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THE PLANO STAR-COURIER
PRESIDENT WILSON IMPORTANT GA'NS
REPLIES TO HUN NOTE MADE NEAR CAMBRAI
MRS. ENRICO CARUSO
SAYS NO PEACE IS POSSIBLE
WHILE TEUTONS REMAIN
ON ALLIED SOIL
BRITISH AND AMERICANS AD
VANCE OVER THREE MILES ON
TWENTY-MILE FRONT.
CALLS CHANCELLOR’S HAND ARMY’S ANSWER TO NOTE
Inquires of Prince Max Whether Ho
Spoke for Germany's War Lords,
or For the People
Washington- I‘resident Wilson has
iiUdv. to Germany an inquiry do-
»jilt'd to test the sincerity of Ger-
.man} in her peace offers.
in n.n message ho serves notice
on Germany that no armistice is
fio.-rible while (ho armios of the cun
t.aJ powers are on allied soil.
And. he added, the good faith of any
tl. so tlou would depend upon the
willingness of the Germans to with
o..iw iheir forces at once from invad- I
id territory.
i liu messuge to Germany was uffi
<i;iily designed as an inquiry, not a
n I’l>* to the German peace note, ii
asked Uie German chancellor for the
exact meaning, *vl questioned
whether ho meant Germany was
ready to accept the fourteen terms
uiiu discuss only practical details of
their application.
The text of the president's mes j
sage, us Incorporated in a message i
Secretary of State Lansing delivered i
to the Swiss charge d'affaires, fob 1
lows.
Sir, 1 have the honor to acknowl-
edge, on beliaif ot the president, your
note of Oct. (i, inclosing a communi-
cation from the German government
to the president, and 1 am instructed
b> the president to request you to
male the following communication
to the Imperial chancellor:
Text of Note
."Before making reply to the re
quest, of the Imperial German gov-
ernment. nnd in order that the reply
Gia.:i be ns candid and straight lor
ward as the momentous interecis in
volved require, the president or the
i nited States deems tf necessary to
One of the Most Furious Battles
of War Allies Have Again
Scored-
—
With the British Army in France.
I > A great victory, the resu ts of
I which undoubtedly will prove of the
I widest importance, especially at this
( time, has been won by two liritish
! armies in the lieu) on a front ex-
, tending 20 miles from Cambrel south-
I ward.
! Americans participated in the cun
ter and they plunged oven more deep
i> into the enemy positions than at
first had been intended.
( This wus the answer of the light ]
lug armies to (lie German bid for
peace. Early in the day smashing I
blow s had carried the British and I
Anted roans deep into the positions of
the staggering enemy.
Hu ts of prisoners were taken, the
Americans gelling almost 2,000, while
the British took many thousands
more. None of the prisoners knew !
anything concerning their govern I
ment's plea for an armistice.
I he bat It! e is one of the most fur-
ious. as well as one of the most im
portant of the war. The British can
non, wheel to wheel, sent tons of ex-
plosives crashing on top of the ene-
my.
The very air trembled and the
earth rocked with tho continuous
roar of explosions. The exploding
shells throbbed vividly against clouds
from which the rain poured.
Tne allies are reported In Warn-
b.ux and to have b-.-en seen east of
( bateau Ano.e, In Villers Outreaux
and Keraiu, east of Premont, east of
Ill'llncourt, east of Fersnoy-Le-Grand
mid east of Sequohart. All the ground
io the west of these places is report-
ed now to be in British hands.
It was the Americans who stormed
and captured IJraneourt and Fremont
alter hard fighting. They reached
GERMANY IS NOW REAR *D*|R*L w s smith
ASKING ARMISTICE
Enriso Caruso, the famous Italian
(•nor, recsntly married Dorothy Park
Benjamin of New York, twenty-five
years old, daughter of Park Benjamin
a well-known patent attorney and
naval expert. Caruso la 20 yean
her aenlor.
PRESIDENT WILL NOT ACCEPT
PROPOSAL UNTIL HUNS AGREE
TO 14 POINTS IN FULL.
Amsterdam. The tvxt of the note
I forwarded by the Imperial German
I chancellor. Prince Maximilian, to
President Wilson, through the Swlsi
government, follows:
"The German government requests
the president of the United States to
| take in hand tho restoration of peace,
acquaint all the belligerent states of
this request, and Invite them to send
plenipotentiaries for the purpose of
opening negotiations.
"It accepts the program set forth
by the president of the United States
iu his message to congress on Jan. 8
and in his later pronouncements, es-
pecially his speech of Kept. 27, as a
basis for peace negotiations.
"With a view to avoiding further
bloodshed, the German government re- |
quests the immediate conclusion of
an armistice on land and water anil
in the air.”
FRANCO AMERICAN
TROOPS ADVANCE
IMPORTANT GAINS HAVE BEEN
MADE IN CHAMPAGNE NORTH
OF ST. PIERRE.
Paris Franco American troops in
Champagne have driven back the
Germans over a front of nearly two
miles north of Kt. Pierre, captured
tiie plateau northeast of Autry and
taken numerous prisoners, according
to the French official communication
issues Tuesday night.
The French northeast of Kt. Quen-
tin have captured Fontaine 1'tert.e,
ibe Beilecourt farm, the vallage of
Kouvroy and other important posi
tmns More than 1,200 Germans were
trade prisoners In this regiou.
assure himself of the exact meaning tlle,r objectives well ahead of time
il* ....... . C . . 1 111 t ..,f #1.1......... .1. . .
Jl the note of tlio Imperial chancel-
lor. Does the Imperial chancellor
nit1.in that the Imperial Gorman gov-
unment accepts the terms laid down
by the president In his address to
Iho congress of the United Ktates
on the Sth of January last, ami in
subsequent addresses, and that its
In fact, this was the case
everywhere along the line.
almost j RESCUE U. S. ‘'LOST" BATTALION
object In entering Into the discus ' l>a>'t without interference by the
sions would be only to agree upon
the practical details of their appli-
cation?
" Hio president feels bound to say
with iegard to the suggestion of an
urtuistice that ho would not feel at
liberty to propose a cWsabion of
Bolshevlkl Release French and British
Washington. French and British
citizens who recently took refuge in
the American consulate general at
Moscow, have been allowed to de-
Bol-
hevikl, according to information
reaching the slate department frotv
Norway-.
Advance in Palestine Still Unchecked
London. General Allenby s cavalry
Sunday occupied the towns o(
arms to the governments with which Z;l,liek ami Ray ok, respectively
the government of the United States
is associated against the central
powers so long as the armies of
those powers nro upon their soil.
Ibe good faith of any discussion
would manifestly depend upon the
consent of the central powers imme-
diately to withdraw their forces ev
erywhere from invaded territory.
"The pe-sklcnt also feels that he
is just tiled in asking whether the
Imperial! chancellor Is speaking
merely for the constituted authori
ties of the empire who have so far
conducted the war. He deems the
aifswer to these questions vital from
every point of view.”
The 'president made a subtle man
euver when in his message he in
quired whether Prince Max spoke l'oi
Germany's war lords or was the peo-
ple's mouthpiece as well. If, as gen
erally believed here, Germany's peace
offer was hypocritical, the president's
answer Is designed to .put the mas
tors or Germany lino a diplomatic
hole. They must now
dent s Wilsons peace terms
whole in good faith, or stand before
the world convicted of deceit.
His predicted refusal to deal with
the Germans while still on allied soil
was the distinctively American re-
sponse to the German offer.
It ts believed that Germany ran
and 30 miles northwest of tho Syrian
capital of Damascus, according to an
official statement Issued by the Brit
isii war office. These towns are on
- the railroad connecting Beirut and
Damascus. They are about 30 miies
I i-ast of Beirut. The French fleet had
a share in the magnificent achieve
i ments of General Allenby.
Austrians Routed By Serbian Troops
London. Fighting of tierce nature
| is taking place in the Uodilice pus.
between Serbians and Austrians bar-
ring the road to Nish, according to
Jews reaching London. The Serbians
have captured Djep ridge, on the Mo-
ravia river mklway between Vraiije.
and Lescovnc. Two thousand prison-
ers, including a large number of Ger-
Hums, taktMi. I ho Montenegrins,
including women, have taken up arms
against the Austrians in Montenegro.
Take More Ground in Argonne Region
VWth tho American Army North
accept Presi v><>st o1 Verdun. The American
:miK ... , ! continued their advance east
af tho Argonne until late Monday
n-ghi After the capture ot uhatel
Uhehery, they gained further ground.
I bo nuvanco was aided somewhat by
the use of smoke bombs and a heavy
log. A platoon of minenwerfers was
captured. During the night patrolling
was active. There was intermittent
Without Food and Completely Sur-
rounded Men Fight Off Germans
Five Days.
With the American Forces North-
west of Verdun. The American
"lost" battalion in the Argonne t'oi-
est was rescued Monday. Though
it had encountered terrific opposition,
it was found to be virtually intact,
few of Us members being killed or
w minded.
The lost battalion, whose where-
abouts was a mystery for some time
after its disappearance during the at-
tack along the edge of tho Argonne,
comprised several hundred inen under
tiie command or Major Charles Whit-
tles}' Completely surrounded by the
Germans, they made their stand with
their pistols and rifles and a few ma-
chine guns as defensive weapons.
When relief reached them their stock
of cartridges was almost gone and
the men were In a weakened condi-
tion from lack of sustenance and the
effects of the dampness of these fall
days from which the trapped infant-
rymen had no blankets to protect
them.
The relief expedition encountered
great difficulty in aiding the rescued
men. some of whom were so weak
ilioy had to be carried. Medical sup-
plies and food are being rushed to
their aid.
and !?,!fact0ri,y : im,IWy the S'
and hence there will be no peace no
gotiation® at this time.
The president's reply was taken as
fully squaring with advance predic-
tions of a refusal to accept the Teu
ton offer now.
If they refuse to make peace clear-
Jy on the president's terms, tihey
will be in trouble with their own
peo-ple, it is held. At the same
tune, the note by indirection, re-
Rotates the president's previous po-
sition as not dealing with the Holt-
enzoHerns, but instead, with men ac
account of enemy movements.
Want Men for Munitions Work.
Due to the recent loss by fire and
explosion of a big shell loading plant,
the United Ktates is confronted with
a very serious shortage of materials
of war, it is reported in a bulletin
Horn the United States employment
service, which makes an earnest ap-
peal for more men to register with
the service for whatever branch of
war work the government may decide
they are- best needed. It is urged
upon every man who is not engaged
in essential work to heed the call of
the government.
Washington. — Germany's newest
peace offer proposing an armistice
while President Wilson considers and
conveys to the allies a proposal on
the basis of terms laid down by the
president himself, has not reached
Washington in official form, and
there was no authorized statement
of how it was regarded by the Unit
ed States.
The move is recognized as the next
st»*p in the continuing efforts of Ger
man statesmen to save something
from the wreckage of their dream of
world domination.
If the present proposition signifies J
Germany's unqualified acceptance of |
the four principles of peace laid
down by President Wilson in his j
Fourth of luly speech at the tomb or j
W ashlngton, it will be considered.
If it does not, if it is an acceptance !
"in principle" with saving diplomatic |
language paving the way for quin !
bling around a council table, it will
not be considered.
Those terms, accepted by all the
allies as their own. the president
compressed into a single sentence:
"A reign of law. based upon the
consent of the governed, and sus-
tained by tho organized opinion of
mankind.”
They provided for the destruction,
or reduction to virtual impotence of
any arbitrary power capable of dis-
turbing the peace of the world; the
settlement or every question on the
basis of the interest of the -people
Rear Admiral William Strother
Smith, recently promoted to that rank,
>* on duty at the navy department
with the naval consulting board.
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
SUES FOR PEACE
ACCEPTS ALL FOURTEEN POINTS
OF PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE OF
JANUARY EIGHTto.
Paris.—The Austro-Hungarian min-
ister at Stockholm has been charged
to request the Swedish government
to transmit to President Wilson a
proposal to conclude immediately
with him and his allies a general
armistice and to start without delay
negotiations for peace. This an-
nouncement was made in a Berne
dispatch to the Havas agency. The
text of tho proposal follows:
"The Austro-Hungarian monarchy
which lias made only defensive war-
fare and has borne witness several
limes to its desire to put an end to
the bloodshed and conclude an hon-
orable peace, proposes by presenta-
tion to President Wilson to conclude
immediately with him ard hts allies
a general armistice on la* i. on sea
and in trie air, and start w.t.hout de-
lay negotiations for peace.
"These negotiations will be based
concerned, and, in effect, a league of j 011 the 14 points in President Wil-
Dcace ‘ son’s message of Jan. 8 and file four
nations to enforce peace.
If Germany is, and the remainder
of the world is satisfied, the next log-
ical step would be the withdrawal of
every German soldier from every foot
of occupied territory. From that
point, tiie allies might, begin to test
the sincerity of Germany's willing-
ness to conform to the world's peace
preserving program.
Not one person in Washington even
gives thought to any proposal that
the victorious troops of the allies
should halt in an armistice while a
"discussion” is conducted. There
might be an armistice of the same
nature ns was given to Bulgaria—an
armistice of unconditional surrender.
When Austria proposed a pease ne-
gotiation Saturday, the official view
was summed up this way: "Austria
is breaking; that is the time to hit
her harder, not the time to talk
peace.”
French Cross Aisne at Berry-Au-Bac.
London.—Probably the most im-
portant piece of news from Hie battle
front in France Monday was that the
French had captured the town of
Berry-au-Bac, 1" miles northwest of
Kheims, on the north side of the
Aisne. The gain in territory here
was small, but to get it the French
bad to cross the Aisne river and
that they were able to do so indi-
cates (hat the German army is rap-
idly weakening.
The Germans are now eight miles
north of Rheims. the greatest dis-
tance they have been from the ci;y
since eariy in the war.
On the American front near the
Meuse a small advance toward the
west into the Argonne forest is re-
ported.
On tho British part of the front
from Kt. Quentin north there was
only a small advance.
Soldier* Want Peace Only by Victory Senate Demands Victory at Arms.
" ith the British Army in France
—The soldiers of the allied armies
want peace, but no peace except a
completely victorious one. This is
rhe opinion expressed by officers and
men alike. If Garmnny is now wip-
ing to admit her utter defeat, then
say these good men who have been
lighting tiie good tight for the liberty
of the world, so much the better, but
declare tne granting of an armistice
tual.y representing the German peo- unless the enemy is absolutely sin-
cere, might prove dangerous.
Vi ashington. Immediate repection
jf the German and Austrian proposal
for an armistice and peace negotia-
tions has been demanded In the sen-
ate bv leaders voicing the common
sentiment, of the membership. There
wag n0 dissent from the view that
an armistice would defeat all that
America and the allies have been
fighting for, and every speaker join-
ed in declaring that only through
military victory could the cause of
: the allies and humanity be won.
C.ing Grain Ships for Troop StippliOO ° P Aspect* Show Improvements. Johnston Suggests Closing of Schools.
\\>u YnrL , ... r \\ 1L8h inert Oft. f.PnFPil Imnpm'nmont
Now York—The reason for the |
temporary diversion of garln ships j
from this port for the carrying of l
■wa supplies to Pershing's army has
been announced by the local food
adminitration officials. "The cnlarg- I
ed demands by General Pershing for j
material, resulting from progri s on 1
the west front
temporary dlvi
to this service
•ment. "This
the wheat mm
as necess;
ion of gn
said the .
unporarily
lent."
ted tiie
i ships
nounce-
curtailr
Washington. General improvement
in crop prospects on Oct. 1 is hsown
by the department of agriculture s
monthly report. Corn Improved to
the extent of 46.000.000 bushels and
now gives prospect of a 2,717,776,000
bushel crop. Spring wheat improved
to tho extent of about JO,000,000 bush
els, making a crop of 363.105,000
bushels produced. The total crop, in-
cluding winter wheat now in prospect
is 918,020,000 bushels, 267,000,000
more than last year.
\Ustin. 1 exas Vt the instance of
K ate Health officer Collins. Acting
Governor U. M Johnston has issued
a proclamation advising that public
meetings be discontinued because of
the spread of Spanish influenza, also
that schools be closed, as well as
places of amusement. This was sug-
gested by the surgeon general of the
l nited states public health service.
According to official reports at the
Texas health department 77 counties
are affected.
Estimate Deaths in Explosion at 94.
Perth Amboy. N. J.—Army officers
have decided that tiie danger of fur-
ther devastation of
loading plant of
company at Morgan by the blowing
up of many more tons of trinitroto-
luol stored there in magazines and
warehouses had virtually ended and
the work of recovering and identify-
ing the dead has begun In a report
sent to Washington the military au-
thorities Increased their estimate of
the killed from 50 to 94.
points of the speech of Feb. 12 (Feb.
Ilf. 1918, and those equally of Sept.
27, 1918."
In transmitting this dispatch the
Berne correspondent of the Havas
agency says: “Germany and Tur
key must take the same step as Aus-
tria. Meanwhile the seini-oificial
news agency at Berlin withholds the
news, evidently awaiting the meet-
ing of the reichstag.
"The action of the Austrian gov-
ernment has been preceded by a
j number of conferences with repre-
sentatives of Berlin and Hungary,
botli civil and military, and represent-
j alives from the states or the German
j confederation."
Allies Are Still Going.
Paris.—Fighting continued Kunday
| at various points along the battle
J front in France and Belgium, and the
allied armies scored important gaius
in territory in several sectors.
! Most notable of the advances was
! that east and north of Rheiins. Here
j the French succeeded in wiping out
! the salient created by the strongly
fortified high ground immediately
: east of the city, on which were locat-
I ed several forts, the strongest yet re-
: mainlng in German hands being No
• pent L Abbassee. The retirement Iier-e
I covered a front of 45 miles and at
some points to a depth of eight miles.
Italian troops have launched an aL-
taik south of Laon on a portion of
the front, previously held by the
French. In storming operations the
Italians have taken strong positions
and have made Important breaches
in the German lines.
On the British front important ad-
vances are reported by General Haig.
Frcsnoy was occupied. Cambrai was
further endangered by the capture ot
Aubencheul-Aux-Bois. five miies-south-
east of that town.
Tim Southwestern Association of
Nurserymen, representing the States
of Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma and Ar-
kansas, held sessions at Denison last
week.
Several new oil wells have been
brought in during the past few days
near Brownwood. Drilling is being
rapidly pushed forward in the deep
well district.
Governor and Mrs. Hobby will be
absent from Texas two or three weeks.
The governor lias gone to Washington
in the interest of Texas iu fixing the
price of cotton.
The voters of Palestine will be given
an opportunity to vote on whether or
not the city will buy and operate the
water works, the election having been
called to take place October 15.
After an exhaustive investigation of
a disease that has cost Orange coun-
ty thousands of dollars in the loss of
work horses and mules, veterinarians
have discovered that the disease is
cerebro spinal meningitis.
The first concrete was poured last
week for the beginning of the new sea-
wall at Galveston, which will extend
eastward from an intersection with the
present seawall at the Boulevard and
the gulf front and which will be con-
structed 10,300 feet to Fort Jacinto,
thus reclaiming approximately 1,000
acres of land between the new seawall
and the bay shore line.
—O- —
A flour mill at Bryan has offered
prizes in cash amounting to $400 for
the growing of wheat in Brazos, Burle-
son, Robertson, Leon, Madison and
Grimes counties. The prizes are offer-
ed for the best wheat grown, the best
yield per acre, the largest acreage, etc.
The mill is endeavoring to co-operate
with the government in encouraging
increased food production.
Acting Governor Johnston of Texas
Saturday appointed the following dele-
gates to represent at the annual meet-
ing of the American Public Health As-
sociation to be held at Chicago Octo-
ber 1417: Major W. B. Russ, San An-
tonio; Dr. J. J. Terrell, Dallas; Major
Ed H. McCuiston, Paris; Dr. M. L.
Graves, Galveston; Dr. It. L. Shively,
Henderson; Dr. J. G. Poe, Dallas.
Tho Texas highway department an-
nounces that instructions have been
received from the United States high-
way council to the effect that the 1919
building program, which is being pre-
pared by the highway department of
each State and for which the different
county and city officials concerned
have been asked to file their data with
the highway commission, should be
filed before December 10, 1918, instead
of before October 20, 1918.
There were 19,000 syphilitics among
the registered men in Texas who were
not called in the first draft, according
to estimates based on the report of
the provost marshal general, and a
statement of Dr. W. A. Pusey of the
surgeon general’s committee on vener
eal diseases, the bureau of venereal
diseases of Texas announced this
week. The statement was sent out by
the committee for civilian co-operation
in combating venereal diseases by the
council of national defense.
YOU ARE ASKED TO
CONSERVE MONEY
PUBLIC WARNED BY JUDGE RAM
SEY NOT TO TRADE LIBERTY
BONDS FOR ANY STOCK.
It ts just as vital that the wealth
of the citizens of this country be
conserved as that of any other ne-
cessity be conserved to aid In the
winning of the war.
Money is the greatest requirement
or the Government; the absolutely
paramount commodity, the essential^
thing which we can have a pa t. &
providing.
The Capital Issues Committee Was
Created to Help Conserve Money
The Capital Issues Committee has
jurisdiction over all issues In excess
°* $100,000 and the local Capital Is-
sues Committee hears ali issues of
$100,000 or less which should be sub-
mitted to it.
It will be regarded as an unpa-
triotic act for any stock to be sold
which has not received the permis-
sion of the Capital issues Commit-
tee, and all citizens are asked to
cooperate with the Committee by re-
fusing to buy any stock which has
not been submitted to the Commit-
tee and received the proper permit.
No patriotic man should either buy
or sell any stock which has not re-
ceived the approval of the govern-
mental agency established to pass oi>
such issue.
Insist Upon Seeing the Permit Be-
fore Buying Any Stock
When you are asked to buy stock
or bonds in any company insist up-
on seeing the permit of the Capital
Issues Committee for its sale. Do
not accept any statements that, it is
ail right, that the permit is in the
office of the Company. DO NOT
BUY AN) STOCK until the proper-
permit is produced for your inspec-
tion,
Do not trade your LIBERTY
BONDS for any stock, under any
circumstances, no matter if a permit
for its sale has been issued or not.
No good concern will ask you to do
so. The boys at the front have en-
listed for the duration of the war.
Suiely you should enlist you-r money
without reservation.
You owe to the Government your
cooperation in providing the money
needed to carry on the war, and the
Capital Issues Committee helps you
to avoid non-essential investments.
I lease do all that you can to as-
sist the Government in this direc-
tion. and advise me of any effort to
sell worthless stock in your commu-
nity.
W. F. RAMSEY,
Chairman District Committee
on Capital Issue® for the Elev-
enth Federal Reserve District
Dalius, Texas.
MIGHT HAVE BEEN SlARTLI^G
A total of 334,545.72 cubic yards of
mudshell was used in South Texas
cities, counties and the United States
government during the twelve months
ending August 31, last, most of the
shell coming from the vicinity of Gal
veston. During the same period of
time private parties used 362,601.14
cubic yards of the shell, paying the
state $18,776.24 in taxes or fees. This
gives a total of 697,146.86 cubic yards
the figures being taken from the an-
nual report of the state game, fish and
oyster commissioner.
A committee of oil operators who
are making a new uniform map of the
oil fields of North-Central Texas are
expected to complete their work soon.
The committee is composed of W. H.
Head of the Texas Company, Harri-
son F. Carr of the Prairie Oil and Gas
Company, W. B. Pvron of the Gulf Pro-
duction Company, G. E. Bates of the
Roxana Company, J. A. Wright of the
Cosden Oil and Gas Company, T. B.
Hoffer of the Humble Oil and Refining
Company and K. E. Hansley of the
Texas and Pacific Coal and Oil Com-
pany.
—O —
High-class dairy cattle are going to
he brought, into Texas within the next
few months for dairymen and farmers
to he delivered to them at cost plus
transportation charges. This move-
ment was inaugurated by the exten-
sion service of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas. As only
enough cows are going to be shipped
in to supply the actual requirements,
persons desiring to purchase one or
more should make their wants known.
This may be done by communicating
with the agricultural agent in the
county in which the purchaser resides.
Just a Possibility That There Wa*
Method in Passenger's Remarkable
Exhibition of Drowsiness.
?d Tuetons to Get Out Every Nurse Must Aid
of th
idils.
Epidemic
la M. Anderson,
irvice, American
.'torn division,
i a epidemic do
■ } man or wo
a hand. "Wo
i graduate nurs-
mui, more are
ouraj. We < an
Cross to Combat
liington Mohili --if-
I nfluenze.
m of tho
<f tiie American Rod
nb.it tho epidemic of
enzn has boon deter-
nd instructions sent to
In cooperation wiUi
‘tilth service and state
Rod Cross will
nd will freely us<
_ -..spltal supplies to fight
b} utilizing t.ie services of every the epidemic. A call will be made
man and woman with nursing expert- | for volunteers to go into the homes
ence, amateur or professional.-’ j where mothers are ill and assist.
board or
enroll nc
accuniula
Charge Conspiracy in Shell Factory.
Knoxville. Tenn.—Charged with con-
spiracy and fraud in manufacturing
the great, shell ! shells for the. United States govern-
the T. A. Gillespie ; ment. and with vioiatien of the sa
! liotage act in producing shells alleged
j to be so defective as to render inac
i curate their flight and trajectory
when tired. William J. Oliver, weal-
I thy head of ike manufacturing com-
! pany bearing his name, and nine oth-
ers, have been arrested. It is alleged
| the government has been defrauded
| of more than $100,000.
-- , The oil fields of the gulf coast in
Texas anil Louisiana during tile year
Durne, ©wiizenana.—i ne sociaiisi. i ^ndllls with August 31. this year, pro-
duced 25.749,099 barrels of crude,
slightly more than 1,000,000 barrels
under the production during the pre-
' ions twelve months. During the year
| J,lst closed there were 1.1S8 wells com-
............... ......... __ ( pleted in the gulf coast district, with
smoke rolled up from the ruined Baden. Speakers at the meeting said I theso Producers—less than half
places they were accompanied by ex the prin.-e had energetically struggled 01 !he completions being failures. The
illusions, in which the Germans i,u„. i since the beginning of the war for 011iput of the gulf coast fields this
the re-establishment of peace bv con-I ycar' if fisured according to value,
ciliation and. the democratization of would show an increase over last year
the regime in Germany. j 1 a comIiarii>on was made.
A general meeting of onion growers
In Southwest Texas was held at Co-
tulla last week. The meeting was call-
ed for the purpose of regulating the
flrrPHITP 1T1 Pfioli Hi'sitHot qtvf ti rnm nl.
gating plans for marketing the crop
next spring. Government agents pro-
TYlOtPli th*!* TUPAtinp' T rtcena cnefeLnod
by some onion producers last spring
has caused them to abandon the idea
of putting in one crop only and most
of them are planning to divide their
acreage between onions and winter
truck.
Germans Making Waste of Flanders.
With the British Army in France.
—Great tongues of flames are shoot-
ing up from tho city of Douai and
more fires have been started in Cam
brai. Tiie Germans also have ap-
plied the torch to many villages in
the Cambrai ar-vi. As the flames and
plosions, in which the Germans blew
lip the store® they were unable to
save and which they did not wish
to leave.
Hoped to Retard Liberty Bond Sales.
Washington. One thought concern-
ing the German peace offer that has
found expression in many quarters
\\ * tint f hr* i)prm:in« $n jqnnntiUi.
their effort Just at this time prob
ably iicp‘d to affect the fourth Lib-
prtv Inftn )h t Vi n Mo-* ♦>»**♦
end of the war is at hand. Offi-
I rials were contldent the American
people will even more generously
oversubscribe the loan now as one
means of convincing the kaiser they
will have nothing but victorious peace
Socialist Leaders in Kaiser’s Cabinet.
Berne, Switzerland.—The Socialist
and Social Democratic groups of the
German reichstag have announced
their agreement, with the exception
of seven votes, to participate in tha
organization of a new German gov-
ernment under Prince Maximilian of
Hurs Moving Civilians From Alsace.
Geneva.—German military authori-
ties have begun to remove the in-
habitants of V’.saeo, according to the
co-American attack on the frontier.
The inhabitants of 2n villages, in
______ . ...
kel, already have been sent to Ba
varia. Some of the villagers hava
escaped across the Swigs frontier, j
Fear of disorder is rampant through-
out Alsace-Lorraine and fuel and
food Is scarce.
One afternoon, in a train running
over an Illinois line, an amusing con-
versation took place between the con-
ductor and u passenger who appeared
to be under the influence of liquor.
The passenger was lopping against
the window sill and acting sleepy.
Wake up and gimme your ticket I**
growled tile conductor.
No move.
Once more the pasteboard collector
admonished his snoozy (or boozy) pas-
senger to awaken und dig up some sort
of transportation.
Still no move.
'Ihe conductor went through me
train and punched the local tickets.
Theu he returned. By that time the
train hud gone past two stations.
"Say, now, come out of the dumps
and give me your ticket or off you go i"
snorted the conductor as he grabbed
the fellow rudely by the urtn. Tiie
passenger revived slightly, but quick-
ly sunk back against the window sili
again.
"Where is your ticket?" demanded
the trainman gruffly. "You certuinly
have one somewhere about your per-
son!”
the fellow offered no answer. At
that the conductor grabbed him by the
collar aiwi yanked him to his feet, but
he sunk back limply Into the seat.
Seizing the man by the collar agate
the conductor shook him roughly aitU
yelled with mouth close to ear;
“Confound your pesky skin; I've
searched ail of your pockets and yon
haven't a ticket anywhere on you !"
The passenger, slightly awakened
from his stupor, blandly replied:
"Well, theu, never mind. Let er
go. I ain’t goio’ a great way any-
how !" And he wann’t. He 0
off at the next *u»tlou.
Removing Qerms From Water.
By using Alter alum in rapid sand
filters good results are being obtained
In reducing the bacterial content of
the well water at American mobiliza-
tion camps In Franca, anys Popular
Mechanics Magaiine. The chemical*
coagulates on the sand at the top and
forms a film to which the bacteria ad-
here as the tinpnrtfled water trickle*
through the bed. At regular Intervals
the upper surface of the sand Is re-
placed and a fresh supply of alum In-
troduced.
Disappointed.
"Tough, ain’t it?” the Yank Com-
mented, as they lifted him Into tho
ambulance.
“Oh, you're all right." said the corps
places where a couple of hunks of
shrapnel can’t do any harm.”
**'r*V« « # n I n *f ti• $s n *’a - r**s rm »•
explained the doughboy. “But here
I am going back to a base hospital
wounded, and the only Germane
I’ve seen since I came to France were
three prisoner*,”
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