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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
Summary of the News
SECTION VA.

 l-Allies push forward on Scheldt: French advance between Disc and Serre.
 All on board lost when steamer goes on rocks
 Early cracking of enemy resistance is predicted. 2-speeeh by Hef'n will be mailed to voters of nation. S-President's latest note to Germany leaves no escape. 4-Ediitorial ton paper city has best street car schedule in south Warrior river party continues on e-Hun can find no place to stop. S-Hog price for November fixed at ST. .5O. 107Birminsham loses it's telephone case. 11-Casualty list.
 SECTION. +B. Motor trucks in postal service entire success. 2-German dugouts equipped with all comforts of home. 3-Building boom in Alabama sure to follow peace. f-Alabama stock sold in car lots at Union stock yards. 5-Our army of scientists. lo-C-arles L. Apperson, Alabama boy. tells of seafights with German
 SECTION c. IA chronicle of society. 2-speed most necessary in attack now. Conservation now watchword of Hun. f- Record drive is begun s-Doily DaIrympie. 7- Ra ms interfere with nut hikes of Boy Scouts. S-Siberian trip of ezecho- Slovaks is liks romance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
Great Battle Deueloping BetlUeen Disc and Peron

With the French Army in France, Oc- toSer 26 2:30 ?. ni. tBy the Associated Press)-The operations begun Thursday between the Disc and the Peron rivers by General Deheny's army and on Bri- day by the Fifth army nc fthwest of sis- some, have gained considerable in vio- lence and are gradually. taking on the proportions of great battle.
 General Guillaumats forces, attacking from the right pocket north of Sissonne, of which the Mortiers- Marie line is the axis. has continued it's advance, over coming series of obstacles quite as strong as any heretofore encountered. In the center the village of Mortiers was captured and General Debeny's forces, attacking from the left, reached a point miles east of Lucy.
 The first army this morning took SOU prisoners. and fighting continued intense ly on the line of Hill 120. Hill 100, Cery farm, the village of Pleine- -Selve, in which violent infantry engagement took place, and Fremont wood to the east slope of Hill 115, which is only about two miles west of the River Peron, on a line east of Ribemont
 Mortiers. occupied by General Mangin, was one of the strong supporting points
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
Buffalo Cars Running
 After 23-Day Strike

Buffalo. N. r., october 2G.-Buffalo' g street cars began to move through the streets this afternoon after lying idle in the barns for 23 days while the employees held out for the wage scale of the war labor board and the International Rail- way company demanded the privilge to charge a 6-cent fare.
 The settlement was a compromises The men will get the war labor board scale ot 43 to dS cents an hour and the increase Will be retroactive to June, when the board decision was announced
 The company will charge a scent fare for 90 days and G-cent thereafter. Pend ! ing determination by the public serv- ice commission of what is just and reasonable fare the company will issue rebate slips of one cent for each 6-cent fare, redeemable if the commission de- cides 5-eent fare is reasonable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
|OVER 300 LOST
 WHEN STEAMER
 GOES ON REEF Princess Sophia Goes on Rock and Hurricane Com pletes Destruction WORST DISASTER ON
 THE PACIFIC COAST Every Person on Canadian Pacific Liner Loses life When Vessel Is
 Wrecked and Sunk off the Coast of Alaska
By the Associated Press

Vancouver, B. C., October 26.-The 268 passengers and crew of 75 men were lost when the steamship Princess Sophia foundered last night, the Cana dian Pacific railway announced today. Not & soul survived, according to a Juneau wireless message, which said the ship apparently was picked up by the gale, hurled across Wander bilt reef and sent to the bottom in the deep waters on the other side.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
HUN EFFORTS FRUITLEsS

With the American Army Northwest of Verdun, October 26, S:30 p. m..-(By the Associated Press. )-The German ef- forts to break up lately improved posi- tions of the Americans were lessened somewhat today From the extreme left to right artillery was employed, but without materially altering the sit uatlon. High explosive, shrapnel and gas shells were thrown over the front mes and far into the back areas, but no attempt was made to counter attack on a large scale, and the few minor move ments of the enemy were brought to sWl1t end by concentrated artillery and machine gun fire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
ROLLING STOCK TAXI

With the Allied Armies on tA hlau Front Monday Octobee 9 Sa. |loniki) )-tBy the Associs a pfeas
 With the capture of Nish esficien@ trolling stock was taken to es.4 si. shortly communications from the Serbian front to the. sea. The enemy, in addition to showing his intention of evacuating Serbia as quickly as possi- ble, apparently desires to give evidence of a more conciliatory spirit. At the important gold mine near Zaytcher. which was abandoned last week. the .lpachinery has sbeen found intact. It was in charge of an Austrian superin- tendent, who ws& left behind with in structions to turn 1t over to the Serb ians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
ITALIAN CONQUEST | AGAINST AUSTR|ANS l BEING CONTINUED Over 2000 Officers and Men Made Prisoner During the
 Past A Hours F 27,000 TONS BOMBS | DROPPED ON ENEMY. Austrian Forces Beaten at All Points of Front in Every Effort to Coun-
 ter Bulgarian Border
 Reached by Cavalry
By the Associated Press

Washington, October 26. Violent fighting continued yesterday on the Italian front, where the Italians with British cooperating, launched a new. offensive against the Austrians Thursday. A Rome dispatch to the Italian embassy says the Fourth army has frustrated all attempts of the enemy to re- conquer territory lost Thurs day, and has enlarged it's gains. Of the fighting on the Italian front the dispatch addsi "During the last 24 hours is officers and 2I02 men have been captured. The shock troops of the Pesaro brigade are especially responsible for the Italian success in the Grappa re- zion.
 "Mount Pcrtica has been con- quered by the troops of the IsOth and 230th regiments. The conquest of the difficult position has been possible only as result of the valor of these troops who have beaten the desperatc resistance of the enemy.
 sAosta brigade has conauercdt Mt. Vaidcroa by storminE action. The enemy has been beaten nlI over the front in every attempt of coun- ter attack.
 .Considerabie aeriaI activity has been displayed by our nviafors. Over 27,000 tons of explosives have been dropped over the enemy posi- tions behind the lines. Numerous fires have been noticed ms a consc- duence of these bombing cxpcdi- lions. Fires have been observed also at San Giovanni Di Medna..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
ORDER RESTORED

Berne, October 26-Order has now been almost restored at Fiume where the creation soldiers of the Seventy ninth regiment revolted, according to an oHlclai dlspatch received here The three battalions of a Hungarian regi- ment which marched against and oc- cupied the Honved barracks disarmed the mutineering Creates
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
Pressure of French and Americans on Argonne- Mouse Front Telling
ALABAMIANS ENGAGED EAST OF THE MEUSE
New German Divisions Being Poured Into Vital Sector Opposite the Americans in Incompar-
 able Strength
By the Associated Press

Washington, October %. The German defense lines on the most vital sector in France the Argonne- Mouse front are beginning to crack under the strain of steady pressure 1 by French and American troops. An early breaking of the German resistance and the advance of the French and American armies on q wide front toward the great trunk railway, which is the imme- diate objective of allied opera tions, is predicted by many eff ficers here. Official state mcnts indicating that new Ger man divisions are being poured into this sector clearly show the anxiety o fthe German high command over the situation.
 General March, commenting today on the military situation, brought out very clearly the efforts the enemy is mak- ing to meet the American advance.
 1In front of our troops in the Argonne..n he said. "a very large mass of German troops has been concentrated, since it is imperative for the enemy to protect the railroad line which runs from Mesieres to Metz.''
 The chief of staff pointed out also that the front now held between the Oise and the Mouse by the aMies roughly par allels this great railway system through out it's length and threatens it at all points"
 THIRTY DIVISION IDENTIFIED
 From other sources it was learned to- day that more than 30 divisions have been identified in the narrow sector inI- mediately northwest of Verdup, where both American and French fofces con- tinte to work their way slowly forward, despite iBitter resistance and strongly fortified enemy positions.
 Already the French have obtained a flanking position on the east bank or he Aisne river in the western outskirts ssg tse forest of Argonne, while to the sass the Mouse the operations or Afnsflca f,ops indicate that the line is aelag teaded and strengthened there n ntsraraticn' spE 2 wide assault when tAe easfV ostense rave been suffi- cge tly fedteed There sa good reason ~ sasieee fha5 s9e part st east of the Sec.rd AsGertean nHrav m h0sd&tt- this eastern extsnsior sf sho erJlsn sf0nt At no othe. poirs oa ti e .sAnie Assiern front with the sxceptlon of fae cssst arch of the line itofn tha-,stri'e ts he region of Valenciennea are the tseqa st4 forces massed in strengtR enw.paeAljie to that being employed on the seueA
 The operations of the Britias
 (Continucd 0n Page Two)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
SUBS INACTIVE

London, october 26.-German sub marine activity reached such a low state this week as to become almost negligible as war measure, notWltn- standing that as many or more U-boats are lurking in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. The British admiral tv looks upon this situation as part Of the German peace offensive. 1t IS believed at the admiralty that if Ger many elects to fight to the end or her resources her greatest submarine effort may be expected late in De- cember and in January.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
Dr, Graham Dead

Chapel Hill. N, e, October 26.-Dr Edward Kidder Graham. president of the University of North Carolina. died at his homo here early tonight of pneu- mona, following influenza. He was 42 years old and had been president of the universit2 2since 1914.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
LEAVE ON SECRET MISSION

Zurich October 26.-Prince Frederick I.obkowitz and Baron Madhorny, who represent the strongest anti-Germaa tendencies at Vienna, have left that city for Switzerland. charged with 2 mission about which no details arg given, according to the Mouse Journal of Vienna.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
SERBS OCCUPY KRALIEvo

Lcndon. october 26-Kraiievo. 60 miles east-northeast of Nish.. has been occupied by the Serbian troops. says a Serbian official statement issued Friday Tn the same region the Serb ians have crossed the Ternitsa river
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
TWO REGIMENTS REVOLT

Basel, October 26.-Vienna newspa- pers are publishing articles relative to preparations for demobilizing the army. One newspaper says that two infantry regiments stationed at Kar4. owitz has revolted. Karlowitz is a village in Croatia -Slayonia, Hungary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
TURKEY OFFERS SURRENDER

London, October 26.-The Turkish minister to Switzerland has handed the British and French ministers to that country an offer of peace, virtually amounting to surrender, according to a BeIne dispatch to the Daily Mail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
OVER 2OOO CAPTURED

Rome, October 26--ln the success- full assault against the Austrian defenses along the Piayc and west of that river, Italian troops have captured more than 20UO prisoners I'm the last 24 hours. the war office announced today. Heavy fighting continued aiI day Friday in the Monte Grnppa region, but the Ital- ian Fourth army maintained It's positions md extended them at some points.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
AWAITING PEACE CONDITIONS

London, October 26.--The German government is not contemplating al present any further note to President Wflscn, says an Exchahge Telegraph dispatch from Copenhag prob able that the gove s2nsni v make a declaration in the Dae4s the ef- feet that Germal eN ng the peace conditions atif
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
MANY REELECTION
 STATEMENTS ISSUED BY BOTH PARTIES
Republicans Charged With Resorting to Generalities in Answering. Appeal
 of President

Washington, october 26,-4tssuance of, pre-election statements was con-
 tinued today by democratic and rerub- licarl leaders and campaign commit { tecs
 Representa- tive Ferris. or Oklahoma, chairman of the democratic national | conErcssional campaign committee, in Il statement tonight charged that re- publican leaders in answeringl the ap-
 peal of President Wilson to his fellow cnuntryincn rcsorted to ''senera1:ties, speaking of percentages. but carefully ref aiming trom mentionins tho actual ivotcS on the great wal bills" An incident that occurred during to . iar's session of the House. in which | Republican Leader Giilett called artcIl, i; ton to what he termed a violation of House rules by Representative Heflin of Alabama. in securing the insertion of the Presidents appeal in he Com i gressional Record. under the rule per- hitting him to extend his remarks. vas pointed to in statemnt tonight by Representative Fess of Ohio, chairman of the national republican congress- ionu committee. The ircilent. which occurred during discussion of the con
 ference report on the military deiic- iency bill, was characterized by Repre- sentative Fess as Illustrating ''the ob- structiyc methods In legislation eIn-
 ployed by certain clements from the
 south.
 "Percentages may deceive the un-
 thinking: figures do not lie" REPUBLICANS OPPOSE WAR
 Representative Ferris declared twice as many republicans as democrats in the House voted aga,nst the resolution declaring var on Sern4any, while three republicans and three democrats ops posed it ir the senate
 He said 160 republicans and one den.ccrat .in the House and 21 ropub- lic;,ns ard 10 der,ocrats in the Senate opposed the rhipping bill Addresses were made by C,.lonef Roosevelt and Senator Lodge during the Congress. sional car,psign cf 1898, Representative Ferris said, urginsf tfe country to aifj,- port President Mckinley during the Spanish American war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
AUSTRIA TO DEMOBILIZE

London, october 26.--An official statement, according to which the de- mobilization of the Austro- Hungarian army is being prepared, is published by the newspapers of Vienna, an EX- change Telegraph dispatch from Co penhagen says.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
PACIFICs WORST DISASTER

l Shipping men tonight said the loss of {, the Princess Sophia, with all aboard. was the worst marine disaster in the history of the Pacific coast The vessel. 2320 tons gross. had been plying in western Canadian and southeastern
 Alaskan waters since she was built in, l1912. The passenger list and details of the wreck were not available tonight. The storm sprang up yesterday and
 the winds whipped down the long, narrow Lynn canal with hurricane force. The Sophia. in the path of the gale. was pounded against the ,rocks. lon account of the danger of strand. Ing. the nearby ships did not dare go near her. Lifebpats were impossible. although the shore was not many yards away. a
 The only definite word from the north regarding the wreck came today when
 the Canadian wireless service at Vic toria picked up the following message
 from the United States wireless station at Juneau:
 Princess sophia driven across reef
 last night No survivors. seventy
 five In crew, 26S passengers Every |thing~ possible was done Terriole
 weather prevailed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
MOSTLY ALASKANS

Seattle. Wash, october 26.--Nearly all of those on the Princess Sophia, it Is believed here, were Alaskans, who boarded the steamer at Skagway after coming up the Yukon river from the interior of the northern territory. They left the river at Whitehorse and went by train to Skagway.
 The Sophia struck at 3 o'clock Thurs day morning. It was at first thought that she would float on the high tide Thursday afternoon. Efforts in that direction evidently failed
 The vessel was in the path of wind which often sweeps down the Lynn canal with hurricane force. Thursday afternoon a northerly fresh breeze sprang up, causing the ship to pound badly, making it almost impossible to launch the lifeboats or transfer the pas sengers to the several steamers which had hurried to the scene in answer to the Sophia's s o call
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
VALENCENNES
q; TAKEN

With the Britt ~ France and Belgium.-t sociated Press. Heavy ii ued to day in the Valencs 9s Ald along the RhoSller rive nat city. The enemy was | 1isNs v. to re- tard the British lch from its speed threaten " ptkis D Valen-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
REACH BULGARIAN BORDER

London, October 26.--ItaIian cav niry has reached the Bulgarian border near Egrai Paianlx, 5O miles southwest of Sofia, the Bulgarian capital, according to reports reach Ing here today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
23OO Prisoners Are Left With French
 By Retreatir,g Huns
British Take Several Villages in Vicinity of Valenciennes, Which Is Being Grad
 ually Surrounded
By the Associated Press

Paris, October 26The French fighting between the Disc and the made extended advance eastward villages, according the office tonight Twenty hundred prisoners have been captured in the operations between Ssone and Chateau Porcien.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
YALENCIENNES BELIEVED EVACUATED

railway failed tcct any O n the ow of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
BoLsHEVIKI SCATTERED BY LAPS

Ioko Friday October 26(By the Associated de- tachments who of Phikleo
  considered office
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27

Washington October 26There official information here firma offer
 
 heard through dispatches that Vienna
  and that prepare ratoryt to ation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
PROGRESS ALONG SCHELDT

London, October Z6.-Brltsh ages of Artres and Famar south of Vlenciennes and have made along the Scheld the outskirts of that town Field Marshal Haig reports tonight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
AVELGHEM TAKEN BY BRITISH

London October 26The British have made further toward the Schedt and have captured the village of Ave ghem, southeast of Courtra This made in supplementary official issued by the office shortly after midnight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
BERLIN SAYS ALLIES AT STANDSTILL

Berlin, October 26(V )The allied Schedt have brought standl from general headquarters the bank cleared Americans who had remained behind lastf htingt there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27
BRITISH FORCED BACK SLIGHTLY

British Army in France and Belgium October 26 (By the )-Feavy enemy attacks the British the vicinity of Mt Carmel have forced slight with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-27

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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-10-09
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-10-09
Labor Leaders Return
to Awnit Action

Paul ]. Smith Of the American Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor has arrived in Rich
mond after brief visit at his home.
]. A. Leckler, and w. H. Miller have
also returned to Richmond, to await
the action of the war labor board.
]. A. Leckler was to have gone to
Hagerstown Tuesday evening to or
ganize = Machinists' union, but owing
to the ban put upon all public meet
ings thought 1t best to postpone the
work Of organization to some future
date.
w. H. Miller will leave Thursday
for the South where there is a great
call for organizers. He will go to
Louisville, KY, where he will make
his headquarters for the time being.
Nicholas Smith, of the Molders. will
arrive again in the city as soon as
there Is a definite date fixed for the
arrival OF the Investigators OF the
war labor board.
A representative Of the Metal Pol
fshers is also expected in the city
soon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-10-09
Strict Observance of
Postoffice Rules Ordered

Strict observance Of postal regula-
tions will be kept from now on, es-
pecially until after Christmas, assert
ed Postmaster Beck Wednesday morn
ing, and all city patrons or rural
route patrons who regularly receive
their mail by postal delivery are asked
to cooperate in the new ruling.
No mail assigned to regular deliv-
cry will be given out at the postoffice
window, and no mail carrier can be
stopped on the street to hunt through
his pack and give out mail which is to
be delivered at the house address.
The postmaster stated that should
a plain clothes postal inspector see
a mail carrier stopping on the street
to talk with someone, or giving out
mail other than in the regular way,
the carrier would be subject to losing
his position.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-10-09
.EARLAAM SQUAD
CUT TO SO men

The Earlham College football squad
has been cut from Al men to 33 men,
according to Coach Move of the Earl
ham faculty.
Nothing definite can be stated about
the schedule" the coach said, 'but we
will probably play st. Mary's college
and possibly one or two others"
The squad is showing up very well
in practice but Of course the men have
not been under fire this year and how
well they will hold together can only
be determined after the st. Mary 8
game.
II any basketball is played among
the colleges of the state, Earlham will
play and II possible they will play un-
der their old schedule but this is
thought impossible as the schools hav-
ing military training cannot have men
away from camp except on Saturday
and then only for few hours.