No Peace With Germany Sane on Principle of Impartial President Says in **'^3 jit HARRISBURG l£Sfsll& TELEGRAPH M LXXXVTI— No. .216 14 PAGES Dll i!,K HARRISBURG. PA., SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1918. ok HOME EDITION BELGIANS STRIKE NEW BLOW IN NORTH; ENEMY DESPERATE ON AMERICAN FRONT; TURKEY MA Y FOLLOW BULGARS IN PEACE FOCH STRIKES FOE TREMENDOUS BLOWS A LONG E VER Y FRONT 27,000 Huns Taken in Three Days by the A llies NEW BLOW IS NEAR THE SEA Iron Ring Tightens About Armies of Central Powers Ily Associated Press Paris, Sept. 28.—Allied troops began an attack on the front north of Ypres to day and the advance at some points has been more than 4. two and one-half miles. The j attack is being made by the Belgian army and is on the larger part of their front south from the North Sea. One thousand prisoners have been counted. Marshal Foch is putting tlie j Germans on the western front to j (he most severe test of the war.! On four important sectors fromj Verdun to the North sea Allied: troops are lighting their way into and beyond, the Ilindcnburg line. Smashing attacks are being delivered by the British and Belgians north of Ypres, by the British and Americans before Cambrai, by the French north\ of the Aisne and by the French j and Americans in Champagne I and to the east. On all fronts' the allied soldiers are meeting j with success. Cambrai About to Fall Cambrai, it would appear is about j to fall. The British having eip- ] tured the important height of Boar- j • ion wood, are reported beyond Fon_ 1 taine, Notre Dame and Saiily within ! one and three-quarter miles of, t'ambrdi Southwest of Cambrai the I British are fighting toward the im- j portant Scheldt canal at Can tab: Field Marshal Haig's thrust north j of Cambrai already has progressed I more than three miles. The Brit ish have cut the high road between Cambrai and Douai and have the railroad between the two cities dominated by their guns. The full of Cambrai, military observers be lieve, would result in a German withdrawal from Douai and St. Quentin which possibly would lead to a retirement to the French border. Strike a Netv Blow On the north the Belgian and British armies are penetrating the Hindenburg line on a front of more than ten miles from Ypres to north of Dixmude. At some points the attack, begun Saturday morning, al- j ready has resulted in an advance of more than two and one-half miles. The Allied troops have penetrated important positions of the Houth ulst forest, German possession ofj which had stayed previous attempts; to advance south of the Belgian 1 coast. This operation apparently is j directed toward the German sub. marine bases in Belgium and the j outflanking of the Bastion of I,ille. j Franco-American Advance The Franco-American drive westi and east of the Argonne to the 1 Me use continues successfully. The' French have moved their line for-1 ward west of the Argonne forest and ' captured important positions on their I western flank. East of the Argonne the Germans are fighting desperately to hold the Brunhilde positions but the Americans are progressing at several points. In the last three days the British, French. Americans and Belgians have taken more than 27,000 pris oners. Foe Hit in Fast Serbian and other Allied forces in Macedonia are pursuing the dis-' organized Germans and Bulgarians, j 'The Serbians captured Veles with its garrison and are moving toward ! the great enemy base of Uskub, 25 i miles northwest. From Ishtlb the, 1 Serbians are marching toward thel Bulgarian border, and have passed east of Kochana, 4 miles from the frontier. ' BERLIN THROWN INTO PANIC BY BULGAR PEACE By Associated Press j LONDON, Sept. 28.—The pub | ligation in Berlin semi-official newspapers of Bulgaria's armis tice request was the cause of the greatest panic in the German cap- I ital. according to advices received I at Copenhagen and forwarded' by ! the Exchange 'Telegraph eorrc- I pendent there. "The situation must, however, I he characterized as critical," Ad- I miral VOll Hintze, German foreign ! secretary, is* reported to have said, j "liut it will be clearer in a few days and there is no reason to give up the game in Bulgaria." The Bulgarian plea for an arm ] Istiee was in response to anti-war agitation among tlie bulk of the people, the correspondent says in his dispatch from Copenhagen, j The correspondent also hears that King Ferdinand himself played an active role in the peace move until Germany countered his move, — YANKEES PRESS HUNS BACK IN BITTER BATTLE | Germans With Back to' Wall Are Putting Up Desperate Resistance in Vain IU. S. IN NEW SECTOR Fire of Big Guns Is Increased as Our Men Press Forward By Associated Press With the American Army Northwest of Verdun, Sept. 128.—With their backs to the outer edge of the Brunhilde line I the Germans to-day were fight ing desperately in. an endeavor Ito bring the American advance !to a definite halt. The Germans 'were increasing the volume of j their fire and indicating anew ! their determination to resist to j the utmost. Thick clouds and ground mists ] again hampered the airmen de ] tailed for observation to-day in | the area of the operation now in [progress. The conditions, howj ever, did not prevent entirely operations by the pursuit planes of the American air force. Vsc Heavy Artillery The line fought for runs through the northern Argonne woods and eastward along a line paralleling the Epinonville-Montfaucon road to a point near Ivoiry, and thense northeasterly. The Germans are massed in the Cierges wood and in the Emont wods. The Americans are using their artillery freely to break up the enemy dispositions. The Germans jare depending upon machine gun lire at every advanced point in their effort to check the Americans. , Baker Watches Yankee Troops Back of Lines By Associated Press With tlie American Army North- I west of Verdun, Friday, Sept. 2 7. —• j Secretary of War Baker, who watch j ed the American troops begin the ] attack in the region northwest of 1 Verdun, visited the various head- I quarters behind the front to-day. ! The secrefaiy spent more than an ; hour in the vicinity of cages holding j German prisoners and gave instruc tions as to the treatment of the prisoners. One cage inspected by Secretary Baker contained two thousand prisoners. When the secretary ap peared American officers command ed the Germans to stand at atten tion. All except one, an officer, leaped to their feet and a pull of [Continued on Page 12.] Brings in First Cash For Liberty Bonds j The first money for the purchase lof Liberty Bands was brought to headquarters yesterday by Mrs. Cbriß H. Sailers. Mrs. Pauers, well known ns tennis champion, in engaged in ' many forms of war work. Bulgaria Is Told How It May Get Lasting Peace TURKS NEARLY j- READY TO QUIT Germany's Ally Is Tired of Playing Kaiser's Game By Associated Press Washington, Sept. 28. Bulgaria is out of the war, in the opinion of Stephen Panaretoff, Bulgarian min ister here, who believes his country definitely is deter mined to abandon its alliance with Germany and Austria. Mr. Panaretoff said his country would be willing to let settlement of the issues rest in the hands of such a country as the United States, "according to justice as an- . nounced by President Wil son." London, Sept. 28.—Great Brit iain has replied to the Bulgarian | request for an armistice. The j reply, it is stated, is fully cov jered by the answer given the I Bulgarian representatives by the ! commander of the Allied army on the Macedonian front. By this reply'it is perfectly well de fined that no military operations i can be suspended. I At the same time, regarding I the proposal that duly accred ited Bulgarian representatives should confer with the Allies 011 the question of peace, it has been made quite clear to the Sofia government that such a peace necessarily involves a complete rupture by the Bulgarian gov ernment with Turkey, Germany and Austria Hungary. Plan Military Safety The Allied governments neces sarily demand every guarantee which they oonsider necessary to them to safeguard their military operation and prevent the dispatch of German troops to Bulgaria. In discussing the Bulgarian pro. posal, it is pointed out, the Allies [Continued 011 Page 12.] Up to the Folks at Home, Writes Army Officer The following excerpt from a letter! to a relative in this city from an of ficer of "nigii rank with the American Expeditionary Forces is timely, 111 view of the fact that the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign is now on: "The morale of the men is fine and j it is a rare thing to hear a com plaint from any one, which is mighty 1 inspiring. My sincere hope is that' as the war continues this same fine spirit will be manifest, and that 'he] home folks will deprecate a prema-j ture peace, or all that has gone pe- ] fore will be for nought Permit me j to say that the temper of the honiei folks has an astounding influence upon the soldier man over here, and ( the knowledge that the people of the U. S. A. are backing them to tlie 1 limit is most stimulating to them." j Yankees Take Villages in Northern Russia By Associated Press Archangel, Tuesday. Sept. 24.' American troops, who now are tak ing part in the operations in virtual ly all sectors on the northern Rus sian front, have captured several vil lages in recent lighting. . The net result of the fighting, in which the Americans co-operated with the British and Russians in the taking of many more places in the rast ten days along the Dvlna, is an advance of more than fifty mile 3. The Bolshevik! are fleeing to Kot las, and the Allies are continuing the pursuit. .Kotlas is on the river Dvina, 325 miles inland troni Archangel. THE FAMOUS ALIEN SQUAD, U. S. A. This snuad of United States soldiers will be a feature of the Reservoir Park mass meeting to-morrov afternoon at 3 o'clock. Not one of the squad was horn in the United States. Reading from the tall niai on the extreme right, they are: Corporal Maroon, born In Turkey; 'Private Putaski, Austria; Private Seng Alsace-Lorraine; Private Terzakis, Greece; Private Pastor, Austria-Hungary; Private Ochoa. Ecuador; Privet RiveVa, the only Mexican who voluntarily enlisted in the United States Army; Private Miller, Poland, am Lieutenant Kenneth Caughman, in command of the squad. GREAT THRONG TO ATTEND RALLY IN RESERVOIR PARK Good Weather Promised For Patriotic Event; Dr. Bag nell to Speak The weatherman promises fair weather for to-morrow afternoon, and good weather is all that is needed to insure an enormous crowd lor Reservoir Park at 3 o'clock when a Liberty Loan mass meeting will be held in front of the band pavilion. The presence of the Rev. Dr. Rob ert Bagnell, of Grace Methodist Church, who will tell of what he saw behind the lines in France, is sufficient to draw a big crowd, but in addition to Dr. Bagnell the fa mous "Alien Squad" of the United States Army, carrying complete over seas equipment, will be at the park and will give an exhibition drill. The squad is in Reading to-day. In addition to the squad and Dr. Bagnell there will be a chorus ol' sixty voices under the direction of C. L. Scott, and the Municipal Band will play. The band will leave its headquar ters, Market near Third, at 2.40. It is urged that citizens generally ' .'all in" behind the band; and if this is d,one there will be quite a sizable procession long before the band leaches the park. Some folks imagined to-morrow's mass meeting is for Liberty Loan workers, or something like that. The meeting is for patriotic citizens of Harrisburg—and there are 80,000 of them. BRETZ TRIAL IS STARTED BEFORE JUDGE KUNKEL Court Rules Against Motion of Attorney to Quash Em bezzlement Counts Harry M. Bretz, member of the Dauphin county bar and of the hard ware firm of Bretz Brothers, was placed on trial this morning before President Judge George Kunkel on four charges of embezzlement as at torney, preferred b% Franklin H. Wertz, 1420 Green street. Judge Kunkel overruled a motion by O. G. Wickersham, Bretz's# counsel, to have four of the eight indictments against [Contlmied oil Page 2.] Major Morava Gets New Government Assignment Major W. Morava, in charge of construction at the Marsh Run gov ernment. operations, has been given charge of the Bethlehem Loading Plant at May's Handing, N. J., it, was announced. He Will ' take charge at both operations. In his place at Marsh Run while the major is away, Captain H. 1.,. Waggoner is in charge. The New Jersey plant is considered by the government as a very Im portant part of their work, officials said, this morning. Quotas Are Given ! For Harrisburg District ,• t j Liberty Loan Headquarters this morning received from Pliiludcl ! phia official nnounccmcnt of the Ihuul quotas for the Harrisburg district. They arc: Harrisburg city $0,183,040 ! Steelton .... 805,230 i Dauphin eoi un ty, oth e r • than Hur risburg & Steelton... 1,002,020 Perry county 850,520 Juniata county 710,120 Grand total $10,108,130 I ARCHBISHOP IS HERE FOR CHURCH CELEBRATION ilinposingCcrcnionics Planned For Fiftieth Anniversary of Harrisburg Diocese ; I Lay and clerical delegates from I each of the fifteen counties of the j Harrisburg diocese of the Roman Catholic Church, to-day began to | gather to attend and participate in j the Golden Jubilee celebration of the diocese, which will be held in St. Patrick's Cathedral to-morrow. His Excellency, the Most Rev. John [Continued on Pago 2.] CITY SHORT FIVE TONS IN BELGIAN CLOTHING QUOTA Middletown and Marsh Run Soldiers Help in Packing Gifts For Refugees Harrisburg approximately has given 15 tons of clothing to be sent to the refugees of Belgium and France. Her quota is twenty tons. To-day is the ciosing one of the cam paign. In order to reach her full quota and hold her record among the highest ranks of Red Cross cities, Harrisburg must contribute five tons of clothing to-day. This appeal comes from the chairman of the Belgian clothing campaign. Approximately four toils of cloth ing were sent ■to the Atlantic port this morning under the direction of William Strouse. Mrs. W. G. Glpple, receiving chairman, and Mrs. Wil liam Strouse, collection chairman, with their corps of workers were kept busy all day. tagging, assorting and packing the hundreds of pack ages of clothing that were contribut ed by the loyal citizens of Harris burg and surrounding country. Auxiliaries Help This morning many of the auxili aries of the Harrisburg Chdpter, American Red Cross began to show er their contributions to the cause. Wormleysburg workers came with two huge automobile loads. Camp [Continued on Page 2.] ARMY OF 5,665 MEN REPRESENTS DAUPHIN AT WAR Harrisbufg Men in Every Branch of the National \ Service Approximately 5,665 Harrisburg an<j Dauphin county are in the 1 service of Uncle Sam. • These Harrisburg and county boys in the short space of a year and a 'half of war have been taken.from their homes and scattered over the four corners of the earth, all doing, I their bit for their country and Dem j ocracy. Besides this number, there arc uncounted dozens in the army, navy' and marines, who own Harrisburg and surrounding points as their home, but who answered the call to duty from points located in every part of the country. Along with the I boys who entrained in Harrisburg and the county, they are adding to I the wealth of valor that will be re ported to the credit of Dauphin | county cities, towns and hamlets I when the history of the war is re corded. In addition there are the intrepid youths who entered the officers [ training camps, and now are leading the manhood of America in the vanguard of Allied armies. There are dozens of others serving in high capacities, among them the highly trained experts who have been com missioned and are serving in every lield of war endeavor. | The men are not the only children ; of the city and county to wear the] nation's uniform. The local naval re r | cruiting station has sent two yeo-! women into the navy. They are Miss; Agnes Gallagher and Miss Nellie; Sellers, of Steelton. Both were em-: ployed formerly. at SWartz, Umber ger & Swartz, 108 North Second i [Continued on Page 2.] CERTIFICATES MUST BE ISSUED FOR FARE RAISES More Complaints Against Har risburg Railways and Three Against the Valley Lines The Public Service Commission to-day requested the .Valley and Har risburg Railways companies operat ing in Dauphin and Cumberland counties to issue certificates for pay ment of the six and seven cent, fares which becomes effective on October 1 and in event that it is not done orders will be made by the Commis sion requiring them. If the Com- [Continued on Puge 2.] THE WEATHER For Harrlshurg anil vicinity! Fair tu-iilght i Sunday Increasing cloudiness! not much change in temperature! lowest to-night about 48 degrees. Temperature! 8 a. m„ 48, River Stage I 8 n. m., 4.7 feet above lw-wntcr mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 114. I.owest temperature. 43. Mean temperature, 84. Aormal temperature, ill. FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE IS BEGUN IN CITY'S BIG INDUSTRIES Hundreds ol" Salesmen Can vass Workingmcn and Girls For Subscriptions, Which Are Reported to Be Heavy QUOTA IS DOUBLE THAT OF OTHER CAMPAIGNS Three Army Aeroplanes De part From City to Accom paniment of Siren's Blasts; Nearby Counties Active With a definite goal toward which to work, hundreds of volunteer Lib erty bond salesmen started this morning to sell United States gov ernment securities to the thousands of employes in the industrial plants of the Harrisburg district. The district quota is for a total of $10,198,430; and to sell this tre mendous bond total it will be neces sary for the salesmen to sell twice as many bonds as in the third cam [Contiimed on Page 2.] J BE ETZ Gin STAND THIS AFTERNOON J Karrisbtirg—Harry M, Brefz, bankrupt lawyer and \ | th •" tnecs ".<• ■. * "rtie tni; i 1 >.> ■ I | Sept lor his own use SI,OOO cf y jfl,6oo paidby George W. i I Suring a period of four or five years tor Frat , Y a $2, G00 mottgage, that he invest- I ir with the approval of M r ,'ertz.. WerVz, acco; - n statement, dfa * • the .SI,OOO being, kept by Bret*. p $200,000 FIRE .3T&, JERSEY ' ' 1- Phistc ' P> "(he -of Hope, N. J., ws ; "isited by . < ' I !. - :r<: S Ji.vrell and ; r>r v ortter d > business properties were destroyed. o | |'Ll i v ;v MINE EXPLOSION- i i't ntv- tve per ■■■• —• • | o:• -f '.n 1 '•.! ... W to-dry :n ... fr i'.n ir. the Jf" North Mine of th* Franklin Cdal and Coke Company at * Royalton, TH. • LOAN FLYERS FALL;. ONE I?EAD ' f | Columbia, S. C.—An airplane; in a Liberty Loan flight, (tj fell;'near the state capital today, killing Lieut. Godman, Jp I I passenger The doomed pilot guided it away in time p U <; • BERLIN STOCK EXCHANGE IN PANIC " . | London—A panic prevailed to-day on the Berlin X, i Exchange as the result "of events in Bulgaria, ac 1 ceding to a dispatch from The Hague to the Central L < 1 Ne. Asc.icy. ® ; : OFFICERS HELD IN WAR WILL BE PAID . 1 1 Washington—The United States and Germany, through negv'.iaticns conducted by the Spanish ambassador at 1"* < l Berlift, have agreed to pay monthly sums to* a! ■ 1 officers held as prisoners of.wpr, \ BRITISH FIGHT WITH BELGIANS IN FLAN~ ' k : London-—British forces have begun operations i i s in conjunction with the Belgian army. \ — RRIAGt UCENSES £ 1 Karl M. Walfa and Mnr.v C. Clelond, llnrrlahnrsi Alton Mel'. J) C Bflgm, lOnaton, und l.ulu M. Nmltla. Allooniil Chnrlen Miller, Me- y ehanleahur*, 11. D.. 4, und Urnce Neehrlat, Wormle.vnburm l'nul 1. V I Kuta und Norma A. Kemper,"Meebnnlenburm .tenae K. Moore, Dan- f I ennavllle, nnd Helm r. Sleep. Hnrrlaliueet Vor.ko lirndek. Steellon, 2 I nod Moan ttniodia, Ilnrrlabunri Dnvld H. Hrnnnen nod I4a:inin Wei- JL i ler.-MIISIni Andrew \\ rlubl. HnrrlnburiK, nnd Kdltb M. Vnnllorden. (f Jp lliilYnlot Howard K. Swivel* nnd Margaret M. Myer*, Hnrrlsbars. f PENNSYLVANIANS, VIEWED BY BAKER, WIN NEW GLORIES ON VERDUN FRONT Keystone State Soldiers Pene trate Hindcnburg Line and Return Varennes to French Diadem in Brilliant Victory TAKE DOZEN VILLAGES; WAR LEADER LOOKS ON Light-Hearted Scranton Lad Typical of American Fight ers Who Defeat Kaiser's Troops; Clipped by Bullet BV RAYMOND G. CARROLL Special Correspondent of the Pub'iu Ledger und Harrisburg Telegraph. Oflcially credited to the American K.t peditionary Forces Abroad. Special Cable Dispatch (Copyright, 1918, by Public Ledger Co. and The Telegraph Printing Co.) With the First American Armv in France, Sept. 28. —.Fresh from laurels won at St. Mihiel, our troops on Thursday made a surprise mass penetration-attack upon the enemy's [Continued on Page 12.]
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