_ ■ • ' *■ I IGin EL Orders Inquiry Into Palmer's Liquor Charge* • HARRISBURG (J3pli TELEGRAPH. Jfl * ®jc otar- Independent , • * *LXXXVII— No. 20S 16 PAGES D VZ?V, ? h u * nd £„ y B , K'H.Wur?" HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1918. ONI KKWSIM|'K!| IVT> A| L |U , |S*N'|ILU' KSS S TWO'CENTS' 8 NIGHT EXTRA BRITISH SMASH AHEAD AGAINST GERMAN RESISTANCE IN PICARDY Bulgars and Germans Routed in Macedonian Drive Haig's Troops Have Taken Outposts On Hindenburg Line in Big Battle ENEMY ATTACK IS BEATEN OEE Huns Open Terrific Bombardment On British Positions % By Associated Press With the British Forces in France, July 18.—Field Marshal Haig's forces up to midnight last night had cap tured a total of more than 8,000 Germans as the result of their drive of yesterday on the Cambrai front. Forty guns were captured by the British yesterday. In the 8,000 prisoners taken, twenty-three German regi 4fments in eleven divisions were represented. London, Sept. 19.—The Brit ish last night made further pro gress in their drive into the Hindenburg line in the St. Quen tin region, aimed at the encircle ment of that town. In a con tinued advance north of Pon truct they reached the out posi tions of the Hindenburg line. The Australians renewed their attacks and carried the Hinden burg outposts. Many prisoners and a number of machine guns were taken by them. Lcmpirc Is Taken The town of Lcmpirc was cap tured as was Gauche wood. (Lent pire is four miles west of I,c Catelet.) The Germans late yesterday started a heavy bombardment on the northern part of the battle front southwest of Cambrai, between Gouzeaucourt and the Arras-Cant brai road. The tire was of extreme intensity- Huns Suffer Heavily The enemy followed his bombard, ment by a strong infantry attack on a wide front northward from the vicinity of Trescault. He was com pletely repulsed at all points, with great loss. He likewise was driven off with heavy casualties soon afterwards when he launched a strong attack north of Moeuvres. Some German parties that succeeded at points in entering the British trenches were entirely disposed of by counter attacks. Prisoners Say Germans Were Surprised by Yanks By Associated Press With the American Army on Ilip Lorraine Front, Wednesday, Sept. 19.—German prisoners captur ed during the American advance last week assert it was the German in tention to abandon the St. Mihiel sa lient. This movement had been be gun when the American attack sur prised the enemy. Owing to the shortage of horses the large guns in the salient were not all removed. The enemy now is en gaged in retting up wire entangle ments all along the American right tiank, J. MURRAY AFRICA DIES By Associated Press Huntingdon, Sept. 19. —-J. Murray Africa, well known civil engineer, died here to-day at the age of 55 years. He was a son of J. Simpson Africa, and was widely known in Harrisburg. IF YOU ARE GOING TO WALK WHEN 6- CENT FARES START, PLEDGE THE SAV INGS FOR THRIFT STAMPS NOW £STBe a Patriotic Pedestrian GERMAN ARMY IS DISCOURAGED AT SUCCESS OF U. S. Bv Associated Press WITH THE AMKKICAX ARMY OX THE LORRAINE FRONT, Sept. 18.—Five prisoners belong ing to the Fourteenth Storm Hat tiilion were captured b.v the Americans northeast of Woel to day. AH agreed that even these crack troops were discouraged by the Franco-American successes. They declared Germany is hard pressed for men. and that the low morale of the Gorman army was the reason that the resistance encountered by the Americans was not stronger. One prisoner, a Socialist, said tlr civilians in Germany are dis couraged and look upon the strug gle as a capitalistic effort. He said the Gentian troops es timated the Americans equal to tlte Gentians as they were in llil I. GERMANS FIGHT DESPERATELY TO CHECOOILUS Bochcs Claim Officers Arc Abandoning Them to Their Fates by Clever Busc By Associated Press With the French Armies in the Field. Sept. IS.—The troops of the French army under General Deb eney who pursued the Germans fro pi the region of Montdidier, have, after a few days of comparative inactivity successfully resumed their attacks in the region of' St. Quentin in conjunc tion with the British. The French have advanced close to Gallon, less than two miles from the western outskirts of. St. Quentin. Here, on the Hindenburg line, every inch of ground is being disputed stoutly by the enemy. Apparently the Germans :u-c determined to hold the plateau, x/hich lies west of St. Quentin, south of Krancilly, east of Savy and north of Dallon. The Allied lines, however, are surely advancing toward the out skirts of St. Quintin from the south, west and north. Mnngin Advances General Mangin's army attacked along the front northeast of Soissons to-day and captured the Colombes farm, on the plateau east of Sancy and south of the point where the . [Continued on Page 2.] FARMERS DRAWN TO BIG TRACTOR DEMONSTRATION Special Train From Washing ton Brings Government Ex perts Here For Tests Somebody waved Aladdin's lamp last night over 250 acres of farm land adjoining the Marsh Run government plant and like magic, to-day a mon ster tractor plow pageant filled the landscape. Manufacturers from all over Uncle Sam's domains had their exhibits in place early as nine o'clock excepting those stuck in the mud. To-morrow thousands of farmers are expected to witness the spectacle, the like of which is unique in annals of American farm history. At noon to day a special train from Washing ton brought nearly 100 ferret-eyed government experts, showing that Uncle Sam regards this as the most important activity of its kind yet staged. Notion, state and county turned out at an early hour to take part, and the Pennsylvania Agricul tural Department, led by Secretary Patton, was on hand to see that the old Keystone state is foremost in an enterprise which will help greatly in burying the Beast of Berlin in tons of overturned earth. At 11 o'clock the demonstrators were turned loose for warming up and a thousand farmers, mostly from adjoining counties lined the picket fences and surrounding Kopjes to see what might be done in the future with Pennsylvania farms. These agile machines went at the job with the relish of a Great Dane devouring cream puffs and every gob of earth turned up had the likeness of a dead Hun warrior. Bonds n Quagmire Talk about overcoming. The road from the end of the New Cumberland [Continued on Page 2.] THE WEATHER For Hnrrlshurg unil vicinity i I'rnhnbly rain to-night and ' rl diiyt not much change in tem perature. Serbians Administer a Crushing Defeat to Now Fleeing Bulgarians ALLIES PURSUE DAY AND NIGHT ! Town After Town Is Taken in Advance in Macedonia By Associated Tress London, Sept. 19. —The Bul garians are in flight in Mace . donia and arc burning stores and villages, according to Serbian ! official statement received here The Bulgarians have been de j feated completely and the Serb ian troops are pursuing them \ day and night. ; The allied troops now have ad- I vanced more than twelve miles and their progress is so rapid that they have not been able to count the prisoners and war material taken, i Xew regiments thrown in by the Bul garians have been forced to retreat with the others. The Serbian and French troops - have taken the town of Topolets, 1 Potshishta, Beshishta, Molynitsa, ! Vitolishta and Kasimbey. They also have taken the height of Kuchkob Kanten. Last night's French war office I statement dealing with operations on j the Macedonian front says: "Despite important reinforcements | hastily brought forward by the ] enemy who defended his new posi , lions stubbornly, the offensive of the ■ allied armies, continued successfully i on the 17th-. All objectives fixed for the day were reached. Attacks de veloped on a front of about 35 kilo , meters and progress was made to a I depth of 15 kilometers at certain I points. | "Serbian troops, operating with i French and Greek detachments, took ! after a violent assault 45 villages, in | eluding Zovik and Stravina and the I heights of Polchichte and Bechiche, ! north of the river Gradeshnitza. and j the village of Gradeshnitza, which ; was stubbornly defended by the I enemy who have orders to hold out I at any cost. AUDIT OF BOOKS ! IS PERMITTED IN HEAT HEARING Public Service Commission Continues Case Until the Data Is Obtained Hearing of the complaint of J. W. | Rodenhaver and other businessmen i against the new steam rates of the Harrisburg Light and Power Com pany, -was continued soon after it started to-day before Chairman W. D. B. Ainey, of the Public Service Commission, to permit the complain ant to have an accountant go over the books of the company with the corporation's auditor and a repre sentative of the commission. Only one witness was heard. J. H. Perkins, a New York City expert. Attorney William K. Meyers, for the businessmen, asked for a valuation, but the chairman held that the is sue was hardly of the kind that would call for a valuation at this time. Mr. Perkins testified that the revenue of the company from steam ' service during the last season was several thousand dollars short of the cost of actual production. He pre sented analyses of the accounts of the company and said that the pro posed increase was calculated to pro duce just enough income to carry on the business without any further return. Mr. Meyers then asked authority to have the books gone over in order to be in a position to cross-examine on the business done and cost ques tions. Civilians From 18 to 46 May Train as Officers By Associated Press Washington. Sept. 19. Civilians from 18 to 4 6 years now may apply for admission to central officers' training schools. The War Depart ment announced to-day that such ap plications must be made to Army officers at various educational insti tutions. Men in Clasß IA of the draft and those given deferred classifies _ tion on other than occupational grounds may apply for commissions. DOUBLE LIBERTY LOAN QUOTA FOR CITY DISTRICT Six Million Dollars hi Bonds to Be Sold in Har risburg The quotas for the counties and communities in the Harrisburg dis trict of the Fourth Liberty Loan drive will be twee the amounf of any previous quotas. The total amount of the Fourth Liberty Loan issue will be $6,000,000. The district getting the largest per cent, over its quota will have the privilege of naming a ship. These quotas have not been offi cially announced. They were discus sed at the conference of Liberty Loan chairmen at Philadelphia yesterday and announced by J. Clyde Myton, organizing seeretary of the district, this morning. , Seek Xcw Subscribers Special attention will be paid to securing subscriptions in larger amounts than were received in the previous loans. In the whole country only £2,000 people have subscribed for bonds in amounts between $5,000 and $lO,OOO. This number is consid ered small. Strenuous efforts will be made to have as many bond owners' emblems as possible worn by purchasers the first day of the drive for the good effect it will have. This wll". apply especially to employes in banks, waiters in hotels, motormen, con ductors and clerks in the stores. Battle Trophies A war train bearing trophies of the battles in France, will be in Harrisburg ths evening of October 10. It will arrive at 7 o'clock in the evening, and remain all night. Fea tures of the exhibit on the train will be captured German guns, cannon, machine guns, helmets, uniforms and other trophies of the victorious Al lied armies. Soldiers who have seen service in France will accompany the train and make speeches. One of the features on exhibit will be a life saving suit which can be demonstrated by one of the soldiers accompanying the train, providing any of the stopping pla#es have a body of water with a depth of ten feet or more. Train Schedule The schedule for the train and the stops it will make in the Harrisburg district follow: September 30, Middletown, 8 p>. m.; October 1, Steelton, .30 a. m.; Octo ber 9, Millersburg, 8.30 a. m.; Octo ber 9, Lykens, 10 a. m.; October 9, Halifax, 12 noon; October 10, Har risburg, 7 p. m., remaining over night; October 11, Hummelstown, 7.30 a. m.; October 11, Hershey, 9 a. m.; October 12,- Williamstown, 6 p. m.; October 1, Mifflin, 5.30 p. m.; October 1, Marysville, 11.30 a. m.; October 1, Duncannon, 1.30 p. ni.; October 1, Newport, 3.30 p. m. Woman Gets License to Marry Brother-in-Law Divorced in June Minnie May Tun-- stall, -3 8, of Baltimore, has been granted a license and will wed Charles Leonard Tunstall, 38, also cf Baltimore, a brother of her first hus band. When the couple applied for the license and signed their name the clerk immediately inquired whether they were related. The wo man then explained that she had been married to a brother and was divorced June 10 of this year. Both she and the other brother who will be her second husband, reside at 1018 Eastern avenue, Baltimore. PUTNAM, YANKEE FLYING PREMIER, FALLSJN ACTION Seven Hostile Planes Attack American Ace on the Lorraine Front By Associated Press With Hie American Army on the Lorraine Front, Sept. 10.— First Lieutenant David E. Put nam, ill Newton, Mass.. Amer ican aee of aces, was killed late Wednesduy afternoon whHc on patrol along the American lines. Lieutenant Putnam was flying with Lieutenant Wcndella Robertson, of Fort Smith, Ark., when they were at tacked by seven German machines. Four of these made for Putnam's air plane and three attacked Robert son's. The attack was sudden and unexpected and the enemy was able to fire from above. Lieutenant Putnam was shot twice through the heart. His machine glided to the earth at Limey, within -be American lines, where he was [Continued on Page 2.] CITY IS FACING BIG PROBLEM IN ITS HOUSING "You have a serious housing situ ation on yoUr hands in Harrisburg," said Lawrence Veiller, housing ex pert, after a short trip about the city to-day. "But," he added, "your opportunities for meeting the prob lem are excellent and there is no reason why you cannot work if out on a scale commensurate with your needs and in an attractive and eco nomical manner." Mr. Veiller, who is one of the noted authorities of the country on this subject, has made an intensive study of the industrial housing prob lem, especially with its relation to war-time industries, his most im portant contribution toward the so lution of which is the Government Standards for Permanent Industrial Housing Developments, drafted by him and formally adopted by the Bureau of Industrial Housing and Transportation of the Department of Labor, to govern construction in federal housing developments. Man of Wide Experience Mr. Veiller's acquaintance with the various phases of the housing prob lem comes from first-hand exper ence, extending over a period of more than twenty years. He is the author of the "Model Housing Law," on which most of the housing legislation jn the country is baaed. He li the author, also, of "Housing mforW the pioneer work on the subject in America. His co-operation with the Real Es tate Board and the Civ'#- and Com merce Association of Minneapolis aided in placing on the statute books of Minnesota, within thepast year, a housing law which will enable Min LOOSE METHODS IN ADMINISTRATION OF CITY IS CHARGED Published accounts of easy going methods in the city administration have evoked much interest among taxpayers. Among the communica tions sent to' the Harrisburg Tele graph following last evening's pub licaton of how Commissioner E. S5. Gross counted only ten months to the year in making out his budget for the fire department budget, is the followng letter from a man well known in city circles: "To the Editor of the Telegraph: "Your article in last night's edition of the Telegraph having reference to Commissioner Gross' mistake in making up budget for fire apparatus drivers, has caused me to do a little investigating and it seems to me that there is a further explanatioh due from this 'promising' gentleman. He claims to have provided for only ten months' salaries for these men but by looking over the 1918 budget you will find he included $23,200 for drivers as against $19,320 for 1917, or an increase of 'nearly $4,000. "Don't that look like a substantial raise? On what basis have the driv ers been paid thus far this year? Further you will find the total ap propriation for the fire department for 1918 to date to be $56,063.80 as against $45,159.22 for 1917, and yet we were told when the department was motorized the maintenance would be considerably less because ROUNDING UP VIOLATORS OF FOODRULINGS Big Field Force Named to Ar rest Hoarders and Wasters Connected with the local food ad ministration is a force of investi gaters and agents whose business Is to investigate all cases of suspected food hoarding, it was learned to day. The force is large and strong enough to insure the detection of al most every case of hoarding which is [Continued on Page 2.] $lO TAX OX ALL EARNING $2,000 A YEAR PLANNED By Associated Press Washington, Sept. 19.—Extension of the proposed special war tax of ten dollars a year on business or oc cupations so as to include all per sons in professions and trades earn ing $2,000 or more annually, was approved to-day by the House Ways and Means Committee. j neapolis in the future to deal much more effectively with her housing problems. Mr. Veiller went over the whole city to-day by automobile in com pany witb Secretary Warren H. Jackson, of the Chamber of Com merce; E. Clark Cowden, engineer for the City Planning Commission and redl estate expert; Dr. Raunick, city health officer, and George Mc- Farland,. who loaned his car for the trip. A Serious Problem "I am not nearly through with my observlftions," said Mr. Veiller to day. "I do not care to discuss the situation save to say that while you have a serious housing problem to solve, you also have ample oppor tunity of meeting it adequately. In deed, I am enthusiastic over your city and what it offers in this re spect." Mr. Veiller is here upon invitation of the Chamber of Commerce and after looking over the city will make [Continued on Pago 2.] Germans Do Not Want to Fight American Force By Associated Press With the American Forces in Lor raipe, Sept. 19.—Entrenched in the second lines of the Hindenburg sys tem'the Germans along the front southwest of Metz are employing wholly defensive tactics, carrying out a seemingly perfunctory bombard ment of the American lines. Even challenges by American and French patrols are refused, except where a i conflict is inevitable. of the absence of heavy feed bills for horses. "Where Is the saving that was promised? Isn't this the same com missioner who made a big noise about getting a Ford car for the Park Department to cut down expenses and in the same meeting voted for a high priced Peerless automobile for the Highway Department and also voted for an additional $20,000 for the Mayor's department over the 1917 budget and in fact had a hand in every extravagant expenditure in the past three years including the 'ward heelers retreat' known "as the Bureau of Garbage and Ash Inspec tion, which was created last year and is costing the taxpayers $66,600 for eleven months of the present year. "Kevcrting to the fire department I notice there was also provided at yesterday's meeting an additional $3,03? for the payment of old bills of several fire companies. (Sin you pleaso tell your readers Just what that means? I have been advised that the old bills were to be paid with the $3,500 contingent in the 1918 budget which was $1,500 over and above the 1917 fund. "Do you realize that with the ad ditional $25,657.60 apportioned yes terday among the favorite depart ments brings the total appropriation for 1918 to $901,211.36? "Do you further realize that the budget for 1913, which was just prior to the change of government, was $509,173.65, or .nearly $400,000 less than the money appropriat ed for the present year by this gang of spendthrifts. "Do you think, Mr. Editor, that the election coming next year has anything to do with the extreme 11b j erality in donating such fabulous > sums to the departments where the most votes are to be had? "Frankly, Mr. Editor, don't you think the time is here for a show down of the rotten mismanagement of our fair city? You had the proper comment in your article of last even ing, viz, 'The careless inefficiency Into which the city government has fallen under the present form of govern ment is Illustrated by this incident. "If ever a city was befhg run in a careless, haphazard sort, of way, it has been Harrisburg since the com mission form of government was in stituted in 1914. "Isn't it time to begin a campaign for some radical changes?" Former Russian Empress and Members of Royal Family Burned to Death London, Sept. 19.—The former Rus sian empress and three princesses and two grand ducheßses, whose names are not reported, were burned to death about a month after the Rus sian emperor was shot, according to a story reaching London. The source of the story is given consideration in some quarters and an Investigation has been started. LATE NEWS t ' MAf T "T HAS FIRM CLOSING , ( ' i c - TO \TT. *K" WORK OF FIGHT" LAW r 1 -• . !* I 1 ( 1 States Supreme court if necessary. < 1 ' • C. D KOCH PROMOTED Ha; ' l ft 1 ' i 1 e jo. T CANDII i ' i i Ij< )' m-i * . ( missioner of education, ' HUNS SrfELL.YANKEE-POSITIONS With the American forces in Lorraine—Shells from • f Gentian 77 calihfre guns are reaching the American for war ] itior v '.!<• those from the -Jsss and the 150s are I creased activity hchirtd the Gorman lines, i This is taken ■ I to indicate the units battered in the American advance have, been relieved by fresher troops. BOOST IN EMPRESS RATES AUTHORIZED *r vis H. Whitney, New Y®rk Public , Ser.' " -*r turned from Washington to day wh • - A re; . * | ' ' " ' ' . ■ I W--:.. r li-Me Presbytciy in scssiorj here for * Rev. Jtha "M". 'l>ieh', cf Welfch Rtrh, was •chosen moder- i ! churchgoers. Ministers said the attendance had Fallen ► -fr , ;:ir . 50 j r c ~- t thr recemmcn. In ■> , tion of the Fifel Administration went into effect. • | fcopenhagen~The Norwegian steamship Bjornstjerne- \ Bjor.-i' - r vice of the F> ' . R {, i".f\C r.unis sicr., has arrived t,af Norwegian port for'repairs, having .] been fired uppn by a submarine outside the war •> . tons : 'rr?; ♦> T : ; -de. 1 London—Admiral Henry T.' ltfsyo, thc H 1 i ' Jacks-■ ate g ntr f'Klqg George at Windsor Castle,- i * ~ —- * MARRIAGE LICENSES Norman Fell x, OirllMle, nnd Mnrj C. Klckabnucfc, I'lnlnfleld | Grnncn and Anna Gerber. Steeltuni Cknrlto L. Tunatall und ( Minnie M. Tunatall. nnltlmbre, Md.
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