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SENATORS OPPOSE ARMISTICE
‘Wlade-in-Germany’ Peace Will Not Be Accepted by U. S,
AMERICANS ADVANCE BEYOND AIRE
By JOHN T. PARKERSON,
Staff Correspondent of |. N. 8.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY ON
THE CAMBRAI-ST. QUENTIN
FRONT, Oct. 7 (11 a. m.)—The evac
uation of towns by civillans continues
on a blg scale before the advancing
Britieh forces. The Germans are re
moving hundreds in motor lorries to
concentration points far behind the
battle line.
Explosions within the enemy lines
indicate that the Germans are mak
ing every preparation for a further
retreat in event of continued Alljed
pressure.
The last 24 hours was not marked
by any large scale activities on the
part of the British troops. But the
British continue local attacks in some
sectors, where they are taking
strongholds from the enemy.
Four hundred prisoners were taken
yesterday in the fighting around Au
bencheul and Aux wood.
By NEWTON C. PARK%
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. 8.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Oct. 1
(moon).-——American troops forced their
way across to the west bank of the
Alre River today and occupied a vil
lage which the Germane had evac
uated in the face of the fire of the
Americans.
After oceupying the village. the
Americans this morning continued to
push forward, mounting the slopes of
the hill along the bank of the Aire.
American pianes aided in the search
for a detachment of Americans which
has been lost in the Argonne Forest.
The aviators dropped baskets con
taining homing pigeons at the loca
tion in the forest where the Ameri
cans were last scen, but the pigeona
have not yet returned.
Additional fresh divisions were flung
into the battle between the Argonne
Forest and the Meuse River and des
perate counter attacks, preceded by
terrific artillery fire, were directed
against the Americans, but the as
saults were repulsed.
In nearly every case the attacks
broke down before the American lines
were reached. In the few cases where
the Germans succeeded in entring our
positions they were either killed or
captured in hand-to-hand fighting.
The Americans would not give any
ground whatsoever. Any retirement
that was made were carried out in
order to rectify the lines and save the
men from needless sacrifices under
enfllading fire or else to conform with
positions on the flanks.
Evidence that the enemy is nearly
cracking under the strain of the ter
rible fighting of the last ten days and
that he is suffering from a shortage
of man power {s given by prisoners.
These include cooks, orderlies, wag
oners, telephone linemen, aviation
mecahnics, hospital attendants, mili
tary policemen, old road workers and
rallroad employees, all of whom had
been impressed for service lin .he
trenches. They were formed Into a
scrub battalion and rushed forward.
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Morcourt Captured
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By French Troops
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Oct .7 (1:07 p. m.).—
French troops fighting north of St.|
. Quentin have captured Morcourt, ac- |
cording to information received from‘
the front this afternoon.
This capture extends the decisive
hold of the French on the eastern
bank of the St. Quentin Canal
.
Americans Advance
Mi |
4 Miles, Take 8,000
Bé HENRY G. WALES,
Staff Correspondent of the |. N, 8,
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
ON THE CHAMPAGNE FRONT, Oct.
6 (night).—General Gouraud’'s Fran
eo-American army on the Champagne
front has achieved such a striking
success that here were indications to
day that the Germans will withdraw
to a line on the Aisne River, running
through Berry-au-Bae, Rethel and
, Vouziers.
(If such a retreat ls earired out, it
Continued on Page 2, Column &
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Oect. 7——A Jjoint
resoluilon putting the Congress of the
United States on record as opposed
to any peace negotiations or armis
tice before the German armies and
navy have surrendered uncondition
ally was offered in the Senate this
afternoon by Senator McCumber, of
North Dakota. The McCumber reso
lution was presented at the conclu
slon of a lengthy discussion of the
German and Austrian peace proposals,
during which the belief was expressed
by both Senator Lodge, Republican
lleader, and Chairman Hitchcock, of
the foreign relations committee, that
the President will promptly reject the
proposition of the Central Powers.
TEe resolution was referred to the
Senate committee on forelgn rela
tions. Other conditions set forth in
the resolution are:
1. That the Central Powers accept
President Wilson's fourteen points.
2 That they pledge reparation for
all wrongs.
8. That all cities and towns de
stroyed by their armies be recon
structed.
4. That every dollar exaeted from
the populations of occupied Belgium
and France be repaid.
6. That every ship sunk in viola
|uon of international law be replaced.
6. That Alsace-lorraine and the
$1,000,000,000 indemnity exacted from
France in 1870 be returned.
7. That every crime committed by
the armies of the Central Powers in
violation of international law be paid
for in dollares and cents.
“This program contalns nothing
unjust to Germany,” McCumber said
“They seek a just peace. This is
' the only program on which we can
’mva it to them.”
Any proposal of an armistic by
[Germa.ny or Austria must be made to
General Foch, Senator Knute Nelson,
lof Minnesota, declared in the Senate
this afternoon. He Interrupted a
peace debate to say, “Let us leave
this matter to Foch.” ‘
.~ “Let Germany propose to him to
lay down her arms and then ask for
an armistice. Let the Germans do as
the Bulgarians did. We want no peace
by negotiations,” he sald. |
~ An armistice with Germany and
Austria now would mean the loss of
the war, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge,
' Republican leader, declared.
| The United States will never talk
peace with Germany, Lodge declared,
until she had evacuated not only all
‘lerrltory she has conquered In this
war, but in addition the territory she
conquered in 1870, :
‘ “The French people, and with them
the United States, will never negoti
‘ate an armistice with Germany untf!
she evacuates Alsace-lorraine with
out condition,” sald Lodge. |
Senator Poindexter, of Washington, ‘
‘insisted there should be only one, not
fourteen, points in our peace termas.
“That one point should be uncon
ditional surrender,” he said, “If we
accept anything else, it would be an |
approach to a betrayal of the cause
for which we are fighting, a betrayal
similar to the betrayal by the Bol
sheviki.,”
“Any move by the President to ac
cept any other than this one all-im
portant condition during u recess of
Congress would llkewise be a betrayal
of what we are fighting for,” Poin
dexter sald. “I have no Idea that we
will do any such thing, but I want to‘
point out that this proposition ls one
of so great importance that the whole
people of the United States should
decide it.”
Senator Hitcheock, chatrman of the‘
foreign relations committee, remind
ed the Senate that {t would have
nothing to do with the initiation of
proposals for peace or an armistice,
“All we can do In the Senate is ex
press our opinions,” he said. "1 now
mean to express mine. The German
and Austrian Governments have
asked a suspension of hostilitles, It
is unthinkable that this should be
granted by the United States or any
other power among the Allles until
the Germans have evacuated all oc
cupled territory. It is unthinkable
that we should even consider it while
they remain in control of parts of
France and Belgium.”
Senator Itchcock firmly denied a
previous statement by Benator Poin
@extor, of Washington, that a pow-
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(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.—A new, re-
Juvenated Russia, which will take its
place in the council of nations, now 11l
being organized. Official advices to the
Russian embassy this afternoon empha-|
sized that the Russian provisional gov
ernment, organized by the national con
vention heid at Ufa from September 8
to 23, adopted a policy of anti-Bolshe
vism and took steps to combine in the
new government all of the temporary
|%overnmenta that haev been fighting thel
rotzky-Lenine alliance.
Represented at the conference as sub
scribing to its doctrine were the Social
ist revolutionists, Soclal Democrats, So
clallst Labor party ,Constitutional Dem
ocrats, the Social Democratic organiza
tion and the Association for the Bebirth
of Russia, The ney provisional gov
ernment as now constituted {8 adminis
tered by Nicholas ). Avksentieff, Nich
olas I. Astroaff, Lieutenant General
Vassilll G. Boldyreff, Peter V. Volgo
dasky and Nicholas ¥ Tchalkovsky.
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erful movement for accepting the
German and Austrian offers of peace
wias on foot in the United States,
“No responsible persons put for
ward such a proposition,’ 'he said. "1
have heard it nowhere.”
“l don’'t belleve we have any right
to dictate to Germany what her form
of government shall be,” he said., “If
they want the Hohenzollern dynasty
they have a right to have the Hohen
2ollern. But we have the right to
decide whether we will enter a con
tract with the Hohenzollerns.”
Borah Takes Issue.
Senator Hitcheock thought he
traced In the President's New York
speech a disposition to drop his de
lmand that the Hohenzollerns go.
Senator Borah took issue with the
chairman of the foreign relations
committee,
Senator Lodge sald he had not the
slightest thought that the President
was even thinking of agreeing to an
armistice with Germany at the pres
ent time. He recognized, he said,
that was a question with which the
Benate has nothing to do.
“However, we have a right to de
mand,” he added, “that we negotiate
peace with somebody who doesn’t re
gard treaties as scrapa of paper.”
BeUnator Reed, of Missouri, bellev
od the Germans and Austria propos
als should be rejected as quickly as
they are received. The discussion of
them, he sald, is interferring with
the Fourth Liberty Loan.
TEXT OF GERMAN
- PLEA FOR PEACE
{
:
; Here is the text of the note sent to President Wilson through
¢ the Swiss Government by the German chancellor, Prince Max :
g The German Government requests the President of the
{ United States to take in hand the restoration of peace, acquaint
{ all the belligerent States of this request and invite them to send ‘
¢ Plenipotentiaries for the purpose of opening negotiations. |
% It accepts the program set forth by the President of the
' United States in his message of January 8 and in his later pro.
{ nouncements, especially his speech of September 27, as a basis
| for peace negotiations. |
f With a view to avoiding further bloodshed, the German
f Government requests the immediate conclusion of an armistice |
{ on land and water and in the air.
g It is announced that Turkey will take a similar step.
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By U. S. Corporal
By HENRY G. WALES,
Staff Correspondent of the |. N. §.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE CHAMPAGNE FRONT, Oct. 6
(Night). - Thirty-two German prison
ers, lnrludln’ ten artillery officers,
were captured single-handed by Cor
poral Fred Hunnell, of Toledo, Ohlo,
at Mont Blane, on the Champagne
front.
Corporal Hunnell, who is 30 years
old, has been in the army less than a
year, beilng a salesman up to last ‘
January. During the attack at Mont
Blanc Hunnell gut lost from his de
tachment and while wandering around
discovered a dugout. He called to the
inmates to come out. A German pri- ‘
vate, who spoke KEnglish, responded.
Hunnell told him to call out the oth
ers, but none came, |
The American, h-urlnT a trap, start
ed to seek other Americans when he |
came upon another exit from the dug- ‘
out. A Prussian officer wjth a pistol
in his hand was just emerging. ‘
With his rifle at his shoulder, Hun
nell ordered the Prussian to drop the
pistol. Then he made the entire staff
of officers troop forth, dropping their
arms as (he( emerged. They proved
to be an artillery staff consisting of a |
major, three captains and six lieuten
ants. The other 22 were privates.
Hunnell marched the bunch rearward
to the American lines, ‘
Sues Husband Who
Hated Cats Because
The Town Went Dry
Two black cats inhabited the
home of Wessle . Burnside and
Beatrice C., Burnside, and, accord-
Ing to Mrs. Burnside's suit for di
vorce filed Monday, in Superior
Court, by Attorneys Carl N. and
Frank Guess, the cats, as well as
the wife, had a strenuous time of it
48 a result of the husband's spec
tacular tendencies,
| For one thing, Mrs. Burnside sald,
~ the husband would come home at
night and chase the two black cats
with a broom, declaring he “had
been hoodooed by prohibition.” But
the effect of the “prohibition hoo
doo” went even farther than this,
Mrs. Burnside asserted. One night,
she said, Burnside came in, tied the
two black eats together and threw
them Into the bed with her, adding
the very strange remark that “a
man must be as slick as a preach
~er's walking stick to get a drink of
- whisky."”
She sought to put an end to his
chase of the black cats and his
- other conduct hy pleading with
~ tears in her eyes, but he responded
by seizing a shotgun and threaten
{ ing to shoot the roof off of the
house, she sald,
“Subscribe for Liberty Bonds” s o PurPoongult Rprgo gg oA L 0 e
The City Council Monday after
noon ratified the action of the Board
of Health earlier in the afternoon in
closing all schools, theaters, moving
picture houses and churches to pre
vent the spread of Spaniesh “flu” by
the unanimous passage of 4 sweeping
ordinance covering all of these places
and adding poolrooms to the list.
The ordinance was framed by a
special committee consisting of
Councilmen A. J. Orme, J. 8. McClel
land and Alderman Harvey Hatcher,
Council took a recess for a few min
utes, pending a conference of this
committee with Mayor Canditr and
the drafting of the formal paper,
No objection was made to the pas
sage of the ordinance. Hugh L. Car.
doza, president of the local theater
managers' assoclation, informed the
Council that the theaters had been
closed immediately on reeclving noti
fication from the Board of Health,
and that the theater managers stood
ready and willing to co-operate with
the auhorities in combating the “flu.”
Immediate steps were taken to no
tify and close all poolrooms in the
city, notification already having gone
out to the other places affected, Un
der the Council ordinance, no charae
ter of public gathering wlill be per
mitted,
Should any place Involved by the
ordinance fail to close {ts doors, it
was pointed out, the Board of Health
can proceed agalnst {t specifically
and immediately close it
State Action on ‘Flu’
Indications Monday were that the
State Board of Health inetnds to take no
definite action as yet in the Spanish in
fluenza situation over the State, but that
it will leave the matter entirely to the
health authorities of the various citles
and countles
These authorities are advised that
whurever an outbreak occurs in the epi
demiec form, to warn the people to avold
all public gatherings, and If necessary
to close the schools, theaters and church
gatherings, especialy since there is a
ahurlnie of physicians and nurses
throughout the State,
A statement issued by the board In
dicates that It is consldared unnecessary
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FIRST EDITION)
_ARMY*CAMPS }
(By International News Service.)
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 7.—Berlin streets are crowded with
excited men and women buying up the extra editions as fast
as they are issued, according to advices reaching here today.
The Tageblatt is skeptical of the results of Prince Maximil
ian’s speech. The Vossische Zeitung calls it a “political
error.”’
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COPENHAGEN, Oct. 7.—The Chancellor’s peace speech
admits that the Central Powers are declining while the
united world powers (the Allies) are standing fast, says the
German Socialist newspaper Vorwaerts, of Berlin, in dis
cussing the overtures of Prince Max.
ROME, Oct. 7.—The Vatican has turned down another
request from Austria-Hungary to institute peace proceed
ings, it was reported today.
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN, {
Staff Correspondent of the International News Service. !
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.—The nation's capital waited this aft
ernoon for President Wilson to speak. On the chief executive’s
desk in the White House reposed two notes, one from Germany
and the other from Austria. They united in an appeal to the Pres
ident to ‘‘take up the bringing about of peace’’ and to.invite the
warring nations to ‘‘send plenipotentiaries for the purpose of open
ing negotiations’* for that purpose. Beside them was the rough
draft of a reply which the President will make in the near future.
Officials said that the reply ‘‘will hit the Central Powers an.
other blow between the eyes.’’ General official comment every
where agreed that the President would not accept the Teutonie
proposal because it was designed to rob the Allies of their right to
end the war un terms to suit humanity instead of ‘‘negotiation
and barter.”’
The German note, which was signed by Prince Maximilian, of
Baden, was presented by the Swiss charge to the President in per
son. It did not follow the usual diplomatic channels through thLe
hands of Secretary Lansing, as is usual under such circumstances.
This, for a time, gave rise to a belief that there actually were two
notes, one signed by the Kaiser and the other by his imperial chan
cellor. It was, however, explained that there was only one note
and that it in no way varied from the text as cabled from Amster
dam last night,
The Austrian note, signed by Baron Burian, Austrian Foreign
Minister, was presented to Secretary Lansing by the Swedish Min
ister, Mr. Fkengren, and immediately transmitted to the White
House.
Nashville Closes All
NABHVILLE, TENN., Oct. 7.—As a
measure to {;revent the further spread
of Spanish Influenza In this city, Dr,
W. E. Hibbett, city health officer, to
day ordered all places of amusement
closed Indefinitely. The action wak tak
en following a conference of city, State
and Federal health officials. Closing
of schools and churches will come only
after every other means of stopping the
spread of the disease has been exhaust
ed, Dr. Hibbett said.
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* Just when the President’s re.
ply will go forward was nos
known. White House officials
said it could be expected ‘‘very
soon.”” In some quarters thera
was a belief that it would be
completed within a few hours,
It was assumed that the Presi«
dent had been in ecable touch
with Paris and London and that
his answer when made would
satisfy all of the Allies.
The President remained secluded
In his study during this morning,
failing to make hils customary vigit
to the golf links,
President Wilson, members of his
official family declared, could be de
pended on to prevent insidious Ger
man plots undermining the morale of
the American people, Incidentally, it
was pointed out that this peace move
has been launched at a time when
It might have the effect of slackening
up the Liberty Loan. The President
will act to prevent this, it was ox~
plained. .
While no official presumed to speak
for the President, the men closest to
him made it very plain that he does
not belleve Germany is sincere in her
desire for peace. The Jatest move, of -
ficlals sald, plainly was forced be
cause of the capitulation of Bulgaria.
the impending surrender of Turkey
and the great unrest in Austria, which
resulted in the Soclalist members of
the Chamber of Deputies bitterly de
nounecing Germany.
The latest peace overtures of the
Central Powers will be rejetted. Of
ficial and non-official Washington
were fully convinced of this today.
They found the reason for their be
lief in this faect in the Kailser's own
proclamation to his armed forces tell
ing them that he was “resolved once
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