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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1917
Page
1
London dispatch reports German newspapers telegraphed from Holland show rising confidence in a major Western offensive. Travellers say Germans expect a decisive push on the Western Front as Koelnische Volkzeitung claims the only battlefield remains and predicts destiny favors Germany.
German forces rush troops and supplies to western lines as a large anticipated attack looms. British forces seize a German post at Cambrai while bomb fighting yields German prisoners. Artillery presses south of the Scarpe and northeast of Ypres with limited infantry action near Juvincourt north of Rheims.
Harrisburg mummers cancel their annual New Year parade citing wartime duties. President C Floyd Hopkins says fund drives for Red Cross and Liberty Loans justify not soliciting for a pageant and fears enlistments would doom a parade and leave the group in debt. If the war ends before January 1 1919, plans may be revived. The report also notes a £100000 Red Cross grant to Polish relief for starving children.
From Tobolsk Siberia news arrives that Olga eldest daughter of the former emperor Nicholas II is seriously ill. The report comes as World War I and Russian turmoil continue to unfold with uncertain health of the imperial family.
Fair to night and Saturday with colder conditions and a low around 8 degrees in Harrisburg area. Eastern Pennsylvania sees similarly cold, NW winds possibly strong. Susquehanna River remains ice bound. stage about 4.2 feet Saturday morning. General storm moving northeast toward New England with snow east of the Mississippi and strong coastal winds. NYC reports NW gusts to 34 mph. Missouri and Upper Mississippi valleys see light to moderate snow. temperatures fall 2 to 20 degrees across the region with a 2 to 20 degree rise west of the Mississippi.
Reported fighting near Bielgorod sees Bolsheviki claim victory against General Kaledines' Cossacks while Rostov-on-the-Don is said to be captured by counter revolutionary forces. Other dispatches note Bolshevik gains at Tamanovka Kaluga and calls for German POW exchanges.
Amsterdam reports that 200 Schiedam distilleries will lose grain supplies after this week. The government grain bureau informed the Telegrapf that no further grain will be supplied for alcohol production, threatening widespread layoffs.
Harrisburg awoke to one of the heaviest December snowfalls on record. Snow began last evening with a twenty six mile wind turning it into a blizzard and leaving ground cover at 13.2 inches. Railroads, except the Philadelphia and Reading, are largely stuck. passenger trains run four to eight hours late and freight service halted until delayed trains can be recovered.
Nearly all 7 000 registered men in Harrisburg will receive questionnaires by mail tomorrow as three city draft boards prepared most forms. Dauphin county boards similarly ready 7 000 forms. Officials said most men will get the pamphlets by next week and must answer within seven days of mailing.
London dispatch reports the steamer Kurland sunk in a collision as Lloyds records confirm. Shipping lists show three vessels named Kurland including a Belgian ship that reached an American port on November 10.
Mayor Keister will inaugurate a monthly conference system with Police Chief Wetzel Captain Thompson Lieutenant Page Secretary Backenstoss and Clerk E M White. The aim is to share decision making and reduce Chief Wetzel’s burden after a year of bearing most police department responsibilities.
Felix Calonder who leads the interior department was chosen president of Switzerland for 1918. Dr Edouard Miller won the vice presidency, defeating Gustave Ador, head of the International Red Cross.
Italian lines between the Brenta and Piave rivers remain intact after three days of fighting. A heavy rainfall filled the Piave water barrier and reduced flood danger while Austrian forces briefly seized a villa near the Venice lagoon before Italian destroyer Sauro and sailors destroyed the villa and its installed arms.
An Austrian statement says during four days of fighting in the Meletta region 6923 Italian officers and over 16,000 men were captured. The report also lists 293 guns 233 machine guns four quick firers eighty one mine throwers and other materiel seized.
Mrs. Roy G. Cox and Miss Sara Lerer will perform for sailors at Camps Wissahickon New Jersey and Sewell. accompanist Raymond Carle of Philadelphia joins the concert tour. They depart Harrisburg next week becoming the first locals to sing under the National YMC A War Work Council.
Retail coal dealers pressed Mayor Daniel Keister and Fuel Administrator Hickok for relief as Harrisburg faces a severe coal shortage. Hickok said he cannot order shipments and urged use of the state commission to request operators to supply coal. The mayor pledged to arrange discussions to understand the shortage and help the poor.
Commander KB C Kalbus, Navy, son of State Game Commission secretary, sits on a board that saved the government millions by appraising ships before purchase. The panel, three civilians and three naval officers, rejected inflated offers and ensured fair value during wartime procurement. One yacht owner asked 1,000,000. the board settled at 350,000.
Local appeal urges every Dauphin County resident to back the war effort by joining the Red Cross. About 8,000 Harrisburg youths serve in France or training camps while 150,000 county residents back the cause with a dollar pledge and a hopeful heart.
Mary Russell, a Postal Telegraph employee from Linglestown, bought a Red Cross membership from her meager earnings. She trudged through snow from Harrisburg to Linglestown to contribute, while President Wilson and former presidents urged public action and Governor Brumbaugh addressed Pennsylvanians.
London reports from Holland state the craft that descended in a Dutch village yesterday was a British balloon not an airship. It is said to have drifted across the North Sea from England.
Records show the capital city district leads the nation as five thousand recruits have been mobilized in major training camps. Lieutenant R W Lesher, the Habsburg district recruiting officer, forecasts no men will be drafted from the city to meet a second quota.
Chicago reports that five men robbed the LaGrange State Bank at LaGrange during a heavy snowstorm. They carried off about 200 pounds of money totaling 47000, and escaped in an automobile after the noon robbery, which bystanders could not witness clearly.
Concord, December 14. Assistant district attorney John T. Dooling of New York began detailing Gaston B. Means career as business manager for Mrs. Baude A. King. He traced link by link the evidence the state says shows motive for the alleged murder.
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