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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-06
The Prophets Can't
Catch Up
Events Now Race at Headlong Pace, and "The Extent
of the Allied Victory Is Just What They
Want to Make IT.

: that the Bulgarian forces were trapped.
While the terms of the armistice were being
considered at Salonica five gigantic battle,
were raging in France, and the German
hosts were reeling backward across the
FLANDERS lowlands. the plains of Pcardv.
through ravines, over hills, mountains and
forests, on the Aisne in the Champagne.
the Ardennes and along the Meuse
There is no parallel for the gigantic
struggle in which Foch has hurled the be t
of the French, British American and Bel
glan armies in a final effort to cripple and
crush the enemy this year. 1t is only fair
to say that the Germans fought with great
courage, stubbornness and determination
after saying that the Allies deserve greater
praise for the marvellous successes which
crowned their efforts
AS the struggle increased the violence of
rooms fingers gripped deeper into the &c =
man TANKS in Flanders and the Argonne and
LudendorH's task grew from that of retir
ing to new and shorter line to one of cx
Treating his armies from a disastrous no
slton. AS this is written it seems about
an even chance that Ludendorff can escane
thus time, but at cost which will cripple
him permanently. AT this moment the
I whole German position is at the point of
dissolution
Inc Belgian push succeeded beyond all
expectations, while the Wanted Hindenburp
line, the last word in military defence, was
preached IN many places and Cambria and
ST. Quentin and La Ferc were uncovered
Cambria was fired by Germans on Monday
night. when the British practically en-
veloped the city. st. Quentin fell to the
French under Bertheot on Tuesday. follow
ing the outfanking move on Monday by
Rawinson's army
On September so the Crown Prince began
rapid retirement between St Gobain and
Rheims. where Mangn was pressing him
hard In the Champagne Gouraud met des
perate resistance, but Tuesday found the
French through the enemy's first defences
ana on the following day the first and sec
ond lines were stormed Grand Pre-. in one
OF the dehles of the Argonne, was within
range of both the French and American
guns by midweek. and the Germans were
forced to retire from the forest to the
swells up the Aire Valley.
The Americans between the Meuse and
Argonne rivers unfortunately encountered
powerful German reserves. but Pershinq
never slackened the pressure for moment
and though his progress was slow. he
pinned down force which the Germans
desperately needed on the Cambria and
Ypres front.
UNITY of command has reached the high
est state of perfection in the marvellous
teamwork of the Allies Ludendorff found
his reserves inadequate. and he had to
gamble. He failed. He stripped the
Flanders front and a general collapse re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-06

"HE appointment this week OF
Prince Macmillan Of Baden as
Imperial Chancellor of Germany
has not been received by the
American press, so far as opinions have
come in, as denoting any considerable
change in Germanys policy in respect to
the war. However, the fact that the
Kaiser has had to appoint his third
Chancellor within year is taken as en-
phasizing the instability Of political con-
ditions within his realm, and the NOM
nation of a distinct Moderate is re-
garded with satisfaction, being inter-
preted as a weakening of the imperial
mind before the rising strength of de-
mocracy in Germany itself. The event
is also treated as being, to an even more
important extent, the Kaisers reaction
to the sledge- hammer pounding Of the
Allied armies upon the crumbling Hin
denburg line.
Some Of Prince Maximlian's moderate
utterances have beep noted in press re-
ports as being in his favor, and exam
bassador Gerard's favorable opinion of
him as also duly noted; yet the prince
has "bad press" on this side. While
the papers are not disposed to deal Sc
verely with him personally, the thought
is stressed on all sides that it makes no
great difference who is Chancellor under
present conditions, since Germany itself
must be radically changed.
The Tribune regards the appointment
as 'stoopng to democracy" and says of
the prince:
"He seems to lack something of the
ferocity and arrogance which are the hall
marks of the modern shepherds of the Ger
man flock. SO he fits into the stage picture
of Germany turning away from Kaiserism
and kultur and putting her destiny into the
hands of men who are akin to the humble
and are upborne by their love and trust.
Yet it will be the same old Germany
under all these ingratiating DISCUSSES. SO
long as Prussia is tied up to the Hohenzol-
Terms it doesn't matter who is Chancellor,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-06

icSS uiitNtlE ny tHt ieJtCtlON DN lHc
Senate this week of the woman suf-
irage amendment, even after a plea from
President Wilson that the amendment be
submitted to the states for ratification as
war measure
The direct appeal by the President the
more spectacular because it was unprece-
denied for President to urge one House
of Congress to pass any particular measure,
and the more annoying to the ant-sufragists
in that the President of the United States
has no junction to perform resolutions
amendisg the Constitution, will probably
have the effect of preventing any of the
suffrage workers campaigning against cam
didates for the House and Senate merely
because they are Democrats. Democrats
were particularly fearful that the women
would concentrate against Senator Hender-
son, in Nevada, who is being opposed bv
Republican, Representative Roberts. who is
personally very popular.
The Woman's party element was insisting
up to the time that the President went be-
tore the Senate that he was Responsible and
ne could force the amendment through if
he wished. This element is not only strong
er IN Nevada than, probably, in any other
state, but one of the prominent women of
the organization is a candidate for United
states Senator on an Independent ticket. So
That any campaigning by them directed nar
tlcularly against the Democratic party might
have la
Inc national Importance of the election
IN Nevada, one of the smallest states in the
Union IN population, is that from present
prospects it is not impossible that the con
trol OF the Senate may be so close that
democrat from Nevada would result in the
Democrats controlling the organization and
all the committees of the Senate. for tho
next two years. while Republican Senator
might give the Republicans that important
measure of patronage and power.
only two Senators from states in which
women have the right of franchise voted
against the amendment, Senators Wads
worth, of New York. and Borah. Of Idaho
VI 'hese' Borah alone comes up for re-
election this time, and the women saw thew
are planning bitter fight against him.
however, his position against the Federal
amendment has been consistently held. and
yet IN the recent primaries in Idaho in
""'ch women, OF course, voted he was nomi-
hated by a popular vote of about TO
MOI many Senators among those who vo+-
Gu 20 XIII the amendment come from doubt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-06

oCi'he Vi ali IallrOad employees
has been going on in Ukrainia.
writes the Kief correspon-
dent OF the "Frankfurter Zeitung"
The German efforts to replace the
strikers by German soldiers have proved
very little successful, as the strikers are
employing aggressive tactics and their
methods have thrown the entire Ukrain-
an railway system into disorder. The
strike, the "Frankfurter Zeitung" ad-
mits. is of a political character and is
directed chiefly against Germany and
Hetman Skoropadsky's government.
AS result of the strike, traffic has
been tied up in many parts of Ukrainia
and the shipment of Ukrainian grain and
raw materials to Germany was stopped
for brief period. At present, although the
Ukranian railway system has been re
organized by the substitution of German
soldiers for the striking Ukrainian rail
way men, nevertheless the Ukrainian sup
Plies flowing into Germany are insignif-
cant as compared with those before the
outbreak of the strike The strike has
furthermore resulted in raising the price
OF food, and so, for example, pound Of
butter has risen from to u rubles, pota-
toes have risen 100 Ter cent, and many
other essential articles have risen 200
and 300 per cent
Explaining the character of the strike,
the "Frankfurter Zeitung" writes:
There is no doubt that the strike in
Ckra1nIa has been brought about by poit
cal reasons; 1T IS caused by propaganda
coming from abroad and is aimed directly
against the Ckrainian government and the
Central Powers. 1t has now spread all
over 'Ukrainia The authorities have ar
rested several of the ringleaders who came
from Russia. 1t has not been possible,
however. to discover the central organiza-
tion controlling the strike; the chiefs OF il
are working IN secret and have secret quar-
ters. The organization has large sums OF
money at its disposal. 1t is known that in
the district of Charkov alone they have
fund of 100000 rubles 1t is difficult to
Ind the leaders of this secret strike organ
zation. there is no secret police in
Ckrainia
ITO obtain an idea Of the character of
the strike one ought to read the widely
spread proclamation issued by the secret
strike committee, which declares: The tms
is drawing near when the peasants and
woikmen viii be freed from the oppressors
and usurpers. the Hetman and the German
Haidamaksl Let US all be ready to rise
against them at a given moment, The OBJ
ject of the present strike is only tc destroy
communications so that the enemy will be
unable to move his troops The enemy is
robbing Us and taking away our bread 90
that he may be able to 90 on hghting IN
the west. Brethren We have suffered
from the imperial dogs long enough. b.
supporting the strike and destroying rail
way communications, help the armed peas
ants SO that they may be able at given
moment to hurl themselves upen 81
cities!" -" Il
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-06

president pro tenn of the Senate is perhaps
the most prominent. He faces bitter fight
in Delaware this time and the women are
hoping to defeat him
The educational institutions OF the coun-
try are being turned into part Of
the country's war preparatory machine.
Several hundred thousand young men
less than twenty years of age will be
indicted into the army and then assigned
to the colleges, where they will undergo
military training and sleep in barracks for
about three months. After that most of
them will be assigned to officers training
camps, or to technical schools of camps or
if they have not displayed talents along
those lines, to cantonment for training as
enlisted men. Their places at the colleges
VIII be taken by other recruits. Thus it is
intended TO give all of the boys three
months period of training at college
The training period Of West Point. the
military academy which almost from the
foundation of the country has supplied the
majority of the army officers has been
gradually pruned from four years, the orig
mai course, until this week it was An
nounced it would be one year for each class
from now until the end of the war
The most sensational charges of collision
with Germans so far filed against any Amer
lcan official were lodged this week with Sec
rotary of State Lansing against an Ameri
can Minister to Latin American republic
by the intelligence section of the War Trade
Board and by official Of the Public Health
service The charge was that this official
mad given tree access to the confidential
records of his legation to German agents.
1T is expected that sweeping inquiry
VIII be made into the German propaganda
IN several OF the Latin-American republics
where Germany is building now for after
the-war trade. The Germans are workinr
especially against American concerns. cbarp-
ing that the Americans are now soueev;no
the Latin Americans by their profiteering
Washington this week as result Of the
epidemic of Spanish influenza, is churcblovs
theatreless and movieless All indoor oath.
erlngs are under the ban 50 as 70 nrevar+
the spread of the disease.
ne resident TINS week signed an appro-
priatlon bill of s50,oO0,0OO for the purnoses
Oh developing special mineral rasourcoy of
'he country as a war measure This & ao-
signed to save ship tonnage. used n br;ra
necessary minerals long distances and also
10 safeguard the supplies The President is
sNe" u"uSuai powers in the bill He NAV.
ior instance impose special import duties to
protect certain minerals without any action
ny congress. He may commander mines
ana operate them He may lease mines, or
iend capital to concerns too weak financially
10 develop properly their holdings,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-06

ton, and | was told that | had uttered
Revolutionary propaganda and that
| had detained the Bolshevik government"
Only the fact that he was Swiss citi
zen the informant of the "Corriere della
Sera" concluded, saved him from a pun
ton of his potatoes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-06
Instead
A Lament by the Merchants
of Vladivostok

TINE manufacturers and merchants of
u Vladivostok recently issued proc
lamation to the population setting forth
the evil effects of rule by the Bolsheviki
The proclamation said
"lhc food committees took over from the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-06
Because the Women
Lost
The Defeat of the Suffrage Amendment Affects Pol
itics Generally. Colleges and the War
=. Other Washington News

full states. OF these, Senator Salisbury.
president pro tenn of the Senate is perhaps
the most prominent. He faces bitter fight
in Delaware this time and the women are
hoping to defeat him
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-06
By Carter Field

Special Dispatch TO The T,ib,mc)
Copyright, 1918. New York Tribune Inc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-06

WASHINGTON. October 5.
NOLlTlCAL campaigns for several
years to come were affected more or
Ia less directly by the rejection by the
Senate this week of the woman suf-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-06
Those Striking
Ukrainians

OR the last few weeks a general
II strike of all railroad employees
has been going on in Ukra;nia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-06

Washington this week. as a result If tho
epidemic of Spanish influenza. is chnrcb,oss
'hea'reless and movieless. All indoor gath
erings are under the ban so as to prevent
the spread of the disease
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-07-31
TEN MORE BOYS LEAVE
Youngsters Show the Stacker,
the Fellow Who is a Dis
grace to His Country, They
Are Not Afraid.

You poor, weakened, jelly
fish Stacker; you fellow who is
able-bodied and over the age linn
it, and who uses that as an ex-
cuse for staying out of service
when your country needs you;
you must feel (if you CAM what
a poor specimen of imitation
American manhood you really
are, and when walking the
streets if you could only know of
the contempt in which the people
hold you, you would beat it
while the beating is good.
Yesterday morning ten lads,
all under the eighteen year mark,
left with a recruiting officer for
Milwaukee where they will take
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-07-31
rMpEY HERE ON OUTING
The American Soldier Who
Wrote "Over the Top,
and who Fought in France
Until Disabled, Here on
Vacation in Lake Region.

Arthur Guy Empey, the Amer
ian m soldier who fought in the be-
I Ean; , of the war with the Cana
9 S;an, IN France, suffered as the
i irt Allied soldiers did-gassS,ed,
n w,oonnded by pnel and bullets l
v| 0TTd in Eagle River last Sat
nrJay morning with his secretary
a onJ will spend the summer in the
S S,,G beauty spots of this won
Gsrf,j lake region, making his
headquarters at Tilden Bros.
resort on Meta lake. H..
CAPTAIN Empey has seen the
service which entailed untold
6ardships to the soldiers who first
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-07-31
Letter From Morgan.

Arthur Morgan writes the News
from Valparaiso, Indiana, where he is
now stationed. But, as he threatens
to bust us one if we publish it, or
any part of it, there is nothin' dom
then in that line. However he didn' t
say anything about us not daring to
say tina. he is getting in shape to put
one over on the boche when he gets
in trim and across, so you can take it
from us that he is doing his level best
in the motor truck division to which
he has been assigned. Go to it. 1t
beats trout fishing.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-07-31
Are Across or on Their Way.

Letters from Fred Sailer are now
coming from France where he arrived
some time ago. Advices from c. +.
Pickett, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Pickett, say that he is packing up
ready for the trip across. Pickett,
now supply sergeant of the 334th
INIT. Machine Gun corps at Chilli
cothe, Ohio, was recently promoted
and in a letter to his parents says:
there is no need for you folks to
worry; it is Heinie across the pond
who does that from now on.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-07-31

Issued under authority of the Executive Committee of
the Villas County Council of Defense.
GEORGE E. O'CONNOR,
Chairman.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-07-31

entered the big war now on the
downward slide for Germany.
He is an American, and at the
tine Of the sinking of the Lusita-
MIA, crossed to Europe and en-
listed in the British army. He
was in the thick of the hardest
lighting any soldier has ever
passed through, and at a time
when the Huns sprung their bru-
al gas attacks, and were mutilat-
ng the Allied soldier and debauch-
ing women and children-a
f;Isn Of frightfulneSs which no
civilized human could bring him.
sItto do. To those who have
lead his book Over the Top"
aey can but realize what this one
SOLDIER has been through. Battle
saIFed though he is. Empey is a
PLAIN American citizen whose one
aought, day and night, is to assist
u every possible way the soldiers
now lighting in France.
Just ask Captain Empey what
Ie Ked Cross, the Y. NJ. C. A.,
NE A. e., and kindred societies
Tf dong for the soldiers in the
United States and in France. He
nOSS their true worth and is i'm.
g%%eTlshlnlg himself both in the
gDins OF funds until it hurts and
ii DIS tn time to these SOCIETIES.
MI \! Eagle River opera house
ppulln a short time Captain
e : Pc will give us an emporium
70 see his moving pictures
Nv. gssF the Top" which are now
jug shown in the cities. He
~. E " three of his songs
~ ,s mat evening and will also
s ~. ne public an opportunity to
y 'sI MN recount the early fight
history Of the war.
m 10 nose hose who have already met
lain LII captain Empey is just a
(om a 4 american, without any
soa or varnish, but with the
= n ). determination to xiii
Gs, r,l ame to come that brand of
b tbs We have had to bear
5,,u ne past century and which has
] tr9 S.sa the whole world by
Den, s,OFous and inhuman treat
~TNql IN general, 'eA'
aa 5as Villas County News is now
II En- n 1s5,9lly a every week. Cap,
N! you who are read;ns i O csr
st IS q !. the American anna man 1t n uan
sston. OoS region on his
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-07-31
MARRIED AT IRONWOOD
Austin Bent of Eagle River
and Miss Mary Ross of
Wausau Married Last
Wednesday = Will Reside
in Eagle River.

AL EdSlC NlVST.
The marriage of Austin 7.
Bent OF Eagle RIVER and Miss
Mary Ross of Wausau was sol
emnized last Wednesday after
noon at Ironwood, Michigan, at
the home of an intimate friend of
the brides family. Only imme-
date family relatives attended.
Immediately after the ceremony
the newlvweds drove overland
to the Bent resort on lake
Mamie west of State Line, where
they have been spending
the past week on Honeymoon
Island" in the middle of the
Cisco chain of lakes.
Friday evening the couple
were initiated into the ups and
downs of married life by several
launch loads of friends and rela-
tives from the resort and from
Eagle River, who gave them a
real old fashioned charivari.
This was followed by a marsh
mallow roast aud lunch served
upon the narrow confines of
Honeymoon Island" along
about midnight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bent will soon
take up housekeeping in Eagle
River, their future home. Mr..
Bent, a son of Mr.. and Mrs. c.
A. Bent of lake Mamie west of
State Line, has been resident
of Villas county for the past
twenty years and for the past
three or four has operated a ma
chine shop and garage in Eagle
River. A couple weeks ago he
disposed of his business to the
county. The bride is a daugh-
ter of Mrs. Mary Ross of Wau-
sau, and has followed the pro-
fession of teaching for the past
several years. She is very pop
ular with Wausau society having
a legion of warm friends in that
city, who, with her new found
friends in Villas county wish both
Mr.. and Mrs. Bent the best
that welded life holds.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-07-31

for, service later on in the ranks
of Uncle Sammys rapidly grow
ing army, are to be commended
for their clear cut work even at
this early date.
1t is indeed fact that given a
gun the average American lad is
right at home and fears none
but is dead anxious to get into
the real game. The only bar to
these little fellows is the age linn
it and their youth.
However, to the individual
who witnessed the company of
soldier lads from Winnepe last
week Monday when they headed
the line of march from the court
house to the depot with the
forty-odd new soldiers of proper
age who were going to Camp
Grant, they with their wooden
guns and stern set features; they
were indeed to a boy living in
reality the life of a soldier man.
Their drilling in the Northwest
ern park before the train arrived
brought forth round after round
of applause They are thecandv
lads with the true American
spirit that wins every time.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-07-31
New Road to Iron River.

The proper route to go to Iron
River, Mich, now is by Phelps, over
a perfect graded highway all of the
AZ miles. Go thru Phelps towards
Hazen's, take first right hand road
two miles out and follow to Iron
River, this shortens the distance about
Is miles.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-07-31

examination into service. They
are showing that their country
needs them and they are willing
to 60 and do their "bit." They
are:
Werner Ericsson, Conover.
William Rand, Eagle River.
Francis Sailer, Eagle River.
Emil Johnson, Conover.
Arthur Roderick, Eagle River.
James Hayden, Eagle River.
Rex Kendall, Eagle River.
Walter Dickman, State Line.
Chester Dussault, Conover.
Guy Dussault, Conover.
If the boys pass examination
they will be placed in training at
once. These youngsters show
the true metal of the American
when he is needed.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-07-31
Morton Cook in Hospital.

Morton Cook of Eagle River,
now machinist in aviation section at
Waco. Texas, has been in the hospi-
tai for some time. He is expected
home soon on furlough.