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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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!i?"l iU w h hAu'ff. i
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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 ,
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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.
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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
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-hT"' .. V" SSS?" "
tlie French War Olllce.
The Germans are retreating
Pre-
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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
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