.P - o{:f Agams* Wrongs mP*- ' ■•■ f ■'■•■: J W HARRISBURG ||Spl|l TELEGRAPH \ * 2l|t Slor-3n&cpcnftfn!, !.XXXVII— No. 236 14 PAGES D "&,W , HARRISBURG. PA.. WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1918. OJV 'LLK W 8 PA |'KV MV^HAHVLHUILITO^* 9 " TWO CEKT3 HOME EDITION NO ARMISTICE FOR GERMAN ARMY, PRESIDENT DECIDES ALLIES TO CLEAR OCCUPIED GROUND OF ALL INVADERS Only Problem Left Is 44 Terms" For Evacuation LATEST NOTE NOTHING NEW Yanks to Keep Up Good Work on Battlefield Hy Associated I*cess Washington, Oct. 23.—Gcr "niany's new note to President • Wilson, in official text, was'de livered to Secretary Lansing at R) o'clock this morning by Fred erick Oederlin, charge of the Swiss legation. The statement was authorized that there is nothing in the com munication to alter the decision of the President that he will not an armistice to the Al lies before the Germans evacuate ail occupied territory. Only One Problem Official intimation already has been given that the only ques tion for immediate consideration is whether there shall be a dis cussion of "terms" of evacuation while the Allied and American armies continue their work of k clearing Belgium and Northern France. Exchanges between Washington ami the Allied capitals have been in progress 011 the basis of the wire less version of the note received .Monday and it is regarded as cer tain that any reply the President may make will bo governed by the supreme war council in France. It was said the expected verbal differences in the wireless version Had the official text did not appear I 10 alter substantially the meaning of ' Ihe note. Secretaries. I.ansing and Daniels 1 and General March, chief of staff of the Army, were called to tlie White House shortly after noon, just as a , State Department messenger arrived ' to deliver the German note to the ! President. Secretary Daniels and General ! March remained only a short time, j leaving the President and Mr. Lans ing in conference. The new German note, an official j dispatch from Rome to-day says, | strengthens the belief there in ae- ; counts of the wretched internal sit uution in Germany and that complete 1 dismemberment of the Germanic al- , liance is at hand at the moment when j the Entente Allies are bound more: solidly together. It is said to be the unanimous * thought of the Italian people that the enemy must accept the terms de manded by the military leaders. Hun Chancellor Looks For Definite Answer; ! Fears Violent Peace | Copenhagen, Oct. 23.—"President Wilson's reply to the latest German t note may, perhaps, bring definite; certainty as to the result of the nego- I tiations," Prince Maximilian, the im-1 ' perial German chancellor, said to-1 day, according to a dispatch received 1 here from Berlin. "Till then, we; st prepare to resist a peace of! violence " Prince Maximilian continued: "Aj government which acted otherwise; •*> 4 would be left to the mercy of the i lighting and working people. It' would be swept away by public | opinon." THE WEATHER For Hnrrlxborg nnil vlclnltyi Fnir ll ■■ <1 nnrmrr to-nlgtali Thursday partly rloutly, priibnWly rain. For Kaotrrn Pennsylvania t Fair iinil nnmrivhiit nnrmrr fo-nlKhtl Thursday pnrtly cloudy, prob ably rnln In extreme next por tloni light xoiithrnxt In xonth winds. Hlvrr The mnln rlvrr will remain nrnr ly stationary. All Irlliularlrx nlll fall to-night II ml probably Thursday, except the I.ower 'k w exl llrnnrli nlll remain nearly alntlonary to-night. [ALLIES GAIN 59 MILES IN A GREAT ADVANCE By Associated Press Tills "war or defense" Is not fur distant. If military events continue to develop during; the near future as tliey have in the recent past. During the Inst ninety-seven days of lighting the Allies have .advanced along the line from I'ont-nu-Mousson to Xieuport. an average of alout twenty-eight ndies. This advance lias aggregated thirty-eight miles from Chateau-Thierry to Grand lup: lifty-nlne miles front Amiens to the Nanthre river and thirty eight front Dixtntidc to the Fccloo-Zeobrugge eattal. The grand average is held to a low figure by the fact that at tacks east of Khfiuts have not carried the German line hack, over permanent fortllieations and against desperate resistance, as far as the enemy wits forced to flee farther west and north. In tlds sector, the progress niade. however, is as important as much greater advances in some other parts of tlie front. V > MAX PLANSFOR DEFENSIVE WAR WITHIN BORDER i Collapse of Empire Is Feared by (iennany's Impcral Chpncellor KAISER FACES A CRISIS Many 'Reforms' Promised, All of Which Arc to Come After the War • By Associated Press , Copenhagen, Oct. 23.—Peace con-1 j versations between Berlin and Wash- 1 jington have reached a critical point,. {according to Prince Maximilian, the; iGeYman imperial chancellor, speak-1 •ing before the Reichstag yesterday I In the course of his address he.l 'urged that debate 011 the situation! 'urising.on the exchange of notes be-' 'tween himself and President Wilson be restricted as much us possible. , "The whole German people is anx- • ions to hear the views of the gov-' eminent regarding the prospects of j peace," he said, "but I am üble to! speak only with the greatest reserve and urge that the members of the; Reichstag limit debate, as is con-j sistent with the seriousness of the; hour. The whole German people' have been spoken to by President 1 Wilson anil this fact gives the ut-! terances of the representatives of i all parties addfcd force." Points People to Crisis ! "To-day, therefore, lam going to say only this regarding the interna-! I tional situatioif: The President's] ]first answer to the peace move of; the German government has in all) 1 countries brought the questions of a peace of justice or a peace of vio-l llence to the highest point," he con-] :tinued. "President Wilson's last note ; did not make clear to the German people how this public agitation will end. His next answer will, perhaps,' bring definite certainty. Until then] we must in all our thoughts and in our actions prepare for both even-, 'nullifies —first that the enemy gov-! [ernments are anxious for war, in j I which case there is no choice for us j [but to put ourselves in a posture of 1 defense with all the strength of our] people driven to the last extremity.' Fears Downfall of Umpire ! "Should this necessity arise, I j have no doubt that the German gov-] ernment, in the name of the German; people, will issue a call for national defense in 'he same way that it, spoke for the German people when 1 it took action for peace. He who f honestly took u stand on the basis j of peace also will undertake the duty, of not submitting to a peace of vio- ] [Continued oil Page 1-I.] Two Stolen Automobiles Returned by the Police; One oi Nine Missing Two automobiles reported stolen Monday night, were recovered by the police last night. Nine automobiles have been stolen in the city since October 1. Police have been so ac tive in recovering them that but one remains unaccounted for. The Ford tmiring car of Clarence Brlekley, 1836 Chestnut street, which was stolen from in front of the resi dence Monday night, was recovered at Twenty-third and Herr streets. An Overland roadster, stolen from Joseph T. McDermott, 142 Sylvan Terrade, was recovered by Officer Kettrow near the Colonial Country Club last night. The City's Splendid Emergency Hospital BAN TO REMAIN ON AMUSEMENTS; | FEW NEW CASES (physicians Who Fail lo Treat Sick Flayed by Health Officer ' "Although the epidemic situution , In Hari'isburK is steadily improving, | the ban closing all amusements, ! schools, saloons, wholesale liquor .stores and other places will be enforced Indeflnitey," Dr. J. 11. J. I Raunick, city health officer, said to j day, in answer to numerous queries I about when the restrictions would lie lifted. , j "If we are not careful now we can Ido more harm in twenty-four hours | than we could remedy in a month. I I want every one to cohtinue observ ing the closing-orders and 011 Satur-" ; day night ah business places and • stores are to close again at 0.30' o'clock. We ajre determined to use I every possible means to stop the dis | ease and will not take any chances with a second outbreak because of lifting the quarantine ban too soon. ' Harrisburgers must be patient. It is far better to keep things closed, prevent large gatherings and stop 'the sickness and death, than to let .the places open too soon, and have' a repetition of conditions, with j thousands more victims and huh- Idreds of deaths. N'ccd of (Quarantine "The danger point Will soon be I past, but if the closing orders are not continued residents of the city j would only be subjected to contagion and there is certainly 110 one who, would want another outbreak of the disease." L)r. Raurtic-k concluded. The number of new cases is de c-reusing dqily, physicians report, and at the emergency hospital, Fifth and Seneca streets, there are less than seventy patients now. Four new cases wero admitted, and about a dozen patients discharged. Two deaths occurred there to-day. Both of the patients were brought to the j hospital in a critical condition. Theyj were James Jones, 1208 Derry [Continued on I'ngc 12.] Yankee Flyers Respond to Signals For Aid in Raid; Down Three Enemy Planes With the American Army North west of Verdun, Oct. 23.—The clear weather early yesterday morning per mitted of some aerial work and the Americans downed a Hannover bi plane at Bayonville, a Rumpler at Buzancy and a balloon In the vicin ity of Tatlly. Fifteen American night fliers re sponded to alert signals when the Gewpans raided the front and ba£k areAs and searched for the enemy airmen up and down the lines. One American saw the tracer bullets of a German tiring his machine gun at a supposed troop movement hut he was unable to engage the enemy raider. Police Take Man on Way From Store With 12 Quarts of Liquor Sylvester Wilson, 650 Briggs street, was arrested by City Detec tive Carson and Patrolmen Whiting and Jackson, about 4 o'clock this 'morning on the churge of breaking jinto the liquor store of Samuel Katz man. 1207 North Seventh street, and stealing twelve quarts of liquor val ued at S2O. Entrance to the store was gained j through the rear. A window was ipried open with a screw driver. Po lice arrested Wilson us he was eonr- Mng away from the store with the 1 liquor In a basket. . City health officials have found that the open-air scchool at Ninth and Seneca streets could not be equaled as an emergency hospital. Ideal conditions prevail there since it has been converted into such an insti tution and sceres of patients have been under treatment or arc still being cared for. Above are shown interior• views at the hospital. The upper one was taken in the children's ward, in the center of the picture is a nurse holding an eight-ntonth-old baby boy from Steelton who was found in the anna \>f another little tot on the steps at the en trance to the building. Below is a view of the light, well-equipped kitchen with some of the nurses pre paring meals for putients. CITY'S TREES TO GET ATTENTION IN "DUE TIME" Political Fences tldt Mbre At tention Than Shade Problems Docs the commissioner of the city park department have authority, to order tiie removal of two old silver ■maple trees In Race street, near Hanna, which have groArn out over the highway and are now a danger ous obstruction to congested traffic? Commissioner Cross, of the park department, asked ' practically that question of the other members of Council yesterday when he called their attention to the two trees and said they should be removed. Jn other words he apparently forgot that under city ordinances shade trees are under the jurisdiction of the city forester, (Hurrisburg has none because Gross didn't appoint one) and that the city forester is di rectly responsible to the park com missioner. So, after lite Council meeting yes terday, Mr. Gross in his usual fash ion casually remarked:" 1 was just wondering who had jurisdiction _to [Continued on Page 12.] 200,000 Recruits For Navy to Bring Personnel of the American Force to 700,000 By Associated Press Washington, Oct. 23.—Two hundred thousand recruits for the Navy will be needed in the coming year, main ly to nran merchant ships in govern ment service. Secretary Daniels has informed the House Naval Committee, in favoring passage of a 'bill for the purchase of 520 acres of land for en largement of the Hampton Koads training station. This increase would bring the naval personnel to more than 700,000 men, compared with 54,000 at the begin ning of the war. MUNITION WORKKHS STKIKK Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 23.—Nearly 2,-. 000 machinists and toolmakcrs of this city walked out to-day, affecting six plants working on war orders. De ma'nds asking on an average ten cents per hour more were refused. A number of women workers are in cluded and a general strike in the city Is threatened. A representative of the War Labor Hoard is expected to be sent here Immediately to pre side at a conference of employers and workers. EIGHT-HOUR DAY ! BOOSTS WAGES AT C. I. & STEEL CO. Big Munitions Plant Adds $.'10,000 a Month to Heavy Payroll The Central Iron and Steel Com pany today announced that tlie big plant now working ulmojst entire-, i ly on government contracts has been i placed on the eight-hour day. Be i tween 1,500 and 1,600 men are af -1 fected. j Officials of the company said in making the announcement that the change would mean an addition of $30,000 to the payroll -each month, j The official announcement signed by Robert H. Irons, president of the j company, follows: "The Central Iron and Steel Com ' pany recognizes the principle of the i basis eight-hour day and effective ! November 1 all hourly, turn and : tonnage men will receive time and half time l for all turns over eight | hours worked in one turn, Sundays land holidays to be considered same I as week duys." j Many o: the men now work twelve : hours a day while others have ten j hour tracks. For t hese employes the | additional pay will be considered. J ; The same policy recently was an i nounced at the Steelton plant of the ! Bethlehem Steel Company. "Weary Willies" Dig For War; Bring Up S7OO N'cw York Oct. 23.—Members of the "hoboes" union who assembled on the Bowery yesterday for a flag raising in honor of 30,000 of their I fellows now in the service dug deep in their tattered pockets and, at the exhortation of Jeff Davis, their "king," bought S7OO worth of wa saving stamps to back America's lighting forces. One "itinerant worker" alone purchased S2O worth. Douai Left Uninhabitable by Its Hun Occupants London, Oct. 23.—Not one of sev eral hundred houses in Douai in spected by the correspondent of the Daily Mall at British heudquarters is in a habitable condition. Appar ently the inhabitants were removed so that the Hermans billeted In the town coulf France and Belgium on the ex press condition that the Allied troops will not follow them in re treat. but will remain where they now are located, according to the latest information from Berlin, says the Zurich correspondent of tlie Journal. This grotesque proposal is the outcome of the latest conference at Berlin between the inemliers of the general staff and the war cab inet, it is said. Tlie militarist party Is rapidly gaining ground, but tlie members of the moderate factions believe that before long grnvo internal events will help to improve the situation. J Eyes of World Turned to American Front, Where Big Attack Is Expected Standing behind the Scheldt river, the Germans apparently have stab ilized their line and 'iie swift ad vance of the Belgians, British and French has been slowed down. Farther south the British, Amer ican and French are attempting to break the Hundiug line. This de fensive position is sufficiently strong to delay the Allies' advance mater ially. A t last reports the British and Americans were advancing slowly east of the iaelle river and around what remains of the Laoll salient. The eyes of the Allied world now are directed at the Lorraine and Woevre sectors in expectation of an American onslaught on Metz which is the hinge upon which the whole German line is retiring.. A blow at that fortress 'night, if successful, throw into confusion the whole retrograde movement which is going on from the Meuse to the North sea. k f NO ANNOUNCEMENT ON GERMAN I f THE PRESIDENT TODAY | ' " day 1,. * JL 9 ■ > ' a'rncd after White House confer- J-J i ' ch,- ■ I , V , I ' t) i r i ' J If GERMANS FIRE TOWN, THEN LEAVE * With the American Army Northwest of Verdun—The Jm I > ft L > V town. • .p| ' V I M- f , i ROMERTES REPORTED CAPTURED ' Briti in France—The British troops , ( > p , ' miles northeast < ' Sblesmes. A good many ' . ' Ger," . ■ . \ • .in: < dly. j D BOARD WAPN€' RESTAURANTS ington-—The food administration to-dav warned ' \ 1 <• ' § .bread and butter served with meals until the matter has Wfm *bccn fully,investigated by the food administration. '/• ' r , ' *ingfton and other cities are affected. * I MARRIAGE LICENCES Arthur l„ Wiihln*ton. nnd Delhi M. < itrter. lliirrll>urßi C Henry Wlttlnicton anil Penrl Moore, llnrrlxlxiriit William It. Hnlaeit * ? nl Mary K. Canrad. Ilnrrl*hurn. * ] Americans to Fight All Winter if Foe Holds Together FOE TO GET NO REST FROM U.S. By Associated Press • With the American Forces North west of Verdun, Oct. 23. —Unless they are saved by their plea for peace, the Germans will be subjected (to steady hammering along the jgreater part of the western front .throughout the winter. There are two places 011 the front where it is conceded that military operations during the winter will ha virtually impossible, but American officers say seventy- five per cent, of the front offers no real obstacle to a continuance of the tight. It is not questioned that operations will i e slowed down. Yanks Take BrieuHcs The town of Brieulles on the west ern bank of the Meuse which has been stubbornly defended by the Germans, has been given up by tha enemy. This is the latest point at which Americans have driven a dent into the German defenses, despite the fact that the enemy resistance is still as strong as formerly. In the face ot stubborn resistance 'American forces yesterday cleaned up Bois tie Foret west of Brieulles, | capturing 75 prisoners, many of ithem machine gunners who fought to the last. Among the prisoners were several officers. The enemy 'clung to the wood with tenacity lowing to the fact that the cleaning lup of this place endangers the com- Imanding positions of the Germans 'to the north.'