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LXXXVII— No. 193 18 PAGES ?h U E ND P A O Y IT * HARRISBURG. PA.. SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1918. " N )IBWSPAPEB IS'^AIUHSBIJIIS 1188 A 1 T WO 3 CENTH HOME EDITION
HAIG SEIZES MT. KEMMEL, KEY
TO WHOLE OF FLANDERS FRONT
September 12 Fixed by President as Registration Day
BATTLEFIELD ON
YANKEE FRONT
VAST PANORAMA
OF DEADLY FIRE
German Armies Offering Most
Desperate Resistance Re
cause of Danger of Franco-
American Advance Along
Dangerous Salient
SHELLS ARE BURSTING
LIKE HEAVY SURF
iuns Told by Commanders
That Americans Kill All
Prisoners; U. S. Fighting
Men Battle Against Enemy
Center
*
By Associated Tress
Paris, Aug. 31.—The posi
tions won yesterday by the
American troops northwest
of Soissons, La Liberte
points out, give them a fine
view along the Chemin des
Dames. The Americans now
can see the towers of the
Laon cathedral.
With the American Army in
France, Aug. 31.—Between the
Ailette and the Aisue and far to
the southeastward ; ">ng the lire
of the Yesle the battlefield is one
vast panorama of tire. Here at
'.he moment the Germans are offer
ing the most desperute resistance
since the issue in this sector has a
gTaver strategic bearing than any
where else along the whole'front.
Enemy Hold Threatened
With General Mangln's men al
read> across the Ailette on either
side it the village of Champs, the
jr,tmy's hold on Coucy-le-Chateau is
:hreatened. Coucy-le-Chateau is
Highly important to the Germans as
i distributing center of troops fall
ing back from Noyon and those
Ighting stoutly on the left bank of
lie Ailette.
From the crest of the plateau
lorth of Soissons shells can be seen
jursting like surf against the Ger
tiun lines.
American troops, in the corner, are
• ill lighting to clear the difficult
mtanglement of ravines before
hem. There lias been no close
ightirrg in these valleys *s yet
Philosophic Hun
A philosophic wounded prisoner
vas encountered to-day in the road
lear the battlefield. He said;
"They told me that the Amer
ratis murdered their prisoners.
When asked if lie hud oelieved
hat charge, he answered:
"One docs not make *i great
latidn out of men like that."
"en Battered Yankees
)rine Off 'io Germans
Willi the American Army in
•raifcc, Friday Aug. 30.—German
roops attempted, to raid American
dvanced posts in the Yosges sector
arly to-day. Their artilUry cud
line throwing activity hud caved in
jie American dugout, burying twelve
ien and wounding two others
lightly, before the enemy made liis
ttuck.
The ten unwounded men dug
bemselves free as soon as the ar
llery fire stopped. They drove off
ctween thirty or forty Germans and
Hied at least one. The body of
ilir man will be brought to the
.lr.erh'un lines for burial as soon as
can lie rescued from the German
luchine guns which are keeping up
steady lire all around it.
nd buildings at Conllans., Several
S. Flyers Drop
ombs on Enemy
With the American Army on the
orruine Front, Aug. 31.—American
emitting machines yesterday morning
accessfuliy attacked railway yards
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THE WEATHER]
I
For Hnrrlnburg and vlclnltyi
Thunilenhoner* this nfternoon
or tn-nlghti Sunday fnlri mod
erate temperature.
River
The main river will continue to
rlae slowly thla afternoon and
to-night and probably begin to
fall Sunday.
ENEMY RETREAT
IS HURRIED BY
BRITISH GAINS
Foe Forced Out of Positions For Which
They Paid Terrible Price in April;
Advances of Two Miles Is Made
at Vital Battle Sectors
With the British Forces
in France, Aug. 31.—Brit
ish successes on the Lys
salient sector of the battle
front have caused the Ger
mans to start a retreat from
the neighborhood of Kem
mel to opposite Bethune.
The withdrawal is progress
ing rapidly.
Field Marshal Haig's men
to-day are attacking near
Marrienes wood, between
Bapaume and the river
Somme, which position is
strongly held by the enemy.
Mt. Kemmel, the height domi-j
natitig virtually all the northern:
■fide of the Lys salient in Flan
ders, again is in the hands of the
British. Dispatches to London
st'ate that this famous hill, for
which the Germans paid a ter
rible price in April and which
was defended to the death by the
allies, has been captured.
There have been no reports,
however, of an attack being made
on this hill, and it seems prob
able that the Germans retired
from it and that the British
quickly moved in. Thers are
evidences that the enemy's re
treat from the Lys salient is be
ing accelerated, the British hav
ing taken the station of Bailleul,
as well as Mt. Lille, to the east,
and being in possession of the
bank of the Lawe river from
Vielle Chapelle to Lestrem, on
the southern side of the salient.
Haig's Advance Rapid
In certain vital sectors of this
battle area, the British have
gained from one to two miles
during the past day.
While there is every evidence that
allied pressure against the German
lines from Soissons to Arras con
tinues, the desperate attempts of the
enemy to cover his retreat seems to
have brought about a virtual pause
for the moment. At only two points
—southeast of AVras and northwest
and north of Peronne—have tl)e al
lied forces move ah^id.
Capture Villi Point
In the former sector, north of the
Arras-Cambrtß road, the British
have occupied the St. Servins farm,
close to the highway, and have
moved into the village of Eterpigny,
to the northeast. This village is on
the east bank of the Sensee river
and its capture marks the passage
of that small but important water
way at a vital point.
The British official statement says
the town of Clery, which is located
on the Somme to the northwest of
Peronne, has been taken from the
Germans. Advices reaching London
to-day, however, state that Mont St.
Quentin, a mile and a half north of
Peronne, has been captured by the
British. This repprt would seem to
indicate that Peronne is being sur
rounded by the British, Field Mar
shal Haig's men having forced their
way across the Somme to the south
of Peronne yesterday.
Hard Work at.Soissons
There s hard fighting going on
north of Soissons, American and
French troops striving to capture the
high plateau that dominates the
Aisne and Ailette valleys and also
endeavoring to force their way far
ther toward Coucy-le-Chateau, an
important concentration point be
tween the Olse and the Ailette. The
Germans are fighting hard in this
sector, however, and appear to have
checked the allies for the time being.
J>rtvcn Front Villages
London, Aug. 31.—German troops
have been driven from their positions
east of Clery, on the Somme north
west of Peronne. and the British ad
vance in this locality is continuing,
says to-day's war office statement.
British forces have entered the
village of Dranoutre, south of Locre,
on the north side of the Lys salient.
On the south side of the Lys
salient, the British have occupied the
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AERIAL RAIDS
STRIKE TERROR
flv Associated Press
GENEVA, Aug. 31.—An ini- I
portant meeting of reprcscnta- I
lives from eleven Khinc towns
began yesterday at Saarbrm ken.
The conferencee was railed to
discuss means of protesting to
the government against allied air
raids.
It was decided to appeal to
German lieadquurtcrs to come to
some arrangement for both sides
to abstain front air attacks upon
open towns.
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Services For J. D. Cameron i
Will Be Held on Monday!
Funeral services for Senator James
Donald Cameron will be held from
his Harrisburg home, Front and
State streets, Monday afternoon at 3
o'clock. The Kev. L. S. Mudge, pas
tor of the Pine Street Presbyterian
Church, will officiate. Burial will
be in the Harrisburg Cemetery.
Senator Cameron, who was Sec
retary of War in Grant's second ad
ministration and for twenty years
a United States senator, died at his
summer home. Donegal, Lancaster
county, yesterday. He was in his
eighty-sixth year.
WEALTHY CLUBMAN DIES
OF MYSTERIOUS STABBING
fly Associated Press
Chicago, Aug. 31. William E.
Bradway, wealthy clubman, is dead
at a hospital as the result of a mys
terious assault last Thursday night,
it was announced to-day. He was
stabbed over the heart as he was
about to enter the home, but influen
tial friends succeeded in keeping the
story quiet until his death at mid
night last night.
GROCERS PLAN TO
CLOSE THURSDAYS
DURING WINTER
Fuel Administrator Endorses
Movement to Save Light
and Fuel
I Shorter houf-s throughout the win
ter and the continuance of the Thurs
day afternoon closing plan in vogue
throughout Harrisburg during the
past several months as a light and
heat conservation measure, is wanted
by many Harrisburg grocers for the
coming winter months. At a meet
ing on Monday evening the plan will
be considered.
Believing that they could Just as
well serve their patrons with shorter
hours and one afternoon a week
closed, while they would at the same
act in a manner benetlcial to the
country's best interests, many dealers
belonging to the Harrisburg Retail
Grocers' Association petitioned Ross
A. Hickok, Fuel Administrator for
Dauphin county, asking that he pass
an edict making such hours compul
sory on dealers of at least Harris
burg.
Administrator Hickok felt that he
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Three Motor Messengers
Ready to Serve Overseas
Three Motor Messengers, members
of the local Red Cross Corps, have
applied for enlistment for overseas
service and other members of the
service contemplating applying, It
was announced by MTR. S. F. Dunkle,
captain of the Harrisburg corps, as
the result of a meeting held at tho
,-home of the captain yesterday after
noon. The names of the applicants
were not made public. At the meet
ing it was decided to change the pres
ent uniform of khuki for the regula
tion government uniform of oxford
gray, and vith these uniforms as
their garb, to begin sanitary drill and
mechanical Instruction as prepara
tion for overseas service. '
63 LOST AT SEA
WHEN U.S.CARGO
VESSEL IS SUNK
BY TWO U-BOATS
Twenty Members of American j
Naval Guard Believed Dead j
I
in Sinking of Steamer Jo-,
sepli Cudahy, Seven Hun
dred Miles Off Coast
CAPTAIN TAKEN ABOARD
ONE OF PIRATE CRUISERS
Only Thirteen Men Report
ed Rescued; Ship Went
Down Quickly When Struck
Twice in Vital Spots by
Torpedoes
By Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 31.—The United
States cargo steamship Joseph Cud i
hy was torpedoed at sea about 700
miles from I he English coast August
17 and sixty-three members of the
crew are reported missing. Thirteen
were rescued'.
Two submarines made the attack!
and two torpedoes struck the ship,
tho first attacking the fuel tank and]
the second the engine room. The
captain of the Cudahy reported that
he was taken aboard one of the
[ U-boats and questioned.
Of the missing twenty-two were
members of the naval armed guard,
only two of the guard being reported
rescued.
The ship was torpedoed about
12.30 o'clock at night and apparently
went down quickly. How many, if
any, of the sailors lost their lives in
the explosions has not been reported.
LOCK HAVEN PICKED
OX AERIAL MAIL ROUTE
By Associated Press
Lock Haven, Pa., Aug. 31.—Lock
: Haven will be one of the landing
i places on an aerial mail route bo
| tween New York and Cleveland to
:be started next week. Paul O. Brou
! sius, postmaster, has completed
| plans for a landing fields on the links
i of the Clinton Country Club, two
| miles from here. The line will be
i started Thursday or Friday. It will
j follow a direct route from New York
j to Mauch Chunk, Lock Haven, War
' ren and Cleveland.
THOUSANDS OF
CHILDREN WILL
RESUME STUDY
City and County Schools to
Open Next Week; Rural
Districts Need Teachers
Schoolchildren in the city and
county numbering more than 25,000,
officials estimate, will resume their
studies next week, the rural districts
and boroughs opening on Monday,
while in the city the classes will
organize on Tuesday. In a few out
lying sections the buildings were
opened this week.
More tha-, 11,000 boys and girls
in the city v.ill return to school on
Tuesday, many hundreds of the older
ones going to the two High schools.
The new open air school will be
opened also.
In the county districts more than
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WAGON STRIKES GROCER
William A. Wiesemann, who con
ducts a grocery store at 33 South
Third street, was struck by a horse
drawn truck of the Adams Express
Company this morning while riding
a delivery bicycle in Market street
near Second. He was not injured,
but was knocked to the pavement
and the groceries in the baisxet
on the bicycle were scattered about
the street.
WAR STAMPS
ARE GOING UP
ONE CENT
TOMORROW
MORNING
Start Your Card
Tonight
MAN-POWER BILL IS
SIGNED BY WILSON
Proclamation Calls Upon All Americans to Enroll For
War Service; President Explains Act's
Provisions and the Crisis
Washington, Aug. 31. Presi
dent Wilson to-day signed the man
power act biinging all men in the
United States from 18 to 45 vears
of age, within the army draft and
immediately afterward issued a pro
clamation fixing Thursday, Septem
ber 12, as registration day.
In case of illness on the registra
tion day, arrangements for tardy en
rollment may be made with local
boards and men who expect to be
absent from their homes may regis
ter by mall, sufficiently in advance
that the registration record reuohes
the board by September 12. If a
YANKEES THROWN
INTO ONE OF WAR'S
MOST FEROCIOUS
ATTACKS ON HUNS
General Mangin Commands
Some of Finest American
Divisions and Elite French
Troops in Terrific Battle
Along Vcslc River
PICKED FOE OPPOSE
GREAT ALLIED FORCE
Paris, Aug. 31.—While the
center of the eighty mile battle
line was relatively quiet, enemy
resistance increased yesterday
on both wings. He was unable,
however, to arrest the progress
of the allies. At the northern end
General Home and General Byng
gained important ground for future
operations by taking Bullecourt, the
most solid position in that sector.
Last night's British official statement
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BOTH RAILWAYS
COMPANIES WILL
INCREASE FARES
Harrisburg Rates to Be Six
Cents; Valley, Seven; Ef
fective October 1
Increases in fares on all Harris
burg Railways Company lines from
five to six cents, and on all Valley
Railways Company lines from five to
seven cents, both effective October
1, were announced to-day. Notices
of these changes in tariffs have been
tiled by attorneys for the companies,
with the Public Service Commission.
In making the advance in fares of
ficials of the two car companies give
as reasons the constant advance in
the cost of materials with the neces
sary wage increases for employes in
order to maintain a sufficiently large
working force to man the street
cars.
Attorneys for the Harrisburg com
pany to-day filed a new tariff with
the Public Service Commission in
creasing the initial fare from five
to six cents and making certain
changes in existing rates for carrying
freight and shipped packages. Un
der the new tariff the transfer priv
ileges remain as before and there is
no change in the transfer points.
Announcement of the proposed in
crease was made at the company's
offices to-day just before the new
tariff, which becomes effective on
thirty days' notice, was filed with
the commission.
For several months past the neces
sity of an increase was pointed out
by officials of the company, but li
was only recently that a definite con
clusion was reached and attorneys
driven instructions to prepare the
necessary papers.
In- commenting on the company's
action. President Frank R. Musser
pointed out that the increase was
made reluctantly by the directors of
his company. Ever advancing costs
of materials and the increases in the
wages of the men made necessary
by the high living costs and increased
taxes are given as the reasons for the
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man has -to permanent residence he
is to register at the place he is on
September 12 and those out of the
country on that day are required
to enroll within live days after their
return.
13,000,000 to Enroll
At least thirteen million men will
place themselves subject to call for
war service under the new registra
tion, it is estimated, although only
thoes without dependants, in good
health and otherwise qualitied for
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U.S. TROOPS ARE
BEING MASSED
FOR PERSHING'S
COMING DRIVE
Concentration of Men Under
American Flag Formerly
Brigaded With French and
British Going on With Great
0
Rapidity
MANY AIRPLANES ARE
j BEING SENT TO FRANCE
Washington, Aug. 31.—American
! troops brigaded with the British and
j French forces are being withdrawn
j as rapidly as possible to join the First
j American field army under General
Pershing, General March said to-day
I in his weekly conference with mem
bers of the Senate military commit
tee.
The chief of staff threw no new
light on the part Americans are
playing in the present offensive, hut
the impression was given that the
program of concentrating the Army
for action under General Pershing
was going forward satisfactorily.
General March said the last figures
on men actually landed abroad show
ed 1,220,000 in France on August 7.
Several hundred thousand have been
landed since then, however, and last
week General March announced that
the number embarked had passed
1,500,000.
Shipment of De Haviland airplanes
which were temporarily held up on
j order of Secretary Baker, so certain
changes could be made in them.
General March said, were resumed
this week.
Reports received up to to-day by
the War Department show that 1,-
003 De Haviland planes had' been
completed and made ready to turn
over to the government this week,
and 76 5 had been shipped or wefe
already enroute overseas.
The general reiterated that the
| fighting on the western front is go-
I ig satisfactorily to the Allies.
Thirteenth Ward to
Float Service Flag
For Its Men in Army
Businessmen and residents in the
Thirteenth ward have contributed a
sufficient fund to purchase a large
service flag in honor of the men
from that district of the city who
have entered army service and are
nbw either in training camps in the
United States or on the firing line in
France. Compared with other dis
tricts of the city the ward has con
tributed a proportionate share of
man power for the United States j
Army and some of the boys have al
ready been mentioned in letters home
for bravery.
The fund for the flag has been
given to William T. Hollands, 1917
Derry street, who will purchase one
as soon as he ascertains how many
men from the ward are in service.
He has made an appeal that parents,
wives and friends of soldiers furnish
him with the names, addresses and
units of all men injCt ward who are
in any branch of the army, navy or
marines, so that the total number
can be determined. As soon as this is
done the flag will be purchased and
floated at Nineteenth and Derry
streets.
The Thirteenth ward boundary is'
Rudy street on the north and Rudyl
street extended; east by Poornouso!
Road; south by Philadelphia and 1
Reading railway and west by a line:
18b feet east of Eighteenth street.
All persona residing within this dls-1
trict who know of men front that)
section who are in service are re-j
quested by ' ir. Hollands to furnish
the names to him at once.
LATE NEWS I
BRITISH 'ADVANCE'S ARE SLOWED UP H|
With the B 'l.!-- Trance—Advances "fur- I
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i+tje front but thev generally have been sligiii. The . ]
itfvely quiet throughout the j HI
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delivered vicious counteratta* ks wit H
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jtacHs, delivered apparently hv fre I
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these places rnanv Germans were killed and wounded and ;|tfl
1< st a considerable member of prisoners. H
12,778.758 MEN 'EXPECTED .TO ENROLL
Washingtoß-L-An official by the War De- ■
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■ opjn some; officers may be exceeded. I
BOSTON WINS AMERICAN TIT- E I
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INFANTILE PARALYSIS SPREADS I
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• -da." add to the gravity 'of • |j sfl
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lay at Or Hill and had been sick f I
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and church services are all annulled. Children 18 arc 8 .1
" n will net even be admitted to churches to-morrow.
LENIN u WOUNDED BY ASSASSIN |
I cndon —Criminal attempts have been made.on the 9
of Lenine, the Bolshevik premier, at Moscow, ac- 1
cording to a Russian wireless message received here to- 8 'M
front the Russian capital under date of August 30. j •-}
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I.or-l n —lt f 'in Berlin, according to a dis- . |
patch from At g to the Central News, that Chan-
Iy , 11 re*; 'C, owtftg to his ad- ■
iv pk W. S. Wolf, th - 'j
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BOYS STEAL RIFLE CARTRIDGES 1
Harrisburg—Five boys charged with stealing 600 . jjfl
!' • fix- the buii k" r>t Nin*
tccr.th and Mantua streets, used by the Morton 'I ruck air > h d
Tractor Com.?:. now lankrup', were held for juvenile |
court at a hearing in police court thia afternoon. The
c: "idges are valued -at. $l2O. The boys are Earl Ilarker
Oscar Heffelfinger, Theodore Ney, Clayton Shell. Casper , '1
Moore. They live in the neighborhood.
JITNEYS NOT UNDER. GASOLINE ORDER ; -1
Harrisburg— O. G. Wickersham, counsel for Harris- j, 39
burg jitney drivers raid to-day that the operation of jit- d
neys is essential and that the new gasoline regulation will <. ,J|
not affect their operation in his opinion:
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LONDON POLICE STRIICE SETTLED < ' I
London—The strike of wembers of the London police ; , I
force has. been settled, according 16 en annotmcerhrv tjj T
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MARRIAGE LICENSES }
Frederlok C. PlWf and Anna M. Santo, Hnrrlaburgi Henry '.3
Yokt, Jr., Johnntowu, nnd Flora 1.. Jonea, Hnrrlnhurat Im ( . Kelner I ,-t
nnd Amy D. Fnwber, Allentowni John K. Miller nnd Mary O. A
Fertile, Hnrrlnburjti I.orln W. Hlah, HnrrlaburK, nnd Adn K. Me- -i
< lain, l.laitleatowni KlttooU K. Knpennhnde nnd Sue May Walter*. t k
Went Fair view | William H. Etaweller nnd I'rudenee C. Wlnarard,
Mlllernburm Andrew S. Hall, MeKeea Half Fnlln, nnd Helen E. -
Freed, Liverpool. :j