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SOCIALISTS FAVOR LEAGUE
OF NATIONS FOR PEACE
AMSTKRDAM, Sept. 'Jo. (iermaii (Miaiicell«»r \ on Hert
limr, addressing' tlie reichstair today, eoniplained that President
W’ i Ison had <ri ven I it t le at tent ion to h is ( \ on I lert linsj s) nc< pii
eseenee in the four points which President Wilson had laid
down as peace essentials. \ on Hertliiijj said that in heliruai’j
he had announced his agreement in principle with President
W ilson, who had never taken any notice o! hi: lei lam:inn.
The chancellor said he lavorcd the torniation ol a leairu '
of nations, the protection ot sued! nation: and universal d:.~
armament in equal proportions.
He concluded by saying that the (ierman submarine was
slowly diminishing the allied tonnaire and restricting the trails
portation of American men and material.
German “Readiness for Peace’’
Admiral Yon Hintze. German foreign secretary, address
ing the reichstag main committee today, said that Germany
maintains a readiness for peace, notwithstanding the repeated
rejection of the peace offers from the Teutons.
Speaking regarding the Austrians’ recent peace proposal,
the admiral said that Germany’s attitude toward peace had
been manifested to the whole world in repeated appeals.
Germany’s Peace Terms Promulgated by Socialists
. LONDON, Sept. 25.—There is good reason to believe that
tin* program adopted bv the Social Democratic faction of the
reichstag at its meeting last Monday actually embodies Ger
many's peace terms. According to Rotterdam dispatches the
program includes unrestricted indorsement of the reichstag’s
peace resolution of,July, 1!M7, which declared in favor of Ger
many joining a league of nations based upon the peaceable set
tlenient of all disputes and general disarmament.
Chancellor Creates Bad Impression
\ on 1 lertling's speech before the reichstag made an un
favorable impression upon the members of the various reieh
stag circles. They consider the address unequal to the gravity
of the situation.
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40,000 PRISONERS TAKEN BY
ALLIES INPALESTINE DRIVE
LONDON, Kept. 25.—General Focli, who dislikes to be in
terviewed, departed from Ids usual rule on Tuesday, when In*
received a few newspaper men. During (lie course of ids re
marks be said that the British army was better than ever, and
had made good all its losses.
“The American army,” said (ieneral Focli, “is splendid.
It is wonderfully gallant in the field. Ten thousand fresh Amer
icans are arriving in France every day. The French annv is
the same good old army as in 11M4. The (Ioniums have been
shaken badl\ but are still holding out. I don’t think we will
reach the Rhine immediately, but we have passed the crest and
are now going down the hill. If we gather impetus, so much
1 lie better.”
SAY GERMAN
ARMY MORALE
NOT BROKEN
A M K HI (’ A N 11KADQI AHTKHS,
Kept 25. Concrete Information does
not indicate an appreciable breakdown
of Herman morale, according to off!
cera who have examined Herman pris
oners.
A few of the prisoners say they are
glad they have been captured, and
that they are tired of lighting, but the
officers say the same thing might pos
sibly be true of allied prisoners cap
tured after long bombardments.
PRESIDENT WILSON OPENS
LOAN CAMPAIGN FOIL
WASHINGTON. Saps. 2... ! u* i
dent Wilson will leave t >r New York
Fiiday, where he will deliver an ad
dress on the eve of the opening of
;’ac Liberty loan campaign.
SEVEN HUNDRED CASES OF
INFLUENZAATCAMPLOGAN
CAM I’ LOGAN, Sept. 25.—Seven
hundred cases of influenza have been
reported here, but the situation is well
in hand and no serious results are
expected.
BOND QUOTA
FOR ALASKA
PORTLAND. Ore., Sept. 25.—Great,
white footsteps painted on every side
walk and cross-street In the down
town district liy the Home Guard, who
worked most of the night, lead to the
Liberty temple, where subscriptions
lire being taken for the fourth Liberty
loan. Red signs on the sidewalks
every twenty feet said "Hit the Lib
erty trail."
Portland is already within nine mil
lion dollars of her nineteen-million
quota, and it is expected to raise the
entire quota before the campaign
starts, next Saturday.
Alaska's Quota
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 25 - Alas
ka's quota for the fourth Liberty loan
Is $1,2fi!i.4un.
The quota for the Twelfth Federal
Reserve district is $402.0110,11(10.
The quota for the state of Washing
ton is $58,215,900.
The bond quotas are made out on
the basis of gross bank resources av
eraged between the last December
and the June calls.
INDIVIDUAL
INCOME TAX
IS APPROVED
WASHINGTON. Sept L\"» A no.
inul tax of 11’ per rout on not Income
of individuals, tc^ethe- with a provi
sion that the rate shall be »i per cent
upon the first $4.huu. written in the
house $\i»ioi,iiihmiii'i war rovenue bill,
has been approved by the senate
finance committe“
MANY ALLIED RAIDS ARE
MADEQNGERMANTQWNS
AMSTERDAM. Sept 25 A German
official statement says the allies car
ried out forty-seven raids upon Ger
man towns during August.
It gives the list of casualties as
7!1 persons killed and 113 injured.
CROWN PRINCE
PAYS PENALTY
FOR MARRIAGE
AMSTERDAM. Sept 26—The
Crown Crim e Charles of Rumania has
been punished liy bis father with close
confinement fseventy-live days for
transgressing the military regula
tions He began serving his sentence
yesterday.
Cupid Was to Blame
LONDON, Sept. 25. It Is believed
here that the Rumanian crown prince
was disciplined because he went to
Odessa on September 15 and was mar
ried to Miss Zysis Lamhrino, who is a
Rumanian but not of royal blood.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, Sept. 26.—Fish quota
tions at noon today were: Halibut,
18c; sableflsh, 10c; ling and red
cod, 8c.
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MENACE IS
THING PAST
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 25. Charles
Schwab, head of the government's
shipbuilding program, today told the
members of the Pennsylvania Medical
As|h iation. that the submarine was
;* thing of the past
M; Schwab declared that although
| so®' shipyard workers were shirk
ers, the men as a whole were doing
j n.or« than their share.
FORT SHELL
HITS HOME
LONG ISLAND
NEW YORK. Sept. 25. A six-pound
shell tired across Long Island from
Port Totten over the hows of a steam
kw* Jj?und east struck a residence in
Loni; Island City and demolished part
of the foundation wall.
No one was injured, but three hun
dred inhabitants of the island w >■••••
panic stricken
The police learned that imperative
order had been issued at the lort t
stop (he steamship.
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(WHIHFK. Wales, Sept. ”f. Three
thousand railroad men. who have been
on strike here, have derided unani
mously to resume work immediately
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CREW IS LOST
WHEN VESSEL
HITSA MINE
COPENHAGEN. Sept. IT, The
Swedish gunboat Geinhitd yesterday
siruck a German mine in the Skag
erack and sunk. The chief officer and
eighteen men were lost.
It is rumored that another Swedish
f ill.oat was recently sunk by a mine
and that the greater part of her crew
were killed.
mim PEACENOTF.
RECEIVED BT VATICAN
HOME. Sett! 25 The Vatican tti
nouncei that the Austrian peace not)
was received Monday night Tin* de
lay in the arrival of the note was due
to the closing of the frontier.
It Is stated that the Vatican's an
swer will be purely formal.
TEDDY TD TALK ON WAR
IN MOTH OCTOBER !i
BILLINGS, Mont., Sept. 25.-—Colonel j
Hoosevelt will deliver a patriotic ad
dress on "The War and Americanism'
in this city on October 6. Ho plans |
to arrive here in the morning and do i
purt the same evening for New York J
HAVE CROSSED THE CREST.
ARE NOW GOING DOWN HILL
ASSnOIATLD i’h’LSS WAK Sl'MMAliY. In tin- em-ir
clcrncnt of St. (Client in ami the dri viiiir of the < iermaim and I! ill
Iranians northward in Macedonia the allied armie- are proa'ivs
injr airaiiist increased enemy resistance. Northwest of St.Qnen
tin the British are advancinir toward the northwestern sub
nrhs, and there is heavy fiirhtirifr near (irieonrt, le>> than three
miles northwest of the city. The British are advancinir despite
the (ierman counter-attacks.
Apparently the allies in Macedonia have succeeded in split
tine the (ierman and Bulirarian forms apart east and west of
the Yardar. The Serbs are advancing toward Velcs.
BBritish Advance on St. Quentin
LONDON, Sept. 125.—The British continued their process
of closing in on St. Quentin today, and advanced near (irieonrt
and in the Selency reirion. The British repulsed a (ierman at
tack northwest of St. Quentin above (irieonrt.
A thousand prisoners were captured by the British yester
day around St. Quentin.
Unsuccessful German Counter Attack
PARIS, Sept. ‘Jo. The Germans last night unsuccessfully
attempted to regain valuable ground which the French recently
won near the western end of the Chemin des Dames. They at
tacked near Moisv farm.
Aerial Activities on American Front
WITH TIIH A MURK’AX FORCKS. Sept. TV German
and allied airmen have increased their activities along the old
St. Miltiel sector. Bright skies hav e replaced clouds, and .e-rial
observers have been sent out by both Americans and Germans.
The German fliers extended their operations in some ease- be
hind the American lines, but sharp countering by the Aue ri
cans has given them little opportunity for close observation or
photographic work.
Italians Advancing in Macedonia
Rtl.MH, Sept. The [taken- in western Macedonia are
pres-ing northward v igorously, and have occupied the heights
nort h of Topolehani, mid w a \ bet ween Monast i r and I Vi lop, says
an official statement.
Serbians Continue Victorious March
LONDON, Sept. The Bulgarians and Germans are re
tiring to Voles, twenty five miles southeast of I’skub, along the
Prilep (iradsko road. The Serbians have captured thirteen
guns and a great number of Austrian wagons and other ma
terial.
Fanout Fighting on Bulgarian Frontier
PARIS, Sept. llfi. The allies are encountering stubborn re
sistance on the Bulgarian frontier. 'There is also furious fight
ing on the left hank of the Vardnr. 'The Bulgurs are holding
strong positions overlooking their own frontier, the only place
where they are making any resistance.
Breaking the News Gently
BLR LI N, Sept. After the fighting west of St. (Quentin
the towns of Francilly and Selenry remained in the hands of
the French, it is officially reported.
British Victory Increasing in Magnitude
LONDON, Sept. ilfi. 'The British in Palestine have cap
tured more than forty thousand prisoners and two hundred and
sixty five guns.
'The British operating east of the .Iordan apparently are in
a favorable posit ion to nit off t lie 'Turks retreat o.-; ort li along
the Hodjas railway. The British are approaching Amman, on
that railwiiy, and the Arabs are pressing the retiring enemy
orthward from Maan, a point on the railway southeast of the
1 )ead sea.
BOLSHEVIK! DEMAND THE
SURDENDER ALLIED OFFICIALS
LONDON, Sept. 25.—Several British ami French officials
have taken refuge in the American consulate at Moscow, under
Norway’s protection. The Bolsheviki have placed a guard
around the building and demanded the surrender of the officers
and consulate officials.