American Arms to Gash With Invading Barbarians ' Jllk HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Jok ®IK otar-3n&cpcnt>ent LXXXVII— No. 75 24 PAGES HUN LEGIONS THROWN IN VAIN AGAINST NEW LINE ALLIES IN A POSITION TO STRIKE BACK French Counterattacks Prove Successful, While Huns Seek Weaker Points When Advance Is Slowed Down by Murderous Fire of Entente Forces; Decisive Stage of Great Conflict Reached on Western Front AMSTERDAM, March 29.—The German supreme command is about to deliver a new and mighty blow on another part of the front which will "tear a new hole in the already pierced enemy ring," the Vossische Zeitung, of Berlin, declares. PARIS, March 29.—The long-range bom bardment of Paris was resumed shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon. The southwesterly thrust of the German wedge into the allied lines has been stopped short at Montdidier. The enemy seems definitely held here, 57 miles from Paris, by the. enclosure of the town within a pocket formed by a series of villages valiantly cap tured and held by French troops. Despite continous counter attacks last night the Germans were not able to dislodge Petain's men from these hamlets on the hills about the town. Between Montdidier and the Somme the Germans seem to have gained some ground since yesterday in their westward push toward Amiens, the great allied supply base, but Paris declares the Anglo- French forces are holding the enemy firmly along a well defined j line which at no point is less than 12 miles from this objetcive. Heavy Fighting Is Coming The German purpose, now that the thrust to the southwest j has been checked, apparently is to close in within the angle formed by the rivers Avre and Somme with its point at Amiens. It is in this triangle, therefore that further fighting of the most intensive nature is to be looked for in the immediate future. The Germans continue to sacrifice their men recklessly in their desperate attempts to break the Anglo-French barrier, as the re ports from both the French and the British war offices testify. North of the Somme the British front has not only been stiffly 'maintained but has been advanced in places. To-day's statement from the London war office emphasizes the success of the British in foiling the German effort to embarrass the allied defense by establishing a movable line in the Arras region through a great assault. The German reserves, thrown in after the penetration of the outpost lines were crumpled up in the battle zone by the devastating fire of Field Marshal llaig's artillery and machine guns and thrown back with great losses. Foch May Get Supreme Command General Pershing has placed the entire resources of the American army in France at the disposal of the French staff for use in the world battle now in progress, according to reports from Paris. This offer, the advices state. Avas made to General Foch, the great military strategist and chief of the war ministry staff, who has been reported as likely to be placed in supreme command of all the armies 011 the western front. The gigantic •ront'lict over the ground between the Scarpe and Disc 1i vers has entered Into a new phu.u- Repulsed in their <;ffoi ts to break through in the center, the Germans have turned their attention to the wings of the salient t in the allied lines but heavy lighting continues along most of the 'fifty-five-mile front. On the northern flank which has been extended slightly across tlie Scarpe Field Marshal Haig although giving some ground has repulsed attack after attack and has held most of his position in tact. especially between Boislcux and Albert. On the southern flank the German gains around Montdidier have been offset by a French offensive movement south of Novon and the repulse of heavy enemy attacks along the Oise. Change in Teuton Tactics Forced Attention is divided between the German attack along the Scarpe toward Arras and the probability that the French move ment in tl\e south is the beginning of a counter offensive on a large scale. The wings of the German salient were its weak points and when the allied trcops checked the onrush and held it to small gains at great cost, as they have done for two days the enemy had to change his tactics. Ants is one of the strongest points on the British line and is guarded on the north of Vimy ridge and on the south by Wailly ridge, while there are strong hill positions to the east. From these positions the British artillery could bombard the rear of the German lines toward the Somme and prevent the Germans from wide* ing the salient toward the north, while at the skme time giving the British a point from which to launch a counter offensive. The German attack along the Scarpe may mean either a feint to draw British attention, an attempt to take the high ground around Arras or an effort to offset a British counter move toward Cambrai. Whatever the purpose of the attack in strength French trlke Hard Blow the British are withstanding the enemy efforts gallantly. French troops since their entrance Into the battle last Saturday have made a courageous defense but none was more so than that of Montdidier. Driven Irom the town and. some distance westward by overwhelming num bers the Freili h coiinterattacke<i and captured and held three towns Wrest of Montdidier. Meanwhile another French force struck the German line north of Noyon a hard blow and pushed it back along a front of six miles for a ilistance of more than one mile. This gain not only menaces the southern [Continued on Page 191 • I SIXGLK corr. 3 OBKTS Major Wm. D. Gray Big Man For Big Job Here - V I JHHI '-"-V = ; ; ' . . ,;_,a MAJOR WILLI Alt D. GRAY TIIE Telegraph publishes here with, by special permission of the War Department, a repro duction of the photograph of Major William D. Gray, the officer in charge of the ordnance depot de velopment near Middletown and Who, doubtless, will have supervision of the quartermaster's warehouse to he built near New Cumberland. The War Department has.selected a big man for a bfe Job. The im portance of the amy* contracts in. the vicinity of Harrisburg may be judged by the fact that Major Gray is one of the best-known construc tion engineers in the country. He had his lirst big contract in 1901 when he came here to build the Marysville yards and the Rockville bridge for the Pennsylvania Rail road Company, after making a great record for railroad building in West "Virginia. In 1902 he took charge for Kerbaugh and Company of the con struction of the great railroad yards at Knola and the low grade line to Philadelphia. He also built the Mar ket street bridge piers. For two years following he had supervision of the great railroad developments at Safe Harbor and later was in full com mand of the aqueduct canal in the Catskills, regarded by experts as a more difficult piece of engineering than the Panama canal. NEW WATER RATE COUNCIL TO TAKE PASSED UPON IN UP PROBLEMS OF SPECIAL SESSION CITY HOSPITAL Council Increases Cost to All Consumers to Make Up Dcfieit Passing on first and second read ing amendments to the water rate ordinance to make complete changes in the system of charges, Council to day fixed the new rates to all con sumers at 43 cents a thousand cubic feet as recommended in an addi tional report received this afternoon [Continued on Page 19.] President Wilson Willing to Accept Honorary Degree London, March 29. President Wilson, the press association says, has expressed "his willingness to ac cept the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from CanYbridgo Univer sity. ' You Won't Need to LIE AWAKE NIGHTS worrying about War Stamps' Value &*TBeat the Boy Scouts to It! HARRISBURG, FA., FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1918 After that he became associated with S. Pierson & Sons, of New York, contractors and builders with international connections, following: which he organized the firm of Gray & Ireland, engineers, and a year ago accepted appointment in the United States Army. He has associated with him now a number of assistants, who have been with him through all the big worn he has done and Is fast recruiting his present force from those whose capacities' for work he knows. Among these is Captain Harrie A. Douglas, T. G. Rosenberg, At. An thrim, Thomas W. Gray, Charles ltoddy, \V. S. Hoebuck, William Oppelt, W. .1. Randall, Arthur Ger mane, George Spayd, C. W. Hart and Robert Kpps, who has charge of the colored men on the contract. First Lieutenant Klwood Avery, who was with Major Gray on the Catskill job, himself an engineer of note, is also located here. Major Gray has removed to llar risburg and has leased the old Bul litt mansion at Bellevue Park. He will have the task of supervising the most extensive and greatest build ing program in the history of the city, but he likes big work and his friends say will make as line a rec ord here as he has on every other big job he has e'er work,ed. Dr. Hasslcr Considers Advis ability of Engaging Trained Nurse For "Pest House" Conditions at the contagious dis ease hospital, or "pest house" will be discussed with the members of Coun cil at the meeting next week, Com missioner S. F. Hassler said to-day. Commissioner Hassler with Dr. A. 'A. Kitzman, acting city health officer, yesterday, afternoon made a com plete inspection of the building and also investigated the reports of ill treatment. Dr. Hassler said he was consider ing the advisability of having a train ed nurse put in charge at the hos pital. He declared the building cer tainly should not be used for sijch a purpose but said as it was the only place available the health depart ment had been compelled to adapt it to the needs in case of an epide mic. A number of patients who had been in the hospital have made state ments, most of them contradicting many of the charges made by Mrs. Kdna Lynch, of North Front street, Steelton. Dr. Hassler also reported he had questioned Uie nine patients now under treatment there and all of them said they were well treated and had plenty to eat. He also said repairs had been ordered for the bathtub and that toilet facilities are adequate. Members of Council in speaking of the reports of ill-treatment and neglect declared a complete Investi gation should be made. They said the management of the place was entire ly In the hands of the city health department, hut that despite poor housing facilities proper sanitary c6ndltions should be maintained. , U. S. ARMY IS OFFERED FOR OFFENSIVE! _ I American Forces Probably Will Be Thrown Into the Line at Point When Time Comes For Great Stroke to ( Crush the Kaiser's Power; Foch Is Picked For Impor tant Place in Proposed Drive By Associated Press PARIS, March 29. —General Pershing called on General Foch at headquarters yesterday, according to L'lnformation, and placed at his disposal the whole resources of the American Army for employment in the battle now in progress. "I come," L.'lnformation quotes General Pershing as saying, "to say to you that the American people would ' nld it great j honor for our troops were they engaged 111 the pre:, .it battle. 11 ask it of yon, in my name and in that of the American people. "There is at this moment no other question than that of light-! ing. Iniantry, artillery, aviation—all that we have arc yours to! dispose of them as you will. Others are coming which are as J numerous as will be necessary. I have conic to say. to you that | the American people would be proud to be engaged in thp greatest! battle in history." Foch May Command General Foch placed General Pershing's offer before the CouncU at the front, L'lnformation says. The council includes Premier Clemenceau, Commander in Chief Petain and Louis Loucheur, minister of munitions. , There have been several reports recently that General Foch, one of the most brilliant strategists of the day, who was largely responsible for the French victory in the battle of the Ma/ne, would be placed in supreme command on the western front. The Daily C hronicle of London, yesterday said an announcement bearing on the co-ordination of British and French military exer ; lions might be expected almost immediately, and that an in ■ fluential role might be assigned to General Foch. BRITISH FALL BACK UNDER MA SSED A TTA CKS ADVANCE OF By Associated Press llritish Army Ucai-quartcrs in 1 ranee, *March 29. —The Germans were able to penetrate Marcelcave, twelve miles east of Amiens in the region south of the Somme, only by means of heavy massed attacks late yesterday which gradually forced the British back. It was in this district, south of the Somme, that the invaders con tinued to make their great efforts. The British here are battling stub bornly and brilliantly against an advance which, it must be admitted, has been steady. The conflict in this region has been most sanguinary and at latest reports it was continuing along a line represented roughly by Hamel, Warfusee, Abancourt and Marcel cave. This point seemed to mark the extreme advance against the British. Fighting of Desperate Nature The German attack In this region was made from Cerisy, on the Somme, supported by artillery from across the river. Yesterday's assaults on the ex treme northern and southern parts of the battlefield were in continu ance of the Germans' scheme of swinging their line out so as to NEW METHOD OF INVENTED BY HUN READERS By Associated Press Paris, March, 29. The Germans are employing a new method of at tack. The most conspicuous fea ture of which is smoke cloud camou flage, under cover of which succes sive waves of attacking forces ad vance in echelons. After a short and intense artillery preparation the first wave, armed with automatic rifles, machine guns and new can nons mounted on low carriages, for short range fire, is sent forward, fir ing at a range of 2,000 yards. It is ordered to fire on the reserves, regardless of the opposing forces right at hand, which the succeeding waves must account for. The task of the leading troops is to increase the advantage of surprise by prevent ing paralyzing counterattacks on the part of the reserves. The result of these tactics usually is that the firbt wave Is almost en broaden the salient which they! have driven in and thereby enable I them to make an attempt to envelop: Amiens. The lighting east of Arras yester-j day was of a most desperate nature, I especially in the region of Telegraph Till, southeast of the city. Here the masses of troops struggled at close quarters throughout the day, the British holding grimly to the de fenses which guard the already war- I shocked town. Resistance Is Gallant Neuville-Vitasse, southeast of Tel-' (•graph Hill, was occupied by the' Germans. They also succeeded in getting a hold on Orange Hill fur ther north. From these positions they were continuing' their offensive. The resistance of the British yes terday south of Arras along the line of the Arras-Albert road was most gallant. Here the Germans advanced time after time for heavy attacks in the region of Ablainzeville, but in every instance they were thrown back. At latest reports the line was I being strongly held. in their attack south of the Somme upon Marcelcave, the Ger-J mans pushed southward from Cerisy j and then gradually swung westward I until Marcelcave was occupied. tirely wiped out. The second wave then passes ahead, to be followed by the third "and so on. Thus the oncoming waves have succeeded one another during the eight days of the great conflict. THE WEATHER For llnrrlxlnire nml vicinity! Fnlr to-nluht • nml Saturday) not ■nucli elm nice In temperature, loweat to-night about 33 ile- BrccK. For KiiMfern Pennnylvnnlai Fnlr to-niKht nnil Suturdn)) little eluinue In tcnipernttire) Kentlc NOiitlieuNt tvlndx. Temperature) 8 n. in., Sfl. Sum Itlxe*. 5>48 n. m.; nets, 0)12 p. m. Jtiooni ItlneM, 8)31 p. m. ttlver StiiKei S. feet above low- Mater mark. UNI.I IUVISAIIVII ASSTM.LIT I 11,1) I'LLHIJ Mpvsr4rh.ll l,\ (I A IllllSltlllin SIX AMERICANS GO OVER THE TOP IN DAYLIGHT Men Were Anxious to Know Strength of Enemy in Opposite Trenches RETURN SAFELY TO LINES Inspect Dugouts For 300] Yards Without Find ing a Man ll,y .IssoiittlcJ I'icss W/tf'i tlic American Army in l France, Thursday, March 28. —Two j officers and four men went bver tlie top to-day in broad daylight, a l'eat seldom accomplished. The- Ameri cans decided not to defer any longer their determination to learn wheth er Germans were present in great number in an enemy liring trench. When dawn came there were faint clouds showing back of the enemy's lines and the Americans de layed for a time, but when t)ie clouds disappeared the two officers and the four men decided to make the day light venture. •Machine guns were posted, and the Americans with grenades swing ing at their waists .Ind with rifles in hand, ciambored up from the tire step and out over the parapet. They slid head first into the nearest shell hole and the journey was on. Mov [ Continued 011 I 'age 13.] U. S. Asks That New Style Bandages Be Rolled Here Tlic Harrlsburg Chapter or the American Red Cross lias been ln>iv , ol ed in being chosen as one of the six chapters throughout the state to assist in making a new Government order i.f new-style bandages and surgical dressings. The details of I the order have not been divulged by local lted Cross officials, but it is i s"id that the order is extremely I large. The several auxiliaries of the | Karrisburg chapter who have been on ; the honor roll for the past month | because they did the best, work will j be asked to assist in filling the or der. 1 t 4 iGATrNO AtKpLANE SITUATION £ W hington—lnquiry irito'Tlfc "aTrjpT ; nc sit •f 1 J J 4* *s* & c < **. t the British Royal Flying Corps. Members of-the com- x' 4* f p, £ j BATTLESHIP SUNK J T ' ' i" . *j* T & 7* 4* X i :. repelled in a Prt: -i ,:i;li to T ▼ Copenhagen, as forwtreded from that poirtt 1 the Ex- HP *2* 'v* i, change Telegraph Company. f OEN. GLENN HOME FROM FRANCE W ■4* •- 4* r t t 4* t. n hip, T 4 v * % T 'GEN. FOCII NOW IN SUPREME COMMAND J T £ T* Washington—The first official reference tj General T T 4 Foch as being in supreme command of the allied forces * (*"-on the western front is contained in a cablegram Prcsi 9 1 * , T 4 Jeut Wilson sent the general to-day congratulating him T i i • An Atlantic Port—W. F. L. C. Van Rappard, recent X' 4 | *7* * > *v* I" 1 -1 1' A, land on a Dutch steamer. The fonder minist ■£ * i v . ppjinttru • ♦{. ' • th a possibility, he said, of soon being named to <te-p. T f f*4 • resent his country in another foreign capital- J J U. S.tfLYER KILLED IN ITAL\ J ' J Washington—Death of Lieut. Marcus A. Jordan two JP* • days after an airplane accident in Italy in which he wa. * 41 wounded, was reported to-day in a cablegram from Foggid Xj T* io bis brother, Eldridge E. Jordan,'at banker here. ,'1 - r £ $ MARRIAGE V Elmer (J. C. Krini, Harrlxbur*. nn<l Myrtle M. Jotumton, Hock- At vlllp; Hurry W. Ilrlekman, Aviation 4'ani|>. Ml.ihU..h o. and Anna >L T K. Slpe, lloyalton; tillbert F. Ilnlr. HarrUlMiru, and llertha U ~ T I'owdfa, Steoltwn; Fred < rum|l and Inm M. Miller, llarrlnliurKi 4e Hiimmtll S. Iluhrr and Klorcnee K. Itohrer. HnrrlMliurKi Kdward C. 1 Mannhan and Mary P. Winter*. llarrlnhurKi t harle* W. Conner nnd *** ? Annn K. Mrllrlde. llarrlHburgl Wtalcjr H. Feehrrr, ilurrlnhurtf, and >L jj, Alice A. Jiaff, Halifax. ai ananniin t ■ ,. . . | I ■ ■ WTTT TT.TrKft: NrJTLTV#'*f' f'JT'Jf.e!?PLT"rJirL , TJ®. JTi llltl 1' ■ HOME EDITION TURN CLOCK AN HOUR AHEAD AND FORGET ABOUT IT Harrisburgers Urged to Set Watches Tomorrow Be fore Going to Bed CITY TO SOUND WARNING Mayor to Bring New Order to Mind on Saturday Evening Turn tlie clock ahead one liour he fore you BO to bed to-morrow night and forget all about It. That's all there'll *>i to the day light saving plan, whlcli goes into effect at 2 o'clock Sunday morning. No fuss, no inconvenience. As the saving of an hour of day light each day this summer is au thorized by Congresaional enact ment, there can be no confusion that would result if some public utilities followed the rule and others did not. Everything but the tun will operate on the daylight saving plan from the greater passenger lines down to the trolley systems. lleKultiteil liy l.mv Business hours will also be regu [Continiuxl oil l'agc 17.] , Camp Fire Girls Will Assist Boy Scouts in Sale of War Stamps The Camp Fire Girls will assist the Boy Scouts of Harrisburg and vicin ity in the sale of Thrift and War Savings Stamps to-morrow. Executive Stine has been providiU with $4,000 worth of stamps for dis tribution among the boys and nirls who will be out bright and curly to-morrow to "put over" the biggest campaign they have ever attenipt- The Scouts will take their lun.-he* with them and will pause for a bite shortly before noon where ever they may be. Not a moment is to be iost. As a demonstration a parade wiil Ho held at the noon hour when proper ly inscribed banners will be car ried. The biggest day in Harrisburg Scoutdom is on the books for Har risburg to-morrow.
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