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LXXXVII— No. £O4 14 PAGES Matter at the'Vost Off*" at Harrlsburcr' 8 "* HARRISBURG. PA., SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1918. ON NKXVSI'aVKK iWI*uVI SHII |Vr"'TWO 1 NENTB S NIGHT EXTRA
AMERICANS HOLD 20,000 HUNS;
FRENCH LAUNCH NEW ATTACK
Judge Bonniwell Is Ignored by State Democratic Bosses
YANKEES DRIVE
FORWARD AFTER
FLEEING ARMY
Pershing's Great Victory
Opens Way for Invasion
of Germany Territory
FRENCH AND BRITISH ARMIES
CAPTURE HUNDREDS IN DRIVE
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By Associated Press J
Paris, Sept. 1 4. —German prisoners taken by
General Pershing's forces since the beginning of t
the American offensive in the St. Mihiel sector
on Thursday are said to total 20,000.
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London, Sept. 14.—The maximum depth of
the new positions taken by the American forces in
the St. Mihiel sector is thirteen miles from the
former line.
The inside of the pocket has not yet been
cleared and it is expected more guns will be taken.
The scope of the victory won by the American First
Army in Lorraine in its initial offensive effort continues
to grow. The number of prisoners taken now is said to)
number 20,000, which virtually is the equivalent of twoi
enemy divisions.
General Pershing's forces in two days drove in to
a maximum depth of thirteen miles, which approximately
is the distance from the tip of the salient below St. Mihiel j
to Hattonville, a mile and a half north of Vigneulles,!
through which the American line last was reported asi
running.
Germans Forming New Lines
The Germans are reported leadjusting their lines on the edges)
of the former salient, the probabilities being, however, that they '
are not being allowed to do this in peace by the American forces j
or the French on the flanks.
What further development the offensive may have is uncer- I
tain at present, the official communications and even the news
dispatches to-day throwing little light on the prospects.
Rapidity of Drive Unprecedented
Whatever the immediate future may hold, however, the ulti
. mate 'effect of the drive, which completely wiped out the St.
Mihiel salient with a rapidity almost unexampled for such a
large operation, is bound to be important. If the offensive were
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FRENCHSMASH FOE
FOR BIG GAINS ON
FRONT OF 11 MILES
By Associated Press
London, Sept. 14.—French
troops began a new attack at
dawn this morning on both sides
nl* tiic Ailette river and between
the River Aisne and the Veslc
river.
The attack of the French forces
in the direction of the forest of
Coney at the southern end of the
St. Gobain massif, was progress
ing satisfactorily this morning.
V.ivaiiOc Two .Miles
South of the Ailette river the
French captured .Mont Desiages and
the villages of Allemont and Sanoy.
The Fre *.oh also reached the edge
of 'lie town of Vallly, on the Aisne.
I'lie French advanced for a dis
BRITISH ADVANCING
IN THE LYS SECTOR
By Associated Press
I.oiiclon. 'Sept. 24.—Field Marshal
Haig's forces have occupied Auchy
le-l.aßassee. in the Dys sector, says
to-day's British war office state
ment.
Several attempts made by the
Germans to recover their former
positions at Gouzeaucourt and Hav
rincourt were unsuccessful.
During the night a strong bomb
[ tance of between one and two miles
| on an eleven-mile front.
1800 Prisoners
I The attack was launched by the'
i French at 5 o'clock this morning,
j One division at an early hour had
> taken one thousand prisoners, mak
: ing a total of 1,800 Germans cap-
I tured on that front alone.
The German counterattacks against
; the Frenchmen advancing on the
j Ailette river front appeared to have
been weak, although the front line)
| was strongly held. The German
prisoners say they had orders to
! hold at all costs.
Laon Endangered
In their attacj< south of the river
i Aisne the French also made satis- '
| factory progress and captured pris- |
oners. The advance of the French!
] threatens to turn the flank of the I
I German defensive positions on the i
| Chemin des Dames, and it also en- !
| dangers Daon.
ing and liquid-fire attack was made
on the British positions northwest
of Gouzeaucourt. This attack tem
porarily forced a British advanced
post to withdraw, but the Germans
were beaten off.
As the result of the British prog
ress yesterday in the district north
west of St. Quentin. the British line
has been established east of the vil
lages of Hesbecourt and Jeancourt.
YANKEE SOLDIER
AT HIS BEST IN
DRIVE ON METZ
Elimination of Salient Fore
runner to Bigger Victories
in War, Says March
HUNS ARE FORCED OUT
Falsity of Voluntary Aban
donment Shown by Cap
ture of Prisoners
By Associated rress
Washington, Sept. 14.—Elimina
tion of the St. Mihiel salient by the
first big American offensive and the
consequent reduction of that sector
by twenty-two miles. General March
said to-day, is of extreme importance
in that it gives the Allies a much
better base "for future offensive
operations."
Pays Tribute to Fighters
General March paid high tribute
to the American forces which in less
than two days wiped out this salient,
the narrowest and most angular on
the entire western front. The oper
ations there, he said, not only were
a tribute to the work of the staff but
to the individual soldier.
"It's hot stuff," he added warmly.
No report has yet come from Gen- I
eral Pershing identifying any indi- '
vidual unit which participated in the
advance. General March, however,
announced the composition of the
stuff which, under General Pershing,
planned and executed the movement.
This staff is entirely different from
the general staff of the American
Expeditionary Forces which re
mained in its entirety at the expe
ditionary headquarters.
German Claim Is Futile
General March pointed out in con
nection with the German claim that
the St. Mihiel salient had been
abandoned voluntarily that no men
tion was made by the Germans of
the big loss of prisoners.
Capture of the salient was accom
plished by quick, sharp blows on
both thinks. General M'arch explain
ed. The American troops advanced
across a difficult terrain, consisting
of densely wooded hills intersected
by numerous ravines.
Nation Against Hun to End
General March laid particular em
phasis on the determination of the
United States to continue to exert its
whole strength against the Germans.
He referred to recent publications
which, he said, intimated America
was not going through with the war
despite the enlarged military pro
gram. This suggestion, he declared,
was "preposterous in its falsity."
Proofs of U. S. Determination
It seemed increditable, the chief of
staff said, that such propaganda
could gain attention at a time when
the War Department had just se
cured increased age limits for the
draft and was about to ask an ad
ditional seven billion dollars for the
use of the military establishment
during the present year.
All reports from American forces
at the front indicated high spirits
and enthusiasm throughout the
whole army. General March said the
American soldier quickly became
imbued with this spirit as soon as
he landed if he did not possess it
before.
RETIRED PENNSY
EMPLOYES WANT
BACKINHARNESS
Ten Per Cent, of Men on Ihe
Honor Roll Respond to
Patriotic Appeal
That retired employes of the Phila
delphia division of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad arc a patriotic body
of men and arc willing to given their
every effort to the government that
the war may be prosecuted to a suc
cessful conclusion, is forcibly dem
onstrated by the comparatively high
percentage of old employes who have
volunteered to return to active serv.
ice for the duration of the war and
for at least two months thereafter.
Slightly less than ten per cent, of
all retired employes of the division
have notified its officials that they
are willing and ready at any time to
again take up railroad duties to fill
positions left vacant by the de
parture of younger men for service
in the conflict against the Hun. This
is considered a really remarkable
evidence of their patriotism when it
is borne in mind that a very large
number of old employes are In such
condition that they would not be
at all able to serve the railroads and
have not offered to return to work
•for that reason.
More than 30 old employes have
already volunteered to again take
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PALMER AND PALS
DROP'DRY'PLANK
FROM PLATFORM
McCormick Sits in at Demo
cratic Meeting Which
Dodges Prohibition
CANDIDATES ARE SHY
Repudiate the Repudiators by
Steering Clear of Hall;
Rupp in the Chair
The Palmer-McCormick faction in
control of the state Democratic com
mittee meeting: at the Board of Trade
this afternoon, adopted a platform
making: no mention o fprohibition.
This was the issue on which the
Palmer-McCormick bosses split with
Judge Bonniwell, the "wet" Demo
cratic candidate for governor, and
when the platform draft was read
and it was apparent that Palmer and
McCormick meant to dodge the "dry"
issue, amazement was apparent on
the faces of the committeemen.
The committee to-day ignored the
candidacy of Judge Bonniwell, and
endorsed all other candidates on the
state, congressional and legislative
tickets. This action was taken after
a vitriolic denunciation of Judge Bon
niwell by National Committeemen A.
Mitchell Palmer, ten days ago made
the charges against the Judge which
led to the committee summoning the
gubernatorial candidate to come be
fore it and show cause why he should
not withdraw from the ticket. Judge
Bonniwell did not appear apd in let
ters sent to members declared that he
would not withdraw.
Speakers at the meeting were Na
tional Chairman Vance C. McCormick
and Kx-State Treasurer William U.
Berry in addition to Mr. Palmer and
the Judge and Senator Penrose were
denounced for their course in Penn
sylvania politics.
The platform extolling President
Wilson and calling for election of
Democratic Congressmen together
with a number of labor and state
planks was adopted and action taken
to bring about the candidacy of only
one Democrat for the supreme bench
so that the party will not lose its
representatation.
Just before the meeting adjourned
a Pittsburgh member made an effort
to have the committee endo'rse a plan
to vote for Mr. Berry for governor
by stickers, but the chairman held
that such a motion had to go to the
resolutions committee and the mat
ter was not pressed.
The start of the meeting was not
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Republican Workers
Meet Monday Evening
Republican committeemen and
workers of the ctty and county will
meet Monduy evening at 7.30 in
court room No. 2 at which plans for
the coming campaign will be dis
cussed. H. F. Oves, city chairman,
and William 11. Horner, county chair
man. will be in charge. After the
business meeting a number of the
candidates will make addresses.
YOM KIPPUR, DAY
OF ATONEMENT, TO
BEGIN TOMORROW
Red Letter Festival to Be Ob
served in Synagogues
of This City
At sun-down to-morrow evening
the Jews of liarrisburg will com
mence the celebration of the most
sacred holiday in the Jewish calen
dar. that of Yom Klppur. Following
the Jewish New Year by ten days.
Yom Klppur or the Day of Atone
ment, has long been a redletter day
in Jewish history. Its observance
lasts from sun-down on Sunday even
ing. until the same time on Monday
evening. ,
Plans have been completed for spe
cial services in all of the city's syn
agogues. ltabbl Louis J. Haas will
say prayers for the boys of Jewish
faith who have fallen on the battle
field at the Ohev Kholom Temple to
morrow afternoon, in addition to the
regular services in the evening
At the Chisuk Kmuna synagogue.
Rabbi Romanoff and Rabbi L. Abram
son will conduct a Joint service, while
Rabbi L. Silver will be in charge of
the exercises at Kesher Isreal.
THE WEATHER
For Harrisburg and vicinityi Fair
to-night and Snndayi not much
chnnge In temperature.
DRAFT INSPECTORS
TOLD OF SLACKERS
BY IRATE WOMEN
Adjutant General Bearij Gets Good and Bad "Tips" Con
cerning Men in and Out of Army, All of Which Are
Investigated; Gen. Crowder Gets Good Advice
J "Never live with your husband's
! parents," is the tearful plaint of one
Keystone State woman knotted to a
male of the species by the marital
bonds. Continuing, the letter be
comes a whole-souled plea that her
husband be immediately inducted
j into the country's military service,
j This note, being investigated by a
Pennsylvania draft boar#, ruefully
I continues: "I made the mistake of
I doing that once and wo haven't had
! any peace since we were married.
) 1 wish you would induct my hus
| band at once."
"A Lazy Loafer"
Scores of letters of thi s'nature
are in the hands of Adjutant Gen
eral Beary for investigation. All of
them contain information relative
to men who the writers believe
should be in the military service.
Those criticising local or district
draft boards are furnished to one
of the eighteen inspectors of the
department for investigation. Others
whAh . complain without making
unfavorable criticisms of the work
ings of draft boards, are sent for in
vestigation to the hoard" within
whose jurisdiction the complainant
• esides.
One Pottsville wife characterizes
her spouse as a "big lazy loafer."
and desires that he be made to go to
(war. She says: _"I am torrir be
i tween love and duty, but duty has
|at last won. My husband is a big
I lazy loafer. He won't work. He
} doesn't support me. and he ought to
ibe in the Army. I am glad the new
draft age takes him in.'
Wife Changes Mind
! But another woman pleads that
her forgiven hubbie be discharged
from military duties to take up those
of a marital nature. Repentently,
she writes: "About a year ago 1
had a misunderstanding with my
husband and swore that I was not
dependent on him; so they put hini
in Class 1 Aand sent him to war.
I Now I want him back with me
! again. Please send him home at
onoe."
Senator Is Flnycr
Because a well-known Demo
cratic state senator will not support
the Wife of his son. though possess
ing a superabundance of the where
withal to provide a comfortable liv
! ing for her, the son has been com
! polled to remain at home;. This Is
j wrong, the writer affirms. "This
i senator is worth all kinds of money,"
! the correspondent comments. The
: name of the legislator has not been
divulged.
Compelled to earn her own as well
as her husband's livelihood since she
was secured by the bonds of matri
mony threre years ago, a Johns
town woman thinks the man whom
she has taken for "better or worse"
should be consigned to the Army,
for service there. She writes this
indictment of him: "My husband
DEBS SENTENCED
TO TEN YEARS IN
WEST VA. PRISON
Admitted to Ten Thousand
Dollars Bail Pending Exe
cution of Sentence
By Associated Press •
Cleveland. Sept. 14.—Eugene V.
Debs, charged with violation of the
espionage act, was sentenced to ten
yeurs in the Moundsville, \V. Va.,
penitentiary on each of three counts
of the indictment by Federal Judge
D. O. Westenhaver, here to-da.v. The
sentences will run concurrently.
Motion for a new trial was over
ruled and an exception on behalf of
the defendant was allowed. A motion
for arrest of the sentence was also
overruled.
The court admitted Debs to $lO,OOO
bail with permission to leave the
northern federal district of Ohio only
to go to and remain at his home.
EVERY LITTLE WAR
STAMP HAS A
VALUE ALL
ITS OWN
S2£F Consult your banker
simply will not work. I have been
married three yeurs,—and 1 have
been working three years. I see
no reason why I should support my
husband, and I think he should be
fighting for his country. He is now
in the draft age, I am glad to say.
and X want you to make him fight."
Points to Slackers
A Pittsburgh mother has gladly
given two of her offspring for serv
ice in the fight for the preservation
of democracy, but she cannot un
derstand why another Smoky City
mother has been able to have two
sans remain at home. She declares:
"I have two sons in France. I
want to know why my next-door
neighbor's two sons, the same age
as mine, are not in the Army."
Alleged "pull" by which her
her neighbors boy has been enabled
to remain in civil life has aroused
the deep resentment of the mother
of one wearer of the khaki. "My
neighbor's boy has not been drafted,
although he is of age and physicalyl
fit," she maintains in her written
arraignment of the youth and his
parents. "The father boasts about
the pull he has with a certain justice
of te peace," se continues, "and I
wis you would come and look into
it. The justice has influence with the
draft board."
Boasts of Pull
With the announcement monthfe
ago of the exemption of necessary
agricultural workers, one youth left
his position to become a tiller of
the soil. The complainant writes:
"There is a man in this town who
ran a feed store before the draft.
When it seemed likely they would
call this young fellow he not only !
sold his feed store but got married I
and went to work on, his mother's '
farm. The family is well fixed, get- !
ting hundreds of dollars rent a|
month from their property, but this |
young fellow has been allowed to |
stay at home while nearly one hun- i
dred other boys in this town of 2,000 j
are in the service."
This ist he nature of, the cases ;
that are being given to the depart- I
mctit inspectors for investigation.
WRATH PR V. XCERTAIV
FOR COMING WEEK |
Washington. Sept. 14. Weather
predictions for the week beginning l
Monday issued iby the Weather Bu
reau to-J.ty are: North and Middle J
Atlantic States: Prospects somewhat
uncertain owing to possible develop- j
ment of tropical disturbance over the j
South Atlantic; it probably will move
northeastward and generally fair
weather should prevail wjth norma!
temperatures except for showers
about the middle of the week.
AMERICANS DECORATED
Hy Associated Cress
Washington, Sept. 14. General!
rershing 'idvised the War Depart- 1
ment to-day that he had awarded
the Distinguished Service Cross to
seven members of the Army in j
France who lost their lives in deeds
of gallantry.
ENGINEERS CLUB
VOTES BOOZE OUT
OF CLUBHOUSE
Only Nonalcoholic Beverages
to Be Sold Over
the Bur
Announcement was made to-da.v
that the Engineers Society of Penn- J
) sylvania, composed of 750 members. I
; of whom over 400 are residents of i
■ liarrisburg and vicinity, had voted!
the bar out of the club. This action ]
was taken t.y the board of gover
j nors last evening and on and after
October 1 the liquid refreshment:,!
will be singer ale, grape juice nidi
their kind.
The members of the board voted j
unanimously in favor of stopping the'
sale of liquors and there was no dis
cussion of the proposition. The an-1
nouncenient created considerable 1
comment .n Harrisbifrg as the Engi
neers Is the llrst big club in this
city lo determine upon prohibition;
and its clubhouse on the River Front I
is one of the ilnest in this part o:!
the stute. C A. Emerson, Jr. is I
flie president and the membership !
includes some of the best known en- ]
gineers. especially in .the iron and 1
steel and railroad lines, in Pennsyl- J
vanla-
Once more the Engineers are
showing th'e.way.
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C. IT HI! NTT R MEATUS M\N IJ FACT T.J PIT'S
Blf.-ilo. N. -C. 11. Hunter, vice-nrc lent of the
| Elliott-Fisher Company, Harrisburg, was elected presi
dent of the National Association of Office Appliance
Manufacturers to-day.
. .FREDERIC CROWNIKSIITELI) 1T.3
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d - n! • ,-n 1 ->b ■!; > to-day
of pneumonia at Capri.
U. S. OFFERS SWISS BIG LOA
Geneva— The T :;vnre Revue s.iyr. fr>~ ' " States
has offered to make a loan of 750,000.000 francs to Switzer-
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