n iir • . German Power Waning as Allies Crowd Hun Hosts feh HARKDSBJJRG TELEGRAPH M ®K fftor-Inteptttfrcnt W' <r LXXXVII— No. 162 18 PAGES CAPTURE OF WHOLE MARNE SALIENT BY ALLIES ONLY MATTER OF HOURS; AMERICAN ARMY ROLLS BACK ENEMY FOCH'S GUNS SWEEP EVERY POSITION IN HANDS O Wth the French Army in France, July 26.—The entire German position within the Marne salient is such that it may fali at any instant as the result of some sharp forward move by the allies affecting a vital part. It is for this reason that the German commanders have ordered thcirmen to hold on at all costs while a defen sive position is prepared upon which the German armies can fall back. Day after day the allies —now the French, now the Americans, and now the British—are encroaching: upon the triangular salient, at some places making deep dents in the enemy jysitions and at others progressing more slowly. Further Withdrawal Indicat ed Along American Front I Where Huns Leave Artil lery and Machine Guns INFANTRY WITHDRAWN ; FROM THK FRONT LINE Allied Shells Pepper Lines For Miles Around as Troops Clear Out Woods of Men j Detailed to Retard Advance By Associated Press With the American Army on the Aisne-Marne Front, Tuly 26. —The Franco-American push northeast of Chateau Thierry has resolved itself into a battle of the wood:-., which abound in this region. The Germans are fighting a rear guard action with their artillery and machine guns, retiring gradually before the allied forces. The German in fantry is hot in evidence. The indications early to-day were that the enemy was mak ing preparations for a further withdrawal. He has been struggling to hold the northern half of the forest of Fere and of the forest of Ris, but the allies are making progress in the work of ousting him from the re mainder of these woods. The allies moved up their heaviest artillery early to-day and are again throwing shells into the German lines as far as Saponay (five and one-half miles northeast of Oulchy-le-Chateau) and beyond Fere-en-Tardenois (two miles southeast of Sapo nay). Ihe districts to the south also were being peppered bv allied shells. WE ARE (JOING TO PULVERIZE THE HUN But it will take more time j unless you come across for W.S.S. Dollars Will Win the War ItbeweatheF] F ", r . and TlcliltT, I nrtly cloud, to-night nnri Snt tirUayj not much change In _ temperature. For Enatera Pennaylvunla i Port- If cloudy to-night nnd Satur day! (tentlf to moderate enat and aouthenat nlnda. General Condition* reaaure hna incrraard over the •* ke Middle At lantic Statea and Sonthera New Knelnnd. Temperatnrea con tinue above the aeaaonal aver age. Temperature! 8 n. m.. 70. Sum Rlaea, BitSl a. ra. ( acta. KiOO p. m. Moon: Laat quarter, July SO. River Stand 8 n. m., 8.8 feet shore law-water mark. Yenterday'a Weather Htsheat temperature, 88. I.oweat temperature. 70. Meaa temperature. 70. temperature, 78. AMERICAN VALOR SEEMS RECKLESS TO FRENCH POILU By Associated Press LONDON, July 26. COMP.UUXU the work of the French and American troops in tile battle now going on. the Reutcr's correspondent nt American headquarters writes: "The French have had four years of hard study and the les son most laid to heart is the value to Franco of live Frenchmen and dead Germans. When sacrifices are required the.v are quite ready to make them, hut their pride Is to kill and pay little for killing. They admire tin; reckless valor of the Americans, hut their methods are somewhat slower and more subtle. F.ach sets to his objective, hut the French leave fewer men behind. 297 SELECTED MEN LEAVE FOR CAMPTONIGHT Local Draft Boards Give New- Soldiers Final In- ' structions Two hundred and ninety-seven selectives from Dauphin county and Harrisburg will leave the city at 10.15 to-night on their trip to Camp Lee, Petersburg. Va., for service in che National Army. The men were assembled for flnal instructions at their local boards this morning at 10 o'clock. Their en trapment and camp papers were finally filled out, and they were put in readiness by their beards for their entrance into military life. Many of them were sent to the Red Cross headquarters where they received comfort kits and sweaters. Klizabctliville Kxcinpt The board was not called upon to send a quota for this movement. City board 1 sends a [Continued on Page 14.] Auto Truck Driver Killed When Machine Falls Over Bank Near Verbeke Street Daniel Dudley, 1109 Cameron, who drives a truck for Samuel Fish man, was instantly killed about 9.30 o'clock this morning when his truck plunged over the ban kof the creek at Cameron and Verbeke streets, pinning him under the shallow water in the creek. Coroner Eek inger said his neck was broken. Witnesses to the accident said the huge truck turned completely over and pinned the man under the water so that he would have died by drowning had not his Injuries proved fatal. Another negro riding In thft truck at the time Jumped In time to avoid injury. Dudley. It was learned at the of five of Mr. Flshman, was taking a load of dirt froh the building opera tions of Mr. Fishman at the north end of the Mulberry street bridge to a dumping place when the acci dent happened. He had received orders, it was said at the office, to drive over the State street bridge, but Instead went through Sibletown. Coroner Eckinge rsaid the man ap parently lost control of his truck, and It plunged headlong into the creek, turning tover. Pmployes of the Harrlsburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Company heard the cries of the men In the truck and rushed to their assistance. The employes had to work the truck off Dudley before he could be extri cated. The assistance was too late to save his life. •INGLE COPY 3 CENTS Uncle Sam's Artillery Blasts Village Off tiie Earth to Dislodge Last of Enemy Who Three Times Took It NOT ENOUGH LEFT OF GERMANS EVEN TO BURY Tremendous Combat Ends When Americans Creep In dian Fashion Around Foe's Guns and Silence Them By Associated Press London, July 26.—American troops' met and conquered the enemy in a ; tremendous combat in the region of Epieds and Trugnv, says Reuter's correspondent with the American troops in France. Germany infantry which had been pushed back from the Marne was hurried forward to check the Franco-American thrust toward Fere-en-Tardenots from the southwest. The Germans fought well and checked the advance for some thirty-six hours and three times wrested the village of Epieds from their determined American oppo nents. In the meantime, the village grew constantly smaller under the ceaseless bombardment from both sides and finally disappeared, not even a large pile of bricks being left behind. When the village disappeared the Germans were in possession. The Americans, tired of the ceaseless ebb and flow of the fighting there, had taken the slopes on either flank and forced the German* to make their final massed attack into the ruins of the village. Capture All Guns Meanwhile the allied guns had been brought up beyond the crest of the hill and as soon as the Germans took possession of the village they concentrated a terrific fire upon it until the place smoked with its own red dust as though afire. When the truns ceased firing there were no I Germans left to capture or even to bury. At the edge of the wood beyond Trugny, the correspondent adds, the German machine Runs stationed ten yards apart held up the advance a little lbnger. flaking a feint frontal attack, however, the Americans crept Indian-fashion around the flanks and captured all the guns. Afterward the of the advance quickened. All the high ground north of Epieds was taken and .the line Carried beyond Courpoll. Fifth Member of Keffer Family Under Surgeon's Knife For Appendicitis When nine-year old Elizabeth Kef fer, niece of John .J. Keffer, 2238 North Fourth street, underwent an 1 operation for appendicitis to-day at the Harrlsburg Hospital, she was the fifth member of the family to have her appendix removed. Six years ago .her father, Frank M. Keffer, underwent a similar operation, but -died from complications. Last De cember an aunt. Miss Mary T. Keffer, had her appendix removed. Her uncle with whom she is living also has been operated upon for appendicitis and was under the surgeon's knife on three other occasions. Another uncle underwent an operation because of appendicitis. Four Widows Claim One Man's Insurance Lancaster, Pa., July 26.—Four women have appeared as claimants to the Insurance on the life of John Urobst. who recently wa killed on Long Island. All of them have ap peared at the local office of the In surance company and filed their claims. The case will be fought out In court, when the legitimate widow will be decided. All carry certificates of marriage. 1 ' s£ HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 26, 1918 Revised Mqtto: Hew to the Rhine, Let the Fritz Fall Where They May JAPAN AND U.S. AGREE ON ACTION TO SAVE RUSSIA Tokio Will Send Army to Safeguard Program of Economic Aid By Associated Press Ixindon. July 26. —It is announced officially here that Japan has de cided to accept the American pro posal to assist the Ceecho-Slovak armies in Siberia. Amsterdam, July 26. Czecho slovak troops have captured the important town of Simbirsk, about 600 miles east of Moscow, according to an official dispatch from Moscow received byway of Berlin. The Rus sian Soviet troops put up a desperate resistance. "The Czechs declare they will hate and fight Austria forever and, God willing, they will in the end destroy her completely, because Austria embodies a century-old crime against the liberty of man kind." said Deputy Stransky, a Czech Socialist, in moving In the Austrian lower houcc an Indictment of the ministers for their decree or dering the partition o^Bohemia. "The highest national duty of the Czechs Is to harm Austria wherever and whenever possible," continued Stransky. "This we, owe to the Czech people and to our loyalty to the Bohemian crown, which loyalty can only be put in practice by be traying Austria. Therefore, we are determined to betray her whenever we can." With the capture of Simbirsk, on the Volga, Czecho-Slovak troops now control not only the left bank of the river but part of the terri tory on the right bank. The fall of Simbirsk, which is an nounced officially in a telegram from Moscow byway of Berlin, occurred after the Soviet troong had made a strong defense. The Pravda. the official Soviet or gan, commenting on the advance of the Czechs, says: > "The rlsin? Is spreading like a natch of oil on water. Mav the cap ture of Simbirsk awaken the sleep ers. Simbirsk was one of the bases of the council's nower and also the corn granary. The danger is grow [ Continued on Page !.] CAPITAL THRILLS WITH NEWS OF WAR TRIUMPHS 'Rumors of Decisive Victory Run Through Official Cir cles Like Wildfire tVnnhlnKton, July 26—With Ameri can, French and British forces press ing the enemy hard on all sides of the Aisne-Marne battlefront, the air of Washington was electric last night with a feeling' of expectancy, as of great events Impending. Rumors of decisive victory ran through official circles like wild Are. Untraceable re ports were current that the army of the German Crown Prince had been trapped and even that the Crown Prince himself had been captured. Official reports gave no foundation on which the feeling of suppressed excitement could be based. "The latest dispatches," said Secre tary Baker, "show continued .ad vances in several places by French, British and American troops. They are not extensive, but are Important and show that the battle is continu ing with great vigor." Rumors In I.ondon Earlier In the day a press dispatch told of rumors in London that the British west of Rheims had scored a | decided success and advanced toward Flames. the German rail base mid- I way between Solss6ns and Rheims. Later reports confirmed this to the extent of a stride forward by Brit ish and French forces on a three-mile front just west of Rheims, throwing [Continued on Page It.] I British Repulse Strong Local- Attack in Flanders By Associated Press London, July 26.—The Germans this- morning launched a local at tack against the positions recenUy taken by the British In the Meteren sector of the Flanders front. The war office announces that the attack ap repulsed after sharp lighting. Last night thje Germans delivered an attack upon the new British po sitions In the Hebuterne sector, on the front between Albert and Arras. The enemy was driven off with se vere losses, leaving prisoners in the bands of the British. ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PHESS NEYVaPAPEK IN HAKHISHIiRG GATHERING DATA FOR GOVERNMENT ON HOUSING HERE Chamber of Commerce Hopes to Have Report Ready in Very Short Time The Chamber of Commerce is gathering data on housing condi tions in harrlsburg for the United States government and expects to have ita report ready for submis sion within a few days. The appoint ment this week of additional engi neers to have charge of governmen tal housing developments leads to the hope that the scope of this work may be widened sufficiently to per mit of relief for Harrlsburg such as has been given to Philadelphia, Erie and other cities. Certainly there is need here, If anywhere. The investigators find that the housing problem in Harrlsburg lias two very distinct phases actual shortage of any kind of houses and the use of many houses that are not fit for human habitation, for absurd ly high rents. It has been found that the work ing people of the city in general have [Continued oil Page 9.] Huns Resent Antwerp Outburst With Fine; Depose Devos, Rurel By Associated Press Amsterdam. July 26. —Antwerp has been fined a million francs and Jan Devos, the burgomaster, has been deposed by the Germans be cause of recent happenings In the city, says the Belglcpio Dagblad. Activists celebrating the eleventh day. of July were '>eaten and a num ber? of Activist prisoners of war from Goettingen were half killed by inhabitants for carrying on anti- Belgian propaganda in the city. Doctors refused to attend the men whom they ,cailed "traitors" and were consequently deported to Germany. > YANKEES EJECT FOE FROM AT VITAL POINT Fresh Successes Won by Poilus and Pershing's Veterans Put Crown Prince Forces in Dangerous Position; Losses Heavy By Associated Press Villemontoire, a little more than five miles south of Soissonb, has been taken by the French and Americans, while, further south, they have captured Oulchv-le-Chateau and swept on to the east ward of the town. Between the Ourcq and the Maine the Americans arc pressing hard against the enemy's lines and have taken the southern half of La Fere forest, which brings them up to about four miles directly south of the vital town of Fere-en-Tardenois the center of the roads leading back out of the Maine salient and through which the German forces along the southwestern sectors of the line must retreat. Ris forest, further southeast toward the Manic, also is being emptied of the Germans. German Positions Menaced The capture of Villemontoire and Oulchy-le-Chateau seems to show that General Mangin, while keeping up his pressure all along ■ *[ Continued on Page 10.] I I' ONE HARRISBUEGER IN CASUALTIES f 4 T? IX Washington - The Army casualty list to-day contained dk I CM 7 led as follows: Killed in action, 21; died T IT * of disease. C ; wounded severely, 60; 4 -i~ X wai'psSng, 6; piisdrjCTS, 1. The Pennsylvania'.. . • L j rhc following: Died of t'itcascf Private Forney S. J X Rupert, Bradford. Severely wounded: Sergeant James T Wh ilen, Reading; Privates Janies Blopmenthal, .:j47 m Logcn street, Harrisburg; Donato Di Desiderio, M. Kee'sS X Rocks; William M. Jthinon Oak Ridge; Thc-mas Jones, W ▼ Philadelphia; John J. King, Chester ; Albert A.-Lykens, 31 X Chester; Charles P. Kleinhample and Janies D. Oliver, T Pittsburgh; Albert K. Saylor, Monessen; Jerry D. Sulli- • 'IB | hael Vanish, I'ottstown. 'X X ROOSEVELT INSPECTS DESTROYER BASE '4 T & Queenstown- Frankhn I'. Roosevelt, Assistant Secrc-MB t. ; ry of the Navy, to-da *in pected the allied lesiroyer yL with Sir. Eric Geddes, first lord of the admiralty and.lfi during the day sr.w American bluejackets fitting out giant Jj aeaph't: <* 5- 1 ' • IS X JsLIED GUNS AN D PLANES BOMBARD tT ' ▼ With the French Army in France—Every line of com-* <§ " tin ti i within the G< . nan salient : under bombard - T ment night and day eit'rer frroni the allied artillery or thef ♦ airplanes, and all the while the enemy is suffering terribles qi "ng to the uncertainty of o ? T The German units, therefore, cannot be relieved even,* IT * i*j wher: they )c sorely trie! 4* • • I* lE '* !4 DIPLOMAT;, !'(< REMAIN AT VOLOGDA X Washington—The all d • diplomats at Vologda %snll(* ♦ iin in that city, the American consul at Moscow to-|* • day. The Bolaheviki has made efforts to prevail on themji X to go to Moscow. I* t- !; X PEASANTS KILL MANY GERMAN SOLDIERS j, I Washington—Riotin; by the peasants in the occupied/* ♦ regions of White Russia is increasing and many German* jX have been killed, said an official dispatch to-day srorrtj \ .jr Stockholm. *' * |+ —, * |± . MARRIAGE LICENSES Z \ X CMrte C. F. Shi.rp, Hnrrlaburn, anil Nora T. Shipley, Enhantl L f Ralph X. Anderaon and Beatrice Hawk, Mlddletoirn. J i>f W lnfnli.l. -■ ■ m m .. rr "c 'i~ -(-"r i'T T v- ir ~ji r CITY EDITION
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