•• • ♦ British Drive the Germans From Trenches South of' Arrasi; Retire HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M ©K otar-Independent * LXXXVII— No. 91 14 PAGES GERMAN LEGIONS CONTINUE SANGUINARY B HAIG'S ARMIES FALL BACK HUNS GAIN NEW LINES BY ASSAULT London Admits Situation in Flanders Is Serious Follow ing the Withdrawal From Ridges Which Dominated Northern Sector; Germans Able to Gain High Ground After Eight Days of Desperate Struggling AMERICA ON WAY t.OXDOV, April 17.—Concerning the situation in Flanders, Pre mier l.lojrd George told Parliament that the liritish, although giving up territory, had lost nothing vital, General Pliimcr was quite confi dent. as was General Focli. the allied commander-in-chief. He declared the British army was still in the way of the enemy, adding that the French army was intact and the American army is coming across the seas. He urged the country to stand together firmly and steadfastly. By Associated Press Having driven the British from Bailleul and Wytschaete, the Germans are battling desperately to gain other points 011 the High ground south and southwest of Ypres. After lighting with huge forces for eight days the Germans Tuesday got out of the low lands, but to make their gains secure they must push on further. The British, resisting every step of the way, are striking back doggedly. The situation it is admitted in London, is more serious than at any previous time since the German drive in the north began. Some British newspapers already advise tlie evacuation of the hard won sector of Ypres and the Passchendaele ridge which is a con tinuation of the Messines ridge. Allies Still Are Confident Premier Lloyd George told the House of Commons he was hopeful, adding that General Plumer. British commander in the Messines area, and General Foch. allied commander-in-chief, were both confident. Nothing vital, the premier said, had been lost. The enemy, he added, had not yet wiped out the British army which was his aim- With the Ypres salient in Southwestern Belgium menaced by the continued advance of the Germans on the Lvs battlefront im mediately to the south, the British have begun to withdraw from this advanced line. To-day's official report from Field Marshal Ilaig's headquarters announce what is at least a partial withdrawal from the Ypres sector. The British forward positions east of Ypres have been given up and a new line to the west occupied- The withdrawal was carried out in perfect order without enemy interference. Back to Old Battle Line Apparently the retrograde movement is pivoting on the Wytschaete sector where London to-day reports a successful counterattack carried out upon the Germans who yesterday cap tured the town of Wytschaete, near the highest point of the easterly Messines ridge and who presumably pushed out some what beyond the town. They are unofficially reported, indeed, as having advanced to St. Kloi, a mile and a half north of Wytschaete two miles west of Hollebeke, and about six miles directly south of Ypres. St. Eloi is on the old battle line as it existed before the British began their offensive last year taking Messines ridge and later [Continued on Page 14,] BRITISH WITH TO NEW Heavy Casualties Inflicted, on German Infantry and Some Points Are Retake n in Counterattacks London. April IT. —The British l have recaptured Meteren, on the! northern Uattlefront by a counterat- 1 tack, it is announced officially. Th- British positions before Ypres 5 have been withdrawn to a new line. south o Ams the Germans were driven -out of British trenches into j which they hail forced their way. < Early this morning the German ar tillery became more active south of the Somme. The British made a successful j counterattack in the neighborhood 1 of Wytschaete. Repeated German I attacks north of Bailleul were re- j pulsed, the Germans suffering heavy j losses. Successful Counterattack The statement follows: "Testerday evening we delivered i a successful counterattack in the I neighborhood of Wytschaete. Atj Meteren also our counterattack re-' stored the situation and the village ! remains in our hands. Throughout 1 the afternoon and evening yesterday : repeated hostile attacks north of ! Bailleul were repulsed with loss to the enemy. Bodies of German in- ! < fantry advancing in close formation [ were caught under the lire of ourj I troops at short range and suffered i | heavy casualties. We secured a few) prisoners." "The enemy also endeavored to | develop an attack yesterday after-' noon east of Ilobecq, following the j bombardment already reported but his advance was broken up by our' artillery fire. Position Rearranged "In consequence of the progress made by the enemy on the Lys front I our troops holding our forward posi tions east of Ypres have been with-! drawn to a new line. The with- j drawlal was carried out deliberately, I without Interference by the enemy, i Yesterday afternoon parties of his! troops advancing over our old posi- j tions were caught by the fire of our' outposts and destroyed. "On the battlefront south of Arras; parties of German infantry who hail ; entered our trenches opposite' Boyelles were driven out yesterday! afternoon with the loss of several I prisoners Oi r line in this locality i has been completely restored. "The hostile artillery activity in- j creased considerably early to-day on j the British front south of the' Somme." SI\GI.E COPY, 2 CEXTS "Paying Too Much For His Whistle CURB MARKET IS GAINING FAVOR WITH OFFICIALS, i Councilman Ready to Con sider Plans For Roping Off Street Three Days a Week Council probably will be asked in I a week or two to pnss an ordinance providing for a curb or street mar -1 kot to be held Tuesday, Thursday | and Saturday of each week, in Kel ! ker street, between Third and Fifth i streets, it was learned to-day. With ! the closing of the Kelker street mar j kethouse. it is understood such ac [Continucd on Pasc 5.] Increase For Railroad Men Awaits McAdoo By Associated Press Washington. April 17. The rail way wage commission completed its recommendation /or wage increases for railroad employes and a report will be submitted to Director General Mc Adoo upon his return from a Lib erty Loan speaking tour. Nothing was made known as to the amount of the increases to be given, although it has been said that employes now fe- Iceiving small pay will be given the largest advances. It is understood the recommenda tions call for a sliding scale of in creases and that all employes, regard less of union or nonunion affiliations, be treated alike. The revision is the most extensive ever undertaken, affecting approxi mately 2,000.000 persons. City Responds to Plea to Eat Potatoes, Save Wheat Immediate response to the request of the Food Administration that citizens use potatoes in larger quan tities has resulted in grocers selling completely out of potatoes during the first three days of the Potato Week, which is being observed here. Additional names of grocers selling potatoes in bushel lots for J1 are published to-day, having 'been omit ted from the first list. They include: Wagner & Smith. Third and Ver beke streets; M. Brenner & Sons. Heri and Wallace streets: J. C. Holbert, 425 South Fourteenth street; B. R. j Drum. 1801 North Sixth street, and | A. Oordon, 1213 North Eleventh I street. HARRISBURG, PA.,WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 17, 1918 BIG PRICES ARE PAID FOR BOXES TO THRIFT SHOW Bid Heavy For Scats at Ro tary Club's Patriotic Performance With W. P. Starkey bidding the maximum amount allowed. JB3U, the bids for the boxes at the Orpheum theater for April 23 when the Ko tary Minstrels will hold forth were closed yesterday by George S. 1 Reinoehl. director extraordinary in charge of the auctioneering. E, S. j Herman ran second with SSOO bid ' and the total bid for the boxes j amounted to $2,613. These lucky | holders of the boxes will have the i [Continued on Fiurc 6.1 1,000 CHICAGO SAI.OOV* TO CtOSK MAY 1 Chicago, April IT.—War conditions and the spread of thrift teachings ! will cause 1.000 saloons of this city i to quit business with the opening of i the new license period May 1, city; officials estimated to-day. This ■ would reduce the total number of saloons in Chicago to about 5,000. A j year ago there were approximately i 7,000 saloons in the city. GET UP, DEAD MEN, AND FIGHT! IN A FRENCH trench a shell exploded, every man in that trench went down, save one — the young officer in charge. That man stepped up onto the Tiring bench and looked out and saw coming toward him a charge of German soldiers. That man loved France in his very soul. He could not bear to RCC another foot of France taken away. He turned to those men lying in the trench and shouted: "Dead men, get up!" And, stunned and wounded as they were, enough of them got up so that they manned the ' guns, drove back the enemy, and 1 held the trench for France. And I feel that Liberty is going to say to all of us: "Get up. dead men! Wake up!" So feel in your souls what your duty is that you can do the superhuman thing. Get up and fight this war.—FRANK A. VANDERLIP. SOLDIER, RIGHT ARM IN FRANCE, ALWAYS SMILES Only Sad Americans There Ones "Who Fear They Can not Finish, Baker Says By. Associated. Press \\ a-liiii£lon, April I".—Secretory Raker, back from a seven weeks' trio to Europe, to-day called upon the American people for renewed sup port of the war. The Secretary ex pected to see President Wilson dur ing the day to report on his observa tions abroad. liared Ann Heady to Strike "The American soldier has made good in France," Secretary Baker to-day assured newspapermen who [Continued on Page 5.] Dauphin County Drafted Men on April Call Will Go to Camp on April 26 Harrisburg drafted men under the April call will leave the Pennsylva nia railroad station April 26 for Camp Meade, according to railroad schedr ules issued to-day, together with men from the county districts, who will meet them here. . Harrisburg District No. 1 will send Ave and N'os. 2 and 3 each seven. No. 1 district in the county will send nine, Xos. 2, 7 and 3 four men. The Klizabethville unit will assemble at the station in that place. Cumberland county will send five from the first district and six from the second, and they will leave Car lisle April 26. Franklin county will send six from Waynesboro and six from Chambers burg on April 27. Perry county will send four from New nloomfieid April 26.and Juniata three from Mifflin on the same date, while Mifflin county will send eight from Junction on the 26th HI'NS I,AM) IH<; ARMY IXMHIOII, April 17. —The Germans have landed 40.000 troops at Hel singfors according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch fnom Copenhag-1 en. A German squadron anchored In the harbor of Helsingfors consists ot 12 shifcs, including the battleships Posen and Westfalen. each of 18,600 tons. ' ' BRITISH ADMIT ENEMY PROGRESS IS NOW SERIOUS Germany Brings l'p Fresh Divisions From Russia to Throw Into Battle MEET LOSSES FRANKLY Growing Weight of Hun Pres sure Is Viewed With Some Alarm By Associated Press ' London, April 17. —There is no in clination here to minimize the ser iousness of the loss of BaUleul and the possibility that it may lead to the necessity of evacuating Ypres and Passchendaele. Vnder the heading "They still ad vance," the Daily Mail says that lip to this time their advance, the Ger mans, have been marshy ground. Yesterday they captured the first of the important ridges by storming Wytschaete, being aided by the fall of Bailleul and thus "the security of the Ypres salient, so long the bul wark of our left and touched with such immortal memories to us, is im periled." Advocates Withdrawal The Daily Graphic thinks it would be wise to withdraw the British troops from Ypres and Passchendaele to "avoid the risk of their being cut off and compelled to surrender." It continue?: "That the situation is made more serious by the loss of Bailleul is obvious and it would be dishonest to pretend otherwise." The paper adds however, that as long as the allied armies remain un broken, Germany's purpose is not at tained, while she is exhausting her self in order to foroe a decision. Correspondents on the front say the Ge.rpians have used up 120 of their 200 divisions in the west and have been able to bring another two divisions from Russia. Want Truth Known "These unpleasant reverses must be faced steadily," says,the Times. "Their significance must' neither be minimized nor exaggerated. Far more serious than the loss of ground is the revelation of the growing weight of the German pressure. "We hear far too much of the enemy's losses, mistakes, difficulties and of their failure to reach appoint ed objectives on particular days and not half enough about the serious fact that they arc still bringing fresh divisions from Russia." The Times says the enemy will continue drawing on their reserves in Russia until "allied statesmen stop dreaming vain dreams about Russia and do something practical to compel the enemy to cease depleting the Russian front." Big Battle Rages With an Incredible Intensity With an Appalling Slaughter By Associated Press London, April 17.—The battle in Flanders is raging to-day with in credible intensity, telegraphs the cor respondent of Reuter's Limited at the British army headquarters in France. As far as Uie latest reports enable Uie correspondent to judge, the battle Is going ill favor of the British. Notwithstanding the desperate at tacks of the Germans they have gained no further ground since Tues day morning and apparently they have lost some. During his three years' experience in the war zone, the correspondent says he never has heard such terrific and unintermtttent gunfire as has gone on since Tuesday afternoon. The British at dusk on Tuesday were advancing In the ncighl>orhood of Wytschaete, south of Ypres, and were reported again to l>e holding the ground which thc.v luid lost there. Among the numerous enemy at tacks Tuesday afternoon and evening on the northern front in Flanders one in great force in the Zilleheke sector was disastrous for the Ger mans whose massed waves were shot down at close range. They apparent ly were ordered to retire and then the British gunners got on their flank the correspondent says, and the slaughter was appalling. THE WEATHER] For IlarrlKbnrir nod vlelnltyi Shower* to-night tind Thumdnri cooler Tburada v. Temperatnrei n. m., Sum ninrH, i2l a. m.s "eta, 7iSS p. m. Moon) Klrnt quarter, 12:07 n. ni. River Staset 13 feet above low water mark. Yesterday'* Weather Highest temperature, T2. I.onent temperature, 41. Mean temperature, N. Aoriual temperature, 51. OM.Y I:VI:\I\(; ASSOCIATISII IMIKSS NEWSPAPKIT IN IIAIIUISIIIIIIU PARADE OF FLAGS ON SUNDAY IS TO BE SOLEMN EVENT Patriotic Memorial Service For Soldiers in Square to Follow SUNDAY'S PARADE Starts at 4."0 o'clock. Line of March—Forming in State street, the procession will move out Third to Broad, to Sec ond, to Korster, to Front, to Mar ket. to the Square. Will be in four divisions, the first composed of clergymen of Marrisburg and Dauphin county: second, representatives of churches and religious societies, carrying the servico Hags of the organiza tions; third, mothers, daughters, wives, sisters or "next of kin," carrying home service flags; fourth, representatives of lodges, fraternal societies, stores and in dustrial plants, with their service flags. Not more than one person will represent any organization or church or home, nor will any dis tinguishing mark be permitted on any service flag. "The parade of flags," which is a name given next Sunday afternoon's honor march, promises to be repeated in scores of Pennsylvania cities the following Sunday, inquiries having been received to-day from many towns relative to the procession orig inated in Harrisburg. This procession is to be a solemn affair. It will bring home to Ilarrisburg people the number of boys from this city and Dauphin county who are serving in the Army and Navy of the United States. Headed by the clergy men of all churches—who consider it their duty to appear—the parade will march over the principal streets to the Square, where a patriotic me morial service will be held. The "honor march" will s&Tt at 4.30, so that it will not interfere with any church services. Information concerning the parade may be secured from Henderson Gil bert, Floyd Hopkins or Joseph Wal lazz. I. * Ti f 4 X 4l 5 *f 4' !f1 4 ti * T :: calls 6! : hore if- Y cj *4* Wk J T* <|t T 5 •* 4 f® * Renter's w *s r i * T ( - * * c *? X *}* u *>* X X *s* * * £ 4* 1 X 2* fa - v *#; -$♦ DROWNED MAN IDENTIFIED ' 4* *' $ - € " :1 - " ' ' •' I . I V'| c- nl: N ' ' ' 37JPERISH ON BURNING STEAMSHIP !" ' C# H ,• i*.i: steamer, War I light collided off the-Britsih coast ~ H p Mareh 24. Those who perished, with-one exception. ' 1 ®j < • were on the British vessel. and<were burned I * bU i ■ ~. •■ l * • i; MARRIAGE 4g Snmurl Klrst, HnrrlitlnirK, and Flora IJ. Kotvr, Mt. /ions Percl- tii-* fj tbl Campbell and I. lnrlc Miller, llllnmHlonn, J* & *** ****** ******** -MHHHHS* ****& r ■ HOME EDITION BOND SALES GET IMPETUS IN NEWS OF HUN SUCCESS Harrisburgcrs Realize Seri ousness of Situation if U. S. Does Not Ilelp PATRIOTS GO IN DEBT Country Districts Coming to Front in Effort to Fulfill Their Quotas A spurt in bond purchases which manifested itself this morning is ex. plained by Liberty Loan headquar ters through the fact that German successes on the western front havo awakened Americans to the fact that the war is not nearly over—that several years may be required to defeat .".e Huns unless America gets into the tight in full strength im mediately; and the bond buyers to day arc determined that so far as it lies in their power they will back [Continued 011 Page 6.] Valley Railways Plan Erection of Big Terminal in City in Near Future The first step in the Erection of a t' .uinal in Walnut street on the propcrtl.v recently purchased by the Commonwealth Trust Company, is the organization of the Harrisburg Terminal Company. Application for a charter will be made on Monday, April 29, by Charles M. Davison, secretary of the Valley Railways Company; Thomas B. Kennedy, of the Cumberland Valley Railroad Company, and C. H. Bishop, presi dent of the Valley Railways Com pany. The character and object of the company is the purchasing and sell ing of real estate and for holding, leasing and selling real estate. C. 11. Bergner and J. E. B. Cunning ham are solicitors. C. H. Bishop said to-day that the organization of the new company would mean the terminal in the near future. How soon he could not tell. What plans the company intended to follow out Mr. Bishop un able to say.
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