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* ? f=S A LIVE PAPER ^"ir il A LIVE TOWN 68TH YEAR. NO. 5. SI utter germap TERMS UPON Wl IMMEDIATE At PROBABU IN REPLY IS EXPECTED QUICKLY IF TERMS ARE TO BE ACCEPTEE Possibly By Tonight Washing ton Will Know Whether Fighting is to Continue. GERMANY NOW ALONE IN FIGHT WITH ALLIED Acceptance of Terms Agree* Upon in Paris Would Me::i Complete Surrender and Wa Would End Immediately. With Germany's allies vanquishe ami forced to accept terms for a ceN Nation of liONt'dtiea a gainst then tantamount to ahject surrender, th die is now to be cast in front of tin liohenzollern dynasty. The inter-allied conference sittini in Versailles has drawn up the term under which Germany may hav peace and the indications are lbs these terms will l?e no less hard thai those imposed upon Austria-Hun gary, liu'guria and Turkey. K? rsaken by all her allies, Gei many, 'lie power that hoped to h alilc to dominate the world by fores is at the threshold of aeknnwledg'm defeat by capitulation or continuin; n struggle which means her iiltlinnt utter defeat. The terms accepted by Austria Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey hav shorn all these states of power Those imposed upon Germany surel will be no less severe in renderini that country powerless to resum hostilities, even in the far distan future Washington, Nov. 4.?Terms upo which Germany may obtain an im mediate armistice and end the wa were completed and signed today ii Paris. Secretary Lansing nnnounc ed the fact tonight in a brief state mont, adding only that eomplet diplomatic harmony had bee achieved by the allied and Americai conferees at Versailles. It may be stated authoritat'vel; that the terms, not yet given out fo publication, follow closely those un der which Austria-Hungary surren dered today and passed out of th war. leaving Germany to stand alon against the world. The presumption in official cir cjes here tonight was that the stipu lations would be in the hands of thi German government in less than 2 hours. If they are accepted, a repl; settling the Issue of peace or furthe flvhting may also he received wlthit that time. The uncertainty causet President Wilson to cancel tonigh bis proposed trip to New Jersey to morrow to cast his vote In the con gressional elections. Text Probably in Gables. Although the complete text of th< historic Versailles document prob ably is only now on the cab'es foi Washington, its substance had bee reported upon fully and approved hi the President before the final draf was prepared. The department made th;s s'ate ment: According to an official report re reived fhls evening. the terms of t?-< armistice to he offered to Oermanj have Just been agreed to unanimous ly and signed hv the representative* of the allies and the United States It Paris The report further state* that diplomatic unity has te en com (Continued on Page Four.) "HE L SMI-WEEKLY. )EFEA T ( rrjNFAi UCH GERMANY M IMISTICE AND EN HANDS OFCFRM 0 -= HEAVY VOTING IS SHOWN BY REPORTS (Hy United Press.) Washington, Nov. 5.?Early re (ports from political headquarter! show that American voters were turning out early and in great numbers for one of the most spirited elections in the nation's history. UP TOWN HOSPITAL HAS BEEN CLOSED 1 5 Situation So Improved That ^ All Patients Now Are at 1 Mill Hospital, r ONLY SIX ARE NOW THERE J 1 ^ Red Cross Thanks People Whc ? Aided in Epidemic and Helped e It in the Great Fight in This e City. K ? (By MISS MAIUJAKKT MOORK.) ? The small up-town emergency ' hospital is being closed tod..v. all o the patients having re .ive d excepl i- one who has been transferi d to th< mill hospital. The mill hosplta now has only one patient from th* 8 mill village and four from the town who are being cared for by nurses t trained and volunteer. ? A new nurse, the only one sent bj c the public health service, reporter yesterday morning and is assistini " the Chester nurses at the hospital. Ii 0 has been thought best to take car* ' of all influenza patients at the lies y pital, placing them in the care o! R trained nurses. 0 The Lancaster Red Cross wishe: V to thank each and everyone who as sisted In the influenza epidemic? I the volunteer nurses, at the mill, it n the homes, and at the infirmaries; i-| those who lent or dro^e automo r biles; the contributors of milk, eggs n butter and other delicacies for th* !- sick; everyone who has assisted ir i-.any way. 8 Many people from the countr\ n have been most kind and thoughtfu n sending in contributions of eggs 1 milk and butter for the Influenza paY tients. r! Four little boys on Friday night ol -1 last week. Edward Jordan. Ivj i-j roovev, .1. Blackmon and Martlr 0 Crawford solicited J I 10 for the In 81 cal relief fund. The following letter with a con ? tribution enclosed was received hj - the publicity chairman Saturday: a Heath Springs. S. C., 4 Route 3. y Miss Margaret Moore: r You will find enclosed 25 cents i (twenty-five cents) for the Red 1; Cross. I am a little boy ten years t old. Yours truly. Johnnie Raker. The Red Crosbyishes to thank the fol'nwfng contributors' to* tlia n relief fund: . Mrs. Wm. R. Cauthen $2 0(1 r Mrs. S. L. Rlackmon 1.00 i Are there not others who wish to / contribute? The expenses of the Int fltionza committee are tremendous and must be met at an early date. noTiNniT, HAS ENDED ITS WORK tjty United Press.) , Paris, Nov. 5. The inter-a!ll?d i diplomatic eouncM at Versa'lles j terminated its work yesterday. AR members were in entire agreement o'^rer'ilng arm'atlce terms to be presented to Germany. ANG LANCASTER, S. C., T Warn :eand AY OBTAIN AN D THE WARAR 4 NGOVERNME FRENCH BEGIN NET \ ATTACK ON FR (By United Press.) Paris, Nov. 5.?The Fiend 5 army launched a new attac ' morning ou a front of 40 against the great elbow of tin I tern front extending from river southeastward to the Ais AUSTRIA IS m\ i OUT OF THE V t Armistice Granted to Au Hungary and Hostiliti Have Already Ceased. I ARMIES BADLY BE A ? Drive Against the Ger I Goes on and Unless A 5 tice Interrupts No Halt Be Made. Washington, Nov. 4.?Arr f terms which the Austrians ha f cepted are expected here to f t a clear index to those which t ; preme war council at Veraal I preparing for Germany. quently their publication will greater significance than oth would attach since the Austria render has been discounted vance by the internal disintep j of the dual monarchy and tl: lapse of the Austro-Hungarian ~ on the Italian front. Official announcement that t mistice had been signed reach* state department today. In n this known officials gave 110 t'.nn of the terms imposed, nt there any explanation of why tion of hostilities had been d 24 hours or more after the signing of the articles of surr The generally accepted however, seemed to'be that it u sired to have virtually all Italii freed of enemy troops befo Italian armies were committed their attacks upon the routec ( trian forces. Military men here said the '' which the supreme war counr . | prepared would make it imp , for the Austrians to renew 1 ties and probably the disarm r the enemy troops and ocupat strategic points as well. So these, namely Trent and Tries ready have been occupied by ana anieu lorces. Free movement of the allied | through Austria to attack Go from the south, should the su war command decide such a necessary in the future, also | pected to he stipulated Unofficial reports from 1 said the Germans were nrepari ! such an attack by fort'fving tl varian frontier. The defect Austria leaves Germany stripr its last ally and military m?i allied and American 1 that ""Her capitulation will 1 soon after the terms from Ver ' are suhmltted. Exchanges of views hetweei F. M. House, soecial represer i of the American governmei France, and the allied premier tinned at Colonel House's ho | Paris and apparently the p ; terms for Germany are rot yet for submission to the allied m leaders for their consideration regard to the military nerev , Colonel House is keeping Pre Wilson constantly advised as propress of events | In view of the peneral Hiti (Continued on Pape 4.) UESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1918. PLETE SUi Trrr? mrn i nr, limlp DEBACLE ABOUT TO E OCCUR IN HUN ARM! NT Deserted By Her Last All = Germany Fights Alone Bat^ tie Meaning Defeat. ONT ARGONXE MASSIF CLE ARE ti first k 1,1,8 Entire German Line Appeal miles e to Be Crumbling and Ai Peion mcn Report Steady Retre; ne North. Austria-Hungary is out of tl war. if AD Deserted by her lust ally, (Ji I/all many fights alone a battle whi? i means ultimate defeat or abject su | render. stria- After days of pleading an arml es tice has been granted Austria-Hu | gary whose badly defeated armies I the Italian theatre are staggerir I homeward under the violence of tl LTEN blows ot the entente troops. "Trent, in Austrian Tyrol, whi< the Italians always have clainn "mans their own, has been captured I rmis- them: Tricst, Austria's principal se port on the Adriatic, over whii ^ ill there has been such bitter ilghtin now Mies the Italian flag, and Be grade, capital of Serbia, has been r occupied by the Serbians, nistico |n Prance and Belgium the Ge urnfs?h man8 are being sorely harassed 1 he su- the British, French. Americans ai lies is Belgians, and there are indicatioi Conse- * Hat a debacle is about to occur carry The Argonne massif, which h erwise proved a great obstacle to the a n sur- vance of the French and American in ad- a* 'as* .has been cleared of the en ;ration n,y* am' 'he entire line appears to I le col- crumbling. American airmen r forces Port that the enemy in front of tl Americans is retreating northwa he ar- am' that the roads are dense ed the Packed with troops, artillery at naking transport. indica-f likewise southeast of Vale >r was ciennes the Germans are ret rent ii cessa- before the British, who are in clo elayed pursuit and taking numerous pvi actual oners. North of the Aisne in Chat ender. pagne the French continue the view, pressure and have tnken several ir as de- portant villages, large numbers in soil! prisoners and great quantities of wi re thei stores. to end The advance of the America! 1 Aus- anfl the French on the southei part of the battle front, taken terms conjunction with the operations il bed Field Marshal Ilaig and the Be ossible Kians in the north, threatens lost ill-1 prove the culminating blow to Ge jug 0f mnnv's attempt to hold ground ion of I France or in Uelgium. Indeed if me of! no{ imnrobable if the advance fro ite. al-l "ie south continues as rap'dlv as itallan'8- the greater portion of the Ge ! ntan army will be trapped before ! forces | men can reach their border. Tt rinany situation of the Germans seeming preme 's a critical one. stroke ~ i> ex- LEOTTESNOY TAKEN BY BRITISH FORCE / lenna ng for t, (By United Press.) ie HaUondon, Nov. 5.?l^eqesnov, a on of . , important fortified town, eight mib red of , southeast of Valenciennes, was eai \ here . ' 1 relieve ,ure(' yesterday by the Ilritish ti . pether with its garrison of a thoi rol'ow saillc* san" men? General Halg announce today. a Col. * "" Native ??VKIIVOR MANNING CAIXS 1( (n P()R COTTON CONFERFNC s con-i Columbia, Nov. 4.?Goverm me in, Manning has issued a call for a cor eneral j ference to be held in Atlanta, of co ready j ton producers, hankers, merchant ilitarv and the governrtrs of the cottoi with producing states, to consider th is:tie* "disastrous cternne in cotton price sklent far below the cost of product ion to tho| He urced that cotton be held off th i market until a price is "obtaine nation that will cover cost of production. ; The date of the conference was nr fixed. , New SUIiS< RRENDER OF WAR i CARTONS FOR BOYS |1 j Aumcrnc Anrnrnrl I UVEI\3Eittt) rtftt ntI\L I ly Red Cross Will Furnish These \ For Sending Christmas Packages to France. I) MUST HAVE THE COUPON > rs Each Soldier in France Will E r- Send Label to One From it Whom He Wishes Holiday Box. tie Through the co-operation of the war and postal departments and the w sr- American Red Cross arrangements a h have been made by which every | a r- American hoy overseas may receive! o one (and only, on account of the ! p s-j lack of shipping space) Christmas' l> n- packet from home. Each soldier tl in some time ago was given a Christ- si ig mas percel label, to be sent to the v ie person from whom he wished to re- ^ ceive his Christmas parcel. Pack- N ch ages without these labels cannot be! ed sent, nor, if the label is lost, can it 11 iy be duplicated. 1 w a- Cardboard boxes of standard size, | p "h 3 inches by 4 inches bv t* inches are i> K. provided by (he Red Cross and the w 'I- gifts must be placed in these. When n e- unwrapped they must not weigh over j 2 pounds 15 ounces. The Lancaster I r- chapter has received its supply of t >y boxes, which will be distributed at q id Lancaster chapter headquarters, w ns Kershaw Red Cross rooms. Heath c; Springs Red Cross rooms and hv Mrs. a as, o. W Potts at Pleasant Valley. At ], d- any of these places boxes may be ob>8. tained by holders of labels. h All packages must be mailed by tl e November 20th and it is desirable ti e- that they be sent as soon as possible (] he When packed, the box tuisenled o rd and unwrapped, must be brought to u ly Lancaster, Kershaw or Heath s id Springs Red Cross headquarters, the i one most convenient. All day long v n- at each of these stations, a comm't- v i ip tee will inspect and we'gh the pack- , ji solan-oe^ remove any objectionable ar- i a- tides, and after tieing them in heavy <, n- wrapping paper, deliver them to the / dr postal authorities. t n- I The Lancaster Red Cross will have 0 at each of these stations khaki t; ftr handkerchiefs and red ribbon for t tieing the gifts. The required post- t as age which amounts to fifteen cents r I rn from Lancaster to Hoboken. N. J., is in affixed by the person sending the j n' package in the presence of the Red d-i Cross worker. A label certifying n that the Inspection has been made ^ '-lis pla-ed on the package. I r in All persons to whom labels hive 8 been sent are urged to eet their x\ mi boxes at once After November 20 0 f no packages ran he hand'ed hv the, r- ? > i in ims*i<t i auuioriiiPR. n 10 i With each box instructions as to nr|<! ticlos barred bv postoffice ropu'n. P 'V tions and articles desirable and iino desirable will be piven ^ The committee on Christmas pack- 0 ets for Lancaster headquarters is as g follows: R] Mrs. Krnest Moore, chairman of n distribution; Mrs. C. D Jones, chair rj man of inspection, assisted bv Mrs. in >s ft ('. Hrown, Mrs. T. M Huphes ^ S Mrs. Q. W Williams, Mrs. J. H P^ Witherspoon, Mrs John Crawford, i- ~ (j (Continued on Pape 5.) * HOHENZOLLERN TRUNKS ARRIVE IN SWITZERLAND i> F - w ir l>o/ens of Them Have Reached the b 1_ Luxurious ( bateau Named "Rue- n I- pi ts nns" on l<ake of Zup. i i'-1 urncva, >ov. ? nozrns of trunks >s hearing the royal Hohenzollorn inon- 11 ogram havp bppn arriving in thp past ?< o week at tho luxurious chateau nnni- *( <1 Pd "llucnaa," on thp lake of Zug. Thp h phateau. which is flying th?* (jprnmn \ >f flar is the property of liar on von tl j KlPist, a German. w ? cotton today 29 cents :rjption $2.00 a year STARES IS NEAR (ONEY IS NEEDED IF WAR ENDS SOON Vork Will Have to He Continued During Period of Demobilization. VILL TAKE A LOM; TIME ] ] Iven if Peace Came Today Fifteen Months Would He Rett uired to Get Troops Hack Home. Atlanta, tla., Nov. 4.?Even if tho orld war were brought to a close in few weeks, the United War Work gencies will need a fund in excess t $170,500,000. This fact is emhasized in a statement just issued y U 11. King, campaign director for le Southwestern department, and iiould be borne in mind by all rorkers before and during th? reat drive which is to be staged ovember 11-18. It is pointed out by Mr. King that le work of the war work agencies ill have to be continued during the eriod of demobilization, and it will e then that the strictest discipline I ill have to be maintained. It is lso his belief, as well as that of Dr. ohn R. Mott, director general of the Jnlted War Work campaign, that he demobilization pioeess will re- I nire at least fifteen months ancl rill have to he handled with great are in order that the high standrds that have been set up will not : e let down. Reports being received at national cndquartets, he declares, indicate hat the country is ready and willing o over-subscribe its quota. Iowa, he home state of Dr. Mott, has hallenged every other state in tho nion to a fifty per cent over-subrription. Mr. Kng further points out that, rhen budgets for the seven war irork organizations were assembled, t v.?.s thought that there would not ?e more than a million American oldiers in France by November 1? is a matter of fart there are more ban two million of our flgbtipg men verseas, and in spite of all peac? nlk, the military leaders of the nalon are now planning to place beween three and four mill'on in Eu-ope by next summer. Thorp will ho no postponement of ho campaign on account of the Ipanish influenza epidemic in parts f (tin country, according: to an? louncomont just made from headluartoca. \ statement inst re- ; j mvod >it nat'onn' heud'niarf era front rizona s.avs tint that state will go vor the top without fail. A cablegram from Manilla enounces that the campaign organiza|nn for fie Philippines has been erfected and that the island quota f two hunderd and fifty thousand oil a rs will he largely over-suhscribd. All religious elements of the isinds are co-operating in the finest oirit to make the campaign an un- , j nalifled success in Uncle Sam's PaIflc territories. ttttl/ttt.t a tt"NTn- PRAOF STRONOLY OPPOSED (Rv United Press.) Copenhagen, Nov 5.?A great delonatration was held Sunday at ismnrk ninnnmnnt In l)n-iin ? - ? >,"t" >g the sentiment of continuing the nr. according to the Rellner Tasre att Reso'ut'ons were adopted gainst accepting a humiliating care. Wounded at tlie Front. Mrs. Norman S Thayer, of Rock . ' ** ill. who has vis'ted in Lancaster on avernl occas'ons. has received Inumntion of the wounding of her ushand. Lieut. Thayer on October lie is now in a hospitnl behind ie lines and is reported to be doing a