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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH JO.
LXXXVII— No. 14 PAGES
NEW REVOLT
THROWS OUT
BOL SH
London Hears That Lenine and Trotzky Have Escaped
to Rigi, With Social Revolutionists, Under Leadership
of M. Tchernoff, ?n the Saddle; General Kaledines,
Don Hetman of the Cossacks, a Suicide
By Associated Press
LONDON, Feb. 19—Russia is now forced
to sign peace upon the conditions proposed by
Germany, says an official Russian statement
received here to-day.
BERLIN. Feb. 19 (via London). —German
forces have entered Dvinsk. it was officially an
nounced to-day by the German war office. The
Russians unsuccessfully attempted to blow up
the bridges across the Dvinsk river.
LOXDOX, Feb. 19. —Rumors are current in Yasu
that the Bolshevik government in Petrograd has been
overthrown by the Social Revolutionists under tlie lead
ership of M. Tchernoff, according to the correspondent
there of the Politiken of Copenhagen, says a dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph Company. Xikolai Lenine and
L eon Trotzky are said to have escaped to Riga.
Yasa or Nikolaistadt, is in Finland on the only railway line be
tween Petrograd and Tornea, on the Swedish frontier.
M. Tchernoff is the leader of the Social Revolutionists and
was chairman of the short-lived Constituent Assembly. He served
as minister of argriculture in the Kerensky government during
last July and August. Tchernoff has Been a strong advocate of
land reform and has been aligned with the Minimalists. When the
Constituent Assembly met in Petrograd in January Tchernoff
was elected chairman over the Bolshevik candidate. The next day
the assembly was broken up by force by the Bolshevik and it was i
reported that the Bolshevik intended to arrest Tchernoff.
In an interview with the Associated Press correspondent in Petro
grad on January 19. M. Tcherhoff said the Social Revolutionist party
held that the Constituent Assembly should immwlintnh.fijVl n coufer- I
once of the entente allies to consider war aims. hS jETo his party I
expected that the allies would stale their aims clearly and explicitly !
and would try to harmonize them with the democratic principles of the
Russian revolution.
M. Tcherhoft" admitted that the Russian army probably would not
be expected to light to any great extent, but he declared that Russia
could act as a magnet to draw the German forces and prevent their
being thrown to the western front, thus helping the allies.
Belated Dispatches Tell oi
Chaotic Conditions Facing
Sorely Tried Russian People
London, Keb. 19.—Funrther belat
ed dispatches from Petrograd re
ceived to-day give additional details
of recent happenings in Russia.
An official news agency dispatch
under date of February 12 announces
that the Bolsheviki authorities or
dered all the members of the
I'krainian General Ruda and the
Ukrainian delegates to the Brest-
Litovsk peace conference, including
Chairman Holubowics arrested and
tried for treason to the people. Some
of those affected by this order have
been arrested at Kiev, while others
tied to Berdichev.
Odessa Resembles Military Camp
Another of the official agency dis
patches reports Odessa resembling a
military camp. Fierce lighting oc
curred there on three consecutive
days it is stated. The defeated Ukrai
nians are said to have occupied the
railway station and fortified them
selves. Renewed fighting of a des
perate character then began in which
the ships in the harbfar joined firing
shells of large caliber. The-victims,
it is declared, numbered 400, includ
ing the commander of the Eighth
Army Corps.
The same dispatch reports that
several hours of fighting at Nikola
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luo VACCINATED BY CITY |
Almost 400 contacts have been
vaccinated by city health authorities |
because of the discovery of two
more cases of smallpox in the last
week. Most of the persons reside
in Marion and in Fourth streets, be
tween Calder and Reily streets.
j THE WEATHER
(MEATLESS DAY)
For llarriUiurc and vicinity! Haiti
anil warmer thin afternoon and
to-night, tilth loweat tempera
ture about 45 dcKrecM; Wrdnen
dny clear and colder.
For Knutern l'enn>li nnia : l'roh~
ably rain to-night and Ueilnea
daj; warmer to-nlcht. colder
by Wednesday niisht; fre>h to
Mtrone south nlndn to-night,
becoming northwest Wednex
dJ.
■liver
Itnln and hiicher temperature
during the nfit tm-nl>-four
lioura will probably caunr the I
Sunquebannn river and all It*
branches to rlae decidedly. A
*e of about M feet IN Indi
cated for Harriaburg \Vedne
day mornlntc.
Xe Important chanice* hnve occor
red In the sor*ril districts.
Temperntnrei S a. m., 34.
Sum Klaea, t:37 a. m.; acta, 5:23
p. m.
Moon i Full moon, February 25,
4:3-1 p. m.
Klver Ntasei .7 feet above lOYT
water mark.
Veaterday'a Weather
Hlghext temperature, 33.
I.oneat temperature. IT.
Mean temperature, 23.
Normal temperature. 30.
A
General Kaledines, Hetman
of the Don Cossacks, a
Suicide, Petrograd Hears
Petrograd, Friday. Feb. 13.—Gen
eral Kaledines, hetman of the Don
Cossacks, committed suicide at Novo
Tcherkask, headquarters of the Don
Cossacks, during a session of the
Novo Tcherkask government which
he attended. The government de
cided to resign and transfer its pow
er to the local Workmen's and Sol
diers' Council. After the decision
General Kaledines went to an ad
joining room and shot himself.
General Nazaroff. who succeeded
General Kaledines as leader of the
Don Cossacks, ordered the immedi
ate mobilization and arming of all
Cossacks to fight the Bolsheviki
troops advancing toward Novo
Tcherkask.
As leader of the Don Cossacks,
General Kaledines was opposed to
the Bolsheviki and he was the leader
of the counter revolt against the
Bolsheviki early last December. On
January 1 the republic of the Don
was declared with General Kaledines
as president and prime minister. It
probably was the resignation of this
government that led to his suicide.
Tn five weeks during June and
July, 1916, Russian troops under
General Kaledines captured 20,000
prisoners in an advance in Volhynia.
He was elected leader of the Don
Cossacks in July. 1917.
Private Military Funeral
For Vernon Castle, of Royal
Flying Corps, in New Yo k
New York, Feb. 19.—Private
military funeral services for Cap
tain Vernon Castle, of the Royal
Flying Corps, who was killed in an
airplane accident at Fort Worth,
Texas, last Friday, were held here
to-day at the Church of the Trans
figuration. better known as "The Lit
tle Church Around the Corner."
The rector ol the church, the Rev.
Dr. George D. Houghton, and the
Rev. Dr. Herbert L. Shipman, chap
lain of the 104 th Field Artillery,
U. S. A., officiated.
A detachment of the Royal Flying
Corps escorted the body to "the
church. The pallbearers were officers
from the flying corps.
We have cut down on
I
meat, bacon and wheat—
Are
cutting down on
money and
Buying Thrift Stamps?
Save all along the line. |
HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1918
AND REMEMBER
i - r i
—* ' *
"My boys are fighting to protect YOUR home. Stand behind them to the limit!'
PURSE STRINGS CUT
FOR BIG JEWISH AND
LUTHERAN
Hebrews Go "Oner the Top"
For Sew Record of Gener
osity After Plight of Thou
sands Is Outlined to Them
Jewish residents of Harrisburg
have cut their purse-strings for '.he
benefit of the millions of war suf
ferers und the men of tie Hebrew
faith who are serving in every
branch of the nation's aimed forces.
■With a quota fixed at J'.S.JOO tor
the city and a week's time flee.! for
the raising of that snr.i, Jews con
tributed >18,500 in an hour at the
op-.ning of the campaign drive last
night at a patriotic rally held in the
Orpheum Theater.
Money for the work roiled in fast
er than tellers on tli-J stage could
record it. Half the quota was raised
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CHURCHMEN ARE
ENTHUSIASTIC AT
"DRY" PROGRESS
Opening of the "Ratification
Meeting" Attended by Hun
dreds of Delegates
For the first time in years prac
! ticaily all the churches of Dauphin;
county were represented at a his-'
toric meeting this afternoon in Grace
Methodist Church for the purpose of
once and for all eliminating the
drink evil. This concentration of
prohibition forces had not been long
planned, but the attendance to-day
and the spirit of determination prom
ised substantial results. Ail church
es and dry associations had Ijecn
Invited, irrespective of creed; every
representative had one idea, name
ly, to so thoroughly comb Dauphin j
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Rockefeller Trucks Haul
Coal to Avert Famine
By Asiorttitrd Press
Tarrytown, N. Y., Feb. 19..—A
hundred or more families living in
the vicinity of the Pocantico Hills,
estate of John D. Rockefeller were
furnished with a plentiful supply of
coal during the recent cold weather.
At the suggestion of the local fuel
administrator, Mr. Rockefeller pre
vented the coal famine from causing
suffering in and around Osslnlng,
where his own trucks delivered coal
to another one hundred families. ,
Churchmen Pleased at First
Day's Result When Canvass
Shows That People Gener
ally Recognize Work's Seed
The National Lutheran campaign j
for Soldier and Sailor Welfare funds '
was launched last evening at con- i
gregational meetings of all the Lu- :
theran churches in Harrisburg. One ;
complete week will be devoted to j
raising SIO,OOO in Dauphin county, I
the local quota out of a $750,000 to
tal. Two members of each church I
in the county were selected last j
night to begin canvassing to-day and |
Chairman John Dapp said that the I
first report would be made' to-mor- j
row night. Another report will be i
given out on next Saturday evening !
by which time it is expected that j
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BIG PATRIOTIC
RALLY PLANNED
FOR NEXT WEEK
Prominent Speakers to Bring
Home War Truths to
Harrisburgers
• I Announcement of plans for a pa
i; triotic rally to be held in Chestnut
• ! Street Auditorium next Monday evs
-1 j ning under auspices of the Daupliin
County Committee of Public Safety.
, were made to-day. Noted speakers
: i will be present to outline ma..* in
) tcresting facts relative to the pres
'j ent war in Europe. An attempt w ill
•I be made to arouse the citizens to a
higher appreciation of the serious
ness of the conflict abroad, and there
is every indication that the hall will
be filled.
One of the most important fea
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[Boston Man Organizes
First Theatrical Company
to Play at French Front
By Associated Press
New York, Feb. 19.—John Craig,
of Boston, has organized the first
American theatrical company which
is to be sent to France to play for
American soldiers, it was announced '
to-day.
E. H. Sothern and Winthrop Ames
are at the head of the movehient
to provide American plays for the I
American troops in Europe. They \
are in France In connection with that 1
work.
MIDDLETOWN SITE
AGAIN IN FAVOR
AT WASHINGTON
Program For Military Depots
Here Now Said to Have Been
j Increased to .$20,000,000
Whether or not the big military
| depots to be erected in the vicinity
i of Harrisburg are to be located on
j the site leased for them from the
, Keystone Fair Corporation near
; Middletown or on the big farm
j tract below New Cumberland is not
j yet decided, but it was said to-day
; that the Middletown tract is again
'• in the ascendencv.
The fact that the Middletown
| ground site has full main line con-
J nections and that its trolley facili
! ties are unexcelled are being used
I as arguments in favor of that place.
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Dumping of Refuse and
Ashes in Streets Makes
Some Highways Impassable
| Commissioner Lynch to-day invlt
jed all the members of Council to
I make an inspection trip over the
j city by automobile Thursday after
j noon at 3 o'clock to get complete
• information on the dumping of ashes
I and refuse in many of the streets in i
: the outlying districts. Mr. Lynch de- I
! dared a general clean-up will be ab- I
solutely necessary as in some places j
the streets are almost impassable. I
i Localities irientioned include Keel's |
lane, eastern approach of Maclay |
street bridge, South Cameron street at '
intersections; Seventeenth and Herr |
streets and Seventeenth and Catha- I
| rine streets.
Bids for ash collections will be ]
i opened next Monday and if reason- |
I able proposals are received Council
I will be asked to award contracts.
Commissioner Hassler said. Until
these bids are opened and action
| taken no rules for garbage collee
j tions will be issued. Dr. Hassler an
nounced.
! Council to-day approved the con
tract for installation of heating ap
! paratus at the Allison Fire Com
pany house; passed finally the ordi
nance authorizing Commissioner
Lynch to purchase a 13.000-auto
1 truck, and ordered the park depart
j ment report to be received, filed and
I printed.
Inquiry Covering Cost of
Building Hog Island Yards
Is Already Under Way
By Associated Press
Washington, Feb. 19.—Investlga-j
tlon of all phases of enormous ex
penditures in the building of \he
government shipyards at Hog Island,
Pa., been started by Secret Ser
vice men, and other agents of the
Department of Justice.
Upon the return to Washington to
day of Attorney General Gregory it
became known that Solicitor General
Davis acting in his absence had
launched the inquiry ordered by
President W r llson. ',
jHUN OFFENSIVE
ON WEST FRONT
MAY COME SOON
Tanks and "Mysterious Gas"
Will Be Employed by
Enemy
OLI) METHODS OBSOLETE
Despite Intensive Training,
German Troops Are
Skeptical of Success
British Army Headquarters in
France, Feb. 19.—The great Ger
man offensive 011 the western front
may be expected to begin at any
moment now and as far as the Brit
ish front is concerned, the main
thrust will be made on the sector
between Arras and St. Quentin.
Tanks and "a new mysterious
gas" will be employed by the enemy
in the attempt to break through the
allied line. Other attacks will be de
livered further south. These facts
have become known through cap
tured German prisoners and other
sources.
Field Marshal Von Hindenburg
and Geheral Von Ludendorff appear
to have realized that the old methods
of attack, in which a long bombard
ment is employed, are too well
known to produce the results de
sired.
Despite assurances and the inten
sive training to which they have
been put. the German troops frank
ly are skeptical of the success of
the new offensive and are under
taking their task with no enthusi
asm, according to prisoners.
It is reported General Von Lu
dendorff recently addressed a body
of infantry at Laon and asked how
many men were willing to fight to
a finish. Only five noncommis
sioned officers and privates stepped
forward. The others declared their
desire for an early peace by "ar
rangement."
Liauor Licenses For 1918,
With One Exception, Are
Granted by Court at Once
All liquor license applications for
191S with the exception of one
against which a remonstrance has
been filed, were granted the court
announced to-day. Because of the
absence from the city of one of the
attorneys in the application which
is objected to testimony was not
taken until shortly before noon ad
journment. While waiting to begin
the proceedings the court went over
the applications for retail licenses
I in the city, of which there are 56,
which were granted.
Charles IS. C. Hoover, owner of
the Fort Hunter Inn, was the first
witness called to testify in the re
monstrance proceedings against
Harry li. Fetrow. Both have tiled
applications for the same hotel.
I Last Friday Hoover filed a state
i ment that Fetrow was not the
j owner or lessee of the premises for
I which he was applying, sold liquor
Ito minors and to known intemper
lates. The next day Fetrow filed objec-
I tions to Hoover's application,
i When the case was opened to
day a motion to dismiss Hoover's
! objections was made by counsel for
I Fetrow, but the court dacided to
i hear the evidence. Mr. Hoover tes
j titled he had held the license for the
Fort Hunter hotel for nineteen years
selling out in 1912. Last year
Fetrow held the license and during
the year Mr. Hoover said he fre
quently saw young men under age,
! and others addicted to drink, being
i served there. Names of a number
lof these persons were given and
i some of them are to be called as wit
j nesses.
Allies Anxious to Retain
Services of Gen. Robertson
By Associated Press
London. Felf. 19.—Premier Lloyd
I George to-day made in the House
|of Commons his eagerly-awaited
istatement regarding the recent army
| changes. He said the government
| was anxious to retain the services of
: General Sir William Robertson as
| chief of staff so long as it was com
patible upon the policy decided upon
in common with Great Britain's
allies.
The Premier said the policy of the
government was based upon the as- >
sumption that the allies had suffered !
In the past through lack of concert- !
ed and co-ordinated efforts. It had i
been decided to set up a central uu- i
thorit.v to co-ordinate the strategy of I
the allies.
The general principles laid down
at the recent session in Versailles
of the Supreme War Council were
agreed to by all, the Premier told
the House. It also was agreed that
there should be an inter-allied au
thority with executive powers, ,3,' he
only difference which artfse was as
to its constitution.
The first proposal at Versailles, he
continued, was that the central au
thorities should consist of a coun
cil of chiefs of staffs, but this was
abandoned, inasmuch as it was re
garded as unworkable.
16-Year-01d Boy Sentenced j
to Die at Sing Sing Prison
By Associated Press • • .
New York, Feb. 19.—Paul Chap
man, a 16-year-old choir boy, was
sentenced to death In the electrtn
• •hair In Sing Sing State Prison by
Supreme Court Justice Isaac M. Kap
per to-day. Chapman was convicted
of killing a Brooklyn shopkeeper
while attempting, with two other
youths, to rob his stoic.
Single Copy. 2 Cents HOME EDITION
GROCERY STORE
IS CLOSED FOR
SALE OF FLOUR
Food Administrator Moves
Quickly When Drastic
Order Is Violated
RULE MIST BE OBEYED
"Fifty-Fifty" Flour Expected
to Arrive in City
Shortly
1 ,- or soiling Hour in excess of
tlio Food Administration ruling
and for soiling Hour without sub
stitutes in accordance with the
same ruling, Vcndcl Malick, 552
South Cameron street, was to
day ordered by tile Food Ad
ministration to close his store for
a week, and lie will he restrain
ed from selling Hour for four
weeks. Ma lick's is the lirst of
fense to be acted upon by tlu;
Food Administration in this city.
The local authorities say that
Million's oifense is partly excus
able since the population to which
he caters is foreign. 111 niary
houses there arc several families
living, and nearly every house is
a hoardingliousc. It Is liard (o
determine a proper amount for
these buyers. However, the deal
er sold Hour without any ac
companying substitute, anil for
that reason drastic measures
were taken.
The case was investigated by
a volunteer worker;
A pastry and bread flour com
posed of a "fifty-fifty mixture of
wheat and other cereals is expect
ed here .is the next war ration made
necessary by the demand for the
conservation of wheat, according to
a statement made by Donald Mc-
Cormick, food administrator for
Dauphin county, this morning.
"I understand such a (lour is be
ing manufactured. At the present
time there is none on the market,
owing to the fact that there has
never before been a demand for it.
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4* $2.50 WHEAT FAVORABLY REPORTED §
Washington—A favorable report on the Gore bill to X
X increase the minimum price for wheat of the 1918 crop *s*
<| fro::; $2 to $2.50 per bushel was mudc to-day by the Sen-
T ate Agriculture Committee. * *y
4 WILLIAM A. KITCHIN RESIGNED
;J. Harrisburg—-William A. Kitchin. well-known clerk T
j®?* in the fire marshr! ; office, formerly a resident of Lyccm- *si*
T* •
J4* in 2 county, resigi ed to-day to enter mercantile business
|t| at Endicott, N. Y. *f*
DR. DTXON HAS COMFORTABLE NIGHT 3*
| Harrisbyrg Br. Samuel G. Dixon, who is seriously
!J* sick in a Philadelphia Hospital, spent & comfortable night,
4 according to advices reaching the State Health Depart- . X
T* irutnt to-day.
4* FLYING CADET FATALLY BURNED 4?
X Dallas, Te.\2s. Feb. 19.—Victor L. Dennis, flying
j?* cadet at I ovc field, was probably fatally burned to-day 4*
h i airplane Lurst into flames while he was at X'
2* tempting to make a landing. Dennis* home is at Detroit. >
t~ *Jr
|4 MORRIS TESTIFIES AT INQUIRY J
4* . Chic3gc—Nelson Morris, head of Morris and Com- 4*
T*
pany, the packers, took the witness stand to-day before £
Judge SamueJ Alschuler, arbitrator in the demands of $
packing house employes for the eight-hour day and g
•5* higher wages. Morrh. and Company, he said, employed i£
■M t
• j 13,000 men in Chicago at an average annual wage of SBOO. X'
|4 Net profits in 1916 were $3,800,000, in 1917 th-y jumped
14* A *s*
j£ to $5,400,000.
IT* RUMANIAN NEGOTIATIONS HALTED '&
T* *l*
4 Amstcrcan.—Peace negotiations with Rumania, a £'
&* X
tclc,;ram from Berlin ays it is understood have not yet X
T begun. They probably will commence Friday when Dr.
X Von K'uehlmann, the foreign secretary likely will arrive *p
X at I'okshan: to take charge of the German negotiations. • X
¥ GERMAN AIR RAID FAILS ♦£
London—The attempted raid of German aviators last fl
*|* night was a failure.' "There were no casualties or dam- ***
x* V
| age in last night's air raid," says an official announcement. f
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MARRIAGE LICENSES ?
**
ri nor MvHowdl nnri Hunlit (illbrrt, Ktiolnt llnlirrt S. Sflii<l<<r, .i.
J .V'. S. Si. Wuh Carolina, find l.en IS. l.nn<ll, Hocheravlllc.
& rIHHyWHMk ffrfct* &
j NEED OF BATHING
FACILITIES, PARK
J OFFICIAL CLAIMS
.' Commissioner Gross Urges
i Installation of More Play
ground Equipment
1 ATTENDANCE INCREASES
Extensive Planting Done Last
Year, Department He
port Shows
j Pointing out the need of addi-*
! tional playground equipment, better
I bathing facilities and public band
concerts in Reservoir Park, Citv
Commissioner E. Z. Gross in his
! annual report to Council to-dav
made a lengthy and detailed report
of the activities in the city parks
and playgrounds during 1917.
Because of the rapidly-increasing
attendance at the Emerald, Reser
voir and Sycamore playgroi .ds, the
official urges installation of perma
nent equipment there similar to the
apparatus at the Twelfth street
grounds.
In commenting on public band
concerts, attention of Council is
called to the provision of the last
session of Legislature, when an not
was passed giving all cities of thu
third class the right to appropriate
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British Raid on Flanders
Front Proves Successful
By Associated rress
London, Feb. 19.—An extensive
raid was carried out by British
| troops last night e/. the Flanders
front, in the southern section of
Houtholst wood, the War Office an
; tiounced to-day. There were two
other successful raids, one in the re
gion south of I.ens and the other in
I the old Arras front, in the neighbor
| liood of Epehy. Prisoners were taken
j in all these raids. The Flanders
raid was a particularly important af
fair, resulting in heavy casualties to
the Germans.