Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 17, 1918, Page 1

Bulletin Service Flag VOL. LIX—NO. 249 POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONN., THURSDAY, RUMORS RIFE THAT ENPEROR. WILLIAM - HAS ABDICATED There Has Been No Confirmation of the Rumors, Which Have Come From Dutch and Swiss Sources—There Has Been No Cessation in Hostilities—In Belgian Flanders the Entente Troops Under King Albert Are Continuing to Drive the Enemy From Belgian Soil, the Retreat of the enemy Being so Rapid That at Points .the .Allied, Troops Have Lost Touch With Him—On the Front in France the Allied Troops Are Making Steady Progreu—— On all the Fronts the Teutonic Forces Are Meeting Re- verses. (By The Associated Tress.) There are unconfirmed rumors that Germany has capitulated and that Emperor William has abdicated. The rumors emanated from Dutch and Swiss sources, but as vet the Ger- man government has not officially in- formed the Washington or London governments of its intention to con- cede in their entirety the conditions for a cessation of hostilities as laid down by President Wilson. Meanwhile hostilities are proceeding without cessation and, as in day past the forces of the allies everywhere are defeating the enemy. In Beigian Flan- ders, the British, Belgian and French troops under King Albert are sweep- ing forward for further material gains in the process of driving the invader from Belgian soil; on ihe front in France the British, French and Amer- icans are hard afier the Gérmans and are- making progress, although slow- I¥, wotwithstanding the nuous de- fense that is being offere Both in Serbia and Alharia the En- tente troops are ridding the invaded ~districts of the l\‘lN\l‘O‘H\'!lgfll’ian and Gievman comtingents, in Aibania being weli to the north of Durazzo on the and that Solf spoke of the new gov- ernment which had been formed in Germany It would not be without precedent if the peace party in Ger- many actually was in possession of an imperial rescript or other secref act renouncing thespower of the kaiser and his party when the reply fo President Wilson’s inquiry was eent. It would not be without precedent if the nego- tiation was begun with a manoeuver for the best possible terms and hold- ing back the last card—the downfall of kaiserism. If the prerequisites for an armistice are accepted, the arrangements will be made not by a mixed commission but by Marshal Foch and the co-belliger- ent commanders. In a military sense Germany would be treated as an individual prisoner of war—lisarmed and guarded. Allied forces placed in strategic positions could then by invasion of Germany if necessary enforce any terms. The al- lied war council in which President Wilson holds one vote, as has long been known, has agreed upon these conditions as guarantees for the su- premacy of the ailied armies. It can be stated with official au- Ve D the | thority that should Germany agree to -‘L‘P‘ES‘C.S*“t’“ge‘" fi’ fha“,‘;f,:“;ge such an armistice the downfall of e Do N eward the |kaiserism easily can be arranced at the peace conference without danger of accepting a “nezotiated peace.” Al- ied forces would be in position to en- force the decisions of the peace coun- cil, The two chief questions in the minds ~frontier of Austria- Hungery In the Palestine theati> the British cavalry has ariven far to the north and northwest of DNamascus, having reached Tripeli, near the Mediterrane- #n coast, 45 miles north of Beirut, and . < i of public men tonight are, is the Homs, §5 es north of Damascus. |9 len ( By this manoeliver thers seemingly isjGerman military power ‘really 8o broken as to be ready to accept these terms? And the recurring question, what has become of the Kaiser? The president was reading the latest created for the Ottoman forces the menace of again being cavght between General Allenby’s armies and crushed, as was the case in the exrly days of despatches tonight. making no com- the offemsive in the region north of|menis and other officials were doing P o id :e"; e ihe Tritish (the same. The official air was sur- n o charged with cxpectancy, but it was the Baglad reglon to form 2|the expectancy which would not bej Mfid"‘"‘""‘s‘:;&“fiw— oy Lot Al | surprised if Germany rallied to go| on for a while longer, and made an- other attempt to save something from the wreckage. There were no official indications of whether the German reply had been started for Washington, if, indeed, it has been decided upon. GERMANS HASTENING RETREAT IN BELGIUM its entirety from thc Turl great wedge of t allies in rs is_being gradually extended along the front of at- hn\roul. at _lhe heud of the rail- way lead to Bruges and numerous villages (o“&e South have teen taken, while Courtrai, ‘the junction point of the railway. to Ghent, is aimost entire- Iy surrounded. Large numbers of pris- oners and many aaditional guns have With the Allied Armies in Belgium, been capturei by the Belgian, French)Oct. T5.—(By The A . 430 p.om.. and British 'roops whe are carrying|The Germans have started a retrcat out the operation. on a tremendous scale from northérn To the south of this rerion the Brit- ish continue successfully their man- ovegver which has an its main objec- Pelgium. French avalry is D- proaching Theelt, seven miles from the banks of the Ghent-Bruges Canal. tive the capture of Douai and Lille and | The canal itseif is only ten milestr the biotting out of the big salient |the border of Holland. So fast which is barring the war to Valen-|euemy retreating that the French, ciennes and the German defense line in that vicinity. Here the Germans are continuing fo withdraw, vioscly fol- British and Belgian infantrv at leas in the center of the battle front h lost touch entirely lowed by the British wl:o are within! The Pelgians advancing astride the two and a half miles aud three and |Thourout-Bruges and Thourout-Os- tend mans, three quarters miles of Lille, respec- tively southwest aud wes: of the city.. In the Champagne region where the French and Americans ure driving their way northward further good fains have been ade, notwithstand- roads have def 1 the who are retreating rapully Ger- COMMENT OF GERMAN PRESS ON PRESIDENT WILSON'S REPLY ing the furions efforts of the Ger-| Amsterdam, Oct. 16—Commenting mans to hold their line. Rethel, the|d! i o the Bertin Voo important junction_point for the rail- | Jerman peace offer, the Berlin Vos- ways running to Mezieres and other | 5! points inside the cnemy-held territory, Zuarantees does President Wilson offer that military superiority ca y . ench. s y A - Tl-;;:‘ |h-'m:mlrib) ""“‘l'"o“',;\,e will not be utilized afterward by his g 4 . allies in a manner opposed to the again pressel slightly forward. principles of justice and conciliation? It appears that we are at a stage when it is still possible to warn the enemy that in the history of the world it has often been proved a mistake to drive a strong mation which in order not to venture its all offered its hand in peace, into summeninz all its slum- bering forces to the national battle.” The Frankfort Zeitung savs: “Presi- dent Wilson's reply cannot be said to mark an advance on the path of peace. On the contrary, another spirit speaks in the note. The spirit of Clemenceau and Lloyd George makes its presence felt and causes doubt to arise whether the path can lead to the goal” The Cologne Gazette, which often speakis authoritatively, eays: “After President Wilson's note, hope for peace must be lowereq a few pegs.” The Cologne Volks Zeitung takes the same stand. This newspaper declares that a cessition of Germany's U-boat warfare cannot be demanded before an armistice is koncluded. “The Ger- mans must lower their hopes of a-near peace of justice without humiliation." says the Cologne Volks Zeitung. GREAT EVENTS FORESHADOWED IN LATEST NEWS OF GERMANY Washington, Oct. 18. Tonight's news of Germany is everywhere re- garded as the shadow of great events being cast before them There is in Washington no official word that the kaiser has abdicated, or that he has been overthrown, or that Germany is ready to accept all of President Wilson's terms. The official opinion in the capital to- night is that coming of these things is timed only by the unknown degree to which the German military power has been broken. There may be more information on that point in the chan- cellories of England, France and Italy than there is in Washington. Most significant of all is regarded the report from Holland by way of London that Germany will immediately reply to President Wilson accepting all his terms and asking only suarantees for the interests of Germany and the German people. If such a reply does come, President Wilson's only course will be to forward it to the co- hejligerents. The guarantees for the interests of Germany and the German people do not intervene as an obstacle if guarantees are thought of in sincere terms. If they are put forth as an- other vehicle for a quibble, an oppor- tunity for diplomatic evasion and trickery, or a negotiated peace, they will meet only one reply. If they mean guarantees for the in- tegrity and sovereignty of Germany which is rightfully German, always taking in the determinations of the hu- man beings concerned, no obstacle is foreseen. If they mean guarantees for the right uf the German people to live their lives under a peaceful, responsi- ble government which does not menace the lite of the world, President Wil- son's utterances on the subject, offi- cials think, already have given the answer. If Gernfany accepts all his terms and attaches the condition of such guarantees it ie considered that bardly less could be expected of her. Guarantees for the interests of Ger- many, involving only Germans, it was KAISER RIDICULED IN STREETS OF NEWPORT Newport, R. I, Oct. 16—A caged kaiser, weeping. over President Wil- son's latest note to Germany, was greeted with enthusiastic abuse as he was dragged through Newport today by sailors from the naval station keld a celebration in honor «f Day in the Liberty loan campaign. In 00 the parade were more than 1- ors and yeowomen, who had brok( the Second Naval District loan rec- ord by buying $331,000 of the fourth issue. Besides the float of the weep- ing kaiser there was ons marked “Clown Prince,” and other cages con- tained many of Germany's warriors. HOW MARTIAL LAW IS ADMINISTERED IN GERMANY Amsterdam, Oct. 16.—Emperor Wil- lium has issued a decree saying that martial faw in Germany can only be administered by an agreement he- tween the civil and military autheri- Ppol are quite apart from the|tjes, according to a report received self-d ation of the oppressed|here. nationalities In Austria I(?’r which President- Wilson has pledged the peace to secure opportunity for an|-/EUT: GATES, FORMER YALE autonomous development. There always is the possibility that the conditions President Wilson h laid down as the basis for a peace al- ready have come about in Germany. n.mm- noticed that Chancellor Mazximilian sent a note, and that when the president answered with an in- quiry, it was Foreign Secretary Solf, P‘ ot the. , Who replied. FOOTBALL CAPTAIN, MISSING ‘Washington, Oct. 16.—Lieutenanz ‘Artemus L,’Gates, naval aviator and former captain of the Yale football team, has been missing since October 4. the navy department has been ad- vised by Vice Admiral Sims. The message gave no details and 1t wuas arnounced today that the cepartment has asked for further information. Alies Repulse Heavy Bolshevik Attacks Americm and Ruuianu Have Advanced Northeast of Vologda. Archangel, Tuesda: 15—By The A.. F.)—Allied including Americans, are engaged in repulsing heavy Bolshevik attacks on both ‘banks of the Dvina, 150 miles north of Kot- lass in the north Russian fighting zone. The Americans and Russians have advanced in the directior of Welsk, northeast of Vologda. The Bolsheviki with massed forces are striving to regain the positions which were won after hard fought struggles by Americans acd Scotch on September 21. Under, an almost con- stant bombardment for incre than a week, the allies have repuised many infantry attacks and iunflicted con- siderable losses. These positions in- clude villages, on opposite sides of the Dvina river, some of which are.on a high bluff at a strategic hend in the stream. Around this land Bolshevik zunboats, protected by mic fields and a low sandy island, have celivered a bombardment .with shelis of all cal- ibres. . : The allies, meanwhile, have been forced to strive npainst the rapidly falling river, which is iull of sand- bars. The garrison. though greatly outnumbered in men and artillery, have strugglecd waist deep in the swamps and knee deep in the muddy roads, capturing sever:i guns and machine guns. An American engineer lieutenant and a few men crossed the river under a heavy fire and rescued a gun from 2 disal-led tuz on which the Bolsheviki had centered their fire. The next day the same lici:tenant with a sergeant braved the samc dangers in an_ effort to repair tugs caught under a heavy shower of shrapuel fire. They tried to swim for the shore but were swept away by the switt current and drowned The Bolsheviki now are trying to spread their propagand: among the allied troops. Captured trenches and villages on the Dvina front were full of proclamations, printed in English, asking the Pritish and Americans not to fight. These proclamations were laughed at by the PBritish and Ameri- cans, as parti~ularly inconsistent with Bolshevik treatment of prisoners, whom they many times have multi- lated. 654 NAMES IN TWO ARMY CASUALTY LISTS Washington Oct. 17.—The followins | casualties are reported by the Com- manding General 'of the American Ex- peditionary Forces: Killed in action 37; missing in ae- tion 8; wounded severely 7z; d.ed of disease 21; died from accident and other causes 3; wounded degree un_ determined 72; prisoners 3; total 218. New England men are: Killed in Action. i Private George A. Dawson, Nor- wich, Conn. Wounded Severely. Privates—Aime Auger, Masonville, R. L; Nancy L. Devine, Waterbury, Conn.; Stanley F. O'Kane, Dorchester, Mass.; Nick C. Vican, Providence, R L > Wounded (Degree i ndetermined). Corporal James O. Robertson, Well- esley Hills, Mass. Privates—John S. Rourke, Lowell, Rosario Rubbo, Pittsfield James R. Hutt. Needham, Silas E. Partridge, Leicester, William A. Plankey, Hunting- Mass. ing to Action. Privates — John 2 Alviti, Boston, Mass.; Alfred Bernier, Putnam, Conn. Prisoners. Private John A. Bell, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON'S LIST Killed in action missing in ac_ tion 35; wounded severely 182; died from wounds 31; died from accident and other causes 4; died of disease 26; wounded, degree 106; total 436. New England men are: Killed in Action. Sergeant Albert Greaves, Somerville, Mass. Private Samuel Valley, Sanford, Me. Died from Accident and Other Causes Private Noel Marc-Aurelle, Worces- ter, Mass. Wounded Severely in Action. Lieutenant Kenneth H. Lanquette, Roxbury, Mass. Corporal Frank William Jacobs, Tor- rington, Conn. Privates—Robert R. Dority. Lawrence Everett, Mass.; Arthur S. Hammond, Rock- land, 'Mass.; Joseph Mancuso, Provi_ dence R. L; Otto K. Schultze, Great Barrington, Mass.; William Shea, Bridgeport, Conn. Wounded (Degree Undetermined). Lorporal George W. La Porte, Derr: N. H. ‘Mechanic Barl O. Yeomans, Haven, Conn: Privates—John . H. Bowers, New Haven Conn.; Howard O. Bristol, New Britain, Conn.; Patrick J. Hayes, Mattapan, Mass.; Arthur G. Johnson, New Manchester, N. H.; Raymond J. Leonard, Worcester, Mass.; Antonio Morocco. Worcester, Mass.; George H. Muntz, Meriden, Conn.; John M. Scott, Cambridge, Mass.; John Suess, New Britain, Conn. TWO SOLDIERS AND ONE SAILOR LOST ON AMERICA Hoboken, N, J., Oct. 16—-Two sail- ors and one soldier reported missing after the army transport America sank yesterday at her pjer have not reported to their commanding officers. Opinion was expressed today that they had been drowned. There was $1 000,000 worth of sugar on the sh)]) and this probably is a total loss, Before she was seized and taken over by the United States Shipping Board and designated nas a troop transport, damage to the shin by the officers and men of her former Ger- man crew was repaired at a cost of approximately $300,000, OBITUARY John P, Begley. Hartford, Oct. 16.—The death John P. Begley, assistant United States district attorney in this clty, occurred this forenoon at kig home, No. 4 Jewell Court, due to pneumonia. He was 26 years of age, a na.ve of New Britain, and unmarried. He was a graduate of Trinity collexe in 1913, and of Harvard Law School in 1918, He had been special assistant to Unit- ed States District' Attorney Thomas J. Spellacy since May 1917, and during the latter's leave of absence had been practically in charge of the Connecti- cut district, undetermined h of |erty and the pursuit of happiness.” Condensed Telearams Anthracite shipments for September amounted to 6 234,395 tons. British casualties for the week end- ed Oct. 14 totaled' 35,710 officers and men. Seven-cent trolley. fares are in ef- fect throughout New Jersey. Insurance losses in the Northwest as the result of forest fires are plaved at $25,000,000. United States Steel Corporation’s service flag has 29985 stars. Sixty are of gold. Thomas A. Edison, the inventor, confined to his home by an illness diagnosed as a_cold. Burean of Census reports 490,779 running bales of cotton consumed in September, linters excluded. Fuel Administrator Farfield approv- ed the increase of wages in the an- thracite fields for 150,000 workers. Total holdings of gold of the Im- perial Bank of Germany is reported at 2,547,000 marks. Secretary Daniels called upon Amer_ ican shipbuilders to speed up pro- duction of destroyers. Gold output of Rand mines of Sep- tember amounted to 708,206 fine oun- ces valued at £3008,267. Charles A. King, former vice-presi- dent, was elected president of the Commonwealth Bank, New York. Two factories for producing salt from sea water by electricity are to be erected in Norway at a cost of $5,- 000,000. A Stockholm report says that five Socialists were sentenced to death at Helsigfors on a charge of treason. Others on trial received sentences from two years to life imprisonment. A tontract for 150 locomotives for the Italian government has just been closed by the American Locomotive o. Of the first 10,000 Liberty Motors built 3,965 were made by the Packard Motor Co., 2,824 were made by the Lincoln Motor Co, and 2010 were made by the Ford Motor Co. American Red Crosa hospitals were established at four Italian cities, Mil- an, Rome Genoa, and Florence. Soft coal loading by government controlled railroads in the eastern part | jumps into the unknown, Possibly to death. | raising the Liberty Loan. Think once more about NORWICH STILL HAS BUY YOUR BONDS AT ANY BANK TODAY OCTOBER 17, 1918 TEN PAGES—70 COLS. PRICE. TWO CENTS Hold Turkey in Line Will Open Fire cn Cam‘tanti- nople at the First Sign of Defection. _Washington, Oct. 16—With tre Ber- lin-Constantinople railroad cut by the allied occupation of Nish, Germany is relying upon its Black Sea fleer to hcld Turkey in line. Information his been received at the state depurtwent that the Turkish governmeni nas Leen told by Berlin that the fleet wili open fire on the Ottoman capital at the first sign of defection. This German fleet consists largely of warships captured from the Russians, but is believed here to pe s for the present at least, the Tu government. It was pointed ouc cay that with the British forces rap- iolg clearing Palestine anl Mesopnta- mi® of Turkish control, Tlrsey must held to Constantinople as s only Lope of maintaining any power as 2 government, News from Copenhagen that luzet Tasha has been appointed premuerand minister of war in the new Turkish cibinet was interpreted as meauing that Berlin still is not without a .friend at court. Because of his iong service as chief of the Turkish army staff and his association with German cfficers, Izzet is looked upon as friend- ly_to Germany. The accuracy .of reports that the Union and Progress Club, the nost powerful organization in Turkey, had been closed at the demand ot the Tur- kish army staff, was doubtel by offi- i cials here, who said such action would ibe tantamount to a military revolu- tion. If the report is true, they de- clared, anything might happen in Constantinople. Britain Recognizes Poland. London, Oct. 16.—The British gov- jernment has recognized the Polish na- Fight for the Loan’s Success The fighter has no time to count the cost as he as he springs to success— You certainly ought to make as great a sacrifice in the man who does not worry about meeting death and remember that $482,200 TO RAISE Jan. per cent. compared period of 1917, Five more American soldiers have died as the result of pneumonia con tracted at the time of the sinking of the steamer Otranto. Two naval enlisted men were drowned, an officer missing and ano- ther injured in a seaplane accident off the coast of England. A Federal commission was created to investigate the high co. among war workers and thereby de crease the high labor turnover. Dr. Patrick Hues Mell, of Atlanta, Ga., who devised the present system {of weather signals used by the Wea- ither Bureau, died at Fredericksburg, iva. Albert Lebrun, minister of blockade, with the 1 tions estimated that it would be eigh_ teen months before any coal could be { delivered from the flooded Lens mines. Isay that Pancho Villa, may soon captured. With full military honors, the body jof Captain A. A. Mackintosh, assistant {military attache at the British em- bassy, who died recently from Span- ish influenza was buried yesterday in Arlington national cemetery. Increased authority in combatting epidemics would be granted the Pub- lic Health Service by a senate reso- lutign adopted by the house. Robert Rudd Whiting, formerly editor of Ainslee's Magazine and a member of the Committee on Public | Information, died today of pneumon_ ia at his home in Darien, Conn. Lieutenant Jasper French of Chi- cago was killed near Columbus, Miss., in an aeroplane accident in which his machine caught fire. His companion whose ame has not been ascertained, was seriously injured. “BEABY DOLL'S” CASE GOES TO JURY TODAY be Bridgeport, - Conn,, Oct. 15.—Attor- Willlam H. Lewis, representing William by Doll” Thomas and Jake Hawkins. both colored, on t for the murder of Morris Pannell, closed his two hours’ argument before the jury this afternoon at 3.15 o'clock by telling the jurors that Fairfield county, the state and city ar> on trial in this particular case and recom- mended to thém the golden 1u'e. At- torney Carl Foster after a recess took up the argument for the stute and continued until court adjourned for the night. Attorney Foster will resume his ar- gument tomorrow morning at 10 o'- clock when court opens and Judge Reed is expected to charge the jury immediately afterward. The case will be in the jury's hands shortly after the noon recess. “They may be only black men,” ar- gued Attorney Lewis, “of little account and of small consequence in tke com- nuunity, members of a despiséd race, Lut under the laws of the land which knows no distinction of race, color or creed, they are entitled to life lib- ANOTHER ATTEMPT ON LIFE OF NIKOLAI LENINE Ampterdam, Oct. 15.—Another at- tempt has been made on the life of Nikolai Lenine, the Bolshevik premier, according to the Leipzig Abend Zei- tung General Anzeiger's vV corres- rondent. Lenine received a bullet in the shoulder from a revolver in the hands of M. Dwanitzke. of th> infor- mation bureau of the Soviet. Dwan- itzke was arrested. of the country for the period between‘ 1 and Sept. 30 was increased 12! same | st of hiving | and Lois Loucheur, minister of muni- | Reports at Washington from Mexico | {tional army as autonomous, allied and co-belligerent, according to official an- nouncement tonight, MILITARY DEFICIENCY BILL IN THE HOUSE shington, Oct. 16. Tmmediate sideration w: ven by the house to the military deficiency bill { carrying $6,34 000, reperted by the appropriations committes to provide for the enlavged war programme dur- the coming nine monins. Leaders the measure would be passed to- "TOW. id mor Ceaseless prosecution of the war, said Chairms: Slherley in presenting the committec’s report, is the. under- Iying back of thebill. “This i measure providing for | the prosecution of the war with the utmost vigor und dispatch,” he added. “In its preparation no consideration recent peace events. N een denied that is belie to carry on the war. icn of nnmediate en- of the Neville Island apnropriation commit- with the war depart- Chairman Sherley. The aid, it unwise to authorize an increased expenditure of $93.000,000 there becauss the army programme, within this. wiil test the productive capacity of the country. nd the plant’s ouiput will not start until 1920. Meanwhile werk will pro- ceed under a previous 343,000,000 ap- propriation. Reduction of th> estimates by committee totalled $2,510.274,985, various departments ashing for 886,131,651. While all the money w. asked in cash, the committee granted the bulk in contract authorizations, the total of these beinz $ with the cash limited to $2 45 Kequests of varicus departments for $3.000,000 for additivnal clerk hire was refused by the committee, Mr. Sherley explained, saying “the remedy for the shortage of cleriks in some depart- ments is a re-arrangement of clerks among departments 35 The house ap- plauded this action was given t o plant did the tee take issuc ment, declara committee, he the the MARRIAGE AND DEATH OF REPRESENTATIVE MEEKER St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 16.—Representa- tive Jacob E, Meeker died here this morning of Spanish influenza after his marriage at midnight last night to his private secretary. House Adjourned. ‘Washington. Oct. 16.—After receiv- ng news of the death of Representa- tive Meeker of Missouri, the nouse ad- journed . this afternoon and Speaker Clark appointed a committee to at- tend Mr. Meeker's funeral. LANSING PAYS TRIBUTE TO MEMORY OF SOLON MENOS ‘Washington, Oct. 16.—Tribute to the memory of Solon Menos, former min- ister from Haiti, who died several days ago from Spanish influenza. was paig today by Secretary Lansing in an address at a special meeting of the governing board of the Pan-American union, of which Dr. .Menos was a member. SIXTY MORE SOLDIERS BALLOTS FROM OVERSEAS Hartford, Oct. 16.—The secretarv of state today received a batch of sixtv soldiers’ ballots from overseas. These brought the total of such ballots re- * Washington, Oct. 16.—In the fa\.fi of figures stil showing the fourth Lib erty loan only a little more *nan half raised—up to $3,269 031,50, e cnief source of hope tonight Lty in assur- ances of campaisn managers tor cach of the twelle districts that their re- spective fields would prove up when final returns 7> counted. Supporting this attitude addition of $315,000,000 todas total, the biggest single di, s scription. This still left §2, to be gathered tomorrow, j riday an Saturday—three days—3$900,0:0,000 day. Officials do not_exper rate to appear in official least until Saturday. They believe a billion or more will be counted tp after the campaign has clsscd Satur- day night from the flood of lust min- A the to the a that big reports, at lions mark on the latest reports urday, the loan may fail to rcacl goal. at- leons added $1,171,000,000, making the actual subseriptions $4, ln‘v'MOOO Official reports do not show any federal reserve district above 100 per cent, but Minneapolis district man- agers, with a recognized showing of 80 per cent., claim they hava gatnered enough pleds s Lo put ti.em over. The St. Louis district with S5 per cent., 1 leads all others. Boston is thira with 67 per cent. New oYrk, Atianta and Philadelphia are lowest. with per- centages of 47, 42 and 42, respectiveiy This was Navy Day in the cam- paign, and on battleships anl at lard stations, throughout the world, Ameri- |can sailors and naval officers turned in pledges of part of their small earn- ings to help pay the expe: of the war. Even without today’s additions, the navy than Cowie, nav already has subscri»ed more 000,000, Rear Admiral T. J.! told Liberty loan officer, today. The who has three sons in then proceeded to “match the with another $100 suoscription for himseif. He also issued a state- Secretary McAdoo retary, “It would be fatal to minimize the gravity of the nation's problem. 1In three days we must raise almcst three ll on dollars. Navy men are doubling their sut- scriptions. Many battleships are re- porting every officer and man on board on the honor roil. “Let every. individual American take fresh inspiration from tae thri ing Tecord of the navy."” For the fighting men on land, Briga- dier General lord, army Lbierty 1oan cfficer, reported that soldiers, ute subscriptions. But th fear that! unless the officially tabulated total runs considerably above the ‘our bi.- exclu-* German Fleet to |LIBERTYLOANTOTALNOWS3,269,001 500 $500,000,000 a Day Necessary to Reach Goal of Six Billion - —Officials Do Not Expect That Big Rate to Appear in Cfficial Reports’ Until Saturday—Believe a Billion or More Will Be Counted After Campaign Has Closed From Flood of Last Minute Subscriptions. sive of the American expeditionary forces, had bought $30,000,C90 in bonds up to last Monday, and Captuin Rob- ert Wi Daniel, assistant army Liberty loan officer, estimated this would be raised to $45,000,000 by the ona of tae week. ‘This means,” said a war depart- ment announcement, “that the army will buy of this loan doubie the amount subscribed to the third Liver- ty loan. A telegram from Fort Ga., stated that numbers German prisoners wished to invest in Fourth Liberty honds. Permission was given by A. Mitchell Paliner, alien rroperty custodian, Reports from all sections of the country today show that railroad men had subscribed for 3109.635.090 at the close of business Oct. I1. Inciuded in the distribution by regions w- tern $27,285 000: Allegheny $14.4 central westerns 21,271,090, road administration. with less chau %09 officers and employes, has subscribed iethorpe, of interncd When the third loan campaign had |$358,000. but three days to run, the ofiicial fig-| Elizabeth and Perth Amboy, N. J., ures stood at ,090,060, and in- |today reached their quotas. creased to $3,006,000,000 by ine 'lna‘,l night.. The post-campaizn tabula- FR NEW ENGLAND SPURTS IN LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE Boston, Oct. 6. ~»w England started a fighting finish in the fourth Liberty loan campaign today which must be maintained during the re- mainder of the week if this district is to reach its :juota of $5%0,670,000 sub- scribed when time is cal'eq Saturday night. Subscriptions for the district announced today and covering returns on Tuesday were up to the $40,000,000 average which is required for each day from now on if the quota is to be obtained. The New England total is $337,671,000. > Total subscriptions by states are: Massachusetts $211,583,000: Connecti- cut $38,213,000: Rhode Isiind $3,309,- 000; Maine $116,779,000; Vermont, $8,- 481.000. Ninety per cent. of the ment of the First Naval District have subscribed to $1,261,500, the naval aviation school unit, containing 1,788 having bought $540,000 of this amount. Connecticut cities anl town offi- cially reported today as having sub- scribed their quotas were: Old Lyme, Old Saybrock, Simsbury, Tariffville, Avon, Rockville, Newing- ton, Terryville, Middlefieid, Chester and Canton. Charles D. Haines of New York an- nounced here today that the governors of virtually all of the states had-en- dorsed the plan of the National Coun- cil of American Patriots, of whiech he is president, for a covrntrywide ob- servance next Saturday as “Pershing Day,” to give a fitting climax to. the loan campaign, GUUARDSMEN FIGHT FOREST FIRES IN MINNESOTA Moose Lake, Minn.,, Oct. 16:—Wnhile state officials and representatives of financial organizations conferred to- day to provide funds for rehabilitating the fire-devastated region of northern Minnesota, easterly winds of increas- ing velocity fanned tions into threatening proportions. Many reports of dangerous fires were received at relief headquarters here late today. Home guardsmen and other fire fighters were despatched immediately to the various districts. Although searchers located more bodies to add to the total of 800 known dead, compiled early this afternoon, it was believed that these were victims of the fearful disaster of Saturday and Sunday, and that few, if any, deaths were claimed by new fires today. More than 200 persons are critically ill in hospitals at Duluth and other places, causing state officials to estimate the general death toll at upwards of 1,000 men, women and children. About 500 Home zuards are assist- ing settlers in beating back the flames. Cromwell, 18 miles north of here, is completely surrounded by flames al- though none of the buildings is fired yet. Lawler, 21 miles to the west, with dead still lying in the roads, and in every ditch, has heen to give up searching expeditions fight increasing fires. Two hundred men sent from here this morning have askeq for additional help. McGrath, 30 miles southwest of here, is fighting for existence. Sixty men were sent from here to aid. Automobiles continued late today to return to Moose Lake with loads of dead. A funeral procession here car- ried 99 coffins to the burial ground. George H. Nettleton, ‘state fire mar- shal and deputy surance commis- sioner, estimated today the property loss would total more than $100,000,000. 1 mpelled This~ estimate covers the three counties of Aitkin, Carlton and St. Louis. - NEW TAX PROPOSALS FOR WAR REVENUE BILL Washington, Oct 16— onsideration by paragraphs of the hot draft +of the war revenue: bill was combleted today by the senate finance committee and discussion of sections temporarily passed over including surtaxes, ex- cess profits and war taxes was begun. In revising gencral administrative sections of the measure, {he commit- tee adopted a provision pesmitting all taxes imposel by tire bill cxcept stamp taxes to be paid by certair. checks. Senator Smoot of TUtah, republican, today gave notice that he would pro- post a retafl sales tax amendment, levying an impost of one cent on each purchase of a dollar or fractign there- of above twenty cents. The tax, which would he pail by the purchaser, would vield $1,250,609,000. Senator Smoot es- timated. Another amendmerii contem- plated by the Utah senater would pro- vide a sales tax on cach turnover with an estimated revenue yield of $3,500,- 000,000. Such taxes Senator Smoot said would cover possible deficiencies ‘in income from zlcohol liquors and allow elimination of a high coliection cost schedules. 5 BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE TO REOPEN MONDAY Boston, Oct. 16.—Public schools in this city, which have been closed for more than three weeks because of the epidemic of influenza, will reopen Monday. The school board announced that physicians and nurses would be in attendance and take necessary steps to protéct.the health of the children. Theatres and other places of amuse- ment, soda fountains and liquor ea- loons also will reopen Monday, re- ceived to date to 2.550. Of these only |strictions having been been o litted at midnight Saturday. about 500 are from abroad. fresh conflagra- | REFUGEES FLEEING BEFORE RETREATING GERMAN ARMIES Washington, Oct. 16.—Refugees from northern France and Belgium, who are fleeing before the retreating German armies with the hove of making their way into Holland, may be taken care of in eastern sections of Belgium, said an official despatch received today by the Belgian Jegation. “Several hundred thousands of iFrench anq Belgians have arrived in the Belgian territory administered by the German government,” said the message. “Other bhands ol refugees are re- ported to be on the way, and the na- tional commission for assistance and {revictualing is taking measures to feed the refuzees during their journey, and . also to distribute them throughout the couatry. The news- |papers report that they are traveling towards the Dutch frontfier, but they have not yet reached Holland. It is not certain that they will be obliged to leave Belgium. where preparations have been made to care for them. “In case their exodus from Belgium is necessary, the Holland government gives assurance that they will be re- ceived on its territory. In this case, their feeding will be! a<sm~ed by the commlsflmn for Belgian reli PROTESTS EXTENSION OF DAYLiGHT SAVING ACT New York, Oct. 16.—Protest against legally extending the sunimer daylikht saving act into winter br keeping the clock ahead one hour all year was made by Mzrcus M. Mar] president of the National and New York Day- light Saving Association, in a state- ment here tonight Declaring that i set back in w the rlock was not nter when the sun rises . late it would compel persons to zo to work in the dark, would be “as {llog- ical as wearing a linen coat in win- ter” and would “tarow us out of har- Mr. mony with Marks said: The senate passed the winter d light saving zet without discussion and without a hearing—a leap into the darkness without + word. Let us hope the house of representatives will not force the people to try and save day- light before dayligh Iuropean countries,” SIGNS THAT GERMANS PLAN A FURTHER WITHDRAWAL ‘With the Allied Armies in Belgium, Oct. 16 (By the A P.).—There are many signs that the Germans are planning a further withdrawal in the face of the steady pressure of the allies. Great streams of enemy traffic began moving last night and contin- ued today on the roads around Cour: trai and Harlebeke and on the rail- ways running northeast. Trench mortars and direct machine gun fire are hampering seriously the enemy transport in its attempt to get the material away through he mud. The: German withdrawal continues in the Lille sector, but slowly. In the southern battle area there has been fizhting of a minor character. More civilians have been reséued from towns, especially from Hassy. _— PIGEON CARRIED MESSAGE 36 MILES IN 35 MINUTES Boston, Oct. 16.—Mercury, champion carrier pigeon at Camp Devens, today took a message from this city to the camp, a distance of 36 miles, in 35 minutes. The message, sent by Major General William Crozier, commander of the department of the northeast, to Major General Henry P. McCain, com- manding officer at the camp, congratu- lated the latter on having stamped out influenza in the cantonment. The bird was sent off by General Crozier, together with three others, 2