Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 24, 1918, Page 1

Bulletip Service Flag VoL LIX—NO. 255 POPULATION 29,919 ’ NORWICH, CONN., THURSDAY, OGTOBER 24, 1918 EIGHT PAGES—64 COLS. PRESIDENT WILSON , WILL SUBMIT ARMISTIGE PLEA TO AllIES U..S. WILL DEMAND MILITARY SAFEG Informs German; Th-“heOnlyArmmHewwldFeel Justified m’éulmnltmg For Consideration to the Allied Governments Would Be One That Would Leave the United States and Allied Powers in a Position to Enforce Any Arrangements That May Be Entered Into—Plainly States That No Nation Can Trust the Word of Those Who Have Hitherto Been Masters of German Policy— Virtual Surrender of the Teutonic Allies in the Field Will Be Price Demanded For Suspension of Hostilities. Cabled Paragraphs THE ENTIRE UKRAINIAN MINISTRY HAS RESIGNED The Eritish Wire- ministry has; resigned. 874 NAMES IN TWO & ARMY CASUALTY' LISTS . 23—The /following casualties “are reported by, the Com- manding 'General Expeditionary Forces: Killed in action 36; died of wounds | 16; died of accident and: other causes 1; died of disease erely 60; wounded ‘Washington, — President | the only armistice he would feel justi- in submiting for consideration would be one which should leave the United States and the powers associat- ed'with her in a position to enforce any arrangements that may be entered into and to make a renewal of hostili- ties on the part of Germnlw impossi- i wounded sev- has eubmitted ¢ an armistice and peace to the me time has in- missing in action 21; prisoners: 2; New England men a Killed in Action. Privates—Stephen Klykunas, Ma&w Josex\h A. Thomas R. Bug- suke it impossible for Germany “The president has, therefore, trans- mitted his correspondence with the present German authorities governments with which the govern- ment of the United States is associat- ed as a belligerent, with the sugges- if those governments are disposed to effect peace terms and principles indicated, military advisers and the military ad- United States be asked to submit to the governments asso- ciated against Germany the necessary terms of such an armistice as fully protect the interests of the peo- ples involved and ensure to the asso- ciated governments the unrestricted power to safeguard and enforce the Jetails of the peace to which the Ger- man government has agreed, provided they deem such an armistice possible the military ~poi Should such terms of armistice their acceptance by > the best concrete evidence of her unequivocal ance of the,terms and principles of peace from . which the whole action present authorities in Ger- ler, Pedbod Died of Wounds. Corporal William P. ng: “If it (the United States) must deal the military masters and mon- senger trafic wz: Monahan; ‘Can- is likely to have to deal with in regard to international the German empire, not peace negotiations, Nothing can be gained Private David C. rence, Mass. mll.‘dmn.\ of Died of Disease. nust demand, at surrender visers of the ifector Leger, Salem, The president’s reply to the last Ger- man note was handed to the charge v. 7e Swiss legation tonight for trans- government. ¢ accedes to the request that he take p with the allies the proposals of the ew spokesman of the German people. Framingham, Ma Wounded Severely in Action. Homan Wilbur, \‘\'hi\mun,‘ Private Ivan the Teutonic \e field will be the price demanded interruption of cing administered. transmitting the president say in action (degree 1 of Verdun, Tuesday, Oct. 22 (B { who were in the hospit: he has sug- disposed 2 “ffect peace on his wm~ and_princi- ples now accepted ierman authorities the American and | military ad rey deem such a om a military point o! \mv\ t0 sub- such terms Charles A. Barton, Dor- “The president would deem himself lacking in candor did he not point out the frankest y extraordinary s must be demanded. the president | Wounded Slightly. !on the part of the doughboy constitutional changes seem to be which are s of by the German foreign secretary in | his note of the 20th of October, it does that the principles government responsible (o the German people has vet been fully worked out, or that any guarantees either exist or are in contemplation thar tions of principle and of practice now partially agrecd upon will be perma- | Privates—John Bedford, Mass.; James Dolan 1d ensure to the associated govern- | ments the unrestricted power to en- conditions ac- i ] WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON’S LIST e president says he feels he can- ot decline to take up the guestion of , having received solemn explicit assurances- of the Ger- wan government thal it accepts ihe rms of peace enunciated by him: hat the desire to discus: jon comes from ministers 5penkim§‘ an overwhelming jmajority ierman people, and that srmed forces will observe e of civilized warfare He ignores enti _Killed in action 25; died of wounds cident and other causes disease 18; wounded sev- that the heart of the present diffuity has been reached. 3 future wars have been’ brought under ! the control of the-German people, but the present war has not been, is with the present war England men a that we are| is evident that the Ger- | man_people have no means of com- manding the acquiescence of the mili- tary authorities of the empire ‘in the that the power of the! King of Prussia to control the policy is unimpaired: Private Joe Cadili, statement that an armistice could ot be considered while rmy and navy continued their Died from Wounds. Privates—Dennis | of the empire S determining with those who have hitherto been t y. Feeling that t whole peace of the world depends now on plain speaking and straightforward | action, the president deems it his duty | ¥, without any attempt to soften | what may seem harsh words, nations of the world do not and can- | ot trust the word of those who have masters of German pokesman of the German people, he s without any Alfred Louis Died from Accident and Other Causes and tells the men with | vhom he is dealing, and through them | why such extraor- ne German people safeguards mus fore hostilities can cease Died of Disease. { one of the soldi Wounded Severely. oposed constitutional changes seem Ovide Lefebyre, | Rumford, hitherto been the government that in concluding peace and attempt- ing to undo the infinite injuries and in- justices of this war the government of States cannot deal y but veritable representatives of the German people who have been as- constitutional standing as the real rulers of Germany. If it must deal with the military mas- monarchical now, or if it is likely to have to deal with them later in re- gard to the international obligations of the German empire, not peace negotiations, but surrender. Nothing can be gained by leaving this essential thing unsaid. “Accept, sir, the renewed assurances of my high consideration. Privates—Armand walk, Conn.; William Glunts, Mass.; William H. Richardson, . Woodstock, Conn. Wounded (Degree Sergeants—Parfin G. erbury, Conn.; Barnstable, Mass.; Harold D. Ventre: McLaughlin, | {ries should be returned to jclared A. J. Balfour, the eign secretary, in a spee ave no means ommanding scence of the Undetermined). Lawrence D. LA Beachmont, “he allies can demand nothing but Louis P. Gutchell, it must demand, - was despatched, Secre- t the White Hous ance given by all chester, Conn. ‘Washington Depot, New Britain, Andrew A. M chester, N. H. Privates—Stanley Chelsea, Mass.; ted by making public cor- Buczkowski, nce hetween Secretary Baker “ROBERT LANSING. “Mr. Frederick Oederlin, Charge d'Affaires of Switzerland, ad interim, in charge of German in- terests in the United States.” ‘harles Haid 0,000 American soldiers embarked for the war overseas.! \» English transiation of the Ger- to_President Mass.; Graziano Valley, Mas: Newburyport, rough the Swiss legation here, was y the state de- 1t does not differ materiai- from the wireless version (as print- 4 in Tuesday's issue of The Bulletin) out from Germany car up what were regarded as vague g that part of the note in hich an armistice is discussed. text of President Wilson's reply o ihe last German note, to be trans- MISSING AVIATORS BELIEVED. TO HAVE BEEN TAKEW PRISONER ‘Washington, Oect. 23 Kenneth Macieish, of Glencoe, TIL, and Artemus L. Gates of Clinton, naval aviators, who have been miss- ing for a number of days, are believ- |0 ed to have been taken prisoner, navy department was advised by Vice Smith, Beachmont, Lieutenants 3 p e John H. Fisher, Beverly, Mas seppe Grisafe, Norwich, Conn and fails to Lorynec, Providence, Sossin, Bridgeport, , New Haven, Wounded Slightly. Wagoner Albert Broadhead, Provi- utenant Macleish went inta ac- October 14, with a squadron of American fiysrs against o number of enemy planes and has not since been heard from nor has his machine been . is appended: Text of President Wilson's Reply. the honor to acknow- edge the receipt of your note of the 2d transmitting a communication un- jer date of the 20th from the German zovernment, and to advice you that the president has instructed me to reply hereto as follows: “Having received the solemn and ~xplicit assurance of the German gov- unreservedly accepts he terms of peace laid down in his 10 the congress of the United States on the Sth of January, 1918, and he principles of settiement enunciat- ~d in his subsequent addresses, partic- ularly the address of the 27th of Sep- tember, and that it desires to discues their application, and that this wish and purpose emanated, not from those who have hitherto dic- ated German policy and conducted the present war on Germany's behalf, but from ministers who speak for the ma- jority of the reichstag and for an over- wheiming majority of and having received also the explicit_promise of the present Ger- man government that rules of civitized warfare will be ob- rved both on land and sea by the rman armed forces, the president of hie United States feels that he can- t decline to take up with the gov- nments with which the government the United States is associated (he «uestion of an armistice. t his duly & sAy again, however, Patrick _Cowhey, it . Gibson. Chic- opee, Mass.; Patrick Leary, Worces- Residents rear: the point where he was last seen say an American aviator was captured by the enemy. Lieutenant Gates, who was attach- ed to a French squadron, has been missing since October 4 and Vice Ad- Sims reported his’ found in such a condition as to indi- cate he made a good burned his machine before being tak- en prisoner. Private John Peter Zilko, CHARGED WITH FALSIFYING HIS QUESTIONNAIRE Boston, Oet. the Robert Dietz Leather was held in $2,000 bail by the federal court today after pleading not guilty to a charge of falsifying his question- naire. Dietz asked for deferred classi- agricultural 3 claiming that he devoted himself ex- clusively to working his . The government charges that he does not give dll his.time to farming. He is 27 vears old and mar- landing and GERMAN REICHSTAG VOTES CONFIDENCE IN PRINCE MAX TLenden, Oct. 23—The German reich- after a short debate, unanimously a resolution approving the statement made to Maximi#lan, the chancellor, according to an Exchange Telegraph despatch from Amsterdam. The resolution also expressed confidence in the new chan- the detaiis of it by Prince FRENCH AERO CLUB TO ERECT MONUMENT TO WILBUR WRIGHT 23 (Havas).—The com- mittee of the French Aero club which is arranging for monument to Wilbur Wright, inventor of the airplane, has decided to place the monument near the small village of Auvours, near I.e Mans, where Wil- Wright made his first I'rance on Aug. ment will be erected next spring. GERMAN EVACUATION OF GHENT IS IN FULL SWING Amsterdam, Oct. 23.—The evacuation , Belgium, is in full 3 according to a despatch to the Tele- graaf from Sasvan Gent. boats in Ghent are being hastily tow- toward Selzaete, near frontier south of Sasvan despatch adds. the erection The monu- St £ S Influenza Situation. Shows Improvement F avonble rom All Army Camps lnduNumberofShte‘. Washington, Oct. —Continued improvement in the influenza situation in army camps and in a number of states was shown by reporis taday to the surgeon general of the army and tae public health service. New cases in army. camps totaled only 2,733 with 327 dexths. The disease now is epi- demic/at only -three camps, Lewis, Waspington, McClellan, Ala, and Kegrney, Calil. , States where the number of new | Cases reported shows a decreuse in- “lclude Connmecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Okizhoma, Oregon South ' Carolina, Tennesser and Wisconsin. In portions of other states improvement has heen shown and for the country at large the peak of ‘the epidemic apparently has been reached. g Conditions still are serious in som siates, particularly Colorado, Kentucky, Kans: Minnesora. braska, Ohio, Texas and Ntw Mexico. It is estimated there are ! in_Ohio, The effect of the epidemi: on tio ruliroads was“shown' by the 1ailroasl dministration’s . weekly report of traffic conditions, Iliness of :ailroni men interfered- seriously wi movement and -unloading. Repair work at railroad Shops also has bees ampered, while: a decrease in pas- noted. Reports - that the influenza zers may ‘have been brought to the Uniter States and. svread by enemy agents, possibly landed on American :nores from submarines, -have been. inves- tigated by government agents, hut no Lasis for them has been found. -In- vestigatars of several government de- vartments declared today ' they , weve nvinced after an inquiry that the ase was brought to this country ough the natural channels of af- fected seamen, d‘A\PlE\'& or ports, ,md’nm by WOUNDED AMERICAN: NOT ALARMED BY AIR RAIDS'CONFEBENCE OF AGE&TS OF OPPRESSED NATIONALITIES Philadelphia, i ! representatives of s people of the Europe opencd a confer- ence in Independence Hall here today which is expected to culmunate in the | sia. organization With the American Army Northwest the A. P.).—American wounded soldiers near where | the German bombing planes dropped explosives in the neighborhood of Rareciurt last night were so little con- cerned by the raid that they refused 1o leave the building and enter dug- outs until compelled to do so by the | nurses. Discu; ing this nonchalant attitude gery Sawyer of Buffalo, N. Mabel Butler of New Haven, Red Cross nurses, said they found these men, some of whem had come in from the front lines only a few hours previolsly,” as calm as though mo af tack had taken -place, 'although the hospital had been damaged. by bombs and the wards filled with smoke. The, first thoughts of thésé’ riurses were regarding the wounded. Neither gie; had had previous ‘experience un- | Aler - enemy - hombing - operations and . expected; - wheén' they hurried to - the wards, to find the doughboys panic- stricken. had gone to bed early” Miss Sawyer said. “I was aroused by the alarm of an air raid, but someone suz gested that the Germans were merely passing by. Then there was a terrific explosion, followed by an upheaval of my cot, and 1 was tossed across the glass falling all around me, and and dirt, too. I have cared for {many gas patients and have. heard their stories. The room was full of ared me more than anything else. Then Miss Butler came -and we went to assist the patients.” Miss Butler said she was dttending when the first bomb ruck, within in which Mi imply had to & the dugoy whom T awyer lay in bed. “We | Sawver sald bombs meant i nothing to him and insisted on turn- | . to sleep” { BALFOUR OPPOSED TO RETURN OF COLONIES TO GERMANY 3, via Montreal.--In it consistent with security and unity of the ish empire that German cheon of the Australian an Zealand Club today. Mr. Balfour said it was absolutely ential that the communicaiions of the British empire should remain sa He asked if the German colonits w returned what security was there that ieir original possessors would not use them as bases for piratical warfare The doctrine that the - colon should not be returned, Mr, Balfour imed, was not selfish and imperial It was on> in which fhe int s of the world were almost us mu: concerned as the interests of the cm- pire itself. If the empire was to main united it was absolutely nec ary that communication between of FORBIDS EXTRA CHARGE n_unscrupulous power. FOR BREAD AND BUTTER York, Oct. 23. hilds Compa to charge five cents for service of bread and butter | was frustrated today by the federal food administration. which is investi gating the prices of food in'the com pany’s restaurants. After communi- cating with food officials in Wash- ington and conferring with the heac of the company, Arthur Williams, Federal Food - Administrator ‘for New York City, announced that the com- pany had agreed )? withdraw ~ the bread and butter cHarge pending the oufcome of the present inquiry. REQUESTS PRISONERS BE USED FOR GRAVE DIGGING Bridgeport, Conn., Oct. 23.—An acute need for men to dib graves in local cemeteries to-be utilized for the first ifme here. Prisoners from the Fairfield County jail were assigned to work at St. Mi- Fease at the request of Rev. James Nihill, pastor of St. church. MOTORCYCLIST INSTANTLY. - KILLED IN BRIDGEPORT Nelson of Prunbull was struck and al- most instantly killed when the motor- cycle he was riding 13 struck by the pay train of the New Haven rail- orth Avenue crossing cariy this ev- ing. Nelson was warned by a police | mand an officer of the approaching train but|has fought so brilliantly. and has tak- en"a great” part ‘in our victory." not in_time to.stop his machime. Russian Anarchists Guilty of Espionage & Reports Retumed Five Bolsheviki Who _Hlve Been Cnrcul-hng Pamphlets in New York federal courr on char ges u( ha hour’s dellb?mlmn defendants, introduce evidence desi credit the S ing German ind Rolshevik dnnucm ix- Boisheviki, on: ‘was a woman, culating pamphlets United States governmen: for troops into Russia. Pleading justifica- tion on the ground th: S was not at war w v. the defendants the sending United h that coun- | German support veturned with verdict a1l four counts of the indictnie: Steim- | Jacob Abrams, Hy-| Steel h freigint | & Gabriel a5 acquitted. tederal” build- ing were filled with friends of the de- fendants who became scr: terous when the jury reiired and the| A n were cleared hy mar- Immediately Russians it be seu @ the miu- was on his feet asking t aside. Judge Clayton ic , reminding the atforncy that was no time to Which “occunied the acm decision ion of the no time for soaphox ora- the judge declared it down. convicted. nationalities union of smail nations and the draft- ing of a declaration of in their_peoples from the domination of the Teutonic nations. Absolute crushing of tix Burope and the ostablishment of this mig-barrier to adgad” was the dominent Destruction evails in the Austro-Huagarian em- rires was demanded. 2pendence of “dream of scheme of note of all the addre: of the. absolutism that public and head of the dei:gation, said | of the Czecl.i-Sl mainly. because of the v of the dialects ndividual units of the new nation. doubt Czecho- {000, atter of opposing the Slovaks in the anl armies.” he added. nationalities clude Jugo-Slav in- Irre- ns, Ru- manians and Reuthenians The conference until noke and T thought of gas, and that | e Ee cemr {SLAVS HAVE DECLARED < A SOVEREIGN STATE Bwitzerland, 1 Executive Committee 5 feet of the bmldmg! e the doughboys into |, ssume the political direc: nationalities and declaring for the cre- | overeizn state on a demo- on of thosa The' following have been the committee ak reinion o: refer- fron- gn state | cent g ie nationalities represented by the council have ace conference. The committee rejects the plan con- | & i i for prob- | guarantee the a dele- the settlement lems in Austrid: free development ate organized Dy it. ing states will be assured free to the sea. provided i* ¥ make no a committee finaily ord among all the nationalities mn or- der to create a great national s ©OL- | claims parts should mot be at the|peoeyNe prooore REPULSE OF ENEMY Washington, violent enemy counter-attacks An attempt by | to the Germans on Verdun front was reported by General! ing i communique for received today with the ves- ¢ de- . The statement follows: On the Verdun maintained and extended our of the preceding days. ter-attacks on our new positions on Hill 297 and in the Bois des brought the enemy only seve our lint remaining everywhere intact. urther east our troops have taken o Bois de Voret, capturing 75 pris- Artillery fire has increased in v and aviation'has been more active on both sides of the Mcuse. “In the Woevre in the course of a successful raid our troops captured 26 have sains Violent coun- sterday caused jail labor PRAISE FOR ARMENIANS WHO FOUGHT IN PALESTINE! by the Boston, Oct. 23. — Praise for the chael's cemetery by Sherifi Simeon E.| Armenians who have been renian delegation in Far by its General Armenians to your Fifth {paisn | wide! bushel. cer whom | Lieut. were charged with cir- Miami, lso Acclared that | lantic port with a cargo of 2 showed of the away, influenz to Dr. cent organi tenant vision illness. Rappes |y losses, | inn . childre: On depa pany, fghting | urer- with the British army in T'alestine, Augustine’s | contained in 2 telegram sent by Gen- e in command of the army president of the Ar- . A copy of the_telegram was received today Bridgeport, Conn,, Oct. 23.—Richard | the Armenian National .Unit, at headquarters Allenby wired: “I_beg you and the accept _my sincere thaaks for road on the Berkshire division at the|agreeable telegram of congratulation. Tam proud to have had under my com- | faculty Armenian- contingent which is abroad. - Condensed Telegrams March or April. Canada’ has produced 68,000,000 shells during the war. Canadian Victory Loan cam- Julian. Estrange, 42 years ofd, a known actor, died of pneu- Maximum price of October Winni- {peg oats was placed at $5% cents a The quarantine effect in ‘Camp Dix since September | was lifted. reported. British ‘casualties for the week end- ing Oct. of Cuban sugar. Al printed matter by or in the in- }El'e;l of the I. W. W, ‘tom the Canadiin mails the Two officers and 9 enlisted men of | (he points. {the army los 4 onderoga w: Restrictions on use of coffee were arranged between the W Board and the J;OO(l Jdln|u sdlr;lln‘)“.dl and wooden vessels delivered | o, “Hvinan Rosan-|to the Shipping Board during . the |, borticu'arl i ended October 14 amounted to 150 tons. Draft cails suspended last Septem- | ber are now going on again in certain newhat bois- ! districts of Its trip trom Akron, Ohio, to Rock-{yome Americans gradually.are tearing v through the enemy’s fromt, Tournai and Audenarde, re the Britizh also are hard after A Greenwood, Miss., report says the loss of cotton at the Greenwood press was 3,500 bales, estimated value | (e enem. 1t |is $1,000,000. A new rule by the Supreme Court will limit arguments to one hour &\nvh' for_both s The reinforced concrete ship Faith arrived at an Atlantic port with -a|-IKeWise northe: on e cargo of 4000 tons of nitrates from | 'l‘l“'r‘mfik"t‘m“:““ AU Inique, Chile. 3 Sale of combined sleeping and par- lor car tickets at the consolidated ! railroad ticket offices was ordered by Rail Director McAdoo. Country elevator men at a meeting at Springfield First snow of the year fell in Rus- | The Dvina and Vaga rivers us- mid-European | ually bound with ice at (nis time of | ‘DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL the year are still free from it. ’ Rates on petroleum refined oil _in | tank ecarloads from Franklin, Pa., were held unreasonable by the Inter- state Commerce Commission. A Swiss banker reports that Ger- | (iorne: {man princes are sending their funds | for from Germany and: Ausiria under assumed names to Swiss banks. Premier Clemenceau of France has issued an order announcing that the state will pay the cost of medals awarded to soldiers hereafter. ve- | One hundred German soldiers . and7echnically the four officers were lost when the Ham- | (il the motion is ‘on | burg-American line © some time, % \Bate atrmcki msic and sduk ang Felix Gouled, raincoat manufactur- | ico poken by ler charged with making bad rain- coats for the army, was sentenced to | i seven years at Atlanta and fined $10,- None of the larger will be affected by the decision as the Successful inoculation of 10,000 sol- prevents hlv open- governments | diers against™ pneumonia following camp authori ment to 10000 more next week. |time as did the President Suarez of Columbi i able to attend the funeral services|lcons outside of d towns foxr r, wholesale houses, sellin: Carlos Urueta, Columbian |{l.an a gallon, may open in minister to the United States that |tcrritory he hoped to come to America to take the body home. John Kumnick, 62, locked Lis home in Meriden vester noon and killed himself by He was a widower and I Jazughters and’ four son: latter being in war serv for his 19 were in New York yesterday, cabled |e necticut at a meeting here toda: qu quart in the whoi of milk. It applies to all ci state where the milk producers are|tempting to . except Hortford . and | thinking he saw troops. o where a rata of 10 1-4| ‘“The tracer bullets at intervals sho nto effect Oefcher 1 throush the air like lightning flashes, and I follewed them here and there, but I could not see the Boche. T manoeuvered and tried to get the WAIVES EXEMPTION | German between myself and the moon, but T could never see him.” These night patro even when the weath: his los1 draft di-| American fliers sm his quehtionnaire | until dawn. completely filled out today for exemption. He is or of Bri idgeport, cents went LIEUT.-GOV. WILSON Bridgeport. Conn.. Oct Governor Clifford 1. who_was the first man @ &hts o1l 1o 45 registr. ir- to | Railway and Canal company and head v o fallied concerns, which have under- | the 1aw oft taken many large railroad and canal construction _enterpr: n, this’ and other countries, including China, die ; 4 ? v n The women have contended that ex- at his home here today after a brief enaton of the. eapsiise 1 £ ried with it the Fight to Do . Faul | iment, and some have anncunced their | tomobil a widow and three | candidacies for government Siems was born at and is survived by vear, with his organized, the firm of Siems & com- which executed a number of f‘fl”"flm‘h fis was succeeded in 1911 & = hrm was & in 19 ! X e Siems-Carey company. Mr, | America was made pu | Siems was made presidert and treas- | PV the committee Under his personal direction two allied companies were established for railroad construction in the United 2 States and (‘Rnflda! Th@h thmn cor- i tion also was launches for the Durpose of engaging in business| KING AND QUEEN OF BELGIUM VISIT BRUGES K, 1) King Aibert and purpose Prof. Wesley N. Hohfeld. New Hav gram recelv: the dP‘lth Liberty Loan will be in 1l begin on October shipments from Cobalt, this week exceeded 1000,600 | h has been in Much property damage is .000 bags was barred most s sunk. - | progress w | navy twin motor dirigible { Valencienn tneir w des. “the Ill. protested to the! | Particularly Vicious F:d:hng is in Progress West of dxe Meuse River, Where the American Troops l"'ammlnt& Nests of Machine Guns, as They Press Forward North “Severs carthquakes at Guatemala of the Argonne Forest—British Troops Are in the il Western Outskirts of Valenciennes—In Northern Bel- 21, amounted to 37,150 offi- gium the Germans Still Are Retiring—It is Reporhd and men. P Gerwig, of Pittghurghs That Ghent is Being Evacuated. was killed in-an airplane accident at Fla. Health conditions at Camp Custer,| The Battle Creek, Mich. were reported virtually normal. towar An American ship arrived at an At- |now (By The Associated Phlss.) allied armies | Delglum still are driving the Germans border, but the process s a comparatively slow one. On the sectors to the stability ‘| being encountered by the Americans «s they attempt to press forward along tile front from the Meuse to the town of Grand Pre, situated north of the Argonne Forest, but despite these ob- stables they have taken further ground and are steadily keeping up thair pres- sure against the enemy. heavy. counter-attacks have heen suc- cessfully sustained north of Tre. and on this sector ‘| strong concentrations of enemy artil- lery fire have gone aimost for naught. On’ the western banik of the Meuse the enemy burned and evacuated Lrouiiles and retreated in the general Jireetion their of the entire German {line—where a crash through .probably vould mean the immed whole of the defensive resistance is particularly their lives when the!ing offered by irtually are f Trade | of the hornets machine gun: ¥ foot in the face of the battle. I “In. a®drive northeast of Laon the irench have gained over a wide front, bring appreciably nearer Montcornet, the last important railroad junction iu_this region. North and south Tield Marshal Haig has made good Belween Le Cateau and Soiesmes 4 sharp wedge hos driven into the German line, treaton- Ing the town of Maubeuge on the east ‘and oulfl.nnlung Valenciennes on the Valenciennes the town of Bruay has been capiured, vir- tually making Valenciennes untenable North of this TBKan ere the Americans in {ors to overcome the natural costacles lurring the w. ire faced by picl to hoid them heir endeav- d to Sedan ked Troops with orders at all costs; in the region from Le Cateau to the north of flew over Washington on the first lap | \ mm,“ the British. and of Valenciennes tanding the frantic endea-' to maintain the: all three of these sectors for the enemy. the British have reached tae bank of the Scheldt Ca; Already the British are in tie west.. ern outskirts of Valencienne: is in progre: mans having posted innumer chine guns on the eastern bank of tke =anal which runs to tht center of the northeast of Laon the French carried them {from two to three miles. The British rumbers of tht enemy and 2 consid- crable quantity - : Veritable nests of machine z Food Administration fixing 8 cents| ol the limit on wheat produ | ihe Germans .1t is unofficially re- ported that Ghent is being evacuated. still are retirin statewide declared H. steamer Haps- | is under: : of at Camp Dix N. J., caused es to offer the treat- un- | vents the vear old son, Gabriel which four two of the skies at Lo ey American } - luding to themselves PRODUCERS TO DEMAND i 10 CENTS QUART FOR MILK Hartford. Conn., Oct. Z3.-~The Con- Other on Monday nl[ih! the American ilik Producter. Voted to|for them. make the price of mill to he paid to|M . n producers 10 cents a quarf, delivered | Cal, who e at market centers on sud after No- | than any other Vemhber 1. This is an increas rt hni _hewtolvhgkajbgwy | Hartney ng the waived ail geport and emption ,on ihree grour ! married, 'and is a municipal and state{ London, official commons e SR AR e in favor ment. The ot DeEuasY a2 majority of Chester Peter Siems. < New York, Oct. 23—Chester Peter h'}“;'f,“ Siems, chairman of the Siems-Carey | fhe exch as graduation from Yale in 1907, | PRESIDENT COMMENDS Mr. Siems entered: the engineering tment of the Spokane, Portland and Seattle railroad The following father_and brother, he | President Wil contracts in the morthwest.| the hearts n. Conn.. Oct. 2: 1 here tonight t Alameda, Coli tele- | Queen announced | Bruges g from Leland Jr, University. He was a joyful TEXAS PROHIBITION LAW IS ALLIED NATIONS AGREED UPON TERMS OF ARMISTICE Austin, Texas, Oct. learns that the llied governments as a_resuit of continual conmunications are perfectly agreed upon ihe terms wider which it will be ]Aofls!b‘fl to enter into negotia- armistice. It rity opinion b 1] appeals. the court of’crimi- One judge dissented. The general Stated that a motien re-hearing_would be filed also staied that 1-issue no permits to se!l intox g liquors “hearing ig disposed of by the court of . criminal- appeals. fowed for have been dealt with in tions between the United States and Germany, and they portance’from the allies” idea of the freedo as understood hy are of (ne first im- the filing Of th te remaing dry un- passed upon ood that some who have not s will ‘epen sa | any allied government It would appear tions precedent to an u‘vflaflce mu include the-Guestion of sca power, land power, redeemed their li immedi: heing prosecuted if the granted and the law uph: hut hitherto Germany b limited her re- mile zone law saloons omes effective ich went t Britain, France and Ttaly owe so much to sew power in ing on the war development immediately. into effect at and in natural cannot omit consideration of sea power from thae discussions concerning the armistice The president never ussumed that his conditions would be limited to the occupied territories,” as the Germans always argued. a4 number of questions t after receiving licences to sa- incorporated retailing lieuor. AMERICAN FLIERS SEARCH THE SKIES AT NIGHT With the American Army in France, Oct. 22 (By the A. P.)—Searching the German aviators newest trick of the who alread y lacing the matter be- fore the allie: $176,500,000 IS IMPERATIVE FOR UNITED WAR WORK FUND 23—Dr. John R. Mott, United War % has become the Bostoni, 06t director general of the Work campaign, told the New Eng- land _organization that $170,500,000 must be over-subscribed by fifty per cent. American army When planes came in groups one after the in orler that the may have the proper warmfh and comfert during the win- csociation | night fliers went out in force to hunt ot Among the Americans was Major Harold Hartney of Pasadena, to the Germans of our fliers. ‘ “T was so close to one Boche, 0 e T could see_his ice | tracer bullets' shooting downward. ale Drice | he moonlight the German wi “T drezd the thought of the coming i i “I know how the boys over there live. I know what they will be up against when the ter- in. We must give our v bit of warmth and every spark of cheor we can. If we can do the things we have planned, we will usands of iives. During the past year there have heen more deaths from ep)demlr in the trenches than from shells.” New England represents seven organizations share in the the conference. sent his best priest in the Bo. 2 had been asked to speak of the drive every Sunday rible winter save tens of th *war work fund attended WOMEN MAY SIT BRITISH PARLIAMENT The house of oiniion tods women sitting in parlia- olution was passed by TGM LAWSON INJURED u WHEN AUTO OVERTURNED . the Boston (inancier and independent States senator, was injureG when his 5 overturned on the state in_Northboro 5 was brought to a hospital in this city. - attempted to turn out g with another and the limousine skidded znd turned Lawson was hurled from his seat and the chauffeur was thrown through the windshield. Both were_brought here by announced on August 3 unanimous decision by ers of Englang, Scotland women were mot eligi- for the Brit- § that, unde and Treland, 6 caverd: cal s in_this and | ble to becom ish_parliament. over " twice. M. a passing au= Physicians who examined Mr. Law- sot: found two ribs broken and several body bruises. He will remain at_the hospital for a few days. Michael Kel- . the chauffeur, sustained two se- vere cuts in his right les. SUPPORT OF GREEKS iotter from n, commending the ef- forts of Reliei Committes for Gree A and bespeaking for it and continued lovers of Greece in New York, Oct. 2 PRIVATE MASQUERADED IN UNIFORM OF LIEUTENANT New Hav-n, Conn. Oci. vate Samuel Mogilokin, formerly of Providence, benalf of an unusually trag- | rested here today by focal detectives v wearing the nniform of a lieutenant. According to information from Washiagton he is wanted there on a charge of passing iwo worthless checks for 385 each. He is being held for the authorities in W among the Greek sufferers from Bul- RUMANIA HAS CLOSED ITS BLACK SEA PORTS British ad~ airplane Tucs: of Prof.|left Dunkirk at 5 Hohfeld of the Yale Law [ morning and landed af Bruges a half facuity. He joined the Yale in 1913 co: Stanford, e by graduate of the University of Cali- | their return they left Bru: fornia and Harvard Law School; less despatches picked v are to the effec government ‘hia: an ports on the Black Sea znd on Danube closes nd veere given 1 populace. On es at 11 o'- declared all Ri