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America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1918-10-17
'GERMANIA TREBUE SA Sc
PREDEE UNCONDITIONAL.

UONDRA,s 16 Oct. - 1nainte
ca Germania sd poata obtine un
armistitiu, ca trebue sd Sc pre-.
dee fara nici conditie, 81 termi-
nil unei astfel de predari, dupa
cum spun informatiile din surse
aemna<ae- iaessae<ey sunt asrms-
toarele:
o complecta desarmare 81 i'm
praStiare a armatei.
Aliatii sd ocupe Metzul, Mainz
81 alte oraSe germane.
AutOritatile militare cred ca e
necesOr ca sa Sc ia 81 flota ger
mana 81 sa permita ca aliatii sa
ocupe Heligoland.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1918-10-17
NICI UN OBSTA-
COL LNlJQP PRfSTE
Pc AMERICAN.

Gu prima ar1iata Americana
in Franta, 16 Oct. = Strecurln-
du-se printre firele de sirma
ghimpata in fata unei ploi de
granate, soldatii din prima arma-
ia Americana au suit sus la
Grandpre, au trecut drumul de la
Argonne, 1naintiIid mereu. Citeva
Ordine germane capturate de SOL
datii nostri spun ca Grandpre tre-
bue tinut Gu orirc pret. O noua
divizie prusaca fost de paza
aci, facind a douazecea divizie ce
a luptat pima acum de la ince-
perea Ofensiveil Americana i'm a.
ceasta regiune. in prima faza a
asaltului care . inceput la $50
dimineata, toate obiectivele pri-
me an fost capturate in curind.
In mai multe locuri an intim-
pinat o foarte slaba opozitie, 81
aceasta din cauza artileriei Ame-
ricane ce curatit locul.
In regiunea de la Cunel 81 Bois
de Foret, germanii an intrebuin-
tat un fel de clape ce sunau la
fel ca masinele de puscat, aceste
instruments faccau pc al nostri
Sc caute masinele de p,scat in
alta parte, astfel, inselindu-i sa
scape cuiburile in care erau as
cl1nci
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1918-10-17
Americana fac
front vitejesc.

Lagarul american in nord de
Verdun, 16 Oct. = Americana in
cearca sd faca noua ruptura in
regiunea liniei de la Kriemhilde
IA orasului st. Georges. Inamicul
lupta ell cea mai mare desperate.
O ruptara in linia dintre riurile
Meuse 81 Aisne, insemneaza ca
derea intreg frontului german
din acest sector.
Daca americana vor izbuti sa-
81 rupa drum aici, aripa stinga
inamicului are sd fie zguduita
81 efectul are sa fie simtit dea-
lungul intregei linii, care a fost
respinsa indarat prin asalturile
aliatilor din spre nord.
Orasul Buzacy este sub focul
americanilOr. Dun Sur Meuse,
Stenay 81 alte mari centre de
drum ferat all fOst de mai multe
orr atacate Gu bOmbe de aero
planele nOastre.
Drumul este destul de curatit
pentru nOua inaintare 81 comu-
nicatiile inamicului sunt tot me-
reu rupte.
Americana, alungindu-se mereu
inainte, sa apropie de drumul pc
care s'ar mai putea retrage ger
mani. Cistigurile repezi ale en-
glezilor 81 francezilor i'm nord il
silesc pc german sd puma cea
mai indirjita fmpotrivire ameri-
canilOr in regiunea aceasta, pen
tru ca sd incunjure de a Fl alta
cati de soldatii lui Pershing in
flanc.S -~sA ''-..
Pima acuma nu sunt semne ca
inamicul s'ar pregati GU transeie
mari in fata americanilor. Daca
ar face asa ceva, asta ar insem-
ma ca razboiul 50 va sfirsi pc pa
mint francez, ,fiindca in acest
caz, comunicatia liniilor germane
are sa fie taiata 81 armata ger
mana ruinata.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1918-10-17

Germanii au stiut ca atacul ali
atilor va incepe deci au inceput
sa foloseasca tactica pc eare a
folosit-o Foch in ofensiva germa-
ma din Iulie. fnsa generalul Fran
cez site unde sa loveasca 81 cind.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1918-10-17


liticianii de aici, pc urma nemultu-
mirilor din Germania carl cresc 81
sporesc zilnic fata de Kaiser, as
taxi erau de credinta ca puterea
Hohenzollernilor are sa fie infrint;l
in curind 81 ca vor fl primiti terme-
nil presedintelui Wilson.
Ziarele Hunilor Isl arata in mod
de tot vadit nemultumirea cu mer-
sui afacerilor din Germania.
Comentariile ce sd fac Gu privire
la nemultumirea fata de puterea
autocratica a lui Kaiser, devin att
ta de generate, inc1t atotputernicul
censor german nu 1ndrazneste s;i
lie gituiasca.
Autoritatile din Washington sunt
de credinta ca mai curind orr mai
t1rziu pima char 81 cei mai inflaca-
rati 81 mai loiali dntre supusii lui
Kaiser vor incepe sa 4inteleaga ca
numai ucigasul de Kaiser sta in
calea pacii 81 ca Germania, ri de ri
pierde terenul.
La ministerul de externe sd tine
o foarte bine ingrijita evidenta a
supra concentration preset germa-
ne, adunata de agentii Statelor u
mite din tarile marginase Gu Ger
mania, Gu -toate. acesteas cei della
minister nu le publica pentru ca
sd nu fntareasca credinta America
nilor in pace pentru care inca nu
sosit timpul.
In legatura GU acestea sa poate
spune ca guvernul purcede mai
departc cu razboiul ca 81 c1nd nici
nu ar fl avut loc schimb de note
asupra pacii. Autoritatile militare
de aici nu pun multi pref pc planu-
rile de pace. I'm Washington sd spu-
he ,,forta 81 lar forta fara de nici o
pausa" 81 sd crede in teoria ca eel
mai bun argument de CONVINCE
pc Germani este ,,un glonte in ca
pull lor''.
Gel de aici cred ca Turcia are sd
cada in curfnd. Cererea eli de pace,
probabil ca are sd fie raspunsa de
aliati cu aceea ca Turcia sd sc su-
puma unconditional. Tar aceasta SUI
puncre sd fie aranjata de genera
lul comandant al fortelor contra eli,
fntocmai cum s'a facut 81 i'm cazul
Gu Bulgaria.
De indata ce ar cadea Turcia,
daraburirea monarchiei Austro-U I'm
gare nu mai poate 1ntirzia multi.
Dupa ce sd fntimpla 81 aceasta, -
sa crede ca 81 Germania are sd Sc
supuna i'm curind 81 atunci are sd
urineze apusul de scare al Kaiseris-
mului.
I'm punct mare de discutiuni este
asupra fntrebarii ce sa va alege de
Alsacia 81 Lorena.
Acesta este punctul eel mai IL
bitor; dar sa crede Cd situatia mi
litara Germaniei de astazi 81 de
pc atunci, are sa fie de asa, incit
dfnsa nu va mai putea starui multi
asupra stapinirei Alsaciei 81 Lore
nei. Tar daca Germania i,u ar ale
ge sd faca o pace democratic, 'atun-
ci armatele lui Foch vor fl chemate
ca sd resolve chestiunea Alsaciei 81
LOrcnei.
DemAnstratiile anti -Kaiseriene
din Germania, neajunsurile Polone-
zilor 81 Slavilor din est, continue sd
fie niste factori important in ST.
tuatia pacii.
Cercurile diplomatice de aici au
PRINT indicatiuni, carl spun Cd in
Polonia, Bohemia 81 Moravia sd a.
rata tot mai mari 81 mai fnfricosate
miscarile reyOlutionare GU gfndul
de a Sc elibera de sub domnia ger
mana-si austriaca.
o luerare finpreuna . Polonezi.
lor Gu noul stat Cehoslovac va Fl in
stare Sd scoata cit mai cnrind Aus.
tria din razboi 81 Sd creieze situa.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-09-06
SOLDIER FINDS HE is
PALLBEARER TO BROTHER
Learns Identity When Chaplain
Reads Name During Funeral
Services in France.

One of the most pathetic instances
cerned, occurred in a little cemetery
to the rear of the Picardy front re-
Gently when an American soldier act
ing as a pallbearer at the funeral Of
several American dead discovered his
own brother, Joseph Ash, among the
dead. The brothers. members of diff
ferent companies, had met only the
day before at the front. Joseph re-
manned there and was MORALLY
wounded that night, dying oon after
ward. His brother was ordered to
the rear lines with a party of wood
choppers.
The wOOdchOppers were working
neal the cemetery at the time Of the
funeral and the chaplain asked them
to be pallbearers. In the midst Of
the services the chaplain read the
name of Joseph Ash. The brother,
who stood with barred head in the
small group of soldier mourners,
reeled forward, his eye filed with
tears, and he exclaimed, my brother
Oh, my brother"
The chaplain. not understanding
stepped up and placed his arm around
the young mans shoulder, saying
1--WE are all brothers, my boy" The
soldier looked at the coffin and shook
his head.
THE Germans will pay for your
blood, joe" he said, and then it was
that the chaplain and the Others
around him understood and they lee
him away.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-09-06
CAPTAIN "SKIPPY" STIRS
THINGS UP ON LINER
Plans Big Program Of Sports, but
Ships Commander Figures
on Safety First.

In America Captain "Skippy" would
get credit for being a self starter
or perhaps a "stem-winder."
He does not smoke. nor drink. He
Is twenty-One. blonde, pink checked
and rushes about bareheaded always.
Ike a ~schoolboy at picnic. And the
first day out he started the good
American school girl game Of skip.
ping the rope, thus winning his title,
But he is a "go-getter." He got on
and off Of Gallipoli. No boys cam
paign that for the officers and mem
"Sklppy' has gone out and got g
war cross for bravery. He also got
himself a %captaincy in the British
army; and he has come safely
through three years Of a
Outside the smoking room-it Is not
on record that be infests that spot
the captain has beer just about the
life of the party. He started gallop~
Ing ~promenades with nurses. stealing
them right and left. Starting also
%dissensions and mutterings among the
less fortunate.
A few days later he was collecting
a "buck" from everybody and pre-
senting a purse to the band. 1t was
he who discovered the ships -grama-
phone" and had it carried about deck.
At the same time he was organizing
sports" and making a speech to the
assembled American officers, enlisttng
their aid in mastering out their tai
ent.
wen have pillow fights. tug Of
war, potato races, you know; no end
of fun" he said. land Wen give some
prizes-a wooden spoon or some such
rot"
II was going great guns when the
captain Of the ship explained II
wouldn't be safe to try to crowd the
entire ships company at one spot on
the boat. Plans have been changed
and the movement goes forward ow
for a mighty concert in the first csbtrs
dining room.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-09-06
"BIG STICK" FOUND
Captain Thinks His Mast Will Be
Largest Stepped.

Captain Thinks His Mast Will Be
Largest Stepped.
What Capt" Bob Mcintosh says
will be the longest mast of the same
diameter stepped in a vessel in the
United States is one selected to re-
place the foremost Of the auxiliary
schooner Margaret, which will be %
inches In diameter at the deck, and at
the top. 100 feet above the deck. the
diameter is to be % inches. The ex-
act length of the mast from the "step"
will be 129 feet 10 inches. There were
masts shipped by Captain" Mcintosh
recently to South Africa that were 1876
feet long, but of less diameter. The
foremost now in place aboard the Mar
garet has a diameter Of % inches and
is the same length as the new one.
For two weeks a search was made
for a stick from which the mast could
be fashioned and when 1t was about
concluded the only means would be to
go into the timber and select one. the
specimen now here was found in a log
raft. 1t is at the st. Johns dry dock
at Portland, Ore, and will be fash
toned by hand.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-09-06
Project Stops Baccarat Games
in Bomb Proof Cellars.
PROMOTER UNDER SUSPICION
Narrow-Minded Police Official Pre-
tends to Think Game Not Entirely
lnnocent-Aristide Barbotin Protests
That He is a Much Misunderstood
neutrality-suspicious. Butt in on
All His Schemes.

Aristide Barbotin is In trouble again
in Paris. He protests that he Is a
much misunderstood philanthropist.
1t occurred to the thoughtful Aris-
tide that there must be hundreds Of
travellers and visitors in Paris who
would have no safe refuge when the
alarm was sounded for an air raid. So
he leased, in one of the principal streets,
several excellent cellars. He furnished
them luxuriously and hung out a blue
lantern with the device of a siren upon
it. Any one who so desired could take
refuge in these cellars in case of an air
raid and entirely without charge. Elk
cept that if he wished the visitor might
buy refreshments or might enjoy join
ing in a little game of baccarat.
But the police broke it up. A mar
row-minded project pretended to think
that the game was not entirely innO-
cent.
Long before the war Aristide, his
pity moved by the sad plight of the
Overrich. established Il sanitarium or
cure for them. The patients by paying
a humping fee $500 a day. were per-
mitted to break virgin soil, plant pota-
toes for him. cut wood and to put up
some very handsome buildings by the
work 0f their own hands. which GER
tainly was good for them and good for
him. But the authorities stopped that
beneficent enterprise.
Bad Luck Since War.
Since the war he has had equally
bad luck. He started "A patriotic res
taurant for high class patronage. The
prices were high and the service was
excellent, but meat. vegetables and
desserts were served with the utmost
economy ESQ as to set an example TO
the lower classes, Aristide pointed Out)
That failed in time through lack Of
support from an unpatriOtic public.
Then he started a theater. THE
Moral Theater" he called it. This real
ly was a stroke of genius. 1t was in
tended to show the public the sad evils
attendant upon gambling. On the
stage, set with all the paraphernalia
of the gambling hOuse-roulette. bac-
carat, etc.-many actors were to be
seen playing for high stakes. The au-
dience was made up Of people who had
passes. The propaganda seemed to be
meeting with great success until some
jealous rival got into the theater one
night and made an awful hubbub next
day by complaining to the police that
the actors were well known men
about town, that the money they were
using was as real as the game itself.
In vain Aristide protested. His
place was closed.
Now he doesn't know what to DC for
migrate Paris.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-09-06
REFUSED NATURALIZATION
Austrian Has Two Sons in the Unftsd
States Army.

Anton Kugler, forty-One years old
of St. Louis. who has two sons In hs
military service OF the United Statsak
has been refused final naturalization
papers. He is a native OF Hungary
and came TO st. Louis in 1904
One Of the sons. Rudolph. etghtesus
is an enlisted man In the regular arms.
The other, Frank. sixteen. Is with q
hospital unit in Georgia Both enliscs
ed with their fathers consent before
the state OF war with Australians
gary.
Kugier was deeply affected when Ina
formed that he could not become mao
uralized while the country was as
war with this native land. Il want
to be an American :" he cried. Il havd
given my boys to the country"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-09-06
BRITISH OFFER GRATUITIES
Men Promoted From Ranks to Re
ceive Grant Of $3.50.

Important concessions to noncom-
missioned officers and men who receive
temporary commissions are announced
In a new British army order.
Men promoted from the ranks will
receive a grant of $3.50 for the provi-
sion of kit and uniform, and those who
sign an undertaking to serve at least
two years after the termination of hos
Titles will receive a further outfit al
lOwance Of $537.
II an officer ceases to serve within
that period the allowance Of $537 shall
be deducted from the gratuity or re-
tired pay due to him. but If he should
die before the end of the war the
amount viii be credited to his estate.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-09-06
Here's the Dope.

One Of the men employed In the
rope walk at the Charlest0wn navy
yard has written the following lines.
and a copy Of them has been posted
near the rope plant. where It Is at
tracing much attention from sailors
and civilians:
HERE'S THE DOPE
We make the rope
That rings the bell
That sounds the kneIl
That sends the Kaiser
Back to He'll.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-09-06

lures and wouldn't hurt people for
worlds. But oh, II only they would
help us get out Of their rooms sum-
mer nights when they are lighted. in
stead Of chasing us out in cruel fash
ion with awful broOmsticksi Oil"
And poor Mother Bat shivered.
But the children promised her they
would be careful to avoid people who
didn't understand nervous. timid little
bats, and she took them of on a trip
with her. They hung on to her fur
and not one OF them let gol
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-09-06
Carp, Not a Submarine.

West side residents Mt Union City.
Mich, were terrified recently by a re-
port that a German submarine mao
been sighted in the st. Joseph river
at Union City. Mich. The first farmer
to reach the river. armed with a shot
gun. found a German carp instead He
dubbed the fish to death with the butt
Of his gun and dragged it home. 1t
weighed 35 pounds
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-09-06
GETS BROTHER TO RECRUIT
Agent From Canada Had Not Seen
Him in Twenty Years.

"Why don't you join the army and
do your bit, friend?" said Sergt. Harry
Black. on recruiting service for the
British recruiting mission to a man
standing idly on a corner in Mime
apOlis.
BEG pardon. but is your name
Black?" was the strangers answer.
Eyes, it is. but you are a stranger
to me-" retorted the sergeant.
I 81 may be a stranger. but l am also
your brother" was the reply.
After the first interchange OF expert
ences gone through in the last twenty
years of separation the brothers stalk
ed into the recruiting headquarters
and the civilian brother made applica-
ton for enlistment and was accepted.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-09-06

Pommes ds Etats Unis! Pommes ds Etats Unis!
American apples! American apples! That is what is in the box on the
window sill; that is what is going into the Outsretched hands Of these war
orphans at Toul near our Toul sector, over there
Apples to these children apparently brought back the days before the war
when they were like other youngsters. Every apple in the whole 10 boxes sent
to the orphanage from the American Red Cross seemed possessed Of magic: sad
little faces adated content spindly little legs began to skip.
These are the many children who we're gathered into the refuge at Toul
from caves and shell holes and ruins back oft the old French lines, where they
we're often under fire, and sometimes gassed-and they never could be made to
wear their gas masks when the older people were away, as they were all day,
working in the fields or the munton factories.
When the American Red Cross and the American Fund for French
Wounded at the request of Monsieur Mirman, the famous project of the dis
trct, sent doctors and nurses to take care If them, they found their minds
and bodies in frightful ways from the unspeakable things they had seen and
ben living through. Some of them were like wild things. Some Of them will
ever have all their mental faculties; yet the minds Of ven these most tragic
ones are becoming clearer, and all of the emacated little bodies ire rounding
out
The American Red Cross has made the barracks where they live all coy
and pretty inside it has put swings and teeterbOards O. the Fairgrounds, anc
provided good milk and bread and vegetables and eggs. One OF the latest treats
was the Oregon apples.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-09-06
marseIIes Population Grows.

NJ. Marty, project of Marseilles, an
nounced at a recent public dinner in
honor of NJ. Bouisson, commissioner
of mercantile marine, that Marseilles,
which before the war had a population
of 100000, now has $4,000 and soon
will have 1,000,001
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-09-06
Didn't Know II Was Sick.

Teacher-"Where Is the Dead Scar"
Tommie-"Don't know. ma'am." Teach
er-"Don't know where the Dead Sea
ISL" Tommie-"No, ma'am. 1 didn't
even know any OF the seas were sick,
ma'am."
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-09-06

W have learn
ed to attach our
selves to your fur when you fly, so
that you can carry us along with you
until we are big and strong enough to
go by ourselves"
Fine! This is simply splendid :
This is magnificent I" said Mother Bat.
"What bright bats you all are. You
know a thing or two"
1--WE know two things, don't we,
mOther?" asked Bessie Bat.
"Yes, dear, you know two things.
Soon you will know more"
as it time to go yet?" asked Betty
Bat.
mot quite" said Mother Bat.
"Then won't you tell me a story?"
asked Betty.
81 will, indeed" said the Mother
Bat.
"We are ready" the little bats whis-
pered. So Mother Bat began.
"People," she said, "aren't fond of
bats. Why, I can't tell you. We don't
do them any harm. We are quiet and
pleasant little creatures and we
haven't nearly the number of bad hab-
its they accuse us Of. And so I
think I shall tell you a true story-a
little history about ourselves instead
Of a make-belleve story, ehT
And all the little bats whispered {:
"Yes, a true story. all about US,
please"
people" continued Mother Bat,
"think we have nothing In the world
to do but to fly into their hair. They
cover up their heads when they see
u.s."
"Where did they get such an idea,
Mother Bat?" asked Bessie Bat.
"You see, dear loves, that in the
nighttime we can see quite clearly
as the owls and other wise birds can
In the daytime we sleep. That is
when people are awake. But at nigh
they are often going to bed in the sum
mer time with their windows wide
open and their lights turned on.
"They have light at night, too-nor
sunlight or daylight-but light made
by some Of these same people, cleo
trio light and gaslight and lampligh
and candle light.
Anyway they have to have ligh'
when they go to bed Fancy how stu
pidi They like to see by light JUS
imagine! :"
And all the little bats shook theil
wings and shook their heads and said
! "Just imagine !"
Sometimes" continued Mother Bat
? 81 suppose members Of our family hav,
q grown nervous. They have gone to
wards the light because IL has fright
o ened them so, and then they have
gone into those lighted rooms-quite
\ quite by mistake and from nervous
: ness. They can't see when they ge'
in there. And if people would onl.
turn out their lights and try to hell
I our family out, instead of trying t.
brighten them out by chasing then
. when they can't see where they ar
going!
people don't seem to understan,
what a nervous family we arel An.
then they think we're going to get il
their hair and make it all snarly. I
= we ever did get caught in their hair
would be because we couldn't see wher
we were going and got much frighter
ed And If ever any member Of GU
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-09-06

family actually
did ever get into
a persons hair l
would like to hear
of it, and I would
like to tell that
person that it was
not because Of the
desire to do so but
because Of nerv-
business and blind
e S
$50 we must
try to stay away
from lighted
rooms and people
for they don't
like us. We're
tfmfd little crpa-
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-09-06

NOu lldNt just
learned"
The baby bats
squ d and
squeak e d and
said:
1--WE have learn
ed to hang by our
heels with u
heads downward"
&c d, you
know your lesson
well, little baby
batlings, and you
must tell me now
the second lesson
you have learned"
"We have learn