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• 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.
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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.
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|i le to military service up to '9
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!• 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
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By special ,9j:t of 'he £ r.-eming coram < *
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L half n hour ahead ot the reghlor'period;- dmt. the • twai. * j
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|| 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
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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||
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