- - - - - - * * ■ —■=*:•■ - y -■■ . • * - • • ~ With Crisis Reached in Battle Against Advance on Amiens, British Stand Grintl) Defending fe| HARRISBURG t£Sf& TELEGRAPH * • ®fte otac-3ni>epcn&ent I LXXXVII— No. 85 16 PAGES *BRITISH ORDERED TO DIE IN THEIR TRACKS FROM TAKING BIG WAR BASES WORLD FATE NOW S IN BAL Great Railway Centers Supplying England's Lines Are Threatened by German Advance; French Rushing to Aid of Hard-Pressed Haig Commands; Heavy Naval Engagement Expected With Huns Preparing For Dash THE LINE HOLDS By Associated Press Paris, April 13.—The city of Rheims is in flames. The French are attempting to limit the burning area, working under a heavy bombardment. With the British Army in France, April 13.—Further attacks on the British right wing between Givenchy and Robecq, on La Bassee canal yesterday wholly failed. Two attempts made late in the afternoon to capture Locoif were repulsed. The British also counterattacked around Givenchy and took an important German post. Paris, April 12.—The Germans last night renewed their attacks upon the French positions in Brule wood, in the forest of Apre -0 mont. American troops in this sector in conjunction with the French, says to-day's official statement have combatted with vigor and broken the majority of the enemy attacks- At one point where the enemy obtained a footing he was thrown out by a counterattack. On the Somme battlefront the entire village of Hangard and the adjoining cemetery have been regained from the Germans. Field Marshal llaig, like Marshal Joffrc at the battle of the Marne, has called to his soldiers to stand firm and die rather than give up a position to the enemy. Military observers and Major General Maurice, director of military operations of the British War Office, agree that a crisis has been reached. "There 'must be no retirement," Field Marshal llaig says in his appeal. French forces arc rapidly coming to the aid of the British and a gigantic and most sanguinary struggle probably will be enacted on the low lands between Lille and St. Omer. Great Britain at Bay Great Britain's armies stand at bay in France and Flanders, j After three weeks of a combat which lias eclipsed anything that has raged during the entire four years of warfare, Field Marshal Haig has issued a command to his men to hold their ground at whatever cost, and fight with the knowledge that their blows are struck "for the safety of their homes and the freedom of mankind." The end of the first phase of the giant struggle now may be J considered as passed- "There must be no retirement," is Haig's admonition, which adds that the Britisji now arc fighting "with their backs to the wall." The withdrawal in Picardy was officially reported to have been a part of the Allied strategy, but the period for such tactics seemingly has gone into history. * Hope in French Drive I he order issued by the field marshal contains another sen tence which may be pregnant with significance. "The French army is moving rapidly and in great force to our support," he said, and this is the first official intimation that the Allies are read}' to strike back at the German invaders. This blow may not necessarily fall in Flanders, nor yet in Picardy, but may be aimed at some part of the line where Generallissimo Foch may believe he can cut through the German front and compel the Teutons to relax their pressure against the British. Pressing their attack against the British west-southwest of Armentieres the Germans also have extended their efforts to other j fronts and have clashed with French and American troops. Inj [Continued on Page 12,] HUNS THROW FRESH MASSES INTO BA TTLE Sanguinary Fighting Increases Steadily in Intensity With British Resisting Advancing Germans Doggedly With the British Army in France, Friday. April 12.—With the excep tion of Merville the Germans thus lar have not reached their objectives in part for the present drive north and south of Armentieres. A captur ed German document reveals that there were to be three "smashes on the front north and south of Armen tieres. One had Fiailleul as its main objective, the other Merville and Aire, and the third Bethune. Not less than twenty-eight divi sions had been employed by the enemy in this pretentious program which has meant that at some places the British have been very heavily outnumbered. A German division ag gregates 13,000 to 14,000 men in cluding'.7.soo lines. St- Vcnant, between Merville and Aire tins being heavily attacked to day by strong forces of Germans aft er their success of last night which gave Ihcnt possession of Merville. The enemy seems desirous or reach ing Aire a railway center, and \vere throwing large numbers of troops into the conflict in an attempt to drive the British back. The German [Continued on F*gc IX] SINGLE COPY, i CEJiTS THAT'S THE MEDICINE BRITISH AGAIN j STAND FIRMLY | BEFORE GERMANS | Advance Their Line Slightly at One Point and Take Few Prisoners a By Associated Press IAHHIOII, April 13,—The Germans made an "attack last night west of Merville, (fix the northern battle front, and were repulsed, the war of fice announces. The British advanced their lini slightly in the neighborhood of Fee* tubert and took a few prisoners. There was heavy lighting last evening near Neuve Kglise and Wul verghem, and the battle here still was in progress at a late hour last night. Assuults Beaten Off Strong enemy forces launched an attack early last night east of L,ocon [Continued on Page 12.] Draft Board Chairmen Told to Pick 33 For Duty; Await April 26 Quotas Chairmen of the local draft boards have received orders to induct thirty, three registrants, physically fit for active or limited military service, for duty as meterologists, physicists, me chanical and civil engineers. The men must qualify for the service they are to perform. The induction is to take place only between April 15 and April 20. Before entraining the inducted registrant, chairmen of the local* boards must receive permission from state headquarters for each case, as the quota is not to be over inducted. The local draft boards are await- J ing orders from the state draft head quarters to mt.ke up their quotas for. the contingent of drafted men that is to move April 2ti. As soon as the orders are received, the quotas will be announced. Some of the local hoards have al ready made t.p their quotas arjd all that remains is to announce them and call the men for final Instruc tions prior tc their entralnment for camp HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1918 AN OUNCE OF PEI'PER IS WORTH A POUND OF PEACE TALK RETIREMENT OF 1 TEACHERS AT 62 IS ADVOCATED ! Senator Beidleman Favors In crease in School Taxes lo Better Conditions That schoolteachers of Pennsyl vania who have reached the age of 02 should bo retired on an antiuity contributed partly by the state and partly by the teachers themselves was the vital topic discussed to-day at the ninth annual convention of the State Teachers' League of Penn sylvania, held to-day in the Tech nical High School auditorium. The convention had invited Senator E. E. Beidleman. candidate for lieutenant governor, to make the chief address. [Continued on Pc 11.] Little Fuel in City to Meet Cold Weather Demands; Dealers Fear Shortage Near freezing temperature for a week lias caused a repetition of the ijiid-winter coal conditions in the city. Dealers have been unable to fill a flood of orders for tons and half tons, and deliveries have been held up by the lack of labor every where. Many homes to-day were found to be without a sufficient sup ply of fuel for the weekend, partly because of the manner in which de liveries have been held up by the weather. The fact that householders al lowed themselves to run out of coal during the recent mild spell has laid the foundation for the last week's worry of the dealers. In addition, Harrisburg dealers report that hard ly a dozen cars of coal arrive dally over the Pennsylvania lines, while the Reading Coal and Iron Company Is said to be sending the coal even more slowly. Dealers are watching the ever-in creasing pile of orders for next win ter's coal with growing doubt. The largest coal dealers In the city al ready -announce they have hooked 1,- 000 orders, which they have been un able to touch. When coal begins to come intd the city, these orders will have to De filled on the instalment plan, they eajr. „ V i DRAFT SLACKERS TO BE ROUNDED UP BY BOARDS | Deserters and Delinquents to Feel Hand of the Law at Once i Telegrams indicating that ener getic action is to be taken by the government through not only fed eral, but state, county, local and volunteer organizations to round up "slackers, delinquents and deserters" under the draft law have been re ceived at State Draft headquarters and all local boards will be Urged to speed up the completion of records showing delinquents and at the same time to see that men actually in service either as officers or enlisted men are given proper credit. , The local boards will 6e asked tb see that "records are properly pre pared for expeditious treatment"' of slackers and deserters so that when the word is given steps can be taken under the law. Word has also been received that! applications approved by naval offi cers for men in the Emergency Fleet are to be accepted so that there will be no complications in that line of activity. Preparation of the train schedules for the movement of the 11.000 men called up for the three camps to which Pennsylvania contributes Is under way and the trains will be-1 gin to move on April 26. All boards have been urged to have their men ready. NEARLY ALL ROADS FREUD OF TOLL BY STATE PURCHASE The State Highway Department to day announced that with the pur chase of seventeen mileß of the Lan caster Elisabethtown and )\1 iridic town turnpike and twelve miles of the Lancaster and Wllllamstown turnpike in Lancaster county for the state had freed 138 miles of toll roads in six months. In | most of these local authorities bore ' half the cost. The counties where roads were freed were Lancaster. Dauphin, Lebanon. Berks. Payette, Westmoreland, Blair, Delaware, Pul ton, Montgomery, Franklin' and Buck#. . -■ , CRISIS OF WAR IS REACHED IN GREAT BATTLE Enemy Within Shooting Dis tance of Important Rail way Centers OPPORTUNITY OF DANGER Great Drives Open Way to Hun For Further Advances London, April 12.—Friday.— A definite crisis again lias been reached, Major General F. B. Maurice, chief director of mili tary operations at the war office declared to-day- "The situation is undoubtedly un pleasant," ho added. "The enemy is within a short distance of Bailleul, which is an important railway cen ter for feeding our Messines- Wytschaete front. lie also is ad vancing in the direction of Haze brouck, which is a very important railway center. General Maurice said that on the other hand the Germans are ad vancing on a very flat and intricate country and have not yet gained any dominating positions. Seventeen enemy divisions have been engaged up to the present and the enemy has lost very heavily. "The enemy," said General Maur ice, "attacked on a front from Hollebeke to La Bassee, engaged at least seventeen divisions. A Definite Crisis "Beginning at the nprth his at tacks on "Wytschaete-Messines ridge have not met with very appreciable success, the enemy having lost very heavily. "South of Armentieres the situa tion has developed. The enemy, having forced a crossing of the Lawe and Lya rivers, have seen an op portunity of developing an attack which may be dangerous to us. "Summing up the situation to day, X would say we again have reached a definite crisis. The situa tion is undoubtedly unpleasant. "His objective has been the de struction of the British army. Towns are mere stepping stones on the way to that end and, having found the French coming to assist us in the South and no progress possible ex cept at very great cost, he now has turned his attention to developing t>. probably unexpected success in the north." Another Harrisburg Boy Among Wounded in France The name of L. E. Stouffer ap peared on a recent casualty list of the American Army, as being wounded. Stouffer is the son of A. G. Stouffer. of 2113 Green street. The parents have received no official notification from the War Depart ment but it is believed that the Hurrisburg boy is the one named in the casualty list. Young Stouffer was graduated from the Bordentown Military In stitute. He enlisted last May in the Engineers Corps. He was sent to Columbus. Ohio, from thence to Washington, and was sent abroad' several months ago. PUT YOUR PENNIES IN A VEST POCKET When you get 25 B U Y W. S. S. &2T Try It For a Week. THEWEATHE^ For Harrisburg and vlrlnltyi Fair to-night and Sundayi not much ehunitf In temperature, lowest tu-nlgbt about S3 de grees. For Kastern Pennsylvania i Clondr and continued cool to-night i Sunday fair, not much change In tempernturei moderate north west to north winds. Itlrer The Susquehanna rlTer and all Its branches will fall slowly or re main nearly stationary. \ stage of about M feet Is Indi cated for Harrisburg Sunday morning. . Temperaturei ft a. m., .10. Sum Risen. Hi2o a. M.i sets, 7i31 p. m.. River Stagei S.H feet above low water mark. Mooni First quarter, April 17, Yesterday's Weather . . Hlgheat temperature, !M. , l.owest temperature. MS. Moan temperature, 34. J .>oru*i temperature, . ONI.Y KVKMXfi ASSOCIATED PHGSS KEWSPAPKH IN HAHHISBUItU 'BOTTLE TRADE' IS STOPPED BY NATIONAL ORDER City's Hotelmen Must Obey Drastic New Rules as War Measure TO PROTECT SOLDIERS Bootlegging Hit Hard Blow When Supply Is Cut Off Stringent measures to prevent the sale of liquor to soldiers and sailors have been taken by the United States Department of Justice, and local hotclmen have received their instruc tions accordingly. In the vicinity of the railroad sta tion the prevalency of bootleggers to furnish soldiers passing through the city with liquor has been so wlda spread that vigorous measures were becoming necessary to curb the prac tice. The orders to hotelmen, drawn up by United States District Attor ney Kane, have been received here, and will be enforced stringently. The rules follow: "These rules must not be violated. , [Continued on Pac 11.] American Flyers Win Service Cross For Battle Against Teuton Planes By /Issociatci Press Paris, April 13. James Norman Hall, captain of an aviation section, and Paul Frank Bair, a lieutenant, aj:o the first American aviators to win the Distinguished Service Cross of the American Army. Captain Hail, leading a patrol, at tacked a group of the German ma chine*, destroyed one and forced down two others. I.lcuteniint Hair attacked miiiKlc handed n Broup of jtevcii plnncs and (Iratroyrd one near Ithelm*. On an other occnition he attacked tvo two neater*, one or which fell In flnmrx. Captain Hall's home is in Colfax, lowa, and Lieutenant Hair's in Fort Wayne. Ind. ® -fr ® t & $ ""' X X 4* T *** T ? X ii T 1 m i v x I f x< t * i £ T I I t f £ * 4> 4 T ";- X I I f ❖ 4 X e& ' J f f 4* x * X •** ■ X I X T x * jL *i* X • * K i x x it' rs T r-, t ,T 5 * 4 * x , *l* X $ X London—ln the event that Germany wins on 'the £r • u, according to Swedish reppr ill be !j *!*< *£* A' !;1 a new-war against Russia. Japan, it is ' X ivc Siberi i-if she joins in a German-Finnish T* T *s A. If % ♦s \t v $< J MARRIAGE LICENSES X 4 C larence IS. *|ins "l <>rw 11. Miller, Ciimn Hill. U. F I).. No. •! X J WHII"* M. Wool. Sparrow* I'elnt, Mrt., ~n,l KalH.rlnp Kttrr. J T H"rrl*burßi Hobert Itoaaen, Mnrrlxbura, nnd Mary H J.rmmcrt T* <h Cleveland. ■ 3 ... * ... .../ •. HOME EDITION SUBSCRIPTIONS PILE UP FOR LIBERTY LOAN Blind Canadian Captain Tells Why Money Is Needed by Fighting Men TOWNS GO OVER TOP Working Men and Women Stand in Front Rank of Patriots The speaking tour of Captain Baker, of the First Canadian Expe ditionary Forces, and Ralph Bing ham, who have been in Ilarrisburg for several days, has been produc tive of great results. For example, employes of the El ilott-Fiiher Company hava oiteady bought $30,000 worth of bonds; the store of Bowman and Company is 100 per cent, bondowners, and to day the Burns and Company store joined the 100 per cent, rank; the employes of Ilarrisburg Silk Mill have agreed almost to a girl to in vest a 10 per cent, wage increase in liberty bonds; Central Iron and Steel employes will br?nk previous bond-buj-ing records. Captain Baker and Mr. Binghum have been getting great receptions. There was a very big audience in the hall of the House of Representa tives this morning to hear them. It Included not only "Hill" employes, but scores of central city persons [Continued on Page 2.] Wm. B. Schleisner Store Registers 100 Per Cent. The William B. Schleisner store has registered 100 per cent, in the Liberty Loan drive. The whole store force to the number of thirty-six have subscribed for the large total of ♦ 12,000 in bonds. The subscriptions were all taken after a few minutes' acdress at the store by a member of 1 the Liberty Loan Committee.
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