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238.
HEALTH OFFICIALS
BELIEVE INFLUENZA
HIS BEEN HALTED,
1
ci tj
Well Person onOUIa
But Every
Not Cease Precautions to
Avoid Attack.
IS SORELY NEEDED
HELP
todav. said
het t cr
"Conditions arc
I >r It I l llcgood, president of the board
.»f Health at noon today, in discussing
die epidemic ot influenza that «truck this
. Itv with such force last week
\\ hat \\ c need now is help
and helpers of all kinds about the
hospital« There
< ases eoming to our
is caring for
I loct ors.
nurse?«
■I regular and emergency
(arc fiot so many new
i >nr job now
those yy ho arc ill mm
«finition
a tin nurse« arc
begin to do
lid last yy eck They
ry
" I he physician«
hail'ded and cannot
amount ot work they <
have been on the jump day and night
\s far as the aid the government promised
dot tors or
til«'
us. yve have not
nurses except the army
came here for a few
seen any
health expert wht»
Sat unlay
hours on
i veiling
I think yve arc tloing very
«idertng all conditions
the ( duntrv ( 'bib. w here help yy as needed
-o badly on Saturday, ha« improved con
siderably. anti yy c are bolding «»nr o" n
I ftir exercising precautions
f. II
yy r i I. con
t he situation at
The ne
now was cmphasiretl today
W tdls. the State health cypcrt I h. " ell
comment mg on eonditions «ael. that
thers yy yirking to check
h\
in
yvmlc he yvith the
the prca.l of the cpnlcinn ncbcveil and
hoped that tin- number of cases had reach
ed the top notch, that there wa« sidl
th«v«o til and even the
There should not be am false • on
lulcncc ot rather, over <*onfi»len< • «aid
\i't Well« ' ' Thrr< arc «till grave tunc« tor
ih.x«c who arc «n k. «tvi the .lange» i- not
Fhe people must «till
they have been. >n
serious danger tot
yy ell
-m um mean« over
lake the precautions
spravmg and gnrglingand other means that
perhaps has aided them in avoiding an
-tia.k Stay out i»t crowd«, walk if P 1 »-
r.-.thn than rule on street car«
catch anotbet person's breath, and
from a i»c?s»yn who «merrs ur
and
don't
k eel» a»* a y
cough«.
. ynrx.. i oh i hu mir '.
U h-Je the nceib ot adult«, men
lieing eanai fot at
* httk pital«. the children
.(l«ease
varum«
« ho are
l'oing
«..men, an'
emergency
suffering from the
eared for at the hospital orgamzial at the
PiMiple« Settlement.
,,f the Welfare division of the W .»men -
t'ouneil of IVfettse
There ore eighteen <'i the ,it«!e on*"
They reel warm blankets more
and suppbes that
1 .» contribute
1 !iral»eih l in me
an
under 'he auspice«
« omnnttee niate
there
cot.« l««l linen
ptibhi i« asked
under M»ss
1 he
Hie
nurse»
are doing everything in their T«* wf! to
make the Tittle patients a« comfortable li
as blankets
,blr. V.m when such ilures
{«IS«
sn*i lied liner, are needed, substitutes
hard to lind that will answer.
Mts« Margaret M i«.* who u-in charge of
nursing for the NVomen « torn mitt ee,
was stricken with the disease, ami the
nurses that remain am .lo.ng lovai
si rviee tor the children
There were three deaths list night at
flub, and thi- morning
There
:< nr
th»« morning
is ho}««! that
the v'onntry
the place wa«
\oj-r. several applications
f«»r patients and it
possible t«» «lisehar»rr
eonvak seents thi« afternoon . thu« making
riKim for the tint suffer«r«
hlle .1 to capa. it'
tor room
it will l»e
some
WORKKBS T'l.AXlP «H T.
thmughout the
si>y ert'iv
Doctors an*l nurses
have had their strength s<
«•it y
tpved last week, that there is great tiers!
In this contingency,
appealed f<> the
of Pennsylvania, to permit
a fourth year medical student
to remain here and help the physicians
The same
for relict for them
Mayor Lawson today
1 niversilv
t here
appeal \y ill doubtless lie
ie for other fourt It year rni'n n**w study
i other nnxiieai *s»il«'go- and uni
ma*
itig :
versit li
i 'on', .bdcaî *»n p$?r
1
PA,
9
EPIDEMIC BITS MIHEfiS
Bv Associated I'res« to l.ver« t.v.n.
Harrisburg. Pa. < *>' . 'Influenza
conditions ar* crowing w<>r«< ir the
'
phv ami nur^os ^ ♦ »*an c» >'
in fighting the epidemic '*<»n.* <*• h*
nurses wh«> have been recalled from
Massachusetts will be sent to that «<•*■
tion immediately «aid Dr B I Rover
;»» ting Commissioner «>( Health today
«'stahlidied field liospitni
at Minersvilb' and Shaniokin tlirougli the
assist an«-» given by Adjutant « .«•»,. ral
■Peary and the Pottsvilh Amiory i.a« been
tnrneti ini* a hospital Tin report 1 n
reived thi« morning fron* Miner- ville
w as there had U-ei. 30 den« hs in that town
»hm« XII «taie controlled annenes m
Philadelphia and the anuories at Chester
and Scranton an; ..... l-'.ng u««d a
hospit-als and wr will irioro as rKîfniwl.
Field hciKpital^ have been cstablisned in
Scranton Harrisburg and St.-eiion and
General Bear« ha« sent ambulane«*? to
Pottaville and I ddystom
Railroj-.d? have begun to have all
Passenger ear? cleaned »ware a day
The State h*« boon divided into 17
nursing distrmt? for the better distribution
,f rmTV ,^ . Ul( j call« f**r volunteers re
being ma«L everywhere
Th* «-as«* of influe,. /•» in the State will
,. Vl ....».„ir „„ii,, „
485 Fewer New Cases This Mom
State Issues Hurry Call for Volun
teers to Help Care for Tens of
Thousands of Sick
have
■ XX •
FLU" DECREASING IN N. Y
mg City Reports; 1.588 Cases
of Infection Day s Toll.
Bv A»«oci.. »*■*! ('rent, to Every Kvetun*
New \'«»rk <i,-i
1ST» in the
r«-{»>r!<•*! -for t!.,
n n»
stmilat {i»Ti*td
»n Dr Hoy a
Diissioner
of
X deerea.-*r
utiiribe» of influenza cases
hour? ending at 10
•on no* red
»« 11
I »rêvions
a
lav
*'a> annnuiKVci here
( «ijielaud, health «■<»m
Tbe Äuuii»cr of new c*«-s luialied 1 7u^
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CONDUCTOR KILLED.
P., B. & W. Employe Hit by Pas
senger Train Below Newark
Station;
Die iimuii'rV office was t><• t ■ 11 <■■ 1 («miA y
that Philip Workman. a freight con
ductor on the P . It A W Jbidrnnd. ws?
killed near Newark station this morning
Particulars of the circumstances through
w hieh the accident occurred were not
acallable. hut it is reported that he was
standing on a siding and was struck by
a passing pa-s, ngertrinn
POSTOFFU K i KIPPLKIV
Working Force Lut How n Fifty IVr crnl
By Influenza Fpiduniir.
Postmaster English rejmrls a shorlagi'
ni(lu*-ii7n ol nearly . r »0 fier cent ir
({,„ pistotliif force
This is
distributed among the different
lepartmenls. hut is especially tell m the
force, one of whom died yesterday
vntmr
• If' was Fr Micis I \ tv of f ourth .*»h «1 îlnr
stn'cts. :»ml h;ul Iwn working :»*
ns « »h
r\tm man
Li
SECOND WEEN WITH
RENEWED SPIRIT
Determined That Quota for County
Shall be Raised Despite
Influenza.
PARADE
PLANS PROGRESS
I oar
Xlthough (he f.aittii ld«erty
campaign, in this citv. r<«-civcd a sc y ore
setback Iasi yvoek. br.ausc of the pre
, ant ion« taken to prevent a spua«l of the
inllucnrn, the worker« yy ho are stjll <»n
then tret, yy. nt at it again today . hoping
that conditions a,« far a« the sickness m
the city t« . »»nc< rnc<i would cleat away.
permitting more spirit n» b. put into the
financial drive
I hc loan officials arc hoping against
hope, (hat conditions will improve, i»cr
mittmp th»* ban <»n public meeting- t>
lifted by the end ot thi« »u'k <»» tir«t ol
1 hen the hist week, w ill « it ness the
greatest effort put forth to obtain sub
Ascriptions, eclipsing at" other loan cam
paign In speaking ot (he campaign
today, Henry 1' Scott, chairmati for the«
cify and New i.'aat le count V aaid '
ot (he sub
script ions coming to Liliertv I .»an head
scema to show, (hat |ipop|c
subscribe $,X,tHgt. flt^.iitlll,
be
ticV
V careful examination
«puai 1er«,
w !»•» «h«'uhl
f l-i tUkl. »20.000. $25,000 and $30,000 are
not sendng in their sub«*'ri|»t u»n«
that ihr i'ommit tee thinks, that the«, sub
ill nut be made, but that the'
It i- not
««'tiptious w
ar«' tiring unduly held l»a« k
Ntlet commitation with the hanks and
trust companies of thi« city, they jointly
with us. urge that «ueh subscription« «hall
be «.'ni 11 » as promptly as posMble
Subscription« from our wealthier
P'' r"
• )« 1 P < " n "
'
smaller mean«,
than
t!»e
ol
(>rs»)»|e
to be eoming in more rapidly
should subs. ;■ 1
ami
SHI miNDS VI II' *I'WI AK»»t<s
T in saie ot lion.is.il loan headijuartets.
Tenth and Market streets, has b«'en
arrange«! so, that then i« no excu-c fot
anyone who destre.s to «ub«eril>e should
pot do so During the dav the bank« art
always ready and glad to make sale«, and
addition to these, the Iiead*,uar 1 < rs »«.
from .S 30 o'clock in th« mommg.
in
open
until 10 o clock at night when' {»edesln
— top and subscribe. an «1 receive
an« may
the bond« at one ami the satn* Um«
barge of
Henrv 1. latnall. t iéorge S ( h«|*elle ,lr .
!' Bs«ril and Hav id Nspri!
T'he arrangements are in
( .e* rg *
Flies* gentlemen
the headquarter«, ot have s.»n»* h» ut ••liant
.are loi all subscribers
I
rtthei
w P I
at hand t
Plans (<■; the parade next Sat unlay are
progressing, although th«* Boar*I *»t Health
1 promised that it will hit th* re
if (hr- ban
has n*»
striction on }>nblu gwthenngs
not ieti-d F*y Friday, 1 he par.-nit
jtostp<>n»*d to some lat« t dat*
the arr»ng«'m«'nts i« t<» have everything
ready, so that when the tune does arnv* .
th«' final arrangement« * an b» completed
wiilun -'T tn>ur« notic*'
There arc to lx' H ban«i«in lm«'. jwrhgps
mure. End that number ha» already Ih«u
arrange«! fot
til bv
i"
! lie ui« a ol
Xmong
gotten ttieir orgamzatmns underway for
1 in- pagi'ant, ar* the du Pont Powder
« ompanv. Blunienthal. New ( astir laiath
rr Harlans. Pusey and .lone?, »he mer
chan»«. Knights of Columbus, foreign
Motion roloreti vert ion. 1 1
with two band« I k ran in n? and Pole«
j),,. Womens A'ommitle*' under the
0 f M t> France« Bavar«! Hilles
will hen«! the procession after the military
illTi j women ovppfî toniak< a vrrv
, redit able showing and many of the
. .
. «»n..m.«*i < -
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en 1 Ç Rn\'n FOR NQ=>
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- , T)wa .„ p™ r ,ftnr A»ds
Garrick i heaUC Rropnctor A .US
Womens Loan Committee
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1 - lH ' '' ll ' ( h, * £h W> V'; ^ 1
?otn< in**, and now w a., do , on.
Hunk ... raising the a» ,« toSd.th.n
ia - VM ■ mastulmi > a m, ' '
and thav t v<hen tnev
learn that it was in the great cause o: the
LiU-rtv Loan It liappened "thasly
" L Doekstader went into a ton
^nal palae«- this morning, with a $100
j Liberty- Bond in h.s ,x*eket « hy don t
* vou fellows, buy a Liberty Bond.
i^ded h.s arrival to the assembly.
dy replied
. ' u V[l bt ' , f - vo n l i w ' >uldn t bu > a hundred
dollar «.ne for ÎD .ame a prompt ehall.-nge
fruni Mr DoekstadiT aforesaid to the
assembly, and he had hardly gotten
breath, when somelxxiy called his bluff
and handed out th. 'ninety and five
in perfectly good greenbacks.
X' I. Doekstader then took lu.« shave
and forthwith wem into the women's
headquarter?, where be paid out
for until he» bond to carry m hi.- {»«kef,
because that jmeket doesn't leel nut
ural without a Liberty Bond ... it.
and L <-aiise he s a good sport and will
,*. pay *5 any „ « ju«t for the
good of he country
Th*' «om.-n are out look*ug lor more
I » uni -eîlers !ik« t hei» In* ud \L Do«-k
sla«l«i
L st something? Try a da*Mbedadvcr
iisement m Every Evcmag.-Adv
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H in < AN I « F M t ;< M l \TP
FREAK COLLISION
ON FOOOTH STREET
SHANES OP RIDERS:
,
Car s Brake" bail nttd t
Back Down Hill Plunging Into
<j al H r h, n d
Slides
t
■ ^irvet hilt
p was onb through g.xsl fortune that
j the smashnp »ini n»'t be«a>me a dotible
. barrel. .! one
\U»nt 7 UO o chick car N*' VV», one of
the big, pay -a »-you get at«>ar.l t y l«\ ha>l
, nearly reached the top o
: when something »cm »»one
f H ilcd to hold the vehicle and it «enl
slipping backw-r.nl
DOUBLED BARREL
ALMOST
\\ hai j>r.>V-«-.f to be a freak collision of
i (he freakiest ord* r occurred tin« morning
(o »rolley cars ,n» the \\ aahuigton \|.»nns
West fourth «trei 1
\,,.|
on
f ( he «(cep gi ade
Vite brake«
y*:\s slow at
320
went ba. kwnrd down the hdl at a I" c'y
retrograde mot ion«
brut, but increased rapidly and No
ilsH wav <iown the hill was a ear of the
South Harrison «teert line, ihc fotk'wrr
of \o 3.N», *n>! into It No ' •«; t,»beganned
here, a
SO of th*
squarv avne ear No
, S(ant«»n line It looked for a yyhile a.« if
Olid be involved but bickdv
dtp
Hie U>(h of them kepi on to
3A» and
reporte*!
lock and
this ,-;»r
the efforts . ■
I ;;t7
s of Nos
the * rew
I al'ed th ■ • inawavs l . lore No «0
WH- s( t lick
No 317
ila mage«
w as
>n 1 he
received
most
The flooring of the front plat torn»
npprd up an*i the controller l o\ *
' from the .lash
;
|
»latfor.n knock««! l*'o
Hiani
\\ l»ile there wa« much excitement
no reallv serions
among tb* passengers
injury, aside fron» the scare, wa«
to the polie«', although » dozen or more
wotti.n n eeived st-.ghl
ill dottbt
men hiiiI a few
bruis» « jiTid < ut«. and others
w
1rs« lie discovered
The trai k y»a« * let,red by s ,» <
traft« rx'sumcd
5,561 NEW CASES
IN PHILADELPHIA
_ .
Epidemic T ICS Up Camden, L(.«u
ing Women Take Up Menial
Work and Nursing
"
\ H> A»ocu»««>l Pres« to Kvc * y > \etnna
con iin«i'd to spread rapidly throughout
Philadelphia and its environs today
During the I s » hours enihng at n«»on. .». »bl
T „, v , were reported to »hr Board of
H.-altl* In the same i^nod them were
i more than 400 draths from influenza ami
pneu„.*.n.a
{. !s estimate«! by eitv authorities »hat
there hav«' Urti itô.OtH» e»ar-s simv the
epidemic Eaygan X ht.ou« tenture of the
rpiilf-mi* ]** tii^ la* k **\ uurM> \ ht»^' ni
regular and emergen« > hospitals are over
w**rk«>i Instances are reporte«] of nurses
„ ho have worked for 5» > hours continu
ou«l\ with ««'arcely an hour s rest
Xenn-s the Delaware river in Suit hem
Now .liTM-v the situation is report«'d to l?'
gray«' Dr J)avns. {»resident of the « 'am
den Board of Health. * stimates that there
^ . (KR( llldi „ dlia , case« in tliat *-itv
j| ( , dec j arw the epidi-mie has not yet
reached it? height Emergency hospitals
an' being .stablidud ;uid the leading
women of the city haw gone into them
d doing even the menial work in
»0 nursing the ?iek Frank J
('onm ll. his uifr and thoir 10 -yrar-ohl
J allc; L^ rr u ]\ died trxlav in the CConnell
^ } h i„ a period of five hours
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K <5 STARVED
5.000 GREEKS SI ARVED.
_
Vcni^elos Discloses Atroc
Premier VenizelOS Discloses Atroc
»ties Practiced by Bulgare on
Pt0 ple of Macedonia.
j* v Associated Pro» to Every evening
M hen? Sunday. »)«•-» 6 Premier X m
/.do« in visiting Seres Macedonia, which
u" n ' .»eeSpïd bv fireek >r*M»ps,
f ,j that of th*' 24.000 inhabitants.,«
»100(1°^ starvation 11.000 had
drporU . d an d 2.000 had l »een for.-«si
, wor |^ on military roads «hiring the
Bullnan .»*•"{«» mn
rl , Pm aining miiabitant?. including
wo „" r . d™sed in mourning. ,«dd .he
Premier «*f crimes committed against the
f ; r .u. th. two years the Bulgarian?
j l( .|*| 1 he town
A techng 01 sccunty goes with Clover
Dairy milk.—Adv.
LAON BURNING:
FOE WRECKS LENS:
RHEIMS SAVED
Prisoner« Sn\ Coal Pits in France
Have Bern Wantonly Destroyed
by Beaten Foe
Aid IKS PURSUING FOE
|I\ VcsfyllifH I'm'«« t «i I vor; I" toning
Pan«, (W 7 l.aou. the stronghold to
which the enemy ha« 1 m m clinging a« the
key point of Ilia line on (he «Oiithweat,
rent I v ha- l«>en «el on tire by the
aopw
< .erman«
...
Ihc town was reported »blare
veatetday and tire, were «till foirning
there today
It heim« ha« Urn tbiallv and detinitelv
. lc.ar.sl from the menace of Merman can
non Die tiennan* are m retreat on t' e
whole front (tom the Snip)«' to the \rt #.
a« y« ell a,« in (he region south ot • onbrai
In (he tirai -named -e. tor the Min'« have
reached the Nines river on
eneniv (»oped to make a «(and
second ri'gmn the Uiit»«h Fourth Army
hs.« crushed counter attack« which the.
enrtuv delivered m an effort (o prevent tt*
(»"'gters toward IMiain and cnvrt their
rrireal t « » th*' south
which the
In the
the (krman arum'.« (
rhese two muvemouts of retreat form a
pat t *'f ;» plan which w ».« to have brought
n*'» lines of re
s»«tatice much nearer the frontier, it ;<p
{«'.ars. but the constant pressure of fh*'
allied (loops i- making tile execution of
the plan most difficult ami hasardons
The peace proposals *»f the t'entrai
Powers are in no wav interfering with the
policy of destruction the < (erman «taff
seem« to have decided upon, Sallaununes,
near I en«, ;« burning and tires have 1..
sent west and
twi>en l)<mni and S*»main,
atlvaneing in the (.'hampagne
Nogenl i Nid»* -s ( >. Ik'ine and all the vil
lages in the valley ot th*' f nippe in tl.ames
I ;n'n has bein ablaze Since yesterday,
indicating the eneniv may be about to
leave that region, a« the < 'hemm des
Dame«, already turned by Maugin on the
west, now has bien turned on the east by
fn troops who liavc crossed (he Nisn<> at
s* verai p*iints in th* y m mu \ *>t Perry -an
. making H appear that the I aonnoi«
area no longer is tennide
uthw est <»t lalle and be
I he ( ro*»|vs
found
;
Ba
Gl KM ANS XX WH K I I NS
< t» XI PITS; IN KIT K I A I
HI N «; AKKISON Ml ITU
NX til- the Bnii-h Xrrnv in France. <'<•!
\{ HJ1V t.ivyus have
*hc Biiti-h today in tiieir iwlvain'e after
'he retreating Gcrnians along the sector
from < ambrai t*i l.ens. Xt Xbtini'ourf,
j where the rail road station was oeciqiiin!
j bv the enemy the entire garrison »vas
'i llpltul tiV
t'«*n <
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More ground lias b «'ii taken northeast
n f t'ambrai. Ilallnm. east *»f Fens, has j
{» 0 ,'n rcaehetl and (»as.«««! Many cx- !
plosions have Tn-en observtsi in the great
!-oai mining «listr.rf northeast of ixn? and
pnsonrrs >a\ tin* <oal minr* pit mouths
have l.s-n dwtn.vwi !
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♦* NI KSES ^ANI.> HELPhRS .t
*♦ n.AMU) IMMKIilA I KLi
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♦* Nurses and others are badly
+• needed, as the area of the influenza t*
,, epidemic is spreading. tt
*1 Immediate care will largel) lea- »»
♦♦ M ' n ht> . .. n V m ri b< ^ of . p ^ um,m ' a
eases, while influenza can be quick
« ly «red .f taken .n hand, promptly. 1|
♦+ ^omen trained or untrained, \*ho 4 ^
tt ran do so, should, m the 44 |
U name of humanity. offer their serv
U ic«*»- They will receive compensa- tt
U lion if it is demanded. U
V* ^ urses - rompaniona in U
«private families (except where
« there is illness or aged persons to «
« be attended to. should be released «
a! once. To retain them under pre
j « «-nt conditions is unpardonaWe. «
U The Red/ ross calls for their release t |
îj for public service as a duty to the «
«community. tt
« Graduate and practical nurses «!
« are greatly needed, also nurses' «
« aids, that is, those who ha» e taken «
1 « a course in home nursing, and lay «
women to assist with duties not re- «
:: quiring profess«,nal knowledge. «
« Help this work of humanity by «
« responding at once. «
« Telephone Teaching ( enler2679-J
« tountry Huh (Red < ross Emer- «
« gency Hospital) «Mi«, or Miss «
V Hayes. Director of Hospital Nurs- «
« ing Service, 2260. all I). & A. «
TÎ Signed Mrs Joseph Bancroft. 1 }
Director Delaware Chapter. «
Bureau of Hygiene tt
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SURRENDER FIRST ; PEACE AFTERWARDS,
WILL BE PRESIDENT WILSON'S
ULTIMATUM TO KAISER'S PLEA
GERMANS III ROUT
BURN ELL TOWNS
ALONG THEIR PATH
:
Hunt Mark Course nf Flight by
Wanton Destruction of Every
thing Destructible.
RETREAT ON WIDE FRONT
i
(It A**«*iHi»i *»*1 I'r^ss t *> f ti'ff F. « »In»
WiMi the I rmi h Army on thi> t hum
pngne front, Simday. < W
i Ker m wide extent of territory,
by- burning villages, (he German? are
! retreîitirig rapidtv liefore t,ener!il < can
i anti's troops 'They are crowded by Gen
era! Her) helot force« from the west ant)
i m danger of bring ct|l off hv the franco
AniMienn? «ho have »roused tEie Nrn»*?
! rivet
■
(■>. It p na
ut lined
■
The neemv i« nt>* t>nly hawtdv abandon
mg (he ««lient «uutli of the Smppe. but
>« retiring north ot the river toyvard the
Metrinme river
ever
In «ptfe of the ri«k. h"tr
he I« taking time to continue (he
n«ele«« deafrucfioii that ha« been diarac
f Eu« retreat all along the front
tcnsitc
• from the Vvre to the Melt«e
t îeneral Herthclot - « irmv ha« cro««ed
\i«n<> canal north <>f Ib-lom« and
hed northward 'It alao hn.« advanced to
Ngiid(si»!rt, on the Suipjie. about a mile
I from it« jnm (ion with tire \t«ne
My the mlvance
i ( he direction of St Etienne, on the \rc«.
! all the t.erman i»>«ilton« wept ward on the
■
the
pn«
f (he \n»*'rir,an« it»
K,tienne and St Marie a
line Iw'lwer-n St
P\ nerr !.al<-n in flank and menaced with
a fuming movement 1 bl» cor»«i.»|nenee ot
I bi« we« the general retreat of the enemy
f.iward the northeast over
(he entire
the \rnefi west
front from the kmp|e (
of St f, tienne
They have established
fiie \rne« 1 «'tween
bridgeheada across
Sf p, rrril p,e»hivtlle
< ornerai |)*liene(« troop«, northeast
of Sf tjuentm have taken several in»i»orl
ant {.oint« on the tbndeltbnrg line after
violent engagements,
pletrly liroketi through the enemy « «le
frnse.« here
tacke*! severs I times
f iirf her successes were
Hitidenburg line east «if Ml t^uentin.
and have
ont
The <,erman« counter at
iinsiieeessfilllv
obtained on tin*
FRKM'H ' RONS SI IPIM;
< Nl'Tl KK MAN\ TOWNS
Uct h French troo|»s have
river .'itsiward <>f
Pari«
•he Smppe
crossed
« train ville an«l have mich««! »he ou»
«kirls of Hesaneourt ami Houl snr- s tuppe
fighting, it is officially un
Nt Cleinent-a \mies heavy
I upon th*' < 1er
disorder
aller severe
nowne#*l
loss*'« have been inflict«'«
retired in
wh<»
mans.
I he battle north of St ijnrnttn < «n
ami Keinaijeourt,
tinned all dav
farm an«i several fortth««!
captnnal the annouin »;m« n»
enemy r«w«t«'<l fnrnujsly t»u»
check the French
: il* »V
wtwid« wer*
I he
savs
whs unable
Several hutnln'd
t.»
''
•apt nr*-»I
yy it*'
•rmans
1 he official «latemeiil
>sue«l tno aft«T
noon read«
North «»I
;
Rheim« we have
the Smppe at a ti»!n»l»er *>1 {mints
is along the river u* the
and
rea* 'mi
< ier
man rent guar*
south made vigorou»«
launched many »'ountei attacks but our
t mop« lepulseii t I ii'Iii and in Hutted sai'gi.i
nary fosse« »* t»of«i !'•' >*.»;, h*'in
oiitskiris of Vguih'ourt and tin* vill.age of
Bertneourt, *>n the north «ide <>f the
> 111 }.',.,' Farther '<> the right, we have
fm*ed tlie passage of the river t" îh»
i of Draitiville ami hav«' taken
resist anee
«•«ist
■
t .»vat I
I tiun . . ,
grouial n*'r i <• •
, * n f 11 s ri '' «troue
tfnui adv an« e »,i< *'
If'S« V»oltl»1 hHVP 1 i4Ki*n
place III in«' r.-gn»n <>f Bu/.encourt tml
: Biiult v ui '-uipi »«' A\*- iiav* rea* Me*
I tin- outskirFs of these village?.
NN .- lu» y e debouch«?! from *1»«' vüiag«
*»l BetJn niville. 111 »{Hte of Violen» machine
and artillery t» r «'. an«! also nave taken
Ch-merit-a-Arnes
» m the course of
( Vml*a«s no
■l
-,rt illt:rv fire
»'■«•nnter »d -i« ' ' . .■.»fheted
caught enemy ,fl Th.-y y«*rc
. :iv ' loss« 1 * upon ,
'"b e«! 'o rein a "> ■ •'«' • > t | 1(1
T«.«la> s «'vent* have c«>mpUt«i t lu
o'hv»n Kfi* Mhs. t
' Xtnu^pherie .''L'y-a, ,,i
I were not very lavoraol •
along th*' eastern sectors ot me
V" ml,luces ' arid
\>?*nuu.\^rs < ** % ?
enemy bat teri«^?. ami many .om «» p
ji-etiles were dropped on null an «» «
JectK'«» at < hateb't-sur-Kc'•'time. « ver«'
:t tire was observe«! 1 tiring • * ■*>
eighty one machine? where sh >t ***wn
or put ««ut of the fighting
--
Serb? After Fleeing Huns.
^ \ ss o«-iaU'*l rre»» to Every Evening
. .)„» 7 Serbian tr*>*»|)s are
» n. rxr, ti«-iil\ pursuing thi- Xustrn-Ger
niir t|{ «dVranje in the direction «»f
\ H h »cording to a Serbian official
' ' ; ' ^Serbian? already have
'Visom-rs and twelve guns
* ___ „
"SUFFS" ATTACK SENATE.
'
Captured in First Line of Trenches,
' But Arc Released After Sur
DUl . „
rendetmg Banners.
AMOciat<sd p rwss to E very Evening
" Vashmgton Dot 7 Members of the
n asiungion, « «■ *• ,
«'Otn.-u ? party teansterreilthe.r alten
dons front the \V hite House to the eapitoli
t«Klay. and »ttempte«! to stage a demon
»»ration there in pmtest against lit f.ulure
of *»»«* to approve the Federal
suffrage amendment
Four women with banners who refused
tu i,il ' r ,h ' u a [\ ' ^ e '* H V' VVM " t '
w '' r ' arrested, deprtvt «» * u-r .annera
amt ,hen r*b***±
..'"TT 7T* T «
Hu Kills General Doyen.
By Awocmted Prma to Cvarjr Kvenlng
Washington, Get 7 Brig General
». hartes A. Doyen, commandant of the
I nited States Marine Corps training
«»nip at Quanneo. A a died there last
night of influenza He returned from
1 Franc- some months ago.
GERMAN ARMIES RETREAT,
BURNING AU, TOWNS;
ALLIES IN HOT PURSUIT'
u
Huns Have Fired Laon, Are Destroying the Coal Shafts of
the Lens Mines; Fires Show the Wanton Deviltry of
the Beaten Boche as He Cives Expression to His Hate;
Allies Advancing All Along Wide l ine; Hurling Back
Foe Everywhere: Whole Cerman Army in France in
Peril Through Foch's Strategy; Must Quit French
Soil or Surrender
I
I
t
TORCH OF GERMANS
DESTROVS VILLAGES
Before
Even While Peace Plea »s
Albes Troops' Wanton Destruc
tion Goes on
Associate*! Press Sitairnary
( hitfongllt 'h» 1 r* och and V»»»efi
1 p. m
» an«, the ( «erm an« are retreating on a
W n|e front in the Champagne or)or lie
Irbrun« an*l the \rgonne forest
nght riet ween t *en
I ween
t'be enemy has been •
I'f.al IterfEielfit '« army, r, n the west, and
the east
(•encrai < »ouraml's forces, on
nml is retiring northward
Ifetonrne river
( .eneral Herf helot 's advance in ....
Hheim* r* gum ha« gravely menaced the
toward the
t he
'I I *•
enemy- forces south of l Fie Retourne
French ajiparentlv have rene|»e*l
Stnp|»e over * wide front
! f*irees have been battling brilliantly with
I he
\ merman
1 Gouraud'« army
Further east, the Americans, lighting
Araomio forest and ( i»e
slowly are * iesnng the
Utwer. iht
Meuse river.
G,>m»ans from (he ares fs>fnre the Kriem
f H id line and gathering their forces for an
j amAtilt on that powerful jx»*iti«»ri
From the region of I-ilE, outhwsrd to
< 'ambrai, the G. rman retreat, i
• ■•mtinu
believe
rhere is
the e||.v ot lull' s.
* i *
every reason
m will be evru i ate«I
mg
i bv th*' eneniv.
So far th«' * '.erman line from
\ilette and thence eiist
f a tiding .pilte
i ruck
(
-t Oiien
tin ««ml h to t h« 1
ard to P«*rrv-i«u
tirmly
at the Germsin lines
;uj«1 made progr«-«
(.«■rmnii detachment
fighting Uelde I hi
' Ma.■»•dont;
Berlin
French forces are
w
Itaiiitii forces, however,
in front. <>f l.ao.i
yvhii h hav«' been
Bulgarian
are being withdrawn
arniv in
av« a
Serbia n
annouiK'ement
rcfiortcd t « »
ye
iii
uni \ustnan
dieted a defeat on « .< t man
l x of \ ran
I ne« >ndit louai surr* ii'i«'r,
svv* r **f th*- Nmi-rman ; » t • -
foe
, units tieat ' In- * it
lie an
il the *p|i*-.d
X usina
ma*!*'
(wace
»ha« *h« 1 at
1 » is r».p*
XX MslltllgPMl • t• >*-*s I»**
I
■ rnanv
of official
age the hop«' of the eneniv
can be indue*'«! !
eneoiir
! lie allies
into u«'got i,it tons
liter
wlu'ii <'* rman'.
are
uinies
st a time
i*'trea l
ill
j,i,,nu
la-en * \{>< <
■ f,. rs nia ,|,. by th- *-ut ral ■ ««■!«
'
T h*' f rench and f.ngiisli f>r* -«
effort a new mamruvn
■s but little more than migl
•ted from (he f«»rmer {>ea*
rt»nsider
the pnt'im '
A\h
hav«'
v prof
FUMES AT TNT PLANT:
, , r . Ml fkevemment Exoiosives
Largest Government txpiOSiycb
Factory in Peril ; Cause LnKllOWî 4
Firemen Refuse to Serve.
B ' tow,lWd Pk " E '
*
,
t . an ip i!4
pl;u|( the
ls being made to prevent
f'hv* * - itv tir*' «h-part ment
I ix addition U* the fire department at the
arsenal, help was ealle«l for from th - ur*
department? of Davenjiort. ll«»ck l-ian«i
and Moline With the R«« k LTg-nd fire
department on a sinke the eitv w vs
i able to rescind with I«'?? 1
dozen men who had not. gone out, iml .1
few volunteers
'n 4 e tire wits u p n» 1 t > .
huailwav
Th«' U«»«'k Islam! arsenal i« «he --ge-'
in the I'nitec States ami the T N I
plant threatened near the arsenal here
s ihe larges, one own. «1 aid operated
.. . ...... K
By A«ocUwO Fnm » Ewer Bventng
Paris (>ot . I he Gone ml i'> ■»«•
mand of the I Teventh Bulgarian d" "mu
has >urreadere*i hi« fon t ■ . . » ■
troofxs m Macedonia the division was
comprised ,*t two »rigmies . m t
| a large quantity of war mateml ed
,tlto ,ho hal " ^ u ' ' '
| ' HaKRA K Hot H
POSl K»K HARRA K. HOA H
, .. Varr!M .„ ,
Succeed- t. »' arr « 1 «mpulsor,
NVorkttur.au
! Marry K Ho.-li ha? U-ei »I'--' «
chief inspector ot the t «»nipt. *-rv nn*»ik
Bure. 11 . «uceeiling * t!*»-« I irrt • 1 -1
U'gms hi« new work today
He is a lawyer and ha? F* * n *,«-*»* or « 1
j in office practice with Daniel O. Uu.-ticgs
FIREMEN IRE ON STRIKE
ri v*Ptnn<
Fire <*f
Kcwk. Island, 111 . D«T
unknown origin broke out at the AVaish
t t he
T«>n?tr»ictu>n t omj>any
K«nk Island arsenal thi? morning.
situate«! near the big l' N F
Arsenal and every effort
its spread,
is on strike.
<:im{
The
;
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1
by tlic g«»vc-rnmcnt.
ALLIES TAKE BULGAKS.
Eleventh Division XX ilh Quantities of
War Material Surrenders.
I
WILSON WEIGHING
KAISER'S PLEA
WITT hr in Making Re
sponse; No Rotjnd Table Negr>
tiatums Washington Says.
II v pro«« fr% Krrrr C yeetog
W A«»trvr*Tov, October, 7
ml f)eei«iye ret»ly' to f k»r
inHimlwt
m Washington early
\ prompt
many's latest p>yrr prr*posal
bv deyel* ,pmer|f.
t dav
Wmilv.Tox, t Icfnher ",
Presifjent Wilson *nneel|efl his n<
morning recreation hosir and remained
secluded in hi« «ta id y at. work t Vi nee
sy as received during
wiw I<-gat ton.
daxirnilums note
d. the S'
uni
th
mght
''f' 1 '-*
I
kf-PI.v to ns prniMST.
truite irresnnet.ive of the nature of thw
• *'ernerj 1 * • i a- iyr«e*| ( hat. t ho
' *'rrT)an ote Ule*t for
prompt refilv
» i hat. he Nnmnnn poople ■ igh* it.
le mislert into retaxing their efforts for
the fourth f/ts»r*v I<*»«n ■« that «he
Nn.erieiin troops in the fiel«l mav know*
at. once the piwtifin of their government,
an«l -to that an offer of t>ei
. eive «lieh diplomatic attention
'l«^»erves.
m»v
ftt.lUAW.
i virmort
I 10 V
nriM
la delivered
anally today li\
in .ittftciie -4 the
This gav*
* nine f
< .erman"
mie
J H'tti C i
(.» President. Wilson )
Kre«leri*-k « lerierltn,
I
ig
yy is
g!
>11
l.mperor
lOfl.H ffUif J t
William himseif.
Mirn-*er iT.cngren.
note from Karon Bunan, th
Foreign Minister, «■»
ut H».3rt ocluek. He
r*m
•f
-weilen
»re
the
Hungarian
.a using
«taie liqmrtnii'nl
mied
'•< re mry
oiitv
w
minute
»nununnation
\u«inin
io
from « iermanv
»Viison to araug«'
a* e negol latlotis
»'vu L»v 1 «•«
"tant ni
linn»
President
.uni for t
aii'i
srmi-i
• n e.i'niit
T'rc-.Ter.*
»ri«
it
j ( *».. r .
materially iroi
n ureas
in
Cl
.shed
Mil.
idti-ia
t he
t.ipi'le
I ui
iy»y eminent.
h*'
1(1
m
rtoUTiSL
ispiOfUi
rn.i
11 ii
ITT
iiitii
tier
It'
\\
withoi
.*u:
rin»
w
»
'r*
!*'nt
l down
•-oou*-' r*
***ai. «ri* is
* i»t-n
^ m«»«»n i EMPI-iiATL UK A.V)TU >8
S ^ n ^ thlH niornlQ ,
^ llo M . ts umlght. .
sun ^ uH**r*m
Moon «ei» ionium
»^«fdaji. tt hour, a* aûnuua
At 4 0 . -, aT ,
At s *.m. >***ter«Jay.
av uoon ymwrdajr..
a' k % m ' '.
A.
iiighct tempwatum ''•<«•4»»
Smur* y'w"«*iTy
u-mycrature ta-t m*n
HtS t -de ' M* af^eniooi»
tlcfto tu« rno.-wm».....'..;..'....
tow u*lo uuuht..
dra w al of all
y a*led ternbir
rni.
first req*iir*
national soculi.sts
STAND BV THF PRESIDENT.
Pan
• let. . I 11
« iahst pari v
tonal
• h«
h
! :♦
» • Wilson t*'
proposal*
pxpr»NsM
\ihil«' îmii.s|H % n.sal
itary auarsintcrs
the rnemy
nat ioi
ncrnuxitf;
titrai
powrs.
t h«'
{»art
■w
HU'
■»mat h
from
rllted
<<f th*
it
W t4
h it non
have been
iys the T
esuH of »he sust
the CT«-at
*f the allied dem»»
«ers in the
n
s no*
u,l.
suc!» p
The
with joy the n«w r*
efforts put forth rut
le bv tl
v
me—age
i.,..
ma*
cranes,
move m
cornpaiu
tax»ps from
probability
i*f- ('nought to
of nj
The résolut ion retors
Wilson's «peeeh «>f Sc-ptemia-r 2
the name of the assitiibhe? and
,|'W is*
n-ntral {juwi-rs, a« - -
retiremcnt <>f their
fighting fn»nt, tli«
that, the enemy {»copie« will
a clearer uuJcrstaniimg
J
the
by
an«! iiKrtv.
Pr*
lid*
II
Continued on page
Fair and Cooler Tomorrow.
Associated l*re»s to Bvcry Kvenlns
Forecast for IV. »
IJ>
\N ashingum. Oct. #
^ Arc
h'ttir I
plil'Cb
«'rate northwest winds
m! cooler tonight «ith fro
Tuesday fair and cot A ; mud
111
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