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MORNING, NOVE::CER IS, 1918.
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rum
f.!cb Attc-Js ta Storm Jail and
' : Lynch a.r.'cjro.
GOYERNOR RESPONDS TO .
REQUEST FOR QUICK AID
Hundreds of Trccps Sen From
' . Camps Crecna and. Polk.
GUARDS FROM GREENSBORO
No Clash Between Whites and
Black; Thoujh Race Riot Was ,
: 7 Feared for- a While. " -
WlnstonSalem,N;'G, Nov.
lo.The death .toll" in the riot
; here tonight, which followed ef
forts of a mob to storm the city
jail and lynch a , negro . prisoner,
had been increased at midnight to
fivea irl spectator, a city fire
man andf three negroes. .The po
i lice believe that a detailed search
tomorrow will show that a&least
seven persons and maybe more
wereAUled. . A-
, . Upwards of a score, of persons
are-believed to have been injured,
five or six of them seriously. They
are mostly white; persons and in
elude two members of theTiome.
' guard, which was called out when
' the mob made Us second visit to
the jail after shooting a negro and
accidentally ' wounding a white
prisoner in the afternoon. . ;
TVlnstoh-Salcm, Nov, IT. At least
.,Nwo person are known to havo .been ,
killed and probably. a score of others
tiUured, ' several sertonsry, tit a. riot
, here tonight which remitted front the
- efforts of, p" of vnul tlionsahd
Sr'"'t r - t , end lynch
a ii
... Oil'
1.' n :ri r.T wi.1 waa irohijt
"'Oliln . ih " i rf t'.i c!tjr,,t:e
mob fioai.r' L. .... troken Into aiuaft
Rtoutw. v Effort 'of tho borne wd
jtd the police to restore order were
wnaTaUlnar even at that .time ' and
.'J Governor Blrkett wa asked to Inter
n vette.. lie ordered home guards from
- Crcensboro and arranjred to have .a
onmnanr of reiraJar soldiers sent from
.' Cnmp -Polk, near Ralelffh.-
The known dead are: v '
; ; Rachael hcit, youns woman br
: staoder, ,and Xtobert Yonnr, a Are
man. i j ,
The more-: seriously , Injured In
elude Margaret Geoncei Llnwood Bee
Icr, John Rnmpler, cithern, and
KYank O'Brien aitd R. T. Hawley,
- members tf the home uard.. - ,
' Rachacl LtI, younx woman by
stancr was shot through the panic.
" and Robert Young, a fireman, also
was, shot.
" --i Number Injured Unknown,' '
. Five of ths more seriously Injured.
Including two members of the home
guard, were taken to hospitals,' but
"many others were treated at. their
homes. The total number, of Injured
was not known and the police would
,1 not even haiard' an estimate. ' . . . , .
The mob first formed thl afternoon
about 1:30 0,'clock and stormed the
Jail. Three .shots were fired and the
negro accused of shooting the two
. men and attacking , Mrs. Child"
was seriously wounded, while' a white
prisoner named Tragg also wfcs hit
in the arm bra stray bullet.
; ? After some difficulty; the police suc-
seeded In clearing the crowd out
of the building, and the mayor call?
. . cd out the home guards. Quiet reigrn
d for a time, but later the report
went around that " the negro shot was
j not the man that had been sought By
nightfall the mob had re-formed and i
started marching to the jail, which
was surrounded by home guards.
Hani ware Stores Broken Open.
Hardware stores were broken into
and revolvers shotguns ; and other
weapons ''and ammunition taken, As
the mob marched. It increased In size
and when ,its objective was reached
It numbered several thousand. The
mayor sought to address the crowd,,
but coUld not be heard. In the mean
time fire companion had arrived, and
when the mob broke for the Jail the
firemen turned water on them.
Firing immediately followed; ad
Toung waa shot dead. A .bullet hit
Miss Levi, who was watching nearby.
The. home guards answered the vol
ley but the mob quickly overpowered
- them and went into the 'jail. Two
members of the guard were badly hurt
by being thrown bodily down a stair
. way which they were guarding. ' f-,-'
. Apparently the mob did not find the
- negro .It sought, for no. more of the
prisoners were fired . upon. After sn
, hour or more the mob left. the Jail
and started marohing through bURi
. ness. section of the town.. Gradually
It broke into groups and for a. time
ft was feared that there would be a
race riot is some of the groups head
; Fd for the negro quarter. (Ate tonight,
however, there had been no clash be
tween the whites and blacks, i i
, . Late, -tonight the following names
'Here added to the" list of wounded; '
Charles White, shot and seriously
hurt; r Jules S(Ith, Cecil Alley, i J. J.
Adams. , . , .
TROOPS ON SPECIAL - '
TR.IN LEAVE CHARLOTTE
' " " '
': , A special train left Charlotte soon
kfter midnight for Winston-Salem
with 175 troops aboard for service in
ronnectlon. with riot londitione there.
The troops were ordered to Winston
Salem by Col. A. C. Macomb, com-
.mander of the camp, at the request
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AFRICAN THISD ARMY
"ARMY OF OCCUPATION'
Parte, Nor. IT, (8:53 p. m) The
American third army lias been aesir
nuted a "the arm of occupation.
It win be jandcr the Immediate direc
tion, of Genera! Persuing;, the com-
manderln-cbicf. who will be la com
mand of the American positions in
occupied territoriea. ,;. v; f t " , i
175 SOLPIF-RS GO
n urnr
Macomb Sends Troops to Op-
. . .Rose WinstonRioters.
Special Train f Laft; at Midnight
- With Picked Men to Answer,
( Correiri Appeal. -'
' In rssuonseV to an appeal from
Mayor R. Wborrell. of ' Winston
Salem, ISO picked troops from Camp
Greene and 45' members of the pro
rost guard of Charlotte, upon orders
from Col. A. C Macomb, camp com
mander, left at midnight on a special
train for aerVloe In an effort to put
down riota which broke out at
Twin City yesteday and seem to have
grown In gravity as the night wore on.
The contingent was In command ot
MaJ. George B. Wilcox, and the sou
diers were designated officially as Uni
ted States guards. Other commana-
rs , lnciuaea uapiams iMownKnam,
Massey, Peavey; and six . lieutenants,
lieutenant Minton was In command
of ths detail from the provost guard.
The ' soldiers 'carried, full field equip
mni II was expected that the train
would arrive at Wlnstpn-Salem abdut
S or :J0 o'ciocit. . .
Reporta from various sources re-
celved. here ' at or .before mianignt
agreed that at least two perona?ha
been kiUed tn. the street figh tin g The
uprising- followed an attack by a negro
n k. wll.Vnnvn snm, of tllAt. dtV.
BE
I!""f,!e"rarter"1rtf tatd-kinedberlHWbandi nd
i.tMrfnjr thet municifial author r-
ties .to, fluiet te tnembers o the; motr
apparemiy. r naa vine eneot. oi -,- oniy
adding to '.their: f ury A' '.'Vf,f
Tkn appeal; for.', assistance was first
sent .' to Greensboro according to re
ports received here, and a contingent
of home guards; was promised. Later
the. eommanderv of Camp Polk was
asked by . Governor Bickett to-fend
troops to Winston-Salem. . Arrange
ments Immediately were made by the
camp commander at Raleigh to send
250 . men on a special train- at 11
o'clock.' ; : .';' !-'! '
In the meantime the gravity, of the
situation Increased and Mayor Gor
rell established long-distance tele
phone communication with Mayor
McNlnch after some time had .been
lost In' locating the Charlotte mayor.
The chief of police at WinstVn-Salem
communicated to-Chief of Police El
liott of Charlotte, i the needs of the
turbulent city and throuah the. pro
vosf guard here Chief Elliott, trans
mitted to Colonel Macomb the request
for military assistance. Colonel Ma
comb Immediately Issued orders for
the mobilisation of picked troops to
make the trip on a special train.
Simultaneously the officials here of the
Southern railway v system were In
structed to prepare a special train.
. Mayor McNlnch without delay was
informed' by Chief Elliott of his. hav
ing delivered the message of t Mayor
Gorrell. The. Charlotte mayor i(then
assumed charge of the various mat
ters which required his attention, and
went to the Southern station to wit
ness the departure of ths special train.
All the troops from Camp Greene ex
cept the members - of the ' provost
guard were entrained at the camp.
m i:so o ciocK this morning- the
t-;atlon nt -Wlnston.8alem was de
r'lucu uy juavur uorreii as some
what Improved." The death toll at
that, hour jwes three, ,two men and a
child, he said. : It was officially stated
that no k lynching had ' occurred and
both negroes who had been arrested
on suspicion were held in the. county
Jail there. The Crowe had dispersed
somewhat from the center of the city,
said Mayor Gorre'l but ha added that
he.' considered the conditions sitll
alarming 'and whit was . transpiring
on the - edge of . the !; town wob not
known to him. , He expressed some
f aPPrehensionof powib e toturbances
developing from gathering on the out
SkirtS. J -v.Jg-;V"'fmtJiv.i,' :
"- . Mayor 'Gorrel made I no ' statement
concerning the death; of any negro,
though press dispatches, received at.
almost the same time the long dis
tance telephone conversation with him
was. in progress, stated that three no,
groes were known to have been killed
at that hour. The mayor said he was
not accurately Informed ' of the num
ber th'at had sustained Injuries dur
ing the disturbances No troops had
arrived at that hour. -
GERMAN TROOPS BEING
.WITHDRAWN f ROW FINLAND
, Condon. Saturday, Js'ov,, 16. Gen
eral von Der Goltk. the German com
mander in Finland, has Informed the
Finnish government, says a Copen
hagen dispatch to the Exchange Tele
graph company, that German troops
are being withdrawn from Finland In
order , to avoid.1 conflict? 'with British
forces which are expected there soon.
: f The dispatch adds jhat . General
Mannerhelm' commander of the Fin
nish government forces; will be gov
ernor of Finland,-and that a coalition
government will be In power,
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STOrtlf WARNINGS DISPMYED.
v Washington, Nov.- l7.--Storm warn
ings, n re displayed' on the Atlantic
coast .from ? Norfolk to tioston, the
weather bureau announced tonight..
cr.EAf cr.nv.:rj to c:::d
.l....-.4 n. . , i O Wii.it tt.,.
London," Saturday, Xovv 18. Tlio
British goverumc'nt Is nrran-;'S fir
tho departure to the United i ttes of
n number of German vessels for tbe
purpose of bringing to Germany food
stuffs which the allies will permit
Germany to receive. '
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Iti Territory Just Abandoned ; by
t ;7the EnemyForce '-'rl-STARTi
N0x SPECTAOUUR
Perahlng'e jMertKeyed p-and
- keen for New Adventure but I
r 4 Not Dembnetr ative
"With hctllieiAnnic
micV'in
France and Belgium, Nov. . 17.
( By the Associated Press. ) TJie
allied "armies have, begun .their
march ; towards f Germany. The
Belgian fogrces have already occu
pied Antwerp, which, ' was evac
uated by the enemy on, Friday and
hnmediately taken over." Brussels
wai expected to be free of Ger-;
man soldiers todays y v -
With the American Army, tri France,
Jfpv. ;iT T:J0 nj-(By the jAsso
elated J im,QMa i Pershing's
forces moved forward early today In
territory just abandoned by the' Ger
man troops.' On the old lino hetween
Mouson . and Thiaucourt, lying from
the region of Sedan ts the south ot
Mats, the troops had been stationed to
await orders for the advance, and at
8;i0 o'clock this morning tho patrols
marched out, not tn lln of battle, but
in cohimna along -the high -roads,
Which are only slightly Impaired.
. The first steps of the Americans into
regions so lately controlled by Ger
manVj were not epeotacular, v Toe men
were; keyed up and keen for the.ne
adventure, but, like they were en, the
day of the slimlng'of thearrtlstlcei
there wereoomparatiVejyi no onv
thulsm.;1
- Manv3
uniformed and all of, them were ,fpo!
lshed"-a though for
men appeared: eager
BO forward.
i,r .Mud Slbzbtly
"rho relatively ( Small units that are
moving . forward as ' advance auarda
were sent to the line beforsr daylight.
The night had been cold and the mu4
that yet marks ', the "roads?, notwlthf
standing there haye been two or three
days without rain, was Slightly .frown,
The men shivered as they, rested by
the roadside, 'i'p-
.When the command finally was glv
en for the advance, the elements who
were to push forward, in-aome cases
miles apart on the long line between
the extreme left and right, 'moved off
into the mists that appear always to
shroud this part of the .country and
disappeared. '
i For the first time since the Ameri
cans had been ordered to advancs into
enemy-held territory, there was assur
ance mai iney wouia sncounur no
hostility.: The Intelligent department,
which, has never ceased to function,
had accurately reported that the Ger
mans wars carrying out their agree
ment of evacuation and there was evi
dent the belief both by officers and
men that no trap was awaiting them.
i i,-jj0 chances Taken.
No r chances were taken, however.
The engineers -were the second units
to press forward, and they carefully
began-their work of looking out for
mlnea and tainted water. . Every ob
stacle was tested before it was moved
in order to find out if it. masked ex
plosives. , For some time the Germans
have shown a spirit of co-operation In
Informing the Americans where mines
were located and In themselves de
stroying them. ,
i- It was some time after the engi
neers moved forward before the heav
ier columns took the roads. The en
tire army finally . was moving, an4
moving along the lines of peace days.
But It was In such order that It might
qulckly,be transformed. into battle ar
ray. Every brigade waa oovered by a
regiment of 77s, the heavier artillery
following close behind. 'The flanks of
the advancing columns were, well pro-
. It has heen Irrpreseed on ' officers
and men alike that this is an opera
tlnn under an armistice; that war still
exists and that ths possibility remains
that, at any time it may necessary
for them to play their part- with tho
same grimness of the past ire ar. s .'.
rratemleatlon, 'not only with the
German soldiers who may bs found
either as stragglers or voluntary pris
oners, but with the civilian popula
tioq, has been sternly forbidden. Loot
ing and even ' souvenir-hunting aleo
have been forbidden tbe Americans.
It has been plainly impressed upon
the meri that property 1 inviolate. and
that those persons' with- whom they
come In contact must be regarded as
enemies., v ' " ' -' s. ' ; "
FRENCH ENTER GERMAN' V,
" . FORTRESSES IN ALSACE
;'Basel. v'Nov. l7.-Prenoh troops
Saturday entered Colmar and' Mul-hau-en,
two of Germany's greatest
fortresses In Alsace, according to : a
dispatch received here. -There was
no trouble in either place. , k
BRITISH ARMIEsIbEGIN. '
. 1 ADVANCE ON GERMANY
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v London, Xov. 17, TUeofflolal an
nouncement of ths advance ot the al
lied armies enys; - , ' f -
..."General I'lummer's second army
and General RaUllnson's fourth army
today1 commenced their advance,1, in
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et.'eklrais. "
or the5 men val been newl
4peV0n-i Th6
for tho ireru te
Froaen.;Wy
riXCLAHIED OY TKE PRESIDEiJT
, Says the American People Have Special and Moving Cause This
:C Year ta Cs,Grateful and Rejoice; VCcrriplete ; Victory ; j Has
.Crcasht-flot Onfy peace tut Confident Premises ;:of a New
' Day asMVell, a Day in Which Justice Shall Replace Force.'
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(Washington, No. 17. President Wilson, tn a proclamation today, des
imatex Thursday, Xoveanber X8, as Thanksgiving Day and sold this' year the
Ar ericao people. hare special and moving cause to bo grateful and rejoice.
it :ote vlctury, he said, has brought not onlypeaco, but the confident
proi-.bte of new day as well, .in .which, "justice shaU replace force and Jeal
ous intrigue among the nations," i ?,.:i ;.-.:.-.), f '- . . v- -..iV
.v , . - '-. ::v.vVu-;'f..x
i ' ' By the President of tlte United State of Anerlcfc"s'CV.:u-,,i'-
" . v x; ,. v r PROCIiAMATION. , Y.;V:--
It has tons boon oar custom to turn hi the autumn of the year hi prafse
anA'thankaftvinc to Almighty God for Bis many blessings and mercies to ns
aa a nation. This year we have special and moving cause to he gratefal and
to rejoice, or lias In Ilia good pleasure given ns peace. It has not come
aa m xnere cessation of anus, a mere relief from the strain and tragedy of
war. . It has corneas a great triumph of right. " Complete victory has brought
Us, not peace alone, but the confident promise of a new day aa welly In which
Justice shall replace force and Jealous Intrigue among the nation Our gal
Unt armies bare participated tn ft triumph which Is not marred or stained
by any purnoae of sdntdi aggression. In a righteous cause they have won
Immortal glory and have nobly served their nation in serving mankind. God
baa Indeed beja gracious. We have cause for such rejolcina; as revives and
wrengtbens In ns all the best traditions of our national history. A new day
shines about as. In which mr hearts uke new courage and look forward with
new hope to new and greater duties. , Y -i-'-f ::H-r-;-". ; 'r '
While we render thanks for these things, let as not forget to seek the
divine guidance', In the performance of 'those duties, and dlvtno mercy and
forgiveness for all errors of act or pnrpose, and pray that In all . we do
we shall strengthen the ties of friendship and mutual respect upon which
we must assist to build tbe new structure of peace and good will among the
'.ItiOWfcrf''.r -'--.-: - .:-. y
; v Whererore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President ot the T7nited States of Amer
ica, do hereby designate Thursday, tbe twenty eighth day of November nest,
as a day of tbanksgivino; and prayer, and Invite the, people throughout the
land to cease upon that day from their ordinary occupations and In their
several homes an4Iacee of worship to render thanks to God, the ntler of
nations,''.' ' .vV j '.,s,-.iV,;. ?v. '' "'''y''" "" ''1'-:'i
In witness whereof I have tieraunto set my hand atod caused the seal
of the United State to : be affixed.- ':' ' ': ""i'Y;
Done to the district of Colombia this sixteenth: day of November tn the
year of our lord one thousand, nine bundred und eighteen and, of the In
dependence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty. third.
N f' IT , WOODROW WILSON,
,-fi" -By' the President: ' -v i'
. ROBERT LANSING, Secretary of SUte. w ,
SHIPPING
BID ITGIJ
GET .nSTllKS III DHL
Quick Assignment ot hips to
Latin-American Trade Urged.;.
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f loVKn V' f 1 byt Vi
State jSectjorv of lnt?n At'onal
i . j Hjgh Comnf88iofu i J
: -CWashinffton. jTov.. 1 7. Immediats
aJulffninent 6ff ships, for trade .Vlth
South and Central America has been
suggested to the shipping board by
the United, States section of the Inter
national high commission, a Pan
American organisation .'to promote
commerce and trade relations between
the United . Stales and the ' southern
republics, -'.a .
Secretary McAdoo, as chairman of
the United - States section, Issued a
statement today emphasizing the im
portance of ( ships - for . Immediate
Latin-American trade, saying the of-J
ficial and commercial Interests of
Latin-America' insist on better trans
portation facilities as a basis for closet
commercial and financial relations. ,
"The United States section of the
international high commission," said
Mr. McAdoo, "has ventured to make
to ths Shipping board a number of
suggestions, , some general and some
specula, relating to the further prose
cution of its constructive plana, as
well as to the disposition of ships now
tn Its ' control' during; their further
operation by the board and otherwise.
Thess suggestions include the imme
diate availability of ships for both the
east and west coasts of South America
and the careful planning of freight al
location so as to avoid empty, cargo
space on southbound trips. n
"It will furthermore be necessary to
develdp a broad policy to meet the re
quirements of different Industries and
sections pt both . North and South
America, In order that no undue hard
ships may be placed on any given in
dustry or1 on any one section. Im
orovement of service for the West In
dies and ? the avoidance of cpnfuslon
and crowding ot schedules by a care
ful adjustment of calling dates are
also matters which . havn been sub
mittedfor the . consideration of the
shipping board. -"On
July II. l16, I addressed" a
cctnmunioatlon to' the delegates as
sembled at, the first Pun-American
financial conference, emphasizing the
necessity of united effort to provide
adequately for the needs of (heir com
(Continued on- page 2.)
JO-JO SAYS
Rain today;
cooler, v- " ,
Tuesday fair a'nd
Making peace evidently means mak
ing pieces., -
AGAINST
Ready to Take Issue: Again With
Secretary pf Treasury; it
'.'Vyorton of TftXAtion ,, ;. i
1 J ; BY H. E. O. BRYAIfT "
1 Washington,, Nov. , IT.--Chairman
Claude Kltchln,, of the ways and
fnmmittffi. is ready to "go to
the mat" over any change reducing
the excess profits taxes In the new
revenue bill1, to those rates now tn
elfect' under the, law of I17. .
Hay catrlea -the ; ways and means
committee, and .the house with him
lastaumrher when opposed 8ecre
tary'of the Treasury McAdoo on this
proposition. , Now that the secretary
ts -trying, to get the senate finance)
committee1 to change the house bill.
Mr. Kltchln is preparing to carry on
his fight He Is also strongly In favor
of more than $,000.000,000 toUl for
the bill, the amount agreed upon by
the senate committee, ; at ; Mr. Mc
Adoo's suggestion. ! f-f -. a
... Mr. Kltchln explained his position
a fnllaws: ' -i' ---;"--."';-v"-'"'-'4V.''
"I see jjo reason to change my
views as to the excess profits taxes,
for the acts still exist which prompt
ed 'them, vr--- v"':;:-"--"My
Judgment is . now that, we
ought to levy all ths taxes possible
at this time in order to relieve busi
ness, Im the, future, and Issue as few
bonds aa possible. ..'-'; '"
It looks as If we will have to Issue
110,000,000,000 more In bonds than we
have already issued. The more we
can raise by taxes the less bonds we
will have'to. lasue.-
"A billion or two billions more rev
enue In taxes now will mean a billion
or two billions less of bonds and re
duce our burdens in years to come. ,
"It ought.to be 'pay as you go, as
far as possible, Just like, hi any other
business. ; If the business of the coun
try can stand' $7,000,000,000 or $8..
OOO'.OOO.OOO in taxes now, It ought to
do so. It would have to pay It in the
future if not now.
"Under a distinctly war profits tax;
he Ford company, - the Eastman
Kodak company, the National Biscuit
companyythe National Cash Register
company, the First National bank of
New f' York the .American Tobacco
company, the Liggett and Myers To
bacco company, and i hundreds of
large companies " would not pay a
penny, because they Would have little
or no profits on Invoiced capital dur
ing the taxable year in excess of the
profits during - the pre-war, period.
Their ' profits during- both' periods
before , and , since the war were ex
ceedingly large. There would be
about 29,000 companies in the United
States which under - a strictly war
profits taxes method would not pay a
penny." ; .
Ths Standard Oil companies of In
diana and Kansas were named in the
list. i.
GERMANS AReViLLACING !
' OR DESTROYING PROPERTY
London, Saturday, Nov. 10.- Confir
mation has bom received here that
Germans are plllnglnur or destroying
property In the suburbs of BrnssclH.
Although the movement is in no sense
revolutlonnry. iU U regarded probable
that allied mllitdVy stops will be neces
sary to enforce the armistice. , :
, Advices received In London say that
tho entry of the, Belgian king aud
queen Into Brussels has been post
poned, , (V A '
MRS. WILSON TO CO WITH . '
PRESIDENT TO-EUROPE?
Paris, Not. 1 7. Uavaa ) -The Kdio
do Tarli says Mrs. Wilson will como
to Europe with President Wilson. '
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il K...L
TOIL 750,
TOOK P,I 111
DKinoiun
H.S.UIII
Epidemic Took T,o!l of 82,306
Lives ( in 46 American Cities
From September 9 to Novem
ber 9. '
, Washington, Nov. 17. -The recent
epidemlo of lnfluensa In the United
8tates caused mors deaths than oc
curred among the American expedi
tionary forces from, all causes from
the time . the first unit . landed ia
Francs until hostilities ceased. .
This announcement today by the
eensus bureau waa based on unofficial
estimates ot the total casualties among
the overseas forces and reporta from
46 cities having a combined popula
tion of 13,000,000, which showed 83,
SOI deaths from lnfluensa and pneu
monia from September I to Novem
ber 9. ;;-"",'
Normally these cities would have
had 4,000 deaths from these causes
during this period, It was said, leaving
Approximately 78,000 as the number
properly chargeable to the epidemic.
"The total casualties in the Ameri
can expeditionary forces," said the an
nouncement, "have recently been un
officially estimated at 100,000. On the
basis of the number thus far reported,
it may be assumed that the deaths
from all causes, including disease and
accidents, are probably less than 4S
per cent and may not be more than
40 per cent of the total casualties. On
this assumption, the loss of life In the
American expeditionary forces to date
is about 40,000 or 45,000.Hv-'
Ths total of deaths due to the In
fluents epidemic in this country is not
known, the announcement said, as
only the 49 cities tor which figures
were given report vital statistics to
the census bureau. The greatest mor
tality due tp the epidemlo, in propor
tion to -population, was 7.4 per thou
sand in 'Philadelphia : and: the next
greatest, 0.7 per thousand was report
e.4 from ffaltlmore -1 ,i . ; .
BERLIN DISPATCH, SAYS ; ;
;lIWUii:IIIIL.M- .. V
.PlSSOLVE-ARMISTICf
Washington Authorities , Den
1 Report 'Thit Wilson Has Sent
' Note About Bolshevikl In Ber-
lin. - -
' Copenhagen, 'Nov. ,17. According
to a Berlin dispatch to The Berllng
ske Tldende, President Wilson has in
formed the German government that
maintenance of law and order Is a
prerequisite of the armistice, and that
it the Russian bolshevik representa
tives are received in Berlin the armis
tice agreement wIJI be dissolved.
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v Washington, Nov. 17. It was stated
authoritltattvely tonight that Germany
has not been informed by. President
Wilson that the armistice will be de
nounced If the Russian bolshevik rep
resentatives are received in Berlin.
No reference has been made . to
the Russian bolshevikl in any of the
diplomatic correspondence between
Washington and Berlin, It Waa said,
nor has the new German government
been Informed that the maintenance
of law ad order is a. prerequisite Of
the -armistice. - ...'.--. 1 ,?
The only reference to the disturbed
state of affairs In Germany made by
the President was said to have been
contained In Secretary Lansing's note
of last Wednesday Informing the Ger
man government that the president
was ready to consider and take up
with the allies the matter ot supplying
food, to Germany provided he could
be assurred that "public order is be
lng and will continue to, be main
tained." . ." .
It was assumed here that the Ber
lin dispatch to The Berlingske Tldende
was based on this' note.
NEARLY $125,000,000
:T0 BE RAISED YET IN
; UNITED WAR WORK DRIVE
One Half-of thi $250,000,000
. Asked for ts to Be Raised in
Three Days, if St AIL , ,
New York. Nov. 17.-WIth. only
three days left to work, the united
war work campaign committee faced
tonight the necessity of raising $124.
009,050, to provide the seven war re
lief organixatfons with the $3(0,000.
000 they need to keep the American
armv and navy, happy until 'demoblll-
sation;.- :i!M'l-w:,.i;;':
Official subscription tonight totalled
$125,000,850, or aporoximatelv 7, per
cent of the original $170,500,900 ask
ed, but nothing short of a 50 -per cent
over-subscription will satisfy the offi
cials,' they declare. . ryx-j&
On the basis of theiorlglnat sum
asked. 20 states have Reported them
selves "over the top," a few of these
having1 passed the 60 per cent over
subscription .asked of all states.
The eastern, states continued to lag.
however, some" of their percentages as
given out by the committee ' tonight
being, as follows; i-n v;
J New York; 0; New- Jersey, MJ;
Pennsylvania,' outside of Philadelphia.
AO; District ot Columbia. 38; Virginia,
7ft; Massachusetts, -88; Rhode Island,
80. " , ' . . . , , -.
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1 sniPWSIKKlXG COXDITIOX.
St. Johns, N. F., Nov. , 17. A radio
message received here today from the
British steamer Cascapedia.. of ths
Federal line, ssld she was In a sink
ing condition off Cape Race. - No fur
ther ; particulars wre- given." It was
thought here the ship Was danmgpd in
the hvrrloanewlilch swept this coast
the 1a;.t 24 hours. , .
ww
1 1
Participated in Erinclnj
' many, to Her Kn:::.
PART PLAYED BY F0RCE3
OF AMERICA 0UTLI..ED
Full Story Not Heretofore Tc!d
. ; for Military Reasons.
REPORTS "BUT FRAGMENTARY
Argonne Operations the Crux of
Jthe War; Reduction of St
. Mihlel Salient ImDortant
Paris, Nov. 17, (By the Associated
Pre.) Out of the confoslon. and
daxe of the crowding military eventa '
on the western batUellne since late In
Sepfcmbcr, when battle, followed bat
tie until from Flanders to Verdun
tnere was ceaseless action, It la now
permlssiblo to outline to a certain ex
tent the Dart nlaved hr ttut AnupW- -
armies In the final decisive battle of
the war, which ended with tbe armis
tice of last Monday. : ? . - k
Mima reasons ' - heretofore havo
prevented accentuating the : accom
plbhments of the Americans, except
In a most general manner. ' The din- ;
patches from the Seld have ; befn '
necessarily fragmentary and possihlr
were overshadowed by -the account
of tlie more, dramatic operations ovr
nwionc oauierronts to the wesr.
But it now -may be stated that 21
American divisions, totalling morn
than 750,000 American combnt troopt.
participated In the action befftnnim-
September te, known variously as th
roiuo oi uie Argonne and the battlo
Of tho Men SC. but Which hlatorrr nnr -'
call Sodanthe battle that brought
Germany to. her knees and as far nn
numan r foresight ; goes ended tho
world's bloodiest and costliest war. . '
; , n dm of tho.;WarVV--Wi
In order to understand th mttifur
situation which made the Argonne op--
erniron, msr eri)x or thai war. : lt in
necessary to go back to-ths reduction
of the St. :Mllviel salient in the middle
of September. - .Thlst hrlUlant Amerl
icarl achiever ent 1 si '.'I fresh Ii h!-
hmenaoiiig"aiimy a oeteji&ivs i-fdjo.nuii"
lowara veraun , and - weakened tha
enemy's defensive y . threatening
Meta, oq of Germany's two greatest
advance railway ;! centers for. di.
trlbutinr troops and euppUes along
the Montmedy-Sedaq line.--H .
Meta also, was the-pivot On which
the 'ensmy swung through Belgium
into France and therefore obviously
it was the pivot on which his retire
ment must binge. The Argonne, the
next step below here, threatened the
great railway arteries running west
ward from Mett.
s German Power Overcome. -i.with
the conclusion ot the St.
Mihlel action,, the steady Inflow of
American forces, caused a displace
ment of power as between the alUed
and .German armtea; Thus It ; no
longer was necessary to pursue a
policy of reducing a salient or nib
bllng at lt: The American troops had
shown what they eould do.. ;
t A broader policy of general atta ck
along the entire line was then adopted
and the high command called- upon
General Pershing,to Uke the Argonne
sector, admittedly one of the most,
if not entirely the most, difficult on
the whole front The broken terrain,
the topography and the lack ot roads
made a problem difficult to describe.
Uermany had in four years fortified
irto the last degree of mUitarr skill, l
with superb roads, both rail and mo
tor, connecting up to ths rear .posi
tions and bases.
The outstanding feature of the Ar
gonne forest is a long chain "of hills
running north' and south, covered
with a dense growth of trees and
undergrowth, making an advance dif
ficult and offering superb defensive
qualities. ; Virtually no roads exist In
the forest except for a few transversal
passes running east and west. . The
soil is such that the, least rain covers
it into a slippery, miry mess. In othpr
words the physical condition ts suJh
that the line of attack for an ad
vancing army is, limited to valleys,
chief among which Is that of the Aire
river. - ...',
,..'. Mo ntmedy -Sedan Line Taken.
From the edge of the forest, where
the resistance was viciously strong,
the - enemy possessed ' Innumerable
flanking" positions. But beyond this
difficult region lay the Montmedy
Sedan line, which was recently, cap
tured, A German order described it
as Vour life artery." It represented
one-half of the German rail supjitv
on the western front. It meant death
If cutt ' 1
The "high command told Pershlrr
to cut It. The American ,rst army w j
put in motion from St. Mihlel. Ii
nine days ft was on the Argonne read
for an attempt, the failure ot v. hi
might mean disaster and th surer i
of which would give Untold re wult.
This quick movement of sn enor
mous body of, men, the estaU. v- -t
of a new line of supply ana a.; t a
complicated military prernr?
was regarded with pride by the Ar or
lean commanders.
- The Americans knew wh-t c -fronted
them. Thev reaHr li.it t'
was no second St. Mihlel. t ut. sa -
terprise at which other r
balked for four years. 1
that there was to be for
to rank with the first 1
Marne, with Ver ? ;i,;.u
and the Chemln 1 1 d'
knew, that on tur i
fate of the rcpt v
of the front. Iff
enemy must gh- v
he held he coul 1 '
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