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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-05

Ida VanViet of Stevensville
Handy With Needles.

Stevensfille, Ian. 4. SPECIAL Stew
ensville has a blind girl who not only
can knit as well and as much as her
more fortunate sisters, but who does
80. Her name is Miss Ida NanVliet.
Three boys somewhere in Uncle Sam s
navy arc made warmer by sweaters she
has Knit since the beginning Of the
war, and number-wear comfortable
WOODEN socks from her knlttihg needles.
M'ss VanVliets knitting has been done
for the Stevensville Woman's Navy
league and officials OF that orguniza-
ton say her work, lis virtually perfect
Despite her affliction.r Miss NanVlet is
quite as remarkably expert at house
Keeping as she is at Knitting
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-05
Ravalli County Doubles
Y. M G. A. Subscriptions

Hamilton. Jan. 4.---Spec!al The
latest report, dated December IS, shows
the amount subscribed By Rawall
county in the Y. Nj G.. A. war camp
drive. The couiitN's goal was $1,000;
total amount subscribed was. s2,333.s5:
IN pledges, s324.50 The total number
Of subscribers is 500. The population
Of Ravaili is about $4,000. The follow
ing are the amounts subscribed by the
different towns Of the valley: Ha1nil-
ton, Sl,S53,35. .Stevensvi1ie. $52S.25 .
Victor. $l53.25: Corvallis $l23.00:
Woodside, S505O. Darby, $f25.50.'s
The report WAS issued by II. A.
Stewart and signed by County Chair
man " Q. Fisk and County Treasurer
Harry south.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-05
Humble Ranch Property
Sold to Sugar Compan,

Corvallis Jan. A.--S'peeial.~- J.v L..
Humble Was in Hamilton Wednesday
getting an abstract for his ranch which
ne sold n few DAYS ago 10 the Great
western sugar company The Humble
ranch consists of $40 acres of farming
land, and is situated on the Park to-
Park road, four miles north of Cor
Wallis. Mr. Humble has property IN
california and Arizona. His plans for
The future have not Vet been made
known.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-05
At a Glance
Brief Bits Of News From
Western Montana.

Hamilton. IL. A. Spurber returned
ming where he has been for the pas!
month for medical treatment. Mr.
Spurbcr recently sold out his business
and viii move out to the coast.
Charles 'M,ei[eown returned from
Missuula Thursday where he went t.
take the examination for entering tho
army Charles returned home to say
good bye and win go to Salt Lake
city Saturday.
Miss Helen McCrackin left Thurs
day for Townsend, whercsshe will re :
sumo her position as principal of the
Townsend school
Miss clyde and Miss Seabury re-
turned from Seattle. Wash. Thurs
day where they have been visiting
friends for the past 10 days.
Albert Adams. who returned home
from Spokane to spend the holidays.
has accepted clerical position with
the RHyalli County bank Of this city.
Corvallis. Mr. and Mrs. D. Il.
Frogge went to Missoula Wednesday
10 consult q physician in regard to
Mrs. Froggo's health.
The infant daughtersuf Mr. and Mrs.
John WicFman died Monday at birth,
and was hurled at StevensVille. Mrs.
Wickman is at the home of friends in
Stcvensriile. The WicSmans hoh1e il
on the Bigeuw ranch. northeast Of
Corvallis.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-05
Thompson Falls Woearnen !
Install Officers Of 1918

Thompson Falls, Jan Especial
The Thompson Falls camp. of tho
Woodmen of the World held installation
of officers "Wednesday evening. at the
/. O. @. r. hail. There were more, than
$50 members and friends present and
dance and supper followed the in
stallatiOn cefemonies.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-05
HER TROUBLE is GONE.

Mrs Thomas II. Davis, Montgom-
efS' int. says sh chad trouble with
fef bladder and had doctored for SOW
efal months without relief, when Fo,.y
kidney pills were recommended and
she commenced using them and rot re-
iier They relieve hacSache, rheu-
matte pains, stiff, swollen Joints and
kidney trouble. Missona Drug Co.
Adv.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-05
IL Srr A..
In E6yer Of j esialationa
Fsss4 vsse Standardization

! Washington. Jan. ,4.Recitiny alleged
decentralization of tho labor situation
in the. country because OF high wages
paid for government work. Senator
King OF Utah today introduced aNreso-
luton proposing an investigation by
the senate labor committee, with view
% legislation standardisipg wages. The
resolution went over under. tho rules.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-05
Montana Winter Wheat
in Excellent Condition

Helena. Jan. 4.-Keports from many
sections Of the state are that the win
ter wheat acreage of Montana, which
is the largest in the history of the
state, is in good condition and that
there is promise Of a big yield. 1t was
feared by some that the thawing
weather had moistened the ground to
such an extent that there might be
danger OF damage in the event OF Sc
we're frost
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-05
PASSES BOND BUYING BILL.

Washington. Jan 4.--The bill author
izing the treasury TO buy yle0000, 900
worth of farm loan bonds this fiscal
year, and a similar amount next year,
was passed today by the house.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-05

091le& 00G1k30. Don't
wait ufstn Il is1oU iate to
correct your food. ,fol6es
Il IS the Simple, Inexpensive
foods that make healthy
tissue md furnish the most
energy. For your meat
less meals eat Shredded
WheaG Biscllit. 1t is loo.
per cent. whole wheat,
nothing added. nothing
wasted or thrown sway. II
is made, digestble BY steam
cooking. shredding and bak-
ing. Contains more real
nutriment than meat or
eggs. Two Of these Bis
cults with milk and a little
fruit make q nourishing, sat
isfying meal at a cost of
a few pennies. Made in
Oakland, California.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
Army Officers Go
to Washington For
"Dry" Conference

officers of the ordnance depart
ment depot at Middletown have gone
to Washington to discuss with the
War Department the proposal to
make Harrisburg and nearby towns
dry" zones. This is the result of
failure of the local police depart
ment to cooperate with the federal
authorities in halting the operations
of bootleggers and in keeping down
disorder.
Most of the trouble has been on
this side of the river, Major Morava
at New Cumberland, having very lit
tie trouble, due largely to the fact
that he has very few soldiers sta
toned there. But more are coming
and he has been quoted as saying
that he would be glad to see the sale
of liquor stopped.
Major Gray said he would not be
surprised If an order came from
Washington closing the district to the
sale of drink.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
OIL TANKER SUNK
BY U-BOAT;; SEVEN
OF CREW MISSING
Frederick R. Kellogg, Bound
From San Pedro For Bos-
ton, Sent Down
BY Associated Press

New York, Aug. 14.-German sub
marines, approaching the very gates
of New York harbor sunk the oil
tanker Frederick r. Kellogg off the
Ambrose Channel last night. Thirty
five members of the crew, brought
here to-day, reported that seven
others are missing. These survivors
were picked up by an American
steamship.
The Frederick r. Kellogg was a
tank steamship of 1927 tons cross
register, valued at more than ST.
100000. Under command of Cap
tain G. II. White, she was on her
way from Tampico. Mexico, to Bos-
ton, with a cargo of approximately
20, 600 barrels of crude oil.
The ship was owned by the Petro-
leum Transport Company. and was
launched year ago this month at
Oakland. Cal.
An Atlantic Port, Aug. IA. - A
German submarine, sighted off the
tip of Cape Cod early last night,
fired a torpedo at the steam trawler
Walrus, which missed by a narrow
margin. Captain Clayton Morrisey. of
the fisherman reported on arrival
here to-day. Because of the fog
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14

mans found positions all ready
to receive them and were able
to offer strong resistance. The
enemy took Plemont during the
early in June and their
old trenches there still are or
ganized with wire entangle-
ments.
The French army on the
southern end of the Picardy bat
tie line was at least five and
half miles from Noyon, accord
ing to latest detailed reports.
British Advance Halted
Farther north the British
army commanded by General
Rawlinson is known to be en-
countering desperate resistance
along its whole front. 1t is vir-
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
Four Hundred Iron Men of
Fighting Guard of Pennsyl-
vania Drop in Four Hours
Baptism of Bullets
2STH ADVANCES
RIGHT TO VESLE
Paris Now Is Fifty Miles Away
From Nearest Hun Lines;
Says General March in His
Semi-Weekly Review
By Associated Press


Washington, Aug. 1.-THE 1S1st
infantry of the SD United States di-
vision, has been engaged in the fight
ing north of the Somme and par
ticularly in the repulse of an enemy
countera tack at Chipilly. General
March said to-day at his semiweekly
conference with newspaper corre-
spondents. This regiment alone cap
tured three officers, $50 men and
seven los milimeter guns.
General March briefly reviewed the
situation in the Picardy salient, where
the lines now have reached the gen
eral position of the front in 1916 be-
fore the Hindenburg withdrawal. At
no point is the enemy now within
fifty miles of Paris.
The Picardy salient has been trim
med away on front of fifty three
miles to a maximum depth of fifteen
miles, the chief of staff said. and the
line on the Aisne- -Marne front has
remained stationary. American troops
have recaptured Fismette, on the
north bank of the Vesle. from which
they were driven.
Discussing the work of the 2Sth
division. comprising Pennsylvania
Guardsmen. in the Aisne-Marne sali-
ent, General March said the only re-
port upon it's casualties received was
that 400 men had been hit during four
hours on July 80 in the advance to
the Vesle.
The 1S1st regiment is composed of
Illinois National Guardsmen and is
attached to the 66th brigade of in
fanttry in the 33d division. command
ded by Major General George Bell,
The troops were trained at Camp Lo-
gan. Texas.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
Nearly 500 Men Lost
on Troop Ship Sunk
in Mediterranean

Paris, Aug. 14.-Four hundred and
forty-two men are missing as a re-
suit of the torpedoing of the French
steamer Djemnah in the Mediterran-
can the night of July 14-15. while
bound from Bizerta to Alexandria
with troops on board, according to
an official announcement last night.
Four days later the French steamer
Australian also was torpedoed in the
Mediterranean.
A report of the torpedoing has
been received from Berlin, where it
was announced, and has been con-
firmed here.
The Djemnah was an old steamer
built in 1875 at La Ciotat. She was
397 feet long, 80 feet beam and 80
feet depth. She is registered as
owned by the Msssageries Maritimes
of Paris and Marseilles.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
FUNERAL
Is ATTENDED BY
PROMINENT MEN
Officials and Others Active in
City and State Honor Pub
Usher and Party Leader

Judge Eugene c. Bonniwell. Dem
ocratic candidate for Governor, and
John j. Breen, of Philadelphia. his
campaign manager; ex-Lieutenant
Governor John M. Reynolds, of Bed
ford; Thomas H. Greevy, Democratic
leader of Blair county for many
years, and other. prominent men at
tended the funeral services of Hon.
B. F. Meyers to-day at his resi-
dence, IL North Front street. Of
ficials and men active in many walks
of life in this city were in attend
ance and there were also present a
number of old residents of Dauphin
county who had been associated with
Mr.. Meyers in newspaper work, bus
mess and politics.
:, The services were conducted by
the Rev. Rollin Alger Sawyer. rec
tor of st. Stephens. of which Mr..
Meyers was long senior warden. and
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14

Paris, Aug, 14.-General
Humbert's army moved for
ward two miles yesterday; and
took the St. Claude farm, which
makes the hold of the French
.on the southern part of the
Thiescourt plateau secure. 1t is
said the French are advancing
steadily on Noyon; and while
the stubborn defense of the
Chaulnes-Roye road has delay
ed operations, the storming of
the Noyon positions is impend-
ing.
Huns Falling Back
The Germans are now in Pie
mont, about a mile southeast of
Lassigny to which they retired
following new advance by the
French. At Plemont the Ger
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
Archbishop Asks Miners
to Work on Feast Day

Pottsville, Pa, Aug. 14.-Request
of Archbishop Dougherty that miners
of this region work Thursday next.
August IS. which marks the feast
of the Assumption, will be complied
with by the miners of the Schuylkill
districts.
1t will be the first time in the his
tory of this region that the miners
have not observed the day, one of
the most important in the .ecclesias-
teal calendar.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
MILITARY DRILL
FOR CLASSES OF
ACADEMY PUPILS
Headmaster Announces Inno-
walton Is Made to Meet an
Almost Universal Demand

Headmaster Arthur E. Brown. of
the Harrisburg Academy. announced
to-day that provisions are. being
made for military drill, to meet the
government requests along this line.
1t is impossible at this time, to an
nounce definitely the plans for equip
ment. The pupils will be measured
for uniforms after the opening of
school. The plan is to have but one
uniform this year.
The Academy ground lends itself
admirably to drilling purposes. The
central Front street plot is sufficient
ly spacious for the drilling of a large
number of pupils. The Academy
athletic field, also. is suited to this
purpose. On rainy days the gymna-
sium and the new junior school play
room are both available for military
drill
This innovation will meet the al
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
German Quarrel Raging
Over U. S. Entry in War

Washington. Aug. 14.-Violent
controversies are raging in Germany
as a result of the second Marne bat
tie between the Liberals and pan
Germanists over the question of
who is responsible for Americas en-
trance into the war. A dispatch from
Switzerland says both sides are re-
fusing to accept responsibility for
American Intervention.
The Liberals are accusing the
pan-Germanists of having provoked
the unrestricted submarine warfare.
The latter protest and affirm that no
matter what the cause Americas en-
trance into the war was certain.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
GENERAL DROPS
RANK; PRIVATE
IN u. S. ARMY
Texan Resigns Commission as
Brigade Commander in
Mexican Army

Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg,
S. c.. Aug, 14.-From. the rank of
brigadier general in the Mexican
army to the grade of private and
acting sergeant in the American
Army, sounds like a long drop. but
htere is one American who has made
the jump ard is proud of it. He
is ]. E. McCandless. a member of
the casual detachment, provisional
depot for corps and army troops in
Camp Wadsworth.
Private McCandless, who used to
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
AIDED DESERTER
FROM ARMY; JURY
NNDICTS WOMAN
True Bill Against Pair Who
Conceal Draftee; Chops
Off Fingers in Camp

When Don Strausser. of Wayne
township. Mifflin county, was draft
ed into the National Army and sent
to Camp Meade, he amputated the
fingers of his left hand with an ak
and was sent to the camp hospital.
He escaped from the camp hospital
to his home township, where he was
harbored by friends. The sheriff of
the county captured him after a
hard fight in which Strausser tried
TO jump from the roof cf a house to
the ground and hide in the noun
tains.
Statements to this effect were
made before the grand jury of the
Federal court yesterday afternoon
when a true bill was brought against
Mrs. Rosa ,Hassenplug and her son
Samuel. on the charge of harbor-
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
Ultimatum Has Been Sent to
Finnish Government, Says
Report From Stockholm
Which Reaches Lansing
TIME LIMIT OF
TWO WEEKS SET
British Officially Recognize
the Czecho-Slavs as Allied
Nation; Trotzky & Co. Must
Explain Bolshevik Threat
BY Associated Press

Washington, Aug. IA report
from Stockholm reaching the State
Department to-day from sources con-
sidered reliable, says the German
government has addressed an ulti-
matum to the Finnish government
requiring that the Finnish army pre-
pare to march against entente forces
on the Murmansk coast within two
weeks.
London, Aug. 14.-The British gov
ernment has issued a declaration
formally recognizing the Czecho-
Slovaks as an allied nation and the
three Czecho-Slo armies as an al
lied force regularly waging warfare
against the Central Powers.
1t is reported from Moscow by way
of Berlin. that the diplomatic repre-
sentatives of the entente have hand
ed a collective note to War Minister
Trotzky demanding within three
days an explanation of Premier Len
ines threat that Russia would de-
clare war against Anglo-French i'm
perialism," the Central News stated
yesterday.
Amsterdam, Aug. 1.-THE Bolshe-
vik government of Russia, as late as
August 6, considered itself still at
peace with the United States, al
though at war with Great Britain
and France. according to a note de-
livered on that day by Foreign Min
lister Tchitcherin TO Consul General
Poole at Moscow, as quoted by the
German semi official Wolff Bureau.
The Bolshevik minister said he had
placed at the consul generals dis
posal the Russian wireless station
and asked Mr.. Poole to inform his
government that an unjustifiable at
tack was being made upon the Boil
shevik government. NJ. Tchitcherin
protested against the allied landing
in the north.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
THE WEATHER

For Harrisburg and vicinity; Fair
Tonight; Thursday probably
thundershowers and somewhat
cooler.
For Eastern Pennsylvania. Fair
tonight. warmer i'm northeast
portion; Thursday probably
thundershowers and not quite
so warm: light, southwest
winds.
River
The lower portion of the North
Branch will rise slightly, All
other streams of the system Will
probably fall slowly or remain
nearly stationary. A stage of
about 3.S feet is Indicated for
Harrisburg Thursday morning.
Temperatures 8 n. m, ~.
River Stages n. M, 80 feet above
low-wnter mark.
Yesterdays Weather
Highest temperature, ~.
Lowest temperature, ~.
Mean temperature, So.
Normal temperature, 70
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
Bohemians on Verge
of a General Revolt;
Huns Kill IA Czechs
Bp Associated Press

London, Aug. 14.-Turmoil in Bo-
hemia has resulted in the execution
of seventy-four Czech soldiers and
wholesale arrests in many raids,
newspapers of Munich and Dresden
say, according to an Exchange Tele-
graph dispatch from Zurich.
Munich newspapers say it is be-
lieved that even slight incident will
bring about general uprising.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
GERMANS HOLD
PLEMONT;; Curry
FRENCH PRIZE
Fall of Roye, in Fierce Battle,
Automatically Means the
Evacuation of Lassigny
BY .4ssocidted Press

Paris, Aug. 14.-In comparison
with the quick advance of the first
four days the battle in Picardy now
may seem to be stagnant. but never
theless the French have pushed near
er to the Chaulnes-Roye- -Lassigny-
Noyon line to which the Germans are
clinging desperately. The wooded
hills between the Avre and the Disc
are difficult to traverse.
Tuesdays fighting put the French
more than a mile north of Cam
bronze, close to Attiche and Carmoy
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
Mayor Fines Speeders;
Gives Cash ito Bride

Altoona, Aug. 14.-'T remit this fine
and want you to go home and give
1t to the bride as a wedding gift" said
Mayor Rhodes. handing over $3.50
to chauffeur who had appeared to
pay fine that had been imposed for
violation of the traffic regulations
The chauffeur had informed the
Mayor he. had been married last
Thursday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
British Losses Drop
1,246 on All Fronts
Within Last Week
By Associated Press

London, Aug. 14.-4-British casual
ties reported in the week ending
to-day totaled $500. compared with
an aggregate of 1855 reported in
the previous week. These are di-
vided as follows:
Killed or died Of wounds: Officers,
215: men, 1,441.
Wounded or missing: Oficers. CAT;
men, 6,317.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
AUTOMOBILES ARE.
NOT TO BE TAXED
OUT OF BUSINESS.
Word Comes From Washing
ton Efforts Will Be Made
to Prevent Hardship

Word reached the local automobile
dealers from Washington that there
appears at present to be little danger
of the proposed war taxes on auto
mobiles being burdensome. Neither
is there much prospect of the tax on
gasoline reaching proportions that
Will place serious hardships on the
trade.
The passenger automobile has
come to be so important in the busi-
ness life OF the community that to
seriously interfere with 1t would be
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
[Continucd on Page 1871
PATRoLMAN RESIGNS

Patrolman Clarence S. Hoffman.
1920 Penn street. has resigned from
the city police force to accept a po-
sition as motorman for the Harris
burg Railways Company. He was ap-
pointed to the force under former
Mayor Royal
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
RA1LRoADERs BACK. GET MORE PAY


RAILROADERS BACK GET MORE PAY
Observation-Disclosures wages recently granted railroad
shopmen have resulted in recalling to railway employ
ment more than 5000 woren who had left previously to
accept jobs with higher pay On orders from the Frank
McManamy, manager of the railroad administrations
mechanical department. the forces of car repairmen at
Conway yards of the Pennsylvania Railroad near Pitts
burgh has been qusdruped to eliminate the bad order
car situation here
ARMY PILOT DROPS TO DEATH
Rantoul Ill-Lieut ]. w. Johnson cadet at chanute
aviation field was killed to-day when his plane fell
1000 feet at Clifford near here Another aviator was
only slightly hurt.
Fort Worth, Texas-Cadet William R Turnstal, son
of John r Turnstal of BrockGeId Mass was killed to-
day when his airpane colided with another machine
several thousand feet in the air Tho second machine
landed safely and the cadet occupant escaped unnjured
INTERNED GBRMANs DOWN WITH TYPHOID
AsheyiIe ~ C-HaH dozen German civilians in
termed Hot Springs c. are reported dead Of typhoid
fever and 165 ILL., as result Of drinking unfiltered
from French Broad River with the hope that their illness
would prevent the War Department from transferring
them to the military prison camp at Fort oslcthorpc
Georgia ........-. - ! aAl.a A.
FATALLY BURNED AT STEEL PLANT
HarrisburgPhlip Kovic, 243 Meyers street steelton
aborer fatally burned this morning at the Beth
lehem Steel plant when he caught by electric
lie taken to the Harrisburg Hospital where
he died at 1.ls this afternoon.
Reading, Pas-whle William c. Feather aged 81
member Of Wolfersberger Feather, undertakcrs. at
Wernersville, embalning body to-day. he touched
drop ight which had evidently been heavily charged
from the effects Of last evenings due
wires, and was instantly killed
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-14
FRENCH co FORWARD
IN DRIVE ON PICARDY:
HUNS LOSE LASSIGNY
Germans Fall Back From Lassigny Mas
sH to Plemont Followed By General
Hun1berts Army, Which Non Is
Fine Miles From Noyon
By Associated Press

London, Aug, 14-The Of Lassgny, on the south
part of the Pcardy battle 'front.' for which French
have been struggling the hills the and SOUTH
has been captured by them the Pail Mall Gazette to-day
says it understands.
The reported capture took place this morning New of
the fall of the has been officially confirmed