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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-18
eleven LOSE LIVES IN FACTORY fire
ATNEWkRK, .J.-TEN ARE TRAPPED IN TOP
FLOOR BU|LD|N G-SEVERAL INJURED

Newark, N. j., Sept. 17-Trapped
in cloak room on the top floor,
eight girls, a boy and man per-
ished here today in a fire which des-
troyed the plant of the American
Button Company. Another girl was
killed when, seeking to escape from
1.-THE flames. she leaped from win
dow Nine other girls we're in-
jured, several fatally.
The girls on the lower floors made
their escape. some by jumping and
others by first escapes. Most of the
dead and injured were working in
the carding room at the top of the
building. 1t is believed that when
they found escape by means of fire
escapes and stairways cut off they
fled in a panic to the cloak room.
where their bodies were later found
huddled together. All were burned
beyond recognition and it was only
through trinkets and bits of scorched
attire that identification was at all
possible.
Driven into the cloak room, which
had but one window. only one girl
summoned up courage to jump to
the street below. She died almost
Immediately of her injuries. The
first started in cans of lacquer
stored on the second floor, accord
ing to Supt. Frederick Goerdes, who
said that IN eXpioshion resulted
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-18
CITY EDITOR OF N. Y. EVENING PAPER
C0NFESSES TO KILLING Wife MONDAY
HELD WITHOUT BAIL, TAKEN TO T0MBS

Mr. MCGEE said Chaplin confessed
to shooting his wife .-ere at O'Clock
yesterday morning. According to
Chaplin she lived for half an hour but
never regained consciousness. A Few
minutes after her death he received
morning newspapers from the bell
boy and later left the hotel. After
describing Chapins movements yes
terday Mr.. MCGEE said the editor. on
reading today an account of the muir
der, decided that instead of commit
ting suicide, the only honorable thing
to do was to surrender himself.
A request which he made tonight to
attend his wifes funeral tomorrow
was refused. Mr.. MCGEE said that
Chaplin. relative of Russell Sage.
had told him his life story, relating
how he had founded a small paper
in the West when he was n boy and
had risen to be city editor Of New
York daily.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-18
SENATE ELECTIONS COMMITTEE MAY
LOOK into EXPENDITURES RECENTLY
ELECTED MEMBERS TO UPPER BRANCH

While the Senate was discussing
the resolution, it became known that
the Department OF Justice had begun
an investigation into campaign OK
penditures in New York. Illinois.
Michigan, Ohio. West Virginia and
other states. The progress o. this
investigation of the time it vas in
augurated were not made known.
In offering his, resolution Senator
Pomerene filed cory of the ex2s1se
account OF Mr.. Newbc-ry III his
campaign which showed total con-
tributions of 1856 and a tctal eX-
penditure of 1865.
Contributions to the fund, accord
ing to the report, ranged from 81 .
$4,000. Opinion regarding the
Senate authority to conduct such an
investigation before a candidate was
elected TO office was divided.
Denial that politics prompted the
resolution was made by Senator
Pomerene, while Senator Kenyon.
Republican, OF Iowa, declared that If
Congress permits these enormous ex-
penditures to go unnoticed a poor
man soon will be unable to be elected
to the Senate.
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Ny the Associated Press)

While the Serbs and their allies are
wrestling from the Bulgars some of
the strongest positions they have held
IN Macedonia for the past two years,
Marshal Foch's forces are nibbling
successfully at the German lines on
the western front in the face of more
determined resistance. The near East
furnished the most sensational news
OF the day however. The offensive
which has been launched there seems
not only the most successful. but the
most pretentious in many months 1t
appears probable that a further adj
vance by the Franco-Serbian troops
will necessitate the recall of the Bull
garia divisions which have been
loaned to Emperor William to bolster
the Teuton resistance in France and
Flanders.
An official Serbian report states
that the reconstructed army Of the
battered but not beaten little king
dom has taken not only 5000 prison
ers, but an important park of cannon
The Bulgars admit having retired
but declare the attack has been
checked to the north of Grandeshytha.
There is nothing to indicate, however,
that the advance of the Serbs and
French has been definitely held up
The lull in the fighting in the west
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-18

when effectively insulated cleo.
trio wire came in contact with one
Of the cans.
The flames spread rapidly to the roof.
and nearly hundred men and girls at
work on the third floor found that not
only was escape by means of interior
stairs cut off. but that their only other
means of exit-a fire escape-was swept
by flames which spurted through win
dows. 1t was the sight of this SEEM
ingly impossible barrier that threw tbs
girls into panic. Several girls jump
ed from windows. but most of them ran
the gauntlet OF flames and reached tho
street by the fire escape. Most of the
workers on the top floor also descended
the fire escape. and those who PERISH
ed LIST their lives only when they climb
ed back after descending part way.
Running into the cloak room they
closed the door ehind them. thinking to
shut out the flames. but the door soon
burned down. One girl was seen on tre
window sill and was evidently preparing
to jump to the ground when suddenly
she toppled over backward.
With the first alarm police reserves
from all precincts were summoned. Ev-
cry ambulance also was called out and
many other automobiles were comman-
deered to carry the injured to hospitals.
Several sailors and soldiers. who has
tened to the fire, attempted to reach
the upper floors and rescue the work.
ers. but they we're driven back by
smoke and flames
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-18
WHOLESALE MURDER OF RUSSIAN PEOPLE
BY BQLSHEvIKI WITHOUT SEMBLANCE OF
TRIAL-ALLIED CITIZENS IN DANGER

ky. head Of the commission against
the counter-revolution and the at
tempt on the life of Premier Lee
nine were direct results of this con-
dition Of tyranny. said the advices.
A general search is being made Of
the homes in Moscow Of the we'll to-
do and former officers in m effort
to secure any shred OF evidence up
on which to make arrests, said the
despatch. The prisons are filled to
overflowing and executions continue
daily. In many cases, it was said,
sentences are passed upon the
Sight grounds that the accused
might he dangerous to the Bolshev-
Xxi power. irresponsible and re-
venGeful gangs are venting on inno-
cent persons their desperation over
the daily declining power Of the
Bolsheviki while the Socialists, who
are opposing the Soviet government,
have adopted the same methods that
they once used against the tyranny
of the imperial government
All newspapers in Moscow. except
the Bolsheviki organs. have been
suppressed since July l.
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Washington, Sept. 17-Information
reaching the state department to-
day from a neutral country threw
new light on the situation in CEN
trail Russia where a reign of terror
conducted by the Bolsheviki has
made the positions Of the populace
tragic in the extreme and is endan-
qerInc citizens of the Entente Pow
ers who have been unable to leave
the country.
Declaring that the outside world
cannot have a true conception Of
the actual conditions the despatch
said that since May. the Bolsheviki
extraordinary commission against
the counter revolution has conduct
ed 4 campaign of wholesale murder.
Thousands of persons have been
shot without even a form of trial. it
is said, and many of them probably
were innocent Of the political views
for which they were executed.
The assassination Of Moses Uritz-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-18

New York, Sept, 17.-Charles E.
Chaplin, city editor Of the New York
Evening World, no confessed to
killing his wife in hotel here yes
terday was held without bail today
and taken to the Tombs prison. The
case may be presented TO the grad
jury tomorrow.
According to Assistant District At
torrey Niece Chaplin told him that
not only had he Intended to commit
suicide il. Washington @our years ago.
but that he had intended to kill his
wife there; had bought a plot in
cemetery and had selected a mon
ument t. be placed over their graves.
Mi. Mecca stated that Chaplin also
said he had gone to aine last June
to commit suicide but had decided it
was unfair to leave behind him his
wife.
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American Army on the Lorraine
Front, Sept. 17-(By the Associated
Press)-American artillery infantry
and aviators made emphatic replies
today to the German challenge all
along the new Lys line. The enemy
bombarded certain points with vigor
and threw over quantities of gas,
largely of the mustard variety while
airplanes endeavored to force their
way through the aerial defences but
evidence was wholly lacking that the
Germans contemplate an attempt to
regain the territory they have lost.
Their high command apparently in
tends to adhere to the policy which
resulted in the accomplishment Of a
large section without n bitter strug-
gle. Reports brought in by aviators
as we'll as information obtained from
prisoners and verified by patrols
show the Germans are strengthening
their trenches along the Hindenburg
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-18
LULL IN FIGHTING ON WEST
FRONT may PRE- SAGE ANOTHER
SERIES HEAVY BLOWS At FOE

is regarded by military critics as
nearly the prelude to further heavy
blows at the foe by the American
British and French armies.
The British advanced their lines
slightly at several points. They ara
making steady progress in the invest
ment OF st. Quentin. a difficult task
even under most favorable conditions.
Gen. Petan's veterans are forging
ahead slowly but surely in their grim
and desperate struggle for the St. Co
pain forest. which the Germans have
been ordered to hold at all costs. Not
only is the position a citadel. but the
Teutons fortified it in every way their
ingenuity could devise. Notwithstand.
ing the difficulty of their task. however.
the French are taking prisoners as they
go On.
On the American front the past a
hours have been the quietest since Gen.
Pershings command launched its ire.
sistible drive against the st. Mihiel sa-
lent. There are indications that tho
Germans intend to retire behind tho
lIindenburg line in this sector. Thew
are burning villages along the Moselle
and in other sections. This procedure
usually is preliminary to retreat
Another victory has been recorded for
the American. British and French on tho
newly constituted eastern front De.
tachments OF the Allies have routed
Bolshevik forces in the vicinity Of
Archangel and it is reported that many
Of the Red Guards have gone over to
the Allies when their men fed in panic.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-18

Washington. p. 17,--Investiga
ron Begun ~ the department Of jus
N' INTO cNptnditurcs Of funds in
recent senatorial and Congressional
campaigns in A number OF States may
VI followed hy inquiries by the Sen
''' cI''t tons committee into expense
accounts Of candidates for nominal
.'"" M tht senate. \ resolution au-
'N.zins HE committee to inquire
"''' expo ndIturcs IN the recent prim-
''F II Michigan. in which Truman H.
NhrrTy received the Republican
domination ior Sc...tor, and in any
'.'.i state where large expenditures
'pP'ai unWarranted. was introduced
A" I'VE senate today hy Senator POM
",N %, OHIO. Democrat.
NJ resolution was referred to The
''Aohs committee after some dis
'DSN'on during which Senator Town
'' Michigan. Republican. de-
'"'u ltS introduction to the to be
's IN tlrtherance of political
, :, that originated in the White
,,ouSe when President Wilson asked
Henfy Ford to accept the Democratic
-p'ilhation for Senator.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-18

Detroit. Mich. Sept. THURMAN
H. Newberry commander of the third
naval district defeated Henry Ford,
Chas. Z. Osborn and William G.
Simpson for the Republican senator
ial nomination in the Michigan pri-
mary election August 81. Mr.. Ford,
who made the race on both Republi-
can and Democratic tickets. won the
democratic nomination from James
". Helme of Adrian.
Complete figures on the Republican
primaries We're given out at the
state capital in Lansing today. They
show that Newberry received 114,963:
Ford 1850: Osborn 47.0l9 and
Simpson $3.50 votes. TIE statement
Of receipts and disbursements OF the
committee that conducted the cam
paign for Commander Newberry was
filed with the county clerk here Sep
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ways and means committee and with
consideration of the income tax sec
tons virtually concluded. the house
tomorrow will take up the war excess
profits provisions. estimated to yield
81, Eco, 900. oo0.
Two important notifications n the
income tax sections were made by
the House at the request of the ways
and II cans committee. Liberty ronds
of future issues shall be subject 70
the reduced income tax rate OF 4
ner cent. instead Of the normal IS
ner cent. rate. Another permits cor
norations and individuals in calcu-
lotine their income TO deduct all N
terest paid or accrued. A provision
limiting such deductions to rhe eA
cess Of interest received free as Oh
Liberty bonds was eliminated.
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GERMAN TRICKS AND DOUBLE DEALING
IN UKRAINE BREAK WITH b0LSHEvIKI
SHOWN IN SECRET PAPERS MADE PUBLIC

Washington. Sept. 11.-German trick
cry in breaking the Ukraine away from
the bought-and- paidior Boisheviki gov
eminent, plots against loyal Russian
soldiers and their leaders TO insure COM
pletc German safety after the false
peace conference at Brest-Litovsk. and
further evidence OF the precautions Of
the Teutons against Bolshevki preach
,ag in their own ranks, are shown in to-
days installment of secret documents
from Russia made public by the United
States government.
t4mmunications written in January
disclose that the Bolsheviki were fully
informed of what the Germans in the
Ukraine and knew that peace treaties
with the Ukraine and Roumania were
coming They also learned QUICKLY
enough that Germany was disposing Of
their hopes TO see their revolutionary
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-18
APPROVAL
VOICED OF
DISCOURSE
Austrla's Peace Pro
posal Disposed Of in
Record Time
UNCLE SANS
EMPHATIC NO ON
WAY TO VIENNA

over PrOmptneSS onOWn IN
Sending Reply to Dual Mon
archy-Speeches of Appro-
baton Delivered in House
and Senate-Quick Action
by Other Nations Expected
Washington, Sept. 17.-Austria's
peace offensive is closed incident
so far as the American government
is concerned.
Secretary Lansing sent to the
Swedish minister today the note au-
thorized last night by President Will
son fatty rejecting in two short SEN
fences, the proposal of the Austro-
Hungarian government for secret and
non binding peace discussions. 1t
was started on the cables at once for
transmission to Vienna by the for
eign office at Stockholm.
The presidents action-including
the precedent setting brevity Of the
reply and the promptness with which
it was delivered--drew expressions Of
approval during the day everywhere
in Washington, at the Capitol, among
officials and throughout the Allied
diplomatic corps. Similar responses
from the other nations at war with
Germans are expected to follow
quickly.
In the Senate, Senator Lodge Of
Massachusetts, Republican floor lead
err and the ranking minority member
of the foreign relations committee.
| voiced the feelings of Congress on tie
subject in prepared speech, heartily
approving the Presidents course as
both wise and right. The United
States. the senator said. can talk
peace only to a Germany beaten an ]
deprived of power further to harm a
wronged world. He was followed by
Senator McCumber of North Dakota.
Republican. and Senator Thomas Of
Colorado. Democrat, with like express
slons. In the House. Representative
Foss of Ohio. chairman of the Re-
publican Congressional committee
spoke in approval. declaring that the
quick reply might "jar upon diplo-
matte ears. but is justified as re-
buke to the double dealing of our
enemy" Foreign Minister Balfours
comment yesterday is accepted in
Washington as sufficient indication
of the attitude of Great Britain and
1t Is not doubted similar expressions
will be forthcoming from other en-
Continued on Page 2-colurn 2,
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cathedral had been strung with rib
bons Of electric lights which were
illuminated every night for ten
nights after his return. And for ten
days the ovation TO the new cardin-
al continued in may forms, includ-
ing a great public demonstration at
the HippodrOme and a dinner at
which Cardinal Farley heard his
Protestant brethren pay him tribute,
and heard n Jewish rabbi pronounce
a benediction, rejoicing that the
days of bigotry were over.
Having accepted these signal sig
nal honors, Cardinal Farley returned
to the generally simple habits of
life and the exacting duties which
We're still his as Archbishop of New
York. In this capacity he had al
ready made himself one of the most
influential and popular religious
leaders Of the city. All of his &c
clesiastical life. with tho exception
Continued on Page ?. Column ~
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More Than Seventy
Deaths Within Past
"a Hours
EVERY EFFORT
CHECK SPREAD
OF INFLUENZA
Confident Have Situation in
Hand-Rcd Cross Issues
Mobilization Call for Nurses
Many Soldiers and Sailors
Attacked by Disease

Boston. Sept. 17-Inhuenza and
,negmona caused more than 70
6ss.hs IN New Eng and within the "a
-op-s ending tonight. In this city
there were s. deaths from influenza,
.,clud,ng three naval mon. and 81
Deaths from pneumonia. There We're
,tre-a deaths in the cities surround
ing Boston. In Brockton and nearby
torns where the shoe factories have
bsen badly crippled by tho spread Of
NE disease, !. deaths from influenza
we're reported.
Every effort to check the spread of
i-suenza was being taken and the
health authorities said they felt con-
aden, they had the situation in hand.
Tho American Red Cross tonight is
ued mobilization call to nurses en-
rolled m tho Red Cross and awaiting
o-dofs were requested t. report to
tfa1dlarters Of the New England
a1.s.on OF the society here. A thou.
sand sailors ~ the Commonwealth
p.,r we're transferred temporarily to-
dar 20 the old militia muster grounds
al birmingham. Several hundred
cases Or influenza have been reported
among the sailors at the pier. All
penal institutions in this state and
inc Boston city hospital announced
today that their doors were closed to
visitors as ! precautionary measure.
Cases Of influenza among naval men
showed decrease today. In the first
naval district II cases were reported,
a decrease Of 81 over yesterday. AT
The headquarters of the second naval
district IN Newport ii was said that
there were 1917 new cases in the dis
trict and $50 cases among the civilian
population Ok Newport.
Soldiers at the forts in Boston har-
tor were attacked by influenza today
and L was stated that all the hospital
beds at the forts were occupied by
patients. At Camp Devens there are
$500 cases, mainly among negro
soldiers from the south.
Seventeen new cases of influenza
were found in the Boston public
schools today bringing the total num-
h'r to so Postmaster William F.
Murray IL suffering from the disease.
Twenty-Five new cases among the
men 81 the merchant marine were
found today making total Of 1873.
Continued on PAGE 4, Col. 81
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ten exactly where they were ex-
pected to be. Owing TO the weather
conditions. the ceiling, to use the
airman's technical term, was little
more than a thousand feet high and
the dense rain occasionally made
everything invisible a few yards
away but not one Of the selected
roads were left unattached. The avia-
tors swooped down into the wood
land roads, flying only 40 feet from
the ground TO make sure of their
targets. Lorry after lorry was wreck
ca and wagon teams torn 10 Iieces
by skilfully dropped bombs &c ma
chine gun fire
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propaganda take root on German soil.
Notes from the German intelligence
service to Trotzky. the commissioner Of
foreign affairs. show FIRST that Turk
with Russian passport was sent to
Petrograd to keep watch over the RUS
sian commander-in-chief. and that a
month afterwards. late in February, re-
movai Of the commander -in-chief Cen
eral Bench Bruevick, was demanded.
Bruevick, whose continuance in the pp-
sltion was particularly no longer ic-
sirable' to the Germans. was turned
out and Gen. Povski named by the Ger
man intelligence service was appointed
10 command the Petrograd district
The significance OF the documents is
discussed by notes by Edgar Sisson,
who brought the documents out Of Rus
STA for the committee on public informa.
ton.
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TWENTY-FIVE SOLDIERS REPORTED
KILLED IN HEAD-0N COLLISION TROOP :
TRAIN NEAR MARSHFIELD, MISSOURI!

coach Of the troop train. where they
were given first aid until the arrival Of
relief train fror, Springfield. A guard
was Immediately thrown out around the
track and no one was allowed to APP
proach the wreck. No information as 10
where the troops were from or as to
their destination was available, but II il
believed they were from southern
camp, probably ir Texas.
The dead and injured are being
brought 10 Springfield on the relief, train
which is expected to arrive here at l23o
o'clock.
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NO SMALL PART played BY AMERICAN
AIRMEN IN REDUCTION ST. M!H|EL WEDGE
UNDER ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS

American headquarters in France,
Sept. II, Observation-Disclosures
work q the American aviators under
most difficult weather conditions
must MT be forgotten in telling the
story Of the st. Mihiel victory.
The airmen were especially effec-
tive in harassng the enemy's with
drawal from the salient. The Amer
leans by previous observations had
determined the roads the German
transports would take in an effort to
escape.
The transports We're found in mo-
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No Foodstuffs
For Brewing Beer
After October LIST

Washington. Sept. 11.-President Will
son today signed proclamation prohib-
ting after next October l the use Of
any foodstuffs in brewing beer and near
beers except malt and hops. After De-
cember ! brewers must cease brewing
altogether. The food administration
said there will be enough beer III the
watts to last from two to six months,
nd the sale OF this viii not be stopped.
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war SCENE SHIFTS TO NEAR EAST
FRANC0.SERBIAN OFFENSIVE On

Army Of Battered Kingdom
With Support of French Troops, Driving
Bulgars from Strong Positions in Mace
donia-3OOO Prisoners and Important Park
of Cannon Captured Enemy Admits Re-
tirement- Further Advance May Necessi-
tate Withdrawal of Bulgarian Troops from
Support of Germans on Other Fronts
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Springfield. Mo. Sept. 17-Twenty-
five soldiers are reported killed and
thirty others injured in q hear on
collision between troop train and
St. Louis and San Francisco
freight train one mile east of Marsh
field. Mo, tonight.
The injured were carried into a rear