THE BEMl-WEEKLV TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTB. NEBRASKA.
TRAIN GREW BLAMED
ACQUAINTS THE PUBLIC
WITH Y. W. C. A. WORK.
HUNS BID FDR PEACE
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Coroners' Jury and . G. M. Officials
Place Responsibility for Alliance
Disaster on Employes.
LONG HERALDED "OFFENSIVE" 18
LAUNCHED BY AUSTRIA.
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Following nn Inquiry Into tlio cnuso
of the Burlington wreck nenr Alliance,
which resulted In the death of eleven
persons nnd the Injury to more tlinn a
Bcoro of others, n coroners Jury found
thnt the collision wns duo to negll
genco on the part of omployes of the
rnllroad compnny. The wreck occur
red when passenger train No. 43 ran
head on Into n work train, telescop
Ing the first two ears ot tho passenger
train. All of tho dead and Injured
were In tho second coach. Tho cngl
neer of (lie work train stated that he
had bo.1i central nnd western time,
nnd thought ho had an hour's time to
reach the Biding. The conductor of
tho work train ' had eastern time,
which was the tlmo they wcro sup
posed to use. Officials of the road de
dared their men were responsible for
tho disaster.
In tho agricultural exhibits at tin
Btuto fair this year, T'nwnce county
with a score of 1 ,1100.4 led the eastern
district; Fillmore county stood, nt the
top In the central district with ii score
of 1,070.4; Kearney county followed
closo with n score of 1,040.1; Scotts
bluff county with a score of 8SS.0 car
ried off the honor In tho western dis
trict. Fourteen counties were entered
In tho exhibit.
Tho stnte's crop report of Septem
ber 3, says tho condition of Nebraska
corn crop Is CO per cent of normal.
Indicating n production of 140,023,000
bushels compared with 210,480,000
bushels Inst year, und a four-year av
erage of 175,223,000 bushels. Tho lack
of moisture and hot winds from Au
gust 0 to 0 reduced tho crop 80 per
cent
Nebraska's allotment of sugar for
October Is 4,228,000 pounds, according
to information received by Food Ad
ministrator Wattles at Omaha. Tho
amount Is a llttlo more than tho Sep
tember allowance and Includes sugar
lor canning, manufacturing purposes
and bakeries.
Great excitement was created In tho
Auburn high school when pupils dis
covered in n now text book a page on
Which was printed "Die Wncht Am
IUiein." Tho page was torn from tho
book by tho students and thcJr ac
tions commended by tho faculty.
A bold daylight robbery occurred
at North Plntto when two men en
tered tho American Express company
office, overpowered Mr. Max Hcnsolt,
tho agent, nnd escaped with $3,000 In
money orders nnd u largo sum In cash.
Now thnt Fort Crook has been mado
nn adjunct to tho Omaha Balloon
school by the government, tho general
belief In Omnha Is that the 500 acres
surrounding tho fort will bo used for
nlrplano maneuvering.
Nebraska's first oil refinery Is soon
to bo established at Omaha. Tho
plant will occupy a nlnc-ncro tract in
the eastern part of tho city and Is ex
pected to bo In operation about tho
first of tho year.
Tho action of tho government put
tin? a price of 0 cents n pound on su
gar at tho seaboard, means that ulti
mately consumers In this state will
bavo to pay II cents a pound for th
product
State Food Administrator Wattles
told n delegation of county food di
rectors nt Omaha that restrictions on
ell food except sugnr havo ba.cn taken
off by tho federal food administration.
When tho final check Is completed
of tho funds raised for tho Czecho
slovak army through tho staging of
the Liberty bazaar at Omnha, It Is be
lieved the amount will total $05,000.
Tho government has decided to
abolish lnnd ofllccs at Valentine, North
Plntto and O'Neill. This action will
lenvo land ofilces In tho stuto nt Al
llnnce, Broken How and Lincoln.
The slate food administration -hns
ruled thnt thoso who wish to use
brown or "C" sugar, may purchnse
on amount orfunl to two nnd n half
punda per person por month. "
It required 4,500 registrants In n
total of 1.S00 registration places to
enroll Nt-brnskans between tho ages
of 18 and 21 and 31 and 45 for mil
itary service Inst Thursday.
Thirty thousand boys and girls of
Ncbrnskn hnvo taken up n now war
work collecting fruit pita and nut
shells. Thcso aro used In making gas
masks.
Tho first rural high school district
to file bonds for registration with tho
Btuto auditor Is a district comprising
six Bchool districts surrounding tho
town of Dlx, Klmbnll county. Bonds
to tho amount of $25,000 hnvo been
registered for tho district
Tho Hoard of Itegenta of tho stale
university decided to turn tho now
$225,000 social science building, widen
was recently completed, Into u bar
racks to houso tho members of th"
8. A. T. 0., which wilt bo stnrted at
the University of Nebraska, October 1.
Rccelnts of tlio stnto fair this year
were abotit the same as in 1017, with
considerably higher expenses, owing
to tho Incrcaso In tho cost of labor,
material ami entertainment, according
to Secretary Dnnlelson.
When Ncbrnskn men, from 18-yenr-
old youths to men of 45 years, regis
tcrcd for army servlco last Thursday
ono of tho registrants was Governor
Keith Neville. Another wob 8. It. Mc-
Kclvle of Lincoln, republican cundl
dato for governor against Novlllc,
Governor Novlllo la 84 yours old and
McKelvIo 57.
Miss Miriam 8awyer.
Tho tnsk of acquainting people of
Nebraska with the activities of tho
Young Women's Christian Associatlou
Is In clinrgo of Miss Miriam Sawyer
of Chicago. Miss Sawyer Is an ex
perienced nowspapor woman nnd the
campaign which sho has already
launched Is n forornnnor of the war
fund drivo sot for Nov. 11 to ), nl
which tlmo tho association will strlvo
to ralso $15,000,000 over tho entire
country.
Nchruska is soon to hnvo an nlr
plano factory. Announcement has
Just boon mado thnt the new llebb
Motors company of Havelock will bo
converted Into a $2,000,000 aircraft
plant, capable of turning out ten
Planes a drtv. Tho nlant which will
employ 1,000 persons, will bo euqlppcd
to turn out designs for simple train-
lllf? nlnnrm ivmllnir S7 RIYi mi tn SR nfVl
'1 -- ..n V.,wwv Ul
Uniidley-Pngo bombing planes. En
gines ror tho planes will be furnished
by tho government
County Agent A. It. Ilechl at Lex
ington hns compiled tlio report sent in
by thresliermen from 135 different far
mers of Dawson county. Last vear
these 135 forms produced 30,000 bush
els of wheat This year tho same pro
duced 118,000 bushels. Dawson county
plans threo times as much wheat as
wns produced last year.
The proposed constitutional amend.
meat relating -to tho right of foreign
born to vote only after having com
pleted their naturalization, was given
a substantial plurality by both repub
lican nnd democratic voters at tho
recent primary. Therefore tho prop-
nsuion becomes n pnrty mcasuro for
both factions and nil votes cast for
It at tho general election this fall bv
either party will bo counted.
Tho Nebraska primary vote of 1018
was less by 57.048 than in 1010. ac
cording to tho official count. Tho to
tal vote cast at tho last primary was
134,080, against 102,033 In 1010. In
that year lho republican vote wns
102,755, about 32,443 more than tilts
year, while tho democrats cast 80,889.
22,422 more thnn tlio primary volo
nils year.
Oinnlin, Lincoln. Kearnov. York.
Norfolk, Fremont nnd scores of oilier
cities und "towns In Nebraska hold
patriotic celebrations Inst Friday In
Honor of General Pershing's 68th
birthday. At Lincoln Governor No
vlllo sent a congratulatory nieasnira
ou behalf of tlio people of Nebraska
10 tno American general In France
Members of tho First Methodist
church at Fremont havo abandoned
tlio erecting of n new church because
or the war and more thnn $30,000 sub
scribed for the project will bo re
turned to tho contributors.
Tho practice of holding meotlniw
for drafted men before they leave for
camp has been abandoned by the Ruf
falo County Dofcnso Councl'. This ac
tion has been recommended by the
government
J. O. Nowson. editor of tlio North
Bend Eagle, has been accepted for
i. Mi U. A. servlco In France. He hns
leased his newspaper plant to E. O.
Holub of Schuyler.
Scottabluff hns been selected by tho
hoard of regents of tho Unlversltv of
Nebraska as the slto for the new lr-
rlgatlon school authorized by tho state
legislature.
Pinna aro going forward rapidly nt
Omaha for the Ak-Sar-Ren festivities,
which tako place Sent. 25 to Oct. 5.
Hogs on tho South Omaha market
sold last week aB high as $20.23
hundred, breaking all records.
It required 00 trains of an nverago
of 14 cars to transport somo 30.CXW)
troops from Camp Cody, N. M., to tho
senuonrti, prior to depnrturo for
Franco. .The old Fourth Nebraska,
Dow the 131th Infantry, was a part of
tno contingent
Clinton n. Brown of University
rinee proved to bo Nebraska's grand
champion baby boy nt tlio better ha
hies' contest nt tho Ncbrnskn State
Fair. Ho scored 03.5. Wllma H
Stutt of Avocn with n scoro of 03. win
declared grand chnmplon baby girl.
Nebraska's oversubscription to tho
third Liberty loan amounted to 03 per
cent, making this stato twelfth In the
union In tho point of percentage. Ia
Nehraskn 170-10 of the population
subscribed to tlio loan.
The 80th division of tho U. S, army
which was trained nt Camp Funston
and which Ik composed of men from
Nebraska and six other middle west
states is believed to have been In the
first AU-Amerlcan drive launched In
France. The attack took place nn the
Lorraine front, where It has been on
nounccd tho 80th wns stationed,
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1 First photograph received shoeing American troops In Vladivostok; they are following a band of British
mnrlncs. 2 The bridge near St. Quentln, n hotly contested point. 8 Members of a tunk crew examining a cap
tured nntl-tnnk ride, otic of the latest devices of the Hun.
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American First Army Wipes Out
the St Mihicl Salient East
of Verdun.
BAGS ABOUT 20,000 HUNS
French Aid In Attack That Threatens
tho Brley Iron Fields Germans
In Plcardy Trying to Halt Re
treat Approximately on
Hlndenburg Line.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
-Tho American First army, General
Pershing commanding, started tho first
great wholly American offlenslve
Thursday, attacking on both sides of
tho St Mliilel salient southeast of
Verdun. The French assisted by at
tacking on tho point of the salient, but
tho operation was planned by tho
American staff nnd executed by Amer
ican officers nnd troops.
By Friday night the operation, so
far ns tlio salient wns concerned,
seemed practically coraplotcd, for the
big wedge had been flattened out and
tho now lino established by the Ameri
cans ran from Pont-n-Mousspn down
the Moselle to Pngny, thence across tho
Woevro plain to Hnttonvlllo nnd along
the heights of tho Mcusc to the old
line In front of Verdun. Tlio fact thnt
fully 20,000 prisoners were taken
and that the towns nnd railways aban
doned by the enemy had not been de
stroyed made ridiculous the German
ofllclnl statement that the retirement,
"which hnd been under consideration
for somo years, wns completed without
Interference."
This American drlvo threatens the
German possession of the great Iron
llelds of the Ilrloy basin west and
northwest of Mctz.
.After n terrific artillery preparation
which for four hours smothered tho
entire region within the German lines
with shells, tho Ynnks went over tho
top exnetly at Ave o'clock, following
n rolling barrage timed for an ad
vance of 100 meters every 40 minutes.
Great numbers of tanks supported
them and cleared tho way by crushing
numerous concreto machine gun shel
ters nnd breaking down tho elaborate
wire defenses. American aviators In
flocks quickly drove away tho few Hun
nlnnen In sight and thereafter del
uged the enemy supply centers, mu
nition dumps and hangars with
bombs, while tho observation pinnes
directed the work of the artillery.
Everything moved like clockwork and
the troops upcedlly gained their ob
jectives nnd went on to tho next ones.
Vlllngo nfter vlllngo wns taken nnd
by Frldny the cavalry had advanced
fnr Into tlio center of the salient and
occupied strong positions.
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Having given up all the ground they
won In their great spring drive, and
finding themselves back on the old
Hlndenburg lino, and In somo places
well behind It, tho Germans decided to
stop their retreat for n while. Marshal
Foch did not fully assent to (his deci
sion, but powerful concentrations of
Hun nrtlllery and reserves in strong
positions, coupled with torrentlnl
. rains throughout Plcardy, brought the
allied offenslvo' almost to a temporary
standstill. Not thnt the fighting by
any menus censed, for tho French nnd
British kept pressing forward, though
more slowly, and tho Germans deliv
ered desperate, counter-attacks, which
In almost every Instance resulted only
In severe losses for them.
It Is tho opinion of expert observers
thnt the halt of tho Huns approximate
ly on tho Hlndenburg llno-wlll bo only
temporary. Indeed, It Is believed they
cantiot stay there- long if they
would. Far mnny weeks they havo
been hastily building now lines of do
fcnso farther east, and Marcel Hutln
In the Echo do Paris says they are now
constructing a supremo lino from Ant
werp to Mers and aro putting tho Ant
werp forts in defensive condition.
Their present lino depends on Dounl,
Cnmbral, St. Quentln nnd Lnon, and
farther to the southeast, on the Cheuiln
les DnmcH. Dounl already wus be
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ing evacuated Inst week and the air
drome moles cast of it were being dis
mantled. The British, fighting fierce
ly and repulsing heavy counter-attacks,
were advancing steadily through Uav
rlncourt, Pczlcrcs nnd Gouzeaucourt
nnd forced a crossing of the Canal du
Nord, thus taking the mnin defense of
Cnmbral on the southwest St Quen
tln wns tho goal of a race between the
British nnd the French, tho former
winning Vermnnd, Attllly nnd Vendel
les and closing In on the Important
city from the northwest, while tlio
French southwest of tho objective
crossed the Crozat cannl and took a
number of villages. A little farther
south the French forces captured
Travecy on the Olse, Just north of La
Fere, and from Its heights were able
to dominate the latter town, which wob
reported to havo been burned , by the
Germans. This operation, together
with tho French advance eastward
from Coucy-le-Chateau, threatened to
flank on both sides tho forest and mas
sif of St. Goboin, tho chief defenso of
Lnon. Withdrawal of the enemy from
that forest, which Is full of guns In
strong defensive positions, might thus
bo compelled without direct uttack,
which would be expensive and dlfll
cult. At tho western end of tho Chemln
des Dnmcs tho Germans were fighting
furiously In the region of Lnffnux,
where they were trying to regain pos
session At the dominating ridgo which
tho French and Americans had taken
from them. Many fresh troops wcro
used in these attacks, but their efforts
were all' In vain.
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Although the stupendous German re
treat of the past eight weeks has been
conducted skillfully and tho enemy lino
hns not been broken through, his ar
mies maintaining contact with one an
other, it has been in every way a most
expensive operation for the nuns. In
nddltlon to Ihe loss of great numbers
of guns nnd immense quantities of ma
terial, captured or destroyed, they
havo lost more than 300,000 men, the
majority of whom, fortunately, were
killed. The morale of the nrmv Is
being gradually broken by relentless,
continuous and successful blows de
livered by the allies, tho supply of
fighting effectives Is getting low, nnd
the people nt homo are becoming dally
more dissatisfied and restless. Cap
tured orders reveal that the wounded
men are put back in the ranks before
they aro cured, nnd prisoners released
by Itussin aro not given time to re
cover their strength and health. Aus
tria hns reluctantly responded to the
call for aid and in the quieter sectors
Austrian divisions nre placed between
German divisions, or Austrian soldiers
tiro used to fill out depleted German
regiments. This 1b taken to mean that
there will bo no renewal of the Teu
tonic offensive In Italy this year, If
over.
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The war department announced that
Americans have been landed nt Arch
angel' to take part with tlio other al
lied forces there in lighting the bolshe
vlkl and rc-cstabllshlng order In north
ern Russia. These troops are from
some of our northern stales and many
of them speak Russian. Hitherto tho
only Americans there wcro marines
and sailors.
In Petrogrod, Moscow and other
cities of Russia proper the bolshevik
government is struggling desperately
against tho evcr-lucrcnslng counter
revolutionaries, slaughtering the Intter
mercilessly whenever they fall into
their hands. Petrogrnd Is reported to
bo given over to massacres and flames
and to have been captured by revolt
ing peasants; Yuroslav and Vologda
have been burned by the soviet troops,
and Moscow is threatened with the
sntno fato by Trotsky, Two attempts
were made on tho llfo of Doctor Ilelf
,fcrich, tho new German ambnssndor to
Moscow, but he lied back to Berlin.
Tho soviet rulers, persistent shout
era for pence without annexations and
Indemnities, havo Just paid to Ger
many 250.000,000 rubles, tho first in
stallment of tho Indemnity exacted
from tho unhappj country by tho
Huns.
In Siberia the allies, with tho
Czecho-Slovaks, Cossacks and loyal
Russians, havo been making satisfac
tory progress, but tho Austro-Gormtn
cx-prlsonerB nnd tho bolshcvlkl aro
putting up so obstinute a resistance
thnt Japan Is contemplating sending
a much stronger force in order to In
sure the safety of tho expedition and
Its allies before tho winter sets In.
The Japanese government is convinced
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that the American government will
abandon Its opposition to such n
course.
The London Express says It has un
questionable information that the for
mer empress of Russia and all her
children hnvo been murdered by bol
shovlkl. If this lsirue, tho entire Im
mediate family of Nicholas has now
been exterminated. The dowager em
press and her daughter and son-in-law
were attacked' by bolshevlkl at Yalta,
but were saved by men from the Black
sea fleet after two weeks of fighting.
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Tho progress of tlio Czecho-Slovaks
of Austria-Hungary toward the Inde
pendence recognized by Great Britain
and America is encouraging. The ex
istence of the Czecho-Slovak state was
declared by nil the Czech deputies In
tho Austrian parliament und has now
been Indorsed by all of tho clergy of
the Bohemian dioceses.
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Baron Burlan, Austro-Hungnrlan for
eign mtnlstpr, who still Is at outs with
Berlin because ho insists on an Aus
trian solution of the Polish problem,
nevertheless was employed once moro
last Week to start n Teutonic pence
offensive. This, aimed directly at Presi
dent Wilson, was a suggestion that the
central powers and the entente get to
gether for nn exchange of views and to
consider nil the things which are keep
ing the belligerents apart. Ho Inti
mated this might mako further fight
ing unnecessary. Though President
Wilson Is not quoted In reply, Wash
ington dispatches make" it clear that he
holds unwaveringly tho position that
the only tolornblo peace will be, not
negotiated, but dictated to the central
powers by tho allies, and that that is
the kind of pence which tho allies will
achieve. In this, it Is needless to say,
he Is backed up by the entire nation.
No ono in a position to predict pre
sumes to believe that such a peace can
be attained this year, but no ono In
tends that any other kind of peace
shall be accepted by America. We
have gone into tho war to tho finish,
and we propose that the finish shall bo
In nccordanco with our high alms for
tho future safety of civilization nnd
freedom, no matter what the cost
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At a most opportune tlmo came the
registration day for all Americans be
tween the nges of eighteen nnd twenty-one
nnd thirty-one nnd forty-flvo
years. Gladly, with patriotic -exaltation,
somo 13,000.000 youths nnd older
men enrolled themselves for military
duty, and from their number 3,000,000
more trained soldiers will soon bo
ready to move forward to the battle
lines. Millions of others, not so fit In
ono way or another for actual fighting,
will be listed for other work directly
connected with the carrying on of the
war. In a few weeks the relative
standing of tho 18,000,000 will hnvo
been determined. According to Pro
vost Marshal General Crowder, tho
first to be selected for the cantonments
nnd camps will be those between nine
teen nnd twenty-one and between thlr-ty-ono
nnd thirty-six.
The mntter of granting deferment
to registrants because of the work In
which they nre engaged is of utmost
Iqiportonco, nnd the nld of all employ
ers In this bus been enlisted. The gov
ernment Is especially desirous that no
essential Industries shall bo drsturhed
by the draft, but enough men must be
selected to maintain a steady flow of
registrants to the training camps.
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As had been foreseen, here nnd
abroad, tho Germans have begun nn
intensified U-bont cnmpalgn directed
especially against the transports carry
ing American troops nnd supplies. Up
to date this lias resulted In tlio torpe
doing of tho Mount Vernon, formerly
tho Kronprlnzcssln Cecelie, which wns
bringing homo wounded and sick sol
diers, nnd of tho Persic, carrying 2,800
Amerlcun troops to Europe. In tlio
former case the casualties were con
fined to men In the euglne rooms and
the vessel put bnck to a French port
under her own steam. All tlio men on
tho Persic wero safely transferred to
the convoying vessels, nfter which the
stwmshlp was beached on the English
coast. The submarine which attacked
it was destroyed by depth charges. In
botli Instances tlio utmost bravery and
coolness wero exhibited by tho crews
and the soldiers aboard.
The British steamship MIssnnnble
also was torpedoed while on her way
to America for troops and supplies.
RECEIVED COLQLY BY ALLIES
Offer Considered Ruse to Quit Field
With Loot IntactWon't Agree
to Round Table Talk.
Washington, D. C, Sept. 17. Ger
many's latest peace feeler, advanced
through Austria, It has been officially
stated, best finds Its answer In Presi
dent Wilson's Bnltltnoro spceeh de
livered last April. "Forci, force to
the utmost, force without stint or lim
it, the righteous- and triumphant force
which shall make right the law of the
world, and cast every Bclllsh dominion
down In the dust."
That was the president's answer
then, and, It was reiterated, it is his
answer now. No one. doubts that it Is
tlio answer of nlll the allies. This
Teutonic Old for peace overshadows
oven Marshal Foch's hammer blows
against the harried Germans.
Austria's proposal, reported from
Amsterdam, is recognized ns the long
heralded peace offensive upon which
Germany is counting to nroUse enough
sentiment for pence among the people
of the allied countries to compel an
end of the war ou terms which sub
stantiality would preserve tho Prus
sian conquest.
It has been expected since Gorman
nrmB began to stagger back from tho
fierce thrusts of the British, French
und Americans.
There will be no round table "con
ference, no sounding out process such
ns Germany proposes, and which sho
hopes will give opportunity probably
to deal with her enemies separately.
If any reply nt all Is made, It will
bo after nn exchange of views be
tween the United States and the
other co-belligerents so that a reply
for all may be made In one.
On every side, among American of
ficials nnd allied diplomats, it seems
agreed that tho only ground on which
Germlnny may havo n conference Is
the acceptance of the principles laid
down by President Wilson, nnd which
hnvo been accepted by all Uio allies
as their watchword.
Tho allied capitals hailed the call
for a conference In neutral soil as
another German ruse to get better
terms thnn they might expect when
tho war hns been carried to the Rhine.
They were convinced thnt Austria,
whoso people long have been war
weary, had been called npoa to bear
the onus of making peace overtures
and thus save the face of Germany.
Not only In Washington, but In Lon
don and Paris pacifists found cold
comfort. None of the governments in
volved wns inclined to take seriously
tho request that delegates be sent to
such a conference ns that proposed by
tho Austrian ruler.
The assertion that "the central
powers leave It In no doubt thnt they
are waging n war of defense for tho
integrity nnd security of their-territories"
was greeted with added skep
ticism In tho face of the Washington
disclosures unmnsklng completely the
Intrlguo which has wrecked Russia.
Suggests Nonblndlng Discussion.
Amsterdam, Sept. 17. In extending.,
an Invitation to all tho belligerent
governments to enter Into non-blndlng
discussions nt some neutral meeting
plnce the Austro-Hungnrlnn govern
ment stated that the object of tho
conference would bo to secure an ex
change of views which would, show
"whether those prerequisites exist
which would make the speedy Inaugu
ration of peace negotiations appear
promising."
The Austrinn proposal suggests that?
there be no Interruption of the war,
and that tho "discussions would go
only so fnr as considered by the par
ticipants to offer prospects of suc
cess." The proposnl calls for all the bel
ligerents to send delegates for a "con
fidential nnd unbinding discussion on
the bnsic principles for the conclusion
of pence, in a place in n neutral
country nnd nt n nenr date, that
would yet have to be agreed upon."
The proposal says the conference
would be ono of "delegates who would
be charged to make known to one on.
other the conception of their govern
ments regarding those principles nnd
to receive analogous communications
ns well ns to request nnd glvo frank
nnd candid explanations on nil those
points which need to be precisely de
fined." The goveenmont announces
that n note embodying Its suggestions
had been nddrcssed to tho various bol
llgerent powers nnd thnt the Holy See
Had been npprised of the proposal In a.
spclal note.
Britons Receive News With Joy.
London, Sept. 17. The news of tho-Frnnco-Amerlcnn
attack to pinch out
the St. Mihlel salient, which tho Ger
mans drove Into the French line ia
September, 1014, was received hero
with the greatest enthusiasm.
U, S. Takes Over Munition Plant
Washington, D. C, Sept 17.Tlie
war department has taken over tVo
Smith & Wesson compsny' of Spring
field, Mass., and will operate llu
pli'tit to secure rontinunu p' nbn-tli n
und M-event induMii.il dUtirb.n.c