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LXXXVII- Xo. 241 12 FADES "ItSrH SSffViKSSg- HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 30, 191R &SSiESjSr "WcSaf HOME EDITION
AUSTRIA'S HARD PRESSED
ARMY NEAR TOTAL DEFEAT
ENEMY IS LACKING
MUNITIONS NEEDED
TO USE ARTILLERY
Country Is Laid
Waste For Ten
Miles by liuns
AMERICANS IN
RESERVECORPS
Little Fighting in
Franee W he reFoe
Is Holding
By Associated Press
Italian Headquarters on
the Piave, Oct. 30. —The
Austro-Hungarian forces
arc leaving behind them,
east of Conegliano. They
aer leaving behind them,
scattered along the roads
toward Vittorio, seven miles
north of Conegliano, and'
Sacile, farther east, many
big guns and munition
wagons.
,„ At Italian Headquarters on tlic
'u'iave, Oct. 30.—Austrian forces arc
retreating under ever increasing
pressure and it is felt that the attack
against the enemy will become over
whelming as soon as the entire allied
force can enter Ihe action.
With three successive days of fair
weather, an extremely large body
of troops with supplies has crossed
the pontoons over the Piave. It is
expected that the Austrian munition
supply will give out. There are in
dications that the enemy's heavy or
tillefV is being withdrawn in an ef
fort to save the big guns.
The American Red Cross is pre
paring to assist the Italian popula
tion in towns evacuated by the Aus
tlinns. For ten miles back from the
river the country has been desolated.
The latest reports ijliow fhe Aus
trlans retreating steadily to save
themselves in the Piave district,
where 150 guns and one thousand
additional prisoners were captured
to-day. Monte Grappa has been at
tacked violently by the enemy, how
ever, but the action resulted in his
repulse.
More than 20,000 prisoners have
been captured since .the at'tack be
gan.
King Victor Emmanuel visited the
reconquered territory yesterday.
One year ago the Italian armies
were streaming westward from the
Isonzo with a great military disaster j
imminent. To-day, the Italians, with
British and French divisions fighting
with them, and with American con- I
tingents in reserve, are pouring
through what appears to be a breach
in the Austrian lines east of ' the I
Piave river.
-IMIIHI Prisoners Are Taken
Val Dobbiadene has been captured.
Conegliano has been occupied nntl
along a line stretching south to the.
Treviio-Oderso railroad, the Allies
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HUGHES DEPLORES
WILSON APPEAL
fty Associated Press
NKW YORK, Oct. 30.—Calling
for national • unity "alter the
ntctliorgi of a republic and not an
autocracy" and deploring Presi
dent Wilson's assumption that
only the return of a Democratic
majority would uphold Ids na
tional leadership. Charles K.
Hughes declared Jn an address
hero last night that bipartisan
support alone "would save the
President from tlie lesser dignity
and influence of mere party lead
ership."
".Must we Republicans," he
asked, "patriotically toil and give
without seeking a voice in the
national assembly, yielding our
representation to Democrats, not
as more worthy or more loyal, not
as more sacrificing or more intel
ligent. but to Democrats as sueli.
simply because tliey are Demo
crats?
THE WEATHER
For Hiirrlxhurg and vicinity i
Prohn bly rnin unit cooler to
uluht mid Thursday.
For Eastern Prnnsylvnnln i Prob
ably rain and cooler to-nlglit
and Thursday! moderate nest
and northwest winds.
fllver
The Susqnehnnnn river and nil Its
branches will rise slightly or
remain nearly stationary. A
stage ol about 4.4 feet Is Indi
cated for Hurrlsburg Thursday
morning.
OVER 30,000 HUNS
TAKEN IN FRANCE
SINCE OCTOBER 1 1
I
i Havre. Oct. 30. —The official
; statement issued by the Belgian
war office reads:
"From October 14 to October
37 the total number of prisoners
taken by the armies in Flanders
was 1 8,293, including 331 officers.
| The amount of captured material
j ,is so great that it is impossible
! as yet to Count it. In the period
I from October 14 to October 27,
509 guns' were taken, of which
! the Belgians captured 247 and
! the British 211. Over 1.200 ma
chine guns were taken during
that time. With the 12.000 prts-
I oners taken from September 28
to October 14 the total number of
prisoners captured in a month
exceeds 30,000."
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QUARANTINE IN !
HARRISBURG TO
BE OFF TUESDAY
! Acting Health Commissioner [
Removes Him on All
Activities
The City Health Department, fol-1
lowing a conference with represen- j
tattve businessmen, ministers and
members of the medical profession, j
reported to City Council in special I
session at 4 o'clock this afternoon '
that it is inadvisable to lift the in- j
fiuenza quarantine in llarrisburg [
before early next week.
However, if conditions continue [
to improve rapidly and the clanger |
is deemed past before that time, an j
earlier lifting of the ban may be.
decided upon. Dr. Kaunick said af- i
ter the meeting of the health board j
that it is tlie desire of the health'
authorities to do everything possible'
toward restoring normal business!
conditions and that from the pres- !
ent outlook the quarantine will be j
lifted about Tuesday as indicated by |
Dr. Royer in his statement last night. '
However, should the epidemic break ;
out anew, which is not expected, a j
later date may be found necessary. '
The City Health Bureau held its j
meeting early this afternoon imme- j
diately after a conference of almost!
two hours with physicians, leading!
businessmen, hospital and Red Cross,
representatives, clergymen and school!
officials. That everyone of these will j
co-operate with the officials was as-j
sured. While everyone else in the j
city was represented at this session
newspapermen were not permitted to
be present and after the meeting was,
over were not given any information
about it. During the afternoon busi-'
nessmen in the city who had learned I
of the conference, could get no defi
nite accounts of what had transpired, j
Situation Improved
Reports were made at the meet- |
ing by a number of the physicians
who were present, and Dr. Raunick i
afterward said that every phase of
the epidemic situation was discussed.
It is understood the physicians all |
gave opinions on the advisability of J
lifting the ban, and on the possibil-i
ity of a further spread of the dis
ease if the restrictions are discon
tinued next week.
Whether the other officials present
at the conference made any state
ments about the closing and open- I
ing orders was not announced. One
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Guns in Verdun War
Speak at St. Juvin; 18
Hun Planes Are Downed
B.v .1 ssociated Press
Washington, Oct. 30.—Heavy nr- j
tlllery and machine gun fire north I
of Verdun and the bringing down i
of eighteen enemy airpluncs, with i
failure of five American machines ■
to return as told in Associated Press ;
ilispntches last night' were reported I
by General Pershing in a communl- j
que of yesterday received to-day by ;
the War Department. The dispatch I
says:
"Artillery and machine gun fire •
cohtinued heavy during the night l
on the front of the first army north !
of Verdun, reaching particular in- I
tensity in the region of the Bois!
Belleu and the Bois d'Armont.
"From tHe remainder of the front j
there is nothing of importance to '
report.
"On ihe Verdun front there lias;
been heavy artillery and machine '
gun fire to-day west of the Meuse, |
especially in the region north of
St. Juvin.
With more favorable weather
conditions there has been increased ,
aerial activity on the front of the
first army throughout the day. Our
pursuit squadrons efiguged the en
emy in numerous combats, in the
course of which eighteen enemy
airplanes were shot down. Five of
our machines did not return. Our
aviutors also carried out important i
reconnaissance and photographic j
missions."
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DEMOCRATS WILL i
NOT DEFEND THE
PRESIDENT'S PLEA
Semite Leaders Dodge De
bate With Republicans;
Recognize Weakness
Washington, Oct. 30.—-The Demo- j
crats in the United States Senate J
will make no attempt to defend j
President Wilson against ltepubli-1
can attacks on the floor of Congress. I
At a caucus of thos Demo-!
cratic Congressional leaders who!
have not returned home for the!
elections it was decided to bldck I
nil further partisan political discus-!
sioi) in the Senate until after next!
Tuesday. When the Senate meets!
again on Thursday, Senator Miy-j
tin, of Virginia, Democratic leader;
of the Senate, will make a point of j
no quorum, and he will thus pre- j
vent any debate and force an ad-j
journnient from day to day unless)
a quormu should be presented un-1
expectedlv.
There is little likelihood that
there will be any quo'rum until
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1.1 KI T. KELLER KILLED'
Word has Just reached this city
that First Lieutenant Daniel Keller,
2 3 years of age, son of William H
Keller, First Deputy Attorney Gen
eral of Pennsylvania, has been killed
in action on the French front. Lieu
tenant Keller was attached to the
Three Hundred and Sixteenth Penn
sylvania Infantry, Seventy-ninth di
vision, and was married in Philadel
phia just before embarkation for
France. Me lived in Lancaster.
PRAGUE, BOHEMIAN CAPITAL,
IS SEIZED BY THE CZECHS
Austrian Garrison Surrenders to Revolutionists While
City Officials Take Oath of Allegiance
to Germany's Enemies
Copenhagen, Oct. 30.—The Csech
national committee took over the
functions of the local government in
Prague, the Bohemian capital, on
Monday, marketing the final steps in
its successful revolution there, ac
cording to a telegram from Berlin to
the National Tidende.
The Austrian imperial symbols
]r A SLACKER CONGRESS j
(From Roosevelt's Speech)
"The President's personal organ, i
the World, Itself says that the i
j present Democratic Congress is a
'slacker Congress.' And the Pres-
I ident asks the voters to keep these ,
' slackers In control provided only .
that these slackers follow him
I with abject alarcity in whichever
I ttetv direction he may momentarily
! lead. Small wonder that in the
cloakroom of the House the bitter
jest circulates: "Here's to our
tzar, last in war, first toward ;
i peaet>, long may he waver!'"
I
DORSETT SPEAKS
FOR GOOD ROADS!
IN PENNSYLVANIA
Says R Will Give Farmers
' Good Roads and That They |
Will Support It
E. B. Dorsett, • one of the most:
| prominent members of the Pennsyl-j
vania State Grange, to-day issued a !
statement in which he urged all !
voters of Pennsylvania to vote for. l
the proposed bond Issue for road j
i purposes in the election next Tues- '
| day. Mr. Dorsett, who is chief of the ,
: bureau of markets, Agricultural He- |
| partment, is One of the best known
farming experts in Pennsylvania. His •
statement is as follows:
"Five years ago the proposition to !
I bond the state for fifty millions of '
dollars was defeated by the voters'
of this state, and largely through the 1
influence of the Grunge, led by their ]
master, "Farmer" Creasy, At that j
time there was grave doubt in the |
minds of the Grange members as to |
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were removed from various build
ings and Imperial proclamations torn
down. The city officials have taken
an oath of fidelity to the Czech state.
During Monday night the general
commanding Prague garrison and
his staff placed the entire armed
forces in the city ut the disposal of
the Czech national committee.
REPUBLICANS SEE
1 HOUSE CONTROL;
: MAJORITY OF 20
Congressman Fess Rases Fig
ures on Telegraphic Reports
From Different States
Washington, Oct. 30.—Based upon
i telegraphic returns received yester
i day, the prediction W8.% made to-day
| by Representative S. IX Fess that the
j Republicans would regain control of
1 the next House of Representatives by
' a majority of not less than twenty.
I He said that If the voters carried
! their protests against the President's
I attempt to dictate to the poll as
forcibly as these protests are now
: being received by letter and telegrams
the majority would be larger than
I the early canvasses show.
| Democratic leaders are greatly
1 concerned over the situution. One
j of the leaders suid last night'that
I two Domocratic seuts would be lost
| in Kentucky, one held by Reprcsent
j ative Swager Sherley, chairman of
Ii he Appropriations Committee. A
! gain of one in New Jersey for the
) Republicans is conceded, with Del
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German Cruelty at Crest
in British Prison Camps;
Briton Demands Release
By 'Associated Press
London, Oct. 30. —Germany has
| flagrantly broken the rules of inter
| national law in her "treatment of
j British prisoners of war, declared Sir
: George Gave, the British home sec-i
| rotary, in discussing the question of
i prisoners of war in the House of
! Commons yesterday. Some of the
. German internment camps, he said,
were reasonably well organized but
there were other camps where con
! ditions were almost unspeakable und
■ where inhumane treatment almost
I past belief went on.
| Working parties of British prison
ers were beaten, tortured and made '
;to .work when they were ill. Every- 1
i thing was done to break their spirit, I
j but Sir Gdorge added, the enemy hud
I failed in most cases.
] Sir George believed that if nny
! armistice with either Germany or!
i Austria-Hungary was reached the ]
j government would take steps to see !
that one of the primary conditions
' would be that all prisoners'of war In '
enemy countries should be immedi-1
[ately and unconditionally released, i
iGERMANY SENDS j
! ANOTHER NOTE
| TO WASHINGTON
i President Is Drafting Answer
to Austria's Latest Com
munication
PEACE IS NO NEARER
;Berli Still Harps on Alleged
Democratic Changes in
Government
By Associated Frcss
Washington, Oct. 30.—Another
' note front the German government
I reached Washington to-day. It sup
j pientents the last brief eontmuniea —
i tion, saying armistice terms were
: awaited, by reciting in detail gov
; ernmental changes which have taken
! place in Germany us evidence that
I the Kaiser has been deprived of all
| power of making war and negotiat
ing peace.
This time the Germans do not ad—
j dress President Wilson personally,
| but send the information for the
• American government, apparently
I recognizing that the stage of per
| sonal appeals has passed with iho
| transmission of their armistice and
I peace plea to the Allies.
Constitutional Changes
It reiterates that the actual power
! and responsibility of the. government
j has been transferred to the Reich
| stag and describes the progress of
; the necessary constitutional changes,
j. The note probably will be forward-
I ed immediately to Paris where the
j Supreme War Council already is re
j ported to have formulated terms
upon which the United States and
I the Allies might permit a cessation
j of hostilities.
Reply to Austria
As word of the new German move
came it was learned that President
Wilson was working to-day on a re
ply to the last note from Vienna, in
which the Austrian government ac
cepted all principles und conditions
of the President and asked fur ar
mistice and peace proposals.
| The reply, which probably will be
i made public before night, is expected
I to inform the authorities at Vienna
I that on the basis of acceptance of all
| conditions, including . actual inde
j pendence and not mere autonomy for
I subject nationalities, their request
has been referred to the governments
with which the United Stales is as
sociated.
Situation Unchanged
Frederick Oederlin, the Swiss
charge, received the German note
and appeared at the State Depart
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McCormick Wiir Get His"
From Campaign Funds in
Return For His Big Loan
I Washington, Oct. 30.—N0 more
i interesting topic has developed In !
' political circles recently than the re- |
j port of the National Democratic j
! Committee showing that Mitchell |
Palmer, Vance C.'McCorniick, Joseph ,
F. Guffey and several other Demo-'
j crats had loaned the committee j
| $150,000 at a time when less wealthy
: Democrats were making donations;
i to the committee. It is pointed out :
! that National Chairman McCormick's;
| efforts to raise a big campaign fund !
j at this time through holding up the;
I poorly paid postal employes for
J "contributions" comes with poor I
i grace, as he will naturally benefit
; from this money to the extent of his
I loan. In other words, Millionaire Mc
( Cormick is placed in the light of re- •
paying himself from the national
I committee at the expense of the fed
| eral employes who must either give
i to the campaign fund or be fired.
i The national chairman is u very
; rich man and might easily make 1
! good the whole Democratic detlci- '
: ency if he would. Many express sur- j
j p-ise that he has not done so, in view
j of his generosity in Democratic eam
j paigns in Pennsylvania when he him
; self was a eandidute.
Last Child of Family
Taken by Influenza
The third and last child of Mr.
| and Mrs. Thomas H. Martin, of
! Colonial Acres, Mrs. Fred Ober- >
I lander, died in the Hurrlsburg Hos
j pital at 10.30 o'clock this morning
jof influenza. Mrs. Oberlander'3
brother, James B. Martin, aged 24,
died in Camp Taylor, Ky., of the |
disease on October 10. Miss Mary i
Martin, aged 18, a nurse in train
ing at the Providence Hospital,
I Washington, who came home for
her brother's funeral, was stricken
. and died on October 21. Mrs. Ober-,
lander, who was 27 years old, was]
iulso a nurse and nursed her sister]
through her sickness, contracting
the disease 1 nnd becoming ill soon
lafter the second funeral last Thurs- 1
i day.
Complete funeral arrangements,
have not yet been made. However, i
the services will likely be con- |
ducted by the Rev. D. J. Carey, rcc-J
tor of St. Patrick's Cathedral, and]
burial will De mode in the Alt. Cav- ,
airy Cemetery. Mrs. Oberlander
survived by her husband no par- .
] ents.
£
French Made Fresh Gains
in Encircling Guise
I By Associated Press
Paris, Odt. 30.—General Debeney'js,
I first army has gained new successes ]
; in the encircling of Guise, according i
j to tfje official statement from the i
; war office to-day.
: North of Guise they have taken '
I the Beaufort farm, north of the Oise.
; Along the Peron 'river, south of
Guise, the French have progressed
i east cf Monceau-le-fSeuf and cap-,
I tured prisoners,.
DAUPHIN FLYER
LOST IN BATTLE
WALTER SHAFFER
BODY HANGING
THREE MONTHS
TO TREE FOUND
Hunters Discover Corpse oil
Man Who Disappeared
Last Summer
Mct'lianlcsburg, Pa., Oct. 30.
Hanging from a tree in the moun
tains below Mount Pleasant, York
county, the body of Vfilllum Por
ter, aged 63, of East Coover street,
this place, who disappeared front his
home August 8, was tound yesterday
afternoon by Shaffer Williams and
Lloyd Stonesifor, of Shepherdstown.
The men were on a hunting trip at
the time. They Immediately notified
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| ALDERMAN DISCHARGES SLAYER J
j II aIT i.; burg—Clorence J. Collins and • Carles
I Reinecker, the Gettysburg boys held. in '.the*.- m|H
js 11 the charge of shooting and killing V,J • ,1
J. Bushmn-i, also of Gettysburg, October 15, vrere, iu- '' i ,|
charged On the grounds of no.jurisdiction before
man Shaner this afternoon. They arc being Held ih/.lhe . \\^M
.' a;-the rf/nvai ■: i ; :or: . . corn ■■ f; . 7. n. -
bcrl.md 'ulajns county. 'The boys re\ t;Jy held con- *1
fessed the nr rder. j
ALLIES TAKE 100 VILLAGES AND TOWNS
Washington—Results of the victorious advance against,
the Austrians on the Italian front hourly increase in im- y
portance. says an official dispatch to the Italian embassy j
fVc-me. M>- r ■ a ' sill >:*'. and $H
• ■ ' Tne attl.c line is n' fc'-.v.ng closely * :
" i'lg *|i
■ "cb -i ■ • a i• i•. •.• ! .' • ans
...• j • *.r U ed principal ; -wi
lines cC rttreat;'
TELLS HOTEL MEN TO KfEP OPEN
. i"t : tor— A? the meeting of the cit, B•;.i or lienlth . V ||H
. •< the board and Cry r Myers ad
. . i :.-n a, bass open i • li.-iii,,.i H Rover • jMI
' I 'd to interfere. Lancaster police have instruc- :,y-
L . ?.• id the state authorities.
U. S. FAVORS DRASTIC ARMISTICE.
- The armistice program -lid' to have j|9
-e. / the h pre we War ( not been yJH
reported on early to-day by the American represent,i- 1
■ c -ir icrt h..v veer, :• favor • d Jjj
terms equally at drastic as-those described in press di.-v | : ' a
patchcv T, r.greed upm at Versailles.
FREER USE OF SUGAR GRANTED
Washington—As an aid in fighting the influenza ii ?1
epidemic, the food administration to-day• telegraphed }' *
federal food administrator of .each itate the information : •
• csf-ar. extra sugar allotments for patier.t* !Jh
; i the i ■-c to be allowed.
'
MARRIAGE LICENSES
I'arln IL Mjrr unit Mnmnret B. Crrennond. York.
WALTER SHAFFER
FALLS BEHIND
GERMAN LINES
j Dauphin Aviator Believed by
Comrades to Be a
Prisoner
| FAMOUS FOR HIS LETTERS
i Wore War Cross and Had
| Brought Down Two Planes
and a Balloon
Walter Shttffer. the Dauphin avt
i ator who has been llying in France,
is reported to be a captive inside the
German lines.
A comrade in his cscadrille, Lieu-j
tenant McMillen, in a letter received!
by Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Shaffer,
last evening, said that he was seen to
descend behind the German lines on
October 3, while on a patrol with
eight other members of his esca
drille. Ha has not been heard from
since.
Every day members of his esca
drille patrol over the German lines,
dropping notes asking for informa
tion concerning Shaffer's where
abouts. Ills comrades are firm in
their opinion that he landed unhurt,
and is a captive in a German prison
camp.
Hit by Gun Fire
Shaffer had said he would attack
| a Boche observation balloon which
was poised over the German lines
| Hiding ahead of the eight other
planes in the patrol of which he was
a member, he started toward the
balloon. Anti-aircraft guns behind
the German lines opened lire, and
Shaffer was seen to descend. It is
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It I'.SSI A IX MOKItIIM.K '
MGHTMAKI-:, SAVS I'RIXCIC
By Associated Brcss
Honolulu, Oct. 30. , Prince George
Lvoff, first Premier of the Russian
provisional government et up after
the revolution, left here recently for
the United States. He said Russia is
a horrible nightmare with ruthless
murders, torturing and atrocities in
those sections controlled by German
led "Reds."