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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,
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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§• SEEK. TO DISSUADE-STONE
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T Postmaster General Burleson conferred with Set at *
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4 $30,000 FIRE AT WAYNESBORO
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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
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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
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! *7* doing business. ! " 4>
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T MUCH COAL ON WAY TO CITY ' 3
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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 * •
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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 * ►
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% 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