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m. i • mm •9 it io mm nor w m msm ATNOeiTIM ON LAND AND MA MU9T FIMT 91 NUT TO AN (NO ^ 1 IffTS (PPHOVU Of SEMITE ••nator Lodga, Chief Critic of the President, Expreeeet Great Grat!- fleation at Decision. Washington.—President Wilson haj» answered Germany’s peace proposal with a decision whi<;h not only fulfills the expectations of supporters of his diplomacy, but also dispels the fears of those who predicted that he would substitute victories at arms with de feats at diplomacy. A© peace with kaiserism! Autocracy must go! No armistice can even be thought of while Germany continues her atrocities on land and sea; one cannot be considered unless it is ful ly dictated by the allied commander* In the field In such terms as absolute- ' ly provided safeguards and guarantees that Germany’s part will not be a •crap of paper. This lu In a few words Is the presl* dent’s answer. If It does not bring n capitulation which may to mors than nneondltonal tonal a and Am«»r revolution in Germany The dlepntrh of fto preofcftent** re tor was fallowed by the Joaoe of fbla j the White Houeo by: otn rwmnmm* to I ian © International Ftim Serve e General Fayolle is in immediate com mand of the French troops that are talcing part in the contest for control of tha forest of St. Gobain, which pro tects Laon. nut ISMS ME I BEPIEI) B! FOE AN**!* "If Ai’f’hUlNTLV FAIH BUT SNAP JUDGMENT SHOULD NOT Cf ▼AKIN. o GREET DANGER POINTER DDT This Latest Turn' in Evfents I Cause Slowing Up on Sales of Liberty Bonds. HUGE SACK IS REINS FORMED OUB ARMttt ARE STEADILY PRESSING GERMANS BACK TOWARDB THEIR BORDER. Washington. -Germany’s reply to President Wilson’s inquiry, intercept ed as 4 was being sent by the great wireless towers at Nauen and for warded here |n an official dispatch from France, declares Germany is ready' to accept President Wilson s peace terms, evacuate the invaded ter ritory as a prerequisite to an armis tice and that the bid for peace repre sents the German people as well as the government. Although on its face the text of the German note seems to be a complete acceptance of President Wilson's terms, the peope of the Vnited States snd the allied countries should be cau tioned against accepting It as such a romp!lance of the president*• demands immediate cessation of Hues Almost W»yod Out Pufwfi M (to tommy to ito mm9 tusmdiatto mm toAdmg ito Mmdew un a*r«h to rumtooi to use tor mg •MMMtuufd 4e I futvuut >• are ito laiyss Am ito ) a« will mean | hoatllitluu. A« Prealdeut WtlapU u I York and reserved rum { note, hta viewa mnaot h and none to hlo toflrial In Washington mred in a Btotod Preatoent Wito i tide that there fee eaw ! M OevuMMiy'a yrwgnaMiua P In the nMtan. na • ettoT fotyMtontL I m mand thnt tom end the nthrr ensus • tuton tot# tunasdi u* •• u tot tot s i to Btogind us m ttomAd to gndennton to •nif'v t tototoa to ton ngnti u*am WBaogl • gnuen ••Otto Tto gymatuac (tongnt Bwtog • gto to ton rnai II. S. imi IS IMEBESraGB BASHED IDnECES RMUHECIWS TRANSPORT OTRANTO COLLIDES IN NORTH ^CHANNEL WITH THE STEAMER KASHMIR. BRILLIANT ENTERTAINMENT IB PROJECTED FOR HALLOWEEN .* 0 - ** , * . BY Y. M. C. A. WORKERS. . Mrs. .George Alexander Wheelock, chief yeoman and champion recruiter for the navy. 10,000 PRISONERS CAPTURED t TERRIBLE LOSS 0E UVES IN GRATEFUL APPRECIATION • ; • v - ^ V v v , .. ' , ; , ^ . ., . _ . .. Hard, If Juat Sentenced Imposed on Of 699 Solderis Aboard Doomed Vjea- • '. v v Recalcitrant Private; Hard Labor •el, 372 Believed to Have Been Swept to Death.' TWENTY-THREE DIVISIONS OF GERMAN TROOPS DEFEATED AND SEVERELY HANDLED. Heavy Loaaea in Men, Guns and Munitions by Enemy Mark Entiru Campaign. i brut la on the —The whole of Ca In BHtloh pouseaalon. P*eld , Haig report* from headquarter* The •talnd mam ranodlana wern tto first to noior tto family here (own aok tor him ( m tto grant defeat infikted on tto • final tv de German* Ifijfito prtunn ar« and from Ito |h Mb rent y to fto guns wore <ap«ared to t tune mil I y^e hum* _ f A Brtish Port—A large number of American troops have been lost as the result of the sinking of the transport Otranto in the North Channel between the Scottish and Irish coasts in a Col lision with the steamer Kashmir. The Otranto after the collision was dashed to pieces on the rocks off the south Scottish coast with a probable loss of 372 American soldiers. Three hundred and one men were taken to Belfast by^the British de stroyer Mounsey, the only vessel which made an attempt at rescue in the terrific gale when the Kashmir, another vessel In the convoy wNh the i Otranto, rammed the Otranto amid- j »hlpa Of the 699 American soldiers on board the Otranto. 310 were landed. rere rescued nllvu at lalny. 372 uaarrouated for For Fifty Yeara. Camp Jackson. The Y. M. C. A. entertainment ag gregation, composed of Secretaries Bowman, Prior, Hardacre and others, is planning to put on a big enter tainment for Halloween. The program will include many in teresting features for the men who witness them and bids f^ir to be one of the best, if nd< the very best, en tertainments yet put on by these en tertai«r<erB: • The plan is to put the play on at the big Y. M. C. A auditorium firs*, and then put It on night after night at all the other buildings. The pro moters are sure that the plan will prove a good one. and that all the men who attend the entertainment will tto MORE THAN 100 WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARK MURDERED Dufctte Of tto Ito druu • hoard ito for tto I su of Jtohar 3 Clrrlu. to ~Wu tout, tab tug user |gu eete sugat to tto «d tor euty li tote ha sd tor Beverul of ttoae •More I toy were tougght to 4 tto tf an a gmtouMtoto to tor wto*h top am tatofi totor efi gf arms Utortt Uhs to tot gs o tot os* tow to toe If t-mt-u X'.ortogg to tot 1st asttmeCe •to puasrugeT I t pstomd end suuh to g rtga Tto uaugsl rgrttofi BET pa gats uud had u «fwU to uimsf *• roc •*H.i 'I■■ mm rmom tmu totoPNBMBBMflto Ou tor utgga to mmumtof tto tofi BgMfis the tore are at tto T MCA oral mouths pern, toon •#* Igl tto gidM hf Up. Asms mttou to . to Rto as g •w So K Cat T. 1911 gr aa glhla to t# g. gi. tto to Hi Mhug gg to ctorggtur to troop oout there sad to to the clou tout of trailing practicable com plot ion of this duly the ■ of the board will return to their prop er stations Such .ravel a#, may be nuceaaary to be terforme^. by the hoard In connection with their dutiua Is necessary In the military aervlce/’ The board has returned here but has not made Its report to the secre tary of war. •! SOLEMN WARNING ISSUED IN CONNECTION WITH LOAN .-It i Reeeee and North and South troops who captarod overcoming only alight opposition They then went forward • The British ^ere well to the east of Honnechy and Trotavlller. Northeast of Cambrai. additional important gains have been made. The Germans in hia sectiqn are offerlpg hard opposlion with their rear guards. Bu this may break at any time as It did to the southeast of CAmbral. Washington,—President Wilson Is- •ued this statement on the fourth Lib erty loan: *'The reply of the German govern ment gives occasion for me <o say to my fellow countryment that neither that reply nor any other recent events have in any way diminished the vital Importance of the Liberty loam Re laxation now, hesitation n<ftr. would mean defeat when victory seenfs to to In tight.’* TO PREVENT TURKEY FROM SEEKING SEPARATE PEACE DIMMONB BAYB PRESIDENT ’ HAS SCORED ANOTHER HIT Rome.—The impression in Italian diplomatic circles is that one of the principal reasons for the German and Austrian movement in the direction of peace wag to prevent Turkey from seeking a separate peace. * Turkey was told it. is understood that following the new German chancellor’s speech and armistice proposals that there would be formed in all entente countries, and •appclmlly in America, peace parties. Tto» pan* tto a*« fhg was M- to ugf •atangiu to tmmmm pa strtory Tto psupAs ai hags ry $m th ■gg rat Mad# la (to h war’s arwrot par II tort Mw unfi g ir stodlar* gr* Brave tto alt of tto pour# tha war dapartgM»at mart at fall spaed wMh men and aad th# people mast sap port the army gntll the boys are back with the fruits of victory safe and assured If every American could havf seen our boys in khaki as they stormed the German trenches, assail ed shrapnel, high explosives and ma chine guns, he would be eager to sub scribe his all to the Liberty loan, the success of wliich after all is the meas ure of our support of the cause. « totoflBife gMv tomtoNitoitoMto ttto xato * iBfii qptow qpmtotofiB ebrf 'BPEfififip qpM’ mmm mwoc to tga UtoBtoBgig of 'to tog pass as* to toaag •a fiDB gfiBOP fibp toMB tfiPMEhMI toBwtoi assn lasseg ttoaoa as* m gMMI ami . •atom saae Ito BN Omma a »ss*«4 *•» •to* to top tofitos • laafimn to toB EM gosesaart to fltofl to Ttoaanrt to* AdMta sag m to ton MgB gtomtoa to Bto to too Aaaoewa* g toto to* ePgatoto M aMM ami toto aaaffaga tomfifi fto g egppgil to tog BtoVtB hsto TtcgY toCBE W*atN to AM MMMTBB mom tm«y are tha Mm ito IB to • boa a to hmatorag afs to b n if r g •v» fea • MB TMMM8T MAY MB 8XMMCTBM ANY Tha i grr i gfii i IB* a*at m 0mm Ml M am i qanrtaeu la Lag mMmB aa's Tto aAda at* ftg paa- i formation show tag that g d»stat*graiiaa exists Ml V* has* •# •f Mating hgt as a IS INFLUENZA HAS gPREAO TD ALL BARTE DF COUNTRY PROBABLY 500 ARE DEAD AND MANY THOUSANDS HOMELESS FIRBT GREAT AIR RAID IB MADE BY AMERICAN AIRMEN to Tt Duluth. Minn,—With probably 500 persons dead, with thousands home less and without clothing and with property damage mounting far Into millions of dollars, whole sections of northern Wisconsin and, Minnesota timberland are smouldering, flre- •tricken areas. The bodies of 75 vic tims lie lo Duluth morgues. Hun dreds more along the roads leading to Duluth and Superior lay where they fell when overtaken by the fire. Washington. Spanish influeasa now hns spread to practically every part of the country. Reports to the public health service showed the disease Is epidemic In many Western snd Pa cific Coast States as well as in al most all regions east of the Mississip pi river. Its spread also continued in army camps, the number of new cases reported being greater than on the day before. EARLY REPLY 18 EXPECTED FROM KAISER WILHELM ACCEPTANCE OF REPLY MEANS LOBS OF WAR FOR ALLIES tto Washington.—An early response to Wilson’s note of inquiry to tie Ger man chancellor is expected by American officials. While realizing that an answer to the three pertinent questions put to the prince of Baden will be very difficult If the original proposal of the German government were not sincere, officials are con fident that InternaNiondltions in Ger* many and the exigencies of the mill- tary situation will force speedy action. ah* a r«gB« pawn • riffi* pour* m u MSfiMl OUPYgagMgu «h iag Itotr vug* • toto toto to gg BUto tototo fBuf what g# rgi g rtoag* Is gal an mark a rhsaga tu ito formal pur pane to to* gat son ma to b*ur«a whovaby that tu ha fiirot tto sad aulmatto * Mr Ralfour aaM tha Gormans had shoo a no material Improvement la their dtaposttoa during the four yeara of the war ••Brutes they were when thay began the war As far as I «an judge, brutes they remain at the present moment * On# wonld have thought.** con tinued Mr. Balfour, “that those who brought In America to their own un doing by crimes of this sorf would have shrunk a little from repeating them at the moment when their fate is to be decided by America, perhaps even more than by any other of tha co-belligerents." at RAPID ADVANCE IS MADE BY GEN. DEBENEY’S FORCES ITALIANS CONTINUE ADVANCE DESPITE STRONG RESISTANCE Rome — Italian fi AJhag i after With the French Arrtiy in France.— The' rapid advance of General Deb- eney’s forces in close pursuit of the retreating enemy has brought them to the Oise where they are meeting with strong resistance. General Mangin’a troops, after encountering lively oppo sition. have reached the rhemin-Dea- Dames in the region of Courtecon and have crossed the Ailette at Grand- point. Chivy has also been taken SOUTH CAROLINA MAN IS IN BOCHE STRAFING RAID With the *•< hm»q uto< ito T miSHMtlqnal mmm fBia goto •• g vgru sgtoirnggwg* to to* rnammk Mag" vto warns to b**p utof ito gss*»toMm» to Mi •BM iMBto to to Mtoto tf A fe*W E Marmots*##, martial total •» Oam# Jarbaom gat rogvtrtod am tm* raaaia. Bow. tor du oBtolagra tu r*fgs»ug to d til and am agd tor paytod •bat to Bad Juat aa amam to g*v»raod Bp Oormgay at Bo fto CaBad gtataa In a ward Bar moist*# la wbut It hrgwu aa a -rag •rianttout objortar.** aad Ito aamad roast la tbo rbargo also marks him as a German aympnthltor The trial was regular In all parfkt.* Ian. and the aerated was represented by counsel who explained his right* to him. Th* sentence Imposed la dishonor able discharge from the service with tho forfeiture of all pay and allow ances. and to he confined at hard labor for 50 years at the United States dk- niplinary barracks at Port Leaven worth. Kan. The sentence has been approved by the camp commander. Brigadier Gen eral Donford, and also by the general judge advocate at Washington. to # • e. Bloodhounds Wanted. Columbia.—W. W. Moore, adjutant,, general, has been called on for a pair of bloodhounds' to chase outlaws in Santo Domingo. Gen. Moore has a son,_ Captain James Moore, with the Amer ican marines, and the young men be lieve their efforts would bo greatly strengthened If bloodhounds could he procured to trail the baifdtts which Infeat^the islands and commlv-murder with reckless abandon. General Moore will make an effort to procure the bounds and send them to his son. Charleston Aviation F eld Charleston —For some months t>era have boon rumors current about Mrs!* top ar twa B