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i.XXXVTI— No. 218 14 PALES Da^„ t WYiaW r g las ' HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1918. os^SiK&r s sra HOME EDITION
RETREAT OF GERMAN ARMY FROM FRANCE
BELIEVED UNDER WAY AS ALLIES PUSH
THROUGH CRUMBLING DEFENSIVE LINES
FOCII WINNING
ONE OF
BIG VICTORIES
St. Quentin Taken From Germany and
the Kaiser's War System Shakes
on French Battle Ground
GERMAN WAR SYSTEM SHAKES
Paris, Oct. 2.—St. Quentin is taken and the cornerstone
of the Hindenburg system has fallen.
Belgian forces, strongly opposed, arc making headway
toward Roulers and Menin.
The Germans are preparing to evacuate the Lille region.
British armies around Cambrai are successfully fighting
one of the fiercest battles of the war.
General Bertholet is driving the enemy back between
Rheims and the Aisne, and General Gouraud has reached
Challerange, the important railroad center at the western
opening of Grandpre gap.
St. Quentin's fall shakes the whole German system.
The first logical result must be the retreat of the enemy
from the Laonnois and Champagne sectors to escape disaster,
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By Associated Press
London, Oct. 2.—Damascus, the
capital of Syria, was occupied by Gen
eral Allenby's forces on Tuesday morn
ing, according to an official statement
issued to-day by the British war office.
Paris, Oct. 2.—The Germans are moving their
heavy artillery away from the Belgian coast,
according to reports here to-day.
The Belgian army, co-operating with the Brit
ish army of General Plumer and the French army
of General Degoutte, successfully renewed to
day their heavy attacks on the Flanders front.
PARIS, Oct. 2—St. Quentin is burning at several
points, according to Premier Clemenceau, who in
formed Marcel Hutin, of the Echo de Paris, to-day
that French aviators have great difficulty in flying
over the city because of the smoke arising from it.
PARIS, Oct. 2.—French troops now have passed
beyond St. Quentin, northeast, east and southeast
of the town, according to the Havas Agency. They
hold a line running along the Somme from Tron
quoy to Rouvroy and then along the St. Quentin-
La Fere road to the river Oise, at Vendeuil.
ALONG the road running east and northeast from the St.
Qucntin-Cambrai line in northeastern France long trains of
transports are moving back toward the Belgian frontier. Allied avi
ators have reported this first indication that the defeated enemy
has begun to retreat before the rush of the British, French and
Americans. The battle still rages fiercely, however.
Whole German Line jn Peril
Military observers expect, now that a retirement actually
is in progress, that the whole German line will crumble as the
Teutonic armies fall back to other positions.
It appears that the allied successes at St. Quentin and Cam
brai endanger the enemy's line north and south of these cities.
St. Quentin and Cambrai are in flames and the fall of the latter
probably will mean the abandonment of the Douai by the enemy.
La Fere, south of St. Quentin, seems in peril and if that city is
taken by the Allies, the Germans probably will be forced to retire
lrom the St. Gobain forest and Laon. When this occurs the
backbone of the German line in northeastern France will be
broken.
Complete Withdrawal Is Near
Germany's defenses between Cambrai and St. Quentin. are
crumbling under the determined blows of Marshal Foch and the
time of the expected German withdrawal from France and Belgium
apparently is drawing appreciably nearer.
Under the attacks of British, French and American troops the
Hindenburg system from the Scarpe to the Oise, a distance of
fifty miles, is being overrun. In the north the valuable network
of railroads in Flanders rapidly is becoming useless and in the
south the French are pressing vigorously their advance west and
north of Rheims.
Big Gap Torn in Foe's Lines
Northeast of St. Quentin the British advanced more than five
miles eastward from the front line of the Hindenburg positions.
A salient, most dangerous to the enemy, has been driven in be
tween St. Quentin and Le Catelet and the British are advancing
through a big gap in the enemy line across important roads and
railways toward La Cateau, one of the most important traffic
centers west of the German border.
Field Marshal Haig has taken important heights south of
Cambrai and east of the Scheldt canal, thus drawing closer the
net about the town. Thfe French met with spirited resistance in
entering St. Quentin but succeeded in throwing the enemy beyond
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Delay Is Dangerous
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THOUSANDS VIEW WAR
TROPHIES IN DRIVE
Men and Women of Central
Pennsylvania Alive to Ne-!
ccssity of Buying Liberty
Bonds of Fourth Issue
GETTING READY FOR
BIG HOME CAMPAIGN
When announcement was made i
several days ago by Chairman Max- j
well Manbeclc, of Juniata county, j
that a Liberty Loan muss meeting !
would be held in the courthouse at I
Miffilintown Tuesday afternoon at 2 j
o'clock it was declared by many that
Mr. Manbeck wouldn't have a cor- i
poral's guard on hand to hear his ]
speakers. But when 2 o'clock came :
yesterday there were 900 persons in i
the courtroom and a crowd of 500 j
outside, so that It was necessary to ]
hold an overflow meeting. Juniata |
county is strong for the Liberty j
Loan.
This information was gleaned yes- j
terday by Chairman Donald McCor- !
mick of the Harrisburg district, who |
went with the war trophy train I
through Juniata and Perry counties. |
Everywhere, said Air. McCormick, •
EVANS' LAWYERS
ASK THIRD TRIAL
IN MURDER CASE
Declare Action of Assistant
District Attorney Was
Prejudicial
Alleging the jury may have been
prejudiced by the statement and ac
tions of Assistant District Attorney
Frank B. Wiekersham when Wil
liam Evans, colored, was not sent
to the witness stand in his own; de
fense when on trial for murder, Wil
liam H. Earnest and Thomas C. Mc-
Carrell, his attorneys, have asked
the court to grant him a new trial,
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Another Harrisburg Boy
Is Killed in Action
Word hps just been received in
Harrisburg of the death of "Ed"
Fettrow, in action overseas. As a
player in the Allison Hill League and
a football player of prominence,
Fettrow was widely known here. He
was employed as a cutler for the
Harrisburg Shoe Manufacturing
'Company, and lived at 229 South
Fifteenth street.
According to dispatches received
here, Fettrow was wounded in ac
tion and died as a result of the
wounds. He left Harrisburg in the
middle of June und a few weeks
later arrived in France, ready to
an hi* part in th great smash.
LIBERTY BONDS
ARRIVE HERE
PERSONS who do not care to
buy Liberty Bonds either on
the so-much-a-week plan or
the Government's 10 per cent,
down plan need not wait any
longer to get their full supply of
Fourth-issue bonds.
Every bank in the city to-day
received a consignment of the
new bonds.
Many banks put the bonds on
display in their windows; and
thousands of dollars worth of the
securities had been disposed of
before the institutions closed at
3 o'clock to-day.
No formality is required when
cash is being paid. All that is
necessary is to say "Liberty
Bonds" to the man back of the
window and push the money
under the grill.
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the greatest interest is being taken
in the Loan. Thousands of people
saw the war trophies. At Mifflin
town 2,500 persons went through the
train; at Port Royal, four miles
from Mifflintown, nearly 700 were
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350 PERISH WHEN
TRAIN RUNSFROM
BROKEN RAIL LINE
Cars in Sweden Carrying 1,000
Passengers Leave Rails;
Children Die
By Associated Press
London, Oct. 2.—Three hundred
and fifty persons have been killed,
it is feared, in a railway accident
north of Maimo, Sweden, saya an ex
change Telegraph dispatch from Co
penhagen to-day. Fifty children who
were returning to Stockholm from
the country are among the dead.
The railway line had been destroy
ed at this point by several days' rain
and a large passenger train with
twenty-four cars, carrying one thou
sand passengers ran into the break.
Several coaches were smashed and
subsequently caught fire.
SaiteCoal
Open the shutters
~aßaise the blinds
fcp'k the surfs heat
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RAPIDLY ACROSS
HOT WAR SECTOR
Illinois Men Beat Schedule in i
Advancing on Enemy in
Verdun Sector
20. WOUNDED MEN
KILLED BY HUNS
By Associated Press
W itli the American Army \orth
wrnt of Verdun, Oct. 2.— Twenty j
patient*. many of them already
Muttering; from wound* received in
battle, were killed when n German
xhell *truek an American howpltai*
neverxil night* KO. The hospital
w HN only a abort distance behind
the tlghting line. It la
that IT WIIM a at ray altell, but It
xippenra probable that it deliberate
attempt wnN made to attack the
1 hoapltnl.
Witli tlic American Army in j
I France, Oct. 2.—lt was reported late j
i last night that the Americans on the |
' front between the Meuse and the i
Argonne again had moved forward
over one of the most hotly contested |
sectors of their advance, the ground j
north and west of Montfaucon.
Illinois troops taking part in the j
offensive between the Meusc and Ar
gonne advanced more than six miles]
on the first day of the attack, the j
unit reaching Us objoctive hours I
ahead of time.
The Illinois men pushed forward
just, to the west of the Meuse. Start
ing from the neighborhood of Dead
Man's Hill, they headed directly
north until half way to their desti
nation and then turned to the north
east. They advanced so rapidly that
in the region of Gercourt-et-Dril
lancourt they came upon a party of
Germans just about to sit down to j
j a luncheon in their dugout. The,
| party was overcome and i German |
| colonel, who was one. of the group, j
i was shot in the heel as he was at-1
| tempting to escape.
The Illinois men had dinner and j
j went to bed in the positions that j
; had been occupied that morning by i
j tlie enemy. During the afternoon j
i American aviators dropped news-1
! papers and eigarets for the men, who 1
j had moved along the west bank of j
| the Meuse beyond Gercourt and eon- ;
! solidated their positions before dark.
BEGINNING OF
END IN SIGHT
By Associated Press
London, Oct. 2.—The loss of j
i the Bulgarians by the Central
Alliance is regarded by London j
morning papers as foreshadow- :
j ing the end of the great four j
years' tragedy. The editorial >
writers for the most part do not j
j see how Turkey can avoid fol-
I lowing the Bulgarian lead, while
I some believe that Austria-Hun- ,
| gury must do the same.
For Germany, it is held that !
| the surrender spells ruin to her j
i hopes in the east and her aspira- |
' tions of world empire.
ILLNESS, NOT SIX
CENT FARE, CAUSE
OF MEN OFF DUTY
Superintendent of Harrisburg
Railways Explains Curtailed
Service on the City Lines
Less than the usual number of
cars were started out on the Resov
voir. Have and Vino and Capital
street lines of the Harrisburg Rail
ways Company this morning, owing
to shortage of men. By 9 o'clock,
according to Mr. Davis, superinten
dent of transportation, the schedule
on these lines was resumed and the
usual number of cars were operat
ing.
Mr. Davis denied the story that
the shortage of cars was due to the
number of conductors who had re
signed because of the Increased work
entailed in the issuance of rebate
slips and the six-cent fare.
Mr. Davis said I here was a short
age of men die to illness, and that
this condition is not unusual, owing
to the prevalence of grip and Spun-
Ish influenza. He said men tram
the specials which take men to
work in early morning runs were
put on the lines which started out
short-handed this morning.
Mr. Davis said not a man has re
signed because of tlffi rebate slips and
the increased fare. The last resig
nations were two weeks ago, he said,
when a number of motormen and
one conductor resigned to take more
lucrative -positions. According to Mr.
Davis, who said he hold personal
conferences with the conductors,
they are not dissutlsfied over present
conditions. i
SECOND SON OF WEST
FAIR VIEW FAMILY IS
KILLED IN ACTION
Charles H. Carroll Follows
Brother in Death While
Serving Nation on the Bat
tlefields of France
MOTHER PROSTRATED
BY THE SAD NEWS'
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Charles H. Carroll, son of Mr. And
| Mrs. Charles E. Carroll, West Fair
j view, was killed in action in France,
! July 18, during the second batilol
I of the Marne, In which Americanl
i troops distinguished themselves soj
I brilliantly. The War Department.
: announced the death from Washing-1
j ton last light.
The parents of the dead hero re-1
: ceived the news of their son's death]
i only eight days after they were
I notified that a younger son, Owen M. ]
] Carroll, had been killed in action. I
i Mrs. Carroll was ill in bed when site)
: received news of the second son's |
| denth.
The two brothers are the only
! West Fairview boys who have been
; reported killed in tho war. Doth
j young men enlisted at the Hurris
' burg recruiting station.
Charles 11. Carroll, tho older boy,
] reported killed in action by the War I
: Department last night, \vas the first ,
| West Fairview boy to icave his town
| for Army service, lie enlisted in
] April. 1917, soon after war was de-j
I elarcd, and for a whilo served on r > ;
eruiting duty at the Harrisburg re-]
j eruiting station. Later he was trans- j
ferred to Fort Benjamin Harrison,]
where lie remained until he was sent
overseas. He was a member of Com-!
pany H, 28th Regiment. lie sailed
overseas last October.
Carroll served a previous enlist
ment in the Regular Army, and saw
service on the Mexican border, where
[lie received his honorable dischargei
I after thr3e years' service in the;
Army. He was employed by thei
Pennsylvania Railroad 'Company ini
Harrisburg when war broke out with j
| Germany.
| Carroll saw much active service
i before he finally was killed in action, j
I In a letter received by his parents,
j some time ago. he describes the fierce I
j fighting in which ho took part. The j
! letter said: "1 have been over the
i top and through a three days' bntt'p
• since I wrolo to you last and came!
j through without a scratch. 1 was I
I with the first Americans that went]
j over the top and got into a real bat-j
! tie of our own. I guess th'e great)
I God that watches over us and gavtel
Ins victory made it possible for the 1 ,
I majority of us to live through it."
' A memorial service for Owen M.:
. Carroll, the lad reported last week !
as killed in action, had been planned I
!to take place In the Methodist
j Church at West Fairview Sunday af- i
] ternoon at 2.30. The memorial ser
vice will be held at that time as a i
I tribute to both of the heroic broth-!
! ers who sacrificed their lives almost'
i within a week of each other.
The borough service flag at West
j Fairview now will have two gold
| stars.
Owen wns*2s years old and Charles
| was 31 years of age.
Candidates Named For
Directing Board of
Chamber of Commerce
The names of ten candidates, Ave i
of whom are to be elected, at the j
| annual meeting of the Harrisburg |
Chamber of Commerce, to-day were .
| announced by the nominating com
| mittee of which Ex-Mayor J. William !
| Bowman is chairman. The election ]
] will take place at a date yet to- be j
j named. A speaker of international |
reputation will be secured to speak'
at the meeting.
The ten candidates are Frank A. j
• Robbins Jr., E. R. Eckenrode, John j
S. Musser, Al. K. Thomas, E. M.
[Singer, John C. Hotter.. Robert ll.'
] Irons, Simon Miclilovitz, William |
Jennings and E. J. Stackpole. The |
I retiring directors are Andrew S. Put- j
] terson, president of tho chamber; E.
jSL Wullower, Robert McCormiek. 1
'A. Carson Stamm and Arthur P.
I Bacon.
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WAR STAMPS ARE
| LITTLE SISTERS OF
LIBERTY BONDS
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| They're a Great
Family, Too
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1 THE WEATHER!
For Ilnrrlxhurg anil vicinity' Gen
erally cloudy and warmer to
night, with loweat temporal lire
uhout OS drgreexi Thursday
partly cloudy.
1 Temperature! Ba.m„ 4K ,
River Stage i 4,0 feet above !:>w
water mark.
Yenterday'* Weather
Highest temperature, til.
boweat tcmprruture, Jr>. ,
Mean temperature, S3, I
SaKuUbm)trntutc. so. |
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AIR ,SE?WICE LEADER IS KILLED ' f
' Mi*eTd, N. Y.—Major WHitte* J. East, cemmandf' J,
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< 1 Garden City, was instantly killed to-day when hie! tote- \
i; mobile overturned whilehe was cn route to , the field, f
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J CHOLERA BREAKS OUT IN VIENNA £
1 • Madrid—Several cases .af Asiatic cholera have been L 1
, discovered In Vienna and deaths have oceurred fron A
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j PENNA. MEN HURT, IN-WAR f
& Ottawa—M. Ales, of Nantieoke, Pa , and N. Mat!
of Philadelphia, have been wounded, according. to to- el
j I dpy's Canadian oVerseaa casualty list. ||
I MARRIAGE LICENSES
d Kalon J. Klinger, lv lingf rnlotvn, nnl Eat lit r M. It mile, lokciiN jf J
| townNhlpj Henry J. tlriinclt, Ilitrl, llrmlforil county* J MM! Olive A
[ Haifrlck, (irfrnalxir,!; \orniun I). Bishop urn! Cairrlc I. M
E OUrrllji; Tliehnril 10. fowler nuil ICthel K. Burnett, Htmovrrt It.ilp#
1 I*. >Volfprabui'Kr, Nwntnrit totv<i*iii|>, unci Evn M. Driiulcr,
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PRISONERS PUT
TO WORK ON THE
STATE ROADS
Eleven Men Serving Short
Sentences in County Jail
Given Jobs
25 NOW AT SOME WORK,
Nominal Pay Given by High!
. way Department For m
Manual Labor fl
For the first time since an
the Legislature was passed last
giving the State Highway Delphi
ment authority to employ prlsorieiH
on road work, advantage has beeir
taken of the law, eleven men from
the Dauphin county prison going to.
work this morning on a stretch of
new road being built at Speecevillc.
The men are under guard and eight
more will be furnished to-morrow,
the entire force working until the
road is finished. Simon Koppenhaver,
of llillersburg is the guard in charge.
About a month ago the State
Highway Department asked .the
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RKn CROSS AMICUS MUX
AND WOMEN IN FRANCE
Calls are open for 2,756 men and
2.ols'women, making a total of 4.77 1
workers needed for overseas servi, o
in France, according to an offici i!
statement Just made by the Harris
burg Chapter. American Ited Cross.