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BRITONS PRESS
HARD ON LINE
IN FLANDERS
Australians Hammer Constantly on Germans in Effort to
Further Dislodge Them; Kaiser's Hosts Suffer Heavy
Losses in Futile Attempts to Regain Ground Lost;
French Repulse Two' Assaults by Crown Prince
By Associated Press s
Britisji in France and Belgium, Sept. 27.—The British
are maintaining their new lines strongly. The main battle to-day
is in the neighborhood of Cameron house, south of the eastern
extremity of Polygon wood, where the Australians are pressing
the Germans hard. The situation as a whole is virtually
unchanged.
Northwest of Zonnebeke heavy fighting continues in the re
gion of the elevations which dominate a considerable extent of
territory.
From the British standpoint the situation resulting from the
new offensive is exceedingly satisfactory.
Victory Over Germans
Is as Complete as Any
Gained on West Front
By Associated Press
Yesterday's victory of the British
in Flanders appears to have been
about as complete as any they have
Rained in this year's operations. To
day found them not only in entire
possession the ground they had
wo non a six-mile front from Tower
Hamlets to St. Julian, but pressing
the Germans hard after repulsing
numerous counterattacks.
It has taken hard battling, never
theless, to maintain the gains of
from half a mile to two-thirds of a
mile which they accomplished in
Wednesday's drive. The Germans
returned repeatedly to the attack
yesterday afternoon and evening, as
saulting the new British line with
large forces. They were success
fully met at all points however, the
British war office reports to-day and
the fighting died down in the' even
ing, leaving Field Marshal Haig's
forces in possession of their gains.
The German losses throughout had
been extremely heavy.
New fighting developed to-day
south of the eastern extremity of
Polygon wood, the Australians there
giving the hard pressed Germans no
rest. On the British right heavy
fighting also continued for elevations
northwest of Zonnebeke.
The French on the Aisne front
had a German offensive movement
to deal with last night. They met
It successfully, repulsing with heavy
losses the crown prince's troops who
twice attacked French positions on
the Chemin Des Dames.
Famous British General
Loses Leg in Battle
By Associated Press
London, Sept. 27. —Lieut. General
G. T. M. Bridges, who accompanied
the Balfour mission to the United
States last summer, has lost a leg
below the knee in consequence of a
wound received in action, according
to the Times.
Captain J. K. Law. son of Andrew
Bonar Law, chancellor of the ex
chequre, a military aviator, who was
reported missing yesterday, has not
returned from a flight he made over
the German lines last Friday.
BKXNETT IX LEAD
New York, Sept. 27.—William H.
Bennett took the lead to-day over
Mayor Mitchell in the contest for the
Republican mayoralty nomination.
The recount of the primary vote
gives Bennett a lead of 314.
THE CIVIC CLUB'S
SECOND FLV—MEASURING DAY
SEPTEMBER 29
9 to 12.
Prizes awarded: 5 cents a pint
for all flies.
THE WEATHER]
For llnrrlshurg and vicinity! Gen
erally cloudy to-nlKlit and Fri
day, probably ahonvri(| warmer
to-night.
For Enatrrn Pennsylvania! Gener
ally cloudy to-nlitiit nnd Friday,
probably showers except (air In
southeast portion to-nlghti
Marnier to-nlKht| Kcntlc to mod
erate southwest to west wind*.
Hlver
The Susquehanna river nnd nil Its
branches will probably fall
slowly or remain nearly sta
tionary to-nlKht. Kuln within
the next thirty-six hours muv
cause some, possibly nil, streams
of,the system to rise Friday. A
staice of about 3.8 feet Is indi
cated for Marrlsburg Friday
morning.
General Conditions
The southern disturbance that has
caused unsettled weather over
the southeastern part of the
country for several days has
moved into the Gulf of Mexico
and appears to be approaching
the Middle Gulf Coast.
It Is 4 to -- deKrecs colder over
nearly all the country between
the Kocky Mountains and the
Mlsslsslppf river. Including the
western part of the Lake He
lion.
Temperaturei 8 a. m., 54.
Sunt Hlses, 6:57 a. m. I sets, 8i54
p. ni.
Moon i Full moon, September SO.
River Stave■ 3.5 feet above loir
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, 7.
Lowest temperature, 50.
Mean temperature, 63.
iVormai temperature, 62.
British Fighting Machine
Crushes Its Way Through
Strongest German Lines
British Front in France and Bel
gium, Sept. 27.—Once more the Brit
ish lighting machine has crushed its
way through the German trenches
along the Ypres battle front with
great success. The offensive begun
in the gray down of a misty morn
ing "ad by noon yesterday accom
plished virtually all that had been
planned for It, and the men of Aus
tralia, England and Scotland were
holdins positions which represented
a gain of from 1,000 to 1,300 yards
over u large part of the sector In
volved.
Thcj had secured the whole of
the Tower Hamlets ridge which the
Germans had fought so bitterly to re
lain: they were clear of the famous
I'c lygon wood whose eastern slopes
had been filled with concrete re
doubts and sniping shelters: they had
battled half way through Zonnebeke
village of Immortal memory, and
rorth of the Ypres-Itoulers railway
they were holding many German
strongholds in the valley of the
Hancbeek river. Hard fighting still
continued, especially south the Poly
gon wood, where the Germans were
trying determinedly to regain the
ground lost and further counter at
tacks were not unexpected.
Fulfill Plan
The advance on the extreme right
•.vas net deep, but was in accord with
the plat' to drive the Germans from
Tower Hamlets ridge. The battle for
this position really began Tuesday
w hen the Germans in an endeavor to
push back the Britis!i flank launched
a series of fierce counter attacks on
both sides of the Ypres-Menin high
way. The fighting here Tuesday was
continuous and sanguinary for the
Germans kept throwing infantry in
waves against the British position.
The defenders were forced to give
way slightly, but with undaunted
courage hurled themselves on the
enemy with such fierceness that they
were able to re-establish themselves
before the hour fqr the new advance
arrived.
A lot of British troops, in this
sector began the new push yesterday
under the fatigue of many hours'
battling against a determined foe,
but they did their work well. The
fighting about Tower Hamlets was
very severe and the Germans were
iable to get heavy machine gun fire
jon the British from positions to the
south.
Withering Fire
Along the Menin road, the English
made the slight advance called for
under a withering machine gun and
artillery tire. North of the Ypres-
Menin road the line of advance
swung out much farther into enemy
territory in order to include the
Polygon wood and the other impor
tant positions.
North of Polygon wood Australians
covered the ground assigned to them
in two hours and twenty minutes, the
average depth of their advance being
.1,200 yards. The entire Australian
operation was accomplished with ex
ceedingly small casualties.
The Germans were active through
out the night and put down a heavy
barrage fire before yesterday morn
ing's attack, but it did little damage.
Among the prisoners in this sector
were a number of Prussians who are
sturdy looking troops. Prisoners were
coming in all along the line of the
offensive, but it was impossible to
estimate the total further than that
several hundred had been accounted
for at an early hour.
Mother and Baby to
Be Given Home Together
By Friends in This City
Mary Walters, the young Detroit
mother, who attempted to take her
life and drown her little daughter
in the Susquehanna river, when
without money and friendless, in
this city last week, is to have a good
home in Harrlsburg.
/As a result of the publicity given
the pathetic case of the young
mother and her pretty little daugh
ter, many offers of a home for the
two have been made during the
past day or so. The home selected
is one in which mother and child
will not be separated. The young
mother Will have a chance to be
gin life over again, and the baby
will receive every comfort afforded
by a good home.
In fairness to both mother and
babe, no information will be given
out regarding the address of the
young woman's benefactors. Hav
ing reoc vered from the shock of her
experiences In the river when she at
tempted self destruction, it Is prob
able that the mother and baby will
leave the Harrlsburg Hospital to.
day or to-morrow. "
HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1917.
THEIRS BUT TO
THEIRS NHT TO
DAYS OF PAIN
AND PATIENCE
ARE AHEAD
Speaker at Epworth League
Convention Declares Amer
ica Will Be Victorious
Hundreds of delegates are in the
city to-day to attend the Harrisburg
District Epworth League convention.
The sessions are being held in the
State Street Methodist Episcopal
Church. Last evening more than
three hundred delegates had regis
tered, and visitors at the sessions last
evening were so numerous that the
spacious auditorium of Grace Church
was crowded to its capacity.
The Rev. Dr. Loren M. Edwards,
pastor of Grace M. E. Church, Bal
timore, Md., delivered a powerful ad
dress last evening, using as his topic.
"The City of Desire." Dr. Edwards
declared that after we have passed
through tho pain and turmoil of the
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"War Meeting" of
Chamber of Commerce
to Be Held in Big Hall
The "War Meeting" of the Har
risburg Chamber of Commerce, as
its annual meeting will be termed,
will be held in Chestnut Street Hall
on Monday evening. October 8. Din
ner will be served.
Officers of the Chamber expect
to be able to announce soon the
names of the additional speakers at
the meeting besides Secretary of
War Baker.
President David E. Tracy, who is
engrossed with the work of the Dis
trict Exemption Board, has asked
the following gentlemen to act as
a committee to have charge of ar
ranging the details of the meeting:
Henderson Gilbert, chairman; John
C. Motter. Paul Johnston, Frank E.
Sites, postmaster, and E. L. Mc-
Colgin, secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce.
The meeting will be restricted to
members of the Chamber of Com
merce in good standing. The large
membership of the Chamber of
Commerce, over eight hundred and
fifty, makes it necessary to reserve
the meeting for them alone. The
fact that this will be the annual
business meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce emphasizes the need for
restricting the attendance to mem
bers.
All on Board Lost
When Steamship Sinks
An American Port, Sept. 2 7.—A
report that all persons on board the
steamship Wentworth were lost
when that vessel was sunk by a
German submarine, was brought here
by passengers on a British steam
ship which arrived to day.
The Wentworth, of 2,3 81 tons was
on a voyage from New York to Bor
deaux when as reported last week,
she was destroyed on September 8,
presumably off the coast of France.
There were about fifty men in the
Wentworth's crew, according to of
ficials here of the French line, which
had the vessel under charter. No
Americans were on board, it was be
lieved.
NOT AFRAID TO
DIE BUT SAYS
HE IS INNOCENT
Nicolo Kotur Reiterates That
He Did Not Kill Steel
ton Foreigner
"I'm not afraid to die, but I'm
innocent," Nicolo Kotur, condemned
to die Monday morning for the mur
der of Joso Bakic in Steelton, Christ
mas, 1915, told reporters in the Dau
phin county prison this morning.
The Board of Pardons this week
refused his application to have the
death sentence commuted and al
though his last hope of escaping
death seems to have waned away
Kotur obtains comfort In the fact
that because he has made his peace
with his Maker and because "I never
killed any man or committed any
bad crime" his soul will be saved.
While reporters were talking with
"Nick" one of the big Austrian's law
yers, S. Duncan Wylie, called to tell
Kotur that the last effort in his be
half had been spent. The lawyer
grasped Kotur by the hand, ex
pressed his confidence that Kotur is
not guilty of the Bakic murder and
said good-by. Tears came to the
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Otto H. Kahn Delighted
With Harrisburg and
Its Beautiful Environment
After his able address at the noon
day luncheon of the Chamber of
Commerce yesterday, Otto H. Kahn,
the distinguished New York financier
and man of affairs, was given an
hour's whirl about the city with
Mayor Bowman, David E. Tracy,
president of the Chamber of Com
merce; E. J. Stackpole and Secretary
McColgin.
There wasn't much time to show
the appreciative guest the many
points of interest, but he was given
a glimpse of the city and its en
virons and expressed himself as
greatly delighted with his visit here
and with what he had seen of the
most progressive city of Pennsyl
vania.
As Is the case with all visitors, Mr.
Kahn was enthusiastic over the Sus
quehanna basin and the "Front Steps
of Harrisburg," the river terrace,
the fine Cumberland Valley railroad
bridge and the Unsurpassed scenery
of the Weßt Shore and the moun
tains beyond. He was particularly
impressed with the Riverside Gap
und the great Pennsylvania railroad
bridge which spans the river at the
gorge. His comment was as music
In the ears of his escort who found
In the famous banker a ready appre
ciation of the beautiful In the city
and Its surroundings.
The drive through Wlldwood Park,
which evoked many admiring com
ments; the ascent to the summit of
Reservoir Park, the hurried inspec
tion of the main entrance to the
Capitol and the rotunda, the weil
paved and clean streets, and the
Meeting view of the proposed exten
sion of the Capitol Park, all greatly
interested the guest whose impres
sions of the city and its people, he
declared on returning to his private
car, were most favorable.
LIBERTY LOAN
DRIVE MAPPED
OUT IN DETAIL
Forty-two Subdivisions in
This County; Each Town
to Have Committees
Liberty Loan headquarters in the
Chamber of Commerce rooms in the
Dauphin sound like a wire
less receiving station. The crash of
a dozen typewriting machines is
heard continually. Headquarters were
opened several days ago and will re
main open until after the second Lib
erty Loan campaign lias been wound
up. Dauphin county's campaign will
be well organized. The city is to be
divided into probably seven districts.
Kach of these districts will be sub
divided into sixths. Each town in
Dauphin county will have its main
committees and subcommittees. Not
only that, but each township in the
county will have a directing com
mittee.
In Harrisburg the committees will
be representative of the city at large.
There will be bankers, attorneys,
railroad men, laborers, clerks, ste
nographers. grocers, butchers, insur
ance men and men from every other
profession and line of industry.
Considerable time will be given to
preaching the gospel of the second
Liberty Loan. The windup will be a
three-day afTalr. But before that
three-day period the Liberty Loan
workers will tell just what the loan
will do; and lay mines for the final
"whiz-bang."
The idea that a Liberty bond Is
Government insurance is taking hold.
It is Qovernnftent insurance because
it will insure the holders against
taxation in favor of the kaiser (lit
tle "k"). It Is a policy that pays its
own premiums.
The exact date for the opening
guns in Harrisburg's campaign is not
known. Nor has the date for the
nation-wide campaign been announced
at Washington. A bill now in Con
gress fixes the interest rate on the
new loan at four per cent. If it
passes It will mean that the first loan
cent, bonds. CIVU War bonds were
great investments. Some of them
finally paid as high as ten per cent.
As a ground-floor proposition those
bonds were marvels. As a ground
floor proposition, say folks.who know,
the present Liberty Loan bonds are
also going to be marvels.
200,000 March in Great
Anti-German Parades in
Capital of Argentina
By Associated Press
Buenos Aires, Sept. 26.—(Delayed)
—The greatest demonstration that
Buenos Aires has ever seen took
place to-day as an evidence of the
almost unanimous feeling of the peo
ple against Germany. There were
two hundred thousand marchers in
line led by a commission of Uruguay
an senators and deputies, while thou
sands lined the thoroughfares as
spectators. The populace threw flow
ers and tiny flags on the marchers
and cheered the Uruguayan congress
men wildly for their presence gave
evidence of the solidarity of Uru
guay with the Argentine republic.
All business was feußpended. The
demonstration was organized In
twenty-four hours, indicating the
unanimity of public opinion.
MOTIVES BACK OF
LAFOLLETTEMAY
BE INVESTIGATED
Probe Into Compact to Fight
Selective Draft Is De
manded
OTHERS ARE MENTIONED
Congressmen Mason and Brit
ton Suspected by Helfin of
Antiwar Work
By Associated Press
Washington, Sept. 27.—Congres
sional investigation of the charges of
Representative Hefiin, in connec
tion with the $50,000 Von Bern
storff "slush" fund seemed certain
to-day after Hefiin had appeared be
fore the House rules committee con
sidering demands for action.
Democratic leaders said that if the
committee did not act by to-mor
row the situation would be taken
up on the floor of the House. Lead
ers of both parties are receiving such
insistent demands for immediate ac
tion that it seems it cannot long be
delayed.
Hefiin pleaded with the'commit
tee to-day to turn its attention to in
vestigating how the Von Bernstorff
fund was used rather thy 11 to his
speech, declaring that thirteen or
fourteen members of the two houses
had "acted suspiciously."
Names Congressmen
' Mr. Hefiin insisted the committee
should develop who supplied money
for mailing out Representative Ma
son's antidraft bill and Representa
tive Britton's German-American
resolutions and about the antiwar
activities of Senator LaFollette'.
"I want to know how many are
in this secret compact to tight the
selective draft in the next campaign;
how many will support Britton's bill
to exempt German-American citi
zens," said he.
Mr. Heflin also declared that he
wanted an investigating committee
named by the Democratic caucus and
not by Speaker Clark.
Chairman Pou announced that an
other meeting of the committee
j would be held to-morrow.
Harrisburg Auto Co.
to Build Large New
Garage in West End
One of the most important real
estate sales for some time in Har
risburg took place to-day when the
Harrisburg Automobile Company
sold its large building near Third
and Hamilton streets to M. Brenner
& Son, of this city.
The Harrisburg Auto Company has
been located at this place for the
past fourteen years, during which
time it has become one of the largest
automobile concerns in Harrisburg.
George McFarland, manager, stated
this afternoon that the company has
purchased the vacant lot above the
Kelker street market and is contem
plating the building of a big garage.
According to specifications the pro
posed garage will be 210x100 feet,
and will extend along Fulton, Dau
phin and Kelker streets.The proposed
structure will be one of the largest
of its kind in the city. It is reported
that the present building occupied
by the automobile company will be
used by its new owners as a storage
house. M. Brenner & Son will take
possession some time in the near
future.
Mr. McFarland stated that the
company was well pleased with the
purchase of the new location, as the
present quarters were inadequate
and could not cope with the enor
mous increase in business.
F. A. Vanderlin Is
Commended For His
Decision by C. of C.
At the luncheon held here yes
terday in honor of Otto H. Kahn, a
telegram was sent to Frank A. Van
derlip, praising him for his patriotic
and unselfish services in connection
with the liberty Loan Campaign.
The telegram sent by the Cham
ber of Commerce is as follows:
Hon. Frank A. Vanderlip,
Treasury Department.
Washington, D. C.
Members of this Chamber
assembled at luncheon meeting
to-day honor Mr. Otto Kahn send
you hearty congratulations and
praise for your patriotic act in
sacrificing personal and busi
ness interests to assist in prose
cution war the only enterprise
that engages the attention of
any patriotic citizen to-day.
Your genius and ability is a
great contribution and will
stimulate others. We pledge
our hearty co'-operatlon in Lib
erty Loan work and every other
way we can assist. Recall ln_
spiratlon your recent visit to
Harrisburg.
DAVID E. TRACY,
President Harrisburg Cham
ber of Commerce
DONALD McCORMICK,
WILLIAM 'JENNINGS;
Chairman Liberty Loan Com
mittee.
CARRANZA RECOGNIZED
Mexico City, Sept. 27. Henry
P. Fletcher, the American ambassa
dor, to-day received a letter from the
United States government acknowl
edging the election and seating of
Venustiano Carranza as president.
This is the final move in recognition
of the present Mexican government.
COMPLETE APPARATUS TESTS
Experts representing th.e National
Association of Fire Underwriters
have completed testa of the city's
fire fighting apparatus,, and will sub
mit a written report to council. It Is
rumored that the underwriters plan
,to redistrict the city.
Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION
GARDEN PLOTS
BRING SPLENDID
RESULTS HERE
700 Bushels ot' Potatoes, 75 of
Tomatoes and Other Veg
etables Raised
VALUE ALMOST SIO,OOO
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A 1
SHIRLEY B. WATTS
Bully for the gardners! '
Harrisburg is doing its level best
to support the government in the
conduct of the war. Our men, our
money, our resources of every sort
have been supplied for the strength
ening of the arm of Uncle Sam.
No phases of the war preparations
so far as this community is con
cerned has been more interesting
than the agriculture activities under
the direction' of the Chamber of Com
merce and the local School Board.
Few of our people realize how much
has been done by the children of
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L Washington, SeDt. 27.—Italian froons have completed X
T their occupation of the. entire Bainsuza plateau Which is •§* t
now firmly in Italian hands, according to official dis- L
T patches received here to-day from Rome. The troops are
• consolidating positions lately won and the principal of- l
T fensive activity at present is by Italian airplanes scoutjnp JT
4 over the Austrian lines and bombarding depots and col
± umns of troops. !fc''"l
4 ' FOOD PRICES DROP X j
X Washington, Sept. 27 -Retail food prices, reports to V
the Bureau of Labor Statistics show, declined approxi- £
X mateiv four per cent, during the month ending July 15. jjr
The Labor Department, in making public the figures to- §
, # <Jay states that the decline was due largely to the de- i
* * creases in the price of flour and potatoes which Wm a ,T
4 large part of the diet of thi average family. Flour de- <2
t # creased 10 per cent, and potatoes 33 per cent, on the A
** average.
* x "BITES ON GRANITE •
| Amsterdam, Sept. 27.—Dr. Kaempf, president of the
* J German Reichstag, in a speech.censoring President Wil- * *
son's reply to the Pope, according to a dispatch from ►
€ # Berlin, said "He who tries to drive a wedge between # w
*i* the Kaiser and the people bites on granite, owing to the . *
€ commonsense of the German people." ( ,
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4 London, Sept. 27.—British seaplanes again dropped *
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€ # many tons of bombs on German military establishments J
in Belgium on Tuesday ntgjit. *
J WOULD REDUCE BREAD PRICES * J
' * Washington. Sept. 27 - Measure , of co operation to *
reduce the price of bread will be recommended by the
* * food administration within a short time to bakers * *
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t'hnrlrm H. I'otlrhrr, I.u'kno\v, nnil Bniilr M. Bryion, clTI .
T Harry H. Grim and Sadie J. liobler, W llliumntown.
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SCORES NABBED
IN A ROUNDUP .
OFPROGERMANS
Leaders of I. W. W. Taken in
Raids on Kaiser's
Agents
MORE ARRESTS TO COME
Men Taken Have Been Meet
ing Secretly While Po
lice Watched
By Associated Press
New York, Sept. 27. Plans to
wreck machinery in munition mak
ing shops in America at the bidding
of German agents in Europe are be
lieved by the police to have been de
feated through the arrests of more
than 100 Germans and German sym
pathizers in raids which, begun here
last night, were continued to-day.
This afternoon the aliens, each
guarded by a detective, were taken to
Ellis Island where, it is announced,
they will be interned probably for
the duration of the war.
Nearly all the men arrested are
mechanics. A number are employ
ed in munition plants and on navy
contracts. In possession of some
were found quantities of carborun
dum in pulverized form—a chemical
used to destroy delicate machinery.
The suspicion is held that the car
borundum reached here from Ger
man agents in Scandinavian coun
tries. Emphasis was placed on the
discovery of this chemical, some of it
in the form of lead pencils in pos
session of a German cqurier in Nor
way some months ago. The agent
admitted according to police infor
mation, that he had been sending
carborundum to Germans in coun
tries at war with Germany.
Some were arrested, it was said.
! at the headquarters of the Industrial
Workers of the World, but the ma
jority were taken from their home;.
In the roundup, which started
shortly before midnight, more than
two hundred city detectives and pa
trolmen were engaged. Little diffi
culty was experienced In finding all
of the men on the lists sent out from
headquarters and with one excepton
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