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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-20
PETROGRAD IS
ENCIRCLED BY
HOSTILE ARMY
Anti-Bolshevik Cavalry in
Wide Raids Sever Rail-
roads Leading to City
KRONSTADT is TAKEN
Fall of Fortress Allows Allied
Fleets to Proceed Further
Up the Bay
By Associated Press.


The Bolshevik hold upon Petro-
grad, which, though repeatedly re-
ported captured. was still in Boil
shevik hands at latest reports from
accepted sources, is fast weakening
and the fall of the city seems i'm
minent according to to-day's Of
ficial advices from the British war
office. Kronstadt, the great island
fortress defending the old capital
from the seaside, capitulated Friday
and there is nothing now to prevent
the advance of the Esthonian troops
toward Petrograd, which the fort
ress guns had thus far held up,
Anti-Bolshevik cavalry, in a wide
circling raid, have swept around
the city, starting apparently from the
general vicinity OF Gatchina, and
have cut all three of the remaining
railroads connecting Petrograd with
the rest of Russia. The mainline 10
Pskov, with its branch to Recall.
fell into the hands of General Yuden-
itch when Gatchina was taken. His
cavalry now have cut the Vitebsl
line, running directly south from
Petrograd through Tsarskoe-Selo
and -Pavlovsk, at point about 25
miles from the city; the main trunk
line to Moscow was reached and cut
at TsonG, miles southeast of Petro-
srad, where the destruction of the
bridge over the Tosna river would in
sure an uninterruption of traffic
with the capital for a considerable
time. The road running eastward to
Vologda, which closely follows the
south bank of the Neva. was DESTROY
Ell ar s point soutli o: Lake Ladoga.
Reinforcements Far on
Bolshevist reinforcements, which
Trotzky announced were being rush
ed to the defense of the city must
now be detrained a full three days
march from Petrograd and if ap-
preaching from the south, must
night their way into Petrograd
through serious opposition. as is
shown by the destruction of a Boil
shevist division in. the vicinity of
Krasnoe Selo.
Nothing is known of the fate of
the Baltic fleet. the remnants OF
which have been lurking in the
shelter of Kronstadt, but if. as seems
possible from the dispatches, the
fortress fell not as the result of as
"Ni1 anu ldHulHS DuJ DN Surrende er
from within. the spirit of the garri-
son is probably shared by the ships'
crews. composed of the same eie-
ments.
The fall of Kronstadt IS vastly i'm
portant not only st-ategicallv bur
also for its affect upon Bolshevist
morale. 1t has been considered i'm
pregnable to attack from sea or lard
and its sailor garrison have been.
from the outset of the revolution
the stoutest supporters of the Boil
sheFlk cause. Now that its forni;,
aole guns are silent, the allied
cruisers and destroyers can pass
further up the bay toward Petro0
grad, about 90 miles away, and can
support the advance of troops along
the coast to points directly in the
rear of Bclshevist forces deseati;u;s
Petrograd from the south.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-20

The shooting Caused considerable
excitement. The police station was
notified. Before squad of po-
lice arrived, Traffic officer Laurie,
who is stationed at Fourth and Mar
ket streets, and heard the shot, rush
ed to the Office of Lawyer Care.
He found Potter at the head of the
stairway reloading his revolver. Pot
ter gave himself up but refused to
talk.
In the meantime the police patrol
arrived, and the officers had gone up
a back stairway. Potter was for
merly proprietor of the hotel at 524
State street. Later he took over the
Fox Hotel at Second and Washing
ton streets, but lost his license in
a law and order cleanup. Recently
Potter engaged in the barber busi-
ness at 709 South Front street.
Allegc Check Trouble
The trouble is said to have start
ed over an alleged check which Pot
ter said Care had in his possession.
This check, according to Potter's
contention with the lawyer, had
been forged on a city bank and Care
was Withholding it from Potter.
This afternoon Potter came to the
threatened to kill Care because he
said the latter had refused to turn
over the check. More than a month
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-20
"LAST SHOT" MEN
TOORGANIZE FOR
MEMORIAL DRIVE
Sums Ranging From 81 to
$1,000 Wanted to Honor
Soldiers
A WHIRLWIND CANVASS
War Workers Will See That
Everybody in City Helps
Worthy Project
A WHIRLWIND CANVASS
THEY'RE OFF

Harrisburg Railways Company,
just before the bell rings for the
beginning of the drive for $4,000
for the soldiers memorial, an
nounced that it has contributed
$500, covering the service stars
of 33 men who were in the Army
or Navy.
Ohev Sholom congregation this
morning called at headquarters
and gave a check for $3.50, COW
ering the service stars of "a men.
Friends of Wilmer Manual,
well-known railroad worker, to-
day gave Treasurer Stanley Jean
$40. Don't tell Manual where
this come from" they said.
1t was announced to-day that
the balance remaining from the
Fourth of July fund of 1918,
amounting to several hundred
dollars. has been turned over to
Treasurer Jean.
Perhaps there are other ball
ances from similar funds which
we could USE" suggested Mr..
Jean.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-20
Governor Will Be
Guest Of Republican
Club at Reception

Governor Sproul will be a guest
of the Harrisburg Republican Club
Friday evening unless unforeseen
circumstances requires his presence
elsewhere in the State on that oc-
casion. The club will also have as
its guests at that time the city and
county Republican candidates. Gov
ernor Sproul, Lieutenant Governor
Beidleman, Auditor General Snyder
and Deputy Attorney General Col
Inns will be among the speakers.
Supper will be served at the close
Of the meeting.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-20
GOING DOWN!

Washington, Oct. 20.-Food
prices are on the decline, the
Department of Labor's bureau of
labor statistics announces in a
statement asserting that the retail
price of twenty-five staple food
stuffs show a decline of two per
cent. at the end of September as
compared with the last of Au-
gust.
The decrease, based on statis-
tics gathered from all parts of
the country, is the first to be
recorded since the World War
began with the exception of a
decline in June when food was
five-tenths of one per cent.
cheaper than in May. The price
of the twenty-five staple food
stuffs, however, is still eighty.
eight per cent. above the average
price for the same foods in 1913.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-20

ago he had previously appeared and
demanded the check, but at that
time he was removed from the of
flee and taken to the office of an al
derman, it is reported. He then is
reported to have made the threat
that he would kill the lawyer.
Asked Not to Shoot
This afternoon he appeared to
make good his threats, he told Care
Don't shoot Leslie, I'll do any
thing" Mr.. Care is reported to have
told him.
Il don't care, I'm going to shoot
you, you -" Potter is report
ed to have retorted, drawing his re-
volver.
Care Retreats
Care retreated toward an inner
office and Potter blazed away. Sew
eral of the bullets from his revolver
struck the floor, but the third went
through the legs of Cares trousers,
Slightly grazing the flesh
Potter then stopped to reload the
revolver at the head of the steps,
consuming considerable time in so
doing. In the meantime, Patrol
men Laurie and Romich appeared
on the scene and succeeded in get
ting Potter's revolver without diff
Guilty.
Taken to the police station, he re-
fused to talk.
Care was treated by DR.. John A.
McAlister after which he returned
to his offices and continued work.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-20
Fifty-Four Strikers
Each Get 30 Days in Jail
and Fine of SIS and Costs

Waynesboro, Oct. 20.-On charges
ranging from rioting to assault and
battery and forcible entry, fifty-four
Waynesboro strikers were sentenced
to thirty days in Jail. s25 fines and
costs, each, by Judge Gillian sitting
in the Franklin county court this
morning.
Several were found guilty on two
and three indictments The men
had all been arrested in connec-
ton with disorders during the in
dustrial strike called here several
weeks ago in most of the tool and
machine shops. Several others re-
main to be sentenced. Emmert Oller.
who died yesterday. was among the
number indicted. The name of his
father, Amos Oller. was on the list
but sentence in his case was de-
ferred until October %.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-20
Petrograd Virtually
Isolated by Cavalry
Which Cuts R. R. Lines
BY .Associnted Prct,.

London, Oct. 20.-Petroerad is
virtually isolated, the War Office
announces to-day, anti-Bolshevik
cavalry having cut the railroads
leading from Petrograd to Vitebsk,
Moscow and Vologda. The Petro-
grad-Vitebsk road is cut at Viritza
and the Petrograd-Moscow railroad
at Tosna, south and southeast of
Petrograd, respectively. The line at
Vologda is cut south of Lake Ladoga.
A Bolshevik division, which was
being rushed to Petrograd from the
interior to defend the city against
the threatening advance of General
Yudenitch, was practically wiped
out at Krasnoe Selo, when General
Yudenitch took that outpost to
Petrograd, according to War Office
advices.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-20
EVEN FATE TAKES A HAND
IN MAKING THE CITY DRY
The Few Wine Bbblers Good Terms With Their Wives
Strike Snag in SHAKING Their Thirsts

The receipts call for yeast, and for
raisins. for heat and for cold, for
kegs and for casks and for work and
hard labor but first and last they call
for the addition of sugar.
TO make 200 gallons of wine 40
to so pounds OF sugar will be re-
qufed by the man who meets Uncle
Sans decision that he must be mar
ried and on good terms with his
wife. That in itself is an insur-
nhountable barrier as few drinkers
can claim the friendship of their
spouse. Therefore 1t was said to-day
by the wine bibblers that there is
little hope OF stacking the drought
this winter.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-20
CANNIBAL PLANT WHICH
EATS INSECTS is FOUND
Natural History Society Also Finds Beautiful Specimens of
the Rather Rare Fringed Gentian

believed that the nearest specimens
were more than 20 miles away.
Members of the party also found
and examined the Sun Dew, the little
cannibal plant which devours and
actually digests insects. Attention
also was paid to the Dogwood and
Bitter Sweet found in the hills and
marshes back of Marsh Run. Horace
G. Keefer, yesterday was host to n
number of members of the Society
at his Linglestown home where he
exhibited an acre field of blooming
dahlias.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-20

A splendid colony" of Fringed
Gentian, said to be one of the most
beautiful of wild flowers was vis-
tied back of Marsh Run Saturday
by more than a score of members
of the Harrisburg Natural History
Society. The colony" was discov-
cred several days ago by H. A. Ward,
secretary, of the organization.
The flower is a rare one and until
this bed was found it was generally
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-20
Presidents Digestive
Disturbance Subsidies
Almost Completely
By Associafcd PrcSs.

Washington, Oct. 2o.-President
Wilson'S digestive disturbance has
subsidized almost completely and he
was comfortable to-day after fairly
good night, his physicians an
rounced.
They issued the following bulle-
tin:
"The White House, Oct 20.
"11.25 A. NJ.
'The Presidents digestive disturb
ance has subsided almost completely.
After fairly go6d night, he is COM
Portable this morning"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-20
New Census Will Not
Increase Officials Pay

County officials explained to-day
that the 1920 census will have no ef-
feet on the salaries of officials
elected to county offices this fall. 1t
had been reported that the 1920
census in all probability will show
population of more than 10000
for Dauphin county, and according
to law certain officials will be paid
increased salaries, but not unless
they have been elected after the
census is completed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-20
THE WEATHER

Hnrrisburg and Vicinity; Fair TO-
night and Tuesday. Not much
change In temperature, lowest
Tonight about AZ degrees.
Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair to-
wight and Tuesday. continued
cool. Fresh northeast winds.
liver. The SuEqucha~Ha river and
ali it's bFn ncbes will fall slowly
or remain stationary. a stage of
about 4.5 feet H.. indicated for
Harrisburg >Sssf morning,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-20
CONTRADICTORY REPORTS


Paris, Oct. 20 (Havas) Contra
dictory reports are received from
Russia and it is impossible to con-
firm rumors that Petrograd has been
taken by the Northwestern Russian
army under General Yudenitch. 1t
seems certain that the Yudenitch
troops are advancing and must be
at the gates of the city, if they have
not already taken it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-20
MARKING TIME

By Associdted Press.
Pittsburgh, Oct. 20.-With both
employers and union leaders mark
ing time, the steel strike situation
in the Pittsburgh district was prac-
tically unchanged early to-day, the
initial day of the fifth week of the
walkout
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-20
"How's a man gonna make t

"How's a man gonna make that
200 gallons of wine without sugar p"
That is the problem of many Har-
risburgers who Saturday learned
that under certain conditions q tree
man may let 200 gallons of grape
juice ferment in his cellar and who
had planned to avoid the long winter
drought in this manner.
While Uncle Sam is at work on
plans to bar ever the 2.75 brew,
demand for wine receipts were
rather heavy over the Weekend, 1t
was said this morning. But here's
the rub. Every last one of the wine
makers say they must have sugar.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-20
PRODUCTION INCREASES

Chicago, Oct. 20.-Conditions in
the steel mills of the Chicago dis
trict have improved so far that to-
day. the beginning of the fifth week
of the strike. production was on a
basis of seventy-ive per cent. of
normal, according to company of
ficialS.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-20
ATTORNEY is SHOT
DOWN IN OFFICE BY
FORMER HOTEL MAN
r. Sherman Care Slightly Wounded in
Leg After Two Men Are Said to
Have Had Heated Argument
B. LESLIE POTTER IS HELD
BY POLICE AFTER AFFRAY

B. Leslie Potter former hotel proprietor shortly after
O'Clock this afternoon alleged to have attempted kill R. Sher
Care lawyer Three shots fired ball entering
tleshy part of Attorney Cares Leg causing slight injury
The shooting took place in the office of the lawyer 400 Market
street Potter taken in custody and being held
hearing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-20
CONGRESS 10 ADJOURN IN NovEMBER

! CONGRESS TO ADJOURN IN NOVEMBER
Washington Republican, Leader Mondell to-day told
the House the Republican leaders intended to have Con
gress adjourn between November and TO- SO members
could have brief rest before the beginning of the regular
) session early in December.
: RIGHT TO SEIZE HOARDs UPHELD
{ Washington, - Authority of Ohio State Officials to
: consaata and sell food held icold sorage longer than
authorized under state law was in effect sustained to-
! day by the Supreme court which refused to review a-
: Pea in proceedings growing out of the seizure Of 125
= 600 pounds Of pork Of the Columbus Packing Company
J l. w. W. TELLS OF INDUSTRIAL SOVIET
: Washington Russian unions which have been or
ganizod nthe principal Pennsylvania and Ohio steel
districts, seeking organize an industrial Soviet
in the United States the Senate committee Investigating
the steel strike told late to-day by Jacob Margoa Of
Pittsburgh who was identified as an L W. w. attorney
PALMER WRITES DRY ENFORCEMENT OPINION,
Washington, The prohibition enforcement bill, with
. air .ol-s eonsdtutionafty by Attorney General .
: P q be returned to the President some
. 1Iur KEEL OUT OF RACE
a.4as Ns5, oes ao. : Lieut. f. c. Eial Testbound,
on p to San Francisco was put out fte trans
continental r race to-day which the made forced land
ing ae miles west fere Lieu$nant KieI iet here at
7o4 o'clock this morning but his m motor pump went bad
and ia making the landing the under carriage Of his ma
: chine broken Lieutenant Kiel was not hurt,
: KIEV CAPTURED
London The War Office states that the troops Of
General Denhine have driven the Bolshev from Kev
. which they temporarily occupied last week.
London = The white flag was hoisted over the Rus
sian fortress Of rongtadt Friday It was announced
BY the British wMARRIACEyLICENSES
"A
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-20
BELGIAN PARTY EAsTBoUND

Albuquerque. N. NJ, Oct. 20.-Al-
bert, King of the Belgians. Queen
Elizabeth and their son, Leopold,
were travelling Through Kansas to-
day on their way eastward
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-20
nMARNACEyLICENSES
by the British


sse ShaTpburg Careia Lonsina SteeIton
A
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17

n EODERN emancipation among
NV women does not lead to
race suicide, as the anti
suffragists used to argue, according
to Mrs. Beatrice Forbes Robertson
Hale, who has just returned from
England after a three months study
Of conditions over there. In proof
of her contention she points out
that in Britain, despite the casual
ties of war, the population shows an
increase of over 100000 But this
does not mean that all the women
are safely disposed of and that in
dustrial conditions have readiusted
themselves. On the contrary, she
believes the future of the women of
Britain lies wholly in the hands of
labor
"There are two alternatives be-
fore them,' she declares. "There
are 100000 women who can never
marry. If labor speeds up and the
people work to throw off the national
debt, as the French did after the
F'ranco-Prussian war, then these
superfuous women will have a
chance in industry. But if the ex-
treme labor agitators have their
way every one will be at logger
heads, the output will diminish and
women will be the victims, for they
will be unable to get employment.
In this event there will be nothing
+ for those 100000 women to do but
sink into misery or go to the
colonies. Their future lies virtually
in the hands of labor
Mrs. Hale has been in England
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
Reasons Why the
Theatrical Worm
Has Turned
An Ex-Actress Proves bv
Her Attic Trunk That
Theatrical Contracts Are
Only Scraps of Paper"
BY ELENE FOSTER

pROBABLY no strike in al! the
a. history of the struggle between
capital and labor ever came SO like
bolt from the blue to the employer
as that Of the actors.
Il never thought that they'd >>ye
the nerve to do it," was the remark
which passed from one to another
of the magnates of the theatrical
world when the news of the closing
Of their theatres was broken to them
They were absolutely habbergasted
they had come to look upon actors
as spineless individuals, and when
at last the worm turned they re-
fused to believe it,
AS one of the first members of the
Actors Equity Association l we'll
remember the attitude of the theatri-
cal managers when the founding of
the first protective society for mem
bers of the dramatic profession was
made known to them. can associ-
alton of actors quoth they; at
won't last six months. Actors never
have stood together and they never
will, they are too much afraid of
losing their jobs. Furthermore,
there are plenty of actors in the
world outside of the membership of
the new association whom we can
get to fill the places of any who don't
like the way that we do business. F."
And so they continued the even
tenor of their way
The Actors Equity Association
was founded on purely altruistc
principles = it was a banding to-
gether of the strong for the protec-
tion of the weak. What difference
do you suppose it would make to men
like John Drew, Francis Wilson,
Thomas A. Wise, Bruce McRae, or
women like Ethel Barrymore, Mar
garet Wycherly, Marie Dressler or
Laurette Taylor, whether or not
they were given an Equity contract?
Yet these are the men and women
who to-day have left their rehearsals
and the opening of their new produc-
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
Future of Women Lies
In the Hands of Labor
A Woman for Federal
attorney in California

'HE United States Senate has
confirmed the recess appoint
ment by President Wilson of
Mrs. Annette Adams, of San
francisco, as United States Dis
trlct Attorney for Northern Cali
fornia. This is the first Federal
appointment Of the kind to 20 to
a woman.
Legal gossip from the Depart
ment of Justice has it that this
district had more prosecutions
during the war than any corre-
spending territory in this coun-
try. San Francisco is the prin-
cipal city in this district.
Mrs. Adams has been acting in
her present office for about q
year. She was originally a
school teacher, but left this
work to study law and was
graduated from the University
of California with an LIB. For
a number of years Mrs. Adams
practised law in partnership
with another woman lawyer.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17


tional Executive Committee
in document which is being
placed in the hands of every woman
voter IN the close political states
says that Republican rule in the ma
tlon means political equality in
practice-that Republicanism means
deeds, not words. The document, in
the form of small folder carrying
a political map of the United States
is regarded as the strongest one is
sued by the Republican women, and
for that reason is receiving nation
wide distribution.
"Within two weeks after the re-
turn of Republican control the
Sixty-siXth Congress passed the
Federal suffrage amendment bv an
overwhelming Majority says the
document, which summarizes the
vote as follows:
House-304 "for" to SO against" "
Senate-56 "for" to 25 "against.'
Ninety per cent of the Republ-
cans of the House voted "for.'
Seventy-nine per cent of the Dem
ocrats of the House voted "against.' y
Eighty-siX per cent of the Re
publicans of the Senate voted "for. "
Forty-six per cent of the Demo-
Gratis of the Senate voted "against.' y
The Democrats in control of Con-
gress for the last eight years talked
about it-and did nothing.
The first eight legislatures to
ratify the Federal suffrage amend
ment were Republican.
The first man who secured recog-
milton for women's cause in Con-
gress and arranged committee hear
ings was Senator James Harlan, of
Iowa, a Whig (the forerunner of
the Republican party.
The first man to introduce and
speak for suffrage in Congress was
Senator Aaron A. Sargent, Re
publican, of California.
Republican sentiment for suf-
frage, steadily growing through the
years, eliminated in final passage
of the Federal Suffrage Amend
ment in 1919 by a Republican Con-
gress.
Republicanism means political
equality in practice, according to