Ke Up ike FighiingHpi fa ot the Boys in France Until the Huns are Crushed—Bay More Bonis feh HARRISBURG lfS||illi TELEGRAPH /ff * olar-3n&epcndrnl. I LXXXVII— Xo- 225 20 PAGES §Bk^isi o .§Sr$ lM * HARR3 SBURG, PA, THURSDAY EVENING," OCTOBER 10, 1.918. HOME EDITION ALLIES POUR THROUGH BREAKS IN LINE; AMERICANS TAKE PART IN GREAT DRIVE FOE, BROKEN BY SMASHING BLOWS, IN FULL FLIGHT Battered Invaders Retreat Rapidly Before , French and U. S.Troops KAISER'S MEN DEMORALIZED BY FOCH'S CONSTANT ATTACK German Lines Turned When Haig Sends Great Force Through Hindenburg's Last Defense Into Open Ground With the Anglo-American Forces Southeast of Cam brai, Oct. 10.—British and American forces continued to advance rapidly and are driving the demoralized Ger ■nans before them, according lo all available reports on this front. The whole battle is on a field that was aflame I throughout the night. The many fires have destroyed towns and farm houses com pletely. Vigorously pressing the ad vantage gained by the breaking of the German line between Cambrai and St. Quentin the British. French and American armies have widened the great in 'his area to such an ex tent that the entire German front from r.heims northward seems to be collapsing. , The dislntefp-aticn of this line *s being hastened by vigorous strokes delivered by the French along the \isne. while farther east the Ger man left flank in the active battle area is being hammered hard br other French forces and the Ameri can First army, in the Champagne. Argonne and Verdun regions. Halg Wins Mighty Battle Most telling in its immediate ef fect is the thrust by Field Marshal Haig southeast of Cambrai. where American troops also are operating. The British commander has swung the main direction of his drive north eastward and already has pushed to •within two miles of the important railway Junction of Le Cateau. The taking of Le Cateau. which seems imr.i.nent. will cut the last of the lateral railway lines connecting the German northern front with the great salient of Laon and appar ently will make inevitable the evac uation of the entire Laon area. British Gain lb Miles Before Le Cateau the British arc on a line fully ten miles in advance of the longitudinal line running be tween Cambrai and St Quentin. hav ing swept through the great part of this area in great strides behind a disorganized enemy. The resistance of the Germans was reported to be stiffening during the nieht. however, indicating that a stand might be Great American Aerial Fleet of 350 Machines Bombs Cantonments By Associate A Press i With the American Forces North west of Verdun. Oct. 10.— (Noon.* Oeneral Pershing's infantry to-day again went into action on the left wing of the Argonne forest front JHARRISBURG HAS NEVER SLACKED IN 133 YEARS AND IT WON'T NOW! LIBERTY BONDS OR W. S. S.? THE WEATHER For Hnrrlahurg and vicinity: Fair fo-nlicht and Friday: not mock { change la temperature. The Susquehanna river and all Its tributaries will fall. V Matte of about .V 3 feet la Indicated for ° Harrtaburg Friday morning. made in an effort to save the rail way junction as long as possible ! from capture. • Meanwhile, farther south, the French are pushing toward the Oise in the general direction of Guise. They have made particularly notable progress to the east and southeast of St. Quentir. where they are closely approaching the river. Their col j umns have passed Fontame-Xotre ' Dame, nearly six miles directly east of St. Quentin. This push is like ! wise having a marked effect in elds 'ing the Laon pocket. I)ouai Near Capture j In the north the wedge driven from Cambrai east already is affecting the ; front north of Lens. The British , iirst army is advancing in the direc j tion of Douai, which seems the next great town along this section marked j for captuie. ! The American First army under General Pe-shing is not being out done by the other Allied forces in the delivery of hard blows upon the trembling great German defensive system. The thrust east of the Meuse in the Verdun area is being followed by further attacks which have resulted in the advance of the I line here well up toward that won by the offensive west of the river. Argonne Forest Cleared In the Argonne. where a junction has been effected with the French at Lancon, thus virtually clearing the forest of Germans, new attacks were launched this morning. All the recent gains of Pershing's men have been held, despite the throwing (Continued on Pago 8) Blindfolded Yankees Shout Defiance to Hun Captors; "Go to Hell," Leader Says With the Vmerlrnn Force* North west of Yrrdtin. Wednesday, Oct. 9. The brightest spot in the heroic and amazing story of the now famous "lost battalion," which belonged to the Seventy-seventh Division, was the climax to the fourth day of the troops' beleagurement in the Argonne forest. An American who had been I aken prisoner by the Germans sud ieniy appeared at the little camp sur rounded in the valley. The man had been sent blindfolded from the German Headquarters with a typewritten note to Major Whittle sey. reading: "Americans, you are surrounded on all sides. Surrender in the name of humanity. You will be well treated." Major Whittlesey did not hesitate a fraction of a second. "Go to hell!" he almost shouted. His men cheered so loudly that the Ger mans heard them from their observa tion posts. ' after a violent artillery bombard ment lasting all night. The Germans are throwing in re serves on their left flank which now has been exposed in the Argonne pocket. The enemy also is endeav oripg to withdraw his troops at other points so as to restore the line. Yankees Drop Bombs An American bombing expedition consisting of more than 330 machines yesterday dropped thirty-two-tons of explosives on German cantonments in the area between Wavrllle and Dnmvllers. about 12 miles north of Verdun. The American bombing exploit marks one of the high spots in the air fleet operations of the war. in the expedition were more than 200 bombing alhplanes, one hundred pursuit machines and fifty triplanes The bombing machines were given splendid protection during the aerial battle which took place during the operation. Twelve enemy machines were destroyd. Only one Entente plane failed to return. In addition American airplanes yesterday destroyed or brought down five German machines nnd one bal loon. They also took a great num ber of photographs and dropped newspapers to the American troops. How Much Are You Helping? CREST OF INFLUENZA MAY NOT BE PASSED UNTIL NEXT WEEK City Prepares to Open Eme rgcncy Hospitals at Country Chib and Masonic Temple; Volunteer Nurses Needed; Stores Asked to Close Saturday Evenings Dr. J. M. J. Raunick, city health officer, this morning requested all merchants to close Saturday evenings at the same time as during the re mainder of the week, as a further precaution against the spread of Spanish influenza. Realizing the potent danger of the crowds who till the downtown stores Saturday nights, in many cases unnecessarily. Dr. Raunick is trying to impress upon businessmen the necessity of relieving the city of , that added menace to the present influenza sitaution. Hint Stronger M cast ires The closing edict this morning was in the nature of a request. Stronger measures may finally become neces sary unless it is observed, for that reason it is thought merchants gen erally will be glad to comply. A few of the_ merchants who were seen this morning expressed their I willingnes to co-operate by clos- ; ing. They also saw the advantage of allowing their clerks that chance for respite from the Saturday night j rushes, feeling that with the present I CLEAN FURNACE j WILL SAVE COAL. SAYS COMMITTEE Harrisburg Asked to Join To morrow in City-wide Drive on Soot To-morrow is "Clean the Furnace Day." It Is just as imperative and pa- I jtriotic, C. M. Kaltwasser. chairman' iof the .Dauphin County Anthracite ; j Conservation Committee, said, to iclean the furnace to-morrow so as' to guard against waste, as it is to j make a noise on the Fourth of July j lor to make speeches on Lincoln's! | birthday. j In an effort to have .the furnaces ; j (}f the city in such perfect condi | tion that the consumption of domes ; tic sizes of anthracite will be re- ' j duced to a minimum. Mr. Kaltwas ; ser and the Dauphin county fuel ; [Continued on Pngc 11.] BEI.GICM CARDINAL I.ACDS V. S. New York, Oct. 10.—An autograph message to thhe American public j from Cardinal Mercier, of Belgium, : expressing his admiration of "the 1 powerful assistance" given by this | country to the Allied armies, was i brought here yesterday by Paul Vandenven. director of the Belgian j official Information Service, with : ' headquarters at Washington. j , influenza situation, it is to their in terest to preserve the general health of their help. Offers Church to City The liev. William J. Lockhart, I astor of the First Baptist Church, Second and Pine streets, this morn ing offered the church for use as an emergency hospital for the treat ment of influenza sufferers. The Health Department now has four similar offers, the others being the Harrisburg Country Club, at Fort Hunter; the Masonic Temple, Third and State streets, and the open a.r school at Fifth and Seneca streets. Dr. John M. J. Haunick. city health officer, said this afternoon that with the co-operation of the Harrisburg Chapter of tlie Red Cross, the Hoalth Bureau Is ready now to open an emergency hospital in any I one or all of those places at a moment's notice. The emergency hospital in the George Saltzman pome. Riverside, [Continued 011 I'age 20.] FIRE EATS WAY INTO 10,000 TONS OF BITUMINOUS Steel Plant Fights Big Blaze, Raging Now For a Week Fire raging in a huge pile of bi ituininous coal at the coke plant of the Bethlehem Steel Company in Steelton to-day is beinfe fought by a large number of men in the hope of stopping the loss which has been going on steadily for more than a week. No estimate of the loss could be . given to-day at the steel plant al though it was suid that many hun dred tons of coal have been burn ed. There are approximately 10,000 tons of the best grade of gas bitumi nous ih the pile. The tire started in a small way and before it could be checked had I spread with great rapidity along a large portion of the pile. The diffi culty of getting a hose line stretch ed aided the Are in gaining head- ' way. WhHe the loss in money has been 1 considerable, officials of the plant said to-day they nre more concern- : ed over the difficulty of having the! 1 burned coal replaced. > POLICE HAVE LITTLE WORK I WITH LIQUOR SALES STOPPED Few Arrests Made Because of Sobriety of Men and Wom en Who Have Furnished * Most of the Criminal Cases EVEN PAWNBROKERS ; DOING LITTLE BUSINESS No Reason Now to Pawn Coats i Off Back to Get Whisky; Patrolmen Satisfied if Har risburg Remains "Dry" With the first week of the enza quarantine ftearinß its end, of- ( ficials of the Harrisburg police de- 1 partmcnt are elated over the de creased amount of crime durinß the j i shutdown of all saloons and liquor j dispensaries. Only three arrests have been j made durinß Harrisburg's first week ;of prohibition. Vnder normal con j ilitions, that many are arrested ev iery day. and generally twice as ] many, or even more every night, j Drunkenness and disorderly con- I duct on the street also has been re- J duced almost to nothing. Police are ! enthusiastic in their praises of the j elevation of moral conditions in 'hitherto incorrigible neighborhoods, j which have been affected by cutting off the liquor supply. Liquor is ac countable, according to the police, for most of the petty criminology in the city. A pertinent effect of the benefit accruing from the order forbidding j liquor sales is seen in the pawn sheets turned in by pawnbrokers jand second-hand dealers. Dozens of i articles usually are listed on these i sheets every day. During the past week no sheet has contained more ! than three or four items. | "Which shows," said Karl M. i White, secretary to the chief of po lice, who has charge of this depart j ment of police activities, this tnorn j ing, "that the city's inebriates are ' not pawning their watches, cloth \ ing and other possessions to buy ; drink." Yesterday there was only one of | fender arraigned in police court, and 1 the day before there was no police t court at all. Usually there are ses | sions of police court lasting an hour or more every day, and drink is the ; basis of more than seventy-five pt>r I cent. of the arrests, police say. i Monday usually brings the largest I quota of cases, owing to Saturday night celebrations, but last Mondty ! there was but one case. / 1 1 Forging Ahead Slowly FIRST SECOND THIRD DAY DAY DAY ROBERT McCORMICK — Amount. Amount. Amount. 1 C. C. Fitch $12,450 $1,350 $5,300 2 H. M. Stine 18,950 5,950 22,400 3 J. A. Brandt 53,300 20,000 36,850 4 George W. Barnes 66,600 16,560 54,250 a W. M. Essick 13,500 14,350 21,150 6 M. H. Taylor 13,500 84,500 3,300 Totals $178,300 $142,700 $143,250 ARTHUR D. BACON— -7 M. W. Fager $21,050 $10,950 $35,450 8 W. M. Robison 2,750 47,150 5,250 9 C. H. Kinter 5,900 3,900 11,600 10 J. N. Kinnard 7,550 7,850 19,600 11 E. J. Lewis 10,00 6,800 5,750 . 12 A. H. Armstrong 6,500 12,300 *7,300 Totals $53,800 $46,500 $84,950 CHARLES H. HOFFMAN— -13 Wm. Strouse SIO,BOO $10,450 $7,050 14 C. W. Burtnett 4,050 7,100 16,600 15 W. Frank Witman 21,600 9,400 3.900 16 D. L. M. Raker 5,650 7,600 3 ,f50 17 ,T. T. Olmsted 4,450 45,70,0 6,250 18 L. M. Keiffer 4,650 2,34)0 7,550 Totals $51,200 $82,580 $45,600 JOHN F. DAPP— -19 B. F. Blough ......... $178,350 $25,500 $61450 20 A. S. Allen 14,900 95,350 47*200 21 C. E. Landis 8,000 4,250 8 450 • 22 H. P. Miller 12.000 55.250 13*750 23 Andrew Redmond .... 12,700 7,450 • 4*750 24 Bij. Strouse 22,050 48,650 45^350 Totals $248,000 $236,450 $150,350 CHA9. H. HUNTER— -25 J. C. Stevens $5,400 $8,250 SOOO 26 J. C. Johnson 5,050 2,700 7 7Kn 27 W. I. Cozolli 10,050 7,250 2*300 28 M. A. Seely 4 100 3,150 4 700 29 W. R. Repp 12.550 6,800 ,30 J. S. Mac Donald 1300 $ 900 . Totals $38,450 $30,050 CHAS. E. PASS — 32 C* O MUler *6-'>,600 $86,050 33 W 8 Schell 3 ' 6o ° 8,150 8.250 34 RR. Seaman *!!!!!.' .*! |'® * 2.700 35 H. A. Boyer 2.150 10,600 36 H. B. Saussaman •? 13.G00 10,400 . 11,100 9,600 Totalß $38,950 $99,300 $731,800 Tota,s $608,700 $535,150 Total, Hpmes Total. Industrial * / BIG SPURT NEEDED IF DISTRICT IS TO MEET BOND QUOTA Salesmen Hard at Work in | Effort to Bring City Into Honor Class, but Mark Will Not Be Reached by Evening, I as Was Hoped FAMOUS FRENCH UNIT j TO BE HERE TOMORROW FIGURES TO DATE Source Wednesday Thursday Industrials ... $2.<>5.350 $75,000 Homes 1.200.150 001,600 Dauphin iCounty (out side city) ... 1.218.050 71,150 Perry County 110,100 16.550 Juniata County 64,050 2.050 f Totals $1,707,200 $770,250 GRAM) TOTAL, DISTRICT , Previous Sales, $1,707,200 * To-day 770.250 j Total $5,177,150 CITY TOTALS Previous sales, $3.30 1.800 I To-day 676,600 Total* $3,081,100 j ; District quota $10,108,130 I Bonds sold 5,477,450 j I Shy $1,721,000 | City quota .Bonds sold 3.081.100 Shy $2,152,240 The people of the Harrlsburg dis j trict were to-day making a big. ef | fort to redeem their failures of the I last week, hoping that it would still ibe possible for the tri T county dis ] trict to purchase the over $10,000,000 'worth of-Liberty Bonds alloted. [ I The declaration by the Liberty Loan ! Executive Committee last night that ' | evidently pro-German propagandists • had been at work in the Harrisburg ' I district, or else the bond salesmen ! had not been as vigilant as they ■ | might be, was met to-day by con ' | stderable of a spurt—but not enough ■ iof a spurt to secure the sale to-day ' |of the $2,828,840 necessary to bring - ' Harrisburg into the hundred per cent. ■ I class. ' lAs for the district outside of Har risburg, the towns of Steelton and • ! Marysvijle .are the only two which 1 1 have bought their bonds. During the - I third campaign 35 or 40 towns hall ■ honor Hags at this stage of the game'. " Steelton and Marysville are very i lonesome. Purchases by three other " towns are: Linglestown, $5,000 ;*Pax tonla. $5,000; Piketown. $4,500. 1 The great numbers of men seen on r the streets daily without Liberty ' Bonds buttons is<evidence that pur chases are individually less than in 1/ Bonds, Taxes or Defeat! Our government can raise money in only two ways-—one by borrowing from its people, the other by taxing its people. ; If our people loan their money, they get the best security in the world and the highest interest ever paid on such security. Whut the people do not loan they must make up by taxation. Money paid in taxes is not re turned. The war must go on to victory. The government must raise the necessary funds. Shall it be by loans or taxa j tion? Our patriotic duty is to make it a maximum of loans and a minimum of taxation. Shall a hundred million Amcr . leans stand on the graves of four ! million dead men and tell them they have died for nothing? j other campaigns, while the total of ! the bonds may be larger. I-eiclonitlrra Here To-morrow j The French Legionaires, to the : number of nearly 100, arrive in the j city before 6 to-morrow morning. Loan headquarters are map | ping a schedule of activities for the | day, which includes a short parade ] through the down town streets at j noon, and truck trips to big manu ■ facturortes. The French Legion, as is i well known, is composed of dare l devils of all nations. Booth In Post Office ; A booth for the sale of bonds was [Continued on Page 16.] ! T FRENCH VETERANS WILL PARADE .•- , | Ja Harr - ?• V f', cign Legion will, arrive in Harrisburg, to-morrow morn- | ;' * the Y. M. C. A. Harrisburg people speaking French will I ' i j <r f; I • '(l * ! f C, \ | ! 1 Washington—S/kited debate on President Wilson' 65' I response'to the German,peace offer began to-day when < ) * u % i * ; i < ,pui. *RF VISITS ST. QUENTIN ■ -Williani Graves Sharp, the American anibasifcr * - • ■i: v•' the captured , ity c r " 9 Quen ; after the mayor. He also paid visits to i ' • r * . ; . ons. i , U. %. STEAMER DEEPWATER JS SUNK ; { ■ I New York— I The American steamship. Deepwater, , 8,500 tons gross register, has been sunk, presufnably by Mlj an enemy submarine, according to information received 1 "in shipping circles here to-day. " I < CANADIANS HOLD CAMBRAI % With the Canadian Forces in France—The Canadian I i I are in complete possession of the | J i C ' BLAINE'S GRANDSON DIES _ J . Chicago—Emmons Blaine, Jr., son of the late Emmons I • 'Blaine, and grandson of the former Secretary of the states, J James G. Blaine died of pneumonia yesterday at Lam- i < >downe, Pa., according, to Word received bv relatives here. ® ] M ARR I A(j f. UCENSES \ nnvid P. Itojrrr* nnd lifrfrmlr M. Krll. Hnrrlxtiurk'i Albert 11. i C stmjrer nnd llliinrhr K. Krrpi. Mldillrton ni Wlllltun Hnrro nml -■} fc" I'nrollir BRITISH TROOPS SWEEP FIERCELY AGAINST ENEMY CAMBRAI LINE King George's Fighters Meet in Center of City nnd Finish Kaiser's Forces; Huns Hide in Cellars ALLIED FORCES TAKE VILLAGES IN DRIVE Fast "Whippet" Tdnks and Cars Deal Death to Foes of Entente Warriors; Tom mies Occupy Bertry By Associated Press Willi the British Arii% 011 tluw Canibrat-St. Quciuin Front, Oct. 10. —By Tuesday night the British and Americans had reached a point where it was certain that the Ger man lines could be cracked. The Third and Fourth armies agaih attacked yesterday) morning i south to the front held by the i French. Simultaneously Canadian land English troops launched a pow erful attack extending several mil s north from Cambrai. The Canadians swept on after an nihilating the Germans who tried to check them. Together with the Eng lish, they hurried eastward, smoth [Continued on Page I I.]
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