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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-08
FOUR YEARS or THE WORLD WAR;
GREAT BRITAIN'S GREAT SHARE IN =

kin In every cline where the English
tongue is the speech of the people.
We have dared all; we shall gain all.
So II you have read into this preface
the meaning have striven to convey
you will understand that in the re-
maihder OF this brief essay shall tell
of the glory and the immensity or
Britain's achievements in this war not
to flaunt her deeds in the eyes of the
world, but as an earnest of the self
same sacrifices and ideals that shall
flow from this great nation of the
West in an ever-increasing and ire
sistible stream. That is my purpose,
and want to declare 1t now. Britain
has done much and. though weary and
blood-stained, will do more, but the
measure of her heroic effort can sure
ly be applied to the determination of
the splendid country In which l write
these lines. Why, to mix with you
Americans on the days when the news
seems bad, when some disaster at sea
or some reverse on land chills the
blood and adds a fresh 5urthen to an
overladen heart, is the best Of all
tonics for an Englisbman. l have
gone out to address audiences of an
evening when my soul was heavy
within me. when each mouthful of
food in s well-appointed club or hotel
had almost choked me by contrast
with the privations better men than l
were enduring with steadfastness.
But the first sight of an American au-
dience, the first ringing cheers evoked
not by my oratory, but my theme,
brought a healing and strengthening
altogether Divine in their efficacy, for
here, indeed, in the truest sense of the
phrase, the voice of the people became
the voice of God.
Well, the record has many items.
Let Us begin with the worst, the ir-
remediable, the tax levied by death.
1t is a sad showing. The British cas-
ualties in officers and men are as fol-
lows:
August, 1914. to the end of
1915 ..................... $4,000
In the year 1916. 650,OO0
In the year 1917. 100000
In six months of the present
year (estimated) ...... 100000
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PenbrOOk Citizens to Act
on Water Supply Trouble

Officials of the Hummelstown Con-
solidated Water Company expect to
have the several breaks in the piping
system entirely repaired before even
ing. The pumps of the company have
been shut off for a period of two
hours during the day while repairs
were being made.
For some time there has been con-
siderable difficulty with the PenbroolS
water supply. due to breaks in the
piping system of the water company.
Officials this morning said that after
these repairs have been completed,
they believe the difficulty will end.
Penbrook citizens are somewhat
displeased. however. with the incon-
venience that the water supply has
occasioned here. This evening they
are scheduled to hold a mass meeting
in the town hall to discuss the situa-
ton. They intend to take some
measures to prevent a recurrence of
the troubles.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-08
MERCURY AGAIN
CLIMBS UPWARD

and Harrisburgers went home early
to rest. For the first time in several
days coVerlets, thin though they NAV
have been, found their places on
Harrisburg beds.
Temperatures throughout the carly
morning to-day were considerably
lower than yesterday, but the city
was experiencing little less suffering
than yesterday. The comparatively
high humidity was the cause. on
Tuesday and yesterday during the
tropical heat, the humidity was
standing at rather low figure. rang
ing between "a and A.
To-day, however, General Humid
ity took jump and at o'clock was
at the 81 mark, at least counterbal-
ancing the five degrees drop in to-
days temperatures. The first read
ings of the thermometer at the Har-
risburg Weather Bureau to-day
showed the mercury standing at rs
degrees at o'clock. One hour later,
the 80 degree figure had been reach
ed with the mercury climbing stead
lily.
New Record Yesterday
Yesterdays temperatures averaged
considerably higher than Tuesday,
despite the fact that the highest
tSllPtI dluISt Iuf'o u6SI6SSs TcCOTuSu
at 4 o'clock, was one-tenth degree
lower than Tuesdays unprecedented
high temperature of 104.4 degrees.
Conditions yesterday were consid-
erably worse than the previous day.
Temperatures throughout the morn
ing averaged four degrees higher and
in the afternoon with temperatures
approximately the same as those of
Tuesday, the conditions were aggra-
waited by a ten-degree rise in the
humidity. Yesterdays mark was A
and that of Tuesday but 34
Yesterday a new record in the an
nails of the Harrisburg Weather Bu-
reau was established-the mean tenn
perature, the average of the highest
and lowest temperatures of the day,
yesterday was 92 degrees, two de-
grees higher than the previous rec
ord. Tuesdays weather had tied this
record. The old record had been
made on August 8, 1900.
Three Moro Deaths
Three deaths are reported in to-
days lists. Two of them occurred at
the Harrisburg Hospital.
-months-old Leo Dingler,
whose mother lives at Oberlin and
whose father hospital authorities say
is in France with the American Ex-
peditionary Forces, died as the result
of intestinal troubles, which were
said to be the result of the heat The
child was admitted to the hospital
four days ago.
Park Proxell. &c years, of Ly-
kens, was the fourth victim to die
from the heat in Harrisburg. He had
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been improved considerably by his
study of the map, and when he be-
came confused once on the way back
the captain proffered his compass,
and they soon had their bearings
again.
1t was like that all the way
through-an affable party, with the
Germans doing double time every
once in a while when they feared
they might not get as thoroughly
captured as they had decided, by
this time, they wanted to be.
The first point they struck was the
headquarters of another regiment,
for Lenert did not know his own
command had vacated their prem
ises and moved on elsewhere. He got
his new directions and started on.
Need any guards?" they asked
respectfully.
Don't need any guards" he re-
piled, but I'd like a couple of
guides"
81 Got Some Prisoners
So his staff was increased by two,
and off down the road the strange
procession moved. A little later and
he was roaring the announcement:
Say" come on down; I got some
prisoners, 1 have"
They were patting Lenert on the
back. not under any delusion that he
valiantly ran down and captured sim
gle handed 50 stubbornly resisting
soldiers of the enemy, but because
he apparently was quick-witted
enough to give the final fillip to their
impulse to throw up their hands
and because he had himself nego-
tiated the surrender.
The misinformation he gave the
German captor was not such a great
stretching of the truth, for. as a
matter of fact, that little group OF
Germans were gone geese that even
ing. If they had been so minded
however, they could have made a
company of Yankees pay dearly fol
that bit of woods. But the Amer
leans. when they pushed forward
latnr to take the nest at whatever
cost. found that nest empty. The
| birds had flown.
They did not learn till later thai
they had flown with Private Lenert
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istry of Munitions handles 50,000,o0d
articles per week and sends abroad
10000 consignments per week. In adT
dition to over ninety national arsenals
Great Britain has now 5046 governt
ment controlled factories, all working
day and night on munitions and sup.
plies. Women Go 60 to 20 per cent. Of
all the machine-work on shells, fuses
and trench warfare supplies and hava
contributed 1,450 trained mechanics ia
the Royal Flying Corps. In one way
or another about 100000 British woI
men are working for their country In
her need, many of whom never worked
in their lives before.
Turning to the feet, what shall i
say, what can I say that will be at alE
adequate to the theme, of the work
done by the British Navy? 1t would
be almost ludicrous in a review OF
Britain's share in the war to dismiss
In a sentence the absolutely vital part
borne by the fleet did / not feel as
sured that every intelligent man and
woman in the United States knows as
we'll as If not better than 1 that the
civilized world owes its existence to-
day to the unparalleled services ren4
dered by the Navy. :
And, alas, how can deal with the
aid given to the motherland by Can|
ada, Australia, India and South Az
rica? The requisite tribute were 1t I'd
be rendered adequately would need q
volume. I
No review of our four years fght
can omit brief reference to that ilk
omened word Kultur. According I'd
the Hun, the whole quarrel hinges on
the refusal of the democracies of the
world to accept kultur. Very we'll
What Is Kultur? have here a table
of the worst forms Of crime committed
in Germany and England during the
| ten vearS 1SQ7-1007.
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Black Construction Company and
Bates & Rogers. The warehouses,
more than 1000 feet long and over
one hundred wide, are going up at
the rate of one each week, which is
marvelously rapid work. More than
1000 men are at work on the job,
although twice that number were
employed in the beginning and there
is still more room for many un-
skilled laborers. Indeed the work is
being held back by lack of ordinary
labor, skilled workmen being COM
paratively plentiful.
Cement roads will be laid through
out the development as there will be
much hauling to be done from one
warehouse to another. The goods to
be stored there will be of every kind
required by the quartermasters de-
partment and will be assembled
here and shipped abroad as rapidly
as needed by the armies in France
The development will run we'll up
to S12, 900, 900. 1t is understood.
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keep on killing them till they cease to
plague mankind. I haves no concern
for Germans. You Americans have a
frontier proverb, "a good Injun is a
dead Injun {" Until Germany casts
out the devil Of Kaiseri SIN and goes
back a hundred years to the race
which produced some decent and use
full members of the body corporate l
shall believe most firmly that the best
German is dead German. What does
grieve me most profoundly is the
knowledge that Britain-and every
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2,5W,OOO

OF these at least one-flfsh must be
counted among the dead. So half a
million gallant men of the British EN-
pire are lying in their graves all over
the world or hidden forever In the
terrible and mysterious depths of the
sea, while more than another half mill
lion are so MANNED and broken that
they can never again be counted as
useful citizens of a world wherein a
man must work If he would eat and
therefore live. New York and many
other great cities In the United States
love a procession, and it is a startling
fact to note that If the dead and Who'll
ly war-shattered youth of the British
Empire could march down Fifth ave-
nue. in platoons of twenty men in a
rank the r. Hid host could not pass
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IContinued from First Page
of at least 400 troops, including an
infirmary, officers quarters, mess
halls, kitchens and baths. The build
ings will be heated and there will be
hot water for the men. Several of
the big warehouses, for the storage
of perishable goods, also will be
heated but for the most part no heat
will be required.
Eleven Miles of Sidings
The railroad yards now under con-
struction will include about eleven
miles of spurs and sidings anSseach
warehouse will be flanked on both
sides by tracks running close to long
concrete platforms for loading and
unloading purposes, the platforms
being just as high as the floor of a
boXcar.
Two million-gallon reservoirs are
being erected. the water to be sup
piled by the Riverton Consolidated
Water Company. 1t is filtered and of
guaranteed purity. Trench diggers,
like those used in France, are used
for digging the trenches for the lines
of water and sewer popes. These are
operated by steam and can dig from
500 to 1900 feet of f,ve-foot deep
trenches a day. Machinery is also
used to fill the bitches.
Finished in October
The work, which is under the di-
rection sof Major Morava. is being
done expeditiously by the James
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Per Cent Per Cent
of Armed of Casu-

I do not apologize for reverting to
the casualty list. 1t is essential that
these statistics should be made known.
It is difficult in q short article to con-
vey any fair picture Of Britain's work
In other fields. In heavy guns alone
she manufactured during the third
year of the war twenty-seven times as
many as in the first year and two
hundred and twenty times as much
ammunition. The expenditure of rifle
ammunition per week is now sixty-tive
times greater than the average weekly
expenditure during the first ten
months of the war. The output of ma
chine guns has increased thirty-Eine
times. Two thousand miles of railway
track, one thousand locomotives and
many tens of thousands of wagons
have been shipped abroad. The Min
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-08

British and French troops attack
ed this morning from Albert, north
east of Amiens, to Montdidier, on the
Ave, southeast of Amiens, the front
of attack being approximately twen-
ty-eight miles.
Meager reports from the field in
dicate that the allies have advanced
to depth of about two miles south
of the Simme, and probably have
taken the villages of Marcelcave and
La Motte-en-SenteFfe.
Americans Not in Drive
1t is reported from Washington
that it is not believed American
forces are engaged in the present
lighting. Americans were holding
the line at Cantigny, some time ago
but were Withdrawn and sent to the
-Marne salient, where they par
ticipated in the recent victory over
the Germans.
This new attack, launched lust
threk weeks after Field Marshal
Foch'S mastery countey offensive
against the western side of the Sois-
SON. Rheims salient, has been ex-
pected since the Germans were
driven back to the Aisne and the
Vesle. 1t was not believed the allied
commanders would permit the iri-
ldllN6 W pass 10 the enemy aIIeT IIle
stunning defeat administered to him
along the Marne. Foch is known to
be an offensive fighter and it has
been predicted that a new blow
would fall on the German lines be-
fore they had time to reorganize their
shattered divisions behind the Vesle
and the Aisne.
Germans Get Forcword
The Germans seem to have had
knowledge of the plans of the allied
communicative chief for during the
past ten days they have carried out
local retirement in the northern
sectors of their line-two of these
Withdrawals being in the Picardy sa-
lient, one on each side of Albert
along the Ancre river, and the 9TH
er along the Avre river, north OF
Montdidier. In each case the enemy
retired to positions before which
rivers form partial protection.
The fighting in Picardy recalls the
great offensives carried out there by
the British and French in 1919, and
the German strategic retreat" to
the Hindenburg line in February and
March, 1917. The British had fore
ed their way during the fall eastward
from Albert to the neighborhood OF
Grand Court, west of Bapaume, and
the French were before Noyon, al
most directly to the south, when in
the early months of 1917, the Ger
mans discovered that the allies had
massed guns and materials for a
major offensive. They then retreat
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BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS

word | have written would be stulti-
fed if you did not realize that am
proi1d of my own folk-nas lost the
flower of her manhood, just as you,
my honored friends in America, will
lose stock hard to replace if the mil
lion of your magnificent youth in
Franco and thu other millions you will
put in the field until there are enough
dead Germans are fated to show a cas-
ualty list comparable with that of
Britain. But do not misunderstood
me. My faith in the destiny of our
joint races " supreme. Are not our
ocad the bes: warranty of the past
and the brightest hope of the future ?
They are our very own. flesh of our
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It's prime ministers, it's secretaries or
state, its judges, its governors Of far
off lands. its parliamentarians, law
yers, professors, scientists. its un-
doubted leaders in every branch OF
human thought and endeavor. That is
part of the price asked of us for
choosing to support Right as against
Might, and 1t is heavy impcst in it.
self. Again, we have lost nearly every
officer and man of that small but su-
perbly efficient army which we threw
into France early in August, 1914.
1t has been estimated that Britain
has fought on seventeen fronts during
the past four years. One can readily
enumerate most of them, for her troops
have been to the fore in Belgium,
France, Italy, Serbia, Greece, Russia,
Palestine, Mesopotamia, China and
North, East and Wes: Africa, to name
only the main theaters of the war.
She and her Colonies have raised
100000 soldiers, and of this total
Englands (not Great Britain's) pro-
portion is 60 per cent. In this regard
/ must remove a misapprehension, or,
to be candid, nail down a Hun lie,
which has found credence in some
quarters. l shall not labor the point.
1t should suffice If I state with abso-
lutte authority that one man in every
seven and half of the population of
England is in the army. The same
ratio holds good of Scotland. Wales
has contributed one man in every ten
and fifth, Ireland one man in every
twenty-six and a third and the over
seas dominions one man in every fif'
teen. Those are the cold, hard facts
as to man power in the army, while
the following table tells its own story
and refutes another Hun lie:
Relative proportions of men in Brit
ish forces and Of casualties suffered
by each part of British empire, exclu
sive of India, Africa, ETC., to Novem
Der, 1917:
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345 NAMESSENT
BY PERSHlVG IN
WAR CASUALTIES
.33 Killed in Action Overseas; {;
Pennsylvanians in
the Lists

Washington, Aug. S.-The Army
casualty list to-day contained 237
lames divided as follows:
Killed in action, 131.
Died of wounds, 16.
Died from airplane accident, l.
Died of accident and other causes,
Wounded severely, 81.
Wounded, degree undetermined,
p.
The Marine Corps casualty list to-
lay contained 10S names, divided
is follows:
Killed in action, 2.
Died of wounds. 1.
Wounded, degree undetermined,
"A.
Wounded slightly, /.
Missing, 10.
Killed In Action
Private James G. Fleming, Phila-
5elphia-
Private John C. Graf, Philadel-
rhia.
Private Frank Grenda, Dickson
City, Pa.
Private Richard ]. Hartley. Phil
adelphia.
Private James B. Lenihan, Oil
City, Pa
Sergeant Raymond o. Fisher, Pine
Grove, Pa.
Corporal Gerald G.. Buckley, Car
oondale, Pa
Private Joseph T. Elwin, Pitts
ourgh.
Private John Loudenslager, Beth
chem, Pa.
Private Ralph W. Uhlman, Pitts
burgh.
Private John Condel, Oliphant
Furnace, Pa.
Private Fred R. Howard. Sugar
Grove, Pa.
Died of Wounds
Private Andre Dudzinck, Phila-
delphia.
Severely Wounded
Private o. Engdall, Olanta, Pa,
Corporal Andrew Baskin, Phila-
delphia.
Private David NJ. Gorsuch, Titus
Vile, Pa.
Private Theodore Salvatos, South
Bethlehem. Pa.
Wounded, Degree Undetermined
Sergeant George H. Fritz, Oak
Ridge, Pa.
Private ralmadge H. Mooret, Phil
Private Charles santangelo, Nor
ristown. Pa
Marines, Severely Wounded
Private G. Mullen, Avona, Pa.
Corporal Ralph A. Tobin, Phila-
delphia
Private Ralph D. Smith, North
Bend, Pa
Private Howard E. Perry, Can
nonsburg, Pa.
Private Alfred B. Seaman, West
MiddleseX, Pa.
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ed to the Cambrai-La Fere line,
which they occupied until March 81
1918, and from which they launched
their first great offensive of the pres
ent summer.
Battle Ground Familiar
The field over which the British
are fighting to-day is familiar ground
to them, but to the south the French
must force the enemy back from ter
ritory newly occupied during the
March offensive. Six miles to the
eastward they will come to tho
old battle ground of Picardy
When the Germans withdrew in
February and March, 1917, they de-
stroyed every house and building in
the evacuated area, cut down every
tree and, in the words of a German
military critic, prepared the ground
for future operation" 1t is over
this battlefield that the Germans
again must retreat If the allies are
successful in their present attack.
Germans Face Costly Rout
Viewed on the map, the front over
which the new attack is being made
was chosen because of it's strategic
relations to the German positions to
the north and south. If the assault
is successful the Germans, to the
north, must drop back over the
ground they won at an immense cost
in lives in March. To the south,
their positions southeast of Montdi-
dier, taken by them in the terrible
battles early in June, when they were
foiled in their efforts to reach Com
piegne will be in jeopardy.
Indirectly, an allied victory from
Montidier northward would weaken
the line along the Aisne, to which
the Germans seem about to retire
after their defeat north of the
Marne.
Paris, Aug. s.-Reports received up
to mid-afternoon indicated the of
fensive was progressing favorably.
The average advance was approXi-
mately two and one half miles on a
front of slightly more than 25 miles.
The allied advance at some points
was more than three miles.
Important material has been cap
tured by the advancing troops.
London, Aug. S.-British troops
launched an offensive east and south
east of Amiens this morning, says a
statement from Field Marshal .Haig
to-day. Early reports indicate the
attack is progressing satisfactorily.
The attack is under the command
of Field Marshal Haig and is on q
wide front, the statement adds The
troops engaged, British fourth army
and the French firat army, advanced
at dawp
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Ruth Nell Tells Of
Mothers Discovery
Wants Others to Know of MiraculouS
Change Tanlac Promptly
Brought About

MY mothers health has shown
such a wonderful Improvement since
she has been taking Tanlac that ]
feel it my duty to let others know SO
that they may profit by her experts
ence," says Ruth Nell, an attractive
young woman of Monticello. neal
Reading, Pa.
Mother had a torpid liver and as
a result she was tormented with
stomach trouble. She started in on
Tanlac on the advice of a friend
The results have been really miracu-
lous. for now she has a wonderful
appetite and can hardly wait for
meal times, she feels brighter and
stronger and rests beautifully at
night.
MY sister has been taking Tan-
las, too, and they are both enthusi-
astic over it for the help It has been
to them"
Tanlac, is now being introduced
here at Gorgas' Drug Store.-Adv.
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from Central Park to Washington
square in ten long summer days. Amer
lea is proud, and very properly proud,
of the great army she has poured into
France. 1t is million, In round num-
bers, a million of first rate fighting
men carried in British ships with alb
solute safety across perilous seas.
But Britain has already lost a mil
lion in dead and grievously wound
ed, while two and half millions have
been smitten by the pestllence called
Germany. have not exaggerated
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flesh and bone of our bone. They are
at once our tribute and our inspira-
tion. We who gave this holocaust
must be worthy of 1t. We who are left
must be more resolute, more knightly,
more grandly Indifferent to loss or suf-
fering, than those who have gone.
How can it be otherwise? The cross
they bore, the sacrifice they made, is
all the lighter for us because of their
example. The blood of the martyrs is
the seed of the Church of Christ? The
blood of our dead is the seed of a race