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LONDON, Monday, Oct 21. Allied forces which have
swept the Germans out of Belgian Flanders, captured the big
15-inch cannon with which the Germans have been bom
barding Dunkirk during the past jear. The gun was un
damaged, according to an official statement issued at the war
; ; office.
1 WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. Deliverance of half of Bel- j
gium from the Germans will be celebrated at Havre, October !
26 and 27, the beginning of the birst battle of the Yser, under ;
the auspices of the Belgian government. An official dispatch
to the Belgian legation today said Belgian refugees at Havre
and in surrounding territory would be present.
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN BELGIUM, Oct. 22,
i Reuter's. Strong French forces attacked this morning on
the center of the Allied front in Belgium and are reported to
be making excellent progress in the direction of Ghent.
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(By Tho Associated Press)
Allied troops on the northern end of
; tho front In France and Belgium today
i are driving Into the German line from
: west of Ghent past Tournai to Valen-
k clenncs. This is the line of the Scheldt
and two of the important points on it
I Tournai and Valenciennes are almost
within the grasp of the British.
Gernian resistance is stiffening be
; tween Toumai and Valenciennes, the
southern end of the SO mile line from
l Valenciennes to the Dutch frontier.
The British armies, however, continue
i to progress. Ourcq, within less than a
milo of Tournai on the west, has been
t captured and tho British hold La Sen
tlnelle. one mile west of Valenciennes.
North of Tournai the British are
f along the Scheldt on a front of five
miles and north and south of this sec-
tor rapidly are gaining tho western
, bank of the river. Between Valencien
; nes and Le Cateau the British main
; tain their pressure and have reached
; the Ecaillon river at Thiant, southwest j
; of Valenciennes. i
French forces continue their pres
sure on the front from the junction of
the Olse and the Serro eastward to
Vouzlers. On tho extreme left they
i have advanced north of the Serre. East!
of the Aisne at Vouzlers the Germans
have ceased their violent efforts to
,. dislodge the French from important
' hill positions. The French here are in
a position to outflank the Germans
facing the Americans on the sector
' west of the Meusc which accounts for
the strong German efforts to drive the
French back. General Gouraud's men,
however, ha'e defeated all enemy al
. tacks.
Fighting Slows Down.
WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES IN
; BELGIUM, Oct. 22. (By the Associat
ed Press.) The general situation in
Belgium this morning seemed to bo
that on most of the front the allied
armies had reached a period of pause
j which is inevitable when rapid ad
vances have been made. German re
i sistnnce stiffened appreciably during
the night, especially along the Scheldt
rlyer.
! On the front of the British fourth
army with which the Americans are
; fighting the night was quiet and the
situation is unchunged in the Valen
ciennes -Le Cateau area.
i French Troops Advancing.
I PARIS, Oct. 22. Further progress
was made last night by the French on
' : the Serre front, the war office an-
i nounces. The French reached the rall-
. vay northeast of Assis-sur-Serrc and
:j. also the St. Jacques farm, northwest of
f Chalandry.
' The statement follows:
"North of the Olse the . night was
a ; characterized by great activity on the
.1 , Pan of tho Gorman artillery.
I "On the plateaux east of Vouzicrcs
I i Njo battle diminished in Intensity last
!J . night. It is confirmed that the attacks
I made by the Germans yesterday were
Y very violent. We have identified ele-
i ments belonging to sixteen divisions.
I "This morning a German attack
I ! against La Pardonne farm was repuls-
ed( completely.
'5 "In the Vosges French patrols took
;fi; Prisoners in the region of Col Bon-
B ; homme."
j AMSTERDAM, Monday, Oct. 21
j t uerman forces at Brussels are working
JH Inceaaantly to remove war material
1 from that city, according to the Ros-
X t endaal correspondent of the Handels-
fk t : Ho saJ's tnat mny regiments
J i German troops arc leaving the city
jl ,( and that there is much excitement
j j among the people. . On the other hand
f
Antwerp is very calm and has not been
effected by recent events.
British Advance Line ,
a-ONDON, Oct 22 The British have
advanced their line, to the left bank
of the Escaillon river and have captur-
ed the western part of tho village of j
Thiant, five miles southwest of Va- j
lenclounes, it is announced officially
The British after fighting have ad
vanced to within less than a milo oC 1
Tournai.
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ITOEil
Asks. Germans to Refrain
From Devastating Belgium
While They Are Retreating.
ROME, Oct, 22. An appeal was
made to Prince Maximilian, the imper
ial German chancellor, by the Holy See
asking that the Germans refrain from
devastating portions of a Belgium
through which they are retreating, ac
cording to the Osservatore Romano,
the semi-official Vatican organ. A re
ply, was received October 13 giving as
surances that categorical instructions
have been issued by the German gen
eral staff that localities should be pre
served and respected in every way
possible.
Baron von der Lancken. chief of the
Gernian political at Brussels, has in
formed Cardinal Mercier, primate of
Belgium, that when the Germans evac
uate that country tho deported Bel
gians and political prisoners will be
spontaneously released, according to
the Osservatore Romano, the semi-official
Vatican organ. He told Cardinal
Mercier. it is said, that a part of the
Belgians who were deported would be
allowed to return to their country on
Monday.
Dark Hours for Germany.
BASEL, Switzerland. Oct. 22.
(Havas) Cardinal Hartmann, arch
bishop of Cologne, has issued a pas
toral letter In which he says dark
hours have, come for Germany threat -ened
by an enemy superior in numbers
and shaken to the foundations of the
state by Internal changes. He calls
upon his people to offer public prayers.
Deep discontent is spreading every
where among the German people, the
cardinal writes, and he invites all
Catholics to rnlly around the emperor.
In all protestant churches of Prus
sia public prayers have been ordered
for the protection of Germany from
tho misfortunes which threaten her.
BAN ON BARGAIN SALES.
CHICAGO, Oct. 21 Bargain sales of
all descriptions that draw people to
gether and tend to produce crowding
were prohibited throughout Illinois by
an order issued today by Dr. St. Clair
Drake, state director of public health
today as the influenza epidemic con
tinued to spread.
The order is effective Immediately.
Conditions downstate, the director
said, continued to be serious, 153 com
munities reporting the development
of 5,456 new cases within the last
twenty -four hours.
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Always aiin a little higher than the
mark if the mark is a dimple in" her
chin.
London Views latest
German Note Only
Another Skiffle.
LONDON, Oct. 22 With reference
to the paragraph in the German note
denying that the German navy ever
purposely destroyed lifeboats with
their passengers, it is pointed out in
government circles that mauy cases
could be quoted in reply to this de
nial. Two recent cases are tho Llan
dovery Castle, the Canadian hospital
ship sunk in the Atlantic, and the
French steamer Lydiona, sunk- off the
north, coast of Spain July 16. " ' -
The Llandovery Castle was torpe
doed and sunk off the Irish coas.t on
the night of June 27 while returning
from Halifax with no .wounded aboard.
The German submarine made no of-,
fort to aid the survivors and even !
tried to sink at least one of the life- j
boats. v
After the Lydiana had been torpe-
doed, two whaleboats and a raft were
lowered. The Gorman submarine i
rammed both boats cutting them in
two. After several fruitless attempts,
the submarine succeeded in sinking
the raft and then disappeared without
helping the survivors. Nine men of
the crew of forty -two were picked up
later, having clung to wreckage for
more than a day. Tho second engi
neer of the Lydiana reported that the
crew of t x submarine had laughed at
him when lie accused them of delib
erately tr.iig to kill all on board the
steamer.
LONDON, Monday,. Oct. 21. The
German reply to President Wilson is
regarded here as "mere argument and
protestation." In government diplo
matic and political circles the view is
that it is, not a reply but simply a re
sort to verbiage designed to cover the
absence of responsibility. One high
ly placed official described it as "bad
ly camouflaged insincerity." The gov
ernment has not .considered the reply I
in detail, although Premier Lloyd
George and his colleagues hold pro-1
traded deliberations today.
Henry M. Hindmaih leader of the
British Socialists, said:
"The reply is simply another piece
of shuffling. I hope President Wil
son will answer it very abruptly and
briefly.
"If President Wilson were to accept
this reply as a basis for negotiation
he would simply be sacrificing the dig
nity of the position which he has
worthily, gained."
Frederick Kellogg, parliamentary to
the minister of munitions, said:
"In our leadership of Lloyd George,
Premier Clemenceau and President
Wilson on the political side and Mar
shals Foch, Haig and General Per
shing on the military side, none can
say if tho note means that Germany
is at last prepared to face 'the facts
and draw the inevitable conclusions.
"For the rest of us our duty is plain.
It is to go on producing munitions
and fighting as if It were the beginning
of the war. The way to make an early
peace Is to be ready for a long war."
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Farmer Returns Favor
fey Buying Many
Liberty Bonds
i SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 20. In re
payment of the "start" he says Undo
Sam gave him forty -seven years ago'
when he homesteaded in what is now;
Stevens county, Wash., Edward John,'
a prosperous farmer of that section
subscribed for -15,000 worth of bonds
of the fourth Liberty loan.
Mr. John declared that, since he had
no sons to give the government for
service, ho, took this means of showing
his appreciation for what it had done
for himjiy giving him land, sending
soldiers to protect him from the In
dians and delivering his mail at great
expense.
I HUN FORTRESSES TO
BE OCCUPIED BE
POKE ARMISTICE
IS GRANTED.
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The map showB the cities of
Metz. Strasaburg and Coblentz, oc
cupation of whjch may bo de
manded by General Foch prelim
inary to an armistice. They are
.Germany's" strongest defenses on
her western fxpnt. . Tho first two
are In terrltb'ry'tyakoh from Franco"
In 1870.
Mlifflf I JUL!
Thirty-six Cars Prevent Thou
sand Casualties Each Day
When in Action.
LONDON. Oct. -1. (Correspondence
of the Associated Press) Thirty-six
tanks one battalion save at least a
thousand casualties every day they are
in action.
The British war expert who made
i this statement while discussing the
present Allied offensive continued:
"We have used In tho fighting to
dale only a fraction of the men tho
enemy has been accustomed to em
I ploy for similar offenses and wo have
made up tho difference largely with
tanks. Since the ultimate victory will
fall to the side with tho biggest re
sen cs, the more tanks we have the
morel assured our victory.
"It has been commonly thought that
a direct hit by a shell means destruc
tion for the tank. Not always. A
fortnight ago a tank received seven di
rect hits from a German 'seventy-seven'
gun, but the tank finished its job
and, trundled back to its lines.
Tanks Resist Heavy Shots
"Another in the Cambrai region
went over a rise directly in front of a
German howitzer. The howitzer fired
from fifty yards away and a shell tore
off part of the tank's side. But the
tnnk went on, driving right over the
howitzer and putthig it out of action."
rtecently Major-General Seeley, dep
uty minister of munitions, said:
"I speak the literal truth when I
say that I, and hundreds of others and
it has been my privilege to lead, would
bo dead now but for the tanks. They
probably saved Amiens. They cer
tainly saved us."
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Shoe and Mail
Order Mouses Must
Obey Federal Order
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. Shoe
I manufacturers and mail order houses
selling direct to the customer are re
quired, under a ruling today by the
war order industries board, to abide
by tho established price and quality
standardization program. The board
ordered colors of children's shoes re
stricted to black, dark brown and
1 white.
Another order forbids importations
of men's and boys' felt hats which do
not conform to restrictions upon do
mestic manufacturers.
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U. S. SOLDIERS IN PRISON.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. The war
department reported today that Pri
vate James Luther Pluuimer of Per
sonville, Tex.is a prisoner in the
German campfa Raatatl. Christ Vcf
lin of New Effington, S. D., is a pris
oner, at Cass en.,
Official German Note to
Be Considered Very
Fully.
PEACE NOT NEAR!
Kaiser's War Machine
Must Be Put Out of
... . Business.
i
j WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. The offic
ial text of Germany's latest note to
President Wilson was received by
cable today at the Swiss legation.
Frederick Oederlin, the Swiss charge,
J arranged to deliver it to Secretary
Lansing as soon as it could be decoded.
! The charge's appearance at the state
t department was delayed for several
1 hours as the "task of decoding and
translating proved to be long and ted
I ious. Considerable differences In ver
j bias1 may he shown and it is under-.
. stood that the official text will clear
. up certain obscure passages in the
wireless version received yesterday.
I Indications were that no announce
! ment of a decision by the president
I could be expected before tomorrow.
I Secretary Lansing was with hli until
! near midnight last night discussing the
wireless version but there now must be
further conferences and it is assumed
there will be exchanges with the allied
! capitals.
j President to Decide Quickly,
i Official comment continued to be
withheld, awaiting an indication of the
! president's views. Every one expected
him to decide very quickly whether the
! note creates a new situation.
I Opening as to the probable attitude
J of the president did not differ on the
I great point that immediate peace is
not at hand and that however sincere
the German overtures may be no arm-
Istice will bo agreed to, except upon
j conditions of surrender that will de
stroy forever the power of the kaiser's
war machine.
j Some observers thought no answer
wuuiu wu uiauo .iiiu me uvi iiuiii iiiimua
i left to complete their enforced evacua
tion of occupied territory as best they
J might with the allied armies on their
heels. Others believed the next step
would be a suggestion that the German
military commanders, if ready to ac
cept dictated terms, approach General
Foch on the subject of an armistice.
Those who are convinced that the
enemy is beaten into submission and
that efforts at bargaining now aro
merely a prelude to completo surren
der are guided by confidential diplo
matic advices purporting to show that
there has been a real political revolu
tion in Germany and that tho people in
power are ready to throw out the kais
er and all his war lords.
It was learned today that a private
dispatch from Germany has been pub
lished in a Copenhagen newspaper
stating that troops on leave are receiv-
ing secret orders not to return to the
' front and that to this extent demolib-
I izatlon has begun.
Military men here, however, regard -
I ed it as inconceivable that such orders
) would be given.
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! Draft Calls Going
j Out Again in
Certain Zones
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 Draft calls,
! suspended three weeks ago because of
'the influenza epidemic, now are go
ing out again in certain zones whero
the surgeon-general's office has de
cided it is safe to send the men to
cantonments. The localities find the
exact number of men will not be an-,
. uounced for the present.
PARIS REVIEWS
GERMAN REPLY
Note Equivocal and Leaves
Door Open for Future
Quibbling.
I PARIS, Oct. 22.-5-The German reply
to President Wilson was received here
too date for the afternoon papers but
was eagerly discussed in official cir
cles and in parliament. Among deput
ies of all shades of opinion the Impres
sion was, first of all, that the reply be
trayed more than previous communi
cations the state of depression and the
, demoralization of the German people
I As a whole the note is found to be
'so equivocal and platltudinously
phrased as to leave the door-open Jfor
quibbling. Nowhere is there evidence
in the reply of a genuine desire to ac
cept the only way in which peace can
be concluded. All that is apparent is
the urgent desire of the German gen
eral staff to get an armistice at any
price in order to re-organize Its re
serves of men and material.
Sentiments of a Barbarous People.
"The German note is a typical docu
ment," says the Matin. "In it are ex
pressed the sentiments of a barbarous
people who failed in a foray. There is
not a word In the note which reveals
that stoical strength of which French
and other nations have so often given
proof in misfortune."
The Journal says the note seeks to
divide the allies and seeks also ., to
draw from President Wilson aforhial
declaration that '-'nothing will.be asked
contrary- to the -honor-ot -the-'Germafi
people."
Colonel de Thomasson. in the Petit
Journal, says:
"The note is proof that the German
high command considers the situation
of its armies most grave but not yet
desperate." S
Marcel Cachin, writing in Humanite,
says:
"On every point the German govern
ment clearly shows an eJfor.t at con
ciliation. We said a few days ago that
the conversation begun on October G
would be continued. We may observe
that a new step toward a just peace
has been made tills day."
Newspapers Distrust Germany
LONDON, Oc(. 22 Newspapers al
most without exceptionn view the Ger
man reply to President Wilson with
impatience and distrust. "Germany
still impenitent," is the caption on the
editorial of the Chronicle which dis
misses the reply as obviously inac
ceptable. The Graphic Is more opti
mistic and says "verbaHy, the Ger
mans are getting slightly nearer the
point of view upon which the Allies
mean to insist."
"The nigger in the woodpile in the
German reply," according to the Ex
press, "is the desire for an armistice
based oh an elaborate estimate of tho
rival forces as they are today." This,
the newspaper says, is a "dlsingenious
twist of the Wilson conditions," and
continues:
"Wc dare not consent to a suspen
sion of hostilities unless we can ob
tain In October the terms wo shall
dictate before July to an enemy who
is broken and beaten to his knees."
New Organization
To "Bridge Gap
In Labor World!
i
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21, To
bridge the gap between employer and
employe any organization known as
the service and employment managers' i
association oi uuiuruui mis ju&i uot"
organized here. The organization was
formed by graduates of the first course
in employment management of the
.University of California. A similar
'course is being prepared at the Uni
versity of Washington.
"The organization aims to develop a
spirit of genuine co-operation and
understanding between tho manage
ments of industries and their em
ployes," said Percy J. Hayselden of
Day Point, Cal., treasurer of the asso-1
ciation. "This body will be entirely;
neutral as to other organizations andi
it has the approval of the American
Federation of Labor." j
The course in employment manage- j
ment, which closed October 12, last,
was established at tho University of
California by the war industries board,1
employment management division,.'
under the auspices of the department
of labor, Hayselden said, and was con
' ducted by Prof. Ira B. Cross of the
university's department oi economics.
Five months ago the first course in
such work was given at tho University
of Kochestcr, N. Y. Since then similar
courses have been offered at Harvard,
tho Carnegie Institute of Technology
at Pittsburg, and courses have been
prepared at the University of Wash
ington and Northwestern university at
i Chicago.
Nuremburg Paper Open
ly Demands Abdica- j
I tion of Throne.
INCITERS OF WAR
! Crown Prince Out of
! Question as Ruler j
of Germany.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 22. (British j
Wireless Service) The Frankische I
Tagischcpost of Nuremburg," the first 8
paper in Germany to demand openly I
the abdication of the emperor, declares I
that the accession of the crown prince S
is entirely out of the question.
"The Gernian .popple are searching T
for the guilty." says the Vblks Zeituug. a
ihe organ of the Nuremburg Socialists. fl
"The Pan-Germans and junkers aro R
silent today, but we do not forget they I
are the great ar inciters in Germany, a
that they are a menace to the Xuture I
healthy development of the German
empire. a
"To the gallows with the guilty, who c
ever they may be!" j
The Socialist Arbeller Zeitung of
Vienna urges the German Socialists to I
punish the "chief culprits" without k
mercy, adding: I
"When the Gernian soldiers return R
home from the trenches after four R
years of unparalleled hostilities there i
will be a reckoning for the people who j
i have led them to this catastrophe. The i
Gernian people will sweep away tho I
junkers and take their own destiny 1
i into their own hands."
War Cements the
Allies Together in 8
Warm Friendship I
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21. "Men
cannot fight side by side with each If
other and romain strangers," said a
Yusuke Tsurumi, chief of the general H
and legal affairs division of the Ini w
perial government railways of Japan .
and son-in-law of Baron Goto. In ex.- fl
plaining how the war will add greatly '
til the unity and cement the friendship $
between Japan -and the United States,
M. Tsurumi continued: tjl
"In the hardships and privations of
the winter campaigns in Siberia, shar- l
ing fortunes and misfortunes, probab- .5.
ly even sharing clothes and food, the i
soldiers of America and Japan will gf
come to know each other for what they Ii
are. When the armies return home 1
each will spread stories of the other; m
the Japanese will say the American
bovs are happy, genial fighters and the i
Americans will say that Japanese are "
kindly, well disposed human beings. jH
"This will be tho greatest possible
influence for a better understanding fa
between the two nations, the best
start of a guarantee for'tho future." K
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Lieutenant in j
A Successful i
10-Hour Flight
OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 22. Lieutenant W
J. M. Shinnon arrived here late last Kl
night from tho United States flying j
school at Rantoul, 111., after a 10-hour Kl
flight, and made a most skilful landing W
under difficult conditions in the dark. j
With tho arrival of this army biplane M
iU'makes the second army piano that hji
,w1llJ)G used in conncctipn with bal- m
loon observation work here. hi