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I HAPSBURG YOKE)
Provisional Prime Minister
$ Issues Declaration ot Inuc
';i-,' pendencc From Austria
WILL FORM REPUBLIC
President Wilson Likely to Ue-
niand Complete Freedom for
Submerged Groups ,
Wantiinstoii. Oct 19
TlemoldlnK nf Austrla-llungarv. with
autonomy and Austrian confederation
premised, comes too late
representatives or the submerged
croups said today that the old mon
archy of the Hapsburgs must and will ,
be- destroyed Ah proof nf lis destined i
disintegration they pointed to me
riecho-Slouik "declaration of Independ
ence" just Irauod here, w herein the
provisional government proclaims a
Ozecho-Slovalt, republic and refuses to
remain a part of Austria longer
The chief feature or inn tiec.a..i- ,
tlon. which Is signed by Prof. Thomas
;. Masarjk,, prime minister and mln-1
Uler of finance of the provisional gov
ernment, as well as othet provisional
ofllcers, are as follows i
The Citeiho-Slovak .tn'e shall he
a republic.
It will guarantee complete fiee- ;
dom In every phase of life, ami pro. (
vide that the Church sha.ll be sep
aratcd from the State l
Thrn ha1t lie universal surTriige:
women shall be placed on an equal
footing with men : proportional rep.
resentatlon rhall protect the rights
ot the mlnorltv
The Covtriimcnt shall b parlla
mentnr, In f'irni and shall lecog
nlie the principles of Initiative and
referendum
The standing arnn "III be teplacei)
by mllltla
The nation will assume it part of
lira VuMro-llungarlati pre-war tit lit.
irtt the d.t.ts for this war 'shall be
left to those who Incurred them"
All l-eaths shall be entered into"
openly and franklj wthnll secret
diplomat'
Allied successes, it is luld, assure the
fruition of this plan
Caecho-Slovak leaders sav the l.egin
-- .... , . .. ..,
ntUR or tne enti nas tome n.i ..ut..- aj of ,e ,1(.t.aIa,lon of ,,, rlca of t0,,n tledaietl It 1ms I eaMill to be
Hunnary , man Hn,i f ti,t. 0tUen. Kor these prln-1 lieve. AccortlliiK to tilth newspaper's
T)upHcllv was seen in Knipvror clples our nation shed Its blood In tile belief, the Kalf-er abtllcatetl for neventl
Charles's announcement that he would memornble Hussite Wars 5ti0 j ears aco. bonis nnd prubablv iveii hlsnetl Ills
tnrm n. confederation of Austrian na- for thee same nrltu inln i.f uil. li.-r nbtlii atioli All UKreeinent of an ailllls-
tlonalitles. a proisisal which Is tUite at
variance with Tresld'Ht Wilson's prln- today In llussla. Italy ami France
rlple of complete freedom for subject I v shall outline onlv the main prin
natloualitles, which Austria's lal nole clples of lhe Constitution of the iVeeho
professcd ts accept i Slovak nation: th.. final decision as to
The compl'ete text follows- 1 'onstltuiioii itself falls m Hit,
"t this (trave moment whin the Ho- , leKally chosen representatives of lhe
henrollerns are ofterlns peace In order . liberated and united people
to stop the Victorious advance of lhe ( fnlver.al sofTra.e lletocniied
Aipeu armies mm u in.n. .... ...-
. , - tli.l.tn.tllll.l ICt' It Mil
n....t.... a .. Imi. ill.. Ilnnwlitirtrs are
memuennriu ui .iu.u.n-......i,.... -
-luin, mih. ......I i
t -'lurKey. ami .n, - .m,..... ..,...,.. ,,. . . .1,.. it... ...... ..i.i.in.l 1 '
t hnml.iin. the federalizat on of the em- .-- .. Bu.i..iniec complete . . . - .,.. 11. ,.. f..:.... ... Industrial leaders ale tioing 11. ine, success " "" .";:..' V.." .... ""rl '"""' '.'.""". .....
ore and T autonomv to the dlssatlstud " e"n'" ' ton-clen,.,.. r. Ilglon and A iiunuren wiiiuow panes 111 u.e .... , ..,.,.., ... mdtlle uiiisl do 11 If the .anipiilpn Ir.i capturing the c:ote te tnaniiiion ...e charge Vrotn All s,,i 1 lnen borrow the spirit or tho
rS .I..MnJiiM.. nmliteil to their rule. we. c'ence. literaltue and ait. speech, the pcil.il palace ill Ilerl ill were Mildhnetl .rl-.. Oct 1.- The (5erm.ni tie- ',., ,,110,,eed. tin; loan committee elllliha 1 iy position of the Krliinhlld Melluiig. , While this was going ou the Iowa . anil the regiment will fight at
t the . Czecho-Slovak National ("nuncll. I""t'!'s n1 "'e right of asemblv anil u 11 rlotliiB mini iturniR 11 peace ueui- f,.nSr -oiitheasl of llniges aie le Kze paR! of the Argonne, and our laMiig ttoops weie filtering through the woods ' of the hat If any one suggests it
recognized by the Allied and American """ '" 1 nureii snail lie sepa- onsiruuim vf...-e..a,. ... v....... h - prie,i to nave i.ee oKen. Tlie St. that every person may have an' of Hratidpre z rr:
L -Governments as the provisional govern, ""f ''m,'u'e ,Mi"", r democracy lepoits l,cc';"J;l'7. "'''V, ' ' '"' " UelKliuis. maicliliig m lleclot. are ap 1 ,,, tllIlUv , enter additional sub.; Thn A,nerlcans In this -eclor have oc REAT, ESTATE FOR SAT.i: KEAL ESTATE FOR SALE
1 ment of the Czecho-Slovak State and " la "'" ."" universal suffrage ; women Hie weie louted, tho advices Ml. ,,ro.-icliing A.ltre. (Fecloo is ft.uiteen .s'.Hptious. every bank and trust com-' ,.,,,'j themselves consolidating nnd - t . . .
fSn in complete acord with the dec ,"'" ' ."'.V " " 'V,T"UaI tnottn" xUth TI'-,euM",1 "T, ' VT , r "I !- .1 In Vce "'''" Msl "f ltvw' te" ",l,e- '"'"- '. a. v in IMiiladdpllla will remain ..pen miMig U the positions won "ester- . ' V,ll.WU.lJll WIWTl-HII.AIiKI.MIU
!5N. rtaratlonot Ihr ' I-PUtl made In 1 ?"' r,",'"- all, nl culturallj , ; lme and ,1 1.1 . onsideu.ble .laiiMKe ,.-t of (lhet and seven miles , tl, , ,, l o'clock tonlRht. JJoubUilK nf ."""T"' ,;,,, have kept up a ,r
f, raiue on January 6. 1918, and real- '' hl of 1 ,h mnorlty shall be safe-' befote I.elnKjUspeise ,.,,, of A1u. , original subscriptions is made easy nm arti,e,y nre. Including sh.-lts S
I 2ilne that federalization, and. still more, f, ' , ,T' "r,,on?"I,ref nlatl''t,: - .. 'ni" Am'H i,lM "'- I'Uil'InK 1 niltll by these llnanclal Inslltutlons. which "," 380 millimeter gun. 1 heard SS'L
ItSl. .".".. .v.i .1,1., ,. iin.,. nillonai minorities shall enlov roun nnoiivitc ni'nrV'l'n IT C 1 n...i u...... mii .,,,.1 1L111 1.....1 mnnx. '. .n.. twtr 11 1 !hn,rr"m "L. "" ....' n a. fiflArf
LtUIDHDIIiy. Illl-rtll li...iup. nn... -.-- . .,,,, w.i... ..... ... . . - . ' ttll Ifl.l I .-S l r.l I . 1 l I. .1. ........ 1 ., ... .tv..,. ,.... ,. ....uui ,11 ny ll.ll ...... ...vi.... .- - - - ----,.. ,,. , ,.ro .nptlH lllllll tl'UllJ. 111.". -rKSj."? .'-i.1
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u," 1 j..no iin imraiiu iti'iun iiiiii nr i
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..ui- rn iniH our uectutaituii ui n.'i.-iici...-
"tr-
lletrayed by llap.biirgs
"We do this because of our belief that I
no people should be forced to live under
a sovereigntv they do not recognize.
and because of our knowltdge and firm
conviction that our nation innnot fieely
develop in a Ilapsburg motk federation,
which Is only a new form of tlie dena
tionalizing oppression uiubr width we
'have suffered for the past JJOU ears.
We consider freedom 10 be the llrst pre
requisite for federalization and believe
'hat the free nations of cential and
eastern l.urope ma easuj
Mliiiitlrt they find It nictssarv.
- .. j ...
federate
'We make this tleclarallon on the
Uiasls ot our historic ami natural rigni
'We have been an independent State since
the seventh century, ami in 15:'C, as an
.Independent State, consisting of Ho
'hemla, Moravia and Silesia, we joined
Jwlth Austria and llungar in a defensive
.flinlon against the Turklsli danger We
thave never voluntarilj Burreudere.I our
(rights as an Independent State In ibis
"We claim the right
. . .
of Bohemia to be
jval; brethren of
of our national
reunited with her Slovi
'BlOVUKia. ui".c ..a.. w. - ..-.
'... later torn from our national bod
r...a v trara neo Incornorated lo the
VHungarlan State of Hie .Magjars. wno,
by their unspeakable violence and ruth-
less oppression 01 ineir suojeci races, i
h.t lost all moral and human right to
rule anybody but themselves.
"
i
llual lonarrhy IndliteU
t "The world knows the history of our
struggle ogslnst Hapsburg oppression.
' Intensified and systematized by the
Auslro-Hungarlan duallstlo compromise
of 1887 This dualism is only u shame
I .1.... Tlw, W....U .li.ua l.p..L . v..s. .... ., 11.11 ir-lll 1-1 IfVfltftlU MWtlilll' I rnlll lit'Ilt' "! I '"! IIITIH ..
M..T!f,,:V'i Vu I ''" ' .h.rknisSt,,, .UU--h:,.i;ruM lenlv ... I'.-lden. VM - a.-a. . be.,,l tho high grouiul where
'whicVi'uiey l,adTledged.M,,,-e.ves ,0! M
juphold. and we therefore refuse longer j ' wn- j,", 0'?ra.,,l(1 ,,,,. '" '. f, 'ad Uce-. I Ms .reaches American engineers,
Jto remain a part of Austrla-.Iungary In . ,; - ' ' ll)(l ; "pl" " I " fl e Ue chstag wi" 1 sri,n. wo. kli.K under heavy muUilne-Rim Hre
less organisation of brute force and ex-, I," dispatch to the I erlingske Tldeinlt
ntnltatlnn nf the maiorltv bv the ,:!!ecli money Is in circulation, and the
ploltatlon or tne majority )) in',,,,, MaB ,, ,,.r nrudsclilu ias
m norlty: t Is a political tonspiracy of t(e
the Hermans and Magyars against our
own as well as the other Slav and the
Latin nations of the monarchy The
.world knows the JustUe of our claims,
which the Hapsburgs themselves dared
not deny Francis Joseph, In the mosr
aelemn manner, repeatedly recognlied
the sovereign rights of our nation. The
Hermans and Magyars opposed this
recognition, and Austrla-Hungary. bow.
lnr before the pan-Hermans, became a
colony of Oermany, and as her vanguard i affects the Integrlt) of tlie count. Is un
to the east provoked the last Balkan "'' ""; " 'r'" ',f """'
conflict as !! as the present world ?"!!!."" ..''I" 'l.'"-".. 'I
war. which was begun by the Hapsburgs
alone, without the consent of the repre-
entktlves of the people.
,. ewe cannot and will not continue to
live under the direct or Indirect rule of
t tho violators of Dele lum, France and
Serbia, the would-be murderers of Hits-
sla and Rumania, th murderers of tens
'or thousands of civilians and soldiers of
i 'our blood, and the accomplices In num.
ideas, unspeakable crimes committed
, .. ln this war against humanity by the
,f, two degenerate and Irresponsible dy.
nasties. We will not remain a part ot a
State which has no Justification for ex-
Jstence. and which, refusing to accepl
. ,b, fundamental principle, of modern
. world organisation, remains only an aril-
r f tVdal and lmmorat political structure,
" hlnderlngeverymovementtowardde.no.
l teratlo and social progress. The Hapr.
iburg dynasty, weighed down by a huge
Inheritance ol error ana crime, a per
Mtual menace to the peace of the world,
.3EZ.. .... I. mtw. Hill. .ftU-Q.,1 hill......
WM F UCVlll tl VU, WM. .wnn... I.U...MII-
iJMt Its downfall and destruction.
"fe reject the sacrilegious aesertjon
poweror. ine Jiapsuurg nu
aynaiies it or oivine
f W Hrow tne Qiv.ne
l(tb
ITS..
FOE RETREATS ON WHOLE FROISIT
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'OnitS INiiilonrjiieTv. Cliaivi " V ""MlnrUDuNv.
sn'V . i . 7 . PVitrv'lrrncii
''' PROBA.BLE GERMAN DEFgWCE LINK
j llapsburc dvnasi.v unwoith) of leailniK
our nation and denj all of t lieir claims
to rule In the Cretho-Slovak la ml vvliiih
I we here alul now declare shall henee
i forth be a fiec nntl Independent people
and tiutinn
"Wp accept and shall atlht re lo tin
Ideitli- nf motlern ilemucracv. as thei
I have been the Ideals of our nation for
I centuries We accept the American
principles ,t hi Id down bj rresltlent
! Wilton: the principles of llbeiated man-
kind of the actual equality of nations
-anti of eovernments derlvlns all theli
Just power from the t onsfiit of the i?nv.
i ernetl We, Hie uat'ain of r'oiiieiuus
cannot but uiccpt these print Iples e
pressed In the American I ieelar.it ion of
ttl.l.ti.i.i.t.n... .1... ..!....t..! ... , I I..
i.iiijHHurilir, iur lit Illl-illlfS HI I. lilt Ulll.
Allies, our nation Is shetltilnir it- blood
"Tin- rzecho-.HInvak State hatl he a
.,....,,.
' l,u""t
In constant endeavor for
llaniPlitary In form ami -i.r.lt n,..,.,
.. ....... , . .... .....-
hip i.rmc i. fs or tnit .1
mil lefer
. entlum
Hie (.landing armv will i.p r..
plated by militia
"The Cztcho-Slovak nation will carr.
out fa r-ren thing social ami econouilc
lefonns; the laige estates ,e re
deemed for home colonisation, intents
... i.uuiiii.t win oe anollslletl Our nallnti
will assume its narl ,.r it,.. v.,u-.
Hungarian pre-war public debt the
dehts for this war up nave to thoe
who iucurietl them.
In Its f..r.i... . .. .. .
1 lie t'ze.ho-
1 Slovak nation will accept it full h.t
of respoimiblllty In the mirinls. lo,,
1 of eastern Fuiope
.. - w
ll accepts fullv
I" ,".:. ....'. "'" .'""" P"''P'- "f,
nationality and subscribes to the rl
... " . "i " " ..?" . '.I n. "."' '"."-
... ...... .., ., .nii.r in.- 1 ,iivi.riiin..iii u ;. 1 1 .... ...... .a,....-.i .' -.- . . - - .... i... ,i. . . ,... , ... . 1.1 ....------ . m -. -r...
---- ...... 1. ii.-i.i.. in 1.1111T11 1 1111 1 1 ni.i in., niiniiiv m in ..miiiiiiiriiini. iiiii.'.mi. i ... ... v. - v-.
8h.Il be e.itere.1 in o I,, ,,iv . , , , i pt-d as long us tlwre Is no agivenient in Kiigluntl led the assault ugalnst
w itlo t sec rir . I loin'-t ' frn"kly to an armUtice. TI,.- i-.ly "i'l nenna'n forces Sntiei.cliecl en the
setiei uipioinaij Uw p,.,..,,,,,,,,,, demands, eusteril sldb of the Selle Klvtr. The
our oustltiition shall pinvltle an i,t ...in mukf fill tiler iieRiitlttlons were faced b (ieimun mur.ne dlvl
etllclent. rational and Just governnient, 1 .... .ri.n t;,.,man war cabinet sinus, which put up n linrtl light. Ac
whlch will exclutle all special privileges. ',. al'('j o'cloclf lust evtiilmr to del folding to latest 1 epulis the Allies
and prohibit class l.gl-latlon. . . .,, ,i(nitc. form of the Human ' H B"li'l'iB Kiound ugalli.st the
"Democratv has .. r.t.-.l ti,.....t
n-i Mi 1 i in, nu Hi flKIUCflll fJI
October, 1U1S
.-phoi.- THOMAS H MASAHVK.
Prime Minister and Minister of
i-r.ll.e ..luiia.tr an.. .Villi SIrr OI
' fiuvHiiALnii mi lav it utriuvii.
"Mlnlt ..f Vnii,,.,..i ii.e '
-Hit IIDWAIIP Ilj:i;S
'.Minister of Foreign
and of
Affairs
I
f'tKCim iur oi'iwiu'l'rn
t.AA.Hb AHL Khl UlilU)
VrnVTDnf rtV nr tnm:
l (Am I HOL Ot J'ltAGlt.
... . ,,. .,., ,. .
1'epei.l.agen, Oct 1 The Czechs are
masters in .Prague, accordlng'to a Her-
The llratlschin is the Kiemlln of old
I'rague. The castle is the famous struc
ture In which the Thlrtj Veais' War
was precipitated.
London, Oct 19 Tlie version of tlie t
mauiiesto or i.mperor t uarits as re
iclvcd here contains the following con
cernlui.' the recoimtruitlon of. tlie em
pire1 "nils leconstruction, wiinn in no way
f-c-tlel protect common interests and
Wi hrlng them to bear wherever a
.community Is a condition of vital Im-
l-ftf ""J,"-,, '," '. 'feTwill be es-
,ircal.. nwessary for a Just and rlght-
, fUi solution of the great tasks resulting
from the irurtlon of the war I'ntll
i legislation Tor Hits reconstiuctlon Is
completed evlstlng Institutions will r-
main in force """J'TiV,.,'". 'jr?r,i !.'
! SSnSh 71
" a'r' everything for the reennstrue
, tlon f Austria." ,
I The manifesto appeals to the people
to "co-operate In the great task with the
national ';V1"cniM,,.ff.rnX,u 'isi V win
I j; ' J"-JmZ toX
, Ia0h other and toward my Hovtrn-
'',,..
-Mat- our fallierlaitil, ' the Manifesto
i , oncludcs. "through unanimity of the
nations It emhraces. emeiga. from the
storms or tins nr n... '--ration
or rreo peoples. Hod's blessings
upon our task, so that the great work
of peace we nre going to build may
lead to the happiness of all my peo
ples." The manifest of II mpfror was
given In part In a Vnna dispatch yes
terday Other dispatches indicate Aus
tria to be divided. Into four Wales tier-
.USiriail,, VtfTHi.M, Jl.jrr..l
i real ment is
MW u
.,..,... r-1,.1 rin...eio... 1 . ' . . .. .. 1 ..nt iinim tin- fiHiiiiuiiH tlcllrercd n
Will of Austrians
Must Be Supreme
( enllittietl from I'ne One
mints iii bis additss of l brunt v i:
eiitliclv lunnrts th. tlet taial Ions matbt in
the Motii W I noil atltliess on the Koimli
tif .lulv last
tv ( m'( I'rei'
Ixinilon, uci. It.
1 Intervention b the iuIIiib flassen In
Oriiiianv resttuetl the Kuiser after lie
had iittuallv abtllcatcU ami Interfered
'With the seiullin? of u icply to Piesl
I .1....I lltl..i't lnul mil.. thu f ' 1 1 1 I ill Ifl.
III Hi ll ii-iiii i "ml in.iv, .. - ...........v
tlee under WINoii'h teuns was reach
til ami was actuall.v untler vvav when
,' ,,,1 r ,-t'r " nlmVnrrtrVusP:
anc.,l.,,.n, of the ,., and restore,,
llic Uitisei
I In lonneetloii wllh this uptirt it Was
iniifil that tlieie were m.m nimois eatlv
this wtek of a reply already behiR n
i out v. tin n neutral news 1 1 liters m Ived
mndenburg ami' o I . 1. i.l in v lea e.s I
ir its lU-ilVpoVtetl in,
ae. mints' or lli'i it i rival in neriiu m
MAY HE SEir TODAY
(v the .Istnriafrii Ven
IjiiiiIi.ii. lit t is
llifoiim.tit.ii re.eived hele fioni lieu.
i-.il Minirces toduv reR.iiiliiig f ler.
1 lllaliv 's leplv to I'resitlent W llson n
' m"'' is t tintllcting.
- tlispatch fiom Aiilsteitlum sa.vs
the rcpl.v will be fin wttrilttl this after-
iition. accoriltliR to ativicen lcceiveti .11
t hi
Diiltli capital: and the I'olltiu
of l-'i)lienli.iBeil. vvhle not colli lining
'---'11... I lliliil. iivr.ii III 1 111111 k!t v h 1 1 i 1
I III l(lH IIIIWIIHll'l""! ... -..-
plv "will tlen the I'ie.sldein'H act iisi -
,. , ,:..,,n,, eiueltles and .let lai e
' , Ki.hmarI.iP warfare cannot be slop-
innilfll I Illtr till lursinj.
, Tim (irund Admiral of the Heel and
' lheVMJlf of .the naval staff lmv e a. -
rlvettaS'-Uerlln for consultation over
rivenjfln' Urri.l. nil 1-iilieuiiuiniu "in
i. ,.1!KpK
l. k.'lipllnep.l ili.it the ret.li will
'It ftvjjpellevpd that tlip repl
lie nelwltn'a Itlll aciepiiiiiie no. a I e.
fusnl. Tilff. Avoided ao that the tloor
i will be Tejtij "Pen for fiiither negotla
Hulls. '
' ..n.1 . ......I.. . . .. .. ....1
l.ie lieilltl le.miie niiun .nr innu
, mg of u peace demoiistratlon b thou-
mna t workmen On Ilia other hand.
the patriotic and economic ns-otla-
,tions. OncliitJlnK lhe glcal (ierman,
Imuniifactuilng associalloiiH. lu.vo
iHtlonled resolutloiih urging the oik. in-
u.u.0.,., ....... ........ .;.r...."-h
i " '""" "",r'nr- . ..
Tlieie .was ai omer panic on hip
e Her in iiniir.se r iiirstiav. iirroininu tn
advices from Zurich. Maritime seem
lties are lei.orted to have dropped 25,
per cent and chemical piotluctb issues'
'. ... ... . I
fiom 10 to 20 per cent.
Wilson Puzzles
U. S. Politicians
scribed llin.ooo and Samuel F. Houston
( untbiue.1, from I'ste One ' iifi.oOu lluougli the Third National
make up this Federal Mpubll. all ibisH.tnl.
to come uut of a coufeieute of nine-' (ilrsrtl 'Irusl ligures
generate liumun beings re.entiy lighting -phe H'rard Trust Company silbscilp
each otlii'r ami thinking Imbltuallv only jioas exteetl lli.OOU.UUU, uiul will prob
In temis of iiiinpetltlon Is a dream at,) he liiiitused lonslderably by to-
Hew r.r I. II l'o..bl, ! "'tJiV- Hank of No, tli America subscrlp
II Is not that It has not us inuc.Ii ...,! i,,,r..siiiiielv. 17.800,000.
substance as a dream, lie .11,1 nut get
free trade, nor even an extremely low
tariff out of his l 'origins In this coun
try controlled by his own party uud In
his own personal grasp. Hence the words
or tlie practioner or expetiiene "so ranllf tlle jjm fl)l ,lHHi( ,,,) Its cUHto
as iHisslble" ,inets
How far is It .oslble- i-ompleie ic- Tn'e j,',ty Trust Fompany h
nioval of tariffs all at mice would meini eaL.lltj ilu ,tuuta 0f JIL 370.000,
ihuos. It would lalse qurstlnns of tre- Th). Central Tryst and Savings Com-
menuous iiii..Jtia..ie unoui iuiliiiru "'
living In tho Orient und In the ocrl-
ueilt. II woui.i ir.Kii.ei. iirHu..i.et. lauor
wit lithe threat of competition with the
workmen of Japan uud China, ami' Mr.
Wilson" Is building social democracy
in this country In consultation with thu
lepieseiitatlvrM of organized labor
About all that may be i xpected out
of the peaie confeience is the liiime.il
ate an dunlversat application of the
inost-favored-nation clause In lominer
clal treaties und perhaps an agree
ment gradually to reduce tariffs until
...:. i..t. - .....i...i. ...j"
a ceiiuiu .......... mm i q i.-ui.(.i-ii , some
,i,e nice thn ugreeinenl giudually to
decrease armament wnien is now counted
upon surely All tl. steps toward a
world peace organization will be halt
ing and tentative of necessity, and "St
bejpwially thU oiieof r'rmovlng economic
Foe Beginning '
to Quit Brussels
rtintlntieil frent rate One
oppnslllon In the l.lllt1 Kiilicut and to
the mu thwart). In most lilnces tllill.
culty Is fminil In kwnliiK I'otitHct with
II I
I tlm ctiemy'H ninln foicos, tnvltiR uilu
icos, mvli.K t,,il.l
rapltlliy or the rottnil.
llctwoen the .Seiisoo Cauul ami Hie'
L..VK Uher tlm ietro.it fntcptl on tlio '
riirmv hi tht Alllml yurnAi.uAH ..
tlnui'M. Ilrlllsh troopM. ptrftslnir for. i" rfogiesshiK tiortlnvanl. Jlelglan In
:.....! .. ,.. V.y. '..nr K"",l1"' lll,vo (UrUKes has since been captured.)
......... i imiiifi iiiiviintf or over live ,
I '"'V'" . t
inr trtmps ni tut iiiitlsli Mrst Army I
iintlci command of (ienei-al llnrm.
haw ronchetl the RPiionil line of Mar-tuietto-on-o.strpvniit,
Miinny, ltcrHce.
Kri'lln, Kftltislili) nntl Avrtj. Xorlh of
Ahci the troops nf (Icncnil l'lunipr'a
Spctitul A nny are east of ltoubalx ami
Toiircoliic.
Tnlln-nhuf nn.l llnnli'ilv 1.1. ll. 1 -I
been c-itiitintMl bv tlio'llrltlsli. r... i.
tact
Tiieif an- eo.oon Inhnbltantn In
TourcoliiK and 03.000 at ltoubalx, no.
eortlltiK In an olllclal rieli(laii com
munioation. The mun clnal ndmlnls.
tralitins have been taken over audi
there Is a milllclpiit food supply for
1 fifteen tl.ivs Several .stations, bildKos1
iiiml amiiiiiiiltltm tlepotfl had been
mined '
South of the l.VK the lOllntrv is In. 1
tact, but the relrtutiiiK Hermans took
with them a ureat number of men be
low the aire of forty '
Tho (iPiiuans estenl.iv offered vIr i
(irbuti leslstance on the froin of
Urnges. Oosteamp. H'ynKheiie, Thlelt
and Utistrovebehe. The resistance was I
liruko east of ( lostcamp, between I
WyiiKlienc ami Thlelt ami Oostrose
beke. The llelKlmis, Hrltish anil French
are conlinulnw theli FlanderR drive
afier eiipturiiiK Z"ebriiKKe, Hiiikcs.
Thlelt ami othei Important jiolnts and
dearliif. the co.'iJ
! Ilv tlii' .Ittofi'afeil 'reiv
I'liris, Oct ! The Krench tsmtlnile
suceessfullv theli ntlvanee soillh of
U'asslgnv ami east of C.uIhc, ticcord
ins In the Wur Olllce statement totl.o.
They have ri .idled lhe Sambie Cinal
on n fioni of ijeuily nine mile Bouth
of llannapii'".
AltuiK the taiuil the French hold the
towns of llaiin.ippes. TuplKnv and
N'ovilrs. Sine (letolier 17 in this
i'crIoii the French First Aiinv h:in
taken mole than JIOUO prlsonei.s and
Iwentv ruiis.
Fast nf Iti'thr I the Germans! have
liein driven from the tenitory be
tween the Aifleiines Canal anil lhe
Alslie. west of AttiRliy. The tuwu of
Ambl-Haui has. been captured In ad
dition to pi isonviH.
On hill h
luiKiie Hit
Itles of VouzitTH in t'huni.
Flench have cro.isetl the
i Aisne on a three-mile fi tint nntl taken
:; .-"' 'he heights lo Ihe east
11;; tl m''i'
I
were captilieii and several liiintlieil
liiiMiiKiH taken. Further east the
tb'hthic which has hetn Roiiiir op since
TIiiii silay. hits ib'velopetl to Flench
aih.iuliiRe The French suet eeded In
making Vumv in the wooded degion I
- 1U aiuMUlr.,,,,, Pre
purled to be massing Jiuirledly In
trout of v alt'iiclennes.
rim i.iin.ii.iiliiii ..r Itiinru .. miu.it.
hihIv uwaltliig thr 'tt Itimpluil entry ot
. ... ,.u......... .. . ..... ., ,..,....
King Albeit
.' ''" -"o'iilei Ve
' Willi lhe Allied Armies Iii Frame and
IJelch Oct. 1H.
British and Ameilian i.hois Mitith-
f..,t of I.e r.ili-iii ca ilt.l 1S00 prls
nnetsnntl 120 guns eateitlaj ml have
, ativancen iiriotii 111111 11. lies since me
lttack began, 'lhe llritlsli aie novi
more, thuu tlllee nilles HOiltheUHl or
Lille. On the Belgian mast. British
1 vvaihhips uie shelling the letreutlng
He. mans
Tanks manned b.v Americans ttalned
ilespeinle icsistiilice or tile eneniv . Al
1 . . ilUlul. ,.,in,rt.
l'"' Aiiieilcuu ur.il Urljlnli itifuntrj
' ept across. The tanks 1 e lped to
! el down the eiieiil "f ""V.1 '",
----.-, unl.k.,1 il,.l. ifirl- nn.l
leugluteis hail rlnlshed their work, ant!
thin went over Willi lhe lliruilirv.
Drive On and We Win,
Cries Loan. Leader
-
, ,
,,.,,,,, ,lV
'" eieefl us tiio.a of JlO.SOfi.fidO by
-'." W and possibly more.
The Franklin .Natlonul Hank .has e.-
. . k.Ip.I lis mioia of $12,240,000
.,.',..,. ,r..e. v,..l,..,al Hank has
" '".,":"., V;, 7,,n iioo.
ti.""'" "" .." - .-- i-
. i.iiiup -i .t
he industrial toinmlt-
1 . .. ... ..r.nr. n rm
has evtee.ied iih iiuoia or ..,....',""
bj more than U.00.000
V.... V.iilm, il lit...
Ninth National Hank has subscribed
!!iC:ooo.a'1'11,''',m1, maMnK a lntal of
fi..i.ii, Vi.ilim.il It. ink has subscriuet.
i.r.00,d(iu Htbllonal, making a total ot
13,000 Outi
I'enii Steel I'.viiorl Coninaiiy has sub-
a i...... v.iiih1 Hank subscrlp-
tlons total approximately III.OOO.OOU.
and nre still go'ng strong,
The Ceniral Nutloiial Hanic ot run"'
!.i,ai,a has subscribed for J7000.000
pany has subscribed I1,31C.UUU.
-y hig stores of the city In
ave gone
.. it,. t,,n" uiii. snliHcrl.itlons ttggre-
giitlug IU.058.OBO. This i JJ.ooMBO
la exuss of their quota.
The following Incitased subscriptions
were leportetl lotlav
llehnont Iron Compuny. IICB.OOO au
dltlf.nal, making u total of 330,000.
William Cramp it Sons, o date. 3.
U6H.0II0, Hog Island, to date, J.'.KOO.OOO,
Khlpbullillug llioup. Industrial Coin,
tnlltee, lo date, Jlfl.000,000.
"The last (all Is being Blven today
1 '
lielhlehem Experience! Wont Par
ll.tlilel.elll.
i' Oct. 19, uetnienem
Its worst day In the Intttf
yesterday had
enra
nsa epidemle, when 1 "W aJMJ
epr7rted with six deaths WtfTlliJ
l
Official War Reports
HKM1IAN
Havre, Oct. 1S fPelaycd.)
The main feature of the day was
the vigorous reslatatlce of the enemy
on the front of !ruj(es, Oosteamp,
Wjnghene, Thlelt nnd Ooslroosebeke.
AVn have nevertheless brohtu that re
Hlstanco eusl of Uostcamn. between
VI fnvli.MK ..h.1 rri.i..n
,w.V.V",.,:.X"" J",r" "
nu east ot
Southwest of Unices the llelalan
aimy reallietl an Important advance.
Al veral polnta It crossetl the canal
t utiTilnjr from Ilrures In flstend and
The Mecoml llrltlsti Armv Is also
prtmesslns; voutli of the I,js and at
several points una crossed tne ran
nay riinnhiB from ("ourlral to Mous
iron, In the cvenlne- It occupletl the
towns of Tloubalx atitl Tourcolnjr.
.S'oulhwartl of the I.vh the country
Is Intact nnd very well cultivated, nnd
very many Inhabitants are there. The
Hermans, however, took with them a
k with them 11
below the ..
,U are ,,.,. ,
creat nuiuner 01 moll
Of forty.
,TourcoliiK nntl Ittiul
Thero are bO.uOO InhabllanlH at Tour- I
touiK Hint tiUiUUti at Itounaix. i no i
Il.ll.llll... I n.lM.I..I-l..lt..... ..... 1.V..M
iiiuinuini .i.iiiiuiinir.ttlUIIS llitti' I'Trn
taken over, anil thero is a sulllclcht
footl supply for fifteen dnvs Sev
eral stations. brltlRea ami ammuni
tion depots had been mined.
llltlTIXII
I.UIIll del II
We made progress jeslcrtliv evm
Iiir northeast of llolialii. taptiiiiiiR
the vIlhiRc of Mnxlnjthlen and tom
plellnR the capture of llazuel.
North of thu SSensce ('anal the inl
vancc continues, We have tlrlvtn the
(lermau rearguards tioni Cmeitlil
couit and I'eciiuencouit ami tne In
contact vvlth the eneniv east of Vrnl
and I'attelet
Further noith our athaiiie tlelach
inentH have crossed the Jtuieti Itlvcr
between SahiRhln ami ChtrciiR and
arc approaching tho latter village.
I'ltll.SC'II
l'url, (lit. I'l
DuiinR the night the tiniipM of the
First Aimy pursued their victorious
advance ami tluew back in tlli-oiiler
the. enemy trooim who altemiilcd at all
costs to maintain their position on the
west bank of the Dim. I p to the
pit pent lhe Frt'iich have uached the
t anal fioni east of tin fmest of
Antllguy to the north of Ilaliteville.
Ilanuuppis, Tuplmiv anil Nujitlm am
ln our haiitlH as well ii oilier plans
lirudeilng on the canal in the course
of the lighting ln this legion since
Ociolxr 17 we have taken mote than
Sunt) prisoners W also have captuicd
twenty riiiis, a laiRe iiumbei of inn
(iiinn gnus ami imiitiitaut war
matetlal, Inclutllng utile tinln
loiitletl with muntiloi.s
On the flout of tin lsi.e we have
denied out the elifinv fn.ui lilt- legion
lietween the canal nntl the Alsue west
of Altlgnv. We ha vt IhIm u pos.scMflnii
of Ambly-ttnut anil have enptuted
prisoners
for subset iptloiis It is for the public
lo 'hurrv up ut.tl double up.'"
Throughout tho I'lillatlelphia district
a Hnal inoveiiient is on to fou'e tin
subhciilitlons hejond the $.il6,S09.000
tliiola set by lhe Uov ernment. Tlie
illuirlel Is nhservlnu "I'ei shll.it Day,"
llfVliril!IIfII IIV ItllU' I Mil in iitiU'itvino
r.ruiniiaugii
fin- oil 1,1 iiiul.,. tln-li litt-t supreme sac- I
rillce tuMiniHiii the nenvvhoareglv-ltolioldimback
Imr tlieU- all ."over tliere. 1
The. api.e.,1 has .,., ..utr..i even,
liom! holder to double the amount 0
; "l; ',&, 'nW an
Olllll Ot
trust ciiliinall e-. business nrins anil
l.ii.-i. . ...! ..,..
Illieiest.
Government employes at the riiltediw. "" ,, ,,. Br.a, ,,.,,
(Stales Customs House enteitd
I'iO
ner cent subscription of 7.0nn. Thlt
,. ,.,.. ......
epitSlllM a l." I'll ..." iiuiriirr mi.
the amount raided foi the Ihlid loan
Two vvnnlH In 1'hiladelphla-th.,
Flghth 1111.I the Tweiity.thlrd.-have rp -
iplved honor (lags for meeting their
tiuotas Tlie Hag pret-eiitcd to tho
Klgluli vViiitl lieais tour stais, signify-
lng that the iiiiuta lias been tripled . Ih.
Twenty-tlilid Waul Hag has two stars
Tin if ale mine than elghtj towns In
the Third Fetb'ial lleseive district ilia,'
have rawed their uuotas Many of them
,iaVt, ,lC,.,l honor Hags with ..lie
moieslais
VIhIii Line liter Tup
The Main Line went well "over the
ion" The... towns 1 ece V eil Hairs- II. r.
it.,.., llni'.in I'llittVil Vlllminvn nil
..t -- ,---.., ............. ......
Itosemont, Stoke 1'oges, Mellon, Swurih
more. Meadow In 00k and Itvdal.
Mure finnrltis to the ilashlmr cnmii.iteii
III I'hlliiilelnlilu Is being given bv a fiont lo.lay that the Kaiser hud abdl
flood or big 'Crlsl i'lub' siihMrlpllune. 1 c.itfd, hut no confirmation nf Ibis te
Hundreds t the laige nibscrliiloiis poll from Dutch sources hns been te.
made have n.a hem let e. veil ar brail-
tiuariers as vet, becatihe many of the'
ijlieilj I., an woikei's havt nut found
tltite 1.1 ten. it Cihiv itinn win. I.:..
Joliietl the "t'llsls club" has been
. -: . . . - ------------ -
pressed Into -ervlco as a canvasser and
today the bet htislmtss and pi.ifession -
al l.ialiiH of the city nre at work help
lng (o put over the loan Snmuil V
Houston, piesldent of tho (luaraiitcj
Trust and Safe Deposit Company, be
came a member and worker of the club
came a memneranti woruer or tlie eiuti
... i... 1 .. .. ...... ,.,.,. ....
lutiuj w I.e.. .... eiitrii-.i ti 9..,t'nv sm-
Vcrlptlon,
Among the others who Joined the or
ganlzallon vcie Airs. Sjtlney II. Hut
chinson, who subscribed Ilul), oui. : Mrs
Henry l. Hoile. $I00,U0H, Joseph (.
llllner. $10,00(1; Alfred S. Hltner f.y,
000. and W Ferry Illtnei. JID.f.o.),
"Huy more bonds without any cash "
Is their appeal "The gnat muioritv
of the large substilptlons aie matin on
ciiilit. and the smallest 8iibcr,iionfJ
tan arid should be made that way.
If tho quota Is to be put over bv to-
night, there must he many more "mi!
lion-dollar buyeis'' and thousands of
subscribers to bonds of small denomi
nation. ' $1,000,000 offer uy
RODMAN W iNAMAKEIl
New Vurk, Oct. ID. Hodman Wann
maker has sent a leleginin to lienjainln
Strong, governor of the Federal Iteserve
of the Second District, expressing his
willingness to be "one of a hundred
New Yoikers each Individual!) lo ,,yr
an additional J!,0O,O00 of the fourth
Liberty laian "
"It has been given to us to do our
pari III this wuy." the telegram con
tinued, "to show to the world that there
Is a great Almighty who cares for Ha
lf we th. right. Might Is not right, ns
was told on Calvary. Might is jlgin
We will back up more American herois
with i-ery power we have In sight
or ever expect to have. Millions or
men, blllloiiH of dollais. trillions pr food
and over a hundred millions of hearts
on to victory. Wh will fight until every
drop of blood Is covered by Liberty
Honds."
John Wananinker yesterday subscrib
ed for l,oui,000 Liberty laian bonds
making a total of H, 100,000 he lWN
taken In two davs.
FEVER STRIKES 60,000 GREEKS
icil Cross Rushes Aid to IliTu-
gees on Mytileno Islam
fly lhe United Pren
Home. Oel. 1. The American Iltd
fross U rushing aid to thn Island or
Mytllene, where 60,000 (Ireek refugees
rrom Asia Minor are stricken with fever.
The expedition Is under command of
Captain Wllklna, of .Baltimore, and Cap-
sin a""!?,. " wiuiiix. Large
ItantltlM. of fcaid, medicine and cloth-
Are BHig ihiwh 10 ine inianti.
Yanks Force Enemy
From Bantheville
Continued frem fi One
u renewal of airplane activity with j
S Ti Xi, SnAiffrTSm" or '
bodies. Uut the feature ot tlio Jay s
aerial activity was tlio work of our
bombliiK I'lnn'"". ' wpnt ovcr ln '
an armada of 140 ptnncH. flKhty In one (
i,.t n,,.l Wtv In another. They tilled ,
ttlie air ln a ureal vvhlrrini; ciouti.
Shoilly after tlioy l",l e ir"" -violent
and hirne explosions occurred
ln ciPryleOinntle, Alncrevlllo and
other pUtt-M. Our losses were Hllcht.
ThV islvlnc way of the boche In a
vvl I ravval of four kllomrt-rn In t ie
I renter of our front nas u inwe eip
".",""' vln(f u a ureal vvedgo Into
"'rnl.ll." potions It iliotltd
he. .romemltl Unit only T.jursday
1 111- IL'IIIVIII." "' " .
liotli of tU"- positions were orueteu
... i10 a nt all co.sin.
k"
The whole flerman line from tne sea
to the Melise pivots on un- si-ciui .ivi..
the best troops of the nermali commantl
has been thiown ngalnst the First
nierlcan Armv to save the nermans'
nll-hJiporlalit Hups "t communication.
While the least sensatlonul tn ncconi
nllshment. the task assigned to General
I'lrshliiR's men may be called the nml
Important on the whole, front. The
Hermans ate paying a Hemendotis ptlce
. i.m lien, as mell as they have We
are able to pay " bigger price t put
in.- ."' ' . . , , i .... i
hint back H Is a toURh Jo but f"!?!
winning sioi. -"
,-,,, 17 Thero were evidences late
toilav that lhe (lermatis were vvlthdiaw
i.. 'thfir main forces from the region
of 1 undors-et-St. Heorges, the center
of the sector of the First American
triny leaving behind a screen of Ina
rhlnegun nests. Our patrols, ndvanc
,- toward night Into tho llols-dc-llanthevllle,
did nut eoirte Into contact
with the enemy
free llnillng al All Ool
(. vet It (s too early to make any
ntt diction as to Just what this means.
Sulllce it lo say thst vv litre our troops
iitel the fleicet kind of resistance nt
the 1nvr edge of the IJols tie IJanthevllle
tvterdiiv thtre was none today.
Fresh flerman ilociinieat.s falling Into
ou- hands continue to urge upon the
Herman tiops the necessity of holding
at all costs the front before the Aincrt-
l
The Hermans have been hastily con
uructlng a semblance of n defense line
running-, on tho average, two and ono
. .. ...n..., imrU of the nresent line, and
i.tw. vet anotlui hurriedly prrp.uctl
position limning tnrougii uuzaney. vvc
... . i.iinw now what the enemy's plans
nrP We know It has cosf him terribly
In the last two weeks to hold on to the
Krlemblld positions nut of tha Aigonne.
The effect of the American iiillllcry
fiie which wuh Incrssatitlj' heavy. Is tald,
o have been terrific
. .
The Tiei mans nay- ........ - -......, lnfl(ll Ucgimm, fr Ohio, with a
' 'n ,eV ";!
oppos v- "" ,, -" . ,,",,.
,, '",;",; ,;,,.' ,..
tliai lin -- ' ----- - --
,.... leitaniv inai uov mm- tnni up
.1. ... .1.- m Aui.nl It.... fi.ll.iiA Inn tlin
noltimg vm- !...-.- r. -.-
,1... A .ia. nimu iiiulAri nl til
' .i.li.a. "
nr
eas ngalnst our troops. The wet
wer
enllur makes mustard gas especially
, .ll.agree.n.ie 111.se uaJf.rca,.re .., 3
does the heavy atmosphere calim It to
' stick to the hollows where tap shells
are tlnowii. but the mustard gas burns
through wet clolhfs much more easllv
... . ... ........
Hum iiiioiikii .id
Although htavy flghllng ha of rouise
. of 1)(,uc,, Ti,py are sure tlie war li
.about to mil. Sliange as It may seem
l""- aWe"'' '"!" tight hard now
I llfCUUM.- ......v n i iimir u.1,1. u.r e 1
lliej
say. They nre ansorheu 111 the
purpose of slopping the war before the
Allied soldiers get Into German foil.
A wilt less e port 'spread along the
''elvetl so rar.
During the last two dns I have made
..11 .'ffutl to learn the efTett of' I In: prace
,1i. ....slm. t.nr.n lite Herman attnv from 1
-- u- ---.---- -
taplured dncunieiils and letteis, In any
statement this effect Is hard to deal with
' In generalities, because In nenrly every
case the individual opinion of Hermans,
which, of course, i elicits every shade of
opinion, differ.
Tint there is one result of tlin neflee
. m . . .. .
' d scusslon. That Is that the moral ef-
. . , ... I
been sustained III that he feels happy
because he belkvrs he Iiub only umfcw
more days to go. Therefore, should peace
not come right away, this Improvement
may be only temporary.
If one tries lo iindetstand the ferllng
In the rank'i of the Herman' nriny oti ,
must realize that every Herman soldier
Is kept Informed of the progress of nego- '
tUtlou. Toplts of tho Hetipaii notes
and President Wilson's replies arc postid
nt all Herman headquarters, and the
Herman soldiers aie as well or better
Informed than the American soldiers ,
upon tlie situation as their superluis
see It. j
Vlilually all the Herman soldiers be
lieve the war Is certain to end very soon, I
and look upon the cessation of hustlllilet
as being just ahead. I
Army orders froip grand headquarters
and exhortations from ofllclals in Inline- '
dlato coinmnnd to their fighting units '
urge the soldiers to fight Ihelr best now.
A tremendous effort Is being made to
pi event the peace discussion from in
juring the fighting quullllts of the Hei.
man troops, and so far as the American
flout Is concerned, it baa been success- I
fully done.
The Hermans have been told that to
quit now would not muke peace, .This
appears varied oftlimes with the' plea!
that to fight best In tlie last round would i
Keep the French, American and Urltlsh
armies off the sacred soil ot (lorinany.
This makes a strong appeal lo the Her- I
man lighters, who, bearing In mind what
they have done In French-occupied ter. I
rltory, have a hoiror or th Allied nol- I
dlirs getting onto the boll or the Father- '
land.
tl its casualties ou lhe inrst 5 .... ,'Jiiiwfiyjs.. SKl3sEM f'lrl !!ffSWii'3iK'KK;T-'.: v. '
can army, the ordina.y health of f. .iaHtaffl M Mfkf$ gtt
merlcans I excellent ln view- of '-"it wJ II WawFVtS-isr W'tftSfTI U isMllbAtllfSfjll ItlOl -j Ct! .
AUSTRIANS ARE EXCLUSIVE
Captured by U. S. Want Separate
Prison Cage From Germans
Hy EDWIN I.. JAMKS
Special Cable lo Evening Public Ledger
CovurtoM, tell, tv yttv York Timet Co.
Vtlllt lite Amerlran Army It, Pranre,
Cot. 19, A group of Austrian prisoners,
captured by the Americana, Insisted nu
being put In u separate cage from Her
man prisoners, asserting that President
Wilson had said he was going to riiake a
separate reply to Austria 9.1 lhe peace
note, which showed that Americana no
longer considered Austrians to be In th
same boat, with Oeriwaw. j
Anyhow Ikey IflaltM lHt thest,
not the same-jOft, 1
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U. S. MEN' WIN 6-HOUR
FIGHT FOR HILL 288
Ttvo Regiments of Rainbow
With Glory First Five Desperate Attempts
Unsuccessful
Hy EDWIN I.. JAMCS
Special Cable to Hvenint Public I.cdtcr, about the hlll.untll they hatl surround
fyiirtght. itlt. fcu x-.m v,t, .. r.
"Itli the Amerlran Army In Frame,
Wet. in.
One Ameilcan division which has been
In the line more dayslhan any othet t
the Fnrt.stcond, or Jlalnliow Division,
one of the Infantry regiments of which
Is (lie 165th, the ola sixty-ninth New
.. .. Thl" crark division fought on
the JIarne, fought In the St Mlhlel bat
tle and has been In the thick of th
nghtlng' between the Argonne ami the
Mesne, holding the center of tho sector
of the First American Army In the vlcln
ty of Iindern at Saint ilcorges, a high
key position lo the Krleinhlltl-Stellung
north of Vordun. As usual, lhe division
has given an excellent account of Itself.
Incidentally It Is occupying now the
Twenty-fourth Division headtfuailers that
It hns had since coming to France.
The biggest thing the Italnliow has
done In this sector was the acconuillsh-
ment ot 0nc of the most difficult Jobs
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assigned to any Amejlcan dlvislon-the
taking of 1111) 283 at the nnr'hcrn end
of the Hols Homngiie, liear Landers, s t
M. lit tn get, Centrally in warfnre the
iianio of some city or town Roes down In
hlstoty as mat king a great light. Hut In
fact more often there Is .some Isolated
point which reptesenls far more In ef
fort and Inipoitance than the name of
pome town,
For llnstiinee. Imeiica is thrilled at
mention of the name of f'liateau-Thlerry.
I Vetrtho actual rapture of that town was
iiifv nnr ntinnrctfiu pair so tnmciut as
the taking of unnamed hills north of
the Ourcn. So taking of many villages
by the Americans hi this sector has
Riven names to fights nothing like so
sanguinary as the conflict for possession
of n bald top hill, wh'ch for lack of
other name Is call 288. because that Is
how many meters high It happens to be.
When the Forly-econd Division was
ordered to take Ibis hill It started
against It fnuitallv. To make that part
of the sloiy shoit it did not gel
Ihe hill; it did not evtn get to
the hill; but It did find out that hi
Hho vvnetlf stirtehlng all aioimd Its
I Ides the flu mans had line after line
of barbed whe. tiench after trench, hun
dreds of machine guns, and In the scrab
ble on the ere! Vmie 77s with gunners
whu knew how to sh.vi' them point
blank
I pass over the next four vlobnt at-
If mpts to take that hill and come In one
lalnv morning just before light, when
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ed It. This was completed just as aaj
llght came, bringing a cold rain from
a leaden sky. With water dripping from
their tin hats, but keeping their pow
der dry. the men of the lCCth started
up that hill from nil sides.
Let us tell It here that on the hill
were 180U Hermans of a Ciuard division,
more than 230 machine guns and 7t.
The Ohio boys had not started De.orj
they struck wire and eacit itir "
f let mans In trenches with rifles ana
niHcliltio guns.
v.. nn. .iie to talk to those lowans
ahotit poor Ceiman morale. As .they cut
througji the wires the Hermans went at
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them with bayonets, wane ...... ---snipers'
and muchliie-gun bullets, on
the slippery hillside, with the German
upstalrB, look place hundreds of hand-to-hand
lights. our boys got th
machine guns Into play, and they tell
mn that machine-gun duels took plM
nt twenty yanls and less.
Five lines of vvlrti hatl to be cut. It
cot Americans to go through each one,
and It cost Hermans to try to hold each,
line Our lads being well up the hill
bv this time, our artillery was called off
Many lads who did the bravest ot
fighting tfld not come back to tell of It.
Ilul those who came back tell of a ser
geant who, when his lieutenant was shot
down, led on platoons, and of one platoon
who did not even have a corporal lo lead
It ami was Jed by a private, who as
sumed command until he was killed 1n
a fight with a Heunan captain, who a.
moment later was killed by the bunkle of
the dead American. ,
right Lasts s, Hniirs
All the time the two 77s were pump
ing shells Into the Americans, but Just
us often they were hitting Germans,
until the gunners quit,
The righting kept up slv hours, until
Hie Americans got through the last wire,
past the last trench, untl there, on the
tortured top of that hill they took 107
Hermans The rest of UOO had been
killed or wouutlrd. Our losses were con
siderable, something more, than half of
the Herman lossesv but we got the hill
and they lost It.
I speak of Iowa, New York and
Alabama boys, and so on, but here It
should be stated that the workings ot
the war machine are fast obliterating
that Identity Keplaocments are sent
Into these obi regiments regardless of
the Statu of their nattvlt) From these
seasoned itglmcnts many men are
promoted mid stnl to command platoons
In raw regiments. Some axe sent baclc
homo to train Hoops, nntl then there Is
the Inevltab'e war toll of killed and
wo ailed. I may Illustrate what I mean
by sa.vlng that of mure than 3000 men
who came to I ranee as the leath.-reg'-
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