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The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
YANKEES BREAK THROUGH HUN
 MEUSE LINES
Americans Continue Pro- qress in Mouse and Ar
 gonne Sectors; Con-
 tinue Taking Towns

WITH THE AMERICANS NORTH WEST OF vERDUN, Oct. 15.-The Americans sent out tanks and they tore through the wire eatanglements of the German defense works.
 West of Romange and from the East of Mouse to near Grand Pre- the Americans chopped fresh notcft es in the German lines.
 The Germans are resisting stub- bornIy West of Romange, where their casualties are large.
 Americans are making progress along the whole front, in spite of the resistance offered.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
GEN. GORCAS WILL
 COMPLETE INSPECTION
 OF MEDICAL WORK

WASHINGTON, Oct 15.-Major- Gen. Gorgas, former Surgeon Gen eral of the Army. recalled from ac- tive duty. has been given the same rank in the Medical Corps and Will complete an inspection of the medi- cal facilities in France and England. on which he is engaged, before re- turning home.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
lupENpoRFF OFFERS REsIG-

GENEVA, Oct. 15.-A Munich re- mort received here says Gen. luden- dorff in a rage offered his resisna- tion to the Kaiser last week.
 He was angered because the first German note resulted in showing that the Entente Powers would demand an evacuation of occupied territory before an armistice could even be considered.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
VISIONS REPLY
 PLEASES PAPERS
 OF THE COUNTRY
General Comment Is That Situation Is Made Clear by Presidents Last
 Statement.

NEW YORK, Oct. IS. - General comment on the part of the American press endorses the reply of Presi- dent Wilson to Germany. Many pa- pers have expressed the wish that its words of "unconditionaI surrender" had been used.
 The New York Tribune asks why the words "unconditional surrender" were tabooed.
 The Washington Post says the message from the President is the death sentence upon Hohenzollern military system and autocracy.
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NO TIME TO TALK DETAILS

LONDON, Oct. 15.-6onar Law announced in Parliament that it would be very unwise for any Allied Governments to make statement on the details of the terms likely to be imposed on Germany before any armistice would be granted.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
GERMANY WON'T SURRENDER
 UNCONDITIONAL

AMSTERDAM, Oct. 15.-The Col oqne Gazette declares that although the Germans have consented to the evacu ation of occupied territory, they will never submit to unconditional surrender.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
AMSTERDAM, Oct. IS. . Germi

AMSTERDAM, Oct. IS. - Germany has proposed to France that in com mon with the Allies France under take to refrain from bombing large towns in Northern France, and to enter into an agreement with Ger many to permit a portion of the population of the valenciennes to pass into the French lines. The Ger. mans say they are unable to pre- vent the flight of the valencinnes people Eastward.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
SIX HUNDRED BODIES
 ARE RECOVERED FROM
 THE FOREST FIRES

DULUTH. Minn.. Oct. 15.-Over 500 bodies, victims of forest fires. have been recovered, It is believed that others are yet missing. Many Of the half-starved settlers were found wandering about aimlessly. A num- ber have died of exposure.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
BAvARIAN SOCIALISTS WANT
 PEACE

ZURICH, Oct. 15.-The Bavarian Socialists met in Munich and adopt ed resolutions urging the Reichstag not to be guilty of frustrating peace efforts; they also demand self gov ernment for all of the German States.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
AUSTRIA DEPRESSED

BASEL, Oct. 15.-The American failure to respond to the Austrian peace note has produced a painful depression in Austria, according to a Vienna dispatch received here.
 The public is asking if Wilson is not indicating sentiment favorable to the Austrian monarchy.
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FRANCE JUBILANT

PARIS, Oct. 15.-Sentiment is unanimous in favor of President Will son's reply to Germany. Paris IS iubliant over the answer.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
TURKEY SAYS
 SHE MUST HAVE
 SEPARATE PEACE
Military Situation Compels Turkey to Sue for Ter imitation of War
 with Allies.

AMSTERDAM, Oct. IS. - A dis patch received from Vienna last ev- ening reports that the new Turkish Cabinet has notified Austria-Hungary that, owing to the military situation, Turkey is obliged to conclude sep arate peace with the Entente Allies.
 Turkey has not replied to the re- quest from the Central Powers to await an exchange of notes between Germany and President Wilson.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
NO TIME FOR MERCY

LONDON, Oct. t5-"Justce Is mercifuI when ,here are extenuating circumstances, but where there are none 1t behooves Justice to be stern," declared Lord Reading last night, speaking of the peace situation.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
PROTECT
 PLEASES GERMAN
 PEOPLE SAY ALL
All Travellers from Ger many Say People Praise Wilson and Maximil-
 ian; Ignore Kaiser.

GENEVA, Oct. 15.-Neutral trav- elers from Germany say the people there are overjoyed at the pros poets for peace.
 They assert that President Will son and Chancellor Maximiian are being eulogized. The kaiser's name, they assert, is never mentioned.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
NO CHANGE FOR TRIcKERY

NEW YORK, Oct. 15.-The New Work World in commenting on the latest answer made by President Wilson to Germany declares that at one stroke the President has swept away the wheel of the German struc- ture of paper peace, without giving any guarantees of peace to the AL lies. The paper declares by his ac- ton the President also swept away all chances for the Germans tricking the Allies into a bad decision.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
NO ARMisIicE SOON

LONDON, Oct. 15.-Reuters News Agency says it has learned from an authoritive source that there was no prospect for an early arnnistice.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
AuTocRAcv MUST GO

LONDON, Oct. 15.-"German au- tocraoy must go" is the heading the Star, Liberal, puts over President Wilson's note.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15

AMSTERDAM. Oct. 15.-Germany hopes to reach the climax with her submarines this winter. with a view of causing an economic crisis of un- ananticipated dimensions in the En tente countries.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
HINDENBURG CAUSES GER
 MANY TO ACT

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.-Neutral reports received here say Gen. won Hinde nburg has caused Germany to accept Wilson's terms to seek an ar mistice. It was previously thought the action of Germany was caused by MiximiIian because he was pacifist.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
BRITISH PUNISH GERMANS

WITH THE BRITISH IN FLAND- FRS, Oct. 15.-Last evening advices say the British are near. courtrai.
 Enormous casuaitie. -, been in fIicted on the enemy.
 The British made important ad- vanees towards Lys.
 The BeIgians captured Hagenbrook, Gltsberg and 6everin.
 The British have taken Wulver- uhem, among the other villages ta- ken. Already there have been of- fieiaily counted 1,6oo prisoners and ii heavy guns taken by the British.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
WASHINGTON, Oct. IS. = Presi- dent Wilson's reply is stimulating Liberty Loan subscriptions.

TORONTO. Oct. 15.-It is reported that nearly 100 lives were lost by an explosion in a plant at Trenton near here. The explosion is said to have originated in chemical plant.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
BIC TRANSPORT IS SUNK WHILE
 AT THE DOCK
Big Liner Goes Down While Soldiers Are in Their BerthS at a HOb0-
 ken Dock.

HOBOKEN, Oct. 15.-The American transport, the America" formerly the big Hamburg-American liner "Amerika" was sunk at the pier head here.
 Many troops were on board in their berths and had no time to don their clothes.
 The Red Cross hurried blankets and clothing to the shivering sol diers on the pier.
 The cause of the sinking has not yet been determined The steamer will be raised It is believed that every one on board was saved.
 WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.-Secre- tary Daniels urges American ship builders to hurry the output of de- stroyers, to meet the new German submarine efforts.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 15.-Sir Eric Geddes, first Lord of the British Admiralty, has arrived in America to expedite the construction of de- stroyers and anti-submarine craft.
 He declared that submarine were a greater menace than ever. The said British losses of war craft to- taled 230 with 45O auxiliary craft, and that 2,400 British merchantmen had been sunk with tonnage of r. 750,000.
 LONDON, Oct. 15.-Vice Admiral Simms in speaking at banquet given Lord Northcliffe for visiting American editors said the average number of submarines operating against merchant ships and trans ports crossing the Atlantic were usu- ally eight or nine and often ran up to 12 or 13. He said the Germans could not keep out more submarines at one time. He said there were 5000 anti-submarine craft operating day and night around the British Isles, and that the American craft num- Der about 160.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
GERMANS SEND BOYS IN

FRENCH HEADQUARTERS, Oct. 15.-German youths of the 19 and 20 year classes are being sent into the front lines in an effort to stay the progress momentariIy of the A. lies, according to German prisoners taken by the Allies.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
CITY OF DURAzzo CAPTURED.

15.-An official dispatch from Rome says Qualifications
  of Austria
  wi
 Albania They have captured places
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
aRIIIsh CASUALTIES

WASHINGTON, Oct. IS. = The British casualties for the week end ing yesterday totaled 35.71o. Off cers killed 552 and men 6,937.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
ALLIES TAKE ROLLERS AND
 MANY PRISONERS
French Capture 5000 Pris- oners and British 1,6OO; German Losses Are
 Enormous.

LONDON, Oct. 15.-lt was report ed last evening that the Allies had captured Roulers in their Flanders drive. They made an advance of five miles.
 The French yesterday captured 5000 prisoners.
 Great losses in dead and material characterize the German retreat.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15

PARIS, Oct. 15.-An official an- nouncement says the French forces captured Roulers in Flanders along with 2,5oo prisoners and much war material.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
AMERICANS ADVANCING

WITH THE AMERICANS, Oct. 15. The American troops West of the Mouse river are beyond cunel and Re1mange, says a report made last night.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
PRESIDENTS REPLY ENDS TALK
 OF ARMISTICE UNTIL GERMANY
 SvRRENDERS; MEANS NO PEACE ~ / NEGOTIATIONS WITH KAISER

WASHINGTON, 15.Presdent Wilson's latest Ger Berlin Il a
 reply 
 The of fuiliy mi- compromise
 briefly composite conclu- sons sofo omc Washin a
 is that Hohenzolernsm
 of the cham Der
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
SERBS ADVANCING.

LONDON Serbs advancing north of Nish Sun Moray river.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
LONDON GREATLY PLEASED.

15.-P Wilson's German note Presi London the It Is be compromise and that the Ger mana mus will be destroyed for all time
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
oERMANY IMMERsEp IN

cHRiSTiANiA. Oct. 15.-Gustaf Joseten, correspondent, has just re-
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Today's News roday-in Emrire.
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ALLIEs RESUME DRIVE EARLY

WITH THE BRITISH, Oct. 15.- The Allies resumed the drive in Flanders early this morning from the positions they had reached last night. The fighting Is progressing favorabIy.
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THE EMPIRES classineds pay.
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FRENCH ALSO GAIN

PARIS, Oct. 15.-The French and Americans have advanced toward the important towns of Bethel and cap tured the towns of Nanteuil, Sur aisne.
 In Argonne were captured the vii Iaaes of Olizy and Termes.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
BELGIAN TROOPS ADVANCE.

15.-The Belgian reached of Menin nd O 
 artillery the railway through Coura
 connecting link the Germans the
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
ABANDON ZEEBRUGGE.

 proceeded Germany filled to
  Ostend
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BERLIN ADMITS LOSSES BERLIN, Oct. IS. - An official
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15

LONDON-The Duchess of MarI- borough, formerly Miss consuleo Vanderbilt, of New York, has been elected a member of the London County Council, to represent South wark working classes in the District of London.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15

ASSOCIATED PRESS SUMMARY. Afernoon The Allie continuing their blows in Flanders French advancing the Aisne
 Allied Belgium, and American operations 0 Mouse have successfully
 sole delaying Allies until the evacuation Belgium
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
GERMAN DEFENSE IN BELGIUM IS BROKEN; HER RESISTANCE IS ONLY
 FOR PURPOSE OF AY|NC ALLIES
 IN ORDER TO FACILITATE RETREAT

WITH THE BRITISH IN BELGIUM, Oct 15.-Mcrnng advces that the resistance Flanders broken
 Indications the withdrawing material  
 British through Roulers still
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15
CABLE BRIEFS

WASHlNGTON.-With only a few days left of the bond campaign about $3,o00, COG, 900 must be raised. All reports indicate that the National will not fail. The Government has issued proclamation calling on the people to do their utmost.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-15

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.-Secre tary Daniels urges American ship builders to hurry the output of de stroyers, to meet the new German submarine efforts.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-13
STRENGTH OF THE TENDER.

A. E. Anderson. in the Occident:
Lao TIE sat at tea with Dzo Chen
Lu, governor of Che. Dzo said: Tell
me, sir, how a man may obtain power.
Lao TIE stopped and plucked a
blade of grass that grew between the
flags of the courtyard.
This blade, said he, is delicate.
It's substance is like that of water.
But observe that it has thrust itself
through the fag-stones and stands
above them. 1t is like a spear. The
tender and the delicate conquer the
hard and the strong.
I think, said Dzo Chen Lu. that a
man who wishes to prevail among
men must hold himself stiffly. Strong
men are inflexible.
The dead are inf1exible, said Lao
TIE. The living flesh is supple and
yielding. Have you not observed that
when tree grows rigid it is doomed
The tender and the delicate are the
companions of life. Like the grow
ing foliage of a tree they are lifted
up. But the rigid trunk is below.
l choose to be like the rock, said
Dzo Chen Lu, that parts the swift
waters of the Yang TIE.
There is nothing in the world, Lao
TIE replied, more tender than water.
There is nothing in the world that is
harder than rock. But tell me, do
not the eddies at last wear away the
rock? The tender and the delicate
conquer the hard and the strong.
Dzo was silent.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-13
NEVER, AGAIN.

Germany's dead number sixteen hundred
thousand men, or less than half million less
than the total strength of the American army
in France; her wounded number four million
and would make an army equal to the total
number of Americans under arms at home
and abroad. Lack of family affection was
never charged against the Germans; each one
of these dead men is as bitterly mourned as the
lad who went from an American home, and the
mourning is none the less bitter from the fact
the German died in upholding lost bad
cause Never again will martial music stir the
souls of the relatives of these lost soldiers;
never again will they be lifted up by the pomp
and pageantry of war; never again will they
look with pride on the goose step, the flutterlng
banners, the great commanders, the bedecked
figure with the pointed, upturned mustaches
Military glory-it is delusion, it is mockery; it
is blood, dirt and poverty.
Back in Germany return the fragments OF an
army, their pride, like their clothes, in rags.
They have suffered four years of hell for the
sake of their native land, and they go home to
find it only ghost of itself, scarecrow ma
ton, reduced from being one of the proudest
on earth to being one Of the humblest. Greece,
Macedonia, Rome, and imperial France, all had
their days Of glory before they collapsed, but
the day that was to have been Germany's glory
saw her overthrown and beaten Empire is a
dream; the world has passed beyond it. Ger
many has had her lesson, and SO have all others
that dream Of empire.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-13

- ID s. -
which will most completely and clear
ly contribute to public enlightenment.
The problem OF the newspaper is not TO
get the material to ''fill up its col
umns; it's problem is to decide with
wisdom what to use and what to dis
card. Never was there time when
newspapers were more in need of in
teiligent editing than today. and like
wise never has there been time when
intelligent reading was so much needed
as it is today. The world needs not
only men and women who are able to
read Understandings, but who are
able to digest facts anu think indie
pendently The newspaper aims, as
its greatest service, to enlighten its
readers and to stimulate them to think
for themselves. 1t is the thinking men
and women who rule the world, who
are the hope OF, the world.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-13
Errors like straws upon the surface flow;
he who would search for pearls must dive
below.-Dryden
EL1HU ROOTS DEFINITION.

Former Justice Hughes recently put into
words a query that is in more or less definite
form i'll the minds of many men when he asked
ii the saving Of the world meant loss OF our re-
public as we have known 1T. For continuance
of federal regulation of war dimension after
the war would mean such loss. This is not
by Mr.. Hughes or by any other sound thinker
an argument or a plea for return to pre-war
conditions without due considerations the war
has III measure presented this nation to 1tsei
IN a new guise and in taking stock it is ADM
ted there may be changes which will be seen
as advisable Mr. Hughes warning is not
against changes made after due deiberation
but against a great change made under impulse
deriving from the backwash of war currents
Elihu Root once defined a republic as or
ganized self-control." 1t is fine definition to
live up to. In great measure we have lived up
to it and in no way better than in our continued
ability to keep community, state and nation
working as units and yet as a composite con-
trolling force. Federal regulation has grown
under necessity, since much that people do has
become part Of national business and less of
local business; the nation has become more and
more inclusive of the whole peoples intimate
interests and thus its relation to regulating
such interests has broadened But thus far we
have made 1t our rule to admit to federal regu-
latlon those individual local and state matters
and affairs which are proved best handled thus,
not to impose federl regulation OH such matters
and affairs as are well conducted without it.
by so much as regulation is imposed which
does not come into being because the people
grow to It's determination by experience, by
thus much the enactment of federal regulation
Is aoanoonfnent OF self-control; the individual,
t,e prlva!e business, the community, the state
che individual units which from, ON, ro+;o,.1
beginnings have made up our corDor.ta a'' iif
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-13
Who Won the War.

Philadelphia Public Ledger: There
is no occasion to ask again, Who won
the war? 1t was won at the first
battle of the Marine, in the sense
that, as we now see, German success
depended upon crushing France be-
fore any effective aid could come to
her 1t was won as soon as the Brit
ish navy had made the seas safe. Yet
at the last great crisis it was I'M
deniably the American army which
turned the tide. Not boastfuly, but
thankfully, the nation praises General
Pershing's men for that.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-13
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Waterloo Times-Tribune: The boys
are coming back few at time by
the time they all get back we will
business. This talk OF sending the
boys here and there over the country
to work is very well in it's way, but
it is hardly necessary to guide these
boys about They are perfectly COM
potent to find their way to profitable
employment.
Marshalltown Times-Republican
McAdoo was a brave volunteer at the
fire and did mans part in putting
out the flames, but he is foxy enough
to let others restore the ruins. Get
ting back from government owner
ship of railroads is about as dill
cult problem as putting Humpty
Dumpty together again.
Boone News-Republican: 1t makes
little difference whether the crown
prince has renounccd anything or
not. His principal business at the
present time should be saving MS
neck from the moose.
Des Moines Capital: When you call
your friend good listener, you have
paid him the highest compliment.
You mean when you talked to him,
he has given you the closest atten-
tion. He has seemed interested. He
has also done himself an honor. he
has assured attention when he talks.
Good listeners do not talk over much
themselves. They are well informed,
having gained knowledge from their
trait of. conversation. They are in
teresting people.
Atlantic s-Telegraph: At this
distance it looks as if Americas part
in the peace conference should be
one of modesty, and, above all, we
should remember that our allies have
to live overseas.
Cedar Rapids Republican: General
Pershing has made his first detailed
report and he proves himself to be
a good reporter. He is evidently a
man who has brains and who knows
how to use them in more ways than
one.
Webster City Freeman-Journal: Ac-
cording to press reports, the people
of Holland are annoyed at the pres
ence of the kaiser in their country.
Well, they have the remedy in their
own hands. No nation is bound to
harbor a foreigner if his presence
jeopardizes the welfare of the state.
What Cheer Patriot: The Sunday
blue laws should be wiped off the
books. This age has outgrown the
time when man cannot buy gallon
of gasoline or dish of ice cream on
Sunday. Sunday was made for man
and people have different ways OF
lel-. Dying it.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-13
NEWS A PLENTY.

Sioux city journal: only a DAY or
two after the signing of the armistice
people began to inquire Of the news
papers, We'll, what now? What are
you going to do to fill up your paper
without the war news?" That is a sim
|gular and persistent idea many news.
paper readers have, that somehow
newspapers are hard pressed to fill
up. their pages. But behold the news
papers today, with no more thrilling
accounts of battles by land, in the air
ana on the sea to furnish a reason for
big headlines, and yet filled to over
flowing news Of the reconstruction pc
riod, a part of it fully as thrill
ing IS the war news. Never, not
even when the war was at its peak,
has there been so much news, SO much
to talk about so many great questions
to discuss, so much material Of every
kind and description knocking at the
newspapers door and demanding ad.
mittance. The field of our national Wis.
ion and our national effort has been
so vastly widened and enlarged as
result of the war that 1t is next to an
IimDossibility for any one newspaper to
cover it all with any degree of thor
oughness. 1t can only approximate the
task. 1t is also out Of the Question for
any newspaper to assume to discuss
Iintelligently all the great questions
lnow before the world Only a super
man could do that The newspaper,
however, working within its limitations
has abundant opportunity to fulfil it's
mission of enlightenment. 1t needs a
master mind to choose from the
wealth of material which flows into
the newspaper office each day that
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-13
hooray for Banana
Peel "Gefs.lt"
Only Real Way to Get Rid of Corna

Which do you prefer-e corn that
pulls or corn that peels7 Butchery
rid of your corn tho peel-on way. the
blessed way. You don't need Dull.