davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The sun., 1918-10-02
BERLIN NOW ON THE BRINK
OF GREAT FINANCIAL PANIC
Share Market Suddenly Smitten With Pessimism as
Bulgarian Collapse Adds Weight to Reverses
on the Western Front.

persisted undated except in Ihe pass
Ing depression of July.
Prices roso steadily in August and
were not even affected b. tho German
retirement In the west. The peace note
Of Baron Won Burian. the Austro-Hun-
garian Foreign Secretary, created an
other situation Immediately. Berlin
Stock Exchange nerves were at high ten
sion. and. while feeling desperation, were
not tested until the news came from Bull
garia. While the feeling of desperation
did not shoy itself the capitH suddenly
abstained from buying. and many other
owners OF securities endeavored to real
ize on their holdings. The offers fell
orfa buyerless market, the result being
considerable fall in prices The ar.
ticle then adds:
They occurred-it cannot be ex.
planned away-with an abruptness sci.
dom experienced n the whole history
OF TIE Berlin exchange"
The writer then moralizes on this
phenomenon, adding that inportan;
conside rat!on3 connected with German
war finance forbid his enumerating all
the siadowinss belonging TO the wal
constitution Of the exchange.
The sun., 1918-10-02
ENEMY TRANSPORTS
FLEE FROM CAMBRIA
Retirement All Along Line Is
Indicated.
~ a., AseOciafed Pre-,

WITH THE british ARMY N
FRANCE. Oct. This was another day
OF victories for the lighting British
army. The Belgians also continued th"!r
forward movement.
Gains of the greatest Importance were
made by the Australians between Cam
brai and st. Quentin, and II seems that
they have crossed the canal everywhere.
Long lines Of enemy transports are
fleeing east and northeastnard from this
region az well as o.hcr regions.
The day was an idoal one fo- nying,
and the British aviltnrs. who mad rot
bAen busy for several days, again came
into their own. The planes few low
over the enemy masses and poured hul-
lets by tens of thousands Into theiu.
while at the same tine bomberS picked
nlassei troopo as targets ana o'ten
locsed their protectiIes on the transport
columns IN fun flight, tuhict'ng terrible
damage. The better visibility also cu-
abled the British gunncrs to do more acc
curate work.
Once more casualties of Kroaf Dropogs
The sun., 1918-10-02
Newark Pushes Forward.

Newark continued to push forward.
and its total subscriptions, according to
Uzai II. McCarter. chairman Of the COM
nittee for that city. totalied $i7.73s.o4o.
The largest OK the subscriptions placed
was 100000 and that came from the
Howard Savings Institution. It was
officially announced that Of the $4,000
900 subscription by the Prudential In
surance Company only sS.5oo,ooo would
be placed through the local district In
stead Of $l1.750.00o as at first had been
unofficially announced.
The Brooklyn Liberty Loan committees
subscriptions passed the $4,000, 900
mark. while applications received at the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York be-
fore the beginning Of business totalled
$Is.465,soO.
Tho campaign Of the Hotel and Res
taurant Liberty Loan committee, of
which Fred Sterry Is chairman, Is now
in full swing toward its goal OF 100000
900. One of the hotels. the Bellecisire.
under the direction of Robert Black
man, has passed It's objective OF $780,
900, It's total subscriptions reaching
$3.50 with a view TO raising s1.500.-
900, which is the quota set for the
Plaza Hotel. Mr.. SterrS has arranged an
| elaborate programme for each Friday
n.-ax-.aA -. R....sk n.
The sun., 1918-10-02
FRENCH IN ST. QUENTIN; BRI7ZSHZN CAMBRIA; =
FOCH INCREASES DRIVE ON 300 MILE 'FRONT.'
AUSTRIA AND TURKEY NOW SEEKING PEACz
SO German Divisions
Defeated by Haig

7 ONDON, Oct. 1.-THE inten-
sity of the lighting on the
western front is shown in the
following excerpts from to-
nights report from Field Mar
shai Hais:
During the four days fight
ing from September 81 on the
St. Quentin Cambria battle
front we engaged and defeated
with heavy losses thirty-six
German divisions (approxi-
mately $4,000 men).
During the month Of Sep
tember the British forces cap
tured G6,300 prisoners, includ-
ing 1900 officers, and also 700
guns of all calibres and some
thousands Of machine guns. r
During the months of August
and September the total cap
lures by the British amounted
to 1868 prisoners, including
2,7s3 officers, and about 1,40O
guns.
The sun., 1918-10-02
Miles of Thirst" Are
Cured by "Sun" Smokes

pRIVATE J. A. FORBURS of
Battery II, Seventy-sixth
Field Artillery, measured a bag
of smoking tobacco on Frances
shell riven fields and was sur
prised to find it was only three
inches long.
"But it cured our thirst (miles
long) and tell the friends in
America of the boys that we are
sure thirsty for tobacco" he
writes.
A block party in Quincy street,
Brooklyn, getting in just ahead
of the Liberty Loan drive, turned
in yesterday to the fund $662.79.
1t was 'some" party. Read
about it on page Q.
WARNING! THE SUN To-
BACCO FUND has no connection
with any other fund, organiza-
ton or publication. 1t employs
no agents or solicitors.
The sun., 1918-10-02
SCHOENECK TO
RESIGN JAN. 1
IF REELECTED
Lieut.. Governor Accepted
as Student Officer in
Training Camp.
STORM OVER LAW CLERK
Disloyalty Charges Against
Employee Brings on
Climax.
STORM OVER LAW CLERK

Lieut. Gov. Edward Schoeneck gave
the politicians Of the State a sensa-
tional JOLT yesterday when he applied
for admission to the officers training
camp at Camp Taylor. Kentucky, and
WIS accepted as a student artillery Of
ticer.
Accompanying the action came the
announcement from the Lieutenant
Governor that he would resign the Of
ice he now holds In the event of his
reelection.
Schoeneck had been the storm CEN
tire Of a political fight because Of
charges OF disloyalty that had been
made against law clerk In his office
at Syracuse. His sudden announce
mcnt that he had joined the army pro-
vided a violent anti-clinaX for the
whole situation.
Assures Fight In senate.
Il was assumed that the office OF Lieu
tenant Governor would In the event o:
the resignation Of Mr.. Schoenecl; he
automatically filed by the President pro
tempore Of the State Senate Such a
ceRditieu Assvres ens. Of the hottsgt
ishts that have ever been known for the
Senate leadership.
Although there was some uncertainty
among constitutional lawyers last night
,s to whether in the event OF tne resig-
alton OF a Lieutenant Governor while
he duly elected Governor swas still per
forming his duties, the President pro
TEN. would become Lieutenant Governor
or simply acting L!eutenant-Govern
II was generally believed that in either
case he would be. In direct succession to
the Governor and succeed to the duties
OF Chief Executive In cnse tho Office OF
Governor were vacated for any reason.
Trying 10 Pick Successor.
Senator Elon r. Brown OF watertown
the present President pro tenn. Is not
candidate for reelection 10 the Senate
and his successor is to be chosen by thu
incoming upper house OF the Legislature
There has been some speculation already
case the Republicans retain control o.
the senate. Inc teN-tIlITlIldtlOH U
Lieut.. Gov. Schoeneck will make tina
speculation more keen
Senator J. Henry Walters OF Onon
| daga. the home OF theN Lieutenant-Gov
| ernor. has felt that tho place should g.
to him by right OF seniority. However
there are those who have doubted hi
, ability to All the shoes " Senator Brown
Friends Of Senator George n. Thomp
son OF Niagara say that he has aspira
tions to become the Senate leader. bu
| the argument that he Is too erratic he
! been advanced against him. Gov. Whit
man. II is thought, would not care &
have Senator Thompson as the majorit!
| leader.
Many OF the Senators believe that Sen
ator Henry NJ. Sage OF Albany possesse
greater qualifications for Senate leade
than any OF his colleagues. But he !
the Sepator of William Barnes and tn
friends Of Gov. Whitman would probabl
bitterly oppose his selection. There |
little dopbt. however. that he will bo pu
forward for the post and that MI
Barnes will enlist all OF his political In
fiuence and skin to elect him.
The sun., 1918-10-02
Terms Of Payment for
Fourth Liberty Bonds

FOURTH Liberty Loan bonds
are to be paid for in five in
stalments beginning any time be-
fore October 10. Payments are
to be made, 10 per cent. upon.
application, 90 per cent. Novem-
Der 81, 20 per cent. December
10, 20 per cent. January 16 and
80 per cent. January 80.
The instalments specified by
the Government do not by any
means preclude such private ar
rangements as buyers may make
with their banks. for example, by
which the SO down on, . 500
bond and the 81 a week system
may be taken advantage Of.
The sun., 1918-10-02
PANIC FOLLOWS
BERLIN RI0TING
Crowds Wreck Statues and
Make Peace Demonstration
Before Bulgarian Legation.
ALL SECRETARIES RESIGN
Kaiser Invites People to Share
Burden, but Junkers De-
mand Dictatorship.
ALL SECRETARIES RESIGN

LONDON, Oct. IA peace demonstra-
tion took place in Berlin on Saturday.
according 10 news received here to-day.
The cheering crowds assembled In front
Of the Bulgarian Legation at the Ger
man capital. necessitating police inter-
vention.
The rioters, according to the informa-
ton. got the upper hand OF the authori-
ties and committed excesscs a number
OF statues In the Berlin squares were
destroyed.
Panic has also struck Parliament and
newspaper circles and public offices,
The alarm brought forth the instant
demand that something be done" \
despatch to the Dolly Mol from the
Hague says the demand. is for somebody
possessing the confidence OF the Ger
mans and their allies TO replace tho
present military oiigarchy. but opinions
clash regarding who this vague per-
sonality might be.
All the Imperial German Secretaries
Of State have resigned and the Prussiar
Ministers intend TO resign. according to
the Berlin Ta0eblatt, a copy Of which
has been received In Amsterdam
All reports indicate decided cieaV-
age between the Junker and Conserva-
tive classes and the class represented
by the Socialists and Radicals, who on
this occasion have the support OF some
Centrlsts and even National Liberals
Junkers Want Dictatorship.
Emperor Williams belated anxiety
for the people to cooperate in the Gov
ernment evidently will be distastetul to
the Junkers, one OF whose foremost
papers, the Ereussoituno, declares that
| a dictatorship Is the only possible al
Tentative. On the other hand the de-
mand of the popular parties is for a
popularity elective Cabinet.
The effect OF the designations of
Chancellor ~lIertling and Foreign
Secretary Won Hintze on the public agi-
! tation is not yet reported. Nothing is
| known as TO how the terms Of the Bull
garian surrender have affected tho Ger
man people. II they have been permitted
| to know the terms.
! DR.. W. s. Solf. German Minister OF
! Colonies, Is mentioned first In Berlin
political circles rs the successor &c
| Count Won Hertling, the retiring I'm
| perial Chancellor. according to des'
patch from Zurich. Then in the order
| named tho following are spoken of as
candidates for the position: Count vor
f! Brockdorfr- -Rantzau. German Minister
10 Denmark Count Won Bernstorfr. for
1ner Ambassador at Washington ant
now Ambassador to Turkey: Friedrich
Won Payer, Imperial Vlce-Chaneellor
| and Konstantin Fehrenbach. Presiden
Of the Relehstag.
| Kaiser Makes Another Plea.
Emperor William in a message TO tn,
Fatherland party Is quoted in an Am
sterdam despatch to the Exchange Tele
graph Company as saying
"I have the confident hopA that th'
whole German people In these Nmost Sc
rious times will resolutely gatheh arounc
me and give their blood and wealth unit
tho last breath for the defence of tn,
fa,herland against the shameful cnem!
plans.
'iSuch n unanimous resolve 20 exis
win and must. with Gods help. succee,
In breaking the enemy's will to war anC
Continued on Second ,Page.
The sun., 1918-10-02
SPECIAL Cable bespd;ct to rHr suS from IA
. London Times Serrice.
Copyright. 1875: all riohts reserved.

London Times Serriee.
Copyright. 1875; all riohts reserved.
THE HAGUE, Oct. Berlin has been
on the verge OF q financial panic for
several days. An article in the Vos-
sische Zeitun0 OF Berlin says that what
has happened in the last few days on
the Berlin Stock Exchange reminds one
Of what happened at the time Of the
outbreak OF the war. Rates fell sharply
and for many Of the popular issues In
deed no quotations could be established,
as demand was completely wanting.
The share market, where only short
time before imperturbable optimism
predominated. appeared suddenly smit-
ten with pcssmism. Events in Bulgaria
occasioned tire revolution, the writer
asserts.
The first six months OF this year
showed an extraordinary strong ad-
vance in prices. 1t seemed as IL no
pricc were high enough TO frighten the
capitalists from buying. This continued
the second half OF the year despite all
warnings Notwithstanding the new
stock Exchange war tax this tendency
The sun., 1918-10-02
Haig's Troops Force Their
Way to High Ground
East of Levergles. T.
GET GRIP ON JONCOURT
Severe Fighting i'll the
Villages of CreyecOeur
and Rumilly.
BERTHELOT MAKES GAIN
Takes 5000 Prisoners and
Captures Three Towns
-Belgians Advance.
BERTHELOT MAKES GAIN
Special Cable Despatch 10 THr ST..
CoDyr;o1t: lgls: oil riohts yeserced.


PARIS, Oct. 1.--At no point on the
long front of nearly 800 miles, from
the North Sea to the vicinity Of Metz.
do the Allies attacks show any sign
of letting up; on ine contrary, they
took on fresh ardor and power to-
day and results of great Importance
we're scored. In the middle sector
French troops entered st. Quentin
this afternoon as far as the canal,
while the British. operating TO the
northeast of the city. made consider
able progress eastward, occupying
the high ground east Of Levergles.
On the Aisnc-Icsle sector Gen.
Berthelot made important progress
on q front of seven miles. despite
strong German resistance, taking Ro-
main. Revillon and Montigny: 5000
prisoners were taken. An advance
was made also between the Ailette
and the Aisne. On Gen. Berthclo;1
left italian troops took Souper
- Defences OF Estrees Stormed.
Further nor;h from ST. Quentin tho
British gained a footing In Joncourt.
stormed the defences of Estrces and
cleared the Germans from the hfeh
ground or lie Catelet. In the centre
the nghting was very severe about
CIevecoeur and Rumilly, about three
miles south Of Cambra., and on the ris
ing ground to the north and east.
In the section between Cambria and
heavy lighting this morning, attack
and counter attack succeeding each
other with bewilder!ng rapidity. AZ
the end OF the Gay, however. the Brit
ish had made progress east OF Tilloy
and near Blecourt, one mile ard two
and a half mics north Of Cambria re-
spectively.
The British have penetrated into
Cambrai at several places and stiff
lighting In the streets was in progress
a. the latest reports. The Germans
have fired tho city In numerous places
and apparently are fighting only a rear
guard action to enable their forces 20
get away.
Gouraud's Troops Advance.
In the Champagne -hrgorne offensive
important advances were made by the
French on the left and tho Americans
on the right. Gen. Gouraud's troops
moved forward in the Aisne Valley,
capturing Binarvilc and Conde-luZ-'
Audry. They are pressing down the
valley of the .lisne toward Challcrange
and Nouziers both important points
for the Germans.
II was announced here to-day that
since September 26 the French have
captured on this front moro than 49,
eco prisoners and 300'guns, many OF
them of large calibre.
French artillery now dominates the
valley of the Aire, the principal tribu-
tary OF the Aisno in this region. which
flows north along the eastern s!de Of
| tho .trgUnnc hills and Joins the man
stream southwest OF Grand Pre-. TG2
! American troops are descending the
valley of the A;rc and soon Will effect
! p junction with the French, thus clos
| ing tho whole Argonnc region 10 TIE
Germans.
The sun., 1918-10-02
LOAN B0UNDS0N
ASFOE WHINES
Subscriptions Climb to $1O+,-
577,450 in City's Record
Drive.
$25.000,000 ONE i'MITE"
John ID. Rockefeller Adds
$5,0OO,00O to Total by
Single Purchase.
S25.OOO,OOO ONE "MITE"

Spurred on my news that Austria was
breaking and that Marshal Foch was
giving no rest to the foe. the army OF
fourth Liberty Loan workers continued
with renewed visor yesterday the task
Of capturing, millions. Of dollars 70 oil
New Yorks quota Of $1,soo,poe,0oo In
che $4,000. 100000 loan to be raised by
he Government ...... g
The success attained may be measured
by the fact that the Federal Reserve
Bank OF New York announced total sub.
scriptions Of sio4.st7.i5o as the aggre
gate that had been filed with that insti.
tution at the close OF business Monday
afternoon. The total subscriptions filed
with the bank on Monday amounted to
s&6,521. 100 and the fact that these are
almost double those that were piled up
during the second day Of the third
Liberty Loan campaign reflects the
gradual but steady hcadway being made
toward the goal.
Metropolitan Ltfe's "Nlte."
Prominent among the subscriptions
announced yesterday was one Of $o5,-
0oo. 900 by the Metropolitan Life Insur-
ance Company and one Of s5,ooo.o0o by
John D. Rockefeller. The Standard OIL
Company of New Jersey announced
through the petroleum committee OF the
Liberty Loan Committee that It had
subscribed sA.oo0,o0o, Of which $1,000.
900 will be placed throughout the New
York city district. The remainder will
go through Offices Of the corporation ir
New Jersey. North and South Carolina
virginia MARYLAND Tennessee and
other Southern States.
The total OF subscriptions for the frs
two days of the campaign, announced
yesterday by the Liberty Loan Commit
tee for the Ave boroughs Of Greater
New York and the eight sub-districts
follow:
The sun., 1918-10-02
Nv G.. W.. BEAN,

Official corrc,poRic.a Of the Australian
GorernnieHt or ne Western front.
Special Cable Despo's. 10 THr svS from tae
London Tines Service.
Copyright. 1918; all riohts reserred.
WITH THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. Oct 1.-The lighting yesterday
along the front where the Australians
and Americans attacked the Hindenburg
line over the tunnel OF the ST Quentin
Canal was the most difficult In which
Australian troops ever engaged
American infantry attacked with
wonderful dash and bravery and reached
the furthest points laid down for them
Two days previously the Americans
made a minor attack in order TO gain
advanced trenches from which II was
intended TO launch yesterdays attack.
They undoubtedly seized these trenches,
but the Germans who had been left In
the Hindenburg dugouts, or who filtered
through from the flank. suddenly reap
peared behind them cutting them OFT
from their own troops further back.
From that moment II was uncertain
whether these Americans were still out
in front. y great barrage mad to be
laid down. therefore. a long way ahead
Continued on Second Page,
The sun., 1918-10-02
YANKS FIGHTING
OUT OF POCKET
Americans Go Ahead So Rap
idly That They Lose Con-
tact With Base.
GERMANS APPEAR BEHIND
Australians Try to Join L. 8.
Troops in Desperate
Attacks.
GERMANs APPEAR BEHIND
By Me Asso -iarsd Press.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE
ST. QUENTIN Front, Oct. l.-Son:e hun
drcds Of Americans In n certain IA! ad-
vanced position between Cambria and
Sunday. were holding out valiantly
asains: superio. enemy numbers. accord
ing TO latest reports which were re-
ceived yesterday.
The Australians made heroic attempts
to assist them, and, so far as can be
learned. are still keeping up these ef-
forts, the result of which Ia not known.
Furious fighting continues here.
The sun., 1918-10-02

conisa1ed on PgtA sPa0s
The sun., 1918-10-02
Did Not Change single Vote.

The Presidents address to the Senate
Vesterday changed not single vote. The
Siisnment presented IN the final roll call
vas exactly tho alignment indicated by
cry previous poll OF the Senate by
leaders, OF the suffrage and antl-suffragc
factions OF the two great national
The sun., 1918-10-02

before iAc front attacked by tie Bel
CLANS there were grca; quantities Of wire
which the Germans had set up labor!-
ously at Intervals In the last three years.
For this reason there was four hours Of
heavy> bombardment before the attack.
and in most places the wire was we'll de-
The sun., 1918-10-02

Continued on Second Page.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-17
i WHO SHOULD TEACH A GIRL TO
KISS?---HER MOTIIER---OR A MAN?

Kisses are like pickles-there are
oiS<Varietles-and during her lifetime
the normal woman learns them all,
But in mastering kiss-lessons some
OF US get away to a bad start
That's what happened to beautiful
iiitie Norma Cook, who IS all tangled
up IN a Chicago murder mystery. Nor
ma Cooks father is alleged to have
Killed her lover, a middle-eged club
man. Norma is only 10, and in her
seif-reveiations made in an effort to
prove that her fathers suspicious of
the lover We're unfounded Norma con-
iesses to an appalling innocence of
the science and art Of kissing.
At the age of 17eNorma lived in
Columbus, Kan, and did not know a
thing about kiss. Then a boy school
mate taught her. Norma thinks her
mother should have done the teaching
What do you think?
Hark to Norma. win was a nice
boy, and we had been school-time
sweethearts. One day he held me close
to him and kissed me. He kissed me
Terribly No boy or man had ever
kissed me like that before" previous
experience with common or gardan
variety Of kiss.) Il was frightened
and worried. | was ashamed too. 1
thought something awful had happened
TO me. ! knew nothing about life.
Mofher had never told me anything"
+ Poor Norma! Her first honest-to-
goodness, Iong-drawn-out, high-pres-
sure, "I-mean-it' kiss from a nice boy
who loved her and gave her a genuine
1S-karat thrill from head to fott took
her breath. made her blush and trem-
bic. and generally frightened her to
death. Anything So wildly exciting
and SO thoroughly enjoyable certainly
must be. wrong.
She felt that she had committed a
dreadful sin-and was afraid to tell
her mother who should have taught
her to look out for that thrill-and
not be frightened
But she wrote about the kiss TO
Billy, my lover Il could tell him
anything. 1t seems so silly now, but
it seemed very real then. I told him
1 was in trouble and so that he would
not think eveil of me I fixed up a
story about a marriage to Vim and our
separation. But Billy called me in to
have a talk. He talked very plainly
and 1 saw what mistake l had made.
He was amazed. He told mother that
he thought no girl in the world could
be SO innocent at IL
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-17
GREAT BRITAIN'S
FOOD CONTROL
ORGANIZATION

London, Eng, Sept. 1.-THE magni-
tude of the organization for controll-
ing food which war conditions have
evolved in Great Britain was shown in
a speech delivered recently by a mem
Der of the British Ministry of Food.
The total annual turnover is approx
mately $4,000, 100000 imported cereals
alone absorbing over s5.0o0,0o0 day
This amount represents the money
paid for the purchase Of foodstuffs
for resale. The bulk of it Is for i'm
ported supplies; but grain, meal and
potatoes grown or produced at home
contribute to swell the total. The pol
icy pursued by the ministry of food is
equaiize the price of a given COM
lodity, no matter where it is bought
the ministry, and to sell the whole
the resulting product at a flat cost
rice, which includes freight, insur-
nee and all administrative expenses.
his includes such articles as bread
I'd potatoes. in respect to which
here is a definite subsidy In any
ase the whole cost of administration.
whether at headquarters or at the
provinces, amounts TO less than 1 per
cent of the total turnover.
Mr.. Clynes, Great Brftain's food con-
troIler, stated recently that in spite OF