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The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-22
BRITISH WITHIN TWO
 MILES OF VALENCIENNES
American anu British Troops Have Crossed the Disc Canal on a Wide Front in the Face Of Desperate Re- sistance and Further Successes Win Menace the Geran Lines.
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 In the war theatre the allied armies have taken no heed Of the efforts m der way tor the re-establi5hment Q Ieace, but are continuing to fore, back the Germans at vital points al along the ines in Belgium and France
 In these endeavors the British ant Americans arc for the moment takin, the principal part The British hay, approached to within two miles O Vsenciennes and the Americans tt .the northwest or ycrdun. have sue .ceeded in occupying two highly im9or .tant positions in their operations aimed lat an advance northward.
 American and British troops hayC crossed the Disc canal on a wide from
 The Nalenciennee- Hirsou railway in the face of desparata resistance anl further successes in this sector vii menace the Germans both 10 the nortt land south
 Tho Mathematician railway formerly one of the Germans main lat- era' arteries oi communication has .bceu cut
 The west bank of the Scheldt cana has been occupied by the British along Ian extent of ten miles to the north O Tournai, which city is being defend ed by masses of Germans armed Witi machine guns
 Belgium is being gradually redeem ed, although now that the German, have drawn in their lines the Brit ish, Belgians and French are en- countering much stitfer opposition than during the early days of the great drive for the occupation by the allies ol the Belgian coast.
 The city oi Ghent, an obiectiyC which the allies have always in minc is seven miles away. Probably it wi be outflauked rom the north before ii lis taken. Allied troops already hay, made considerable progress with this end in view.
 Having cleared the Germans out oi western Belgium the allied forces arc standing on a line from the Duth iron tier to the Oise canal that is virtually straight. A new movement has begun 10 the east of Courtrai, the objec, oi which is to free the northern section Of Belgium from the enemy.
 French troops have reached the Danube river in the region Of Vi4in after offensive operations in the east ern theatre of the war lasting more than a month.
 The economic independence ol Hungary is to be proclaimed at an early date in manifesto which, it is reported, will be issued by Emperor Charles. Hungary will be permitted to maintain her own army and he; own diplomatic corps
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-22
NOTE WILL NOT LEAD
 TO IMMEDIATE ARMlSTICE.

Washington, Oct Senator fifth cock of Nebraska, chairman Of the Senate Foreign relations committee, said tonight that while the German government apparently has accepted all the requirements laid down by President Wilson, he does not believe the reply would lead to an immediate armistice.
 Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the Republican leader and other senators reserved comment until the official text of the reply is received
 The note appears said Senator Hitchcock, to be an acceptance of the Presidents stipulations In my judgment, however. it will not lead to an armistice immediately l think the military authorities will probably make conditions so hard that Ger many will hesitate to accept them, and that this will lead to delay in ne gotiatioas over an armistice,
 "Meanwhle the war will go on.
 "As far as the change in the German constitution is concerned, the Pres ident's demands have apparently been met, although Germany avoids stating that it was done at the presidents re- quest and seeks to give the impression that it was done upon the demand of the German people"
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-22
HARDEN SPEAKS FREELY
 WITHOUT MOLESTATION
DECLARES THE KAISER MUST TAKE UP QUICKLY HIS CROSS
 OF CONCLUDING PEACE.

Amsterdam, Oct. 9l.-We are alone. When q fortress can no longer hold il is no dishOnor If the comman- der surrenders The kaiser must take up his cross of concluding quick ly necessary peace and accepting whatever is hard Let the kaiser de- clare himself ready and let him fit himself with new Germany as her first citizen
 This uttcrance by Maximiian liar ain, addressed to several thousand people in Berlin on Sunday, was loudly applauded.
 Herr Harden, whose plain spoken language in Die Zukunft, Of which hC Is editor has caused a suspension of that journal on several occasions. was permitted, according to the re ports Of his address, to speak freely and without intolerance.
 His remarkable declaration respect ing surrender and the "kaser's cross. followed a review of the situation in which he pointed out that Bulgaria was occupied: Turkeys fate was sealed ans Austria Hungary was out of the fight.
 The meeting ended in q riotous demonstration.
 Tt is one of the most cruel ronies that this war which was begun to maintain an impossible Austria. should be ended by the declaration of that self-same Austria. that 1t can not exist continued Herr Harden We must shoulder the consequences of the step taken October j.'
 There is no shame in accepting the consequences of acts which one has committed
 We must make sacrifices. The emperor must also make sacrifices He must first adapt himself to the new Germany and content himself to represent the nation. He must re move from his successors all possihil- fly that they will be harmful to the nation. He must bear his own part of the cross and conclude rapidly the necessary peace and take upon him self the task of accepting the onerous conditions involved in that
 We must withdraw the German troops 10 the empires frontiers and henc2forth demand that the reichstag assent to to declaration of war"
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-22
HUNS EVERYWHERE ARE
 TIGHT EWING RESISTANCE

British Armies in France, Oct. 2l- (Reuters) lit is the general impress.
 ion that the resistance of the enemy everywhere is stitching Apparently the rapidity Of the British drive in Flanders and northern France has caused the enemy to realize that the |allied forces are arproachns the fatherland al a rate that. if not check ed, might before long find their lons range guns pitching shells across the Rhine Therefore the enemy is pulling himself together with a view to>delay- ing to the utmost the allied advance
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-22
GERMANY REPLIES ID PRESIDENT W|LS0N

pushing out in the general direction of Le Quesnoy fighting every foot of the WIy
 Tho Germans here and there in Bel eium have held out strongly in enorlA- ous concrete forts from which the guns had been removed. These forts were used uy Gtman machine Wnners and in some cases it required shells from heavy guns 10 crack them. More prisoners have been captured the third army taking over 2,0o0 yostcr- day.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-22
REVOLUTION IN SOFIA.

London, Oct 21-A state of revolu- ton has broken out in Sofia and street fights are occurring between Bolshyiki laborers and the troops and police II is reported that more than 5000 per sons have been killed
 This Information is contained in dispatches from Vienna and Russia re- ceiyed by the Copenhagen correspond ent of the Exchange Telegraph com pany
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-22
CONTINUED LIBERATION OF
 CIVILIANS IN FLANOE RS

British Headquarters in France. Oct 2l RcutersD Tho civil popu lation of Flanders continues 10 be lib eratcd by tens of thousands daily now that the Germans have ceased to drive the civilian occupants cut Of the places they cyacuatc Arrangements for min istering to the needs of these long saf- fering people are being admirably worked out by the armies engaged
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-22
SOUSA INJURED.

Chicago, Oct. 2l-Lieutenant John Phillip Sousa, director the Great Lakes band battalion, is undergoin. treatment at Chicago for a slight in- lection of the right ear. which deyel- oped while he was recently on a tour with the band during the fourth Lib erty loan drive it was announced to- night
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-22
KEEL HARBOR UNABLE
 TO HOLD SUBMARINES.

Geneva. Oct 21.-Kiel harbor is un- able to accomodate all the submarines winch have returned from Ostend and Ieebruggc during the past week and some are lying off shore. according 10 adyices received here
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-22
MOB CRABS NEGRO FOR
 UNPATRlOTIC REMARK

Mont eomery, Ala. Oct. 2l A n> giving his name as R. A. Daily was res cued from mob today by police af- ter he was alleged to have made an onpatriotic remark A warrant was sworn gainst him in the tinted States COurf
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-22
KENT THAT VACANT
 ROOM

People looking for rooms turn to the classified ads of the newspapers to see what is offered. An ad in the Sentinel Record may bring a customer.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-22
W E ATHER
 FORE CA ST

Arkansasi-Tuesday and Wednes- cay, cloudy; showers Tuesday night or Wednesday, warmer in north portion, Tuesday.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-22
NUMEROUS PRISONERS AND
 SUPPLIES ARE CAPTURED
Germans Keep Their Cannons Close 10 the Roads So That Wnen it Becomes Necessary They Can Get Them Away in a Hurry-CaVaIry is Moving Ahead of the Infantry Cleaning Out the Enemy.

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-14

Liberty Bonds. Father Panik of the Slovenian Catholic church, Bridge port, was present and spoke in behalf of the cause. His appearance at the meeting last week created much en- thusiasm and those present responded generously. Under protest the quota for the two districts has been reduced from $20,00O to $16,O0O. This sum is still exorbitant as Long Hill and Nichols take in all but a small portion of the town and even our small part has been infringed upon.
 The Evening Whist club are con- sidering the advisability of meeting fortnightly through the winter. Last season the members combined bus mess with pleasure and accomplished a large amount of work Refpash- ments were entirely dispensed with just a little social time enjoyed The members believe in the old adage and | feel the little recreation is an incen- | tive.
 ! The persons who recently purchased | what was formerly known as the FL Ibert Edwards property in Daniels Farms, have much improved the same
 by new roofs and many other needed
 repairs. The property has passed
 through many hands since it was dis posed of by the heirs and has d a9re- ciated very rapidly.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-14
STAMFORD

The town will make the biggest kind of an effort to boom the Liberty Loan on Wednesday evening when the Liberty Special arrives with the trophies from the battle fields of France.
 There will be Street parade form ing at Paradise Green at 4 o'clock. Headed by a police escort and the Locomobile band all of the fraternal societies of the town, companies H, I, l. and M of the State Guard, Boy Scouts and other societies will pass over the following line of march: Paradise Green down Main to Bar mum to King Street, to Church street, to East Broadway. to Harvey Place, to Main street to the railway station. . Mayor" Lally requests that all citizens along the line of march dis play the National colors.. Speeches will be made at the station and Lib erty bonds will be on sale.
 The Stratford Town Report can now be secured. In addition to the regular reports the report of the ac- tivities of the local Red Cross ap- pears. The report of the Police de- partment is also a new feature and shows that the department has done excellent work for the past year.
 The regular monthly meeting of the executive committee of the Red Cross scheduled for Oct. IS, has been post poned until Wednesday, Oct. 23, the date of the annual meeting of the chapter. Further particulars will be given later.
 CORTEZ c. ROCKWELL, plumbing and heating; jobbing a speciality. Cor Main and Hillside avenue, Stratford
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-14
GIRLS TREATED ROYALTY

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 ish also learned that he was nigh ty good soldier when he was one Of the Boer generals during the South African war. Gen. Shuts, is forty eight years old, and comes from a fighting family, for his father helped to defeat the British at Majuba Hill. After four years in a South African college, he went to Cambridge Uni versity in England, where he studied law. He practiced first at Cape Town and later in Johannesburg, and speedily became a leading legal light among the Boers. President Kruger made him Secretary of State, and in that capacity he conducted the dip1o- matic negotiations with Great Britain in the year preceding the war. When hostilities commenced Smuts enlisted as a private in the Boer army, and rapidly gained promotion. Later he was one of the Boer peace commis-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-14

Washington, Oct 14.---The American public yesterday was again warned to suspend Judgment on the German note until the official reply is received by the State Department and President Wilson has reached a decision on it.
 The warning comes direct from the State Department and it's importance cannot be over-emphasized. , A translation of the text of the note was received yesterday afternoon by Frederick Oederlin, Swiss charge d'af- faires, from Berne. This coincides with the text given from Nauen, but in the absence of the receipt of the l official document, MT. Oederlin would not comment on it, except to say it would not be delivered to Secretary of | State Lansing, who, as a matter of course, will receive only the official note.
 { The official reply, which would come { through the Swiss charge d'affaires, ] has not yet arrived in the Capital. As result. both officials and diplomats point out the need of extreme eau tion. With only the text of the note, as transmitted by the German wire
 
 they are deeply suspicious of the note. and also what they believe may be yelled attempts on the part of Ger many to prolong the discussion of i peace.
 They see the hand of the German propagan1ist in the present note, which was spread all over the world and reached the peoples of all the al- lied nations before the official text was even received in the United 1 States.
 This action, it was said, is contrary to every rule of diplimatic etiquette and therefore should be considered as an attempt to exploit some ulterior motive on the part of Germany.
 Every one in the Capital admits that the German reply, at first glance is an extremely clever bit of writing and one calculated to make people believe peace is near. This, without doubt, it was pointed out, is the beliet Germany would be anxious to foist upon the people of the United States and the Entente nations, and for this reason, and with redoubled force should the admonition to wait for the Presidents action be needed by every American.
 Much conjecture also was raised al the Capital yesterday because of Ger many's omission of any mention o1 Turkey in the unofficial reply. Con-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-14
TRUMBULL..

; A large number of the women of White Plains district listened on Thursday afternoon to a very inter esting talk by Mrs. E. N. Sperry at the home of Mrs. Thomas Cone. Mrs. Sperry spoke of the various branches of war work with an enthusiasm that could not fan to inspire her audience i Her principal plea was that the gov ernrnent needs more than ever the united efforts of every man, woman and child of this country and urged that the talk of peace should not allow us to become fax.
 Mrs. Samuel Ward is confined to her home with a severe cold.
 Edward Tieman and Charles Ken neson enjoyed a hunting trip Friday and Saturday.
 Miss Ruth Linley has accepted work with the Van Dyke Tea Co.
 PetGT Nelson has sold his place. rFY3its Crest Farm" to ewish people from New York who will carry on the farm business. MT. Nelson does not Intend to engage again in his occupa- ton for the present. Both he and his partner, MT. Johnson, were much re- spected during their residence here by those in the community in which they resided.
 The Red Cross Auxiliary held cleo ton oS o-=-ers at the church Friday afternoon.
 Mrs. Charles N. Bvitts spent Thurs day night with her parents, MT. and Mrs. T. C.. Myatt, of Bridgeport. Egbert s. Brinsmade is doing car. penteF work for Charles Miller o Bridgeport,
 On Sunday afternoon Thomas Cone who is conducting the Fouth Libert! Loan for Daniels Farms and White Plains district. held another meeting at Daniels Farms school house. 10 seph Kriz of that district assisted il the work of inviting his friends ant aeighbors to be present and purchas
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-14
Miss Mary Seller Tells of Thrills When Colonel of Indiana Regiment AZ
 loUed Her to See Ar
 tiHery in Action

THE first American girl ever per.
 mitted to be present at war
 conference in France, Miss Mary Seller, of 536 West One Hun dred and Eleventh street, New York City, tells of "an exciting day along the Front"
 Over here, Miss Seller is known as one of the most talented young American harpists. Over there she is playing before great audiences of American boys, with Y. M. c. A. badge on her arm, and a gas mask at hand, ready for instant use. She had gone so near the firing line in her tour of the American camps that she has looked on while battery of Indiana boys fired upon the Boche.
 Afraid? Not she! Miss Seller calls the booming of the guns "the most glorious noise I ever heard" Even the music of her beloved harp doesn't come up to it, in her opinion, though the boys who have been listening to her play wouldn't agree with that. Here Is what she says:
 HAS AN EXCITING DAY
 '1'm sitting on a sunny hillside somewhere in France trying to write letters under the most dis tracting conditions. On one side of me a military funeral for some American soldiers is in progress. They've just finished playing the Chopin Funeral March, and the procession is winding down the hill. On the next hillside some big guns are booming at the Boche, and l can see the black smoke rising from the forest where the guns are concealed. The anti-aircraft guns are cracking every once in awhile Altogether it is an exciting day along the front.
 we asked the Paris office to be sent as near the front line trenches as women are allowed to go. We got it! My experiences of the last four weeks are priceless. l never dreamed of playing for such audi ences. The response you get sim ply sweeps yGu OiL gO1A 1OCI' 1hN all the time I feel that I'm gaining more than Inl giving.
 There are men over here who have not seeE an American girl for over a year. All they ask is just to stand around and look at you. How they love to tell you about letters from home, and to show you their photograph albums! About a thousand have told me that look exactly like their wives or sisters or sweethearts. The good humor and wit of the soldiers is marvel ous, even in moments of great peril.
 TONIC TO THE FRENCH . "I thought that when got this near the front I would find a very tense and dramatic atmosphere. Not at all. T%ere is an air of easy
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-14
Birthday Bio-Briefs
 FAMOUS MEN.
To Parents and Teachers-Get Your Children to Read This
 Instructive Daily Feature.
GEN. SHUTS.

"The Fighting Lawyer" the South Afrikanders call Gen. Jan Christian Shuts, the Boer leader, who has driven the Germans from their Afri- can strongholds, and who has other- wise given valiant service to the Brit ish Empire. The phrase is accurate
 for Shuts is a lawyer and statesman by profession, and a very able one
 and soldering is only sideline with
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-14
Girl Harpist Yho Plays for Soldiers
 Says Biz Guns Make Glorious Noise"
She and Miss Grace Kerns First American Girls EUer Permitted to Attend q
 War Conference at
 Front in Francs ..

ming with General Edwards and hi0 staff in a magnificent old chateau which had been turned into divi- sional headquarters. Here we dined with the staff, and were permitted to attend a war conference. We are the first American girls who have ever been allowed to listen to a war conferencei
 we have motored through hun. dreds of shelled villages, where there is literally not one stone standing upon another. Even this destruction cannot spoil the beauty of the French landscape. Anything lovelier than motoring through France at this time of year when the poppy fields are all afame would be hard to imagine. Out in the fields you see women who appear to be at least ninety years old doing all the agricultural work. The young women of France you hardly see at all. They are working in shops and munitions plants.
 SEES ARTILLERY IN ACTION
 While in this section I have met Colonel Robert H. Tyndall, of In. dianapolis. His regiment is the 150th Field Artillery. One evening 1 got a real thrill when he allowed . me to see his artillery in action He says 1 am the first American girl to see an Indiana battery firing upon the Boche. The guns were French howitzers '155s. They made the most glorious noise I've ever heard.
 Miss Kerns and I lunched with the Colonel and his staff at their mess, and I met a number of In. dianapolis officers. A fine lot they are, wonderfully proud of their reg. iment and of their Colonel.
 ''The army officers speak of the work the " is doing with the warmest praise. Out in the front the secretaries are doing heroic service. They face the same dan ger from shells and gas as the soldier, and they stick to their post till the very last moment. Any one who thinks that a " worker has a soft snap is wrong. Their work is just as strenuous and in many places as perilous as the sol dier's.
 TOO FEW ENTERTAINERS
 "The canteen workers are doing a valuable work, and the enter tainers are all too few. Our book ings have followed right behind Elsie Janis. Maximiian Foster and Clarence Burlington Kelland, the writers, were among the Y. M c. A. men who came over on our boat.
 The life over here simply can not be described! It has to be lived. It is not at all what ex pected. It is bigger in every way The opportunities for service are infinite and the human dividends are simply enormous"