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LXXXVII— No. 52 22 PAGES
AMERICAN CONSUL
LEAVES PETROGRAD;
GERMANS ADVANCE
U. S. Representative, Who Remained in Russian Capital
After Departure ol Ambassador Francis, Now Leaves,
Is Dispatch From Stockholm; Little Is Kmrwn of the
Actual Conditions; Teuton Advance likely
By / \ocicted Press
London, March 1. s?he Russian peace delegates
at Brest-Litovsk were informed hostilities would cease
only when the peace treaty was signed, says a Russian
official statement received here to-day. Three days were
allowed for the negotiations, beginning to-day.
Stockholm. Thursday,
Petrograd, where he remained after the embassy s departure, j
according to information reaching the American legation here, j
The consulate was taken over by the Norwegian consul.
This bare report appears to indicate the situation in Petro
grad has taken an unexpected turn for the worse in view of the
fact that the latest previous messages from the Russian capital
said the American consul would remain there after the departure
of the ambassador and his staff in order to keep in touch with the
American legation here and with the State Department.
Only meager dispatches have come through from Petrograd
in the last twentv-four hours-
London. March I.—The British
ami French cm hassles liave left
Petrograd, says a telegram from the]
Russian Ofliclal News Agent?)' In j
Petrograd and which bears no date. (
If, as is indicated from Stock-1
holm. Ambassador Francis has loft.
Petrograd. the departure of the.
British and French embassies, takes
from the Bolsheviki capital tlie rep-|
1 esentatives of the three most im~ j
portant Entente countries. *|
George W. Buchanan, the British j
ambassador to Russia, some weeks|
ago left Petrograd on a leave of Jib
sence. F. O. Undley. the councillor j
of the embassy, has been charge d -
affairs. The French ambassador to
Russia is Maurice Paleologue.
The American consul in Petrograd
who staved behind after the depar
ture of Ambassador Francis and his
staff, also has left the Russian cap
ital and the consulate has been
taken over by the Norwegian consul.
It is felt in Stockholm, where this (
report is received that the situation i
in Petrograd has taken an unexpect- j
ed turn for the worse as the Ameri-,
can consul was to remain there to j
keep in touch with the State Depart- j
ment. The British and French em-1
bassies also have left the Russian,
capital. , „ !
Only the meager reports from I et- (
rograd have been received in Stock-.
holm and there are no late advices (
from London, the last dispatch re- j
ceived there from Petrograd having
reported that the Bolsheviki resist-:
ance was stiffening. ,
i
Ask David Kaufman
what he thinks of
$4.13=55.00
as the real thing.
g£T He'll tell you how
to get it.
j THE WEATHER
For llnrrlsburg unci vicinity) Fair
to-night and probably Sntur
dnyt nut murh rlinn(r In tem
perature. to-night about
ilfßrfe*.
For Knalrrn Pennsylvania: Gen
erally fair to-night nnd Satur
day: somewhat colder to-night
In north portion; urnlle to mod
fral* north nlndn.
BlTfr
llfnvy ralna In thr laat lunitj
four honra rmiNrd derided rlam
In thr I ppcr North Rranrh and
its tributaries. with indications
that thr wntera will approarh
and ponaibly reach thr lluuil
point at place* In that stream
to-night and Saturday. Pine
•uq|J| (|qi|Ojd pun i|tMi
tarle* of thr Wfit Rranrh had
heavy ralna and are rl*inc rap
idly. The Wmt Ilraneh will
rUr, but probably not enough to
rrneh the flood atage at any
point. The Juniata und the mnin
river will continue to fall to
night and probably till late
Satnrday. when the main rlTer
will begin to rlae. A atage of
about U.ft feet la Indicated for
Harriaburg Saturday morning.
General Condition*
The atorm that wna central over
\rkansas. Thursday morning,
haa moved rapidly northraat
ward. and la now panning sea
ward off the Southern New F.ng
■| U|BJ pMniD )| iauo.l puu|
the laat twenty-four hours In
the Middle Atlantic Statea and
New Fngland and In the Ohio
and Middle Mlaslaalppi valleya
and In Texaa and rnln, aleet and
snow over the southern portion
of the Lake Region.
Temperature! S a. m., SR.
Sunt Rises, 0i24 a. m. I sets, "i3#
p. m.
Mooni Rises, i 23 p. m.
River Staget 10.4 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
lllgheat temperature, 80.
I.oweat temperature, SS. ,
Mean temperature, 44.
Sorl temperature, 32.
There has been no other confir
mation that the German advance into |
Great Russia has been halted, but j
the Berlin war office in two days has [
reported little progress. Delayed dis- |
patches from Petrograd, however. |
say the Germans have retired from j
I.uga midway between Pskov and j
Petrograd. and that the Bolsheviki!
still hold Pskov. The Germans have I
been unable to cross -.the Beresina
river, northwest of Minsk, in their j
advance in the direction of Moscow, j
Advance Into Russia
Continues, London Hears;
Hun Progress Is Slow
By /Issoeiated Press
London, March I.—Dispatches re
ceived by the Exchange Telegraph
Company, filed in Petrograd at C
o'clock last night, indicate the Ger
man advance into Russia has been
resumed.
A forward movement by the invad- !
ers of some thirty-five miles beyond
Polotzk, midway between Dvinsk and
Vitebsk, is reported in these advices. !
the Germans pushing on despite Hhe
fact that the railway had been blown '
up and the stores of provisions in
their way destroyed.
German troops also are reported to
be moving slowly towards l.uga from !
Pskov, at which place they are said j
to have concentrated a division of !
infantry, supported by cavalry and
heavy and light artillery.
The Germans likewise are declared '
to be moving on .Sebezh, eighty miles I
northeast of Dvinsk.
Berlin, March 1. via Rondon.—
German troops, continuing their ad-'
vance in Russia, have reached the
Dnieper river, the war office an
nounces. Austro-Hungarian troops
have begun an advance into
Ukraine, over wide sectors north of
the Pruth. The movement of Austro- !
Hungarian troops, the statement
says was begun in response to an ap- j
peal from Ukraine.
The German advance to the!
Dnieper was made through Northern |
Ukraine. The Germans also have i
reached the line Kiev-Shmerinka j
near Fastoff apd Kasatin.
President's Message Read
Throughout Russia; Four
Million Copies Scattered
Washington. March I.—The Com-j
mittec on Public Information to-dav j
announced official advices from its'
representative in Petrograd that
Ambassador Francis and his staff,
the American consulate, the military
mission and the Red Cross rqpre
sentatives all left Petrograd for
Vologda by railroad on the night of •
February 27.
The advice came by cable from \
Edgar G. Sisson, the committee's;
representative in the Russian cap
ital. I
Representatives of the informa- !
tion committee, it was said to-day. '
will remain in Petrograd for tlie I
present to carry on the educational J
and informational work with which '
they are. charged. Rast reports show !
the circulation of the President's ad- ;
dress on January 8, virtually Is com- j
pleted throughout Russia. The total, I
it is said, is over 4,000,000 copies! j
including separate printing and dis
tribution at Tiflis, Vladivostok. Odes- J
sa. Rostov, Omsk and Chita, but not
including 1,500,000 newspaper ar-i
tides and an incalculable amount i
of partial printing and editorial I
comment which automatically fol- 1
lowed.
In addition, it was said 1,300,000
messages printed in German went
through the northern lines of the
Germany army. About 200,000 were
successfully worked through the
southern and central fronts.
The committee also said that the;
German and Austria! prisoners in'
Russia were provided with copies of i
the address.
RETURNS TO PETROGRAD
By Associated Press
Rondon, March I.—The Russian
Council of People's Commissioners
has decided to return to Petrograd,
says an official Russian statement re
ceived here to-day. The removal of
elements of the population valueless
in the defense of the capital is being
continued however.
Gold and other valuables continue
to be shipped away from the city,
statement adds. a
HARRISBURG, PA.; FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1918
THE VOICE OF THE BEAST
PERRY-JUNIATA
NEW 'DRY' JUDGE
IS J. N. KELLER
Well-Known Lawyer and cx-
Legislator, of Mifflintown,
Named by Governor
Governor Brumbaugh to-day ap- 1
pointed Jeremiah X. Keller, a prom- j
inent attorney of Mifflintown, Juni
ata county to be judge of the
Juniata-Perry district to fill the va
cancy caused by the death recently
of Judgd Seibert.
The district is "dry" by reason of
the fact that Judge Seibert declined
to grant any licenses for the sale of
liquor, and the condition will re
main unchanged under Judge Keller, j
who has been a leader in inanv!
movements against the granting of I
licenses in Juniata county for many
years.
Judge Keller is well known
throughout the district. He has been
practicing law in Juniata county for
twenty-eight years. He has "been
prominent politically, having been
a member of the legislature from
Juniata county in 1897-98. lie was j
born in Monroe township, Juniata,
August 1, 186S, and was educated in
the public schools. Airy View Acad
emy and the Central State Normal
school at hock Haven. He taught
school for ten years and was udmit
ted to the bar in December, 1888,
since which time he has been in ac
tive practice. He was elected to the
House of Representatives in 1896
and served one term. He has a host
of friends ii Juniata county. i
FOOD SUPPLY IN
CITY IS AMPLE
EXCEPT SUGAR
Survey of Wholesale and Re
tail Shops Shows Satis
factory Condition
That there 's an ample supply of
all food:' on hand, with the excep
tion of sugar, was shown by a sur
vey oC the food situation in Har
risburg made by the local food
adminiitration this morning. An
actual inventory of Harrisbnrg's
food resources is to be made every
[Continued on Pajfc 13.]
Veterans to Get Special
Rates, McAdoo Decides
Washington, March I.—Director-
General McAdoo has decided the
Confederate veterans shal have spe
cial rates and no interfrrenc e of
tiansportatlon to their reunion this
summer at Tulsa. Okla., and that
;he Grand Army of the Republic shall
have the same for Its meeting at
Portland. Ore. i
The special rates will bo one cent
i mil*.
BIG WAR STAMP
CAMPAIGN TO BE
CONDUCTED HERE
Get People Started Buying
Them and You Can't Stop
Them, Benderc Says
Members of the War Saving Stamp
campaign committee of Harrisburg
and Dauphin county were the guests
last evening of Chairman William
M. Donaldson at the Harrisburg
Club, to hear Edward C. Bendere,
of Philadelphia, assistant state di
rector, outline plans for a steady,
persistent effort for the sale of the
stamps here during the coming year.
Mr. Bendere was compelled to re
linquish a captaincy in the Army
because the Government drafted
him at $1 a year for this work, and
ho is giving up Ms own business
fContin ieil on Page 13.]
New York Deserted,
German Newspapers
Solemnly Tell Readers
By Associated Press
New York, March 1. —German pa
pers have informed their readers
that New York City for its protec
tion has girded itself with a barbed
wire fence 025 miles in length. The
Germans also have been told fifty
thousand soldiers are guarding the
port of New York, that rigorous
measures have befcn taken in Chica
go nnd elsewhere and that Hoboken
is deserted.
ALLIES PRESS
FOR U.S. REPLY
ON SIBERIA
Urge Quick Decision to Coun
teract German Activi
ties in East
London, March 1. —Japan's pro
posal with regard to Siberia and
their reception in Washington has
brought the question of Japan's ac
tive participation in military opera
tions to the forefront here, the de
velopments dominating the news col
umns of the papers. A Reuter cable
gram quoting an Associated Press
dispatch from Washington is given
great prominence by the morning
newspapers and is commented on
extensively. Some papers display
contributed articles setting forth the
Japanese view of the situation.
The bulk of the opinion favors
[Continued on I'acc 12.]
BIG PROPERTY SOI.f)
It is understood that title to the
property at 305 Market street, will
pass to-day from the heirs of Joseph
and Michael Strouse to George Co
loviras. Revenue stamps on the deed
indicate a consideration In excess
of $66,000. The sale was made by the
Commonwealth Truat Company.
Y.W.C.A.PLANS
NEW DORMITORY
j FOR 32 GIRLS
; Growth of Association Makes
Necessary Expansion in
Federal Square
I j When negotiations now under
' | way between the Young Women's
> t hnstian Association and the own
i ers of the Bailey property at 222
• 1' ederal Square have been complet
'! v the l hree-story brick building
, will be owned by the Young Women's
• i Christian Association, and will be
! i.converted into an annex to furnish
• lodging to two scofe girls employed
; | in the city.
I The lease is expected to bo sign
j 0(1 within a few days, and so soon
■ | as the present occupants move out
| renovations will be started to con
j vert the building into a suitable
j building for the housing of young
i women. It is expected that thirty
( two gitls will be accommodated in
j the annex. The growth of the Y.
W. C. A. has been so rapid that the
big quarters at Fourth and Walnut
; | streets already are too small.
Mrs. William Jennings, president
j of the Y. W. C. A., said this inorn
; ing'that the place may not be ready
i for tenancy by the Y. W. C. A. until
I I early summer. The present occu
j pants are allowing the association
I to remodel parts of the building dur
ing their occupancy to expedite the
i work of getting the building ready
• j for its future purpose.
II B. K. Poorman conducts a store
j on the first floor and the family of
i P. B. Ash occupies the other two
I floors at the present time.
NOT COAL ENOUGH
ON HAND TO STOCK
UP ON APRIL. IST
Supply For Next Winter Will
Not Be in Before
Sununcr
Contrary to expectations there will
be no open coal market for the
householders immediately after April
1, according to information available
to-day. Coal dealers and other au
thorities on the subject this morn
ing said that the supply of coal after
April 1 will not be such that house
holders can "stock up" at once for
next winter, as has been the .gen
eral impression.
Reports have been general that
after April 1 there will be ample
[Continued on Pae 13.]
LOCK HAVEN NO LONGER
I> NKRIJ OF Pt'xn.S
Mayor Cupper, of Ixick Haven, ves
tcrday Informed Mayor Keister that
unless an epidemic of pneumonia
breaks out in his town, no more
money from outside sources will be
needed. More than *SOO was raised
here and telegraphed to the Lock
Haven authorities.
YANKEES HAVE
QUICK REVENGE
ON HUN GUNNERS
Swift Retribution Falls on
German Batteries
Using Gas
PHOTOGRAPHS TAK E N
Airplanes Aid American Gun
ners to Locate the
I Minenwerfers
fly Associated Press
With the American Army in
France, Thursday. Feb. 2S. —Swift
retribution lias fallen upon the Ger
man batteries which this week bom
barded tlie American trenches north
west of Toul with gas shells. Amer
ican heavy artillery concentrated its
tire on the German minenwerfer bat
trrles for half an hour to-day and
obliterated the position.
Thus far six men have died from
j the effects of the German gas shells.
More than eighty are in hospital suf
fering from gas poisoning. Most of
these cases, however, are slight and
only one'man is reported to be in
a grave condition.
Photograph* Alii Gunner*
Airplane photographs aided the
j American in their destruc
j tlve fire against the German bat
j The photographs, taken yes
| terday, disclosed the exact location
j of the minenwerfers with the result
that it did not take the gunners
long to even up the score with the
enemy.
While the number of enemy shells
I falling within the American lines lias
! decreased slightly in the past twen
j ty-four hours, nevertheless the ur-
I cillery fighting has been lively.
While an empty American ammuni
-1 tion train was halted at a place
I called Dead Man's Point, a stray ene
j my shell dropped nearby and killed
j two men and two horses and wound
< ed four men.
Continue to Work I.inc
| In a certain town behind the front
! a German shell exploded near the
! door lending to a telephone dugout,
j blocking the passageway. The op
j orators in the dugout, although in
considerable danger, continued to
| work the important line, at the same
i time calling for help. Soldiers were
| sent to tlie dugout and the passage-
J way reopened. 1
The American artillery has kept
jup a constant harassing and de-
I structive fire on many vital enemy
j points such as crossroads and towns.
I German working parties were dis-
I persed effectively and once the 75s
! fired vigorously on a number of' Ge
rmans in a first-line trench, quickly
Mowing in the entire trencli sys
tem.
to-day the Germans attempt
i ed to retaliate for the destruction of
j the minenwerfer batteries. They
bombarded the American heavy ar
j tillery with their biggest guns, but
| with little effect.
American parties wore all over No
i Man's Ijind last night, but did not
| encounter any Germans.
The American sector now Is an
ocean of mud and constant work is
I necessary to keep the trenches, gun
| pits and dugouts free from water.
U. S. Soldiers at Front
Get Strict Orders to
Have Gas Masks Ready
By Associated rress
With the American Army in
France, March I.—Strict orders
were issued to-day to ail ranks in the
American sector of the battle front
I near Toul regarding gas precautions,
j The men were told they must keep
! their masks and respirators within
I quick reach at all times and were
■ warned that the slightest delay in
getting them on might mean death.
! A few more additional gas cases
developed to-day among the men
j who many hours after the gas shells
I had exploded, went to work in the
gassed area where the fumes, like
| water, remained in shell holes and
| other depressions in the e^rth.
Rumania Will Enter
Into Peace Negotiations
By Associated I'ress
London, March 1. —The peace
terms submitted to King Ferdinand,
1 of Rumania by Count Czernin, the
| Austro-Hungarian foreign minister,
j included the king's abdication in
, favor of his brother, Prince William,
l or the taking of a referendum in
! Rumania regarding' his successor,
i says a Berlin .dispatch transmitted
| by the Exchange Telegraph corre
j spondent at Amsterdam to-day.
Jassy, Rumania, Tuesday, Feb. 23.
—An ofHcial note announcing that
Rumania has decided to enter into
peace negotiations with the Central
Powers, declares reports that Ru-
I mania will accept peace at any price
| are untrue. The government, it is
| added, only will enter into negotia
| tions if assured these will be con
ducted on a basis acceptable in ev
ery respect.
SENATOR SMITH WTI<L
NOT ASK RE-ELEOTIOX
By Associated Press
Washington, March I.—Senator
William Alcjen Smith, of Michigan, a
Republican leader in the Senate, an
nounced to-day that he would not
be a candidate for re-election but
would leave the Senate when his
term expires March 4, next.
In retiring from Congress, Sen
ator Smith will end a service of 1
about twenty-five years. He first
I served in the House and came to the
Senate succeeding Senator Alger in
1907. Senator Smith said to-day he
would return to his home at Grand
Rapids to look after his newspaper
Rittt law practice and the affairs of a
von in the Army,
Single Copy, 2
GENERAL MARCH
SAYS CENSORSHIP
IS "LAMENTABLE"
America Should Know What
Is Going on, Declares
Chief of Slaff
THE YANKEES AME KEEN
Those on Baltic Lines Arc
Well Trained in Mod
ern Warfare
By Associated Press
An Atlantic Port, March 1. —Ma-
jor General Peyton March, new chief
of staff of the United States Army,
arrived hero to-day after nine
months abroad as chief of artillery
of the American expeditionary force.
He will immediately go to Washing
ton.
Describing the American troops
In France as so well trained in mod
ern warfare as to. he able to handle
themselves "with entire credit to the
Tnited States," General March said
the censorship was "lamentable"
and intimated he would advocate
that the regulations in this respect
be made less stringent, so people in
America might learn as much as
[Continued on Pago 13.]
Use of Wheat Substitutes
Urged by Administrator
Donnld McCormick, in a statement
to-day, urged the necessity for the
people of Dauphin county to use the
substitutes sold with wheat tlour
more abundantly and become accus
tomed to the use of the cereals they
have not hitherto used.
Mr. McCormick said a survey of
(lie food situation in Pennsylvania
has shown that there is twice as
much f the substitute commodities
in the state as wheat flour. lie
urges as a patriotic necessity that
ihe people use even more of the sub
stitute than necessary. Jic remind
ed that tiie nutritious .value of the
substitute is the same as that in
wheat flour.
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4 BLACKHAND LEAD* G ITS 15 YEARS 2
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leader and head of the band of the counterfeiters which
jC n dollars of spurioilt jfj
X :n dollar Federal Reserve I s to-day sea* *
4* rcnt in 2
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5 UCHIDA POSTPONES DEPARTURE 4
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K ui hai ;,ay th< Japanese arn* X
to Russia, Viscount Uchida, has postponed hw
T from Petrograd. It is believed, the dispatch #
* i ays that the Russian government has made a new pro- X
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4> MARRIAGE LICENSES ±
Morris C. llalley nnd Itath K. I'ulton, llnrrinbarKt ,Iee T„ *&.
*} Bernhelxrl and Helen A. Mnrkley, HarrLbura, Hmjamln S. Wtrlte. X
ej HaUlmre. and Anna M. Shown her. M.d> (iror,, William n, ItoK- "t"
em, Knrlonit, nnd Helen 11. Reed, Doylentowni Jacob A Holllnarr -Zj.
ej IlnrrUburn K. I>„ nnd Katharine S, Skunk, Mlddletovtn. T
ents HOME EDITION
MISS MORGAN,
WIDELY KNOWN
TEACHER, DIES
Taught in Public Schools of
City For Nearly Half
a Century
MAD BIG ACQUAINTANCE
Began Work When Sixteen
and Continued Until
Sixty
Miss Annie h. Morgan, one of tlVe
most widely-known public school
teachers In the city, who retired sev
eral years ago after nearly half a
century of service, died last evening
at S.GO o'clock at the home of her
brother, John P. Morgan, 116 Calder
street. She was 70 years old and
second oldest teacher in point of
service in the history of the pub
lic schools of the city.
It has been said of Miss Morgan
that she had a wider acquaintance
than any other person in Harrisburg.
In the cout-se of the forty-four years
in which she taught it is estimated
that nearly 2,000 boys fame directly
under her instruction. Thousands
more who attended schools in the
buildings where she taught knew
her.
There are scores of families in the
city where father and son received
instruction from Miss Morgan whoso
work for many years was in th'J
[Continued on Page 2.]
Prison Board Does Not
Elect Warden For Jail
No action was taken bv the Board
of Prison Directors on the election
of a secretary at the meeting to-duv.
Two of the members, Charles li. Covert
and AV. B. Meetcli, were not present;
iMa.ior Lano S. Hart president and
A. L. Ktter, one of the new member*
was acting secretary. After making
a brief inspection in the prison and
a few routine reports the board ad
journed.