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, f h W W Kl 24 X . I J. 1 , I V 7V ' Nv A CAROLINA HOME NEWSPAPER,, CONSTRUCTIVE, CLEAN, RELIABLE "WHEN YOU SEE IT IN THE OBSERVER IT'S SO." FOUNDED 1869 CHARLOTTE, N. G, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2, 1918: ppTpr: r:i; : 11 I .ft I iiiEK' i fit r,. 11 1 11 u 1 SIT t-t-..f,. SEHilTE DEFEATS RESOLUTION FOR I'll SUE Two Votes Short of Necessary Two-thirds on Roll Call. WILSON'S REQUEST DENIED Resolution ; Left ; Technically s Pending on Calendar for Fur ther Consideration. - Washing ton,, Oct I. The senate to5 day refuted to grant the request of the President that the woman suffrage t resolution be passed si a war measure. After five days of bitter debate, cor rldor conferences . and' cloakroom .negotiations, the Sustn B. Anthony federal amendment resolution enact- jLed by the house last January received n the final roll eall two votes less .than the necessary twq-thirds major ity. Fifty-four senators were record' ed for it and 30 against It, with twelve absent and paired. I' Before the. vote was announced, Senator Jones, of New 'Mexico, chair - man of the woman suffrage commit tee, to comply with parliamentary re quirements, changed his vote from the affirmative to the negative, and moved that the senate reconsider. This made the final official record 63 to 31 and left the resolution .technically pend ing on the senate calendar, in posit- tlon lor further consideration plan ned' after the November - elections. when suffrage forces hope to muster the requisite number of votes. Wilson Hailed to Change Vote. I President Wilson's personal address . to the senators yesterday supplement ed by letters today to several dem cratic' senators opposed to the resi - lution did not change a single vote, a though in the final debate some sei at ore asserted that defeat of the rei olutlon would mean repudiation the executive. Including the absen! and paired senators, the ' roll cal shewed-thatrithe-senatt-sne-Jip of 61 to 34 on the resolution remained vir tually unchanged from the beginning ' of the i fnt last Thursday. "Chairman Jones and other champV Ions of - resolution declared after tot- days vote mat tne aeieai is oniy ten perary, and that the contest will bi i - niwed after the November ellctioi rnen cnanges in memoersnip are cen--fain. Administration leaders also a mltted that the Vote was the first im portant- reverse President Wilson ha . met in advocacy or wnat ne nas de clared to be essential warTneasui The official record of the vote to day, - after Chairman Jones' changi follows:- Record of . Vote. Democrats, for Ashurst, Chamber tain. Culberson. Gerry, Gore, Henderf son. Johnson, of South Dakota, Kend . rick. Klrby. Lewis, McKellar, Martin of Kentucky; Myers, Nugent. ' Ower ' phelan, Pittman. Randsdell, Roblnsoi Shafroth, Sheppard, Smith, of-Arl Bona; Thomas, Thompson, Vardama and Walsh. Total, 26. Republicans Calder, Colt. Cum 'rains, Curtis, Fernald, France, Gofff Gronna, Jones, ot wasnmgion; ivei - jogg. Kenyon, LaFolette, Lenroot, Mc v rum her. McNary. Nelsons New, 'Nor rp. Page. Poindexter, Smith, of Mlchl-jj Pn: umoot. sterling, ouwierumu Townsend, Warren and Watson 27 Total for. S3. f Democrats, against Bankhead Ttnt. Fletcher. Gulon. Ha'rdwickJ . Hitchcock, Jones, of New Mexico; Martin, of Virainlar Overman. Pome rene, Reed. Saulsbury, Shields. SimJ mnns.- Smith, of "Georgia; Smith, of! Marvland: Smith. 'of South Carolina;! Trammell, Underwood, Williams and .Woloott 21. ' , M " nnubllcans - Baird. Brandegee Dillingham, Drew, Hale, .Lodge, Mc-j Lean, .Penrose, Wadsworth and Weeks! 10 . . - Total against, 31. Senators Paired The following senators were palr- ' et: Beckham, of Kentucky, democrat, against, with Hollls, of New Hamp shire, and Frelinghuysen, of New Jer- sey, republicans; Borah, of Idaho, re publican, against," with Fall, of New 1 Mexico, and Harding, of Ohio, repub- licans; Knoxjof Pensylvania,. republi can, against, with Johnson, of Call fornfa, and Sherman, of Illinois, re publicans: Swanson, qf Virginia, dem.- (Continued on page 2.) ' Letters and - Six Iricnes High Reached The Observer office Junday as-a, result of names of subscribers in arrears having beet dropped from mailing list. The War Industries Board ruling vhi U has been published on page two for more than six weeks anc appears today, deprives news papers of the privilege of using th sir judgment as to responsibility pf subscribers. If a subscriber is not paid in advance the paper must be stopped." i . ' : . . The letters referred to above v ill be handled by a large force and every effort will be made to start the papers without delay. Some will miss two or three issu s; others perhaps a week. , We publish this as an explanation to those who fail to receive their paper and as a .WARNING in-arrears or are about to expire Send in your RENEWAL DO If Novv Pled AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT DESIRES PEACE -' X X BUT IN AGREEMENT WITH . GERMANY, SAYS REPORT " Amsterdam, Oct. 1. According to Budapest Newspapers, the Anstro Hungarlan government desire peace, In agreement with Germany, not- . ' withstanding tne fact that measures have been taken for defense as a .result ef Bulgaria's withdrawal from the war. t ; , ' . A dispatch received here today" from Budapest quotes the news papers of that city as saying that a crown council was held Saturday, at which military measures that had become necessary as a result of -Bulgaria's action were taken to Guarantee an effccttlve defense, but the government was still striving at the earliest possible moment. In agree-', ment with Germany, -to secure a peace that would absolutely preserve the monarchy's territorial Integrity; . . ' . ' "' FRENCH I IN ST. QUEN1 Allies Advance Beyond St Quen. : tin-Cambrai Road. General' Gouraud, East Of Rheirns, Captures Many Prison ers and Much War Material. French Headquarters In France. Oct. 1, (3 p. m., By the Associated Press) French ' troops entered St Quentln tliis ' afternoon. Violent explosions were observed In St. Quentln beginning about 4 o'clock this morning. General De honey's forces operating with - the British to the north of the town, ad vanced beyond the St. Quentln-Cara-bral road. Between Urvlllers and Cerisey, .the French are meeting with much strong er resistance by machine gun pests, but everywhere have advanced in this region south of St Quentln. East of Rhelms, General Gourand. in addition to taking a large number of prisoners and guna has captured great quantities of booty, including more than 200 harrow gauge railroad a I Additional prisoners wero taken Monday in the capture of Binaryille, in the Argonne forest and ln tha oc cupation of Marvaux and Aure, to the west- 'i The Germans appear to have de cided to make a stand in the group of hills northwest of Rhelms called the St. Thierry massif. It is Just West of the old French line that ran along 1 the Atene canar from Bernr-au-Bac I to jlhe region or Rhelms, Possession of this Strong position .is ; jieeessary u the Germans in order that they may maintain their present line further east, including the forts of St Thierry and Brimont from -which thoy bom barded Rhelms. Along the Vesle, General Berthelot's forces, notwithstanding the ' machine gun opposition, have everywhere ad vanced beyond RevlUon. FRENCH TAKE IMPORTANT OBSERVATION POINTS With the French Armies in France, Oct 1. (By the Associated Press.) General. Berthelot's troops, widening the front of attack this afternoon, made further gains, occupying im portant observation" points that give them views eastward upon the group of hills northwest of Rhelms and northward t6ward the Chemin-Des-Dames. .Three thousand1 prisoners were taken. . RAILROAD. TELEGRAPHERS TO RECEIVE INCREASE Washington. Oct; 1. Railroad te legraphers nrobably will receive soon a wage Increase of between 320 and e mnnttt It waa iiM tnrtav. hv railroad administration officials. The application or me uraer oi niwy Telegraphers for more than twice this amount of increase still is pend ing before the ' board of .railroad wages., which is expected to re port soon to Director. GeneYal Mc Adoo. The Increase to be suggested Will be about equivalent, it is said, to that recently granted clerks, main tenance of way men, mechanical workers and other classes of em ployed. . - START MOVEMENT FOR PRICE OF $2.50 FOR WHEAT Washington. Oct 1. Senators and representatives .from wheat-growing states and officials 6f the National Wheat Growers' association In con ference here tonight decided to ap point a special, committee to urge upon President Wilson Immediate ac tion fl"xlng"the price of wheat for 1319 at $2.50 a bushel. ostal Cards o subscribers whose dates are- If you have not done so Do "It Today FOR Influenza r Epidemic Growing Worse in Eastern Part of State. Wilmington Hardest Hit of Any City in State -Volunteer Phy sicians Sent to Various Cities. BY R. B. WlliSOX. Raleigh, Oct I. There were con tinued calls made from the eastern part of North Carolina today upon the state board of health for help in com batting the epidemic of Spanish in fluenza, which is causing much suf fering and a number of deaths in eastern counties. While the epidemic has spread until practically no sec tion of the state is free from it to this time it has reached no serious pro portions In the middle western sec tions. In answer to calls made by the state board of health for volunteers from the medical profession to aid in hand ling, the situation a total of 4 1 physi cians have today offered their ser vices. Letters .telegrams, and long distance calls were still being receiv ed this afternoon.' ' Dr. W. 8. Rankin, secretary of the state board of health, states that the first response has been splendid and that he feels confident there will be enough physicians to volunteer from sections as yet unaffected to care for the populations of the sections that are now suffering so badly. One of the physicians who had volunteered 8ervlcegt wneB ordered to report for duty today, answered that he. was ia 0ed stricken with Influensa,, -Worsrat Wilmington The epidemic is worst at Wilming ion, wnere pnysicians ana - nurses have been asked for by the -city au thorities. The assistant superinten dent health of New Hanover coun ty, Br. Arnold Stovall, died Saturday evening from pneumonia following In fluenza, and several Wilmington phy sicians are too ill to Work. To as sist the stricken people. there Dr. A. jucuroucn, state epidemiologist, was sent to wumtngton today, ana the following volunteers were ordered to reporheret-thjeariieatposslble moment: Drs. T. O. Joy EteverV Ivan P. Battle, of Rocky Mount; R. C. Ellis, of Shelby; R. II. Garren. of Monroe; W. E. -Evans, of Rowland; M. W. Ball, of Newport; Wm. Ed wards, of Spring-Hope; J. E. Cathell, of Llnwood. , Other volunteers were ordered to report immediately as follows: Dr. A. L. Hyatt of Klnston, to. Elizabeth- town; Dr. 8. T. Crowson, of Taylors ville, to Atkinson; Dr. E. L. Stamey, of Greensboro, and Dr. G. C. Godwin, of Williamston, to Bladenboro. The state board; of health again warns the public against garnering in crowds In public places, and against Using articles that may be infected, such as common dippers or glasses for drinking, common towels and the like, and repeats the warning that all af fected should at once go to bed upon the appearance of the first symptons, and remain there until several days aftr normal temperature has return- ea. xveuner tne state nor xne national health authorities consider any quar antine measures as practicable I.' m GERMAN COUNTER-ATTACK BEATEN BACK BY YANKEES Otherwise Fighting on American Front Was Virtually at a Standstill Tuesday. Paris, Oct 1. (By the Associated Press). A- German counter attack In the vicinity of ApremonW on the battle front northwest of Verdun, was successfully- beaten back In the fore noon of today by. the Americans, Oth erwise the fighting on the American ironfwas virtually at a standstill. The proxen roaas ana destroyed bridges are being repaired in order that the transport of supnlies to the front may be continued , with greater regularity. There was ho change in the battle line at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, when this dispatch, was filed. , . The enemy's casualties continue heavy under the . American artillery tanks. The trench strength of one company of Germans was 'reduced from -60 to 11. - Another company lost 30 per cent ot its enrectives. . i. Alt MEMBERS OF CREW OF SCHOONER AFFLICTED An AtlanUc Port. Oct. 1. With all members of the crew 111 with Spanish Influenza the Gloucester - Ashing schooner Athlete has made this port with difficulty. Some of the men were too ill to stand their' watches or take any part In sailing the Athlete In from the banks. Frank Poole, a mem ber of the crew, died after the ship's arrival. . REPULSED, SATS BERLIN. Berlin (Via London), Oct 1. "Vig orous enemy attacks in Flanders, on both sides of Cambral and in Cham pagne, have been repulsed," says the German official communication Issued this evening. : - R iiUifSlE OF SPANISH 'FLU 3,600 More New Cases Reported . , Tuesday Than Monday. 300 DIE OF PNEUMONIA Camp Lee Has 6,000 Cases and Petersburg i, 800 Cases of New Disease. Washington, Oct 1. Spanish In fluenza continues to spread in- army camps. More than 14.000 new cases were reported to the omce or tne surgeon general during the 24 hours ending: at noon today. This; was an increase over yesterday of 3,600 cases. Pneumonia cases also increased .witn 1,003 and 300 deaths. ' The total number of influenza cases in all camps now is 88,000, while pneumonia cases number 6,769. Deaths since the epidemic Degan, numoer 1,877. Camp Custer, Michigan, where In fluenza had not previously appeared, reported 1,7(4 cases." The most se rious , increase was at Camp Meade, Maryland, which reported 1,327 cases against 396 yesterday. Camp Pike, Ar kansas, again reported more ' than 1,000 cases, while Camp Hancock, Georgia, reported 716 caces agninst two the day before. At Camp FuiU ton,, Kansas, the number o( cases Increased "from 141 to 766- Camp Devlns, Massachusetts, was the only one which did not report an increase. Every available medical officer and nurse Is on duty, said a statement tonight from the office of the sur geon general, and wherever possible civilian medical personnel Is', being recruited to assist the army doctors. It was said that despite the alarm ing Increase in influenza Cases, the pneumonia rate continues low, re ports showing that penumonia has developed in only one of every 13 cases. - ; t. , ; ..... 7,800 CASES AT CAMP ; LEE AND PETERSBURG Petersburg, Va., Oct. 1 The board of health' issued an order this after noon closing all schools, ', theaters, dance halls and all places of amuse ment, owing to prevalence of Spanish influenza In the city and at Camp Lee. A number of deaths from pneu monia following attacks of Influenza have occurred here and at camp. There. are said to be 1, 800 cases In Camp Lee. 951 CASES INFLUENZA REGISTERED IN NORFOLK Norfolk, VVa., Oct. 1. Health de partment rejbords today showed a reg istration 00 B5i cases of Spanish In flaenza lit Norfolk, indicating that tha disease is rapidly spreading. Health Commissioner Schenck estl- matAM , V. n ... a . 1 . . ivo uini askit . nuinuer vi minor cases "have poVhysician In attend ance that tfie official report filed by physicians hardly total half the num ber of actual new cases which de veloped during the last 24 hours. He also reports, that bacteriological ei- rtamlnatlpns have developed the fact that the shephcocus germ, said to be responsioie , for the more virulent cases of the disease, are prevalent in the infected districts. . RICHMOND HAS 605 ' . CASES OF INFLUENZA Richmond, Va., Oct ' 1-Wlth 60 J cases of Spanish Influenza In the city, Health Officer Roy Flannlgan tonight made an Inspection of the various moving picture theaters' to examine the ventilation systems. He reported that all were In working order but none -was being operated. "If I de cide to close the churches, the mov ing picture houses will also be closed," was his only comment "fol lowing the inspection. . J0-J0 SAYS ' Fair and somewhat cooler today; " 11 i ' By buying-all the joonds yeu.can , X ' f -;y 'XX'K' " ' C'i." .- -' you oeL support uie.ngnting man mm wmm TIE ARGONNE FOREST AND KUm THE UEUSE RIVER - ' ; More Than 100 Hostile Tlanes and 21 Balloons Shot Down by American Aviators Since September 26. With the American Army on the St Quentln Front, Oct. 1. (By the Associated Press.) Some hundreds of Americana id a certain far ad vanced position between Cambral and St Quentln, wblclv they, 'reached late Sunday, - were holding but valiantly against superior enemy numbers, ac cording to. latest reports which were received, yesterday. . Washington, Oct. 1. Further ad vance by the American forces along the Meuse river and in the Argonne forest were reported In General Per shing's communique for" today, - re ceived tonight at the war department. American patrols have passed beyond ClergeS and are maintaining contact with the enemy. More than 100 hostile planes and 21 balloons have been shot down by American aviators since September 26, General Pershing said. The statement follows: Section A. During the day -we ad vanced our lines in the forest of Argonne. Further to the east our patrols have passed beyond Cierges and aae operating north of that point on me roaa irom uxermoni to uens nes, maintaining contact with 'the enemy. "In. the north our troops are ad vancing with the French and British, nnl participating in'their successes. "Since- September 26, our aviators have shot down more than 100 hostile planes and 21. balloons. "Section B. There Is nothing to re port in this sector. on ' COUNTRY LITTERED WITH TANK MINES BY GERMANS With the American Army on the St Quentln Front, Oct 1. (By the AsBoliated Press.) Before the Amer lean advance, the Germans Uttered, the country with tank mines, appar ently anticipating a withdrawal. Scores of British'made tanks, I many of them manned by American crews, are co-operating in the American ad vance. One of these rolled over a mine and was blown up, one casualty resulting. The other got through and did splendid execution. These 1 American tank crews were trained in England and had been waiting behind the front for the at tacks. They rolled along before the infantry and. directly In the rear of a creeping barrage and cleared many machine gun nests. After the manner of the British. the Americans drove their machines right on top of the. Germans, crush- W w"ft' l',.! ,1? ?W Cme UJ .f .the "tt wita their tractors dripping with blood, showing how completely thev had' accomplished the task assigned to them. . ARTILLERY DUELS ON ITALIAN FRONT INTENSE Rome. Oct. 1. Artillery duels. which at times became Intense, were prevalent yesterday on the entire front in the Pasublo area, on the Aslago plateau and in the Montello region of northern Italy, says the Official statement IsHued today by the Italian war omce. South of Mori, hos tile parties attempting to approach tne Italian lines were dispersed, HUNS MEET INCREASING OPPOSITION IN RUSSIA Washington, Oct 1. The Germans are meeting with Increasing opposi tion in their efforts to establish con trol of Russia. Swedish press reports received at the state department to day from Stockholm said that in a recent battle with the Ukrainians the Germans lost-1.580 men German!000 nen whp,reglstered-September42 forces which have been centralized at Pskoff since the German ambassa dor was forced to flee from Moscow have found their position untenable and are leaving the city. They also are -evacuating Blelgerod, the reports said. Food conditions in Petrograd are growing continually worse and living conditions are utterly hopeless. Pas sengers who arrived in Stockholm from Petrograd September 29 said foreigners were starving, restaurants and hotels were closed and food prices were increasing - daily. Butter costs $12 a pound. ; t . . - " "' 1 A 1 ' NAVAL SUBMARINE-CHASER IS SUNK IN COLLISION Washington, Oct 1. Naval subma rine-chaser No. 60 was sunk early to day In a collision with the oil steamer 8, W. Waller off the coaat of New Jersey. Two men from the chaser are missing, but the other members of the crew were rescued. 1" " " GERMAN GOVERNMENT ALSO ; SEEMS TO BE CRUMBLING AinAbYdani, Oct. 1 An. the Im perial German Kccrctartai of state have, resigned find the Prussian min isters Intend to resign, according to The Berlin Tageblntt, a copy of which has been received here. l DANIELS TO SPEAK - s iRaleigh, Oct. 1. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels has accepted the -invitation of the chairman of the democr&tla state executive committee to make , several speeches !n North Carolina- in the interest of the demo, cratio campaign, following ths.,Lib- Jarty loan drive. - . - i ' TAimn nr pt niirrmnnn IHMIJb Ur 31. UUtiJII iUiM 66J00 PRISONERS TKKUI BY BRITISH 1 WESTERN Important Territory Along Qahv brai-St. Quentin Sector Cap; tured in Extremely .Heavy Fighting Tuesday. London, Oct 1. Extremely heavy fighting has been, in progress throughout the day along the Cam-brai-St. Quentln sector, according to Field Marshal Halg's report tonight Notwithstanding increased German resistance the British have gained Im portant territory along the greater part of the line. . During the month of Septembet the British captured. on the western front 66,300 prisoners and 700 guns. During the months of August and September the Brlttsh captured 183, 618 prisoners and 1.400 guns. The text of the statement reads: "The operations continued satisfac torily today on the St. Quentln-Cam- brai battle front. On our extreme right, northeast of St. Quentin. we enade considerable advance eastward on to the high ground east of Lev ergles. ' - "Further north we gained a foot ing in Joncourt, stormed the defenses of the. village of Estrees and cleared the enemy from the high ground south of Le Catelet , "In the center, fighting of a severe nature Is taking place In the villages of Crevecour and Rumllly and on the rising ground north and east ot these places. "On the left between Cambral and the River Sensee, our troops have been severely engaged thrpughout the morning in-attack and counter-attack with fresh hostile forces brought up to the battlefield. Notwithstand ing, we made progress east of.TIIloy and In the neighborhood of Bleicourt. "During the ,four days' fighting from September 17. on the St- Quen-tin-Cambrai battle front we engaged and defeated with heavy losses 16 German divisions . .(approximately 432,000 men.) "During the month of September the British forces captured 66,300 prisoners, Including - 1,600 officers, and also 700 guns of all calibers and some thousands of machine guns. During the months of August and September the total captures by the BrftTshmeantedTo-tlittSnPTlBmf ers, including 2,783 about 1,400 guns. officers and MASTER LISTS TO BE MAILED TO DISTRICT BOARDS IMMEDIATELY- Third Great Military Lottery Completed at 8 O'Clock Tues- -tiny - iviurning vneciting upjjnean awMtn'i-':'-......, t JBegun. Washington, Oct. 1. -With the com pletlon today of the third great mill tary lottery since the nation went to war, machinery of the provost matilsuns now aomtnate tns Airs rtver 4 shal general's office was set . in-mo-T tlon to nnallv check the muttr !lt hand mall copies to the 1 5 6 district ami ooaras over the country which are to make them immediately avail able to the newspapers within their area and to post them for the public. Present plans were to begin the mail ing tomorrow night t The. last of the 17,000 numbers which are to determine the order in their respective classes of the 13.000,- was taken from the big glaas bowl in the caucus room of the senate of fice building at exactly 8 o'clock this morning. General Crowder drew out the capsule which contained No. 12, 734. . The drawing, which started at noon yesterday by President Wilson, had been completed in six hours less than the estimated time due to a race which developed between the shifts ot young officers charged with the drawing. ,, , During the first check of the tally sheets today only one number was found displaced.,;. fThe correction .'was easily made from the tally wires on which the actual slips of paper bear ing the i numbers : had been trung after being removed from the cap sules. . General Crowder stayed . with the-, workers during the entire , 20- hour period and the drawing ' was- watched by a constantly changing, but -Time of the receipt, of the master1 lists by district boards will be gov erned by . the distance they are lo cated from Washington. The boards have been Instructed to make them publio immediately. ' .. r CITY OF, CAMBRAI SET, ' ON FIRE BY THE GERMANS London, Oct 1. Under tlie threat of its speedy capture by the British the city of Cambral has been set on (Ire by. the Germans .Field Marshal Halg reported in his ofllcial statement today, - . ' "-w.' , , n ti 4 . 1 LOAN STARTS WEtlfc-r"" Boone. Oct l.The fourth Liberty loan drive started off encouragingly In the purchase un Saturday of a number of flOO bonds. The peot In this section are ready to do their part when they really kiow what li I, the mm Enemy on All Fronts Continues Playing Losing .Game. . V TURKS REPORTED SENDING OUT "FEELERS" FOR PEACE Allies Continue to Make Gains, From Belgium to Verdun. IMPORTANT TOWNS TAKEN Peace Demonstrations Held In Berlin; Police Intervention Necessary? . " - Paris, Oct. 1. French Jroops have penetrated St. Quentin as -far as the canal.. , s. tl, - 1 ' (. i -i BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. -The town of St. Quentin,, upon which the German had o firmly -bullded . their hope of proving; mn :'' insuperable barrier ' to the allies, at ; last has been entered by the Frmch ,' and seeming tbetteway la open to Marshal' Foch f or a gwtft advance eastward In his task of . rerlaftnmg ' northern France. - . t i Meanwhile the Germans and thalr allies on all the battlefronta bavo continued to play a tpfdng game, an I report had it that the Turks, realU: ; tne critical, situation threugh saooes slve defeata and the withdrawal- of Bulgaria from the war, are sending From northern Belgium to the re : Hois of Verdun the batUefront to still , seething with vacUvHy- en- various froitu aadt with the ' entente- forces " contlnnlng- to make gains against the Germans which are aerkmsly lmpcr ' liling the enemy lines. t- ' ,2 r' " In Flanders rtiie Belgians and the Biitsih In the region from Dixmude to : Arment teres have farther drrrcn, Jla their-sharp wedge eastward, captur- -Ing important towns and cutting lne of cnsnmunlcation neoeseary le the . continued holding by the Germans of their submarine haaes on the Korth ' en.-.-1''- - '. " - ,-u t ' A.. r- Fortified Positions Fall., From Cambral to St. Quentln. hot-' withstanding most violent reactions - leans and French ; ae-aln: have won heavily fortified positions ef the ene my all along the front Midway be tween Bt Quentin and Cambral the remaining portions of the old Hlnden burg line are slowly being demolished, although the Germans have Imposed the strength of nearly half a million,' men against the allied troops to hold -the front, , the breaking through of which, In conjunction with the suc cessful maneuvers in Flanders., along ' the Aisne and in Champagne, would . oniwrrn ids cbio ana Aiinv rivers the French continue to push back the ' Germans north- of the Aisne, while in ' Champagne' the French, operating In : conjunction with the. Americans, are steadily advancing northward. Their valley running to the north ot the ; Argonne forest,; while on the other side of the forest the Americans are : slowly coming up the Aire valley from -the south and soon will be in a post-r. tion with the French to nip this great wooded bastion out of the German . line. ' '' r v --'.-: , '. In the mountain reaion of the Ital- lan front there, has been a consider able increase In artillery activity and ' it is probable that Marshal Foch soon will begin an offensive hers against the Austro-Hungarlans. t? ; - Damascus Surrounded. ' General Allenby In Palestine has ; . surrounded- Damascus - and French cavalry is reported to be working its way up the Mediterranean sea coast toward Bayrout - . In the-Macedonian theater west of Lake Ochrida the Austrians are evac uating territory in Albania, probably maicaung tnat now juuigaria is out or the war and the Austro-Hungarlans realizs they are dn a serious predica ment, far from' home, and with no allies to td'them..T-.:if.'.'' -- Peace demonstrations '' havs been held In Berlin in which police inter vention became necessary. , Some ex cesses were committed by the crowds, such as the tearing down of statues. The possibility of a cabinet crista in Germany Is Indicated by ths resigna tions of the Imperial chancellor, vice -chancellor and foreign-minister. : - - In the recent flghtlrj In France and Flanders the German losses i.t men killed or wounded, and In t uns c -i-tured have been enormous. Tot Belgians the Germans lost virtually a I their forward defensive artillery r I some heavy naval guns, i Msny r - v were made prisoner. ' During'Sn her the ltrltlsh took H.S00 prino 7s guns of all cal-Ts and thou - of niaclilne- guns it f.lctt-tg heavy lo in August and t t t-s-.k.ll H prisoners a l l. r-J cilc:.tj c.v:':. ; - -. V.'ith t' I Oct. 1. (. '1 re ' sn t in tae r has s:j.c of the ' - ; . . , -t " 'If. A'. :
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