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MEMPHIS, TENN,, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, (KTOBKK ito. 1!1S.
NTMBI'K 257.
BRITISH CONTINUE TO PRESS ONWARD
DISBANDING OF
AUSTRIAN ARMY
BEING PLANNED
Official Vienna Announcement
Paves Way for Demobiliza
tionTurkey Offers to
Capitulate.
LONDON". Oct. 20. An official state
ment, according to which the demobili
sation pt the Austrn-Mungarltn army
is being prepared. I published hv (he
newspapers of Vienna, an Exchange J
ra. ..,.-..... iiuiii " .ifc,- i
says.
BERLIN NOT THINKING
OF NEW NOTE TO U. S.
LONDON, Oct. 2S.--,Tlie 'Jerman go
eminent is not contemplating at pres
em any further note to President Wil
son, says an ICxehnnge Telegraph dis
patch from Copenhagen It is prnbnhlr
that the government will make a dec
laration in the relrhata; to the effect
that Germany Is awaiting the peace
eV.nditlons of the allies.
VIRTUAL SURRENDER
OFFERED BY TURKEY
LONDON, Oct, St. Till Turkish min
ister to Swltierlar.d has handed the
British and French ministers to that
country an offer of peae virtually
amounting to surrender, according to a
Berne dispatch to the Dally Mail.
AUSTRIAN OFFICIALS
ON SECRET MISSION
ZURICH, Oct. 26.---Prinoe Frederick
Lobkowilr and Karon Nadhernv, who
represent the strongest ariit-Oerman
tendencies at Vienna, have left that
city for Switzerland, charged with a
mission about which no details are
given, according to the Neus Journal of
GERMAN PRESS THINKS
U. S. NOTE STEP FORWARD
AMSTERDAM, Oct. It. -Although the
(lerman newspapers are not satisfied
with President Wilson's latest note,
many of them say tht It means prog-
'ontTnued oil "ftigoTn,' Column ".
GIST OF
WAR NEWS
(By the Associated Press.)
British troops are continuing their
blow at the German line south of the
bend of the Scheldt above Valenciennes.
Progress there has been comparatively
slow, but It would appear that the
railroad between Quesnoy and Valen
cltnnes has been crossed and that the
British are In the outskirts of Ques
noy. There Is an apparent effort 'on
the part of Field Marshal Halo to
avoid a direct assault against the Mor-
mal forest, Just to the south, where
the Germans are solidly Intrenched and
have countless machine guns and light
guns in position. Northeast of Valen
ciennes the British and French are ad
vanclna toward the ScheKIt
The French on th Serre-Olse front
hive continued their attack on the
northern side 'of the angle line. They
have gained at important point, but
tMe Germane art holding their front
very strongly.
Southwest of Damvlllers, in the
Meuse sector, American forces have
captured Hill 3(0, height which Is
important tor observation purposes and
which was stubbornly defended by the
usrmans. iear virana pre the Amerl
ons have forged still further ahead
and appear to be forming quite a large
pocket In the German lines on the
eastern sioe of the Argonne forest
American heavy artlllerv has been
pounding German concentration points
auring me past couple ot days. ,
British divisions in Mesopotamia
have resumed their offensive against
tne Turks. Fightlna in that rea on Is
next to impossible during the heat of
summer. Now that autumn has come
It may be expected that there will be
an effort to form a junction between
the forces along the Tigris and those
operating norm ano east of Damascus.
While the British, French and Amer.
leans are slowly breaklnn their anu
through the atubborn German defense
aiong me line soutn ot Valenciennes,
the attention of the allied world , hi.
rected, for the moment at least, to the
Italian front, where Gen. Diaz stems
to have started a major operation.
Fighting on a large scale appears to
have begun Thursday, when the Aus
trian official statement reported h
artillery fire from the Brenta river to
me reionieiio plateau, it was reported
yesterday that Italian, British and
French forces attacked between the
orsnia ana fiave rivers and advanced
over rough country for a considerable
distance. At the same time the allies
moved ahead and captured Islands In
tht Plave above the Montello plateau
The number of prisoners taken, 3,000
would seem to Indicate fighting of a
serious nature.
BIG VOTE BY DEMOCRATS
NOV. 5 IS BEING URGED
"Speaking for the citv adminis
tration and for our partv In this
section of the atate. I appeal to
every Democratic voter in our com
munity to be prepared to go to the
polls and cast their votes for the
Democratic candidates In the elec
tion of Nov. 5. I believe a large
vote In West Tennessee Is neces
sary In order to offset the vote of
the Republicans in East Tennes
see. "Mayor Frank 1j Mnntevrd
Democrats are preparing to canvass
the city and MHMIty wltfi a view of
getting out a strong vote In the Nov.
: election.
John D. Martin, state Democratic
committeeman for the Tenth congres
sional district, will manage the cam
paign committee In, pulling out a hlg
vote for the entire ticket In Memphis
and Shelln county.
The county committee enec(s (o
pick Democratic leaders in every vot
ing precinct In (he city and county,
who will be instructed to eanvase every
voter and get pledges that all of them
will vote.
Ws are not Idle," Mid Frank Rice,
First Of Party In
Germans' Cabinet
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aMajnaa&E
DR. PHILLIP SCHEIDKMAN.
Dr. rhilllu Seheifleman is the leader
of the He in majorl'y scc'allsts and
the first (iei-man social-democrat 13
titer the Oerman cabinet. Me has been
given the secretaryship of state without
portloiio in Prince Maximilian s cab
inet. TEST SUIT TIES
Eighteen hundred dollars Is held up
In the chancery court for a decision
Whether it belongs to Milton J. Ander
son, named by the state hoard of elec
tion commissioners as a member of the
Shelby county election commission, or
to V . It. Gray, whom the state sought
to evict from the job. It represents
salary of the commissioner.
Suit is brought by II. Lee Bartels.
county attorney, in the interest of the
state without prejudice to the rights
of either Anderson or dray, leaving
that, to he determined by the. chancery
court, where he filed the bill late Fri
day. He seeks to restrain either of
them or their attorneys to sue for the
money until the court decldeB the right
ful possessor of It.
Was Enjoined.
In July, 1918, .John L. Parham re
signed from the election board as sec
retary and member. On the same date
the slate hoard undertook to throw
out'W. B. Urav, chairman, and named
M. J. Anderson and Hugh L. Bucking
ham, successors to Gray nnd Parham.
Gray filed an. Injunction suit In chan-i-cry
court to restrain Anderson from
Interfering with the office and an in
junction was granted. Later Ander
son appealed tile case to the supreme
court
in his petition for an injunction Bar
tels asserts that ho Is not concerned
with the merits or demerits of the
Gray injunction suit, hut was advised
hv the records of the chancery court
thai .'in -injunction had been issued re
straining Anderson from interfering
with Gray'l possession of the. office.
The stylo' of the suit is Shelby County
vs. W. B. Gray and Milton B. Anujer
son. On Sept. 18. 1918. according to the
county suit, Anderson wrote to T. T.
McDonald, chairman of the county
court who pays warrants for the elec
tion commissioners' salaries, stating
that he was legally appointed to the
office, and if his salary for September
was not paid he would bring action at
law or suit in eo,uitv to recover same.
Declines Payment.
Chairman McDonald refused on ad
vice of the. city attorney to pay the
-money.
Coulltv Auornev liarieis, uieiriore, m
asking the court to determine who is
Justly entitled to receive the pay, the
count court being unable to deter
mine the justness of the respective
claims. ,. , ,
The salary of the chairman of the
commission is now $1,800 a year; that
of the secretary tl,r00 and the other
merdber $1,000.
Me asks that parties he compelled to
enter court and interplead for the pur
pose of settling their rights.
The court Is also asked, to enjoin the
claimants, their agents r attorneya
from proceeding against the county
court by suits In law or equity.
VICTIM IN WAGONETTE
CRASH SUESF0R $5,000
Wessen K. Saddler, young son of S.
F. Saddler, late Friday filed suit for
damage bv next friend, his father.- In
circuit court ngalnst the Ixiulsville &
Nashville Railroad company for dam
ages In the sum of $5,000.
It is alleged that the youth was In
jured several weeks apo when an L.
N. freight train struck a. wagonette
loaded with children at Cedar Grove
crossing. The wagonette, was demol
ished and the driver, Mr. Averitte, was
fatally Injured dying in a local hos
pital several days afterward. Ander
son & Crabtree are fhe filing attorneys.
a member of the committee, Saturday.
"We propose to get out the largest vote
possible m this election, and put over
ths Democratic ticket with the largest
n ajorlty ever polled in Shelby and the
Tenth district, consistent with prevail
ing conditions.
"Our main fight will be to poll a
big vote for Senator Shield, for Rob
ins tor goveeuor and Harvey Hannah
for railroad commissioner."
The legislative delegation has no op
position here. The candidates are
Frank Fuller, incumbent, and Frank
J. Rice, for the senate, and F.rnest Bell,
John (lalella. ,loe Hanover, t'grl Lareen.
George Canale. C, D, Met'alman. John
Morgan and Hunt Phelan. Lots Bejach
and l'rather McDonald were nominated
in August, hut resigned In enter the
army. Recently their places were filled
by Oeorge Canale and Hunl Phelan.
Crover Mccormick. assls(ant attor-ney-gpiieral.
who was nominated for
Ihe senate, also resigned with a view
ot entering ttie army, and Frank J.
Rice was named to succeed him
Saturday, n) days before the election,
was (h- last day for new candldales
t( otinlify for the race. No Independ
ents had entered the race.
J The election commissioners Saturday
ected officers to hold the election. '
UP SALARY FOR
ELECTION OFFICER
HOUSE AbafoAD TO
COLLECT DATA ON
EUROPE'S POLITICS
President's Confidant Will
Keep Ear Attuned to Move
ments Overseas While Mo
mentous Issues Are Up.
BV DAVID LAWRENCK,
The News Scimitar's Sseclal Washing
ton Correspondent.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Oct. 26. Col.
House haa arrived in Europe, where
he went at the request of President
Wilson to get a line on the latest de
velopments in International politics and
report to his chief, who just now Is
handling a pence discussion upon which
destinies of nations may turn, and for
which he needs information of th most
reliable and competent character.
The president's emissary didn't go
ahrbad to make peace or sit at any
peace' table or In the allied war council
or anything else of a formal character.
He went to Europe in much the same
capacity that he has gone on occasions
before-to observe lo talk Informally,
to add his own Judgment and appraisal
of events and men to the wealth 'f
information which Mr. Wilson wants
in a critical time like thla.
With him Went Frank Cobb, editor
of the New York World, a level-headed
individual, who Is a close personal friend
of both Col. House and President Wil
son, pel. House has an extensive, ac
qutjlhtance among the public men of
Great Britain and France. Mr. Cobb's
newspaper training will be Invaluable
to Col. House, not onlv In eliciting in
formation, but In surveying the political
elements involved in the whole Euro
pean situation.
The allies havo wanted, too, to know
moro about the president's wishes and
purposes. Ixird Reading, the British
ambassador. Is still absent from Wash
ington, and John W. Davis, the newly
appointed American ambassador to
Great Britain, Is detained In Switzer
land in a conference with the Germans
on the treatment of prisoners.
(There never was a moment when the
I nlted States and the allies needed
more to think together and act to
gether than today, and the dlfftcul-
(Contlnued on Page 10, Column 7.)
II PLANES AND
Yank Flyers With British Set
Record for Activity.
Win Honors.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 26 Eleven en
emy airplanes and one balloon were
hronght down by American aviators
lirljradfd by the British from Kept. 9
to Sept. t2, the war department whh
Informed today through a royal flying
corps communique, British distin
guished service creases were awsrded
to l.leuts. (3. A. Vaughn, Brooklyn; T.
.1. Herbert. Cleveland, Ohio; M. h.
Campbell, Wakeman, Ohio; I.. A. Ham
ilton, Plttsfleld, Mass., and ,1. A. Keat
ing. Chicago.
Special mention Is made In the com
munique of the bravery of I. lent.
Vaughn, who, while on offensive pa
trol, wss engaged by about 16 enemy
airplanes, one of which he dived on and
shot down In flames. He then at
tacked another, which was seen to fall
after he followed it dhwh to 2,000 fast.
Other lieutenants mentioned as hav
ing brought down enemy planes In
clude: W. Clements, Gloucester, Vs.; V.
E. Kindlev, Oravette, Ark.
Lieut. A. F. Diamond, Mobile. Ala.,
was mentioned as having brought down
a hostile balloon.
POWDER PLANT SCHOOL
IS DESTROYED BY FIRE
NA9HVlbl,E," Tenn., Oct. 26 A
mammoth School building at the pow
der plant village, lust being completed
at a cost of $60,000, was destroyed thla
morning by a fire of mysterious origin.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2d Two army
casualty lists and a marine corps cas
ualty list msde public here today con
tained a total of S9 names.
The marine corps list, of 45 names, is
divided:
Killed in action, l died from wounds,
n: filed ot disease, n; wounuen severe
ly, S; missing; In action, 13; sick In hos
pital, previously otherwise reported, 4.
Included In the marine list are:
TENNESSEE.
Died of disease: Private James F.
Abbott. 1179 8. Orleans St., Memphis.
KENTUCKY.
Mlsilng in action: Private James W.
Bragg, Aflox.
MISSOURI
Died of disease: Corp. Georgei E.
Krlft. Rt. Louis; prlvgte William K.
Miles, St. Louis.
flick in hospital, previously reported
missing:, Private Wchftra W. Cox, St.
Louis.
The first army list, of 109 names, i.
divided:
Killed In action, b: died of disease, 4;
wounded aeverely. 31 ; wounded degree
undetermined. 42; wounded slightly, 37.
The second army list, of 106 names, is
divided:
filled in action. 3; died of disease, 8;
wounded, degree undetermined, 88;
missing in action, a.
Included in the two army lists are:
TKNNESSF.F.
Killed In-action: Private William A.
Wilson, 4H5 Oak St., Chattanooga.
MISSISSIPPI.
Died of disease: Private Robert Boss,
McNalr.
Wounded degree undetermined: Corp.
Earl f. Poole. Sardls.
ARKANSAS.
Wounded, defree undetermined: Pri
vates Taylor Ivy, Grubbs; Noel Dough
erty, Hardy.
ALABAMA.
Wounded aeverelr: Private Jease T.
Curlee, Ashland.
Wounded slightly: Private Howard C.
Helms, Cowarts.
KENTUCKY.
Wounded, degree undetermined: Pri
vate Robert L. Roller, Horse Cave.
LOUISIANA.
Wounded severely: Private, Thomas
H. James Levacca.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Wounded slightly: Sergt. Lox C Carv
er. Rutherford; Privates Robert D. Cox.
Flsgah: Joel S. Deese. R. V. D, 8, Mon
roe. MISSOURI.
Wounded, degree undetermined: Pri
vate Henry M. Wllhelms, 8t. Louie.
Missing la action: Private Vinoent
Wroblewskl, St. Louis.
BALLOON BAGGED
iCASUALTY UST1
TWO VILLAGES
NORTH OF HUN
CENTER TAKEN
4 .
New Successes Also Gained South of Valen- i
ciennes by Haig's Forces Who Keep
Up Bi& Belgium Drive,
i '
LONDON. Oct. 2).-Tht British continue, to prsi
forward between Valenciennes and Tournai, Field
Marshal Haig announces. They have captured the
villages of Odemez and flfaulde, on the front north of
Valenciennes.
British patrols have progressed north of the rail
way between Valenciennes and l,e Quesnoy.
South of Valenciennes the British have gained new
successes on the borders of the Mormal forest, cap
turing Mount Carinel hill and Knglefontaine.
POILUS TAKE MORTIERS
AFTER TERRIFIC BATTLE
PARIS, Oct. 26 On the Serrc front, soitt.hwcsl of Marie, the
French have captured the villagi of Mortiers after violent fighting, the
war office announces. Between the Olse uml (lie Serre the French main
tain contact with the enemy.
Between Sissone and Chateau Portion the French, breaking up (lie
enemy resistance, carried their line forward nn a front of 4 mil to
a depth of two miles through the positions prepared by the Hermans
In 1917.
AMERICANS MAINTAIN
ADVANCE DESPITE HUNS
With the American Ajttv
iVOKTrfWKST OF VKRDtJN, Oct. 2.
(By the Associated Press.) The MfM
made Friday by the American troops
east gnd west of the Meuse were main
tained today In unite of violent an-
emy opposition and a harrasslng artil
lery fire, against the American frt
nova eiu ine ateaa in ino rear.
On the extreme left the Amerl
mrric.
nave strengthened their hola
high ground In the southern,
the Bourgogno wood.
PERSHING REPORTS ON
HEAVY BATTLE RAGING
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 Heavy
fighting on the Verdun front Is de
scribed Irt Gen. rVrSnlng'a communique
for Friday. Strong German counter
attacks east of the Meuse were re
pulsed everywhere except In the Helleu
wood, where four successive assaults
forced a partial withdrawal by the
Americans, went of the Meuse the
American lines were fort her ndvnnced
in the face of determined resistance.
hater our troops enlarged their Im
portant gains south of the Conaenvo
b&mvlllers road, ahJ occupied com
pletely the BoIh d'Hrmont. Today tha
enemy counter-attacked repeatedly and
with strong forces on the front from
ths Bols d'Ormonl to the Beds
d'Ktraves.
Weal of the Meuse the Americana
have entered the southern portion of
tha Bols de Bourgogne.
YANKS' ADVANCE SLIGHT
BUT OF IMPORTANCE
WfTII THE AMERICAN
NORTHWEST OK VKRDI'N,
ARMY
Oct. 26.
CITY, SIXTY MILES FROM
NISH, TAKEN BY SERBS
LONDON, Oct. .- Krallevo. fin mllea
northeast of Nlsh, has heen occupied by
(he Serbian troops, says a Serbian offi
cial statement Issued I'riday. In the
same region the Herblans have crossed
the Tsrnltsa river.
SERBS FIGHTING ALMOST
WITHOUT ANY FOOD
.
WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES ON
THE SERBIAN FRONT (Via Kormlkl).
Oct. 28. (By the Associated Press.)
The Serbians, supported by French cav-
BATTLE FLARES UP FROM
. VALENCIENNES TO MEUSE
PARIS. Oct. 2fi. The battle has
flamed up again and heavy fighting
now Is under wav from Valenciennes to
the Meuse. The Germans are fighting
well everywhere, but the allies continue
to make substantial headway In the
task of driving back Ihe enemy "ii (he
Meuse line.
Although ihe recent fighting lias been
marked by no sensational developments,
It Is having a cumulative eflect which,
apart from the ground gained, adds
considerably to Ihe wastage of men and
material with which the Hermans must
reckon, In the last four days the en
emy has lost well up toward 15,000 pris
oners a 'id 200 guns. His total losses
of effectives cannot have been less than
60,000. Strlrtlv speaking. Ihcie erei
(hree large battles In progress, all of
which are being conducted with eiual
success for the allies.
The first is being csrried on by the
British Third and Fourth armies, which,
pushing on toward Mons, have reached
TRIES TO SELL COP
FARM; LEAVES TOWN
Jim Williams, negro, of Bruins. Ark ,
met Patrolman Tom Iahy on North
Main street Friday night and wanted
to sell him a UO-acre farm somewhere
in Oklahoma for 1600. He was suc
ceeding pretty well, so he thought, un
til he dropped ftte casual remsrk that
he wts 42 yeara old but hd registered
as 44. .
He waa docketed on a charge of loi
tering and war loafing
"How quirk ca4i you gel out of town."
asked Police Judge Fltlhugh
"Right now, jedge, Ah'll wnlk hack
dem 40 miles Mah legs Is In better
condition now den ever befo' "
And Leahy saw that he made good
(Uy the AfJnClgUd I'ress.) From A day
of extraordinarily severe fighting the
Americans emerged last nlglil slightly
In advance of the positions they held
Thursduy. The aslns made are slight,
hut are regarded aw extremely Im
portant, especially on the left, where
higher ground dominating much of the
surrounding terrain tins hern gained.
There has been comparatively little
It.., ,11,, n in the imhitlm nil llm enntnt
! W American fooling In Ilelleu
voods, east or the Meuse. is more se
curely fixed, notwithstanding (he de
termined efforts, of the tlirniaiiB to
lorce the Americana hack. ,
The fighting for positions Just be
yond Beilew woods began at 4 o'clock
Friday morning, when the Americana
drove their way forward. At daylight
th Germane counter-attacked and af
ter the failure nf that operation
launched three other attacks, equally
unsuccessful.
On the extreme left I he gains made
by the Americans lefi them at the
close of the day on the ridge extending
from Talma fnrm to Hellejoyese farm,
on a line through (he Bourgogne Woods.
Clouds and ground mists reduced
aerial activity to a minimum, but ar
tillery, employing lioih hlgli explosives
and gas projectiles In enormous quali
ties, was used by both sides Resides
the artillery reaction at points tjwl
the offensive was In progress, the Ger
mans devoted much first to the baolt
areas and that portion of the front
about Banlhevllle, where the American
line WBa advanced slightly.
Despite the desperate realstance rt
the Germans and their apparent Intaii
ilou to initiate a counter-offensive. In
formation falling Into the hands of th
Amtrlctns contfiiues to Indicate an en
ttny withdrawal to the Rrtqueriay line,
one Informant declaring It to he the In
tention of the U iinSns to withdraw
lo (hat position h i-ceti Oct. 51 and 31.
airy, north of Nlsh, are
advance, with Belgrade
contlnulng t
80 mllea dls-
lant.
The food problem With ahv army hut
the Serbian would he difficult The
Serbians advance whether they are fed
rir not. The Sethians are being aided
hy guerilla hands who hM in the moun
tains early in the wa and now are
making their way down from the heights
to out off portions of the enemy strag
gling In the rear
It is evidently Ihe desire nf tln Aus-tro-Oermans
to evacuate Serbia as
quickly and cheaply as possible, but
their retreat Is being made costly bv
the Serbians.
the Velenclsnnes-Hlrson double track
railroad The second Is the attack of
(len. Mangin north and east of Leon
which lias resulted In a aaiu on a front
of eight miles for a dlstaBcl of iwo
miles. He has carried his line nut of
the swamps around SIhsohiic The
third battle is bcin" louclit hv Gen
Oalliaumatt on a front of 17 miles from
Sissonne to chateau Porclen, where the
minding line loins the Krienihlld sys
tern of defenees The average gain has
been a mile, although at some points
me advance hos heen greater.
BELGIAN DRIVE STILL
CONTINUING FAVORABLY
LONDON, Oct II,- Operations In Bel
glum continue to develop favorably, ac
cording to an official itatemynt issued
(Continued on Page 10, Column 1.)
TWO ARE CHARGED WITH
THEFTOF CLOTHING
Claude Rogers, express messenger
between Memphis and Humboldt, Tenn ,
on the Id. A v. haa been arrested by
Assistant Chlsf of Police Pass. Chief of
Detectlvee Smith and Detective Brun
ner, charged with stealing 1600 worth
of clothing from packages Intruated to
his care. According to the officers he
has made a eoitiplete confession.
Mrs. Nllle Moore, 220 Butler gvl
ntie, was implicated in his confession
and she was also arrested on a charge
of receiving stolen property Both weie
hound over by Judge Fltahugh I" the
grand jurv Saturday morning A large
portion of the stolen goods Is alleged
(o have been found at Mrs. Moore's
house.
GREATEST DANGER CONTEMPLATE NO ALLIES REGAIN
SINCE WAR BEGAN CHANGE IN CHOICE 7 nnn QRIIARF
FACING NATION OF TERMINAL SITE K
Simonds Is Fearful That We
May Become the Ally of
Germany and Become Iso
lated From Other Nations.
DISPOSITION OF COLONIES
MAY DIVIDEJYMPATHIES
France and England Are Going
to Make Demands That
President Wilson May Not
Approve.
HY FRANK H. SIMON f)S.
Ths New ?olmltar' Military Bxoart.
NEW YORK. Oct. IS. Wa acs at the
Dressnt time facing ths nraatlit dangar
whlth w have hid to confront alnco
we entered the world war. It la the
danaar thet we may become the advo
cat or liermany in ine pence media
tions which are to come, and thua find
ourselves In the tutur laolated from
that natiene with whom we have been
aseoclated In an honorable enterprise
the task of freeing mankind from the
German menace.
Thla danitcr la In nil minds tnday, In
Duress Bnd III America. It finds o
prenainn ntilr vaguely, most clesrly In
the evr-r-BimvlHK demand of our public,
that the war shall he prosecuted until
ileinuiny surrenders and In sin rendor-
ing Rives up the srms and the npfinr
iinilty In resist the nations whom she
hits wronRed mid Bflni to nothing the
nan (fires and sufferings of more than
four years of atttiKitle
1'i'psldenl Wilson's last note In (ler
msnv, despite the fact that it falls for
an armistice flaed by the military coin
niandeis In the field, hni not silenced
the douht mill the apprehension because
It ia accompanied by many qualifying
phrnHos and etitce,etlnna. all of whlrh,
lowavsr Harmless in tnimisivn. ere
hesintiina- to take on an ominoiia rhai
aeter aa thev era interpreted by thoae
believed to brt in tho emifldanee of the
president .
Essential Conditions,
To lake a aimple example. from
Washington rnmln the Intimation Hint,
tinea) ilia occupation of Alaare-laji-
(ContlnUad on I'aue lf, Column 4.)
Fewer New Influenza Oases
Are Reported- Death Toll
Is Steadily Decreasing:.
Favorable renorls Indicating n drop
ping off of the Influenaa epidemic were
en Saturday nv me noarn hi
health.
Physicians said that a number
of th
he 3d new oases reported al 4 o'clock
Fridnv evening were persons who nan
been ill several days with the disease
and now recovering.
I'heie were Ion new ruses reported
to Ihe board or health from 4 o'clock
Frldav evening to noun Saturday. There
five deaths troni pneumonia and one
trim Influenaa repotted. Covering (he
same hour! Friday there were seven
pneumonia deaths and four with influ
enjuii No services w I he allowed In any
Memphis church Sunday. Dr. Nennlou
Tavlor. superintendent of the board ftf
health
has not derided on lifting the
reaulatlona tot courts, schools,
theaters or other places where crowds
usually congregate
Iveofliitlnn is heiuff used at the rail
road depots, in homes and elsewhere
where there are chances to spread the
flu ' germ.
"We are going to keep up Ihe fight,'
staled Dr. Taylor Saturday. "Our aup
port from (he public has been good I
wanl them lo keep It up. We are win
nlng out faster than the disease has
been stamped out In ninny other cities
A llltle more time nnd It will be ovef
six freIoofficers
SENTENCED FOR GRAFT
... .
PARIS. Oct. it Three lieutenants In
the army have been sentenced to a year
to orison and demotion and three non
commissioned officers have heen sent
to lull for I hree months ss a result
of a trial hv court-martial for accept
Ina gifts of from 9no to 6.000 francs
from manufacturers In connection with
the acceptance of airplanes on behalf
of Ihe army, one iieuienani waa si
mulled bv the court - 111 Rr 1 1 ill
A Swede named llnne, a director of
the airplane company, was condemned
lo five years In prison, chic degruda
lion and a fine of 27,000 francs He
did not appear for trial and sentence
was pronounced in ins ansence lie
wenL to the I lilted States on nn of
flclnl iitlsslon which has since heen
cancelled He is believed to he there
now.
BOOSTS STAMP SALES.
MANCH ESTER.-Tenn . Oct. 20. (Bbl.)
Since ih" opening of Ihe war savings
stamp ciiniimign :i I Manchester until
Oct. 1 a total nf II,I7T.H worth of wni
savings stamps and $660.60 worth of
thrift stamps have heen sold from the
Manchester postoffice. These figures In
etude only the cash sales
Tennessee Main, excepl fair Sunday
In ex ( tenia wear cooler In west Km
day.
Mississippi - Rain, except fair and
cooler in west suiiaay.
Arkanaas -Rain, probnbly turning to
snow in northwest; coiner, rreealng hi
northwest; cosier Muriaay.
Louisiana--Cloudy, probably rain
colder Sunday.
Oklahoma cloudy, snow In east
colder, freesing; Sunday fair.
East Texas -Rain, colder, freezing in
extreme northwest, Sunday generally
fair.
west Texas -ran, colder except in
Panhandle.
Kentucky -Cooler in weat Sunday.
North Carolina and Booth Carolina
Probably rain, cooler In west,
(leorgla Italn.
Florida -.probably rain, except fair
Sunday in south slid central.
Alabama Italn, cooler Sunday In
oVttt
Kansas Ocnaially fair In west: rain
or snow in east: freesing teuiperatlire
with colder In east. Sunday fair, warm
er In north and welt.
EPIDEMIC TAKES
FAVORABLE TURN
City Commissioners Uphold
Their Decision for River and
Rail Property Despite Pro
test of C. of C.
It - iMlmtUd Bttur4y by fUy
pom ml An Art ihut no rhonpe in cob-
UmiilHttMi lii ill Mltrtlnh r tilt
Tor the rtffir tiflMfljita the RlVOr
ami Kali BiOrut) ronranyV pi opw I v
at tin font f Georgia avenue, routing
litft.ooo. Sviii he purohaMfl, oaapk the
protest (f the tarmlnnl COItintUtoO of
the I'hamber ot Coiuniwvr A COO
rareiii' bettve" ."11 y oftinilMtlonorl and
meinbetn nf tne t.uiiinal COmmttUf WM
to havo been half KatunlH.v. hut fell
thfoiifh.
In MpeaKIng of the tipnlnall aloctod,
CominiMlonfr r, W. Miller, now com
mlMHtfltf of flia and nolire. but lutely
roinmlnloiier of ,!treet:i, DfldgM ami
newer, MutunlHy bhI(I.
"Wo shall puah the opontni of (lie
ternitnnlii an ropldly m poutble blM It
ill be nt lertt ;i wei'H DOiorO w ran
mako final aft UngfOiTIOntl na ine pa perl
Mi-.- To go m aow .!. (or iiio up
TO vol of tlm attorneya who art- paaa-
nt upwn t lie bonds Tho l.n pi t idea
thai i he bondl imtat bo teourod by a
rhortaaie. which mul he duly drown,
executed ami upproved. Wo Oft fttlXlOUl
to rel the matter 111 ahape. OH the
homla woro aotd several months RgO
and the bnvera are elnnioi ing' fur de
livery. wo do not bfOOOie to let another
tov of borooo ro oat Momphla without
a atop, and we iholl ba ready with our
term lua la lo handle t tie next one t hut
nines. Tho roodlnosi of the River and
Hall property WOI one of the many tea
why it whs aatct'ien. i he Movern-
mlnt is aaltina- for immediate uilil
anee In handUnK lofgO traffic and we
prOpoOO 10 aid WO overnmetit without
reaerve
Asked to outline the advantages of
the new terminal over the other sites
suaiiealod. Mr. Miller said
Site Now Available.
fhe availability of the Hlver and
Itnil nrooeriv for Immediate operation
Is one of Km creates! adv iintnges. It Is
equipped, as Mr Miiokey until . lo bun
dle nil traffic now offered, or to lie of
fered in the near future and Is capable
of expansion to meet any future need
It has slieadv been used by the one
hstae line operating into Memphis and
nianv IIMmDOatl nave used It to ad-
vSnpico in preference lo Ihe wharf.
The new site ftHi start nl once With
income, aa it has large warehouses
already constructed with rail connec
tions and a fixed Hue of customers, who
are angloua.to remain such The city
will thus enjoy a revenue flOm the time
It takes, possession, and WIN avoid the
expense always Incident to building up
nn entirely new business.
The cost of operating this plant will
he less than could iioeslhly lie the case
al another, location.
fly the purchase Of the plant we
avoid the necessity of building at a
time when labor and materials sen only
he purchssed at war prices. The gov-,
eminent Is asklnc everyone to curtail
hulldlna at present nnd seeking nil the
labor and maforlal obtainable for gov-
t iimcntnl enterprises. I fell II would
be unwise and uuiistl lot Ic lo use on
terminal consttiictlon thtiies the gov
ernment so sorely needs when such
use cun he svolded.
"Ihe 1276.000 remaining fiom Ihe
bond sale can be held In leserye, and
when conditions as to labor and inn -terlsl
return to normal will build ns
huge a plant as the entire isuun would
al this time a
"Hen wo Inilll n plant elsSwheie we
would not have nlded the government
in mnklne, a success of their barft tine.
Inasmuch ns It would lake at lenst a
vesr to hulld n terminal. If indeed the
labor and material con Id be Obtained
at all.
"The ahaiHHc (ssentlal for n liver
lermifial Is permanent deep water, and
only Iwo slles afloiden that, the River
and Rail site and thai below ihe
bridges All Other locutions depended
for water upon ll caprice of the Mis.
alsalppl river and the ability ami will
ingness oT the governmenl at keep, by
Constant dredging, a tinvlciihlo channel
la, front of me terminal
Deep Water Essential.
"At various limes Ihe Mississippi
river commission has been naked If It
was in a position to guarantee the main
tenance of the channel In fronl of and
above the present Wharf, known ns the
Wolf river canal, and In no single In
stance did the commission ever prom
ise that, the government would be able
lo do Ibis. The approximate cost of
KeetUHa the present channel only par-
' i.i Hi open Is more than 1100 noo per
annum. We havo no assurance ihnt
A congress, straining every effort for
war work, will continue nnpropi lal Ions
for tho heuerit of .Mcmplilu, and we
have still less reason to believe that
nn nfter-the-wur congress, seeking re
trenchment In every way, will do so.
"I was unwilling to recommend the
Spending Of half a million dollars of the
money of the already o ci burdened tax
payers upon n project which would call
for at least tour a minion more, and
put the whole iuveslmenl nl the mercy
of a congressional whim "
EMPLOYMENT CARD
WILL BE RESTRICTED
The iMHuancp 6f pinploymoni curds to
ShI unlay infl H 1 MllWd that all
concerns In Mftrtipnll viu htv a sup
ply f thftftfi nrrtw on liiiml whfili Hi
police begin enfoftriAl th cartl rule
Nov. t.
Primers who were Inetructed i
print no more unploymrn! rjardM are
HOW nl lowed to lake order for the
Qfcrdl If aceompnnled by r Written or
der fr-'un the wnr work committee In
iIiik way It ia relieved that the .eantfl
can be kept out of the hands of any
ierr0!in who would Issue them MlrKnltv
Arrutujrenients will be rruirte for tho
iMUlnff of cards tlirouah the commit
lee'H nMdQUAHiffe In the PlHher build
p( to wnrkerH wh are tint employed
by any buatntM firm ThOM apply -liia
for (hul Individual curd, however,
inimt btlhR credentlalH from some bunl
neee or professional man
ADVANCE PASSES.
The government tOWbtat Advance
with three barges of bulk grain and
other freight, passed down the river
Saturday for New Orleans. She cleared
from St Louts Inst Saturday.
SOLF SA YS HUNS WILL , ,
GIVE UP ALSACE-LORRAINE
AMMTRnhAM. Oct, ?. "Al for Al-dare-Ijorraine.
it. la at once clear that,
ns these lenitoVlf'K wete eXpreill? men
tioned Jiinnnfi l'reniftent Wllaon'a 14
point! we nare tn i emulation of these
qUMtlOAte" eaid Ih. W. S Molf. (W
man foien .iecretnr. In add reaping'
the relchPtaa on Thursday.
(In the aadreaa referred to President
Wilson aaid thai "tho Wfoni done to
i ' 1
U I r V Mr I II III I
ITIILLUUI LtVW
General March Reveals Vast
Territory Enemy Has Given
Up Since July 18 Past
Week Adds 400 to Bag.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 Summariz
ing (he situation on the western battle,
front todav . ilen. March said the Ger
mans have evacuated or been driven out
of 7.00ft snuare miles of Belgian and
French territory slnre July IS. (ha( 400
square miles have been freed during the
oast week and (that itll the coal fields in
Northern France have been recon
quered except for a "five-mile (ract
where (he .'illled advance now is being
pressed near the Belgian border
Oen. March announced that fiva
American corps and division command
ers who have been actively engaged in
France art returning home on the rec
ommendation of (ten, Pershing to take
Important tUelgnmefltl here They art
Mel. -Gens, Omar Bundy, who organ
ised sod commanded the Fifth army
Corpl, and who will go to command
Camp Pike, Ark ; Clarence tt. eld wards,
who look lo France the ?th (New Eng
land niitliuinl guard) division, nnd who
will he assigned to command Camp
i,or. vn . John K McMsnon, who com
mnnded the Fifth (regular) division,
and will lie asslRiied to Camp Baoharf
Taylor, Ky ; Qetrfte II. Cameron, who
commanded rirst the Fourth i regular)
division nnd Inter the Second army
corps, ntw asslclunent not announced,
nnd Beaumont S Buck, recently award
ed the distinguished service cross for
.gallnntrv In action, at which time he
whs wounded, new assignment not an
nounced. Duncan to Stick.
Maj -Hen. George B. Iiuncan. who
commanded the 7th (New York ni
tlonnl guard) division, will not he re
turned to the United Slates, aa pre
viously aHfUMtPced, Oen, March said
Gen human has recovered hie health
and will be returned to active duty.
Among American divisions on the lint
(ten. March Identified the 70th (Penn-
envlvanls. Maryland nnd Olstrtot or
Columbia), xoih i Virginia. West Vlr
aiida and Pennsylvania), 3d (Illinois),
I2d tileorgia. Alabama and lenneaseei,
as being eas( of the Moult West of
ttie Meuse ate tne '"in i.ie cokimimt
nnd New York). "lh (New Vork, New
.lersev end Delaware), 77th iNew York
citv and vicinity), 3Jd (Michigan nnd
WlamnslnV
Identifying units operating with the
Ttrlllsh. south of Camhral. Gen. MaiVh
named the 101th infantry and the 104th,
100th and lOflth machine glm hattal- 1
long.
The 40th (California, I'tnh. New Mex
ico. Arizona, and Colorado) and the IM
(Ohio and West Pennsylvania divis
ions), Grn Marsh ssid are depot di
visions, and have not been In action,
while the H4th t Kentucky. Indians ana
anu them Illinois) division Is now ar
riving in France.
RETAILERS PREPARE
FOR CLOSING HOURS
With new opening
and
losing hour
tenilsllons slated from the
food nnci
furl Slim nlltratlonl and the Council
of National Defense for Nov. I, Mem
phis retailers are preparing n volun
tary schedule that In sohie lines ha
coines effective Molality
Department stores and music stores
w ill open at 0 o clock end close at (t
o'clock. Since Ihe new hour propo
sal was prelected the furniture dealers,
the clnthlerc shoe dealers and the Jew
elers' ortabltatlohl have held nn meet
ings, but the proposal will come he
fore ihese associations at meetings
Mondav and Tuesday.
CoiiiiniiniciiloiiB Iron; departments In
Washington stele thnt opening and
closing hours will be left lo the state
authorities to name When the open
ing and rloaing hour schedule was an
nulled, two weeks sgo. It was stated
that new regulations would be forth
coining effective Nov. J. Since hat
time ih fond nnd fuel administrators
end Maj llutledge Smith, chairman of
the stole Council of Defense, have
made no announcement concerning the
new schedule. ,
AIR MAIL BRINGS
NEW YORK NEARER
Memphis will he 10 hours nearer New
York when the government starts Its
air mall service between New. Tortc
and Chicago in December, according to
Superintendent of Malls t II Kiltie.
A letter mailed In New Vork. In time
to leave there by airslig at ti o dock
In the morning will arrive in t hlrago
at 4 o'clock dial afternoon and leave
there for Memphis over the llllnole
Central railroad lit 1:15 o do. k the
same evening, arriving In Memphis
next iiiornuiK al 1:50. It will he de- I
ilvered within an hour after its ar
rival. The rate for such mnil Is lt centt
for the fir si ounce and I cents for
each additional ounce Ten cents of
the first Iti cents la to pay coat of
special delivery.
I'nder the present systepi it takes
a letter 10 hours longer to arrive In
Memphis from NeWYork than Via the
all route to Chicago
number of litters are being re
ceived .it the Memphis postoffice from
New Vork that were sent to Wash
ington via the air route, then to Mem
phis on the railroad. Several hours ait
aaved In this handling ot tha letters,
said Kline.
ELLA FUGGMJNG
PNEUMONIA VICTIM
WASHINGTON. Oct. 2.-l-Mrs. Ella
Klagg Toung, of Chicago, chairman of
the national woman'! Libert loan
committee, died here today of paeo
monla, following a siiorl lllntts Bom
Influenza.
Prance by I't usaia In UTl In trie u1
of Alsace-Lorraine, which has enter
tied the peace of the world for nearly
SO years, should he righted."!
Moreover, having accepted I resi
dent Wilson's program aa the basis of
Ihe entire peace work." Dr. Polf con
tinued, "we will loyally and In ihe
sense ol complete Justice ad fairnett
fulfill the program in all directions and
at all points.