TEE' CENTRE REPOR' ER JEMTRE HALL. PA. HUNS NEAR ME1Z AGGEPT DEFENSIVE Bombardment of U. S. Lines Perfunctory. IN SECOND-LINE TRENCHES Only At Rare Intervals Does Fire Give Impression That Con- certed Effort Is Being Made. Enemy American Forces in lLorrai trenched in second lines Hindenburg system, the of Germans the along the front southwest of pear to have tion. are wholly defensive ones. The half tory bombardment lines. Pven ch and French the enemy inevitable. Shells from German 77 calibre guns are reaching t! positions, while from the 1080's and 150's a ling in the back areas. from time t ir the reach ! but only at enemy a concerted A ent rage, ing hours Metz ap accepted the new situa- The tactics they Germans are carryir seemingly of t lenges by hearted and perfunc Amer Ame ref 1 reiused ne iCAD rican | by where conflict is | except a American forward the shells points fire give effort bombardmen hat i heavy | neh UKD iz dev has been Fiv Americans Woel They 8torm Bat even the aged cesses ans was not lared said the in Germany the way are the war look upon the struggle as The is great of Germany as successey effort all the Fre re parts recent an American ‘ouraging to He said that ti estimated th Amer they German German troops cans equal were In 1014 to the Germans as HUN RECRUITS IN MUTINY. Refuse To Entrain And Are Fired On By Soldiers. Amsterdam number of German recruits 1 ys antrain for rege 18 years the front of age at AlxJdad pell ling Nouvelles, v diers refuse to l.en pol the that the fire ight were were ordered upon mutineers, of which ¢ killed and many wounded, BECURITY OWNERS WOULD SUE. Contract. Washington Samuel the proposal of the National Associa tion of Railroad Security Owners that a friendly suit be arranged to test the validity of the Government's standard railroad contract. It is understood the Railroad Administration will refuse to somply with the suggestion. ON DECEMBER 1 Manufacture of Non-Alcohlic Malt Liquors Prohibited. WHOLE BUSINESS TO CLOSE Breweries, Already Confronted With Restricted Output After October 1, Will Be Shut Down En- tirely Two Months Later, shing! President Wilsor pl veod their pt Othara heir her are runming along in fashion in an effort to use ug they have on 1! themselves a measur gtocks as 1 saving TANG, SAVIDE NOSE DIVE FATAL TO TWO, Lieutenants Davidson And Gillette Killed In Texas. Kingaville Texas Lieutenant Davi : Bb FA N. J.. and I zabeth and Jeutenant Gillette, of H ford, C art onn., wt ni were {led here when the airplane in which they wete flying went ground and crashed 1 ght of several hundred nose dive to the v hel from a foot The men were members of an airplane squadron temporarily attached to Park AUGUST TROOP MOVEMENT. More Than A Quarter Of A Million Sent Overseas. London. More than a quarter of a million American troops were trans. ported to Europe during the month of August. The exact figure (313,000) the official Press Bureau. Of the total transported in British ships, SEVEN BILLION FOR THE ARMY U. 9. REJECT PEAGE PROPOSAL ceipt of Austrian Note Within Half An Hour After Its Reception—Stand Pat On Wil son's Peace Terms. spoken for all Almost immediately } Al the Coming Year 4,000,000 MEN FOR FRANCE This Brings The The For Year Money Army In The Up To More $24,000,000,000. Sought Fiscal Than 10110 i219 expendi indicate in the Revenue change War Sr Con nate Committ unquestionably vote mates sub had it is of the eat ings such expended in and equipment of TELEGRAPH TICKS. Judge Craig, of the Su California th preme Court, declded that Japanese born in California may acquire and re tain title to real estate, Four thousand men are in quaran i line ag a result of Spanish influenza in the aviation camp at Great Lakes Hl. Charles E. Chapin, city editor of the New York World, who murdered his wife, surrendered to the polices, Five negroes who participated in the Houston riot In August, 1017, were hange dat Fort Sam Houston. Prof. Jens Iverson Westergard, of Harvard University, died at his home | In Cambridge. reasonably which =» the Contra ie terms down al German in ensive Generally It believe rman and Austrian miiita to the American ply as an evidence that they have done everything to bring about peace and thus try to straighten their people for another winter campaign But another view is that owing to the intolerable conditions in Austria-Hun gary there la more than a possibility of a breaking up of the quadruple alliance; that Austria, having gone through the form of making a peace proposal, which was promptly re jected, has thus cleared the way fo her next step-—an unconditional sur render on the terms laid down b) President Wilson, that the Ge leaders will point re possible { | IN DEFERRED GLASS THEY ARE TO BE LISTED WITH THOSE NECESSARY IN OTHER OCCUPATIONS, i { i i BUILDING WORK IS CHECKED, Need. Naval All at Once Is Commended for Acts Construction Shirk a Daring Rescue. Government to Stop less Lieutenant uinaneées TIMI INE) officers noncomini Fall eall the council of defense, applica enrollment In the volunteer service corps are growing in number. A total of 10.225 were received In less than a wing a fexned by na tiong for medical rapidly letters week Infarmation from nearly 20,000 physicians who responded to the appeal and that which, it is expected, will continue to be received, will be at the disposal of the government au thorities for their consideration ang use, especially so far as the doctors received under forty-six years are concerned. h 4 the pert loft from were EOP use at- birds ily recently that the has been The are carried and great longing releasing MESON Ors n airplanes wr this purpose the fuselage kets In ised in wropeller blades i The aviat them also have Ore or manner in s birds for flight nt high forms of training for the altitudes iires special irds and instruction ator, The war trade board has anthorized the importation of fresh tomatoes from the Bahamas to New York when they are moved as deck cargo on Cuba-New York mall steamers, Fruits and vegetables are on the restricted import list, but in this, as in other similar eases, It is explained, the war trade board has found it possible to ald vital West Indian industries by permitting tomatoes to be carried as deck load without excluding other more essential cargo and without ime posing any further demands upon ton nage.
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