Kf'ser Sends da'acmei to Houandj Germany Torn teami Esents, London I fears HARRISBURG lilSflillJ ' TELEGRAPH \ ®lje otar-3n&cptn&enl. I.XXXVII— No. 231 12 PAGES HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1918 LILLE FALLS TO THE BRITISH ARMY; KAISER'S ARMIES FACING DISASTER IN RETREAT FROM BELGIAN COAST FOE WA VERS UNDER TERRIFIC POUNDING OF ALLIED TROOPS Smashing Victory Won by Marshal Haig in Northern Flanders; Retirement of Foe Is Almost a Rout | AMERICAN TROOPS WIN GROUND IN ONE OF WAR'S BIG BATTLES By Associated Press British Headquarters in Flanders, Oct. 17. —The Germans on leaving Lille which was captured to-day by British forces, did not set fire to the buildings in in the city or cause any explosions. London, Oct. I 7.—The city of Lille has been captured by the British. Haig Launches New Drive Allied pressure on all sides of the salient of which Lille was the center compelled the enemy to give up the city, the largest town of France cap tured by the Germans and for four years an im portant unit of the enemy defense system. The fall of Lille comes almost simultaneously with #he launchnig of an offensive by Field Marshal Haig against the new German defenses south of Valenciennes. His troops to-day are starming forward south of Le Cateau across the Selle river, where they were halted last week. In Flanders the Allies have gained important new successes, while from the Oise to the Mouse the Allied pressure is main tained strongly. In the angle north of Laon the Germans ap parently are retiring from between the Oise and Serre rivers. German Retreat in Flanders Nearing a Rout; 17 Divisions Fleeing Paris, Oct. 17.—The whole of the German army of General Yon Arnim is in retreat from the North Sea to the region of Lille, having been beaten back and overthrown by the Allied attacks to-day. The retirement is assuming the proportion of a Rout. Seven teen divisions comprise the army of Yon Arnim. The Prussian Guards, ceding ground inch by inch, are dying, but not surrendering, in an effort to save their right wing. Resistance by the Germans is crumbling all along the battle front except in the region of the Argonnc and northern Cham pagne. There American troops under Generals Liggett. Cameron and Bullard and French troops under General Gouraud are en gaged in desperate fighting. * Americans Ford River and Stagger Through Deep Mud to Beat Huns in Big Battle R\ Associated Press With the American Forces Northwest of Verdun, Oct. 17. The capture of Grand Pre by General Pershing's forces was accomplished under terrific hardships and with a heroism not hinted at in the brief official announcement of the taking of this stronghold of the Germans north of the Argonne forest. The American attack began at 6 o'clock in the morning. The men moved forward in the shelter of the forest, reaching the Aire at four points agreed upon where the stream could be forded. Without attracting the attention of the Germans the Americans then waded into the cold water which reached to their waists and even higher, and pushed across the stream. On the northern bank they found broad mud flats into which they sank half way to their knees. The Germans-by this time had discovered their approach and opened a bitter machine gun tire but the Americans pushed steadily on. Beyond the mud banks which were crossed slowly and with the greatest difficulty the Americans found the Germans and closed with them in a desperate bayonet hand-to-hand fight. Rifles often were used as clubs and each man struggled to down his individual opponent. At 11 o'clock the Americans had completely overcome the enemy, had driven him into the woods north of Grand Pre and w ere in possession of the important railhead. King Albert Leads Victorious Army on to Ostend, Big Enemy U-Boat Base W London, Oct. 17.—Belgian forces under command of King Albert, which crossed the Yser river are marching on Ostend, a seaport on the English channel. The Belgians also made progress in the region north of Thourout and advanced in the direction of Thielt. Paris, Oct. 17.—The fate of the German defenses along the Belgian coast and in the great Lille industrial area has been sealed by the continued advance of the Allied armies under King Albert on the thirty-mile front in Flanders. The significance of the evacuation of the Belgian coastline is far greater than the gain of Flanders territory with its many airdromes and subma rine bases. German Line Can Be Outflanked The extreme right wing of the German defenses in the west {Continued on Page 10.J Not a Doggone Thing! - ..: SWINDLERS WORK , SMOOTHLY; FILCH $93.42 FROM TWO Shabbily Dressed Young Man Tells Victims Fellow Who Left Has Money The smoothest piece of swindling yet reported to the police caused J. ! [Edward Wetzel, chief of police, to j issue a warning to merchants to-day. j The proprietor of a grocery store ; in the 1400 block of Derry street and the proprietor of another grocery i store, at Sixth and Cumberland ! streets, are the victims. The swind lers fliched the first merchant of *66.71, and the second one, who is a woman, of $26.71. It is done in this way, the chief , said: A well dressed man entered the stores and bought a slice of ham in each. As he turned to leave, in both ! instances, a shabbily dressed young ' man entered. "Why weren't you at work to- | day?" said the well dressed man. "My wife was sick," says No. 2. : "Well, come around to-morrow, your job is always open," says No. 4. n When No. 1 goes out the shabbily . dressed man says, "I wish I had the money that fellow has. He lives j! right around the corner." After No. 2 is gone, the well dress- [ ed man returns in a great hurry. ! "Has my wife been in here?" he : says. The storekeeper of course'; doesen't know his wife. "Why that's]: [Continued on Page 4.] WHY CERTAINLY! IT'S SAFE AND SANE TO WEAR GAS MASK! Knight of the Grip Who Sells Tombstones Docs Not Want ' to Try His Own Wares While Influenza Rages "Hey. how d'ye get that way!" In the busiest hour to-day Market street was stirred by the shrill cry of a dozen messenger and newsboys who were following a stout traveling salesman. Just alighted from a Pennsy express. "It's a gas mask" yelled a score of voices as the crowd fell to titter ing and kidding. "No, It's one o' them feedbags shouted a truck driver, pulling up to get a view of the stranger who carried a couple big satchels, plentl fwAR ENDING IN ANTI-HUN STYLE Amsterdam, Oct. 16 (Wednes day).—"The war is coming to an end, and in such a manner as no man in Germany desires," said the Vorwaerts of Berlin on Mon day. "Let us say it candidly," the newspaper continues. "During all these terrible four yeurs the aim of our efforts and sacrifices was to prevent such an end." BIG MEETING TO DISCUSS DEEPER SUSQUEHANNA Major Gray, Invited to Speak by Rotary Club, \Vrites of the Possibilities When the abatement of the in fluenza epidemic permits, the Harris burg Rotary Club, acting in connec tion with organizations of Columbia and other river points will bring Ma jor William Gray, to Harrisburg, to speak on the deepening of the Susquehanna river in order to make it navigable for dfeep sea vessels.* Gray has agreed to come to the city when possible if the Wat- Department agrees, to discuss the project, which he outlined briefly at a meeting of the Rotary Club In Har <Continued n I'age 8) fully -marked with express slogans from different countries, showing him to some traveler. "What's it for. Mister?" begged the j crowd, pointing to the gauze white | mask which covered his nose and part of his face. "Flenza. you boobs" he Anally bit I off. "Don't you know every body's j wearin' 'em now! Hey, how do you reach the hotel?" "Travels for a tombstone factory" related the hotel clerk as the wise drummer groped for the registry book 4 jFATHER AND TWIN | BABES EXPIRE IN SOURBEER FAMILY 1 Mother, Desperately 111, Not Advised of Her Husband's Passing Out Death, births, then death ugain, iall occurring within an hour, con tinued to make to-day the saddest |in the life of the heretofore happy [Sourbeer family nt 423 Crescent j street. t j Herman R. Sourbeer, aged 34 I years, a conductor on the Philadel phia and Reading railway and head of the afflicted family, died of nneu imonia at 2.53 o'clock this morning He was followed in death by two [infant children, a boy and girl, at 4 :o clock, who were born at almost the same hour. .Mrs. Sourbeer, whose [condition is grave, has not been told 1 c ,\ e o1 er husband for fear of disastrous results, though she s , lives of her babies were snuffed out when they entered the world. The latter were taken from the house this morning. To-day sympathizing friends of : the Sourbeer family went in and out of the Crescent street home on er ; rands cf ministry and consolation to the three bereaved children of the dead father and desperately ill moth er. The oldest of these is Helen, ten years of age, and the other two Jeannette and Charles, aged eight land six years respectively. Miss Lil jlian Rybenske, a volunteer Red] jCross nurse, assigned to duty at the I stricken household, gave details of I | the tragedy to a Telegraph reporter' [this, morning. j According to the latter, Sourbeer ' N was taken ill a week ago last Tues jday on his return from work at 4 [o'clock in the afternoon. His run I took hint to Allentown and back' , again to this city. I On coming from his train that dav he complained to his wife of feeling "very sick" and immediately took i to his bed. Diagnosed as influenza I ! his case rapidly developed into pneu ,mohia and his decline was rapid' 1 once the symptoms of the latter dls- ' I ease set in. The fact that he was a robust man, standing some six feet ;two inches in his stocking feet, and 'had never known any serious ill ness before, did not seem to thwart ithe malady in his case. When Tie ! passed away early this morning, and even an hour before the end came, I Sourbeer was in a delirious condi tion and much effort was expended in keeping him abed. He died in this condition. No attempt, of course was made to tell him of the birth and death of his children. j < * ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS SINGLE COPIES HAlir PniTIAM NEWSPAPER IN 11 AItItISUURG TWO CENTS HUML fcUl 1 IUIN FINAL EFFORTS BRINGING CITY NEARER QUOTA Subscriptions to Fourth Lib erty Loan Coming in Rapid Fire Order ONE PURCHASE REFUSED Hotel Man Called to Account For Doing So Little For Government If Harrisburg and Harrisburg dls-j trict citizens continue to*buy bonds; the way thev have bought them to- ! day and yesterday the city and dis trict will go over their allotment be i fore Saturday. Chairman Donald McCormick for the district. William Jennings for Dauphin county and Andrew S. Pat terson for the city to-day issued this statement: "Subscriptions have begun to come in a marvelous manner. "We are proud of the way the district is coming along. "If it comes along for two days more as it has for the last two days I we will be the first city and the first j county and the first district in the I state to oversubscribe the quota." Today's Totals These figures liud been re ceived up until noon to-day: Sold to last Friday ..$1,531,700 Homes, since Friday . 318.850 Industrial, since Fri day 180.000 Hoy Scouts, (est.) . . 50,000 Girl Scouts (est.) .. . 5.000 Totals $5,003,150 Still a ssi.ooo.ooo Shy The city's quota is $6,130,000. so j the amount of bonds which must be Isold to make up the ditferenee is considerably over a million dollars. But.the Industrial committee prom ises $70,000 more, and Frank Sites says the Homes workers will have $3*5,000 more, while the Boy and Girl Scouts are still hard at work. The Pennsylvania railroad is on a "doubling up" campaign and the Pipe Bending employes promise $35,000 or $40,000 by this afternoon. The Harrisburg National Bank and the Harrisburg Trust Company yesterday announced that they have $1,000,000 which they will lend to Harrisburg people with which to buy ! bonds, at the same rate of interest as Liberty Bonds bring. There was a great demand for these bonds to-day. Keturn His Subseription Liberty Loan headquarters this morning returned to Harry Miller, one of the proprietors of the Cen tral Hotel, 311 Market street, the ; blank on which he had agreed to buy i a $5O Liberty bond and the $2 which |he had paid on account. Headquar : ters wrote Mr. Miller that if $5O ; was all the bonds he wanted to buy | it preferred to take no subscription jat all from him. John C. Jessup, secretary for the I industrial committee, called on Mil- I ler the other day in an effort to se ! cure a bond subscription from the j hotel and saloonkeeper. Mr. Jessup says that. Miller made the following reply: Wants to Open Saloon "I can't afford to buy a bond, but I if the health authorities would allow j me to open my saloon then 1 could make money and buy a bond." j Miller ridiculed to Jessup the sug | gestion that he is worth $50,000 or ! $60,000. He is one of the owners of j the Market street property. •He ' said he "had a little money, but it is i tied up." The letter sent to Miller this morn ! ing by Liberty Loan headquarters is ; as follows: i I received this morning sub \ scription for $5O for Liberty | Bond, with $2 cash enclosed. We return herewith both sub scription ami money. We have decided that If you feel that you are unwilling to do more for the country in whleli you live and have prospered ma terially under its beneficial laws, j we do not care to accept your subseription. This mutter has been care fully considered by members of | tlic committee who arc sufli cicntiy familiar with your finan cial ability to help at tlic time when the country needs it. Very truly yours, JOHN C. JESSUP. No answer had been received from Miller up until 2 o'clock this after noon. MACEDONIA DEVASTATED Athens, Oct. 17.—The devastation and the ravage committed by the Bulgarians in eastern Macedonia have caused the directors of the newspapers of Athens to protest to the world and to invite represepta i tives of the press to visit the ruined area and see conditions for them selves. j This City Would Never j Have Been State Capital ; if Its People Had Not Loaned Money to UNCLE SAM Has the Spirit Changed? : I THE WEATHER For Harrisburg nnd vicinity; Fair to-night nnd probably Friday; somewhat warmer to-night. For Knatern Prnnaylvnnlni Fnlr and ivnrarr to-night; Friday pnrtl.v cloudy; moderate south west to south winds. River The Susquehanna river and all Ita trlbutarlea will probably con tinue to fall alowly. A atnge of about 4.1 feet la Indicated for Harrlaburg Friday morning. DOLLARS, MEN AND GUNS IMPERATIVE NEED IN OUR CRISIS Washington, Oct. 17. —"Ger- many is bending. More pressure and she will break," says Secre tary Lansing in a statement to day warning the nation that the war is not over and that the Fourth Liberty Loan must be a success at a time when every dol lar as well as every man and every gun counts more than evcy before. Reports on Liberty Loan sub scriptions gathered shortly be fore noon to-day by the Treasury indicated today's receipts proba bly would bring the totul up to $3,600,000,000, leaving 2,400,000,- 000 to be subscribed in the re maining two days of the cam paign. REGISTER DANNER DIES AFTER HARD BATTLE J)R LIFE Pneumonia and Influenza Prove Fatal to Prominent County Official Roy C. Danner, aged 34, register of wills for almost seven years, died nt 3.55 o'clock this morning at his home, 1851 North street, from pneu monia, which developed from influ enza. He had been confined to his home since early last week. Until late yesterday physicians attending him hoped for his recovery, but his condition changed for the worse late in the afternoon, ending in death j early to-day. The first death to occur at the Emergency Hospital was reported to-day when George Seward, of West Fairview, succumbed to pneumonia. He was brought to the hupltal last night in a critical conditinon. Fifty three other patients are now being treated there. Elected in 1911 The death of Register Danner came as a surprise in city and coun ty official circles where he was wide ly known as reports yesterday indi cated he would recover. He was born July 4, 1884, in West Fenns [Continued on I'ngc I.] | ALLIES HURL VON ARNIM'S ARMY "BACK if | > T 1 y I Harrisburg—The 'Harrisburg' Gas Company to-day J 4 1 I ( I Y I 4 v this city, was killed in an automobile accident two miles I J south of Potiac tc day. J | I r | 3 1 ti.e Industrial Committee, which was to raise another 5 I air. ui.t. i % ro NOV. 4. t I r o -* •' 1 - -his afternoon i enance court had been post- . ( !poned t' ' ■'. c ] no ,j at€ as to the sitting of other courts. /. . HUN GUNS KILL TWO AMERICANS A 1 v ere ' one man was - wcurrjc 1 a--' •' ge "• i "f.! in the German ' bombardment of Dunkirk yesterday with a long range gun. ' MARRIAGE LICENSES ~~~ Frank B. Snolnnrt. I.cbnnon count*. and Kdna S. Hoovrr. Dau phin count*-, Mnr.hnll 11. Drnn, Wnt 1111 l Sldr, and Bio Itelle M. | Wnllotrrr. HnrrNhursr. • FIND BODY OF MURDERED MAN ON RIVER ROAD Mysterious Automobile Seen at Point Where Body Was Found BULLET HOLE IN I1EAI) Believed to Be Gettysburg Guide, Because of Papers Found in Pockets The body of an unidentified man, believed to be George J. Bushman of Gettysburg, shot in the head, was found about 8 o'clock this morning near the Coxestown Hotel lying in the weeds along the river bank ,r" M *■ The hnHv Was murdered. Eisenhour^ an W e a f° u ml by G. Highway Department °* 4 State o'clock this morning It w ®! 4 S among the weeds n !! Tv S ,y lng bank. Coroner Eoklne river dlately summoned an/ th w ? 8 Im m e . taken to the undertake dy " :,s c H. Mauk corner ? P ar| °rs ot •"• t1,,,e „ .. [Continued on p age 4.] Army Air ChiefCoes on Voyage in Balloon .. . . , By A "ciated P rcss ," "ii'gfon, Oct 17 eral William u /'• Major Gen tion of the Army Air S hle f of opera passenger in a free heii Vlco - w us a Major J. r. McCov ," 2 "iloterl Potomac Park o,i ' _ n " h rose f> , northward and bo U mr r ? headi ' nounced destination an u,|: M '" y SK t./o" ,,, ;' , 'rd'ecr°e < a t se l i M T h Although of deaths here to-di)v tl • nu "lhet and pneumonia, there wT '""uenza new cases, the health S. f!V mp in nounclng. 'l.BBB in the !a.t ' f/ s " n * four hours against 1 Hfttt vil !3 v * while the fatalities 4&g^g2S%
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