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The Sentinel=record., 1918-09-27

London Sept 26.-The reports re-
 ceiyed today emphasized the demorai ization Of the Bulgarians, who are re- treating in confusion, leaving behinf an enormous amount of material ant probably many thousands of prisoners as the allied troops strain every energy to ge. to Uskub and there make the
 victory complete
 Il is pointed ou. that the Bulgarian army estimated to aggregate 300,00C men is in a very daneerous position but the victory will moi be decisive, in the opinion of the military expert, until Uskub, the center of all the en- emy's communication lines, is car- tured
 If that is accomplished. it is be- lieved the victory will be numbered among the few decisive ones of the war
 The renewed resistance of the Bull earian rear guards and the arrival oi German endorsements in Macedonia have not succeeded in stemming the great allied advance British cavalry
 today entered Bulgaria opposite Kos
 turino, thus avoiding the Belachsta mountains, which it was feared might bar it's progress. while the Serbians French Greek and British troops rout- cd the Bulearians from either siGe CT
 the great salient, which now stretch es far into Serbia
 The Serbians who are taking the l leading part in the liberation of theiI country. are at the gates of lshtib ant their cavalry, entering the town O 1 Lsyur, has cut the only remaining road northward- running from Frenr 1 to Velyes, and on which a large body | of Bulgarians is reported to be at 1 tempting to escape This probably will lead to an abandonment by the enemy of the Babuna mountains, whicl
 are considered very pregnable. ] IL was repored this afternoon thal Italian cavalry had reached the roa, running from Prilep westward. whicl
 affords the only avenue through tho
 mountains for the escape Of the frs
 Bulgarian army, which is considered tC l be in most dangerous position
 Even should the allies no: take Us
 llub, or if there should be some othel
 developments which would prevent the
 making of the victory decisive one
 the experts believe that the Bulgari.
 ans have suffered so heavily in mer and material that it is doubtful if tht
 army will be able to recover withou
 the aid of the central powers and tha
 contingency Is viewed as unlikely | At any rate the Serbians have re
 gained the greater part Of Serbian Ma. cedonia
The Sentinel=record., 1918-09-27

The French losses have been remark ably light, in spite of the fact that tine German resistance stilfened this morning
 General Gouraud's soldiers who ae
 yanccd to those positions three years ago and have been facing them evel
 since, are new enjoying a peculiar satisfaction iHbeing in them
 The number of prisoners taken by
 the French is increasing steadily They are filing back by all roads in sroups of from a score to several hunire Among them there is larger proror- tiOn of very young mon than hereto fore taken Some of the captiyes are recruits of the 1920 contingent. They are leaving behind them scores
 of burning villages. Thirty had been obscGvcd in flames up to noon today. Even this additional and uniustfiable devastation can scarcely add to the dosolation that has been spread all over this sharply dispued ground. A feature of today's operations was
 the activity of the enemy airmen which furnished several spectacular encounters with French observation balloons and arti-aircraft artillery.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-09-27
GERMANS DAZED BY
 FEROCtTY OF ATTACK

Wth the American Army on tnc Champagne Front, Sept 26,-1he as sumption of the general staff that the Germans had not discovered the iH- tention of the Americans to attack was proved by the earlier phases of the fighting. Apparently dazed by the suddenness and ferocity of the ar;n lery preparation. the German al il- lery reaction was slow in being .es- istered. It never recovered it's bal ancc
 From the minute the Americans swarmed forward the infcriority Of the enemy resistance was marked.
 Early this morning the enemy had laid down artillery fire calculated to cover a local raid The incident was quickly forgotten in the magnitude of the operations that followed.
 One division reports the capture of twenty ITS guns ana plentiful sup plies of ammunition The check op the amount of booty has not yet been talk on but every report indicates that the amount of it will be large.
 Otfltcer prisoners show that taera was much enemy perpleNity as to tha exact point of attack but say they were aware that one was pending
The Sentinel=record., 1918-09-27

iectives at which the new drive may
 be aimed
 | Several facts of utmost significance and of particular interest to the people of the Unified States are sharply dis, closed b' the new offensive. For one
 thing, the power and will Of the allied forces to continue hammering at the enemy without rect is appSreut With the smoke of the battle in tho St. Mihiel salient hardly cleared away and with a fifty mile stretch of tnc line to the north and south Of St. Quentin in a continual flame of attack 1t was possible to organize and de- liver new blow on a forty mi:e fEonr and drive 1t forward many miles with
 it's initial thrust.
 Moreover, the indicated groula withdrawal is added proof of the en- emy's waning man power There Is now no doubt that he will not be al- lowed to rest a moment and that the fighting will be carried into the winter on a scale never before possible.
 Of direct national interest here is the evident fact that the clearing up of the St. Mihiel salient by Generat Pershing's first army in it's first in- dependent venture. was the necessary forerunner of this new blow
 Not only did that swift victory Lvec the French armies around verdun from the menace of the salient in their rear but it liberated rail lines 10 supply the new battle front and set rree thousands of soldiers of both |armes for attack purposes by shor,- ening the lines.
 Again it is American aid that makea possible the new attack. The aa- nouncement Of this drive Is tho first idication troops were on the front i'm mediately west of the Mouse with the possible exception of unit of negro troops known to have been recently somewhere in the center of the fronr between Rheims and Verdun. Wheth-- CT that unit Is engaged in tue present fighting is not known, but it is evil dent that a large force of Americans has been shifted westward along the line to take part in the present blow. Apparently they hold more than one half of the advancing line.
 The extreme left of the American force forming the western jaw of Pershings nutcracker winch reduced the St. Mihiel salient rested in the hills east of Meuse It is indicated that the whole line from the Moselie. where they stand before the outer de- lenses of Metz to a point well to the west of Verdun may be held by the Americans in which case the French have raid Pershing's men the high compliment of entrusting to them completely the defense of that vital fortress.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-09-27
RESTRICTION PLACED
 ON WRAPPING PAPER

Washington. Sept. 26.--Rctail mer- hcants were directed today by the war industries board to discontinue the un- necessary wrapping of merchandise and to reduce to the point of absolute necessity the use of wrapping paper, bass, paper boxes and office statsoL- cry. The order the board stated. was due to the fact that the government soon would he forced to divert to mn- hilton manufacturers, large quantity of chemical pulp used heretofore ia making wrapping paper
The Sentinel=record., 1918-09-27
OPPONENTS CONFIDENT OF
 DEFEATING RESOLUTION
Amendment Was Presented by Sen. ator Williams of Mississippi to Lim the Franchise to White Women Vote On the Resolution Win Not B, Reached Before Saturday.

l Washington, Sept. 2G.--The senat
 failed again today to reach a yot
 on the house resolution proposing sup
 mission to tho states of the Susan T
 Anthony woman suffrage amendmen
 to the consultation After a day 0
 conferences and of deoate befor,
 crowded galleries, the senate ad-
 lourned until tomorrow to continue
 .he discussion, but with little likeli hood of q vote before next Saturday 1 if then.
 Absence of senators favoring the resolution. defections which it's ad voeates were reported to have suffere, and unexpected protraction of debate contributed to postponement of ac- ton and to the disappointment of the throng which gathered in the early
 morning and remained throughout tha day.
 Uncertainty as to the disposition cf the resolution was increased as a re
 suit of today's developments Senator Jones of New Mexico, chairman of tie woman suffrage committee, said 10 night that a vote before Saturday was extremely unlikely while leading op- ponents of the resolution said the vote might be delayed indefinitely. The close line up of the senate on the resolution was an admitted factor in today's inaction. Chairman Jones announced that before pressns vote managers of the resolution desired to await the return of Senator LaFollett5 lof Wisconsin, who fayors the resolu- | ton and who was not paired" He is Ireturning from California and is due in ! Washington late Saturday Senator Jones also said that Senator Town send of Michigan, another absent sup porter of the resolution but who is 1 paired" desired to vote and could ar
 rive by Saturday
 1 With these votes Senator Jones anC
 other champions of the resolution be
 lieycd the necessary two thirds major. ty would be mustered on a final rol call Opponents, however, were confi-
 dent of having votes enough to insure
 it's defeat, even with absentees pres
 ent
 Some senatoas supporting the reso
 lution admitted today privately, tha
 without any further change, the reso-
 lltion would be defeated by one vote They said the latest private poll
 showed that the senate stood G. to 0
 in favor of the resolution, just shor
 Of two thirds majority Debate eon
 tinued until late in the day when tn senate went into executive session t l consider other matters Discussion
 centered principally on questions 0 race and states rights
 Senator Williams of Mississippi. in Itroduced an amendment proposing [
 enfranchise only white women. declar | ing that adoption Of 1t would remov lmost of the objection and permit tn senate tc dispose of Tn question an give it's attention to the prosecutio
 Of the war. Before adiourning tonigh
 the senate ordered roll call on tn Williams amendment as the first orde Iof business tomorrow Defeat Of th Amendment generally was expected. l CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-09-27

Washington, Sept 26.--The keystone of the great German defensive arch 1T France is under assault in the Franco
 American offensive launched thi. morning in the Champagne ove. { front of forty miles Because of the place of attack selected by NTarsha | Foch. military officials regarded tho
 new blow es one of w!de strategic pos
 abilities.
 It was not until General Pcrshina E official statement arrived late tonight ' that definite idea was given of the
 extent and success of the initial rusn
 The Americans advanced on a front of , twenty miles to an average depth of seven miles. taking more than i've thousand prisoners and twelve towns. The French war office previousiy had reported that the French troops further west had advanced nearly four
 miles at certain points
 The point of attack selected by Mar shal Foch caused no great surprise here. As far back as 1915 the French
 strateeists saw that the Champagne
 front offered the greater poss lbilitios in repelling the invaders with the least expenditure of men, There was fierce fighting that year on this sector, but the French lacked the reserve power
 to press forward in accordance with their strategic designs and were forced to settle back to tactical operations land defensive measures.
 Since then the fine between itneims land Verdun has been relatively ur- ichanged, the last offensive effort of the enemy against Rheims in July hay- ing failed to break it.
 On that occasion American troops aided in repelling the eastern jaw of thedral city, the 42nd Rainbow diyi- lsion having been brigaded with French troops on this front, where it wen hign commendation from the French lead lers
 As the French plan of 1915 has been discussed, it contemplated the driving of Il great wedge through to the line
 of the Mouse, where it skirts the for
 est of Ardennes, near tho Belgian bor lder.
 Resting on a wide base and sup ported by the fortress of Verdun on ths
 east, such a wedge would in effect, di- vide the German army and in addition
 menace the whole communication sys- tenn of the enemy forces in northern
 France and Bulgium It would have threatened the Belgian gateway int, i France and it seems certain that 2
 nasty retirement by the enemy to the I Mouse line must have resulted
 The battle lines today are relatively
 as they were in 1915 and the same strategic factors hold good. For this | reason alone. many officers have be- \ lieyed that Marshal Foch sooner ol later would strike at the enemy from I the Champagne front and when worc of the new attack today was received their first impression was that the | hour for the great allied effort had come.
 | Later adyices however, indicate that ' the new battle zone was east of the Il more level reglon around Rheims : where 1t had been anticipated the roaa Ito the Belgian border would more ' probably be sought.
 l Apparently Marshal Foch has strucl \ first in the region immediately west oi lVerdun and until the scope and direc- ltion of his attacks develop. officials withhold judgment as to the grand oo-
The Sentinel=record., 1918-09-27
HUNS CONTINUE THEIR
 DEVASTATION IN RETREAT

With the French Army on the Cham pagne Front, Sept 26.-Troops Of tha French army, opera ing in conjunction with the Americans in new baltic along the Champagne front have to- day conquered positions that the Ger mans have been fortifyIng for four years positions in which they have sacrificed thousands of men to hold.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-09-27

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The Sentinel=record., 1918-09-27
FLOODS IN ALASKA.

Juneau, Alaska, Sept 26.--Homes in Juneau are being torn away, big gov- ernment hospital has beens nstemporarily abandoned power plants are idle and all business is suspended as a result of torrential rains of unusual warmth, causing a water deluge along the main shore of Gastinoau channel The main street of Juneau is threatened by the floods.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-09-27
AMERICANS CAPTURE 5000 HUNS
Take Positions GeranS HQOe Been FOrynQ for Four Year
DRAFT CALL FOR
 OCTOBER POSTPONED

Washington, Sept 2o.-secause Of the epidemic of Spanish influ- enza in army camps, Provost Mar shal General crowder tonight can. celled calls for the entrainment between October and 1tth of 142,000 draft tegistrants.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-09-27
BRITISH TAKE 1900 PRISONERS

London, Sept 2G.-Two British di- visions have captured in the last few days German system of trenches and strong points northwest of st. Quentin
 with 1900 prisoners. according to the
 war office announcement toni Int
 There were only minor engagements
The Sentinel=record., 1918-09-27
Advance Was Made on a Twenty Mile Front With an Average Gain of Seven Miles in Depth.

Four Towns Were Carried By Storm By Troops From Pennsylvania, Mis- souri and Kansas Twelve Towns AL together Were Captured By Ameri- cans--Attack of the American Troops Was So Ferocious the Huns Were Taken By Surprise.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-09-27
IF THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED IT WILL BE ONE OF DECISIVE
 STROKES OF WAR
BULGARIAN ARMY IS DEMORALIzED

The serbians, Who Are Taking the Leading Part in the Liberation ef Their Country, Are at the Gates of lshtib and Their Cavalry Has Cut the Only Remaining Road North ward.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-09-27
KEYSTONE OF THE GREAT GERMAN
 DEFENSIVE ARCH UNDER ASSAULT
With the Smoke of Battle of the St.. Mihiel Salient Hardly Cleared Away the Americans Struck Another
 Decisive Blow.

The Ground Gained is Added Proof of the En- emy's Waning Man Power and There is Little Doubt He Will Be Allowed to Rest Moment and That the Fighting Will Be Carried Into the Winter on a Scale Never Before Possible.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-18
HEARING ON new
ARMY NEEDS HELD
(Bv Associated Press.)


| WASHINGTON, Sept. IS. - With
General March, chief of staff, Provost
Marshal General Crowder, and Adult
ant General Harris scheduled to ap-
pear, a subcommittee Of the house ap-
propr;a tions committee today began
the holding of hearings on bill en-
bodying the request made by the war
department yesterday for an addition
al appropriation of S7,347,o00,ooo to
meet the needs of the enlarged mill
tary program.
The bill, which will bring the total
asked for the army in the fiscal year
1919 TO more than S24,000.000 900.
probably will be reported by the full
appropriations committee within ten
days or two weeks, according to
Chairman Shirley
An army of 100000 by next ,Jnly
after all deductions have been made
for casualties and reflections, is what
the enlarged American military pro-
gram calls for. General Marsh ex-
planned this to the house appropria-
tions committee today in discussing
the new billion dollar army esti-
mate.
There are now about 100000 under
arms, General March said and the
plan is to call 100000 of the new
draft registrants between now and
July.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-18
Notice Concerning Questionnaires
Issued by Legal Advisory Board

out and sworn to by the registrant and
his witnesses at the court house in the
court law library on the third floor
3. The hours for preparing same
will be from a. m. to IL noon, and
from l p. m. until p. M, and from
Z p. m. to 10 p. m
4. Special affidavits desired, other
than those included in the question
naire, must be procured by the regis
trant elsewhere.
5. All registrants claiming exemp-
ton by reason of dependencies must
bring with them the dependents over
16 wears of age, who must make affi-
davits in support of the same.
6. All registrants claiming exemp-
tion for industrial or agricultural rea-
sons must bring supporting witnesses
as required by the rules and regula-
tions as set forth in the QUESTIONABLE
under Series XI and XII; or the same,
where more convenient, may be pro-
cured elsewhere.
Z. All registrants must come pre-
pared to furnish full information re-
quired by the QUESTIONABLE as to age,
earnings and all other information re-
quired by the questionnaire Regis
trants should carefully read the ques-
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appearing to answer the same.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-18
BOYS IN FRANCE
RELYING ON us,
CROWDS WARNED
Support of Fourth Liberty
Loan Drive Urged at Three
Meetings Last Nigh.
MEETINGS TONIGHT
Dalton Township.

Three Liberty Loan meetings were
held in Wayne county last night
Whitewater Centerville and Jackson
burg, and all of them were largely
attended
At Whitewater the citizens of Frank.
lin township turned cut in large mum
bers, the meeting place being filled to
the doors. viii Curtis, chairman OF
the Franklin township committee pre-
sided. Henry U. Johnson, the Rev
Frank Dressell and Charles w. Jor.
dan delivered stirring addresses. The
interest was marked and the applause
that greeted the speakers indicated in
no uncertain way that Franklin town
ship will be one of the first in Wayne
county to 60 over the top. Music was
provided by quartet composed OF
Lee Nusbaum, Oliver Nusbaum, Ben
Bartel and Ernest Ranck.
Soldiers Were Guests.
Soldiers from the Richmond army
training camp were special guests at
the Liberty loan meeting held at Cen
terville.
The soldiers made the trip in one OF
the army trucks from camp. Mrs
r. G. Leeds and Miss Eleanor SeiGel
di SooSu oc 1sCu NJloSS HUI SSs,
panied the party. With the soldiers
were Captain Roberts, who is in
charge of the Richmond camp; Lieu.
tenant Hodgen, and Carl w. Ullman,
secretary of the Commercial club
The meeting was held in the church
and was presided over by Ora X. Dun
bar, the township chairman. 1t was
opened by prayer by the Rev. Mr.
Smith of Centerville. About 200 people
were present.
The Victory quartet composed OF
John Fillmore Riggs, Frank Funk, Wal
ter Luring and Edgar Mote sang sew.
eral appropriate numbers.
Another feature of the evening was
the singing of patriotic song by
Erpha Lundy, the little daughter of
Harry Lundy, now in service.
The speakers of the evening were
the Rev. Francis Wicks of Indianapo
lis, Mrs. Charles Druitt, chairman of
the Women's section of the Liberty
Lean campaign, and the Rev E. E.
Davis, of Richmond
"The sublimity of living in this day
is the sublimity of sacrificing" said
Rev. Mr.. Davis. I'VE are living in a
grand and awful time We have al.
ready made sacrifices and we shall
make greater ones befora we are
through
Have Accepted Challenge.
I'VE have accepted a great chal.
lenge. The challenge of the world s
bully. We could not have stayed ou;
of this war with honor The name of
America would have been a name
with stain on it. We had to get in
and accept the challenge as the other
nations have done
Germany will be beaten by the
great organization of the allies She
has been insulting the world. she has
led them on, she has embroiled them
and it has become necessary that we
meet Germany.
"She has been seeking to bully the
nations OF the earth for years. An
example is the Boxer rebellion. and
she tried it On France in 1870 and
1871. She has become envious of
Americas prosperity. 1t was the
bully spirit OF Germany that brought
on the war.
This might be called a war of
ideals. Germany is murderer. She
stands condemned for her arocities.
America stands for humanity.
Continued on Page Eight)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-18
BRITISH FORCES ARE CLOSING IN ON ST. QUENTIN
German Prisoners Are
Disappointed at News
OF Peace Rejection
(By Associated Press.) }


WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE LORRAINE FRONT, Tuesday.
Sept 17-German and Austrian pris-
oners taken in the recent advance by
the Americans in this section, dis
played great interest when they learn
ed of the Austrian peace suggestion
when the news reached the camps
where they were taken after their
capture. They made no effort to con-
ceal their disbursement when as
sured by the American soldiers that
peace is long way off unless Ger
many is willing TO admit she is
beaten.
Stories told by the prisoners nearly
all indicate lack of harmony between
the Austrians and Germans and re-
fleet the lowered morale of the central
powers. The prisoners conversation
shows that they realize the hopeless
ness of success and their belief that
they are fighting for some object
which to them is apparently not clear.
Individually the captured men are
in good condition. They are we'll
clothed, well fed and healthy.