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IN YOUR WANT
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Service of Uncqualed Value
68TH YEAR.
VOLUMK 68
XIIMBKH 21*
RICHMOND, VA.; SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1918.-TEN PAGES
lVKATIIEK FAIR
l'AOK 6 A
PRICE, THREE CENTS
Altercation Between Span
iard and Negroes Causes
Serious Race Trouble.
INJURED MEN NEGROES;
TWO EXPECTED TO DIE
Soldiers, Military Police and
Militia on Scene?Have
Situation in Hand.
J_
HUNDREDS or -SHOTS FIRED
Citizens Panlr-Strlrkcn When Shoot
ing Begins Governor and Atl
jutant-Gcncral Act Quickly.
Three men wcro Injured lit a race
riot ni Hopewell which reached I's
height of fury shortly after S o'clock
yesterday.
At in i<l n I t. following' the arrival
of two companies of soldiers from
Camp Lee. two militia companies, and
flfty military police from Petersburg.
Hopewell had quieted down. A com
pany of Stajo guards dispatched to
the scene by Governor Westmoreland
I>avis also aided in quieting the dis
order whlcfi for a time threatened ?o
reach dangerous proportions.
The row begun shortly after 2 o'clock
yesterday afternoon when a Spaniard
named (Jomez engaged in an alterca
tion with a negress employed as a
waitress in a restaurant. Gomez dis
charged her and the row followed.
In the altercation, Gomez is said to
have struck the woman anil she im
mediately appealed to her friends. By 4
o'clock ii large crowd had gathered
about the place and several shots were
bred. The Hopewell police appealed to
W. l\ Allen, of the Du Pont plant, and
in an address. Allen sought to prevail
upon the negroes to return to their
homes, promising their case would re
ceive Just treatment.
The negroes left, but an hour later
returned and art open conflict In the
street followed. As soon as the first
hhots were llred, other negroes, at
tracted by the shooting, rushed to ttic
scene. in a moment pistols begat,
cracking tn various sections of the dis
trict known as Davlsvllic. N
TWO NEGROES SHOT UOW.V,
OXE THOUGHT FATAI.l.Y HfllT
Two negroes were shot down by the
polico in an effort to dispel the riot
ers. One is dangerously wounded, and
it is understood he will not recover.
The other Is not dangerously injured.
One member of the military police,
who happened in the vicinity, also was
injured by a llying bullet. His condi
tion is not regarded as serious.
Efforts were made to get into com
munication with Governor Davis but
owing to the fact that he was then in
specting the Richmond Grays word
of the riot did not reach him until the
disturbance had about subsided. Hope
well police, failing to bear promptly
from Governor Davis, appealed to the
authorities at Camp Lee.
Two companies of infantrymen were
rushed over In automobiles and street
cars. Later military police and the A.
1\ Hill Hides were sent from Peters
burg, by order of Governor Davis, and
the Hopewell militia was called to aid
the authorities in restoring order. An
other Petersburg company was ordered
to stand In readiness to go.
Major Qulndell, of Camp Lee, was
placed in command of the soldiers and
militia, and several hours after arrival
order had been restored. However, a
heavy military Runrd was posted about
the district and will remain there, so
authorities announce, until the trouble
has completely suhsidod.
SBVKItAL IIi;.VI)IlKI> SHOTS FHIED
BY POLICE A.ND ItlOTEHS
Residents of Hopewell were panic
ftricken when the shooting began and
for several hours few cared to depart
from their homes. It is estimated that
several hundred shots were fired by
the negroes prior to the arrival of the
soldiers and militia. The latter. Im
mediately fixed bayonets, and drove
the angry crowd to cover.
At midnight the police authorities
announced that ull was quiet and that
no further disturbance threatened. It
Is understood that arrests will follow,
since the police were able to recogni/.e
a numDer of th* ring leaders of the
pang- Several also were taken into
cusiodv by the soldiers, it is said, and
ih?<se. will be arraigned before a mag
istrate, possibly Saturday.
Governor. Davis and Adjutant-Gen
eral Jo Lane Stern kept is touch with
Hopewell practically all night, fear
ing a fresh outbreak and planning to
prevent further trouble. The Gover
nor was in the act of inspecting t'nu
local militia when notice of the riot
cante to him altout 8 o'clock. At that
time only meager reports could be got
ten, but to be on the safe side lie
ordered the Hopewell and Petersburg
companies to proceed to the scene of
trouble at the earnest possible moment.
At the same time he notified local
militia oflicprs to hold themselves In
readiness for a call.
VIRGINIANS HELP DRIVE
BACK HUN ALONG MEUSE
Eightieth Division Xnw n Part of
Third Army Corp* 1 ndrr
Major-General Wright.
IHv Associated I'reHs. 1
W A S II 1 N G TON, October 4.?The
American troops which to-day drove
back the Germans to the Kricmhilde
position, south of Foret wood, evi
dently composed the Eightieth and
Eighty-sixth National Army Divisions.
The fromer is made up of men from
Western Pennsylvania, Virginia ami
West Virginia, and trained at Camp
Lee, and the latter of men from llli
nois and Wisconsin ami traii>cd ut
Camp Grant. Illinois.
The Eightieth Division was an
nounced as being a unit of the Third
Army Corps under Major-General
Wright. Its commanding oillcer was
Major-General Cronkhite.
The Eighty-sixth Division has not
long been in France, and if it wcro
in tills fighting it probably was en
gaging in its first combat.
WAR TO END NEXT SUMMER
Such It Declaration of Food Admin
istrator Hoover at Stauntou
To-Nlffht.
STAUNTON, VA.. October 4.?Her
bert Hoover, in an address to 115 cities
and counties of Virginia at the Y. M.
C. A. building hero to-night, declared
that the war will be ended by next
summer and that peace depends on the
people's "war conscience."
The food administrator urged the
conservation -of food and told of the
necessity of Liberty bond buying.
For Safety Against
Spanish Influenza
The following; auRKrillonn for
nvoidunrr of Npanlnh Influenza lu
fccllon have hern lanucd by I?r. Wll
linm (?, Wuuilivnrd, lienllli t-umnilN
xloner of IloMtuii, In wlilrh elly (lie
Plildcmlc had vccurrd I1n ulronRmt
hold t
'tttP out of pl*?? wlirre people
arp,
Ilo not let any one cough or
Mtieexe Into your fare.
Keep your month nhut.
\\ noli your hniidn frequently.
Avoid gctlinK tired?g?? <o bed
early.
'i?,1 T?"r regulnrly nnd
"lowly. If compelled to eat nwny
from home, nee thut the dUhm are
cicnn.
Keep where the nlr In freak.
'I""1 K? ln(o the prenence
no.* ?lth n'n?VZT T"Ur moH,h nnd
iThetleV ,.T" handkerchief
1* l?etter tlinn nothing. Wrap un n
uned monk In paper nnd l>o|| |(
fore u?ln(t *(tnln, or burn It.
OUT THIRTEEN DAKS
OF CAMPAIGN
Kpirtrrnlcs of Influenza Force Aban
donment of Public Loan Meet
ings ir Scores of Cities.
HAVE SII1SCHIUED 14 PER CENT
Dallas, Cleveland and Atlanta Dis
tricts Pali Below Richmond?Total
Sales Announced by Treasury De
partment 9855,000,000.
fHv ARKoeWt'ed rrrnn. 1
\\ ASIIIN'JTOX, October 4.?The na
tion if marching toward Its $5,000,000.
| 000 Uberty loan goal at just a llttlj
. more than half the speed required to
maintain a daily subscription rate of
, v315.000.000. Bond sales ofllcltlly tab
i ulated from reports of banks were an
' ''?^nced hy Treasury to-night as
i $fc;?.?.l32,500. or an increase of $229.
C00,000 in the last twenty-four hours,
j At the standard rate of 53>5,000.000 a
1 I? r??c,0r'Jr b>* 1,113 tiine\should
iiu\o been SI..?;#.000,000. ^
n,cthod of calculation fails to
.L" cc,nH'derntion. however, the
h many subscriptions have not
bt en backed up by first payments and
o?ri,M,.f|Uf*n y nrc not rect?Cnized in tne
official reports, and that natural pro
Wi, raUH0 thousands of
ui tfl late in?,Bh?0ne ent,ori,,~ fledges
uiiia idte in the campaign. National
) ?? 'un.rJer,!: ,,?-<lay ,S!"ied * reminder
!' *?? ? v thirteen working: chivs re
ends, October H,' 8Ub*cr'l>"?n period
.,J,V,i.'1<'r.nlcs ot influenza have com
1 !n. etlnir i.,a ?a',dunm #'U ,of ^ubIic loan
meeting in scores of cities, and lias
W'sm'aw, ?f? b"ndrcd? of canvasser's
' A? ?. ?l";a*ers. but reports to-day told
i of rju\ck change of tactics in many com
"?unities viy substituting hou8e?o
I In hi? wi?8i8 B for mas*-meetings.
: n whole country the loan is just
! ' ' per cent subscribed
,oSSCrlp,l?nS^ districts arc as fol
ri'tcn011'^ S109.33C.400; Boston, $143.
wV 'I ? ,Van.? *? rancUco, $73,113,900'
33'?AoPOv *V-2!?-9r'?: ChIcago. jili,
! 33_ r>50, New } ork, 5222.212 500- Phil.
' r n 'n1?! '?<.40St500; Richmond. $31,.r>02 -
7l'?V "n-V1in?",1i",<)0: Cleveland. |SS -
i 1 G,3o0, Atlanta, S3.128.CG0.
AUSTRIAN PEACE PROPOSAL
HAS NOT YET ARRIVED
.Vctlicrlnndn I.egntlon AIjio Without In
formation llegardliig I.nt
e*t More,
V\ A.^HINOTON, October 4.?State De
. partment otlicials to-night lacked olll
! cial coniirmation of the reported Aus
trian peace bid, a new proposal, sent to
all belligerents through Holland. The
Netherlands legation was also with
tf if.or,m,atl?n rec?rdlng the move.
... Austria, however, has decided to
try it again." the reception to be ac
corded her latest manifesto will be
along the same lines as was the last,
wnen I resident Wilson dispatched a
sixty-eight word reply and ended the
^ ,mr-, ,Th ? assumption on the part
of ofhcials is taken on the basis tha;
Austria s plea contains as much sin
cerity as its predecessor. If the dual
monarchy, though, expresses a willing
ness to see the light as Bulgaria did,
and make unconditional surrender, the
LlUes will talk business.
The same reasons that actuated \us
tri4*rs former move for peace, officials
sa>, would be behind any new bid. And
, these are internal conditions, together
| with the ever-increasing menace of al
j lied armies approaching Austro-Hun
j gariaiti territory.
' AUS7RIA TA K ICS STEPS TO
HOI,I) PEACE COXPEREXCR
j LONDON. October 4.?Austrla-Hun
! gary, with the aid of Holland, has tak
I til steps to invite all belligerents to an
: Immediate peace conference at The
Hague, the Amsterdam correspondent
of the Daily Express learns.
Simultaneously, tlje Augtro-Hunga
rian government has opened a "new
peace offensive. Herr Mammasch. who
is said to be slated to succeed Baron
von Hussarek as Austrian Premier, is
writing a memorandum. This is to be
sent to the American executive, the
correspondent learns.
In Germany the Socialist pressure on
the government to initiate a peace
move at once continues. Vorwaerts,
the official German Socialist organ,
urges the party to enter the new cab
inet headed by Prince Max of Baden,
because, the paper says, the new
Chancellor "intends to move for imme
diate universal peace."
Vorwaerts asserts tho peace sought
by the prince is to bo based upon these
four main principles:
1. A league of nations.
? 2. Arbitration.
3. Disarmament.
4. No German annexations, not even
in tho East.
MAJOR-GENERAL G0ETHALS
IS MEMBER OF BOARD
Will Sneeeed Hugh A. Johnnon on the
VVnr IndtiMtrAeN Iloard nit
Chairman.
WASHINGTON, October 4.?D. M.
Baruch. chairman of the War Indus
tries Board, announced that Major
General George W. Goethals has be
come a member of the board. He is
assistant chief of the army, general
staff, and director of the division of
purchases, storage and traffic. As such
his work hriuh-i him into closo and
rrequent contact with the operations
of the War Industries Board, which
tho membership will intensify.
General Goetjials takes the place on
the hoard formerly filled by his recent
assistant, Ilrigadier-General Hugh A.
Johnson, who has been assigned to a
field brigade for active duty.
If You Are IlnvInK Trouble
Getting and keeping the efficient help
your business requires, keep on using
the "Help Wanted" Ada in Tho Times
Dispatch. I'hono Randolph 1.
Secretary of Interior Speaks in
Capitol Square at 4
o'Clock.
EPIDEMIC HURTS DRIVE HERE
Ranks of Workers Depleted, but
Leaders Put Forth Re
newed Effort.
I?-')00 "co",c ?>' Kichmo.nl
and \ Iclntty are exporter) to hear Sec
fhC ln,?rior ?THiiklln K. LUne
this afternoon at t o'clock when he
addresses a massive Liberty loan cele
bration m Capitol Square.
Secretary Lanes visit marks the he
Sinning of the second week of the
loan drive, and Is expected to stimu
late the work of raising this city's
quota of almost J20.000.000. Although
the Richmond committee has been do
iiuz splendid work in its conduct of
he campaign, it has been severely
handicapped by the epidemic of influ
enza which has made deep Inroads In
the workers of the organization. In
addition, attendance at meetings has
but" ,nrn^!'?fr a* " rosult- not oniv hero
volunt"aUr!}y.'" ne"^HptIons
?.I!1 a" address before the banl?>r? of
Richmond yesterday. John Kerr Branch
of thrHonn?f, lhe ?*?cutive comm.uee
or the loan organization, declared that
inasmuch as this city's quota is twice
?ha? m r ,hir<1 lon"* 11 ,5! "ecessarv
that more persons subscribe and tho?'e
ailotmcms y havc should doub,e
IIANKUBS MAY t)OI U|,E
I'HK.SKXT A i.I.om E.VTS
Many of the bankers at the meetine
agreed to double their personal pur
chases. and are making arrangements
to have their banks increase their own
quotas wherever it is possible, in orde?
to reach the goal of the drive
One of the features of ye.sterdav's
program was the demonstration by the
school children of the city, who held
parades in different parts of tho corn
,, 0 tl,Mn S4-0?f bonds was
shall iiibI!'?ipn? ofuthe John Mar"
I . nail '? iAt.ii School, who conducted a
t rict?nSlral 'n l',e downtown dis
I Richmond school children have ob
tained Liberty bond subscriptions
amounting to $321,350 in two davs v
statement issued yesterday showed
sVSc su',crlptions totaled
$1.'0.150, divided as follows
John Marshall High. $119,000; nin
?!V,n 1^>.r* ,16 !,0?: Ointer Park. $15.
<50: Highland Park. $11.<00; Bain
?IlIrpne ?un,or- J8? ??<>: Belleviio Junior.
M'sn?: ?1S.r,,.?n HC phlp- ; Madison.
*2.800: W illlam fox. $1,850;- PitM Nor
mal. $l,fi00; .Nathaniel Bacon S1 550
R-nirmount, $1,200: Chlmborazo. $1,050
Rufiner. $1,1*50; Springfield, $1,000; Pow
hatan, No. 2, $950; Elba. $S00; Grace
Arents, $750; Franklin, $500; Powhatan.
??- 1. I???; ,Joi,n B- Car>'. *<00: Ran
'i^r>h. *3.0; JefTerson, $300; Armstrong
liMjh (colored), $50; Monroe (colored).
lane wnj. r?E mht
BY SPECIAL COMMITTER
Secretary of the Interior Franklin K
Lane will arrive in Richmond at 12:55
; o clock this afternoon, and will be
niet at the Main Street station bv a re
| ception committee from the central
headquarters, which will accompanv
the distinguished visitor to the JefTer
son Hotel, where he will be the guest
of the committee at luncheon.
The celebration at 4 o'clock over
shadows all other features planned bv I
the central committee for to-day. How
ever. there will be the usual street
demonstrations, and in addition a rtftv
piece band from Cnmp Lee. loaned bv
Brigadier-General Charles A. Hedekiii.
the camp commander, will give concerts I
in the downtown section. The band. I
which will arrive in Richmond e.irlv |
this morning, will be loaded on three i
huge army trucks and moved about j
the financial-district.
. Members of the executive committee
| believe that thousands of dollars' worth '
I of bonds will be sold at tho demonstra- j
j tion this afternoon, for arrangements i
f have been made to accommodate be- j
! tween 10.000 and 15.000 people in the1
i Capitol grounds. The stage has been
j erected over the fountain in the south
j western section of the park, facing the
j sloping grassy hillsides of th* t.atural
I amphitheater, where a large crowd can
j be seated without crowding.
| SEItYICE MUX OF ALLIED
.NATIONS WILL TAKE PART
I The tableau group on the stage will
be composed of American soldiers and
J sailors and marines, officers from the
| fcreign armies stationed at Camp Lee.
Confederate Veterans, John Marshall
| High School cadets and girls, Red Cross
j nurses and canteen workers. Miss
Margaret Ould Pov?xrs. of Wcsthnmp
ton, will represent "Liberty." The high
school girls will be especially costum
ed for the occasion and so arranged as
to form the word "Liberty" in the
background. Secretary bane will de
liver his address from the stage.
? The demonstration is being arranged
I by a special committee composed of E.
| M. Crutchlield, chairman: E. C. Mavo,
' Henry Schvvar/.schild. W. S. Rhonda.
Nathan Simon. J. C4 Robertson, John G.
Corley, Scout Executive Charles L
Weaver, Hen W. Wilson and J. II. Bin
ford. Assistant ...Superintendent of
Schools.
Tho band from Camp Lee was to
leave the cantonment early this morn
ing and brought from Petersburg to
Richmond on a special electric ear.
Several olllcers from the camp will ac
company it. The three motor trucks
will be waiting its arrival in Richmond.
Arrangements have been made for a
luncheon at one of the clubs for mem
bers of the band.
W. N. Mitchell, commercial represen
tative of the Federal manager of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railway, spoke in
fiont of the post-ofllce at 1 o'clock
yesterday and'inade an extremely strik
ing- talk. There were also two lady
singers who helped 'the demonstration
wonderfully with their clear voic?s.
The Camp I-.ee band to-day will replace
other strtet features'. Rev. Russell Ce
cil spoke at 1 o'clock yesterday to an
enthusiastic meeting of the Richmond
Advertisers' Club at tho Business Men's
Club.
RICHMOND BOY SCM'TS
ACCOMPLISH HKSUI/rS
Reports made yesterday morning
showed that the Boy Scouts of Rlch
Ahnbnh Synagogue.
Mrs. W. M. Hahllston, chairman of
the womnn's committee, announced
tiiat the sales at the various booths
on Thursday aggregated $215,550. The
;umi. I n is orgauixanuii ooiai
two individual subscriptions. ,
Speakers at tho th?u.ters yesterday
afternoon and last night were Rev. |
(Continued on Fifth Pago.)
EXPLOSIONS WRECK
MUNITION PLANT
Over One Hundred Workmen
Believed to Have Been
Killed.
SCORES OF OTHERS WOUNDED
Many, Badly Stunned, Forced to
Crawl to Place of
Safety.
I'KIITH AM BOY. X. J.. October 4.?
fiver 1?0 workmen arc believed to
have been killed to-night by a scries
of terrific; explosions followed by a
lire which wrecked the huge shell
load ing plant of the T. A. Gillespie
loading Company, at Morgans Station,
near here.
As many as 2,000 men may have been
at work in the plant, as it waa .said
the fu'.l night shift was busy when the
explosions occurred. The loss of life
may be largely in excess of 100, the
police declarc.
Ambulances from every available
hospital were rushed to the scene and
private automobil**? were impressed to
bring the wounded here. Within an
hour from the time "'the first explosion
was heard, scores of wounded were
being brought in. Many were de
dared to have been stunned as from
shell shock, and some undoubtedly
lH?t their lives in the lire succeeding
tlifc-- explosions, while others, partially
recovering their senses, were able to
crawl sufficiently far to enable the
hastily organized bands of rescuers to
drag them to safety.
The Gillespie plant Is about four
m'.les long and two miles wide and
fronts on Cheese Quake Creek. Morgans
Station. It consists of numerous
buildings, mostly small, and well scat
tered over the large area occupied by
the plant.
The plant's war work rendered It one
of the busiest in the country, three
shift* keeping operations going the
entire twnnty-four hours each day.
Its complete working force Is report
ed to consist of 7.000 persons, many
women being employed during the day.
No definite information was obtain
able as to whether any of the women
operatives were at work !n the plant
to-night, but belief was expressed that
only men were working when the ex
plosions took place.
mm: explosions shake
KAItTII FOR I.O.VO DISTANCE
The explosions, said to be nine In
number, shook the earth for a long
distance from the plant and were heard
for many miles.
Terror-stricken women and children,
hundreds of whom live In and near
South Amboy and whose relatives work
pt the Gillespie plant, made a mad rush
for the scene of the disaster when they
saw the glare of the fire.
Scores managed, before the police
could establish a preventive cordon,
to make their way upon the railroad
trestle between South Amboy and Mor
: gnns Station. Frantic with fear. Tor
I the fate of those they loved, they
braved the dangers o-f the succeeding
explosions and surged ncross the bridge
and to the very edges of the plant.
The police drove the women and
children back as soon as It was pos
ible to do so. and established a line
a mile from the plant, beyond which
no one save police, fireman. and those
engaged In rescue work were per
mitted to pass.
An ofllclal of the Gillespie Co. at
CMllesnle. X. J., about three miles from
the plant, said the fire started in the
ln.l-milllmeter section. He was unable
to account for the cause.
The two Gillespie plants at GillAaple
sent their entire fire-fighting force ffud
apnaratus in response to a hurried
order, and these assisted in the res
cue work and In keeping the fire from
spreading.
KACTOItV MANAGERS BEGIN
CHECKING OP EMPLOYEES
Until officials of the Gillespie Co.
are able to check up the survivors no
definite knowledge will be obtainable
as to the number killed and injured.
It was estimated late to-night that
fully 200 casualties resulted, but how
many of thase were merely injured
was conjecture. It was feared that
the majority had suffered death cither
from explosions or tire.
Within an incredibly brief timj after
the first explosion the nearest build
ings were aflame, and as one detona
tion succeeded another, the fire grew
to a roaring furnace, whose heat pre
vented the approach of any one nearer
than 100 yards.
Some government engineers and
other officials were in one section of
the plant when the explosion occurred.
They immediately tool, -barge -of the
fire-fighting forces, bonding their ef
forts to prevent the entire plant from
burning or being destroyed through
the explosion of combustibles.
Finding the workmen unequal to the
task o{ policing the plant's boundaries,
they communicated with army officers
at Camp Vail, re?iuesting tint soldiers
be sent for the purpose. KfTective po
licing started when the soldiers
reached the scene.
A report circulated late to-night as
to the cause of the tragedy said that
a "booster," a name given by em
plovees to a certain type of shell, ex
ploded in a manner not accounted for
in a building where a large number
of shells were In process of loading.
The hospital maintained on the Gil
lespie plant was filled to its utmost
capacity soon after the work of rescuo
started. When not another patient
could be taken there the other injured,
some of whom had received wounds
while engaged in their work of mercy,
were hurried to outside hospitals. A
large corps of physicians and surgeons
were summoned by telephone from
various nearby towns, and every avail
able nurse was taken to the scene.
A young girl telephone operntor.
whose name was not revealed, earned
warm praise l>y sticking at her post
throusrhout the scries of explosions and
rapidlv plugging calls for assistance. It
was through her devotion to duty In
the face of danger that firemen, the
police, the soldiers and the physicians
and ambulances received their hurry
carry. The telephone operator war
half a mile from the scene, but the
windows of the room In which she
worked were shattered and bits of ex
ploding shell were said to have struck
the building. She stuck at her switch
board. notwithstanding.
Clair Price Describes
Use of Periscopes
Submarines of tlie most recent
const ruction nre being lifted with
two periscopes, one for the une of
lite helmsman and the other for the
commander of the craft. In the
event tlint one In shot nun jr the
other enables the craft to continue
operntlon. German Nuhmeralldes nre
being fitted now with n third perl
scope for flic purpose of scanning
the skied In order to gunrd (against
the drended nffneks of the flylnn;
scouts, who nre probnbly the most
elYcctlve guardln is of the const in
daylight. 1 ?
An Interesting dencrlntlon of the
development and use of the eye of
flie submersible 's told In to-day's
Issue of The Tlmes-Illspntch by
Clnlr Price.
BRITISH TROOPS SIX
MILES FR OM LILLE
New French Concentration Progressing,
and Blow May Be Expected Any Moment
' Hv VMweiatcd Pros)* 1
WASHINGTON. October 4.?'I'he
npiiriiram'K of .imprlrnu Intiipn In
ypN(erdB.T'x flKhtliiK wr.K of Ihe
Forest <i( Arpinne mukkcsIciI (?
Mime observers here to-day tin- pos
sibility thnt n new French r-onocii
trulinii In in prucrPfiN ami n IiIimv In
to In* iMiirelrd til nay moment. The
nil (lira I place for the htrlkr, it iv.m
Nitiil. npponrs to lir tin* Ilhelnis
front, ulirrr the ticrmnn lines Itnvc
nlrendy lirrii wcnkeiied by the sur
render of the St. Thierry plateau.
The elimination of tlie pocket oc
cupied l>y the tieriiiniiN Just east of
ilheiins, It wnii nrKitcd. In already
threatened liy the Fraiicn-Amcrlcnii
mlvnni'p.s yesterday on the liclniits
northivr.it oii .Wont IIoIm mill the
simultaneous forward movement of
the I'rrnrh northwest of Ithelins. tin
the lntter sector the enemy Im wltll
(IrHivinK, closely purNiieil, nnii the
ndvanclnf; French line In now well
out Into the open ground north of
Itlieliiis. ?t'ompnriiti vely little nd
vnnrp by the two ivinKx ??f thin
pocket, it ih thought, should force
u hasty evacuation.
The Frnnco-Amcrlcnn thrust Is
nrnrliic Voux teres, n rnllrond junc
tion of Itnporfnnce to the enemy,
(hi the other side of Ihe Ithelms *ec
tor, the French nlrendy lire on tlie
AI Mic in ihe vicinity of Berry-au
Ilnc, nnd the i?inclilii|ir out of tlie
pocket proltnhly would permit ex
tension of tlie line nloiiR Ihe eenernl
course of Ihe Aiwiie-Sulppcs rivers
to n Junction with the Frnneo
Amcrlcnns in liich Kround between
these two river*.
It Im pointed out that there are
no high or heavily wooded Kroundi
to Impede the occupation of thrl
A In lie line for n considerable dis
tance.. The establishment of the
French on this front would outflank
the enemy positions in l.nnn from
the southeast, precisely ns the Brit
ish Minnsli townrd the (tine Vnllcy
from north of St. Uuentln flnnks
both St. tiohnin Forest nnd I^aon
from the northwest.
The result of n successful squeeze
operation ncnin.st the Itheimn pocket,
therefore, Is full of promising pos
sibilities to some ollicers for the
enemy would no sooner extrlcnte his
forces from tills menace than he
would tlnil himself In nn exactly
similar trap on n wider front to the
north.
TO BE FOREIGN MINISTER
Lack of Co-Operation Between Two
Offices Ilfiuned by Some for
J.ack of Prestige.
IIIXTZK FOLLOWED IIKRTLINfJ
! Prince Maximilian May Make Open
ing Speech Ilefore Reichstag To
? Day?Sehiedcmunn Will Have
j ? Wiict! In Cabinet.
AMSTERDAM, October 4.?The lntest
news froin- JJcrHn Is that Trince Max
ol Baden/ ^/e new Chancellor, will at
the fHmcVjc hold the office of Foreign
Minister.
While thl' ' ^atnalns to he officially
confirmed,- -?*??';> a change is regarded
here as entirely likely. It is known that
many high Injho.lnner circle at, Ucir
'ine blame the loa* of political pres
tige d-.ftlneA tha^l^r' ton -or - twelve
months on th.e lack of c o - o i> 11 o n b' "
iween the "*t wo A ofilces. IvHehlmami
proved the uitu^l obstreperous of the
various ForJOsii' Ministers the war has
! produced a ljddlscarded. He insisted on
I speaking his mind, in rtetlance of or
ders from his chief, for whom he was
to act merely as a mouthpiece.
Admiral \yfln Hlntze. on the other
hand, was 'generally blamed in Ger
man political circles for not showing
enough initiative and individualism.
He however, had virtually given llert
llng his word to he an obedient ser
vant, and/It was with the explicit as
surance thAt Von llintze would only
carry out <the policy laid down by ni>
that Count von Hertllng ushered in the
debut of ICuehltnann's successor in tne
Reichstag. When Hertllng became the
storm center and was left practically
friendless, the Junkers looked vam >
to Von Hlntze for a few bombshells to
knock the aged count out and to as
sert to the world that the -shining
sword" and the "good old German god
were still winning the war.
The long series of Foreign Ministers
found wanting has made Germany cast
envious eves over to Vienna, where
the Premier is more or less of a figure
head. and the heavy work and the cluoi
responsibilitv rest on the shoulders or
the Foreign Minister. The amalgama
tion of the two offices under one
head, even if only temporary, may.
therefore, be the result. , .
In some quarters it Is thought likely
that the Baden prince, who is known
to dispose of a considerable amount or
self-assertion, stipulated this as one of
the conditions in which lie would as
sume the chancellorship. .
Reports vary as when the. prince will
make his opening speech before the
Reichstag. It is generally looked foi
to-morrow.
Two Reichstag party leaders. Sche de
mann and (iroeber, are to be Ministers
without portfolio" in the new Cabinet.
The former is the majority Socialist
leader and Uroeber is one of the Cen
trist chieftains who at times has dis
played much sympathy with tno
Scheidemannites, as, for instance, in de
nouncing ,1 unkcrism and in declaring
llerlliitg as ??impossible."
GOVERNMENT fTxES COLORS
FOR STANDARD FOOiWEAR
Two-Tone 'iSftcct* Are Tnlioned and
Women "llannot lluy Sntln
Slipper*.
WASHINGTON, October 4. ? Next
si-mmer'}? shoe styles as restricted by
the government under the conservation
program, which already has tlxed the
retail prices of shoes from Jit to $1
per pair, arc "out."
Thev were announced officially to
c'.av by the War Industries Hoard, to
become effective June 1, H'l'-'- at tli.
same time the new price limitations
are to be enforced. Affecting alike
women's, men's and children s foot
w car, the new "government styles are
ir. striking contrast to prevailing
The' color of all shoes, of every de
scription. will he limited to white,
black null dark brown. Two-tono ef
fects are tabooed. The heels of wom
en's shoes and slippers are not to ex
ceed in any Instance two and one
Cl As a concession to the ladles, the col
or restrictions will not be applied to
evening footwear, but satin boots at
anytime are forbidden. All ornaments
and decorative effects also are ellinl
""n'e! use of buttons on all ^xcelu
children's and babies' shoes will be
,1! Kiiially? manufacturers will not be,
permitted to introduce new laHts. and
iren and women accustomed to tlndln?
fit and comfort in special shapes wP.
have to be content with the standard
government styles.
ENDS LIFE* WITH GUN
General ? >ln.nnger~"of l,ynel.l?.irK Store
Mhoutft Self Through the Head
!u I'nrk I'nvHIon.
i vvninCRG. VA.. October I.?W. !??
Fnglbert Victor, aged about forty
seven vice-president an. general nun-,
ncer Of J. ?. Mllner Co.. one of t h>
largest department stores hero. com
L i Miiiclde this afternoon In a pavil
ion In Miller l'ark by shooting himself
through ?ii? head Worry, due to 111
Kn'iitii is thought to have causod ,i.
mental breakdown. 11c Is survived by
his widow.
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a/A
More Than Twelve Thousand Cases
Reported Among Soldiers
Friday Night.
DEATHS XKAHLV DOUBLED
Total of Ten Thousand Cat?es of
Pneumonia, and Deaths Number
ing Reported to Public
Health Ser\*ice at Washington.
I Hv Associated Prenyl
WASHINGTON. October 4.?Spanish
influenza continues its rapid spread
among: the civilian population and In
army camps. Reports to-day to the
Public Health Service showed the dis
ease had become epidemic in many
more cities, While 12,075* hew cases
wero reported aracnt; soldiers training
in this country,
Thero was no record to show the
pneumonia and death rate among civil
ians, but In army -camps pneumonia
cases nearly doubled.- Deaths In army
camps, however, decreased. The total
number of influenza eases in the camps
now Is 127.975, pneumonia cases, 10,
429, and deaths. 2.S69.
Camp Funs ton. Kansas, reported the
heaviest increase in influenza to-day.
with 1,276 new cases, while Camps
.Inckson, .South Carolina, and Sherman,
Ohio, each reported more than 1.000.
In the fight against the disease
among the civilian populations the
I'liblie Health Service has sent phy
sicians to Norfolk. Va.. and Nashville.
Tenn., and has bad calls from West
Point and Portsmouth. Va.. which will
be tilled as soon as possible.
The officials emphasized to-day that
the best way to combat the disease
is to prohibit public gathering's. This
now has been done in many cities, and
the authorities everywhere say that in
fluenza threatens to become epidemic
are urged to take similar action. In
Washington to-day churches were
asked not to hold religious services
until the disease is stamped out. while
all dance halls and army hostess
houses wero ordered closed.
GARFIELD REFUSES TO LIFT
BAN ON USE OF GASOLINE
! Kuel Administrator llrlirvpn finnollnf
Ichn Snndny Will .Not Hinder
Influenza Fight. ^
I Bv Associated Press. 1
| WASHINGTON, October 4.?Fuel Ad
I mlnistrator Garfield refused to-day to
l.fo the ban on the use oj" automobiles
for the next two Sundays, as request
ed by Governor McCall. of Massachu
setts, to aid in combatting Spanish Sn
i fiuenza. Dr. Garfield's action was based
on advice- of Acting Surgeon-General
Richards, of the army, that continu
ance of the gasolineless Sundays would
have little, if any. influence on the
spread of the disease.
Dr. Garfield stated that in round
numbers there were 3.300,000 barrels of
I motor gasoline in stock September 2.1.
jthc latest figures available, and that,
I on April 1 of this year, the so-called
| piak period, there were approximately
j ll.ofto.ooo barrels on hand.
Prospects for the lifting of the ban
r.lt the use of gasoline Sundays within
the nest few weeks were indicated by
Dr. Garfield. A plan is now be<ng
I worked ntij, he said, which it was
i hf.pecl would virtually be a rationing
i plan, so that gasoline conservation
would fall on no one day in the week.
WHITE PIGEON FLUTTERS
INTO STOCK EXCHANGE
IIiiIIm r.iid llenra, Alike. Weep When
They Bimv Their Heads in
Prayer.
CHICAGO. October 4.?A snow-white
pigeon?svnibol of peace, fluttered into
the trading pit of the Chicago Board
of Trade to-day just as the brokers
bowed in silent prayer for the success
of America and her allies.
Flying low over the heads of the
men." the gentle flap of the pigeon's
wings caused every eye to be trained
upon it.
Down from the center of the hall
| bangs a service flag. In its center is
one large star, a single gleam for
1,800 Hoard of Trade men who have
gone t<> war.
About the flag circled the pigeon.
With a graceful glide it soared to the
center of the pole from which the flag
Is draped.
From the pit came muflled sobs.
Many of the traders cried openly. And
as the bell for the conclusion of tne
daily prayer period tolled, thero was
not a dry eye In the trading hall.
Auirricnnn Ilc*umn Attack.
WASHINGTON, October 4.?General
Pershing's communique for this date,
received at the War Department to
night, reports the resumption of the
attack west of the Mouse, and the ad
vancing of the American line two to
Ave kilometers. Several villages were
also reported taken from the enemy.
Hrlng or !>hon?
'Your Sunday want ad copy early to
day?It Injures correct classification.
Cull Randolph 1.
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FOCH HITS HARD
ON EVERY FRONT
WEST OF VERDUN
Region Between St. Quentin
and Cambrai Center
of Fighting.
HAIG'S MEN ADVANCE
NORTHEAST OF LENS
Belgians Break Up Many Ger
man Counterattacks in
Belgium.
AMERICANS TAKE BLANC -MOXT
?
General Pershing Extends Lino of
Attack Westward to Me
deah Farm.
fBv Associated Pr-ss.l
Nowhere are the armies of the Teu
tonic allies being: permitted to rent. On
the fronts in Flanders, Franco. Italy,
Albania and Turkey the enemy still
continues to lose ground, or is being
compelled to throw strong: re-enforco
tnents into his battle line to hold back
his aggressors.
In Belgian Flanders the Belgians.
British and P'reneh troops are still
driving forward, although their speed
has been semewhat lessened by reason
of the bad condition of the ground.
The enemy is swiftly evacuating tho
salient between Arinentleres and Lews,
and the British now are standing only
n scant six miles southwest 01 Lillo
over a front of about four miles ba
tween Wavrln and Equlnhem, at tho
former place having gained a posi
tion astride the Lens-Lille railroad.
Notwithstanding violent counterat
tacks and a line strengthened by fresh
reserves, tho British between St. Quen
tin and Cambrai have materially
pressed eastward from the region of
Le Catelot. and to the north have Im
proved their positions In Cambrai so
well that apparently this Important
town soon'must fall. Takon all In alt/
the situation of tho Qermans In this
region seems to be critical, an<jl the
crisis at hand. Far to the rear aerial
observers report tho roads conges
with ? retreutlng troops, who are be
harassed by the machine-gun flt"6)'of
the airmen. As In Flanders, fires 'are'
everywhere to be seen, and It is evi
dent the enemy, realising that he must
give further ground, is vigorously ap
plying the torch.
Around Rhclms the French have fur
ther extended th<Jr gains north and
northwest of the Cathedral City, where
they are along the Aisne Canal. To
the east in Champagne, American forces
are fighting with the French between
the Sulppc River and the Argonne
forest, in addition to holding their
orlglnul battle line int.ide and east of
the Argonne forest. West of tho Ar
gonne, with the aid of French tanks,
the Americans have taken the Import
ant height positions of Blanc Mont
and tho Medeah farm, and pressod-far
ther northward.
FH I0.VCH MA KB ADVANCE
EASTWARD FROM CHALLERANGE
Simultaneously the French havo ad
vanced their front eastward around
Challeninge and gained better posi
tions for their operations up tho rail
way toward Vouzieres and In keeping
the liermans Inside the northern por
tion of tho Argonne forest by an en
filading tire through the Airo Valley,
while the Americans press northward
through the forest, driving the enemy
before them. The iatest reports are
that tho Americans have advanced al
most two miles In tho forest, and on
the eastern side of the great wood are
slowly pressing northward. Through
out this entire region the Uermans are
resisting most stubbornly.
In the mountain region In Northern
Italy the Italians on several sectors
have attacked and defeated tho Aus
trians. while In Albania the Austro
Hungarlans are In fast retreat before
the Italian armies. Italian cavalry la
working far in advance of the infan
try. harassing tho enemy. The Sent en I
River, in Western Albania, has been
crossed and the enemy supply center1
invaded.
In Palestine tho Turks have been
driven far beyond Damascus, with tho
British still on their heels hurrying
them.
Reports are to the effect that Aus
tria-Hungary again is seeking peace,
having Invited Holland to request the
belligerents to participate In negotia
tions. The Hungarian Premier, who
has arrived in Vienna with a number
of Hungarian statesmen, is quoted as
saying that the Hungarians "again are
laboring untiringly In the Interests of
peace, and we are already negotiating.".
AMERICAXS ADVANCE
TWO TO FIVE KII.OMETEnS
' Rv Associated Press. 1
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, October 4,
?Tho Americans resumed the attack
this morning west of the Meuse and
advanced their lines from two to five
kilometers. They raptured hill 210.
north of lOxermont and the villages of
Oosnes. Fleville, Chehery and La
Forges.
In the face of heavy artillery and
r?achine-gun fire, Illinois. Wisconsin.
Western Pennsylvania. Virginia and
West Virginia troops have forced tho
enemy back to tho Krlemhlld position,
south of Foret wood.
Fit A XCO-4 M Kit ICAN8
FIVE MII.E FROM SOMME-PV
[By Associated Press. 7
. PARIS. October 4.?In the lighting
in ,Champagne the French and Ameri
| cans have advanced about two and a
| half miles north of Auberive and about
| Pve miles northeast of Somme-Py,
! taking a number of villages, accord
i ing to the French official communlca
! Hon Issued to-night.
Tho railroad town of Challerange ha?
I been evacuated, but has not been oc
! ouplftd by the enemy. Both artilleries
j uro firing upon it.
i:\BMY SUBMARINES
SHELL PORTUGUESE PORT
fBv Ajpoclated Pre**. 1
LISBON. October 4.?Two enemy sub
marines to-day shelled the port of
Cezlrnbra. eighteen miles south of Ll?~
bon. The shore guns immediately re
plied, whereupon the submarines fled.
.NO MATERIAL DAMAGE
DONE AT DL'ftAZZO
I By Associated Press.)
VIENNA (via London), October 4.?
The town and harbor of Durattzo, Al
bania. were bombarded for two hou^s
Wednesday by uUioii naval and air Vi

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