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LXXXVII— No. 186 18 PAGES
GIANT ARMIES WAGE FIERCEST
WAR IN GREAT PICARDY DRIVE
Everywhere Along Front Successes Are With the Allies
WHOLE GERMAN
LINE WAVE
UNDER ASSAULT
British Make Progress as Battle Grows
Into One of Greatest in History;
Tremendous German Counter-
Attacks Are Beaten Off
CRUSHED
Along the front in northern Picardy a
battle which seems to be one of the greatest
of the war has developed.
Disaster is reported to be threatening the
whole German army on this front and the
Germans are throwing great masses of men
into the struggle in the hope of checking the
tide of battle, which, dispatches from British
headquarters say, is setting against them.
By Associated Press
With the British Armies in France, Aug. 23.—Brit
ish troops this morning are reported to have captured
Chiegnolles and Herleville, south of the Somme rive'r.
More than a thousand prisoners were taken in this opera
tion which eliminates the bend in the line.
A battle has developed which seems to be one of the
greatest of the war.
Field Marshal Haig's forces also are reported to
have taken Boyelles and Boiry Bacquerelles, and to be
still pushing forward. They are piling up prisoners and
guns.
British Sweep Through All Opposition
The British have reached Gommecourt which is considered to
be the chief point of the German defense positions.
South of Gommecourt the British this morning were attacking
and pushing forward all along the line.
The town of Meaulte, southeast of Albert fell early in the
British drive. The British troops pressing on here are crossing
the Bray-Albert Road.
Try to Save Something From Defeat
Happy valley, to the north of Bray, was taken by Field Marshal
Haig's troops after hard fighting.
Three German battalion headquarters have been taken in the
locality of Happy valley. Additional guns also have fallen into
the hands of the British. ,
A number of fresh new German divisions have been identified.
They were rushed up in the hope of saving something from
the disaster which threatens the whole German army on this front.
The latest report from the battle line says the British are
reaching out in the direction of Tara hill, which is, a thousand
yards beyond Albert.
The British fourth army has gained all its objectives and holds
the hill southwest of Cappy and the towns of Chuignolles and
Herleville.
It is stated unofficially that the British have captured Usna
hill, of the southeast of Aveluy.
The French Tenth army also .-is moving forward. The French
advanced now is being pushed toward Juvigny.
French patrols at several points have crosse dthe Aisne river
north of Soissons.
There have been large captures of material everywhere, in
dicating that the Germans are having a* hard time.
German Line Pierced
News from the scene of the great struggle would seem to in
dicate that the British have plunged deep into the vital positions
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COUNTY MAY HIRE
EXPERT TO PROBE
COALDEPOSITS
Dauphin Anthracite Field Is
Said Not to Be Paying
Fair Share of Taxes
County Commissioners took action
to-day which may be preliminary to
employing a mining engineer to ex
amine the coal lands In the upper ena
of the county with a view to boosting
the taxable coal land assessments.
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PENN-HARRIS TO
OPEN DOORS ON
SCHEDULE TIME
Rapid Progress Being Made
on Interior Work of '
New Building j
After a thorough inspection of the
building operations at the
rls hotel the architect of that hand
some structure, W. L. Stoddat-t, of
New York City, stated to a Telegraph
representative before leaving thL c ity
last night that everything wiyg pro
gressing in a satisfactory Jnunner
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2 CENTS
'Devil Himself Could
Not Hold Out' Say
German Officers
Taken in Drive
MUCH BOOTY IS
LEFT ON FIELD
French Cross Valley
of Ailette, Taking
5,000 Prisoners
By Associated Press
WITH the French Army on
the Oise, Aug. 23.—Gen
eral Mangin now has driven the
Germans across the valley of the
Ailette, on a front of several
miles. The enemy's forces on
the right wing of the battle line
are on the plateaux between the
Ailette and Soissons and be
tween the Ailette and the Oise.
Between the Oise and the
Aisne during the advance of
Wednesday and Thursday, Gen
eral Mangin's army took 5,000
prisoners.
To the left of-Brettgny the Ger
mans are north of the Oise. except
those that are hiding in fields and
thickets, dead or prisoners. It is im
possible to estimate the number of
captives being sent to the camps in
the rear and army headquarters it
self does not know more than an ap
proximate count. Only a partial
count has been made of the booty,
which includes at least 200 guns,
many ot them of large caliber.
Huns Resist Around Itoye
The Germans still are stoutly re
sisting the First French Army
around Roye. General Debeney's
men, however, forged ahead again
to-day both north and south of that
town.
In their retreat across the Oise the
Germans did not have time to de
stroy the bridges. Some were found
intact, while others were damaged.
Cavalry Strong Factor
Cavalry is rendering marked serv
ice in the pursuit of the enemy. Not
only are there cavalry advance
guards, but other troops are follow
ing the infantry to take care of the
machine gun nests left behind by the
Germans to be sacrificed in attempt
ing to check the French advance.
Aviators preceded the cavalry. They
are dispersing enemy rear guards
who attempt to make a stand and
are breaking up and scattering con
voys on the crowded roads with ma
chine gun fire.
Batteries of guns and ammunition
wagons with the horses at the gal
lop were pushing north to-day
through an immense dust cloud over
the fields where yesterday the Ger
man rear guard fought desperately
to save part of their artillery. Many
of the guns had to be left behind
as well as great number of machine
guns.
"The devil himself could not
hold out ugninst all that," said
• one captured German subaltern.,
"We didn't know which wuy to
turn."
WORLD PEACE TO
BE FORCED ONTO
HUN, LODGE SAYS
Must Restore Belgium, Return
Alsace-Lorraine anji
Free Russia"'"
Washington, g . 23.—An earnest
warning "insidious and pois
onous'' German peace propaganda and
a declaration that peace must be dic
tated to and negotiated with Ger
many to place her in a position where
she ney er again can disturb
peace, were, made in the Sen
ate tt>-day by Senator Lodge, of Mas
sachusetts, ranking Republican of the
Foreign Relations Committee.
P/eace terms which must and will
be/ forced on Germany were specific
ally detailed by Senator Lodge, in ad
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AUSTRIANS SHOOT
ARMY OFFICERS
Washington. Aug. 23.—An offi
cial dispatch from Switzerland
to-day says attempts against the
lives of officers are Increasing In
Austria. It Is reported that sev
eral commandants of Austrian
corps have advised officers in the
rear to have revolvers with them
always.
®bc StapJn&epurient
HARRISBURG, PA., .FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1918
Sir Robert L Borden, Canadian Premier, Who Says
Americans Have Turned Tide of Battle
Against Germans
CORN SUGAR
SWEETENS MUCH
OF CITY'S FOOD
Helps in Conservation of the
Much-Needed Cane and
Beet Product
The shortage of cane sugar in Har-'
risburg has increased the. demand for
the hitherto almost unknown corn
sugar to many times the amount re
ceived,,it was learned to-day. (
Corn sugar now Is being used in
ice cream, confectionery, bread, and
even is being used in domestic cook
ing and for table use in the city's
restaurants. It is used with cane
sugar, mixed in varying amounts, ac
cording to the use.
But while the use of corn sugar has
increased, it can not be considered
an important factor in alleviating the
sugar shortage, owing to the fact
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INDUSTRIES OF
SHARON JOINED
HOUSING SURVEY
Managers of Big Plants Ad
milted Need, Provided Fig
ures aftfkGovt- Gave Aid
(This Is the second of a series
of three articles dealing with the
housing situation at Sharon, due
largely to the rapid growth of
war industries, and how that com
munity has gone about remedy
ing the condition).
Sharon, Pa.. Aug. 23.—When it
became -jvideht that something had
to be done to relieve the house short
age in Sharon, and a survey had
been decided upon and an expert
procured to do the work, letters out
lining the situation were addressed
by A. B. Davenport, Jr.. president of
the Sharon Chamber of Commerce,
to the heads of all the large lndus
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EMPEROR PARDONS 24
Amsterdam, Aug. 23. Emperor
Charles, of Austria, has pardoned 24
defendants awaiting trial on the
charge of high treason at Serayevo,
Bosnia, according to a dispatch to
tho Local Anzelger, of Berlin, from
Gratz, the capital of Styrla. Those
released from prison Include a num
ber of South Slav politicians.
U-BOATSUNK
THAT SENT DOWN
THE LUSITANIA
Officer Captured Says His
Boat Had Torpedoed
Great Liner •
Paris, Aug. 23.—Escorting
patro'l boats recently attacked a
submarine which they succeeded
in sinking with 65 men of its
crew. One officer and fifive men
were rescued. The officer who
attempted suicide declared it was.
his submarine which sank the
Lusitania and numbers of other
allied ships.
ELECTRICITY IS
CUT DOWN BY
LIGHT COMPANY
Business Places Suffer Heav
ily by Company's Failure
to Supply Power
While Harrisburg's residential sec
tion to-day is worrying through its
fourth day without electrical current
between sunrise and sunset, manu
facturing establishments outside of
the business district exclusive of
those v/hich are engaged on war con
tracts to-day began to feel the .ef
fect of too little electrical current
for the city's needs. They are being
forced to content themselves with a
paltry three and one-third hours'
current, while normally they are sup
plied fbr ten hours. Conditions are
expected to he better after to-mor
row noon.
With the repair of the boiler in the
Cedar street plant, which has been
the cause of the trouble during the
past threfe days, the supply of cur
rent furnished by the York Haven
Light and Power Company is smaller
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THE WEATHER]
For HnrrlnhurK mid vicinity i Fair
to-nlKht Saturday partly
cloudyi not much change In
temperature.
Bolsheviki Pushing
Allies Back in
Fighting Near
Vladivostok
JAPANESE AID
IN RETIREMENT
Monitors Harassing
Flanks; Commands
Given in German
By Associated Press
London Aug. 23. Allied
troops on the Ussuri river front,
north of Vladivostok, outnum
bered by the enemy, have been
forced to withdraw after heavy
fighting, says a dispatch to the
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Explosion on Orizaba
Kills Commander and
Three Men; Wounds 19
Washington, Aug. 23.—Explosion
of a depth charge on board the IT. S.
S. Orizaba at sea on August 17, kill
ed Lieut. Comhiander William Price
Williamson, of New York, and three
enlisted men, and wounded Com
mander R. D. White and eighteen
men.
A report of the accident reaching
the Navy Department to-day shows
that Lieut. Commander Williamson,
who was executive officer, was in
stantly killed, asd that Commander
White, the commanding officer, had
his jaw broken and a knee-cap frac
tured.
Commander White's report says
an hour and a half after the Ex
plosion a submarine was sighted
astern and that the ship's guns were
manned and ready to tire immedi
ately. in spite of the fact that half
of the after-gun crew had been hurt.
Nation's Shipbuilders
Ask For $1 Per Hour
Washington, Aug. 23. Skilled
workers in the shipbuilding industry
of the country have presented
"friendly demands" to the labor ad
justment board of the Shipping Board
for increase in wages to one dollar
an hour, double time for all over
time. Saturday half holidays through
out the year and ten per cent, bonus
for.all night shop work. The present
wage is approximately 75 cents an 1
hour.
Mob of Thousands
Pillage Rice Stores
Tokio, Tuesday, Aug. 20.—Rice
stores and twenty houses have been
destroyed in the prefecture of Yama
guchi by a mob numbering several
thousand. In combats with the po
lice rioters were killed.
AMERICANS TURN
TIDE OF BATTLE
SAYS WAR CHIEF
Canadian Premier, Sir Robert
L. Borden, Applauds the
Mighty Effort of U. S.
New York, Aug. 23.—Sir Robert L.
Borden, premier of Canada, arrived
here to-day after a ten-weeks' stay
in England and France, firm "In the
cohviction," as he expressed It. "that
nevpr was the spirit of the Allied'
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GERMANS ADMIT
ARMY IN DANGER
By Associated Press '
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 23.—'Our
cause is aii exalted one, but It Is
in great danger," Admiral Von
Hlntzc, the German foreign sec
retary, tojd a conferenee of Ger
•mnn Joafiallsts in Berlin, accord
ing to tin: Cologne Volkc Zcjtung.
He asked them to co-operate with
him.
"You will hear nothing hut
Mots from me, but I cannot al
ways give ul! the facts," lie suid.
"The.critlrc truth at certain times
does not' serve, but harms, the
public interest."
ONLY UVHNINU USSUCIATEU PItKSS
NUWSPACKII IN I<AI<IIISHIII<O
LATE NEWS •
WILI/VOTE ON YOUTHS 18 TO 20
Washington- he K ->nse this afternoon a dto vote
at 6 o'clock on the McKenzie ammendment to the adr
ministration n m power bill, written by Military
Committee, providing that registrants between 18 dnd
20 shall be put i'*to a separate class to be c: ' J last.
ASKS FLAT WAGE INCREASE FOR ThJERS
Washington Request that an order be icd to coal
operators to rdon the payment of bonu ."to miners
in favor of P Hat wage increase was made o Fuel Ad
ministrator Garfield to-day by officials of the i ted Mine
Wi : Ire*s < • * ica.
MARKET CLOSES' STRONG
New Yorl riding dwindled in the f: hour but
gain:? were maintained subject to slight recc ions: The
closing was t _ I n.>l p rs on Libert ads were •
31-. .1; ; 'cc 4s • 'i; second 4; first
cor; - 1 '■ Ae second cc:-. 4 l-4s, 93.94 rd 4 l-4s
94.10. Indicr of easier money conditio id stimu
late war .* - ive impel -to to-day's market,
invcr.tmen r eoording c treme gains e to five
points. Sales a- jroximated 250.000 shares.
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TWO DROWNED; ONE KILL )
Washington- Three accidental deaths we • lounced
today by the N v.y Department. Cornelius A Crilly, sea
man, of Tompkicsville, N. Y.,-attached to the U. S. S.
Blackhawk, was-drowned August 13; Charles L. Roth,
Machinist my •' Angola, K " fell over wi \ys,
(Browned from fj S. S Cr-Sin, August ' Orrin' F.
hi," t'e V ■ ' - \> ;• .
plane a r cider.t in Italy, August 17.
MELLENS IN ©iVORCE COURT
P.ttsfield, * -c.—Mrs. Kathcrine Living ■; Mellen,
of Stockbridge, n day filed suit here for a ivbrce from
Charles g. Med j, farmer t•* Adent of tlv lew York,
New Haven in Hartford Railroad Company. ,Cruel and
abusive treat:-. ■ t® damage rharacter
were charged.
HUMBRRFT MAKES PARIS SAFE
Pan?—T> < jnc Briti--!- uccesses ' 'ay in
ert • the mr ce to Roye and Noyon and rendered
th - fa 11 n'ar, ? ays the Echo De Paris. It adds that
JP % ar->. v is J eei —by the operations of the r.rmy of Gen
era Mur ■] that; Soissons has been rr de more
securo by the capture of Pommiers and Vauxre-zia. '
FRENCi TROOPS CfcOSS THE OTSE
Paris—French troops have crossed the 0 ; - river and
the canal at M nicamp, eight miles east of Noyon, and
are in the out A : -tr, of the village of Maria urt, on the
north side of tl-.- o;se, a mile and a half from Noyon
station, accord? to i! ; -patchc- to newspaper • here.
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\EMP*ESS VICTORIA IS ILL'
Amster'ar 'lmpress A.igusta Victoria ■ Germany,
in i'l at Castle Wflhelmshche, llesse-Cassel, the Lokal
Anzeiger of Berhp, says, owing to overstrain from her
vrar relief work. Emperor William has left main head- .
quarters for Wilhelmshohe.
ALLIES CAPTURE RED GUARb <• F.RAL
Amsterdan.. -'ussiari R er j Guards, aftei Pie capture
of Simbirsk on the Volga, according to a Moscow dis
patch to the Hamburg Nachrichten, publicly hanged in
tha market place three hundred Cz#cho-Slovak prisoners.
General Petapoff, commander in chief of the Red Guard
army in the Murmansk region, is a prisoner in the hands
of the allies, ftays a Petrogrnd dispatch .to the Weser
Zeitung ®f Bremen.-
CARDINAL FARLEY BETTER
Mamaronecl:, N. Y.—Physicians this mon ng reported
a slight change or the better in the conditi. u Cardinal
John M Parley, archbishap of New York, who is ill from
hypostatic pneume^ia.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES !
Albert O. Haldemnn and l.aelnda Howe, Harrlabarsi Charlea
J. I.lnk nnd Vera H. Radel, MlHeraburai Jae Bennett and Carrie
Wllaon, Steelton. ' ,
NIGHT EXTRA