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Americans Penetrate Hun Trenches and Take Prisoners; Foch Pressure Continues Against Soissons
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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<i
taken.
IIOSDIRAS DECLARES
WAR ON GERMANY
Washington, July 22.—Bondurus,
which broke diplomatic relations i
with Germany on May 18, followed i
that action last Friday by declaring 1
war The State Department was)
notified to-day of the action. i.
HUNS THINK YANKS
HAVE TEN MILLION
' TROOPS IN FRANCE
With the American Army on
the Aisne-Mume Front, July 21
(Sunday).—A German prisoner
captured by the Americans to
day formerly was a baker in New
York City and Lebanon, Pa. He
was asked what the German sol
diers thought about the Ameri
cans.
•Since Thursday, the prisoner
said, the Germans had concluded
that the announcement that a
million Americans were in France
was false and rumors among the
Germans on this front are that
there are ten million Americans •
in France.
JAPAN AGREES TO
U. S. PLANS FOR
| AIDING RUSSIA
Joint Intervention in Siberia
With Relief Expedition,
Unofficially Reported
By Associated Press
London, July 22.—The Japanese
diplomatic council has agreed to
the American proposal for Joint in
tervention by Japan and the United
States in Siberia, says a Central
News dispatch from Tokio under
date of July 17.
A proclamation will bp issued as- j
suring Russia that the entente. has
no aggressive designs in intervening
in Siberia, the dispatch adds.
It is probable that a relief com
-1 mission will accompany the joint
j expedition, it is stated.
j Washington, July 22.—The Gov
ernment continued its reserve to
| day on any announcement of plans
with Japan for military aid to Rus
sia in Siberia. Ofticials said that
until some official communication |
from the Japanese government ar-1
rived there would be nothing to say J
for publication.
VIENNA PAPER REVOLTS
Amsterdam, July 22.—A Vienna'
dispatch to the Cologne Gazette says!
| that the seml-otticial Frcmdenblatt j
I has renounced its foreign office sub-!
| sidy In order to have a free hand to- j
i ward the Austrian government. The'
[foreign office had complained of thei
[paper's attitude and demanded that!
I.it be at least neutral. J
NAVY SEARCHES
| CAPE COD COAST
FOR HUN U-BOAT
; Every Facility Rrought Into
Play to Locate Destroyer
of Rarges; Headed South
By Associated Press
j Boston. July 22.—A1l the facilities
S at the command of the First Naval
.1 District were brought into play to
j day in a search of New England'
waters for the German submarine
i which attacked and sank three
barges yesterday off Cape Cod within
view of the Orleans shore.
Though the port of Boston was
not closed, merchant ships and
other unprotected craft were warned
of the danger of leaving the harbor.
The submarine was headed south
when last seen yesterday, but naval
authorities expresesd the opinion
that the boat might bob up again
off the New England coast and were
prepared for any eventuality.
Raider Seen on Saturday
Reports to the headquarters of
the First Naval District here indi
cated the presence of the submarine
in this vicinity since Saturday. Cap
tain Orrin Bartlett, of Plymouth, re
ported that about dusk Saturday he
sighted the periscope of a submarine
four miles off the port of Plymouth.
He said he was in >. motorboat and
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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.
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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:;-
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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
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Roy Eckert Rider and Earl Sheaffer, who were •$
X billed yesterday afternoon in a collision between thci:
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£ 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
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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
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It HUNS AIRPLANE DRIVEN FROM PARIS
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X FONCK DOWNS 7 HUN PLANES T
X Parii—Lieut. Rene Fcnck, one of the leading French 15
X aces, brought down two German airplanes on July 16, two X
Ton July 18 and three on July 19. Six- of these machines *#•
£ were brought dovn in flames. Fonck's total now is offi-
X cially 56 machines. .'IB
TWO OF P.ICIITHOFEN FLYERS KILLED jf
£ Amsterdam- Lieutenants Friedrichs and Kirschstein, ♦
T mei. bcr f the Von Richthofen squadron, have been X
s ki'llc :yp the tl Aiueiger. Friedricha was credited
1* with t enty n- victories and Kir chstein with twenty- X
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X ORDEP ISSUED AGAINST BRETZ X;
* Harrisbun; —I pon petition the court has issued an X
4* order aaginst Harry M. Breu, thq attorney held on a T
|T charge of embezzlement, to show why he should not fur- X
!4 nish other security than the bail given for him by a X
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brother Ch rk 1 13iev, who with a third brother has *¥
!®j filed i petition ui voluntary bankruptcy. XI
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