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YANKEES AND FRENCH PUSH FOE
OVER VESLE; HAIG AT CAMBRAI
War Holds Stage; World
AMERICANS MAKE
RAPID PROGRESS
IN DRIVING FOE
OVER THE VESLE
Yankees Retake Bazoches and
Fisniette During the Night
From Enemy,- Who Aban
dons Towns, Leaving Only
a Few Wounded
HUNS BLOWING UP ALL
SUPPLIES IN FLEEING
Patrols Report General Re
treat Under Way, Leaving
Rear Guards to Delay Pur
suit by U. S. Troops; Little
Fighting
By Wwoctatcd Press
With the American Forces
. North of the Vesle, Sept. 5. —
The American forces following
' up the German retreat from the
Yesle moved steadily over the
plateau between the Vesle and
the Aisne to-day and by noon
their advanced elements had
, filtered into the slopes on the
northern side of the plateau.
Virtually no opposition was
encountered. Aerial and other
observers reported that there
was every indication that the
main body of Germans had re
tired across the Aisne.
Violent explosions were heard
along the line this morning. Ob
servers reported that they be
lieved the Germans were de
stroying their ammunition
dumps.
Bazoches and Fismette were
'occupied by the Americans dur
ing the night. These towns had
been evacuated by the Germans,
only two or three wounded men
who had been abandoned being
found.
French Move With the
Yankees Along the Vesle
Willi the American Army on the
Vesle, Sept. s.—Americans, with the
French moving with them on their
tett, have advanced from the Vesle to
the edge of the plateau along a tine
from Brent-lie, Vauxcere. Bianzy and
Baslieux. The Germans nearest this
lino along which they might make a
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Clarence A. Toomey Is
Fatally Crushed Under
Freight Cars at Enola
When two freight cars in the Enola
yards collided last night. Clarence
A. Toomey, 1111 Penn street, ageu 23
years was thrown under the car
and so badly mangled that he died
a few moments after he was brought
from under the wheels.
Toomey was a brakeman on the
car when two shifting cars collided.
He was thrown under the car and his
body was mangled although the
wheels did not pass over his face.
Toomey entered the service of the
railroad about four weeks ago, being
employed by the Harrisburg Manufac.
Turing and Boiler Company before
that time. He had been married
about a year.
He is survived by his wife, Minnie,
his mother, Mrs. Kate Toomey, a
# sister. Mrs. Harrison Mader, and 3
brothers, Chester R. Toomey, Ray
mond Toomey and Henry Toomey.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day afternoon at 1.30 o'clock. The
Rev. William N. Yates pastor of the
Fourth Street Church of God, will
officiate and burial will be In the
Bast Harrisburg cemetery.
P. S. STEAMSHIP M IRE IX PORT
An Atlantic Port, Sept. 6.—An
American steamship caught fire at
sea and came into port to-day with
a hold in flames which had been
burning sixty hours, destroying thou,
sands of pounds of sugar, tobacco
and fruit taken on at Porto Rico.
Fire boat; are pouring water into the
hold.
THE WEATHER
For Harrlslnirg and vicinity i Itatn
tills afternoon or to-nlKhti Fri
day fair; cooler to-night and
Friday.
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Comiskey Park, Chicago, Sept.
5. —Only a corporal's guard of I
former world's series crowds
was on hand to see the Chicago
Nationals and Boston Americans
ripen the 1918 baseball classic
here to-day. Half an hour be
fore scheduled time for the call |
>f "play ball," the bleachers held|
scarcely seventy-five per cent, j
of their capacity and the left;
hand pavilion was only halt
filled.
The right field pavilion had
attracted less than two hundred
fans and the grandstand patrons <
always slow to assemble, were
in evidence only in scattered I
sections.
Weather conditions were far!
from perfect, a chilly northeast i
wind blowing directly into the
stands. The clouds, however,
had scattered and there was con-;
siderable sunshine.
Both teams practiced and the!
crowd yelled when "Babe" Ruth j
drove the ball into the right field |
stands in batting practice.
Interest Lugs; War in Front
Despite the fact that the present
series marks the swan song of base
ball until the war is over, interest
was at lower ebb this year than ever
before, in the opinion of world's
series veterans. About one hundred
persons were in line at 8.30 o'clock
KEYSTONE SOLDIERS
OF llllH DISPLAY
VALOR ON VESLE
Our Boys of the Old 18th and 6th National Guard Regi
ments Win New Laurels at Fismette; Captain Lynch
Gave Life. For Men; Killed Six Before He Fell
By RAYMOND G. CARROLL
Special Correspondent of the Public Ledger and Harrisburg Telegraph.
Officially Accredited to the American Expeditionary Forces Abroad.
Special Cable Dispatch
Copyright, 3 918, by Public Ledger Company and Telegraph Printing Company.
With the American Troops Under
Fqeli, Sept. 5. —Fismette and Batc
ches have been scenes of desperate
encounters between the American
and the counterattacking Ge- man
shock troops, and during the last
month they have changed hands sev
eral times.
The following instances of indivi
dual heroism chietiy center around
Fismette, which has been under
ceaseless enemy shell, machine gun
and ritie lire, especially the approach
to the bridge, which is the only road
buck to the hospitals and ior bring
ing up ammunition.
Sergeant ltalph E. Ord, of Dravoa
burg, l J a., showed extraordinary
NEED OF ALL OLD
RUBBER K URGED
ON REGISTRANTS
Leave It at Registration Place
For Red Cross Is PJea of
Tate S. O. R. Committee
In the neighborhood of 12,000
men between the ages of 18 and 21
and 31 and 45, will register in Har
risburg, September 12.
When these men leave their homes
to let Uncle Sam know they are
ready to help hit the Hun. they are
urged to take some old rubber with
them to the "registration place, and
leave it there for the Red Cross.
It's a very simple proposition.
The Red Cross. September 12, 13
and 14, will collect old rubber, which
is to be sold to junkmen on the aft
ernoon of Saturday, September 14.
The first day of the "S. O. R." cam
paign is September 12, and Septem
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this morning waiting for the gates to
open.
While tin managers and umpires
were conferring an immense horse
shoe of roses was brought to the
nome plate and presented to Fred
Mitchell manager of the Chicago
team. Charles Deal, third baseman
of the locals, was given a big
bouquet of roses.
Ituth aiul Vaughn the Pitchers
The batteries were announced as
Ruth >nd Agnew for Boston and
Vaughn and Killefer for Chicago.
The umpires were assigned as fol
lows: Balls and strikes O'Day; first
base. Hildebrand; second base,
Klcm; third base, Owens.
Hatting Order of Teams
BOSTON CHICAGO
Hooper, rf. Flack, rf.
Shean, 2b. Hollocher, ss.
Strunk, cf. Mann, If.
Whiteman, If. Paskert, cf.
Mclnnis, lb. Merkle, lb.
Scott, ss. Pick, 2b.
Thomas, 3b. Deal, 3b.
Shang. c. Killifer, c.
Ruth, p. Vaugh, p.
(Bush) (Tyler)
Shean Hits Texas Leaguer
First inning—First half: Hooper
was cheered as he walked to the
plate. Vaughn's first pitch was a
strike. Hooper bumped the second
offering down the tirst base line and
was out, Merkle to Vaughn. Shean
took two strikes and then dropped
a Texas leaguer in right. Strunk
forced Shean, Deal to Pick, the
second baseman losing a chance for
a double play by a momentary
fumble. Strunk tried to go down
on a short passed ball and was
thrown out, Killefer to Hollocher.
No runs: one hit, no errors.
Paskert Sends .Mann to Third
First inning, second half: Flack
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bravery, coolness and skill in hand
ling a platoon in addition to rescuing
several wounded men by dragging
them to safety away from the shot
and-shell-swept area. With Sergeant
Alois J. Guenther he helped clear
Fismette of snipers. In telling of
one exploit he said:
"Guenther and i went after one
of our lads, who was lying on the
left tlank in the open. We got the
man between us and, crawling along
upon our hande and knees, we tugged
and hauled him into our lines.
Private Fred Ott, runner'in the
same outfit, carried messages be
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RAKE IN WAGES OF
ONE DOLLAR A DAY
TO RAILROAD MEN
McAdoo Orders General In
crease Effective Sept. Ist;
Affects Nearly Million
By Assciiatcd Press
Washington, Sept. s.—Nearly a
million railroad employes, includit\g
all clerks, track laborers and main
tenance of way men, are to receive
wage increases of $25 a month, the
equivalent of one dollar a day, or
twelve cents an hour, over the pay
they received last January, under a
wage order issued to-day by Direc
tor General McAdoo. Advances are
effective as of September 1.
Second Big Increase
This order, affecting half the rail
road men in the United States and
adding approximately $150,000,000
to the annual payroll in calculations
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Series Is Poorly Attended
Haig's Troops Are
Knocking at the
Gates of Great
Cambria Base
POILUS SOON
TO BE IN HAM
By Asso crated Tress
The British after their vic
torious drive through the Hin-j
denburg defenses are knocking!
at the gates of Cambrai, but ap
parently are momentarily paus
ing before attempting to force
an entrance. Prisoners to the
number of more than 16,(XX) and J
guns exceeding one hundred in)
number have been taken by them |
in this advance.
Meanwhile the center of!
greatest activity has shifted to
the Franco-American front
where the Germans are in full
retreat on a wide front north of
the Vesle with the French and
Americfans in pursuit and re
ported as having reached the
Aisne in their chase.
French Near Ham
Between these two sectors an
other notable German retrograde
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FUEL ORDER IS
MODIFIED FOR
NIGHTWORKERS
Office Buildings May Use
Electric Lights and Oper
ate Elevators
The Dauphin county chapter of the
American Kei*. Cross has been en
riched to the extent of $650 by ffnes
imposed upon two violators of the
Federal fuel administrator's edicts,
Mr. Hickok, fuel administrator, an
nounced to-day.
James George, proprietor of the
Victoria Theater, Market street, was
ordered to pay $l5O to the Red Cross
for violating the lightless night or
der. It was said he burned hots
outside his theater August 28, a
lightless night.
W. C. Btahl, a coal dealer at Lewis
town. was fined $2,000 by the Fed
eral Fuel Administrator of Pennsyl
vania for celling coal in Dauphin
county at prices higher than those
allowed by Ihe fuel administration's
ruling.
In both cases the men were given
their preference of paying the fines
ol' having the cases turned over to
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REGISTR ATION OF
VOTERS BEGUN AT
POLLING PLACES
Party Workers Seeking to
"Get Out" as Many Men
as Possible
Registration of voters for the gen
eral election November 5, began to
day at the polling places, registrars
sitting from 8 to 12. 1 to 6 and 7 to
10 o'clock. Voters-in order to retis-!
ter must have a receipt showing that!
they have paid either a state or coun- j
I ty tax within the last two years; but'
toters registering on age are not re-j
quired to present a tax receipt.
Party'workers and supporters of the
"dry" amendment were working lo
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Vienna Tells of Attack
in Tonale Pass; Capture
Two Towns and a Glacier
By Associated Press
Vienna, via London, Wednesday.
Sept. 4. To-day's war office state
ment on operations along the Italian
front says:
"On the northern part of the Ton
ale pass our mountain detachments
by a surprise attack wrested from I
the enemy Punta San Mutteo and ;
Monte Montello and a summit glacier.!
This feat of arms among the eternal)
Ice and snow Is a remarkable testl-1
mony of the fighting capacity of the!
attackers, who are equal to the se- !
verest Alpine conditions." I
HUN DYNASTY IS
NOW AT STAKE,
SAYS HERTLING
By Associated Press
Amsterdam, Sept. s.—ln ap
pealing to the constitution com
mittee of the Prussian upper
house to fulltil the Emperor's
pledge tor reform of the fran
chise, Chancellor von Hertling
said that, in his honest convic
tion, "with this serious question
the protection and preservation
of the crown and the dynasty are
at stake."
BRITISH HAVE
16,000 PRISONERS
IN GREAT DRIVE
Position After Position Cap
tured From Desper
ate Foe
By Associated Press
London, Sept. 5. —Marked progress
was made by the British last night
along the Flanders front, to-day's
war office report says. Ploegsteert
village and Hill 63, southwest of
Messines, have been captured.
On the Lys front the British hold
the general line of Voormeezle, Wul
verghen, Nieppe, Lav
entie and Givenchy.
From Neuve Chapelle southward
to Givenchy, the British have reach-
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U. S. RECRUITING
OFFICE, BEST IN
NATIONJO CLOSE
New Draft Act Will Stop Vol
untary Enlistment in
the Army
Within a few days the United
States Army Recruiting Station at
325 Market street will be closed and
voluntary enlisting in HarrisbutK,
as well as the remainder of the
United States, will be a thing of the
; past.
Lieutenant Robert W. Lesher rc-
I. ceived a telegram this morning or
) dering him to begin at once to -hip
I his equipment and close his office.
I The men in his party will be de
tailed to other duties.
Record Uiiequalvd
j The local recruiting party has a
I record for recruiting that no other
I station or district in the country has
equaled since the beginning of the
war. Under Captain Harrell the city
was saved by voluntary enlistment
from sending any men in the tirst
draft calls. Under Lieutenant Lesh
er the record has continued as good
[Continued on Page 11.]
[162 SELECTED
MEN ENTRAIN
FOR GREENLEAF
Another Large Quota Leaves
City For
Camp Dix
Another large quota of draftees
was sent by the three city and three
county boaris to training camo this
' morning. The men entrained at tbo
Pennsylvan.a station at 11.50.
Among the men from City Board
No. 1, accompanied by his wife and!
three children, was Thomas Brenner. I
1318 Penn street, the registrant who)
demanded induction immediately for
military service to avenge the death
of his 16-year-old brother who wis
killed by the Runs in France.
There were 162 men In this niorn
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Crowder Calls 200 Men
For Work at Mechanical
Drafting; 75 From Pa.
Washington. Sept. 5.—A call for
200 selective service men qualified for
limited military duty and capable
of working at mechanical drafting
in the ordnance department of the
army was issued to-day by Provoßt
Marshal General Crowder. New Vork
is asked for 100, Pennsylvania, 75,
and New Jersey, 25. all to be entrain
ed for Camp Meade, Sept***"/- 18.
Retreating Foe Is
Burning Supplies
and Blowing Up
Ammunition
HUNS ARE IN
RAPID FLIGHT !
By Associated Press J
With the French Army in j
France, Sept. s.—Guiscard, north j
of Noyon, was captured by the J
French yesterday afternoon, fol- 1
lowing a general advance of j
from four to seven miles fronn
Mont St. Simeon to the Canal'
du Nord. j
The Germans appeared to be i j
burning supplies and blowing up 11
ammunition dumps in the region [j
north of the Oise river and east j)
of the Noyon-Guisard road.il
Many conflagrations have been!)
seen as far east as Tergnier, and ) j
explosions at Ugny, north of j 1
Cliauny. j
Retreat Is Rapid
French cavalry advanced this' :
afternoon from Baboeuf to the!
region of Mondescourt, on thej
Noyon-Chauny road and midway)
between the two towns, while)
Maucourt, southeast of Guis-):
card, was occupied this evening.|)
Officers taken prisoner in the,:
wood between these points had j;
received orders to retreat to!
Bethancourt, northwest of j:
Chauny. There are indications):
•hat the Germans proposed re-j
:iring from this part of the line)
to the line BerlancOurt-Ham-j
Sancourt. The speed of the)
French advance, however, is
deranging the schedule for re
tirement so much that possibly
the enemy will not find leisure;
to stop at Ham.
Hun Line Broken
The maneuver which forced j
the retiiement of the enemy over|
the front of Mont St. Simeon and:
the Canal du Nord began Tues-j
day morning.
Overcoming the resistance of;
the Germans foot by foot, Gen-j
eral Humbert's men broke the,
line, and to-day forced ahead
rapidly, the advance at 3 o'clock
being from four to seven miles)
in depth. Guiscard fell into their)
hands this afternoon.
Much Booty Taken
The First army, in the mean-i
time, took Libermont, Freniches!
and Frety-le-Chateau, southwest j
of Ham.
General Mangin's men also!
made further gains north of the I
Ailette, crossed the Vesle at!
several points and forced a
passage of the Aisne at the Bisa
farm, between Venizcl and
Missy. ,
Many prisoners were taken
during these operations, besides
three and four-inch cannon and
a great quantity of material.)
Jussy, La Fere and other towns)
i behind the German lines are re-1
| ported in flames to-night.
Lord Reading Applauds
; Americans Who Captured !
Juvigny, General Hears
With the American Army In
Frnnot, Sept. s.—Lord Reading. Brit- i
ish Ambassador to the United States,
.addressed the American soldiers, who
took Juvigny, in a dugout within
sound of the guns on Wednesday '
afternoon, bringing assurances to the !
soldiers that the people of the United
States were with them and proud of
their achievements. As an audience !
Lord Reading had an American gen- |
eral, his statf and a large number of !
men.
CANDIDATE WITHDRAWS
Harry A. Fricke, Republican can
didate for the Legislature In the
Twenty-fifth Philadelphia district,
has withdrawn. Richard Powell, a
member of the House from the Fifth
Luzerne district, has tiled a Fair l
Play nominates.
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LATE NEWS
ATTACK BRITISH CONSULATE AT MOSCOW
London— The'British consulate at Moscow has been : .
attacked, according to the Central News to-day.
KORNILOFF REPORTED KILLED { \
. London —General Korniloff, formerly Russian com
mander-in-chief. has been killed by a shell in Yckaterin
over, according to an t Exchange Telegraph dispatch from,
Copenhagen, quoting from the Politiken.
j ROCK ISLAND TRAIN-LEAVES RAILS !
| Chickashn, Okla.—Two men were killed and 45 wnc i
4 reported i '••• ; 'lu:< : - s .■• Loch L bus j
train left the rails and went into a ditch, south of this city
!
MARKET'S CLOSE IRREGULAR
| New York—Motor shares continued to advance in ;
r the > ' - . - In- • t
|U s ; ■■■ poi . - ' , '
rlar. Filial price n L .bcrty .Bondr were; 3 1-2-.. 101.84 :
| first oc-n 4:, - - i 4s. 94.." : fr, -1 on. 4
| second con. 4 4s, 04.28; third 4 1-4.-, 95.95. Leaders
j reacted. "IK. : *HO n< ii.U ': - d , na;rov ;t k
I market, the • nation i: in ::c■>r. • • •••. •
effect. Sale - f'.c ' 375s ' . : ';;cr.. y
. ROOSEVELT TO OPEN FOURTH LOAN ,
[' ' .
I the fourth liberty Loan campaign in Baltimore by speak- •;
[ ing at a meeting to he held at the base of the Wasbing-
I ington monument on September 28 under the auspices cf
| the N;,ti • 1 it; ; ,cagije.
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UMPIRE EXPLAINS AWARD
| Washington.—Six -thousand"machinists, now striking
j;- because of the award of Otto M. ELffitz, umpire in the
| Bridgeport, sonn, munitions workers', wage controversy.
I are expected ib return to wo,rk<- the umpire explaining-th.it
; workers are not barred from classification into groups as
| machinists, thereby removing the objection which has
j; held them away from their duties.
| 11 DEAD IN' LANDSLIDE
j; ' Pcr.tsmcu-.',- Va'.—Eleven laborers are reported dead
[ and more than a score seriously injured as a result .of'a
employed on" excavation for a new drydock at the Nor
;
; folk navy yard to-day shortly before noon.
DRY £ONES ABOUT WAR WORKERS .
Washington—The Senate adopted without a roll call 'j J
: to-day a resolution by Senator Kellogg of Minnesota '
dU-il firing iw ! -••• :!n <•-. •. nn ■/ U" .y.> ;r.
I.rr- :..w v. ,v. , ! ir.f
The rcsolutioi w g c-i to the IB;use. a
HUN CM''" MOVE TO BONN, GERMANY ']
With the American Army in France— lt has been rc
; ported,' and. what seems partial confirmation has been
i given the report, that German main headquarters had
J been /n° vc d from Spa, Belgium, to Bonn, Germany.
! TO CHANGE TIME
; Washington -Changes in tha standard time zones of
;
! the United States moving tha lines slightly westward, are
; recommended in a tentative report made public to-day
!by the Interstate Commerce Commission! The primary
["object of the changes, which beconre elective next
• Thanksgiving if the .commission fiqally approves the re
; port, is to "unify the time clunging practices' of cross-#
I; continent railroad, V
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1 Copenhagen-—Leon Trotsky, ihe Bolshevik minister.
! of war, has been elected president of the Russian supreme J
j> war council at a meeting of the Soviet Executive Com
; mittee, according to a Berlin Wolff Bureau dispatch from
| Moscdw. The Lettish leader. Waszettes, has been elected
I; comm.ander-in-rhief for all tha Russian froata. j
j; "
MARRIAGE LICENSES
licorice i. Itpiehenhiieh iind An mi 11. Mien, HorrlubnrKi John 1
Miller mill Mnrlhu A. Iloliiml, Mechnnlcwhnri*. H. K. D., Mllllnm j
H. Mllley nnil Emma C. EiiMHeneiucer. l.ancUMteri Elmer J. SchrefOer j
nml Mnrlhu H. Mlnlek, llnrrl i-liuric.
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