NIGHT EXTRA—Haig Strikes New Blow Agaiwi Hindenburg Lbpe- -NIGHT EXTRA HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH ®l)c Star* Snbcpen&cnt ' " ' LXXXVTI No. 210 14 PAGES fM., HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1918. °*V lEWSI'/frKH IX SS | l U| , UllßH|l||" ,iS! ' NIGHT EXTRA GERMANS FIRE TOWN BEFORE YANKEES IN One of War's Most Desperate Battles Waging on Front Where British Are Astride of the Hindenburg Line GERMAN LOSSES TREMENDOUS OWING TO CLOSE FORMATIONS By Associated Press With the American Army on the Lorraine Front, Sept. 21. —Fires were observed to-day in the town oi Donmartin, behind the German line on this front, to gether with a heavy movement of men and wagon trains, behind the line. These, were taken to indicate a possible further retirement of the Germans. A harassing tire was kept up at different points, however, against the allied line and on positions to the rear. With the exception of the exchange of artillery tire, mostly directed at fixed targets, there was little activity. The Germans are using gas shells to a limited extent, especially for sprinkling wooded areas. The towns of Yilcev and Xamnies and the Presle woods, toward the eastern part of the front south west of Met/., are points that are being more heavily shelled by the Germans. London, Sept. 21. —One of the most desperate battles of the war is raging on a thirty-mile front, from a point north of Moeuvres, where the British are astride the Hindenburg line, to south of St. Quentin. Haig's troops are in the advance zone of the Hindenburg sys tem on almost the whole of the British front and the Germans are fighting furiously. Their losses are tremendous. British and French Forge Ahead South of St. Quentin the French armies, under Generals Mangin and Debeney, are making progress against the formidable natural obstacles blocking the way to La Fere and Laon, the southern buttresses of the Hindenburg line. In France the British and French continue with success their operations looking toward the encircling of St. Quentin and the breaking of the Hindenburg line between St. Ouentin and Cambrai. Attack on Three-mile Front On a front'of three miles the British to-day are smashing into the German main defenses west of Le Catelet with the object of getting east of the section of the Scheldt canal between St. Quen tin and Cambrai. The canal is less than two miles front the British lines east of Epehy, near Bellcnglise Field Marshal Haig's men also are working toward the canal which probably forms an "important part of the Hindenburg defenses in this region. Around Gauche wood, north of Epehy, the British repulsed Ger man attacks. Follow Up Initial Successes South of St. Quentin the French followed up the capture of Essigny-le-Grand by forcing the Germans to give up Benay, to thee southeast, and by making progress to the north of the village. German casualties in the battle have been most heavy owing to the close character of the fighting and the sturdy resistance of the Teutons. Principal centers o fthe fighting yesterday were around Epehy, where an Alpine corps continued a stout resistance and between Gouzeaucourt and Yillers Guislan, where the Sixth Brandenburg division was raked to shreds by a machine gun barrage. Scottish troops finally have overcome the resistance of the Germans still in the village of Moeuvres, west of Cambrai, where there has been much violent fighting recently, and completely cap tured the village, according to Field Marshal Haig's communica tion last night. The text of the statement follows: Along the battle line in France the British are still hammering away at the Hindenburg line north of St. Quentin and have made gains of considerable importance. This re gion is one great fortress and prog ress must of necessity be slow. The j success of the British, especially that of the Australian units, gives reason for the belief expressed in dispatches 'hat the German lines north of St. Quentin may be broken by the Allied onslaught. South of St. Quen tin, the French are fighting relent lessly and are making progress In the region of Essigny-le-Grand. Fighting along the American front in Lorraine has been of a minor na- ] ture since the Germans were forced , l ack to their lines before Metz. Allies Rout Soviets Allied forces in Russia have routed the Bolshevik army on the northern j j END THIS WEEK f BY BUYING THOSE WAR STAMPS YOU FORGOT LAST WEEK i&if Be Frank About It and Buy _____ THE WEATHER] For llnrrlabarjt nnd vlelnltyi Fair, j continued cool to-night and Sunday; iioaxlbly light front to night in northeant portion; gentle to moderate northwest winds- Temperature; 8 a. m., 58. Sun; Rises, ;45 a. ni.; sets, 7;01 j p. m. Itlver Stage; 4.7 feet above low water mark. front. Petrograd dispatches state that the Bolshevik retreat was caused by the treachery of Lettish regiments, which refused to fight against the British. The Letts have heretofore been the staunchest sup j porters of the Bolshevik regime. New Blow Expected There is a belief in official circles ;in Washington that a new Allied ! stroke may be launched soon some ! where along the front in France. The | plans of Marshal Foch are not i known, but it is intimated in dis patches from the capital that an at | tack from Rheims to Verdun would ' cause little surprise. Such a move j would probably be the first step in ! the operation of forcing the Ger- I mans to loosen their grip north of I the Aisne and also weaken their j hold on the region west and north : west of Metz. F. H. Hoy, Jr., to Direct Military Training at the Harrisburg Academy ! Captain F. 11. Hoy. Jr.. commander lof Company A, of the Harrisburg : Reserves and drillmaster of the fa- I mous patrol of Zembo Temple, has been secured by Headmaster Arthur ' E. Brown, of the Harrisburg Acad emy, to have charge of the pre liminary military training at the Harrisburg Academy. He will as [ sutne the work next week and the I Academy students will have drill on Iflve days each week or every school | day. It will be a very thorough course and the. whole school will take part. Captain Hoy is a Spanish War ! veteran and has been identified with numerous marching organizations, i He was one of the organizers of the i Reserves and one of the original i captains of the battalion. This surn | mer, in addition to his work with | the Reserves, he has had charge of the details giving military instruc ! tion to men of draft age in the Mil | lcrsburg and Lykens districts. "DECORATED FOR WORK AS FLYER x 9 9EB 181 WALTER SHAFFER CITY HAS CHANCE TO NAME TANK IN BIG LOAN DRIVE _ Honor to Be Conferred Only if Bond Sales Warrant Such Action Secretary J. Clyde llyton at T.ib j erty Loan headquarters to-day •vas perhaps the busiest man in Harris ,; burg:. The headquarters for the | fourth loan are located in the old 1 Gilbert hardware storerooms—and i' there is plenty of room for the iri : tricate operations of what promises to be the most complete Liberty Loan campaign put on in Pennsylvania. > i [Continued on Page 11.] SBOO,OOO TO BE RAISED FOR WAR ' IN THIS DISTRICT \ City's Portion of Big Sum Not Yet Determined Upon M by Campaigners [' The quota for in the | United War Work Campaign to be ■ launched in November, will be $20.- ,! 000,000. District six of which Harris burg is a part, has been assigned a ' quota of ISOO.OOO. These quotas were announced this morning by Robert : B. Reeves, campaign manager for the ten-county district, who has just re t turned front Philadelphia where he | attended a conference of workers at the Bellevue-Stratford hotel yester i day. I Harrisburg s quota will be dcterm- I ined at another district conference j to be held in this city in the next few I weeks. At a conference of the thir j teen district campaign managers of [Continued on Page 2.] Frost Likely Tonight With Mercury Falling; Summer Ends Monday B-r-r-p! Get your heavy clothes i out: jostle the moth balls. Weather Iman says it may drop to 42 to-night, and mayhap, the mountains will dis play a coat of frost to-morrow murn ] Ing. i This is in keeping with the usual shift in thermometer, for according jto the almanac Autumn officially , starts Monday next, 3.46 p. m. Pros ; pects are that Autumn will identify itself with clear, cool weather for : several days, while the sun keeps sinking just a few second earlier each day. There are no signs of immediate wet weather, although conditions are ; unsettled and a long stretch of mel j low fall temperature cannot be as | sured just yet. Jesse L. Daron Is Wounded on Battlefield | Word has been received by Mr and Mrs. Addison P Daron, of 591 Show- I ers street,- that their srtn. Jesse L. ! Daron. of Company F, One Hundred ; and Ninth Infantry, formerly of the 1 Thirteenth Infantry, is in a base hos ipital in France. A letter states that ! his right band is injured. Daron has I been in the service two years and j after training at different camps, j sailed last May for l-'rance. YANKEE TROOPS IN WORLD'S WAR 0VERT,750,000 News Front All Fronts Dur ing Week Continues Good, Says General March NEW 20-MILE U. S. LINE Americans Are Midway Be tween Metz and Conflans, in Lorraine Sector j Washington, Sept. 21.—Embarka i tion of American soldiers for all fronts overseas now has passed the 1.750,000 mark. General March an nounced to-day. He said military j news during the past week form all j fronts has been continuously good. Yankees Make New Line j On the Lorraine front where Gen j eral Pershing's lirst American army ■ has completed its operation to elim | inate the St. Mihiel salient, the sit | nation has become stabilized with the enemy hurriedly perfecting a new line in front of the Americans. J This lino stretches for twenty miles i from Maizcray to the Moselle at { Vandiercs. The Aemricans now are ton miles from Metz and an equal distance from Conflans. British General Praises Americans General March read a cablegram citing a general order issued by Ma jor General H. L. Reed, commanding the Fifteenth Scottish division, Brit ish army, praising the First Artillery t Brigade of the First American di vision (regulars) for work in co operation with the Scots. The order said the Fifteenth had never received such perfect assist- I anoe in "taking over" operations, ' although it was realized that the American division at that time must I have been under severe strain and ] had suffered severe casualties. J BOLSHEVIK DEFEATED . By Associated Press London. Sept. 21. —Entente naval |! units and Allied troops operating II along the river Dwina, in northern • | European Russia, have sunk two en ii t-my ships and have captured three [j guns, says a British war office state . ment to-day. Heavy losses were in flicted on the Bolshevik forces by tne I Entente lilies. PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD RULES IN RAILWAYS CASE Passengers Must Stay Off the Front Platform; Courtesy and No Flat Wheels The Harrisburg Railways Com - ' pany was to-day directed by the j Public Service Commission in an j opinion by Chairman W. D. Ainey to I rigidly enforce the rule against per t j mitting passengers to ride on the .! front platform and to issue an order j with respect to courtesy on the part i of its employes as well as to prompt ! ly remove cars having flat wheels, as ! the result of a complaint made last winter by George A. Herring. Mr. Herring, who was prominent in labor circles, has since entered the army and the opinion states that other matters mentioned in his complaint are embraced in a proceeding now pending wherein the larger question of service is being considered. At tention is also called to the fact that in incidents complained of the com pany has remedied conditions, no tably in the matter of additional cars. As to the conditions at rush hours on which there has been much complaint in this city, the opinion says it is "more frequently experl- [Contiiuicd on Page 2.] Lawyers Meet Daily to Aid Men in Filling Out Draft Questionnaires Attorneys of the city are meeting daily, except Sunday, in the City Council Chamber, second floor of the Courthouse, to aid registrants in tilling out questionnaires. The hours are from 11 o'clock in the morning until 1 o'clock in the afternoon; 4 to t; o'clock in the afternoon, and 7 to 9 o'clock in the evening. Men from the three city draft boards and the second county board, who desire aid in tilling out the answers are re quested to come to the council cham ber during these hours. Committees of lawyers of the county bar have been named by the three legal ad visors in the city. President Judge George Kunkel, A. Carson Stainni end Charles C. Stroh, president of the Dauphin Courity Bur Association. Each day one of the committees serve and will continue to so until all the questionnaires have beenj mailed out by the draft boards. IN RIGHT LORRAINE Serbs Move Rapidly Forward on Wide Front, Taking Many of Foe TURKISH ARMY IS IN FLIGHT Allied Armies Are Winning Ground on East Front By Associated Press Driving northward on an ever widening front the Serbian and I-rench forces in Central Mace-' donia now menace the entire Bulgarian position from the] Adriatic to Saloniki. Serbian infantry is moving] rapidly toward the highway fromj Prilep to the Vardar river and eight miles southward parallel] the road on a front of more than] fifteen miles. At Drogojel, north ] of which the cavalry arc operat-j ing, the Serbs advanced twenty miles from the Sokol positions.] Many New Prisoners Additional villages have been] liberated. A large number of! prisoners has been added to the! 5,000 already reported. The Serbs are approaching the ! Vardar river and the main rail-] way south from Uskub. The I] British and Greeks continue their pressure around Lake: Doiran. IxiiKlon, Sept. 21. The Serbian j troops east or Monustir have adva'W- I ed more than nine miles in one day j and are now less than eight mites from the main highway connecting! Prilep with the Vardar river. I DEMOCRATS FAIL IN WAR CRISIS; LEADERREBUKES Gillett Points to Opponents ol : Battle as Weaklings in Great Program By Associated Press Washington, Sept. 21.—Represen-' tative Gilieit, of Massachusetts, act-; ing RepubHcar leader in a speech' in the House to-day, attacked the i war records cf the Democratic ma- 1 jority, contrasting with it that of the' Republican minority. He said thej election of a Republican House this year would bring no encouragement tc the Kaiser, "for he knows who! have been his fiercest foes and who! he had most reason to fear." Unfair Criticism Charged Speaker Claik. Democratic Leader ; Kitchln and Chairman Dent of the] [Continued on Page 2.] West Virginia Paper Asked to Suspend to ;i Help Win the War By Associated Press lluutinatoii, IV. Va., Sept. 21. Huntington's youngest newspaper, the Evening Journal, to-day was re quested by Thomas 11. Donnelly, chief of the pulp and paper section of the War Industries Boad, to suspend pub lication for the duration of the war. It is owned by the Huntington Herald Company and was first issued on June 3. On August 24 regulations were is sued that newspapers could not be started during the period of the war. The company indicated its Intention to comply with the request. Publi cation will be resumed at the close of the war, it was stated. Can Name a Tank It will be possible for Harrisburg to be represented on the French battlefield by a tank bearing its name. It will be fine business, some of these days, to pick up a copy of the Telegraph and read a special like this: With the American Forces in Germany, Dec. 11.—The tank "Harrisburg" this morning in the vicinity of Schlettstadt (10 miles east of Markirch) singlehanded routed a German regiment. That is what can very easily happen, Harrisburg may name a tank if during the coming Fourtli Liberty Loan its bond purchases total a certain percentage in proportion to its population. Just how many bonds this means will be announced later. SHAFFER WINS WAR CROSS FOR DOWNING PLANE Dauphin Flyer Decorated by French Army For His Work in the Air IS GIVEN A PROMOTION Two-Seated German Airship Sent Crashing to Earth by County Man Sergeant Walter Shaffer, the Dau phin boy who is lighting as an avia tor for France, brought down a Ger man two-seater airplane, according to a letter received by his parents. He was decorated with the French War Cross anc. made an adjutant in recognition of the feat. | Shaffer's adventures.and career as a flying student and then as a flyer over the battlefields in France have been described vividly in his letters printed in the Telegraph. He has had numerous encounters with the Booty; airmen and lately wrecked an observation balloon. Details Later Shaffer was a companion of the late Lieutenant David E. Putnam, flying ace of the American forces, and they bunked together for a while. They were in the same squad ron together until Putnam was trans ferred to the American forces. Put nam and Shaffer made many flights together. The decoration given Shaffer bears two palms, an honor given only for unusual work at the front. The air battle is described in detail in Shaf fer's letter and will be printed next week in the Harrisburg Telegraph. Scores Killed When British Monitor Sinks By Associated Press London, Sept. 21.—A British mon : itor was sunk on Monday, as she was lying in harbor, the admiralty an ; nounced to-day. One officer and nine teen men were killed and Hfty-seven ! men are missing and are presumed I to have been killed. VEILLER ASKED FOR REPORT ON FINDINGS HERE ] Chamber of Commerce Secre tary Says Many Were Con verted by Expert's Talk j "We have asked Mr. Veiller to ! give us a digest of his address be ; fore the Chamber of Commerce yes j terday and of his findings as they re- I late to the housing survey in Har i risburg as the result of his brief ' visit here," said Warren H. Jackson, j secretary of the Chamber to-day. "Members of the Chamber of Commerce, who brought Mr. Veiller ! here," continued Mr. Jackson, "were ivery much pleased with his address |of yesterday. Many of them who j were skeptical as to the advisability [Continued on Page 2.] Crowder Rules Draftees Sept. 12 Who Married After Aug. 5 Must Fight WaMlilngton, Sept. 21.—New edt- i tions of revised selective service reg ulations issued to-day by Provost 1 Marshal General Crowde - fixed August I 5 as the date from which draft boards' shall disregard marriages of men , who registered on September 12, as ground for exemption. Orders also were issued to draft boards to cease accepting cards of: belated registrants on Monday, thus allowing tile attaching of serial num bers to the registration to be com pleted. The date for the order of call I drawing thus "an be fixed by General i Crowder next week. LATE NEWS TWO ENEMY SHTPS SUNK BY ALLIES-,- ' London—Entente naval units' and Allied trcops along the river Dwina, in northern European Russia have sunk two enemy ships. Heatw losses were inflicted on the Bolshevik fr -ces by the allies. TWO SOLDIERS KILLED loon school at Arcadia, near heree, were instantly killed Canadian casualty list are: J. Ewart.-of Fair Haven, Pa.. .... vy LAGS REPORTED BURL' • G Farlev was borne yesterday from the arch-episcopal resi until it- 5 < it< m.bed- Tuesday in the cathedral ' T'r. New ; " sr. of Education to-day passqf, resolutions flags on all city schools be placed at half-mast Tuesday GERMAN CRISIS NEARS DECISIVE STAGE Amsterdam—The government crisis in Germany is ap proaching a decisive stage/according to the Leipzig Tage blatt, and a majority of the parties are firmly resolved to forrr parliamentary government without delay—a gov ernment which- in entire independence of main headquar ters will pursue a policy made accessary by the seriousness RULING AFFECTS Y, M, C. A. WORKERS Washington—Tn view of the extension of the draft ages members of the Senate Military Committee were in fer -v the War Departrftqpt officials 37 years is to be made The minimum age upon men going abroad for BRITISH MONITOR SUNK IN HARBOR Lar.'dsr: - A British monitor was sunk •* Monday as she was lying ia harbor, the admiralty announced to-day. One officer and It men were killed and 57 raissiag are pre sumed t* have been killed. PLUMBER CHARGED WITH DOUBLE MLRDF.R ' Wilkes-Bai're, Pa.—Sevea hours after Mrs. JosepJunc Jacobs, ei 65. an ciher daughter, Mw... Jamrs O'Malte, aged 34, were shot and killed in their home in this city Luzerne county detectives in Port Jervia. N. Y., on an other wrested Joseph Gir&rd, aged 4? r plumber, charged with murders. The detectives say Girard con fessed to the murders. BRITISH WAR CASUALTIES OF WEEK London--British casualties fer the week ending to day follow: Officers killed or dead of wounds, 487; men, 3,153. Officers wounded cr missing, 1,916; men, 17,2(36 RUMANIAN CROWN PRINCE FLEES Copenhagen—The Rumanian Crown Prince has fit-, from Rumanian territory and arrived in Odessa, accorc'w. to the Ukranian newspaper Krewskaya Myrsl. PRESIDENT NAMES HOOSIER Washington—G. I. Christie, of Indiana, was nominate i to-day by President Wilson to be assistant secretary of agriculture. MARRIAGE LICENSES John C. Gardner, I'erdlx, and Klale F. Smith, Enoln; Fred Dlf fenderfer and Marlon l„ Baker, Hnrrlaburßi Albert K. I'eehette and Nellie Stevennon, l.onic Inland t'ltj, 3i. %'.| Herbert Smith and Mnr- Karet I. KlnK, I'enbrook; Karl Trnjer and Cerelln K. Shellelinmer, HnrrlnburKi FdKnr 1.. Ilauberman and Hath M. Ualtoaxer, l.ykena; Mark W. Schrelfer, Mllleraburv,nn.e - -j Kllnarr. I.(k~n*.
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