l**"' * .W? <gt \ ' * * , v and Enter Northern Suburbs in night Attack on Germans ; % HARRISBURG Cfi(Q& TELEGRAPH ®K Star- 3n&cpcnbcnt ' - LXXXVII— No. 216| 14 PAGES "■'ilaJM ?OT&. HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1918. °%lw, v I VV;:.M.\!i.V, ,V" h '" d, CITY EDITION TREMENDOUS BLOWS ALONG FIVE SECTORS MAY FORCE GERMAN ARMY OUT OF FRANCE; BULGARS AGREE TO ALLIED PEACE TERMS 47W£/?/C4iVS ,4/?£ 7iV iVEtr BATTLE Desperate Resistance Offered by Foe Does Not Check Victorious Rush of Foch's Great Armies on Every Front in France iy Associated Press AS a result of terrific attacks by the Allies Over five sectors, the aggregate length of which is more than one hundred miles, the German positions in France of the Meuse, Genera! Liggett's American army ircesist- Great Battle Flames Up From the North Sea as far south as the St. Quentin region a tremendous battle is now flaming up, with the Belgians, on the extreme north, cutting deep into the positions the enemy has held since 1914, and with the Americans, British and French smashing the Hindenburg line between Cambrai and St. Quentin. Germans Retreat in Haste Northeast of Soissons. r.orth of the Aisne, the French gained the crest of the ridge along which runs the famous Chemin des Dames, from which the Germans apparently are hastily retreating. Americans Fight Under Liggett In the Champagne sector, General Gouraud's French army smashed ahead toward the vital German positions west of the Argonne forest. East of that forest and west of the Mause, General Liggett's American army irresist ibly rolls northward. Enemy Fighting Desperately Everywhere the Germans are fighting desperately. There is little indication 'hat their morale has broken down. Realizing that he is in danger of disaster, the enemy is battling to check the Allies before his lines break and his entire army in France is forced to retreat toward Germany. Foch Aims at Center of Line Reports yesterday indicate Marshal Foch's strategy in the present battle of battles is very similar to that followed during the Marne. Somme and St. Mihiel drives. By exerting pressure against the wings of the German positions he intends to compel thei center of the enemy line to retire. Again the offensive tactics of the Allies may be likened to an immense pincer which is slowly but inexorably closing. U-Boat Bases in Peril Far to the north the Belgians have cut deep into the German"' positions and not only threaten the enemy submarine bases along! the Belgian coast, but also place the German line farther south in extreme peril. Cambrai now is near its fall, apparently, and! south of that town the Allies are far across the St. Quentin Canal, | which was the key of the whole position north of St. Quentin. 1 Farther south the French apparently have completely outflanked; St. Quentin and cut it off from the German strongholds at La Fere and in the St. Gobain forest. Berlin Admits Retirement Successes by the French along the ridge between the Ailette and Aisne rivers make it.virtually impossible for the enemy to; hold his lines there. A retirement is admitted by* Berlin. This retrograde movement should compel the Germans to relocate theii front north and east of Rheims. In the Champagne sector. General Gouraud is slowly moving nearer to Challerange and his long range cannon now are within, range of Youzieres, one of the principal German bases on that j front. Americans Threaten Argonne Front American forces farther east are moving along the west side of the Meuse river and threaten to outflank the whole Argonne forest and compel the Germans to retire from a sector which apparently is vital to the whole enemy line in eastern France. Allies Move Into Bulgaria In Macedonia the Allies continue their advance into Bulgaria and now are on the western threshold of that country. The Italians have forced the Bulgarians back through the mountains j toward Albania. Bulgarian delegates who will confer with the Alies on armistice proposals have arrived at Saloniki. Berlin reports that they were accompanied by the American charge d'affaires at Sofia, who is said to have had "played an important part in recent events." Allies Have Captured 325,000 in 74 Days I>on(l>n. Sept. 30.—Since July 18. the Allies have taken 325.000 prisoners, 3.600 guns and 20.000 machine guns. Of tnese totals. 2 47,000 pris oners and 3,100 guns have been taken on the west front. The British alone have 110,872 prisoners and 1,700 guns in the west. The French havetaken 100,210 prisoners and 900 guns. The Americans have captured 36,000 prisoners and 500 guns. The Palestine and Macedonian campaigns netted 60.000 prison ers and 465 guns. In Siberia and Murmansk 18,- 000 prisoners were taken. These losses cannot be replac ed by the central powers. Ger many is forced to press her 1*920 class into service immediately. Eight Wounded Yankees Feature of Meeting in Honor of Soldier Dead Pittsburgh. Pa., Sept. 30.—Pitts ' burgh and Western Pennsylvania yesterday paid tribute to the soldier| dead. More than 35.000 persons' gathered at Forbes Meld, the Xa- : tional League Park here and took! i part in the "Remembrance Day", I program. Orators delivered address- i ■ es, a band of 300 pieces furnished'l I appropriate music and the entire | assembly joined in singing national' I airs. A feature of the meeting was the .appearance on the stage in the cen-l iter of the field of eight American soldiers who came from the battle j j front in France to recover from j : wounds received In action. An ova-, i Hon, V-hich lasted several minutes, ! ' was given the heroes, some of whom | limped to the piatforjn while others i had their heads swathed in band- j j ages. The Rats Are Beginning to Leave i T A/ffWhi wt?&\V 1 A Alm \^Lt/Av\ WsjX 1 X A /^Vv Ma //'/• 'K ( U <mmm I1R&P/ U. S. AVIATORS SWEEP I ENEMY FROM SKIESi Sixty Hun Airplanes and Twelve Balloons Downed Without Loss of One American Life; Record For the War American Headquarters In France Sept. 30.—The outstanding aehieve ment of the American Army in the latest offensive stands undoubtedly to the credit of its aviators. Their commander. Colonel Mitchell, said it will be long before their record up* to and including Saturday is sur passed, with sixty machines downed and twelve balloons burned without a single casualty. On Saturday the distance covered by the planes of a single wing of the service amounted to 44,310 miles. They fought fifty combats and de stroyed nineteen airplanes without loss to themselves. One patrol met ten enemy planes between Charpen tery and Ivoiry. sent down one in flames, another patrol came upon seven Fokkers which were almost immediately joined by seven more. The Americans attacks. During a Soviets Threaten to Destroy Russ Capital if They Lose in War Ixmtlon, Sept. 30.—1f the Bolshe vlki are compelled to leave Moscow they will attempt to destroy the city : and slaughter the bourgeoise whole-j sale, declares Hans Vorst in a letter j to the Berlin Tageblatt. The German! writer says he learns front authentic I sources the Bolsheviki have placed! in the upper stories of high build-' ings every conceivable agency of de-1 struction. Innocent bourgoise hostage, the! latter adds, still are being shot by' the thousands. Minnesota Hits Mine OR Delaware Capes Washington, Sept. 30.—The United' States battleship Minnesota struck a! mine off Delaware breakwater early yesterday morning. This announce ment was made by the Navy Depart ment last evening. There were no casualties, accord ing to the reports received by the department, and the Minnesota isi proceeding to port under her own i power. twenty-minute mixup which took the combatants from Sommerance to Binv, seven enemy planes were de stroyed anil the remainder scatter ed in all directions. In addition to these successes the German balloons were literally swept from the sky. Bieptenant Frank Buke, of Phenix, • Ariz„ recently brought down three j airplanes and two balloons in ten j minutes, is an expert at getting the J balloons in their beds. One pursuit group had sixty-five j victims to its credit within three! weeks of its arrival at the front, | thirty-fi\e of these being balloons. : General Pershing's report on Sat- J urday's operations said the Americans had "brought down twelve balloons ! and more than sixty enemy planes, while less than a third of that num- | ber of our planes are missing," j, Pure Berkshire Pig Wins Prize For Baker; Niesley Awards Honors The Deodate Pig Club, one of the! largest in the county, conducted by, the Dauphin county farm bureau, || completed its feeding period, Fri-j day, when the pigs were judged and! prizes awarded. George Baker won the first prize,; a pure-bred Berkshire pig. offered 1 L,. C. Tomkins. formerly a resident j of the section. The second prize, j' a Duroc Jersey pig, ofTered by Joseph 1 Aldinger, was won by Ada B. Shelley.! l Barbara Shelley won the third prize, | a Baby Bond. Paul Foultz won the 1 fourth prize, a trip to the corn and 1 iruit show at Harrisburg. The next"' five prizes were agricultural books!' and went to Sarah Foultz, Ezra AI-J' dinger, Alvtn Keinard, Raymond Reinard, Raymond Reinard, and 1 Ada Aldinger. i The remaining prizes, yearly sub- 1 scription to agricultural papers, wont J to Elroy Baker and J. Omar Foultz. Professor Thompson, of the Her- ' shey High School, A. B. Shenk. and - James Fox made the decisions. 1 County Farm Agent H. 1 G. Niesley ' made awarded the prizes < BENEDICTION IS GIVEN BY POPE ON 50TH YEAR Diocese Celebrates Golden Jubilee in Fitting Manncf | The Catholic Diocese of Harris ' burg was fifty years old yesterday land that noteworthy. event was fit jtingly celebrated with the most Jm i pressive ecclesiastical ceremonies of I the kind that has probably ever j taken place in this city. Headed by j Bishop P. R. McDevitt and honored 1 by the presence of the Pope's repre • sentative in America, His Excellency j the Most Rev. John Bonzano. Apos j tolic Delegate, clergy representing i every city and town in the Harris j burg Diocese, together with a vast I concourse of the faithful in this city, : joined in celebrating the golden jubilee at St. Patrick's Cathedral, j where Solemn Pontificfial Mass was | sung by Monsignor Bonzano. an un- I veiling and blessing of a beautiful marble memorial to the late Rt. Rev. i John W. Shananhan, third bishop of I the diocese, by the same dignitary, a sermon on the occasion by the [Continued on Page 12.] Hold 100 Germans Captive to Every Ten Americans, U. S. Reply to Ultimatum Washington, Sept. 30. —The German ; protest against the use of shotguns by American troops has been receiv -1 ed at the State Department and an answer soon will be dispatched. Shotguns are used by American | troops, it was said to-day, only as authorized by the accepted rules of war. They a*e employed in general police work and in guarding pris oners, being more desirable for such work than the high powered army rifle because the firing of the latter might result In. the death or injury of [Arsons it was not Intended to hit. Germany's threat of reprisals is not causing any anxiety among American officers. The Americans hold 100 German prisoners to every ten Americans in enemy wrison camps. U. S. Troups Sweep Through Hun Lines at St. Quentin ENEMY'S DEAD LITTERS FIELD . i By Associated Press I With the American Forces North of St. Quentin. Sept. 30.—American divisions brilliantly attacked on a front of considerable length in con junction with the British on Sunday morning. At nightfall they were re ported to have gained their objec tives. Enemy losses were heavy. Between St. Quentin and the sea important gains were made to-day by the British, Belgians and Amei'i- , cans. Americans Reach Gouy An American unit is reported to 1 have passed through Be Catelet and to have reached Go.uy. other units which captured Nauroy have passed through Be Caberet wood. Early in tha forenoon thirty-six German of ficers and one thousand of other j ranks had reached the American j collecting cages. It was at 6 o'clock this morning j when the Americans, with the Brit- i ish on their right and left flanks, j "shoved off" from the Hindenburg 1 outpost line, about 2,000 yards west j of the St. Quentin Canal, whiel; Was j captured on Friday. After a short j "crash" barrage, the infantry, pre-1 ceded by a large number of tanks, j started advancing through the haze, i After hard fighting the troops i reached the canal and scrambled! across as the barrage swept on | ahead of them. Fighters Halt to Cheer TJie Australians and Americans! halted momentarily and cheered.' At | other places where the lighting con- i tinned furiously the Americans, guns and The ground was litierod witli Gcjr- ' man dead and same was true of | other sections of the front. Deep progress was reported virtually! everywhere. Cambrai Snail Must Fall It is reported that the British have ] reached Battouzelle, having taken ! Bateau wood and Bes Hues Vertes, i and are in the outskirts of Cambrai. 1 Canadian troops arc fighting here I and it is possible that by this time I they are in the town itself. Cant- 1 brai soon must fall. Hard fighting occurred north of; the Cam brai-Bapaume road. The village of Bleburt was captured by j the Canadians. In the north the British are work- ; ing through Ploegsteert. It is re-1 ported that they have reached Stives ; and are in Oostraverne and Water- j damehcon. llriti.sli. American and Aus tralian forces pushed forward last night on the front between Itellicourt and Oonnelsicu, in one of the severest oppositions. Field Marshal Hnig announced to-day. Four thousand prison ers were taken by the allied forces yesterday to the north of St. Quentin and forty guns were captured there. On the front northwest of I.e t'atelet German counterattacks pressed the British buck to the outskirts of Villers - Guislain. while to the southwest of I-e Catclct similar pressure sent Field Marshal Haig's troops back to the edge of the village of Bony. British forces have entered the northern suburbs of Cant hrai. Foe's Positions Raked by Terrific Bombardment By Associated Press British Headquarters In France, Sept. 30.—Striking at the strongest point of the Hindenburg line between [Continued on Page 12,1 Lend what you saved on "gas" yesterday to Uncle Sam to-day BONDS or WAR STAMPS? BUY NOW THE WEATHER For Hnrrlshurg nnd vicinity; Fair to-night nnd Tuesday; not much change In temperuture; lowest to-night about 45 degrees. For Eastern Pennsylvania; Fair to-night | slightly cooler in southeast portion; Tuesday fair; gentle west to northwest winds. Hlver The .husqurhnnua river and all Its hranrhes will fall slowly. A stage of about 4.7 feet Is Indi cated for Harrlsturg Tuesday morning. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, lift. lamest temperature, 48. Mean temperature, 58. .Normal temperature, 01. KAISER'S HOUR HAS STRUCK Amsterdam, Sept. 30.—"Ger many's most serious hour seems to have heen struck," declares the Bokai Anzeiger, of Berlin, 111 dis cussing the Bulgarian question. The Frankfort Zeitung says: "It is useless to gloss over this news, and we are not quite sure whether it would not be useful to attach considerable importance to the semiofficial attempts to veil the threatening secession of Bulgaria or raise any hopes."' GOURAUD HITS GERMAN LINES AT ALIN BROOK French General Attacks En emy Toward Challerange; Takes Marne Heights By Associated Press Paris, Sept. 30.—General Gouraud's army attacked this morning on the north ern slopes of Bellevue heights, Mont Cuvelet and Bouconville. Alin brook, which flows northeast toward Challerange has been crossed and heights dominating the village of Manre, on the west side of the brook have been taken. T|/vao—rt|fV a ; . . - FIVE BREAK JAIL" AT CHAMBERSBURG Chambersburg—Four white aftd onecolored man madej f )• • h*. - I midnight and morning. They ate John Yeager, Robert 9 Besecker, James Dev.-alt, Abe Mickey and Simon Baley a < c: ' .. ' .. bed -r 1 v ■ '■■■ I - :;!ir i ; ' . LONGSHOREMEN ASK HIGHER WAGE , '■ *" '< ■" — -!• :or .. • 4 to the National .Labor -Adjustment Committee hete to ' I • •. ■ ~ '• or - - < ;.1V ; ENOUGH, REICHSTAG HEARS , ' ;* 1 . . • '■ \ ■ ■ ' mitted to the reich.-'ag reasons for not makin '< . a larger scale, saying no occasion has arisen to, reconsider -J the decision. I 'ENT Dr.. *S F Hi 7 IRA ' ' El , V 2 • . • ♦ i . en ' ( opened< the ceremony of drawing numbers for the 13,000,- in the new draft He dnev i • ■ • ain.vl the lumrei 21- • . , 1697, 7123. •, ¥ ■ YANKS REACH NOT LONG ENQUGH_ I Amsterdam—The German war office statement says: "An east of the Argonne began. ■*,; at 11 o'clock in the (Sunday) moming. Despite rc- 9 peated attacks the Americans were unable to obtain de- R cisive -esults." # BRETZ CONVICTED ON FOUR CHARGES I Harrisburg—Harry M. Bretz was convicted late Sat . < urday cr. .'our charges of ,l>bezzjehiert after .. considered his case for a short time. His attorney now j preparing to make an appeal and until this is dispor- ■ of the court will not impose sentence. The other charges i wil] hold over until the appeal is finally settled. | f MARRIAGE LICENSES '' \ Harrfy Johnaon and Cora I.ff HUI, Harrlabmrßl Charles W. Shnner, Hnrrlnhora, and Caroline R. Miller, Perth Ambort Walter Johnaon nod Putay Fiord, Steeltoni David Roberta, Blrdaboro, and | I Mary Brown, Coateavllle. ' Turkey Is Menaced by Collapse of Balkan Ally HUNS MA Y TRY TOTAKE SOPHIA Paris, Sept. 30. —An armis tice has been concluded be tween the Allies and Bul garia o nthe Allies' own terms. This announcement was made officially to-day. King Ferdinand of Bul garia is expected to reach Vienna soon, according to a Geneva dispatch quoting Innsbruck advices. War Three Years Bulgarian representatives agreed to an armistice—probably the first step in Bulgaria's withdrawal from the alliance with the Central Powers —a few days less than three years after she entered the war. It was on October 8. 1915, that Bulgaria issued a manifesto announcing her decision to cast her lot ugainst the Entente Alliance. She had been fif teen months in deciding her cours.. In the manifesto issued at the time of her entrance into the ranks < ' the belligerents, the Bulgttrinn gov ernment declared that her trade in terests and economic rights "were inseparably bound up with' Turkey, Germany and Austria." Germany had offered Bulgaria in return for [Continued on Page 12.]
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