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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-09
Labor Leader Declares
German Peace OvertureS
Unworthy of Attention

"The American Federation of Labor
believes that the recent peace over
lures emanating from the imperial
German government are in keeping
with all other proposals of similar
character that have been previously
submitted says John Il. Alpine, act
ing president of the American Fedora
ton Of Labor, in a statement today.
1.-The voice of the American labor
movement tells us to ignore these
peace overtureS. and to batter away
at the enemy lines until the road is
cleared to Berlin and a peace then eff
fected that will last for all time and
rid the world of the evils that have
besieged us for over four years. The
workers of our country refuse to be
deluded by what we believe to be this
last attempt to deceive.
I'VE want that the world should be
rid of the iron heels and the mailed
fist. We want peace, but we want such
a peace as will insure freedom and
democracy for all the world and for
all time. Like the men on the firing line
our workers at home are extending
themselves to the limit of human en-
durance to the end that glorious and
lasting peace shall result.
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arrive in q month resign, SO that in
reality $4,000 employees would have to
be brought here in order to insure a
net increase of 1900.
Figures compiled by the housing
and health division of the War De-
partment for the month of September
show how employees come to Wash
ington and resign after a short period.
These figures show that during the
month 1O,943 people came here for
government work and 1921 left. max
ing total increase of 5,652 in popu-
1ation for the month.
During September the War De-
partment brought in 1884 new en-
ployes, while ] ,S15 workers in that
department quit. making the depart
ment'S increase for the month 1918.
The Treasury Department employed
making the increase for the month
1896
Only eight government departments
show a reduction in force for Septem-
Der. The departments and the num-
Der they reduced follow: Food Ad-
8; Commerce. Il; Interstate Com
merce Commission. 81: Department of
Agriculture. 147; Smithsonian 1nsti-
tuition. IL; Civil Service Commission. 10.
and Panama Canal, 8.
Departments which showed an in
ss in 1SFse doT tss mSHeh
printing Office, 11s: Department of
Justice. 10: Federal Trade Commits
sion, IL; Navy Department. 2S: State
Department, 40: shipping board, II;
District government, 80: Labor De-
partment. 2o1: War Trade Board, A.;
Council OF National Defense, 30: Fed
.eral Reserve Board 2; railroad admins
tration, SO. and War Industries Board,
$40
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GERMAN.

October 8 (night).-Betwee1 Cam
brai and st. Quenten. in Champagne
and on the Meuse fresh heavy fight
ing has developed. South Of Cambria
and north of st. Quentin the enemy
attacks were repulsed.
In the center of the battlefront the
enemy gained ground. At this point
Bohain and along the roads leading
from Bohain to Cambria and st.
Quentin. (Bohain is 61s miles east
of Beaurevoir).
In Champagne and on the Mouse
the enemy attacks failed.
Day-Sorth OF the Scarpe the Brit
ish. after violent artillery duels. at
tackled on both sides of Oppy. They
obtained footing in NeUvireuil. For
to a standstill.
North of St Quentin the British and
French continued their strong at
tack. North of Mont Brehain five
enemy assaults were beaten back.
Farther south the enemy's attack
collapsed under our fire. Near and
south of Sequehart we held our posi-
course of combats on the Tilloy
heights the enemy's assault broke
down in hand-to-hand fighting and
by counter attack.
There have been forefield engage
ments along the Ailette and Aisne.
The north bank of the Suippe river
was cleared of the enemy by local en-
terprises.
In the afternoon strong enemy
forces advanced in partial attacks on
both sides of st. Clement-a-Arres and
between BaZancourt and SelleS. The
attack broke down.
There has been local fighting for
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led on the north by the line Of 'cambrai
and Landrecies and south by the Serre
sposition, of which Gutse 10 approx
-mately the center. AS a result of this
-somission all the German positions
Eparallel to the German frontier,
starting in the east and running as
6-1ar as La Cape1le, Tervins and Marie,
&Hun the risk of being raked in.
- Other Arm of Trap.
The other arm of the trap which is
closing relentlessly on the Germans
that operated by Gen. Gouraud-also
has secured important results in the
teeth of desperate resistance. While
attacking the Suippe line frontally,
Gen. Gouraud is turning it by march
ing on Machault and Juniville and
has arrived close to the former place.
Consequently there is every PROBABLE
fty of his reaching the Brunhild line
y Atthe time when it's western continu-
Z alton, the Hunding- line, is in danger.
To complete the days work Franco
American forces moved up on the
right flank of the Mouse, won back
places famous in the Verdun strug-
gle and got in line with the Ameri-
Ar-cans on the left bank. who are thus
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Text of Presidents Note
to Germany Concerning
: PROPOSALS for Peace

Secretary Lansing yesterday handed
the following note to Frederick Oederlin,
charge d'affaires of Switzerland ad in
term:
Il have the honor to acknowledge. on
behalf: Of the President, your note of
October s, -inclosing a communication
from the German government to the
President; and 1 am instructed by the
President to request you to make the
following communication to the i'm
perial German chancellor:
Before making reply to the request
Of the imperial German government, and
in order that that reply shall be as
candid and straightforward as the mo-
mentous interests involved require, the
President Of the United States deems it
necessary to assure himself Of the exact
chancellor. Does the imperial chan
cellor mean that the imperial German
government accepts the terms laid down
by the President in his address to the
Congress OF the United States OH the
Sth of January last and in subsequent
ing into discussions would be only to
agree upon the practical details OF their
application?
1.-The President feels bound to say
with regard to the suggestion of an
armistice that he would not feel at
liberty to propose cessation of arms
to the governments with which the
government of the United States is as
ISOLATED against the central powers
so long as the armies of those powers
are upon their soil. The good faith
of any discussion would manifestly
depend upon the consent Of the central
powers Immediately to Withdraw their
A.
tory.
1.-The President also feels that he is
justified in asking whether the inn
perial chancellor is speaking merely
for the constituted authorities of the
empire who have SO far conducted the
war. He deems the answers to these
questions vital from every point of
view"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-09

BY the Associated Press
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Tuesday,
October S-American forces drove
forward today on the east side Of the
Mouse and occupied Charny. In COM
pany with the French they captured
the villages of Consenvoye. Brabant,
Haumont and Beaumont. They drove
the enemy we'll beyond these. towns
and are pushing the enemy northward
in a desperate fight.
In today'S operations more than
1000 prisoners were taken, of whom
1900 were captured by the French
east of ,he Mouse. During the last
few days over 1000 prisoners have
been captured by the French Eight
cen heavy mortars have been cap
tured.
In the operations today between St
captured 400 prisoners and four Aus
triap field guns There was fierce
fighting in this area today. the Ger
mans using machine guns and a few
light field pieces. The French and
Americans hold St Etienne and the
Germans finally withdrew to the
northward
Foe Attempts Counter Attack.
The Germans attempted counter
attack at noon today. The troops con-
Sentrated in the region OF Machault
IN great force, but were driven off by
the Wrench and American heavy guns.
The Germans later attempted TO reach
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Foe Attempts Counter Attack.
PRESIDENT STUDIES WAR.
MAP WITH GEN. March

With the German peace offensive met
and halted unless the enemy actually
is ready to sue for peace or American
and allied terms, President Wilson to-
day turned his attention to the battle
fields where the once conquering Teu-
tonic armies are being driven back to
their own soil.
He walked over to Secretary Lans-
nEs Office at the State Department and
sent for Gen March. who appeared with
. huge military map of the west front.
The conference lasted only the few
minutes required for the chief of star
70 show the present battle lines and
point to the advances Of the victorious
American. British and French armies
which are making Inevitable Ger
man retreat on a great scale. An
important change, recorded just be-
fore Gen. March was summoned. show
ed Cambria. a Hindenburg line strong
hold. in the hands of the British and
the allied forces advancing beyond
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-09
SAVE FUEL, BUT PROTECT
HEALTH, SAYS OFFICIAL

In view Of the misunderstanding
among the public of the District Of
Columbia with regard to the conserva-
ton of fuel and as to when the fur
mace fire should be started. the United
States Fuel Administration has espe-;
cially prepared for The Star the fol-
lowing statement clarifying the sit
uation:
The United States Fuel Administra-
ton urges sacrifice of small comforts
in the saving Of fuel whenever that
sacrifice in no way interferes with
health.
start the furnace fires now if
health demands it: but. if by wearing
warmer clothing or by using a small
stove or heater the furnace fires may
be delayed, the householder who so
saves coal is a pat'!2t. He is saw
ing coal to manufacture steel des-
perately needed for steel shells to
protect our soldiers overseas.
Their lives may depend on a re-
serve OF three-inch shells. Every
eighty pounds of coal that is saved
releases an equivalent amount to
manufacture one shell.
'.Our soldiers need steel. Whenever
we. at home, do not actually need
coal let US ave it to help them push
the line farther back to Berlin
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st. Etienne. which was captured BY
US and lost again in a counter attack
by the enemy. For the rest the
enemy's activity in the Champagne
was confined to partial thrusts and
internationally reviving artillery dueis.
On both sides of tho Aisne violent
attacks by the enemy were beaten
back.
After the strongest artillery. prep
aration the Americans renewed their
attempts to break through on both
sides of the river Aire. On the west
bank attacks launched south OF Chatel
broke down. The enemy in counter
attack was driven from the heights
north of Chatel. where he temporarily
obtained a footing.
East of the Aire the enemy's at
tacks broke down for the most part
under our artillery fire.
Toward evening the enemy resumed
his attacks on both sides Of the Ro-
nagne-Charpentry road and OF the
Nantillois-Cunel road. as well as west
of the Meuse. After severe lighting
we beat him back-somettnes by
counter attacks
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REV. DIR. GUILDAY TO ASSIST.
Catholic University Professor Joins
Military Unit No. 3 Service.

Rev. DR.. Guilday, for the past four
years professor of American church
history at the Catholic University.
was appointed October l as assistant
district educational director. for
military unit No. 3. which includes
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland
and the District of Columbia. DR..
GuiIday's headquarters will be in
Philadelphia.
He is the last student of the Uni
versity of Louvain to receive a de-
gree from that famous institution
DIR. Guilday has edited the Catholic
Historical Review since 1915.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-09
SECOND U. S. DIVISION
BEARS BRUNT OF FIGHT
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES
IN FRANCE. October 9 (12:3o. PM.
1t is now permissible to state that
it was the I'd American Division
which bore the brunt of the recent
hard fighting in the Champagne. This
division took st. Etienne and the po-
sitions leading to that town and thus
created tho slight salient now pro-
jecting into tho German line.
The ID American Division consists Of
the 9Th and sth regiments Of marines,
the 9th and IA Infantry and tho 18th.
18th and 18th regiments Of artillery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-09
LEMONS AT LOW PRICE.
Demand Light. Due to Lack of
Sugar, Market Overstocked,

While the general food market shows
most commodities at top prices. con-
ISOLATION is offered the public in the
fact that the bottom has fallen GU;
of the lemon market Lemons are
being dumped on the market in larrr
quantities and are selling at ridicu-
lousy low prices.
1t is reported that because of the
ban on sugar the demand for lemons
has been light. Nothing remained but
to turn the commodity onto the mar
ket and obtain whatever prices that
could be obtained to save the supply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-09
Victory of Wide importance;
Story of Yesterdays Fighting

we'll as one of the most important of
the war. The British cannon. wheel
to wheel, sent tons of explosives
crashing on top of the enemy in a
whirlwind barrage during the better
part of the night and early morning.
The very air trembled and the earth
rocked with continuous roar of ex-
plosives. The exploding shells throb-
bed wildly against clouds from which
rain poured. the flashes being visible
for many miles.
Converging Operations.
Two British armies attacked in a
converging operation in a northeast
erly direction. The fourth army, with
which the Americans were co-operat
ing, attacked at gap in the la st
HindenburS system and for miles on
both sides. while the third army was
IN action up to Cambria attacking
along the continuation Of the Beau
revior-Masnieres line both on the
front and in turning movement, So.
1t would appear that the general idea
is to. smash down the Hindenburg
system completely on a broad front,
enabling operations to be carried ont
to the east of it
The first phase of the attack began
about O'clock in the morning. when
the infantry. with the assistance of an
intense barrage. stormed the high
ground Immediately south of Cambrat.
where the Cambrai-Peronne railway
runs along.
The enemy counter attack at
many places appeared to have been
weak and thin. for the Germans, reaIiz-
ing the desrerateness of their position.
had moved their guns well back. The
British barrage did terrible damage
among the ranks of the retiring Huns.
The principal resistance came from the
machine gunners. fighting from pockets
and nests as heretofore
Hosts of Prisoners.
Hosts of prisoners were taken DIR
ing the day. however. the Americans
getting almost 1000. while the British
took many thousands more. None of
the prisoners knew anything CONCERN
ing their governments plea for an
armistice. They had not heard of their
emperor's published order of the day.
but said they had received vague ru-
mors that peace might not be far of.
1t seems not unlikely that the kafser's
order was kept away from the troops
or the line because of the fear that il
might have further effect upon their
already poor morale. Prisoners arriy-
ing at the cages in large groups
cheered one another for having been
captured.
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German System of Defense
East of Quentin StOrx1ed

Nearly 10000 Germans were taken
prisoners yesterday by the allied
forces in the fighting along the va
rious fronts of the battlefield. says
Marcel Hutin in the Echo de Paris
today. The Germans, he adds, are
hurriedly evacuating the Argonne
forest. The battle is continuing.
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TURKISH premier QUITS:
WAR MINISTER GOES, TOO

LONDON. October 8. via Montreal.
-Talaat Pasha- the Turkish premier,
has resigned and has been succeeded
by Tewdk Pasha, former premier and
ex-ambassador at London, according
to advices received here. Enver
Pasha. the minister Of war. also has
resigned.
Special dispatches from Bern, Swift
zerland. last night carried reports
that the entire Turkish cabinet had
resigned, and added that great excite
ment prevailed in Constantinople.
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q BY the Associated Press.
,e..wITH. THE. BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE. October S.-A great victory,
the results of which undoubtedly will
prove of the widest Importance. espe-
cial1y at this time. has been won to-
: day by two British armies in the field
~cn front extending twenty miles
= from Cambria southwark
-. Americans participated. in the CEN
i, ter. and they plunged even more deep
9y into the enemy positions than at
'-4arst had been intended. The Hin
fenburg system south of Cambria
row has thoroughly been broken up
on front of considerable width.
Elsewhere the main lines Of the
Hindenburg system have been pene-
frated, while to the north of Cambria
1t appears to have been turned by
the operations to the south.
The attack begun this morning has
-,.become open warfare in the real old
sense of the term-the developing of
various carefully worked maneu-
>@Vers into one great general scheme,
which is to combine in securing pre-
arranged objectives and the rounding
sSfup f<aS many Germans as possible.
It has been necessary to assent BILE
the assauhing waves to the east of
-@Ahe Hindenburg line and to get the
masses of men in through the intri-
cate and battered trench system in
the dark 1t was 4 task of extraor-
binary difficulty, hut it was accom-
piished well before the zero hour.
Tanks Get Into Action.
49,. Fast whippet tanks and armored
CATS are reported now to be in action,
and if this is true, as it is believed to
be, the offensive certainly has been
exploited.
At the moment it appears that the
new line runs generally from the
north, south of bonneville, well to
the east of Serainvillers The allied
troops are reported in WambaiX and
to have been seen east of Chateau
ANGLE, in Villers OutreauX and Serain;
east of Fremont. east Of Brancourt
east of F'resnoyle-Grand and east of
Sequehart. All the ground to the west
of these places is reported now to be
in British hands.
Once more terrific punishment has
been inflicted on the shattered and
disorganized German army. The bat
tie is one of the most furious. as
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AUSTRIAN.

October Sour advanced covering
troops on the old Serbian frontier re-
gionS have been withdrawn to Las
kovatz Con the railroad south of
Nish). We have fought continuous
retarding engagements
Tho retreat of Gen. Baron Pflanzer-
Baltin commandments of the
Austro- Hungarian forces in Albania),
progressed without interferences.
The engagements Celebrated by the
Italians as victorioes have been moth
ing but skirmishes with weak rear
guards.
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German Position Worse.

relieved Of the CALLING thanking nre
which had prevented them moving
forward.
German Position Worse.
The German position has been rem
dered considerably worse as result
Of yesterdays fighting. in the opinion
of the military comm ntators. Maj.
de Civrieux, in the Matin. points out
that the strategic conditions alone
do not suffice to indicate the impor-
lance of the battle, which aims more
than ever at the destruction Of the
enemy. either in direct combat or by
maneuver.
The German losses have been enor-
nous and not only in prisoners. In
a single section of the British front
two fresh German divisions, thrown
into the furnace. melted away in q
few moments. Gen. Ludendorn de-
layed his general retreat SO long that
in the view: of the critics he is in dan
ger of leading back merely the rem
nants of his army to the famous
glacis which protects Germany. ~
Maj. de Civrieux asks .-. -
This precipitate demand for an
armistice-does it not spring from =
vision of Disaster"
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HOUSING PROBLEM
NOW MORE ACUTE
Not More Than 1900 Rooms
Available for 1000 New
Employees Expected.

That the housing problem in WASH
ington is now more acute than 1t has
been at any time since the war began
is indicated by figures gathered today
from various government sources.
These figures show that the govern
ment departments expect to bring ap-
proximately 1000 more employees here
between now and the end of the year.
while the United States homes regis
tration service is understood to have
not more than 1000 rooms still avail
able for war workers.
The dormitories on the Union station
plaza are due to be completed on De-
cember /, with accommodations for
about $500, but until then the homo
registration service. 1914 H street.
must find quarters for all employees
who arrive.
Space in Private Homes Exhausted.
The estimate Of 1000 rooms now
listed for rent to war workera. in
the soldiers in their recent house-to-
house canvass, SO that the private
homes of Washington have been prac-
tically exhausted as a source for &C
commodationS-
Approximately 100 vacant houses in
the district have been Communicated
BY the housing bureau. All these
houses not rented to families of gov
eminent employees will be operated rs
boarding houses by the home regis,
tra{ion service. These houses will
add to the number Of rooms the regis
tration service now has available.
The United States Housing Corpora
ton has plans prepared for more
dormitories and q number OF apart
ments at Esd and B streets northwest,
hut work has not been started on this
project and will hardly be completed
in time to house the employees who are
scheduled to arrive between now and
the end Of December
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HQQQQrd and FQn1ished YQf1ks
Cheer as They Battle On
lost" Battalion in Argonne Forest Finally
Rescued after Heroic Stand When
Surrounded by Foe.

hausted and 50 nearly starved that they
could scarcely eat when they were
served with beef stew and coffee. AS
the day advanced. however, they, i'm
proved considerably in vitality, and
their spirits are now, as high and de-
fiant as they must have been during
the days when they were beleaguered
In the woods.
Maj. WhittIesey in Command.
The lost battalion. whose where
abouts was q mystery for some time
after its disappearance during the at
tack along the edge of the; Argonne,
comprised several hundred men under
the command Of Mai. Charles Whittle-
Sey. .-...
mans. they made their stand with their
pistols and rifles and few machine
guns rs defensive weapons. When re-
lief reached them their stock OF car
tridges was almost gone and the men
were in q weakened condition
Not Used to Forest Warfare.
"The lost battalion" pushed ahead
with the other troops when the first
American attack to the west of Verdun
began. They were surrounded in all
probability because they we're not used
Advancing in two widely separated
columns, the enemy was able to in
filtrate behind them without being
seen. AS soon as the members of the
battalion missed the troops to the
right and the left of them they tried
to nnd them, but their efforts were
checked for the time being by the
rain and terrain conditions.
Then began a series Of ingenious
means to give the men relief, SO that
they could hold out against the as
sailants ringed about them until their
comrades forcibly came to their re-
lief. Many times in the course Of the
day airplanes few over the section
of the forest where the Americans
were believed to be, and messages
were dropped for them. AS 1t was
thought their supplies on hand prob
ably had become exhausted. cunning
~ devised parachutes, used to bring
up ammunition, were then released
above the forest which concealed the
whereabouts of the troops from the
eyes of their anxious searchers.
1t was five days ago that the bat
talon was trapped near the edge of
the Argonne forest. about two miles
southeast of Lancon.