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LXXXVTI— 20 PAGES No. 220 Da &•"$& HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4, 1918. , omi &wspafer m haiuushlluY^ 8 sin two cents HOME EDITION
GERMAN RETREAT EXPECTED TO TURN INTO
GENERAL RETIREMENT OVER A WIDE FRONT
GERMAN LINES ARE
CRUMBLING BEFORE
THE ALLIED ARMIES
British Pour Through Break
In Hindenburg Line For
Most Important Gains
HAIG'S MEN FIGHT IN OPEN
COUNTRY AFTER QUICK DASH
BULGARS MURDER AS
RETREAT IN MACEDONIA WAR
Saloniki, Oct. 4.—Burning villages marked the trail of
the retreating Bulgarian army in Macedonia, according to
telegrams received here from the front. Bodies of slain
civilians were found in the smoking ruins at many places by
the advancing Allies. Advices state that this work of de
struction surpassed even that which has been reported from
districts in France and Belgium from which the Germans
have been driven.
Bulgarian deserters reached a point within six miles of
Sofia according to a Zurich dispatch to the Journal, but were
driven back by Bulgarian contingents.
By Associated Press
Washington, Oct. 4. —Capture of Blanc Mont
and other positions in Champagne was reported
to-day by General Pershing in his communique
for Thursday, announcing further gains by the
American forces fighting with the French.
The communique follows:
"American troops fighting with the French have
driven back the enemy and taken Blanc Mont and other
positions in Champagne. Between the Moselle and the
forest of Argonne, we carried out the usual artillery and
patrol activity, taking a number of prisoners."
Saloniki, Oct. 4.—"We soon will direct our blow at Constan
tinople, and the vanquished Turk will be thrown once and for all
into Asia," declared General Franchet d'Esperri, the Allied com
mander-in-chief on the Macedonian front, in replying to a demon
stration to-day.
Northeast of St. Quentin the British to-day are reported fight
ing their way into the open country beyond the llindenburg line,
after having pushed ahead five miles since Monday. From Lens
northward and from Rheims eastward to the Argonne the Allies
continue to bend back the German flanks.
The breach driven through the German defenses south of
Bcaurevoir is on a front of five miles. To the north the British
are plunging forward east-southeast from Le Catclet while on
the south the French are attacking successfully between Seque
liart and Lcsdins. The German resistance is bitter, but there has
been no let up in the strong Allied pressure. In the fighting in
this area Thursday Field Marshal Haig's men captured 4,000
prisoners.
British Push Through Broken Line
With the British in the open country northwest of St. Quentin
and the cavalry and tanks pouring through the breach the Ger
man positions about Cambrai and Laon will become most pre
carious. Through the opening in the line Marshal Foch would be
able to throw troops to take both Cambrai and Laon in the rear.
West of Lille the British continue to press the Germans east
ward while extending their line south of Lens to Mcricourt, where
a substantial advance also has been made. Between Lens and
Armentieres the British have advanced an average of more than
three miles on a twenty-mile front and east of the Bois Grenier
arc within six miles of the fortress of Lille. Meanwhile the British
and Belgians in Flanders are widening the salient cast of Ypres,
which threatens the German positions on the coast and the network
of railroads west of Ghent.
Foe Still Holds Lille
There are ho indications that the Germans have halted their
retirement in the Lille salient. The enemy still is several miles
west of the Deule canal which runs from north of Armentieres
through Lille to north of Lens and which probably will'form part
of the German defense system before Lille.
Around'Rheims and east of the Suippe Generals Bertholet and
Gourand are drawing closer the sides of the German salient east
of Rheims. American troops have joined the French in their
operations east of the Suippe and have assisted in the advance
northwest of Somme-py capturing the strong positions of Blanc
Mont and the Medeah farm. Farther east the French have taken
Orfeuil and Bcmont Chateau. North of Rheims the French are
working their way across the Aisne canal. It appears that unless
the Germans withdraw from the Champagne salient they are in
danger of being caught in a trap between the armies of Bertholet
and Gouraud.
Big Success in Albania
In Albania the Austrians arc reported retreating in disorder,
now that their base at Durazzo has been destroyed by Entente
warships. American submarine chasers sank two Austrian sub
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CHURCHES AND |
SUNDAY SCHOOLS '
INCLUDED IN THE!
CLOSING ORDER
j Saloons Shut Up Tight by
Drastic Quarantine Promul-i
gated by State Health De- j
partment; Schools Open
ALL PUBLIC MEETINGS
MUST BE CALLED OFF j
Gatherings of All Kinds Un
lawful Under Terms of Ihe 1
Spanish Influenza Ruling;'
Situation Is Serious 1
All places of amusements and
saloons in the city were closed
to-day, all churches and Sunday!
schools ordered to discontinue
services until further notice;
meetings, lodge sessions, public;
dances and all other public gath
erings ordered to be discontinued'
because of the drastic action!
taken by the State Department'
of Health and the City Health
Bureau to prevent a spread of!
Spanish influenza.
There are almost 1,000 cases',
of the disease in the city now I
with a number of them develop-!
ing into pneumonia, Dr. J. M.
J. Raunick. city health officer,}
reported. The State Department!
last night issued the closing'
[order for the entire state, but left I
the question of closing churches,
Sunday schools and public!
J schools to local health officials. H
, Schools Remain Open
Dr. Raunick announced that for!
the present the public schools will
not be closed as it is better to have]
the thousands of school children
in the buildings under proper medi- j
cat supervision. All children who |
are coughing, sneezing or otherwise
show that they are suffering from!
colds, grips or influenza are to be i
sent home at once. Dr. Raunick j
declared it will bo much better to
have the children where they can be
watched rather than to turn them |
loose and give them an opportunity j
to go into homes where persons are ;
suffering from the diseases, or to |
play with children who are ill.
The decision to close all churches
and Sunday schools M|as reached
shortly before noon to-day at a con
ference of prominent clergymen who
met in the city health bureau offices.
Private Schools Close
The churches are to remain closed
until further notice. Private schools
where there are no medical super
visors have been ordered to close.
Medical inspectors for the city
school district are conferring this
afternoon with the health depart
ment officials on proper methods to
be used in the school room to pre
vent contagion. Probably the most
important step to be taken in con
nection with this move will be to
exclude ail children who are visibly
suffering from the disease.
Funerals Private
All funerals must be private Dr.
Raunick ordered, regardless of the
cause of death. Only the immediate
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WAR"ANGELUS"
BEGINS MONDAY,
MAYORDECIDES
Bells to Sound Signal For
Minute of Pray.er at
11 O'clock
All whistles and bells of local
manufacturing plants have been re
quested by Mayor Keister to join In
the "War Angelus" every day at 11
o'clock when the residents of Har
risburg will observe one minute of
dally prayer.
In accordance with Mayor Keis
ter's proclamation of yesterday, all
manufacturing plants have been re
quested to souncj their whistles or
bells. beginning Monday at 11
o'clock each day. The dally prayer
will continue for the duration of the
war. m
The following committee from
the Rotary Club, wheh began the
move for a daly prayer service, con
ferred with the Mayor: D. H. Wit
mer, chairman: Shirley Watts and
Dr. Harvey A. Sttne.
Rabbi Lewis J. Haas, of the Ohev
Rholom Temple, after a conference
with Mayor Keister to-day, recom
mended a service of prayer to be
held this week to pray for the re
covery of the soldiers in the camps
who are nffllcted with Influenza.
Every church and denomination has
been requested to join In the move
ment.
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Quarantine on
Influenza Is
Observed Here
The effect of the state-wide j
quarantine designed to check
the ravages of influenza and j
pneumonia is widely felt in j
the city. How stringent is the
ruling may be seen by the ,
following curtailment of ordi- j
nary activities:
AH churches and Sunday
schools must he kept closed. j
All saloons arc elosed until j
further notice.
Theater and motion pie- I
ture places have elosed
their doors.
Tomorrow's football game
between Technical High and
Wilkcs-Bnrre cancelled.
Drill of Harrisburg Re
serves postponed.
Funerals may be attended ,
ohly by close relatives
Hostess House at Civic Club
is dosed.
Dance halls are kept dark. j
All public meetings must )
be postponed.
|
Seventy cases' of influenza j
has developed at the Middle- j
town supply depots where the |
soldiers now are being qtiar- |
tered in tents so that the bar- j
racks may be used for hos- j
pital purposes.
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SEVENTY CASES
OF INFLUENZA
AT MIDDLETOWN
Military Supply Depots Hard
Hit by Epidemic of
Grip
SOLDIERS ARE IN TENTS
j Barracks Are Turned Into
j- Hospitals; Red Cross
Is Active
Seventy of Spanish influenza
have developed at the Aviation Ortt
| nance Depots at Midcll.etown.
The detachment of aero troops
stationed there have been under
quarantine for some time. They now
are billeted in tents while the bar
racks are being used as a hospital to
care for the numerous cases of in
fluenza.
j Everything possible is being done
j to check the epidemic of influenza
t at the depots, which already has
taken toll of a life. Sergeant Stuhr,
503 rd Aero Squadron, whose homo
is at Minden, lowa, was the first vic
tim. He died at 1.35 yesterday
morning.
The Middletown chapter of the
Red Cross came to the aid of the
stricken camp yesterday, furnishing
the soldiers with pajamas and other
articles.
BUYS TOMATO CROP
I Baltimore, Oct. 4.—The Federal
government will spend 316,000.000 in
I purchasing the entire tomato output
jin Maryland. While the price has
i not been finally agreed upon. It is
understood that the minimum will be
1 $1.90 a case of dozen cans.
U.S. TROOPS ON
ALL WAR FRONTS
NUMBERI,BOO,OOO
Influenza in Camps and Can
tonments Retarding Ship
ments For France
Washington, Oct. 4.—American
troops abroad now number 1,800,-
000, members of the House Military
Committee were informed to-day at
their weekly conference at the War
Department. Spanish influenza in
camps and cantonments will retard
shipments somewhat in the imme
diate future, they were told, the de
partment having adopted the policy
of not sending men overseas who
have been exposed or show symp
toms of the disease.
Crowder Calls 29,999
Grammar Grads to Train
Washington, Oct. 4. Provost
I Marshal General Crowder to-day
called for 29,999 grammar school
I graduates from forty-two states and
the District of Columbia to entrain
October 15 for technical schools. Of
the total 980 will be negroes. Volun
tary induction will be allowed until
October 12. Under this call Penn
sylvania is to furnish 2,490;. 1,500 to
Pittsburgh University, 490 to Car
negie Institute of Technology! 800
j to Penn State Colleger
LIBERTY LOAN
CAMPAIGN HARD
! HIT AS RALLIES
! ARE CURTAILED!
! |
New Plan For Increasing In
terest in Big Drive May Be
Worked Out to Meet Condi- {
lions Caused by Quarantine j
[MANY BONDS ARE SOLD j
! TO CITY'S WORKINGMEN |
! Lodges and Stores Coming to j
Aid of Nation by Making
Heavy Subscriptions; Hold
Meetings in the Open Air
The state health department's or
! tiers directing the abandonment of
! meetings of all kinds will result. In j
■ a reorganization of the Liberty Loan j
| campaign iy Harrisburg, and tba
j balance of county, in all
| likelihood. Features of the drive
ion the homes of Harrisburg next
I week were to be noonday luncheons
lat Chestnut street auditorium. Un
i der the health department order j
j these meetings may not he held- j
A meeting of the executive oom-j
i mittee and Liberty Lohn chairmen j
''for the district is to be held this|
j afternoon at 4 o'clock, when the
I procedure for next week will ho
mapped out.
Noonday gatherings of the hun
dreds of team workers In the past
have resulted in increasing the en
thusiasm and putting more ginger in
the workers. A campaign without
i these meetings has never success
fully been staged in Harrisburg. But.|
the eity is determined to put over its]
loan quota and the committees and I
chairmen this afternoon will map
a now campaign if one is considered!
necessary.
Pennsylvania Keeps Stride
Harry Leonard of the Pennsylva-1
nia railroad, Philadelphia division,!
this morning reported that up to
last night total bond purchases on
the division numbered 4,917 for n
total of $301,Q50. Yesterday's sales
were 1,176, for 384,700'.
Henderson Gilbert's Liberty
Troupers were moving to-day and
holding their meetings in the opsn
air, so that no health department
rules were violated. They are ap
pearing this afternoon in Mifflin,
i McAllisterville, Port Roydl, Millers
| town and Thompsontown.
Marsh Run lias Meeting
i Speakers at noon to-day waited
! at the mess hall at Marsh Run, and
! when the hundreds of workers
I reached the open air after lunch
| some good Liberty Loan* talks were
i made. Then a score of solicitors
j went through the crowd and sold
bonds.
Liberty Loan Xotes
! | Capital City Nest. Order of Owls,
-j lias authorized the purchase of SSOO
' Liberty Bonds. Practically every
' member of the lodge has Indivi
' dually purchased from SIOO to SSOO
worth of bonds.
I Harrisburg lodge No. T. O. O. F-.,
I has authorized its trustees to pur
! chase S3OO worth of bonds.
] Keystone lodge. No. -1,070. Tnter
i national Association of Machinists,
| has bought 81,000 worth of bonds.
Mrs. E. J. Stackpole and Mrs. Her
man P. Miller to-day sold Liberty
j Bonds at Market street lieadquar
j ters. Until the end of the campaign
| wives or daughters, mothers or
sweethearts of soldiers will preside
at a headquarters booth daily.
Kaufman's store employes have
bought over SII,OOO worth of bonds.
Captain Vint, British artilleryman.
COUNCIL DALLIES
AS SHADE TREE
WORK HANGS FIRE
City Administration Shows
Little Interest in Matters
, of Importance
At a meeting of City Council this
week Park Commissioner Gross
asked his colleagues for permission
jto give a tree from the city nursery,
which is congested with trees that
ought to have been set out in the
park long ago, to a family which
wanted to plant the tree in memory
of a dead soldier. Council gave Com
missioner Gross permission.
No shade tree commission has
been created notwithstanding the
months of discussion and the sev
eral promises of Commissioner
Gross and no steps have been taken
to trim the trees all over Harrisburg
which are hanging down and ob
structing sidewalks.
Mayor Keister thought there
should be no objection to the peo
ple planting memorial trees for the
soldiers, but suggested that there
should be a more permanent mem
orial hereafter. As a matter of fact
what other cities are doing in the
way of tree planting has no effect
whatever upon the present admin
istration of Harrisburg. Some day,
perhaps, the city will have an ad
ministration that will show some
interest in these things which under
present conditions are treated with
supreme indifference,
U. S. WARSHIPS TAKE
PART IN BIG RAID
ON AUSTRIAN BASE
Americans, British and Ital
ians Take Part in Success
ful Attack on Durazzo After
Evading Dangerous Mine
Fields and Submarines
\AIRPLANES CO-OPERATE
j IN DARING SEA BATTLE
Intense Bombardment De-
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strops Foe's Supplies and
Vessels Lying at Anchor;
English Cruiser Suffers
Slight Damage
By Associated Press
Rome, Oct. 4.—American
submarine chasers destroyed j
two enemy submarines yes- j
terday during the bombard
ment of Durazzo, it vyas offi
cially announced to-day.
London , Oct.—ln the
leveling of the fortifications
and depots at Durazzo Wed- i
nesday the Entente squad
ron, according to a Central j
News dispatch from Rome,
destroyed much material for |
the Austrian army in Al
bania.
Rome, Oct. 4.—American,
British and Italian warships have!
i destroyed the Austrian naval (
base at Durazzo and the war-!
ships anchored there, according!
to an announcement made bv!
Premier Orlando.
The attack occurred at noon
Wednesday when Itajian and Brit
ish. cruisers, protected by Italian
and Allied torpedo boats and Amer
ican submarines, succeeded in pass
ing through mine fields and avoid
ing attacks by submarines got into
Durazzo harbor.
Intense Bombardment
An intense bombardment followed
until the base and the Austrian
ships anchored there were com
pletely destroyed. Italian sailors
I torpedoed an Austrian destroyer and
a steamer. ' ,
British and Italian airplanes co
operated.
A slight injury to a British cruiser
by a torpedo from an enemy sub
marine was the only damage suffered
by the Allied squadron.
GROOM. (10; BRIDE, 17
New Oxford, Pa., Oct. 4. Al
though married on August 29, an
nouncement has just been made of
the wedding of Addison Erb and
Miss Laura Musselman, the cere
i mony being performed in the Re
formed parsonage by the Rev. A.
Nevin Brubaker. The bridegroom is
60 years old while the bride is
only 17.
PUBLIC LIBRARY CLOSED
The Harrisburg Public Library
was closed to-day until further no-
I tice because of the influenza out-
I break.
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HEY, NEIGHBORS!
HURRY UP!
PUT LIBERTY BONDS
BESIDE YOUR
THRIFT CARDS
&2TYou're Lending to
Uncle Sam '
THE WEATHER!
For Harrisburg and vicinityi Fair 1
and warmer to-night and Nntur- |
day) loweal temperature to
night about 50 degree*.
For Kastern I'rnr.sylvnnlai Fair
to-night und Saturday, except
rain Saturday In north portion;
warmer; light, variable winds,
mostly north.
River
The lower portion* of the North
und Went branch,* will rise
this afternoon and begin to fall !
to-night or Saturday. The up
per portion of the main river
will rime slowly to-night and
the lower portion Saturday. A '
stage of about feet Is Indl- i
rated for llarrlsburg Saturday
morning, with a crest stage of
about 5.0 feet Saturday night or
Sunday.
fienernl Conditions
The anticyclone that was central
over the Upper Mississippi Val
ley, Thursday morning, bns
oversprend nearly all the coun
try east of the Mississippi
river, with Its center over Penn
sylvania.
Tempernturet 8 a. m.. da.
River Staget 4.3 feet above low
water mark.
Sew York Troops Wreak
Vengeance on Huns
With the American Army
Northwest of Verdun, Oct. -I.
• When New York troops captured
. the village of Abri-Bt. Louis last
Friday thc.v were made victims
of an act of German treachery.
A number of Germans emerged
from hiding plaees with uplifted
hunds.
When the Americans came
nearer the Germans suddenly
dropped their hands and, seiz
ing hand grenades, threw them
with deadly effect, killing and
wounding a number of the New-
York boys.
Then more New York troops
armed with flame throwers and
gas projectors, went forward and
tilled the village with flame ami
gas. Not a single Germun es
caped. •
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WORKS BOTH WAYS
lit-tiding, Pa., Oct. 4.—When word
reached the State's W. C. T. U. con
vention, in session here, to-day,
all saloons had to close, because of
Spanish influenza, the delegates re
joiced. The celebration was short
lived, however, as peremi*>ry orders
to close the convention, which was
to have continual! until next Tuesday,
came a few mlniites later.
DR. KEEN ILL
Dr. C. E. L. Keen, city school df
rector, is ill at his horde, 1849 Berry
hill street, suffering from influenza.
He has been confined there since Mon
day evening.
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AMERICAN TANKS
SCATTER GERMAN
TROOPS TRYING TO
TAKE APREMONT
Lurch Through Enemy Ranks,
Spray Bullets and Spread
Terror; Yankee Forces Take
Champagne Front Towns
U. S. FLYERS LET FALL
.17/ 2 TONS OF BOMBS
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jNcw York Troops Find Con
crete Pillars Barring Way
on Edge of Argonne Forest,
Northwest of Verdun
With the American Army In France.
Oct. 4.—American troops went Into
action yesterday morning on the
Champagne front. A report from the
French Army states they had advanc
ed considerably by noon and had
taken Blanc Mont and Medeah farm.
Northwest of Verdun the American
aviators were busy all day, carrying
out bombing attacks on Conflans,
Longuyon, Audon, Dommary, Bux'-
eres, Vignoulles, Chambley, Etain,
Arnville and Grandpre. Tliey dropped
thirty-seven and one half tons of
bombs. Abfleville, Gorze, Hayden
vllle and Marcq also were bombed.
In twelve days' flying on this front
thirty-four successful missions have
been undertaken by the American
aviators.
Yankee Tanks Cause Terror
When German forces advanced
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