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HOLLAND IS ED TO RAISE EMBARGO ACQUIESCENCE IN THE HUN THREATS KEEPS U. 8. FOOD FROM DUTCH NATION. Given Notice That Appeals for AmoH. can Foodstuffs Win Bo in Vain if Dutch Shipping Romains Idl# In Port. Washington.—The ■•'quiescence of the Netherlands gove rnm e n t in Ger man threats which kept 400,(XM> tons of Hutch shipping Idle lu port, while the people of Holland suffered for want of (he food these vessels might l>iing, Is commented upon in a state ment Issued September 'id by the stale deportment. The statement Is Issued to clear up misapprehension as to the attitude of the I'tilted Hutes toward •sports to Holland. The department expresses (he hope that the Netherlands government will lift the embargo on the movement of Its ships, which constitute the only considerable unit of the neutral ton nage, and In effect gives notice that appeals for American foodstuffs will he In vain until Holland follows the example of the Scandinavian coun tries, Switzerland and Spain and en ters Into equitable agreements with the United Stales and the allies. Reviewing the efforts of the Ameri can government to lend Ite assistance, the statement disclose« that after re fusing to approve a tentative under standing for the export of food, |>e .roleuni, metals and other supplies reached In London last winter, the Natherlnda, bowing to the (Jarman threat to torpedo even ships sidling between neutral nmntrfe*, failed to avail Itself of the offer of the United States and the allies to permit the ex* port of 100 to tons of bread cereals as an emergency measure. In spile uf the free licensing of hunker coal, for ships other than those originally stipulated and which carried 500,000 tons of cereals to Holland, an add), tlounl 500,000 tons, largely hy Argen tina. has been left untouched for more (hau six months. SERBIANS SMASHING BULGARS. Alllss Penetrate Enemy's Defense Fourteen Mile*. In Macedonia the Her Lonilon. blana have extended their front west ward to tlie Chm river and it now U 25 miles wide. The total depth of (Us ndvuuec la 15 to 11 tnUis. Five thousand prisoners and SO gluts tuive been ruptured. Ail the Bulgarian trench systems on the Her tilan front have been penetrated. Al lied cavalry lilts taken up the pursuit f lu) ont» cavalry unit has crossed tnu 'enta, 20 miles north of the Roknl position. Another force of horsemen Ims moved (he »time distance north GERMANS SHELL HOSPITAL, fight Amsrieans Killed When Hun* Attack Red Cross. Eight With the Army In France. American» were killed when a clear ing hospital was hit hy a German »hell Wednesday night s large number of Ivlgh explosive pro jectile* In the region of the hospital so that It could lie obsorved by German Officers say that tlie Uer Tlie enemy threw aviators. mans were delllwraudy firing on the ther«» ii rr no woods tuuir hospital, as wticre troopa might be «»nceaUsi. The majority of the killed In the hospital were privates who had been gassed west of Valid Several member* of the inedl AmoKcnn* teres. m cal csrji were among the injured. TURKS ON THE RUN. Csnsral Allsnby Advance* 12 Miles and Takes Many Prisoners. British force* In Pules Ine. under command of General Al tenhy. attacked the Turkish jaisltlons •a a front of Id mites on Bejitondier The British broke through the Turklsli lines between Uufut and the amt pushed forward for a dis tance of 12 milra. Three thousand Turk» were taken prisoner by General Allenby's forces. I -ondon. IB. sea - AMERICANS BOMBARD METZ. guns is admitted th an official nole tippesrtng Iu the Mets ne» «jmper* The noie endeavors to calm the itvti Ian population, saying the Ixmihard ment had been expected und did not represent a real menace, being inert« !y a natural consequence of the Ht. Mihlel battle. The shelling, the uotv adds, will eud when the battle "«Hue» j to a standstill." Hun* Ar* Now Getting a Does of Their Own Medicine. Bombardment of Meta hy one or more American kong range P*ri*. Tlie pusseuget* and . U Boat Sinks French Vessel. Paris.—Hie French line steamship Admirai Chsrner. hound from Biserts i to Malta, has been torped«>ed with the loss of six liv«*s. i,i-< I.rdiug to an ofti <-t»l statement, crew numbered 174. ter VojMcka ami ull entente minister» who were at Jussy (capital of Iln mania), have been urrested bjr ordet | of the soviet, it was learned here hit* j I Entente Diplomate Arrested. | Amsterdam.—Unit«*! States Minis Friday. IFOCH NIBBLING AT THE GERMAN HUE LULL IN FIGHTING IN WED PRELUOE TO HEAVY BLOWS BY THE ALLIES. American Troops Advancing Along Moasllo River, While British and Franch Advance, and Serbians Spring Surprise on Bulgare. With the Army iu France.—A inert- , can troops on tlie rigid wing of Gen- : eral Pershing's army have reached I Vuudlerea, on the Moselle, a little more Ilian a mile west of the German border and halfway between Font-A- ! Mousson and Fagny-Sur-Moselle. While the Serbs and their French ! allies am wresting from the Bulgare j some of the strongest positions they ! have held In Macedonia for two year*, j Marshal Fuch's forces ure nibbling sue- ' cessfully at the German lines on the western front In the face of more de termined resistance. The Near Bust furnishes the most sensational news, however, fenslve which Inis been launched there seems not only the most successful, but the most pretentious In many months. It appears probable that a further advance tiy tue Franco-Her • hlan troops will necessitate the recull of the Bulgurlan divisions which have been loaned to Emperor William to bolster the Teuton France and Flanders. An official Serbian rei>ort declares that the reconstructed army of the battered, but not beaten, little king dom has taken not only SOCK) prisoners j but an Important park of cannon. The Bulgurs admit having retired, but de clare the attack has been checked to There is : . The oi* reststunce iu the nortli of Gradeshltsa. nothing to Indicate, however, that the advance of the Herbs und French has been definitely held up. Lull Thought Prelude to Heavy Blows. The lull In the fighting in the west Is regarded hy military critics as merely the prelude to heavy blows at the foe by the Americans, British and French armies. The British advanced tlielr lines slightly at several points. They are making steady progress in the Invest ment of St. Quentin, a difficult task under most favorable conditions. General Petnlu's veterans ure forg ing uhead slowly but surely In their grim and desperate struggle for the Ht. Goba In forest which the German* have been ordered to hold at ull costs. Not only 1» the posUhm a natural cita- i flot, but the Tontons have fortlflefl It tu every way tlielr Ingenuity could devise. Notwithstanding the difficulty of their tusk, however, (he French are moving on, faking prisoners a* they go, TRAPPED IN BURNING PLANT. Eleven Perish In Factory Fire In New Jereey. Newark. N. .1,—Trapped in a cloak room on tlie tiqi Itoor, eight girl», n hoy and a man perished here Tuesday in a tire which destroyed the plant of the American Button company. An other girl was killed, when, seeking to escape from tlie tînmes, she leaped from a window. Nine other girls' were Injured, several probably fatally. The girls on the lower floors milde I their escape. Most of the dead and | Injured were working In the carding room at the top of the building. It Is believed tkit. when they found escape hy mean« of Arc escapes nnd stairways cot off. they fled In a panic to the , cloak room, where their bodies were , found later. FRANCE WILL FIGHT ON. Premier Clemenceau Makes Stirring Reply to Peace Pisa, Parla.— "Forward to victory!" la France's answer to Austria-Hungary's peace hid. Premier Clemenceau thun dered It In the chamber of deputies late Tuesday, winding up one of the most eloquent and Inspiring speeches he has ever made. The whole house, which had coustnntly interrupted him with cheers as he made his defiant speech, rose to its feet and wildly acclaimed the "tiger," resolvlug unani mously to have ids speech posted throughout France. - Mangln*» Army Gains Ground. With the Army In France.—Creep lug on all fours over plateaux and up j ravines dotted with German qulckflr- | era, the French are seeking hidden ma chine-gun nests and reducing them j with huud grenades. General Man- ! gin's troops are making one of the ! most courageous und most admirable fights of this war south of 8t. Gobain foreat, agnlust what a high French of fleer desorSI>ed as "a natura! citadel j that men have been perfecting for four . two exhibition trains for n tour of the year»." War Trophies on Loan Drive. Chicago.—War trophies, which for i two weeks thrilled almost two million persons at the government exposition ln Chicago, have been assembled on ! seventh federal reserve district. Congress Asked for War Funds. Washington.—Congress was asked by the war department on Tuesday to provide $7.347,0(X>,(XX) in addition to | previous estimati-s for carrying out j lbt< eiilat-g«'<l American military pro I gram for the coming year. | FIRST AIR MAIL, NEW YORK TO CHICAGO % Î m .< *4 V m ! i rj m | | & L'.cS"* ' ; ■ iiirl 6 ■MM h m. Vi % Ni X-, «Bg s»* »SP»! i: x $p. « Ï 'S:-. my m A . ^A mmm m x ,.v ■ % % V ;; A ■ . m \ t ? ■ - . ■ mSk . . Y/.'/.-'v Two alrpla neu carried the first air mall between New York and Chicago, hours, but storms and accidents lengthened It to 23 hours, turcs to the Western Newspaper Union. It was expected the trip would tnke nine The photograph shows the m tiling of a package of pic AMERICAN LABOR TROOPS BOARDING A TRANSPORT . f I -i* v; §§ ; ■ ip : : fa M I . A mm w?. pi: . f. v i: m mm . -4 fij fj ■ ■MWm Û Sä ¥ £ & 4J - Mi c * i® V f •sj-gs $ 1: s il ■P Wi 5 sx K [Si il I Union' HHBB i An American negro labor battalion entering a pier ready to hoard a transport. FIRST HONOR MONUMENT ft v I I I I I , -,-v . Pf y?" **£ I i •.s? ** r y i ? 1 ! I f t A^cr - j? ■Af The first Honor monument to be erected in the United States was un veiled at Ashland, Mass. Oil a tablet of granite, surmounted hy an eagle perched on a ball of granite, are In scribed the names of those from this place who are fighting for the colors, The cltlsens of the city subscribed the amount paid for the monument and tta erection, ! ! The history of Russia begins prac •lettllv with Itnrlk (81521 who la smv Svsfto have imme from Scandinavia anil laid the foundations of a Russian | History has cast a doubt on Rurlk'a Norse origin, but tradition Is quite positive on the subject. Cer talnly the name Rurlk recalling the Nor*»-Scottish Roderick (Rory), Is In Its favor, and it Is interesting that the Scandinavian origin of Rurik, and even vlans lias been championed hy some Scottish writers, perhaps to ?xpl*ln the undoubted Scottish sympathy with j : the Russian people. In connection i with this It Is interesting to know that WORTH KNOWING stale. ! tlie Russian origin of the Scandlnn several Slav htstoriologtsts nssert that the Scotch are of Slav des<-ent. a secret. If useful to mankind, should not he a secret. i THREE GENERATIONS OF ROOSEVELTS mm M ti t: ! ^ 5 er" / Xi ! :P: j$x- > * -- j 'X , \J w r : Png ; ffV -5- Lj PI sji c ?! j ; Xfj - ■:*v m i-v-. ji - 1 ■ { A family group of three generations of Roseeveits, with their service flag hearing three stars, one of whicli 1ms turned to gold. The group is "composed of Theodore Roosevelt's grandson, the baby of Archie; Theodore Roosevelt, Captain Archie's wife. Richard Derby. Jr., Mrs. Roosevelt, and Baby Edith Derby on the lap of her mother, Ethel Roosevelt. An Inventor has patented a horse ! collar which combines the best feu- | tures of hame and breast collars. Hairpins the points of which inter- j ,ft ck to prevent them sllpping^have [ been Invented hy an Englishman. ; | T1 "' flr « to be issued to a ln thl » wun,r > - vv " s «* ven "»j Mary Kies in the year 1800. It was • f«" » process for straw weaving with : » llk or thread. More tobacco is smoked a head In Untted States than in any other i country except Holland. The men In the United States navy hObscrUHHl over $18,500,000 to the third j Liberty loan. j lu order to prevent damage to eireu- j i lur saws and danger to workmen. It ' has been found advisable to give alii»«», logs which come to a sawmill „ th,,« ough spraying with Jets of water. This t .--•moves hits sf as* or gravel before the logs go to the saw. ( | Mohammed, the j created from the earth left over after [ Adam s creation. The palm resembles ; man in Its upright position and by Its sexes in separate trees. If | ts head is cut f " ,IU ' S ' " r l lf , its he "rt la - • much expose« If Its leaves are cut off : » «"not replace* nor can man after k ' s ng hls ''"'bs. The palm body is ulso «>xer«i with hutr, or fiber." i why the F » ...... * . ants - (j aven > t ] tre ' atw | V(l ® MuryJ j j . . , , * r 8 n * (,h * ; rifulîy Mn you ^n^keelTtwo ' j ttn ^" "Well what of tl r •> y ' ! ' don't find the work n- -, *** I alii»«», " *° Y° u? | aIwnvs "^cr, ,he e "were four . t Anrt th , lt , rour ! nn ll( ,, nlnt of mv f(in( | lu L für .Son 1 ( brl.lg.-. ma'om."-I*hiladelDh;a Sil i v j Prophet's Praise of Palm. prophet. "Honor your uncle, the palm. said: He was too HUNS IN ONE DAT FIELD MARSHAL HAIG TAKE» TOLL OF PRISONERS AND GUNS NORTH OF ST. QUENTIN. French Troop» Fighting Their Way Foot by Foot Across the Malmaison plateau—Serbians Are Widen ing Front of Offensive. With the Army In France.—Every day more territory is being gulned by the advancing allies. Thursday saw both the British and French armies in Picardy materially develop their plans for the eventual enveloping of St. Quentin and Cam brai. The British made further gains around Gauzeaucourt and east of Epehy, while the French, striking southeast of St. Quentin, brought the southern part of their nipper into a better position for the squeeze against the town, which dally seemingly is growing nearer. More than 10,000 prise n «rs and in excess of sixty large guns fell into the hands of the British during the big operation begun by Field Marshal Haig Wednesday northwest of St. Quentin. In addition, extremely heavy casual ties were inflicted on the Germans in the frontal attacks. With dogged tenacity and unflagging devotion, the French troops are fight ing their way foot by foot across the Mal maison plateau, which is the key to the Chemin-des-dames, Laon and the St. Gobain massif. No sooner has one position been taken than there is another to be at tacked, and the troops are worked to their last ounce of effort. Some di visions have been engaged incessantly from seventeen to eighteen days with tile Germans fighting to maintain their ground. One position hud to be taken four times before the enemy aban doned it. The allied drive in Macedonia has spread until the attacking front is now twenty-five miles wide, according to word from the Macedonian theater. Serbian cavalry is reported to have reached Polsho, registering a total ad vance of twenty miles since the offens ive began. Other cavalry forces are driving on Prilep, the vital Bulgarian rail center. Liberty Workers to Be Rewarded. Washington, and forty communities which make the best record in obtaining subscrip tions to the fourth Liberty loan will have tlie privllese either of naming one of the ships being built for the government or of naming a tank t.,at Is to participate in the western front fighting. Announcement of the plan was made Thursday by tlie Liberty ioan publicity bureau. Tlie two hundred: 7 Serbian Prisoners Sold as Slaves. Paris.—Tlie Serbian government is In possession of documents proving beyond possible question that thou sands of Serbian prisoners have been sold as slaves for a specified periotTTo Turkey by Bulgaria, AusÇri'-Hungary nnd Germany, according ro a Balkan Agency dispatch from Corfu. Baku Falls to Turkigh Forces. London. — Baku, In trnns-Caucaus'.a, lias been evacuated by tlie British, who have withdrawn their forces to north Persia. The evacuation was made nec essary, it is stated, because of the lack oî steadiness on the part of the Ar menian troops when they were at tacked by the Turks during August. German Editors Bitter. Copenhagen.—The German press' gen erally regards the American answer tq tlie Austrlnn peace note, taken in con junction with the speech of Foreign Secretary Balfour, as final proof that the allies seek tlie destruction of the central powers, their peoples, and thq dismemberment of their territory. McAdoo Favors Rate Increase. - Washington.—Director General Me Adoo lias approved the application of tlie American Railway Express com pany for further rate increases esti mated to yield $23,070,(XX), nnd has sent the proposal to the Interstate com merce commission for final action. Army Contract Fraud Charged. New York.—Charged with conspi racy to defraud the government, ten employes and government Inspectors at the factory of Rosenwasser Broth ers, Incorporated, Long Island City, which lias army contracts totaling $8,907,000, were arrested Thursday by agents of the department of justice. recently pleaded guilty in the federal j eour t j lere to charges of violation of ; the espionage act, have paid fines ag ' «negating ! I Bulgar Forces Routed, | Washington.—Complete rout of the . %*?***. *" !" the . M»™ 10 ""' 1 ' ! theater of operations is announced 1 ( ' ffl <'>'d communU,ue i î ron î Sn,on,kl ' nmde publlc at Serbian j headquarters. . ^ German Effort Now Defensive. Baris.—Entrenched In the second lines of the Hindenburg system—the Germans along the front southwest of Metz appear to have accepted the new situation. The tactics they are employ ing are wholly defensive ones. Fined on Sedition Charge. Los Angeles.—Prince Hopkins nnd three associates, all of California, who