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LXXXVII— No. 219 16 PAGES 1 "- HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 3, 1918. °% T JS2[KK& s,N ?^ c cffi HOME EDITION
ENEMY GRIP ON BELGIUM COAST MENACED
BY POWERFUL BLOWS OF ALLIED ARMIES
LENS IS TAKEN BY
BRITISH ARMY IN
GREAT ADVANCE
German Army in Retreat on
. Front of Twenty Miles;
Much Ground Gained
BERLIN ADMITS THE FALL OF
ARMENTIERES TO HAIG'S MEN
Terrific Battle Wages Without
Abatement as Allies Push
Ahead on All Fronts
Associated Press
Berlin, Oct. 3, via London—Lens was evacuated
by the Germans on Tuesday night, the war office
announced to-day.
British Headquarters in France, Oct. 3.—Field
Marshal Haig's forces are reported to have cap
tured Ramicourt, Gouy, Le Catelet and Seque
hart. This has not been officially confirmed.
More than 2,000 Germans have been taken:
prisoner to-day by the British.
LONDON, Oct. 3—Australian mounted troops
operating in the region northeast of Damascus, in Syria, I
on Wednesday charged and captured a Turkish column. |
Fifteen hundred prisoners, two guns and forty machine
guns were taken, accordnig to an official statement issued
to-day by the war office.
On a front of twenty miles between ArmentieresJ
and Lens, the Germans continue to retire from the salient ]
west of the Fortress of Lille, Xorth of St. Quentin the]
British again are storming the German lines, while in!
Champagne the French are pressing northward, threat- j
ening the German communications.
Evacuation of the Lille salient is the direct result:
of the allied advances in Flanders and around Cambrai.
The Germans already have retired an average of two
miles..
Allies Drive For Coal Field
Armentieres and Lens apparently are held by the enemy but
their fall to the British probably is only a matter of a few hours.
With Lens in the hands of the British and the German line moved;
back to near Lille or beyond the great coal fields in this district.'
which the Germans have defended tenaciously for four years, will
no longer be of use to them.
In Flanders the Belgians. British and French continue their
pressure against the stiffened resistance of the enemy. The salient
driven in by the Allies threatens the German hold on Belgium
and an advance of perhaps ten miles toward Ghent probable would
ocmpel the enemy to retire to the northern Meuse line.
British Advance Continues
On the Lambrai-St. Quentin front the British have maintained!
their gains despite strong German counter thrusts. The new 1
British attack north of St. Quentin, probably is against the!
Beaurevoir-Fonsommes line where Field Marshal Haig holds a'
sharp salient in the German line.'
Generals Bertholet and Gouraud continue their attacks north!
of Rheims and in Champagne and have taken further grounds.;
N° r iJ °f Rheims the enemy has been driven from most of the!
hill and soon will be in the open where the French!
a^JT Ce ' )C more ra P'd- I" Champagne General Gouraud has I
ta l^P re 'i Cliallerange, a railroad junction, and his guns now com-;
mawd the junction of Vouzieres, farther north. In losing Glial-i
lerange the Germans lost command of the railway running through ■
the Argonne forest at Grandpre. The line was the main supply)
line of the Germans facing the Americans east of the Argonne.
Foe Seeks to Get Out of Trap
In withdrawing In the Lille salient the Germans arc endeator-j
Ing to get out of the giant trap which Marshal.Foch has con-i
btructed. While hammering the formidable Cambrai-Laon line,)
by thrusts in Flanders and from Rheims to the Meuse he is bend-!
ing back the German flanks. The German supply lines are men-j
aced by the Allied advances on the flanks and should they be]
cut the German situation will be most desperate. It seems, how-1
ever, that the retirement, unless to a great depth, would be of
little ultimate avail toward putting off a retreat all along the line
from the North Seji to Alsace,
From July 15 to September 30 the Allied armies in France and
Belgium capured more than 250,000 prisoners, 3,600 guns and
23,000 machine guns, From September 10 to September 30,
123,000 men, 1,600 cannon and more than 6,000 machine guns were
taken.
PRINCE MAXIMILIAN of Baden, a man whose peace views
are known to be opposed to those of the Pan-Germans, has
been named German imperial chancellor, it is reported from
Amsterdam, Prince Maximilian is the recognized head of the
Delbrueck moderates, and is a man about whom the anti-militar-
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Allies Capture
254,012 Men in
Big War Drives
Paris, Oct, 3——From Septem
ber 30 the allied ftntilr, |,i Franco
and Belgium captured 2.884 oflt
eor, 120,102 men, l.eoo cannon
and mom than 0,000 machine
guns, soya an, official statement
Issued licrc last night.
Since July 15 and up until
Noptoinl>or 30 the Allies have cap
tured 5,518 officer*, 348,404 mctl,
3.600 cannon, more than 33,000
machine piiw and hundreds of
mine thrower*.
ONE MINUTE FOR
PRAYER DAILY SET
APART BY MAYOR
Harrisburg People Will Be
Asked to Observe "War
Angelus" Until Peace
FOR STRENGTH OF HEART
Formal Proclamation by City's
Chief Executive Endorsed
Generally
Mayor Krister, in response to b
i movement sturted in Harrisburg by
; the Rotary Club, to-day issued a
' proclamation urging all people of
j the city to join at 11 o'clock each
' morning in one minute of prayer
for "divine assistance in the attain
ment of our war aims, the safety of
our soldiers and sailors and an early
peace in accord with American
ideals of government and fair deal
ing among the nations."
Chairman D. H. Wltmer, of the
! Rotary committee, said to-day that
j the "War Angelus" will be put into
effect here as soon as arrangements
! can be made with Mayor Keister and
i others interested as to the ringing of
I bells in certain parts of the city
! each day at the hour appointed as a
! signal for one minute of prayer.
The movement has been endorsed
1 by the Harrisburg Ministerial Asso-
I elation, by Rabbi Haas of Ohev
: Sholom Synagogue, and is now un
der consideration by Bishop McDe
! vitt of the Harrisburg Diocese of the
' Roman Catholic Church.
The Proclamation
The proclamation in full follows:
Whereas, The Supreme and
invincible spiritual power sus
taining the hearts and strength
ening the arms of the nations
opposing Germany in the pres
ent war is the consciousness that
their cause Is right and Just and
in harmony witr the will of the
Supreme Ruler of the universe;
and
Whereas, prayer is the most
effective agency for vitalizing
that spiritual power among the
peoples of the allied nations,
making it a virile, dynamic force
fortifying and upbuilding the
morals of soldiers and civilians;
and
Whereas, the Rotary Club of
Harrisburg has endorsed the
; movement for a "War Angelus,"
meaning thereby the setting
apart of a certain given brief
period every day in which the
communities interested them
selves are to be called by the
| ringing of bells or the blowing
I of whistles to Join in supplica
tion for Divine assistance in the
attainment of our war alms, the
safety of our soldiers and sailors
and an early peace in accord
with American ideals of govern
ment and fair-dealhig among
the nations;
Now, therefore, I, Daniel 1,.
Keister. major of the city of
Harrisburg, do proclaim upon
the hour of il a. m. each day
during the period of the war at
a given signal, that one minute
thereafter shall be set aside for
silent prayer, in which every pa
triotic. liverty-loving, God-fear
ing citizen should Join.
One Christmas Box From
Home to Be Permitted
Each Man in the Service
! In response to hundreds of in
' qulries regarding the sending of
| Christmas packages to, members of
I the American Expeditionary Forces,
the following rulings were received
this morning by Mrs. Walter Spof
ford, acting secretary of the Harris
burg chapter. American Red Cross:
I "The War Department wishes each
' man to receive only one parcel of
standard size and weight. To carry
this plan out army authorities are
distributing Christmas Parcel Labels
to men abroad. wh<? will mall them
to relatives and friends. No parcel
will be accepted for mailing by post
office without label received from
abroad.
"An order has been placed for car
tons which are now being made and
will be delivered the latter part of
October, which will be in ample time,
as the cartons must not be given
out until the labels are received from
abroad.
"Complete details will be sent when
National Headquarters has received
their final approval by the War and
Poet Office Departments."
118 DIE WHEN U. S.
NAVAL CONVOY IS
SUNK BY TORPEDO
American Cutter Sinks Without a Trace Following Terrific
Explosion at Sea'; Vessel Had Preceded Ships Being
Escorted Across the Atlantic.
By Associated Press
Washington, Oct. 3. —The
U. S. S. Tampa, a former
coast guard cutter in naval
service, was lost off the
English coast September 26
with all on board, while on
convoy duty.
Ten officers and 102 en
listed men of the crew, one
British officer and five
civilian employes lost their
lives.
A Navy Department state
ment to-day announcing
the diseaster says the ship
TROLLEY WAGE
INCREASED FOUR
CENTSAN HOUR
Harrisburg Railways Com
pany Adds $30,000 Annually
to Operating Payroll
Increases In wages of four cents
an hour for all motormen and con
ductors of the Harrisburg Railways
Company were announced this aft
ernoon following a meeting of the
board of directors. The Increase is
effective October 15 and makes tho
scale considerably above that in ef
fect four months ago. The Increase
to-day will add approximately $30,-
000 to the company's payroll. The
notice, as posted on tho employes'
bulletin board, says:
"The rate of pay covering plat
form time of conductors and motor
men on and after Tuesday, October
15, 1918, will be forty cents per
hour for the first year, forty-one
cents, per hour for the second year
and forty-two cents per hour for
the third year and thereafter."
On July 15 the compan; fixed a
scale of wages for the carman istig
ing from thirty cents a.i hour for
:irst-year men to thirty-four cents
an hour for five-year men. On Au
gust 115 another increase becaiut,
effective which provided 35 cents
for first-year men, 57 cents for sec
ond-year men and 3i cents there
after. The latter scale, according to
to-day's announcement, will be ef
fective only to October 15.
Wm. De Silvey, Wounded,
Hopes to Get Back in Line
With a rifle ball through his right
ankle, William DeSilvey writes to his
wife who lives at 2335 l.ogan street,
that he will be back "again at the
front." Mrs. DeSilvey related to-day
how her husband got his nasty
wound on July 7 when the Marne
attack was just starting. Reported
missing, ho reached a base hospital
i eventually and has been there over
since. DeSilvey enlisted here as a
bugler in the 112tli Infantry.
TO FIGHT INPLtIKSZA
That the Red Cross will co-operate
In the tight to check the present influ
enza epidemic is indicated in a tele
gram received last night by Mrs. L,y.
man D. Gilbert, chairman of the Har
risburg Chapter. Nurses and emerg- I
ency supplies will be provided for'
PBNMFLBER
CRASHES INTO
CREW;2O DEAD
Men Were Sitting on Ohio
Tracks Waiting For . |
Work Train
By Associated Press
Cleveland, Oct. 3.—Twenty muni-|
tion workers are dead and twenty
eight Injured, three probably fatally,!
as the result of a northbound Penn
sylvania railroad passenger train
crashing into a crowd of McMyler
Interstate Foundry Company work
men at Bedford, ten miles south of
here, early to-day. 1 Sixteen of the
men were instantly killed and four
others died in hospitals.
The accident happened when
Pennsylvania passenger train No.
625 from Akron to Cleveland, crash
ed Into the crowd of workmen front
a local train at Bedford. The local
train from Cleveland was carrying
600 of them to work.
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
officials say many of the workmen
alighted from the local train before |
it stopped and In a "heavy fog stepped !
over on the northbound track where
the passenger train struck them.
was sunk at night in the
Bristol channel and that re
ports indicate she was
struck by a torpedo while
escorting a convoy.
Captain C. Satterlee, of
the Coast Guard, com
manded the cutter. Appar
ently there were no eye wit
nesses to the sinking. The
navy's report says an ex
plosion was felt after the
Tampa had gone well ahead
of the convoy about 8.45 p.
m., and that later quantities
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WAR IS NOT YET
WON, DECLARES
CAPTAIN VINT
•
Liberty Bond Sales Must Be
Large to Insure Final
Victory
"The fact that Bulgaria Is out of
the war does not mean that we havo
Germany defeated. It Is a mistake
to underestimate the strength of
the Boche. He Is resourceful; and
while he will ultimately be badly
whipped he Is not whipped yet. For
; that reason the man who at tips
time says that he does not need l >
buy Liberty Bonds because the war
is practically over is. virtually giving
aid and comfort to the enemy."
That Is what Captain Vint, of the
British artillery, said this morning
at Liberty Loan headquarters.
He declared that America must
"come through" on the fourth loan
as it did on the first three. Go
pointed to the fact that all the ex
perts agree that the war Is not over
by a great deal. Not one of the
trained analysts believes the war
can end before late fall of 1919.
That being the ease the United
States cannot afford to "lie down"
at this time.
"This war must be so conclusively
ended." said Captain Vint, "that the
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District Appeal Board
Enlarged to Meet Needs
of New Draft Regulations
With the announcement of the
reorganization of the district draft
appeal board by the addition of two
new members, Chairman David E.
Tracy has authorized the announce
ment of the personnel of the board's
advisory committee. The new mem
bers of the board are Howard M.
Bingaman, of this city, and Thomas
W. Smallwood, of Paxtang.
Ex-Mayor J. William Bowman has
been appointed by the board to rep
resent the commercial interests In
draft matters. Other members of
this advisory committee are Dr.
Charles Ehrenfeld, of York, repre
senting industry, and Albert S.
Shenk, of Hershey, representing
agriculture. The enlarged board will
permit a more expeditious handling ,
of the newly-registered men.
PRINCE OF BADEN
IS NAMED GERMAN
IMPERIAL LEADER
Maximilian, Whose Views on
Peace Terms Shocked Pan-
Germans, Relieves Hertling
Amsterdam, 0"ct! 3.—Prince Maxi
milian, of Baden, has been named
German imperial chancellor, accord
ing to the Zeitung Ammlttag, of Ber
lin.
A council meeting took place at
the chancellor's palace In Berlin last
evening, according to advices receiv
ed here. Emperor William presfted
and the meeting was attended by-
Field Marshal Von Hlndenburg, who
had come to Berlin with the Emperor.
Former Chancellor Von Hertling.
Vice Chancellor Von Payer and sev
eral state secretaries were In at
tendance.
Prince Maximilian is heir to the
throne of the Orand Duchy of Baden.
He was born July 10. 1867. For
some years he has been recognized
as the leader of the Delbrueck group
of German moderates and upon the
fall of Imperial Chancellor Mlchaelis.
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YANKEES BREAK
DOWN GERMANS'
FINAL DEFENSE IN
DRIVE FOR MEUSE
Americans In Battle Batter
Down German Resistance
and Establish Contact With
Famous Enemy System
ON KRIEMHILD LINE
SOUTH OF BRIEULLES
U. S. Aviator, Attacked by
Seven Fokkcrs, Fights Way
Out of Air Conflict; Downs
One Hostile Machine
By Associated Press
With the American Army In
the St. Quentin Sector, Oet. 3.
Anierlcnn regiments lighting lit
the Hlmleiilnirg line along tills
sector of the front have seen
some of the hardest lighting of
the war. One Brooklyn regi
ment t<Kk and retook n posi
tion known us the "knoll" three
times. The battle swung hack
and forth with the men so close
to each other that rille butts
were just as effective as any
thing else.
On the first assault the Amer
icans mot masses of machine
guns, which were camouflaged
and hold their fire until the
Americans were close upon
them. One nest after another
was silenced, and the Americans
plunged on.
With tho American Army North
west of Verdun, Wednesday, Oct. 2.
—American units reached theKrlem
htld-Steelung line at one point yes
terday, having broken through the
principal zone of resistance. Just
south of Brieulles, they advanced to
a spot where they established actual
contact with this famous enemy sys
tem.
The Kricmhild-Steelung system
was begun last year before the
Americans became an active factor
in the war. It is not as strong as the
famous Hindenburg line, but never
theless, has heavily fortified posi
tions.
As it is the last enemy defense
system between the Americans and
the Meuse where it flows north to
Mezieres, ,a stubborn effort to hold
it may be' anticipated and the diffi
culty of carrying this system is not
underrated by the Americans.
Heavy Artillery Fire
Violent artillery tiring developed
along the center of the American
line between the Meuse and the
Aisne yesterday.
All .along the line fighting was re
stricted principally to patrol actions.
The enemy expected a heavy attack
and to that fact is attributed his
heavy artillery fire. At various
points minor infantry clashes occur
red. both sides using machine guns.
At one point the Germans suc
ceeded in getting airplanes across
the line. Smoke bombs were drop
ped, indicating American position to
the enemy gunners. One of the en
emy machines was brought down by
antiaircraft guns, while pursuit
planes accounted for others. One
American aviator who was attacked
by seven Fokkers fought his way out,
bringing down one of the enemy ma
chines.
Ynnks Take Many Guns
In the Argonne forest fighting con
tinues. Machine gunners were left
behind by the Germans to defend the
main body.
Much booly has fallen into tho
hands of the Americans, including an
electric power station at Varennes-
Americans also are utilizing miles of
telephone wire and some central ex
change material abandoned intact by
the retiring enemy.
The latest summary of the mater
ial captured shows 120 guns of all
rallbers; 750 trench mortars; 300
machine guns; 100 antitank guns:
thousands of shells and hundreds of;
thousands of small arm ammunition.;
East of' Verdun and about Douau-'
mont there was a heavy shell fire
maintained by the enemy. In a minor)
engagement in the Woevre sector i
American forces captured thirty!
prisoners.
UNCLE SAM HAS
GREATER SAVING
SYSTEMS FOR YOU
THAN EVER HEARD
OF ANYWHERE
Bonds or Stamps
Both frine
THE WEATHER
For Ilan-laburg and vicinity! Fair
and slightly cooler to-night and
Fridayi lon-eat temperature to
nlKht about 51! degree*.
Temperature! 8 a. m., 08.
River Stavei 4.4 feet above low
water mark.
Yeaterdny'a Weather
Highest temperature, 73.
Ivowent temperature, 48.
Mean temperature, AO.
Normal temperature, 80.
BOLSHEVIKI GIVE
WOMEN OF KAZAN
TO RED GUARD
By Associated Press
STOCKHOLM, Oct, 3.—War
Minister Trotzky, according to the
Koclnl Revolutionist newspaper
Snmdiie Dlclo, of Pctrogrnd, lias
Issued an order that all women of
Kazan he delivered to the Hod
Guard.
Kazan wns held for several
months by the Ozecho-Slovnks.
This probably is the pretext for
the reported order of Trotzky,
GERMANS EMPTY
ALSACE BEFORE
DRIVEON FRONT
Fear General Uprising in
Provinces With Advance
of Allied Troops
Geneva, Oct, 3.—German military
authorities have begun to remove
the inhabitants of Alsace, according
to the Democrate, In expectation of
a Franco-American attack on the
frontier.
Tho inhabitants of twenty villages
Including Ferrette. Goutavon ;.nd
Winkel already have been sent to
Bavaria. Some of the villagers have
escaped across the Swiss frontier.
Fear of disorder Is rampant
throughout Alsace-Lorraine not only
among the civilians, but also among
the military forces. Food is scarce
and little is available.
The German authorities in Al
sace-Lorraine. the Democrate adds,
are afraid of a general uprising in
those provinces when the Allies
cross the frontier.
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Washington—The fed era 1 woman suffrj ge
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\'* TWO KILLED IN SUEWAY CRASH t
New York—The motormaa rfnd one passenger of a E.
{ dtow n bound subway train were killed early t > day I
; I when it ran into the rear of another train near Jackson %.
•Venue, the Bronx.. Firemen resetted about thirty injured f
< I -gfc'cc* of were taken to hospitals
*V' ' : ALO rAtt WAYS TIED up
< ' 3uffalo, N. Y. —A 'attflte; went into effect on all t| T
lin s of the Int r em*tioo \! Railway here aftd in neju-by -fi
j i ..es and towns at 4 o'elWek this morning.- The ti V
was mplete, the company making- nd effort to move
j ! ►h whatever force was available. 5
~ ARR[AGt UCENSES ; V
John H. Smith nnd SIKKKIO SI. Murrny, Dlllsbnrkl Edward H. J
I Young nnd Margaret A. Stnhl. HtwrUburfc-
INFLUENZA AND
PNEUMONIA ARE
FINDING MANY
CITY
Six Nurses and Resident Phy
sician at Harrisburg Hos
pital Arc 111 With the Con
stantly Spreading Disease
VISITING IN WARDS
HAS BEEN SUSPENDED
Sergeant at Middletown Avia
tion Depot Dies After Short
Illness; Two Other Fatali
ties in Camps
Spanish Influenza, old-fashioned
grip and pneumonia are on the in-<
crease In Harrisburg.
There Is an abnormal amount of
pneumonia. Colds, prevalent all over
the city, grip and Spanish Influenza,
developing Into pneumonia, already
have caused a number of deaths iii
the city and vicinity.
In the hospital there are ten cas> s
of pneumonia, influenza and grip.
Influenza and grip are dangerous in
that they easily develop Into pneu
monia If Improperly treated.
Six nurses at the Harrisburg Hos
pital have been ordered to bed, ill
with influenza. Dr. Samuel Gabron
sky, resident physician, also is con
fined to bed with the malady.
Dr. H. R. "Wiener, 234 State street,
also Is under treatment at the Har
risburg Hospital, suffering from an
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