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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31
Reply Calls Attention to AItera.
tons in the German
Constitution.
WANTS PEACE TERMS
Bill Placing the Military Command
Under Control of the Civil Gov
eminent Has Been Passed
by the Reichstag.

Paris, Oct 28.-An answer to Presf
dent Wilson's last note has been pre-
pared by the German government, in
which, after again referring to the
"far-reaching changes which have
been and are being carried out in the
German constitutional structure, to
which the military powers have been
made subject" it declares that Ger
many now awaits the proposals for an
armistice.
A London dispatch, however, in re-
porting the fact that Premier Lloyd
George and Foreign Secretary Balfour
had gone to France with naval and
military adviers, says it is understood
authoritatively that the Allied govern
ments will not reveal their armistice
terms until Germany has replied to
President Wilson's last note, which, it
probably was expected, would contain
more than the mere fact that Germany
was waiting for the terms Of the
armistice.
Ludendorff Steps Out.
A crash has come in the personnel
of the German high command.
General Ludendorff, reputed 20 be
the brains of the German army-the
man who promised he would crush
Great Britain and France before the
United States could get under way in
a military sense, has resigned his pO-
sition as first Quartermaster general,
and Emperor William has accepted his
resignation.
Military Losing Power.
simultaneously while the German
line continues to crumble under the.
Allied attacks and the German Dor:
der is slowly but gradually being ap-:
preached by Germany's foes, come a
report that the reichstag, by a large
majority, passed bill placing the
military command under control of the
civil government.
Germany's answer to President Will
sons latest communication says:
"The German government has taken
cognizance of the answer of the Pres
ident of the United States.
"The President is aware of the far
reaching changes which have been car
ried out and are being carried out in.
the German constitutional structure,
and that peace negotiations are being
conducted by peoples government in
whose hands rests, both actually and
constitutionally, the power to make the
deciding conclusions.
"The military powers are also SUBJ
ject to it.
THE German government now
awaits proposals for an armistice,
which shall be the first step toward a
just peace" as the President has de-
scribed in his proclamation"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31
new BORN DEMOCRACY
Delegates Declare Freedom of
Eighteen Teuton States.
History Making Convention Is Held in
Independence Hall at Phil
adeIphia.

Philadelphia, Oct. ga new born
democracy has been proclaimed here
for the 100000 people of the misgov-
erned nations of Central Europe.
Assembled in independence Hall,
Americas cradle of liberty, the &C
credited representatives of these
states rang out defiance to autocracy,
aristocracy and Imperialism, and pro-
mulgated a declaration of indepen-
dence in the very chamber in which
the declaration of 1776 was read by
the colonists
To fittiagly proclaim that the
eighteen Slav states of the German
emperor's once subservient Mittel-
Europa have united under a banner
of their own and shaken off the yoke
Of domination, the id-European
Union had a new Liberty bell cast,
as well as new national flag, which
was unfurled alongside the Stars and
Stripes flying on the roof of hide
pendence Hall.
AS the new bell pealed forth it's
chimes of liberty for the Slav ma
lions, Prof. Masaryk, president of the
Mid-EurOpean union, read the declara-
ton from the steps of Americas birth
place of freedom.
Previously, the document had been
signed by the representatives of the
new federation, composed of Czecho-
SIovak, Ukrainians, Lithuanians and
JugO-Slavs.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31
WOMEN SUFFERERS MAY -
need SWAMP ROOT

Thousands upon thousands of women
have kidney and bladder trouble and
never suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
IF the kidneys are not in healthy
condition, they may cause the other or
gans to become diseased.
Pain in the back, headache, loss of am
bition, nervousness, are often times symp-
toms of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment. Or.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, physicians pre-
scription, obtained at any drug store, may
be just the remedy needed to overcome
such conditions.
Get a medium or large size bottle inn
mediately from any drug store.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr..
Kilmer B. Co., Bfnghamton, N. Y, for q
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31
LIEUTENANT LUKE MISSING
Daring American Aviator Lost on
Western Front.

With the American Army Northwest
of Verdun, Oct. 49, - Lieut.. Frank
Luke of Phoenix, Ariz., one of the most
daring of the American aviators, has
been missing since the night of Oct.
20. On that night he started out on
a bombing expedition, and so far has
failed to return.
Lieutenant Luke, although not yet
officially credited as being an ace, is
believed to have at least nine victories
to his credit for which he will receive
official recognition. He has earned
the reputation of being a specialist in
the destruction of enemy balloons, Ia
Of which he has set afire
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31
Foes stiff Terms RecaIIed.

London, Oct 2S.-Speaking at Ok
ford, Sir Edward Carson drew atten-
ton to Germany's minimum demands
when she thought she was victor.
These included the surrender of NAL
ia, Gibraltar and the Suez canal. He
heartily concurred in President Will
sons note, saying: To-day our armis-
tice terms must be the equivalent of
Germany's terms in 1870. 1t was then
agreed and provision made that all
German guns should be placed adj
vantageously around Paris so that the
city could be taken at pleasure"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31
Work or Fight Order Issued.

Duluth, Oct 2S.-Work at an essen
tial industry or for the city at the
work farm is the only choice now Of
the -non-employed, able bodied men of
Duluth who are not in military serv-
ice. This was the notice served on
the mayor and the commissioner of
public safety by J. F. MCGEE, state
fuel administrator. The lack of man
power to handle the serious fuel short
age in the state is the direct cause of
the enforcement of the work or fight
order of June. 1918.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31
curbs Lumber Output.

Washington, Oct 28-Production of
lumber will be restricted to the filling
of essential requirements under regu-
lations issued by the War industries
board. The control Of output will be
exercised by the board through prior
ity of labor, material and equipment.
Essential purposes for which deliver
les of lumber may be made include
government or Allied requirements,
needs of railroads and civilians and
activities in which lumber is essential
to war work.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31
Enormous Supply Of Wheat.

Washington, Oct. %. = A bumper
supply of wheat on hand the first of
October is shown in a statement is
sued by the Department of Agricul-
ture. At that time there were 1885,
997,839 bushels reported on hand, as
compared with 114,331,S42 Sept. L.
The supply, the report shows, is al
most three times as large as a year
ago, the actual percentage being 297.6
of the 1917 stock. These figures re-
fer to stocks actually reported and do
not include stocks on farms
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31

London, Oct 20. - The Americans,
French and British continue to make
slight gains against the Germans on
the western battle front, in the Italian
theater both the British and Italians
have scored successes, while in
Asiatic Turkey the British have taken
Aleppo, Syria, and are driving ahead
on both banks of the Tigris in Mes
opotamia, with the Turks unable to
check them.
AIeppo Fall Important.
The fall of Aleppo and the continued
advance up the Tigris are moves of
such strategic value that it is not
unlikely Turkish opposition shortly
will be entirely overcome both in the
Holy Land and Mesopotamia.
The French armies fighting on the
40-mile front between the Disc and
Aisne rivers are keeping up their Of
fensive and have made additional
gains, taking several villages and COM
Polling the Germans to fall back at va
rious points.
Counter Attacks Checked.
In the region southeast of Valen-
ciennes around LIE Quesnoy the Ger
mans have delivered violent counter
attacks against the British.
Their efforts to throw back Field
Marshal Haig's men from the posi-
tons they hold were unsuccessful and
heavy casualties were inflicted on the
enemy by machine gun and rifle fire.
The Americans have begun the sec
ond month of their operations in the
region of Verdun by keeping up their
attacks against the Germans from the
Meuse to the wooded country north
of Grandpre.
Some further progress has been
made, Notwithstanding continued
strong opposition by German machine
gunners from behind the natural forti-
fications which abound throughout this
district.
American airmen also are continu-
ing their bombing operations behind
the German lines, their latest effort
in this respect having been made
against the territory around Brique-
nay, north of Grandpre, in which lao
airp1anes took part, so of them being
bombing machines.
Since the Americans began their OPP
erations northwest of Verdun more
than As villages have been liberated,
an advance of an average depth Of 10
miles has been made and more than
10000 Germans have been taken pris-
oners.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31
Explains Kitchener's Death.

New York, Oct. %. - The former
czarina of Russia was directly respon-
sible for the death Of Lord Kitchener,
according to Henry w. Mapp, head of
the Salvation Army in Russia, who
has just returned here from that coun-
try. Mapp declared that. a telegram
from the czarina's apartment in the
winter palace at Petrograd to the kafs-
er at Potsdam betrayed Kitchener to
the Germans, who torpedoed his ship
off the Orkneys as he started on mis-
sion to Russia.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31
ZEEBRUGGE LEFT DESOLATE
Buildings Are in Ruins and Harbor
Filled With Sand.

Washington, Oct. 28-Zeebrugge is
the picture Of desolation, according
to dispatches received at the Belgian
legation.
The semaphore, the buildings of the
Compagnie Maritime and the Savay
Chemical works are a heap of ruins.
On the mole itself all the buildings
have been destroyed and the system of
railway tracks and overhead cranes is
out of commission.
A great deal of sand has been
dropped into the harbor, between the
passage back of the mole and the en-
trance to the Bruges canal, where the
wreck of the British cement-laden
vessel, sunk in April still is lying.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31
Miners Refused WAGE increase.

Washington, Oct. 28.-Dr. Garfield,
Fuel administrator, refused to grant
bituminous coal miners an increase in
wages sought in connection with the
plan for sterilization Of wages worked
out for the anthracite miners. He
held that the bituminous situation
did not require an increase In wages.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31
PURELY INTERNAL QUESTION
German Official to Regard AIsace-
Lorraine Problem,

Basel, Switzerland, Oct. %. = The
question of Alsace-Lorraine is purely
German internal question, declared
Karl Hauss, the new governor of AL
sace-Lorraine, in a statement pub
lished in the Strassburg Gazette The
statement is a reply to declarations
made in the reichstag by DR.. Georg
Ricklin, q deputy from Alsace-Lor-
raine, and amounts to governmental
manifestor.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31
Soothe Baby Rashes

That itch and burn with hot baths OF
Cuticura Soap followed by gentle
anointings of Cuticura Ointment.
Nothing better. For free samples ad-
dress, "Cuticura, Dept. x, Boston"
Sold by druggists and by mail. Soap
IS, Ointment 25 and 50.-Adv.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31
VIOLATES RULES OF WARFARE
Germans Caught Using Ambulance to
Carry Ammunition.

NarTy AmmUntTlOns
With the Allied Armies in France,
Oct. 28.-The British army now has
obtained absolute proof that the Ger.
mans are violating the rules of civil
LIED warfare In respect to the use
of the Red Cross, as had for some
time been suspected
The Fifth army captured German
ambulance which, engaged in carry
ing ammunition, bore the Geneva Red
Cross. This vehicle was found to be
loaded with explosives and the cap
ture was considered SO important that
sentries were Immediately posted to
make certain that no one touched it
until photographs of it could be taken.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31
DECISIVE VICTORY ASSURED
French Deputy Says American Aid Is
Appreciated

Frencn DePuty says american Ala is
Appreciated.
Paris. Oct. 28.-MarQuis Pierre de
Chambrun, French deputy and mem
Der of the War commission to the
United States, spoke at the American
Luncheon club of the wonderful
change in the war situation in the
short space of time since his visit to
America.
''The marvellous effort of your great
country and it's splendid results have
astonished the world" he said
"The dawn of decisive victory is
upon us and the expectation of tomor-
row is victorious peace which will
bring about the regeneration of hui
marty and establish 1ong-enduring
friendship among the united democra.
cies."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31
FOE is NOT YET WHIPPED
London Military Critics Consider More
Blows Are Needed.

London, Oct. %. - The German
armies should not be considered as
definitely and finally beaten, military
observers here say. Allied soldiers,
who are fighting their way forward
in the face of great enemy resistance,
know the enemy is not broken and
that much heavy fighting probably will
have to be faced.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31
GERMAN TROOPS ARE DoPED

Officers Tell Them Americans Behead
All Prisoners.
With the American Armies, Oct. %.
German officers are telling their SOL
diers that all German prisoners taken
by the United States troops have their
heads cut off when taken to the rear.
The obvious purpose of this is to
prevent the men from giving them
selves up voluntarily to the Ameri-
cans, as hundreds of them have lately
done.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31
TO REVISE SHIPBUILDING PLAN
Change Will Affect Concrete, Steel
and Wooden Vessels,

w OOWOV COoGT0s
Philadelphia, Oct %. - Revision Of
the entire shipbuilding program of the
United States is in prospect in the i'm
mediate future, according to Charles
Piez, vice president and general man
ager of the Emergency Fleet corpora
ton.
"This revision will affect not only
the wooden ships" Mr.. Piez said, "but
the steel and concrete vessels as we'll"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31
GENERAL LUDENDORFF QUITS

German Military Genius Reported to
Have Resigned.
Copenhagen, Oct. 28.-General Lud-
tndorff, first quartermaster geenraI of
the German army, has resigned, says a
telegram from Berlin. In accepting
has resignation, the emperor has de-
creed that the lower Rhenish infantry.
regiment No. 80, of which General
Ludendorff long had been commander,
shall bear his name.
In the resignation of General Luden-
dorff, Germany loses what often has
been described as her military
BRAIN"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31
Turkish Troops Are Driven From
Aleppo, Syria, by General
AIIenby's Men.
MAKING SLIGHT GAINS
On the Western Front the Americans,
French and British Continue to
Push the Germans From In
vaded Territory.

Washington, Oct. %. The
American Second army, under
Major General Billiard, is holding
the line in the Woevre. This was
disclosed by General Pershing in
his communique received at the
War department. RepuIse of
heavy German attacks on the front
northwest of Verdun by Major Gen.
eraI Liggett's First army also was
reported.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31
Used Rleached Wood PULP.

In 1872 Professor Mitscherlich, a
Swede, first produced paper from
bleached wood pulp on commercial
scale.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31
MILITARY SITUATION GRAVE

But FTuSSIaH WIT WTHI5IeT says It Is
Not Desperate.
Copenhagen, Oct. 28.-"The military
situation is grave, but not desperate;
we are still able to make stubborn
resistance" General Won Schouch,
Prussian war minister, told the reichs-
tag, according to dispatches received
here.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31
AUSTRIA'S HANDS ARE TIED
Emperor Charles Is Unable to Make
Separate Peace.

Separate Peace.
Berne, Oct. 28.-Prof. Lammasch re-
Gently was asked to form an Austrian
cabinet and accepted on condition that
Austria-Hungary Immediately make
separate peace with the Allies. Re-
ports from Vienna say that Emperor
Charles declared such thing was i'm
possible, saying he had given his word
OF honor to the German emperor never
TO make a separate peace.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31

In Great Britain plans are under
way for vast central station power
plants to get more efficient use of coal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31

Thousands of women in Japan earn
their livelihood by working In the fields
or on the docks loading ships.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31
SUPPORTS WOMAN SUFFRAGE
President Asks Oklahoma Voters to
ADOPT System.

Adopt System.
Washington, Oct. %. - Urging the
adoption Of women's suffrage as a nee
and reconstruction, President Wilson
has appealed to the voters of Okla
homa in telegram sent to the chair
men of the Republican and Democratic
state committees.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31
GETS BARON BURIAN'S PLACE

Count Julius Andrassy New Austrian
Foreign Minister.
Basel, Switzerland, Oct 28.-Em-
peror Charles, according to a Budapest
dispatch, has accepted the resignation
Of Baron Burian, the Austro-Hungarian
foreign minister, and also of the Hun
garian cabinet, headed by DR.. Wekerle.
Count Julius Andrassy, Hungarian
statesman, has been appointed to sue
coed Baron Burian.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31
Length or Railways.

The total length Of the worlds rail-
roads is roughly estimated at 100000
miles.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31
True.

True.
'sWhat makes more noise than pig
under a fence"
"a Hun squealing for peace"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31
FLEE FROM GERMAN PRISON

Neutral Country.
Washington, Oct. 28.-The State de-
partment announced that three Ameri-
can aviators captured by the Germans
have escaped from their prison camps
and have succeeded in reaching
neutral country. Their names are
withheld.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31
important 70 Mothers

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Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-31
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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-10-11
LIFE OF GENERAL PERSHING

press this country with the military
greatness OF Germany, presented to
the United States government d
bronze statue of his warlike ancestor
Frederick the Great. This statue was
accepted by the nation and a, place
was found for it at the Army War
College---at the point where the Ana
costa River joins the Potomac.
Within the past few months this
statue has been torn down. relegat-
cd to a basement, and may be turned
into ammunition for use against the
kaiser. It is doubtful if the future
commander of the American forces
against the Emperor of Germany
found this tribute to Teutonic autoc
racy and militariSm any inspiration
in his work.
About the time of his appointment
to the Army War College President
Roosevelt, in the course of a mes
sage to congress spoke highly of Cap
tain Pershing's exploits in the Phil
ippines. That day is memorable
one with Pershing. In the evening
he received an invitation to dinner
from Miss Willard, daughter of Sem
ator Willard of Nebraska, who was
prominent in Washington society. He
dinner was to change the whole
course of his life.
He found that he was expected to
take in a Miss Frances H. Warren.
He knew Senator Warren of Wyo-
ming, who was on the committee on
military affairs and surmised that
this was his daughter. He found In
Miss Warren a charming girl, and
expressed a wish to see her again.
Later in the week there was
dance at Fort Myer. across the river
from Washington. Captain Pershfng
was there of course and so was Miss
Warren. After that there were many
meetings. The young woman was
quite a belle in Washington, and
Pershing, captured by Cupid, found
he was not alone in his suit for her
hand.
ITO Be Continued)
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-10-11
EMERGENCY AUTOS
Fourteen Machines at Disposal of the
State Department of Health.

Hartford, Oct. 1.-THE transporter
ton department of the Connecticut
State Council of Defense, in coop
Grafton with the Motor Messenger
Corps, has arranged volunteer auto
mobile transportation for doctors and
visiting nurses Of the state depart
ment Of health during the epidemic Of
Spanish influenza. Fourteen auto
mobiles with drivers, have been Sc
cured for service between Hartford
and towns in that section Of the state
The Bridgeport and New Britain
boards of health have been furnished
with one car daily for a similar pur-
pose.
The doctors sent from Hartford and
Bridgeport act as inspectors They in
vestisate local epidemic conditions
and report advisory emergency meas
ures to DR.. John T. Black, State
Health Commissioner.
Reports from the transportation de-
partment of the State Council are that
automobile owners were anxious to
aid the State Department of Health in
the emergency and that in all cases
responses to the requests for cars were
Immediate. In securing the cars the
transportation department used the
automobile census made last year.