Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1918 — Important News Events of the World Summarized [ARTICLE]

Important News Events of the World Summarized

Washington President Wilson probably will go [before congress to cast further light upon the position he took in his mesisage to PrincedHaximilian, as soon as the latter replies. ♦ * • The resources of the National banks k)f the United States at the close of business on August 31, amounted to $18,045,603,000— exceeding by more than $1,500,000,000 the greatest resources ever shown by the. National banks at this season of the year, according to an analysis of their reports announced by the comptroller of the currency at Washington. ♦ * ♦ Talk of peace at this time is apt to paralyze the energies of soldiers and impair the usefulness and productivity of munition workers. Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of the British admiralty, said at Washington in discussing the German attempts to obtain an armistice. Huge Increases in the artillery program have been decided on by the ordnance department at Washington, which asked the house appropriations committee to add $1,100,000,000 to its estimates of $2,667,000,000 to carry out Its part of the enlarged army program. t• ♦ ♦

Resuming revision of the war revenue bill the senate finance committee at Washington considered the beverage sections and reduced the tax of $8 a gallon on distilled spirits used for beverage purposes as provided in the house bill to SG.4O a gallon. The doubled rates on beer and wine were approved. * * * I Upon the government’s motion, the Supreme court at Washington postponed until next term consideration of all government Antitrust suits now pending, including that of the United States Steel corporation. • • • Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of the British admiralty, paid this tribute to the American army at Washington: “For the last 18 months we on our side have had the opportunity of seeing your navy'at work and lam voicing the opinion of the allies when I say that your sailors, no less than your gallant troops, have won our deepest admiration. The dauntless determination which the United States has displayed in creating a huge trained body of seamen out of landsmen is one of the most striking accomplishments of the war. Had it not beeq effectively done one would have thought it impossible.” ♦ ♦ • I . ■ . ■ :■ ■- \ Discussing Germany’s peace offer in the. senate at Washington. Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, chairman of the foreign relations committee, declared “absolutely abhorrent” even a thought of suspension of hostilities now ami recommended the addition to the principles previously laid down by the president as a basis of peace one providing that the allies would deal only with real representatives of the German people. * * * . The balloon corps of the American army is to be trebled in size immediately to meet increasing demands from the forces in France for balloon crews. Ensign William J. Shartley was killed and Lieut. Coin. Albert Trevor and Electrician Still were injured in an internal explosion aboard the submarine 0-5 at New York. The navy department at Washington announced that the cause of the accident was not known, but that a board of inquiry had been appointed to investigate. • • • Personal Archbishop John Ireland, who died recently, left his entire estate to the Roman Catholic archdiocese of St Paul. His will, filed in probate court, valued his estate at more than SBI,OOO.

Domestic German propaganda In Its most insidious form is operating in Chicago, with the spreading of rumors concerning the execution of from one to a • dozen doctors for treason at Great Lakes naval training station. Capt Wiiliam A. Moffett, commandant at Great Lakes, and Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels have repeatedly denied all such rumors. ?.< » • * t, “Unconditional surrender” was the keynote of a resolution passed by the Women’s Association of Commerce at a special ipeeting called at Chicago, regarding Germany’s peace note. I Employees of the Single Service corporation of New York were commended in a letter from Major General Williams, chief of ordnance, upon their efficiency in attaining a production of .100 hand grenades a minute. The general denied reports that the grenades are not proving effective. [ Sir Thomas White, minister of finance, opened the campaign for the ■ernnd Canadian Victory loan with a 'speech in Winnipeg. A minimum of $300,000,000 was asked by the mlnJater. : - - J -a— 1

European War News The Serbians, beaded by Crown Prince Alexander, hare emered Cskub, which, for the time bean®, is to be the capital of the liberated [arts of Serbia. • • • The Italians captured E 3 Russa, an important Albanian rail' center. stys a Borne dispatch. • • • ’ The evacuation of the Belgian ceost region is continuing, the fnemiier correspondent of the Amsterdars Teiegraaf reports. The telephone lines between the frontier and the coast are being taken down. The stores GC Bacterial at Knokke, near the coastt. five miles .from the Dutch border, have been set on fire the reports state, and many factories have leen Endernsin.«ed in preparation for their quick uestraetlon. • • • Flight Lieut Fritz Burney of the German army, who claimed 44 sir victories, has been killed, ncrosdlng to the Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin. • • » The Belgian government st Hxvre has issued a statement that fr-:«a the coast to beyond the city of Drafts the male population letween tbe. sges es fifteen to forty-five have I-een t-rnrally torn from their homes and teroed to labor on German military work. • • •

U. S. —Teutonic War News Ten rolling kitchens wtoch a fewdays ago rolled about with stormjag food for the Germans are reiffing behind the American lines in the rect-.'Q of Mont Blanc, west es Vemjjc, with hot food for the Aineracans. The kitchens, together with a great sw«4ly of food, were captured In ibpftwse the Franco-American'push west es rhe Argonne forest, the Ameri-ram wwtaking the kitchens in tie tracts beyond Somme-Py. ♦ • • In the American sector of the Calabria front lhe Germans are res£s-j-g very strongly. The American however, have not been heavy. -The total American casualties are less imin half the number of Germaas trajces prisoner, says a Ix>nd<»n dispafiA. America's fighting taws in France do not welcome j>eace_ Tin-y at the German proi<osals. A e-OT-spondeiit visited the enlisted men's Paris quarters at Hotel .'anti sriugirt the views -at- sailors JtossßLAbe torpedoed Mount Vernon at*d off soldiers invalided at the . AH agreed that ■’Fritz” is yeUow- be is squealing at his first turn c«tf Dock-

Foreign A “peace cabinet” has l-w® ff-cmed in Turkey, headed by Tewifik Pa-dia.. according to ConstanliffiMff&e . dispatches. • • • Marshal Joffre’s attack r-f grfjx. which caused him to delay ins visit t» London, is mild in character, stys a Paris dispatch. One of the new large bomtdng pEarws of the allies, in order to d«®o®«trare its carrying capacity,, has bre»aght from London to Paris a fuL-szned upright piano. The is capable of carrying six persons and much bombing explosives. • • • The Turkish cabinet has reigned, according to a dispatch frees Berne. Switzerland. There is great excitement in ConstantiMple. the dispatch says. • • The German government, to a dispatch from Amsterdaffl. intends to grant pardons to a number of politicians imprisoned since the war began, including Dr. Kart Ij BA writ, the Socialist, and William Daymenn. French and British ctixens who recently took refuge intbeAnatan consulate general at Moscow have been allowed to depart vid,® interference by the bolsbevßti. : • • •A. Prince Alexander of Serbia has been promoted to the rank at general by King Peter, in recognition of hjs victories during the Maeeaaaian offensive. e The Spanish premier st Madrid has handed King Alfonso Lis nn *a4 kia entire cabinet’s resignation. _ _

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