The Chronicle-Telegram from Elyria, Ohio • Page 5

PAGE EVENING TELEGRAM-MONDAY, OCTOBER 1918. LA FIRE AND LAON TAKENJYFBENCH Enemy Forced From Portion of St, Gobain Massif. BRITISH ATTHE GATES OFDOUAI Allied Successes Make More Unstable the German Line From Rheims to the Belgian Frontier Enemy Still Fallina Back, but His Retreat Is Orderly-- Operations In Serbia Favorable to the Allies. London, Oct. 14.

The. still in retreat toward new positions, BATTLING FOR BREAD i Hunger May Cause Downfall of BpU sheviki In Russia. Stockholm, Oct. Is' hasteuiiiij the downfall of the Bolshe- i viki regime in Russia far more than I the feeble and disorganized efforts of i the opposing political parties. The i political strife in the isolated soviet! republic is now becoming a.

pitched battle for bread, in which all political theories are lost and Moscow and Pefrograd are regarded a3 monsters, trying to steal the meager food supply of the rural districts. The Bol-! sheviki dicatorship of the proletariat faces the most terrible famine in rncd- ern his.tory and the final test has come of Hie ability of soviet arms to maintain what "Nikolai Lenine, liolfhevilii premier, calls hunger." Peasants hava organized;) returned soldiers to resist soviet attempts to take their grain. The peasants pay the soldiers 500 roubles each NEVIL WACREADY Officer Now Commissioner of London Police. telling" with the allies deiiverin tacks. The German retreat so far is -orderly, and the liriUsh, Fr.mch"'and Auifcrisuus are being corn Celled'- tight their way slowly in the faCe enemy nizitthiuo guu detachments acjt- as rear guards.

Highly important positions have been v.rtii.e.i enemy by the Hritish and ou their sector of the front Americans have advanced i line oa both sides of tlitj Meusa. EARTHQUAKE'S TOLL HUNDRED AND FiFTT Towns in Porto Rieo Wrecked by Stiocks and Tidal Wave. AFFECTS EATING PLAGES IN MOD'S Order Places Them on a New War Program IS EFFECTIVE NEXT MONDAY Food Administrator Calls Upon the Public as Well as the Proprietors of Eating Places to Inform Themselves of the New Regulations. Bread, Sugar, Bacon, Butter and Cheese Among Articles Affected. Columbus, Oct.

three thousand or more public eating places of Ohio, as well as every other place in the nation where cooked food is sold to be eaten on the premises, will go oa a new war program Oct 21. Announcement of the program was made public throughout the country today. Regulations for the enforcement of program have been placed in the hands of the county and city food i committees In Ohio. It is estimated that for the country as a whole 9.00.0,000 regular or occa- sional patrons are to be affected by the new rules. In issuing tee new hard lias them at matt Governor Ya er Almost department administering it.

which program for Ohio, Food Administrator last to the ot" evei Cowa in island reports dam-; is headed by Securities Commissioner CroxUm calls upon the public as well atlPfl ami i P. A. Berrv. The nnfM-nrinn i AC: 'nf the. San Juan, P.

hundred and fifty lives were lost in the OHIO HAPPENINGS Operation of Blue Sky Law. Columbus, Oct. minor has hr-Ui buck tlin Liritisb. from closing in upon the grout bond in the line-, i a Liile as its center, and which has boeu considered by the in i a experts as the keystone to the deforce system through Belgium to the sea. To me south tho French have blot- ted out Fere and Laon and the greater portion of the St.

Gobain massif, a i in tue oibow where the line runs eastward coward the Swiss 'frontier. Here also the Germans for weeks had stood fighting desperately, realizing that a successful advance by their opponents would shatter all their i i a plans in the south and probably oomjiol a swifter retirement than now is being carried out uncf possibly make untenable the entire line, to which it is believed they are gradually making their way. German Line Unstable. By the successes of the British and French the entire lino from Klicims to the I.elsian i is made decidedly more a and i tno new advances of the French and Americans in Champagne and along both sides of the northward, seemingly the enemy, for a few days at least, will have to hasten his steps eastward and northward to prevent the great converging a from capturing large numbers of prisoners, especially in from the region northwest, of Khfiinis to Ln Fora Hrrre, however, the sseiiy: the i a frill of Laon. may have use-d the great network of there and successfully majority of his forces IvI-- zieres.

In Charnpaiirno the forrfii! t.h-'ir way across the Urr.c 2,: various places and are aimoct ujron the i a railway town 1 whence it is only a step to Mexisres, while north of Vor.ziers they tirrtiing to battle their way toward Sedan. In the bend of tlic- Alsne mere than 35 localities been liberated by the French several thousand civilians freod non-dage. Since the offensive Germans have been made prisoners and SCO of their guns Operations in Serbia and Albania are being carried forward fully. Xish, tho capital of the little- kingdom after the invasion by Anstro-Hungarians, has been rcci tured av.d the enemy driven to I bills north of it. Ths garians are slowly but surely driven northward in Albania and no" i are being engaged in the region Ipek, 30 -miles southwest pazar ACCEPTS WILSON'S TERMS Germany Agrees to Evacuate Ail Occupied Territory.

Washington, Oct. text of Germany's reply to the message sent by President Wilson on Oct. 8 follows: in reply 1o the i i i of the proM- of I i i of America, thf i a i hijrehy do'ihiros: Tho crovornmcut has accepted toriv.s laid rfnwn by Prc-siclent in hi''- 5clrlrcss of Jan. ajsd in his i i i i ruliIn'SKCs on tlio (if a ppn.ce of iy i(s in filtering: i clisnispior.s Ti-nniij finly a.TMrce ujxi: cc! tfiii.s of of Tne sovcrnmorvt a of the powors i of 'b? I i i taks. tho i i taken by President i in' hi" I 'l'." i r.np:en".

in i i 7iT-r. of i i about r.n :irmi.ti;T. dor.iar^s i'seif f-ncly to propositions of the io'Mt in in Th? i-nay (vrru-ir'n mpctinsr uf mixe'i fur Triakincj tlie jHTe.isa.ry thii i a i i Tbe rresont p-vcrn- inrnt. "svhich II.T? rospoiisi- i i this si ftp 3f 'R. has t-vn foi'moij tiy arto in nnoTi.1'..-with grrat of all of his srtion? by will of this ma- Joriiy.

in namff 'if the ifrrr.aa of ths r.rrman peapie. SOLF. State Secretary of Foreija Office. Persuasive. Geutleman of the "Roafl aged property and scattering fataii- A Berry.

Tiie operation of the as the proprietors of the eating places ties. There are unconfirmed reports law nas been very successful during I to in form" themselves of the new reg- here of damage in Saiito Do- tfl past year, satisfying promoters of i illations. mingo from the earthquake. legitimate enterprises and putting a The greatest loss of life was at st to promotion of millions of dol- Mayagnea and AguadiUa, west coast lars of swindling schemes. i er to the allies--that we cities, and in the intervening territory.

The dead at Mayaguez are given as 40 and at Aguadilio with the number rap-idly increasing. At Mayaguez 70 per cent of the houses of brick and cement construction are reported either destroyed or damaged beyond repair. The greatest loss of. life there was in the cigar factory of. Infaazon Rodriguez, a three-story modern concrete building, where several hundred persons were at work at the time of tbe The front of virtually every building I in ths plaza crumbled into the street, killing and injuring people who had rushed out of the buildings i into the plaza for safety.

At Aguadilla the loss of life was due chiefly to the tidal wave which swept over a section of the after the shock. At Ponce, on the' south coast, the known dead are re-! Deaths on Decline. Chillicothe, 0., Oct. three more deaths at brought the total mortality at the cantonment since the epfdemic started up to 920. As the result of more encouraging outlook Brigadier General Tyree R.

Rivers, camp commandant, has announced that the post "By living up to them we will be helping to maKe good the president's promise given through Herbert Hoov- will send them 17.500,000 tons of food this year. It has not been deemed advisable or necessary at the present time actually to license the operation of the public eating places." says a statement issued by the food administration, "but in case where patriotic co-operation of such public eating places can not be secured by other means, the ad exchanges will be reopened. The I ministration will not hesitate to se- slight epidemic of influenza that still cure compliance with its orders prevails at Chillicothe will through its control of the distribution the lifting of the quarantine at Camp Sherman entirely. Girl Wins In Stamp Contest Columbus. Oct.

her sale of $138.509.74 in war savings stamps between May 1 and Sept. TO, Florence Tanner, Canton school girl, becomes winner of the first prize. Yager, the and the military authorities working together for relief. are comrnit- Bellefontaine. won second prize, an automobile.

NEARLY $1,000,000,000 Resources of State and Banks In Ohio. of sugar, flour and other food supplies." General Orders Issued. Twelve "general orders" are issued, and failure to conform to any one of them will be regarded as a wasteful practice forbidden by section 4 of the food control act of Aug. 10, 1917. These general orders prohibit the serving of any bread that does not contain at least 20 per cent of wheat flour substitutes, and of this Victory bread no more than ounces may be served to a patrpn'lit'bne meal; if no Victory bread, is served four ounces of other breads, such as corn bread, muffins, Boston brown bread, may be served.

Bread served at boarding camps ia excepted, as is bread containing at least one-half rye flour. No bread is to be served Heads Ohio Trades Council. Columbus, Oct Carley, Cleveland, is the new president of Private the Ohio State Building Trades coun- I cil, which concluded a three days' Columbus, Oct. convention here. A.

E. Smith, Spring- Ohio state and private banks were fi eld. was elected first vice president only $7,000,000 short of the Resolutions were adopted opposing 000,000 mark Aug. 31, the highest i statewide prohibition, they have ever been, according to i State Bank Superintendent Berg. The; Ohio Must Go the Top.

exact figure was $993.003,119, an in-l Columbus. Oct. will go ccll LLL crease of more than 520.000,000 since! er the top it all handicaps, eluded in the derin.tion of meat are i June 21 Despite the unusual demand overnor Cox declared in a statement beef, mutton, pork and poultry. which has been made on the banks i callin g' on Ohioans to bny more Not more than a half ounce of but- to aid in financing the war, deposits! Iourtil liberty loan bonds. "Our boys ter Is to be served to one person at be 1 7611 a id in the final drive which means success," he said.

until 'after the first course is on the table. Bacon is also barred as a garniture, and only one kind of meat may be served to a patron at one meal. In- have increased nearly since June, anc! now amount to In the eight largest cities state banks show an increase of over 15,000,000, while country banRs, or banks outside the large cities, show an increase of approximately $17,300,000. Views of Harding and Fess, Washington, Oct. That peace! negotiations must follow immediately; is the (view expressed by Senator Harding of Ohio.

On the' other Representative Simeon D. Fess Ohio, charman of the Republcan con-! gressional committee, says he can not believe it possible that the United FOUB HUNDRED DEAD; THOUSANDS HOMELESS Great Destruction Wrought by Forest Fires in Nortnwest. Duluth. Oct. 11 Fire has States will even consider peace ne-j devastated whole sections of timber gotiations at this time.

i lands and many Tillages in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota. Five hundred persons are estimated to have perished, while thousands of SIGNIFICANT OMISSION Word "Imperial" Does Not Appear In German Repty. survivors are homeless and without or us power agauist aay who London, Oct. of the most: c-othing. The property damage will i nter fere with the success of the plan significant points in Germany's reply TM mio the millions.

The bodies of I The new program dire-ts special a meal, and Cheddar (American) cheese is limited to the same amount. "Double" cream or cream de luxe is banned, No sugar bowls -will be os the tables, a teaspoonful is the limit for a meal, and then only when asked for. Two pounds is the allowance to be observed for each 90 meals served, including cooking. No public eating place will be permitted to display food in any such manner as to cause its deterioration 1 so that it can not be used for human consumption. No waste food may be -i burned, but all most be saved to feed animals or reduced to obtain fats.

Must Be Enforced. The food administration relies upon the hearty co-operation of J.he vast majority of hotel keepers and other proprietor of public eating places to observe these regulations voluntarily, but is prepared to nse the full force of its power against any who would THE ROYAL CLOTHES SHOP, the POPULAR PRICSD i STORE, ANNOUNCES THEIR NING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15 With Popular Priced Misses' and Women's Ready-To Wear Apparel New Smart Dresses for Women and Misses, Specially Priced for the Opening Day tf EKES, SHIS, GWETTL Every dress worth more than the sale price. Every dress is of the newest fall modes. Every desirable color and effect will be found in the lot--for street, afternoon or evening; wear. Every dress a remarkable value Regularly selling up to $30.00.

Impressive Showing Women's and Misses' IVE COATS Broadcloth, trimmed with Seal Plush Collars and Cuffs $18.75 -New Loose-Back Coats -Luxurious Fur Collars -Rich Raccoon Collar and Cuffs -Belted Panel-Back Coats -New Box-Pleated Backs -All Full Silk Lined Wool Velour, trimmed with Seal and other Furs to President Wilson is that it is the TMtuns Duluth morgues. attention towards the conservation a first important German diplomatic Hundreds more along the roads lead- i of bread and butter, cereals meats fa ts, sugar, coffee, cheese and ice to communication since the German empire was proclaimed at Versailles in 1S71 which has not spoken in the name of the imperial German government. "The German government" is an absolutely new phrase and the omission of the word "imperial" to Dnluth and Superior lay where fell when overtaken by the fire, thousand homeless and penniless refugees, all in need, more fresh vegetables and fruits, which should be served when possible, and to unnecessary suppers, teas, lunch- of medical attention, are eons and banquets, which are con Quartered in hospitals, churches, scn ools, private homes and in the demned as "fourth" meals. The food administration desires as A LIC I UtiSl unprecedented. Whether that means armory here, while doctors and nurses fried dishes as possible, in catering to President Wilson's i 1 sent from surrounding communities or whether it means change in Ger- attend them, and nearly every able- many remains to be seen.

boiled man in the city has been con- TO THE POINT to save fats. Simplified service, with meats and vegetables on one plate instead of in side dishes, and only now are reported to be dying away. Reports that the holocaust resulted from tbe work of enemy agents wore circulated here. Definite confirma- but incen- tion of the menu card are urged as means of saving not only food but labor and paper. "The general bill of fare be abandoned because the great variety of dishes Several hundred men and women employes of the Colt.

Patent Fire Manufacturing company at on was not available, uie sictiu a i i UJL ulsnes 1STCf Hartford. went on strike, de- diarles were Driven away from a makes waste through spoilage'' Sim i wV. A J.1 mantling an eight-hour day. Porto Rico was shaken by earthquake and the shocks were followed by a tidal wave. Fourteen persons were killed and 40 or more were in- 1 state offlcials jured.

Several towns were half submerged. Ireland seems now certain of a WOOL VELOUR, TRIMMED WITH RACCOON COLLAR BROADCLOTH TRIMMED ai ticnin utw talU harvest. Official, reports are of1 towns hav been destroyed very encouraging and unless the i a 1 rural settlements vir- weathcr changes for the worse there Wlped ont wlH be a very heavy yiekL i ter estimates nfimber of forest fire vict'ras at SOO. UXKXOWX SPECIMEN adverse conditions local shipyard when the fires in Duluth and Superior -were burning at their height according to F. J.

Longron, fire marshal, and other city and officials. Greatest loss of life ami property damage is heJievpd to have occurred ma byproducts, which the Cloqnet region, -where a num- and utilize many available foods'." pie bills for breakfast, luncheon and dinner, -with li'T 11 dishes, changed from day to day for variety, are recommended, also the use of hors d'oeuvres, vegetable salads, fruits, foods, made-over dishes ami ani- THE WEATHER. For Ohio-- Tuesday fair; not much change in temperature. A group of Coats distinguished by their modish new lines, the high quality of their materials, ile rich ft'r trimmings, and the beautiful linings of plain, striped and figured silk. All wanted colors.

Sizes for women 'and misses. Showing of Stunning New Trimmed Hats Everything that is correct in Women's Hats. Our showing of Autumn Millinery embraces a notable assemblage of beautiful yet extremely simple Hats. They are developed of the highest grade panuei velvet and hatter's plush with silk velvet facings. at $2.75, $3.75 Regularly Selling up to $10.00.

Special Price for Opening Day! Remeoy for a Cold. you fee! a cold coming on, health nities a lonely, 'omelets man. pir'ner, take a half teaspoonful of ginger, one Trot's got nothink in the hnt a tfiasnoonful of white sugar, mix thor- revolver and no to 5t Burns, Shelley, Byron. Neither Burns. Shelley nor lived to the age of forty.

Burn? and leasowiuui oi "wnue sugar, mix inor- a Rrrnn riiori hotwppn thirH- 1 ond a cpWemic that they do not under-; nttueen and wun aanut icrce taoieipooe- thirty-seven, and Shelley passtd oat or colcj water and druik. vory Ttork Times. tho of American coin-with an Clothes Shop ALTERATIONS FREE. 30? BROAD STREET. ALTERATIQr.

7 FREE.