American Artillery Keeps Up Steady Fire on Enemy Batteries; Lively Shelling Along Entire Lin 1% HARRISBURG iSjpli TELEGRAPH M * otar-Jnscpcnscnt * I LXXXVII— No. 32 14 PAGES BOLSHEVIK! CHURCH PR CLASH IMPENDING Archbishop Tikhon, Patriarch of All Russia, Has Called Upon His Followers to Defend the Charch; Negotia tions Approach an Acute Stage; Peace Deliberations Again Broken Off at Brest-Litovsk, Is Report By Associated Press Stockholm, Feb. 6.—General Mannerheim's forces have de feated the Red Guards and Russians at Uleaborg and captured the city, which is the chief military depot of Northern Finland. The battle lasted two days and several hundred were killed during the lighting. A number of fugitives from the Red Guard force defeated by the White Guard in this battle have arrived in Sweden. Considerable stores of ammunition and artillery were accumu lated in Uleaborg. Bondon, Feb. C.—Tlic iicgo tiations at Brest-Bitovsk have been broken off tlie eorrespond ••lit at Petrograd <>r the E* rhnnge Telegraph Company says lie is informed. Reports from Brest-Bitovsk in the last few days indicated a. deadlock had been reached on the question of '■ Fkraine. After the Ukrainian dele-1 Kates had almost completed an j agreement with the Germans and Austrians for a separate peace, the, Bolsheviki sent to Brest-Bitovsk new delegates who they said were the real representatives of tho Ukraine. 'Hie representatives of the central ( powers, anxious to mak peace with Ukraine and obtain food supplies there, refused to recognize tho new delegates, who represent the Sol diers' and Workmen's Deputies of Ukraine, whereas the first delega tion was selected by the Ukrainian rada. This situation was considered at the crown council in Berlin on Mon day after which the German and Austro-Hungarian foreign ministers left for Brest-Litovsk. Many Killed in Collision A great number of persons were killed or injured in consequence of a collision between a train loaded with Red Guards and a government train sent to intercept the Red Guard train near Kemi, Northern Finland, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copen hagen. The trains came together at j lull speed, all the coaches being | smashed. Clash Is Impending In Russia the situation appears less favorable to the Bolsheviki. A decree by the Bolsheviki government separating state and church and confiscating church property lia* aroused the opposition of Arch bishop Tiklion, the patriarch of all Russia, who has called upon his fol lowers to defend the eliurch. The clash between the government and the church is said to be approaching an acute stage. Tartars and Poles Arise New military opposition to the Bolsheviki has arisen in the Tartars and Poles. Ensign Krylenko, com mander-in-chief of the Bolsheviki armies, is reported to have been ar rested by Polish troops who cap tured Mohilev. Tartar forces are moving on Sepastapol, the naval base of the Black Sea after having captured Yalta, in the Crimea. In Kiev the Ukrainians are reported to have sained the upper hand. IIITTMAW MARKS IIKMAL Amsterdam, Feb. 4.—At his trial before a court-martial. Deputy Wil hehn Dittniann, an Independent So cialist, according to the Koelnische '/cituiiK, ascribed tho strike move ment to reaction against the main tenance of a state of siege anil the machinations of the fatherland party. The accused deputy denied lie pro moted the strike and declared it was only a demonstration strike against a peace of annexations, and in favor •if peace by understanding. The strike movement could not be connected with the Russian revolu tion, liittmann testified. THE WEATHER lor llnrrlnburic and vicinity! I I mill v, probably Unlit unon or rain 10-uleht anil Thursday t warmer, lowest 1 e 111 pern 1 11 re about freezinK. Fur Knxti-rn Pennsylvania: Prob ably llulit anow to-nlKbt anil Thuraday, exeept fair In south east portion; nnrmrri moderate sou lb winds. Itlver The Susqiiehanna river and all lis limnetic* will remain leeboiiad and nearly Ntationary. A klhkp nf about 4.0 feet Is Indicated for llarrlsburK Thursday morning. General Conditions A disturbance of moderate force from Western Cnnada hns mov ed rapidly southeast> vn ril. and la j now central over the t'pper Mis sissippi Valley. It caused IlKht snow anil rain over the Cirent I.akes and a general rise of S lo decrees la temperature from the I'lulns States eastwaril to the Atlantic coast. At Pitts burgh the temperature Tuesday niorninK was 10 deurees be low zero nt 8 a. m.; this morn- Init It wns deicrees above zero, a rise of 52 deicrees In j twenty-four hours. Tempera tures have risen 2 to IO degrees In the Southwest anil fceneruily over the l'aclHe slope. Temperature S a. in., 11. Sum Itlses, (1:54 a. ra.< acts, siotl 1 p. ni. Moonl First i|iiarter. Feiiruary 11. Itlver StaKc: 3.11 feet above low- \ water mark. Vesterdny's Weather lllKhest temperature, S. I.owest temperature. 5. Mean temperature, 2. Aormal temperature, 2il. U.S.ARTIIIERY MAINTAINING A j CONTINUOUS FIRE Activity Increases Along En-1 tire Front as Spring Approaches USE ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS Germans Bombard Buildings Which Had Been Un touched For Months By Associated Press With the American Army in France, Tuesday, Feb. s.—American artillery kept "up a continuous tire on the enemy batteries throughout j Tuesday and the Germans responded with the result that there was lively > shelling along the entire sector. j At the same time the American! antiaircraft guns were busy repell-1 ing attempts of enemy airmen to | cross over the American lines. Two j German airplanes finally abandoned j the attempt, after having been shell- I ed heavily. A member of the military police! to-day found three little French} (hildren, a girl and two boys, wan-1 derini; along a road immediately be-1 hind the front which is shelled very frequently by the enemy and is con sidered very dangerous. He turned the children over to an ambulance driver who returned [Continued on Page 10.] Asphyxeated a Bed After Accidently Turning on Gas When Returning For Night I Wilbert J. Hevner, 1223% Bailey j street, aged 44, was found "dead in I his bedroom at 5.30 this morning, by! his sister-in-law. Mrs. John li. 1 Smithers. with whom he had madej his home. Death was caused by gas asphyxiation, thought to lie ac cidental. Hevner was employed by the! Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending! Company, and was declared by his friends to have no cause for taking! his own life. Mrs. Smitlisrs stated! that he went to bed about midnight! last night, and when he retired, told! her to call him at 5.30, in order that! he could get to his work on time :f! the cars were not running. When j Mrs. Smithers went to his room to rouse him at 5.30, she found it !m-! pregnated with gas fumes, and the| man unconscious. The ambulance! was summoned and Dr. Baker wasl also called in. Tho man was dead; at the time of the arrival of the . ambulance, and was not taken to' the hospital. It is thought that he turned the gas on accidentally after he had | extinguished the light preparatory tO| retiring. Coroner Eckinger investi-i Kated the case this morning and dc-| clared death was accidental. Hevner came to the city from Bock; Haven last June. He is survived by! four children. George. 17, and Ben-j jamin, 13, of Harrisburg, and two daughters. Mary, of Philadelph'a, and Ethel, of New York, besides two! sisters and two brothers. The body j will be taken to I.ock Haven Fri- [ day and buried Saturday. # i W-ell . S -tart S -aving Don't talk about it, "Start this evening; There is no better way. j 25c $4.13 $5 &*f J Ask Andrew S. Patterson 'i HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1918 MAY BE MORE 1 BUILDING SHIPS NEXT TO FIGHTING,! IS BELIEF OF PIEZ " America Must Depend For Victory Upon Men Who Construct Vessels By Associated Press Washington, Feb. 6.—Responsibil ity for the -success or failure of the government's shipbuilding program ! was put on labor to-day by Charles I Piez, vice-president and general manager of the Emergency Fleet I Corporation, in an appeal for ship yard workers. "The Shipping Board lias the necessary yards, the materials and | the money," lie said. "All that is j lacking is a spirit in the nation that will send a quarter of a million ] American mechanics into the yards I [Continued on Page 12.] Chamber of Commerce to Name McColgin's Successor Within Next Two Weeks The board of directors of the' Chamber of Commerce met this af ternoon to take action on the resig nation of Secretary Edward B. .Ale-1 Colgin, who has accepted the posi-i tion of secretary to the Troy Cham-! ber of Commerce, his services here! concluding March 1. No selection! has been made for his successor,: said Andrew S. Patterson, president] of the chamber of Commerce, but i it is expected that a man will be' .elected within two weeks. Mr. McColgin served for three years, coming from Norfolk, Va. j In his regime a number of distin guished speakers fit the luncheons, such as Charles M. Schwab, Otto; Kahn, Frank Vanderlip, George W. | Perkins, Senators Weeks, Burton, Chamberlain, John Temple Graves, Hudson Maxim, James M. Gerard, Rodger Babson and Ambassador Koo, of China. The most conspicuous thing ac complished while he held office was the appointment by J. William Bowman, the president, of a com mittee to organize the Harrisburg Hotel Company. This was in the fall of 1916. The committee with E. Z. Wallower, president, soon af ter gave, out the contract for what is now the Penn-Harris Hotel. Mr. McColsin is a native of St. Joseoh, Mo. Hoover Order Will Result in Immense Saving of Bread j in New York Restaurants By Associated Press New York, Feb. 6.—A tremendous saving of bread in New York hotels and restaurants will result from the food administration order to limit rolls and bread portions to two ounces to each diner, according to statements to-day by leading hotel and restaurant proprietors. Thomas D. Green, president of the New- York Hotelmcn's Association, and chairman of the hotel division of the food administration for New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, ex pected no objections,to the order ex cept, perhaps, from a few customers, and predicted that within two or three days it would be observed gen erally. COUNTY TAX IS INCREASED FROM 4 TO 5 MILLS Action of County. Commis sioners Will Raise $78,000 More Revenue To meet the big increase in the 1918 budget because of extensive bridge and road improvement, and advances in court costs and appro priations for penal institutions and insane hospitals the county com missioners to-day raised the county tax rate from 4 to 5 mills. The in crease will add approximately $72,- 500 to the funds to be expended during 1918. The bridge and road work to be done this year will take a-large part of the increase, while annually the charges for court costs and for maintainence of Dauphin county prisoners in penal institutions and inmates in hospitals also is con stantly advancing. In addition to these increases the cost of re-in dexing all records in the offices oi the county recorder and the sheriff must be paid this yeat. County Controller Henry W. Gough submitted the 1918 budget to the commissioners to-day, giving estimated revenue for 1918 as fol lows: Support of insane $1,(100; sundry receipts, $400; liquor licenses, $7,000; prothonotary, $13,000; re corder, $ 1,000; register, $500; county tax at 5 mills, $362,500; personal [Continued oil Page 10.] Governor Would Include Woman Suffrage Plank in Republican Platform By Associated Press Philadelphia, Feb. 6.--—ln a mes sage to-day to the Interstate con ference of the National Woman's party being held here Governor Brumbaugh announced that he fa vored including woman suffrage in the platform of the Republican party at the approaching primaries and election. The Governor's message read: "The people of Pennsylvania as a rule are conservative in matters af fecting great social reforms, but I am strongly convinced that they now sense the justice of granting suffrage to women and I favor the Repub lican party placing in its platform in the coming primaries and election a clearly worded statement that will commit the party to this important reform. "It is my judgment that Pennsyl vania should not be lax or slow in doing what the general judgment of mankind in these wartimes concedes to be the right thing to do, namely, tto give women tho opportunity to express their views upon the type of democracy which this country should have and which should be willing to offer in good conscience to the other peoples of the world." CAPTAIN STINK MUCH liKTTKR Physicians attending Captain 11. M. Stine, of this city, have announc ed that he is now out of danger and improving nicely. Captain Stine was taken ill in Spartansburg with ure mio poisoning. , DRY FORCES ARE HERE TO WORK FOR PROHIBITION Anti-Saloon League and Bible Class Representatives Plan For Fight Harrisburg was the center to-day of forces concentrated in the task of establishing prohibition in the State of Pennsylvania. It was the most substantial move, probably ever made in this territory, combining all the membership of the Anti-Saloon Eeague and 350,000 members of Bible classes who were represented by delegates from the Federation of Organized Adult Bible Classes of the Pennsylvania State Sabbath School Association. The former convened in the offices of Superintendent E. A. [Continued on Page 1(1.] Only a Dozen Farmers Are Able to Get to Market An even dozen of farmers at tended the Broad street market this morning. The extreme cold weaitlier of the last few days and the snow drifted roads was responsible for this small number of country pro ducers at the uptown market. Not quite half this number of farmers were on hand for the early mar keters. Prices on country produce was practically the same as Sat urday. The same conditions pre vailed at the Chestnut Street Market. Committee to Relieve Freight Congestion Is Appointed by McAdoo By Associated Press Washington. Feb. 6. Further steps looking to diversion of railroad traffic from the most congested east ern gateways were taken to-day by Director General McAdoo by ap pointment of a traffic investigation committee. It consists of B. L. Wln chell, Chicago, traffic director of the Union Pacific; G. F. Ran" 'jlph. New York, head of a number of trunk line committees, and T. C. Powell, Cincinnati, vice-president of the Southern Railway. Warm Weather to Bring Snow to City by Night Weather thirty degrees warmer than the lowest temperature this morning was forecast for to-night at the local weather bureau. Ac companying the "warm wave" will be snow or rain. The mercury to-day fell to six de grees at 8 o'clock. This was eleven degrees higher than it was yester day. For the five days in February there has been a deficiency of 83 degrees from normal. CGI,. ZIEGEEK IMPROVES In a telegram received here to day from Miss Eli/.abeth Ziegler, who with her mother, was called South because of an injury to her father. Lieutenant Colonel Frank E. Ziegler, of this city, stated that his condition is much Improved. Miss Ziegler will start for home this evening and her mother will remain at the bedside of her husband for some time. MAJOR WM. GRAY TO BE IN CHARGE AT MIDDLETOWN? Man Who Built Enola Yards May Be Assigned to Supply Depot Development SPENDS THE NIGHT HEBE Meets Harrisburg Friends at Engineers' Club and Re turns to Washington Major William GraV, of the United I States Army, spent last night and j this morning in Harrisburg and while j he declined absolutely to discuss the purpose of his visit, it is believed he will be assigned by the War. Depart ment to have charge of the big Army supply depot construction at Middle town. Color is lent to this belief by rea son of the fact that Major Gray was the engineer in charge of the con struction of the immense Pennsyl vania Railroad yards at Knola for Kerhaugh and Company, the con tractors. That was one of the big gest railroad jobs in the history of] the state and he made such a splen- ] did record there that he has been : transferred since that time from one 1 large operation to another, always; making a wonderful success of his] work. He entered the service of the Army when the war broke out anil l friends wit'll whom he took dinner | last evening at the Engineers' Club were delighted to learn that he has! been assigned to the cantonment construction branch of the service.' which is one of the largest and most ' important in the Army. Advices from Washington are that! work on the plans for the immense i development at Middletown are so! far advanced that the contract for! the first unit will be let within a few ' days, while the contract for the en-1 largement of the aviation plant may be placed at any time. Work will be started as soon as the contractors are chosen, no matter what the weather conditions may be and a time limit will be fixed in which the buildings must be completed. It is regarded as absolutely certain that the expenditures here during the next year will amount to more than and may run to $13,- 000.000. Major Gray, when interviewed by a reporter at the Union Station to day. declined to discuss the object of his visit. West End Republican Club to Hold Chicken Supper Arrangements have been com pleted for a chicken and waffle sup per to be held at the West End Re publican Club, 1410 North Third street, to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock. A service flag with twenty six stars will be unfurled, and R. J. Church's orchestra will furnish mu sic. Senator E. E. Beidleman. Pro thonotary C. E. Pass and J. H. Craig, deputy secretary of internal affairs, will address the meeting. Spedulation in Green Coffee Ordered to Be Discontinued Washington, Feb. 6. —Speculation in green coffee on the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange was ordered discontinued to-day by Food Administrator Hoover. The prohibition is effected by for bidding dealing in green coffee on the exchange at a price above 8 1-2 cents a pound for type No. 7 on spot I months. I The food administration's action I was taken after a conference with j membexs of the New York Coffee I and Sugar Exchange in which deal ers volunteered to take the neces sary steps to eliminate coffee specu lation. Final Tribute Paid to John L. Sullivan By A ssociuted Press Boston, Feb. G. Final tribute to a great champion was paid to-day when the body of John L. Sullivan was buried in Calvary Cemetery. In the crowds that lined the snow-filled as the casket was borne from the hbme of Sullivan's sister, Mrs. Annie Lennnn, in the Roxbury dis trict to St. Paul's Church, wbcre the funeral mass was celebrated, were scores of children bidding farewell to their big "pal." Kor them the tales I of his prize ring days were legends. ] They remembered him best as their big "pal" whose watchword was courage? and who tegaled thoin with [ stories of kings and presidents lie haff | met. Power Plant Has Coal Enough For 24 Hours Announcement was made this I morning that the Harrisburg Eight • and Company now has on : hand enough coal only to last until j to-morrow afternoon. A number of plants have come to the aid of the corporation, and the manage ment of the plant does not expect a shutdown. The company's coal supply lias not been increased to the point where danger of a shutdown has been completely removed, however. Owing to the fact that all the large establishments in the city are sup plied b.< the Harrisburg Eight and Power Company, it is highly prob able that the factories in the city will co-operate with Mr. Kaltwasser's plant to avoid a shutdown. SCHOOL CIA)SES • . The city continuation school in Forster near Sixth street, will be closed until next Monday morning it was announced at the city school board offices. Trouble with the heat ing apparatus is the cause. All pupils employed in the city who attend the school during the latter part of the week are excused uptil next week. Single Copy. 2 Cents HOME EDITION BAKER TESTIMONY MAY BE WITHHELD FROM THE PUBLIC Hitch Develops in Committee Over Answering Impor tant Questions FACTS ARK HELD SECRET Question of Ships Was Left to Be Presented in De tail Tomorrow By Associated Press Washington, Feb. 6. Secretary Baker came lip for cross-examina tion to-day before the Senate Mili tary Committee on his picture of the state of preparedness of the Army, which Coogresional critics have at tuckled as "grossly exaggerated." But the principal point of the whole controversy—the question of where the Army is going to get ships to transport a million men to France this year—was left untouched, partly because Secretary Baker did not have the detailed figures to show the com mittee on what basis he made his assertion, and partly because the committee got into a squabble over | whether it would be proper to have [Continued on Page 7.] Three Brothers Alleged to Have Stolen 28 Watches Three brothers to-day were arrest , ed by Detective George Sliuler on a | charge of stealing twenty-eight : watches from jewelry stores about I the city. The alleged thieves are: I Uuy, John and Phillip Fornwalt, ! 11 Race street. The watches are i alleged to have been taken from j Kothert & Co. MI ST ItEMOVK ICK Mayor Keister announced this aft ernoon all city patrolmen will be Kiven instructions to notifv all own ers of property with fire escape* to have all ice and snow removed in i compliance with a request from the | State Department of Dabor and In- I t 4 P. R. R. RUSHES REPAIR WORK f I ' *f* T Northumberland, Pa.-—The Pennsylvania Railroad is L p lt using every available man in repairing 'dead engines" 5 le| *s Xat the shops here in an effort to get them back on the rails <■ j4* to help relieve the freight congestion which has tied up X X the large freight classification yards. With more moderate •** i Ji T weather to-day freight movement cut of the yards reached a nearer normal than has been possible for several * * LL * * T weeks. A number of locomotives of the larger type in 14* use on the Pennsylvania Railroad will soon be placed in J | J service giving hope of a steady improvement in the situa? • * \ * jf* tion ir weather conditions permit. ¥ t X ' TWELVE CHARGED WITH COAL THEFT * * J* Enola—Ten boys and two men were arrested by > 4 railroad detectives to-day for the alleged theft of coa! *jj X from railroad property. They will be given a hearing be- If fore Squire Motter this evening at 7 o'clock. | * I. STORAGE WHAREHOUSE DESTROYED 1 * * * y Patcrson. N J. —x ire to-day destroyed the storage 1 warehouse of the Great Eastern Food Company. ' * I * J WHARF LOSS $500,000 I I X Poughkeepsie, N. Y.—Fire to-day destroyed the wharf * I I * 4* and warehouses of the Central Hudson Steamboat Con. i * ► T pany, J. W. Matthews ami Company, wholesale grocery > Mr warehouse, cn the waterfront at Newburgh. Several '• ► i > A, nearby warehouses were partially burned. The lost f saiu to exceed $500,000. * * £ OFFICER IS COURT MARTIALED !► t Camp ' Meade, Md.-~ First Lieutenant Ivan Lcroi £*• A Lautenbacher, a Pennsylvanian and an officer oi the re * ► <w * * X serve was found guilty by court i 3-day of calling Sergeant J. F. Shepherd, of the quartermaster corps "a * • yJamned crook" and of u<i is abusive and insulting ,* I T I enced to I 4* the camp limits for four months and reprimanded. The * K X court says: "The administration of this reprimand to I ieut. Lautenbacher illustrates the sorry plight in which * ' 4 an officer may find himself through overestimating his * *s4 + X own importance and abusing authority given him." . t t MARRIAGE LICENSES tl.awrenrc H. M.irrUlmru, nnil I..villi, E. Moyer, William*- „ . porli John \V. lll!lr mill Alli'r M. Ilrrlirrt, lliirrlNburKi IIH-nni l£. V Mrmlirr nnil H'KIC 11. KUMIHIII'II. LOKENXT tirorer W. Wolf anil >L . Mnr.v M. t onrnd, llnrrlnlxirm John 11. Iliikrr nnil Vrrn C. Lyler, T T South llnnover lowimhlpi Udwln l. Strltr nnil Kllrn . l ookr, rfa 4'bambcrnburici Harvey M. l-'iikr, >( Knlrvirw, nnil Eva I. Morris, wL r Enola. 'T REPUBLICANS SEE FOLLY OF FACTION WAR; SEEK PEACE Liquor Issue Not to Be Per mitted to Becloud Situa tion, Leaders Say DEMOCRATS' ONLY HOPE Believed All Candidates For Governor Will Make Them selves Clear on Prohibition (Special to the Telegraph) Philadelphia, Feb. 6. —There's a strong undercurrent of political opinion here and elsewhere through, out the state against a continuance of the factional warfare which is endangering Republican success in the important campaign of this year. Men representing all shades of party belief are now protesting vigorously against the personal animosities which tend to weaken the fabric of the party and'to encourage the Dem ocratic bosses who are doing their utmost to promote factional activi ties for their own benefit. These representatives of the party now in power at Washington are doiryi their utmost to utilize patriotism for their own selfish purposes. The re fContinued on Page 14.] Roosevelt's Condition Is Improved After Operation B v /tssociatcd Press 'New York. Feb. 6.—Colonel Theo dore Roosevelt, who was operated on at his home in Oyster Bay several days ago, for an abscess and cams here yesterday for more convenient treatment of the trouble, prepared to-day to go to Rosevelt Hospital for another operation. It was stated the new operation would be of minor character, and that'the Colonel might be enabled after a few days' rest to resume the speaking tour he had temporarily abandoned.
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