Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 276, 2 October 1918 — Page 1

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GERMAN DEFENSES BETWEEN CAMBRAI AND ST. QUENTIN SMASHED BY ALLIED ARMY

it Hindenburg Defense System from Scarpe to Oise Over-run by Allies Over 50 Mile I Front Enemy Moves Big Guns in Flanders Around Big Submarine Base at Ostend, Threatened by Advance of Belgians Strong Fortress of Lille (Approached by Allied Force Foe Driven Back to Old Line in Rheims Region. J DAMASCUS HAS FALLEN TO BRITISH FORCES (By Associated Press) j ' Germany's defenses between Cambrai and St. Quentm are crumbling under the determined blow of Marshal Foch, and the time of the expected German withdrawal from France and Belgium apparently is drawing appreciably nearer. Under the attack of British, French and American troops the Hindenburg defense system from the Scarpe to the Oise, a distance of 50 miles is being overrun. In the north tie valuable network of railroads in Flanders rapidly is becoming useless and in the south the French are pressing vigorously their advance west and north of Rheims. Damascus, the capital of Syria, was occupied by General Allenby's forces on Thursday morning, according to an official statement issued today by the British war office.

Damascus Is the Turkish base In Sy

ria and Palestine, and Its fall probably means the end of all Turkish resistance to General Allenby In Palestine and Serbia. The ancient city U the Junction point of railroads leading to the port of Beirut and Aleppo, 180 miles northeast. Advance Fiv Miles. Northeast of St. Quentln the British have advanced more than five miles eastward from the front line of

most dangerous to the enemy has been driven in between St. Quentln and Le Tatelet and the British are advancing through a big gap In the enemy line across important roads and railways towards La Bateau, one of the most important traffic centers west of the German border. The. British have broken the German line on the Fon-sommes-Beaurevolr front. Cambrai has not yet been occupied by the British but Field Marshal Haig has taken important heights south of the town and east of the Scheldt canala, thus drawing closer the net about Cambrai. The French met with spirited resistance in entering St. Quentln' but succeeded in throwing the enemy beyond the Canal which cuts through the eastern suburbs. North and south of the town, the French have advanced farther eastward. South of Cambrai British and Scottish troons together with New ZealAnders, Save occupied Creveour and Bumilly. In Flanders the Germans are reported to have set fire to the railway of Routers and Menin and to be removing their big guns from the Belglum coast around the submarine base of Ostend which is being outflanked on the south. Between the Alsne and the Vesle rivers French troops in the last three days have advanced on a front of ten miles to a depth of three to four miles. The Germans now are retreating toward the line they held in 1917. In view of the loss to the Germans of St. Quentln and the lines to the north of that city, an enemy retirement on a fairly large scale seems probable. Given fairly good weather some very big changes on the western front may be seen before winter. Near Railway Centers. The Belgians now are five miles from Thourout, while the British are

across the Lys seven miles north of Lille and are within seven miles of

Courtral. All these are important railway centers and Lille Is the strongest German position north of Cambrai. General Berthelot speedily is driving the Germans back to their old line in the Rheims region. Further gains have been made between the Vesle and the Alsne and north of Rheims. Several miles more and the French will be In the open country north of Rheims and threatening the immediate communication of Laon. The French advance here and east of the Suippe is placing the Germans between Rheims and the Suippo in a pocket from which they may have difficulty in withdrawing. The French troops have captured five or six villages and advanced five to six kilometre at some points. In Champagne there has been little change but the French have rendered useless. the railroad running through the Argonne forest from Challerange. This makes possible a further American movement on the eastern edge of the Argonne. North and west of Montfaucon, in the center of the American sector west of the Meuse the Americans again have moved forward. Field Marshal Halg'a forces today captured Rolleghemcapelle and advanced for a distance of 3,000 yards southeast of Routers.' Serbia-is being evacuated by the Bulgarian troops who are returning to Bulgarian territory according to the Seblan official statement of Tuesday night. The allied forces in Macedonia continued their progress until raid-day of Sept. 30, according to the French war

official statement of tonight and on the west entered the town of Kichevo, twenty miles) east of the Albanian frontier. On jtle north the Serbians occupied the ieshts of Gradishte and Plavitse, betwja TJskub and the Bulgarian frontiejr. ' In the regimof Lakes Presba and Ochrida, on tfeSerbian-Albanian border the Austflns are putting up a stiff resistances the allied pressure. The statement -eads: "On Septr aOup to noon, the hour fixed for the aspension of liostllities according to jtfe armistice, the allied armies contintd their prosress under favorable cofdions. The Serbian army occupied the heights of Gradishte and Plafie, between Uskub and the Bulgaria frontier. To the west allied troops e.tered Kichevo. "In the regin of the lakes we reached Struga Alban ) To the west of Lake Ochriia the Austrian forces continue to r,eist vigorously." Germani Forces Retreat. Along the tad running east and northeast fron the St. Quentln-Cam-bral line in Nctheastern France long trains of transorts are moving back toward the Blgian frontier. Allied aviators hav eported this first indication that ih defeated enemy has begun to retfet before the thrusts of the British, rench and Americans along this line While thefjttle still rages fiercely along the froi where for the past five days a titanl struggle has been going on, the jPemy evidently realizes that the Inroad made by the allies on the Hindenbu; line have shattered that famous jpsition and made it untenable, f Military obsrvers expect, now that a retirement i actually in progress, that the wholfGerman line will crumble as the Teronic armies make their way back to lelr next defensive positions. 1 Strongolds In Flames. It would apear that the allied suc

cesses at St, luentin and at Cambrai endanger theenemy's line north and south of thos cities. St. Quentln and Cambrai are,1 n flames and the fall of the latter wil probably mean the abandonment Douai by the neemy. La Fere, sou of St. Quentln, seems in peril ant f that city is taken by the allies, tin Germans probably will be forced to retire from the St. Go-

bain forest ad Laon. When this occurs the backone of the German HiO in northeast prance will be broken. Far to theiorth the Belgians are moving ahea with steady sweep which seems 0 be directed at Lille, but which, at he same time, threaten the Belgian, abmarine bases cn the Belgiar coast if Lille is outflanked the Germans must retire from their trenches far Uhe south of that city. Continued prgg vm cut the submarine basesoff from rail communication. Theyare so valuable to the enemy, hower, that he may be expected to hui iarge forces into the battle in a laj effort to save them. General Betheiot is cutting rapidly into the Genna imes north and northwest of Rneijs. Hj8 success there seems to can perji to the Germans further east, or an advance toward the Aisne to t northward of Rheims would compel; retirement as far east as the sector ?h ere General Gouraud is smashing t German lines. ,ulFrencf Outflank Foe. In this sectt challerange has been taken and tht French have reached Jlonthais. .Th French now have outflanked the emy in this sector and are apparentl; moving northward toward ouztenan important railroad point from radiate roads which supply long: itches of the front In

ine unampag(, , . .... . American frces between the Argonne forest ad the Meuse river are seemingly hj up by tne Gcrmans who have bee desperately counter attacking ailing tbe nne Xhe ad vanceof th French further 1 west. Contlfcd on Pago Six.

Hospital Tag Day Saturday

Reid Memorial Hospital Tag Day is set for next Saturday. The money obtained from the sale of tags-Is used to replenish the linen of the institution. The hospital aid society works diligently throughout the year making new supplies and repairing the old. The proceeds of tag day assist them and the hospital in the worthy work of the institution. Citizens are urged to buy liberally of the tags which will be sold at many places in the city. The worth of the hospital is well established. It needs no recommendation in this community. Tag day is an annual event. Success will attend it this year, if citizens keep in mind the function and purpose of the institution.

SENATE REFUSES TO PASS BILL FOR SUFFRAGE

Appeal of President to Pass Bill as War Measure Fails to Affect Senators. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. The senate Tuesday refused to grant the request of the President that the woman suffrage resolution be passed as a war measure. After five days of bitter debate, corridor conferences and cloakroom negotiations, the Susan B. Anthony Federal amendment resolution, enacted by the House last January, received on the final roll call two votes lest than

the necessary two-thirds majority. Fifty-four senators were recorded for It and thirty against it, with twelve absent and six paired. Before the vote was announced, Senator Jones of New Mexico, chairman of the woman suffrage committee, to comply with parliamentary requirements, changed his vote from the affirmative to the negative and moved that the Senate reconsider. This made the final official record 53 to 31, and left the resolution technically pending on the senate calendar, in position. for further consideration planned after the November elections when suffrage forces hope to muster the requisite number of votes. Wilson's Plea Im&fectual. President Wilson's personal address to the senators yesterday supplement

ed by letters to several Democratic senators opposed to the resolution did not change a single vote, although in the final debate some senators assert

ed that defeat of w. resolution would

mean repudiation of the executive. Including the absent and paired senators., the roll call showed that the senate lineup of 62, to 34 on the resolution remained virtually unchanged from the beginning of the fight last Thurs

day.

Chairman Jones and other champions of the resolution declared after

the vote that the defeat is only temporary and that the contest will be renewed after the November elections when changes in membership are certain. Administration leaders also admitted that the vote was the first important reverse President Wilson has met In advocacy of what he has declared to be essential war measures. When the same resolution, the draft Susan B. Anthony first advanced forty years ago, was last before the senate, March 19, 1914, it also was defeated, thirty-five voting for its adoption and thirty-four in opposition. Senators Gore, Johnson of South Dakota, McCumber of North Dakota, Page of Vermont, Pittman of Nevada and Vardaman of Mississippi then voted against it, but today they supported It. On the former vote it also was announced that Senator Fall of New Mexico was paired against the resolution, while

today he was paired in its support. Also on the 1914 vote it was announced that Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania, who was absent, favored adoption, while today he voted in the negative. The vote came just before 4 o'clock after one of the most bitter and 'spectacular contests in the senate in years. Today charges and counter charges of responsibility for the result were hurled back and forth, with partisan politics again an issue.

The Weather

For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Thursday. Cooler tonight in north and central portions. Cooler Thursday. , Today's Temperature. Noon .75 . Yesterday. Maximum 64 Minimum 38 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday, followed by fair. Cooler Thursday, and probabl late tonight. General Conditions The Canadian storm is moving rapidly eastward, causing showers on the lake and un

settled weather over parts of Indiana and Ohio. Temperatures have risen generally east of the Mississippi river but is falling in the northwest. It will be cooler here not later than Thursday, with, south shifting to northwest win'Ja

AMERICANS ON MEUSE MOVE FORWARD OVER STRONG LINE

I 4 Enemy Withdraws on Left of U. S. Troops Going in Direction of Brunhild-Kriem-hild Line Juncture. AERIAL FORCE ACTIVE (By Associated Press) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Oct. 2. It was reported late tonight that the Americans on the front between the Meuse on the Argonne have again moved forward over one of the most hotly contested sectors of their advance, the ground north and west of Montfauton. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Tuesday. Oct 1. The enemy onlght appears to be withdrawing on the American left. Broadly speaking he is go: Ing in the direction of the juncture of the Brunhild and Kriemhild systems. In the Argonne forest Americans made progress today. East of the forest they are operating north of Cierges and hold position on the road from Gesnes to Exermont. In this district there has been stiff fighting, local positions repeatedly changing hands until the Americans today established their supremacy.

The excellence of the American aerial force Is demonstrated by a total bag since September 26. of 100 hostile planes and 21 balloons. Counter-Attacks Fan. German efforts to penetrate or bend the line between the Meuse and the Aisne dwindled rapidly today. One minor cpunter-attack, some outpost scrimmaging and a half hearted bombardment characterized the enemy's activity. ,.T.he Americans repulsed,, a counterattack north of Apremont and then accepted the situation. Both the front line and the back areas held by the Germans were shelled vigorously from early morning until night. In the afternoon the clouds disappeared and aviators were able to resume their observation patrols and pursue enemy planes and balloons. With the clearing weather the engineers have converted the areas back of tbf American front into an orderly

plv.e once more. Roads tnat naa been untouched for years and made worse by the movement of truck trains and artillery were once more made passable. Clean Up Argonne Forest. On the left flank of the Americans, the French pressed their lines slightly forward, bringing near the time when the Germans must fight with less hopefulness to maintain their line west of the Meuse. American detachments in the Argonne forest continue to clean up that wilderness, sending back scores of machine guns, trench mortars and other captured material. On the salvage list there appeared today three observation balloons. They had been left in their shed at the eastern edge of Exermont wood. In addition to their work of reconstructing bridges and roads, the engineers have had the task of removing numerous mines. As happened north of the Marne many positions abandoned by the Germans had been elaborately equipped -with mines, but as

also was the case north of the Marne, almost every mine was sprung by the engineers, who traced the wires to a trap left near by. .There was a formidable outlay of mines in the town of Vauquois, which had been used as a German headquarters. Below the level of the town there were hundreds of yards of subterranean passages which had been turned

into comfortable, even luxurious quarters. Information reaching American headquarters continues to indicate confusion behind the German lines, not In the way of traffic conditions, but in organization. It is known the enemy is using units as small as platoons to reinforce those in the fighting line. Illinois troops taking part In the offensive between the Meuse and the Argonne advanced more than 6 miles on the . first day of the attack, the unit reaching its objective hours ahead of time. The Illinois men pushed forward just to the west of the Meuse. Starting from the neighborhood of Dead Man's hill they headed directly north until half way to their destination and then turned to the northeast. Their advance was so rapid that in the region of Gercourtet-Drillancourt they came upon a party of Germans just about to sit down to a luncheon in their dugout The . party was overcome and a German colonel, who was one of the group, was shot in the heel as he was attempting to escape. Astonished by Americans. The Illinois soldiers helped themselves to the Germans' lunch of pork, red cabbage and black bread. Seven kegs of beer, a supply of wine and a German typewriter were found in the dugout. The wounded , colonel told the officers he was astounded at the rapidity of the American advance. He had no idea that the Americans would reach that region- for days at all, he said. The colonel had so many war maps and other paraphernalia includ(Contlnued on Page Six.)

Hurley Asks House for $484,000,000 to Carry Out Shipping Program (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 Construction of 450 vesels of 1,800,000 dead weight tons is the additional program of the shipping board disclosed today to the house appropriations committee by Chairman Hurley, in explaining his request for additional authorization of $484,000,000 for the present fiscal year.

"WAR TROPHY" TRAIN ARRIVES HERE THURSDAY

Shows 1 Battlefield Trophies County Lacks $250,000 of Loan.

NOTICE COMMITTEES

The committee meetings and luncheons that were to have been held at the Y. M. C. A. Thursday and Friday noon have been postponed. E. M. CAMPFIELD, City Chairman

The Liberty Loan "war train" which will be in Richmond tomorrow evening at 6:45 o'clock at the Pennsylvania station, promises to attract a big throng of Richmond and Wayne county people. The special train will come from Greenfield and will be sidetracked probably at the east end of the station to make it convenient to the public. The train will be in charge of gov

ernment officials and a squad of regular army soldiers. Hundreds of war trophies are exhibited, most of them taken from the battle fields of France. Lincoln Dixon, representing the government, will explain the features of the exhibit. The general public is invited to inspect the exhibition, children being ; especially invited. There will be no admission fee. Shortage is $250,000. Liberty Loan sales yesterday and this morning are reducing the county's deficit but by bit, but there was at noon today a shortage of something more than $250,000. There is a special effort being made to interest all classes of citizens in the necessity of putting the county across the quota line. Special committees will go forth

again tomorrow and Friday and in every part of the county the township organizations are being urged to as

sist in the undertaking.

Scores of persons have gone voluntarily to banks in Richmond since

yesterday and have increased their subscriptions. , The fact that Liberty

Loan Bonds e free from state, county and cit; ixes as well as federal

taxes, apparently has just begun to

dawn on many persons who have been

putting their earnings in classes of

securities that are subject to tax. The

net earning feature of the Liberty Bonds, free from all assessment of whatever kind, is the great drawing

card just now aside from the patriotism of aiding in the movement. MANY BUY BONDS. WASHINGTON. Oct. 2 First detailed reports from the twelve federal reserve districts of the progress of the campaign for the Fourth Liberty Loan today reached the treasury department. Messages . received prior to today from the district governors

almost universally had told of vain

efforts to tabulate subscriptions in the rush of the campaign opening. While officials today refused to make public the totals subscribed in the various districts, pending receipt of reports from all of them, it was said subscriptions during the opening

days were larger and more numerous than at the start of any previous loan campaign. The list of towns and cities oversubscribing their quotas continued to grow today. Reports showed that Oregon and Indiana would soon be added to the list of states having raised their allotments. Iowa and South Dakota were the first states "to go over the top" in the campaign. EVEN INDIANS SUBSCRIBE. MUSKOGEE, Okla., Oct. 2 The five civilized tribes of Indians will subscribe $2,600,000 to the Fourth Liberty loan, it was announced today by Superintendent Gabe E. Parker. Figures given out by Superintendent Parker at the same time showed these tribes have up to now invested a total of $9,523,670 in Liberty bonds and war savings stamps.

ST QUENTIN TAKEN BY FRENCH; CORNERSTONE OF HINDENBURG SYSTEM HAS FALLEN TO ALLIES Retreat of . Enemy from Laonnois and Champagne Sectors Must Follow Fall of German Stronghold-r General - German Retirement Presents Greatest Problem to Ludendorff Crown Prince's Armies on Aisne and Ailette in Serioiis Danger Gains Made by Three French Armies on Western Front. CAPTURE OF STRONGHOLD NOTABLE TRIUMPH

(By Associated Press) PARIS, Oct. 2 St. Quentin is taken and the cornerstone of the Hindenburg system has fallen. The city is burning at several points, according to Premier Clemenceau. Thanks to the prodigious and unrelenting efforts of the armies of General Debeny and General Rawlinson, under the general direction of General Fayolle, that fine soldier who commands the group of armies in that sector, it is a most resounding triumph. But it is not the only place where victory smiles upon the allied arms.

ALLIED FORGES TAKE VILLAGES ON DVINA RIVER

British, French and Russian

Forces Advance 75 Miles in Last Two Weeks.

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct 2 Two more counties in Indiana. Owen and Franklin, were reported over the top In the Fourth Liberty Loan drivo just before noon today at the state headquarters here. Owen county had a quota of $200,000. Frankli:i county's quota was $475,000. This makes 17 counties in the state over the top thirteen in the seventh federal reserve district and four in the eighth reserve district. . It was announced that the total Liberty bond purchases in the 53

counties of the seventh district since !

the opening of the campaign last Saturday was $70,813,950.

fBy Associated Press) ' ; ARCHANGEL, Monday. Sept. 30

American, British, Russian and French

troops today occupy villages on both banks of the Dvina river to a point 125 miles north of Kotlas, in the gov

ernment of Vologda. They have advanced 75 miles in the last two weeks and they now are about 375 miles southwest of Archangel. The river is

blocked further south by Bolshevik mines and barges which have been sunk in the channel. Up the Vaga river, however, progress is unobstructed and Americans are among the forces occupying the important town of Shenkursk. The aurora borealis is already flaming in the northern sky. In their advance up the Dvina, the land forces have met with virtually no resistance since September 21, when the Americans were subjected to heavy machine gun fire for five hours at Seltsko. North of Beresneskaya, which is near the confluence of the Dvina and Vaga rivers, villages had not been molested by the Bolshevik! in their flight from Archangel. They fled so fast that they did not stop anywhere until the Moscow authorities halted them at Beresneskaya with an imperative demand to make a stand. Villages south of that point Buffered heavily. Executions and deportations were committed there and when allies arrived they were given a hearty welcome. The Bolsheviki took from Archangel

the best, fastest Mississippi river type of passenger boats, leaving the allies an odd collection of craft which is doing splendid service against the faster vessels in command of the enemy. Very heavy casualties were inflicted on the Bolshevik troops by the entente forces when they captured Ukhtlmskaya, in northern European Russia, September 20, according to an official statement issued today by , the war office. The town, which had been intended as a base for Bolshevik oprations in Karelia, had been fortified under German supervision.

TO RESUME SLACKER RAIDS.

WASHINGTON, Oct, 2. Announcement made that draft' slacker raids will be resumed in a few dayB by department of justice agents in about a dozen cities in the East and on the

Pacinc ccast.

WALTER NIEBUHR DIES IN FRANCE

Word has been received here 'that Walter C. Niebuhr was killed in action on July 20 in northern France. A telegram carrying the information was received by his mother, Mrs. George Niebuhr, 607 South Twelfth street Niebuhr was 23 years old. He has been in service about six months. He was in the same company with Frank Genn and Frank Lichtenfels. He was a member of the St. Paul's Lutheran church. Surviving are his mother, a sister, Mary and a brother, Clarence. Memorial services will be held for him at the St. Paul's Lutheran church next Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock.

PAN-AMERICAN LABOR MEET.

NEW YORK, Oct 2. American Alliance for Labor and Democracy announces that a Pan-American labor conference to which representatives of organized labor in North, Central, and South America, Cuba and Porto Rico have been invited, will be held at Laredo, Tex, Nov. 13-15.

The towns of Menin and Roulprs

railway junctions in Flanders, have been set on fire by the Germans in face of the advancing Belgians. British and French troops. French guns now control the railway line running from Ostend, through Thourout and Roulers to Courtral. British monitors are co-operating actively in bombarding German line on and near the coast. Belgian forces, strongly opposed, are making headway toward Roulers and Menin. The Germans are preparing to evacuate the Lille region. British armies around Cambrai are successfully fighting one of the fiercest bat ties of the war. General Berthelot is driving the enemy back between

Gouraud has reached Channerange, the important railroad center at the western opening of Grand Pro cap. Shake Whole System. . St Quentin's fall shakes the whole German system. Its effect will be widespread. This will be accentuated by the strong push that is being made in the upper Oise valley. The allies here are across the multiple waterways upon which the enemy so largely based his defenses. Before them lies the open country, which is ideal for tanks. Under the circumstances the holding by the crown prince's armies of their positions on the Ailette and the Aisne is out of the question. Outflanked from the north and harried by General Mangin, who is now along the Aisne as far as south of Craonne, the crown prince's armies are in a much graver

position than were those of Generals

von Boehn and von Hutier on the Marne and the Avre in July. The same danger threatens the armies opposing Gouraud. Thus the first logical result of the capture of St Quentin must be the re

treat of the enemy from the Loannois and Champagne sectors if he wishes

to escape disaster. But it will not be

enough that their line breaks up under the blows of the allies. A gen

eral German retreat becomes more

and more Imperative. The problem for General Ludendorff Is how to prevent it from being converted into a disaster, which is the usual sequel of a retirement of masses closely en

gaged in a formidable struggle. Cambrai Mined. Cambrai has been mined but the British forces have fought around the town and thus have foiled the plans of the enemy. The Germans decided on September 1 to burn Cambrai and forced the civilian population to leave. WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE, Tuesday, Oct l.Three

French armies won important success, es today. While General Debeny 's forces were passing through St Quentin to Rouvroy, across the Somme, General Berthelot's army made a big gain on the St. Thierry massif, northwest of Rheims. Further east General Gouraud's army advanced still further north toward vital German positions. General Berthelot's men have vlrt tually traversed the hills between Rheims and the Aisne. On that river they hold the left bank as far east as Concevreux and have taken Bouvaincourt, Hervelon, Trigny and St. Thierry. They are also in La. Neuvillette, a mile and a half northwest of Rheims. Gourand Launches Attack. General Gourand, attacking alonr his whole front in the Champagne sector, advanced north of Aure to within a thousand yards of Liry. . Further east, even more important results were obtained in his advance north of Bouconvilie and Blnarville. His line was pushed on to Vaux and Lancon, thus crowding the Grand Pre gap, and putting, the German forces west . ot the Monthois-Vouzires line Into a . most awkward position. - Their comunications lth the forces operating in Argonne forest and east of it are -virtually cut which means that this region becomes untenable. German counter atacks in the region south of Liry were repulsed with severe losses to the enemy ofter sharp engagements. .