Al # ~ a i 4MMI-J. Americans Penetrate Hun Trenches and Take Prisoners; Foch Pressure Continues Against Soissons HARRISBURG iSllife TELEGRAPH M otot- Independent ** * LXXXVII— No. 159 12 PAGES HUN ARMY FACES DISASTER BY REASON OF STEADY FRANCO-AMERICAN PROGRESS YANKEES ENEMY'S LINES FOR NEW Americans Continue Advance in Face of German's Greatest Efforts to Retard Movement Now Growing to Pro portions of a Rout ALLIED GUNS TAKE HEAVY TOLL By Associated Press London, July 22. American troops yesterday crossed the river Marne between Charteves and Gland, east of Chateau Thierry, and captured the wood of Bar billon, according to authoritative announcement made here today. The capture of Barbillon wood by the Americans means that the overseas men have advanced between three and four miles from theur old position on the Marne. French Construct Bridges The Germans are stubbornly resisting; the French crossing of the Marne but the French have succeeded in getting two elements over at Mezy and Courcselles which are constructing foot bridges under heavy lire. The Germans are using gas shells in large numbers. On every front the Germans are resisting desperately and are making violent counterattacks. Nevertheless, the French troops yesterday made progress along the river Marne to a maximum depth of eight miles. Heavy Fighting Progress 1 he object of the enemy counterattack probably is to expedite the extrication of his troops from the pocket between Soissons and Rheims. Meanwhile German troops on the southern end of the pocket must be experiencing great difficulty in getting supplies. Southwest of Rheims there has been heavy fighting and the French have made progress. Between the Ourcq and the Marne rivers the French yesterday took 400 prisoners. Counterattack in Vain Owing to faulty working of the telegraph line between Paris and London news of the French advance up to 8.30 o'clock last night is not very detailed. It is learned, however, that the French line now runs from Breny along the main Chateau Thierry road to Rococourt and then through Le Charme and Epieds to the Marne at Charteves. Between the Ourcq and the Aisne the Germans again are making violent counterattacks but the French are mantaining their lines. Wfth the American Army on the Aisne-Marne Front, Sundav, July 21.—(Night)—South of Soissons American troops to-day ad vanced two kilometers (about 1 1-4 miles). The allied artillery has found the range of the Soissons- Chateau Thierry railroad while Americans troops are astride the Soissons-Yillers-Cotterets railroad. As a result there is only one railroad line in the hands of the Germans south of a line drawn from Soissons to Rheims. Gain Five Kilometers Northeast of Belleau, northwest of Chateau Thierry, the Americans early Sunday had made an advance of five kilometers. Some of the most terrific fighting since the offensive began occurred between Givry and Vaux, the Germans using artillery and machine guns. The allies occupied hill 204, commanding Chateau Thierry, at daylight Sunday and shortly afterwards were pressing [Continued on Pago 10.] French and Am Gain Much Ground and Take Guns By ,4sscciated Press With the French Army In IVanoo. July 21 (Sunday night).—On the main battlefield between the Aisne and the Marne the Germans again have been driven back a considera- ble distance. They have been pushed back over the Soissons-Cha teau Thierry road at several points north of the Ourcq. South of the river under the com- THE WEATHER] For Hnrrlnhnrß nnd vicinity: Partly cloudy nnd continued "arm to-nlsht nnd Tueaday. For Fnatern I'ennxylvanlai Piirtly cloudy nnd continued vrnrm to niffkht and Tueaday; gentle to moderate wind* nioHtly Noutb. Temperature! 8 a. m., (14. Sum Rlaea, 5:48 a. n.; aeta, Bil2 p. m. Moon: ('nil moon, July 23. River StaKci 8 n. m.. 3. feet above lon-water mark. Yeaterday'a Weather HishcHt tempernture, .*>. l.oneat temperature. 02. Mean temperature, 78. Normal temperature, 75. CIVIC CLIB FVY CONTEST Clvle flub Fir Snattlw Conteat cloaea July 31. 0 a. nt. to 12 noon. Five centa a pint for all fllea. CIIM* to be awarded. bined pressure of French troops ad vancing from the west and the Franco-American forces who fol lowed the enemy across the Marne and who now are pushing him north ward, the Germans fell back rap idly during the day and to-night the allies were on a line marked by the villages of La Croix, Grisolles and Epieds, which means an advance of five miles from the west and three miles from the south. French troops carried the heights overlooking Ea Croix and Grisolles at the point of the bayonet. In the abandoned Boche positions south of the Marne the Franco- Americans made a rich haul of ma terial, including 400 machine guns and thirty cannon, including two big guns. The heaviest fighting to-day on the eastern side of the salient was in the hills and woods west of the Mountain of Rheims, where the en emy was fighting tooth and nail to maintain himself. The Germans were attacked fiercely in this region to oay by British troops, including a Highland division, who took from him Courton wood, Rheims wood und the villages of Bouilly and St. Euphrasie. The Germans evidently mean to hold on at all costs to their flank ing positions in the mountain of Rheims and on the plateau above Soissons. j 9UVGI.E COPY 2 CKVTS HOUSING CONDITIONS DISTRICT BAD AS Investigators Find Dwellings Unfit For Use as Habita tions and Rents Unreason ably High HON EST OWNERS ARE OUTRAGED Try in Vain to Keep Stand ards Up to Those of Years Ago; Whole Blocks Falling Into Disrepair DOWN-TOWN housing con ditions are as bad as those up-town which is saying ' that the alleys and courts of i East Side New York are dupli jcated there. i Dr. Raunick, city health offi ! cer, Sanitary Officer Orr and ! several newspapermen paid the lower end a visit Saturday and ; found conditions most deplor able. This section composes the oldest portion of Harrisburg. Formerly it was the residing place of many "solid citizens" and a prosperous, self-respecting population. Here and i there blocks remain that may be classed among good examples of city housing, where the renters or owners j take pride in their surroundings and i bitterly resent the laxity ef muni cipal law that has permitted un- i scrupulous landlords to allow their houses to fall into bad repair and I become little better than pigpens, j "I own my own home. I have raised a family of 14 and I have | lived here all my life," one little i woman on a downtown street, "but I careless tenants on either side finally made my life so miserable that de i spite the city sewers in this section ! ] was compelled to get relief through i the kindness of the Pennsylvania i Railroad, which permitted me to ' drain my house into its sewer." All roundabout are good houses J occupied by good people, except in I just this one sector where a family with two sons in the army and pride jin its lineage has been crowded on either side by property owners who see their houses declining in value 1 and are bent on getting the most out ;of them by refusing to make re- I pairs. This one family is injured ; by the fact that while it desires to : keep up its property, surrounding houses falling into bad repair have lessened its value by hundreds of dollars. In Ann Alley The party found a frightful ex ample of housing in Ann alley. This j | house, No. 126, is occupied by an | Italian family. Here a case of in- | | fantile paralysis occurred two years ! ago—and little wonder. The place 'is in deplorable condition. Not, only is the family careless, but 1 it is encouraged to be more so by' 'the surroundings. The one-story i | kitchen has a leaking roof, the I [Continued on Page •!.] Seek Conservation of Nev/s Paper For War; Minimum Price 2 Cents Wasliington, July 22.—Restrictions on the reading matter space in daily and Sunday editions of newspapers, a retail price of two cents or more 'and the elimination or all waste, ■ were recommended to the war indus | tries board by the committee of con ! servation of news-print paper ap j pointed by the American Newspaper j Publishers' Association. The recom | mendations were taken under ad i\isement by board officials. The committee issued this state ment: I "The committee on conservation ,of news-print paper, appointed by ! the American Newspaper Publishers' i Association, responding to the call j of the chairman of the pulp and pa -1 per section of the war industries i board, Thomas E. Donnelly, for con | fcrence respecting the adoption of measures looking to the reduction of j the consumption of paper, met at I the office of the war industries j board. "Mr. Donnelly outlined to the pub lishers the necessity for radical re- I dui-tion in the use of paper of all kinds and asked them to formulate for his information certain definite j recommendations for the accom ' pli.shment of that purpose by meth- I ods which would be effective and fat the same time he fair and possible from the point of view of the news ; paper. i " 'lt is the judgment of the com i mittee that to avoid unfair compe- I | tition and to make practicable the (reduction of the news print tonnage desired it is necessary to fix the minimum retail price for dally pk- j pers at two cents.' " Italians Gain Ground in Albania Campaign Rome. July 22.—Italian troops are continuing to gain ground in the bend of the Devoli river in Al bania, the Italian War Office an nounced to-day. The advancing troops yesterday took & hundred prisoners and captured seven ma chine guns. HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, JULY 22, 1918. * ' 9 W mmt % 1 • I A mp v r-yPIIVI These photographs were made by a Telegraph staff photographer In the lower end of the city on Saturday. The sink in the picture has no trap; it leaks on the kitchen floor; the roof of this room leuks, the chimney is a firetrap and the outside toilet opens almost into the kitchen door; the plaster is falling oft and the floor is rotting. The other etchings speak for themselves as to the need of improved housing conditions in the city. THEODORE KLEIN ! DIES AFTER LONG : AND USEFUL LIFE President of Historical So ciety Was Widely Known | Three-Quarters of Century Theodore Borghaus Klein, aged 87 years, president of the Historical So-j ciety of Dauphin county, one of the| oldest and best-known men of the; city, died this morning: at 5 o'clock at the home of his son, 355 North Fifth street, Lebanon, where he liad' been ill for many weeks. Funeral; services have not been arranged.! Mr. Klein is survived by his wife,' Mrs. Esther Shellenberger Klein, I and several childien and grandchil dren. Young in mind and heart "Dorle"j Klein, who had a host of friends I throughout the country, took a live- j ly interest in present day things and! his wonderful knowledge of old Har-1 risburg, its scenes and interests of over three-quarters of a century ago, I have been embodied in papers of inestimable value, read before the] I Historical Society and carefully pre-' [ served. j I One of the pleasurable events ofi the year was his birthday celebration coming August 22, when hundreds of [Continued on Page 10.] British Gain Ground in Hebuterne Region; Enter Trenches at Night By .Associated Press London, July 22. —Further ground has been gained by the British in the Hebuterne region, on the front! between Albert and Arras, the w*arj office announced to-day. The Brit-1 iih, likewise, in conjunction with thel French, carried out a successful en-l terprise to the south of Villers-Bre-1 tonneux, east of Aimes, in which: prisoners were taken. The German trenches were enter ed during he night by British raid ing parties at several points on the front, including Neuvllle-Vitasse and north of Bailleul, and prisoners wer. motorboat and [Continued on Page 10.] Two More Hun Aviators Brought Down by Yankees By Associated Press With th- American Army In Prance, Sunday, July 21. Two more German airplanes are reported to have been brought down Saturday by two American aviators. Neither report has been confirmed officially. One of• the enemy machines was I brought down by Lieutenant David li. Putnam, of assachusetts. Lieutenant ' Baker Brodv Freeman engaged in a I tight with a German biplane and | tumbled him to the ground. !, ,1 This Week We Will Send More of Our j Boys to Camp Lee ! 4TWAR STAMPS Help Equip Them ONLY EVE\I\U AKSOCIA'I'KI) PHESS KEWSPAHKU l.\ HAltlllSUlHG CROWN PRINCES ARMY FAILS IN COUNTERATTACK Foe's Desperate Effort to Check the Rapid Advance of American and French Troops Does Not Hinder Allied Progress AMERICANS GAIN TERRITORY By Associated Press With the French Army in France, July 22.—Fred erick William, the German imperial crown prince, has been obliged to call for help from his cousin, Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria. German divisions from the army in the north have been hurried down to protect the west ern flank of the defeated army which has been driven back over the Marne and ejected from Chateau Thierry by Franco-American troops. The region immediately south of Soissons forms the key of the German position and here the enemy has concentrated heavy forces for the purpose of holding back the advancing tide of the allies. The latter, however, continue their progress, although the fighting is becoming heavier each hour. Allies Take Many Prisoners They have taken a large number of prisoners, the number be ing more than has been announced, and new batches of captives are arriving. The number of unwounded prisoners alone far c:;- [ Continued on Pafje B.] ® 4g~fr 4"fr4"fr*frfrfr •H~fr.fr •jH , °i~fr*fr 0 • • HOLD INQUEST ON AUTO ACCIDENT X Mechanicsburg—Dr. J. H. Deardorff, coroner of Cum •J* bcrland countv, to-day held an inquest on the death of ejj *** Roy Eckert Rider and Earl Sheaffer, who were •$ X billed yesterday afternoon in a collision between thci: $• £ automobile and an- celctric car on the Dillsburg and • Mechanicsburg branch of the Cumberland Valley Rail y road. The coroner's jury in its verdict did not fix respon- HP A, sibility for the accident. 2 f W 4 i rEnch make further gains 4> T P it l'u.i in uith of Soissons, the French have T £ crossed the Soissons-Chateau Thierry road north of Villi X. montoirc, opposite Buzancy the .Temps announces 2 to the situation in the Soissons area. Jfe 1? M It HUNS AIRPLANE DRIVEN FROM PARIS If * *