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Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-24
GERMAN REIcHSTAe VOTES
 CONFIDENCE IN PRINCE MAX

London, Oct. 22.-The German reich stag, after short debate, adopted unanimously a resolution approving the statement made to it by Prince MaximiAan, the chancellor, according to an Exchange Telegraph despatch from Amsterdam. The resolution also expressed confidence in the new chan cellor,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-24
LIEUT. GOV. WILSON
 WAVES EXEMPTION

Bridgeport. Conn, Oct 23.-Lieu- tenant Governor Clifford 5. Wilson. who was the first man among the 36 to 45 registrants in his lo/l draft di- vision to return his quehtionnaire completely filled out today. waived all claims for exemption He is also may or of Bridgeport and is entitled to eX- emption on three grounds. for he is married. and is a municipal and state official
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-24
FoRBIDS EXTRA CHARGE
 FOR BREAD AND BUTTER

New York, Oct. 2S-An attempt by the Childs Company to charge five cents for service of bread and butter was frustrated today by the federal food administration. which is investi- gating the prices of food in the com pany's restaurants. After communi- eating with food officials in Wash ington and conferring with the heaG of the company, Arthur Williams, Federal Food Administrator for New York City, announced that the com pany had agreed to withdraw the bread and butter charge pending the outcome of the nresent inn11irv
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-24
REQUESTS PRISONERS BE -
 USED FOR CRAVE DIGGING

Bridgeport, Conn, Oct. 2S.-An acute need for men to dib graves in local cemeteries yesterday caused jail labor to be utilized for the first time here Prisoners from the Fairfield County jail were assigned to work at St. Mi chaePs cemetery by Sheriff Simeon E. Tease at the request of Rev. James J. Nihill, pastor of St. Augustine's church.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-24
GERMAN EVACUATION OF
 CLIENT IS IN FULL SWING

Amsterdam, Oct. 2s.-The evacuation of Ghent, Belgium, is in full swing, according to a despatch to the Tele- graaf from Sasvan Gent The last boats in Ghent are being hastily tow ed toward Selzaete, near the Dutch frontier south of Sasvan Gent, the despatch adds.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-24
ALLIES ADVANCE IN FACE ].
 OF STRONG RESISTANCE

Particularly Vicious Fighting in Progress West of the Mouse River Where the American Troops Encounter Nests of Machine Guns, They Press Forward North of the Argonne Forest-Britsh Troops Are in the Western Outskirts of Valenciennes Northern Bel. gium the Germans Still Are Retring-It is Reported That Ghent is Being Evacuated
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-24
RUMANIA HAS CLOSED
 ITS BLACK SEA PORTS

London, Oct. 2S-The British ad- miralty reports that German wire less despatches picked up at Moscow are to the effect that the Rumaian government has declared all Rumani- an ports on the Black Sea and on the Danube closed,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-24

Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer, announced on August that. under a unanimous decision by the law officers of England, Scotland and Ireland, women were not eligi- ble to become candidates for the Brit ish parliament.
 The women have contended that ex- tension of the franchise to them car ried with it the right to sit in parli- ament and some have announced their candidates for government seats.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-24
WOMEN MAY SIT IN
 BRITISH PARLIAMENT

London Get. g The house of commons adopted a resolution today in favor of women sitting in parlia- ment. The resolution was passed by a majority of 249.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-24
Cabled Paragraphs
THE ENTIRE uKRAINIAN
 MINISTRY HAS RESIGNED

London, Oct. 23,-The British Wire less Press says the entire Ukrainian ministry has resigned. .s
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-24
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS LIST

Killed in action 25; died of wounds 31; died of accident and other causes 9; died of disease IS; wounded sew erely 76; wounded (degree undeter- mined) 295 wounded slightly II !. missing in action 20; total 545.
 New England men are:
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-23
SCENE OF DEATH AND RUIN.
Spread Along Pasture Lands South
east Of MontdidIer.

With the French Army in France
A fearful spectacle Of ruin is spread
along the great sweep Of rolling pas
ture lands behind BoulogneLa-Grasse
and Rollot, southeast Of Montdidier.
There the enemy is continuing his des.
perate resistance. Heaps OF the Ger.
man dead lie on every side. and the
fields torn up and strewn with debris.
Great stocks OF war material are BE-
ing left as the Germans retire.
During the recent fighting a general
commanding a French division, seeing
\ battalion hesitate to throw itself
Into a dangerous position under heavy
machine gun fire, directed his automo-
bile into the center OF this position,
and standing up, shouted to his men:
see, the boches are gone!" His men.
t~hereupon sprang forward and within
the next three hours advanced seven
kilometers.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-23
PLANES
REPLACE ARTILLERY
OWING TO THE RAPID ADVANCE
MADE BY ALLIED TROOPS
IN RECENT DRIVE.
ALWAYS READY FOR SERVICE
Bombing squadrons From Airdomes
Take To the Air the Instant
Call 10 Given BY the Signal
Planes Of AlIed Forces.

With the French Army In France
During the battles OF the last few days
bombing airplanes have virtually re-
placed the heavy artillery which the
allies were not able to bring up fast
enough TO keep pace with their ad-
vance. These airplanes Immediately
attacked enemy groups Of infantry
conveys and supply trains when they
received signals from accommodating
planes.
Bombarding squadrons are kept In
readiness for instant service at air
domes 40 that they may take the air
at the instant a call is received from
signal planes, troops or conveys in
villages or at road terminals.
This system was employed at Las
signy. An observing plane reported
the town encountered with troops and
supply trains. Airplanes to the num-
Der OF 12l flew TO the spot and Il tons
Of bombs were dropped. This attack
caused a large fire. destroying motor
lorries and blocked the streets Of Las
signy, tieing up the movement OF the
enemy for hours.
All crossroads as well as railway
functions where important lines OF
communication peet are under con
tinual attack from these bombing air
planes.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-23
ALLIED TROOPS ARE
IN %VLAD|V0ST0K
WILL JOIN THE ALLIED FORCES
IN AIDING THE CZECHO.
SLOVAkS.
ALLIES LEAVE ARCHANGEL
Advanced 100 Miles South-News OF
German Defeat In France Has
Secured Recruits For
Cxecho-Skovaks.

Washington.-The march OF events
in Russia, from news received, seems
to be rapidly assuming the proportions
Of q rout Of the Bolsheviki and Of a
nature to bring dismay to Germany.
With the allied troops rapidly NOV
ing south from Archangel, forces Of
British, French, Japanese and Ameri.
can troops at Vladivostok and operat
Ing to the westward, and a British
force at Baku, the Czecho-Slovaks have
taken new heart In their heroic fight
against the Germans and Austrians.
Late dispatches recorded the al
vance Of the allied troops from Arch
angel to Pabereshskaia, 100 miles to
the south, on the road to Vologda. The
Bolsheviki are retreating and were re
ported committing every known atroc-
ity upon the civilian population, which
openly has espoused the cause Of the
allies. The Bolshevih throughout Rus.
STA are reported not only fleeing tho
advancing allies, but the newly arous.
cd Russians, who have learned that
the allies are not beaten on the west
front, as the Germans and Bolsheviki
have been p~ersistently preaching. Az
the real news reaches the great mass
Of the people the men are reported
taking up the arms that they carried
home with them when they disbanded
after the debacle Of Brest-Litovsk.
One official Of the state department
declared that, far from being tired Of
fighting and only wanting to get back
to their homes, IS the German propa.
gandists have reported, the Russians
are more anxious than ever to fight
for their freedom, which they thought
they had lost so soon after having
gained 1t by revolution. One proof Of
this is found in the marching of armed
bands of peasants upon Petrograd de-
manding food and charging that the
red guard have robbed their farms and
stores Of all provisions.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-23
AMERICANS SPRING
SURPRISE ATTACK
DRIVE HUNS HALF MILE ON A
FRONT OF NEARLY A
MILE.
ONLY 4 MILES FROM BORDER
Village Of Frapolle, In klsace, Taken.
Numerous Prisoners and Quanti-
ties Of Equipment Captured
BY Americans.

With American Armies in France.
American troops, In a surprise attack.
drove the Germans back nearly half a
mile on a front Of three-Quarters OF a
mile, capturing the village Of Frapelle,
In Alsace, only four miles from the
German border.
The attack was made August II in
the sector east Of st. Die (2S miles
southeast Of Luneyille) Numerous
prisoners were taken and a great guam
tity OF equipment was captured.
AS a result of the operation the line
was Strengthened out between Frapelle
and Lesseux (six miles southeast Of
Frnpelle), cutting off an ugly German
salient,
This sector has been regarded as a
quiet one, and the action began merely
as n raid into the enemy's position.
The raid was preceded by a straight
bombardment for a few minutes, fol
lowed by n box barrage that penned
the Germans Off from escape.
When the Americans went over the
Top to attack AT 1870 am, they sue
ceeded in sweeping all enemy resist
ance before them and the raid became
an organized attack. The Germans re
piled heavily to Ne American artillery
fire, and they also shelled the entire
neighborhood throughout tho day,
The enemy fire, which included a
barrage, vas ineffective. The Ameri-
cam have occupied the former German
trenches and consolidated them against
counter attacks.
American airmcn, north Of st, Nj
hiel, brought down Il German Rumpler
machine.
German propaganda activity has In
creased. The enemy is sending bal
looms over the American lines drop
ping literature which the Germans
hope to stir up anti-British feeling.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-23
WILL USE IDLE VESSELS
In Return For Tonnage the American
Government VIII Undertake to
License Normal Exports

Washington.-Forty Dutch ships. to.
falling approximately 100. 900 tons, now
Idle in Dutch East Indian ports, are
expected to be released to bring su-
gar, tin, Quinine and other commodi-
ties to the United States as the re-
suit Of an informal modus vivendi ef-
fected by the war trade board through
Charge d'Affaires de Beaufort Of the
Dutch legation.
Tonnage placed at the disposal Of
the American government through the
agreement will be sufficient, 1t was
estimated, to import from 10000 to
100, 900 tons Of sugar and also much
needed quantities of tin and quinine.
In return for the tonnage the United
States government will undertake to
license normal exports to the islands.
subject only to such limitations Of com.
modities as made necessary by the
war program.
Exports Of tin, quinine and other
commodities originating in the islands
will be accepted by the United States
at the normal rate, and all sugar Of.
tered will be taken, thereby providing
o market for as much Of the 1918 sugar
crop at the prevailing high American
price as the Dutch are able to move.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-23
NEW TANKSH|P IS
SUNK By U-B0AT
THE FREDERICK r. KELLOGG IS
SENT DOWN OFF THE NEW
YORK HARBoR.
IS MEMBERS CREW SAVED
Survivors Say Vessel Was Sunk With
out WarnIno-No Submarine
Wac Sighted Before Torpedo
Struck the ship.

New York.-A German submarine,
approaching the very gates OF New
York harbor, sunk the oil tanker Fred.
erick X. Kellogg off the Ambrose
channel. Thirty-five members of the
crew brought here reported that five
others are missing.
Torpedoed without warning at $40
pm, the Kellogg sank In three min
utes, said members Of her crew. The
force OF the explosion was terrific.
they declared, and the five missing
men, who were in the engine room,
are believed to have been killed. No
submarine was seen, according to
Capt. White.
The Frederick r. Kellogg was q new
tankship of 1927 tons gross register,
valued at more than $4,000 I'm
der command of Capt. C. H. White,
she was on her way from Tampico,
Mexico, to Boston with a cargo Of ap-
proximately 10000 barrels OF crude oil.
The ship was owned by the Petrc.
leum Transport company. and was
launched a year ago at Oakland, Cal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-23
PLANS COMPLETE
FOR REGISTRATION
DRAFT MACHINERY BEING PUT
INTO SHAPE WITHOUT WAIT.
ING ON CONGRESS.
WARNS ALL TO REGIsTER
All Local Boards and Other Officials
Ordered To Hold Themselves In
Readiness To Proceed Al
Proper Time.

Neutrality-suspicious. Marshal Gen.
Crowder announced that plans already
have been made for registering the
i3,000.0 900 additional men which he es-
Inmates will be brought under the Sc.
lective service law when congress en-.
acts the pending bill extending the age
limits to include men between IS and
IS years. From this number approx
mately 2,000,0 900 qualified for full mill
tary service are expected to be Sc,
cured.
So urgent Is the need for additional
man power, Gen. Crowder said, that
the draft machinery Is being put into
shape for the great task ahead with.
out waiting for final action by con.
gress. Men of the new draft will be
needed by October 1, and in order to
get them registration day will have
to be held not later than September
IL. and II possible September 8 will
be fixed as the day.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-23
CALL $4,000 oRAFTEEs.
Thlrty|four States to Furnish White
Draft Reelstrants

Neutrality-suspicious. Marshal Gen.
Crowder called upon 81 states to fur
nish a total of 10000 white draft regis
trants qualified for limit d military
service for entertainment Alg. 80 and
81. The men called will be sent to
three camps, 5000 to go to Camp Up
ton, Yaphank, N. Y; 1000 to Camp
Dodge, Des Moines, Ia. and 5000 to
Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. c.. The
quotas Of the various states include:
Arkansas, 100, Camp Dodge; Louis
lana, 200, Camp Greene; Mississippi,
100, Camp Greene; Missouri. $50, Camp
Dodge; Oklahoma, $50, Camp Dodge;
Tennessee, 200, Camp Greene.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-23
~UNGRATEFUl.
Spain Makes Protest Over Sinking Of
Spanish Ships.

SPp''S' S''PS'
Madrid-ln the note addressed BY
Spain to Germany regarding the tor
pedoing Of Spanish vessels. announce.
ment OF the dispatch of which was
made by Foreign Minister Dato last
week. the Spanish government points
TO Germany's poor return for services
Spain has performed In pursuance OF
her neutral policy by which Germany
has benefited. according to the news
paper Ell Sol.
Germany has received numerous CIV.
licences OF Spanish regard, the note
says In substance as summarized by
this newspaper. such as in the case
OF the refugees from the Kamerua
whom Spain cared for, and it Is point.
I'D out that in addition Spain has un-
dertaken the representation Of German
interests In various belligerent cour-
tries.
Nevertheless, the note continues, IN
return for these services and for bene-
tits accruing to Germany in conse-
quence Of Spanish neutrality, Germany
has persisted constantly in causing IL.
Jury to Spanish interests.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-23
URGED TO REGISTER.
Gen. Crowder Tells Youths Of e. TO
Enroll On AUGUST ~.

Neutrality-suspicious. Marshal Gen.
eral Crowder issued a statement EN-
phasizing that all male citizens who
shall have reached their twenty-first
birthday since June s last, must APP
pear before the local boards to regis.
ter for military service on Aug. "a, re.
CARELESS of any presumed grounds for
exemption. Opportunity to claim for
exemption will be afforded subse-
quently in the filling out of question
naires by registrants.
Provision will be made for the reg
istration by mail Of any person who
expects to be absent on registration
days from the Jurisdiction of the board
whsre he permanently resides" says
the statement. But in such a case
extreme care should be taken by him,
to . that his registration card
reaches his home board on or before
Aug. ~. Such persons r advised to
apply at once to a local board for in.
structions as how to proceed"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-23
BRITISH AND FRENCH ADVANCE
They Extend Battle Front and Capture
400 Prisoners.

London.-Both the French and Brit
lsh scored local successes on the Pr
cardy battlefield. the British advanc-
ins between Chilly and Fransart, and
the French taking 400 prisoners south
OF the Avre.
The chief military operation, how.
ever, occurred in Flanders. where
Haig's troops smashed forward on a
four-mile front between Bailleul and
Vieu1 DerQuin, where the northern leg
Of the wedge which Won Arnim drove
southwest OF Ypres last spring men
aced H~azebrouck, the important Brit
Ssh base southwest Of Bailleul. The
village OF Outtersteene, six and one
half miles from Hazebrouck, was cap.
tured by the British with 400 prisoners.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-23
FREIGHTER FIGHTS U.BOAT
Two-Hour Running Fight With German
Submarine Forty-Five Miles OF
Atlantic Coast.

An Atlantic Port-The story Of their
two-hour running fight with a subma
rine As miles off the coast was told
here by members of the crew Of a
British freight steamship which reach
ed port unchanged.
During the engagement, fought in a
fog, several hundred shells were fired.
Two %torpedoes were launched by the
submersible. but the zigzag course and
speed Of the freighter enabled it tc
outdistance the U-boat. When the
freighter sent out s. o. S. calls a ship
which could not be identified appeared.
At a time when the British g%unfir0
was getting close to the submarine,
then only two miles away, the un
known vessel Unanswered between
the combatants and, according to the
sailors, saved the enemy craft.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-23
CASHIER THREE HUN GENERALS.
Soldiers court-Martialed at ST. ouen-
Tin For High Treason.

London,-Three German generals re-
Gently commanding near Montdidier
have been cashiered for neglect OF
duty according to Belgian reports re-
ceived in Amsterdam and transmitted
by the Exchange Telegraph Company.
A large number of soldiers we're
court.martialed at st Quentin last
week for high treason. The Germans
In Belgium are showing signs Of great
u~neasiness. is also reported.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-23
Counter.Attacks Ara RepuIsed

Paris.-French troops have captured
the town of Curry, about S1 miles
south of Roye, according to the French
Official communication. Two counter
attacks against the positions held by
the French and Americans on the
vesle rivor near Fsmes have been re.
pulsed,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-23
Cut In Loan Rates.

Washington.-To aid further in H.
nancing crop movements, the wal fl
nance corporation has reduced from 6
to 5 per cen the annual interest rate
on short term advances to banks to
cover loans made to farmers or mer.
chants for marketing their wheat.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-23
U-BOAT SENDS GAS WAVE.
Six Men Overcome in North Carolina,
But Soon Recover.

Washington.-Gas from oil dis
charged on the water by the German
submarine operating off the Middle
Atlantic coast overcame six men in
the coast guard station and lighthouse
on Smiths Island, North Carolina. the
Navy Department was advised by the
commandant of the Sixth Naval Dis
trict. If the gas attack we're deliber.
ate, as most officials believed, 1t con-
stituted a new and ingenious form OF
"frightfulness."
The gas was said by the command.
ant Of the coast guard station to have
had much the same effect as the mus.
tard gas used by the Germans on the
western front, The men were laid
out for more than half an hour. but ap-
parently suffered no serious effects.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-23
AIR RAIDS ON RHINE TOWNS.
Allied Aviators Drop Bombs On Frank.
fort, Germany.

Geneva.-An official dispatch receiv.
ed here from Frankfort, Germany, says
that city was attacked by ~ enemy
aviators, who dropped 26 bombs, kiln.
ing IL persons and injuring five others.
Reports from Basel, however, assert
that the casualties were far more nu.
merous. These say that a bomb fell in
the crowded Kaiserstrasse, killing
many persons and stopping the street
cara.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-23
ENEMY LOSSES SIX MILLION
Morning Newspapers Of Paris Give
Figures On German Casual.
ties To End Of July.

Paris-The total German losses
from the beginning Of the wal to the
end of July, 1918, r understood to be
six million, according to the morning
newspapers.
The figures include 1,%00,0 900 killed
up to the beginning Of the German of
fensive last March. From March q
to June ~ the Germans are said to
have lost 100, 900 killed alone.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-23
FIRE LOSS IN MARlANNA,
Eleven Stores Burned. Causing Loss Of
About $3.50, 900.

Marianne, Ark.-Property valued NJ
not less than $3.50, 600 was destroyed
by fire in Mariana, when II brick
buildings in the heart OF the business
district were reduced to ashes. The
fire originated in the third floor of
the Griffis Newbern department store.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-23
SPAIN WILL SEIZE HUN SHIPS.

Notifies Germany Regarding Her Ac-
ton In the Future.
London-Spain has notified Germany
of her intention to compensate herself
for future outrages against Spanish
shipping By co%nfiscating a correspond
ing amount of tonnage from German
shipping that has found refuge in
Spanish ports, says a dispatch to the
Times from Santander.
There are about 80 German steam.
ers voluntarily informed In Spain.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-23
France Advanced New Loan.

Neutrality-suspicious. was given a
loan Of 5000, 900, 900 by the treasury,
bringing the total credits to France tc
zoos, 900, 900.
The aggregate credits to the allies
now amount to 1852, 040, 900.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-23
Fired At Trawler.

An Atlantic Port.-A German sub
marine, sighted off the tip OF Cape
Cod, fired a torpedo at the steam
trawler Walrus, missed by a narrow
margin, Capt. Clayton Morrisey of the
fisherman, reported on arrival here.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-23
TWO w IN RUINS,
Fcehch Leaders Survey the Havoc
Wrought In Battle.

VTVUHHI III bdNNb.
Paris.-Premier Clemenceau and
Minister OF Finance Klotz during their
visit to the battle front inspected at
length the frightful destruction that
was wrought by the battles ragged for
the possession OF Montdidier and Mo.
reuil. Both towns r places Of DESC
lation with their houses reduced to
broken fragments OF stone and there
is not remaining a vestige Of their
former streets.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-23
OFFICER LEAPs FROM AlRPLANE.
Lieutenant Drops 5000 Feet In a Par
achuto At Taliaferro Field.

Fort Worth.-Lieut. James H. Dale
of st. Louis, an aviation officer, made
a successful 3,O00-foot leap with a par
achute from an airplane at Taliaferro
Field. Lieut., Dale is the third person
to accomplish the, feat. The plane
was piloted by Lieut.. l.. G. Neff Of
New York City. The feat was wit
messed by 10000 persons attending a
gymkhana at the field.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-23

Poughkeepsie, N, Y.-Mrs. Levi P.
Morton, wife of the former v~ice-presi-
dent and former governor. died at FL
~lerslie, R~hinecliffe, the Morton sum-
mer home.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-23
S25o,ooo Fire Damage In Jacksonville

Jacksonville Fla.-Fire. originating
in the paint department Of the Hub
bard Hardware Company here, called
out the entire iire-fighting equipment
OF the city and caused q property and
stock damage estimated at $3.50. 900.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-23
British Beyond Hun 1915 Line.

London.-The British center in Pr,
cardy has advanced nearly a mile be.
yond the German 1918 liuc is the re.
vort from Field Marshal haig.