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14JILE5 Germans This Week Have Evacuated 800 Square Miles of Territory. Bulletin.! ,T- . Prt.58 CaBLE.BAV-j AJiwAK. Oct. 19.-Allied troops have readied Eecloo. shuttln la 6,000 Germans against the Dutch frontier, according1 to the Telegraph. (TMs represent, an advance or about fourteea miles.) Bulletin. n-viTEi- Press Cablegram! X.OHlOSr! Oct. 19. 1:05 p. m.-The Trench have captured rS! north of Toulirs. accord to battle front dispatches received here today. (This indicates that the important raUway tow of Voazlers ha. been cap. tared or rendered untenable.) ALLIES ARE HEARING GHENT Bv WILLIAM THILLIP SIMMS (United Fress Staff Correspondent.) PARIS, Oct. 19. The German defenses southeast of Bruges are reported to have been broken. The Belgians marching on Eecloo are approaching Aeltre. The allies also are pushing rapidly toward Deynze (seven railss. southwest of Ghent.) The enemy is reported to be massing in front of Valenziennes. The population of Bruges is expectantly waiting the triumphant entry of King Albert. BELGIANS REACH BRUGES CANAL ruviiEr Press Cablegram LONDON, Oct. 19, 12:53 p. try Ti.i;an tmoDs have reached the canal between Zeebrugge and Bruges, according to dispatches from the front today. The Germans are reported to be still holding the outskirts of Zeebrugge. 800 SQUARE MILES ARE SURRENDER (BT UNITED PRESS. WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. The n-rman.: in four days this Mjeek relinquished 800 square miles of territory long held, Chief of Staff March stated today. At the same time he revealed that the British were reported to have reached the Holland frontier opposite Bruges. SAY KAISER ABDICATED AND RENIGGED tt's-TTED Press Cablegram. LONDON. Oct. 1? Intervention by the. ruling classes in Germany restored the Kaiser after he had actually abd'.cated and interferred with the sending of a reply to President Wilson's Inst r.otc. the Chronicle today declared it had reason to believe. According to the newspaper's belief the Kaiser abdicated for several hours and probably even signed his abdication. An agreement .on an armistice under Wilson's terms was reached and actually under way when the ruling caste intervened causing cancellation of the note. In connection with this report it was noted that there were many rumors early this week of a reply already being under way. CONGRESS WILL TAKE RECESS FOR A MONTH f BV UNITED PRESS. "WASHINGTON. Oct. 19. The House today unanimously agreed to a recess to begin Monday and continue for at least a month, when the Fenate is expected to pass the eight billion dollar revenue bill. Notice, Red Cross Members The annual electionof six directors of Hammond Chapter American Red Cross will be hold at Liberty Hall. Thursday. Oct. 24. 1918. Tolls will be open from 12 m. to 8 p. m. All members are asked to take part in this election. HAMMOND CHAPTER AMERICAN 10-1 S-2 RHD CROSS. Buy a Thrift Stamp and lick the Hun.

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State Health Board Orders County Health Officer to Enforce Closing Order for Another Week. By orders received from Dr. J. M. Hurty, secretary cf the state board of health, and received this morning by Dr. R. P. Hale, county health physician, the closing order directed to public schools, theaters and meetings ii public places, and which was to have been lifted on October 13, is continued in force until midnight October 26. The telegram reads as follows: Epiuemio conditions al-rming la most part, cf the state. The board cf health orders that the first order of October 19 Is extended to midnight October 26. Notify public and ell your city and town health oSLcers. (Signed) J. M. HURTY, Secretary. Late statistics from the county at large received at the office of Dr. Hale show that the total number of cases to date is 6.500. with 300 deaths. In view of this recerit order from Dr. Hurty. our county physician again warns the people to observe every care In the prevention and handling of the many cases in this epidemic and to refrain from exposing themselves in public places, crowded street cars, etc.: that the fight Is by no mens over and that deaths are occurring daily as a result of the large number of cases. It is gratifying, however, to note that within the last few days the death rate has appreciably diminished and it is believed that with nu unfavorable change of weather conditions the percentage of deaths will continue to drop. Doctors are still working almost without rest, but it is noticeable that the number of calls that they are not able to answer is gradually diminishing. "People must exercise every care." said Dr. Hale this morning, "and with all precautions taken the authorities wilt be able to handle this matter if no complications arise." ALLEE FIRED F LIKE FOREST COLLEGE Refuses to Buy Liberty Bonds and Would Rather Go to Prison Than Fight for U. S. PrnfKflnr Warder Clvde Alice, form erly of the Hammond High School, last night ceased to be ofucial adviser ana instructor of hygiene to the students' army training corps at Lake Forest College by action of the faculty. Professor Allee is charged with having refused to buy liberty bonds of this or any other issue, ani with having publicly stated to the students that he was a pacifist and a. conscieutious objector and would rather go to prison than help the United States win the war. He is a Quaker. Henry Wilkes Wright, acting president, today said that he had communicated the facts of the case to the War Department, and that until he had a reply Professor Allee would remain head of the department of English language and literature at the college. "Professor Allee is a Quaker by birth, instinct and training." said President Wright. "He has mado no effort to conceal his pacifist convictions. 'However, if he is to be removed, many other Quakers in other colleges, among them the University cf Chicago. also should be forced to re.ijn." When asked to buy bonds by girl studentsfi. Professor Allee is reported to have said: "I am a. Quaker, descended from a long line of Quaker ancestors, and must obey the dictates of my conscience. I have not bought liberty bonds and do not intend to. However, each time there has ben a bond campaign I have subscribed to the Red Cross fund for the rebuilding of France. In fact, my pledges now aggregate $100 a year." Professor Alices salary as professor in the college is $3,000 a year. As in-,tn-tnr in hygiene to the students' army training corps he received an additional $300. NEUTRALS GET ALLIES' WAR ATTITUDE United Press Caflkor m. MADRID, SPAIN. Oct. 19. An allied note sent to all neutrals explaining the allies' war attitude has bem received by the Spanish government, the newspaper El Liberal asserted today.

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J1FEC1IIG Allies to Drop Death and Destruction cn Hun Capital in the Hear Future. (By Carl Groat) By United Press. WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. Berlin is to be bombed. Makers of the British aeroplane, Handley-Page, arc perfecting a giant craft that will meet the requirements of a big gasoline and a big bomb load. According to information from General Kenly, chief of the United (States 3Iilitary Aeronautics, these preparations are being made. . WIGAB OBiVER GOES TO IIDJUPDLIS JAIL He's Sorry Now He Carried a Cargo of Red Eye into the State. A South Bend taxicab driver went to jail at Indianapolis yesterday in connection with a liquor violation and other taxicab drivers, who have been hauling gentlemen with whiskey jugs from Illinois to Indiana are expected to take heed. In the hearing before Charles L. Surprise, United States commissioner, at Hammond, it was stated that Albert K. Burkhatt of South Lend had been employed by Jerry O'Ncll of that city to get a load of whiskey in South Chicago. As a result O'Neil is under bonds in the cum of $1,000. and Uurkhart. unable to arrange his bond of $1,000. has nunc to jail. CULLS FOR NURSES MJHUD TO SICK Destitution Previals Among Many Epidemic Stricken Families. Mayor Erown called upon the people of Hammond today to aid in the fight on the epidemic of Spanish influenza in other ways than that of avoiding crowds and. exercising the necessary caution The mayor wants the people to aid in administering to the unfortunate. In the first place nurses are needed and needed very badly. "Women and girls who have ability in that line are urged to give their names to Mayor Brown, who has a list of places where their services are needed. On the other hand, there are many families destitute because of the influenza. With the wage earners ill and unable to work and the other members of the family ill, they are in need of food, clothes and fuel. In some in stances there have been funerals in families with all the other members ill and practically helpless. The mayor today praised the work of the local Salvation Army. He stated that the Salvation Army workers have gone into homes of the destitute and nursed the sick and that people having clothes or food to distribute to the needy at this time can find no better agency. YANK TROOPS FACE 250,000 HUNS fBr United Press 1 WASHINGTON. Oct. 19. Troops between the Argonne forest and the Meuse river are facing 250.000 Germans on a thirty-five mile front, members of the senate military committee said today they were told at the war department. It was on this front that the stiffest German resistence is now bring put up. They were told not to place too much credit on the reports of collapse of the German military machine. They were informed 6,000 American planes have been made and several thousand more motors. Allied air supremacy is

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em The End of the War. There Is bo prospect cf a proper ending' of the war before the cam. paign cf the summer of 1919. To attain victory we must place in Trance 34 million fighting men with the greatest mechanical equipment that has ever been given to any army. While we expect the position on the western front may be improved, from a military point of view, between now and then, there can be no hope of a consummation of the end that we mast secure until another year has gone by. HEEBIKT HOOVER. Here Are the Amounts that Lake County Cities and Towns Will Raise As Well As the Different Organizations. T THE QUOfAS Ak FOLLOWS Tirst District North Township. East Chicago 3 85,000 Hammond . 50,000 Highland and Manater 1.50O "Wtitlng 37,000 Becond District City of Gary and the balance of lake County except North Township! ". Gary .. JIOO.OOO Crown Point . 13,270 toweU 12,389 Hobart 5,937 Dyer and St. John 1,692 The allied war work organization for the November 11-18 drive has been completed and announced as well as the different geographical quotas: County Organization. County chairman H. S. Norton. County secretary and campaign manager A. B. Dickson. County treasurer L. W. McNamee. Xirst District North Township. Chairman George Hannauer. Publicity Director P. A. Parry. City of Hammond. Chairman Henry L Sharrer. Secy.-treas. Howard Gescheidler. Vice-chairmen and executive committees Leo Wolf. S. Hedegard. L. L. Bomberger. J. E. Fitzgerald, C. H. Levers, Mrs. O. C. E. Matthies, C. M. SicDaniels. City of East Chicago. Chairman Walter J. Kiley. Secretary M. J. Sontag. Vice-chairmen and executive committees John W. Lees. Chairles II. True. John Carroll. John E. O'Neil. City of Whiting. Chairman John J. Kellar. Vice-chairman Dr. R. E. Humphrey. Secretary O. S. Mayhew. Executive committee Wm. S. Stoll, Roy Green, A. E. Sullivan, Jessie Curtis Smith, Frank Barr, Mrs.. Gentry Cash, Rev. Geo. V. Jones. Second Distrlot. City of Gary and balance of Lake County, except North township: Chairman 11. G. Hay, Jr. City of Gary. ' Chairman Chas. H. Door ley. Vice-chairman L. B. Boyd. Secretary L. B. Judson. Executive committee P. W. Seyl, John A. Gross, Charles S. Martin. Oliver Thompson. W. F. Hodges. X: A. Tharp. Henry Wellner. Rev. Charles E. Hawkins. George Sheehan, C. H. Maloney, Mrs. W. A. Cain. Mrs. Louis Dubetz. Dr. W. Grant Scamon, A. B. Kellar, P. W. Seji. "W. C. Loyd. C. E. Carr. J. Considine. William Fcdcr. O. L. Wildermbuth, Walter L. Plow. A. M. Fisher, W. S. Feuer, Mrs W. F. Hodges, Mrs. Ralph Koss. Mrs. O. S. McGlnnity, Rev. Fr. Thos. Jenson, Rabbi J. Max Weis. City of Crown Point. Chairman M. E. Dinwiddie. Vice-chairman Edward J. Eder. Secretariy Herbert P. Johnson. Treasurer John H. Lehman. City of IiOwelL Chairman Dr. P. L. Rigg. Vice-chairman Peter A. Berg. Secretary Frank Malloy. Treasurer Starr Brownell. City of Hobart. Chairman Clarence S. Darrow. Secretary Emil Scharbach. Treasurer E. G. Sayger. FRENCH TROOPS NEARING- GUISE H'nitep Parts Ctri,EfiRAi. PARIS, Oct. 13. French troops crossing the Oise canal on a wide front have approached to within a mile and a quarter of Guise, the French war office reported today. Additional gains were made in the Alsne region.

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TREMENDOUS BOND HG TAKES PLACE WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. Although the last two days have been the biggest in subscription in the history of the loan campaign, all records must be shattered today. Officials are confident that the required bollion dollars will come. In thousands of villages, towns and cities business was suspended and demonstrations held. War loan headquarters here today were deluged with telegrams telling of states that have subscribed their quotas. Officials and employes of the railway and emergency fleet corporation arc striving valiently to dauble their subscriptions. Unofficial reports today showed Chicago $21,000,000 behind its original quota. Officials of the seventh reserve district, however, expressed confidence that the deficit will be made up before the end of the day. FELT SOUfiy FORJTHE BABIES And Decided That Cast-Off Clothing Wasn't Good Enough for Them. Sam Ableman, who deserves the name of Hammond's premier philanthropist and deserves it because he never lets his right hand know what his left does, got another credit mark with the angels today. If they need something for Liberty Hill or somebody wants a stove or somebody is destitute and it feets to Sam's ears, he's always scratching around to see what he can do. Well. Sam has been ill in the hospital and he read the appeal in this paper for old clothing for the 32 little tots in the hospital, some of them orphans brought thero during the influenza scourge. Xow Sam is a bachelor and he said to himf-elf: "Well, little ones. I never had. and if I did have why should the poor little sick kids have cast-oft clothing? He called the Sister Superior and said: "Sister, here is a hundred dollar?, go buy some new things for the babies here and please don't say anything about it." Sam kept still about it and so did the worthy Sister Superior. But a little bird told about it. GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS IN KIEV fV.NiTED Press Cabi.fi ram. LONDON. Oct. 19. Orand Duke Nicholas, former commander of the Russian army has arrived in Kiev, according to a wireless message from Moscow received here today. It was reported recently the Grand Duke had been condemned to death by the Bolshevikl.

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of Belgium. -. 1 l y and REVOLUTION IN AUSTRIA IS FRAMED ;Er United Press. WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. President Wilson today moved to stimulate the process cf desolution now unucr way in the Austro-Hungarian empire. In a note of reply to the dual monarchy's appeal for peace the president declared that mere autonomy grants are no longer sufficient to meet his basis for peace. The declaration of independence by the Czecho-Slovaks and allied recognition of the nationalistic operations of the Jugo-Slivs makes it impossible for him to abide by his original autonomy, proposal, and the oppressed peoples cf the empire must be judge now of what action by tho monarchy will satisfy them. In his refusal to t i'.k peace until the demand of the aspiring free nations are satisfied, authorities believe the president will fan the fire of independence in the dual monarchy and bring' about its complete dissolution. THE YANKS IN NEW ADVANCE H'N-ixnr Press Cablegram 1 WITH AMERICANS IN FRANCE. Oct. 19 (Noon). The Americans todaymade a new advance of about a mile and a quarter on a front of about fifteen miles north of Champigneulle and Bantheville. Organization of their new position was begun immediately. The Germans hastily are strengthening their defenses along the heights west of Ainereville which are about two kilometers north cf the present lines. BERLIN PALACE STORMED BY MOB rfNTTEn Press Cablegram. AMSTERDAM. Oct. 19. Windows were broken in the Imperial Palace by a rioting mob during a peace demonstration Wednesday, according to reports received here today. The rolice were routed. There upon the crowd rushed the palace and did considerable I damage before being dispersed. Inscribed on placards borne by the mobbers was the slogan: "If the war lasts another year the Kaiser will make his exit like the Czar did." THEY'RE STILL SPEEDING fBr United Press.! ; WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN I FRANCE, Oct. 19 New kinds of sorting .stations are temg organizea ry the American Expeditionary Forces to direct letters, telegrams, and mail of all kinds to the boys in a hurry. The army is making every efTort possible to speed the mail service. Recently experts, so Called because they used to work in postofTices back in "The States," were detailed to improve mall service. The latest devices are bing installed everywhere to facilitate service. The greatest trouble comes from mis-addressed letters, according to tiie "P. O." boys. People back home are not always careful to notify families and friends when they are changed from one organization to another. But the postoffice looks men up, anyway, though it's lots of work.

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U. S, Refuses to Do Any Peace Business WiiH th Dual Empires, Bulletin. (Br United Pre's 1 WASHINGTON, Oct. 19!Pre8la,nt Wilsons reply was considered by the Crecho-Slovak executive council as a master stroke toward the disruption of the dual monarchy. Great elation was expressed by members of the council who believe reat encouragement will be given forces struggling: throughout Aust rl a-H cnga ry . Congress received the president's move with the same enthusiastic approval his second note to Germany received. Republicans were pleased particularly with the definite committment to dismemberment of the Austro-Eun-gaiiaa empire lu so far as the subject peoples are concerned. Bulletin-. XONDON, Oct. 19. Germany's reply to President Wilson, according to best information, will not be decisive. Today's dispatches from Holland and Switzerland Indicated that the German military caste succeeded in preventing complete submission. Reports indicate that Germany will cease to prolong: tho discussion. J. Br fs-tTEO Press. . " . ;yASHINGT(W, Oct 19Pfesident Wilson today answered Austria-Hungary's plea for peace with a reply that conditions are so altered since January 8th that we cannot now accept an autonomy as a base for peace. THE PEOPLE TO JUDGE. Instead he insisted that the oppressed peoples of the dual empires shall be the judges of what action on the part of the AustriaHungarian government shall satisfy their aspirations. In substance it was a refusal to do any peace business with Austria. The note as transmitted to the Swedish minister from Secretary Lansing said: CAWT ENTERTAIN SUGGESTION. "I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 7th inst. in which you transmit a communication from the Imperial and royal government of Aus:ro-Hur,gary to the president. "I am now instructed by the president to request you to convey to the imperial and royal government the following reply: '"The president deems it his duty t.. say to the Austro-Hungarian govern-, mcnt that he cannot entertain the present suggestion of that government because certain events of utmost importance which occurred since the delivery of his address of the Sth of Jnuary last have necessarily aitere-l the attitude and responsibility of the government of the United States. " 'Among the fourteen terms of peace which the president formulated at that time occurred the following: THINGS HAVE CHANGED NOW. ".'Ten. The reoples of Austria-Hungary whose place among the nations we wish to sea safeguarded and assured should be accorded the freest opportunity of autonomous development.' " 'Since that sentence was written and delivered to the congress of the United States the government of the United Ktates has recognized that a state of belligerency exists between the Czecho-Slovaks and the German an i Austro-Hungarian empires and that the Czecho-Siovak national council is a defacto belligerent government clothed with proper authority to direct and control the military and political affairs of the Czecho-Slovaks. It has also recognized in the fullest manner the Justice of the nationalistic aspirations of the Czecho-Slavs for freedom. PEOPLE WIEZ. RUXiE. '"The president is therefore no longer at liberty to accept a mere 'autonomy' of these peopies as a basis of peace but is obliged to insist that they and not he shall be t lie Judges of what action on the part of the Austro-Hungarian government will satisfy their aspirations and their conception of their right and destiny a3 members of the family cf nations. SUGAR RATION CUT FOR ICE CREAM WASHINGTON, Oct. 1! Restrictions on the use of sugar will be even more rigid during November ani December than at present, the food administration announced tonight. Allotments for households will be held strictly f two pounds a person each month and the supply for manufacturers of soft drinks, ice cream and confections will be 25 per cent of normal. It is now B0 per cent,