' ' : NlGirr EXTRA—Germans Continue to Retreat in Flanders NFGIIT EXTRA fck HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M ©K otor Jn&epcnbcwt •% ¥ I LXXXVTI — No. 199 12 PAGES Da, {S A T E t" e SI s?ff.bir® la '' HARRISBURG. PA.. MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1918. si TWO £ CENTI :s NIGHT EXTRA BRITISH HIT GERMAN LINE BEHIND NORD CANAL; HAIG DRIVES ON Bast on Wins Fourth Game of World Series, Score 3 to 2 CITY PATROLMEN ORGANIZE UNION; MAYOR AGREES Virtually Every Member of Police Force Joins at Pre liminary Meeting TO ASK HIGHER WAGE Pension Fund May Follow Request For Increased Salary Virtually every patrolman on the city police force yesterday joined a preliminary organization at a mass meeting held in the courthouse. Pa trolman S. Herman Kautz was made temporary i resident and Patrolman William E. Balthaser, vice-president. Beyond saying that the organiza tion is in the nature of a protective association none of the policemen who took part in the meeting would discuss the meeting- Two objects, it was learned, are behind the organization. First, '.he men probably will seek an increase in pay: second, plans for a pension fund will be formulated. The first cbject. nowever, probably will be foremost in the minds of the men. The organization, according to men who attended the meeting, was di rected by an organizer who is tour ing the state paying particular atten tion to thiri class cities. in city official circles it was admit ted that the salary of $lOO a month paid patrolmen now is not sufficient to attract good nten to the force. The civil service board constantly is having trouble filling vacancies. Many of the men, too. have been at tracted by offers from corporations. Just what means the men will take in formulating claims for high. wages is said not to have been work ed out. Mayor Daniel L.. Keister and t'hicf J. Edward Wetzel w-ere not present at the meeting but were informed of its calling. The Mayor said he has given the organization his appro- MANGIN'S ARMY IS WITHIN 200 YARDS OF HUNS French Troops Virtually Be hind Old Wire Entangle ments of Last Year • By Associated Press With the French Army in France, Sept. If.—The troops of General Slan gin between the Aisne and the Oise livers now are virtually behind their o'd wire entanglements in their old trenches of 1317. All along the edge of the forest of Coucy and through the western horn of the St. Gobain forest the Germans are only 20 yards away and in some places they are in positions in the old Hinden liurg line that are plainly visible lrom the heights west of Chateau Coucy. W rest Cunal From Enemy The Oise-Aisne canal and the river Ailette that runs between the heights and the Chateau and which forms a sort of advanced post of their main line six miles farther back at Fresnes was not abandoned voluntarily but wrested from the enemy after a [Continued on Page 2.) PERSHING DECORATES TROOPS With the American Army in Eraticc, Sept. 9.—General Pershing yesterday decorated a large number of men belonging to divisions which had distinguished themselves during the summer. All the men received the Distinguished Service Cross. PUT THE MONEY YOU DIDN'T SPEND FOR GASOLINE TNTO WAR STAMPS jt5T You Won't Miss It L_ THE WEATHER For Harrlsborg nnrt viclnttyi Fair and allßhtty warmer to-night; Tuesday fair and warmer. RUTH BATS SOX TO VICTORY WITH THREE BASE HIT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R. H. E. Chicago Nat. [OOHOEID3BBO BE3EU Boston Am. (DBBBOEIGiaB BUO Fenway Park, Boston. Sept. 9. Thrown back on the defensive by] two defeats on their home grounds., the Chicago Cubs engaged the Bos ton lied Sox on foreign fields this ■ afternoon in the fourth combat of 1 the world's series. Some 20,000 spectators saw the American league renew their offensive on their own grounds where they always have played their strongest game. The contest was fought on a rain- i soaked Held. There was room .for! all who came and rows of vacant j seats made yawning gaps in the l spacious stands. Here and there: groups of soldiers and sailors brought I to mind the cause of the diminished; world's series crowds and fading in- | terest in the now non-essential sport. I All morning heavy clouds swept over the Held but the sun broke j through when the game begun and! the field was bathed In sunlight. Babe Ru.h and Sam Jones warmed up for the home team while George Tyler and Phil Douglas got into con dition for the cubs. The batting order: Chicago. Boston. > Flack, rf. Hooper, rf. Hollocher, ss. Shean, 2b. Mann, If. Strunk. cf. Packert. of. Whiteman, If. Merkle. lb. Mclnnis. lb. Pick. 2b. Ruth? p. Deal. 3b. Scott, ss. Killefer, c. Thomas, 3bi Tyler, p. Agnew, c. Owens gave decisions behing the; plate O'Day on first base; Hildebrand i on second and Klem third base. : Flack Singles to ltiglit First innjng, Chicago: The crowd gave Flack a good cheer when he ] singled sharply to right after the j count was two balls and one strike, j Hollocher lined to Scott and Flack' darted back to first base safely. Ag- ! new picked Flack off first base with j a lightning throw to Mclnnis. Mann fouled out to Mclnnis. No runs, one; hit, no errors. Shean Hits For Two Bases i First inning, Boston: The home: folks gave Harry Hooper a big hand ; when he came to bat. With the! count two and three. Hooper drove a high fly to Flack. Shean drove a Jong hit against the left field fence for two bases. Strunk waited Tyler out till the count was three and two The Patriot Protects Henry B. McCormick, One of Its Owners, by Cutting Number of the Automobile in Which He Rode on Sunday From Its Published List of "Gasoline Slackers" THE JENNINGS CASE (From the Hurrisburg Patriot) "The Patriot has been accused of 'character assassination' be cause it published legitimate news of the determination of the Perry County Eucl Admin istrator to find out from State Fuel Administrator Potter whether Willium Jennings, a prominent resident of Hurris burg, hud u right under the fuel regulations to buy directly from the mines uiul without the knowledge of the county admin istrator forty-eight tons of buck wheat coul for his summer home neur Dtiiiciiiiiion. "Until lust evening that point wus still in dispute und so long as it was Tile Patriot woulil have continued to print infor mation on a matter of such vi tal und univcrsul importance to all coal consumers.'' Mr. McCormick has horses at his disposal. Xo excuse that he can offer can becloud the fact that he rode in an automobile on Sunday after the government requested all good citizens to co operate in the saving of gasoline. Nor can it be denied that TO-PROTECT MR. McCORMICK, ONE OF ITS OWNERS, the Patriot eliminated the number of the car in which he rode from the list of "gasoline slackers" published in that newspaper. All the other numbers it could pro cure it published. McCormick admitted to-day that he did ride, but made the feeble defense that while his destination was not beyond the trolley line, the car in which he was riding was bound beyond the terminus. He had all the little loopholes of the administration's order down fine and apparently had been studying the rules closely. It is suggested to the Patriot that in its tremendous anxiety to unearth "slackers" it might hereafter first look about the interior of its own officesi . Notwithstanding this violation by one of its owners of the letter and spirit of the gasoline request of the government the McCormick newspaper again his morning in its leading editorial, commending the observance by the people, says: "It was another manifestation of the willing ness of the American people to help win the war no matter what the annoyance, discomfort or sacrifice." Thus does this self-righteous newspaper camouflage its own delinquencies, j and then fanned on a low curve. Tyler had plenty of speed and kept' the ball on the corner of the plate. Whiteman flied to Flack. No runs,! Cubs Garner Two Hits Second inning, Chicago: Ruth took] Paskert's grounder and threw him' out. Scott came in fast for Merkle's I grounder and threw him out at first ' Pick beat out an infield hit which i Thomas could not field in time. Deal singled sharply past Thomas, Pick > going to second. Agnew almost, picked Deal off first. Killefer forced Pick at th'rd, Scott to Thomas. No i runs, two hits, no errors. Huth Cheered at Bat Second inning. Boston: Mclnnis J sent up a high fly to Hollocher. Aj storm of applause greeted Ruth as! he came to bat. and the Chicago out- | field complimented him by backing: up against the fences. Pick made! a pretty one-hand stop of Ruth's grounder and got his man at first. Deal threw out Scott. No runs, no ! hits, no errors. Tyler Gets Good Reception Third inning, Chicago: Tyler, j Who formerly pitched for the Bos ton Braves, was given a good recep- i tion when he came to the plate. Tyler] walked. Ruth's sweeping curve! broke wide of the plate. Flack i forced Tyler at second. Scott to 1 Shean. Hollocher grounded out to j Mclnnis unassisted. Flack going to i second. Ruth picked Flack off sec- • ond. Scott took the throw. No runs,! no hits, no errors. Thomas Pops to Hollocher Third inning, Boston: Thonvas popped to Hollocher. who went back j to second to make the catch. Mann ; had to go out towards the embank- j ment to get Agnew's long smash. Hooper went out, Merkle to Tyler.! No runs, no hits, no errors. Scot Robs Paskcrt Fourth inning, Chicago: Thomas; threw out Mann at first. Scott went I down behind second base and robbed Paskert of a hit. The Boston short-! stop took PaskeHt's grounder on the dead run and made a sharp peg toj first. Merkle flied to Whiteman No runs, no hits, no errors. Ruth Scores, Hits Three Bagger Fourth inning, Boston: Shean! walked. Strunk flied out to Pas-1 kert. Shean went to second one a' rContinued on Page 10.] THE McCORMICK CASE The Putriot is now accused of "chumoter protecting" because it lias not published legitimate news of tile determination of ollicials of the government to show up fuel slackers in the |M-rsoii of Henry Is. McCormick, a prominent resident of Har risburg, who had no right under the fuel regulations, to ride in an automobile in defiance of the government's request for con servation of gasoline. Until this evening the ques tion of making known his po sition as a slacker was unde termined, but as The Putriot, of which he is part owner, cut the number of the ear in which he rode off the list it published last Monday as "fuel slackers," the Tclcgruph has dceided to print information 011 a matter of sueh vital and universal im portnnec to all patriotic citi zens. CAPT. STACKPOLE WRITES OF GREAT GERMAN RETREAT Pennsylvania Boys Had Big Part in Crucial Battle; Him self Slightly Wounded RANKS KEPT FILLED UP Fresh Men Take Places of Those Wounded by Ter rific Enemy Fire Many interesting letters have tome from the Horrisburg and Central Pennsylvania soidiers in France dur ing the last two or three days. Cup tain Edward J. Stackpole, Jr.. com manding M Company, of the ll'Jth Hegiment. Pennsylvania Division, which regiment had a large part in turning back the German wave in the Aisne-Marne sector, writes in terestingly to the home folks. Many of his men were wounded and at one time he was without any officers for several hours. After the territfic fighting in Jul> it was necessary to reorganize his company to some ex tent, as for a time Captain Stackpole and one lieutenant were compelled to do the work of six men. "Fortunate ly," he says, "our schedule of train ing can't be very heavy or very complicated on account of the neces sity for concealment from avions. and the only disturbing factor is an occasional high explosive or gas shell which causes temporary embarrass ment. "Yesterday r. Boche plane brought down anoth jr Allied observation bal loon nearby, the second in three days. He was a nervy devil and flew around in the midst of a heavy antiaircraft barrage until he got his objective. We were forced to admire his courage." Speaking of the capture of thou sands of prisoners, many of them being sixteen at most, the writer soys: "The Germans must surely see (he handwriting on the wall. All the odds are now in our favor and it should be a more or less squeezing process at quickly changing points until he sues for peace. * • Just saw an aeroplane battle in which one of our machines was worsted and dropped in a heavy corkscrew to the ground. These things are becoming everyday occur rences now and scarcely cause a rip ple of excitement. Slightly Wounded Captain Stack pole expresses appre ciation of a note from the Rev. Dr. Bagnell, in Paris, and also speaks of the replacements in his company from many sections of Pennsylvania and other states. Most of his men were originally from Latrobe and he [Continued on Page 10.] THE McADOO CASE Boston, Sept. #.—Secretary of the Treasury and Director Gen eral of Railroads McAdoo dem onstrated yesterday lie is desir. ous of doing Ills hit and setting a faultless example for his countrymen, when he walked from the home of Colonel Ed ward >l. House u> the ruilroud station at Magnolia, a long country mile. The Secretary stayed over night at Colonel House's home. When it came time to depart for Rotterdam .1 unci ion he set jauntily forth on foot, accom panied by a number of railroad oltieials. President Wilson, the dis patches say, also went to ehurcli behind a team of horses. HAIG'S TROOPS STEADILY PUSH LINES FORWARD British Patrols Are Drawing Nearer to St. Quentin As Foe Stiffens BATTLE HINGES ON THE FRENCH Success of Yankees and Poilus Would Upset Enemy By Associated Press London, Sept. 9.—Pushing ahead to-djiy on the front be tween Peronne and St. Quentin, British patrols have occupied the town of Vermand five and one-half miles northwest of St. Quentin and Vendelles, two miles north of Vermand. The British this morning were attacking Gouzeaucourt, south east of Havrincourt wood. They are on the western and northern edges of Epehy, within two and ony-half miles of the Hinden >urg line opposite La Catelet and their patrols are reported to have passed through the village. French troops now hold the Crozat canal virtually along its whole length. They are only four miles from St. Quentin and their cavalry patrols are close to La Feie. After pausing for several days FINDS CHICKEN THIEF PLAYING POSSUMJN HEDGE "Too Bad He Didn't Have Auto," Captured Man Mourns Chasing a chicken thief at 3 o'clock in the morning in his bare feet and finding him hiding under a hedge 'possum fashion was the experience of Thomas Wagner, Union Deposit, who testified in the larceny suit against Antony Lendi. The chickens, 42 in number, were stolen from the coops of William Snyder and George Miller. Mr. Wag ner said about a year ago more than 100 were taken from his coops. In telling how he caught Lendi he ex plained that his son called him early in the morning and said he had seen two men prowling around. Mr. Wag ner and liis son at once went down stairs and started In pursuit. After tiring several shots in the air they thought they hud lost the thieves when [hey saw four bags of'chic kens lying near a hedge. Further search brought them to Lendi who was doubled up under the hedge pretend ing to be asleep. When he was caught it is said he remarked that it was too bad that he and the other man did not have an automobile so tbat they could get away. In court to-day Lendi pleaded guilty and in telling his version of the chick on coop raids said the other man stole the chickens and he helped talcej them uway. Intending to sell them. President Judge George Kuukel [Continued on Page 2.] Arnold S. Helman Is Wounded in Action Word has been received by Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Helman, 542 Myers rtreet, Steelton, of' the wounding in France, of their son, Arnold S. Hel man, of Company D, 109 Machine Gun Battalion. Mr. Helman was formerly employed by the Western Union Tele graph Company. SPEAKS TO LUTHERANS Lieut. James T. Long, spoke before the congregation of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church at yesterday's serv ices. relating his experiences on the battlellne. LUDENDORFF TO STAND ON LINE NOW REACHED . By Associated Press LONDON, Sept. .—The state ment in the German eominuniquc that "we are everywhere in our new iKxsltions" is interpreted here as implying that General Lmlen dorft is of the l>elief that the German retirement now is ended ami Uuit it Is his intention to try to make a stand 011 tlie pres ent line. * It is reported from Paris that the German artillery was to-day thundering along the whole bat tlel'ront as it has not done for scveral weeks, and the general indietitions are that the German eounterattacks and other aetivity eontirm l.udendorlT's supi>osed in tention. along the line west and north west of Cambrai where the Germans settled themselves last week behind the Canal du Nord, the British to-day are reported attacking a section of this line in considerable strength. What is unofficially described as a "formidable thrust" was developed this morning by Field Marshal Haig's troops along the Arras-Cambrai road, which crosses the canal about six miles from the outskirts of Cambrai. Whether this will prove to be the expected attack to break the the canal line or merely a recon naissance in force, however, re mains to be developed. French Score Successes It is definitely reported, however, that on the line to the south the British are pressing forward toward [Continued 011 Page 10.] LOCAL MEN WIN PROMOTIONS IN ARMYSERVICE Two Harrisburg and One Steel ton Soldier Pass Train ing at Kentucky Camp Two Harrisburg boys and one Steelton lad were given commissions |as second lieutenants in the field artillery after successfully undergo ing training at the Central Officers Training Camp, at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky. They are: Edward David Miller Moeslein, 220 Lewis street; James Stewart Davis, 1511 Derry, and Paul Drennen, 180 South Second street. Lieutenant Moeslein was a junior at Penn State prior to entering the army. He was taking the civil en gineering course at that institution. He has been assigned to Camp Jack son, at Spartenburg, S. C. A nupiber of boys from Central Pennsylvania ulso won the coverted [shoulder straps at the artillery [school. Among those to he commis sioned second lieutenants are: John I Tener Deutsch, Danville; John Har-j [old Diffenderfcr, Bethlehem; Robert! Charles Fluhrer, York; Joseph Os- j ; wald Fronimeyer, Chambersburg;! Charles Vincent Henry, Jr., Lebanon; j William Wertz Horner, York; Harry Daniel Immell, York: Harry Em - i bich Kaley, Lebanon; Frederick Hen-' ry Knight, Jr., Sunbury; Paul An thony O'Brien, Marietta; Marietta; Robert Clark Pressley, West Fair view; Joe Ripple, Lancaster; Harry George Ripple, Mt. Pleasant; Chalk-j ley Nelson Spring, Wllllamsport;' Frank Wlnge Varden, Mercersburg; j Ira Alvln Williams, New Freedom, and William Robins Young, Mifflin-1 burg. House Passes Senate Measure Making "Dry" Zones For War Men Washington, Sept. 9.—Without a ! dissenting vote the House to-day : passed, after a few minutes' consid eration, the Senate resolution em powering the President to establish prohibition zones around munition factories, mines, shipyards and other] war production plants. LATE NEWS ' I MARKET CLOSES HEAVY New York—Prices broke sharply in the final hour, active selling accompanying publication of the crop re port. The closing was heavy. After four hours of ex- j tremc apathy and irregular changes, to-day's stock market •; : suddenly developed pronounced weakness, leaders Ye-- ; ! acting 2to 4 points. sales approximated 300.000 shares. i FRENCH CAPTAIN KILLED | j Paris—Captain Count Bertnsnd de Lesseps was killed | | /while leading a reconnoitering party of his regiment, the * ; | Twentieth Light Horse, before Ecuvilly. He was the third son of Ferdinand da Lesseps; : ' -M:' ; GETS TWO YEARS IN PRISON Harrisburg—Th:mas O'Connell, 25, who had been . emp! }ed at Middletcwn cn the erection of the govem | naei.t . arehcUics was sentenced tu serve from two to four yccrs i.. the Eastern Fenitentiary on serious charges pre -8 ferred from information given by two 18-year-old boys | and ope under 16. John Allerrun and George Miller, the I two older boys, were sent to Huntingdon Reformatory on • similar charges. ; * I, DEBS TRIAL DAY OPENS IN CLEVELAND Clce! .n:: —The court room was crowded to capacity to-dey vh'n Eugene V. Debs, former Socialist candidate ;fop president of the United States, was placed cn trial V-ef re lura" Judge D. C Westsnhaver, charged with violation cf the espionage act. Mrs.'Rose Pastor- St.cke-.v j ■ ' • n f-c ence. A jury was completed | I BAN ON GOLD BULLION I I Washington—To conserve gold for essential monetary j | purposes, the government to-day forbade lesuance of gold j I bullicn from the mints at Philadelphia, Denver, San Fran- i I cisco and from the New York assay office without license ! J from the War Industries Board, Federal Reserve Board or i | the Secretary of ih* Treasury. ; I WILSON ABANDONS TOUR | Washington—Definite abandonment of President Wfl- j | son's plans for a transcontinental tour for the ] x Fourth Liberty Bond loan was announced to-day at the ] a White House. • j | COAL EXPERT HERE j Harrisburg—T. Ellsworth Davies, of Wilkes-Barre, J | one of the coal experts of Lurerae county who will help j \ with the revision of the assessments of the . j { Wlrfener and Mu>me M. Cook. Coley. M. K. 11., AHf*bru> eonntx a William Jonra and Marnh Cnrter, If nrriMhurtci Clarence I'. 'Sn.ydrr 7 J and Mnry C. la.vme. llnrrUhurKt K. 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