*■ , -K ■■ ~t*. "ywl/*tvlllf. *TUilvfl11l vIIMiI IIIUiI . • .V ■ \ 1 • ~ 1 . . # (,^ tot • HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH jf. V . ffiljt Slr-3n6tpnDfnt. I.XXXVII No. 239 12 PAGES "■'tf.Sf?,'&?£, HARRISBURG, PA.. MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 28,1918. ° N, NKWSPAIE?I *N S Ha!Ut IS HIJ HG'' SS TWo'cEXTS HOME EDITION AUSTRIA,WILLING TO MAKE SEPARATE PEACE, SEEKS IMMEDIATE ARMISTICE FROM WILSON GERMANY'S ARMIES THROWN INTO NEW RETREAT BY FOCH Hun Front Breaks Between the Oise and the Aisne EXHAUSTED BY NEW ATTACKS Fresh Division Put in to Save Day Swept Aside 13 • Issvaatcd Press PARIS. Oct. 2H.—Germany's armies have begun a new retreat, this time between the Oise and the Aisne. General Debeney's -first army, in the teeth of stubborn resistance and repeated counterattacks, has suc ceeded in swinging 011 its right flank so that it faces cast. It lias reached Guise and thfc Guise- Marie road, driving the enemy before it. General Dcbcney now is in position to push rapidly along Jgie upper Oise valley toward *irson and Yervins through a level country devoid of streams. The first result of his progress is to force the enemy opposing the Tenth and Fifth French armies, exhausted by fruitless counterattacks, to begin a back ward movement which is even tually bound to extend to the front before Rethel. This will open to the Fourth army a double passage of the Aisne and Ardennes canal. The importance the enemy at tached to stopping his progress up the Oise may be gathered from the fact that the Germans yesterday threw in three fresh divisions which, however, were knocked out. Partolman Hicks Is 111 With Influenza John Hicks, a patrolman on the Harrishurg police force. Is confined to his home at 1907 Swatnra streets, - with Spanish influenza, and it was reported to-day .that his condition is serious. Patrolman Hicks last Monday night went to the home of City Detective Carson to view the remains of De tective Carson's boy, who was a vic tim of the influenza. As he came out of the house. Patrolman Hicks fell over unconscious on the ste|fs, and had to be taken home, where he has been confined to his bed ever since. Ludendorfi Quit After Disagreement With Max uNlilnjrton. Oct.. 28.—Press dis patches to The Hague transmitted to the State Department to-day say General Ludendorft resigned his post as first quartermaster general and real leader of the German Army as the result of a complete disagree ment with Prince Maximilian, the chancellor. There was no possibility of a reconciliation, according to these adviqes, and the emperor was com pelled to accept Ludendorff's resigna tion. I'ATHOI.MAX IIBCOVEHS Charles Davis, a city patrolman who figured in an automobile accident on the Hogestown road more than three months ago, was able to be, on the street to-day. He paid the police headquarters a short visit this morn ing and was warmly greeted by his friends there. It is reported that Pa trolman Davis sustained injuries which will leave their effects for life. A fractured pelvis bone was the worst rif his injuries.. He will retuen to duty shortly. THE WEATHER For 1111 rrlwhiirK itnri vicinity: Hnln <iii(l cooler to-niKliti low cmt Icm pern t lire 11 limit ."o <lcrce*t Tticsriiiy fiilr iittfl cooler. For KiiMtern Penn"v|vnnlnj i.ocnl rttlnM to-nljthtt cooler in north nnd next portions; Tiiomliiv fair* cooler; moderate Mouth wind*, becoming went. River The upper portion of the main river will rlne slightly to-night nnd Tuesday; the lower por tion will remnln nearly stntton nry to-night nnd rle somewhat Tuesday. Local ruin* to-night mny cause some of the trlhu tarlcs to rise Tuesday. A stage of about 4.1 feet In Indicated for i Jiarrloburg Tuesday morning, 1 • Kaiser But a Film Hero, Says Harden By Associated Press London, Oct. 28. —A Copen hagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company quotes Maxi milian Harden, the editor of the Die Zukunft of Berlin, as saying j in an interview with the Rer lingske Tidemle, of Copenhagen: "We started the war with a dirty trick find all our subsequent vie ] tories have been the results of I dishonesty. . ✓ . William is a flint hero nnd Germany a vulgar cinematograph show. We sit to , day on the ruins of thirty years ! of Hohenzollern politics." V -J FRENCH STRIKE HARD BLOW FOR 'GAINS ON HUNS | Compel Germans lo Abandon Positions Between the Scrre and Oise Rivers ' MENDING LINE IS BROKEN j North of the Scheldt Foe For tifies For Stand Against Allied Armies By Associated Press | London, Oct. 28. The British 'Tenth army to-day resumed its at j tack against the Austro-Hungarian i positions on the Italian front, the , war offices announced this ofternoon. 1 The attack is proceeding satisfactor ily. British troops in their offensive on J the Austro-Italian front up to last ! night had captured more than 3.600 prisoners, according to an official ' statement issued to-day by the war I office. The British also captured 29 I guns,' including six 9-inch Howit j zees. London. Oct. 28. British troops Sunday repulsed a determined Ger i man effort to drive them from Fa ' mars south of Valenciennes, Field I Marshal Haig reports to-day. Many i Germans were killed in street fight j ing in the village. On the borders ! of the Mormnl forest, south of Valen . ciennes, and north of the Raisnes | forest, north of Valenciennes, the ! British have improved their positions 1 slightly. j Austria-Hungary, close upon the heels of Germany's request for Al lied armistice terms, replies to Presi dent Wilson's note of October 19 ;and declares her readiness to nego tiate a peace and an immediate I armistice on ail the Austrian fighting j fronts. ! The Austrian government also Isays it accepts all the views ex- I pressed b the President. This j would indicate Austria is willing to have the Ozecho-Slovaks and Jugo slavs determine the measure of in dependence they desire from the 1 Hapsburg monarchy, but with the ' text of the reply not yet received this point is not clear. Most Fronts Quiet On the fighting front in France activity has died down greatly ex cept on the front of the French |armies between the Oise and the Aisne. There has been no change in Belgium and the British on the vital sectors ab"'ut Valenciennes have halted their strong attacks tern- 1 : pora rlly. Field Marshal Haig's men have repulsed* a German attempt to drive them from Farnars, south of Valen j ciennes, where the British have out j flanked tlvat town. Farther south 'the British have pushed closer to the Mormal forest. North of Valen ' ciennes toward Tournai the British have gained further ground north of Raismcs forest. Dohcney's Victory General Debeney's first French | army continues to press the Ger jmana back between the Oise and the! !Serre. Unofficially they are reported in the outskirts of Guise and along the road between Guise and the im- J Iportant railroad point of Marie, to- I ward which General Mangin Is ad-| vanctng east of the Serre.' Further j least toward the Aisne the Germans! ;are reported to be retiring bfore the! 'continued French pressure. Fighting continues in the Italian! 'theater with the British extending! jlhelr lines east of the Piave in the' region of Montello, where they have! advanced more than two miles from! ithe river. In these operations the! i British have captured more than j 5,600 prisonrs. Vienna reports the recapture of Monte Asolone, between the Brenta and the Piave and the re pulse of Italian efforts elsewhere on the mountain front. ! In Northern Serbia the Austro- Oermans have given up Kraguievatz, 55 miles south east of Belgrade. The town formerly was the main Serbian 1 arsenal and Is of vital strategic lm-j Iportance, ' j Foc/i: You Carve It Yourself or Shall I Serve It For You? ' 9 J I jii( ?sM v¥ r \ liiwrJ. ■\ i y i 1 AMERICANS FIRE ON LONGUYON IN VERDUN WARFARE ' Yankee Long Range Guns ; Turned on Voie de Ro , cade; Vital to Foe fly Associated Press With the American Forces Xortli : west of Verdun. Oct. 28.—American I i long range guns this afternoon* be- j jgan firing on Longuyon. I The town of Gonguyon is 2.1 miles j northwest of Verdun. The American | long range fire also is being dlrect- I ed against the vital Voie de Roeade on the railway line paralleling the : front. The Germans are depending | on this road to shift their troops and | supplies front one point to another, j Washington, Oct. 28.—1n his com- i i inunique for Saturday, delayed in j j transmission, General Pershing notes j | that the battle being fought by the i First American army north of Ver | dun entered that day upon Its sec -1 ond month, and reports that in the [ first month, besides indicting heavy losses upon the enemy in killed and I wounded, the Americans there cap tured 2 0,000 prisoners, over 150 guns, nearly one thousand trench mortars and several thousand ma chine guns. German Blame For War Flouted at Home Amsterdam, Oct. 28.—"Anger and shame are bad counselors," says the Lokal Anzelger, of Berlin, which is content to leave the peace decision to the army leaders. It is a significant sign of the times that Prince Charles Max I,ichnuwsky's pamphlet blaming the German gov ernment for starting the world war and saying that Great Britain did everything to.avert It, has been per mitted to reappear In Germany. WAITS I.OXtj TO ASK DIVORCE Separated from her husband since May, 1892, after being married to him for a little more than a year, j Elizabeth Boone, through her at- . tornoy, filed a divorce action to-day | against John Boone. Other suits which were started follow: Carrie X. vs. James F. Holmes, Mary C. vs. Raymond Novlnger, Archey vs. Em ma Hammaker, TWO PAY DEATH PENALTY Hellefnntr, Pa.. Oct. 28.—Sabbern L. Cutllp and Albert Patterson were electrocuted to-day at the Rockview ; Penitentiary, Murder of a man, after < robbing him. was the crime for whtoh j they paid the death penalty. KAISER READY FOR NEW JOB By .■lssociatcil Press London, Oct. 28. Emperor William has no intention ot abdi cating, but is willing, if it is tor the good of the people, to ordain that his rights shall be refranvd, according to a statement attrib uted to German court circles. The Emperor is said to have re marked: "I will not abandon my vorel> tried people, but, if necessary, I am ready to become something like hereditary president of a German republic like the kings of England, Belgium and Franco." > < 30,OOOPEOPLE7n CITY MIST GIVE IN WAR WORK DRIVE Subscriptions to He Larger Than in Previous Cam paigns, Leaders Say The chairmen of the various United War Work campaign com mittees which will raise i latrisburg's and Dauphin county's shares of the $170,500,000 national fund for seven war relief organizations were in formed to-day that 57,000 individual subscriptions is the minimum num ber which must be secured in the city and county. That is the initial number of United War Work campaign buttons which will be received in the first [Continued on I'agc B.] WHO GUARANTEED JAY LINE PAINT? AYE, THAT'S THE RUB Barbed Wire Suggested as Means of Guiding Foolish Pe destrians Through City's Busy Marts of Trade ! "Watch your stop, Jay Hawk," bel ; lowed a biff policeman to-duy, as j a visitor In town darted wildly dla j gonally across the space at Third I and Market streets. "Don't you see the lines?" Much agitated, the transgressor stopped, bewildered, while half a dozen pedestrians tried to point out ! to him the "Juy lines" which, were' only freshly painted on the thorough- j I fares yesterday. "Why don't ye get barb-wlreY"] HAYS CALLS ON | REPUBLICANS TO | REBUKE WILSON Loyalty of Parly Guarantee of Country's Prestige in World's Crisis Yen York, Oct. 28.—President Wil son's appeal to his countrymen that if the administration's conduct of the war has their approval t'hey elect at the forthcoming election a Democrat ic Congress which will uphold his i hands yesterday brought from Will 1 H. Hays, chairman of the Kepubllcan | National Committee the following j statement: ' "To Republicans: President Wilson has questioned the motives and fldel j ity of your representatives in Co.n --; gress. He has thereby impugned I their loyalty and denied their patrio tism. His challenge is to you who | elected those representatives. You ; owe it to them, to the honor of your! [Continued on Page 5.] Theater Men Want Ban Taken Off by Wednesday Members of the Exhibitors League tot' Dauphin county, meeting in the ! office of Peter Magaro, manager of i the Itegent Theater, this morning, resolved to petition Dr. Royer to lift the ban on Harrisburg theaters Wed-' nesdoy. They based their plea up on the ground that the influenza epi demic is decreasing in Harrisbiirg and claims that since Philadelphia has been shown consideration, Har risburg should have the same treat ment. protested the Jay-hawk Jeertngly. "X don't see no paint," And It was even so, The highway department promised to use paint which would not rub off, for they had plenty of experience, but the last coat disappeared like snow In June, soon as the big motorcars be gan whizzing again, White paint i fadtfc to the color of cement in jig i time and to-duy the traffic cops wen j wondering if red paint might not be | mofe substantial, r n ENOUGH COAL PROMISED TO AVERT FAMINE By Associated Press Washington, Oct. 28. —-There will be no coal famine the coin ing winter, nor even an approach to the hardships of last winter. Fuel Administrator Garfield an- j nounced to-day, but the public must continue to cA-opetate with | the Fuel Administration in con- i ! servation measures, as far more j coal is needed now than in nor mal times. Dr. Garfield said tho nation's : fuel supplies, assembled in prep- ! aration for an unusually severe i winter, are adequate and well distributed; that coal stocks on | hand are greater than ever before j ind. that more domestic coal now j s in the hands of consumers and j Iralors than at the corresponding period in normal years. ; i J PEACE TERMS TO j i BE AMERICAN, IS ! DEMAND OF KNOX Pennsylvania Senator Charges President Wilson With Po litical Partisanship WANTS NATION TO SPKAKj | Sentiment of Country to Be, j Reflected in Action in Sen ate on the Treaty By Associated i'ress Washington, Oct. 28. —A protest; 'against peace terms dictated byj !President Wilson alone and not rep-1 resentative of American public-; opinion through Senate Considera-j tion of the peace treaty, was made in j the Senate to-day by Senator Knox,! of Pennsylvania, Republican, and j former secretary of state, in an ad- i dress charging the President with j political partisanship. Democratic senators prepared to I i reply to eSnator Knox, forecasting a i general discussion of peace and war I i combined with the partisan political; I questions. President's Answer | President Wilson replied to-day to j ' Republican contentions that the I third of his fourteen peace terms is ! | a free trade plank by explaining that I i in demanding the removal of eco- ; [ nomic barriers he mean! to suggest ) no restriction upon internal eco ' nomic policies, but only that what- I ever tarilT high or low any nation j j might deem necessary, it should up s ply equally to all foreign nations. i Palmer-Ball Row Up to Governor, Who Is Said to Have Asked Former to Quit | ! Differences over appointments In j the Department of bubor and Indus- | j try between Lew R. Palmer, chief j ! factory inspector and ex-oftloio act- ! ing commissioner in the absence of, Col. John Price Jackson, and JVilliam j I H. Ball, secretary to the Governor, 1 have come to a crisis and according I to Capitol Hill gossip the Governor I ! at the demand of Mr. Ball, has asked 1 Mr. Palmer's resignation. , f Mr. Palmer was to see Governor! Brumbaugh Saturday and again to- j day, but refused to discuss the mat- j tor in any way, while the Governor ' remains at the executive mansion. Mr. < j Ball is on his way from Pittsburgh, j j The trouble seems to have been s that Mr. Palmer declined to name j men to important places in the depart- | ! ment at the behest of Mr. Ball, claim- ] j ing that they were not qualified, but j I no one will discuss ' the causes in I I the present tense situation. Mr. Pal- | tner is a noted safety expert and was ( a famous end on Princeton football team years ago. He has been ad ministrating the department since Col. Jackson went into the army. Several times there have been re ports of clashes over his refusal to ' make appointments as desired by the I Governor's office. British Losses For Week I Are Placed at 32,249, London. Oct. 28.—British ensual- J ties reported for the week ending to-day numbered 32,24!), compared to 37,150 for the previous week. They are divided as follows: Killed or died of wounds: Officers J 438; men. 5.307. • Wounded or missing: Officers, 1.141; i men, 25,385. 18 NfcW SHIPS ADDED It) MERCHANT MARINE j By Associated l*ress Washington, Oct. 28. —Eighteen new ships of B,'JOO total deadweight j tons, were added to the American', fleet during the week ending Octo- j her 26, The deliveries announced to- ! day by the Shipping Board, includ- ; ed the Victorious, an 11,800-ton ves sel building ut Alameda,' Cal„ and the Cape May, of 10,100 tons, built at Sparrows Point, Md. HKRBS STII.I, ADVANCING < Vlrimn, Oct. 28. The Austro-Oer mans have abandoned tlie town of Graguievatz, Hfty-flve miles south- of Belgrade, to the Allied troops during; , renr guard righting, according to an: , official statement from Austro-Hun-j i garian headquarters, Dual Monarchy Wants to Lose No Time in Negotiating With the United States GERMANY'S ALLY ACCEPTS ALL VIEWS EXPRESSED BY WILSON By Associated Press Amsterdam, Oct. 28. —Austria, in her reply to Pres ident' Wilson, accepts all the views expressed by the President in his note of October 19. Austria says she is willing and ready, without await ing the result of other negotiations, to negotiate a peace and am immediate armistice on all Austro-Hungarair fronts. Washington, Oct. 28.—The German government's reply to President Wilson's latest note, asserting that the negotiations for peace are being conducted by a people's government with actuai and constitutional power and that the terms of the American and Allied governments for an armistice are awaited, reached tlm Swiss legation to-day by cable. This communication is regarded here merely as an acknowl edgement of the President's communication with an indication nl the anxious desire of those in power at Berlin to hasten the coming | of a definite statement of the terms upon which their enemies will permit hostilities to cease. The President is expected to make no rejoinder. His personal exchanges with the German authorities, officials said to-day, ended when he transmitted the correspondence of the Allies. The next I step must be on the part of the co-belligerents, acting in concert k I ] AMERICANS TAKE BELLEtJ WOOD J I | l • 's' -r ' jjjj | J | I Le Red Cross has awarded Colonel Tteodure Roosevelt J| far medal < i h nor. *•-'§ f li , > YANKEES GRAB 172 GERMANS 'J Paris—American units have filtered the fighting east Rethel and have carried out a local operation in which 4 they t ,-j ■ igny, Xjl capturing 172 prisoners, 'the war office announces. TJje' 1 ' * ' f f T)| , ~ p FIUMF KM ' ■ mast', rof the city .cf Fium.< t ,'' 1 k ' • accord li gto tl Zunch correspondent of the Jon V , ■ ► 1 the city. _ ;' i e ► . J I OEDERLTN DELIVERS GERMAN NOTE ' , Wa h' '■ ■ '• 0 •' c - ' •• v V', - F I < .delivered the Gcrmarj at the State Depart- -J I n.ent at three o'<lock this a'ftem n. It v. said net tV * ffjfl , materially from the wirelss version. 1 MAKRIAbb LICENSES . , C 'paoAtuutu 'H J4< K 'M "W'J , >
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