1; With Pan-Germans in Ascendancy, Serious Wrikes Occur in Austria Where lOOjDOO Quit Wort fch HARRISBURG ifSPli TELEGRAPH M J" otar-2fnscpens(nt r I LXXXVII- No. 18 14 PAGES RUSS BODY DISSOLVED BY L ASSEMBLY QUITS AFTER BRIEF AND STORMY SESSION Constituent Assemblage in Existence Only a Few Honrs and Dispersed TROOPS STAY ON GUARD Workmen's and Soldiers" Congress Will Succeed the Former Body Russia's constituent assembly had been in existence only a few hours before it was dissolved early Satur day by the executive committee of the Congress of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates. It is reported it will be succeeded by the Work men's and Soldiers' Congress, which has been supporting the Lenine gov ernment. Dissolution came after the Bolshevikl adherents had been defeated in attempts to gain con trol of the assembly. l'olsheviki troops now guard the deserted assembly meeting place end Premier l.enine announces he wili not permit the delegates to re assemble. Whether the Social Revo lutionist majority will submit to the Boleheviki orders without protest is not yet clear. Strikes in Austria With the Pan-Germans in the po-1 litical ascendancy in Germany, there are serious strikes in Austria. More than 100,000 workmen have quit v/ork in the vicinity of Vienna as a protest against Germanism and in favor of' peace.. The Vionna corres pondent of one German newspaper (.ays the Austrian strike movement] demands a speedy peace with Rus sia and has grown too strong "to be stemmed by force." Warships Even Score British warships finally have evened the score with the former German warships Goeben and Bres- Jau. In an action at the entrance tc- the Dardanelles Sunday the Bres lau was sunk and the Goeben, suf fering serious damage, was beach ed. The British losses were two n.onetors, one commanded by Vis count Broome, a nephew of Earl Kitchener and whose fate is un known. The former German ships have been the mainstay of the naval defense of Constantinople since they found refuge there from pursuing British and French vessels at the opening of the war. Much damage had been done to Russian transport# and supply ships in tho Black Sea by the two vessels. Raids Are Frequent Increased artillery and aerial ac tivity on the western front has been accompanied by more frequent raids by both sides. There have been no attacks in force, however and there is little to indicate any serious break in the winter inactivity. On the Italian front there has been only artillery fighting, most marked in the Monte Asolone sector and along the Piave. Sixteen German airplanes were brought down Saturday in France by French and British airmen. Entente warships have bom barded Ostend. one of the important German submarine bases on the Bel gian coast. Gas Masks Are Useless; Secretary Baker Rejected Advice of Nation's Experts Washington, Jan. 21.—The news that 200,000 gas masks, manufactured for the use of American soldiers in France, have been sent back as abso lutely worthless is not a surprise to those who have been familiar with inside conditions in the "gas section" of the service. "Secretary Baker, months ago, re jected the patriotic offers of experts in the use of chlorine gas and gas protectors, lie did it because he said It was not a wise thing to grant too Trv&ny commissions as officers to civil ians. He did It In the face of knowl edge that one of tho disasters in the British army was caused by gas pro tectors that did not protect and Eng land was forced to employ practical men to take charge of its gas divi sion. Tho breakdown in our gas protect ors and the circumstances surround ing it parallels the thing that hap pened In England. START THIS WEEK By saving your first quarter toward A BABY BOND You will be helping Uncle Sam and YOURSELF You ought to do it. All Non-Socialist Papers Suppressed In Russian Capital By Associated Press London, Jan. 21.—The Tauride Palace, In which the Constituent Assembly met, was closed on Saturday and a notice was posted on the doors stating no one would be admitted, says a Reuter dis patch from Petrograd. The officer commanding the guard said the Congress of Soldiers' and Work men's Delegates would meet there. Other dispatches tiled in Petro grad yesterday say the Bolshevikl were hunting out tho suporters of the Constituent Assembly. The correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph reports the suppression of all Non-Socialist newspapers, with Red Guards scouring Petro grad for editions containing re ports of the first session of the assembly, these being destroyed. UKRAINIAN RADA NAMES MEMBERS TO PEACE PARLEY Three Delegates From Body Controlled by Bolshcviki Will Attend Conference By Associated Press Petrograd, Sunday, Jan. 20.—The! Ukrainian Rada of Kharkov, con trolled by the Bolshevik! and a rival of the Rada of Kiev, has designated three delegates to go to the confer ences at Brest-Litovsk. The delegates came to Petrograd to-day and con ferred with the Bolshevikl authori ties, who extended the mrecognition and sent them to Brest-Lltovsk with instructions to confer with the other Ukrainian delegates and determine who actually represents the Ukraln lnc. "Only fifteen Ukrainian members out of a possible one hundred attend ed the opening of the short-lived con- | stltuent assembly." List of Business Places That May Remain Open Published by Administrator Philadelphia, Jan. 21.—State Fuel Administrator Potter has announced a lipt of those places which are not expected to close. Coincident with the publication of this list. Mr. Pot ter issued a statement, with the cap tion "Patriot or Slacker?" in which he calls upon all patriotic citizens of Pennsylvania to observe the day. That no confusion will arise to-day over the closing order, Mr. Potter made a complete list of establish ments, offices and mercantile houses which are exempted from the edict. His latest announcement is as fol lows: Dr. Garfield's edict prohibits the use of fuel in all places except the following to-da.v, unless otherwise | exempt: Physicians' and dentists' offices. Hospitals, homes for the infirm and aged, all charitable institutions. Public utilities. Dealers in foodstuffs until 12 o'clock noon. Drug stores (for the sale of drugs only). Theaters and motion picture houses (will be closed Tuesdays). Trolleys, trains and newspapers on holiday schedule. Federal, state, county and muni cipal buildings. Banks and trust companies. Blacksmith shops. Hotels, clubs and restaurants (must not serve liquors.) Offices connected with fuel distri bution. Offices of manufacturing plants having special exemption permits only. The fuel administration empha sizes the ruling that small stores must not use any fuel or have any heat, although they are located in a dwelling where people live. The dwelling portion may be heated, but the store must close. Only One Edition of the Telegraph Today THE HARRISBI'RG TELEGRAPH, in compliance with (lie fuel orders of Pr. (>nrflcl<l. Is limited to-day to one edition. Tlic entire working force of the plant linn been concentrated for the puoduction of the very best newspaper possible tinder the cir cumstances. In harmony with the request of the Federal Ad ministrator to save fuel the news columns nrc closed some hours earlier than usual. The Telegraph craves the Indulgence of its read ers in the full belief that they will appreciate its efforts to meet the necessities of the occasion. HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1918. PICKING COAL FRO From the many municipal build ings In Xew York city some hun dreds of tons of ashs Jumped every day on the sitet to be occupied by a new and costly county courthouse. Each morning hundreds of men, women and children from tho nearby tenements scrape over the ashe3 to pick the lumps of coal that slipped through the furnace grates. Tons of coal are thus carried oft each day to warm tenement dwellers who might otherwise suffer. BAKER YIELDING ON WAR CABINET; PRESIDENT FIRM Wilson and Secretary Confer 011 Change; Senate Deter mined to Compel Reform Washington, Jan. 21. —President Wilson and Secretary Baker have begun studying the Senate Military Committee's proposed legislation to establish a war cabinet of three men to assist the President in controlling general direction of the war and to create a director of munitions. Witl* a preliminary difcufMon ,of the war cabinet proposal with sec retary Baker, the President, while withholding final judgment, was rep resented as not being favorably dis posed to the plan because of the be lief that it might embarrass his per sonal direction of war activities. Mr. Wilson went to Secretary Baker's office for a conference after Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, for the Senate committee, had delivered a copy of the war cabinet bill to Mr. Baker and earnestly urged its approval by the administration, it was understoerd that Mr. Hitchcock was encouraged by the Secretary to hope that the administration ulti. niately may acquiesce in the general plan. As it is to be introduced in the Senate by Chairman Chapiberlaln, [Continued 011 Page 10.] LOYAL TEACHERS AS NECESSARY AS ARMY, SAYS T. R. Must Keep Iligli Standard of Loyalty in Training Citi zens of America New York. Jan. 21.—Theodore Roosevelt delivered, before the league for Political Kducation, in Carnegie Hall, a strong speech on the duty of American citizenship in tho war. He denounced the long delay of the United States in pre paring for war, and advocated uni versal military training. Colonel Roosevelt said: "In addressing an audience in which there are a considerable num ber of school teachers I wish at the outset to point out that school teach ers occupy a position of honor, and therefore of responsibility which among public servants comes second only to that held by the men of the [Continued on Page 10.] Poor, Poor Grandma! She's 184 Times Dead Great Ukr.a, 111., Jan. 21.—Poor grandma's mortality rate is working o\ertime for the Jackies at the Naval Training Station. One hundred and eighty-four sailors on holiday leave have wired in of the demise of this revered relative in explaining why they aro overstaying their leaves. RADICAL CHANGE IN SENTIMENT GREETS CLOSING Officials Express Belief That Full Co-operation Will Be Accorded Fuel Order Washington, Jan. 21.—Busi ness activity generally east of the Mississippi river was sus pended to-day for the first of the series of ten heatless Mondays ordered by the fufl administra tion to release coal for private consumption and trans-Atlautic shipping. At the same time manufac turing plants throughout the east were idle for the fourth suc cessive day in compliance with the administration's live day closing order, effective last Friday and de signed also to save coal and assist materially in relieving the traffic condition Fuel officials declared there had been a radical chango of feeling in the country regarding the orders. [Continued on Page 9.] TWO SMASHING COLD WAVES IN LIEU OF SNOW Mercury Goes Down to New Low Reeord For the Winter Six degrees above zero was the coldest that the official thermometer registered to-day at 7 o'clock, but 1 lie official thermometer hangs ninety four feet in the air, and many a spot was colder than that. For instance, along the river front yesterday It re itered a full ten degrees below, while the Government apparatus flashed only 7V4 below. Mr. Demaln explains this by the fact that cold air slides down Into the hollow from the mountains and packs densely, getting heavier. Yesterday was most erratic in tem perature traveling. Homing found tile coldest day of the winter with below. -The nearest to that was 3 degrees below on December "0, and the lowest we have ever had here in January since the weather bureau was established was 14 degrees below on January 14, 1912. After starting yesterday with the mercury way down below zero, sud denly at 10 o'clock it shot up to 18, this partly on account of the hot sun. From then on the elusive mercury wabbled about until it reached its limit of six this morning:. For a time it looked last night as though Harrlsburg would be Inun dated in a genuine blizzard, for a mighty storm was raging In the southwest. But two smashing cold waves blocked this monster before it reached Pennsylvania and the pros pects to-day are for fair weather and sllghtl} warmer. Don't Exchange Liberty Bonds, McAdoo Warns Washington, Jan. 21.—Liberty bond investors were warned by Secretary McAdoo last night to beware of irre sponsible persons offering other secur ities In exchange. In a statement ap pealing to bondholders to "hold fast to the best investment in the world." Mr. McAdoo said: "I warn Investors in Liberty bonds against exchange of these evidences of patriotism for any securities ot si railed securities. While some of the securities or socalled securities offered in exchange for Government bonds are of sound value, there Is no doubt that a large percentage of them are worthless." CITY IS HEATLESS ON FIRST NATIONAL FUEL-SAVING DAY Coal In the opinion of the police who daily give n large |mrt of their time to investigating the truth of men and women who ple-nd tliat they must liavc fuel at once to live, coal hogs are play ing no little part in keeping what little supply is on hiind from reaching points where it is .most needed. One patrolman reports that a man luid fourteen tons of anthra cite in his cellar and was seek ing to get more. Another man Is reported to have plai-cd Ills coal in barrels and to have covered it with apples A half hour later tills same patrolman found a woman cutting up a stcpladdcr to furnish licat for licr father ill with pneumonia. Mayor" Kelster has ordered his department to spare 110 pains to alleviate suffering. The new pa trol yesterday delivered two bags of coal to a woman's house whose child was critically 111 with diph theria and whose room was un healed. COAL SUPPLY IS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR THE CITY Not Enough Fuel Left to Give Consumers Enough to Keep Warm. , HOPE FOR BITUMINOUS Soft Coal Diverted From In dustries to Homes May Relieve Situation. There is not enough coal tn the city to provide fuel for hundreds of families who actually need it at once to prevent suffering. This is the concensus of opinion to-day among the city's coal dealers. No promises of immediate relief is held out, although a chance for the prevention of much actual suf fering is hoped for if any consider able amount of bituminous can be diverted to retail dealers following the numerous conferences between Ross A. Hickok, county fuel admin istrator, and officials of the Pennsyl vania and the Philadelphia and Reading railroads. Still a Question Just how much bituminous con signed to manufacturing and indus trial plants may be diverted to household use still is a question be tween these officials. It was said this r.iorning, however, that a con siderable quantity may be expected. .Residents of Allison Hill who na turally patronized dealers in that district are said to be the worst suf ferers. In the main these dealers pet coal shipped in over the Phila delphia and Reading railway. For some reason with which the dealers are not able to say, shipments over that system during January have been negligible. Many Complaints Many complaints against persons and dealers are being registered with the coal bureau with offices in the Chamber of Commerce head quarters. It is charged too many persons who have coal on hand arc seeking to get more and that some dealers refuse to take some orders anel accept others. One complaint is that men, de siring to bo honest and who fol lowed the advice not to place or ders ahead while they had any fuel left in their cellars are being left by others who filed their orders two or three weeks ago. It is said that what little anthracite that came into the city last week was sent mostly to persons whose orders had been in for many days. In answer to this criticism dealers say they no longer differentiate between orders and that they must necessarily fill or ders as they come except for those emergency orders turned in by the coal bureau. NO SMALL TASK THIS OF SAVING STATE FRAUDULENT PELT CLAIMS Backed by Dr. Kalbfus, Clary Makes Small Shift of Dis honest Bounty Seekers Have you seen Clary, Clary of Clearfield? He has not been long on the job, but every hunter and trapper in the wide domain of Penn sylvania knows him well. Day by day Clary, the rest of his name being H. 8., calmly surveys the product of our commonwealth in the shape of pelt, real pelt from the mink, the wildcat and the weasel, and when Clary has once clapped his hunter's eye on that pelt no living trickster can fool him. Heretofore the game chasers of the Keystone State have had a regular heyday In kidding the county commissioners and justices of peace. '■' Joe, old pal," they used to say, ALL OBSERVING GARFIELD ORDER TO THE LETTER All Business Ceases by Order of National Fuel Ad ministration 50,000 ARE NOT WORKING Industries, Shops and Stores Are Closed Along With Office Buildings First of the ten "absolute holi days," or "Blue Mondays" as they have been dubbed here, ordered by the National Fuel Administration to-day found llarrisburg closed tighter than it has been since its village days. With the exception that theaters were permitted to open through an eleventh hour modification of the drastic regulations, the ordinary Sunday is a fete day compared with the city to-day. So closely was the rule applied here that virtually everything is as tight and cold as the proverbial drum. Literally heat lawfully may be used to-day only for the heating of homes with the very few exceptions granted by Dr. Garfield. Saloons Arc Closed After a show of much fuss and feathers even the saloons decided it would be better to obey the or der and the bars went dry as a bone so far as the general public Is concerned. Where a hotel man sells intoxicants with meals In his din ing room, he Is liable to arrest. The clubs, too, closed their bars, the only clubhouses opening their doors being those where meals are serv ed or where guest rooms are main tained. Shops and stores, mills and fac tories, office buildings and amuse ments all are closed as on Sundays. Only enough heat is being furnish ed these places to keep water pipes from freezing. The theaters per mitted to remain open to give the thousands of men and women forced to take a holiday, must go heatless to-morrow to make up for the coal used to-day. 50,000 Take Holiday A conservative estimate placed the number of idle here and in the suburbs at 50,000. The only indus try permitted was at the big plants ot the Bethlehem Steel Company, the Central Iron & Steel Company, the Harrisburg Manufacturing and Boiler company and the Harris burg Pipe & Pipe Bending com pany. These plants were permitted to operate again because of their munitions contracts. Grocery stores may remain open until noon, but may sell nothing but foodstuffs. Drugstores are per mitted to remain open all dav, hut the proprietors face the $5,000 fine it nnytliing is sold with the excep tion of drugs and medicines. Laun dries. by a last minute exemption [Continued on Pa#c o.] Coldest Winter on Record Say Men Who Keep Data That this Is the coldest winter of which there is any record is the opinion of men who have been keeping records of private ther mometers. For a month the mer cury has fallen each Sunday to at least three degrees below zero. The following records have been kept by Fred W. Huston, popularly known as Sergeant Huston, at the east end of the Rockville bridge. Sunday, December 30, 7.15 a. m., 7 below. Sunday, January 6, 7 a. m., 3 below. Sunday, January 13, 7 n. m., 5 below. Sunday, January 20. 7.4 5 a. m„ 15 below. Trackwalkers yesterday reported to Mr. Huston that it was 24 de grees below zero ut Dauphin and 16 below at Newport. walking Into the Justice's office and swapping a chaw o" terbaccer, "I've got 700 weasels and nearly 2,000 goshawks here. Make out a bill so's X can get ny money quick from Harrisburg.*' Thereupon the Justice would hold his nose while they slightly uncov ered the heads of tin many cats and rats, make out the bill an.l thus the state of Pennsylvania lost enough funds to build a highway clear across the state. Oood night for that ntuft since Clary came in. Clary presides in the pelt room of the Game Commlsslon- [Coutlnucd on Page .] Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION f" LATE NEWS I I I X WARMER WEATHER COMING X j] W wither Forecast—The weather will be fair to-day, Z 4* to-night and to-morrow, with slightly rising temperature. t To-night will be warmer and the temperature will con- X X -tinue to rise, to-morrow, according to the local Weather 3* l Bureau's prediction. > f * £ J MAINTAIN EXPECTANT ATTITUDE X *|| W<"" hington—The allies are maintaining m expectant attitude on the western front, Secretary I3akcr stated to- i| X day in his weekly war review, while recent events in X 4 Russia have greatly increased strategic freedom for .he *l* X central emoircs. X 1 I J NIGHT PASSED QUIETLY T V London—"The night passed quietly,'' the war office *l* At M X rr i> rti "We captured a frw prisoners in patrol en- L counters." *l* A MUST CONSERVE WATER g T Harrisburg—Commissioner Hassler to-day issued .. T * public :otice to all residents of the city calling attention ■•§►' xj to the penalty provides for unnecessary wasting of water. § The la-.v gives the water department power to turn off +T X wat*r, strike off all paid water rents and recharge the Z T amounts, chaige $2 for a new pertr.it and have the vio- .£&■ L later fined $5 and costs. Prosecutions c.r< planned unless * I J* ' * f wasting of water :s stopped. ¥ t §• SEEK. TO DISSUADE-STONE 4t * T, Washington—Many Democratic leaden: including ■ T Postmaster General Burleson conferred with Set at * ♦ 4* c '" *i : dissuade him from dcliv-rn- J . | k ► S* first planned to deliver .he speech last Thursday VjlSft has J * Jt > <?' dt terred it from-time to time. V * I t 4 $30,000 FIRE AT WAYNESBORO I . X Waynesboro—With the thermometer registering four j£ degrees below zero, fire last night at 10.30 o'clock, de- Jjp stroyed the residence of Roy H. Lehman, with a loss X J on building and furniture of nearly $30,000. The family X had retired and Mr. Lehman took his wife and six children X T* in their night clothing out of the third story window and 4 4 over a porch roof to the gTound. Two firemen were in- |> X jured by falling glass. X 4 ARTILLEHY .FIRE ONLY J frtris —"Aside from the usual artillery tire there is X nothing to report," says to-day's war office communi- <§o T 4 cation X ij STORES ORDERED TO CLOSE T A Harrisburg—Three United Cigar Stores which "were <| T open for business this morning using no heat were ordered to clarc at once by Ross A. Hickok, fuel adminis- A' 0* j jt# tratcr after he -had been notified. Managers and clerks J IT turned off all the h?r.t and wore heavy clothing whilf T 1 T ! *7* doing business. ! " 4> 4 X 4 X T MUCH COAL ON WAY TO CITY ' 3 T 4 1 Harrisburg—Ross A. morning announced ? that 34 cars of anthracite are on the way to Harrisburg . V 4* over the Pennsylvania lines. Fifteen cars of bituminous, t and four cars of anthracite were diverted for coal ;on- ** T* sumption yesterday. Four cars of bituminous were * • **?* *> diverted to-day. Some of the dealers are selling bitumi- l T nous and anthracite coal mixed to-day. Mr. Hickok hr **. 4 definitely announced that he will publish the names X dealers who refuse to co-operate with the fuel commission. J £ f STOCKS FIRM AT OPENING * ► *s* *► % Ntw York—Wall Street—Stocks were firm at the X opening of to-day's market, but trading was materially rc * | S atricted by the new government regulations. Coppers, * ► X oils and obscure war specialties were the strongest X features, their rise extending from large fractions to 2 1-2 * <4 poim-j in the case of Mexican Petroleum. U. S. Steel and , , X kindrei -ouipments were moderately better but shippings * * were heavy and rails almost 'entirely neglected. ► X . Libert).' :.rst 4'-, sold at thr new low rprorrl nf ¥ , 1 M ARM AGE LICENSES *[ I'ldnnril 11. Mlnruiir nml Urrthii 11. ImhofT, Mlddletonn) Krneit H t , 1.. Smith and Usui* A. Madlaon. Slroltoni f'ornrllua T. Helaler, I'blla ' drlphln, and Hannah M. I.rnkrr, MlllrrxhurKt (.'hnrle* W. Ituah, * * flrownavllle, and Harriet CI. IHIIrr, niu< Hnlli llonard C. Flemlnv. Trout Run, und Mamie A. Arrlaan, I'hllndelphla; Lcnli Strallo and T Cnrrle Dnnlap, Harrlaburc. I > * i a. a a a a a a a a a ti as .. at t f i i I 1 ' ill E l t — v t'V lllCivv
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