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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-04
Special Cable 10 Erening Public Ledger

Copyright. 1918. bD Ncto York Times co.
London. Nov 4.
As was the case in the Napoleonic
war. the British army, after passing
through n long period of criticism which,
if it had been good for its soul, has not
always been just or easy to endure, has
come into its own and bids fair to end
the war in a blaze of glory.
As a nation. we have never appreciated
what the making of an army means.
our principle has been. when war has
been sprung upon us, TO make up for
the neglect of preparation in time of
peace in a hurry. to provide a COM
mander with men. money and material
and to say 10 him. Now, go and win
victories" If he does not do this at
once, we furnish him with a number of
suggestion as to how he should improve
the army and carry on the war.
1t took Wellington eight years TO form
and train the army which won victory
and drove the French from the penn-
sula. and during much Of that time he
was subjected to very similar criticism
to that which has been so freely offered
to our commanders during the present
war. Any one who cares to turn up Sir
Douglas lIaig's dispatches will find in
every one of them insistenCc on the vital
importance of training and on the need
of having men IN France IN time to train
them adequately. Though Sir Douglas
Haig has throughout his tenure Of COM
mand had the greatest difficulties To
contend with in this matter. he has in
the end overcome them, and we are now
seeing the results of his wise policy.
Enemy Has Not Collapsed
| hope have made it clear in my re-
cent articles that the German army did
not collapse at once as the result of
Foch'S great Counter-strOke on July IS.
II has, for the most part, been fighting
bravely and sllillfully. particularly on
two vital fronts-that between Douai
and st. Quentin leading to the valley of
the Sambre, where the bulk Of our army
is engaged, and astride the Meuse, where
the Americans are fighting. The enemy
has not collapsed. but has been beaten
in series of great struggles by the
skill and valor of our troops, by superior
eeneralship and by better staff work.
Experience and training are Teaping
their reward. In France, Bulgaria. Pal
estine, Mesupotamia. and now in Italy.
our troops are showing that the fighting
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-04
AVIE 1O BAR
RACE HAGGLING
niany Expected to Want
orantees Before Accept
ing Armistice
ANCER in DISCUSSION
ncrny Hopeless, but Will Try
to Divide Allies if
Possible
y ANCER IN DISCUSSION

4 IDtctal Cable to Euening Public Ledger
81 (S0pufoht, 1918 by Nciu York Times co.
London. Nov, 4,
It Is Of course possible that when The
Allied terms of armistice are Heclared
Germany will accept them forwith hut
according to many persons here, 1t IS
much more likely that she viii Try 10
haexle. 1t is assumed here that the
Allied answer will be refusal 10 dis
sruss the armistico terms. and a declara-
klnn In regard to them that they must be
accepted in their entirety or not at
"a.
1Germany might then raise the ques-
elon Of peace terms and argue tnat
y since the armisticc would leave her pow
erless to resist them. she must have
guarantees beforehand as to their cha!-
acter. In certain respects this request
would be one to consider on it's merits.
There are some guarantees which the
associated powers might readily give if
asked. There are others which they
would without hesitation refuse. There
are others on the border line.
b Without defining this border line to-"
harshly .he hope is expressed IN we'll
Informed quarters here that the asso-
slated powers will be very chary OF
( entering into an elaborate pre-armistice
negot.at.on. The fewer points they al
low to be prejudiced before meeting
around the conference table. and the less
the hands of the conference are tied in
advance. the more likely will it be to
arrive at comprehensive and per-
manent settlement of the worlds future.
1t ~ possible and not by any means
ilnprobable that in this way the ncgo-
tiations may, for the time being, break
Gown. 1t cannot yet be taken for granted
hat the war is over Germany is hard
hit and her situation is ultimately hope
less, but 1t may well prove that her
Deople are still unprepared for n peace
l0f submission and drastic purgation such
~ the outraged civilization of the worlc
is bound to insist upon. The nation
which only this year dictated the peace
of Brest-Litovsk and Bucharest cannot
shed its old Adam in a moment.
According to the view in some quar-
itars the military situation. considered
In connection with the time of year.
points to the possibility of Germany 5
holding out until February or March
|at least. She might consider II worth
her while to do so. hoping that the
Allied effort might be relaxed. and the
Allied counsels divided in the interval
i The great powers ranged against her
cannot escape tie handicap that they
are many and she is one. This is re-
eArded here as danger to be foreseen
ana guarded against. No chances can
~ taken where the issues at stake are
~ vast.
i No more useful reminder of dangers
which exist could be made than in a
Eiefarence, made in London Chronicle
6ditorjay which tells what happened to
I. N AMERICAN who thought TO divide a
bears skin while the beast still lived.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-04
T,co Kdisers Prepare for
Long "Vacation'' in Hips


london. NOV. y.
An exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Cononhagen quotes the Ber-
lin Tageblatt's Vienna correspond
ent as saying that Emperor
charles had an important confer
ence with members of the cabinet
party and political leaders Satur-
day. when he announced his inten-
tion TO abdicate and go to Switzer-
land
The Eve children of Emperor
Charles have left the Godollo
wallace on Thursday in two auto
mobiles and have not been heard
from since It was reported by the
Frankfurt Gazette today
Geneva. Nov. dozens Of
trunks bearing the royal Hohen-
zollern mouograms have been ar
riying i'm the last week at the lux
urious chateau named Buonas, on
the Lake of Hug.
The chateau, which is flying the
German flag. is the property OF
Baron Won Kloist German. The
Lake of Zug is In northern Switzer-
land, thirty miles from the German
border.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-04
Germany to Argue Wars Cause
By The associated Press

Amsterdam. Nov. A. The Cologne
Gazette prints a Eerln dispatch saying
that DIR. Won Bethmann-Hollweg, for
mer German chancellor, and Gottlieb
Won Jagow former foreign minister,
have been officially charged with the
task of classifying documents of July.
1914. 1t is assumed from this fact. says
the dispatch. that the new government is
an official declaration on the
events leading to the outbreak of the
war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-04
AUSTRIA'S CRAvEST MOMENT
situation Worse Than Sadowa or
the Revolution of 1913
oPeCiM Gable to Erening Public Le.Iner

Nop"'''"f' 1918, DV Nc,c York Times co.
Rome, Nov 4,--Austria. according TO
reports here. counted on Entente fears
'hat the dismemberment of the dual
monarchy would induce some IL. 900 600
GtocIl,ns Gor,,is OF German nationality TO join
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-04
DUTCH BANKER COMING TO U. S.
viii Accompany New Minister
to Washington
SDeciaI Cable TO Euening Public Ledge,

Copyright. 1918. bU Ne,c York Times Go.
The Hague. Nov. Your correspon-
dent learns that Joost Van Nollen-
hoven. director Of the Netherlands bank
and well known in the Dutch colonies
has been appointed TO go TO Hri,, Amerioa
with j. T. Cremcr, the newly appoint
ed minister To Washington.
Van Nollenhoven was a lnenDer OF
the commission which went to AmeTca
in the summer of 1877 for negotiations,
aud is well known for his ability in ar
ranging economic agreements.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-30
President VIII Address
the Congress on Monday;
Peace Outline Is Expected
By Associated Press

Washington, Nov. 30.-President
Wilson will address the new session
of Congress Monday afternoon in
stead of following the usual custom
of delivering the address on the Sec
ond day of the session.
Senate and House leaders were
asked to-day to arrange for a joint
session at 1 o'clock Monday so as
to hasten the Presidents departure
for Europe to attend the peace con-
ference. 1t has been stated he would
sail from New York the day after
the address was delivered.
The Presidents appearance before
Congress is awaited with intense In
terest Besides discussing the great
problems ahead of the country, in
readjusting itself from a war to a
peace basis, he is expected to tell
Congress and the country something
of his plans for the peace conference
to which he goes in person at the
head of the Representatives of the
United States
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-30
WILSON'S PEACE
DELEGATION NOT
POPULAR CHOICE
Selection of American Dele
gates Pleases Nobody but
Executive Himself

Washington. Nov. 3O.-The an
nouncement of President Wilson's
selection of American delegates to
the peace conference in Paris has
displeased his Democratic friends
and has aroused the indignation of
Republicans. He has pleased no.
body but himself. In particular Is
his choice of Henry White a thorn
in the flesh. White, although Re-
publican in politics, has been out of
joint with his party for years and
never stood high in it's counsels.
White made himself ridiculous in
Paris by his notorious gold and
lace" reception, and is suspected of
being pro-German in his sympa-
thies. his daughter having beenmar-
ried to the son of a German count
and an officer in the former Kaisers
personal bodyguard. He left Ger
many with expressed regrets after
the outbreak of the war and is
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-30

Harrisburg will have a municipal
Christmas tree during Christmas
week, if the plans which were start
ed this morning materialize.
Mayor Daniel l.. Keister said that
the idea has his hearty approval, and
that he likely will appoint COM
mittee within a few days to make the
necessary arrangements. The Mu-
nicipaI Christmas tree would have a
peculiar significance this year, the
Mayor feels, in that for the first time
in five years, Christmas Day really
will be a day of peace and good will
among men.
Because of the war, the commun-
ity tree was eliminated from the cell
ebration of Christmas last year. This
year, brightly Illuminated with many
coIored lights, and towering against
the sky, il will stand as beacon of
Harrisburg's joy over the happy end
ing of the war.
Sentiment Growing
Sdntiment in favor of the commun-
ity tree is crystallizing rapidly. Many
mothers, wives and sweethearts.
thinking of the possible immediate
return of soldier relatives. and of
those sons and brothers who will be
in the city on Christmas furloughs,
expressed themselves heartily in ia
vor of the tree for the boys es-
pecial benefit.
1t has ben customary for the COM
mittee in charge of the Christmas
tree, to secure a huge evergreen
from the mountains north of the city
transport it herr, and erect 1t al
Front and Market streets. There ii
has served as the rallying point OF
the citizens of Harrisburg and vicin-
ity during the happy Christmas sea-
son. During past years, it meant
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-30
M'ADOO EXPLAINS
RAILROAD RAISE:
NOT RETROACTIVE
Never His Intention to Fash
ion Supplementary Increase
After General Advance
Rr 4ssocfated Press

Washington, Nov. SO.-Director
General McAdoo has ruled against
consideration by the board of rail-
road wages and working conditions
of complaints filed by certain class
es of railroad employees asking that
supplementary wage advances re-
Gently granted be made retroactive
to January l, 1918. as was the gen.
eral wage advance of last May 20.
The decision of the director general
is embodied in letter to Chairman
Sines, of the wage board, which was
made public yesterday.
The general wage advance to rail-
road employees was made retroactive
to the first of the year, and Mr.. Nc
Adoo in his letter declares that fol-
lowing the granting of the general
increase it never was his. intention
to make supplementary advances
retroactive for the same period.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-30
Foe Threatened With Wars
Re1epVaI Assures British
Prisoners Will Get
Decent Treatment
EX-KAISER SPEAKS OF NEW
REGENT FOR HIS OLD EMPIRE
Nerv Democratic Party Seeks to Prevent
Bolshepiki From Seizing Power in
NewLy- Organized Government
By Assoeieted Press

London, Nov. 30. Former
Emperor William signed his
abdication at Amerongen, Hol-
land, Yesterday, according to a
dispatch TO the Wolff Bureau Of
Berlin transmitted by the Ex-
change Telegraph correspondent
at Copenhagen.
Th abdication decree, ac-
cording to the message, ex-
pressed the hope that "the new
regent would be able to protect
the German people against an
archy, starvation and foreign
supremacy
The. use Of the word regent
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-30
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Reported Dead in France
He Writes of Wounds

Private Clarence Edward Fetrow,
widely-known local athlete, who was
unofticially reported as dead, has
been severely wounded and is now in
base hospital in France according
TO word received yesterday by his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. George Fet-
row, 229 South Fifteenth street
Private Fetrow was unofficially
chronicled as among the dead sew
eral months ago. A letter from him
corrects this impression. He is a
member of the One Hundred and
Fourteenth Field Artillery. In Har-
risburg he is very popular in the
athletic world. He was employed by
the Harrisburg Shoe Manufacturing
Company. He is also a. member of
the Hick-A-Thrift class in the Pine
Street Presbyterian Church.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-30
BREWERIES CLOSE
TO SAVE FOOD.
SUPPLY NLARGE
Hotel Trade to Be Served For
Six Months to
Come
PRICES SOON TO SOAR
Small Glasses Probably VIII
Retail at Ten Cents
a Glass

Local breweries at o'clock this
evening will cease to make beer, and
the big breweries will be closed in
the first advance towards national
prohibition. Brewing of beer ceases
throughout the land at midnight,
but according to information avail
able this morning, the majority of
the local brewers will not operate
until the time limit.
Two local brewers said to-day
there probably is enough beer in the
city to last the local trade six
months, Graupner's can supply it's
trade at least that long, it was said
Doehne's and the National Brewery,
at Steelton, would not say how long
they could care for their custom
ers.
SteeItOn Brewery Closes
The National Brewery stopped the
brewing of beer this morning.
Graupner's will continue until 6
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-30
MUNICIPAL CHRISTMAS
TREE TO BE RALLYING
POINT OF HOLIDAYS
For First Time in Five Years the Words Peace OF
Earth Good Will to Men Have Meaning of
Old Mayor Will Name a Committee

much to many of the city's residents.
This year. it will serve q greatly
broadened purpose, and hold a high
err place than ever in the Christmas
ARRANGEMENTS of the local popnlace,
it is t.. yught.
Services Planned
Mayor Keister Is in favor OF allow
ing the tree TO stand the entire week
beween Christmas and New Years
day. and to light it every evening.
Tentative arrangement announced
to-day fncludesn service on Christmas
Eve. and another Christmas day.
These services in previous years in
cluded an ifsoeati0n, address, COM
munity singing. solos BY local artists
and a beneaiction.
Community Singing
A similar service likely will be held
New Years. according to custom. IT,
as is at present Intended. the tree is
kept during the whole of Christmas
week. a4fEs
Community singing, It is Thought,
will be large factor in the. success
of the community spirit which the
municipal tree Is confidently expect
ed to foster in the city, At the
Thanksgiving community singing
service, under the direction OF the
Community Singing Committee, the
desire for similar meetings in the
future was so strongly expressed that
without a similar service on Christ
mas, the day would prove incomplete
to many in the city, it has been said.
A large chorus choir hitherto has
proved a large part of the city's COM
munity observance of Christmas. The
solo choir of Harrisburg, the Liberty
Singers and the church choirs. 1t is
felt, would furnish a splendid chorus
of voices for the Christmas and New
Years services.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-30
PERSHING NAMES
$4,000 YANKEES
RETURN HOME
39th, 10th and S7th Appear in
List as Entire American
Divisions
262,723 IN THE CASUALTIES
Total Number of Troops Thus
Far Designated For Dis
charge Is $4,000
46,37S FROM THE CAMPS
L. S. Soldiers Captured by the
Huns Returning TO Own
Lines Daily
BY Associated Press

Washington, Nov. 30.-General
Pershing has designated for early
convoy to the United States a total
of 3,451 officers and 1858 men,
General March announced to-day.
The units comprising these men will
be made public later
In the list appear as entire divi-
sions the seth, 10th and the S7th.
The other troops comprise artillery
units and army corps troops.
General March gave out amended
casualty reports from General
Pershing giveing the official total to
November 26 as 262,T23, exclusive
of prisoners. The figures on prisoners
We're unintelligible in the cable
gram. General March said the total
under this head probably would be
virtually the same as announced
last Saturday.
Casualties to November 90
General Pershing reported the
following official casualties to No
Vember 26:
Killed in action, 2S.S65.
Died of wounds, 12,10l.
Died of disease, 1904.
Died of other causes, 1880.
Missing in action, 1920.
Prisoners (unintelligible)
Wounded, 1896, divided as fol-
lows: Severely, 54,751; undetermin-
ed, 43, ,16S; slightly, 92,036.
Will Speed Return of Troops
The War Department expects to
bring back home in December be-
tween 10000 and $4,000. General
March said. To accomplish this, 1t
will use in addition to army trans
ports and converted cargo boats,
enough old battleships and cruisers
TO furnish an additional carrying
capacity for $4,000 men. Shipping
experts expect to transport 100000
monthly when the rehabilitation is
under full speed.
The total number of troops al
ready designated for early discharge
in the United States was given as
$4,000. These include depot and
development battalions, 10000; divi-
slonal troops, 10000; railway troops,
$4,000: United States guards, &c.
600; tank corps, 7.000 chemical
warfare troops. 1000; central Of
ficers training schools, 10000. stu
dent army training corps, 100000.
Pouring Out of Home Camps
To date 46,37S men have been
mustered out of the camps in this
country. The schedule under which
the department is working calls for
the release of an average of one
thousand men per camp per day, and
General March said every effort
would be made to maintain the
average.
Revised army estimates for the
coming year resulted in cutting the
$4,000, 100000 of army appropria-
tions to less than three billions,
General March announced.
Medals For Amy Generals
General Pershing has been direct
ed by President Wilson TO confer the
Continued ON pnmn
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-30
State Has Balance OF
Ten Million at Close
of the Fiscal Year

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
had a balance of $9.SSS.9SS.55 in it's
treasury at the close of business at
noon to-day, which was at once the
close of the month and of the fiscal
year. The treasury receipts for the
year were s44,165. .3S6.74 and the
total expenditures $42.40T0643O, ac-
cording to figures given out by State
Treasurer Kephart.
The balances on hand at the close
of business to-day We're: General
fund, ss,364.912.O5; sinking fund.
1851. HOOP; school fund. uninvested.
S36, ,275.74; motor fund, S56,S339i:
game protection. s2S9. 9.2S6S5; bounty
fund, $265. 202.S4; insurance fund, un-
invested, s100.755.76; manufacturers
fund. $21, 1881, fish propagation. sS.-
269.75; federal appropriation for vo-
cational education, $94.611.44.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-30
PENNA. MATCHES
ITS CIVIL WAR
ARMY RECORD
Enlistments For Year Large
as Those For the Entire
Rebellion
NATIONAL ARMY LARGE
Drafts of Both Wars Are
Compared by State
Officials

Men who have been observing the
manner in which the Keystone state
has been sending it's sons to fighting
with the army and navy and marine
corps believe that with the figures
just announced by Major William
G. Murlock, the chief draft officer.
the aggregate of the Pennsylvanians
in the world war will be found to be
close to the total of what this state
furnished to the armies of the
Union in the Civil War.
The drafted men sent aggregate
1884, ,203 with possibly 10000 men
furnished in. various ways through
the draft, figures on which will be
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-30
HUNDREDS OF CHRISTMAS
PARCELS SENT TO FRANCE
IN ELEVENTH-HOUR RUSH
Every Nook and Granny of Little Red Cross Cartons Filled
With Holiday Gifts Coins Hidden in Finger of Gloves
Are Tabooed by Careful Inspectors

Talk about the Christmas spirit
You should have seen the big Red
Cross Santa Claus department on
this, the last day, for sending car
tons to the brave boys abroad
Imagine four or five hundred men,
women and children, painting with
love and generosity. their hands
loaded with gifts for soldier boys,
quite mad to take advantage of the
very last moment when they could
send a parcel to Jack, Tom and
Henry.
Never in all its career of humani-
ties has Harrisburg witnessed a
more touching scene than was
staged to-day in the Red Cross tenn
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-30

Knoxville, Tenn, Nov 30.-Walter
w. Scranton. a poor Knoxville law
yer, was summoned to Cleveland O.,
by the death os = spins+er sreat-aunt.
he borrowed funds to make the trip.
He announced on his recurn to-day
that by his aunts will he VIII for the
remainder of his life have NOR thly
income of S3?3 his two little sons %
enjoy 1t after his death.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-30
CHARGED WITH THEFT
OF TWO OONERCOTG

William NJ. Wilbert was given a
preliminary hearing in police court
this afternoon on the charge of steal
ing two overcoats from the coat rack
in the vestibule of the residence at
405 Walnut street. According to II.
G. Mongan, who owned one of the
coats. Wilbert entered the hall last
evening and made away with the
coats when no one was around. Pa
trolman F'oultz made the arrest.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-30
NEED MORE FUNDS

More contributions for the relief
fund which is being used to give
financial help to residents in River
side whose properties were damaged
in a recent storm, are asked by the
committee in charge. subscriptions
have been coming in slowly but much
more money is needed. All contribu-
tions should be sent to the Dauphin
Deposit Trust Company.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-30
ELKS TO MOURN
THEIR DEAD IN
SUNDAY SERVICE
Scranton Member of Order to
Be Orator at Majestic
Theater Tomorrow

The Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks memorial service, to
be held in the Majestic Theater to-
morrow afternoon at $40 o'clock.
promises to be one Of the most ims
pressive services of its kind held in
this city The services are held each
year in memory of absent brother
Elks, and this year seventy three
names appear. In the list IN Memo-
riam. Many prominent persons of
this city and elsewhere will take part
in the ceremonies. tile orator OF the
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