Pressed Hard by Franco-British Army,. HunsQoaded hlo Bitter Resistaiipgi Bring or cements HARRISBURG ifS!® TELEGRAPH Mx * * s Jn&cpettifcni ; LXXXVII No. 176 12 PAGES "Scents"'* HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1918. o "™w*VT.!Ka HOME EDITION GERMANS MAKE MIGHTY EFFORI TO HALIGREAT MA Y CLOSE ALL LOCAL SALOONS GERMANS GIVE ROYE IN DRIVE; FIGHT TO HALT French Gain Steadily, Reach ing Crest of Hills West ot Oise; Clear Matz Valley of Enemy; German Lines in Danger if French Hold An toval Savage Fighting Within Com ing Day or Two; Paris Re ports 40,000 Prisoners Are Taken; Huns Lose 73,000 in' Foch's Two Great Drives By Associated Press TV/TIGHTV efforts are be-, ing made by the Ger-i * man high command toj check the Allies' advance through Picardy towards Peronne, Rove and Xoyon. On the northern end of the batfleline the British have not been able to progress rapidly during the past : —i->t. although London re-1 ports unofficially that the village of Bray has been entered. With the British Army in France, Aug. 12 (2.16 p. m.); —There is an unconfirmed j report this afternoon that the town of Roye, which the Germans have been de fending so desperately, liasj been evacuated. British tanks have been seen operating a considera-i ble distance e.ast of that: town. In the center strong German! counterattacks seem to have! held up the advance against vit at points along the line. There' is an unconfirmed report, how-; ever, that Roye has been aban-: doned by the enemy. French Gain Ground Rapidly On the right the French are! still gaining ground steadily. They have reached the crest of the hills west of the Oise and virtually have cleared the Matz: valley of the enemy. The battle still is confined within the limits fixed when the French ex-: tended the fighting area to the Oise.! It has been cxpecte'd that the com bat might spread along the line, es pecially to the northward, but this development has not as yet been re ported. Interest in the Picardy battle now' centers upon the German efforts to; stabilize along the line from j Albert south to Chaulnes and to, (Continued on Page 10) IF YOU INTEND TO SAVE 41 some of the extras you are making now #gp START WITH THRIFT STAMPS —— THE WEATHER For Harrlxburg and vldnltyt Fair this afternoon and to-night; Tuexdny probably nbowera; not much change In temperature. For Eaot-- -nnsylvanlat Fair to-night; Toexday probably xhon-erx; not much ehnnge In temperature: light, variable wlnda. remperotnr 8 a. m„ 78. River Stage; 8 a. m., 5.7 feet above low-water mnrk. Yexterday'x Weather Highest temperature. 88. I.oweat temperature, 68. Mean temperature, 76. PERSHING HE ADS FIRST AMERICAN FIELD ARMY ON MARNE SECTOR Orgaization of Five Ccrps j 1 Into One Unit Has Been Completed; Divisions For merly Under French Com mand Are Included WILL HOLD AREA TAKEN FROM HUNS Formation of Other Armies Under American Command j but Subject to Foch's Or ders Will Be Started at Once By Associated Press W tth the American Army in France, Sunday, Aug. 11.—Organiza , tion of the first American field army ;of five corps has been completed. The army will be commanded by ! General Pershing and it is under : stood, will operate in an area north of the Marne from which the Ger mans have been driven out. The | American divisions which participat ed in that drive have been under | French command, but now are in cluded in the first army. Genera! Pershing, who retains his post as chief of the American ex -1 peditionary forces, after a time, may i relinquish the command of the first army, but possibly not until the or ganizatlon of a second army Is well ; under way. Meanwhile, he will have J two headquarters, at the first army j as well as at general headquarters. Vnder American Command The step is regarded as the most ■ important development In the organ ] ization of the American expeditionary | forces to date. It is looked upon as I the natural development of the ; 1917-1J scheme of organization and j training by which regiments after i training were merged into divisions . under full staff direction. The crea ! tion of the first army brings great American forces under American command, but under the orders of I the generalissimo, Marshal Foch. The size of the army has not been announced beyond the indication that 1 it contains five corps commanded by | Major Generals Liggett, Hullard, 1 Bundy, Reed and Wright. Formation of Corps Each corps is composed of several ! divisions with each division including 30,000 troops of all arms, while the ! corps in addition will have its com plement of auxiliary troops, supply 1 troops, air squadrons, tanks and heavy artillery. It is understood ' other armies will be formed shortly | in view of the recent Washington an | nouncement that 1,300,000 American ! troops already had sailed for France. Car Crashes Into Auto; Man Dragged Half Block Harry L,. Cleaver, of Third and ; Vaughn streets, suffered contusions j of the left hip this morning -when ! the automobile he was driving was ! struck by a northbound trolley car i at Meunch and Fourth streets, j He was dragged a half block by I the force of the collision. Witnesses i said that he was driving across ! Muench street at Fourth, alone in j the automobile, when a street car j struck the. side of the auto. The 1 man was tlirown to the pavement I and the automobile was badly dam- I aged. The hospital ambulance was sum | moned, but the one owned by Hoov er & Sons, undertakers, hurried the vicitim to the hospital before the hospital car arrived. Mr. Cleaver's left hip was badly bruised. British Put 61 German Machines Out of Action By Associated Press London, Aug. 12. —The official com munication dealing with aviation, is sued this evening, says that forty one enemy machines were destroyed Saturday and twenty were driven down out of control. Even the Kaiser Succumbed to Toothache ■I i DR. ARTHUR N. DAVIS "Rook here., Davis, yon must do something for me. I can't fight the whole world, you know, and have a toothache." 1 That's what the Kaiser said to Dr. Davis, his American dentist He said a lot of other things to Dr. | Davis and Ex. Davis is repeating them in the Karrrisburg Telegraph. Read liis story, "The Kaiser as I Knew Him For Fourteen Tears." on Page 5. LENINE AND TROTZKYJ PRUSSIA'S BETRAYERS, FLEE TO KRONSTADI [ I i Men Who Negotiated Brest-Litovsk Peace in Flight to Petograd; Japan to Enter Siberia; Large Force Needed Against Bolsheviki f : ! London, Aug. 12. —Pre-' ,; mier Lenine and his chief | : assistant. Leon Trotzky/; 11 have fled to Kronstadt, the; ■ naval base near Petrograd.; according to a dispatch sent: J. out by the semiofTicial ! Wolff Bureau of Berlin and in Zurich ne\vspa-i ypers, says a Havas report ! from Taris. i Reports received in Rondon Sun • ; day that the Bolsheviki leaders in-j ' tended to flee to Germany lend color' ' Ding-Dong Battle *j Raging in Drive; Americans Near Bray 9 i I s ! By Associated Press i| 1/ondon, Aug. 12. —Only slight r changes in the line as a whole are e | reported in dispatches reaching t London this afternoon, but a ding - riong battle is raging all up and I down the northern section of the - i present battleline. -i American troops are in the sub ejurbs of Bray to-day, fighting a con c i tinuous battle for the outskirts of sithe little French city. Western Union Grants 1 Wage Raise to Employes New York. Aug. 12. Announce . ment of a general increase of 10 per . I cent. in wages to all employes of the . Western Union Telegraph Company I belonging to the association recently • organized by the company, was made [• j here to-day. The increase, retroactive "I from July 1, applies to about 45,000 ' workers. I to the German report that they al ready have gone to Kronstadt. Co i penhagen dispatches Sunday said i that the anti-Bolshevik movement in j Russia was growing rapidly and that ; the Bolshevik government virtually ; had gone to pieces. These reports : were taken from the Russian news j papers. Renine and Trotzky have been In power since the overthrow of the Kerensky cabinet last November They negotiated the Brest-Ritovsk j peace. Amsterdam, Aug. 12.—The posi-' ; tion of the Soviet government in Russia is considered very serious by the Moscow correspondent of the [Continued on Page 7.] Senator Sproul's Son Gassed in France, Maj. M. C. Kennedy Cables; By Associated Press I Philadelphia, Aug. 12.—First Lieu | tenant John Roach Sproul, son of I State Senator William C. Sproul, Dela ware county, has been in France. Word to this effect was received by Senator Sproul to-day in a cable gram from Major M. C. Kennedy, woh is on the staff of Brigadier Gen eral W. W. Atterbury, former vice president of the Pennsylvania rail road, now in charge of American rail roads in France. The message said the lieutenant was gassed on the Marne sector "a few weeks ago." He has been in a base hospital. ALLIES FALSE IX DRIVE By Associated Press With the British Army, in France, Aug. 12.—The allied forces, however, having gained a great success seem to be pausing, at least temporarily, i 'B.F.MEYERS DIES ! AT 85; LEADER IN STATE POLITICS Funeral Services to Be Held i For Prominent News paperman BENJAMIN F. MEYERS Funeral services for Benjamin F. I Meyerij, prominent newspaperman, ! publisher and political leader, will bf ! held at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church j at 10.30 o'clock Wednesday morning, j The Rev. Rollln A. Sawyer, rector, . will officiate. Burial will be In the | Harrlsburg cemetery, where services l will be in charge of Perseverance j Lodge No. 21, F. and A. M., of which I Mr. Meyers was a member. Mr. Meyers died shortly after noon yesterday. His death came suddenly. While it was Indirectly due to ail ments of long, standing It was has tened by an attack of acute Indiges tion Saturday night and Sunday I morning. Mr. Meyers was born on the home farm In Milford township, Somerset county, July 6. 1833. He attended the scHoois of New Centerville, Somer- on Page U-BOA T SINKS TWO STEAMERS AND SMALL CRAFT IN SEA RAID ARMY MAY MAKE THIS DRY TOWN Five Mile Limit Likely to be Imposed on Harrisburg, Middietown and Steelton POLICE ARE BLAMED Representations Made to Washington; Government Officer Assaulted Here. Harrisburg, Steclton and Mid dletown may be closed to the: sale of intoxicating liquors | within the next forty-eight: hours, or at latest the coming ! week. Lieutenant Colonel Neilsen.j ranking United States army of ficer of this district, stationed - at' Middletown aviation plant, said; this afternoon that he will take! this matter up during a visit to Washington this week. The United States authorities! have the right to close drinkingj places within five miles of any government reservation and Harrisburg is within five miles of the quartermaster's develop ment at New Cumberland. The result of action of this kind on the part of the govern ment would be to close all saloons and drinking places within five miles of Middletown and New Cumberland. Major Gray has caused repre sentations to be made to Wash ington of the conditions here. l The Major has had little or no 1 co-operation on the part of the: Harrisburg police and there has: been much boot-legging and sale < of liquor to government em ployes and soldiers, resulting on Saturday night in trouble with enlisted men and workmen and the beating up of a government officer by John Murnane, Har risburg, Harrisburg city detec-i tive. Charles Mack was arrest ed at the Middletown works trying to smuggle -whisky to the reservation. He had bought it in Harrisburg. This was the culmination of the trouble which led to the forwarding of a re (Continued on Page 10) SENATE CALLED IN DRAFT LAW Washington. Aug. 12.—Steps to reconvene the Senate so that the administration power bill ex tending draft ages to 45 can be taken up without delay were taken to-day .by Senate leaders, who ordered telegrams sent to all absentees asking them , to be present next Thursday when the bill is reported to the Senate. ITnder the unanimous consent agreement by which the recess was taken, three days must elapse i before any business can be trans acted after a quorum has been called, and as a result the bill ' will be taken up next Bfonday. j a— > II Attacks Fishing Fleet, Sending 9 Boats Down; Sixty Fishermen Afloat in Dories Off Georges Bank Washington, Aug. 12. ; /~*ERMAN submarine raiders off the North J Atlantic coast have de-j stroyed three more vessels, i the Navy Department to day announced. Idle British steamer Pen-1 istone, of 4,139 tons, was' torpedoed KX) miles east of j Nantucket lightship yester-j day morning; the Swedishi steamer Sydland, of 3,031 tons gross, was sunk by I I WOUNDED T N FRANCE j I] ; Hummelstown. —Herbert Frederick Gebhardt the third 2 mj son of Harry T. Gebhardt, Hummelstown, has been K wounded in France. A telegram to that effect was re- a * 1 I j ceived by the it. Other sons who have ; ; fallen are Harry Richard Gebhardt, who was killed and j| Bugler Walter Gebhardt, who was wounded. • j j. FEDERAL COURT IN SESSION I] Harrisburg.— I he Feder Grand Jury met this after- . jji noon to take ac.ion on a number of cases charging men j: : with the sale of liquor to sc Kiicrs, and also on the prose- 1 J| | cution of "Dick" Allday, Chambersburg, charged with 8 'S: m.d, • 8 I|| _ it | ] | BOLSHEVIKS TO QUIT MOSCOW | || j The Bolshevik government shortly will leave Moscow jj I' I for Kronstadt, cal Anzciger states to-day 8 | | Premier Lenhte' and Wbj Minister Trotsky already have 1 ; | reached there, the newsp per adds. 8 Ml ' 1 II; ENGINEER KILLED BY GERMAN SHELL | 1 : With the American Army on the Vcsle.— Lieutenant |1 |j j Theodore Kirk, of Los Ar.gelcs, was killed by a German || j: ; shell near Sergy, on July 28 while marching forward'with jj 8 a detachment of bridge builders. No one else in the IS g J f.J 8 command was injured. Lieutenant Kirk was one of the en- j ; |j gineers,who assisted in the construction of Fort McArthuf si . j|| at San Pedro. || !| THREE HUN GENERALS CASHIERED | I London. —Three German generals recently com- . I ■ |||| manding near Montdidier have be4n cashiered for neglect j |l|| of duty, according to Belgian reports receievcd in Ams- | | | terdam and transmitted by the Exchanged Telegraph 'j . || Company. A large number of soldiers were courtmartial- - j j||| ed at St. Quentin Saturday for high treason. j ! GERMAN AIRSHIP DOWN IN FLAMES ij lljl London.—A German airship has been brought down in i| | flames north of AmcJand, on the northen Dutch coas>. |j Ml the admiralty announced to-day. ' * I i| : i: : | 111 11 ii| l! Ml : Jj: : , I MARRIAGE LICENSES |j| Harry Jacob Knnuh, DltlaburK, unit Mn.y Theresa Boyle, Hur |; j; -IM*"X4U George Sukl- and Mary Wlack, Steelton. iTii- " r —FTriirtrt'iHinnmii] | bombs August S. 100 miles southeast of Nantucket; | and an American schooner | reported as the Herman i Winter but whose identity has mot been dlinitelv es tablished was destroyed by ; gunfire yesterday, 200 miles : east of New York. All members of the crew of the I Sydland were reported as ! saved, but the Navy dis patches did not clear up the (Cditiiiuccl on Page 10)
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