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THE EVENING TELEGRAPH
VOL. V. NO. 29
I'ubllahril Unity i:cnl Hunday. Subscription Trlcei JO a Tear by Mall,
Coro riant, 1D1S, by lira Public I-edser Cuinnun.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBKU 17, 1018
Kntercl hp! Sfioml Class Matter at th PnstnfTIrp al Philadelphia. !
Under tho Act of March n lain.
PRICE TWO CENTS
ir ,
i
Lille Is
and in
Captured; Whole
Retreat; Teutons
German
Army in North Overthrown
Hi
J'4
3?
Near
Rout; Belgians March on Ostend
7010 DIE OF GRIP
IN PENNSYLVANIA
SINCE OCTOBER 1
Pneumonia A 1 1 & 3076
Deaths to List. Selling
New Record
CITY LOSES 711 IN DAY
Fatalities Decrease, 1ml UJ88
New Cases Are UcporW'd,
Advance f 202
Penus.vlvnnlas death rate for Hie first,
half of this vnojnth has doubled beeaue
of the influenza epidemic.
From Ociober 1 to October IS. theie
were In this .State 701" deaths caused I
by influenza and 3076 e.itisid bv pneu- J
monla, State Commissioner of Health
P.oyer announced today. This total Is i
equal to tho mlrmal Ue.itli rate for mi
entire month in this Slate.
Deaths In Philadelphia, are now de- '
creasing- Although 711 deaths wcio re
potted for the twent)-four bouts cnrtliur
at noon yesterday a number of them '
really occurred In the prcicding da) '
Undertakers burled tlm dead tlrst ami ,
applied for death certificates aftcrwnids, '
a sanctioned piocedure, and the tilllclal
death ralo was computed from the dcatli ,
certificate applications j
New Ce InrrPHsrd
A slight Increase in tho nunibri of
new cases of Influenza was reported for
the Ian twenty-four hours The total I
was 188?, an lm.rcae of 202 oer the
picccdlng twenty-foui houi" 'Hie 188s j
new taes icpoitcd were distributed as,
follows- North of M.trU.l street. 78S;j
south of .Market street, 383 ; West Phlla- '
delphln. 532. and Germantoxx-n, 18.'
nven though the epidemic lias been
mastered In this city, new agencies con
tinue to spring up- to rB-ntojS l,e'
health authorities The Inloit is the
North Philadelphia HmcrRciiiy Itellet
Association, with headciuiiuers at the
home of Joseph P lluttel field. 2S"'G
North, Twenty-second sited, a member
of the committee In cliatge
Will Provide uri.es
.1 Thornton Kinei-y. a public Hihnnl
Pllnclpal, Is chairman of the new organl
7atlon, Hail) Llbeiton Is secretary and
Mexcr Simon, tteasuier The associa
tion plans to furnish nurses and ined1
cal aid, provide cnkets and care for
the families of the sick. Volunteer nurses
are wanted
Health authorities now are laj Ihk em
phasis on the care to be exercised by
convalescents, not only to guard nRalnst
l elapses, but to prccnt further spread
of the disease.
Director Krucn leRards call' for phy
sicians as an excellent barometer of the
disease Appeals for medical aid hae
slackened in neatly eciy police dls
trict. A MR Improvement has been
noted even In the !!nt. second, third and
fourth wauls, where the epidemic was
unusually sex etc
Dr. Cairns dlsngices with f oroner
William It, Knight on the efficacy of
whisky as an influenza cuie or jireve.ii
tive. 'There arc tinny physicians in this
city," said Dr Calms, "who do not
use whisky at all In the treatment of
Influenza cases. In fait, whisky has
been taken from the American Pharma
copoeia as medicine Whisky Is an old
time remedy that has gone out of prac
tice. There nre still a few jihyslcians
who use It, but I do not legard It as an
essential In fiKhtlnR Influciua. Tho
plans now made. I believe, are adequate
for getting u sufficient supply to. those
who need it "
Tho burial situation has greatly Im
proved, according to Doctor Cairn, al
though numerous comjd.ilnts of profi
teering by undertakers have been re
ceived. Deputy Coroner Frank Paul,
who has Investigated n number of these
complaints, said he has tho names of
fifty undertakers who arc alleged to
have charged exoibltant prices for fu
nerals. After the epidemic has passed,
Paul said, action will be brought against
these profiteers In death and the licenses
of some undertakers probably will bo
revoked.
LIEUT. W. A. CRAIG ILL .
Influenza Attacks Former 1'liiln.
Athlete ami Reporter in England
First Lieutenant Walter A. CrnlR, for
mer star football jilayer and track ath
lete at the University of Pcnns)lvnnU,
Is 111 with influenza nt Southampton.
KnRland, nccirdlng to word received to
day at the home of IiIh parents, Mr. and
Mrs. James Cinlg, 30G1 L'ast Thomp
son street.
Lieutenant Craig, a former newspa
per reporter of tills city, enlisted In
the army at the outbreak of the w al
and after winning a commission ns first
lieutenant nt l-'ort Oglethorpe, (la., was
asslKncd to the 35lh Field Artillery. In
tralnlnff at Camp Pike. He was tent
across shortly nfteruuid. Although but
twenty-six years old, Lieutenant Craig
was acting adjutant of Ills regiment
when taken ill.
Lieutenant Cinlff made a record In
athletics in high school and university.
He was one of the best defensive back
fleld men ut Pennsylvania as n litem
ber of the 1912 and 1913 elevens. He
was also a consistent performer on
the track, Ills specialty being the HO
yard run.
City Hai $13,032,998.52 in Cash
City Treasurer Shover'js leport for tho
past week shows receipts niuountlng to
$118.6:6.50 and payments totaling
$2,270, 536.57. The balanco on hand
amounts to 113,052,998.52.
Liberty Bonds Will
77ic Day's Honor for
the City mul Its I trinity
iiit.i,i:t IN AC I ION
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thr official iiiniinlty ircoitli nnil
lium unofficial report irielval by
iclatUci nnil litcniH of thr men
'jrcrscas.
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p.IRP II.
22 PASTORS ASK
END OF GRIP BAN
Episeopal Clergymen's Res
olutions Say God Would
Proteet Worshipers
ONE OPPOSES PROTEST
KiMiIutiuns piotesting against the
cloving of churches because of the in
fluenza tpideinlc were npiirovcd and
b'gned today, ly n number of Kplscopal
ileigmen at a special meeting in Oie
Church House, Twelfth and Walnut
htrcets.
Copies of the resolutions xvlll be sent
to Doctor Kruscn, Director of Health
and Charities, and Ulshop Ithlnelander.
Although luvltat'oys were sent to
ninety lCplscopal clergymen, only twen-ty-tliree
were present xxhen the Ilex,
Kloyd '. Tomkins, lector of Holy Trin
Itj Church, introduced the resolutions.
Vhtually nil those jiresent indorsed
tlie resolutions. It was reported that the
only dissenting voice wns that of tho
J!ev. Dr James DeWolf Perry, lector
Emeritus of Calvary Church, lierman
towu, who did not want to sign the
resolutions and left before the close of
tho met ling.
Tlie Hex-, ltobert Johnston, rector of
the Church of Our Sax lour, Thlrty
(Igltth and Clustnut streets, wrote to
Doctor Kiusin several days ago ap
proving the closing of the churches.
Tut of Prolent
Tho resolutions adopted today In part
read
"Y, the undersigned clergymen of
the Hplscopal Chuicli in the diocese of
Pennsylvania, hereby protest against
tho closing of the churches and the sus.
jienslon of liubllo worship because of the
Iirev ailing epidemic.
"'c recognize fully the seriousness
of the situation, nnd we ale doing all we
can to help the sufferers and to jire
enf the spread of the disease. Hut we
bellex-e that such a trouble calls for re
liexved nnd redoubled public prayers and
worship, that Cod, our only help In time
of need, may lecognize our trust In Him
and send relief ,
"With due respect to those In
authority, we believe that It Is Inconsts.
tent to close' churches and yet allow
jieople to crowd together In cars and
stores. 'Duslness must go on,' It Is
argued. Hut business is suspended on
Sunday by law and, besides, In such a
time of suffering nnd peril It 1 more
Important to Pray to Clod, all the people
being called together for that purKse,
thiin to carry on business. Moreover,
there la less danger. In churches, where
Contlnufd on Pate Two, Colo mo Three
Bring REAL PEACE.
AMERICANS HURL
FOE BACK BOTH
SIDES OF MEUSE
Press on From Grandpre
and Wrest Monlin-les-1
Pas-From Enemy
lliUIvAK IJIT'J'Klx DEFENSE
cr.slmij:
Summit
Hold
Troops Capture
East of River.
Loire." Wood
ll III
,f--iriflfr- l'm
XV lib Hip Xniprlian
Xrniv nrlliwpt nr
Xprilun, Oct. 17
After capturing lliund Pre. tlie Ameil
eans have advanced their lines to the
eastward and occupied Moulin-les-Pas.
, They surged forward until they had
taken control of Loses wood, one and
,1 half miles north of Chevleres
The Anicilcan aitvnnce was cvci.v
where desperaleh n. slated, espeLlally
1 during the crossing of the Alio Itlver,
I but the Ameilians pirsnd on.
1 In its silicesiful advance north
ihe Argonne forest the AniPiloan flist
aimv jesterday rcailicd Cliamplgneiille,
oiip mile jiorlh of M. .luvln A little
fuither last toward the Meuse the"
I Rained possession of the Cote do C'hlllon
I".il of thn Xieue the Amel leans
iinoveil forward In the Itnis tip I.ngi.inde
Mi.ntagne, the sununlt of which the
, now liold
I A pirt of jesleidav s woik ((insisted
I In thn consolidation of positions on Hill
I 182. Just north of St. .luvln. The Ameri
can nrtlllety was active all day and the
'German Runs responded fieply, Infan
! in fighting, however, was limited to
the left flank of this sector
Additional evidence has been lecelved
fiom piloner.s that i:ip Ceimann aie
I putting In Hip be.st-jlv"lslons tliey have
In the effort to check the Amei lean ad
vance. ' , iiv i:dwin i j.mi:s
Special Cable to Et ening Public Ledger
Copyrlaht. I9IH. hu .Vein York Tlmen Co.
I XX lib tlie Anierirnn Arin., Oct 17.
Orand-Pre was captured jesterday by
the American troops, Kast of tills not
inconsiderable town we dioxe our wedge
deeper ncross tlie Aire Itlver Into the
' edgu of the Hols des I.oRes, reaching a
line two miles noith of Chevleres Mean
while the l-'iench on the left jiuahed their
I line forward wct of Clr.ind-rrc .
! tlrand-Pre Is an Important defense
point before the Krlemhlld Hup and was
! held by the Hermans against lepeated
attacks lij the Americans for three days.
It Is a Junction jiolnufnr r.ulwajs that
feed the enemy.
All day yesterday stiff fight ins con
tinued especially on the l fi of (irand
Pic toad, and the advance of tlie Ameri
cans north of St. .lux In has created a
Herman poiket In the lower end of the
forest of Iloulte.
Tho Hols Hoiirgonne Is one great nest
of machine uns.
The l.prnians are making It hot for
our men, who are hoiiUiig a wedge I
driven 1 nthe Krlemhlld Stellung In
the vlclultj of I,andrcs-et-St. , Oeorges,
and widen heavy gassing we withdrew
one tompany at the Up of the edge
until the liirninn guns ranging over -that
vicinity had been silenced
Hast of the Meuse we have driven
Into the Hols- Uiand Montague. To
better our Hue we have withdrawn
slightly northwest of Hrleiillcs, but tills
Is unimportant In this part of the see.
tor a new (ierman division has appeared,
having been In ought from tho vicinity
ot Metz.
In the center of the army front the
hottest fight jestrrdaj has been tal:
Ing place for the jiossesslon of tlie
Tulierlc farm, which we have been try
ing In vain to take for two days against
a heavy (Ierman concentration of ma
chine guns on the Cote Chnntlllon. On
the left Hank ot this position our troops,
with the aid of tanks, splashing thioush
mud n foot dcej), have penetrated two
miles of wire Our front jiosltlons In
the Bols Chantlllon were heaxlly gassed
last night.
The Hermans continue a determined
effort to hold back the Americans, and
are succeeding In making the ndvanco
painful and slow Although German
divisions have been shot to pieces, this
does not hinder their remnants from
being thrown In In large enough num
bers to man thousands of machine guns.
One of our regiments took prisoners from
fixe Oerman divisions Formations Aiade
of necessity follow to fast that often
prisoners don't know who are their com.
nany commanders
Tho prisoners are Imbued with the
iiin that the war Is all but over. Thty
had been told that the Kaiser's terms
would not be refused, and that an armis-
ile was about to ue signeo, nut that
they must make a last grand stand to
get the best terms for the fatherland.
Ho far as the Germans In front of J'ersli-
'Ing's men are concerneu mey are cer
tainly obe ing may urucr.
TIIK BEST rBKAT-NTION AOAINHT IN.
Rueiisa snet pneumonls ti a wll.nourlhed
body. Tako Imnerlnl Or.num, tho Un.wtot
enpd Food, between meals and on rttlrlnn.
jWt'l.
Three Day? Left of
Kaiser Striiwri of Right
to Make U ttr tttul I'vttrc
IU thr Aotialrtl Vrrw
'oieiili,icen. Oct 17
Cciiiiuny's IY1lc1.1l Council has
ncoeplcil thn irnji.i,, mnpnilniciit
to llif Coiislltiitlon Aitlili- II, link
iiiR It 1 cad:
The consent of the I'cdunl
Council and the Itcii'list.ii; Is n
tiulictl for a declaration of war In
the omphe'H name, except In n
case xx lino Impel lal tcirltin-.x :il
rentlx has been lux ailed or Its
coasts nttnckeil
Alticle 11 Ih further amended to
read:
Treaties of pence and 11 cities
with foicij-ii States which ileal
Willi uffnlis coming under the
(oniielcnce of the Impel ill law
giving bodies reiiihi the couseul
of the l-Yilcr.il I'oiinul and the
Keiclislug.
The licrllli Ki Iclis.ineiser prlnlH
(ill Impel I, il' dccKe, ditctl October
13. lil.-lkltiK nil aRiceinent with the
civil ntltlioi itics ucci .ssai.v In the
udmlnisti-iitlon of 111,111111 i.ivv with
cfeicnce to the mmmindi'i in chief
11 tho ovrnt of .1 dlsagie, mutt but
xlth final lefeience tn the impel lal
Clmncelloi 111 ,-i ic)i - 111 itlvc up
lulntnl b the I'hnnct Hoi
'BERLIN BENDING,
LANSING ASSURES
Secretary, in Bond ppeal.
Sajs Germany Will I'reak
Under Pressure
NO TIME TO SLACKEN
Ih the Aiwcinteil I'rex
XX tisliliiKliin, ( ii t 17
'(einiiin.v is bendhiR Mole prcsiite
and she will bicak." sas SecrUnr.v
Lansing In a statement today warnliiK
tile nntlon Hint tlie war is not over nnd
that Hie fourth t.lheilj Loan must be
a success at a time when ever dollar
ns well as every man and evei gun
(.mints moic than xer before.
Mr. Lansliig-is.statPiiiriit lollows-.
"Our men In Krnnce ale dilxlng
forward Our (loxeinnient Is icdotiblliiR
its lfort lo send men and munitions
overseas Tile battle M an going well,
but they must go better The war Is
not over. This Is no time to Blacken
effort or to fall to do mir pail hcie at
home. To keep up nnd to Increase the
pressuie on the letieatlng (.eimans Is
the onlv i el lain wax- in win. To do
tills, the Government must have all the
money1 it needs We an- asked to loan
It, and we ale aslxd lo loan It now
"Tho fourth l.lbert Loan will put
new armies in Krance . II will supplj
our men with munitions. Ii will dp
stioy every hope of the impeilnl Her
man Ooxerninent, Its tioops nnd Us
followers; It will make x.Uorx, -me
"(leiiuanv Is bending. Mule pies
nire and she will break. Lveiy man
counts, everv gun counts, nnd ever.v
dollar counts mote todnx than ever
before Tlie (ioxermuent must have the
money It needs. Loan it to wiumcouii
trj. Do .xour jiart to win the war
GASLESS SUNDAY
BAN LIFTED BY
U. S. FUEL CHIEF
Garfield's Order I'erillittill"; Itsiand passing quickly In German). Tlie
t.i-m.nuu ,.f il.mrnplltT'lllnfi lintrin ltiln..
T ' fll T I 1
upc on i nut uay Iminrdialely
KfTectixc
tty the Associated I'ress
XX nshiiiKion, (in 17
I-uel Administrator Garfield todax
lifted the ban on gasollnelcss Sundas
effective nt once
hliould gasoline stocks again fall
dangerously low, It was stated at the
fuel administration, the lenucst xvlll lie
lencwed. It Is probable that priori!)
; , ... , , , ,, '
ordeis will begin for shipment of gaso-
line overseas. nu,ocrd0y nnd a limited monarchy, but
Ti, ni-, r i, a.i.. u. i i between a limited monarchy and a social
jne first of the raslcss Simd.ivs was . ,,. ..i,,,,,...!,,,, ,i, ii
el,,a,nceTnh0,.,LU,:i,;":;t,,dM,1,,,l;(,u!;-! d".!,.. q'Sy'e lIse'rn
out tho Suntrr "" ,,,r"U""-..roliably be able to sax e something for
Philadelphia motorists expressed jubi-' lllN '" nasty, a title for himself or for
latlon this afternoon at the Iftlng f tlie 0"p ' l1'' I?""' , ,',ut ,lelaJ '" ",c"n
uan i even this xvlll be lost
' ' I Xiltorrar) In Ipi.prnt Sltllallnn
Culia Interns German McrdunU , Politically, 'diplomatically and mill
llavnnn. Oct. 17 Cuban seciet serv tarllv the situation of tho German au-
Ice otllclals have arrested eight of H.t -
vanas most prominent (.ernian mer-'
chants who were promptly intertud with
other alien enemies
LOAN HERE MUST
HAVE YOU DONE
A Lait Call for
Liberty Loan Must
THK Fourth
(lulcklv. O
(lulckl.v. Only Three Duys, Including today, , t.ett in x iiicli to Holl
Up the Needed Mlllfons. Here's How the Hooks Stand:
Quoin Subcrllif(l .Npptlpil
Philadelphia District $316,809,000 $239,331,450 $277,477,550
Philadelphia City 259,198.000 125,376,000 133,822,000
UOHROW FHOM TIIK HANKS AND I.KNI1 IT TO TIIK UXITKI)
STATKS! TIIK HANKS AKK HKADV TO DO TIIKIIt I'AHT. DON'T
VOU I(J.
the Campaign Don'f Ut Philadelphia
KAISER SHORN
OF HIS POWER
TO MAKE WAR
State Department!? duees
Confirm Reports of Fed
eral Couneirs. Aet
PEOPLE GIVEN OICE i
IN NATIONAL AFFAIRS
'roccss of
Coiivcrliii";
Co
r-'
main Into Limitci
Mini-
arcln Now Under Wax
RAPID CHANCE GOING ON
l;orlli((imiii";
Likely lo T.
Note to WiUon
I in Detail llic
i
rogress ixladc
liv I, LINTON W. (;il.IIKHl'
Sin" t ,1 ' m
t ft - Ihtc t .' c
In I'ltbUc l.nlnrr i
,:;:;tr;:;,::::,,:;,,,, '
f the fact that the Kaiser has
The
nun o
been shorn b constltiitiim.il amend
incut of his vvni-m-iktiiK and trentv
making power It is o,pl,ilnod Hut
tills confirmation is "not ollleial." bv
which It Is to be'prtsunidl that the
1 Information does not conn' from the
I Gei man (imminent, but Is ineielv
sent to this count r.v Ijv Its agents
fiom news published in the (Ierman
IMI'SS ,
It Is apjiai-ent thai the State lie
partment lias no doubt that the proc
ess of I'onveittiiK (ieiinnn.v Into n.
limited monaiolix is under vvuj. It
is understood olllclall.v that the amend
menu to the Herman Constitution
xxhleli h.-ixo been accepted 1 the i
Gel man l'eili'i-al Council, xvlll be sub
mitted to the Helchstng.
This IiiIiiks the llelehstni; Into new
Importance In the Herman Govern
ment. The representative of the
ptople now have power at least to
pass upon and accept or i eject the
amendments to the German Constitu
lion.
Vllllliirv lliniilniitloti llnil.
lo It Is noted with satisfaction heie
thai the llelehstag will have along with
tho I-'edirnl Council power over war and
peace. That ( nds Hie domination of the
mllltarx gioiip '
It Is acknowledged th.it th amend-1
inputs to tlie German Constitution de
n'llbed In tndax's news dispatches ro I
a long vva toward meeting the demands i
of tills Hoxeinment with rtgard to the i
railing of autnciacy In Hcrmanx I
The ICaiser hlinsflf Is inade lespnn- '
sible to the federal Council and to the
I'.pichstag In the all-important matter
of war and peace. It Is not dllllcult
to assume that tins lesponslblllly will
go all the wn
. V, i ,V . , T i
ell I illllhnrltlps slinll li.ne eo-i.'l dllinte
power with the mllltarx- authorities Loan In Hie Philadelphia district now
oxer the application of maitlal law, Hum total $:'3'.i,3ol.iS(i atcotdlng to the lat
Administration has no infoimatlon. Ap-Iest tiKUles annouiued this afternoon by
liarently Hint was a pafl of the decne i ,,.,,,,., , ,, n,i
issued by the Kaiser upon September j " n,lr'' ,M,,r'" IU"""ne I,a",,
TO corelatlng tho mllllar.v and clxll au-1 This Is a gain oxer .visterdav 'h (lg
ti,oiitle3 lures of $28,317,000 PliiladeVhla alone
subscribed more than JU.nOO.OOO yester
Itnidil i Initigr. Itping Xlnilp fdav
The il.ixu of militarism are oakslni? i Although tills blir caill rll (tie otliclal
Prince Mux was made Chancellor and
before Ihe new (Ierman Government ap-
proached tills country wllh a request foi
peace.
News comes out of Germany in sucli
fragmentary f i in and constitutional
eh.ins-es are now
so rapid that It Is
likely we shall not know precisely how
I ,.,.-. ,..ii
r,ir ""' ''"!"r "' one lowaru mailing
Itself a denioeiacy before she transmits
,,,.r next note to President Wll-(,n. in
wlihh it is expected that she will set
forth In detail the constitutional changes
i , ,
Thn best opinion here Is (hat Ger-
,'.. ., Ph, no... n.. , iltflwn
,ioirac) grows constantly more desper
ale lver) day the power of the At.
riintlniied on Pare Mt, Column Tlirpp
BE PUT OVER.
YOUR FULL SHARE?
Patriotic Dollar,!
He liaised' And It Must He l)u,n
BIG ENEMY STRONGHOLD
IN FRANCE TAKEN; FOE'S
BELGIUM LINE SMASHED
FOURTH LOAN PERIOD WILL NOT BE EXTENDED '
VASHINOTON. Oct. 17. Theie will be no extens'on oJ the
Liberty Loan bubscilptlon neilocl p.-iht Satiivdixy n'gh', tjecrctary
McAdoo btnted emphatlcnlly today. Puitherniore, sad the
Secretary, it will be neccssaiy to have a fifth and peihaps a
sixth lonn, lcgaidlcsb ot the outcome of Gciinnny's piesent peace
uesotlntious.
FOF'S LINE CRUMBLES EXCEPT IN ARGONNE
ATilS, Oct. 17. Keslbtance by the Germans is crumbling
all aionij- the battlcfiont except in the n-glon of the Aigonne
1 1 i(iu Champagne. Theie Ameilcan tioopa under Gcn-
,- (U, Cameron and Bullavd, and 1'ieiich tloopa umler
C u.aud are ciignijcd in dc&peiato fijjhtliii;. Tlio Vm--
11 GuAiUH, cedlnrj (riountl inch by iii?h, me dylnjj but not
.uninu, In un effort to wive their lijjht wuij-.
$28,347,000 GAIN '
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IN LOAN FIGURES
District Total No;x $239
:l.lo() Tu wan! $5167-
09,000 Goal
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PERSI1INC DAY
Sfc'1'
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BttvM Us Up With Bonds,
Grnrrtil ' I'ertihing Urges
I io" of ii inhlr ,i rss(f( fiom
Jcncntl Prmhlnn, fintiin llic ptaplr
to bnii bniiilt. inn rrrrtvrd toilinj
bn thr Libiilii Loan i nmmiltcr.
In Ins message General I'ershi. s
alii:
"We have toiled chef i fully
against tlie day of battle, and the
spirit Hint has urged us on has been
the determination to lie worthy of
those whom we left behind when
we crossed the seas The news of
America nvvake, 01 the national
spirit more stiong. more unified,
more determined, thrills us. all. It
is the knowledge of that sjilrlt
Willi Ii makes us certain tint our
people nt home will stand behind us
ns the haxe fiom he .beginning,
so that we max leturu soon to
you. tlie xlctoix won. Huj Liberty
ltond.s to .xour utmost and nakc
vlctoi sure"
tfub-cilptlf.nM to the fouitli ISlbertj
'
i figures did much to take the district
.....p. I.- C R 1 ll Clkll llllH rrnil IHtfirll' flnll.
ble the present total must be subscribed
in- midnight Saturda when
uii-
palgn ends,
Man) large suliscrlptions reiiorted to-
dii) nnd tho hundreds of small ones
that are pouring Into tho elearlng house,
did much to revive the confidence of
the directors of the loan here that the
quota will be oversulisirlbed A single
HUbsiriptlon of $lo,000,non wns made
this afternoon b) the Penn Mutual Life
Insurant e Compan)
Todav s suliscrlptions and those of to
luol ioh are expected to put the district
within leaih of the goal, and then on
Saturday Ihe Anal push, It Is predicted,
xvlll brliiR an oversubscription
Sntlirils) "I'pmliinir llH)"
Saturday will be "Pershing Day
throughout the district A proclamation
fixing this dale as the time for a tribute
to the commander of the Ainei lean forces
overseas was Issued this afternoon by
Goxeinor Brumbaugh, who called uion
all I'enns)lxanlans to buy Libert) Bonds
In sulllelent quantities to put the State
"over the top with Its quota
' Pershing Da)" will not be confined to
Pennsylvania, but will extend through
out southern New Jersey and Delaware
to all points In the Third Federal ,He
serve Dlsirkt
The orllclal figures of the loan made
public thLs nfternoon showed that Phila
delphia has subscribed, to date, $125,
37MC0. eastern Pennsylvania, outside
of tlie ell)'. $88,701, 600 : southern New
Jersey. $18,002 000. and Delaware, $T,
251,950 The subscription of $10.000.00Q, an.
nrunced today as coining from the Penn
Mutual Life Insurance Company, Is the
largest made to date In the campaign In
this district It xvas made In addl
Hon to an original subscription by that
concern of $5,000,000
Other Add to Iltilillng.
Tho Provident Life nnd Trust, Com
pany announced an additional subscrip
tion of $3,000,000, bringing Its total for
Contlnufd on Pate Hit, Column b
Lag in the Race for
ALLIES OPENING
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FOE'S MIR DUUK
Massed Armies in Flanders
Driving Toward End
ot
War
GREAT CENlEKb TAKlMN ,
iti run. ir (uii3
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Snecial Cable to l.ienine I'nbllC Leilger
rnnvrluii iim. ti .Vrie Veil; Timet ro.
'.. 0,r nrUUh A ... rr.-e..
Oct 17.
tn in Klandeis wliere tho war began
fp- tlie rirltlsh and French after the1
open oy ue- ....r. .-
a moxement of massed armies lowaruj
tie end of the war.
.. ... nf Itnlrrt-ltl Prniirh '
ti neatly piffiun- .m..., . .....
and nrltlsli
King Albert
troops under command of;
., r.pnn..n. ni. hPini?
"" " ".
diiveu back from places which were on
their main lines of communication be
tween the coast, and, their center now
being lost to them, are like oiien doors
Inti their back parlors.
Tin Belgian cavalry are reported to
he working around Thlelt, sixteen miles
from Ghent The French haxe entered
I.lchterxelde and their patrols are about
Tliorout. ten miles from Iiruges. Ost
end Is almost within sight
Knowing that their Inexlt.ible with
drawal Is at hand from the western
part of IJilRlum. the Germans nre not
Incliii'd to Rlxe battle heie on a big
scale Biid their rearguards are being
sacrlllced to gain time for the main re
treat In Loop of Hip Atlaek
ruither south, xvherc the Ilrltlsh Sec
ond Arm) troops are lighting on the
right of Belgians and French In this
group of armies of Flanders commanded
by the Helgian King, the enemj is grad
ually finding hlmseir in a rar-nung loop
of the attack, which, by the British cap-
.,-,turo or ,ne oui.iir. 01 v.uuru.i, joi -
lowing me sirnuy .,.aiii:o nuiiu .t nu
. r. . .
east of Cambrai nnu nouai, is grauu-
ally encircling a large territory of north -
crn France, containing the great tex -
tile and manufaciurlng cities of Lille,
Tourcclng and Iloubaix. from wlilch so
much of the wealth of France (lowed
In time of peace
At various points in that' wide half
circle, tlie Br' j.h troops tightened their
loops nnd drew it closer to those i itles.
They crossed 'he canal south of Mpnln
iv the fine gallantry of some engineers:
xvhn bridged the canal during the night
and so penetrated the town of Halluin.
To Ihe south they advanced on the
east side of Haute penaW canal, where
scxeral xlllages were captured, bringing
v i
, tnem er) close to the
western sides of Lille
southern and
i A1I t),lg mfans that they aro ri.xuu
nlly closing In upon the district where I
the enemy bad many or his headquarters
establishments nnd cowed great jiopu
latlons of civilians in the first wild
stampede of lianlc stricken people when
the enemy's columns stru( through Bel
glum toward the northern edge of
I'-rance
I saw croxvds of refugees, xxho poured
down to Calais from Lille and Its
suburbs, nnd In those days of August,
JSH, It looked as If the xvorld had been
tipped on end and that nations xvere
falling oxer their boundaries They were
lucky onts who escaped In time, but tens
of thousands were not quick enough or
by poverty were unable to leaf", or
thought the war xvould end so quickly
that they could stay without much
misery,
. During recent da)s there has been
' another exodus from Lille, Tourcolng, and
Roubatx All the men and boys between
the Bges of. sixteen and slxrr have been
driven further back, so that when the
Continued on Pais l'lte. Column Una
Victory
220,000 Bochesin
Danger of Being
Trapped
SECOND DEFENSE
SYSTEM BREAKS
i British Launeh Heavy At
tack below Cambrai and
Plunge Forward
ALBERTS TROOPS RUSH
I NINE MILES EASTWARD
Focli Wins Mighty Victories.
j Von Ariiim Faces Dig
i aster
the Associated I'ress
Ixmdon, Oct. V
l.llle, the last sreat bastion of the
German defense system on tho west
ei n front nnd the largest city In
Krance held by the Germans, has been
captured by the British. The- great
fortress lias been In possession of the
enemy since the Kaiser's armies swept
Into Krance In 1914.
The whole o.f the Germany army of
Generiil von Arnlm Is In retreat from"
tin' North Sea to the region of Lille.
i,,. , . .
"iwybutii ueaien uacK ana over.
thrown by the Allied nttaeks. trul.iv' .
The letliement Is assuming the pro- ?'"
11
(about 222,000 men)
Helglan forces under command of
King Albert, vvhlch crossed the Yser
iiruisu torces nave captured Cour .-fri
trni, a great rdllxva.x center in Flans- va
"c. JS
lftflll lllViriI(' IlrIIA )lt
....,, ....
r leui AiaiHiml Halpr's forces this
"rniiiK' ie?nn mi attack on the Bo-
linl.iT,. r. i .!- .. ..
nn.i-i uucuu i rum, aion mo aeiio
iiier Houinpnst
of Cambrai. Rails.
factory progress xxa.s announced hv
the British commander In his official
statement. (The nttack I on a ten
mile front In tho direction of the foru
ress of Illrson, tnc cajituro of which
would cut the Hoi man armies on tho
west front In two! .
The Germans on leaving Ulle did
not set tire to the buildings in the
clt) or cause any explosions.
The Helglans besides marching to
ward Ostend, have made progress in
the region north of Thourout and ad
vanced In the direction of Thlelt, a
great railroad center
French milituty observers here be
lieve that General von Arnlm xvlll
have extreme dlltlculty In extricating
himself fiom his position. It Is held
that ho icmained too long against all
stinteRlc and militar) laws, when he
was outflanked nnd virtually sur
lounded. Hiltisli foices in (dunging ahead In
Flanders, besides capturing Courtral,
have assisted in capturing twenty vil
lages. Push Kaplill.v Ahead
The Allies jesterday advanced on
the thlrt) -one-mile front In Flanders
from Dlxmudo to the Lys, and made
IU, UVeingo gain of three ar.d a half
nines, j ue neigians crossed the yser
I -..-.I. Tt 1 . n .
" '" "' iiaiiiuub nnu xook ecnoo
1 Klc ; " "
j Thp 1Je,ians ,' PvfPnrte,i tb.i-
I
battlcfront north of the Handzeema
Canal, xvhero the) liavo made protr
less in the region of Schoore, Ave
miles fiom tne North Sea southeast
of Nleuport. and generally gained
ground eastxxard as far as Coolscamp.
Tho adxar.ee paved the way for tho
plunge toxvnrd Ostend
The Germans liax-e been counter.
i nttrii-tlaitir I" n la.u Tf 1-. a a
''""." V.'. ".. "?. "r " ''?'"" "
u strong local thrust at Haussy, In the
legion souin or x uieiiciennes pressed
Hie Ilrltlsh back' in the western edgo
of tlie village esterda)
!) the Lniteil Press
I.oiidoii, Oct. IT.
A complete bieak-tnrough has been
effected lij the Allies tn the Germans
second defense lino In Belgium, at
cording to battlefront dispatches.
Dense masses of cavalry are pouring'
through the breach and nre reported
tu have advanceel nine miles.
The break-through probably was in
the region of Thlelt. where Belgian
cax-alry Is reported to have entered
that city after a sudden advance of;
more tnan three miles.
An additional advance of nine miles
in this vicinity would carry tho Allied
cavalry to Nevele, only six miles 5'
southwest of Ghent. " c'
If the breach vvvre made farther V
south It would brlnif the Allies within' -.
two miles of Audcnarde, while If H', "
Continued on Pace Vifp. Column Tfcfee
fourteen Pined for Spitting - 'f
Nearly all the prisoners arra'rned bi. .
fore Magistrate Mecleary at the Centre!
Police Station this afternoon were vV- "'
latora of the "spitting" law, Fourteen v 1
in an were arrnueu. tne magistrate
fined eacll one $2 60,
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