Marshal Foch Drives to Force Germans Out of Back to Old Line
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LXXXVII— No. 184 12 PAGES r.. HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1918. HOME EDITION
BRITISH SMASH HUN LINES ON 10-MILE
FRONT, CAPTURING IMPORTANT VILLAGES
156 DAUPHIN
MEN ARE CALLED
TO ENTER WAR
SERVICE, AUG. 26
Many of 1918 Class to Leave
City For Camp Lee Where
Thcv Are to Get Training
For Overseas Service
MEN TO ENTRAIN
AT MONDAY NOON
Draftees to Report Sunday
F c Final Instructions; Or
< .*s For Entrainment Re
ceived From State Draft
ureau
The names of the 156 men who
will be sent to Camp I-.ee, Petersburg.
Va., from Harrisburg and Dauphin
county vvere announced by the six
local boards this morning. The men
will report Sunday afternoon at their
boards, and will leave the Pennsyl
vania station in their special at 11.50
Monday morning. The Elizabcth
ville contingent will entrain at 7.29
Monday morning.
While the continsent Monday is
not the largest 'hat has yet been call
ed, it is the first regular draft quota
from the city and county in which
191S registrants had to be called.
Possibly liftv of the registrants are
the 191S registration.
" Many of 1918 Class
City board No. 1 has ten 1918 reg
istrants tn its quota. City board No.
2 has almost as many. City hoard
No. 3 has six. County board No. 1
has enough 1917 registrants to till
the quota, the Paxtang board used
about fifteen of the new registrants
and the Elizabethville board us
many.
The registrants have been notified
to report at the hoards Sunday af
ternoon at 4 o'clock, with the excep
tion of the Elizabethville quota,
which will report Sunday afternoon
at 2.30.
The hoards' quotas were as fol
lows: City board No. 1. 26 men: No.
2, 24 men: No. 3, 15 men; county
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Old Rubber to Be Sought
For Red Cross Benefit
' "Any shoes, any tires, any hose or
rubber, to-day?"
This paraphrased call of the old
junkmen will be the substance of a
plea for rubber goods within a few
days of Mercer B. Tate, chairman
of the rubber station, to he institut
ed by the salvage committee of the
Harrisburg Red Cross Chapter.
The appointment and acceptance
of Mr. Tate as chairman of this com
mittee has just been announced .by
Mrs. Mabel Cronise Jones, chairman
of the salvage committee. He expects
soon to erect the rubber station at
some public place to lie announced
later. He will assisted by a sub
committee, the names of which •will
soon be announced.
This station will receive any goods
of rubber as salvage to swell the
funds of the local chapter. Such cam
paigns in other cities have netted
thousands of dollars.
Bretz Faces Another
Serious Criminal Charge
Charged with the embezzlement of
$l,OOO by Franklin Wertz, 1420 Green
street. Harry M. Bretz, recently ad
judged bankrupt, was held under
S.iOO bail by Alderman Eandis this
morning. Wertz affirms that he held
a $2,000 mortgage against a third
person who had paid $1,400 on ac
count io Rretz. Bretz had paid oniv
$4OO of this amount to Wertz, the
latter declares.
HARRISBURG BOYS
ARE GOfNG OVER
Are You Putting By?
ff'WAR STAMPS
} SHOW THE WAY
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ITHEWEATHF.g]
For Hurrlabnrg and Vicinity, Fair !
to-night anil Thursday) warmer
to-night.
For Eastern Prnnnylvanln: Fntr
to-night and Thursday, slightly
warmer to-night, moderate
south went winds.
Hlvrr
The Susquehanna river and all Itn
branches will continue to fnll
slowly.
Temperntnre, 8 a. m„ 5.
River Stage, 8 a. m., 3.5 feet above
low-water murk.
Sun, Rises, 11,18 n. at., sets, 7,42
p. ni.
Moon, Full moon, August 21,
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature. 78.
l.owest temperature, stl.
Mean temperature, <l7.
Normal temperature, 72.
i TALK OF REVOLT
OPEN IN RANKS
OF BOCHE ARMY
By Associated Press
British Headquarters in Franco,
, Aug. 21. —An order issued by a
! German military commander and
j which is more illuminating than
anything that has come out of
Germany in many months, says:
"It has come to niy knowledge
through a letter addressed to the
Royal Prussian Ministry of War
chat men on leave have spoken
publicly of a revolution which is
to break out after the war.
"1 wish to impress all superior
officers who happen to overhear
such objectionable talk or who
hear it through others that they
must deal with it at once and
without hesitation. The home
authorities and the director
military railways have been re
quested to take corresponding
measures."
GERMAN UNREST
GROWS UNTIL A
REVOLT IS NEAR
Soldiers Home on Furlough
Speak Openly of Depos
ing Hun Leaders
SMUGGLE ARMS TO HOMES
"Cowards" Forced to Fight
in the Front Lines
in France
British Headquarters in France,
Aug. 21.—Germany's military
leaders now have become dis
tinctly worried over the pros
leets of a revolution in Germany.
General Ludendorff, in a cap
tured secret order, has taken
steps to employ the assistance of
lis commanding officers and
various governmental agencies
to help him stamp out the glow
ing spark which has been seen.
1 lie order, which is more illumi
nating than anything which has
come out of Germany in manv
months, follows:
Take Weapons Home
"It has come to my knowledge
through a letter addressed to the
Royal Prussian Ministry of War that
men on leave have spoken publicly
of a revolution which is to break out
after the war.
"A soldier, said to have come from
the industrial region of Rhenish
Westphalia, declared in a train that
in his home district men were going
on leave, taking weapons with them
for the aforesaid object and that it
was easy to tako home German or
captured revolvers as well as hand
grenades separated into two parts."
Obedience By Force
. other order just captured bear
ing the signature of the chief-of-staff
of the 41st Infantry division, recites
that courtmartial have had various
an increasing number of cases
where subordinates emphatically re
fused to accompany their units into
the line and where the "superior of
ficers have neglected to enforce
obedience by failing to compel the
cowards to go into the front line.
"Obedience In this respect," the
order said, "must be enforced even
though it may be necessary to re
sort to force and the use of arms."
"Unworthy of German Army"
Another captured order deals with
the investigation'into a case where a
German airplane was shot down,
probably in mistake by German
troops, and the occupants secretly
buried. "Such procedure," the order
said, "is unworthy of the German
army."
In still another document General
Ludendorff says there are constant
reports of German officers on leave
voicing utterances that are calculated
to awaken feelings of doubt as to
German preparedness for battle. He
mentions an officer in Berlin who
said further offensives were impos
sibe on the western front because of
the shortage of horses and oats. Gen
eral Ludendorff warns officers against
spreading unfavorable rumors. He
declares it is remarkable that they
never bring encouraging news home
from the front and adds that it is
"hotter to color the situation with a
rosy hue than witii black ptiint."
Rice Riots Rend Japan;
Tokio Mobs Violent in
-Attacks Upon Property
By Associated Press
Tokio, Saturday, Aug. 17.—Dis
turbances In the campaign against
the high price of rice continue and
there have beeh many clashes
throughout Japan, some of which re
sulted seriously.
Separate mobs in Tokio, varying
in size from 300 tg 10,000, attacked
and damaged police boxes, rice stores
and Geisha houses and attacked the
Selyoken Hotel and the building of
the ministry of communications and
commerce. Other buildings and auto
mobiles and tramways also were at
tacked. Police and troops eventually,
dispersed the mobs. j
U-BOAT PIRATES
MAKE RAIDER OF
TRAWLER; SINK
THREE VESSELS
Manned by Sixteen Germans
From Submarine Captured
Fishing Vessel Is Used in
Ocean Warfare Off Nova
Scotia Fishing Banks
SIX SUBMARINES ON
COAST, CHIEF SAYS
•
"We Intend to Destroy the
Fishing, Fleets." Captain
Mvrrhe, of Ship Taken. Says
U-Boat Scavenger Told Him
at Parting
By Associated rress
Washington, Aug. 21.
Strong forces of swift naval
patrol boats and destroyers
sped to-day to the North At
lantic fishing banks, where
the trawler Triumph, cap
tured yesterday by a Ger
man submarine, which
armed and manned, is re
ported raiding fishing fleets.
Naval officers here think
recapture of the trawler or
her enforced destruction by
the German crew is a cer
tainty.
A Canadian Atlantic Port, Aug.
21.—The steam trawler Tiiumph, I
fitted with two gunjs and wireless
and manned by sixteen Germans
trom the U-,boat which captured hef
yesterday, is raiding the fishing
banks off Nova Scotia. Crews of the
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GROCER FINED
$lOO FOR FALSE
SUGAR CARDS
Red Cross to Benefit lty Mis
statements Made by
M. Berk
A fine of JlOO to the Red Cross
confiscation of over 500 pounds of
sugar, withdrawal of unused certifi
cates for 1,200 pounds and discontin
uance of all sugar sales for an in
definite period constituted the penal
ties imposed on M. Berk, grocer, in
business at 621 Wiconisco street, this
morning by the Dauphin County Food
Administrator.
Berk, who stated that he is a mov
ing picture operator in addition to
owning a grocery store, signed a
statement July 1 stating that he used
8,761 pounds of sugar during April,
May and June last. He claimed to
have 430 pounds of sugar on hand
July 1. Investigation by Federal
agents disclosed the fact that Berk
actually used less than 3,600 pounds
during the three months before July.
The sugar now held by Berk will
be redistributed by the food admin
istrator. . Berk, through his misstate
ment, was able to secure sugar double
his requirements, and profited at the
expense of other dealers in that dis
trict, who had observed the rulings
and turned in exact statements re
garding their purchases and sales
ol' sugar.
Investigation of other statements
are being made.
Mrs. Mary Stroh Is Found
Dead in Bed; Was Not 111
Perfectly well when she went to
bed last evening, Mrs. Mary Stroh,
59 years, widow of Frederick Stroh,
was found dead in bed this morning
at her home at 1831 Logan street.
Mrs. Stroh has resided in Harrisburg
for many years and ts well known
here.
Surving Mrs. Stroh are seven sons,
Harry Stroh, Charles Stroh, Fred
Stroh. William Stroh, John Stroh,
Christian Stroh and Arthur Stroh;
daughters, Mrs. H. A. Geiger,
Mrs. J. Aughinbaugh and Miss Min
nie Stroh, one sister, Mrs. Daniel
Shelley, and eight grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held from
her late home on Saturday afternoon
at 1.30 o'clock, conducted by the
Rev. H. F. F. Lisse, of the German
Evangelical Lutheran Church. Burial
will be in the East Harrisburg Ceme
tery.
RAW LIN SON" CONGRATULATED
London. Aug. 21.—Field Marshal
Haig yesterday telegraphed to Gen
eral Rawlinson his congratulattions
on the magnificent success of the
British army.
The New Allied Advances in Picardy
On the wide front between the Atsne and the Oise (A) General Man-
Kin s Tenth French Army has gained to a depth of about two nillen. Tie
l^c t° w ns of Nampoel, Morsain. Le I lamer ""WTU'lVfrtn and many
otbfcr Bni the plateau lands which dominate the German positions. A
i eport said that the railway station at Roye (B) had been taken and
that the British and French are tighting in the outskirts of Roye as well.
Just north of Chaulnes (C) the Germans penetrated the British line in a
counterattack, but were driven out with heavy losses. In Flanders (I))
the British have entered Mervllle. The dotted line indicates the battie
lne at the start of the German ID 18 offensive. The broken line repre
sents the Solssons-Rhoims salient which Marshal Foch obliterated. The
solid line indicates the present battlellnc*. The shaded area represents
the Allied advance since start of the offensive in Picardy, August 8.
RESERVES WILL DRILL
HIGH SCHOOL YOUTHS
Militiamen Also Offer Scrvie
istercd Men to Get Same Trai
Services of the Harrisburg Re
serves, the state capital's home de
fence and training organization, were
to-day tendered to the officials of the
Harrisburg; Sehiol Hoard and the
Harrisburg Academy for furnishing
military instruction to high school
and academy students. The offer was
made by Major Henry M. Stine, the
commandant, who will have the co
operation not only of his company
officers, but of those of Company I
of the Reserve Militia and former
National Guardsmen in making de
tails. it follows in with the work
the reserves have been doing for
weeks in training men of draft agg
in the city and county.
Notice was also given to the Har
risburg draft boards that larger de
tails from the reserves would be at
the lower end of the Island Monday,
Wednesday and Friday nights, on
which the reserves have been giving
instruction to men of draft age. To
night Lieutenant William L. Keller
will bo in charge. Friday night the
reserves will have their weekly drill
PA. MEN'S VALOR
WINS DECORATION
FOR "IRON MEN"
Shamokin Sergeant, in Letter,
Cites French Award to
Whole Division
PERSHING'S IRON MEN'
General Pershing has named
the Keystone Division, former
Pennsylvania Guardsmen in
Prance, the "Iron Division," ac
cording to Nlcolai Hansen, of the
103 d engineers, who writes from
Prance as follows:
"We have made a pretty good
reputation for ourselves. 1 mean
the Twenty-eighth Division. Gen
eral Pershing said that we aren't
soldiers, we are iron men. He
called us the Iron Division."
Pennsylvania boys who helped stop
the Hun advance on Paris have been
decorated by the French government
for their bravery. Word of the honor
has -lust reached the state in a letter
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Ht'GHEY DOUGHKHTY 1)IKS
Philadelphia, Aug. 21. Hugheyy
Dougherty, the veteran minstrel, died
last night at the Philadelphia Hospital
for the Insane. He was 75 years old
and had been an inmate of the insti
tution lor abuuj two years.
cs For Important Work; Reg
ning Before Going to Camp
at the Island and will detail men for
instruction at that time. These in l
structions are given at 7.30 p. m.
Arthur H. Hailey, chairman of Dau
phin County Board No. 2, the Pax
tang district, to-day arranged to have
forty men from Ills district meet here
for instruction on Saturday. These
men will hear addresses on work at
camps, insurance and other matters
essential to men going intoWhe army
at the courthouse about 10.30. Men
from Harrisburg District No. 1 will
join them. The latter district has
organized its committee of instruc
tion with Major Stine as chairman;
Dr. J. George Beeht, Joseph Claster,
Dr. B. F. Royer, acting state commis
sioner of health: and J. W. Roden
haver. Major Stine and Flavet L.
Wright will be among the speakers.
The reserves will send details to
Millersburg. Halifax and Williams
town Saturday to continue instruction
in district No. 3. The men from Ly
kens. Grata, llerrysburg and Kliza
bethville will be gathered at. Loyal
ton.
CITY NOT "LAYING
DOWN" ON WATER
FOR RIVERSIDE
Commissioner Hassler Says
Negotiations Are Already
Under Way
The city is not "laying down" and
doing nothing on the proposition of
taking over the Fourteenth ward
system, owned by the. Dauphin Con
solidated Water Company, City Com
missioner Hassler and other city of
ficials said this morning, in answer
to the charges published this morn
ing, affirming that the officails had
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Yankee Patrol of 18 Gets
Best of Two Score Huns
By Associated Press
With the American Army In l,or
rnlne, Aug. 21.—Military activity on
the battle front in the Vosges Mon
day night was marked by two patrol
encounters. An American patrol con
sisting of one officer and seventeen
men ambushed a- German patrol of
forty m#n. *
The Germans still are viciously
pounding with their artillery the town
of Prapelle which they recently lost.
The Germans are using gas shells.
GOVERNMENT
ENCOURAGES
BETTERMENT
OF HARRISBURG
Inquiry From Harrisburg an<l
Those From Other Cities
Answered in a Statement
Given Out Today by Secre
tary McAdoo
RESTRICTIONS DO NOT
BAR CONSTRUCTION
Only Buildings That Arc Un
necessary Come Under the
Government Plan; Building
Operations Need Little En
couragement to Resume
Washington, Aug. 21. —The con
stantly growing demand for housing,
coupled with the increased cost and
call for building material, has caused
many inquiries to be made of late
as to just what stand the United
States government took in the mat
ter. Included among these is one
front Harrisburg.
Numerous orders has been issued
by the Treasury Department restrict
ing building and there have been
several debates in Congress on the
subject, but it is evident that they
have not been clearly understood by
those interested in the trade.
When asked for an elaboration of
his statement concerning the desir
ability of restricting at this time un
necessary building operation, and
just what he defined as unnecessary
building, Secretary of the Treasury
William G. McAdoo, said:
"It is only by subordinating local
and personul interests to the general
welfare, and by enforcing the most
rigid economy in matters of public
and private enterprises, as well as in
matters of personal expenditure, that
the United States ran hope to bear
its part of the financial burden of the
war and to release sufficient labor
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ALLIES CUT WAR
FRONT 50 MILES
IN MONTH DRIVE
Line at Beginning of Hun Ad-1
vance 250 Miles; Now
Less Than 200
By Associated Press
Washington. Aug. 21.—As a result;
of allied successes during 'the past'
month the battle front in Franco;
from Khcims to the North Sea has
been reduced in length more than
fifty miles, General March told the
newspapermen to-day in his mid
week conference.
When the Germans began their
last advance the line stretched for
250 miles. It is now less than 200,
miles.
32 Divisions Abroad
General Mu>vh enumerated thirty-'
two American divisions us having 1
arrived in France. They are as fol-i
lows: First, Second. Third, Fourth,,
■Fifth, Sixth, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th,'
30th, 32nd, 33rd, 35th, 36th, 37th,
41st, 42nd, 76th, 77th, 78th, 79th. <
80th, 81st, 82nd, 83rd, 85th, 89th,
90th, 91st, 92nd and 93rd.
SOth in Flanders
Answering further questions re
garding individual divisions. General
March said the 76th division (New
England and New York National
Army), now is serving as a depot
division and is stationed in a back
area. The SOth division (Pennsyl-i
vania and Virginia National Army),
is serving with the British in Flan-,
ders.
The success of the enlarged Amer- :
lean program of the War Depart
ment, General March said, still is
dependent upon the acquisition of
adequate shipping and while the
Emergency Fleet Corporation is con
stantly swelling the tonnage at Ihe
army's disposal, it still is necessary
to charter and hire many additional
ships.
On the plains near the Oise the al
lied advance has put the line well
back of the old 1916-17 line.
On German Soil
General March said the War De
partment had not yet received de
tails of the capture of Frapelle, in
the Vofeges. by the Fifth United
States division (regulars). The line
at this point is four miles over the
German border.
In commenting on the shipping
situation, General March divulged
•for the llrst time the fact that Brazil
had given a ship to the United States
without compensation of any sort for,
two trips. He said that so far as
he knew this was the only case of
the kind on record.
NEED STENOGRAPHERS
State draft headquarters to-day re- :
cched notice that the army wanted
good stenographers with legal train- 1
ing to volunteer from roup C of Class |
1 of the draf. These men ure tto serve !
In courts-niartlaf in the Held and the j :
time for volunteering will end Au- <
gust 31 I;
Foe Recoils Three Miles as
Haig's Men Press Forward
Under a Heavy Mist .
INFANTRY SURGES FORWARD
WITHOUT ARTILLERY WORK
Battle Line Carried to Within Three
Miles of Bapaume, One of
Hun's Supply Bases
By Associated Press
LONDON, Aug. 21 (4.45 p. m.) —French
troops advanced three miles to-day along the
Oise and reached Sempigny, a mile from the
outskirts of Noyon, according to reports from
the battlefront. *
British forces struck the Germans over a front of approxi
mately ten miles on the line southwest of Arras at dawn to-day.
According to meager details received from the scene of the
new assault, the British have advanced from two to three miles
and have captured the towns of Moyenneville, Courcelles, Achiet-
Ic-Petit and Beautcourt-aur-Ancre and have reached the town of
Achict-le-Grand.
Sweep All Before Them
The assault was begun under cover of a mist which materially
assisted the British in their advance. It would appear from this
that there was only little, if any, artillery preparation and that the
plan of attack was similar to that followed south of the Aisne on
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I - GASCONIER STRIKES MINE; SIX LOST
|lf Christiania, Norway—The Dutch steamer Gasconier, ]
if; New York to Rotterdam, operated by the Belgian Relief
i;j; Commission, struck a mine in the North sea, caught fire j j
fit* and sank. Si* lives were lost. A guard ship took the |
; | survivors to Haugcsund, Norway. j !
| . TRIS SPEAKER TO FLY IN WAR
;;j; Boston—Before leaving here last night for Washing- J
jf; ton, Tris Speaker, of the Cleveland American League ; ;
j|[ Baseball team, said he expected to complete arrangemnt# i ;
i|j to-day for entering the aviation school at the Massachu- ;
• i setts Institute, of Technology.
1 YOUNG LA FOLLETTE TO GET COMMISSION jji
|j| Chicago—Philip La Follette, son of United States ;;
11; Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, is among the 200 stu- i ;
j dents at the Fort Sheridan officers training camp who ;
| ; have been recommended for a commission, it was an- !
;|; nounced to-day. > j p
||| SOVIETS TAKE ALEXANDROVITCH
Ij; Amsterdam—The former Russian Grand Duke Paul I ;
! Alexandrovitch, says a Moscow dispatch, has been
j ; arrested by the Bolshevdki. He is art uncle of the late I
j | emperor and father of Grand Duke Dmitri Paviovitch. *;
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GRANT'S SON GETS DIVORCE
;j; Reno, Nev.—Jesse R. Grant, son of General U. S. if;
Grant, has been granted a divorce from his wife at Tono- i i
I ! pah, on grounds of desertion, it was learned to-day. ij;
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j j LORD READING DENIES ALLIANCE RUMOp j
i London—Lord Reading, the British ambassador to |j|
fjj the United States, speaking at the American Luncheon j I
| Club to-day denied reports that he had returned home j
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| [ to draft the tenns of an offensive and defensive alliance | I
;f| be ween Great Britain and the United States. j p
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