ALLIES FACE KRIEMHILD DEFENSE LINE
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COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN
GERMANY AND THE WEST
FRONT NOW THREATENED
WASHINGTON. < let. a. In i.is \m -kl\ talk w i't'ii news
I taper men totlav. Genera! Mi el -. I ol 1 i ‘ •. u I !t Ai.e r
can advance northwest of \ erdun Girenteiis the great • .-t singl
line of eoninmniention between Germany ami the west trout.
The Americans were within eighteen miles of this alters, lie
said. The Germans had used many reinforcements in this sec
tor, but the Americans had advanced until they now lace tlm
Kriemhihl line of defense.
Excellent News of Past Week
The Minimar\ of t lie news for t lie past week. General March
said. (Iffeiisives had been conducted by the allies on three
major sector', which had resulted in a forward movement of
the battle front for practically the entire stretch from the
north sea to Verdun. The French army just west of Argonim
had fought its way forward to a point where it threatens tie*
German communication lines.
Importance of Attack on Austrian Base
Referring to the Balkans, General March said the Italian
advance in Albania, closely following the retirement of the
Austrian army along the coast and the recent naval attack on
I bira/.zn, behind the Austrian front, was extremely important
in connection with allied strategy.
Influenza Will not Interfere with Troop Shipments
General Ma:ch announced today that Jot),(M It I American
troops are embarking monthly for overseas, despite the epi
demic of Spanish influenza. There are more than a hundred
thousand cast's of influenza in the home camps, he said
More than 1 .sbO.OOO troops had now embaiked, continu'd
the chief of staff, and the September shipments exceeded
10(1.
The war department’s policy in sending only men who
have not had influenza and who have not been exposed has not
interfered w i111 the total number of men transported, concluded
General March.
CARGO SHIP
STRIKES MINE
WASHINGTON. Oct. 5. The Amer
ican cargo steamship Sansaha of the
Mallor\ line was sunk yesterday lit
!• «■ . mil-' " . In -i- i .»! l>an «it. X
.1 . it i » ii--i.ii:> annoiiin c 1
'I In- In lift is expressed that the
ship struck a mine. The number
killed unknown
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Sale of Bonds
Not as Large
as Expected
WASH INC.TON, Oc t 5. Willi the
completion of the* first week of the*
three weeks* drive for the Fourth Lib
erty loan, but one-sixth of the total
amouin called for has been subscribed.
It was announced that the* subscrip
tions reported up to last night were
$1,000,000,000.
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Crowd Gathers
to Hear Teddy
llll.UNtiS, Mont., Oct. 5. Nearly
ten thousand out-of-town visitors ure
here for Roosevelt's speech this aft
ernoon
FRENCH SAY
TWO CAN PLAY
AT REPRISALS
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PARIS. Oct. 5 Threats by Austria
that allied aviators carrying and drop
ping proclamations would be punished
with death if captured have brought
a threat of reprisals from the French
government.
Austria has been notified that the
French will retaliate by the infliction
of the same penalty in double proper
i tion upon imprisoned Austrian offi
cers if French aviators are executed
LONDON. Oct. f>. British airmen
last week dropped three hundred tons
of bombs on Herman railways and
other points behind the enemy lines
One hundred and twenty-four Her
man machines were brought down
and forty-six driven down out of con
trol. Ninety British machines are
missing.
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♦ DESPICABLE WORK ♦
♦ OF DEFEATED HUNS ♦
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♦ I’.\I(IS. Oct f. \ 11 factories ♦
♦ .mil business houses In St. ♦
♦ Quentin considered likely to ♦
♦ compete with Herman indus *
♦ tries were destroyed by the ^
♦ Herman prior to their evacea ♦
♦ lion of that city. ♦
♦ lioyond the destruction of ❖
♦ factories and business houses,
♦ the damage was not great. ♦
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EXPLOSION IN
SHELL LOADING
PLANT FATAL
PFRTH AMBOY. N .1 . Oct. 5.—Per
haps hundreds of persons perished is
tlic result of all night explosions in
the great shell loading plant of T. A.
Cillespie at Morgan. V .1.. last night,
according to the chief of police.
Ot the two thousand members of
the night shift. onl> 1 •»1 have been ac
counted for. It is not known whether
the others are dead or have tied.
It is unofficially reported that the
known fatalities are 1237.
The explosions were felt tor miles.
Explosion Felt for Fifty Miles
NK\Y YORK. Oct. f>. It is reported
that tin1 explosions at Perth Amboy
were felt at Islip. Long island, fifty
miles distant from the scene.
The explosions broke windows in
the lower part of this city. Fifty
panes of glass crashed in on the
Broadway side of the Produce Fx
change building. The police report
that a number of windows were
broken on Staten island
Doz*n Towns Shuttered
\ dozen northern New Jersey
towns have been shattered by the
Perth \mhoy explosions, which still
continue Firebrands from the ex
plosions have been scattered among
tons of trinitrotoluol, tin* mast power
ful explosion known. New York also
was shaken.
More Explosions Feared
Fearing more explosions, the mayor
of Perth Amboy has ordered the sub
ways and Fast River bridges closed.
MANY CHANGES
IN OFFICIAL
LIFE OF HUNS
HEKI.IX, Oct. a It iff announced
that l)r W. S. Wolf. Herman colonial
secretary, has been appointed imperial
foreign secretary: Mathias Erzbergor,
Centrist leader, has been appointed
secretary of state without portfolio,
and llerr Bauer, Socialist member of
the relchstag, has boon named secre
tary of state for the Imperial labor of
fice.
FRENCH AAE ADVANCING ON
THREE FRONTS; HUNS GIVING
UP MUCH FRENCH TERRITORY
SCOUT PATROL
BLOWN UP BY
AN EXPLOSION
AN ATLANTIC POUT. Oct. V If
is reported that th“ Amori- an smut
patrol No. 37'.* has heon lost m ar her*
She sank how first. Rescue vessels
were immediately sent to the scene
of the disaster, and one boatload of
men were rescued It is not known
whether or not others were saved
The vessel curried a crew of fifty
•.AT.cern arid men.
The destruction of the vessel was
i due to an internal explosion.
A later report stales that all hands
were saved.
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RUMANIA WILL
SOON BE BACK
IN BIG BATTLE
WASHINGTON. Oct ( ap.ai
Yasile Sfoica, former attache of •
Rumanian legation here, ami pr •
•lent of t!ie Rumanian National
la acne of America, said today that
Rumania would soon he hack in lie
war on the side of the all.*- .
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FISH QUOTATIONS
SKATTLK. Oct fi. Kish prices at
'noon yesterday were Halibut. H’ < .
| sablelish. fie; ling and red cod. 71 • c
INFLUENZA IS
NOW RAGING
ON PACIFIC
SKATTLK. Oct ."* \ll public
i: flees have been »pp«*d here on *
(• amt of the influenza epidemi The
•’iters and churches may also 1
elosed.
This afternoon orders were i. su* d
that only outdoor meetings would I
allowed. Pastors of churches have
been ordered to hold no services in
the (hurehes tomorrow, and the the
aters were ordered not to give mati
nee performances this afternoon.
Mayor Hanson says he does not
know how many eases of the disease
there ar ein the city
Between one and two hundred cases
of the disease already have been re
ported.
At Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo. Oct
f>.—The board of health has ordered
all indoor gatherings, including the
aters. churches, schools and colleges,
closed in order to prevent the spread
• »f Spanish Influenza.
ASS< X'lATKh I’WKSS \\ AW Sl .MMAW't Tim Id ■■ •• and
A■ in-1 man- arc siiia-hing the German |><>>11iim- in ( nmpngtm,
ami have forced the eneuiv to sin render valuable ground in tlm
hill country near the Suipaim river. North and we-t of Wimim
and east and wc-t of Argotum the allies are gaining in Imavy
fighting.
I’AWIS. i let. .d. I'mler pressure of Kreneh and American
attack' in ('hampagiie file (!erman> have retired on t1■ left
flank and give up territory, say- an official 'tnlenmiit. Tim
French and Ameriean> have gained north H I’dane \1 • • 111 to
ward the Arnes liver. The Kreneh along tlm Aisiie canal are
pressing the (iermaiis vigorously. They have ero-sed the canal
at several point- and reached the ont-kirt- of Wenm-ricourl.
French Make Gains on Three Fronts
In violent fighting north of St. (Quentin the French have
Iriven tlm enemy from the heights southwest of < 'hardonvert.
tains are being maintained by tin* French in Imavv fighting
n At gomie. Northwest of Hlieims during the last five dav > tlm
I'd’eneh have taken more than g’.aOO prisoners and thirty oi.e
gltlls.
American Attack Progressing Brilliantly
The Americans are attacking between tin Meii.-i and tlm
\ i".outie on an ex)• tided t rout, ami have advanced ov er a mile
it -onm points. Thev have eaptur<d -onm village and are
regre-'ing brilliantly, aeeording to the eorre-pondent-.
Prisoners Captured in Flanders Fighting
11 A \ WK, < let. a III Flander.' since September lS l he Writ
h. Welgian ami Freiicb have taken pri-oimi'. d.dn gun
ml lion niachiiie gun-, says an official statement.
German Retirement in Champagne
F W KN< 11 11K A1 )i JI A WT! d IS in Fast cm < 'lu.iupagim. < let
>. The Germans a re falling hack on the line of the Arm - ri v -r.
I lie Aim iiean- have reached this line ami captured Stetinim,
i ui t lie A riles
Americans Advance Under Great Difficulties
I .< ).\ I)( l.\. ( let. a. Ill the offensive 1 >e t w till tile Meuse and
t lie Aisne t lie Americans have snil'i d allot her ad Vail. I III' ft Oil i
twotitl.ii ; ills i V' ■ t i|:: t ii-ult eouiltry i neoualei-d
n Aru'oiine. Among the towns reported to have been eaptnraiI
is < 'iinel, a mile and a halt northeast of Romagiie.
Germans Destroying Great Stronghold
WITH Till’, BRITISH, (let. a. Great tongues of flam
••e shooting skyward from Hoiiai city. More fires ha\ ■ 1>■■■■!.
tarteiI in ('amhrai. The Germans are hurtling mans v.dag
in the ('amhrai sector.
Disastrous German Raid
WITH T1IK AMKRIt'AXS in I .orraiue. (let. a. After a
fort\ minute barrage, the German- atti mpt-d to raid ii \• 11• • i
ican lines east of Gerardmer. Tin-attack failed and -i\i\ tier
mans in the party were kilh d or captured.
Advance of British Forces
I,( l\ I >( l.\. ( let. a. The Bl it i'll nort 11 of Si ' J11 I'; i: i ' a \
advanced north of I,o Catalet and -■ nth of I’.eaui' voir.
Allied Progress in Serbia
I ‘ A RIS. (let. . i. I! n al lie- !: S ri na ha \ i r nn n i it c
with the Austro- Hungarians m an Vrauje, in -on;1' i n s ,:
The Serhs operating against tin* Austrians have taken lh *n\
Serbians Give Good Account ct Thrmselves
I.() \I >< i X. Oct. a. The Austro Germans have 11* •< 11 *1
-ateiI in the fighting with the Serbians, who have pur-u d
‘ hem toward the old Serbian Turkish frontier, says an offiei. I
statement.
NETHERLANDS HAS MADE
NO BID FOR CONFERENCE
TIIK IIAC.l'K, Oot. fi Holland has
not invited the belligerents to nego
tiate for peace, it is officially an
nounced. There is no truth in the
Berlin Tageblatt's statement to that
effect.
Bulgarian King
Abdicates Favor
of Crown Prince
COPKNHACSKN, Oct. S The Ofti
clal Bureau says King Ferdinand of
Bulgaria abdicated in favor of Crown
Prince Boris on Thursday last.