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FRENCH ARMY CHECKS ADVANCE OF
HUNS BY FIERCE COUNTERATTACKS;
AMERICAN LINE REPULSES ASS A ULT
POILUS HURL BACK
ENEMY BY STRIKING
HEAVY FLANK BLOW
Germans Hurled Buck Across
Matz River, Where They
Held Formidable Positions
.
For a Short Time
YANKEE FIRE TOO MUCH
FOR ATTACKING ENEMY I
French Withdraw Slowly Be
fore Center of Enemy At
tack Where Slowness of
Movement Worries Kaiser
i
By Associated Press
German forces which succeeded in
crossing the Matz river to the west
of the Oise, on the battle front south
of Noyon, held their positions there
for but a brief period. French troops,
counterattacking the enemy, have
hurled him back to the north bank |
of the river and checked his advance !
toward Compiegne.
The news from the scene of the
tremendous struggle, as told in of
ficial statements, shows that on the
field west of the Oise the Germans
have come to a halt, for the present
at least.
Huns in Bail Place
The enemy has not renewed his
attacks on the line from Courcelles
to Antheuil, where on Tuesday a j
brilliant counterattack of the French |
swept the invaders back and re-es- j
tablished the French lines on* the
plateau overlooking the center of the !
German position. This position is [
most embarrassing to the Germans j
lor it places many of their most iru- j
portant lines of communication un- j
•ler the direct lire of the French ar- j
tillery.
Further east, the Germans, simi
larly. have not continued their ad- j
vance toward the Aronde river.
Cheering News
The crossing of the Matz river by j
the Germans on Tuesday night con- j
stituted a very serious threat to j
Compiegne. It also tended to weakeu i
the French positions on the east|
side of the Oise river. The French j
success in driving the enemy back J
across the Matz. therefore, is cheer- ;
ing news for the allies. The French j
are now strongly posted on the south
bank of the "Matz.
East of the Oise the French have [
withdrawn their lines south of the,
Ourscamp and Carlepont forests, but I
are protecting the Laigue forest |
along a line which is very strong.)
This change in the line is expected!
since the Germans occupied Ribe-1
court on the west bank of the Oise. j
Hun Progress slow
The attack on the front southwest
of Soissons is making ground, but j
the progress is apparently too slow
for the Germans to realize their plan j
to cut in behind Compiegne forest:
and outflank the French positions
further north. In the fighting so far \
the Germans have made less than a!
mile along affront about th<-ee miles'
long from smith of Ambleny to St. j
Pierre-Aigle.
The Germans realize, evidently,
the danger to them in the -Chateau -
Thierry sector, near the Marne and j
have made a violent attack against i
the line held by the American tioopsj
northwest of that city. The Ameri
cans have held their ground and,
have repulsed the enemy with heavy j
losses.
In the Flanders salient the British ,
and French have been active. The j
former have Improved their posi-;
tions near Merris, on the western
angle of the battleline there, while
the French have extended their lines |
near Ypres.
Marines Take 400 Huns
in Clearing Out Woods;
Pleased Over Capture!
J
By Associated Press
Willi the American Army in
France, Wednesday, June 12.—Thaj
excellence of the American artillery j
fire was largely responsible for the
capture by American marines of ap
proximately 400 prisoners in the'
fighting which resulted in the clear- j
THE WEATHER
For Harrisburic and vicinity! Fair
to-nlKht nd Frldny ; ullgkiljr
roolrr with lowfut temperature
about S3 degrees.
For Eastern I'enmylvania: Fair
l*-niKbl aid Friday; slightly
rooler to-BlKbli diminishing
oortkneU winds.
General Conditions
The atorm that naa central over
the St. I.awrenee Valley. \Yed
neaday, eauaed slight ahonen
Wednesday n lonic and near the
Atlantic eoaat. There has been
n general fall of 2 to XI decrees
In temperature over nearly all
the eaatern half of the country.
Temperature! H a. ra.. 6S.
sunt Rlaea, 3i34l a. m.| aets, 8i24
p. m.
Moon: Flmt quarter. June 16. i
River KtaKC! 4. feet above low
mater murk.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, H4.
I.owest temperature. M.
Mean temperature, 74.
formal temperature, 7®.
PRESIDENT OF
FRANCE WIRES
PRAISE OF YANKS
By Associated Press
I*aris, June 13.—0n the annl- j
versary of the arrival in France
of the first American troops.
President Poincare has tele
, graphed to President Wilson an
expression of the admiration of
Trance for the magnificent effort
put forth by America and felici
tations over the conduct of the
troops who are commencing to 1
give on the field of battle exam
ples of their gallantry and bravery.
ing out of the Belleau wood, north
west of Chateau Thierry. The Ger
mans. who had been told to avoid
capture because the Americans
would torture them, started to run
after the American machine gunners
had made the wood untenable, but
the artillery barrage was so perfect
that the Germans were cut oft from
escape.
Among the prisoners were six of
ficers a major, a captain and four
lieutenants. All were poorly clad,
and some had pieces of bread tied
to their uniforms with string. The
prisoners said they were glad to be
captured and several expressed a
desire to go to the United States
after the war to live.
V. S. Has Many Prisoners
All of Germany's plans, they add
ed. called for ending the war next
fall. The prisoner were told, they
said, that the Americans had many
negroes opposing them.
The scarcity of officers in the Ger
man army is shown by the fact that
one of the prisoners, a first sergeant,
commanded a company. lie said
thin was a common thing now. All
the prisoners expressed admiration
for Ihe fighting qualltiafc of the
Americans. # .
The barn in which the prisoners
were confined to-day in the rear
of the American lines held more
prisoners of war than the United
States has had in one building ut
any time in more than fifty years.
Comparative quiet prevailed along
the Marne sector to-day.
French Troops Hurl
Enemy Back to North
Bank of Matz River
By Associated Press
Paris. June 13. French troops
last night struck a heavy blow (
against the German forces which
have been advancing on the east-1
ern wing of the new front of attack. |
The war office announced to-day that
the French had hurled back the en- j
emy to the north bank of the Matz!
river.
Violent combats continue between
the Aisne river and the Villers-Cot
terets forest. The Germans have pro
gressed so far as the ravine east of
Laberslne, north of Cutry.
The Germans last night made a
violent attack on the American sec
tor between Bouresches and Belleau
wood, on the Marne front. The
defenders, as the Germans could
inflicted serious losses on the enemy,
holding the gains which they had
made.
After violent fighting the enemy
has obtained a foothold in Coeuvres
and St. Pierre-Haigle.
German Ruse and Force
Fail Before Determined
French For Courcelles
Bv Associated Press
With the French Arm> in France,
Wednesday, June 12. The defense
of Courcelles, on the left wing of the
| battle front, by the French against
attacks repeated day and night fronj
June 9 to June 11 makes a wonderful
story of heroism. The village, which
is most important, owing to its com
manding position, was for forty-eight
hours almost surrounded by the en
emy, but the French held on and
when a favorable opportunity came
sortied and counterattacked, repuls
ing the Germans from the vicinity.
The Germans tried every possible
ruse as well as force to take the vil
lage. The growing crops. on the
fertile land in the vicinity were a
source of considerable trouble to the
dtfenders, as the Germans could
creep through them until they reach
ed the edge of the village. The en
emy also covered their helmets with
clumps of grasß and weeds and
crawled slowly forward. They could
not, however, shake the determina
tion of the French to retain pos
session of the village.
The spirit of the offensive was so
high among the allied troops that
they continued their advance on the
left to-day, despite the fatigues they
had undergone since the beginning
of the week. Another batch of sev
eral hundred German prisoners was
brought In together with numerous
machine guns.
THIS CITY WASTES
TOO MANY NICKELS
Save one in five for
War Stamps
IlltoUi COPY
'2 CEXTS
Making Us a New Jig-Saw Puzzle
s THIS ONE IS 50 MUCH |
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CITY ASKED TO
PLACE ITSELF
ON BEEF RATION
Moderate Use of Pork Urged
at Home to Aid Sol
diers Abroad
An individual beef allowance of one
and a fourth pounds of clear beef,
or one and a half pounds, including
the bones, per week, is' the restric
tion the Federal Food Administra
tion has asked householders to place
upon their meat purchases until Sep
tember 15, according to word received
here to-day by Donald McCormick,
local food administrator, who asked
residents of the city to follow the
new rules.
• Hotels and restaurants are re
quested not to serve boiled beef more
than two meals weekly, beefsteak
more than one mea! weekly and roast
beef more than one meal weekly. ,
The limited ration of beef is nec
essary in order to supply the needs
of the American and Allies armies
and the civil populations of France,
Italy, Great Britain and the Amyr
tcan people. Ix>cal householders are
urged by the food administrator not
to exceed the beef limitations "un
der any circumstances."
Pork In a SubxtHute
Pork is the substitute to be used
in place of beef. the surplus
of beef i not sufficient to supply the
demand for the armies of the Allies
and America, there is enough of an
increase in the supply of pork to
permit an economical increase In its
use. Householders, therefore, can
serve the food administration by be
ginning an increased use of fresh
pork, bacon, ham and sausage in
place of beef products.
Changing conditions of production
from season to season, changing sit
uations in shipping and the increas
ing demands of the growing United
"States Army, with the fluctuating
supply of local beef in France, are
given as reasons making it impos
sible for the food administration to
determine any beef policy for long
periods in advance. The policy an
nounced to-day will hold until the
middle of September.
YANKEES RAID TRENCHES
By Associated Press
Washington, June 13. —A continu
ation of General Pershlngs com
munique of yesterday received to
day, reports a raid on German
trenches Sunday by an American pa
trol in which three Germans were
killed. The Americans returned
without casualties.
HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 13, 1918.
EVERY CITIZEN
ASKED TO HUNT
DOWN SLACKERS
Local Boards Get Ready to
List Men For Army Who
Are "Non-Producers"
MEN WHO MUST
GET NEW JOBS
(a) Persons engaged in the
serving of .food and drink or
either in public places, including
hotels and social clubs.
(b) Passenger elevator opera
tors and attendants, and door
men. footmen, carriage openers
and other attendants in clubs,
hotels, stores, apartment houses,
office buildings and bathhouses.
(c) Persons, including ushers
and other attendants engaged in
and in connection with games,
sports and amusements, excepting
actual performers In legitimate
concerts, operas or theatrical per
formances.
(d) Persons employed In do
mestic service.
(e) Sales clerks and other
clerks employed in stores and
other mercantile establishments.
Local draft boards to-day were
getting ready to go over the ques
tionnaires of every registered man
to determine under the now pressing
needs of the Army whether the reg
istrant ought to be in the Army or
at home. The activity is based upon
the receipt last night of the already
famous order of "get a man's Job or
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Industrial Home Must Be
Rebuilt, Says State Dept.
It is not generally known that the
State Department of Labor and In
; dustry is Insisting upon the board of
managers of the Children's Indus
trial Home taking immediate steps
to overcome conditions which are re
garded by the state officials as ex
tremely serious. They declare that
the present building is one of the
worst on theiV list and more or less
of a firetrap. The managers are
much perturbed and are understood
to be earnestly considering the re
location of the Institution as soon as
possible.
LITTLE DANGER
! OF ICE FAMINE
1. IS SEEN HERE
Supply on Hand Sufficient if
No Unexpected Contin
gency Turns Up
j Harrisburg is in no danger of an
; immediate ice famine under present
j conditions, a survey of the situation
here showed to-dav. Economy in its
i use was said to be necessary, but
I Harrisburg is not as badly off as
j many larger municipalities,
j The weather was unusually warm
| early in the season, ice officials at
i the United Ice and Coal Company
! said to-day, and more than the usual
; supply ot natural ice has been sold.
' Two hundred and fifty tons of na
] tural ice 13 sold daily, and the out-
I put of the artificial plant, 105 tons
I daily, is consumed by the demand.
1 The last week has been cool and this
j Is said to have saved much ice.
! The only exigencies that will ere
-1 ate an lee shortage are unusual
; weather conditions, scarcity of cars
•and men to transport the natural ice
| from the ice houses to this city# or
! a breakdown on the part of the arti
ficial Ice plant machinery which
would cause the company to lose Its
present ammonia supply. One thou
sand pounds Is the amount of am
' monia the United Ice and Coal Com
oanv has on hand at the present
time, which js all In use. The gov
ernment has requested ice manu
facturers not to lay in a surplus of
j ammonia.
With Poor Starving the
Germans Battle on West
Front; Orphanage Horror
Qy Associated Press
Paris, Julie 13.—Germany, al-"
| though attacking on the western
front. Is starving. says the Echo de
| Paris. An article appearing in the
Berlin Arbelter Zeitung relates the
details of six children starving to
death in an orphanage at Zenefort.
Thurlngia. The orphanage was found
to havebeefl ransacked by its starving
| inmates and physicians who visited
the place found several of the chil
dren sheer skeletons.
Professor Franz E. Hein. widely
known economist, writing In the
Bayerischer Zpitung of Munich,
warns the Germans that Ihe coming
weeks will be harder than any that
have passed and professes to fore
see a general paralysis In the sup
-1 ply of wheat.
ARREST WITNESS
WHEN SHE LEAVES
COURTROOM NO. 1
Woman Called to Stand in
Defense of Another
oner Now in Jail
PREFER TWO CHARGES)
Accused of Unlawful Liquor
Sales and Having Dis
orderly House
Less than two hours after she had I
testified in defense of Harry J. Ken-1
nedy, charged with larceny as clerk 1
while in the employ of the American!
Express Company, Emma Eichel- |
berger, 1531 Wallace street, was ar-i
rested as she was leaving Courtroom
No. 1 and was committed to jail to]
await a hearing on charges of selling\
liquor without license and of con
ducting an alleged bawdy house. Ef
forts were bein& made this afternoon I
by friends it was said to furnish |
bail for her appearance at the hear-,
ing. .
The charges were made by" Coun-1
ty Detective James T. Walters, short
ly after several other witnesses on]
the defense told in court that they!
had purchased intoxicants at the
Eichelberger house and had seen a
number of girls there also. The
informations were made before Al
derman Charles Emmet Murray and
a few minutes later Detective Wal
ters bearing warrants for her arrest
returned to court just us the Eiehel-j
berger woman was leaving. She was!
immediately arrested and taken toi
jail. |
Kennedy was convicted of three
charges of larceny of money which
he had collected on C. O. D. deliver-!
ies. Judge C. V. Henry specially pre
siding. sentenced him to serve eight!
months in jail, the term dating from!
the time he was lirst imprisoned,,
three months ago. He stated when
he was called for sentence that he
was willing to enlist in the Army if
he would be accepted or become a|
[Continued on
Parade and Mass
Meeting This Evening
End Recruit Drive
Ajstreet parade followed by a mass
meeting in Market Square to-night,
will close the drive for
waged by the Harrisburg recruiting
station, 325 Market street, during'the
last week. The meeting to-night will
tic staged by the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows.
The street parade will begin at the
Odd Fellows' hall, Third and Cuni-
in time to terminate
in the Square at 8 o'clock, when the
meeting is scheduled to begin. All
Odd Fellows in the city have been
usked to be on hand carrying Ameri-1
can flags. The formation will be as
follows: Platoon of police, detail of
Ur. ( ted States Army recruiting psjrty
with allied flags, Municipal band,
Canton No. 14, of York; Patriarchs
Militant, I. O. O. F.; Canton Harris
burg No. 54, Patriarchs Militant, I.
; O. O. F., and the subordinate lodge
members. The Cantons will be in full
dress uniform. Frank B. Wicker
sham, Assistant District Attorney,
and the Rev. George N. Lauffer, of
Steelton, "will be the speakers.
The meetlrtg last evening was in
charge of the Veterans of Former
Wars. Philip S. Moyer, county so
licitor, outlined the work of the boys
under 21 in the Civil War, and told
of the havoc that would be wrought
if the Germans capture Paris.
Plans of the Teuton
Leaders Are Upset
In his review to-day of the situa
tion on the lighting front In France
the military expert of the New York
Timesj says:
"The best indication that the Ger
mans are having a much more dif
ficult time than' heretofore Is the
size of tho French counter efforts.
These blows have been delivered
with great strength In the very teeth
of the German attacks, and have
been twice successful. The first re
sulted in the recapture of Mery while
the second, made over a wide front,
hurled the Germans back from the
Aronde river and restored the orig
inal lines north of Be'loy and the
Gemlis wood. It is positively reas
suring to have this proof that the
French are present in such strength,
and that they not only feel sufficient
ly strong to hold the , Germans In
check, but to attack themselves. The
result of these reactions Is that the
Germans, held fast on both flanks,
are being forced either to halt their
advanef completely or to continue
on an ever-narrowing front, while
the French remain on both flanks at
the very base of the advance In great
; strength. It Is not a particularly
: pleasing alternative."
j Choirs Asked to Join in
Flag Day Celebration
The executive committee of the
community singing campaign lias
arranged for community singing at
the Elks' Klag Day celebration to
morrow evening in Reservoir Park.
All choirs of the city have been
asked to .loin in the celebration and
march with the Elks parude. These
choirs as a whole or individual
members have been requested to
meet at the Decevee Conservatory of
Music in Second street, near North,
at 7 o'clock. Chairs will be reserved
at the park for those unable to join
in the parade. The singing will start
£t 9 o'clock under tfie direction of
Abner W. Hartman, accompanied by
the Municipal Band.
CITY COMMITTBK To MKKT
A meeting of the city Republican
committee will be held next Monday
evening in courtroom No. 2 to reor
ganize, elect officers and arrange for
the fall campaign.
OSiI.Y KVKNING ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEWSPAI'GIt 1> II.VUUISBUHG
CAPITOL
TO BE FINEST
IN THE NA TION
Building of Great Viaduct at State Street One of First
Projects to Be Taken Up; Wonderful Program For
Development to Cover Course of Years and Provide a
Definite Scheme For Large Part of City
"We are going to make this the finest State park in the United
States. It is going to be done through the co-operation of your *
city, noted for its civic achievements, and the State Board of-
Public Grounds and Buildings, whose members have grasped the
idea of a great project and are giving it their enthusiastic support.
1 here will be the wide open door of the formal entrance to be
placed at Third and State streets; then the central garden or the
park proper and then the continuation of the park to State and
Twenty-first streets by means of a monumental viaduct in which
the commonwealth and municipality can join."
Arnold W. Brunner, world-famous
New York architect and creator of
Morningside Park in New York, the
civic center of Cleveland and the
State Capitol Park of Denver, thus
summed up what he is working out
as the way he plans to treat Capitol
Park, the park extension and the
new bridge which is essential to re
lieve the traffic conditions of the city
and to replace the present emer
gency. always out of repair structure
at State street and the Pennsylvania
Railroad.
Mr. Brunner came here yesterday
and after a. two-hour session with
Governor Brumbaugh. Auditor Gen
eral Sivdef and State Treasurer Kep
hart, constituting the State Board,
in which the members endorsed
everything he planned and went on
recoi\. in favor of the bridge, went
all ovar the city again with Super
intendent George A. Shreiner. He
visited the Hill and looked at the
project from a dozen angles and then
studied the river front and the whole
valley in which Harrisburg is sit
uated, closing the morning with a
I visit to the site of the Camp Curtin
s i
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s u dramatic And startling, fays the correspondent of the
Daily Mai! wffh the American forces In France, who say*,
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f H' details cannot be given in voicing the regrat amonj;
f 5 American troops that more trained Americans hav* not
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f • , fk
4 i from the seventh tier of the Tombs prison to Leonard
J street, escaped yesterday evening. -He had been .sen
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memorial, on which he gave som
advice.
•\ Wonderful Opportunity
When he returned from his tour
of the city, Mr. Brunner declared
that lie was more in love with the
project than over. "It is a wonder
ful opportunity and I am going to
make the best of it," said this design
er of civic arrangements and thinker
of embellishments which are inter
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ALLIES RETTEK THAN
HUNS IN GAS WARFARE
By Associated Press
Washington, June 13.—The allies
now excel the Germans in gas war
fare, Carl L. Alsberg, chief of the
bureau of chemistry, told the Sen
ate Agriculture Committee to-day.
They not only have more gas at their
disposal, he said, but in defensive
j warfare they have more improved
I gas masks.