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Weekly journal-miner., 1918-10-09
IN AIR BUT NONE FOR
 HUN ARMIES
FRENCH AND AMERICANS DRIVING FOE BACK IN CHAMPAGNE BETWEEN ARGONNE FOREST AND THE RIVER MEUSE.
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press
 Although peace is in the air, there is no peace for the German and Austro-Hungarian armies in the field. Chief interest for the present centers n the fighting in the Champagne and between the Argonne forest and the Mouse. where the French and Ameri- cans are driving the enemy back steadily to the northward, despite great resistance on tine positions oi strategic value. All along the front from Rheims to the Mouse, a dis tance of 90 miles, the enemy every where has met serious rcverses, and is falling back in some places in great disorder. Where the foe is trying to resist, the Allies are meeting the counter-thrusts with splendid stam- ina. On the entire south front the Germans seem in rather serious sit nation from La Fere to north of Yer dun. Laon. the great German store house. is reported to be on fire. Chcmin Dcs Danes is outflanked on both ends. Rheims has been restored and the foe pushed back 10 miles from the Cathedral City.
 Rumors say that Hindenburg has resigned after a stormy session with the kaiser. during which he inform ed the emperor that a German retreat on a large scale was necessary
 TrooDs of the French General Rerthelot have delivered success ful blow against the Germans north west of Rheims, which adds material | v to the menace hanging over the German front from the North Sea to he Swiss border. This was the cap .ure of Berry Au Bac. on the north . side of the Aisne. 1O1I miles north vest of Rheims. and only few scant niles from the eastern end of the famous Chem;n Des Danes. A fur her advance nortfward across the -ailroad will not alone put the great stronghold of Laon in pocket, but will also out-flank Neuvechetel, mother enemy stronghold.
 The Turks suffered another serious blow in the loss to. the French naval livision of Beirut. a Syrian port, which was captsred on Monday
 Take Four Towns. |
 LONDON. Oct. /. - (Haigl-The British line was advanced today on front four miles north of the Scarpe md the villages of Biache, Stvaast md Copy were captured.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-10-09
PAPERS ARE SkEPTICAL
 OVER NOTE

LONDON. Oct /. = Distrust oi Germany's peace intentions is reflect cd in comments made on the peace proposals by.the newspapers here.
 "In Prince Naxim;liah's speech, '' says the Mail. there is not a word of repentance for crimes Germany has committed B We did not al low Bulgaria to tell us what to do. We intend to act precisely in the same way with Germany and Austria.
 ri the German people wish to know what guarantees President Will son and the Allies require, they may be embodied in two words, "uncondi- tional surrender" The Germans must leave ;he territories they have oc- cupied, restore the property they have stolen. pay for all the damage they have done and surrender for trial by the Allies the great criminals of the war"
 The Mail says there are about 500 of these. beginning with the emperor. It also declares that Germany will in no circumstances be given back her colonies.
 "This method of approaching peace is the method of a people trying to strike a bargain, and the peace that is coming is not going to be bargain peace" says the Telegraph.
 The newspaper secs marked change in Germany's attitude as to certain matters in dispute, but de- clares the proposals as whole to be impossible
 The newspaper repudiates the idea of trying 10 reach an understanding re 70 indemnity for Belgium.
 "It is a requirement. of simple jus tice that Germany meet the account mich will be presented her for the devastation and pl0dering of Bel gium There are no fundamental changes in the German administra- ton. Only a few men have been =hifted and the kaiser, and those who rule him. are stil! the rulers of Ger many"
 -~1SSCC--SSSS-S-SScS lies have reached the Arnes, on which the enemy hoped to make stand In thc second region the British Fourth army has crushed counter attacks which tLc enemy delivered in an ef- fort to prevent it's progress toward Bohain and cover their retreat to the south.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-10-09
DISEASE SPREADS ID SOUTHERN
 COUNTIES
By Associated Press

JbN ASSbtlIAtO iIt,s
 GLOBE. Oct 7-Acting on instruc- tions from government officials in Washington the Gila county health board issued orders this evening clos ing the schools, pool halls, theatres and places of amusement until further notice. Globe and Miami physicians report GO cases of influenza in the two cities, of which 20 are pronorpc- cd serious. Physicials state the attack in this climate is not very severe.
 125 Cases In Cochise.
 BISBEE, Oct. Up to noon to- day 125 cases of influenza were re- ported to Dr. (. H. Hunt, health offi- cer Of CochiSe county. There have been no deaths. though some of the patients are reported quite Ill. Quar- antine regulations put in force here Saturday, resulting in the closing Of theatres, churches, schools and other places of assemblage were widened in scope today, when special sales at local stores were ordered discon- tinued. During a special sale at one Bisbee store the police stood at the door to keep more than a limited number of bargain hunters from en- tering the building al one time
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-10-09
ORIGIN OF SHE'LL PLANT BLAST E
 STILL MYSTERY
WORK OF R E B UILDIN c HUGE ORDNANCE WORKS ALREADY UNDER WAY !: 64 ARE DEAD AND 325 ARE WOUNDED.
By Associated Press

PERTH AMBOY. N. j., Oct. 7.- Thos. Gillespie, head of the she'll loading plant which was partially wrecked by explosions and fire, an nounced today that the reconstruc- ton of the huge plant had already started. Sixty-four men are missing. Three hundred and twenty-five were injured and zoo buildings were des- troyed. the official report shows. Twelve of the dead have been ac- counted for All available evidence, the head of the plant states, points to the initial explosion having occurred in one of the regular operating rooms in which the 155 millimeter shells exploded. Any morr definite infor- nation as to the original cause is purely a matter of conjecture.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-10-09
HINDENBURG QUITS

LONDON, Oct. 7.-Field Marshal von Hindenburg has resigned as chief of the German general staff after a rea:ed interview with the emperor, in which he field marshal declared tha! retreat on a large scale was i'm possible to avoid, according to a Cen tral News dispatch from Amsterdam.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-10-09
WASHINGTON DENOUNCES PEACE PLAN ASM MERE HUN ATTEMPT TO SAVE SOMETHING FROM WRECK
Immediate Rejection of Austria's Plea For Armistice is Urged by Senators
 Who See Insidious Attack in Offer

the peace treaties of Brest-Litovsk and Bucharest and also to save the Hohenzollern dynasty.
 An armisticc under the present
 conditions, the newspapers think, is
 impossible.
 Only Question Of Form. WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. - Presi-
 dent Wilson is comforting with the
 premiers of the Entente nations over
 the form of the answer to be made
 to Germany's latest peace proposal.
 Indications are that 1t will not be dis
 patched for a day or two. While there may be some question as to the
 form of the reply, there is no question as to its nature. It may use the short and forceful term unconditional sur render which would reflect the sem timent of the nation, but 1t is sure to convey very clearly the fact that nothing less than the terms already laid down can be accepted, and that those terms cannot be made merely a basis for negotiations. As to an armistice, such step is looked upon as suicidal and not to be thought of.
 The present exchange of views be- tween President Wilson and the premiers of England and France, has a two-fold purpose. Obviously the American government will not pro- ceed to speak for the other belliger- cnts on a matter of such importance without consulting among them. It IS also proposed to avoid the mistake of making a curt. Pre-emptory rejec- ton which could be used by the cen tral powers to bolster up their argu- ment that they are waging a defen- sive war.
 That the rejection of the present will be followed by others offers from Germany and Austria IS not doubted. Determined to save their countries from invasion, the em- perors are believed certain to come forward very shortly with more lib- cral concessions.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-10-09
SOCIALISTS ASK PEACE P[EAbE
 CONSIDERED
By Associated Press.

PARIS, Oct. /. - (Havas)-The national congress of the socialist party which opened here yesterday adopted a resolution addressed to President Wilson concerning the peace proposals of the central pow CTS. It expressed the view of the party that while indispensable diplo- matic and military guarantees should be cxacted from the enemy it was the duty of the Allied nations not to re- ject without discussion such propos- als as have been made.
 The party sees in the move made by the central powers, accompanied by the retirement of their troops, the probability that the enemy peoples will be brought to clearer under standing of right and liberty.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-10-09
COLORADO ALSO
 IN THROES OF
 FLU EPIDEMIC
By Assocrated Press.

DENVER, Colo, Oct. Hollow ing conference with the heads of the State colleges, Governor Gunter today issued a proclamation calling on all mayors to close all schools. churches and public gatherings. whereever influenza was threatened. The student army training corps will continue its work at six colleges un- der strict quarantine with classes out doors Such other college work as is continued will be in the open.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-10-09
FILE A PROTEST

JUAREZ, Mex, Oct. 7.-The Nor mon colonists in Mexico have filed a protest with the American consul against the proclamation of General Francisco Murgia, communicating all of the horses and mules in the state of Chihuahua for military pur- poses.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-10-09
ASKS CONTINUANCE

WASHINGTON. Oct. /. - The postponement of the hearings in all rcnding antitrust suits until the next term is asked of the supreme court n motion flied by Attorney Gen cral Gregory.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-10-09
W|THONLy1 MORE WORKING DAYS ID GO, B|G LOAN STILL LAGC|NG

distinct in the capital upon receipt of reports that throughout the country individuals and business firms were inclined to postpone making their subscriptions until later.
 Secretary McAdoo issued this state ment: This is the time above all others not to relax but to intensity our efforts. " The St. Louis district still leads in the percentage achieve. 'Incnt The Minneapolis district is second with 40 per cent.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-10-09
1900 AMERICANS PRISONERS ARE
 HELD BY ENEMY
By Associated Press.

WASHINGTON. Oct. /. - Mem bers of the American Expeditionary Forces who have been identified as prisoners of war in Germany number ed 1. .4SO on October 5th it IS announc- cd bv the adiutant general of the army. In addition. POO civilians in termed in Germany have been identi- fled. as have 6l sailors held in Com stantinople.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-10-09
STICK TO TREATY

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 7-Thc Rus sian Bolsheviki government, accord ing to wireless from Moscow, has declared its intention of adhering to the Brest-L;tovsk treaty
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-10-09
By Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, Oct. /. - Seven days solicitation for the Fourth Lib- erty Loan have yielded $1 ,323,7l6.95O. Only II working days remain in which 10 raise the rest of the six bill lion. Reports compiled on Saturday night show that ? per cent of the loan has been subscribed. The appre- hension that peace news might cause a relaxation of the efforts of the workers and subscribers became more
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-10-09
LAON SET AF|RE AND RETREAT
 |S BEGUN
3y Associated Press.

PARIS. Oct. Z.-Laon, the strong hold to which the enemy has been clinging as the key point of his line on the southwest. apparently has been set afirc by Germans. The town was reported ablazc yesterday and fires were still burning there today.
 Rheims has been finally and def ni.ely cleared from the menace of German cannon The Germans arc in retreat on the whole front from the Suiope to the Arnes, as well as in the region south Of Cambrai.
 In the first named sector the AL
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-10-09
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THEY SAID IT!

HELENA, Oct 7-The coun- :
 cil of defense sent telegram to | Wilson today declaring it the | sense of the council that no ne |. } gotiated peace should be made 1 with Germany and that the only 1
 } terms granted should be un- :, conditional surrender. 1
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-10-09
French Can't See It.

PARIS, Oct. 7.-(Havas)-The re- quest for an armistice and the open ing of peace parleys by the central powers is looked upon by the French press generally as an attempt to evadc certain disaster. It is declared that Germany hopes to conclude a peace which will permit her to exploit
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-10-09
Take Four Towns.

LONDON. Oct. /. - (Haigl-The British line was advanced today on T front four miles north of the Scarpe and the villages of Biache, Stvaast and ODpv were captured.
The courier-index., 1918-10-04

One advantage of war is that II compels men to develop. Few men are self starters capable of pushing themselves to the limit for an in definite time. Dynamic bosses in peace time and the vital necessities of war bring out of these men the possibilities which but for this fore ing would never develop. 4 great vision or a great ambition furnishes the driving force in many men but in war time. all men are under pres sure. stimulated, driven, compelled to bring up every ounce Of reserve and latent ability to preserve their very lives. War has this. at least, to it's credit. If the great men, the resourceful men produced by this conflict can but find some great, stimulating task for their newly awakened abilities after the war, then shall we see things come to pass in the next generation.
The courier-index., 1918-10-04
AT THE PEACE CONFERENCE

Judge" said the man at the bar, "thefe's no use of you trying to square this thing up. My wife and fight just so often and just so long and we can't help it. So there you are"
 And about how long do you keep it up?" asked the judge.
 About two weeks, judge"
 "All right. I'll give you fifteen days in jail; in other words you are interned for the duration of the war" -Richmond Dispatch.
The courier-index., 1918-10-04
THE MARCH TO BERLIN
 BEGUN BY THE ALLIES
COMPLETE VICTORY $ NO LONG FER 4 SUBJECT OF DEBATE ENEMY IN FULL RETREAT ON WIDE FRONT.
CBv Frank H. simondsl


 New work Oct 2-The advance of tbe BeIgians and the Second British army continues 10 be the most inter esting single circumstance ID the Bat tlss of France. It is interesting both in it's present importance and the light it casts upon the strategIes oI exactly four years ago. Plumer ana King Albert are now doing what French and Foch stroye 10 do n 1914. Four years ago, when hluck had made good his ground at the Aisne and the front had stabalized itself from the Disc 10 the SWISS frontier. Sir John French obtained permission to take the British army 10 the north. The army was moved m 10 a front, from Stomer to Beth un. and began a turning movement around Lille designed to drive the Germans out of this great city.
 In the course Of this operation Sir Douglas Haig reached Ypres and there joined up with Sir Henry RawIison's Seventh corps. At the close of the third week of October French attempted to push east out of Ypres down the Menin road and seize the crossings of the Lys river While he was engaged in this opera ton. he encountered the first waves of the Germans coming south from Antwerp. which had fallen Here was the beginning of the first battle of Ypres. In the next few days the allied offensive became an almost despairing defensive, and the British expeditionary army stood and died holding the road to Calais, while the Belgians and the French to the west held the Yser canal line From October 21 to November 15, the great struggle ragged. and was won by our allies by only the narrowest of mar gins. Now that the tide has turned and the British and Belgians are do- ing what French attempted in 1914, and Haig again in 1917. They are driving forward behind the German positions on the Belgian coast. They are pushing a wedge deep into the German front in Belgium, and the evacuation of Lille. on the south and of Ostend on the north has already begun. This means that the Ger mans are going back behind the river Scheldt from Ghent to Valen- ciennes and that after four years or
The courier-index., 1918-10-04
ELICIBLES URGED TO
 ASK FOR DETERRENT
SHOULD NOT LET CHIvAlRY PRE VENT THEM FROM MAKING CLAiM-STATEMENT BY GEN CROWDER.

Washington, October 1-PrOyOa Marshal General Crowder again to day, by a formal statement, asked men registered under the selectiVs service law who are now engaged in answering questionnaires not to let motives of chivalry prevent them from claiming deferred classification if their occupation or the status Of their dependents entities them to dO so. He again pointed out that Such claims may be made by a third per son, and that though local boaras are endeavoring to ascertain the true condition, even where a claim IS nOl made. the necessity for expediuns the work makes it incumbent upon registrants to assist.
 Ut should be borne in mlnd W the individual registrant, said Uea' Crowder, "that the military program of this country, built around the ue sires of all concerned to win vlclOl for our cause as soon as possiu' demands of the selective system ns utmost speed in classifying the i% 0OO,OOO Approximately who fssr tered on September 12. II all tae'' 13,000,O ,O00 registrants were to uecin' to aid the boards by indicating 'H'l own attitude regarding defermenI anu were to rely entirely on the aOlp of the boards to perceive propii'u of making deferments, the WnOl, , process of raising the army ~Ouu be hampered and delayed.
 "This applies equally to 'no'e a. 'a titled to deferment on the grOun.' of dependency and those on lne s,s 1 unds of occupational emplos,n's. s. Either the claim should be nau' ~, 7. the registrant or by a compe'''' third person in his behalf
The courier-index., 1918-10-04
NEED LICENSE TO
 BUY COTTON SEED
MANY PLANTERS IN IGNORANCE ARE VIOLATING THE FEDERAL FOOD ADM DMiNISTRAEON LAWS, SAYS E. J. EODmAN

Little Rock, Oct 1-Attention of Arkansas planters has been called to the fact that they must secure license from the License Division of the National Food Administration at Washington before they can buy cot ton seed
 This matter recently was brought to the attention of k. J. Bodman, secretary of the Union Trust Com pany and chairman of the Arkansas Profitable Farming Bureau of the Little Rock Board of Commerce, when he found that some of his ac- quaintances among planters of this county are buying seed from their tenants and others without having obtained license They did not know that licenses were required. They have thus laid themselves open to a fine.
 Mr Bodman telegraphed to the Lii cense Division of the National Food Administration at Washington, ask ing if these planters would be permit ted to buy seed while their applica- tions for license is pending. He re- ceived the following reply:
 Mailing application for license to- day Is a violation of the law to buy seed pending issuance of the li- cense"
 MT. Bodman advises all planters who contemplate buying any cotton seed, no matter how small the amount. to apply at once to the li- censing bureau at Washington.
The courier-index., 1918-10-04

war Ypres has at last become a quiet sector.
 What is happening in Belgium Is happening in France. The German line, which with minor notifications, has endured through four long years, is becoming a thing of the past. Cambrai and St. Quentin have fallen. Lille will promptly be evacuated. Rheims. like Ypres and Verdun, will before many days be far behind the front
 We may not see any swift and general retreat, We may see pro- Ionged struggle from one trench sys- tenn to another behind switch lines" and subordinate lines, a re- production on an enormous scale of the first battle of the Somme. How ever. it seems assured that the Ger mans between the Mouse and the Disc and particularly about Laon ana in the St. Gobain region must retire with little delay and over con siderable distance.
 So far. we have had three acts in Foch's stupendous drama. On July IS he broke the German offensive and seized the initiative. In August he employed this initiative to open the great operation which threw the Germans back to the Hindenburg line. For the past two weeks we have had a colossal struggle to drive the Germans out of the Hindenburg line. and this act has been for Foch quite as successful as those which preceded it.
 yIy1 fn the Germans retiring from the Hin denburg position. On the character of the German retirement depends the ultimate outcome of the campaign after 1918 If the Germans retreat | as they did from the Marne in July ] and from the old Somme front lh | August, the campaign will end by | the time they reach the next defense system behind the Scheldt and the | Mouse and the liberation of most of | Belgium will have to be postponed
 until next year.
 But if German morale breaks down | if there is a crumbling of the re- | sistance at any vital sector, then we | may see a supreme disaster, and the | rout of the German army and a mili. | tary decision this ye-r. Of this last | event there seems to be only the re- | motest chances. It is certain now that the Germans must go to the | frontier, but it is probable that they | will be able to rally there, and bad ! weather will interrupt the operations | for the year. But even if the libera- l ton of northern France is the maxi mum profit of this campaign it wllI endure in human history. The Ger man offensive has been broken. Ger
 many's conquered provinces and cit
 ies are slipping rapidly from her
 grasp. Allied troops in Belgium, in
 French Flanders, in Artois, in Cham
 pagne, and in Lorraine, are advancing in country which has been German
 for 47 months. And all chance for a ! German return to the offensive is l gone
 The march to Berlin has begun i Cambrai. St Quentin and lille are
 only the starting places, but after | four years no one can fail to see that the grand march has started \ If the road is long the rate of our 1 advance is increasing. One of the \ darkest nights in all human history
 is coming to a close. Victory IS nc N longer even a matter of debate. Froln the North sea to the banks Of the
 Moselle the final advance is going
 forward.
The courier-index., 1918-10-04
USE IDEA OF U. OF A.
 MAN IN MAKING POWDER

Fayetteville. Sept. 23.-Lowell Moss who was graduated from the Univer- sity of Arkansas in 1913, is the in- ventor of a vacuum process for the distillation of diphenylamine- com ponent part of powder which is now being used by companies manufactur- ing powder for the government. Di- phenylamine was formerly manufac- tured only in Germany. The process invented by Moss is said to be an improvement on the German method of distilling by steam.
The courier-index., 1918-10-04

SURGEONS agree that in cases of cuts, burns. bruises and wounds, the first treatment is most important. When an efficient antiseptic is ap- piled promptly, there is no danger of infection and the wound begins to heal at once For use on man or beast Borozone is the ideal antisephc and healing agent Buy it now and be ready for an emergency. Sold by Harrington Bros *30
The courier-index., 1918-10-04

Ii is stated that 5000 miles of tele- phone wire were laid in the St Mfhiel salient and along it's borders by the Americans before their at tack on the salient When the battle opened trucks ladened with wires started north. unreeling the wires through No-Man's-Land, and 5000 telephone instruments were used 10 connect these wires in the battle gone. The telephones were also sup plemented by several thousand car rier pigeons When the American army wants information it gets E.