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BUT.' LIBERTY BONDS AS YOU VALUE YOUR L'IBEHTY2 IP J BUY LIBERTY BONDS g? .5775,100 'A. JL. . 11 Weather For North Cerojlaa Probably rain tonight and Bat nrdy; cooler Saturday) fmh BortlicaKt winds on the count., VOL. 25. NO. 281. HIGH POINT, N. G, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 1 8, 1 9 1 8. FIVE CENTS. N F BASE, TA I - . rfV II III II . PjP ; Will mm m LAST a BOA' m s. 1 road to Brussels opened by SUCCESS OF ALLIED FORCES IN BELGIUM: HUN MACHINE LIMPS CHANCE OF FUTURE Although Three Great Cities Have Been Delivered From Enemy, Military Expert Be lieve Allied Success One of the Great Possibilities. WHOLE GERMAN DEFENSE , SYSTEM TO MEUSE SHAKES Way Back to Germany Through Two Bottle Necks, One of ' Which is Already Partly t Blocked Efforts Cen ter on Crown Prince. Paris, Oct. 18. Lille, Douai and Ostend, three great cities, have bam delivered from the enemy. Tula is the most glorious day for the allied Ultras since the battle of the Marne t and it fittingly terminates a wonder ful battle of three months which was opened by General Mangln's victo rious counter offensive on July 18. Many cities have been liberated and hundreds of square miles of territory have been retaken. Results have been splendid. But .the victory In Belgium Is not II. The British south of Le Cateau have broken into the German posi tions and now threaten the Hund lng line. The whole German defense system eastward to the Meuse is In peril. As the first result of forcing the Germans back to the Ghent-Tournal-Valenciennea line during yesterday's lighting, has been to sap tho enemy's defenses before they are able to teach them further south, without exaggeration it may be said that the possibilities of the future are even wore important than the actual re sults obtained, splendid though they The road to Brussels Is open. Ac cording to latest advices the French and Belgian tirmles are advancing rapid toward Bruges and Ghent. The cgpture of Ostend makes it possible jK land reinforcements and to throw powerful forces against the right wing of the German army. General von Arnlm's army is no' longer strong enough to sustain oper ations on the extended front from the French to the Dutch frontier. It Is therefore reasonable to expect its march across Belgium will be rapid and that King Albert will be able to ro.oT.toi- hia canltal earlier than hoped. At the very moment the Flanders battle was won another offensive was started In the direction of Hlrson and Vervins by Anglo-American and French forces. Their object is to take the armies of the crown prince tnder the shelter of the Hunding line" on the flank and condemn them to an early retreat toward Ardennes across the front of the powenui ai lied right wing. '.' s , The way back to Germany lies through two bottle-necks separated ' by Ardennes the one between Liege and Dinant and the other between Montmedy and Verdun. The latter Is already partly blocked. 7 ' While It may be admitted that the 'Germans are fighting well and are conducting their retreat with great skill, sober military opinion here Is that the great German military ma chine Is In danger of collapse at no very distant date. WAR 19 COMING TO END IN A -MANNER HUNS DON'tf LIKE Amsterdam, Oct. 18. "The war Is coming to an end and in such i a manner as no man in Germany de t rires." said the Vorwaerta of Berlin, "US on Monday. J'Let s say ii canaia ly," the newspaper continues, "dur ing all these terrible four years the aim b'fouirVfforU and"sacrIflcerwaS o prsvent such an end." EXCEEDS RESULTS Physicians Are Requested to Report All Influenza Cases to Police All physicians of the city are requested by City Manager Mur phy to report all influenza cases under their care and observation to the police department as early as possible, giving names and street numbers in order that the city may have definite know ledge of the extent of the dis ease and its Increase or decrease from day to day. All houses wherein there are cases of Span ish influenza will be placarded for the knowledge, benefit and protection of the public. The zealous and unanimous cooperation of the physicians is urged in this - matter so that more intensive cmobatant work may be immediately launched aginst a further spread of the epidemic. All physicians report ing cases are asked to do so over telephone 71. The gathering of the statistics is placed in the hands-of the police because of the continued illness of the city physician. 6 Gasoline Stations and Garages In cluded in Amendment to the Health Ordinance Shop Early Saturday. It is not probable that the garages and gasoline stations of the city will be back on the Job agin Sunday, even though the ban on Sunday rid ing has been lifted by the fuel ad ministration. After several rideless Sundays it is probable that automo biles will be out in force on the com ing Sabbath but motorists should buy their gasoline early Saturday as the amendment to the city ordinance passed yesterday includes garages and gasoline stations In that is spe cifically mentions "all business places." In other words gas sta tions must close at 6 o'clock this evening and at 7 o'clock Saturday and remain closed until Monday morning. For five or six Sundays the public In general refrained from riding at the request of the fuel admiinatra tion so that gasoline might be con served. In the announcement of the revokation of the request yesterday Fuel Administrator Garfield stated that should the shortage again be come serious the request would be reneated. In the main there has been general compliance with the request but certain persons, by their willfulness to ride, established for themselves reputations with the pa triotic element that will be heard to Jive down. All can ride Sunday, however, if they do their gas shopping early. Questionnaires Go To Men of Another Class Immediately , . if Washington, Oct. lg."-Quesilon aires' for men ot 37 to 4 6 and 18 years ot age classes in the draft were ordered released today by Provost Marshal General Crowder In all local board districts where the classifi cation of other groups has been com pleted. L. This will affect more than one half the territory of hte United States, progress having been more rapid' tha nexpected In classification work. - Local boards sending ; out ques- CAN MOTOR SUNDAY IF YOU HAVE GAS t!onriarriaBeeIea8e0Tercentn a day. aEBRUGGE LAST OF SUBMARINE BASES Was Second in Importance to Os tend Which Fell Yesterday Bruges, Important City, is Also Taken Today by Vic torious Allied Army. BELGIAN CAVALRY CLOSE ON RETREATING GERMANS Two of the Three Lines Germans Prepared to Halt on in Retreat From Belgium Are Already Broken and the Third is Threatened. London, via Montreal, Oct. 1 8. -Zeebrugge, the port of Bruges, and the second important Ger man submarine base on the Bel gian coast, has' been occupied by allied forces. Bruges, seven miles south of Zeebrugge, has been evacuated by the Germans, according to in formation received at Belgian army headquarters. Belgian infantry entered the city of Bruges today. Turcoing is Taken. London, Oct. 18. Turcoing, a city six miles northeast of Lille, has been entered by, British troops according to the Evening News. Chasing the Germans. London, Oct. 18. (1 p. m.) (By Associated Press.) Belgian cavalry is pursuing the retreating enemy in the Flanders front today with the object of cutting off his retreat to Ghent. The artillery is following swiftly and is carrying out a vigor ous bombardment with the same ob ject. The town of Blankenburghe, on the Belgian coast southwest of Zee- brungge, was occupied by the allied forces today. Begin New Retreat. Paris, Oct. 18. The Germans have begun a new retirement move ment in the area between the Oise and the Serre rivers, between Laon and Cambral, according to an official statement from the war office today. French troops advancing from Achery and Cholgny are in pursuit of the German rear guards. Anguil court has been occupied by the French. In the Argonne region the French have crossed the Aisne near Vouz- lers. Fighting continues in the area west of Grand Pre. Two of Three Lines Broken. With the French Army in Flan ders, Oct. 18. (Havas) In plan ning1 for their retreat from Belgium the Germans had prepared three successive lines upon each of which they intended to halt and reform. According to a captured German offi cer the two first lines already have been broken by the allied advance and the third one will be reached within a few days. Evacuating Allied Land. London, Oct. 18. The evacuation ot the territory of Serbia, Albania and Montenegro by the forces of the central powers has been begun, ac cording to a dispatch from Vienna rorwaraea ny tne Amsteraam cor respondent of the Central - News agency. -, Loan Nearer Home ; Stretch; Not Quite Two Billion Needed Washington, Oct. 18.- The fourth Liberty loan today neared the home stretch ot the campaign with $4,- 250,000 subscribed and $1,750, 000, 000 to be raised in the two days remaining. - Despite the tremendous unsub scribed balance campaigners through out the country reported today that l ing less than over subscribing. IIS Allied Forces ' Pushing Rapidly After the Retreating Enemy, Take Many Additional TownsAllies Advanc ing on Ghent STEADY PRESSURE OF THE BRITISH IS MAINTAINED French Are Attempting a Move in the Champagne Sector That Will Be of Great As sistance to the American Forces There. (By the Associated Press.) The German withdrawal from west Belgium and the coastal region shows no signs of halting. Allied forces are rapidly pushing after the retreating enemy and additional cit ies and towns have been occupied. From Lille southward the German retreat is not so rapid, but the Brit ish maintain steady pressure all along the line east of Cambrai. Fur ther south the enemy is retreating from the angle between the Oise and the Serre rivers. Zeebrugge, the. second and last of the submarine bases on the coast is reported to be occupied by British forces, probably naval units, and. the enemy is re ported to have 'evacuated Bruges, which the Belgian cavalry is ap proaching. In the center the French and Belgians continue to advance to ward Ghent by way of Thielt. In the Lille region the British are working eastward to Turcoing and Roubaix and the fall of these cities would appear to be a matter of only a few hours. East of Doual Field Marshal Haig is marching toward Valenciennes. In the operations around Valenciennes the British took 4,000 prisoners. The German retreat from between the Oise and the Serre was made necessary because the enemy was in a pocket, tne sides oi wnicn nave been pressed in by the French. The, French are advancing to the north east from the Junction of the two rivers and have taken Angullcourt, two miles east of the Junction and north of the Serre. Northwest of Argonne forest Gen erela Gouraud is battling forward against stubborn resistance and the fighting front west of Grand Pre has been extended to Vouziers. In the neighborhood of Vouziers the French have carried out an important stroke by crossing the Aisne. Evidently the French are trying to advance north eastward from Vouziers and outflank the Fermans in the Boult forest. This would be of great assistance to the AmertcaiiS advancing east of the for est. Amendment to the Emergency Health Ordinance Calls for Bus iness Places Close at 6 Except on Saturdays, Then At 7. At a special session of the city council ; Thursday afternoon a fur ther amendment was made to the emergency ordinance which went in to effect two weeks ago to combat Lthe spread of Spanish influenza. The amendment, which goes into effect this evening, closes all stores and places of business at C o'clock each day except on Saturday when the closing hour is 7 o'clock. The amendment, like the ordinance Btays in effect until annuled. When stores have been closed on Satur day evening at 7 o'clock they shall open no more until Monday morning, the amendment states, although the presumption'ls lhaTdrugstores will be permitted to dispose ot medicines,' GERMAN RETREA CUBIC 1(1 1 EARLIER CLOSING S ORDERED Secretary McAdoo Calls Upon People of Nation to Put Liberty Loan Over (By WILLIAM G. McADOO.) WASHINGTON, OCT. 1 8. Subscriptions reported and estimated up to noon Thursday amount to four billion dollars, leaving at least two billion dollars to complete the fourth Lib erty loan. Only two days are left within which to raise this" vast sum. No country on earth but America could raise so vast a sum in so short a time. America can do it and MUST DO IT. The destinies of the world and the hopes of civilization are cen tered I'pon America. We shall fail in everything we have fought for and hope to gain in this war if the fourth Liberty loan is defeated. Let every true American citizen today examine himself un der the white light of patriotism and say whether or not he has done his utmost in this emergency. The highest obligation of duty and patriotism command every true American to go imme, diately to his bank and to his Liberty loan committee and sub scribe to the limit of his ability to the fourth Liberty bonds. DON'T DELAY; DON'T WAIT TO BE URGED. .Be as quick to do your part in this fourth Liberty loan battle as our soldiers in France are quick to obey the orders to charge the enemy. Buy Liberty bonds on the instalment plan if you can not buy them for cash; every patriotic bank will help you. If every patriotic citizen will do his duty today, victory for the fourth Liberty loan is certain. The continued victories of our armies in Europe, the certain defeat of our enemies and the glorious triumph of the cause of liberty depend upon what the American people do in the remaining two days of the fourth Liberty loan campaign. HIGH POINT OVER THE TOP IN FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE Total Subscriptions Received Here, However, Will Not be Known Until Tonight When Work ers Meen at the Commercial Club. Every citizen of High Point, re gardless of whether he has purch ased one or 20 Liberty bonds of the fourth issue, is going to be urged tomorrow to buy Just one more, of $0 denomination, in honor ot Gen eral Pershing. Every member of the Liberty loan batallion has agreed to spend the day seeking purchesers for $50 bonds to make the local ob servance of "Pershing Day", pro claimed by the government,, really significant. Think it over when con fronted Saturday and then buy one for John it'll be a splendid way of showing your appreciation for the American commander. " ' t Liberty loan workers of the city are urged to attend the meeting at the Commercial club this evening at 7.30 o'clock at which time final and complete returns of the local campaign will be made. Every worker, whether having subscrip tions to report or not, is requested to be present promptly at the hour named. It can be stated today that High Point is over the top but the exact margin cannot be established until the meeting this evening. Last minute subscriptions were being re reived today and It is reasonable to believe that the total subscriptions secured in High Point will exceed $800,000, or more than $25,000 above the quota. The local campaign was put over successfully, however, only after the hardest of work on the part of the canvassers. The qusta alloted each city and section is based on banking many Davidson county concerns as well as many In Greensboro and else where have money on deposit in local banks. These out-of-town re- sources cannot be canvassed to pur - LOCAL HEALTH BODY IS FORMED TO ASSIST IN FIGHT ON SPANISH INFLUENZA; MEETING ON SATURDAY As a part of its plan for waging a state wide ngnt on innuenza, me state council of national defense has gone about the formation ot a local health committee and Fren N. Tate, a well known citizen, has been named chairman and requested to draft helpers on the committee he may desire. In a statement prepared today Mr. Tate names the draftees, outlines their work and calls tor a meeting to perfect the organization and formulate plans for" the essen tial work at the Commercial club Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock. r""The slatemenrrTIr.TafeTIoPl chase bonds by the local workers, that is If they want the purchases credited to High Point. It will be seen, (n a measure, that the actual banking resources of the city, prop-3r- have been tendered the govenr ment through the purchase of Liber ty bonds to a more marked extent that the official estimates from the federal reserve bank designated. Work will not be stopped with the meeting of the workers this evening but will be continued through Sat urday, the final day of the cam paign, in accordance with the re quest ,of Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, appearing elsewhere on this page. The showing made by High Point, as well as the remainder of Guilford county which was In the lead i nthe amount of subscriptions at last reports is considered as good by the workers. Instead of being but two-thirds ot the way over the top, the nation would have passed the minimum total had the showing been everywhere like it is in Guilford county. Spanish influenza has undoubted ly interferred with the Liberty loan campaign throughout the nation, be cause it has prevented patriotic gatherings an tdhe accompanying bond sales. The epidemic has caused people to stay closer to their homes and places of business and has, in a measure, prevented as In tensive efforts, perhaps, as 1 were made during the campaign to sell the third issue of bonds. Persons who have followed the fourth cam paign closely feel that the nation will go over as a result of determ ined, last-minute efforts such as are suggested an dasked for by Secre- jeary McAdoo Iho council of national defense and the state board of health have jointl yarranged tor the immediate creation of local health con uiittoes 1 nevery county and town in North Carolina and I hae been drafted as local chairman of the7 High Point committee with authority to la turn draft as many other citizens of our cftj to serve on the r.ommlttei as our prertnt needs may rtqulre. "The purpose of this committee is to get actively at owiii ovor th en tire city, keeping in closo touch with lbejafiuenzaitnaUo4JnordeiLJ9, JConJinued on Fags 8.) ISI New State of Affairs is Created by President's Reply to Ger many Reply Will , Come Before Any Fuli Meet ing of Parliament SCENES OF TUMULT DURING MEETING HUNGARIAN DIET Not Very Choice Language Used During Session President of Independent Party Asks That Peace Negotiationa Be Started at Once. ' Berne, Switzerland, Thursday, Oct 18. Presiden Wilson's reply to the state of affairs in diplomatic discus sion relating to peace it is reported here from German sources and the German reply, it is stated, will make It clearly understood that the ton employed by the President 'Is open to objection. n There wa sa passionate discussion of the President's reply at a meet ing of all the groups of the relchstag, but no line of policy was determined although there was prolonged delib eration on the subject. The peresence ot Field Marshal von Hindenburg In Berlin is believed to foreshadow the drafting of Ger many's reply to Mr.;Wf1sonrUnder the circumstances it is uncertain ; whether the relchstag, will meet to morrow. In any case there will be no ple'nary meeting of parllment be fore the reply is forwarded. Then there will be a full dress debate in which the socialists, notably Fred erick Ebert, vice president ot tha Social Democrat party, and Guatav Noske, socialist member ot the retch stag, will take part. EMPEROR ( HARLEM STATES PLAN'S OF REORGANIZATION Vienna, via Basel, Switzerland, Oct. 18. Steps for, the organization of Austria on a federal basis were proclaimed by Emperor Charles to day. The plan does not include the uniting ot Austrian Poland "with the independent Polish states," the em peror declared. The city of Trlest and the Triest region will be treat ed separately "in conformity with the wishes of the population." PRESIDING OFFICER HAD TO ADJOURN SESSION Basel, Switzerland, 4 Oct. ' 18. Scenes of tumult prevailed at the meeting of the Hungarian diet yes terday during which a demonstra tion for peace was made and it was announced that Austria has been or ganized on a federal basis. So great was the uproar that the presiding officer was obliged to adjourn the setting. The discussion continued, however, deputies calling each other such names as "blackguard, liar, traitor, slave", etc. nr. Alexander weaene, me Hun garian premier, said the federal states which will be formed in Aus tria wil organize their economic and military pVicies on an autonomic an dindependent basis. He made an appeal for immediate action by all parties.' Count Michael Karolyl, president of the Hungarian independent party, demanded that Immediate peace ne gotiations be begun without regard to the communities 'of the Interests answering tor the policies hereto fore followed, according to advices Cotton Market, New York, Oct. 18. The cotton market was very quite during todays early trading but v held generally steady on firm Liverpool cables and prospects of rain In the eastern belt. First prices were steady at an ad vance of three to JO points with the market working up, to ; 10.67 for December and $0.15 for January or about 15 to 20 points aboTS last night's closing figures. f '. , Cotton futures opened stf'adr. Oc fobefri 178 OTUece iuleCJ 0 . 5 VI a" J.71. 1 HUNS CONSIDERING ANSWER TO REPLY low , . ' , - "7 " 1 . .
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