Evening Star Newspaper, October 16, 1918, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair and slightly warmer tonight; tomorrow fair. Temperature for twenty-four hours Highest, 73, at 2 ending 2 p.m. today: p.m. today; lowest, 48, at Full report on page 14. 8 a.m. today. Closing New York Stocks, Page 19. he Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 106,642 No. (27,208. GERMANY BY NOTE; FOR QUICK RETORT German « Garble President’s Note, Officials Here Fear. EFFORT TO CONCENTRATE WAR POWER REPORTED AROUSED PREPARES Government May |Some Hope, However, Truth | Will Filter Through Switz- | erland or Holland. i | ENEMY WILL FIGHT: ON, ALL INDICATIONS SHOW Austrian Foreign Minister Praises | No Surprise Here at Germany’s Bel- ‘President Wilson, Indorses \ League of Nations. / Yt im reported from Vienna, ac- cording to an official dispatch from Switzerland today, that Emperor Charles has accepted the resigna- tion of Count Hussarek, the Aus- trian premier, and intrusted Count ‘Sil Taronka with the task of forming a new cabinet. Tey the Associated Press. LONDON, October 16.—It is expected that the German im- perial chancellor will make a de- cision today on the matters con- tained,in President Wilson’s lat- est note, says a dispatch from Copenhagen to the Exchange; Telegraph Company. The Ger- man newspapers point out, the message. adds, that President Wilson’s note had the effect of a cold douche on the hopes for peace engendered by his first note. P Some of the newspapers comment on the note in the sharpest terms and with unbridled words, adding that the “language of President Wilson now has become excited after the confer- ences he has had with the allies.” Stock Exchange in Panic. President Wilson's reply to the German peace note produced “a most unfavorable impression” in Berlin, says a Central News dispatch from Amsterdam today. The publication of the reply, it adds, was followed by 2 panic in Berlin banking circles and on the stock exchange. ‘The German supreme command, the advices state, will come to Berlin at the end of the present week “to de- liberate on mobilization, concentration of the national strength and the rais- ing of the military age.” Arrival of Note at Berlin. BASEL, Switzerland, Tuesday, Octo- ber 15.—President «Wilson's reply to the German peace proposals reached Berlin at noon today. It had not been uiven to the German public, however, up to § o'clock tonight. Austria Awaits Answer. BASEL, Monday, October 14.—Ameri- | failure to respond to the Austrian peace note has produced a_ painful impression in Austria, according to a Vienna dispatch to: the Frankfort Gazette. silence means, and the public is ask- ing if President Wilson is not indicat- ing sentiment a little favorable to- ward the Austrian monarchy. Burian Admits Military Failure. By the Associated Press. BASEL, Switzerland, October 16.— The central powers found themselves no longer able to hope for a military decision in their favor, and Bulgaria's demand for peace only hz presentation of their peace proposi- tions, Baron Burian, the Austro-Hun- earian foreign minister, declared in a recent statement to the foreign afta committee of the Hungarian delega tion at Vienna. ‘Although the central powers have Been to face the new mjlitary si the foreign minister said “it -hepe any longer for a decisive suc- s by arms, while our adversaries not sure of their power to crus! our resistance. Hence further blood shed is useless.” : Baron Burian said that a sentiment of pure humanity always pervaded President Wilson's ideas of the solu- tion of world problems, “even when he joined cur adversaries and laid down certain principles directed against us. His declarations, there- fore, never remained without influence amongst us and were never rejected by_us ‘in principle.” The foreign minister expressed the view that the creation of a league of nations constituted a preliminary con- It is not known what this} ligerent Attitude—Announce- ment in Austria Interests. “Wonder what’s going on in Germany?” was the question most frequently heard in official quarters today, suggested by anxiety to know whether the complete text of President Wil- son’s answer had been permitted by the German authorities to be made public and what effect had been created in the public mind. While it is generally believed that the government might not publish the note at once, or would give out a version garbled to its own interests, it was hoped that the real terms might filter in from Switzerland or Holland. A news dispatch from Amsterdam said that the note had been published, without saying whether in verbatim form or not, and that its publication had created a most unfavorable im- pression in Berlin, followed by a panic on the bourse and in banking circles. | Renewed Resistance Indicated. The Amsterdam dispatch made the significant announcement that - the German supreme command will come to Berlin at the end of this week to deliberate on mobilization, concentra- tion of the national strength and the raising of the military age. This news was regarded here as of major importance, as indicating the course of Germany for the immediate future: It was interpreted to mean that Germany intends to fight on, and that the military caste has no inten- tion at this time of yielding the reins of power. 5 No Surprise Created Here. aan No surpr ed ; at " = nouncemenee Ke the Gimge atthe presentation of the Maximitian note it was suggested that possibly one explanation of the offer to accept President Wilson's terms was that the kaiser group had in mind the almost certain refusal by President Wilson of the offer in the language in which it was phrased, and that they would then be able to go before | the people with the claim that the military power must be sustained and that there must be no change in the form of government. _ That is what seems to have happened if the Amsterdam dispatch correctly re ports the situation. It is natutal to as sume, it was said here, that the military caste foresaw the coming agitation among the people to diminish the au- thority of the junker element and let some one speak for them who would be more likely to be listened to by the en- tente powers. Fear of Invasion Evident. | It would be equally reasonable to in- ; fete it was said today, that the kaiser stened the; group has been quick to seize upon | | President Wilson’s refusal as further |justification for retention in power of | | the military element as the only possible ; way of saving the nation from inva- n, and that, of course, would mean , continuance of the existing governmental | regime from the kaiser downward. | | fight it out to a military decision be stated that we cannot, Would be entirely acceptable to the | entente allies, it was said here today. {There is no doubt that the present military supremacy of the allies will ‘not only be maintained, but will be increased monthly as the new troops from America reach foreign shores. A military decision, it is pointed out, a supplicant for terms and remove all possbility of a peace by negotiation, such as has been the hope of the cen- tral powers since the tide of battje turned against them. “Fight it out,” sounds good to all officials here, and it may be said that has been the policy upon which this government has been proceeding ever since the drive of Marshal Foch com- Determination of the Germans to| ! will place Germany in the attitude of | .. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1918-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES... ‘BIGWAR MEASURE REPORTED IN HOUSE ~ FROM COMMITTE Bill Appropriates — $8,886, 131,651.49, Chiefly for the Military Operations. |CARRIES LARGEST SUM OF RECORD IN HISTORY Total of $80,228 for District In- cluded, With Provision for In- crease in Statutory Salaries. Calling for $8,886,131,651.49, the greatest appropriation bill ever ‘of- fered by any nation in the history of the world was reported to the House today by Chairman Sherley of the appropriations committee. The estimates were: $8,599,889,599.38 for the military establishment and War Department, including fortifica- tions; $125,064,601.26 for the naval es- tablishment and Navy Department, and $161,177,450.85 for the civil serv- ice, including $134,000,090 for payment of military and naval family allow- ances. In the committee a net reduc- tion was made of $2,540,375,985:45. Amounts Recommended. * The amounts recommended are: For the military establishment and War Department, including fortifications, $2,293,712,928.52 in cash and authoriza- tion for $3,858,349,776, making a total of $6,152,062,704.52. For the naval es- tablishment and Navy Department, $107,217,778.26 in cash. For the civil services, including $70,000,000 for pay- ment of military and naval family al- lowances, $86,475,183.26 cash. The bill carries $80,228 for the Dis- trict of Columbia, with appropriations to cover theincrease in statutory salar- ies contained in the District appropria- tions act, the increase to be paid from July 1, if the employes are otherwise entitled to receive it. The District items are: For enforcement of the minimum wage law, $3,750; for repairs of buildings injured by fire, $51,000; for fees for jurors in Police Court, $1,478, and for fuel for the workhouse, $24,000. For Army Equipment. The appropriations recommended for the Quartermaster Corps total $1,620,- 0247602:52 with:-authorization for an additional $15,750,000; for the ordnance department, $286,656,866, with authori- gation for an additional $3,382,599,77 for chemical warfare service, $100,000,- 000 m cash and authorization of an additional $150,000,000. ‘The authorization of $15,750,000 for the Quartermaster Corps is in addition tg $86,469,930 for construction and re- | pair of hospitals. '“"The other items allowed for the ! Quartermaster Corps are: | "Pay of the Army, mileage and com- mutation of quarters, $779,740,50: subsistence of the Army, $155,302,087 incidental expenses, Quartermaster ‘Orps, $65,070,770; transportation of the Army, $441,946,317; clothing and camp and garrison equipage, $59,138,433; horses for cavalry, artillery and en- gineers, $20,616,331; water and sewers at military posts, $1,613,017; military post exchanges, $1,880,712; barracks and quarters, seacoast posts, $4,000,- 000; improvements at disciplinary bar- racks, Leavenworth, Kan., $300,000; purchase of Ohio state rifle range, $183,186; Fayetteville, N. C., acquisi- tion of artillery range, $1,500,000; West |Point, Ky., acquisition of artillery rang*, $1,600,000; disposition of re- | mains of officers, soldiers and civilian employes, $710,274.52. Ordnance Department Items. The cash allowances for the ord- nance department are: For seacoast j cannon and ammunition, $5,000,000; | for field artillery and payment of au- thorizations in the fortifications act, $280,000,000, seacoast cannon and am- munition fér the Panama canal, $8, 866; for armories and arsenals, $1,- 298,000. The authorizations for the ordnance | department are: Ordnance stores, am- munition, $410,802,430; small arms \target practice, $59,787,568; manufac- ture of arms, $85,156,875; ordnance stores and supplies, $97,000,000; auto- matic. machine rifles, $104,062,00 armored motor cars, $134,217,500; field artillery, acquisition, $1,093,937,897 field artillery, ammunition, $1,33: 460,445; field artillery, practice am- munition, $65,175,061. i COMBINE 10 HALT CALLS FOR CLERKS Officials Urge Departments Not to Bring Helpers to City During Epidemic. VIEW OF THE STAR UPHELD Uniting their forces for a géneral drive on influenza and making a spe- cial effort to prevent a further influx of employes and others to the Dis- trict, John A. MclIlhenny, president of the Civil Service Commission; Surgeon General Blue of the public health service and“ Commisstoner~Brownlow; for the District governmetit,’ toaay caused a letter to be addressed to all heads of departments asking them to bring no persons here whose’ services are not shown to be absolutely in- eispensable. All agreed that the situation was becoming intolerable and that the public’ health demanded an immedi- ate stoppage of immigration to the District. Commissioner, Mellhenny said the Civil Service Commission is without plenary powers—it cannot prevent a clerk from coming here, but it can use moral suasion.. This has been done in concert with Mr. Brownlow and Gen. Blue, Commis- sioner McIlhenny explained. Approval of The Star’s View. “We are doing all possible to pre- vent a further influx of citizens to Washington,” Gen. Blue said. “I like the stand The Star has taken on the matter. “It is intelligent and highly patri- oti Of course, the public health service has no power to send persons out of the District, but conditions in the boarding houses, hotels, apart- ment houses and other placés where government employes live are intol- erable. They should not be aggra- vated.” ; It was suggested that Washington might be quarantined, but it was pointed out that if the War Depart- ment needs men its requisitions must be honored. But there are peace de- partments that. have ony a remote connection with the war program of the government. These should not bring a man or woman to Washing- ton, these three Commissioners, who have taken steps to shut off the in- flux, unite in declaring. Bureaus to Respect Request. Commissioner MclIlhenny was as- sured in private conversation with leaders of bureaus that all the de- partments would respect his wishes LIBERAL FERMENT SEENIN GERMANY President Is Logical in En- couraging Socialistic and Democratic Elements. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. (Copyright, 1918, by N. ¥. Evening Post, Inc.) Germany is in political ferment—a forerunner to ultimate revolution. Every bit of information from the neutral countries adjacent to the Ger- man empire dovetails. The socialistic strength is growing and the demand for peace has become an issue of the gravest proportion. No one who has studied recent.events insidg German; Scertbouten’ cob GhGgh 28th aSSOMER, for thé greater’ part of the people’ is ast-Yet atvone umbtedewith the conf- dence of the militarists in the-everty. ual ability of the army ‘to stay the enemy's progress. But that the Germans are hasten- ing the process of democratization, that they are seriously discussing fun- damental reforms and changes in the constitution and that the issue is tak- ing hold in all the federal states of the empire is brought to Washington from many different official sources. Moral Force Getting Results. Those who have questioned the wis- dom of the American government's policy of appealing constantly to the liberal and socialist elements of the German people, arguing that physical force is the only language that means anything to Germany, are beginning to notice that the persistent use b¥ America of her moral force in the world is at last bringing results in- side Germany. The liberals: and socialists, embold- ened by the severe blow that has been given the militaristic conception of things by the inability of the German the allied offensive on the western front, are beginning to gain a hear- ing with the people of Germany and their agitation is proving fruitful. These socialists and liberals make constant use of Mr Wilson's speeches and doctrines, arguing that a justand honorable peace is possible for the people of Germany by means of the peace terms set forth by the Presi dent. While this movement is not as yet strong enough to urge that the withdrawal of the kaiser is a pre- requisite to peace, every sign points to such a campaign in the not far distant future. Encouraging Liberals. That is why the President.éought to encourage the liberal and socialist malcontents in Germany by the phraseology of his last message. He surrender” or the language of brax- LOOKING FOR A GOOD PLACE TO LIGHT. REPORT Blo GAIN IN THE LOAN DRIVE Local Managers Note In- crease of Over Two Millions and a-Half. p— BANK FIGURES NOT ALL IN} While the official liberty loan fig- ures for Washington show an increase of approximately” - $2,600,000 in the twenty-four hours ending’at 10 o'clock this morning, which’ was. one of the biggest daily gains of the drive, the city hos opty tpereiernetterrieity in which to raise $8,806,000, in order to complete its quota, {4 ‘annoud ps e tals the District Idan committée today explained that" reports were not re- ceived from ten banks, therefore some- what reducing the total amount which has actually been subscribed here. However, these delinquent tabulated returns will be included in tomorrow's report of today’s sales. Terrific Hustle- Promised. Four days of terrific campaigning for the fourth liberty, loan is promised the citizens of Washington. by the com- mittee managing the loan drive here. Those in charge have every confidence of bringing to Washington another honor flag to fly from the staff at the District building. % The committee and its several hun- dred men and women volunteer help- ers are working with a determination and’ enthusiasm that they declare will bring victory to_the nation’s capital in doing its share of the tremendous undertaking of the government in float- military machine to stand up against hing its fourth and largest loan. Despite the handicaps which have made campaigning hard in this city, the sales total is forging ahead stead- ily. Already the militant, unrelent- ing and patriotic spirit of the people of the District of Columbia is mani- festing itself. The fighting spirit of the capital is alive to the situation. Between now ‘and the end of the loan drive the city is expected by the committee to roll up a great avalanche of fourth issue bonds, each one of which will be some individual's concrete expressing of “no peace until Germany surrenders.” Many Make Pledges Good. As was expected by the committee yesterday—mtd-month pay day—was marked by an especially large number of bond sales. Thousands of govern- ment employes who had _ signed did not use the words “unconditional! pledges to subscribe to the new issue ‘Right Flank \ BRITISH ARMY HEA: DERS, October miles southwest of Ghent. By the Associated Press. Sweeping steadily ahead ove away the extreme right flank of to official statements. This wou great importance, even if the gr sive. Allied forces have captured gians are near Thourout. short time. The allies have ad Americans Moving On. Fighting their way through a maze of barbed wire defenses and over} tangled lines of trenches the Ameri- cans west of the Meuse river are slowly but surely cutting their way through the Kriemhild line. They have carried hill 299, a height which; dominates much of the country west} of Roragne, and have penetrated the second line of defense in the vicinity} °} dgag-et-St. Georges. 7 Par this’ area has been of; a most savage nature and the Ger- mans are igs: tee @ffort to hold | they understand the TCT ation which has developed | there and are pouring fresh troops; into the struggle in the hope that the American onslaught may be stayed before it reaches the important rail- road lines in the rear of the German front. A victory for the Americans} in the Argonne sector would decide By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 16.—The Belgian army under King Albert is advancing rapidly along the Cortemarck-Thour- out road. The fall of the Belgian town of Thourout, whose capture was prematurely announced unofficially | yesterday, is expected almost imme- diately. LONDON, October 15.—In .the fight- ing in Flanders the British have cap- tured Menin, a railway center of great importance about four miles northwest of Turcoing. By the Associated Press. PARIS, October 16.—British patrols entered the southwestern suburbs of Lille this morning. LONDON, October 16.—Gains of ground by British patrols during last night in the Douai-Lille sector are reported by Field Marshal Haig in 16 (Reuter).—Belgian cavglry morning was reported to be within a mile of the important railway center of Thielt. That town is only about fifteen TWO CENTS. ALLIES NEAR THIELT AS WIDE FLANDERS — DRIVE CONTINUES Rapidly Crumpling Extreme of Germans _-on West Front. PERSHING IS HEWING WAY THROUGH ENEMY DEFENSES DQUARTERS IN FLAN- tiis + the lowlands of Belgian Flan- ders, the British, French and Belgian armies are rapidly bearing the German battle line. Twelve thousand prisoners have been captured in two days, according Id seem to indicate a victory of ound gained was not of the ut- most importance in the development of the mighty allied offen- Menin and Wervicq and are across the Lys river in the neighborhood of the latter town. Bel- ‘ | The advance completely outflanks Lille from the north, and the Germans will probably be forced out of that city in a very vanced in the neighborhood of seven miles since Monday morning. front and compel a general retreat by the enemy from the most of the French ground he still holds. Moving More Slowly. French and Italian troops are roving more slowly along the line from the Oise to the Aisne than they did on Sunday, when they wiped out the greater part of the Laon-Fere salient. From all ac- counts it woyld appear that the Germans are gradually emptying the pocket formed when the allies broke the lines north of St, Quentin and along the Aisne at_Berry-au-Bac. have passed The French, however, Sissonne, formerly one of the principal concentration points for German troops in this part of the front. Gen. Gouraud's army has crossed the Aisne west of Rethel, and this advance would appear to render the position of the enemy east rather perilous. As the s of the French in this region the Germans in the Cham- pagne sector seem to be slowly involved n another pocket such as has often forced a rapid retirement on various the fate of Germany on the western [sectors of the line. Fall of Thorout Imminent; _ _ 12,000 Prisoners Now Held The British second army has reach- ed Le Chat, on the Courtrai-Ingel- munster road, and has captured the villages of Gulleghem and Heule. T! British have advanced to the out- skirts of Courtrai. This announcement was made short- ly before midnight by the war office, which also corroborated the Belgian and French successes in Flanders. Since the morning of October 14 the allies have taken 12,000 prisoners and more than 100 guns in the operations in Belgium. In addition to occupying Menin the British have entered Wer- vicq and are standing on the right bank of the Lys. British Enter Lille Suburbs; Haig Reports Gains by Patrols neighborhood of Haubourdin, abbut three miles west of Lille, and to the south have crossed the Haute Deule canal, south of .Pont-a-Vendin, and taken several villages, according to \the communication of Field Marshal Haig, issued last night. BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRAN€E, October 15 (Reuter’s).—Be- tween Lens and Armentieres it is re- ported there are signs of an enemy dition for the establishment of menced last July. jation for the signal|and the wishes of his associates in yesterday made these subscriptions : 5 of impartial justice, “such as Presi. 3 ss seeeies ay $50,000,000 cash and ‘Du. | the campaign against influenza. | adccto. that would sound so well in| actual by making. the initial payment ne piles Uae eae ee 6 withdrawal fom, pees front : dine. at dent Wilson 2 Ss ' * cee "$45, : il e United States, which wouldn’t]|on them and having the subscription N: i —) ew Sensei astsey fare or clestees foStch a |Austria’s Hopes Reported Waning. | thorization for $45,000,000. ae the Civil senvice ornraianionicay | do the socialists and liberals, in Ger-| cleared through a bank. Lens the British have advanced to the| western’ front the news is good. Scanieworksarstna nec swore ©} From Basel, Switzerland, came a AN 7 Gone be made on it for clerks.’ said | Many a bit of good in their effort to| The banks of Washington, in antici- = Loon ie that the various ctates Will {dispatch today detailing recent re_| £f0Vision for Medical Branch. | \ir"Ssctinenny. “This has been done.” | obtain political, ascendancy. True/ pation of a lively business, remained ° ° BE build up their reciprocal relations.” | mark eG ee = | Wor the medical and hospital de-| Mr. MclIlhenny explained that in enough, there are people in Washins-| open until 9 o'clock last night to ac- renc 1 im l e O 2 2 's made in Vienna by Burian, the asking that no further requisitions be | ton, as well as elsewhere, who call all| commodate the bond buyers. From all z) | partment of the military establish-|7°00% 0/9; eip strong reasons were | Such solicitude about any portion of; accounts received at headquarters this _AMSTERDAM. October to the foreign atf- of the Hungarian tee (presumably before Presi- Gent Wilso Germany), § “Th sent hil d peace note sent b: to President Wilson opens the that at no far distant date shall reach a cessation of hostil- ities and enter into negotiations for the conclusion of a general, lasting and just peace.” Second reply to the central Proposed League of Nations, “Such a league.” Baron Burian con- tinued, “will replace the policy of an equilibriim of groups of powers de- pending on force by an organization of states voluntarily submitting to an international law established by them- Ives with the creation of an ex- «cutive power above the states to en- force the law.” International arbitration tribunals ) Ul settle disputes, the foreign min- ter said, and armanents will lose the uson for their existence. The ba in which that official admitted terms that all hope of a military vic- tory by the central powers had been casioned the overtures for peace. Baron Burian, however, still cher- ishes the thought that the entente allies will not be able to achieve a military decision oyer the central powers and that the negotiation of a peace is still a possibility. The Austro-Hungarian foreign min- ister’s words will find no responsive echo among the entente allies, it was said today, in so far as they express doubt of an ultimate allied victory. ASKS AID OF MILITARY TO CHECK FOREST FIRE | ST. PAUL, Minn., October 16—Gov. |Burnquist today telegraphed to Sec- Austro-Hungurian foreign minister, | in | abandoned, and its yielding had oc- | ‘retary of War Baker asking for mili-| then said: \gary-assistance in fighting the Minne- ‘It is scussic to the reasons why Pres- nt Wilson delayed his reply to us when he has comniunicated with Ger- -rtain preliminary questions, for nould be reduced to a pure hypothe. i I would only say that our confi- dence in President Wilson’s word is so firm that we categorically reject ppositions attributing to his pro- dure motives, tactical reasons or intentions malevolent toward the monarchy.” Baron Burian told the committee § of the Hungarian “delegation that (Continued on Nineteenth Page) EEE Or any with a view to enlightening | not my place to enter into a,scta forest fires. He suggested that |a&e5, $537 1M i | aj. W. R. Weaver, commanding offi- Paul, be ordered to the fire zone with an\ adequate force. Spain to Float a New Loan. MADRID, Tuesday, October 15.— Constitutional guarantees have been re-established by the cabinet. There has been a modification of the rules of censorship by the government. The cabinet has authorized the floating of & loan of 200,000,000 pesetas. cer of the school of aviation in St.! ment an appropriation of $30,000,000 cash and authorizations for $63, 000,000 are recommended. Engineer- ing operations in the field are allowed $126,250,000 in cash and authorization for an addittonal $20,000,000, military establishment include: Con- tingencies of the. Army, $100,000; mil- itary information division, $500,000; Coast Artillery School, Fort Monroe, Va., $64.500; division of military aero- naitics, $60,000,000; office of provost marshal general, expenses of selec- tion of registration, $20,000,000, and prevention of deposits in New York harbor, $70,000. Grand Total for Navy. ‘The grand total of appropriations for the naval establishment and Navy Department is $107,217,778.26. The principal items are $28,560,807.61 for training camps and $26,529,464 for new batteries for ships. The other items are apportioned as follows: Payment of temporary employes, 556,102.73. P Ccaanieent expenses, $300,000. Claims on account of collision dam- Bureau of navigation—Recreation of | enlisted men, $400,000; outfits on first enlistment, $15,000,000; gunnery and engineering exercises, $200,000. Bureau of ordnance—Ordnance and ordnance stores, $11,185,301; ammuni- tion for vessels, $9,230,000; reserve ordnance supplies, $1,000,000. ‘Public works, bureau of yards and docks—Navy, Yard, Boston, Mass, $170,000; naval operating base, Hamp- ton ' roads, Va. $1,174,556.68: navy yard, Norfolk, Va, $856,508.69; navy yard, Mare Island, Cal; $1,500,009; naval training station, California, $55,- 000; ordinance stations, improvement, Other cash appropriations for the | given for such a request. jauest already has been honored by Secretary Lane of the Interior De- | partment, and Secretary McAdoo of \the Treasury has, it is understood, |agreed to adopt the policy suggested by Mr. McIlhenny and his associates. ‘At the offices of the Interstate |Commerce Commission it was stated that the views of Mr. MclIthenny, Sur- geon General Blue and Commissioner Brownlow would prevail there. Every |department of the government has suffered through the plague, and it was stated all in authority are anx- fous to do anything or agree to any- thing which promises to mitigate its severities. ‘Washington Unprepared. It was pointed out that a large num- ber of clerks who have come here dur- ing the past few days were engaged two or three weeks ago. They had come here at a specified time to begin their duties. Nobody had wired them to stay away, otherwise they would have re- mained at their home, one of the civil iservice commissioners said. Washing- | ton, he declared: was wholly unprepared and socialists—merely empty twaddle and they echovand re-echo the cry: “Let @och do it!” This view, however, is not voiced by military’ men of high rank, who know the value of morale—strong and weak morale back of the lines. They are in accord with the Presi- dent's purpose of weakening the morale back of the German lines, as they think it will help win an early military decision. ° Military Advisers Agree. In other words they do not scorn the use of any weapon, verbal or physical, that may tend to produce division inside Germany and even- tually such friction as will cripple the German military machine itself and cOmpel surrender. Moral force, they contend, can go hand in hand with physical force and that is the American government's policy today. ‘Of course, it is difficult for many Americans to conceive that any part of | 'the German population is entitled to consideration. Such vivid emphasis has been laid in the past year on the brutal- | the German peopie—liberals, radicals} |to meet the conditions forced on the city |{0°"of the Hun. posters have pictured by the disease. | Ava Gpitomized the German as a blood- If the city were closed to all but bespattered criminal, that the American healthy persons there would not be/ public is at present not in the mood to sufficient physicians to examine appli-j recognize that there are decent and re- cants for admission, it was stated. | ircctanie clements in Germany who hate Many of the victims of the disease, an| SPectable clement hae anybody. out. officer of the Civil Service Commission | tBe, K#lGer Bayona who, like the revo- Sad ote eee ace ae PrOber RU- | lutionists in Russia, seem a small num- trition, © pay the cost of nourishing food in suficient ber until the hour to strike arrives. wantities to fortify themselves - : against an attack by the plague. Square Deal Assured. Inasmuch as the allies admit that there is no intention to destroy the Not Sufficiently Fed. German nation, but merely to reduce “Some of the clerks in this office died because they had not been suffi-] its military power so that Germany will be a peaceful neighbor, the whole (Continued on Tenth Page.) ciently well fed.” said the officer re- (Continued on Second Page.) «Continue. on Fourteenth Page.) morning. they were fairly swamped with bond business. There was scarce- ly a period throughout the late after- noon and at night when there were not lines of men and women before the bond’ windows, eager to enter their subscriptions for the greatest of all war loans. However, one of the outstanding (Continued on Fifteenth Page.) The Official Score Actual subscriptions in the Dis- trict of Columbia for the first 14 working days of the fourth liberty loan campaign were: 4 — $18,801,650 Subscriptions should $21,490,000 The loan is therefore $2,688,350 behind the schedule in Washing- ton. 5 Of the $27,608,000 quota of this city. there remains to be sub- scribed re been $8,806,350 An average of $2,201,587 must therefore be raised each working day during the remainder ofthe campaign. 97800 Total Individual Subscribers. —- BUY NOW! By the Associated Press. PARIS, October 16.—French forces! lagt night captured the village of Acy- Romance, within a mile of the im- | portant railway junction of Rethel, in| |the. Champagne, the war office an- nounced today. ‘The French made some further prog- ress to the north of Sissonne, while | between Sissonne and Rethel they re- | pulsed a violent,enemy counter attack near St. Germainmont. PARIS, October 15—The French | troops north of Laon and im the Cham- | |pagne have made further important! jadvances against the Germans, ac- ‘cording to the official communication |fSoued tonight. The Grand Per-Vou- rth of Sissonne Progress No ziers road Champagne west of Grand Pre is now in the hands of th French. Eight hundred prisoners were taken in the day’s fighting. WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE, October 15.—(By the Asso- ciated Press.)—Gen. Gouraud resumed his attacks northwest of the Argonne forest this morning, crossing tl Aisne and taking Olizy and Termes, west of Grand Pre. The loss of one line of communica- thon after another has left the Ger- mans with only two railroads; by way of Hirson and Mezieres, to supply their five armies. This compels the Germans to make a desperate defense on their left wing and to redouble their efforts to retard an advance by the allies elsewhere. The allied positions along the Meuse are dangerously near the pivot of Metz, upon which the tntire German operation westward depends. Huns Fight Rearguard Actions |All Along Line in Flanders By the Associated Press. between Comines, which has been cap- WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES IN|tured, and Warneton. BELGIUM, Tuesday, October 15.—/} Reports indicate that another cross- Menin has fallen. Allied troops are|ing of the Lys has been effected at 2-mile east of Roulers and advanced! Wervicq, although this has not been patrols are, according to latest re-|confirmed at this hour. ports, within a mile of Courtrai. The] South of the zone where the mud- Lys river neem 1- ¥--> s--~ —e—-=1—>--ared allied troopy are Sighting,