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Evening star., 1918-10-13
GERMAN.

| October -. night.-North of LIE Cateau
and on both banks of the Meuse violent
enemy attacks failed.
! Day.-From positions to the west of
! Douai we retired to lines In the rear.
! The enemy followed slowly and in the
evening occupied the line Vendin-le-
1 Well, Harnes, Henin-Lietard and east
| of the Beaumont-Brebieres railway.
| Northeast of Cambrai the enemy at
! tackled between the Scheldt river and
| st. Vaast. The object of the attack
| which was launched here on narrow
| front by British divisions was to
| break through to Valenciennes. The
intention was frustrated.
! The enemy succeeded in only OBJ
| tanning a footing at Iwuy and on the
| heights to the east and southeast.
! Our counter attacks, effectively sup
ported by tanks. brought the enemy's S
assault here to a standstill. On the
! rest of this front we repulsed the
| enemy from our lines and inflicted
| heavy losses on his dense attacking
| waves.
| Violent partial attacks by British.
American and French divisions on both
| sides of Bohain were repulsed in front
of our positions. There have been
reconnointering engagements on the
| River Disc. no.
! South of Laon we have evacuated the
Chemln deS Danes.
, In the bend of the River Aisne be-
tween Berry-au-Bac and south of
Vouziers we have occupied new po-
sitions. Our movements. which COM
menced several days ago, remained
concealed from enemy and were car
ried out according to plan
+ In the Champagne the enemy fol-
lowed us with caution. The victori-
Gus issue of the great battle of the
Champagne which the army of Gen.
Won Einem with relatively weak forces
obtained over the immensely superior
lstrength of the French and American
armies in the fortnights struggle. and
the exhaustion of the enemy, owing
to his exceptionally heavy losses, rem
dered possible the smooth execution
Iof difficult movements.
/ Partial engagements on both sides
| of the Aire and violent attacks which
he enemy launched during the last
| +ew days in the battle sectors on both
| ides of the Meuse broke down with
heavy losses for the enemy.
Evening star., 1918-10-13
SERBS, 6 MILES OF N|SH,
STORM OUTER DEFENSES

LONDON, October II (by the Asso-
ciated Press).-Serbian troops have
reached a point within six miles of
Nish and are storming the outer de-
fenses of the fortress.
A Franco-Serbian column is moving
around the city from the southeast
and another allied force is encircling
it from the southwest.
PARIS, Friday, October 1.-THE Of
fetal communication on the eastern
theater. describing the operations of
October 10, says:
"Despite the very bad weather, the
allied armies continue their progress
to the north. The Serbian forces are
in contact south of Nish with large
German forces, including contingents
of the Alpine Corps. After violent
f1ghting the Serbians reached the
Toplitza river ten miles south Of Nish,
taking prisoners and three guns. The
French troops have occupied Frish-
tina, which they have gone beyond in
pursuit of enemy detachments in
flight.
I'm Albania the Austrians are rap
idly retreating, with our small ad-
vance guards close upon them"
Evening star., 1918-10-13
British Capture Villages ='
In Advance East of Lens

BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, October IL (Reuter's).-
British advance posts now have been
pushed to within little more than a
mile of the outskirts of Douai. The
advance from here has to be very
cautious, however, as many ground
mines have been encountered and
there is good reason to believe the
town itself is honeycombed with
death traps. '.,.-'
Considerable gains of ground were
made by the British during last night
northeast of Cambria. In the region
around and south. of st. Vaast,i be-
tween Cambria and Solesmes, the ad-
vancing troops encountered consider
able opposition. The enemy has dug
in and wired his positions and artillery
was disposed to dispute the British
progress.
At one or two points the British in
fantry has fallen back trif1e to give
it's batteries clear field of fire to
deal with the stiffened enemy re-
SiStance,
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said about the reeognitioff OF the
Czecho-Slovaks as q nation.
"Are we to desert our allies when
they have fought for US Tor four years
at the very time when the tide is turn.
fng for them and victory Is In sight
There is only one answer for the
President to make. and that is that
the German government. as now con-
stituted, does not represent the Ger
man people. He should make II clear
in his answer that repafation must oe
made by the Germans for the wrongs
they have done; that Alsace-Lorraine
be restored; that the German army be
disbanded, and that Germany agree to
reconstruct the cities Of France and
Belgium and Italy and the other allied
nations which they ana tneir allles
have destroyed"
Says Germany Realizes Situation.
Senator Simmons Of North Carolina,
democrat:
"The answer Of Germany to the
Presidents note of inquiry tends to
show that Germany at last realizes
her situation is hopeless. presume
that IL the President Is satisfied with
the answer he will specify such ad-
ditional requirements as he may deem
necessary to meet the views OF the
allied governments and peoples and
that he will exact such guarantees
as he may deem necessary 10 SAFE
guard the present status of advance
ment by the allies"
Senator Poindexter OF washington,
republican,:
H1f the President, on the strength
of the German offer. undertakes to
bring about an armistioe. he will be
committing q. crime against civiliza-
tion. Such an action by the Presi-
dent, in my opinion. would be a be-
travail of the cause of the American
people and the allies and q desertion
Of our allies in the moment OF victory
only exceeded In degree by the de-
sertion of Russia"
Senator Williams Of Mississippi
democrat:
II think that the German chancel-
lor is attempting to temporize. He is
trying to amoufage all the main
points"
Evening star., 1918-10-13

ifoiti l. ~ iSs pSSr'
York and the contents of the dispatch
were communicated to him there.
1t is very probable that the text OF
the official communication may differ
in some respects as to verbiage from
the unofficial copy given out last night.
but 1t is improbable that it will show
any substantial differences.
Answers Wilson Queries.
At a first reading the text would seem
to answer, in a manner which may lead
to peace, all the questions President
! in his inquiry which was sent as an an
swer to the German peace note received
here last Monday.
! In this inquiry the President declared
| he would not propose an armistice whiie
troops of the central powers remained
on invaded soil; he asked whether Prince
Maximilian accepted the terms Of peace
as laid down or merely wanted to dis
cuss them .as a basis for negotiation"
and finally he asked whether the chan
ce,lor merely represented the militarists
who have been conducting the war.
These inquiries, the German govern
ment seems to answer, in manner
which at least has not closed the
doo, to peace. The evacuation of in
y,ded territory pending declaration Of
an armistice the answer accepts. 1t
saws the terms of peace are accepted
and makes no further mention or
tinn." and declares
nbancellor was speaking for the
German government as recently re-
Constituted and the German people as
Evening star., 1918-10-13
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. October 12.-Britfsh forces
advancing east Of Lens have captured
the villages of Montfgny. Harnes and
Annay, Field Marshal Haig reports in
his official statement tonight The Ger
man rear guards suffered severe casu-
alties.
Northwest of LIE Cateau the villages
of st. Vaast, st. Aubert, Villers-en-
Cauchies and Avesnes-1e-Sec have
been cleared of the German rear
guards, while on the west bank of the
Sensee canal Arleux and Corbehem
have fallen to the British.
South Of Laon the Germans are con-
tinuing their retirement north of the
famous Chemin des Danes under the
pressure of attacks from the west and
south, and it is confidently expected
that the whole of the famous highway
will be entirely evacuated very soon.
Evening star., 1918-10-13
DR.. J. R. T0RRALBAS DIES,
VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA
Was First Secretary of Cuban Lega-
ton Here-His Wife Ill of
Same Disease

Dr. Joaquin II. Torralbas. first sec
retary of the Cuban legation. died at
midnight of pneumonia, following
Spanish influenza. Sonora TorralbaS
is ill of the same disease.
The death of DIR. Torralbas marks
the fourth mortality from Spanish in
fluenZa in the diplomatic corps. His
body will be conveyed to his home
in Cuba Sonora Torralbas is ex-
pected to recover.
Their home in Washington, where
Dr.. Torralbas succumbed to the
epidemic. is at 1880 18th street. A
son. eleven years old, and his wife
survive. He was thirty-seven years
old and a lawyer
Evening star., 1918-10-13
By the Associated Press.


WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
NORTHWEST OF yERDUN, October
12.-Vouziers, which is now occupied
!. by the French, is burning. as well as
.- -Chestres and Brieulles. Explosions of
great violence have taken place in
Romagne and Dun. North of the
American line fires continue to break
out at various points. which cannot be
attributed to artillery fire.
The unfavorable weather conditions
:. slowed up aerial operations, but
:. Lieuts. Thomas ]. Abernethy of West
Pembroke, Me; K. L. Porter of Do
wagiac. Mich, and Francis NJ. Simonds
of New York got a plane near Ro-
rnagne. One American airman escaped
from seven enemy machines, which at
tackled him.
FRENCH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, October IL (Havas).-The
Germans are setting fire to more
French towns behind the German lines.
The French aerial squadronS which
have made reconnoiters over the re-
gions of Marie, VervinS, Rethel and
Neufchatel. report that they observed
numerous fires and explosions.
Evening star., 1918-10-13
"Not the Man He Was"

Though the enemy continues to fight
well in patches, he is not the man he
was. Loss of the Hindenburg line has
caused profound detection. German
opinion, civil and military. attributed
fantastic merits to Hindenburg and
his satellites, and it was correspond
insly dismayed when the British
armies rushed through the line.
The Germans could not freely. ma
reuver in retreat, without immense
losses in munitions, aerodromeS, stores
and war material of all kinds. There
fore, they had to stand, and not only
stand but constantly counter attack.
In counter attacks their heaviest
losses occurred Probably they have
lost 250,0O0 men since August 8, in ad-
dition to more than 250.000 prisoners,
on the British front alone. AS the
French, Americans and Belgians have
!! not spared them since July is. it is
easy to imagine that there has been
CONSERVATION at the main German
Headquarters, and a pretty accurate
recognition Of the fact that the game
is up.
Armistice at almost any price would
be a godsend, to enable them to get
back to the Meuse and then occupy us
with chatter while they removed
their plant. This prospect was neces-
sarily pleasing to the German COM
mand.
am not sure that the significance
Of these great events and the glorious
part the British armies have played
in them have been correctly appre-
ciated by the British public. Our
armies have suffered severely during
the past two months of relentless eff
fort, more perhaps than during any
other two months of the war. But
owing to the skill of our fighters 1
do not believe our casualties have
been more than half those of the enc
my, although usually we have beer
the attacking party.
Evening star., 1918-10-13
GERMAN TROOPS
SENT TO RUSSIA
UNFURL RED FLAG

STOCKHOLM, October IL CHa-
vas).-Reports from Pskov,
Russia, say that German SOL
diers who had been transferred
to that place from the French
front to recuperate have mu-
tinted and unfurled the red flag.
The men were disarmed and
placed under arrest.
Another dispatch from Rus
sian sources says that German
soldiers at Lopol are threatening
to march to Berlin and enforce
their demand that the war be
ended.
Evening star., 1918-10-13
Could, Talk in Safety.

One prominent senator, in discussing
the possible granting of an armistice
which would permit the Germans to
withdraw unharmed from the invaded
territory, made this observation:
Suppose they are allowed to get all
their armies safely back into their
own territory, behind their lines of
defense and then proceed to talk
talk for ten years if the terms did not
suit them.''
The suggestion was accentuated
that redoubled precautions against
relaxation are warranted by the very
unusualness of the giving out of the
purported note. officials pointed out
that if Germany desired to check the
liberty loan drive and encourage the
pacifists no better way could be
found than to flaunt what purported
to be broad offer for peace.
Evening star., 1918-10-13
TUBERCULOSIS CLINIC

Association Congress the establish
ment of q
Department
Congress- having appropriated necessary
Clinic 8 18TH STREET N. Tuesday.
Saturday o'clock Friday
ines from 1880 8
you
u
Do Not Waste Time
Health Department Clinic.
There for this
Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis
II street Telephone, Main s82.
NOTICE!
Clinic temporarily closed all
influenza
Epidemic. at Street NV. ,
Evening star., 1918-10-13
OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS.
AMERICAN.

October 11.-Section A: On both sides
of the Meuse violent counter attacks
and desperate resistance have failed
to stem the advance of French and
American divisions.
We have taken Molleville farm
north of the Bois de ConSenvoye. Our
troops have passed through the Bois
de Foret and are before the villages
of Landres- -et-St. George and st. Juvin.
which is in flames.
An American Army corps. operating
with the British. has fought it's way
more than ten miles through the
enemy's defensive system and has
captured over 1900 prisoners since
October 5. Today this corps took
the villages of Escaufourt, St Benin
and ST. Souplet
OF the 5000 prisoners captured by
the first American Army since October
8, French units have taken over
$500.
Evening star., 1918-10-13
AMERICAN FIGHTERS
GET GERMANY'S REPLY

AMERICAN ARMY HEADQUAR.
TERS IN FRANCE. Octooer ~, 10
pm. (by the Associated Press).-Ger-
many's reply to President Wilson's
note was received by wireless at army
headquarters tonight. 1t was not
communicated to the fighting lines
until much later.
Evening star., 1918-10-13
BELGIAN.

October II. - Our communications
and cantonments were heavily shelled.
This morning after violent artillery
preparation the enemy delivered an
attack against our lines before Roul-
ers, but was completely repulsed. Pa
trolls who attempted to reach our lines
southeast of Zarren were forced tc
|, withdraw under our fire, abandonin:
numerous dead and wounded
Evening star., 1918-10-13
Articles Rated "InsufHcient. ~

'"The fourteen articles laid down by
the President in his address of Janu-
made in them of reparatfon which
must be made by Germany for cities
Of France and Belgium she has de-
stroyed. the lives which she has ruth
less1y DESTROYED. Nothing was said
about the return Of Alsace-Lorraine e
to France by Germany. Nothing was
Evening star., 1918-10-13
LIBERTY DAY ADDS
MILLIONS TO LOAN
Continued from First Page.)

its quota, but today's report said that
it was believed that one-half of the
quota, which is $192,0oo,oo0, had been
subscribed.
Three hundred and f1fty-one COM
munities in the Cleveland district
have been awarded honor flags for
obtaining their quotas. Carthage,
Ohio. which oversubscribed it's allot-
ment forty-five times in the third
loan, already has oversubscribed its
quota sixteen times in the fourth and,
therefore, has been awarded sixteen
honor stars Oakley, Ohio, has seven
honor stars and Hyde Park. Ohio, six.
Sales in the southern part Of the dis
trict are increasing, particularly in
the neighborhood of Wheeling, w. Va.
Brown county, Ohio. banks in order
to aid the loan, are Offering to lend
money to prospective bond buyers at
i4A per cent.
Evening star., 1918-10-13
Planes Propeller Kills Mechanic.

FORT WORTH. Tex, October IL
Raymond b. Hardin. an aviation me-
chanic of Milroy. Ind, was killed late
yesterday at Carruthers Field here when
struck on the head by a propeller, mil
itary authorities announced today.
Japan is now printing textbooks
for California schools and making
bats for American base ball teams.
Evening star., 1918-10-13
BRITISH.

October 12.-There was local fight
Ing today along the line of the Selle
river, between lie Cateau and Soles-
mes. Northwest of Solesmes steady
progress has been made throughout
the day toward the valley of the Selle.
The enemy rear guards have been
driven out of the villages of, st. Faast.
St Aubert, Vil1ers- en- -Cauchies and
eAvesneS-le-Sec. Farther north, we
Aleared the west bank of the Sensee
Sanal at Arleu1 and Corbehem, both
Of which villages are in our possess
sion We are closely approaching the
line of the canal west of Douai.
In the sector east of Lens we cap
tured Montigny, Harne and Annay.
On the whole of this front there wa 5
sh.a-rp local f7ehtirg, in the ,r,ti'-sA of
which we inflicted numerous casual
ties on the German rear guards and
took prisoners.
Evening star., 1918-10-13
More Closings Considered.

The matter of closing all poolrooms
and public auctions is under consid-
GRAFTON by the Commissioners and
will probably be acted upon tomorrow
such places as a further precaution
against contag1oYf. -'''-''-~7- 'i'-- -
That the closing Of the churches, all
OF them. without regard to denomina-
tion. custom or practice. will be in
sisted on and that all outdoor gather
r accordance with the-erder Of the Com
missioners, has been made plain BY
Commissioner Brownlow. He has said
that the order will be rigidly enforced
Evening star., 1918-10-13
Camp Devens Thaaters Reopen.

BOSTON, Mass. October 1a-At
Camp Devsns huts and theaters, which
have been closed for several weeks
because Of influenza, were allowed to
reopen, and a Liberty day program,
lasting theAeAtire day, was carried out
by the soldiers
Evening star., 1918-10-13
ROOSEVELT GIVES
PEACE PACT IDEAS
Says Burglars as Policemen
Would Be Like League OF
Nations With Hun.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y. October IL
Col. Theodore Roosevelt speaking at
q liberty loan meeting here tonight.
declared that peace proposals should
be discussed "only with our allies"
'As for league of nations" the
posal to include Germany. Austria and
Turkey in it as on level with the
proposition to stop burglary and muir
der in New York by inviting all the
burglars and gunmen to join the po-
lice force"
Favors Economic Barriers.
Peace terms, the colonel said. should
include economic barriers against
Germany, SO that she cannot flood our
markets with her boarded products.
I'm the next place" he said, we
should secure complete justice for all
our allies. We ought not to be con-
tent merely with autonomy for the
subject races of Austria and TurkeA.
The C1echo-SlovakS should be girca
complete independence and SO should
the Poles, without any taint of Ger
man overlordship.
he ltdlldHS Oh &c
Joined to Italy and the Rumanians ".
Hungary to Rumania. The Jugo-Slar
commonwealth should be created. the
Turks should be driven from Europe
and the ArmenianS and Syrians given
their independence and all the Greeks
guaranteed their rights.
France should receive back Alsace
and Lorraine, Belgium should be re
stored and amply indemnified and
probably Luxemburg included within
her limits.
Russia should be freed from the
German strangle hold. Ukrainia.
Lithuania, the Baltic provinces and
Finland should be absolutely cleared
of German influence. both military and
economic. England and Japan should
keep the provinces they have con-
Quered. North SchleSwig should be
given back to the Danes.
t'Should Fight to Finish
"In other words we should fight this
war through to finish. We should
put an absolute end to the threat Of
German world dominion. and instead
of merely talking about future JUS
tice we should bring justice now to all
the nations oppressed by Germany and
her allies"
During the meeting Col. Roosevelt
was told of the German government )
acceptance of President Wilson
terms.
What I said in my address covers
this development" was his only COM
ment.
Evening star., 1918-10-13
Audience Cheers Sentiment.

The audience rose, turned. faced the
Presidents boy and cheered when Mr.
Mcintosh declared that the bald
headed American eagle" would finally
clutch the beast that had destroyed
the lives of innocent men, women and
children and that the words peace
with Justice would be written finally
by 'our great President"
Later, when Mr.. Mcintosh pleaded
for funds for the blind soldiers and
asked that those in the audience cover
their eyes while he counted thirty,
imagining what it would be like to be
blind forever, Mrs. Wilson covered her
eyes with her white gloved hand
Other Things Sold.
Also sold at auction were a lock of
hair of Edgar Allan Poe, an original
copy of the anthem America" with
an autograph of Samuel Smith, the
author, and cross removed from a
German airplane downed by Lieut.
Parvis of the Italian Royal Flying
Corps near Venice on November g.
1917. Lieut.. Parvis was in the house
and bowed his Acknowledgements of the
audiences cheers.
After Mr.. Mcintosh had announced
that the objects sold would not &c
to the highest bidder. but to the final
bidder regardless of the amount OF
the last offer, and that all the sums
bid would be collected, the pledging
of funds began. The first bid was
$500. Sums ranging from $40 to 81, ,000
were shouted from all parts of the
auditorium. The final bid was $1,350
made by a clothing manufacturer of
Italian birth, who previously had bid
$1,000. The auction netted $40,950 for
the queens fund.
Receipts from tickets amounted to
about $4,000, bringing the total to
more than $6O,O00.
A cable message of thanks to those
who organized the concert, written
by the royal Italian minister of col
onies and referring to the kindness
of 1.-The land OF Washington, Lincoln
and Wilson," was read from the stage,
with another cable message from Ga
briele D'Annunzio, the Italian poet
and aviator.
Before leaving the opera house the
President heard the first public per-
formance of the Hymn of the Ma
tions.", by the Metropolitan chorus
and orchestra, composition which
ended with '"The Star Spangled Ban
ner" The President and Mrs. Wilson
stood. with the audience, while this
refrain was echoing through the
house. AS the music died away the
executive shook hands with the Ital-
ian ambassador.
1t was exactly midnight when the
presidential party left the opera
house. 1t was announced that the
President will return to Washington
tomorrow, as planned.
Evening star., 1918-10-13
What Efecte Public Will Ask.

lQenC can say now ne reels on JneSe
points. although it is known how he
distrusts the German mental process.
What Effect? Public Will Ask.
The question which will probably
first suggest itself to the American
people is what effect the offer Of peace
may have upon continuance OF mill
tary operations. No one in authority
present in Washington last night en-
tertained the thought that there Is
likely to be cessation OF military op-
eratiens in the near future. There is
too much uncertainty in the domestic
situation in Germany, it was pointed
out, to make it safe to stop military
operations now. The question of an
armistice is yet dependent upon satis-
flying doubts which have not been re-
solved by the text Of the note.
The general belief was that for the
present the fighting must go on with
out relaxation, and if anything, with
redoubled vigor.
Evening star., 1918-10-13

C.L Randall of Pasadena. CAL, was
hooked to tuna when a school Of the
fish passing cut the line, freeing the
caDtiye fish