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Publlthcti Dolly Ktcept Sunday. Bubwrlption Pricei 10 n Tear by Mall.
' Copyright. IBIS, by the Public Ledger Company.
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1918
fcntefeJ as Second-l'InM Matter at the Poslrftlce at Philadelphia, Pa.
Under the Act of March 8, 1870.
PRICE TWO CENTS
:
Austria-Hungary Preparing to Demobilize All Her Armies,
Says an Official Statement GiYen to Newspapers of Vienna
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SLAVS PROCLAIM
1 INDEPENDENCE AT
LIBERTY'S SHRINE
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Lleiegates 01 iz uppresseu
- Mid-European Peoples
Declare Freedom
BELL PEALS FORTH NEWS
Cloud Vanishes and Sunlight
Floods Room as Crowd
Cheers Signers
1$ The Democratic Mld-Kuropcan unions
declaration of Independence was slgnea
at 11:67 tu.m. today In the same room
'in Independence Hall where America's
Immortal Declaration was made.
It was the declaration ot twelve op
pressedpcoples of middle Europe, aim
ing at national Independence, free from
the yoke of Germany, 'Austria or the
JUst thirty-three minutes after the first
name that of.vlr. Thomas G. MasaryU
wan affixed to the document, the lib
erty Bell of the new nations begun ling
'na; In Independence Square. Deafening
cheers burst from the crowds us the
belltolled. '
Doctor Masark. president of the
Czecko-Slovak republic, who for four
days bas presided over the conference
ot the delegates, iilaced his name under
the declaration nt 11:57 o'clock.
j m apppirina rtv-.r
The historic room was mica wnn men
and women of prominence; the naps of
the various peoples reprcbentcd were
ranged along the cast wall : two Bohe
mian soldiers stood stiffly nt attention
',.: i iho .lprlnrat on desk.
while seated In chairs of Colonial design
v . .. . .. i ...A;n in pleven dele
ft in tne ioreKiuMni -- - ---
., " ""',. r,(r.r Mnsarvk. who
v. gates, ouier wii ,'w. -
:5V .ta.aLVA,n hAinmn Rlaners.
IK, ..Using a gold pen with a blnck-and-
riWilte' quill stem.nnd seated in tne cnair
Hm had been- occupied ..by, John Han-
& rock. President Masaryk slowly wrote
l!V 1.1. ... i.nnn the narchment. A ClOUU
I?' over the sun had made the room slightly
Kw? dark, but nt the moment oi hikihuk
lit.ttil nhd sunlight poured In the win-
Wi dowft.
i .riin,.inn. nnrtor llasaryk. the fol-
1 1..tM ..AnraanntfltlveR Signed :
I-1- m nt Hollnskv. for the Pollsli Nu-
Atonal Department: Dr. Hlnko Hlnko
0., -. !. TnwviavK! Xlcholas Kez-
lln'skl. Ukrainians; Gregory satko c h.
.1 llhro-nualnsi Thomas M-.rouse ubii.
Lithuanians ; Captain Vaslle btolca. nu
'manfanB; Clifirles Tomazolli. Italian
.Irredentists; Chrlstos Vassllkakl. Unre
A.J.n.A Rmla: Crlsto Dako. Albanian
i VoUnnui-rminrll : lttamar Ben-Al, for
.the Jewish people of Palestine, and Dr.
O. PasdermadJIan. fr the Armenians.
Before the signing of the declaration.
an address was made by Judge William
' W. Porter, representing th" colonial and
historical societies of the City and State.
Apierlran Aid Wedged
In happily chosen words. Judge Porter
plcturedthe significance and solemnity
of the "occasion. "Never will we Amer
icans." he said, "fall to lenu our am
.to those who share our Ideals."
After the twelte delegates nau ainxeu
their names, K. J. Cattell, representing
favor Smith, snoke briefly. Delegates,
, special guests nnd others then proceeded
) to' Independence Bquaro, where a Jilat
1 form had been arranged In front of tho
1 1 new Liberty Bell.
! Children. In the native -costumes oi
j the varlouslcountrleH were grouped about
the. bell and rang It as Doctor Masaryk
concluded reading t'he new Declaration
vof .Independence to tne assemoiea i-rowus.
V Here and thereUmong the groups of
.''different nationalities, massed with their
, colore, before the platform, were signs
.proclaiming their defiance of Kalserism.
If ne usecno-Biovaa mono, iuucijchu
r . J At. ..n n.
nince pr urmii, i" v,.v.
IV "America; we love you. ine uruvo
boy of 1918 will fight ana uie tor.you.
another was Inscribed. '
" a m A i.tila .llnno-amf Ham an ft
minuni ironi aubui'uuiibij v. ..
their freedom and union with llumanla.
t .Ik., tnnrl ' I
invir niw rt . . . . I
Ir Kvantlv ofi the fit TO U 6 of 12:30 o'clocU.J
,Mie fiew j-.iDeriy pen ucih i &,
jrtroKe for eacn or me iwwvo jjcwiicn,
v f iL. t.lt...a as nntllia ttlat-
$ Among wio ihviwu ' v i.-
form Wn me aeiegaien wcio juuid ui
i ter. John Wanamaker. ,Jd. t. oioieioury
L-J AU... Z.sirviliiAtit'-ifn llP Hoclal. bUfll-
LIUIH ww" ' "" '
IneM or official world
MSAVOW SIXTH WARD MOVE
Mmocratic City Committee Dis
; claimi Attorney' Plea for
I1 t rt:v...
'Th' Democratic city comnilHee this
'afternoon declaimed all knowledge of
"ib motive oflta attorney. James h.
Curt No. 4 to apopint overseers tou-
mtvim tne pauoiin in rii" n
Kvmbr 5.J.- ,. . .,
' JVOge jonniweii, wnnm. u v?i'M.
ta for Udernpr, UfL-mrru iiiiiiock v
ft;.rUoui insioe iiiiuriiiniiuu un io
ve,?altnougn tJonun i w iinDuii
Ml. Chairman i-aim, ui mo nu
...... ...l. malm fin fjimmnl (rll
situation..
?No action can be taken until we
conier wiin f. hm. .-.
Bted back Mdday.'! r. ,.
the petition- filed wfth the couit.
an alleaes thai ruin nru luunyo
belnc used to swine to the Kepuu-
i-colums. tne uixin. i"r jcip m.
Dcmocfatlu ward In the city.
$, DOUBLES SHIP TONNAGE
!' Total lut 7 Per Cent Less
:vt Than in 1914
tan, Oct. 3 The totai
;, lonnaae, iiiviiimim w&
IjlUfyfCommlttee' were
iBsrtniiii, wmici-
JOHN R. K.SCOTT
TO BE VARE CHIEF
IN LEGISLATURE
Law Partner Witlulrawa its' Can-
ilidiitc So Congressman
Gun Go Back
The Vares will send Congtcssman
John It. K. ."-tott hack lo the I.egMatutc,
to have a skillful floor tender should hos
tilities with the Penrose forces be ic
Mtmed. William T. .Conn , law paitner of
Scott, who naaMhe caiulldnlo In the
Ulghth Leglslatlte District, hns lth-
ilfjiwn from the ticket and the Congress,
man will be nominated In his stead to
night at a Joint meeting of the wnul
committees of ' theTenth, Thirteenth
nnd Fourteenth wards, which make tip
the dlsti.lct.
When Scott was a State representa
tive during the session of 1913, he amaz
ed political ctcrnns by his Ingeunlty In
bending parliamentary rules to his pur
poses. His resourcefulness developed
methods npu tn the shrewdest ntul tnnst
experienced members of the Assembly.
Ills heruces therefore will bo inx.ilu
nble to the Vares In the ecnt of a
flKlit, especially ns the floor leader of the
laBt session, Thomas V. Mc.N'Ichol. 1ms
resigned his seat, and will. It Is reported,
be made a Municipal Court Judge.
Kcott's term In Congress will e.splie
In December. Since his fulluic to win
the Republican nomination for I.lctiten.
ant Governor nt the spring primary, it
has been verlously rumored that he
would retire from polllVs, would be ap
pointed to n high position, and
would
again become floor lender
AH were denied.
t Harrisburg.
REFUSES TaSTdSEWER WORK
Judge Aurlcnricd Dismisses Wot
Philadelphia Taxpayer's Suit
In the taxpayers' suit brought by
r.oulso II. I.lvezey against the city, tho
Derailment of Public Works and the
contractor lo restrain the execution of
the contract awarded to Kmllio Pascuzzl
for the extension of Cobhs Creek sewer.
President Judge Audenrled filed an opin
ion teday dismissing the plalntllT's mo
tion for a preliminary Injunction.
It was alleged In the bill that Director
Datesman had unlawfully accepted the
hid of Pascuzzl for the extension ol
the Intercepting sewer along Sixty-ninth
street, from Glrard avenue to Malvern
street, and that the. contract was not
awarded to tho lowest responsible bidder.
These charges were denied liv Assistant
City Solicitor Coyne, who. while not fil
ing a formal answer, resisted the grant
ing of the preliminary Injunction asked
by the complainant.
FIRST TO ESCAPE FROM FOE
Shenandoah Man Was Forced to
Work Fourteen Hours a Day
By tfie Associated Press
Paris, Oct. 25 The 'Stars and Stripes,
the official newspaper of the American
expeditionary force, identifies the first
American private soldier to escape from
prison In Germany as Frank Savickl,
and deotes a three-column article to his
experiences. Savickl, whose home was
In Shenandoah, Pa., Is a Russian-Pole
by birth and has taken out his first
naturalization papers.
While a prisoner In tile hands of the
Germans, Savickl spent tin weeks behind
the German lines, where he worked
fourteen hours dally on mllitarv work.
Ho then was sent to a farm. He often
went days without food and water and
was clubbed by his guards for picking
grass along a roadside to eat. Finally
he was sent to the prison camp at lias
tatt, where h'e received American Hed
Cross parcels from Switzerland.
The Honor Roll for the
City and Its. Vicinity Today
l(IKI) (IF WOt'NDS
1'KIVATK WII.I.IAM IIKMIKK.' DOS
North Fifty-first street.
IIIKI) (IF ACC'IIIKNT
I'KIVATK MICIIAKI, 1. McNAMAKA,
IK 1(1 UlRdatonu street, .
WOUNDKD
I.IKf TKXANT JIISKl'll K. IIF.KST. 333
Hansom street.
SKKOKANT iiAVIIt I.. SCANXON. 444
Hnmh tfnrti'.Dfth Mrpp.
sKKUKANT WII.I.IAM C. MJMHKR8,
Httll Frpmont nvenue. Camden.
HKKOKANT JONF.I'II II. IH'BMT. it.,
lid i;nt Clementine strevt.
HKKIIKANT IKVIMI KYIINKl, CI-UK.
A'fl ItPrlcs HlroiS
TORPOR W. JOHN I'l'KCF.I.I.. SH13 East
MelnrsdA slreeti
I'KIVATK Al.HKKT
r. I1HAV
1331
Krtti.h N'lnlh vlreel
TRIVATK rllAKI.K.W A,
FARRKI.I..
iinnmsn sirept.
.PRIVATK i.MYM FKKI.KV. 83(1 North
. Klflvflrst street.
I'KIVATK WILLIAM KK.Otflll, Sfl Me.
N.in street.
I'RIVATK HII.I.IA.M V. KOIKIF.BH,
WOil lr,ld Bf.net
I'BIVATK WII.I.IAM J. URVKRK.1UX,
ll-IS Rsst Westmoreland street.
I'RIVATK TIIOMAH J, "llAII.KY. 314
Hprucw street.
PBIVATK. JONKI'll NAC'IIMAN. 847
North Msrshsll street.
rRIVATK IKAAtl tWWTI.E. 32 Cath-
srlne street. , .
I'RIVATK JOHN HviI.MON. 3303 I.ee
street
I'RIVATK OF.ORfiK W, I.KAVF8I.F.V.
0035 Keyser street, (Marine Cprps).
Hi.miiTi.v wodxhkd '
I'KIVATK WII.I.IAM M. fflStKV, B00
Konlh Nineteenth street; . r
I'RIVATK FK.I.IX IltDrNHKI. KJM
X'mosrt street.
I'BIVATK WII.I.IAM J. HXNMOAN.
. ttm 'nri VV.rty-elirMli street.
.I'RIVATK JOHN RrilWOKR, SI Usit
Mhrvil Iin, nr'naptnu n.
rRIVATK FRANK W. I.VCAH, .".28 South
Milfo-I street .
rRIVATK JOHN J, O'BRrKN, 11101 Welt
P.r-eHMt street,
PRIVATK FRANK I' A HI.. 281T Peters
vf'V&Tr- AI.BKRT T. WITNEB, ld
Houtli Forty-seventh street.
NKARBV rniKTH
rRIVATK FBF.O (I. Kf.KINMAN. (107
Kast Walnut street, North Wales.
(Died of iPsesse),
I'RIVATK KtNK ATKINHON, North
(("nsldrf; (Wounded). x
I'RIVATK OKORflK 1AI,IA(!HFH. 310
Kmt Tenth slrerl. Chester (Wound-
rRIVATK laWRKVCK 4. THOMPSON.
r.!sne-,h (WlUhtlv WOU'Ule.1 ) t
PRIVATK WII.UsM V. n'f'ONNOB; 211
Demons Ijtnr. Darby, (HHuhtly Hound.
H I'RIVATK rAJBI, f. KC'IINKIIIKR, Col.
llligUHie, inuaiuiy wounosa.t'
OctoherJG. 1018 ,
The above Hit Is compfleV fronti
the, official caiuaUv record and
from unofficial reports received by
relatives .and friends' from -'ms
oversea. '
WILSON'S APPEAL
MADEWITHHEW
TO 1920 ELECTION
Washington Realizes Presi
dent Plans, Consciously or
Otherwise,1 to Run Again
"MY POLICIES'
SUPREME
Address to Voters a Dis
closure of Ambition and
Imagination
B MNTON W. GILBERT
Istajt ('orrotlrilf r.Vrnlo lljl'r .erfffcr
ihirurloht. mix. tii 7'iiblic r.ritocr Co.
Wlisliliigton, Oct. 26.
The best Intel prctntlon to be placed
upon the President's .appeal for the
election of n Democratic Congress Is
that It looks forward to the presi
dential election in 1920. All Wash
ington recognizes that Miv Wilson Is
consciously or unconsciously shaping
things so that he must run then to
succeed himself. Tltero Is good uti
tliofltj that the leading Democratic
candidate outside of the President,
Mr. McAdoo. the President's son-in-law,
lias abandoned his expectations.
Tho difficulty with McAdoo ns u can
didate Is that ho Is only an admin
istrator, a great administrator prob
ably, hut sllll an administrator. One
cam not imagine a new soclul order
or a new International order coming
out of Sir. SlcAdoo.
-Mr. Wilson will certainly name the
Democratic candidate and even If his
own ambitions were not engaged, if
he could look at questions coolly and
Impartially, lie would be Inclined to
choose a man with rj101'0 social Imagi
nation than his own son-in-law.
"My Policies" Over Aculn
But Sir. Wilson's ambitions ait en
gaged. When n man undertakes any
thing ns great as Sir. Wilson has un
dertaken, as Ei-eat as a new Interna
tional order or u new distribution of
the domestic social balance, lio does
not lav it down easily. Who wus the
Roman who, after winning a great'
war. went back to the plow? There
was only one such. Mr. Wilson's
henr,t is engaged. His imagination Is
on fire. Ills vision of the future has
taken possession of him. His mind Is
far away from the plow.
It Is another case of "my policies"
over again. The address to the voters
of the country nppeal for the elec
tion of members of my .party to Con
gress to carry out "my policies." The
Republicans would ' support tho war
but tbev would not. support "my poli
cies." A Republican Congress would
probably iiIst upon befhg Congress,
not n mere adjunct to the executive.
If It insisted upon being .Congress
"my policies" would be in difficulties.
The 'next two years, If peace should
come as it Is expected to come, would
be years of dispute and dissension.
Reconstruction would not go forward
smoothly. The White House might
not be the pleasantest residence In
tho world. .
Not Regarded as KkoIbiii
It Is not Intended by this to uscrlbe
the I'lesldent's position to egoism. It
Is as far from egoism as anything can
be. The Piesldent Is so lost In the
causes In which he IsMnterested that
he does not consciously think of him
self. His passion for reorganizing the
world sweeps him forward. If engrosser
him. It linvs inspired him with the
boldness to approach. lit nfiy rate, and
probably to enter tint greatest diplomatic
contest In the world's history, the com
Ing peace conference, alone and without
allies, contldent of getting more, out ot
It by preserving ills Independence than
by purchasing supiiort In advance by
the compromises the politician usually
Hilda it expedient to make.
If Sir. Wilson fulls, the world will
call It egoism; if he succeeds, the world
will call It by some other more compll
menlaiy name. Hut so, far as one can
see the thing In Washington, It Is not
conscious egoism. It Is a case of a great
Continued on I'une Two. Column Three
ADMJRALJAPPANI TO WED
Russian Nobleman's Widow to
Be Bride of Ex-Commandant
Rear Admiral Ueiijamln Tappan. until
recentlv commandant of the Philadelphia
Navy Yard, will be murried at G o'clock
this afternoon, his bride being Sirs. T,
Tyrooskl. The wedding takes placeut
her home In Althall. Vu.
Admiral Tappan has Just been assign
ed to command of the Klghth Naval Ills,
trlct at New Orleans. He Is sixty years
'old. Sirs. Tyrooskl Is the widow of a
ItUBslan nobleman. . . .
Admiral Tappun left here Tuesday,
when ' he was succeeded by Admiral
Charles V. Hughes, and went to Wash.
Ington, Thence lie went lo Althall.
BRANDS WLSONJHCTATOR
Pennsylvania Patriotic Union, Re
publican Body, Adopts Slogan
"Unconditional surrender abroad no
dictator at home."
Tills slogan was adopted by the Penn
sylvanla Patriotic Union In the Finance
Building today, to be used during the
remainder of ihe present political cam.
palgn In this Jitate.
It expresses tersely the attitude of the
members of the union with regard. tu
President Wilson's appeal of yesterda,
asking tlisr Democrats be returned to
Congress, so that he may retain his
present control of the conduct of the
The union is composed of prominent
Republican -manufacturers of Pennsy).
VSIlltt.
roxvAucsciNci now iNrtv
nial OrstulOl ..! UiwHBa4
?$.
ALLIED COUNCIL
MEETS TUESDAY
AT VERSAILLES
Diplomatic . Conference Uctuecn
Entente War Heads and
Col. Houn to Open
My the United I'ress
Paris. Oct. 20.
The Interallied diplomatic council
will hegjn Tuesday In Versailles, when
the Allied Premiers will lime nrrixed.
It was announced today.
Colonel K. SI. House, accompanied by
Admiral llenson, Joseph G. Grew and
others arrixed In Paris shortly after
midnight, lluuse will confer with laird
Slllner. the Urltlsh War Stlnlstir. and
will lunch with h'leld Marshal Ilulg.
General Hllss and Admiral llenson.
RIGID GRIP TEST
ASSCHOOLSOPEN
Pupils and Teachers Show- j
fug Slightest Ailment to !
Be Barred
NO CAMDEN ORGY HERE
Utcry pupil and teaihcr In the public
schools will undergo medical examina
tion uhen these Institutions reopen Sion
dny. Tills precaution will be taken at the
order ot Director of Health Kruscn to
flrcvenl the spread of Influenza.
"I will lme the entire force of public
school medical Inspectors out SIoml.4v."
snld Doctor Kiusen. "Any student or
teacher showing tho slightest Ind'sposl
tion will be sent home Immediately."
Parochial schools will not reopen until
November 4. one week after the puhllu
schools. This announcement was made
today by the Rev. John li Flood, super
intendent or Catholic schools.
It was decided to delay the opening
of the parochial schools because a large
number of the teaching sisters aie still
musing grip epidemic sufferers in homes
and hospitals.
In making announcement of the post
ponement, Father Flood said that If
the parnch'lnl schools icsumed work
Monday next it would he necessarv to
take many of the sisters from the 'bed
sides of the afflicted.
Another reason for the delav, ex
plained ,by the. superintendent of the
parochial schools. Is that many of the
nuns are so worn as the result of their
arduous efforts In aiding plague vic
tims that they will require several days'
rest before they will be phjslcallv fit
to resume teaching.
Private schools having nuns on the
teaching staff, such as the Academy of
Notre Dame, will not reopen until the
same Iate by express orders from
Archbishop Dougherty.
Warning against Philadelphia citizens
Indulging In a similar orgv as took
place when the ban was lifted In Cam
den. was sounded today by Director
Krusen. He said:
Uf anything happens here when the
saloons are reopened, such ns took
place in Camden last night, we will he
Justified In taking similar action ami
order tho saloons closed again.
"It would be regretful Jf Plilladel-
Continued on I'sne rour. Column Tour
LID-LIFTING SALOOWSTFINED
George W. Scliott's Plea He
Served Only Hotel Guests Fails
George W.
Scholt. a saloonkeeper, at
Twelfth anil
riiuert. streets, was flneil
J50 vanil costs today by Slagistrate
Meelfarj-ln Central .Station on a charge
of selling liquor while the Influenza huu
on saloons was In force.
At the henrimr Heihert rtm-o,. nm,nuni
for the saloonkeeper, said the snloon had
been closed to the public as ordered by
tho health authorities, but that the bar
whs uiii ior me ueneni or guests of the
hotel.
It was testified at the hearing todav
that three members of the vice ,,.!
(had purchased liquor In the saloon yes-
leruu.v,
XU. S. GAS MOST DEADLY
Kills Even Through Most Modern
Masks, Says British Officer
By the Associated Press
' Jiryr York, Oct. 26. Gas shells pre
pared In America are more deadly Ihnn
any so far made In Germany and their
fumes can penetrate even, the most
modern gas musks. Major II. W. Duffy,
of the British-American gas service, de
clared hero In a lecture before the s0.
clety of Chemical Industry.
Major Duffy, said that In tours of the
battlefields In France he had observed
hundreds of Germans, all of whom wore
masks of the latest German design
killed by American gas.
FRY DOUGHNUTS UNDER FIRE
American Women Make 10,000 a
Day for Pershing's Men ,
New York, Oct. 26. Three Ameil
can Y. 51. C, A. women have worked
under lire In the open, frying 10,000
doughnuts a day for the victorious
Ama'lcun troops throughout this
week, a cable to the united war work
campaign headquarters made public
here announced, y
The women are Mary Bray," Paw
tucket, R. I.i Mary Hollldny, Indian
apolis, ind... and Mrs. Edith Knowles,
Phoenix, Ariz. The work was done
over an open bonfire, and when regu
lar supplies ran short skillful substi
tutions were made.
T
DRIPPING EAVES
Unsettled tonight 'and no better to.
morroiv.
Jtaln's in Ihe air, but no trouble
xce'H borrow;
yor.Jnieed, there" no knowing
;li? ,.y.jc - .
FRENCH WIN
2 MILES IN
CHAMPAGNE
Hammer Way Through
.Strong Defenses on Front
of Nearly 5 Miles
STIFF RESISTANCE
ON ITALIAN LINE
i Poilus and British Win
Ground East of Courtrai,
in Belgium
SEIZE ZULTE PLATEAU
Haig Bottles Up Valenciennes
nnd Cross Railroad From
Le Quesnojv
By the Associated Press
Paris, Oct. "6. On tho Serre front
southwest of Marie the French have
captuied the village of Slortlers after1
violent fighting, the "War Offlce an- j
nouncos. ISelween tho Oise and the '
Scrro tho French maintain contact
wjth with the enemy.
.Hetween Slsontie and Chatcau-1'or-elen
(In the Champagne northeast of
nii.t..i t.n t- ..nu i...A.!i.t.. .. i.
iviii-ilii-V lilt; i'iuiiuu. IJItruitlllK UF nil- .
enemy resistance, carried their lino
forward on a front of four and one
half miles to a depth ot two mites
at certain points through the strong
positions preptred by the Germans
In 1917.
The Fiench yesterday captured 3000
prisoners and ninny, guns. They made
successful attacks with the British in
-Belgium between the J.ya and .the
Kscaut (&chefdi), cast of Courtrai, and
todk Zulte Plateau. They are lit the
outskirts of Hulte.
Koine, Oct. 28. y I. .v. S.). Tlie
Au.stro-Hungariau army on the Plave
River Is putting up strong resistance
against tho Italians, the War Office re
ported. Three hundred more pisoners
have been captured.
There Is heavy nrtlllei-v iliiellnir lm.
tween the Piuvo and Brentti Illvers. '
The War Oftico report follovyi; '
"Between tile Piave upd the Brentu
tliero is fierce artllleiy firing.
"Tlie enemy made counter-attacks,
which were without any success.
"There has been lively lighting In
the Asolonc-Pertlca sectors, where the
enemy's resistance was very strong.
"Three hundred mote prisoners
vveie captured,
"Along the Have the situation is
unchanged."
By the Associated Press
IjiiiiiIoii, Oct. .JO.
rlie British continue to press for
ward between Valenciennes and Tour
imi, Field Slarsliul Haig announces.
They have captured tho village of
Odomez and Sluulde on the front north
of Valenciennes.
South of Valenciennes theflriilsli
have gained new successes on the
holders of the Slormal forest, cap.
Hiring .Mount Carmel Hill und rjngle
fontulne. s,
By the Associated Press
Willi Hie British Army in France and
Flanders, Oct. .'6.
Tho British troops are on tho out
skirts of Le Quesnoy, having driven
forward across the Le Quesnoy
Valenciennes Hallway after heavy
fighting.
The enemy appears to have letreated
from a considerable portion of the
ground In tills zone. '
Further Important gains were made
yesterdny by the British First' and
Third Annies in their encircling dme
about Valenciennes. South of the In
vested city the attacking forces
pushed forward more than two miles,
captuilng Querenalng and Sepmerles,
while on the north Odomez was taken.
South of Valenciennes the attack ut
an early hour had taken the British
forvvuid more than two miles, thereby
virtually eliminating the sharp salient
which bulged Into their territory with
Its point icstlng neur Vendegies.
Nine thousand Germans have been
made prisoner nnd 150 gunshave
V
t'pntlnuril on I'uc Four, Column imi
EIGHT MORE SPITTERS FINED
Magistrate Mecleury Charges
Them $2.50 for Carelessness
Might men were fined $2.50 each by
Slaglslrat Slecleary. in central ponce
COUrt loauy, lot iiutauun ui uic uuy
iirdln"iice, prohibiting spitting In the
streets. . , ,.
One mail cnargeu wiui uiy-sweeinnK
was discharged when he disputed the
testimony of the oltlcer who arrested
him by declaring that he sprinkled the
sidewalk in front of Ids place before
sweeping it.
SCHWAB HAS INFLUENZA
Fleet Corporation Director Re
ported 111 in New York
Influenza has stricken Charles SI.
Schwab, director general of the ICnier
gency Fleet Corporation, Mr, Schwab Is
111 In New York, as the result of con
tracting a cold In this cltv yesterday.
This developed into influenza later.-.
A telegram receivso ironi ur, Bcnwao
at the local headquarters of the timer
eacy 'Fleet ' tafejr ;hM ' M - was MM' M-
Americans Drive Ahead,
Smashing Foe's Attack
German Counter-Stroke on Both Sides of
Meuse Is Crushed and U. S. Forces Capture
More High Ground
S
By the United 'ro
With lit AinrrliHii Armlr In ITsnc.
Uct. 2(5.
The Genitalis launched lienv.v toiinler
altarkp nu both sides of the Mctise today
III an tffort tn drive the Americans from
i Important heights recently captured.
j After tepulslng the iissiiults. the Amcr.
leans haltered their way forwnid almost
tuxiiie.
another mile on the lldgc ncrth of H.in-
I """-
The Americans hae denied the Gr
mans" out of the Important UourgnRiic
forest north of Grand-prc, driving a
sharp wedge Into the .enemy lines. The
forest ns taken In short rushes, the
doughhois then swinging eastward be
hind the '"erninn lines and threatening
to cut uff the bodies noithwist of Gland,
pre.
The attack In Hie Grand-pie legion
followed that of eterdny faither to
i the eastward. In vli'eh the Americans
advanced neaih half h mile near Uun-
theUlle, occupjlns ths high ridge north
! ot that village. The positions were
taken after several assaults against the
i
.EXTRA
HUNGARIANS FA VOR DEMAND
FOR IMMEDIATE PEACE
BERNE, Oct. 26. Count Karolyi in a statement today In
timated that, following a conference last night by Hungarian
officials it was decided to ask for immediate peace, satd a des
patch from Budapest. The German alliance was denounced and
declarations were made in favor of the independence of Hungary,
women suffrage' and the re-establishment of the national Hun
garian council.
WILL LIFT GRIP BAN HERE WEDNESDAY
... Acting""State- ComniltiSioiier of Health, Royet-, in Harris
burg, this afternon telegraphed Doctor Krusen, Director of
Health here, thai the influenza ban can be entirely lifted iu
Philadelphia Wednesday.
KEYSTONE TROOPS!
EAST OF MEUSE
New Jer&ey and Delaware I Omsk Republic Appeals
Soldiers Also in LVS. for Support by All
" Divisions Neur Front Allied Lands
MARCHIDEiNTIFIESUNITS.RAISING- ARMY NOW
, Viililnclnn, (let. 2il.
Cuie'ral .March today Identified some
of the American units In the Finnisi
Amerlcan linen from tlie Meuse to the
Olsc
Pennsylvania troops are IlKluIng cist
nt tin Mpnsn he saul. vvnlle soiuieis
of the ; Meuse. no .
from New Jeivey and Delaware aie 01
ii, nr Mil. Mnuw
tlie west or the Meu e.
he said, vi bile soiuieis
nu- ..icu--virv .... 1
virtually paralsM to tlie gnat railway
line near the Belgium frontier, and
... .. . I..... lll.ll ItllA
syonsmuie a inr-i. ukhih'-i m"
1 hrniic lout Its entire iciikiii
Among American divisions on tlie line,
General March Identified the .evtiity
nlnth (Pennsylvania, MHrland and PIk.
trlct of Columbia); nightvth (Virginia.
West Virginia and Pennivanini 1 inir.
ty-thlrd (Illinois)
r.iitlitv.secnnd tiSeor- 1
. .v,,m ,,,,.1 Tennessee!, as being
-
gla
iy 111 'iii -.... -.,,--
east of the Meuse,
West of th" Meupa are the Seventv.
slMh (New F.ngland and Sent York);
Seventv-rlghtli (New York. New Jer-t-ev
n"d Delaware): Seenty-venil'
(New York city and vicinity); Thhty
stcond (Michigan and Wisconsin), and
tlie Fifty-eighth Regiment of regular
Infantry,
IT, H, l'lshUrs with llr'tons
Identifying unlls opeiatlng with the
Blitlsh east of Camhral.' (lenernl March,
named the infill Infantry and the 104tlt
Iflfilh and lOBth Machine Oun Hat
't a lions.
Tlie Fortieth (Cul'fomhi. Utah, Neif
Mexico, Arizona and Colorado), ami
Klghtv-thlrd (Olilo and West Peiinsl
vania) divisions. General March said.
are depot divisions and have not been
In act'on. while the
(Kentucky. Indiana and
nols divisions is now auiviiOg In France,
Kexull of (treat Drive
Surnmar z ng ihs situation ni the f nlallv uifferent Ideas of the re
western baltlefront today. General March -;,r,i)iiHillnent of Hursla beUeen u So.
said tlie Germans have evncuatnd or efln,"!li! !'"elu , '""' Osjen u ho.
been driven -nt of 7000 square miles of clalist State and a monarchy."
Belgian and French territory Flnce July Ivanoff explained the organization of
18; that 400 square miles have been the Omsk Government, stating that all
freed durlnr the last week and that all 1 the member? took a nonpartisan course.
tlie coal fields In northern trance nnve
bjeen reconquered exc?nt for a five-mile
tract, where the Allied advance now Is
being pressed near the Belgian border,
.live OnVr Comlns Home
General March announced that live
American rorps and division command
ers who have been actively engaged In
France are returning' home on the rec.
ommendatlon of Oeneral Pershing to
take Important assignments' here,
Thev are Major Generals Omar Bun
dv.who ofanlsul aMiommandd (he
- lfctr. U.J
enemy machine-gun nesti. One hundred
nnd Seventy prisoners were taken.
t nnnrr I7fest evtetirls fnilll a I
tmlii! ui-st of Crniid-nr tn a nollit about I
two miles and a half north of that vll-'
Isge. Ilanthevillp Is nboilt ten miles cast I
of Grnnd-pie. The high rltlge referred
to oxlends from the northern outskirts
of the village northwestward for about I
a mile anil a quarter.
By KDWIN I- JAMI3 ,
Sneciil Cable to Kveninn Public Letleer'
Copj-lfl'it
With th
totf, hu Sew Vorfc 7lmr Co. '
Atnerlrnn Army Xitrtli of ,
cnlun, Oct. 26.
Hitter lighting was In progrtss all
Friday for possession of Hill 360, llng
oast of the Jlejse and southwest of
Ditmvllleis. and this morning our troops
hold the hill,
This liroinnmnij'
"r'-veV.iun. XS !
oilier hills northen
tibseivstiun over the whole area In which
the Americans are operating east of ,
the Meuse Itlver.
Tile hill was of the gleatcft alue to j
Continued on facr Four. Column On
ASK RECOGNITION
FOR FREE SIBERIA
Xadherny, who represent the strongest
II v CARL W. ACKF.RMAN , aiitl-Cinnnn tendencies nt Vienna, have
c in 11 , r 11 1 1- 1 1 1 left that city for Switzerland charged
bpcaal Cable to hvcnine Public Ledger u mIwim boul hch no dell8
Conrhhi. 101s. 61 .Veto Voifc Times Co. alP B4,. accoidlng to the Xeues Jour
All rorelen Kls-lils Iteservid lm uf VU-uiri
i. VlailltnHtok, )i.l. 20. I '
The Siberian Government recently ' By the Associated I'ress
oigan'zcd at Omsk made n llrst appeal , London, Oct. 26.
. , ... , ., .,,. , , ,, n i uriiis 1 iinrusier 10 .-tiii-riaiin
for recognition by the Allies In n public ,nH handed the Iirltlsh and French mln.
fblB(cmem fssuca j,y yar Minister Ivan- i Isteis to tint country an offer of peace
-.,.,., 1 , , 1 ,.lrtually amounting to surrender, ao-
off-Itlzof, who has arrived on a special ronll,ig to a Jlcrne dispatch to the Dally
off-Itlzof, who hns arrived on a special
1 train from tho Interior.
1
Shortly after greeting a group of Al
lied officers, from the fl.ig-beiltcked train,
' which was escorted by a detachment of
Siberian and Czccho-Slovnl; trooH,
1 Ivanofr declared that the class war in
Siberia was over, and that icorganl.
I zatlnn of the tirinj was progressing bet-
train rrnm tne inter or.
'c'
than was anticipated, but that the
nil ure success 01 tins nrsi eirori 10 unuy
iSlheila flcpeniled upon the Allied ftniiu
cial und vconoinlo aid which would fol- '
low recognition of the Omsk (lovern
ment. the de facto Itussl.iu authority.
While Ivanoff Is heie ostensibly to
unite the Uusslun mllllKvy factions, his
chief mission is believed to be to sound
the Allies regarding their policy of
recognizing Slherlun Independence.
Ivanoff makes clear, ifovvever, that Si
beria Is Iluss'a. If the Allies glvethe
new Government support, he saysT It
will be thebeginulng of Russia's rebirth,
While there are many problems facing
the Allied representatives, there ure In
dicatlona that Knglund, France and
Amerca. are watching the development
of tlie Omsk Government closely, as Is
evidenced by a visit by Kir Charles 1:1.
Ilott and French Commissioner He-
nault to Omsk.
I nm certain that ftnnner tr lntp?. lliiu-
i,iKiii.iiuiiiilga wiu overthrow the power of the Bol.
tuiuthern Illl- 1 thevlkl." said the War Minister.. "When
that government Is powerless there must
be another government ready to take lis
nil,.... i.ii.l lirlni- nut- linilfirHtiinilliiii- nut
,, , COUrse which they thought
was caicuiaiea 10 reprcKiu uib oesi
ideas of all parties and thf masses,
"We stood off incredible, unheard-of
difficulties In tho act of regeneration,"
he said, "but we can stand much mora.
I believe In the heroic strength of the
Russian people, In the happy new-born
atar of the new republic. At the present
Siberia Is Bust-la and Russia Is Siberia.
From the Urals to the Pacific, Russia is
free from the Bolshevik disease. The
regeneration ot Siberia and the .Siberian
ROME HEARS
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Capitals
BERLIN MAKES PROMISE
Ger" - " Government Pledged
to Accept All of Wilson's .
Peace Conditions
the-Associated Press
London. Oct. 26.
An official statement, accord-, '-iMji
inj? to which the demobilization'r-W
of the Austro-Hupgarian army'!M(
, .o Uv.,K picuiueu, is puDiisnea , .iriSM
l j i7ii;
oy uie newspapers of Vienna. &
an Exchange Telegraph dis- $&i
natch from Hnnnnhuirnn csi.s '&ftLvia
, 6V... ,. ,;,5.B
By the Associated Press
m
i-aris, uct. b. A rumor circulated In ifHT. fts1
Vatican circles has It thnt Kmaenejtv
-!... ... 4.. ...I. . ... . . .... 1VI3W J
.niit-a oi iiuau tit .ma ins mmuy anvv
about lo leave Vlennn fni- 11 tntii-nwM..
through Hungary preliminary to 6Sv$"
... ........... .. .vrnsiwiVi
emperors noaicauon, inc conspondeiilpfv
cf tlie Daily News said In alspatchS''i
Inilnv. -?-'
. In vvell-lnonned circles- It. Is
that the nomination of Count
ifassc?
,tldrasry us successor of .Baron BurlalffftS'
I the Austro-Hungarian Foreign 'MlnlstfeSii(M
I is important from the viewpoint of
conclusion of peace and an appllcatl
of tlie "safety flrst" principles In Auk3S
. trln. It is said that peace at any pJeSfgft
' mivv Is popular at Vienna and Budai'Mtf."
pest.
I The Zurich correspondent of the Jour
nal s.is that the new Foreign Minister
Is understooii to be a partisan of direct
pence negotiations with the Kntente,
without lecourse 50 tlw oftlces of Presi
dent Wilson. lie sas that the situa
tion In Austria-Hungary is suelf that'
the monaichy will soon capitulatefand,
throw itself on the mercy of the Allies. ,
The Czechs now are master of the sit
uation at Prague. The Huthenlans ot
I Ciiil.i-la have declared fur a separate
I Ukrainian State, comprising regions of
1 Austria-Hungary Inhabited by Buthen
' Inns. It Is reported that anarchy reigns
in the ancient Danuhlnn monarchy ot
Hungary. The correspondent says that
In Austria no not'ee Is being taken of
decisions arrived nt by IUrllu.
Prince Frederick i.obltowitz and Baron
""'
By the United Press jtim
iv li.lil.t.Ft.tn o..t. ?l! A iieace uro- ' 5&ZA
posal has been tendered to cnvoya'of SjA'i
sranco ana ureal uriiaiu uy inw ijii-, iiHK.i
ish Minister to Switzerland, according' jLM,4ffifiJ
to an unoltlclal report circulated here to-',?Jii5
dav. This Information was that the . V?'i
Turks hud made sweeping concessions , j'JI
to the Allies; their proposal being tanta- T'hl
mount lo surrender, 'mere was no om-i -i
vial conllrmutinu available here. j via..
That Turkey will drop out ot th.v,T3
war on unconditional terms Is the con?jJs t
Ictlon of this (lovernment.
SOLF PLEDGES ' jf$
VHUilUlUfu IV iMjsr-,
PEACE TERMSIC
Geriuan Foreign Secretary Aesf'jw
eepts die President's Whole 3gCa3
Irrtirt-nitl IVT
By the Associated Press &'y?3
Amslerdain, Oct. ?$ p
4"As for Alsace-Lorraine, 11 la sjbsu
once clear tlinl, us tnese iernior!i
were expressly mentioned as
President Wilson's fourteen
we agree to regulation ot these
lions," said Ur. vv. o, aon. "
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