a i n/r n _ —" America M est Be Pumhed"-Kaiser Willi elm. Fwe HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M\ ®bc otar* Independent / LXXXVII— No. 175 MONTDIDIER FALLS 10 FRENCH; VON HUTIER'S ARMY IN ROUT 24,000 Prisoners Taken By Allies in VON HUTIER WITH ARMY GIVES UP CO VETEDMONTDIDIER AMERICANS SCORE SUCCESS B SOMME AND ANCRE German General Leaves Much Material in Retreat; Hun Rear Guards Fight Desperately; Enemy Position Along the Montdidier-Roye Road Precarious; Beaten Forces Make Over 25-Mile Line to Noyon; Move Probably Signals First Marked Consequence of Franco-British Offensive ADVANCE STILL IN PROGRESS IN PICARDY London, Aug. 10 (4.41 p. m.). —The advance of the allied armies on the Picardv battlefront continued to-day, according to the latest dispatches reaching London late to-dav. Nowhere, it appears, have the Germans yet been able to organize for any severe counter stroke. By Associated Press lyjOX 1 DIDIER, the apex of the German salient in Picardv, has fallen. The French, attacking to the south of the town early this morning, smashed through the enemy's lines and encircled the village, cutting off the enemy's retrfe#. Between Montdidier and the Oise the French have taken the offensive over a sixteen-mile front and have swept the Germans back out of the western side of the salient they drove into the French lines in the terrific! •battles of early June. British Advance Unchecked To the northward, the British advance still is un checked, Chaulnes, the German base south of the Somme, is in hoi'rly peril of being captured. The British have reached the village of Lihons, less than two miles away,J and have the railway junction south of Chaulnes underj their artillery fire. farther north, the Germans are resisting des perately, but the village of Morlancourt has been taken. American troops are operating in this sector and had a hand in the taking of this savagely-defended position. London reports that the fighting has spread to the northward and that a battle is being fought south of [Continued on Page 2.] • GERMAN DIVISIONAL AMONG PRISONERS With tlic British Army in Frame. Aug. 10. 10.40 A. M.—The enemv seems to be retreating to-day all along the battle line in Picardy, es pecially in the center, where he iB being heavily attacked bv the Brit ish. In their advance the Brtish have captured •Warvillers, Vrely. Folies Rosieres and Vajjvillers. In the course of the fighting a ■ • BATTLE SPREADS TO THE SOUTH OF ARRAS; ALLIES TAKE HUNS London, Aug. 10.—The > Picardy battle is spreading to the south of Arras, the Pall Mall Gazette says this ( afternoon. Heavy fighting BRITISH FLYERS 65 GERMAN P London, Friday. Aug. 9.—Slxty flve German airplanes were destroy ed by British aviators or driven down out of control In the fighting of August 8 when the allied often-. 12 PAGES German divisional headquarters und its staff were captured. British tanks have been seen well to the east of Meharicourt. Streams! of German transports are still gom? eastward. Two new German divi sions have been engaged ijy the ad vancing Allies. Information re ceived from prisoners indicates that the fighting may soon become heav ier. occurred this morning in the> battle area with the al lies making satisfactory | progress and taking large numbers of prisoners. | elve in Picardy ope Vied. to-night's of ! ficlal statement on aviation opera j tions shows. Fifty British machines are missing, the British losses being J due chiefly to fire from tho ground. SINGI.B COPY 2 CENTS TIME IN WAR IS AT HAND TO KEEP GERMANS ON RUN, GEN. MARCH SAYS Greatest Advantage to Allies I Is to Be Able to Keep Ger mans Guessing, He Tells Correspondents at Weekly Conference; War Not Over PRESSURE OX CHAULNES DIFFICULT FOR TEUTONS Rainbow Division East of Rheims After Training in Lorraine; 29th Division Is in Alsaco; 27th Division With Rritish in Flanders By Associated Press j Washington, Aug. 10.—The Fran co-British drive in Picardy has put the enemy again in a had posi tion similar to the pocket which closed upon him on the Aisne-Marne front, General March said to-day in his weekly conference with newspa- I per correspondents. The whole battle line from I Rheims to Flanders is being straight ( ened out and the time has come for I the greatest effort, he said. "Keep Him Going," Focli Says Marshal Foch is following the j sound military principle of hitting l wilhout relaxation, said the general. | "When you get the enemy going, j keep him going." Any suggestion that the end of the ; (Continued on Page 3) CHARLES H. WALTZ ON WOUNDED LIST FROM WAR FRONT Penbrook Soldier on Casualty Record; Degree of Injuries Undetermined jff jm CHARLES H. WALTZ Charles H. Waltz, of Penbrook, named in to-day'a casualty lists 4a being: wounded In France "to a de gree undetermined," is aged 20 years and Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Waltz, Penbrook. He entered the service March 28, 1917, and sailed for France in August. When Wa"ltz enlisted he was sent to Fort Siocum, N. Y,, where he was identified with Company L>, 9th In fantry. Afterward he was sent to San Antonio and later to Syracuse. He was formerly employed at the Hex garage as a machinist. HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 10, 1918. There Goes Another of Your Puncture-Proof Tires, Bill 'WILL SEND 1918 REGISTRANTS IN NEXT MOVEMENT Local Draft Boards Say 1917 Class Will Not Meet Au gust 26 Quotas During the five-day movement of 10.000 draftees to Camp Lee, Peters burg, Va„ beginning August 26, Har risburg and Dauphin county will send its first regular quota of 1918 draft registrants to camp, according to the officials of the three city and three i county draft boards this morning | The quota for the six boards is 156 ' men. It is thought that more than I m' k P°" ihly ha,f of the draftees will be of the 1918 class. ' The boards did not receive notice of their quota*) this morning. They [Continued on Page 3.] CLKARING HOUSE KEPORTS By Associated Press , X™ Yor |s' Aug 10.—The actual condition of Clearing House banks and trust companies for the week shows that they hold $40,839,380 re exc?ss of legal requirements. This is a decrease of $14,392,810 from last week. GERMAN ARMY W NEVER MAKE ANOTHER OFFENSIVE THE Ke-v York Times" military expert, who has not failed once in his forecasts of the war, to day says: , "The Germans are yet far from being beaten. But it is beginning to appear that as an offensive power they have finished for all time. No one can be positive as to Just what plans the German General Staff may have had for this year. There was much blustering and swashbuckling and fanfare as to the grandiose pur poses of their great offensives. Thev were going to be In Paris by April 1, and somewhere else by another arbl r?iT y and a * another place at still another date. How much of BAKER PROPOSES SELF-ACTING RULE TO GOVERN DRAFT I [Wants Automatic Regulation | That Will Permanently Fix Status of Each Man Washington, Aug. 10.—The Wai Department has a plan in considera tion to provide for Jhe Government to do the selecting under the next draft act, rather than leaving it to j I the registrant. This was disclosed! after he had appeared before the i j Senate Military Committee to urge immediate passage of the bill ex pending the age limits from 18 to j 4 5 years. Mr. Baker proposes to lay down a set of question which the registrants would answer, and then provide rules for classification. He regards this as a more equitable system be cause many men hesitate for patri otic reasons to claim exemption that is rightly theirs. "I am inclined to think,* sat, Secretary Baker, "that the marriage relation will In itself constitute de [Continucd on Page 2.] — 1 this was part of their plan and how much was a German boast no on>> can be certain. But what is certain Is that, no matter what plans they may have had for this year, they have been completely smashed. "It is practically certain now that, except as an absolutely defensive! measure, Germany will never launch another great attack. The privilege! of planning has been taken from her Tt rests entirely with General Foch. It Is for him to plan what he will do next, for him to launch the Kieat offensives. It is for the Germans to try to toT> them. This,-and only this, will be the German role until the German army surrenders or is destroyed." SOVIETS ARREST !j BRITISH CONSUL AND STAFF MEN Bolshevik Embassy in London Is Placed Under Super vision of Police By Associated Press London, Aug. 10.—In reprisal for the arrest at Moscow of Robert H. B. Lockhart, British consular agent at Moscow, and other British officials, I by the Bolshevikl, M. LitvinofT, the , Bolshevik emissary in London, has ; been placed under police supervision j the Daily Mail states. London, Aug. 10—Robert H. B. | Lockhart. acting consul general in l Moscow, and six Britishers attached to his staff and several French diplo. [ Continued on Page 2.] German Destroyer Sunk Off Zeebrugge; British Flyers Shell Sweepers i • By Associated Press * ' London. Aug. 10.—A German de-! stroyer was sunk eight miles off! Zeebrugge yesterday, probably by ai British mine, according to an official | statement Issued by the Admiralty to-day. Enemy mine sweeper* operating off Zeebrugge were heavily bombard- j ed by the. British aircraft, the state-1 ment added. MAKE THIS A RED LETTER ONE I By War Stamp Buying I Tonight ! £3TThink of Jan. 1, 1923 j I THE WEATHER - ] Itnd v|clnlt?i Partly cloudy to-ilght nnrt bundayi moderate temperature. ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED HItESS NEWSPAI'iCII IN HA Kill SHU KG AMERICANS ARE WITH HAI IN GREAT DRIVE Yankees Help British Capture Important Positions in Attack Between the Ancre and the Somme; Engaged in Mas sive Conflict in the Amiens- Somme District By Associated Press • With the British Army in France, Aug. 10. Ameri can troops have been thrown into the fighting in the great battle on the Amiens-Somme district. They suc ceeded in overcoming stiff resistance and helped the British capture important positions in an attack launched yesterday between the Ancre and the Somme. The American machine gunners and infantry went into battle with their traditional enthusiasm. They met the Germans and defeated them here just as they did along the Marne. At places stiff resistance de veloped, but all along the line the Americans, British and French smashed through the harassed I enemy who was trying to hold up their advance. ;!> . 1 a i f , RIvTANS UNABLE TO COUNTER ATTACK 8 | | ion.—Eleven German divisions have been not only |j [ st* iin the fighting of the past three days, but so | | crushed that the German higher command has j jl, unable to make any c'ounter-aftacks anywhere. The || || crtnan communications have been so disorganized I j|J| at thus far only two divisions of reserves have been 8 ill ntified, and these new troops have "not. been able to || | | take any impression on Jhe advancing allies. No fur- I ||| r news from the, American forces on the northern | -ik of the fighting front has reached London since ||| |||| on, when accounts of their successes in the Morlan- j | |j| irt region were at hand. There is every indication, j ; g. l vever, that they arc pushing ahead steadily according j; the allied plan. II |||i Harrisburg.—Mayor Keister. this afternoon, received 1 ||| reply from Ambassador Jusserand, French ambassador |[ IE Washington, who speaking for the French government j [ I||; nks the residents of Harrisbutg for the telegram o$ it i t sympathy sent on Bastile Day, July 14. a j | LALANCE-GROSJEAN MEN GET INCREASE 1 Haftiiburg.—A general ten per cent increase in wages k j ; ' s been granted by the LaLance and Grosjean Mfg. Co., I j|| the employes of that corporation's Harrisburg plant 8 s $ rctive August 1,:. This affect about 250 employes, | 1 is the second ten per cent advance this year. The | Hot Mills of this company which had been idle since | t Wednesday on'account of the extreme heat resurn- I ed operations at midnight last night. I COLLINS TO JOIN MARINES Cleveland, Ohio.—Eddie Collins, second baseman for | ; > Chicago Americans, will play his last game this sea nat Boston Thursday, leaving that night for Phila- i(. tlphfa where he will join the marines, he announced ■ day. | 9 "ENCH TAKE SAUtCHY AND DAVENESCOURT L London.—The latest news from the French, was that | 1! y captured the towns of Saulchy and Davenescourt. |)e . Derate fighting has taken place at Chipilly, on the orth side of the U MARRIAGE LICENSES . Cfcnrlea Lnnicleta. Camp Hill, and Lairn Jeanette Brenl holt, HurrlKhurxi William Henry IMrrt'r. Mechanlcaburir. and sr°" ■ Nhu '''' Knoliu I larrnw Weaver anil Ida Mohn, HnrrlMburai AiiKuxtim SrrhrlK* Harrldbur*. and Thelma Mae Baix- I'rn?? . 'd Hel*ht| Frank A Inn Xonemuker, Wormleyabitrif, | and Ethel Martha !*.*. HarrUburt. HOME EDITION Chipilly Spur, north of the Somme, was captured by the Amer icans and British troops at 6 o'clock last night. The attack began at 5 o'clock when the allies moved for ward between the Ancre and the Somme. They were supported ti - tan ks and were preceded by heavy barrage fire. The enemy was driven toward Bray, northeast of Chipilly.
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