Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, September 13, 1918, Image 1

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AMERICANS TAKE 9,500 PRISONERS AND
ADVANCE 8 MILES INTO SALIENT WHERE
TWO ENEMY DIVISIONS MAY BE TRAPPED
£/. 5. TROOPS TOO
QUICK FOR HUNS
IN GREAT DRIVE
Huns Blow Up Ammunition
as Town After Town Falls
to Gen. Pershing's Men
DESPERATE RESISTANCE OF FOE
SWEPT ASIDE BY DASHING YANKS
Neck or St. Mihiel Salient Narrowed to
Six Miles by Quick Dashes Through
Confused Ranks of Boche Army
By .-isiuciated Efts*
Paris, Sept. 13.—The St. Mihiel
salient, it is understood, has been re-
duced. The censor will not permit the
Q publication of the names of the towns
and villages forming the present Amer
can line in the St. Mihiel sector.
London, Sept. 1 3.—General Pershing's forces
in their attack on the southern Side of the St.
Mihiel salient have advanced eight miles. The
assault was made on a front of fourteen miles.
The Americans this morning were making
rapid progress in the continuation of their drive.
9,500 Prisoners Taken
General Pershing's troops so far have captured
9.300 prisoners and have taken sixty German
guns.
German prisoners say the American attack was ex->
pected but that it was delivered so rapidly that they had
no time to put up a stubborn resistance when they were
ordered to. Pannes, which was energetically defended
by the Germans, was easily captured by the Americans.
Towns Fall to Yankees
The Americans are reported to have captured Vign
eulles, seven and a half miles north of Xivray, through
which the former line ran.
General Pershing's troops also are said to have cap
tured Beney, Houdicourt and the Bois de Thiaucourt.
Bottle's Neck Narrows
If these places really have been captured the neck of the St.
Mihiel salient has been nafrowed to less than six miles and if the'
two German divisions reported last night to be in the salient still
are there it is decidedly improbable that they will be able to get
away.
The Germans are blowing up the ammunition dumps at Hat
tonville and Donboux.
Three Miles More
On the west side of the St. Mihiel salient where the countryl
is much more difficult and where the German resistance has been ,
more determined, the Americans have made an advance of three;
miles on a twelve-mile front.
American Offensive Continues
Its Brilliantly Successful Course
I he American offensive in Lorraine was reported to-dav to be :
continuing its brilliantly successful course.
The apparent prospect was that not only would the St. Mihiel:
salient be speedily wiped out but that a heavy blow would be dealt
the Germans in the loss of men and material.
8,000 Prisoners Counted
Already b.rOO prisoners and sixty guns have been taken, accord
ing to to-day's advices. Prisoners to the number of 8,000. indeed,
had been actually counted up to last night.
I he rapid progress of the American forces on both sides of the 1
salient now affords hope that still greater numbers of Germans!
may be caught in the loop upon which General Pershingis troops'
are closing in. '
Advance Eight Miles
I he Americans now appear to have made an advance of some
eight miles on the southern side of the salient. This would bring
them to the important town of Yigneulles, lying on the only rail
way line in the loop, which town to-day, indeed, is unofficially
reported in Americans hands.
South of \ igneu'lles the town of Houdicourt is declared to be
in American possession, while to the cast, towards Thiaucourt,
Pershing's troops have acquired the important Thiaucourt Wood
and the town of Beney.
Stop at Nothing
Meanwhile, on the westerly side of the salient, where the going'
is more difficult, the American advance on a twelve-mile front is!
understood to have scored an advance of three miles. The con-|
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Attacking on a twenty-mile front,
the American Army, under Pershing,
have driven two pincers wedges into
the western and southern sides of
the famous St. Mihiel salient, south
east of Verdun in Dorraine. At
points the Americans have smashed
ahead for five miles. The solid line
shows the present front and the dot
ted line the front before the drive
started. On the inset map the St.
Mihiel salient and its relation to the
remainder of the front is shown.
OLD RUBBER PILE
GROWS RAPIDLY;
PLAN AUCTION
Auto Owners Patriotically
Throw Valuable Tires on
Mounting Heap
GROCERS ASKED -
TO JOIN IN S. O. R.
Grocers and businessmen
throughout the city were to-day
requested by Mercer B. Tate of
Utc S. O. R. (Save Old Rubber)
■omniittee of the Red Cross to
place boxes In front of their
store for receiving the old rub
ber of their neighborhood. And
tliey will confer a second favor
011 the Red Cross if they will de
liver this old rubber at the Third
and Wulnut corner. If Harris
. burg is to make any kind of a
showing It is necessary that some
mighty tall "stepping" be done
before to-morrow noon.
The old rubber pile started to grow
this morning.
It is indicated that Harrisburg is
ashamed of its inactivity of yester
day and is going to put a lot of rub
ber on the pile at Third and Walnut
streets, this morning.
The home folks are those who are
falling down to-day. A care(jil look
over the pile being gathered .for the
1 Red Cross showed that there are
very few overshoes, gum boots or
gum coats, no hot water bottles and
no rubber gloves.
"Why," said one of the little Girl
Scouts to-day, "there isn't a house in
Harrisburg. hardly, that doesn't
have an old leaky hot water bag in
it. Out in our bathroom we had two,
till to-day—-there they are now on
the pile."
The auto owners continue to throw
old tires on the heap. The number of
these !s growing rapidly. From all
indications are some fairly
good tires in the lot. To-morrow be
fore the auction starts at 1 o'clock,
George Bogar, Charles Ensminger
and "Andy" Redmond will go,
through the pile of auto tires and 1
pick out those which tan be repaired'
and used.
An uptown man this morning
'threw an almost new cord tire on the
pile. Then the Girl Scouts got busy.
They made a hole in the rubber
heap and buried the very good tire,
worth not less than SSO.
"We'll put it in there, so no one
will see it," they said.
This afternoon and to-morrow it
is urged that the 14,000 school chil
dren of Harrisburg carry all the old
tubber they can find to the Redj
Cross pile. , !
RAILROAD'S SKILLED MEN
TO BE KEPT FROM WAR
By Associated Press
Washington, Sept. 13.—Regional
directors of the railroad administra
tion were instructed to-day to claim
deferred draft classification for rail
road general officers, shopmen, train
men, skilled yardmen, road and
maintenance of way foremen and,
skilled workers, telephone and tele-!
graph operators and other essential!
employes.
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AMERICANS REPULSE
HUN COUNTER ATTACK
One Attempt to SteinOnrushing Yankee Tide Proves Futile;
Pershing Pushes on Day and Night, Passing Objec
tives; Prisoners Continue to Pour In
With the American Forces in
Lorraine, Sept. 13.—1.30 P. M.
—Reports at this hour from the
front indicate that the Americans
are making progress according
to schedule. No unexpected de
velopments are occurring.
Large quantities of German
supplies find material have been
secured but there has been no
time to check them up. The
battle so far has been wholly
normal.
With the American Army in Lor
raine, Sept. It. —General Pershing's
troops continued their steady ad-
WM. JENNINGS
VINDICATED BY
ADMINISTRATOR
Mr. Meek Finds Him Blame
less; Charges Aired by
Patriot Fall Flat
Fuel Administrator Meek, of Perry
county, has absolved William Jen
nings. of Harrisburg, from all blame
In the purchase of No. 2 buckwheat
coal for his country home near Dun
cannon. •
The charge of fuel violations sprea"
broadcast by the Harrisburg Patriot
in an effort to pillory Mr. Jennings '
have fallen Hat.
Mr. Jennings is entirely vindicated
and the Patriot is placed in the hu
miliating position of confessing that
the charges it printed in big head
lines are false.
After a thorough Investigation of
the case Mr. Meek sent to the Tele
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vance against the St. Mihiel salient
throughout the night. They reached
and even passed the objectives set
for thctu. Prisoners continue to
pour in
The Americans pushed ahead all
along the front except at one point.
They were met with less resistance
than they had expected.
Th" Germans made pnly one coun
terattack in an attempt to stem the
'onrushing tide of Americans.
The Germans, however, began their
I protective barrage too early. They
j gave the Americans warning of what
j was com.rg and General Pershing's
i men were completely prepared for
I the countera'.tack when it started.
I Newton D. Baker, the American
I secretary of war,-with several other
j notables witnessed the beginning of
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jTWO MURDERERS
SENTENCED TO DIE
WEEK OF OCT. 14
| Andrew Carey and Charles |
Kyler to Pay Penalty
For Their Crimes
Two murderers convicted during
the year in the Dauphin county
courts, have been sentenced to be
electrocuted during the week of Octo
ber 14, Governor Brumbaugh fixing
the date to-day. They are Andrew
I Cary, colored, convicted of shooting'
James Arthur Watts, also colored, in
the iatter's home In Adams -'street,
Steelton, about 11 o'clock on the
morning of February 25. . The other
one Is Charles Kyler, colored, found
guilty of first degree murder tor
stabbing Walter Clifton Shaeffer, a
railroader, as the latter was coming
out of a hotel in Verbeke street,
early on the morning ot January 28.
Governor Brumbaugh also fixed
the wee'- of October 21 for the elec
trocution of Henry ftnd Jacob Sulla
day, convicted of murder in the
Northumberland county courts.
KILLS NEGRO
WHO PROTESTS
AGAINST BILLS
Steelton Grocer Says He Shot j
to Defend His and His
Father's Lives
HAD FIGHT IN THE STORE j
Prisoner Hurried to Countyj
Jail to Prevent a
Race Riot
Seeking revenge because he be-;
lievetl he and his fellow laborers j
were being overcharged by Steelton |
West Side dealers, a Steelton coloredl
workman, known only as Blackberry, j
was shot and instantly killed shortly!
after noon to-day when he visited (he
store of John Dundoff. 502 Myers
street, with his grievance. The shoot
ing was done by Dundoff's son. \ a
| sil Dundoff, <• 20-yoar-old clerk, and|
almost created-a race riot.
Dundoff, of Macedonian decent,
claims that he did the shooting in]
self-defense after Blackberry had
come to the store and attempted to
hold hini up. Dundoff is now in the
Dauphin county jail awaiting a hear-
ing.
Alleges Holdup
The story as told by Dundoff is j
to the effect that Blackberry in com- j
pany with :t number of other col-,
ored men came to the store and de
manded money. "You hilve too much
money," the dead Blackberry is al
leged to have said and drawing his
revolver, added, "give up SSOO or
will shoot you."
Pushing aside the mother. Black-,
berry hit the father over the head
with a soapbox and launched n i
slashing blow at the face of ibCj
youthful Dundoff. hitting him on the]
nose and badly breaking it. Tie-1
treating strategically, Dundoff with-]
drew to a tear room.
Firm Shot Fatal
All the time as he retreated he;
threatened to call the police, tut]
Blackberry said "I'm not afraid of
the police." Entering the small room,
Dundoff hastily grabbed from a small
■drawer there a revolver kept for pro-!
tection, and in turn advanced on
I Blackberry. Blackberry taken un
awares, had no time to draw his re-i
volver and started to back off hastily;
toward the door. Just as he up-i
proached the high steps by which ]
the store is entered, Dundoff affirms,
he blazed away with the revolver, j
The bullet entered Blackberry's
mouth, passed through the upper
part and pierced the* brain. Death
was instantaneous.
Awaited Arrest
Dundoff made no attempt to es
cape and was taken withopt trouble
by the police who were on the scene
soon after the shooting took place.
He was brought immediately by
Sleelton police to Harrisburg, for
foreigners and colored men beg.tn
to gather about the Dundoff store
in large numbers and a race liot
seemed imminent.
FRIDAY THE 13TH
WILL BE LUCKY TO
START YOUR WAR
STAMP CARD
Ask Any Minister
About It
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THE WEATHER'!
For Mnrrlaburg and vicinity! fair
and cooler to-night, with lorn-rat
temperature about 50 degrees;
Saturday fair.
For ICaatern Pennsylvania i Fulr
and cooler to-nighti Saturday
fair) gentle neat winds becom
ing variable.
Hlver
The upper portion of the main
river tvlll rise sllghtlyt the
lower portion will fai: slowly or
remain nearly stationary.
General Conditions
ft la 2 to 13 degrees cooler over
the greater -tort of -the eastern
half of the country and 3 to 33
degrees warmer over nearly all
the territory between the
Hoeky Mountains and the Mis
sissippi river. 'West of the
Hoeky Irregular.
Temperntarei H a. m., <lO.
Hlver Stage I 8 a. m., 3.5 feet above
low-water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, 73.
temperature, ou.
Mean temperature, 110,
Normal temperature, <\
GERMANS CUT OFF
HANDS OF LITTLE
BOYS IN BELGIUM
Little Girls Sutter Same Fate,
Says Captain Harris; Gouge
Old Men's Eyes Out
TELLS OF ATROCITIES
Wounded Australian Officer
Recites Thrilling Experi
ences at C. of C. Lunch
Americans can believe all the stor
ies of German atrocities in Belgium
and France that are reported, accord
ing to Captain Walter Ktlroy Harris,
of 'Australia, Officer in the British
Army now touring the United States,
speaking at the noon luncheon of
the Harrisburg Chamber of Com
merce to-day.
"During my duty in France I was
attached to an American medical mis
sion for ten days and during that
tour of investigation," lie said, "I
saw hundreds of little boys whose
hands had been chopped olf by the
Germans at the wrists. 1 saw little
girls also who hail suffered similiar
fate and I saw old men whose eyes
had been gouged out by German bay
onets. 1 B aw sights far more horrible
than this and what I saw is now
evidence against the Germans, for
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0,000 PRISONERS AND WHOLE
SALIENT FALLS TO AMERICA " *
LONDON—TWELVE THOUSAND PRISONERS
HAVE BEEN BY THE AMERICANS IN
; THEIR OFFENSIVE AT ST. MIHIEL. THE ENTIRE
: SALIENT NOW HAS BEEN CAPTURED.
CAPT. McCREATH HOME
H&risburg—Captain William McCreath arrived' irr
] | New York last night from active service in France, and
will visit his brother Lesley McCreath, at Fort Huiiter,
1 to-morrow or Sunday. He has been detailed to Camp
Dix to instruct a new division. He went acros sin March
as a lieutenant in the Thirtieth Infantry. He won a pro-
motion to a captaincy, and was awarded the French war
: : cross tot distinguished bracery in action.
RAZVOZOFF REPORTED MURDERED
Stockholm—RearAdmiral A .V. Razvoroff, former com
mander in uF the Russian naval forces in the Baltic,
j ; was murdered in Petri gxad.yesterday, according to a dlsf*
A patch from Helsingfora.
PERSHING'S DIVISION TAKES 3500 HUNS
With the American Forces in Lorraine —Of 8,000 pris
| oners taken, 3,500 were captured in one district near Mor.t
| set by an American division. Among the prisoners w::
| Major Schmesig a count He'and his staff had thei.
& baggage packed and were waiting to be captured. In a
J| majority cf cases the prisoners put up comparatively lit''
I; resistance before surrendering. In many cases t}ic de
| j tachments w.hich had escaped the barrage in their trenches
11 and dugouts made a perfunctory resistance with then'
|; machine guns and then threw up their hands. A detach
i; ment of about 200 Germans at the foot of a little hi":
| ; were ordered to charge the Americans wHb were advanc
-1 ; ing down the slopes. The Americans were ordered by
j i their captain to retreat. They did but only over the brow
| of the hill. Here, lying flat, they awaited the rush of tht
|li Germans and received their assailants with the bayonet.
; ; It soon was'over. All the Germans were either killed of
:j; captured.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES
n ° clt Mnrrm, Mterlton. and Brrrle UrlMn. Home <in.* Know B.
? !!f'L nn A,,n "• **eae, I.nnenwter; Hurry Knhler nnd Kiln Bi.fr,
t.oidnhoro.
MANY PRISONERS
IN COUNTY JAIL
ABLE TO WORK
Amplification of Plans Urged
as Conservation of
Labor Supply
SCHEME ALREADY TRIED
Few Placed on Almshouse
Farm Have Been a
Big Help
With more than 200 prisoners itl
the county jail, many of thcni abio
to work, and the county's road re
pair and other work being delayed
because of labor shortage, officials
are urging that some legislative ac
tion should be taken during the com
ing session so that they will have au
thority to employ men ill jail on sen
tence, thereby saving much money
and heljfing to meet the increasing
need for workmen.
At present of the 215 prloners in
jail, 22 are women, and 90 of the de
fendants are awaiting trial at the
September sessions of criminal couit
which will open one week from Mon
day. During the last few weeks the
number of prisoners in jail has been
averaging more than 2.0, according
to Warden William A. Mcllhenny.
Helped to Harvest
Early in the summer members of
the board of prison inspectors con
ferred with the county commission
ers on a plan to employ prisoners tin
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