Armies of the Allies ßl G? fos ; " HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M LXXXVII— No. 98 20 PAGES AMERICANS IN BATTLE LINE HELP CHECK NEW HUN A TTACK ALLIES HOLD FAST BEFORE DES GERMAN OFFENSIVE ENEMY'S GAINS SMALL IN NEW AMIENS DRIVE Germans Battle Furiously With Men and Guns to Push Forward CONSERVING MANPOWER Massed Attacks Abandoned For Time Being in Latest Attack By Associated Press American, British and French j troops on, a twenty-mile front in Pi cardy are withstanding renewed German efforts to reach Amiens. Battling furiously, and with the help of heavy artillery tire, the enemy in fantry has gained but little and on most of the front his attempts are 1 being repulsed by the allies. Yielding only slightly at the first shock of the German assault in the renewal of the drive in the great battle south of the Somme, the Brit ish and Franco-American lines nowl are standing firmly against the ties-, perate continuing assaults of the enemy. llaig Kcgaiitb Ground On the ten-mile front south of; the Somme where the intensive forces of the blow have been concentrated the British have lost ViUers-Bre tonneux and the French the village i of Hangard en Santerre. Already! Field Marshal Haig's forces have begun to react strongly in the vicin • it.v of the former place and they liavei regained ground around it and con-, siderably improved their general po-' sition. Hangard has once before [ been in German possession during the Somme battle, and it changed hands twice in the present lighting before the French drew out of it audi established themselves firmly on its! western edge. Tho Germans have! made repeated attempts to debouch from the place but each time the] French were solidly in the way. The fighting is continuing with the Germans desperately strug-' gling to make the considerable head-! way they must if they are to gain I anything but relatively valueless lo cal headway. The decision in the re-, newal of the battle ie by no means yet with either sid>. The meager i gains of the eiysmy. however, after; a pause long enough for him to' bring up his heaviest artillery and when he must have been at the pin nacle of his strength may well be compared with the sweeping suc cesses achieved in the beginning of the battle last month when he won! miles of ground a day and captut-; . ed tens of thousands of prisoners. BalUc Continues Meanwhile the Germans have not] abandoned even temporarily their) efforts on tho Flanders battlefront. Apparently they are centering their' blows on the sector dominated l:y Mount Kemmel with the object o'fj forcing the defenders from this bul-l wark. They attacked the French' last night in the region northeast, ofi Bailleui and after being repulsed returned to the attack to-day with assaults in the same region and on | the British front further east. The battle here still was in prog gess when the British official states men was issued this afternoon. Having forced the British from! Villers-Bretonneux, south of the Somme and eleven miles east of Amiens, the enemy is facing t'ie' British on hill positions west and northwest of the village.' American and French troops on the line from Hangard en Santerre to s_>uth of Castel are holding the Germans well in check. The only progress the, enemy has made here has been in! [Continued on Page 6.] I THE WEATHER ™ For HnrrlnbnrK nnd vicinity: Fair, ••ontlnued cool to-nlicM, nlth IlKht front. lowpMt temperature nbout M degree*! Friday part ly cloudy. Trnperitirn S a. m„ 38, Snnj Rides, 11:14 a. m. | net*. 7:16 p. m. Moon i Fall moon, to-morrow, 3:03 a. m. niter Stage: 7.0 feet ngove low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Hlaheat temperature, HI. I.oweM temperature. 41. Mean temperature. .">2. \ormnl temperature, 54. TANKS IN ACTION ON BOTH SIDES FOR FIRST TIMET With the liritlNh Army in France, April 25.—Tanks went into action on both sides for the first time in history'. In the battle about Vil lers Hretonneux the German tanks appeared at thf beginning of the engagement and by noon the British tanks joined in the fray. The latter did heavy execution when the.v got among the enemy infantry. A British counterattack drove the enemy from Aquenne wood toward Villers Bretonneux but the Germans rushed a large number of machine guns into the town and their lire was so intense that the first counterattacks was held, lip. GERMAN DRIVE ! AIMED TOWARD KEMMEL HILL 'British Tanks Cut Down Teu tons in Fighting at Vil lers-Bretonneux \\ itli tlic British Army in Franco, ' April 23. - The German attack against the French and British lines | on the northern front in the Dran outre-Kemmel sector is continuing. ! The Teuton assault was intended to j pave the way for the capture of Kemmel hill. Vigorous British counterattacks to ward Villers-Bretonneux apparently | resulted in the reclaiming of a con siderable part of the territory lost to the Germans yesterday. The battle 1 still is raging however, and it is too early to make claims. Both British and German tanks ] participated in the fighting at Villers 'j Bretonneux. Two British tanks, the correspondent says, got among a ; mass of Germans and did great ex i ecution. j The Germans made a determined | attempt to rush towards Kemmel i hill yesterday hut without apprc ■ i <ialile effect. The French counterat tacked and restored the position. At 2 o'clock this morning the Ger i mans put down an intense gas bar j rage on the Anglo-French front in Flanders and two hours later deep •waves of infantry delivered an as i sault. Fighting still is in progress. Drive For Amiens Held in Check by the Allies; Heavy Fighting in Night l.ondoii, April 25.—Three attacks j made by the Germans on British I positions east of Amiens have been repulsed, it is announced officially. On the Flanders front late yester day the Germans attacked French positions northeast of Bailleui and were repulsed. Early this morning, j after an intense bombardment, they j renewed their attacks in this sector and against British positions further j east. The British regained ground I around Villers-Bretonneux by coun- I terattacks and took prisoners. I Severe fighting was in progress all i night in and around Villers-Breton , neux and still continues. Heavy casu : alties have been inflicted on the I enemy there. On the Bailleui sector the battle is ' continuing over a wide front. The statement follows: Heavy Fighting During Night "Heavy fighting took place all night in and around Villers-Breton neux. and still continues. Our troops regained ground by counterattacks i and have taken a number of pris ' oners. "The fishting yesterday on the 1 whole of this.front was most severe, I and heavy casualties were inflicted ! on the enemy by artillery, infantry i and tanks. "North of the Villers-Bretonneux- St. Quentin road the enemy three 1 times attacked our positions and on I each occasion was repulsed with loss. ! During this fighting the enemy made 1 use of a few tanks. "Late yesterday evening the enemy j also attacked French positions north | east' of Bailleui and was repulsed. Early tlijs mprning the enemy re ' newed his attacks in this sector and 1 on British positions farther east, aft er an intense bombardment. The fighting continues in this sector on a wide front. Baiil Near Hucquo.v Repulsed "A raitl attempted by the enemy during the night in the neighborhood of Bucquoy was repulsed. "The hostile artillery has been ac tive during the night in the Festu bert and Roliecq sectors." IIRSKKYISS WII.I, MVP DRIM. Owing to the Liberty lan drive a.id holiday to-morrow, the Harris b.irg Reserves will not drill to-mor- evening, Captain Henry M. Stine. oficer in command, announced to -1 df y. SINGLE: COPY, : CENTS TEOTONSSOUGHT WAR SINEWS ON MARCH 12,1914 Papers Taken From Captain Von Papen Disprove Dec larations of Germany ASKED WAY TO DESTROY Late Washington Military At tache Wrote of Explosions on Mexican Railways By Associated Press Washington. April 25.—Repeated | declarations of the German emperor 1 and Hindenburg and Eudendorff that | the war was forced upon Germany, | and assertions from the same sources | that Germany was taken by surprise s by the Russian mobilization, attaches ; particular interest to certain papers ! taken from Captain Von Papfcn, late | military attaches at Washington. Among the papers which have been published by the British government in a white book, appears a letter ! Crom R. Von Wild, of the German j war ministry in Berlin, to Captain Von Papen seeking information re garding the best means of blowing up railroad trains "In the event of a European war." The significant point Is that this letter was written March 12, litH. about five months before the outbreak of war. This letter reads: War Minister Sought Details "According to newspapor reports l several railway trains were blown up | by revolutionists during the troubles in Mexico. In order to form an opin ion whether in the event of a Euro pean war, explosions of this kind would have" to be reckoned with, it I is requested that if possible, informa j tion should be obtained as to how [Continued on Page 3.] Husband Kills Wife at Toil; Turns Weapon on Police, Then a Suicide J York. Pa.. April 23. —Crazed by j jealousy because he believed his wife | permitted other men to pay atten • tion to her. Norman Sylvester Spa.ig ler. 23 years old, to-day shot and | killed his bride of n few months and when Chief of Police Butterff at j tempted to arrest him he ended his I own life by sending a bullet through his heart. Before shooting himsf-lf ! he fired four shots at Chief Butterff | and Patrolman Slayman as they | rushed into the C. H. Plitt cigar fac tory. where the double tragedy oc curred to-day. Mrs. Spangler was shot as she sat j at her bench, four bullets entering i her back. Fifty other employes of 1 the factory became panic stricken as ] Spangler stood over his wife with the smoking revolver in his hand. He calmly reloaded the enmty cham l bers and waited for the police he t had been told were notified. Samuel A. Laßue, of Draft Appeal Fame, Discharged | Samuel A. of New Freedom, ■ the York county farmer whose j efforts to keep out of the National I Army brought him wide notoriety, is j not wanted in the Army. Announce ment came from Camp Meade to-day j that he is to be discharged. Laßue, it appears, would not fight I because of his "conscientious scru , plus' and was placed in a working j brigade. Ai.d now it appears that | the commanding officer would rather j have him go home. Draft officials ! kept tabs of the first ten appeals : made by Laßue to keep out of the i Army. He appealed the last time to i President Wilson. Brigadier General Donnelly Faces Military Court ' By Associated Press Washington, April 25. —Brigadier General Arthur B. Donnelly, a for mer Missouri National Guafrd offi cer, is under arrest at CAmp Mills. New York, facing trial by court-mar tial. War Department officials last night refused to discuss the nature of the charges against the officer or to say when he would be brought to trial. An official report made by an in ! spectlng officer charges that General j Donnelly participated in games of I cards with Junior officers in which : money was passed, that the games j were held In .the general's tent and I that liquor was served to the players, j Strong influence has been brought to I bear on the War Department to have j the charges dropped, but Secretary | tiaker refused to Interfere. HARRISBURG, PA.,THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1918 Liberty Day! I THE warmth of the sun on the still. Ours is the voice of all liberty, brown earth: Our shores are a haven of rest: The lift of a passing bree*e; ' The name of America girdles the earth, The flight of a bird on the opened wing, In countless languages blest. The rustling murmur of leaves; O, hearts of our men and our women, awake! $ The breath of a rose on the summer air, The great testing-hour is here. || The glint of moon on the snow; Shall the freedom wa won and so freely gave Living and loving and serving God Know the blackening shadow of fear? As our children around us grow. & Can the flag go down in the mire and mud These are the things, but the price,—the Which has never been lowered 'before? PRICE— Can we face the look in our children's eyes While a mad beast prowls at will, If our souls have broken the law? Whose hands drip blood, whose lustful eye Awake! for our LIBERTY DAY'S bright X Appraises to ruin, or kill? dawn The price? American manhood knows, Is tinting the east with gold. , w As our fathers before us knew, ' There is work to be done and a good race ? And the flag of them both shall not return won X Till this fearful thing is through! Ere the tale of this day is told! S [Written for the Telegraph.] —ANNA HAMILTON WOOD. X v | HARRISBURG WORK HARD TOGO OVER BOND QUOTA $975,000 Remains to Be Sub scribed in Next Twenty-four Hours; Over Half Million Comes in Today; Parade Tonight to Boost Loan Harrisburg must in one day raise $975,000 in roun<l llgurcs if it is to go over tlic top in tlio Liberty Ixiati drive now under way. The campaigners met in Chestnut street hull this noon for lunch and reported that they had taken sub scriptions to the amount of $503,- 550 in the past twenty-four hours. This makes a total of $2,520,000 of bonds sold to date. The total requirement for the city is $3,500,000, and Chairman Andrew' S. Patterson, in urging the commit teemen to work hard during the final day, said: "To-morrow we are com i ing in here and the doors will be locked. We arc going over the top at that meeting. There is nothing held back. It is for you men to do this great patriotic duty in the next Cwenty-four hours. Will you do it?" And the big crowd roared back: "We will," and went out for an aft ernoon of hard canvassing. Lots of Rivalry There was lots of life and rivalry to the noon rally to-day. As the va rious team captains and division commanders reported their men cheered and sang, and every large subscription brought forth loud ap plause. The choir of Grace Meth odist Church, led by John W. Phil lips, occupied a special table and sang patriotic songs. Mr. Phillips led the singing of the committee, which was a big part of the program, while the Rev. Dr. Rice had charge of the devotions. One team captain reported that he had taken a subscription for two bonds from a German who had two brothers in the German Army, but who had no time for the Kaiser's form of government. Another an nounced that the committee canvass ing the Hamilton school building had signed up the teachers there for a 100 per cent, record. The Harris burg Jitneymen's Association bought SIOO worth of bonds and In addition each member subscribed, giving the organization a record of 100 per cent. During the meeting thirty-nine members of the letter carrier force of the city marched irtto the room in uniform and volunteered to help the last day's canvass. They were received with cheers and divided tip among the various teams with per mission from Postmaster Sites to THESE TWO MOTHERS KNOW WHAT LIBERTY Women Who Have Made Supreme Sacrifice Expect Those Safely at Home to Do Something For Nation By ANNA HAMILTON WOOD When President Wilson closed his memorable address to Congress last April he used the words, -The day has cdme when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth apd happiness and the peace which she has treasured." A fervent amen sounded from the loy4l hearts all over our country and the spirit of It is the courage which sustains mother-hearts to-day. In her little houae in Logan .street sat Mrs. Edward Aurand, whose only CITY MUST RAISE MILLION DOLLARS THE NEXT 24 HOURS Bonds sold in homes slnre noon yesterday utltil noon to-day .... $503,550 Bonds sold by home committee llrst day .. 401,475 Bonds sold, industrial committee $1,555,000 llarrisburg total $2,520,525 Train ItcportM l''or To-dny Division No. 1 $200,200 Division 2 "6.U50 Division No. 3 67,100 Division No. 4 147,300 Division No. 5 38,850 Division No. 6 39,750 Harrlsburg'must invest $979,975 by noon to-morrow if Harrisburg is to go over the top in scheduled time In the Third Liberty Loan spend the afternoon helping to sell bonds.' Parade This Evening: The loan committee accepted the invitation of Zembo Temple, Mystic Shrine, to march with the Patrol in a Liberty Loan procession tliiSs evening, and will met at Chestnut streot hall at 7.15 for that purpose. There will be band music, flags and the Zembo Patrol will be in uniform. The members are all so confident of rounding up the desired amount in the last twenty-four hours that they are preparing for a big walk around to-morrow afternoon after the final reports are in. Whether or not this celebration will take place depends entirely upon the results of the next twenty-four hours. Harris burg has not failed previously and [Continued, on Page 5.] Third Loan Totals Now Reach $1,837,838,350 By Associate J Press Washington. April 23.—Scores of cities passed their Liberty Loan quo tas to-day as shown in reports reach ing national headqv.irtem. Total subscriptions were raised to $1,837,- 838,350, or about $47,000,000 more than reported last night. TWO MORE HARRISIH'RGERS WIN ARMY COMMISSION'S Edward Wilson, 250 Verbeke street, has qualified for appointment as second lieutenant in the officers training camp, at, Camp Zachary Tay lor. Kentucky. Hammond M. Pierco, 1614 CJreen street, has also qualified for the same rank at Camp Sheri dan, Ohio. | child. Earl Aurand, was the fiftn I American' to give his life on the flr | ing-line of France and talked with I a representative of the Telegraph [yesterday of what the great Liberty j Loan drive means. > "The Germans MUST be wiped out, j they .must be finished." she cried. 'and I know that they wljl be. My | faith ip God will not'allow me to | fee] otherwise. H'e is just and can not" give victory to the wicked. "I have given the dearest, greatest .[Continued on I'agc 20.] DARING RESCUE OF 200 THRILLS IN NAVAL RAID Under Heavy Fire Quick Sue-j cor Is Given Crews of Block Ships By Associated Press Dover, Eng., April 25.—One of the most thrilling incidents of the British naval raid on Zeebrugge last Tuesday was the rescue by two American built motor kuinclics of nearly 200 mem bers of the crew of two block ships sunk at the entrance to the Bruges canal. The feat was accomplished tin der a heavy tire and the actual trans fer was made in less than live min utes. Two of the three block ships which passed inside the mole reached their objective and swung broadside across the mouth of the channel. Then ac cording to plans two motor launches dashed in from the sea through the [Continued on Page 5.] Divorce Too Expensive, So Couple Who "Can't Get Along" Will Stay Married After being sent from the mar riage license bureau to the pro thonotary's office to get more infor mation about a divorce, a colored couple, man and wife, found the le gal procedure necessary to separate them forever, was entirely too ex pensive. Thev explained in the pro thonotary's office that they could "not get along nohow," and wanted to be separated. After they were told to consult a lawyer and the course of action wo.s explained the question of costs attracted the at tention of Friend Husband. When told what the charges would be and upon - hearing his wife declare sh> wouldn't pay "a blamed cent of it," he finally took her by the arm and left, saying he would think it over. Several attorneys were in the office at the time. The colored man prom ised to call on one of them to-day, but at a late hour the lawyer said he hadn't seen his "new client." Business to Stop at Noon on Liberty Day Virtually every store, barber shop and buslnessplace of the city sviU close to-morrow afternoon in qbservance of Liberty Day. This time is to be used iu boosting the Third Liberty Loan. The ac tion of storekeepers is io har mony with the proclamations of President Woodrow Wilson, Gov ernor Martin G. Brurrbuugh and Mayor Daniel L Kei.uei". asking that merchants and businessmen close their places of business at 1 o'clock to-morrow. The post office and Hill and M'jciay sta tions will close and the 4 o'clock delivery will be omitted. There will be a "walkaroun-i" of Liberty lx>an workers to-morrow if the city goes over the top. , 1 While you save for Liberty Bonds teach the youngsters war savings. Nickel Begins the Job OMI.Y liVUM.M,' ASDIM.IA I'UU I'UUSb NEWSPA I*lsll IN IIAItItISHIHUS ONECOMPANY OF ! MARINES LOSES HALF IN BATTLE American Unit Nearly Wiped j Out by Fire of Huns KILL FEW INFANTRYMEN i Less J luin Dozen Dead in j Fight Germans Claimed as "Victory" By Associated Press Washington, April 25. The number or Americans killed in the German attack of April 20 iK'ar Solcheprcy was less than a dozen and the nuinl>er of Injured was about twenty. These figures made known to-day appeared to give support to the (ierman elaim that 183 Americans were captured since i t previously had been admitted that the Amer ican casualty wits around 200. Washington, April 25. Marines fighting- in France have lind a total of 274 casualties, marine corps head quarters announced to-day. The casualties were divided as follows: Officers, wounded, 4; enlisted men killed. 34; and enlisted men wound ed, 236. One company lost twenty-one men killed and 140 wounded out of a total strength of 230 men. This was the first official an nouncement that the marines are taking an active part in the fighting. The marines were among the first soldiers to go to France but it had been understood they were being used for police purposes back of the fighting line. Bombardment of Paris Resumed by Germans Pur!*, April 25.—The long-range bombardment- of Paris was resumed this morning. I.onrion, April 25.—1t is reported that a well-placed French shell has destroyed the entire crew of gun ners manipulating tile long-range gun which has been firing on Paris. * .2, * z m T 4 T . ?■ *i* T' 4 •II ; 4 T 5a j X 4r i j-J*' QUARTERMASTERS T T 5 X 1 *■> I* '. T £ 4 1.3* * I JL *2a 4 : 4 li • **• T PREPARING. TO START THE WORK WITHIN A' . ■ 5 A WORKING FORCE.AS LARGE A'-- .H J THAT AT MIDDT.LTOWN WILL BE REQUIRE * J AND IT-IS UNDERSTOOD THAT ALL C J J BUILDINGS WILL BE OF PERMANENT CON- $M ™ |J !t v 5 X CHARGE OF THIS WORK,'THE WAR DEPART: 99 T £ r ■ £ : | <s* 2 f T 1 *£ T BRITISH AMMUNITION LOSS IS HEAVY 14 ; IX + X between 4,000 and 5,000 machine guns and the total man- .MH i ®z* JL I HN ufacture of ammunition of between one and three weeks ■JL J X, since the present battle in France began, Winston 5* I X 'W;jJ ▼ Spenrer Churchill, minister of munitions, told the House 14* *|* : *f* " ' s ? £Mi x| I I ' J WILLARD SKEPTICAL AS TO BOUT ; !SM T 'VP' *£• 4* skeptical regarding his proposed title bout with Fa\', Ful- J : M X ton, the Minnesota heavyweight. ;On bis retar: *T .'3 T* day Willard said: "The difficulty encountercd by Colonel ,y ~ fc Miller in arranging for the bout at Minneapolis makefc > X it look as though I won't gtt a chance Fulton *f* j after II." *£ I' r ? ± MARRIAGE LICENSES ? 4* Hurry .\. Kitxmlllrr inl Mnrthn J. tllllrr, KllubrlkvUlri Sam •mcl Denser, Umo)K, ond ttvandn lerllia I roulmnn,' llurrla- £. * • . . 'M HOME EDITION BIG AMERICAN LINER OVERTURNS IN HOME PORT Military Authorities Take Charge of Situation and Begin Investigation SIX WORKMEN DROWNED Ship Was Long in Transatlan tic Service and Did Much War Work By Associated Press An Atlantic Port. April 12.—The American Line steamship St. Paul overturned while being warped around her pier here to-day after; coming from a nearby dry dock. It is believed all persons on board, be tween 500 and 600 workmen, es caped, but as the vessel lies two thirds submerged, with her bow on the bottom and her stern high in the air, the military authorities were unwilling to announce that no one perished. It was considered possi- I ble that some of the men might have been caught in the interior of the ship and drowned. The St. Paul was one of the crack; steamships of the American Line, registering 11.020 tons gross. Kor 1 many years she has been in trans j Atlanti • service and during the war I has taken to Europe and brought I back as passengers many noted per sons. Whether the St. Paul's seacocks were left open or whether the bal [Continued on Page 10.] America's Consul at Helsingfors Heard From, Wires of Terrible Past By Associated Press i Stoi-kliolni, April 25.—With the re ; establishment of telegraphic coin i munication between Helsingfors and ! Stockholm, after a fortnight's sus j pension, American Consul Haynes at i Helsingfors has sent the following message to the American legation here: "The past has been terrible. Tho present is bearable. The future is uncertain."
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