FRENCH"??? GUISE^EGiOm MOVE AHEAD FARTHER SOUTH By tbr, AaatrUCed trts*. PARIS, "November 5.?French troops continue successfully to pursuo the Otrmui In the region of Guise, northeast of which they have taken the village of B?rsaes-?ur-Sanibre, according to {ho war offloe aanottnce ment today. Between filseonne and Cateau Por elen, a front of more than - fifteen miles, the French have penetrated the Ganding line of the Germans. ? The French are making a general advance from east, of . St. Queatln le Petit to the outskirts cf"Herpy. PARIS, November T. 4,"?"The . 1st French Andy,- attacking - la coajpao tlon with the Brluph on. pie Sambre Olse canal, has captured -several. Im portant vaiages and advanced nearly two mile*, the war office tonight an nouncea. ? ?? ? *"?" - WITH THE. WOBKCH AR*Y IN FRANCE, November 4.?The sambfe Oise casnJL which a prisoner taken said the German troops had been or dered to "defend at ail-costs, was crossed by 'Gen. Debeney'S' men, who ! attacked at 5:30- o'clock. DECISIVE BATTLE BELIEVED ON; BEING WAGED IN TWO SECTIONS By tb* Associated Press. PARIS, November 5.?A battle which is believed here to be decisive la now going on. It is being waged in two sections. In the north the blow de livered by the British armies of Genu Born, Byng and Rawlinson, and by the French under Gen. Debeney, Is a threat leveled at one of the fiaifks of the vast pocket formed by the <3snM? line* from Holland to Meta. The object of this offensive Is to drive dangerous wedges either north of the Kambre, in the direction of Mons, or south of the river In the direction of Avesr.es and JIaubeuge. The result may be a compromise re treat of the German armies in Bel gium or those still between the Oiso and the Ai&ne. Excellent Results Obtained. Excellent results have been realized so far. ' The Sambfe river and canal have been crossed. This was the last line of resistance west of -the fron tier, which may be soon reached In that region. According to latest in formation the gllled advance con tinues, notwithstanding desperate Re sistance by the'enemy. ? The second section of the attack la being conducted by Gens. Oourand and Liggett on- -the Me se. This U I the great strategic offensive which the Germans have always feared, aqd which they sought to mai;e impossible by storming V4* Thirteen deaths from Infinenxa were reported to the health department for the twenty-four-hour period ending at noon today. This was an Increase of two cases over the previous day's record. One hundred and fifty-one new cases were reported, compared with sixteen the day before. Health Officer HWBliam C. Fowler explained/thlslfrCO^iient bfg increase as due to the fact that many of the physicians cleared up thetr books on Sunday. The health department, he says, receives every Tuesday morning more reportable contagious and com municable disease cases than any other day. Recent Deaths. f v j Thp^totlowjnk .deaths for, tlje'.twfcn ty-fotTr TfoufrS 'efi&ing at noon Ttiday were reported: Elizabeth B. KinebMoe.is years, 67< 4ih street northeast; Lela JI. Harward. ZZ years, 44L3 Georgia avenue north west; Margaret Faber, 25 years, Sibley Hospital; Sadie Jones, 11 months, 1058 Potomac street northwest; Lucy Mor ris, 26 years, 261S O stceet northwest;, George Snyder, ?8 year*. St Elizabeth. Hospital&ofiefterfc.-*?TP??ts^ at. Elisabetlr HoepKffl.- &#nAis 7. Jta&e* :> years, Georgetown University Hos pital:Warren C. Fletcher, 74 years. St. Elisabeth Hospital; JlayneoA Mill. 21 years. Walter Reed Horfprtrflf Artgrfnfia Tiongan, 22 years, 3234 Warder street; bam Eright. J a years, Garfield Uos encroachment on the lm porta At town of Stenay. American troops in man matfo no effort to cross. the River Meuse. Pa trols encountered heavy machine'gun and artillery firo at every attempt They remained at nightfall Upoti the west bank. The center moved' so fast that they took prisoner German reinforcements coming to aid their comrades in the front lines. . . Importance of Gain. The importance of the new positions gained by the Americans, n'Otably the heights south of Beautnont, may be gauged by a declaration by the chief of staff hardly an hour be for* the news came that the Germans had be gun., to retreat -from their positions. Sunday noon the correspondent had asked as to whether the American long-range bombardment of the Mer ieres-Longuyon railway had been ef | fective. The officer gave it as his opinion that 3 .further advance of from junt aaleJi jrUlis was necessary before tho-bettvbardment could become vitally effective. Nor did he anticipate that it would be possible to serious ly disturb the German communlcar, tions for days lo comotor he pointed out. referring to a large-scale map. the' inthrtteiv diffidiilt' t*'rra1ft lying to the north with.its succession of ridges,, ravines, hills and forests. Tile, enemy, he said,, though driven behind his previously prepared foati fled defenses, had abundantly ?rn the ability to utilise each knoll ind clump of trees for echeloned machine gun positions, which had to be wiped out individually before an advance was possible. ' ^ ' ' ' ? . . \ Within an 'hour tho German retreat had hcsun. 'contfftfy to the'conserva tive officer's most sanguine expecta tions, and during the day that follow-: ed 'more than twelve mile3 had beepi gained. ; Advance East and West. WITH THE . AMJSRIC AN ARMY NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Novem ber 4. 11:80 p.ip. (by the Associated Press).?The American, troops late this afternoon advanced their lines both east and west, occupying Laneu ville, directly opposite Stenay, and taking Les Grandos ArmoiseB, on the left. Ge^nan forces, are strengthening the Meuse line, north of the American front;' -There art. indication's that this work was resumed during the last few days and tlfat' Soldiers are laboring on it day and nigh^. Reports agree that this strengthening operation extends a'ong the lin? rumrtng fj-6m Mezleres to Montmedy, Longuyon and Diederi hofen. ? - ? In varioas places In front of this line where the Germans have expected to make a last stand In France tank traps artillery are already completed. 1 These traps are 100 yards long, ten yard.-; wide and tee -yards deep. They are ce\*fef ^iyt bfiird hidden by earth and SoS. Near Main Foe Line. LONDON, November 4 (by the Asso ciated Press).?American troops west of the Meuse now are within ten miles of the Thionvllle-Montmedy-Mezieres Hirson railway, the main German com munication Una. . - - The breaking of this line would mean that the German armies in the north would -haste to depend on the Liege Namur-CHfcrleroi line, while the Ger man armies south of the Ardennes Would ha.yf to depend on receiving their supfllirs through Luxemburg. -V - pital; Tertia Jett, 20 years, TJ. S. P. H. S. Hospital. nurses Still Needed. ? -j* SurgeWs of the public health serv ice in enlarge of the influenza emer gency hoapital at 18th street and Vir ginia av^iue announce that the serv ices o*-tt>lunteers for hospital work are still needed, and will be for some time. "While the epidemic has been prac tically. overconrt and , but few cases are coming fn, the hospital will be the last activity to suspend. All who have registered and who have been giving v personal assistance are re quested to continue to do>so until the last case afs discharged,* , There are nowA!* inpatients suffer ing from influenza or convalescing at this hospital. The institution waa opened October 14, at the height of the epidemic, as an emergency hos pital for the treatment of Influenza cases. Four hundred and flfty-flve pa {tients have been treated. There were ifif'y-^ix d*?ths, a nu^be- of f'-rn ! received when the disease was the i most virulent, and patients were re . ceived who had suffered with the ; disease a number of days without I medical attention. Two hundred and ' fifty-eight cases hp.v* bpej} discharged 1 oured. ? ' . ... ? 1 At tfie Webster School, where the ! activities of the public health serv ? Ice, assisting the District health de ' partment in the fight against Influ enza, have been centered. It was . stated this morning that a report of the work of the service, showing In detail what has been done and ac complished there, will be mad* In the next day or two. ' * ? GTJA&DS Hinr/SHIPS. Argentine Government Take* Step for Safety of Interned Vessels. P.UENOS AIRES. November 8.?The ! Argentine government has placed a military guard on three German mer chant ships interned at Bahla Blanca. The vessels are the Seydlita, Seviila and Patagonijk ; /~T In ApHX Argentine gov ernment DtweWn all German snips in Argentina waters be concentrated at Buenos Aires and a special guard placed o\(t, Xbvn. The German min ister protested - strongly against the proposal and apparently it waa not oarrie*out, BOM SEEK FE/UOnTHALUES Soviet Government Has Tak en Steps to Open Negotia tions, London Hears. ENTENTE TAKES NO HEED By tlM AuMlitid Press. IyONDON, November 5.?The bolshe vikl government of Russia, tt Is re ported from Petrognad, hu handed the neutral ministers a note for tran? mlMlon to the entente nations asking for the opening of peace negotiations tn order that hostilities between th? allies and the soviet government may be ended, says an Bzchang* Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen. The note asks the allies to decide I upon the time and piaoe for the hold- [ ing of the negotiation* Effort Not Seriously Regarded. Efforts of the bolshevik government to discuss the -withdrawal of the United States and allied forces from Russia through negotiations for an armistice are attracting no serious at tention here. The associated nations do not reoognize the Lenin and Trot sky regime In any way, and it was explained today that if the bolshe vikl wanted negotiations they should address the Russian government at Omsk, the only authority In Russia with which the United States and the allies deal. The government of the north, the capital of which is Archangel, has telegraphed the government at Omsk that it recognizes the latter's suprem acy and co-operates with tt as an in dividual district of state In the gov ernment. The Omsk governir at has proclaimed war upon Germany, and. with its own forces, augmented by the forces of the United States and the al lied countries, is actually fighting against the bolshevik forces. No Heed Given Proposal. A week ago Tchitcherln, the bol shevik foreign minister, was reported to have proposed that an armistice be arranged between the United States and the allies and the soviet govern ment. This proposal was published from! Moscow, but as none of the belliger ents has recognised the soviet rule in I Russia, no official attention was paid to It. It was regarded as propa ganda for popular consumption rather I than a serious proposal. Officials here said today it was safe to assume that the forces of the Unit ed States and the allies will not be withdrawn from Russia until an or derly government has been establish ed throughout the country, and a stop put to the reign of terror against which Secretary Lansing called upon all civilized nation^ to join in protest ing. Volunteers in Government Of fices, Believing Their Work DoneVReturning to Homes. Dollar-a-year men will soon be about as numerous In Washington as free Austrian soldiers in Italy, an official of the War Industries Board said today. The exodus, it was stated, began two or three days ago when the vol unteer workers returned to their homes to vote. It is not expected that any will return?at least not for serv ice. The dollar-a-year men believe their work is done. With three of the four powers that are opposed to the en tente now out of commission they conceiye that Germany can be handled without necessitating a futher sacri fice on their part. They are willing, however, if the President deeires, to return to their desks and stay until the peace conference determines the world's new status. The United States Shipping Board has lost quite a number of its volun teer workers. But it was explained that tlie machinery of the board nowj is in such shape that the do.lar-a-| year men can be given a vctloi with-' out impairing the general efficl -ncy of the organisation. It was their expert year men can he given a vacation with enabled the board to carry out its original program. This being accom plished. the organisation can progress smoothly in their absence. Set Patriotic Example. "I think." said an official Of the War Industries Board, "that the dollar-a year men have proved themselves among the most patriotic and self sacrificing of America's citizens. "They stepped forward when vol unteers were needed and helped direct the industrial ship of state safely through the breakers and past the rocks into smooth waters. If they desire now to return to their own private concerns the nation will gratefully accord them that priv ilege. "I understand, however, that each is willing to return to his desk at the same pay if the President or any responsible member of the govern ment should ask them to do so." VIRGINIA FLOWERS SENT MR. MARTIN, RE-ELECTED Senator Is Unopposed After Serv ing - Since ^SCarch ; '? M&aloiCllartin of Virginia demo crfctia.'Iefcdsr of the BenajUywho was r?-?J4Ct?d today, rtoelved ? large box; of, Aflifltlcan Beauties from friends in Virfltmi.with the followtatf^eter jTWVto oongrsJtulate you upon befeKTf*?le<$ein conjunction with French forces operating to the south of them. With great dash and gallantry these two divisions' stormed ths formidable obst*?lSs presented Ay the Ntrt of the Sambrq Qt SPlte of strong reststkfice frofa- the -enemy, have pressed on to a depth of over three mHek to the east of U.- ? ? In thees operations the 1st Dtvl ICatillon, forced passages of the canal | opposite that place and near the lock (two miles to the south of It. At the ! latter point, assisted by royal- engi ' neers, the 1st Cameron Highlanders effected the passage of the canal lit six minutes. In its subsequent advance this divi sion captured the villages of Fesmy, Ilautreve and La Croise, with 1,500 prisoners. On its left the 32d Division crossed the canal at Ora and after mevere fighting took Ruedenhaut. Having: cleared the line of the canal to the south and north of this village, it continued its advance and drove the enemy from the villages of Mezl eres, La Folie and Sambreton. In the center of the attack the 13th Division, under Gen. Morland; the 6th, under Gen. Shute, and the 4 th CorPB, under Gen. Harper, attacked the western face of Morro&l forest., After heavy fighting the Infantry and tanks drove the enemy from his positions in the western outskirts of the forest, capturing the villages of Soyeres, Preux-au-Bois, Heco, Futoy and Louvlgnies. , Thereafter our infantry continued the advance, overcoming alike, the great natural difficulties of the heav ily wooded ground and the resistance of the enemy. Moving through the inclosed coun try on the southern edge of the forest, the 25th Division forced crossings of the Sambre canal opposite Landreoies and captured the town. Farther north the 18th and 60th divisions pen etrated deeply into the forest Itself and are still advancing. The 38th Division has reached Lea Grandes Patures, a*d the 17th Divi sion has captured Locquignol, in the center of the forest. Severe fighting took place this morning in the neighborhood of Le Quesnoy, where the enemy counter attacked In force and was repulsed by a New Zealand division, with great loss In killed and prisoners, our troops have passed to the south and north of this fortified town, and are now several miles to the east of It. On the left English, troops, having followed up the enemy closely throughout his withdrawal this morn ing, attacked and drove him from his new positions on the line of the Au nelle river. Bast of this river the Guards Division has captured Preux au-Sart and the 34th Division has oaptured Wargnies-le-Petit and Warg nles-le-Grand. The 10th Division has crossed the Aunelle River east of Jen lain. Farther north our troops hold Be bourg and Sebourquiaux. On the extreme left* to the north* east of Valenciennes,'the Canadian troops have Blade progress along the right bank of the Scheldt and have passed beyond Estreux and Onnalng. Our advance is oontinulng on the whole battle front , FBENCH. i November 8.?The repeated success of the French troops has compelled the enemy to carry out new withdraw als at several points along the front. Pursuing without respite, t)ie rear guards left behind to .protect the re treat of the enemy and to delay our advance,.the French troops with un tiring ardor maintain close contact. ! In the'region northeast of Guise the I French have oaptured Be*gues-sur 1 Sambre, where 200 civilians were lib erated. On the whole front of the 1st jmv. m amok tmm* ** and are advancing, ere ?TTf 2.the Peronne and Serre rlv Pareriv ^r#n,1h have taken Bois lea flrtnrifl ifc ?, the re^ion north of Sl? Daa?lni fh have reached a line Fro dmi! m,h the 8u&ar reBnery of cS?ri6u?ntrt w58f of Autremencourt, court r>t.9 .nfelancourt and Hache Q^r advance guards arc pro m ed by the artillery. cl?n tht prfn^?Se and Chateau Por its Dart* S? *"57? Penetrated in all the enimihejiunding position, which French &~J2mhed to hold- but the withdrn?foreed his detachments to proirrSTv. A ??n#ral advance is in Petft t?Vlom.efl?t of 8t- Quentin le eut to the outskirts of .Herpy. ITALIAN, Noremhet 4.-The,war against Aus ria-Hungary which, under the high guidance of the king, the supreme leader of the Italian army, inferior in numbers and material, began the unbendln*afaith9lS- /nd which. with unoending faith and tenacious valor J???n, Conducted uninterruptedly been won! f0rty-?ne ?<>nths, has theh24fiB^U^ K"'* enageged in on A'til of October, in which fifty two Frinohof which Corcoran Thorn is chairman. "Between the speak ing and singing the occasion was en livened by the playing of the Engi neers' Band from Washington barracks. The speakers' told of the united effort of the seven big recognized relief or ganizations to raise $170,500,000 in the United States with which successfully to continue their work. Expected to Raise $800,000. ; The people of Washington were J urged again to respond with their ous- ' tomary patriotism and generosity in making this campaign a success. ' This , city is expected to raise at least $800,- ' 000, and those la attendance at the rally today were called upon to do everything in their power to help the j cause here. The principal speech was made by'! L. S. Rowe, acting Secretary of the Treasury, who made a stirring appeal for the united war relief work cause. Princess Lazarovtteh of Serbia, an American by birth, who married a Serbian prince, and who has observed a great deal of the work of the seven welfare organizations In Europe. told of her experience in the Balkans. About Beady for Campaign. Tig; committee managing the local ? campaign announced today that all pro liminary arrangements for the opening . of the drive next Monday are practically \ complete and that Washington is ready i and eager for the seven days of ia tense money raising. The committee has asked for official | recognition by the public school author ities of the city of the ^Victory Boys" and "Victory Girls"' drive, which is to be conducted in connection with the general drive here. This request will be formally passed upon at a meeting of the Washington board of education at the Franklin -School tomorrow. I It is planned by the committee, if the approval of the board of education I is given, to enlist every boy and girl| in the grade and high schools in. a great War Department MeaAdjust Eighty-One Disputes ill ' TTiree Days. ^ ? ? ??i ,r'f*jT>n J MAY HAtT COURTr^YS -? eoT In tho last three days the housing ' health division of the War Oepartwr -t has amicably settled eighty-one disputes' - over the questions or rooms which Washington housekeepers hare rented to war workers. Gratified at the result of {his begin* nlng, the housing division now hopqs to ease the friction existing between some resident* of Washington and msny of the thousands of employes who are be ing housed in the private homea of the city. i The housing division also hopes that, in view of its announced intcntlpn to see that Justice is done the landlady as well as the war worker, hundreds ??t housekeepers who have he.il.ited :V. take in a roomer will do so now. Fear During- Epidemic. A few weeks ag-o, when ?lie i:i - .fluciiia epidemic was at Ita hei^li^. the housing division of the War De partment was flooded with com plaints from war workers that they were having disputes with landladies, who were afraid roomers woul.d brin j the disease into their homea. These complaints were followed by counter' charges from housekeeper* 10 the effect that the war workers were abusing privileges extended to tliem in the homes. As a result of this situation a feeling or .resentment be tween housekeepers and war workers began to spread over tfce city, and the United States hdme t-egistralioti service found difficulty in inducing any more residents to take in a war worker. Harmony Quest On. It was this situation which prfimpt' <1 the housing division of the War De partment-.to announce yesterday that, through l^ieut. William M. Conrad, it would endeavor to create harmony and co-operation between housekeeper, and roomers by going thoroughly iniu all complaints arid seeking Informal!;, to restore good feeling between di;, puting landladies and ropmert. Lieut. Conrad is being-assisted h> ;i number of Army men with legal train ing. The procedure is to get the roomer and the landlady together in confer ence and effect a settlement. War workers who rent rooms for less than a month cannot take their disputes Into Municipal *'ourt under tlic Sauisbury law when they arc aak *ako refuge under a section of Jhe District code by loftislng to move and having the landlady Mfrc?: ed'lf'they were forcibly evicted. Under iis new policy the houeinu df vision will seek to prevent, I'oli-? Court suits. "UNITY ACHIEVED," SAYS COL. HOUSE (Continued* froim .fir?t pap*'.? vehemence, t.ha? if the President ha?l followed the advice of those who we.ro urging him to shut the door in lh?} face of Germany the situation in the central.powers would have resulted in complete anarchy that might have spread over the borders of" lierma'ny into France, and that the allied forecs would have had tp stay in the indefinitely to bring order out oC chaos. ? Dai*ger of such a situation has ti<* been entirely averted, but the govern ment view here is that when all the bitterness of internal political cam paigns has disappeared and the ver dict at the polls today has fce^n ac cepted with typical Amer-ican sports manship. the course*of tihe President ! of the United States in hip corre spondence wita Germany will be com pletely vindicated. i All the German mercantile vessel* interned in Chilean harbors have be?-a seized by the Chilean government. EDMONSTON'S?Home of the Original "FOOT FORM" Boots and Oxfords for Men, Women and Children. Avoid This Trouble ?by Wearing Our Specially ? Designed INSTEP BRACE "Foot Form" Boots THE menace of the convention ill shoe is em phasized by the ac companying illustra tion. You can avoid this unsightly, uncom fortable condition by wearing our properly shaped, perfect -fit ting Instep Brace "FOOT FORM" Boots. 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