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LXXXVII— No. 179 14 PAGES
FOCH WRESTS 1,800
MILES AND 73,000
MEN FROM THE FOE
Allied and German Armies
Prepare For Resumption of
Heavy Fighting Along Long
Line While Battling Con
tinues Under Difficulties
FRENCH MAKE FRESH
GAINS AT LASSIGXY I
British Advance Lines Slightly
North of Chaulnes on the!
Picardy Front; Enemy .Hard
Pressed by Haig's and Pe
tain's Armies
By Associated Press
London, Aug. 15 —t p. m.—
The French have captured all
the high ground on the Lassignyj
massif and are working down
the nortli and eastern sides so
that a further retirement of the
enemy in that sector is prob
able, according to advices re
ceived here this afternoon.
Paris. Aug. 15.—Both sides are,
gathering strength for a resumption
of heavy fighting. That, however, j
does not prevent the French from j
hammering away at the Lassignv-!
Noyon line and doggedly struggling;
onward through gas-choked woods, j
General Humbert's men have car-!
Tied Ribecourt, which barred the!
road running toward Thiescourtj
ridge and the Olse and protected the
Germans in Ourscamp forest, east;
of the river. It is a success that
seriously endangers both Thiescourt i
ridge and tke Ourscamp salient.
The enemy in the Thiescourt po
sition, already severely shaken by
the attacks of General Humbert's
left, is reported to be showing signs;
of giving way.
Ixtmlon. Aug. 15*—The British'
line has been advanced slightly east j
of Rainecourt, in the district north |
of Chaulnes, on the Picardy battle
front. to-day's war office announces.
Since August 8. when the allied
attack began, the British and French
have taken prisoners to the number
of 30,3 44.
British patrols were active last
night in the district between Albert
and Ayette, where the Germans be
gan their retirement yesterday. The
patrols have maintained close touch
with the enemy in this region.
The British made further progres
at several points along this front.
Officials Look For
$380,000,000 Toward
Third Loan's Total
Washington. Aug. 15. The la3t
instalment payment on the Third
Liberty Loan, due to-day. was ex
pected to bring in the $380,000,000
unpaid balance of the $4,176,000,000
total of the loan.
Although the instalment nominal
ly was 40 per cent., a large part of
this already has been paid into the
Treasury.
The $500,000,000 issue of certifi
cates of indebtedness which closed
Tuesday was oversubscribed $75,795.-
000, the Treasury announced to-day.
Officials are considering issuing tax
certificates,
WILSON APPROVES PROGRAM
Washington. Aug. 15. General
support for schools of all grades dur
ing war time is urged by President
Wilson in a letter to Secretary Lane
to-day. approving the bureau of edu
cation's plan for an educational cam
paign this summer and fall.
TROLLEYMEN!
Put some of
those raises
into
Uncle Sam's
WAR STAMPS NOW
Transfer in 1923
THE WEATHER
For Harrisburg and vlrlnltyi Fair,
continued cool to-night and Fri
day.
For Knatern Pennsylvania i Fair,
continued cool to-night nnd Fri
days light, north wind*.
River
The Susquehanna river nnd all It*
branches will fnll slowly or re
main nearly (stationary, except
the lower portion of the main
river, which will rise slightly
this afternoon and to-night. A
Mage of about 3.0 feet Is Indi
cated for Harrlsburg Friday
morning.
General Condition*
Thunder* bower* occurred Wed
nr* afternoon In tbe Middle and
North Atlantic States, the heavi
est rainfall reported occurring
In the Lower Susquehanna Val
ley.
Temperatures 8 a. m, <lB.
River Stages 4.1 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday'* Weather
Highest temperature, 02.
Lowed temperature, 71.
Mean temperature, 82.
Normal temperature, 73.
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VOX BOEHX, "RETREAT
SPECIALIST," IN LEAD
Part*, Aug. 15.—General Hans j
■ Von Boehn. the German "retreat
specialist" has been appointed to
the supteme German command on I
, the Somme front. The newspaper j
believes this change in the Ger- j
man command is highly signitl- j
cant. The German withdrawal j
| north of Albert is looked upon as |
; the lirst application of his tactics, j
SEAPLANES DROP
BOMBS ON U-BOAT
NEAR CAPE MAY
i American Schooner Sunk by
Shell Fire; Submarine
Chasers on Scene
By Associated Press
Washington. Aug. 15. —Seaplanes j
j and naval patrol boats attacked with !
! depth bombs a German submarine:
' which shelled and set fire to thei
i American schooner Dorothy Barrett, j
i New York for Norfolk, yesterday af-i
| ternoon off Cape May, N. J.
Navy reports to-day said one bomb
; front a seaplane exploded within j
[ seventy-five feet of the bubbles and j
: the wake from the U-boat, which had
1 submerged when the planes and pa-i
! trols were sighted. When the planes;
| had completed their attack, two pa
' trol boats closed in and let go depth;
j bombs over the spot where bubblesl
i were observed. The results have j
| not been determined but the subma
• rine did not again appear.
The crew abandoned the schooner
I as soon as the submarine appeared
' and opened tire, and have been land
| ed safely at Cape May, N. Y.
Mine Sweepers at Work
Dispatches to the department to-1
, day did not make clear whether the)
| vessel was destroyed. She was bound ;
I front New York for Norfolk when j
S attacked six and one-half miles front j
| Northeast lightship, near Cape May. j
j Mine sweepers have been sent to i
the scene as there is a possibility;
i that the submarine laid mines in the 1
i vicinity as was the case when the)
raiders made their first appearance)
I in American waters last May.
This submarine probably is the!
! one which Tuesday evening tor- j
! pedoed the oil tank steamer Fred-!
crick R. Kellogg, thirty ntiles south i
j of Ambrose light, with the probable j
| loss of seven men of the tanker's ;
| crew. The tanker to-day was re- i
! ported still afloat with a chance of j
j being salvaged.
Portsmouth, N. 0., Aug. 15.—!
j Heavy firing was heard to-day off i
the North Carolina coast in the vi-;
! cinity where a German submarine!
j has been operating.
Beginning about 8 o'clock this j
! morning, the booming of two guns, j
j one of larger caliber than the other, |
continued for about forty minutes, j
I To those on shore it seemed both'
I guns were being fired simultaneously j
| until at last only the lighter gun was,
j heard.
Boston. Aug. 15. —Four survivors!
|of the fishing schooner Progress,]
! sunk by a German submarine Satur
i day, were brought here to-day, af-
I ter being adrift in a dory seventy
; two hours without a compass and
i with little v.-ater and food. Others
j of the Tew were landed earlier in
i the week.
Boston. Aug. 15. Twenty-five
I survivors of the British steamer
i Penistone, sunk by a German sub
-1 marine off the Massachusetts coast
5 Sunday, landed at Cape Cod ports
1 to-day and reported that another
boat containing members of the
! rew had been lost. Four of the sur
! vivors were badly burned and in
| jured. indicating the vessel had been
i attacked fiefore the crew had a
' chance to escape.
! Navy Department reports earlier
, in the week did not explain how the
j Penistone had been sunk and first
advices from the cape to-day failed
. to clear'up this point, as it was said
i naval authorities had taken charge
,of the ship's crew. The men were
in two boats, which had drifted since
Sunday. They were well nigh ex
hausted from exposure and lack of
I food.
The number in the boat reported
I lost was not stated.
Bath. Maine. Aug. 15.—The five
masted schooner Dorothy B. Barrett.
| sunk by a German submarine near
I Cape May, N. J.. yesterday, was own
j ed by the G. G. Deering Company,
of this city, the builders, and was
• valued at $150,000. The Barrett, a
j vessel of 2,OS'S tons gross, was pro
j reeding to a New England port with
i coal.
First 1918 Hunter's
License Issued Today
County Treasurer Mark Mumma to
day issued the first hunter's license
: for 1918. The tags and books for
I this season were received a few days
; ago and twenty-five were used then
] to supply those who applied through
! the mails. To-day Joseph T. Powley,
i 920 Cowden street, called and took
j out the first one issued in person.
Last year 8,500 licenses were furnish
ed to the county treasurer and long
before the season closed these had
been used. An additional 1,000 were
l ordered and used, the last one being
I issued in December. This year 9,500
blanks and. tags have been supplied
i by the state.
SINGLE COP*
2 CENTS
LudendorffOrders Retirement
on Five-Mile Front Between
Albert and Arras Where
Pressure Has Been Heaviest
on His Front Line
EXTENT OF RETREAT
NOT YET DETERMINED
Battling Confined Principally
to Strong Local Actions,
With Allies Pressing Hard
on Heels of Teutons Who
Give Up Positions
Paris, Aug. 15.— Allied troops,
among whom the Americans
have borne a creditable part,
have captured 73.000 prisoners
and more than 1.700 guns dur
ing the past four weeks. This
is a greater number than the al
lies have taken in four weeks
since the beginning of the war.
Allied success in Picardy appar
ently has compelled the Germans to
tealign their positions between Al
bert and Arras. Many troops have
begun a retirement on a five-mile
front, but complete details of the
movement are lacking.
Four weeks ago to-day Marshal
Koch took the initiative on the
western side of the Marne salient
and a week ago the French and
British hit the German lines east and
southeast of Amiens. In the four
weeks the allies have reclaimed
nearly 1,800 square miles of terri
tory, improved their posiUons to the
detriment of the enemy, freed' the
important railways running east and
north from Paris and unofficially
have captured 73,000 prisoners and
1,700 guns. These are the physical
gains; the future holds the others.
Between the Ancre and the Oise
the fighting still is confined to local
aeUons at various points. The Brit
ish and French have improved then
positions slightly north of the
Somme. northwest of Roye, south of
Lassigny and along the Oise. En
emy troops have shown no disposi
tion to counterattack elsewhere and
have confined their retaliatory ef
forts to artillery bombardments.
Extent Uncertain
The extent of the German with
drawal north of Albert is not yet
clearly defined and its effect upon
the situation as a whole is prob
lematical. Field Marshal Haig an
nounces the enemy has left his for
ward positions at Beaumont Hamel,
Serre, Puisiex-au-Mont and Buc
quoy. These are in the Hebuterne
sector, where the Germans were
stopped in their offensive of March
21. Many vain efforts were made by
the Germans to reach the heights
around Hebuterne. as their positions
iii this sector were dominated by the
British guns.
British Make Progress
Should the German lines be moved
back any great depth, the line south
to Albert and thence to the Somme
would be affected. Likewise the
line northward to the Scarpe might
have to be readjusted. It is not un
likely the movement here is similar
in purpose to the recent withdrawals
in the Lys salient and Is part of a
German plan to get into as strong
positions as possible on the entire
front from Ypres to Rheims.
North of the Somme Australian
troops have improved their positions
between Bray and Etinehem, reach
ing the western outskirts of Bray,
one of the main bastians of the line
south from Albert. East of Par
villers, northwest of Roye. the Brit
ish have made progress toward the
Chaulnes-Roye railroad.
French Near I-assign,v
Lassigny still holds out. The
French, however, continue their
pressure and now are a little more
than a mile south of the town. Ger
man resistance is strong, ihe enemy
counterattacking repeatedly on the
hills and in the woods of the plateau
region there.
On the western bank of the Oise,
slightly more than six miles south
of Noyon. the French have occupied
P.ibeeourt. The town itself is on
the lowland, but the French also
hold the heights to the west and
northwest, which were part of the
defensive system for Curscap forest
east of the Oise and Thiescourt wood
south of Lassigny. While the French
have not broken the Roye-Lassigny-
Noyon line, it is still far from being
saved to the Germans, and a French
advance of even less than a mile
would throw It out of balance.
Many army officers in Washing
ton expect that a new drive shortly
will be made against the enemy.
Flanders or the Kea between the
Oise and Soissons are believed to
be the most likely fields of action.
Allies Drop Bombs
Along the Vesle the French and
Americans are being subjected to
bombardments from German airmen
as well as from . the enemy guns.
There has been no infantry action.
In Lorraine American patrols hav
brought back prisoners from the
enemy trenches.
Allied airmen Tuesday put out of
action forty-three German machines,
twenty-one of which were de
stroyed. Attacks on railway sta
tions. airdromes, ammunition dumps
and other military targets edntinue
without a letup. American aviators
also have bombed railways stations
in the area between Verdun and
Metz.
HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1918.
"O/i, 'Vere, Oh, 'Vere y Iss Mein Leedle Dog Gone?"
TWOSTEELTON *
MILLS CLOSED
BY WALKOUT
Men Demand Conditions Ex
isting at Big Bethle
hem Plant
BOBBINS CONCILIATORY
General Manager Says Local
Plant Wll Get Bethle
hem Benefits
Word reached Harrisburg to-day
that employes of the Bethlehem
Steel Company's blast furnaces, billet
mills and rolling mills, at Steelton,
had failed to show tip for work to
day and that those departments were
idle, due to the desire of the men to
have the wage scales and working
conditions existing at Bethlehem put
into effect at the local plants. Un
rest among .labor in several Harris
burg plants also was reported to
day.
Aaked concerning the facts in the
case, Superintendent Robbins, in
charge of the Bethlehem Steel prop
erties at Steelton. said:
Sufiie As in Bethlehem
"The employes of the 44-inch and
the 28-inch rolling mills failed to re
port for duty this morning, making
it necessary to close operations in
those two departments for the day.
These are the only branches of the
industry affected. I do not know the
grievances of the men as they have
not sent anybody to-day to consult
with me concerning them. The wage
scale for laborers is the same here
as at Bethlehem, and all the other
workers are adjusted on a scale as
[Continued on Page B.]
Painters Overcome by
Gas While Painting
Chimney at Central Iron
Two men were partially asphyxiat
ed and burned in a peculiar accident
at the Central Iron and Steel Com
pany plant shortly after ten o'clock
this morning.
Neal Maloney, aged 42, 1048 South
Ninth street, and Norman Skiilen, of
the same address, are the victims in
the hospital. It is said that the
men were on a chimney painting it,
when the fumes from the furnace be
neath shot out and enveloped them.
They were partially asphyxiated, and
hanging on to the ropes which had
supported them, fell to the side of
the chimney," where they sustained
burns over their hands, arms
faces. At the hospital this afternoon
it was said they will recover.
Both men are from Pittsburgh.
SPAIN INTERESTED IN
U. S. MILITARY CAMPS
By Associated Press
Paris, Aug. 15.—American camps
and depots here were visited by the
Spanish military mission to-day. The
mission was accompanied by Amer
ican officers.
Colonel Roosevelt
Answers Poincare
By Associated Press
Par*. Aug. 15.—Colonel Roose
velt's answer to Condolence ex
tended by President Poincare on
the' death of Lieutenant Quentin
Rooseveß is published by the
newspapers.
"My only regret," the Colonel
wrote, "is that I am unable to
fight beside my sons."
SPECIAL SCHOOL
ACTIVITIES ARE
BEING ARRANGED
Board of Directors Will Re-
ceive Report Tomorrow
From New Supervisor
Special activities to be conducted
in the city school district during the
coming year as outlined by J. H.
Dickley, who was recently appoint
ed as supervisor of that branch of
work, will be presented to the board
of directors for approval at the reg
ular meeting to-morrow afternoon.
Officials to-day would not give
complete data about the plans pre
ferring to have the reports submit
ted at the board meeting before
making public the arrangements. It
is understood, however, that one of
the moves in connection with this
new branch of work will be night
schools for tht educatioq of the for
eign population and working classes;
establishment of evening recreation
■centers and other important moves
to bring about a general Americani
zation plan.
The plan to have a definite pro
gram of special activities was recom
mended to the school board months
ago by Superintendent F. E. Downes
and upon the approval of the direc
tors he was authorized to propose a
suitable person to act as supervisor.
Mr. Bickley had been doing similar
work in connection with a large east-
[Continued on Page 12.]
400 Soldiers Enroute to
an Atlantic Port Swamp
City's Bathing Facilities
Four hundred soldiers enroute for
an Atlantic port, swamped Harris
burg's swimming pools, shower baths
and bathtubs this afternoon when
they stopped here for a "clean up."
The local chapter of the American
Red Cross received a wire In the
early afternoon, asking that bathing
facilities be provided for the soldiers.
Through the aid of Captain H. M.
.Stlne, Commissioner E. Z. Gross and
Frank Payne, arrangements were
hurriedly made for the accommoda
tion of the soldiers. The P. R. R. Y.
M. C. A. swimming pool; shower baths
and other facilities in the Boyd Me
morial building apd the Cathedral j
Hall were thrown open for the use)
of the soldiers. Many of the boys!
in khaki went to the river where they |
splashed to their heart's content. ■ /
COAL FAMINE IN
CITY UNLESS THE
SHIPMENTS GROW
But 30 Per Cent, of Ordered
Tonnage Is Delivered,
Hickok Says
CONSERVATION IS URGED
County Fuel Head Has Assur
ances August Shipments
Will Continue Good
Harrisburg will not escape a coal
shortage during the coming winter
unless shipments are materially In
creased, it was learned to-day.
During the first four,months of
the summer coal-buying season Har
risburg received 12,302 tons short
of its allotment. Its allotment Is 13.-
601 tons monthly.
Thirty per cent, of the tonnage or
dered by householders during the
four months has been delivered. The
remaining orders for domestic sizes
of anthracite are unfilled.
The above facts were announced
by Ross A. Hickok, Dauphin county
fuel administrator, this morning,
who said:
Situation Unfavorable
"It now looks as if there would
not be enough coal. I feel that there
will be a shortage, and, urge conser
vation. As a safety measure, I urge
the people to use bituminous coal and
wood, or even coke where it can be
used. I advise that householders lay
in supplies of wood and bituminous
coal."
It was not possible to learn the
amount of coal ordered during July,
but until July 1, 145,428 tons had
been ordered. July orders would in
crease this total. Thirty per cent, of
this amount is now in the house
holders' cellars. However, this does
not mean that thirty per cent, of the
orders are filled, or that orders which
have been attended to are complete
ly filled.
One Hopeful Sign
During July, 13,873 tons of domes
tic size, anthracite, were received by
Harrisburg dealers. This is an in
crease of 5,854 tons over June, and
4,357 tons over the amount received
during July, 1916. It is 272 tons
more than the monthly allotment. It
was the largest amount shipped here
[Continued on Page 12.]
Seeks to Relieve
Local Sugar Shortage
Donald McCormick, county food ad
ministrator, went to Philadelphia to
day in an effort to get the State Food
Administrator to release the 600,000
pounds of sugar held by the Harris
burg wholesalers. Retail grocers,
confectioners and drink dispensers
who are dependent upon the whole
salers for their August sugar sup
plies are short of sugar, and in many
cases entirely without it. It is In
an effort to relieve the situation that
the local administr>-- —... to Phila
delphia.
ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEWSPAPER IN H Alt ItISIIHKG
U. S. TO PLACE
3,000,000 MEN
ON. FRONT LINE
Tremendous War Program Planned by
War Department to Reach Full
Development by June 30,1919;
All Men to Be Called Then
By Associated Tress
Washington Aug. 15.—1n reporting the .administration man
power bill extending the draft ages, to-day Chairman Chamber
lain disclosed to the Senate that General March had told the mil
itary committee it was up to the United States to put enough
men in France to win the war on the west front and had express
ed the belief that four mollion Americans under one commander
could go tluougl. fite German lines whenever they oleased.
The report also revealed that the new American war program
calls .'c.r eighty divisions, or something over three million men, in
France by June 30 next year, with eighteen nore divisions
in training at home then.
All men called for service under the proposed new draft ages
—IS to 45—General March told the committee, would be in
France ! y next June according to the program.
Secretary Baker informed the committee, the report said,
that the President's policy called for concentration of American
forces on the western front, including Italy and that "the theory
of the fighting in the future is that we must force the issue and
wifi on the western front."
Immediate extension of the draft ages was declared by the
army representative to be imperative in order that the United
State may throw its full strength in the struggle and win.
If the draft ages are fixed at from 18 to 45, General March
said the system of volunteer enlistment in the United States
Army automatically disappear.
In his report Chairman Chamberlain quoted extensively from
testimony before the committee by Secretary Baker, General
March and Provost Marshal General C'rowder.
Allies Ask Big Program
"The United States Government," General March is quoted
as saying, "has been asked by her allies to embark upon a pro
gram so large that it was necessary very carefully to ascertain
whether we could go through with it or not, and one of the
[Continued on Pago 12.]
j ; MURNANE TO GET HEARING ON SATURDAY |
;j; Harnsburg The hearing of City Detective Murnanc, 8
|; ; charged with aggravated assault and battery and inter- 8
| ; fcring with a United States officer, will be held before 9
j | Alderman E. J. Hilton Saturday morning at 9 o'clock, J
; ; M"urnane was arrested Monday afternoon upon inform-:; -
; ; tion brought by a Government.officer from Midflletown.
; ; BRAVE SEAMAN, WILLIAM KING. COMMENDED I [
| : Washington—William E. King, seaman, of Baltimore. j j
| | was commended by Secretary Daniels to-day for bravery •j I
j| : and initiative in taking a launch to the side of the burn- < I
; | ing Spanish steamship Scrantes on July 13, in New York
| | harbor, and rescuing from the forecastle seven men, who 1
1 1 who being hemcd in by the flames, were too panic strrck- j
8 en to jump into the water. To reach the vessel the launch
S steered through an area of burning gasoline.
BRITISH TAKE DEFENSE OF BAKU
i London—A British force irom northwestern Persia has i
reached the Caspian Sea and taken over a part of the
* defn?;c of Baku.
SENATE FAILS OF QUORUM
Washington-Only 43 senators answered to their names j j
when the roll was called to-day. This was six less than a i
quorum. Senate leaders had telegraphed members to re- j
turn from vacations so that the agreement for three 8
• day recess until August 24 might be set aside. The fi
i : senate adjourned until Monday and the plan now is to i
; : begin consideration of the manpower bill next Thurs
; day.
PEN/STONE ENGINEER KILLED.
Nantucket, Mass—The killing of the engineer and the ' j
; ; wounding of tour firemen on the British steamer Pen- ,|
j! I istonc, sent down by a German submarine in New E'rig- ;|
hi I'M
; land waters Sunday, was reported to-day by nine sur
| : > ivors of the vessel who were brought here by a tug.
; The tug picked up "by two officers and seven men a-
I: : other vessels landed 29 of the crewat Cape Cod point
earlier in .tne day. .
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i MARRIAGE LICENSES
Gordon McG. Mcklt and Maruaret M. KnllnKcr, Harrlabttr*!
I Harry C. Houxeholdrr. Alexander, and Jene Cllppinnrr, Mapletoni
Clarence Mitchell, Alexander, nnnd Margaret E. Hawk, Mnpletont
Arthur J. Davlcx. Hnrrlnburic. and Klale M. Alexander, Philadel
phia.
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