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PHILADELPHIA, WtptESDAYl OCTOBER 30, 1918
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POWER DICTATOR
NEEDED FOR CITY,
SAYS ENGINEER
J. Franklin Stevens De-
clares One Man Could
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Solve Problem
SCOFFS AT TRIGG TALK
Declares He Apparently
Didn't Know "What He
Wag Talking ABout
Creation of a Federal administrator
Is the only effective, means' ot clarifying
.the eleclrlc.power situation In rhlladel
, phla, according to J. Franklin Steens,
president of the Engineers' Club and
district chairman for southeastern Penn
sylvania for the'pqwer jilvlslon of the
State fuel administration.
There is sufficient power In Philadel
phia If only It were equitably distributed,
Mr. Stevens contends,. but the fact that
. four different men have been charged
with the task of controlling distribution
has prevented any accomplishment along
this line.
A competent administrator, clothed
with sufficient authority, Mr. Stevens
holds, could avert all danger of a cur
rent shortage and the almost equally
great dagger of blocklnp Industrial ex
pansion cf , the city by prolonging the
present. dispute over electricity. .
Pressing need exists, he explains, for
correcting the' Impression held at Wash
ington that Philadelphia cannot handle
any mors war work.
Mr. Stevens takes issue with the as
sertion of Ernest T. Trigg, regional ad
viser of the war industries iiosrd, that,
instead of a shortage, Philadelphia has
a surplufe of current. Mr. Trigg's state
ment ofcondlttons. he declares, is ab
surd to any one who knows an j thing
about electricity.
' Mr. RUTena'a View
"Mr Trigg's assertions, as quoted in
the mornng papers, are so Incorrect as
to be absurd to .an electrical engineer
or even an intelligent consumer of elec
tricity,;' wJdMrJSttVens today "Ho
aya.Tn(!r Ulv'surplUSrOf from 15,000
to JSOJOpklJowatt hours This means
nothing; 'A kilowatt hour Is not a meas
ure of power, but of rate of consumption
A large plant, such as Mldvale, having
vlMujMtaUe load of 15,000 kilowatt
5o0f, 'would consume electricity, at the
rate of 16,000 kilowatts an hour.
"Again, ho says this 'surplus' equals
. about one half a generating unit. This
is as, lucid is to say it equals half a
piece of cheese. Generating units in
Philadelphia range all . the way from
5000 to 30,000 units
'"I cannot understand how Mr. .Trigg
could have made such Incorrect asser
tions. Of course, I do not expect him
to' be an electrical engineer. But he
wan In conference with exnerts for two
days and certainly must have under-1
stood the; situation -at me ena ot inai
time. x
"The conference was presided over by
Mr. Maltble, who as first assistant
chief engineer on the building of the
Panama Canal. Mr, Maltble's report,
which Mp Trigg must hae, points out
that a total of 47,000 kilowatts addi
tional cower will be needed between now
and about next April. This includes
29,000 additional kilowatts for Hog Isl
and. 15,000 additional for Mldvale and
3000 for sundry users.
"Hog Island's extra requirements need
not be figured In the local situation, be
cause they will be cared for by the
Philadelphia Electric Company's new
power station at Chester, which is al
ready partly in service and will be in
full operation, within thirty days
Accidents Will Oeenr '
"The total capacity of the Fhiladel
nhia Electric Company's present equip
ment is more than 200,000 kilowatts,
MWhlch is sufficient to care lor aujneir
present contracts, except in the eent
of a breakdown That such breakdowns
do sometimes occur is evidenced by the
accident at the Schuylkill station atou
fourteen months ago, which temporarily
reduced 'the capacity by 30,000 kilo
watts.
"Private plants In the city have a
tete.1 cgpactty about equal to that of
the Philadelphia Electric Company) but
they do not produce to 100 percent of
capacity. This is due to the superior
efficiency 'of the operation of the com-
ny' plants. Some private power
plants exist which are not operated
at all because their owners have found
lt more Wlsfactory to purchase cur
rent. These Idle plants and the plants
which do net Mow produce all the cur
rent of which they are capable, woutd
.be 'made to save the situation If the
Government were to appoint a power
administrator and give him full author-
' tty.
"'Already the State fuel administra
tion ha offers of assistance from pri
vate sources, Including John Wanamaker
and Cyrus H. K. Curtis, which total
about 18.000 kilowatts. No use has ever
been made of this current, largely be
cause'there was no power administrator
to insist on it.
"The Philadelphia Electric Company
has from the first resisted utilising
CeatiiraM. an Ttt Twe. Column Kit
i The Road to the Rhine
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;Ypu' My Want Today's
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for . reference when the Yanks
j-aarch on -into Germany,
In All Editions
on the back page of today's
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Honor Roll for City
and District Today
MI.LKD IV ACT10V
MFCTEXAXT BENJAMIN BtUXOCK,
- SDi, A 'drnn-e. rtTnnnicM'tv roor'l
"jrTpNA.Nt EDWIN THORP VAN
urscN, R181 Morris tt , Ocrmantown.
(Unofficially reported)
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
PRIVATE JOSEPH KACBT. (No houae
add'jM lfn but next of kin t hated
asMlaa Rnw Kauht car th seneral
demerj, Philadelphia Poatofflce )
DIED OF DISEASE
LIF.rjENANT FRANCIS C. LOOrE.
won .opruc-e at (Previously reported
. imnrrietaliv )
SFROENT JOHN J.GOLDEN, 12.1 Weat
MMen t.
PRIVATE FRANK E. -rtOLFKIXL.
hrln,CorP '"a North Lawrenco at
rim ate rir.NR c. mltz, t:22
Woodland ave
WOrNDED SEVERELY
LIErTENANT FBINK ADJS. Silt
SERJEANT LEON K. KIRSCBRE. 3141
Araii!niro ae.
CORPORAL JOSEPH KELLT. 3429
TRIVATE HARRY W. ITENNTNn. 5423
North Falrhlll st. (Unotlcully re
ported )
, WOCNDED. DEGREE UNDETER
MINED. SFRf)E,NT GEORGE R. 'crniNG.
-"SJ1 s.h Tairhert
SFRGEANT E. H QCINDORF. 'iSll
Walton a (UnnrfirlaM reported).
SERGEANT W. XV. WRIGHT. 4739 Up
land at. (Unoftlelally reported)
CORPORAL WILLIAM . HART. 10S
North' Nineteenth et
CORrORAI, EARL H. TITCS. 2nnft Tu-
nrot.ER WALTER ZIniERMN. 2T11)
PRHATE 'SYLVESTER BTCRGBWER.
1R2I Pratt st.
PRIVATE W. A. SADLER. 34 North
Parson st
TBIVXTE JOSEPH F. CRISWELL. 108
East Allen st
TRnATE GEORGE K. HOPPLE. W
n,n st rwnnntown
PRIVATE JAMES MATTEE. 74T South
Ttnndolnh s a
SFRGEANT nil ID II STOKLEY. 62tn
FlmiwncJ se TTnoff Irlflllv rnortd )
(PRIVATE WILLIAM LAWLOR. JR..
R10 Prtlfmhts p
PRIVATE JOSEPH LAWLOB. R129 Cnl-
PRa'ATrTjOHN P. GREENE. P4S East
Russell st rjTnrtWirtslly repn-trd
PBtVTF, . rRFDERICK R. WEBEB.
M28 Harlan st
M.IGIITIA WOUNDED
LIFf'TENANT OLU ER C. WEISER.
)n!4 Oreen st
SFRGEANT A. II. KITSOV, Erdenhelm
Tfn ri.tnut Hin
PRIVATE E.RL HARRIS. r3Tl Lud
low st
GASSED
SERGE.NT J. M FEGER. 6141 Vino
MISSINO
PRIVATE WACTAW KLlCKNICIvIE.
4411 Edsemont at
NEARBY POINTS
PPIVATF HARRY BROWN. Chester.
Pa (Killed In action )
CAPTAIN HORACE 7. I.ANDON. Bor-
dentown X J (Aflsslnff )
CORPORAL FBrDERICK A. BI'NTINO.
N'ft-rlstnwn (Wounded seereK ) i;
1-mtAir titles I. J.IIirniU. i'.QKO
Hill (Wounded )
Ocfooer 0, 19t$
The abovc-llst is compiled jrom
the official catualtjj tccords and
from unofficial reports received bv
relatives and friends of the man
oversear
LT.E.T.VANDUSEN
KILLED IN ACTION
Germantown Officer Meets
Death Fighting Along
Meuse
SERGEANT SHOWS PLUCK
Lieutenant Edwin Thorp Van Dusen,
the only son of Mr. and Mrs Samuel B
Van Dusen, 5131 Morris street, German
town, has been kilted In action..
The young officer met death on Sep
tember 30 during the heavy fighting
along the Meuse River in which Major
Alfred Reginald Allen fell.
Word of Lieutenant Van Dusen's
death came In a letter from an officer
of his regiment, the 314th Infantry, to
a friend in this city. The 314th was
hard hit during the forcing of the
Meuse and lost a large number of of
ficers and men
Had Been College Athlete
Lieutenant Van Dusen was twenty
four years old. He graduated from
the Germantown Academy in 1910, from
the Lawrenceile School in 1911 and
Princeton University In 1915. He was
a member of the Belfry Club, German
town Academy's dramatic organization,
and of the Triangle Club, the Princeton
dramatic club He p:ayed on the foot
ball and baseball teams at Germantown
Academy and on the second eleven and
second nine at Princeton. ,
After graduation he went Into the
automobile tire business and later was
attached to the treasurer's office ot the
Electric Storage Battery Company,
When this country entered the war
he took special training in military drill
and went Into the first officers' training
camp at Fort Niagara, earning a com
mission as lieutenant. He was sent to
Camp Meade and attached to the 314th
Infantry. Later he waa promoted -U-tha
machine-gun company of the regiment
and after the unit reached France acted
as official interpreter for a while, as he
spoke French fluently. e
The young officer was a direct descen
dent of Peitersen Van Dusen, Governor
of New Amsterdam (Xew York city) In
1632. He was a a J member of the
Princeton Club of Philadelphia, the Ger
mantown Cricket Cluo and the Campus
Club, of Princeton,
Just back from a base hospital where
he had spent weeks recovering from
shell shock, Sergeant George R. Cush
ing. Company C, 109th Infantry, was
burled under many poundsiof esrth by
the bursting of a high explosive shell
close by where he was standing, '
Dug out by his horrified comrades he
wss found to be suffering frdht shell
shock In an even more aggravated form
than during his" first attack. He was
shipped to a base hospital at once and
eventually recovered to a certain extent,
but wlir do no more fighting In this war
Continued en Psse Fifteen, Column Two
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DIAZ PURSUES
RETIRM FOE;
SEIZES 25,000
V '
Italians Crush Last Aus
trian Line East of Piave.
Take 200Guns
OHIOANS CROSS" RIVER;
READY FOR BATTLE
Venetian Plain Lines Cut.
French antT Americans in
Drive on Aisne
PIERCE SUPPORT SYSTEM
Plunge Near Retliel Imperils
Aisne Defenses Debeney
Gains Around Guise
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By the United Press
Willi the Italian Armies In the Field,
Oct. 30
Thp Italian and British armies, com
pletely piercing the Austrlans' last line
of resistance, are advancing rapidly
eastward between the two railway
lines feeding the Austrians on the
Piave front. They have cut all-lines
of . communications on tho A'enetian
plains
(The two lines of railway run from
Trevho to Casarsa, thlrtv-flve miles
northeast of Treviso The northern
line crosses the battlefront at Cone
fellano; the southern at San Dona dl
Piave )
The Italians have taken 25,000 pris
oners and more than 200 guns in their
present offensive. The. total Austrian
casualties are mbre than 40.000.
YThe Allied Advjtnce continues on
me- wnoie nijy-miie.ixrqnt from the
BrentA ''to the Treviso-Oderso rail
way. Progress is greatlv accentuated
on the right flank, north of Tre-vlso
American troops, comprising Ohio
units, have crossed the Piave and ar
ready to take up the advance with
their Italian and British comrades
"More than a hundred villages and
communities east of the Piave have
been liberated.
By the Associated Press
"Rome. Oct 30.
The Austrian armv has been unable
to rally, and reports this morning from
Italy Indicated that the offensive had
spread.
Elements of the American expedi
tionary force In Italy, vvKt) have been
In reserve, are now in readlnens to
take part In the fighting east of the
Plate. The Americans probably will
he brigaded with the Italians.
An official statement Issued at. the
War Office last night reads.
"Thp enemy, attacked frontally by
the Bighth and Twelfth armies and
threatened on his flank by the Tenth
Army, has been forced to abandon the
heights on the left bank of the Piave,
and hard pressed by our troops, is
retreating.
"Several more villages have been
liberated. Closely following the ene
my, who blew up the bridges across
the Montcalno, yve have entered Con
egllano "To the north, on the right bank
of the Piave other troops, in co-operation
with those on the left bank,
havo passed beyond the Calcino Tor
rent after a brilliant struggle. Bit
ter fighting is taking place In the re
gion of Monte Grappa.
"The capture of another thousand
prisoners Is announced and more than
160 guns have been captured, many
of them medium and heavy calibre.
A good part of those captured are al
ready in action against the enemy."
The Allies -aie from five to eight
miles beyond the Piave on a 30-mile
front.
FRENCH AND U. S.
TROOPS PIERCE
LINES ON AISNE
Penetrate Deeply Into German
Positions in Drive Above
Rethel
By the United Press
Paris, Oct. 30, .
French and American troops, at
tacking northwest of Rethel (on the
Aisne), have penetrated deeply into
the German positions, at many points
reaching the support lines, which
were almost empty of defenders.
By the Associated Press
Paris, Oct. 30 General Debeney's
First army has gained new successes
In the encircling of Guise, according
to the official statement from the War
Office today. North of Guise they
have taken the Beaufort farm, north
of the Olse. Along the Peron River,
south of Guise, the French have
progressed east of Monceau-le-Neuf,
and captured prlonera.v ,
German troops have been ordered to
hold on at all costs, to enable the dip
lomats to strike a peace pargaln. If
possible, according to news from the
battle front today. ' h
The .Germane are making Upmost
Stubborn resistance In spite of the inv
nortant French advance west of
Rethel, yhich is imperiling anew the
German lines of retreat eastward,
threatening to1 turn the'AlsneMlRtr 1
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NEW YEAR PARADE
WILL BE OMITTED
BECAUSE OF WAR
Shooters Too Busy Shooting the
Boches and Councils Will Make
No Appropriation
There will be no mummers' parade
on Broad street next New Year's Day.
No appropriation will be made by
Council and none but unofflclil, sec
tional processions will be held
Thin announcement Is made by John
H. Balsley. of the Thirty-ninth Ward,
who has been chairman of thu commit
tee for many years
"I am very sory," he said. ' The whole
cjtv w 11! be sorry to lose the New Year s
parade for a single flar As soon as
we gat rid of the Kaiser we may get
btck King Momus Tho truth is that
boys of the New Years clubs are all
scattered Manv of them -are away
fighting the Kaiser. There is a pressing
need of money to enable city employes
to live The New years approprmuon
in past j ears has been from $6000 to
$10,000 "
PRAGUE YIELDS;
CAPITAL NOW IN
HANDS OF CZECHS
National Committee Takes
Over Government Func
tions of Bohemia State
GARRISON SURRENDERS
Austrian Imperial Symbols
Torn Down Budapest in.
State of Siege
B the Astociatcd Press
Copenhagen, Oct. 30.
The Czech National Committee took
over the functions of the local govern
ment in Prague, the Bohemian capital,
,on Monday, marking the mli step in
its successful revolution there. ac:
cm ding to a telegram from Berlin to
the National Tldende.
The Austrian imperi.il symbols were
removed from various buildings ant.
Imperial proclamations torn down. The
city officials have taken an oath of
fidelity to the Czech State.
During Monday night the general
commanding the Prague garrison and
his staff placed the entire armed forces
in the city at the disposal of the
Czech National Committee.
Paris, Oct. 30 (Havas) The Czecho
slovak Council of State has decided to
make Pressburg the capital of Slova
kia according to the newspapers here
Pressburg is situated on the north
bank of the Danube, thirty four miles
southeast of Vienna. It is beautifully
located near the western extremity of
the Carpathians and Is one of the
finest cities in Hungary. Hungarian
kings were crowned at the Cathedral
of St. Martin, at Pressburg, for cen
turies. The population of th,e city in
1900 was 61,537. It was announced
recently that the Czecho-Slovak coun
cil had changed thename of Pressburg
to Wilsonvllle in honor of President
Wilson. . . -
BUDAPEST IN WILD
CLAMOR FOR REPUBLIC
v " By the United Press
Zurich, Oct. 30.
' A state of siege has been proclaim
ed in Budapest, following the attempt
of a hundred thousand demonstrators
to enter the palace of Archduke Jo
seph. The demonstrators , are de
manding a republic.
German troops are reported to be
arriving.
Students .in the city have formed a
council o co-operate with the Magyar
national council.
London, Oct. 30. The ferment in
Budapest is becoming chronic, it is
indicated In reports from Zurich and
Copenhagen.
Street fighting, In which , machine
guns are employed, is common, and
many have been killed and Injured.
Great demonstrations were organized
hourly yesterday. There- were fre
quent violent combats, generally be
tween loyal s.oldlera and students.
The republican movement is still
brewing and A general labor rvolt
is ' feared.
The .Chronicle and' Dally News sug
gest the trouble perhaps is tlr be
ginning ot a revolution against 'the
Hapsburgs. It is reported that Em
peror Karl's opposition to Count
Karolyi's proposition for a majority
coalition touched off the-recent out
breaks. VIENNA, SENDS PLEA
' BEGGING QUICK PEACE
p
, By the Associated Press
Washington, Oct, 30.
President Wilson Is not expected to
make 'known hi decision as to Aus-,
trta's renewed plea for an armistice
until the official text, of a, note from
Count "AP'li'M'f.y. the new Austro
Hungarian foreign minister, to 8ec-
.Ceatlneed Fes Thirteen, f'elumn Oiw
; SJJNG'OF.THE RAINSPOUT
Wednesday alaomv, " Thursday
Cool wisxolni nrf'r to come.
7q Jts wt jpfvegot to tote.
tfW'?'W , W.' " "
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LEAVE ENEMY
HELPLESS, AIM
OF PRESIDENT
Complete Harmony Among
Allies for Armistice on
Military Lines
TRUCE TO RESTORE
FRENCH PROVINCES
Kaiser Changes Ambition.
Now Wants to Be God's
Vice President
ACCEPTANCE EXPECTED
Austrian Note Likely to Be
Sent to Versailles Coun
cil Today
Censor Cuts Wires
From Versailles
Paris, Oct." 30 -The meagerness
of news during this important
period in Paris is due to the strict
ness of the censorship.
The foregoing relates to the
proceedings of the Inter-AUIcd
council at which the terms of the
armistice to be submitted to Ger
many are being-formulated
In addition to the strict censor
ship, dispatches are being held up
on acpount of the congestion of the
cables by the exchange of commu
nications between the United States
Oovernment and its representatives
at the Inter-Allied conference.
By CLINTON W, GILBERT
StoJT Cprr'roi"l Cinin0 Public J.rdaer
Corvrioht, 1918. by Public I.edser Co.
Washington, Oct 30.
The terms of the armistice will
include not only the dismantlement
of the German fleet, the surrender
of the submarines and the occupa
tion of the fortified towns of the
Rhine and probably Heligoland, but
also the immediate evacuation of
Alsace-Lorraine. That is to say,
they will include all of these things
if the Allied view of the military
necessities of an armistice should
agree with the one held by the Ad
ministration here. x
There appears to be no disposi
tion, however, on the part of Wash
ington to force its views upon the
Allies in the council now being held
in Versailles. It is held here that
the question of granting an armis
tice is largely a military question
and all such questions have been
predominantly questions for the
Allies to settle, because of their
greater military experience and be
cause of the command of the inter
Allied forces is in Allied hands. But
it is expected here that the Allied
representatives at Versailles will re
gard the situation much as the Ad
ministration here regards it.
Terms Should Be Military
Washington's -idea of what the
terms should be is not a political,
but a military idea, formed after
consultation between the President
and his military and naval advisers.
Two great ends are sought in ex
acting such terms as outlined above!
One of these is to make it impos
sible for Germany to resume fight
ing, once she has agreed to cease
hostilities. Her power to resist the
Allies further must be surrendered
as a condition precedent to the
granting of an armistice. The sur
render of the fleet, submarines and
fortified towns will have a moral
as well as a military significance.
It vviU make it plain to all the
world and to the German people that
Germany surrendered perforce to
avert a great disaster. The mili
tary masters of Germany will never
be able to set up the claim that
the Entente and 'the United States
recognized that a military decision
was beyond reach and that peace
without victory was therefore ac
cepted by both sides.
Restores French' Province
The other great end to be ob
tained will be in effect the immedi
ate concession by Germany of the
justice of France's claim to Alsace
Lorraine. ,
Alsace-Lorraine, being evacuated,
- will not be subject for haggling t
the pe nf ", it u notl
REPORT KAISER WILL QUIT TODAY
Copenhagen, Oct. 30 Following a meeting at Berlin of the leaders of
the German federated States, the Kaiser considers his position hopeless,
and is prepared to abdicate, according to a late report receiv ed here. Trav
elers arriving here from Berlin say a definite statement regarding a pos
sible abdication of tho Kaiser will be forthcoming today. Extremely im
portant decisions were taken at the meeting of the Crown Council held
under the presidency of Emperor William at Berlin on Saturday, says a
dispatch from Zurich The greatest agitation prevails in the Reichstag,
where groups of Deputies, the message adds, are sitting contlnuouslj
"TYPICAL INFLUENZA WEATHER" IN NEW YORK
NEW ORK, Oct. 30 Two days of unseasonable wnimth and
lccurient fog in this city Iinve made ''typical Influenza weather"
the hcnlth department stated todny in lepoitlng another Increase
in the numbei of now cases of Spanish influenza and pneumonia.
Influenza cases l cached today nggacgated 5319, or 12T0 mole
than yesteiday. Illness fiom pneumonia inci eased Ty 323. a
total of 1025 cases being listed. TatiHtics vveic 402 fiom
influenza and 2C0 fiom pneumonia a falling off of twenty
thiee and eighty-one, lespectlvely.
BOLSHEVIKI REPORTED PLANNING MASSACRE
LONDON, Oct. 30. The Bolshevik! have decided upon d
geneiol massacie of all the uppei classes on NovemTJer 10 said
an Exchange Tclegiaph dispatch fiom Copenhagen today. It
will be another "St. Baitholomeu's night," according to the
dispatch. The upper classes in Russia aie In panic of indes
ciibable piopoitlons.
AUSTRIA ADMITS EVACUATION OF ALBANIAN TOWN
VIENNA, Oct. 30 Concerning operations in AlVrnia and
Seibla Austio-Hungaiian headquaiteis issued this statement:
"In Albania our leaiguaids have evacuated Alessio. Theie has
b'een no change on the Diina fiont. In Eeibia jyesterday our
tioops, who vveie not in fighting contact with the enemy, leached
Palanka."
BRAZILIAN SHIP, REPORTED SUNK, STILL AFLOAT
NEW YORK, Oct. 30 The Biazilian steamship Guaiatuba,
which was lecently lepoited as having been sunk by a Gel man
submarine, now is said to have escaped and is due to arrive
soon at nn American Atlantic poit. Infoimation to this effect
was received, heie today in marine aides.
FIRE DESTROYS OHIO VILLAGE
ALLIANCE, 0., Oct. 30. Hanover, a village in ColumTJIa
County, southwest of this city, was vlitually wiped' otit Py
fire eariy today with n loss estimated at between $150,000
and 8200,000. The file is believed to lwvc been or incendiary
origin.
be a trading property for Germany
in obtaining peace. By evacuating
it, exactly, as she evacuates Belgium
and northern France, Germany will
virtually concede its finaj surrender.
The Administration's view is that
Alsace-Lorraine must be returned to
France. President Wilson is said
to have meant nothing short of this
when he declared the ancient wrong
must be righled. No compromise was
possible. Germany took away from
France physical propeity of France,
is now in possession of that prop
erty and to right the wrong must
return it.
Acceptance Is Expected
The Administration expects Ger
many to accept the terms just set
forth. There may be some gesture
of refusal by Germany at first, some
stiffening up and show of resistance,
but it is not believed that this re
sistance will last long.
It is pointed out that the whole
central combination nas fallen to
pieces, that Austria is ready to sur
render, that Ludendorff, the brains
of the military party has been
beaten in Germany and forced to re
tire from his position of quarter
master general and that the Kai3er
shows every sign of readiness to
make any concession necessary to
save himself or his dynasty.
"Once he was candidate for the
job of God's representative on earth
and now he wants to be vice presi
dent," one man expressed.
It was learned here today that there
are good reasons for believing that
there has been a material collapse in
Germany, as well as a collapse ot
morale. In the summer, Germany was
firing shells which bore a date of very
recent manufacture, showing that her
army was living on a hand-to-mouth
basis. She is known to have been for
a long time short ot essential ma
terials and what appears to have hap
pened is that the speeding up of war
this summer has exhausted her capa
city to produce munitions and the
materials for munitions.
German Resources Gone
Germany gambled all upon the suc
cess of her great drives in the spni.,
her reserves of men and her reserves
of materials. It was victory at once
or nothing. Where Germany miscal
culated was in not supposing that In
case the drives failed, the Allies would
be able to take up the war and force
it at top speed for the rest of the
year. Germany counted upon retain,
jng the offensive, that is upon being
able to regulate the consumption of
munitions. In this way she could slow
up fighting when shells were lacking
and take her own time to accumulate
a supply.
wnen sne lost tne offensive to jrocn
ths situation changed. She could no
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CeoMwMd ea rie Twe. Cehuu fata
HUGHES'S REPORT
UP TO PRESIDENT
Result of Airplane Inquiry
Ready to Be Trans-
mitted
CRITICISM AND PRAISE
By the Asociated Prets
Wflnlilnston, Oct. 30
Attorney Oeneral Gregory expects to
send to President Wilson late today or
early tomorrow Charles n Hughes's re
port on airplane production In a letter
of transmittal, the Attorney Oeneral
may express some views differing from
thoFe of Mr. Hughes with whom he has
collaborated personally throughout the
inquiry
Mr. Gregory discussed the report to
dav with Postmaiter General Burleson
and Secretary Tumulty who called at the
Department of Justice This call follow
ed the circulation of reports that the
Attorney Oeneral might disagree ma
terially with Mr, Hughes's conclusion!".
The Attorney General has spen,t most
of his time this week examining the
text of Mr. Hughes's report, which sum
marizes the voluminous testimony of
army officers, production managers, Gov
ernment engineers and engineers of
plants holding contracts. The repoit
Is understood to contain criticism of
Inefficient methods disclosed and like
wise praise of achievements of certain
Government production directors and In
dustrial plants whose records have been
good. There alo Is said to be a com
prehensive statement of the situation
In the airplane program today, which
recent reports of the War Department
have shown to be ahead of schclule.
The report. It is said, deals In detail
with separate phases of the production
program, such as the preliminary plan-
ninr oy army omcers, tne aircraft board
and other advisors called In by the Gov
ernment , the execution of these plana
and the final results shown in finished
planes Criticism bcth adverse and
favorable follows, and testimony Is cited
to show where the fault lay In pre
liminary Ideas and In the Industrial and
mechanical execution.
The report also shows the money cost
cf the airplane program, citing appro
priations and the amount of each which
has been spent.
PRINCE LVOFF COMING TO U. S.
Former Russian Leader'Sayg Reds
Make Nation a Nightmare
By the Associated Press ,
Konolalu, T. H-. Oct 30 Prince
George La off, first Premier of the Rus
sian Provisional Oovemment set up alter
the revolution, left here recently for the
United States.
He said Russia is a horrible night
mare, with ruthless murder, torturing
and atrocities in those section rnntrni.
M by German-led "Reds."
BERLIN SAYS
FijfTT' mimiuici siS
J3
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ARE AWAlTEDf
'ft.
Further Proof Given TWtffeT
Authority Has Been Tram-Ill?;
icxxcu lu .LicxuMSLag JeiPi
PRESIDENT MAY SEND jM
NFW appfat. rn PAm1I&
- . - - m - . - A AAAIAM.'n-k.A '1
Versailles War Council
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ported to Have Already
Reached Agreement
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AMOUNTS TO SURRENDER W
German Fleet and U-BoaUii
- Bai-wr .
ATltst Vinlrl aJ AlK-e, i"W dZ
cupy Towns
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Bv ffce Associated Presx yiii11
Washington, Oct. 30.Jgjjj7
rwiumer note irom tne tierman'v;,
overnment reached Washington tts?
Government reached Washington
day. It supplements the last bricg,
communication, saying armiBtici"
terms were awaited, by reciting ttfsS'- .
detail governmental chances whick i
have taken place in Germany 'irj-j
evidence that the Kaiser has bsmiW i
deprived ofall power of making War-m , 1
i ..;-..! y m
ana negotiating peace. SV'
This time the Germans do not is??'
address President Wilson person-t-s j
any, dui sena tne miormation zerm?
the American Government, appuff
...-.j ....w... a...i W1UI, uic Binge siv
personal appeals has passed with
the transmission of their armiittoa
and Deace olea to the Allies .l&Jil")
Vk"W.
The new note reiterates that1
actual power and responsibility-
ine government nas Deen W
ferred to the Reichstag and"
scribes the progress of the necestff6o
constitutional changes. "'Svi
The note Drobablv will b feWi J
warded immediately to Paris, wheifi 1
the supreme war council alreadyiifeS
reported to have formulated tenHf?
upon which 'the United States and$l.
the Allies might permit a cessalloiifli
of hostilities. ?.&v
Expect Announcement of Term ' &
It was stated that the new com
munication made no change in the
situation. The
next step is ex-.'
pected to be an announcement from "2j
one or all the capitals of the co- j5y;
1 . . t,.t.:
belligerents of armistice terms. iJrwfc?
ine armistice program said to $s
have been DreDareri hv thn cimma sfe
war council had not been reported fo,
on enrlv tnrtnv hv tlio AmakIm ?K.iy ;
ranrDCAntafiiiAB Tl, ".......... lSaS
however, is known to favor terfei
unilnHvr nc Araciln a. 4l..n JAn.uIl..J ?2&e''
in press dispatches as agreed "Spon flf
ai Versailles. VA'Sp
Preparing Reply to Vienna .Jkft
As word of the "hew German meWj
came, it. was learned tnat President M
wnson was working today on a replyAVfaV
to the last note from Vienna in wVilA wTri
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the Austrian Government acceptTf& V i
ail iiriiitiin ,4 nnn fnnnirmMo jtv i.a ;tj ' .
President and asked for armjstieiti
j - i .'i3 r j&
mm jjcate proposals. wi i S
The renlv. whfoh n-nV,ai,i,. ,jn .ufs.
made nubile hefnro niVUf I. n....j ftfSrV
to inform the authorities t vi.ltl?t?.
that on the basis of acceptaneeVS;',sJ
nn kuiiuiLiun.i. iiiriiiinntr a nrn a s . ; -ia v
pendence and not men utnnnnw iv .-,
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suoiecc nationalities, their renuaaa.
has been referred to the Hnas.
ments witn which the United
is associated. "W3
Austria Also Must Surrender?!
Although officials here regard'
Austro-Hungarlan situation as itMUS i
from clarified and are inclined Ct J?
Question how a Ik. rn... m.!K
Vlpnnn nmir le ...i:t.j i.- r Jl fit
......- , tjuaimeu to SpeaK'SM - )
any one, the understanding i,i
they are to be dealt with c&,
wieury mat, as in the caie oft
uermans, acceptance of a:
terms amounting to surrender
neid, will be the best truarai
faithful performance of any
ises. .
Secretary Lansing had nr.
ceived early today the note
to be coming from Count Am
U A......1 n , ... r "T
mo auiuuin foreign Miniit,'
in mm to intervene with Pr
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