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Vt 1 o)fo)f ml nJl VtMAlLLlV INTER ALL) ED COUNCIL TO CONSULT MIL ITARY LEADERS. WILL FRAME ERI.15 Purpose It to Let Germany Knew at One and Finally What fine Mutt Do. (By John Edwin Nevln, International Newi Staff Correspondent) Washington. Oct 24. Germany will bar toe actual armistice terms of the allies.

This baa already been determined on by the president and the entente premiere. An official copy of President Wilson's note or last nlfbt baa been aent to every nation associated with the United States In the war. All will.be invited to participate in the discussion that will frame the armistice terms. 1 Before any official action la taken, however, the military and naval chiefs of the nation, actively participating in the conflict, will themselves a tree on the details on which Germany and the allies will be permitted to cease lighting. There already have been some exchanges on the subject.

The supreme war council at Versailles has uken some steps, and has outlined a tentative program for guaranties. But it dealt only with some of the angles of the subject Further conferences will take place iff the sear future, at which all the military near runure, ai wnicn an mr numary Shoot Down Fifteen. Uy Mmatlni.al KrwK Servlea: Washington, Oct 24. American avt ators yesterday shot down fifteen enemy planes and one observation balloon on both sides of the Meuse, General Pershing reported today. Six of our machines are reported missing.

Ten Cases at Roanoke. reportea to tne county neaitn commissioner Thursday morning. cases were reported to the health' officials I Wednesday evening from Roanoke. Licensed to Wed. Jesse Smith, age nineteen, steel worker, and Irene Topper age nlne wen, daughter o.

William OFFICIAL COPY OF AMERICAN NOTE WIRELESSED TO BERLIN SCHOOL TEXT WILL cun UIIUI. if iirnov nc uuim ui huh By International News Srv1e: Indianapolis, ft Oct 24. Certain chapters of "Outlines of European History," dealing with the start of the war, will bave to re written to "emphasize eapeclaflFlhe facts to show how Germany bfcame an inter national peru oeiore me text book can be used In the public school of Indiana. COUNTY OVER TOP $3,100 JOHN R. EM LEY.

CHAIRMAN OF SALES COMMITTEE GETS FLAG. KRAUS CONGRATULATES John R. Emler. chairman of the AGE ZiGHTY, DEAD Mrs. Lydla Brandenburg died at ber home in uoblesville Wednesday evening at 9:55 o'clock after an illness of two weeks.

Mrs. Brandenburg was eighty years old. 1 She was born February 13, 1838, in Montgomery county, came to this county in 1860. In 1871 she was married to Eliphalet Brandenburg, who died May, 18, 1897. Surviving are one son, William S.

Brandenburg' and a brother, the Rev. Amiss Piffley, of Phillipsburg, Ohio. Mrs. Brandenburg was a member of the United Brethren church at Gobles ville. Private funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at the residence at 2 o'clock.

Burial will be at Beech Grove. Shirley, Injured Shirley was severely injured Wednesday morning when his bicycle collided with a two wheeled butcher's delivery cart. Shirley was uniy two new cases or Minuenza were tnrown nnder tne horaeand suffered two broken ribs and a painful scalp wound. Hag Raspberry Crop. James Holts of Cherry street picked red raspberries from his garden Wednesday for the family table.

Raspberries in Indiana at this time of the year are very rare, on in If 11.11 a HUNTINGTON CO. IN OVERSEAS MEMBERS OF 139TH ARE ACROSS SAYS WORD TO PARENTS. INCLUDES OLD IN The many This was made apparent with receipt of notice from the gov ernmenmt that a large number ofi oniriey ru ixjwuihu, sua ui a. m. i Lowman.

44 Vine street, Battery B. Lowman was employed at The Her ald and left Huntington last July after the dissolution of the Second In diana, field artillery. Howard Brodrlck, son of lliam Brodrkk, Grant street Battery B. Lloyd. Shoemaker, headquarters company, son or ira anoemaxer.

Germain Bergauer, son of Guat Bergauer, 1202 (London street, ad vanced school detachment. Walter M. Harris, son of U. G. Harris of south of Huntington.

Corporal Glen Deeds; husband of Mrs. Glen Deeds of Huntington. Edward Wineke, Bon of William Wineke, Battery B. Charles F. Hawf, brother of Mrs.

Lee, who lives near the lime Hawf is a cook with the supply company of the 139th field artil lery. Glen Tobias, on of Oscar Tobias, Battery B. Arthur D. Bryant, son of Mr. and Mrs.1 C.

O. Bryant, 42 East Market street, Battery 139th field artil lery. Raymond Haneline. Jackson street. Battery B.

Everett LaBarr of 113th on of W. H. LaBar. engineer, 533 Main street. Martin Brahs, Battery 139th; fprmerly.

an employe ot The Herald. Fred M. Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Johnson, 919 Elm street, 139th artillery.

Captain Donald son of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. McClelland of East Matilda ambulance com 1 Clyde Smith, son of Mr.

and Mrs. James F. Smith, 102 East State street. i' Charles and Ray Murray, the sons of the Rev. and Mrs.

W. E. Murray. These brothers were ordered dif ferent' ships on the theory that if one ship was sunk, it would not talw both of them. The brothers protested and were allowed to go together.

Report Eleven Cases. Eleven new cases of influenza had been reported to the county and city health officials at a late hour Wednesday night The increase in the number over the day before is, not taken to mean. that the epidemic. Is increasing, Br International News aery Member of Artillery Platoon Who Indianapolis, Oat IS I 91 Ra mU: Left Huntington Last July U. ports to the state befith com mu In tha nnmnAP or KDIB 4 Ish influenza cases In the last 139th Held artillery, including twenty four hours.

Huntington men, 1. in mnc At noon today new cas Tnursaayi ot bout 200 over Wed 4 nesday. 4 Health omclals esumate me Huntington men had arrived safely CMM indana at 60,000. overseas. Recently word was received that Lieutenant Oscar Dyer bad arrived overseas.

It wss expected at that time that word would be received soon telling of the arrival of others of the unit of which Der Is a memberthe 139th. The trip across apparently re quired about two weeks. For thatj length of time there have been many anxious parents in Huntington county; for most of the parents of ths boys knew that the transports were on the way, and they bad been reading About the atrocities ot. the German boats. Word of the safe ar HvbIh mmm a a wrmt rllf Holders of First bnd Second Loan, The 139tn had been at Hatties Bonds Must Act Soon to jburg.

Miss. It Included many mem Get Better Ones. berB of the old company of the natlonal guard, enlisted in Hunting Uon ennntv anrl man In 1917. nn in 7'1. eeiecuvB aenrtce and aval ptmses wfll be eeesTM.

laJX tvXiVrvj lt also la members, loan Hnntina ton county. Thursday t. 4 5X the. selective service an greenienc reacoea. This is made absolutely necessary, received a flag, from the state loan officials and diplomats here explained, I airman, ahowing that Huntington PROTEST AGIST 2 CENT CHECK TAX TORS WATSON AND NEW AND KRAUS.

DEPOSITORS OPPOSE PUN JuSHIKEtlEi Wayne, will give a demonstration of afternoon and Saturday. Friday after noon and Saturday morning it will be driven about the streets hitched to a wagon, and Saturday afternoon a plow ins Hpmnnatra tlnn will hn ataAr1 in made by tho Automotive corporation la thA taM that It la onntrnllaH un by means of a set of lines, the same as a team of horses is controlled. Through manipulation of the lines the motor of the machine is started, the gear changes'are made, the clutch engaged, and the. machine turned either to left or right The machine is backed up by manipulation of the lines. The line control, backers of the ma A.

a a. a a. a. I a plant at Napoleon, Ohio. Sjues on Contract.

ERALD 3 rs I HUNTINGTON OPPORTUNITY'S GATEWAY" HUNTINGTON Thirty.fourth Ycai PRICE THREE CENTJ HUNTINGTON, INpI A NA, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24, 1918. I I I I BLE TO COPE WITH SITUATION. NURSES NEEDEO All BANKERS 6END VIEWS TO 8ENA by the political developments within 7Tf la.x comrades of other of the amendment to the rev proved cases. Germany. he flag bor der.a white HontInfton who got into tne.enae bm.proposing a two'ent tax on dltures iby Officials today were well nleased i nd four Prpendlcular stripes, of old infgntr comoanv.

.11 K.ir pleased old Infantry company. 1 all bank checks and trust will vote Including witb the text of President note. Meager information Washington indicated that made a hit in the entente Wilson's reaching it had capitals. Ljrhere It was accepted as crystallizing the future unified policy of all the countries at war with Germany. Of.

flclala here said they were amazed, at suggestions from certain quarters that note needed interpretation. They declared that it spoke for itself, and that no further statement dealing with its text would be issued. The note already is In the nands of the kaiser and his advisers. At the request of the Swiss charge it was sent by wireless last night to the big wireless station at Nauen, which sent out the official text of the German At the same time the official copy was put on the cable for Berlin, by way of Berne. Mutinies Reported.

By International News Service: London, Oct 24. Muni ties are breaking out In the German armies, a. message from the front stated this afternoon, ji New Svlce: London, Oct 24 Gigantic peace demonstrations, during which the police fired on the crowd with machine 'guns, Riling several women, have Just, taken place in Mannheim, ermany, eald a dispatch from The Hague to the Times today. Demonr strauons culminated maay when a processipn marched to the town hall. Machine guns were mounted around the nallr and to military pones' opened fire' on the marchers.

In' re sponse the demonstrators threw bombs, killing some ot the policemen. So overwhelming was the rush that, the police were completely srept aside. (mirih ln.ll It was announced Thursday that Huntington exceeded its quota by 3, 100, which is' not large, but very grati fying, considering that the quota was $1,450,000. The total subscriptions are $1,453,100 Mr. Emley Thursday received the following telegram: "Congratulations to you, your committee and county in keeping up your record and going over top in fourth liberty loan campaign.

MILTON Mr. Emley also announced Thursday that persons having bonds of the first and second loans who wish tof have them converted into bonds with a higher interest rate should present them to their banks by November lv The banks will fill out the proper papers and send the bonds to Chicago. Many persons who bought hr the first and second loans are neglecting an opportunity to get bonds with higher rates by not presenting thefj, bonds to their banks. l. Expenses Necessary for Red Cross Work Authorized Flu Conditions Grow Worse.

Dr. Charles H. Good, chairman of' the Red Cross in Huntington county i Thursday morning received the following from A. P. Bentley, manager of the Red Cross for lodl "Grave situation demands at once fullest possible organization to fight Influenza.

Sea Bourn's letters. Enlist all possible nurses for the epidemic service. iC'onter with city and county health officers. With their approval advise us what nurses you ran iinsr fnr atatA nua nrvntilf a The bankers of hunttngtotf united workers to visit all serious cas Thursday in a potest against the pro es under direction of best grade grad de PRICE THREE CENTS thtft Huntington county lean front northwest of Verdun is! every cnecK written, people win Keep has no great supply of nurses. One not of a spectacular character, the money at nome with which to pay their nurse, Miss Van Arsdol, a graduate advances that are steadily accruins current wus, thai losses will thus re of the Huntington county hospital, are Important.

suit to tne peopie inrougn inert, and'iert tne city Wednesday for camp that money will be kept out of clrcu Taylor, Louisville, where she lation where if it were in the banks it will engage in Red Cross work. would be at hand for loans and the II Ti a a I ley telegram, persons bave been ask nn clan or nurse unless help can come CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS HAVE FLU chine say. enables men set on the' A 6 persons in Hunting implement or wagon pulled by the trac ton hav the question, "Does tor and. control both. Other" tractors sPanl8h influenza exist as far west reonire the oncrator to sit on th.

trr. Texas krid California?" Several tor to control it, or control it by means resident in this city have received of long rods i letters irom inenas resiaing in An O. D. Prine, aVepresentaUve of the ton. Texas, stating that inthat concern, which is planning the ereo cltT few from Houston, Uon of a plant in Fort Wayne, has the cnol8 are nd charge of the arrangements, for'thei111 ta under B1trict uartlae demonatration ThA enmnany nnw ha.

One former resident of Huntington, who now lives in San Jose, forty miles from San Francisco, reports that It Is a common thing, to see people walking along, the streets with masks on to protect them from rsu utMao vaa vvr aaww uvui itvui i i Frank C. Orr has filed suit for 1400 the germ of influenza and at various in the circuit court against Charles W. Orr. alleging that the defendant failed to deliver to the plaintiff an E. M.

F. truck that the former bought at a public sale for that amount times the policemen would separate crowds of children playing on the street On the day the letter was written Thursday of last week, 100 new cases had been reported, Americans 8teadily Advance. The Americans were confronted by JL tZ due 10 tSe CareruI 8UPervl8lon 01 lands which bristled with machine MIS.J!?,15"1 Fr8t Md Fry' heaUh commI Those are falling Bteadlly be "mUWtotonen, Is reported as very good. fore the persistent advance of Persh dui every measure now Deing car ried out, to guard against the epi demic growing worse, should still 'be ing's gallant armies. NO.

253. IF SOIELlTn sl lisil eiaaaaaaaaeasBBBMBesaaaaaMBelBBsSHBea easMaiaMBMijam awatatafaTatatatatatatataMaMHaTaM at eta mmmmmmmmm SEE SAW ATTACK SPREADS TO THIRTY OF THE 50,000 FLO GASES IS INDIA TOTAL l( 8PH RO NT: VALENCIENNES IS OUTFLANKED CALL FOR AID Are With Unit mission today show a de inbiana wuntisb una By international News nrvi With the American Army Northwest of Oct. 24.Thc Americans on the Mcusc river front have captured Banthevillc. Yankee divisions have been hammering wedges in seemingly impregnable sections of the encrnyjine east of the Mcusc in the last twenty four hours. Prisoners and material were captured.

The Germans were taken by surprise. Banthevillc was carried in an attack made by strong The captain of an engineering train cap tured a sentry at Vanthcville before the Yankees cap turcd the town. The British have renewed their attack on a long front in the Scheldt river sector and the canal linking up the Oisc and Sambrc rivers. This front lies northeast and southeast of Cambrai and embraces the all important region south of Valen ciennes where Haig is driving in a northeasternly direction to outflank the Germans north of Valenciennes. All of the Raismes forest, a stretch of wooded ground of vast strategic importance, north of Valenciennes, has now been cleared of A number of villages have fallen also.

The British have met increased resistance and a number of counter attacks were started by the enemy, but all were crushed. mi a a. i nc ncaiiion river nas been crossed at Beau digmes, iiui uicaai ui vjuiiiui ai. The British have advanced twenty two miles east of Douai and are almost in Condc. The Raismes forest was the Ger man natural barrier defending Con poaai t0 piace a two cent tax on, all ate nurses obUlnableJf no.

iradO fl nate Bur.8 ,8 av.llablo.radvlse us at C.cn(le a will to supply Wnmtor a Dlvuinn will tv rat. nra. of highways that enter the town These, men asked to be In son and Representative Kraus, follows: viously announced with expenses and l' 00 the railway line linking up ducted Into the 139th, and thus are we earnestly protest against the'will furnish hospital sunolies in aD Mons ByT Valenciennes. All necessary expen i The allied advance in Belgium has Tour chaDter authorized, apparently slowed down with the you those, for nurses. If de British, French and utlllz Among the men who are reported aD(i against it.

manded. Beyond question this is 'n temporary lull to link up and as arriving safely are the following: lt Js enacted, a great hardship most Important war work In which organize, especially brldgeher.d pobI Harold Kase, son of Mr. and Mrs. wm De piaced on the banks and tbe'Red Cross can now engage. The ep reier ivase, uaiiery a.

Ineonle of this county who are eladlv Idemlc is increasing in serlouRneen. Thn Fronch nre pxlendlne Harley L. Bitner, Battery son doing everything within their power to Vigorous fight absolutely necessury." gains along the Serre river north nr hit nor' i i riiht t. i i other towns and cleaning, out machine gun nBts. The British began their attack in see saw fashion.

For example, one assault was begun at 1:20 in the morning, followed by others at twen ty and thirty minutes apart. Thus the whole German line was thrown Into confusion. The Germans tried to concentrate, but could not tell whrre the next blow would fail. In their ndvanre, the British were confronted by numerous mines, set off by delaved action fuses, and oth their er deadly traps, but they have con tinurd to press on steadily. Furious iu xue government.

Ur.juood, together with the health jssi iaon. uui are meeting wna resistance wa met with during the street i The protest seems to have the bud offlrpru nt Huntinrtnn mnnt dan obstinate resistance. aia urn Mr. Minn I miii 7 oi a large pan oi tne uepoBiiors. reviewed the situation in tho coun While the fighting on the all Amer DWB" xney say mat ir a tax is placed, on ty and say uapturea.

lly Interna Ioiih 1 News With the British Array on the West ern Front, Oct. 24. More than 6.000 prisoners were taken In the new British smash which commenced yester So far the situation in Huntington, 'a number of fortified hills and wood over a front of 45,000 yards, (more The Germans are employing the and northward, but the British turned cream of their army in an effort to their artillery against the roadways, U1. bTtanThe bea hoffl American onmab, but the; smashing the transports cera announced Thursday. For information regarding to Bent than twenty flve miles.) seasoned veterans are unequal to the man losses were heavy, juntil they sre nearly fourteen miles co iu can ur.

vua.rieB n. uuou. 'norm ui inuuu aim oiu aVVl Some of the Indiana counties Wed Dun sur Meuse, an Important The Automotive corporation of Fort htmQt Pan'c J1 stronghold. ojillri thA oiatA hnorri nf health I i il .1 A Vnro than i nno oaaaa hava me oaiKBa iruni me onus its farm tractor in Huntington Friday 'advancing toward Danube ikcu iuiuu in suuie Buiau cuuuiies, and with conditions trowine wora.v I mu8n lne muruva vauej. the doctors, already worn out, have! In northeastern Serbia, the third been forced to let many patients go CPPP5 mine In the world has unattended even by nurses.

It ls, Hawley. Heights. This demonstration Probable that maoy In the southern will be at the end of Oak street. PRrtv of, the vBtate wl T' Th iinini.A fe.t,, ahnnt th er having been visited by a phyal been taken from the Germans who were working, lt with 40,000 men. Yanks Make Gains.

By lnfernailoiml New Service: With the American Army Northwest of Verdun, Oct 24. American trooDS attacked today northeast of creville, between Grand Pre and the Meuse river. The Yankees encountered hot fire from German machine guns and artillery in that district Heavy counter attacks had been delivered during the night in thjs zone, causjng the Americans to yield some ground. It Is reported that the Germans have begun to evacuate Clery de Grand, thirteen miles east by northeast of fi rand Pre. Germans Flood Country.

front ot nearly thirty miles. The Germans are reported to be flooding the district, north of Valenciennes by cutting canal dykes in an effort to stem the allied advance. The British spent the night in mopping up Vousiee Catlllon and The Germans attempted to concen trate a large force in Bols de Mormal The Ger 'occasion. The Americans have Many Alsatians were among the 'pushed northward along the Meuse i prisoners taken. Denaln and other towns which the Germans are shelling are filled with civilians, most of them being women and children.

The Germans dropped some shells Le Cateau, killing several persona. French Advance. I By Intarnatloi.al News Service: Paris, Oct. 24. The French have forced a crossing east of East Verly, the war office announced today in the following communication: 1 "On the front east of the river we have cros.ed the canal and hold the eastern bank of the Alsne despite enemy attacks.

There has been severe Grand Pre and are pushlns. ahead, i nghting in the region bordering the Progress was made also west of Am railroad north of Mescrecourt. We have extended our lines north of Nizy le Compe In night fighting. "There was activity on the part of artillery on both sides of the plateau east of Vouzieres last night Make Big Advance. ty International News Service: With the British Army on th Western Battle Front Oct 23.

(Night) The British attack south oi Valenciennes tarried the line forward between two and three milei over a front of between seventeen AlkAAn mtla. At laat Miuwll By International New Service: I tT in, tvi.i. citi.h thA the British were still going forward. Wslern BattU Frontr dct. 24 The' deepening the wedge In the British new British attacks east and south at in east of Cambrai have spread to a Continued on Pag rive) 1 THE WEATHER Sun rise 7:03.

Son set 5:56. Forecast for Indiana Rain today; probably rain and cooler Friday, 4: '4 ft i f..

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