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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16
YANKS READY
TO DRIVE ON
INTO GERMANY
Germans in Lorraine Pre-
pare to Make Stand
on New Line.
CORNERSTONE OF
HUN DEFENSE GONE
Terrific Blow Dealt by Americans Ne.
esssitatss Rsadjustmsnt Of linss
Both East and West-Oevelopments
Show Yankees Struck at Right Mo-.
mont = Germans Were Preparing
Withdrawal--in Gun Range of Metz.
1By,,he Associated Press.l

[By~the Associated Press.l
Along the battle line American
attention 10 directed chiefly at the
front in Lorraine, where the Amer
ieans are under fire from the fort.
rsss Sf Metz and apparently are
making ready for a drive against
kriemhild line, to which the Ger
mans Withdrew their shattered COL
umns from the st. MihisI salient.
Along this front American forces
are en the threshold Of Germany.
The victory Of Gsnssst pershins's
mon has had mors than n sssrsly
Slesai steeet. 0ermas4 iinss 70 the
seuthsast have bsen Weakened BY
the terrific blow dealt along the
heights Of the Mouss, while 20 The
nerthwsst the Germans are forced
to adept themselves to the now
menace which hss taken the corner
stone Of the defsnses.
The aerial and artillery arms
have been active on the new Ameri-
can front southwest Of Metz The
enemy guns have been hammering
the American lines but no infantry
attacks have developed.
Allied aviators have bombarded
military targets in the Metz area,
while the enemy aviators have
bombed some positions in the
American. lines.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16
DESPERATE HUN PEACE DRIvElT0 fail
Bolsheviks Admit
Government Win Fall
Unless Germany Aids

Amsterdam. Sept. ls.-1Hints that
the bolshavik government OF Russia
may seek alliances with other powers
are contained in notes addressed to the
peoples councils by Nikol Lenine. the
premier. printed In the Pravda. OF
Petroscai, and rcpubl,Shcd in the
LokM Anzeigcr of Berlin. Tao note
reads:
The position on the Czecho- Slovak
front is becoming more dangerous
daily. We are daily becoming increas-
ingly convinced that alone we arp
powcrlcss. For the soviet government
there IS only one way out; namely, TO
conclude "a defensive and offensive al
lance with another power.
In order to save the power OF the
people we must not recoil from an
alliance with imperialists."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16
DEAD HUNS EVERYWHERE.
Germans Sacrificing Many Men in e.
fort to Stop FrenchG Army.

VoFt 20 StoP TT0USU S<VWys
[By the Associated Press.
with tine French Army in France.
Sept. 15.--The sacrifices the Germans
are making 70 stop the slow but
steady advance of General Mangin's
forces toward the Chemin des Danes
are evidenced Ay the large number Of
enemy dead found on the field.
The number OF prisoners Increased
during the day to more than $500. The
dead are thicxest around Laffaux hill
and east Of vauxaillon, where the en-
emy counter attacked violently today
in a vain effort to regain the position
he lost Saturday.
General Mangin's troops not only
maintained oil their gains. but pushing
on from Vauxaillon, captured tho
plateau to tho southeast which gives
them a vantage ground Of great impor-
tance.
NO the south tho French also gained
by occupying Mennjean farm and
ground considerably to the east. Far
ther south they took by storm hill po-
sitions.
Further advances by the Trench on
the high ground west and south of tho
Chemin des Danes will make tho Ger
man positions there very precarious.
10 y
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"HIhkY pIhk" IN NEW ROLE.
Notorious Beer Dispenser to Open Ic.
Cream ParIors~ Wnen Nation
t.. Goea nrv

!. Chicago. Sept. 16.-"Hinky Dink''
Kenna, for forty years noted as the
dispenser Of the Largest and coolest"
beers in Chicago to the motley Of the
First ward, and widely known, with
"Bathhouse John" Coughlin. as polit-
ical czar Of the First ward, will open
an ice cream parlor next year when
the country goes dry.
He hotly denied 1t at first but ad
mitted It today. Pat OMalley, his
principal rival In the saloon business
will open a flower shop.
Coughlin years ago got out Of the
saloon gameNand likewise the Turkish
baths which gave him his sobriquet.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16
STOP CONSTRUCTION WORK.

Projects Costing More Than $500
Not Likely to Gain Permits.
Dos Moines, Sept. 6.-Construction
work of any nature costing more than
s2,50O will be practically prohibited
during the period. of the war under n
ruling today OF the war Industries
board ... ..
Every county defense council 1t was
stated, hereafter will pass on proposed d
building projects in It's turisdlc ton. re-
porting to the state defense council,
which In turn will recommend action
to the war industries board
This Is expected to release thousands
Of worlsmen for war industries. 1t was
pointed out.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16
TAKE BULeAR srRoNeHoLDs.
Reorsanized Serb Army Wrests Forti
fed Positions From Enemy.

fed Positions From Enemy.
Washington. Sept l6 6-I.aunching OF
nm offensive against Bulgarians on the
Saloniki front by the reorganIzcd Ser
bian army, In cooperation with
French forces. and the capture OF three
strongly fortified Bulgarian positions.
Is announced in an ofr>Cial Serbian
communication received here today
from Saloniki.
The positions taken arc Teak Vctre-
mix, Drbropolic and the mountain
Sokol. which the Bulgars had held for
eighteen months md were regarded as
their strongest places.
Starting yesterday after artillery
preparation, tho Serbians and French
moved forward. reaching their objec-
tives. and were still going when to-
days dispatch was filled
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were attacked by the airmen. Many
direct hits were observed. An enemy
train was hit at Longuyon.
REPA,RlNe HIGHWAYS.
Army OF Men Working 70 Facilitate
Pursuit Of Germans.
[By the Associated Press.l

/. BY the Associated Press.l
With the American Army on the Lor-
raine Front. Sept. l6.-Although the
Germans left but afew hours ago anl
the bombardment tore up the whole
road in this sector, the highways and
the paths through the woods are be-
ing repaired with marvellous rapidity.
An army of men is working every
daylight hour, putting the roads back
in shape for the immense traffic that
will pass over them in pursuit of the
Germans.
German signs and placards which
dotted everything in this section are
being torn down. French signs are
being put up by the new occupants
OF the st. Mihie salient.
Fled in Confusion.
Only the shattered and battered REM
nants of towns stand today in the re-
sion from which the Germans we're ex-
PEELED. The appearance Of the coun-
try bears testimony OF the confusion
with which the Germans fed.
Among the hills are bungalows and
huts which the enemy had built for
himself but SO quickly did he fee that
these shelters were abandoned with
out removing the dishes from the
tables.
The roads thruout the entire section
still are Uttered with every conceiv-
able article Of wearing apparel discard
ed in frantic haste. Helmets by the
hundreds were thrown away by SOL
diers too heated by the retreat to con-
tinue wearing the unwieldy headgear.
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YANKEE ATTACK DESCRIBED.
Drive At St. Mihiei Came at Exactly
the Right Moment.

Drive At St. Mihiei Came at Exactly
the Right Moment.
:. With the American Army in France.
Sept. 15.-The role of French divisions
in the st. Mihiel battle was to attack
the head Of the salient and assist the
Americans in their drive, while the
main mass Of the Americans were
pushing thru the southern side Of the
salient.
Only few French divisions were
engaged, one of which. under Ameri-
can command, formed the extreme left
Of the attack on the western front Of
the salient. 1t had a powerful force Of
Americans on it's right
This Franco American army started
from the region of Les Eparges and ad-
yanced southeastward to join hands
with the Woevre army from ViRneulles.
Other French divisions cooperated in
the attack on both sides of the blunt
head Of the salient.
Hard Task for Ono Division.
The hardest task fell to the division
which attacked north OF st. Mihiel. 1t
had to fight it's way across the densely
wooded masses OF the heights Of the
Meuse and carry hills OF 1900 feet in
the face Of enemy resistance. This
division alone took $500 prisoners, Of
whom 1900 were Austrians.
st. Mihiel. cut on from the north and
south, was taken without fight the
Germans slipping out on Thursday
night. Aware that an attack was i'm
minent, they had begun a'retreat to the
Hindenburg line. or as they call this
section, the main line Of defense."
This "Kriemhild" position spans the
base of the salient from Etain to the
vicinity Of Pagny.
4 Was Rightly Timed.
The attack was launched exactly at
the right moment. Had it been post
poned day or two longer the enemy
would have had his troops slowed
away behind the kriemhild line.
Enemy stores and depots in the SAL
lent had to be burned and the Germans
set hre to villages in the plain beyond
the Meuse, but the damage done was
less than anticipated.
contact with the Kriemhild defenses. I.
Intense aerial activity marked the
operations early today. ,i
The Germans have not resisted minor
movements calculated to consolidate
the American line. which now has be-
come firmly fixed.
Allied night bombing aeroplanee
Sunday night dropped more than Sew
enteen tons Of bombs on Courcelles.
Ehrange, SaerbrNcken, Boulay, Buhl.
Confans and other points. 5g
The b0mbs dropped on Confinns were
directed against the railway yards the
center Of German Communications In
thiY region. III m Nv S sSsSigy 4
The roads croGeins thss NossSlIc alao
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16
SEBASTIAN KILLED IN ACTION.

Escaped Death Thru Wilson's Clem-
enoy to Die by Hun Bullets.
st. Louis, Sept. lS.---Forrest d. Sc
bastian, 81 years old Of East st. Louis.
ono OF the soldiers who was pnpdoned
by President Wilson, May 4, after hay-
ing been sentenced to death by court
martial for sleeping on duty In France.
was killed In action July 20, accord
Ing to an official telegram received by
his father:
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Germans Using Big Guns.

, Iby'tn ASSOClated FreSS.J
WitS'thea American Army In Lorraine:
Sept. 1ts--Actlvity u the German ar
tillery increased somewhat during the
forenoon today. No infantry attacks.
however, we're made.
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The WaatIher.

Iowa--Fair and continued cool to-
night and Tuesday.
Range OF temperaturc q. sAs lshs'l. !.
town: Sunday. 90 and ~; Saturday, ii
ana 49, Sept. iS. 1917. s.: s. and 81. Al
. 4this nsE1lnG. ~; yastsEday. -.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16
British pu.h Toward cambra;.

London. Sept. 16.-British troops
last night advanced their line north OF
the ArraS -CaInbrai road establishing
posts In the vicinity Of Sauchy- Caucy
and Oppy according to todayis reports
from Field Marshal Haig.
Z On the Flanders front the British
pushed ahead in a successful minor
operation on both sides of the User
canal on = front Of more than two
miles,
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littl, imprese;ec r. Lordor.

eNNIo tmpEVoOsOU VI eAOVoOU.
London, Sept. 16.-American residents
OF London celebrated the American VIC
tory In public places la9k night, singing
THE Star Spangled Banner" and other
anthems.
Londoners were informed by bulletin
OF the American success and the Aus
trian peace plea experienced sensa-
tional Sunday.
1t was felt that with the American
army lighting undeE the guns Of the for
tress Of Metz, and with Austria making
what appears to be an official bid for
peace, things were At last moving in the
desired direction.
It Is needless to say that these peace
feelers made little impression on either
tho government or the people here
They are pointed out, however as re-
velations OF the enemy,s acceptance OF
THE meaning OF Americans in the war
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16
Large Numbers of Dead
Evidence of Order to
Hold Position.
FRENCH ARMIES
SLOWLY ADVANCE
Captured Plateau Which Gives Them
Point Of vantage-Town Of vailly
Also captured-6ritish Making Pro.
sress in Their Efforts to Capture 81
Quentin and Occupy High Ground
Within Five Miles Of City.

Slowly the British arc creeping
forward in Pieardy. Maishem,
northwest Of St. Quentin. has boon
taken from tho Germans, who also
were forced out Of Holnon wood,
farther south. Tho German retire
mont in tho Flanders area is still
going on, the British pressing
clossly on tho heels Of the enemy
as he extrieates his forces from tho
preearic>.s positions into which he
rushed last April.
East Of the Aiistts and south Of
the Aisne close contact with the
enen,y is being maintained by the
allies.
Allied troops are on the offensive
on the Macedonian front. Reor-
ganized Serbian forces, aided by
French units, are attacking the
Bulgarian positions i, the noun.
tains on the Serbo- Greek border
east of Monastir.
Three important hill positions
which had withstood allied efforts
thru several years already have
fallen to the Serbs and the French.
The heights are Sokol, Dobropoiie
and Eak xetrcnik. Sokol is twenty
miles east of Monastir. Tho cap
tured positions are about midway
between the Csrna and vardar
rivers and command the upper
eourve Of the cerna after it makes
a wide curve southeast Of Monastir.
Several hundred prisoners have
been taken in tho advance, which
continues.
Between tho Disc and the Aisne
tho French are pressing on. North
Of the Aisne they have taken the
town of vaiIly and nearer the
Chemn des Danes have storned
Mont des Singes, an important hill
position.
Astride the Scarpe tho British
have pushed forward now posts
while along tho Ypres Confines
canal, southeast of Ypres, they have
advanced on a front of two miles.
West Of Cambrai and around St.
Quentin the activity has died down
after the British capture Of Mais-
sonny.
Nikolai Lenine, the bolshevik
= premier, has sent a note to tho
peoples ieommissaries and soviets,
announcing lhat tho boIshevik gov
ernment is helpless and that il
must form defensive and often
sive alliance with "other powers."
He announces that the Russian
people must not "recoi" from an
alliance with mona rchists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16
WRIT OF ERROR DENIED.
Thomas J. Mooney Loses Fight to Es
cape Death Sentence.

San Francisco. Sept. 1b.-Thomas j.
Mooney. sentenced to hang in connec-
ton with bomb explosion here on
Preparedness Day two years ago, was
denied today by the California SUI
preme court permission 20 seek writ
Of error in the United States supreme
court.
This was said to be the defense,a
last move In the state courts.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16
GERMANY OFFERS TO
GET OUT OF BELGIUM
obstacles to peace have been mounted
HIGH" according to the Kreuse Zeitung.
which fears the Austrian move may
lead to result opposite to that in
BELGIAN OFFER A TRICK.
Germany Hopes to Secure >Protectior
Thru Country Sha RaXaued.


Thru Country She Ravaeed.
London. Sept. 16.-The Austrian note
has not yet been presented formally to
the British foreign Office by the neutral
minister in London, whose gevernment
was requested by Austria Hungary to
transmit it, altho the, foreign office yes
terday received a copy, Of the note from
representatives in neutral ca pitals.
The Swedish minister In London.
however. expects the arrival Of the note
momentarily. Immediately on its ar
rival he will send It to the British for
eign office.
The view is held in political circles
that Germany in offering peace to Bel
gium realizes that she will soon be
compelled to withdraw from Belgium
and II she could secure treaty bar
ring enemy aviators and troops from
Belgium she would safeguard her own
territory from attack thru Belgium.
There is much interest as to the ef-
feet the new move will have on tia po-
litical situation here and the possibi-
lity of a general election.
Would Only Proiong War.
Acceptance OF Austrias invitation to
peace discussions could have but one
Of two results. Either it would pro-
long the yar or it would lead toward
unsatisfactory peace. In which would
be found germs Of future wars
That in one sentence crystalizes the
best English opinion which 1t has been
possible to obtain today Austrian
proposals meet none Of the require
ments which British statesmen have
laid down as essential preliminaries to
peace discussions. 1t - also held here
that they omit to take into consider
alton the vital point that President
Wilson has laid down certain princi-
pies to which, indeed, both Austrian
and German spokesmen have paid Lip
service, but absolute recognition Of
which must precede and must form
basis OF peace conferense.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16

adian casualty list today includes r. !.
c. Norborg. Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
wounded.
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Advance on Wide Linz.

Paris. Sept. 15.-Praise for the Amer
ican stan is given by commentators on
the American victory in Lorraine. The
pleasing rapidity with which the Amer
lean stan adapted itself to new meth
DDS of warfare is complimented and
tribute also is paid to young officers
who carried out their work with great
valor and dash.
While Nhe Americans are operating
toward the northwest the battle has ex-
tended far down into the Vosges region.
The German staff is seeking to rectify
it's lines there.
The former retreat at st. Mihiel
caused backward movement along the
heights of the Meuse. This double re-
coil viii establish the allied lines in
stronger positions over wider front
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16
AERIAL RAID ON PARIS.
Hun Pilots Succeed In Dropping Bombs
Causing Few Casualties.

SdoS'F'y q" SuoodFe'0V'
Paris. Sept. l6.-Several enemy
aerial squadrons few over Paris this
morning. They were subjected to a
heavy anti aircraft fire. but succeeded
in dropping some bombs. There were n
few victims and come damage, accord
ing to official report.
The alarm was sounded at 1:25 and
the "all clear" signal was given at 3
o'clock.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16

Baker Goes 10 london.
London, Sept Newton d. Baker.
the American eerr0tnry az war. ar
rived n. Isondoa todAy- Gsom EAxlA
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Paris, Sept. 16.-The town Of Vailly.
on the north bank Of the Aisne. east
Of scissors, has been captured by the
French. .
The French have continued their
progress between the Disc and the
Aisne and have captured Mont des
Singes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16

Sg Cedar Rapids Boy Weunded.
!, ottawa Ont ~. Tha Can
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Whole Families Wiped Out
When Hun Submarine
Sinks Galway Castle.
NO DOUBT LINER
WAS TORPEDOED
ParentIcss Tots and -childless Parents
Among Survives Landed at e'ymsosh
Heart Rcndins Scene Marks Landing
Of Those Rescued. Where Frantic
Search Was Made for Missing Rstas
tives-Offieers Are Praised.

Plymouth, England. Sept l5.--Hcart
rendinr scenes were Witnessed hero
when hundreds OF survivors OF the
torpedoed steamer Galway Castle were
landed at o'clock Thursday morning.
The passengers were mostly women
and children but II is believed that
whole families have been lost
Among the survivors were little tote
scarcely able 10 walk crying in vaiu
for their parents. Parents We're
searching In all directions for news of
their children and women were seek-
Ing vainiy for lost husbands.
1t mattered nothing that warm dry
clothing was distributed to take tho
place OF scanty attire survivors
sna,ched as :hey left the ship. Their
one thought was To get news OF their
relatives and friends.
Vessel UndoubtsdIy Terpsdosd.
There seems no reason to doubt
the vessel Was torpedoed without tho
slightest WARNING. The explosion oc-
curred between the engine room As,dS
the stoke hold. a fact that rules oue
any possibility that the ship struck =
mine,
The explosion caused comparatively
little noise but caused the ship TO
buckle in most extraordinary man
ner She was injured ut the extreme
bottom and was bent and torn to the
upper deck and seemed likely 10 break
III two at any moment
In~Spite OF the extent of the damage
done to the Galway Castle some Of thu
crew declared the impact was hardly
greater than that OF the vessel bump
iuG heavily against the side OF .
quay.
thrush Of Water Tremendous.
The inrush OF the water was tire.
mendous. One engineer was swept ,into
the tunnel from the engine room and
droWhcd. Fearing the liner would foun-
der at any moment, Captain Dyer, or
dored the boats lowered and issued
\ life belts to all passengers.
One boat was swamped another was
damaged because the falls became
fouled. and another was swept back
against the liner by a wave and
smashed by the propeller. Another
narrowly escaped a similar fate.
Praise For Ships Officers.
Henry Burton, minister Of railways
of the Union of South Africa, who was
among the survivors. was not inclined
to, speak Of his own experiences Sbut
! Joined with other survivors in prais-
ing the devotion to duty and self sac
riice Of the officers of the ship at.tt
the man on the naval vessels which
rushed to the rescue.
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Proposal Tor Conference
10 Talk Peace Not Fav.
orably Received. 4
GERMAN PRESS SEES
FAILURE OF MOVE
t'Hiai.' ssrsim.nt Reflected i" Die.
pstchas Indisatss New Psdes o.
fsnsiss u Doomed From its Ineep-
tien--e eermsny Claims Austria Made
tsSvs ~ Own initiativs-ossr to
Il Dol ciuas Comes simultaneously.

R5y Si1e Associated Press
While Austria was preparing her
,,oss ~ the belligerent nations pro-
posing they meet e discuss peace
serfas. Germany was making ready
% make another offer Of separate
peace e Belgium.
u 10 sMnoUnesd that the Belgium
povsrnnsea1 has bssn approached
with q proposal IL she will romain
neutral during the war, Germany
10 faady to withdraw to the srentisr.
L il affirmed from Berlin that
tte Austrian government aeted on
IL iNitiative II. ssndjao - ~ pss-.
p6talss- b6t the otter of osr1nany 70
oeloiUSH points = Whist ney b.
Aaid - bs moro than = ooineidsnt,
olsd peshaps . Desperate spsacs Of.
..ssnsivs" now 10 we'll under WY.
II offciaj sentiment 10 reflected In
3ispatehss the effort Of the central
p6Msrs to rsaeh peace by neso-
iation 10 doomed TO failure.
In London and Paris the offer Of
Austria was very eoldly received,
while 1t Washington Il was said
the United States would consider
10 peace proposals. which can bring
sniy temporary respite from hos
tilitisa. -
Even IN the German press there
sssms little hope that the allies will
aorss 70 meet representatives Of the
central powers. The press Of Berlin
points out that similar steps by
Germany and Austria havs failed in
the past and that while the note
no doubt will bs hopeful Of . csssa-
tion OF the struggle, there 10 little
prospect Of its early termination.
The full text Of the Austrian
proposal for . peace parIsy will bs
found on psss 2 Of this issue
Editor.l