Russia, Unprepared For Defense of Country, Is Forced to Make Peace on Terms Named by Germany HARRISBURG t§S§fi|l TELEGRAPH M ©K Independent • ■/ LXXXVII— No. 44 1.4 PAGES RUSSIA AGREES TO ACCEPT HUN TERMS; GERMANY TO FIGHT Bolsheviki Chiefs, Weakly Protesting, Take Berlin Conditions; Price Country Must Pay May Include an Immense Indemnity, as Well as Loss of Poland, Lithuania and All Baltic Provinces, Along With Riga and Moon Island; Teutons May Not Consent to Peace Without Further Conflict and Concessions BERLIN, Feb. 20 (via London). —German forces on the Russian front advanced'yesterday to the northeast and east of Dvinsk, the Ger man war office announced to-day. The text of the statement adds that 2,500 prisoners, several hundred guns and a great amount of rolling stock were taken. Amsterdam, Feb. 20. "Wc can no longer believe in the pacific intentions of Russia and must see that peace and order prevail in the occupied regions of the adjoining countries. Dr. \on Kuclilmann, the German foreign minister, declared in addressing the Reichstag main committee vestcrdav. The foreign minister said lie hoped Germany's new war with Russia would strengthen the inclination for peace at Petrograd. "I'.ven to-day, he added, we arc picparcd to conclude a peace which corresponds with our interests." The foreign secretary read the wireless dispatch from the Bolsheviki announcing that they found it necessary to sign a peace agreement on the terms dictated by the Central Powers. He said iie would like to warn the members of the Reich stag Main Committee against the belief that peace with Russia was in their pockets, adding. '"Peace with Russia will have been arrived at only when the signatures on the treaty are dry." GERMAN DRIVE FORCES RUSSIA TO SIGN PEACE Bolsheviki, It Is Reported, Offer to Accept Brest- Litovsk Terms Rondon, Feb. 20.—The Russian I government has announced it is j forced to sign peace upon the con ditions proposed by the Teutonic j allies at Brest-Litovsk. An official declaration to that ef-j feet hs.s been transmitted by wire-1 less to the German government. The i text as received here, follows: The Council of People's Commis- [ saries protests against the fact that ! the German government has directed its troops against the Russian Coun cil's republic, which lias declared the war was at end, and which is de mobilizing its army on all fronts. The Workmen's and Peasants' j government of Russia could not an- I ticipate such a step because neither j directly or indirectly has any one of! the parties which concluded the | [Continued on I'agc 10.] THRIFT is what has won wars SAVE a quarter every chance [ cents buys a J Thrift Stamp j THE WEATHER For llurrlshurg it ml vicinity* Fair iiihl iioridf<ll>- collier to-night nail Thursday, with n colli wave to-night; lowt'Ml temperature to-night nbout I ' 2 degrees. For Fnstcrn Pennsylvania: Fair and much eolder to-night and Thursday! cold unve to-night; | strong went to north weM uindN. Hiver ICnin, with high temperature tlur- Inu the lust twenty-four hours, caused slight to deelded rises in nil stream* >f the Susqne lianna river system, Much colder weather Im following the storm itnd the melting of Know how ceiiMed over the greater part of the watershed. \o flood Ntage.H are likely to occur, ex cept ia the Went Branch, where the flood point ham already heen reached in place*. There IN prohahly enough water now moving to lift the lee gorge at .lerxey Shore. The river at Wll- 1 liamsport will prohahly reach flood stage If the gorge pas*e* out to-day. A Mage of ahout 10.7 feet IM indicated for llarrls hurg Thursday morning, with <i higher Mage during the day* if the Went (Branch lee muven. ' General Condition* The Htorm I* moving off the Xorth Atlantic con*!. It cau*ed gen eral rain* over the eastern half of the country with *ome snow on it* western edge anil a gen eral rl*e of 2 to 2'2 degrees In temperature In the Atlantic und Fast liult State*. Temperature! H a. m., 411. Sunt Rise*, 0:30 a. m.; set*, 5t29 p. m. Moon: Full moon, February 23, 4:34 p. in. River Stage: 7.1 feet above low water mark. Yenterday'a Weather Highest temperature, 4."i. I .owe*! temperature, US. j Mean temperature, 30. * Normal temperature, .'MI. ( • —• V German Socialists Plan Munitions Strike on March 1 11 y Associated Press London, Feb. 20.—The German 1 | independent Socialists are ar ' ranging for a demonstrative j strike in the munitions factories j of the empire commencing March j ; 1, according to information re- | i ceived from Berlin and forward- ■ ed by the Amsterdam correspon- I dent of the Exchange Telegraph ] Company. RUSSIA GETS NO REPLY FROM HUNS: j ON FORCED PEACE Unprepared For Warfare, j Bolsheviki Compelled to Accept Hard Terms Washington, Feb. 20/—Gcr | many has not yet replied to the j | Dblsheviki offer to accept an ! | enforced peace. Ifcr armies, j ! haying occupied Dvinsk and' Lutsk, continue the invasion of; Great Russia on a front of more! than 400 miles and from the Gulf j ! of Riga to Lutsk. Menaced by the power of I German militarism, the 801, , sheviki government, unpiepared i for warfare and its armies partly de- { i mobilized, agreed to accept the hard I [terms refused but a few days agol jat Brest-Ritovsk. It is uncertain, whether the back-down on the part! of Greet Russia will halt the on- j ! word march of tlie Germans who ! ; may intend to capture a great por-I I tion of Russia, torn as it is by I | internal strife. • i Bolsheviki power depends greatly I 1 upon making peace, the cry for | which has caused the overthrow of , I three other Russian governments i j within a year. In agreeing to a Ger- I J man peace, the Bolsheviki protest ! I against the invasion. Russian army j ! units have been ordered to propose ! j to the invading Germans troops that | j they refrain from fighting. Should j [Continued on Page 11.] Undertakers Brave River Flood After Four Days to Bury Fanner's Wife Undertakers were unable to reach! Shelly's Island, near Goldsboro, from I Saturday afternoon until last evening,' and Mrs. William Myers, aged 42, who died there, Saturday afternoon, was] i left unattended for four days. High j 1 water caused by the breaking of the I | ice jam, made it impossible for under- ! takers to reach the dead body. ; -Mr. Myers, the woman's husband.! I went to the side of the island on I | the Royalton side, but was unable to > reach the mainland. lie telephoned • for an undertaker, but although the i I funeral directors endeavored to brave • the waters, they found it utterly im possible. Yesterday afternoon Zieg-i ler and Sons, undertakers, embarked on a sandflat and finally managed to jreach the island, where they found I the body, and embalmed it. The! inland Is situated near Goldsboro, in • tht* middle of the river. Mrs. Myers is survived by her hus band and six children. Funeral serv '•"*! to-morow morning: S ? clock at the Goldsboro Church of God. SCHOOL I'ERMIT ISSUED C. W. Strayer, contractor for the erection of the addition to the Camp Curtin building so that it can be used for a Junior High school, to day took out a permit so that con struction work can be started. The permit was for a $170,500 struc i tur<-. i 4 HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1918. NEW HUN WAR ON RUSSIA FAILS TO WIN APPROVAL j Press of Two Countries Re-! veals Fact That Russian Drive Is Unpopular By Associated Press j Rondon, Feb. 20.—Germany's new I war against Russia apparently is not I popular with the German or Austrian people, according to comment in the press of tho two countries. I When the Brest-Litovsk negotia | tions closed all talk in Germany was lof peace. The schoolchildren were I given a holiday and joybells were \ ling. The public apparently did not j discriminate between peace with the j Ukraine and with Great Russia, but | acclaimed it as a general peace with ' Russia. | Georg Bernhard, in the Vossische Jieitung, emphasizes this point and I wants an explanation of who was j responsible for this disappointment. [Continued on I'age 11.] Lutheran War Workers Report Progress in Big Drive For SIO,OOO Fund | All was action to-day in®the Ru -1 theran Church campaign to raise | SIO,OOO by Saturday night. John P. jl)app. treasurer of the Dauphin j i ounty committee, said this morn | ing that the entire squad of can | vassers were working rapidly, money I being turned in to the various cap | tains. There has been no estimate I of the amount thus far raised and none will bo given out until to-mor row noon. I Dauphin county has thirty Ru ! theran congregations, though some i are without a pastor, and each one of I these must be carefully canvassed, j A number of independent contribu- I tions have arrived and the treasurer | believes that Ilarrisburg and Steel | ton will give such a good account I that the sum will be raised handily. Low Point of Allied Shipping Is Reached, War Officials Believe fly Associated Press j Washington, Feb. 20.—The low j point of available allied shipping has ' been passed, two or three weeks j earlier than officials expected arid , confidence was expressed to-day that j the amount of shipping available for j the future would increase steadily. Several factors were said to have | contributed to advancing the amount | of available tonnage. Included among I them were the increased efficiency : of the offensive against the suhma ' rines and the beginning of deliver | ies from American shipyards. The transfer of neutral shipping | to trade outside of the war zone, I thereby releasing allied tonnage for j trans-Atlantic service, also contrlhut ! Ed to the increase of available bot- I toms. Improvement in harbor de i fenses and facilities in France, so as • to facilitate the unloading of trans | ports, likewise tended to speed up I the release of ships. Ukraine Brings to Germany Much Food, Declares Dr. Seydler fly Associated Press Amsterdam, Feb. 20, —In ad ad dress to the lower house of the Reichrath at Vienna, Dr. von Seyd ler, the Austrian premier, declared that-under the peace treaty with the Ukraine there bad been placed at the disposal of the Central Powers the Ukraine's surplus of agricultural products. This surplus, the premier | asserted, was greater than the Cen tral Powers, at the most favorable I estimate, could transport. , UKRAINIAN PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC, WHERE BATTLE RAGES , j'fwfv scale or miles* 1 ) &ALTIC f-\ J LIVONIA 1 t .0. '. Jo I XXXXX. BATTLE LINE U CLAIMS' OF J -J 5- UKRAfNtAMS* i?£Jy\ PSKOV W&PAPT OF POLAND V CEDED TO UKRA/NfAM GERMAN / } J?)L •VITEBSK T HUAMIA • SMOLENSK •MOSCOW C f R Al S S I A \ WARSAW* y&REST-UTQvSK VORONEZH* CZ EX MCA/1 / kyA AUSTRIA- p HUNGARY ' tC ~^^^°r E % v ? °T COSSACKS I RUM AN I A**j,_>/ SC* <*tC^ This map shoys the extreme claims of the new "Ukmine People's Uepublic," running east and west ".4 0 miles and north and south 340, containing more territory than Germany. The population oC this ter ritory is about 28,000,000. In Kiev, the capital, which is indicated by a circle, some 4,000 were killed in lighting: between the Ukrainians and the Bolsheviki government of Petrograd, and battle rages all through that neighborhood. Germany has backed the new republic by making a peace treaty, despite her negotiations with Foreign Minister Trotsky's Bolsheviki government. in the extreme western end there is a small piece of Poland which Germany ceded to the new republic. DATE FOR NEXT DRAFT NOT FIXED BY SEC. BAKER New Plan Provides For One Hundred Thousand Selected Men Each Month Washington, Feb. 20.—Secretary Baker authorized the statement to day that no date has been selected for the beginning of the second draft. The government's disposition not to disturb the labor situation, par ticularly on farms at the planting season, is one of the factors enter ing into the situation. The provost marshal general's of j flee, it is understood, is disinclined to go anead with the second draft until Congress has perfected the law by pending amendments to change [the basis of apportionment and to authorize the President to call into [the military service men skilled in i industry and agriculture regardless j of previous classification. Plans for the second draft include I calling 100,000 a month until the I second quota is complete. In that way | officials expect, to avoid much of the confusion which accompanied the first call. The men will report | in a steady stream and be assimilat ed into the military machine before the next lot is received. It has been definitely settled that the first contingents will be used to fill vacancies in National Guard di- Wsions caused by the withdrawal of men for the organization of special technical units. Similar vacancies in the National Army divisions will have been filled by that time from the tinal increment of the first draft. Engineer Killed When Engine and Cars Slide Down Sagging Trestle Warren, Pa., Feb. 20. Flood dam age in this section exceeds two hun dred thousand dollars. The four-mile gorge at Corydon, seventeen miles up-stream from here, broke early to-day. The heaviest damage is there where a score of homes and business places have been wiped out. Residents, previously Warned, had fled to the hills. Two washouts on the Pennsylvania ltail road have severed rail communication. Thomas Multen, engineer, aged 58, was killed to-day when his engine went through the wooden bridge over the Clarendon branch of t.he Tionesta. near Barnes, this county. W. R. Briz zard, fireman, sustained a broken hip. Two coaches carrying passengers slid down the sagging trestle to the water. , Captain Stine Arrives From Camp Hancock Captain Henry M. Stine, who is recovering from uremic poisoning, to-day telegraphed friends here that he would arrive home from Camp Hancock on an afternoon train. A number of county officials went to the station to meet him. Captain Stine probably will re sume his duties later as county commissioner. His physical condi tion being such that it is doubtful it he can again go back Into the serv ice. Captain Stine left the city last summer as commander of Company C of the old Eighth Regiment. CHURCHMEN TO WORK ONLY FOR DRY CANDIDATES County Convention Ratifies Proposed Prohibition Amendment Text of Resolutions Adopted by "Drys" WHEREAS, The Prohibition Amendment has passed the United States Congress by the required two-thirds vote, and is now before the states for adop tion; and. Whereas, The time is at hand for the selection of candidates for tho legislature of Pennsyl vania at the primaries; therefore, Resolved, I—That we, the delegates oi" the Ratification Convention of Dauphin county, pledge ourselves not to vote for or support any candidate who does not make an explicit pledge to vote for Na tional Constitutional Prohibition, and whose record and character does not secure fidelity. 2—That we earnestly urge such organization in the county that this pledge may be presented to every voter in Dauphin county for his favorablo action. 3—Tlyit a central committee lie appointed, to consist of fifteen persons, of which an executive committee shall be chosen to con sist of five persons. That the central committee shall appoint committees in each of the fol lowing districts Harrisburg, south and north county. These district committees in turn shall appoint committees in every pre cinct and township to carry on the work. 4—That the central committee shall present these resolutions to all church, fraternal, labor and other organizations in the county for favorable action and that the co-operation of such organizations be secured. s—That we refer all matters concerning tho pledge and rec ords of candidates to the central committee, especially emphasiz ing the importance of unqualified support of men whose record in the Legislature is satisfactory. t>—That details of organization and finances be referred to the central committee to work out. The prohibition ratification con vention for Dauphin county closed in Grace Methodist Church last evening with a forceful address by Frank B. Willis, ex-Governor of Ohio, whose plea for immediate ac tion and co-operation of all dry voters was received with ringing applause by an audience that tilled the auditorium. The convention ac complished everything it had planned and a machinery was built up in a short time for practical work which, it was predicted, will eventually help to make the nation in three years "dry as a powder horn." The Rt. Rev. James Henry Dar lington. Bishop of the Harrisburg [Continued on I'agc 10.] TO faVl'. PORK ROAST The West End Republic Club will give a pork roast supper to-morrow evening. There will be singing by the W. E. R. Club quartet. CITY TO GET A CENTRAL COAL BUREAU APRIL 1 Flat Rate For Next Year Is Planned by Retail Dealers A Central Coal Bureau, at which will be sold all coal In tho city on a proportionate basis to 11 consum ers, anil a Hut coal rate, are projects under way by the Dauphin County Coal Commission to avert a repetition of the coal shortage here next win ter that has gripped the city dur ing the present winter. April 1, beginning the new coal year, all coal in the city will be sold from the central oflice, and de livered by the dealer best able to supply tho grade of coal desired, situated nearest to the consumer, ac cording to announcement of Koss A. llickok, chairman of the Dauphin county coal commission, this morn ing. Tho project of a coal clearing house in the city has been under discussion for some time, and Mr. [Continued on Page o.] Jewish Children Not Lagging in Support of Great War Relief Fund The Jewish children of Harris burg are not lagging behind their elders iji contributions to the war relief and welfare work fund, which to-day had passed the $20,000 mark. At the Orpheuni theater Monday night one of the contributions sent to Dr. Krass on the stage was a child's bank, tilled with pennies and rnlckcls, and using it as an example of what the grown-ups should do, Dr. Krass coaxed hundreds of dol lars from his audience. The children of the Ohev Sholom religious school, tho Ohev Sholom Juniors, the Y. M. It. A. religious school and a large number of chil dren not in any organization are among the contributors to the fund. Non-Jewish Woman l.ilicral One of the heavy non-Jewish con tributors to the fund is a well known Harrisburg woman who gave her check for a largo sum of money Monday afternoon and told the com mittee which visited her that if at the mass meeting it was desired that she make the donation larger she was to be called on the telephone immediately when she would author ize any additional sum required. The ten teams which are canvass ing the Jewish residents of Harris burg and Steelton met with consid erable success yesterday, but while the total sum raised is far above what was originally intended, the canvass will continue, because the need for money both in the warring European countries and in the. Unit ed States Army training camps js very great. HIT .BY ICNUIXE William R. Trout, agde 4G, 214 4 North Fifth street, a flagman on the Pennsylvania railroad, suffered from bruises of the back when he was struck by an engine qt Marysvllle. He was taken to thfc Harrisburg Ilorpital. Single Copy, 2 Cents BRASS BUTTONS ON UNIFORMS NOT FOR AMISHMEN Two of Sect Hide in Moun tains to Escape Service in the Army CLASSED AS DESERTERS Draft Board Officials Offer !j>so Reward For Their Capture All because an inconsiderate gov ernment wants to put them into uni forms fastened together with wick ed buttons, two draft registrants in Mifflin county are causing no end of trouble to the draft ollicials, and have held up the otherwise well oiled machinery of the draft proce dure. Seth Voder and Jacob B. Stultztus, members of the religious order of Amishmen, are two conscientious objectors to the brass buttons, who have hooked and eyed themselves together into a buttonless compact to resist the ignoble buttons to the \ erv last. The men are laborer farm ers, living in the Kishacoquillas Val ley, in IWilllin county. Yoder lives at Barville, and Stultzfus at Delville, and for many months have deiied ail [Continued on I'age ".] Asks Senate to Receive Expert Testimony on Cost Washington, Feb. 20.- I'resident Baldwin, of the International Ship building Corporation, having the much attacked I log Island, I'a., yard contracts, to-day asked the Senate Commerce Committee to receive tes timony of impartial experts on the cost of the work. The committee will decide' on its action later and meanwhile the Department of Jus tice is investigating whether there has been any misuse of government money. ; ® irkitiHc. ® 4 f i* T It PURCHASE OF TUBES RECOMMENDED f *z <l |t Washington—Purchase by the government (or about <| - k -.; cl pneumatic n i! tube ; terns in 4* yn, Philadelphia, B st n, CI V A St. Louis wU be recommended by thp joint congressional X * I committee which has completed an investigation and i* *f n . #2 i preparing its rep rt, it was announced to-day. t NO EXTPA SESSION STATEMENT T l| ment £ 2 r- - .ii j.- '.i ■ : Brumbaugh return.-; from Florida," T t"■ made to inquiries about possibilities of >§* At session of the Legtslat the Execu * * tive department. Attorney General Brown declined to T di: u ; the matter. J ENEMY ALIENS TAKEN TO CAMP J *t New York—Fourteeh enemy aliens, including Baron < j|Vqn 1 E klingh. who have bet led at Ellis J "* Islan ent in u to the prison j|* * • f Georgia. Sixt en other enemy *§ $< J, JL alien! were to be picked up at various cities enroute. I* T LOCK HAVEN IS FLOODED £ t Harrisburg—The State Water Supply Commission to- ►. day announced telegrams telling of rapid rise in the West X at Lock II yen. because of the gorge at. Jersey V & Shore. Part of the lower part of Lock' Haven ir. flooded. \t FIRE CAUSES HEAVY LOSS * £ I "z fci* Rochester, N. Y. —Fire in Seneca Falls early to-day JT 14* caused property damage of nearly sido,ooo'. The Gquld 4? ' [ % bli/ck. on Fall street, was entirely destroyed with its cor ents nnd an adjoining block partially ruined. t i | FARM LOANS FOR JANUARY jjt €j -j % j Washington—The Farm Land Banks loaned in X <*♦ January $11,787,000. • 4 I* SEIZE ENEMY FIRMS % 2* Manila, P. I Acting on behalf of the custodian of *f* € H alieii enemy property. Governor Harrison to-day seizec | , t nine German and Austrian firms in Manila, naming one X ••British ?nd eight American receiyers. The provincial Hh 4 branches of thepc houses were closed and placed in the X * toj hands of the constabulary, pending action by the receivers. * 5 ± MARRIAGE ? f •* C'hnrln Ilarrln. llrrryaliurK, nnri Kntliryn !•:. Kochrr, Ljr ken* townhlp. HOME EDITION TEUTONS PLAN CRUSHING BLOW ON WEST FRONT Both Germans and Allies Arc Ready For Expected Offensive MASSING PICKED TROOPS Through Shock Battalions, Intensively Trained, Huns Hope to Win Success By Associated Press Washington, Feb. 20.-r-Aftcr extensive preparations silently and systematically carried 011, it is apparent that both the Ger mans and the allies arc ready for the long expected offensive in the west, Secretary Baker says to-day in his review of mili tary operations for the week ending February 16. "While there have been out wardly no new developments in the military situation in the west dur ing the period under review," says the communique, "yet it is apparent that both the enemy and the allies, after extensive preparations which have been silently and systematic ally carried on are ready for battle. The Germans have recently with drawn a number of their veteran west front units from the first lino [Continued on Page #.] UKPAIK ST ATI: STKKICT lIHIDGtt Extensive repairs to the State street bridge were started to-day by Commissioner Lynch. According lo | the city ollicial a number ,of tiia girders will be strengthened and oth er repairs will be necessary. Con struction work on the small bridge over Asylum run in North Cameron street has been delayed because o£ weather conditions, but the struc ture will probably be finished in a few weeks.
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