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LXXXVII No. 192 IS PAGES "? u CK*T" P¥ HARRISBURG. PA., FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1918. HOME EDITION
FOE'S ARMY CRUSHED BY TREMENDOUS
BRITISH BLOW WHICH CRASHES CLEAR
THROUGH MAIN HINDENBURG POSITION
Haig's Troops Give
Enemy No Time to
Rest but Press
Rapidly On
ADVANCE NORTH
OF LENS LINES
More Towns Fall to
British Army as
Huns Retreat
By Associated Tress
London, Auj,'. 30.—British
forces east of Arras resumed
their advance this morning and
it an early hour had penetrated
another 2.000 yards on a front of
.-even miles between Bullccourt
and the Scarpe, according to ad
vices received here.
Ihe British forces have
reached within a mile of the
Drocourt-Queant switch line and
have captured Riencourt.
\\ itli tlie British Forces in France,
Aug. 30.—Biaches, on the south
bank of the Soraine and about a
mile from Peronne, has been cap
tured by Field Marshal Haig's
forces. British troops have entered
Lesboeufs and patrols have passed
through Mortal, to the southeast.
British troops this morning passed
forward in an easterly direction
from Bapaume.
The British have made further ad
vances to the north of Lens. At one
place they pushed forward a thou
sand yards.
Le Transloy, on the Bapaume-
Peronne high road, was reported to
have been captured this morning.
Back of Somme
The Germans have been driven be
hind the river Somme everywhere
along the British front. The whole
western bank now is in the posses
sion of Field Marshal Haig's troops
and at one place just south of La
Chapellette a British force has cross
ed to the east bank.
In the operations concluded this
morning three hundred prisoners fell
into hands of the British on this
side of the river.
Bridges Destroyed
The Germans have destroyed all
the bridges across the Somme, in
cluding the railroad bridge and the
regular bridge at Peronne.
Northwest of Peronne, however,
after the river changes its course
from the north to the west, the Brit
ish swept in so quickly that the
causeway over the Somme at Clery
on the north bank was secured in
tact. Clery is in British hands.
Peronne Under Fire
Peronne and the country to the
rear of that city are well under the
tire of British guns.
North of Peronne the Germans
now are holding the road to Ba
paume as far as a point opposite
Combles. North of here the advance
of the British made the enemy re
tire again. British patrols are astride
the road and are moving southward.
Bapaume seems to have been cap
tured without much resistance by
New Zealand troops who were assist
ed by pressure from the English on
the south. The town was entered
front the north and east. There was
only short street fighting and then
the Germans who had been left be
hind surrendered.
Fires indicating the withdrawal of
the Germans o nthe northern end of
the British front, and especially in
the Lys salient are burning. Many
explosions have been observed be
hind the enemy lines.
THE WEATHER
For Hnrrlnhurg find vlclnltyt Un
settled, probably showers to
night and .Saturday; not much
ehnnge In trmiieruture.
For Kustrrn Pennsylvania: I'roh
nbly local rains to-night and
Saturday, except fnlr to-night In
southeast portioni tvnrmer to
night In northwest portion;
light south winds.
River
The main river will rise sllghtlyi
nil tributaries will probably ( n ||
slowly or remain nearly sta
tionary, except the lower por
tions of the North nnd West
branches, which will rise slight
ly to-night nnd probably fall
Saturday.
General Conditions
Showers, mostly light, have fallen
In the Middle Atlnntlc nnd New
England States, along the west
ern border of the Great l.nkes.
In the Mlaaourl nnd Upper Mis
sissippi valleys nnd along the
Golf coast from I.oulslnnn east
ward. •
Temperature: 8 a. m., M.
River Stngei 3.3 feet above low
water mark.
Highest temperature, 82.
Lowest temperature, dB.
Mean temperature, 75.
Normal temperature, 70.
200,000 GERMAN
WORKMEN IN
BOCHUM STRIKE
By Associated Press
GEXEVA, Aug. SO.—Sorious
.strikes involving 200.000 work
men have broken out at Bochitm,
in Westphalia, according to dis
imtches received liere to-day
from Munich.
Three thousand strikers have
been sent to the front and 8.000
deported from the region tinder
escort. Troops are guarding the
town, it is said, as riots arc
feared.
DEATH FOR BRUTE
OF BERLIN,NOWIS
DEMAND OF CITY
Harrisburg United in Belief
That Kaiser Should Pay
a Personal Penalty
HE MURDERED CHILDREN
Torture Said Too Good For
Leader of Vandal Armies
That Plundered Belgium
Before you read this story stop and
meditate what punishment you would
suggest for the Brute of Berlin when
the Allies capture him. You know
what they did to Napoleon; you've
heard of the third degree and the
Spanish Inquisition. Maybe you have
been smitten by a sight of Fox's Book
of MurtjTs. depicting human beings
burning in oil and dying at the stake.
Perhaps you had a war garden and
tried to fancy some punishment for
the million various insects that ruin
ed your crop Get a good tight hold
on your imagination and let it swing
before you read what some folks of
old John Harris town think would be
proper recognition of the men who
murdered women and children; de-
Hied the families of Belgium and
crucified Allied soldiers.
Many of .the punishments which
Harrisburgers would visit upon the
Kaiser appear horrible in print, but
they only go to show the senti
ment against the man who began the
war and whose orders have resulted
in the cruelest barbarities the civi
lized world has ever known.
Think what this monster would
have done with the Christian uni
verse if he had succeeded in getting
his own way. and pause to diagnose
his vile character which could smile
at the murder of women and children
and give iron crosses to blood-thirsty
warriors of Kultur. Look ahead to
what history will say of this unmoral
and supreme egotist, and then, well
here's an idea from George Harry,
philosopher-tobacconist at the well
known corner of Walnut and Third
streets:
"What would I do to the Kaiser?
Why cut about one inch of flesh
every morning and give him nothing
to eat until he's good and dead."
District Attorney Michael Stroup
viewed the problem from a more se
date point. "The thing to do" said
he "would be to stuff him and mount
him, say in Smithsonian Institute at
Washington, where all the worla
might gaze at the most contemptible
relic of barbarism that ever inflicted
himself upon the world."
"TREAT HIM ROUGH"
S. F. Dunkle, president of the Har
risburg Manufacturing and Boiler
Company, was so rocked with emotion
that he could frame up no precise
thought. "If I'd put it in words" said
lie "the telephone would be discon
tinued. And I don't wish to violate
the rules of the Fuel Administration
in regaro to wasting heat. Treat
him rough."
Dr. C. A. Smufker, pastor of the
Stevens Memorial Methodist Church,
was in no wise uncertain. "The
Kaiser and his fellow-conspirators"
he declared "are the arch-murderers
of this world. They should pay the
penalty of death; the whole bunch
of them."
Joe Aramento, boniface, had prac
tical notions. "We ought to chain
the Kaiser like a bear and march him
all over the United States with an
organ grinder to play. Then put
him on show at my place; then hang
him to the highest telegraph pole and
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Farmer Involved in
Bretz Bankruptcy Is
Without Any Assets
No assets are shown in the sched
ule of bankruptcy of Jucob S. Hurst,
the Lower PaxtOn township farmer,
whose financial difficulties was
brought about by the failure of the
Bretz Brothers. The schedule was
filed to-day with John T. Olmsted,
referee in bankruptcy of the Middle
district of Pennsylvania.
Hurst was a joint maker of sev
eral notes with the Bretz Brothers
and when they were forced Into
bankruptcy he was compelled to ac
knowledge that he was unable to
meet his liabilities. These total $3,-
169.60. Of the claims, $1,915.35
worth are secured; $3O unsecured
and $1,224.35 in claims that ought to'
be paid by other parties.
Huns Make Supreme
Effort to Check
Americans in
New Drive
EOE MENACED
BY ASSAULTS
French Troops Gain
Positions Beyond
t
the Noyon Base
By Press
With the French Army in
France, Aug. 30.—General Hum
bert's troops which yesterday
took Noyon and advanced to
Mount Simeon, to the northeast,
resumed their attack this morn
ing and are advancing up the
difficult heights north of the
Oise.
Witli the French Army In France,
Thursday, Aug. 20.—The Germans
are making a supreme effort to
maintain their positions on the
plateau north of Soissons. They are
throwing fresh troops against both
the French and Americans and are
disputing the ground foot by foot.
After the unsuccessful enemy at
tempts a few days ago to retake the
heights west of the Soissons-Coucy
le-Chateau road known as the Orme
do Montecouve, prisoners taken by
one French division included men
from three different divisions of in
fantry and two battalions of crack
mountain troops.
Foe He-enforced
The loss of this height and a
further advance made it all the
more necessary for the Germans to
prevent the allies from gaining
ground on the plateau in the region
of Juvigny where arO the last heights
defending the valley of the Ailette ,
where it runs eastward before turn
ing southward again toward the
Chemin des Dames. The enemy ha?
reinforced his line there with some
of his best divisions of shock troops.
The French third army met with
greater resistance to-day along the
line of the Somme and the Canal
du Nord. The German opposition
was particularly stout in the region
of Nesles, where it was necessary to
have artillery to reduce some posi
tions.
To-night the villages of Houy-le-
Grai d and Itouy-le-Petit, east of
Nesles. are in the hands of the
French while south along the canal
they have Breuil, Moyencourt, und
La Panneterie. North of Nesle,
where General Humbert's troops also
are approaching the Somme the Ger
mans launched a counterattack
against Morchain without success.
The Germans appear to be strongly
reinforced by artillery along the
Canal du Nord where their resist
ance is stiffening.
After the capture of Noyon, French
advunced eastward to the southern
slopes of Mont St. Simeon.
Penna. Sales Company
Men Exonerated; Error
on Part of Government
At a hearing this morning before
Commissioner Leroy J. Wolfe,
George E. Howard, Howard H.
Fraim and Charles P. Prince, were
completely exonerated of the charges
lodged against them recently by
representatives of the United States
government's Military Intelligence
Division.
The defendants were discharged
without the taking of testimony, the
investigators having been in error
in their findings and the defendants
in nowise to blame. •
Howard is head of the Pennsyl
vania Sales Company and Kralm is
the bookkeeper. Prince is a lumber
dealer. The charge was that efforts
had been made to collect for a car
load of lumber sold to the govern
ment but not delivered. Examina
tion of the books of the company
showed the error of those who made
the investigation and the charges
were dropped.
Patriotic Kisses at $6O
a Dozen Sells War Stamps
MRlvllle, N. J.. Aug. 30.—James
Boyle Invested $6O In a dozen fer
vent kisses last night when Miss
Frances Kelly, the "horseback-boost
er" of War Havings Stamps, of Jer
sey City, made an address on the
principal street corner here and of
fered to kiss every man who bought
a stamp. She enlisted the services of
two Cape May jackles from the audi
ence to kiss every woman purchaser
of the stamps, and they cheerfully
fulfilled their obligations.
Where Germans Are Retreating Before Allies
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J.D.CAMERON,
GREAT FIGURE IN
PUBLIC LIFE, DIES
U. S. Senator From Pennsyl
vania For Two DecadcS;
Once Cabinet Officer
BORN IN MIDDLETOWN
Noted Republican Leader and
Took Active Interest in Af
fairs of Harrisburg
James Donald Cameron, for two
decades a United States Senator
from Pennsylvania, secretary of war
in the late '7os, and who succeeded
his famous father, General Simon
Cameron, as the leader of the Re
publican party of the second , state
in the Union, died this morning at 4
o'clock at his country home, Done
gal, Lancaster county. The Senator,
as ha was known to thousands, had
been in failing health for several
months. Members of his immedi
ate family were with him when tho
end came. .
Senator Cameron, following in
the footsteps of his father in public
affairs, was also a notable man of
business, widely traveled, possessing
a wonderful acquaintance and a
strong following, and a lover of
Pennsylvania. Born at Middletown,
May 14, 1833, he often said the lower
Susquehanna valley was the fairest
part of the nation and men of inter
national fame were often his guests
at what he liked to call "The Farm."
In this city, while the Senator had
been an infrequent visitor in recent
years, he was much looked up to
and left an impress upon the com
munity. It is not generally known
that he was tremendously interested
in the movement for Greater Har
lisburg and that at a critical time
he threw his influence toward bring
ing about the consummation of the
hope of the people who thought out
the plans that put the Keystone State
Capital far up in the list of pro
gressive municipalities.
In his early life the Senator,
through his banking and iron man
ufacturing interests at Middletown,
where Cameron Furnace was the
main industry for years, became In
timately connected with the life of
this part of the state, and when he
entered the United States Senate he
upheld the Cameron name and kept
Pennsylvania before the people. It
was an odd coincidence that the late
Senator M, - S. Quay, who succeeded
to the Cameron power In politics,
had his home close to Don
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LONG PROMINENT
IN PENNSYLVANIA J
JAMES DONALD CAMERON
162 SELECTED
FOR TRAINING;
NEW CALL MADE
Fifty Limited Service Men to
Entrain Day After Big
Quota Leaves
The three city and county hoards
have announced the names of 162
men who will be sent to Camp Green
leaf. Ga., Thursday morning of next
week at 11.50. The men will leave
the Pennsylvania station with the
quotas from adjacent counties, nnd
proceed directly to the great south
ern training camp.
At the same time, the boards to
day began to notify the quotas of
special service men who will be sent
to Camp Dix, N. J., for special limit
ed military service next Friday aft
ernoon at 3.15. It is the first time in
the local history of the draft that
two large sized quotas have been dis
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ORDINATION OF
SOLDIER TO BE
HELD TONIGHT
Sergeant Skillin Takes Exam
ination in First Baptist
Church
MAY BECOME A CHAPLAIN
First Time in Years For Uni
formed Man to Enter
Ministry
For the first time in the history of
Harrisburg's churches and for one of
the few times in the history of any
church in this country, a soldier in
uniform will be ordained to the min
istry this evening. He is Sergeant
I George H. Skiliin, of South Hanson.
Mass., attached to the Development
','attaiion located at Camp Colt, Get
tysburg, who will be ordained to the
Haptist ministry this evening at 7.45
in the First Baptist Church.
An examination council, including
the minister and two laymen from
church of the Harrisburg Asso
clation of Baptist Church, is exam
ining Sergeant Skillin as to his
qualifications for admission to the
church, at a meeting at the church
this afternoon. Arrangements wfll be
made for the ordination during the
course of the session of the examina
tion council. Dr. Samuel Zane Batten,
of Philadelphia, secretary of the war
committee of the North Baptist con
ference. is expected to deliver the
ordination sermon.
Sergeant Skillin has already made
application for appointment as an i
army chaplain, and his commission!
is expected within a short time. He is I
a graduate of Colby College, Maine,)
class of 1915, and of the Newton
Theological Seminary, West Newton,
Mass., class of 1918.
LONDON POLICE STRIKE
London, Aug. 30.—The Metropoil- i
tan police, famous throughout the |
world for its efficiency, discipline and ,
devotion to duty, struck at midnight,
according to press association. They j
demanded increased wages, recogni- 1
tion of their union and the reinstate- j
ment of a discharged man who has .
been active in union affairs.
FOR ONE MORE DAY !
$4.19 =ss
JANUARY 1, 1923
&3TAsk Mercer B. Tate j|
HUNS FLEE OUT
OF PICARDY TO
AVOID C
Village After Village Falls to Field
Marshal Haig Who Begins to Roll
Up Entire German Force; Ad
vance of Allies Is Very Rapid
By Associated Press
Moving forward with sustained power, the British
armies east and southeast of Arras appear to have
crashed clear through the Hindenburg line. Dispatches
received to-day seem to indicate that now they have
begun to "roll up" the German forces on the front to
which the enemy is retreating along the whole Picardv
front.
P>ullecourt, which was on the Hindenburg line, was taken this
morning. Hendccourt-lez-Cagnicourt, to the northeast of Belle
court, has also fallen before Field Marshal Haig's men. South
of llendecourt and slightly to the east Riencourt has been cap
tured by the advancing British. East of Arras astride the Scarpe,
further gains are reported.
Great Line Is Endangered
The Drocourt-Queant "switch line" now is within striking dis
tance. Farther south the British have taken the village of Com
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ALLEGED SPY SHOT ON SEACOAST
Ocean City, N. J. —A man believed to be Thomas Ellis
of Trenton, N. J., was shot and killed last night by Joseph
Meehan, of the U. S. paval reserve. The authorities sus
pect Ellis of having been a spy engaged in signalling to
German submarines off the coast. While resisting arrest
for acting suspiciously on the beach of this resprt Ellis
was shot through the heart by Meehan.
OBSTACLES HOLD-UP MAN-POWER
Washington—Unexpected obstacles developed to-day
in the path through Congress of the man power bill, ex
tending the army draft to men of 18 to 45 but leaders
proceeded in full confidence of having the measure in
BAN ON GAS FOR PLEASURE ONLY
Washington—The ban on the use of gasoline on Sun
days for motor vehicles and boats will apply only to
pleasure tiding, fuel administrator Garfield annbunced to
day. He said reasonable use of gasoline driven vehicles
for necessary purposes v.-as not intended to be prohibited.
. ENGLISH OFFICERS SPEAK HERE
1. m isburg—Capt. A. S. Campbell and Captain W.
V. Gint, English Army officers addressed the men at the
H in. -burg Boiler asm 7 ' -.ufacturing company plant this
afternoon on the subject of speeding up work. The men
represent the Ordnance Department and have been lent to
the govcrment by the English Army, while they arc on
sick leave. .They were introduced by William j. Henry,
United States Production officer at the plant, which is
now' doing 95 per cent, war work.
BONNIWELL'S FAIR PLAY PARTY <
Harris'ourg —The Bonniwell campaign managers late
to-day pre-empted the name Fair Play Party. In all
68 pre-emptions were filed. The pre-emptors for the
state ticket were Charles B. Lynch, Jr., Francis E.,
Sculln, John J. Finnerty, ugh J. Nealis, Marshal I>.
Low'e and John J. Delaney, all of Philadelphia and Henry
Opperman, of Harrisburg.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Jnmea A. Bntrnmn, Philadelphia, and Mabel K. Dunlap, Ly
kfnil Kdwnrd Carney. HiiKcrMt on n, Md., an.l Xellle M. TltTt, Sagi
naw, Midi 1 William H. Stettler and Mary I). Martin. I.m hhrrryi
William D. Spenknuin, Mt. I'lcaannt, and Kminii S. Swart a. Saint
Cloud. Kla.i Aaron Meyervltx, HiirrlKburit. and Kcbeccii Toffee,
l.iincaateri John W. Hray and Muttlr Madden. Iliirrixbnrwi Hay
mond C. Baker and I'll lie I K. Baldwin, Hnrriahurffi Alfred fitilbrnrd
fn and Olive A. Slnuley, llurrlxhuru.