Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-10-10
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General Readers

General ReadsrA
French troops are in possession
.oT the whole Of st. Quentin, the cor
nerstone Of the German defense sys-
TEN in northern France.
It is the general belief in Washing
ton military circle that the German
grip on northern France and Belgium
has been definitely broken.
The 5,sO5 men ordered from Iowa to
Camp Dodge during the five-day
period beginning October Z will not
report because of the epidemic Of
Spanish influenza.
Generals Foch and Pershing have
been decorated with the grand cross
Of the Order Danile and the Obilitch
gold medal by King Nicholas Of Mon
tenegro.
The civilian population Of Metz is
making hasty preparation for eyacua-
ton owing to the bombardment OF the
city by American long range guns,
says Berlin report.
Plans for investigating the pur-
chase of the Washington Times by
Arthur Bribane with money furnished
by breweries have been made by the
senate judiciary subcommittee.
Cost Of living Investigators Of the
bureau Of statistics now working in
the principal cities, reported TINT costs
In Philadelphia have Increased GIT
per cent since December, 1914.
Since@JuIy l6, the British hive cap
tured loo square miles Of territory,
$50 villages lind l2O0OO prisoners.
Andrew Ronar Law. chancellor Of the
excleque,, has announced.
Spanish influenza epidemics In train
ing camps and resultant cancellation
of October drift calls. says Provost
Marshal Crowder. will not delay troop
Shipments abroad.
Announcement has been made by
the aircraft production bureau that
liberty motors are being shipped in
trainload lots daily from factories
over the country for service overseas.
At least $1,000 persons are Ill from
Spanish influenza in Massachusetts,.
and the death list is growing daily.
State Health Commissioners Kelly has
wired Surgeon General Blue at Wash
ington.
Motion picture shows in all parts
Of the country are pledging them
selves to turn over 10 per cent of their
gross receipts on one day Of each
month during the war for the pur-
chase Of "smileage books" for soldiers.
80
Forty miners at Tonopah, New, re-
fused to enter q mine to carry on their
daily labors until three fellow work.
men who had refused to buy liberty
bonds gave their pledge to purchase
some Of the securities.
The kaiser has accepted the resfx-
nations of Premier Won Hertling and
Vice Chancellor Won Payer, according
to Amsterdam dispatches. He asked
Hertling to remain In office only until
a successor could be selected.
To avert coal famine this winter
and also meet all the needs OF the
war program, Fuel Administrator Gar
field has launched drive for coal
production which is to continue until
April 4.
warning against ''supposing that
the war Is over now because OF the
cheering news tnaC comes across the
water" was sounded by Elihu Root
at New York. In an address before the
student army training corps at Co
lumbia university.
President Wilson opened the Fourth
Liberty Loan campaign with an adj
dress before multitude Of people al
New York. Without referring to re-
cent peace utterances Of enemy lead
ers, he reiterated Americas terms for
ending the war and declared that ius.
tice to all nations, whether great OF
small. Is the one price Of peace.
There can be mo coming to terms
with Germany, he said, because she
has made 1t impossible.
Two appeals from federal court de.
clsions multiplying in part the Reed
amendment prohibiting interstate ship
ments OF Intoxicating liquors into dry
statas were fiIed recantiv in tho 80,