y* r*w • % Germans Shell Hospitals; Kill Eight Americans; Dro* Shell Into Tent Shielding Gassea Soldiers HARRISBURG lfll§ll|> TELEGRAPH M " • ®)lolftr- Inkpenftent ' LXXXVII— No. 209 20 PAGES "•'iI.JKFK fM., HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, -SEPTEMBER 20, 1918. ON WEcift!S!i ,VT M ;W.V3ft HOME EDITION FIELD STREWN WITH HUN DEAD AS RESULT OF COSTLY BLUNDER Foe's Infantry Moving Ahead in Dense Order Is Mowed Down By British Guns; 40 Per Cent. Killed • GERMANS ADMIT ALLIES HAVE SUPERIOR FORCES IN FIELD American Cannon Is Trained On Metz; Weather Holding Back Fighting On Lorraine Front By Associated Br ess With the American Army in Lorraine, Sept. 20. —Continued rain slowed down activities to-day. Some patrols scouted over the enemy lines, however. Yesterday enemy forces attempted to raid the American lines on this front, but were repulsed, one German being killed and three wounded. In a patrol encounter during Wednesday night along the Southern Lorraine front two Germans were killed and three wounded. British Army Headquarters, Sept. 20.- I he ground over which the Germans counterattackc dthc British at Moeuvres and Tres c ult is cohered with dead and enemy casualties are estimated ■ have ben 40 per cent, of the troops engaged. The Germans dtrackd in dense waves, but the assaulting ranks were mowed down by the British defenders. Particularly strong were the German efforts against the British positions east of High and Havrincourt woods. Here the enemy reached the British position at several places, but very few Germans were able to get out alive. Enemy Leaders Outgeneraled Prisoners taken by the British say the allied attack was ex pected north of Gouzcaucourt. When the British struck on a fifteen mile line south of that town the Germans changed their plans and assumed the offensive north of Gouzeaucourt with disastrous results. In an order to his troops concerning raiding activity, Geenral Vein Buelow, commanding the Seventeenth army, says: "This shows that at the present time the British have a fight ing superiority over our troops in No Man s Land. British and Frnch are making further progress in the envelop ment of St. Quentin. The German resistance continues stubborn and battles are taking place along a front of more than twenty miles from south of St. Quentin to west of Cambrai. In the north the British are pushing towards Lc Catalet and have advanced a mile nearer the town on the west, capturing an important farm position between Epehy and Lcmpire. South of this point the Australians arc east of the outpost positions of the Hindcnburg line and the steady progress of the British threatens the main defenses of the line all the way fro mLempire to St. Quentin. British Regain Lost Ground West of Cambrai where the Germans met with a serious re pulse in an attempt to check the British operations in the south, Field Marshal Haig has struck back at the enemy and retaken the strong point of Moeuvres, on the Canal du Nord, which was cap tured by the enemy earlier in the week. The Germans thus lost the only gain thev have made in the fighting since Monday on the Cambrai-St. Quentin front. The British have added more prisoners to the total of ten thousand announced Thursday night. Over the difficult terrain south and southwest of St. Quentin. the army of General Debeney is working is way steadily toward the city. After the capture of Bcnay the French took Essigny-le- Grand. less than four miles directly south of the town. On the southwest they also continue their pressure. Chemin des Dames Is Menaced General Mangin's threat to the security of the Chemin des Dames is compelling the Germans to. make strong counterattacks to protect that important ridge. In the region of Allcmant, where the French are within two miles of Fort Malmaison, which domi nates the ridges on the west, th ccncmy'Thursday night hurled five attacks against the French. All the attempts were broken up with the extremely heavy casualties for the Germans. Northeast of Vailly, on the Aisne, the French arc advancing toward the Chemin des Dames and have wrested furthet valuable ground from the enemy. West of Rheims a German attempt to cross th&Vesle lias been defeated by the French. Success Alarms Kncmy This success by the Allies on a r front which is one of the principal bastions of the German position in France, apparently has alarmed the enemy, who has been launching counterattacks along the line. The heaviest of these was along the line from Trescault to Moeuvres, west of Cambrai, where, after a terrific bom bardment, the Germans made a de termined attack but were repulsed. At one point they made some prog ress, but were immediately driven back. More than 10,000 prisoners and more than sixty guns were captured by the British in the attack begun yesterday in Picardy, Field Marshal Haig announced last night. Uprising in Rumania Anti-German uprisings in Ru mania are reported from Germany. It is said the Rumanian Queen is reported to be the prime mover in the disturbance. King Ferdinand is said to be holding aloof, but it.ls said that he may yield to pressure and join the anti-Teutonic forces. Dr. W. S. Solf, the German Secre tary of State for Colonies, and Gen eral Mackensen. German commander in the near Fast, who has been in | Germany on leave, have been hur- 1 ried to Bucharest as a result of the outbreak. French progress northeast of Sols- j sons continues, it is reported. In this i sector the French now arc close to the western end of the famous j Chemin des Dames position. Heavy j. fighting is in progress. Amsterdam, Sept. 20.—Mctz is under fire of American cannon. An of I fical communication, relative to the| bombardment is published in the, newspapers of that city, according to: a Berlin dispatch. It follows: "The enemy for several days hasj been bombarding Metz with a long' range gun. Such bombardment al-| ways has been possible throughout the war and long has been expected. Hhe present bombardment is in no wise connected with tho fact that the enemy after our evacuation •of the St. ilihlel salient drew nearer to the town. It is only a concomitant phe nomenon of the present battles west and southwest of Metz and will cease when these battles come to a! standstill." i DARING YANK SHOOTS DOWN 11 BALLOONS Lieut. Luke, With Only an Emergency Supply of Gasoline, Knocks Two Airplanes From Sky; Makes Sure of One Captured Crew With the Amcrlritn Army on the l.orrnlne Front. Sept. 20.—Lieutenant !•'. Luke, of Phoenix, Ariz., fattened his record of enemy balloon destruc tion yesterday by shooting down two additional balloons, making a total of eleven in four days. In addition he brought down three airplanes in that period. One of the lieutenant's victories over an enemy plane was confirmed by himself. He landed by the side of the fallen machine to make sure that its occupants did not escape, and turned them over to the French. He then returned to his squadron with the confirmation papers in his pocket, tlulck Work On the flight during which Lieuten ant F. Luke, of Phoenix, Ariz., brought down three onefliy balloons and an airplane, his gasoline became exhausted and he was forced to de pend upon the small emergency tank full with which all American air planes are equipped. Lieutenant Luke turned on his supply sufficiently only for ten minutes and though on the PRESIDENT SETS OCT. 12 ASIDE AS LIBERTY DAY Wants Addresses, Pageants, Harvest Home Festivals to Boost the Fourth Loan By Associated Press Washington, Sept. 20. —President Wilson to-day proclaimed Saturday. October 12, the four hundred and twenty-sixth anniversary of the dis covery of America, as Liberty Day, and called upon all citizens to.cele brate it to stimulate a generous re sponse to the Fourth Liberty Loan. Every city, town and countryside is asked by ihe President to arrange commemorative addresses, pageants, harvest home festivities or other demonstrations, and he directs that all Federal employes whose service can be spared be given a holiday. The President's proclamation fol lows: Principles Grip Thought of Nation "Every clay the great principles for which we are fighting take fresh hold upon oar thought and purpose and make it clearer what the end must be and what we must do to achieve it. We now know more cer tainly tha'n we ever knew before why free men brought the great nation and government we love into exist anee; because it grows clearer and clearer what supreme service it is to be America's privilege to render to the world. The should it a clay of ardent rededicatlon to the ideals upon which our government is founded and by which our present heroic tasks arc inspired. Wants General Demonstration "Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wil so'n, President of the United Stntcs, do appoint Saturday, the twelfth day of October, 1918, as Liberty. Day. On that clay I request the citizens of every community of the United States, 't4ty, town and countryside, to celebrate the discovery of out country in order to stimulate a gen erous response to the Fourth Liberty Loan. Commemorative addresses, naseants, harvest home festivals, other demonstrations should be ar ranged for in every neighborhood under the general direction of secre tary of the treasury and the imme diate direction of the Liberty Loan committee in co-operation with the United States Bureau of Education and the public school authorities. Let the profile's response 1 to the Fourth Liberty Loan express the measure of their devotion to the ideals which have guided the country •from its discovery until now, and of their determined purpose to defend them and guarantee their triumph. Employes to Boost Loan "For the purpose of participating I in Liberty Day celebrations all em ployes of the Federal government throughout the country whose scrv-! ices can be spared may be excused 1 on Saturday the. twelfth day of Oc- ; tober, for the entire day." YANKEE PATROL GETS PRIZE HUNS By Associated Press • WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN LORRAINE, Sept, 20 (Noon). Several prisoners from tile craek Eighty-seventh German Di vision were captured last night by an American |>ntrbl west of Viuidloros. Tlicy said tho Klglity seventli had IKX-II well shot to pieces on other fronts. Including that north of tho Marnc during the German retreat. A movement of enemy troops on tlie crossroads west of the Mo selle was broken up by artillery lire. Numerous casualties re sulted. German side of the lines he went af ted his two opponents in Fokker machines. Tile tirst was an easy victim, fall ing in the French lines. The second fell on the German side and Lieuten ant Luke was unable to follow be cause of his shortage of gas and so landed near the first German. He had only a few gills of gasoline when he entered the fight, the lasft few min utes of which he lfad devoted simul taneously to fighting, guiding his ma chine and operating his hand gaso line pump. Itlckenlmcher At Work Lieutenant Kdward V. Riekenbach er, of Columbus, 0., has downed two more airplanes during the past week, one being officially confirmed. Lieu tenant Rickenbacher now is officially credited with six victories. The group to which he and Lieutenant Luke be long has twenty-eight enemy air planes and balloons to Its credit since the offensive began. Confirmation of these victories has been certain in nearly all cases. SEES IN RIVER MEANS OF POWER AND NAVIGATION Congressman Kreider Deeply Interested in Making the Susquehanna Navigable Congressman Aaron S. Kreider, in a letter to the Telegraph, expresses deep interest in the proposal of Major William B. Gray, before the Rotary Club recently, to make the Susquehanna river navigable, and heartily approves the efforts of those who are endeavoring to pavd the way for this improvement after the war. Congressman Kreider traces the history of the stream as an indus trial waterway from the early days of the country and expresses the be lief that it could be made not only a valuable feeder for commerce, but a source of electrical power as well. In his letter he says: "It was with a great deal of inter est and satisfaction that I read in The Telegraph a portion of the ad dress of Major William B. Gray, when speaking before the Harrisburg Ro tary Club, relative to the Government locating the warehouses of the* Avia tion section of the Signal Corps, the Ordnance Depot on the East side and the Quartermaster's Depot on the west side of the .Susquehanna river between Harrisburg and Middletown and the possibility of making the Susquehanna navigable. "As was rightly stated by Major Gray, the government desired to lo cate large permanent inland depots for the storing of materials and sup plies for the various military estab lishments. Harrisburg and vicinity [Continued on I'age 18.] Harrisburg War Workers Attending Conference Many prominent Harrisburgers are to-day attending a conference of leaders and representatives of the several co-operating orgninizatlons of the United War Work Drive, being held at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia. The conference is for the purpose of laying plans and af fecting an organization for the big drive to be staged here in Novem ber. . Meanwhile, tne advance work of leaders in the various co-operating organizations is rapidly progressing. Publicity matter is being placed throughout the city with the idea in view of educating the people of the city to the crying need for funds and the good being accomplished in this war work enterprise. ELECTRICALLY "HEATED" CAR TOO WARM FOR PASSENGERS Gargantuan Laughter Greets Frightened Victims of Prank of Wet Weather Until Shopmen Repair Damage Being a dull, drizzly day, some in visible power, associated with the Harrtsburg Railways system, sprung a new and exhilarating stunt on a crowded Steelton car this morning, a diversion, petty perhaps, but with such a jolt that travelers emerged at the yarrißburg end of the route grinning 'out loud. The first victim who settled down on a sectton of the cane-laced seat which was charged by several volts of electricity let out a whoop that suggested Custer's last battle. "Wha" the Sam Hill," he shrieked, bouncing up to {he roof, while the multitude wondered. ' ? ' "How d'ye get that way. Bill?" jeered hulf a dozen steelworkers, YANKEE WOUNDED KILLED WHEN FOE BOMBS HOSPITAL Red Cross Is No Protection From Shells of Bar barians DELIBERATE IN ACTION Attendants Heroically Brave Death to Save Men Under Fire By Associated Press With the American Army on the Lorraine Front, Sept. 20. —Eight Americans were killed when a clear ing hospital was hit by a German shell on Wednesday night. Projec tiles were dropped on two successive nights, and finally a large tent, where gassed patients were confined, was hit. A large Red Cross against a field of white had been laid on the ground before the hospital so that it could be observed by German avia tors. Officers say the Germans were deliberately firing on the hospital. Attendants Heroic The majority of the Americans killed in the hospital were privates who had been gassed recently west of . Vandietes. fc'everal members, of the medical corps were among the injured. } The shell struck the hospital about midnight and these was great confusion owing to the darkness. Other shells continued to fall in close proximity to the hospital. Officers speak in the highest terms, of the heroic efforts of the attendants to relieve the suffering of the wound ed. despite the raid. Camp Hill Masons Look After Soldiers' Welfare Members of the Acacia Cluh, of the Camp Hill Lodge, of Masons have opened a clubroom in the post office building for the accommodation of the soldiers passing through the town with the numerous truck trains. The room is. equipped with pool tables, reading matter, and a victrola. In I many cases the soldiers camp near j Camp Hill over night and the men fintid a place for relaxation in this I clubhouse. Arrangements have been j made among the club members to I feed the men and also for the soldiers to take baths. Robert Cahill is presi | dent of the club and is busily en ] gaged in having every possible com ! fort for the troopers. 225 ADDITIONAL PUPILS ENROLLED IN HIGH SCHOOL 1,975 Boys and Girls At lend ing Central and Tech nical While complete reports have not been compiled, Dr. E. Downes, city school superintendent, has an nounced to the directors that there are approximately 1,975 pupils en rolled in the two high schools, 22-5 more than in 1917. Dr. Downes also said that there are 2,45 pupils at the continuation school. 35 more than when it opened in September, 1917. In the Allison Hill district there are no grade school rooms available as every building is til led to capacity according to the report. In the en tire city there are only nine school rooms which are not in use. "They are located in the following build ings: Riverside, Steele, Open Air. Maclay, 3; Reily, Boas and Wickcr sham. Since June 3fi teachers have re signed or been granted leave of ab sence. These vacancies have been filled, 12 new teachers added to the regular list and nine to the substi tute list. making a total of 355 teach ers in the city, of whom one-seventh are new appointees. Additions have been made at the following build ings: Harris, Shimmell, Riverside, 3; High school, 3; Technical High school, 7; supervisory, 2: reductions, Stevens, Reily, Maclay, Open Air and one supervisor. Dr. Downes also made an official; report that 100 hoys in the Technical! High school are to he furnished for! one month to aid in harvesting the Adams county fruit crops. I rattling their dinner pails while I gargantuan laughter rattled the car. "She's squirted with juice, l ' pro- I claimed Bill, tenderly caressing his carcass. "Electricity must be escap in'." Near the Elltott-Elsher plant some new passengers got on board, and making a rush for the vacant seat a stout gentleman Instantly yelled for help, seeming to be frozen to theseat, while goose flesh dotted his fright ened countenance. At the square thp car emptied and the Starter, acquainted with the tragedy, turned It to good account "£hoWs how generous we are," said tie. "People get an electric massage along with their ride these days." The offending car was "shopped.:* i BETTER HOUSING CAMPAIGN GIVEN GREAT IMPETUS Noted Expert Tells Commerce Chamber How Harrisburg May Develop Better Homes For Its Workingmen Harrisburg got a. good start toward a housing improvement movement today when Lawrence Veiller, national expert, ad dressed members of Chamber of Commerce at luncheon and out lined for them the necessity of early action along this line. After the meeting Andrew S. Patterson said that he "would give the members a couple of weeks in which to think over the matter, after which some action may be expected." Yon can't man the works un less you house the man. You can't make the world safe for democracy until the work men's homes are made safe for democracy. Housing conditions are had here as they arc In many cities. As a corrective, give your ex cellent health office, l)r. Ruun ick, ample powers to force the improvement of unlit dwellings. The normal number of vacant houses in Ilnrrisburg is live per cent.: the present average num ber of vacancies is one-fourth of one per cent.. Indicating a very serious shortage. You unquestionably can show Washington that you are entitled to permission to build, for the reason that you are producing munitions here In such great i quantities. How shall you build? By pro curing suitable land as cheaply as possible and having your de signing done by an expert, through the medium of a stock company pledged to small profits, the shares of which ai'c widely distributed. This question of housing is the problem of the people of Har risburg just as much as the con i struction of sewers or the erec ] tioi# of schoolhouses, which you do not permit to be controlled by speculative builders. You have got to provide de cent living conditions anil healthful surroundings for your workmen in these days of keen competition and in those other days of even keener competition CITY IS SHORT IN ALLOTMENTS OF ANTHRACITE County Fuel Head Promises to Take Care of Small Consumers Here j Harrisburg is not yet receiving the | amount of anthracite coal allotted the city by the Anthracite Commit tee of the Federal Fuel Administra | tlo'n. During August, 1i,551 tons of an thracite coal were received. The city's allotment is 13,601 tons monthly; therefore the August shipments fell short of tlie allotment by 1,750 tons. ! Previous to August there was a de | liciency between the allotment and the amount received during the first I four buying months of some 13,000 tons. The amount in August was 4,057 tons, or 31 per cent, more than August. 1916. Hickok I'rges Householders Ross A. Hickok. county fuel ad ministrator, has been assured that the deficiency in allotments will be made up i"ring the early winter months. He has householders to lay in a supply of wood, bitu [Continucd on. Page 18.] Yankee Guns Trained on Metz of Big Caliber By Associated Press, Washington, Sept. 20.—The forts of Melz, the German stronghold in Rorraine, arc under the fire of • American guns of nine-inch and larg er caliber, members of the House military committee were told <o-.luy at their weekly conference with Act ing Secretary Crowell and other War Department officials. The Identity of American troops HV'icipating-in the drive that wiped out ?he St. Mihiel salient and brought Metz within range of the heavy guns, has not been reported to the depart ment by General Pershing. Production 6f Riborty motors and of ordinance, particularly eight-'neh Howitzers is increasing, the official said. The production of motors was said to have passed 7,000 of which 2,- 500 have gone to the Navy ind the Allies- Riberty motors now are being used In tanks. jTHEWEATHERj For llarrlshurg and vicinity: Partly cloudy nnd cooler to night, with lowest temperature about 4,1 degrees; Saturday fair, continued cool. Temperature! 8 n. m„ ON, Sum Hlses, II."II a. m.| sets, 7:03 p. m. Moon i Full moon, to-night. ■liver Stage t 4.7 feet above low wnter mark. for labor in the period after Hie war, if you liope to retain labor. More people are well housed in the Cameron Extension area —a delightful development and one of the best of its kind in the country—than you eould put on one of tin; crowded ureas in the heart of town. The opportunity for service in this matter of improving housing ought to appeal to the people of a city in wliieh I have In two days' visit sensed the presence of community spirit and Mi breadth of vision that looks far into the future. When I used to pass through Ilurrishurg on the Pennsylva nia Hailroad and saw the hideous backyards staring me in the face, i thought Harrisburg was a "hell hole." Many others think the same, although in reality you have here a very de lightful city. Export of National Fame Presenting Mr. Veiller, President Andrew S. Patterson, said that when the federal government found it neeessary to undertake the solution of housing problems It called into service the most experienced expert in the country, Lawrence Veiller, and when Harrisburg was confronted by a similar situation it did likewise. Mr. Veiller proved himself a very/ practical as well as pleasing speaker, thoroughly conversant with his sub ject and with ;i thorough knowledge of the conditions confronting the [Continued on Page 11.] MAY ENLIST IN MARINE CO HPS Announcement was made to-day that the Marine Corps is again open to voluntary enlistment, despite the new selective service draft. The of fice at 307 Market street will be open all day, to receive men. h ' 1 Lcndom —All the Bulgarian trench .systems en'the V I r' J 1 i OQD C J I ' 1 a ? J r ■ /v.'crn- | a V J '• V y. . Y YAN'' :T' : ' '"'T CTORY 'T I . A With the A I orrainc—Heavy artillery I i V "' ' " • cti *S I | * t* ( ( ' FOUND DEAD I 1 < • I ? i I v • 1 f 1 I I I and , Y; WAR DEFAMERS CONVI I Trent;'-, ?\ J G ; -to fI;, a Newark patent attor ney, and Dr. Frederick BishofiF,' of Irvington, were, con-. •I fame soldiers and Red Cross nurses by circulation pf ; ; H I * when Bishoff will be placed on trial ott a charge of at- AE9 tempting to blow inery plant at Irvington, which * J k j was doing government work. i if. MAtiKIAGE LICENSES Mflvln C. Srnnot anil Mnrlf H. Graham, Hnrrlnbtiriu Snmael G. ( | llebnon and Lydla hi. HuefYner, H >rr tabu rut. i ' 10,000 BULGAR PRISONERS ARE SENT TO REAR Enemy Unable to Stem Tide of Defeat in Macedonian Campaign ALLIES CAPTURE HILLS Serbians Extend Front to • Width of 25 Miles; Ad vance 17 Miles London, Sept. 20.—1n Macedonia the Serbians have extended their front west ward to the Cerna river and it is now 25 miles wide. The total depth of the ad vance is 15 to 17 miles. • Paris, Sept. 20.—Ten thousand Bulgarian prisoners were seal to the rear on September IS alone, says Marcel llutin in the Echo de Paris. The pursuit oi the retreating enemy continues with great success, the article adds. East of Monastir, the French Serbians and Greeks are forginj [Continued on Page 18.] Government to Control U. S. Cotton Crops Washington. Fopt. 20.—Senatoo from cotton growing states dlsclos' <i ] to-day that at their recent Wli. l | House conference, President Wlls • I made it clear it was his intention r ' j only to fix a price for this yea'*! ' cotton crop, hut also to order gover • | ment control of its distribution. | The President gave no intimatior of what he would consider a IV i price, it was said, and any action \v;! await the report of the special coin mltteo which the President an nounced last week would inquire ierc the general subject, including pro duction costs.
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