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CHARLOTTE, U. C. TUESDAY MORNING,: OCTOBER 29, 1918.
GI'JIilG lO IIEEO
PEAEE LIES
Allies Meeting With Forked Sue
' . cess on All Fronts.
DRIVING WITHOUT MERCY
Enemy. Battle Line y In France
Slowly 'Disintegrating;; Civ- '
Ing WayElsewtiere. v .
.7 Br the Associated Pre., A -,
"While both Germany and Austria
are seeking to secure a. cessation of
.hostilities and Turkey also Is reported
to be favorably disposed toward peace,
the entente allied troops oi all the
battle fronts are giving, no heed to
peace proposals, , but are ' continuing
without mercy to drive their foes be
, fore them. ' , ' , -
And lit all the' "battle ,ones the
' allies are meeting with marked sue
- cess.' t.In France, the German battle
line is slowly disintegrating iroder the
violence of the allied, offensive; in
northern Italy the Auatro-Hungarians
-. are being forced back by the British,
French and Italians with heavy losses
in men killed, wounfled or made pris
oner? near the 'shores of the Mediter
ranean in Albania the Italians are driv
ing the Austrian! toward the Monte
negro frontier, while in Asiatic Tur
, Xey, both in Syria and Mesopotamia
the British are fast clearing the Turks
' from their former strongholda : "
... - Resistance Strenuous.
Although the Germans " in France
l? and Flanders still are strenuously re
sisting the allied attempts to break
their line, they are giving way stead
ily under the force of the attacks. In
the other theaters, there apparently Is
. not the same disposition to offer stub
' born denial of the right of way, except
possibly in the mountain region of
' Italy, where an attempt is being made
" by the allied forces to open, the back-
door intoAustria. , 4;' ' -'
' Booth of Valenciennes In France,
'Field Marshal H&lg's forces, notwtth-
standing- stiff A. opposition, have ad-
vanced their line lathe general oper
' atlon which has in view the capture
'of Valenciennes and pressing on to
ward Mons and Mauheugt,ln the: gea
. ; oral "converging movement that Is go-
Ing on between fBelgium-andtherft
glon north fit Verdun.;.,,; : . .
J " Varther sovth, f ronf 4h btte river
to the reglo of RethoU therTrench
have gained- a signal victory by fore-
in a retreat of the eflemyMn the big
salient north of Hon and are threat
ening: to causo the collapse or tne
entire German line eastward through
n. rut turning -movement, American
"troops have been thrown Into the line
Hear Bethel ana nave aavsncea near-
ly a-mlle and taken numerous prison
ers. The German war office admits
the success of the thrust or tne rrencn
' between the Olae and Serre rivers.
saying that the German lines : were
withdrawn Sunday night to a front
west of Guise and east of Crecy.
" Americans In New Operation. -
In connection with this general
movement, the Americans northwest
of Verdun"havrbegim-anTperatlon
which possibly may have, important
- results. : For the first time since the
v Americans entered the war they have
opened fire against the back lines of
; the enemy, with their, new long range
runs and are . heavily ? bombarding
! tionguyon, some 15 miles distant from
the American first line positions. It
is over the territory through which
the American guru are throwing their
shells i that the Germans have been
reinforcing their lines eastward, and
should the biasing process prove effec
tive in biasing a trail along tha Meuse
for a quick advance by the Americans,
. it is not improbable that a German
retreat from the region east of St.
, Quentln northeastward toward Lux
V emburg will be necessitated. '
On the northern Italian front hard
-, , flsrhtlng Is in progress ' between the
, Brenta and" Plave rivers.:
Along the-L;
Piave, the allied troop' have been
successful In crossing the ! river, in
flictlng heavy casualties on the enemy
and taking more than 9,000
BRITISH ADVANCE LINE
SOUTH OF VALENCIENNES
London, Oct, 28. The British
troops, overcoming stiff opposition.
advanced their line today south of
Valenciennes, according to Field Mar
shal Halg'a report from headquarters
tonight The other sectors, were quiet
STILL FURTHER" PROGRESS v
V 'MADE BY THE FRENCH
i Paris. Oct 28. Still further ftroar
ress has been mate by the French
northwest of ., Guise ; and ; they ; have
moved forward t othe, east of the
Peron river beyond Pargny wood, the
war office announces tonight. French
, aviators have been exceedingly active
IMPORTANT TOWN OF ,
KERKUK-IN BRITISH HANDS
' London, Oct 28. British troons
have captured the important town' of
Kerkuk, In - Turkish Kutdestan, lying
155 miles north of Bagdad, according
to tne war omce annnouncement on
operations in Mesopotamia. The town
9,000 AUSTRIANS TAKEN ;'
PRISONER BY ITALIANS
Rome. Oct SI.-More than S.000
Austrians were taken prisoner in the
operations on, the Italian front yes
terday, according to the war office an
nounoement today.' Flfty-orie. guns
. were alsoicaptured.';;M';'i;V'':ffi'5'
. The Italian and British troops have
t crossed the Plave river, notwlthstand
, lng the resistance of the Austro
Hangariarts, In Albania the' Italians
havf reaeova tne vicmity or Aiessio,
20 miles southeast of, ncman.""
EXCITIira SCEHES
SPEECHES III GERnilll REICHSTAG
Socialist Member, Ca!!ed to Order for y Declaring the Emperor
Must Abats, Says "A Call to Order Won't Save Him'V-An-othcr
Says Question of War, or Peace With the Hohenzollerns
Carraot tinc'sr Be Evaded." - ;
Amsterdam, Oct 28. (By the Asso
ciated Praia.) Exciting scenes oc
curred in the German relchstag dur
ing the proceedings of the house, on
Friday and Saturday. - Outspoken
speeches were Indulged In, ,Cv
in the course or tne otscussion. me
Polish deouty. Korfana. hotly atUck-
ed the Polish policy of the govern
ment He declared that in cnemnits
elona the war raw materials depart
ment sold 8,000.00ft marks' worth of
carpets and other goods taken xrom
Poland. Seven hundred thousand
poor Polish people were carried off to
Germany, where- they led the life of
salves, while Brigadier General PU
sudskl. (of the Polish- legion) whom
the Polish . nation regarded highly,
was still held, in the fortress at
Madgeburg, despite all appeals. The
deputy concluded: ; . ' " r; '
"We are not blaming. the German
people for these persecutions, but Ger
man militarism. We extend the hand
of reconciliation to the German peo
ple for the common weal." j
v War Lost After First Marne.
' The independent socialist Dr. Cohn,
wM declared that tha war was lost
after the first battle of the Marne.
said , that General Ludendorff at the
end of September proposed the for
mation or a government empowered
to negotiate an armistice with Presi
dent Wilton, si it was Impossible to
guarantee the maintenance of the war
much longer.
"The question cannot longer be
Urges Voters to Transfer Con
trol to Republicans. , .
In Speech, He Criticises the Cen
l ;jert Course of Administration
Thrououtthe War.
work; Octi2l CoL tlioo-
dore BooseveH-aturwerlng president
WUaon'a appeal for, return of ,
democfatlo r majority
in V; Congress,
urged 'voters of the nation, 'in an ad
dress here tonight, to transfer control
to republican leadership. Such an out
come of the election, he declared,
would assure "our allies that America
is determined to speed up the war and
insist on unconditional surrender" of
the enemy, and would jerve notice on
Germany "and her vassal states" that
they would have to deal henceforth
"with the resolute and straightfor
ward soul -of the American people and
not merely with the obscure purposes
and wavering will of Mr. Wilson." f
Declaring that "hair the leaders or
the President's own party opposed
him when he had committed himself
to wsr measures," air. Roosevelt as-,
serted : that : headsdt the republican
organisation in Congress supported
the administration when a declara
tion of war was needed, when there
was a demand for the draft, when the
army was sent overseas ana ( wnen
money was required by taxation or by
oanar:rf'f''rr'y'::.'i',;'-,
The former . president spose at a
meetlna; under ' the auspices or - the
Republican club' at Carnegie hall.
Rebuking what he termed the Mser
vlllty" of democratic leadership, the
colonel said it was "small- wonder
that in the cloakrooms of the house,
the bitter Jest circulates:
"Here's to our csar. last in ' war,
first toward peace, long may he wa-
.- Mr. Roosevelt criticised the general
course of the administration througn
out the war. declaring: yr"-.'----..-.-!---..
aisregard politics, he would at once
i hovA eoniitruGted a coalition, non-oar'
SSIwIShbetBij
prisoners. 1 important offices under, Jblm without
CTregard to politics. He did nothing of J
tne nation to uie imgntsr wiu mwi
fthe kind. Irt the positions most vlUI
to the conduct of the war, and In the
positions now most important in con
nection with negotiating peace.'tfe re
tained or appointed men without the
slightest fitness for the performance
of the tasks.". ' - , ' :
. Election or. a republcan Congress,
the colonel continued, would be un
derstood abroad as. meaning that the
pro-Germans , and pacifists and bol
shevtflts and . Germanised socialists
could no longer be counted upon as
efficient and tortuous tools, that the
fighting men and not the rhetoricians
were uppermost." , - ' , ', '
ONLY 43 MENDER lio6oV
BOTH ILL AND, WOUNDED
''-
Major General Ireland Reports
on Conditions Among Ameri
' cans in France. .',:'. '
An Atlantic Port, Oct 28. Major
General Merrltt W. Ireland, head ; of
the meCicat department of the AMer
lean expeditionary I'oYces in France,
who Recently was lelleved in order
to succeed Major General William C
Gorgas as surgeon - general of ' the
United States army, arrived here to
day on a British ship. He was ac
companied ;by Brig. Gen. J. R. Kean,
his deputy. V Both will proceed to
tO'i'Washington.'fr.v Major; General Irs-,
land, who accompanied' General Per
shing to France, oeclared that 'the'
standard of4 the medical car6 glum
the, American soldi'sjs was the high
est in " the .a world, Including the
wounded, he said, - only . 41 men irt
1,000 are HI, and -of these, "only two
per cent suffer from disease., s Ha
stated Influenza and pneumonia C.havs
been present among . the troops' but
It was found that - the men In. the
trenches suffered little from these dis
A . Ua.aaaa.Maa ' 4 1. aa I aa alLAat a la Ufa.
'TI1KV, TVWkW'Vt Clivir '-VFVW ir -"141,0.
AOD OUTSFOIIEH
evaded." said Dr. Cohn. "'Waiwlth
the Hohensollerns or peace without
the Hohensollerns. Wrld revolution
will follow on world imperialism and
world militarism, and we will over
come them. We extend our hand to
our friends beyond the frontier in this
struggle.":' .." . ; -
The speech was received with such
commotion, cries of "Shame!" f and
applause, that the president threat-
J Another socialist. Otto Ruehle, was
calleoTto order for declaring that the
emperor must abdicateXHe reiterated
f call to order won't save him from
the criminal aourt" - ..
r. Amending Constitution. , V
The house debated the bill amend
ing the constitution, waich was pass
ed Saturday. Several speakers dis
played anxiety to show that the . re
forms were not dictated by the enemy,
but had been advocated, since - the
spring of 19 IT.
The conservative, Herr von Graefe,
complained that the proposed reforms
would destroy all the crown Influence
and - declared that the conservative
party would . refuse , to co-operate - in
such a break with the past .1
" State secretary Groeber f and War
Minister General Sheuch, both de
clared that there was nothing in the
reforms: which "could endanger the
Arm structure of the army or theper
sonal relationship between the Prus
sian king and the officers. -
Purpose of Those Suddenly Op
PQsing Wilson's Terms. .
"Repudiate American Leader-
ship; Turn Our Backs Upon Our
Professions?" Daniels Asks.'
- Hastford. Conn.. Oct II. "Let no
body misuke-the" purpose of'-Chose1
who are suddenly opposing vth Prfs
tdentji. fourteen demands," Secretary
Daniels said; tonight in an address
hero urging the . roiarn of a: demo
crats majority. In pongress.. "It la .to
try to drive a wedge between the
allies,' to create-, differences, , and " to
make one allied nation suspicious of
the good faith of itsvassoclates.
."For nine months all America has
stood for Wilson's declarations In his
great speech of January 8. Now that
the Ume . has conit when American
leadership; is to prevail for the good
of all the world there are those who
wish to destroy their country's proud
place. ; We have professed that we
went 'Into this war for unselfish alms
and that we wanted nothing for our
selves. That is wht,t Wilson declared
and men of all nations ' applauded
As the election pproachs, are , we
. . a . . i a a. f
to repuaiaie Amei ican leaaersuip,
turn our baoks upon our professions,
and Introduce difference and discord
into the council of the allied nations?
' "No matter1 what the motive." said
the secretary, "the. result Is that If we
do' not stand united for tha fourteen
principles which our allies have ac
cepted, the agitation for a repudiation
will make our -allies think wo are not
Si be trusted, will make them query
hether America was sincere, and will
Impeach America's good faith."
Quoting extracts from speeches
made in 1 8 9 8 by Colonel Roosevelt
and former President Harrison urging
the return 'of a republican Congress
to support President McKlnley In the
peace negotiations witn Spain, Mr,
Daniels said: a-; ' v' .:..;..;..
' "If this plea of such distinguished
republican leaders was valid 20 years
ago, why is it not valid today? . . ,
"The shipping bill, the first great
preparedness : measure." Secretary
Daniels said,, "was held up' in Con
gress two years' by republican oppo
pltlort, having been introduced In 1914
and not passed until m."
Declaring that other war measures
have been opposed by the republicans
in Congress, Secretary Daniels assert
ed "all the world will know America's
position , If a Congress ' pledged - to
stand by Wilson . in elected." .
will vow hindenburV :
: FOLLOW LUDENDORFF?
Question Uppermost on All Sides,
' Says - Amsterdam ' Dispatch,
. "Next Sacrifice? Predicted.
Amsterdam, Oct SSTh question
heenl upon all sides Is whether Field
Mondial von Ulnrtensurg will follow
in uie iu.HfttiJo ui jiuiii'nuorn. , jidi
Rhetnlsli Wetphnlian Kcitnng, of Es- f
sen; claims to1 know that be will bo'
the next sacrifice to the new regime. !
The Essen Alljtemeimf ' ' Zeltung 1
mentions General vort Lowherg, chief
of staff of the Sixth army, as tho sue- .
ecssor ; to Ludendorff, .General von 1
Locvberg Is credited with being the
Inventor of the. "movable defense sys- i
tern.- ' " , !
- Georg Bcrnhard, writing In Tho !
Berlin Vosslsehe Zeltung, while ac- i
claiming Ludendorff as one of tho
saviors of the fathcrlnnd from "enc-
my devastation," mya the fact that ho
conceived himself omniscient and om-4
nlpotent 1ronght his doom.
i MEETING POSTPONED.
, . Richmond, Va., Oct.. 28.-C.. P. Lo
rani, business manager of the -South
em Medical association, tonight an
nn.inTA.t that An tn'tha tnflnanu
idemic, the annual meeting of the
association Is postponed for one year.
The , association ' has ' members
Iha.,1 ahml, k. aa aa. . , ta aa a.aa ata.aa
W4I VUlllVVk lUt.WUWflil IMalfliM.
P
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President Criticised and , De-
., . . t
Jended in Partisan Argument
ATTACK LAUNCHED BY KNOX
Republicans Sharply Assail Wil-
eon for Carrying on "Peace
.. Discussions." -
Washington. Oct. 28. Peace nego
tiations and President Wilson's state
ment asking his fellow countrymen
to return, a democratic Congress in
the November elections were the ve
hicles . of a partisan debate in the
senate today which continued througlv
out tne session and bldcked plana for
adjournment or, : congress tomorrow
over the elections. - 51 ' ' ;
The discussion;', which was onened
by Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania.
republican, ans' former secretary of
sUte. with an attack on the Presi
dent's appeal to te electorate, be
came general among the dozen sena
tors present Republicans sharply
criticised . the President for carrying
on peace discussion with the central
powers and for enunciating terms and
principles of peace.
senator Knox said the President's
appeal raised the question whether
the will of , the President or the will
or the American -people is to deter
mine the policy of this country In end
ing the war, while Senator Poindexter.
of Washington, republican, declared
the-President assumed more authority
than la given under the constitution
In fixing peace terms. The Washing,
ton .senator said no greater service
could bp done Gerquny than to bring
about an armistice. -??.-.':i.t-- j
Vigorously Defended.' ; ' . j
Democratic senators vigorously de
fended the President with Senator
Hitchcock of Nebraska, chairman of
tho 1 foreign - relattoo committee, , tho
chief ' spokegman. 1 .Answering the re-
puDiican contention mat in his third
principle against, economic barriers,
tho President was attempting to In
ject free -trade into the peace treaty,
Senator Hitchcock read a letter from
the President sayins that his words
left every nation free to decide its own
Internal; economic policy, 1 ' but that
tariffs adopted should apply to all
nations1 alike.' . - i . - -
Beforei thJ oanaC met a, similar
letter addreaaad. o! Senator filmmona.
pi : North-Carolina,", ;ad been made
pontic. ,.4totn . senators- Knot . and
Poindexter; Said the letters clearly
demonstrated that the president fa
vors aamltttng'derniany to the pro
posecL league or nations as an "equal
partner', and 'with assurances against
discrlmlnatorytreat!neAt: . i
Senator Hitchcock said" the reoubr
llcan leaders, for . partisan - political
ends, are making a deliberate attempt1
to f'dlstort and misrepresent" the third
peace principle.
This drew from Senator Lotus, of
Massachusetts, the lepubllcsn leader,
the declaration that he had not en
dorsed all of the. P-wldenfs 14 orln-
clples, and had especially opposed the
term wnicn,- ne said, proposed to auar-
antes Turkish sovereignty. Senator
Penrose, ( of Pennsylvania, republican,
said he believed the President pro
posed free trade, but had withheld
criticism until a ' more : opportune
Ume. ! -. --'..;,
Senator Plttman, of Nevada, demo
crat made a vigorous attack on the
republican leaders, especially 'on for
mer. President Roosevelt and Chair
man Hays of the republican national
committee for their statements crit
lelslng the President's moves In . the
peace negotiations. "The ungodly
purposes" of re-election Is tho motive,
Senator Plttman declared, charging
republican leaders with y exhibiting
lack of confidence In, or, respect for
the President
. Because of republican opposition,
plans to adjourn Congress from , to
morrow until .November 12 failed and
both houses' adjourned until Thurs
day when republican senators plan to
continue the peace and political dis
cussion.! The house had adopted the
resolution for adjournment but sfter
the senate failed to act, It annulled Its
actlon-;; r7"-':-'--v?rr v , ;. "
RICKENBACKER HAS
- DISPOSED OF 22 PLANES
With the American Army, North
west of Verdun, Oct. 28. (By the Asso
ciated Preas.)--Capt. Edward Ricken-
rni nivnn hnnrm i
mm ie
bacher. of the American flying forces, I Their vigilance 1 relaxed: their cour
has received confirmation of hip, sec.; Bg9 and their endurance, as well as
ond victory over German, airplanes in
tmv .,vi.w.ww -)... a.fl wav a..i..i. ata.v
makes Rlckenbacher's total of enemy
macbhies disposed of, 22,
Fair today and probably-Wednes-
day, continued warm. -
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i : Many a crooked man has a straight
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LJ3I mv..,L trriiiii
I THE Cl'3 i;
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. m ,r a)
To , Prevent Americans
From
Vital
Breaking Through in
Verdun Sector Metz Is En
dangered.
.'With the American Army North
west of Verdun. Oct 28. (By the As
sociated Press. 5 p. - m. ) Although
the German army Is making the most
desperate effort In the war's history
to prevent the Americans from break
ing through in the vital Verdun sec
tor, it Is equalljr or more fearful that,
there may be a breach -endangering
Met,, with the consequent necessity
of abandoning all the territory still
occupied and an invasion of the Ger
man empire itself".
With division after division of
troops, machine -guns and artillery,
the enemy Is bitterly defending him
self west of Verdun. But it is with
an .elaborately strong trench system,
with rows of barbed wire, and even
electrified wire, that he has been fe
verishly working during the past fewl
weeks to make Meta invulnerable. The.
system has been laid out roughly, be
tween Pont-A-Mouson, Avricourt and
the River SelUe,wtth a parallel front
from Chemlnot-to Vic. '-""',
Tho enemy's' activity first showed
itself between - ChateaU-Sallns and
Moyenvlc, whert no less ; than five
parallel trenches have been construct
ed, and three on the reverse side of
the slopes. The greater part of this
system' has only recently been com
pleted. -Two additional lines in the
rear have already been nlanned and
traced out and a double system of
dugouts and machine gun emplace
ments has been ttrenared. This posi
tion is continued In the direction of
Marsal and Mulcey. - . , .
Another position has been hastily
organised, depending ? upon the
heights of Juvelise and uonneiay. ii
runs alOnc the rtdae upon which Is
situated Marimont chateau and pass
es about a third of a mile from uour
donay; It follow the southerrt out
skirts of, Mateleres woods and finally
reaches the southern outskirts - of
Reichlcourt forest and the neignts oi
Foute.rey, east of Avricourt -
The soutnern pivot or tnis ioni
fled 'position is situated northwest of
Clrey. The greater, part of the line
is strong with ; eieotrically charged
wtre, the current of which Is furnish
ed by high tension generators; plants
being located at the Saline gorge,
Morhange and, SarrsbourJ. , f ,
INTENSE ACTIVITY QN V
- . AMERICAN VERDUN FRONT
v. With the 'American 'Arfny : North"
west of Verdun, Ocv. tit (8:10. p, m.
By the Associated Press),-There has
been intense -aetiTlty uiouioihe. entire
front; Jate today, i The, Gerjnan have
Iwenetwusiylheftlngv
areas, firing two ahells where one was
dropped during tha last wo - days.
In retaliation for the firing by the
! American long range guns -upon; vital
German lines or tommunicauon in tne
rear,, the Germans tuoay naiiea - ver;
dun and places in that region with a
gun of large caliber., r f , ' .
- Tne BOls-ae-ueuu ' agii w i
hands of the ' Americans. Fierce
fighting nas continue. eaat. ui v
Meuse, where the Germans are cling
lng desperately to HiU l0 southwest
of CreDlon. using machine" guns "and
artillery lavishly. '. Tha hill commands
tne entire uwraw . . .
i The Americana have extended their
positions In the southern end of the
Bdla-de-Bourgone, bettering their line
to the east., Tho Bellejoyeus farm Is
No-Man's-land., , . f i .
In ropulsing-alocal attack-ttr-the
region of Hill 204, north of Grand
Pre. the' Americans took a few pris
oners and several machine guns.
HOLD fast, n6 armistice ;l
YET CONCLUDED, SAYS VON
B HINDENBURG TO SOLDIERS
"In This Crave Hour the Father-
' land Relies On YOU ' for Its
Prosperity and for Its Safety"
With the American Army North
west of Verdun, Oct. 28, (By the Asso
ciated Press; 8 p. m.)- "Hold fast, an
armtstlo ehaa not yet been concluded,"
Is the word sent to the German troops
bv; Field - Marshal von Hlndenburg,
chief of the general staff, according to
a. captured document now In the
hands of th Americana, The German
commander's appeal reads: - - -
German soloiera, be vigilant! The
word 'armistice' is current In the
trenches and camps, but wo have not
yet reached that point. To some, the
word represents a certainty; to others,
it is even a synonvm of the peace so
long desired, i , They believe that
Vents no longer depend upon them.
I their- solrlt ' of defiance toward -the
UfUITi A( ' UlUIIIIWUVUr
"We have not yet reached our aim.
Th armiattaa has nut been concluded:
I The war is still bn -the same war a
ever.
Now, more than ever, you must be
vigilant and hold fast. .You are upon
the enemy sou ana on tne sou ot
Alsace-Lorraine, the bulwark of our
country. In this grave hour,, the fath- 1
erland relies on you for its prosperity
and for It safety.' ;, , '
PNEUMONIA AND "FLU" IN
: ARMY CAMPS INCREASES
New Influenza Cases Jump to
r; 2,486 and Pneumonia to 431
New Men' in Camps Cause
U Assigned' . f ;
'' , , "' ' v r;;-,
Washington, Oct. 28. Both In
' fluensa and pneumonia showed a sharp
, increase at army camps during the
8 hours ending at noon today, the
cause being ascribed by the surgeon
: general tonight to the arrival of new!
" 1 ' t cam pa in the south, and south
: .treat. '' .-f j . ?z
v day's total Infiuensa cases Jump
' tu to 2,488- with the low record of
? 1,602 reported" Saturday, and there
wau.a further Increase today to 2,881
casea r Pneumonia cases Sunday were
495 atfalnst 888 the day before. To
day's figure was 431, a slight decrease
from f mday.: Deaths, however-, con
tinue to decline, . with ltf Sunday.
ana 151 today.;
lill-EI
TO HO IIEGfti
Bit a
GREAT RESERVE IE III
I BY
Have Transformed v Part , of Al
" sace Into Great Entrenched
Camp-Expecting Great Of
fensive Attack.
With the American Army North
west of Verdun,. Oct. 28, (By the As
sociated Press). -The Germans have
created a great reserve tone in Lor
raine, through which civilians, unless
they have authorisation, may not pass.
They also have transformed a part of
Alsace Into a great entrenched camp.
In which carefully; prepared defen
sive positions will make up for their
lack in human material.
It Is known that the Germans have
expected a liaison attack by American
and French troops gainst - the Ger
man left wing and have been fearful
that the allied troons would break
through. Their anxiety was shown in
the following decaratlon .printed by
me rranxtort uazette: , .r
"The situation has become notice
ably difficult It la most tense on bur
left wing from the strategic as well
as the tactical point of view.-One must
regard with all seriousness the in
creasing gravity of the - situation In
the region of Vouslers, because the
entente has succeeded In obtaining
considerable advantage in the center
1 a . a, C - a- ...... al
uciwecn iiijj ovueiui ana- m -vun
brai canal In their rormtdable at
tempts to pierce our line." v .
Early today American patrols es
tablished that the Bellejoyeuse farm.
northeast of Grand Pre, had been de
serted by the enemy but that it was
well ' protected' by a heavy flanking
machine run fire. - .
The American In 'the Bourgogne
wood how control the ridge extending
from Tama eastward to tho southern
oart of the wood. Yhe Germans to
day Infiltrated through the American
line at HIU 204, The enemy was soon
discovered, however, ; and pounded
with artillery and machine gun and
driven off. The American captured
several of the enemy machine auns
and turned ' them? w-.the:Germani
"."GTerman patrol which sought to
penetrate the American ; lines north
or . tno Kavine-Aux-pierr we( r
CtERY-lE GRAND HAS BEEN :
CLEARED OF THE GERMANS
,. With ) the American . Army. North
west of Verdun, Oct, 2 8, (By the As
sociated Press.-Ntght 1 patrol re-
Sorted early today that Clery-le-Orand
ad, been cleared of the Germans., :
Farther west, ; observera .during Uie
day reported that enemy machine gun
emplacements were In process of con
struction at various points and .thai
Infantry la dlarrln In. in tha raarlon of
the LaDhuy, farm . east t of the Bois
Bes-Hasers
Aerial photograph taken within the
last few days indicate that the Ger
man are not devoting much labor to
organizing their front line or forward
posltionsleadlng to the belief that !
they possiDiy will rail bacK upon as
yet unidentified 'positions In the rear
If .they are compelled to do so.
bois belleuInThands
OF AMERICAN TROOPS
" Washington, Oct 28. Bol Belleu,
east of the Meuse tlver, Is now com
pletely .in the hands of American
troop as the result of a successful
attack , carried out' yesterday, General
Pershing report In his communique
for today. Further touth, lively, fight
ing Is taking place In the eastern por
tion of the Bol d'Ormont ?
Destruction 6f 12 enemy airplanes
by pursuit squadrons of the Ameri
can first army In tl-e course of many
combats Is reported In a supplemen
tary statement under date of yester
day, Five American plan'e were lost,
SOLDIERS' CHRISTMAS V;
PARCEL LABELS COMING
Will Be. Distributed by the Red
Cro$ Package Doesn't
Reach Soldier Without It
' Washington. Oct. 28. The first of
lb Christmas parcel labels, designed
to facilitate the, shipment of holiday
, boxes to the more tnan 2,900,000 sol
- diers now In
France, have reached
. this country.
In .making this i an
nouncement today t"ie Red Cross said
i relatives of soldie.-s now overseas
probably will . receive these labels In
the course of a few Jays and should
arrange to prepare the Christmas
boxes without delay. The boxes .may
be obtained wlthont charge : at Red
Cross chapter or branches after No
vember 1. ;, ''
Only one package for each soldier
will be accepted by the war depart
ment Every man in the expeditionary
forces has received one label and ha
been directed to send It to the person
in thSarUnlted States from - whom he
wishes to receive a Christmas parcel.
Parcels that do not carry this label
will not be accepted and none will
be accepted for shipment after No
vember 20.
EMPEROR WILLIAM HAS NO f
INTENTION OF, ABDICATING
- London, Oct. 28. Emperor William
has no Intention of abdicating butyls
willing, if it ia for the good of the
people, to ordain that hi rights shall
he rerramea. acooramg to a state
ment attributed to German court cir
cles, i The emperor. Is . said to have
remarked:
, , "I would not abtnd on my rarely
trlot people, but if necessary I am
re i if to become something , 11
hpreditary preI1fnt cf a Cprmrtn re
public like the Hnn of Tp.;' 1 1.1.1
g'.um anl Itity."
ma b n
IS.
I
PEAGE ! is:.
Would Not AwaitRss'Jt cf Ex
changes With G:rmahyr
ADHERES TOTHE VIEWS ',
EXPRESSED BY WILSON
Official Text of German N,ots,ls
Received at Washnigton: -
NO RESPONSE AT PRESENT
Questions to Be Dealt With in
Connection , With ; Peace 'i
Not an Armistice; . , f
Washington, Oct. 28 Whi Ger .
many' .latest note to President Wil
son was being delivered to the state
department today through tho. Swim .
legation, cable dispatches from En-
rope brought Information that'' tha
Austro-Hnagatian government $ had
sent another - eonunnnloatlon : to the .
President asking that immediate ne- '
gotlatlons for peace and an armlstleo
ne entered into without awaitiiur the '
resulu of the exchange wlUt Ger
many. ' -, .., , , ,- ' f '
The Vienna' feovernmonf aaserteit s
that it. adhered to. the jame point of ;
view expressed by the President ta
his last communloatkm upon' tho
rights of the Austin-Hungarian peo
glca, especially those of the Csecbo .
lovaks and Jogo-Slava, and requested v
tnat he begin overture- witn the al
lied government with a view to end
lng immediately hostilities on all Ana-tro-Hnngarian
fronts. ; i .
The oflietal text of the German aoto .
did not differ materially from the an- :
offlclnl version .received by cable.
No official comment waa focthcomlnr.
but It is known that no respiHiao wla
oe made at nreaeot to tne commonl- .
cation, which I believed to have been '
despatched with the primary purpose) .
of satisfying the German people that .-"
tneir government u not omitting any -opportunity
, to forward the negotla '
tlons for an amlUoo and -peace. r
Arnilstioe Kow 6o moeiti
P Regarding the renewed assursnco .
JiV the OeVmart .ote'th;.,l r
tutional structure' of Ihe German gov '
ernment has been and. Is now being
thangd f to-idemocraUe- lirtss, ; it - is .
pointed tout,; that- hev(rpth 'Of this .
Statement and : the -scop ' of tho
changes already made or "projected -after
all are matters to.bedealt with
In connection with peace-and1 not in- t
arranging an armistice. .r . '
i A strong Indisposition' is evidenced.
Officially 4o. yield 'to the apparent In-:
tent of both German ahd-Austrian
negotiation to combine these,. two es-
sen tially different-functions In 'on
phase of thenegotlatlona- r tF ... i -?
iv No Guarantee Apparent. v
In the case of -the-Austrian, con-
municatlon, now "supposed to be on It
way to Washington, it also waa noted
that the effort was mad to Show that ''
Austria ha complied with tho Presl- ., ?:.
dent' demand 'for the recognition or
the rights of the Ctecho-Slavak and
Jugo-Slavs and : other oppressed , na- .
tionailtlea-ltt-Austria.- It-doe-' no
appear that the complete' lndepehd- .. .
ence of these people' has been guarf
anteed, and probably sufficient assur
ance muBt be had on that- point be- .
fore the Austrian" proposal will bo
transmitted to the entente powers for
suomission io uii inimary cxperia. t
Because of the wide extent of tha . -
disaffection In the dual empire, devel
opments in that quarter are believed
to be fraught' with greater -possibilities
'In the way of peace than In
Germany, and In some official circle
the opinion freely ' Is expressed that
Emperor Charles fully realises that ho .
must submit to any terms which tha
entente power and America choose to
impose and that at present he ta seek
ing simply to secure tne least onerou
and humiliating. , - :,. .
The fact that Austria has antici
pated Germany all through In the va
rious peace moves without visibly ex
citing any resentment at Berlin. ' la
taken to mean that the two are work
ing. In perfect harmony, ' ,
OFFICIAL TEXT. OF-GERMAN ,
NOTE IS MADE PUZLIC
1 Washington,,' Oct. ,2 8. There is no
essential difference between the of
flclal text of the German govern
ment's reply to V President Wilson'
last note as transmitted to the state
department today by the Swiss V-a
tlon and the wireless version. 1 h o
official text was made public ilos Jit
by Secretary Lansing.. '
-Secretary -Lansing , issued tela an
nouncement: '
- "Department of , State, October 23.
118. ',ij1-.S'i.-V;?;v: I
"The secretary of state makes pub.
11c the following: , . - s - . I
"From the charge d'affaires a. t. cf
Switserland to the secretary of t ite:
p;'Sirty I am instructed by' my t v
ernment, and have the honor to '
mitwto your excellencyMhe.or! i I
German text ot a communication t rr i
the German government, dated (
ber 27, 1818, which has today ' t
received from the Swiss foreign :
"I beg leave also to enclose sn .
llsh translation of the above-r
ed communication, the C.en.i t :
of which, however. Is alone t I c -sldered
as authoritative.
. "Accept, sir. the renew 1 r
ances of my highest eor..t i ... ,
(Signed) -i , "F. ODl. ' .
Charge d'AlTalres a. I. cf i
"His excellency,-
; "Robert Lr : -
- ' "Secretary -' .
'"Tran-
from tl.e Cei
October 27, 1 ' . i
the C -
land, t
re"'-.; i
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d?nt
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