British and french Hammer Away at Hindenburg Line About St.Quentin; Yankees Capture Jaegers
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* Star- Independent ™ '
LXXXVII— No. 211 12 PAGES o^^."Sr 1 HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1918. ON NEXVSI'AI'KH lYTiiim'isininc KSS "TWO 14 CENTS' 8 HOME EDITION
BRITISH TRAP 40,000
TURKS IN PALESTINE
Foch Drives Against Huns in Picardy in Night
ALLENBY'S ARMY WIPES
OUT TURKS AND BULGARS
IN PALESTINE WAR
Disaster Threatens Troops of Bulgaria and Ottoman on Fields
of Macedonia and Holy Land; Bulgars in Full
Retreat Between Monastir and Vardar
By Associated Press
Disaster threatens the armies of Bulgaria and Turkey on the battle
fields of Macedonia and Palestine. Allied forces are pressing with vigor
their successful campaigns against the two lesser members of the Central
Powers.
In Palestine General Allenby virtually has wiped out the enemy forces
opposing him. He has captured more*than 25,000 prisoners and 260
gun and continues to push northward between the Jordan and the Medi
terranean coast.
Allied successes in Macedonia have resulted in the driving of a breach
between the eastern and westerh flanks of the German-Bulgarian forces
whose maia lines of communication have been cut. The Bulgarians are
in full retreat between Monastir and the Vardar.
London, Sept. 23.—Twenty-five thousand |
Turkish prisoners and 260 guns had been
counted up to yesterday evening by General
Allenby's forces pushing northward through
Palestine, acording to an official statement issued
to-day by the war office.
The war office announcement says the Seventh
and Eighth Turkish armies virtually have ceased
to exist. The entire transport of these two armies
Was captured by the British.
The Serbians have captured between 9,000 and!
10,000 prisoners and 120 guns, the Evening
Standard says it learns.
Seizure by the British of the crossings of the Jordan at Jisr-j
Ed-Damcer on Sunday morning shut the last avenue of escape to I
the turks west of the Jordan.
Reports from the Palestine front this afternoort indicate that j
none of the Turkish force of at least 40.000 men trapped by the)
British through the seizure of the last of the passages of the;
Jordan can possibly get riway. . j
Serbian and allied troops in J
central Macedonia have dealt!
the German and Bulgarian com-,
munication lines blows that are!
expected to bring about a com-,
plete readjustment o fthe enemy;
positions in the Macedonian j
theater of operations. The im
portant railway lines from Uskub
to Saloniki and from Gradsko to
Prilep have been severed and the j
enemy forces around Lake!
Doiran v and north of Monastir!
are in danger of being outflanked j
and captured.
French Capture VeiAeutl
<in the western front the British
and French are progressing success
fully in their encirclement of St.
Quentin. The French have seriously
menaced the Germans by the capture
of Vendeuil, nine miles south-south
east of St. Quentin.
German and Bulgarian reinforce-
thrown in to check the Ser-
Wbian advance toward Uskub, have
been forced to join in the retreat of
their comrades by the impetuous
Serbs, who now have advanced forty
miles since September 15. Prisoners
captured from the enemy are being
added to as the progress northward
continues and the quantity of war i
material also is increasing.
Allies Gain on Wide Front
The salient driven into the Bul
garian lines at Sokol has been widen
ed until now the Allies are advanc
ing on a front of nearly tlfty miles,
stretching from east of Monastir to
the Vardar. When they reached the
Vardar the Serbians were able to
cut the railway running south to
ward Saloniki and the only corn
municatlon line of the Bulgarians in j
IN ANOTHER WEEK
THRIFT STAMPS j
WILL GO UP 1 CENT
itW Just Save That Cent
v
I the region of Lake Doiran. On the I
I western Hank the Serbs have pushed j
| to the highest point of the mountain |
, region in the upper part of the .
i Oernu bend and cut the railway from
! Gradski, southeast of Uskub, to !
; Prilep, the base of the German j
I army operating north and northeast j
; of Monastir.
Kncniy in Great Peril
By cutting the railway lines the j
Serbs have placed two large ehetny I
' forces in great peril. The Bulgarians ,
j around Doiran might retire north
eastward over the mountains in Bui- 1
i garia or north along the Vardar. |
' British and Greek troops are op- |
I posing them on the south. The Serbs j
I could, however, by crossing in force i
! to the east of the Vardar. cut off j
' the best means of retreat.
Apparently the Germans around j
Prilep are in a worse position than !
the Bulgarians at Doiran. To retire ;
northward would be more over vir- i
tual cowpaths towards Uskub. The j
best roads lead east and west. To j
the east the retreat has been cut off j
while to the west the roads run to f :
ward the border of Albania.
About St. Quentin the operations i
are centered on the towns of Ven- !
deuil and Vendhuile. The French, i
after capturing the town and fort
of Vendeuil, pushed in to the Oise j
river and, as a result, have driven a !
sharp salient into the German de- |
fenses between St. Quentin and Baon. |
Vendeuil is one of the more distant j
f outposts of Baon and is the most im- !
portant point on the Hindenburg j
ling between St. Quentin and Ba j
Fere. Bs capture places the French t
on the west bank of the Oise and in |
a position to cross the Oise canal :
and carry out the encircling of St. ,
Quentin from the south and east. |
Take Knemy Strong Points j
Vendhuile is nine miles north- !
northwest of St. Quentin and on the |
Scheldt canal two miles west of Be
| Catelet. Northwest and southwest of
j the town the British have captured
j German strong points and rapidly
| are closing in on it from three di
! rections.
i Farther north Field Marshal
! Haig's men have carried out a suc
cessful local attack south of Villers-
Guislain. taking one hundred pris
oners. In a local north
east of Arras, the British captured
sixty prisoners southeast of Gavrelle
and made some progress.
GERMANS TRY TO !
INJURE BRITISH
WITH AMERICANS;
I Dr. Bagnell Tells of Hun Prop-!'
Uganda at Work in French j
and U. S. Camps
' That there Is wide-spread Ger
| man propaganda in the American and;
I French armies in France to discredit'
| the "quitters" was the assertion .of !
! Or. Robert Bagnell, addressing the •
| ladies' luncheon of the Harrisburg
j Rotary Club at the Y. M. C. A. to-day. ;
I Dr. Bagnell, recently returned from I
j a tour of France and Kngland, told I
| the Rotarians of the part Great Bri- j
I tain has played in the war. The im
| mediate decision of Karl Grey and :
I his fellows of the British govern- ,
j ment to throw into France the little ;
j British army to delay the German
i hordes in their rush for Paris, gave ,
j the French their opportunity to gath- j
j er their forces and enabled Joffre to
i win the first battle of the Marne. "If
i it had not been for this 'contemp-
J table little army,' as the Germans
called it, the German program would
, have gone through and Germany
! would have won the war," said Dr.
i Bagnell.
British Bake liig Sacrifice
j Tile battle of Mons. where the Brit
j ish lost so heavily and the heroic j
| stand of the first hundred thousand.! 1
I nearly all of whom died to stop the !
j-German rush; the fact that nearly a!
j million British soldiers lie buried in 1
I France, that tile British navy stood '
j between the world and the Kaiser: j
that three out of every five American i
! soldiers in France have been trans- |
| ported there on British ships, that 5,-
I 000,000 Knglish women of all classes
j are in war work and the force being
i increased at the rate of 15.000 week
j ly, that Great Britain gave to Italy
; and France the bulk of the, American
,; food exports entrusted to her last
j winter and the great part the British
j army has played and is playing in
! Flanders, Dr. Bagnell said, are facts I
| that should he understood better here. .
The object of the Germans in try- !
ing to make the American and French j
. soldiers mistrust the British he said i
was to sow discord among the Allies. |
Dr. Bagnell shared the speaking ,
honors of the luncheon with Captain ;
I Nicodemus, Just home from France, '
| who related spme of bis thrilling ex- ,
| periences in France and on a tor
! pedoed ship. William S. Kssick
| thanked Dr. Bagnell in the name of
' the club and the luncheon came to i
] a close with patriotic tableaux. Those j
1 who posed were Miss Bricker, God- 1
i dess of Biberty; Miss Beona Scott, ;
1 Bed Cross; Miss Ruth Starry, motor |
i messenger.
War Slackers Take Air
Route; Caught by Agents
By Associated Press
Panuma, Sept. 23.—Although they
(lew from California through Central
America to Venezuela to evade the
draft, Robert and Benjamin Biving
stone, of Bos Angeles, have been ap
prehended by agents of the American
government. The men were arrested
while traveling in Venezuela with
their mother. They were under as
sumed names and had passports is
sued in San Salvador. The Blving
stones will be returned to California.
MOTHER OF WAR
HERO GIVES TO
BELGIAN NEEDY
Traces of Tears in Eyes of Aged Parent
Who Brings Clothing of Dead Boy to
Headquarters; Hard Work Will
Bring City Up to Quota
With the opening of the head-;
quarters at Fourth and Market
streets this morning the flood of,
| clothing for stricken Belgium be-j
I gan pouring in. Workers were kept
| busy all through the morning as-;
I sorting the clothes and placing themj
j on piles ready for the patriotic wo-i
[men who have volunteered to serve|
j as packers.
j A gay medley of unique attire.
i faced I he workers this morning. Mrs. |
j William Strouse displayed the uni-!
1 form of a hospital orderly while an- j
I other woman showed the reporter a[
[ range of attire from infants' socks j
:to a stout man's trousers. Caps, j
trousers, brand new suits, money.'
[overcoats, coats, hats and a motley j
; array of clothing were caught in the'
[ Belgian maelstrom by the messeng-1
[ ers and brought to the headquarters.!
Harrisburg will reach Its quota of j
I twenty tons, the workers say, if the!
CELEBRATE 35TH
ANNIVERSARY OF |
KEYSTONE LODGE
Two of Original 20 Members
on Rolls; Total Member
ship Is 2,000
The thirty-fifth anniversary of old
Lodge No. 42. Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen, was celebrated at
White's Hall, Broad street, yester- j
day afternoon with interesting exer- I
eises. A considerable number of |
guests was present and the occasion j
was one which will he long remern- |
bered. an interesting feature being |
the presence of Sergeant John Blake j
and his staff of the local United |
; States recruiting station. Sergeant 1
Rlake referred to the fact that his I
party was leaving for other military
1 duties and spoke with feeling of ,
; the kind treatment they had re- ■
ceived in Harrisluirg and of the j
: splendid record of this city in re- '
> cruiting for the war.
Do Kft'tTtivc Work
W. H. Patrick was chairman of J,
the exercises and read a most inter- j
esting history of the Brotherhood j
with which the lodge is identified |
and more particularly of the growth I
and prosperity of Bodge 42. Ho said
the organization bad dono most cf
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"Peace Offensive" but
Mildly Stirs British
■ .ontlon. Sept. 23.—Although re
ports of a German political crisis
arising from the supposed movement
for parliamcntarization of the gov- i
I eminent are printed at greater or less
lehgth in the papers here and the
situation is watched with mild inter
est for any possibilities it may con
tain. tile whole thing is mostly re
garded as merely an integral part of
the German "peace offensive."
The Telegraph, discussing the ru
mors, says this is the eighth poli
tical crisis In the course of the war
and adds "all of them have left
things very much as they, were be
fore." I
END WAR IN 1919 AND SAVE
MILLION LIVES BY EATING LESS
BY HERBERT HOOVER
THERE is no piospect of a proper] :
ending of the war before the!
campaign of the summer of ],
1919. To attain victory we must!
place in France 3,500,000 lighting j
men, with the greatest mechanic"! I
equipment that lias ever been given)
to any army. While we expect ihe! .
position on the western front may
be improved, from a military pdlnt
of view, between now and then, there
can be no hope of a consummation 1
of the end that we must secure until :
another year has gone by.
If we are to accomplish this end '
in 1919 we will save a million Amer
ican lives that will be expended if we 1
have to continue until 1920. To give '
this final blow in 1919 we have not 1
only to dnd the men, shipping and
equipment for this gigantic army, 1
but this army, the allied armies and
the allied civil population must have i
V.
FOR THE BELGIANS!
A gray-haired mother walked
into headquarters of the Belgian
clothing campaign this morning,
carrying a bundle under her arm.
There were traces of tears in her
eyes as she gave the package to a
volunteer worker. "These are my
son's clothes he wore before he
went across the sea to France,"
she said. "I want his clothing
to go, too: he gave his life!"
She was the mother of a Har
risburg boy who fell on the held
of action!
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record of to-day is continued. But
it will mean bard work. Mrs. W. G.
Gipple, receiving chairman, expres
sed her appreciation of the assist
ance rendered by her aids and has
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OWEN CAROLL,
WEST FAIRVIEW
SOLDIER, KILLED
[Entered Service May 31; Was j
in France Six Weeks
Later
The first golden star shone on
West Fairvlew's service flag this
morning with the news that Owen |
M. Caroll, son of Charles E. Caroll,'
has been killed in action somewhere
|in France. The news came from the
j War Department at Washington. j
! Caroll was aged 25 years. He was;
[ a member of a truck company. He j
| entered the service May 31, going;
'to Columbus Barracks from whence j
I he was sent to Camp Jackson. Camp
Merritt, and tinally to Newport News. |
He embarked for France about six!
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Two Killed in Clash
Between Americans and
Mexicans in Arizona
By Associated Press
Jerome, Ariz., Sept. 23.—Two per
sons were killed and two wounded in
a clash between Americans and
armed Mexicans to-day near the
I properties of the United Verde Cop-1
per Company here. 1
Horace A. Harris, a mine guard.,
was killed by an unidentified Mcxi-I
can, and in the fighting which fol
lowed Americans killed the mur
derer.
Among the wounded were City
Marshal Joseph Crouley, of Jerome,
and Henry Carlson, a deputy United
States marshal.
RAINBOW IX SNOW FLURRY J
Altoona, Pa., Sept. 23.—During the|
season's first snow flurry a rainbow j
appeared in the western sky, the[
phenomenon being witnessed by
thousands. Fine rain was mixed with
the snow flakes. The temperature fell |
to 4 4 degrees.
ample food in the meantime if we;
ure to maintain their strength. We!
can do all those things and, I be-1
llcvc, we can bring this drcadfuil
'business to an end, if every man, wo-j
man and child in the United States!
tests every action, every day and i
hour by- the one touchstone—docs
this or that contribute to winning
the war?
The food program is no small part
of this issue. To provide ships for
our army, ho have not only to build
all that we can, but we must have
the help of allied shipping. In or
der that the Allies may provide this,
they must take food ships from the
more distant markets and place them
upon the shorter run to the United
States. We must decrease our im
ports of sugar, coffee and tropical
fruits.
Under these conditions, the de
mand upon us is for large supplies,
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KAISER LOSES
STAR BIRDMEN
By Associated Press
Amsterdam, Sept. 23. Ger
many's losses in the air now in
clude many, if not most, of the
star pilots whose names during
the past year received continuous
advertisement in the German
communiques. Fourteen of the
airmen credited by the German
reports with the most numerous
victories have been killed or cap
tured. Occasionally an absolutely
new name crops up, its owner
being suddenly credited with his
twentieth victory or so, the name
perhaps never appearing again.
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WESTMINSTER TO
LOSE PASTOR IN
LATE AUTUMN
Health of Wife Causes the
Rev. Mr. Curtis to Give
Up Pastorate
The Rev. Edwin B. Curtis, pastor i
I of Westminster Presbyterian Church,!
will relinquish the pastorate of the;
! congregation nt Reify and Green i
j streets. At last evening's service, in
announcing the date of the Fall
I communion, the Rev. Mr. Curtis let
I it be known that a new pastor will
| come to the church. For several
! months the pastor's wife has been
j ill. Immediately following the
'spring meeting of Carlisle Presby
! tery last April, Mrs. Curtis was
stricken with pneumonia and her
S condition alarmed her family and
I the parishioners of Westminster.
| When she became well enough to
; be moved she was taken to a private
j sanatorium in Western Pennsylvania,
i Early in August she was taken to
i Mount Gretna, where she has re
| mained in the hope that she may get
; well. Physicians say hope of pro
j longing life makes it necessary that
j she remove to a more favorable
! climate, and the plan now is for
the Rev. Sir. Curtis to take up his
j home in a southern state.
I The announcement, while not un.
; wholly unexpected by those who had
j known of Mrs. Curtis' illness, caused
, sorrow among those who heard it.
! The Rev. Mr. Curtis has been pastor
lat Westminster for seven years. He
has been an active member of Car
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SGT.SCHIFFMAN
COMMISSIONED
AS LIEUTENANT
[Member of Harrisburg Re
cruiting Station Party Wins
Honor While in Ranks
Sergeant Harry B. Schiffman, for a
year and a half connected with the
; Harrisburg Recruiting Station, has
! been commissioned a second lieuten
ant in the Construction Division of
. the Quartermaster's Corps, it was an
nounced to-day.
i Lieutenant Schiffman was commis
sioned directly from the ranks, with
; out having attended any Officers
1 Training camp.
"Right here in this office, working
from eight in the morning until mid
-1 night, was my training camp," he
smilingly said this morning when told
!of his appointment •to the comtns-
I sion.
It lipid Rise
Sehiffman's rise in the army has
I been rapid. Enlisting Ajlril 12, 1917.
j he was made a corporal Ave days
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Final Sacraments of
Church Administered
to Dying Bishop
St. Paul, Sept. 23.—The last sacra
| ments of the Catholic church were
I administered to Archbishop John
i Ireland shortly before noon to-day.
It was announced this afternoon that
; the archbishop . was conscious only
part of the time.
10 PER CENT. FIRST
PAYMENT ON BOND
By Associated Press
Washington, Sept. 23.—Ten per
cent, of the Fourth Liberty Loan
subscriptions will be required on
application, instead of i per cent.,
us for past loans, the Treasury
announced to-day. Twenty per
cent, will he due November 21,
20 per cent. December 19, 20 per '
cent, January 1H and thirty per j
cent. January 30.
J .
1 HE WEATHER]
For IlnrrlHliurg nnd vicinity! Fnlr,
continued cool to-night and
Tuesday.
For Eastern Pennsylvania! Fnir
to-night and Tuesday; slightly |
warmer Tuesday in south por
tion; gentle shifting winds.
River
The Susquehniiiin river and nil Its
tributaries will full slowly.
A stage of uhout 5.7 feet Is Indl
ented for Hnrrlsburg Tuesday
morning.
Temperaturei 8 n. m., 48.
Bnnt Rises, tli4B a. in.; sets, t1:57
p. m.
River Stagei 8 a. m., 5.9 feet nhove
low-water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, 00.
Lowest temperature, 45.
Mean temperature, 52.
5 oruiu I temperature, 03.
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HAIG'S ARMY
MAKES DRIVE
IN DARKNESS
Attacks German Lines Between St. Quen
tin and Cambrai; Repulses Enemy With
Heavy Loss When Huns Counter
attack; Move on Near Gavelle
By Associated Press
London, Sept. 23.—British forces last night attacked the German
lines between St. Quentin and Cambrai, opposite Le Catelet, mak
ing progress in the vicinity of Tornbois farm and capturing a
group of trenches and strong points on the ridge northwest of
Vendhuile, Field Marshal Haig announced in his official statement
to-day. Another enemy strong point near the Ronssoy-Bony road,
to the south, also was taken by the British. A successful local
attack was carried out south of Villers-Guislain.
Late yesterday German troops counterattacked in the vicinity
of Gillemont farm on the front between Cambrai and St. Quentin,
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ANGRY CITIZENS
LET AIR OUT OF
SLACKER'S TIRES
Red Cross Chairman Rides to
Church; Motor Is
Towed Home
Philadelphia, Sept. 23.—Because he
drove to church in his automobile on
"gasless Sunday." K Wager-Smith,
of Mashall road near Wycombe av
enue, Lansdowne, faced a patriotic
demonstration by indignant citizens
of that suburb yesterday in front of
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!! DANISH PRINCE AT MOUNT VERNON .
W hi g ton —Prince Axel of Denmark, who is in
America as the guest of the Navy, visited Mount Vernon
yesterday as the guest of Secretary Daniels and laid a
wre ti| or Washington's tomb. The trip was made on
the Presidential yacht Mayflower and besides the Secre
tary and Mrs. Daniels .the part included- Secretary and
Mrs. Lansing. Secretary Rfcdfield, members of the Dan
ish trade commission. Admiral Benson, Major General
Geo! . e rpett, commandant of the Marine Corps, and a
number of naval officers. ~
GOVERNMENT AIDS MILTON PLANT
Wav ' ington —To provide power for the Milton Manu
facturing Company at Milton, Pa., which is making shells
1 the construction of a 4,000 kilowatt electric plant with
j all necessary equipment to cost $350,000. The company
[eventually will take over the new plant paying for it by
deducting a part of the price on each shell furnished, the
government.
I Cleveland— Women shall not be employed as conduc
& tors on Cleveland street cara. on or after November 1,
1 next, is-the decision of Henry B. Diehlmann and Miss
f special representatives of the Department of Labor, in a
report to IVesident Stanley, of the Cleveland Railway
Company, received to-day.
-
! Washington—Secretary Daniels went to Eddystone,
Pa., to day to participate in in informal celebration of the
complct n f the first year of the operation of the govern-
Tlie plant last wtek turned out
r millionth rifle.
FK NN' YLVANIAN WOUNDED
I Ottawa —F. Lawther, of Pittsburgh, has been wounded,
aceort > tc day's Canadian overseas casualty list.
' /MARRIAGE LICENSES
John R. Matthew and Krntn 1,. Ilolninl. HnrrlMliurfts Lfwln F,
Shutterly and Caertrude K. Diller, Scott dale; Thoma* AdnniM and An-
I nle H. Nolley, Steelton. •
CAPT. STACKPOLE
IS WOUNDED BY
HAND GRENADES
Pennsylvania Roys on Firing
Line Since July Go Back
For Rest
During the last few days letter!
have been received from Harrisbuig
soldiers on the lighting front and
there are many interesting narrati- ■; a
of the heavy fighting since the mid.
die of July. Among these letters I
one from Captain E. J. Stai-kpn'm
Jr., of Company M, 110 th Regiment.
I It appears that he had been aga.a
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