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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23
DRAGGING DUTCH INTO WAR.
Germany Applying Pressure That May
Compel Holland TO Join Teutons.

London, April ga plot to force
Holland into the war is brewing III
Berlin, according to an Amsterdam dis
patch to the Daily Telegraph.
Tho details of the manner in which
Germany intends to apply her pressure
are not revealed. but it is stated on good
authority that the next few weeks will
see the Dutch nation in the most pcrilous
situation that has confronted her since
the war began 1t is supposed that Ger
manvs chief prctcNt will he that liol-
land violated the principles of neutrality
IN allowing the Entente Powers to use
her mercantile feet.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23
Girls and Juniors
Wash Dresses | so to 1850
Ito years

,sprng
sand cuffs. pleasing styles
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23
ALIEN WOMEN MUST REGISTER.
New Espionage Law Applicable To Them; |;
Must Leave Washington.

Washington. April %. President Will
son has signed the bill extending pro
visions Of the Espionage act 70 women and
requiring registration of enemy alien
women.
Within few days the President IS
expected to issue proclamation dceiar-
ing women subjects of enemy countries
ordering German women to leave Wash
ington at some definite future time
Women enemy aliens also will be for
hidden TO approach docks wharves and
warehouses under the same restrictions
now imposed on enemy alien males
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23
PAY SIS 600 FOR PlCkFORD Curl.
Pretty Mary. of Movie Fame, Also Offered
10 Kiss II Bond Buyer But He Fled.

New York. April - Mary Picldord,
selling Liberty Bonds here today sud-
denly cut off one Of her curls and shouted. /.
.'Icre, boys, how much am offered for
it,"
The curl went to Herbert Bohm for
sl50O0
Then she put ltp the pen with which she
was signing bond receipts
Burton II liales got it for $4,000.
She offered 10 kiss lIalcs, but he lost
himself ia the crowd
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23
Dance Carnival May Is.

The annual dance carnival of Miss
cClafTcrtv's classes will lac held on
Saturday. MAY Is The Playhouse hns
been engaged for the occasion The car
nival will be given both afternoon and
evening
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23

"The above has the unqualified support
of William II. Wilson. director Of pub
lie safety"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23

WYE are now building more
w naval and merchant ships
than we have constructed In the
last generation.
We are building a vast fleet Of air
PLANES, and enormous supplies of ar
tillery, motor trucks, machine guns,
rifles and ammunition We are feeding,
clothing and training an army of a
million men, and preparing for a mil
lion more. We have loaned billions of
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-23

The mind can hardly Conceive che sums of money
required for preparations. Yet these ex-
pendures absolutely essential.
We must win the war quickly if possible;
carry it on for years if necessary. We must do
the job with American thoroughness, let the
be what may.
Remember when YOU your Liberty Bonds that there
reed for dollar
Bank Company, Savings
or ConeD DreC to ieadqu aterS
Liberty Loan Committee Liberty Loan Bank
Il Market Street
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-21
BY The Associated Press.

Victory crowns the allied arms on
every battlefront. Northern Belgium is
being rapidly cleared OF tho enemy by
British and Belgian forces. Belgtans
have occupied zeebrugge and Heyst;
have crossed the Ghcnt-BruEes canal and
on their left have reached the Dutch
frontier. whore $1,000 Germans. cut OFF
from their retreat by the advance north
ward from Eecloo. are reported to have
withdrawn into Holland. where they were
interned.
Client II Is predicted from British
headquarters, will fall at an early dato,
and the French by a swift stroke along
an extended line, have put their FORCES
v1thin two miles Of Turnai. Theilt Is In
the hands Of the French. despite stub
born enemy resistance. as well as the
high ground about
British troops have crossed tho Selle
river, have reoonquered Solesmes and
have had hard fighting not only in the
section around that town hut at st. ly-
thon to the cast. Hero the British have
captured more than 1000 prisoners.
Since tho beginning OF tho operations
In Flanders the allies have made an ad-
vance Of moro than thirty miles over n
thirty-six mile front. clearing all OF
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DepIorabIe Situation in
Charleston Whsre FLU"
Has City in lis Grasp

CHARLESTON. w. Va. Oct. CO.
The Spanish influenza which the husi-
ness interests of Charleston estimate
to have four por cent of the p0pula-
tion in It's grasp. is one Of the most
serious matters which has ever faced
the city The tact that hundreds and
thousands Of people are i'll and that
nurses are 80 few thRt one trained
nurse Is forced tn look after two OF
the zones laid off by III" health depart
mcnt. and then many zones started or
without any directing trained nurse.
makes a situation which Is very grave.
The city health commissioner the
mayor and the chairman Of the home
service department OF the Red Cross
are responsible for the coming system.
which presumably was determined on
a basis Of the trained nurses araila-
bic Many OF these could not be oh
taincd for such service. evidently. for
tho zoning system went into effect
with several zones without trained
nurses and in two instances with two
zones under n single trained nurse. The
fact that some families retain two
trained nurses under such circum-
stances for cases of illness whore men,
bcrs OF the family could we'll act as
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Twenty Million Men, Women
and Children Subscribed
for the Loan.

WASHINGTON, Oot 2o.-Probably
20. 900. 900 or moro individuals bought
bonds Of the Fourth Liberty Loan. un-
official reports reaching Washington to-
day showed. A large proportion OF
these filed their subscriptions during
tho last few days OF the campaign
which ended last night. Consequently 1t
will % O task OF many days to actually
count the number Of pledges and to
compile reports from the entire coun-
try.
Definite figures and the total sub
ncrtptious to tho loan wore not avail
able hero tonight. Local and district
campaign managers, fatigued with their
a1duous duttes of the solicitation work.
rested today and will not start until to-
morrow TO figure up the avalanche OF
last minute purchases The only Of
ticial figures In hand here We're of Fri
day night showing about Sl.i00.oOe,OO0
yet to be subscribed.
Despite this and lack of definite in
formation, officials werc confident that
the $6.O00. .000. 900 popular war credit had
been ovcrsubscribed. This WAS based
on indications that advance promises Of
largo sums from fInanciat interests In
New York and elsewhere would bc found
TO be fulfilled when the final count Is
made.
Banks have until next Thursday to
tabulate their subscriptions and report
to federal banks. Treasury offiCinls to-
night declared 1t might be MS much as
two weeks before the results for the
whole county are known. particularly If
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$9,157,4OO Unofficial Total
of Loan Subscriptions
in Ohio County.

Ohio county ran 10 form and over
subscribed her quota OF tho Fourth
Liberty Loan. and the strenuous cam
raign is now q matter OF history. The
total reported up until Saturday night
when the drive came 10 an end. was
s9,l57,400. with probably s5O.0No more
IL be added, according 10 Secretary
Snrdcker.
Twrnty-onc thousand people in Ohio
county, or one IN every three. pledged
themselves 10 produce the money TO
cnahl" the boys to carry on in France.
The average maintained throughout
the county was s436 for each subscrip-
ton and sl46 for each inhabltant II
this ratio could be maintained through
out the United States. one-third OF the
population buying the same amount ms
the onc-third In Ohio county. the total
for the whole country would he Si5.-
200, ,0O0, 900, or two and one-half times
the amount asked for by Mr.. McAdoo.
If the average would hc the same per
capita throughout the nation. tho total
amount would reach the enormous sum
Of s25.330, 900 900, or more than four
times the total set By our ubiquitous
Pooh Bah OF the administration at
Washington.
Tho above figures are Just to remind
the people Of Ohio county that they saw
their duty and did It, their work gra-
ciously putting her over the top" with
somo to so.
Among the figures not available Sat-
urday night were those Of the "sacrt-
Continued on Page Four.)
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(By the Associated Press.)

(Ry the Associated Pres9 I
handed
Berlin
adv reaching the Germany
expresses Belgian so but believes With
would necessarily take several months
government Is prepared professionally to
Madrid dispatch that Germany has
officially that the German admiralty has
a submarines to their bases.
AMSTERDAM President Wilson will be
Berlin o'clock Sunday afternoon
according to the German advices received here
MADRID Spanish government according the
communication from the German government
ordered submarines to return mme
date!y to their bases
WILL RENouNcE "sue"
2OThe reply President Wilson will announce
submarine warfare and will offer political guar
according Geneva
The German papers declare that
posal discuss conditions Of atntstc which
will the battlefield
said be disturbed report that neso
have been broken off,
ASSERT REPLY NOT READY.
2OAccording adces reaching here today from
Germany reply President Wilson not be ready until
correspondent IN Berlin OF the andesOd eesTaphs Sat
urday night said:
which will underle the
which will be definitely fixed at conference "
President Wilson'S reply the German government
deduct his that takes into account the
tendencies entente quarters concerning conditions LOT ac
discussion The German govern
ready to find basis hr further discussion
WILL BELGIUM
LONDON reaching Amsterdam
German reply to President minister in
Berlin Saturday evening Aer
the evacuation Of Belgium but oon
sders that such withdrawal will
Germany protests in the Presidents note
and warfare by the allied blockade
The added denies responsibility for the loss
Of women and children but advance
prepared professionally to stop unrestricted
warfare
FINALLY the note disputes redde With
German should enjoy the right
seltdeterninaton as other nations
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HALF MILLION GERMANS UNABLE
TO5TEN THE ALLIED ADVANCE.
YANKS In TERRIFIC
CLASH WITH TEUTONS
Despite Stifest Resistance
Allies Breaking Through
Before LIE Cateau.
By Tho Associated Press.

Fighting desperately to hold their po-
sitions TO the north and south OF lie Ca
teau. the Germans on a front OF forty
miles have nassed nearly half q million
men. Their line is Vital to the Germans.
but is just as vital to the success OF tho
allied arms. which are steadily pushing
the enemy back and breaking through at
STRAIT csical points.
The British third army is smashing It's
way forward to the south OF Valencien-
ncs. Success so far has attended this ef-
fort and the turning Of this line vii!
prove source OF great danger to vast
mas sos Of German troops holding the
territory to the north nnd south.
The American forces operating In con-
junction with tho British north of Was
sIgny. have advanced to the Sombre-
Oise canal. They occupied Rejet, cast OF
St. Souplct. at tho point Of the bayonet.
Wave after wave OF machine gunners
faced the Americans, who inflicted enor-
NOUS losses on them. West Of the Mouse
American activity was confined to con-
solida.lon of the positions captured from
the Germans.
. On the front in Russia a severe defeat
with the loss OF thousand men Killed
has hccn inflicted on the BolshnTiki In
the YckatcrinburE district by Czecho-
Slovak and Siberian forces. Three ar
morcd trains with eleven locomotives and
sixty machine guns wore captured by tho
allied forces.
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BoIShevik Forces Lose
1000 Killed in Battle
With The (;zGcho- -SIovakS

SHANGHAI, SATURDAY,. Oct. 19.-(Dy
the Associated Press. )--i!nlShc troops
advancing 1nwnrl f.ka.crinhurg have
been severely defeated. by the CZeCho
SlUvhk and Siberian forces. Tie Buish.;-
Wiki lost 1000 m"n killed as well as
three armnrcd trains. eleven locomotives
and SIXTY machine guns.
ARCHANGEl.. FRIDAY. Oct. lS.-(By
the Associated l'rrSS l-~Thc government
IN Northern Russia again has been reor-
ganizcd and the supreme power again
conferred on Nicholas Tschaikovsky.
Colonel DuroI will retain his position
as governor general and military COM
mandcr in the region Of the north.
The ministry has BEEN rcurgan!zcd as
follows: VI. Tschailtov*ky. president Ot
the provisional government and minister
uf foreign affairs and agriculture: Col
cncl purof1. governor general. military
commander, minister OF war. minister
of tho interior and minister of co,nmu-
nications. post and telegraph: Prince
knurpatktn. temporary minister Of
finance: NJ Medohduff. minister Of indus
try and provisions: S. y. Gorodetski.
minister OF justice. and I. Gubon, minis
ter OF public instruction.
With the exception OF Premier
Tschaikovsliy. all tho members OF the
cabinet belong TO Bourgeois Hartsccs.
In addition to the cabinet there is IN
advisory council Of nftcen men. repre-
sentIng all strata OF society and all
parties.
In Archangel the elections recently
held for members Of the Duma resulted
in large majority of the Socialists. al
though the Mourgeois vote was larger
than ever before.
The new cabinet meets with the gen.
eral approval Of the allied diplomatic
corps here.
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TOXIC. Thursday. Oct. 10, (By the
Associated Press. )-Takashi Hara. Ja-
pans first commoner premier and lead
er OF the Scyukwni party. said to-day in
his first statement OF his policies. that
he and his colleagues would constantly
. labor on the future questions arising
out OF the present war. Although the
alliance with Great Britain would re-
main the cornerstone OF Japans foreign
relations. he said. he wished To cmpha-
size thnt his special effort would be to
promote friendly relations with the
United States.
PLEASE tell TINT to the American peo-
pie as convIncinGly as you can" he said,
because my colleagues and I constant
ly desire to see Japan and America
brought closer together and every
shadow Of misunderstanding removed"
with democratic simplicity and di-
rectness, Premier Hara discussed frank
~ all questions put to- him and produced
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-21
WEST VIRGINIA QUOTA IN WAR
WORK CAMPAIGN IS S938,O00

NEW YORK. Oct. 2o.-Now that tho
Liberty Loan Is out OF the way there Is
Just one more big task for the AInor1-
can people and that Is to provide tho
comforts Of life for our boys through
the United War Work Campaign Dr.
John r. Mott director general OF tho
campaign has Just announced the state
quotas New York City will be asked
TO raise s33 200. 900 in the week OF Noy-
ernber II to Is. as its quota In the great
campaign Of tho seven war work aSen-
clos to misc q fund Of $170.5o0.00o. Tho
quota fixed for New York state. outside
tho greater city, Is $1,000. 900. making
tho grand total for tho state S44,2o0.-
900. more than double that Of the state
with tho next largest quota The total
amount Of 317o,50o. 900 was fixed BY the
War Department and approved by tho
President It will be administered un-
der government direction for the seven
recognized war work agencies--the Y.
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LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS URGED To WAGE
UNREM|TT|NG WARFARE On INFLUENZA

emergency hospitals in suitable build
ings, by districung communities, and
apportioning or dividing medical
forces comprising men and women
physicians and nurses so that no por-
tion OF the community IS without med
ical care.
The army and navy are fighting
and conQueri9g the Germans. We
must fight and conquer germs without
taking anything away from the army
and navy. Don't ask the army and
navy for medical and surgical sup.
plies. Use simple utensils for steril-
izing; the simplest kinds Of beds and
bedding: make your own masks and
dressings, and fight for yourselves.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-21
GERMANS WILL
No I COME ALL
THE WAY IN NOTE
VERSIONS OF NOTE
VERY CONTRADICTORY
Abandonment Of the U-Boat
Campaign Believed De-
termined Upon.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 2o.-So many
conflicting re2orts about 4 German reply
to President Wilson have come out or
Holland end Switzerland during the past
few days that officials here are disposed
now to believe. nothing on the spp1ect
until tho text Of 4 note is received eitner
through official channels or from an un-
questioned official source.
German government organs announced
Wednesday that the reply had been dls-
matched ard since The newspapers nf the
border ncutra!S have heard almost hourly
that the note was on its wns. "r about
TO be sent, or would not be sent for sew
eral days. They have given varying
counts of its contents. \ curcuC]G>tntial
story Of how tho reply WIS held up ut
tho last moment for further considera-
tIon after n stormy mc"ting OF members
Of tho Pcrlin government with the inill-
tar. leaders and sove-ciSns or the Cor
man s;atas appeared 10 observers here
10 have the color of truth. and it is re-
g;,rlcd rs entirely possible that the same
thing happened again later in the week.
TO Make Concessions.
Every version of the probable nature
or tho rcply under consideration II not
adopi"a, indicates that the Germans arc
rrGrarlIE 20 come forward with what
they. q; least. will expect the world 10
believe is 4 long step toward meeting
conditions witch President Wilson has
said must hc met before there can be
thought rf IN armistice or discussion OF
pace. Whayvrr may be the substance
Of the note it is believed here. It's form
will he designed to make II difficult for
President Wilson to avoid further en-
changes.
According to one OF the reports today
the Germans will agree TO evacuatc
Belgium and to abandon professionally
unrestricted warfare but will dispute
the right Of foreign powers to meddle
with German internal affairs. Another
says the offer will include immediate
suspension Of submarine warfare.
political guarantees and an armistice.
which the American and German high
commands will arrange on the battle
field" 4 dispatch from Madrid saying
the Spanish government had been In
formed that nil German submarines had
lbCnn ordered 10 their bases appeared to
support suggestions that abandonment
OF the t-hoat campaign has been deter
mined upon.
Not Discussed
Government officials and diplomats
heard all OF these reports with interest.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. - State
executive committees and county rep
reseutatiyes OF the volunteer medical
service corps of the council OF national
defense were urged to-day by DR.. Ed
ward P. Davis, president OF the corps.
TO cooperate fully with local, state
and national boards of health IN flght-
ing the Spanish Influenza epidemic.
They were advised particularly to do
no surgical operations unless abso-
lutely necessary to save life.
Urge and cooperate in preparing
towns and cities for the epidemic. "
said the message. by establishing
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-21
ANF FRICANS SWEEP GERMANS
OFF THEIR FEET At GRANDPRE
Germans Build Nest
OF Forts to Protect
The Briey Iron Field

NEW YORK, Oct 2o.-(By the Asso-
oiated Press)-Events of the past three
months. involving tho ebb Of the. Cor
man tide OF invasion in France in Bel
GUM. have emphasized the Importance
Of tho German defensive systems
which have been prepared by the foe
for Just tho emergency which now con-
fronts him. The allied world Is now
studying the war maps to determine
how far tho present German retire.
rnent may be expected to continue. and
what the entente armies may expect
when they reach the front where the
Germans will stand at bay.
The German defensive lines resemble
a tree with three main branches Tho
trunk of this ''tree'' has its root at
the Swiss frontier and continues north
(Ccuttnuod on PaEs Mgnt.)
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while the epidemic is on do no
surgical operations unless absolutely
necessary 10 save iife."

DR.. NJ. B. Williams city health COM
missioner, stated last evening that he
was heartily in favor of the PROPOSE
itIon advocated by the officials at
Washington. and he stated that plans
were already being made here to take
up the work and 10 in every way pos
sible prevent the spread OF the dis.
ease throughout the city 1t Is likely
that plans will be completed today
whereby the officials will ho able to
give out some definite statement rela.
tive to the plans proposed.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-21
YANKS GIVE GROUND
In STRATEGIC MOVE
Then They Turn on Enemy
and Send Him Keeling
In Defeat.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
NORTHWEST OF EERDUN, Oct 20
90 ,. rn.) (By The Associated Press)-
4 German attack in the region OF Grand
pre- was rcpulsed Tho Americans, for
strategic reasons, at nrst gave a little
ground: then rushed forward and swept
the Germans Oft their feet.
German artillery shclled the entire dis
trict, including Belleioveuse farm, and
the woods to the south and between
there ond Grandp-c. Fierce fighting took
place throughout Sunday. despite the
heavy rain. tho Americans holding the
upper hand.
WITH TIE AMERICAN ARMY
NORTHWEST OF FERDUN. OCT 20
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N. C. A. z W. c. A. National Catholic
War Council (K. OF c.. Jewish Welfare
Board. War Camp Community Service,
American Library Association and Sal
vation Army.
Tho othor state quotas IN the Eastern
Military Department Are as follows:
Pennsylvania, 100000. .ooo;Now Jersey,
$5.6oo.o0O: Maryland. S1.5oo.o0o; vir-
ginia. s1.5o0,Ooo West Virginia. $685.
900: District Of Columbia, $716.00o. and
Delaware, 100000.
The Approximate quotas for the other
large cities in New York state arc: Buff
falo. $4,000, 900; Rochester, s1.20o,0o0; /;
Syracuse. $500. 900: Albany. s425.o00.
The amount ia tho largest ever asked
as a gift from any people in the his
tory Of the world" said DR.. Mott
Viewed as a total sum 1t seems Sigan-
tic. but divide 1t by the four million men
Continual On RaEo GUuE)
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JAPAN'5 PREMIER DECLARES FOR
FRIENDSHIP POLICY WITH J. J:

the impression that Japan. which for tho
last so years has hccn largely ruled by
burcaucrats. has entered upon new
and significant period Of constitutional
progress. in which popular opinion is
mere effectively to guide the nations
policies.
Beginning life as q newspaper repor-
ter. Hara's attainment to the premier
ship Is regarded MS proving that tho
time has arrived when IN Japan. as in
America. any citizen can hope to climb
to the places Of highest responsibility.
Premier Hara pointed out that previ-
Gus attempts to establish :hc party sys-
tom OF government has been made. but
called attention 70 the fact that the
present ministry was the first to have
come into power on so clearly based an
idea OF parties.
II will make it my aim to develop
Confined on FAee EourA sSs
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WASHINGTON. Oct. 20.---Tato Sells.
commissioner of Indian affairs. an
nounc"d to-day that tcl"Graphic reports
received 10y him from the various In
dian reservations show the Indians in
this country have Subscrr bed $4,000. 900
to the fourth loan. This brings their
total subscriptions tn MI four loans 10
approximately S2n.p0n. ono.