.fSvT "I" i i Ml ijiiill'.i.JlHiiay).l(i Haietttncj public Wzbzz tminAtMMR Mi NIGHT EXTRA w Washington, Oct. 7. fair and cooler tonight, tilth frost in exposed places; Tuesday, air and cooter. TEMPF.RATinn AT r.UII 1IOLK rT o im 1 11 m i ii 2 1 -j fit THE EVENING TELEGRAPH IB! I 4 I 4nTEO iL VOL. V. NO. 20 rubllthca Dally Ocrpt Hunday. Subscription Trier; 18 a. Tear by Mall. Cop right, WIS, by the 1'ubllo Ixdzcr Company. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1918 Kotcred aa Bccond finis Matlrr at tho rotfnu at rblladelphla, V. Under tbo Act ol March 8. 1810. nnmn mtirrv iwrma) X iUVjl VU VWiOtX. yi If v Firm Rejection of German Peace Plea Prepared by President; i 'i ' "1 Counter-Offers Expected to Demand Unconditional Surrender ' vl 1 - r.-O4 'V ft k I iv KRUSEN HOPEFUL OF CURBING GRIP; PUBLIC AIDS FIGHT 5561 New Cases Rcpqrtetl in Last Forty-eight Hours AUTOS FOR AMBULANCES 175,000 Persons in City Stricken, Is Eslimatc. Armories as Hospitals How to Prevent and Trent Influenza To prevent Influenza Doctor Kru sen, head of the Department t Health and Charities, advises: "Get a nasal atomizer from jour druggist and an ounce or two of tlnrttiro of iodine. Ml v. two tea. Mooii fills or tills and one tcasooiv fill of salt In a quart of warm water. Spray nose and throat with this night and morning. "Keep warm. Keep out of irowds. Keep tho bowels open. Kat and Meep well. Ilrcatho fresh air." To treat tho disease Doctor Kru sen sajs: "Go to bed Immediately. Get a doctor as soon as ou can. Keep quiet. Keep warm. Keep tho bow els open, fehut tho doors. Open tho windows. Notify the Hoard of Health." I Although B5B1 new cases of Spanish Influenza weic reported In Philadelphia during tho last forty-eight hours. It Id believed the intensive co-operation by persons In all wnlks of llfo gradually will reduce the number of plague victims during the next few dajs. Health Dt rcctor Krusen expressed the belief today that the dlseabc had reached Its peak Director Krusen warns against undue nlarm and points out that If the advice announced nboe Is followed cases in early stngcH will bo quickly cured. -Tho' now' cases discovered In tho ast forty-eight hours uro dlstrlliuled ns follows: North of Market street, 3082; nouth of Market street. 991; West Phll aJolphln, 1122; Germantovvn and Oak I.ane. 3CC. Hvery possible means of preventing further spread of tho stourgo has been employed by tho city medical uuthorl lcs. It is estimated that there are about J75.000 persons still 111 from tho disease In this city. All automobiles and chauffeurs In tho city's employ were placed nt the dis posal of the Board of Health this after noon by Mayor Smith. They are carry ing doctors, nurses and medical sup plies to sufferers In homes and Insti tutions In all parts of Philadelphia. Medical Student ltmpond Several hundred senior medical stu dents from local Institutions responded t . ..nil nem out bv Director Krusen, and were hurried to hospitals In all sec- ' tlons of the city, some were scni ; families who were unablo to obtain medical nld, and all aro doing heroic work. , Among the otbeis who riuntcered to alu In fighting the epidemic wcio eight .teachers of the South Philadelphia High School. All were s-mt to tho Howard Hospital where they nre nststlng In nurs ing and cooking fr the patients and ' making thciriclvcsx generally useful Tho volunteers nro Dr l.ucy I.. W Wilson, principal; Pr. I.oulso Nichols, Miss Isabel Small, Miss Maty Morlnrlty, Miss Florence Comings, Miss Helen Mills, ,Mlss ftuth Wanger and Mrs. M. K, King. About twenty per cent of the employes of the Itapld Transit Company hae been btrlckcn but tho company announced to. day that It could maintain regular sche dule by employment of Its resjrje force, on tho cars. ' Armorlea aa llntpiUl State armories here hao been oidered thrown open to Influenza patients unablo to get nto crowded hospitals. Additional emorgency hospitals arc being prepared. A two weeks" extension has been asl.ed for physicians ordered to report to mili tary camps. Tho mortality rate reached a new high mark In the twenty-four-hour rec ord announced' jestciday by Director Krusen. Tho death toll for that period was 289, Influenza causing 201 deaths, whllo eighty-eight were ascribed to pneumonia. Influenza patients in Darby aie hav ing difficulty in obtaining medical at tention. Three of Darby's phylslclans afe 111. One, Dr. Walter U l.ec, 887 Main street, who de eloped Influenza after treating a large number of cases, has been removed to the Hahnemann Hospital. An appeal for 250 nioro physicians has been sounded by State Commissioner of Health Tloyer. The commissioner said ha needs that number of physi cians; and at least COO nurses for dis tribution through the anthracite coal fields, through the Industrial Lehigh Val- Continued n Vat Tvxo, Column Ono CHEEIJ UP! Though treVe sneezing tiotfioiioie we'll borrow. The "flu" by the weather ts bossed. . "Fair and cooler tonight and to morrow" ,Aiii we're cheered by a promise of frost. Germany Offers, The Days Honor Roll for the City and Its Vicinity KII.IXI) IS ACTION conrnnw, w. t. Mir.TiM.tM:. an South Ilroul street, (Unorfleiallx re ported.! conrnnw, Micmr.i. rom:. mc fnuth Twenty-aljih street. (Not known at address ulun.) ritUATi: iiaiii,i:s . uvwr. 2701 (leorue afreet fl'rexlnu! reported un , nmelallv, on offlrlal ll.t Inln I rilMATi; lll-.Mll .1. KKCMIlT, 413 South i:iKhtepiitli atrt. (t'noftleljlly renortcd ) I'llltATK VMT1I1KW rilRMTII, Mi North tViurth aireet (fnofrielaily re. ....,YV.,.''.?.?',nh',' ' n r.rrielal Hal tfwlat.x rim ah: tiiomas m:i.o. ino d- 'Teas elven Preilounly reported miss. I M (T. ) 1111:11 or miii mis SIiP.'nl,XNT "'l.MXM nm:vit. snr, Wlllnw Mr"ft rillllMlRAI, IIIIIRV ninu.RTD.v. 1111 ......V.'.'i'i".'1 lrlll,. noxborouch tniii-oiiAt, .iiiii.n .1. ikiim;. .fi.-.n V. !?.'' 'J i,,mt Pretiouly remrtcit I'Rivati; ntivmnv n. vimh-.r. .-.vm ..K.I.rr "'reel Tarnnv "'."'- lnJy;J',: 4"-"l' 4KMT. 1(111 nr,I.h,l'',"r,".8,r'''', ''reloulj re- rim ati: havmond, ittdv. .-1:211 Norih rarllal" atreet (t'reluusly re. norted MDiinded ) !m?I,! Vut!- "' u XIl' Jr -S"" wounded1) (Prcilouily irporlcl mr.n op dimivm u'"i? V-VT iivarii is. twin:. .'.II Wnlnut street (Prexlou,ly report i.ifilvVll.l7lI'l".,.,V! on nrfel-il lint todav.) ' WrS-iW" ' -"-OV. 212 n.st r"vl'iUnB.,7e?NK ' "" wot'Mnn ritlVATK WAl.Tini DITIIW. 2202 Hnnp afreet lrnXvl;.J,,"Vn ' KAVANAl'l.ll. 1 ls,-.VTIf..'?.lM '' .Am'.RTV. 11m Sll!!,h..",'Tjen'.h atmot (Prelou.y .lax ) uuortlelally on ofTlclal llt In. r'VTi: AMM M.RIirM. 2207 Tel land atreet '''LLV1.15 ? 'PAnKX. Sllfl Thomp- '"""i: .iim.v 11. laius. inin i:st llrnhenv axeniie. ritlATi;.los-.l'll HlllTi:. 1707 Sprlnrr' (lf.r,Vnt Hlrret '"'mV1 V "'. '' TRONKM.. 03.1 North lit h atreet ..:"."'. skdnle tret. ,Im.T! )?l,., ""MU'H. Jr., ...?.: :n.Jnrlh "ollxwood atreet !'" ,TK JOIIX 11. I).i. flnns raa 'J?'.1 .Ienilc, fprrtlon.lt reported ull- MflvW..' .,n."r"',l " 'odav.l PltlATi: JO in (JiiiNv.V. mo Xorlh HI llemnr.l atreet (Xot known at nrtdre (rlten I 1'im TK lt(lllrRT A. rAMPniXI.. no huua4 addreaa pit en IIISSINO : (.IPSKPPi: I'lHRX, r. 114 Vine pniVATi: alreet riiiyATK nnMiNiric v. (.lonmNo, litis r'arnenlep tre.t PRIVATK UlltV.Mtl) V. lnl.MI, 220n SAth 'Pv entt-third alret PRIVATK Jlmil P. f.ROIS, 27." North llemhercrr atreet PRIATH iMI'KI, mr.NKR, 012 North Srteond atrMt. PRIVATK JOHV T, lleri.OSKP.V, .1421 North American atreet. RirriKNKii to ni tv PTFviorsr.v .... nrpoRTi:i xii.ifi TRIVATK 4AM IX P. HKil.lNS, 31(1 Vorth Thlrtt-elhth alre.t. PRIVATK PLOW) A. (iltowil, 517 no- ihelle ttxenue. WIsaahlcKon. moimuci). upt RFrovr.Ri.t). ,M RKTI RM'.ll IfllH'TV PRIVATK linWI.lt R. JO.M.S, Core. nado Apartmenta, Twent-aeeond and Cheatmit alreets. (Unofnclally re- porteil ) KARIIY POINTS I.li:PTi:VNT T. 1V. i:stiiV, Norrla- toxtn. Pa. (Wounded.) PRIVATK rRHIII.RIc Sllll.l.n.s. Nor- wood. OX'ounded ) Ortobrr 7, I01S The nbarr Hit it compiled from the official casualti) cordt and from unofficial rcpoiti received bv relallvci ami friends from men overseas. WOUNDED YOUTH LAUDS RED CROSS "Nipped in Leg, hut Don't Worry." Philadelphia.. Writes 6 CITY SOLDIERS KILLED "N'lpped in the leg by Fritz, but not seiiously hurt; so don't wony about me," l tho message sent to Ills mother, Mrs. Mary Dltman. 2202 North Hope stieet, by Private Walter Dltman, of the Se-venthy-scvcnth Field Artlllcy, offi cially reported as severely wounded In action on today's casualtv lists. "These splendid Tied Crois nurses will soon pull me around," adds tho young soldier, voicing the optimistic attitude of all tin American doughboys, xxho In variahly mnlto light of their Injuries, no matter how crlous they may be, The names of thirty-nine Phlladel phlans appear on today's lists. SK have been killed lu action, sex en died of wounds leeched during the hard fight ing along the Maine and tluee died of disease. Fourteen have been xvounded, bW nre mlslng and txxo, prcxlously re ported missing, have managed to icjoln their leglments. Tho total casualties on the thico lists given out by the war Department dur ing tho last loriy-eigin nours amount to 1703. Apparently tlio depaitment has com pleted Its lists for the heavy fighting duilng the latter pait of July and is now tallying the killed, wounded and missing of the Franco-American attack early In August. Ilvldenlly the threo Philadelphia res'- .- ,1.- ,nQlt Illt.U nti.1 111.1. ...1 the 108th Artillery, formerly the old Sec. ond lleglmcnt, Infantry, National Guard of Ponnslvanla, had a respite from front line duty during the opening dajs of August. Western Pennsylvania regi ments, however were .stilt Ip active serv ice as the casualty lists show. The names of only 1"C PcnnsMvanlans appear on the lists given out yesterday and today, and the largo majority of these are from tho central and western sections of the blnte, vtiunp ......-. Txvo of the New orl; regiments liavol had their Dapiism oi inu 0114 suirer.cu severely wane 1110 .viuuuiua regimenr, ' r..I....J !. Tun f-.kl.imH 1A.., tmunuTii uii . v ...w, ...uu... i.ur When ou think of xrrlllnc. think of tllllTINO. Atv. the "Bloqdy Paw" U.S.TR00PSPUSH ACROSS AIRE IN Advance Line in Klieims Region and Capture St. Etieniic WIN HILLS FROM ENEMY L'500 Prisoners Capturerd in Mont Hlanc Region Forec German Retreat mill the Anierban Armx Norl1nxel Of I Verdun. Oct. 7. (Uy I N S) American troops In the Argonnc foucd their xxny acros-s to the xtct bmk of the Alro Itlxer today and occupied a x Hinge which the Germans had exneuated In the face of tho fire of the Americans After occupjlng tho xlllagc the Amer icans continued to push forward, mount ing the slopes of the hill along the bank of the Aire It- ,r Aximinlrtl I'reii ' II) me wouaica I rcs . I Willi the Amrrli.m Army in the Cham- Ipaguc, Oct. 7. i American troops operating in the ' 'Clurnpagno xxith the rrench again advanced their lines xcstcrdaj, i.iim Hiring St. i:tlcnnc ' Tho American piogiess served ulso ns a leverage on the right of the Champagne offensive, resulting in ad vances further west, tho result beisirT the withdrawal of the pciman lints along a txxcnty-IHc.mlle htrutch. The bulk of the work was dJiie by .1 'division which Is among the mot ! famous tho United States has in France. Adxnnce Kaaler I The adx'ancc Sunday xxas caslei than that of the previous three days, because tho terrain xxas far less uicuinberid xvlth powerful enemy pill uotcs and ion crUe fortifications. The flanks of tho I Americans xxere better cox trod by troops 1 xx ho pressed forward rast so as to pre cnt a deadly enfilading. This forxxaru movement amounts to between four and four and a half miles from the starting point. It aids mate rially In completely freeing Khelins from the Herman nienaee and makes tho enemy pivsltlons northwest of Khelins harder and harder to hold The Amer icans h.ixe ciintured 1300 prisoners. In cluding fortx-elght olllceis. Ihey took I much material, many cannon and ma chine guns, xx lib more than 200 Ger mans In ono FOt of nests. The achievement of tho Americans In the list four dnjs xxill bo an honor page in the hlel&ry of their fighting Thcj xxere thrown Into tho battl" Wednesday afternoon and ordered to adxanio from Somme-Py, first across inormoiisly strong trenches, xxhlch had dolled cap ture, and then across tho rolling plain and up tho wooded heights of Wngram fields to a line from Illancmcnt to the Mcdeah farm. Mlenre Knllludlnc I Ire Tho enemy were able to pour a heavy fire unon the attacking forces which xxas j only silenced when tho line xvas com pletely fiuiliwiseu uvmm tiit-sti uiiiuuo Ing dlnicultles xxcro overcome, houevir. the Americans had nrisscd still farther forward from the heights which they had gained and occupied positions facing at. Utlenne and lirgeull. .Strong trenches outsldo of St Ktlcnno again held them up. The Krenclv first enured tho town by a flanking attack and simultaneous tho Americans pushed up on to the xxst. The wholo lino from the extreme right to left was in a position to move ahead by noon. Tho ground acios which the Ameri cans fought Is icmarkablo for Its strength and tho completeness of their lctory xvas nttesud by mounds and heaps of captured material Tho loads had In en destrojed or torn In.n iTMi, -niltitr lintel liV mines ex- ninde.i bv the retiring Germans. Thei fields for miles on either side or the. pTaencsain, wiiii craiers awuiii uuiw iji other. Munition botes heaped to tile size of houses attested the hasto nt tho German retreat. Yet In spite of all dlfllcultles tho Americans advanced steid lly and wcro In a good part lesponslble. so the French told them today, for be ing the fulcrum of the lexer under the German lino which tipped It up more than twelve kilometers at tho western end. By the Associated Press Wuhhlnicton, Oct Slight ndvances jesterday by the American forces between tho Mouso and the Bois-des-Agons In heavy infantry fighting -was reported today by General Pershing. Ho also reported Increased artillery activity everywhere on both sides. Willi the Amerlian rtnj Nnrlliwent of Verdun. Oct.7. (Hy 1 X S ) Fight Ing their way forward step by step the Americans advanced sllghtl.v over the whole front between the Meuse and the Argonne forest jesterday, reaching II 111 269, which dominates lloniagne. a pivot of the Germans' Kriemhlld line. (The Kriemhlld line Is the chief bul vvark of German defenses defending the lines, of communication supplxlug the German left flank), SEEK NEW FIFTH WARD TRIAL I JlotlOIl to tie t'lli'il .Mond.l), Ar- gucil Week Later 1il,l,t,t foe n telwarliur of tho Fifth Ward conspiracy trial will be filed next Monday at West Chester by v nnani vx, Ir.u I.... Ilia ilrmiae One xx pelt Inter tho petition XX 111 bo hrought up for argument. Assistant IllMtrli.t Aftnrnev JnHPllh II TaUlaflC, xtho uroseeuted the case against the seven defendants convicted, will reply nt flint ilmn The men In whose behalf tho petition tor a rehearing will be presemeu am i.;.. nm,ei. ;,rr. leminr nf the Fifth foe n rebearlnir will be presented are 1 ward : Lieutenant or ponce i-mvm umi "c" mm iivo inuiuuucii, . They were convicted of conspiring to ilnl.lA IliA (lh.,n nnt .nil In DrCVPllt a w.,v ,.. k..v.. w ... v Ii 1 1 i I 1 fair election In thn Rolllh l-lliaticiMiin (ward, after a 1 month. trial lasting nearly to the Allies. The Too'utro'Sps Vncolli?.PoSn One I'eieon Hcporloil Dead, llir Hc?t Lniuleil 011 Iri-li Co.isl London, Oct 7 (bv 1 S. S ) i The Ilrltlsh sleamshlp Otranto. uirrt-i Ing 700 American trops and a crow of 300, has been In collision with tlio Penin sular and Oriental liner Kashmir, said I a dispatch ucelted hero tudij. One peraon was reported denil The sur xlxors xcro landed at an Irish port land bcxeral men who xxcrc Injured weie I taken to the hospital. It xns not staled whether either of tho ships had been sunk. The Otranto xx as a xesvel of 12,121 ton and xtas built for the Orient .Mixlgalion ( onipan lliu Kashmir displaced SI 30 tons WALTER RJENDELBACH DIES Cuitis Ptihlisltin"; Company Man Stricken al Camp Lee Word icached hero of the dtaih, I'n-i day night nt Camp Lee Virginia, of Walter It. Scndclhach, formerlv of the sales dlxlslou, circulation dcpaituunt of, tho Curtis Publishing Comp.iii.x. I Mr Scndclhach. xtho xtas about! txxcntx,-sl xears old, lived xtltli his pa-' rents. Mr. and Mrs 1 Id nurd C hendeb bach, 232 Church road, Aidmnre lie went to I'limn nhnut six xxctks aso lie bail passed bis overseas examination and uni4 oulln(r fc,r,lI(j tti, the kecn.-l Intertst to going to Trance Hut he di- x eloped Influenza euily last xxed J ftrnl Kmi ti'C ho died a few hours befon either his taincr or niotncr couio ic.ilii uie i.iinii FORMER MAGISTRATE DIES William C. Hagcrty Was Citj So lieitor's Coiiftdcntial Clerk Konner Magistrate William l' Dag ger!, xx ho hail been prominent In Sex--ehth Ward politics for manx cars, dleil today at his home, 1331 Pine street, after nn Illness of several xxeiks He had been unconscious since Saturday. Death xxas duo to llrlsht's disuse Mr llaggerty was born In tho Scxenth Ward and llxcd there nil his life, lie served scxernl terms as magistrate Prior to his cltitlon be mndiictod n saloon at fc'eventcenth and Naudain streets. Oil tho election of John P. Council ns city solicitor, Mr. Ilaggett was made his confidential clerk and held that posi tion until the time of his death. lie Is survived by A xx Idoxx and seven ehlldien. Quo son, Kobcrt J. Huggcrty, Is In the United States nnv. ON MISSION TO VATICAN i Cardinal Gihlions Sends Special Commissioner to Home I By the Associated Vexi Itonie, Od 7 Alfonso Do Nav tire, of Nexv York, has arrived hero on .1 special mission to tho Valium, lie li.is been appointed by Cardmil Gibbon" as spo-lal commissioner of the American National Catholic War Council to In vestigate and report on Catholic war actlxlths In Italy, franco and Hngland Ho will be received bv Cardinal (la sparrl. the Papal Secretary of State Pope Ilcnedlrt Is much giatlflod nv tho sending of this mission to the the atres of war. HAD DYNAMITE NEAR OIL TANKS , An? trian Suspect Held by I'. ?. Coiiiiiiissioiicr in $1000 Hail ' John Plumes, an Austrian, found ni.u oil tanks at tho Atlantic lleflnlng Coin. puny plant with a stick of dynamlto was , lu til under $1000 ball for court this I afternoon by United States Cominn- sloner Mnnley for jlolatlng the e.plo-1 sixes act. Tho prisoner, xxho says ho Is an us trlan Pole, nbpears to be a man (if high inUlllgence, bit relates such a disjointed story that the Tidcral authorities aie btisplclous of his motives TREE PLANTING 0CT.18 I5rumlaugh Fixes Date to Itegin Itcplcnit-lung ot Supply Governor I!rumbnuch todav Issued a proclamation living October 18 ns 'Wal nut Tree Planting Day," and urged the school ehlldien. Hoy Scouts. Girl Scouts sportsmen, farmeis and others to plant black and white vvulnut trees, especially the former. Tho nations supply of black walnut lumber Is nearly exhausted and the planting of trees will bring, the Gov ei nor sajs, 11 generous supply of xxood puier air, regulated xxater supply and food lor me, wiiu 1110 01 1 11c suite in the rutuie. U. S. SUPREME COURT MEETS Intl... Pit.- Vl!i f 11... .,. slant pic-suro 01 inu milieu iroops 13 p.elatlons Cummltlee should seek eon JUSIILL3 1 uj visit 01 Jirspcil 10 making tho execution of the plan most sulfation on an negotiations entered the President Hashlncion, Oct. 7. (By I, N S) The Kl1IVinnin fiillrt rf tli. lliilln.1 tnA n. I .;iin..i 7n.ii;. r; ih V,.ii .T '..r,,.ir session. Headed hy Chief Justice While the.menibers of the court proceeded 10 the White House to pay their respects 10 i-resiueiil uson. It is expected that a number of de cisions will be handed down bx the court tomorrow. PEACE OFFER HITS MARKET 1 Opening Cora Prices in Chicago! Take Tumble , CldraEu, Oct. 7. The latest peace dilxe of tho Teutonic powers wan re flected on the Board of Trade today In opening prlics for corn, which wire l;c to U?kC, under tho Satuulay, close , for December at $1,27 to 11.25. ' Vatican Turns Down Austrian Peace Hole Koine, Oct. 7. Tho Vatican hati turned doxvn another request fiom Austro-llungary to Instttuto pence proceedings, It was reported today. Answer Is "No." big retreats are begun by foe;sarmies Teutons Retire Rapidly in Champagne Under Amer ican and French Pressure FALL BACK UK AREA UELOW CA1MUUA1 HASK (FCiniaiin Burn Laou ami Fiic to 'Many Villages' Set IU1EIMS IS DELIVERED i British Gain South of Lens and Press Closer to Lille V Iximlnii, Oct. 7. ; The dermal s arc burning cities and Milages behind their front from T'lan. dcrs south to the Champagne. This is believed to be preliminary to u great lelirement. y Tho Germans already .lie In retreat on a wide front in the Champagne between Ithclms and the Argonno for est. They are reported to have fallen hack two miles on .1 scvcn-nillc fiont fouth of Camhral, On tho Cli'imp.igrc 1ct1c.it the CS01 mans i.10 falling back tapldly before Ocnerul Oouiaud's troops. They are crowded bj General Ilcrthclofs forces fioin the west and are in danger of being cut off by the Americans and Trench who have ciossed tho Arnes Itlver. Tho tctrcat vvus caused by the I American and rrench picsstirc. Hclrcat Toward Kctoiirno Tho retirement Is in tlio directlot of tho Hototirno River, but It Is be lieved that the Genr ns will not bo able to halt until u,cy reach the Alsno. They ate lighting rc.ir-jfu.iid actions with machine guns. Trench troops huve made further mu.auccs norincast of Jthelms. captur ing St. MabincH and penetrating Uau inc. tlio Tiench War Olllec anrounc cil todaj. Tho Gcrman.s nre offering powerful iclslunce all along this fiont. particularly in the vicinity of Uctricourt. Violent lighting continued through the night north of St. Qucn tln, where tho enemy made numer ous counterattacks. 1 Cross Suippo Hivcr ch troops havo crosmd the Ippo Itlver enstward ot Orainvillc! ami have reached the oiitslihts of Il.uincoui t (northeast of Hhelms) and I Boil I sui-Suippo after sevcio lighting 1 At Clemen n-Arncs heavy loes have, been Inflicted upon tho Hermans, xvho ictlieil in disorder. Ycstcrduy 'h fighting j completed tho dellvoiitnce of Bliilmsl fiom llti man bombardment I Advance Three .Miles ' Due north of Hhelms the French have advanced thro miles, havo cro'-scd tho Ai.suo Cannl ami havo readied tlio outskirts of Asuidcourt and aio approaching Aumeiiancourt-lc-1'etit. eight miles from Ithclms Tlio rrench hold the, whole course of the Arncs Itlver, and they and tho Americans aro on virtunlly .1 straight lino from north of ithclms to tlio Mouse. Tho (icimaiis are in retreat on tlio whole fiont from tho Suippo to the Arnes. as well as In the region south of Canibrai. In thy latter legion the British Fourth Army hns crushed counterattacks which the enemy de livered In an effort to prevent Its urogicss toward l'olialn and cover thlr retreat to the south. The-o two movements ot 1etrc.1t form a part of the plan which was to I have brought the Ueiinnn aimics to1 1 " " -...-.- ......... .......... the frontier, It nppcars, but the eon - new lines or icsistanco much nearer i dllllcult and hazardous. Fires Near IJIle The Peace proposals of the Cciv tut! Powers me In no way entering the policy of destruction the Geini.in staff seems to have decided upon. Sallnu mines, near Lens, is burning and tires have been seen west and southwest of Lille and between Douat nnd Soualn. The tioops advancing In the Cham pagne found Nogent-lVAbbesse. lleino and all tho villages in the valley of the Sulppe In (lames. U1011, the stiongliold to which tho enemy bus been clinging as the key-1 point of his line on tho southwest, ap parentlj has been set nllro by tlio Ger mans I.10U has been ablaze since cstor ( unllniird on Puce Pour, Column Threo BULGAR GENERAL QUITS Surrenders Command of Two Ilricutlcs to Allied Troops 1 Purlu, Oil. 7. (Havas). Tho general ' ... ....n.i.l nt Ihn lUiltPntli lllllr-u win i. 111 cumin.."" . - ---'-r,,:,i - w,. Iiivlslon has surrendered his force to the Allied troops In Macedonia. Tho division was composed of two brigades and with It a largo quantity of war material fell Into tho hands of the Allies. Buy a Liberty Bond to Back the Call for Freedom. BUY! BIJYJ B IMMEDIATE ARMISTICE ASKED IN PRINCE MAX'S PEACE PLEA lly thr slisociatcd Pro ,'nti i ilit m, Oct. 7. The text of the note foruoded by the lntiainl German Chancellor, Prince Maximilian, to President H'l'fsoii, through thr Swiss Government, follows: Tlio Gcrmun Go eminent requests the President of the United States to take in hnnd the restoration of peace, acquaint all tho belliger ent States of this request and invite them to send plenipotentiaries for the purpose of opening negotiations. It accepts the program s-ct forth by the President of tile United Slates in lih message to Congress on January 8 and in his later pro nouncements, especially his speech of September 27, as a basis for peace negotiations. With ti view to avoiding further bloodshed, the German Govern ment requests the immediate conclusion of an armistice on land and water and in the air. LODGE INSISTS MILITARY VICTORY MUST BE COMPLETE WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. Senator Lodge, discussing Ger many's peace offer In the Senate, said that "an armistice now would mean the loss of the war and all we have fought for. He advocated a complete military victory, thus forcing Germany to hue for peace. BULGARIA ORDERS TEUTONS TO LEAVE AMSTERDAM, Oct. 7. Bulgaria on Saturday notified the Powers with which she had been allied that they must quit Bul garian territory within a month, says a Sofia dispatch to the Berlin Tageblatt. SERBS PURSUE RETREATING TEUTONS LONDON, Oct. 7. Serbian troops are pursuing the fleeing Austro-Germans north of Vranje and have already captured 1500 Austrians, including a regimental commander, the Serbian War Office announced today. Twelve more guns have been captured. CITY TAKES $1,000,000 LIBERTY BONDS The Sinking Fund Commission at its meeting today sub scribed $ 1,000,000 to the fourth Liberty Loan. This makes a total of 3,000,000 of city money invested la Libei ty Bonds of all issues. I SENATORS SPURN OFFER OF PEACE Poimlcxlcr Calls Propositi "Most Insidious Danger" WULLL) AID GERMANY, 1 nolilnslnii, (Jet 7 j nf Germany's peace offer scii.itu soon after todax s Discussion began in tin session convened. Senator Polndcxter. I ''rcs'uem ""sons , ,0 me ucr of Washington. Itepublican, declared the "mn ncilCo Propo-.tls will bo awaited in proposal tor im armistice a "most inld lou" d.lllgel. Wnon Sen.itoi Poliuli'Ntcr deel.it ed an nrmitlii' would mean the end of all mill tarj action, und, If accompanied only by enemy cxaciiation of Belgium and France, would bo a victory for Germany, Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, chair man of tho Foreign Relations Commit tee, earnestly pointed out that the Ger man offer also provided for acceptance of the fourteen terms laid down by the President In his address of Januarj S Acceptance of German's offer only upon evacuation of Belgium and France, senator iiitcncoci. sain, would be pre posit mils, but ho declared ustnratlon of Alhiu 1 -I.orialnc to France as well as rep.i'alloi to Belgium and I'miKe are among 1 In President's terms which Ger- , ,nill 1 i-oiiiiHes 10 nc'cepi. , s,cnntoi Polndexur said the Foreign Into 1 tlio Government, imd that tho eoilutrx should be xvarncd against tho Insidlouuiiesa of published suggestions that 1111 urniiHtlco should bo agreed to upon withdrawal of German from oc cupied iirrltor.x. Senator McCumhc-i, of North Dakota, announced that he Imd piepared a reso lution designed to In.euiv pteserxatton of tlu tuuctlons of the Senate MttimiUUS 1WALAUY UN Mill' Dn 111 r 11 t-v octors Puzleil by Deadly Dis-, case on Spanish Vessel 1, .1 j , 1 1, Uy the Associated Press Cubon Port, Oct. i Cuban medl- cal authorities have not tit been able W e "yt our oths"' 'o", the l Snan I, steauismp .ironso Ail xxnieu arrixeu here Sundax, and Is being held in auar I nntlne Nineteen persons died on the xo.vage und live have died since tho ship reaclnu port Aiming im ueHU is tno second olllcer Two persons crazed by sulTerlug conimltted suicide during tho vox 11 Be, Mxt of tho 1200 passengers aboard the ship arc ill and forty are said to bo in a serious condition. A very high temperature xx 1th signs of mental de rangement cliarnctei Ized the malady, which Is supposed to bo Spanish Influenza. LONDON AWAITS WILSON'S REPLY eace Proposal Put in Proper Hands, Ts Belief in Britain OFFICIALS ARE SILENT Special Cable to I'.i citing Public Ledger l.nniliin, Monday, Oct 7. I Loudon xvlth the tensest expectation, but ' linn 1, Itli llin IMv.t nnmtilnt,. rnndfT.nii. that it will be the right and only one. British opinion on that point presents remarkable unanimity. "Germany has addressed her appeal to Wilson We could not wish it in better hands, for there is going to be no softness on the part of America," Is the view taken at one end of tho scale. "Germany could not have mado a bet ter move than to lay her proposals be fore. Wilson, for If she really is ready to mike peaco on tho President's terms ' she will have the opportunity of doing so runs me view tnkui at the other end of the .e,i!c of British opinion Thus do extremes meet In full-bodied confidence in America's sense of tho es sentials required for a safo ending of tho war. How- far those essentials aro embodied In the proposals set forth b) Prince Max is a fertile ground of dis cussion A reprct-nlutive Fngllshman, speaking to jour correspondent, said ho saw in tlie new Chnneellor's cpeech one point which. In his opinion, would alone pre clude the possibility of the present over tures reaching a pacific conclusion, mi les", of eouise, further llres of discus sion should develop Tilt B thik n ra a mia 0crmany I The Chancellor's position had. of couri.e, to 1)C taken 'nto consideration. He had to pay tribute to the German I military machine, and possibly some dla- coun, ,'nust bo nIiotted for Ills references vo German V "unbroken front and the ,conlarable heroism of Its armies." . "" doubted vv hether Germany can sec cyo to eye with the Presl dent, who demands tho formation of an Independent Polish state. Speech Ned Kkpluinlnr blmllarly Prince Max's references to the Baltic provinces and Lithuania re quire, elucidation, for if his suggestions In regard to them Imply no more than that their future shall be determined by the votes of the so-called popular repre sentative bodies constituted under Uer- Continued on Paso llftern. Column Ono KAISER CAN TAKE COURSE ".iV (IP RITFUARIA .- Teuton Proposal Plain Ad inibbiou of Their Deci sive Defeat FHOiYr SHATTERED; VASSALS DESERTING I Chancellor's Plea for Negotia tions Ts Placed in Wilson's Hands .STEP TOWARD PEACE i Washington Views Max's Offer' as Prompted by Ger many's Despair B CLINTON W.. GILBERT Staff Corrnivomtent J.YriAno Public Lrdoer CovurloM. wit, lu Public l.tdatr Co. Washington, Oct, 7. The German and Austrian notes pro- posing peace were delivered to Mr., ' tensing this morning. President Wll- , son xvas closeted from early this morn ing with his Intimate advisers- A j reply will be made promptly today, perhaps, but more probably tomorrow, 'That reply will be a 1 ejection and a. i counter-proposal. j That is the news of Ihe groateit ' diplomatic situation since the war began, Indeed the gteatcst In the his tory of modern Uurope. The greatest war of nil tmo is being ended, ended here. .in Wnslilnetnn. for Germany, the -. c Poxter from which tho teal reauestfor peace had to come, has turped to the) '; iV United States as tho Power fre' ; which the real reply must come as &3j 1 when and on what conditions peaot 1 may 'bo accepted. 1 Tlio German request is treated w): tho utmost seriousness, TL- M."7 .iiii? uuiiwfl;'. phero is utterly different from tho at ',,& mosphcrc that existed when the last Austrian noto was received. Tho con tempt and impatience arc gone. There will be no- cult dismissal this time. There will be a rejecton, and the re jection will bo firm; but the rejection itself will bo n step toward peace. 1'c.ieo Is In Prospect Falling into the languago of cheM It is now possible to say "peace in a certain number ot moves" two moves, if Gcrmany'H desperation s a groat as it seems to be, a fcxv nioro than tv. If tho Central Powers can hold out a fow weeks longer, but the end of the game is in sight. Tho next mov c, as already suggested, will be a prompt rejection of tho Ger man proposal, with what will be in effect a counter-propos il. Tho United States will probably tell tho Central Powers that if tho yvvant an armistice, they will have to do what Bulgaria did. They will have to withdraw from occupied territor demobilize their forces, put tho Allies In control ot strategic positions nnd agree to accepi tho determination of tho peace con-fcti-nco vvlth regard to the question icnialnlng at issue. That disposition to be mado In accordance with the fourteen principles laid down b Presi dent Wilson. Germany Must Confess Defeat In effect, this is to nsk Germany to confess defeat und suriender at dis cretion But that is precisely what President Wilson onl 11 fcxv days ago. promised to do. And Prince Max sayr ho makes ills present proposal vvlth that last speech of President Wilson's fully In mind. Cat. Germany iefuc to do what Bulgaria has done'.' Can sho lefuse 1 to ucl upon the countcr-pioposal which the President made? Many well informed persons hero bellcyv that she can not. Her military situa tion Im ileMiernte. Her entire reserves nre now occupied In preventing the v?j American forces in the Argonne frora.fp cutting her malt, line of communica. tion und preventing the escapo of her army back ucross the Ithine. In tjiej meantime, the center around cambrai weakened to afford support to the vital Argonne position, is In great dan. ger of being throw 11 svv If tly back, amid confusion and demoralization. The t northern end of the line at the Bel 1 ..In,. ..n.iHf U ulrendv Innsn nnd helne ' rt,,alm,l ,tp.-lHtt lHRtXtnil1 TtlPTB (o i. peril everjwhere fiom tho sea to Ver- r jR dm.. lias rromiseu 1 race That is the military sldo of Ger--1.' many's peril. The diplomatic side of It Is equally serious. It haa been ,j only by promising to make a mov:-, co thattii that would surely bring peaco Germany has been able to hold Turkey. :t ; nnd Austria In tho vvur since Bulgaria! . with its usual selllshness sought t!' favor of the Allies by making thi- nrst ureacu in tno central comDina.' tlon. It Germany falls in its promise tuiV its nines tor get peaco ana get. quickly, there will be danger! of a 1 lomatlo panlo It. Mittel Uuropa. of powers, a have-hlmselfwli scramble for peace with Turkey, ( Continued on ro Flfto. Ciloiffl ft iS 'ft; "J, &3 Vf i V' "I 1, .M -s fyji 4 9 , ti l v , 8i .! ,: ?JJ fA v vr m ? W-' 41 1' 1 (1 'riQ ,. Vo Vj "A m -1 m ' SSJ VJ -vl- H. ! V
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