Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, September 27, 1918, Image 1

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    Malinoff, Bulgarian Premier, Offers Armistice to Allies ; Revolution Follows Action
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* LXXXVTI— No. 215 24 PAGES fo y „ HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1918. ow A SB H^Si>^ ~fiM * I^C C KNTT HOME EDITION
AMERICAN ARMY SWEEPS ENEMY ASIDE
IN VICTORIOUS ADVANCE OF 7 MILES;
BULGARS BEGGING ALLIES FOR PEACE
U. S. TROOPS
PUSH ON FOR
FRESH GAINS
A mericans Drive Over Nests
of Machine Guns and All
Enemy Oppositions
GAINS AVERAGE SEVEN MILES;
THOUSANDS OF HUNS CAPTURED
British Strike New Blow North of the
Franco-American Success and Haig
Reports Satisfactory Progress
By Associated Press
American Army on the Verdun Front, Sept.
27.—The American advance continued during
last night on the front of the offensive launched
yesterday. 'The American patrols pushed for
-4 ward, maintaining contact with the enemy. Stout
machine gun resistance met during the late night
at one point was quickly overcome with tanks
and artillery.
The weather to-day was thick, light rains having begun in the
early morning in the field of the American operation obscuring
observation.
Late information tends to confirm the belief that the German
heavy artillery was caught in the act of withdrawal and was
unable to operate or reply satisfactorily. It is not known at this
hour whether any of the enemy's big guns were captured.
The machine gun opposition met by the Americans was in
the Bois Guises. (This may be the Cierges wood, three miles
northwest of Montafaucon, the capture of which General Pershing
reported yesterday.)
Paris, Sept. 27.—Reports at noon from the battle front in the
Champagne between the Suippe and Meuse rivers indicate that the
attack of the French and American troops is progressing under
the most favorable conditions. ,
General Gouraud's fourth army in the Champagne resumed its
attack this morning'from the positions captured from the Germans
yesterday. .
The assault is progressing satisfactorily. The French have
attained all their objectives. The prisoners captured by the French
to-day have not yet been counted.
German War Machine Totters on Every Front j
as Blow After Blow Is Delivered by Foch
* Under allied smashes on two wide fronts between Arras and
Verdun the German defensive system based on the fortress of
Laon is being shaken severely.
Marshal Foch while continuing the successful Franco-Amer-i
ican thrust front east of Rheims to Verdun, has hurled the British
against the German lines north of Cambrai on a front south of
the Sensee river.
Success on Allied Shoulders
Allied successes in Macedonia have resulted in the offer of
an armistice being made by the Bulgarian premier to the Allied
generalissimo in Macedonia. The Allied commander has refused
to stop fighting but said he would receive accredited Bulgarian]
. [Continued on Page 18.]
British Gain on Wide Front In New
Attack South of Sensee River
London, Sept. 27.—British troops attacked on
a wide front south of the Sensee river this morn
ing, according to a report received here from Field
Marshal Haig.
First reports indicate that satisfactory progress
is being made.
The Sensee river is a small stream flowing to the northeast!
and paralleling on the south the Scarpe river, which flows past
Arras and passes through the important city of Douai, one of
the principal German bases on the Artois front in France. It is
probable that the British attack is made for the purpose of driv
ing a wedge between Douai and Cambrai, about fifteen miles to
the south.
Marshal Foch struck another blow at the Germans this morn
ing when British forces south of the Sensee river, between
Douai and Cambrai, launched an attack over a wide front. First
reports from the battlefield indicate that satisfactory progress is
being made.
By 9.30 o'clock this morning the British appeared to have
crossed the Canal du Nord, defenses on a front of more than three
miles and to have advanced to a maximum depth of approximately
a mile and a quarter.
Kaiser Hides
in Air Raid
By Associated Press
GENEVA, Sept. 27.—Emperor
William, Field Marshal Duke Al
breoht of Wurtemburg and Prince
Stcphan of Sehiiumburg-Lippc
were hi Maiinlieim Inst week when
British airmen raided the city.
The royal party, according to the
Pemocrate. of Geneva, was stay
ing in the royal palace and the
Emperor and his stalT promptly
took refuge in the cellar, remain
ing there twenty minutes. The
palace was not lilt as it had l>con
during a previous raid, but bombs
fell In the vicinity.
The object of the visit, the
newspaper adds, was to appease
(he wrath of yie population owing
to the approach to the frontier
of alliedbirmies and the constant
aerial bombing.
YANKEES DRIVE
OVER TOP; HUN
WAVERS
Americans Attain All They
Attempt in Attack North
west of Verdun
MENACE IN THE ARGONNE
Give New Edition of Battle
Triumph in St. Mihiyl
Salient
Paris, Sept. 27. —American
troops, in their attack northwest
of Verdun appear to have at
tained all and more than they at
tempted.
The Americans were con
fronted by the German Fifth
Army. This force has been
diluted which explains the rela
tive small number of prisoners
taken.
The American advance over most
difficult ground amidst -woods is
looked upon here as a fine feat of
arms. Montfaucon, whose heavy
siihoulette dominates the horizon
was passed by the Americans and
now is well within the newly con
quered ground.
The Argonne forest itself is "dead
ground" between the two attacking
fronts, but the capture by the
Americans of Montblainville (on the
eastern outskirts of the forest)
bottles up the Germans holding the
positions in front of Four de Paris
Germans there now have the French
in front of them and the Americana
at their backs. *
The Get mans, it is believed here,
have only, one division in the Ar
gonne. This force now has no other
means of retreat but over the rough
roads leading northward through the
woods.
"By taking Varennes and Mont
faucon with a series of positions that
General Von Gallwitz considered so
impregnable that he could not have
taken indispensable precautions,"
says Marcel Hutin in the Echo de
Paris, "the Americans have given a
magnificent new edition of their vic
tory in the St. Mihiel salient."
With the American Army on the
Champagne Front, Thursday, Sept.
26. (Reuter's) —Last night's bom
bardment of the German lines pre
paratory to the attack begun this
morning was a magnificent spectacle,
it was a cloudless night and thou
sands of guns, all tiring furiously,
wreathed the hills in a ceaseless
sparkle of tlame-like myriads of tire
Hies. For six hours the roar of the
cannon, like the roll of a giant drum,
was unbroken.
The enemy, during the forty-eight
hours preceding the attack, had in
creased his reserves in this region
from four to tweniy-three divisions.
Prussian guards defending Vau
quols, there being three divisions in
the line and nine in reserve, strongly
resisted the advance of the American
troops early to-day. They were in
structed to hold the town at all
costs.
By a general review of the fight
after many hours, It Is evident the
enemy is stubbornly retiring to pre
pared lines to which all his heavy
artillery has been withdrawn. This
was the reason that his artillery re
action was inadequate during the
early phases of the battle.
Ambassador Fletcher
Passes Through City
H. P. Fletcher, United States am
bassador to Mexico, spent a few
minutes in Karrisburg this mofnlng,
en route to Washington, D. C. Tho
ambassador is the brother of J.
Howe Fletcher, 224 Pine street. He
declined lo discuss the present Mexi
can sltuatipn. It is believed he is go
ing to Washington on business of
great importance
BAKER SEES AMERICAN 1
TROOPS START ATTACK !
ON CHAMPAGNE FRONT!
War Secretary Sees Beginning of Drive Along Battle- j
line Northwest of Verdun; Yankee Air
men Loom Large in Assistance
By Associated Press
With the American Army on the Champage Front, Sept. 26.
—Secretary of War Newton D. Baker witnessed the beginning
of the American drive along the front northwest of Verdun yes
terday morning. At 5.30 o'clock, after the enemy positions had
been bombarded with high explosives and gas shells, the American
infantry advanced .
Machine Gunners Routed
Squadrons of tanks again formed an effective part of the attack
ing force, especially in the region of Chippy. These "land battle- J
ships" moved up with the infantry, smashing down wire entangle
ments and routing the enemy from machine gun nests. The work
of the American airplanes was one of the features of the combat.
Airmen Assist Infantry
An aerial barrier was maintained over the line, preventing the
enemy from observing the movements of troops. In spite of the'
fog, the airmen swamped over the enemy's trenche sand ma
terially assistd the advancing infantry.
Without a hitch and absolutely according to schedule, the entire
line was moving right into positions paralleling the line of attack.
CAPT. ROY G. COX
IS CHARGED WITH
EMBEZZLEMENT
Weil-Known Harrisburg Man
Indicted; Alleged He Is
Short $9,000 as Agent
Roy G. Cox, of this city, a captain j
in the Ordnance Department at j
Washington, was indicted to-day by
the grand Jury at the September ses- j
sion of criminal court on a charge i
of embezzling $9,000 which belonged !
to the Fidelity and Deposit Com- |
pany of Maryland. The indictment!
charges him with embezzlement. by i
agent and larceny as clerk.
It' is alleged that Captain Cox sev- |
eral years ago was named as the j
agent for the Harrisburg Trust
Company and the Fidelity and De
posit Company "of Maryland, then j
owners of the Lebanon Iron Works, |
Lebanon county, to which they had i
obtained title by foreclosure of a
lien against the property. The Leba- !
non plant was sold by Captain Cox
about four years ago to Simon Mich - j
lovitz, of this city, for more than ]
$50,000. Under the agreement each j
of the companies owning the plant:
was to receive one-half of the sale i
price. It was explained to-day that!
only approximately $25,000 has been
paid to the twp companies.
The prosecution was brought |
against Cox by G. L. Culmerry, gen- |
eral agent of the Fidelity and De- 1
posit Company in this city. In the I
bill it is charged that the embezzle- j
ment took place about March 21 of
this year.
Captain Cox is a lifelong resident
of the city and a former member of
the school board* He took consider
able interest in amateur sports and
was instrumental in laying out the
public golf course at Reservoir Park
years ugo. lie was formerly con
nected with various financial insti
tutions, but for some months has
been engaged tn war work, having
received a commission as captain in
the Ordnance Department.
GREAT NEW FREIGHT STATION,
NEAR COMPLETION, MARKS
END OF BIG PENNSY PROJECT
Big Structure Will Be Wholly in Use by First of the Year;
Every Modern Device is Present to Expedite the
Handling of Merchandise
Take a mental squint at Old Har
risburg, way back in 1870; then, in
your hour of leisure stroll down to
Second street, where the subway
crosses at Mulberry street and view
what has been done in four years by
the Pennsylvania railroad. Take your
time and if you have the good luck,
accompany John H. Nixon, local
freight agent, as he points out the
arpazing efficiency of the new P.
R. R. freight establishment which
now covers the spot known to old
Harrisburgers as "The Devil's Half
Acre."
Can you imagine a structure 440
feet long and 50 feet wide, four
stories, with half an acre of roof
whlfch, as Agent Nixon slyly observ
ed, would make "a corking roof
garden." This la the present receiv
ing freight station which will be
completed January 1, and which is
now In use. It lies parallel to the
CITY DWELLERS
TO HAVE STEAM
HEAT NEXT WEEK
Boilers at Power Plant Being
Fired Today in Answer
to Complaint
Boilers of the Harrisburg Light
| and Power Company are to-day be
ing tired by firemen of the company
| and the city will next week be fur
nished with steam heat for the first
I time this season, following the re
-1 ceipt of numerous complaints by
j Mayor Keister.
j Scores of citizens throughout the
j city complained that they were suf-
I fering much jliscomfort and in many
j cases were threatened with illness
j because they were unable to get heat
' for their homes. Business houses of
the city especially have borne heavy
I burdens because of unfavorable con
[Coiiliiiucd oil Page 18.]
Drawing of 17,000 Draft -
I Numbers in 18 to 45 Net
Begins Monday at Capital
By Associated Brest
Washington, Sept. 27.—Monday.
I September 30, was set by Provost
| Marshal General Crowder to-day as
| the date for the national draft lot
jtery to determine the order, in the
| classes to which they may be as-
I signed, of the thirteen million men
| from 18 to 45 who registered for
selective service September 12.
The drawing will take place pub
licly at the Senate ofiice building
and the numbers will be given to
the press and the country by dis
trict draft boards as quickly as the
list can be printed and put into the
hands of the boards by mall.
It will be necessary this time to j
draw one at' a time, approximately!
17,000 capsules,'containing the serial!
numbers and it will require approxi
mately twenty-six hours to complete !
the task.
narrower building that stretches
even a longer distance and which
will be used for outgoing freight. A
bridge of concrete connects the two,
facilitating the handling of inbound
and outbound freight.
In this narrow but complete struc
ture hum dozens of electric tractor
machines which are charged by the
company's own plant Time will be
when freight will not lay more than
a few hours and night force and day
force insure that the movement will
have no slack.
Many Conveniences
But if you want to see the last
word in American ingenuity stroll
through the huge receiving structure
and storage house. O days of yore!
The boys of 1870 In their most vivid
vision could never have fancied such
a transformation. From the little
[Continued on Page 22.]
Liberty Loan
Highlights
Today
Airplanes from Carlisle reach
ed Harrlsburg about 2.30 o'clock.
"Allen Squad," which will be
In town Sunday anil Monday was
in Ilarrisburg this morning on
way to Reading.
Reservoir Park mass meeting
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock will
break park attendnnee records.
Industrial campaign starts Sat
urday morning.
Harris-burg soldiers in trenches
write home asking folks to "go
the limit" on bond purchases.
Bond "slackers'' who paid $2
down and forgot the balance ap
pear at banks and say they
••overlooked'' the matter.
THREE BIG WAR
PLANES SWEEP
OVER THE CITY
Aviators of American Army
Drop Liberty Loan Leaf
lets on the Streets
SIRENS SOUND WARNING
Birdmen Fly Here in High
Wind From Car
lisle
I Early this afternoon tjie sirens and
whistles of railroad engines and in
dustrial establishments in Harris
burg gave warning of the first air
raid over the city. Three army
planes ligured in the raid, which
lasted several minutes.
The air raid, while spectacular,
was not dangerous, and no casualties
were reported. The three planes
mere merely part of the squadron of
nine which is touring the Third Fed
eral Reserve District in the interest
of the Fourth Liberty Loan.
Circle the Capitol
Circling over the city at 'a lqw
altitude, the three aviators were able
to drop their Liberty Loan pamphlets
at will over the strets and buildings
of the city. The wind caught up the
papers and took them whirling
through the air until they landed on
buildings, telegraph wires, trees and
in the streets. Those that landed in
the streets were eagerly seized by the
ditions as a result of the inability to
get heat.
Hickok Gives Permission
I With the complaints becoming so
| numerous and so urgent. Mayor Keis
j ter held* several conferences with
County Fuel Administrator Ross
; Hickok, relative to the removal of
I the ban against the' use of fuel by the
; utility company for city heuting pur
poses. Realizing that conditions were
| approaching a truly serious state,
i Administrator Hickok gave notice to
j the Light and Power Company that
] they would be permitted to put their
! heating plant in operation at their
! own discretion.
! Firemen at once started to fire
j the boilers at the Ninth street plant
! and the plant will be in a position
j to supply heat for the first time on
[Continued on Pngc 18.]
Chilean Government
Orders Interred Hun
Steamers Under Arms
By Associated Press
•Santiago, Chile, Sept. 26 (Thurs
day).—The Chilean government to
night ordered the naval authorities
to occupy with armed forces all the
Interned German ships in Chilean
harbors.
First Frost of Season y
May Come This Evening
What will likely be the first frost
of the season is expected in Harris
burg some time between sunset to
day and sunrise to-morrow. The
mercury has already commenced to
fall and some time to-night Fore
caster Demain predicts the tirst
frost will arrive. The lowest tem
perature Is expected to be 42 de
grees. The mercury, however, will
not stay so low to-morrow. "Fair
and slightly warmer" is the predic
tion. An area of high pressure that
has been central over the Missouri
Valley Is moving from the north
west in this direction and is causing
a temperature fall of from 2 to 16
degrees In Its path, affecting this
immediate section together with
other sections of Eastern Pennsyl
vania.
THE WEATHER]
For Harrisburg and vicinity ■ Fair
and continued cool to-night,
with frost i lowest temperature
about 42 degreesi Saturday fair
and slightly warmer.
GERMANY'S ALLY,
IS CRUSHED BY
TERRIBLE BLOW
Commander of Retreating Armies Asks
Cessation of Hostilities While
Berlin Reports of Revolution
by Associated Press
Paris, Sept; 27.—General. Franchet d'Espetey, com
manding the Allied armies in Macedonia has telegraphed
to the French government that a high Bulgarian officer
has presented himself in behalf of General Torodow, com
manding the Bulgarian army, asking the suspension of
arms for 48 hours to permit the arrival of two authorized
delegates from the Bulgarian government. The minister
of finance, Liaptcheff, and General Loukpff, commanding
the Bulgarian second army, are on their way to the
French headquarters with the assent of King Ferdinand
to arrange the conditions of the armistice and eventually
the terms of peace.
Paris, Sept. 27.—The French commander in chief ui
Macedonia reports to-day that the Bulgarians have asked
for a meeting to arrange the conditions of an armistice
and eventual peace.
The French commander replied, refusing to suspend the opera
[ Continued on Page 18.]
j.
j * BROTHERHOOD CHIEFS PROTEST ;!
1 Washington—Heads of the four leading railroad J
! 1 brotherhoods conferred with Director General McAdoo
I Y to protest against his recent order forbidding political,
1 activity by railway employes or officers. They expressed '
i I the belief that this restriction deprived them of natural
£ rights which in some localities tended to safeguard their
| 1 interests. Mr. McAdoo explained that since railway ft
| men now are essentially government employes, it is es- J
< sential that they abstain from political action, individ
ually and concertedly, to avoid any danger of any ad-
! , ministration using such a great army of workers for k
> partisan advantage. Mr. McAdoo promised to write p
j ' them a letter setting forth his views more fully and <?
further conferences will be held. The brotherhood chiefs #
were Warren S. Stone, of the engineers; A. B. Garretson, \
a of the conductors; Timothy Shea, of the firemen, and W.
\ T G. Lee, of the trainmen. j)
1 CHILEANS SEIZE HUN SHIPS
' Santiago, Chile—The Chilean government last night
ordered the naval authorities to occupy with armed forces
, all the interned German ships in Chilean harbors.
36 DISEASE VICTIMS AT DIX £
* . Camp Dix, N. J. —Thirty-six soldiers have died here
g of Spanish influenza or of pneumonia following that
disease in the last 24 hours, it was anounced last night, k
T In the same time 806 new cases were discovered, 252
| of which were so serious as to require hospital treatment. V'
1 Since the epidemic broke out here 5,727 cases have been
Sf reported, and 182 soldiers have died.. In 423 of the H
j 5,727 cases pneumonia followed Spanish influenza.
i ALLIES CAPTURE 10,000 IN MACEDONIA Sj
Paris—The Allied troops in Macedonia have captured e ( |
| more than 10,000 prisoners, says a statement from the V
J French war office to-night. More than 200 guns also *
v have been taken. y
I GOURAUD RESUMES ATTACK
e Paris —General Gouraud's fourth army in the Cham- .%
J pagnc resumed its attack this morning from the positions ' 1
f captured from the Germans yesterday.
SERBIAN TROOPS CAPTURE KOCHANA
8 London —Serbian troops were reported this afternoon <£
i to have captured Kochana, about 14 miles from the v
Bulgarian border opposite Kustendil. The British forces S
' , on the Macedonian front have captured the Bulgarian
< city of Strumitsa. jfc
CORN DROPS IN CHICAGO
J f. '
t' Chicago—Corn was cut as much a five cents a bu
-1 shel in value to-day as a direct result of the action of t 1
Bulgaria in seeking an armistice. The extreme break S
, was in October delivery, which fell to 142 1-4 as com-
I ' pared with 147 1-8 to 147 1-4 at yesterday's finish.
I ALLIES CAPTURE 16,000 PRISONERS
( ' London—The number of Germans taken prisoner
* by French and Americans in their drive in the Cham- • ff
, pagne and to the east exceeds 16,000, according to Paris
■ dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company. V
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MARRIA Ob V
i Harvey F. Hurro and Irene Ddmlrr, HnrrlxburK. J