All Gains Made by Enemy in Picardy Endangered by British. Flank Movement , < .jIS HARRISBURG (£so TELEGRAPH M ®lje otor'3n&cpcn&cnt ' LXXXVII No. 189 14 PAGES 'Tck*& ,p * - HARRISBURG, PA.. TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1918. *"& w" "."h N BS V.Vu.'.^V,, Z?** HOME EDITION HINDENBURG'S FAMOUS LINE IS PENETRATED AT NEW POINT BY BRITISH WHO ARE DRIVING FOE BACK INTO CONFUSED RETREAT WITHOUT REST HAIG'S TROOPS ENTER BAPAUME, HUNS KEYSTONE Continued Progress Shown by London's Official Report From Far in the North to Well Below the Somme FRENCH- ALSO SCORE IMPORTANT ADVANCES Gen. Mangin's Armies Push Forward Nearly a Mile to New Positions; Enemy Re sistance Is Stubborn By Associated Press London, Aug. 27.—British forces are established in the northern outskirts of Bapaume, says to-day's war office state ment. London, Aug. 27.—British forces in the great battle in Northern Picardy are making progiess towards the village of Baugnatre, two and a half miles northeast of Bapaume, says to lay's war office statement. There is hard fighting around Croisilles, farther north. Since last Wednesday the British have taken 21,000 pris oners. Smashing through the German lines in the battlefield of Northern Picardy. British troops have reached the western and northern outskirts of Bapaume. the town which has been considered the keystone of the enemy lines in that sector of the front. The official statement issued at I-ondon to-day shows slow but con tinued progress in almost every part of the line from Croisilles, far to the north, to well below the Somme river. Moving Steadily The British are advancing toward Beugnatre. two and a half miles northeast of Bapaume. Nearer the Somme river they have moved east ward along the difficult ground that borders that stream. They are re ported east of Suzanne, which is sit uated on the northern bank of the river and are closing in on Dompierre which may be the pivot of the Ger man lines south of the Somme in the direction of Chaulnes. French troops are once more ad vancing near Roye, the official state ment issued at Paris telling of suc cesses near St. Mard. about a mile southwest of Kove. Heavy German counterattacks were repulsed in this region. French Are Victors Between the Allette and the Aisne, the French have repulsed German counterattacks and have advanced their lines about three quarters of a mile in the district east of Bagneux. This advance would bring General Mangin's armies nearly north of the [Continued on Page 1-I.] CAN YOU SEE THOSE YOUNG MEN GOING TO CAMP AND FAIL TO BUY WAR STAMPS Course You Can't —Line Up. THE WEATHER For Harrlsburg nnd vicinityi Fnir nnd slightly cooler to-night s , Wednesday fnlr, continued cool. For Enxtern I'ennsylvnrln: Fair to-night and Wednesday; slightly cooler to-night. con tinued cool Wedneaduy; moder ate northeast wind*. River The Susquelinniin river nnd nil Itn branches will fall slowly or re main stationary. General Conditions tnder the influence of tin area of high barometer from the .North west. which haa moved down over the l.nke Itrgion, there has been a general fall of - to 10 degrees In temperature over the eastern half of the I nlted States and a new high area. Temperature) 8 a. m., 70. River Stagei 3.3 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 7n. l.owrst teraperntnre, 08. Mean temperature. 74. Normal temperature, 70. Yankee Grit By Associated Press With the American Army in France. Aug. 27—American cour age' and grit again were exempli fied Saturday night, when units on the Woevre front repulsed a German raid without serious loss. One American sustained sixteen machine gun bullet wounds — three in the calf of the leg, ten between the knee and the waist, and three in the arm—but fought on. He will recover and be able to return to the fray. This sol dier probably holds the American record for simultaneous wounds. Another American was badly wounded in the abdomen from fragments of a grenade and his nose was blown off and his face torn. He cohtinucd to fight the Germahs and almost had to be forced to go to a dressing station. FRENCH ADVANCE AND TAKE 1,100 HUN PRISONERS German Counterattacks Re pulsed as Poilus Again Push Forward By Associated Press Paris. Aug. 27. French troops advanced th's morning in the region of St. Mard, southwest of Roye, after repulsing a number of enemy coun terattacks in that sector, says to day's wa.- office statement. They have captured 1,100 prisoners, in eluding two "battalion commanders East of Bagneux, north of the Aisne. the French have advanced their line about three quarters of a mile. Geiman counterattacks were fepulsed. With the French Army in France. Monday Aug. 26.—Fighting in water up to their waists in the marshes along the Avre and charging the crews of machine guns who served their weapons until killed, the troops of the Third French Army took to day two of the strongest defenses of Roye. They also captured six hun dred prisoners and took important booty, including a large number of machine guns. The first attack was upon the vil lage of Fesnoy. two and one-half miles north of Roye. where the Ger mans had restored the old fortifica tions of 1914-17, reinforced them with wire and installed many ma chine gun nests. The French infan try stormed the position, rushing the concrete blockhouses and killing the gunners at their pieces. The village of St. Mard. in the low marshlands of the Avre south of Roye and also a strong outpost of that town, fell into the hands of General Debeney's men after a vio lent struggle this afternoon. As at Fresnoy, the German ma chine gun fire was silenced only when the gunners were killed at their pieces. Roye now is invested from the west, north andsouth and the Ger. mans have but a feeble hold on it. Daily Papers at Five Cents; Baltimore Also Increases Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 27. —Both At lanta afternoon newspapers, the Journal and the Georgian, announc ed yesterday that, effective Septem ber 1, the street sale price will be increased from three to five cents for the daily edition and from five to seven cents for the Sunday editions. Yearly subscriptions will be advanc ed about $1.75. The Constitution, the only morning paper, remains at five cents for daily editions, but Sunday editions will be increased to seven cents, with an ad vance in subscription rates corre sponding to the new rates of the aft ernoon papers. Hnltlniorc. Aug. 27.—A1l three of Baltimore's evening newspapers. The News. Star and Evening Sun. yester day announced an advance in price from one cent to two cents, due to the mounting cost of white paper and general charges of newspapers. Another Fishing Boat Is Sunk by Hun U-Boat A Canadian Atlantic Port. Aug. 27.—The new American fishing schooner Rush, of Boston, was sunk yesterday morning by an enemy sub marine while on the fishing grounds off this eoact. The crew of twenty three men arrived here safely to-day on board another fishing vessel. Bringing Out Old Dobbin MANYA&OOD"^ WO RK GREAT MILITARY 1 DEPOTS HERE ARE NEAR COMPLETION Aviation Boys at Middletown Are Building Their Own Y. M. C. A. "Hut" The three big military depots, avi- i ation and ordinance, at Middletown. I and quartermaster's at New Cumber- | land, are rapidly nearing completion. 1 The aviation warehouses, four in ! number, are already in full operation i and the hospital for the corps of ' soldiers in charge is about ready j for occupancy. The Middletown uvia. j tion plant, with its detail of 540 en- I listed men and officers, is now the j biggest aviation supply depot in the i country and its men are rated among j the best in the service. Quick and I [Continued on i'age 11.] i HUNS' SHELLS TEAR CIVILIANS TO BITS Terrible Scenes Follow Bombardment of Red Cross Station in Belgium; Children Suffer Frightfully Under Bar barous Hands of the Vandals Washington, Aug. 27.—Details of the recent shellinß of an American Red Cross bathhouse for Belgian sol diers near the Belgian front, in which twenty-three Belgian em ployes were killed and sixty others injured were received to-day at American Red Cross headquarters. The three large buildings, includ ing a laundry and fumigating plant, gave employment to about 200 per sons. A shell hit the roof of the laundry of the bath about 11 o'clock in the morning. Fragments penetrated all three structures and destroyed them. Men, women and children were hurled in every direction and for long distances. Parts of bodies were found in the street many feet from the structure. An Itour after the shell hit the FIVE MEN, 46 TO 56, ENLIST SINCE j LIMITJS RAISED Men Show Patriotism by Tak ing Advantage of Change in Army Regulations Five men between the ages of 46 ' and 56 have l een enlisted for gea ] tral military service in the Signal | Corps of the. United States Army ■ since the restriction on recruiting ! men between the ages of 18 and 43 was placed on the Harrisburg Re | cruiting party, 325 Market street, i l.ieutenant Robert W. Lesher an j pounced this morning, i Many more men between the ad j vanced age limits have been exatu j ined but were unable to pass the [Coulinuctl on I'agc 11.] biiiltling. a soldier brought a bundle to the hospital and said to a physi cian: "What must I do with this?" It was the arm of a little boy he had found hi a vacant lot. Madam Rolin, for the Belgians, took charge of the women and as sisted the Red Cross in immediate relief work. A large sunt of money was made available by the Red Cross at once for the relief of the injured and their families. The employes were refugees driven from llclgtun towns by the (icrnuin advance. A little hunchback girl, who was supporting her widowed mother, lost loth legs. At the hos pital site said to her mother: "It doesn't matter so much. I can still sit and sew. I will be a dressmaker and we will get along.'* U.S. PATROL BOAT SUNK FOR U-BOAT; 18 OF CREW DEAD Merchant Steamer Fires on American NavaJ Vessel With Disastrous Results Wellington, Aug. 2 7.—American 'submarine chaser No. 209 operating out of Philadelphia was mistaken , for a submarine by a merchant | steamer off Fire Island,, N. Y., early to-day and sent to the bottom. Eighteen members of her crew, in cluding the commander and the ex cutive officer, are missing. The chaser was manned by naval reserves. Eighth of the survivors, some of them wounded, have been landed at New York, and one has been landed at bewes, Del. Board's Mistake The merchant ship was the American steamer Felix Taussig. In the darkness her naval armed guard mistook the chaser for an enemy [Continued oil Page 14.] Benjamin F. Lippi, Pennsy Engineer, Run Down and Killed in Philadelphia Philadelphia, Aug. 27. —Benjamin F. Bippl, 45, of llarrisburg, for more than a score of years an engineer on the Pennsylvania railroad, was struck and instantly killed by a switching engine near the West Philadelphia station to-day. The body of the dead engineer, covered with a tarpaulin, his en-, gineer's cap on top, was taken to an undertaking establishment to await the arrival of his family. At the superintendent's office of the Pennsylvania railroad here, it was said this morning that L<ippl, who lived at 528 Peffer street, has been an engineer in the employ of the road since 1895. He is widely known among railroad men here. Reports given out at the local of fice said he was engaged in a runfrom tiere to Philadelphia. Details of the accident which caused his death had not been ascertained late to-day, but it was known that he was killed at A tower, Philadelphia terminal divi sion, at 7.05 this morning. He was a passenger engineer. MAN WHO SANK i THE LUSITANIA MADE PRISONER Lieut. Schwieger Captured by j | Frencli Patrol Boat, Says Paris Report WAS REPORTED KILLED Tried to Throw Papers Over board Which Explained His Uneasiness By Associated Press Pnris. Aug. 27.—Lieut. Schwieger, who sank the Lusitania, has been captured by a French patrol boat in j the Mediterranean, accordirlg to La' Journal. A large submarine of which | he was second in command, had just | torpedoed a British steamer between ; Malta and Sicily, The German was waiting to see the vessel sink when j two French patrol boats emerged from the fog and sank the L'-bout. Of the crew of 75 only one officer and four men were rescued by tile patrol boats. While being taken to Toulon the officer appeared ill at ease. When he| thought no one was looking he tried | to throw some papers overboard but | a sailor seized his arm. He refused to answer questions but an examina tion of the papers explained his un-j easiness. A dispatch from Toulon last Fri-i day which described the sinking of a I German submarine in the Mediter-1 ranean by patrol boats, added that the mate of the submarine attempted I to commit suicide when brought on; board a rescue ship. The man ap-' peared to be insane and was report-; ed to have declared the lost U-boat I had torpedoed the Lusitania. The German admiralty, according to advices from London on August 10 has admitted Lieut. Schwieger was killed when a U-boat he command ed struck a mine in the North Sea. The dispatch said his death occurred in September, 1917. Man With Wife and Three Children Is Inducted; to Avenge Brother's Death As a result of the patriotic ardor i caused by the death of his 16-year- j old brother "over there," Thomas, Brenner, aged 26, 1318 Penn street, who yesterday waived his deferred ( classiiication, will be sent to camp < with the early September quotas I from city board No. 1. He is the j father of three c ildren, who along with their mother accompanied him to liis local board yesterday after-: noon when he asked to be placed in : class IA. Brenner 'is the elder brother of William H. Brenner, of Marietta, whoi was killed in action in France on July 30. He told the officials of the; draft board that he does not intend; the death of his younger brother to t go unavenged. Brenner said he would! liketo go to camp at once. He has three brothers in addition I to the one who was killed and two of them are in the army. He has been j employed at the Harrisburg Pipe and! Pipe Bending Company. Prisoners Released by i Russia Appear in France; Resent Army Discipline With the French Army in France, Aug. 27.—German soldiers released from captivity in Kussia have begun .to arrive on the western front, it has been learned from prisoners cap tured in recent battles. One hundred of these men who returned to Germany through the Ukraine were sent to a reserve di vision. Eighteen deserted before the detachment got out of Germany, while three were killed in jumping , from a railroad train. The others j reached their destination in a re- ' fractory mood. All the prisoners ! from this division agree that the ! men returned from Itussiu make the | poorest kind of reinforcements. They j ure not only ill-humored, it is de- : clared, but resent ail discipline. | Three-Year-Old Girl Is Struck by Street Car Anna May'Cree, aged 3. daughter of Nathan A. Cree, 1942 North Sev enth street, is in the Harrisburg Hos pital with her right leg crushed, her 1 left arm bruised and bruises about' the head as the result of being struck; by a Harrisburg Railways Company] car at the corner of Seventh and i Delaware streets this morning. Her!! condition is serious. The hospital ambulance was sum- J moned, but before it arrived another'; autoist picked the child up and took!' her to the hospital. Coroner Kcking*j< er was a witness to the accident and 11 accompanied her . hospital. ~ Steady Progress Being Made By Haig's Men, Advancing \ Astride River Scarpe GERMANS BRING FRESH MEN FOR BIG COUNTEROFFENSIVE By Associated Press With the British Army in France, Aug. 27.—The Hindenburg line has been penetrated by British troops at a point east of Heninel. Troops of Field Marshal Ilaig to-day are advancing astride the river Scarpe and are pushing forward to the South of Bapaume. Elsewhere along the British front their progress also continues. There has been heavy lighting at Longueval and on the ad jacent ground where the "Germans launched a heavy counterattack with fresh forces brought up especially for the purpose from Sedan. Fall Back to Longueval In the face of this counterattack the British fell back to the edge of Longueval. In the course of the night the New Zealanders, according to reports, swept around Bapaume at the north and reached the railway just north of the Bapaume-Cambrai road. The Germans are offering stiff resistanc in the nighborhood of Thilloy, to the south of Bapaume. Reports have been received from the advanced lines that [Continued on I'age 10.] I ■ 3 j| SENATE APPROVES -WORK OR FIGHT" '■}. It or fight amendment, written |i| ;| into the new man-power bill by the Senate Military Com- *j| \ I remittee was approved by the Senate to-day by a vote of 40 j 9 || • mendment ing that it shall not Jj. l( apply to strikers who retfirp to work and submit their *3 || demand., to the War Labor Board. The test £ame on a Jj | !l motion by Seiiator McKcllar, of Tennessee, to strike out ;j || the clausf after the modification, proposed by Senator kIE I Cumt a, had been adopted, 73 to 0. '.ij i| AGE -LSIGNS i;| iter Hines Page, cf Garden Cfty, N. ;!: !1 Y., an ?as: the United States to Great Britain 1 S ' Ti ' g since .. . ecause cf ill health, has submitted his < | I resig; - o ident Wilson, who has accepted it. § : AID IU 'TANS j 8 ; 1 II g " :• Asiago have been' ;!; !| • di-> in i'd-to-hand stmggle 8 . posts, says t ii *y's ; I office statement. The British took 37? rvissners. | NKEES ATTACH HUNS | WITH ;'-ICDRI: i rpRCBS ON THE ;C | VESLE ROh -AMERICA® TROOPS TO-DAY j | 1 GERMANS IN THE REGION OF | | EE MILES WEST OF FISMES. | SIM . II C THE GERMANS ATTACKED j| | RICAN LINES AT FISMETTE, ABOUT .j I !| A MIL NORTHWEST OF FISMES. ' ■IL I I|| ' ■CM CAPTURE ROYE : | j ! Rati h troops have captured the town of . il: N<-• : ; |J | RRITISII SLOWING UP DRIVE ; ; With th# British Army in France—The British ad- cjß ill vance give:: cvidenco of temporarily slowing up at various j| :|| placer, along the front. Many more prisoners and guns | ! and another German battalion commander have been i l | > taken. The officer fell in the hands of the British fighting i | ; around Bcaugnatrc,. north of Bapaume. - ] ill jij MARRIAGE LICENSES | ; ; Harry K. Rupp and Pearl I.erew, Hnrrlahursi Edgar W. He- Crone and Opal Farley, Rutherford Helflitai Fred W, Helmer dinicer, Jr., Klrellon, and Amy I>. Wllaod, Hnrrlaburci Frank O. il JamHnn, Hiabaptre. and Edna Irene Holxhrra. HummelNtown; Ray ?' 1,. Cover and Myrn K. Mc(.lnnla, Hlehaplrei H. I,lyd Knlxely and (I ft Mnbel V. Hlvner, Onnip'Hllli I,eater M. lVntner, Harrlahuric, and j; d Fannie M. Steflle, Ken Cumberlandi Robert \rnaomr and Mary E. )j Team— Harriet.——jr.
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