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WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair and slightly cooler to-day; to-morrow
fair; west to northwest winds.
Higheit .temperature yesterday, 66; lowest, S3-
Ucttlled weather rvportji on pace IS.
IT SHINES FOPv ALL
VOL. LXXXV. NO. 58.
LOAN EXCEEDS 5 BILLIONS:
ITALIAN ROUT AMERICAN TROOPS SHELL GERMANS;
N. Y. TOTAL IS $1,650,000,000
TEN MILLION SUBSCRIBERS
GROWS: 65.000
FIRST ONE HITS; FIRST RAID SUCCESS;
MADE CAPTIVE
THRILLING MARCH INTO TRENCHES
NEW YORK, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28. 1917. owwj. idit, j . su rating and pubuMnB Aomon. fift PAfiEff PRTr.R ttivr prnts J lfrt
Belief Is That Country Re
sponded With $300,000,.
000 Over Maximum.
FEW DISTRICTS LAG
This Reserve Centre Leads
All Others on Percen
tage Basis.
$875,000,000 IN A DAY
Nation Ends Campaign With
Final Offering Above
Billion.
mm . nvwVMfMMv A a
vyAiuuriuiui., jcu zv. sec
retary McAdoo announced
lite to-night that the aeeond
Liberty Loan was an overwhelm
ing niecea.
AaMrtoal second war loan yesterday
rod! t victory en the crest of a ware
M patrlotiam which swept the loan
satilr past the maximum of $5,000,
W.W0 and headed It for an oversub
serlptlon of at least 1300,000.000. This
seams apparent last night as returns
from the twelve Federal Reserve Dis
tricts toM of the greatest outpouring
et wealth in history In the final hours
f the campaign.
Flashing past the 4,500.000.000
mark within an hour after the opening
ef soilness yesterday morning, the beat
returns available last night pined the
total subscriptions at $5, 0S0, 000,000. Ac- I
tual subscriptions tabulated and an
saaneed by the, Treasury Department
ware 13.760.106,000. As the bank? have
Its days In which to report full re.
turns. It was certain last night that It
will bs a week before the country will
isow the full extent of Its victory.
' At midnight, long after the campaign
Had Closed In a majority of districts.
facials were unable to strike more than . Brazil and desires the triumph of Inter
s vagus estimate of what final returns national Justice, which should be the
will be, and some districts refused to cause of all South America.
fir out any figures so overwhelms
ire they by the response of the Amerl
can people on the final day. The Treas
ury Department admitted that five bill
ies! had been subscribed and further
reports Indicated that the highest hopes I
et the Department and the Liberty Loan j
Committees V, Keen realized '
Vay Be 149,000,000 gnbsrrlbere.
Next to the overwhelming response t"
tt loan, the thlna- that gave the Liberty 1
len committees most Joy was the num-,
Br cf subscribers. They were estimated
st ,000,000 by officials of the local dls-'
trlet last night, but the Treasury Depart
rifnt went aven further and announced
that Indications were that they would
rch 10,000,000 when final returns havo
tn compiled. Of this amount the Hec-
ei1 Federal Raserve District will con
tribute at least 4,000,000 Individual sub-
rnrs.
W the totals stood at mldnlrh't. Amer-
l a lis- shattered all precedents in the
nutter of war financing. Kngland raised
16,000,000,000 In her last toan,
I'Jt try as she would she could not raise
It jlove the five billion mark. In com
l'iiln with the second war loans of
ill Hie warring nations they sink Into
"mnaratlre significance, as do also the
number of small subscribers obtained. I
KiisUurl reached x.000.000 In her last
"lit a large part of these bought
a- smings certificates and not bonds,
"f the total subscription to the loan
the Treasury Department will gain about
lt.COO.000.000 to aid the nation in prose
cu.on of the war. Under the terms of
. I",n a minimum allotment of 13,
CJO onn.ooo was set for the country, and
ef all subscriptions above this figure the
f-rnernment takes half. This rule will
"trictl) adhered to. Secretary McAdoo
renounced from Washington last night.
This District's Figures.
The part that the Second Federal Re
sne district has played In the loan has
Mrrsnauowed the whole country. Par-
: Chicago district whlh ot.nil.
Md.to New Jorlc In this respect. The
"sure for the New Tork district Is ex-fctea-to
Increase by 100,000,000 when
t returns art In, hut as It stands to
' it npreients an oversubscription of
M!lnlx,mum of 11.500.000.000 by $1C0,-
TUturns list night Indicated that the
ie banner dlitrlcts of the country New
Ijrk, Chicago. Boston. Cleveland and
'hllidelphla had apparently subscribed
Jt leait $4,000,000,000 to the loan, Re
turni from these districts were still ln
ffnplste. Boston, swamped with small
lubserlptlons on the final day, closed
""P and refused to Rve out any further
ffnclil totals or estimates.
vln faced a shortage of approxl
"t!y 11,000,000,000 at the clos of
ou.lness on the preceding day, the nation
""'PI forward yesterday at a rate of
"WW thin ll.260.000.ooo. with the New
Trk district leading with a grnnd total
.i ."'crlPllons for the day of 37S,
'".MO. This was the minimum estl
J!t ef local officials, and It Is believed
nisi returns will record a subscription of
J'srly ISOO.000,000 In this district alone
the final dsy of the campaign,
wliii Ne,r Yorlc' th" Chicago district
mterdiy experienced a flood of small
subscriptions. Officials were near 00..
"M.OM on actual count late last night,
04 they estimated that without doubt
"J Jnaxlmum of 1100,000,000 would be
"iched. From late returns It appears
ir every district of the rountry would
"cn Its maximum allotment, with the
"reptlon of Atlanta nnd Dallas nnd
POMlbly Richmond and Minneapolis.
(Coiflsnerf on JJiei'fnl Pape.)
J.
GREATEST CONCERT OF
How the Second Liberty Loan Stands
sssr&sfffc saWbSl?tt ww' 4 ,te "ucriwta
. .. . . Maximum Subscriptions to
x' v i f?il51SJS1V. Allotment. First Loan
$1,660,000,000 $1,600,000,000 S1,1S0,7?M0
Lh'cap.. 690,000.000 700 000,000 857 195 350
Cleveland 510,000,000 600 000 000 S80 M6 70
SiOTY'vi 646,000.000 600,000 000 332 447 000
Philadelphia 435.000,000 416 000 000 mSSob $60
SanFrancwco 800,000.000 350.000,000 175,(J23 900
Richmond.. 186,000,000 200000 000 109 737 100
Was City 175,000,000 200,000,000 91 758 860
&JLou,B-,S 200,000.000 200,000 000 86 134 700
Minneapolis 166.000.000 176.000 000 tO 255 500
At'jmU 105.000.000 135.000,000 57 878 550
Dallas 100,000,00() , 125,000;000 AeJ-iSoO
Totals 56,060,000,000 $5,000,000,000 $152650
GERMANS SINK if AR BAN PUT ON
SHIP IN BRAZIL! FREIGHT CARS
Teuton Gunboat Eber De
stroyed by Fire at Bahla
Feared Seizure.
Rio Jan.o. Oct. 27. The Germans
to-day set on fire and eank the German
gunboat Eber, a vessel of 984 tons, which
lias been lying at the port of Bahla.
This was In anticipation of the seizure
of the gunboat by the Brazilian authori
ties, torpedo boat destroyers having re
ceived orders yesterday to proceed to
Tinhla to take'poseesHlon of the Eber.
The Brazilian Chamber of PeDutles
and Senate yesterday declared a state of
war between Germany and Brazil and
president Bras sanctioned the proclama
tion of a state of war with Germany.
The gunboat Lber. which was 203 feet
long, had ;i complement of 123 men.
Kvntiaoo. Chile. Oct. 27. The .Ifer
curio, wpeaklng nf Brazil's proclamation
of a Mate of war with Germany, says
that public opinion In Chile supports
I.tMA. Peru. Oct. 27. Congress will
assemble In extraordinary
session on
uonaay.
LA F0LLETTE REBUKED."
I MIS
Home Co.oly F.xceed. Bond
)antn by lOO Per Cent.
fipcrial DripaU-h to Tnn Siv
Madison. Wis.. Oct. 27 Senator
la !
le I
Kollette has a very fair wo-klng Idea
to-night of hat his constituents and old
time frlendw In Pane County and the
city of Madison think of him and his
antl-Amerlcan attitude. Despite the fact
that he has flooded the district (st Gov-
Phlets. his birthplace oversubscribed its
maximum allotment of Liberty loan
bonds bv almost one hundred per rent. ,
Indeed, later and revised figures mav i
show that the city and county went the
extreme limit ln rebuking the pompa-,
doured pro-German Senator. There were
i:,oov siinscrioers to the bonds, or morel
than one out of every six In the county. J
" ,
MISS HELEN CUDAHY
IS A SUICIDE AT SEA
Leaps From Transport at It
Fntmrm 7 .? 7nwtm I
enters U-Uoat Zone.
Paris, Oct 27. Miss Helen Cudahy,
daughter of Patrick Cudahy, a Mil
waukee meat packer, committed suicide
in mldocean on October It, according
to the army edition of the Chicago
Tribune.
rear of submarines la believed t.oJ
have been tho motive for her ajih-flii
newspaper says. Accordinc4erthls ac
count Miss Cudahy, wbe-'was coming to
France on a Red" Cross mission, ap
peared to be-tttieerful In the early days
of the. voyage, but when the submarine
zone was approached and a convoy met
empty, tho porthole open and this hur
rledly written note:
"It Is all for the best. Keep as much
as possible from father and mother.
Notify my brother Mlohael."
Retrial Pitpalrn 1 Tbb Sc,
Milwaukee, Oct. 27. Miss Cudahy
nought recently to go to Franco with a
Red Cross unit, but failed ln this be
cause she was not a registered nurse.
Sho left New York October 13 for Paris
to take part In Infant welfare work at
the French capital.
Miss Cudahy was 18 years old. She
attended Dana Hall, near Boston, and
was abroad two years. One of her In
structors there Interested her In the
mission on which she left the United
States. Several weeks ago she took a
course In automobile mechanics, hoping
that she might find employment on the
French front as an automobile ambu-
lance driver.
Two brothers, Michael and John, were
members of the first officers' training
camp at Fort Sheridan, and are now as
signed to duty at Camp Custer. Their
father had retired from active business,
but took up the reins again to allow his
sons to do their bit for Uncle Sam.
Neither could ascribe any motive for
Mlsn Cudahy's act.
Mark at Kerw Low Record.
CorSNHAOEN, Oct ST. The dollar
continues to slump and It Is now worth
under 93 rents here. The German mark
also has touched a low record of 42, a
depreciation of 63 per cent. British
exchange Is 20 per cent, and French ex
change 25 per cent below par.
broadways
Order Forbids Use of Open Top
Carriers for Non-Essen-tials
After Nov. 1.
Washington:, Oct. 27. The Govern
ment to-night took steps to restrict en
terprises not essential to conduct of the
war by forbidding the use of open top
freight cars on and after November 1
for transportation of various materials.
The restriction was Imposed through
an order lnsucd by Robert S. Lovett.
priority director of the War Industries
Board, prohibiting use of open top ears,
excepting flat cars, for carrying any
of the specified materials for prlviite
orders. Coal Is exempted and the order
does not apply to shipments for the
Government or to shipments In closed
box cars.
The order Is expected to provide early
relief for the car shortage, which ha
affected the transportation of coal,
coke, ore. limestone, sugar heels, misnr
cane, sorghum cane and raw materials
for use In the metal, sugar and fertilizer
Industries and other commodities neces
sary to the national defence and
security."
Heretofore, said Judge Lovett's order,
the transportation of thes materials has
been hampered by Insistence of manu
facturers on cars for non-essentials.
Articles affected by the order follow
.Materials and btipplles,
other than
,fK,i . ' ,maJn,?,lanc'
roadwajs. streets or sidewalks.
".Materials and sunnlles. other than
coa1, tnr ,h-ft construction, maintenance
or rePur t theatres or other butMIng
or structures to be used for amusement
purposes.
"Materials and supplies, other than
coal, for the manufacture of pleasure
vehicles, furniture or musical Instru
ments. . "P'Wr vehicles, furniture and mil
slcal Inrnments."
M . , 1 "ra"tle of thn order
probably will bs to stop many public
ros'i '"if. treet building enterprl'es. for
w'cn crushed stone, cement and ap!inlt
materials nave been transported largely
'" -r. uionwDiio manufacturers
w'" ln effect of the Govern-
fent action to some extent, since open
iop cars cans nave been used for carry
ing metal products.
Kurnlture and musical Instrument pro.
ductlon need not be restricted greatly,
it is believed, as most mat.r.
manufacture ordinarily are transported
ln dosed cars. The nearclty or box cars
wUMn the last two years, however. h
'ed to Increanlng use of open top nans for
many materials,
LONGBOAT INSISTS
'FIE IS MUCH ALIVE
Runner Reported Killed Will
Sue Impostor.
a letter from him to-day in which he
threatens to take action against nn In
dian In the United States who has been
representing himself as Longboat.
M doubt you will be surprised to
near rrom tne real, original, mysterious
Longboat," said the letter.
The Indian's animosity toward the
man he thinks Is Impersonating him
waa expressed In this language:
"I was over to front lines last night
snd I was sweating like an old horse.
I was covered with mud from head to
feet and I don't know how many times
1 fell In the shell holes over the wires.
They cut me sll up. Everything was
flying around, high explosives, shraprel,
whizz bangs, coal boxes, rum Jars, oil
drums. That made me real sore on this
fellow having good time all over country
on my reputation so I am gotnr to mil
f" c.Von.J,,aln!t tnnt man' 1 .m oln
to have three charges against this man.
one ror maxing false statement, second
for Impersonation, third Intent to de.
fraud the public at large. Now It's up
to Judge what kind of punishment he
give for that."
BETTING IS 9 TO 0 ON HYLAN,
Same Odda That Mltrhel Will De
fen HlllqnH,
Election betting at thn close yesterday
was at 9 to R on Hylan and also at
9 to 5 that Mltehel would beat Hill,
quit.
Mltehel money was offered earlier In
the day, asking 11 to 5. Llttlo was
placed.
Most Famous Players
J Germans and Ausfrians Are
Now Attacking Passes to
Plains of Venezia.
HAVE TAKEN 500 GUNS
Mackcnscn and Ludendorff
Directing 500,000 Troops
Southern Lino Holding.
Iondost, Oct. 27. With every hour
the disaster to th Second Italian Army
on the Isonzo front grows more serious.
The report from Berlin to-night places
the number nf prisoners taken by the
Germans at about 66,000 and the number
of guns captured at more than fiflO.
There tas been no BUch disastrous defeat
since the drive Into Russia under the
same commander, who Is now directing
.operations on the Italian front. Field
Marshal Mackensen, and he Is using
much the same methods In his smashing !
advance.
The southern part of the Italian line,
In the Gorlti sector and below It, Is not
yet In serious peril, but the menace Is
becoming real against the rich plains of
Yenexla, which seem to be the German
objective. The Germans are barred from
this region by a series of mountain
passes Immediately west of their present
position, which Is a few miles within
the Italian tiorder, and It Is hoped that
the Italians will be able to hold fast to
these gateways Into the heart of north
ern Aaly, So far there Is no sign of a
break there.
Kmperor Oharlr. Lead. Army.
The German official statement to-day
asserts that the whole Italian line down
to the Carso. south of Gorltz. Is shaken,
but there Is nothing to Indicate that this
lis true. Kmperor Charles of Austria Is
In chief command and apparently ho Is
using practically the whole Austrlsn
army. Advices from Paris say the Aus
trian force consist of 350 battalions, re
enforced by ten German divisions, an op
erating army of more than 600,000. Gen.
von Ludendorff, the German First Quartermaster-General
and tho so-called
brain of the German General Staff, Is
said to be supervising operations.
King Victor Emmanuel arrived In
Rome this morning for consultations re.
gardlng the Cabinet crisis.
The German headquarters statement
follows: ,
The operation prepared under the
personal supreme leadership of his
Apostolic Majesty Emperor Charles of
Austria, King of Hungary, against the
main force of the Italian army, de
veloping wltli the collaboration of tho
Incomparable thrusting power of the
German troops which are advancing
shoulder to shoulder with their brave
brothers ln arms to battle on the
Isonso, has achieved great successes.
The Second Italian Army Is defeated.
Favored br good weather, Ger
man and Austro-Hungarlnn division".
breaking the resistance of the enemy
many times, pressed forward Irresisti
bly over heights and through the val
lcvs. The deep mountain ridge of Stol
was captured by the Royal and Im
perial Twenty-second Rifle Division.
The strongly fortified summit of Monte
Matajur, 1.641 meters high, fell Thurs
day morning, twenty-three hours after
the beginning of our attack at Tolmlno.
Thanks are due to the out.' landing
a-ttvlty of Lieut. Pchnlober. who with
'our companies of the 63d Upper Hll
esian Infantry Regiment stormed
strong Italian points of support. The
achievement in battle and marching
of all our troops, which are pres.
In toward the Italian plain through
the spurs of the Julian Alps, are
above all praise.
The number of prisoners has In
creased to 0,000 and the captured
guns 450. Inestimable quantities of
war materials are yet to be salved
from the captured Italian positions.
Twenty-six airplanes have hcen
l-ought down In the lawt two days.
I The Italian front Is shaking as far
I as Wlppach. On the Carso plateau
the enemy Is holding his positions,
I Store Prisoners and nana Taken.
Xlght report On the Italian front
good progress was made also to-day,
the number of prisoners taken pre-
vlonsly reported as 0,000has been j
The number of captured guns haa In
creased to more than 500,
The statement by the Italian War
Office to-day reads .
After having crossed our boundary
line between Monte Canln and the
head of the Judrlo Valley, the enemy
is attempting to reach an opening on
the plains.
On the Csrso the hostile effort Is
increasing. Strong offensive thrusts
by the enemy were repulssd by our
troops.
A semi-official statement Issued last
night saya the struggle on the Isonzo
front Is more than bitter, and that Its al
ternatives are undecided. The situation
created by the power of the enemy, says
the announcement, la "certainly grave."
The statement says headquarters h.s
taken necessary measures and that If
the troops remember that on ten differ
ent occasions they defeated the enemy
on his formidable Carso positions he i
unlikely to tread the national noil long.
The thanks of the country are due to
the Fifth Reraagllerl Brigade, which In
the last few days has hsld the Globocak
position at the Auzza Gorge and Is de
fending It by Indefatigable and magnifi
cent counter attacks, during which
prisoners have been taken.
Fee Headed Toward Clrldale,
Continuing tho semi-official announce
ment says:
At the head of Natlsons Valley and
nt the head of Its confluence enemy
regiments are headed toward Clvl
dale, to tho south of the communica
tions with the Central Isonzo.
In the presence of this threaf It
Cotifltiurrt on Second Page.
THE TEAR AT THE HIPPODROME TO-NIGHT
Will Appear for THE SUN'S Tobacco
ALLIED VICTORY
UP TO AMERICA
Col. Repington Says Our Army
Will More Than Offset.
Wastage of French.
nr ooi,. :iiABt,r:s nKri.c.Tosr.
Special Cable Petpateh to Tn 8r from the.
f.onion Timet.
Coptright. 1917. all rlgMi referred.
I.ON-POS-, Oct. 27. So far an ran be
ascertained, the Germans have still In
service an aggregate, of 6,600,000 men.
Of these there are 2,200,000 on the
western and 1,400,000 on the eastern
front, the latter consisting to a large
extent of inferior troops. The remainder
Includes depot, coast and other garri
sons and administrative services.
There Is no longer much behind ex
cept the young claises nnd the wounded.
Probably there are not many more, than
300.000 men In the depots of Germany
now. Of these about 3S0.00O are Selow
the 1919 class, which is still under train
ing, although a few have been picked
up as prisoners In the recent fighting.
The annual class of Germany numbers
650,000, but there ere only 450.000 fit
to serve, and exemptions reduce this
number )o 380,000 or thereabout. Thtse
and the recovered wounded aro now the
only sources from which Germany can
sustain her armies In the field. These
armies, already have been reduced by
a diminution in the number of battalions
I In at) .lli'lalnna ai. oVinnt i A i ,r tin arA
,,. a ,.,,,. ln ,hp number of rifles 'n
j a battalion,
if fighting continues In 1918 on the
scale of 1917 or 1918 Germany will
have to bring forward next year hr
classes of 1920 nnd 1921 or she will be
compelled either to leave her divisions
ery weak or to reduce their number.
Probably this m inter she will make
superhuman efforts to catch up with us
In artillery and to beat lis In the air,
but this will not make the maintenance
of the German Infantry any easier.
linn- a.nnn.ono In n.
The above figure ar aggregate
which Include all mobilised men. Tak
ing the combatants next the Germans
have 148 divisions In the west and
ninety-one In the east. The 148 divi
sions In the west. Including all artillery
and special tioopa. number a little less
than 2,000,000 combatants, hut the
strength of the ninety-one divisions In
the eat Is probably not so high pro
portionately. Two facts stand out clearly from this
bare enumeration and will appeal to
any one acquainted with the numbers
of the respective allies' armies ln the
west first, that the British armies can
not win rb war by themselves , sec
ondly, we come back to rtussla In every
examination of the plans for 1918, for
we cannot eliminate her from our cal-
i culatlons.
The situation of Germany Internally
Is much les easy to define. She has
been throiiKh hard t'mes. With the In
evitable withdrawal next year of three.
iuarter of a million mora youth of 17
land 18 from civil occupations she Is
I .ure Id be faced by a much worse time
The supply of food and raw materials
will become less, while the Increased
stringency of the blockade pressure
upon neutrals will and must aggravate
tho Internal filiation.
Political divisions within Germany
will become more acute Although there
hHS been no mutiny In the army on an
Important scale there have been many
acts of serious Indiscipline In units up
to battalions at least , such cases are
well authenticated.
Snpertorltj nf tlllea.
In this war we lme lo consider not
only ourselves hut our allies ; we cannot
afford to run In blinkers. Major Mo
raht. the German military critic. In the
Berlin Tnpt'srelfunj of October 8 dis
cusses tho numbers of the French and
asserts the French fighting strength now
stand at a little more than 2,000,000
men. Including all available reserves.
He says the French battalions were re
duced from 1,000 to R00 men In Julv,
1915, and in 191fi the battalions fell from
four companies to three. He places the
' ' ' 'mr' f , 7f ,S
yearly class at 250,000 He argues that
the number of French divisions must
fall and the French front must either bo
considerably thinned or the reserves
must be Incorporated ln.lt, ln which lat
ter case, he says, the abandonment of at
tacks must follow, as strong reserves
aro needed for them
It Is not our business to comment upon
these figures, but assuming that they
are credited in Germany and that our
own estimate of the German numbers In
the west is near the truth, the supe
riority of numbers that we allies pos
sess In the west must lie, In the German
opinion, equal to tho combined fighting
strength of tho British, American, Portu
guese and Belgian armies, whatever this
strengtn mar e.
We certainly admit that we have the
numerical superiority In the West, In
both men anil guns If the French
rlassrs for the jear number 260,000
nnd ours number 360,000, then Franos
and Britain combined can place more
men In the field annually than Ger
many. Moreover the French classes for
1918 and 1919 have not been embodied,
while our youths of the 1918 class still
are at home, ns are our men over 42.
The Germans also must know that we
havo between ;t,000,oon and 4,000,000
men of military age Mill In civil life
nnd under the age of 42.
German Public Kept In Dark.
The American nrmle. In France will
Increase constantly. Taking these vari
ous figures into consideration, the pros
pect ot uermany s winning the war by
dint of numbers pawed long since.
Ludendorff nnd his young men mut
be perfectly aware of all the.se things,
but of courso they misrepresent them
roiiflm;rt on fi'rcottd rape.
FRENCH GAIN ON
2 MILE FRONT
Capture Five Villages and
Advance More Than Mile
in Ifclfrium.
Lo.noon, Oct 27. Honors on the
western front went to the French again
to-day. On their section of the Flan
ders battle line. Just north of the British
sector about Ypres, they d'ove for
ward despite the "impossible" condition
of th? ground, on a front of almost three
miles to a depth" of one and a third
niiles, taking five important villages on
the way (Merchem, Klppe, Archhoop,
Verbnndesmls and Kloostermolen), be
side a large number of fortified farme.
At the same time, nn additional ad
vance was mads on the Alsne front,
In France, and the famous Froldmont
farm wns occupied.
The British In the meantime were do
ing their bit Just west of Passehen
daele, near the point of the ridge which
domlnatos the country for miles to the
north. Two heavy German counter
attacks during the night against the
positions won yesterday were repulsed.
Polderhoek Chateau was lost to the
Germans, but fierce fighting at that point
still continues. The main purpose of
the attack, possession of Bellevue spur,
was achieved. The net advance of the
British slnco yesterday waa nearly
three-quarters of a mile and eighteen
machine gun were captured.
The British night statement reports
that since the beginning of operations
yesterday morning more than 1,100
German prisoners have been taken, in
cluding 300 captured by the French.
ItfnTy Losses by (ifrniani,
The night report fiom French Army
Headquarters reads:
In Belgium our attack, begun at
5:15 o'clock in th inoniing, de
veloped during the day with full sue
cess on both sides of the road between
Ypres and Dlxmude. Our troops cap
tured all the German positions on a
front of four kilometers (morn then
two and a half miles) and a mean
depth of two kilometers, despite stub
born resistance on the part of the
enemy, who suffered very heavy
losses.
On the, right we reached the western
outskirts of Houtholst forest and cap
tured the villages of Verbranesmla,
Aschhoop, Mcrckcm and Klppe, as well
as a. great number of strongly fortified
farms. We took about a hundred pris
oners. On the Alsne front there was feeble
activity on the part of tho enemy ar
tillery Wn made new progress before
the Chevrlgny Spur, and further east
occupied tho Froldmont farm.
The German official statement says:
In middle Flanders the French and
British again brought up strong forc-s
throughout yesterday Success whs
ours. The enemy divisions suffered
sanguinary loses without result In our
defence zone.
Increased artillery fire was directed
on the fighting district Behind the
advancing rolling fire his storming
troops were sent forward.
Thrown nark Into Crntrr Ind.
North of Blxsehoote the French
reached as far as Bultrhoek . from
there they were thrown back Into the I
crater land by our counter thrust.
Between the Klercken-Poelcnpelle
road nnd the Boulers-Ypres Railway
the British pressed forward In re
peated asaults. After fluctuating fight
ing, which was especially bitter west
of Passchendaelc, tho enemy had to
content himself with a few crater lines
on the front of his position of de
parture. ln addition to the main attack sev
eral British divisions were launched
against our front from Becelaere to
south of Oheluvelt. At the outset they
broke into Poezelhoek Park nnd into
Oheluvelt, but by our powerful
counter nltack the enemy was soon
thrown back beyond the old line.
Local engagements lasted Into the
night, the Intense firing diminishing
only temporarily. The day's fighting
was favorable to us
On a few sectors on the OIe-Alsne
Canal the artillery duel assumed
greater Intensity toward evening. The
enemy Infantry In vain endeavored to
gain a foothold nt many points on
the northern hank of the canal,
Night Report In Flanders there
wns violent artillery activity. At the
southwestern border of Houtholst
wood looil Infantry engagements took
place. There l nothing new to report
from the Olse-AIsne Cunal,
BATTLE ON IN MUD.
Allies' Troop sink tn Armpits
in
(nlnlnar Victory,
H I KB It V RnilliIV.
PprrM Callt WrlfV In 'I ii r Si v . . . lr
r.'nufei Times
fninngM. 1017. all r j.(. -r. , :
Hrtmsn Hcadquartxrs im Fi,anosth,
Oct 27 !-ii,lith.n if .itiiuii g.iii.g
to-day under Indescribable ciiihIIUiiiih
of storm, rain, mist, flooded land and un
fathomable mud. On the left, between
the point where the French attacked
and the nearest part of tho ndvanco nf
the British troops, is a wlilo area of
flooded land.
It is not one large attack, but three
separated local pushes, one made by
the French on the left and two by iji
the three together Involving iibout thn
miles of front. Tho objectives wn
very short and nt the most important
places wo seem to have attained theni
fully. I doubt If any man has snm
forward to-day a hundred ynrd without
at least once sinking up to his nttnplts.
Fund -For Detail? See
Official Statement
of Our First Fighting
WIT" THE AMERICAN
" ARMY IN PRANCE, Oct
27. Following ia the flrtt of
ficial statement issued from the
American headquarters:
"In continuation of their train
ing as a nucleus for instruction
later, a contingent of some bat
talions of our first contingents, in
association with veteran French
battalions, are in the first line
trenehes of a quiet sector on the
French front They are sup
ported by some batteries of our
artillery, in association with
veteran French batteries.
"The sector remains normal.
Our men have adapted themselves
to actual trench conditions in the
most satisfactory manner."
FOE TO POUND
AT D. S. TROOPS
Prussians Will Make Drive on
Morale of Americans
In Trenches.
Ptertal I)etpale to Taw cs.
WASHreJoTo.v, Oot 2T. General
Pershing's men have received their first
real baptism of fire. The shelling of
German gun positions and troops by
American artillery with the enemy re
turning shell for shell means that the
American troops have established a
contact with the Kaiser's legions which
will not be broken until the end of the
war. It ushers the American troops
Into action precisely as prearranged and
conforms to .Marshal Joffre'e plan of com
bining the final stages of Intensive train
ing with actual war service by sending
a relatively small force Into the first
line trenches to serve as a nucleus for
tho building up of a representative
American fighting force.
Secretary of War Baker was gratified
to learn that tho American troops had
received their first baptism f Ore with
out loss and that Pershing's men had
given a good account of themielvea by
taking up their positions with the care
free nonchalance of veterans.
No doubt whatever Is entertained here
that the Germans would seek to strike
hard at the newly arrived American
contingents If they knew where thev
were located and felt that there was
a good chance of delivering an effective
blow. But the chances are. It is pointed
out, that the particular sector now or.
cupled by Americans with their veteran
1 French comrades in arm" hss already
nren ine rcmp or so many fruitless
G-rinan infantry attacks that no Im
mediate further attempts in antic
liatnl. In mrrjlni out Genersl Peahlng's
schedule of combined Intensive train
ing and war operations by sending
the first contingents forward to face
the enemy there can of course be nn
provision made for unexpected or emer
gency action likely to be precipitated
at mi) time. The American troops al
ready understand that an emergency
might nrNe whereby they would be
called to "go over the top" with little
warning, or to withstand concentrated
advances by the enemy.
The Anterlcan pian will presumahlv
" " ork. ""'much along the line of
the first Canadian war operations, with
tne evxeptlon thst soma of the first Ca.
nadlan troops were made the object of
savage attacks by Prussian forces
which discovered their whereabouts at
the outset and sought by crushing blows
to break down their fighting morale.
Tne Americans now facing the enemy
will first become accustomed to the ac
tual war conditions at the front, which
can only be properly learned by actual
experience.
When these troops become more snd
more seasoned new .American units will
be snt In. while some of the acclimated
officers and men will be withdrawn af
ter a period of first line service and
tratn nlh.m liolr nf Iia tin
When there nr. miiiiirh iv.ll.M. -
soned troops arrangements will be made1
by Gen, 1'erMilng to takeover an Amer
ican sector, which will bo gradually ex
panded
sci vice.
MICHAELIS REPORTED OUT.
London llrsrs German Chancellor
litis lleslnnrri.
Lovoon. Oct. 2.A Beuter's Limited
despatch from Amsterdam says that the
Berlin evening papers report that Im
perial Chancellor Mlchaelia has resigned.
CorcNHAorN, Oct. !7. The secret ol
Kmperor William's unwillingness to re
move IV Mlchaelia nt present despiti
thn Chancellor's admitted loss of control
of the political situation, according to an
article In the 7,01,-nI Atttrlorr. is that the
llmperor, like a baseball manager, Is
saving his best political star for the all
important service at thn Minetttalon nf
peace and thereafter, and Is reluctant
to exhaust his stamina by putting him
in now-. Meanwhile MlehaellH must hold
on under the hammering as bet ho can
Hudolf von Valentlnl, the fhnperor's
personal representative, says the f.oH-ul
,1 n :e0rr, mentioned In conferences with
the KrirhMng leaders the names of per
xonn whose qualifications for the Chan
cellorship he reeognlr.ed, but whom l.e
believed should be reserved for the peaie
table.
Berlin Pais Gear nn Harden.
.Msrr.ROAr. Oct 27. The hnknl-An.
zrincr of Herlin says that Maximilian
Harden, whoso radical utterances hae
caused on seveial occasions tho suspen
sion of his newspaper, th Zukunft, has
noen inrriiuuen to deliver lectures.
Pnc 12
Pershing's Men Brave and
Happy in. Entering Initial
Actions Against Foe.
FEENCH ENTHUSIASTIC
Bochcs Taken Unaware by
Infantry's Night Invasion
of Battle Front,
LUCKY OMENS AT START
Red TTeadcd Irishman Fires
First Bip Gun Shot, Which
Strikes Teuton Squad
Hy 9 Sttff Cnrreiponittnt ot Tmt Srt
Cowrtoto, 1817. oil rlatot reien4
AMBrttCAV FntLP TlEADQUAr.TTSi.
France, Oct. 27. American troops
have gone Into action, with American
shells from American fruns scream
ing over their heads. One of them
haa been over the top nnd has come
back after a close quarters fight ln
No Man's Land with the Boches. The
first shell was a hit; the first mid
a success.
What the Germans think of It. we
do not know; the only thins they
have done so far Is to tire a few In
effectual rounds from machine guns.
What Gen. Pershing's men think of
It Is briefly told they nro tlrkrl
The lucky (so they railed themselves)
contingents selected for the honor of
being th nr8t under the Stars nnd
Stripe In the front lino trenches
marched through a drpnchlng rain at
dead of night, singing! T'r.ey sang
until they were silenced by cautions.
it 'otch In History.
True, the Americans are in a quiet
sector of the front held by the French,
and true, H Is onlv n nart of iheir
traintng But from officers down,
through nil tlio ranks they fee them
selves the legitimate nnd worthy his
torical descendants of the men who
flredth first flfnflocks nt Ielngton
"the shot that rang round the world"
as will their first volley.
The first man over the top was a
Lieutenant unfortunately ho must be
nameless here. Ilia adventure, a.s the
Incident that really opened tho war In
Europe's battlefields for our army. Is
destined to become historic.
Tho American contingent entered a
section of the French lino by night
as has been stated to relieve, th
polltis, In order to keep the Germans
from creeping across while the change
whs being made, n French patrol or
thirty rnen was sent out Into No
Man's Land, to grope its way tmvarti
tho German front line nnd seo that
all was well.
In the nrW In No Man's I. nnd.
The young Lieutenant brgsed so
hnrrl to b permitted to go along Hint
he could not be refused. So thev
stnrted. painfully crawling through
the French svire entsns-lement. i..in
the shell pitted ground beyond. On
hands nnd knees they madotb.Pir way
forward, with nil th .nnin,
dians taught our nrmy In the d. vs
before Custer.
They were Almost to the German
barbed wire when a streak of flame
leaped out of the darkness- thev had
been discovered by a German 'patrol
starting out on a mission Identical with
theirs. The night was stabbed with light
and sound. Both boche and l'rcin 'i
popped valiantly with their rlfic The
excitement was too much for the young
i.icuirnani , no was no neutral .oberver,
I Snyhow.
d,r'w "ulfnatlc and blazed
miir, uu.-iiiing lorward with the
rest of the fiatrol, he discovered on
German dead and two lying wounded
Perhaps he accounted for one of ti
three: It never will worrv him if ii.. ,n.i
i no pairoi scuttled back to safety, loia'
casualties, ono Frenchman MikIhiv
wounded in the leg
Perhaps It wasn't quite fair to v
the first American over tho top was ex
cited, for It develops now that amid all
the popping he caught the two shells
from his automatic as thev were ejected
He's going to keep them nlways, he sav s
though he may give ono awaj to ' u
certain person "
Flret American Shell rirrd.
There was not so much thrill and
there was no ceremony at sll about ths
firing of the first big Ami 'an shell by
an American gun crew tiui thnil
11... ,or .. n" cnecied upon
wn"1 "meant in tne worm drama
An American observer snolled th
Germans working in a salient of tM
trenches. He gave the range. The gun
ners slipped the shell In the breech all
with proper neatness and despatch, Just
as In drill. It was sighted as if In prar
tice. If there were any excited Tanks
no tremble of a finger betrayed It.
"Ready," said the commander.
Then at a downward sweep of his arm
a red headed Irishman In khaki pulled
a lanyard and I'neln Sam k substitute
for his erstwhile notes was screaming
on Its way. From the tiencheh In from
ame back the faint i-uund of a cheer
War works miracles The Infantry
"with dirt behind their ears," were ac
tually whooping it up for their peace
time barr.uk foe, the aitlllery.
There wits a puff nf white smoke ow.r
the German lines and thn observer, when