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[BRAZIL PROOLAIMS WAR WITH GERMAMI CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES ANC SENATE DECREE THAT STATE OF WAR EXISTS. IS SANCTIONED BY PRESIDENT Senate Unanimously Approves Step and Vote In House of Deputies is 149 to 1-Torpedo Boat Destroyers Get Orders. Itio Janeiro.----The clhalber of depu. ties by an almost unanimous vote, de clared that a state of war existed be tween Germany and Blrazil. The vote was 149 to 1. The tribunes were filled to enpacity. After a debite on the opportune ie iessity of proclaiming martial law, the president of the diplomatic conmis sion spoke in favor of a law worded as follows: "A stite of war between BIriazil andl Germany is hereby neCnowledged and proclaimed. 'T'he president of the re public is authorized to adopt the measurer enunniated Ii hi.; message of the 25th of October, and to take all Steps tending to ensure na tional de fense and public security." TChe virtually unanimous vote of the dceputies was i receivel wit Ii gelieral I (llamat ion. Tie senate unlinimously appujreoved the proelamiation of a state of war with (ernanmy. President liraz has san-tioned*the proclamation of a state of war with Germany Aveording to the 'iewspa .ers. tor pedo bioat dectroyers have recc.Ived orders to proceed to Hlagia and take possession of the (German gunboat Nher, wheh has been lying there for some -time. The l'her is a v(0sel of S4 tons. She is 20:3 feet long and has a draught of nine feet and eight Inches. She has a1 complement of 12 men. COAL PRICES TO GET GENERAL INVESTIGATION Instructions Have Been Sent to Attorneys to Prosecute Violators. Waushington.-A general investig% tion into the retail and wholesale prices of coal throughout the country appears to be in prospect. In a minor way, investigation ci prices consumers assert they have been compelled to pay already ha been started by the department of justice in various sections of the east and middle-west, both as to anthracite and bituminous coal. Instructions have been sent tc United states attorneys conducting the local investigations to summon wit -nesses, determine the truth of the chrages and, where pustfied ,to brini *promptly proceedhlgs under the crini - inal law against those believed to be guilty. Thue result of the w-iquirios se far has not bean reported. These instructions wyere based upoi complaints received by the departmien here to the effect that the margin o proflt allowed dealers by the goverr mont had bee nexceedled. Measured by the great volume o complaints receved by tho fuel af mninistrationi, tihe inst atiee ( underili it vestigation by the dlepartmnut of juts tice are comparatively iniconseiuenit ial Hundreds of letters and telegram from every section of the country. I Is understood, have been sent to th fuel administration. Dlisposition of these complair.ts I one of the subjects no0w pressinig th fuel admininistrat ion, it is undlerstoofl and action concerning thiem probabi wvill be taken within a few (days. hi dications are that the bulk of th c'omnihaits upon01 which criminal pr< ceedinlgs might lbe brought-itf th truth of the charges can be estal Hhehd-will be turned ever to the dc partment of justice wthi the suggec tion thlat violators of 'the law be prost cuted promptly. FOREIGN LABORERo - PAY GASH FOR BOND Biridpreport, Conn.-Twelve laborer of foreign birth in the yardl of a 10ci munition plant were approached hy Liberty loan canvasser Who talked ft half an hour without a sign of reeni unition. Then one of the group broughi out a good sized roll of crumpled b)i1l and said: "I take some bonds." I a few minutes the twelve laborers ha suibcribed for $11.000 in bonids an had paid for themi in cash. ELEVEN REGIMENTS ARE ORDERED TO CAMP GREEN Washingtotn.-The war departmetc u has worked out the schedule uncde which rogular army regiments in po0s to which they were sent for oxpansic will be transferred to winter quartei at national alrmy cantonment s or ni tional guard camps. The asslgnmeni include the 4th, 7th, 47th. 58th. 59t' 60had 61tinfantry. no0w at Getty 44Pa., and the 30th, 38th, 39th art GenNorth Carolina. BRIG. GEN. JERVEY Brigadier General Jervey, now sta tioned at Charlotte, N. C., Is in com mand of the field artillery of the Forty-first division. PENETRATE LINE TWO MILES PETAIN'S ARMY DEALS GERMANS A MIGHTY BLOW NORTHEAST OF SOISSONS. No Positions Have Been Captured Which Were So Important Since the Germans Were Defeated at Besieg ing of Verdun. Whil. the allied rIOOps were busily eingaiged in consolidalting positions wonf inl i li n(lers. the Freniich forces of (en1eral Peltin struck at mighty blow against the GIernan line north. east of 8oissons and imade some of the most important gains of terrain since they threw hack the army of the (er man crown prince which was besieging Verdun. Th'e stroke was made ov er a front ( of about six miles, from the east of Vauxaillon to Pargnyy-Filain. Un der rainy and generally unfavorable weather col(itions the French push ed forward all along the line, aided by German positions at an altitude of about 150 feet, using their ma chine guns, and penetrated the Ger man line at one point to a depth of two and a fifth miles. Numerous important positions fell one by one into the hands of Gen eral Petain's men, and in addition more than 7,500 Germans, an enor mous amount of war material and 25 heavy and field guns were cap tured. BIG LIBERTY WATCH FIRES GLEAMED THE COUNTRY OVER At National Capital Bonfire Was Fed by Fagots From All Over County. Washington.---Liberty watch fires gleamed the country over the eve of Liberty day. Under the direction of the woman's liberty loan committee the fires were lighted from Flori-da to tile Canadian border and from coast to coast. In several atates the governors lighted tihe pirincipal fIres which wvere made the ccaionof patriotic demonstra Ihere in the tnational capital a roar itag bonfire, fed by3 fagots from' his I toric spOts in many states, was light II ed at the base or tihe WVashington 1mon1 -ument by Mrs. W. GI. McAdoo, wife of the secretary of the treasulry. Lowv lying clOuds.5 drizzling rainl uplon the . tou~sandcs of spectators, reflected tile .pink glow of the flames. TPhe monuI .ment itself stood inl brillianlt light from foundation to summit, the latter lost from time to time in tihe shadlcows of t riftinig clouds. Virtually3 thle entIire poputlatloll of tile citv witnessed tile unu~lsual scene from their homes. Mrs. WVilson and~ Miss Wilson braved the rain to see it. Fu'lel from many historic pos enlt into the great p)1ileIupo which the flames fed. It came, in fagots, splint. jera and slivers from thle President's former home ini Georgia. the old Lin ('01n 1101me in Illinois, Cleveland's birthplace in New Jersey, Custer's hleadlquarters in North Dakota, thle Aztee house. ntear Roosevelt dam in Arizora, and from Grant's hlouse in Missouri. Ilistoic trees were repre sen ted, too, in branches andt, bits of wood from tile constitultionlal elm at Coridon, Ind., a tree Oil the 0o(1 Blue i Lick battlefield of Kentucky, and a tree from the home at Lexington, K~y., S of General I-runt Morgan. .1 A big piece of dagstaff-carried by R the Vail Bluren avengers iln the Mexi. T can wari, a lpinion of wood from the slopes of Pike's Peak, a box of sage tbrush from Wyoming. andh wood from a lower Cape Fear, In North Carolina, 0 whlere, in 1765, the American people made 'the first armed resistance te Sthe stamp act, all wvent into thec flames. GERMANY TRYING TO E LAND ARMS IN IRELAND it London.-In thle course of a speech in tile house of commons, Premier lhoydl George dleclared thle goverin 1n ment was aware that arrangements 9 were again being madle, piartly by Cou'mnt von Beornstorff, to land arms in SIreland. Tile premier said that thle 1. governlment could nut 'possibly forget Iwhat hlad happened only 148 monthI d ago. These speeches could not be0 C treated as exeited speeches delivered by persons of no consesuence. WILSON INDORSES WOMAN SUFFRAGF PRESIDENT DECLARES IT TO BE ONE OF FUNDAMENTAL QUES TIONS OF DEMOCRACY. NOW IS TIME TO TAKE ACTIOI Says- "We Ought to Be Quickened t< Give This Question of Woman Suf frage Our Immediate Consider ,ion -Addresses New York Delegation Washington. - President Wilson gave full indorsemellt to woman suf frage us an immediate .issue in ever. state. Addressing a delegation of 10f leaders of the New York state womai suffrage party who called at the white house to obtain an expression in sup. port of the campaign' in that state, the President in emphatic terms de hlured that woman suffrage is one of the fundamental questions of democ racy whose proper settlement is Ie manided by the issues of the wiar. fie praised the spirit, capacity and visiona ' American women in the war. "I believe," he said, "that just be ause we are quickened by the ques ions of this war we ought to be inicke'ned to give this quest ion of woman suffrage our immediate con ideralion." Sap'akinlg as "one of the spokesmen > a great party," the President pledg di his hearty support and added: "I want to speak for myself and say hat it seems to me that this is the ime for the states of this union tc ake this action." Explaining his leaning toward suf. rage as a state rather than national ssue, he said: "I perhaps may be ouched a little too .much by the tra litions of our politics traditionm which lay such questions almost en tirely upon the states, but I want t< see communities declare themselves quickened at tils time and show th< consequences of the quickening." The addresses were delivered in thi east room of the white house, In rc sponse to remarks by Mrs. Norman d< R. Whitehouse. The suffrage delegation returned t< New York confident that the Presi dent's enthusiastic indorsement woukl have its eflct at tihe election Novemi ber 6. FEED ALLIES AND WIN WAR, SAYS HOOVE: Reviews Food Situation-Ships, Whea and Hogs Are Great Need. )Washington,--in a sr.atement re viewing the world food situation, Fool Administrator floover said the figh against the submarine would be wo: if the United States and Canada coul stimulate production and effect econ mies so as to feed the allies from thi continent without sending a ship fai ther afild than the American Atlar tic seaboard. Ships, wheat and hogs are the grea needs emphasized by Mr. Iloover. H saidl deepest concern had beeni cause by the fact that in spite of high priice this count ry's pork cofnmption ha increased during tihe wvar until pr< dluctioni had beeni outstr'ippeOd; a siti ation that must be changed. |"If we discontinue expor'ts," M1 Iloover added. "wve wvill move the Ge muan line f'roml France to the Atlanti seaboard(. Pork prodlucts have an h iluence in this present world situatio wider' than one wouldl ordinarily a trtlbute to them. The human bod must have a certain amount of fat we must increase production (of hoj If we are to answver the world's cr'a ing. "The production of fats is today critical necessity for tile preserv'atio of these people0 (the allies) and~ t11 mainltenance of their constanlcy in tl warI. Every pound1( of fat is as sm: of servi(ce as every bullet, and evem hog is of greater valule to the winn1 of this wvar than a shell." As to wheat the adlministrator sa the allies' dleflceincy of produltctionl 196 000.000 bushels, with inmports 577.700.000 hushels required to mal tainm nornmat consumption. NEW DRAFT REGULATIONS ARE VIRTUALLY COMPLETE WVashington.-New regulations tc applying the army draft were virtual1 completed at the office of the provo! mlarshaf general and probably will 1 submitted to Presidlent Wilson ft fhnal approval. T'rte President alre'ad has approved the general plan, unde which all registered men not yet ca) ed will be classified in five groups accordlan(e wifth their av'ailability f< nmilitar'y service. AMERICAN STEAMER FIGHTS WITH U-BOA Washington.--An e's..ouncement 1 the navy department revealed that th: ship1 which fought a battle with tI submarine off the French coast WI one of the American -Luckenbac steamers and that tile fight .occurre on October' 19. News of the fight wI received here in a news dispatch fro1 a French port. According to tl navy's adlvices, nine men wvere woun< ed, seven members of the vessel crew andi to ailor. PERSHING WITNESS OF FRENCH VICTOR RESENT THROUGHOUT BATTL NORTHEAST OF SOISSONS AND SAW VICTORY. VISITS OTHER POINTS ALS leveral Squadrons of Tanks Parti pated in the Battle.-Many Priso era Were Taken.-Loses to Ge mans Were Extremely Heavy. With the French Armies in Franc -General Perishing, commander-i hief of the American forces in Fran ,as present throughout the- batt ortheast of Soissons, accompanic y General d'Esperey, of the Fronc rmy. When the splendid victory 1 he French army had been accor lished, the American command rent over the greater part of the cc uered territory, visiting among oth points, the Vaurains farm, which aore than a quarter of kilometer 1 rond the original French line. Several squadrons of tanks partic >ated in the battle and did excelle york in company with the advancil nfantry. It was by means of the nost modern war implements that ti slain farm was captured. "Most of the prisoners taken, wi ip to night numbered approximate 1,000, while others were still pouril >ut of the deep caverna, wvere caugl n quarries. One group, composed 100 men, was led out to surrender 1 r German soldier who spoke Fren< Ind who assured his comrades th hey needl not fear bad treatment fro .heir captors, despite the assertioi currently made to them by their oil !ers that the French massacred prig )ners." Another batch of prisoners fell int he hands of the French just as the ilighted from motor trucks in whit hey had been hurried to the batti leld as reinforcements. Tl.e losses of the Germans were e: remely heavy as was testified to b he heaps of dead found beneath th uins of quarries, which crumbled u1 cr the French bombardment. Ti 'rench casualties were rather belo' ormal. ERIOUS SUGAR SHORTAGE IS SOON TO BE ENDE! rwo Hundred Million Pounds Purcha ed in Louisiana. Washington.-Two hundred millic founds of Louisiana cane sugar wi 3ontracted for here by the Americt Sugar Refining company, and will t gin moving northward next week relieve the serious shortage of tl astern states. If the eastern consumer had bee compelled to await the coming of th year's supply from western beet ar Duban can fields, there would haa been no relief for existing near-fat mne conditions until late in Novem ber. For the 200,000,000 pounds the r finers paid about $13,000,000, or a proximately 6 1-2 cents a pound. A ter adding the cost of transportatic and refining, it is estimatedl that th4 wvill be able to sell to the'wholesal< at steadily reducing prices, beginnih at 8.35 cents eastern seaboard at dropping to 7.25 by the end of ti year. The latter figure is the se board price previously fixed by agre ment for Cuban, Hawaiian and wem ern beet sugar, and the price the fo4 administration expects to maintain. TO SUSPEND PRIORITY OF SHIPMENT PLA Washington.-The government w susp~end its priority of shipment pla on Monday, October 29, in order levote the entireproduction of t) Dhio, western Pennsylvania and Mic gant bituminous coal mines for th mne day to the emergency needs he domestic consumer of 01hi0 al Michigan, the fuel administration a tounced. This plan of devoting o: lay's production to the needs of )articular section wvili be followed >ther eases. BISHOP WILSON BRINGS MESSAGE FROM PERSHINI Baltimore.-BIishop Luther B. W. Ion, of the Methodist Episcop shur-ch of New York, returned fre F"rance, delivered a message at biberty Loan rally fromn Gener Pershing, whom he quoted as follow; 'it is a heresy too long left in mu liat Germany is invincible. Germai will be conquered." Bishop WilsE lelared that Americans in Fran, ad made a splendid impression. INCREASE IN LOSS OF' MERCHANTMEN SHOW London.-An increase in the loss British merchantmen through mlin 3r submarines is noted in the adm alty report for the current week. Se ateen vessels over 1,600 tonms am sight under 1,600 tons were sunk. In the brevious week twelve Br Ish mnerchant vessels over 1,600 tor six under that tonnage and one flafl1 rasnt were snk. HAROLD BRADDOCK. .... .'........'.~ri:t .................. 2:tt",;}:} ;}: fr....u<":":i'":: t Hawold Braddock, vice president of I the Arnerican City Bureau, and an ex- N pert organizer of chambers of com- C merce, is director of the $1,000,000 I campaign for war libraries in every cantonment and training camp in the 3 United States. ENEMIES TO GET NO REST WASHINGTON EXPERTS DQ NOT EXPECT COLD TO STOP OPERATIONS. Weekly Review of War Operations -Allies Have Men and Material to Overcome Natural Obstacles-U. S. Troops Take Part I nBattle. Washington.-Military experts here do not expect winter to halt the great I a allied drive against the Germans in I Flanders. Secretary Baker's weekly t review of war operations discloses the I belief of the war departmer.t that po tency of material and men will enable the British and French commanders to triumph over natural obstacles and continue forcing the enemy backward without waiting for spring. The review touches for the first time . upon the American expeditionary forces in Fraltce, declaring the men, ifter three months intensive training. are in efficient fighting trim and splen did physical condition. t In dwelling upon the importance of the battle of Flanders and its effect upon the morale of the Germans, the war secretary declares it apparent that the German high command planned the recent expedition against the Rus sians in the Riga sector in order to bolster up morale and meet impend ing internal difficulties. By extending her lines in the east, he adds, Ger many has merely added to the length of her line of communications and increased cor~fldence in the final allied t victory. The review covering the week end infg October 20, follows: d "Our men in France, after three -months intensive training are in splen 1- did pihysical condition and efficient fighting trim. They have readily he .come ac(!limatized ar.d now feel at -home in the war zone. C "Our' troops have met with the most ' warm-hearted and enthusiastic recep n tion onl the part of the armies and t-)pople of Ferance. ."The health of our men overseas ,is repiorted as excellent. v. "The wveek just closed has been one of rehative qiet on all fronts. a Bad Weather Prevails. "lhid weather already prevails along "* the western front, wintry conditioris *' will soon set in and the terrin wvll 'e become increasingly difficult for at y tacking troops). Nevertheless, the po *tency of allied material and meni, the 1accumuilat ion of the technical means of combat, and the preparations which shave beein going on for many months will make it possible for the liritish and Fr'enich commanders to triump~h over natural obstacles, and with few short intervals we may expect the of Ofenaive to press5 forward. "It is not anticipated that the allies wvill go into winter quarters this year. n' "Tho full importance of the battle Ly in lFlander's is begin~ning to be reveal at ed. in ordler to appreciate the real m signifieance of this engagement and >r the effec't it has had on the morale of ythe German army and the German pee 3r ple. we must considler briefly the [1. German attacks in the Rliga sector, in in eluding the eapture' of Oesel, D~ago, >r andl other minor islandsB of the Fin. nish gul f. Will Not Buy Mexican Silver. 1 Washington. -Negotiations under which this government had agreed to y purchase 6,000,000 Mexican silver PC e sos from the MexIcan government, to e be melted andi coined into subsidiary Is silver, were dleclared off. Mexican hi representatives were understood to d have signified their acquiescence in is the arrangement, but acting under in. rn structions from Mexico City, thiey pre 1e sented new phases, whlich resulted in I- the withdrawal by the United States 's of its offer. The necessity for such a Durchase has passed. FIVE CLAS$IFlIgATION$ IINTO W HICH MEN TO BE DRAFTED WILL BE DIVIDED 1 E Shows Order In Which They Will Be Called To Service. Every Man Registered Is Included,. Washington. - The five classica lions into which men awaiting draft will be divided, under the new regis I' trations, approved by President Wil n-- son, have become public much before r- the time planned by the provost mar shal general's office and are here pb lished.'* It was discovered that what was 1 e. have remained an official secret for a week or more was divulged at a dhfi ner in New York which Secretary e Baker and Provost Marshal General d Crowder attended. The provost noi. shal general discussed the new re y lations, without intending to m; .n public the classification, but goms members of a New York local exem p.. n- tion board, thinking to elucidate the general's speech, printed the classa cations on the back of the menu ea'rd The classifications are as follows, and show every man registered, to which class he belongs and in whe.t It order the dependant classifications 1g will be called to service: 3e Class 1. 1e 1-Single man without depentPer relatives. io 2-Married man (or widower in ly children) who habitually fails to t4 g port his family. it 3-Married man dependent on e f for support. y 4-Married man (or widower ''lh Ii children) not usefully engaged, fari5.r it supported by income independent :" rm his labor. is 5-Men not included in any othv'r 1- description in this or other class(= 9- 6-Unskilled laborer. Class 2. o 1-Married man or father of dowa y erlos s children, usefully engaged, he Ii family has sufficient income apati from his daily labor to afford reas.': ably adequate support during his sence. 2--Married man-no children- , can support herself decently as without hardship. 3-Skilled farm laborer engaged it, v necessary industrial enterprise. 4-Skilled industrial laborer en:' t, ed in necessary agricultural emin - prise. Class 3. S 1-Man with foster children depm. ent on daily labor support. B- 2--Man with aged. infirm or inva 'e parents or grandparents dependent n daily labor for support. ir 3-Man with brothers or sisters 's nl competent to support themselves, &' r pendent on daily labor for supporl 4-County or municipal officer. e 5-Firemen or policemen. 6-Necessary artificers or work:.. in In arsenals, armories and navy ye rar 0 7-Necessary custom house clerk d 8-Persons necessary in tranui.' e ien of mails. a. 9-Necessary employees in ser vn a. of United States. 10-Highly specialized adminw.e tive experts. 11-Technical or mechanical exp. 4.* in industrial enterprise. 12-Highly specialized agricult. t. yexpert in agricultural bureau of si 3 ror nation. ig13-Assistant or assoc~ate man: ' of necessary indlustrial 'imterprise e14-Assistant or associate mami a- of necessary agricultural enterpris -Class 4. t- 1-Married man with 'vifo (and d children (or widower with child: dependent on dailly laboe f'or supo"' and no other reasonably adequate * port available. 2-Mariners in sea service of I 'chants or citizens in United State l 3-Ileads of necessary indust enterprises. 4-H-eads of necessary agricult eenterprises. -Class 5. t1-Officers of states or the Un. tStates. tegularly or dulv .Ardained m, 3-StudenIts of dlivinitl'.. ae 4-Persons in military or a~ v aservice. in5-Aliens. 6-Alien enemies. 7-Persons morally uin it. 8-Persons physically, permane 'a ' or mentally unfit. 9-Licensed pilots. FLIES FROM HAMPTON a ~ TO NEW YORK C4TV Mineola, N. Y.-Carryvng eight i'& dsengers, Lieut. Sylvia Resnati arrive' at the government aviation fld hen. in his Caproni biplane, complets: a. eflight of about 325 mile:, from Btame" ton, Va., in four hours 1:t minute BOB FITZ8IMMONS DIES AFTER FIVE DAV8' I.LNE'-63 Chicago-Robert F'itzr.immons. it mer ch ampion heavyweight pvzgil'i r-of the world, died aj. a hospital h a vafter an illness- of five days of poew d monia. The former champion becaam ill while appearing in a vaudevH14I theater, and his ailment was at. find t-diagnosed as ptomai&e poisc'nena, * Later it was discovered th'at he was suffering from double (lobar) putty monia and physicians destared ths# be could not. liva.