NIGHT EXTRA ...Germans Bomb London and Kill Forty Persons- W GET EXTR4 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH • Star-Jn&epen&cnt , ' W "J LXXXVII No. 25 14 PAGES ITALIANS HURL BACK TEUTONS IN FIERCE MIDWINTER ATTACK TROTZKY AGAIN i OPENS P j WITH GERMANS Russian Delegates Leave Petrograd For Brest-Litovsk to Resume Negotiations With Central Powers; Indus trial Unrest in Germany Continues; Finland Revolt Is j Backed by Bolsheviki, Is Report Copenhagen, Jan. 29.—The Red Guard has won com plete control of Helsingfors, capital of Finland, a Stock holm dispatch to the National Tidende reports. It is not known whether the Finnish government officials escaped from the revolutionaries. By Associated Press Petrograd, Monday, Jan. 28. | Leon Trotzky, the Bolsheviki foreign j minister, and M. Kameneff left Petrograd to-day for Brest-Litovsk to resume the peace negotiations with the central powers. The coun cils of the Workmen's and Soldiers' j Delegates, while deploring the im- I perialistic tenor of the German j peace terms, approved all the ac- | tions of the Kussian delegation and ' charged the government to continue , the negotiations. The congress adopted a resolution | to this effect after the minority, j made up of Minimalists and Social [ Revolutionists of the llight had i sought vainly to persuade the adop- j tion of a policy flatly against a sep- i arate peace. During the debate For- ! elgn Minister Trot/.ky declared lie | could not give a guarantee that he would not sign it separate peace, sa> lug: "To call a separate peace a dis grace is blasphemy in the sight of blood-covered Europe." London, .Tan. 29.—The report that M. Trotzky and M. Kamenefl are on the way back to Brest-Litovsk is de- GERMANS AGAIN ] BOMB LONDON; j ONE PLANE BURNS Two Groups of Raiders Cross! Essex and Kent Coasts liy Associated Press Ix>ndon, Jan. 29.—German air planes made their tirst attack of the year upon Eondon and its suburbs last night, their bombs inflicting casualties officially reported as 47 killed and 169 injured. All the vic tims except ono of the killed and seven of the injured were in the London area it?elf. >."o serious ma terial damage was done and the; raiders suffered the ioss of one ma chine which fell in liames from a height of 10,000 feet, its three oc cupants being burned to death. A large number of machines camej over the coast in relays, but appar- \ cntly only three or four succeeded I in getting through the barrage and dropping explosive and incendiary bombs into the town. The gunfire lasted intermittently through live hours. There was an hour's interval be fore midnight when no tiring was heard except an occasional distant gun off towards the coast. Resi dents, who were away from their homes at the theaters or in the shops when the raid began, con cluded it was all over, although the bugles had not sounded the "clear" signal, and more persons were in the streets than usual at midnight when the heavy guns began to boom again in warding off the second of the two attacks. Tho British flyers were more '.-N'tive than ever before, having gain ed in experience in night flying. Be sides the Gotha -brought down by British scouts over Essex one wasj pursued over London by the scout ing forces and the rattle of machine guns in the air was plainly heard from the streets. The night was one of absolute clearness. There was a full moon and no clouds or wind. The popu lation had ample time for securing .shelter, adequate warning having been given. One of the raiding aircraft was brought down, (ailing in flames [Continued on Page 10.] Mrs. O'Grady Is a N. Y. Police Commissioner New York, Jan. 29. A woman was yesterday appointed a deputy police commissioner of New York City and precedent thereby shatter ed. She is Mrs. Ellen O'Grady, with the rank of first deputy. She was placed in the position by Police Com missioner Enright, new appointee of .Mayor Hylan. Mrs. O'Grady is a vidow with three daughters. I nied by the semiofficial Russian 1 j News Agency. A dispatch sent out , to-day by the news agency says M. i | Kameneff is going to Stockholm, 1 London and Paris with the object of j informing the allied governments j concerning the progress of the peace pourparlers. Bolsheviki Government Breaks Off Diplomatic Relations With Rumania | The Bolsheviki government,, says | ! an announcement from the semi-of- | j iicial news agency, decided to isreak | | diplomatic relations with Rumania j I when the temporary detention of i | the Rumanian minister here had j | failed to stop "the Rumanian of- I I fensive." The Council of People's I Commissaries has issued the follow ing orders: "First—That diplomatic relations be broken and that Rumanian rep resentatives be expelled from Rus sia. | "Second—That the Rumanian gold reserves in Moscow be seized, the council being responsible to hold it [Continued on Page 10.] HARRKBURG BEST SHIPPING CENTER, GOVT. CONCLUDES i | Big Map Prepared Showing; This to Be Ideal Point For i Army Supply Depot It became known to-day that the Keystone Industrial Corporation suc cessors to the old Keystone State Fair and Industrial Exposition Com-j pany, still hold title to twenty-six: acres of land lying along the pike near Middletown, this being the only portion of the 410 acres formerly controlled by that company which has not been taken over by the gov ! ernment. A representative or Hord & Com pany, the fiscal agents through which the deal was engineered, said ! that this will be developed or sold I at an opportune time and the funds I used to clear up the affairs of the I Keystone company. The lease of the United States v 'ernment with its intent to purc'flase in three years, will give the stock of the Keystone corporation a very substantial value,t and as it has been for the purpose! of straightening out the tangled af-j fairs of this company that Hord & j ; Company took hold of the enterprise,' those who have been in charge of! transactions are naturally well, pleased, although it was said to-day that the holdings might have been made of even more, value had it not been for the desire of the govern- j ment to locate its big army supplies I depot at this place. Engineers of the War Department' made a survey of the whole eastern I section of the company as far west; as Ohio, and listened to proposals j from many localities. After they liadl accumulated a vast amount of data I it was taken to Washington for study i with the result that a very large map was made of the country with lines running from every munition center to Harrisburg, and Harrisburg was unanimously recommended to the War Department as the ideal lo cation for the big plant. That done it came down to the , place wheru It became a matter of site and the best that could be found , in this vicinity was tho Keystone ' ground near Middletown, which has [Continued on Page 4.] ! 200 CARLOADS OF HOGS START EAST By Associated Press Pittsburgh, Jan. 29.—Two hun dred carloads of hogs, held here yes terday by the snow blockade on the railroads crossing the Alleghenies. were started to the Philadelphia, New York and Boston markets to day, the largest shipment ever made from here. The ears were made up in trains of twenty cars and it was planned to hurry them through on fast time to relieve a possible short age in the eastern markets. HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1918. FAIR FOOD PRICES Consumer prices are figured on a quotation "cash and-carry" basis. Credit and delivery prices may be higher. The Federal Food Administration has no authority to fix prices. It may, however, determine what are fair prices, based on reasonable profits to the wholesaler and retailer. If your retailer charges more on a "cash-and-carry" basis, than the prices named below,' report him by letter to the Fed eral Food Administration, Chamber of Commerce. Retailer Consumer BEANS Pays Should Pay Navy (pea) 15c to 16c lb. 18c to 20c II). Gray (marrow) 12c lb. Lima 16c to 17c lb. 18c to 20c lb. White (marrow) .... 17</>c lb. 18c to 20c !b. BUTTER Creamery, 1 lb 54c to 55c lb. 59c to 60c lb. Creamery Prints ... 51c to 53c lb. 56c to 58c lb. Fresh Prints 52c lb. Tub, storage 49c 54c to 55c lb. CORN MEAL Kiln dried Bulk 5 to 6c to 7c lb. Pkg. of 2 K-lbs 15J/.C Pkg. 19c to 20c Pkg. EGGS Fresh 65c doz. 70c doz. Storage 52c to 54c doz. 53c to 58c lb. FLOUR Winter 12 lb. sack .. 63c to 69c sack 69c to 75c sack Spring 12 lb. sack .. 78c to 82c sack 85c to 90c sack LARD Pure 28c to 32c to 37c lb. Compound, lard sub. 23c to 24c lb. 26c to 28c lb POTATOES Penna. No. I—6o lb. $1.50 to $1.60 hu. $1.75 to $1.90 bu. 40c to 50c peck SUGAR Granulated, 100 lbs. . $7.85 to $8.30 9c to 10c lb. CITY STRUGGLES TO GET TRAFFIC BACK TO NORMAL Trolley and Steam Lines Get Back to Something Near Schedule Time Harrisburg and suburban towns still were struggling this morning to extricate themselves from under the heavy blanket of snow that has al most completely tied up transporta tion and outside business for twenty four hours. The total snowfall re corded yesterday was eight inches, and all street car and railway trans portation in the city and steam rail roads was more completely tied up than it has been at any time dur ing the present winter. The Pennsyl vania railroad, the Philadelphia and Heading and the Cumberland Valley railroads are still running lines bo hind time. Felix M. Davis, superintendent of transportation, of tho Harrisburg [Continued on Pago 10.] 2,000,000 U. S. TROOPS READY IN 1918, BAKER SAYS 500,000 Early This Year and 1,500,000 Soon, Secretary Asserts Washington, Jan. 29.—Five hun dred thousand American troops in France early this year and a million and a half more ready to go—fully equipped and with the artillery to support them—this was the answer Secretary of War Baker gave the Senate military committee to the charge of inefficiency and break down in the military establishment. As a climax to a day's explanation of all that the military establish ment had done, freely confessing faults and imperfections in so vast an undertaking, but maintaining that out of each deficiency the rem edy has been found, the Secretary disclosed what hitherto has been guarded as a military secret and what the German people little sus pect. This fighting force of 2,000,000 in all, probably little expected by the German general staff itself, will be composed of the men now with Gen [Continued on Page 2.] PRESIDENT TAKES DRIVE Washington, Jan. 29. —President Wilson cancelled the cabinet meet ing this afternoor. and went for a motor drive. It was the first time he had been out of the White House fince Friday, when he was taken with a troublesome cold. / SERGT. EMPEY ASKS CITY FOR TOBACCO FUNDS Author of "Over the Top" Snowbound in Hurris burg Over the Night Hardshelis! This is the term used here last night by Sergeant Arthur Guy Em pey in describing men who mistaken ly think it their duty to hinder the sending of much-needed tobacco to Yankees in France soon to carry the I 11a?? over the top and through Hun- j [Continued on Paige 2.] HICH MAN BURNS BLINDS i Heading, Pa., Jan. 29.—Burning Venetian blinds, wooden fixtures from windows and old wooden furni ture to keep his home warm, Jon athan Mould, wealthy retired mer chant here, is cited as an illustration' of the plight of many Heading resi dents. COUNCIL RESTS ON COLLECTION OF CITY ASHES ✓ Action on Problem Postponed For Time Being by Commissioners Council has apparently given up any iWtentions of providing for ash collections for the present. With the only bid for collections almost $36,000 above the appropriation for the work, the commissioners decided to-day to postpone any decision on the proposal by St£es, Simonetti and, Company. Commissioners Lynch and Gross} both opposed awarding the contract because of the lack of funds available to pay the increase. Commissioner Hassler, however, recommended accepting it if Coun cil thought the money could be found to pay for the work. It was intimated' that later if the water rates are increased on a dif ferent scale money may be provid ed for the collections. The ordinance increasing the rates was not called tor final passage as J. W. Ledoux, the Philadelphia expert, who has been engaged to study the water department conditions, will be ask ed to prepare a schedule of rates. Commissioner Hassler, in suggest ing to Council the awarding of the [Continued on Page 7.] ACTORS ENTERTAIN TROOPS By Associated Press Washington, Jan. 29.—A1l the ac tors from theaters here, closed 'on the heatleds theater Tuesday, went to nearby camps and entertained ! troops. COMMITTEE HEARS PLAN TO DRAFT ALL AS THEY Alew Provisions of Draft Law Under Consideration by Senate Military Committee; Crowder Expresses Hope That Only Men of Class One Will Be Called; Objects to Proposal That Men Now 31 Be Exempted By Associated Press Washington, Jan. 29.—New provi sions of the draft law to bring in young men as fast as they become 21 were considered to-day by the Senate Military Committee with Provost Marshal General Crowder explaining them. Another proposed amendment, supported by the War Department, would discharge men as fast as they become 31 if they have not been in ducted into the military service. Will Exhaust (las* "We would exhaust Class 1," he said, before calling on other classes. I hope we will not have to call on any class except Class 1. If you pass the resolution to enroll men becom ing 21 we will be assured, almost, of not having to go out of Class >l. If Class 1 in any community be comes exhausted, according to its quota, we would call on all other men of Class 1 in other communities fieore calling men of lower classes in the first community." OppoHpN Baker I'lnn General Crowder opposed the plan recommended by Secretary Baker exempt men becoming 31 without being drafted. PRICELIST FOR FOOD ISSUED TO CITY BUYERS Donald McCormick Declares Figures Are Based on "Cash and Carry" Plan Shortage of Fresh Meat Expected to Develop A telegram from Howard Heinz. "State Food Administrator, re ceived to-day "by Donald McCor mick, local Food Administrator, states that owing to the trans portation difficulties, there may be a shortage of fresh meat. The message lays special emphasis on the fact that wholesalers and re tailers must distribute the pres ent supplies of fresh meats, equally among their customers. There should be little or no in crease in cost of the meat. If this ruling is not enforced hy the meat-dealers, their supplies of meats will be cut off, Mr. Mc- Cormick states. Prices of foodstuffs declared to be a fair charge for Harrisburg grocers to-day were issued by Donald Mc- Cormick. Federal food administrator for Dauphin county, following several conferences with representative gro cers. The price is said to have been fig ured on a "cash and carry" plan. Credit accounts and delivery charges may push the prices up higher, it was pointed out by Mr. McCormick. The food administrator to-day em phasized the point that he has no power to fix prices, but is trying to show what housewives should pay under ordinary conditions. There is nothing, it was said, to preveirt a [Continued on Page 10.] THE WEATHER For IlarrlMburtc ami vicinity* Fair iinil colder to-Hl*bt, with low est temperature about 10 de crees; Wednesday fair. For ICnstcrn Pennsylvania* Fair and soaiewhat colder to-niifht; Wednesday fair; moderate northwest wind* becoming va riable. r Next Monday is THRIFT DAY • Don't Wait for it Buy your first stamp TONIGHT iksf You'll be saving money. If the amendments for registration o those attaining 21 years are ac cepted. General Crowder estimated that there would be 2,000,000 in Class 1 available for the draft. Of the new young men required to reg ister upon attaining 21, General Crowder said about 75 per cent would come under the highest classification. Machinery Working Well The new registration, according to General Crowder. will not be nearly so great a task as the. first because the registration machinery is pro vided and working well, i Regarding another bill for assign ment for men specially "skilled in in dustry, General Crowder stated that a census of registered men, detailing their peculiar qualifications, should i be completed by February 15, when the Government would know just how many carpenter;, plumbers or other i special artisans are available. Al though military and not industrial drafting is now authorized,' General i Crowder said the special detail bill i would facilitate assignment of men in the service to places where their qualifications may be best used. ITALY LAUNCHES SURPRISE ATTACK ON GERMAN LINES Heavy Blow Falls on Asiago Plateau in Dead of Winter By Associated Press Washington, Jan. 29.—Italy has furnished a military surprise hy launching an attack of apparently considerable force on her mountain fr9nt in midwinter. The blow comes on' the Asiago plateau, where the Austro-Germun invaders were halt ed early in the winter in their ef fort to push down to the Italian plains west ot the Brenta river. Berlin heralded the attack yes terday in reporting the breaking out of a violent artillery duel in the Setti-Communi region—the Asiago sector. Its force was reported to have reached a climax at dawn on Monday in the vicinity of Col Del ItOHsor, which height stands about midway between Asiago. and the Brenta. • The supplementary German offi cial report of last night, which was not received until to-day, announces the opening of the assault in this region, describing It as a violent at tack. There were na accompany ing details. • In the lack of more definite news the probability suggests itself that the Italian effort is one somewhat similar to that of the French a few weeks ago east of the Brenta which insulted in a penetration of the Außtro-German line for a consider able distance and the subsequent withdrawal of the enemy from a rather extended area improving the intent position notably. Thus the Italians may now be endeavoring to effect a rectification of their line with a view to making more difficult any future attempt of the enemy to advance. Rome, Jan. 29. ltalian troops made a heavy attack yesterday on the northern mountain front and broke into the enemy lines, the war office reports. Reinforcements which the enemy was hurrying down the Nos and Campomulo valleys were ciispersed by the artilleries of the Italians and their allies. Twelve enemy airplanes were brought down. The Italians held mastery of the air everywhere. The Italians took more than 1,- 500 prisoners. They stormed enemy positions on the heights east of the Asiago basin and broke through at several points, resisting violent counter-offensives. Confesses Highwayman , Story Was Invention to Cover Defalcation By Associated Press Sunbury, Pa., Jan. 29. Gordon Brosious, collector for the Mahanoy and Mohantongo Telephone Com pany. who claimed he was held up on the public road near here two weeks ago und robbed by a high wayman, to-day confessed that the story was a hoax to cover up defal cation of the company's funds. He claimed to have been robbed of S3OO. Brosious is being held for embezzlement. Sin B . ''.fljDy, 2 Cents NIGHT EXTRA •irtr 4 w i"4*^ ! LATE NEV/S f T * " ; ' -T t f 4 DUMARESQUE SPENCER KILLED T Ji| Paris Dumaresquc Spencer,' of Highland Park, Ills., JP killed a few days ago while returning from patr X I duty across the German lines near Bclfort. ' *f! ? 'I 4 m * STEEL CORPORATION EARNINGS J X New York—Total earnings of the United States Steel . jr Corporation for the quarter ended December 31 were X X $59,724,125, compared with total earnings of $68,243,784 T X 4* X . -rter. Net income was $48,035,344 g J comparei; with $55,245,377 for previous quarter and sur- 5 X plus was $16,258,272 compared with $21,824,554. 4* I 1 4M T £ U. S. INSURANCE PROVES.POPULAR j 4 .Washington—Total applications for yj - rnment SOl- M J insurance to-day passed the $5,000,000,000 mark. X 4i About 600,000 soldi* *** 4* T J EGQNOO PARTY KLLS SEVEN T | Muskogee, Okla.—Seven persons arc dead, two others ■} X §> Tj re expected to die and nearly a score are ill as a result oi Z an eggncg party Sunday at Francis, Ok!a., at which de- W X . itured alcohol was used by mistake, according to word M <f ■ 4 MARKET CLOSES FIRM X X New York —Steel and other leaders'reacted Ito 1-2 jj£ ;▼ pointAjn the dul] final hour. The closir: is firm. Lib t ? - ; m mi crty 3 1 at 97.51 ai 5? and 96.52 respectively, second 4 . JO to 96.18 T ♦ Rails, industrials, shippings and util :rc included 4 1 4* . * Xin to-days gross gains of l.to 3 points, short covering 3 proving an important factor. Sales appro\i 'M . 000 shares. i • ! T BAKERIES HAVE LITTLE 1 LOUR J w . Harrisburg—Unless flour shipments held up by snow- * fj b * bakerif *1 | iere wilj face a serious shortage, managers of local pUr * 2J to-day declared. J "J? ss' f BETHLEHEM STEEL SHOWS DECREASE * 8 • * X New York—A decrease of $16,273,27f in net income *' Jj for the year endi ber 31, 1917, was reported to- j J * day by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. Charles M. j f J Schwab pn I plained that during 1916 the com' > ; any was engage nme*t'in * * i* * • 1 1 ' 4 addition <o United States government. business- imd I I <4s ft * X domes* v. orders whereas last year it was bu yon United I X r- I ,T States government work exclusively, and this accounted * 1 I.• I * for the showing made. 'i [4 PREPARE TO FIGHT FLOODS - J* • :uctions were sent out to-day by the j to 11 4* ' sk if thaw- * * 4* * * * X ing weather develops. . < If ' * H J HIGH WATER CAUSES DAMAGE [ '■ X M ' Nashville, Tenn.—High water on the Cumberland * * X and Tennessee rivers as a result of the heavy raini an i • , t| melting snows was causing damage to-day in this irtatt £ and Kentucky. X FRENCH TROOPS TAKE PRISONERS . I Paris—French troops yesterday penetrated the Gc: < * <s man lines in upper Alsace, destroyed defense worka an*. * * J brought back prisoners, the war office ami uncet. „ 21 NYACK STAR SUSPENDS J N. Y.—The Nyack Evening Star, establishe- * € I I X ! lay- Cor , * * dit the war were given as the cause. * J I BOLSHEVIKI SPLIT ON PEACE ! London—The. Bolsheviki have split on the question J * of peace, a majority being against the conclusion of peace < jjH Xon the German terms and in favor of a holy war, an F- 3] change Telegraph dispatch from Pctrograd says. As J . t present government- is unable to carry on war, the 23 * * rnation of a coalition af all Socialist faction- was proposed, jj t MARRIAGE LICENSES 7* T, jX, Joorpli C. Fry*. Jr.. Bad Catherine I'. Hoon. Steelta| Harry K. Houek, I'enbrook, and Ddua Keller, llarrtubnrE. wwhwhi j t niir imh
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