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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.