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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12
French Advance Nearer to Important
Point of Roye;; Take Arnuancourt
and Tilloloy, Field Marshal Haig
Reports; Germans attack
Lihons, but Are Repulsed
By Associated Press

pass. However, the railroad is at no
point more than three miles from the
allied line from northwest of Chaul-
mes to southwest of Roye. the most
important section of the line from a
German standpoint. BY striving to
hold the British, the Germans also
protect the pocket, which was be-
ginning to grow unsafe, between the
Somme and ArraS.
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SEIZE LEAFLETS AIRMEN DROP

Zurich, Aug. 1.-THE authorities
at Vienna have ordered the public to
hand over every piece of propaganda
literature dropped by Italian airmen
last Friday and threaten severe PEN
alties for failure to do so.
There was a wild scramble in the
streets for the pamphlets when they
were dropped. Some sold for as high
as twenty crowns.
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NEW YORK STOCKS

Chandler Brothers and Company,
members of New York and Philadel-
phia Stock EXchanges-6 North Mar
ket Square, Harrisburg; S36 Chestnut
street. Philadelphia; "a Pine street,
New York-furnsh the following
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EICHHoRN ASSASSIN EXECUTED

Amsterdam, Aug. 12.-Boris Dam
skio, the assassin of Field Marshal
Herman Won Eichhorn. was executed
on Saturday, according to advices
from Kiev. The sentence was pro-
nounced by a German military court
and was carried out Immediately after
its confirmation by the competent ju-
dicial tribunal.
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CHICAGO CATTLE
RN ASsncinfe1 PrcSS

Chicago, Aug. IL. = (U. S. Bureau
of Markets.. Hogs Receipts.
$4,000; market fully 10c higher; very
little doing on packing grades; big
butchers bid low; top, $20.15: new
record; butchers. s19.S5 a 20.1o; light,
$19.6O6 20.15; packing. s1S.40 a 1e: :25;
rough, s17.75@iS.35; bulk of. sales,
s1s6092o.10; pigs. good and choice,
$1S.O0@1S50.
Cattle - Receipts, 1900; market
steady to strong; no choice cattle
Sheep - Receipts. $4,000; market
strong to Csc higher; top, western
lambs gaining most; Idaho lambs
$3.50; net price Montana wethers'
Sl460
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12
STEEL LOSES POINT ~
AS MARKET OPENS
Tobacco and u S. Rubber Climb Together With Rail
Stocks; Liberty Bonds Reach New
Maximum For Year

barrel. $1.50@4.00: South Carolina, per
barrel. S1.50@4.00: Norfolk. per bar
rel, $1,25@425; Eastern Shore, per
barrel, $1.25@4.25.
Tallow - The nIarhet is firm:
prime city, in tierces. 17Ac; city.
special. loose, 1sc; country, prime,
16A dark, 15k @16c; edible. in
tierces. 19@21c.
Flour Weak; winter wheat, new.
100 per cent. flour. $10.65 @10.90 per
barrel; Kansas wheat, new, $11.25@
11.50 per barrel; spring wheat, new.
S11.25@11.50 per barrel
Hay Market firm; timothy.
No. 1. large and small bales. $4,000
$3.50 per ton; No. 2. small bales. $3.50
a 24.50 per ton; No. 3, $17.50@1s.50 per
grade. $7.50@11.50 per ton.
Clover - Light, mixed. $4,000
25. 90 per ton; No. !, light mixed.
ed. $16.50@17.50 per ton; no grade.
$500 dp20.UU per ton.
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Savage Fighting Ahead
$4,000 Prisoners AIlies, TotaI

Paris reports unofficially that 4O,-
900 prisoners have been taken since
Thursday morning. This brings the
total number of Germans captured
in Marshal Fochs two great drives
up to $4,000. The number of guns
so far taken by the allies in the two
offensives totals almost 1000.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-12
FRENCH PRESS ENEMY I
AROUND NOYON; MAKE
GAINS IN OFFENSIVE
MAY MAKE
THIS DRY TOWN

CONTINUED From First Page)
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GERMANS GIVE UP
ROYE In DRIVE

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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-13
WHO CAN RISE TO OCCASION?
Name Of Man Capable Of Formulating
"umbrella Regulations" viii
Live In History.

With the passing Of each rainy day
II becomes Increasingly strange that
no benefactor of the race has been
prodded, gouged or spattered into pre-
pnring a Manual of Umbrellas" Peo-
Die have been carrying some sort Of
protection against the rain ever since
anybody can remember, yet the only
thing they have really learned to do
we'll is to lose umbrellas. No two
persons, not even lovers, can walk un-
der one umbrella without getting wet,
and raincoats probably were first de-
yised by a man who tried to carry an
umbrella over his wifes hat. What
excuse is there for the person who
goes through crowded street holding
nm umbrella before him in a charge
bnyonets fashion? An apology does
not exactly meet the requirements
after the tip of an umbrella rib has
been thrust into some ones eye.
Folded, the umbrella is just as dam
gerous, when some one comes plung-
ing along the sidewalk holding the
umbrella at an angle Of about 4o de-
greea ahead Of him, tripping every
one but himself. Then there is the
person who tacks the handle under
the arm, so that an innocent person
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-13

in the next house overhead. what
more do you know?"
81 knew that they wouldn't be salts
fed with that, sir. They"
zone moment. Who is they Hart
leyT
They" repeated Hartley vim
dictively. "Those devils that make
pawns Of men. They meant to clinch
their dirty work one way or another.
They meant to buy you, after running
you, and fashion you to their dirty
work. If they couldn't do that they
were going to"
Murder me?"
mo, sir. Discredit you so that moth
ing you could say would be listened to-.
THAT'S what they meant to do. 1t
was I who was told to give the tip to
the police that there was gambling
here. They thought the place was
closed-and it was. But they wanted
the police to find you here, and arrest
you, so that the story might get inte
the newspapers, and finish you-fnish
you with the war department, and with
Miss Howard"
"And what did you expect to get out
of it, Hartley?" asked Mark.
He heard the man catch at his
breath.
."She wasn't your wife, Hartley?"
"No, Captain Wallace, no!"
"But she has a hold on you strong
enough to compel you to do such work
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-13
To Have House Painted.

1t was a simple boyish letter writ
ten in London by a youth from Wor-
cester. Mass. with little bit of news,
a little bit of complaint, and a great
big bit of confidence in what he and
the Americans were going to do; but
the better part by far was: II have
saved my pay for some time now, and
1 want to give dad surprise by hav-
ing the old house painted. Won't you
please let me know how much it will
cost? and I'll send you the money and
leave the rest to you, but you mustn't
let dad know who is paying for it."
That same evening on a train, among
the missing and reported as a prison
er, read the name of the aviator who
wrote the letter-The Outlook.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-13

lerman, who is very good friend Of
mine, acted in complete good faith.
Don't blame him. Don't blame your
self. Don blame that wretched fell
low who came here the other night
to blackmail me. 1t was inevitable.
You see, when you adopted Hampton's
daughter you unconsciously put a sort
of moose about your neck. There was
the possibility of your coming into con-
tact with Hampton's friends. The sys-
tenn Is widespread, you know, and quite
twenty years old. So-you had to go
west.
Nov, Captain Wallace, I'm a frank
woman, and I'll put my proposition to
you. You don't want to see Major
Kellerman walk Off with that pretty
ward of yours. do you? And you can't
marry her without a little money.
Well, you could be very useful to lis
in many ways. Would you, without
sacrificing your patriotism or revealing
any secrets, become a salaried worker
of our organizationT
Mark stood up, trembling. "I-don't
quite understand" he said huskily {;
and the picture of Eleanor in Keller
nuns arms at the dance swan before
his eyes. "What is it you want me to
do?"
use your influence and army knowl-
edge in our behalf That little affair
Of today will soon be forgotten. And
we'll help you to put Kellerman out
of business"
"You ask me to become q German
spy?"
Don't be absurd. my dear captain.
Who ever suggested such thing?"
! That's what 1t amounts to-"
"A little influence ON behalf of hu-
manity."
mo" shouted Mark. quite beside
himself. you're infamous. You ought
to be put out of the country"
He strobe Indignantly toward the
door,
The electric light in the passage had
gone out. The room grew dark behind
him. He groped his way toward the
door.
! Suddenly vivid light flashed before
his eyes. He heard. though he felt nc
pain, the impact of a hard weapon
upon the back of his head. He flung
out his hands and grappled with q
man. In the upllfted hand he felt q
heavy stick with knobbed handle.
He believed his assailant to be Kel
lerman, and, half unconscious as he
was, he fought madly. But the man
Kellerman or not, was more than G
match for him. For few moments
they wrestled furiously; then the Other
got his arm free and brought down the
stick upon Marks head again. AND
this time the light faded into black
ness.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-13
CHAPTER X.

"Weston! Hey, there!"
Mark, who was sitting at the en-
trance of the tent which he shared
with five other privates of the Medical
corps, looked up at the sound of the
name to which he had grown accus-
toned. At the sight of the corporal
who had hailed him, he flung down the
grooved strip of metal, known as the
Soldiers friend" with the aid Of
which he had been polishing his but
tons, and hurried obediently forward.
"The trains in from the base with
The sisters and doctors to meet the
convoy that we're expecting from the
front Every mans on duty until the
jobs finished Report to the matron
with Hartley"
Mark nodded, and departed at run
toward the door of the base hospital,
at which the matron, fidgeting impa-
tiently, was awaiting the assembling
of the orderlies.
1t was war, and the echoes of the
far distant guns were all about them
daily, though war had never passed
that way.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-13
CTO BE CONTINUED)
THOUGHT HE WAS DIPLOMATIC
But Father of Rookie Couldn't Just
See Point About His Sons All
nancial Condition"

The other day a rookie, just out of
college, married girl who lived in the
town where his company was in train
ing. The young man knew he must in
form his family of the event, and also
that he must do it in the most sooth-
ing way possible.
Dear dad" he wrote, 81 always
thought that when I married would
choose q girl who could support her
self If necessary, and then if anything
would ever happen to me, you wouldn't
have to be burdened with her. Now.
Marion is that kind of a girl. She
knows all about my financial condition
and"
But when father read the letter, he
paused here to reread it. Financial
condition." he snorted. ''That young
cub hasn't any financial condition.
Why, he doesn't own the clothes on his
back. Nor did ne ever own them.
Financial condition-well, I'll be
hanged"
Another rookie had likewise married
girl who was a stranger to his moth
er, who boasts of Irish descent. He
| too, wrote home-a letter to mother
~ have told Frances all about my
family, SO that now she feels that she
really knows you. So I'm going to tell
| you all about her. She is now an or
phan, but when her father was alive
he was a big railroad man."
Her mother commented to the rest
Of the family. Don't be excited by
that" she advised them. "Your ia
ther and I used to know a very fai
| fireman"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-13
CHAPTER TX.

"Captnin WalIacel Get upi Can
you stand? Come with mel"
Mark opened his eyes and groaned.
1t was pitch dark, and he could see
nothing. but he knew the voice for
Hartley's.
I where am II" he muttered, trying
to rise and sinking bnck again.
I'm the Henson house. Be quick !
There! Llsten"
Outside there was the confused muir
mur OF voices, above which came the
sound of crisp command. Then
some implement fell heavily against
the door of the house. spIintering II.
Again the cries broke out.
"Try againw muttered Hartley in
desperation. There's a door into the
empty house. next door, through the
cellar. The police don't know of It.
You must get away. You must get
awayl'
Mark tried again, and this time man
aged to rise.
Hartley caught Mark by the arm and
guided his unsteady footsteps to the
door. They gained the passage.
and Hartley guided Mark toward the
head Of the basement steps, which they
reached just as the front door fell In
under the hatchets of the raiders.
They scuttled down the stairs as the
hall became filled with the shouting Do
! licemen.
Before the first of the raiders set his
, foot upon the stone stairs Hartley had
found a door in the darkness, opened
1t, and pushed Mark through, following
Immediately. He shut the door softly
behind him. They were in the base
ment Of the adjoining house.
"We're safe now" said Hartley in q
whisper. you'd better rest, Captain
Wallace"
You're Hartley" muttered Mark
sitting down and trying in vain to dis
Germ something of the others face
through the gloom. J"What happened
and how did you come on the sceneT
Good God forgive mel" moaned
Hartley, suddenly breaking into hys
terical sobbing, as on the former night
"Pve ruined you, Captain Wallace
What else could / do?"
$50 you were in that plot, eh?' asked
Mark, wondering that he felt so little
anger. "Well, 1t was clear enough, bu
it doesn't matter now."
1T matters everything" answered
Hartley. In vehement whisper. ''The!
tricked me into It, / didn't know V'ha
their scheme was when agreed to ge
you out of the room. But found ou
later. And had suspected. God, Cap
tain Wallace, to think I found tina
doorr
'.Never mind" said Mark soothingly
listening to the stamping Of the raider
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-13
CHAPTER vIIl-cOntlnued.

-
"Ah. now recognize you." said the
strange voice In a merry ripple of
laughter. "And you don't know who
nm7'
''If You will state your name" be-
gan Mark patiently.
Someone who knows that you are
IN trouble and wants to help you. I'm
afraid you won't let me. You seemed
to be prejudiced against me when we
met before. Well. am Ada Kenson."
Mark uttered an angry exclamation,
which he instantly checked. This
might prove the key that he was seek
Ing.
Come to my house at nine o'clock
tonight, unless you are afraid. You
will meet nobody but me-"
II had been In Marks mind TO look
TOR Hartley In that neighborhood.
"what do you say, Captain Wal
iace7 can help you very much in
deed, and perhaps put things right for
you. am IN n position to know q
good deal Of what is happening behind
the scenes"
Mark felt his brain grow as cool ns
Ice. "Tn come, Mrs. Kenson," he an
swered crisply. and hung up the re-
ceiver.
He consoled himself with the reflec-
tion that he had, at least. nothing to
lose. He waited calmly for the ap-
pointment, and arrived outside the
house promptly. There was no sign
Of Hartley In the nelghborhood.
At his ring Mrs. Kenson herself
opened the door, smiled. and showed
him Into well-furnished little parlor
"Sit down. Captain Wnllace," she
said, indicating q chair.
"You'll wonder who am and why
I asked you to come here" said Mrs
Kenson. "Well, happen to know
quite a good deal about you, Captain
Wallace. All your history. in fact
from the time you entered West
Point. 1t is part of my business tC
know. these things"
Mark bowel and waited, expecting
something seLsatloaol. He was aston
Ishcd beyond his expectation, however
by Mrs. Kenson's next words.
"Your long and dlstasteful stay II
the West. Captain Wallace. was no
wholly the fortune OF the militar,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-13

2 sage.
ms she requires. And yet you have
tried to save me dishonor-if any moro
could come to me-"
"You saved me, Captain WallaceI"
Mark made sound of incredulity.
"And 1 have been a gentleman. You
don't know how a man falls, Captain
Wallace"
Hartley, you haven't answered my
question. Now here's another. Why
were you watching Colonel Howard's
house the other nightT'
"You know thatF"
81 followed you here. Tell me the
whole truth about this business, and
I'll stand by you to the end"
"I'll trust you-tO the limit-but
won't tell you, Captain Wallace. Some
day, perhaps, but not now. I'll stand
by you. and I'll fight at your side, sir.
But / won't tell you. And that's the
only condition on which can agree to
what you propose"
"And if we succeed-T
"Not if,' but when" cried Hartley,
with a sudden outburst of conviction.
'I'll tell you then-yes, Captain Wal.
lace. And till then wen fight together
TO pull down this nest of conspiracy
and prove your innocence to the
world"
After a moment he added. II think
we'd better be making a move out of
here, Captain Wallace"
He pushed open the cellar door and
led Mark along the basement passage
until CLEAN Of moonlight appeared in
front Of them. They emerged into q
little garden. replica of the one next
door. There was no, policeman on
guard. In a moment they were in the
street and in safety.
Mark. who had already recovered
from the effects of his blow, save fol
splitting headache. took a car with
Hartley, and half an hour later the two
were again In Marks rooms.
"So you were packing?" asked Bart
1 ley, looking about him. "What wert
you going to dor
'T don't know" answered Mark. 'Tt'!
queer, being broken like this-Tv'
nothing, no prospects, only a little
money. Ihave to earn q living"
"It1l be the army" said Hartley
you'd he a sergeant in no time
you'd run through the ranks ir
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-13
Il a|MWSu[N|M|
\ [A|DY TAl[
al G hAN 0AAhNbIsER
THE HENNERY.


'Cock-a-doodle-do," said Mr.. Roost-
er. II am glad don't belong to hem
merry"
What in the world is a henneryF'
asked Mrs. White Hen.
"Cock-a-doodle-do, cock-a-doodle-dO,
said Mr.. Rooster again. "Wel, that is
the biggest joke ever heard in all my
life.
Its quite the funniest question, and
it's quite the biggest joke. In fact I
could go on saying it was the biggest
joke 1 had ever heard for ever and
ever so long and 1 wouldn't make any
mistake in saying So"
"You wouldn't be making the joke
any bigger by saying so,' remarked
Mrs. White Hen.
''Maybe not" said Mr. Rooster, .'but
1 wouldn't be making it any smaller
Jokes don't grow smaller
"Oh, don't they?' cackled Mrs
White Hen. 'Of course they do! A
joke will sometimes sound quite funny
the first time it is heard. less funny
the second time and not at all funny
the third time"
"Oh, indeed !" said Mr.. Rooster. He
was quite the biggest rooster which
could be seen anywhere, and if he had
said he was the biggest rooster instead
of talking about the biggest joke not
a creature would have spoken.
"Yes," said Mrs. White Hen, 'some
jokes are very stupid after they have
been told more than once, and again
there is joke, once in a great while,
which can be thought about and
thought about and still considered fun
n.y."
That's the kind this is," said Mr..
Rooster, and he laughed once again.
'"Then you'd better, tell it to me"
said Mrs. White Hen.
81 do believe win," said Mr.
Rooster. please promise me that it
won't hurt your feelings
81 promise" said Mrs. White Hen.
shat won't scold you if it does. How
can a creature promise thing won't
hurt her feelings when she doesn't
know what is going to be ,said?"
81 suppose that is too much to ex-
| pect of any creature" said Mr.. Roost-
er. Maybe you'd rather not hear it?''
81 would rather hear it." said Mrs.
/ White Hen. And then she gave long
sigh, a very long sigh, such as we
hear hen make once in a while. II
feel sure" she said, that it Is goihg
| to be something dreadful. l dent be-
lieye will think it is a joke. There
are jokes which are jokes TO some
creatures and which aren't Jokes to
others. The jokes may be on them
and they don't like that"
''Still haven't had a chance to let
you judge for yourself whether the
joke is funny or not. Now Twill tell
It,"
go ahead" cackled Mrs. White
Hen. And by this time all the roosters
and all the hens and all the chickens
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-13

service" she sa;d ut was expedient
that you should stay there. on account
Of your unfortunate mistake in adopt
dng the late Charles Hampton's child"
Mark rose In protest, collected him
self. and sat down again.
"In fact, dear Captain Wallace, you
have been the victim Of circum-
stances" went on Mrs. Henson. II
suppose you know that the world has
changed a good deal during your If
teen years of exile7 Well, this war,
for example. It's a shocking revcr-
sion to barbarism, the nations flying
pt each others throats. when their diff
dculties could have been adjusted by
n little frank diplomacy. 1t was great
blow to the financial interests that are
working to reconcile the nations and
to develop the worlds resources. They
would do all possible to end it. am
working for them here. ! am not tell
Ing you any secret, Captain Wallace.
because everybody in Washington
knows II. represent the lnterna-
tional pence committee. and l have
quite a good deal of influence among
the senator's and representatives,
principally the Western ones, Cap
tain"
The frankness and audacity of the
nisciosure astounded Mark. So this
was one center Of "they." as Colonel
Howard had called the nucleus of Teu-
tonic spies and agents In America.
I'VE are trying our hardest to pre-
sent Anerica from being dragged into
this maeistrom." continued Mrs. Ken.
von. -You. Captain Wallace. were un.
fortunate enough to he working on ths
other side. And--Im sorry. but little
trap was laid for you and Ksllerman
You walked right into it Major Kel'
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-13

of the barnyard had stopped to listen
to Mr.. Rooster's joke.
.Well,' said Mr.. Rooster, "a hem
merry is a place for hens. And I
wouldn't like to belong to hennery."
What's the joke in that?" asked
Mrs. White Hen. II consider it very
rude speech and not in the least fun
n.y."
81 don't mean to be rude" said Mr..
Rooster, "for / think all the Mrs. Hens
are quite charming and 1 am always
glad Ito pull up worms for them and
give them goodies to eat. No one can
say I'm not nice, polite rooster"
lsThat is So" agreed Mrs. White
Hen.
''What meant was that I wouldn't
like to be without some of my rooster
friends. No Mr.. Rooster would like
to be without other rooster playmates,
any more than a boy would like to be
without other boy playmates.p
Nov that see it your way ! under
stand you didn't mean to be rude"
said Mrs. White Hen. But what was
the joke? Where was it hidden?"
"Oh, the joke was that YOU didn't
know what a hennery was and you are
hen =; said Mr.. Rooster.
well, that was quite funny" said
Mrs. White Hen.
That's about all think of it now -
said Mr.. Rooster, for 1t is as you say,
g Joke is not SO much of joke when
thought about too much as a rule-
But i didn't mean to be rude and so
hoped you would not misunderstood
me-"
I'm not angry, nor am I hurt, /"
cackled Mrs. White Hen pleasantly.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-13
WALLACE IS SURPRISED TO RECEIVE A STRANGE SUM-
MONS FROM MRS. KENS0N

synopsis-Lieut. Wallace
While jungle
dead in hut outside OF which little girl is playing When he is
the M the hospital his intention Of
commanding officer tell
the dead Hampton traitor who sold department
himself
Keemnn officer in the office Howard pleads to be allowed
child
know fathers shame Wallace
at ladies' boarding school, She gives him shock by
declaring that when she eighteen intends
and Wallace in the West At the
He finds Eleanor Klerman
antagonist For strange has haunted Eanos footsteps
following
and follows him gambling house kept Mrs
attacked by Keleman Wallace
him the
Hartley disappears The
Is requested