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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-19
Enemy's Retirement in Bel gium Offers Glittering
 Possibilities in Future
NO INFORMATION
 FOES NEXT STAND
It Is Thought He Is Falling Back to Shorter Line for
 Stiff Resistance.

Washington, Oct 1S.-While the German retirement in Belgium has glittering possibilities, military opin- ion here is forced to the conclusion that what is in progress is well ordered and executed withdrawal pro. 'nably upon prepared positions.
 The fact that reports from other portions of the front, notably from the Lille area and the sector south esat of Laon, also tell of retirements gives the movement indications of a general withdrawal, but as yet nc official information las come to in- dicate where the line upon which the enemy will attempt to stand has been established
 No Credence In Reports.
 Army officials can take no notice Of the numerous reports of an i'm pending complete equalization in seeking the explanation of the Ger. man maneuvers in the field.
 They can ascribe these operations to very definite and we'll developed plans of the German general staff
 IL was said tonight that the ene- my probably has begun tie second phase of the withdrawal he has been compelled to undertake as result of unwavering pressure by Marshal Foch all along the battle line.
 To Shorten Line. Lacking the reserves with which to make stand on all extended front it is to be assumed that he is falling hack to much shortened line where he can show greater resisting power.
 There is reason to believe, how ever, that under the hammering of the allied and American armies, the German high command has been compelled to make compromise.
 Instead of holding on to the front lines until the new front was in com Irlete readiness. lit is regarded as highly probable that the advanced positions are being abandoned bare ly in time to avoid encirclement and the retirement being made to de- lenses not fully equipped and cer- serves.
 Must Turn And Fight.
 If such is the case, the retiring armies must turn and fight again wien they reach the new lines.
 The rapidity of the allied pursuit in each case gives no opportunity for rest or organization.
 The genius of the German general staff is plainly shown, officers say in the skill with which the withdraw. a! has been conducted thus far and 1t is still evident that a we'll order ed movement is clearing enemy forc- es out of the Belgian coast.
 The situation there is hay in many respects, however, due to the swift ly changing nature of the lines. Cavalry May Upset Plans. Pursuing cavalry may upset the whole German schedule and large captures result.
 The freeing of the Belgian coast will have little direct effect on the submarine situation, but may De ol greatest indirect value in furnishing | the allied forces with new bases from which to operate anti-submarine pa | trols.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-19
Czecho- -Slovak Nation Form ally Renounce Allegiance
 to Hapsburg Dynasty.
FORMAL DECLARATION
 FULL INDEPENDENCE
Announces Principles For the Foundation of a Free
 Republic.

Washington, Oct. 8.-Independence of the Czecho-Slovak nation was de- olared formally today by the Czecho- , Slovak national council, recognized by the United States and the entente allies as belligerent de factor gov ernment
 I The declaration, renOuncing allegi- ance to the Hapsburg dynasty and announcing. principles for the foun- dation of a republic was issued in Paris and copy was handed to Pres ident Wilson by J. Cisar. of the coun- cil's staff in Washington.
 The docunent is signed by Dr. Thomas G.. Masaryk, president of the council, as premier and minister of finance, and by other officers of the provisional government, it follows: Declaration of Independence of the
 Czecho-Slovak Nation by It's Pro-
 visional Government:
 "At this grave moment when the Hohenzollerns are offering peace in order to stop the victorious advance of the allied armies and to prevent the dismemberment of Austria-H gary and Turkey, and when the flaps Iburgs are promising the federaliZa- ton of the empire and autonomy tC !the dissatisfied natiOnalities commit ted to their rule, we, the Czecho- llSlovak national council, recognized by the allied and American govern ments as the provisional government of the Czecho-Slovak state and nation in complete accord with the declara tion of the Czecho deputies made ir Prague on January 6, 1918, and real izing that liberalization, and, still more, autonomy, mean nothing under a Hapsburg dynasty, do hereby make and declare this, our declaration o1 independence.
 We do this because of our belief lthat no people should be forced tC live under sovereignty they do not |reccgnize because of our knowledge land firm conviction that our nation cannot freely develop in Hapsbure mock federation, which is only new form of the denationalizing oppres sion under which we have suffered for the past three hundred years.
 We consider freedom to be tht first prerequisite for liberalization land believe that the free nations O.
 central and eastern Europe may easily federalize should they find it neces sary,
 I An Independent State.
 We have been an independent state since the seventh century: and I Continued on page eight)
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-19
NATION ID DECIDE TODAY IF LOAN IS TO Bf A SUCCESS Figures Available Friday Night Showed One
 Billion Short. MANAGERS BELIEVE
 TT WILL GO "OVER" St. Louis District Reached Quota and Is First
 "Over Top"

Washington, Oct. 1S,--Tomorrow the nation will decide the degree of success of the Fourth Liberty Loan. : Tonight, with only "A hours remain ing in the subscription period. the treasury estimated the sum already raised at between $4 50o,O 100000 and S5 ,00O ,00O,0 ,000, making a billion or more still necessary before the six 1 billion is raised.
 The amount officially reported to- nightly as only 3,9oS, ,5S9 500, but this included little today's business. That figure represented an in crease of $351 100000 since last night. On the eve of the greatest selling eff fort of the entire campaign, national loan headquarters limited it's com ment to this:
 "There must not be the slightest elimination of effort tomorrow. "To gain the desired goal means the most vigorous selling from sun rise until as late at night as there is any one left to buy"
 The manager still felt sure the big total would be subscribed, altho they emphasized it would take a multitude of last minute of $50 and $100 sub scriptions ah we'll as big pledges to do it.
 Indications tonight were that several federal reserve districts might fail to achieve their quotas. That left a bigger task for those nearer their goals.
 The. St. Louis district passed it's quota of $26O O00,O0O by bare $381.- 200 and recorded itself as not only the first district to make this record, but as having duplicated it's record of the third loan campaign. Managers Sanguine. District managers expect to roll up an extra $2O,000,000 tomorrow.
 The New York district today pass ed the billion dollar mark, and ad- vices tonight were that the commit tee hoped to get the entire $1 300, ,000,- 900 quota by tomorrow night.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-19
NOTICE

In obedience to telegram received this date from c. w. Garrison. of the State Board of Heath instructing me to stop all Liberty Loan and other meetings, and matter of public safety, deem it necessary to close all schools that may now be open, and prohibit gatherings and meetings of all kinds throughout the county. This order applied not only to schools, churches, lodges, etc., but to the gathering of crowds in stores. This does not mean that the stores will be closed but that customers must not finger after making purchases, or that enough congregate at one time to constitute a crowd. The Pine Bluff Company will only transport passengers street cars according to the seating capacity of each car No overcrowding or stand- ing up in the car will be allowed.
 My Deputies have instructions to see that this order is observed.
 R. H. WILLIAMS, October IF, 19iS Sheriff. 7.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-19
Force Germans Out of Wide Strips of Land on North
 Sea East St. Quentin. :.
GREATEST GAINS
 EAST OF DOUAI
Foe Is Fighting With Des- peration to Protect Re-
 treat Going Northward

British Army Headquarters in France, Oct. IS (By The Asso- ciated Press.)-Q P. M.)-Once more have the Germans been forced out of wide strips of land all the way from the North Sea to the region east of St. Quentin in France.
 The greatest allied gains of to- day seem to have been made east of DOuai, where the British have sliced off substantial corner on the east of the disappearing Lille salient.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-19
GERMAN WAR CABINET TO
 DRAFT PEACE REPLY

Copenhagen. Oct. 19.-(SaturdaN) --- The German war cabinet met at SIX o'clock last evening to decide the definite form of the German answer to President Wilsou.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-19
P0E IS WHIPPED AT EVERY POINT
An French Frontier to the Muese River He Is Fight ing Desperately.
|Hfte Associated Press Summary Ehe Belgian coast again is Bel.
 eGerman's dream of an invasion | If England across the North Sea from Calais is ended.

fHelgian Flanders is fast being evac- led by the enemy, and his line from Belgian frontier to the Mouse Yer gradually is giving way under e attacks of the British, French and merican armies which are demand 2 to be served with victory. A haven of safety in a shorter and lore compact line is being sought by e Sermans in order to escape an- |hilation by their foes. Everywhere ey are being whipped.
 Put seemingly they are still far bm 6rfe9t
 Getting Out of Trap. In Belgium the enemy is giving ound hastily in order to bring his mies safe.y out of the trap which enaces them; but from the French bntier to the Mouse river he still is khting desperately to hold back the wer jaw of the great FOch pincer bm closing in a great converging bvement and entrapping in it's ma German fighting force in it's en- ety. ..ssssa,s...,
 And thus he has successfully rough the use of picked troops and hchine gunners who know defeat ly in death, warded off the culmin- ng blew.
 Gees Way of Ostend. Eebrusgee, Germans second great bmarine base on the North sea, has ne the way of Ostend.
 The flag of Belgium once more es over it.
 To the south Bruges has been evac- ted and Turcoing, RoubaiX and Der towns have been delivered.
 Is Fleeing Hastily. ,s pnt of the great sack between the rth Sea and the Lys river the ene- is fleeing fast in an endeavor to Fvent capture of internment in HOl- bd
 His hope is that he will be able to ech Antwerp and there reconstitute line from the Dutch frontier [ough Antwerp and Namur to some mt in the south, probably Sedan Metz,( and stabilize it, for the Pment at least, to the Swiss from r.l
 T France, east of Lille to Cambrai British slowly but surely are ssing forward despite supreme ef- ts of the enemy to hold them, blot s out the big salient which has 1rnai as it's northern and Valen. mes as it's southern -held pes.
 Americans Are Brigaded. f 70 assure the collapse of this sa' lt f1eld Marshal Haig, with whose ce are brigaded men from United Ites, is driving hard along the Bo- a.Le Cateau, front in a maneuvel icn IS meeting with success and owing Valenciennes into a dan. ous pocket.
 70 the south in the sack between
 olse and the Serre rivers nortf .4aon the Germans slowly art nurawing toward Hirson, with tn, my Impeding their progress witt uns rear guards.
 aAewise in Champagne the Ger as are offering strong resistance lnst the French and Americans il '. attempts to drive northward to 'u Mezleres and Sedan.
 trench Make Progress.
 e rfench, nevertheless have beer W cross the Aisne river nea, m.e acres and thus have made mor' are W the positions of the Franco 'sl.can rHoeaalaf forces in the valley of thu
 'Continued on page slx)
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-19

Chicago today dropped into seventh place in the percentage standing and was replaced by the Richmond dis trict.
 Washington. the nations capital, to- day suddenly spurted over it's $26,- OO0,OOO allotment and went ahead en- enthusiastically to roll up big over subscription to report to Berlin.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-19
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ST. LOUIS
 LOAN DISTRICT

St. Louis, Mo-, Oct. 18.-William R. Compton. chairman of the Eighth Federal Reserve District, tonight re- ceived the following telegram from the Treasury Department:
 "Heartiest congratulations to you and your entire committee on official completion of your quota ahead of any other district"s
 Indiana and Kentucky were the first two of the seven states in the district to oversubscribe their quotas.
 Chairman Compton announced that the figures by states would not be compiled until tomorrow.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-19
Ten Machines Brot Down and Four Tons of Bombs
 Dropped on Towns.
SURPRISE ENEMY IN
 ATTACK AT ROMAGNE
Much Fighting at Close Quarters All Day Along
 Verdun Sectors.

By The Associated Press.
 With the American Army Northwest of Verdun. Oct. lS.- (s D. III. )-MOre than sixty Am- trican day bombing ayiators to. day attacked Bayonyille, Buzan- cy and other towns north of the American line at Grand Pre-.
 Escorting planes dOwned ten German machine.
 This is said to have been the largest enterprise yet carried out by an all-American flying force.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-19
GERMAN PEACE | SITUATION IS NOT CHANGED Washington Believes Ger man Government Intends To Make Try at Bargain KEEPING EYE ON
 WESTERN FRONT Successful Stand on German
 Borders May Govern
 Diplomatic Events.

Washington, Oct. 18.-Little new information reached Wash ingt0n today about the develop ments going forward in Germany upon which will depend the na- ture and time of the next move toward peace.
 The situation apparently is what it has been for several days.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-19
Roll of Honor
 Of Arkansas

av,.. ] Killed in Action. Lient Ltf F. ?. Weaver, Brinkley.
 vrlel W C. Utley, Hardy. aerh.,4w wounded Severey. 6ohot 6t Baldwin, Ozark. ] Spr;r..:.M t: Murray, Sl4 Hobson Ave. s,aaa snn 2. Surles. Noland. iN""S., iNS ,tnornton. Snowball. caH Sea MnD Degree Undetermined.
 'aas ?. Viva. Ola.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-19
NOTICE,

Members of A. o. U. w. Lodge No. 36 are requested to attend the funeral of our brother R. E. McAllister from the family residence, 23O1 West Twelfth avenue at 130 o'clock this afternoon
 Adt. o. E. KELLER. Recorder
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-19
AUSTRIA'S PREMIER
 TENDERS RESIGNATION

Basil, Oct 1S.--Baron Burian, the Austrian premier. has resigned, ac- cOrding to Vienna newspapers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-19
WEATHER.

Saturday and Sunday, cloudy Showers in east portion Sat urday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-19

Continued on page slx)
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-19

o. E. KELLER, Recorder
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-07
CHILDREN HATE
PILLS, CALOMEL
| AND CASTOR OIL
If Cross, Feverish, Consti.
pated, Give "California
Syrup Of Figs"

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose mother insisted
on--castor oil, calamel, cathartics. How
you hated them. how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form OF
rhysic simply don't realize what they
do. The childrenis revolt Is we'll found
ed. Their tender little "insides" are
injured by them. z=.-
II your childs stomach. liver and
bowels mead cleansing. give only DELI
cious California Syrup Of Figs" It's
action Il positive. but gentle. Millions
OF mothers keep this harmless fruit
larative' handy: they know children
love to take It.: that 1t never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweeten
the stomach. and that a teaspoonful
given today saves a sick child tomor-
row.
Ask your druggist for a bottle of
California Syrup Of Figs" which has
full directions for babies, children OF
all ages and for grown ups plainly on
eath bottle. Beware Of counterfeits sold
heFe. See that 1t Is made by "Califor-
MIA Fig Syrup Company" Refuse any
other kind with contempt.-Adv.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-07
Part-Cotton Suitings
Look Like Atwood

AII-WoOI materials are getting SO
scarce and high-priced that these
part-cotton suitings play a patriotic
and economic role.
Fart cotton dress plaids. 40 inches wide, look
like all WOOL at sI.25 yard.
Hack-and white che ks, all sizes of checks,
all part cotton qualities, SO to So inches wide,
at SOC to $125 Il yard.
Fancy mixtures, copies of the most expensive
#Il-Wpo materials, AZ and IA inches WIDE at 85c,
500 ana SIPS yard.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-07
lge and over.lordship of those who
tave the power to enforce II.

lge and over.lordship of those who
rave the power to enforce It.
That program once carried out,
america and all who care or dare to
tand with her must arm and prepare
themselves to contest the mastery Of
he world, a mastery in which the
lights of common men. the rights Of
women and all who ,are weak. must
or the time being be trodden under
eoot and disregarded. and the old. age
'ong struggle for freedom and right
begin again at its beginning. Every
thing that America has lived for and
owed and grown great to vindicate and
bring to a glorious realization will
have fallen in utter ruin and the fates
If mercy once more pitilessly shut
lpon mankind.
THE thing is preposterous and i'm
possible and yet is not that what the
whole course and action of the Ger
man armies has meant wherever they
ave moved? I do not wish even in
his moment of utter establishment
to Judge harshly or unrighteously I
Judge only what the German arms
horoughness throughout every fair
egion they have touched.
Ready to Discuss
Honest Peace at Any Time.
What. titen. are we to do? For
myself. I am ready. ready still. ready
wen now. to discuss fair and just
md honest peace at any time that 1t
IS sincerely purposed-a peace in
which the strong and the weak shall
fare alike. But the answer. when l
proposed such q peace. came from the
German commanders in Russia and
>annot mistake the meaning of the
answer.
Il accept the challenge I know
that you accept it. All the world
hall know that you accept IL. 1t
hall appear in the utter sacrifice and
'elf-forgetfulncss with which we shall
rive all that We love and all that we
have to redeem the world and make 1t
II for free men like ourselves to live
n. This now is the meaning of all
hat We do. Let everything that we
'ay. my fellow countrymen, every
hing that we henceforth plan and ac-
'omplish. ring true to this response till
he majesty and might of our concert
d power shall fill the thought and
'tterly defeat the force of those who
nout and mispriZe what we honor and
old dear. Germany has once more
aid that force. and force alone. shall
decide whether justice and peace shall
~eign in the affairs of men. whether
tight as. America conceives it or do
ninion as she conceives 1t shall de-
'ermine the destinies Of mankind.
There is. therefore, but one response
'ossble from us. Force. force to the
Utmost. force without stint or limit.
he righteous and triumphant force
hitch shall make right the law of the
vorld, and cast every selfish domin-
on down in the dust"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-07
Goes to Forests of Idaho
to Report Scaling Work

G. l.. knouf. mmberman from the
district forest office, leaves today for
Idaho and the western section Of Mon
tana. Mr.. knoufs trip will be made
through the Idaho forests to look over
the scaling work and timber scales.
War conditions have affected the en-
pioyment of competent sealers and nc
win report these conditions back to the
local office. II neeessarS the forest
service will adopt measures TO train
men in this line of work.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-07
Estimates Not Possible,

1t was impossible tonight to esti-
mate even the days subscriptions, since
workers in most cities reported they
were TO busy celebrating to tabulatn
their pledges. BY Monday or Tues
day campaign headquarters expects to
have precise reports from every federal
reserve district and to be able To mark
the daily harvest of the nations war
credit drive.
These reports are to contain mo
water or exaggeration, it was an
nounced. The official attitude is that
the country shall know the results be-
ing obtained from day to day. without
regard to whether these are optimistic
or depressing.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-07

Messages yesterday brought to Mis-
Soula news of the death of Oliver T.
Brown, formerly of Missoula and for
he last four months resident of Oak
and Cal. Mr.. Brown was a collector
FOR the Missoula Light and Water
company in this city. He was IS years
old and member of the Elks lodge.
The remains will be taken to Walla
Walla, Wash. where interment will be
made
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-07
$50 TOWNS FILL
QUOTAS OF LOAN
First Day of Third Liberty
Campaign Marked by
Success.
GENERAL CELEBRATION
Workers in Most Parts of
Country Too Busy to
Tell Results. r~

Washington. April G.--This was n
day of enthusiastic patriotic celebra-
tons backed up by subscriptions to
governments bonds OF the third Iiher-
" loan. Throughout the United States
communities observed the anniversary
OF the nations entrance into the war.
and gave material evidence of their
support by pledging millions of dollars
to insure successful continuance OF the
struggle against Germany
While parades and public meetings
were in progress in nearly every city.
kilograms Were pouring into Liberty
loan headquarters at the treasury tell
ing of towns which had exceeded their
quotas in the first day OF the four
weeks campo ign. or even within tho
first hour. More than $50 had re-
ported when the headquarters closed
tonight and more still We're coming In,
Sioux City and Lynn, Mass were the
largest cities exceeding their allott-
ments and thereby winning the right
to fly the honor flag of the third I.lber.
" loan .Fca.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-07
Arrest Persons Who Fail
to Salute Flag in Parade

Chicago, April s.-Scores Of persons
who failed to salute the flag as it
passed in the Liberty loan parade to-
day We're taken to the department of
investigation by secret service agents
and warned to be more respectful in
the future.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-07
OBITUARY

The remains Of John Bunworth. who
lied Friday in Great Falls, will be
brought to Missoula this evening. ac-
'ompanied by his wife. Mr.. Bunworth
vas 3s years old and he had made his
come in Missoula for many years until
ne left three years ago for Great. Falls.
lie formerly conducted the Missoula
wood yard on West Pine street. Fun
nral arrangements have not been COM
lletcd.