Fighting on Western Front Continues; Baker Lauds American Fighters For the Capture of Sedan tefe HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M \ slje JS!m:-lnkpcn&enl. % ' LXXXVII— No. 248 24 PAGES ""iLiM HARRISI'URG. PA.. FRIDAY EVENING, XOVIuMBER 8. 1918. lir*" 'WvSSftP HOME EDITION GERMAN ENVO YS, GIVEN 72 HOURS TO SIGN ARMISTICE, GREETED BY MARSHAL FOCH; RED FLAG FLIES OVER BIG HUN HARBORS CIRCULATION OF : FAKE DISPATCH PUT CITY INTO WILD TURMOIL - AVilli'ul Disregard of Official Statement Issued by Secre- j larv Lansing Responsible j For Impromptu Celebration FORMAL CELEBRATION STOPPED BY OFFICIALS Disappointment of Mothers With Sons on Buttlelines Pathetic to See When Pub lic Learned It Was Buncoed Harrisburg and dozens of Central Pennsylvania towns needlessly were i thrown into a whirlpool of excite ment yesterday through the reckless publication by the McCoriniek con trolled afternoon newspaper of ob viously false and misleading dis patches alleged to have been cabled front Paris in which it was stated . in the face of official denials by Sec retary of State Pausing that Ger- j many hail signed the terms of armis tice as demanded by the Allied na- j S Secretary Lansing Disregarded Despite the repeated protests of VVashingtt n and bonatide dispatches; from London and Paris, the sensa tion-seeking paper continued to run oIT edition after edition with flaring headlines declaiming that the war had ceased at 2 o'clock. As a result ot the Hugrant disregard of the State | Department request that the baseless rumor he minimized, thousands of patriotic men and women paraded and celebrated the peace that is yet to come. Pallics in Disappointment There was a pathetic side to the impromptu celebration. Hundreds of mothers whose sons are valiantly lighting for their country and whose t>ra\e deed:- by day and night stead-j ily are forcing the barbarian to his and insuring peace within a short time gave thanks to heaven for ' the tesalion of hostilities. The reac-I lion was terrible in many instances when mothers and wives found that they had been made the victims of j careless newspapermen seeking a; sensation and large' street sales. Losses Are Heavy Thousands of dollars were lost by Harrisburg businessmen. Shop after! shop was emptied of patrons and in j many cases the clerks were dis-; missed so that they might participate 1 in the demonstration. Jn the mills; and factories employes streamed to the streets and work in the muni- , tions plants virtually was suspended j for hours, in Hteelton hundreds of j millmen paraded through Front' street only to learn later that they had been fooled by the special and regular editions. Saved Ignominy. The Harrisburg Telegraph printed as rapidly as possible editions con-, tuining authorized statements show- j ing the falsity of the peace rumors.! The Telegraph is the only afternoon j newspaper in Central Pennsylvania carrying the full Associated Press re- i port and, therefore, was in position j to present without delay to its read- ] ers a full and complete report of what actually was occurring in the ! war zone. Because of those Asso- | [Continued on l'agc I.] " - : SATURDAY NIGHT BAN IS REMOVED With the lifting of the influenza quarantine by the City Health Bureau, all stores which custom- | arily keep open for business on Saturday nights to-morrow eve- [ ning will open their doors for the I tirst time in n month. The Health Bureau now has re moved restrictions as to time of doing business, and storekeepers may suit themselves as to closing hours. I THE WEATHER For Hurrlsliurg unit vicinity: Fair unil wnrinrr to-night; Snturiluy partly cloudy, probably light rain. For Knatrrn Pennsylvania: Fnlr and narnirr to-night; Saturday partly cloudy, probnlily light rit I a In north and west portions; light, sotiih winds. Klvcr The Susqnrhnnnii river and all Its branches will continue to full slowly to-night nnd probably taturdnr, A stage of about 4.1! feet Is Indicated tor Harris- i burg Saturday morning. J ALLIES WILL NOT PERMIT AGENTS OF KAISER TO HAGGLE Huns Must Come to Terms Quickly or Retire FOCH WANTS NO BICKERING Time Given Only to Permit Berlin to Be Informed By Associate J Tress London, Nov. B.—The mediate provisional suspen- German proposal for an im t sion of hostilities has been rejected by Marshal Foch. Washington, Nov. 8. —In- formation reaching Wash ington through diplomatic channels to-day indicates that if the German armis tice envoys are not ready to accept immediately the surrender terms offered by Marshal Foch, the marshal will give them only until Monday morning at 11 o'clock. Paris, Xuv. S.—The German delegates came within the French lines last night to receive from Marshal Foch the Allied terms for an armistice proceeded this morning to the meeting place designated by the marshal. If the credentials of the Ger man armistice delegates arc found adequate they will be in formed officially what the terms of the armistice are and they will have a time limit of seventy two hours in which to reply. Arrived Last Night The white flag bearers reached the left wing <lf General Dc beney's army at 10 o'clock last night. They arrived at the place indicated by the Allied supreme commander within the French lines about two o'clock this morning and passed the re mainder of the night there. Fake Peace Dispatches Lead to Death and Injury; Boy Killed; sin Hospital New Castle, Pa., Nov. B.—An un j identified 14-year-old boy is dead and five other persons are In hospitals ! here to-day suffering from serl ,us injuries as a result of accidents whim | marred the premature peace celebra- I tion last night. The dead boy and | four injured men were the victims iof an explosion. A bomb, placed In j a section of steel pipe by the -elc ! brators, shattered the tube, pieces of I which struck the five victims. | During the celebration, Jack Mc | Dorfald, foremun at a local tin plate ' factory, was beaten and shot by a j crowd when he was mistaken for a foreigner who Is said to have torn j up an American and an Italian flag. ; He is in a serious condition. Banks Contribute SI,OOO Each to United War Fund j The campaign In the city for SIBO,- j 000 for the United War Work fund ! received a decided impetus this j morning with the announcement by j the Merchants National bank and I Central Trust Company of a 81,000 I contribution, and an announcement I of the Commonwealth Trust Com j pany and First National hank, of a •similar contribution. Wllllnm P. Starkey, chairman „.f j the Industrial Committee, said this I morning: "Too many work logmen and em j ployes have got the Idea that this | drive for SIBO,OOO is a small amount | affair. Seven war relief oiganlza | tions must benefit by the drive, and contributions must be made in terms J of dollars, rather than cents, it the J quota Is to be raised." LANSING NAILS NEWS FAKE; TO GIVE ALL NEWS ! By Assofiated Press WASHINGTON*. Nov. 8. —At President Wilson's direction. Sec- | rotary Lansing Issued a statement shortly after noon to-day tliut any statement that news reaching die Government concerning armis tice negotiations was being with held was I'TTKKLY FALSE, and that as soon as a decision in re gard to the armistice was reached it would lie made public immedi ately by the Government. .Mr. Lansing's statement saitl: "1 am requested and author ised ly the President to state that no information reaching this Gov ernment concerning tin- armistice negotiations in France has boon withheld: that any statement to tlte contrary is FTTFKLV I'M E and that as soon as a definite de cision in regard to the armistice has !)"<>,< reached it will ItiMK DIATKLY he made public by the j Government." J DISCUSSION IS ! ENTERED INTO ! AT 9 O'CLOCK No Atti'inpls al Evasion to Be! Tolerated bv the Entente PEACE T COME LATER Focli Empowered Only to Die-' tnle Terms For Cessation of Hostilities By Associated Press \\ ashiiigton. Nov. B.—The German j armistice delegation entered confer- ! I once with Marshal Koch at 9 o'clock I ; this morning, French time, the State 1 : Department announced officially to- • ! day. Announcement was made also thai if it is found* that the German dele gates must refer the armistice terms to Berlin, they will be given seventy two hours from the time that decis ion is reached in which to answer. No effort at comparison or eva sion by the Germans is to be tolerat ed; they must take what the Allies and the United States offer and lay down their arms or there will be no interruption of the great offensive which is destroying the German military machine. An official dispomatic dispatch\ from France to-day emphasized that Marshal Foch is empowered only to j deliver armistice terms to the Ger- | mans and receive their acceptance, | and that peace negotiations ure not t the business of the military com- ' mander. Any suspension of hostilities be-! fore the armistice is signed even if! asked on philanthropic grounds, is' declared to he out of the question. | The War Department received word ! during the day that the American j troops had entered the historic city ' of Sedan. This news was contained I in General Pershing's communique. I The communique stated, too. that the j [Continned on Page 23.] Bolt Fires Steamer; But 4 of 46 Survive; Rescued Off Life Raft Hy Associated press Honolulu, T. 11-, Nov. B.—Four i survivors of the United States Ship- i ping Board steamer Dumaru, which j lightning struck and set alire Oeto- I ber 16; Inst, were brought to this! port late yesterday on a government \ vessel, which picked them up from j a life raft 200 miles from the island' of Guam, after they had suffered' terrible hardships. They are the j only known survivors of the Du- j inaru's company of 46. Hungary Bars Way to Armed German Troops Borne, Nov. B.—The German field marshal, Mackensen, on requesting permission for his army to pass I through Hungary from the Balkans j to Germany was • informed by the Hungatiun government that the re- 1 quest would be granted on the con dition that the troops lay down their I arms on entering Hungarian soil. J The arms are to be forwarded to Germany later. Amsterdam, Nov. 8. Demands that the Germans withdraw their > troops forthwith from Poland have ! been forwarded to Berlin by the new Polish National government accord ing to the lthenishe Wostphallan Ga- j zette, of Essen. ' FRENCH CAPTURE ! 1,500 TEUTONS IN! DRIVE ON SEDAN;; ! ADVANCE RAPID Foe It Troops Reach Liart. While British Soldiers Dr aw i Within Three Miles of Mau bege; Approach Mons, Too 1 POILI'S TAKE SiNGLEY AND TOWN OF FRENOiSi • Americans Command Situa-' lion at Sedan; Hold on City; Divided With Enemy; Allies ! Nearer Belgian Frontier By Associated Press j British, French and American; troops maintain the pressure which j hus driven the enemy front many! | square miles of French territory in ' j the past week. On the north 111 e j British are moving on Maubeuge and ; .Mons and tire less than three miles j front Maubeuge. While the Americans command the 1 | situation at Sedan, although theyj apparently do not hold the* entire city, the French are pressing onj j toward Mezieres and have occupied \ j Singley, less than eight miles to the ; ' south. Elsewhere on their front the l j French armies continue the rapid I (advance of tlte last three duys. At 110 point urc the French more than; 1 thirty miles from the Helgian fron- ! tier and at most places the distance 1 over which they still have to drive! | the invader is nfttch less. Paris, Nov. B.—French troops re- i j sumed their advance along the whole ! (front tilts morning. The war office j ; to-day reports that French units' have reached the railway Junction ! I of Liart, about twenty miles north' of Rethel. On the right, where the French j line joins the American, tlie French I early to-day captured Singly, less! ! than eight miles south of Mezieres ! j and Frenois, about one mile west of ! Sedan. Fifteen hundred prisoners l and much material were captured | | yesterday. | The statement reads: "Our progress was resumed again I : this morning on the entire front. [Continued on Page B.] CROWDER WAITS i FOR FOCH; MAY HOLD UP DRAFT I Provost Marshal General Con ' fcrs With Staff on Novem ber Summons of Troops By Associated Press Washington, Nov. 8. Provost ; Marshal General Crowder called in |to conference to-day the heads of j all sections of his olHce to discuss J ' possible suspension of the Novem- 1 | ber draft calls under which more than 300,000 men have been ordered J to army camps. j While General Crowder would not discuss what recommendation he j ! might make to the general staff, it is ! known that hip advisrs will advocate the withdrawal of the November; | call, at least if the Germans accept j the American and Allied armistice ] terms. With four million men already un- ! i der arms overseas and at home the ! feeling is growing that no more will ] i be needed even though it may be a j long time before American forces | can be recalled from I'Vance and 1 j some additional men may be sent j j over. A Yellow Journal Hoax THE outrageous peuee report hoax perpetrated Bpon the publlr by the MeCormiek evening ncxx>|inp<T In Harrisburg and other newspapers of the yelloxv Hearst typo throughout the country was bused upon dispatches of the United Press, n news Jobbing asso ciation. the reliabl'ity of xvliicli lias been frequently in question. There was absolutely no foundation for the rumor. It xvas false on its face anil should have deceived no trained ncwspu|>cmian. for It xvns hours nhead of the actual entering of the French lines by the German representatives. But that meant nothing to the MeCormiek newspaper, ami edition after edition xvns run off. repenting the false hood. nottvithstniidlug the fact that It liiKl In Its ofliccs later dls pntchcs from Secretary Lansing and Secretary linker and cables from Paris and London denying the reports. The Harrisburg Telegraph gave the people tile tiutli. The Tele graph Is served by The Associated Press—the o'llcst. lamest and most reliable news-gathering association In the xvorld. ll has direct xvlres to the French headquarters, and when tile uimlstMc Is signed The Associated Press wires Into the Telegraph newsrooms xxIII haxe the news. WHEN YOU SEE IT IX THE TELEGRAPH—IT WILL BE TUCK! KAISER LOSES HIS HOLD ON THRONE By .Associated Press London, Nov. B.—The Ger man majority parties have held a final discussion on the question of Emperor Wil liam's abdication and wili, without doubt, unanimously demand that he abdicate, ac cording to a Berlin dispatch to the Copenhagen Politiker, forwarded by the Exchange Telegraph correspondent. The abdication, it is added, prob ably will occur to-morrow. CAMPAIGNERS IN ! FINE FETTLE ON EDGE OF DRIVE Chairman Slnckpole Expresses Gratification Over Loyalty of United War Workers j With the intense excitement of an | unusual election and the incidental | war furore gradually . übating, the j heads of the various committees j identified with the great united catn- I paigu of seven war welfare organU ztiiions are pushing their activities 1 1 iin every direction. H. J. Stack pole, i chairman of the district comprising ten of Central Pennsylvania counties, | expressed his great gratification to ! day over the splendid co-operation j of the city and county organizations. all of which are conducting their I campaign with unusual energy at the 1 Gilbert building in Market street. Elltclcuf Worker* till* % I David T. Tracy, chairman of the ! city committee, lias surrounded hlin ; self with an unusually efficient body lof workers. On his immediate staff | at headquarters are Ex-Mayor J. W. | Bowman, David Kautman, the well- I known merchant, and Mrs. Wm. Jen | Continued 011 I'nge I.] SHELL-SHOCKED MARNE HEROES VISIT THE CITY Red Cross Officials Feed and Entertain Wounded Yankees Harrisburg this morning was host to twenty-one shell shocked heroes ' direct from the Mnrne, and the Red ! Cross of this city, througli its can ; teen committee again put this city |on the map for its hospitality. The | boys received plenty of refreshments and were driven about the city for I several hours. They are on their way ! to a hospital in the West. Consider ' ing their long journey the majority ! of the boys were in a condition to ! appreciate the kindness. I Shortly after 3 a. m. a telephone j message was received by Mrs. W. H. j Gaither, acting captain of the ean | teen service to have breakfast pre i pared for a carload of - invalids. ' When the train pulled in the Penn sylvania staticn a few hours later a i hot breakfast consisting of ham and eggs, French fried potatoes, rolls j and coffee, was ready for the sol diers. It was found that connection | for Buffalo could not be made until ; 11.35 a. m., and arrangements were [Continued on Page 2S.] HUNS IN SORRY PLIGHT IN WAR; SUPPLIANTS IN | WORLD TRAGEDY Pressing on Toward Paris 100 Days Ago Germans Now Beg For Peace; Beaten Whether Truce Comes or Not PARIS WILD WITH JOY OVER FALL OF SEDAN Thronging Cafes, Crowds Sing the "Marsellaise;" Drink to Eternal France, the Allies, Clemenceau and Focli By Associated Press Paris. Nov. B.—One hundred days (ago the Germans were thirty-fivo 1 miles from Paris. To-day they are I begging peace. The conviction is j universal that, whether the German j delegation signs articles of capitula tion or not, Germany is beaten. ; Tlie Allied advance, particularly j the exploit of the Americans in cap ! taring Sedan, allows clearly that 1 eunUmiution of hostilities bj Ger j many can lead only lo a military debacle in the near future. This i feeling is confirmed by news re ; ceived from reliable quarters that Germany's Internal affairs are drtft ( ing toward chaos. | Lust night the people crowded the ; newspaper hulletjn boards until a j lute I.our, undiscouraged try tho rain. When the news of Sedan was , dashed there was an outburst of /cheers. Joy and enthusiasm increas i ed as yesterday waned. Groups sank the Marseillaise, the j Sambre el Meusc and other patrio -1 tic songs. Cafes were thronged, j Champagne sparkled in glasses. The j people drank to eternal France, the regained provinces, to the Allies, to Premier Clemenceau -and Marshal Foch. GOVERNOR-ELECT SAYS THIS CITY IS I JUST LIKE HOME Replying lo Congrutulayous > Senator Sproul Sends Nolc of Appreciation : | At the request of a number of his i close friends and admirers in Har risburg, the Telegraph sent to Gov- I ernor-elect William C, Sproul the | following telegram, congratulating • him upon .his e'ection and welcoming j hint to the city: tour friends of Hnrrishurg hnxc usketl the Telegraph to con vey to you their congratulations and best wishes, with the hope that your residence here during the next tour years uiny be de lightful In ci-ery way and that these years may mark an era of | great achievement for Ihe people . -of the common wealth. In reply, Senator Sproul, who will take up his residence in the Xiixccu i tive Mansion on the day of his in ;uugurution in January, sent to the : people of the city the following note | of thanks and appreciation: I To Ihe Harrisburg Telegraph! I appreciate to Ihe rudest ex tent the corilliil message w lileh ni.i friends In tlnrrlshurg have conveyed to me through the Tele graph. J I have eons birred myself ns be longing lo llnrrlshiirg for so long, during my many years of service in the senate, that It will I seem like coming liaek home when I take up my residence there as goxerpor of the state. The people j of llarrlsliurg have been so good lo me, and my experiences there have lieen such n pleasant pnrt of my life, thill H Is. Indeed, gratify ing lo feel Hint I am to have a j cordial welcome from you ull when I ronir up there, us I hope lo do after the next yenr. I fhoro" r "' ••parcelste your i greet'ngs and congratulations. ', r. HI'HOUIs WAR WORK GOES ON, Hy -i/jiuiatrj t J ) l\.\ Washington, Nov, 8, —-Tile War Department lias authorised the con struction division to proceed with 'thirteen War projects costing slß,t 000,000, They include Delaware II ordnance depot, $1,203,185, FOES GREATEST SEAPORTS JOIN IN REVOLUTION Greater Part of German Navy Is Held , by Mutineers While Socialists Plan Soldiers' Council By .Associated Press COPENHAGEN,'Nov. 8. Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of Emperor William, left Kiel on Wednesday in an automobile flying a red flag, the Schleswig Volks Zeitung states. He was pursued by Marines who fired a dozen shots at him, the newspaper adds. Prince Henry of Prussia is the commander-in-chief of the German navy and the only brother of the German Emperor. Amsterdam, Nov. B.—The great German maritime port of Hamburg is completely in the hands of the revo lutionists, according to reports from Hamburg news [Continued on Page US.] j 4444444 4444 4 44444444 444 44 & ■4. 4 MACKENSEN REACHES BUDAPEST 4* Basel—Field Marshal Mackensen of the German X IJ army has arrived at Budapest from Bucharest to con j4 fer with Premier Michael Karolyi of Hungary on the ;j* passage across that country of German divisions now in Rumania, according to a Budapest dispatch received Jj |*9* here. i-g. STATE SOLDIERS IN THE CASUALTIES t 1 -4. 4 I Washington. Additional casualties made public #j , by the War Department to-day include the following Pennsylvanians: Wounded severely. Private Leon 4 ,j£ Lawrence, South Bethlehem, and Jesse L. Stine, Blooms- 4 * burg; wounded degree undetermined. Private John 4 Francis McCool, South Bethlehem; Carl Probstner, •fr At, Republican, received 21,554 votes, and Harry B. Mitchell, 4 4 Homestead; returned to duty previously reported *f 1 missing in action, Privates' Edward J. Radjavich, Sha ,4* mokin, and Frank Martin Zimmerman, Erie. J REPUBLICAN LEADS IN MONTANA 4 i Helena, Mont.—The result of the election for rep- resentative in Congress from the Second Montana dis- T |4 trict still remained in doubt to-day with the returns so T far tabulated favoring the Republican candidate. Out 4 IT of 687 precincts of the 939 in the district, Carl Riddick,. JL Republican, received 1,554 votes, and Harry B. Mitchell, 4 Democrat, 19307, giving Riddick a lead of 2,457. 4 ; 4 HUN ENVOYS KNOW WAR TERMS S 4 London—At Allied general headquarters this morn- ? ing the German plenipotentiaries according to a French •j* wireless message received here, received the conditions X j of the armistice as well as a formal demand that they X |4 should be accepted or refused within 72 hours expiring "i* on Monday morning at eleven o'clock, French time. 4 The French wireless message picked up here is from 4 : the German delegates to the imperial chancellor and 4 4 German high command. It concludes by asking that a 4 *f* courier be sent back as soon as possible with instruc- <4 tions. 4 4 4 4 HUN SAILORS REFUSE ORDERS 4, Stockholm—The ferry between Trelleborg, Sweden, and Sassnitz, Germany, has been suspended because the T crews cf the German torpedo boats at Sassnitz are re- ** 4, fusing to obey the orders of their commanding officers. *£ X TO PAY AUG. 6 CERTIFICATES 4 . 4 5 Washington—Owing to the growing treasury work- ing balance. Secretary McAdco to-day ordered the re- 4 demption of $575,000,000 certificates of indebtedness, 4 issued August 6 and maturing normally December 5, 4 T on November 21, at par and accrued interest. Interest 4 j* will cease after that date. 4 4 GERMANY STOPS WIRE COMMUNICATION J 4 London—Telegraphic communication between Ger many and foreign countries will be cut eff, according to J, 4 a Berlin message transmitted by the Exchange Tele- 4 *** graph Correspondent at Copenhagen. Only government 4 f telegrams will be allowed transmission. 4 4 y *<a ■s SERBIAN TROOPS CROSS DANUBE -j London—Serbian troops have crossed the Danube X 4 Into Hupgary where they have been received with the 4 greatest enthusiasm, says an official statement issued by 4 the Serbian war office Thursday, 1 X-' $ MARRIM ,E acmes I "J# rnH> I.rni# TOIIL ••nut- >1 FJll rri*tMr|(i Ohcnr 10, i Moore. < ni| % ork nod " \ llnrriMltirtt I T Wllbwt Kl> tint Mfirt no !,•* I'MRIN OIIVICN, Hair- £ rleburift. Mill tCelbe* M IJiiiuttiflHlonn ®444 444 4444 ■ 4X* 4 4444 * 44444 4 *4* 44*^
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