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SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 2, 1918
The Latest News
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The following telephone message
from Palisade received at noon to
day gives the news as taken from
the headlines of this (Saturday)
morning’s Salt Lake Tribune:
Turkey has surrendered uncondi
tionally and the forces of the Allies
have taken over her ships and oc
cupied all the forts on the Darda
nelles.
Emperor Charles has quit Vienna.
Before leaving he personally gave
orders that all conflict with the popu
lation be avoided. He also instruct
ed the authorities to yield without
resistance to the new powers who
are adopting a constitution in which
, no place is left for the crown.
The Italians have taken possession
of 700 guns and billions of dollars in
booty and are fast advancing in the
direction of Udine. They are mak
ing great headway with apparently
no resistance.
The Fourth Liberty Loan was over
subscribed $866,416,000.
A Copenhagen dispatch says Em
peror William has left Berlin for Ger
man grand headquarters. It is gen
erally supposed that Dr. Dildiueck
will present the Emperor with an
abdication document.
The sugar allowance beginning to
day in the United States has been in
creased from two to three pounds
per month per person.
Wall Street to-day registered its
further conviction in an early cessa
tion of the world conflict by renewed
buying of the various issues common
ly designated as peace stocks.
The Allies’ peace terms to Germany
that were expected to be made public
to-day have so far not been given
out.
OEATH OF CHARLES S. WALKER
The death of Charles S. Walker at
his home near Palisade Thursday
evening was announced in Eureka
the following morning. We have
been informed that Mr. Walker was
convalescing from an attack of
whooping cough when taken with a
violent cold or influenza, which
caused his unexpected passing.
Mr. Walker was a well known and
prominent citizen of the north end
of Eureka County, where he was
born and raised. For a number of
years he was engaged in merchandis
ing at Palisade and in other lines of
<h«ifa^s. Last year he disposed of
p»unsiness there and purchased the
Ebert ranch near Palisade,
he and his family were living
wi e time of his death.
is survived by a widow, for
oly Miss Lizzie Rand of Pine Val
* four young children; a mother,
i j brothers, Joe and Christie, and
liter, Mrs. Charles McBride, all
ffsidents of Sparks, Nevada. He
as a native of Palisade, Eureka
bounty, and aged 36 years and 9
lays. __
The Sentinel’s Oldest Subscriber
Felix Maggini of San Jose, Cali
fornia, in renewing his subscription
informs the Sentinel that this would,
make 46 years that he had been a
nfraarihr- y^irn while he was a;
Resident of Eureka, and 24 years since
giving at San Jose, which he thinks,!
and we believe, will place him in the;
ranks of the oldest, if not the oldest
continuous subscriber to the Sentin
el. He writes that he and his fam
ily are enjoying good health. Mr.
Maggini and his sons are extensive
dealers in general merchandise at
the junction of the Milpitas and
Berryessa roads in San Jose. Cali
fornia.
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1—Aerial torpedo, weighing 250 p muds, used on the U-type dirigible of the American navy. 2—Graves of some
of the American soldier® who fell in the victorious fight in the St. Mihlel salient. 8—General view of Bruges,
recaptured from the Huns and established as the capital of Belgiuih.
NEWS REVIEW OF
THE GREAT WAR
President Wilson Tells Germany
That No Peace Will Be Made
With the Kaiser.
VIEWS OF HIS REPLY VARY
Breaking Up of the Auetro-Hungarlan
Empire Seems an Assured Fact—
Huns Continue, Retreat From
Belgium—Yanks In Fierce
Fighting Northwest of
Verdun. - ——
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
We are willing to evacuate occu
pied territories and arrange an
armistice based on the actual
standard of power on both sides In
the field. Our land and sea forces
have not been been guilty of lUe
gal and lnhumnne actions, and we
have ordered them not to commit
any more such actions. The Ger
man government is now free from
any arbitrary and irresponsible In
fluence and Is supported by the ap
proval of an overwhelming major- ;
lty of the German people.—Ger
many’s Note to President Wilson.
Considering the assurances
given by the German government,
I cannot decline to suggest to the
allied governments the considera
tion of an nrmlstlce, which, how
ever, must leave the United States
and Its allies In a position to en
force the arrangements made and
to make Impossible a renewal of
hostilities by Germany. It appears
to me that the kaiser and his crew
still are In unimpaired control of
the empire, and If we must deal
with them, now or later, we must
demand, not peace negotiations,
but surrender.—President Wil
son’s reply to Germany.
The above summarizes briefly but
fairly the diplomatic exchanges of the
week between Berlin and Washington.
Germany’s note, evasive, shuffling and
altogether unsatisfactory, was received
with contempt by the press and people
of the United States and the allied
countries. The president and his close
advisers, It was said, were pleased
only with the indication that Berlin
was moving step by step toward full
acceptance of the allies’ terms for an
armistice and peace. The imperial gov
ernment’s indignant denial that Its
land and sea forces have committed
outrages was looked on generally as
an insult to the intelligence of a world
that knows such outrages have been
committed and have n«t yet ceased.
Even whll* protesting against the
cnarges, tne note says oruers nave
been Issued to discontinue the inhu
mane practices alleged by President
Wilson In his former note; and the
Huns who are being driven from Bel
gium and northern France have not
stopped the ruthless pillaging and
burning of the places they are forced
to evacuate, save in a few instances.
If the orders to observe the rules of
civilized warfare have been issued,
then there is an end of the contention
of the defenders of the German people
as distinguished from the German au
tocratic government, namely, that the
troops commit outrages only under the
orders of the military command. No
observing person can longer doubt that
we are at war not only with the Ger
man government, but with an inconsid
erable part of the German people. It
may be that the Germans will over
tlrow the Hohenzollerns and all their
gang, but if so, it will be not because
of the monstrous crime they have com
mitted, but because they have failed
of their criminal purpose. There is
not In all Germany one sign of repent
ance. There is only furious disap
pointment because the leaders have
not been able to ‘‘make good.”
It cannot be said truthfully that
President Wilson’s reply to Berlin
aroused any wild enthusiasm. Most of
us felt as did Senator Ashurst of Ari
zona, who said: “I would have told
Germany to go to hell.” Less blunt
critics of the president felt that the
only reply called for was a demand for
unconditional surrender and that Mr.
Wilson was losing ground by continu
ing the diplomatic discussion with a
government with which, he very prop
erly declares, the United States cannot
negotiate. There was general appro
val of the latter part of the note, which
pronounced against any peace with the
kaiser, and the rest of It was praised
by those who saw In It a clever move
to alienate the German people fcoin
their military leaders. There was no
doubt anywhere of the rightness of the
president’s alms and Intentions, but
many public men feared that his very
admirable detestation of war and his
fondness for writing notes might lead
him Into an embarasslng diplomatic
mnze.
In reassurance, It may be said thaf
no armistice and no peace will be njt
rawgftl that are not entirely to the w
i*Rri'ion of Great Britain, France Wlr*
Italy, as well as the united States,
and that these four allies have agreed
that Germany must be required to sur
render. There will be no cessation of
hostilities on the part of the allies un
til Germany not only evacuates occu
pied territory, but also gives substan
tial guarantees that will prevent re
sumption of fighting by her; and the
entente allies are determined that any
discussions concerning an armistice
shall take into full consideration the
sea power, In which they are predomi
nant.
—
In his delayed reply to the note from
Austria-Hungary President Wilson In
formed Vienna that events had made
some of his famous fourteen points
out of date, notably that concerning
the autonomy of the oppressed peoples
In the dual kingdom, since the United
States had recognized the Independ
ence of the Czecho-Slovaks and the na
tional aspirations of the Jugo-Slavs.
Consequently he could not talk peace
with those points as a basis. Then
followed an Imperial manifesto an
nouncing the formation of federal
states In Austria-Hungary; the setting
up of a state of their own by the Ger
mans In Austria; the creation of a
sovereign state by the Slovenes, Croat
lans and Serbs without reference to
present political frontiers, and prog
ress by the Hungarians toward full in
dependence, with reports that they
were about to apply to the entente
governments for terms for a separate
armistice and peace. The empire of
Charles was fast breaking up, and
there was the greatest depression in
Vienna, where famine threatens and
the authorities are powerless. Conse
quently, according to dispatches, the
Austrian government Is becoming
reconciled to the Idea of unconditional
capitulation.
—I*—
Again, and yet again, the unduly op
timistic must be reminded that, from a
military point of view, Germany Is
still far from being defeated. Though
she Is being forced to relinquish her
grip on Belgium and northern France,
she Is conducting her retreat In order
and much in her own way, and though
losing much material and thousands
of men, Is carrying off most of hei;
heavy guns and a great deal of her
supplies, destroying the bulk of thos$
left behind. She still has about ICO
divisions on the west front, 30 of them
being In reserve, and with these, with
the men returned from hospitals and
with those coming of military age she
probably can hold out for many months
on her shortened front. The Huns are
falling back to successive lines of de
fense, pivoting on the positions north
of the Argonne and on the Meuse
heights, and with many thousands of
machine guns In strong positions are
making the advance of the allies as
difficult and expensive as possible. The
present government of Germany seem
ingly doesn’t intend to give up the
fight without making a desperate fin
ish. and toward the end of the week it
was said Ludendorff had drafted a
proclamation to the people exhorting
them to carry on the war to the utmost,
since the allies would not grant them
peace without humiliation.
au week long the Germans con
tinued tlielr withdrawal from Belgium,
sometimes moving rapidly, and at oth
ers putting up a stouter resistance In
order to rescue some stores or guns.
In being driven from the Belgian coast
some 15,000 Huns were forced across
the Holland border and were prompt
ly Interned by the Dutch. Haig’s Brit
ish forces, ably seconded by the Bel
glans,. the French and some American
divisions, drove forward relentlessly
and before the week closed were chas
ing the last of the Hnns out of Valen
ciennes. To the south of that city, In
the direction of Maubeuge and Mons,
the British made a smashing attack,
[ breaking through the enemy line of de
fense on a wide front and threatening
to outflank the line of the Scheldt
which, further north, had held up the
progress of the allies to some extent.
By cutting the banks of the Scheldt
canal and other waterways the Ger
mans flooded the country. The cap
ture of Mons and Maubeuge would be
serious to the Germans, for those cities
which are united by a railroad, have
been the orinclnal .Ocnnan concentra
tion and supply points on the Ardennes
front. East of Le Cateau, where the
Americans are fighting beside the Brit
ish, the allied progress was rather
slow.
The fall of Ghent In the near future
seeming a certainty, the Germans were
evacuating it; and the Belgian govern
ment decided to establish Itself In the
recovered city of Bruges.
The French In the Laon region
moved forward somewhat, but the ad
vance there was slowed up consider
ably during the week. In the Cham
pagne the Huns were keeping up the
most determined kind of resistance,
and the Americans In the valley of the
Meuse were bearing the brunt of the
severe fighting. It was the hardest
kind of work, and at times the Yanks
had to fall back, but always they re
turned to the combat and carried their
objectives. Powerfully organised ma
chine gun positions were encountered
everywhere In that region of ravines
and hills and forests, and to take these
without too much loss It was neces
sary to maneuver past them and at
tack froth the flanks and rear. Farther
west, to the north of Grand Pre, the
Americans were engaged In equally
severe fighting, but there, too, they
were slowly overcoming the stubborn
resistance of the Huns. In this they
were materially aided by the big bomb
ing squadrons of the air forces which
not only continually harassed the en
emy In the fighting lines but made reJ
peated raids on his bases and supply
trains.
—I*—
One-fourth of Germany's available
military strength has been placed in
the Champagne and Meuse sectors to
hold back the Americans and French
there, and the task these allied armies
are doing, while not showy, is of tre
mendous importance and difficulty.
The Huns are trying desperately to
save the Mezleres-Luxemburg railway
system, on which depend all their
communications In that region. It Is
a satisfaction to know that the Amer
icans are giving a mighty good ac
count of themselves there and that,
while their own losses are not small,
those of the enemy are vastly larger,
—m—
In the near East matters progressed
favorably, the allies driving the Aus
trians northward and reaching the
Danube on the Roumanian border,
thus completing the Isolation of Tur
_key from the central powers. A fur
ther advance to Orsova will open the
way for an Invasion of Austria, In
Montenegro the process of clearing
out the foe went forward rapidly. At
Krushevatz, In the center of Serbia,
German forces were strongly resist
ing the advent of the Serbs toward
Belgrade.
—
Turkey, which Is more than ready
to make peace, has a new scheme.
Plans are being discussed to make
Constantinople a free port and dis
mantle the fortifications of the Dar
danelles on condition that the allies
guarantee the continuance of Constan
tinople as the capital of Turkey. It
Is also proposed to grant autonomy to
Arabia, Syria, Armenia and the Jew
ish part of Palestine,
The Germans seem to delight In vio
lating the sense of decency of civilized
people. The latest example of this
propensity Is the naming of Baron von
der Lancken as head of a commission
of neutral residents of Brussels which
is to Investigate charges of unneces
sary devastation during the retreat
from Belgium. This baron played a
leading role In the murder of Edith
Cavell, Ignoring the representations of
Brand Whitlock and refusing to save
th« ttusa from death. <
LIBERTY BOND DRIVE ENDED
New Fourth Liberty Loan Ban
ner Received and Star Will
Be Added For 50 Per Cent
Over Subscription
Eureka County again is way “over
the top” and has another banner.
The drive for the sale of Fourth Lib
erty Loan Bonds is ended, and Eu
reka County’s credit amounts to
$69,050.
While the quota for the county
amounted to only forty thousand
dollars, the amount subscribed di
rectly through the County Council
of Defense was $62,800. To this
amount was added a credit of $1300
from the Southern Pacific employees
of Palisade; also a credit of $1850
from the sheep and stock commis
sion, that being Eureka County’s
share of the State’s subscription. A
credit of $3100 was given to-the
county by .the subscription of South
ern Pacific employees at Beowawe
and vicinity, making a total as above,
of $69,050.
In the former drives the Women’e
National Liberty Loan Committee
was not represented in this county.
In the Fourth drive, however, the
Woman’s committee (names of mem
bers published in a former issue of
the Sentinel) took an active part,
and turned in to the Council sub
scriptions amounting to $32,300.
It is also interesting to note that
of the amount subscribed directly
through the County Council $20,750
worth of bonds were purchased by
women.
uioii, ’"'I.actor of
ffie Council of Defense, sent in the
Fourth Liberty Loan banner on last
mail, and same is now in the Court
House; a star will be added to it for
an over-subscription of 50 per cent
of the county’s quota.
For Change In
School Snpraion
In his candidacy for State Super
intendent of Schools W. J. Hunting
advocates making our State system
of school supervision more effective
by a change in the form of organi
zation. To bring about the needed
reform requires but one essential
change, from a personal control by
the State Supt. to a representative
control by the people of the super
visional district through an elected
board. The new system would be
just as completely organized but
changed in this one vital point as to
the essential responsibilty, and would
be in accord with the principles in
operation in other States.
The one issue therefore is whether
the control shall rest with one man
and therefore be autocratic, or with
the people, and be representative.
To argue that this would weaken
the system, make it spineless or in
efficient, is to claim that democracy
is a failure and the backing of the
people a hindrance.—Political Adver
tisement.
Agnew Family in Forest Fire Range
The Sentinel is in receipt of a let
from H. T. Agnew of Prosit, Minne
sota, husband of Ethel McGarry for
merly of Eureka, in which he states
they were in the range of the forest
fires that swept a section of Minne
sota from the St. Louis river to Lake
Superior about the middle of Octo
ber. The Agnew brothers have a
lumber mill and deal in forest pro
ducts. He further says that while
no lives were lost in their immediate
neighborhood, scores of cattle, horses
and sheep were burned and lumber
logs and wood was destroyed. Near
Duluth the loss of life and property
was heavy, and the accounts of Clo
quet and other cities further south
being cleaned up is all true. In the
midst of the strenuous daysa daugh
ter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Agnew,
and both are reported doing splen
did.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our neighbors
ind friends who extended their sym
pathy and rendered us any act of
dndness in our recent bereavement,
the death and burial of our beloved
nother.
Ferinda and Rose Curto,
Mrs. Peter Salvi,
Dominick and Will Curto.
_MOWN.
At Elko, Nevada, Ootober 7, 1918, to the
vife of J. P. Jacobsen of East Diamond Val.
ey, Eureka County, a son.
In Eureka, Nevada, Ootober 29,1918, to the
vife of Stephen Damele, a son.
At Prosit, Minn., Ootober 17, 1918, to the
vife of H. T. Agnew, a daughter.
Mrs. Agnew was formerly Misa Ethel Mo.
Jerry of Eureka.
Spoiled Tbsat Maj Be Fe
Nevada farmers with wheat whi<
is unfit for milling, or which wi
spoiled by the unusual rains of Se
tember, will be allowed to feed san
to their livestock and poultry, and
sell to other farmers, retailers <
feed dealers, according to a rulin
received from the Federal Food A<
ministrator for Nevada.
The price which the farmer will r<
ceive from this spoiled wheat, hov
ever, must be low enough to alio
the dealer to re-sell at a price note]
ceeding the Government fixed pric
on Number One grade hard wheai
No wheat may be graded as unfit fo
human consumption without sut
mitting a sample to the county o
State food administrator, who wi
issue a jiermit if the wheat must b
sold for feeding purposes. Thes
certificates or permits must be sc
cured in all cases where wheat is t<
be used for purposes other thai
grinding into flour.
Nevada State Newj
The city council of Elko has adope<
an ordiance making it compulsory foi
all citizens to wear influenza mask!
on the streets and in public places,
Theinfluenza is becoming very serious
there and every precaution is being
taken to combat it.
Two deaths from influenza occurred
in the little town of Halleck on th(
Southern Pacific main line in the pasl
two days. Frank Eggleston and Mrs
Harvey Eggleston are names of the
two victims of the disease.
Lemuel Allen, one of Nevada’s
'biggest men and known from one
end of the State to the other, died
at his home in Reno Thursday follow'
ing an operation for intestinal trouble
performed Wednesday.
The state highway commission has
made arrangements to take over the
King’s Canyon highway between Car
son and Glenbrook. It is planned tc
use convicts on the road and thorough
ly repair it before winter sets in.
Candidates for State offices on toui
in Southern Nevada were barrec
from entering Pioche last week be
cause of the influenza epidemic there
The disease is raging so fiercely then
that a strict quarantine has beei
placed upon the city and no one ii
allowed to enter or leave.
Long Flights After The War
London, Oct. 30.—No other devel
opment in human history has shown
so remarkable results as has flying in
the last 10 years, says Lord Montagu
of Beaulieu, a British scientist and
aviation expert.
“When the Wiight brothers vis
ited Europe 10 years ago,” he said,
“the airplane engines were of 24
horsepower. To-day they are of 750
horsepower in some cases, and the
airplane’s carrying capacity has in
creased from 126 pounds to three and
one-half tons,
“Ten thousand feet was then the
highest flight. To-day we are doing
26,000. And while 40 miles an hour
was then the highest speed, to-day
we are approaching 150.
“The British army in France be
gan with only 36 planes. I may not
give the number to-day. but it is
huge,”
Long flights, to and from America
for instance, would be possible after
the war. Lord Montagu said, adding
that he himself hoped some day to
fly to India. For long-distance fly
ing, however, he continued, it would
be necessary to evolve a silent engine,
for the public would not be willing
to take lengthy trips in noisy air
planes, __
Men and women are urgently need
ed for Red Cross service in this coun
try and overseas. Recent peace talk
has hampered the service to such an
extent that a call has been issued to
all Chapters for canteen, hut and
Seld workers, stenographers, book
keepers and all kinds of Red Cross
helpers. For all branches of the
Red Cross service apply to the Bu
reau of Personnel in the Flood Buil
ding. San Francisco,
REDUCED MEAT PRICES
AT THE PEOPLE'S MARKET
Whole fore quarter..,, 17o P®r Ik
Whole hind quarter,.. .18o per lb,
Boiling and stew outs, .30c per lb,
All steak outs.36o per lb,
A. BEROLO
Eureka, Nevada, Oct- 1, l®18’