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VOL. LXXXVI. NO. 53.
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NEW .YORK, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1918. Copyright, bV the. Sun Printing and PubU.Mng Association.
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SENATORS KILL
KITCHIN'S DUAL
TAX ON PROFITS
Committee SubstitutesCom
Irination Plan. Less Bur
densome to Business.
REQUIRES SINGLE RETURN
War Profits Lovy to Apply
Only to Corporations Mak
ing Swollen Gains.
fptcial Deipatch to (Tub Sex.
Washington. Oct. 52. The Kltchln
war profits taxes and excess profits
taxes went by the board to-day, and as
has been predicted many Unrea In The
Bun the Senate Finance. Committee
substituted an altogether new plan for
'"xlng business profits. The commlt-
l.o completely revised the surtax
ki on individual incomes.
The Senate committee's plan in rela-
'Ion to taxes on business Is believed by
the committee to bo moro In con
formity with the Ideas of the Treasury
Department than was tho Kltchln plan.
It Is also their belief that It will be In
a general way less burdensome to bust'
Hera and will meet much of the crltt'
(dsn levelled at tho taxation scheme
of Mr. Kltchln. The committee did not
eliminate either tho war profits tax or
the excess profits tax. It has worked
out a combination of tho two alone
what It believes to be more equitable
lines.
Lifts Load From Fair Irot
The effcetis to .lighten the burden
materially cn ordinary business profit
while stia heavily assessing swollen'
roflta. In tumbling over the edifice
rccted by Mr. Kltchln tho committee
has Invited a stiff light in conference
as the excess profits schedule revised
to-day was one or Sir. Kitchin'a pet
projects, and the majority leader of the
House Is certain to mako a determined
effort to secure its retention In the bill
as it finally was agreed upon.
I'nder the Kltchln plan the excess
l.roflts rates are 35 per cent, on the
amount of net Income exceeding- the
rredlts allowed and not exceeding 15
per nt. of tho Invested capital, 60 per
fit. of the amount of net Income be
tween 15 per cent, and 20 per cent of
the Invested capital and 70. per cent, of
the amount of the net Income exceeding
St) per cent, of the invested capital.
j he committee to-day combined the
first two brackets of the tax as Mr.
Kltchln wrote them and reduced the raf e
tt well. As revised to-day the rates are
10 per cent, of the amount of the net
Income exceeding the credits and not
exceeding 20 per cent, of tho Invested
capital and 60 per cent, of the amount of
the net income exceeding 20 per cent, of
he Imested capital.
With tho combination of tho excess
and nar profits to-day the Finance Com
mittee did away with' the necessity of
-very rorporatlon making two complete
tax returns ono under the war profits
method of computation and one under
.he excess profits method. The Kltchln
plan was .that these two returns should
he made by every corporation and then
the tax paid under whichever one showed
the highest amount due. 1
Wnr ProHU Tax Not tJ Hit All.
The war profits portion of the commit
tee plan does not apply to all corpora
tion!,. Only those whoso profits still
(how an excess after paying the excess
profits tax are assessed. Tho effect of
the change made by the committee to
dav In to make the SO per cent, war
tirnftts tax apply exactly as heavily as
In the Kltchln bill if it applies at all
The text of the new section to take the
place of tho complicated dual system of
taxes In the Kltchln bill Is as follows:
"That the tax shall bo the sum of the
amounts computed under the following
brackets:
"I, Thirty per cent of the amount
ot the net Income In excess of the
eicess profits credits and not In ex-
cefs of 20 per cent, of the Invested cap
ital ; anj
"Z. Sixty per cent, of tne amount of
the net Incomo in excess of 20 per
cent of the Invested capital.
"8 The amount by which 0 per cent,
of t.m net Income in excess of the
war crnflts credits' exceeds the tax
ettnpiited under tho first and second
brackets.
"In any cane where the full amount
rf Ihe excess profits credits Is not al
lowed under the first bracket the por
tion not so allowed shall bo deducted
from the amount In tho second bracket."
To protect small corpora Ions the
committee adopted this amendment to
the bill:
'That the tax Imposed by section
301 (the schedule quoted above) shall
Is no case be more than $5' per cent
if the amount of the net Incomt In
extf-xi of $2,000 and not In excess of
$5o.0oo plus 80 per cent, of the amount
of the net income in excess of $20,000.
Nothing In this section shall' be' con
strued In such manner as to Increase
the tax Imposed by, section 201."
The credits to be allowed for war
fronts were changed In one Important
Particular. Under the Kltchln bill It
(Continued n ptfth Page.)
DANIELS ASKS
-TO ADD 136 SHIPS TO NA VY
New Three Year Building
Superdreadnoughts and Six Battle Cruisers
'$572,000,000 for Construction in 1919.
Special Df patch to Tas Sox.
Wasihnoton, Oct 22. With a view
to giving the House Naval Committee
ample time within which to preparo the
naval appropriation bill tor the coming
MIscal year Secretary Daniels appeared
to-day before that body and outlined 1118'
plans for the further Increase of the sea
fighting forces of the United States by
a practical duplication of the stupendous
three year building programme provided
In the naval appropriation act of 1918.
The programme which Secretary
Daniels outlined Is for a new three" year
course of construction, with the capital
hips, ten battleships and nix battle
cruisers practically duplicating the capi
tal ship programme of 1910 and smaller
ships to the number of 140. The Secre
tary has asked for a total addition to
the navy of 156 ships.
Despite concentration of construction
work on destroyers, hospital ships and
other vessels of Instant nocd to the
navy, the building of battleships and
bottle cruisers lias been progressing
during the eighteen months that have
elapsed since America entered the war.
LENINE IS SHORN
OF AUTHORITY
Commission to Snppress Coun
ter Revolutions Is All
Powerful.
SAILORS IN AN UPRISING
Demonstration in Petrograd
Punished by Numerous
Executions.
By the Auodatei Pnu.
STociuioi.il, Oct. 21 (delayed). The
clash of authority between the counter
revolutionary commissions of Unas'.
and the central and local Soviet organi
zations has become so xerlous as to
show that It is tho predominant menace
to the dictatorship of the proletariat,
according to Information brought here
by travellers.
,-eicr. neao 01 .mn..o,, w
Suppress Counter Revolutions, has be-
como moro powerful than the National
Council of. Commissaries. Even Slkolal
Lenlne. the Bolshevik Premier, was un-
abIo to save men ,le m ot wlh rt6
cuted by the Peters commission.
The red terror spread from Moscow
has become a monster which Lenlne
and other milder members of the cen
tral government cannot control.
No Cksnee to Prore , innocence.
-The counter revolutionary commis
sion's chiefs In the smaller cities are
equally merciless, giving accused per
sons no chanco to prove their innoence.
They try and execute political suspects
without reference to other Government
organizations.
The National Commlssaiy of Justice
is endeavoring to have the counter
revolutionary commission placed under
his authority, but It Is resisting. The
red terror Is not waged so publicly at
Moscow now, tho conservative elements
evidently realizing tho terrible precedent
established and they are endeavoring to
dislodge the system.
Several thousand insurgent sailors
stopped the performance at the Ma
rinsky TheatrCin Petrograd, October 14,
and compelled the orchestra to lead a
march to the Smolny Institute In protest
against the order of M. Zlnovleff, head of
the Petrograd Commune, conscripting
all sailors, according to neutrals arriving
here to-day.
Many 8nllffr Executed.
The Bolshevlkl organized a resistance
and tho sailors, were attacked and de
feated. Many of them A-ere executed.
Street fighting and riots continued for
several days as a result of an attempt
to round up the men suspected of pro
moting the uprising.
The sailors have been disaffected since
the summary execution In June of Ad
miral Htchasnlg, commander of the
Baltic fleet, who saved It from capture
by the Germans.
Simultaneously with the outbreak In
Petrograd, there was trouble In Mobcow,
but Its extent Is not known. It Is at
tributed to an uprising of the Social
Itevolutionlst.
Hi the Ai'ociatei Prrti.
Anci! angel, -Oct. 21 (delayed). The
reorganization of the Government Is
bringing quick results as regards the
mobilization of men to fight the Bol
shevlkl. The classes for the five years
beginning with men born In 1S93 have
becn called to the colors.
AUSTRIA WILL SPEED REPLY.
New Peace Negotiation Plea
Planned by Dual Monarchy.
Hindis, Oct, 22. Tho Austrian propa
ganda service sends the following an
nouncement from Vienna:
"The Austro-IIungarlan Government
will reply very soon to President Wll.
son's note, more so as the President has
not replied to the question concerning
conditions on which peaco negotiations
are possible."
$600, 000, 000 '
Programme Includes Ten
The progress has not been rspld, the
exigencies of the hour demanding that
efforts be concentrated elsewhere, but
the giant ships are rising on the ways,
and while the shipyards have been turn
ing out destroyers and submarines at a
high rate of speed tho other work has
kept moving.
Mr. Daniels to-day urged in his
recommendations an authorization for
the expenditure in the next fiscal year
of $600,000,000. This Is to pay for the
156 ship's asked as new construction In
addition to the 156 for which the 1816
appropriation bill provided.
Of tho 1600,000,000 the Secretary ex
plained that the Department planned to
expend $200,000,000 annually.
Including the $600,000,000 for the
three year programme, the total esti
mates of the Department for shlpcon
structlon, including armor and arma
ment, amount this year to $171,090,000.
Only $200,000,000 of the $000,000,000
will be made available next year for
structural work on the three year pro
gramme. In addition $372,090,000 Is
asked for completing vessels already
authorized.
CALLNOTERUSE.
OF BARBARIANS
Editors Sec Typical Trickery
in Note, Declaring: It Un
worthy of Reply.
TEUTON REFORMS A JIYTH
Wilfully' Equivocal, Crafty
and Obscure, Sny 'Majority
of the Deputies.
Paris, Oct. 22. The French press has
been quick to analyze the latent, fie'
man note and to reject it as a tricky
document and one unworthy of an an
swer by the Entente Allies. Among the
parliamentarians tho general opinion Is
that the note betrays more than, previ
ous communications the state' of de
gression and demoralization among the
I German peopleos a result of the vlc
torles of the Allies elnce they began
the,r wmnlmr oftenBve Ust July.
Tnft new(,papers Bencrally say that
Germanv u attempting to escape an
adml,on ot defeat by causing pacifist
I ,?.,,.... nnir o With
j ths end m yew Jhe acrman w'lrelesa s
sending out fantastic stories of pacifist
manifestations In Lyons, Marseilles and
other important cities and of Imminent
strikes. At the same time the press
sees an attempt by the German General
Staff to gain an armistice at any price
that the time may be used for tho re
organization of the German reserves of
men and material. It Is for this rea
son that tho editors believe the note In
not entitled to an answer and that It
ought not to be considered In Washing
ton as a truthful document.
In the press and In official circles the
opinion Is held that the military leaders
must dlctnte the terms of the armistice
If one is arranged since these lead
ers are responsible for the predicament
of the German prmles to-day. By lead
ers Is meant one man, Marshal Koch,
since he is the commander In chief ot
the allied armies, but will have the ad
vice and counsel of his assistants In tne
field. Field Marshal Sr Douglas Halg
and Gen. Pershing, In thin connection
some ot the papers sec an apparent at
tempt by Germany to substitute Gen.
Porshing as the man to nnmo the terms
of the armistice In place of Marshal
Foch.
Mnat Surrender Like nulccnrla.
The French public Is willing to see the
fighting continue, since their slogan Jias
been surrender. Recalling the allied
victories of the last two months the
public believes that Germany sooner or
later must surrender on the terms of the
Allies the same terms aa those accorded
to Bulgaria. For that reason the people
are willing to see the fighting go on, fore
seeing a virtual crumpling of the Ger
man resistance with the forces under
the guidance of Marshal Foch continuing
their sweeping advances.
The reply excited much comment In
the lobby of the Chamber of Deputies
this evening. It was considered on every
side as denoting that a spirit of depres
sion and demoralization pervades Ger
many. Concerning tho reference to tho
conditions of evacuation and armistice
the note Is regarded to bo wilfully equiv
ocal, crafty and obscure.
Parliamentarians are unanimous In
the belief that the so-called constitutional
reforms In .Germany afford no guarantee
that the reforms will be lasting or e'fllca
clous. The newspapers express the opinion
that the note Is n moral aldIcatlon of
the German Emperor, They fay that
Germany feels the need of peace and Is
giving way, but that tho Government
w6uld llko to attain peace without ac
cepting just and necessary sacrifices, and
declare that an armistice cannot be con-
fJonf (fined on Third Page,
IMPERIALISM:
MUST VANISH,
PRESS URGES
Ilolienzollerns Should Go if
Needed to End War. Ger
, mans Are Told.
HANG GUILTY IS CRY
Junkers Bitterly Assailed as
Party That Led People
to Disaster.
Ce.vkva. Oct. 22. Pence must not
be delayed n single Uny ou account of
the Hohcnzollerns If they nro nn
obstnele to It, declnres the Volks
round of Knrlsruhe, which 'also Is
permitted to speak of the disappear
ance of the superstitious belief that
the Emperor was chosen to rule by
divine right.
The Schwabhhc Tagicaeht says tlint
everybody is now convinced the Al
lies will not accord Germany a cheap
pence, "hut If the glory and power
of Ttnperlnl Germnuy Is the price,
the German ieople are ready to pay."
In permitting such Items to leave
Germany the German censorship ap
parently Is preparing public opinion
for coming events.
London, Oct. 22. The German press
generally considers the reply to Presi
dent Wilson satisfactory and a good
basis for further negotiations despite
the fact Hint most of the papers aro
not quite sure what the first part of
the note means, according to an Ex
change Telegraph despatch 'from Co
penhagen. Theodor Wolff In the Tageblatt of
Berlin says th;it great difficulties will
be caused if President Wilson or the
Allies refuse to negotlato for an ar
mistice as proposed by German .
"in Paris. Xew York and London
there Is now talk about military neces
sity," Horr Wolff continues. . "We
won't deny our own politician spoke
with violence in the same strain when
they thought possession of Piris was
in sight."
The article concludes; "Should
President Wilson demand the impossi
ble we must reckon with a contintia-
jtion of the war."
Amsterdam, Oct. 22. German
V """""" ,
tlnue their campaign against the "chief
culprits" responsible for the war. The
Frankitchc Tagetvatt of Nuremburg, i
the first paper In Germany openly to
demand the abdication of the Emperor,
declares that the accession of the Crown ,
Prince Is, entirely out of the question.
Tl, fi.rmnn r.nnl. nr. .mu-rhlnir for
the guilty." says the VotUseUtmp. the!wlthln th enemy's power to satisfy the
organ of the Nuremburg Socialists. "The President. An armistice Is not to be
Pan-Germans and Junkers are silent to-tnad 011 enemy's terms or on any
day, but we do not forget that they are 'terms that leave room for tergiversation,
the great war Inciters In Oermany ; that j That is the root or the whole matter,
they remain the support of social and Alt About Deportod Ynuth.
political reaction, and that they arc n , "Where are the youth deported a few
menace to the future healthy develop-1
mcnt of the German Empire. The Pan
Germany policy has gone bankrupt, but,
unfortunately. It has led the German
people to disaster
Punishment la Driiinnilril,
"To the gallows with the guilty who
ever they may be I"
The Socialist rortfer Ztltung of Vienna
uiges the Gentian SoclnllslH to punish
the "chief culprits" without mercy, add
ing: "When tho German soldiers return
home from the trenchen nftor four years
of unparalleled suffering, there will be a !
reckoning for the people whohave led
them to this catastrophe. The German I
people will sweep away tho Junkers and '
take Its own destiny Into Its own hands.",)
Bkunk; Oct. 21 (delayed). Prince)
Maximilian, the Gorman Imperial Chan-
cellor, wUl speak at a plenary meeting I
of tho IWchstag on Tuesday, according
to Berlin advices. Debate on general '
policies will follow. It Is expected that
It will last for two or thrco days.
TASTE OF WINTER COMING.
Wave Hliould Uracil I'nutrru Coast
Tbnridny NIkM, j
Wasihnoton, Oct. 22. An early taste
of winter Is about to v'slt the country '
from coast to coast.
A special hulletln from the Weather:
Bureau to-day sayn there will be a de. ;
elded change to cooler weather within j
thirty-six hours In the plalnB S ates and
the eastern Hooky .Mountain region, ex-
tending by Thursday to tho Mississippi '
and lower Ohio valleys and tho weot
Gulf States, and by Thursday night or
Friday to tho middle Atlantic, New j
England, South Atlantic and east Gulf i
States'
Chile Trunitrn)' Ulsuiliinr Teutons,
Santiago, Chile, Monday, Oct, 21,
The Electric Tiainways Company hero
has annulled Its contract with Its Gor
man employees and will henceforth em
ploy only Chileans and nationals from
nlUed countries.
Neutrals to Investigate
German Barbarities
pAUIS, Oct. 22. The German
propaganda service an
nounces that a commission of
neutral residents of Brussels has
(rone to the front to investigate
charges of devastation and de
struction without military ob
jects during tho German retreat
in Belgium. Baron von der
Lancken, Civil Governor of Brus
sels, went with tho commission.
LONDON 'TIMES'
ASSAILS NOTE
Kaiser and His Councillors
Seek to Escape Punishment,
Paper Asserts.
BRANDS REPLY INSINCERE
"Thunderer'' Declares Allies
Are Determined Not to
Let Bars Down.
Special Cable Drjvatch 40 Tne Sex and f
Public l.eioer.
Copyright, 1911; all rlsMi retirted.
London, Oct. 22. A Time editorial
?n the German reply to President Wil
son say the note shows that the Kaiser
and his councillors are now seeking to
escapo punishment. The editorial also
brands the Ocrman reply as Insincere
aid asserts that It Is Impossible to have
an arndstlce on the terms desired by
Germany. On the other hand, the rimes
asserts that It Is within the power of
Germany to satisfy the demands ot
President Wilson.
The Times editorial can be tsken as
a competent summary of tho general
opinion expressed here In comment on
the German noto. Tho editorial says:
"If they arc convinced that no course
Is open, to them except surrender prac
tically unconditionally, their new born
eagerness to share with the HclchPtng
the responsibility for tho national dis
aster Is peculiarly comprehensible.
Trnnapnrent Dodge.
"If, on the other hnnd, they are play
ins for time In the hope of utilising
armistice conditions as an affront to the
'Irreconcilable honor of the German peo
pl.' therefore demanding of the people
leslstance to the last, their reply Is little
more than a transparent dodge to shift
the odium of the protraction of hostili
ties on the Allies.
"On Its face the document Is Insin
cere, even untruthful. We do not pro
pose to examine It In detail. The very
thing the enemy wishes Is that President
Wilson and tho allied Governments
; weigh Us every phrase, that they waste
. .. . .. . .. .. . .
, time discussing its subtleties and differ
Ion Its niceties and Interpretation.
"The only matter of Immediate con
cern Is whether Germany does or does
not Intend to ask for and accept an
armistice In accordance with the terms
' annOUIICCU Uy ITeSIQeiU V. USOn. 11 IS
day ago from Lille" Where are the
women and maidens enslaved by thou
sands? The very Instructions now alleged
to have been given to the German army
aro the very best proofts of that army's
previous misconduct.
"If the German note Is more than a
mere piece of mancruvrlng for better
military or political position with n view
to further resistance Its sense might
haVK been expresstd In two lines. If It Is
a prelude to surrender, let surrender
come quickly.
"In either case there will be no change
In the conditions necessary for an
armistice, nor changes lo the terms of
that rlghtnoua and unequivocal peace
which the President of the United States
and tho people thereof, no less than the
C'oiifhuu'd on Third Page.
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TRANSLATORS
OF FOE'S REPLY
ARE PUZZLED
Many Glaring Differences
With Unofficial Version
Are Reported.
TRICK WORDS ARE FEARED
President and Cabinet Hold
Long Conference Over
Situation.
.Hpecfal Deepalch to Tsi Sen,
Washinoton, Oct. 22. The more
the Gernrnn note Is studied In ofllclnl
clrdes here the less satisfactory it
nppenrs.
While nuthorltatlve Information as
to the President's next move Is
lacking there Is no suggestion In re
uponsltlle quarters that the President
In whatever nctton he takes will fur
ther the German desire for a negoti
ated1 peuoc.
The President Is still without the
ofllclal text of the Germnn note. The
'note was received nt Ihe Swiss Lega
tion early this morning nnd Ik still
there to-night. The delay In Its de
livery cnused some surprise, but It I
underwood that great enre wae tuken
In the translation.
The failure of the Swiss Chnrge
d'Affalres to uppear at the State De
partment led to rumors that tho
United Stntes might decline to receive
tho note on the ground Hint the Presi
dent's last communication tojQermnny
represented a decision and called for
no reply. "
Couldn't Deliver Note.
It wns learned, however, that ihe
Swiss diplomat had not completed
the translation until Into in the nf
ternoon and found- Secretary Iiin
sing at the Cabinet meeting when he
culled the Stnte Department by tele
phone. Later Mr. Lansing lmd un en
gagement, nnd this, apparently, de
ferred delivery of the note until to
morrow. President Wilson U believed to have
discussed the genernl .situation with
the Cabinet. The meeting was an
unusually long one and there wns n
full attendance.
Members of the Cabinet were un
usually reticent and gave no clue ns
to what the next move mlcht be.
Tl I urn l-i utlll nfnrv Anejtn ... I.nllnn '
... ... v.iij .lupin, lu uvill.,C
that the President, in effect, will re
fer the Germans to Marshal Foch.
Analysis of the note by ofllclals here
brought out certain features regarded
as of prime importance. One feature
which received great omphasls was
that the so-called reforms have In no
way affected or weakened the Kaiser's
supremo power over the German army
and navy. This Is regarded an being
nil Important In considering the pres
ent situation. It virtually renders
valueless any promises the Liberal
leaders in the Itelchstag or elsewhere
may make.
This has already been strikingly
demonstrated prior to the Brcst-Ll-tovsk
treaty with Russia, when the
Liberals made nil kinds of promises,
which wcro Immediately swept away
by the mllltnry masters as soon as the
Russian armies were demobilized.
Promise nnd Kxecutlnn.
President Wilson In his Baltimore
speech Airll 6 last exposed the differ
ence between promises by Germany's
civilian delegates and execution by the
real masters of Germany. He showed
how the Liberals in Germany had
promised fair terms to Russia, and as
soon as these terms had been accepted
the real masters stepped In as the real
i actors In German nffolrs.
I "Their mllltaiy masters," the Presl
' dent said, "the men who act for Gcr
! many and exhibit her puipose In rxecu
, Hon, proclaimed a very different conclu
' slon. Wo cannot mlstuke what they
have done In Russia, In Finland, In the
Ukraine, In Rumania. The real test of
1 thplr' Justice and fair play has come."
rue rrcsioent on tnat occasion warned
the nation that Gcnnsny might try tho
same plan on the western front. "Their
fair professions are forgotten." he. said
slKtilflcantly In driving home thn point
that force alone, forco without stint or
limit, was .the only passible response
for us.
Other rilnrlntc Flaws.
Officials found other glaring flaws and
signs of subterfuge In the German note.
For example, Germany apparently tries
to make much of her alleRed order to
her submarine commanders to cease
torpedoing passenger ships. As a matter
of fact, It Is pointed out here, there Is
hardly a single ship selling the seas to
day that falls within this category.
Every ship, even of the regular trans
atlantic lines, Is carrying troops, thereby
rendering her liable to attack Under In.
ternatlonal law. Consequently this con
cession or lefortnatlon on the part of
Germany means next to nothing.
The whole tono of the note, the lan
guage In which It Is couched, Indicates
Continued on Taint Page,
Must Be Prepared for
Violence, Says Max
By the Aetodatei Frctt.
("COPENHAGEN, Oct. 22.
w "President Wilson's reply to
the latest German note may, per
haps, bring definite certainty as
to the result of the negotiations,"
Prince Maximilian, the Imperial
German Chancellor, Baid to-day,
according to a despatch received
here from Berlin.
"Until then wo must prepare to
resist a peace of violence. A
Government which acted other
wise would be left to the mercy
of the fighting and working
people. It would be swept away
by public opinion."
TWO TOWNS ON
MEUSE BURNING
New American Positions North
of Verdun Are Not
Attacked.
U. S. HOSPITAL IS BOMBED
Nurse Is Blown From Bed. but
Not Hurt, and Patients
Are Sheltered.
By the JLuvclatti Preti.
With thk American Anur North
west op Vkkdon, Oct. 22. The towns of
Brleulles and Clery 1c Petit, along the
western bank of the Meuse and north of
the American line, were reported burn
ing to-day.
The Germans to-day bombarded the
American left with mustard and other
gas shells, which resulted In nausoa and
headaches. The enemy, however, mado
no effort to bombard the new positions
gained by the Americans Monday, Indi
cating tho possibility that he has with
drawn his big guns In that area.
Th clear weather arly this morning
permitted rome aerUl work, and the
Americans downed a Hanover biplane at
Bayonvllle, a Kumpler at Buzancy and
a balloon In the vicinity of Tallly.
American l.lnr Is t'nehanirrtl.
Aside from the normal harassing ar
tillery flro of the enemy on the front
lines and the rear areas and similar
activity on the part ot the Americans
the day passed without Incident. There
was no Infantry action of Importance,
and th line remains as It was last night.
Two explohlons occurred to-day in
dugouts In Chatel Chehery from mines
left behind by the Germans when they
were driven out of tho town two weeks
ago.
I'risoners captured yesterday iere
from nil divisions known lo be opposite
the American lines. The Twenty-eighth
German or "Flying Shock Division" ap
parently Is no longer being used against
the Americans on thl sector.
In retaliation for the destruction
wrought by American bombing planes
within tho enemy's lines recently Ger
man nvlators last night raided the
American front and back areas In the
largest force since the American offen
sive began on the Mcufo and In th;
Argonne. In addition to attacking tho
Infantry the Germans bombed the re
gion around Clermont, Montfaucon and
Rarecourt.
I'atlrnta TnUrn to Duanuts.
Four bombs were dropped near the
American hospital In the neighborhood
of Rarecourt. one tearing down an out
building. The glass ends of four former
French barracks, now used by the
Americans as hospital wanls, were shat
tered. A Red Cross nurse, Margery Sawyer,
Buffalo, was blown from her bed but
was not Injured. Another Red Cross
nurse, Mabel Butler, New Haven, wa.s in
the name building with Miss Sawyer
but was not hurt. Both went to the aid
of the patients immediately. AH the pa
tients were taken to dugouts, none of
them being Injured.
When the first bomb fell the hospital
attendants gave first attention to their
charges, leading or carrying them to
shelter. Rooks thrown up where thla
bomb struck broko tho windows In the
kouthern end of the building, Ten other
bombs were planted In succsslon In n
great semicircle. Throughout most of
the night German planes passing over
were heard many times.
Fifteen American night fliers re
sponded to alert signals when the Oer.
mans raided tho front and back aro.in
Monday night mid Marched for the
enemy airmen up and down the lines.
One American saw the tracer bullets
of n German firing his machine gun at
a auppoted troop movement but he was
unable to engage the enemy raider.
ALLIED FLIERS ATTACK METZ.
I'onr Prevents Sally AkkIiisI Rhine
Towns T Mnchlnei. Miming-.
London, Oct. 22.--An official state,
ment on the operations of the Inde
pendent nlr forces Issued to-night sayN:
Two of our squadrons attacked the
barnicksand railways at Metz Mon
day Another squadron set out to at
tack the factories In Rhine towns,
but tho formation was spilt up by the
dense fogs. Seven machines have not
up to tho present been located. Mon
day -night we dropped heavy bomb3 on
the stations at Mezleres.
Haiff Makes New Breach trv
Centre of Great Hundingf
Defences. .
FKEXCII PUSH ON GHENtf
Take Chalandry and GTand-
hip After Pause Duo
to Kains.
BRITISH REACH SCIIELD1?
German Resistance Stiffens at
River Where- Artillery '
Supports Them.
' London. Oct. 22. Still driving forV
ward, nl though nt n much reduces
rate, the British to-day entered Va
lenclennes, thereby making a new
breneh In the so-called I funding line,
which they pierced yesterday east of
Courtral, nome thirty-flve miles to th
north. On their left tho French began
n new drive toward Ghent, which
their cavalry reached last week; the
Infantry wna unable to follow up fh
mounted men promptly becnuse'of th
tremendous ruins that deluged the
country and this morning still were
five or six miles out. They were then
holding a line ten miles long on the
Lys Canal, west of the city. At last
1 reports they were muking excellent
progress.
.Ml llllicitll
statement
Issued her
lute to-night snys:
'Throughout the day the enemy
endeavored to maintain his post-,
tlons on the Lym and on the cannlf
betweeih Deynze nml the Dutch '
frontier.
"".Seera"l counter attnekj were
launched hi 'order to retake the
bridgehead" we established yester
day. AH failed with heavy losses
to the enemy." -
To the northwest of Valenciennes the
British penetrated deeply Into the for
est of R.'iism?s toward tho angle of th
Scheldt at Conde. They made progress
east of St. Amand and reached th
Scheldt at Hollaln and Bruyelle, to'th
south of Tournal. both of which wer
taken. Northwest of Tournal they
drove the Germans from Kroyenne.
Sharp fighting developed at Pont-a-Cliln
for the crossing of the river there,
which still was In progress at last
reports. The British now practically
are at Tournal, being within half a
mile of the place.
Opposite Pecq they crossed the rive,
and established n bridgehead on tho
eastern side, a little north of Tournal.
French Make Gains In Night.
On the Serre front the French mads
additional gains last night, reaching
tho railroad northeast of Assla-suf-Serre
and the St. Jacques Farm, north
east of Chalandry.
Paris announces to-night the cap
ture by the French of Chalandry and
Grandlup, north of Lnou. Czecho
slovak troops, fighting with the
French, recaptured the village of Ter
ron, which tho Germans had retaken.
German fonts at Brussels are work
ing Incessantly to remove war material
from that city, according to the)
Roosendaal correspondent of tho Jfan
delsbJad. lie says that many regi
ments of German troops are leaving
the city and that there Is much ex
citement among tho people thcic. On,
the other hand, Antwerp Is very calm x
and has not been affected by recent
events.
The fame newspaper's correspondent
at Bocrmond t.ays that hundreds of!
refugees from northern France are
arriving there. These have been on
tho road for thrco weeks. They re
ceived only two hours notlco to collect
their belongings by German ofllcers at
Doual, Cambial and other cities In tha
war zone.
Cnplnre IT. Inch Cannon.
Allied forces which swept the Ger
mans out of Belgian Flanders captured
tho big 15 Inch annon with which th'e
Germans have been bombarding Dun
kirk during last ear. The gun was
undamaged, nccordlng to an official
statement Issued at the War Office,
which reads;
The group of armies commanded by
the King of Belgium has maintained
its pressure along the whole front.
In their hurred retreat before the
Belgian army tho Germans were
forced to abandon all their coast dt
fence guns of which a number were
Intact. The big SS centimetre gun at
Lniiaunboom (thrco miles south of
ih!stelles), which wns fired up to th
last minute on the city of Dunkirk,
wns also captured undamaged.
Opinion among military experts in
cllnes" to the view that a new and largor
attack will be launched hy Marshal
Foch soon. It Is believed that the Ger
man stnnd on their present line. If thoy
make one there, will be brief, an the con'
dltlons are all against them, and that
they will make their first strong r
nlBtance on the so-called Meuse line,
running from Antwerp to the river at
Namur, thenco along the stream through
Mezleres And Sedan to the vicinity of
Bun, which Is only fifteen miles east of
Grand Pre, now held by Amerlcair
forces, and then across their own front
tier to Metz.
It Is probable, however, that by th4
fi'me the Germans reach this line, which
may not be for several weeks, Gen. -Per.
shing will have prepared tome unpleas
ant surprises for them. It b generally
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