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LXXXVTI— No. 237 16 PAGES °^USSTSSStfSt S^t # H.%BS.S ,M ' HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 25, 1918. ON, EWa?AI , Bn IW^ARIUSBUBO 1 ' 9 ' E NTS HOME EDITION
* FIRST ARREST
IN MYSTERIOUS
AUTO MURDER
CASEJS MADE
Clarence Collins, Formerly of j
Gettysburg, Is Taken in!
Waynesboro Charged Will)
Theft of Dead Man's Auto
TWO OTHERS SOUGHT
AS HIS ACCOMPLICES
George J. Bushman's Tragic
End May Be Cleared by the
I
First Arrest; Car Is Found
in Philadelphia Garage
Gettysburg. Pa., Oct. 25.—With
the arrest of Clarence Collins, for
merly of this town, it is thought that
the identity of the murderfers of
George J. Bushman, whose dead body •
was found a week ago along the j
River Road near Lucknow, is in a I
fair way to he solved.
Collins was arrested in the Lan
dis Tool Works at Waynesboro last
night. Until recently he has lived
in Gettysburg. The arrest was made
by County Detective Charles H. Wil
son on the technical charge of being
implicated in the theft of Bushman's
automobile, which disappeared the
night of his death.
IxK>k For Two Others
Harry C. White, Harrisburg detec
tive who is working on the murder
case, cameto Gettysburg for Collins j
this afternoon, who was brought to |
the Adams county jail by Detective )
Wilson last night. Detectives White |
and Wilson are now looking for two j
other men who are known, to have ,
been implicated in the robbery of !
Bushman's automobile following his
murder.
The Hudson Supersix automobile
driven by Bushman the night of his
murder has been located in the ga
rage of E. C. Sherman, of Philadel
phia. Bushman was murdered last |
Wednesday night. Information fer
reted out by Detective White was to ■
the effect that the three men now ;
thought to have murdered Bushman i
appeared at the Philadelphia garage |
•fS'hursday morning with the automo- I
bile. As late as Saturday, one of I
the three men returned and attempt-j
ed to sell the automobile to Sher-,
man. Sherman, however, was sus- |
picious, and held the fellow off. and ;
told him to call again. In the mean- ;
time he received notice of the carl
that was stolen from Bushman and.
found that it tallied with the car I
stored in his garage by the three >
young men. They did not show up \
again, and the local authorities were
notified.
Worked on Clue
During the. early part of his in
vestigation, Detective Wilson learnecf
that not a man and a woman, as :
was at first supposed, but several
men, accosted Bushman in the
square here and asked for a lift to
Harrisburg the night of the murder.
Wilson and White accordingly con
ducted their Investigations on that ■
theory. ,
For several days the identity of
the men who are thought to have J
murdered Bushman lias been known
to the authorities. This was not dis
closed while there was a chance of
arresting them, however. But with
the ( arrest of Collins last night, it
was impossible to keep the develop- j
inents in the case a secret any j
longer.
Hail Reputation
The other two young men, as well ;
as Collins, are well known in Get- j
tysburg, and are considered gener- j
ally disorderly characters, it'ls said'
by the authorities. Their Rges j
range from 20 to 25 years, it is said.
Officials have refused to divulge
the identity of the other men lmpli-j
rated in the case. The place and
manner in which the murder was '
committed, except by revolver shots |
through the back of the head and j
through the chest, also have been'
kept secret, if indeed they are known |
to the police. 1
It is thought robbery was the mo-1
tive of the crime, as Bushman was i
suspected to be carrying several hun- j
dred dollars on his persons several j
days before the murder.
KAISER NEEDS V
"GOTT'S" HELP, i
BERLIN ADMITS
By Associated Press
Basel, Oct. 25.—Comment
on President Wilson's latest
note to Germany is begin
ning to appear in the German
papers. The National Zcitung
of Berlin says: "President 1
Wilson lias answered quickly.
Well, if ever Emperor Wil
liam's invocation that God he
with him is in season, it is
right now."
THE WEATHER]
For HarrUburg unit vicinity ■
Probably rnln to-night anil
Bnturdnyt cooler Saturday.
For Kastcrn PrnnHylvanlnt Prob
ably ruin to-night noil Satur
day! cooler Saturday In north
nml neat portion*) gentle south
winds.
River
The main river will remain nearly
stationary. The trlliutnrles will
fall slowly or remain nearly
stationary to-night and prob
ably Saturdny.
When the Doctors Agree
) DO YOV PREFER*. \
t TO TAKE IT IWTERNAUUY /
I _Gr ,~m\
AMERICAN ARMY !
ADVANCES IN FACE
OF HEAVY FIRE
Counterattacks Thrown Hack
With All Yankee Lines [
Holding
U. S. USES 16-INCH GUNS j
Big Armored Battleplane Is
Taken by Pershing's
Men in Franed
By Associated Press I
Paris, Oct. 25.—The fight
ing along the American
front on both sides of the
Meuse is particularly fierce. !
The Germans appear to be
making a dispairing effort j
to hold their positions in
this vital sector. Informa
tion received here gives the
impression that they cannot
resist much longer in their
positions. •
With tli<* American \rwy Vortli of;
Verdun, Oct. 25. The American |
troops, despite strong German artil- !
lery fire, improved their positions at |
three important points along the :
front east and west of the Meuse |
during the night.
East of the Meuse the Americans
drove the enemy from the eastern
edge of the Bols d'Ormont, gaining
their objectives.
In the region of .Grand Pre, west of
the Meuse, the Americans straight
ened out their line and captured sev- t
eral important ridges. Between j
Reppes wood and Banthevillq wood
the American line was extended de
spite stubborn resistance.
Heavy German counterattacks were
thrown back by the Americans hold
ing Belleu wood and the lines on
either side. The Germans are using
their heavy guns and machine guns!
extensively. .
I . S. Uses Big Guns
American 16-inch guns, manned by
American bluejackets co-operating
with the French, began firing upon
German railroad centers back of the
Serre-Oise front on Wednesday. The
Americans directed their shells
against railroad supply stations and |
Junctions in the region of Vervlns and i
also in the vicinity of Rozoy.
Americans captured an Immense J
German armored battleplane Wednes- |
day north pf Brieulles. The machine :
was virtually intact but the pilot
and gunner had made their escape. j
It is presumed that the battleplane j
was downed a day or two ago by j
American aviators. It was equipped I
with a bomb-dropping device and had
a gun and a sighting arrangement
so fixed that the gunner can see to
shoot directly beneajth him. This gun '
was for firing on roads. So far as
known this Is the first plane of this
type captured by Americans. Half
the fusllage was covered with quar- i
ter-inch armor. j
f CLOCKS TO TURN 1 1
BACK ONE HOUR
Father Harris will turn back
! I'tc hands of his clock an hour
1 when lie goes to bed to-morrow |
' night if he wants to keep up—
, or. rather, get up—with the time. !
The hour set for the return of
stnndard time, after seven months
1 of daylglit saving, is Sunday
i morning at 2 o'clock. The easiest
I way will be to turn the hands for
ward eleven hours to-morrow \
i night, because Jewelers say it
damages clocks to turn back the
i hands an hour.
j This done, Sunday morning the
| face of the'clock will show cor
rect time.
Tlie Fuel Administration lias
estimated that during the seven I
months of daylight saving, 1.250,-
■ Odd tons of coal have been saved.
MAKE CONGRESS
! REPUBLICAN, IS
SLOGAN IN PA.
| Win the War and Prepare
For Reconstruction After
War, It Is Urged -
!
j Philadelphia. Oct. 25. —A careful
i survey of conditions throughout the
1 thirty-two Congressional districts of
; Pennsylvania give Republicans rea
i son to be confident of a solid Con-'
j gressional delegation at the next ses- i
j sion.
"Win the War." and "Uncondl- |
tional Surrender," the main slogans j
of the Republican party, are rallying j
the voters in every community and
even in the few districts now repre
sented by Democrats, the political
' workers In a position to know, are
confident of Republican success.
Actual figures compiled from the
Congressional records have satisfac
torily proven even to the dubious
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MAN FOR WHOM TOMBSTONE
WAS ERECTED 3 YEARS AGO,
TURNS UP ALIVE AND WELL
j
I *
J Mystery Now Is Over Identity of Man Lying in the Steelton
Cemetery Under Jacob Sweitzer's Name
Some four years ago Jacob Swelt
j zer, for many years a resident of j
1 Steelton, left that place to try out hlj
j fortune In Michigan. Some months'
| later his sister, Mrs. Charles E.
: Quick, wife of Charles Quick, t'ore
' man in fhe pipe shop of the Bethle
hem Steel plant, was notified of his
death in Detroit. They immediately ,
had the body brought, here for,
j burial and held the funeral and
J burled the body February 16, I#l6,
WILSON THRUSTS
PARTY POLITICS
| INTO WORLD WAR
Makes Congressional Elec-
I lions Subject of Plea For
Democratic Votes
| PARTISAN CAMOUFLAGE
President Ignores Steady and
j Patriotic Support of
Republicans
By Associated Press
j Washington, Oqt. 25. —President
i Wilson to-day issued an appeal to
j the people to return a Democratic
I Congress in the November elections
if they approve of his course in this
critical iieriod. Return of a Repub
lican majority to either house of
Congress, the President said, "would
be certainly interpreted on the other
side of the water as a repudiation of
my leadership."
The President said he would ac
cept the country's verdict without
cavil, but that if it was adverse, the
i power tt> administer the great trust
i assigned to him would be seriously
impaired.
Following is the President's ap
peal :
"My Fellow-countrymen: The Con
gressional elections are at hand.
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I
j THREE ANARCHISTS GET
20-YEAR SENTENCES
New York, Oct. 25. —Five avowed
! anar.chists, convicted of circulating
anti-government literature, includ
ing pamphlets urging munitions
workers to go on strike, w r ere sen
tenced to confinement in prison in
the Federal Court here to-day.
Three of them were given twenty
year terms, a fourth, who turned
state's evidence, was committed for
three years, and the fifth, a woman,
for fifteen years.
In the Baldwin Cemetery, erecting a i
| good tombstone to his memory. Last
I evening Mr. Quick was very much i
| surprised to receive a letter from the
| supposedly dead man. Instead of be-
I ing dead he is very much alive and j
well in Canada, and requests that he j
lite sent his discharge papers from j
the United States Army in which he ,
, served for a number of years. The!
I identity pf the man buried in his,
| place is a mystery and will probably i
j never be' discovered. j
FOE S LINES BROKEN
IN TERRIFIC BATTLE
'
Turkey Ready For Peace
By .Associated Press
BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 25.
'"PURKEY will accept peace based on the prin
-*• ciples of right and justice laid down by Presi
dent Wilson, which the new Turkish government
approves, thfe Grand Vizier, Tewfik Pasha, is
quoted in a Constantinople dispatch as having
stated in parliament.
The Grand Vizier's speech was made on the
occasion of the presentation of the new ministry
to the chamber. He said the government would
grant without delay to all elements not only politi
cal rights without distinction as to nationality or
religion, but the right to participate in the admin
istration of the country.
ITALY STRIKES AT
AUSTRIAN ARMY BY
BLOW ALONG PI AVE
Unfavorable Weather Marks Launching of "New Offensive
South of the Alps; Allied Troops Take Mountain Pass
o
By Associated Press
Rome, Oct. 25.—1n bitter
fighting yesterday in the region __
of Monte Grappa the Italians
I
established llieniselves on the
northern bunk of the Ornic
river. Tliey captured nearly 3,-
000 prisoners.
I.omlon. Oct. 25.—1.1jj P. M. —
Italian troops have begun an offen
sive between the Piave and the j
Brenta. In the Monta Grappa sector !
Thursday they advanced across the
Ornic river and captured Monte
BERLIN CROWDS
I CALL ON KAISER
| TO QUIT THRONE
Frantic Outburst For Socialist:
Leader; Says People's . j
Time Is Here
By Associated Press
I'll l is, Oct. 25. An enormous
: crowd assembled before the Reich- ■
' slap building in Berlin yesterday
: calling, for the abdication of Em
peror William and the formation of
a republic, according to a dispatch
; from Zurich to -i
Dr. Krl Llebknecht, the Socialist
1 leader who has Just been released
| from prison, was applauded franti
' cully. He was compelled to enter;
a carriage tilled with flowers from j
which he made a speech declaring I
the time of the people had arrived. |
G. L. Snyder, Brakeman
in Enola Yards, Fatally
Crushed Between Cars
G. L. Snyder, 152 Wyoming Ave
nue, Enola. died at the Harrisburg
Hospital at 10.15 o'clock this morn
ing as the result of Injuries sustained
when he was badly crushed between
two cars at 5 o'clock this morning.
Snyder was a brakeman on duty
In the Enola yards of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad.. Walking between
two cars, he was squeezed until his j
hips were reduced to virtual pulp.
He wns tuken to tho Harrisburg hos
pital for immediate treatment, dying
there ut 10.15 o'clock.
Girl Dies of Injuries
Received in Auto Crash
Mildred Esterline, aged 14 yeas,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Es
terline, 1612 Logan street, died at
the Harrisburg Hospital last evening
at 8.15 o'clock.
She was seriously injured in an ;
automobile accident Monday night
when the automobile In which she
was riding with three youths plunged
into the side of the house at the
corner of Front and Cumberland
streets. According to witnesses of
the accident, the car in which she
was riding attempted to pass around j
a mail truck as it turned into Cum
berland street from Front. The Es- |
terline girl was rushed to the hos
pital, where it was found she suffer
ed a fractured Juw and other in
juries. The boys were not seriously !
injured.
REPULSE BOLSHEVIK FORCES
Archangel. Oci 25.—American and
British forces yesterday repulsed
heavy attacks by the Bolshevik in
fantry against advanced Allied posi
tions on the "vlna front.
:
Kultar Unharnessed
Paris. Oct. 25.—1n the town of
St. Amand, north of Valenciennes,
which has been captured by the
British, the Germans left 11,000
i inhabitants and 1,000 sick per
sons from that region who were
in a hospital in the center of the
town. On the following day, Oc
tober 22, the Germans bombarded
St. Amand, directing particular
attention to the hospital. A large
number of patients were killed.
Solarolo, part of Monte Prassolan
and Pertiaa.
In the Piave river the Italians
have captured the islands of Grave
Pattadapoli and Maggioro. The
' weather on the front is unfavorable.
CITY BANKS DID
SPLENDID WORK j
IN LOAN DRIVE |
: Fourth Issue Oversubscribed
i
in District by More Than !
Million Dollars
'l'ho Hurrisburg district, compris- j
i ing Dauphin, Perry anil Juniata |
j counties, subscribed $1,023,770 more |
thun its quota in the Fourth Liberty |
Loan drive.
The quota for the district was
$10,198,430. The amount of bonds
i purchased was $11,222,200.
Harrigburg oversubscribed its
Fourth Liberty Loan quota by S7GI,-'
210.
The city's quota was $6,1 33,640.1
{The amount subscribed was $6,894,-!
1850, according to the figures an-1
[ nounced this morning at Liberty
| Loan headquarters.
Dauphin county outside of Steel
ton and Harrisburg subscribed $2,-
i 176,150 in bonds. The quota was
I $1,792,620.
Steelton through its three banks
I subscribed $1, 1 10,400 with a quota
of $805,230
Behind Quota
The quotas for Perry and Juniata
counties were not subscribed. The
Perry county quota was $864,500.
The amount subscribed wa55677,650.
The Juniata county quota was $610,-
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Cumberland Valley Men * j
in Hun Prison Camp;
Two Are From Carlisle
Washington, Oct. 25. —The names .
of four officers and seventy-nine en
listed men in German prison camps
were announced to-day by the War
Department. Lieutenants Alfred W.
Lawson, Brooklyn; George M. Craw
ford, 915 Van Buren street, Wil
mington, Del., and Horace Schldder
(believed tq be Horace Schidler),
I Klamath Kalis, Ore., are at Karls
; ruhe, and Lieutenant Frederick
Fester, East Orange, N. J., is at an
unknown camp. Enlifeted Pennsyl
vanians include:
At Rustatt-—Alexander Chloli,
Reading: Kenneth Oscar Sachrdson,
Erie; William Owens, Pottsvllle;
Bruce Liebernight Kramer, Shlp
-1 pensburg; Emanuel Robert Blgler,
Carlisle; William lAdnhaw, Arnold; i
I Charles H. Hetrick, Dubois; Leon
I John Loveless. Northeast; Roy C.
Goodrich., Bradford: Carter Edwards,
Northeast: Claude W. Sell, Cntasa
:qua; Donate Cuglnl, Philadelphia;
, Frank Shank. Carlisle: James Ben
jamin chapman. Northeast; Charles
W. Wheeler, Lincolnviile; Michael
Filtosh. St. Clair; Floyd C. Tltns,
Erie; William J. Gardner, Potts
vine; John Fred Spagc, Eric.
At Laqgensalasa—Alfred V. Volpe, l
Conahohockea. >1
Number of Prisoners Taken
by British Totals 8,400;
Huns Fight Desperately
HAIG'S ARMIES MAKING
SLOW BUT STEADY PROGRESS
By Associated Press
With the Allied Armies in France and Belgium, Oct. 25.—•
| Fighting which compares in fierceness to almost any in the war
I continued through the night on the field of the great battle north
I and south of Valenciennes. Belated reports indicate the British.
I have entered the German defenses, gaining considerable ground
and pressing eastward slowly but surely.
Since Wednesday .norning the British Third army has taken
1,200, making a total of 8,400. More than one hundred cannon
were captured Wednesday and Thursday.
On the high ground south of Valenciennes the battle is raging
I with intense fury, but the British gradually are overcoming the
enemy.
At last reports the British lie'ld this line. From Lc Faux to
Robersart to Englefontaine to Ghissignies to Beaudignies, where
they arc within a mile and a half of Le Quesnoy, to the east of
Ruesnes to Sommaing to Monchaux. The British gained Mon
chaux after bloody fighting.
Flanking Movement
Field Marshal Haig, his troops!
having reached the western edge of.
the Mormal forest, apparently is!
striving to outflank that natural bar*
! rier on the north by advancing
through laniuesnoy toward .Vlons and
Maubettge. The Germans are fight
ing stiffly to prevent this, refilling
: in desperate combats in the villages
1 and other vantage points south of
! Valenciennes. The British, however,
j are pushing steadily*ahead and have
! taken Matng and Vendegies. Fight
! ing was resumed on this sector Fri-
yfi i i> > n i>
T )
J MUTINOUS GERMANS STIR REICtistAG I
£ ;ates in the Reichstag from non-
J German nationalities now have begun clamoring for in- II
& dependence. There were sensational scenes on Wednes-
J day, the Separatists asserting themselves defiiantly.
i Deputy Stchel declared the time had comie for putting U
the Gerra}n stake was n-.k in German groind." S
ban on assemblages due to the epidemic of influenza sq
| IP
£ day and of schools on Monday. The action was, in a 2d
1 measure, taken in defiance of the state health authorities.
i REICHSTAG SPRITS ON LAUDING MAX 4
, Copenhagen—The German Reichstag h%s given-Prince 1"
1 Maximilian the Imperial chancellor, a vote of confidence, C:
I the ballot standing 193 to 52, according to Berlin dis- §<■
, M hi. 'T • entv-three of the members did Jj|
l ' ft
APTURE MAING ' J
1 3
• of Valenciennes, Fickl Marshal Haig announces.
9 S*ERBJ> SCORE OVER ENEMY ' - \l|
i ' London —The Serbians have defeated the armies of .the F >
enemv ir. 'he s". -.he o'<*.<■• I'd, • ?va river, says an f i
!i olficial Serbian announcement. The enemy is retreating ' K
'in tiif.order ' .Jpj
- BENSON ARRIVES IN FRANCE f
i Washington.—Admiral William S. Benson, chief of
(P naval operations, has arrived in France to repre* <t
1 United States in the consider Germany's plea \*|
S for an armistice and peace negotiations. He is with W
i Colonel House, the personal representative of the Pre- I
COTTON CROP FIGURES 6,000,000 ' ,S
Washington—C itton ginned prior to October 18 As
amounted to 6,790,003 running bales, including 113,335 B|
.round bales and 9,780 bales of sea island, the Census jK
U" to <>. j
MARRIAGE LICENSES
fc Mnmufl llrmner nnrf Kdim l<. <;nran*lk, Hnrrlaburis; Hniuurl A
I Fry nnil Ellvn Mlchitrl, V
f day morning with the British ail
! vancing from the hills east of the
. Kcaillon river toward the railroad
! and high road between Valenciennes
and Lequesnoy.
Immediately north of Valen
ciennes the British have taken addi
tional villages and continue to ap
proach the important crossing of the
Scheldt at Conde. This town is six
and-one-half miles northeast of Val
enciennes.
French troops east of Sambre-Oise
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