WW,' lyiMIBIHF uwwi - . ' ' ,'weT'SW"''jrt ' - . e " -,- j ,w- i. I. i ' if i i mam i')il NIGHT EXTRA IBeoaer K' f'' (f.jaw fraMHgton, Octt 24Raln late lo nfjfjf and on Friday; tcarmer tonight. TEMPERATURE AT KACII IIODIt rrroiio i-ii ii2ii cs'i i r&i V? tf P' cv 148 146 147 153 I I I i I l"l I THE EVENING TELEGRAPH i. ".r. ,"" VOL. V. NO. 35 Published Dally Kxcrpt Hundur. BuWrlption Price I Id a Year by Mall. CoprrlsM. loin, by the rjiMIc I,edBrr Company. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1918 Kntcred o Sccond-Cinni Matter at tin- Pmlnftlr nt Philadelphia, Pa. fi.dcr th Act or March . IATO. PRICE TWO CENTS K and r . CAPTAIN HELD BY FOE LAUDS 'DANDY FIRST J. Burke Cousart, of This City, Captured at Chateau-Thierry Ljf BOYS FOUGHT LIKE ' "SPARTANS,"' HE SAYS Several Lieutenants From Here, Taken at Same Time, With Him SENDS- PHOTOGRAPHSI Asserts Men Treated "Well. but Time DraRs Abks for Candy anil Tobacco Pi out the German prison camp at VUUngcn comes n tribute to the Spar tan bravery of members of the Old rirst Regiment. X. O. P.. now part of the' 109th Infantrv. It is contained , In'lettcrn written by Captain J. nurfcc Cousart to his wife, who lives at Cuau. Willows avenue, describing the battle near Chatcau-Thlcny. July IS- Cap-) tain Cousart commanded Company Ii then, but was captured. With his latent letter. Captain, Coti-( wt sends the first photographs of Philadelphia! in the prison camps to bo received in this city. :KTia?Tea?? SS' the SpUln. He for tobacco and fiVva T lfe In the nri-on camp Is not , "Mlt. he US-! Ut that the time passes so slowly. "The war is over for inc.1 he la-, meiTtsn-l. of course, the horn- em j Interminable." Miracle Any One Tould I.I" Wilting of the battle Captain Cousart M"Un, a miracle that any Jiuinan be-j tg could Use thiougii me "'"".. "A "J bombardment and attack. thank for .all thoe spared r'beedtbHr "Hers received fron. Captain C'ou-Vibi-lilii wife told of many ..Ulcers f?om thti city who were take:. TrUon., er by th Ocrmans. . After pergonal leferences Cuptalp , Consent wrllen Consent wriiw. ., , ., , . , "Corporal .icsepa .' " ,',, I a prisoner In some other German camp h prisoner in Jll ....... ,-, , We wero In a tremendous battle and lost many men. i am u -' what has become of some ;'; cei.s III my c?nip-n. """'"" "" j Shock and Crossinan had one avenue of escapa.and with a few men. P'rhap. . got through to our own lines. I am I pretty Sure that c'onnell Kane got back to, our regiment. If to, he Is new g--, Ing to school and studying to be an offl ,.,r. I tecoiumended lilm. .Sergeant. Herro Is safe. He was ot a hospital at the time of the attack. And now about myself. . ,, VI was taplured on the Slaire nf er all my men had been driven off. killed or wounded .while serving with tie, French rector. Caplaln Mackey vvas liu Ibis at another part of the front and, we fearcU for him. The battle was mi July 1B and began at 12:J0 a. m. - . ...' .- .... ii, ,,niii i n m . the same were in iiic iii ... - -- -- day when, we suddenly found ourselves, surrounded. Vow don't let this alarm. vou, sa P-am alive .ami man) ...' came through alive ard some uninjured. ii.nt Surniinillng" "This is a very beautiful country i'd our present sunoundlngs, ate finite, pleasant. I am well. Theie aie s i g real many French, Portuguese and Italian offlceis held prisoner. at tbtsx ciimp. .Send tobacco and clgais. The American , r.ed Cross will take care of my other needs. I might mention that there, are a few other American officers with me. This letter vvas written at Kadstadt on i iiiiv !3. and a second letter written I from Vllllnger near Baden states that Captain Cousart bad been tranaferred. .u.. a, n.i laiior snvs: "lhe war la .dver for Vie and my time heie will be slow of course. '. n,1..4iitAna in nnt bad and we are wtll treated. I believe that tha struggle will be over by unrisiniu. we am limited to1 four Utter cards and. four postcards per month. Bergeant Barrett and .Lieutenant Sloane, from the 109th, also Lieutenant Brown and Swarta, of Xt Company, and Lieutenant Illtteroth are here, too. All the ofllcera and men are well. We have been to the Laon fortrees, which dates from 1895. We surely had a hot fight, and did our best to carry out our orders. Thla we did, but unfortunately we were cut off. "We were a pretty tired lot when we arrived here today, but had a bath, and feel fine now. It has been.aome t,lme since we enjoyed aucb a treat. Of roure. I lst all my equipment during the battle. My dugout was blown lo nothing, and I was glad to escape. "It was a miracle that uny human being could live through the terror of a bombardment and attack such as this. But I thank God for those spared and feol a great sorrow for all who died. They died nobly. All were bravo and served their country well. There Were 4nian)' miraculous escapes. I am sorry that I' liaVe been captured, but w 111 have " to be contented with my lot," .Pictures of Captarrd Offlrera X postcard bearing the date of July 30 waa received by Mrs. Cousart on Monday. Iu this message the soldier say that everything la going well with him and that the pictures lie forwarded ' tvre thoae of officer captured on July 1C, Describing the pictures, he says: , All are officers and nrmy n.en but one big fellow In blue standing on -the right. Please tend some hard candy, be cause it Is an absolute treat. Am not at all despondent and am trying to Im prove my time. All the clothes I have are on my back, and In these I was t captured, rcn't worry." Mrs. Gousurt Is an Alsatian, fihe has two children. James V. Cousart, father of tha soldier, lives at S03 Wil JoW avenue. KgA' 1 THE KAIH flt AI.I.Y. I IW im- .PHILADELPHIANS IN GERMAN PRISON CAMP BbIbB J"" A 'HRW 5-i' 'Tr 4P t4lft Piii " aBBBUfr't sibM. ' "fi?iT ibCbV BL. T" ijaAivis'-BBBBB'' v' BBBBBB ivBBk 'BBBSBfcBBVaffrVxaBHBBBBBHBBljSBVamAk VmBBBHalBflBK K HHBKSBBBBBBBBBBBBKijHBBlBBBBBBHBPxXiM MiflKEUMjXffEmBM Ktki . aBBaaaaaaaaalBBBKElBBBBVVHja'rirtvS?BK w' .aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaBa'BwiBjBBjBBBWv IBBBBbbbbbv la v tBBajBMriaBaaBBjBBBBaBBBBjaviSBBBBBBBB I 5lt. ?J' ' "TJtiBr''-. iBBfB&V " ymUnm 'tef'aW & 4asX Hr" c. BrTaEBBBBV L fa.-t.. Jt BaBBalWeTJBaf v E wlB PKtf L-fkJP a K bbbbbC Kmvvzzzx.'r Kwt'ir xa? s'-f.i-.w x-ata.' rv"V? i i... i....-KHt. r .1. . .. 40-FT. CHANNEL RESTS WITH CITY "Get - Together" Move Means Suecess, Says New Navy Yard rfead URGES STRONG FIGHT ' Philadelphia cm be nssurd of u great navy yard, a forty-foot channel that will make It possible for Hie ctty to develop a real p-.rt ihat will compete with 'New York a::d win untold rlchrs. if Its el: I aens get together and Inscilhe on the elWs banner tho simple but foiceful words- wr. WII.1.." - "NT, WII.I.." - nctlon will coinncl the forces I Such ii. i mh.iuB.iii, one 01 me urri 10 rcarli tin rounli y Irom a lierm 'i prison camp, was received in this iity by the wife of Captain J. B. Cousart, who lives in Wet lHiilailelptiiu. A.I but one of the officers shown in the picture are rertdents of tlili'it. Captain Coucart font no identification with the photograph, but Mrs. Counarl rerognitcd tome of the officers, from left to right the third man .Mantling is Lieutenant Brown, Company M, , 109th Infantry, who is well known here at "High PoiLet" Brown: fifth nun. Captain Couart. At extreme right i Lieutenant Sloane. Bottom row, left to right, third man, is Lieutenant Quinn, of the lOOtli; fourth, Lieu tenant Walter L. Swart, of Stranton, Pa.; fifth, Lieuteiuiil Hiterolli. also of the 109lli. that-have the powvr to er..ut(! Mich a i hi political circles In n.idjpext, accord program o begin i work and begin iin- Ing to a I'.urlcb depatch to the Journal, mediately. ' Auytrla-Hungurv already Is retonellsd These aiert.on urn tint- vr.t.A.-i . ,, ,.,,, ,. ,.,,,, .,,,..-ir-AsS: """'"' l """", " m me private omcesajs a iltspatcli to the lTankfort Zel-'rog. by -tl" Ahierlfan on the buttli'"U!" of Vulehe'ennos. f JSMp Admlru, cap,M K nuhM. tunc. Ucau?o Vlehna la threatened l!li' i ,. -, ,....,'... .....' Important to the her Jt me iiiw- commandant of the Phlladelnlila Nuvk Yard at I.eagUfi Island. Active steps' towaid envtnlllzlnmiiil,. .. ' .... lie sentiment In favor of a fortv.fool channel for Philadelphia ns outlined to iiMj- iiv j.pur Aumirui Hue les w 11 Im taken nxt vvetl; by llle Joint executive ' (Oiiiinlttee for the Imp-ovement of the ' harbor, accordlnir to Km 1 1 I vtiirniit piesldent of the Houre. near .vumiial lluglies assmned'the duties of his new assignment last Raf- uruay, out ,i:k siuuy or I'hlladelDhla aial Us pORslbinihn ns a great port I Ing President Wilson-. reply to Austria and naval has cover a pei'od of twenty In the House r.f .olds hi Vlir.iu tod.o. yeats. l-'ollowlng the SpanNIi war he said that Austria was able to endo:e fie came to the local yard to mive'ln the i ,1,,'f idenf iimh- program wltho-it fo livdroKranhlc office and remained i .r 1 saklr.g deep-looted coi.vlctlons. He ce S nee i then lie II is sil'cd the seven i e'ured It was aM.lstoi c and fuiidiuiiei.tm ! nn.i nft.i. ifi, ii s"enlldea o the llapsbutg monarchy tli.it ml sii and after a study of big port Hts peoplm should have eijui.l r'ghts. He development returrs to this city with i did not think the I'icsldenfs rrplv would tlte firm conviction ' t It Is rich lp re.u',t In a breaklrg eff nf ecliar.gc possuillllics aim mat lorce, fvergy anil initiative on the part of a united citizenry will accomplish the end that today I mciely a dream, MuL Pemanda at Waahlnglon As thekjlrst step In this program the mm' mart sals that the city must go to Washington and after outlining Its development campaign deliver th's short, messago: "We want the navy yard con tinued as a great uaso anil want It developed Into the greatest ard In the country, , We want a forty-fo'ot channel tn order to place us on an equal footing wlllvNew York. In rturn we will offer good housing condition for the army of new worker and protect them with good wholesome surroundings. We will furnish good transportation facilities and do everything toward attracting the right type of worker to the clly." ..... ij.hI.j1 lTnc-h.. ilnpun't thl.il- n.at tbere Is anything t'toplan about' that Plan. bul 'Pre1y a course that Is dictated or rather should be dictated by tbe common sepse of America's third largest city. If anybody doubts the feasibility of a forty-footv channel the following Htate nient from the tear admiral Is worth digesting. "It Is true," he began, "that a forty foot channel wllj necessitate a great deal of dredging, but dredging Is necessary In any channel. A few week ago I visited a famous river In the British Isles. Great shipyards lined the banks and huge column of smoke rose sky ward from Boores of stacks. A ship builder -turned to me and said 'God gave you the Hudson., but our dollars made the Tvne.' That philosophy cun be ap piled to Philadelphia and her great river that, flows to the sea." Why Forty-foot Channel la ceaaary Why U i8 necessary for the city to have a forty-foot channel laexpralued In the following sentences: 'This war has taught us the lesson that It pays to be prepared. That'means that we will con inue to maintain a big navy, and a big navy means the building of big ships. To maKe It possible for these ships to be built on the Delaware It is necessary to dredge a deeper channel and maintain a depth ot not less than forty feet. Also bear In mind that we ore developing a real merchant marine. At present the larger ships must go to New York because po other port can handle deep- rntlnod on lng Two. CIumn 8I1 WIRELESS FLASHES U.S. REPLY Wilson Ultimatum Must Have Heaclied Berlin This, Morning By (Jieiocioed Presi Waablntlon, Oct. 24. President WIU -. -..w- tn nrrm&nv vvas sent uroad- cast to the wf-Tld from the Arlington naval radio towers last nlgtt after the official text had been put on the cable, If -not picked up dlrectlyby the great aernian station at Nauen, It undpubt- H' 'f i n .',' .. Si ?&X" - ... . .. Philadelphia Heroes Pictures ami sketches of the Hvs of Plill.ulclphlans who have been killed nr wounded on the battlefield of Primes appear on page H ot this issue. HUNGARY TO ASK SEPARATE PEACE BUDAPEST HEARS Dual Monarchy Recuncileil to I licoiulitional Surremlnr ;is Fmuiiie Threaten Hy the .tstociated Vess IMrln. (Kt ':. ' Jluagjry tmends In apply Uheci the Kntente ftovernnietits to ayccrtdlnon what terms thev win ., u i.. what terms they will grant an armls- tlce and peace to Hungary. It l rwurttil in tis t.iu. .,f n.ixiuun .t ...... tt..inr... ' ." "" "'..'S'""":":"-. i. .r... .. . .. ... : "''". me auiiiwities nre poivi'rits-, jandlaws are no longer enfoteed. ' Presldmt M'llion's rculy to Ati-strla's note has bad an overwhelming effect lnlanJ "-st " the Meuse Ilantlievllle was Vienna. Xot only vvas there u violent Dane Hi 1 nancial uireles. but Hia im'o was coi-nld-red In political quarters a'1. being extiemely humlliatlnB for the ditap mriti.ii-.in. Ilv EDWIN I,. JAJILS lly the Associated I'resi Anmlrrdum. (Jet. "4. Baion von llus- s.uel.-. the .Vnmnnn i-m!.r i,. .it..,.., UNIFORMS RISE, POLICE SORE Hill s tor Uiitlits SJiovv IUI) er, Cent Price Increases violent piotest went up fiom lo police today when bills for winter Unl roim were lecehed. Several met tlneuteni.il to ie!gn rather thai p.,y Ineica-e amounting to 100 percent. Overcoats that last ear c Ht $21. CO weie bllcd today at 4 1.50. Before the wer patiolmtu bought oveicoat fJI lU.li, too much for lnany natrolmen ilr-iwlnir about $100 a mo.it'i. 1 nrunrniT niunuiv mnnnirn UCITlUtIfll tHHiniTlftn nUttKltUI wcie ft, ana Di-iore ine war $j. ire iur "' UUI iiosuions in me Bols Bauthe- iir"-" ' ".-- .... .wi in..-.s .ic( unij iu vii i.aii. . .... ..h ...... , v.,. .. v..,,m.i icmawntc piles of cap is uiiilianged. at w.83. , vllle. , been peuetiated and numeroas vlllagrs ; utterly overcome. The Allies will deal with "veritable representa- rhe total for the winter outfit Ih SC8.1U, , After our rapture of Hill "ni ocr-jpled. " . .. . ,. ., ., ... ., ,. nJ'JT1-0". w"1 illli"u :8'. the eneniy position BiVeulies lil-1"!1' " "nMilng the .le-' tives of the German people, eruable representatives of the German "i"?" .if' nomi?,.?.lj.."5L.-.J.('cu..bA-.'vas rendered untenable .,,i ,.,., ',,. fensc svtem which serves as a bar-l nnnnle. under the Dlain meaning of the President's note, would bo men niv. iiwitfuiuHii vJ vuiillllllirr. Wall I m McCormiek's Anxiety Shown in,a,ld our success may Indicate that'Vhe Imnmillnn'. Annunl ( l,'.l. .. ,, imiiB men nas somewhat wor n .. A ancf..c-. JtcConnlck. Democratic .a. down the German resistance In front of tional Chairman, Is woirled about thcu. l . nl oc congressional election His anxiety Is - admftted In an appeal for funds, sent " .........v.v D ..,,,,v.u. . i uiiuii anneal for funds, aent out by the Democratic National Com-IIT mlttee. Mr. McConnlck, aicordlng to the ap peal, also attaches Importance to the lccent fli.i.l(nn hi Mnlni- whun llir Kepubllcans made a clean sweep. ' W. D. Jameson, assistant treasurer of i the Democratic National f"onimtttee. mgns tne appeal lor tunas. Here is an excerpt: "The Itepubllcans aie out to win Con giess this fall. What would Berlin think If the Admlnlstiatlon's party met with national defeat. You and the balance of us must not permit this to occur." MORE REVENUNHLL CHANGES Senate Committee Adopts Xew ' Inheritance Tax Plan By the Associated Prcu Wlilnston. Oct. 24. In lieu of the taxes on estates proposed In the House war revenue bill, the Senate Finances Committee. In Its revision today adopted a plan of taxing Inheritances J 10,000 and mnrA nt rntes to be fixed later. The committee alio decided to reduce to is.zo per gallon tne tax on uiat spirits used far Industrial, medicinal oilier nonDeverage purposss. TERRORJRIPSJERMANY Dread Approaching Winter and Fear Allied Air Raids london. Oct. it. A dispatch to the Dally Mall from The Hague ua: "From all information available hers In Germnny there Is a widespread dread of winter xand of daily and nightly air raids from Oerman airdromes In Bel glum, which are now In the hands, of the Allies. It Is Indicated that audi raids i would nroduc internal results in lqrmBV quite different from the pren 'Si jfntBa of unrt,' V .-era- ,w)v ,W2IWT.'KSaSi ,. ..... AMERICANS PUSH INTO FOE'S LINES Deeply Penetrate German Positions on Verdun- Arsonne Front TElT0J Vl vrLAh VjI E. I P . lly the .tiiociated I'rem Willi llir Amrrlinn Arm.v Norllmrst i.f Verilan, Oct. II. American patrul. iar!y ti day pcj.t- trated deeply Into the German lines In i Vi.i-.iim tl , " ' u "c """ "rl" "f in region or Graru Pre iind rorth of . .7. " "'""J. '".g n.s arllllerj ma inatli'ne guns freely .along Pie entire front. There hiis been little e'lange In tlii- situation since kit' night By the Associated Prvsi VV M.lilnxliui, Qst, U4, f'uiitlnUed piog. ......I. ... ii.ujii is renoriea iivi Zi2.,", nr,,-n' i-.m ,. ... . ini-u .o me iiuii-n no-. feneia.i caning, hneni: ponlt'ons eastif.er and south mid ejt to the Me'lce or ,1"' JrtU-' were penetrated esteiday, Pnles the enemy can hn'l the U-!tMi I completely occupied and lb American !.... .... n..,.., - ....... . . """",-,cu u" a r,a normnest or "' '"" Spnial Cable to Ili-ening Public Ledger CowMI. IS1. h-j Xtia A'oilt Tih'm fo, ttitli llisa Vmrrliuii Army lip trance, (ot. 21. ii The Plie: American Army scored Im poitant ucsese. ? vstirday In Severe fighting along the fio.T north of Verdun. On the left we again diove tlio Ger- mans out of Giand-Prc and advanced iitua,iio hoous iiun.i oi tne town; m the center we again took Bantheville ard bttteied our pjsliion at several po'lils In that v.inity; on the right we cleartd the German frorti Brieulle. The Germans In id stubbornly to all theso poslt'oa-. We met very stiong !.. .!... . l .... lV',t"-"" " "" legion or i.rand-Pre. and our attack precipitated very heavy .lighting In the region fit Talma farm and Bellejojeuso farm. In tho Pol Traves a bitter flir'.i. ,e. "",..'. guns on both sides, took place. .uaiiuievllle was again taken by l"re torceu T$?x rputro9lsymtefrod;ce In turn were Hheiied out by th mornl who In iGerniar.s. Yesterdays advance were the most ,...,,..,., ,,. rt, maae m ten dav "-....i. J.IHIII, UIU QaV lyreHSIirn I... i'ershlng's men has Hnmcwliat worn i DAAT onri -rs U-BOAT SHELLB aff - ICL.lH,r O 1 tAIVIFR Ou' 'irt" niovri up in reinvs so mai '"' --'lIEaI t , tlu,re S constantly a heavy fire on the VESSEF IN PfiDTi German front and rear. t a-isjjll,Li m ITVJK. 1 I British troops have reached virtu- 1 t -.- 'ally the whole Scheldt, canal ban!; tn,:..'., n i 1 r, , , ' northeast of Valenciennes. The Geri Slap Deck and Deckhouse Torn mans lave broken down the banks Vwav -in.l C...,.l . i t. and opened the alulce gated northeast -wvaj ana Smokestack Rid- a .S,hwl.,t of the city and have i died in Attack The vessel was1 bound to thla country r a car en rni- n. !.!.,.. --!.'- "".'.'A when the "attack vvaTmad"" Its'sno he! stack was riddled nnd d. Ai-v ....L' fnr a rnrsn i.it " .. i , ?"hr,!.'r0e J5rn.'awJ'.y. b' "" from the, L vi'i fld. Bt. distance of thr.ee miles. l tZSTr" '" ,-- van"". ' The &&7l. K IS I novernment and then submit to the humiliation of an armistice &1&Fg ink rood from this country to the Bel- ;;,"t ide 0f the canal opposite the arranged under the hard conditions which the President leaves cxplic- , ou the German people, who plainly ginns. has ..arrived at an Atlantic port roilsmes forest resemble a great lake., jtiy to General Foch and his associates in the Allied command. ' are told that the United States can badly damaged V shells fired by u It is not probable that the city can , conversation are finished The two wavs out are rleii-lv not discuss peace with those who lilth German submarine, ott the Faroe l approached from the southwest be- the conversations are nnisneei. tne two w a s out a:e clearly , ert0 llavc been masters of Germany'i Islands. . ontue of similar flooded conditions. marked, and Germany must adopt one or the other. No middle course noilcv. because the nations of tlio . ii!,,JK "X?!?"r,ne.,,rSw UP. beside'," " tne German artillery has been !hf.. -!"' Alh5 shelling, "he Or, JIX w- " It he ng'.tron S, lof he steamer, went aboard the U-boat Many civilians are still In these place. ?rnUnVer 1,e llB, nrov,1 hat he had no was entitled to safe passage because lie "!!rl?!1. i?a for "J Belgian, he was '"Thi'arSeH..,., Ing agaln't the rounded !.!. nf n, L-boa', before the vovaa-e wa ramnri T . INCONSEQUENTIAL i?alu due One "pooh" and fuo "tut-tutt") ,lej tcarmer (If't a shame 'J TJie scjalrrcJ caiinof alng for nuts But;geti there Just the same. nr - W v. L ,,l&.mj&':- fitiWf 3.. .'s'gin. itsaBUrA ula-Aa'V.J V 'V "SMsoCiSlUl if LsX ' ' HAIG SWEEPS FOE BACK ON 15-MILE LINE 6000 Prisoners. M a n y Guns and Numerous ' Towns Captured (GERMANS ARE CLEARED FROM RAISMES FOREST Anglo-Americans Cross Eiail Ion French Pass Sambre and Asbibt in Drive ALLIES NEAR LE OUESNOY Four-Mile Gain Made Teu tons Flood Valenciennes ' Area Threaten Maubeuge l.nndoii, Oct. -4. field MurHliul Halg's attack wa resumed todav nil ulong the fifteen- mile-front between the Siimbre-et. Olhe C.iniil and the Scheldt. The Brit- Nil Third and Kourtli Armies nre fuc- ces.sfully pour.dlng their way toward i Mons and the Xlaubeuge fortress after mi adviuice of thre to fo-i- miles yes- .! 1....I...- ...1.1... .'AAA ..! . vvpt-.. ,..,,, -o.i 'Americans air parth-lpatlng in the di ive.) The Ilrltl.-th have crossed Uie Houil- lon Ulver and have captured the ll. ! I.lges of NVuvllIe, Salesche.s and Hear-' dlgnle.. A German counter-attack late yesterday at Ileaudlgnles was repuls ed niutirilgnl Is one and u half mile MijthWest of I.e Guesnoy. the h'ef stronghold which defend Jlau lif'lge m t!ie west. TS. iiir n... in.. ..!..i -.,... clenne In u pocket and its early fall expected. The llritlsh evidently are '.ot attempting to complete the cap. lure or a:enc:enneH by the troops which have entered tho city, but are ' trjlng to force the enemy out by Hani.- In' movements. The TtAlsme forest north of Valei fiennen, has bei-u occupied by the Piltlsh, who have cleaied out the r- , malnlng German forces. Xorth of tin- .ore,; me i r tisii nave captured the t village or filler. Haute Hive. nd Thun. Sharp lighting i continuing north and south .if Valenciennes, boll I The Ilrltlr.lt thraf u;nIoulitdiv Iras li-irtly ly shaken ' (icrniun defend !h of Vulefip'enhPH." whVh .ire sa .ortant to the se.jtliv of the C'cr. - t...., n., ,..... .. attaorfs toda-. U would seem thev ' "'i!'1. '?nVe to coni:'l'"'e the'.f refea't " "ci"n mm soU:h and eat of the OIe. ... ......,..,, ,i,i H.ru inv uj, aro mil By fe Associated I'ren Cateau lYerch tioops bave e-osel raris, iiet. ;. uoutliea-t of I.o iiie namure v,-,ini.i ease of (i,ind . ef. ly, as the- W.i" OlMce statement toda'-. The rreuch inuluiilned their gains east of the c.in.t In spite o" stiong German coiiiitir-titl.-icl.-.. iThe l-'re.ich u-e co-operating with the Ur.t , Ih ar.d American In their new drive below Valenciennes) South of Mnnlcornet. furllu-r to tl-e' east, the Trench have Inci eased their t. in norm or rvlz.v-lt-comie. Along the .Ship theie w.is lively flght'iig north of Merbrroourt. By the Anudaliil Presi Willi the Alliid Armies in Krauce and Itelgltim. Oct. L'4. The Hiitlsh li.iv-p taken moie than MOO prisoner and ln.my irup In their new atluck, begun josterd.iy morning on the front below Valenciennes. Gain have been made on the entire front of nttacl: from south of Le I'ateau to the- Scheldt. Po!t'otn to a ireatmg elurnylThe'neMt Mnc soon ;a be Woken or outflanked. Bailie in Moonlight The British iittuck are continuing I noitli and south of Valenciennes. In , nrilUUlil ill.iiiiiis ..o..tu u., , uni - i ,n- nnraa oi . the British ii,. ml n MKin " ' nre U"1R " i In-' fn(,;" "' nlllit-Mmblni! iilrpliincH, iiule Btcnclv irain. They 'nre uum '- "- " "" " BAA-a.it tt. tntfna nrtf4 nnt (it "' " .mce ,e "r '' esln has the whole line attacked all the t nkAnffl'Aa a4 Ilia ) rt a 4k Imh I HfTlCS t'l UUJ f Wj Hit? rKuv (-ttltl'i ' flooded vast stretches of the country Sharp Fight In Street tirtiuii. however, have The Hrltlsh. however, have fought j .i,.i, win- into the elly from the west. way Into the elly from the west, and there have been Hhnrn encountere , the streets between patrols. Tire ileayy shells dropped with regularity I fewiHiwed an Tate Wli. Column Mt " ' liKPHTF. FRFICHT RATR PflWFR ...... r r , . liiierBtuic veiiuuicrve? commission Insists on Right of Alteration By the Associated Press vv..lilniton. Oct. 24. The Inleraluil Commerce Commission today asserted It authority to alter raurnaa rreignt rates Initiated by Director General McAdoo, even without . affirmative showing that they are wronVr tend -announced that tha II assumption that such rate are presumed to b rllitaa-K.ii,iBrp. .j - . "." -- '- ' .l.nll, nf mnM llinn inn., n.ll.,.. I. .. ..I.. 1.. il.n a. lanf ftf ,,.,l.-mrr tllOlU m-lhlllinl'4 llirm f.A,r,,,i .,.,,....... foxf of t)t Ultimatum to germam Walilncloii, Oct. L'4. The Secretin of State tail night I wmlr p.ihUc thr folloxring : 1 Krom the Secretary of Stnte to the 1 Cliurco d'AITaliej of Switzerland, ttd Interim, In charge of Oermun Interests 1 In the V nlted States: Department of Slate. October 23, 1P1S. Sh I liae the honor to acknowl- tde the receipt of jour note of the J2d. trunsmittlr.3 a oommunlcatlon under date of the 20th, from the Gcr- man Government and to advise j out that the President has Instructed m? i to iepy thereto as follow. ' ' Having received the solemn and c:- pllcit ussurance of the German Gov. ernnient that It unreservedly accepts the terms of peace laid down In his , address to the Congieis of the UnlttM ' nr.ee by Germany will afford the best !talM " tl,p 8th of January. 1918, 'concrete, evidence of her unequivocal and the pririUpIcs of bettleiiienl enun.t acceptance of the tcrms!and prliRlples ' ......... ... ... ... ... -- . I.I.I. .!, ,.1,1 iiMlnti L-iuveti iii ins suoscqueiii nutirt'sses par. tlcula-ly Jllel.iuldresM of the STth of ScpicihIm::-. .and th.u It desires V dls.,t. cuss tho ,vlPla!Is;of their application, and that this v,iU and p'irpose cma- nale not from those who havo hither- to d.cnted llnrmn policv and co.i- ducted the p,cf-,nt war o.i German, behalf, but from. ministers who speuli for an overwhelming majorltj of tha German nconle: antl. bavin received I also the explicit promise of tho pres ent fieiinan Government that the hu mane rales o. tivlilM.l warfare will bo obfeivjd bot:i o'l land mid s.c.1 b..- ' "..... .v.. . . nit . .iue.il o. U illrd State fes'.s that he cani.nt de.-'lfe to take up with the govc.-imie.iU with w'.i'ch the Govern- nient of the flitted States 1 nssoiiatcd the question of nn annlstlce. tie deems It his duty to say again. however, that the only unn!tlce ho would feel Ju'tHled, !'i submitting for lOiisUIcr.it'.oi would be u: o which .shojlit l.ive the T'ijlte.1 State mi." the I'ovvetv ns'otlat.1!! with l;er In u po'lt:o,i to en.'oi'co uny ar..nv;enii,.iti that in '.v li- enter I 'nto lind lo Isialie :i in-iKvvil of InislliitiiM on (lie part of Germany Impossible. The President has. ,ie.-ifu- tivi'ismltttj "is cm' lespu iV'ic. vitu t'-e pnsif'.it (!e. ma i am u..!(Ws to tho guvci -nieaU Kaiser or Conscience fFJiick?- ' - (Kdiiorial) .. ..i.n, ti.irnn.IIK ll .. UKl-slui'i-M v iwu.vn ia'tt r.oic is v.nas me .vmerican people auu tie veil cf t'.te Allied r.ut'oiie place ll' the civilised vorU -fo- 'lv li nf ,t, ..ondit'onq 'of u "iW near.? c of the L01.1'Ji:J?J12-O" iiifc.lVaii.J', removed rtm"p3wer,bceoridp839ll)lltty cf .-etuni. lie must, no lonffcr remain ever, in tli? liii'iirovmJ p tlin in oval inspiration of his people. Should the Geiiuans decide 'hat they cannot live without their War Lord, tho conflict must j;o on ar.d V.'ilhelm. his. sons, hi.4 generals and the Jiinkers-ln-Ohfef vv'll be torn frrm tlieir places by tho men of the Allied a.niif j rf;e."'tha invasion of Ge many. With'.i-a week, after the Berlin Government and the people of Ger many have hud tltiu to react to what is without question the mo3t awful indictment ever made by on joierr.iuent agaiiiht another, we hhall know whether the, way is to ro oa foi another year or whether the German '.uliiijr classes aie willing la sacrlfu'e their country and their people for a few mai.tb.3 more of life and au'hority. 1'r.iiue.itionaWv. the duel cf wit.-i betv eon lierlin and WashinKtou reaches a culmination and an end in the President'? reply. The Goimun plotters have lost. There need bo no more conversations-. Mr. Wilson lias appeared ints.it upon drawing the Gorman statesmen .out into the light of day. out into fie full view of the world and, above all, out under the eye.-; of their own people, so that what he had to tay to thei.i could be cleat ly heard and undei.stood. The notes sent previously from Washington to Berlin may be regarded as preliminaiy to the veibal lightning of yesterday".? message. The President says the Allies v. ill not deal with the present Ber lin Government, and they will not deal with the forces that have inspired the Bsrlin Government i.i any negotiations tending toward peace. The Allien will dral v itli the Kaiser, his milltaiy cabinet, or the rulers of the junker caste only explicitly opposed to all of the policie, and aspirations and methods of the Kaiser qnd his military clique of empire makers. They would be men ltprcsenting not cniy a new of mind in Germany. Mr. Wilson's nota is written for a world audience of varying minds which must be considered in nil Its elements if the cause of the Allies is to be maintained upon Its present high moral grounds. The Allies have no wish to affront the vast mass of liberal opinion in Europe and America by playing the brute in this hour of victory and thereby confusing the problems which civilization must face immediately after peace shall be declared. Nor can they afford to stop short in a war "ence. or ,tne ''"""a"' emphasized to fought with unparalleled suffering and sacrifice by temporising with ; nted States Gov-einmcnt1 now are a Germany in which any of tho germs ot military insanity are left alive and active. The issue is clear-cut now. The Allies can invade Geimany and lay waste tho land with a clear conscience if need be. The German peo ple btill have their opportunity for their own salvation. They are told that they are beaten. They can lemains. VALENCIENKES REPORTED EVACUATED CANADIAH TADQVABTEBS IN FKANCr, Oct. 24 British airmen report that Valenciennes has been evacuated by Qermaa soldiers except for posts at a fewpolnts Ih the city. Tbe Qtrotaas, are cjlnglne obstinately to the last bank of the Scheldt Canal north of Valenciennes. FREtfC& CA?ID11E 700 OK ITALIAN FRONT JrM? Oft-i-F'Tn t9r9 rt7 ytrte4" WT X0t4tJ?p, tapfJ0r,tftW T'WlWrW e ya9.0icll wWllvlJW'"'' ' i'W 'le.L'aia.lLJlJwi'Si &Lvu fej-i J r V 1 v i .with which the Government of the, United States Is associated as n be!- llBcrent, with the sUBRestiou that. If those poernments are disposed to ef feet peace upon the terms and prin ciples indicated, their military adIs- ' crs and the military advisers of tne 'United States be osltcd to submit to the governments associated against Germany the necessary terms of huuIi an armistice as will fully protect the Interests of the peoples Involved and Insure lo the associated governments the unrrhlriitetl ower to safeguard and enforce the details of the peace to which the German liovrriunriit has agreetl, provided they deem such an armistice possible from the military pont of view. Should such terms of ( armlstlco be suggested, their accept-' oi peace iium nmui ....v ........ .......... proceed?. ,Tfcn .UresldetU .would, deem himself lacking In ciiulor uui lie noi ponu ( out in the frankest possible terms the leloll why extniordlnary safoguaras nrust bo demanded. Slgnillcant and important as the constitutional changes seem to be which aie spolteu ' the Geiman Tornlgn. Secretary in his note of the 20th of October, It does not appear tha' the principle of a Government responsible to the German people has yet been full .or.;ed out or tint any guarantees cither exlsi or are in contemplation ti'at 1110 a tei.iilnns of principle and of practice now partlaliy agreed upon . will be permanent. .Moreover. It does' .not appear that the heart of the pre. ent dltllculty has been reached. 11 may ho (hat future wars have been brought under (he control ot the Ger man people, but (he present war lias no( been; and It is with the present vv-i.1 that we niv dealing. It Is evi dent that the (termini people have no m.ui'ri of commmdlng the acqul-l the military authorities of "scence o. tile "empire In the impular will; that i, the power of the King of Prussia lo I reaibent'g inxlvnl 1'iu .,,11. .. ..P if... nn.1.... I.. . f onllnu'rJ an 1'jcr Nlv. Column 'Ihrre l . ...!. . il .- , huv u bean waiting for. It leaves no Knit or o'1 liU ii'.octati". Deforc any tn bs considered Vilhelm must be throrgh the medium of arm and jorni oi government out a new state reform their souls, set up a decent iil.rii.'j.'.a'St tj'i of vv,,vtv . ic I'ui.i,. ui .tie villi, lie: l ..,, .. . jt .,.'., , , , , I Allies their idea for an armistice and i uu.inp.itri5l; that the d'iteiiiilniug ,, ,. n , WILSON GIVES DEATH BLOW TOKAISERISM PresidenlSendsSharp Reply to Ger many A.U'I'OCRAC7 AITJST1 YTIT T iUU01- S. XLjIjU T Ill'tlier IJlSCUSsioilS IlllllOS i 7'l p , ATM SIU1C Willi I I'CSent iUlll i.,,.. Rnfr:, la'l lltK,,t- PEACE DEPENDS LPON THE GERMAN PEOPLE Administration Susnirinna nt ; U'",ms,rilU0" jtl8piCIOU8 Ot ; Iveforills and SmasllCS i Pli'inrp nf Fv!nn iiuim. oi oablOll i j ALLIES GET BERLIN PLEA' I ,.,. ' V ll011 Saj"s He Feels BotincI to Transmit Appeal for Armistice y ie Ai'ociateJ Prets Wnsliingloii. Oct. 24. N'u armistice except under condi tions of stirieiider. N"o pence vv'tli the Kaiser and his wa" lords, now or later. Thus President Wilson has given j ;"' own llnal decision In Infoiml'ic thn new spoUesmen of Ger I many that he has acceded to their -equest that he take up with the pei" negotiations. . The President's leply to the latest j German note has gone on its way to I Tleiliii. it was delivered to Frederick Oederlin, tho SwUs charge here, last night at 0 o'closk and soon afterward was ii'l the cables In ntnln RnirlUVi. ra tlr.ie being lost to convert tlio' " ' j President's uncomiiromlslna s-entencen ; , rito code. ' President Mis ((uicMy Appal ently the exehnnges wlijeftg had been 111 progress between Wash',) l,,uln .,,,,1 tltrt ltlla.1 .....tlnlo l.i''.' tho wireless version of the German communication was picked up Mon day trinlnated late In the afternoon, enabling the President to leply Just eleven hours after the official tegt ha 1 lit en delivered. Assurance. of the present author) Men at llerltn that tl.ev represent the German people, that they accept the condition of no.ico he ha laid down, and that the Geunan armed forces on land and sea will observe the rules of civilized warfare, are accepted by tho President only a changing the sltuutloti sufficiently to warrant him In formally submitting the question Involved lo the nations with which thn t"utted State I associated In the war. Kaiser .Must (ull Before Peace In kIoIiik tlit. without minting words, he tell thes" uuthoiltles and tluough them the Gernutn p-oplc. tliat the only ac-ueptable guuiantce of their words must he submission lo f-nns of an armistice that will make It Impossible, for Germany to renew hostilities: that the Kaiser still hold tho power to tontrol the empire, and that until he nnd hi autocrat i are out. sui render and not peace ne gotiations must be demanded. While this ultimatum is ainklng home In Germany, the Allied Govern, inents will be preparing for the next move, which lie. with them, acting In haiuonj with the United States. Klrt, there I to be determined, a the President ask., whether the Allies aie willing to effect peace on the con ditions enunciated by him and accept ' ed by Germany. If they do, the ques tlon of an armistice will be submitted to the military advisers of all the co- . belligerents and when the necessary conditions to render the German mili tary machine powerless for harm have ' been formulated, the program will be forwarded to Berlin. One point that those In the confl- ' through with separate dealings with the German authorities. The whole situation I before the co-belligerent Governments antl the future an. nouncements will be of the United States and the Government of the Allies acting In concert. The decision -of America s cobelllg- noilcv, world do not and cannot trust them. 1 if these military masters ana mon archlal uutocrats must be dealt with I now or in the future, the President said, the United States und the Allies i can demand nothing but surrender. .Must Enforce Peace In notifying Germany that its rev ! quest had been transmitted to the Al lies tho President said he had sug gested to them that If they are dls. posed to effect peace upon tne termaJ and principles now ncccptcd by tha present German authorities', their mU--itary advisers and those of tho Uni ted Stales ue usaeu, ii euey ueem an armistice possible from a military nnint of view, to submit terms of akv farmlstlto that will Insure the a. elated (JovernmeiiiH unrestricted pow' er to enforce peace upon the con41'-v?-, tlons uccepted by Germany, '.- v In the view ot military observe).. fcre. such terms would Include m.'- cupatlonti ot ktrateglo points in Qr CaaUaaed Paso Ht, fXwM i r ( ,t ' ;h
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