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PAGE TWO. THE DAILY TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER, 13, 1918. President Marches in Parade to Boost Fourth Liberty Loan GREAT LINE STREETS AND EXECUTIVE AS HE WITH I his place in the reviewing stand with Gov. i a and Mayor Hylan, but kept on, i i returning the sa- WAR BULLETINS New York. Oct.

Wilson, commander-in-chiet of the American army and navy, marched today at the head of the A i a forces in the Columbus-Liberty Day parade, one of most impressive and inspiring spectacles New York lias ever SCPrt. a canopy formed by the flaps 01 the twenty-two nations arrayed against autocracy and with squadrons Sheriff Simons of Miami county, lute accorded him by the heads of the drove to the home of John Martin, a state and i farmer living- near Onward, Friday Associated With the Anglo-American Forces on the Valencenries Front, Oct. 12, (11 a. British again attacked souths west of Douai this stormed and took Brebieres and passed through Public Was Asked Not To Attend a Farm Sale morning and arrested a boy by the Ule eastward. They are now within name of Clarence Bennett, aged 14, slightly more than a mile- of Douai it- 'GERMANY'S TERMS CAN BE ACCEPTED i From Page One.) the A i a army that ha.3 brnken the i i line i the lighting of last few days, is continuing its blows at the enemy.

New progress i i a i a I i a mail poucll at Bunker Hill Sat- self. A stiff rearguard resistance by enemy machine gunners is being over- urday night. The boy confessed to stealing the mail pouch and he destroyed the Washington, Oct. Despite vio- contents of the pouch 'by burning the lent counter attacks by the Germans same in the cook stove at the Martin home. He will he held for the government authorities.

i A lil-v- i i I I 11 r- of American airplanes hovering over-1 has been made near Gnmdeprc. 1-ar- head president strode i 25,000 thor east the village ot Romagnc is flghtinc ni-n five i and now close to the American lines, and islands in sea over the entire fierce fighting has been going on i line of march alone: the a resistance there has been des- of the allies." Then at "erate and the fighting east ot the foot of Fifth avenue, beside the Wash- Mouse also been of the most stren- ingtou arch, he took his place in an uous character. automobile and reviewed the long! Allied troops have been attacking co-inmn A i a positions in the mountain The spectators whose the sector of the I a i a front. This fight- police i a at more than a i ing appears to a been merely a lo- lion never ceased cheering. From the cat operation, but the combat has ap- momrnt caught sight of the shin- a been severe, i silk hat which proclaimed the proach of the nation's i i i they lost sight of it in the i 1 -as- I A A A German Thought in Tumult as Arms Fail A A A I THE A I A FOR A FIGHT.

'(Copyright, 1918, by The Chicago Daily News Co.) A a Holland, Oct. a Oct. 12--The i i a com- German thought is in a tunrult. Clvil- on both sides of the Meuse, the advance of French and American divisions continues. General Pershing reported In his communique for yesterday, received tonight, by the war department.

American troops have taken approximately 5,700 prisoners since 8. Washington. Oct. American a corps since October 5th. has advanced more than ten miles capturing the villages of Escaufourt, St.

'Benin, and St. Souplo, and taking more than 1,900 prisoners. tance. the men and women who i I immicatlon from Belgian headquarters i an and military counsels are so con- avenue and sought a a a i a of October 11 says: flicting a no one can foretell the is- on every housetop a paused "Our i a i and canton- sue a appears certain is that thn a "it seemed as if the city a a i shelled. This I morale of the nation is deepy impaired sone mad.

i a a violent artillery pre- a that any reorganization of the na- In according Mr. Wilson what prob-, paration the enemy delivered an at- tional purpose vSuffieiently solid to sns- ably dent receiv the air and yelled themselves hoarse, i babies were hoisted on i a shoulders that might; tell fifty years hence of the day san the i a Women clapprd i a a i a a London, Oct. forces advancing easl of Lens have captured tliir villages af tries and Annay, Field Marshal Haig reports in his official statement tonight. The German rear guard suffered severe caimilties. ly was the greatest ovation a i 1 tack a a i our lines Rotilers, tain any prolonged resistance to the violent ene.my at.tp.ck2.

n't of the United States had ever but was completely repulsed. Patrols allif-s and America is practically out a tne oinciai, statement men threw their hats into a to reach our lines the question. va nea dq" ar tonight. Berlin, via London, Oct. of Lecateau and on both banks of the Muuse, violent ene.my attack; failed, pen, southeast of Barren were forced to prince Maximilian will make a hard withdraw our lire, abandoning numerous dead and wounded." effort 1o obtain peace This does not mean a he will not strive for the a on i uuampagne rront troin best terms possible The a i a Lhe A i miles oi 1B I 6 6 1 son I i front is a sea of smoke and French Headquarters in France.

Oct. Germans are rapidly falling back on the Champagne front from police lines to get the nation's leader. a better view of I A i the A i i a Army a not only the evacuation of miles behind the enemy's lines Elected braced men in an exuberance of joy. dun Oct i 2 which is a territory but the disarmin i small boys broke throuch the French, is burn- i a troops, the fear is refle pverv tow and i i burning. Vouziers, which was reached as well as Chaatres and Brievilles.

I some a that Berlin diplo- Explosions of Rreat violence have macy i not move fast to pre- It was the second time the presi-1 a place om agne and Dun. d.rr. had marched in a parade down rift.i avenue, but when he opened the last Red Cross campaign he headed a army of mercy, i today he led a srim lesion of fighting ir.en. and Vehind them, rtraagod by motor trucks and 'ractors, '--real guns wrested from the Germans. It was a stern procession typifying "force to the utmost" a New "York staged on Columbus Day In a of 1 he a i fourth and "fighting" loan.

At the end of the line were a ments of. tiehtins: men representing '22 nationalities. They a from countries that are fighting to retain i freedom and came from races that are fighting to be free. Bemedalled heroes of the French Foreign picturesque Ita'Man. A i i and Bersaclieri.

veteran A zacs. a scarred i i Tommies. Poles and Czecho-Slovaks ready to die for liberty, i Greeks and Serbs, gallant Belgians and swarthy a i A i a in i which made a riot of color, marchd proudly behind the banners of the a i i are fighting autocracy. Behind the foreign divisions marched women war workers--Red Crosr- nurses. ambulance drivers, workers, police women and "farmer- e'tes." Next in line were the American i i a and a a t'orces.

led by Uie Commander-in-chief of more a 3.000.000 bayonets, for although it was expected a the president wou'd takfi his place at the. very head of the column, it seemed a he to march i in of his own nation's i i And a rugged force it after regiment of i a artillery and engineers i a ments from all the other branches which go to make up an army, followed by thousands of blue a from America's fleets. With the army and navy divisions marched 5.000 stevedores and thousands of others engaged in the army transport service. The foreign veterans who preceded them had been cheered until it seem ed that the crowd must have reached its vocal limit but when Pershinn'r veterans--soldiers and marines--appeared the cheering increased as if from musketry fire to artillery bombardment. At the sight of the heroes who had fought and bled at Chateau Thierry and Belleau wood to help save Paris from the Huns, the crowd went wild with enthusiasm.

The empty sleeves and turned-up trouser legs of these gallant youngsters brought-home to New Yorkers that war Is something more than marching men and martial music. There were tears in many eyes as American wounded rode on guns and other engines of destruction captured by the Americans in their advance through France. B'tt while the throngs who watched them suffered for them because of their and paid tribute to their heroism, on the shining young faces, aglow with pride, there was no sign ot grief ever sacrifices made for love of country. Sight of the German trophies added to the crowd's fervor. They bore such labels as: "This gun spoke German--now look at the darn thing." "A good gun gone wrong," and "Liberty bonds spiked me." Behind the fighting contingents of America and the allies came a procession of floats from the New York naval yards--great floats with forges throwing out real sparks, floats with riveters in action and small boats under course of construction.

With these floats behind regiments of blue Jackets marched thousands of workers --dreadnoughts, shipwrights, moulders bollermakers, machinists and ordnance workers. At Flftyjflrst street, a man broke through the police lines and attempted to shake hands with the president. Secret service men stopped the man and took him to a police station where he held for disorderly conduct. The police said his intentions were harmless. The president was undisturbed by the incident.

When he reached the "altar of Liberty" at Madison Square, it was ex- North of the American lines fires con- i to break out in various points which cannot be a i to artillery fire. vent a military debacle under the terrific blows of the A a i of A i a Sentiment. Chancellor Maximilian will assert that the reichstag and the whole The a a weather conditions i a i i ln hls slowed up a i a operations but Lieuts. Thomas J. Abernethy of West Pembroke, J.

L. Porter of Dowagiac, and Francis M. Simonds of New It is hoped by the chancellor that this this morning by the allies is blazing from end to end and the whole country saems ablaze. London, Oct. is understood that the Germans no longer aro attempting to use the Flanders coast for operations by sea of any description.

They have stripped their bases there simple declaration will satisfy Presi-i of all vessels and have left virtually dent Wilson, but there is apprehension no seaplanes. on the score of the fiery expressions i The mouth of the harbor at Ostend Wabash, ct. 13--After residents of. Wabaah county had been asked by the county council of defense in public notices yesterday not to attend a sale of farm Implements and stock owned by William Bursou, the reason given being the alleged refusal of Burson to buy Liberty loan bonds, Burson today invested $1,400 in the loan. The sale then proceeded with, I the' approval of the defense body.

When Burson, who lives at Roann and who is arose from a night's sleep yesterday morrung, he found a notice on the front porch of his home, which read as follows: "Notice to all loyal citizens--William H. Burson refused to take his quota of the fourth Liberty bonds in order that the nation may support our sons who are fighting to preserve our institutions and Mr. Burson's right to own property. Only by the authority of the national government is he guaranteed the right to own property, yet he stubbornly refuses to support his government in this hour of peril by refusing to lend his money to the government when it is menaced by a brutal this account we ask and implore all loyal citizens ot refrain attending a sale advertised to occur; at his place on Saturday, October an dto show him and all others what you think of those who fail to measure up to the standard of a loyal American citizen. "WABASH COUNTY COTJNCIti OF DEFENSE.

"MILO MEREDITH. Chairman. After the purchase of the bonds, the head of the defense body had a notice inserted in the local papers to- day thanking the farmer publicly for supporting the loan. Associated FrMB.l Washington.Oct. Hitchcock of Nebraska, chairman of the senate committee on foreign relations, after having the note read to him by the Associates Press, said: "The German terms can be accepted If sufficient guarantees are given that the power which the emperor has given to the reichstag is permanent.

It must be made sufficiently' clear that before we agree to an armistice that a guarantee in a military sense is given. These guarantees must be essential because we must be a'ssured that there will be no change in the attitude of the German government after details are arranged. This communication is a great improvement over anything that hitherto come from Germany and it indicates the wisdom of the president. As I said before it can be accepted if sufficient guarantees are given." LONDON SAYS ACCEPTANCE MAY NOT SATISFY GREAT BRITAIN Auocintcd Oct. 12--The reply of the German government to President i son't note was forwarded to Washington at noon today.

The text was made public here this evening. In brief Germany accepts the terms laid down by President Wilson for the foundation of a permanent peace of, justice. It declares itself ready to comply with the president's proposals, evacuation of occupied territory. It suggests that the president may occasion a meeting of mixed comm.is- sion to make arrangements for. the evacuation, and says that the present government which has the support of the majority of the reichstag.

has undertaken responsibility for' this step towards peace. Germany's acceptance of President Wilson's terms in nowise means that her acceptance would be met by Great Britain and France. The restoration of ship for ship" from the German mercantile marine for all submarine losses is a British principle which apparently Is accepted by all the British' people. Commenting on the reply the Sunday Observer says: "The first issue for us is the maritime question. We ought to insist that the German submarine campalga should now be marked out for special treatment in immediate connection, with any peace preliminary.

If any miU itary armistice is accompanied by concrete guarantees, so must a 'naval armistice. We ought to insist, before there can be any suspension of hostilities that the German submarines shall be surrendered to tbe allies and America." PORTO RICO SHAKEN BY QUAKE TIDAL WAVE FOURTEEN REPORTED KILLED IN A A 1 A MANY I I York, got a plane near Romagne. One ot American popular opinion. It is sus- has been blocked by the Germans and A i a airman escaped seven pectec i a President Wilson there is little 'doubt that similar enemy machines which attacked him. a i a policy of tenderness toward i steps will be taken at Zeebrugge.

I A A I Paris, Oct. 12--The official commun- i a i on the eastern theater describing the operations of October 10, says: "Despite the very bad weather, the allied armies continue their progress to the north. The Serbian forces are in contact south of' Nlsh with large i a t'orces, i i contingents of the A i corps. A violent lighting the Serbians reached the Top- river 10 miles south of Nish, taking and three guns. The French troops have occupied Prishtina which they have gone beyond in "pursuit of enemy detachments in flight.

In A a i a the Attstrians are rapidly i i retreating with our small advance guards close upon them." FOBMER M8ASSABOB PAGE IS VERY ILL Ansociated Press. 1 New York. Oct. Mines Page, retiring ambassador to Great Britain, who arrived here today from England, suffered from a serious attack of heart disease, is resting com- a in a hospital tonight and is "no apparent reason why he should not get well," according to statements by Dr. Samuel W.

Lambert hid physician. "Mr. Page is i from a nervous and physical a Dr. Lambert said, "the principal trouble i shown by a weakness of the heart muscles. While his condition is serious, it is not immediately threatening." I A Germany the sweep of I American war sentiment wo lid a him off his feet.

Great i i a i is expressed in Berlin against those German's wlvi went out of i way to exasperate affront (he "idiotic Yankees." Torture for i i a -ess- CiRGUIT COURT NOTES Through Attorneys Long, Yarlott Souder, John W. Williams has brought suit against Lewis Little, his wife, Al- Poland and Alsace-Lorraine are sub- ice le, and i son Harry Little jects that torture the minds of official demanding $25,000 damages for alien- i a i the affections of his wife. The parents of Mrs. Williams are at all the consequences involved in the acceptance of Mr. Wilson's 14 points plus this 15th point banning thS Ho- henzollerns as signatories to any residents of M-iami county while the wife's brother -is a resident of Cass treaty of peace.

Williams resides in the vi- It is also dawning upon Berlin gov- cm of Onward. ernment circles that even should Mr. The charfg 7 at th par Wilson recommend action of a not too i nts lld brother of Williams' wife drastic character i a i France, i ght a 3out domestic ruptures in Williams' home which finally resulted in the leaving him and shortly a bringing an action in the local courts for legal separation. The Littles are said to be quite wealthy. Among the charges in the complaint are that the defendants for the past three or four years wrongfully tried to destroy his wife's affections for him and at many places attempted to entice and persuade her to abandon him and sue him for a divorce.

They also carried to the wife false reports concerning his conduct. And'during the past three or four years they persuaded his wife to i with him in Italy and i European allies remain to be reckoned with'. Meanwhile all a is under the shadow of disasters that are befalling German arms. TBy Associated St. Paul, Oct.

12. I the operation of his farm and caused and Superior, and towns her to provoke quarrels for the purpose of i i about separation. The i entered complaint for divorce on Oct. 9. 1918 on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment and for failure to provide for their children.

Besides a divorce she demanded $3.000 alimony and custody of the chil- in that i i i are'reported to be surrounded by forest fires, according to meagre advices received here tonight. All wires in this vicinity are down. LOCAL, I IS I Word has been received here that dren. Mi.ss Marjorie Douglass who is doing war work in Washington, D. is ill fiTTR with influenza.

Her mother, Mrs. J. I M. Douglass, leaves for Washington today, Ba Lafayette, Oct. twenty-first annual conference of agricultural extension workers of Purdue University, which was scheduled for I next week, was called off today by D.

A. Gillespie is still at it--that is A. Coleman, acting director of the ex- is saving gas on Sunday, rather tension department, because of the i than burn gas on Sunday," he will state board of health's ban on public I walk. Carry trunk to station. 1C you Still Fighting gatherings.

The conference would have been attended by Indiana's county agricultural agents, home demonstration agents, farmers, instructors and extension specialists from the university, it having been expected that the attendance would total 250 persons. AS M'ADOO SEES IT (Br Fren.) Chicago. Oct. text of Germany's reply to President Wilson's inquiry was communicated by the Associated Press tonight to "William G. McAdoo, secretary of the treasury, just before he delivered a Liberty loan address at a crowded mass meeting.

Mr. McAdoo told the audience the con- of the reply, and added: "What this government demands, based on President Wilson's messages and speeches, is unconditional surrender, and if this reply is authentic, it means just that." flsj- pected that the president would a i men. HOLD TWO FOR I A I THE STATE LIQUOR LAW Harry Gable and John Murphy have been arrested on a charge of violating the state i i i law a.nd uider oond of each. It is charged by Jfbn Crimmins, Harris.in i (aimer, that his son became intoxicated on liquor li'inislied him by the ar- want to be transferred Sunday, call phone 303. SUNK BY EXPLOSION Washington, Oct.

American submarine chaser, designated as the 210, sank in foreign waters October 9 after an explosion, with the death of one enlisted man the injury of one officer and eight men. To Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Safford, West Broadway, a son. San Juan, Porto Rico, Friday, Oct island was shaken by an earthquake this morning and the shocks were followed by a tidal wave.

Reports from Aguadilla, a town on the low lying northwestern coast, say that the tidal waters had submerged the town. Fourteen persons were killed and forty or more were injured. At Ponce, a city of more than 35,000 persons on the south coast, the city hall was wrecked and it is reported that several of the inhabitants were killed. Details are lacking. Two prisoners are reported to have been killed at Aibonita, in the center of the island.

Serious damage with probable loss of life is indicated by reports from other towns. PLAN FLYING SQUADRONS OF DOCTORS AND NURSES State Health Board Prepares for Worst In Epidemic GERMANY BOWS TO UNITED STATES (Continued From Page One.) Indianapolis, Oct. state board of health took steps today to prepare a plan for the mobilization of physicians and nurses to meet the worst possible fro mthe influenza epidemic in Indiana. It is arranging for a conference to be held as soon as possible, at which will be present officials of the. Red Cross in Indiana, the Indiana Manufacturers' Association, the Indianapolis Merchants' Association, the Chamber of Commerce, the city board of health, various nursing associations and other organizations.

It has become apparent to the board that as the situation here becomes more serious, flying squadrons of doctors and nurses must be available for seriously affected communities. War work it was held, and the industries must go on, and the ravages of the epidemic must be minimized. Already in a few places in the state the epidemic has brought to the board calls for help. tonight in President Wilson's Probably no one in the United States but he can give the answer. There was, however, no attempt to dispute its authenticity and the diplomats to whom the dispatch should be- sent could only express regret that the dispatch had been made public.

Early this evening the newspaper correspondents were summoned by telephone to the offices of the diplomatic mission where many diplomatic dispatches are received every day. An at- i tache there gave out copies of the dispatch In the regular way. bearing the distinguishing marks. It was at once flashed to the country. When the high officials of the office that the dispatch had been made public their distress and regret was almost boundless much as they were gratified by its apparent contents.

The contents of the dispatch were at once communicated to Secretary Lansing and other officials of the government. President Wilson was in New York and the contents of the dispatch were communicated to him there It Is very probable that the text of the official communication may differ In some respects as to verbiage from the unofficial copy given out tonight, but It is regarded as highly improbable that It will show any substantial differences. At the first reading the text would seem to answer in a manner which might lead to peace, all the questions President Wilson asked of Chancellor Max in his Inquiry which was sent as an answer to the German peace note received here last Monday. In this Inquiry the president declared he would not propose an armistice while troops of the central powers remained on Invaded soil; he asked whether Prince Maximilian accepted the terms of peace as laid down or merely wanted to discuss them "as a basis for negotiation," and finally he asked whether the chancellor merely represented the militarists who have been conducting the war. At first there was some disposition to regard the text of the note as received here as possibly unauthentlc.

The manner of its publication, although of official accident, was so irregular that many thought of some sort of a bit of German "finesse" In diplomacy. There has been an opinion in some quarters that the German peace offer at this time had for one of its objects the discouragement of Americans In the fourth Liberty loan. Military men have expressed the view that it was framed for Its possible effect on the morale of the American and entente troops In the field and workers at home being pressed to do their utmost for the prosecution of the war. The first thought tonight was that the dispatch recelveed here was something of a move of that sort. But when it was established beyond doubt that it had been picked up from the great Greman wireless station at Nauen, and has been made public, even though by accident, by the Important diplomatic mission which is well known as having access at all times to SM the important foreign developments, all these doubts developed and Its genuineness was readily accepted.

-wi- I FOR SPEEDING Tony Rablsh, an Austrian employe the new Pennsylvania shops, arrested last night for speeding. He pleaded guilty and paid a fine of $15. Four-fifths of the world's halibut supply is captured in the Pacific coast waters. (By Associated Press.) sideration and so should the "oles Oyster Bay, Oct. Roose-1 i any taint of German overlord- velt speaking at a Liberty loan meeting here tonight declared that peace proposals should be discussed "only with our allies." "As a league of the colonel added, "I should regard a proposal to include Germany, Austria and i t'ee'd "the'i'r "The I a i a of Austria should be joined to Italy.

The Jugo-Slav commonwealth should be created. The Turks should be driven from Europe and the A i a and Syrians given their in and all rights. 1 1 1 8 a back Alsa Lorraine, Belgium should be restored der New York by invi ing all aml a indemnified and probablv burglars and gunmen to join the po- 1 Luxemburg included i i her limits. lice rorce. llss a should be freed from the Peace terms, the colonel said, shoujd i German strangle-hold.

Ukrainia Llth- mclude economic barriers against lanla the Baltic provinces and Fin- Germany so that she cannot flood the land should be absolutely cleared of markets with her hoarded products, G.erman influence, both i i a and In the next, place." he said, "we economic. England and Japan should should secure complete justice for all our allies. We ought not to be content merely with autonomy for the subject races of Austria and Turkey. The keep the provinces they.have conquered. North Schleswig should be given back to the Danes.

"In other words we should fight this in i i nuuuiu iigit I. IIIIC; Czecho-Slovaks should be given con- war through to a finish. We should put I an absolute end to the threat of German world domain and instead of merely talking about future justice, we should bring justice now to all nations oppressed by Germany an 1 her allies." During the meeting Colonel Roosevelt was told- of the German government's acceptance of President Wilson's message. "What I in my address covers i development," was his only comment. Lodge Won't Comment.

Washington, Oct. 12-Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, Republican leader, reply. In a statement issued when President Wilson sent his communica- i of inquiry to the German government, Senator Lodge expressed himself as "keenly disappointed that the President should at this stage enter into a discussion with the imperial German London, Oct. reply to President Wilson reached London too late for any authoritative comment. It was bound to come, however, into an atmosphere charged with suspicion and the opinion is in all quarters that the reply would be a good gauge of the degree of Germany's military distress.

An armistice is the old familiar ruse for a distressed army. Apparently the reply gives one statement of news. It associates Aus- trla-Hungary. but not Turkey with the German government. The implication seems to be that unless the German secretary for foreign affairs has written the message with unusual haste, Turkey is no longer Germany's ally.

In all previous important diplomatic documents Germany has scrupulously mentioned all her allies. The phrase "to agree upon practical details of the application of these terms" is a straight reply to President Wilson. It was not unexpected here, but is likely to be'regarded with suspicion. English papers have said that a conference based on such a formula may be considered by the Germans to mean an extended debate. Some of the most important German papers, in latest quotations cabled from Holland, persist in using the word "compromise" with reference to the application of the president's principles.

But the-feeling in London is that it will be hard for the allied armies to hold their hand in the hour of seeming victory. "Unconditional surrender" is the watchword much more appealing to SET DATES FOR HOLDING FARMERS' INSTITUTES In order that farmers may not arrange sale dates to conflict with the farmers' institutes, the following list of places and dates for holding institutes has been prepared: Onward, Doe. 21; Galveston, Jan. Twelve Mile, Jan. 3 and Royal Centre, Jan.

23: Shiloh church, 24; Clymero, Jan. 25; Lucerne, Jan. 29; Spring Creek, Feb. Young America. Feb.

New Waverly, Feb. Lake Cicott. Feb. 13; Metea, Feb. 14; Walton, Feb.

16. To Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Bion, of Wright street, a son. the British people in this hour thaa any commission to arrange for evacuation.

Events in the past week, particularly the sinking of the Leinster, have steeled British hearts against a. compromise. There is a strong belief here, voiced even by the "compromising" papers, that there are yet two powers in Germany--one power of the new government, the other of the army, and that it is not yet decided which is supreme. I A IS IMPRESSED. Berne, Oct.

Germany's reply to the United States, Berlin advices say that the great import ance of the matter made it necessary to submit the document the great reichstag committee and to the bundes- rat, before it was dispatched to the United States. The news that the German reply was written in an accommodating spirit has made a great impression it is added. VATICAN IS I Rome, Oct. Osservaetom Romano, the Vatican organ, says that President Wilson's note to Germany caused a great impression at the Vatican. The holy see desired the war to end, and, says the paper, it was natural that the entente should ask for guarantees on the matter of an armistice.

The speech of the German chancellor, the paper adds, showed that he considered himself responsible before the German people. COUNTRY IN FLAMES (By United Press.) Duluth, Oct. country north of Lake Superior between Do- luth and Two Harbors is in flames. Fires are blazing on the outskirts ot this city menacing property so seriously that the home guards have been called out. Many settlers have burned out and every farm in the district is threatened.

A fire is raging ai, Lake where several lives are reported to have been lost. Raymond Mahoney, who is in the student reserve at jj home on furlough..