THE WASHINGTON TIMES: SATURDAY. OCTOBER 5: 1918.
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The American advance between the
Argonne and the Meuse threatens the
main rail artery of Germany to the
eat front.
The United States push has taken
our forces up to eighteen miles in
direct line from that railroad.
General March, chief of staff, point
ed these vital facts out today, along
with a statement that our drive has
compelled the Germans to throw
many divisions" into Its path. They
have been held there by our forward
movement.
Despite the German show of
strength, the Americans have driven
bravely on to the Krlemhllde line.
1350.000 Men Uirr.
In repeating; that the twenty
seventh and thirtieth American divis
ions participated in the battling near
,St. Quentin. March revealed that
probably the .twenty-seventh was the
Unit trapped for a time, but later
freed after a persistent struggle.
March officially announced that
embarkation o' troops have passed
the 1.850.000 mark, and that last
month shipments were at the rate
of 500.000 men.
i General March nailed reports that
, troop shipments were being delayed
by the outbreak of Spanish Influenza.
Men for overseas are carefully se
lected. Those who have Just had It
or have been exposed to it are called
out, and only sound fighters are dis
patched. The record of over 230.000
the past month, therefore, is held all
the more remarkable.
Viewing the military situation,
March declared the news from the
whole front the past week had been
"excellent.
Drives Continued.
The three drives begun during the
last week-end have been effectively
pressed.
The American advance between the
Argonne and the Meuse has gone on
despite the enormous Teuton re-en-Xorcementa.
Just west of the Argonne forest the
French have fought their way for
ward, and now hold hills command
ing the enemy's supply lines. The
push for the Hlndenburg line has
tnken the British up to or beyond
that strong position. Two American
divisions shared in the glory of the
agnung around St. Quentin.
In Flanders, a ten-mile salient has
been driven Into the boche lines, and
seventy-five equate miles of Belgian
territory have been reclaimed.
The allied pressure is compelling
evacutlon of Ostend and Zeebrugge
and the allied forces are within five
miles of Lille.
The boche has been pushed off of
She Vesle-AIsne plateau.
Balkan Situation.
Referring to the Balkan situation
JUarch noted that the Serbians are In
contact with Vranye, the Austrians
Itre retiring from Albania: the. Italians
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have retaken Berateand are moving
toward Durazzo against which naval
operations were directed this week.
The naval aid thus given was extremely-
Important to the general
strategy of the situation. March com
mented.
Answering specific questions, March
said the Twenty-seventh (New York)
division had made satisfactory prog
ress, September 20, north of St. Quen
tin, had reached the canal tunnel
September 27, captured Bony and Le
Catelet; and September 30 had driven
well beyond the canal.
The Seventy-seventh (New York)
division participated September 4 to
14 in the advance from the Vesle to
the Aisne.
Tank at Archangel.
American troops at Archangel are
identified as the 339th infantry, a unit
of the 310th engineers, hospital and
other troops, under Col. George U.
Stuart.
The eighty-eighth division has not
yet been reported In action.
The eighty-sixth division has not
yet been officially reported arrived.
The 338th Infantry or tne eignty-
fifth division trained In the American
training area
The thirty-fifth division was quite
possibly In the Meuse drive.
The eighty-ninth division Is in the
St. Mehiel sector.
The thirty-third division had Its
.headquarters near "Verdun on Sep
tember 14.
The Eighty-second division was In
the Woevre on the line at last re
ports. March was unable to definitely iden
tify Illinois troops fighting In the
Argonne.
Brigadier General Hutchlna Is com
ing back to this country, and the War
Department has approved Pershing's
recommendation for honorable dis
charge. 100,000 "Fin" Cases.
Spanish Influenza cases in camp now
number over 100,000.
The 330th infantry is with the
Eighty-third division.
Brig. Gen. Hugh Johnson, one of
the youngest general officers in the
army and for soma time assigned to
General Goethals purchase of supply
section, has been given field ser
vice, and will command a, brigade of
the eighth division now training in
Camp Freemont, CaL
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NEGRO BUYS PRIZE BOND.
SHREVEPOItT. La, Oct. 8. The
largest known subscription to the
Liberty Loan in Caddo Parish to date
J 100,000 was made by a negro,
David H. Itaynes, of Vivian, who be
came wealthy with discovery of oil
on his lands.
FIND-1,000 ROOMS
FI
MM WORKERS
Since last Thursday, when an
active combing process for rooms for
war workers was .started by the Uni
ted States Homes Registration Serv
ice, through the Instrumentality of
135 soldiers, upward of a thousand
rooms have been registered and are
being made available for renting. A
great many more rooms have been
found, but only on careful Investi
gation of each room, after the soldiers
have registered it, is It placed In the
records of the registration service.
The soldiers will be used for several
days more probably, and their activ
ities will be extended to the outlying
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homes shelter Government war work
ers, and It is the purpose of the can
vass to give every wage earner an op
portunity to get on the nation's honor
roll of the fourth Liberty loan.
The people of Washington already
have actually bought $0,075,770 worth
of fourth Liberty bonds.
This announcement was made today
by John Poole, chairman of the Dis
trict Liberty Loan Committee.
The figure represents the amount
of bonds actually cleared through
Washington banks up to the close of
business last night and officially re
ported to Mr. Poole.
districts of Washington so that even nouncement , that manv b.nk, did
m. uUu.u ... . uo ...., ""'"' not make returns, and the amount of
combed for housing space.
On the whole, the reception of the
soldiers by the householders of Wash
ington, according to the statements of
the soldiers themselves, has been
cordial indeed. The soldiers say that
as soon as they present their case to
the average householder, he Immedi
ately explains the situation In his
house, and whenever possible offers tb
provldex one or more rooms for war
workers. In not a few cases, owners
of homes have gone o far as to offer
their rooms free of charge to persons
actually In the employ of the Govern
ment for the period of the war.
The United States Homes Registra
tion Service Is relying completely on
the patriotism of Washington home
owneYs. There is no disposition, even
though soldiers are used, to imply the
use of force. There is no threat of any
kind. The use of soldiers was deem
ed advisable, first, because they rep
resented an organization that could
be Immediately put to work; second,
because they were trained to do ex
actly as they were told: and, third, be
cause they visualize to the house
holder better probably than any other
Governmental branch, the fact that
the opening of homes Is a war-time
necessity.
bonds actually bought Is believed to
be much in excess of S6.075.770. Fur
ther, thlb figure does not Include any
of the thousands of pledges to buy
bonds that have been signed.
Aviators Distribute
Argonne Battle Extra
Of Stars and Stripes
WITH THE AMERICAN FIRST
ARMY, Oct. G. American aviators
are supplying the front line
doughboys with the "Argonne
battle edition" of the Stars and
Stripes.
Thousands of these newspapers.
telling- all about the battle In
which the men are now partici
pating, have been distributed In
this manner.
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SCIENTIST SERVICE ON LAWN
The First Church of Christ. Sci
entist, will hold the regular Sunday
morning service at 11 o'clock on the
church lawn at Columbia road and
Euclid street northwest. There will
be no Sunday school and no evening
services.
EnlUt as our Soldiers
Bonds and Keep Them.
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nished by hour or day.
Office open day and night.
REXFORD L. HOLMES, INC.
321-323 Southern BIdg.
Telephones: Main 8178 and Line 2323
Save Paper! Carry Your Market Basket!
DON'T WRAP IT UP!
Very Optimistic.
Mr. Poole was very optimistic to
day because the figure of $6,075,770 on
the seventh day of the twenty-one-day
campaign indicates that the peo
ple of Washington have come to a full
realization of the menace of the Span
ish influenza epidemic to the success
of the fourth Liberty loan, and have
determined to put the loan "over the
top" In spite of this serious handi
cap. The amount of 16,075.770 is far In
excess of the amount of bonds actu
ally bought In the first seven days of
any of the three previous loan cam
palgns. and even though $6,075,770 Is
less than one-third of Washington's
quota, $27,008,000, Mr Foole Is con
fident that if the people of the Dis
trict continue buying as they have
started Washington will oversub
scribe its quota.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
has enlisted as a Liberty bond sales
man, and will solicit bond pledges
from house to house in the big drive
tomorrow with 3,000 other volunteer
bond salesmen.
nUtrirt Secret.
The district and team to which the
Secretary has been assigned Is being
kept secret by the Liberty loan com
mittee, and it ier possible that any
I home in Washiniton may receive
City of Washington has been visited
the work frill be pushed with great
vigor.
Nothing will be allowed to inter
fere with the canvass, and nothing
but sickness will excuse a team cap
tain or team member from work. A
reserve force of 200 will be held at
'Liberty Loan headquarters. 1418 H
street northwest, and will be sent to
the front to serve where any shortage
occurs.
The members of the Mldclty Asso
ciation sold 122,000 worth of Liberty
bonds in three hours yesterday. A.
J. Drlscoll, president of the Asso
ciation, said that he expected to have
more members at work today In an
effort to pass the figure of yesterday.
FOURTH LOAN PASSES
$1,000,000,000 MARK
IN FIRST FIVE DAYS
Ben Rubin, who "confessed" the
murder of Eva Roy and later repudi
ated his statement, has been adjudged
sane by a. committee of alienists.
The committee was appointed by
Judge Brent at the Instance of Com
monwealth Attorney C. Verhon Ford
on the day the escaped convict was
indicted by the Fairfax county grand
Jury. Dr. De Jarnott.-superintendent
of the Staunton Asylum for the In
sane, was In charge of the investi
gation. Examination of Rubin by the com
mittee continued for more than an
hour. The report of the committee la
to the effect there Is no trace of in
sanity.
In the event that Rubin had been
found Insane the Commonwealth
would have been spared the trouble
and expense of giving him a trial
at the coming "November term of the
Fairfax county court.
BRITISH LOSE 36,624
LONDON. Oct. 5. British casual
ties published In official lists during
the week, totaled 30.024, divided as
follows:
Killed. Wn'd. MIss'g. TT.
Officers... 336 DS4 135 1,455
Men1. 5.808 27.916 1,455 35.160
Totals.. C144- 28.000 3 ,5550 36.621
Money Means Munitions. Bny Lib
erty Bonds.
"The principle of stabilization," 1j
what miners' representatives from th
anthracite fields have been discussing Jb
conference with Fuel Administrator Oar-?
field and Secretary Wilson, of the D-J.
partment of Labor, which are contln-j
Ing today.
In answer to questions as to what Ji
to be the outcome of the "demand li
Increases, In wages." Oarfield said thai
there Is no demand. If there were. 1
would not consider it." said he. "Wl
could not afford to consider, or poulbtf
grant an Increase. If by so doln; laber
from bituminous fields or from other
, branches of Industry would be drawn
tutu uic uuuwug uctiu.
Should Have Ralw. r J
It is not denied that the anthracite11
workers should have an Increased w5'
but the importance pt keeping men lo,
their present jobs b ranked first. Gaiv'-f
field said that the conferences are help-
lng to determine means or stabilizing iT
wages and at the same time of derermln-Tt
Ing the figure at which snthnrclte wortor
j ers should be paid a figure that ill-i;
1 not lessen or disturb production in other '
fields by drawing men from such other
fields. -t
Garfield hopes to get the Informations
he Is waiting for from an lnvestlratlon 1
conducted under the direction of Felix. ..
rraniuurter. or tne Bureau or Labor
Statistics. This Investigation affects'
other of the most essential war Indus?
tries employing classes or labor slmilacol
to those working !n the mines. The re re
port will be forthcoming at an early
date, Garfield hopes. ",uf
Pledge More CoaL ' Vj
Miners In the bituminous fields gl.
America, have pledged themselves tovr
weekly quotas of coal production thattv
represents a weekly- increase of ap
proximately 230.000 tons. Pledges'
have been received at the Fuel Admin- '
(ration from all or the most Importanr
bituminous fields In the East. Official-'"
say that the acceptance of quoU''t
recommended by Fuel Administrate
Oarfield. In all the fields Is Indies,'-""'
ted. .l
The greatest need of Increased prb1
ductlon Is In the eastern part of tire1
country. In the Pocahontas and Tug2
River fields miners and operators'-'
Joined In a pledge to mine 2,000,000' v
tom In October In Increase of 300.000.
tons over the big record made In Ad'"!
gust.
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Bonds Bny Food for Soldier.
Liberty Bond.
WOMAN M0T0RIST.SUED
Harry Whelan today field suit for
725,000 damages for personal Injuries,
naming as Joint defendants the Wash
ington Railway and Klectric Company
and Mary D. Wilder Whelen, who Is
represented by Attorneys Daniel W.can from the man who has already
Baker and Richard E. Weliford, al
leges that April 7 last he was a pas
senger on a car which he signalled to
stop at First street and New lork
avenue northwest. He avers that the
car did not stop but carried him to
a place "It was not accustomed to
stop," where ho was run down by an
automobile operated by Mary IX Wil
der, causing him to suffer serious and
permanent Injuries.
AIRPLANE "CLASSIFIED"
When traveling by train officers
of the army receive an allowance of
7 cents a mile; when traveling "oth
erwise" that Is by prairie schooner,
dog sleds or buffalo carts the al
lowance Is 4 cent a mile.
Today the airplane was classed by
the Judge advocate general's office,
with prairie schooners, sleds and
carts, when it ruled that officers
traveling by Government aeroplane
may draw only 4 cents a mile as expenses.
H. C. OF L. IN MOBILE.
The cost of living in Mobile, Ala..
has Incrcaped 55.85 per cent since De
cember. 1015, the bureau of labor
statistics reported today Clothlnir
costs have Increased 7103 per ccntllhe big drie will be on.
and food C4 02 per cent.
sold more than 12.000,000.000 in Lib
erty bonds since the United States
entered the war This, however. Is
the first time that the Secretary has
taken subscriptions personally
The charts for the 200 team cap
tains who will have charge of as
many districts were completed by the
Liberty Loan Committee last night
and each captain received his assign
ment together 'with the same number
of subscription cards as there are
homes In the section in which he will
work. All bond salesmen will carry
with them a supply of honor flags
and buttons and to each bond buyer
they wi'l present an honor flag and a
button as a receipt for their patri
otism. Each captain lias been Instructed
to have his solicitors take a pay
ment In casli or check of 10 per cent
of the amount of the bond subscribed
for. A largo lettered sign will be
placed on the automobile of each cap
tain to show that the car Is being
used for Liberty bond work.
Ilramatir IVnlurr.
A dramatic feature of the canvass
will be the fact that it will be
launched ximultaniously in all sec
tions of the tlty The more than 3,000
canvassers ulll ring as ir.anv door
beil.s on the rfiroke of 1 o'clock, and
From Jhat
Five days of active selling sent the
Fourth Liberty Loan subscriptions
ove,r the $1,000,000,000 at noon today.
Throughout the country increased
"pep" was showing splendid results
according to reports to the Treasury.
Small communities continued to re
port oversubscriptions and honor flags
are being awarded by the dozens.
Epidemics of Spanish influenza
throughout the Fast are seriously In
terfering wtlh the floating of the
loan. In a dozen cities all theaters
have been closed and the activities of
"between-the-acts" loan speakers sus
pended. Churches also have been
cloed. The loan sermons that were
to have been delivered tomorrow have
been postponed until next St,nday
House-to-house canvasses will be
made Instead. In many cities. Secre
tary of the Treasury McAdoo will aid
in the house-tohouse canvj-s In
Washington.
The tour of Sousa's band through
Ww Tlnc-lnnd in the Interests of the
loan has been halted because of the
epidemic County fairs In many sec
tions of the East, at which great loan
drives were planned, are being post
poned. The stopping of public meet
ings means that Individual effort must '
be multiplied a hundred fold If the i
loan is to succeed.
From the drought stricken district of
the Southwest come reports of an en
couraging nature, however. Those peo
ple, according to advices from the Dal-,
las Federal Reserve District, are sub
scribing literally to the limit
Some reports of cities and districts.
oversubscribing their quotas, principally
those of tho Middle West and the Far
West, reached the Treasury today.
minute until tlit- last home in the
EXCURSIONS
EXCURSIONS
BLUEMONT, VA.
In the Picturesque Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia
Altitude 1,500 Feet
Sunday Excursions
SI. 25 "eluding war tax. ) fc 1 9f
P J. W J Children, half fare. H A -'
ROUND TRIP
including war tax.
Children, half fare.
Electric trains leave Terminal, 36th and M it. N. W.,
8:30 and 9:50 a. m., and 2 p. m. Leaves Bluemont at
3:14, 5:40 nd 7:35 p. m.
No Dust No Dirt No Cinders
Washington and Old Dominion Railway
LOAN BONOS SOLD
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Carl Hammel's Hall, at 922 Penn
sylvania avenue northwest, at one
time the meeting place of the Wash
ington branch of the defunct German-American
Alfiance. has become
a silesroom for Liberty bonds.
Meetings take place almost every
night at the hall, whose walls In
former days were decorated with Ger
man flags and pictures.
Hammel's now Is the center of s.
red, white and blue Liberty loan
propaganda. There Is keen rivalry
among the various societies meeting
there as to which hulisc-rllies most to
the loan. The Hutchers' Ilencvolent
Association, with Sti-phen Frank as
president, met last night, ami in a
few minutes subscribed S3, 000 forthc
loan. The Hesse-Darmstadt Sorleti
met a feu nights ago and signed a
ledge to buy bonds.
N. Y. BUYS $246,940,000.
NEW TORK, Oct. C An overnight
gain of VI 1.727.500 in subscriptions to
the fourth Liberty loiin was reported
today by the Liberty loan committee
for this district Total subscriptions
here now amount to $210,040,000.
$75,000 FOR CLEAR SPRINGS.
The War Department is to sp -nd n
additional $75,000 on tli- provmr
grounds at Clear Springs. Md . It ,i
announced today Of the mone
$60,000 is to be spent for construction
work and $15,000 for equipment.
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