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FRENCH TAKE CHA ULNES AND 30 TO WNS;
ENEMY'S CRUSHED ARMIES IN RETREAT;
HINDENBURG LINE ROCKS UNDER BLOWS
FOCH PRESSING
DESPERA TE FOE
FOR NEW GAINS
One Desire of Enemy Is to Find Line
to Stand on Long Enough to Make
Safe Retreat to New Position
By Associated Press
Paris, Aug. 28 (4.40 p. m.). —General Mangin's
troops began crossing the Ailette river to-day, it was
announced here this afternoon.
French troops have reoccupied Mt. Renaud, two
miles southwest of Noyon, according to the Tempa,
which says the French are approaching Noyon, which
probably is in their possession.
German forces in southern Picardy are retreating over a wide
front.
After the capture of Roye by the French yesterday, the Ger
man front has crumbled.. The lines which have held back the
French and British for the past two weeks are giving way and
to-day's official reports show the French on a line less than three
miles west of the Somrne river <pid canal.
Thirty Villages Captured
Thirty villages have been captured by the French in the ad
vance which was started early Tuesday morning. Chaulnes, the
center of the German line between Roye and the Somme river,
as it flows west through the battlefield, has been captured and
many other vital points have been taken from the retiring enemy.
British Forge Ahead
While the French have been smashing the enemy's front along
tht? Chalnes-Roye line, the British have swung forward in the
sector east of Arras. North of the Arras-Cambrai road, they have
reached the outskirts of the villages of Ilaucourt, Remy and Boiry
Notre Dame, about a mile east of the positions where they were
known to be yesterday and well east of the Hindenburg line.
South of the Somme, the British have taken Foucaucourt, while
north of the river they have gained nearly all of Trones.
In the Flanders area the British have advanced their line over
a front of four miles astride the Neuf Berquin road. This is the
area from which the Germans have been retiring for the past three
weeks.
The great battle in Picardy and Artois. continues with un
diminished violence. Allied troops, particularly on the northern
and southern wings of the 57-mile line from north of the Scarpe
to south of Roye, are pressing the Germans steadily eastward.
Hindenburg Line Broken For Ten Miles
On tlie north astride the Scarpe the British have broken
through the Hindenburg line on a front of ten miles or more and
continue their push after an advance of three miles Tuesday.
Thev have reached Vis-en-Artois in the rear of the Hindenburg
line, and have broken through, or almost reached, the reserve line
known as the Queant-Drocourt switch line. The British here
are advancing on the main roads to Douai and Cainbrai and be
fore them is terrain untouched by previous battles of the war.
Gavrelle on the main road from Arras to Douai, is only eight
miles from Douai.
Foe Is Desperate
Every means known to modern
warfare are being used by the enemy
to stay the onrush of the British and
French, but the Allied machine
moves on. Heavy reinforcements
have been thrown into the fray by
the Germans, mostly in the center
around Bapaume. The one desire of
the enemy appears to be to find a
line.where he cun stand long enougn
to make an orderly retirement.
Marshal Foch, however, is giving
the enemy no rest. There is no let
up in the Allied pressure and each
day the active fighting is being ex
tended on the north and south. Each
extension is marked by further gains,
adding to the peril of the enetny
center, which fights desperately to
prevent the British from breaking
through.
Hold on to Itapaumc
Among the ruins and shell craters
of the old Sonrme battlefield about
Bapaume the Germans are putting
up a stiff resistance. Bapaume itself
is now part of No Man's Land, nut
the Germans are clinging to every
foot as long as possible. North and
south of Bapaume the British have
made only slight progress against
the enemy defense. Great confusion
is reported behind the German lines
on this sector and the enemy is
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settled, probably nhontra to
nlgliti not much change In tem
perature.
For Kastern Pennsylvania ■ Prob
ably showers to-nlgbt and
Thursday, except fair to-night
In southeast portion) moderate
southeast winds.
digging a trench line to the east of
Bapaume.
North and south of the Somme the
British press onward toward Pe
ronne. Tnev are approaching Com
bles after overpowering the Germans
around Monteuban and in the woods
of the neighborhood and are east of
Maricourt, which gives them posses
sion of the high ground north of the
river. Dompierre, south of the river
and six miles west of Peronne, has
fallen to Genera! Rawlinson's men.
The intervening terrain to Peronne
is fairly level and open but the Ger
mans arc sttuggling to hold the Brit
ish in check.
ltoyc in French Hands
French troops have moved east
ward in tlie Roye sector an average
of nearly two miles on a front of
twelve and one-half miles. Roye.
one of the principal points of tne
German defense south of the
Somme. apparently fell to the French
because of the pressence north and
south of it. General Debeney now is
moving toward Nesle. which is but
five miles east of his line as it stood
late Tuesday. The French occupa
tion of Hailti and the British CJJ>-
ture of Ve.-mandovillers outflank
Chaulnes on the north and south.
Allied artillery, tanks and air
planes are giving the infuntry val
iant Jielp and are Inflicting heavy
on the Germans, particularly
>hen the enemy counterattacks. The
number if prisoners has been in
creased still further and great quan
tities of war material have been
taken. Around Bapaume the Brit
ish hav£ recaptured ammunition
dumps left behind in the March re
treat. The. supplies were found fit
for use and the Germans suffered ac
cordingly.
Germans Hard Pressed
It is a week since the British at
tacked f.ortt of the Ancre. The
Germans have struggled every hour
of that time on a continuously
lengthening front to stabilize the
situation but have failed. It may be
signif.c't r.l thai the enemy command
has not teen fit to launch a counter
offensive on another part of the
front.
From Rrye to the Oise and thence
to tho Aisne lively artillery duels are
In progress. Along the Vesle the
situation lit ► Quieted down again af
ter the successful American thrust at
Bazoches rnc the German repulse
north of Flsmes.
HUN RETREAT
IS PRECIPITATE;
LOSSES HEAVY
French Armies in Close Pur
suit of Fleeing Germans
in Somme District
MORE PRISONERS TAKEN
British Complete Capture of
Trones Wood, North
of Somme
Pnrla, Aug. 28.—The German re
treat on the Somme battlefield has be
come precipitate. The French First
and Third armies are at no point los
ing contact with the enemy. The
French are inflicting heavy losses on
, the ' retreating Germans.
French cavalry is harrassing the
retreating Germans in the Chaulnes
region, hampering the withdrawal of
the enemy forces. There is a report
that General Mangin's army is cross
ing the Ailette river.
Canadians Take a
Valiant Part in Battle
With the British Forces In France,
Aug. 28.—British troops to-day com
pleted the capture of Trones wood,
north of the river Scarpe.
Canadian troops in their advance
astride the Somme yesterday captured
more than 2,000 Germans.
Thirty Villages
Fall to French
Paris, Aug. 28.—Chaulnes has been
occupied by French troops, accord
ing to the official statement issued to
day by the war office.
Progress toward the Somme was
continued this morning by the
French, the statement says. Since
yesterday thirty villages have been
taken by them.
Among the larger villages taken by
the French are Omiecourt, about two
| miles east of Chaulnes', Balatre three
miles northeast of Roye; Roiglise,
I a mile and three-quarters southeast
of Roye toward Noyon. and Verpil
lieres. south of Roiglise.
British Lines
Pushed Forward
I.ondon, Aug. 28.—British forces
fighting east of Arras, have reached
the outskirts of Haucourt, Remy and
Boiry Notre Dame, north of the Ar
ras-Cambrai road according to the
official statement issued by the war
office to-day.
The British line in the Flanders
battle area has been advanced on a
front of four miles astride the Neuf
Berquin-listaires road.
South of the Sqmme the British
have taaken Foucaucourt, while
north of the Somme they have attack
ed and taken the greater part of
Trones wood.
Wanted in Court Since
July on Attachment, May
Be Held For Contempt
Contempt of court may be the
charge brought against Simon Stef
t'y, 514 North Second street, as a
result of his apparent attempt to
elude the sheriff, his deputies, and
railroad police who have been hunt
ing him since July 9, when an at
tachment was Issued by the Dau
phin county court because he was
said to be back three months in pay
ments, a total of SIBO, in his ali
mony to his wife. It is the second
time he has been in arrears.
Steffy was arrested about 9.30
o'clock last night by a city patrol
man, who entered the house to as
certain if he was there. He spent
the night in jail and was informed
this morning that he cannot be ad
mitted to bail without the consent
of the court and that both Judges
are away und Judge Kunkel will not
be home until Tuesday.
Steffy is employed as an engineer
tunning between Harrisburg and
Jersey City. Since the attachment
was issued, it is said, he has been
eluding the officers of the law who
attempted to apprehend him. "Not
at home" was the answer at the
house when officers called. It was
said this morning that Steffy will
be called before the judges at the
earliest opportunity, probably on
Tuesday, when Judge Kunkel comes
home from Fort Deposit for a short
stay.
Crowder Permits World
Series to Be Played
By Associated Press
Cincinnati, Aug. 28. August
Herrmann, chairman of the Na
tional Baseball Commission, while
attending the Republican state con
vention at Columbus last night, re
ceived the official permission of
Provost Marshal General Crowder
for the pennant winners of the Na
tional and American Leagues to en
gage in a world's series.
The granting of this permission
removes the laßt obstacle to holding
the world's series, which will start
in Chicago on September 4.
Whole Hun Unit Waves
White Flag of Defeat
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IX I'KAXCE, Aug. 28.—One
whole unit—possibly the remains of a battalion—suddenly appeared
before the British In the region near Bapaumc waving white hand
kerchiefs In token of surrender. #
A thrilling story of the war in the air came to light to-day. A
British dOublc-scutcd airplane attacked twelve German cltuscr ma
chines and pursued them well over their own lines. Soon after
it was Itself attacked by twenty German chaser planes, twelve above
and eight below. During the ensuing iiiixup the British claim tlie.v
shot down one enemy machine in flames. It then ran for home
nntl was pursued by the other nineteen enemy airships. It arrived
at Its field with the pilot wounded, the observer leuning over his
body and guiding the operation of the plane.
ADVANCE OF POHLUS
PUTS HUNS BETWEEN
THE ALLIED PINCERS
112,000 of Enemy's Forces Taken Prisoner Since July Ist,
General March Reports; New Salient Drivei} Deep
Into Ranks of Retiring Foe
By Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 28.—The num
ber of prisoners taken by the allies
since July 1 has passed the 112,000
mark, General March said to-day.
in the same time the allies have
taken from the Germans 1,300 can
non of the field gun caliber and
larger.
Since last Saturday the British
as a result of their persistent ad
vance. have overrun the Hindenburg
line for a distance of one mile on a
front of three miles.
N T o Cessation
Latest dispatches to the depart
ment, General March said, do not in
dicate any cessation in the allied
pressure. The British apparent are
continuing their progress on the
Flanders front.
Summarizing the military activi
ties on the western front since Satur
SEEK TO PREVENT
ANOTHER BATTLE
ALONG BORDER
I Casualties Total More Than
200; Mexican Mayor
Is Killed
By Associated Press
Nogalcs, Ariz,, Aug. 28.—An agree
ment by which further trouble would
be avoided was expected to result to
day from conferences between Amer
ican and Mexican officials, who were
summoned here following fighting at
the international line late yesterday
between American soldiers and Mexi
cans in which three Americans were
killed and twenty-eight wounded.
The Mexican casualties in the fight
ing are variously estimated at from
150 to 200.
A revised list of the casualties suf
fered by the Americans shows that
one officer and two enlisted men were
killed and twenty-eight soldiers and
civilians wounded in yesterday's
fighting. Three of the wounded are
reported seriously hurt.
Captuin Killed
The American officer killed was
Captain Joseph D. Hungerford, who
commanded a troop of negro cavalry.
Among the Mexicans killed was
Kelix Penaloza, mayor of Nogales,
Sonora. the Mexican town opposite
here.
Brigadier General Deßosey Ca
belle, commander of the Arizona
military district, hurried here from
Douglas as soon as word of the trou
ble reached hint, and General P.
Elias Calles, military governor of
Sonora, Mexico, was reported en
route from Hermosillo, the state cap
ital, by special train.
Investigation has developed that
the fighting started when a Mexican,
who had been passed across the line
by the Mexican customs guards, was
halted by an American emigration
officer. The American, it was said,
drew his pistol but did not fire. The
Mexicans, it was asserted, opened fire
at once, and the shooting became
general.
Mexico's Regrets
Profound regrets for yesterday's
clash between Mexican and American
soldiers were expressed by General
Elias Calles. military governor of
Sonora, to Brigadier General de Rosey'
Cabell, in a telegram received from
General Calles at Magdalena, Sonora.
to-day. General Calles stated he had
been ordered to proceed to the border
by President Carraza to express these
regrets personally. He is scheduled
to arrive here tjiis morning. General
Cabell arrived at 3 a. m., from Doug
las. The conference is to be held in
Nogales, Ariz., to-day
day, General March said the British
had carried the allied lines between
the Scarpe and the Somme over the
hilly plains east of Albert against
determined resistance on the part of
the enemy. On Tuesday the British
continued to a depth of live miles
along the very important Cambrai-
Arras road.
On the French front the attilck
Tuesday on a ten-mile front went
forward two miles and culminated in
the capture of Roye. Since then very
important ground to the east of this
place also has been captured.
The French advance noted in this
morning's, ctflcial statement from
Paris, the chief of staff pointed out,
marks the creation of another deep
salient in the enemy lines, which now
is being put "between the pincers."
The French have reached Nesle and
are withir. two miles of the Somme
at this point.
U. S. ARTILLERY
RAKES ENEMY
BRIDGES ON REAR
Aisnc Viaducts Are Objects of
Yankee Gunners; General
Mangin Presses Forward
American Headquarters on the
Vcsle, Aug. 28.—The situation along
the Vesle is altering, though in a
most curious fushion. The American
pressure has not increased and
though the American guns never are
silent for long their objectives rarely
are the lines in front of them but
rather the bridges over the Aisne.
General Mangin is pressing stead
ily eastward across" the Juvigny pla
teau toward the Soissons-St. Quentin
road and his guns already are in
position there to take in the rear the
German artiilery supporting the line
of the Vesle from the great lime
stone buttress noryieast of Soissons.
This buttress is of great importance,
not only to (he Vesle line but also is
the strongest of the defenses by
which the western end of the Chemin
des Dames is covered.
Expect 1,200 Colored
Troops at Army Depot
at New Cumberland
Approximately 1.200 colored sol
diers will be siutioned at New Ciim-
I berland within the next few hours,
it was learned at the offices at the
Quartermasters' Depot to-day. The
j men comprise a labor battulion
which will remain at the depot per-
I manently. The identity of the dc-
I tuchment was not known this morn
ing, and will not be until it arrives.
It is a battulion from the Quarter
masters' Corps.
I-n addition, 250 white troops have
already arrived at the depot, • and
will be stationed there as tire and
guard troops. They are a part of
the Quartermaster's Corps. Captain
McAree is in command of the lire und.
guard troops.
Submarine Sinks Schooner ;
Commander Boasts of Plans
By Associated Press
A Canadian Atlantic Port, Aug.
28.—The New Koundland three
masted schooner Bianca was cap
tured and sunk by a German sub
marine on Saturday night. Her
crew landed to-day. The schooner
was bound from Brasil to a Cana
dian port with a cargo of tobacco.
The crew of the submarine told
Captain Burke, of the Bianca, that
they had sunk an oil tanker and
that they intended to Blnk eight
more steamers now bound for this
port.
HEAVY LOSS IN
CITY CAUSED BY
LACK OF POWER
| !
jßreak at Plant of Light and!
Power Company Ties Up
Business and Industries
AT WORK ON REPAIRS
| County Food Administration
j Protests Against Loss of
Milk Which Results
Heavy loss and great inconveni
ence were caused Harrisburg busi
nessmen and residents to-day when
two more stoker arches caved in at
the Cedar street plant of the Harris-
I burg Light and Power Company, the
I city's sole source of electrical cur
j rent.. Not a watt of current was
manufactured here for several hours
as a result of this breakdown since
the Cedar street plant alone is in
operation during the summer to fur
nish current to meet Harrisburg's
j needs.
Essential war industries and busi-l
j ness districts, unaffected during last
week's deficiency of current, were
reached for the first time this morn
ing. The few essential industries that
were affected had their power turn
ed off only a few minutes and the
current was shut off from fhe busi
ness district for just a little more
than an hour. Residences and in
dustries affected last week had their
entire supply of power turned off
for a short time, but at 2 o'clock this
afternoon, only three circuits in
residential sections, were without
their usual supply of current.
Even the office of the Harris burg
Light and Power Company was
forced to go without light this morn-
I ing when the current failed in the
j business district, and the company
was given its first experience of its
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Austrians Desert
by Thousands and
Sell Their Equipment
London. Aug. 28.—Arthur Ran
some, who records events in Russia
from the Bolshevik point of view,
telegraphs to the London Daily
News under date of Sunday that the
revolutionary spirit in the Ukraine
is growing and that a peasant army
of nearly 40,000 is lighting com
bined German and Ukrainian na
tional troops near the Skvira rail
road. He further says:
"With regard to Austria, reliable
authorities report the situation as
critical, the internal chaos and the
< c ndition of the army reminding
hint very much of the state of Rus
sia immediately before the revolu
tion. Desertion from all fronts is
turning into a mass movement to the
rear, which nothing can stop. This
is confirmed from the more intimate
knowledge of Russian prisoners who
are making their way out of Aus
tria. They say soldiers are pouring
back from the Italian front, starving
selling their equipments and even
their bavonets to peasants in ex
change for something to eat.
"The sympathy of the peasants is
with the soldiers. They themselves
are exasperated by the desperate
policy of requisitions. They hide
what they have, and resist the police
in their efforts to unearth their
supplies.
Senator Ollie James Dies
After a Long Illness; Was
Popular Democratic Leader
By Associated Press
Baltimore, Aug. 28.—Senator Ollie
M. James, of Kentucky, died at
Johns Hopkins Hospital to-day of an
acute affection of the kidneys. Mrs.
James and the Senator's brother, H.
E James, were with him # when the
end came at 6.45 a. m.
Senator James had been a patient
at the hospital for about three
months. Physicians ut first believed
he had a good chance to regain his
health and an operation was per
formed. loiter his condition became
more serious and transfusion of
blood was made on several occasions.
The Senator rallied recently when
informed of his renomination to the
Senate and for a time held his own.
I but later his condition again became j
grave and he steadily grew weaker. |
Senator James was long a leader 1
in Democratic councils and was very
popular in his party.
Henry W. Gough Again
Honored by the Elks
York, Pa., Aug. 28.—James B.
Yard, of Erie Lodge No. 67, was
! elected president of the Pennsylvania
Asupciatlon of the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks at this
morning's session. Other officers
chosen are:
Vice-president, Laurence H. Rupp,
AllentownJ Secretary, W. S. Gould,
Scranton; treasurer, Henry W.
Gough, Harrisburg. These officers!
will be installed before the final ad-j
Journment of the convention.
HOUR IS DARK,
HUNS ADMIT
By Associated Press
AMSTERDAM. Aug. 28.—"The
German army and uution now
face dark hours. May God pro
tect the Fatherland," concludes
an article by Lieutenant General
Itaroii von Ardciuic in the Dus
scldorf Naelirichtcn, of Tuesday.
He speaks of measures "on which
It Is not yet permitted to speak"
and which aid the Germans in
resuming the initiative and rc
. couping their losses. He does
not believe the offensive will end
speedily.
GRAIN ELEVATORS
UNABLE TO STORE
MORE WHEAT NOW
Congestion of Ports, Big Crops
and Crowded Storage Places
Responsible Officials Say
For the first tim e In the history of
tlie grain elevator industry in Amer
ica elevutormen have been compelled
to request farmers to hold their
wheat crops until a later date, D. B.
Brandt, of the Paxtou Flour and Feed
Company said in an interview with a
Telegraph representative this morn
ing. Congestion of eastern ports.and
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POILUS TAKE MORE TOWNS • * \
IN RELENTLESS DRIVE ON HUNS >1
LONDON—FRENCH TROOPS HAVE TAKEN j
PONT-L'EVEQUE ON THE NORTHSIDE OF THE j
OISE AND ABOUT A MILE FROM NOYON, AND |
HAVE CAPTURED CHAVIGNY, THREE MILES j
NORTH OF SOISSONS, ACCORDING TO REPORTS
REACHING HERE THIS AFTERNOON. THE |
FRBINCH ARE SAID JO BE ON THE OUTSKIRTS ]
OF JUVIC-NY A MILE AND A HALF NORTHEAST 1
O F C ' • •* ' * " v *
' • ' ESTIMATED AT : ;
Nogales, A;'. - Revised estimates, based on unofficial J
reports from the Mexican twn this afternfcon placed the j
to the Mexican ride to verity the Mexican losses. i
T • :TNED :
. i y a ; fined jjj
poll ' soldiers ill River'] |
MAN-POWER BILL'READY SOON
'■ Washington—Senate amendments to the man power |
b" • ..nd 45 year- v ;
jected formally by the House to-day and the measure .sent i
to conference. Arrangements were made for the conferees
to meet immediately with 'he hope of smoothing cut *1
differences,after, a few horns of discussion.
rORE L'iAGE if
' '
Buffalo, N. Y.—"-Rev. L. C. Menges, Harrisburg, t-<lre
conducted sectional conference for pastors at thirteenth J
bi-ennial convention of Lutheran League of America. M-* J
Menges spoke on relation, of pastors to work of Lutheran J
Leap-rie. . , 1
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IIET D FOR T.L S COURT
Harrisburg—U '' Com • toner Wolfe this morion.; |j
held under $1 000 bail for trial in U'. S. court, Henry Mil
ton, formerly of Richmond, Va., charged with usin the
mails to defraud. If
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Harry I. Miller anil Kiitherlne M. Brenlner, Colombia I John W. /I
Ward and Annie W'lllnrd, HarrUhurm Jnmex H. Martin and Eatella tt
M. Dnnean. PlttNhumh; Norman C. Miller, State College, and Vlr- 24
gtna T. Tudor, Hnrrlxhnrai l.awrence P. Foeael, Hnrrlabnrg, and ji
Maude M. Botbnell, Hlgbxplrei Lawrence D. En ale, Horrlaburg, a
and Sarah G. Trevlta, Mllleraburg.
PERSHING HIGH
IN PRAISE FOR
AMERICAN ARMY
Issues in General Order Trib
ute to Service Achievements
of Men in Recent Drives
MEN MET CRUCIAL TEST
Great General Declares Brave
Stand Proveed Courage and
Initiative of Troops
I . By Associated Press
With tlio American Army ill
France, AUK. 28.—General Pershing
has issued the following order:
"It tills ine with pride to record
ir general orders a tribute to the*
service achievements of the First and
Third corps, comprising the Firs',
Second, Third, Fourth, Twenty-sixth,
Twenty-eighth, Thirty-second and
Forty-second divisions of the Amei
ican Expeditionary Forces.
"You came to the battlefield at t
crucial hour for the allied cause. Fot
almost four years the most formld- *
able army the world has yet seen
had pressed its invasion of Franc'J
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BRITISH C ASF A 1 /TO MS lI.JHt
By Associated Press
j I guidon, Aug. 28.—British casual
I ties reported in the week ended
| day totalled 1 4,484. compared with
Jan aggregate of 8,411 reported in the
previous week.