Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-28
THE WEEK
EDatoRe Of Events Ending asD.
teAbeR -, 1e1A
ON THE FRONT.

TWO great events marked tho week q
lighting. Tho Bulgarians. put to rout
by the French. Serbians and Italians
In their center, and tho British and
Greeks taking their strongest de-
lenses, began a retreat on = 100-mile
'front.'. which brought about . request
from them to the allies for an armis-
tice. with q view to talking over peace
conditions. In tho Champagne region
the French and Americans started a
new offensive. West of Verdun the
French advanced three and half
miles, and the Americans on the
northwest have taken a series Of for
tilted towns, forming the outer de-
fenses of the Hindenburg line, south
west Of Le Catelet, north of st. Quen-
tin. The Americans also gained IN
Argonne. The French and Americans
In this offensive took 10000 prisoners
within three miles of Cambria, taking
5000 prisoners on that front. between
Sanchy-Lestree and GouzeaucourI
The British are in q good position 10
capture Cambria The British. French
and Arab forces have envelopeo d
Palestine, have captured Haifa ana
Acre and have taken $4,000 prisoners
INTERNATIONAL
The Bulgarians have asked the al
lies for q meeting to arrange the
conditions Of an armistice and even
tual peace. It was reported tnae
Lieut.. Gen. Won stein. the TUSH;ni
war minister, had resigned. omcial
dispatches were received by the Rus-
sian embassy in Washington stalng
that a pan-Russian conference OF nve
men has been recognized by al "
provisional governments opposing tue
bolsheviki. Germany opened loan
drive. The bolsheviki were reported
to have placed q guard arouha tne
American consulate at Moscow. Count
Won Hertling, the German Imperial
chancellor, complained before tne
reichstag because OF the TACK OF a.
tention his acquiescence in the tour
noints laid down by President Wilson
as peace essentials had met from the
American executive. Gabrielle gan
nunzio. the italian author-av
made q fight over the Alps tIoan
italy to Paris. British a[pIan 1
bombed the German CITY u ~
fort.
NATIONAL.
A contingent of the foreign legion
of France visited washington. Inc
French government, through Ambas-
saaor Jusserand. presented the Sen
ate two vases in appreciation OF tne
recention given Premier Viviani and
Marshal Joffre when they visited
washington. President Wilson voted
IN New Jersey. The House passed
the IS, 1872, 000, 900 revenue bill; which
now goes to the Senate Archbishop
ireland of the st. Paul diocese OF the
Roman Catholic Church died at st.
paul. MINI. The House passed the
Nolan $3-a-day minimum wage Dill.
It will go before the Senate for &C
ton.
delayed in the Senate. Secretary OF
State Lansing sent a letter of greet
ing to Consul Gen. Poole to meet him
on his arrival at Stockholm, follow
ing his departure from MOSCOW.
President Wilson opened the liberty
loan campaign with a speech IN rev
York. Provost Marshal General Crow
der announced that September 80 had
been set as the date for the national
draft lottery to determine the order
Of cali Of the 100000 men from
eighteen to forty-five.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Several cases of Spanish influenza
were reported and six deaths from the
disease occurred. The District Chap
ter of the Red Cross began to make
soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital and
the camps in Washington and here
abouts to prevent the spread of Span
tsh influenza DR.. E. w. Titus was
named deputy coroner. One hundred
and thirty-five soldiers began to make