Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 16, 1918, Page 1

Bulletin Service Flag VOL LIX—NO. 222 POPULATION 23,919 AUSTRIA PROPOSES APEACE CONFERENCE Calls For All Beliizennt Nations to Send Delegates to Some Neutral Country at a Near Date For a “Confidential Un- binding Discussion of the Basic Principles For the Con- "clusion of Peace.” Amsterdam, Sept. 15.—(By The A. 7). In extending an invitation to all nt governments to enter into ng discussions at some neu- place, the AustrogHun ernment states that the ob- non-bind garian g how “whether those .prerequi- which wonld make the iguration of peace nego- promising.” n proposal, which is an- an official communication aphed here from Vienna, sug- gests that there be no interruption of r and that the “discussion only so far as is considered he participants to offer prospects posal calls for all the bel- o send delegates for a “con- and unbinding discussion of principles for the conclusion a piace in a neutral coun- a near date that would yet ve e agreed upon.” The propesal says the conference . 2 be on: egates who would d to make known to one an- o conception of their govern- regarding those principles and nalogous eommunications, request and give frank explanations on ali those need to be precisely de- gerents fidential e well as t o government announces that a rote embodying its suggestions had en addressed to the various belliger. powers and that the Holy See had en apprised of the proposal in a spe- al note. The rnments of the neutral states aleo had been made ac- sainted with the proposal The text of the official communica- tion reads: An objective and conscientious ex- amination of the situation of all the lligerent states no lonzer leaves doubt that all peoples, on whatever =ide they may be fighting, long for a speedy end to the bloody riruggle. De- *pite this natural and comprehensible desire for peace, it has not so far Leen possible to create those prelim- jnary conditions calculated to bring the peace efforts nearer to realization and bridga the gap which at present separates the belligerents from another. A more effective means must_there- fore be considered whereby the re- sponsible factors of all the countries an be offered an opportunity to in- estigate the present possibilities of Sderitanding t step which Austria-Hun- gary, in accord with her ailies, under- took, on December 12, 1316, for the Lringing about of peace did not lead to the end hoped for. “The grounds for this lav assured- in the situation at that time. In ntain in their peoples the on 1 dch was steadily declin- ing, the allled governments had by the most severs means suppressed even any discussion of the peace idea. And so it came about that the ground for a_peace understanding was not properly prepared. The natural tran- tion from the wildest war agitaticn to & condition of conciliation was Jucking. . “It wouid, however, he wrong to be- lieve that the peace step we then took wag entirely without result. Its fruits consist of something which is not to be overlooked—that the peace ques- tion has nmot since vanished from the order of the dux he discussions whieh have been c: tribunal of public closed proof of the not slight differ- ences which today still separate the warring powers in their conception of peace conditions Nevertheless atmosphere has been created which no longer excludes rried on before the opinion have dis- the discussion of the peace problem Without optimism, it at least . suredly may be deduced from the u terances of responsible statesmen that the desire to reach an understanding nd not to decide the war exclusively by force of arms is aleo yradua e- sinning to penetrate into allied states “ave for some exceptions in the case of bdlinded war agitators, which are sertainly not to be estimated lightly “The Austro-Hungarian government is aware that after the deep-reaching canvulsions which have been caused in the life of the peoples by vastating effects of the world war it wil not be possible to re-establish or- der in the tottering world at a single stroke. The path that leads to the restoration of peace™| relations be- 1ween the peoples is cut by hatred and embitterment. Tt is toilsome and ‘wearfsome, this path—the path of negotiation— and if there are still such responsible factors as desire to overcome the op- | ponent by military means and to force the will to victory upon him, there can, mevertheless, no longer be doubt that this aim, even assuming that it #s attainable, would first necessitate a further sangut: and protracted siruggle. “But even a later victorious peace will no longer be able to make good the consequences of such a policy— ronsequences which will be fatal to all the states and peoples of Europe The only peace which could righreous- Iy adjust the still divergent concep- tions of the opponents would be a peace desired by all the peoples. With this consciousness, and in its upswery- ing endeavor to work In the interests of peace, the Austro-Hungarian gov- ernment now again comes forward with & suggestion with .the object of bri about a direct discussion be- tween the enemy powers. “The earnest will to peace of wide classes of the population of all the states who are Jointly suffering through the war—the mdisputable rap- prochement in individual controversial questions—as well ag the more con- cilistory atmosphere that is general, seem to the Austro-Hungarian gov- ernment to give o certain guarantee that a fresh step in the interests of peace, which also takes account of past experiences in this domain, might at the present moment offer the pos- sbility of success, “The Austro-Hungarian government has therefore resolved to peint out to all the belligerents, friend and foe » path considered practicable by it #nd to propose to them jointly to ex- amine in a fres exchange of views whether those pre-requisites exist which would make the speedy inaugu- rition of peace negotiations appeor piomising. To this end, the Austro- Longerian govermmen! today in- ry the de- | | Jigerent states to a conficential unbinding meeting place, and has addreSsed to them a note drawn up in this sen: cial note, and an appeal thereby made to the pope's interest in peace. thermore, the 3 iral states have been acquainted with exists between the proposal is being sent in the same manner, share the views deve:oped in the note.” despite the rejection which it {1v to méet with no objection on the yet it is our duty to tread | vited the governments of all the bel. and | discussion at @ neutral “This step has been brought to the knowledge of the Holy See in a spe- Fur- overnments of the neu- the step taken. “The constant close accord which the four aliied pow- g influencing feeling at ers warrants the assumption that the [home and lest they prematurely bae allies of Austria-Hungary, to whom|tray their own ultimate intentions, The official telegram proceeds to say that the note his been drawn up in French and runs as follow. “The peace offer which the powers of the quadruple alliance addressed to their opponents on Dec. 12, 1916, and the conciliatory basic ideas of which they have never given up, signifies, expe enced, an important stage in the h tory of this war In contrast to the| first two and a half war years, thel question of peace has from’ that mo- ment been the center of Iuropean, aye, of world discussion, and domi nates it in ever-increasing measure. | “Almost all the belfigerent states| have in turn again and asain expre: ed themselves an the question of peace, its prerequisites and condiiions. This | line of development of this discussion, | { | however, has not been uniform and steady. The basic standpoint changed under the influence of the military and political position. and hitherto. at any rate, it has not led to a tangible gen- eral result that could be utilized. “It is true that, independent of all these oscillations, it can be stated that the distance between the conceptions of the two sides has, on the whole, grown somewhat less; that despite the indisputable continuance of decided and hitherto unbridged differences, a partial turning from many of the most extreme concrete war aims is visible and a certain agreement upon the relative zenmeral basic principles of a world peace manifests itself. In both camps there is undoubtedly ob- servable in wide classes of the popu- lation a growth of the will ta peace and understanding. Moreover, a com- parison of the reception of the peace proposal of the powers of the quardu- ple alliance on the part of their oppo- nents with the later utterances of re- sponsiole statesmen of the latter, as well as of the non-responsible buf, in | a political respect. nowise uninfiuential | personalities, confirms this impression. | “While, for example, the reply of the allies to President Wilson made demands which amounted to the dis- memberment of Austria-Hungary, to a diminution and, a deep internal trans- formation of the German empire, and the destruction of Turkish European ownership, these demands, the realiza~ tion of which was based on the sup- position of an_overwhelming victory, were later modified in many declara- tions ffom official entente quarters, or in part were dropped. “Thus. in a declaration made.in the British house of commons a year ago Secretary Balfour expressly recognized that Austria-Hlungary must itself solve its internal problems, ang that no one could impose a constitution upon Ger- many from the outside. Premier Lloyd George declared at the beginning of this year that it was not one of the | allies' war aims to partition Austria- Hungary, to rob the Ottoman empire of its Tutkish provinces, or to reform Germany internally. It may also be considered symptomatic that in De- cember, 1817, Mr. Balfour categorically repudiated the assumption that British policy had ever engaged itself for the creation of an independent state out of the territories on the left bank of the Rhine. ‘The central powers leave it in no doubt that they are only wasing a war of defense for the integrity and the security of their territorie: “Far more outspoken than in the do- main of concrete war arms has the rapprochement of conceptions pro- ceeded regarding those guiding lines | uron the basis of which peace shall be | concluded and the future order of | Europe and the world built up. In| this direction President Wilson in his | peeches of Feb. 12 and July 4 of this | year has formulated principles which have not encountered contradiction on the part of his allies anqd the far- 1eaching_application of which is like- part of the powers of the quadruple alliance also, pre-supposing that this upplication is general and recomcilia- ble with the vital interests of the states concerned. “It is true it must be remembered that an agreement on general princi- ples is insufficient, but that there re- mains the further mat®r of reaching an accord upon their interpretation and their application to individual con- crete war and peace questions. “To an unprejudiced observer there can be no doubt that in all the bellig- erent states, without exception, the de- sire for a peace of understanding has been enormously strengthened; that the conviction is increasingly spread- ing that the further continuance of the bloody struggle must transform Europe into ruins and into a state of exhaustion that will mar its develop- ment for decades to come, and this | without any guarantee of thereby bringing about that decision by arms which has been vainly striven after by both sides in four vears filled with enormous sacrifices, sufferings and ex- crtions. 4 “In_what manner, however, can the way be paved for an understanding and an understanding finally attained? Is there any serious prospect what- ever of reaching this alm by continu ing the discussion of the peac problem in the way hitherto followed? | “We have not the courage to answer the latter question, in the affirmative, The discussion from one public tribune to another, as has hitherto taken place between siatesmen of the various countries, was really only a serles of monologues. It lacked, above every- thing, directness. Spaech and counter- epeech did not fit into each other. The speakers epoke over one another’s heads. “On the other hand was the public- ity and the ground of these discus- stons, witich robbed them of the pos- sibility of fruitful progress. In an public statements of this nature a N {and abundant war material were cap- | tween the representatives of the goy | munications, as well as to request and kAmerican officials and allied diplomats, |it seems agreed that the only zround | Cabled Paragraphs Italian Troops Successful. ‘Rome, Sept. 15.—A war office com~ munication issued today follows: “In- fantry and arditi parties after a shoi but effective artillery bombardm and assisted by low flying airpl y y tured the whole of an enemy defensive system on the Grovella, southward of Corte. The prisoners taken numbered 343 and included 12 officers. A num- ber of machine guns. hundreds of rifles ‘tured.” form of eloquence is used which reck- | ons with the effect at great distapces and on the masses. Consciously or unconsciousiy, however, one thereby increases the distance of the oppo- nent’s conception, producas misunder- standings which take root and are not removed, and makes the frank ex- change of ideas more difficult. Every pronouncement of leading statesmen is. directly after its delivery and be- fore the authoritative quarters of the opposite side can reply~to it, made the subject of passionate or exag- gerated discussion of irresponsible ele- ments. . “But anxicty iest they should en- danger the interests of their arms by unfavorably also causes the responsibie statesmen themselves to strike a higaer tone and stubbornly to adhere o extreme standpoints. “If, therefore, an attempt .is made to see whether the basis cxists for an understanding calculated 1o deliver Lurope from the catastrophe of the suicidal continuation of the struggle, then, in any case, another melhod should be chosen which- renders os- sible a_direct, - verbal discussion be- ernments, and only between them. “Lhe opposing coneeptions of individual belligerent states would likewise have to torm the subject of such & discus- sion, lor mutual eniightenment, as well as the general principles that shall serve as the basis for peace ana the (uture relations of the states 1o one another, und regurding which, in the first place, an accord can = be sought with a prospect of success. “As soon as an agreement were reached on the fundumental princi- vies, an attempt would Lave to be made in the course of the discusslons concretely to apply them to individ- ual peace questions and thereby bring about their solution, “We venture to hope that there will be no objection on the part of any belligerents to such an exchange- of views. The war activities would ex- Derience no interruption. The discus- sions, too, would only go so far as was considered by the participants to offer a prospect of success. No dis- advantages would arise therefrom for the states represented. Iar from harming, such an_exchange of views could only be useful to the cause of peace. “What did not succeed the first time can be repeated, and perhaps it has already at least contributed to the clarification of views. Mountains of old misunderstandings might be re- moved and many new things perceiv- ed. Streams of pent-up human Kind- ness would be released, in tke warmtn of which everything ossential would remain and, on the other Land, much that is antagonistic, to which exces- sive imnortance is still attributed, would disappear. “According to our conviction, all the belligerents jointly owe to humanity to examine whether now, after so many years of a costly but undecided struggie, the entire course of which poinis to an understanding, it is pos- sible to make an end to the terrible grapple. “The Roval and Imperial Govern- ment would like, therefore, to propose to the governments of all the belliger- ent states to send delegates to a con- fidential and unbinding discussion on the basic principles for the conclusior. of peace, in a place in a n-utral coun- | try and at a near date that would vet have to be agreed upon—delegates who were charged to make known to sne another the conception of their overnments regarding those princi- ples ang to receive analagous com- give frank and candid explanations on all those points which need to be pre- cisely defined “The Royal and Imperial Govern- men: has the honor to request the goyernment of , through the kind mediation of Your Excellency, to bring this communication to the knowledge of the government of (The names of the intermediary zovernment and of that addressed in the particular note dispatched are left blank.) HOW WASHINGTON REGARDS AUSTRIA’S PEACE FEELER Washington, Sept. 15.—Germany's latest peace feeler, advanced through Austria, it was officially stated today, best finds its answer in President Wil- son's Baltimore speech delivered last April. Force, force to the utmost. force without stint or limit, the righteous and triumphant force which shall| make right the law of the worid, aztl cast every selfish dominion down in the_dust.” That was the presidents answer then and, it was reiterated today, it is his answer now. No one doubts that it'is the answer of all the allies. While Austria’s proposal, reported last night from Amsterdam. had not reached Washington in official form | tonight, it is expected hourly through some neutral--possibly Sweden—and in it is recognized the long heralded peace offensive upon which Germany is counting to arose enough sentiment | for peace among the people of the al-| lied countries to compel an end of wu | war on terms which substantially would preserve the Prussian conquest. The allied by leaders realize it as an Berlin to obtain the best ible. 11 be no round table confer- effort ! ence, no sounding out process. such as Germany proposes, and which she hopes will give opportunity to deal; with her enemies separately If any reply at all is made, it will be after an exchange of views between | the United States anq the other co- belligerents so that a reply for all may | be made in one On every side, among on which Germany may have a con ference is the acceptance of the prin- ciples laid down by President Wilson | and which have been accepted by the ! allies as their watchword, i American_ officials have heen noting ! for some time the various steps that| have led up to the proposition for a | meeting at some neutral point of delé- gates from all the belligerent countrs to enter into “non-binding discussions” with a_view to bringing about neace. The Washington government alread: has made up its mind and formed its own opinion regarding the Austro- (Continued on Page ThreeJ) twenty R e R s et London, The Galway Castle left fisst clase, ten Friday, Sept. 13. y British steamer Galway Castle of 7,- 988 toms gross, was torpedoed sunk this morning. She had 960 per- sons on board, of whom meore than 860 were reported saved. port South Africa on Tuesday last and was torpedoed on Thursday in a sea. Hundreds of the passengers wcre rescued by attending steamers. but second class «nd ninety third class passengers are missing, in addition to thirty-four of the crew, a total of 154. The passengers included 300 The The missing from the torpedoed Gal- They include 120 passengers, 36 naval and military officers and men and 33 of the crew. Ninety third class passengers lost were without exception women and way Castle number 189. children. The liner floated for two days in charge of the captain and volunteers. Only 749 Instead of 960 on Board. London, Sept. 15.—Closer scrutiny of the Galway Castle passenger list indi- cated that she had on board only 749 instead of 960 as announced earlier. The majority were women and chil- dren, but many were discharged sol- men and children. The bodies of three of the children, who had died, were brought ashore. The capain and sev- cral of the officers are reported have been still on board the ship when she was last seen and sinking Central News account of the sinking says that one of the life boats was driven by a stormy sea against the ship's propcller and smashed. One of the steamer's passengers, the ac- count adds was Henry Burton, min- diers returning to their homes. boats were picked up by escorting ves- sels and by destroyers sent to the spot. BRIDGEPORT STRIKERS MAY RETURN TO WORK 15.—Labor leaders and manufacturers were con- fident tonight that the five thousand striking machinists from Bridgeport munitions plants would vote to return ta work at their meeting here tomor- row afternoon, heeding the orders of President Wilson to keep up war pro- It was expected that some of the strikers would go back tomor- Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. duction. row morning independently and thati{ Private Joseph N. Desmarias, all except those who had left their |Carter St. Fall River. Mass. city would be in their places Tues- Walinded Severely in Actibn. < day. According to Samuel La the principles of the party,” will be Jaunched. B Justice George W. Wheeler of the Connecticut supreme court addressed a large gathering here roundly seored the striking Bridgeport today machinists and their leaders. 30,000 IN PATRIOTIC PARADE AT NEW HAVEN SUNDAY New Haven, Conn., Sept. 15.—Com- , marking the first an- niversary of the departure of the 102d regiment for duty. overseas, was cele- memoration day brated in New Haven state and city officials joining 'with thousands of visitors and New Haven- in paying tribute to those who have fallen and those who are “carry- ers ing on” in France. A parade, with more than 30,000 es- timated to be in line, was, held this afternoon, during which a city service | from the city hall | Holcomb and Fitzgerald reviewed flag was uufurled Governor Marcus Mayor David E. the parade. An honor _roll_tablet names of 76 New H. unveiled. Tonight at Woolsev ha mass meeting was held. 2 oy g PENNSYLVANIA MINERS ASK 100 PER CENT. WAGE INCREASE Shamokin, Pa., Sept. 15—Delegates from virtually all local unions of Dis- Workers trict 9, America, United Mine at a meeting demands. cite operators until toda; their grievances. They as cent. increase of the bituminous field.” contai; today, i here AN AMERICAN AVIATOR KILLED FOUR GERMANS| With the American Ari raine, Saturday Py accounted for four Germa: day back of the enemy pilot, Betrram Niedecker. brought the plane at one point within a few feet The pair then discov cred that they were the target for a| sharp fire from four of the enemy in [ The observer oui wiped out the quartette, however. with | of the ground. a_shell hole. his machine gun. my in Sept. 14 (By the A.| An American airplane observer, Horace Lake. from \vashington, D. C..| ns ear lines. VATICAN DOES NOT BELIEVE CZARINA IS DEAD Sept. 15—The Vatican does ,JUst the former Russian empress is dead, for it is considered probable it would have been informed if there were confirmation of the re- After the evecution of former cholas, the Vatican appeal- ed to the Germar and Austrian gov- wife and daugh-i Rome. not believe that port. Emperor > ernments to save h fara and taking 15 000 prisoners, the Ameri- Recent unconfirmed reports from | S30S captured more than 100 guns of Spain_ deciared the former emprese |21 calibres and “‘hundreds of machine and her dauzhters were expected to; arrive at a Spanish port on a yaebt under the papal flag. 300 AMERICANS HAVE REGISTERED IN PANAMA | Panama, Saiyrday, Sept. 15. — though Americans in Panama were not stormy business agent of the Machinists” union, a sec- ond meeting also will be held’ tomor- | row, at which a project for the forma- { po tion of a new labor party, “based on ish labor ng the Haven bovs who have given their lives in the war. Yale, a} today S = voted to suspend work at the mines |to" St. Roxbury pending an_adjustment of their wage Representatives of the men at a meeting two weeks ago gave Tuel Commissioner Garfield and the anthra- ¢ to adjust k a 100 per in order to plane,their | wagze !Cfil: upon a par with the miners Germany Planned nanced the shevik Movement. Washington, 15.—The The Sept. and|in financing the Russian man military authorities for control of Russia economicaily of secret documents which the can government is making publi wo- to | leaders, they ed the country over to the Teutons. dated last January, ister.of railways of the Union of | been piaced to the credit at Stockholm South African parliament, who js|of the representatives of the commis- missing. sars to cover the cost of Red guardsi| and agitators. rybles for missar in trusted wi the assistant naval the far east, who Japanese stores of war material of American and allied forces Vladivostok ended the sway of Bolsheviki there. staliment is a German tators were The Germans as th v actual 345 NAMES IN THREE ‘Washington, Sept. ing casualties are reported by can Expeditionary Forces Killed in action 4 {tion 33; wounded severely ed, degre undetermined 5 accident and other causes Killed in Action. New England, men are: Hartford. Conn.; en, Conn.; Alfred Gallipoli, 86 Conn.; Anthony Pane, 144 St, New Haven, Conn.; aymond ussell. 717 E. Main St, and main St.,, Thompsonville, Conn.; ford, Conn. Missing in Action. Hillsdale Ave. Lowell. Mass; with SUNDAY’S LIST. Privates—Raymond ~W. 352 Crown St, New Frank ‘W. Gammon: Wakefild, Mas | 7 Traverse St W. Springs, R was Wakefield, M o DT i termined) : Private Peter T. Flanigan, Blanks “St., Cambridge, Mass. Missing in Action. Private John of . Mass, disease 2; wi causes 128, Killed in Action. inell St, Hartford Conn. Wounded Severely. Majoi Manton C. Mitchell, Angell St, Providence, R. I. Lor- | Control of Russia German Imperial Bank Fi- Russian Bol- part played by the German Imperlal bank Bolshevik movement, the care taken by the Ger- to prevent spread among their own people of the socialistic preaching of their Russian tools, and the plans laid for German and financially during and after the war feature the disclosures in the second installment of the sensational eries meri- Copies of the documents. given out tonight, carry the file numbers of the Reichbank or of the German general staff, and in fome instances notations by Lenine or Trotzky, the Bolshevik now shown ‘to huve been in the pay of Germany since long before overthrew Russia’s new demo- cratic government and virtually turn- One of the Reichbank memoranda, announces to the commissar of foreign affairs (Lenine) that fifty million rubles of zold has Another of a few days later tells of a credit of five million com- is en- h the task of carrying off or destroying the great American and at Vladivostok—a scheme that probably was well under way when the landing at the The concluding document of the in- warning on Jan. 29 fo Lenine that unknown agi- circulating propaganda telling in advance ‘the plans of the Bolsheyiki to openly surrender to the did, later. ARMY CASUALTIES LISTS 15—The follow- the Commanding General of the Amerei- missing in ac- 45: wound- | died from 2; total 89.| 44 Sergeant John T. Dillon, 36 Bright | fee Ixchange. St. New Haven, Conn. The British food controller says the Privates—William J. Drew, 54 Flour ! British crop return is lower than ex- Louis Farona, | d ¢ Fountaine St, WeStville, Conn.; Pat- | strictions will be made. rick Frino, 13 St. John St. New Hav- Oak St. New Haven, Conn.; Nick Guarn- ieri, 25~ Columbus Ave. New Haven, Franklin A Waterbury Conn.; Charles V. Suprenant, 92 N. Peter F. Thembulik, 42 Prospect St, Hart- Privates—William G. Laplante, 370 Leo J.| Lavoie, 20 Wainouch S., Lowell, Mas Edwards, Haven, Conn. 103 Broadwas Malonson, ;Frank Sullivan, Me. Woundeed in Action (Degree Unde- 209 Muire 2161 Washing- | SATURDAY AFTERNOON’'S LIST Killeed in action 10; missing in ac- tion 37; wounded Severely 67; died of unded (degree undeter- mined) 6; died of accident and other died from wounds 4; total Private Thomas F. Mahon, 57 Bush- 612 Wounded, Degree Undetermined. _Gonden&ad Télég;rams Loans made to the Allies to date amount to $7,097,040,000. The War Industries Board announ- ces that there is no wool at present for_civilian purposes. Two thousand Americans registered at Toronto in compliance with the new selective act. The Logan Coal Co., of Phila- clphia, must pay a fine of $25000 tg the Red Cross for profiteering. The British recruiting mission in New York announced that the finali call for recruits was sent out. Fifty Mexicans left Toledo under guard for the international line where they will be deported. Gold coin to the amount of $60,000 was_withdrawn for the Treasury for shipment to South America. The sugar situation in the East will be relieved by the arrival of 5,855,000 pounds of sugar from Cuba. : The Packard Motor Co. stopped the | manufacture of automobiles to devote the entire plant to war work. The War Labor Board announced that it was sure there would be no strike at the Bethlehem Steel works. A party of Swiss journalists on their way to United States were enter- tained at a luncheon in Paris. A. Mitchel Palmer, Alien Property custodian, sold the Orenstein-Koppel Co., at Koppel, Pa., for $1,313,000. Regional directors of railroads weere instructed to claim deferred classi cation for essential railroad em ployees. The War Department announces the | war training of students in colleges will not interfere with winter Sports. A Swiss paper reports the eUnited States offered a loan of $130000,000 to | Switzerland to electrify the railwa; Major-Generals and Brigadier-Gen- eerals are becoming so scarce the War | Department may have to create ‘@ new list. Chairman Baruch of the War Indus- | tries Board announces that the brass conservation program has gone into effect. Charles Wilson, 59 years old, a book- | keeper of New York was arrested for wearing a K. of C. pin without au- thority. Standardization of wire and phone rates throughout the will be undertaken by General Burleson. i More than 5,000 American soldiers | in hospitals in England received per- | sonal calls from women of the Ameri- | can Red Cross. i Governor Whitman in an address at | the State Fair in Syracuse com- | mended the patriotism of the farmers | in raising more crops. I Chilian’ despatches to Buenos Aires announce the government has dropped plans to rent the German vessels in- terned there. The names of four Americans killed in action, two who died of wounds; and five wounded appeared on the Canadian casuaity lif. The Food Administration prohibited transactions in green coffee for De- cember delivery in the New York Cof- tele- | country Postmaster- | pected and no relaxation in food re- A Vienna newspaper says that Mar- shal Foch’s new success s are due to the use of a new gas that creates huge flames and explosions. i the harried Germans. is the Teutonic AMERIC. (By The Associated Press.) Overshadowing in intercst even Marshal Foch's hammer blows against bid for peace made through the Im- verial government of Austria-Hun- gary. The formal plea of Emperor Charies to the belligerents for “a confidential and non-binding discussion . on the basic princivles for the conclusion of peace,” comes as the first sensational move in the “peace offensive” which has been expected since German arms began to stagger back from the fierce thrusts of the British, French and Americans. Washington and the allied capitals hailed the call for a conference on neutral soil as another German ruse 10 zet better terms than they might expect when the war has been car- ried to the Rhine. None of the gov- ernments involved was inclined to take seriously the request that dele- sates be sent to such a conferensd as that proposed by the Austrian ruler. Assertion that “the Central Powers leave it in no doubt that they are waging a war of defense for the in- tegrity apd security of their territori- tories,” was greeted with added skepticism in the face of the Wash- Relentless Pressure Against the Germans—Pershing’s Men Gained Two to Three Miles on a 33-Mile Front. ington disclosures unmasking com- pletely the intrigue which wrecked Russia. The benevolent protestations of Em- \peror William's closest ally were: ac- companied, also, by the announce- ment that o German submarine had sunk the British steamship Galway Castle with the loss of 159 lives. Nine- ty of those who perished were women and childrcs At the same time U- boats renewed their attacks upon this side of the Atlantic shelling only eighty miles off the coast a transport carrying Canadian sick and wounded. The invitation was given to the worid upon the day when American artillery bezan' hurling shells at the fortress of Metz, bastion of the Ger- man line in Lorraine which France and her allies’ have vowed must be freed from the German ycke. While the peace kite was in flicht. Britisn, Prench and American troops continued their relentless pressure on 23 mile front. Haig's forces ad- a 83 advanced northwest of Bt. Quentin made progress while French forces south of the same city. Mangin's army simultaneously struck a new blow at the German salient north of Soissons. ‘Wherever the allied troops attacked the Germans lines moved back. GERMANS TO STAND ALONG THE HINDENBURG LINE With the American Army on the T)rraine Front. Sept. 15.—(By The Associated Press)While large bodies of Germans are retreating accom- panied by long trains of supniies and some of the heavier guns, there is ev- idence or preparation on the part of tife German command to make most Qetcrmined resistance aleng the Hin- denburg. line. From various sectors nev; wire has been strung in_enormcus quantities and in big stretches far to the and in frent of the old trench- e ch have heen brought up to d are supported by new con- crete dugouts at intervals of about a hundred yeards. and in some cases at_smaller_intervals. 5 The aviators who reported these conditions returned not only with ver- bal statements of what they saw, but with nhotozraphs showing well equip- ped_defences. The biz iron mines mear Briey an important industrial nerve centex of the German milita machine, are ieopardized. and ecven Metz, one of the most ‘strongly fortified points be- hind the enemv lines, is menaced. Tt is not expected ihat any immediate struggle for i nossession will take Dlace. .but the success which attend- ate A resolution was introduced in the Senate providing for a medal and the thanks of Congress for J. M. Browning mackine gun inventor. It was announced that all the steel that can be given for the manufacture of locomotives has been awarded and no_new orders will be given. | the United States and Switzerland ex- pires on Oct. 3. Negotiations for its prolongation. The War Department announced {plans for the appointment of a com Killed in action 13; missing in ac-|tee of 11 to arrange for the joint tion 28; woundeed severely 72; died |campaign funds for war relief. of disease 4; wounded (degre¢ un-| To permit speedy consideration of | determined) 9; wounded slightly 1; |[the revenue bili, the Senate steering| died from wounds 1; total 125, committee planned to take three-day Killed tin | Action. recesses until October, beginning Mon- ~ day. st ocporal Walter A Rand, 40 June| s pr:cWilliam Miller Collier® of - Au- S Wpscraler ;Mgon; burn, N. Y., former ambassador . to Wounded Severely in Actic). |Spain, entered upon hi 1 president of George Washington Uni- versity. Representatives of the principal shoe manufacturers in the country are in conference with Chairman Baruch of the War Industries Board to fix the prices of shoes. The Argentine budget provides for increases of 20 per cent. in the official valuation of imported goods, 50 per cent. in the statistical tax and of 133 1-3 per cent in the port dues Mayor Hylan appointed Dock Com- missioner Murray Hulbert as director of New York Port. The office carries no salary and represents the mayor in all matters pertaining to port, harbor and water front. A BRITISH SEAMER An Atlantic Port. Sept. 15.—Shelled by a German submarine in a fog thi morning eighty miles off the Ame can coast. a Pritish passenger steamer escaped by altering her course and outdistancing the U-boat. She arrived safely in port late today ive shots were fired by marine at the steamship. which in A 3 the transport service and was bring- to-| Privates—Dennis P. Hassett. 11|{1e [FARSPOIT S¢ sty His | Knowlton Ave. Worceesthr, - 'Mass.; | 118 home nincty-six wounded Canadi- Douat M. Morrisette, 53 Cedar St. |2 e il e Lewiston Maine. sing in Action. James B. Holyoke, Privates. Ave.. 1% Mas: e [ wood PERSHING TELLS OF THE . CAPTURE OF ST. MIHIEL required tne {“American troops and their supporting Sty This was disclosed by | for vesterday, received tonight at the war Washington, Sept. twenty-seven 15.—It hours for { French ¢ivisions to reduce | Hihiel sa*%nt. General the Pershinz’s communique department. General suns and trench mortars.” i field, terials, rolling stock, clothing A1 jey obliged to register under the new draft | their hasty retreat. law 300 had registered with the con- sul-general here at the close of bus-| . Tr._addition to these many | men under thirty years of age regis- regis- tration will continue indefinitely, but it is expected that by the end of next week all Americans of draft age will iness toda tered under the old law. have registered. A man is a fool to be jealous of a good woman, and he is a fool to be ! jealous of a worthless onme. The R R To Suspend Operations Today. Harrisburg, Pa. Sept. 15—At was learned. Ley- Thomas ¥, 60 Ashley St.,, Bridgeport, Conn. A Pershing said that besid liberating 130 square miles of territory A partial esamination of the battle- the American commander add- cd, shows that great guantities of am munition, telegraph and railroad ma- | and equipment was abandoned by he en. | This was in addition to the large stores burned by the Germans during a meeting of miners at Lykens tonight it was decided to suspend operations at the collieries there beginning tomor- will be idle in the Lykens district The action was taken after the report of the vote of District No. 3 at Shamokin |the vessel. The first screamed across the starboard bow, struck the water beyond and exploded harmlessly. In- stantly the cantain altered his course and slowed down. The second e | passed over the port bow, and the nex three struck the waves astern. Though the ship was armed. the captain_ordered the gun crew not to respond to the fire. determining to rely on speed and (he low visibllity for escape. As soon as the shells be- gan to fall behind, he ranz for full into the murk. The U-boat then ceased firing. During the shelling, perfect discl- pline was maintained on the steamer. After the fog closed around her she continued her voyage with no further incident until she reached harbor. Passengers of the steamshi). de- alared upon arrival here tonight that they heard no detonation before the shells fired from the submarine ex ploded near them in the sea. assert they saw “flares” of the gun ng that the submarine appeared to be about half a mile away. Th rise to the opinion that the raider was using a “silent gun.” British officers on the steamer sald | that the firing might have come from a deck mortar. a new weapon which discharges shells without report. CARDINAL FARLEY IS IN VERY CRITICAL CONDITION New York, Sept. 15.—Cardinal Far- row untii an agreement is reached |ley is in a very critical condition to- concerning the demands for an In-|[night, according to physiciansh who reéase in wages. About 3000 men|have been attending him at Orienta Park, his summer Lome. since he was stricken with pneumonia a ‘month ago Heart weakness has developed within the past twenty-four hours. . _ | The commercial convention between OUTDISTANCED U-BOAT | the sub- | speed ahead and the liner leaped away | ed the first big American oeration | undoubtedly has brought the Germans i face to face with more serious con- { ditions on this part of the front than i for_the past four years. | The clearinz up of the woods and { ravines was the most important part | of ‘he work carried out by the Amer- inan troops Saturday. Where the bar- jrage had cayght the ememy awav frem the shelter of dugouts and trenches piles of dead were encount- and in manv | crea by the sc | places additiona s of ordnance ammunition were discovered. In ‘4-( least one case a battery of Ger- i 7's was used by the Ameri- c against the enemy, 1 cases the guns were sufficiently { damazed to make them unfit for use | 2t the present time. | Great nrmie machiie guns th piently of ammunition nearby. ero found and thev tere promptly turned cn the enemy, pouring in thousands of bullets on groups who still held out. | ! PEACE TERMS GERMANY ! HAS EXTENDED TO BELGIUM London, Sept. 15.—It is undersiood rat the government has received the Austro-Hungarian peace note and al- so the proposal, previously referred to. ithat all the nowers should withdraw i their troops from the Murman terri- g0 is learned that Sermany has peace offer to Beigium. Tre proposal are as follows: hat Belgium shall remain neutral |until the end of the war. : | That thereafter the entire economic |ana nolitica independence of Belgium !shall be reconstituted, That the pre-war commercial trea- ties between Germany and Beigivm |shall again be put into operation after the war for an iadefinite period. | That Belgium shall use her zood of- ifices to secure the return of the Ger- {man colonies That the Flemish auestion shall be | considered and the Flemish minority jwhich aided the German invaders, ishall not be penalized. | The proposal contains no word re- I srecting reparat'on or indemnities. no admission that Germany wronged Bel- { gium. AMERICANS REPULSED AN ENEMY COUNTER-ATTACK Washihgton, Sept. 15.—The Ameri- can line on the left bank of the Mo- |selle river, in' the St. Mihiel sector, |has been advanced from one to two Imiles and now includes the towns of Vilcey and Norroy, General Pershing said in his communique for today. re- ceived tonight at the war department. | An enemy counter-attack launched near St. Hilaire at daybreak today was easily repulsed and a number of prisoners taken. | | Seventy-two zuns abandoned by tre lenemy “in his hasty retreat” iwere {brousht in during the normal exten- sion of (e American lines bevond Jaulny, General Pershing said. This brought the total number of Zung cap- tured sinke the Americans started the drive which wiped out the St. Mihiel salient to more than 200. TAFT INVITED TC DELIVER AN ADDRESS IN LONDON New York, Sept. 15.—William M. Taft, ‘president of the League to En- force Peace, has been invited to de- liver the principal address at the first meeting of the i.ecague of Free Na- tions to be held in_London. October 10, it was announced here tonight, The League of-Free Nations recent- Iy was formed in Gireat Britain, The outstanding feature of its programme is the necessity for establishing & Jeague of nations forthwith,” with the although in | THE BAVARIAN MINISTER TELLS OF GRAVE SITUATION Amsterdam Sept. 15.—In a recef address at a meeting of the Bavarian Christian Farmers' Union, the Bava- rizn minister of the interior, Von Pretireich, ceclared that it was not the military situation which makes the perior through which Germany is now passing “the very gravest and se- verest period of the war” It is due to the fact. he said, that “many have become fainthedrted and have wav- ered in moral firmness und the resolve to hold out.” On authority of information sup- plied by the inilitary there were no grounds for anxiety, and until the en- emy wished to conclude a just and honorable peace, he said, all would have to do their utmost for the de- fense of the fatherland. He urged, therefore, united support to the ninth war loar as proof of power and em- duranc ding that “so lonz as the eneémy’s desire -to annihilate us re- mains unbroken we must persevere or otherwise we are loct agamst the su- periority of gur enemies.” INSPECTED MUNITIONS FACTORY IN FRANCE Paris. Sept. 14.—(Havas)—A party of Central and South American jour- nalists who are visitinz Jrance foday made an inspection of 1 - munitions factory constructed in Pasis today during the war which emoloys 12,000 persons ‘and produces daily hetween 49.000 and 50.000 shells. To date the factory has produced a total of 30,- 000,000 shel The newspzper men paid epecial | attention 1o the social features of the { factory, which includes resting and ipla g rooms with moving pictures, school for younz women a nestaur- ant and an establishment for mothers and babies. The director of the fac- tory explained the process of mun tions production and’ explained that after the viar the plant coull be used for the manufacture of goods for ex- port trad GERMANS LEFT VILLAGE OF ST. MIHIEL INTACT Paris, Sept. 15—The fact that St. Mihiel was left by the retreating Ger- mans virtually intact before the ad- vancing Americans has led to the suggestion here that the enemy may have abandoned the practice of wan- ton destruction in the sections the Americans are traversing. One theory is that the American on- rush was so sudden that it gave ‘the Germans no time to wreck the build- ings but Marcel Sembat points out that dynamite bombs quickly could have wrought destruction, unless they had decided to renounce their sys- tem of methodical devastation because of the recent outbursts of indigation against it and a desire not to renew such revolting spectacles before the Americans. OFFICIAL STATEMENT BY BELGIAN WAR OFFICE Paris, Saturday, Sept. 14.—The Bel- gian war office tonight issued the fol- lowing official communication: “On the nizht of Sept. 13 the enemy { violently bombarded onur advanced { works to the east of Nieuport and | was able to penetrate temporarily into one of our watching posts northwest of St. Georse. “In the Merckem zone the Germans succeeded in occupying temporarily the line of posts recently conquered by us to the southeast of Braibank. This (Friday) morning in spite of the counter-attacks jn force we reconquer= led all these posts, capturing about 50 {men and four machine guns TAFT ENUMERATES SOME PEACE TREATY PROVISIONS Boston, Sept. 15—Complete freedom for Russia from German influence, with full opportunity to determine its own form of government, will be one of the peace trealy provisions set out by the aliies, declared former Presi- dent William* H. Taft today, speaking before a large crowa on Boston Com- mon, He asserted also that the rees | ognition of the Czecho-Slovak govern- ment by the United States, Great | Britain_and France foreshadowed an {article in the peace treaty establish- |ing Bohemia Moravia and the Siovak part of Hungary as an independent Siav state. OBITUARY. A Mrs. Anna C. Dole. San Francisco. Sept. - 15.—Advices have been received here from Homno- Inlu announcing the death on August 29, of Mrs. Anna C. Dole, wife -of Judge Senford B. Dole the first, and only president of the republic of Ha- wail and afterwards governer of the | territory. Mrs. Dole was born in Caitaine Me., in 1841. She was married to Judze Dole in 1873. She is survived by her Serman people excluded until they arc freed from militaristic govern- ment and have comvincingly relin- Guished dreams of world domination. husband and an adopted daughter, Mrs Bben Tow. ; Her ashes were buried on August. 31 in the Kawaihao mission cemetery.