extr^^ * ■ ■ * „ . ~n ' • #*'*} j P HARRISBTJRG TELEGRAPH .dth \ • £!jc Slac-Jn&cpen&tnt. : . . ' r • LXXXVII — No. 247 14 PAGES BSV4. {fflSl.t.SSKS'- HARRISItURG. PA.. THURSDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 7. IBIS. "%BMk STRUMS. "* NIGHT EXTRA PEACE TALK UNTRUE, SAYS, SEC. LANSING '.' • I Unreliable Press Service Starts Wild Tale of Armistice . By Associated Tri'ss Washington, Nov. 7. —It was officially announced at the State Department at 2.15 o'clock tis afternoon that the Germans had NOT signed armistice terms. Secretary Lansing authorized the statement that the German armistice delegation would NOT be received by Foch until FIVE o'clock this afternoon. Paris, Nov. 7. —3.13 P. M. —Four German officers bearing white flags, it is officially announced, probably will arrive at the head quarters of Marshal Foch to-night, it is generally believed that several days will pass before a truce can be arranged. LONDON THINKS WAR WILL END IN FEW DA YS Allied Commander\ Dictating Terms For Armistice by H.jui tuii'd ft ess 1..ii.(t011, Nov. 7.—Marshal Koch, :he ulllied commander-in-chief has notified the German high command that if a German armistice delega tion wishes to meet him i: shall ad vance to the French tines along ttie I'hiniaj. Kourmies, La i.'apellc and Guise roads. ■ Fiom the French outposts the; plenipotent.aries will be conducted, to lite place decided upon for the In ' terview. The name of this place is not given in the oitieial text .of the note from Marshal Koch. Loudon. NOV. 7. lteports that Uer niau delegates nave started from ber- , lui lo me*-1 Marsh J l Koch are consid ered tide us an assurance that tight- j IIIK Mill Oe ovei in a lew days I'llc lasl days ol the ivar have by-en ' so ci ow ded vtitli enormous events t Itiat there is no capacity left lor sur- | ptlsos or sensations. I..tile doubt is entertained in 1.01111011 that Germany will accept the armistice terms of the Allies. This belief is based on the increas ing gra ity of Germany's position, j both and internally. I'nrl*. Nov. i.—News that a Ger man white flag party had leti fori tile front made a deep -impression in France where the prompt aetlon of 1 the German government took the public by surprise. The lasl linger ing doubts as 10 Germany's sincerity in asking for the Allied terms for an armistice still held in certain guar- 1 ters, seem lo be removed. tin the contrary, the Impression : now held is thai Germany Is really! worse oft than generally believed. Meanwhile, the Allied troops are ac- j live. The retreat of the Germans verges perilously near a rout. The j fall of Maubeuge to the British is! imminent. The French first army is, converging on Hirson. New Vnrk. Nov. 7.—New York newspapers are busily denying the I reports that are uo.w streaming into I the city of peace having been signed i and peace celebrations are being can- i celed everywhere. As late as 1.20 o'clock this after- j noon In Paris, according to dispatches ' received by The Associated Press. \ crowds were gathered around the ■ War Office there awaiting news of' the German application for an armis- j tice and it was generally believed | there that several days might pass ! before a truce would be arranged. , At 2.16 o'clock this afternoon it was I officially- announced at the War Oe- I partmcnt In Washington that the \ Germans had not signed the armistice j terms. Later Secretary Lansing made an . announcement that the German com- j mlssioners would not be received by Marshal Koch until 5 o'clock this: nfternoon and then The Associated | Press received another dispatch filed | in Paris at 3.35 this afternoon, say ing four German officers bearing the ! white flag would arrive at Marshal ! Koch's headquarters to-night. First Lieut. Harold Fox, j Son of Former City Pastor, Killed in War Overseas From well accredited sources in ! tills city It became known to-day that ] First Lieutenant Harold Fox. son of ; the Rwv. Dr. John D. Fox. formerly pastor of Grace Methodist Church. Harrlsburg, had been filled in action in France. September 27. According to officials of the equipment engi neering department of the Bell Tele phone Company in this city where young Fox was employed for a num ber of years previous to entering the war. Dr. Fox. father of Lieuten ant Fox, visited the headquarters of the company In Philadelphia yester day and confirmed the news of his son's death to Mr. Ruetllnger, a rep resentative of the company there who, in turn, telephoned the announcement to If. C. Kunkle. Division Plant Su perintendent at Harrlsburg. Dr. Fox told Ruetlinger that the War De partment at Washington had ap prised him of his won'* death that day. The former is now making his 1 home In the Quaker city. i FRIENDS WELCOME LIEUT. GOVERNOR E. E. BEIDLEMAN Men of All Parlies Join in Home-Coming Reception, Parade and Speeches Lieutenant-Governor-elect K E. Heidleman. returning home last evening irotn Philadelphia, where he Had gone to receive the election returns die night before, was ac corded rousing nonpartisan re cept.on by hundreds of his neigh bors and friends, regardless ol party- It was a ieui. old-fashioned "welcome home" such as the city has not wit nessed in recent years and there were tears in the eyes of the new Lieutetian* (to emor when the big crowd surrounded his automobile in 1 .Market square and d .minded u speech The lion partisan character ol the reception may be judged by the lucl that such prominent Democrats as Andrew S. Patterson, president of the Chamber of Commerce, acted as chairman of the reception com mittee while Mercer B. Tate was one of the aids in the parade. 1 The welcoming committee .-em a car to union station hearing as a committee Chuirmnn Patteison and [Continued on Page 2.] Chaos Prevails in Austria; Rail Lines Flooded With Armies Heine. Switzerland, Nov. 7.—Com plete chaos prevails in Austria, ac cording to travelers returning here from that country. All the railroad villages in the Tyrol are flooded with the returning armies in full disor j der. In the villages the demoralized troops who are bt-eadless, ure plun ! dering and requisitioning supplies. Republican Control Means Proper Ending of War, Smoot Says Washington. Nov. 7. Senator | Snioot, of Ciah, acting Republican , leader in the Senate, has issued the I following statement: "America and our Allies are to ;be congratulated upon the results ;of the election. A Republican house I and senate means that the war must end in such a way as to make an ! other impossible; that the world ! must be made safe for peace; that I Germany must surrender uncondi- I tionally, and that the terms of peace will be dictated by France, England, Italy and America. "It was a notice to our men in the ranks that we want a good job made of the war, now that we are in it, and that everything neces sary to bring this about will be furnished without delay, fear or favor; that extravagance and waste of the people's money will cease, and that the ideals for which we entered the war will be realized." SEDAN FALLS TO U.S. ARMY AFTER A GREAT BATTLE By Asmciattd Prrsi Sedan, famous in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870, has been entered by the American First Army. To-day the Americans entered the section of the town on the west bank of the Meuse, marking an advance of more than thirty-four miles since the offensive began on Sep tember 26. Meanwhile the British. French and American troops elsewhere :m the front between the Scheldt and the Meuse are pushing the Germans from the small section of France they still occupy. [Continued on Vase 2.] VALUATIONS ON CITY PROPERTY ARE BOOSTED *8 1)211 81)1) Added on Kealtv bv - - the Latest Triennial Assessment Property valuations in llarrisburg have been increased in tlie triennial . assessment to $t>2,940.985, an ad vance of J5.929.599. (*i I y Assessor I James Thompscn announced to day. During the entire summer Mr. Thompson, with Marry W. Kceny, DeWitt A. Fry and IF. C. Townsend as assistants, has toured the city and revised the valuation of each propferty in an effort to make an equitable assesment. Should the city tax rate for 1919 be fixed at lu mills again by City 'Council, the increase in revenue by direct taxation will range front SBO.- 000 to 859.000. Part of the big in crease in valuations was caused by i t lit? erection of the Penn-Harrls Mo tel. which has been assessed at $600,- ! 000, and the s't." on which it stands •it $212,000. The Centiul Iron and Steel Company was advanced from I $510,000 to $94 2.000; the Marrisburg Pipe and Pipe Pending Company from $140,000 to $540,000. The i Third ward shows a big increase be i cause of the liotel valuation and the Ninth ward because of many build | ing improvements and revision of j assesments of many properties. Notices (Siven Out All assessment notices have been mailed out and the Hoard of Revi sion and Appeals will resume ses , sions again next Monday nfter an enforced delay hecouse of the Influ enza epidemic. The Third and Fourth ward appeuls will he heard [Continued on I'agc ; Bavarian Premier Warns Germany War Must End By Associated Press Paris, Nov. T.—There is reason to 1 believe, according to a Rerne dis patch to the Temps that the premier of Ravr ( tl has sent an urgent note .to the German government to the i effect that if iin armistice is not con i eluded without delay he will !>e ob- I liged officially to order the Bavar ian troops to return from llie front. This uctton. it Is added, would be . taken owing to the fact that Bavaria is menaced on her southern frontier j by Allied forces and that the internal situation in Bavaria is unsatisfactory. New York Goes Wild Over Armistice Rumor \nv York. Nov. 7.—New York went ' wild to-day on the unconfirmed re ; port that Germany had signed the I armistice terms. The Associated Press did not carry the report. On the contrary Its cor j respondents in London and Paris con tinued to file dispatches reporting the progress of cveTits respecting the probable armistice which con troverted definitely the rumor that a truce had been declared. LANSING DENIES HUNS SIGN THE TERMS OF EACE Capitol Aflame With Demon stration Following Unoffi cial Report of War's End PARIS, NOV. 7.-4.45 THE TEMPS SAYS THE GERMAN DELEGATION CHARGED TO CON CLUDE AN ARMISTICE AND TO OPEN NEGO TIATIONS," ACCORD ING TO YESTERDAY'S OFFICIAL BERLIN NOTE. MUST HAVE AR RIVED AT THE FRONT AND SOON MUST PRE SENT ITSELF AT MARSHAL FOCH'S HEADQUARTERS. Washington, Nov. 7.—An official announcement from the State Department at 2.15 o'clock this afternoon that the Germans had net signed the armistice terms inter rupted wildly enthusiastic demonstrations that had been in progress for two hours as a result of an un confirmed report that the war was over. Secretary Lansing author ized the announcement upon receipt of a message from Paris, replying to an inquiry he had rushed over when the navy cable censors re ported at 11 a. m. that an unofficial cablegram had come through from Paris stating that the armistice had been signed at 11 o'clock (French time) to become effective at 2 o'clock 1 this afternoon. The reply said the report was not true; that Marshal Foch would not receive the German envoys seeking armistice terms until 5 p. m. to-day (French time), or six hours after the time the armistice was reported sign i e< *- Officials had not accepted the report as true, but it spread over Washington like wild fire. At 3.30 o'clock this after noon it was stated officially that the United States gov ernment had not been advis ed of the signing of an arm : istice. Join-in Demonstration Vftiistles began to blow and Bells to ring and great crowds thronged into the ! streets There were demon i strations before the White House and all government departments in which many government employes, re leased by their chiefs, joined with hilarious enthusiasm. Wilson Set Crowd Wild President Wilson was at lunch when cheering crowds gathered before the White house He went out on the veranda to see what was going on and set the crowd into an uproar by smiling and waving his napkin. In the meantime the cables were busy to estab lish the truth. No word [ConUitued oil I'aie 6,J YANKEES DRIVE AGAINST ENEMY IN ADVANCE ON BURNING SEDAN Americans Take No Account of Close Cessation of llos ' , tililies; Within Four Miles of Citv; Mace With French i * DESPERATE FIGHTING EAST OF THE MEUSE Great Wedge Driven Into the German Linos Gets Closer to Objectives Aimed at by Allies Northwest of Verdun WIOi Ibr \niprlcnn Army on (hr Sedan front, Nov. 7.—American army ; officer# in charge of offensive opera- j lions against the Germans on tlie* Mezieres-Sodan-Montmedy line pre pared for a further advance to-day, ; despite tlie feeling that hostilities , might soon be ended through the signing of an armistice. Early to day the Americans were only four j miles south of Sedan, which is re- j ported burning. The French on the American left j are moving forward rapidly in the) direction of Sedan, making It doubt- ] ful whether the honor of tirst reach- [ ing the city will go to thein or to the ! Americans. The great wedge which the French and Americans have driven*into the; German lines west ot the.Meuse had j reached a point close to Sedan lasl night. American forces had taken Willi*- | montry, Mont de Brune. Autrecourt j and Connage. The Flench, in co-op e rat ion , with the Americans had*j reached omicouri. The Americans at one place ad- | vanced over four and a half miles, i The villages taken Include Bulsori. ! Haraucourt and Raueouri. Great | quantities of commissary stocks, i many railroad cars and equipment ! and enormous amounts of war ma- j lerial have been captured. Desperate fighting continues east I of the Meuse. The Americans gained nearly two and a half miles during i yesterday capturing .Murvaux. Foo- , laines and. Hill 284. Enemy Klci'l 4croaa Kiver American troops to-day entered that pari or the Sedan that lies on the west bank of the Meuse. The bridge over the Meuse at Sedan over which the retreating euen)y fled has been destroyed and the river valley Hooded. The principal German lateral lipes of communication between the fort ress of Metz and northern France and j Belgium are now cither cut or un available for the enemy's use. Vatikecti Uct tt.lMMl Prisoners Since Novembei 1 the Americans have taken six thousand prisoners. They have freed all French territory within the zone of the army's nclion west of the Meuse, to a total of seven 1 hundred square kilometers, and have 1 liberated two thousand civilians. . WOUVUKU l\ FRANCE I.lverpnol, Pa„ Nov. 7.—Mrs. Ellen Wennr has received word from Brit | ish war headquarters at Ottawa, | Canada, announcing that her son, I Norman Wenner, u former Liverpool | boy was wounded in action. During | his Ave years of service with the I Canadian Army and with the British j Expeditionary Forces young Wen ner lias been wounded three times ■ and gassed twice. i 1 - i Another War Fake THE MCCORMICK evening newspaper perpetrated ahother of Its { sensational lakes upon the people of Hai rlsburg this afternoon when It ,ssuecl an exira edition under glaring headlines, stating that Gerniuny had s gned an armistice and that the war was officially ' ended, 'i ll s .fabrication DI3O Included the statement that hostilities j had eased at 2 o'clock to-du.\ and that the armistice had been I s gned at 11 oVlock th's moi rilng. The Slate Department at Wash ngton, and the foreign office at London at 2.15 this afternoon adv sed the Telegraph through the Associated Pi ess, thai the armistice hus not heeri signed and that t the official German delegation has not arr veil at Marshal l-'och's headquarters n ,- d will probably not arrive -until to-night. KollowTig this the Associated Press adv ces from its headquarters In tiled there as lute us 3.42 P M .to-divy and frani I's Paris bureau at 2 30 p in., make no niendon of the s g ling oT dnarinlsl ce. The sen sational story printed by the McC'ornilck newspaper was sent out of • London at I I a. ni. to-day There was great indignation when the fills ty of lha s'upendovs fuke was realzcd and the crowds leurnad ( the truth Jrom the Telegraph bulletin boards. r 1 'i ( GERMAN SAILORS j MUTINY AT KIEL; j HOIST RED FLAG; SLAY 20 LOYAL) Three Companies of Infantry Sent to Restore Order Join!' the Mutineers: Hussars Are! Foreed to Turn Back j I HUN MEN ON KAISER REVOLT FOR PEACE i . Garrison Refuses to March to j Harbor; Commander Yields l to Demands of Subordi nates; Need Not Salute By Associated Press London, Nov. 7.—The entire' ! German navy and a great part of Sclilesvvig is in the hand* of, the revolutionists, according' to! reports received in Copenhagen from Kiel and transmitted by the Exchange Telegraph Coni | pany. Red Troops Occupy Shops Kiel is governed by the marines, soldiers and workers' council. All j I the work shops have been occupied i I by Red Troops. The street car lines! ' and railways are under the control lof the Workmen's Council. There have been no disturbances. I After a conference between Secre tary of State Huussmun and Dephty ! Noske and the Workmen's and {Jol ! diers' Council, the following pfocla i niation was issued: • Soldiers Hold Power 1 "Comrades: For the first time po litical power is in the hands of the 1 soldiers. Great work lies before us. ! Uut in order that its realization can > take place the organization of our I movement 'was necessary. We have I formed a council of workmen and | soldiers and it will be responsible for I | the preservation of order." ' j Stockholm, Nov. 7.—Continuous 1 i demonstrations are taking place In ! I Berlin, according to the Social Demo- | 1 kiaten. Twenty thousand 'deserters j j from the army ure marching through the streets of the capital. An Amsterdam dispatch !o the Exchange Telegraph Company says lhat Iwo battleships, ihe Kuiser and the Sclileswig-Holslein, were seized by the mutineers and that twenty officers, including two captulns. wer'c killed. it is reported that the garrison at i Kiel refused to march to the harbor and that the sailors threatened to blow up the battleships if uttaeked They a re : defending the ships and re- | fuse to i-elurn to their duties until a treaty of peace Is signed. Admlrul Souchon, governor of the ' port, having asked the mutineers | what they wanted, has approved all their demands. Including even their : refusal lo salute officers, it is said. j i I THE WEATHER!! For HiirrlNiiiirit rMsltfi In rrenning cloiidlnrmi anil iinrmrr 10-nlght i Friilny generally 1' elimily unit warmer. For Knxfern I'eiinnylt nnln i ln i-mixing elnmllnexn and warmer tonight: Friday probably rain In nnrlh. fnlr In xotith portion! warmer i light, anuth wlnda. 4* L" '1" 'A* 4* 'i* •i*''i"}h*^ c 4*ii" , 4* , i ,l 4*"4"B**i ,, 2 w i*s \ LATE NEWSj m Washington—At,s p. m. the Washington gbvernmettl99| J Ik'" ' Ml J ir' i TB E | I* CZECHS RISK AGAINST HUNS X |i le to military service up to '9 fj twenty-six years of age throughout • -. c £ | !• hern called to. the colors, according ue dispatch 99 Jl to : • ' ung Of Bremen. It i Aid this ••. >*T r I $ it indicate the mtbiilMtiofl is" against Germany. T ft MARKET'S CLOSE IS BUOYANT J By special ,9j:t of 'he £ r.-eming coram < * I" lee the Stock.Exchange closed its session at 2.30 o'clock, '99 L half n hour ahead ot the reghlor'period;- dmt. the • twai. * j t quotations L 4* ■ , -..'-'ry-'t • btiy'it.'. The" tkflktog 'Ws -buoyant. J •of the igning of the armistice by tier- 99 .? influence in to-day's feverish 99 F t T fj apprc >rm,iteh' 00. )0 sh.uc;:. 99 £ X A, * A# *f* l. < 1 . IX c'~ ciai bus'nc . 9 £ WEKiYSS ON' ARMISTICE BOARD A | V- IX w| .■ '>+} i f*JS& % V. . ' V o|T it • • k • X £ NO PA RAD E UNTM 'X L . Hhrri&b.urg—■-There wil'l.W jjojpfeace dqpphsfrat(o|i ii|; ,S ? F .-.inter gjves the 4Ugn*l.* If the . j r.. . ■ "v T" . . J m 5, T • *T F $* J* One hour after the whistles bl'ow the parade- wjjkforiti >flj| L down tfwo The Mayor viU'await'Ofncial confffmr- T m ■ 1 r of the signing of peace terms before acting. A F *2. r XI **- X L -u iv • T •••.. wi Z f r uation hasbeen urging WL f . im ' J k rr.ent authorising of $50,000,000 oi herds for. T 7^ 5* T l r.- i . •• ". -• th~ 4b L amendment car ed bv bt least 190 OQSi T }t • X L X r ' T b ~f T X || PEACE RtfMORS HURT DRAFT ' K :i?t VL •' too 5 " 4 m draft officer, to-day issued notice to,all local boards that L -i ,* p' eur .. jto jptei ers || examination and classification Of registrants of Sep k trmber 'l2. They are to proceed with all possible speed ® F where iijfluen.'.: cortditi-;.'- do not interfei? ■. j b ' ' LANSING MAKES QUERY; DENIES v* Wahington--§ecretary Lansidg's announcemeurt k an armistice has not been signed ir, based on a • i, P s-n-l inpu i -rH h- table -to Pr-: i: follo-.vu -.g the report 4 'h - • - i i r: ner-e .n 4* || been received. This query was sent at 11 r>""clock and,3 ,^H| §• hours later' Paris replied that no peace has been declared. 99 k Weshinstfcr:—Demonstrations held u tr w F country were based on an unofficial report that Germany 'X ? "• 3P i* had'Sgined m umigtice t U o'cjpckfi French time, br sik- "J! ■s > •• -tf 4* bad Signed an armistice at ft o'clock, French tijne, or six A| hours before the time •et for the meeting of the Hun JFJ H envoys and Foch. 9|| t MARRIAGE LICENSES )| f' 'l'rah.v , l.fHi, llnil lirarf * Anarrnnn, Hnrrlnkursi Oatlr F„ T I 4, Mnnm, ( ami* IXnn, Stw Vnrk. ami .nnih *, Fhfctr, HarrlnhnrKt Mi I ■ llliAr Kill and Mnrv Malraa (,al. Hnrrlatarai EdrU Dnvlm. Hnr- J I '• rlahiira, and Kalkrr M. k**r, llnmrnalatawa.
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