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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-05
WAR SHARES
SHOW LOSSES

NEW YORK. Oct. 4.-In tts chief
characteristics. to-dayS stock market
presented no new features or interest
Shares likely to b. adversely AFFECTED
by Sn eariy termination OF tho war again
denoted pressure. IN contrast TO the
strength Of uany other issues
BackrardneSS OF rails was again dis
appointing and combined with the
heaviness Of United states Steel de-
racted to no small extent from what
otherwise afforded = substantial basis
Sor a forward movement OF wide proper
Stious.
y United States Steel reacted a point
from its slight gain, at the opening
made more than full recovery. but lost
ground again in the last hour with re-
lated equipments and feathers, also mis-
ceHaneous issues including Industrial
Alcohol.
Regardless of the restrictions recent
" set up by banking interests and the
extraordinary requirements of the cur
rent Liberty Loan drive, traders er1-
IDENTIFY experienced little difficulty in
securing loans for an extension OF their
speculative commitments.
These again comprised. for ths most
part. shippings. oils. motors. coppers
tobaccos. sugars and numerous utilities.
the latter group probably. deriving their
strength from the better outlook for
financial assistance.
1 Many OF these stocks registered best
S3S N<~iohHs "a etfS Sut SAt itS'S
n Few mounted to highest lavelS OIL the
year. although extreme gains Of , to 10
points were generally shaded at the IT.
regular close. heavy realizing following
another sharp rise in shippings. Sales
amounted to 100000 shares.
Trading in Liberty bonds WAS again
very active. especially the third Ak 8.
Local fractions issued rosc in sympathy
with stocks of that class. but interna-
tionats were easier. Total sales, par
value aggregated $S.7I5.n00. Old United
States bonds were unchanged on call.
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LIVE STOCKS


CHICAGO. Oct. i.-ttoxS. receips H.
GOO: late trad: l5c 10 zoe lower: good
hogs declining most: top. Sl4.25: few
above $3.50. late. Butchers. s1S,S5M
.ls.2019.2o: light SIS.5pG 1910: packing
slS.00 q 1885; rough. slI.5OFi IS. 90: pirs,
good to choice. sl5.15ml7.75.
Cattle. receipts. 6,nuD: beef ;rs.d butch
or cattle slow TO 15c lower: Gamers
strong: calves Steady: stockerS and
feeders strong. Beef cattle. good. choice
and prime. Sl5.25 II 1850: common and
medium. s1o.mQ fr 1925. Butcher stock.
COWS and heif.rS. $3.50 1918: Gamers
and cutters. s6.5hG n 100: stockers and
Eeders. good 20 choice and fancy. Sl0.75
II 1875: inferior. common and medium.
SI.1o q 1875: veal calves. good and
choice. $500 Gt18.T5.
Sheep. receipS. 6.on0: fat lambs mostly
steady: good feeders stronger: sheen
slow to lower. Lambs choice and prime,
s15.75 n 1850: medium and good. s1315
n 1915; cults. 5000 100. Ewes. choice
and prime. $1o.0on 1850: medium and
good. 5000 noe: culls. S350ft1.0o.
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Butter, Cheese and Eggs

, NEW YORK, Oct. 4.--EutLrr weaker:
creamery, higher than extras. Gle: cx-
ira {92 Scorc). 60c; ilrSts. 81 Y Gr59i.c
packing stock, current mako No. =. 40 \.
U41c.-
Eggs irregular: fresh gathered. extra,
56m57c: fresh gatherrd/r"guInr packed
extra hrsts. 81 n65c; do. tlrSlS. j2Qr53c;
state. Pennsylvania ana nearby western
state. Pennsylvania and nearby hcun"ry
brown, 5SGr62c: do. gathered brown and
mixed culors. 50ar5Tc.
Choose firm: stale. whole milk flats.
fresh specials. sc; do. average run,
2In3lkc-
Liv" poultry steady: chickens. 90 n
26c: fowls. 22fp@7c; old ROSTERS. 20c;
turkeys. 2sM3Oc.
Dressed quiet: chickens. 29@ 40c; 9TH
crS unchanged.
Flour unchanged.
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FINANCIAL OPINIONS

'Ry private wire to- y. l.. ALastcn & Cos
Financial News Bureau .SayS---Alany
tr'tders favorinE the bear side hold 10
the view that industrial activities will
be halted gradually AS progresses is
made toward peace They expect rcac-
ton in all lines Of trads> and in Sc
curity prices.
Town Topics says--Therc is splendid
buying in G.. G. s. which is due Ia gu
higher. American Smelling and +. Y.
arr going good. q. G. =. and {. G. $.
should hc bought on sethacks.
Wall street Lournai-lr leading COM
mission houses it is stated that the stock
market is over-snCi with the short in
tcreSt ramlicd through the whole list
OF nduStrlals.
New York News Bureau says--Ic. &. :
is reported bought for account of i'm
bortant interests who are replacing pub
lie utility holdings in the conviction that
they have turned the corner and thn;
issue is one If the best. The latest
earnings estimated nj about Der, cent
NV YORK, Oct. 1.-The market is
still narrow. with activity rentcrcd in
spots. Marine preferred advanced on n
revival Of the talk Of the sale Of the
British ships 10 Il British syndicate II
is likely that the effort IL discover new
so-clllcd peace stocks will continue
Cons. Gas. rubber stocks and motors
have been bought on this theory. After
more or less wandering of this sort. VIC
believe. sentiment will once more set
tic down tn the standard faTnritrs 1t
Will then b-' rodScuvcred that steel
stocks arc peace stocks also and that in
dustriAl concerns that have been efficient
in war times may also he efficient when
the wa-siS over. Oils are good either
in peace or war.
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! Bid. ! Ask
Stocks SAB
DUN'S REVIEW

NEW YORK. Oct 4.--Dun's tomorrow
will say: 80.
While some markets have been quick
to reflect the highly significant war de-
rclopments, and although the sudden
a profound and far-reaching impression
upon sentiment there Is no disposition
among conservative business interests
TO disregard the fact that difficult times
are still ahead. and the tendency in the
leading industries is no increase the pro-
ductive effort rather than to Slackcn it,
Moro completely each week the cuun-
try's. manufacturing forces are conCcn-
trating on the vast and urgent govern
mental necessities. and not only are civ
linn wants promptly set aside when-
ever and wherever the occasion requires
it but in some instances no cousideril-
ton whatever is being given To de-
mands from irregular channels.
Weekly bank clearinEs, $T94G4G7Sl7.
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(;ADlz

Doyle Copeland, OF WeiTton W. Va. Is
here
home from Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Gates and family
arc visiting m Pittsburgh.
Mrs. l.. Milton Ronshein. who has
been employed IN the Carnegie Library
as childrcns librarian. has returned TO
CadiZ.
DR.. Henry Hines OF Cleveland. is here
visiting relatives.
Miss Frances QuigIey was homo from
Eerrs over Sunday.
Mrs. Mary A. Go,lrlev Clark. widow OF
johnson Clark died at her. home in Pitts
burgh on Monday afternoon. She was a
resident of Cadiz until about IS years
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CLOTHING FOR BELGIUM.

WASHINGTON. Oct. I'm addition
tn supplying clothing to Belgian women.
children and aged mrn: the American
I;rd tr"ss is being called upon TO clothe
many "f tn" 800 Belgian soldiers who
ar" returned In civilAlfr monthly, &C
r"rding /" Il dispatch received AT Red
t,rnSS headquarters here. Under the
Belgian army regulations soldiers .lnSc
The privilcg" Of wearing he army uni
form when they leave the. service In n
number If eases thr returned soldiers
have Insufficient funds Ia buy clothing
and are furnished nytfluS by tho Rcd
Cross
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WOOL REVIEW

BOSTON. Oct 1.-THE Commercial
Bulletin tomorrow will say:
There has been little change in the
wool situation during the past week.
the period OF dull routine which has
characterized the market for several
weeks
THE foreign markets are without ma
terial changes Reports from the river
plate indicate firm market with
American buying moderate. The goods
market is still dominated entirely by
war needs and the possibility of civilian
Of wool is still very re-
mole"
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SUGAR

. NEW YORK. Oct 4.-Tbere was
nothing new in the local sugar situa-
ton. and prices for raw were unchanged
at 7-2S for centrifugal: Tho committee
reported purchases Of $4,000 bags OF
hubas and $500 bags Of Porto Rtcos.
In refined certificates are sti1l coming
forward rather slowly. so that business
has not increased to any material ex-
tent. with rcdnArs having no difficulty
in filling orders Prices were unchanged
at &c for fine granulated. :
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CLOSING Letter

NEW TOltk.-l'rces saggcd today
There was no special reason. Traders
and tho general speculative clomenI are
greatly confused. They arc trying to
choose peace stocks, because they be-
lieve We are at the beginning Of the
end of the war. United States Steel is
being sold by many because the earnings
OF the company were very small at The
beginning Of the war. so they are i'll
clined 10 put it in tn" war stock class.
large short interest is accommodating
lin the stock and Il sharp rally may &C.
cur at any timc.-H. W. Il Co.
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PAIR FOUND GUILTY.

SAN FRANCISCO. oct. ii. J.
WorthinEt"n. formerly of Chicoga
where ~ was known a. William J.
Chase and Mrs. I.ar Belmont were
found guilty last night in the federal
court OF conspiracy and using the mails
Ia dCfraud in connection with an al
legged extensive charity, .swindlc. Mrs.
Lulu Wcstphal was acquitted.
Wurthinglou'S operations in San
Francisco and Los Angeles netlcd him
100000 H., issued Il magazine called
'"rhe Little Children Of the Poor" AND
through solicitation he and Mrs Bel
mont collected large sums hf money.
He formerly operated i'll thu last.
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AVIATOR KILLED

- ST. LOUIS. Oct 4.-Corporal Charles
NJ. Cointc1as. Of st. Louis, died at IL
o'clock this morning in Scott aviation
field hospital Of injuries received IN a
fall of 1000 feet, at o'clock.
Second Lieutenant Burr S. Cameron.
Of Naples, Texas. was seriously injured.
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The Days REVIEW
(Furri shed The Intelligerc..r by the J.
d. Mcrriman Company
Opening Letter

NEW TORk.--Nrws this morning is
splendid. The market should 80 UP. but
is likely to b. spotty with peace stocks
mostly favored.
Dow Jones says-I1ackawanna sagged
with Bethlehem. Rcthclrhcin short in
tcrcst in this stock is now said 10 be
larger than in any other issue oil tho
board, with tho exception Of Steel COM
mon. II can be stated that good buying
has appeared in Bethlehem +. Upward
movement in Mex. Pete. and Texas ca.
shares has also spread to Sinclair Oil.
This stock is thoroughly llquida1ed and
despite taxes, earnings are running al
high levelS.--Eiarris. Winthrop & Co.
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Pittsburgh 1.-Two Stock.

PITTSRCRCH. Oct. 4.-|>attlp steady;
supply light. Prime. $l6.50ulT.00.
Sheep steady: supply light. Prime
wcthers, s1l.00@l1.75: culls and com
mon. s350Ir5.0o: lambs. Slo.0oGi6.e5:
veal calves. $4,000 1900.
Hogs dull; rsc.ipS ." double decks
Prime heavieS and Workers. $3.50 a
1920: pigs. slS.75@1S.so: roushs. $500
G1Too
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Toledo Grain

TOLEDO. Ohio. Oct. 4.-Clovrrsced
prime October. s22.f0: December. $1,000;
February, S23.1Q: March. $4,000.
.AlSike. prime cash and October
SIN, %: December. $3.50: March. slS.75.
Timnthy. prime cash. old. $3.50: new,
S"lU: ir"rcmbtr. $5l@l. March: Sa."7 !. ;
April. $5.3u
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QUAKE RECORDED.

WASHINGTON. Oct. ia slight
earthquake beginning IT SET o'clock this
morning and lasting 81. minutes was
recorded on seismograhs at the George
town University observatory. 1t WAS
,centcred apparently about 600 miles
from Washington. =.
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New York Cotton Market

WHEELING. W. Va Oct. 4, rs.
FURNISHED the Intelligencer by A E
Masteu & Co.. members or the New York
Stock Exchanse.l National Bank Build
knS, Wheeling. ". Va, Louis F. Brand.
manager.
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PETROLEUM

OIL CRY. Ia. Oct. 4.--CrrIit bal
anccs 81 Runs. 10.90n; average. o..
S23. Shipments Sc. IA: average. As, 10+.
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BOSTON COPPER STOCKS

WHEELING. ". Va. Oct. 4, rs.
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Masten & Co.. members Of the New York
Stock Exchange National Bank Build
ing. Wheeling. w. Va. Louis +. Brand,
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PITTSBURGH STOCKS

WHEELING. w. Va, Oct 4. rs.
Furnished the InteIlIgencer by A.. e
Masten & Co.. members OF the New YORK
Stock Exchange. National Bank Build.
Ing. Wheeling. W. Va. Louis +. Brand,
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: CurH Mining Stocks.
NEW YORK CURB MARKET

WHEELING. w. Va, Oct 4, Is.
Furnished the intelllEencer by A. z
Masten & Co.. members of the New York
Stock Exchange. National Eank Build
ing Wheeling. w. Va. Louis i. Brand
manager.
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NY. STOCK EXCHANGE

WHEELING. ". Va. Oct. I, 'IS.
Furnished the 1ntcnisrucer by A. z
kIasten & Co. members Of the New Yo<h
Stock Exchange. National Bank Build
n iRK. Wheeling. ". Va Louis F. Brand
MANAGER
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Standard OIL Subsidiary Stock

WHEELING, W. Va Oct. 4, is.
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Masten &c Co. members OF the New York
Stock Exchange. National Bank Build
ing. Wheeling, w. Va. Louis +. Brand
manager.
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LOCAL STOCKS

WHEELING. ". Va. Oct. 4. rs.
Daily quotation list Wheeling Stock
Exchange. compiled for the Intelligent
nv
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BANK CLEARINGS

cfesrinxS for Oct. 8. 56SS.":S.&:.
Sans car He0E. S16 Sf11
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MARKING 7 ||NE
IN CORN MAKE

------
CHICAGO. Oct-4. - Corn traders
showed q disposition today to mark
time and 10 await Developments in the
war situation. Prices closed unsettled,
/. net lower to &C advance. with No
veuber ut $l.309s To Sl.309S and Decem-
bcr 1T Sl.2SE% to Sis u. Oats gained
7c TO &c and provisions 1oc to 75c-
Open. / High Low. Close.
s'{ Bss 81 81 s:s ): TX 'B 5 ~ ~
Oats
Nov. GO 70ea 6STs 7oS
Dec. Soy 7lfs 69ia EGA
Pork.
Oct. S5 80 S7 o5 35 20 JKo5
Nov 25 SO 81 80 1875 so 81 80
Lard
Oct. ..-..-- I26 so rs Is Es6 rs
Nov Us G5 % 10 25 IS &c OF
RIBS
Nov. l22 65 l2S 90 I22 G5 t23 90
Cash quotations.:
CoIn-No. Q yellow. Sl55 q 1.56; No. 3
yellow. SL42@1.50: No. 4. yellow, sl.3S
Gp1.42.
T1TT2c.
Pork nominal.
Lard. S2T.05,
Ribs. $:2.ST q $3.50.
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Total Shar.& I..::.sUu
Bonds Sg.l9?.hun
Regular quarterly dividend 75c per
share. rayahl" GO. -I;h.
Regular quarterly dividend STEc per
share. payable Oct :1St
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Liberty Bonds)-

----Bg1 IsERTY BONDS s.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-02

ArEonnc forest. and hin the occupation
4 OF Marvaux and Azure. TO the west.
The Germans appear TO have decided
TO make stand in the group of hills
northwest of Rheims, called the ST.
Thierry massif. L: is just west OF tn~
+ Aisne Canal, from Berry -au-Gac to the
Sregton OF Rheims. Possession OF tn,s
strong position is necessary 10 the
Germans in order that they may NAM
Including the forts OF st. Thierry and
ETimont from which they bombarded
Rheims.
Along the Vesle. General Bcrthelots
FORCES, Notwithstanding the machine
gun, opposition. have everywhere ad-
vaEced beyond Revillon.
French troops have penetrated ST.
Quentin as far as the canal.
North of the Aisne. Meurival. Ncnte-
lay. BouSencourt and st. Therry have
been occupied. while north OF Boucon-
vile. Autry wood and Vaux- les Mauror.
haSe been captured.
Vhc statement says:
eAttacks conducted by tho First
Army in conjunction with the British
in the region OF St Quentin yesterday
obtained important results. We have
penetrated st. Quentin as far as the
canal. The enemy resisted obstinatcly.
Sln this region we reached the canal
between Tronquoy and RouNroy TO
the south we pushed into the HintAn-
burg line as far as two kilomctcrs TO
the east OF Gauchy.
Won the Aisne front we have taken
Meurival. Ncntelay. Bouvcncourt, Trig-
ny. Mercy and st. Thierry Two thou
sand prisoners have been taken since
yesterday, together with twenty-onc
capnon.
1--WE have taken Autry wood and
VaeiN- les Mauron. five kilomcters north
of. Bouconville.
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ONE AMERICAN KILLED
As TANK IL DION;N a..
Try Associated pressl

l'y Associated Pr.ss.l
WITH TIE AMERICAN ARMY OK
THE ST QUENTIN FRONT. october i
-Hcfore the american advance tho
Germans Uttered the country with tank
inihcs. apparently anticipating a with
drawa! Scores OF British made tanks.
many OF them manned by American
crews. are cooperating in the Alneri-
can advance. one OF these rolled over
a mine and was blown up one cas-
uaitY resulting. The others got through
and did splendid execution
THESE American tank crews were
trained in England, and had been wait
ing behind the front for the attacks.
They rolled along before the infantry
and directly in The rear OF Il creeping
barragc and cleared many machine
gun nests.
After tho manner OF the British tn.
Americans drove their machines right
on top of the Germans, crushing down
men. guns and nests. Some of the
crews came on; OF the fight with their
tractors dripping with blood, showing
how completely they had Accomplished
the task assigned TO them
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-02

Health Commissioners Schencls csti-
mates that as n number OF minor cases
have no physician in attendance that
the official report fled by physicians
hardly total half the number OF actual
new cases which developed during the
last twenty-four hours. lie also re-
ports that bacterio1ogicnl exam ina lions
have the fact that the Shephcocus
germ. said to be responsible for the
prevalent In the infected districts
mass meeting has been called for
tomorrow to consider the situation.
AZ the request OF DIR. Schenck. ut which
asking the city council to close ali
places OF amuscmcRts and ban public
meetings. Strenuous efforts ire being
made TO isolate cases as far AZ posi-,
BILE.
Ernest w. Emery. radio operator
stationed mt the Hampton Roads naval
stnn of The Associated Press. died nj
the naval base hosDital last night
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HEAVY FIGHTING ALONG
CAMDRAI-ST. QUENTIN LINE.

LONDON, October !. - Extremely
the mas dav p aanr IN
brai-St. Quentin sector according TO
Field Marshal Hagi's report tonight.
Notwithstanding increased German re-
siStancc, the British have gained I'M
poftant territory along the greater
part o: the line.
During the month Of September the
British captured on the western front
$1,000 prisoners and zoe guns DURING
the months of August ana September
the British captured l2S,6lS prisoners
amp l.4oV guns. The text or the state
ment reads:
1.-THE operations continued satisrac-
toriiy to-day on the st. Quentin-Cam-
brai battle front. on our extreme right.
northeast of ST. Quentin, We made con-
siderable advance eastward on to the
high ground east of Levcrsles
Further north We cameo a footing
in 'Joncourt, stormcd the defenscS or
the villages of Estrces, and cleared
the enemy from the hisn ground south
or Lee Catelct.
'In the center. fighting OF severe
nature is taking place IN the villages
of ,Crerccoeur and Humility and on the
rising ground north and east OF those
'.On the left. between cambrai ana
the River Scnsee. our troops have been
severely engaged throughout the morn
ing in attack and coum,rattack VITA
fresh hostile forces brought W. TO the
battle field. Notwithstanding. We
made progress east OF Tloy anc -
the neighborhood OF Bleicourt
During the four days nGhting from
September ~. on the St quentin cam
brai battle front, we engaged and &C.
ieated, with heavy losses, thirty-s,S
German divisions approximately 49,
600 men).
During the month of September the
British forces captured $1,000 prison
crS, including 1880 officers, and also
700 guns of all calibers ana some thou
sands OF machine guns. During the
months OF August and september the
total captures by the British amounted
Ulcers and about l.4Qo guns"
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UETREATING HUNS SET
CIrl OE CAMHNAI ON FIRE

LONDON, October L. Under the
threat of its speedy capture by the
British the city of Cambria has been
set on fire by the Germans. Field Mar
shat liaig. reported in his official state
mrut To-day
British troops last night continued
their cloSinS-in movement on Cambrai.
They captured Irovillc, TO the west OF
the city. and Tilloy. close by on the
northwest, Field Marshal 'Haig an
nouncod III his official report o-day.
Further south on the front between
tambrai and st. Quentin the town OF
Ncndhuilc has been taken possession
OF by the British.
North of St Quentin tho British
wedge has been thrust still further
into German held territory and the
town OF LcverEies has been captured.
The battle was resumed this morn
ing In the Cambrai-St. Quentin sector
The statement reads:
Our attack north OF st. Quentin
captured Lcvcrgies after sharp fight
ing in the ncighborhood of the village
FARTHER north we progressed to-
ward Joncourt and gained possession
OF Ncndhuile. English and Canadian
troops arc closing In upon Cambria
nnI Yesterday captured Provillc and
Illlory in the face of strong resistance
Cambria has been set on fire by the
enemy.
This morning lighting began again
! norm OF -: Quentin and in tho Cam
hrdi sector"
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FRENCH TAKE 10000 HUNS
HErWEES SUIPPE AND ARGONSE


PARIS. October l.-French troops
this morning were pushing ahead
again on the front between the !Aisnc
and Ncslc Rivers, according TO to-day's
war Oiicc report French attacks in
the Champagne are continuing with an
important advance scored in the Aisne
valley. BinarVillc and Condc-lcs -Audry
have been captured.
The French have takar more than
!".001 prisoners on the front between
the Suippc and the Argonae since Sen
iember 70 and have captured more than
Than 200 guns in the same period :
great number OF the guns were OF
heavy Calibcr.
The statement reads:
our progress was resumed this
morning between the Aisnc and thu
NcSlc
In the Champagne the French ,roops
continued their attack and Co,np!et...s
their success yesterday evening" o.,
the right they realized an iInportaui
advance in the valley OF the Assn.
capturing BinaTviiic and Condo -lc2-
Autry. Numerous prisoners were ,at,r
and considerable material captured
notably more than 200 cars OF siy,,
gauge and numerous care of stand.
ard gauge.
Since September % moro than 1900
prisoners have been captured between
ne Suippc and the Argonnc In IN.
same period more than 300 guns. 0