NIGIIT EXTRA —Americans Moving Forward Scarcely Resisted by Foe— NIGHT EXTRA . Jh ' • * Ak HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M ®lje otar- Independent & I ' LXXXVII — No. 168 18 PAGES FLEEING HUNS BURN VILLAGES; BATTLEFIELD OF MARNE AFIRE f YANKEES GAIN IN DESPERA TE OPEN BA TTLEi Fight to the Finish Is Marking E Between Americans and the Enemy GUNS WELL HIDDE COVER OF WHEAT FIELDS By Associated Press PARIS, Aug. 2.—On the battlefield north of the Marne the French troops during the night continued to press back the Germans farther toward the Vesle, says the official state ment from the war office today. 4 With the American Army on the Aisne-Marne Front, Aug. 2.—The whole American line moved for ward to-day while the armies along the flank from Sois sions to Rheims pressed hard against the sides of the German salient. Their gains were made almost without resistance. Hammered as they have been for days, the Germans withdrew during the night so that when the Americans, who were supported on their right and left by the French, started early to-day they did not encounter the usual machine-gun fire. Americans Advance a Mile In open order, the men plowed iheir way through the heavy rain-soaked fields for nearly a mile. The indications are that the Germans will not make a stand until they reach the watershed north of Nesles forest. The battle on the front north of the Marne resolved itself during the night and this morning into almost a general retirement, of the enemy north of the Ourcq, with the allies pursuing the Germans with the greatest zeal and success. Burning Villages The town of Hartennes-et-Taux is occupied by the allies, who also seized the wood lying to the south of this most important place„ The French and British in this sector took Contremain and then crossed the Chateau Thierry-Soissons road. The Germans are burning villages as they retire and destroying everything they come across. The entire battlefield is dotted by conflagrations. On the French Front in France, Aug. 2.—The im portant town of Yille-en-Tardenois, on the easterly side of the Marne, has been encircled by the allied forces. The French are continuing to advance and have taken additional towns and villages at various parts of the front between Soissons and Rheims. The enemy is "resisting desperately and losing in prisoners. Along the center of the front as well as on the westerly side the German resistance seemed greatly diminished. The allies l pressed through a series of thickets to the north of the road lead ing from Goussancourt to Coulongs, and reached the southern part of Yezilly wood. Farther east on the line the. allies are within 500 yards of Vil lers-Agron and along the line towards Rheims they captured a wood situated 1500 yards east of Romigny. Allied patrols have attained a position three-fifths of a mile north of Ville en-Tardenois, and have occupied a height 1500 yards north of Romigny. London, Aug. 2.—Fighting of the most bitter nature marked I the American advance east and southeast of Sergy on Thursday,! says Reuters correspondent on the American front. Bellevue farm, north of the village of Cirge* was the German j •strong point since from it they could command the approaches on four sides and their gun nests about it were concealed cleverly inj the ripening.wheat which afforded excellent cover. Slow Business This kind of fighting," the correspondent continues, "is slow business and bad business for the side that tries to hurry it unless it has an overwhelming power of guns and in this open fighting guns cannot be concentrated as they arc for trench attacks." "Two divisions opposed to the Americans were the 200 th Taeger divisions, which seemed to be composed of stout fellows from various German states, and the 216 th, which was brought from Kemmel, on the British front in Flandei*, byway of Laon, where they had rested for several days. They did not appear to be such good material as the other division. One youngster of 19 said he had been a year fn serrice but that this was his first fight. He avowed with tears that he did not like it. Other f Continued on Page 16.] SINGLE COPY 2 CENTS KEYSTONE DIVISION TROOPS SLAUGHTER HUNS BY HUNDREDS Every Pennsylvania Soldier a Hero in the Fighting North of Chateau Thierry; Latrobe Officer Captures 67 Germans; Boys Tear Off Hospital Tags and Return to the Fighting / \ With the Penna. Troops in France THE HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH has made special arrangements for the publication of the cabled dispatches of Raymond G. Car roll, whose detailed accounts of the heroic exploits of Pennsyl vania soldiers in Erance are the best that have \>een received in this country. These dispatches will be copyrighted and their republication is strictly forbidden. Mr. Carroll is officially credited correspondent especially assigned to cover the operations of the American forces. The Telegraph is pleased to offer to its readers a service that will keep them in close touch with the doings of the Keystone, the Rainbow and those other divisions largely made up of Pennsylvania soldiers, f The first of the Carroll articles appears herewith. J By RAYMOND G. CARROLL Special Correspondent of the Public Ledger and Harrisburg Telegraph Officially Accredited to the American Expeditionary Forces Abroad Special Cable Dispatch , Copyright, 1918, by Public Ledger Co. and Telegraph Printing Co. With the American Troops Under Foch, Aug. I.—Our boys east of Sergey upon a width of more than half a mile again bulged forward Tuesday afternoon and night to an equal depth, passing the town of Roncheres, and on Wednesday afternon other American units passed another town and were last seen by your correspondent entering a wood east of Cergy. This is only a fragment of two days' operations upon the Franco-American front in the district nort hof Chateau Thierry, from which the Germans are being slowly but surely ejected, but I offer a detailed account of this minor action because a French high officer informed me it was perfect in execution and shows the neat way the Americans gcTabout their work. Beyond Roncheres is a patch of woods which the Germans held and which was otfr first objective. Our advancing line started from a point 400 yards east of Roncheres on a width of more than half a mile. No sooner did the first infantry line reach the woods than a battery of trench mortars under Lieutenant Eric Hoard, of Rochester, N. Y., opened and kept the Germans in their dugouts until Major Joseph Thompson, of Beaver Falls, Pa., got word to the machine gunners under Captain J. E. Boyle, of Pittsburgh, jto take up a sweep of the forward area. Then the infantry plunged* into the woods and, after quick fighting, took 100 prisoners. Lieutenant Marshall Barron, of Latrobe, Pa., is offcially credited with the capture of sixty-seven prisoners. Exhausted, he delivered [Continued on Page 18.] FLAG CEREMONY TO BE EVENING EVENT ON ISLAND ! Presentation of Emblem to j Follow Exhibition Drill; , Band Will Play One of the most fmpressive mili tary oeremones ever observed in Harrisburg will take place in Island Park at 7.30 o'clock this evening when Company I, Second Infantry, Pennsylvania Reserve Militia, will participate in flag presentation ex ercises. As the flag presentation exercises are very impressive and probably have not been seen in Harrisburg for many years, a large crowd is ex ; pected to turn out in the park this i evening. The flag presentation will I be arranged according to the best United States Regular Army regula tions. Besides the impressiveness of the ceremony old Army men recog nize In to-night's exercises a chance for the citizens of Harrisburg to re [Continued on Page 14.] 1 Helmets of Huns Sent : as War Emblems to U. S. Relatives and Friends By Associated Press i With the American Army on the j Aisiie-Manie Front, Aug. 2.—Every American ppst office near where the fighting troops are camped is filled j each day with German helmets ad- I dressed to relative? and friends in j the United States. Officers and men. members of the Y. M. C. A. and Red I f'ross and. in fact, every one ap- | pears to be sending helmets. These trophies are found along ; roads, in torests and in fields every where the Germans retreated. Hel mets with large bullet holes partic ularly are in demand. Most of the helmets are enclosed in flour sack ing and piece* of gunny sack. Others are not wrapped, the address being pasted on the crown in the left hand corner. Some addressed read: "From the Kaiser;" others, "From Hinden burg." In addition the addresses have the initial* of the sender*. The depot* for assembling battle field leftovers are all well filled. Helmets at one depot form a pile large than an ordinary bungalow. HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, AUUGST 2, 1918. BLOCK FESTIVAL RAISES $165 FOR ; THE RED CROSS Neighbors of Wounded Har i risburg Boy Remember Others in the Army "The Red Cross is doing good j work 'over there;' you people here at home can't do too much for this organization." <% As a result of these words spoken by one of Harrisburg's first wounded boys to his mother, three Harrisburg women will before the afternoon is over march into the rooms of the Harrisburg Chapter of the Ameri can Red Cross to enrich the society with the contents of an humble dinner pail, three-quarters tilled. [Continued on Page i.] SUM SINKS NORSE BRIG By Associated Press London, Aug. 2.—The Norwegian brig Alkher, of Aredaie. was sunk off the coast of Norway on Wednes day by a German submarine. Tfce crew was saved. Boys Fined For Alleged Rowdyism on Playgrounds August Bria and Leßoy Mclntyre were fined $5 each by Alderman A. M. Landis this morning on the charge of disorderly conduct on the city play playgrounds. It is alleged that both boys were notified to keep away from the playgrounds and they did not heed the order. The prosecution was brought by j. K. Staples, city playground supervisor. WAR STAMPS ARE LITTLE BUT OH, MY! THE WEATHER] For HarrUbarg and vlelnltn Fair to-night and probably Satur day* not much change In tem perature. HUN POSITIONS CRUMBLE UNDER SMASHING DRIVE Three Miles Gained by Allies Troops Put French and Americans in a Dominating Place Over the Foe; Situation Is Very Good By Associated Press London, Aug. 2.—Yesterday's Franco-British attack on the westerly side of the Marne salient was on a front of five miles and penetrated to a maximum depth of three miles, according to news received to-day. It resulted in the capture of the entire ridge which forms the water shed between the Ourcq and the Aisne, the advices in dicate. Leads to Final Victory The French also captured Meuniere wood, on the line of the west of Goussancourt, at about the center of the salient. The situation is considered as extraordinarily good, being de scribed in the advices as the turning point of the summer cam paign and possibly of the whole war. The advance by the allies along the western side of the salient is described as extremely important—possibly the most [Continued on Page 16.] UKRAINE BURNS WITH HATE FOR HUN USURPERS Peasants With Army of 25,005 Resist German Seizure of Harvest Yield By Associated Press Stoclilvolm. Aug. 2. —Conditions in the Ukraine before the assassination of Field Marshal von Eich!*>rn were such as might have been expected to lead up to some such outbreak of violence, judging from the descrip tion given of them by Zeta Hoeglung, leader of the Swedish Socialist Left, in an interview in the Politiken, of Copenhagen. Hoeglund, who gave the Interview before the Eichhorn assassination, had just returned from a visit to Russia, and his account is largely a report of conversations which he hud with Russians from Ukraine. They declared, he says, that the Germans there were "living in a little hades," that guerilla warfare constantly was In progress, conflicts occurring daily in which may persons were killed, while occasional battles took place, i lasting several days. The peasants in one section of the | Ukraine have an army estimated to number 25,000, Hoeglund reports. These men he describes as filled with , hatred' for the Germans and await- I ing an auspicous moment to begin ! hostilities. The peasants elsewhere j pursue the policy of burning their grain and destroying their cattle t>nd acting similarly with regard to other I of their possessions rather than have j them fall in hands of the Germans, j The eastern troops in the country | are declared to be at dagger's point j with the Germans and to have sup | plied the peasants with arms, in- I eluding artillery. j Hoeglund's informants considered I the disturbances that had occurred to be onlv a forecast of what might 1 be expected at harvest time, when the peasants, it was predicted, would do every thing possible to prevent the Germans from securing their crops. Enemy-Owned Property Turned to Liberty Bonds as Sinews in World War By Associated Press New York, Aug. 2.—The money and property whichr formerly Ger man-owned, has been taken over by A. Mitchell Palmer, enemy prop custodian, has paused th< $500,000,000 mark. it was an nounced here to-day., A statement authorized by Mr Palmer covering his work up to the close of July asserts that he is the largest individual buyer of Liberty Londs. All cash taken over is sent to the Treasury to be invested in these issues, and, whenever possi ble. the enemy property i H con i verted into cash which is similarly invested. i On July 31 he had purchased! HYX 7 W ° rth ° f the b°nds and! <J.807,0& more was available at! the Treasury for investment in thel coming loan. j LIBERTY BONUS SELL \T P\R ' New York, Aug 2—Liberty 3U P(?r j cent, bonds, which are exempt from ! taxation, sold at par to-dav on the I Stock Exchange here for the first i time this year. Steady buying of I this issue by leading financial in teres ta has been noticeable recently ! JAPAN JOINS ALLIESJN SWIFT AID FOR SIBERIA President Visits Cabinet Bu reaus; Confers Seriously With Polk By Associated Press Washington, Aug. 2.—Joint action between Japan, the Entente Powers and America in Siberia is assured. Japan has found acceptable the American proposal which primarily looks to the aid of the vaks, now operating in Siberia, and after exchanges between Tokio and Washington, which have cleared up all doubtful points-and removed any posibility of future' misunderstanding a complete agreement has been reached. The plan pf operation will be put into execution at once. Soon after it had been learned that Japan had accepted the Ameri can proposal, President Wilson Walked to the State. War and Navy building where he conferred for half an hour with Acting Secretary Polk and Secretary Baker in the War Sec retary's office. The (President and Mr. Polk left the office together and as they walk ed along the corridor had a very serious conversation which was con tinued for five minutes in front of Mr. Polk's office before the President returned to the White House. The international agreement must nnd its expression in combined mili tary activity. Cable advices have recorded the gathering of small bod ies of Entente troops at points in China convenient for dispatch into western Siberia. Ching, the provisional governor at Sei Lung King, has been selected to command the consider able body of Chinese troops which have been gathered in Manchuria and it is understood that already it has been arranged that this force shaU operate in conjunction with Japanese and that it will act under the direction ol' the Japanese com mander In chief. 17. S. STOPS TICKKT SCALPERS By Associuted Press Washington, Aug. 2.—Notice was served to-day on ticket scralpers by the railroad .administration to quit business at once under threat of prosecution. E YANKEE "SHRIMP'S" QUICK WIT ENDS ONE HUN'S CAREER By Associated Press IxHUlon. Aug. 2—A little Amer ican, "a shrimp of a dnan," out witted a huge German in a deadly grapple on the Marne battlefield, says Reuters correspondent at American headquarters. The' Germai) was about to fin ish the American with his bayo- ' net. The American grabbed a grenade from hig belt, fumbled with his fingers until he loosened the safety catch and then thrust thq grenade Into the German's pocket. With sudden teror the Gorman realised the American's Intention, but before he could counter it was too late. There'was not enough left of hi* equipment, the correspondent adds, to provide the quick-think- ' ing little American with a sou* venir. , u r I ONI.Y EVENING ASSOCIATED Pit ESS NEWSHAI'EK IN HAItHIS'IIUItG LATE NEWS YANKEE PRISONERS WELCOME GUESTS WESER ZETTUNG, HUN VOICE i terda 'iv -Rc'< ri i- to the pro jet <ed cscba- :< : of American and German prisoners of war, the Wc.-icr Zeitung, of Bremen makes the sinister re : VVc arc able to contain our joy. American prisoners ,-re wel come ,fiiests for whom we have sufficient cnplovmcnt on j the eastern labor market and in our agricultural c;uc;- prises behind the front. They may te sure of getting, I j * with Teutonic punctuality, all they are entitled to under < The Hague convention, and more if*,they prove ;.;:;od : woti.crs, although they must, thank Anglo-American i starvrticn measures if their diet falls I • lov. the home flesh pots. It will do the Americans a powerful lot of good -.uair.t th< .n.-elvo witli kulturc fr m the foun tainhead." . 'NAL MARKET HOUR IS Ul ELESS New York —The cngth ot oils, fertilizer; .id •>, and further weakness of Western Union verc tlv < features of the lifeless final hour.* The closing was irrejiu- < l:y Liberty J l-.-s . at 99,92 to 100, 4- -,t '. ' 94.44 <i:d 4 l-4s at 0.40 to 95.66. Favorable war news rrnU 'll ie impres;-io- : >on to-ti; ituc i rket, ] drifting idly on almost the lightvst turnover ot t! c - , ■ ■ Sales approximated 150,000 shares. WHITE SOX GET "BID" TO NAVY i Chicago—Members of the Chicago Americans, the j world s baseball champs, to-day received the -first lettefa j of invitation to "join the navy." Ensign'W. I. Denny; j n of recruiting at the Great Lakes naval training ] station, said s'iinilar letters will be s.cnt tu all ma-j i i j i SWINDLER GEJ'S PRISON TERM New York—John Krauschauch, one of a gang of 1 swindler:; operating in tlie sale of "money making ma- j chines" to Polish immigrants in New York, Chicago, i Scranton, Toledo, and in Colorado, wau sentenced here ! to-day to from five to ten years in prison. Two of his i confederates were sentenced earlier in the week. Victims 1 of the men in Scranton were defrauded of $45,000, and in i Chicago the gang obtained $16,000, according to police ; allegations. i i IIARRISBURGER GETS MARRIAGE LICENSE Buffalo, N. Y.—Frederick Brenckman, of Harrisburg, j Pa., and Sarah L. Machale, Detroit, Mich., secured a j marriage license here late yesterday. TURKESTAN RESISTS BOLSHEVIK RULE Basel, Switzerland—A revolt against the Bolshevik government in Turl estan has broken out according to news received here to-day from Ukrainian sources. SEEKS EICHHORN PLOTTERS London—Dr. Kaii Helfferich, recently appointed Get man ambassador to Russia, has ;ent a note to I n „;n 'Minnister Trotzky calling upon the Soviet govern iv to. adopt stern measures in search for and puAishm'eftt j of the persons guilty of the murder of Field Marshal Von j ELhhoro, the German military commander in the Ukraine. KING EMANUEL REVTEWS YANKEES Rome, Tuesday— Victor Emanuel yesterday re- *J viewed the, American troops who have taken up quarters in the northern Italian war zone The icing congratulated j the commander of the American forces upon the magnifi- I cent appearance of his troops and the profound impression i they had given of their military qualities. PARDO HOLDS CABINET "Lima. Peru—President Pardo has refused to accept. j the resignation of the cabinet, which was tendered yes ; terday. j ■ • J MARRIAGE LI • "<''■ risrszj?. i vV Nellie J. Monroe. •■. _. „ ua nr>. W. Strothera, ' Alfcerta H. Y.iiu. llnrrUhnr*. j I ' NIGHT EXTRA
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