Evening Star Newspaper, October 22, 1918, Page 1

ending 2 p.m. ‘2 a.m. today. No. 27,209. WEATHER. « Fair, continued cool tonight; tomor- row partly cloudy and -warmer. ‘Temperature for twenty-four hours Highest, 63, at 3:30°p.m. yesterday; lowest, 38, at 3 ll report on page 18. Closing New York Stocks, Page 18. OFFICIAL TEXT OF BERLIN PLEA HERE . GX? NOW MILDER IN SWISS CUSTODY Received by Cable in Washington; Will Be Delivered Soon. QUESTION OF ARBITRARY POWER IS DISCUSSED Indications Are that No Decision From President Can Be Given Before Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. The official text of Germany's latest note to President Wilson was received by cable today at the Swiss legation. Frederick Oederlin, the Swiss charge, arranged to deliver it to Secretary Lansing as soon as it could be de- coded. Obscure Passages. ‘The charge’s appearance at the State Department was delayed for several hours, as the task of decoding and translating pro; d to be long and tedious. Considerable verbal differ- ences may be shown and it is under- stood that the official text will clear up certain obscure passages in the wireless version received yesterday. Indications are that no announce- [DISINTEGRATION OF | HUNAUTOCRAGY |President, It Is Believed, Is Convinced That Process Will Go on by Rapid Stages. WILL HASTEN SURRENDER President Wilson, it is believed in official circles here, is convinced that the disintegration of the autocratic German government has in fact set in and that it will proceed by rapid stages to a finality which will hasten the capitulation of the central powers under the continued pressure of the military forces of the allies. ‘The President has all along counted heavily upon the crumbling of the military and junker rule in Germany as the prerequisite of victory for the allies and a peace which will measure up to the demands of the people of this country and of the nations op- posed to the central powers. Just as it was in the late unpleasantness with Mexico, when President Wilson insist- ed that Huerta must go before any-| thing like permanent arrangements could be made, so it is thought here} he is banking now upon the dissolu- | tion by German people of their form| of government before civilization will| treat with them. The published version of Germany's | ment of a decision by the President uld be pected before tomorrow. Secretary Lansing was with him untii r midnight. last night discussing wireless version,ebut there now t be further conferences and it is| imed there will be exchanges with} MORE DEATHS HERE: Health Officers Optimistic in Spite of Fluctuations in Reports Received. MAILS MIX UP RECORDS While the official report of the health office indicates an increase of ten fatalities from influenza for the | twenty-four-hour period ending at noon today, the deaths numbering seventy-one as compared with sixty- one for the preceding twenty-four- hour period, health officials are not disturbed in their conclusion that the contagion has been mastered and decline in the death roll as well as in the number of new cases. The material increase of new cases reported today, Health Officer Fow- ler says, is in no way discouraging. The disease is milder in type. It may be expected, all health authori- ties say, that for the next few days there will be a fluctuation in both deaths and new cases. The new cases announced by the District health department for the twenty-four-hour period ending at noon today totaled 778, which would indicate an increase over the preced- ing twenty-four-hour period of 366 cases. Reports Delayed. It is pointed out, however, by Health | Officer Fowler, that in connection with this estimate it must be considered that, in a delayed mail that should have reachad the health office early Monday morning and should have been included in that day's report, there| were about 100 new cases. That num- | | ber subtragted from 778, the new cases | lin today’s report, would leave an ap-| parent increase of 266. | In the large mail reaching the Dis- trict health department this morn- | ing there were probably 100 letters properly addressed, but which had been delivered tothe United States Public health service. in the Treas- ury building, and which had been re- forwarded by the controller of the} Treasury. These letters contained | i is due for a steady and substantial | the allied capitais. | No Official Comment. Official comment continued to be withheld, awaiting an indication of ihe President's views. Every one ex- pected him to decide quickly whether note, with its promises in support the plea for an armistice and its ertion that the government at in no longer is responsible to an z ry power, creates a new situa- lion requiring action. al opinion as to the probable f the President covered a though it did not differ t point that immediate t hand and that, how- neere the German overtures no armistice will be agreed upon conditions of "sur- will destroy forever the Kaiser's war machine i be. stint je> that power of the © observers thought no answer would be made, and the German ar- mies left to complete their enforced evacuation of occupied territory as best they misht with the allied ar- mies on their heels, while the peo- ple at home continue the work of ousting autocracy. Others believed the next step, in agreement with the allies, would be a suggestion that the German military commanders, if ready to accept dictated terms, should approach Gen. Foch on the subject of an armistice. Confidential Advices. i Those who are convinced that the enemy is beaten into submission, and! efforts at harzaining row a prelude to complete sur-/ end the near fature if the allies| il firm'te the determination to ac-| nothing Jess, are guided by con-! ntial diplomatic advices purport-} ‘= to show that there has heen a real political revolution in Germany that the people in power are idy to throw out the kaiser and his war lords to get peace. t was learned today that a private @ispatch from Germany has been pub- bed in a Copenhagen newspaper, ing that troops on leave are receiv- ing secret orders not to return to the front and that to this extent demobili- al latest note has, it is thought here, con- firmed the President in his opinion that autocracy is giving way, the moderate tone of the communication being in violent contrast with the flamboyant utterances of the German kaiser within a very few weeks. Leaders Admit Defeat. The broad fact appears to be, it ts said, that the German leaders admit defeat. Hitherto, they have breathed constantly a spirit of defiance to all the powers of earth and invocation to their people to stand fast until vic- tory should be wrested from untoward wrested, their conclusion and admission. They vantage to themselves, beating about for_an avenue of escape from the bludgeon of the pursuer, like a rat in a corner. Every move which President Wilson has made up to this time, since the Germans first gave evidence of a weak- ening spirit, has been directed to has- tening what he has foreseen as the inevitable crumbling of the monstrous German governmental structure from pressure within the empire. -His mild- ness in proposing the famous “three questions” instead of a curt demand for unconditicnal surrender, which would have been more popular in some quarters, had that end in view. Up to now, it has not been possible for the kaiser to rally the empire about the military party with the cry that all efforts at peace have failed and that the nation must rely upon the sword and die in the last ditch, de- fendnig the fatherland, under his guidance and the continued control of the autocrats. Universal:y Condemned. see fit to couch the expected discrediting of the latest Gergian proposal and re- fusal of an armistice, there is no mistak- ing the attitude of the public at large toward the note. If any one of impor- tant position or any element of the peo- ple places the slightest dependence on the German note or entertains the re- motest idea that it is worth while con- conditions. Victory isn’t going to bej| it would appear now to be} are therefore suing for terms of ad-j| In_ whatever terms the President may | reports from physicians of new cases under treatment, and the letters had been mailed Sunday night for the early morning delivery Monday. These should have been ‘included in the new cases for Monday, which, as reported, numbered 412, showing a decrease for that date of 502, from which decrease should have been subtracted something like 100 new cases. No explanation is given why this mail was delivered to the con- troller ofthe Treasury. Dr. Mustard Optimistic. Dr.. H. 8. Mustard of the public health service was optimistic this morning and said the outlook is good. He said it must be expected that a high death rate would continue for a week or ten days after the increase in the number of new cases ‘has ceased. This is caused, he said, by the fact that the number of cases on hand is large. He also stated that the recent decrease has not affected the number of cases on hand and that reports of deaths received today are in many instances cases reported ten days ago. “The public need not be discouraged,” he said, “if the decline is of the sa tooth drop. At present we have suffi- cient doctors to cope with the situatton, and can only meet the demands for jmnurses by taxing them to the utmost. ‘We need, and could readily use, more trained and untrained nurses.” ‘SENATE COMMITTEE ALTERS PROFITS TAX Plan Reduces Excess Levy, But Adds to That-on War a GERMAN ARMIES NOT YET THRASHED, ROCKWELL WARNS BY PAUL AYRES ROCKWELL. Cablegram to ‘The Evening Star and the Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918. WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES, October 22—Trust- worthy information regarding the true state of affairs in the interior of Germany indicates that the German army is still capable of prolonged resistance and possibly of again beginning Offensive operation. The Germans iy hold: front of 320 kilometers (192. miles) from near the North sea to Verdun, having upon the west- ern front besides the seetor- holding troops some thirty re- serve divisions. ‘The Germans surely. desire peace, but it is my belfef that they are not sufficiently thrash- LATEST RUN REPLY PUZZLES OFFICIALS “Clever Dodge” or “Real Ef- fort for Peace” Debated in Capital. POINT TO WORD TO POPE BY DAVID LAWRENCE. (Copyright, 1918, by N. Y. Evening Post, Inc.) President Wilson discussed with his cabinet today the method by which America shall make answer to Germany's new bid for peace. Analysis of the German. ‘note Fe+ vealed niany different: points of view, all of which turned, -However, ob’ what evidence-of good. faith Ger- tory is to peace is at hand. TWENTY-TWO. PAGES. _ P ||ALLIES DRIVE HARD’ | emer of the Associated - Press |; ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to All rights of publication of upeciat i Yesterday's Net Circulation, 111,333 4 | INTO GERMAN LINE | ALONG THE SCHELDT Tournai and Valenciennes Are Almost Within Grip of British Forces. FRENCH CONTINUE GAINS; METZ, PIVOT OF RETREAT BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN BELGIUM, Oc- tober 22 (Reuter’s).—Strong French forces attacked this morning on the center of the allied front in Belgium and are reported to be making excellent progress in the direc- tion of Ghent. The general situation in Belgium this morning seemed to be that on most of the front the allied armies had reached a period of pause which is inevitable when rapid advances have been made} German resistance stiffened ap- preciably during the night, especially along the Scheldt | river. On the front of the British 4th Army, with which the Americans are fighting, the night was quiet, and the situa- tion is unchanged in the'Valenciennes-Le Cateau area. TRINK RENT BILL | FORD.C. WILL PASS Observers Predict Compro- mise From Conference on Pomerene Amendment. By the Associated Press. Allied troops on the northern end of the front in France and Belgium today are driving into the German line from west of Ghent to Valenciennes. This is the line of the Scheldt and two of the important points on it—Tournai and Valenciennes—are almost within the grasp of the British. * German resistance is stiffening between Tournai and Valen- ciennes, the southern end of the eighty-mile line from Valen- ciennes to-the Dutch frontier. The British armies, however, Pomerene rent-profiteering amend- 2 55 : : ment to the emergency agricultural |Continue to progress. Ourcq, within-less than.a mile of Tournai ‘appropriation..pill probably. will be | on the west, has been captured and the British hold La Sentinelle, held this afternoon or tomorrow. . : ‘The, agp. Will insist that | OTC mile west of Valenciennes. ‘| the Be coe in some| North of“Tournai the British are along the Scheidt on’ a front form be Kenta the seul: of five miles and north and south of this sector rapidly are gaining SAULSBURY LAW ALSO UP Prospects for rent profiteering leg- islation for the District of Columbia today appeared brighter because of the firm stand taken by the Senate yesterday. A conference over the many had offered and whether it ‘The prohibition steam roller will like- 5 S 5 _ *-\the western bank of the river. Between Valenciennes and La was sufficient to warrant an abrupt and peremptory response or one that was calculated to make the Germans come even further along toward th eventual goal—tangible sdmissiod of defeat so that the military power and system could be conclusively ré- garded as broken. =, Note Proves-Puzzle. DIRIGILE FROM AKRON Balloons Makes Quick Flight. note puzzled Washington. Everybody in the government- was disposed. to inquire what was behind the rather abject phraseology of the communi- cation—a real effort to get peace with- out humiliation or a clever dodge to prevent the allied armies from fur- ther destroying German military power. Some officials thought they saw an awkward and clumsy effort ey were really reforming their gov- weyaent and making it democratic, while at the same time, to preserve their national pride,- were not willing to admit it in so many words. Others thought Germany was really asking the President to continue the parleys, and that in petitioning him not to approve of any “demand which would be irreconcilable with the hon- ing. FLIES 0 WASHINGTON Generally speaking. the German|First of Navy Department-Planned Glistening in the morning suntight, silver gray in color, and moving with all the majesty of a big-mouth bass, of the Germans to tell the world that| the first real dirigible that Washing- ' ton has seen circled over the city be- tween 10 and 11 o'clock this morn- She was the D17, which started from Akron, Ohio, at 1:10 o’clock this morning, and which reached the city at 10:20, to the Satisfaction of officers ly run over Representative Ben John- souk orgies sucky, i was said today.|Cateau the British maintain their pressure and have reached the ir. Johnson’s opposi io) , =. i =D cuseteatie eee eee Ecaillon river at Thiant, southwest of Valenciennes. on the emergency agricultural appro- priation bill, including the war-time prohibition rider. The prohibitionists in the House are beginning to be anxious that this legislation be no| further delayed. That being*the case, and in view of the fact that the Senate seems ready to stand by its rent profiteering amend- ment to the limit, Mr. Johnson’s oppo- sition to, the Pomerene amendment in conducting its retreat from north- ern France and Belgium makes it ap- French forces continue their pressure /parent that Metz is being ysed as @ on the front from the junction of the|Pivot for the movement. While the Germans are pouring fresh divisions Oise and the Serre eastward to Vouziers. linto the line in front of the Americans On the extreme left they have advanced |northwest of Verdun in an attempt to north of the Serre. East of the Aisne, pe pues ad firmly, = wh the erman legions are swinging back to- at Vouriers, the Gerinans have ceased | Var d'the Belgian frontier. their ‘violent efforts to dislodge the; ‘There are several situations along French from important hill positions. The French here are in a position to French Continue Pressure. the front, however, which render it possible and even probable that Mar- ‘shal Foch will seriously interfere with may be overruled by the House, where | outflank the Germans facing the Ameri-jtne orderly retirement of the enemy the prohibition sentiment is strong. | cans on the. sector west of the Meuse, lforces. It seems certain tthe That the Pomerene rent profiteering | which accounts for the strong German |Hunding line has been outflanked in amendment will be amended before it is enacted into law if it is to be enacted ‘Into law was predicted today. It is likely that it will be made more stringent. Possible Change in Saulsbury Law. Also the probabilities are that pro- vision will be made to amend the ex- isting Saulsbury law prohibiting the eviction of tenants in the District during the war. During the debate in the Senate yesterday, Senators Belgium, where the Scheidt river has efforts to drive the French back. Gen. teen crossed, and east of Le Cateau, Gouraud’s men, however, have defeated | where the British and Americans ap- all enemy attacks. pear to have fought their way through Metz Used as Pivot. all obstructions. This line, therefore, may be rendered untenable for the Development of the plan being fol- lowed by the German high qgmmand BRITJSH ARMIES DRAW NEARER back to the line of the Meuse before attempting to stand at bay . of the bureau of construction and re- pair of the Navy Departmept, under whose supervision and rding to whose plans she was built by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of Akron. ~ Although christened the D17, giving a clue as to how many of these ships Uncle Sam now possesses, neverthe- less she is the first of a new type.! Income. r of the German people and with or ing @ way to @ peace of justice” the writers of the note did not the! selves expect President Wilson to lax his insistence on his original d mands, but that they really were ur; ing him to be merciful in his manner of imposing those demands. One Fundamental Issue. Smoote Williams and Overman called attention to cases where the Saulsbury law has been abused. Senator Smoot told of the case of a ‘woman who leased her home last spring for a definite period of six months. The lease expired September 1. She leased the house to an em- ploye of the government. She has two sons in the service of the government zation has begun. Military men here, however, regard it as inconceivable that such orders would be given while desperate efforts are being made to hold the American and allied troops at bay at certain points on the western front. Although the first part of the Ger- an note is regarded as an awkward tempt to meet the conditions laid sidering favorably there is no public record of it. Its reception by the public has been @ storm of derision, contemptousness and disbelief in its sincerity or good in- tent. It is generally regarded as typi- cally Prussian in its character of at- tempted double dealing, deception and wish to befog and mislead. It is held to be a desperate attempt of the Ger- man political feaders to stop the ad- “VALENCIENNES AND TOURNAI night. The British are now two miles from Valenciennes. Just to the east of Tournai lies high ground, which is giving the Germans the advantage in the pres- ent fighting. If the ailies take the The Senate finance committee today threw overboard the House alterna- tive plan for excess and war profits taxes. It determined upon a single method of computing the tax. By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 22.—The British have advanced their line to the left bank of the Tcaillon river and have captured the western part of the vil- wn by President V a iG Gees The war profits tex remains at 80 t, wh and her only daughter is employed ai >. no one; vance of the onrushing allies until thi But wherever the argument, wher- | She is on her way to an Atlantic port} ployed |j,¢6 of Thiant, five miles southwest |city much heavy and Gifficult fight- , Armistice, MO ONC | Han military commanders es waite | per cent. It will be computed upon | ever the discussion, every one,came| and visited the National Capital for title to HEME ee The | A8° Genciennes, it is announced of-|iNs is expected in the event that a on sight. Gen-| their fleeing forces to some line of de-| the net income in excess of the excess | pack to the fundamental issue: Is Ger-| Purposes of propaganda. ‘because she is not directly eaipine eal Bbaniy. fees avance is attempt- ‘ op that the only top bie at this time\would he to sanction, with approval of the all governments, arrangements to be dic- tated by Gen. Foch in the field for the | evacuation of France and Belgium. any such arrangements necessas rily would safeguard the supremacy now held by the allied armies, an ar- mistice virtually would mean surren- der by the Germans. Belief in Desire for Peace. The general tone of the note, to- gether with the significant statement jfense where they may make a stand{ to better military advantage. \ From every section of the country the cry is echoed that no s$mistice shall of the central powers is breken to a de- ed and wielded against civilization at some late stage in the settle: final and lasting peace. Pere eee AUSTRIA WILL SEND be granted until the military resistance | gree that will prevent its being mend-| préfits and deductions allowed. The effect of the amendment will be to reduce the excess profits tax somewhgt, but to make more subject to the war profits tax. ‘No computation has been made of fhe revenue to be derived from the Senate plan as compared to that de- rived under the House pian of excess and war profits taxes. It is believed, however, that the Senate plan will raise very nearly as much revenue as many “on the level” or adroitly trying to maneuver out of a bad fix with her militaristic system intact? ‘The New York Sun editorial of this morning coincides with the view of many of the President's cabinet mem- bers, who point out that the whole matter “depends on the validity of the evidence now alleged by the pres- ent German government.” Germany claims her government has undergone “a fundamental change.” She points to a bill introduced in the reichstag. ‘That bill hasn’t passed the national legislature and has as much stand- for the purpose. in length and rather or of a new automobile tire. She at sea. Girigible, but it was more or less a toy. sole passenger. ‘The Di7 carries a crew of eight men, the crew which brought her east be: ing @ naval detachment sent to Akron She is about 200 feet hunky” and her inflatable cover is made of a rub- berized fabric that gives her the col- intended to be used for convoy work ‘Washington some years ago saw a It was the ship sailed by Ro: Knabenshue and carried-him, seated on a bicycle-like arrangement, as its by the government she has been un- able to get her home back, and she and her daughter are sleeping in the The British are not having an easy time around Valenciennes. Here the ermans havé the advantage in ter- ‘The British after sharp fighting have advanced to within less than hallway of one of the apartment|a mile of Tournai. rain. houses in the District. x = —The British eV: rt “Hi: i Senator Smoot said that this woman| LONDON, October ti ane has ‘been put out of action. The forces fighting nowh of Le Cateau have captured Amerval, according to the official report from Field Marshal Haig’s headquarters in France to- GREAT BATTLES IN FLANDERS had taken the matter up with sev- eral attorneys, and with former Sen- that under the Saulsbury inw eho ont ler the yu: = not obtain her home. idomabios cited the case of 8, the daughter of Admiral Wilkes. She is ninety years old. She rented her home to an Army officer, ® colonel, Senator Overman said, un- road, which formerly was one of the Germans’ main lateral communica~ tion lines, lost much of its value to them when they evacuated Lille. is of ry ing as a bill introduced in the Ameri- can Con; of which the great-ma- Sority never get further than our committees. There is no guarantee that the bill will be passed except the ‘ynshakable determination of the German people.” Am the House plan. Plans Installment Paying. i ‘The Senate committee also insert- fea in the bill a pro¥ision authoriz- ing the payment of the income tax in three instaiiments, the first to be paid at the time fixed for filing that “the offer of peace and an armis- fJce has come from a government which is free from any arbitrary and {rresponsible influence,” strengthens the belief here that there is a genuine desire for peace. Like the first note. | REPLY 10 PRESET as another step in the German plan of{ BERN, Switzerland, October 22.— bari ing fo Skemnone adveccarine .oue Austrian propaganda service sends | s‘more favorable than the uncon- : 1 surrender which they are pre- beet announcement from|tne return: the second installment on pared to make finally if peace canj* ‘Enna: the 15th day of the second month ‘The Austro-Hungarian government! thereafter, and the third installment {will reply very soon to President Wli-|on the 15th day of the fourth month til September 1. “And now he will not let her have Possession 6o.she can die in her own home,” Senator Overman said. “Un-. der the Saulsbury resolution she can- not put him out.” Senator Williams discussed case of a woman who home to an employe of the Navy De- partment for a certain period and who would not give it up: “I took the liberty of sending a statement of the case to the Secre- tary. of the Navy,” said Senator Wil- liams, “and requested that that man _ AND FRANCE IN SECOND PHASE. to the roads and on them, so that when it becomes necessary to withdraw the guns they can get them away in a hurry. In their retreat. the Germans have resorted to every known means to delay the bringing up of the artil- , but without effect. In the northern part of the battle area allied cavalry is moving ahead of the infantry, clearing out the Germans. And all the while the allies are getting PRICE PLEDGES REQUIRED OF MAIL ORDER HOUSES ted Press. > TH THE ALLIED ARMIES IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM, October 21. _The great battle in Flanders and nofthern France passed intoits second phase today. The first phase was com- pleted when the Lille salient was elim- a and the Germans were driven out of western Belgium, so that the erica is asked to accept that state- ment of future intention to reform as 2 basis for the whole negotiation. There is no safeguard that the bill will not be dropped when once the peace parleys are on. On tho other hand, officials point out, how else can a constitution be ged, and can we ex} iy Shoe Firms Selling Directly to Con- sumer Must Conform to Stand- ardization Program. come in no other way. German; to do-it any more rapidly than we our- . son's note, more so as the President |thereafter. When an, extension of be court artigled fer condce ams | fine all the way from the frontier of|nearer and nearer to Ghent. RAINCOAT FRAUD MEN has not replied to the question concern- Hime 18 Ererest to tho amouue of | eeivg Make changes In our Constitur| shoe manufacturers and mail order|goming an officer and a gentleman. | Holisnd to Te 01s canal is virtually | Belgian artillery has been moved up ‘3 low 61 strai; a GIVEN PRISON TERMS ae ee on which peace nego-|one-half of 1 per cent will be he did under the law Ido notre This having been accomplished, the | pounding the enemy constantly. S nel is breaking continuously on charged. Who Is Back of Tt, Is Query. ‘The answer to that, however, is given by others, who declare that America is not so much interested in proposals for constitutional reform as the personnel British and French in the Belgian’, vied a sweeping movement ing on a point about east of urtrai. The object of this appears to be the cl of the enemy from his front in northern Belgium and at the same time to threaten his extreme right flank. Fight With Desperation. sition at the south is in the repion below Valenciennes. _ At both s the exhausted German division: 3,000 REPORTED KILLED IN OUTBREAK IN SOFIA | S22t.d'%nte chem vy torrine blows lare fighting with the greatest despera- tion. The German commanders are sacrificing many men in ie on ir revolution has broken out in Sofla | Sein sections the aliled troops have and street fights are occurring be-| smashed into the enemy and made ap- tween “bolshevik laberers and #e arene rod = ens troops and police. It is, reported that | Villages Niky ontana large quantities more: than -8,000 persons have been Graseete = kiled. eB This information .is contatned in ions are possible.” FRENCH REACH DANUBE; DRIVE MONITOR ASHORE but I-do know that if he did what they: said ‘he did, in which he had acted very .rudely, to these ladies in addition’ to ‘keeping their homes, he ought‘ to be! court-martialed.” Senator Smoot said he had no doubt there were‘ hundreds of such cases, #omething must be done to the} cure situatic cept upon - ns of German rear, and high explosives are reaching out for transport and men on the rpads. The fighting is going on in rain —s i Ae aye the allied ve left behit e ground marsh, NEW YORK, October 22.—Felix Gouled, a contract promoter, convict- ed of conspiracy to defraud the gov- ernment in the manufacture of Army raincoats, was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment in the federal] PARIS, October 21.— court here today. Capt. Aubrey| have reached the Taaiee dice ene Vaughan, who admitted using his| region of Vidin, the war office an- former office as chief of the division| nounces tonight. of supply of the quartermaster’s de-| ‘Eastern theater—On October 29,| bY Secretary Baker in forwarding partment to help Gouled carry out! thirty-four days after launching-their | 2 >!) appropriating $4,152,200 for his conspiracy, was given a two-year| offensive, the French troops reached | that Purpose. to the House military term, | committee. the Danube in the region, of Vidi The government charged that the] and took measures to prevent ane 780 ee eeceiees ee j 75, arrgnged for approval on inspec-| tramc on the river. An enemy mon. g = lowed by department reguia- jon of defective raincoats manufac-| jtor was forced ashore on the north | tion, belne asked through oversight tured by firms which contributed to| bank under our artillery fire. when the last Army appropriation|or troops. There are no more pas- a “slush fund” established by Gouled| “The same day, allied forces occu- | bill’ was Grafted by Congress. The senger_ships, Tassenger, (rexel is Te. as a means of profiting by contracts | Died, Zaietchar. seancedi ele, be SEA rtation. | pe tal ments are-within ten ki ters. ; which ne secured for his “clients” | Laratchin, on the Morava. ‘Serbian Germany not conceded: through Vaughan’s influence. troops are in contact north of Alek- thing..If she had given up‘ Gouled was released in $26,000 bail|sinats and Krushevats, with German submarine campaign as Bending eppeal Z : forcea strongly intrenched” ~ PAY INCREASE IS-SOUGHT FOR FLIERS IN TRAINING Pay increase of $42 a month for all candidates for commissions in the air service while receiving instruction in- volving flights was advocated today ack of those ‘While some soca in the mover iow guaran’ e proposed re- it is known that Emperor Wil- forms, liam and his militaristic group are partners to the guarantee, and Ameri- ca has had enough evidence in the tt of how long the word of the Fiohenzollerns can be trusted. Indeed,, 2s the German note of yesterday has an ironical touch to it when it says Ger- : TOO MANY SUBMARINES FOR HARBOR AT KIEL Le Cateau to the Scheldt, and ts being rapidly left behind. In this region the River Yeaillion has been reached and probably crossed; * The Germans have éelivered a num- ber of counter attacks, but in every case they have broken down under the hot fire of the allied troops. The Ger- man dead are on the battlefield in great numbers. In scores of the towns’ which have ne many has already stopped the sinking LONDON, October 21.—A state of of passenger steamships. As one government official remarked, what ships that leave any allied ports today can considered passenger shi Every vessel carries munitions | GENEVA, October. 21:—Kiel harbor {s-unable to accommodate all the sub-