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THE 8BMI.WBBKLY TRIBUNE, N RTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, "FLU" STOPS MEETING NEW WAR RELIEF SOCIETY UNS SEEK BARGAIN PLANS TO INVAnr VTAT Closing Order At Omaha Holds Up Baptist Convention Prohibition of Gatherings Urged. CRY FOR PEACE REGARDED AS MOVE TO SAVE SPOILS. -. 1 Some of Uk Arabian Ir-rw of Hi djnz who have hem ln-lpm:: General Allonhy iiril are now rcrncnlzcd nn belligerents hy the allied governments 2 - The most iitiportiuit hecfton of Sofia, capital of Bulgaria, to which the Germuns nro said to have son) n law force. Jl.--Oeiernl I nnuhei d'Espon , Hi Fn-n-h -otimtnud r f the ullled forces that conquered Bulgaria, and, at Ills rll;t. General Joaimo, commander of thn Greeks in Se rbia. EWS REVIEW Kaiser's Back Wall Has Fallen and His Front Wall Is Crumbling Fast. HINDENBURG LINE SMASHED Bulgaria Surrenders Unconditionally and Turkey Is Wobbling St. Quon tin and Damascus Captured Huna Preparing To Get Out of Belgium. By EDWARD W. PICKARD Tho knlHcr put lUs'bnck to a wall In tho vain ofTort to check Uie tillles on tho western front, and tho wall collnpHcd. Bulgaria surrendered, prac tically unconditionally; Turkey at onco put out penco feelers; Austria Hungary cried for cessation of tho war, and tho Ukrainians rose In re volt against tho Huns. Meanwhile Uio allies kept up their ccasclosH hammorlng at tho kuiser'B ifront wall tho HIndenburg lino and by smashing Uirough It, at many points proved It was not tho Imprcg nablo Rystem of defeuso that the Gcr mans had supposed It to be. From the ficn to Verdun tho battlo blazed day and night, and tho ofllclnl reports showed an almost unbroken series of victories for tho allies. Tho Belgian army, assisted by British troops and, unexpectedly, by a French nrmy, Jumped Into the fray at tho beginning of tho week, and, taking Dlxmudo and tho Important Wytschaete rldgo, ad vanced swiftly as far as Holders. Thereupon tho Huns began makfng preparations that Indicated complete withdrawal from Belgium. North aud south of La BaBseo canal they were In full flight, with tho British close on their heels, and as Ilulg's men np proached Lille tho enemy began the evncuatlon of that city, tho German commander requisitioning all means of transportation to removo his plun der. Investing Holders, the allies gain ed control "of the railroad to the Ger man HubmnHno bases at Ostend ami Zecbruggeo and It was reported the foo was removing his heavy guns from tho Belgian coast and that tho gov ernor general of Belgium had In structed the provincial governors to send all their archives at once 10 Brus sels. Annentleres and Lens were aban doned by the Huns Tuesday night. pi In tho attack on Cambral the Brit ish, with whom an American contin gent was fighting, met with desperate reslstanco and here and there suffer ed u local reverse, but they could not bo long checked and pushed ahead with dogged determination until tuey had the city at their mercy. The Huns burned vast quantities of stores In their preparations for withdrawal. Noxt l the south comes the St. Quentln Bcctor, nnd tlmre tho French under General Debeney won n great vlctorj'i capturing tho city after tre mendous lighting, which was fiercest In and about tho St. Quentln canal. This place was one of the keystones of the Illndeuburg lino aud Its capture as sured the retirement of tho Germans on a wide front. Immediately north of St. Quentln the British wero engaged by enemy reserves of storming troops and the fighting was furious. But the British succeeded In breaking through the German lino on tho Beauvolr-YVIan-court front and created a Bailout that greatly helped In the capture of St. Quentln by tho Krench. Between the Olse at La Fere and the Asno the French pushed ou to ward Lnon and succeeded In passing beyond tho elaborate system of water ways that comprised tho chief defense of the enemy and reaching open coun try where tho tanks could operate to advantage. North of Helms Foch's troops drove the Huns back to tho Alsue and tho Alsne-Marno canal, clearing tho country north of tho Veslo nnd re leasing n number, of towns. They also gained the entire Bt. Thierry massif. OF WAR In Champagne there was no marked change during the week, though both the French and the Americans con tinued to move forward. The Yankees were up against a hard proposition In the forest of Aronno, where the dense woods were full of machine gun nests mid the fighting was almost like a bat tle In the dark. This stylo of warfare, however, seemed to suit the Americans and In broken groups they battled their way onward, passing beyond Clerges and always keeping In contact with tho retreating enemy. For miles they were hampered by the scarcity of roads, the mud and the Innumerable nnd bravely defended fortified shell craters. They captured during the week grent numbers of guns and quantities of material, Including three big ob servation balloons. On the left Hank of tho Americans Gouraud's French men fought their way northward with the greatest lntrepedlty and cut off the Germans opposing them from com munication with their comrades In the Argon n a forest region, if they can keep up this advance the Huns In the salient pointing towards Helms will line themselves In nn awkward pocket. The Germans In this sector were fall ing back to the so-called Krlemhlld line, and captured documents showed they Intended to try to hold that Hue through tho winter. The fact Is they huvo no organized line of defense be tween It and tho French border. Tho Americans In Chnmpagne as well as those In Uie St. Quentln sector dis played gallantry and dash that havo not been surpassed. The most spcctnculnr exploit of tho week was Uio raid on the Austrian naval base at Duruzzo. American, British and Italian warships made their way through Uie mine fields and completely destroyed tho base and all tho Austrian vessels In tho harbor ex cept a hospital ship. The only dam age to tho attacking force was the slight Injury of a British cruiser by a torpedo. -fa Tho Bulgarians In signing the armis Uco submitted to overy demand of the allies, which Included demobilizing their army and surrendering the con trol of all their means of transporta tion, 1 1 oil Ides breaking entirely with the other central powers. They even said they wero willing to attack Turkey, In conjunction with the allies. Their troops at onco began withdrawing from Serbia and all their military supplies wero turned over to the forces of tho entente. The Internal situation in Bul garia wus somewhat confused, but the claims of Berlin that King Ferdinand would remain faithful to the central alliance seemed unfounded. However, he evidently feared for his own safety, for he was reported to havo taken refugo In a royal castle near Vienna. Naturally, It will be some time before the allies can reap the fidl benefits of tho Bulgarian surrender In the way of cutting across tho "corridor to Bag dad ' and Isolating Turkey. Meanwhile they continued tho task or driving the Austrlans and Germans out of Serbia. It was said a large number of Ger man troops wero sent to Sofia to try to force Bulgaria to retract her ac tion, but these, If there, more likely are to be used In defending the com munication with Constantinople. When the French, Serbians, Greeks and Ital ians have advanced far enough to tho northward they probably will bo joined by great numbers of Southern Slavs and men of other races who have long waited for the chance to rovolt against Austrlji. Tho way will then bo open for an attack on the dual kingdom from the south. Ho Though not yet officially confirmed, there wero various well authenticated reports last week that Turkey had Informally sought for Information ns to the terms on which she could make pence. Her condition Is desperate, for Gcnernl Allonby continued his victori ous progress In Palestine and ou Tuesday occupied Damascus, tho Turk ish base In Syria, taking more than 7,000 prisoners. With the British was a portion of the nrmy of A nibs of the lledjiiz, now recognized by the allied governments as co-belligerents. to Necessarily all this had great effect In the Teutonic nations. The excite ment In Berlin approached panic and tho newspapers made no attempt to concenl the gravity of the situation The first concrete results were tho res- ignatlon of Chancellor von Ilertllng, Vice Chancellor von Payer nnd For elgn Minister von Illntze, and the In vitation of the kaiser and of Emperor Charles to their poople to participate In the government. Late in the week It was announced that the kaiser had selected Prince Maximilian of Baden for the post of chancellor. He has been known as head of the Delbrueck mod enttes and opposed to the schemes of the pan-Germans, and It Is presumed he will make great efforts to bring about a negotiated peace. That, how ever, is just what the allied nations nro determined shall not be accom pllshed, and their leaders and the press already are at work to show the people that unless the war Is carried on until the Hun Is beaten to his knees and forced to accept u dictated peace, all their sacrifices will have been In vain, The time Is ripe for the silly sen tlmentallsts, secretly urged on by the friends of Germnny, to spring their pleas of pity for the defeated and of tho benefits to be gained by ending the wir tit onco by negotiation. But nil this foolish nnd actually treasonable talk will havo no effect on those who believe In Justice and patriotism. Pa News from Hussla and especially from Serbia is scanty and belated these days. Tho most important com lug lately concerns tho anti-bolshevik government set up In Omsk. Minister of War Mlchnelov attempted to make himself dlctntor by forcing the resig nation of the cabinet nnd organizing au administrative council to succeed it. The council declared tho duma dis missed, but that body refused to dis solve, released tho Imprisoned min isters aud put Mlchnelov under urrest. Tho Czecho-Slovak authorities there promptly put a strong military force In the city and ended the attempted coup. In northern Hussla the allies are making progress southwnrtl from Arch angel along tho Dvlna river, and Amer icans nro holding tho point farthest Kotirti, only forty tnlfes from Blelsk. tho bolshevik base. A British expedition has landed in Spitsbergen and seized (lie German mining property nnd other plants there, and the Immensely rich Iron and coal deposits already are being de veloped rapidly. pa The state department at Washington was Informed of a big uprising of the Ukrainians against the Germans, In tho course of which the Huns lost 1,500 men and were forced to evacuate two cities. Tliis uews, together with the knowledge that Uoumnnla was about ready to re-enter the war on the side of the allies, was considered of great military linnortance. A large purt of the population of Houmauia, led by the queen, lias consistently roiiiKou to rec ognize the treaty of Bucharest by which their country was robbed by the Huns. If they gel Into action again the plight of Austria .will be Indeed most distressing to Austria. The apparent determination of the Germans to destroy utterly every city In France and Belgium that they are compelled to relinquish has given rise to n general demand that tho allied governments shall warn Uie Huns that for every place wantonly destroyed a city or town in Germany will be laid In ruins by them later on. That Is the only kind of argument Uie German can understand. Secretary Lansing recog nized this when, In response to the threat of the Germans to treat as a murderer every American captured with a shotgun in his possession, he told them that reprisals for such ac tion would be thorough nnd effective. The British air bombers, by their re prisal raids ou German cities, have nearly put a stop to the air raids of the Huns on undefended places. They still attack Hod Cross hospitals, and for such brutality the allies can make no reprisal In kind. Jes-- Ou Monday the master numbers In the new draft were drawn, President Wilson taking the first from tho bowl. The classification of tho men Is pro gressing well, but the sending of those selected to the training eniiips may be delayed by tho serious spread of tho epidemic of influenza. Hlgorous meas ures are being adopted to check tho disease, with prospects of success. Cotialdorliu; Us nature, the number of deaths Is not extraordinary. The Nebraska Stnte convention j)t the Baptist church, which was to be held at Omahu Oct. 5 to 10, lias been postponed for one month ns the result of precautions taken by Omahu health ofli' nils to prevent an epidemic of Spanish lulluenzn. All schools, ch'irchos, theaters nnd public meeting pluses have been closed In the city for an Indefinite period. As the result of nn outbreak of the disease at the Fort OiiimIui Balloon School, the camp ha been placed under quarantine. As Hit- malady continues to rage over the country uiK'iiecued, government neniui ofli' ials have issued u statement ur,j ug authorities everywhere Unit tb disease prevails to prohibit public gin .crliigs ns a means of preventing nn pldemlc. Outside of Omahn th di 'iso has appeared In a number f N' iiruskn cities. The State liilllway Commission has nsl.ed for an Injunction in tho federal co irt nt Lincoln, alleging that .the act of congress authorizing the president to take over telephone companies con fers no authority whatsoever to In itiate rates for services by telephone coi lpnntos. The suit Is Intended to test the right of the postmaster gen oral to establish charges for Intra state service for telephone companies. To correct nn erroneous report re garding the price of hogs, State Food Administrator Wattles Issued a state ment declaring that $18.50 per hun dred, Chicago market basis, is a fair average price. which should be paid producers for hogs during October. The Intention of the food administra tion, ho says, is to maintain tho min imum of $15.50 for hogs during the period of the wnr. Otoe, formerly Berlin, Otoe county, Buffered a disastrous lire the other day, an cnUre square block In the town having been destroyed. Tho loss la estimated nt $75,000. Misfortune has laid a heavy hand on the town in the past few years, It being nearly wiped out by the 1918 tornado and severely damaged by fire several months ago. Governor Neville has Issued a proc lamation calling the next general elec tion for Tuesday, Nov. 5. The procla mation does not Include the proposi tion for a recall of the partial woman miffrago law enacted by tho last legis lature which has been In the courts, tmd thus women will be able to vote for all but constitutional offices. The State Council of Defense ut Lincoln is in receipt of Information from the Wnr Industries board ad vising of an amendment to building regulations authorizing the state nnd county councils of defense to approve all applications for farm buildings of n minor character, where tho total cost does not exceed $1,000. The War department at Washing ton has ninde known thut tho double honor of being nwarded a Distinguish ed Sen Ice cross and the right to wear a silver bar upon its ribbon has been given to Private Charles Kenimes, Fnlrbury, by General Pershing for ex traordlnary heroism. In reply to an Inquiry from Govern or Neville regarding Nebrasknns In Uncle Sam's service, C. A. Nippell of Niobrara, reported to the governor that he had five sons in the service. two lu France and three In this enun try, nnd flint he was rejected because of his age. With 150 members of tho naval sec tion of the S. A. T. C. already sworn In, and an uverngo of 1200 men a day helm: taken Into the regular S. A. T. C, the University of Nebraska at Liu coin Is fast becoming a military Insti tution. Women In u number of Nebraska counties, and especially In Hamilton Lancaster. Howard nnd Butler, an doing splendid work In the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign. The State Council of Defense has endorsed the United Wnr Workers cnmpalgn to raise funds to carry on their activities, which will take place from Nov. U to li). Plnns were perfected by tho Ne braska Women's Christian Temper nnce union at its annual convention at 'Fremont to raise $20,000 for war work. Tho Nebraska Telephone company has made application to the state rail way commission, asking for a -'0 per cent Increase in revenues. Whether this will be a straight increase on both toll and exchange charges is not known. After deliberating five hours a Jury at Norfolk which heard the case of the Hev. William Wlndolph, pastor of the Catholic church at Crelghton, who was charged with making disloyal statements, disagreed and wub dis charged. Preparations are being made at Omaha for tho annual convention of Clio Nebraska Bankers' Association, which will be held there October M to 110. PnrlRhoners of the "Stone" church, li German Lutheran congregation, in Neiniilia county, celebrated the 50th anniversary of the founding of the church the other day. A new S 1.000 rural r-chnol house was dedicated a few days ago In Fraction al District No. l on the Dodge-Washington county line. The building Is modern very respect. Countess Turczynowicz. The Polish Grey Samaritans, which was founded by Countess Laura Go dawn do Turczynowicz, and which 1 now being financed by the Y. W. C. A. National War Council, Is to be brought into Nebraska following the United Wnr Funds drive Nov. 11 to 1!). The priinnry object of the organ ization is to recruit and train young Polish-American women ns nurses' ulds to do reconstruction work In Poland. The first ballot to reach a soldier and be returned of those sent out by the secretary of state for the general election, going across the water, was received by Secretary of State Pool from Lloyd B. Moyer, who formerly lived nt Alnsworth. He Is n musician on the battleship Ohio. The secretary of stale has mailed abroad 3,7!K) en velopes containing the ballots. Prob ably '20,000 ballots will bo mailed out to soldiers of Nebraska within tho United States. Word has reached the State Hall way Commission at Lincoln that em ployes In the service of express com panies throughout the country may receive nn advance in wages aggre gating in the neighborhood of $10, 000,000. This In addition to a recent advance, since the government took control, of a like amount. Hebron Is the first town of the state to report to Washington on Its home garden project. Twenty - even boys and girls completed the g.uden project this year. The twenty-seven boys nnd girls received h total of $201.20 for their garden produce. Kach made a clear profit of $0. All gardens wero in backyards. Two Ncbraskn enlisted men, ld ward Kelly of Maxwell and C. I. j Johnson of Hagan are reported to havo lost their lives when tho Amer ican patrol boat Tampa was sunk near England by a German U-boat. More than 100 persons aboard the vessel perished, reports say. Call has been mnde upon Nebraska for 420 Class I, Group A, men of grammar school education, and who have some aptitude1 for and some ex perience as truck drivers and repair ers, tractor operators nnd wagoners. These men are to be sent to the Stnte University nt Lincoln for Instruction in such trades. When the upper branch of congress refused to sanction the woman suf frage amendment to tho federal con stitution, which had previously been approved by the house, our two sena tors voted. Norrls, republican, for the measure, aud Hitchcock, democrat, against It. Pender shoved Thurston county "over the top" In the drive for cloth ing for Belgian relief conducted by Uie Bed Cross. The quota for the county was S70 pound". One thou sand six hundred nnd forty-four arti cles were shipped, weighing 2,00s pounds. Nearly C,XK).()0O bnshels of gratn were received In Omaha In September -an increase of nearly .'i.fiftOOOO bush els over the receipts for the corre sponding month of last year. The Cortland News has suspended publication until after the wnr. The paper was established 22 years ago, nnd until recently was known ns the Cortland Sun. A malady, having all the ear-marks of Spanish "Flu" is prevalent In Lin coin and tts suburbs. More than ".00 cases f the disease so far have been reported, nnd two deaths. University Place, a suburb of Lin coln, is planning to send Nebraska's championship Junior team to Washing ton. it is composed of three Univer sity Place High mIiooI girls. The team won first place at the Nebraska state fair, and first place nt the Sioux City trl-state fair, where ten Mate were competing. The big drive to raise Nebraska', quota of .S70.000.000 of the Fourth Liberty Loan started off with a "bang" last Monday morning. When the campaign closes, Oct. 1!, It is hoped our state will be near the top In subscriptions. More than 150,000 Nebraska chil dren participated In Junior Bed Cross - f . i. nay programs, nepieuiuer -i, which hud been designated nf- "Junior H d Otyiss Day" In Nehrjr.kn, nnd ib .state headquarter put ctt n uniior: program that was generally observe! In all localities. SURRENDER IS ONLY COURSE Washington Officials See Hope of Early End pf War By Proffer; Considered Insincere. Washington. Oct. 8. Germany's newest pence fler proposing nn ar mistice while President Wilson con siders and convoys to tho allies n pro posal on the basis of terms laid down by the president himself,. Is regnrded In high ofllclnl circles here ns the next step In the continuing efforts of Uio German .statesmen to snvc something from the wrecknge of their dream of world domination, the step which might be expected from a losing trader who makes his proposition, has it rejected and offers his next best, each time coming nearer to the de mands of his adversary, meanwhile endeavoring to hold out In the hopes of getting tho best erms he can. It hardly Is taking n position in ad vance of the American government to say that if the present proposition slgnlles Germany's unqualified accept nnce of tho 14 principles of peace laid down by President Wilson In his . Fourjh of July speech nt the tomb of Washington. It will be considered. If it does not, If it be nn acceptance in principle with saving diplomatic lan guage paving the way for quibbling around a council table, It will not do considered. If In the offer of Prince Maximilian, tho new German chancellor, Germany Is willing to accept these terms, and the remainder of the world Is satisfied that he speaks not alone, but with Uio military masters of Germany In ac quiescence, the next logical step would bo the withdrawal of every German soldier from every foot of oc cupied territory. From tiint point the allies might begin to test the sinceri ty of Germany's willingness to con form to the world peace preserving program. No one here gives much thought to any proposal that the victorious troops of Great Britain, France, Italy and the United States should halt in an armistice while a "discussion" Is con. ducted, but there might be nn armis tice of uncondiUonnl surrender. . One thought concerning the German, pence offer that has been expressed in many qunrters, Is that the Germans In launching their effort just nt this time, probably hojtcd to effect the fourth liberty loan by creating the idea that the end of the war Is at hand. It Is believed, however, that their effort will be directly the opposite. Officials Informally say they find no reason for thinking pence will bo brought appreciably nearer by the latest developments. Actual power In Germany, they say, still lies with tho kaiser and his wnr lords, who will keep any promises made on paper or around the council table only so lon as they are cowed by superior mili tary power. The kaiser's proclamation to the Gorman nrmy and navy in which, af ter announcing that tho Macedonian. front had crumbled, he declared that he had decided, in accord with his al lies, again to offer pence to the enemy, has been the cause of much comment In officialdom. 68 Persons Killed In Explosion. Perth Amboy, N. J., Oct. 8. Mllt tnry authorities have officially con cluded that at least sixty-eight per sons were killed in the series of ex plosions which destroyed the big Gil lespie shell-loading plant nt Morgan, N. J. They listed 150 hospital caiv unities, nnd said that approximately 1 200 others were less seriously In jured. Twelve persons wero nrrested In connection wlUi an InvestlgaUon being made by the government. It i rumored that alien enemies wero among the plant's G.000 employees. J. W. Fuust, assistant director oC clvlllnn relief of the Hod Cross esti mated that more than 7,000 person had been made homeless by the hall of shells and the force of the ex plosions. Fourth of Loan Subscribed. Washington, D. C, Oct. 8. Official reports of Liberty loan subscription gathered by banks up to the close of business last Saturday night nnd com piled by the Treasury department showed n total of $1,007,011,050. "While the actual sales through all agencies probably wns somewhat In. excess of this figure for tho week," fcnld the hondqunrtors review, "the lesults obtained In tho drive thua far are not highly encouraging." To Rebuild Plant at Once. Washington, D. C, Oct. 8. Pefore the last explosion at the TNT plant nt Morgan, N. J., had occurred, a gov ernment contract for reconstruction wns nwarded to the T. A. Gillespie 4. Sons' company. Laborers are on the scene nnd will begin clearing away tho debris as soon as all danger from fire ami explosion Is past. Unoffi cial esUuiatos of Uio cost of recon struction were placed nt ?7,5OO,0O0.