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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-22
Marshal Haig's Men Attack in
Great Force Between the
Somme and Ancre Rivers,
Taking Several Thousand
Prisoners in Dash
FOES COUNTERATTACKS
ARE TOTALLY DEFEATED
Heavy Fighting Continues
Throughout Night, While
Enemy Launches Unsuc-
cessful Local Attacks in Eff
fort to Stop Allied Armies
By .issocidfed Press

= ONDON, Aug. 22.-Brit-
1 ish forces attacked this
- morning between the
Somme and the Ancre river,
says to-day's war office state
ment. North of the Ancre, the
statement continues, the Arras-
Bapaume railway has been
crossed in spite of strong enemy
resistance.
Between two and three thous-
and prisoners were captured by
the British in yesterdays opera
tions, the statement adds.
In the Flanders battle area the
British last night attacked and
captured a German position
north of Bailleul according to
advices from the front to-day.
1t is reported that a strong local
counter-attack made yesterday
morning against the Locre Nos
pice, was repulsed after heavy
fighting and that sharp combats
took place during the night in
this sector.
British troops have reached
the village of Neuf Berquin,
northeast of Merville, the state
ment says.
Fresh German counterattacks
are reported to have developed
east of Miraumont and Irles.
The hostile artillery is said to
have been very active during the
night and to be continuing its
heavy fire this morning.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-22
TREATY
SHOWS NEUTRALS
FAVORING ALLIES
Entente Gets 100000 Tons of Shipping, Cutting off Vast
Inportdons OF Munitions nd Goods Going to Gern1an4
at the Time When The Are Most Needed

the commercial treaty recently sign
ed by the allies and Sweden, and
which is expected to diminish the
sending Of supplies to Germany. were
made public here to-day by Alex r.
Nordvall. head of the special COM
mission of the Swedish government
to the United States. 1t gives to the
allies 100000 tons of dead weight
shipping and 100000 tons of Swe-
dish iron ore.
Sweden also agrees to license the
export to the allied governments of
wood pulp, paper, iron. steel, ETC..
and to grant to the allies suitable
credit in Sweden for the purchase
of Swedish goods during the con-
tinuance of the present unfavorable
monetary exchange.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-22
ARMY DESERTERS
IN A CLASH WITH
W. VA. OFFICERS
Send Warning to Sheriff to
Withdraw Posse; Four
Killed in Struggle
BY associated Press

Huntington, w. Va, Aug. 22.-
A troop of militia reserves, assisted
by United States deputy marshals
and posses from Mingo and Wayne
counties, this morning were march
ing into the wastes of Mingo coun-
ty. where a pitched battle with
band of Army deserters and slackers
is expected momentarily. In a fight
with the deserters late yesterday
George Dillon, a deputy sheriff, and
William Ellis, a deputized citizen,
were killed.
The leader of the deserters sent
a message this morning to Sheriff
G. T. Blankenship, of Mingo county,
warning him to draw off his posses
and militiamen. as all of the desert
ers are armed with army rifles and
will fight to the last man before
surrendering."
A message received here at 10
o'clock said two of the deserters had
been shot. The deserters are said
to have escaped from house where
they were barricaded and taken
refuge in a cave which they have
fortified
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-22

The Stockholm government, ac-
cording to Mr.. Nordvall, has given
satisfactory guarantees that no goods
imported to Sweden from allied
countries or any nations whose ship
ping the allies control. will be ex-
ported to any of. the Central Pow
ers.
In exchange for these commodi-
ties. facilities and guarantees. the
allies have agreed to ship to Sweden
bread cereals, coal and coke. mineral
and edible oils. sugar. rubber goods,
cotton and cotton goods, hides. leath-
er and tanning materials, coffee, CO.
Goa, tobacco. copper, ferro-al1oys,
tin, tinplate, nitrate of soda, raw
phosphates. sulphur land other
goods and materials necessary for
Sweden's economic life
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-22
American Flyers Bomb
Flabeuville; Escape Guns
of Huns; Misty in Woevre

With the American Army I'm
France, Aug. 22.-American avia-
tors bombed F'labeuville, in the De-
partment of Muerthe- Et- M Moselle
Tuesday afternoon and secured
many hits, some of them direct ones
on the railroad tracks. The air.
planes return safely. notwithstand-
ing the heavy anti-aircraft fire
directed against them.
The bombers originally purposed
to attack Longuyon, northeast of
Verdun In the Woevre. but found 1t
too misty to make military targets
certain.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-22
$500 More Men Called
For General Service

Twenty-Five hundred white men
were called from Pennsylvania to go
to Camp Forrest. Lytle. Ga, in the
four days commencing September 3
according to a telegram received at
state draft headquarters to-day.
These men are to be capable of gem
eral military service. over 1000 ad-
ditional men are to go out in the
same period to Camps Dix. Meade.
Greenleaf and Sherman. The quotas
for the September movements are
now being made up at the state
headquarters and train schedules for
the movements to Camps Lee and
Greene are ready.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-22
American Army Supply Ship
Is Sunk in Foreign Waters

Washington. D. C., Aug. 22.-The
American steamer Montana, of 6659
tons gross, was torpedoed and sunk
in foreign waters August 16, with
the probable loss of three members
of the civilian crew and two MEM
bers OF the naval armed guard, the
Navy Department last night an
nounced. Eighty-one survivors
were landed.
The Montanan was in the service
of the Quartermaster's Department
of the Army and was used as a
supply ship.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-22
Sons of Veterans
Discard Iron Cross
BY Associated Press

Niagara Falls, N. Y. Aug. 22.-
Because its name and design are
too much like the decoration be-
slowed by the Kaiser, the Iron
Cross worn by past commanders
of the Sons of Veterans was off,
cially discarded at the thirty
seventh annual convention here
last evening. The convention ap-
pointed a committee to aelect a
new design for the insignia. These
officers were elected: Commander
in-chief, Captain Francis Gala
dine. Chicago; senior commander
in-chief. Elmer B. Perry, Barre,
VT; junior vice commander, IL.
Bissell. Southington. Conn.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-22
BY associated Press

ssoc1
Fighting their forward along the southern reaches of the
Pcardy battlefront French troops to-day stand before Noyon
This city has been referred the key the whole German
line of the Somme.
Allied blows the 20-mile front from Scissors Ypres
appears unable
stay the attacks which increasingly threaten the stability of his
defensive system in France.
Positions Partly Outanked
the troops under Marshal Foch hitting
German positions for good gains Unless the Germans
sacrifice needessy defend partly outflanked saents
would appear the hand
During the past night General Humberts reached the
Divette for long distance of confluence with the
2.1
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-22
FINAL LIBERTY BOND PRICES

New Yorb-Final prices Liberty bonds were LIS,
Ioz2o hrst con IS 9416i second IS, $3.50; frsts
1as 94I6 second con 1-4s 1854; third las, $500
spoealtss yielded with more important issues in the stag
aant final hour The closing was irregular Further
tailment Of loans effected extreme recession Of to
IL points in todays very nominal stock market Sales
approsiuated $4,000 shares.
MooNEY.To APPEAL TO HIGHEST COURT
San Francisoo-Thomas J. Mooney is TO appeal at
once to the United States Supreme Court for reversal Of
his conviction for murder in connection with bomb
posion here officials Of the international Workers De-
fense League announced to-day.
AUSTRIAN LOSSES 10000 IN MONTH
London-Austrian losses on the British front in Italy
between June IS and August IS were 10000 according to
advces received here, British casualties in the
period. totared $500, it is said.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-22
NEW CALL IS MADE

Harrisburg for the calls for to 60 to
Camp Dix Meade and Greenleaf completed at State
Draft headquarters late this afternoon and show that
Dsuphin will send the following Camp Dix all white
Harrisburg /, TO- No. 2, Ii No 3, Il; Dau
phin, No /, s. No 2, S; No. ;, S Camp Sherman al
colored Harrisburg / 3; No. 3, 3. Camp
Gteenleaf, all white men, Dsuphin No. l. 90; No 2, 81
No }, H. Harrisburg i, IS; No. 2, 2s; No. 3, Is
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-22
[Continued on Page 15.1
SALESMAN DIES AT HOTEL

Hagerstown. Nd, Aug. 22.-C. II.
Muller. tifty-three. hair goods sales
man. Williamsport. Pa, and mem
ber of the York Lodge of Moose, was
found dead in bed at Hotel Hamil-
ton, here. yesterday. Acting Coro-
ner Ditney decided Muller had died
of neuralgia of the heart.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-22
Special TO the Teleernhh

Sharon. Pa. Aug. 22.-The war
has not been permitted to stand in
the way of housing improvements
in Sharon. Indeed, the conditions
brought about by the war have
stimulated rather than depressed
building operations in this locality.
which, like Harrisburg. has had a
wonderful growth directly due to
the enlargement of war industries
here and the increase of men neces-
sary to operate them.
Sharon felt the need of more
houses to take care of it's growing
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-22
Enemy in Rapid Retreat Before Mangin
Whose Men Are Pressing Close on
Heels of Huns ThroWn From One
of LudendOrffs PpOtS
100000 Huns Captured;
Six Armies Damaged
By associated Press

:c-The armies taken than
Echo de
Eavcda July is and
of the
weeks
Boehm Eben.
tense a
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-22
WAR NO BAR TO
HOUSE BUILDING,
SHARON REPORTS
Conditions Brought About by
Conflict Instead Result
in Strong Stimulus

CThis is the first of a series of
three articles dealing with the
manner in which Sharon dealt
with a housing problem re-
sembling that of Harrisburg in
many particularly.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-22
DAVID <. srRousE DIES

locomotive engineer, of Harrisburg, died at 100 West
Jackson street this city this morning He had been sick
for the past year or His former home Har-
risburs His body viii be buried in the Harrisburg
cemetery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-22
German Armies Forced Back
by Battling Poilus Two
Miles From Lassigny to the
Ailette River During the
Night
FALL OF NOYON NOW
INEVITABLE, IS REPORT
Important Towns and Enemy
Bases Taken; Poilus Keep
in Close Touch With Re-
treating Enemy; Humbert's
Army Makes New Gains
By Associated Press

Paris, Aug. 22.-General
Humbert's army has made
great advance between
the Matz and the Oise rivers
and has reached the Ailette
river. The French military
men say this makes the
early fall of the town of
Noyon inevitable. From the
heights of LIE Plemont on
the Disc front, the French
troops now are watching the
Germans in their retreat to-
ward the north.
London, Aug. IA p. M
The French army under COM
mand of General Mangin in its
attack on the Oise front to-day
has reached the line of the
Ailette river, according to re-
ports reaching London this aft
ernoon.
The possession by the French
of the whole line of the Ailette,
according to London military
experts, means that Marshal
Foch's design to drive a big
wedge between General Won
Boehn's army and the forces of
the German crown prince has
been successfully accomplished.
Also that the Germans have been
placed in a position of the ut
most difficulty north and south
of the new French salient
Paris, Aug. 22.-German
troops were forced back over a
twenty mile front to a depth of
from one to two miles from Las
signy to the Ailette river dur
ing the night, says to-day's war
office statement.
French troops maintained con-
tact with retreating enemy be-
tween Matz and the Disc. and
east of the Disc during the
CONTINUED on Page 2.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-22
LATE NEWS
FLYERS WOUNDS ARE FATAL

With the American Forces in Frsnce-Eieut H. T.
Baker of Willamsport, Pa member Of the American
flying corps died on August is from wounds received
three days earlier when his reconnaissance plane was at
tackled by German aviator,
ROAR OF WAR HEARD IN PARIS
Paris-The sound Of heavy cannon firing was heard
clearly il Paris early to-day.
FRENCH CRUISER AT vLADIvosToK
Paris--The rrsacs cruiser Ksrsaint has joined >hs
other alice warsliips at vladivostok, / '.
MCCAIN TO BE MADE MAJOR GENERAL
sshington-Brigsdier General Henry P Mccain,
recently transferred from the office of adjuant general
to command division has been nominated to be so
general for the period of the wsr
. P1TT8BURcH SOLDIER KILLED IN ACTION
Ottawa Ont, Clancy, Pittsburgh, and R. Lavery
Hartford, Conn reported in to-days casualty list
having been killed in action.
10 SHIPS ADDED IN WEEK
Washngton-Ten ships with total dead weight ton
mage of 5I7oo were added to the American merchant
marine in the week ending August 1s the Shipping Board
to-day announced
FINNs SEEK CROWN BEARER IN. GERMANY
London "A Finnish delegation has left IEslsngfor for
Germany to offer the crown of Finland to a Gern,on
pr.rro who probably win be Duke Adopa Friedrich Of
Nosenburg-sot says dispatch from Copenhagen
to tia Exchange Telegraph Company
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-22

GContinucd on Page 81
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-26

A most perfect, sooth-
ing, healthfuI powder.
Con tainS no white LEAD
or biSmuth- W hen prop
erly applied 1t gives a
soft delicate tinge of
youthful freshness that
cannot be acquired by
any other powder or 10
ZION Invisible " h n
rubbed into the skin.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-01
WILL NOT INVESTIGATE
ANONYMOUS FOOD REPORTS
Administrator F. O'Rourke
Says Complainants Must
Give Their Names.

Food Mentor Frank ORourke has
ceased 10 Investigate complaints of vio-
Iation of food laws and regulations un-
less the person making the complaint
gives his or her name Ut is not Mr.
ORourke's purpose to publish the name
of the informant.
II want the names Of the people Civ
ing me information so that l can go
back and tell them what 1 found out
in my investigation, said 0'Rourke.
They viii know then whether / made
an investigation or not. 1 am through
accepting anonymous reports L am
tired Of being chased around by people
who are afraid 10 tell me their names.
one woman who wouldn't give me her
name told me a barrel and five sacks Of
sugar had been unloaded at certain
house. l went there and found it was
chicken feed and shavings instead Of
sugar Another man said that a GER
tain couple was boarding food. 1 in
vestigated and found that the man who
made the complaint and declined 70 give
his name was a tenant Of the aged cou-
pie and had been ordered out OF the
house because he did not pay his rent
The old couple wasn't boarding food and
had liberty bonds and thrift stamps and
a good record for patriotism. while the
informant hadn't given anything
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-01
NEGROES VALIANT FIGHTERS
rUNIrED Press CAsLzaRAM.I ]

rCNITED Press CAsLEGRAMJ
PARIS. July American negro
troops proved their value as fighters
east Of yerdun when they repulsed the
enemy. Beginning a terrific lombard
ment shortly after midnight the Boches
threw between three and four thousand
shells. It was concentrated on small
areas. Many OF the shells made holes
from 10 to Is feet across. During this
the negroes stuck to their post operat-
ing machine guns and rifles. Keeping
Up the steady fire the Germans failed
TO penetrate.
Dixie luck vas with US" they ex-
plained. we all got knocked down lots
Of times but we got right up"
Machine gunners we're knocked dovn
fstft orrfy-.-s-su 4rfe oes- sseTc -ssansszsss
Army officers said the negroes fought
like veterans and compared well with
the best troops on the front. German
raids in AIsace We're repulsed by Amer
ican machine gun and rife fire Satur-
day. the Germans suffering heavy losses.
In Montaine Americans reided the Ger
mans capturing an officer. 80 men and
inficting heavy losses.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-01
FIVE ALLEGE)
DEsEhTEas ESCAPE
HanmondlPolice III Paid for
Their Kindness to Five
Soldiers of the u. S. A.

Five L. s. soldiers took base advant-
81 ge of the kind-hearted Hammond police
last night after they had been picked up
- deserters and were held awaiting
orders from the war department, by
saving off the bars in one OF the win
dows TO a cell and escaping.
The Hammond police in the last week
or so. have picked UP five soldiers who
were wanted at the different camps for
desertion and had put them ia the front
cell where it would be a little more
comfortable for them. The police per
mitted them to have visitors and receive
candy. cake and other good things which
the girls of Hammond showered upon
them.
Last Saturday st is said. a little
black haired girl brought the quintet
a cake that she said that she had made
herself Some time Saturday night the
soldiers sawed the bars in one OF their
windows and all i've crawled out and
escaped 1T is thought by the police
that the aie which they used may have
been in the cake which was brought 10
them on Saturday.
The men who escaped We're Lester G..
Arnold. Co p 3s5 Inf. OF Trenton o.;
Herman Scott. Co. D 500 Inf. of Han
Inond: Otto Krause of South Chicago;
sam Heffer. Of Hammond John Lawlor.
of San Fra ancfsco. Cal
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-01
| 8 D D D
IN GREAT
CELEBRATION

The greatest demonstration Of its kind
ever held in Gary by the foreigners was
attended by 5000 people Sunday to eele-
brate Nidov-dan." Serbian national
holiday commemorating the downfall Of
the Serbian monarchy by the Turks
many years ago and the death of Arch
duke Ferdinand which caused the pres
ent war.
The monster parade planned TO take
place id Broadway was not made on ac-
count of the storm. The exercises at the
Polish hall In Connecticut street between
Seventeenth and Eighteenth avenues was
packed TO overf1owing. Captain KIecz-
kowski. just out OF the trenches in
France, made a stirring address to the
monster audience that had gathered to
celebrate. other speeches were made
by Mayor Hodges and Captain H s.
Norton end others. over $500 was sub
scribed and given 10 the Red Cross and
other war benefits.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-01
LOYAL. TY
ATTACKED.
He SUES
TIL First Libel Proceedings
Growing Out of Charges
of Lack of Patriotism, Is
Started by Whiting Man
in Superior Court.

WHITING, IND, July 1.-The
first libel suit based on the grounds
that the plaintiff was falsely ac-
cused of being unpatriotic was filed
in the Lake superior court at Ham
mond today by Attorney L. V.
Cravens, representing George A.
Fedorka, a Whiting business man,
and until recently the street COM
missionr of the city.
The defendants are eight mem
bers Of the Slovak and Bohemian
colony of the city and promoters
of a bazaar given to raise funds for
the Slovak volunteers fighting in
rance.
George Fedorka as chairman of the
slavonic National Society at Whiting
was accused by these men OF being un-
patriotic and in petition sent to the
board OF works they made charges
which Fedorka denounces as untrue and
designed TO discredit and ruin his name.
Fedorka claims that as a result OF these
charges he was discharged from the po-
sition of street commissioner at a loss
of 1900 a year
The defendants IN the libel suit are
Joseph p Nation. .IahR+ CiesaF.r-saeS
Kussy. Paul Blohunka. Mabel skorupa.
Peter Rusner. Math spilly and Michael
Prlisi Fedorka asks $4,000 damages
from each.
The complaint prepared BY Attorney
Cravens contains reproduction of the
communication filed by the defendants
with the board of works. states that
the Slavonic National Society of which
Fedorka ia chairman decided TO give
$500 to the fund for the SIovaks in
France hghting Germany tS1.55 per
member) and that Fedorka called an
other meeting, notifying only $50 Of the
ESQ members. and objecting to giving
so much and as chairman allowed
many unpatriotic and shameful
speeches. remarks and expressions to
utter and be heard at the meeting" ."
This is denied as being as false report.
in the complaint.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-01
MURDERER I
No NEARER
TOCAPTDRE
TOIlesiOn Mortified at Result Of
DaStardly Attack on
Mother Last Friday.

Death following a Caesaian operation
came to both the babe an. the mother.
Mrs. Myrtle Forsgreen. VIII was brutal
" attacked by an unknan man with
an axe at Twenty7fourd avenue and
Chase street IN southwest tToneston late
last Friday afternoon
She died from the voands at Mercy
hospital Sunday mornine
The little three year old son. asleep
IN its cradle who va also attacked
with the same weapon by the beast
splitting its head open. Is still alive at
the hospital and hopes are entertained
for his recovery.
This is one of the most brutal nnurd-
ers on record that Gary has ever known
The beast attacked hs victim with an
axe splitting open hef head and hacked
her body with the blade Of the axe Ieav-
ing his victim in an. unconscious state
when she was found by q neighbor. Mrs
Blanche Hanford. The deed was done
by man wearing kaiser moustache.
Before she died a Caesarian operation
was performed on Mrs. Forsgreen. The
little one was found to be dead making
4 toll Of two murders already
This makes six murders in that Vi
cinity in the last two years, Rev. Kay
ser; an Italian stabbed TO death in 1915:
Severed Kappa Vigus, who was found
in that vicinity with rs clothes stripped
of and horribly manEled. and two little
girls who were attadted and killed.
The country is belng combed for the
eapt1Te 81 the mulI Itererus bat no elaw
mas been found 10 8ing him to justice.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-01
CITY'S
F { A R F III
DEATH LIST
rBr UNITED Pass.

SIOUX CITY, Ia. July 1-Thirty-nine
persons are known 70 have been killed
and a score injured when the four-story
building of the Oscar Ruff company az
Fourth and Douglas streets collapsed
Saturday afternoon. 1t was reported at
an carly hour that ali the injured were
recovered. Work of rescuing parties
continued throughout yesterday. thirty
one additional bodies being taken from
the debris. Hope that persons in the
wreckage might be alive was abandoned
early in the day. The greatest loss Of
life occurred in a grocery and market
next to the drug store, where a crowd Of
shoppers had assembled. Most Of the
bodies recovered were burned and mutt
lated beyond recognition and an effort
10 identity them was launched.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-07-01
NOTICE.

The workers OF the Surgical Dres-
sing Department Of the Red Cross are
especially requested to march in the
parade on the Fourtlk Show the
strength of our work by the strength
of the numbers in line.
Form in Doty street promptly at 1.45
p IN. Parade stars at D. m The
Surgical Dressings Room will be open
Wednesday, July Srd. from until 5
p. M. and from 7.30 until $50 p m, so
that workers may get their caps and
aprons There viii be a supply Of
aprons and caps on sale at the rooms
TOR those who have not as yet secured
them.