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New-York tribune., 1918-10-14
5000 Civilians and Many
Villages Liberated by
Gouraud's Army
Abandoned Loot
Litters Streets
Capture of Vouziers Re
calls Boast of Won
Kluck in 1914

WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE, Oct. 13 &c D. M (By the
Associated Press General Gouraud's
troops in pursuit Of the Germans have
reached the banks of the Aisnc in the
bend that passes south of Rethel and
Chateau Porcien. Five thousand civil
ans have been liberated in the villages
and towns retaken from the Germans.
Marshal Foch sealed his triumph
over General Ludendorff and Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg yesterday,
when General Gouraud's men entered
Vouziers. in Champagne.
Yoc.iers is q town Of 5000 inhabi-
tants. It commands two defiles in the
forest region eastward and is .of no
great military Importance in itself.
The significance of the capture arises
from the fact that since 1914 it has
symbolized German resistance in North
ern France. Won Kluck in acknowledge
ing the failure of the plan to take
Paris said, "But the French will never
retahe Vouziers," meaning not merely
he inconsequential town of that name,
but the entire system of German de-
fence along the Aisne.
But Vouziers has been taken, the
Inc Of the Aisne has crumbled and the
Hindenburg line has been demolished
at several places in this region. The
Germans appear thus far to have kept
their retreat in hand with the greatest
xiii.
At Vouziers yesterday evening. when
ne French er"ered the town, blankets,
pillow cases Sc household linens of all
.,inds were lying in the streets, having
6een collected by the German booty
,etachments, whose work was inter
gupted by the rapid advance Of
Gouraud's troops. The French troops
aot only saved part Of the booty of
Touzicrs that was ready for shipment
Germany, but they interrupted the
a.ork Of destruction throughout the
region in the bend of the Aisne, lib
Grating a number Of the villages, some
New-York tribune., 1918-10-14
Military Comment

If the German General Staff, which
is still the power behind the Ger
man government and the German
nation, wants a truce, it ought to be
compelled to go to Foch and ask his
terms. That is military etiquette.
Il is also in accord with sagacious
military policy.
While the civil government of
Germany seeks truce and talks Of
peace the military authorities con-
t,nue their work of hideous devasta-
ton in France. For four years they
have f1outed all the laws Of civilized
warfare. France still suffers daily
from the German mania for in
cendiarism, pillage and wanton de-
struction. What reparation is due
for these military crimes? Could
poetic justice be better served than
by requiring the authors of this
savagery to go, hat in hand, to the
Allied generalissimo, who is also
the commander in chief of the
French armies?
Ludendorff needs en- armistice to
save the German military machine
from wreck. His present problem
is to get his armies and war ma
terial out of France And he is
row cunningly trying to shift to the
shoulders Of the German civil gov
eminent responsibility for a failure
to extricate the German forces in
the West from a situation constant
ly growing more desperate.
The British yesterday entered the
suburbs Of Douai. La Fere fell. So
did Laon. General Debeney's army,
crossing the Disc above La Fere,
had enveloped Laon from the north
west. Mangin's army and Bertho-
let's army had enveloped it from
the south and southeast. Italian
troops, still further east, reached
Amifontaine, only six miles south
of Sissonne, which lies directly east
OF Ludendorff's southern base. The
French didn't have to storm the
famous st. Gobain bastion, south
west of the city. The Germans
we're glad to evacuate it.
The whole Laon salient, in fact,
has given way. BY crossing the
Disc at many points above La Fere
the French have also cut direct
connections between Laon and
-, Guise. The latter city is the south
ern anchor of the line which Luden-
dorff is now trying to hold tempo
rarily south from Valenciennes to
the big bend in the Disc, just north
west of Guise. On the west side Of
the salient, in the Aisne Valley
bend from Berry-au-Bac to YOU
ziers, the Allies are driving rapidly
rorth. Northwest Of Berry-au-Bac
New-York tribune., 1918-10-14
The Faster Bonds Go Louder the Hun Cries for Peace
The Great War-1529th Dav

of them virtually intact and freeing
about 5000 civilians from German
domination.
Some houses were still burning in
Vouziers last evening and German
shells were falling in the town. OBJ
servation in the parts of the village
that could be visited indicates that the
damage is only partial
The enemy occupied strong positions
on the right bank of the Aisne, to the
east, where he opposed vigorously the
efforts of the French to effect cross
ing. passage, however, was forced
this morning and footing gained on
the eastern bank.
The Fifth Army has continued its
advance toward Laon meeting only
with the opposition of rear guards,
composed of machine gun sections. The
German artillery has endeavored to
hinder the construction OF bridges
across the Aisne.
North OF the Disc the enemy ap-
pears to be digging in in front Of Gen
eral Debenev's forces.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-14
Red Cross Spends
$2,8O7,919 in Russia
Of This Sum 1881, 900 Bought
Milk for the Babies Of
Petrograd

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-The War
Council of the American Red Cross an.
nounced to-day that the organization
had spent s2,s07,919 in European
Russia, 1881 600 of it for milk for
Petrograd babies and s384,163 for
medical and surgical supplies. In s.
IBERIA $4,273 200 was spent. mostly for
winter clothing for refugees and
Czecho-S -Slovak troops.
Between September, 1917. and March,
1918, $2,6T6,369 was spent, most of il
for food. clothing and medical sup
plies. Serbian relief expenditures were
S1.244,197. of which sum S244,438 was
for seed and agricultural implements.
For Greece S375,OO0 has been apprc-
priated and commission to administer
the fund sailed from this country las
month. Contributions to Syrian ana
Armenian relief work amounted to s5-
900. 900 in all.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-14
Bly, William l.. Mcpherson
Copyright. 1918. Ncw York Tribune 1nc.)


" ERMANY'S armistice propo-
4 IT sal being neatly camou-
faged, its nature has keel
widely misunderstood. Hoheit Max's
two appeals to President Wilson
were military in character, rather
than diplomatic. They should have
been signed by Ludendorff and
should have been sent to Marshal
Foch.
The K0haiscle Zeitmg told the
truth bluntly when it said the other
day: "Only military reasons could
compel us to accept President Will
sons conditions" The German truce
and evacuation mannuvre were faith
cred by the German General Staff.
1t would have been more appropri-
ate, therefore, to confine discussion
Of the questions raised in the origi-
nal note to military channels. Ger
many asked for cessation Of hos
tllltleS. Inc price She 0ugnt TO pay
for such a concession is matter Of
military Judgment, which can best
be left to the generalissimo of the
Allied armies, who is in the best
Icssible position to know what an
armistice is worth to Ludendorf
ard his defeated armies.
When Bulgaria decided to draw
out of the war she followed the
proper procedure. Her military
representative approached General
Franchet d'Esperey. He granted a
cessation Of hostilities on terms
which he considered judicious, and
Bulgaria. accepted them. Germany
ic in the same predicament, in q
military sense, as Bulgaria was in.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-14
Marines Accept Draftees
260 Do Not Wait To Be Called
by Local Board

Two hundred and sixty registrants of
September II. the majority between
eighteen and twenty-one years of age,
have already been inducted into the
military service-as Marines, Lieu
tenant George R. Kneller, of the Marine
Corps, announced yesterday.
When enllstments in the Marines
were closed last August, the recruiters
continued examining men to be sent
TO camp on the lifting Of the ban
New-York tribune., 1918-10-14
The Official Statements

canal sector on both sides of Douai
and the western edge of Douai we
are in fighting contact with the en-
emy. Douai has suffered consider
ably from enemy artillery fire and
airplane bombs.
Northeast Of Cambria during the
night of October 11-l2 we withdrew
somewhat from the enemy. The en-
envy followed ycste rday at midday
and in the evening reached the vicin-
ity Of Avenesle-Sec and the heights
on the western bank of the Selle
near Saulzoir and Haussy.
In the early morning there was
violent artillery duel on both sides
of Lc Cuteau. Between Solesmcs
and lie Cateau the enemy attacked
with strong forces. He was success
fu! in penetrating our positions
on both sides Of Neuvilly. A coun-
ter attack, which was prepared for
by the most intense artillery fire,
resulted in complete success and
again threw the enemy back. a par
tial attack, which was renewed in
the evening near Briastre, was re
pulsed.
Army Group Of the German Crown
Prince-North Of the Disc the enemy
is continuing his strong attacks on
both sides of Vaux-Andigny, east of
Bohain and near Aisonville. Near
and north of Origny the enemy
sought to push forward over the Aise
into our positions. The main burden
Of the fighting was borne by Thur
ingian regiments. The enemy every
where was repulsed, partially in
handto-hand fighting and counter
attacks.
On The front between the Disc and
the Aisnc the enemy again yester-
day followed our rearward move
ments slowly. In the evening he
reached the wooded district of St.
Gobain, the heights north Of the
Ailette and Amifontaine. North of
VIC iSteVuihc SCSlol Ho HAS CIOoScN
the line of Asfeld-la la-Ville, Avancon,
Perthes. NauX-Champagne and YOU
zierS with only weak forces. An
enemy detachment which pushed for
ward over the Aisne southeast Of
Nouziers was taken prisoner. Local
attacks by the enemy near Termes,
on the Aisne. were repulsed
Army Group of General Won Gall
witz-Local attacks by the enemy on
the wesaern banks Of the Meuse
failed Serious fighting continued
throughout the day east of the
Meuse between Ormont Wood and
Wavrille, northeast of Beaumont.
The Americans, who renewed their
fruitless attacks with the employ
ment of strong forces, were thrown
back in hard fighting by Prussian,
Saxon, Wurtemberg and Austro- Hun
garian regiments.
Southeastern Theatre-There has
been fighting in the region of Nish.
Ia the face Of strong attacks our
troops retired, in accordance with
orders, to the heights north of the
town Nish was occupied by the
enemy.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-14
AUSTRIAN

VIENNA. - Near Beaumont we
have taken successful part in re-
sisting American massed attacks.
Albanian Front-Our retirement is
being carried out in accordance with
orders. In the region of Irek strong
bands of irregulars are making them
selves felt.
After many delaying actions Nish
was abandoned to the enemy.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-14
FRENCH

PARIS (DAY La Fere has been
captured by the French They have
crossed the La Fere-Laon railway
at the Danizy-N Nersigny height. The
northern and eastern portions of the
village Of La Fere are burning.
The massif Of st. Gobain has been
occupied by the French as far as st.
Nicholas and Suzy Wood
The Italians have progressed north
of the Ailette. Further east the
French hold the line Of ASzelles, Ber
rieux and Amifontaine
The French have cleared the last
nests Of German resistance in the
bend Of the Aisne.
PARIS SATURDAY NIGHT =
The battle begun in the Champagne
September 29 has terminated after
seventeen days of fighting in the
complete defeat of the enemy. The
Fourth Army achieved the liber-
alton Of the bend Of the Aisne to-
day, reoccupying thirty-six locali-
sASot VhCiC SC|tIh al tilOuSdlu ClNlllAnS
were freed from the yoke to which
they have submitted since 1914.
The total number of prisoners
taken by this army alone since the
beginning of the Champagne often
sive is 1869, Of whom 400 were Of
fcers. More than 500 guns were
captured, besides $500 machine guns,
200 mine throwers, several hundred
wagons and a great quantity Of mu-
nitions and material of all kinds.
On the left of the Fourth Army
our Fifth Army pursued without re-
taxation the retreating enemy across
the Retourne, advancing ten kilo-
metres further and gaining Vieux-
les-Asfeld and Asfeld-la- Vile, as
well as the southern outskirts of
Blanzy. We have crossed the Aisne
in strong force at Guignicourt and
Neufchatel and advanced toward
Mont Prouvais.
Between the Aisne and the Oise
the energetic pressure of our troops
has forced the enemy again to fall
back. At the heels of his rear guard
we have advanced on the Ailette to
the northern border of Craonne.
Further west our line is marked by
Chivy Etouvelles, four kilometres
from Lain, Bourguignon, Faucau-
court east Of Premontre, east of St.
Gobain and west of Betaucourt and
Deuillet.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-14
General kirchbach, Head of
9Th German Arrnv. Ref;red

PARIS. Oct. ia dispatch to the
"Journal' from Basic says General
kirchbach, who commanded success
ively the Tenth German Corps at ST.
Quentin in 1914 and the German troops
III Lithuania. and who replaced Gem
eral Won Hutier as the head Of the
Eighth German army in 1916, has been
,etirad
New-York tribune., 1918-10-14

The town of Laon stands on precip-
tous limestone rock $50 feet above the
plain. In 1914 sanguinary battle was
fought there between Napoleon l and
the allied troops under Blucher. Ma
poleon made great efforts to dislodee
Blucher, but the position proved too
strong. The Cathedral of Laon is con-
sidered ono of the most important
creations Of the art of the twelfth and
thirteenth centuries
New-York tribune., 1918-10-14
Stronghold OF Laon
Falls to the French
Without a Fight

WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE, Oct. 13.--Laon, the last of
the group Of natural obstacles forming
the keystone of the German defence in
France, has been taken without a fight.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-14

ty is in sight, even on the French
and Belgian border.
No wonder Ludendorf wants ,
truce. No wonder he has sen;
Prince Max into the market to buv
cne for him on the best terms now
possible.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-14
BRITISH

LONDON (NIGHT During the
day local engagements between our
forces and the enemy's advanced de
tachments continued along the line
OF the Selle River. Our bridgehead
positions in the neighborhood of
Solesmes have been enlarged and
progress has been made on the west
bank of the river about Haussy and
Saulzoir.
There has been local hghtign in
the neighbrohood of Lieu-St. Amand.
We captured a number Of prison.
ers.
Early this morning our advanced
troops crossed the Sensec Cenal at
Aubigny~au-Bac and captured nearly
200 prisoners and maintained their
positions in the face of strong
counter attacks.
Northwest Of Douai we have con-
tlnued to advance. We hold Courcel-
les-les-Lens and Noyelles- Godault
and are approaching tpe line of the
Iaute-Deute Canal on the whole Of
the front between Douai and Ven
dn-le-Vieil. A number Of prisoners
were captured in our operations on
this sector.
LONDON (DAY East of the
Scheldt Canal we gained possession
of Montrecourt village and reached
the outskirts Of Licu-St Amand.
In the Douai sector our troops are
now within few hundred yards of
the town and have captured the
Faubourg d'Esquerchin, the Douai
prison and the greater part Of Flers.
East of Annay we have progressed
along the south bank of the Haute
Dcule Canal toward Courriorpe
New-York tribune., 1918-10-14
GERMAN

BERLIN OAY.-Army Group of
Crown Prince Rupprecht- the
New-York tribune., 1918-10-14
Patriotism That Pays

Patriotism That Pays
Nine patriotic To
of US patriot means
The purchase of Fourth Loa
cri6ce einvetn otunly.
DO that Fourth Liberty Loan Bonds
the levied on individuals. part
nerships, associations and corporations?
a the income 100000 of bonds
taxes, profits and profits until years
after the termination of the
Liberty Loan bonds likewise
Second and Third Liberty Loan bonds up
$4,000 value?
DO realize that such
the bonds the equivalent such additional
the best security the world far larger than
can normally be obtained other gilt
Do realize that, when will probably have no
opportunity to make so splendid a
The Fourth Liberty Loan attractive investment issue
made since the United the war 4 doubled or
u1Pled investment in this should be
Patriotism that pays
Irving National Bank
WooLWoRTH BUILDING NEW YORK
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-22
GOBS SENDS GREETINGS
Men Aboard o. S. S. sF1orida. tx,
press Appreciation of News
IN ~ papeF.

The Herald is in receipt Of a letter
signed by four saxophone players
aboard the U. S. S. FLORIDA" who
enclose a ph]oto-postal showing four
faces wreathed in smiles. This quar-
tet Of merry musicians writes as fol-
lows:
you may not know or realize how
extensively The Grand Forks. Herald
is being read among the boys Of U.
s. s. Florida on foreign service: the
enclosed picture shows You four very
fond readers who would like to let
all our friends know Of our healthy
existence. AS for the musical part
we leave that to your own imagina-
ton.
I'VE would like to let you, know
about some Of our experiences, but
as you know. the navy's activities are
mum stuff, so must leave it for a la
ter date. f
"Our uppermost wish is to be back
home again. but first to land the
kaiser in the center Of the flame and
hoist Old Glory in Berlin"
The letter. dated Everywhere,
September go" is signed by TIL,
Hogey, Mac and Bill, the latter ap-
parently being ". E. Block.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-22

Three members Of the s. A. T. c,
died at the university. camp hospital
Of pneumonia last night. Two were
members of the vocational sectionAB
and the other a member Of the col
legiate section. The pneumonia seems
to be taking the strongest and oldest
Of the vocational section men rather
than the younger ones of the colleg-
late section. One feature to be noted
especially is that the most Of them &c
very quickly. One hour a mans tenn
perature is not especially high, the
progress Of his case seems to be fair
" good, and the chances for his re-
covery are of the best. Just a few
hours later a relapse has taken place
and the man is dying. It is impossible
to tell anything about what turn a
pneumonia caseI is going to take.
Everett H. Gilbert, Sentinel Butte
N. d. died early last evening from
pneumonia developed following Span
ish influenza, He was a member Of the
vocational section of the S. A. T. c.,
vas slightly over 81 years of age, and
leaves a father. Mr.. Harry T. Gilbert
Of Sentinel Butte, N. D., who has been
notified.
Paul James Gates, a member of the
collegiate section, just 20 years of age,
passed away early last evening. He
vas from Garrison, N. D.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-22
WIN. R. DUKE GETS
|SHRAPNEL WOUND
Has Eighteen Bullets Thru
Y. Clothes Before He .
is Hit. :.

Friends in the city have received
word from Corporal William r.
Duke, who is now with the 139th
infantry, in France, stating that he is
recovering from a leg wound, .receiv-
ed when "a few kegs Of scrap iron''
hit him.
Corporal Duke left for France last
March, and on August 1 had his first
taste of the trenches. He was in
the trenches four weeks, without re-
ceiving any injuries. and was gassed
on September / and in q letter writ
ten on September 16 said that he
would be on his way to- the trenches
soon again. On October 2, he was
again in the hospital, suffering from
wounds received from bursting
shrapnel,, but reports that he will be
in condition again, to get some more
Huns.
The young soldier says that he had
eighteen machine gun bullets
through his clothes without receiving
injuries from them, and he also says
that his clothes were tori in shreds
by a machine gun before he was SER
iously injured.
He writes cheerfully. and hopefully
that the war will not last much
longer. From the way everything
looks" he says, 1.-The bottom is going
to drop out of this little a n of
these days soon."
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-22
And Lodmel In
Mail Service Over There

In a letter received here, Frank La
Bine tells of his work abroad. Before
leaving the city MI. LaBine was en-
ployed in the postof1ce and much to
his liking has been able to continue
this branch of work lover there" ~
In one instance he describes an
eventful as well as interesting trip
which he was obliged to take, going
on a three weeks trip in a mail truck,
carrying mail from the government
buildings to the boys in the trenches.
The villages destroyed and devastated,
he says, are a sight which those who
are eye witnesses will never forget.
Frank LaBine and Sam Lodmell,
also a former employe of the post
office, left the city in August and have
been able to be together until very
recently. Mr.. Lodmell is also in the
mail service but is employed as re-
director and attends to the forwarding
of mail to the proper destinations
The spirit of the letter implies thor.
ough satisfaction on the part Of both
young men.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-22
SUNMll|lu|,| STOP
ONE'H0URNEXT1
SUNDAY linda OCT / II
Grand Forks People e
Move Their Watches and
Clocks II Hours Ahead. /.

At this late day the example Of
Joshua is to be- emulated. It Will be
recalled that this king, on one .oc-
casion, some thousand years ago.
commanded: ."Sun. stand thou attif
upon Gideon, and thou. MOON In. the
valley of Ajalon!" And-wonder .sof
wonders!-the sun stood, still, and the
moon stayed until the people had
avenged themselves upon their iene-
mics; all of which can be read, with
much circumstantial detail, In the
book Of Joshua. S..
F~iguratively speaking. the IA will
Grand Forks and the rest Of the
United States. for on October 81 all
clocks and watches in the country will
be set back one hour SO that normal
time can be re-established..Ss 49,
h; On March 81, summer time" was
established as q war measure. apd in
conformity with the action taken by
a number Of European countries; In
spite Of the fact that efforts have been
made in the American congress to ex-
tend what has. become known ast the
daylight saving scheme to the winter
months, the sun will, nevertheless,
stop hour for the accommodation
of the people. For q number Of valid
and weighty reasons congress decided
that normal time should be retained
during the winter, and by this dictum
the nation abides.
How Change is Made.
It was easy enough last spring to
move the hands Of the clock one hour
ahead, but clock and watch experts
point out that IT, Is q more. delicate
matter to move the hands back, and
that it simply shouldn't be done, at
least in the case Of clocks that strike.
AS a precaution, watchmakers urge
people to move the clock eleven hours
ahead instead Of M hour back. The
is not exposed to any danger by this
process. @
The daylight saving plan was put
into effect last spring without incon-
veniencing the public in any appreci-
able way. Normal. time, can be- re-
stored in the same manner.
For instances: When the Grand
Forks citizen goes to bed Saturday
night at II O'Clock he can move the
hand Of his watch or clock eleven
hours ahead so that II is really 10
o'clock. He can then sleep comfort
ably until Sunday morning at z. which
is Z and not the camoufage hour of 8.
In other words: The man who
usually gets out of bed at z in the
morning has. az a matter Of fact, been
will not continue. When he gets up
at Z, even it .ts-and at that, there's
a little more daylight to start In on:
At the other end of the day the diff
ference will be that darkness comes
IN hour earlier than heretofore.
Practically applied, the change will
not have any serious effects on the