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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-04-25

The Woman's Industrial had It's
last meeting for the year on Mon
day. This organization has been a
great benefit to a hundred or more
Of women who meet weekly at the
Parish House.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-04-25

The Thursday night prayer meet
ines are being devoted to consld-
Grafton Of questions Of national IN
ierest and are awakening much en-
thusiasm.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-04-25

The president Of the Christian
Fndcavor Society. Mr.. Leask, has
been called 20 the service and viii
leave soon.
New Britain herald., 1918-11-14
CHARLES PROTESTS LOVE FOR PEOPLE
In Abdicating, He Sends Farewell
 X Message to His Subjects

Copenhagen, Nov. 14,-Emperor Charles on Monday, according to the Wanna Correspondent Bureau issued the following proclamation:
 Since my accession I have inces- sanity tried to rescue my peoples from this tremendous war. I have not delayed the establishment of constitutional rights or the opening of a way for the people to substantial national development.
 Filled with unalterable love for my peoples I will not. with my per son, be a hindrance to their free development. acknowledge the decision taken by German-Austria to form a separate state,
 The people has by it's deputies taken charge of the government. I relinquish every participation in the administration of the state. Likewise I have released the members of the Austrian government from their offices.
 May the German-Austrian people realize harmony from the new adjust ment. The happiness of my peoples was my aim from the beginning. My
New Britain herald., 1918-11-14

ingness to conclude peace with the Allies if they would guarantee the integrity of Austria Hungary.
 Conditions in the dual monarchy were rapidly growing worse. There were many cabinet changes and as sassinations. The Magyars, Czecho- Slavs and other nationalities were clamoring for constitutional reforms and autonomous government.
 Emperor Has Much Trouble.
 Thereafter Charles lot was far from being a happy one, He was reported to have refused to send Austrian troops to the western battle front de- spite the German Emperor's impor- tunity. In every way he endeavored to stem the tide of revolution which
New Britain herald., 1918-11-14
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 Don't stay stuffed up! Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream Balm from your druggist now. Apply little of this fragrant, antiseptic cream in your nostrils, let it penetrate through every air passage of the head; soothe and aeal the swollen, inflamed mucous membrane, giving you instant relief. Ely's Cream Balm is just what every told and catarrh sufferer has been Aeeking. It's just splendid.
New Britain herald., 1918-11-14

seemed to be rising. He promised all kinds of reforms and as a sop to his discontented subjects pardoned "A prisoners awaiting trial at Sarajevo for high treason.
 On October, 1918, he announced plans for the Naturalization of Autra- Hungary and in an address to the Hungarian Diet frankly admitted his throne was in peril" A day or two later Count Karolyi, leader of the Hungarian republicans, announced the success of a bloodless revolution in Budapest and declared Hungary a free and independent state. Still later tho German and other provinces de- clared their purpose to become auto nomous entities and the House of the
New Britain herald., 1918-11-14

to Prince Sixtus de Bourbon, for transmission to the French govern ment in which the monarch said Frances claim to Alsace-Lorraine was Justified"
 Although the letter was denounced as a forgery" in Vienna, the Foreign Office claiming 1t had been written by a French ecclesiastic who had been acting as confessor to the Empress Zita, subequent events proved its authenticity. It was the first revela- ton of the break between the German Emperor and his vassal king. Pre- viously, Emperor Charles had indi- cated his desire for peace, however, in speeches before the Reichsrat. In December. 1917, he declared his will
New Britain herald., 1918-11-14

warmest wishes are that an internal of this war.
 (Signed) CHARLES"
 (Countersigned) 'LAMMAsCH." l
 Emperor Charles I of Austria, King of Hungary, was an unpromising major in an Austrian infantry regi- ment when the shot of the assassin who killed the Archduke Francis Ferdinand on June 28, 1914. made him the heir apparent to the throne in the Hawks Castle on the banks of the River Aar.
 Two hundred or more monarchs of this historic house of Hapsburg ruled for centuries the land of Magyar, Slav and Teuton--centuries of blood shed, tyranny and aggression-and sleep their last sleep in the wonder full crypt of the Capauchin Church in Vienna. Emperor Francis Joseph, the aged predecessor of the youthful Charles, seeing the handwriting on the wall" had hoped to unite the dis cordant elem among his 50,00o,000 subjects whose racial antagonisms were complicated by the absorption by Austria of the Serbian provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1918.
 
 Ferdinands determination to bring about triune empire made up of Magyar, Slav and German states, it is generally believed, that led to his assassination in Sarajevo. Francis Ferdinand feared the dual monarchy might be ended upon the death of Francis Joseph by the intervention of Russia or Germany and sought thus to forestall it.
 Charles Born in 1887. Charles I was born August 17, 1S87 the son of the late Archduke Otto of Saxony. He married the princess zita of the Bourbon house of Parma Gtalian) in 1911. When the Nunc Dimittis was sung for his dead grand uncle, the Emperor Francis Joseph, the only achievements of Charles brought to public notice were that he was a keen sportsman, an excellent shot and motorist. Frequently he was : seen in the parks of Vienna wheeling one of his young dukes in a baby peram bulator. When he acceded to the throne on December 30, 1916, Autria Hungary, torn by four years of the war, saw the first faint gleam of possible peace.
 The course of the new ruler was regulated largely from Berlin and for the first six months of his reign Austria Hungary was regarded as a mere German state. Hindenburg's successes in GaIicia in 1916, in which Charles shared as Fl commander in the field, gave the young monarch a pres tige which enabled him to hold the Austrians to the Central overs until the collapse of Bulgaria and Turkey and the final crash.
 Numerous peace overtures and manoeuvres characterized the diplo- macy of the dual monarchy after Francis Joseph's death, precipitated doubtless by bread riots and other out breaks throughout Austria Unable to maintain his pledge to the German Emperor "to continue to the war to the end" Charles made use of the famous Dear Sixtus" letter, an auto graphed missive written in April 1918,
New Britain herald., 1918-11-14
WILLIAMS RESIGNS AT BANK

Luther B. Williams, for the past 14 years a teller at the New Britain Trust company, will leave that insti- tuition Saturday to enter the purchas- ing department of the New Britain Machine company, and will begin his new work Monday. He was at one time assistant ticket agent at the To- cTI station of the New Haven Road" and was employed there for nine years, leaving there for the employ of the Trust company He is a native of Rocky Hill.
New Britain herald., 1918-11-14
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New Britain herald., 1918-11-14
By Briggs

Hapsburgs, once the leader of the Holy Roman Empire, seemed to be about to collapse like 0 house of cards.
New Britain herald., 1918-11-14

Just As Scores of New Britain People
 Have. t-. Waiting doesn't pay.
 If you neglect kidney backache,
 Bladder troubles often follow.
 Doan's Kidney Pills are for kidney sackache, and for other kidney ills. New Britain citizens endorse them. Mrs. John Schilling. 30s Maple St., New Britain, says: "Over-work and dampness and cold always affect my sxidneys. I can tell when they are out of order as have teSrible sharp pains m my back and my kidneys don't act right. Doan's Kidney Pills always give me relief, and I recommend them very highly" soc. at all dealers. F'oster-Milburn To. Mfgrs, Buffalo. N. Y.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-05
ZIONIST MOVEMENT | IS RECOGNIZED BY
 PRESIDENT WILSON
Expresses Satisfaction at Establishment in Pales- tine of National Home
 for Jewish People

New York, September 4.-On the eve of the Jewish New Year, which begins at sundown Friday, message from Presi- dent Wilson expressing his deep and sincere interest in the progress of the development of Palestine as the Jewish homeland, was made public here tonight by Rabbi Steven S. Wise. former presi dent of the provisional Zionist commit tee. The President wrote to Rabbi Wise
 have watched with deep and sin cere interest the reconstructive work which the Weisemann committee has done in Palestine at the instance of the British government and l welcome an opportunity to express the satisfaction l have felt in the progress of the Zionist movement in the United States and the allied country since the declaration by MT. Balfour on behalf of the British government of Great Britain's approval of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and his promise that the British government would use it's best endeavors to facilitate the achievement of that object with the understanding that nothing would be done to prejudice the civil and religious rights of non Jewish people in Palestine or the rights and political status en- joyed by the Jews in other counties.
 1T think that all Americans will be deeply moved by the report that even in this time of stress the Weisemann com mission has been able to lay the founda- ton of the Hebrew university at Jeru- salem with the promise that bears of spiritual rebirth.'' N
 Dr. Chain Weisemann. president of the English Zionist federation and a noted scientist in Britis government service, was selected by that government as head of the Zionist commission to Pales- tine to make survey of the Holy Land. This appointment was made after Great Britain had issued it's Palestine declara- ton. The commission includes Zionist representatives from France. Italy and Russia. and has received the fullest re- spect of the Zionists of America. The corner stone of the Hebrew university in Jerusalem was laid on July 24 by pr. Waterman and his assistants
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-05

tions at being delivered from the Ger ntans sending tears streaming down their thin cheeks. More than one laughed and cried alternately, as they again trod the free soil of France, and tried to thank the soldiers who had helped them iron, the bondage.
 The three men who had first come out of the town to meet the British, returned today, but the rest of the party. becoming frightened by the ene- my shell fire. had found shelter in the dugouts up at the front They were given food and advised to remin there for awhile.
 One man told story of how when the town was gassed he had searched around until he found dead German and removed the gas mask, taking |. back to his mother, who was hiding in q cellar. On September 1. he declare,l the entire population was ordered to evacuate by the Germans. Some de- cided that rather than miss the chance of escape. they would hide and await deliverance. The Germans. anxious to get away themselves. did not take time to search the town thoroughly.
 The refugees said that since 1914 the food had steadily become worse. until at last 1t was just enough to keep them alive. but 1t did not give them sufficient strength to work It was all most impossible for them to get cloth ing and there was nothing whatever they could buy. They had not been he Germans first swept into it. al- most four years ago
 Headquarters reports from the northern part of the front say that fur ther progress has been made at sev- eral places along the line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-05
PRESIDENT MAY
 VISIT ALABAMA
 ON LOAN TOUR
No Formal Invitation Ex- tended, But Senators Un- derwOOd and Bankhead
 Considering Matter
nx HUGH w. ROBERTS

Washington, September 4.--tSpecial) ) The President for the first time will make an itinerary of the United States in the interest of Liberty Loans. He leaves Washington september 28, but other than that he will go to the Pa- cific coast and to the northern ex- tremeties of the country, no details are as yet made known.
 The activity, of the President is due to two causes. The first is the SUD- posed difficulty in rapidly floating q fourth issue much larger than those preceding, in view of the new adminis- tration revenue bill providing taxa tion in sum exceeding sS.000. 000, 900 which by September 2s. will be law. The second reason is lhs Presidents desire to visit certain sec tions of the country, especially the Pacific coast. wherein he has not been since entering the executive mansion.
 Alabamians in Congress are hopeful that the President will visit one of three important cities of the state No formal invitation has as yet been extended, either by civic organizations or by the delegation in Congress It is generally understood that the Pres ident has promised himself visit to Alabama and other states which he has not visited at some opportune mo- ment during his incumbency.
 It is believed possible that Alabama, by concerted action, can make the President believe that an opportune moment for his Alabama trip will pre- sent itself during the itinerary in the interest of bonds. Senators Bankhead and Underwood will consider the mat ter of formally extending an invita- tion on the return of the latter from New York tomorrow or Thursday
 The size Of the next issue has not yet been determined. although it is unofficially announced that the re- quest will be for loans in a minimum sum of s6.00o, ,o0o,0o A much larger figure was at first contemplated, but on account of the increased burden of living and taxation expenses, it was deemed advisable to make a more mod crate request
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-05
Summary of the News

1-German retreat from vesle begins. I. w. W. bomb kills four and
 wounds 75 In Chicago.
 General March ann0unces arrival
 of 1.0O0 900 Americans overseas. Steamship fleet of II vessels seized
 by Palmer. 2-Nitrate works at Muscle Shoals h
 not delayed by order. S-Net4 investment clause sticks in
 water power bill. 4-EditOrial comment. 5-Annunl report of Y. N. c. A, shovvs
 wonderful work done.
 Private Scott to speak here for
 fOur-minute men. -Society and Red Cross news. 7-sports. S-WtlsOn c0mmutes death sentence
 of negro soldier. 9@Casualty list. 1o-Efforts fail to locate men lost in
 mine acetdeA ,S 1:-1S-Farn neWs. 15-Markets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-05
ADVANCE CONCEDED

Berlin. September 4.--tvin London BritisI, troops operating in the Lys ss : Ifcnt yesterday worked their way t0r- ward ns far as the line of Wulvcrgkem Nicppe, Dac-St. Maur, Lnveatre and RichcborE-St. Naast, accordiuE to the statement issued by the German gen. eral staff.
 On both sides of NOSOn French troops carried out strong attacks. which were especially directed against the high ground between Campo xnc and BuiAsy.
 Between the Aiiette md Aisne rivers the French. in cO-Operatiou with Amer leans and Italians. launched renewed attacks after tho strongest artillery preparation. They were repulsed in many instances after bitter hand-te- hand fighting.
 The text of the statement readas
 sOn both sides of the Yys the enemy in continuous battle with our forward troops worked ahead as far as Wulver- grcm, Nieppe, Bac st. Mur. Laventte nnd Richebourg. Our mixed detaeh- ments in these minor engaGements ef- f~ctively damaged the enemy and by means of n sharp attack took prisoners.
 'On the battle front between the
 tCoutinued on Page Threey
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-05
MANY VILLAGES TAKEN

Washington. September 4--American troops in close pursuit of the Ger mans retiring north of the vesle have captured the villages of Bazches. Per les, Fismette and Daslieux. taking prisoners and machine guns. General PershinG reported in his communique for today. received tonight by the war dena rtment
 The American forces General Per shing. said, have reached the general line Vauxcere- Blanzv-Le Grand Ha- mean. American aviators have slc- cessfully bombed the railroad yards at I4onruyon. Domary- -Daroucourt. and Conflans
 The statement follows:
 "Headuuarters American Expedi- tionary Forces, September 4.-section A: Yielding to the continued pressure Of the allied forces. the enemy is in retreat north of the vesle. Our troops in close pursuit. have taken Bazoches. Perles Fismett, and Daslieux. captur- ing prisoners and machine guns They have reached the line vauxcere- Blanzy- Le-Grand Hameau
 ''rn the Vosges d hostile raiding par ty was repulsed. leaving prisoners in our hands
 Yesterday our aviators successfully
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-05

The statement reads:
 "Our troops, after having brok- en on the preceding dnys the stubborn resistance of the enemy, forced him to retreat north of the Disc and on the Vesie. Between the Canal Du Nord and the Disc, our advanced clements, on the heels of the enemy rear guards have gone beyond Libcrmont and reach the outskirts of Esmery-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-05

Hn1lOn, and occupied the Bois-De- EIIOspitnl.
 .'Further south our line ex- tends along Frenichcs, Guiscnrd, BcauEies, Grnndru, MOndescOurt and Appilfy. More to the east we crossed the Ailette and reached Mnrixellc, northeast of Manicnmp. The enemy left in our hands num- .- erous prisoners, guns and mate rial md considerable supplies.
 ..Bctween the AiIcttc and the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-05
Stabilization of Price
 of Cotton Considered

Washington. September 1.-The war in- dustries board. with the approval of Pres ident Wilson, is soon to appoint com mittee tS consider the desirabiity and feasibility of effecting stabilization of cotton prices and other matters con nected with handling the crop. This was announced tonight by Chairman Baruch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-05

a 25-mile front in a single day. was due largely to withdrawal forced upon the enemy in the north.
 E FOURTEEN-MILE ADVANCE
 General March pointed out also as indicating the rapidity with which the battle front is shifting under the steady drive of the allied armies, that the British had pressed ahead IA miles since they launched their attack on August 21.
 Even as General March talked. word came from the battlefront stating that the enemy had been, hurled still fur ther back along the Douai- -Cambrai line and that the British early today stood within five miles of the Cam brai pivot to this German defense po- sition. Later reports both from Flan- ders and on the Vesle, far to the south indicated that new retirements were in progress in both places, due to the combination of the British thrust in the center and General Mangin's flank ing movement toward the Chemin Des- Danes. The advance of Franco Amer ican forces across the Vesle indicates that the German line at this end of the battlefront is being forced back toward the Aisne by the pressure from the flank
 NEW PHASE EXPECTED
 In all the dispatches from
 abroad officers here noted again
 today, yelled indications that some
 new md important phase of the
 battle is to he expected sffortly.
 There was an air of expectancy
 among both unofficial and semi-
 official commentators which pro-
 duced the impression that Marshal
 Foch Is preparing for new blow.
 If this is the case. it is believed
 here that the employment of Gem
 eraI Pershing's army may we'll he
 included in the plans. the object
 heinz to hit with full force of the
 American md allied armies now
 that the German disOrganizntion
 appears to be spreading and his
 line wavering.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-05

advanced with great dash and courage md carried the villages of Mannncourt md Etricourt. Overcoming the obstacles present. cd by the canal and river, they rising ground to the cast.
 "Furthcr north English md New Zenlnnd divisions have taken Ruy- aulcourt nnd reached the northern outskirts of Hnvrincourt wood, enst of the canal line. other Eng fish divisions gained the west bank of the canal opposite Demicourt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-05
Girl Is Shot and
 SuitOr Held by Police

Oklahoma City. Okla, September [.
 Miss Thelma Lovejoy, a local school teacher, was shot and almost instantly Killed late today as she stepped from an interurban streS~ car here. R. D. Crosthwaite, said to have been the
 woman's suitor. is held by the police ac-
 cused of the staying. %
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-05

Atsne the battle continued on the plateau north of Soissons.
 "Menaced on his right flank, the enemy hns retired north of the Neslc. We took cy-Lc-LOnG and MoDcei, north of the Aisnc.
 "Further to the right, our troops have crossed the NesIe on n front of 20 kilometres, advanced beyond CLnsemy, Brcnelle, vauberlin, vnu- cere nnd BIanxy and gained n foot ing on the northern crest of Bas- lieux.s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-05

The stntcment says;
 ssEnglish md Welsh troops forced n passage of the Tortille river, and the Canal Du Nord on wide front north of MoisInins. Dur ing the early pnrt of tho day the enemy held the east banks of the river and canal md with artillery and machine gun fire endenvored to arrest our advance nt this line.
 "Despite the natural strength of the cncmy's positions, our troops
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-05
GERMAN RETREAT FROM VESLE BEGINS Ves1e or Front Of TlventyN1i1es
American and French Combat Patrols Are Close Heels of Germans as They Continue Their Flight Eastward
 Lens Completely Evacuated
Franco-Americans Pursuing Enemy

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-05
/. ". ". BOMB KILLS FOUR
 AND INJURIES MORE THAN 75
Explosion Wrecks Entrance to Chicago Federal ! Building and Shatters Windows Across E Street Thousands of Officers Seeking
 Perpetrator of Outrage

Chicago September -Four persons killed and than 75 others injured by the explosion of bomb in crowded entrance building BIO o'clock this afternoon The explosion which only wrecked the entrance of the building shattered every window the first three floors buildings the street. attributed to the w. w. Phillip Barry charge of the local offices of the depart