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E CHAM TTE EW SUNDAY AND EVENING CHRONICLE PAGES TODAY DITION GREATER CHARLOTTE'S HOME NEWSPAPER' EW Established, OsIIt. 1SS8 Snadity, 1910. Hit fT5"iG CHnOXICLE Established. J.903. CHARLOTTE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 27, 1918. THE CHARLOTTE NEWS f ConnnllilBfrtl I T"T T1"B7 TT"17"T rf"1T7"Vrmn THE EVENIAG CHRONICLE 1 May 8. 1914. t A AVI.Vj.Cj JljD t-Cii JLOk If ran ILO E DIPLOMA TIC COUNCIL HAS IG PO WERS PEACE AND WAR IN HANDS F W MEN ... i. AVJ11 Vta Writ inn T 1 vcrn nr iVi r Poro -kf TTief r tv as Turning Point Comes With the Council of Al lied Representatives in Europe Over Terms for an Armistice TrHneton, Oct. 26. The coming week will be written nn fhp rjaee oi nisiury as a. new turning point in tne war the week will come the assembling of a great inter-al ii. y -i n-f Viicfnw n a o now tiirni'nnr nm'n f in fVio 11-0 t afCx tui i-iiv. t- , ... i 1 of Vovc oil Iocs Out of this council is expected to issue a statement of unity . 'purposes, squaring with the terms of peace President 1 ffJir3.T1C6'i. .AIK iiuni, cuv-ii t un,iin.iiv w j. uuiij ib ili aoouiiicu , i iliruier. miuui idiii umig m .icvcivjli agi cement s international authorities uation, the diplo ic-.! wiirti Hence, a IJ" ... . r Ji -atic council will ne ine luunduiuu which will ret cither continued ;-ar with Germanv or crnciaiun ui cm rrnistice amounting to dereat or, hd surrender by Germany. Military and diplomatic agents oi '-e allies and America nave Deen rninz freely in France tins week hi Colonel House has spread quiet- I -J 1 Vin? h- the doctrines rresiueut ujuu u lareed h:ra with disseminating, adn he military men are already pretty rell informed as to what sort of an ill snd- . ...... The view here is tnai iue kssion at versaine? m nuu. di es and the United btates m accora, irh nnlv minor matters to untangle. Ua while it i- the accepted view hre that the allies will consent to xiaz the military folk arrange an raistice. Lnitea rress caoies muaj -riei the impression from Paris fat there may be a slip in the pro ten that the allies will, instead, no more talk with the German more war. If Germany has any hope of cling- to Alsace-Lorraine by dickering the peac&jtahle, she is.iieaUaeuLto appointment. The United States believes, the ighting of the wrong" done Alsace 1ST1 can be remedied only by re- tming that territory to France and l.!l maintain that stand. :ame signs that Germany enter- ins thoughts of bartering about Al- ce-Lorraiae weie evident in the Hrman foreiza secretarv's latest eech as reported in unofficial ca- Germany i now striving to make it pear that she ha-s completely re- rined: that she is honest in all she 73 and does, according to the inter- etatioa generally placed on Vice ancellor Payers latest remarks 1 Soli's declaration that Germanv ill loyally follow the President's f?ce course. That she is anxious for peace is a one conclusion; that her official ve attained suddenly the virtue of aesty, however, is not admitted re. 5 a ?TTal iu?t back from France -t a today he personally believed Ger J any will now take the armistice's rut she will get no better P. he pointed out. adding that the Is i in mpn motojoi i i.u -araitti emu money on -wea win De tremendous if the 'inn " a kno' out-vM-knocko'Jt is the only thing ycace i'S not concluded J. t is generally rnnrMf-H llud"1116111 repeated that ytrvised that the al- -6.cedi..ie to submitting an litarvrr, '4 it uBiievea tne -v-ic lauisr wen miorm- GICNDPRE SCENE OF FIGHTING Americans Have the Advan tage and Germans Are Being Pushed Back in Gradual Retirement. By FRED S. FERGUSON, United Press Staff Correspindent. With the American Armies in France, Oct. 26. The total German casualties inflicted by the American first army in the past month were estimated tonight at more than 70, 000. The Americans have engaged 3iJ divisions, and have decisively beaten three of the existing guard divisions. With the American Armies in France, Oct. 26. Stubborn fighting is . - ' .,- - proceeding from "theregion. of Grand Pre eastward to the vicinity of Bam- villers. Attacks and conter attacks succeed each other rapidly with the Americans having the advantage. The battle is particulaly violent north of Grand Pre, w-here the Geramns have been driven out of Bourgogne wood, and northwest of Bantheville. In the latter region the opposing armies are strug gling for possession of an important ridge from which the boches are grad ually being shoved. In the past 24 hours the Americans have advanced more than a mile along the heights beyond Bantheville, driv ing the enemy out of a maze of ma chine gun nests. The battle is being fought in the cold mud, the Americans repulsing counter attacks, moving forward by inches on their stomachs, picking the Germans' rifle firing. When this slow progress brings them close enough to the emplacement for a dash, they spring forward and use the bayonet on the gunners. A new German division has made its appearance east of the Meuse. Ac cording to prisoners, it was ordered to prevent the Americans from gaining certain important heights at all costs if it could not prevent them from crossing, to throw them back across the river. The latter attempt was a complete failure. ERMANS HOLDING WD FIGHTING BACK - nny is Putting Up Bitter Struggle Against the Alufnpanw' T,.4l n ir... i i j 1T.1J c.r o Aiuiin ui veraun, seeKing 10 xiom in oaie- A h,-tt ltal nf Tnrwi . r d to rpiin Y luai mu?b f ea asainc I- 1 ul3Usincetne tide enprol ?st hm July 18. 0this&,chi?f.of staff- Point- ty the chilies Heel and Prevent Long Retreat. Xe n!L0n' Ct 26.-Four hundred h Wn ftf itory, long held fro Zr: were grab- tins a t ? , lCb the Past week, a lOial nr 7 firm enerai v uim Ju' oMhl?n,ficant fact today in a dQflln: ek S militnrv nnoi-o . - - -. . v . i j VMC1C1- Vr. uld'- the hip- nral hnlt Pt'for a I10. had been rescued Castor, e miles square, the s 'h!,hsca"t. ir-? ou"-f e revealed that r officer . , policy o relieving a:ent ), "ls cntry the de- ilahan ' U; ' J'-dwards, Cameron. 3M n..., VJ"lilclu" - Hade pn .-. 1 Ka11 of whom ' fcal tlnZ ' f records abroad, funj,,.. sPlenrlidv." ho c-iH ILIn(lif-atPi tv, out the depart int trainin. l ,heir retum to im- "as in no K 1U .lDls coun- r. it. nut- J 1 ot thf . atner a ternr,!, "se a reflection on .i r rn . . rat iar"t that thev " i&" recogni 3 Ktrain- E. F. work and f 4 1 -i of A nW u abroaTre serviceabIe General Edwards' health is known to return, is now out of a hospital and ready for active duty with the A. E. F. General Edwarlds' health is known to have been affected a long time, and officers here have been surprised that the strain of war service did not bring on a return of a serious throat trou ble with which he suffered some years ago. General Buck recently received the D. S. C. for gallantry in action; Bundy as fifth corps commander dis tinguished himself; while the others, too, have proven their worth in active fightng service. General March noted that in Bel gium the allied holdings were Increas ed during the week to 1,300 square miles, five times as much as that held July 18. "In front of our own troops in the Argonne a very large mass of German troops has been concentrated," he said, "since it is imperative for -the enemy to protect the railroad which rnus from Meziers down to Metz." This line is the main artery for Ger many to the west front, and this ex plains the unusually heavy concentra tion there. March said the Italian drive had net ted over 5,000 prisoners in two days. AIRPLANE SERVES AS A PULPIT IN THE BATTLE ZONE 5f 1 v,rsL r S T7w x 4 JirM- ft'x- -vl few. PVs, Jfiis-v 5 s 3 Army chaplains at the front have to adapt themselves to circum stances. While the spirit of their teaching remains the same, its ex ternal accessories vary greatly ac cording to conditions. Chuch, altar and pulpit take strange forms. In this particular variety of "church" the preacher is seen using an air plane as his pulpit. SHI NE WE P SINKS; ARL Y 300 NTD STEAMER FOUNDERS ALASKAN WATERS J-'"M'.'l'iiiiillliiiMilitliilAt I H ll'r ii,illll.iliniilil,ll.ill.liliiii.i li i i, u'liiL Wi.i.l.i.fLIJin. 1.11'IMiiiuiiihV' : , , (td(.lw Jjf"S ' ( .!...,,....,,.M' , .g.::Mva,.-v..a.- vt .,..i. v - - EDWARD K. GRAHAM DIES AT UNIVERSITY President of State School, Distinguished Educator of South and Native of Charlotte Passes Away at Chap el Hill from Effects of Influenza Interment at Pres ent Home Likely. Dr. Edward K. Graham, president of the University of North Carolina, passed away at Chapel Hill at 7:30 -o'clock last night following an illness of one week. Influenza, followed by complications, was the cause of death. The news of President Graham's death reached the city early, and caused profound sorrow wherever the intelligence was heard. As a former Charlotte citizemPresidenWUaJbam was eiraown here and' he" Tisid hun dreds of friends and acquaintances. To every one of these his death came as a severe shock. It was learned early in the after noon that Dr. Graham was critically ill at Chapel Hill, but it was confident ly hoped that his illness was not fatal. While it was known to immediate rel atives here that he was very ill, yet the news that he was dead was un expected. It was said last night that hope was entertained for his recov ery till noon Saturday. With President Graham when the Lend came., was . his eisierMiss .Mary O. Graham, president of Peace' Insti tute at Raleigh. Miss Graham had been with her brother for nearly a week, going from Raleigh to Chapel Hill soon after ..learning of his ill ness, which began last Sunday. Archibald Graham, father of Presi dent Graham, and Archie Graham, Jr., brother of the deceased, will leave Charlotte this morning for Chapel (Continued on Page Two.) GERMANY IS LOSING RAPIDLY AID FOR FUND IS ASKED Red Cross Calls on Mem bers to Unite in Campaign in November for Money. Atlanta, Ga. 2p, Oct. 26. At the American Red Cross council meeting held in Washington October 25 the following official minutes were adopt ed: "The war council of the American Red Cross urges the utmost co-operation from chapters and members throughout the country with the united work .campaign during the week of November 11 to 18, which is to be held in support of the seven recreational organizations endorsed by the national government. These organizations are of inestimable im portance and every American citizen should support their campaign gener ously wholeheartedly." . In line with the above appeal the war council calls attention of the Red Cross chapters, workers and members to the statement of assistant secretary of war Keppel, in . which he says "it is natural that the organizations re sponsible for providing recreational facilities to troops merge their cam paigns inasmuch as they are engaged in a common program of service. Bal ancing this united drive in the fall (Continued on Page Two.) AIRPLANE IS CALLED WONDER Senate Committee is Told of New Bombing Craft Which Makes 180 Miles a nHour. Washington, Oct. 26. American genius has produced an airplane which may stand out as one of the war's greatest, inventions, members of the (Continued on Page Nine.) -vr -vv 'i$ '"' '' ' -:! NEW AVIATION RECORD. New York,, Oct. 26. Sergeant Coombs of Hazlehurst Field, Long Island, established a new ifc record and won the flight to the Statue of Liberty and return to" the army aviation carnival at Belmont Park this afternoon. He covered the thirty-six miles in 5$ 15 minutes and 30 seconds. -T? Nearly one hundred aviators participated in the biggest air carnival held since 1910. More than 8,000 witnessed the flyers )'? from the seven camps on Long Island show their prowess in athletic contests and aerial ma neuvering. w -y- v" - r r , vi'i" " . . "m- -ii- '.ii -if- " r General March Shows That Allies Have Retaken 7,000 Square Miles of Territory Recently. BY ED. L. KEEN, United Press Staff Correspondent. London, Oct. 26. The Germans are apparently fighting better than at any time for several weeks. . Their resistance is more stubborn along the whole west front. . Large hauls 'of prisoners have been made in the last , fewajra, and -.seti era! villarges ave.TSeen"' captured," but at no point have . the Germans given ground voluntarily, . the allies having to fight, and fight hard, for every yard gained. The most bitter struggle is going on north of Verdun, where the Americans and Germans are swaying back and forth over a most difficult terrain, in a desperate battle for a commanding series of ridges on both sides of the Meuse. The enemy realizes this is the most vital point in his lines, a veritable Achilles heel, and is measuring the importance of this ground in the ex penditure of a staggering toll in man power. Once the Stenay gap is reach ed the German retreat across the (Continued on Page Two.) CONGRESS SEETHES IN HEAT BRITISH BATTLE FOR FAMOUS FORTRESS BY LOWELL MELLETT, United Press Staff Correspondent. With the British Armies in France, Oct. 26. The second battle of Mau beuge is being fought 15 miles to the westward of that famous fortress city. The Germans are strongly de fending the western outskirts of Mormal forest and the line of the Little Rhonelle, which flows north ward from the forest through Valen ciennes. It is apparent that the admonitions of the German high command to fight hard now and avoid a humiliating peace are having their effects on the men, who are fighting with the same doggedness they displayed early in the summer. If the enemy elects to hold Mor mal forest, its conauest is expected to furnish a hard task. It is an ad mirable location for machine gun operations. It extends northwestward for more than ten miles, almost to the outer ring of forts surrounding Maubeuge. The Germans are holding up any flanking movement north of the forest by their determined grasp on Lequesnoy. Further north, the British advanced toward Mons has been halted before the powerfully defended village of Conde. East of that village the ad vance will be rendered even more dif ficult by a great swamp which strad dles the Mons canal for more than four miles. The British and French north of Tournai are, gradually extending, their gains along the Scheldt and drawing close to Audenarde. Republicans and Democrats Get in Tart Attacks on Each Other Following Wilson's Appeal. (By L. C. Martin, United Press Staff Correspondent.) Washington, Oct. 26. Congress to day seethed and boiled as republicans aand democrats prepared to heap fires under the political cauldron next week. Republicans will begin a "series of appeals to the country . immediately to offset President Wilson's plea for election of a democratic congress. Chairamn Ferris of the democratic congressional committee, added fuel to the flames tonight with a statement that republicans want control, "to re write any treaty the president and allied statesmen may agree on and wipe from the statute books the great progree&sive measures enacted dur ing the Wilson administration." A republican congress, he added, would pass "the old laws of special privileges and build up in this coun try a system of junkerism such as has been the curse of Germany." Republicanas were awaiting a "keynote" statement from Chairman Will Hays of the republican national committee. Meantime they vented their feelings today upon Representa tive Heflin, Alabama, who inserted in the congressional record the text of the president's appeal. Chairman Fess of the republican congressional committee, in a state ment tonight, assailed Heflin 's action as indicative of the "obstructive methods in legislation employed by certain elements from the south." When Heflin's action in inserting the president's statement was ques tioned, he raised a point of no quo rum. "The six billion dollar deficiency bill, the order of business, was held up," Fess declared. Uncle Joe Can non, in a passionate plea, appealed to the southern members, in the. name of the boys who were fighting and dying at the front, not to obstruct (Continued on Paee Nlnd.) YANKEES' ADVANCE HELPING Americans Have Made Pocket of German Front West of the Meuse Simi lar to St. Mihiel. "Cedar" Makes Effort to Go to Rescue, But Gales, Heavy Seas and Snowstorm Hold Her Back and She Reports by Wireless "No Survivors Known." Vancouver, B. C, Oct. 26. With more than 300 personsC aboard, the Canadian Pacific coasting steamer Princess Sophia'f foundered in Alaskan waters Thursday, according to messages' received here today. : "-'v'-ciV Her 268 passengers are lost, stated a wireless message from the U. S. Cedar, which figured in heroic efforts to reach the sinking ship through northerly gales, heavy seas and a blinding snowstorm. The crew of fifty ore more are also be lieved lost, the Cedar reporting "no survivors so far as known." The government vessel reported finding of one woman's body and four upturned life boats on Lincoln Island, but no sign of life. The Sophia struck the treacherous reef at 3 a. m. Thursday, only a few hours after leav.ing Skagway with a large passen ger list of Klodikers on their way out for the winter. The U. S. S. Cedaf reached the scene by Thursday even ing and was joined later by the U. S. S. Peterson. Other small vessels had been standing by helpless to aia on account of the storm. Battling against the blizzard Friday morning the Cedar got within 400 yards of the Sophia, but anchors woNjd not hold, and the Cedar was driven back by the heavy sea. Friday afternoon the Sophia's wire less spoke, "We are sinking." The Cedar made full speed toward her through the blinding snow storm but could not find her, said the wireless report reaching here. Returning to the scene Saturday morning the Cedar found only the foremast of the Sophia showing. The Cedar is still at the scene together with other vessels, on the lookout for any possible survivors. Seventeen years ago the steamer Islander foundered near the spot where the Sophia struck. Fifty-seven persons perished in the Islander wreck. .. , : The wireless report from thb Ctedar follOWS ii i .hrtaipy v-:V--tJ'--;'',g:i r "U. S. S.' Cedar, via steamer Burn side: ,v . . "Cedar standing, byfat5? p. m., 24th, but impossible get near vessel on ac count of northerly gales and heavy sea. Two hundred and seventy pass engers lost. "Cedar got within four hundred yards yesterday morning, but anchors would not hold, and sea drove her away. Last night Sophia told us they were sinking. "Cedar made full speed to her through blinding snow storm, but could not find her. - "Last heard from Sophia, was at five o'clock. No survivors so far as known. "Cedar returns to scene of wreck early this morning. Forced to anchor until daylight. At 8:30 reported only foremast showing. "No sign of wreckage or life. "Cedar found body of cne woman and four boats upturned on Lincoln' Island, no sign of life. Cedar still at scene of wreck. "The King and Wing, a gasoline boat, is still in vicinity, also U. S. S. Peterson.'' (By J. W. T. Mason United Press War Expert.) New York, Oct. 26. The American progress north of Verdun toward the Luxemburg gateway out of France has been the most important result of this week's fighting. Along the west front by capturing Bourgone wood, which is the northern continuation of the Argonne Massif, the Americans have made a pocket of the German front west of the Meuse. The salient is smaller in size, but similar in forma tion to the St. Mihiel wedge. General Pershing's immediate ob pective is thus to duplicate, west or the Meuse, the tactics he so success fully employed at St. Mihiel. When this, .operation is concluded, the Amer icans .will be in possession of Buzan. cy, the only large village remaining west of the Meuse and south of the great communication center . of Ste nay, opposite the Luxemburg border. The difficulties, encountered by the Americans in this week's fighting have been severely felt, but they have not deterred General Pershing from pushing tba combat -along his entire front- which has now been extended thirty miles. The Americans have to go but little further before the Ste nay high road into Luxemburg and the Metz-Luxemburg railway are made useless to the Germans by long range bombardment. On the rest of the west front, Von Hindenburg's resistance is again stiff ening, presumably because Berlin be lieves peace negotiations may be as sisted by a demonstration that some power s.till remains in the German army. This is a dangerous policy to play, however, in view of the progress by the Americans toward Luxemburg. If the Germans remain clinging to any considerable area in France and western Belgium, when the Americans get to Stenay, a catastrophe is certain to overtake Von Hindenburg's efforts to get his army back home through the sole remaining gateway across the Meuse via Liege and Namur. Von Hindenburg's reluctance to hasten his retirement to the German border, therefore, contains a greater hope for the allies than for the Kaiser. The sudden development of an al (Continued on Page Two.) THE KAISER'S DECISION. London, Oct. 26. "Now the future of Germany depends upon the Kaiser's decision," says the Frankfurter Zei tung, according to a Copenhagen dis patch. "We hope he will make a speedy and clever decision." REPORT IS AUSTRIA WILL DEMOBILIZE German Papers Also Openly Discuss Possibility of Ab dication, of Kaiser as an Allied Requirement Before Peace Can be Brought About Solf Agrees to Discuss Alsace-Lorraine. Copenhagen, Oct. 26. Rep'orts of preparation for demobilization of the Austrian army; of German newspapers openly discussing the possible abdica tion of the kaiser; and of the reich stag being informed that Germany really intends to carry out President Wilsons fourteen peace principles came out of the central empires to day, together with advices indicating the kaiser's government is fearful of committing itself further by answer ing Wilson's last note before the allies state their armistice terms. German newspapers are editorially debating whether it is necessary for the kaiser to abdicate to insure peace, nronrdinff to' information received here. An official dispatch from Vienna also reached this city in wmcn it was asserted that preparations were being made to demobilize Emperor Karl's armies. Messages from Berlin quoted For eign "Secretary Solf as having inform ed the reichstag that the German gov ernment emphatically repudiates the suggestion that it has no intention of honestly carryins out Wilson's prin ciples. With regard to Alsace-Lorraine, Solf told the reichstag that as this is expressly mentioned in the fourteen points, Germany agrees to regulate the question by peace nego tiations. Germany, said Solf, intends loyally and with complete justice and fairness to fill Wilson's program. A republic was openly demanded in the reichstag by Herr Dittman in the first speech made by him since his release from jail, said a dispatch to the 'Hague: Meetings have been held by independent socialists all over Ger many to agitate for a republic. . MOONEY'S CASE UP. Washington, Oct. 26 The life of Thomas J. Mooney today was placed in the hands of the United States su preme court through Mooney's peti tion for a review of his case. It Is the first murder case of nation-wide interest to come before the highest court of the land, since the Leo Frank appeal three years ago. Mooney, San Francisco labor leader, was ' found guilty of murder in connection with the San Francisco preparedness pa rade dynamiting on memorial day, 1916. . i. ? i; i", i . I .ti. 'i'i ,i 1' e-
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