- -y i LONDON BELIEVES KAISER WILL QUIT BARS FOE AT PEACE TABLE Sending Valuables to Hol-i land Regarded as Indica tion of Abdication CIVIL UPHEAVAL BEGINS Socialists Scheme a Govern- ment to Save Germany From Russia's Experience 'Sir Frederick Smith Say Punish' I incut Should Re iMeiiiornhlc l.omliiii, Oct 17 Sir Frederick Hmltli. ' I Attorney dentin), In Iho tircfnco to ft new edition of hi book on International law, n.ig tile future of clvlllzntlon a c-, iulce that tb nuthnrltv of nubile law must be rcaiyierteil with n punishment . m iiKinorabtc, brrause mi tlrrniUul, of- feiiKPH ulll not be repeated, 1 "Fur the lorrtctlon of Hpeclflc In- fiinile"." he ntlit. "luteriiailonal law ' ilorn not exclude the cnMlmitlon of guilty IndlMdualH, however highly placed. Ma terial InjUnlPH may be made Rood by the. payment or a pecuniary indemnity The doctrines of International law afford nbundant win rant and precedent." The Attorney (Icm-rul dcclaren I tin assumption that the Central Powers will lie represented nt a peace conference In I tho sense that the Allies are reprc- fc . - ' sentcd, would seem to require very con- I Hldernbte qualification. The Central By the Associated I ress I powers, he siiKResls, should be present I.nmlon Oct. t". Humors relative to, n the later scenes, to hear, but not to the course (lermany may take toward contribute to the decisions of the Allies replying to the note from President j innnom UmV Vltoon form the ifialn features of t'' LILLE LARGEST CITY mornlngV papers Some are convinced t Hint flermnny's unconditional surrender Is coming. Although the statement Issued at the Foreign Ofllcc Inst night shows that yesterday's rumors were premature, extraordinary reports concerning In ternal conditions In Oermnny nryjy printed. Some newspapers tnt.c It for granteil thnt the Kaiser will nbdlcatc The K.presH says that fur some tlmo he ha been Bending his vnluable:) to Holland. Some editorials epre the view that -bo disappearance of the Kaiser Is Im material. "lie Is a mere" symbol and a figure head of what wc pledged to destioy," tajs the Telegraph. "It is what, will bo substituted for his Insane nnd disas trous rule that matters." EHfcftilfG PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1918 f HE ALLIES' DRIVE IN FLANDERS Official" War Reports j YANKS RF.AT OFF I BOLSHEVIK BLOWS 5 PUNKIRK. Bt,lyGlAJ4S COOV6CAMP WHICH GERMANS WON - Teutons During Occupancy Enslaved Citizens and Made Heavy Levies t I lly the Associifed Press The fall of Mile to the Allies from the Hermans the last of great bastions which for four vrars held up the t cmy defensive HiMctn from the North Se.i to Switzerland. ' Cambral, I.aon and St. Quentln Ii.ivp been given u In the last few weeks I and now Mile completes the list. Mile, or I. Isle, as the name of the i f A.TWIJJWVM ' - 4. . . X ft 'T8 ... LrsKGfgNT - i(tiiriiiiijjiif r a ijii -v. i i in-rapid ,o fggjk -pyy mgt fpail. Wnai oAfh jf M& ) Soiqnies0 t BETHUNEXI-ILQg3gC orchTc'As.. l- T L V y Nvk - "slO ARRASo--:y(ijfeBE,GNx scale of mim&s' U ARKU ., BRITISH TAKf Ot.UMAJfJ W3fTUtAT IUTISH opjoj onrvU ,A ENEMY STRONGHOLD IN FRANCE their 7.C TA KEN- RF.T.G1 A N LINE Sill A SHUT) --' --- ...-.-.. .. ,..-. ...., ( nntlntiril from I'ace One were tn the northward the Allies will have K'.iched tnc outsklita of ltruj;es. By iIip United l'rvi hao the appearame of flu the tneni In burning hl uid materials. Marled by ow n stores Alteration of the German constltu-i toK s othirwl.-e spelled tlon. by which civil power would be ad mitted to share In the conttol of m.itteis pertaining to the war. Is a subject of utmost Importance, lly this alteration tho Kaiser would cease to bo the su premo war lord. "This step," sas the Dally News, "means broadly that the Kalse has surrendered to President Wlhoti and Is equivalent to an ndmlsslon that all is lest." The i:press claim to have trust w oi thy Information to the effect that Hermans 's surrender Is Imminent, add ing With the ItritUh Armies In Flan iters. Oct. 17. If Is reported that the is the Lit R- mitlsli me In the out. Irts of Lille. est city of France gained b the tier- The centuiles-old moat has been foi- mans and one of the great foitusses ' titled, but there lire mi Indications th.it , , , ., , , , the (icrmnns intend to Use these ue- guardlng the I-reneh frontier. The old tl.nA, Thc nrtisi, MVO broken forts and citadel, however, were built ' thioiiKh the line which the Cicimuns so many years ago that their worth in ' lullt to defend the city. modrn warfare Is doubtful !, :,.,"',', c.1"'. iin iw-iiiiMm IIIC1I lioilllliaic Taken b) Toe In 1914 The city was taken by the enemy In Ills tirst rush Into Krance. and until within the last four weeks it never had been threatened greatly by the Allies .Since the successful Allied advance In Danders, however. It bus become in creasingly evident the Hermans would have to give up l.llle as "one of the steps In their retirement from Trance the hilH positions which Tourcolng and Houbalx Ilelglau cavnlrj has penet rated Thlt'lt. The Ili'itlsh cnptuicd Courtral utter violent stieet lighting. ".4eniinnicl.il Information of nn aston-1 and Helgluni. The Allied advance In Ishhiff kind has reached England hull-' Klnnders outflanked Mile on the north . v . .... , .... i and at onco conrpelled the (IcrniatiM raung a ucsj erai l" ikisiiiou in , ,lr,lw tl,cr nP8 c1()lcr lo 10 esU.rn lierill'tllj lllin i.t tivu iii.i- nci iuui than the military situation and Is re sponsible for the coming debacle. A I great civil upheaval Is beginning. ' Tim Socialists of Oermnny, fearing that anarchy Is about to set in, and i desiring ti save the country from Kus sla'.s expel lence with the Rolsbevlkl, I have preiared a scheme of government , to take the reins If, or when, the Kaiser ' suburbs of the city When the Hermans entered 1,111c In 191t(they varried many of the residents. Into captivity Since, that time they have oppressed the residents and forced J them to pay vast levies. A levy of i $G,fillO.0QO 'was demanded in July of I this car. Heforc the win Mile was the center 1 lly thc Aiwciatrd Vrn With Ihe Allied Armies in Itplgimn. Oct. 17. Itruges, Turcoing unrt lioubalx have been emptied of nil civilians Mini the Hermans have removed their military establishments fioni those cities. All submarines have been lustily ie moved fioni the lT-lioat base ut Ostcnd nnd It would appear, from tho Infor m.ttlon thut Herman n.ivnl liases all along the lielglan coast iu0 either being moved or are being tn.iilo lc.uly for instant removal, piobably in tne i ear of the Herman mine fields In the North Sea. At the same time the Heinian nimics have started :i retreat on u tremend ous scale In northern lielglum. So fast Is the enemy retreating that the Kiench. liiitlsh nnd llt'WI.m In fantry, ut least ill the center of the liattlefront, have lost touch entirely with tho enemy The withdrawal of the Heimaus fiom thc I.llle-Doual sector may be come more rapid dallj. Information, Cnllnurd from IMcr One ,.."-w ...u. n. ' l,cli Is considered reliable, indicates Rrltlsli take Mile they will not be there i Ort Hnllroad Conler th.it tho fcirmy contemplates retiilng , Increase the number of soldleis Jg ;nZ tZXXXMlZS the Allied sine by their power of labor. SJ1 'and 's'ee'l m.d'-il'on four jumps to the rear. They are forced laborers of the enemy, pioducts of various kinds. In ndiliton to. ''' H1"'1- ''''e w,r bulldln.-r new lines of defense befoie H Indu.stilal Importance Mile also Is a Tills evacuation has Income liecefi-ar his frontiers In case tho Allies do not ' great railroad center anil In the midst i since tho Allied victories In the Cam grant him peace. I of a highly developed system of canals. Il'ial aiea liecau.-e of tho defeats In- Hut In Mllle nnd those other towns The cltv Is handv to tlie-to.il tlilds of i dieted upon the Lernians in i-ianoeis a . Krance and Uelgium. I retirement lias now income u inoviinein 1 Mile was founded curlv In the four-'of yieatest urgency. Knemy iirtlllerj teenth century and has since plaved a .n the Mile area Is now being moved prominent pait In tho political and back five miles from tlfP front. 1 commercial history of north. I'll Krance.! Ilcie. as ev.iywhere elso along the 'It formerly was the'capital of Krencli ' rntne Hrltlsh front the Hermans are Danders 'and now Is the capital of the keeping their cannon either on or neai i Department of the Nord. Mile Is light I the roads, so (hat they can be mov.;d ill .1 inmiirm m miiiw. i i ""'i' e -1' aticllcnte.M In order that It may exercise an Immediate sttnuylnc Influence" Allies Opening Foe's Back Door of the great manufacturing district of ! northern Frame and was known j throughout the world for. Its tnatiufac- tures of flax and textiles. It had a i l population of nearly iilO.OOO and sent Its Ijiro'ducts to eveiy corner of the earth The famous lisle thread was m.inufac 1 1 tired there and from the familiar lisle hosiery nnd similar goods. I there nre largo populations of old peo ple and women and children. Ptlrred by KnormnuN Hope No inesmge comes fiom those excited hearts, there still Is a barrier of ma chine guns between the British and them, nnd It Is only by the meeting with other people whom the Br tlsh have liberated I mllcs est of le i.-,anco-Belglan fion ill recent days In those villages south i t(r, ,, Tourcolng and Houbalx loboiate e-li other'H stories, saying that of Cambral nnd at Routers and In many occupies a little angle of Krencli ten I- ! II elr tattirul comrades are constantly which Is boidered on the east ant uni.ii- never khuwiiik "' " .... bomesteads where they were found dur. tory 1 north by Belgian Flanders. REMOVE MEN FROM LILLE Ing the last day or two near Courtral nnd upon that one may guess how- thev nre Mlrred by an enormous hope and be Jlef that nil their patience through four I long jears, .an ineir courage, which often was at fainting point, nil their Germans Leave Only French wounds nnd pride, and their lean gray Wimumi In CUv days of waiting for the war to end will 'V OI11C11 lit ItJ at-last l rewarded by liberty and new. life on the Allied side of the line. j ,, , Prisoners ; taken lately '.deny any plan uml(.rillo(1 lIml lhe UIW ,m,e ,uKetlj of geuernl destruction and say that thev .,..,..,,. were ordered to destroy only buildings uwn "" ,nP ",r" """ """ '" '' "c "0" of military Importance No such ple.i i l" ('e" 15 "na Gn Ie:n lllB ""'' ""' could bo given In thc case of tho i women. buildings I saw; destrojed Immediately Tho fotrKOtlK .lispatch was sent prior oerore me .lerm.ui leinai on tne south ,,, th.. ennture of Mile. No' Information By the United I'reu k (be HrltMi Army, Oct. I7.J-H side of Cambral and I.e Cateau, but Houlers Is still in fair condition, and, apart from bedding and linen, lias not been looted In so wholesale a way as Cambral and other places, rromUr Karly I'fnre Many prisoners arrive In the British concerning the reported enslavement of male lesldeuts of Mile has been re ceived FLIER DIES FJGHTING FIVE Lieutenant Thomas Made a Gal- lines with painohlets about the Herman ian, Struggle, hut Vas Shot Down proposal for an armistice, issued by their anil miming tneni to keep oiucers, aim inuuing mem io Keep up tlieir neariR necauxe tne war will soon be over They believe that and IT their belief totters their spirit also will fall Into the deeper depths of despair. That, I think, will hanpen throughout their army, but whether after that they will stiffen or weaken I cannot guess. Things -should move quickly In the north now that the Krencli and Belgian cavalry are reported, to be operating around Thourout and Thlelt. I saw French cavarly riding New York, Oct. 17. While fighting gallantly against five Hermnn planes over the Herman Hues In Krance. Men. tenant Herald Provost Thomas, of this' city, was shot down and killed on Au- I gust 28, his father was Informed by a letter received from another lieutenant i In his squadron The letter said: "Our formation after crossing 'th Herman lines was broken up hy twenty Foklurs, who opposed our six machines. Five closed In on Herald and went at lun attack Is coming or wnen iney may be railed upon to lleo for their lives i As a matter of fact it lias been ex fpected that the enemy w ithdi.iwiil would begin sooner than it lias, nut upp.tr i entlv orders for this movement were postponed because the Herman nigu command wished to save as much as possible of the materials of wa which nro becoming Increasingly short. All nrlsiiners nio complaining of lack of supplies Mile Itself will not be destroyed, lint the cause of this Is unknown. Cer talnly President Wilson's note has not yet. had time to reach the Hermans at ibn tront It Is not Improbable that (be hleher Herman command Is begin nine lo realize the horror that would sweep over the world If beautiful Mile should be leveled. Tne iiriusii, now ever, will be sure that prisoners' state ments that the city villi be spared arc correct onlv when the themselves are In Mile and find It undellled nnd un damaged Fires bavo been Observed III the city, ono large one being near a famous church. Other fires have been obseived over the whole area south. southeaHt nnd southwest of To'irnal. These all lly the ,iiiri7ril 're I'.irls, Oct. 17. --Allied ai mlcs, which it n lighting under the high lomtiiand of King Albeit of Belgium, lifter a stubborn struggle, have tilumphed over the !t"lstanee of the enemy and driven in mi the whole fiont of the attack, according to an olllcl.tl view of the situation. Continuing, the tc view says: . "The lleitn.uis fell back ban led by light Infantr.v and nitllleiy foi illa tions, which pi evented thc cnimy from pulling himself together Notwith standing tile bad weather, the r.iln soaked mound, and the ilveis and canals, the Allied tumps made a con siderable hound finwaiil Heitnap I ear guards, with machine guns, only tcmpoinilly checked the Allied foi cos. "Wo luivo i cached Kcvem and have domed the outskirts of DKniude tor three miles, towaiil tin- ninth. The O.-teml load Is thteatoueil. miking the vommilulcatloii of the enemy forces fiom'the Yser to the coast most lin ed tuin and piccjilous." GERMAN TROOPS IN MANY MUTINIES B the Associated I'ren Willi the AnElii-ltrlcInn Armim, Oct. Iteir.iidlnc Mile, prisoners have slatid orders have been given pel milling nil oipt men of mllltnty age to be lelt In the i bouses ir iney uesire in May then- This may bo true, but soldleis on this front, having hi en eji witness es of Herman crueltj, barbarism and love or destruction, are inclined in ne skeptical. In tne southern zone or tills sector mole 111 es and explosions aie u ported fiom towns and dlstilcts ileal lHni.il and Den.iiu Herman army cninui.indeis sei in to ne having a more dilllcult time than ever before In suppressing mutinies nnd i evo lutional' outlueaks. Information has been rccelvid of seviral outbieaks, one afttr another, among men on their way to the front leave or from led nil Ing ileiHits. In some of these dlctuibaiiocs mutinous tumps have tlnd on form, -Hit to compel them to loutlnue on their nil) It would seem that n train ni rlus at the front from the del man In tel lor without losing a large number of Mildlcrs b desertion An order signed by it Herman war minister, who has i.lnce been tellevril of his portfolio, calls the attention of all lo Ihese disturbances and ordeis lh.it no soldiers be permitted to have ball am munition III their isiHsesslon while trav eling It also provides for clusi d i.ill wuy carriages. In which the men ate to be locked as virtual prisoners. "lnergetie noncommissioned nllicers must be placed In ch'arge." lhe oidir sas 'It is ssentl.il that no man ut any tlmo bo permitted to feel tli.u he Is free from supervision If nee. ss.iry force of arms must he employed to break Official War Reports nitiTiMi I,ondii. Oet 17 At noon yesterdny the enemy de listed a sttong liuul counter-attack nt llaussy. It was accompanied b) heavy shelling. We were pressed back to the western e.tg" of the village where, fighting still Is Inking I"!-"- We progressed during the night southwest of Mile A few prisoners were taken At R-20 o'clock this morning e attacked on the Itohaln-le-Ciiteau front Our troops are n ported to be making satisfactory progress. On the sixteenth Instant, denilte the storm. Belgian, British and Kreuch troops continued their attacks Jielvveen Dlxmude nnd the 1,S Itlver. Ilrllllant nssnults over a fronl of thirty-one miles Miabled them to ad vance an average depth of over three and a half miles. The Belgians cross id the Yser Itlver north of Dlxmude nnd occupied Hchooreike The llrjtlsh crossed the I. vs. pushing be nnd Menlu to a depth of several kilometers on the light hank. Thourout was captured bv the Bel gians Mchlervelde and Ardoe were taken by the French, while the British captured Menln According to the lat est report, British troops have en tered Courtral. Twenty villages were delivered fronl the enemy. No figures are as et avail able regarding captured prhoners and boot. I'KKNCII Purls. Oct 17 During the night we maintained con tact on the entire front of the iilse anil the Serre. There was somewhat pronounced machine-gun nnd artll ler activity iii:i.ii. Havre, Oct 10 (Heboid) We have progrssed on the whole of the front of attack, which has been extindid north of the llnndzeeino canal between Thourout and the Yser We have gained ground In the direc tion of Sc'aoore. taken Kcvem, reach id the Prnetbosch wood and Chateau Wynend.iel and captured the out skirts of Thourout To the east our Hue has been car lied as far as the Wynendael-llooge load i mining to Thourout and Bruges, where wo ptogiessed. Between Thourout and M.tndel we I inched Turfhniiwe, i.irrled I.lchltr velde nnd progiessul as far as the outskirts of Coolscamp. South of Ihe Mchlervelde r.tllw.i. Thlelmandn.ve has In en passed Isegheni has been occupied Several hundred prisoners were taken At i'ools'.inip we are Irss than tluee miles from the Important Till tt ialIro.ul. We have approach id liiRleniunsttr. Ilulst has been tak en and we are along the l.ys almost ever where fiom Menlu eastwaid to Harlebike We are at the gates of Courtral Kurt her wei-t we have crossed the l,.vs Itlver and nre liss than two and a half mitts fronl Turcoing. The at tack Is progirsslng methodically. Tho letreatlng eneni is throwing bombs Into cellars whele Inoffensive Inhabitants are awaiting deliverance III will be shot during the night of the sixteenth." The Nicholas Homnnoff referred to Is supposed to be Hrnnd Duke Nicholas, the fbrfner commander-in-chief of ,lh f lluslnn army. , , . -aA latest reports or Hrnnd Duke Meh i i... maA ut, fftw iitfinv In th Crimen. Eneiny Socks to Regain the Ground Ho Lost in Sqitemher SUFFKHS RIG LOSSKS l r C - sTDiti: uim:m -wr A C Q923 MARKET STREETJ resistance. Ueinnsts for assistance must be sent by lilegi.iph." FRENCH ON HEELS OF FOE ABOVE LAON ISy the Associated I'ress Pnrl, Oct. 17 On the entile front of the Olse ami the Sirre, where the Hermans are being driven from the in." kit north of I..1011, the Kri nch have miilutaiued contact with the enemy, ac coidlug to today's War Olllce report The French have captuied the town of Notre Paine de I.lesse, ninth of Slssone n t'hanipagiie West 't Hraud Pre thev have taken the village of T.ilni.i 'JHKEK MISSING ON AMKHICA Yankees Pcrfnrm Heroic Keats Fighting Waist Deep in Water II) the Issoiiatrd I'ress Ariliaiigel, t)ct. tu (ilelaedl. -Allied forces, Including Amerlr.ins, are en gaged In repulsing heav Ihilshcvik at tacks on both hanks of the Dvlnn. 15(1 miles north of Ketlass The Americans and ttussians have advanced in the direction of Welsk. northeast of Vologda. Tho Holshcvlkl with massed forces are striving to regain the positions which were won aftei lini'd-fought struggles by Ameikans and Scots on September 21 l'itilr an almost con stat, t bombardment for more than a week the Allies have teptiNcd many In fantry attacks and indicted consider able losses. These positions Include villages on opposite sides of tho Dvlna Itlver, Mime of which aie on n high bluff ut 11 strategic bend In 1 the stream. Around this bend Ilolsho-1 vik gunboats, piotccted hy mine fields' und n low sandy Island, have delivered a bombardment with shells of all call hi rs. The Allies meanwhile have been 1 foiced to stilve against the rapidly falling liver, which Is full of Mindb.it R ' The garrison, though greatly outntim ' beied In men and aitillery. have snug gled wnlst deep lu the swnmp.s and ' knee deep In the mudd.v mads, cap turing several guns and machine guns. I An Ameiic.iu engineer lieutenant 1 und a. few men crossed the river undei n heavy fire and lescued a gun from 11 disabled tug on which the Bolshevist ' had centeied their tiro. The next day the sum" lieutenant with a sergeant braved the same dangers In 1111 effort 1 to icp.iir tugs caught under n heavy ! shower of shrapnel llrt. They tried 1 to swyn for the shine, but were swept I uvvay bv the swift current and , drowned. The Bolshevik! 1110 trlng to spie.td their propaganda among the Allied ' troops. Captuied trenches and vll ' l.i ges on the Dvlna front weie full of , proelam itlons printed In Kuglish ask I Ing the Biltish and Amei leans not to I light. I These proclamations weie laughed I at hy the tlritlsh and Americans us j particularly Inconsistent with Bolshe 1 vik tientmelit of pilsoneis. whom they many times have mutilated. iJjfckiuth .Straight line and panel fffects l-.mbroidered and brnld trimmings. 2: Wnmpn's $90 nnrl R99 Rfl flJ e "" T""" P berge IJresses, .Straight line and panel fffects l-.tuhrmdc V 128 Women's and Misses' 0 $29-75 to $35 Suits L 15 00 22 .75 In Mnot iIoupm umntiifli fjcrjrc and tmplln AU nhnupa. I 131 Women's Fine $ O 7S X Plush & Cloth COATS, 1 0' g Actual $25 to $32,50 Values Taupe and lemdccr suede cloth, burellns keiseys nnd best plushes. $25 to $35 Genuine $ Tj Q Fox or Wolf Scarfs, - In bi.ick to up or Poirei ll i-ood size nn mnl scarfs Silk lined, I ? eooNR BASEJJENTF0sen!:?v $1.25 Envelope CHEMISE, 79c Lace - trimmed Women's Bust Confiners, 39c Ktriinrdluiiiv Women's Fall Cloth Skirts, $2.oo Plaited model $1.25 Lingerie WAISTS, 79c I. .ice tdmmed. Women's and Misses' $12.50 FALL SERGE SUITS, A wonderful value at this price Blue or black All sizes. 9 .90 Women's Serge and Silk DRESSES, $ Sdk poplin and serge frocks ui new fall mi id. Is II sizes 5 Women's Fur Collar Coats at $41.90. Ilood w o o I rials iiuallty mate- 14 This Nii'holiis Sentenced to Die. Supposed to Be (Jriind Duke , By tlie Associated I'ress Par's net. 17 A Itussl.iti message till llngllsh! dated Tsarskoe Selo, 8 if. p m ' October 15. received here reports the fol low Ing Information as having In in it celvetl from Kk.iterlnhurg "According to the olllclal declaration of tbe'Sovlet ihlefs, Nicholas Itmn.in fl has iietn trlid and condemned to death I jirls' Gingham DRESSES, 98c 7 lo Ii years tl stvles Children's New COATS, $2-89 Corduroy ami cloth 2 to fi year i-lzes Girls' Winter COATS, $8.90- Of heavy woolens Sizes 8 to 14 yeais. $ HOME OF STYLE AND ECONOMY Carso of $l,0n0.00n Worth of NiRjr lie lievcil Lost llnbiiken, Oct. 17 Two sailors und nn soldier reported missing after the anil tr.ttiMsirt America sank at her pier here have not rip'iittd to their conimandlng olllccrs Opinion was ex pressed that they were tlroviutd It was It.irned there was $l,iuin,noo woitli of sugar on the ship, und this piohabl Is avotnl loss tlrip Kills Lieut. V. L. Moer Poltntiinii, Ph., Oct. 17 Klrst l.leu eriant K. I.eroy .Moser. who contracted out utnoiii.i In camp at Woodhurv. N. .1.. s dead nt Ills home In Spring City lie iuis proprietor of the Interhnroiigh Press nnd v as twenty-eight years old E I Mm with their machine guns. Oerald i miw i-i em ii ktititny ruiinir over . ' n . . r. .. the Flanders ridges with their lance- ' pUl "p ". Brea. ..? V V" ,,,, ,,,lB. T,r i-i.k nrt ih.lr teei n.'..I .?"c'. too much, ami the last we saw of him the mist and their lean horses at ":. "vV "Urt"nR ' " '" "ls ma- gallop. As they neared the lines It cnlne' was a wonderful and stirring sight, fori WAK BUrtKU 1U AIU rAUMIH . alt the men looked fine soldiers, hard as steel, anil iney siare.i torward through the mists to the great adventure before them, when they should .ride back through the north of France and Uelgium , with the German army An retreat before ' them. MARRIED ON DEATH BED Congressman Meeker Dies After, Weil ding Private Secretary St. Louis. Oct. 17. Representative!,..,,,,, , rehabilitate sections of Ilussia Kconoinie Rehabilitation to Ac company Military Movement lly the United Press WnthlnKton. Oct. 17. At the direction of President Wilson, economic nld will bo extended to Kussia inrougn me agency of the war trade .board. It .vvns learned today. This policy Is the out come of the interallied determination I to Biinnort the military movement of the Czecbo-Slovaks In Siberia, broad c....?Ir.'!i., 'e.f.ter.l'rlendly to the Allies nnd re-estubUsh night to his private secretary. ' The. war trade board will Jlepresentatlve Meeker, a Itepubllcan. j .',,,, "I J,!?? clothing had served two terms In the- House of "f' "' 'iT'J.w' K ll.r.r...r.ti,llv.u frr.ni Missouri I ""Wry . nml OltXtC SUpillies Ilejiresentntlves from Missouri. Ills marriage to Mrs. Alice Iledmon followed announcement by his physician he could not recover. Me was born In Fountain County, Ind., October 7. 1878. Washington, Oct. 17. After receiving news of the death of Representative Meeker, the House adjourned yesterday afternoon and Speaker Clark appointed a committee to attend Mr. Meeker's funeral. Porto Kiro Appeal for Aiil New York, Oct. 17. With more than tOO' persona dead and thousands with out shelter, food or clothing aa a result of the earthquake which shook the en tire Island last Friday, the Government of Porto ltlco today appealed to Con grfen and to the American Red Croaa for .assist a nw 1 oaivwlihere la 1Mb ;, In a cable me 5'. govern ex farm ma- erv nnd other supplies neeueu in Russia to effect such rehnbllltatlon. In .1.- I. I- 1. t.n..A .l.n. a ..a... 1. tmL Hie fllll II IB lllB iiui'o I'm. ,.-., ,,ua- slan mllltnry system can be built up which will force the Germans, out of occupied territory and result In the. re nunciation of lhe BreBt-l.itovakytreaty, FRENCH MAGAZINES EXPLODE Considerable Damage Done, hut No Lives Were Lost fly the Associated Press ' I. ens, France, Oct, 17 (Ilttvas). Fire followed by an explosion In a muni tions factory at It o'clock last night raused Important materia) damage. An other and more violent explosion oc curred at midnight when the magatlnes blew up. The buildings atft were burn ing todayi Xu )lvi were loau A few ow-Mmi. In- alsWUMC MVL,ftfMirn Wre Injwieji. t , WITH FINGERS! CORNS LIFT OUT Costs few cents! Doesn't hurt a 'bit! Drop a little Freez one on that touchy corn, in stantly that corn stops hurting, then you lift it right out, with the fingers. Yes, magic! f tf VJJJ A tiny bottle of Freezone costs but a few cents at any drug store, but is sufficient to remove every hard corn, soft corn, or corn be tween the toes, and the calluses, without soreness pr irritation. Freezone is the sensational dis covery of a Cincinnati genius. Tin 4iltlil kn Firttoi, ' I4n4 Wttltr Co.,Clicl!l,0.- "Now America Must Pay All the Bills of the War!' i Read What thc Kaiser Said to Dr. Davis about: The Kitl.rr tn Jlr. Dal Is American Atmjr lxiB Queitlon Monroe Doctrine Andrew Carnefie Aliace Austria Italy Rumania William Randolph Meant International Law? There is No International Law Any More!" The Kahier to llr. Hails The Balkant Invasion of Belcium Sinkinf cf the "Luiitania" Preiident Wilton Theodore Rooievelt Kin of EnfUnd Lloyd Gcorte J. P. Morfin Henry Ford Read What Was Said to Dr. Davis by 1' Read What Dr. Davis Says About - Tho Crown -Prince, Prince von Plres, the Kalser'n closest adviser, and von Hcthmann-Hollvvejj, Maximilian Harden und Von Hin ilenburg IN iser as "The I Know Him" By Arthur N. Davis IF thc Kaiser could stamp out this dook ne vvouiu, nut. nis power does not extend across the ocean, and Dr. Arthur N. Davis" wonderful new book is yours for the reading. . From a lesser point of view, this book is fascinating to read. From ' n bigger point of view, it is one of the most important things that has been given to us, for it will bo p. guide to us in not only fighting war but in making peace. It is the inner heart of the German Kmpire tho inner workings of the Kaiser's mind, revealed through fourteen years of close association. ' I The Kakser woultl stop it if he could, but he can't. Get your copy today at tho nearest bookstore. It will be full of revelations. Illustrated. $2.00. NEW YORK CITY Please Read This! Somewhere in France, v Sept. 16, 1918. Mother Dear: Be brave, don't worry. The doctor says I will be all right. It's fine! I have been frightfully wounded my right arm is gone and my left leg is off above the knee, but I have a great nurse, who is writing this letter. I am glad I came over. If you could only see these wonderful French men and women, so cheerful, so willing to make any sacrifice. It is grand to fight and die for them. Only yesterday I got a letter from Ned Kramer, in which he said the people at home are grumbling about their taxes, that the next Liberty Loan will not go, and lots of other stuff. Well, all I have to say is that if the American people won't buy Liberty Bonds and pay taxes while we fight, suffer and die, they are not worth the terrible price that must be paid, if the Germans are to be licked. Your loving son, Bill. HARPER & BROTHERS 1 Philadelphia is behind in its quota $125,000,000 Only Three Days Left to Make Good ! i 3 , LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE v!Bdjfsmm .'.. "f 1 51 i4 - yv 4 1 x w a JSm TT vm ts X 1 r- SrT V..: fc f m. X '.' V - U i:m, "-il'! b J -
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