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Today
The Times will print each day one of the thousands of Liberty Loan Slogans submitted by its readers. Today's is by E. R. REYNOLDS, Yeoman, U. S. Navy.
"LET YOUR DOLLAR FOLLOW THE FLAG"
in
Hie Cow and Use Kaiser.
Both Pyromaniacs.
$64 a Day Wages.
Others Do Better.
By ARTHUR BRISBANE
Forty-seven years ago yester
day, in her stable, back of Mrs.
O'Leary's home on De Koven street
m Chicago, Mrs. O'Leary's cow
stood in warm straw comfort
able but dissatisfied.
She was well treated, fed, and
milked regularly. She should
have left well enough alone.
Bnt she kicked, hit a fiftccn
ccnt lantern just back of her foot,
set fire to the barn, and burned
up the whole city of Chicago.
That cow didn't know when she
was well off.
Four years ago, a little more,
a Hohenzollem donkey was com
fortable in his palace in Berlin.
He was fed regularly, paid reg
ularly, had warm German eider
downs to put over him in winter,
troops to review, yachts to sail,
warships to play with. But he
didn't know enough to let well
enough alone. He also kicked
foolishly and set fire to the
whole world
"Whether Mrs. 'O'Leary's cow re
gretted that kickjwc don't know.
Whether she was burned, or
galloped out of burning Chicago
toward the prairies, we don't
know. It doesn't matter. Chi
cago is rebuilt greater than ever,
helped by the fire.
We do know that the Hohenzol
lem donkey will regret, and does
regret, his warlike kick of four
years back.
We know that he at least will
not escape the fire that he started
so gayly when he kicked atJJel
jjltrtn, thinking he could kicMhis
way to Paris and world dominion.
Tho world will be rebuilt, shell
holes will be leveled out, grain will
grow on them. Villages and towns
of France and Belgium will be re
stored. The ruins of cathedrals
will stand as such ruins have al
ways stood to mark the passage of
the barbarian.
As Chicago came out of the fire
forty-seven years ago, so the world
will come safely out of the fire
started by the Hohenzollem. In
the end tho world will be better
for that fire. Democracy will have
triumphed,' kings will be out of
datarpraposterous when they are
r.ot oratalj war will be treated Ilka
any -other" kind of murder, regu
lataAjmQ. ;fcept down by interna
tiofiEl '.organized police.
AXPSTHE KAISER WONT BE
TSSStS.jro SEE IT. He will
have ,goae to Join Mrs. CLearya..
cow in the .-obscure realms of eter
nity. jBt people will tike care of
thtacd civilization will take
care -of It if the German people
neglect It
'Every time Slnbad the Sailor
went down to the Valley of Dia
HDnds it was the same story. The
dsmonds were there, he only had
tc pick .them up.
Every time you read the war
Bwa from Europe it is the same
Aory- Americans are advancing
in one place, capturing Germans.
French are, advancing in another
place,1, capturing Germans. Eng
lish arje advancing elsewhere, CAP
TUBIKa GERMANS.
And the Germans that ire not
' being captured are hurr,reg cast
ward, as rapidly as mUitary disci
pline will allow, ptl sometimes
faster. '
Toe official forts simply say
in varied wojoing:
"October 10, 1918, and all is
well."
VgaTiave seen a turkey fly down
Irum a tree after flapping its
wing3 once or twice trying hard
to make up its mind.
The big Turkey that lives on the
Bosphorus is about to fly down,
on the allies' side of the fence,
asking peace. England says, "Ex
pect that in forty-eight hours."
Smyrna has asked for peace,
which is the more interesting be
cause the average man didn't know
that Smyrna was at war, or was
in fact anything more than a place
where figs grow.
Last Sunday, in the South Chi
cago Shipbuilding Yard, Hugh
McNulty, workinir for the Govern
ment, earned ?64 in eight hours
IB an hour driving rivets in ships.
His two assistants on the gang,
Mike McNulty and Joe Leslie,
each made $48, or $6 an heir, in
the same eight-hour working day.
On week dajs the Government
pays 8 cents for each rivet driven.
On Sundays, 16 cents double pcy.
iiilce, Hugh and Joe decided that
thy would make last Sunday
memorable. They drove 1,014
rivets, and earned among them
S16Z24, divided as above, the
lion's share to the boss workman.
You will have no difficulty find
ing prosperous gentlemen who tell
you it is "outrageous that the
common workman should earn
such sum"
Yet the individual thus com
plaining might have rolled oyer in
bed yesterday morning at 10
o'clock; he might have whispered
through the telephone to his broker,
'Sell me a thousand shares of
-toel common at market, take
three points profit and call me,
cod-by."
In the course of the next hour or
to, '.vhile finishing his late nap,
"he broker would call to tell him
that he had "made" $3,000 profit
This shows th2t a riveter who
ts 0-1 fo'- driving rivets, eight
hours on Sunday has still come
tilings to learn about making
money easily iu the gic&t United
States.
WEATHER:
TratpnatUK at 8 .
m-, 43 dtirtM. Normal
temperature far October
10 far laat thirty year,
59 degree. Fair to
night and Friday; war
mer tonight.
NUMBER 10,676.
BIG ALLIED
57 If LMAISEC. M'ADDO
DEATHS IN D. C.
IN DAY SHOW
PLAGUEGMS
Fifty-seven deaths from the Span
ish influenza epidemic among the
civil population of the District were
reported to the Health Department
between noon yesterday and noon to-
dav. New cases reported number
1,056. The number of deaths today
is the highest reported in twenty-j
four hours since the epidemic start-1
ed.
The total number of cases since
physicianswere ordered to report is
6,232. I
Dr. William C Fowler, District
health officer, today stated that no
sign of the epidemic's decreasing is
in sight. "The epidemic is not under
control and is still snreadinr.-" he
said. '. I
"Vnf TTnfv nnntrnl Vrl '
Dr. H. S. Mustard, ofrtho Public
Health Service, said": -"WieTiave not
yet succeeded in getting the epi
demic under control. I don't know!
when it will begin decreasing."
Dr. Mustard announced that 25,000
gauze masl.3 furnished by the Ameri
can Red Cross will be distributed
among Government employes tomor
row. The masks will be distributed
anions those who are exposed more
than others.
l Mark Barker, a policeman sta
tioned at the Eighth precinct, died at
his home. 353 K street southwest, to
day from pneumonia, following an
attack of influenza. Barker is the
first policeman to die as a result of
the epidemic
The sick list of the Police Depart
ment today contained 120 names, the
largest since the epidemic Forty of
the men arc suffering from influ
enza. A total of 101 firemen are off be
cause of Illness.
' .Most Finbk Heat.
Commissioner Brownlow today is
sued the following- statement:
"I hare received many complaints
from persons who state that they
arc unable to obtain heat for their
apartment or other like places. I
wish that every person who knows of
any Instances where the landlord re
fuses to furnish heat would report
ftucli Information nit fh.v hnv, in
writing to Inspector Gessford, of the I
(Continued on Page 0. Col. 3.)
89 CAFES ADOPT
$1.00-A J)AY MENUS
nighty-nine restaurateurs, serving
approximately 100,000 war workers In
Washington every day, agreed today j
to reduce food prices to the dollar-a-l
day menu proposed by Clarence It.'
Wilson. District food adminlHtrator.l
This means a reduction of 25 to f0j
per cent on the price or rood in local
eating places concurring to the plan.
Childs' restaurant, under invstiga
tlon for high food prices last week. Is
one of the lunchrooms agreeing to
the new schedule.
"We have taken only one step, and
constant vigilance and co-operation
are essential If we are going to fur
ther improve the living conditions of
var workers in Washington so far as
food Is concerned," said Mr. Wilson
today.
Vnfalr Practices.
"Many unfair practices must be
guarded against Only recently at a
certain lunchroom in the central part
of the city, the name of which will
not be given for the present, a M-cent
breakfast was advertised consisting
of cereal, coffee, and milk. A cus
tomer ordered this breakfast and
when lie was finished a check for 40
cents was presented to him. The ex
planation was offered by tho pro-,
prletor himself that the customer had
been served not with the SO-cent,
breakfast ordered but with an a la I
carte 6rer of oatmeal and cream, and
thai cream had been served with the
coffee Tiie picprietor has promised,
to melee a eontrlbut.on to :bo Red
Cros ""' love-'Ci J tut an In
stance, j
fte Wahttttfott
SSSSVSSgpSSS.
Published Tery evening (Including. Sonaaj)
APPEALS FOR
DOUBLING OF
SUMPTIONS
An appeal for the doubling of all
subscriptions to the Liberty loan,
and to the laggards to apply for
thpir rtnnrl at nnn in honor of the
wonderful victories of the British-'
American-French lighting forces on I
the western front was made by Sec-'
rotary of the Treasury McAdoo to-i
day. !
The loan generally is not making)
the progress that had been hoped I
for, duo chiefly to slowing up be-1
cause of the spread the epidemic
of Spanish influenxaTthrougbout the
country. War Exhibit trains have
been held up; units of the Great
Lakes band are idle and public meet
ings and parades have had to be
barred because of .the,d)sease. How
evejy,officiaTB ire" trylne'tto find H
way put and ire hopeful.
Hawaii sent word, todty that it
had followed tho. example. of Alaska
and sent its quota "over the top."
McAdoo's Appeal.
In his appeal for quick action Sec
retary McAdoo said:
"The brilliant victories of our Brlt-tsh-Amerlcan-and-French
forces yes
terday should Impel every patriotic
American Immediately to double his
subscription in Liberty bonds. That
Is the way to put the Fourth loan over
quickly, and that Is the b:st way to
strengthen the fighting power of
these brave men who are moving with
such irresistible dash and success
against the Huns.
"Let everyone double his subscrip
tion today and let everyone v, ho has
not subscribed make his subscription
today. Don't put It off. Let our boys
and our comrades in the battle line
know that we are fighting with the
same enthusiasm and determination
here as they are over there and, more
than all, that we appreciate, as well
as glory in, what they aro doing, not
by words, but by deeds."
SATURDAY SET ASIDE
AS LIBERTY DAY HERE;
DEPARTMENTS TO CLOSE
The President has set Saturday, the
anniversary of the discovery of Amer
ica by Columbus, a Liberty Day, and
(Continued on Page 17, Column 1.)
"On the whole I believe thoi-e who
have agreed to co-oprrate with the
Food Administration have a clear
realization of the duty they owe to
the people of Washington at tins time
to furniili good, clean food at reason
able prices, so that the efficiency of
war workers may not ho impaired."
Dellar-a-llay Menu.
Following is the dollar-a-day menu
which will bo served in eighty-nine
Washington restaurants, daily serv
ing 100,000 war workers, beginning
today:
nnKAKFAKT.
One etK". coffee, ta. or milk and leant. .10
StPired fruit, cereal acd coffee :s
Krult In season, ri-real. toast anl cuRe .30
Prunes, cereal, toast and coffee . . . .JO
1'rult Jn season one. e;s. coffee and
coast ... .30
Trait In season, hot caites. butter or '
syrup and coffee Jo
Ureakfaal without bev rases, I cents leug.
LUNCH.
Iteef (4 oz i, atew an1 bread and but
ter ... JO
Veal and lamb ale, with bread and
batter js
ijanawicnes. nam. lonrue. cueese. sal
mon or e-cr
.10
.10
.15
.10
IS
.10
Macaroni and cheese
With bread and butler...
Itlce and cheese
With bread and butter...
Baked beane
With bread and butter.
.11
Soup cr chowder and bread and butter. .:o
UIXXUK.
So.:. '. i-ai or Cch, potato or rtce .n1
oe ilber ' eifetablc. dei Tt a..d cu?
of o.ffe- or tea. or class of n.lll .
bread and butter ... c;
roffa. tea or milk ... &
toca or ehocolate marie with milk . .10
The portionj will be ataadariliiod.
WASHINGTON, THURSDAY EVENING,
BRITISH, FRENCH. AND YANKS
POUR INTO BREACH IN
ifolsT
ALLIES
f
IN EOE LANES
ZURICH, Oct 10 Tit -wove
Tnent to BeptttUtiHunsuxlnn
Austria is making & .most
rapid progress, according to in
formation received here today.
Czech newspapers in Austria
Hungary openly state that all
of the preparations for the run
, turc .have been completed. ,
Slavic papers make similar
statements.
Reports of serious uiaturbancc3 in
the central powers, coupled with an-
i nouncemenU of political reforms, in
dicate laat General Koch's series of
victories have produced a far-reaching
effect on the civil population of
Germany, Austria and Turker.
Apparently governmental agencies
aro feverishly active In their efforts
to stem the tide of popular resent
ment against military misrule.
PTo-AIIj Cabinet In Turkey.
The effect of military reverses on
the situation In Turkey and Austria
Hungary is serious. Reports that
have reached Swiss sources declare
that the new cabinet to be formed in
Turkey has strong pro-ally, leanings.
The newly named grand vizier, re
ported to be Tewfik Pasha, is known
to be anti-German. Incidentally in
formation reaching here today says
that when the Toung Turk lcaderi
decided that Turkey should declare
war on Bulgaria for deserting the
central alliance thry were warned
by the army commanders that such
action would be followed by a mili
tary uprising and the proposition
was hastily abandoned.
There will be no surprise iu diplo
matic circles here if word comes be
fore tho end of the veelc that Turkey
has surrendered unconditionally to
the allies
REPORT REICHSTAG,
FAVORS U.S. TERMS
LONDON. Oct. 10 A Central News
dispatch from Amsterdam, dated
October 0, asserted It was reported
from Berlin that an a result of Ger
man press comment on the war slt-
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II-BOAT SINKSlLSTSHIP
AN ATLANTIC I-OP.T. Oct 10. The
sinking of a large American steam
ship by a German submarine was re
ported by a British freighter which
arri-d here today with twenty sur
vivors. Tho torpedoed steamer is said
to have been the Ticouderoga, of 1,000
ton:
Aftci the esset v.aj sunk and the
ir-rii .iod rfiboal-- the U-joat
Ehrped ., crew
The twenty men picked up i' IV
British freighter are bcliotel to be
the only survivors.
CAUSE
UNREST
Rumors Persist
That Kaiser
Has Quit
LONDON,- Oct. 10.
Persistent rumors are reach
ing Stockholm to the effect
that the Kaiser has abdi
cated, according to a dis
patch to the London Post.
SerioHs fjistaroances are oc
. earring m Berlin and other
damia cities, the dispatch
adds.
Humors of the Kaiser's abdication
dr serious Illness were nrsr"eurrent
ioEcroce several daro. ago.
-irfetmnctlon with 'this: It Is noted
thar.trie reports of overthrow of ths
Hohenxollerns were expected: (o be
circulated at tha same' time the Ger
man pesce offensive was launched.
Ilecently the kaiser was reported so
ill that he was forced to cancel all
engagements.
A few days later word was received
that he had been at Mannheim to
make an address, and was forced to
flee from an air raid, hiding in a
cellar.
llepresontatlves of the new Turk
ish government are negotiating with
the allies as to terms upon which
they may withdraw from the war.
the United Tress learned from an au
thoritative source today.
The new grand vizier. Tewfik
Pasha, pro-slly. has representatives
now In touch with the allied govern
ments. It is stated.
The allies arc holding out for the
same terms as thoje enforced upon
Bulgaria. Meanwhile the govern
ment of Smrna has sent delegates
to Athens who are trying to induce
the allies to give them separate
recognition. They claim this on
President Wilson's principle of self
determination. TO BE SLACKENED
That the ban on Sunday anto rid
ing noon will be lifted partly was In
dicated by the fuel administration of
ficials today
Thny said a .substitute for the auto-
les Sunday plan of 'gas' conscrva-i
tion is being worked out and will be
announced tomorrow
The new plan, it is understood, will
permit restricted use of passenger
autos on Sunday.
Officials said the new plan did not
Involve the placing of motorists un
dcr "rations." This led to the belief
that the administration may have un
der consideration a plan for limiting
the dally supply of dealers and sta
tions for sale to pleasure motorists.
NOMINATION APPROVED
Tim Senate Ranking and Currency,
rommIttei todav approved the Preal
l"nt's nomination of Albert Straus
Sew York, to micced Taul Warburg
as a member of the Federal rtcacrvol
rtosrd. I
TURKEY ASKS
FOR PEACE
TERMS
SUNDAY
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OCTOBER 10, 1918.
VICTO
POPE ID M
NATIONS TO
ACCEPT 0. S.
PEAGETEIS
T4 v- .-Lii r 4tJw'?u
l.f5tjtMT'i?Dtisir . in if i !
will far defense sasst bend atl
rparate rtewa lata- n areat
unity In this gran hour," aalJ the
Kaiser la meaaasc t the Ger
man pe-sple. extracts f which
were reafclrtsl from Berlin today.
He nddedi. "God, grant u nne.
thins of spirit la this war of Ilk
cratlen. By E0BEUT J. IIE.NDEB.
That Pope Benedict will appeal to
tho world to accept President Wil
son's fourteen peace principles was
Indicated in reports reaching Wash
ington today. These stated that the
Pone has selected November 2 All
Souls' Day for his more.
In this connection It Is significant
that the Holy Sea knew as early as
October 3 that Austria would appeal
to President wnson lor peace, ac
cepting his fourteen points. Dis
patches further disclose that Aus
tria's plight Is serious, and that
whatever Germany answers to tne
President's test of her peace sincer
ity, Austria and Turkey cannot long
survive tho growing demands In
their countries for an end to the
struggle.
To Let Austria "Sweat."
This probably accounts for Presi
dent Wilson's decision to let Austria
"sweat" for the moment. Later hi
will reply to her peace offer, sub
mitted simultaneously with that of
Germany and probably will answer
It more at length.
Meantime both Austria and Ger
many are expected to make feverish
efforts toward democratization, the
better to meet President Wilson's de.
termination to eliminate the germ
of militarism. The President today
still holds that the allied nations can
not deal with the Hohenxollerns un
less electoral reforms are inaugu
rated to make them the voted spokes
men or the German people.
That both German and Austrian
governments are beginning to feel the
pressure of the antl-milltarlsra move
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British army, it was offidaUy announced this after-,
noon .
The total -prisoners taken
Land has reached 75,000.
October 8.
PARIS, Oct. i&. The Germans: arc reportedl to
be withdrawing on wide sectors along the whole 100
mile front between Cambral and Rheims. They are
employing countless machine guns, to slacken, the. Allied.
push. I
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The greatest military virfoir mfiirtorto
day appears to be in the making.
The smashing attack of British, French, an65.
American troops on the fifty-mile front from'Stl
Quentin to Douai is reported to have effected a.
complete break in the enemy line along; nearly
half this front.
Through this gap allied' forces- are- pouring;
cavalry, tanks, infantry, and artillery in pursuit:
of half a million of Germany's best soldiers, now
reported in full retreat.
Thousands of prisoners and a vast amount:
of supplies and ammunition have been taken..
Slaughter of the enemy in rear-guard actions has-,
been appalling. Many villages have been liberated.
Allies Near Big German
Base at Belgian Border
LONDON. Oct 10. Allied troops are
within two miles of the gTcat Ger
man base of LeCateau, Field Marshat
Haig announced today.
(Le Cateau is only fifteen miles
from the Belgian border between Va
lenciennes and Maubeuice. It Is sev
enteen miles directly south of the for
mer city.)
The British have beirun to advance
eastward from I.ens and have cap
tured Sallaumlnes and Novelles,
about two miles ea3t of that city.
"We continued to advance yester
day evening? against gradually in
French Attacks Continue
With Success Near Laon
PAKIS, Oct. 10. Renewal of the
attack In the Laon region waa an
nounced by the French war office to
day. Progress was made there, aj
well as ea.it of St. Qncntin and In the
Champagne
"Durlne the mpl - our pursuit o
the enemy continued east of St. Quen
tin." the communique aH
"We occupied Ludricpurt wood
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RETREAT
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by the British in the-Hrrfy
Beirut was occupied oa
creasing rcsifiancc Marshal Uals's),
statement said.
"Early In the night our advanced!
detachments established themselves,
across the Cambral-Le Cateau road,
within two miles of I-o Cateau.
"There Is fighting south of tha,
main road, on both sides of Caudrr,
and also east of Cambral. where wa
made progress.
"Between the Scarce and Lens, our.
patrols are In touch with the enemy..
We are west of the general line of;
Vltry-en-ArtoIs. Izel-lez-EsquerchIS
and Nouvroy. and have gained Saul..'
laumines."
and parsed Eeautroux and I-ontaia-Notre
Dame.
WITH THt: ASIKmCAN' I-.'CSV-ARMY.
Oct. 10 (noon), Heavy fight
ing is under war !n the reK"on of Ro
malgr.e (between tha UeuM and tha
JArconrc. wher tbo Germans ar.
I rushing in re-enforcaments an-1 ecn-jccnirh'-tnff
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