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VOLUME 38.
MEMPHIS, TENN, WEDNESDA
ERNOON, OCTOBER 23, 1918.
NUMBER 254.
HAIG WINNING WOUND IN NEW OFFENSIVE
4TH
EDITION
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GERMAN NOTE WILL J
CAUSE NO CHANGES
Official Text of Berlin Reply
Presented to Wilson Any
Answer Doubtless Will Ac
cord With War Council.
WASHINGTON
ocN. 23 Germany's
new note to President Wilson in nffio
ial
text was delivered to eteoratarv L,an
sing at in o'clock this morning by Fred
erick Oederlln, charge of the Swiss le
gation. It may be sta'ed that there is nothing
In the communication to alter the de
cision of the president that he will not
propose an armistice to the allies be
fore the Gentians evacuate all occupied
territory.
Official Intimation already had been
given that the only question for Im
mediate consideration Is whether there
shall be a discussion "of terms" of
evacuation while the allied and Ameri
can armies continue their work df
clearing Belgium and northern France.
Exchanges between Washington and
the Allied capitals have been In prog
ress on the basis of the wireless ver
sion of the note received Monday and
Hi8 S a,"aCvern,aa,kethwllianb, ?
SS.Wfh".1 l. u.f S.JJilft
crned by the supreme war council In
France.
Only the president and a few of his
advisers know how far these exchanges
have progressed. No one else can say
when an announcement of the presi
dent's attitude may be expected.
Although an English translation was
delivered-with the note In German text,
the state department made its own
translation before sending the docu
ments to the White House. Nothing
was made public pending a careful
comparison with the wireless version,
though It was said the expected verbal
differences did not appear to alter
substantially the meaning of the note.
' Secretaries Lansing and Daniels and
Gen. March, chief of staff of the army,
were called to the White House shortly
after input, just as a state department
messenger arrived to deliver tho Ger
man note to the president.
Secretary Daniels and Gen. March
remained only a short time, leaving
only the president and Mr. Lansing In
conference.
VIENNA FINDS FAULT
WITH WILSON'S REPLY
BASEL, Oct. 2J Official comment In
Vienna on President Wilson's answer
to the Austrian note, expresses a com
plaint that it does not answer the pre
cise question put forward and that It
is now necessary to again oK tne presi
dent s attitude toward an armistice,
and the re-estnWitihment of pews, ae-
cordlng to advices received from the
Austrian capital.
It Is added that official say the is
a contradiction In the reasons given
by Mr. Wilson In justifying his refusal
to enter Into peace negotiations and
his answer to Baron Burlan on Sept.
15.
AUSTRIAN PREMIER SAYS
NEW N0TEWJLL BE SENT
BASEL, Oct. 23. -President Wilson's
replv to the Austrian peace proposals
iu no way justifies the conclusion that
the exchange of views Is to be inter
rupted, according to Baron van Hus
sarek, Austrian premier, speaking be
fore the house of lords yesterday ac
cording lo Vienna advices received
here.
"We shall continue all the more our
efforts toward peace," he said. "W
shall answer the note after carefully
examining its contents. We hope that
the peace discussions, notwithstanding
difficulties, will deliver the world In the
near future from the unspeakable mis
ery of war."
AUSTRIA HANDS OVER
CONTROL TO POLAND
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 23 The Austrian
authorities In the part of Poland oc-
rupled by the Austrian armies have
formally handed over the administra
tion to Polish authorities, says a Vi
enna dispatch to the Vossische Zeitung,
of Berlin.
HUN SOCIALISTS DEMAND
LIEBKNECHTS RELEASE
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 23 Independent
socialists, meeting at Sollngen, Rhenish
Prussia, to welcome Wllhelm Dlttmann,
member of the relchstag, released from
prison, where he was under sentenee
for inciting to high treason, unanimous
ly adopted resolutions demanding com
plete amnesty and the Immediate re
tease of Dr. Karl Llehknecht, former
member of the relchstag, who la In
prison, and proposing as the party's
aim the establishment of a socialist
republic, according to the Frankfort
Gazette.
The meeting, which was attended by
several thousand of the Independent so
cialists, sent greetings to the soviet
government of Russia. It Is said.
A dispatch from Paris Aug. 10 said
Dr. Llebkneoht, who was arrested In
connection with the May day demon
strations in Berlin in 1916, had been
liberated. He was said to be suffering
from tuberculosis. This dispatch, how
ever, was not confirmed.
PERU APPROVES OF
WILSON'S LAST MESSAGE
LIMA, Peru, Oct. 23. Peruvians gen
erally approve of President Wilson's
noteeto Germany and express their ad
miration of his stand for democratic
principles and International justice. In
President Wilson's doctrines Peruvians
see hope for a solution of the Tacna-Arica-Tarapaca
dispute between this
country and Chile.
The dispatch between Chile and Peru
referred to In the above dispatch con
cerns territory lying along the boundary
between the two countries.
"KEEP MOVING" IS HEALTH
EDICT, "FLU" IS FALLING
In order to check the Influenza epi
demic, Dr. Neumon Taylor, superin
tendent of the city board of health.
Wednesday stationed police from the
sanitary forces at all depots with In
structions to keep people moving.
"The epidemic has hit the tobog
gan," said Dr. Taylor. "It's up to us
to keep shoving it along until we de
feat its purpose."
Wednesday's figures as announced
from the office of the board of health,
showed but 20 new cases had been re
ported from 4 o'clock Tuesday after
noon to the noon hour Wednesday. Dur
ing the same period on Tuesday there
were 28 new cases.
From 4 o'clock Tuesday evening to
noon Wednesday, only seven deaths
E
OF GERMANS HAS
1
Bolstering Up Home Front and
Breaking Down of Allied
Home Fronts Is Real Aim of
New German Note.
BY FRANK H. SIMON D8,
The News Scimitar's Military Expert.
NEW YORK. Oct. 23. The third
German communication is a sham. It
Is one more step In the deliberate ef-
H neuVe' ' he 'Serman" govern
PPt. out of an . indefensible posltlo;
and into a situation where It will re
gain the support of the German people
at the precise moment that the home
front or the allied nations is again
broken, as it was In 1911.
What Germany Is striving for Is this:
She has lost the war, in ad far as she
had any hope of gaining territory, in
demnity or prestige. She is prepared
now to make peace, resigning terri
torial ambitions and indemnities, but
she is determined to avoid having to
make any payment In territory or In
demnity for what she has done or for
what she has taken from her enemies.
It Is a mistake to think of the Ger
man armies as routed or a Incapable
of making a long resistance. Never In
all military history has a complex and
enormous retreat been carried on after
a decisive defeat with more skill or
greater success than has been the Ger
man retreat up to the present hour,
and there ,1s every prospect now that
the Germans will be able to get behind
the Meuse river and stand on a shorter
line, with a good chance of holding up
allied pursuit there until the campaign
of 1919.
What the German Is now concerned
about primarily is his home front. What
he is mainly anxious to attack is the
(Continued on Page 12, Column 6.)
KIWANIANS PLEDGE
GOOD ROADS SUPPORT
The support of the Kiwanls club, to
the good roads movement was pledged
to the government In a resolution
adopted by the club at its regular meet
ing Wednesday noon at Hotel Chlsca.
Action on the subject followed an In
structive talk on national good roads
endeavors by Thomas B. King, who told
the members that the route of the
Bankhead highway had been fixed from
Washington to Memphis and is now
being mapped out farther west.
Louis J. Moss, vice-president of the
club, reported on the proposed memor
ial for Memphis soldiers and a com
mittee with Louis Montedonlco as
chairman was named to complete de
tails. City Engineer Horace Hull was named
chairman of a location committee to
propose site for the memorial, which in
all probability will be In the nature of
an arch, participation in construction
of which will be sought of all civic and
business organizations of the city.
BRITISH USE PLANES
TO CAPTURE GERMANS
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
FRANCE, Oct. 2S. (Correspondence of
the Associated Press.) Airplanes can
be used for capturing infantry, It was
proved by the British In the recent ad
vance. Flying fairly low seeking par
ties of Germans or. war material to
bomb, two officers in one machine were
fired upon from a sunken road. The
pilot dived and the airplane's machine
gun qnlckly accounted for four Ger
mans. Very quickly the Germans hoist
ed a white flag in token of surrender.
The airmen were in a dilemma, as
there were no British Infantry In tho
Vicinity. They desoended to 50 feet,
however, and ordered the Germans out
of the road 65 of them In all. They
obeyed. Then rounding up the party
the airmen dlreoted them toward the
British line. They circled over them
with ever-menacing bombs and ma
chine guns until they encountered a
party of British, who took the entire
lot to a prisoners' cage.
NO POSTPONEMENT OF
WAR WORK CAMPAIGN
NEW YORK. Oct. 23 There will be
no postponement of the united war work
campaign, set for Nov. 11 to 18, because
of the country-wide Influenza epidenil
the campaign council announced here
today. The decision, reached after con
ference with President Wilson and offi
cials of the war department, held that
"the disadvantages of putting off the
drive outweigh the apparent advantages
01 any such delay.
DIES SOON AFTER HE
INHERITS MILLION
TOPEKA, Kas., Oct, 23. John David
Mulvane, 37, who recently Inherited an
estate valued at more than a million
dollars upon the death of his father,
John R. Mulvane. died here today from
pneumonia, following .Spanish Influenza
CUBA DOUBLES QUOTA.
HAVANA. Oct. 23. With a number
of country districts still to be heard
from, subscriptions to the fourth Lib
erty loan amount to 110,161.760. and it
Is believed final figures will show that
Cuba has nearly, if not quite, doubled
her quota of 36,000.000. So far 21,151
persons are shown to have subscribed
were reported, all from pneumonia. The
total of Influenza cases renorted since
Sept 30 Is now 5.537. Total deaths
36s. Houses placarded, 8S1.
Dr. Taylor said there Is no Indica
tlon of an Immediate lifting of the
closing orders.
"We shall keep them In force until
we are positive there are no further
chances of the epidemic spreading," he
said.
All physicians who reported to the
hoard of hearh eonesdav said con
dltlons seem to he much Improved that
they had bei:n count'ng the hours
when the disease will be entirely
stamped out.
Officers of the health board still urge
the fullest co-operation possible on the
part of the public
PEA
MANEUVER
HD OBJECT
CASUALTY LIST
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. -Two army
casualty lists made public here today
contain a total of 1,205 names.
The first list, of 660 names, Is di
vided: Killed in action, 106; missing In ac
tion, 72; wounded severely, 101; wound
ed slightly. 105; dlefl, accident and
other causes, 3; died from wounds, 49,
died of disease, S3; wounded, degree un
determined, 145; died of airplane acci
dent, li prisoner, 1.
The second list, of 645 names. Is di
vided: Killed In action, 25; died of wounds,
SI; died, accident and other causes, 9;
died of disease. 18; wounded severely,
"6; wounded, degree undetermined, 296;
wounded slightly, 71; missing In ac
tion, 20.
Included in the two lists are:
TENNESSEE.
Killed In action: Privates Mark Coode.
1706 Hayes it, Nashville; Oscar Wil
liams, sunbrlght; Joseph S. Kice,
Jeanette.
Died, accident and other causes: Pri
vate LnwrenPA C Wmlth Inhn.on ("Mfv
Wounded severely: Privates Cammle
M. turner, Leioiiette; Freddie Babbles
Union City; Bass Rosson,: Pocahontas
Wounded, degree undetermined: Pri
vate Hugh Milton, R. F. D. 1, Gassa
way. Wounded slightly: Sergt. Joseph B
Sebastian. Lynchburg; Private Dolphls
win, iiove.
Missing In action: Privates Pat Kin
er, R. F. D. 2, Columbia; John r.
Barger, Milan; Simon E. Welchan
nee
K. r. V. a, Murfreesboro.
' MISSISSIPPI.
Kilted in action: Private Alexander J
Hilton, Crystal Springs.
Died irom wounds: Private Thomas
K. Gaines. Hernando.
Wounded severely: Private Clavhnrn
Y. Springer. Summer.
wounded, degree undetermined: Pri
vates Charlie L. Hanna. Byhalla; Henry
II. Riddle, R. F. D. 7, Boonevllle.
Missing In action: Private Ravmnnd
C. Shelton. Greenville.
ARKANSAS.
Died of disease: Privates 1-nwson
Ford, Stronk; Charlie Mott. Pine Tree.
(Continued on Page 2, Column
HANDLING OF WAR
ROME, Oct. 23. (Correspondence of
the Associated Press.) Austria s sys
tematic and unbelievably cruel treat
ment of Italian war prisoners Is at
tracting wide attention.
"No nation that respects Itself would
so treat human beings, nor should any
nation dare lay up against itself for tho
future such a deht of hatred. " savs
Henry Nelson Clay, the American his
torian of certain phs.sea of the war,
who has made a special Investigation
into the conditions and has undertaken
to secure better treatment from Aus
tria of these prisoners.
"It Is estimated that there are about
400,000 Italian prisoners In Austria wllh
somewnat less than that number Aus
trian prisoners In Italy. Austrian nrls-
oners In Italy are treated well. It lias
even been charged In parliament that
they fare belter than the Italian sol
diers at the front. In many cases the
skilled mechanics among them are given
employment In Industrial establish
ments anrl paid good wages whllo the
others are used on the farms or con
struction work. They are neither beaten
nor starved and the sick or wounded
are placed In hospitals.
in contrast to this, Italian prisoners
are forced to work for a few cents a
day. They are starved, beaten, wound
ed or killed at the whim of any guard,
and, most Inhuman o fall, It is charged
they are forced to work when 111 Tu
berculosis often develops and death fol
lows. I nousands or sworn statements
containing these facts are on file at the
war and state departments. They have
been gathered from prisoners who have
escaped or from those exchanged."
By a convention established between
the Italian and Austrian Keel Cross to
tally unfit prisoners are exchanged each
week by way of Switzerland. Italy re
ceived about 360 weekly
"Thirty-five per cent of the men ar
rive in the advanced stare of tubercu
losis," Bald nr. Oswald Polimantl, the
surgeon In charge.
The men's bodies tell most of their
story. Sometimes they tell how, taken
prisoners as strong men, they were mis
treated and underfed, being made to
labor 18 hours a day with a ration of
weak soup and one pound of bread per
day to each group of 15 men. Dread
sent them from home often never
reaches them, or If so the distributing
guards first steal one-half, they stated!
When prisoners refuse to give milita
ry Information after capture they are
starved and tortured and sometlnus
shot.
WILSON ASKS SUPPORT
OF NEW JERSEY STATE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. In a letter
today to George M. Ijamonte, of New
Jersey, approving a campaign state
ment put out by Mr. l.amunto and c.
ft. Hennessy. as Democratic candidates
for the senate. President Wilson laid:
"I particularly crave the support of
New Jersey, whose people I deem It
an honor to have served and whose In
terests I have so long had at heart."
Tennessee- Rain, except fair in ex
treme west Thursday.
Mississippi Rain.
Arkansas Rain, colder; Thursday
cloudy, rain In east, colder, except In
northwest.
Alabama-Rain.
Kentucky Rain ; colder Thursday.
Ixiulslana Cloudy, rain In east, cool
er in north: Thursday generally fair.
Oklahoma and West Texas -Fair,
colder.
p.ast Texas Fair, colder.
Georgia Rain, warmer on coast and
In north.
Florida Rain, except fair In extreme
south.
North Carolina- Probablv fair, except
rain In extreme west; Thursday rain
and warmer.
South Carollnn Fair, except rain In
extreme northwest; Thursday probably
rain and warmer.
Kansas Mostly cloudy, probablv un
settled In east; not much change In
temperature.
AUSTRIA'S CRUEL
CAPTIVES DETAILED
ATTACK MAY
OF
RA
Laconic Official Repoft From Commander
Says "Good Progress" Is Being- Made
in Latesprive.
LONDON, Oct. 23 Good progress is beinp made by the
British forces in their new offensive, launched this morning; on
the front between Le Catean
ciennes, according to the latest
cial report from Field Marshal
with his usual brevity, simply
beincr made, but it is believed herfiihat the success attending; the
new offensive will help in sealing quickly the fate of the im
portant railroad center of Valetv
Gen. Haig in today's officii
capture of the town of Bruay,
Valenciennes, showing progress i
of this strong German point. , I
The statement from the Eng
briefly to today's assault, reads:
"At an early hour this mornfw troops attacked on the Le
Cateau-Solcsmes front and are reported to be making good pro
gress.
"Further north between
Vi
have taken Bruay and reached
at Bleharies and Espain. Consid
tered on this iront yesterday, a:
in which our troops, pressing
many casualties upon him and
capturing a number of prisoners.
POILUS MAKE GAINS
UPON 8-MILE FRONT
LONDON, Oct. 23 Northeast of
the line of the Serre river, having
miles on an elght-mlle front. ?!""
PARIS. Oct. 28.4-On the Serre
with heavy machine gun fire the
Souche and Serre rivers, the war
French made progress between Nliy
prisoners.
The statement follows:
"On the Olse front heavy artillery fighting continued during the
night. "
"The booty taken by tho troops of the First arniy In the fighting
of Oct. 17 and 18 includes 81 cannon, about 1 on trench mortars, more
than 700 machine guns and munitions and depots and war material of
all Winds.
"On the Serre front the enemv
to oppose by his machine gun fire our efforts tu cross the Serre and
the Souche. Farther east we made progress between Ntsy-Lo-Comte
and I,e Thour, taking prisoners."
TOWN GIVEN UP TO
YANKS BY TEUTONS
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Oct.
23. (By the Associated Press. ) The town of Brieulles, on the western
bank of the Meuse, which has been stubbornly dofended by the Ger
mans, has been given up by the enemy.
This Is (he latest point at which the Americans have driven a dent
into the German defenses, despite the fact that the enemy resistance Is
still an -strong as formerly.
The Germans set fire to Brieulles late Tuesday, and American pa
trols early today reported that the Germans had withdrawn from the
town.
Heavy fighting Is taking place In the region of Grand Pre, on the
western end of the American sector. A, bitter struggle nlso is taking
place In the center of the line. The Germans are holding Banthevlllo
In strength, and along the Banthevllle-Alncrevllle road every available
point has been fortified with machine guns.
Throughout last night the Germans bombarded the greater part,
of the American front and the roads far to the rear. Improved visi
bility today resulted In greater aerial activity.
BRITISH FIGHT WAY
INTO VALENCIENNES
WITH THK AtiLlKD ARMIES IN
FRANCE AND BELGIUM. Oct. 23 (By
the Associated Press.) British troops
are fighting their wny Into the center
of Valenciennes today. They are facing
a strong enemy machine gun fire from
the east bank of the Scheldt canal,
which flowB througn the city.
North of Valenciennes the British
have forced their way almost through
the Ralsenes forest. Along the entire
front between Valenciennes and Tour
nai recent rains have made the ground
difficult and progress have been slowed
up.
The Germans nn this front In the last
few days have been following the tac
tics of retreating during the night. The
British have been able to establish con
tact with the enemy rear guards until
noon the next day. The rear guards
endeavor to bold the Rritlsh In check
until nightfall, when (hey again re
treat. There appeared to be good Indication'
that the line on which the Germans are
now nutating temporarily In this pe
glon will not he defended for any (rest
length of ttme.
The entire country between Valen
ciennes and Tournai is as barren us a
desert as far as the personal property
of the French Inhabitants Is concerned
Liberated civilians say that the re
treating Germans carry so much loot
that they stagger under the loads. Ap
parently the alleged Instructions given
the German troops to take the mos!
strict care as regards the property of
civilians, arc not observed at the friint.
LONDON, Oct. 23. (By the' Associat
ed Press.) -British troops have entered
the western suburbs of Valenciennes,
Field Marshal Halg reported from head
quarters last night.
Several counter-attacks hy the Ger
mans to retake tile bridgehead estab
lished by the British east of the l.ys
river, failed, with severe losses to the
Germans, savs an official statement
Issued last night on British operations
In Flanders.
FRENCH CAPTURE TWO
TOWNS; SLAVS WIN THIRD
e
PARIS, Oct. 23 French troops have
captured Chalandrv and Grandlup,
north of Laon, according to the war
office announcement last night.
The Ciecho-Slovak troops flglylna
SEAL
DOOM
I
Solesmes, south of Valen-
s from the front and the of-
ig. 1 he nritish commander,
tes that "good progress is
nes.
statement also reports the
and a half miles north of
the British on another side
i commander, referring only
ciennes and Tournai, we
west bank of the Scheldt
ble resistance was encoun-
sharp fighting took place
thwfenemy vigorously, inflicted
dwe him from his positions,
Ion French troops have reached
ml
le an advance of two or three
fffjii last nUnt the Germane met
ift(t of the Fremiti to flroig the
office announces. Farther east the
- Le - Comte and Le Thour, taking
continued to show his vigilance and
wJth the French recaptured the village
of Terron, which had temporarily fall
en Into the hands of the enemy.
INDEPENDENT AIR FORCE
BOMBS METZ BARRACKS
LONDON. Oct 23 An official state
ment on the operations of the Inde
pendent air forces Issued last night
says:
"Two of otir squadrons attacked the
barracks mid railways at Metz Monday
Another squadron set out to attack the
factories In lthlne towns, but the for
mation was spilt up by dense fogs
Seven machines have not, up to the
present, been located. Monday night
we dropped heavy bombs on the sta
tions at Mezleies."
RUSSO-AMERICAN FORCE
MAKES 7-MILE ADVANCE
ARCHANGEL. Oct, 23 I Bv the As
sociated Press I The Americans and
Russians Sunday advanced approxi
mately seven miles along the imagii
river, meeting with little resistance.
The ttvina. Vaga and Vologda sectors
hae been comparatively quiet Hie pst
few days.
C. OF C. LOSES TWO
FOR ARTILLERY COURSE
Inrf tSAin In taking: two commit tf.
chairmen from thf ('htu.ihcr of Cnm
marc., WamoM Randolph, chairman "f
the iaw committee, left Tups'Ihv nlffht
for the artillery officers' training nchool
Mt ( 'amp ttflmry Taylor. Louisville,
and Prather MVt onalil, chairman of the
membership committee, will leave Fri
day to enter the aervlce of the judge
advocate's department
PLANS TEACHER AGENCY.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.--PreaMnt
Wllaon nan authorised the entahltsh
ment hy the t niter) Statea bureau of
education of a t earner' agency to he
known aa a school board aervlre to meet
the shortage of Instructors In schools
and colleges, estimated as reaching 30,-000.
WAY
a
TENNESSEE'S NEXT GOVERNOR
SPLENDID LAWYER AND JURIST
mi I
SI ' 'Hnfl WL IB
,'UOGE A. H.
The Democratic candidate for iiovemor of Tennessee, to be voted for In
the election on Nov. u, is one of the strong men of the state. For many yean
be has been recognized as one of the leading lawyers at the Tennessee bar. As
chancellor ho lum proved his ' upm-Hy us,
of character, tiidsrthwteno. MniAv and
lorcea. Tiiere win mi nn temporising
straight from the shoulder nnd be h its
mor s chair some of the rugged nmililles that helped to give Tennessee Its
standing nino.ig stales. 1( Is n great disappointment to imlis toberts that lie
will not he able to make u, canvass of the state and meet his supporters liefore
the election.
Gist of the
War News
(By the Associated Preaa.)
British troops again are itormlng the
German defenses wett of Maubeuge.
The new attack, launched early today
between Soleames and Le Catean, Is
reported to he making good progress.
Field Marshal Halg. In driving for
ward on the seven-mile front north of
Le Cataau, also la Increasing the men
see to Valenciennes, through the west
ern auburba of which the British are
fighting.
North of Valenciennes the city has
been outflanked by the capture of
Bruay. It Is not probable the Qermana
will be able to hold out In Valenciennes
much longer, and once the Scheldt Is
crossed here the British will be In po
sition to threaten eerloutly both Mon
and Maubeuge.
Between Le cstesu and Solesmes the
British are on the high ground east of
the Selle river, and It Is from this fa
vorable position today's attack was be
gun. The German resistance here has
been bitter, as the line Is vital to the
security of the German defenses ovei
a wide front to the south and south
east. In Southwestern Belgium the British
continue to close In on Tournai. North
of the town thsy have forced a cross
ing of the Scheldt, while on the south
they have reached the western hank of
the river on a four-mile front from
Bruyellse to Bleharies.
South of Le Cstesu the enemy Is re
sisting stubbornly French attempts to
cross the Serre river and take in the
rear the German poaltlona east of the
Olse. South of the railroad junction of
Montcourt the French have made prou
rasa between Nlny-la-Comte and L
Thour.
Prince Maximilian, the German chan
cellor, has promised the German relchs
tag that It will be made responsible
for war and peace. He added the pro
viso, however, that such a step will
not become effective until after the
war and when a league of nations Is
In practical operation.
Government Barges Will Soon
Be Loading and Dis
charging Here,
Mayor MontaVtrds was busy VtTcdnst"
day slgnltiK $1 "On bonds, represent
ing the issue float Sil for the erection of
the proposed municipal river tej initials.
As so-n as thfflS b'Hids are signed and
n deed to the proptrty is acquired, a
ntortgflft will be gfven on the property
and CMty Clark Pashby win go to Chj
rako and turn them over to the bond
holders. A B la-each A Co,
The city win then notify the govern
ment barge tine, nnd barges will be
docked at the le foot of OeorgU
street, wtthoul further preliminaries
Purchase "f the property of the River
and Rail Storage company, for $225,000,
eag authorised h the city commission
ers Tuesdav
By acquiring this Mite the city Is able
ti begin operations as one of the
wharves for the government buige sys
tem without further preparations. Tho
plant has warehouses, railroad switches
and aloadlng Incline Kurther improve
mentn needed mnv be made as required;
"FLU' RAGES AGAIN.
NF,W YnltK. Oct 'j: Dispelling the
hope that the Spanish Influenaa Spl
demlo was on the wane In this city,
6.390 new cases. Hie greatest number
since the beginning of the epidemic,
wars reported today.
TERMINAL BONDS
ARE BEING SIGNED
ROBERTS.
a Jurist, mid lie bus a record for strength
a detemitnUtton to Sew
wtien juowe itooei vs is governor, ite un
hard. He Is tolnu to lirlne to the cov
NEEDED FOR PEACE
Opinion Dominates That the
Kaiser and His Cohorts Are
Still in Power and Only Re
form Promise Is Given.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE,
The Newt Sclmltsr'a Special Washing
ton Correspondent,
WASHINGTON. Oct 2 President
Wilson hriH already discussed wllh his
cabinet tho method by which America
hull inako answer to Germany' 8 new
bid for peace. Analysis of the German
note revaajed many different points of
view In the president's official family,
a 11 of which t timed, how ever, on what
evidence of food faith Germany had
offetod and whether H was calculated
to make the Germans come even far
ther along toward the eventual Km'
tangible admission of defeat -ao that
the military power mid system COUW
be conclusively regarded as broken.
Generally speaking, the Gentian note
puzzled Washington. K very body In
the government was disposed to Inquire
what was behind the rather abject
phraseology of the communication a
real effort to get peace without hu
miliation or a clever dodge to iirevent
the allied armies from further destroy
ing German military power. Some of
ficials thought they saw an awkward
and olumty effort of the Germans to
tell the world that they were really re
forming their government and making
It democratic white at the same time,
to preserve their national pride, were
not willing to admit it In no many
w ords.
Kb ere thought Germany was really
asking the president to continue the
parlevs and that In petitioning him not
to approve of any "demand which
would be Irrci oncllable with the honor
of the German people and with open
ing a way to a peace of Justice." the
writers of the unto did not themselves
expect President Wilson to relax his
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stormIiovingnorth
along mississippi
WASHINGTON, Oct. 33. A shrill
central this mnrnlnn oaW the mouth
nf the M lnaiHsliil. and moving ilowly
northeMtwardi caused the weather bu
reau todav to lean advisory storm
warning! on tha fulf roaat from rar
ratiollr.' Kla . to Bay Si Louis, Miss,
sironf winila are Indicated ihla after
noon, shifting to northwest to-nght or
Thursday.
A small disturbance persists over
custom TVxiis, the weather bureau re
ported, and pressure is unusually low
over the entire OulC and Caribbean
sen.
GERMANS FAIL TO
MAKE GUARANTEES
GERMAN PAPER ADMITS
BIG LOSS UNAVOIDABLE
AMSTERDAM, Oct 23. -Admitting
that, under modern condltlom even
defensive warfare on the Oerman fron
tiers would Involve groat dangers, the
Frankfort ilaietie says Ihn' even Jhe
most careful defense on the western
fiont will entail big loases It Is not
lo Germany's Interest. ln0 newspaper
savs. to make ,i alow, defensive re'reat
from Belgium, and that fighting there
v. III sot Te unnecesBat lly prolonged a
singla day.
WAR POWER OF
HUN MAY REST
IN REICHSTAG
Prince Max Announces Bill to
Place Authority for Battle
Or Peace in Hands of Ger
man Parliament.
COPENHAGEN. Oct 25 Announce
ment wm msde yesterday by Prince
Maximilian. Imperial German chancel
lor, in the course of his Address to the
relchstag regarding the peace proposal
situation, of a bill making the relchs
tag responsible for war and peace, the
measure to become effective when the
project for a league of nations should
become operative
The chancellor declared It was the
aim of himself nnd his colleagues to
esinnnsn tne political authority or tne
Herman people After saying that he
welcomed expressions of opinion and
that he fcnd his colleagues were agreed
as to methods and purposes, he added:
(Uir aim Is the pollili ;il authority
of the Oerman people This la the
guiding atar of my collaborators and
myseir
The chancellor said Individual mem
bers of the government at first had
different standpoints hut now had been
brought nearer together,
"The German people has long been
In the saddle," he aald. "Now It la
(o ride Our first and last thought
Is for (he brave men who are defend
ing themselves against superior force
and whom we must defend against un
just chnrges No one must think he
can attack our army without also at
tacking the honor of our people.
Fight Anxiously.
"The lot of our aoldlers today Is ter
ribly hard They fight with anxiety
for the homeland and with their mlnde
fixed on pence, and they hold their
ground."
The extraordinary war-time meas
ures, the chancellor explained, could
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More Than Score Injured in
Fort Smith Fire and Loaa
Is $640,000.
deatii Hat in the explosion and fire oc
LUrrlna hero cslerrlnv standi today at
four, Including C. V. Klloy and Thomas
K Morrison, officials of the Fort Smith
i 'onitnlaalon company, and John Hay
and t'harlea Chllds, veteran negro em
ploy ea.
The Hat of Injured numhors above 20,
of whom aotne nr In a sorloua condition
but It la thought all will recover.
nil.. ... ... I ... , .. UWU
1 lie propeuy lonn lovmoi-n rvo omiv:i
Conunlaalon company stock and ma-i,i,-t-
fiitiinnc. ir,o-ih Smith Toffae
ci mpu'tiy stock and machinery, $100,000:
W ,1 :oholM urocerv company, i,pii;
c r ICKmU hoMrilneN 111111)1)0: J. W
and Robert Mask randy itook, $10,000;
Frisco railway rrelght cars, au,tiiiu,
The i'uuso of the explosion haa not
vet been ascertained, two theories, how
ever being advanced. It la thought that
tho explosion was caused either by
leaking gas In an engine or by a large
tank of ammonia In the basement of the
four-Story building occupied by the cof
fee company Th explosion was fou
low-ed hy fire.
Many of the employes, several bsinfi
Iris, jumped from windows and climbed
down fire escapes ana several werw
badly burned.
M'ADOO MODIFIES"
k RECENT R.R. ORDER
WASHINGTON, Oct 33 Mod If lea-,
tlon of the recent order forbidding rail
road employes or officers from holding1
office or participating In politics was
announced today by Plrector-Oen. Mc
Adoo, so as to permit the men to hold!
municipal offices and to ho delegates,
but not chairmen of political conven
tions
This action, urged by the four lead
lug railroad brotherhoods, was taken.
It waa explained, because of (he dis
covery that many communities consist
almost entirely of railroad men from
whom necessarily municipal offlcera
must he elected The new regulations
conform to rules providing for navy
yard men and other government eni
ployes.
DR. PORTER JOHNSON
VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA
Dr. Torter Johnson, prominent local
dentist, died at his reildenre, H North
Wm Id ran boulevard. Wedneaday morn
Iok at 3 o'clock
Pr Jnhttaon waa taken 111 with tn
fluenxu about 11 wtek ago. It raphlty
developed Into pneumonia which waa
the Immediate onuse of his death.
Mrs. Johnson has been ill with tn
fluenxa for ;i number rf days but Is)
con valesring
Mr Johnson was prominent In social
and business circles and was a fre
iiuent contender on the links of th
Memphis Country club.
Funeral arrangements will be an
nouticed later.
ITALIAN COMING
Arrangements are being completed
by the Amorlcanlsatlon committee of
tho Chamber of Commerce to bring to
Memphis) Capt. Arturo Zampagllnnl, an
Italian officer, associated with tha
committee on public Information, who
la stationed at New Orleans. Capt.
Zampagllnnl probable will he' In Mem
phis to address Italian audiences dur
mg the first week In November.
"We reonfrnlie the movement of pop
ularlzlng the government after tho ex
ample of 1811 has proceeded In contin
ual waves since August. 1 and Is
still proceeding," the Oaiette contin
ues "Despite this we are convinced
thai Germany would submit to op
, . aglve conditions which, perhaps not
I csjuen! Vllson but the entente gen
orals desire' only If our armies were
physically unable to avert this submis
sion without Incurring still gtealsf mishap."
FOUR DEATHS ARE
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