Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 273, 28 September 1918 — Page 1

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ENTENTE TROOPS GO THROUGH HINDENBURG LIME IN DRIVE FROM VERDUN TO NORTH SEA 1 r Smashing Attacks Delivered Against Enemy at Ypres, Cambrai, at the Aisne, and Champagne Cambrai About to Fall Before Attacks of British and Ameri-cans-To North Belgians and British Fight Through Enemy Defense on 10-Mile Front French Drive North of Aisne.

NEMY -TO MEET MOST SEVERE TEST OF WAR (By Associated Press) Marshal Foch is putting the Germans on the western front to the most severe test of the war. On four important sectors from Verdun to the North sea, allied troops are fighting their way into and beyond the Hindenburg line. Smashing attacks are being delivered by the British and Belgians north of Ypres ; by the British and Americans before Cambrai; by the French north of the Aisne, and by the French and Americans in Champagne and to the east. On all fronts the allied soldiers are meeting with success.

Progress Three Miles. . Cambrai, it would appear, Is about to fall. The British having captured the important height of Bourlon wood, are reported beyond Fontalrte-Notre Dame and Sailly, within one and three quarter miles of Cambrai. The town of Arleux, northeast of Cambrai. has been taken. Field Marshall Halg's thrust porth of Cambrai already has progressed more than three miles. The British have cut the- high road between Cambrai and Douai and have the railroad between the two cities dominated by their guns. ' The fall of Cambrai, military observers believe would result In a German withdrawal from Douai and St. Quentin. which possibly would; lead to a retirement to the French .border. On the north the Belgian and BritIs h. armies -are . fighting -through - the Hindenburg defense on a front of more than 10 miles, from . Ypres to north of Dlxmude. At some points the attacks, began Saturday morning, already has resulted in an advance of more than 2 1-2 miles. The allied 'Vroops have penetrated important positions of the Houtholst forest, German possession of which had stayed previous attempt to advanced south of the Belgian coast. Directed at Sub Base. This operation, apparently Is directed toward the German submarine bases in Belgium and the outflank-1 lng of the bastion of Lille. j French troops are fighting forward j up the slope toward the Chemin des i Dames. They have gained further ground south of Fort Malmaison and have taken the important points of j Jouy and Aizy and the ravine be-j tween. The Franco American drive ; west and east of the Argonne to the! Meuse continued successfully today. The French have moved their line ! forward west of the Argonne forest and captured Important positions on the western flank. East of Argonne; the Germans are fighting desperately; to hold the Brunnt:ae position out th Americans are progressing at several points. , Take 27,000 Prisoners. In the last three days the British, French and Americans have taken itinrn than 27.000 prisoners. In their Cambrai drive the British have cap? Hired 10,000 while the Franco Americans have Increased their total to pore than 16,000. The Belgians and British are reported to have captured J.000 Germans. Serbian and other allied forces in Macedonia are pressing the pursuit ! of the disorganized Germans and But garians. The Serbians have taken I Veles with its garrison and are moving j at the Vardar toward the great enemy! base at Uskub 25 miles northwest. From Ishtib tlie Serbians are march ing toward the Bulgarian border, and have passed east of Kochana, 14 miles from the frontier. Austria is drawln gtroops from Albania. A banic prevailed today on the Ber lin stocw exchange as a result of j events In Bulgaria. i In northern Russ a and far off eastern Siberia, the allies also are successfully pursuing their advances. South of Archangel, Americans and

"America Must Not Fall Down" Says Local

"America must not fall down on the task." That's the word from a former Richmond boy serving overseas. It Is the sentiment of a letter written by Basil Walters, former Palladium news writer, to a member of the staff.

He has Just returned to Italy irom detailed service in France "where he saw and talked with the boys who were in the first "big push" that proved to the German general staff that the Am-.-Orleans have the punch that will win ,T the war. "America must not fall down on the task." ... That's an odmonition which every citizen of Wayne county must take to heart in the Fourth Liberty Loan drive. "We must not fall down." The allotment must be oversubscribed.

other troops have advanced more than 60 miles and American troops have taken several villages along the Dvina river. Northwest of Vladivostok Japanese cavalry have taken Zeyapiistan, on the Zeya river. Bulgaria has virtually sued for peace, following the utter defe,at of her armies in Macedonia. First reports of the proposals look lng to an armistice between the Bulgars and the entente armies seemed to indicate that Premier Malinoff of Bulgaria, acted on his own initiative in thus admitting defeat and paving the way for the nation to get out of the war. - Later advices stated that the armistice proposals had aroused opposition and appeared . to reflect a situation bordering on revolution In Bulgaria. ..j.-''' Last rt ports "reaching" this country by way of Copenhagen state that the ministerial bloc in the Bulgarian parliment was responsible for the move which may " mean that the absolute sway of King Ferdinand has been broken and the people of the country are behind the demand that Bulgaria surrender before the allied troops Invade her territory further. Serbian cavalry has been reported within 15 miles of the Bulgarian frontier. The sensational development opens a new phase of the war. If Bulgaria makes peace with the allies, her example, it is probable, will be followed by Turkey, whose army in Palestine hajbeen destroyed and who has little hope apparently for further help fro mGermany in' the extremity of her peril. Americans Advancing. Thus the iron ring about AustriaHungary will be reconstituted. Ru mania, seething with revolt against the German conquerer, seems almost ready to begin warfare once more, recent reports from that country stat ing that the situation is most threaten ing to the central powers. With the allies once more on the southern frontier of Austria, the smouldering brands of revolution in the Magyar province of the dual empire may burst into flame. There are, in fact, a world of possibilities in the situation that developed yesterday in the near east. American forces attacking on the Argonne forest northwest of Verdun, appear to be approaching the main German defenses in that region. After their rapid advance on the first day of the battle, they slowed down almost all along the line of attack yesterday and while progress was made, it did not take on the appearance of a victorious sweep that marked the opening of the battle on Thursday morning. . West of the Argonne forest !n the Champagne sector, the French have reached the village of Somme-Py, on a very important line of railroad which supplies the German forces further west. General Gourauad has advanced his lines everywhere in this sector. Nets Important Galna. American forces are fighting in the new drive against the Hindenburg line north of St. Quentin. The num(Continued on Page Eight) "Our allies are willing to sacrifice everything in preference to letting Germany slip out of this affair without punishment," writes Walters. "The Huns call us Yanks 'sleepless snakes because, we are always active and they don't know where we will strike," he says. Americans at home can share that title if they oversubscribe the Liberty Loan issue. But read the letter Italy, September 3,1918. Dear Friend: The fruits of America's liberal and general educational system is sure showing over here. "Our educational system teaches men to think for themselves and makes it easy for men to pick up new lines of work. Because of this training, no matter what an American soldier's orders are, he exe

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YANKEES SHOW THEIR METTLE DURING ATTACK American "Squeeze" Attack Will Break Enemy Opposition in Champagne. (By Associated Press). '. , . WITH THE AMERICAN NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Friday. Sept. 27. Details of yesterday's fighting along the line held by one American corps shows that the Infantry overrun the first German position. The enemy first attempted to make a stand on the line running through Ouisy, but the Americans pushed ahead and by 8:15 o'clock, Ouisy was taken and detachments pressed forward as far as the Foyel farm during the forenoon. Only a few hours after the battle began, the correspondent started for the front. Although American and German shells had torn up the roads but a short time before, engineer detachments were already filling them in and making them serviceable. In the perfectly blue sky there were, as long as daylight lasted, dozens, and sometimes scores, of airplanes which darted back and forth over the lines, and engaged in daring combats above the moving columns. In spite of statements made by prisoners, that the attack was foreseen it is evident that the enemy had not anticipated the time, places or character of the assault and had not been able to make adequate preparations to meet it or to retire. He lacked re serves to defend the positions behind the front line. The American advance already has cut across tbe narrow gage lines which form the only rail connection between the two main railroads coming down from the north. Weather Aided Men. Fine weather was of great assistance to the Americana in sweeping forward jerydjt ground which has been taken is very important and Increases the magni tude of the victory. From the beginning of the preliminary bombardment until nightfall, the weather was almost ideal and gave ample opportunity for the American airmen to play their part in the fight. Soon after midnight last night, however, the sky clouded over and rain was falling so steadily this morning that a staff officer remarked "this is helping the Germans." Last evening the German artillery fire became heavy, apparently Indicating that he had retired to his second line of resistance. This line he is expected to try to hold more tena ciously than he did the first. Shells of big calibre fell with regularity behind the advanced American lines, as the enemy attempted to silence the American batteries and damage the roads. These shells, however, fell al most without exception in woods and fields and did not impede the American advance. ENGLISH PRAISE TROOPS LONDON, Sept. 28. The victory of the American army in France has evoked tributes, not only from the Britisk and French correspondents with the American army, but from all the English papers. The fact that young American soldiers, pitted against Prussian guardsmen, have shown their mettle is not overlooked. If the American army needed any proof of its claim to rank as the equal of the old European armies, it has now given that proof. That Marshal Foch delegated it to. the most important post in his latest advance is eigniflcant of his estimate of the quality of the Americans. The military correspondent of the Westminster Gazette, says: "The public need not be at all concerned if the French advance for the moment, should not prove to be deep. It should not be assumed on that account that the attack has fallen short of success. What matters is the American squeeze. If that gets home, and all present appearances are favorable, German opposition in the Champagne sector will go to bits and the defense of the Hindenburg quadilateral will fall through in Turk turn. cutes them. The industrial accomplishments of Americans in France are unbelievable to say nothing of what the lucky fellows who are in the rst line ! trenches are doing. The American ! press cannot exaggerate the accomj plishments of the American soldiers. The whole system is Dunt on a most solid foundation which would make the much boasted German thoroughness look sick. lien who a year ago were doing office work or other kinds of professional tasks for removed from railroading can go out and build a railroad in record time despite the fact that none of them ever did work of this kind before. This is merely an example of how Americans carry " out orders. Nothing is too difficult The story is going around about the ,

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British Casualties For Last Week Show Total of 23,693 (By Associated Press) , LONDON, Sept. 28. British casualties reported for the week ending today as announced by the war. office follows: Officers killed or died of wounds, 432; men 3,936. Officers wounded or missing, 804; men, 19,757. BREAKDOWN OF BULGARIA IS DUE TO U. S. IN WAR Germany Now Unable, to Withdraw Troops From West Front March Shows. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. 28. The impending collapse of Bulgaria, General March said today, is a direct result of the concentration of the American forces on the western front Hitherto General March explained, when even a section of the central empires was menaced, Germany was able to withdraw divisions from the west front to bolster up the threatened point. "That day is now passed," he

auuea. as a resuu or me concentra- j reservations made by some of them, tion of the entire American army on t They are one, however, in agreeing the western front. This has forced j that Bulgaria, in a desperate plight, the German general sUff .to keep in-1 will have to make peace or have peace tact their whole strengh in France. thrust upon her. Most of the comElimination of Bulgaria, the chief of ments on the situation are devoted to staff pointed out, should a separate the consequences of her withdrawal peace be granted, would foreshadow I from the war. the isolation of Turkey and the pos- "it will mean the reconstitution of

sioie reentry or noumama into me war. The effect of these events on the grand strategy of the war was obvious, he said. ' Face Kriemhild Line, ij" riLifeotai the American forces, west cf Verdun have passed beyond the Hindenburg line and are facing the new Kriemhild line. General March was unable to identify positively American units which participated in this action. He said the attack was characterized by the same sharpness and rapidity which has heretofore marked the American operations. On the first day Pershing's men advanced from 5 to 6 miles. Official dispatches today show capture by the Americans in this sector of 8.000 prisoners while the French to the west of them have taken more than 7,000. General March announced that practically all of the 84th division (Kentucky, Indiana and Souther Illinois) has now arrived abroad. VON HERRING HAS RESIGNED fBv Associated Press.) LONDON, Sept. 28. Count von Hertling, the German imperial chancellor, has resigned, according to a message received by the central news agency from the Hague. The Weather For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Sunday. Little change in temperature. Today's Temperature. Noon 64 Yesterday. Maximum 61 Minimum 34 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Fair tonight and Sunday. Moderate temperature. General Conditions Weather is now generally fair east of the Rocky mountains with local rains in the south and east.1 Summer temperatures are reported in the northwest, 70 to 80 in the shade in Canada and Montana. Germans advancing in great numbers towards Paris. Americans in fewer numbers were hurried up and orders were to .stop the Huns. I had the privilege of talking to many of the wounded from this battle. Their explanation of their accomplishment was simple, "It was orders." When the German leaders are gone, the rank and file of the army is helpless. The German soldier must be directed in everything. 1 Not 60 with the American. Although the discipline in our army is such that, team work is assured, the American uses his own initiative and many stories are afloat of accomplishments of soldiers who have been separated , from their leaders. The Americans do not have to ba forced over the top and because of their spirit, the Germans say, "Amer

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ASIATIC CONTROL BY PEACE OFFER Withdrawal of Bulgars From War Will Force Turkey to Lay Down Arms. (By Associated Press.) PARIS, Sept. 28. Bulgaria's offer of peace to the allies was the result of a meeting held on Monday and attended by all the political leaders of Bulgaria, including Vasell Radeslavoff, the liberal leader and members of the cabinet It was not, as German newspapers pretend, the impulsive act of Premier Malinoff, according to Zurich dispatches to morning newspapers here. If martial law has been proclaimed in Sofia, it was because of repeated anti-German manifestations with a strong pacist tinge and popular demon strations in front of the royal palace. The situation in Bulgaria is grave. This year's crops are poor and the food situation has entered a more critical phase. Recent military event3 have convinced those who still believed in the star of Ludendorff, that the "game is up." - Forced to Make Peace. Bulgaria's sincerity in making' her proposal for an armstice is taken more or less for granted by most editorial writers here, notwithstanding slieht Serbia." savs the Journal, "and therefore will compel the central powers to form another Danube front and return the territory taken from the Ru manians, which- country is beginning tRiak-tf itaveage -on Germany Tur. ney, uui oh irom xue central powers, will be obliged to throw down her arms. The collapse of the whole brilliant but fragile structure raised by the Germans in the Orient is beginning. Twenty years of German effort there faces ruin." "It is not in accordance with our principles to enslave any race," says the Matin. "It will suffice, then for Bulgaria after returning what she has stolen, to give us guarantee by demobilizing her army find placing the control of her railroads in allied hands, that she will not become a turncoat again and that our Balkan friends have nothing more to fear from her." GREAT BRITAIN REPLIES. LONDON. Sept. 28. Great Britain has replied to the Bulgarian request for an armstice. The reply it is stated is fully covered by the answer given the Bulgarian representative by the commander of the allied army on the Macedonian front. By this reply it is perefctly defined that no military operation can be suspended. At the same time regarding the proposal that duly credited representatives should confer with the allies on the question of peace, it has been made quite clear to the Sofia government that such a peace necessarily involves a complete rupture by the Bulgarian government with Turkey, Germany and Austria-Hungary. The allied governments necessarily demand every guarantee which they consider necessary to them to safeguard their military operations and prevent the dispatch of German troops to Bulgaria. LEADING WAR EVENT LONDON, Sept. 28 Bulgaria's request for an armistice to discuss peace appears to he the leading event of what seems to be the most important week of the war since the battle of the Marne. There are two interpretations of Bulgaria's action. Which is the correct one remains to be seen. " The first is that the Bulgarian army, being defeated and scattered among the mountains, resorts to a familiar device to gain time in which to pull itself together. The other is that Bulgaria now sees that 'she is on a sinking ship and wishes to make the best terms she may.- There have been several indications recently that the lat(Contlnued on Page Eight.) Boy Serving icans don't know when they are whipped." Although outnumbered; the Yanks fight on and the main difficulty with the Americans is that they want to go too fast. The unhappiest fellows over here are those who must of necessity perform very necessary tasks behind the lines. The wounded lads who have been through the fire seem to be the happiest fellows of the lot, that is providing they will get to go back. It sure makes a Yank sore if he has been laid out and sent back before "He gets his Hun.", I drew rations in one of the big hospitals where many of our wounded are being treated and believe me it was some treat to hear the fellows "fighting over the battles." The wounded are surely well taken care of and a fellow is bardly down before he is on the way to,

MORE SUBSCRIPTIONS MUST BE BADE TO LOAN IF COUNTY QUOTA IS TO BE REACHED Richmond Has Reached the Million Mark and Will Be Over Top Tonight Jackson and New Garden Townships Reach Quota Solicitors Will Cover County Sunday in Order to Obtain County AllotmentMore Big Subscriptions Are Needed to Put Wayne Over as Promised State Loan Leaders. $1,505,000 NOW SUBSCRIBED TO FOURTH LOAN

BUY TONIGHT AND SUNDAY Richmond banks will receive subscriptions for Liberty Loan Bonds tonight. The quota of Richmond is in sight, provided that the subscriptions today and before the banks close tonight are what is expected. Wayne township also may reach the goal. It now depends on the individual who either has up to this time failed to buy or who has not done his utmost. This applies also to other townships in the county where the quotas have not been reached. Under government orders, Liberty Loan committees that solicit on Sunday may use automobiles. The State and County fuel administrators have given authority, therefore, to all township chairmen to send their committees out on Sunday. Farmers have been busy during the week and in many instances could not be seen. Sunday is to be a big round-up day in every county in Indiana and in fact throughout the nation.

The official report of Liberty Bond sales, ' as announced through the banks at the close of ' business last night, showed total sales Fn the county as being $1,505,000. The table of official sales will be found elsewhere in this issue. In the estimate of actual sales, how ever, as reported by the committee this afternoon to W. H. Wade, state director of sales for the Liberty Loan campaign, the figures which have been reported from t various townships were taken, these' aggregating subscriptions actually turned into banks and those held by committees. The totals give $2,057,900 and while unofficial, may be regarded as approximately correct. The amounts by townships as reported by the various chairmen today follow: Abington $ 33,000 Boston 56,200 Center .. 130,000 Clay 48,650 Dalton 7,000 Franklin . 21,850 Greene 50,000 Harrison 28,000 Jackson, 200,700 Jefferson 103,800 New Garden 67.000 Perry 40,700 Webster 25,000 Washington ., 100,000 Wayne 123,000 City of Richmond 1,021,000 Totals $2,057,900 Before the city headquarters closed last night the total sales turned in by committees aggregated $1,021,000. There was approximately $56,000 re maining to be sold today in order that the city might reach its goal. This, it was predicted, would be in hand before night. In the out-townshlps conditions In some respects have greatly improved. New Garden township, in which Fountain City is located, reached the quota this morning, Chairman Thomas Brennan sending in the good news to the county committee. "We had a fine organization here," said Mr. Brennan, "and the credit belongs to the citizens in general and to the solicitors in particular. I take no credit for what New Garden has done, but I am mighty proud of the record Just the same." Jackson township also went over the top today, Chairman Robert Hicks notifying the committee that the full quota would be cared for. . In Green, Webster, Center, Jefferson, Abington, Clay, Boston, Washing

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complete recovery. Most of our wounded come out of the hospitals in a short period Is as good a shape as they were before they got mixed up with a Hun bullet. , k - . i Yanks Have Pep. The Yanks are sure putting the typical XJ. S. A. pep into the war and I had the luck to see some of the results of this pep in the form of German prisoners who are wearing PW (American marking of prisoners of war) where they formerly wore Iron crosses. Many Prussian Guards, who boasted that they would never be taken prisoner, were among the prisoners I saw the American dough boys bringing In. The German soldiers are told by their officers that the Americans kill all their prisoners. Consequently, the eyes of the prisoners who come in

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ton. Franklin and Webster committees were out in force today and likewise will be on the Job tomorrow. There still ls"a"shortage In the whole county of $400,000, according to unofficial reports which cannot he made up unless townships behind their quotas manage to get across. Small subscriptions where large ones were expected and where subscribers able to buy in large amounts, is the cause of the difficulty in practically all townshijs that are behind. The following' Is the report of the ward chairmen or Friday: First Ward. Mrs. George A. Reid, chairman. Ed. Weidner, chairman. 6th Precinct 33,350 7th Precinct 16,600 8th Precinct 13,900 9 th Precinct 17,750 $ 81,600 Second Ward. Mrs. Arnold Klein, chairman. J. C. Price, chairman. 10th Precinct $ 4,000 11th Precinct 24 600 12th Precinct 4,400 13th Precinct 64200 $ 97.200 Third Ward. Mrs. John H. Johnson, chairman. Harry C. Doan, chairman. 14th Precinct $112 200 15th Precinct 54 750 16th Precinct 35,400 17th Precinct 390o $206,250 Fourth Ward. Miss Annette Edmunds, chairman J. Henry E. Bode, chairman. 18th Precinct $ 41 150 19th Precinct 29350 20th Precinct " 18950 21st Precinct 19ooo 22d Precinct i7850 $126,300 Fifth Ward. Miss Carolyn Hutton, chairman. C. E. Thomason, chairman. duPeClnCt $K4.350 24th Precinct 37100 25th Precinct 5750 26th Precinct ' 31300 27th Precinct " n'soo 36th Precinct 6s50 $196,850 Sixth Ward. Mrs. Henry Goldfinger, chairman. (Continued on Page Eight.) 1 from the field are always very glassy caused by fear. This German propaganda, like the rest, is entirely fals. The prisoners get the same food that we do. Salvaged American uniforms are cleaned and died green and issued to the prisoners with complete and good other equipment. I saw German wounded, one of whom had been in the Hun army only thre weeks, getting the same treatment as the Americans in a hospital where Americans who accomplished a recent great feat are being nursed - back to health. Above all things else, Americans are good sports. Although no American soldier has the least bit -of use for the German soldiers, because of their dirty methods of making war the prisoners are treated with all respect, (Continued on Page Eight)