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?-8?IT MENAGE LOOMS BIO. SIR ERIC MAKES APPEAL IN BEHALF OF ENGLAND. Says Allies Must Not Relax Efforts .in Anticipation of Early Peace. - Naw York, Oct. 14.?An appeal S^from the British Government to y - America to expedite the contruction of destroyers and anti-submarine . craft and appliances was made here //.tonight by Sir Eric Geddes, first lord ? of' the British admiralty after he had asserted that the U-boat menace to - day is "greater that it ever was." Speaking at a dinner given by the Pilgrim Society, Sir Eric said that within the past few days he and Vice Admiral Ludovic Duff, of the British navy, had discussed the naval ?Situation in all its bearings with Sec ?Te'cary Daniels and Admiral Benson v and that "complete unity of views" had been reached. ? "It is with Mr. Daniels' full con . chrrence that I now make this state ment, that there is no greater service that can be rendered by the civilians of the United States today charged ?'with the privilege and duty, than to Epexpediate the output of destroyers - ? and submarine craft and appliances ? of every description, Sir Eric said. "Your Secretary of the Navy is Impressing upon contractors and work ? zhen the naval order 'full speed ahead* in this work of paramount im portance and it is a pleasure for me to join with him in telling America ' how great is the importance that speedy construction be accelerated. . 4,No country within my knowledge responds like America to an appeal, and perhaps it is seldom that a min ister from another, though an Allied country, is permitted to make an ap peal, and it would be possible only with- the fullest consent- and authority of the responsible minister of the country of which he was a guest. Discussing Germany's submarine menace. Sir Eric declared that while "most men say today that it is a thing of the past," it is the British admiralty's opinion that the menace is one that "comes and goes" and that in fact it is today not dead. "Indeed it is greater today than it' ever was," he warned. "That is to say, the effort is greater than it ever was. I think now we are approach ing a point where submarine warfare is again the weakest front of the alliance." In opening his speech, Sir Eric said that while he must resist the temp- ! tatlon to allude to the present politi-j cal situation, there were two things j which he was convinced had not' changed. "One is our absolute loyality to those nations who are associated with us," he said, "and the other is ouri determination to continue the war and^not be deverted from our purpose until we have secured the only peace j which could justify all this terrible * ^spffffering and destruction which has been and is being brought about by the iniquity of our common enemy. * "Of one thing I am clear. We must no! relax the muscles of our fight ing arm nor our war effort in any t anticipation of any early peace. To, So so would be the surest way to; render any discussions which may take place prolonged and less satis factory." ADVANCE ON BETHEL. French Driving Forward Against Ger man Line of Communication. Paris, Oct 15.?The French today made an advance toward the import ant town of Rethel and captured the town of Nateuir-sur-Aisne, two and a " half miles'west of Rethel, it is official ly announced. In the Argomie the French reached the Aisne west of Grand Pre, and cap tured villages of Olizy and Termes. Nearly eight hundred prisoners were taken. MORE FRIGHTFULNESS PLANNED American Shipbuilders Called on to Speed up Work on Destroyers. Washington, Oct. 15.?American shipbuilders were called upon by Sjsc-j retary Daniels today to speed up output of destroyers to meey^?e menace of a new and greater subma rine ?effort that Germany is kn/^n t0 be planning. ^Br* The Health Su^^T Hon. J. E. Swearin^fc gtatQ <^u perintendent of Edu?[io'n writes to Mr. E. I. Reaj??^ regarding the movement to raj?wo thousand and five nundred dJBfs for the proposed twelve montjMfealth campaign of education &MBzs the rural schools of Sumter SjBHfty, and the complete coumyJttmih survey, that the move m^a/MKg^ts with his hearty approval 2?sS$^r*s *n *ul* sympathy with the ^^pr In one part of his letter Mr. ^?raringen says: "I consider health Wra the basis of education, and I con gratulate you on your having succeed ed in securing the five thousand dol lars additional offered, and I trust yoa will succeed in raising the $2, -500 required from your county." Dr. F. M- Dwight, of. Wedgefield. one of Sumter county's most substan tial and patriotic as well as pro gressive citizens and ? physician of repute has voluntarily written the fol lowing letter and contributed his money without solicitation from any one: Wedgefield. Oct. 10, 191S. Dear Mr. Reardon: Enclosed please find check for five dollars to be ap plied to the County Sanitary Survey ? Fund. Sorry I cannot make it very \many times greater. I deem educa tion necessary, and there are no more important, lines to educate our peo ple #n than preventive medicine, health and sanitation, which mean contentment, happiness, and prosper ity. With personal regards, very truly yours, (Signed) F. M. Dwrght, M. D. j i Something Like It. <Cleveland Leader.) American soldiers are demanding} more dill pickles. Now we know they j mean business??these cries for jam and chocolates didn't sound natural.' NEW BATTLE STARTED. PEACE TALK SILENCED BY ROAR OF GUNS?HUNS BADLY MAULED. Having Cleared the Laon Salient, Gen. Foch Orders Drive in Lys Riv er Region Toward Ghent?Ameri icans in Hot Battle. Peace talk pervades the air, but it is falling on deaf ears as far as the armies are concerned. Instead of a relaxation in the intensity of the fighting, new hostilities, which seem ingly are on a major scale, are being carried out by the British, -French j and Belgians in Belgian Flanders. I Having cleared out the^ old Laon I salient and made advances north ward in Champagne which are men acing the retirement of the Ger mans eastward toward the Valencien nes-Mezieres-Metz line, Gen. Foch has ordered a drive in .the Lys river re gion of Flanders toward Ghent, which threatens to break entirely the grip of the Germans in Belgium all the way from the frontier to the coast and I likewise to eliminate the big bulge in the line with Lille as its apex. While the latest official communi cation from Field Marshal Haig an nounces that only local actions have taken place in the new theater and that prisoners have been taken in the fighting, dispatches from headquar ters assert that Roulers has been cap tured and that Courtrai, the junction point on the railway leading to Ghent has been outflanked. The French troops alone are said to have taker. 3,000 prisoners, while the Belgians have captured several complete bat teries and guns and numerous pris oners. Just how wide the new from of attack is has not become apparent. It is stated that the new advance has brought the allied troops within the range of the enemy coast, but guns from them have offered no opposition. Meantime to the south the Germans are offering stiff opposition to the British southwest of Valenciennes in an endeavor to prevent them from closing on the Lisle sack and the cap ture of this important town and also Valenciennes, which are in precar ious positions if a pincer movement gets under way. At last reports the Germans were still falling back from the region of Laon, that town and the entire St. Gobain massif being in the hands of the French. In Champagne the French h?ve been enabled to make further crossings of the Aisne and to materially better their front eastward; notwithstanding the stoic defense of the enemy, who realizes it is of the greatest importance to check the French and Americans driving north ward, as a breach. in the southern line and a swift advance would imper il the entire German force inside the sack from the Oise river west voi Flavigny to Sissone, east of Laon. Probably the greatest resistance of all is faced by the Americans on both sides of the Meuse river. Vicioui counter attacks are being delivered against the men from the Unite States, the fierceness of the assaul: indicating that fresh forces have been brought into the fray to halt their do or die efforts to proceed up the river valleys and thereby compe' the Germans in case of a retreat to wend their way obliquely northeast ward, instead of eastward, toward the German border. Concentrations oi I artillery are being used against the American positions at various places. [ Gas shells are not being spared by I the enemy in his efforts to hold the ! Americans in check. All the counter attacks of the Ger mans thus far have been succesfully withstood by Gen. Liggett's men, and the American artillery is answering the German guns shot for shot. Navy Needs Engineeiring Officers. Engineering officers for tho trans ports and suppig ships is/now one ol the pressij&s ?s.eejjj*-?* 'fhe navy, and the fj?iffply is far short of the de roa^5 for capable men. To meet the ne^fed the Navy Department has estab lished the D. S. Navy Steam Engineer ing School, at Hoboken, N. J. The ^roluntary induction of men into this ^service by the Local Beards can now be made. The school is open to men who meet the physical requirements oi the navy, who are of thorough ability and officer-like material and have completed the mechanical, electrical or civil engineering course at any recognized University;- or possesses an equivalent education and experienced The course consists of approximately five months, viz: One month at Pelham Bay Train ing Station, Pelham Bay, N. Y. One month technical instruction at the U. S. Navy Steam Engineering School, Hoboken, N. J. Two months training on Sound steamers, ferry boats and a trip across the ocean. One month final technical instruc tion at the U. S. Navy Steam Engi neering School, Hoboken, N. J. The graduates of this school will be assigned to duty as engineering officers on the transports and supply ships. They will be commissioned as ensigns in the United States Naval Reserve Force. The salary of an en sign at sea is $155 per month, or S1S5 if he has dependents. This is a wonderful opportunity for men who are steam engineers to con tinue in their profession and even tually perform services for Uncle Sam. Men interested and who can qualify will call or write to the Naval Mob ilization officer, 101 West Main St.. Norfolk, Va., or the nearest recruit ing station. MANX PERISH IN EXPLOSION. Fearful Blast in T. N. T. Factory in Canada. Toronto, Oct. 14.?Nearly 100 lives are reported to have been lost to night in an explosion at an explosive plant at Trenton, near here. The first explosion, said to have originated in the chemical plant, was followed by several other explosions, j which set fire to some of the build- j ings of the plant. Large stores of j T. N. T., were endangered by the AMERICAN TRANSPORT SUNK. BIG LINER GOES DOWN AT KO BOKEN PIER. Details of Sinking Withheld But it is Stated That Troops Aboard Were Removed in Safety?Ship Was Former German Liner. Koboken, Oct. 15.?The American \ transport America sank at her pier j here early this morning. The troops aboard are reported to have been! taken off in safety. The details are j withheld. The cause of the sinking J is unknown, but it was said the ship j was undergoing repairs and that may, in someway have had to do with { the entrance of water into the hold, j The vessel was formerly the Ham burg-American liner Amerika, 22,600 tons and was 669 feet long. I Reports at noon indicate no loss of life. The earliest reports said be tween thirty and forty of the crew perished when trapped in the boiler room. The ship was scheduled to sail today for Europe. Troops were aboard asleep at the time of the sinking. AMERICA'S WAR BILL. Some Items of the Cost of Maintain ing Our Army. Washington, Oct. 15.?Why does it cost the United States so much more to make war than it costs any of its co-belligerents? What is being done with the tent of billions being raised from Liberty Bonds and taxation? One often hear: these questions. The answer is not difficult. It is, simply, that it costs an Amer ican more to do anything that it cost anyone else in the world. That ii the best reason why Americans should buy Liberty Bonds. The American army is composed o workingmen. The American working man demands a higher standard o: everything than any other working man in the world. When he become a soldier he carries that standar( with him, and, comparatively, gets it Napoleon said, and everybody eve* since has repeated, that an arm> travels on its stomach. So natural^ the substance of the American soldiei comes first in the long bill which ix rapidly running to $50,000,000 a day The regular ration list of th American army calls for forty-nine different items of food. It include, many things which are luxuries t( the soldiers of the foreign armies. A that, it only costs 32 cents a day if feed a soldier. The figure is low be cause the government has the advan tage of dealing in billions and ton: where the individual deals in dollar, and pounds. Even so, the army ha: felt the increased cost of living be cause it cost only 12L81 cents a da: to feed a soldier during the Spanisl war. Take into account the almost stag gering sums the government has spen for food alone since the war began $37,000,000 worth of flour; $14,000. 000 worth of sugar; $43,00'0",000 wort: of bacon; $12,000,000 worth of beans $9,000,000 worth of canned torna toes; $3,000,000 worth of rice, r sounds almost like a food bill for i. nation. Without any disparagement what ever of the rationing system of the co belligerents it may be said that" while the food of the British spldier com pares favorablv with that of hi: American cousin, the French ratio? is less acceptable to the American and that of the Italians would get i very cold reception. The equipment of the- -Amer*t3Sr soldier is no less up to standard than his food. Since the beginning of th< war the government has spent SI26. C 00,00a for shoes. Only recently con.tx^^Was let which is intended tt keep every soldier with two pairs? one for marching and one for genera wear. The price in quantity of mil lions was well over $5 a pair. Oh: soldiers of the regular army can re member when the government issued "brogans" far removed in quality from the army shoes of today. The American soldier's clothing sc far has cost around $500,000^00 For his blankets the government has spent $150,000,000. Every thing els? is in proportion for in every- particu lar of his equipment the govern ment has supplied the soldier .with the same relative high standard h? was accustomed to at home in civil life. The extra cost of maintaining an army on foreign s\il has entered intc the huge bill because it has been found that it costs $423.27 to equip and maintain a soldier a year abroad as against $327.78 at home. Of this sum $251.85 goes for food. The rat ioning expenses at home is $1S9.90. The high standard has been car ried to the soldiers pay. For all prac tical purposes of estimate the Amer ican soldier is the highest paid fight ing man in the world. He actually gets more than the average German officer. To the $33 a month a private receives from the government is add ed a sum for his dependents, depend ing upon their condition and number. Canada and the other British colonies more nearly approximate the pay of the American soldier than any others of the co-belligerents. Taking into consideration all these items it is not strange that America's war bill is greatest. COTTON STOCK STATISTICS. Census Bureau Announces Amount Consumed and on Hand. Washington, Oct. 15.?Cotton con: sumed in September amounted tc 490,779 bales and 96,512 bales of lin ters, the census bureau announced Cotton on hand at consuming- estab lishments September 30th totaled 1, 186,649 bales. Cotton spindles active September 30th. 1,524,275. BRITISH COUNCIL MEETS. Special Session Held to Consider Wil son's Reply to Germany. London, Oct. 15.?The text of Pres-, ident "Wilson's reply to Germany wa? received through press channels placed in the hands of members^0j the British government early^r this morning. The council met W^hortly after eleven to consider the Jfespons* EiQHT THOUSAND PRISONERS. ALLIES MAKE BIG BAG IN BEL GIUM. Yesterday's Drive on Northern Front Was a Striking Success?Belgians Advance Five Miles. London, Oct. 15.?More than eight thousand prisoners were captured in the offensive in Belgium yesterday, according to the official report last night. An advance of five miles was made by the Belgian army, while the French and British made practically the same gains. 1 Six complete batteries with teams were captured before they could be withdrawn by the Germans. SECOND ARMY IN BATTLE. Germans Attack Gen. Bullard's New Army. With American Forces Northwest of Verdun, Oct. 15, 12.12?Units of the second American army which be gan operations on October 12, under Gen. Bullard today repulsed a Ger man raid on their positions. WITHDRAW FROM ZEEBRUGGE. German Boats Loaded With Troops Leave Belgian Port. London, Oct. 15.?Several of the largest German torpedo boats recently reft Zeebrugge, '? loaded heavily with troops, and proceeded to Germany, a Dutch frontier message says. TANKS BREAK: THROUGH. Americans Smash German Wire En tanglements West of Romagne. With Americans Northwest Ver dun, Oct. 15 (Noon)?Tanks were in action today and broke their way through enemy wire entanglements west of Romagne. Early reports said the progress of the Americans was satisfactory. An Interesting Letter. The following letter has been re ceived by Mrs. J. H. Chandler, and as it contains a very pleasing refer ence to Lieut. W. Norman Chandler of this city, it is published for the benefit of his numerous friends in Sumter. Norman Chandler is the youngest son of the late Jas. H. Chandler of our city: jDear Madam: 1 I think you will be pleased to have i news from your son, Norman, whe j left us three days ago. I am a French married lady, moth er of three little children, and as a wife and a mother I feel very much for the ladies and mothers who are in America, whilst the men of their country are fighting so bravely to de fend our soil and the liberty of France. Your son has been in this little village for three weeks, and as I told you above, has left for another place. Whilst he was here he was very keen, on learning French, and asked both my husband and I to give him les sons. I am so sorry he could not con tinue, he was getting on so splendid ly. I am very happy to be able to say he was looking so well,-so bright. The is such a splendid officer, looking so well after the men. 1 "'e got to feel quite friendly with him. Both my husband and I i a French, but before the war we were living in Belgium, in Brussels. My hus band had a factory cvoi there, and wo were ruined by the Germans. I came here with my children about eight months ago, but my husband, being a civil prisoner, was kept by the Ger mans. He escaped two months ago, and is now living here, until better days come. When your son left us we told him that when he gets a leave of absence, that is seven days every other four months, we were hoping he would consider us as sincere friends and make our home his home, and come and spend them with us. He would not feel so lonely being in a family he knows, and where English is spoken fluently. I should be very pleased if you would favor me with a reply and if you have any message for himself, which I could deliver. Awaiting your good -news, I am dear Madam, very sincerely, Marguerite Romauet. Maison Aubiu, La Chapelle vieille Foret par Floguy, Youne. Iceland a Free Sovereignty. Stockholm, Sept. 25.?Iceland would become an independent sovereign State on December 1, next, under an agreement between that country and Denmark made public here. Hereto fore Iceland has been a dependency of the Danish crown but the island had its own constitution and legisla ture. The head of the Iceland ad ministration has been a minister ap pointed by the King of Denmark. . The new agreement which is in tended to become effective December 1, provides that Denmark shall ac knowledge Iceland as a sovereign state but it stipulates also that the two countries shall continue to be "bound together by common ties of kingship," indicating that King Christian X, of Denmark, will con tinue to be King also of Iceland. The Icelandic parliament had de manded a separate flag but this is not included in the agreement. Den mark agrees to notify the powers that Iceland is neutral in the war. Denmark is to establish a fund of about $500,000 to develop intellec tual relations between the two coun tries and to encourage exploration I und scientific /Work in Iceland. The j fund is to be/ divided between the I Copenhagen /and Reykjavik Universi s fo be administered by the *the after consultation with nments of the two coun with both universities, provided that the provisions new agreement may be revised, at the request of either country, af ter the year 1940. Whether the agreement has been ratified by the Danish and Icelandic parliaments is not announced here. ?COM? M ?EPt!. NEWSPAPERS APPLAUD STAND ! TAKEN BY MR. WILSON. \ny Agreement Entered Into With Germany Must Have Sufficient Bond. The editorial comment below from! ;arious papers on President Wilson's' :oply to Germany is compiled by the Associated Press: Hun Can't Misunderstand. Savannah (Ga.) Morning News?J 3ermany cannot misunderstand. The I very spirit of American democracy ?!ows in the president's every word. If the Germans want peace, the way is pointed out to them; it leads only over the shattered thronex of the Hohenzollerns. If they wish to con tinue to be the tools of that degraded family, then American guns will con tinue to mow them down. Germany's Fatal Blunder. Columbia (S. C.) State?The Ger man government has made a fatal blunder. We demanded that a free people should deal with the free peo ples of the world in forming a pact of peace. And we are answered by an autocracy. The autocracy must go. Then we shall meet the liberated and regenerated people of Germany. Demand for Surrender. Jacksonville (Fla.) Times-Union? The reply is in effect a demand for unconditional surrender and this is all the people of the nations at war with Germany can ask and it is also the least, they can do. . . .President Wilson has done what the people of the United States and of the coun tries with which we are " in alliance wished him to do. Adroit Reply. Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle?If there were those who thought they saw in J recent diplomatic incidents an oppor , tunity to put President Wilson in a ! hole politically, they have reckoned badly; for the president has, with great dignity, as well as adroitness, contrived to uncover the German po sition to the fullest extent?only tc be able to make clearer to the Ger man people and the world at. large, that their only hope of peace is to at once and forever, put an end tc militarism and enter whole-heartedl> and without reservation, if such a thing be possible, into the present da: spirit of civilized nations. Autocracy Must Go. Tampa, Fla., Oct. 14.?Morninc Tribune: While the majority o! Americans would have liked for the president to have merely told Ger many that only unconditional sur render would be acceptible, he goe far toward that point when he in forms the German government thai "autocracy must go" and that the military advisers of "this and the en tente governments will dictate the terms of an armistice should one b-r agreed upon. It means, in the end for Germany?unconditional surrend er. Good Bond Required. Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution: Prob ably never before in the history o1 warfare has the proposal by a bellig erent of an armistice based upon th< enemy's peace terms not beer; acceptec and imediately followed by a truc( pending future developments, but ir his answer President Wilson make; it clear that this will be one con spicuous exception. . . . Any agree ment entered into with Germany thi; time must have good and sufficien j bond to bind the international rasca to its terms. Kaiser's Fate Scaled. Memphis (Tenn.) Commercial Ap peal: The German empire has sinnec its day away. It was born and i must die in the life time of Willian the second. President Wilson ha; pronounced its death sentence. It i' now up to France, England and th< one hundred and ten million people o the United States to execute the sen tence. It is a war to the death or ai unconditional surrender. But we can not win this war by abusing the Ger mans and by boasting. Our first dut] today is to back the president b] oversubscribing to the liberty loan. Leaves No Doubt. ? The Mobile Register: The answei of the President passes the issue tc Germany and will leave no doubt o: the determined purposes of the Al lied governments in the minds of ar enemy people whose only conceptior of wrong is that which a mllitarj arm cannot do. Having admitted de feat they will now realize they mus* j suffer the penalties thereof. Seals Autocracy's Doom. Birmingham (Ala.) Age Herald: Ir this latest reply to Germany, Presi dent Wilson seals autocracy's doom There is no comfort for the militarist; in his words and he offers not the slightest hope that an armistice wil' be granted to allow the dissolving forces of crime and rapine to reor ganize. Armistice and evacuation an matters for Marshal Foch. Most Complete in History. Nashville (Tenn.) Tennessean: The president's latest noje to Germany i the frankest and at the same time the most complete diplomatic docu ment of history. It is so simple and uncompromising in its terms that I Germany is left without a leg to stand I on before civilization if she fails tc surrender promptly and uncondition ! ally. "Forward, March.'' Houston (Texas) Post: The pres ident's reply is a command of "for ! ward" to the allied nations ana their superb armies in the field, and it is command to the American people to rally with renewed fervor to the sup port of the war. Voice of America. Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal: Again the president has spoken with ! the voice of America and for the j civilized nations of the earth. . . . The answer of the president is an ulti matum to a defeated -power. Its terms are so clear that only two ?'S REPLY MTlSf?: SENATE HEARS READING OF NOTE TO GERMANY WITH ENTHUSIASM. Even Ecnry Cabot Dodge Admits Tha^ He Endorses The Position Taken by President Wilson. Washington, Oct. 14.?Senators were so well pleased with President Wilson's reply to Germany's peace proffer that they broke all prece dents and applauded vigorously after the text of it had been read by Sena tor Hitchcock, chairman of the for eign relations committee. Later sen* ate leaders, both Democrats and Re publicans, in formal statements prais ed the reply as the forerunner of an unconditional surrender by the cen tral powers. Reading of the note, which was transmitted to the senate through the press gallery, came as. the climax to a day of debate during which sena tors demanded that there be no peace negotiations until Germany had sur rendered unconditionally. Before the debate ended, word reached the sen ate that the president's reply would be made public at 6 o'clock and it was decided to postpone adjourn ment and await it Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the Republican leader, who has vig orously criticised the president's course in directing a note of inquiry to Germany after receipt of the peace offer, was among the first senators to issue a public statement com mending the president's reply. "I am very glad and genuinely, pleased," said Senator Lodge, "that* the president takes the ground which he does. Of course everything he says about the conduct of the Ger man government, the German army and the German navy is absolutely true. Such conduct is quite sufficient in itself to put an end to any talk about an armistice. "The president's last -clause in which he in substance declines to < carry on any discussions with the German government is eminently sat- * isfactory and will, I am sure, bring a great sense of relief to the American people, who, I am certain, desire an unconditional surrender won by the armies in the field." Senator Hitchcock, chairman of the foreign relations committee, said: "My view is that the president has removed all doubts that have been |, expressed as to the wisdom of his course and provided against all the dangers that critics have seen in-the policies he has been pursuing. He says in effect that if an armistice is effected, it must be one in which the generals in the field will approve and which will preserve the existing su premacy of the military forces. "He lays great stress on the fact that the conditions to be met will mean the downfall of military autoc racy of Germany which means radi cal amendment to the constitution of Germany, which will place the war making and the peace making in the hands of the people. "To my mind the greatest achieve ment of the war would be the demo-, cratization of Germany; and it is the best assurance of the future peace of the world." "The note comes up-fcb all jpublie^, expectation in every way," said Sen ator Martin of Virginia, the Demo cratic leader. "Other senators who issued state ments approving the reply included Senators Wadsworth of New York and New of Indiana, Republicans, ~nd Senators Pittman, Nevada; Thomas, Colorado; Sheppard, Texas, ind Overman, North Carolina, Demo crats. BRITISH NEAR COURTR4X Thousands of Prisoners Taken; Heavy Casualties Inflicted. With the British Army in France, Oct. 14.?(By the Associated Press.) ?The British in their attack in Flan ders today approached Courtrai. Counter attacks by picked Bavarians against the French broke down un der a hot fire. Thousands of prison ers have been taken and enormous casualties again have been inflicted on the enemy. The latest reports in dicate that the British broke through at one place and are advancing to ward the Lys. The Belgians have signalled from the east and southeast of Roulers that they have capured Hagebrooke Gitsberg and Beverin and that 3, 000 prisoners thus far have been counted. i The British have , taken Dinaap, Boschmolen, Gullegh'em, Wulvelghem and Wervicq and are a thousand yards northwest of Menin. They have captured by early after noon 1,600 prisoners and had counted eleven field guns. BOOSTED LOAN SUBSCRIPTIONS. Reply to Germany Stimulates Liberty Loan Buying. W'ashington, Oct 15.?Liberty Loan subscriptions were stimulated by the president's reply to Germany, accord ing to reports to the treasury today from throughout the country. FRENCH CAPTURE ROULERS. Take 2,500 Piisoners, According t<5 Official Report. Paris, Oct 14.?French troops have captured the town of Roulers in Bel gian Flanders and also 2,500 prison ers, according to the official an nouncement tonight. courses lie open to the Germans?sub. mission, which, means present sur render, or resistance, which me* ultimate destruction. Forceful Reply. Chicago (Ills.) Tribune: The ident's response to the German] posals rise inevitably from the^ of those noteworthy communi| and addresses which have our controversy with the German government It with force and unequiv connection and purpos< American people in this w^j receive their unhesitating, and enthusiastic approval.