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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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