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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'
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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 <ioal lands of ]
: Dauphin county arrived in the city this afternoon and j
: went into conference behind closed doors with the County j
; : Commissioners. j
FLYER LIEUTENANTS KILLED '
j: Mount Clemena, Mich.—Second Lieut. Charles Thomas, , j
j; of Bay City, Mich , and Howard Hull, of Bridgport, Conn., f
X, were killed in'a collision in the air at Self ridge field here j:
• this morning. .
CROP CONDITIONS REPORTED j,
Washington—Forecasts for production of the prin- |
cipal farm crops, based on their condition' September 1 |
were announced to-day by the Department of Agriculture, J
r as follows: (Figures in millions of bushels except where i
I noted) —Spring wheat, 343; all wheat, 899; corn, 2,672: 1
Oats, 1,477; barley, 2.36; buckwheat, 20.1 ; white potatoes, I
385; sweet potatoes, 81; tobacco (pounds), 1,£18; flax, |
15.9; rice, 40.9; hay (tons) 86.3; sugar beets (tons), 6.21; I
apples, 196; peaches, 40.2; kafirs, 74.2. jj
| LENINE'S ASSAILANT EXECUTED |
X Amsterdam—Dora Kaplan the alleged assailant of the H
|| Bolshevik Premier Lenin©, was executed on September 4, jj
g says a Moscow dispatch to the Lekal Aneeiger of Berlin. 8
MARRIAGE LICENSES
f Peter Komlvk ant! Xellle Huddle. Kllr..br(h(o nt Clarenre M. M
j Hoffman, llarrlahurK. d Mabrl H. NVlmaa, Hfrryaburm lrvin I>. 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. Mitxln*er. t'umberluid
J count v, nnd Aitn it t. \unKlr, Steel ton. ||