EXTR Issues Proclamation Wire S>sfms-NK*II^XTR4' HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M ' L * • ®lje Btar- Jn&cpcn&cnt i LXXXVII— No. 159 14 PAGES N YANKEES WREST VILLAGES AND PRISONERS IN NEW CAMPAIGN ALLIES SUCCES IN TWO TREME ASSAULTS ON ENEMY Americans and Frencli Cross! Marne on Front of Twelve Miles, Making Rapid Prog ress Where Huns Had Aim ed Heaviest Part of Blow I | POILUS'ALSO ATTACK IX MONTDIDIER SECTOR New Victory May Have Im portant Bearing on Whole Rattle Front in France; j British Reinforcements in Important Place on Line By Associated Press French and Americans have' crossed the Marne over a front of twelve miles between Jaul gonne, seven miles east of Chateau Thierry, and Reuil near where the German line crossed the stream during the days when the German offensive was at its height. On the western flank of the! German salient the allies have; taken Oulchy-le-Chateau, a mile north of the Ourcq and just west of Nanteuil-Notre Dame, a dom inating point in the German line 1 of communications. They also, have captured the town of Bu zancy, seven miles south of Sois-i sons, which brings them up to a- ravine that stands them and the heights to the east ward of Soissons. British in Line On the front between Rheims and the Marne, the British have taken Petit Champ wood near Marfauv. where they took the places formerly held by the Italian forces. News of those successes bv the allies conies in unofficial London advices. It shows that, in spite of the fact that only artillery duels were reported from the French war office in its day statement, the allies are making important progress all around the salient in which the Ger mans were caught by the terrific attack of the allies on Thursday morning. A lull along the line might have been expected at this time, because of the stern resistance of German reserves brought up by the enemy and the necessity of bringing up heavy artillery and supplies Forging Ahead Rapidly It appears, however, that the momentum of the allies has not been spent and that they are forging ; ahead along virtually the entire front i ot the battle. i.v™ l\ 5 o c ' oc J k ,his morning the I French launched an attack along a four-mile front in the Montdidier K ,° C n,°.i r thr i e ,10 " rs thry '"'vanceil I a mile. London hints that the at- ! ° I VPr wider front than in r„ h t h ls * en comparatively quiet sine e the German offensive there 1 came to a halt early in June, may! have an important bearing on the development of (he military situa tion along (.he whole front. j Belgian Relief Vessel Attacked by Submarine Off American Coast An Atlantic Port, Julv 23 a I large steamer with part of heri-moke' stack gone and her bridge damaged in tow of -t government tug of southern New England coast, wat reported by the captain of a steamer which arrived here to-day. The ,>nn 1 tain believed the disabled *cs" : Th. ,< J.,^ C . a^ B , olKian rpliof steamer,i The tup? and her tow were in thoi vicinity ot the scene of the opera?l tions of the German submarine which on Sunday attacked a tug and four barge.?. The government boat and steamer she had in tow were some I distance .rnm the sound steamer but! the captain of the latter said he'was 1 quite sure he could make out the! words "Belgian Relief" in white letters on the side of the dis abled vessel. The steamer had four I masts, he said. The tug was takinir its tow westward. FWiHton, July 23. Explosions off Cape Cod were heard to-day which were declared at headquarters of the First Naval District to be the testing of bombs used by aviators It was positively denied that any re-I port of firing by warships had been received. GERMAN LOSSES ARE NOW NEAR MILLION MARK PARIS. July 23.—The German ! losses since March 21 are ap proaching one mil!inn men, ac cording to a review of tile mili tary situation in i'Homme l.ibr<\ the newspaper owned hy Premier C'lemenceau. | ! WILSON SEIZES NATION'S WIRE LINES FOR WAR President Issues Proclamation' Announcing I'. S. Opera tion Under Burleson BURLESON, NEW U. p. WIRE CHI Elf Washington. July 23. President Wilson's proclamation taking o.'erj for the duration of the war operation j of telephone anr! telegraph lines was! issued late to-day. It did not in-' elude radio systems and ocean cable' lines. Government operations and control begins at midnight, July 31. j Supervision, control and operation! of the wire systems is placed under | the direction of the Postmaster Gen-; eral. The President's proclamation pro- j vales that the Postmaster General,i if he so elects, may administer the! lines through the owners, managers,} boards of directors or receivers. It; provides further fhat until the Post-j master General directs otherwise the! present managements shall continue. I The Postmaster General in hisj discretion may hereafter relinquish ! in whole or >n part to the. owners any' telegraph or telephone system over which he has assumed control. Regular dividends previously de clared and interest in maturing obli gation shall continue to bo paid un til the Postmaster General directs, otherwise; and subject to liis appro val the companies tnay arrange re newal and extension of maturing ob ligations. Postmaster General Rurleson, in a statement explaining his plans in operating the wire systems, said there would be no change affecting the press wire service except to im prove it wherever possible. Mr. Burleson also said that the operation and control of farmers' telephone lines would be interfered with only for the purpose of faci!i-j fating the connection with longer l liijes. No general policy, the Post-j master General said, has yet been] decided upon. Cable mid Radio Systems Remain i The President did not exercise the authority given him in the resolu tion of Congress to take over cable and radio system. No explanation was forthcoming, but it was assumeil that control of cables was not taken! over because of difficulties presented! by contracts cable companies hold j with foreign governments. Radio systems already arc con trolled by the Navy Department. ! THE WEATHER! For HnrriftlurK niul vicinity; Partly rloudy to-night mid iicMflny; probably Nhowrrm not much eliunge In temperature. SINGLE COPV •i CENTS Desperate Counterattacks De livered hy the Huns Fails to Check Advance of Vic torious French, American, British and Italian Troops GERMANS SACRIFICING ENDANGERED SUPPLIES French Military Critics Are I Unanimous in Relief That Ludendorff Is Seeking to Avoid Capture of Forces; ; Retirement Is Looked For Paris, July 23.—1n spite of the j desperate resistance of the Germans, I the entry into the line of enemy reinforcements and repeated coun- I terattacks by the foe, the victory of j the allies continue to develop. Xot only have the allied positions ( been held intact against the enemy's ! assaults, but at certain points fur ! ther progress has been made. Victory Is Growing The newspapers of Paris remark that the victory is growing, not only i in relation to the ground rcconquer i ed by the allies, but also in strategic j advantages, the importance of which j is being constantly augmented. Military critics are unanimous in | saying that General Ludendoiff's ef | forts now are being exerted to pro- I teot his retreat for the army alon? j the Marne, there being many indica tions of the German intent to re-' tire. Hun Lines Menaced The capture of the village of! Epieds and the passage of the Mont! I St. Pere region, according to Henri i ; Bidou, of the Journal, marks the! i breaking of a position which was thei j temporary hinge of the southwest-] I ern German flank, and he predicts! j the enemy will be forced at other I | points. Reports cf the fighting in the| ■ Soissons-Rheims salient appearing! i in Parisian newspapers tell of (Ires! burning at Fere-en-Tardenois and Ville-en-Tardcnois. Some of these I were, no doubt, caused by bombs dropped by the allied aviators, butj it is believed the enemy is destroying! j stores that cannot be moved back | of the German defensive line along j the Vesle river. Look For Retirement Fere-en-Tardennis is near the west ; flank of the salient, while Ville-en- I Tardenois is farther cast and is near! | the allied lines, southwest of Rheims ' I The burning of stores in both places | may be an indication of a general! ! retirement from the salient by Hie | Germans. With the French Army in the I Aisiie-Marne Front, July 23.—The I fiercest fighting continued through | out yesterday on both wings of the ! German salient between the Aisne 1 : and the Marne. The efforts of the j enemy were concentrated on an at tempt to prevent the allied troops ! from cutting through on either side land thus imperiling the great masses ■of German troops still within the I semi-circle. Despite the German determina i tion. French, American and British troopti all made progress. Fight Hand to Hand Probably the heaviest fighting yes terday occurred on the eastern wing of the salient where British troops took part. The Britishers, who had arrived on the scene officially recent ly. engaged the enemy in a hand-to hand conflict in* the extreme wooded | region southwest of Rheims. j Four fresh divisions faced them. ' One German division which had held the line against the Italians had been annihilated, only a few hun dred remaining. The Germans had a large number of machine guns in this vicinity but the British captured forty of them in the course of a strong attack in which they made progress and took more than 200 prisoners. Altogether the day was very sat isfactory for the allies who are threatening the German communica tions- everywhere. There is every rea son to believe the Germans are hurrying forward more divisions to add to the sixty they already have thrown into the battle. Allies Tighten Their Grip From Soissons to Rheims With the American Army on the Alsnc-Marne Front, July 23.—The allies continued to-day to tighten their vice-like grip upon the German salient around the Curving line from Soissons to Rheims. The enemy 1 is frantically bracing himself and is fering the stiftest resistance which is i increasing as he gets his artillery in place. HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 23, 1918. COUNCIL FIXES 24-MILE LIMIT, AFTER ARGUMENT Mayor Voted Down 4 to 1 on His Proposal* to Keep Auto at 15-Mile Pace After one of the most heated dis cufsiens in Council in months, the commissioners, by a vote of 4 to 1, amended the traffic ordinance fixing the speed limit at twenty-four miles [an hour. Mayor Keister voting against the increase from fifteen miles an hour which he had incor porated in the ordinance when it was first presented. The Mayor warned the other coun oilmen that the city is "speed crazy," and declared that with a [Continued on Pace 12.] Fifty Thousand Colored Registrants Are Called By Associated Washington, July 23.—Fifty thou sand negro registrants qualified for general military service were called to the colors to-day by Provost Mar shal General Crowder. They will en train between August 1 and 5 nd will come from forty-one states and the District of Columbia. BERLIN HAS OUBREAK OF TYPHOID; MILK UNCLEAN London, July 23.—A serious out break of typhoid has occurred in Berlin, the Exchange Telegraph cor respondent at Amsterdam reports. The epidemic is believed to have been causced by poisoned or unclean milk. The number of cases is not stated, but it is believed to bo large, especially in the labor districts of the northeastern section of the city. CITY IS PROUD OF ITS FIGHTING MEN IN 28TH Harrisburg's Fighting Bovs| Are Equal to the Best in the | Field Today, Says Former Company Commander; Lo- 1 cal Units Had Proud His tories, With Records For Former Achievements County Commissioner Henry M. j Stine. captain in the National Guard J and later, in active training with the i One Hundred and Twelfth Regiment 1 of the Twenty-eighth Division at ' Camp Hancock, the boys from Penn- i sylvania who are now taking a prominent part in the big thrusts of the Allies in the Marne sector, is high in his praise of the soldiers from the city and state. Equal to the Best "The boys in the One Hundred and Twelfth are certainly equal to the finest fighting troops now in DOLAN, GOOD SCOUT AND WAR WORKER, LAID TO REST "Notify No One," Read His Identification Card, hut Fellow Laborers Would Not See His Body Go to Potter's Field Under the fierce rays of a July sun, followed by a mere handful of people, the body of Charles Dolan who died in the Harrisburg Hospital several days ago, was laid to rest in Paxtang cemetery yesterday. Men who were attracted to Dolan, a lab orer at the Middletown ordnance camp, gave of their substance to as sure him decent burial. On the night of July 13, not far from Jednota, Dolan was injured by a speeding automobile. It was along the road not far from the ordnance camp. His injuries resulted in death. "No tify no one," his identification card read when hospital authorities tried to find some one to send word to. The body was held for a time. Then workers at the camp, who remembered Dolan's Celtic wit and his always good-humored disposition among them, reached into their Pi? . t. tB Bave of their earnings that he might be laid away decently. He was 62 years old. Some one re marked to him: "Dolan. it's strange a man like you should be laboring here." * Well, was the reply, "I'm too old to gQ to war, and I'm bound to work for Uncle Sam." So he worked away at the camp, always with cheery word and with a smile that would not wear off, until in a fateful moment ho met his doom under the stars and along one of the FOE UNABLE TO STOP PROGRESS OF AMERICANS Pershing's Men Dash on For New Gains Where Huns Seek to Stop Advance of Allied Armies; Prisoners and Towns Are Taken ALLIES MAKE STEADY PROGRESS ■ By Associated Press London, July 23.—Franco-American troops are continuing to make progress on the battle front between the Ouivq and the Manic. Advicss to-lav. are that attac vs carried out by the French lii\ e ii stored all the ground wlii:'i ;hey lost oti Monday in the region of Grisolles, seven miles northwest of Chateau Thierry. I he town of Jaulgonne, on the Marne has been captured by the Americans who are continuing their advance. Allies Are Successful So far the taking of three hundred prisoners by the Americans in this advance is reported. fhe French, the advices state, stormed the heights north of Courcelles at three o'clock yesterday afternoon. They also arc holding the bend in the neighborhood of Chassons. as far as rieloup. (These towns are just to the north of the Marne, to the east of Jaulgonne, taken by the Americans). Hun Onslaughts Beaten Off Trcloup, at the latest advices, still was in the hinds of the enemy. The French crossed the Marne at Port-a-Binsen, just to die east of Reuil. [Continued on Page 5.] EAGER FOR NEWS OF THE KEYSTONE ORGANIZATION With hundreds of Harrisburg boys on the tiring line in France, where the Keystone Division has taken its position, news of the successes which must be theirs is being eagerly awaited at home. Captain H. M. Stine, who served for months with the division, to day pays the lads high praise for their courage and ability. The local units which went to help make up the division had long and proud histories, which are given to-day in part. service over there," Captain Stine said to-day. "Durinpr their stay at training camp at Hancock and mv association with them there I found practically every man healthy con tented and eager to get in trim for real service. I had charge of Com pany C of the old Eighth Regiment, the Chambershurg unit. I recruited [Continued on Page .] highways over which war move ments speed to their fulfillment. No one knew of his forebears, for he talked of all else but his people, but they remembered as he lay suffering In the hospital that his was a happy heart that radiated sunshine and so '.hey could not see him buried in Pot ter's field. Undertaker Speese, with a few ordnance men as pallbearers, took the remains to Paxtang. where the funds gathered were used to purchase a plot and there Dolan. good scout and of sunny disposition was laid away. British Advance Line on the Flanders Front; Huns Hurl Gas Shells By Associated Press London, July 23.—Advances in local operations were scored by the! British last night, to-day's war. of fice report shows. The line was push- 1 ed forward slightly south of Hebu-j terne, on the front between "Arras! and Albert, and south of .Merris and Meteren, on the Inlanders front. Thel British positions also were improved 1 in the Hamel sector and north of I Albert. The German artillery showed con-l siderable activity last, night with gas shells in the Villers-Bretonneux se> -' tor, each of Amiens, the war ottic announced to-day. CLASS 1 CUT BY BIG CALLS MADE ON THIS STATE jMujor Murdoch Issues Some Significant Figures at Slate Headquarters Figures showing that there are j probably less than SO,OOO men in j Pennsylvania availahle for military j service in Class 1 of the draft were j Kiven Publicity to-day. They show that heavy calls upon the manhood of Pennsylvania have been made' and that with the calls announced to-day there will be further diminu tion before August is far advanced State oflicers to-day declined to j comment upon what this meant, but it will be seriously considered at Washington. , Pennsylvania has 19,419 white men and 6,680 colored men available lu C l a „ ss 1 of the dra ft with all of the 1918 legii trants not yet exam ined, according to a statement is sued by Major \V. G. Murdoak state drait officer, as the result of a'studv of reports made by local draft boards on available meri as of July 20. The 1917 class contains 11,061 white and 6,050 colored men and the 1918 class, not yet all examined, 8,- 358 white and f3O colored men avail-j able for general military service. I As a result of the failure of two boards to report within the specified time, inspectors were sent from stale headquarters and one board was re minded that offices must not be clos ed Saturday afternoons and conduct ed as ord'nar.v business, but to be maintained so ttiat they could bo accessible by state headquarters at all hours. The Elk county draft board in reply to a notice from headquarter.* as to vacations informed Major Mur dock that its members had foeon on duty a year and "will defer the va cation that your letter offers ur.til the Kaiser takes his." In a letter commending work of local boards the headquarters says: "We realize that local boards mo worked almost to the limit of en durance; so is state headquarters; so is the office of the provost mar shal general; so nre the, boys on the fighting line. If you are worn out with work think of others and go to it again." This Week More Boys Will Be Drafted Here to FIGHT THE HUN Uncle Sam Only Asks you to LEND YOUR EXTRA CASH Don't Slack on War Savings O.N'IiY KVKNINU ASSOCIATED I'ItESS nrswspAPEii IN hakrisbciig 1 LATE .| £ T J TUG TOWS BELGIAN RELIEF SHIP 4 £ ' :;in relief ship with a smoke X 4! '■' 1 -1 ,v of a tugboat bound t* • cast ternoon. The Words "Belgian Relief" Z could nf: 1 shore. L *£ | • *T f VON HINDENBURG SERIOUSLY ILL, IS REPORT T £ .L': il Von Hindenburg,chief of the 4* jj|| Gci : iiously ill and has taken no 'L 4* P®' Of the present year, according *** jT to ■' : , '' '> a Central News dis- <s £ paU nt •! ly. T t ■ ? 4 CZERNIN MAY FORM NEW CABINET * 1 m><<;-. from Vienna published T "f* will ask Count m X 4 1 Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, . | 7j to f i.in cabinet- jfj & ES IN EUROPE # I (j, A * ; ; in Europe of Edward R. Stct- Jj f ' ' Second Assistant Secretary*of War, with a num 4 ej 4 r; : ' unced to-day by Secretary Baker, ii ' c 1 arvcy of the supply T m sit has developed with the e>:- ii U* 2 £" & 4 :ULATORS SPURN WAR NEWS ' ? est prices were made in the last half A X hour, • further decline. The closing 4 £ was heavy. -Liberty 3 1-2 sold at 99.64 to" 99.72, 4s at if J 93 - id 4 Ms at 95.56 to 95.78. Speculative | *p ß< trther pressure to-day, trades ag?m ♦f' ,;C j XAL RAIN FIRE ON HUH I ** X X LINES NORTH OF THE MARNE f j Pans—Every enemy station and every other center of { * X at : north of the Mame is under- j* T mt >ei ial bombardment, says La Liberta to- . 4 'he I rcnch have dropped sl*- • 5* teeil tiles on the lines'of communication T 4> <l* bet irdenois and Fismes. An important g, T| itati reports, has been burned. T f CHILDREN PERISH IN FLAMES % j|* ; ars, were burned to death, one other W Xrei 1 injuries .and seven were leas X J* • . h destroyed the* Kent county J u :li ; ■ : v - The origin of the fire 2 ' ia determined. . *fr,- J THOMAS N GRAY DIES ? 4 1 ' • • ' ay, pioneer in the national " and author of many medical j Two.' the of 65. 4* 4 & *£> X ANNOUNCE WAGE DECISION THURSDAY f f Hlllyard, Wash,—Director General McAdoo in a X 'T 1 4 'V (v railway shop workers, an- TOU ; he would give his decision Thursday on Jb *s Conditions for- raiiway shopmen j- T| throughout the country. f JIU: RAIDER OFF PACIFIC COAST £ y* 4 I ll.—Following a report from the Britiih J* C-' u ' < Jermad taider is cruising off the £' y M in the twelve naval district hava T been advl ed to observe precuations of the submarine *1 T*° t from Btitions in the vicinity of this city Xld in search of the ** jr pi t ) .'•/ authorities. <& ? a IA'S DOOM ALMOST COMPLETE , X X h. ton According to information reaching the X st.ite ■] j .lent, starvation as well as "economic and ® | finai, t<t threatens Russia. Prospects for the Jj ]|| 151 1 ad- cribed as very poor and financial 4j chaoi 1 . .idto be almost complete. '* .. Z MARRIAGE LICENSES 4, Levi 13. Goldrn and Ruth A. Uunlup, ( iirlixlr, H. U., 4. NIGHT EXTRA
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