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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-30
Huns in Ranks Do Not
Know Americans Are in
Trenches, Victim Says

With the American Army in
France, oct. 29.-The German SOL
dier fatally shot by an American
patrol on that part of the French
front where American troops are in
the front line trenches, talked free
ly after reaching the hospital. He
was blonde youth. From his cot
he said in German:
Il was going from our trenches
with the mail following another man
in the dark. We kept turning to. the
left when he should have kept turn
ing to the right and as a result en-
countered the patrol. The soldiers do
not know you Americans are here,
but the officers probably do. They
tell us nothing.
THE German soldiers in the ranks
are tired of the war and want it to
end, but the officers want it to con-
tinue as they are well paid. our
food is good, but we know nothing
of conditions in the interior of Ger
many Sometimes no mail is permit
ed to reach us for eight weeks ut a
time"
The American doctor who operat-
ed said that the prisoner was very
game, despite his painful wound.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-30
Potato Prices Due For
Sudden Drop, Says
Food Director Heinz

Philadelphia. Oct 30.-Reports
from county chairmen of the Penn
sylvania Committee of Public Safety
show that many farmers are holding
their potato crops in anticipation of
higher prices similar to those of last
year, it was announced here to-day
by Howard Heinz, federal food di-
rector of Pennsylvania. Prices are
scheduled for a sudden drop within
a month Heinz predicted.
The Pennsylvania potato crop
amounts to more than 25,OOO.OOO
bushels on the farms. alone not count
ting the many bushels raised in war
gardens, according to a survey made
by the committee of public safety
through its county organizations. Mr..
Heinz said this crop is sufficient to
feed all tie people of the state indie
pendent of outside shipments.
From now until December l the
farmer ought to sell so per cent. of
his potato crop" says a bulletin sent
to the county committee by Mr..
Heinz. Considering the big OUTPUT
there is every reason why the farmer
should take advantage of present
prices and at the same time render
a patriotic service"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-30
COUNCIL TAKES
OVER COLLECTION
OF CITY, REFUSE
Drastic Step Taken by Com
missioners to End Long
Standing Nuisance
TO ASSESS ENTIRE COSTS
DR.. ]. M. j. Raunick to Direct
Work, Beginning
November z

City Council unanimously decided
to-day to have Health officer DR.. j
M. j. Raunick placed in charge of the
ash and garbage collection supervi-
sion temporarily and employ a suf-
ficient force of men to make regular
collections beginning November z.
The cost and expense of the work
will be collected from the bond of
the American Surety Company, the
firm bonding the Pennsylvania Re-
duction Company.
A resolution authorizing this ac-
ton was presented by Commissioner
Dunkle and was passed without a
dissenting vote. DR.. Raunick was
present at the meeting and stated
after the measure had passed that he
will start arrangements at once to
have ashes and garbage removed
regularly.
In case the Reduction Company
throws up its present contract,
which expires February /, next year,
every effort will be made DR.. Rau-
nick said, to get enough men to have
the city make scheduled collections
of all rubbish and waste. The cost of
the work will be collected from the
bonding company, it is said. So far
nothing has been heard from the
surety company in answer to the
communication calling on the firm to
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-30
Yes, Sir, This Man Must
Go to War and Take His
Ailments With Him

This is the tale as he unwound it
before the district appeal board to-
day: 81 have:
SHARP recession of the frontal
bone, retraction of the intermediary
muscles of right side of face, inabiI-
ity to pucker the mouth, bad gums
and all teeth bad in upper Jaw and
deformed lower jaw. Chest: Right
clavicle very prominent, impaired
resonance in apex of right lung,
bronchial breathing with marked tao
tile fremitus, and depression above
and below clavicle. ears of dispro-
portionate size, slightly enlarged
liver"
He is flat-footed, with marked
hulging of inner border. There is
also marked enlargement of axillary
glands. with slight struma.
To support his claim, the soldier
to-be submitted affidavits from two
physicians from the York county
district in which he lives.
The board decided that the appli-
cant cauld take his ailments with him
to camp and tell his troubles to the
Army surgeons.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-30
BY ASSociatcd PrcSS

Base American Flotilla in British
waters, Oct. 16 (by maiD There is
German submarine commander who
is known through the American 40
tilla as kelly. His real name is
something quite different, but the
American sailors promptly dubbed
him Kelly of the Emerald Isle" and
the name will stick in the songs and
stories of the Navy as long as the
great war is talked about.
kelly" earned his Irish name by
his display on various occasions of
n rich vein of quite un-German hu-
NOR. He has become the hero of
numberless stories told in forecastle
and on quarterback. Not all of these
stories are true, and probably most
of them have grown in the telling
All that The Associated Press can
vouch for is that Kelly" is a real
individual and that there is some
foundation for the remarkable tales
of his exploits.
kelly" commands a mine-layine
U-boat which pays frequent visits To
the district patrolled by the Ameri-
can destroyers. When he has fin
ished his appointed task of distrib-
uting his mines where they will do
most harm, he generally devotes a
few minutes to prank of some kind
sometimes he contents himself with
leaving a note, flying from a buoy,
scribbled in schoolboy English and
addressed to his American enemy
On other occasions he picks out
deserted bit of coastline at night and
goes ashore with a squad of his men
for saunter on the beach. leaving
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-30
Army Vote May Decide
Election Contests For
Places in City Council

The vote taken in the various
Army camps next Tuesday may play
an important part in the council
manic mayoralty and other fights in
the city and county, a number of the
candidates anticipate. Some of them,
it is reported, have made campaign
efforts through friends in the vari-
Gus camps where men from Harrls-
burg and county districts are located.
In case of close local fight the
vote from the soldiers may be the
deciding one.
Because of the delay which will
ensue in getting the returns to this
city. tabulated and certified, it is
believed successors to Commissioner
Dunkle and Mayor Bowman, of city
Council, may not be able to take Of
flee 'or at least two weeks after cleo
ton, and not then if the complete
returns have not been officially
counted. This may mean much to
the city at present in the organiza-
ton of an ash and garbage collection
plan and in the preliminary work Of
preparing a budget for next year.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-30
LOOKING FOR KELLY
OF U-BOAT FAME
German U-Boat Commander Has Won Reputation For
Vein of Quite I'm German Humor

behind a placard or bit of German
bunting as a reminder of his pres
ence.
His most audacious exploit, how
ever. if the legends of the forecastle
sre to be believed, was a trip whicn
he made several months ago to Dub
lin. where he stayed two days at a
leading hotel, afterwards joining his
U-boat somewhere up the west coast.
He is said to have informed the Brit
ish of his exploit by leaving his re-
ceipted bill attached to one of tnesr
buoys.
Still another of 'Kelly's" more re-
cent stunts was to plant two German
flags on a rise of the coastline. 1t
was the first time that the British
and Americans knew just where he
and his men had set foot and they
shared the excitement of the village
folk who awoke one morning to find
a new kind of flag flying from their
native soil. At first they could not
make out just what it was.
But when they made 1t sure that
1t was the German colors they were
furious, for it so happened, so the
story goes. that the fishermen along
this particular strip of coast had suf-
fered much from submarine raids.
U-boats had shelled their boats. Ger
mans had stolen their flsh-their only
means of livelihood-and left them
empty-handed after weeks hard
catch of mackerel. These poor fisher
folk were in no mood fr this latest
display of German humor so they,
according to report. promptly burned
the flag and set watch for kelly"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-30
Cold Wave Spreads Over
Eastern Half of Country
BY Associated Press

Washington. Oct. 30.-The cold
wave to-day overspread the eastern
half of the country. Frost extended
to the gulf coast. Texas and Central
Florida and snow fell as far south as
Asheville. n. G.
The coal shortage was being keen
ly felt in some localities, although
the pinch was somewhat relieved by
Yesterdays twenty-four-ho lifting
of the embargo on priority ship
ments.
Lowest October temperatures of
record at various points in Kansas,
Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Mis-
souri,, Indiana, Mississippi and Louisi-
ana were reported to-day by the
Weather Bureau. In eastern districts
a sharp fall in the temperature this
afternoon and tonight and continu-
ing Wednesday was forecast. Cold
wave warnings were sent out for the
territory from Western Pennsylvania
southwark to Northeast Florida.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-30
Range From Land Torpedoes
to More Deadly Bombs
and GrenadeS
MANY CENTRIFUGAL GUNS
Would Feed Out Bullets in
Steady Stream, One
Suggestion

Washington. Oct. 30.-Fifty new
ways to end the war are proposed
daily to the War Department, for
submitted each twenty-four hours
and nearly every inventor claims his
device will revolutioniZe warfare.
Ninety-nine out of one hundred are
discarded as iwpracticable in the
war emergency. but for the sake OF
the possibilities in the one, all are
welcomed and investigated.
Here are a few of the devices be-
fore the War Departments board of
ordnance and fortifications, which
give preliminary investigations to
inventions. for consideration to-day:
Polished reflectors to throw sun
light into the eyes of the enemy and
blind him; elaborated slingshoots for
throwing bombs; land torpedoes re-
sembling small tractor engines to
run across No Mans Land and eX-
plode in the enemy trench; aerial
torpedoes to fly without a pilot; dou-
BILE shot connected by chains to en-
tangle airplanes in the skies; SELL
propelling bombs, resembling SKY
rockets; sabers with pistol attached
to the hilt, to infiict double wounds;
coats of mail, like medieval armor,
to make soldiers shed bullets like
rain drops; hand grenades with trail
or strings, the pulling of which
causes explosion Safter the grenade
lands in the enemy trench; centrlfu-
gal guns which whirl bullets until
they gain sufficient momentum and
then feed them out in steady
stream; safety parachutes to allow
aviators to drop from disabled ma
chimes; modernized catapults Tor
hurting trench bombs; and smoke
bombs to be thrown by charging in
fantrymen, moment before the
bayonet clash.
Nearly ten thousand inventions
have been offered the War Depart
ment since war was declared. These
include about fifty designs of CEN
| trifugal guns and hundreds each OF
| hand grenades, new explosives, ma
chine guns and poison gases. Many
which have strong elements of merit
are rejected becaItse they cannot be
adopted in short time to the war eNl-
gencies. or because they need many
refinements which War Department
experts have no time to give, par
ticularly since testing and expert
menting requires many months.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-30
Snow and Sleet Is Only
Forerunner of Cold Wave
Due Here by Morning

A cold. driving rain, mixed with
snow and sleet. this morning ade
Harrisburg disagreeable with its first
winter" storm. The storm, which
hit the city last night during the pa
triotic demonstration, probably will
develop into cold wave by tonight,
Weather Observer Domain said to-
day.
The temperature is expected to fall
below the freezing point tonight.
Early tomorrow the mercury may
sink as low as the twenty y-five-degree
mark.
Heavy rains early to-day swept
great quantities of mud over the
tracks of the Steelton and Oberlin
car lines. Employees were forced to
shovel off the earth to get the lines
open. Up until noon nearly an inch
and a half of rain had fallen.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-30

British Front in Belgium Oct 3o-At early hour to-day
the Canadians had taken stand in the neighborhood of the
famous Crest farm only four hundred yards from the heart of the
town of Passchendaele.
London Oct. 30-The Germans have been driven back in
places depth of nearly 1000 yards todays British drive
the Ypres 'front.' Reuters correspondent British headqua
tiers reports.
The principal fighting taking place towards the outskirts
of Passchendaee and the region of Poecappe The British
have fought their way along several important
spurs the great system ridges The Canadians quickly gained
great part of their objective
The fighting to-day limited front than the
battle of last Friday The weather fine
General Cadoa bending every effort etard the focefu
advance the Isonzo while he effects
retirement the strong line of the ragameno His cavalry
reported to-day in close touch with the enemy
further hampeed in this forward by the strong
of the Italian guards and the destruction of the bridges
the Isonzo
The Teutonic which yesterday reported nearing
Udne the former Italian general headquarters has entered
that place More menacing Cadonas purposes than this
movement however be the thrust of his left flank against
the upper reaches of the Tagiamento
The hope of the German command apparently this
northern section of the intended line before
souhery Italian forces fall back the establish
themselves there Berlin indicates steady advance
tro-German columns toward this objective
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-30
CITY Is NEAR
FREEDOM FROM
SECOND DRAFT
Only Short Time Needed to
Keep Harrisburg Clear of
Call, Says Lieut.. Lesher
MANY MEN ENLISTING
"Over the Top" Is Slogan
Near Fulfilled by Patriotic
Men of Harrisburg

IF the calling of the second draft
allows us sufficient time, we will
free Harrisburg" declared Lieutenant
Robert w. Lesher, in charge of the
local recruiting station, when inter-
viewed this morning, Have YOU
any tgures?' was the question asked
None accurate" was the reply. but
we are optimistic over the outcome,
and unless the Government issues the
second call Unexpectedly. the full
quota from Harrisburg will be over
the top"
These cheerful answers were given
and will set at rest the minds of
ntny Harrisburgers who feared that
the second call would find Harris
burg behind. The young men of Har-
Continued on Page IL
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-30
Germans Believe Fiction
That u. S. Is Not Yet
on French Firing Line

Copenhagen, Oct. 30.-The first Of
fetal report from the American ex-
peditionary forces in France is print
ed in the German newspapers with
out so far being accompanied with
any comment, although occasionally
sarcastic emphasis is placed in the
headlines on the reference to "a
quiet sector" of the front.
The American official dispatch is
as a rule not included by the news
papers in the general column of
enemy war reports, most of the
journals endeavoring to adhere TO
the fiction that the United States is
not regarded as a full fledged MEM
Der of the group hostile to the CEN
trail powers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-30
TELLS RUSSIANS
SEPARATE PEACE
IS IMPOSSIBLE
Foreign Minister Declares De-
fense of Territory Funda-
mental Need
DARE NOT DEMOBILIZE
TereStchenko Asserts Disarm-
ament and Naturalization of
Straits Would Prove Fatal

Petrograd. Monday, Oct. 29.-For-
eign Minister Terestchenko in ad-
dressing the preliminary parliament
to-day said separate peace was inl-
possible and that defense of Rus
sian territory was one of the funda-
mental needs.
The foreign minister said the alb
solute independence of Courland
and perhaps of Poland and Lithuania
was impossible, as it would mean
that Russia would return to the days
before Peter. He also asserted COM
plete demobilization and disarma-
ment and naturalization of canals
and straits were impossible
Russia's foreign policy had not
changed, the minister continued,
since the first statement enunciating
Continued on Page II
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-30
Match Dropped Through
Grating Fires Boxes in
Cigar Store Cellar

A lighted match thrown through q
grating over the cellar in front of
the display window of Shaner Broth
ers' cigar store and poolroom, 143OB
North Sixth street, caused a small
fire this morning shortly before noon.
The blaze was eXtinguished in ten
minutes after an alarm was sent in.
There was very little damage done,
even the articles on display in the
window, where the fire centered, be-
ing but slightly damaged. The floor
ing was damaged slightly. 1t is
thought that the match, which set
fire to paper wrappings and box
cases in the front of the cellar, was
thrown through the grating by a
careless smoker.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-30
Has Strong Line

Has Strong Line
Despite the crushing blow suffered
by the Italian forces on the north
ern Isonzo and the consequent re-
tirement all along the river, General
Cadorna has the Tagliamento line
from which, to beat back the in
vodert from the Venetian plains.
Berlin does not report any great ad-
ditional number of prisoners and
this coupled with Cadorna's official
statement that his troops are check
ing the Austro-Germans, may mean
that the force of the first blow has
been spent.
May Start New Drive
Teuton activity is reported in the
region of Ploecken pass in the Car
mic Alps, north of Tolmezzo, where
the Tagliamento turns westward. A
strong advance here might make the
Tagliamento line untenable as also
would any Austro-German effort in
force southwark from the Carnic
and Dolomite Alps. The Italian
high command must consider too
possibility of a blow from the Tren-
tino. From Swiss sources it is re-
ported that the Austro-Swiss frontier
has been closed and that German
reinforcements are being buried to
the Italian front This may mean
either supports for the invaders west
of the Isonzo or material for a new
drive from the mountains southwark
behind the Tagliamento.
Meanwhile there are no reports of
any activity in the Trentino and
Great Britain and France have taken
steps to reinforce the Italians. What
CONTINUED on Page 81
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-30
ONE BOND SOLD
HERE TO EVERY
FIFTH PERSON
Harrisburg Is Over Maximum
Quota of Four Million
by $141,990

Harrisburg went cover the top" by
S141,990 in it's great drive last week
to subscribe it's maximum quota of
$4,000,000 of the Second Liberty
Loan, complete returns from all city
banks to-day show
According to the figures tabulated
to-day by Victor Lecoq, Sd, 1926
persons helped in bringing in the to-
tai of $4,141,990. AS many of the
large corporations punched the sub
scriptions of their employees, the
number of subscribers actually is
much larger. 1t was estimated that a
bond was sold to every fifth man,
woman and child within the city
limits.
Bank Reports
The complete reports from the
banks are as follows:
Harrisburg National bank, $50
subscriptions, $57S,950; Dauphin
Deposit Trust Company, 2,1O3 sub
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-30
Central High School
Breaks All Records in
Liberty Loan Campaign

Central High School students have
broken all records for local schools
in the sale of Liberty Bonds. During
the campaign just ended students
placed orders for s12.55O worth of
bonds.
The Central students went into the
campaign earnestly and worked ear
ly and late. Many of the students
purchased bonds either from savings
Or on the weekly plan.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-30
[Continued on Page o.
100000 CLEVELAND FIRE
D.. Il L.s.a.....L...I D..

Cleveland. o.. Oct SU.-Fire early
to-day destroyed the three-story
storeroom and shipping building of
the Cleveland-Akron Bag Company
plant, menaced the lives and prop
erty of residents in the neighbor-
hood and resulted in an estimated
loss of $500, 900.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-30
[Continued on Page s.l
NO PROOF OF BOARDING

! d y 4I9NOt IuTCu fTfAA
Washington, Oct. 80. - Preliminary
search of storage warehouses has fail
ed thus far to disclose food boarding
to any appreciable extent The in
vestigation, however, by the secret
service and the food administration,
still Is proceeding
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-30
FIRST AMERICAN woUNDED

With The American Army in France Oct. 2o.-.The
first American wounded in the trenches arrived to-day At
the basabasptai lie lieutenant Of the Signal Corps
lie was hit in the lag by Splinter, while. working IN
communication trench near tho front line. The wound ia
slight The weather was clear and cold to-day in che
American sector
OFFENSIVE NOT FOR CONQUEST
Amsterdam, Oct oo-Th9 Ausro-cer oTensivr
against Italy according the Yorwacrts Of Berlin was
not undertaken in an aggressive spirit with he object Of
conquest but solely 20 bring peace nearer
ENGLISH EXPENDITURES HEAVY
Lenaon, Oct 3o.--In the House Of Commons to-day
Chancellor Bonar Law said that the period from July
z September 2 the daily average expenditure Of the
British government was 64i+ooo pounds sterling