* "jrr ' ft. • ™ ¥ TTT* t' mm Germans Strive Fiercely to Widen Gains on Marne and Southwest of Rheims; Combats Are Violent ' HARHISBURG lfll§i|l TELEGRAPH ■ M\ (£he Star- In&cpcnitent r / LXXXVII— No. 157 14 PAGES FOCH STRIKES HUNS YANKEES FIGHT SIDE BY SIDE WITH FRENCH; 112 TH INFANTRY MOVED TO BATTLE LINE AMERICANS GO "OVER THE TOP" IN HIGH SPIRITS The Yankees Fight Brilliantly With Petain's Men in Great New Offensive ATTACK GREAT SURPRISE Success Marks Opening Chap ter of Battle Planned by Supreme Commander By .Isseciatfd Press With the American Army in France, July IS. —Amer- ican troops went over the top with cheer this morn ing in the launching of the allied surprise attack on the front northwest of Chateau Thierry. The enemy was taken completely by surprise all along the line. The American troops were brought up in the night, together with their French comrades of crack units, and lay in their posi tions until 5 o'clock this morning. At that hour the American and French artil lery opened fire. 1 he Americans advanced behind a terrific barrage to their first objectives in lfss than half an hour. While they were digging in, more Americans, in most cases, passed over the first objec tives and then advanced be hind the resumed barrage to the second objectives, which speedily were taken, especially at the north end of the attack, opposite the Paris-Soissons road. Without Warning Numerous tanks partici pated in the offensive. Ihe American infantry went into the attack with out previous artillery prep aration. In their advance behind the rolling barrage they captured many guns, machine guns, equipment and material. The Germans in most places offered feeble resist [Continned on Page 2.] Girl of Fourteen Gets a License to Marry One of the youngest girls to set a marriage license in Dauphin coun [> in months applied yesterdav. She is Mabel May Hollerbush, aged 14 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob E' Hollerbush, Dover, R. F D She will marry Wilbur H. Bentzel.' 22 of Shippensburg. Her father save 'his consent to the marriage. A brother -•0 years of age. took out a marriage license July 1. s I,THE WEATHER] For HarrUhtire and vicinity: Fair to-night: Friday partly cloudy; not much chance In tempera tare. For Knatcrn Pcnnaylvanla: Fair to-night: Friday partly cloud;: little dinner In temperature; gentle shifting wind*. River The unnfhnnnn river la falling. A atage of 3.7 feet la Indicated for Harrlabnrg Friday morn ing. Temperature: S a. m., 84. San: Rlaea, 5:44 a. m.;.*eta. *.lB p. m. Moon: Fall moon, July 2.1. River Stage: 8 a. m., 3:18 feet above law-water mark. Yeaterday'a Weather Highest temperature. 70. I.oweat temperature. HD. Mean tempernture. 74. >ormal temperature, 75. CIVIC Ctlß FLY CONTEST Clvle Club Fly Swatting t'oateat clone* .laly 31, 8 a. m. to 13 noon. Five eeata a plat for all Ilea. FrUag 3D Awarded. Another Great German Discovery r 7\-q,, z ■ ! UW , /', I )/ CITY PATROLMAN IS ARRESTED ON WOMANSCHARGE John S. Dye Taken Off Beat on Warrant Sworn to by Sister-in-Law John S. Dye. patrolman on the | city police force, is in the Dauphin : county jail on a serious charge pre j {®rred by his sister-in-law, Mrs. Harrison Brown, 1182 Christian , street. He was called to the police i station while on his beat this morn ins. and the warrant was served by I County Detective James T. Walters and Constable William L. Windsor, Jr., in Chief of Police Wetzel's of fice. Dye was appointed to the police force by Mayor Keister several months ago after he had passed the civil service examinations with high marks. It is charged by Mrs. Brown that Dye entered her home while he was on duty, and attempted to commit a serious crime. She made out infor mation to that effect before Alder- J man Nicholas, who will hold the preliminary hearing to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. Patrolman Dye told Chief of Po lice Wetzel this morning that he called on Mrs. Brown yesterday morning to inform her that he and his wife would call in the evening. He declared that she invited him in the house to drink a glass of root beer, and that he remained but a few minutes. The serving of the warrant to-day was a surprise to him, he declared. Bretz Files Petition in Voluntary Bankruptcy A petition in voluntary bank ruptcy for Harry M. Bretz, attorney, charged with embezzlement by a client, was filed by his counsel. It was sent late last night to the clerk of the United States District Court at Scranton. No statement of assets has been prepared, it was announced. Later the case will be handled by John T. Oltnsted, referee in bank ruptcy ir. Dauphin county. The agreement to go into voluntary bank ruptcy was reached after a confer ence between attorneys for Bretz's creditors and his counsel. SINGI.K COPY a CENTS DISEASE AND CRIME RESULT OF C H ILDRE NSU Inspection Party Finds Con ditions Frightful in Many Parts of the City; Slums Encroaching Upon What Have Been Good Neighbor hoods; People Cannot Help Themselves THE devastated regions of Belgium offer no worse housing conditions than some to be found right here in Harrisburg. This is the absolute truth. The doubter need step no "farther than a half-square from the heart of Harrisburg to prove it. This is not written for the sake of a newspaper sensation, nor to give Harrisburg a "black eye," for [Continued on Page 12.] Enemy Driven From South Bank of Marne by Yanks, General Pershing Reports By Associated Press Washington, July 18. General Pershing's communique for yef.er day reports that in the American sector on the Marne the enemy has been entirely driven from the south bank. The dispatch follows: "Section A—ln the Marne sector cur troops have entirely possession of the south bank of the, river. Northwest of Chateau Thier ry the enemy yesterday repeated his attempts of the preceding day to penetrate our lines near Vaux. His attack was completely broken up by our Infantry and artillery Are before reaching our lines. "Yesterday, in the region of Thiaucourt, a hostile airplane was •hot down by one of our aviators." HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1918. [Welfare Committee Demands That City Authorities Do Something to Aid Them in Care of Children; Impos sible to Save Babies Under Present Conditions; Fox Offers Aid of Department CHAMBER ASKS FEDERAL HELP ANDREW S. PATTERSON, president, and Warren R. Jackson, secretary of the Harrisburg Chamber of Com merce, returned this morning from Washington, where they were in conference yesterday with j officials of the Bureau of Halting with regard to securing Govern ment aid for relieving the hous ing shortage in Harrisburg. Specific information was se cured as to the Government re quirements and the Chamber of < ommeree will proceed at once to furnish the Housing Bureau with the data necessary in order to obtain consideration by the Government of the housing need of Harrisburg. The Child Welfare Committee of the Woman's Division of the Nation al Council of Safety and Defense, has appealed to the city authorities to improve housing conditions in Harrisburg. "We found it impossible to do | much for the improvement of child j life in Harrisburg until the awful ; conditions surrounding many of the | homes are corrected," said Mrs. I Frederick E. Downes, chairman of I the committee to-dav. "We have | asked fllty Solicitor John E. Fox, to notify the offending owners of prop erties to put them Into sanitary condition. If they do not we have determined to publish the names of the landlords who maintain un [Continued on Page B.] FRENCH LAUNCH GREATEST ALLIED STROKE OF YEAR Poilus Take Prisoners in the Opening Stages of Heavy Offensive Movement MAKE BAPID PBOGRESS Petain's Veterans Penetrate j Lines to Depth of Two Miles at Some Points London, July 18.—Thej i French have gained from | two to four miles every where on the 25-mile front jof their offensive to-day be tween the Aisne and the | I Marne. according to re-; I ports reaching London this' j afternoon. i Reports received in Lon- : ! don showed the situation iup to noon all along the 1 j line of the attack begun by! j the French this morning to i be excellent. i The attack is the biggest offensive move made this year by the allies The French have cap tured several thousand pris oners and about twenty guns. The French move this morn | ing appeared to have been a I surprise to the Germans. The | manner in which this surprise i was accomplished may best be judged from the map, which shows a great area of forest cov. ering the ground behind the French lines. Under cover of these forests General Foch has been preparing, for some time for the present move. The Supreme Moment "This is the moment Foch has been looking for," said a mili i tarv authority here to-day, "and ! if all goes well his splendidly executed counterattack should bring the whole German offen [Contiiwed on Page 12.] Russell Brightbill, of Heckton Mills, Severely Injured on Battle Front - i RUSSELL BRIGHTBILL Russell Brightbill, of Heckton Mills, mentioned in to-day's casualty lists, as severely injured, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Brightbill. Employed as a watchman at a Penn- : sylvania railroad crossing at Dau- ' phin, he enlisted shortly after the declaration of war. Brightbill. who Is 21 years old, is serving with the Machine Gun Battalion of the Xinth ' Regular Infantry. Xo details as to the severity of 1 Brlghtbill's injuries are known by " his parents. The tirst intimation that he had been injured was furnished to them by a letter from the son himself, no notice having as yet been received from the War Department. Previous to the letter announcing his injuries, his parents had not heard from Russell for twelve weeks. William, another son of Mr. and Mrs. Brightbill, is In the army. He is attached to the Second Cavalry. Keystone Division Now Is Taking Part in Fighting With A id of French A rmy Members of the Old National ! Guard Brigaded With Pe-j tain's Poilus Already Mak- j ing Names For Themselves { on Battle Lines Where the j Huns Arc Attacking HARRISBURG BOYS CITED j FOR BRAVERY IN ACTION j Unofficial Dispatches Indi-! cate Scores of Harrisburg Lads Are Bearing Up Mag- j nificently Under Fire; Arc 1 Praised by French Officers; Who Arc in Command Pennsylvania National Guard | units have entered the battle linef in France. Brigaded with the French j armies members of the Keystone • division which trained for the I grim business of war at Camp j Hancock have gotten their first taste of fighting and already Harrisburg youths have been mentioned in cable dispatches from the front as having "distinguished themselves." Brigade With French i Official word of the part of old guard units are playing in the big battle still are withheld by the War Department, but it is understood that the Pennsylvania boys are with the French units for a final bit of training before taking their places under their own commanders in the recently organized Second Army Corps. There are 28,000 men in the division of which Harrisburg has given approximately 700 of its best young blood. The name of Daniel H. Werner, son of Mrs. Emma Werner, 17 North Seventeenth street, is mentioned as being one of those whose bravery ] under tire was marked. He is a j member of Company I, 112 th In-' fantry, in which scores of other Har- I risburg boys are members. Werner j was a member of the old Eighth j Regiment, X." G. P., when that or ganization marched from Harrisburg | to entrain for the southern training camp. Details Meager Details of the fighting are meager but mention of a dozen brave Penn sylvanians Is contained to-day in a copyrighted cablegram from the front in Krance to the Philadelphia Public Ledger. It appears that mem bers of the Keystone division now j are brigaded with at least tw j i French di/ision in different battle' sectors where the Huns now are at tacking. The dispatch also men tions that members of this same divisioft had troops with the French ten days ago when the latter at tacked and captured half of Hill 204 near Vaux and dominating Chateau Thierry. * French Officers Pleased According to the Public Ledger's correspondent "French high officers" in commenting on the valor of American troops in the sectors in which the Keystones were brigaded have said: "The tighting of the Americans en gaged is worthy of all praise. By their ability not only on the de fensive, but in immediate and vig orous counterattacks they have made a great impression on their allies. On the other hand, prisoners are frank to admit the power of America's new army, as shown in recent combats." Proud of Her Son When a Telegraph reporter to day showed the dispatch to Mia. Werner in which her son was cited she expressed her satisfaction. '•I knew he would do it," she said, and her eyes became moist as she proudly told of the young soldier s life here. A Fighting Brother Another son, Gilbert D. Werner, enlisted several months ago, al though he was but fifteen years old. He appropriated a pair of his brother's trousers and passed as be ing much older than he really Is. He was stationed at camp and his mother brought birth certificates and the family Bible record to camp Just two days before the contingent sailed, in order to have him released. "I thought Gilbert was too young to fight," she explained. Other Pennsyivanians who dis tinguished themselves are mentioned in the dispatch. Among them iare: Privates Samuel Scritchfield, Johns r EVERY POSTMAN' j IS A WALKING j W. S. S. STATION tLW 250 Starts a Card j ONI.Y EVENING ASSOCIATED I'HIOSS NEWSPAPER IN HAHItISBUItU DANIEL H. WERNER Unofficially Cited For Bravery While Fighting With 112 th Regiment town; Samuel Strauss, Franklin; John Girziel, Scranton; George Shuster. I'ottsville; Carl Bullock, Hoesdale, and Harry Meenen, 1807 Tostin street, Pittsburgh. 1 *& 4* K 14 V 4 1 T FRENCH TAKE ROIS WOOD A *§ iiT r 4* ! 4* * ' |4 LONDON—NORTH OF THE MARNE THE X ! X FRENCH HAVE REGAINED THE WHOLE OF T , Y IMP |F JHE ROIS WOOD AND THE VILLAGE OF VEN- G* IX TEUIL. NEWS FROM THE OTHER SECTIONS OF £ X THE FRONT WAS GOOD TO-DAY. THE GER- J J MANS HAVE NOWHERE MADE ANY PROGRESS £ XAND SEVERAL OF THEIR ATTACKS HAVE T i T BEEN BBOKEN UP WITH HEAVY LOSSES. WEST m or k being taught where they T |j ..-re. i : < an- th ,:!•- i iishing blow possibly has beeri $ 4* • - ic.'. ito hin dying offensive. a <4* JT. Torcy nd Givry and the Givry wood were taken by jTx X X the Americans" in th .r advance, . £ X 4* t MARRIAGE LICENSES t Milton J. Munderoon and \ IIIIIMIII >l. Soudrr. NEWPORT! Italph C. J" T Frant*. I.niicantrr, nn. Anun II Stoll, llnrrUlH.ru; WHlmr H. Hent- *F" **•!, *HL|>prnhurtc, and Mabel M. Hollrrbuxh, Dover. R. K. I„ ,\o. SI &. Albert K. Crown and Mleai.or Mr. Hliam. Harrlshurg. T .fr.fr.fr.fr .fr .ffrifr 'HHH' HOME EDITION GERMAN LOSSES 60,000 IN MARNE BATTLE POCKET Unable to Widen or Deepen Pocket South of Marne; 40 Divisions Engaged SCORE MORE SUPPORTING French Premier Clemenccau, Back From Front, Well Pleased With Situation By Associated Press Paris. July 18.—In the pocket which the Germans have created south of the Marne, their losses ac cording to conservative estimates, reached 60,000 In the first two days lighting, the Matin declares to-day. Treating of the situation in this sec tor of the front the Echo De Paris says: "Because of the counterattacks de livered by the army of General De gontte and our American allies the Germans were unable appreciably to widen or deepen th pocket." According to the same newspaper, •10 German divisions have been fully engaged while twenty support divi sions were obliged to take more or less part in the fighting. Premier Clemenceau returned last evening from a visit to the front; expressing himself very well satis fied with the situation.