...rf'r 45". ' t. v t 1 mv t . 4 J It,' I .Mi i THE WEATHER tVashingtmi, Oct. 11, Fair timighl and Saturday; light ucst ulnds. TEMPEIIATMK AT KAfU IIQCn I I 9 10 U 112 I II 2 3 1 4 I 51 Isfi I fin I na I ii4 i cb i f.7 I i i i j VOL. V. NO. 24 pERLIN PLANS 'CONDITIONAL' REPLY TO U. S. Reported Willing to Leave Belgium and France if Alsace Is Retained W tr'oops must remain IN RUMANIA AND RUSSIA I Kaiser Calls Crown Council to Consider Draft Formu lated by Ministers REICHSTAG MAY MEET Conservative. Members' De mand Immediate Sitting for Discussion of Peace Ignition, Oct. 11. Germany's reply to President Wil son, according to an Amsterdam dis patch to the Express today, quoting "authorltatlvo sources," will bo as fol lows: ' Germany will evacuate Helium and France, providing peace nego tiations start In a neutral country before the evacuation is completed and providing the Allies will give their assurance that (Irrman terri tory. Including Alsaeo-Irralne and Polish Prussia, will not be demanded. During tho peace negotiations German troops are to remain In litis sla and Rumania. A dispatch from Herlln received here by way of Copenhagen says the Ger man reply was drafted after a confer ence of Chancellor Maximilian, Vice Chancellor von Tayer and tho minis ters and military representatives of tho Government. Following the agreement upon the draft, the Knlser, according to advices from Cologne, summoned to Berlin the sovereigns of all tho German Federal States for a consultation tomorrow be-, fore transmitting tho reply. This pro cedure is unique in tho history of Ger many. A dispatch from Amsterdam says the semtofllcial WollT Bureau has mado public tho President's note with tho following comment: Tho olllclul text of the reply Is still awaited, but the reply shows that further declarations from the German Government aro necessary. To that end careful consideration by the Gov- . ernment Js necessary. A reply to the President's final question has been given by the speech In the Itelchstag on October 6 by President Kchrcnbach, who, in the name of tho German nation, declared tho .Reichstag approves the peace often and makes It Its own. British, French and Kalian states men have Just concluded a conference In Paris nt which It Is possible the .German peaco proposals were dis cussed. Great Britain was represent ed nt the conference by Premier Llqyd George, Chancellor Bonar Uw, Lord .Robert Cecil and the chief of the Imperial staff.. "What tho outcome of the conference was has not been divulged, KAISER CALLS . FOR HIS KINGS IN DESPERATION 'Washington Sees .Indication That . His Abdication May Be Involved By CLINTON W. GILBERT Staff Correspondent Efrnliiff rubllc Lntoer CopurlBht. lOtf, by Vubllo I.etoer Vo, Washington, Oct. 11. Interest today centered here on the conference of the heads of tho various States comprising, tho German empire, which the Kaiser has called to meet If In' Berlin. At the conference constitu tional changes 'In Germany may bo Initiated, Eventful dynastic changes are conceivable, though at this stage they look remote. Radical developments are confident ly expected in Germany. Opinion divides merely upon how long before they will tako place. They may come ,at once upder pressure of Foch's forces, tho restlessness of Germany's "allies, nnd the necessity confronting ' Trlnce Max as ti result of President ' Vi'llson's' third query. Or they may come only after the peace move has failed nnd Germany's situation In con , ' sequence has become more desperate. Borne steps toward tho dcmocrotlza ' tlon of Germany have already taken place. Ono Is the Imperial rescript of 1 4 September 30 subordinating tho mill- tary authorities, which Important t t.order has never been published outside 7'J'-.e 3 ncm n .1 . Annt.n. I.. I .4 1 .. . .. .1 1... ."-. til rtmi'a tlila mnevtlnr- tl.nt T. nM Max submitted Ills -note to this coun- ,(4ry.'4o the Reichstag for approval nnd ,1 .wui nupiniiiio ii ins repiy 10 l'reaiaent m wiison, s. questions. i This consultation of the nechstag -' suggests some degree of responsibility i on the part of the now Chancellor to Uho, rarllnment. It may be merely voluntary? nnd the substance of the '.'" Oerman autocratic system may remain ..tho same. Tho whole subject Is wrapped In obscurity because of the singular sentence of tho Oerman dls-'-patches, tho falluro to publish the re script of September 30 belngjjspcclally striking. ,15 Tho questron of a democratic Gov ernment In Germany has suddenly eme Uppermost In Washington, for t ..' taJeU" that only u democratic Govern- -tRrntWlU bo ablo to answer President WlUon's terms satisfactorily. One view held here Is that tlie Prince 'Max government Is only a flyer on the f ,, Wlt. of the Jfalser, The Emperor,ac- t V-wJUmir ,wi r'f,ie, Column Trtr - 1: Published Dally Kicfpt Sunday. Sutucrlttlon rrleet in a Year by Mall. Copyrlcht. IMS, by th Public ledger Company. The Day's Honor Roll for , the City and Its Vicinity Hii.i.r.n ix action I.IKI'TKNANT IM'.XXIXHTOX V. WAV, Ht Davids. (Previously reported unof ficially.) HKKHKANT linitllKUT .Mlt.f.KR. ISM Hoopla street. rillVATK HKNJAMIX HERMAN, Marino Corr, Ms West Pike w,et. died or worxn1 I.IKCTENANT rnr.tir.KM'K it. piiitcii- i:tt. 4nnn Monument mail. North Wvnnerleld. (Unoftlrlallv reported.) COHI'OKAI, T. I.. I.XMIEMIKIUIEK. L'7L' HuekluM Mreet, llrldesburic. (Un- offtrlallv reported I'RIVATK WILLIAM II. SCHMIDT. 2.-.71 Tnlin tret. , I'RIVATK" JAMES II, Illt.NTINt?1. .1732 t'helnut street., PKIVATK I.I'.ON UOIIDUTy. 2011 Kaat I'leleher atr-'t. rillVATK 4IIHX J. OWEH.) 1U1H West Willgrd street. died or msi:.si: SF.IKIKANT JAMES I'. JlrANKNY. 020 North Thirty-seventh street. (1're lnuilv reported iinnrfletally.) rRivATi: i:ntvAitii o'.neii.. ,iia North Wsota street. (Pre louly reported un-orllclalli-.) wni'Niir.n . MKI'TKVANT S .AMITOX NOl'IIER. Jr.. nans Drexel road. Oerbrook. (Un- orru-tally reported.) COItrilRAI, WILLIAM (I. DAVISON. una North seventh street. rmti'ORAi. M('iioks .mux kixta- KIIS. SI Hni.tn Mnln street. Manayunk. I'RIVATK JOHN I,. CUTER. 421 North Mfty-ninrrrstreet. PRIVATE WILLIAM II. TAVI.OR. Rna Thompson street. (Unorflclnlly re- 1ortel. ) rtmi'ORAI, RAYMOND MORRIS. l.VIS Wolf street. I'RIVATK THOMAS .1. PII.I.IMI. lilt I I'lllfl street I'ltlVATK IIKXRV .MlKKXNA, 2nn3 North Third street. (Unofficially re ported.) I'RIVATK JAMES W. SMITH, 210 South elfty-elKhth jtreet. (Unofficially reported.) MISSIMI CORPORAI, HARLIN I', TAVI.OR. 12 South Salford street. roitl-OHAI. JOHN X. (IRAVKXOR. Ma rlne Corps. S24 Naomi avenue. I'RIATK .IOIIX VAXZIKI.i:. 4.1S0 Tren ton uenue, XIIARRV POINTS I'RIVATK THOMAS .1. 1IKST,. PottMllle. ...'!"'.. e.lllerl In notion.) I'RIVATK JOHN '. SMITH. Lancaster. I'a. (Hied of disease.) I'RIVATK III-.MIV s. CUV, M'est Chei ter. (Arrldentnllv killed.) SI! KUKANT AMIKRT V. SI.MPSOX. Chester. Pn. (Wounded.) I.IM'TKXANT JOHN II. (IKISSKI., Lan caster. In. (Wounded.) IIKil.KII (IIV I'. WII.I.S. Tottstown. i'a. (Wounded.) Orlobcr , to IS The above list (. complfnt from the ojicfflf c(tsfi((.t records nnd trojn unofficial reports reerived by relatlve.i and Menda from men oi-rrarM. BULGAR TROOPS PLAN INVASION OF TURKISH SOIL Minister of King Boris to Sublime Porte Expected to Re ' Handed Passports By the Associated Press London, Oct. 11. The Porte has been advised that Bul garia Is expected to send troops against Turkey in an expedition planned by the Entente Allies, according to a dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company from Amsterdam, qttojlng advices from Constantinople. The dispatch adds: "It Is thought probable Mlie Bulga rian Minister to Turkey will be handed his passports within twenty-four hours." Writing from Constantlnole upon tho appointment of Teuflk Pasha as f!rand Vizier and Izzet Pasha as War Minister of Turkey, the Berlin corre spondent of the Mthenlsh Westphallan Gazette says that the new Turkish cab inet proclaims the general desire of .peace on the part of the people of that country. Commenting on the' situa tion at Constantinople, the newspaper says : "Enver Pasha and Talaat Pasha were undoubtedly the pillars of the Turko Oerman alliance We certainly do not stray far from the truth when we assume that lmoendlnir events In Tnr. J key will result In change of policy." Home, Oct. 11. (By I. X. S.) V state of siege has been proclaimed at Con stantinople, said a dispatch to the Lib eral Nazlonale, Urilf HMrr ni I T CTPPlTnM HLTT nnUD TUMI rtl )lCCLIUI1i.Mnrket and Callowhlll streets, this city, Overtime Workers at Steel Plant "Benefited by Revision Ity the United Prest , llarrUburc, Ph.. Oct. II. Virtually every employe of tho Steelton plant of the Bethlehem Steel Company, except the salaried men, Is affected by n new Plan of payment, announced today, un der which tho eight-hour day Is intro duced, effective from "October 1 last, and providing time and half tlmo pay for work done In excess of eight hours In any day. Announcement also was made that a plan had been ndr.pted whereby the em ployes will have means of bringing be fore the management problems affecting their working conditions. It was stateil at tho Steelton offices that the eigbt-hour-day plan is similar to that recently adopted by the t'nlted States Steel Corporation. . System of pan win result in material increases In the' pay of men who work more than eight hours a day, but Is It Impossible even to. approximate the aggregate amount of Increase In the payrolls. MEDICAL STUDENTS VOLUNTEER Twenty Assisting in Schuylkill and Northumberland Districts llnrrlnburg, Oct. 11. "The twenty medical students detailed In help fight the Influenza. epidemic In the anthracite region were all on duty and assisting doctors In the Schuylkill and North umberland County districts nt daylight," said Dr. B. K. Rnyer, Commissioner of Health. Doctor Hoyer nlto said that he expected a number of tho army doc tors detailed to go from Camp Crane by the surgeon general of the nnny to bo on the way from Allentown to points In the hard coal field before noon "These army dilctnrs will give alualle aid In the mining region where produc tion Is being materially affected by the lnalence of tho disease," said the com nflssloner. NURSES URGENTLY NEEDED Men and Women to Fight Grip Wanted Pay for Some lien and women are badly needed as volunteer workers In hospitals., An apirtal for their help whs sent out today by tho Rail Cross, acting In an effort to relieve (he shortage caused by the Spanish Influenza epidemic. The need is great, and lill who can are asked to volunteer ut once. Those volunteers who cannot afford to give their time will he paid, Men will be placed by culling at 1015 Chestnut street, and the women are aaxeq to go to Mrs. J. Willis .Martin, at HafJHTalnut street. uentitQ Bubltc and ! GOVERNOR CALLS : ON RICH INVALIDS , FOR GRIP NURSES, I Brumbaugh Asks Wealthy Families to Release Un- i necessary Attendants ''' DEATHS SHOW INCREASE Forty-three More Than Yes terday Reported, Rut New Cases Are Fewer Trained nursos, employed In wealthy homes to care for chronic Invalids, were urged today by (Jnvernor IlrunibaURh to forsake Individual Rervloe for more nee ecsary public service durlnc the Influ enza epidemic. In a proclamation tlt.tt reNoala tfie pressing need for nurses, the (inyernor of t'ennsylvanla points out that appto Imately End nurses ate rmplojed perma nently In homes of the wealthy. A Inrce proportion of these nurses are employed In and near Philadelphia. Tho dearth of nurses Is today must serious aspect of. the epidemic In this city. There was a kIIkIU Increase In the totat of deaths reported today by the Hoard of Health, but a decided diop In the RKBregatr of new cases was re ported. In the last twenty-four hours fr7 persons died of Influenza and pneu monia, 175 from the former, 3S2 from the latter. This total una an Increase of forty-three over the total reported yesterday. " 2tM- New fii'.e There were 2G12 new cases reported today, compared with ,3.118 eases made knoxwi to the health authorities yester day. The tntalof new eases has been stearlly falling the last few days. Health Director Krusen announced this afternoon that since September 23, a grand total of 21,918 rases had been re ported. The (!oernor's ptoclamntlon was is sued after consultation with Commis sioner of Health Hoyer and chairman (leorge Wharton Pepper, of the State committee of National Defense. II reads, 1 ii part: Whereas, The State Commissioner of Health, the Pennsylvanla-Delawaie division of the American Bed Cross, and the special committee of the Pennsylvania Council of Defense and Public Safety have united In a most earnest appeatTcr all possible as sistance from physicians nnd nutses to lesen the fatality among our peo ple, and have pointed out that approx imately 600 trained nurses are now employed In private houses, hugely the hemes of wealthy persons, caring for one pert-on long In convalescence and chronic cases, and In some In stances are acting as serving maids or attendants upon such cases when other members of tho family might fi.r a time lake over the work tho nurse Is doing; and Whereas. The people at largo need, and need sorely, the administrations of those trained and skilled women to give relief to hundreds of persons under emlmllltary discipline In our emergency hospitals. Therefore, 1. Martin O. Brumbaugh. Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do hereby call upon .persons employing such nurses to re leaso them for the general good during the period of this epidemic, and 1 urge theFo nurses to consider their obllga Inn to the r profession ami lion to men ju.ii.-o.-m".. ...... -y . I promptly to the assistance "TWetaio iiepaiimeni i tinw. " .....- agencies, "83 New Camden Cae The Camden Board of Health rcpoVts 783 new cases in the last twenty-four hours and thlrty-clghl deaths. The situation ther is rapidly improving, the olllclals say. Clarence Robeits, 319 l.lnden street, Camden, a member of Roberts & Van u..i;i. enminlsslon merchants, New died of Influenza last night. He was a thirtv-se'eond degree Mason and a mem ber of the Council for National Defense and bad been active In the fourth Lib erty Loan drive. It i believed he con tracted the disease while working to sell bonds. , ,, , The attack of Influenza at the cm- -erln- nf Pennsylvania Is on tno lie- cllne. according to statements made there employes," $80,000. today. Today nt the Delta I'ni Frater-; perry & Co., nnd employes, $f,0.000. nlty Mouse, which Is Hie hospital for j ,i K, Caldwell & Co., $60,000. Inlltienza victims, only twenty-seven ( Postal cards addressed to "every 1'hll students aro receiving medical care, the i ndelphlan who Is not a slacker" will ho lowest number yet. Only three new j delivered through the malls In every sec men presented themselves yesterday for tlihi nf the city this evening, tieatment. Dr. II. C Wood, who Is In At 7 ft'clock tonight reveille will sound, charge of the patients, commented on I Kvery church bell In the city and tho the Improved situation, and declared that fire gongs will ring, whistles will b. there was no" longer cause for alarm Mown, automobile horns will be sounded at tlie University. i and cannons nt the navy yard and the The sanitation department of tho' Frankford Arsenal will boom. Kvery Hoard of Health has ordered the fumlgn- nolse-maklng device In the city will tlon of all the dprinltcr'es, and oik make up a wild din for fifteen minutes, commenced )ast night. Those occupying The message la for the city to awaken, tile rooms at the time were forced lo , Immediately after this demonstration find other lodgings for the n'ght. It Is citizens are requested to go to their believed that this step will help greatly ' front doors and windows. In stamping out the epdemle. i Then, slmultnneuously, 1000 demon strations will start and reach every sec. Appeal tn t'nunrll . , , ' At the Philadelphia General Hospital Continued on Pan .'.eienteen Column Three alone, 100 nurses are needed Inmiedl-! ately. Fifteen orderlies for night duty, twelve ward maids and two dieticians also are wanted there. The hospital appealed today to the Philadelphia Council nf National De fense for nurBes. The request was re ferred at "once to Mies Mary Cannon, of the University Hospital social service, who is co-ordinating nursing facilities for the. Philadelphia hospitals. V "There aro vacant hospital beds n't this city utterly useless because of the nurse shortage," said, Robert I"), Drlppx, executive secretary of the Philadelphia Rranch of the Council of National De fense, today, UJvery woman In good health, capable of nursing service should volunteer. The offer of services should be made to Mrs. J. Willis Martin, 1128 Walnut stlcet. whoso committee represents the Ameri can Red Cros, the Kniergency Aid, the Visiting Nurse Society, the Philadelphia Council of National Defense, the Na tional League for Woman's Service and other co-operating agencies." -More Motorram Needed CuIh for ambulances ami motorcars have trebled since yesterday, when tho Influenza Information service was es tablished by tha Council of National , Defense. The Bervlco. Is reached by Continued on l'sce Two, Column Thrr ' . ., . .) . THE EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1918 Official Score. Sited in Loan CamjHtin Here Subscriptions to the fourth Lib erty Loar. In the Philadelphia dis trict on the eleventh day of the drive amounted to ,$17,00 1.T.V). This nmoiint Im mote than the total for the tenth day by $l,3;5,35n. Philadelphia has subscribed to date ' ' $8',0l!),!)00. Subscriptions to date total $150,700,000. Subscriptions to 'date should total $290,200,0011. loan in tltLt distri Tho loan in thin district l there fore behind schedule to the amount of $1 IK, 100,100. Of tho $.-)lG,800,000 quota of this district there remains to bo sub scribed $300,000,100. In each of the rotnal'hlnR working days of the campaign there must be subscribed i $II,.-flfi,:57. Outside of Philadelphia, eastern Pennsylvania has subscribed in date to IBl.Sfifi.SOO; southern New Jersey to $12,219,930. nnd Delaware to $4,.152,9oO. . liKT nUSYntlY NOW! THISISTHPAY! BUY A BOND NOW T rii'ati-irr ATnst Prcii-ll'i' I lOUll LUSUICI MUSI 1 itp.UL to Answer Question of Loyalty $148,490,400 B E II 1 N D Are you prepared? If not. today Is the day. Kor you must buy Liberty Bonds as soon as possible. The total for the Philadelphia district Is $118,490,100 be hind schedule. Today has been set aside by the I.lbeity Loan committee as "preparation day," the second of the week-end demonstra tions that it Is hoped will loosen the selfish dollars throughout the I'hlladel- ,, . , .,i.. , ., phla district and bring the subscriptions needed to make up the quota set by the) Government. tr" :- . Tlie residents of the city and stlt roundlng communities In the Third Fed eral Reserve District are called upon to rise up In their might anil answer the call of the boys over there for food, clothing, munitions and supplies of all description. Today's report from the Third Federal Bank Is nearly as discouraging as was that of yesterday. The gain In the total oer yesterday's Is only $17,0(11.750. There remains to be subscribed $33C, 090,400 to make up tho district's quota of $516,800,000. A dally average of $45,761,300 In subscriptions must be struck Immediately and held during the remaining days of the campaign Today, as "preparation day," has been set aside for all to be ready to answer ' , . . the call of the loan workerc tomorrow.; which Is designated as "emblem day " Tho appeal Is to be made to the eon- science of every resident of the district, "Have you done your share?" Today you are Riven time to answer this ones- tlon. Kor tomorrow you must act. Among the larger subscriptions re- ported today were: .onimreciai irusi company, jkiwiiiii (additional). Iloxborough Trust Copipany, tlnn.nnn V. W. Mark Construction Company, ftiiil.OIIO. Kuultable Life Insurance Company, ?150,fl00. V. A. North Company, $03,000. . stenhen V. Whitman & Kan fn. nnd LIBERTY LOAN JHJGLE CALLS "TO THE COLORS" "The expenditures of tho Govern ment for tho ensuing year Hro, es timated at twenty-four billions, which must come nno-thlrtl from taxes and two-thirds from loans. ' "Success-of theso loans Is", there fore, absolutely necessary, "Wo must work with the high est. speed, ns if tho war wero to end In six months. "Wo must prepare in, every direc tion ns If It were to last for years. Speed and preparation aro both ex pensive. Without tho loans wo can not havn either. "We cannot win without money and must rally in all our strength iml subscribe and overscrlbo tho fourth Liberty Loan. Buy bomls tn your utmost." HKNUY CAROT LODGE. 1100 MURDERED AS FOES RENEW U-BOAT PIRACY Germans Veil Revival of Frightfulness by Their . Appeal for Peace THREE VESSELS SUNK 600 Perish on British Mail Ship Wounded U. S. Soldiers Slain London, Oct. 11. More than UOi) lives, Including manv wonryn and children, have been sacrificed to (Jerman frlshtfulnes.s In a renewal of tho I'-boat campaicn, rlKht nt the time when the llerlln Onvi'rnment Is usklim- peneo from the Allied nations. " Six hundred died In the sinking of the LtiRllsli mall boat l.einstcr early yesterday In the Irish Sea. Two hundred nnd thirty. Including many l'nltel States soldiers and sail ors, wete killed In the torpedoing of thu American steamship Tleonderoga. The P-boat continued to shell the ves sel m.il Its lifeboats as It sank with many wounded and dying aboard. i wo iiuniircii and ninety-one were lost on the Japanese Hlrano Mam, sunk 300 inlli-s south of Ireland. Ity ''e I.Morinf7 Press Dublin, Oct. 11. It is believed that tion lives were lost In the sinking of the mall steamer I.elnster by a torpedo In the Irish Sea i yesterday, it was stated today at i otlUjo bf her owners. Only about the 150 persons, It was said, were saved Captain II. R. Cone, In charge of the American naval nirship service, whb among the passengers of the steam sjilp Lelnster, which was sunk by a German submarine. Captain Cone Is suffering from a biokcu leg. Among the missing Is lady Alexandin Phyllis Hamilton, daughter of the Dowager Duchess of Abercorn. A passenger on board the mall steamer Lelnster saw the fatal torpedo approaching the ship. He Informed " i.ti'iiwii, urn un- lurptMio was s ,,.. ,,lt , ,p was lml,'0!sl,)Ip. Th the captain, but the torpedo was so prdjectlle struck the side of tho boat neiween me torecasiie anu the com partment set aside for postal clerks. The weather was line but the sea was rough following a recent storm. .Second Torpedo Sunk Ship After tho I.elt.ster had been struck by the first torpedo and. in her dis abled condition, was an easy prey. the submarine fired a second torpedo. I This missile struck the vessel amid-1 ships, entered the engine room nnd caused an explosion of the ship's boll-1 ers. There was some confusion as the I passengers tried to enter the boats and I many persons were tbrowt. Into the; sea. As soon as Information regarding the I,clnster's plight reached Kings town, tugs and destroyers to the number of fifteen hastened to the place. Survivors say that tlie submarine ' '?V '' two rpeloes without warn- Ihk '""" a range of about 150 yards, Captain Among I,ost Details of the lost and saved have not yet been obtained. Captain ' ' Ulrch, the cluster's commander, was ( among those lost. It Is known that i two stewardesses were drowned. Fourth Knglneer Jones said that If the second torpedo had not struck, me l.einstcr nil on i.oar.l. except those 'who had been dlreellv l.-lll..,l l,v Mm1 first torpedo, probably would have ' beer. saved, as there was plenty of ' time to launch the boats. The explo. time of Spanish Influenza w,hn have died Oct. 11. slop of the second torpedo however.. ln ,,. ,.ls, ,wenty-four hours. The enemy Is still retreating nnd our he said, blow the ship up like match-. nr JnnM ,.,,, r,(y . mm , nroumI J Jones saved himself by Jumping. He i '" "" Forty-fifth Ward. Is dead rfj famous for the battle by the Old Con was in the water one hour and was ' Spanish Influenza, the latest victim of temptibles ln August, 191L I have clinging to u raft when rescued by n( devotion to patients suffering from the' been with our pursuing troops far be- destroyer. , malady. Doctor Folz. who lived at 275,1 ' yond the Scheldt Canal nnd Reaurn- . Orthodox street, died last night at the ,-olr line thrntich manv viM-iirea l,,in siNrrnxfz nr? vnAsrii Northeastern iiwpiiaj. !." "np-. ,Mr ,,B? mnny Ullas lllto """ COST 3 LIVES i "' ii Hiuiii;iiii, ,ci. 1 1. ,-ix nincer anu seventeen enlisted men nf Hia erew nf the cargo steamship Herman Frasch. I k I" collision with the 8teamhln19 South Flfiv-ihlrd street, died eter- George C. Henry, October 1, are rf. finally reported missing by the NMvy ' ' ,ld31nlss,g are: Lieutenant Com- ' inander C. U Stoddard, 624 Carlton ave- Cnntliiiird on Pane Nine. C'oIiipiii Tno GRIP DEAD LIE UNBURIED Cl . r n- i Niorliieje 1)1 drilVC-lJllIgcrrt Slllll I, mlrrtiikrra rrnvr Problem Difficulties encountered In burying the deail are adding to the sorrow of those who have lust relatives and friends in the. oresent scourge of disease. ...i. r ...., .... t ,t ill (he homes of residents t.f the north- lllfie air bi m i- ill iiiiiiiirit 11 ikimii'm east for lack of unuertaUcrs. It Is iin- liossiine in uiMiiii Kiif nigger io oury ilie nuiiirs niiiuiis hi ine i-t-ineiei les Hundreds are neing placed In vaults and still others n main unburled on the Buund Convicts in charge of policemen are , digging graves In Woodland Cemetery. ' As conilltions are especially iiisiressing in the northeast, the Hoard of Health cMiimandeered .Magnolia Cemetery, nt Tacony, and has obtained a steam shovel, which will be ti'eil In digging grave-. i "LJ.5: tLCtn"eZ Shi? i' inere aie II..H.J ...-r.-. ...int iruii," graves in oraer io no sure inai me bodies ere actually mined, There are sun a lame numner ni tindies hi the morgue. iiesineniH nr Frankfoid and Kensington say thev will lrSU&tioTs,. i Sieved If the ruilltary authorities would nernilt soldiers from the nenrby camps 1 i mi i,l m the crae dlcclnc It would ep:;!nrof: pestlllence. ( prove n great aid In hurlng lctiuw of i When ou IhlnV of wrlllnr, tnins oi nniiieiu. mow fefcaer - Kntered is Second riast Matter nt the rnstofTlre at rhlladelphU, Pa. Under the Act of March 3. 187U. TEUTONS BEGIN GENERAL RETIREMENT; EVACUATING MIGHTIEST STRONGHOLDS Americans Sweep Ahead Five Miles in Argonne Capture 3 Towns and Hands With French Near Grand Pre. Patrols Enter Village After Station Is Won Hy thr ton'nfrr 're. London, del 11. Ill I he liimpai;ne Hip I'reneh and Ainerieiins. JolnltiK bands north of the AiKomu- in the (irand Pre flap, lme oc eupl.d the (irand Pre Station, while p.i- , "ls are said to ha entered that town Itself. The (lernuiliH 111 this sector luixp i begun 11 retreat tontird the Alsne. The i..- .. ...., . . ..ii.m i-m-sen me .Mne aim captured tianklnir mntriuent un Monday Termes. and then ptoceeded to firand ' As the Americans pushed forward Pie Station, uhetq numerous rapties they found that the Hermans had made were taken These towns are on the a thorough Job of blocking and destroy northern bank of the Aire as It turns Ing the roads as they retired. At 2 through AiRnnne foiest. o'clock yesterday afternoon they were On the riier .Meuse, nnitheast of Ver- In Marco, and Ccvlgres and advancing dun. the Americans have cleared out a on the N'eeremnnt untds, the only piece little liocliet 111 the direction of Slvrv i which has held them up m long time fly the Associated Press With the Ainerlenn Army Northwest "f Verillill, Oct. 11. American forces struck the Herman i lines Just east of the Argonne forest i yesterday. They captured the villages of Siiininerance, Chevleres and Marcq. The ridge of Damemarle was stormed I NEW GOVERNOR TOR ALSACE-LORRAINE AMSTCnDAM. Oct. 11 Kail Hnuss, a member of the "eunhtajr nnil pieshlent of the center party In the Prusbinn diet, lias boo n chosen to succeed the governor of Alsace-Lorraine who is expected to retire momentarily, according to a Strnssburg li'lcgrani published in the Dutch newspapers. r.eCOHU DISTRICT SALES NEAR HALF BILLION MARK - HTV7 -YORK: Oct. il. Total Fourth Liberty Loan sub-i-tiptl'jiiB in llio Second JTcdcral Ticscrve dlatilct weio close to ih'j Kilf billion dollar marls nt 10 a. m. today. A jjnln of $ir.8:"?,G50, tlto btst overnight showing since the early days if the cnnipniGi'. brought the total up to $131,017,100. 2 MORE DOCTORS : DIE OF INFLUENZA ! National Guard Captain, a Minister and Engineer Anion": Dead ,..,-,-,,. -,, DEN I IS I IS A VTC'I'IM Two dciM. a former National Guard e,.,,,.,.,, n.b.iste.-. a ,ii.erin.,.,i. ,., "'"I """'" "" ""' " nremieri an(l " laor leaner are among the vie- Hl i.rolher. I)r Jnsenh s- vlr a ' ,lentM ""'' "lenlnl examiner for Local Draft Hoard No 21, Is seriously 111 nt ' ii,.- i. wui.-. ..,.hh-,; Mriuiv. Dr. IVeder'.k V. Kelcbner. a dentW, , day. Cntll Friday of last week be had been Heating patients. Doctor Kelcbner 1? a Tff'VTK Masonic fraternltv. Captnln Milton V. Orme, organizer of he "K Dfens; ,servernwyyne and wldeb known H National Guard '","' .""" ' "'"leu io me iiK(. ,,n. I circles, died nt bis home In Wayne often , i . '"'y0"1', x"p "Hn through an Illness of -flv,. days. Captnlr Orme "l"" e have waded In four years of was prominent in tlie eriiee importing' huslness In the United Suite-, being eon-I priimineni in me eriiee impnriiug neeted with the Arnold. Door & Co. houfe In Vew Voik lie was at one time n member "f th- Sutton '& Van Santy firm here Ciipiiiin o-iue wis nn -eight years ' . I .. ,.l iiiii. nr ...if- ., .... .n .... ....,.,, lie e was a niemtwr of tne veteran Corp- of the First Regiment, National, (Junrd, and for several years captain of, fampany C. of the regiment. x- I.- p W. F. Herring. 2038 Wolf street, nn ' . :., ':,.. engineer ni pro nine.ice .. ... a grauu- ate of Cornell, Is among the Influenza victim. Mr. Herring was district man- , ,,Ker ror the Plat! Iron works engnged .V1.i.i..i.. i u.nr work He dies Tiien. 'M-lU"" J ";'L",,' ,,'''?,, U(s: "'"V nM t Uresbyterlan Hospital. F.dwnrd .1. Mc.Mahon, for twelve years president of the Allied nulldlng Trades nnd a volunteer woraer on me labor committer of the Liberty Loan commit- tee, died yesterday of Influenza at his nome, ..i-y .iiiiuuimu nmi, .Mi-mauon nAni nii.d liiu i.inertv i.nii .ii-itu u.t.nn continued his Liberty Limn drive among Iritw.t. nri'iilllzntlnn- Until tie M'nu Inrail at)(,r orK1(nzations until he was forced "-,'1 'v.'';: ,;v.eumo:;.nw,'li? r,"l,l,y developed Into pneumonia. He leaves a widow and three small children. vrsrti prominent physician ln Logan, died at Canal, which the British crossed one her home yesterday, a martyr to her famous Sunday, and through the Beaurr- rlij'klrlnn's Wife llleit i 1000 Prisoners Join after hard fighting. More than 1000 prisoners nere taken during tho day These Include one colonel and two bat talion staffs. Fighting opened In the morning with the Infantry1 sweeping through the north ern portion of the Argonne forest for a maximum distance of nearly nve miles. Utile opposition was encountered from "le eneinj . who had iwihably retired during the night to escape from the un- ! fenril.trt nnnL'nt fn.....,.,! I... It,., Arndflr-in ............ ,.-,.., ,.,,,.,.. ,., .... ...... .. .... of forest land between them and (Irand. Pre. i Half an hour later thv had captured Sommerance and bad advanced north of that lltngc By. this attack the Atneriians have taken a llrmer grip on the territory Just north of the broken Krleiiihlld line. Although there were detachments of Herman machine gunners and infantry Continued on Puce Seventeen, Column Two l HOPES OF PEACE DEMORALIZE FOE Allied Victories P"i.ii ol.l Ul II a 11 . Military Spirit, but Friditfnlness Remains Hi KNISMY'S WAKE II; PIIII.H' GIIII1S .Wll'U( ,', l'l,;,M..l ' " ,,., niur ulil. I'll hu S'rtr Ink Tmm fn. Willi the llrllMi Armies In France. men our men nave gone without a fiKbt. 1 left Cumbral on a loiry driven by a j.0,pr J,, most respectable top He was as graw as a judfje on the way to iiuarter sessions, and hid ! twinkle In bis ovn i.i.m I ..i,nrr.ii ,, - . . 'i '''"'?. ..! .' " ? $l f..!"V V.n "' !i?"l iU w h hAu'ff. i " '' "- ui.iiii iii'cis anu. nil KardeiiK lnclo((l in wnlisi .n unit '"' ,.r'm ",a,t ,v""n I J'pped Inslil 1 .!- .. ! -? w ,he,r , lower" be-is a, ,h , -" " Mime A lllagei Inlart . ' "" ' ' "'munr leenng when I went , J""" '",' "nil"' w nnd cam- for 'V' ,lr!,t,lmo ,M1 "ndestroyed villages. ," '" "' wen- real roofs on up- Mllltlfl n lint,. ..J ... ' - ,",""-"""--s unu wan-wnn net red ,...,,. .. : : J"'1'11' "npierced hy monstrous shell. """" "",1 snops ami schools and mar- ket places, Just as In the French vll- ,aKJ behind tile British lines and be- von.l i-n,. .-... " Yet thoe nlace, wers m r , '" Ino' P'aees nere In front of nnfi'p oJ' lighting lines have been and L"'J," ""m'nnfl morning aeo behind he. German lines and our way to them '' through a fortv-mllo belt nf deso lation where no village Is standing nor any house nor any wall nor any shed, hut all Is flung Into an obscene chaos of ruin. I drove through those forty miles tho whole depth of the Rrltish advance Hnop Allffll-t S. nnd everv mlln nf it was haunted by memories of bloody Mi.i i - . .. - t .j ... : . - -..' - fighting and every landmark of broken oncKworK or neati trees or twisted Iron was a nlare wbern tho nuiai. .-. ,.. j i." i- ..:"""" L1, "" " '",""- i,", neanty inuigs. isounura on nn lourieen, toinsin two I :VX NIGHT EXTRA h M m PRICE TWO CENTS Withdrawing From Cheniin-des-Dames and Si. Gohain ALLIES CLOSE ON FOE'S PIEELS Foch Hammers Retreating Enemy Along 160-Mile Baltlefront HERDING BOCHES BACK TO GERMAN BORDERS Line Behind Lion Turned. Americans anil British Sweep Ahead Iondon, Oct. 11, A general retreat of the German nrmies on tho vast battlefroni from Roual on the Scarpe Itlver- east of Arras to Verdui. appears to be under way. The retirement, which began l the north, yesterday assumed tho rrCon? of KEJ ""hdrawal on a Iwlk'in "ihTir "" "P?"1 the ""mans ?e7n.li ,helr, "'' borders at nn ex- edlngly rapid rate and are applying the lash vigorously The German ihp'nTi nIey tw,ei-ve mlsTom the Ilelgfan frontier. U-1,1. u .... m,- vnemy on tlie verge nf a rout between Lens nnd St. Quentln a the Americans. British nnd French1 '.""'1. falling back before tna -mere less hammering of the French and Americans In the Champagne and hrnnmr?sl"nfl.",n(l withdrawing b irn?J'elJns nrt I'aon- Marshal Foch has sudden y struck near La Fere In a lw which threatens to split th" astem:n nrm and brlnK compete " Today'a advices from the battlefront Indicate it Is virtually certain the. tiermans will have to evacuate the Si. ' Cobnln forest almost Immediately. Die Germans are evacuating t y .-"ic.i unucr me pressure or the converging attacks west and, south of it. Tho Jlundlng line, behind Laon, be tween the Rivers Serre and SIssone. has been turned, making the German situation In' the Laon area most diffi cult. Haying seized the preat railroad Junction of I.e Cateau, east of Cam bra!, the Rrltish and Americans push ed further east, find are being opposed nt most points only bv rear-guard forces fighting with machino guns to prevent the destruction or capture of the Kaiser's nrmies. The great battle now being fought In this region is on n front of nearly thirty miles today, it having been ex- icmieii in me norui. The Hritish nr . lnlmT everywhere. There Is virtu- ally no enemy Infantry opposition. Cross Selle Itlver The River Selle has been crossed by the Rrltish north of Le Cateau. Fight ing is going on In the eastern section of that town with the few Germanb who still remain there. It Is officially announced by Field Marshal Halg. American troops operating with the Hritish on the front southeast of Cam. br.il completed last nieht the capture nf Vaux-Andlgny nnd St. Souplet. tn tho region immediately east of Cam bral the British linvo readied the out skirts of the villages n( St. A'aast anfi St. Atlbert. Advance Near lens The Rrltish' are continuing to push forward on the front between Cambral and Lens. They made porgress dur ing the night in the direction of Irel-Io7.-F.cuorohln. tlve miles lvflt of Doual. They are also progressing east of Sal. lautnlnes and along the northerly bank of the Haute Deule Canal east of Lens. North of the I.o Cutequ-St. Hllaire line tlie Germans aro ln headlong (light, according to the last reports from airplane observers. At the same, time General retain" troops pressed further eastward ln their nlimirelwvnnd st n.i.niin Th,- French In tblu ni,r.,tlnn v, , 1)enetraie,i to a depth of nearlv four rolled n.ul occ.nle.l m ZJJ.'I .. ' ." ......0, -hT"' .. V" SSS?" " tlie French War Olllce. The Germans are retreating Pre- $"&. VZZSTZL -JK S bral. In the general direction of De- naln nnd Valenciennes. The British aro within ten miles of Valenciennes. Fast of St. Quentln the French have ! reached tho Olsn nt llaiitoi'llla nnA are ncirlng the Grand Verly and Guise region. They are within five miles of Guise. South of the Olse. In the St. Gobaln region, t.cnr Ln Fere, Servais has been captured by the French and prls, oners taken. The enemy had been huldlnc out in this section ncnlnat strong pressure slnre Sepicmber, The capture of Servais marks n deepen ing or tne wenge into the St. Gohain bulwark, where the Germans hold positions which have been declared almost lmpregt.able. In the" capture of'Servlsa, which Is two miles from the village of St. Oo baln.. Field Marshal Foch has struck ut the very apex of the slant salient frdm Doual to Verdun. The fall of 8L Gobaln massif probably would preclpl. Continued on Puse F.lcht. Column Two , Prominent Steel Man Dies ' Sorclal Pltpateh to th Evening Public Ltditf. New Vnrk. Oct. 11 . Henev niavt . Kvans, sixty-eight years old, a mJr - Kvans. sixty-eight yt In the Pennsylvania National aur nnli nroiii nent In the steel trnde hUJ was born In Pittsburgh, and ht aiCiS "' 0KB became associated with hls'itJMK j In tha Crescent Tnhe Wa cams manager OI IS . m? 'A :m . ,?, - i'iS .1' . .i 1 - n: y V 1 "'u w jH ii '".!SI .r iJ !- r ' i1 nr'n . . vSJ ' M ?;$J it V! m l4f ''J ,. W,S fi i) M ii j-i'-i S-'M - ' f"t" i. Continued ui !" Xvo, Column Two , -y, i-T i "tT? :AjM& -A- mStoM k mam J. :: mmm , v ' mi ''i? j. 1 e, .
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