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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-18
lav the Associated Press.l

10y .ne ~ssoe's'eo i
keeRing step WIKI t"e "oVes"'
in Belgium, altho at slower pace,
the allied forces to the soutn nave
been moving ahead'
II 10 reported that TWO American
continsents are operating or the
front east Of Cambria >and st.
Quentin. One Operating with the
British 10 advancing east OF ce
catsau. The other - ~'tn ths
: French and 70 materially asssst'ng
in the attssnpt to smash IN the r'ght
aank ef the German salient north
east OF Eaon.
IN beth these regions the allies
have found German rss'stsnee very
stubborn and have been forced 70
fight their way ahead ~ the race
Of a withsrin9 hail OF bullets and
shells from the German armies,
which here apparently have turned
at bay.
II 10 probable that east ef Ie
Cateau the Germans ars standing
on the Hunding line, . defensive
zone established to support the
Hindenburo system, which 's now
gone.
Farther south the enemy 10 ev'-
dent!y holding theNai''es at bay
until the forces retreat'ng from
Laon can make their escape.
The retreat from laon, It % ad-
mitted by allied observers, has bsen
conducted with great skill. It mas
been . tremendous task to move
Thousands OF men, hundreds of
heavy guns and mountains o. mum.
tions out OF the .laon sector, nus y
is being done while the hanks OF
the salient stand frm.
Continued rains have retarded
the American advance IN the Ar.
gonne sector but in spite OF the bad
weather General Pershing.: men
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-18
c,..k. clear Macedonia.

day completed the reoccupation OF the
resicns of Greek Macedonia when
have been held by the Bulgarians and
Turks.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-18
Fires Blazing in eruges.

Amsterdam, Oct. 1S.-Huge hres
have been seen in the direction or
Bruges, reports from Flushing say. The
flames are spreading.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-18
.zEE;BRUGGE-
BRUGES TAKEN
FROM ENEMY
Immense Quantities o.
Munitions and Many
Prisoners Captured.
HUN WITHDRAWAL
BEING FASTENED

Allied Armies Push Forward Rapidly
and Are Near Holland eordsr-Ger-
mans Forced to Evaeuate Zesbrusae
When arugss Falls-Turcoins and
Other Cities captured-Fiftesn Ger
man Divisions Put to Rout.
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Nav Retirsment Forced.

Paris, Oct 1s.-The Germans nave
begun a new retirement movement IN
the area between the Oise and Serre
rivers, between Laon and Cambria. ac-
cording to the official statement from
the war Office today.
French troops advancing from
Achery and C.,oigny are in pursuit OF
the German rear guards. Anguilcourt
has ben occupied by the French.
In the Argonne region the French
have crossed the Aisne near Vouziers.
Fighting continues in the area west
OF Grand Pre-.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-18
.HUNO|NG LINE
THREATENED BY
new ADVANCE
Most Glorious Day For
Allies Since Battle of
the Marne.
ROAD TO BRUSSELS
HAS BEEN OPENED

Prospects For Future Said to Be
Brighter Than at Any Time Since
War Rcuan-Douai Falls and Ger
mans are Forced to Undertake New
Retreat Between Disc and Serre,
Rivers-Retreat Partially Blocked.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-18
HUN EVACUATION BEGUN.
Troops Being Withdrawn From Serbia,
Albania and Montenegro.

London, Oct. 1S.-The evacuation of
Serbia, Albania and Montenegro by
forces OF the central powers has been
begun, according to a dispatch from
Vienna. forwarded by the Amsterdam
correspondent Of the Central News
Agency.
The allies troops in Serbia continue
successfully their advance nortn OF
Nish. A statement from the SERBIAN
var Office announces that the Serps
have captured Kruchevats. thirty miles
northwest d Nish.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-18
Tey the Assoeiated Press.]

[By the Associated Press.]
Germany apparently has lost the
whole & the Belgian coast which
for four years has been the base OF
submarines and aerial attacks
against England and English ship
ping. ostsnd and Zsebruggs have
been taken, Lille has been occupied
and Oouai has fallen.
osipian troops are said % beHins
Orupes, which 10 only shout eight
miies from the Dutch frontier.
osvmAn forces, dsfsated and VIE
J tually tsmsraiixsd, are said TO bs
/ In Suli .sstrsat towaed sAntsserp.. \
Over ! wide front the 0ritish,
EreNeh And 0slOiAN arwies have
Oyyopf fersard with utbfolentless
speed, crushing rear guard dstsehss
ments left behind by the enemy to
rctard pursuit
Immense quantities Of materials
have bssn captured by the alliss
and the number Of prisoners taken
is steadily mounting.
The 0erman withdrawal from
western Belgium and the coastal
region today saows no sign Of halt
ing. From Lille southwark. tho
German retirement is not 80 rapid,
but the British maintain strong
pressure al along the line.
Farther 56uth the enemy 10 re-
firing from the angle between the
Disc and the Ssrrs.
Zssbruqos, the second and last Of
the submarine bases on the coast,
is reported occupied by the British
forcss, probably naval units, and
the enemy 10 reported to have
evacuated 9ruoss, which Belgian
cavalry 10 approaching.
In the center the French and the
eslqians continue to advance to-
ward chsnt by way Of ThieIt.
In the Lille region the British are
working eastward toward Turcoing
and Rouhaix and the fall Of these
cities would appear to Be . mat
ter Of hours. Latest dispatches
from London report that Turcoing
has bssn evacuated.
East Of oouai,s Field Marshal
Haio is marching toward vaIsn-
ciennss. In the operation south Of
vaiencisnnes Thursday the British
took 1000 prisoners.
Londo:,. via Montreal. Oct. a.
erugss, ssvsn miles south Of Zee
bruggs, has been evacuatd BY the
Gsrmans.
5zssbruass, II. port ef srus..,
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,Res;s.anes Near Douai siaekens.
rBy ;tKes Associated Preas.J

With the British, Forces In France,
Oct 17.-Considerable opposition has
been met by the British southwest or
Douai, but the fighting died down
some hours ago. In the Lille area
British troops have reached Romancq.
Anew crossing Of the Lys has been
erected south Of Wulverghem. There
was little opposition north and south
OF Lille and the British moved ahead
today.
The Fourth British army launched a
powerful attack southwark OF LIE
Cafeau this morning. >Americans are
participating in the fighting.
First reports indicated good prog
ress against the desperately hghtins
Germans The Selle river has been
crossed at st. Benin and the station
has ben captured. :.
At last reports the allies were well
east of the river and still advancing.
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LLTOwN, IOWA, FRIDAY. OCTOBER IS. 1918


broken into the German positions and
now thrcnten tho sHunding line,
The whole German defense system
eastward 70 the Meuse Is in peril. AS
the first result OF the forcing Of the
Germans back TO the Ghand-Tourn7i-
Valenciennes line during yesterdays
lighting has been to sap the enemy's
defensos before they have been able
to reach them from the south.
Great Future Prospects.
II may be said the prospects of the
future are even more important than
the actual results obtained. The road
to Brussels is open.
According to latest advices the
French armies are advancing rapidly
toward Ghent. The capture Of Ostend
makes It possible to land reinforce
ments and -throw powerful forces
against the extreme right Of the Ger
man army.
General Won Arnsm's army Is no
longer strong enough to sustain opera
tions on the extended front from the
French to the Dutch frontier. 1t Is
therefore reasonable to expect that its
march across Belgium will be rapid
and that King Albert will re-enter his
capital earlier than was hoped.
Another Offensive Started.
At the moment the Flanders battle
was won another offensive was started
in the direction of Hirson and Virvens
by Anglo-American and French forces.
The object is to take armies Of the
crown prince under shelter of the
Hun6ing line on the flank and con-
denim them to an early retreat toward
the Afdennes, across the front of-the
powerful allied right wings.
The way to Germany lies thru two
bottle necks separated by the Ardennes
the one between Liege and Dinant
and the other between Montmedy and
Verdun. The latter is already partly
blocked.
While the Germans are fighting well
and conducting their retreat with
great skill ,eober military opinion here
is that the great German military ma
chine is In danger Of collapse.
This officer. an aviator, heard at
II o'clock that the city had been freed.
He leaped into his machine few quick
ly to Lille and landed In the Place
D'Theatre. Alighting. he rushed home
to his father.
"He was the first French uniform
the liberated citizens had seen. and the
sight Of 1t increased their delirium OF
10y. There remain 100000 inhabitants
in Lille.
"The Germans had carried Of all the
male population more than IA years OF
age. The city is not greatly damaged
and the public buildilEs are intact.
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BEL LGlAN COAST Is
CLEARED OF GERMANS
heav,'.. in prisoners, killed a

lu~ y. reating Gcrirans continued
acts Of barbarity. At Iscghem German
soldiers threw bomos into dugout
where civilian refugees had sought
shal.ar
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-18

Esndon, Oct. 1S.-Tureeinu, q
city ~ miles northeast Of Lille,
has bsen sntsrsd BY the eritish
troops, according e the Evening
N0Ns.j
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the change is n long step toward the
final peace so insistently demanded by
the populace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-19
'C0NTRACTSFOR6l NEW VESSELS LEI BY SHIPPING 392, 500 Tons of Entire T0n- mage of 439,SO0 Will Be
 Steel Vessels MOBILE TO BUILD TWELVE FREIGHTERS Mobile Shipbuilding Company Will Turn Out 6O,0OO Additional
 Tons of Shipping for
 Uncle Sam

Washington, July s,-Contracts for 6l ships of. s,soo deadweight tons were an nounced today by the shipping board. Of this tonnage s92,soO will be steel. To the Skinner & Eddy corporation of seattl, went a contract for 35 steel cargo steam ships of q deadweight tonnage of sa2. 800.
 The Mobile Shipbuilding company ot Alabama received contract to build F steel freighters of 6o.Ooo tons.
 Contracts for + wooden ships were dl- vided between K. M Murdock of Jack sonville. Fla. who will construct six ot 2i, 600 tons; the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron company of Quantico, va., which will build seven of 24.5Oo tons, and the Continental Shipbuilding corporation of Yonkers, N. Y, which viii build on1 vessel of 150o tons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-19
CONFIDENT UNHURT

New York. July IS. --Colonel. Roosevelt said. on his arrival here tonight from Saratoga, that he had just received from his son-in-law, Surgeon Maj. Richard Derby, who is now in Paris. cabIegran which read:
 Companion aviator confident Quentin landed unhurt
 II have just received cable from my son-in- Jaw, who went over with the marines and has been invalided to Paris for few days" said the colonel.
 After giving the text of the cable- gram the colonel continued
 "Of course. we can't De sure yet that Quentin's companion was correct How ever. if he was. it means that Quentin landed behind the German lines and is now prisoner"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-19
New York Celebrates
 Americans Victory

New York. July IS. New York city received the news of American victories Tn France with cheering, sounding of bells and blowing of whistles. An official touch was lent to the general jubilation when the bells on city hall and Brook iyn borough hall were rung for Is min. iltes,
 Great crcwcs collected before inc bullc- tin boards tonight. Many of the readers carlled small American flags, and IS lire bx line was added 10 the story of the A.attie os oserseas. these s.ags were wsvel madiy Recruiting offices were etow.se ] during the late afternoon and evening. 7 There was q demonstration cs asr spiMt at theafre and restaurants while hastii, ctsanszeH jslbliees were celebrated al some Of the leading clubs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-19
TEN MEN LOST AS SUB SENDS SUPPLY SHIP ID BOTTOM American Steamer WestOver Torpedoed While Bound
 for Europe
S2 OFFICERS AND MEN
 OF CREW RESCUED
Navy Department Gives No Details in Announcement of Sinking Not Known Whether or Not Sub
 marine Was Sighted

Washington, July 8. The American steamer Westover. an army supply ship, manned by navy men, was tor pedoed and sunk in the war zone July II. while bound to Europe. the navy department was advised tonight by Vice Admiral sims Ten officers and men of the crew or 92 are missing They are:
 Assistant Paymaster Robert Herbert Halstead,. Lansing, Mich.
 Ensign Ralph Dillingham; Caldwell Woodsford, Me.
 Chief Machinist Mate Frank Willard Holloway, Washington. D. c.
 Seaman James Brown Estis. Hart we'll. Ga.
 Seaman Austin Clyde Wilson. Mun- cie. Ind
 Fireman Bryan Deal, London. Ind.
 Fireman Harvey Harrison. Noblcs- ville, Ind
 Fireman Edward Lewis ariffin, Sal timore, Md
 Mess Attendant John Cole, Brent wood. Md,
 Water Tender Wilfred Joseph serey. Ashland Ky.
 No details were given In the navy departments brief announcement, and tho circumstances under which se offi- cers and men of the crew were res cusd are not known Nor %as there any annouLeement as to whether the submarine was sighted and Cred upon by the armed guards on. the steamer,
 Tho Westover was of 42IC net ton- nage and was last reported at an Al : lantic port May 27 She came from the Pacific coast having sailed from g'si- 410 feet long and 5a feet broad
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Summary of the News

1--AAericana capture 400 prisoners. Japan and United states agreed On
 Ruasian intervention.
 GovetnMent soon to take control ~ of entire medical pkefesslon. Enersy unable to halt Pregress cf allies. S-Re1 Cress neyvs. 4--EdltorfnI and features. S-Canaldates give voters ehance to
 expresa epfaion on nnsendmeht' AlabaNa editors here for two-dav
 Heasi0n. 6-Seelcty nessh. s-Spoftr. S- Rate xaise esse of B. R. l.. q F.
 hfat@ j&st<raax. X. Ane11ea Hnmettons loan to Cnlne E NHlfeA 9tetes hankers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-19

Ino GermAns hetd thls morning
 The allien have reached, roughlys the line of Belieaa, Courchainps. Ctouy. yfllers-Helon, ChaudOn and the heixhts dominAtlng Soisaons.
 French cavalry has erossed be- yond the solsnons+C CAateaa Thierry roaa to openinKs rAsde by the Frahco-Ameri koreeSs
 The &reatest proRress made up = latest reports was nbout 10 kIlo- Tt tre.. or | little over .sx miles. After passins the shird objec- t1res< net for the operations of the YporninE, the Amerlcnns, m co-op- erntion with the French south of eeisaons, launcAe4 second powerv fnl attack nt noon.
 Showfnx the effect of spRendid traintnE. the ARerican troops went forward awiftly aud fouxht wIth fury. Nethtnx seemed to atop then. especially tn the. rexlsn of < seiasena and to the ssptA of sAat city. Lfxht and h<avy pleees were msyea IT as tk4 trssp~ advanced. sni sepn sfts< ee( Aarraxe snsi>a. shsla. 8rem tks \ as<xs<an nm. Qtrs ae1nsine tGs s.sss ssas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-19
NO ANNOUNCEMENT

Washington, July le.--Tokio and Lon don dispatches announcing that Japan practically has accepted the proposals of the United States as to the. method of extending military aid to Russia in Siberia have not altered the determine ton of the government to permit no an- nouncement whatever on the subject.
 Further than an official admission that negotiations have been gning on for sometime with Great Britain. Japan and France looking to the adoption of n common policy, absolutely nothing was made available for publication.
 - Consequently, any more extended state ments purporting to represent the atti- tude of the United States government are wholly unauthorized. and in fact con- Itrary to what officials consider the best interests of the situation at this time
 Information of the progress of the ne- gotiations. in accord in the main with the annoupcements printed today in Lon don and Tokio. has been available un- officially here within the last two or three days. but all attempts to secure same official sanction for it's publica- tion have been met with. the statement that the situation had best not be dis |cussed at all. 5
 Dispatches today telling of how the pro- posals of the United states to Japan. differing from those of Great Britain and France. had been published in the Tokio newspapers, and how the Japanese elder statesmen had been in conference on the subject did not change the policy of making no annopncemegt in Wash ington
 In these circumstances it Is not per missible under the voluntary censorsi' , by which the government has asked the American newspapers to withhold from the publis certain informatiop sSnt1i t n 4j,<.an <f ss: sss <i lsflolInssc5 ,fo disclose what it known ef the soxersilns'p plAAs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-19
Rivers and Harbors Bill H Signed by the President

Washington, July Is. President Wilsy,t today signed the annual rivers and har bors appropriation bill, carrying s2S. .Oee. coo It continues existing, projects anu provides for few emergency improves ihents.
 The Presieent signed the measure after considering veto because ot an ameni- rent inserted by the senate increasiag ssGo,9oo to $soe.0O0, the appropriation sos Improvement and maintenance ot Mohtss harhor and bar He called Represellt..- siNn snsals ef North Carolina chairtna1 of the rver' and harbors committee 70 stte White ttouse and told him he VAS e pasess se tlse Increase, partica,ar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-19
Proposed Child Labor
 Law Before President

Washington. July Provisions of the proposed new child labor law were laid before President Wilson today by a group of labor leaders, headed by Samuel Com pers, president of the American Fed eration of Labor, who called at the White House. A bill designed as substitute for the child labor law recently declared unconstitutional by the supreme court soon is to be introduced in Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-19
QUENTIN ROOSEVELT
 THOUGHT PRISONER
 IN GERMAN HANDS

New York, July 1S.-Lieut. Quen- tin Roosevelt. reported missinx after an aerial engagement over the German lines, probably landed unhurt and is now prisoner In the hands of the Germans. according to cabIe message received here to- night by his father, Col Theodore ROOaeyeIt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-19
Austria s Trouble With
 Slavs Is Increasing

Washington. July 1s.The decision of the Poles of Austrian silesia to join the
 Czschs in common opposition to the gov-
 ernrnents of the central powers has pro-
 voked great enthusiasm in Bohemia and
 Mcravia. said an official dispatch to- day from Zurich. Reports received here
 frcn. Vienna said the Austrian govern ment is having Increasing difficulty in sui pressins the activities of the Czechs
 &9ts the says in their manifest ations cf
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4 KILLED AND 47
 HURT IN WRECK
St. Louis and San Francisco Passenger Leaves Rails
 Near Fickenger, Ark.

ingfleld, Mo, July ls.-Four persons were reported killed and 47 injured, the majority of them slightly. when St Louis and San Francisco passenger train No, 105 left the rails early today near Tick |enger, Ark, 10 miles south of the Mis- souri line.
 Details of the accident were received today
 William Schwed of Kansas City. l.. F. Lohnes. engineer; w. A. Rawdon, fire man, both of Thayer. Mo, and an ufl- identified man were those reported killed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-19

Most of the Germans had taken shelter in their dugouts from the del- uge and the entente allied troops were among them with grenades and bayo- nets before they had time to turn around.
 Many prisoners are coming in.
 The allied troops are displaying the utmost fervor in the attack, their de- sire being to strike strong blow in return for the recent German assault
 It is the first occasion this year that the allies have counter attacked on such big front Their operation di- rectly affects the position of the Ger man western flank and probably will cause the German crown prince to hur- " some of his reserves to the scene of the fighting from the Marne and tho Champa gne where yesterday and today everything was quiet.
 The Germans have already an-
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reached the plateau dominating Sois- sons on the southwest and the region of Chaudun.
 Between villers-Helon and Noroy- Sur -ourca. violent engagements have been in progress. South of the Ourcq our troops have gone beyond the gem .eral line of Marizy. St Genevieve, hau- tevesnes andsBelleau.
 More than 20 villages have been retaken by the admirable dash of the Franco American troops, as well as several thousand prisoners and inn Lportant war material"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-19

TIC StdlemeHI 7sHys-
 After having broken the German of fensive on the Champagne and Rheims mountain fronts on the 18th, 9th and 17th. the French troops, in conjunc- ton with American forces, attacked the German positions on the 18th be- tween the Aisne and the Marne on a front of 45 Kilometres Approximately 2s miles). The front comprises Ann bieny, Longpont, Trocsnes and Bou- resches.
 I've have made an important ad vance into the enemy lines and have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-19
100000 Laborers on
 Strike at Argentina

BuenOs Aires, July 1s,Two nun dred thousand lahorers are on strike throughout the republic. according to the estimate of the newspapers here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-19

The United States Is described as being of the feeling that the Czecho- Slovaks should not be abandoned while they arc striving to reach their aim. It is said there is no desire on the part of the American government to intervene in Russian affairs. but that it favors the dispatch of sufficient forces to leave the Czecho- -Slovaks free to insure the safe arrival of their comrades from the in- terior.
 The impression here tonight is that Japan, in spirit of cooperation with her allies. will follow the suggestion and, like the Americans, send troops. Great Britain and France, it is said, also will send small contingents so as to make the movement interalied.
 WANT EXTENSIVE MOVEMENT
 Many Japanese leaders. however, fa- for more extensive military movements ia Siberia than have been suggested by the United States. Their ideas are based on combating the eastward extension of German influence and the safeguarding of Japan's interests It is suggested as not being unlikely that the Japanese government. responding to this opinion. which is growing, later may open ne- gotiations with the United States and the entente governments concerning the wisdom of intervention in Russia. which, while being chiefly directed by Japan. would be supported by all the allies The indications are that these statesmen who guide the policies of the empire desire to work in close harmony with the alt lies, including. the United States.
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nounced that their armies were en- gagged ill an offensive war movement This operation gives them t,-e other side of such warfare in which the al lies have taken the initiative.
 At noon on Monday when the Ger mans were bringing forward reserve divisions in the neighborhood of the Moronviller range of hills the French gunners got their exact range With telling effect. When the smoke cleared great heaps of dead and wounded men and horses were plainly visible on the slopes of the hills.
 Some of the assaulting divisions were so badly battered that they had to be withdrawn while the fight was still in progress. Although the Ger mans gathered about 50 of their best divisions on the battle front, not all have been engaged and they still pos- sess sufficient strength to make an- other effort here or elsewhere