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LXXXVII Xo. 221 14 PAGES D *Mtfe X r Ce a p t t the" PO.i o'fficVat" aVrub?r£ Us " HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 5, 1918. OM j?Kw*Aijs rTiiViiVisßim" 11 ' 88 "' X TWO CENTS HOME EDITION
GERMANS FIRE TOWNS
AS AMERICAN TROOPS
SCORE NEW VICTORY
Yankees Fighting With Poilus
Place Retreating Foe in
Dangerous Position
ENEMYFIGHTS DESPERATELY IN
VAIN EFFORT TO CHECK ALLIES
Pennsylvania Troops Play Big Part
in Capturing Strongholds Torn
From Huns in First Battle
By Associated Press
French and American troops are smashing into the German
positions in Champagne and have forced the enemy to withdraw
from valuable ground in the hill country near the Suippe river.
East and west of the Argonne and northwest of Rheims there
lias been heavy fighting to the advantage of the Allies. On the
northern sectors hostilities apparently have quieted down for the
moment.
Foe in Dangerous Position
By advancing northward over the heights of Blanc Mont and,
Medeah. the French and Americans placed the Germans in thei
eastern part of the hill country about Moronvilliers in a dangerous
position. Io prevent being outflanked the encmv retired bur-,
riedly toward the river Arnes. West of the Suippe the French|
are moving toward the important height of Moronvilliers.
Between the Suippes and R/ieims, to the west, the Germans'
still are in a deep salient and the indications are that they will,
retire from it altogether now that they have given way on the!
eastern flank. The German position is further endangered by the
French attack northwest of Rheims.
Take Many More German Prisoners
General Bertholet is attacking the German positions along the
Aisne canal, which he already has crossed at several points, and
has reached the outskirts of Bermemricourt. north of Rheims and
west of the canal. In the past five days General Bertholet has
taken 2.500 prisoners and thirty-one guns.
West of the Argonne the Germans are fighting with despera
tion to stay the advance of General Gouraud toward their import
ant communication lines. Heavy but futile counterattacks were
flung against the French line south of Monthois.
East of forest the Americans are pressing northward into
the Kriemhild defense system.
Vigorous Pressure Continued
In the region north of St. Quentin the British and French con
tinue their vigorous pressure. Around Beaurevoir and Le Catelet
the British made substantial gains, while near Chardon-Yert the
French took an important height. Prisoners taken Friday in this
region by the British and French aggregated 1.200.
West of Lille the Germans continue their withdrawal. Allied
troops are reported, within four miles of this important fortress.
While the British advance toward Lille from the west the British
and Belgians in Flanders continue to widen the salient east of
Ypres further menacing the German position in Flanders and
south to the Scarpe.
Germany Reorganizes Cabinet
Reorganization of the German cabinet continues. Dr. Solf,
the colonial minister, has been made foreign secretary and
Mathias Erzberger. Centrist, and Herr Bauer, Socialist, also have
been given portfolios. All three have been known as Moderates.
Erzberger was the sponsor of the famous "no-annexation and no
indemnities" resolution passed by the Reichstag in July, 1917, and
has been a leading pacifist. In his peace efforts he has had the
support of the pasifist elements in \ ienna. He has made several
trips to Switzerland to further his peace movement.
ILLINOIS, Wiscon sin, Western Pennsylvania, Virginia and
V est \ irgina troops have stormed the German lines east of
the Argonne forest, advancing all along the line, especially east
of the forest, where they reached Fleville.
Germans Fire Villages
Many villages back of the German lines are reported to be burn
ing. Dispatches indicate these fires were deliberately kindled by
the Germans. 1 hey probably are evidence that the enemy in
tends to retire farther toward the Kriemhild line, which is the
main defensive position west of the Meuse. •
W est of the Argonne, American troops joined the French in
the fighting west of Challerange, where Blanc Mont and Medeah
farm were taken and the Allies moved northward toward
\ ouzires, an important railroad point through which the enemy
moves his supplies for a wide section of the front.
Camp Lee Men in Combjit
The American troops which yesterday drove back the Germans to
the Kriemhild position, south of Forest wood, evidently composed the
eightieth and eighty-sixth national army divisions. The former is made
up of men from Western Pennsylvania. Virginia and West Virginia, and
trained at Camp Lee, and the latter of men from Illinois and Wisconsin
and trained at Camp Grant, Ills. The eightieth division was announced
as being a unit of the Third Army Corps under Major General Wright.
Its commanding officer was Major General Crokhite. It trained with the
British in Flanders, but later was withdrawn. The eightv-sixth division
has not long been in France and if it were in this fighting it
probably was engaging in its first combat.
British forces In northern Italy have raided Austrian positions.
Austria Asks For Peace
Hungary apparently Is exerting pressure on the Austrian government
to end the war. A delegation of Hungarian leaders has arrived at Vienna
for this purpose.
Turkey also is reported to have taken steps which may result in her
withdrawal.
Although the British are reported to be through the Hindenburg sys
tem north and east of St. Quentin, the Germans apparently have succeeded
in retarding their advance. Terrific counterattacks have driven the Brit
ish back slightly at some points. British 'cavalry and tanks are said to
be operating in the open country back of the German lines Fighting In
this sector has been of the most desperate character.
In the Flanders sector advancing British forces are within six miles of
Lille. It is indicated that the enemy intends to construct another defensive
line farther east and attempt to stemp the tide of defeat which has set so
strongly against them along the northern front.
The enemy apparently is abandoning his submarine bases on the
Belgian coast, which have been under heavy fire from British warships
Tor the past few days.
UP TO EVERY MAN
CHAIRMAN* RONAI.I) McCOIOIICK of the Liberty Loan campaign
to-day named the largest eonttnlttee ever appointed in the Ids
lory of Harrisburg—or. 'in faet, tlie history of Pennsylvania.
"1 hereby appoint every mail, woman and ehild in this dlstriet his
>r her own I.iln-rty Loan eonindttee, and I suggest that eaeh of
liese new committeemen make haste to present the question of bond
purchases to himself or herself, and urge immediate aetlon."
Appointment of this eonnnittee was neeessitated through the in
riuen/a c|ridcmic which threatens the dlstriet. While the campaign
vill go oil as usual, with no change in the arrangements as originally
lutllncd in the Telegraph, the minds of the people have drifted from
the ljoan to Influenza; and it is necessary that every Individual in the
listriet give persoiutl attention to the matter of his or her Liberty-
Bond purchases.
WAR VETERANS TO
FEATURE RALLY
Soldiers Who Saw Strenuous Service in the Alps to Drill in
Reservoir Park; Every Man, Woman and Child Asked
to Join Largest Committee Ever Appointed
Thirty-live Alpine veterans of the
Italian Army, with fourteen veteran
buglers from the same army, ar-
rive in Harrisburg to-morrow morn
ing at 11.35 o'clock and will be in
attendance at the open air meeting
to be held by the Italians of Har
risburg* and Steelton at Reservoir
Park to-morrow afternoon at 3
o'clock. The meeting is being held
by Italians, but there will be many
hundreds of Americans in attend
ance. Italians are taking a great in
terest in the Liberty Loan, and to
morrow's meeting is for the purpose
of acquainting every Italian resident
of the two cities with the object
of the loan.
The Italians to-morrow will be
under command of Captain Lampug
nani, of the Italian Army, and a
Junior officer. There will be two
American veterans, who will act as
interpreters, and the entire party
will be under direction of Captain
Moriarity, of the War Department.
Arriving here at 11.35 the Italians
will be taken to their headquarters
at the Y. M. C. A. At 2 o'clock, with
PARTY WORKERS
PREDICT A HEAVY
VOTE NOVEMBER 5
Many Men Are Delaying Reg
istration Until Last
Hour
With only about fifty per cent, of
the voters of the city registered on
i the first two fall registration days,
i party workers and persons interest
i ed in the raitfication of the prohi
j liition amendment made every effort
I to-day to get the large majority of
i citizens to the polling places to en
| roll so that they can cast ballots
i November 5.
Despite the efforts of a number
;of workers, including students of
the Technical High school, registrars
j in a number of the precincts in all
pans of the city said that during
i the morning and afternoon the Total
j enrollment had not reached the sev
' enty per cent mark as compared
with former registrations. It Is ex
, pected, however, that many men will
1 enroll late in the afternoon as the
polling places are open until 6
o'clock, and also in the - evening
from 7 to 10 o'clock.
Representatives of the ratification
committee of the Anti-Saloon
I League have sent letters broadcast
Ito voters urging them to register. In
I addition Tech High boys were se-
I cured to find men who had not reg-
I istered Registrars will make final
j reports to the County Commission
; ers next week. Voters who were ill
j or not in the etiy and therefore
; could not register to-day, can be
enrolled if they appear later at the
office of the County Commissioners
! and make an affidavit to that effect.
Showers in Middle
of Week Is Prediction
By Associated Press
Washington. Oct. 5. Weather
! predictions for the week beginning
j Monday, issued by the Weather Bu,-
reau to-dav:
North and Middle Atlantic states.
! Generally fair with temperature
j above normal. Probably a shower
period Wednesday or Thursday.
YANKEES FOIL RAID
With tl* American Army in Lorraine, Oct. s.—After a forty
minute barrage, the Germans last night attempted to raid the
Amerlenn lines east of Gerardmer In Lorraine, with a strong party.
The attack was a total failure.
The Gei-riiuu party comprised sixty men and every member of
it who reached the American lines was either killed or captured.
Five wounded prisoners remain in the hands of the Americans.
Gerardmer is southeast of Kplnal and eight miles from the
German Ixirdcr opposite Colniar. Alsaee.
a band and Italian societies leading,
the veterans will he taken to Reser
voir Park. The principal address j
there is to be delivered by Attorney !
B. Relsito, of Philadelphia, noted
Italian attorney.
After the meeting at Reservoir a !
parade will be formed to pro to Steel- I
ton. The party will leave Harris- |
burg at S.sa.
Campaign to Go On
Xo change is planned in the
homes campaign as already outlined
in the city newspapers. The drive |
on the homes folk begins October 8 j
and will continue several days.
"Be Your Own Campaign"
j "The influenza epidemic and fears
of the epidemic, have interfered
somewhat with the interest in the
Liberty Loan," said Donald McCor
mick this moning. "For that rea
son I hereby appoint every man,
woman and child in the big city of
Harrisburg—in the entire Harris
burg district, his or her own Liberty
Ixian committee; and I urge that
these committeemen pay great at
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LOCAL BOARDS
PLACE MANY IN
FIRST CLASS
Questionnaires Have Nearly
All Been Returned by
New Registrants
Monday the last of the question
naires maited out to the registrants
of the September 12 registration,
between the ages of 19 to 36, not in
cluding; 21 to 31, will be due at
the offices of the draft boards which
mailed them.
Most of the questionnaires already
have been returned, local hoard of
ficials said this morning. City Board
Xo. 1, which mailed 1,008, reported
that 1,000 have beetr returned. All
but 300 are classified. These 300
were sent to the district appeal
board for final classification on in
dustrial and agricultural claims yes
terday. .
City Board Xo. 3 mailed 1,686
questionnaires, and all but fifty have
been returned. The majority of
these fifty questionnaires were re
turned by the post office for more
complete addresses, the registrants
having moved or changed their ad
dresses. f'our hundred were sent to
the district appeal board. One hun
dred and fifty-nine Class A 1 men
were sent, and 216 Class A 4 men
were sent to the appeal board to
have industrial claims adjusted.
City Board Xo. 2 sent out almost
1.800 questionnaires. Xinety per
cent, have been returned.
City Board Xo. 1 reported that
slightly more than thirty-one per
cent, of the registrants whose ques
tionnaries have been returned were
placed in Class Al. That would be
about 310 men.
City Board No. 3 has finished the
work of classification. About 500
men were placed in Class Al. Forty
five men were inducted for Students'
Army Training Corps and sent to
colleges. Sixty men have been
given physical examinations. *
GIVES UP HIS ;
THRONE TO SON !
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BULGARIAN RING
GIVES UP THRONE
TO PRINCE BORIS
New Ruler Assumes Reins of
Office; Error Dims Ferdi
nand's Popularity
By Associated rress
Copenhagen, Oct. s.—The official!
Austrian Correspondence Bureau has!
given out a dispatch from Sofia, j
dated Friday, stating that King Fer-j
dinand of Bulgaria, abdicated on:
Thursday in favor of Crown Prince;
Boris. The new king, it is declared, j
already has assumed the reins of j
office.
i The abdication qf King Ferdinand'
! was reported in Vienna advices yes-j
j terday, received byway of Switzer- j
t land and Paris. There seertls little!
I reason to doubt the correctness of
| the statemen. King Ferdinand's
| popularly with his people has been
I waning rapidly since it became ap
i parent to Bulgarians that he had
i erred grievously in pushing the
j country into war on the side of the
j Teutonic powers. Advices from the
j Capitol had indicated that before the
[ armistice will the Entente was sign
j ed Ferdinand was trembling for his
: throne and feared that a revolution
might upset the whole dynasty.
Police to Arrest Soldiers
Along With Bootleggers
| Who Are Peddling Liquor
Police are beginning more strin
gent methods of curbing bootlegging.
I Heretofore it has been the custom
1 to arrest the alleged bootleggers, and
! let the soldiers who were purchas
j ing the liquor go free. At the ad
| vice of offlceis in command at local
I army stations, the police hereafter
| will turn the soldiers over to the
I military authorities, and hold the
I civilian bootleggers for punishment.
Bast night Thomas Moran was ar
' rested on the charge of selling sev
) eral quarts of liquor to Private C.
j T- Wilkinson, stationed at Camp Colt,
i Gettysburg. Moran will be tried in
I police court and Wilkinson was held
until a military guard arrived from
j Camp Colt to-day to return him for
! punishment there.
Wholesale Liquor Stores
Closed by Dr. Royer
j Dauphin county wholesale liquor
| dealers were to-day peremptorily or
j del ed to close by Commissioner of
I Health Royer. It was reported to the
Commissioner that some of the stores
were keeping open, and when he in
quired whether the sellers had seen
the newspapers, they replied that
there was "much in the newspapers
! nowadays."
I "Well, then close forthwith," was
I the Commissioners order.
I And they did.-
.
First Week of Loan
Drive Yields Billion
By Associated Press
Washington. Oct. a.—One billion
dollars has been subscribed to the
Fourth Liberty Loan. This is a
sixty of the total in the first week
of the three weeks' campaign. Offi
cial reports to-day showed total 3Ub-
J striptions as $957,125,000, represent
! ing sales up to last night and officPCs
| said unreported sales would raise ihe
| total above the billion mark.
| EPIDEMIC GROWING
IN PHILADELPHIA
By Associated Press
I Philadelphia, Oct. s.—There is no
I abatement in the epidemic of influ
| enza in this city. At noon the re
: port for the preceding twenty-four
| hours showed 1,480 new cases, an in -
; crease of 74 2 over yesterday's re
i port.
I ITAII REPUBLICANS "DRY"'
! Salt Lake City, Oct. 5. —Approval
|of nation-wide prohibition and of
j the federal woman suffrage amend
|ment were included in the platform
lof the Republicans of Utah, adopted
| at the state convention. The piat
tform also denounced efforts of the
Democratic party to place partisan
ship above patriotism, making pa
'trlotism nnd loyalty party issues.
ll.'ederaWzathfn of Industries, except
'as a necessary military measure,
I was disapproved. J„___ '
CITY ACCEPTS
QUARANTINE ON
INFLUENZA IN
GOOD SPIRITS
Schools and Soda Water |
Fountains Added to Long:
List of Places Ordered
Closed by City and State I
GOOD RESULTS ARE
EXPECTED BY RAUNICK
Little Dissatisfaction Found
in Harrisburg Over Drastic
Rulings; Nearby Boroughs
Co-operate Fully
; Resident, physician at Hur
l> risburg Hospital dies: fourteen
nurses ill and 260 new eases of
influenza reported in city to
day.
All public, private and paro
chial schools ordered to close.
Court sessions to be discon
tinued for two weeks.
Plans being made to rent and
cqui|, building for emergency
hospital.
Football game at Harrisburg
Academy canceled-
County teaclyprs' institute or-
I dcred postponed indefinitely.
Soda fountains ordered clos
ed: no lee cream to be sold ex
cept with meals served at restau
rants or hotels, or hi boxes to be
taken home.
All meetings, lodge sessions
and other public gatherings or
dered to he postponed.
These were the developments to
day in ihe fight by state and city
i heulth authorities to check the!
| spread of ihe epidemic of inlluenza
j With reports from only eight pity-1
. sicians in the city there were 260 j
; new cases of influenza reported to
1 the city health bureau to-day, not in
' eluding the thirty-two patients at the
I Harrisburg Hospital, of whom four
i teen are nurses.
Hospitals Crowded
With the local hospitals already
I crowded and the refusal to tuke any
] patients except in emergency cases
| Dr. J. M. J. Raunick, city health
officer, has already made plans for
j renting a building and equipping it as
il an emergency hospital. This pian
t was discussed last night at a con-
I ference with city commissioners. It
j is likely that because of the short
! age of nurses, members of the first
:j aid classes ol the Red Cross chapter
, in the city, will be asked to volun
| teer their services. They will be le
'• quired to wear masks while treating
1 patients in ease the hospital Is open
! ed.
.! Dr. Raunick to-day expressed
himself as pleased with the manner
in which the quarantine is being fol
lowed out here. It was his belief
that a firm check will be put on the
epidemic if the city continues to aid
physicians by keeping out of crowds.
I Little dissatisfaction was ex
i pressed anywhere over the orders,
' I although many businessmen are
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' CAN YOU LOOK AT
i; THE LOAN POSTERS
j WITHOUT WANTING
TO FIGHT?
£5TPut Your Energy
Into W. S. S. or
Liberty Bonds
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I THE WEATHER
•
| For Harrlaburg nnd vicinityi In
nettled weather, probably show
er* to-night and Sunday)
I warmer to-night, with lowent
temperature about €lO degree*.
I For (Santera Pennsylvania: Unset
tled, probably ahowerw to-night
and Sundayt warmer to-night;
moderate nouth wind* becoming
went.
River
The main river will rl*e, except
the upper portion will probubl,v
begin to fall Sunday. A stage
of about 4.8 feet I* Indicated for
Harrlnburg Sunday morning.
General Condition*
Preaaure I* lilgli over the Middle
Atlantic conat, but I* diminish
ing steadily In advance of tlic
extenalve cyclone from the
N'orthwe*t, which now domi
nate* the weather over rnowt of
| the country ea*t of the Rocky
Mountain*, with It* center over
Lake Superior.
Temperature; N a. m., .12.
River Stage; 4.3 feet above low
water mark.
Yeaterday'* Weather
Highest temperature, (17.
Lowest temperature, 43.
Mean temperature, 36.
.Normal temperature, 50.
SdVgCoal
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M. frbep
IraJfe the r
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FIVE YANKEE
AIRMEN BATTLE
WITH 7 HUNS |
By Associated rress
Willi the American Army j
Northwest of Verdun, Oct. 5. '
A squadron or live Americans !
fought n buttle this morning with
seven Gcnnttll machines in the i
region of Flcvllle, liringing down |
one of them. Three Gemini) I
aviators were reported to have
been brought down by antiair- j
eral't guns. In the afternoon |
four others were reported down
within the American lines from j
similar means.
The Germans attacked the ;
American observation balloons
along the front repeatedly. Anti
aircraft lire drove off most of |
the enemy planes.
On Thursday evening Eddie
fllekcnbacker brought down two
German airplanes.
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INFLUENZA IS
FATAL TO DOCTOR
AT HOSPITAL
More Victims Taken as Epi
demic Grows Through
out the City
Spanish influenza continues to take
its toll of life in Harrisburg and vi
cinity. Two deaths have been re
ported at the Harrisburg hospital
during the past twenty-four hours-
Ten nurses and the housekeeper ure
down with the malady, and the
wards are tilled with patients. The
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DIES OF INFLUENZA
Miss Anna Laura Hoch died of
influenza at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. William Hoch, Second
and Paxton streets. Highspire, this
morning at 6.30 o'clock. She was
aged 26 years.
: SALT WATER IS A FINE GARGLE
| Use salt water frequently as a gar
i gle. Inhalt It Cleanse the mouth
land throat with it. Dri've away the
influenza germ.
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HUNDREDS PERISH
WHEN NEW JERSEY
MUNITIONS PLANT
LETS GO IN NIGHT
Explosions Shake Town and
Country as Ear as New
York; Shock Rocks Gotham
Houses, Shatters Windows
FLEE IN
TERROR FROM MORGAN
Evacuation of Towns Within
Ten Miles of Scene Ordered
by Authorities; Red Cross
Workers Speed to Relievt
Py Associated Press
Perth Amboy, N. J., Oct. 5.
With flames raging among the
buildings where explosions oc
curred all night long at the
great shell-loading plant of T.
A. Gillespie and Company at
Morgan, N. J., indications at 10
a. m. to-day were that perhaps
hundreds of persons had per
ished.
Of the company's 2,000 night
shift employes only 101 had bee.i
definitely accounted for. The
first detonations shook Morgan
and surrounding territory as fat
as New York City, where the
shock rocked houses and shat
tered windows in the business
districts.
Whether the 1,900 unaccounted
for were dead or merely had fled
it was impossible to determine.
Firemen were fighting the
flames, scattered shells were ex
ploding and all energies were de
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