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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.
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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
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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
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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.