NIGHT EXTRA" Germans Fear Invasion of Valley of R/wi<--NIGHT EXTRA • . X* W t • HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M'- ®hc otar independent „ . ' LXXXVII No. 187 12 PAGES B W&ff p,r - . HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1918. °M N E W SI-ATE It ?N * h'a'ht WHl l** K " 8 NIGHT EXTRA BRITISH CAPTURE BRAY; DRAW NEARER BAPAUME STRONGHOLD 30,000 GERMAN PRISONERSFALL TO BRITISH IN RAPID ADVANCE Enemy, Confused by Rapid Progress Being Made by the Victorious Troops Directed by Field Marshal Haig, Are Swept Out of Positions TOWN AFTER TOWN IS CAPTURED BY ENGLISH Huns Recoil Under Terrible Punishment; 1,000 Dead Men Killed in One Contact; Allied Casualties Small For Tremendous Woi'k By Associated Press With the British Army in France, Aug. 24. —The Third and Fourth British armies have since August 8 captured over 30,000 men. Two thousand were yesterday south of the Somme. The British Fourth army has captured nearly 5,000 in the past two days. The pris oners counted since August 8 total 20,14(5 men and 598 officers. The battle continued success fully for the allied arms last night. The British advanced everywhere and the enemy suf fered heavy defeats. Bray is reported to have been captured by the British. Tiie British were smashing through the German positions this morning all along the battle front. Advance Is Steady The British are reported to have captured Becorde 1 ! and to have reached the high ground southwest of Fricourt. The British have passed well beyond Happy valley. Several thousand German prisoners have passed through the cages behind General Byng's third army to-day. No effort to count the guns captured has been made up to this time. The village of the Behagnies. two miles and a half north of Bapaume on the Bapaume-Arras highway, lias been reached by the British. British troops are operating east of Bihucourt, within two miles and a half of Bapaume, on the west. Advance Goes On British forces are reported to have reached po'nts east of Henin, on the Cojeul river, five miles southeast of Arras. They are in the outskirts of St. Leger, farther south, and have raptured Ervillers, two miles east of Coucelles. They still are advancing. Aehiet-le-Grand was reported taken late yesterday after heavy fighting. The British advanced be yond Bihucourt. At the same time the British were reported to be still driving the con fused Germans before them east of Henin and further south at St. Leger and Ervillers. Huns Arc Desperate Sharp fighting has taken place] along the Irles-Grevillers road. The' Germans are clinging to Miraumont. | on the Ancre northeast of Albert, and to be fighting desperately. German prisoners say it was ex-j pected by them that the British would stop at the Arras-Albert rail- and the unexpected success them had confused the Ger man forces. Tired and depleted German divi sions which have been withdrawn from the battle since August 8 are being rushed hack into the fight. Troops from the enemy's strategic resprve divisions, which had been held for later counterattacks also have appeared along the front. British advance troops were' re ported at one time last night to have reached Sapignies, just north of Bapaume, but they were pushed j back slightly by an enemy counter-1 attack. They are reported to be re attacking this village. The town ofi Behagnies, just to the north, has been wrested from the Gel m&ns. North of the Somme a large num ber of guns have been captured. I They Include complete batteries of howitzers and trench mortars. Im mediately south of the Somme twelve guns have been taken by the British. South of the Soitimo 1,000 Germans were killed In one combat. They were closely huddled In front of the British, Instead of being In the cus tomary open order. The allied cas ualties are very small. Huns Fear Invasion Of the Rhine Valley IjONDON, Aug. 24. —The German population along the Rhine expects an allied invasion, in the opinion of a Patch woman of German descent, who has just returned to Amsterdam from a small village near Bonn on the Rhine. In a statement to the Amsterdam correspondent of the Dally Express, she said: "The idea that German soil is to remain inviolate to the last has disappeared completely, and on the Rhine everybody expects a foreign invasion sooner or later. Many families arc preparing to leave for central Germany. "The ravages of allied aircraft are simply terrific." ENEMY MORALE HARD HIT BY GENL FOCHS TREMENDOUS BLOWS Superiority of Allied Artillery Tactics Makes It Impossible For Germans to Hold Well-Protected Positions; French Advance to Edge of the Great Battlefield of 1917 By Associated Press With the French Army in France. Aug. 24.—Further evidence has been I gathered that the victories of the j Allies have affected considerably the i morale of the German troops. The cause of the depressiop which | is quite general among the prisoners j taken recently, is the conclusion that j they have reached, after compari-1 sons, that the Allies' artillery tactics j are far superior to theirs. They at-1 tribute their defeat to the success of j the French in encircling their strong- j est position and in well-directed and ] concentrated artillery fire. Thus they.j have been unable to hold even their , best sheltered positions. The bulk of the Juvigny plateau is j in the hands of the French, who are | again on the edge of the battlefield I of 1917. To the north lies the Allette valley. Eight miles eastward is Laf faux hill and the beginning of Chem- 300 YOUTHS OF 21 REGISTERING FOR WAR SERVICE | Local Draft Boards Add the Names of Those Just At taining Majority Harrisburg and Dauphin county youths who have attained their ma- I jority since June 5 went to the local draft boards to-day in a steady stream, and by to-night it is esti | mated that nearly 300 new namea | will be on the list of registrants for I Army service. Registration this morning was light, but it is thought that they will increase this afternoon, owing to the fact that many business places shut down Saturday afternoon. The local I draft boards will remain open until | 9 o'clock thi3 evening for youths who cannot register during the day. Registration Heavy About 130 men were registered before 11 o'clock this morning at the three city and three county boards. The registration was far heavier dur ing the morning at the county boards than at the city boards. At city board No. 1 ten men reg istered before 10.30. The board ex pects to register about thirty-'lve men. City board No. 2 registered six men before 10.30, and estimated that it would register twenty-five until to night. City board No. 3 registered the most of the city boards this morning, fourteen men. It expects to register sixty during the day. Register I.atc in County \ The registration at the county boards was heavier it is thought, because many of them represented farmers who can find it more con venient to come in during the morn ing. At Steelton, Board No. 1, about forty men were registered before noon and seventy expected before to-night. County Board No. 2 registered twenty-four men this morning. County board No. 3 at Elizabut hville, registered fifteen men and expects fifty. It was stated at the draft boards that the men will likely receive their questionnaires next week, and classi fication will follow quickly. Several of the boards are in urgent need of more men to fill their depleted lists. Showers to Start and End the Coming Week Washington, Aug. 24. Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday announced to-day by the Weather Bureau follow: North and Middle Atlantic States: Probably showers Monday in north portloln: fair in south: showers again at end of week. Slightly above nor mal temperature. YANKEES GO TOO FAST, SAYS FOCH By Associated Press With the IVeiirli Army in France, Aug. 24.—"Everything is going well. We have begun our action and we shall continuj," said Marshal Foch to toe war correspondents yesteiday. "You may veil the American people thai their soldier; are ad miral-le," said Marshal Foch. 'They ask nothing better than to to to their death. Thev can be reproached only <v/itn rushing ahead too fast—it is necessary to hold them back." in. des Dames. French cavalry patrols crossed the Ailette yesterday, al though the Germans fought desper ately to keep them on the west side of the river and the canal. [SHARON HOUSING [ DEVELOPMENT TO COST $1,000,000 Government Comes to Aid of Sorely Beset Town and Homes Are Assured (This is the third and last of a series of articles dealing with the | housing situation in Sharon and | • how it is being improved. Sharon i is in much the same position as Harrisburg with respect to the I rapid growth of industries as a result of the war). Sharon, Pa., Aug. 24.—Sharon, through its Chamber of Commerce, made a thorough survey of its hous ing situation, It procured a firm of experts 'o go over the ground and tell it what was most needed. It de cided upon permanent improvements and with the co-operation of Its in dustrial managers formed a com pany, the purpose of which was to erect a large number of houses to rent or sell at reasonable figures and at little or no profit to the investors. [ Continued on Page 2.] WAR WEEKLY ISSUED FOR BOYS IN SERVICE "Trench Edition" of Harrisburg Telegraph to Keep Soldiers in Close Touch With Home Ties While Bearing Arms For Uncle Sam; Published Every Saturday The Harrisburg Telegraph to-day begins the publication of a special "War Weekly" designed to meet the ever increasing demands of the thou sands of central Pennsylvania lads in Uncle Sam s service for news Crom home. The "War Weekly" will be a regular feature of Saturday's edi tions and is so arranged that it may be clipped easily and mailed to the soldier hoys in France and in the training camps. With hardly an exception every letter from the front tells of the avidity with which every scrap of news from home is awaited and the long delays experienced in getting newspapers delivered in FVance. Thus when every available bit of shipping is being utilized in rushing men and steel to back up the fight ers already on the front and the shipment of newspapers is held up for weeks the men have been obliged to do without the interesting bits of home life gossip that does to much to keep the home ties from be ing severed. Many soldiers remark of the rather steady transportation of letter mall ond It Is for this reason that the de mand for long letters from home is RUMOR OF GREAT U. S. CASUALTIES BRANDED FALSE BY GEN. MARCH Chief of Staff Declares Lists of Army Losses Are Made Public as Fast as Cables Can Carry Names Sent by .General Pershing NO LETUP IN SENDING OF TROOPS TO FRANCE By Associated Press Washington, Aug. 24.—Members of the Senate Military Committee were assured by General March at their weekly conference to-day that stories of great unpublished Ameri can casualties overseas are wholly false and that all casualties among the expeditionary forces are given to the public as promptly as the cables can transmit them. Further improvement in the ship ping situation was noted and Gen eral March said the program of transporting troops to France was going ahead without change. The chief of staff, without dis cussing in detail the great allied for ward movement now under way, said the situation on the western front now was decidedly favorable to the Allies. More Than 1,500,000 The total number of soldiers em barked now has passed the 1,500,000 mark General March, chief of staff, announced to-day. Commenting upon the military sit uation the chief of staff pointed out that since last Wednesday the French advance has continued from the plateau overlooking Noyon, down to the Oise river, making a maximum advance for these troops of nine miles since August 18. This has forced the enemy back across the Oise. Yankees Measure Up General March spoke warmly of Uie achievements of the Aincricuu soldiers in France. "The American soldier deserves Uie confidence of the American peo ple, he said. "Every time they liavo been tested they have absolutely delivered the goods." Confidence in Men "Every man who has served with American troops has absolute confi dence in them,' he added, citing the reports made to him personally by American officers returning from France to take higher rank in new divisions One of these described an action in which an American di vision captured sixty-eight German guns and brought them back at the rear of army trucks. This division at the same time cap tured 3,500 prisoners. Another American division in a single action took ten complete German batteries and presented them to General Per shing. Pcnnsylvanians in Training In answer to questions, he said the Eighthy-third division, (Penn sylvania and Ohio troops) is serving as a replacement division; the Thir ty-seventh division (Ohio troops) is in the Fourth army corps. The Seventy-ninth division (Dis trict of Columbia, Maryland and Pennsylvania troops) has reached France and is in training in the rear of the line. DRAFT TREATY SIGNER Washington, Aug. 24.—Secretary Lansing and the Italian ambassador to-day signed the treaty governing the drafting of Americans in Italy and Italians in the United States. being made constantly. With the publication ot the "War Weekly" in such form that' it may be clipped and mailed as a regular letter sol diers at the front and in camps are assured of getting a complete di gest eafch week of all the important happenings at home. No attempt will be made in the weekly to cover every happening but each day's report will be a con densation cf all the major news that will be of intense interest to the young and strong. The soldier who gets a "War Weekly" from a rela tive or friend will know what his friends at home are doing to support the Red Cross, what is being done with the Liberty Loans, how many of his old friends are being called to Uncle Sam by his side and the many other things a soldier has the right to know. The "War Weekly" is not, of course, offered as a substitute for personal correspondence with *he soldiers but is designed to supple ment It. The soldier will find it a welcome addition to his mail from home. The first issue of the weekly will be found to-day on page 12. BRITISH MENACE BAPAUME; DRAW NEARERPERONNE Haig's Men But Two Miles Away; French Cross Divette, Three Miles From Noyon; Americans Beat Back Huns Along Vesle By Associated Press London, Aug. 24.—The town of Noyon is ex pected to fall at any moment, according to infor mation received here this afternoon from the battle front in France. British troops along the extreme northern sectors of the battle line in Picardy and Artois are advancing at a comparatively rapid rate. Their attack in the Albert region was continued early to-day. According to unofficial reports from the field, the British have reached the Village of Henin, on the Cojeul river, five miles south east of Arras. They have advanced farther to the south and are in the out skirts of the town of St. Leger. Advancing Britons appear to be closing in on Bapaume, the reputed keystone of the German positions between Arras and the Somme. The Germans have been forced to give up towns just to [Continued on Page 2.] FIREBREAKS IN PITTSBURGH WITH FIREMEN OFF JOB Rumors Section in Penn Ave Threatened, Civilians and Soldiers Turn Out Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 24.—With the city firemen out on strike, the engine houses deserted except for a lone policeman as custodian of the city property, a fire broke out in the wholesale business section of Penn avenue, shortly after 2 o'clock and a few minutes later a general alarm was sent in. At the first alarm one hose carriage and three firemen who had stuck to their posts appeared on the scene. The fire was in a long row two-story brick buildings ' and the flames were licking along the structures and fast gaining such headway as to threaten many blocks. Men from manufacturing plants nearby rushed with hose from the plants and coupled to street hydrants and attacked the blaze. Apparatus was observed rolling to the fire from all sections of . the outer districts, manned by automobile experts and civilians in all walks of life who vol unteered in the city's distress. One set of apparatus was manned by sol diers from a training camp and as it rushed through the streets, crowds lined the curb and cheered. About an hour after the general alarm had been sent in, some one no tified the labor temple, where the firemen were holding a meeting and the four members of a downtown company rushed to their old station, commandeered the apparatus and ap parently forgetting their grievances rolled off to the fire in citizens' clothes, as though from force of habit. When they had reached the scene, the fire had been well controlled by the amateur firefighters.. New Traffic Rules Are Made For Busy Corners The traffic regulations have been changed at the corners of Fourth and Walnut and Third and Walnut to comply with the conditions there, it was announced this morning. Instead of running around the of ficer, automobiles which turn into one of those streets from another, run across the corner in front the officer, rather than running around him. Because of the extreme narrowness of the streets, it is some times difficult for large automobiles to rhn clear around the officer, it was said. Autolsts and pedestrians who are not usedd to the changes are not entirely favorable to the new rule. The regulations at the other cor ners remain the same. EXTENDS. TREATY WITH JAPS By Associated Press Washington, Aug. 24.—The arbi tration treaty between Japan and the United States was extended for an other term of five years to-day by the signatures of Secretary Lansing and Viscount Ishli, the Japanese ambas sador. ITALIANS TAKE VILLAGE Rome. - Aug. 24.—Italian troops have captured the village of Rlvalta and the height of Sasso Stefani, north of Valstagna, on the the war office announced. YANKEES FORCE TEUTONS' FLAME THROWERS BACK Huns Use Hand Grenades and Fire Hurlers on the Vesle Front By Associated Press With the American Army on the Vesle Front. Friday, Aug. 2t. American troops yesterday carried out another local advance in the same region where they increased their holdings along the Vesle on Thursday. Hand grenades and flame throwers were used by the Germans in an attempt to check the attackers. The flame throwers had little ef fect, the American troops managing to keep out of the way of them un til American riflemen and the Amer ican artillery had forced the men with the flame throwers to retire with losses. The Americans overcame a detachment of German infantry and took twelve prisoners. Take Four Hun Prisoners East of Fibmes an American pa trol and a German patrol clashed [Continued on Page 2.] Thieves Get Contents of Mrs. Smith's Jewelcase, After Forcing a Window Police are searching for persons who entered the Harrisburg Broker age Office, 1718 North Second street, yesterday afternoon and stole the contents of the jewel case from a second floor bedroom occupied by Mrs. Frank A. Smith. Police declared that the front door showed signs of having been "jim mied" open. On the bureau where the jewel case had been left by Mrs. Smith, a screw driver was found, which when fitted into the marks on the door by city detectives corre sponded exactly with the marks there. Mrs. Smith did not place an esti mate on the value- of' tfie jewelry stolen. Chief of Police Wetzel said it totaled $l,OOO. There was no one at home at the time of the robbery. Mrs. Smith was downtown and the servants were out. The jewel case was left on the bu reau while Mrs. Smith went down town. She was gone from 3 until 6 o'clock. ' WAR STAMPS? $4.19 Now, $5 in 1923 £3TPrice Going Up All the Time THE WEATHER] For Hnrrlnburgr ant vicinity t Fnlr I to-night ■•<! probably Kontryi not ,-.huUi n twrtiu. I ture. LATE NEWS PLAN TO STOP COAL BONUSES Washington—Having refused to approve the < in'-ur, of the coal miners of t fie country for increased . s a substitute for the bonuses now being paid by ms oper ators, the fue} administration took steps to-day toward stopping the bonus system. GAS OVERWHELMS MANHATTAN New York —Scores of families in down town ?.* nhat ,tan were "gassed." out of their homes early to-day, when 'sloo,ooo worth of government c-ht nical -applies, d. 'in.ed for the American army overseas, weer destroqc in a warehouse fire. ARTILLERY DUELS NEAR LXS'SIGNY Paris—Artillery actions in the region of Las and between the Oise and the Aisne rivers are reported to-day in the war office statement. Raiding operations in 1 t raine also are reported. In the three days endim, riday, the Bri.;;h troop* have captured 8,000 prisoners,, is he Petit Journal. Friday, it adds, hey captured 3,G( ot thi - total, MILIJKOFF OUT Q- PARTY Amsterdam—Paul N. Miluk former . or elgr. ministdV, has resigned fro; the constitutioi ,dem ocratic party, according to a Moscow dispatch .to the Vossiche Zeitung, of Berlin, quoting the newspaper Is vestia. It is added that he intends to form a new olitical [faction in Russia to be called the constitution?.! monar- Ichist part}'. i I I HUGHE'S REPORT AWAITED Washingon—lnterest in the next development in the aircraft probe is awaited here, especially the recommen dations to be made by Charles E. Hughes, who is con-, ducting a separate investigation for President Wilson into allegations of dishonesty. AMERICANS SOON IN G&EAT DRIVE ' Washington—Concentration at this time of the United States divisions on the All-American"front, when, the for ward movement of the more northern armies promises so much, is taken by experts here to mean that General Foch p;-drably has assigaed to Pershing some more im portant task, closely linked with the major strategy, per *\ haps in the nature of a thrust in force to prevent the de tachment of German reserves to stop the gap in Picardy. STEWART.STOWN SOLDIER MISSING Ottawa—J. T. Fisher* of Stewartstown, Pa., is men tioned in to-day's cr'ualty list as missing and believed to ba a prisoner of war. R. Cunningham, of Ridg vay, Pa., is reported wounded. With the American Forces on the Lorraine Front— Thfee German airplanes brought down in or.e , /, i record for American aviators, has been credited to Lieut. Donald Hudson, a son of Paul Hudson, of Wash lgton, D. C. Official confirmation by the French amhorit iesdias added his name to those of the ether four aces of the. American army. MAN POWER BILL VOTE COMES MONDAY Washington —Plans for a final vote in the senate on the administration man power bill before adjournment to night were abandoned late to-day by Chairman Chamber lain, who announced that it would gj over until Monday. PITTSBURGH FIREMEN STRIKE Pittsburgh—A general alarm of fire was sounded at 2.3# o'clock this afternoon for a fire in the wholesale dis trict in Penn avenue after three firemen responded with a hose wagon to an.ajarm fifteen rninfltes- before The Pittsburgh firemen have been on strike since noon, their demands fc>| increased pay having been refused by Mayor Bafe<re;k, whe claimed re be witheut autheaity. MARRIAGE LICENSES Grsntc P. Smyaer and Sar a 8, Berrler, Harrlaburm Geor*e Wilder and Mae K. Rodelkhaver, Harrlnburtti J.imea K. Huh and Dora G. Pink, Greenabttmi laaae A. Hunter and Stella M. Uentsel, Harrlaburni William M. Xye nnd Nettie E. Bream, Harrlabnrm Clarence *_ WfeiaJer and Caroline M. Schnbauer, Harrlaburg.
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