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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-20
POLICE FIRE ON
BERLIN RIOTERS.
DISPATCHES SAY
Fierce Fighting Between Of
ficers and Independent
Socialist Mob
JSE GUNS AND KNIVES
Amsterdam Advices Authority
For Statement That Many
Casualties Result
By Associated Press

London, Nov. 20.-Serious
rioting took place in Berlin
last Sunday, according to dis
patches received by the Wire
less Press and the Exchange
Telegraph Company from Am
sterdam.
The message to the Exchange
Telegraph Company says that
the fighting between the mob
and the police was very fierce
and that there was heavy
casualty list as. the police used
their fire arms.
The Wireless Press says the mill
tary and police were called upon to
oppose the progress of the Inde-
pendent Socialist demonstrators. II
the riotious scenes which followed
the police were forced to fire with
their rifles and revolvers and the
organizers of the meeting responded
with firearms and knives.
The German press, the dispatche-
say, have been forbidden to publish
details of the affray. No newspaper
have arrived in Amsterdam from
Berlin
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-20
KERENSKY WITH HIS
ARMIES, IS REPORT

coal and bread supply in the Don
C"ssack region.
il similar view is taken at Stock
holm. A message from there. dated
yesterday, tells of the belief that
KaleGines is the man of the hour
and that Petrograd is at his mercy
y dispatch from Tornea dated yes
terday, reports the arrival there of
several Americans from Petrograd In
advance of the large party being
sent away by Ambassador Francis.
Pctrosrad was said TO be quiet with
theaters open and trains running.
Soldier were parading the streets Of
the city bearing banners stating that
Russia does not want separate
peace" and demanding constitutional
assembly for all Russia. and declar-
ing that the Nicholas regime was
never so tyrannicaf as that of the
I;olsheviki.
Tie passengers were of the opin-
ion that the present revolutionary
eove4 nment cannot last because it
LACKS support of all the parties, in
Guiding the extreme Socialists.
Korensky is again reported to
have escaped capture and to have
gone to the front in an effort to get
support.
According to Swedish newspapers
an Army Corps is marching on
Petrograd under command of an
Army committee determined to end
the Bolsheviki power.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-20
Santa Claus to Have Little
Candy For His Christmas
Stockings This Year

If you see very little of the cher
ished old clear toys" this Christmas
season, vet will know that tine gov
ernment has cut down on the MAX
ing of glucose; also many of the
candy-making girls are now working
in munition factories, and also. not
forgetting, that sugar is scarce. Sad
news for the kiddies. this. but as
every good American must make
Sacrifices, why, it may do no harm
to Degin on clear toys.
christmas may not be the same
rollicking holiday without this ven-
erable standby" replied the candy
dcpartm ent manager Mr.. Buttorff, of
the Witman-SchwarZ Company, to-
Gay, but | cannot see at present how
| Harrisburg will get it. Glucose en-
tiers largely into the making of clear
toys and glucose is a product of corn
which must be conserved according
to government orders. But the scar
! city of labor is probably even more
| to blame. To show you what it
means | recall that one manufac-
| tGre to whom we sent some big or
| ders replied that his factory had
! been closed entirely. Nearly one
! hundred girls had left in a body to
I take jobs in munition factory
where they could get more wages"
! The ID. Bacon Company, confec-
tionery makers, say that they
have not made any clear toys for
/ this season and probably will not on
account of the scarcity of raw mate
rails. They are putting out clear
| toy on a stick. but the product is
4 limited. To illustrate how prices
| have raised one wholesaler explained
| that the candy known as "cut
| Jumps" which sold wholesale last
! year for twelve cents now sells for
! eighteen. The retailer gets as much
as twenty-five and thirty cents for
this popular confection which also.
| in better days. was a sweet morsel
| for the boys and girls
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-20
Roundup of Suspected
Germans Under WAY

Washington, Nov. 20.-A roundup
of suspected Germans. mainly in sea
coast and lake port cities. is in pro-
gress to-day under authority of Pres
dent Wilson's new proclamation for
bidding alien enemies within 100
yards of docks, requiring their reg
istration and imposing other restric-
tions on their movements.
The intelligence bureaus of the
Army and Navy have charge of ma
king most arrests of Germans not
evacuating the new barred zones. The
Department of Justice will determine
those to be interned permanently
Only small percentage of the hall
million unnaturalized German men
affected by the Presidents proclama-
ton will be arrested. officials ex-
planned.
A few Germans left Washington
to-day in compliance with the Presi-
dents order making a barred zone oi
the District of Columbia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-20


Washington. Nov 20.-Sinking Of
the American destroyer Chauncey, in
collision in war zone early yesterday
morning with a probable loss of
twenty-one lives. was announced to-
day by the Navy Department.
No further details were given in a
brief report to the department from
Vice Admiral Sims. The Chauncey
was a small, old type boat of only
420 tons.
Secretary Daniels made this state
ment:
THE Chauncey, small destroyer
on patrol duty in foreign waters was
sunk in a collision early Monday
morning. First dispatches indicate
that twenty-one lives were lost. Fur
ther information will be made pub
lie when full reports are received.
The Chauncey was one of the old
type destroyers completed in 1902.
Her displacement was 420 tons and
her complement ninety-one officers
and men"
For several years before the war
the Chauncey was used only in
coast defense work and was CLASH
fed as coast torpedo vessel. She
was built at Philadelphia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-20
BY Associated Press


Petrograd (Monday), Nov. 1.-TWO
army corps loyal to the Committee
for the Salvation of Revolution. sta
toned at Luga. report that Premier
Kerensky is with them. There is no
confirmation.
Premier Kerensky is reported to
be at Luga. ninety miles south of
Petrograd. where two army corps
loyal to the Committee OF the Saliva
tion of the Revolution. which is op-
posed to the Bolsheviki. are sta
toned. The Bolsheviki now hold the
upper hand in Petrograd, Moscow
and other large cities, but it is indi-
Gated that the question of food sup
plies now overshadows the political
situation. kilograms received in
London show that the food problem
is most pressing and that the men
ace of famine has brought about a
cessation of hostilities between the
opposing factions, at least for the
moment
After the defeat of his forces at
Gatchina. Premier Kerensky was
faced with the proposed desertion
of the bulk of his army. The pre-
mier was coerced into promising to
surrender to the Bolsheviki govern
ment but while the guard was being
formed he disappeared, disguised as
a sailor. The Committee for the
Salvation of the Revolution is OPP
posed to the Bolsheviki regime in
Petrograd and has protested against
the order of arrest of Premier Ker-
Cnsky.
Luga is on the Petrograd-Psko
Railway, about ninety miles south
of Petrograd and sixty miles south
of Gatchina.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-20


We've passed the goal, and gone
over the top" exulted Robert b.
Reeves, secretary of the Harrisburg
district for the Y. NJ. "A. war work
fund this morning, when he re-
ceived messages from counties say-
ing that s210,954 had been con-
trihuted by people of the district
The ten-county district has an allot-
ment of just 100000. and it is ex-
peeted that the grand total of sub
scriptions will amount to at least
S220,000 when the returns are in the
hands of the officers. I'VE are con-
fident that we viii pass the goal, and
get at least S220, 000," said Mr..
Reeves, commenting on the total.
A total of 's10.910 has been an
nounced as the boys share of the
district. by Arch II. Dinsmore, dis
trict boys campa ign manager. The
allotment for boys was $4,000.
Church to the Fore
Contributions to the Y. M. c. 4.
war work fund continue to pour
upon the local headquarters, with
Secretary Robert Reeves in charge.
Subscriptions from all parts of the
district and from all classes of peo-
pie show that the fund is popular
one, and that the appeal of the Y. NJ.
c. A. has touched many hearts. In
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-20
TO ROUSE ALLIES
HIS AIM, SAYS
BRITISH PREMIER
Brilliant Campaign Against
Enemy U-Boats Arouses
Great Enthusiasm
By Associated Press

London, Nov. 20.-The government
of Premier Lloyd George apparently
has been successful in facing the
first serious attack upon it's admins
tration. The Premier in the House
of Commons has answered his critics
and declared that the new allied war
council would coordinate the wor,:
of the various staffs and was an at
tempt to place military power in the
hands of politicians.
Premier Llord George declared that
two obstacles to be removed by the
allies were lack of unity and the
submarine menace. The new council
would bring war activities 1nder one
body and the Premier had no fear
of the submarines.
Five German submarines were de-
stroyed on Saturday. Premier Lloyd
George made this announcement
yesterday in the House of Commons.
The Premier said he had no further
fear of submarines.
Abiding to his recent address in
TContinueI nu 4paue r.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-20
Socialists Warn Germany
Against Annexation Project
By Associated Press

Copenhagen, Nov. 2O.-Philipp
Scheidemann and Friedrich Ebert,
the German Socialist leaders before
large meetings in Dresden and Elber-
field, yesterday launched a campaign
designed to force the German and
Austrian governments to abandon
their present plans for annexations
under the guise of prOtectorates of
Poland, Lithuania and the Baltic
provinces and accept the peace offer
of the Russian Bolshevik.
Herr Scheidemann said Germany
would be endangered and the propos-
ed general disarmament and lasting
peace placed in jeopardy if Russia
should be forced by German pressure
to become a military state.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-20

staff to-day mentions positions
captured by the TcutOns ION the
northern slopes of Monte Tom
ba indicating retention by the
Italians of the remainder of the
heights.
Even this much of a Teutonic
hold on the hill is being ficrcely
contested by the Italian forces
for Berlin announces the con-
tinuation of IL desperate struggle
there with Italian counterat-
tacks by concentrated masses.
No further advances any
where on the Italian front are
claimed by the Germans. They
tried in four successive thruStS
to capture the Monte Monfcncra
spur, but each time were thrown
back by the determined resist
ance of the Italian troops.
Italian possession of Venice an,
he security of the Piave line depent
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-20
CITY TO TAKE
OVER RIVERSIDE
SEWERS AT COST
Council Appropriates $4,000
For Prchase; Street
Cleaning Costs Up

City Council to-day passed finally
the ordinance providing for the rur-
chase of the sewerage system in
Riverside-the Fourteenth ward
maintained at present by the Subur-
pan Drainage Company. The max
lmum cost of the system is not to ex-
ceed $4,000. according to the terms
OF the ordnance, and Commissioners
William II. Lynch, as superintendent
of Streets and Public improvements.
is given power to complete arrange
ments and sign the agreements
necessary to carry the ordinance into
effect.
Commissioner Lynch raised the
question that the drainage system as
installed now may not prove worth
$4,000. The other members of Coun-
ell, however, stated he would have
the power under the ordinance TO
de ermine whether deductions should
be made in case the system was not
worth as much as provided, unless
the present owners make improve
ments
Mayor Bowman Ill
Mayor ]. William Bowman. who
is ill at his home. did not attend and
commissioner w. l.. Gorgas pre-
sided
An ordinance transferring the
property west of the pumping sta
ton, and also the baseball field on
Island Park to the supervision of
the Park Department was intro
duced. At present this ground is in
the hands of the Water Department,
but the Park Department is required
to make necessary repairs and i'm
provements in the way of planting,
with the result that it actually has
been under the supervision of
Park Commissioner Gross. The city
mechanician was also placed under
the park and fire departments, as
he is required to make inspections
and repairs of all the fire apparatus.
Because of the increasing cost of
keeping the city streets clean, Com
missioner Lynch introduced an or
dinance appropriating $500 from
general revenues to meet the ex-
penses for the balance of the year.
A contract for the grading of
River street, from Seneca to Schuyl-
kill street, was awarded to William
III. Murphy & Son. Council also
passed finally the ordinance provid-
ing for the construction of sanitary
sewer in Hudson street. 2S8 feet
north from Manada street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-20
Coal Cards to Be Used
as Check on Purchases

Philadelphia, Nov. 20.-TeIephone
and mail orders for coal were placed
under the ban yesterday by Francis
A. Lewis, chairman of the local fuel
committee, in an effort to ensure an
equitable distribution of the COM
modify.
Every would-be purchaser of coal
must visit a dealers office and fill out
an application blank containing the
following data:
Amount of coal required, amount
on hand, name of dealer, kind and
amount of coal on hand one year ago.
number of tons ordered from any
other dealers size of coal usually
burned.
This information must be furnish
ed before any dealer will deliver a
pound of coal to any house. The
blanks will be furnished to dealers
by the fuel commissioner.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-20
Il AMERICANS
LOST WHEN u. s.
DESTROYER SINKS
Vessel Goes Down With
Heavy Loss of Life, Navy
Department Reports
COLLISION IN WAR ZONE
Chauncey, a Small, Old Type
Boat of Only 420 Tons
Displacement
IN WAR ZONE
U. S. Soldier Killed
In No Mans Land

With the American Army in
France, Nov. 10 = (By the AS
sociated Press) - There has been
another clash between American
and German patrols in No-Man's
Land. Full details are not known
ut this hour beyond the fact that
one American soldier was killed.
American patrols have been
especially active the past two
nights. One encountered a Ger
man patrol close to The German
lines. The firing at his point was
hot but brief. There is believed
to have been German casualties
but they cannot be determined.
Artillery firing on the sector
continues more active.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-20
RAFFLEs BOOST TURKEYS

Shamokin, Pa, Nov. 20. - District
Attorney Strause was notified to-day
that q number of saloonkeepers have
representatives in the country dis
tricts of Northumberland county and
adjoining counties purchasing tur-
keys. geese and chickens to be used
In raffles during Thanksgiving week.
In former years the salooakecpors
were directly responsible. 1t is said.
for the high prices # poultry.
Saloonkeepers who resor. to this
method of gambling get exorhitant
ptiees through '~~ ~aC:Cs and realize
tlg sums.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-20
INDUSTRY LEARNS
MUCHINSTUDY OF
WARS PROBLEMS
Noted Surgeons Here to Apply
War-Gained knowledge
to Civil Life
70 MAKE OVER CRIPPLES
Clearly Explain How State
Must Face Task of Car
ing For Men
BY Associated Press

The great war was brought to
Harrisburg to-day in vivid, grim
fashion when the industrial ply
sicians and surgeons of the state held
their fifth annual conference in the
House of Representatives Surgeons
of international repute, keen-eyed,
of supreme poise, men earnestly con-
cerned in their work and the well
fare of the nation We're gathered
from all parts of the vast industrial
Commonwealth. The keynote of he
meeting which attracted many men
and women from Harrisburg. so that
the big auditorium was filled. Gould
be spelled in one word. patriotism.
There was n decided atmosphere
of the military, for Army surgeons
were scheduled to talk on the recon-
struction of wounded soldiers. the
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-20
Entered U. S. Under
False ColOrs, Is Claim

Chicago, Nov. 2O.-Arpad Egon Won
Dillmont. claimed by the Government
to be reserve officer of the Aus
trian army. and Nicholas Hochman,
also an Austrian. are in custody on
charges that they fraudulently en-
tered the United states.
Government officials say the men.
both of whom were educated in Ger
many and have had German military
training, entered the United States
under assumed names and used false
passports.
Won Dillmont endeavored to organ
ize a company for trade between the
United States and South America, ac-
cording to Government agents.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-20
Al Milk Dealers, IL
Egg Sellers Caught
Breaking Food Laws

Philadelphia. Nova 20.-Dilution
of milk, according to Investigations
by the State Dairy and Food Com
mission is going hand and hand with
the rise in prices in Philadelphia.
Special Agent Robert ~. SINNERS
has found forty-seven fragrant vio-
iations of the law, he announced last
night. Fifteen dealers will be ar
raigned this week and thirty-two
will have to answer the charges cf
selling skinned or watered milk
next week.
At the same time Agent SINNERS
anr cunced he has started prosecu-
tion against twelve egg dealers
caught selling storage eggs for fresh
at fresh egg prices.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-20
Mayor Stops Sugar Sale
as Women Are Trampled

Brockton, Mass, Nov. 20. - Police
reserves were summoned yesterday
to maintain order at city hall, where
5000 persons, attracted by an an
nouncement that Mayor Mcleod
would sell four tons of sugar. got
beyond the control of the small
squad of officers.
Many persons were knocked down.
Six women and several children were
slightly injured. The mayor ordered
the doors closed and suspended the
sale until the police restored order.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-20
HARRISBURGERS TO ATTEND
ANNUAL DINNER IN NEW YORK

A number of Harrisburgers have
arranged to attend the nineteenth
annual dinner of the Pennsylvania
Society at the Waldorf Astoria, New
York. December s. Among those
who have decided to go are: Mayor
]. william Bowman, w. L. Gorgas.
II. A. Kelker. Jr.. Thomas Lynch
Montgomery. Martin A. Cumbler. j.
E. B. Cunningham, d. e. Tracy and
L. u. Wallower. Other Harrisburgers
will also probably attend.
The French Ambassador will be
the guest of honor and a notable
group of speakers has accepted the
Invitation of the society.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-20
Monte Tomba
By associated Press

By associated Press
Italy's armies are holding
firmly at the point at present
most vital to the preservation of
the Piavc river line.
The Austro-Gcrman attempts
with heavy masses of troops to
drive southwark along the west
bank of the Piavc from Quero,
and thus outflank the lower
river front have been checked
by the heroic resistance of the
Italian troops at the Monte
Tomba- Monte Monfcnera line.
The reports from both the Rome
and Berlin war offices to-day
show this clearly.
In the light of current state
mcnts ii appears probable that
the AuStro- German drive at
Monta Tomba which protects the
Italian right flank west of the
Piavc. did not result in the cap
ture of the entire emincncc as
yesterdays official report from
Berlin indicated. The German
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-20
Howard Coffin to Head
the Aircraft Board

Washington, Nov. 90. = Howard
e. Coffin was appointed head of the
aircraft board yesterday by Presi-
dent Wilson. His business is the
providing of the airplanes for the
Army and Navy. 1t has nothing to
dn with operations.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-20
CLEVELAND FARES ADVANCED
By Associafed pre.e

by HaSOtIdIed FFesS
Cleveland, OHIO. Nov. co. Three
cent street car tickets in Cleveland
will be boosted one third of a cent
per fareI effective January /. The
new fare will be three tickets for
dime, as against the present fare of
five tickets for fifteen cents. Cash
fares will be four cents, effective
January /.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-20
WHOLE DISTRICT
OVER THETOP'IN
YIN. c. A. DRIVE
Central Pennsylvania Coun-
ties Respond to Campaign
With Enthusiasm
Y. NJ. c. A. $35,O00,00o
Fund Oversubscribed

New York, Nov. 20. - Over
subscription of the $35,0O0,O 900 Y.
M. c. A. war fund was officially
announced to-day by the National
War Tax Council of the organiza-
ton here to-day. The total sub
scription cannot be computed, it
was said until. full returns have
been received from many states
which have not reported.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-20
Cossack Leader Controls
... Bread and Coal Supply;
Petrograd at His Mercy
BY s4ssoeiatcd Press

Washington. Nov. 20.-Unoficial
dispatches reaching the State De-
partment to-day from Tornea, on the
Swedish frontier. say passengers ar
riving there from Russia declare
The Russian situation is controlled
by General Kaladines. the Cossack
commander. who holds the countrys
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-20
MUST AVOID SPAIN

London, Nov. 20.-A Madrid dis
patch says that the Spanish govern
ment has issued a special warnir
that Spain would regard any fight 9
American airplanes over her terrific
les as in violation of neutrality. az
would instruct the military to fire {
hem.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-20
Fear Italian Novelist Has
Been Captured by Huns
By associated Press

Paris. Nov. 20.-Nothing has been
heard of Gabrielle d'Annunzio, the
Italian poet and novelist, for nine
days and it is feared he has fallen
into the hands of the enemy. accord
ing to reports in Italian newspapers
received by the Figaro.