Begin Smashing New Of fens \gainst German Lines n t landers Front Jfe HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH ®I)C otar-Jn&cpcnknt . LXXXVI— No. 237 16 PAGES HAIG STRIKES NEW BLOW ON FLANDERS LINE I British Deliver Staggering Blow Near Ypres, Advancing a Mile at Some Points; Hundreds of Prisoners Make Haste to Surrender; Battle Proceeds Successfully For English Army By Associated Press Paris, Oct. 4.—Another aerial raid over Germany was made last night by French aviators. "In reprisal for the bombardment of Bar-le-Duc our aviators bombarded Frankfort and Rastatt," it is announced. Rastatt is a town of 14,000 in Baden, fourteen miles southwest of Karlsruhe. This is the second attack on Frankfort in the last week, since the French inaugurated their policy of reprisal raids. London, Oct. 4.—Field Marshal Haig has begun a new offen sive east of Ypres. The official statement from British head quarters in France issued to-day says that the British attacked at 6 o'clock this morning on a wide front and are making satis factory progress. A number of prisoners already have been taken. Smashing Tactics Win Mile of Territory For British in New Battle , By Associated Press British Front In France and Bel gium, Oct. 4.—Field Marshal Halg's forces in the offensive begun to the east of Ypres this morning in some places have penetrated the German lines to a depth of one mile and have overrun the crest of the Pass chendaele-Gheluvelt ridge. At an early hour the Germans were surrendering by hundreds. The British already have pene trated well beyond the hamlet of Broadseinde in which lie the cross roads formed by the highways be tween Zonnebeke and Moorsled and Passchendaele and Beclaire. Line Threatened Further to the south, Cameron Covert, where there had been much hard fighting was loft well in the rear. To-day's battle was along strong holds which comprised the crucially important system of German de fenses along the Passchendaele- Gheiuvelt ridge. The northern wing of the on rushing British troops was battling forward this morning within a short of Poelcappele, it had a footing on the famous Gravenstafel ridge, wlilh juts out from the Pass- to the west, and had crushed wirough the Zonnebeke- Rrcadseindo ridge, which is an in tegral part of the Fasschendaele- Gheluvelt chain. THEY lilil\<; RKsl l/rs Tuesday evening the following ad vertisement appeared in the classi fied columns of the Telegraph: LOST Between and Har risburg, an optical fitting case. Con tents valuable to owner. Reward if returned to Rubin & Rubin, 320 Mar ket street. Yesterday, Wednesday morning the finder returned the article to the owner. Prompt results almost Invariably follow when classified ads are inserted in the Telegraph. ITHE WEATHER! For Ilnrrinhurg and vicinity! Fnlr mill mmenhat cooler to-night, wltli lowext temperature about 4N degree*) Friday fair, tvlth Tilling temperature. For Kantern I'cniiMylvnnlai Fair and cooler to-night; Friday probaltly Khowerx, with rifting temperature; moderate north weftt wind*, becoming .south. River The main river will remain nearlv Htatlonary. The .\orth llrancit and probably the West llrnnch and the Junlalu will rlae Honie whnt. A Hinge of nhout .'1.4 tret IN Indicated for Ilarrlftburg Fri day morning. | General Condition* The center of the nentrrn dlnlurh nnce that was located over lown Wednesday morn lug, ha* moved to the Upper St. Lawrence Val ley, It* Mouthern extremity reaching to North Carolina. It l a to 14 degree* cooler over the Lake Region, the Ohio, Mid dle Mlsftl**lppi and Lower >ll*- Monrl vnlleyn, Central nnd Southern Plains State*. Temperature* 8 a. in., 54. Sunt Rlne*, 6iOfl a. in.I net*. 8t42 p. m. Mooni lllae*, 7i56 p. m. River Stagei 3.4 feet above low water mark. Yesterday'* Weather HlghCMt temperature, OS. l.oweat temperature, 48. Mean temperature, Bfl. temperature, 89. Success Follows Opening Drive of Latest Attack on Germans in Flanders By Associated Press Striking again on a wide front oast ot' Ypres, the British this morn ing began another drive at the Ger man lines in Flanders. Field Marshal Haig, in his early report, announced that satisfactory progress was being made. Already a stream of German prisoners is be ing sent to the British rear. The renewal of the Flanders drive comes after an eight-day interval. On Wednesday of last week the Brit ish swept forward over ground on both sides of the Ypres-Menin road, advancing from a half mile to a mile at various points along the line. Some of the heaviest lighting In the war on the western front fol lowed the Germans making assault after assault in desperate attempts to regain the valuable high ground they had lost. Almost every Inch of it, however, was held intact by the British, who meanwhile were pre paring for the next forward push. I.ike Somnie Battle With to-day's renewal of the drive, the battle of Flanders is growing more and more to resemble last year's battle of the Somme, which was followed by the memorable Hin denburg "strategic retreat." The same general tactics now being pur sued of persistent driving at the same point In the line are evidently ex pected by the British to achieve a similar result. This time, however, the ground which would have to he abandoned, would be far more valu able to the entente and its loss a cor respondingly heavy blow to the Ger mans, for the German-held Belgian coast line, with its submarine and aerial liases is at stake, together with the great French manufacturing city of Lille and wide stretches of terri tory in Northern France and Fland ers. To-day's attack followed sharply a last despairing effprt of the Ger mans to stave it off. Crown Prince Rupprecht struck at the British line yesterday at its most vital points— between Tower Hamlets and Po y gon wood, but his troops again were mowed down by the British guns, the assault making no impression what ever 011 the British line or affecting the British purpose to attack to day. The French fighting front has been comparatively calm, except for in tense artillery activity northeast cr Verdun. The French air forces have been busy again at reprisal work, however, visiting the Prussian city of Frankfort once more and also bombarding Rastatt, a city of 14,000 population ir. Baden. Hearst Was Friend of Germany's Master Spy New York. Oct. 4.—The investiga tion of Attorney General Merton E. Lewis into the activities here of 8010 Pasha, under arrest In France as spy and peace propagandist, dis closed that William Randolph Hearst, the newspaper publisher, at tended a dinner given in this city by 8010 in March, 1916, according to the Attorney General. • Thero were present at this dinner, Mr. Lewis told newspapermen, Adolph Pavcnstedt, who figured as an intermediary for the transfer of German funds into New York banks to be sent to Paris for peace propa ganda among French newspapers; Captains Boy-Ed and Von Papen, naval and military attaches of the Germany embassy, and Jules Bois, a French lecturer, who, it was re vealed, received money from 8010 Pasha. Some time prior to this dinner, Mr. Lewis said, Mr. Hearst had en tertained 8010 at the editor's home. It was explained by the Attorney General, that the editor's relations with 8010 were purely social as far as he was aware. Great Artillery Duel Marks Russian Fighting Petrograd, Oct. 4.—On the north ern end of the Russian front, in the region of Jaeobstadt, tin artillery duel of great severity la in progress, says to-day's official statement. On the Rumanian front, in the Poliani sector, the enemy left his ad vanced trenches and retired to a more favorable position. "/ C4iv /iVFEivr ivo MORE, rora MAJESTY" NEW RULING IS APT TO CAUSE TROUBLE HERE Return of Aliens Makes Much More Work; No. 2 District Has Quota Nearly Filled The new orders received at divi sion headquarters at Camp Meade for the ousting of every unnaturaliz ed alien, may cause a great upheaval in the plans of some of the local boards. • The new order is particularly di rected against the Austro-Hungar ians who represent a large number of the several thousand .who are at camp. It means that practically all the Austrians who have been draft ed and sent away will be returned to their local boards. At Steelton thirty of the 120 men that have been sent to Camp Meade, are Austrians. The board has not very many extra men available, and with the departure of twelve more Saturday morning, less than fifteen will remain who can be sent to till the places of the Austrians if they are returned. The Paxtang and Etlza bethville boards are not so seriously affected as there are very few Aus- [ Continued 011 Page B.] Continue Capitol Park Cases in Civil Court It was announced in civil court this morning that counsel in the suits between owners of property in the Capitol Park Extension area and the state desired to have the cases con tinved. Only one other case remained for trial and was expected to reach the jury late to-day. H. A. Carman is the plaintiff in the suit against Annie lsaacinan. Garman claims ho sold ar automobile to the defendant but did not receive payment on notes given. The defense alleges the auto was not in good condition as claimed at the time of the Fale. American Schooner Sunk by Submarine Gunfire London, Oct. 4.—The American schooner Annie F. Conlon was at tacked by gunfire by a German sub marine Wednesday morning off the Scilly islands. The crew of eight men has been landed safely. The Annie F. Conlon was an Amer ican schooner of 591 tons gross reg ister built in 1882 at Portsmouth, N. H. She left New York August 27 with cargo for Havre, under com mand of Captain J. R. Grlllin, carry ing a crew of seven men, three of whom claimed American citizenship when signing on here before the United States Commissioner of Ship ping. AX EYE FOR AX EYE By Associated Press London, Oct. 4.—Applying the principle of "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth," General Smuts, in an address said, "we are most reluctantly forced to apply to the enemy the bombing policy which he has applied to us." FALLS FIIOM BOX CAH George McCord, 107 Horner street, fell from a box car at the Maclay street yards last evening at 6.45. He was rushed to the Harrlsburg Hos pital In a semiconscious condition, and physicians say his condition Is serious. HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4, 1917, COL BEARY IS NAMED ADJ. GEN. BY GOVERNOR Acting Head of State's Mili tary Department Gets Permanent Berth gaa^aaa ADJ. GEN. PRANK D. BEARY Col. Frank Davlfl Beary, of Allon town, deputy adjutant general of Pennsylvania, was to-day appointed as # adjutant general to succeed the late General Thomas J. Stewart. Col. Beary, who has been acting head of the department since the death of the general, will assume the duties of the office immediately. Governor' Brumbaugh, who an nounced the appointment early this afternoon following a visit by Col. Beary to his office, said that the records of officers of the National Guard since the inspection of the State Militia by the national author ities showed Col. Beary to bo one of the best. "These records cover more than [Continued on Page B.] Girl Victim of Auto and Motorcycle Crash Dies at Hospital Marjorie Gray, of Trindle Springs, who was In a motorcycle accident Tuesday evening, died at the Harris burg Hospital last evening at 10.15. Funeral services will "be held from her home probably Saturday. Miss Gray was with Robert Bruce, of Harrisburg, In a motorcycle, when Bruce's motorcycle crashed Into a farm wagon at Camp Hill Tuesday evening. Immediately aft#r the ac cident. Bruce was taken to the. Har risburg Hospital where he died shortly afterward. NEW YOHK HUYS lIONDB Bv Associated Press New York, Oct. 4. The marked increase in Liberty Loan subscrip tions In the New York Federal Re serve district yesterday, $70,000,000 according to unofficial figures, caus ed the small army of workers to re double their efforts to better the mark to-day. Estimates of the total amount subscribed In the first three days of the campaign range as high as $136,000,000. CITY INTERESTED IN BALTIMORE'S GARBAGE PLAN System Which Turns Waste Into Profit Attracts Much Attention With the city about to advertise for bids for the collection and re moval of garbage, the announcement that Baltimore has received an offer of 50 cents a ton for all its offal has caused much interest here. Harrisburg during the last ten years has been paying about $35,000 a year under a contract with a pri vate firm for the removal of ashes and garbage. During the last few years the company holding the con tract has not made regular collec tions, causing much complaint. It is planned now to again let a con tract and pay for the removal of garbage, the city handling the col lection of ashes under municipal con trol. The report that Baltimore will be paid instead of paying for the re moval of garbage, and will clear about SIOO,OOO in revenue in this way has attracted attention in Har risburg. The offer to the Maryland city was made by William H. Faust, of Los Angeles, Cal., who said he converted the garbage into chicken feed by a process similar to one now in use, but which reduces odors. , Ho has a plant located in the cen tral section of Pasadena, Cal.. and as the method used destroys all odor, there is nothing offensive about the factory. Pasadena is not a manufac turing city, being almost entirely made up of residences. There are similar plants located in Chicago, Pittsburgh, Portland, Ore., San Francisco and other large west ern cities and to determine the ad visability of establishing one in Balti more, as Mr. Faust proposes to do, City Water Engineer Lee, of Balti more, will visit all these cities and make a thorough investigation. If his report is favorable, Mr. Faust's offer will be accepted. Another proposition made some time ago by a Chicagoan to buy gar bage from Baltimore has not yet been formally submitted. This buyer would also establish a plant, but in stead of converting the household refuse into chicken feed, he would turn it into solid matter, which Is a substitute for coal and can be used for heating purposes. Germany has been doing this for twenty-five years. The substance which is made in Ijlocks burns well, and while not so effective as coal in producing heat, answers the purpose and being very cheap is used by the poorer classes. It Is termed brlcket. Unlike, how ever, as In the manufacture of chicken feed it is not altogether odorless. Baltimore officials look with favor on Mr. Faust's proposition. If ac cepted the city will be richer by $170,000, which means four cents off the tax rate. The city has a contract with the Southern Products Company which will expire at the end of this year. This has been renewed, however, for another year. This company reduces the garbage to oils and fats. Its plant is at Bodkin Point, to which places the garbage is taken in scows. I LUTHERANS ARE OBSERVING FIVE ANNIVERSARIES With Merger Favorably Dis posed of Synod Takes Up Lighter Work BELIEVE UNION ASSURED United Lutheran Church in America to Be Name; Doc trinal Basis This evening at 7.30 o'clock, tlie East Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, will observe the 4 00th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. The ad dress will be delivered by the Rev. D. B. Smith, of Easton. Dr. Smith was at one time stationed at Hum melstown. Zion Lutheran Church, in which the sessions of the Synod are being held in this city, celebrates this year the 130 th anniversary of the foun ding of the tlrst church in Harris burg, the 122 d anniversary of sepa rate denominational life; the 103 d anniversary of Its present location, and the 78th anniversary of its pres ent building. Added to this enviable record, Zion Church may wall be proud of the fact that It was within the walls of this historic old church that East Pennsylvania Synod acted favorably upon the proposition to bring about a merger of the three great Lutheran bodies of America, for the action of this body, at this time, is a decision destined to be known as one of the most momentous in the history of the church. East Pennsylvania Synod's action assumes an import ance of unusual moment. This Synod, with its fine ideals and masterful leadership, has been expected to point the way. Not only is this Sfynod one of the first to take action' re garding the merger, but it is one of the largest and most inlluential Synods In the United states, and there has been a feeling among lead ers of the various bodies that the success or failure of the merger might be foretold by the action of the Lutheran visitors in this city. Discussed For Years A possible merger has been under discussion for years, but it remained for the upheaval in Europe to crys tallize the sentiment which will re sult, in the opinion of well-Informed church leaders, In the .formation of a church that will be distinctly American in the broadest sense of the term. Merger Assured Church leaders believe that the merger is an assured fact. The Gen eral Synod, which met at Chicago, in June, took favorable action upon the proposition. The General Council meets at Philadelphia within a few weeks. The United Synod of the South will meet in November. After favorable action has been taken by the General Council and the United j Synod' of the South, the various Synods and Councils will vote, upon the proposition to merge, and the J representatives of the three bodies will meet in November, 1918, to take final action. Committees from the three great branches of Lutheranism have already approved the merger. At a meeting held by a joint com mittee in Philadelphia, April 18, 1917, a constitution was adopted. Following favorable action by the [Continued on Page B.] Police Here Believe They Have Dynamiter Who Killed Two The arrest of Alonzo Bushel, an Italian, by a special officer, is be lieved to be an important one in connection with the Mt. Union ex plosion September 20, in which an Amer / in woman and an Italian were murdered. Bughel was brought to this city last night and placed in the local jail by a special officer of the Penn sylvania railroad who made the ar rest. He will be taken to Mt. Union late to-fjay. Several arrests were made at the time of the accident, but this arrest officers believe will throw much light on the mystery, which, until this time, has not been solved. 60 Negro Women Scratch Suffrage Picketers When Latter Start Fight in Jail By Associated Press Washington. Oct. 4.—-Seventeen silent sentinels of the woman's party doing time in the Occuquan ,\vork"house for picketing the White House are bruised and scratched to day as the result of a free-for-all scramble late yesterday when the authorities removed one of their number to the hospital without giv ing notice of her destination and the other pickets formed a flying wedge to rescue their comrade. During the melee, it Is said, some sixty negro women, also prisoners at the workhouse, came to the rescue of the keepers and details of the battle as it was waged, vary. The mixup has resulted in new charges being laid by the pickets against the con duct of the workhouse. One account of the melee is that it verged on a race riot. BUSINESS IS GOOD By Associated Press Washington, Oct. 4.—Continuation of generally good business condi tions throughout the country was announced to-day by the Federal Reserve Board in its monthly re view. Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION WATER'S FINE Liberty Loan Headquart- B ers Learns Enthusiasm Is I High Throughout District I Information received at Liberty Loan headquarters. Dauphin Building, this morning was to the effect that throughout the 'entire county wage earners and heads of families are getting ready to buy Liberty 4s. The chairmen In the several towns and townships of tne county are dally receiving requests from well-known residents that they be allowed to serve on the soliciting committees. Meetings are to be held In the vari ous farming regions. The grange in the upper end of the county Is dis playing much interest. Headquarters is busily engaged in completing details for the opening of the local campaign October 22. WJlllamfttown Hp inly Willlamstown is ready to do its bit In the campaign. The chairman ot the committee there , is William J. Durben, president of the Williams Valley Bank. Associated with him among others are J. K. Hancock, who is secretary of the committee, and J. J. Clarkson, treasurer. There are perhaps 3,000 people in Willlamstown, but Mr. Durben has received requests from 200 persons that they be allowed to aid in the committee's work. Going to MltYllntomi Donald McCormick, E. It. Miller and H. E. Llnderman to-morrow night go to Mifflintown, Juniata county, where they will address chairmen from all towns and townships in that coUnty. The head of the Juniata county committee is J. Lloyd Hart man. Grata to Have Meeting A grange meeting to be held at Oratz Friday night will number among the speakers John P. Heiner and Flavel P. Wright, of Harrisburg, who will talk about the Liberty Loan. Carlisle Coming Good Reports from Carlisle to-day were to the effect that the town Is coming along nicely in its preparations for the campaign. A large committee will cover the Carlisle district. One Page 3 of the Telegraph to-day will be found an intimate talk be tween Allison Hill folks which can be applied with equal force in other sec tions of Harrisburg. tnitti -i u i X { t riSH WIN OBJECTIVES X 4* -General F. B.- Maurice, chief dlrec *l* 4* 4* X tor .. announced ■ to-day that the X y| British forc< *hoi* offensive this morning had captured t X i all objective f X 1 . of 2,30G 'Y 4 ' * 4 • '"SS TO PROBE CHARGE *f 4 '| X 1 ••ite.f ut five member. || T ■ • i■ ' • < •.; igate charge ,x X made bv Representative Tlcflin, of Alabama, that ccr- $ 4 A 4 *f 4* ■ : *+> 4 !* § 4,, Oct. 4.—An administration bill creating JL t* f promotions for f (" if ral Bliss, chief '♦! X or . lerals wa4 intro * di ed It is planned to rash it '*§ X through congress before adjournment; J BRITISH ADVANCE A MILE jt 4* Front in France and Belgium, Oct. 4.-—Field ,4* J t Marshal Haig's forces in the offensive begun to the east <|> 'to L of Ypres this morning in somc-places have penetrated the | r 4 Gcnnan lines to a depth of one mile and have overrun 'lib X* the crest of .chendaele-Gheluvelt ridge. At an T' -l 4* early hour the Germans were surrendering by hundreds, jib T j X 'REPASSED • fi[ % * T X • v < tifcteace report.en the *' T § "7* this esrion of 2 'lie $7,758,124,000 deficiency measure, wu J* . 1 T adopted by the House to-day after brief discussion and [ <|it the bill now is ready for the President's.signature. 'J , 4 BRITISH PLAN FOR REPRISALS X Lond.n, Oct, 4 -"Applying the principle of 'an eye J * jr for an eve and • b i * th\" General Smuts, in aa * | address said, "-t < m t•• Ict mtly forced to xppty to J * X the cne 'i<y which he has eppfled * * fto us." . g w * * t" i X MARRIAGE LICENSES 11 <4* Uehrle 11. llnlr unil Mil liel M. I'uulcx, Vork) .lumen 1.. Jffltrlei k a I anil Jennie M. Nelilltner. Aniivlllei William C. IVnrber, Trout Hun, nn<l Urnce K. Keener, JMuney. If' U. S. TANKS MAY SOON APPEAR IN TRENCH WARFARE America to Take Best France and England Have Evolved During War STUDYING BOTH STYLES Uncle Sam to Operate War Machines Both Heavy and Fast By Associated Press American Training Quarters in France, Oct. 4.—"To carry on the war for the next six months with the best that the French and British h&ve evolved a* a result of their three years' war experience, and to do our own experimenting entirely on the side," is the gist of the policy which has been largely adopted by the American Army now in France and recommended to Washington. This policy applies to material and various instruments of war as well as to and methods of handling men in the trenches. While many of the more serious students of war among the American officers believe the beneficial im provements can be worked out by American ingenuity - inventiveness and resourcefulness, they realize the most important problem just now is to get on with the war. They believe America can most quickly become a [Continued on Page 13.]
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