names of a number
of candidates because of private
conferences and the decision of some
of the members of Council to make
an appointment from-a business in
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Germans Melt Statues
From Belgian Cemeteries
Washington, Jan. 14. —Uronze
statues in Belgium cemeteries have
been taken for war purposes by the
Germans, according to official dis
patches here to-day. A sea
tf-timatfe of th i economic depreda
tions oi* German invaders i liel-
KUIII places the damage *.*u more
than tight billion francs, of which
1,'.'10,000,000 "as ir. ?ksh up to last
A rg'.Tt.
GREAT TASK OF
QUESTIONNAIRES
With to-day, or possibly to-mor
row, the intricate task of advising all
draft men how to fill out their ques
tionnaires will be finished in tho
courthouse, and the lawyers of Ilaf
risburg are being complimented for
the speed and efficiency with which
th'ey obliged the public. Other cities
were not so lucky, for in many places
not a single member of the bar volun
teered.
spoeded up to high voltage at all
hours, day and night, the men ot
law nevertheless had time to relish
many a queer Incident which will be
quoted In years to come. For a
wholesale revelation of social condl-
I stop fraternization at the front. He j
| inte'rpretes that to mean that the
Bolsheviki propaganda is having its!
j effect among the German soldiers, j
! The Germans confiscate all copies;
of the Fackel, a Russian newspaperj
printed in German, containing a full
account of the Brest-Litovsk nego
tiations and other propagandist litc
. rature. Notwithstanding this he
adds, the German soldiers crawl
across to the Russian lines every
night to obtain copies of the paper
secretly.
A dispatch to the Times front
Odessa describes the disorders at
- Sevastopol in which sixty-two naval
officers were killed in two days of |
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'DRY' AMENDMENT
LEADER OUTLINES
PLANS FOR PENNA.
All Parties Should Put Forth
Strong, Clean Men Pledged
to Cause, Says Clavpool
Speaking before the Harris burg
Rotary Club at its luncheon in the
Y. SI. C. A. building to-day, the
Kev. Dr. 10. V. Claypool, head ot
the Anti-Saloon League In the
twelve counties of Central Pennsyl
vania, outlined the policies to be
pursued by that organization for the
adoption of the federal prohibition
amendment at the hands of the next
session of the Pennsylvania Legis
lature.
Dr. Claypool said there is no
question of the approval of the
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Quartermaster's Men
Shovel Out Trains
By Associated Press •
Watertown, X. Y„ Jan. 14. A
blizzard which has been raging in
this section for the past forty hours
was, still in progress at 1 p. m. to
tiay, a foot and ahalf snow having
fallen. Traffic on the St. Lawrence
division of the New York Central is
badly demoralized, the high wind
having piled great drifts on the
tracks. A large number of soldiers
lirom the quartermaster's depart
ment at Madison barracks is being
used by the railroad to shovel out
stalled trains.
WEATHER FORECAST
For IlnrrlaliurK mid vleinlt* :
Snow anil somen lint warmer
tH-nlsht, wllh lourNt Irmprrn
• tire nltout 2(1 degrees; Tuesday
mow or ruin mill narnirr.
l-'or Eastern Pennsylvunlni <>noiv
to-nlicM, mirmrr In nrkl por
tion; Tuexdn y snow in north,
"now or rain soulli portion,
iviirmerj moderate south winds,
probably Inei rnxliiK b.v Tues
day.
tlons, notions of economy and lack
of intelligence, nothing like this
questionnaire session was ever known.
Among the incidents that set the
lawyers into chuckles of genuine
mirth was that of tho anxious.man
who was evidently trying hard 'to
provide some valid reason for keep
ing ont of tho fra.v. finned down,
however, at every turn, lie was about
to give up when the question came
up as to his wife's health. Friend
wife was sitting right beside him and
likely enough they had discussed this
matter. .
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Single Copv. 2 Cents NIGHT EXTRA ? '
I LATE HEWS 4
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M LOSES HEAVY 7 I
Nc\y r . . d shippings reacted to low- T;
est n the final hour. The plosin ; L $
K was heavy. Liberty 3 !-2's sold at 98.58 to 98.50, first * T
V 4's t r v . 1 second 4's at 96.60 to 96.50 s*' ■
Wi
H Pre ,- :., based upon unfavorable domestic conditions. 2
• f i
v • leaders yielding Ito 3 points. 4
£ Sales approximated 450,000 chares. jg
E Hunting ! tf-jUifagc of the Swcttbuck T M
js* , 'V'" > 4
|§* Sok h t mtingijpn w-s totally de- <fi
stro i.c < ther with twenty-three auto- j|
& mobile ■ ;1 1, of $45,060. 3t .
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J HISTORIC MARKET HOUSE BURNED *f M
T *i
4* Pnila The old centennial market house whicii
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Ju w ' j: '' md contained twenty-five meat stalls, 4 !
4* v,v * •■l l ■ >in; a lef estimated at *f .
<*?> *
JL The property was recently pur- 4 '.JM
jr chased m uunt 2 ,*|
X GEANT NEWBERRY DEAD 4
A Reginald Newberry, 22. A
4 °* United States ambular c service, died last night o; T
j* pneum comrades.'members of Buck- .A
4* ncl' 7 • ps, left camp last week, his illness 'JL $
4> preventing cing wfth them. Two months ago 4 J
T? ,c " 1 his home nd was married. The J.
V
js bridt 1 were bedside when he died. 4
J BO I KI IN STRONG POSITION !f
4* ' George W Buchanan, British ambassa- Jf*
• *>f
u Stockholm with a cor 4 J
jjF* resp Daily News, says that the Bolshevii J;
'
I<s* arc • ■ :1 ( - party at u>**
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I A cnt • t" : ut.
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jy s '■< -10USAND OUT OF WORK . jM (
4 —Several thousand men were out of • • ~
<4 w 1 iustrial plants and stores were with-* 4" M
X out light motive power and 15,000 homes were de- Z •
4* P r ' vc 'oi li • dfy when three sub stations of 44 -J
the Municip.il Electric Lighting plant turned off the elec
trie curi au e f the coal shortage. ■ 4
X REMIER UNDER ARREST %
H? Premier Joseph Caillaux who has been -X *
lender im < tig uioii by the authorities in connection with 4 A
IJ t h e ' I ranee, was placed under ar- V
rest thi ninj;. , T 1
X TO REQUISITION SAILING VESSELS !|
juisitioning of all American sailing
A vessels forecast to-day when the Shipping Board re- 4 * V
X l Ut - ot Commerce to report the loca
-4j t'On Is. Secretary Rcdfield replied that 175 J
' with :rrgo carrying capacity of 425,000 2
X ton: ' ! ■" or adjatept to American territorial a
, ~o* water . ' JL p
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!<£ COAL -I,Y AR BELOW NORMAL S .
<4
IT. No - , A. H Smith, assistant director
*■ m
gene ■ . i • ted that more than 462,000 tons
|3Jofcoa: bleat'tidewater to-day ample for the 2, /,>.*
i T; 3' | ; r3f
i<|* city's immediate needs—fuel administrators asserted that 4
-4f 4
! -i* on ac< . the '.ifficulty in transportation, the actual |i
jTjavailab!. ... :) \y w ,:s tar below normal. .
'4* TRAWLER LOST 4
4* W -j 1 A lerican trawler, operating in '
XEaroMi • attrs been lost. Admiral Sims reported 4 '*
| , ,B
' >s* the si k ,! li'tl -ve el to the Navy Departmer,:
- H
I to-day. ' n:cmb' f the crew were saved. T. ,!■
I G ;RMAN TRENCHES RAIDED ' 4 Jt.
A *2
<4* 1 s " ches north of Lens were raided J
night by Canadian troops who brought back pris- ** ■
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goners, the ial from Field Marshal Haig |
T to-day says. There were no Canadian casualties.* Near
Mericourt, lierst of Lens, British soldiers were vic 4
4 # £
in patrol engagements. Elsewhere the night was 3'
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t MARRIAGE LICENSES
* #£
X. I'liilifi 11. Major, IMMMliurish, iiml s„ r ,ih Brultnkpr, llnrrln- ?,
Ituriti \\ lllinin H. Ilrlslc; nml llnsrl U. Srlhrrl. llnrrialiurKi An-
lr>v ('. Kn|i| nml IVaitli >i. Ilni>|>. IliirrUliuric; llnrviy o. Hrrhtcl, gi
V Krt Hunter, mid Kniuiu A. Snydi-r, Hlllrr>liuri Ira H. Wclktr, ™
Akron, UHlo, nml llrrnlor M. Naltaer. I.ykcnH Innimhlp.
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