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British Drive the Germans From Trenches South of' Arrasi; Retire
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.