Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 277, 3 October 1918 — Page 1

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ENEMY RETIRES ON 20-EllLE FRONT BETWEEN ARtlENTIERES AND HUE; LENS IS TAKEN Ludendorff Makes Effort to Escape Giant Trap Set by Foch No Indications as to Possible Stand oi Enemy Belgians and British Advance Ten Miles Toward Ghent Strong Counter-Attacks by Enemy Fail on Cambrai-St. Quentin Front Enemy Supply Trains Menaced by Allied Advance on Flank. 254,000 PRISONERS TAKEN SINCE JULY 15 BULLETIN. (By Associated Press) Lens, the chief coal mining city of northern France, has been evacuated by the Germans. In their wide-spread retirement movement near the Belgian border they also have abandoned Armentieres to the British. The scope of the enemy retreat is thus accentuated in the light of the official announcement from Berlin. It now seems certain that the line to the south of Lens, toward Douai, will be involved. By giving up Armentieres the Germans also have gone far toward laying open the great manufacturing towns in the north of France, the city of Lille, to the allies. Lille is less than 7 miles east-southeast of Armentieres. On a front of 20 miles between Armentieres and Lens the Germans continue to retire from the salient west of the fortress of Lille. North of St. Quentin the British again are storming the German defense line, while in Champagne the French are pressing northward threatening the German communication. Evacuation of the Lille salient is the direct result of the allied advances in Flanders and around Cambrai. The British are keeping close at the heels of the Germans who already have retired to an average of two miles but there is no indication of where the enemy will stop or whether he will extend his withdrawal movements to include the region of Douai and attempt to form a straight line from Roulers through Lille and Douai to Cambrai.

Coal Fielda Menaced Armentieres and Lens apparently "are held by the enemy but their fall to the British probably is only a matter of a few hours. With Lens in the hands of the British and th German line moved back to near Lille or beyond, the great coal fields in this district which the Germans have defended tenaciously for four years, will no longer be of use to them. In Flanders, the Belgians, British and French continue their pressure against the stiffened resistance of the enemy. The salient driven in by the ollies threatens the Germans' hold on Belgium and an advance of perhaps 10 miles toward Grent probably would compel the enemy to retire to the northern Meuse line. On the Camria-St.Quentin front, the British have maintained their gains, notwithstanding strong German counter attacks. The new British attacks north of St Quentin probably is against the Beau-' revoir-Fomsommes line where Field Marshal Haig holds a sharp '.salient In the German line. French Gain Ground. Generals Berthelot and Gouraud continue their attacks north of Rheims and in Champagne and have taken further ground from the enemy. North of Itheims the enemy has been driven from most of the hill positions and soon will tie in the open where tho French advance may be more rapid. In Champagne General Fouraud has captured Challerange, a railroad Junction and his guns now command the Junction of Vouziers farther north. In losing Challerange the Germans lost command of the railway. running through the Argonne forest at Grand Pre. The line was the main supply line of the Germans facing the Americans east of th Argonne. In withdrawing in the Lille salient the Germans are endeavoring to get out of the giant trap which Marshal Foch has constructed. While hammering the formidable Cambral-Laon line by thrusts in Flanders, and from Itheims to -the Meuse. he is bending back the German flank. The German supply lines are menaced by the allied advances on the flank and should they be cut the German situation wou'd be most desperate. It would neein however that the retirement unless to a great depth would be of little ultimate avail toward putting off a retreat all along the line from the North sea to Alsace. From July 15 to Sept. 30 the allied armies in France and Belgium captured more than 254,000 prisoners, 3.fi00 guns and 23.000 machine guns. From September 10 to September 30. 123,000 men, 1.600 cannon and more than 6000 machine guns were taken. Field Marshal Haig's forces are reported to have captured Ramicourt, Gouy, Le Catelet and Sequehart. This has not been officially confirmed. More than 2,000 Germans have been taken prisoner today by the British. Capture Turkish Column. Australian mounted troops operating In the region northeast of Damascus in Syria, on Wednesday charged and captured a Turkish column. Fifteen hundred prisoners were taken and two guns and 440 machine guns were captured according to an official statement issued today in the war office. " The British launched fresh attacks this morning on a front of nearly six miles between Sequhart and Dony, northeast of St Quentin. Again there has been heavy fighting along the Hin-

denburg line in this area and more ground of the most Important nature has been gained ' ; - ' " . ' . In Flanders, further substantial advances have been made and there has been extraordinarily heavy fighting in which the British forces fought their way forward by sheer might. The repulse of attacks north of Stadenl and northwest of Roulers is reported. Enemy Begins Retreat. Prince Maximilian of Baden, a man whose peace views are known to be opposed to those of the pan-Germans, has been named German Imperial Chancellor, it is reported from Amsterdam. Prince Maximilian is the recognized head of the Delbrueck moderates and is a man about whom the anti-militaristic elements of the empire may gather in an effort to bring about a negotiated peace. With their lines broken In many places and held together only by superhuman efforts at nearly every point in the active sectors from the North Sea to Verdun, the Germans appear to have reached the limit of their endurance and are beginning to retreat. This withdrawal is not limited to any single sector but evidences of it are reported at many points ; along the battle line. Outflanked and Imperilled by the advance of the Anglo- Belgian armies east of Ypres, the enemy is now rapidly retiring from the LaBassee sector. It is reported that Menln and Roulers are burning, that the Belgians are within two miles of Turcong and that Lille is being emptied of its civilian

j population. Retreat In Flanders. Around St. Quentin the fighting still continues but it has apparently taken on the aspect of a rear guard engage ment at some points. Near Rheims the Germans are dropping back before the advance of Gen. Berthelot's army. In Champagne the enemy is slowly giving ground as General Gouraud moved northward. In the Belgian sector the situation is seemingly most critical for the Germans. Their retirement from LaBassee would appear to make necessary the abandonment of the district of Lens, to which the enemy has clung with persistence since 1914. If Lille also falls the whole German line for a long distance southward miy be roll(Continueij on Page Ten.) The Weather For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Fair, cooler tonight with, light frost in northern and central portions. Friday, fair and warmer. Today's Temperature. Noon 65 Ysterday. - Maximum ...78 Minimum , 52 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Fair and coatinued cool tonight. i ciU5ai piaces. rnaay, ia;r.j and rising temrmmtnros ft - - t'l ...bUlVO. General Conditions Lake . storm which moves rapidly eastward across the lakes has been followed by a large area of high .barometric pressure and a moderate cool wave with temperatures near freezing is over the north. A cool wave it. expected to caase frost in portions of Indiana and Ohio, Friday morning. Temperatures are considerable warmer In the far norths west with a hot ave In the southwest r on o in p snHie.

HANDS ACROSS THE SEA

Marshall Sir Douglas Haig, at

The brotherly feeling existing between Engand and America and among all of the allies as well is shown in the above picture. Major General Bell of the U. S. A. is shaking hands with Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, British, leader.

WHOLE GERMAN LINE IS SHAKING REPORTS SHOW Break in Line at St. Quentin Greatest Feat English Have Accomplished. (By Associated PrS8. LONDON, Oct. 3. Field Marshal Haigannoujj.cematahat. a German retreat had begun in the LaBasse sector is commented on as a development of far reaching importance. It is assumed and unofficially stated, that the town of LaBasse has been evacuated. It is also believed that the enemy withdrawal involves Lens and there is a report too, that the Germans have ordered that Lille be abandoned. To the successful operations of the Belgian army and General Plumer's forces in the north, is attributed the enemy's movement to the rear. The Anglo-Belgian drive has brought their forces near to Menin. Unconfirmed reports come from Holland that the Germans are preparing to evacuate the Flanders coast and the town behind it. The breach in the Hindenburg system between LeCatelet and St. Quen tin ty the British, Australian and American forces is also commented upon j as an incident of great importance, Although It has not yet compelled the enemy to withdraw and while he has temporarily regained Seauehart. It Isi admitted by Berlin that there have I been retirements in the neighborhood ' of St Quentin. Rheims and in Cham-! pagne. Taken In connection with the ' retreat further north, it is believed that the whole German line is shaking. Fierce Fighting Continues. Nevertheless, the enemy Is putting up a tremendous resistance and extraordinarily fierce fighting continues. The battle is fluctuating without any great change In the position of the contending armies. It is regarded as i an open question Whether the des-l

perate efforts of the Germans indl-iing

cates their determination to hold this j sector or merely an attempt to gain) ttmo Ti-wto .r,ii,, thr. nt time while evacuating their present line. The view is, taken by the Mail that the breach in the line north of St. Quentin imperils the whole German position. It says that the break in the line was a tremendous feat which has eclipsed everything the British have done in the paf !. Special dispatches from the Britis ' front give vivid descriptions of th terrific attacks in the neighborhood ji j Cambrai on Tuesday and of the stubborn German resistance In this sector. No more furious fighting has occurred during , the whole war. . Referring particularly to the struggle in the sector north of Cambrai the Mail's correspondent tells how in one sunken road captured by the Canadians and British there was an enemy machine gun every four yards but 4 . A V, . V. t. .1 W , 1 .1 . A. hVrrtYii & 3 mLn wth ies or men were mingled with the wreckage of machine guns. The fight-! ing never ceased and as the day. advanced German reinforcements streamed ' forward in successive groups. Cloodiest Fight of History. The light was very good and the British gunners fired . round after ! round with open siehts Germans fell !

by the hundreds, but the gaps in the ranks were filled and the enemy still came on in great numbers. : They reached the points where their lines were being fiercely attacked and even dented , the British advanced lines and stopped for the time being, further progress there. , By evening a dead-lock was reached and; one of the bloodiest combats in recent history developed. It ended in a considerable., but not ambitious, advance by the British. The enemy ,r,-pntiniid P-je Ten.y -,j V

tert and Major General Bell Yankee Takes 52 Germans of His Own; He Has a r . . TL f tlSCeipt tor t hem, i OO WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY at St. Quentin, Oct. 3 Private John Rawlinson of Kingsville, Tex., attached to a New York division, became entangled in the barbed wire during a forward rush of his own regiment He then went oh with another unit. Seeing a German disappear into a dugout, he stood at the door and called on all the occupants to come out. Fifty-two Germans, Including three officers, filed out. Rawlinson proudly marched them back and now has a receipt for them. GERMANS SELECT PEACE ADVOCATE AS CHANCELLOR Prince of Baden, Opposer of Pan-Germans, Given Place j -Hinted as Kaiser's Suc cessor. (By Associated Press) AMSTERDAM, Oct. 3. Prince Maxmilian of Baden, has been named flerman Imperial Chancellor, according to the Zeitung Ammittag of Berlin. Prince Maximilian is heir to the throne of the Grand Duchy of Baden, He was horn TnW 1rt18fi7 Pnr years he has been recognized as the ! leader of the Delbrueck group of German moHomtoo anH ,,n tu0 foil r ! tmnerial chancellor MirWiia. wm. hor 1 1017 ho ,t fna QQ the moderate candidate for the chan-1 rpllnrshln Hi name hwovr rfM ! not go before the emperor as Prince Maximilian objected for dynastic reasons. At that time there were vague rumors concerning Prince Maximilian to the effect that in moderate circles there wna under wav a movempnt havfor its ultimate obiect the dethronement of Emperor William and the choice of Prince Maximilian as v.- : i. , his successor. These rumors however, were never confirmed, although there seemed to be some foundation for it. Praised by Gerard. In his book, "My Four Years in Germany," former Ambassador James W. Gerard paid a tribute to Prince Maximilian and expressed admiration for him. He said that Prince Maximilian had been considered as the man to be placed at the head of a central department for prisoners of war in Germany and stated, that it was his belief that such an appointment would have redounded to the benefit of both Germany and the prisoners placed in his charge. Early in the present year Prince Maximilian gave a semi-official interview in which he outlined his views on Germany's peace terms. His statement was a rude shock to the Pania tnat he advocated the abandoning t of all ideas of vonquefet. U,. j. j , . 0 ..n.. in the sense that the German empire must serve as a bulwark in protecting the western nations from a spread of Russian Bolshevikism. Prince Maximilian's wife was formerly Marie Louise, Duchess of Bunswick-Lunesbourg, and bears the title of Prlnces royal of Great Britain ana ireiana. Gas Rates Hearing at Indianapolis, Oct. 9 1 The public service commission will 1 hear the joint petition , of the Rich-j mond Light, Heat and Power company ! and the City of Richmond, to fix rates for artificial gas and to confirm the' existing tariff.fcr natural gas. Wednes-! day, Oct.. 9 at 10 o'clock, in room 121. ! of th Stat Hone jt i,rt'-.,H. ; i

1 18 LOST WHEN U-BOAT SINKS CONVOY OFF ENGLAND

U. S. S. Tampa Lost September 26 with All on Board Sunk at Night in Bristol Channel. TWO BODIES RECOVERED (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. The U. S. S. Tampa, a former coast guard cutter in naval service, was lost off the English coast Sept. 26, with all on board, while on convoy duty. Ten officers and 102 enlisted men of the crew, one British officer and five civilian employes lost their lives. A navy department statement today announcing the disaster says the ship was sunk at night in the Bristol channel and that reports indicate that she was struck by a tor-pedo while escorting a convoy. No Eye Witnesses. Captain C. Satterlee of the coast guard, commanded the cutters- Apparently there were no eye witnesses to the sinking. The navy report says ' explosion was it-it tuier me lampa j had gone well ahead of the convoy I about 8:45 p. m. and that later quan tities of wreckage, one of the Tampa's life belts and the bodies of two unidentified officers in uniform were found. REID HOSPITAL MAKES ANNUAL PLEA FOR FUNDS War Conditions Make Needs of Hospital More Imperative Than in Former Years. The Ladies' Aid society cf Reid Memorial hospital will make their annual appeal for funds, Saturday, Oct. 5. Owing to war conditions the needs of the hospital are more urgent and impe ratlve than ever before- The hos pital is endeavoring to meet every re quirement growing out of war conditions. It has increased its nurses training school to the limit of its capacity in order to supply the government's demand for nurses. It has sixteen graduate nurses in France and in Cantonments in this country caring for our sick and wounded boys, and because of the great need for nurses is at present educating, training and caring for thirty-two student nurses to fit them for war work to relieve the suffer,ns and to save the lives of hundreds of our DO-vs "over there." During the last year, without corapensation in Child Welfare work alone i .4 1 i J i 1 a a. 1 ;Ci me nospuai careu ior more man miy children who were operated on for minor puysicai ueiecis in oruer 10 restore them to perfect or normal phy sical condition. It has a'so cared for a number of our soldier boys sent to the hospital by the state conscription board for various operations to make them physically fit for duty in the army. ' Owing to the large number of phys icians in war service, as well as prao ' "''y0 a" ,;;t;hf f , :,vVayne county, the hospital is being taxed to the limit of its capacity to care for their patients all of which increases the demands on and expense of operation of the hospital. Maintenance Prob'iem. The increased cost of food, and the scarcity and almost prohibitive prices of drugs and surgical supplies, which are absolutely? necessary, makes the I maintenance of " the hospital a most serious problem which can - only be met by generous response of the people. The faithful, unselfish and efficient work cf the ladies of the aid society in all the years past gives ample assurance that every dollar contributed to the hospital will be wisely and properly expended. We must not fail in our patriotic duty to aid our country in this struggle, nor in the primary duty of caring for our own sick who must depend more largely upon the hospital, because of the depletion in the ranks of the doctors and nurses upon whom they might rely in normal times.' As the hospital 13 faithfully and patriotically putting forth every effort to meet all the present extraordinary conditions, the ladies of he aid society feel justified in anticipating an unusually generous response to their appeal for funds to carry on this Important work. V NEED ROOMS Residents willing to let delegates to the stAe convention of the W. C. T. U. use rooms are requested to telephone to the East Main Street Friends church headquarters. The committee urges the listing of rooms.

Major General Ireland Named Surgeon General . of the American Forces

' (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. Major-General Merritt W. Ireland, medical corps, was today nominated by President Wilson to be surgeon general of the army for the period of four years beginning October 4, 1918, vice Major General William C. Gorgas to be retired on October 5. Brigadier General Peter C. Harris was nominated by President Wilson to be adjutant general of the army with the rank of major general for a period of four years beginning Sept. 1, 1918. He succeeds major general Henry P. McCain who was appointed to command a division. ... WAYNE COUNTY STILL MISSING ON HONOR ROLL Loan Quota Still Short $200,000 -Appeal Made to Every Citizen, to Increase Subscriptions. vjue coumy is sun among me "missing in the state list of counties that have gone over the top in the Fourth Liberty Loan drive. The deficit at noon today was in excess of $200,000, according to the act- , ual total sold through each bank in wayne county, mere were few new subscriptions yesterday in any part of the county and unless the people in general desire to see Wayne county slated as one of the few in the state that will fail in its undertaking, there must be a change in the attitude very promptly. There is no question, the county hcommittee said today, that if onefourth of those citizens able to buy bonds but who have not bought in any quantity, would go forward and buy, the county's deficit would be entirely wiped out and there would be a comfortable surplus A specific appeal i3 beine made to hundreds of citizens to increase their subscriptions in order that the short age, may be. made, up andthere were responses today to this appeal. More are expected tomorrow. NATIONAL SALES DRAG WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. Liberty bond sales have passed the half billion dollar mark but the country still is nearly that amount behind schedule for the first four days cf the campaign. Subscriptions to the loan must average $315,000,000 daily if the total of $6,000,000,000 is to be raised during the three weeks campaign. Sales of bond3 in the first three days of the campaign totalled only $415,142,050, according to reports received by the treasury from all of the federal reserve districts with the exception of the Kansas City district, in which the canvass for subscriptions will not begin until next Monday. Officials pointed out today, however, that the federal reserve reports covered only a small proportion of the actual sales as in many cities and towns the campaign workers have been too busy selling bonds to tabulate total sales and also the figures represent sales only of bonds on which the initial payments have been made. Necessity of an intensive selling campaign was emphasized in view of the conditions in a number of communities resulting In epidemics of Spanish Influenza. In some cities the ?"7, " L" 1" call off parades and mass meetings planned to aid in the campaign. In such cases house-to-house canvasses will be made to reach the people. Reports received today from all sections were optimistic. The St. Louis district the first to raise its quota in the third loan, was said o be making an effort to gain first honors in the present campaign. Arkansas in the St. Louis district has subscribed half its quota with less than half of the counties reporting. Three Kentucky counties, Union, Carroll and Lyon, have- subscribed their allotments while four Illinois coanies' Lawrence, Edwards, Adams and Calhoun, have exceeded their quotas. Adams county, Illinois, in which the city of Quincy is located, has subscribed five times its allotment. Admiral Cowie, who Is in charge of the campaign in the nsw h-s r"i ed that officers and enlisted men of the navy have subscribed 4,ouu,ou. SUGAR MEN TO SUBSCRIBE HAVANA. Wednesday, Oct. 2. President Menocal has proposed to the sugar mill owners of Cuba that they contribute to the success of the fourth Liberty loan by subscribing ten cents for each bag of sugar produced at their mills. It is estimated that the j amount thus subscribed which would not include personal subscriptions, would be around $2,500,000. The president expects also to have the cane planters adopt a similar plan, subscribing at least fire cents for each ton of cane produced, which, would add another $2,000,000 to Cuba's credit and cause her quota of $6,000,000 to be heavily over subscribed. Several mill owners have signified their willingness to put the plan Into effect. . ALFONSO HAS INFLUENZA TU ADRID. Oct. 2. Physicians attending King Alfonso, who is suffering from influenza. Issued a bulletin tonight stating lhat his temperature during the day was 101.3 and tonight was

U. S. FORCE IM CONTACT WITH DEFENSE LINE OF GERMANS - . - -' American Units Reach Kriem-hild-Steelung System of Enemy U. S. Positions on Meuse Heavily Bombarded.

YANKEES SEIZE BOOTY ' (By Associated Press) ' WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Wednesday, Oct. Z American units reached the Kriemhild-Steelung line at one point today. Just south of Brieulles, they advanced "to a spot where tbej established actual contact with, tbii famous enemy system. --!.- The so-called Kriemhild-Steelung line which the American front face tnriav la nnrt nf thA rpnpra) f!rmat . defensive system beginning at Douai, continuing south of LaFere and thence to the Meuse. Crossing the Meuse, the line extends eastward by the waj of Etain and runs across the St. Mi. hiel salient to the Moselle, which H reached just south of Pagny. "Whet, the St. Mihiel salient was reduced bj i the Americans the enemy was forcec behind this system in that vicinity On the greater part of the front between the Aire and Meuse rivers the enemy is either on or immediately id front of this line. On .this front the enemy's main combat zone was bounded on the south by a line of resistance along Lairfuon ravine and on the north by the Volker-Steelung line This exceptionally strong system or iginally began east of Montfaucoc and ran south of that city through Iv oiry, Epinonville and the woods east of Eclisfontain. Violent Artillery Fire. . The Americans have already broke through this principal zone of resist ance and so is" faclng..tbev Kriembild Steelung system. From the west U the east along this front the systeir runs from north of St. Juvln to soutt of Landres-Et-Georges and continues eastward including the heights ol Romagne wood and Gesnes wood which dominates the important vallej -of the Andon. This river is crosses just south of Romagne ana then the system runs to the southeast acrosi the higher ground in the forest of De gunel and De Fais. - Then turnmf northward, it follows the crest of the hills over naturally strong position! . until it reaches the Meuse north oi Brieulles. ' : Violent artillery firing developei along the center of the American line between the Meuse and the Aisne to day. The Germans also. ' bombarded the American positions on the right near the Meuse, to a limited extent but on the extreme left there was t significant silence for the greater part . of the day. , v ,V Along this sector of the ; front the positions held by the 'Americans fol low a zigzag line. The number oi Germans near the Argonne forest ir less than that fighting on the eastern side. General Oouraud's drive west of the forest, together with the advance of .the Americans to the east oi it threatens to cut off the enemy-unite still clinging to the wood hills south of Grand pre. , ' ": .; Only Patrol Action.' . No general offensive was undertak en by the Americans today. All alonf the line fighting was restricted to pa . trol actions. It has been learned thai :. the enemy expected-a heavy attack to- . day and to that fact is attributed his heavy artillery fire. This fire was rar- . UCuiany neavy, gas ana msn expius- . ives and shrapnel shells being used They were fired both from in front 1 ' the Americans and from - across the Meuse. Not only were - the forward -positions bombarded but many shells fell on Drillancourt, Harcourt and the . country between Jure wood and the river. ' - " 1 - .v .. - At times this fire took on the char- - acter of a barrage, but.it was concentrated, for the mcst part,' on the fight ing line. It was shifted during the 1 day to the center of the line and latei . moved far to the right; Forges beina savagely shelled until counter batterj work decreased the volume of fire The American guns have responded with a vigorous fire which punished the enemy severely. At various point j minor infantry clashes occurred both sides using machine guns. All day the sky was very cloudy and aviators'were hampered in their work. . This forced the armies to work, without material assistance from the ob-. servers. At one point the Germans succeeded in getting airplanes acrosi the line. Smoke bombs were dropped indicating American position to' the . enemy gunners. , One of the enemj machines was brought down by nti aircraft guns, while pursuit planes ac counted for others. One Amerlcat aviator, wno was attacked by seven Fokkers' fought his way out,! bringing down one of the enemy machines. Agg regate 1 24,000 -Milea. - According to the calculations of one . airman, it is shown that in the calen- ' dar year, of 1316 all the pilots in the -aviation section of the allied artnlef flew an aggregate cf 124,000 njile. t September of this, year one squadror alone- flew for an aggregate of 4.711 hours over the lines and covered a total of 500,000 miles. - This does not t elude numerous trial slights.