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' LXXXVII— Xo. 240 14 PAGES Da,^uer e Sf ?I N< PO Y B T orti" E IT*HF?raS.URG LA " HARRISBURG, FA., TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, 1918. on VKSIF?I>IU S HAHUIS I HI I H" ESS S TWO B CENT? s HOME EDITION
PI AVE BATTLE LINE IS BROKEN ON WIDE FRONT;
15,000AUSTRIANS TAKEN CAPTIVE BY ITALIANS
EPIDEMIC DEATH
TOLL ESTIMATED.
AT 500, RAUNICK
TELLS COUNCIL
Health Officer to Make Com
plete Report to City Com-'
missioncrs at Special Meet- 1
ing Tomorrow Afternoon
CONFERENCE PI.AXNF.I)
WITH PHYSICIANS
October Death Rate From In
fluenza Is Half as High as
That For Entire Twelve
Months of 1917
Health < ifficer J. M. J. Raunick, |
who made a brief report to-day to j
Council on the influenza epidemic j
situation in Harrlsburg, will make
a complete statement to-morrow !
afternoon at a special meeting of |
the commissioners to be held at 4 j
o'clock.
To-night Dr. Raunick will confer j
with Dr. R. Franklin Ro.ver, acting j
state commissioner of health, on the!
situation in Harrisl'urg. and he plans j
to-morrow to confer with as many
physicians in the city as possible j
to get their views and to learn the '
runt her of new cases they have had ,
in the last few days.
Dr. Raunick reported in Council ;
to-day that there had been approxi
mately 500 deaths in the city from
the epidemic since it started weeks
ago. or almost half as many as dur- i
ing the entire year of 1917. Accurate i
reports of 433 deaths, show that of
this number 326 resided in Harris-I
burg. 55 were from out of town and i
had not been classified.
Dr. Itnuiiick's Statement
Dr. Raunick's report to-day was
submitted to Dr. S. F. Hassler. com
missioner of public safety, who in
turn presented it to Council. The
statement follows:
In compliance with your re
quest relative to the present
status of tlie influenza epideiule,
beg to advise that epidemic,
statisties show gradually im
proved conditions. Considering
that the number of deaths thus
far for October has been nearly
half as great as for the entire
year of |I7. we believe the
question of rescinding any clos
ing orders should lie determined
only after a careful review of
the situation with repesenta
tives of the medical profession,
who lire in close touch with (lie
present situation.
Theaterinon Speak
A number of theutricai owners and
managers attended the meeting anti
cipating that Dr. Raunick might give
an intimation of the date for open
ing their places. Dr. Raunick in
speaking to Council said he pre
ferred to leave his decision on the
opening of places until he hud seen
more physicians of the city.
A short recess was taken during
the meeting to permit the theatrical
representatives to give their views.
O. Floyd Hopkins acted as spokes
man. He told the councilnten that
no other institutions had co-operated
mote heartily but hoped that the
closing ban would be lifted soon as
conditions here did not seem any
\torse than in other eastern cities.
He explained that the theaters in
the state were losing $lOO,OOO a day
while closed, but everywhere agreed
to close without protest. Henri Clay
ton, a noted vaudeville artist, who
was scheduled to appear in a local
theater a few weeks ago but which
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JELLIES, BROTHS
AND CUSTARDS
BADLY NEEDED
JELLIES', broths and custards
are needed for the sick of tht
city. Mrs. IC. S. Herman said
to-day: "While, the epidemic is
waning, there are still hundreds
in need of assistance. Ten new
patients were received at the
Emergency Hospital yesterday.
Our visiting nurses tell us of hun
dreds of families requiring atten
tion. The response last week was
so generous that I know the good
people of Harrisburg will con
tinue their splendid work as long
as necessary when they under
stand conditions."
Call Bell Phone N'o. 615 and ask
for Mrs. Herman.
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THE WEATHER
For Hnrrlshorg nod vicinity! Fnlr
to-night and rdnrxlan not
much change In temperntore.
For Eastern Pennsylvania t Fair
to-night and Wednesdnyl cooler
to-night In nnrtheaat portion;
light, variable winds, mostly
sooth. %
River
The main river will continue to
rise slowly. All trtbotarleo will
fall slowly or remits near
ly stationary, exeept the
I>ower West Branch, whleh will
eontlnoe to rtae slowly to-night.
A stage of nhont 44 feet Is Indl
rnted for Harrtabarg Wedges
day morning.
Passengers Beginning to Get Uneasy
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EVERY WARD TO
DO ITS SHARE IN
BIG WAR DRIVE
House-to-House Campaign to
Supplement Industrial
Work
Every ward in Harrisburg will be i
allotted Its share of the $lBO,OOO
i which the city must raise during the
i national United War Work Cam
-1 puign for $170,500,000 to be con
| ducted from November 11 to 17, ac
cording to the announcement by \
! David E. Tracy, city chairman, at a
j meeting of the ward leaders of the
' house-to-house committee at ram-
I puign headquarters in the Gilbert
1 storeroom last evening.
J. William Bowman is working
out the quotas for the wards, and
expects to announce them within a
few days. The quotas will tie ap
portioned according to the popula
tion of the wards, and the rise cf the
industrial establishments doing busi
ness within their limits.
' Plans for the three whirlwind
: campaigns which will raise the ward
i quotas were announced by E. H.
! Eckenrode, city chairman, this
morning. A special advisory cont
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City's Streets Must Be
Quiet on Hallowe'en
Health authorities and police offi
cials have called attention again to
I the order prohibiting any Hallowe'en
celebrations this year, because of the
epidemic of Influenza. Youngsters
In former years took great delight in
going out In crowds, fantastically
costumod, faces masked .playing mis
chievous pranks in the neighborhood
In which they lived. There will be
.none of these festivities this year the
• health officials ruled, as danger of
: a further spread of the epidemic has
! not passed. The police have been
l notified to disperse any crowds which
1 may gathr during the next few even
ings. The ban has been extended
also to any indoor social events and
even small entertainments are not
to be held health officials requested.
PRESIDENT WILE GIVE OUT
HUGHES AIRCRAFT REPORT
Washington. Oct. 29.—The Hughes
aircraft report will be made public
as soon a si* is received by President
Wilson. Tnts announcement was
made Rt the White House yesterday.
Thus far the President has not seen
the report, but It is expected to be
delivered to him within the course
of the next three days. J
GERMANS STRIVE
DESPERATELY TO
j REPEL INVASION
Work Feverishly to Trans
form Metz Into Invulnerable
Barrier Against Advance
i <*
By Associated Press
With ttfe American Army
Northwest of Verdun, Oct.
29.—Activities along * the
center of the American front
began long before daylight
this morning with a furious
bombardment. The enemy
opened a heavy fire with
gas shells at 2.30 o'clock
which was changed to high
explosives between four and
five. The American artillery
responded. American patrols
were active in Bantheville
wood all night.
' With the American Army Xorth
[ west of Verdun, Oct. 29.—With divi
| sion after division of troops, ma-
I chine guns and artillery the enemy
•is bitterly defending himself west of
J Verdun. The German army is mak
ing its most desperate effort to pre
| vent the Americans breaking through
i i in the vital Verdun sector. It is
I equally or more fearful that there
1 1 may be a breach Adangerlng Mete,
: with the consequent necessity of
• (abandoning all the territory still un
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; Will of Thirteen Words
One of Shortest on Record,
Filed With Register Miles
One of the shortest wills ever filed
I' In Dauphin county has been probated
: by Acting Register James G. Miles.
I It was wrtten February 19. 1913,
I by Mrs. Emma Schindler and oon
| tains thirteen words. The will- fol
\ lows: "After irv death I will all I
I have to my husband,, August Schind
i ler."
Letters of administration were
I Issued In the following estates:
i Eugene E. Baptist), late of the city,
to Mrs. Martha H. and W. ,Arthur
Baptlsti: Nicholas Negro, late of
Steelton ,to Mary P. Negro; Guls
i sepo PiLallo. .late of the city, to
Harrisburg Trust Company'.
MURDER TRIAL
MAY BE HELD
IN ADAMS CO.
Under Old Act Gettysburg
Youths Might Face
Jurv Here
It is likely that Clarence J. Collins
and Charles C. Reinecker. Gettys
burg youths who confessed to the
murder of George ,J. Bushman, Wed
nesday, October 15, while en route
in Bushman's motorcar from Car
lisle to Gettysburg, will be tried in
the Adams county courts, under an
act of Assembly of 1860, it was said
at the District Attorney's office this
morning.
By' this act if a murder is c6m
mitted in a conveyance during a
journey, the case may be tried in any
county traversed during the Jour
ney. Thus Dauphin. Adams or Cum
berland county may try the case, if
it is found the law is. applicable. It
is felt here that it is. as Bushman
was taking Collins Reinecker on
a journey .and his automobile was
a conveyance for which he accepted
money for hire.
Residents of Adams
The murder, it is felt, was com
mitted in Cumberland county, at
least two miles from the Adanw
county borderline. Cumberland coun
ty authorities are reported to be of
the opinion that inasmuch as the
murderers and their victim are resi
dents of Gettysburg, the Adams
county courts should try the case.
Dauphin county, as the place
where the body was found, and as
one of the counties Included In the
Journey of the night of the shooting,
also could be considered the proper
place to handle the case, it was ad
mitted here this morning. The con
fessed slayers are in the Dauphin
county jail.
Raymond F. Topper, District At
torney at Gettysburg, will come to
Harrisburg to-morrow and take Col
lins and Reinecker to the scene of
the shooting, which they say was be
tween Mount Holly and Idaville.
There is no doubt in the minds of
authorities that the place is in Cum
berland county. Following the deci
sion. the men will be discharged on
no jurisdiction grounds by Alderman
Shaner, who will conduct a prelimi
nary hearing. Then it will be up to
Adams and Cumberland county to
decide the disposal of the case, local
authorities say.
St'\KE.\ STEAMER CUBAN BOAT
By Associated Press
Washington, Oct. 29. The sugar
laden ship sunk In an unexplained
manner off the New Jersey coast, Sun
day night, was the Cuban steamer
Chaparro. which left Cardenas, Cuba,
for New Tork. October 21. Offlcials
believe the Investigation now in pro
gress will demonstrate that the vessel
was not torpedoed.
TURKEY SEEKS PEACE
London, Oct. 29.—Turkey has independently presented
peace proposals to the Entente nations, according to a re
port from Constantinople forwarded by the correspondent
at Copenhagen of the Exchange Telegraph Company. The
negotiations are expected to end soon, it is said.
With the American Army Northwest of Verdun, Oct. 29.
—Three German airplanes are believed to have been brought
down in an aerial battle over Bantheville late Tuesday be
tween an American patrol of eight machines and thirteen
Germans.
U. S. IS SUSPICIOUS
OF AUSTRIAN PLEA
FOR EARLY PEACE
Belief Exists That Dual Mon-\
archy Is Making Last Des- j
perate Effort to Escape Full
Consequences of Defeat
KARL REALIZES THE
SERIOUS SITUATIOS
I ,
By Associated Frcss
Copenhagen, Oct. 211. —Arch-
duke Joseph lias issued a proc
lamation stating that Emperor
Charles has charged him with
the task ol' securing the com
plete independence of Hungary,
a dispatch from Budapest says.
The proclamation adds that
peace will lie aspired to at once
and Hungary will Join a league
j or nations, her integrity and
unity being the, first aim.
Washington, Oct. 29.—Interest in
official circles to-day was centered
on the new peace note from Austria,
reported in press dispatches to be on
1 its way to Washington through the
j Medium of the Swedish government.
| Though no official announcement has
i been made, it was considered certain
' no answer will be made to the latest
| communication from Germany deliv
' ered yesterday to President Wilson.
Though the Austrian note, accord
i ing to the unofficial text, goes farth
| er than have any of the German peace
I proposals in that it asks the I'resi
i dent to begin immediately negotia
-1 tions for peace and an armistice with
! out awaiting further exchanges with
| Germany, many officials saw virtual
!y no signs of the expected break in
i the alliance of the Central powers,
j In fact, it is believed the Vienna and
j Berlin governments are working In
(harmony and with a full knowledge
of the others action. The belief was
based largely on the fact that the
'actions of Austria have not thus far
"UNANIMOUS FOR
BEIDLEMAN," IS
BOOSTERS' PLEA
Neighbors Asked to Give Him
Majorities in Every Pre
cinct in Dauphin County
The Dauphin County Booster Com
mittee, made up of friends of Sena
tor Beidleman. to-day issued an ap
peal to the voters of Dauphin coun
ty to "make it unanimous for
Beidleman" at home. In the spring,
Just the primaries, the
booster committee issued a simillar
call with the result that the Senator
was given a majority for lieutenant
governor on the Republican ticket
in every ward and precinct in the
city and county. The committee's ap
peal in full follows:
"Make it unanimous for Beidle
man is the slogan of the Dauphin
County Booster Committee organized
last spring in the interest of Sena
'tor Beidleman's candidacy for lieu
tenant-governor.
"The voters of Harrisburg and
Dauphin county gave the Senator a
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Dr. Prugh Gets 10 Cents
Mile to Visit Family
and Take Army Vote
The Rev. Dr. B. E. Prugh. chair
man of the Prohibition State Com
mittee. to-day received the choice
assignment to take the votes of the
Pennsylvania soldiers at Fort Leav
enworth, Kan. from Governor Brum
baugh. The doctor will start very
soon.
A few days ago Dr.- Prugh, who
is quoted in Democratic National
Chafrmar Vance C. McCormiclf's
newspaper to-day as saying that
"election day will see the liquor vote
gofng strong for Sproul," expressed
the hope that the Governor would
give him the Leavenworth trip so
that he couid visit members of his
family at Kansus City on the way.
The doctor will get ten cents a
mile as a commissioner to take the
vote.
URGE CAUTION
UNTIL AUSTRIA
FINALLY FALLS
By Associated Press
Paris, bet. 29.—"The Capitula
tion of Austria," is the unvarying
caption with which the morning
newspapers precede Count Julius
Andrassy's note to President Wil
son. The editorials of the news
papers, while accepting this con
clusion, urge caution lest there he 1
a hidden snare behind the Aus- |
trian offer.
IJOIMIOII, Oct. 29.—Austria's re
ply to President Wilson is viewed i
here as ah unconditional surren- I
der. Although recognized ns an |
event of' intrinsically the greatest |
moment, denoting the breaking
up of Hapsburg power, main in- >
terest in the situntion lies in the
effect it inevitably will have on
the position of Germany.
I
caused any visible resentment in
Berlin.
Too Itml Shape
The statement of the Austrian gov- ,
ernment that it adhered to the point !
of view expressed by President Wil- (
son in his last communication upon ;
the rights of the peoples of the dual ;
monarchy and of the Czecho-Slovaks
and Jugo-Slavs in particular—one of ;
the greatest concession that Austria- •
Hungary could make was considered j
as reflecting the chaotic conditions in
the empire, finiperor Charles, it was ,
said, doubtless realizes that eondi- I
tlons cannot long remain as they now !
are. and accordingly is exerting even ;
more strenuous efforts than his ally
to obtain a peace not too onerous or i
too humiliating.
In regard to this Austrian asser
tion, it was pointed out that nothing •
is said about guaranteeing the com
plete independence of those peoples.
It was thought in some quarters to- j
day that the President will demand
that such guarantee be offered before
consenting to transmit the Austrian
proposal to the Allies.
M'NICHOLS NAMED:
BY GOVERNOR IN
PALMER'S PLACE
Will Be Chief Factory Inspec
tor and Acting Head of
Department
Walter McNiehols, of Scranton, '
former state senator and one of the
supervising inspectors of the State |
Department of Labor and Industry, j
was to-day appointed as chief of the !
bureau of factory inspection and ex
offlcio acting commissioner of labor !
and industry during the absence in j
military service of Colonel John
Price Jackson. He succeeds Lew R. j
Palmer, of Pittsburgh, who retired |
last night.
Mr. Nichols will take the oath of
office immediately and take charge
of the department with which he I
has been connected for several j
years. He served in the State Sen- ;
ate from 1911 to 1915. It is probable |
that he will be acting commissioner
and that John H. Walker, of Scran- ]
ton, will continue as acting chief of <
the factory inspection bureau, as he
was under Palmer while the latter
was acting commissioner.
The Governor made no statement !
to-day as to his reasons for calling
for Palmer's resignation or Palmer's
declaration that he had not resigned, j
but had been dismissed. The an- >
nouncement of McNichol's appoint- '
ment was formal and contained the ,
statement that "under act 267 of
I!U3 Mr.-McNichola becomes acting j
commissioner."
Mr. Palmer to-day reiterated his
declaration that he had not resign
ed, but had been dismissed. He said
he knew of no reason except that he i
had differed over appointments. The
Governor declined to make any I
statement.
Palmer Quits
After sending a letter to Gov- j
ernor Brumbaugh to the effect tha| j
he interpreted his letters to him is '
dismissal from the state service, Mr. |
Palmer, safety expert, to-day left j
the offlceß of the Department of j
Labor and Industry, of which lie!
had been the adtlng commissioner j
for more than a year and where he'
had reorganized the state's factory i
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Allies Armies Sweep Forward
For Great Gains Despite
Austria's Resistance
AMERICAN TROOPS ARE HELD
IN RESERVE BY GENERAL DIAZ
By Associated Press
With the Allied Foces on the Piave, Oct. 29.—The last
lines of the Austro-Hungarian resistance on the central
positions along the Piave river were broken to-day by
the British, French and Italian forces. The Austrians
were dealt a smashing blow. It resulted in the Allies
fmaking new advances, pushing forward as far as Vav
olla, which was taken by the victorious Italians, notwith
standing desperate resistance.
Allied troops maintain their progress east of the Piave and
have taken more than 15,000 prisoners. The Italian, British and
hrcnch seriously threaten the important railroad point of Cone
gliano and Oderzo and two of the three railway lines supporting
the Austro-Hungarians on the Piave front.
On the western front in France, from the Oise to east of the
Mouse Allied pressure continues with gains for the French be
tween the Oise. and the Serre. An intense artillery duel is in
progress on the American front northwest of Verdun.
Advance on Front ot 30 Miles
While the Allies have thrown forces across the Piave on a
front of about thirty miles, the heaviest fighting has been along
a stretch of seven miles between Conegliano and Oderzo, where
the Italians and British have advanced more than three miles,
making a formidable wedge in the Austrian positions east of the
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day by James M; Sthooftftiakcr jr., who covered the dis r I
tauce u-22S miles-in dc Ha- eland battleplane yesterday
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CAIALAUX TRIAL SITTINGS BEGIN
/
;•:> —Sitting ,?. a high court, the French Senate tfj I
be;- • n its sittings for the trial cf ex-Premier Caillaux. -|
Deputy Luis Loustalpt and Paul Comby. The accused
rt v-.t stl o proceedings are'only pre
limlnory. _ . all
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Tarri ' -Word v • rcc A.-H here o; the death.of- 1 I
Cr, ■ ;e \V 11-r.sel, jpfhiena. Tie 1' nnc;l/ was a _ tl |: II
• clerk in the office of the directors of the poor and a justice • J I
of th peace at Lykens, whe •: hem •> his home.' He /
."ell !.- own i -i city and county official cb.'t-s, and ,|fl |
on ni-.r.ber of occasions performed wedding ceremonies -j I
at the coutrhouse when couples who called for marriage ;j |
licerises said they were unacquainted in the city and could
find no one to marry them. *
NO ANSWER TO GERMAN kOTE . 1 j
Washington- no official announcement has 'il| I
•' - ' c( U ■ I
-'a t he ■ a !.. i ' ;ion fr- m Germ \ny. ,1 I
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MARRIAGE LICENSES
Ptrli K. Mycr and Mnrnret R. liwtnnood, York.