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Today
Women Are Strange.
Where Are the Emperors?
The Learned Arabs.
"In the Deep of Night."
Br JLRTHIIB BBISBA5E.
(Coprrlcht. lilt.)
Things affect us when they arts
Bear to our hearts, our minds, our
pocketbooks.
You read that a millionaire was
killed by plague In China, and
pass on to the next news item.
You read that a hundred are
killed in an elevated railroad
wreck in New York city.
You stop and read carefully.
For that Is near home, and you
also ride In public conveyances.
The hundred were killed because
PRIVATELY owned street car serv
ices, using PUBLIC streets, In a
fight with its workmen, put a train
rrjtnsr at hleh sDeed in charge of
a green. Incompetent man.
It will occur to you that if the
people owned their streets and
.their street car services asthey
should, and If money that goes to
private Individuals went to working
people In good pay, it wouldn't
be necessary to run trains, and
occasionally drag .hundreds of
TxxUes out of the wreck, as part of
a system that pays high dividends
6a watered stock.
Gonldn't the job of making the
world safe for democracy include
something in the line of making
private ownership of public prop
erties safe for passengers?
An English statesman announces
that there is to be a free Arab
state. Will that revive the ancient
intelligence, science, -and mental
power of the Arabs?
Much, from the Arabs, remains
in your language and learning.
The wise young man on the sofa,
studying chemistry, is sitting on
what the Arabs called tuffah, a
word changed to our "sofa," And
he is studying the ancient Arabic
science AUKimia.
Similarly, when another foolish
man pours alcohol into his system,
be is reviving an old Arabio word,
Al-KohL
The learned Arab of long ago,
represented now by an occasional
slave dealer in Africa, used his
mind He was thinking accurately
when our ancestors in England,
France, Germany were thought
fully splitting open their neigh
bor's thigh bone to get at the mar
;row, or using the neighbor's skull
as a convenient cup with which to
drink that neighbor's blood.
Said the Arab philosopher to a
gentleman who dealt in miracles:
"You say to me, twice two are
Ave, "and to prove it I will change
this walking -stick into- a snake.
If von change the stick into a
, .snake, that will be interesting, but
ttrice twoTrilHiot be4hrC :
'Extraordinary and varied is the
nature of woman.
Mrs. Carmen Lavera, of Havana,
thirty-four years old, killed her
seven sons because her husband
had died of influenza. She locked
up her husband's livestock in a
small house, set fire to it, and
Jumped into the flames.
'That is woman number one.
Woman number two is Mary
Trapp, thirty-eight years old. A
doctor sent at public expense finds
her in her house, at 1500 Seven
teenth street, Milwaukee, dead of
influenza. Her oldest child, a girl
of twelve, was trying to take care
of her, and of seven younger chil
dren the youngest six weeks old.
In addition to the eight children
found with the mother's body, she
had had three others, now dead.
The father, a laborer, working
in another town to get better
wages, had sent home all that he
could earn.
The interesting point was ob
served by the coroner. The six-weeks-old
baby was " in surprisingly
good condition, because the mother
had nursed it to the hour of her
death. It was lying beside her
dead body. Jf the. world didn't
have so many other more im
portant things to think about it
could almost have felt sorry for
that poor mother.
"In the deep of the night, the chil
dren gral.
The mitfur, wider the mools, heard
that."
One or the Bronte sisters quotes
those two fines from an old poem.
The poem went on to 6ay that the
mother lying under the mould
heard her children cruelly treat
ed weeping in the dead of night
She made a bargain with the devil
that he might have her soul, al
though she was entitled to a place
In heaven, If he would use his
powers to protect her children.
Can you imagine how that poor
mother felt, alone in a cold room,
with eight young children, as she
took her baby from the breast for
the last time, knowing that she
was dying and that she must leave
it?
There are many things In this
world that need attention, after
we fchall have succeeded in fixing
np democracy on a safe oasis.
Coming, back to things that are
really important, you read. as
sorted rumors about the German
Emperor. J
He Is supposed to have gone to
Holland. Hs is supposed tor be
preparing an abdication document
for himself and his oldest son.
The surrender of Austria .Jays
south Germany open to attack by
the allies, undefended, ' r
South Germany newspapers are
saying that the people- must be
prepared to accept the1 allies'
terms, whateveYlney are.
No pwsenref Ship has been at
tacked by a, U-boat for a week,
according to Assistant Secretary
Boosevelt The Germans' evident
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PRESIDENT'S 1 4
POINTS BASIS
OF THE TERMS
TO AUSTRIANS
PARIS, Nov. 3. Terms for an
armistice which have been present
ed to Austria are based on President
Wilson's fourteen principles, accord
ing to a Rome dispatch to La Liberie
today.
They render It impossible for Aus
tria to resume the war or to use the
armistice to get out of a bad situa
tion.
An answer is not expected. Im
mediately, "as the Austro-Hungarlan
wresTlv"pfoSFlFwlTl refer
It to their superiors.
AUSTRIA TO ACCEPT
ANY TRUCE TERMS
PARIS. Nov. 3. Unconfirmed ru
mor that n armiitlce with Austria
Hungary has been signed was print
ed hv the Flcaro yesterday. Aus
tria has officially known the allies'
armistice terms since Friday.
The clauses of the armistice were
av-orl imnn nnanlmouslv by. the
liiter-allied council at Versailles and
then were sent to Geneiai max, me
Italian commander, the Matin an-
in,. ., n,n,rl DllLX la SUDDOSed
to have received them during the
day.
The Austrlans probably wilt accept
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VOTETOfiliilS
PLEA OF DANIELS
"Unity of command In Washington
under President "Wilson, as well as
in France under General Foch."
Thl slocan is sounded by Secre
tary of the Navy Josephus Daniels In
a prepared statement which calls on
thi American people to support presi
dent "Wilson's appeal for o. Democratic
House and Senate.
Secretary Daniels reviews the
establishment of a unified allied mili
tary command under General Poch.
and states that this must be a lesson
in th. American voters when they go
to the polls Tuesday.
Every voter who appruvco 01 r wtu
as supreme military commander
should ' vote to cqntinue President
Wilson as commander In chief of
America's demands upon Germany.
Secretary Daniels states, and every
man who votes for a Republican Con
gress votes for a debating- society.
Quotes XJnroln.
The Secretary's statement points
out that Lincoln said that . defeat
of his party would imperil his leader
ship in 1802. and that Benjamin Har
rt.oix and Theodore Roosevelt said
that an election of a Democratic Con
gress would embarass President Mc
Klnley. Daniels raid that the same
reasoning, with greater power, ex
ists today. The Secretary's state
ment follows:
"Last March the overshadowlnp
need of the allied world was a united
front and a unified military co.nmand.
President Wilson sent Colonel House
abroad to emphasize America's firm
conviction, expressed from the day
we entered the war, that the Impcra-
H. na.il wn fnr a ftfnirln military
commander for all the forces at war
against the enemy. Lloyd choree
was urging the same essential need.
Division of .command defeated mili
tary unity, but until then It had not
been possible to secure an agreement
of all 'the Utiles upon a single co.it-
Went upon Oenerml Foch (God bless
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DANUBE FLE ET
WILL
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AT
BERNE, Nov. 3. The Danube
fleet has announced its fidelity to
the new republican government of
Hungary, says a dispatch from the
Austrian frontier. Hungarian troops
left Prague wtlhout meeting any re
sistance and the lost of the German
soldiers are leaving.
(Prague is in Bohemia and a re
public has just been proclaimed
there). . '. . i-. .
Austro-Hupgjiriane3mentsoL
different nationalities, if-he Italian
battlefront are fighting each other
and are deserting the batleneld.
A .force of mutineers la marching
on Klagerfurt.
Fear Pillage.
Some Austrian newspapers are urg
ing the strictest measures to stop
the desertions and save the country
from being pillaged by the deserters.
Prague Is decorated with pictures
of President Wilson. Francis Joseph
Bridge (named after the former Em
peror of Austria), has been rechrls
tened President Wilson Bridge.
Budapest is Joyous with troops sup
porting the national council frater
nizing with soldiers who have Just
been liberated from their barracks
where they were confl endby gen
darmes. MIDDLE EUROPE
SEETHING VOLCANO
LONDON. Nov. 3 All middle Eu
rope and part of the Balkans has
become a smouldering volcano, seeth
ing with a political unrest that at
some points Is already breaking into
violent eruption.
Austria-Hungary has been split up
into a number of virtually Indepen
dent states with vague boundaries
and even more vague forms of gov
ernment. Anarchy and factional dis
putes are spreading throughout the
country.
A Geneva dispatch to the Paris
Temps declares the Kaiser's abdlca-
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AN ATLANTIC PORT. Nov. 3. A
big Standard Oil tanker sank the U
boat which destroyed tho Norwegian
bark Stifinder. according to members
of the tanker's crew who reached this
port yesterday.
After sinking the Stifinder the of
ficers of the il-boat set the crew of
the bark adrift in small boats, 1,500
miles off the Atlantic coast.
The .next day the Standard Oil
tanker, armed with four six-Inch
gunr, met the Hun raider and sent it
to the bottom of the ocean near the
scene of the bark's sinking.
I
COPENHAGKN. Nov. 2. Philip
Scheldemann, socialist member of the
new Oerman ministry without port
folio, has sent an emphatic memo.
randum to Chancellor Max, demanding
that the Kaiser abdicate. It wa
learned from Berlin, this afternoon.
SUPPORT
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TRUCE TERMS
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The allied armistice terms to (Irr
maiyr are complete. They will be
made public either tomorrow or
Tuesday, if not before then. They
are very strong terms, precise In
every detail, and amount practically
to unconditional surrendnr.
This information, gained today
from an official and authoritative
source, means the cessation of hos
tilltles before the end of the week,
providing Germany accepts the
terms. Everyone in the Capltnl is
agreed in the belief that she will be
compelled to accept thrm.
Tho news of the terms will be
made public to the world ns soon ar
It Is dispatched tn Germany. The
action will be a flltlnrr finale to the
great v ar, begun through Intrigue
and In secret and ended in tha full
spotlight of universal publicity.
While detailed information nf the
ttrms cannot, for obvious reasons.
be made public, a general Idea of
their nature may be gained from
knowledge of the matters deemed
most Important by the interallied
council at Versailles.
nalk Armlatler Profit.
The first object or the allies Is to
prevent the Cermans from profiting
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Officials here say specific armis
tice requirements will include:
Withdrrwal of German army
well beyond the Rhine perhaps
twenty miles or more leaving bs
hlnd heavy artillery, and carry
ing only Its sldo arms.
Surrender of U-boat fleet.
Placing of an allied guard on
the German fleet until final dis
position Is made as to disposal of
(leet.
Evacuation of Alsacc-Lirraine.
France, Belgium, Russia, and Rou
manian Occupation of cortaln German
strongholds in tho Rhine dlMtrlct.
Occupation of the naval strong
hold, Heligoland.
Control of railroads In Germany.
Cessation of munitions manu
facture, and placing of allied com
mittees in factories to assuro their
nonoperatlon.
TISZA ASSASSINS
Ity Acrnrr Hnillo tn the I. TV. 8.
ZURICH. Nov. 3. The assassins of
Count Tlssa. former premier of Hun
gary, have been liberated by a Buda
pest mob.
Count Tlsza, the "iron man" of Hun
gary, was reported to have been shot
and instantly killed while walking
through tho streets of IJudapest with
a woman companion. The shots
were saitt to have been fired by "a sol
dier." Tho woman, also waa wounded.
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LIBERATES
1918.
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MADE PEACE
. Germany will be asked. In the
forthcoming armistice terms, to con
fess her defeat.
She will be called on to make prac
tically an unconditional surrender.
These two positive statements
came last night from French High
Cbmmissioner Tardleu, wh pre
dicted also Germany would take
what she Is handed.
The statements were the more sig
nificant because they came from a
man who Is practically liaison official
between France and the United
States, and because It waa the first
official statement for direct quota
tion made in this capital during the
week.
Allied Unity Complete.
Tardleu declared allied unity Is
complete.
The armistice terms are formu
lated generally, but details still to
be smoothed out will probably de
lay an announcement until tomor
row or Tuesday, and it was Indi
cated the German public would be
given the terms as soon as they are
ready.
Germany's situation is extremely
bad. and It Is believed likely she will
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lndrs masasln tlon tells about the
famous Uarlnello Fae Powdtr oold by
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While the Austrian army is in -wild flight along -the
entire Italian battle front, the victorious allied armies are
attacking the Germans at three vital points on the western
front, making important gains everywhere.
More than 80,000 Austrxans. arid 1,600 guru have,
been cajurj-n'ihe Italian front The Austrian war
fSffice has announced that the evacuation cf . occupied term
toriesJscantinuingnipidly. and -that the ?jritrakrfel'
tccHheip6fc5
war. The evacuation of the
the-war office added.
Proof that peace rumors are in no
way slowing up America's war pro
gram was furnished yesterday when
a call for more man zvv.uuu men xor
general military service was Issued
by Provost Marshal General Crowder.
The call alio shows that army au
thorities are convinced that Span
lsh Influenza Is under control. Due
to the epidemic more than 140,000
men are awaiting their call for serv
lee. These ere Included in the quota
asked for today, the balance being
new men. many or wnom -proDaoiy
are registered In the new draft.
The call is nation-wide In its scope,
practically every State In the coun
try being affected. The white men
will entrain from November 11 to
15. and the colored men (approxi
mately 37.000), from November
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RICHMOND,' Va- Nov. SVWllUam
E. Hall, twenty-four yeara old, 101T
Madison avenue, Baltimore, formerly
of South Carolina, today is anxiously
awaiting word from Maryland gen
eral hospital, Baltimore, as to
whether footprints taken of his baby
boy soon after the child was bom
there, September 8, tally with prints
taken of the feet of a, child located
In a foundling hospital.
Although the baby Is registered
under the name of Stewart Martin,
Hall Is positive the child is his own
baby,- who disappeared from his home
In Baltimore about ten days ago. To
make the Identification complete, he
called at police headquarters Friday
and asked for prints of the baby's
feet to be forwarded to Baltimore for
comparison.
It was learned that the baby was
left at the foundling hospital Inst
Saturday by a young woman accom
panied by a mlddle-a:ed couple Hall
told the police his wife left him in
Baltimore about the time of the dis
appearance of hi child.
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MAN
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whole of Serbia is imminent,-
Tha American First, annr has
routed the Germans on a fourteen
mile front west of the Meuse and)
has advanced between four and flvsi
miles, taking- Buzancy. a vital rall
Junction. 'More than 5,000 prisoners
and seventy-five guns have bee a
captured.
Tanks Progress.
The combined attack of General
.Gouraud's Franco-Americana, and
General Liggett' Americans, fro I
Attlgny- westward to tha lleuse. la
resulting In substantia progress to
ward the southern edge of the Ar
dennes. The Americans are but
eight miles from the Stenay Gap,
while Gouraud's army la less than
twenty miles from both ilexlercs and,
Sedan.
French and American troops ar
fighting along the Scheldt on beta,
aides of Audenarde. menacing . th
enemy's, hold on that Important rtvef
and ope'nlng the way for a drive on
Brussedls. They are also flanking
Ghent from the south.
The British attack which envelops!
Valenciennes yesterday Is breaking1
down the German defenses on theft
road to Mons and Maubeuge. The Ca
nadians and, English aided 4,009
prisoners to the allied haul in thUl
region.
Land At Pela.
Austrian divisions opposite the al
lied troops on tho western front are;
entraining for Austria and automatic'
ally assuming the satus of ctvjllany
non-combatants.
American troops have landed at tha
Austrian naval, base at Pols," anvia
Invasion of Austrian territory lsMSH
mlnent.
Serbians have reached Belgrade,
their old capital, and are twenty-Ore;
miles. from Bosnian border. ' -v. ,
80,000 AUSTRIANS
CAPTURED IN. ITALY
ROME, Nor. 3. Eighty thousand
Austro-Hungarlan prisoners and 1.C0O
guns have been captured by the al-
lies on the Italian battlefront, the
war office has" announced. The inn
salt of the retrcatlnc enemy coaUn
ues without pause
More important mountain heights
have been captured and the eighth
army Is approaching Lqngarone, -on
the eastern edge of the Sette conx
mune, west of the Piave river.
The text of the latest report issued'
last nllgbt. follows:
"We have taken 1,000 guns and 80,
000 prisoners. East of the Brents,
valley- the pursuit continues .on tha
Aslago plateau. The enemy Is re
sisting In order to 'gain time for the
rear masses to retire. We have taken
Monte Clatriono an.d Monte Ltsser.
The eighth army Is marching on
Longarone. Oat rivalry has occu
pied Pordenon anjl' passed Meduaa
(only twenty .irillef from ' the- AttS-tro-Hungarlan
base at Tdlne). Sev
eral thousand Italian .''soldiers have
been liberated."
LONDON, Nov. 5-Hundreds ot ad-i
dltional prlsonera hare been taken by
tho British In their advance south
or Valenciennes. Field Marshal Half
announ'ud In hl night report. De
termined local lighting nirkd the
day's operations. St. Hubert farnv
and the vlllaca ot Marty we ap
mtoi