Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, October 19, 1918, Night Extra, Image 1

Newspaper Page Textm i . NIGliT EXTRA F'tP .-,&. i rTajftlflem, Oct. 19. Fair ond cool toay, itJlfc roil tonight; Sunday, fair anil tearmer. TKMrKRATVKE AT EACIt nOC THE EVENING TELEGRAPH rl VOL. V. NO. 31 Published. Daily Eieept Sunday, Subscription l'rlcel 10 a Tear by Mall, Copyright. IMS. by tha 1'ubllc Ledger Company. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1918 Untercd as Second-Class Matter at the rnstnttlee at Philadelphia, Fa. Under -the. Act or March S. 1670. PRICE TWO CENT President British Tells Near Austria Her Peoples' Will Must Be. Supreme; Dutch Frontier; Foe Begins to Evacuate Brussels jiiirTi'H lEuriitnn Bitbltc lESefraer DRIVE ON AND . WE WIN! CRY OFLOAN CHIEF t Passmore Predicts Quota of $516,809,000 Will-Be Reached by Tonight NEED $167,000,000 YET TO GAIN GOAL "Hurry Up and Double Up" Is Slogan of Per shing Day BANKS WILL STAY OPEN Subscriptions Received Until .10 Tonight Day Starts With Big Purchases The fourth Liberty Loan drive In tlie Philadelphia district for $.".10,803,000 will end successfully nt midnight If the present speed of the campaign Is maintained. This is the prediction of K. Pusey Passmore, governor of the Third Fed-' eral lleserve Bank and chairman of the executive committee of the Lib-, erty Loan organization here. The latest total of subscriptions! made In the district was announced this afternoon as $349,731.G:.0-n gain of $76,tl3.7B0 over yesterday's figures.) This offlclal total leaves the district nearly $167,000,000 from the goal. Hut many additional millions have been cinriherf thnt are not Included In the ofllclal report. Today's olllcial announcement shows definitely, however, that the State, or Delaware, In the Philadelphia district, has gone "over the top" with u total of subscriptions of $16,057,700. "" aoysrnor Passmore explained this tirno5h' "Uiu'r tho elllaemlc of ln fluenze. In crippling the clerical -.- nf ilm loan organization, is re sponsible for the low offlclal total. The limited number or aerns ui nura have not fallen victims to the dissaso have been unable to handle the flood of subscriptions that has swamped the headquarters here during the last two ait"'is not considered likely that the actual total of all subscriptions made during the drive will be known until late next week. Fassmorc's Statement. Tho statement by Mr. Passmore fol- "The people of Philadelphia and throughout tho Third Federal Keserve District are finally nwako to tho sert ousness of the1 situation which has threatened the success of the fourth Liberty Loan campaign and nro now responding with- subscriptions In a way which Is very gratifying to the committee. ' "If the whirlwind speed now reach ed can be maintained throughout this final day and evening, we nre confi dent the Philadelphia district will reach its full quota of $500,000,000. "Tho crippling of tho ofllce-Avorklng forces, due to the epidemic, which con dition 1b very general throughout tho entire; district, will greatly retard ofll clal returns and final figures. Today' OHlrll lteport The ofllclal report of the Federal Pre serve Bank today showed that the tab ulation to dato of subscriptions from tho Phllnrielnhln. workers totaled $193,000,- H00 ; from Eastern Pennsylvania outside of the city, $117,816,030; from Southern New Jerseyl. $2;.797.C00, and from Delaware $16,057,700. Hundreds of large subscriptions hae poured into tho loan headquarters since early this morning. Tho. Clearing House Is swamped with new subscriptions from Individuals. The house-to-house canvass ers and workers on the streets of tho city are having a rush of business such as hUB not been enjoyed nt any previous time during the campaign. Tho appeal for every bondholder to double the amount of previous subscrip tions la being answered eery where. So that every person may have the oppor tunity to enter additional subscriptions, the banks and trust companies v'U re main open until 10 o'clock tonight. Among tho encouraging reports of progress, received today were: fllrard National does Oier The Glrard National Bank Is oer Its quota of $16.000,0.00, and will probably go considerably hfcher. The Corn Kxclflmge National Bank Contlnned on fate- Four. Column 1'our HOUSE SEIZED FORjGUNMAKER Building Association Runs Afoul of U. S. by Order to Vacate A dwelling, owhed by the llesolute nt.llrilno- nml Loan Assoc a I Ion. and oc cupled by Clark T. Johnson, a munition worker, was commandeered today by the United States Housing i orpornuon. This la the first seizure In the cru sade against alleged pioperty picflteer lng by the Government. Tho action was taken on recommendation of the ord "nance department of the Philadelphia district, of w;hlch Clarence li Jones Is Johnson Is employed at the Uddy stone rifle plant and rented the house. The ordnance department was told the building association had attempted to Mil the home and had notified John son to vacate. This was regarded ns warrant for the commandeering when the landlord attempts to profiteer. The Housing Corporation has retain r1 ed Owen J, Itobxrts us counsel. uWe WaiDo he Fighting, You Do the Buying pi LIBERTY The Pay's Honor Roll for the City audits Vicinity Kl 1,1.1.1) IN ACTION MAJOR AI.lllKli It. A1.IXN. 2013 Sprue street. (UnoTlclslly reported). HKKMKANT IIKAIIAM M.CONNEI.U ITils North Twent-nlnth street (previ ously reported unofficially) MHVATK JOHN 1 IIO.NM-.IXV. 5012 West Ilnzzard street (previously re ported unorririHlly) rrflVATK TIHHIA4 .1. ITANNfcKY. 203 liaunon's lane, Darbv. I'RIVATB FRANK ll(IVrKN. 1807 Van Pelt street ritlVATK HARRY II. KINCAIKK. 4723 Kowler street, Mnnajunk, IiUVATK KICIIARII (t, JACOIIS, 1330 Houth Tenth street. ritlVATK CIIAR1.KS HORN. 2037 Ittcli- mond street. PKIVATK HARRY RAKMl'tNKN. MIS yKershaw nenue. (Unofficially re- porteil.) I'ltlVATK JOHN I.I()nTlir.ART. 1823 VlIe street. l'RIVATK CIIABI.KS '. MA1IOV. 43. Klernlrie: street. I-RIATK AI.IIKRT MARTIN. I70H Cat- lowhlll street (previously reported un. ,omclally). 1IIKI1 l'ROM WOVNIIS M.VJOIt IIKNJAM1N l'KANKI.IN l'l.l'- l'KR. Chestnut Hill l'RIVATK JOHN J. McMACKIX. 1127 south RIiikkoIiI street ...... I'ltlATK Mll.MAM I'. SMITH. AM -Couth Klehteenth street (reported e erey wounded In Thursday's official I'lVivATK IlKNJAMIN 1". KKIT1I, 710 Jouth Clarion street, IHI'.D OF IMKAMi: PRIVATE JAMES II. RKVNOI.IW. 17M Judson street (rre iouslv riporteil un. l-KnATli'VxMtF.I. J. TAYLOR. T.lo Ulenwoml avenuo (previously reported unoltlclallyj. MOl'NIIKII likiti:naSt kknnkth .oi.tox1 1UOS Filbert stn.it. (tlnoflKlully rt- IJKUTKNANT HARRY It. SAfli:. 339 Wnshlneton avenue. (Unoltlclally re- I.IKITKNANT i;i)HARH KKKVT. .1J2S Chestnut stsfet. H'revlously reiwrted Killed In nrtlnn.) ......... ,..,.. MKUTKNANT HANIKI. I'. KU'lKltTV. iKiii .iiiorsnli street (previously re ported tinortlelal y) ..,,..,. CORl'ORAI, JOHN V. I1F.MJR1.N .-vj Itldc svenu. . ...,, v-f-e 1 , COItl'OKAl, JOHN N. WF.RNT. 1J2 North nttleth street. . '. C'OKI'ORAI. Mt'llOI.VS MM!. Ml Ar thur street ..... .. noil FA UK IKK JOHN It. OVH'l'fc't Mu wort flordon street. . ,,, - ,,, FHIVATK JOSKFII JAtKAI.IT.. IM4 south tjiwrenep street. (l'revlousiv reported died of wounds.) ritlVATK tVAl.TI.R II. ti.MH.I r.si West JtontKoniery venue, d'rovl- nml' reported mlaslne l ,,., I'ltlVATK A. K. M'KT H. Hd West Huntlnudon street. tl'reviousty re ported missing.) . lm , M FKIVATK HAItltY I.KON. 331.i Kon- slnuton avenue ...r-- aoo I'ltlVATK THOMAS IIRAIU.IA. "- I'iisehall nvenue. ....,-...., oio ritlVATK IFS C. lAl'I.kN.K. -lO Thompson street. , .,,, -.-,! l'RIVATK NOJtltlS HICKS, .! ozde, IRIVATK FRANK Jl. CRKTCHI.KV. 1313 Kast Xedtwlck strej-t l'RIVATK Vvll.llKRT .MFRCI.R. 31124 irAvTTKniARI.KS II. ROICII. 2310 1 "stanllv.lreet. Vtnol JHallv reported) IRIVATK . MICIIAKI. JANTRtlN, 2321 I'KIVATK SAMFKI. I, iirow ii sirpi( i . iiuiin ' ". v "fiftliiSKW' .. IVTIIL'tl mi IH'J l'arlvslile menua rRIVATK I'AVI. 4. IH'IMUV. M20 fll rard nveime. (rnnlllrlallv reiiiirleil. I PKIVATK IIKRNARO C..II0RAN. lrn l'onlr street (prexlously repiirted un- rifrVATVf'-IIKOIMill RKIHKRX. SOU PjIYvXtI? FiTCn-K J. WWH-lf-lMf Summer street (ureUously reported un- nfYlnlalltel I'ltlVATK HARRY M'KCTKU. 411 South eteeona street. ,,.,, i-M I'ltlVATK IIKNMAMIN KOhM" " Mia l'nlrt llreex 'v1"'',,,n TT.,.r. trivatk nriiii rooi'KR. r.412 "" forrt nenue. (tliu.melallv rewrtert). PRIVATE SALVADOR,, ;'1'ESir,V1i) i-arlton treet. (I'noffleljllj reporteil'. l'RIVATK rilARI.K". l'AKKfcll. - llnruli street, 'rsennv. .. -n TRIVATK ClltKLM H. IIAllt.Ki -'- North Twelfth street. ..,,,. n- I'ltlVATK TIIOMAh , I'. .111""!-'". , -JS. Miles street, ipretiuusi ,cw..-- -- lifrielHlll). l'RIVATK i. I.F.IV.IO. Til arum ftre ...p..,. u.l.lress. Ihere la no .111111 street In I'hilnileliihla) l'RIVATK I'HAIil.Krt l.nllMIl.I.l.lt. West Flora street. .,.,, l'RIVATK MTNI.KV I.OHRY. North riyJenham street. 2J0 S033 I'RISONEH" UlRfJKVST I'HAlll.Kx II M41 Westminster nMaue. 1 I.IIU.1 In nnlliin 1 KIXI.F.R. (Previously rRIVATK ANTONIO UK STF.l'NO. ' West Thompson street. fct t.amp i-a r.nt I'rTvaTK A. i:, IIOVKR. S.143 North Par ten street. (At Csmn Cnsseit. rRIVATK. P. (I. MMH.K. SUM Kn slnirton nvenne. (At unknown einnp). VRIVATn SIMON IIRKGN. Till McAlpln street (At unknown camp). MISSING TRIVATK MAl'HU'K rltl'l-!KMIRK. rR,'l!ATNK',r!,i.SX;:"l'V",N.SljrF.NI.F.RMAN. ntivktiP'riSffi- SCHUI.TZ. 13.-.3 Sonlh Thlrn-thlrcl ""''',,..,. ,-,-I'KIVATK JAMKS 1U HI-NR. lil- W00J street NK.KIIY POINTS CtrT.UV IIOIVAKII FIKI.IHNd. KlrH- bn. (Previously reix.rte.1 woumle.1. now renorteil lied of wounus.) PKltVilllNT 401IN JUNTIIROr. Hryn ilavir I'a. Ikllleil In action). C Itl'OKAI. JOSKI'II H. V. WILSON. Vv'nne. i'.t (wounJed. previously re- r.o"le4 UnnfleUlly). . . nUVATI! TIlOMtH 4. I'OlII.l.OT, Tal- ,'RTFr-...NWFV'L,i.OVN.Norr.a. l.R?vXTF:a.l.iriNaniv',)IK(.LKI. Volt,- town. 1. rtl"lot '"yrri'V-T Potta rOltl'ORll' ,KMU STl'll.KT. rotta- piWtoto". r. ".''. pV" l'R!,v:iTKn,jd"'KV''il"i-)nX. Phoenlxvllle. 1.RI;VVTKUH1RM KANN. 1'ott.town. Pn. (wounile.ll l'RIVATK JOSF.PII L dlncham.. Delaware KKAIIXH. Ad- County, Pa. rtfvATAVy A. FLKMIN. . Man. FIAini I .UIILHOLCl .--- fill, TRIVATK AT.rREP IIKM.KRMAN. nrtA5r"i,d,KKSaiT. Ilnvlentown .: aw c rRIVATK JO'IIV HF.INF.K. Cheltenham. rilVATi"UTHOMAH V. SCOTT. Poilea ,'R7vATKail,lWHUtV1'KkISKR. I.an.dal.. rR;VATKU4n0NAS JAMKS riTKF.L. Par- rSh'nA.rKli.L.nca.. rimt'TK lVALTKRdil. IMRVKV. New r llrltaln, llucka County. 1'a. dled ot ". 1 niinr1il 1 'minrlil HFRUKXNT I.OYI). Chester. October iO, IMS The above llt l vtpllnl from Vie official casualty records and from unofficial reports received dj relatives and friends of tha men overseas. . Sketches of the. heroes villi be found on iuue 3. FORTIFY YOl'RdF.I.F AC1AIN8T INFLU- tma. Take Imperial Oranum, 'the Unsweet ened Food, between meals and on retlrlna. Nourlshln;. tltrenathtnlnu, Delicious, Any drugs-lit i'3 cents. Adit, WILSON I'l IVATK I I.Kli i Mel.rr.lI.IN. Thoenlx I III" Pat (died of wounds). .. I'HIVVTK HWMONII 4. MAIITIN l'ottsvllle IN. 'died of woundO l'RIVATK ItAKIIV W, WKII1F.LT. Col .iV.iiie. Pa. (wounded). . aarlMl GHENT GATES ARE REACHED BY CAVALRY 6000 G c r m a n Troops Trapped at Border of Holland TEUTONS AT ZEEBRUGGE OUTSKIRTS CUT OFF English Plunge Six Miles East I of Lille and , Donai WIN ON .'J0-MILE FRONT Anglo-Americans Take Was- fcigny French Hold Wide Stretch on Sanibre llv the United Vre Amsterdam. Oct. 19, Allies troops hae reached Kecloo, ' shutting in f.000 Germans against the Dutch frontier, according to the Tele-j Rraa ,-,P Ily llic Associated Press Amsterdam, Oct. 19. The cvneuntlon of llrusels by tho Germans has already been bosun, nc- TordlnB to jr. Ilelurlclt. .....Activist HelKlnn Deputy. Tho Deputy Is iiuote.1 thut by the correspondent of the Nlcuwo Vnn Den DaRS, at Itnsemlaal, on thi Dutch frontier, who says the Deputy him self has arrlted at Bruels. The evacuation reports, It It declare.!, re fer to tho German troops and not to the civilian population of tho city. Urltlsh troops are upproaehliiR sluis. on the Dutch frontier, ten mlloH north east or Df BruRes, say advices f.otn ins. The Germans continue to toward Ghent Ureske retire I!y the Aisocfated I'res With Hie Allied Forces In Flanders, Oct. 19. French cavalry-Js ieporte.1 to have reached the outskirts of Ghent. There is no ofllclal confirmation. The In far.try is pushing fast after tho mount ed forces. Tho reports Indicate a continuation of tho rapid Allied advance In the llelglan coast center. Ily the Associated Vets Loudon, Oei. 19. The Germans were still holdliiK the ouuki.ts of Zee briiKgn this moriiinR. nlthouKh tho 1Ic1k1.hi forces In their eastward ad vance had reachfd the ZebrUKBe llruircs Canal (As IJiUIhI. troons have 1 reached the Dutch frontier, and the HelKlans nre on the ZeebrUKee-BriiKes Canal, It would seem that tin- German troops at Kecbrufrgc would be cut off and forced tci surrender or attempt to llec Into Holland. Tho latter course inlKht also prove disastrous.) l'leld Aiiirnhftl HiiIr's forces have not only foicrd the JInrcc River, enst of Lille, but they advanced between . this point mid the Illver Scarpe. Here I the Urltlsh i cached a line virtually t'vel with their line south of titer River Scarpe. Field JIarsli.il Halt; today reported that )be Urltlsh are contlnuliiK their mlvnnett In Flanders north of the Sellts.'O , . Southeast of l.e Catcall, where Rrlt lsh and American troops nro opernt Iiir, Iiazucl uml .Mazlnghien have been captured, follow Imr tho occupancy of the Important railroad junction of AVnsslRiiy, which was won despite heavy leslstame. (This marks nn ad vaiicu toward tho fortress of Illrson In an effort to split tho German armies on tho western front.) ,, The British have advanced more than sK miles east of Dou.il, and they are in contact with the Germans east ot Vred and Patjj'lct in thnt area. In their nil vi Ace on the I.e .Cateau front tho Americans and British also have captured IlihiMUkvlllo and taken 1200 prisoners nnd 120 Runs. Tho British aie meetliiR with little Contlnned on 1'iiee I our. I'olumn Four BELGIANS SINK ENEMY SHIPS Vessels Carrying Oilicers and Sup plies Shot to Pieces London. Oct. !. JtefUKees nrrlvlne in Holland from IlelBlum report that it number of ship on tbo Iveclon canal. cnrrylnK German olllcers and war material, were shot to pieces nnd sunk -iik .u'.n i.nfini hv Helc an troons on Friday afternoon, says a dispatch from Aniaternam t me - -,,"? " The German troops, nccordlnir to tho refugees, nro retreating toward Ghent and Antwerp SOLDIERS' LETTERS ARRIVE ' ."000 Pieces of Mail From Over seas Being Distributed" Here More than EOOO letters from soldletH "over there" "re belni? distributed In this city today by the ixistal service. The welcome communications arrived I during the nlKbt. enclose.! in several score mall baps. A similar batch of i nmll-was receded about the same tlmo last week, Chester Shlp)ard Rally HoosU Loan . M?ny pi'?y.0 ':..hffi:r. s.h.!i- Bcrliitloiis to the fourth Liberty Ixian liiiiirinia: uomiianj hwmu.v.. ...v.. ouu us it result of a rnlly lieu, umiuj at the Mrs. Kllzabeth Marshall Allen. Oradu plant In Chester. It. W. Hheppard. head.atlng from Lehigh University In 189), of the company's claims department. I made a patriotic address. Continued on Pane Tho, Column Seien JEtxt of $reasfoent,i Eeplp - to iHusftrta'g Tho text of the President's reply to Austria, handed to the Swedish tit. ,t.... -n... . minister today, follows: Sir I have the honor to ueknowl- edge the receipt of your note of the seventh instant in which you trans- mit a communication of the Imperial nnd Royal Government of Austria- Hungary to the President. I am now instructed by the President to re- quest you to be good enough thiougli your government to convey to the imperial and Royal Government tho following reply: "The President deems it his duty l to sny to tiie Austro-Hungarian Govcmmenl that lie cannot enleitain the present sutrire.-,tioiK of th.iGnv. cl-nmcnt because of ceitain cents of utmost importance which, occur- ring since the delivery of his address of the 8th of January lasU have necessarily altered the attitude nnd responsibility of the Government of the United States. Among the four- teen terms of peace which the Presi- dent formulated at that time oc- cuiTod the following: " 'X. The peoples of Austro-Hun- gary, whose place among the nations we wish to see safeguarded and assured, should be accorded the ' Start of atififtfta'S in announcing Ills reply, Secretary Lansing also made public the offlciul ..,.,,. . , tcxt f th Austro-Hungarian note. It follows: "The Austro-Hungaiy monarciiy, which has waged war always and solely as a defensive war, and re- peatedly given documentary evidence of its readiness to stop the shedding . ,. . ,, ... ' ... 01 blood and arrive at a just and honorable peace, hereby addresses it- seif to his lordship, the President of , " . tne United States of America, nnd MAJ.A.R.ALLEN KILLED IN ACTION! Phila. Physician Fell Near Verdun, According to Cabl egram NOTED NEUROLOGIST .MAJOR ALFRED ifEGINALD ALLEN Killed in action in I'ranre Major Alfred Iteglnald Allen, of th 314th Infantry, wna killed In action In Franco durinir th heavy lliflitlns northwest of Verdun on September 3D, according to n cablegram to his wife, Mrs. Helen Warren Allen, 2013 Spruce street, No definite details of his death bac been received as yet, but It Is believed by his relatives that ho lost his life during the same attack In which Major n. Franklin Pepper and Captain Harry Inuersoll fell. Major Allen, a noted neuioloslst nnd pathologist, graduate of tho medical de partment of thn Unlversltv of Pennsyl vania, was ono of the leading physicians of Philadelphia. When tbo Unltcu otntes declared war against Germany however, bo did not enter the medical corps, as most doctors did, but went Into nn ollhers' training cann at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, graduated with honors and was commissioned .a major. He waa attached to the 314th Infan try, a National Army unit, and com manded tho body for some mouths. He was alto director ot the Infantry school of arms" of the Seventy-ninth Division. Major Allen's regiment was sent to France las spring and had been on or near the front lino since the lat ter part of July. (Iradunle of l.rhlch Horn In Ithode Island on May 26, 1876, Major Allen was forty-two years old when he met his death. He was the son ot th Rev George Pomeroy Allen and BONDS," Says General ,i" ' i ' ,- .jaaMh. mHr )IE - RK ":";Er WP 3'IML '" ". ?. ''.''' ? afJMK s"' i w ' ' s '' 1Hef5 . & VvV-'-s K , 'Wmm t- -. - v - . r v '-4t?V-,' AB' z M ?s-i- "r --' ' : v " -? sS ikWi '' ' 'dtfHBkiHl - IL x v&- Bi ence ropojSal freest opportunity of ttulonomous development.' "Since tnat sentence was written ... , . .. , ,, and uttcicd 'to tho congress of the United States the Government of the United State has recognized that a statc of belligerency exists between xc Czecho-Slovaks and the German lnd Austro-Hungarian Empires and that the Czecho-Slovak national council is a tie facto belligerent, government clothed with proper authority to direct the military and political affairs of the Czccho-i Slovaks. "II ll!H uUu "cognized in the fullest manner tho justice of the , nationalistic aspirations of the Jugo- Slavs for freedom. "The President is, therefore, no tyigcr at liberty to accept the more 'autonomy' of these peoples us a , ''sis f Peace but is Mgcd to in- j sist thut they, and not he, shall be , the judges of what action on the , It of the Austro-Hungarian Government will satisfy their as-1 piratiotti and then conciption of, their rights and destiny as members I of the fnmily of nations." "Accept, cur, tho reneweu assur-1 ances of my highest consideration. (Signed) ROBKUT LANSING." 9rmtfl(ticc iflca . . oners 10 conciune wun mm aim iu Allics nn "rmihticc on every front on land, nt sea and in the air, and to pntcr immt.jialciv upon negotiations toward a peace for which the four- teen points in the message of Prcsi- dent Wilson to Congress of January 8, 1918, and the four points con- tained in President Wilson's nddress on February 12, 1918, s?rvo as the . , .. ., '. ', . .. ....... foundation and in wnich the viow- points declared by President Wilson in his address of September 27, 1918, ' ... . , . will also be taken into account." WILSON PUZZLES U. S. POLITICIANS Point Three in His Program Regarding "'Economic Bar riers" Deemed Vasnc SOME SEE FREE TRADE Ily CLINTON W. GIL11EUT Iktall Vvrreaponttcnt lUcnlua Pubhc Lttlatr CopurioM, 191". In 1'nbllc l.cdatr Co. Washington, Oct. 19. Tho approach of peace and the na tional election of members of Congress bin e caused attention to focus on point threo of the President's four- teen points. What does Mr. Wilson mean by tho removal of economic bar iters so far as posible'.' Does he mean fieo trade untveisal amonc tho leagued nations, which slgnllles prac tically world-whin free trade'.' The Republicans sa yho does; tho Demo crats I am speaking of Senators who will have to pass upon tte.ity when It Is made say they don't know. The business interests of the country niv I openly showing concern, organized labor Is quietly asking questions. If 1 the news ot battles and of peace notes did not engross the -mind, this issue of what point three means would be presented on every front page, it n a Hal one. Now, it Is nlwas liar.l to sav what President Wilson does mean by any thing. Several Senators have found that nut to their sorrow. To take lecent Illustration, persons who fre quent the White Hnuso much more than any mere Senator does did not ngiee as' to what the President meant with regard to tho democratization of Germany. Tho truth probably was that tho President meant nil along to get what ho could In tho way of popular rule In the Central Kmplre. When he became convinced that he could get complete popular govern ment ho demanded it If, Indeed, that last note really meant nil of that. Idealism and Polities It may bo taken tor granted that all the fourteen points represent Mr. Wil son's Ideals toward which he alms, rather than definite ends which be ex pects to achieve fully and nt once. The President Is at the same time an Idealist and a practical politician. Take the phrase "tho rcmoaI of economic barriers so far ns possible." In the first four words you hear the voice of the Idealist, In the last four he listens to the counsel of expediency. No language could be more vague than the language of point three. It was purposely made vague. The or ganization of tho world on a perma nent peace basis Is full of immense practical dltlicultles. Kven. the organ ization as a working machine of the touncll or conference which will or ganize peace Is Itself full of almost In superable obstacles. Mr. Wilson is aware of the dltlicultles. Ho Knows that world-wide free trade, such freedom of commercial relations as exists between tho various states mat Continued an l'e Foul, Column Three I Pershing. CZECHO-SLOVAKS AND JUGO-SLAVS ACCEPTED . AS COMPETENT JUDGES ROBERSON I.- PEROT IS SUED FOR DIVORCE A suit for divorce was Instituted today in Cotut No. 5 by Mis,. Eleanor du Pont Peiot against Robeson Len Perot, an nidiitect living at 5151 Wihsahickou avenue, Germnntown. No papeis, were filed disclosing the clmrges made. Mr. Perot has been identified with the control of athletics at tTic Univeisity of Pennsylvania. GERMANS IN RETREAT ON BORDER OF HOLLAND LOIIDDIT, Oct. 10. Many Gcrnmu columns with numeious gnns'nna nutoiuobllcs tiavllng eastwaid, nie pabiiiiig Slui3, a town oa the Holland frontier ten miles noitheast of Bruges. Gd.uiin sentinels have abandoned their posts on the canal at Sluis. AMERICANS GAIN ON 15-MILE FRONT WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIEi; IN TRANCE, Oct. 10 71 . n ei. i.s trday made n new advance of a mile and a -.i. ,...1 )i..-y c-.i a firtecn-mlle flout r.oith o Cliaiupljjneulle . B....'.l c.i.ic ..i the Aigouuc. AMERICANS TAKE TWO BIG WOODS s . lis m .. 7Ci'uiuiia J'orcetl tronilian- theville and Loges Tinier Sniaahint; Blows K -.TREAT in; TV"k; Willi' MLA'N W IUL . 1! im ' '" J-"11-- c,., ;,,i ( , ;,i ,, ; ,;.,,,) .., .j.'ifji- ,l-uj ispcuui i.'uiv tv w- ' . f " ina- 1! KUWIN I.. JAMES . r . ,i. , Witb !! "M'rlfini Armv In I'ritme. iti't 1". A . i nmsuiiii '..nam 'ii.iit fiuiu .lie Flibi Amu ....in A.n.y In tho Ust four days, the Germans have withdrawn from Dols (Wood) do Banthcvllle, lying north of Uindres nnd Hols de I.oges, east of U.and-Pre. Tho, giving up of Hols de Unnthcvllle means pushing back the Gorman line about wo and one-half miles and the surrender of Hols do Logos spells a withdrawal of more than a mile. Theso two woods, were defense points of .ho Krlunhlld. Sti'lluilK and the b-h fiured to stuy there after our advance north of Uantlievllle. The Hois do lladi.i.s was also given up by the bochc yesterday Wo have occupied the Hols tie P..mthevlll. New Ce.man divisions are showing up on the left of our front. On tho left of the Hols d Logos our troops ndvuncr.1 north of the farm Des Logos. AloiiR the bank of the Mouse we bet tered our positions slightly, closing In ,on IJrleullcs. Geimun leslstanco hero contluues violent. Follow 111',' reports of the bochc with drawul, America ihtnchments wen: through the Hois de Hdiithcvllie. pass ing through St. Georges and Landcs St. Georges. Grand Carro farm, on Mi'a nnrth edeo of tho woods, was de- , ..... ,..rin,- from tho woods sencu. u.... r. northward, our patrols drew machine cun lire from tho neighboring bills, When our tioops entered the Hols de Logos which Is a small woods meas- ,llrV,1,?I',,,V ,,,,. Mp"" udng about a uiollletor by a kilo- ! . e "? " tlrement was in ur.ng "''"uv " .. f0umi ln0 c.er-lhe Bald' ,,ie American army : JS "em leavJ'hadZVched00!! ' Vrnlun wa. nhtl Its w.S with muslaru gas, so ns- mum- n untenable. Therefore, our line runs unntii of It nnd the boehe lino north of It. Late yesterday afternoon woiS(.y ii.. ..., ...i.i.i. pome machine t,uns which md sneaked into tie north cleaned out tin. Iinchn ha edge of Graud-I're tne nigni uerore. German artillery Are was brisk to - day, but was remarkable for the large number of duds, especially from tho guns of larger cauoer. uur uriuiery- oflU-ers estimate.! that 30 per cent of tin- larger German sneiis uiu not ex plode. 140 United Stales Planes In Itnid Helng the first sunshiny day for tho last threo w..-Uh, yesterday brought Cuiitlu. Ml on 1'uze Pour, Column hl 15,000 Taken From Lille by Germans in 15 Days Ily Associated Press With the Urltlsh Forces In FTanee, Oct. 19 (Havas). During the last fifteen days of their occupation of Lille, tho Ger mans took .away Into iaptlvlty 1G,000 of the Inhabitants of the clly. I'ruvlous dispatches telling of the occupation of Lille have bald that no civilians were taken out of tho city by the retreating Germans. Campaign Closes Tonight. TROOPS ABROAD EXCEED 2,000,000 - n i tr i t . Ueneral jMarch Reports on U. S. Army Increase and i ENEMY'S RETREAT RAPID ) the .i.viocialrd Preu vt'iisliliiRtnn, Oct. 19. .f : tlin" '.'...nii.nn.i American soldiers ,. ...,., -. n r,vrs'"is. General March lipid h members of the Senate Military kfful7 Committee today at their War I), iiartiueiit conference. While the conference w.ir In progress General March wan nr.tlfleil that British patrols participating In the Allied ad vance in Helglum are reported to have reached the Holland frontier opposite llrusres. Tbo German retirement from the Bel gian const district. General March add ed. Is Increasing In breadth and speed. The movement to tha rear, on the whole, he added, is extremely rapid, as Illustrated by the fact that the terri tory evacuated In four days totals more than 800 square miles. llimlenliurjr Line Car Behind To the south in France, the Gencal said, renewed attacks by .Anglo-American forces opposite Doual have carried tho Allied lino up to the hastily con structed German defense system, which follows In a general way the Seusee 1'annl mid marshes. No attempt to cross this barrier has jet been reported. The Hindenburg defense svstetn Is l.ow entirely behind the Allied advance, and Slnrsl.nl Foch Is continuing bis pressur.i without giving the enemy the slight. st opportunity for a rest. General March did rot attempt to i analysts the military situation on the ' western front as a whole or to point out objectives of tho various nttacli Ho called attention to the fact tliat tho German retirement, storting last WMk nll a Bi.ty.m)e scctor between the OIso and the Argom.e, bad spread dur ing tho week until It affected all excent fifteen miles of the ISO-mile front from nrogrtss, ' northwest ay forward against stiff reslstanct. IDIIi Illusion Kmt of Mra The Twenty-ninth Division (New Jer- "" "eiiimin-, irginia, .i.aryianu ana 11lHtrlct of Columbia troops) was Iden- tme,i as ,,. ot Ulose op.ra,nK east Delnware, Virginia, Maryland and i 0f t)e Meusc. I The Dlghty-nfth (Michigan and Hast Wisconsin) Is now acting us a depot division on the I'ne of communication. am. tne i.ig.ity-rourth (Kentucky, In dlana and southern Illinois) Is reported as bating Just arrived in France. Ti.e Thirty-eighth Division (Indiana, Kentucky nnd West Vlrlglnla) has not et arrived overseas. - ' nnun nnium nir ,..,.. BOMB FOUND ON TRANSPORT I Explosive Hidden ill Combustible Cargo of British Steamer Ily the United Press tn 1II..II. tA.. r... .A It. , . found a bomb In the hold of a British steamer as she lay at her dock here lu.iay, accorning to tne ponce, I The bomb Is said to have been wrap. . ped In burlap and to have been hidden in a quantity of combustible freight. It I was turned over to United States naval authorities, who are investigating, The steamer, of 8059 tons, has been ciitTulEvu nH u .esimiNji i, Chester Ship Oversubscribes Quota The Chester Shipbuilding Company hat oversubscribed Its quota of a half mil lion dollars for the fourth Liberty Loan by more than 150,000. The entire body of 4100 employes at the shipyard have bought bonds, the average purchase being 1150. It Is probable that sub scriptions to the loan will total more than 1600,000. nrtTk niTTt a TvumriT mnjj rniLADLLriiiA uvik. mnauri JMerc Autonomy Wilf i Not Suffice, Wilson Declares j SEEKS JUSTICE i FOR SUBJECTS Racial Groups Shall Be Given Free Opportunity for Development PEACE REPLY RtfMORS Neutral Advices Do Not Agree on What Berlin Will Do 'fly the Associated Press Washington, Oct 19. President Wilson has rejected tbo Austro - Hungarian Government's offer to conclude an armittico and negotiate peace on principles enunei- ated by him. IIc also Kave notice that mere autonomy ior Ausinu s suuject na tionalities is no longer acceptable; j that they must have liberty. , , President makes it very clear1 ithat the peoples themselves shall "be'1 the judges of their rights and. da tin.es. "IS Secretary Lansing made public Us-v day the President's reply, with th announcement that it was handed yes terday to Minister Ekengren. of Stvod en, for transmission to Vienna. Jt did not discuss the military question dealt with In tlfe reply to Germany Tho Presldet.t said simply he could not entertain the suggestions of the Austro-Hungarian Government be cause the attitude and responsibility of the United States had been altered by events which had occurred .since last January S, when ir. enumerating fourteen terms of peace, he said "the peoples of Austria-Hungary whoso place among the nations we wish to see safeguarded, should be accorded the freest opportunity of autonomous development." Since that was written, the note said, the Czecho-Slovak national coun cil lias been recognized rts a de facto belligerent Government, the Justice of the nationalistic aspirations of the Jugo-SIavs has been recognized, and the President, therefor, is obliged to Insist that these peoples themselves shall be the Judgo of what action will satisfy their conception of their rlg-htsj and destiny ns members of the family of nations. The Aust. Ian note was delivered by Minister Kker.trren October 7, the same day the German offer was pre sented. It was' not answered when the reply to Germanv was sent taat . Mnndav nnd the understanding lias neon mat it wnuui oe .en on ice n one oltlclal expresses it. until tha nurpose of the dominating factor1 lit the Central Alliance had been full" developed. The reply at this time may Im exr plained bv the publication yesterday of a proclamation bv Kmperor Chnrles. federalizing the stntes of Austria In an obvious effort to quiet the situation ot home ami at tho same time meet the conditions of peace laid down by tlm President. i me 1'resuienr. uns sposen netore.oj the Justice of the claims of sublect nationalities for self-determination: The President has spoken before, of now he makes their real rreenom u condition precedent to peace for Austro-Hungnry. The Czecho-Slovaks, having won recognition as belllcerents, yesterday ' paved the way for taking their place In the family of nations by a formal declaration of Inenendence. i , . , . .1 '. . , The text of the Austrian propossl.i J printed In another column, while ae- eeptlng the fourteen points laid down ,y " siaem in i.i address to coh. a grCBt) Ull ! La ay w tiM ntou ll.v UU Continued on Pare Four, damn Thre. WAR NURSES' AIDES WANTED' ' J Red' Cross Lnlls for 1500, J50 t Fmiii Till Section Through the national red cross direc tor of the department of nuralnr. Hie surgeon-general of the army haa'IssuMt a rnll for 1S0O nurses' aides. These aides must oe Dtiween inn nve ano rorty-nve years or age. have taken the Ked. Cross course home care of the sick and have, one months practical nosp.tai lence. They will have an allowai 830 a month with maintenance, or al ancs for the maintenance will be Tho Pennavlvanla-Delawar rllvi Is asked to furnish ISO aides' at earliest possible date. The call ti' to women, other than trained ntfntM, their first opportunity for lmmHt service overseas as an Integral Prt Mr the military establishment. " l 4 AiTnii mnn nni-hii''i:."' P' r,v -J $ a ji s t, . fit &-jA , t V;' r- i 'r"4 "v.& Jtt-. Mfii '&Z . ;. W v . i ?.. .i .rwu .&& B-A is. . 1eaV ,i f MU

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