YANKEES STRIKE
HARD BLOW AND
REPULSE ENEMY
Secure Hold Upon Fis
mette, Where Huns At
tack in Force
With the American Force* on the
"Veale Front, Aug. 28. American
troops yesterday attacked the Ger
mans in the region of Bazoches. three
miles west of Fismes. Simultaneous
ly the Germans attached the Ameri
can lines at Fismette, about a mile
northwest of Fismes.
Infantry fighting in the outskirts
of Bazoches still is continuing. The
Americans at present are holding the
tipper hand.
In their attack on Fismette the Ger
The Horrible Handicap
of Poisoned Blood
The Innocent Suffer Even Unto
the Third and Fourth Genera
tions, But Relief Is Now
in Sight.
It has long been accepted as *
matter of course that the sins of the
.fathers must be suffered by innocent
posterity, yet it is hard to become
reconciled to tills condition. The
heritage of physical infirmity is .t
handicap under which thousands
must face the battle of life.
Scrofula is probably the most no
ticeable of the transmitted blood
disorders, though there are other
more severe diseases of the blood
that pass from ope generation to
another. No matter what inherited
blood taint you may be laboring
j it Goldsmith Furniture Sale |
I Positively Closes Saturday |
M Naturally with such large |
stocks as ours there is still plenty 'g
p/ from which to choose—the quali
fy tIGS are better t^ian 1
B the average furniture 'g
store can show.
Prices during the re
If /! / vffiw'g sale are within reach of
'§l // fl ' f ar6 ower
1 /jw than they will j
g / 4mSEjj j. ever be again. • 'g
m U I m .-v Now that y° u
1 have shopped M
A&t ' around looked M
y / /\kl| flbra, ' o v^ r the various dis
|jj . 5, and values . *p i
Wi Si \ / yt* —we know j
\J yr that you'll ||
|g ' come here to jg
,s " make v'our se- =
lections. <pl
Here are some notable examples of our great values— |1
=j For the Bedroom
17-Piece Hepplewhite Bedroom Suite, solid Mahogany,
must be sold complete, regularly $304.00. .Sale Price .. s<bZt)iUU
gSI, Louis XVI Bedroom Suite, solid Mahogany, 4-piece fft fA f\ f\f\ H,l
regularly $197.50. Sale Price vItUiUU |1 !
4-Piece American Walnut W'pi. & Mary Bedroom Suite d>l Qg S
—dustproof construction—regularly $223.50. Sale Price, J) J OUcUU
For the Diningroom 1 j
8-Piece Solid Mahogany Dining Suite, Adam design, (P I*7 E? AA 'P !
regularly $203.00. Sale Price jj) 1 /3cU\J = I
9-Piece Burl Walnut Dining Suite, must be sold com- 1 Cf AA s=£
plete, regularly $229.50. Sale Price 1 O3oUU
9-Piece Solid Mahogany Dining Suit e—William and (tOO'7 Crt H
Marvdesign—regularly $373.00. Sale Price
For the Livingroom
3-Piece Tapestry Living Room Suite—Mahogany 1 O C rtA M '
frames—regularly 5160.00. Sale Price P Vg !
3-Piece Cane and Mahogany Bed-Davenport Living
s' room Suite—suitable for apartment—upholstered in dam- <t O/"! f\ AA
g ask. Sale Price • Jb^UU.UU
3-Piece I apestrv Living Room Suite—New loose cush- f\f\
ion effect—regularly $225.00. Sale Price J)^UU.UU
I Last Chance to Buy Silk Floss Mattresses
I lie Government has commandeered all the'Kopak (silk floss), not
made up. in the country to be used by the Navy. We have a limited <|uan- I
tity of Silk Floss Mattresses in stock —6-inch Imperial edge— i| J
30-lb. weight—best tickings—regularly S3O. Sale Price .... <PuD 1 <F= ]
After these are sold you cannot buy these high-grade Silk Floss Mat- == |
# tresses for love or money. Eg |
I' Do You Need a Refrigerator? ' | !
Ip Or will you need one next year? If so, NOW is the time to buy it.
Eg Our entire remaining stock of Sample Refrigerators at
g One-Third Off ,| |
WEDNESDAY EVENTNG,
mana bombarded the town with heavy
guna and aerial bombs. Qerman avia
tors endeavored to drive the Ameri
cans from the houses In Flsmette, so
that German machine gunners In the
hills could pick them off.
One German airplane decended
within 500 feet of the Flsmette
! roofs. hrlng machine guns. The
Americans drove it away with
' their machine guns. The Ameri
cans are holding Fismette securely.
German artillery continued to bom
bard the Village at intervals during
the day.
The American attack on Bazoches
was made in daylight and the Ameri
cans improved their positions, al
though the Germans resisted stub
bornly.
The Germans endeavored to send
additional infantrymen to reinforce
their lives, and as they passed down
the hill north of Bazoches many of
them were killed by the French an<J
American artillery and machine guns.
A stiff barrage preceded the Ameri
can infantry attack and the bombard- .
ment was answered viciously by the
Germans. I
under, S. S. S. offers hope. This
remedy has been in general use for
more than fifty years. It is purely
vegetable, and contains not a par
ticle of any chemical, and acts
promptly on the blood by routing
all traces of the taint, and restoring
it to absolute purity.
Some of the most distressing cases
of transmitted blood poison have
yielded to the treatment of S. S. S.,
and no case should be considered 'n
eurable until this great remedy has
been given a thorough trial. S. S S.
acts as an antidote to every impur
ity in the blood. You can obtain it
at any drug store. Our chief medi
cal adviser will take pleasure in giv
ing you without cost any advice that
your individual case requires. Write
to-day to Swift Specific . Co., -133
Swift Laboratory. Atlanta, Gte.
GERMAN VANDALS
DEFILE EVERY HOME
IN INVADED ZONE
Clergyman With Engineers Tells of Work of Barbarians;
Fighting Lads Give Details of Battling That Threw
Foe Into General Retreat
i On the trail of the retreating
Boohe, engineer units of the Iron
division have had personal encoun
ters with the style of depredations
and vandalism which the Hun calls
war.
The Rev. Percy Houghton. Scran
ton. chaplain of the One Hundred
und Third Engineers, keeping pace
with his men in their advance north
of the Marne, writes from a town
lately evacuated by the Germans.
The One Hundred iytd Thirjl En
gineers. several companies of which
were among the'first Bennsylvanians
in action In the Marne battle, com
prise the former First Engineers and
several troops of the First Cavalry
and Include men from Scranton,
New Castle, Sunbury, Lock Haven,
Pottsville und adjacent towns in the
anthracite region nnd from this city.
"We got into this town Sunday
afternoon," writes Chaplain Hough
ton, formerly curate of St. Luke's
Episcopal Church, Scranton. "the
Boche leaving it in the morning. You
may have read much of the filth and
poliution left behind by the Boche in
the towns which he has occupied.
What you read does not begin to de
scribe the actual conditions.
"1 have never seen anything So
foul as the condition of this tuwn
after its occupation by the enemy:
Let me describe the home I am in.
It is, or was. beautifully furnished
and has quite spacious grounds.
"Quito a number of the windows
have been broken and every mirror
", , ' • *
, HAJRRISBTJRO tSSSe- TELEGRAPH
| —and there were some beautiful
! ones. The house was littered from
I one end to the other with papers,
clothing and everything else which
j the Hun didn't want,
j "Every drawer in the house had
been ransacked. The beggar over
looked nothing. Evidently, he ale in
any room at all. The above doesn't
sound so bad, does it'.' But one can
! not mention the disgusting use that
j rooms and linen were put to.
"null's War,' Kay the French
"The French say 'e'est la guerre.'
That may be true. But I cannot for
the life of me understand how the
civilized (?) German of eight years
ago, or even Ave —who lived in such
a thrifty and clean way at home—
can degenerate into such tilthy ani
malism in four years of war. Neither
tire French nor the English live that
way.
Letter Comes After Dentil
"We are awaiting the order to go
into battle," wrote Private Daniel
i Wanzie, of Kulpmont, to his mother
i on August 6. He was killed in action
later in the day. according to official
notification which reached his moth
er before his letter.
"We gave the Huns another hard
run lust night," he wrote. "Just as
it was getting dark they opened up
everything they possibly could on us;
but it was no surprise on our part, as
vvq had been expecting it for twenty
• four hours.
I "After a few hours of heavy firing
into our lines, it suddenly ceased.
| Our boys went into a strong counter
[ attack as soon as the firing had
I halted, and we succeeded in captur
| ing a town ibout as big as Kulpmont.
| As we retook the place, our men ull
: took up new positions to hold the
j town, i got a position in an old fac
tory for my automatic rifle, and
about daybreak this morning there
were ail sorts of shrapnel ijing
about us.
"I had about the most narrow es
cape than at any time since I have
been in battle. Those big shells just
tore the immense concrete walls
from in front of me. But the only
things that happened to me were a
! few dents in my iron hat. My pal in
j arms was taken to a hospital with
: wounds caused by shrapnel and fly
! ing bricks.
I "We get frequent gas attacks by
I the Fritzies, but they seem to suc
| coed very little, as we are using the
best gas mask, I think, of any nation
I over here. In fact, I know it.'
j Although parents of Corporal L. E.
Neary, of the marines, of Carbon-
I dale, got word recently that he had
j been wounded on June 16, they have
u letter written by their son on Au
gust 5, his birthday.
"It's a long way from this birth
day to the last," he writes to his
mother. "I have nothing to regret,
i feeling I am doing my duty as you
| and Dad would wish me to do. And
let this generation wind it up for all
! time, so that Bayard, Eugene and
others of their age will not have to
go out to make the sacrifice that was
expected from us. And I hope that
yon and Dad can see It as I do."
The story of the start of Mar
shal Foch's flank drive, which broke
the German hold on the Marne river,
is told by Private Roy J. Robbins,
of the Marines, in letter to his home,
at Collingdale.
private Robbins is one of twanty
j thrce members of a Sunday school
j class at Collingdale in the service.
| The class originally had thirty-five
| members. Nine of them are in the
j Marines. Recovering from gas, Rob
] bins writes from a rest billet "away
from the sound of shells."
"We were resting on the banks of
the Marne," lie writes, "living in a
patch of woods with no shelter, only
what you improvise.. We were
there about a week, expecting every
day to move back to some big town
and get good billets and & good rest.
"Well, the looked-for order came
along one day to move out. We all
thought our division was going back
to recuperate and train the new men,
the replacements who were to till the
gaps made at Belleau wood and Cha
teau Thierry. We were under that
impression until we hiked a few
hours anil got intb big autotrucks at
midnight.
"They whisked us away to a new
front. I guess you know what one,
as we were the Americans that start
ed the first day. We rode all night
and next day and landed at our des
tination, a big woods.
"At 4 a. m. I got up to go on
guard, to look for gas, etc. At 4.30
1 came near jumping out of my skin,
as it seented all the big guns in the
war were tiring on me. But then in
a minute 1 realized we were sending
over the worst barrage I had ever
heard. •
"The guns were a lltle piece be
hind up and I could see the Hash as
they fired. It was a rolling barrage
and as we afterward found it, the
Americans and French were walking
over flclds right behind it. They say
it was a perfect barrage.
| "We traveled that night, sturting
! about 7 o'clock and walked until
dark. Then we slept in a ravine
where the Huns had their artillery
the night before. Their guns were
there yet. Well, we hit the deck at
8.30 a. m. and threw everything we
had in one pile to be left there, and
just kept one blanket, mess gear,
'gat' and -gas mask.
"I had the machine gun on my
shoulder. Of course, we would trade
off, changing one fellow's load to an
other. but they were all heavy. We
walked at least seven or eight miles
that morning,over hills, down valleys,
over fields, along roads, and every
where we could see the story of the
Hun fl'ght.
"Once a plane swooped down and
began tiring at us. but we ducked
into Hie woods and he had to give
up. loiter 1 saw a Hun brought
down, and 1 hope it was the same
square-head.
"Well, at least about 8 a. m. we
reached our destination, the last
town captured the day before und the
signs of-the Germans were still
there. It was here that our boys
took 300 Huns and a Count in a big
cave. There were plenty of signs
around printed in German.
t'luiugixl Street's Numc
"On one street was a signboard
'Hindenburg Strasse.' One of the
boys knocked it down and turned It
over and put 'Marine Avenue' on it."
"We soon found out that we were
to sturt out on the fields outside of
the town and go across a level
stretch to u point six kilometers
away. We could sec a town in the
distance, and that was our objec
tive. We marched out to u large
wheat field and started to deploy
ready for our share.
"All the time we were there the
"Huns were sending over their hate
in the form of 'big heavieß.' We had
to wait out there a half hour before
the tanks came on the scene. They
were the big, slijw type. We let them
get a start on us, and then we
started.
"We had to go very slow In order
to keep about fifty yards behind the
taks. We had to stop vdry often,
as the tanks moved very slowly. All
the time we were going, the Huns
weren't sleeping. They sure were do
ing their best to stop the war for all
of us. Machine gun bullets were hit
ting the ground all around us and
whizzing by in a steady stream, and
big shells breaking all around. To
hear a big piece go by like lightning.
I can't imagine how any of us came
out of it alive or not wounded.
"There was no projection out thehe,
just a level field, and we had to
keep on going. We got up to the
edge of the town and 'dug in.' There
wasn't enough men to take the town
until reinforcements came up under
cover, so we held the line until night.
That night we were relieved by
French and the next day we took
the town."
Would Hang Kaiser
and His Six Sons
Philadelphia, Aug. 28.—Expressing
a fervent desire that the United
States might capture the Kaiser and
his six sons and try them before an
American Jury for murder and in a
state that permits hanging. Governor
Warren L. Harding, .lowa, last
night brought thou.o A their feet
in a wild outburst r cheering in
Independence Square. The eloquent
and virile Western Executive was
the principal speaker at the aNtional
Patriotic Fraternal Conclave in a
rally that set a high water mark
for record-breaking attendance at
the nation's shrine.
S. S. SECRETARY RESIGNS
Liverpool, ft.., Aug. 28. .Miss
Puera B. Hobison, corresponding
secretary of the Perry County Sub
bath School Association for six years,
has tendered her resignation to tnke
effect September 2. Miss Robison
expects to leave the county. Clark
M. Bower, Blain, president of the
association, has appointed Miss
Emma Roberts, of Marysvllle, to
take charge of the work and will
call an executive committee meet
ing of the county workers to con
firnl his appointment.
J3joarma<n2
HKLI, 1001—2350 UNITED IIA It 111 SHU KG, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1018. POUNDED 1871
I
viofe^e
One-half pound per week, or
Tin' 66 i e te3 K P f°?u fU r T a Most ever y kind of P re tty Summer Waist is to be found in this sale at prices that you
lnis is wnat the U. b. Pood cannot afford to ignore when you have the opportunity of replenishing your wardrobe with
Administration requests waists of the Bowman style and quality.
ton l 'a!! v lon nc y° urself Beautiful Georgettes, Crepes and Crepe de Chine and some Washable Waists. Most
iou. nny excess 01 tins every desirable style of collar, as well,as collarless. Prettily trimmed and in a variety of at
amount deprives someone tractive colors. Sizes 36 to 46.
else of their share. c , .. ™ , •
Sale continues Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The sweets of life in the
way of dainties are tempting - ClearaWaV Prices
but they should be sparingly
used at present in order that A QQ
our Allies may have what is 4)
necessary for their soldiers
———' ——— BOWMAN'S—ThIra Floor.
Appropriate Silks For Sharpen-M-All Rotary
x-v a • • 1 Stropper 97c
Every Appropriation Th; . H J
ens any make of safety
Go nig through our broad assortments, you would hardly hIaHM Ft -
believe that there is a decided scarcity of many of the most 1 [ A &
popular silks this season. Here are rich and lovely silks of ens the Gillette and p y
every description in every weave, pattern and coloring that Durham Duplex two X \ " •**
Fashion or commonsense has made desirable. , ,■ D \ A
• edges at one time. It y \
Silks and Satins, also Crepes, are much in demand for also sharpens the Gem / \ / X
Autumn wear-many new arrivals in our stock and coming Junior; £ver Re^y / \
m al y " etc. This stropper will ' 1T SHARPENS THEM ALL
And prices are probably less than you have been led to save voll blade expense, and it's lots of fun operating it.
expect you would have to pay for silks of equal qualities. One man said he became so interested he sharpened all the
36-inch Satin-Jersey Suiting, yard $3.75 dull blades lie had in stock during one evening, and now he
a j s a S " pply of sharp for six years.
Don t throw away your dull blades. Buy this for 970 and
40-inch Pussywillow Satin, yard $3.50 you will not have to buy new blades.
36-inch Satin Sublime, yard $55.50 Bowman's—Main Floor Men'* Furnishing Drpt.
36-inch Satin Messaline, yard $1.05 and $55.00 1 TT
40-inch Crepe de Chine, yard $1.59 and $55.00 OdllUKCrLlllClS
40-inch printed Pussywillow, yard *3.75 _ For Mdl- and Womfll
36 and 40-inch White Wash Satins, yard .. $1.59 to $51.50 . -IV-H <3.11U TT UIIICII
From the plain sorts for everyday use to embroidered affairs
\A/ocK to be c 3F" r ie<l for show by women who love dainty things to
YV dMI T dUHLJ) go with fine clothes.
Ladies' all-linen Handkerchiefs—full size, J4-inch hem.
Silk and cotton mixed fabrics that rival the all-silk makes Special '.'j",', •• •• • • •.............. 6 for 800
in beauty and colorings- , Lad,e t warranted aI1 T>ure linen Handkerchiefs, heavy linen,
. 14-inch hem 6 for $1.35
32-inch silk-striped 1 ussahs for ladies dresses or waists, Ladies' pure Irish linen Handkerchiefs—narrow hem. Spe
also. men's shirts, yard 850 cial , 6 for $1.90
32-incl,i satin-striped Crepes of the heavier and better kind. Ladies pure linen Handkerchiefs—fancy colored, embroid
yard ered corners, white, pink, blue, lavender borders 250
" • t. t> •Ai .u ' . . . * Ladies' Crepe de Chine Handkerchiefs—white, pink, blue
36-inch Broadcloth, grouhd with heavy satin stripes, yard l aven der, green border and large variety of fancy colors, 250
, . $1.> Men's all-pure linen hem,
.Over 200 styles to select from these grades-*-presenting a . 6 for $1.60
most select and charming assortment for present and later Men's pure Irish linen initial Handkerchiefs, 6 for $2.40
use, as thg prices are at their minimum just now. Men's khaki Handkerchiefs 6 for 550
BOWMAN'S—Main Floor. ' . BOWMAN'S—Main Floor
UNIVERSAL WAR
BREAD DESIGNED
FOR OUT ALLIES
4 .
Hoover Plans Everyone Shall j
Have Palatable Loaf Until
End of Conflict
Washington, Aug. 28.—Universal
war board bread for all the nations j
arrayed against the Central Powers j
Is provided in new regulations an- i
nouneed by Food Administrator Hoov- j
er to-day under which wheat flour'
restrictions in the United States are j
relaxed and the Allies given bread \
containing more wheat than they
have had since the early days of the i
war. The regulations are effective j
September 1 and wheatless days and
wheatless meals will be discontinued
on that date.
Under an international bread policy
formulated \,- y inter-allied food
council in London, all bread made i
after September 1, for France, Eng
land, Italy, the United States and the
other allies will be made of mixed
flour containing eighty per cent.
Bi-nesia Will Stop
Indigestion Pains
In Five Minutes
or you can have your money back for ■
the asking. If you suffer from gas- I
tritis, indigestion, dyspepsia—if food '
lies like lead in your stomach and you j
cannot sleep at night because of the i
awful disticss —go at once to Geo. A,
Gorgas or any other good druggist I
and get a package of Ili-nesta Tab
lets. Take two or three after each I
meal or whenever pain is felt, and
ypu will soon be telling your friends
how you got rid of stomach trouble, j
Be sure to ask for 111-neata, every I
genuine package of which contains a
binding guarantee of satisfaction or
money back.—Adv.
AUGUST 28, 1918.
wheat flour and 20 per cent, substi
tute cereals.
Old Orders It CN vended
All present baking regulations in
conflict with the new plan are re
scinded. including tne half and half
regulation controlling flour sales to
householders and that permitting
bakers to use only seventy per cent,
of their supply of wheat flour.
All rationing of bread among the
allied nations will be discontinued,
and plenty of the new "victory
bread is assured the civil popula
tions at a time when the wheat sit
uation in Germany and Austria is
anything but promising.
Ready mixed flour in the propor
tions allowed by the food adminis
tration in accordance with its milling
standards will be available for pur
chase by householders, althougli this
Is not compulsory. They are urged,
however, to buy the ready mixed vic
'Zpszssssas—-—--- GET YOUR
I Upholstering
I Done Direct by the
I y![ | IlfiJi Man Who Does
the Work
You Can Save a Great Deal
After vacation time is over, then is the proper time to have
your upholstering: done and make your home comfortable.
\Ve have no overhead expenses, no high rent to pay, there
fore we can afford to make our prices right.
All Work Guaranteed
Newmark & Cown
• 308 BROAD STREET
Tory flour, but where pure wheat flour ~
Is purchased, the regulations require
retailers to sell 20 per cent, of sub
stitutes at the same time to each
purchaser.
To Make Hairs Vanish
From Face, Neck or Arms
Keep a little powdered dnlatone
handy and when hairy growth-.! ap
pear make a paste with some qf, the
powder and a little water, -hen
spread over hairy surface. After
two or three minutes rub off, wash
the skin and it will be entirely free
from hair or blemish. This simple
treatment is unfailing, but care
should be exercised to he sure and
get genuine delatone, otherwise you
may be disappointed.
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