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\\ \ \"TI \ 21 r 14 PAGES n. t Mr^K t " H Sr • HARRISBURG. PA., TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1, 1918. °*nr w r*r it !• AT T'i AMI MI'H M" * "MWMBfir NIGHT EXTRA
TURKEY, READY TO GET OUT OF
WAR, REACHES OUT FOR ARMISTICE:.
GERMANY ROCKING WITH TURMOIL
Fnch, Haig and Pershing Hammer Away on All Fronts
GERMAN LINES
MENACED FROM
VERDUN TO SEA
Allied Armies Beat Huns
Back on Every Front in
i ver-growing Battle
by Associated Press
London, Oct. 1. —"Feelers" have
been put out by Turkey for an armis
tice, the Evening News to-day says it
understands. While these advances are
said to be semi-official, no notice will
t>e taken of them, the article states,
until an official telegram is received.
London, Oct. 1. —Under the threat of its
speedy capture by the British the city of Cambrai
has been set on fire by the Germans. Field
Marsha! Haig reported this in his official state
ment to-day.
British troops last night continued their clos
ing m movement on Lambrai. They captured
Provide, to the west of the city and Tilloy, close
by on the northwest, Field Marshal Haig an
nounced in his official report to-day.
farthei south on the front between Cambrai
c iio St Quentin, the town of Vendhuile was
captured by the British.
North of the St. Quentin and British wedge has
been thrust still farther into German-held terri
ur> and the town of Levergies has been captured.
has uncon- lie 011 their way to restore
ditioualiy surrendered. the Bulgarian front.
German Statesmen Get Out
Allied nations, are now q{ threatcninß
placed in control ol her .. .1 iticril aspect of the situation,
.aiuoadfc and all other the German government is lac
me; a ministerial crisis. Imperial
intaufc ol transport anci . ..
1 1 naacellor Von 1 ierthng has re
.ut tree to use tiiem ior ( ,i L ue<l from office and was
ait develop:meat oi tu- I closely followed hy Foreign
.Minister \'ou iiintzc. To—dav
Lure nulitary oprna- I u v rcporled {rom Arastcl . da m
tioiib. All sti ategic Vice Chancellor Von Payer
points ux Buigaiia are had quit.
Lurned ovet to the Al- ~e i„ , , ana
lies for occupation ano ; Belgian troops continui their smasli
, - , , i ig.iinst tlir German defenses, fur
tive bUigai tIOOpS Will , i|„ B the peril to the Ger
-Iluirhrlrau/n from ma armies mm Verdun lo the North
U t WltnUl awn nom S) . :i Th( , iln ,„ )lUllU bastions of l.ille,
Cntasce and Serbia and cambrai. St. guentin and uon
more anil more are becoming of leas
Uioal llied. use tu the Geruians.
...cull .if thr Caqibrai was burning to-day, hav
-1 lUp, tile 1 CSUU OI HR j„g been set on lire by the Hermans.
Kicuct UcLwceu the Bui .. •
i c "lltlliurtl Oil i age b. J
.ipf lf pcucc delegate and ———-——
GERMANY ROCKS
WHEN BULGARIA
U ;I;: LEAVES BATTLE
UhcUsivg in tlit Balkans
..J ihc ttili.tpsc of 1 >til Holland 1 it'Ui'h (ircul I'.xcitc
ii lie, eV y Gei niaii and incut Follow* News ol Huu
i forces are said Lo Ally's Defection
| THE U/r ATUITD I i.GNnox, on. i\,. ding
I 111 TO I 'A I 111 IT I I li'iiim iI I m|M-mr
! I fill ♦—* * 1 t lmrlcs 1. in Is.Hi- U inamli-Mo
iii ilie piupb tn-iln), and It l
l UI lluulabun. ami G.lnl.j i lair fell lli.il tills IIIUsI la- all li||<r
to-tiis'ir. iraukl, iiaio (ru.i in aine of lilsti.iti' liniMirianic,
jilMi t'il luiirhl I'i|rrM
.Va" laiV muMihrmr?"' " IxmOoli Del I 'lbt|. i lbs
ior I a.tern I'minsf ItusUi lair i lif "J " ' '""J"! " 1 ",otty JDlrt"
fi> niiiht. V lib llali, frost in eg- ! t' i# *b I* "ion of Duiguilii. Holland
posed placed) \\ piiaesiln, lair, I "lisp ■l'h s -s> home u poila any a
nrm. ft llulit anriheasl tu mirth pa lib utti lei) Ilia 11. ill n puma*,
"•nil* when aat industry *to<k slumped
lislaadai a Utmlm Mrmk Paste, , . ut
Uubi ,t tern peril I Of#, TO ' """ wis*' sou a I -, '.siaslii uh>t
t niir-i temperature 13 at w.pi pe I I'll* Ihi ai|4 pot.lp off ices
Mriut tcjiipsfntttrd, At, s~
••"aiperaiaie, aw j H "Mi|<ui-d tin |'|i; |,J
FIRST CALL IS I
ISSUED FOR MEN
REGISTERED IN
DRAFT OF 18-45
Local Boards lo Examine Fri
day Evening Those in First
Class Preparatory to Filling
Latest Army Quota
MANY HAVE WAIVED
EXEMPTION CLAIMS!
Questionnaires Mailed Out i
Last Week Being Returned \
Rapidly in Good Shape by
Men of 10 to 36
The three city draft boards have
sent notices to men of the Septem
ber 12 registration to report foi-|
physical examination to-morrow |
evening.
The prompt action of the boards;
in calling men for their physical!
examinations while questionnaires!
from others sUI! are coming, is in [
line with orders from the state draft
headquarters to speed up the work
of preparing the new registrants for
military service.
City Board No. 1 called 33 men to
report to-morrow evening, City Board
No. 2 called 40 men, and City
Board No. 3 called 40 men. All are
Cluss 1 men.
The city boards are receiving ques
tionnaires promptly. The last ones
were mailed Friday, and all should
be returned by next Saturday, not
counting Sunday us one of the seven
days allowed the registrants to Ail
the questionnaires. City Draft Board
No. 3 already has mailed all the
questionnaires to men between 19
and 36, not including 21 to 31, and
all but 70 have been returned.
Hough estimates to-day hy local
draft boards show thai hundreds
of Harrisburg men in the new draft
have waived all claims for deferred
classification.
RIDING PUBLIC
GIVEN REBATE
TROLLEY SLIPS
Increased Fare Finds Many
Persons Ignorant of
Six-Cent Fare
Thousands of rebate sllpß were
distributed to residents of Harris- '
burg and vicinity who rode on Har
risburg Hallways and Valley Hail- I
ways Company cars to-day.
The Valley Hallways gave rebate
slips for two rents, the difference
between the fare of live cents al
lowed by the original tariff and the
seven cents announced in the notice
of increased fares filed with the Pub
lic Service Commission.
The Harrisburg Hallways Com
pany slips are for one cent, the new
fares being six cents.
Both increases being protected, i
the companies will continue to issue
rebate slips until the Public Service
Cuiiiliilssion allows the increase. In
'usc the protestants are sustained
and the companies arc not granted I
their Increases, hundreds of patrons
will be Hocking to the office* ot both
companies and redeeming tlie lii'.lo |
(.Continued on I'ugc If.)
Prof. L. £. McGinnei
Appointed Member of
State Educational Board
prof. I. U Mcfiinnil, superintend (
ml of lbs schools ol fcHeellou, was ;
to-day appointed a member of the
Hiuto Hoard of I'lducaiioii to suc.|
coed IJr. James M Poughllii, of
VVlikes llai le, who lesigned some'
tlm> ago Prof &l< ijmnis, who is a
native of Perry county, where lie wee!
born In IkOS. was formerly prin I
opal of Don, suiiou schools and since'
Ikki has been supiunleiideot of
KlielLoU Schools which have de
veloped externa,ely under his ad
ministration
pro f M'Uiums has heen promi
nent ii; *b'. mule Dducationui Asso
, i„ Don ~nd a member of important
ominltlcee He wilt assume his
ida< i on lli§ Hoard at the meeting
ibis inonih-
DEATH AT EVERY TURN
CAMBItAI was in flames tu-da.v as the British were breaking
great holes in the Hlmleiiburg line from Cambrai to St. Quentin.
Tlie Germans set lire to Cambrai apparently In the hope of
destroying the great quantity of supplies there liefore the British
cou'd surround the town, which already Is encircled oil three sides.
North of St. Quentin the British have taken Vendhuile,wwes t of
l.e Catclet. Farther south tlicy have reached u point east of St.
Quentin anil huvc captured Levergies.
In Belgium King Albert Is leading the Belgian and British armies
to further successes and is rapidly driving Into the heart of the net
work of German ruilrouds centered uhout Ghent.
General Allcnhy in Palestine lins thrown his envalry far to the
north of the Sea of Galilee, and tliey are reported to bo two anil
a half miles from the ini|iortant railroad junction of Damascus. On
the Mediterranean const French mounted forces arc approaching Boy
rout, northwest of Dantuseus.
CHIEF OF KEYSTONE
DIVISION CHARGES
AT HEAD OF HIS MEN
BV RAYMOND G. CARROLL
Special Correspondent of the Public
Ledger and Harrisburg Telegraph.
Officially Accredited to the American
Expeditionary Forces Abroad.
Special Cable Dispatch
Copyright 1918, by Public Ledger Co.
.and The Telegraph Printing Co..
With tlie First American Army fn
France, Oct. I.—An American ma
jor general, whom we might appar
ently call "Uncle Charley." because
of his advanced years and always
kindly manner when dealing with
the men In the ranks, right now
on account of two incidents, is the
talk of Pennsylvania troops that
cleared out the Bols d'Apremont, a
small wood within the great Argonne
forest.
On Friday he arrived at the
frontal positions just as the first
wave was preparing to charge Ger
man machine gun nests in a dense
thicket of woods. "I guess X will
SALE OF BONDS IS
MOUNTING STEADILY
Every Patriotic Man and
Woman in the District Is an
Enthusiastic Booster For
Loan and Boys in France
• DOUBLE THE THIRD."
IS HOME BATTLECRY
"It's a remarkable thing," said
Chairman Andrew S. Patterson to
day, "that while there arc perhaps
only two or three hundred actual
team workers prepuring to cuuvuss
the city for the homes drive, almost
every man and woman in Harrisburg
is u Liberty Bond booster—and is
making an effort not only to double
cr triple hi* or her third loan sub
scription, but to see that every ono
else does the same. 1 heard a couple
of men talking on the streets last
night. They were on their way home
from work.
" 'Great 'at#.' jeered one of
them to the other. "Then if you buy
a bond this time you'll have ONE,
FUEL ORDER NOT
TO BE MADE IF
MERCHANTS HEED
No Dibpotiiliou on I'urt of Ail
iiiinUtrutor to Take
Drastic Action
Accord!) 1 , to. the pulley of the
United States Fuel Administration
tuuurdb bukiiiibs, us outlined by E.
L. Cole, director of lbs Conservation
Division of tlie Federal Fuel Admin
istration tor Pennsylvania, merchants
will not be ordered to coiifurm tu
limited closing hums us u fuel ion
servution mtueurs, if they voluuiurlly
will show their williugness to co-
It oniiiiuctl on I'ugc g.J
• IHIHIIIk t HUH III.MI.
beiigiur William E, Crow, chair
man of Uis ID publican stale commit
tee, wbu ass here lu-tisy ou Ids au>
boms from i'lillaiiulpliU. remarked
Dial lit, campaign wpe shuplng typ
well, but lliat there as* plenty of
Laid a oik to be dogs.
command one company myself," he
said to the colonel of the regiment,
and he did. leading them in person.
Enemy shells fell all around him,
one dud landing within twenty-five
feet, and there was nasty machine
gun fire. German strong points with
thole guns anyl operators were cap
tured. Later to the regimental col
onel he said: "That took me back
to my old days in the Philippines."
On Saturday he was again out
with his troops, this time near a
vilyage south of Exermont, just be
fore it fell into American hands.
Enemy airplanes were circling
above.
In the party with the general was
Staff Colonel Walter C. Sweeney,
also Captain Theodore David Boal,
of Boalsburg. Pa.; Lieutenant Ed
ward Hoopes, West Chester, Pa., and
Corporal Ollln McDonald, of Sun
fContinued on Page IS.]
GOING SOME
"X sot a two-weeks' pay to-day
uniouiitins to over S4OO, which
includes some back pay. That's
too much money to have lying
around—not working—and I'm
going to put some pf it in 1-iberty
Bonds."
A twenty-year-old young fel
low murtc that remark to Secre
tary J. Clyde Myton at Liberty
l„oun headquarters to-day.
"All tight," said Mr. Myton,
"how much do you think vou'll
invest?"
"O—about s3f>o; how's that?"
said the young fellow.
"Fine!" sulit Mr. Myton. "Rv
the way—how does that compare
with your third loan subscrip
tion ?"
"Huh; T got only SIOO that
time. Everybody in our shop is
doubling the third."
V
won't you? Get awake; get awnki ' "
The triangle turn at the ripe
Rending plant gave evidence of h.
bond-buying inclinations of Harris
[Continued on Page 141.1
COLLAR BUTTON
SAVES THIS MAN
FROM JAIL TERM
HoiU Back of "Lost" liberty
Bond and Clear* Man
in Jail
Here Is a man who was saved from
a penltentlarv term all because of a
collar button.
That's what Chief of I'oltce IVeiam
affirms. The man Is Henry fort on,
whom Detect ices M uraune ho.I Car
son arrested lit Vcrbukc street >a*t
•light on the charge of stealing u
According So the chief of poll en,
fr'urtney la one of the cleverest
buurdtnghouse thieves that has eve
operated in this part of the coun
try. Foriney has a penitentiary re<
ord, according to the chief la I*l4
he wa sent lined lo a term in the
penitentiary on a larceny charge
I Continued on I'age 14.)
CITY PLANS TO
ERECT ROLL OF
HONOR FOR ITS
i PEOPLE IN WAR
More Than 5.0(H) From liar-
I
risburg District in Service
of Nation in Camp or on
Field of Action
ITREES ALSO TO STAND
AS SOLDIER MEMORIALS
Ordinance Permitting Park
ing of Automobiles in Sec
ond Street Passes Finally:
Mayor Votes Grudgingly
Mayor Daniel L*. Krister, Com
missioner K. Z. Gross and Commis
sioner Charles W. Burtnett, as
a committee from Council, will con
fer with the County Commissioners
on a v'an to erect a large honor roll
on which will he placed the name*
of all men and women from Uarrts
burg and the county dtstricte who
are in war service.
At present there are more than R,
600 men from the city and county,
either in training camps or on the
battlefront in tSurope in active serx
[Continued on Cage 6.)
W. F. Nicolls Wounded
on French Battlefield
| W. F. Nicolis of this city, attracted
to the 108 th Machine Gun Battalion
[-which has been heavily engaged in
' action in France has been wnunded in
! battle according to advice* Just
| received from abroad by the
j young man's father. Francis O.
i Xtoolls. Private N'lcolls, who ha*
j fought in four of the big-'
I gest battles of the war, ts at pt-csent
convalescing at the Ita*e Hospital.
ISt Nazaires, on the northern coast
iof France
BULGAR KING IN
|! FEAR OF REVOLT
DESERTS KAISER
Fcrdinnnd's Turning l Mliw
Duo to Imtmtrncy wf
Central INnvm
By Amo.'wfct fVrxi
fVrtv I. n was twai v
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.if lifvmaiif and ' * *wd *tw>
ihe military tw he twdwMvM I kef
iwdwfwd King 1 VrdePUSsM wf ItwfsaH
■to turn ta\lhe Fnwnte . • *r>
, cording ta lSomtwu V Mweph' \lwv
lean cowml gs-ncral at badbk **
qwMal in a RalwMlit dtspalv* Pa tier
Mafia
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