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AMERICANS FIGHT
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Hill 223 From
,t JACUUvl.
C'Coiiitlcring Germans, Kill
ing More Than 1000
TOE DAMMING THE AIRE
wo Compnnics of Enemy
;. Troops Wiped Oul in Three
Days' Battling
, 11 KDWIN I,. JMhf
Special Cable to Kt citing Public Ledger
roTvrtuhl, lilt, bV Sexr Ytnk Timet ' 0
With (lie .tmfrlrin Artnr l I ranee,
Oct 9.
In cold, torrential rain varied lv
Jitaty. hall, the Americans kept up the
fight to vvtest from the Herman tint
I
foret leinaining
.Jiacc ui iiir .ifcuiiiii
in Iheir hand.
The seterest fight of the da nan for
tithe possession o" Hill 2:3. llng w-sl of
Chatel f-hehery. We capture I Ihl lo-
sltlon Monday. Yettcrday the Heiioaiw
attacked lth stronn force", drlMnj: us
v
from the ciet
N TCltti r...nfiirr.iii.ntM III. niT iCntlS
4 f .... il. Llll !.. In n l.llM1.
liwtrmcu iiij me iiiii ffitii in u...."
slnp ralntorm. and after two and a half
fhours of blood) flghtlnjc ouled the
f Metnnns. .More than 1000 tJerni.ui dead
-erc, ie,n on tins ihwiioii. i " wn"
ag latReiy nanu-io-nann neuner !iu-
belnc able to use artillerj effictnely
because o fthe closeness or tne oppo-ini:
4.trooD". '
a Further south ne made good proKies
fiiealnst bitter resli'tanie toward I.ancun
rffon the Chatcl Cheheiy road To the
t Jiorthwest of KleUlIe we occupied pi-
'"tlons commandlnc the Junction of
the
'onlv rour roHii running iiiniunn mc
northern end of 4he AiKonne foret
Thus- slowly but surely we are wiarlnrf
.liu-n th. Herman rlelprtnlnatloll to bold
S'ti Iti the north end of the rgonne
tt IleiKirts hae come In that the eneim
' U (lammlnp the Aire I'.ler In the -
"hlnltv of Marn l?rc.iue of heay
Itialns. this would probabh cause the
inundation of a considerable area, wlilcli
would be a hindrance to our tlooin ad
lanelns toward the Kricmhlld line In
I.a .llnlfi- i
1 From the Aire Valle to the Meifc Is
1a comparltUelv oulet sector of the first
i.army. The Uerman artiner tne mere
iid lat than fnp dn foncetilratlons
m Jl ' iv s-a .. .". ..- ....
T 'of rermans nae been neni in me
"lclnltle
& Vhey ar
3 of (torn;
, Vo r,
l'lclnltles of ttomasnie and ("er, ind
are dleglnft .1 new trench southeast
(tomagne
erman balloons were up ester-
islav and the foe airplane actllt was at
vi minimum Our aerlil iiLtilt was
'Milndered by bad weather
1 The (Jernian units faclnc our Moon
Jiae suffered erv lieaw caualtles In
r the last four das Infoimatlon haxliiR
j)ieen obtained that four companies were
1 wiped out and mam rtdured "0 per
i-nt. The tiernians appear not to be
'throwing In o man fresh troops is lat
Jixeek. although thoe In line are putting
iip a game struggle
The flshtlng for the last three das has
been erv trjlng to the men on both
I'T-ldt. Almost constant rains with cold
rTjiate forced great sufferliiR and tested
the limit of the ph) steal "lamina of
iihArhen In the front lines Vo houe
at'e standing In most of the sector, and
the Americans bHouacked In the bacj
i-,Jreu.s and the front line lwe small
''chance for any rest Tbl", of course
1 necessitates frequent reliefs
H. Tne spirit or tne merican ngming
(rnen, despite all this temains tipiop
Thev believe that the foe Is as sore
cm the weather as thev aie. and tint
help.
' A letachment of Pruiin" captured
esterlay wore American overseas caps
I U. S. BATTALION RESCUED
FROM TRAP
Mark for German Own for Tltrro Dast in Arponnc 'nsfiess,
77ia Thrvv'fourlhs of lei ire Brought Bach
Ajtrr Hopoatvil Efforts
H F.UWI.N
. Special Cable to Liening Public Ledger
Pwiriofitt lit. hi Xtw York Timet Co.
Mltb the Ainerlesn Armv In 1-rHnee,
Oct. 9.
Purrounded in a fastness of the r
nonne forest three davs a target all
the while for Herman artllleiv and ma.
Milne runs without food for the last
llblrij-slx hours, a battalion or Ain't-
Join eoidleis has been rescued in an at-
Itack led b Lieutenant Colonel tiene
Houghton, of Itaclne
' The story of these men Is one of the
classics of the war On Frlda) night.
.participating In an attack on rieriuan
'positions deep in lit- fotest, they had
to advance in single tile Pushing on
against strn opposition, thev gained
titer ohtctlves, to And at dawn atur-
clav Hermans not onlv In flout of them
but behind them and on both aides
Their position was three kilometer
northeast of Biuarvllle. on the western
dge of tlie Argonne foiest The (ler
mans had found an opening on their left
and, using a trench filtered in fully a
thousand men behind our battalion out
there ,rln trenches on both sides the
enemy Installed manv machine guns and
went about corralling what they regarded
in their sure prev
On Saturda morning other Americans I
discovered the plight of their comrades,
who were fiom seven companies and
numbered iti men The French on our
left attacked at the same time In an I
effort to release the Americans. The at. I
tack failed, hut, as It developed, prob
ably sated the Americans, because It 4
diverted tjie, Herman attack on themj
from the south.
On Sunday three more attempts were
mad to reach them, and all failed On
that dv fourteen airplane missions were
undertaken In their behalf, dropping two
tona.nf food and considerable armnunl. '
'tlon tejr.the sequestered men Pigeons
were also -dropped by parachute s,o that'
mea'ages, could be sent back. Our av la.
t- i -
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f Incrmaitt ifKcitncy of a trut$ 50
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French Statesman Sat Term- Will
Tnke Cure of Sniiill Nation
Special Cable to ft enitg Public l.eilfcr
Copirloht M, fv Veil oik Time In.
Paris. Oct !. The nmvs i)f the tc-
ipiest for nil armistice In the fentral
ranpires was received in ihiiiuc-hi uiriu
iimtlc elides here ulllinut surprise as
rumors of such ii liioc li.nl bet u life In
.ill quintets long liefore the note was
liulillohril In the tmparp A well-known
statesman, on lielnir asked for his opin
ion upon the answer which the Alllc
should give. Mlil
"I hate perfect ami Implicit trust In
the Judgment and statesmanship of l'res-
Idem llon who dominates the sltua-
tlon The Allies may test assured tli.it
Ills answer "III take Into mount the
.ispllutlohs ot sunn uaiinnaiiiics in
term "111 lie such tint If the Central
lanplres urept them thev ill not be
able again to nunc um on undefended
pcnee.lutlng nations '
GERMANY TO GRANT
POLITICAL AMNESTY
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IJCIIM1LI 111.
Oittman
and
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Pardoned
I nniloii. Oi t The etniati fiovelli
ment, aciordlnc In dt"patch from m
sterdam to the l.xdiange IVIegraph
Compain Intends In crant panlons to
n number of politic ans Imprisoned since
the war beRiin Iniludlnt. 'he Socialist
lr Karl l.lebknei lit ind Wllhelm pill,
man A Reneral amneM the dispatch
adds pnibabh will be granted to polli
Il.iI offenders
Pr Karl I.lebkntihi who aciurdlni;
10 the Amstriilatn lepoil Is about to be
released fioni prison piobabh Is Hie
most striMns llcure In (lerman oclallm
and one of the few oi!.illt leaders In
thai conntM who have lonslslenllx atnod
nKiin.t the iloveinmenl in Us war.poll.
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Doctor l.lebknei hi wa irrested at
llerlln Max 1. 1 I on the charge of
participating In noi lint da In Ihe
iTerman capllal In Hie follow Iiir month
he was tried on the i barge of .utempted
high treason gros insubordiiiatlon and
rislstance in Ihe aulhoiitlfs The trial
was held behind rloscd doors and re
uitei" n the oii.illst le.ider being sen
t need to thirt months penal eiltudc
i nil dlml''sal from the aitm
I Ii.h luen hIIcrmI thai Poctor l.eii-
)tlfint w.,s
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In possession of lmKii ant
ihowliiR that Austili was
IIULIIIKII.l'.
forced Into the war bv the (lerman mill.
tar leaders agallit the wMies of
Vienna and lludupesi
l)eput Willie. m Plttmann Is an Inde
' endeiit soclalNt Ills name was linked
In iii tuber 1'I7 with those of P'ptillet
Iha'c and ogtherr, nlhei -oilalists
with the inui'nv in the ilerimn fleet
Pluiiiaun was at tested In I'eilln IVbiu-
ir I when lie lUeiupteii lo auoiess n
,rowd in i Herlin suburb U was sen-
teuifd to five eais Iniprisonmi in fur
hulling to high lr,iun and w,is given
two months additional for ieistlnir pub
IU autliuliM
FOE HAS NEW FLAME BOMB
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Alitlor I e eu WcMte lo
C.irr Death in Hotrililc Form
Hv th
iwocininl Vretx
I'srls, Hit '1 'Ihe lieimans dining
the last few das have Iihi-ii using In
tlieii all work a new tpe of inflammable
bomb combining griat effei tlveness with
light welghl V single airplane. It Is
said can ccirv JOtt of these bombs
The onlv wav or fighting the file
lausril ov this new iiirm ui nesttuctive,, . "i, ----- ." "-" '""" i
. 1. .1... 1....1 ..s.... ..e 2 On tile (heroillll Chm 1 i.r u l,tn,-.,i e '
. new Turin of desnuctlve
is to In the Isolation of',',n ,l"T pjerimui h.
iir.iiiun rtiiiiris ii, in iiii- inuiaiiwn VK
the blaze aM pouring water on It Is
titei.il'v milling fuel n the flames on
account of the chemicals nf which the
bombs are compossd
GERMANS SE1
Mor
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tois could not see am. thing of tlie miss
ing men
Knowing Moudav moinlng that the
food of the soldiers whs about goto the
Americans set abou a fresh attempt to
rescue them Our attack on the forest
from the e.c-t helped In a determined
effort mule from the south and lte
Mondav night the troops broke through
and reached the exjiausted but still rie
tetmined band Morn than three-fourths
of them weie safe
Because of ihe nature of the terrain
it was Impossible that night to get bark
anv wounded, but jeslenl.iv stretcher
healers, biought out of the tungie the
seiotil wounded
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Community Stores
we oerve (
The 4th
Liberty Loan
lasting benefit to every
bond buerjn the lcon of sating it has taught us.
And ju&t so the COMMUNITY SI OK US will" help ou
pconomize in our buying offering only POOD PROD
UCTS of Inown alue and a store service ou will appre
ciate. This Week Buy
PURITY OATS
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SRP AR ATE PR APR,
f ,1,lliaf
UUIIilat-
Is Indicated 1)'
Smyrna's Effort to Open
Negotiations
BtilKl.T'S FALL A FACTOR
KnilW.lt
System Threatened
and Ottoman Empire Likely
to Follow
Bulgaria's
Example
Speiint ( nblr lo 'triune Public Ledger
roi'Vilvh' Jl hu ru mk Tlmfs I'o
I nnrtnn, Oct 1
Turkev Is seeking to escape from e
sinking ship
The Immediate collapse of the Otto
mm lanpile Is Indicated li the action of
the ilovemment of the Province of
tinvrna the mot Important part of Ana
toll i, which is vlrtuall.v Identical with
Asia Mlnoi In sending emissaries to se
cuie iirare with the Allies
ti Mheii dlsnilrh filed 3enleniher '
25. but received In London onlv todav.
sjvs
UcordlnR to the On-ek paper JTestla I
there have irrlved at Mltvlene, on he-(
hi If of liahm'l floverior of Smyrna
three tnillamentarlans to enter Into
pcaie negotiations One of the emlRsa-'
rles Is i OrecU one an Englishman and i
one a Turk
I'uilher Infoimatlon has been received
bv vour correspondent to the effect that 1
the f'nnsiatitlnnple Oovernment Is like
wise keeking lo open separate negotia
tions with the Miles Turke's position
must be considerable weakened bv the
capture of Helrut which Is an Impor
tant b.isr In Ihe advance upon Alep
The renter of Ihe gteat rallwav svs.
tern Is thus tluiHlened on two fiont
and Tutkev can scarcel hesitate to fol
low the example of Bulgaria That Aus
tria should wish to withdraw within
her own frontiers Is the tiatuial corollitv
of such a situation
News that has reached London thai
tile Ionii nc guns have ilsen agalnt the
Vuslil.uiN Is svmptomatlc of the weak
inliiR of tin enemv s hold upon the Hal
K.tns It Is known that detached par- '
ties of c ions Movenes Serbian and
Viistrlan deserteis are in the mountains
teadv lo make common cause against
the oppiessoi 1 bough possiblv In a mill
tarv sene tbeli value Is not veiv great
thev arc capible of endangering Aus
Ulan communlcitlons
'I I if Invaders tenure In Albania l
also pinaiious. anil piobablv such Al
banian soldierv as has been In u
trlas inv will become hostile the mo.
ineut lie Ite.isurv is closed
Ml sens point to the eatlv evacua
llcm bv uvlili of the Balkans This
inav be with a view to a more colicen
M ited defense of bet own terrltorv
but ii is more piobablv preliminary to
lUstili throwing up the sponge and
hmmiir umoiidltloncl siincnder 1'iln
Ma or Hiilen s inclusion of a discus
slim of a frcli 1.111011 of'Aiistila.llungaiv
111 his peace piotfers Is taken to Indi
cate iiniiiiitaliablv to what depths of
lespali Inlirnatlonal ronditlons have ie
duced the 'lovernment of th,. Dual
Monarohv Baron Butlans tefeience to
'hanged ronditlons which would be cre
eled bv the constitution of a new Polish
"""V "'"""" siRniucam conimeniHI v
t. J V. n'mmiui ,11
t'"n rollsli question in his speech, and
is legHided us an Indication that in the
inxoliHiige of views between n-Hi,. ...,i
v leiiiia pievlous to the reipiest for n
armlnlii Austila wanted to go mui h
funnel than the Heiman hancellin of
feted tn rii In his speech
Piedictlutm tlmt Turkev would be the
til st to follow Bulgaria s example and
1 vueiriH secutHI seem lo lie
of xet mention
plot ess
NEGATIVE REPLY FORESEEN
Berlin Writer S.n. Germ.ms
Aeteil at t'nripe Moment
msterilain, Oct t Waltei Uatlunau
In a speciul article In the Beilln 'osln
rhe Zeltung which bears Ihe caption
ParK lav and which antic Ipctes a
negative and humiliating answei fiom
President Wilson savs j
'We allowed iiurselves lo be carried i
awav at an iinilpe moment Into an un-i
npe decision We shall be asked to'
abandon I onalne and peilups Usace '
Panrlg will be named as a Polish port I
The lestoratioti of Belgium and northern
Prance mav be nin inln a disguised war
indemnltv or tU billion marks J
Was ihai taken Into muium" Who (
ever has lost his neive must be super
seded In the event ( an unsatlsfac. '
torv replv not a dav must be lost A
mlnislrv of defense must be created ron.
sistlng nf civilian powers and call erjery
available mm to the defense ofjjtht
lainei laua
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Jiesidcs helping our be
loved America and tho
?reat cause for which
the Allies ate fighting,
is, a Fourth good and
The Perfect Product
Particular People Prefer.
No hulls no dirt no
moistutc no bugs. tJqst
Pure Clean Cats to rhake
the most tasty morning
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and because all mois
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EX-RUSSFAN PREMIER SHOT
Stockholm Reports Assassination
f aicxL f. th-mi .
.Inrkliolm. Oct. S. Alexander Kco-
idorovich Trepoff, former Russian pre
inler, has been shol, according lo ad
vlees from I'rtrpgrad.
Alexander, Trepoff was bom flfly-slx
vears ago Krom his childhood he was
destined for the army and In this profes
sion he remained until he had reached
the age of t went) .sex en, when he he
signed to take a place In the ministry
of the Interim In 1897 ho became
connected with the state chancellery and
two jears later was appointed assistant
secretary of Ihe Impel lal Council,
When tho Punn was formed In 1905,
M Trepoff was a member of a social
committee selecled for the purpose of
I lav Ing the foundation for that body.
In 1907 he was appointed senator. Km
peror Nicholas appointed him to the. Im
perial Council in !9M,nnd on Xoa ember
54 IMf. he became ptemlci, Krom
, this ollhe he resigned on .lanuirv 9,
' 1117
M Tiepoff was responsible for the
Rreat uillroad building program which
was begun tluee j ears ago and inter
rupted bx the resolution
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"PEACE KAISER OFFERS
JUST ONE MORE LIE"
Baron Constant Says No Ar
mistice Is Possible With
Germans in France
Special Cable to Eienint Public Ledger
Covurlolit, IHs, tic New iork Times I'o.
Paris, Oct, 9 Baron d'Hslnurnellcs
de Oonstant of the Vrench Senate, a
I friend of President Wilson and Colonel
House and for many tears prior to 19H
one of the most ardent ndtocates of
peace, declares that no atnilstlce Is pos.
slble so long as one Herman soldier re
mains on French soil
It was In the course of an Interview
at his home In Paris that the Senntnr
said lo me, concerning the present Her
man peace maneuver
"t cannot trust, vvc must not trust,
inrmnnunn
iniiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiniiii
IIIUlllll
Business men and
the war
THE only real business we
have now is "winning the
war;" There isno such thing
as.privatehusiness; all business
isthe nation's business.
Clothes-buying and selling may seem
to have nothing to do with war; but
men must have them; they take ma
terials and labor and they cost money.
Therefore;clothes that save, help.
You can save by not buying more
clothes than you need.
When you need clothes, you can save
by buying good ones, that last long,
and don't have to be replaced soon.
Wetmake.that.kind.of clothes.
Hart Schaffner &. Marx
clothes are all wool
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Clothes that save
KalHriPiSHSiRSHw'N m
iff ''JHKmmH sB
MLAMuliL c - .... JIM Mk i.i..ilii.iiJi!LM iiilllu WIA iSsgLff -. m
ji 'w,lL
the declarations of this military dorman I
go.ernment They hao been lylnK fort
four ears, xlolatlng every engagement
they hae made. Pence an ofTercd b i
them Is of no aluc. More than that,'
It Is a menace. The offer meins that
they are beginning to understand "t
the Rrrat 'vvroiiR they luiNe done, but
their own weakness In opposition to nil I
riviiizntlon. I liao given nil ni) life
to the defense of peace, hut their peace
Is no peace. It Is only one He more
and a new 'rick for the proseciijlmj of
their war Peace with the Hohcnzollerns
and their military caste Is no longer con.
cclvablc,"
55,000 BULGARS SURRENDER
Give Up in Aeeonlunee With.
Terms of Armistice
By the Associated Prc
Oalontro, Oct. 9 In addition to the
thousinds of Bulgarians iiihiIh prisoner
during the Allied advance In Serbia and
nulgarla, (15,000 lunro hicvo surrendered
In n.nm 1 n nna . III. ,1... -1.11.1. ... .1..
... iivliiiuiiiiic i nil iiii- V.IIIIISI- 111 le ,..i.l. . . ...
armistice convention, under which nlll0""1 "" inrtrketn mid shops, and will
iiuigarian troops west or rsituti wire to
snrrenoer as jirisoners
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1 HI ' 111 m&wWBBm- i
Ss vTfKcWAKwiSS S v3ssVU&
DITCJOI A M fiftOn HITAfrTtl
IlUijCll TOUl lCilllH
IS .BECOMING GRAVER
rii.'... IT,T1!.... l)-ii TvT i.i
l'1'10 ',-' lb ""H"-o i"-cuui
fttr Winter Fuel Shortage
Severe
itiMlilintni, Oct fl (delajcd)
IlusslliV food situation Is raildl
RrovvliiR whrsc, especially In Petrograd
and Moscow where the people arc sub.
RlstniR ililcttv im the potatoes which
should bo nived for the winter
Henry A t.ichts, .in Amcrlcin ciirI.
rrer nnd tninufict'ircr w((o his lled
for imny jenrs in Moscow, arrived In
Stockholm today with his f.imllv, having
mucin the trip bv win -of Plulnnd In ten
navs .vir i.ieurs sass tnai m i-eirograu
the ford situation Is far wore than In
Moscow Tne Soviet In PrtniRrnd has
not nuow nn.v toou lo in foiu privatel)
It is trjlng according to Mr. t.ieurt,
1 flKKSStBBBmi.
put. In elTei,t It iong.dUcusaed pi of(
compeinnR an persons let -nj u v . -
inviic resiauntuin.
l'etrogtad and Moscow are becoming
more deserted dally. All the nusslan
who are able to leave are proceeding to,
the Crimea and the I'kralne TrA.ele'ra
I arc not permitted to thke baggage frortt
Ft0v let ltussla
Mr. l.aehrs savn arresjs of nussians
rflirRed wjtli nttemptH at counter.-evo-lutlon
continue to bo made In both Pet
rograd and Moscow.
The Soviet Is taking over the better
houses and apartments, together with all
ther furniture and tho clothing of the
people ,
Without oil and coal, and with "little
wood on hutnlj Moscow and Petrograd,
Mr l.nehrs says, arc facing a clcspra,te
winter
Three I indred more cltltens frbm
Kntente cnurdrles are reported to be
on their way to Sweden from Moscow
and Petrograd, but no official" advices
llAt d tat liAnn maasIi a.1 tkn tksu K rJ u
i"oii "I- imii 1 rv.ri vu Hint uiit iinfi
crossed Into Klnland. I.lttlnoff, former
Bolshevik representatives In Lohdon'and
his iwrty, are still at Chrlstlanla. wait
ItiK for the exchange of French and
British otllclals who still were Under
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