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LXXXVII— No. 156 16 PAGES
HUNS SACRIFICE 100,000 TROOPS IN VAIN;
AMERICANS AND ALLIES STANDING FIRM
German Offensive Is Broken
Down to New Series of
Heavy Local Attacks
STUBBORN DEFENSIVE CAUSES
HUNS TO CHANGE TACTICS
Enemy Has Made Some Progress But
Has Failed to Win at Any
Important Point
By Associated Press
The German offensive is in its third day and, according to the
views of Entente observers, it no longer has the character of a
general attack. It already, they declare, has worked itself into a
series of comparatively local operations.
The success of at least one of these operations, however, would
amount to a considerable achievement for the Germans, however,
much it might fall short of their original designs.
Rheims Is Immediate Objective
What the German high command intended the offensive to be
cannot be surmised. It apparently encountered a defense that
was sufficiently stubborn to prevent the immediate achievement
of more important objectives, and the Germans have pursued
their usual tactics of making the most of local successes at various
points along the front.
Thus the offensive now appears largely to take on the aspect of
a turning movement against the Rheims salient.
Huns Make Some Progress
Reports from the battlefield show the Germans during the past
night made progress in two sectors of the front. South of the
Marne they attacked the positions on the heights commanding the
river crossings, taken by the French in their counter offensive on
Tuesday. The French reached the Bourdonnerie and Clos Milon
farms, north of St. Agnan and La Chapelle-Monthodon, but there
they encountered fresh enemy troops who appear to have again
forced them back. The battle is continuing on the slopes and in
the woods south of the heights.
Take Some High Ground
Further cast the Germans seem, to have made little or no
progress in their attempt to debouch from the Bouquigny wood
wood and through the village of Nesles. Nearer the Marne the
Germans apparently took some ground southwest of Venteuil,
near Monvoisin, but a counterattack by the French ejected them
from this locality.
Nor;h of the Maine the turning movement against Rheims
• becomes quite apparent. On Tuesday the Germans had been held
up at Chatillon and Rodemat wood. Since that time the Germans
have forged forward along the line further to the northeast toward
Rheims.
Violent Fighting Reported
Today's report tells of violent fighting in the Courton wood,
but does not tell of the result of the struggle there. The point
in this wood where the combat is taking place is not known, but
conceding that the enemy has reached the middle of this area of
forest land, lie has advanced about four and one-half miles from
,Fere-En-Tardenois, which was approximately the location of the
line on Sunday. Here and further west in Rodemat wood the
Germans are making the steadiest and most threatening gains,
pushing southeast toward Epernay, which liest south of Rheims!
Nearer Rheims the Germans have been repulsed at Vrigny and
no fighting is reported in the district immediately surrounding the
cathedral city.
Attack on French Fails
East of Rheims the Germans have attacked the new French
positions on the south side of the Ves 4 le, to which the French
retired on Tuesday. The French official statement reports the
attack was a failure.
From tihs point eastward there is no report of fighting, the
French official statement saying, iowever, that their lines have
been maintained intact throughout the region east of Rheims.
Unofficial reports from the battle area say the German losses
since Monday morning are estimated at 100,000. This slaughter,
if the report be accurate, is evidence of the ferocity of the fighting
and the mighty efforts being made by each of the contesting
armies.
Situation Is Satisfactory
Reports declare the situation is viewed as being satisfactory
by the allied commanders. There will, however, be an anxious
period until the German turning movement threatening to pinch
off the Rheims salient, is definitely stopped. An interesting feature
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The American
By Associated Press
Paris, July 17.—"We regret being
unable on this occasion to follow the
counsels of our masters, the French,
hut the American flag haa been
forced to retire. This is unendurable
and none of our soldiers understand
their not being asked to do whatever
is necessary to re-establish a situa
tion which is humiliating to us and
unacceptable to our country's honor.
We are going to counterattack."
This was a message sent by an
American general in command of
American forces south of the Marne
on Monday afternoon after the Ger
mans had succeeded in forcing the
Americans back towards Conde-en-
Brie. The French commander in
formed the American general that
the early German success could not
have uny great effect on the fate of
the battle; that it was understood
perfectly that after hard fighting the
Americans had slowly retired and
that it was not expected that they
immediately launch a counterattack.
He added that a counterattack could
be postponed without risk and it
might be better to give the Ameri
can troops an hour's rest.
immediately after the American
general sent the above message,
which is quoted by the correspon
dent of the Matin, the Americans
launched their counterattack and the
lost ground was soon recovered,
with an additional half mile taken
from the Germans for good meas
ure.
SINGLE COPY
•i CENTS
WORKERS FORCED
BY SCARCITY OF
HOUSES TO LIVE
IN MERE SHACKS
J. Horace McFarland Says
Harrisburg Slum Districts
Arc as Bad as Any He
Knows; Overcrowded Be
cause of Bapid Growth
EXPEBT ON HOUSING
OUTLINES BEMEDIES
New and Modern Code to Be
Strictly Enforced a Neces
sity; Zoning Would Be of
Great Assistance in Solving
the Problem Here
(This Is the third of a series of ar
ticles on Housing Conditions in Har
risburg. To-morrow a descriptive ac
count of Harrisburg slums, showing
Mr. McFarland's statements herewith
presented to be borne out bv the facts,
will appear).
Harrisburg has worse slums
than are to be found in many
larger cities.
That is the assertion of J. Horace
McFarland, head of the American
Civic Association, who has made a
painstaking study of housing condi
tions the country-over.
Mr. McFarland's review of the lo
cal situation as given in an interview
with a Telegraph representative to
day sums up in an admirable manner
the grave problem now confronting
the city and the means that must
be adopted to solve it.
Mr. McFarland has been urging
the consideration of housing prob
lems in Harrisburg ever since the be
ginning of the great Harrisburg im
provement movement in 1902. As
president of the American Civic As
sociation he has kept pace with the
war development of housing not only
in the United States, but in Great
Britain and in France.
When interviewed Mr. McFarland
said:
"Nothing more important has been
set before the people of Harrisburg
in the past ten years than the Tele
graph's Saturday statement as to the
sheer and definite necessity of atten-l
tion to housing if the progress of the
city is to be maintained.
"Few Harrisburgers realize, prob
ably, that we are at present, despite
our marvelous progress in parks,
playgrounds, paving, and River
Front, very much of a slum city. Wo
have ill-controlled and most unwhole
some districts in which are compell
ed to live by economic necessity
those whose efficiency is radically
decreased through the conditions
[Continued on I'orc 15.]
German Airdome Burned
by Mutinous Fighters in
Kaiser's Army; 12 Held
London, July 17.—The destruction
by fire of a new German airdrome,
with twenty-two airplanes, near
Nivelles. is attributed to the work
of German revolutionists in the
army, says an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Amsterdam to-day.
Nivelles is seventeen miles south of
Brussels.
Ten Belgians and two German
noncommissioned officers have been
arrested.
The day before the fire, adds the
dispatch, a secret meeting occurred
in a canteen at Nivelles where the
scheme for the destruction of the
airdrome was discussed.
Concert to Be Given in Park
by J. H. Troup Music House
The fiifth complimentary concert of
the season to Harrisburg music lov
ers will be rendered to-morrow even
in Reservoir Park by the Municipal
Band, Frank Blumensteln, conductor.
This concert Js given through the
courtesy of the J. H. Troup Music
House.
Part I —l, March "Premier," M. A.
Althouse; 2, Overture, "Zampa," F.
Herold; .1, Dances—Spanish No. 1,
Spanish No. 2, Spanish No. 3, M.
Moszkowski's; 4, selection, "Furs and
Frills," Silvio Hein; 6, (a) Patrol,
"American," F. W. Meachan; (b)
"Dance of the Hours," from La Glo
conda," A. PoncheiUi.
Part ll—"Rajah's Sunshine," M. A.
Althouse; 7, Selection, "Echoes from
the Metropolitan Opera House," Theo.
Mosses-Tobanl; 8, Overture No. 34,
"The Best Yet," M. Witmark; 9.
Waltz, "Venus Reigen," J. Gung'l; 10,
Grand Selection, "The Fighting Al
lies," introducing the National Airs
and the dates they entered the war:
Servia, July 28, 1914; Russia, August
| 1, 1914; France, August 3, 1914; Bel
gium, August 4, 1914; England, Au
gust 4. 1914; Italy, May 23, 1915; The
United States, April 6, 1917, M. L.
Lake.
ROO DIK DAILY TS PETROGRAD
lx>n<lon. July 17.—Some tlve hun
dred persons die of cholera daily In
l'etrograd, according to travelers ar
riving in Copenhagen, says a dis
patch from the Danish capital to
the Exchange Telegraph Company.
At Saratov thousands of persons are
suffering from the disease The
malady has spread to Finland.
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 17, 1918.
QUENTIN ROOSEVELT IS
SHOT DOWN IN BATTLE
A Son of Former President, Who Had Been Flying Over
American Lines, Reported Killed in Action With
Hun Aerial Squadron—Cousin Saw Fight
Which Sent Hero Hurtling to Earth
By Associated Press
Paris, July 17.—Lieut. Quen
tin Roosevelt, youngest son of
the former president, has been
killed in an air fight, the semi
official Havas News 'Agency
announces. His machine fell
into the enemy lines.
Philip Roosevelt, Quentin's cous
in, witnessed the air battle in the
vicinity of Chateau Thierry, in which
Quentin was engaged, and saw the
machine fall, but did not know un
til later that the airplane was that
of his cousin, Le Journal says to
day.
Huns Turn on Roosevelt
Lieutenant Roosevelt was last seen
in combat on Sunday morning with
two Inemy airplanes about ten miles
inside the German lines In the
Chateau Thierry sector. He started
out with a patrol of thirteen Amer
ican machines. They encountered
seven Germans and were chasing
them back when two of them turned
on Lieutenant Roosevelt.
Reports of the fight say the Ger
mans appeared to be shooting at the
lieutenant from the rear. The three
machines were close together. Then
SHIP BEARING
SPANISH ENVOY
IS TORPEDOED
Huns Take Advantage of No
tice Given Berlin by
Neutral Country
By Associated Press
Athens, Greece, July 17.—1t is
announced from a Spanish source
that a Spanish steamship on which
Minister Lopez de Vega was return
ing to Spain has been torpedoed by
a German submarine. The ship flew
the minister's flag.
The diplomat and his family haVe
been rescued.
The German government had been
notified of the minister's departure
a week in advance.
INDIAN SCHOOL
AT CARLISLE IS
GIVEN UP BY U.S.
Big Building of Famous Insti
tution to Be Used For
Wounded Soldiers
By Associated Press
Washington, July 17.—The Carlisle
Indian school has been permanently
abandoned and turned over to the
War Department for hospital pur
poses and for the rehabilitation and
re-education of sick and wounded
soldiers. Announcement to-day by
Secretary Lane that the plant, orig
inally an Army barracks, assigned to
the Interior Department until again
needed, has been returned back to
the War Department, was stated by
Cato Sells, Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, to mean that the famous
school would cease to exist and its
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NO MORE WILL TRUSTY RAZOR .
BE WIELDED
Barbers to Be Taken From Trains as Jobs Are Considered
As Nonessential to the Winning of the War
Ye Harrisburg travelers who have
great regard as to their facial dig
nity and who are especially opposed
to appear in public while looking at
the world "from ambush" may well
be in a stage bordering on hysterics
to-day. Kaiser Bill and his Hohen
zollern cohorts have been doomed
many times to perdition and numer
ous decidedly unpleasant localities
during the day.
it's this way: The Government
has become somewhat unfeeling as
to the welfare and happiness of
those travelers in Pullman cars. It
lias decreed that shaving In motion
is unnecessary and that all Pullman
barbers must find occupa
tions. And so the weeping and
gnashing of teeth in the ranks of
Harrisburg's male travelers to-day.
one of the machines was seen tumb
ling- through the clouds and a patrol
which went in search of Lieut.
Roosevelt returned without a trace
of him. He appeared to be fighting
up to the last moment.
One account of the combat says
the machine caught fire before it
began to fall.
London, July 17.—Lieut. Quentln
Roosevelt, Coronel Roosevelt's young
est son, who had been attached to
the American line forces on the
Marne front, was killed at Chateau
Thierry on July 14,*teays a dispatch
from Paris to the Exchange Tele
graph Company.
Lieut. Roosevelt, the dispatch says,
was returning from a patrol tight
when he was attacked by a German
squadron.
It was seen that Roosevelt sud
denly lost control of his machine,
probably having received a mortal
wound.
Oyster Bay Y... July 17.
"Quentin's mother and 1 am very
glad he got to the front and had the
chance to render some service to his
country and to show the stuff there
was in him before his fate befell
him."
This statement was issued by Col.
Theodore Roosevelt to-day " after
press dispatches had furnished con
firmation of earlier reports that his
son, Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt, had
been killed in an aerial battle in
France. '
CITY DETERMINED
TO PROSECUTE
YOUNG ROWDIES
Six Youths Arrested by Police
Charged With Start
ing Fight
Each of the six lioys arrested
last evening for rowdyism on
city playgrounds were fined $5
by Mayor Kclstcr in police court
tills afternoon.
Six boys, the oldest 17 years of
age, were arrested by city police
last night on charges of disorderly
practice because of a fight between
boy rowdies who have been annoy
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FRENCH TRAITOR,
DUVAL, DIES IN
VINCENNES WOOD
Director of Bonnet Rouge,
Germanophile Newspaper,
Shot in Early Hours
By Associated Press .
Paris, July 17.—M. Duvjil, director
of the Germanophile newspaper
Bonnet Rouge, was executed early
to-day for treasonable actions
against the government.
The execution was carried out
promptly at 5 o'clock in the Forest
of Vincennes. The condemned man
die dalmost instantaneously with the
command to fire.
The execution of M. Duval is the
second growing out of the German
propaganda of "Boloism", or "De
featism" in France. The first to face
the firing squad was 8010 Pasha.
Soon after his execution the trial of
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Henceforth when Harrisburg men
would a-traveling go they most ac
cept one of several other conditions.
Ihey must either condescend to
shave themselves, must get shaved
before they start or submit to the
torture of railroad station barbers.
That many intend to accept the first
condition was evidenced to-day by
I the unusually large sale of safety
j razors and safety razor blades by
I Harrisburg dealers.
The Pullman barber, much berat
ed and seldom praised, however was
regarded as an evil essential to the
peace and happiness of many a trav
eler. His A5-miie-an-hour shave oft
en enabled a traveling salesman to
arrive at his destination looking
fresh and youthful. But alas! it's
all ended.
YANKEE FLYERS
DESTROY 5 HUN
BATTLE PLANES
AND A BALLOON
American Birdmen Have Busy
Time Back of German Lines
Where New York Gets Two
Machines in One Flight;
Others Mentioned
ALLIES RAID GERMAN
CITY BACK OF LINES
Big Munitions Plants Dam
aged by Bombs Dropped
From Air in Retaliation For
Raids Over French and
British Cities
* By Associated Press
With the American Forces in
France, July 17.—Five German air
planes and one balloon were destroy
ed by American aviators in the light
ing over Dormans, on the River
Marne.
Zenos Miller, of Wooster, Ohio,
brought down a balloon and fought
off three Fokker machines. Charles
Porter, of New Roehelle, N. Y.,
knocked down a German whose ma
chine fell a thousand feet. Francis
Simmonds, of New York City,
brought down two German machines
in the same flight. Arthur Jones, of
Ha#wards, near San Francisco,
brought down one airplane, and
Ralph O'Neil, of Nogales, Ariz., de
stroyed a two-seater.
German Cities Raided
Amsterdam, July 17.—Thirty-three
air attacks were made during June
by the allies against German towns
and cities, according to a statement
issued at Berlin.
The report admits slight damage
was done to blast furnaces in the
Saar<bruecken region and at Lud
wigshafen, while the damage to
private houses is said not to be in
considerable. Thirty-four persons
have been killed and thirty-seven se
verely injured. Thirty-five others suf
fered slight wounds.
British Drop Bombs
Ijontlon. July 17. —British aviators
again have attacked Offenburg, near
Karlsruhe, and Thlonville, near Metz
says the official statement frGm the
air ministry issued last night. Good
bursts were observed at Offenburg
and a fire, followed by explosions,
was started at Thionville.
The official statement on aviation
to-day reads:
"Six hostile machines were
brought down by us yesterday. One
of our machines is missing. Over
four tons of bombs were dropped on
the Seclin railway station and on
hostile billets early to-day. All our
machine* returned."
35 AMERICANS ARE
RESCUED AT SEA
Ijondon, July 17. Thirty-fifive
Americans, constituting the crew jot
the former Great Lakes Steamer
George Eliot, have arrived in Lon
don. Their steamer foundered at
pea in a storm. They got r*vay in
the lifeboats and were rescued some
iime later by a warship and were
brought to London.
AMERICAN LEADERS
ARE DECORATED
London, July 17.—General John
J. Pershing has been awarded the
Grand Cross of the Order of the
Bath and General Tasker H. Bliss,
American representative at the Su
preme War Council, has been given
the Grand Cross of the Order of St.
Michael and St. George. This was
officially announced to-day.
DAUPHIN COUNTY'S
HARVEST TIME IS
ABOUT OVER
Are You Garnering in
THRIFT STAMPS
AST You can start Today
THE WEATHER]
For Harrlsburir nnd vlclnltyi
< loudy and somewhat pooler tn
nlßThti Thursday partly cloudy.
For Kaatern Pennsylvaniai Cloudy
nnd allghtly cooler to-nltrhti
Thursday partly cloudy.
Temperature 8 a. m., ttß.
Sum ltlses, 5,44 a. m.| net*. HMO
p. m.
Moon ■ Full moon, July 23.
Hlver Main 8 n. in. 3.0 feet
above low-water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Hlfcheat temperature, INI.
I.oweat temperature, (K.
Mean temperature, 70.
Xormal temperature, T5.
CIVIC CLUB FI,Y CONTEST
Clvle Club Fly Swattlnß Contest
cloaes July 31. U a. m. to la noon.
Five cents a pint for all fliea.
Prises to be awarded.
ONLY EVENINU ASSOCIATED HHESS
NEWSPAPER IN HAIIRISBURG
French Losses Very Small in
Resisting Greatest of
Hun Efforts in War
FIVE ATTACKS ARE REPULSED
ON THE CHAMPAGNE FRONT
Smashing Counter Attacks Bring
Poilus Within Easy Gunfire of
Pontoons Across Marne
By Associated Press
London, July 1/. —Casualties sustained by the German troops
in the offensive up to the present are estimated at 100,000, accord
ing to news received in London to-day from the battlefront in
France. *
The position for the allies at the present stage of the German
offensive in trance is said to be distinctly satisfactory in advices
received to-day. The French losses are stated to have been very
small. They have lost no gains, the reports declare.
French Deliver Smashing Counterattack
General von Kinem's army, which now has been definitely
engaged on the German left wing in the Champagne, yesterday
delivered live attacks between Suippe and Massigncs. All attacks
were repulsed with heavy losses.
French counterattacks have brought the German bridges over
the river Marne under the tire of the French artillery of "medium
caliber.
Crown Prince Advances
Forces of the German crown prince advanced another three
miles down the Marne vaPley yesterday. This makes a total pene
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j MRS. ANNA B. SNODGRASS DIES If*
* Harrisburg—Mrs. Anna B. Snodgrass, 82 years old, *
X widow of ths. Lite William T. Snodg: •>•. well known in §
J Mairi ;mrg, died late to-day at the home of her daughter, J
£ Mrs. Isaiah Reese, 1527 North Sixth street. Funeral ar- {
X £•
2 jTangements wll be announced later. X
X UUNS KILL 94 WAR PRISONERS ?
X
jj Pari:,—Ninety-four Germans were killed and seve, ty- £>
l*P four v.-ounded on the night of July 15-16 when five Ger- *
| *§
X man aviators bombed a prisoners camp in the region of A
Xi Troves. The atrial bombardment lasted one hour. Two jf*
4* -<f the canip guard were wounded. £■
X DEMOCRATIC STATE CHAIRMAN IN ARMY X
X I X'
iP Philadelphia—George McLean, of Wilkes Barre* re "r
p H
L cently elected chairman'of the State Democratic Com- a
Xiinittec over Henry C. Niles, of York, has been commit. ;
Jsioned a major in the Army. His appointment wijl ncccs- {*
■ • m
'sitate ' i ::vrg of another state chairman and this, JL
Xpo] "-ill reopen the fight between Eugene C
X t"!
VBonii'wci: :A. Miuhe! Palmer, national committeeman. |t
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T WOMEN TAKEN IN LABOR RIOT X
T E.ist Hampton, Mass.—Rioting by a crowd of Polish JQ
X women occurred this morning at the plant of the West X
T Boylcston Manufacturing Company when men employed
JL to take the [lace of the striking weavers went to work jl
X <md .!!•;:)n at noon. The police wttc unable to cope with wj
the disorder .. nd K. Company, 20tli Regiment State Guard, X
X Captain W. C. Tanner, was called out and charged the *jj
X crowd with fixed bayonets. One woman wa . hurt. Thirty- X
three women were arrested. * Tq
T HUN SINKS NORSE SAILER 21
An Atlantic Port—Word reached here to-day that the JJ
IX Norwegian sailing ship Marosa, 1,882, loaded with coal, JW
X had been sunk at sea by a German submarine and that
4 the crew, was landed at Canso, Nova Scotia, yesterday. *jn
j FOUR SOLDIERS CAUGHT IN EXPLOSION X
<l* Washington—Word was received here to day that Xj
X Private William T. Lusby, of Washington, was killed and vf
4 three other soldiers wounded at the tank training camp
Xat Gettysburg, Pa., yesterday by a premature explosion. X
t MARRIAGE
A* . •J 0 ' 1 ?. I , " kfr nell. Jr., Harrlßburit. imil Mary Janr nwd, !*MI- .
F Harry A. Noll, Seeltn. and KlUubeth A. Reed, len brook i "4*
®3* M. henowetli iind KHnn J. Bailey. HnrrUbursi John McK. £
i Gilbert and Margaret C. Snyder, Harrlaburir.
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