Ms r i ED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, OHIEF H h ft w I 5 5fi ' iCA$ ?r ijy r i I' j f 1 ? ill t.e U . 5 i If- T 31 it; i-i If VvMLSON'fi REPLY TO GERMAN REQUEST FOR ARMISTICE SAYS HUNS MUST FIRST GET OUT DOUBTS IF GERMAN CHAN CELLOR SPOKE FOR PEOPLE Not Disposed to Propooo Cessnalon f Arms to Allied Nations Whllo Armies of Central Powers Hold Conquered Ground Washington. President Wilson nil grossed to Germany an Inquiry design ed to test tho sincerity of Oormtmy iu her peace offra. Ho nerves nollco on Germany that no armistice la jkis plblo whllo the armies of tho central powers uro upon allied soli. And, ho uddod tho good faith of any discussion would depend upon the willingness of jttao Teutons to withdraw their forces tit onco from invaded territory. Tho jaiossngo was olllclally designed as an inquiry, not a reply to tho Gorman 6aco note. It asked tho German nanccllor for tho exact moaning, and .questioned whether ho meant Ger many was rady to accept tho fourteen lenns nnd discuss only practical do Mis of their application. Tho president also made n subtlo pianouvcr when in his mesuago he In quired whether Prince Max spoke for (Germany's war lordB or was tho peo ple's mouthpiece as well. If ns gen erally believed 'horo, Germany's pence ptter was hypocritical, tho president's answer Is designed to put tho masters pf Germany into a diplomatic hole. fThey must now accept President Wll Ron's peaco terms as a wholo in good faith or stand before tho world cou "vlpted of deceit. His quory ns to tho exact meaning of Prince Max's proposal was Inter preted as leaving tho way open to further Teuton concessions. Ills next paragraph -tho predicted refusal to deal rMth tho Gcrmnns whllo still on allied soil was tho distinctive Amor loan responso to tho German offer. Autarkies bcllovo that Gormany can not Answer the queries satisfactorily, ind henco there will bo no peace no- cottatlons at this tlino. Oho president's reply was taken as fully squaring with advanced predic tions of n refusal to accopt tho Teu ton offer now. Dut tho fact that tho president loft an opening for further dealings camo ns moro or less of a surprise. It was gonornlly hailed, liowover, as an ingenious mcana of discrediting tho kaiser nnd his asso ciates. Tho text of tho president's messago, as incorporated in n messago Secre tary of State LanBlng delivered to tho Swiss charge d'affaires, follows: "Sir: I have tho honor to acknowl edge on behalf of tho prosldent your note of October C, inclosing n commu nication from tho German government to tho president, and, I am instructed toy tho president to request you to mako tho following communication to tho imporial German chnncollor: "Botoro mnkiug reply to tho rosucst of tho imperial German government and In order thnt the roply shall bo as candid and straightforward as tho mo. mentouB Interests Involved rcauiro, tho president of tho United States demB It necessary to assuro himself pt tho exact meaning of tho note of (the imperial chancellor. Does tho im perial chancolior mean that tho im perial Gorman government ncccpts tho (torms laid down by tho president in Wb address to tho congress of tho (United States on tho 8th of January last nnd In subsequent addresses and that Its object in entering into discus alonB would be only to ngrco upon tho practical details of their application? "Tho president fcols bound to say with regard to tho suggestion of an nrmistico that ho would not feel at 3Iberty to proposo a cessation of arms lto tho government with which tho gov ernment of the United States Is asso ciated against tho central powers so long as tho armioB of those powora nro upon their Boll. The good faith of any uiisuuBMiuii wouiu iniiniicsiiy uopenu upon the consent of tho central pow ers immediately to withdraw their forces ovorywhero from invaded ter ritory. "Tho prosldent also feols that ho Is Justified In nsklnR whether tho impe rial chancellor is speaking merely for Aho constituted authorities of tho em pire who have no far conducted the war. He dooms tho nnswor to these .questions vital from every point of ivlow." Panic on Boriln Exchange Goncva. An Indsscrlbnblo panic, without precedent, broke out on tho fBerlln stock oxchnngo when It tocnmo iknown thnt tho government naked for an armistice, according to tho Noucsto Nacurlchten of Munich. Shipping and armament company Bbarcs especially wore affected. Ferdinand a Broken Man Amsterdam. Kormor King Ferdi nand of Bulgaria, accompanied by Prlnco Cyril, his second oon, two Bui garlan genorals and a large suite, has pacsod through Budapest to his ostato at Erenthal, lower Austria, says n Budapest dlsptach to tho Colongo Ga zette, Ferdinand's . formerly atntely nppoaranco had undergone a change through the stress of recent events nnd ho walked sadly up and down the platform at Ordka loaning heavily on his stick. His head wo bowod and in his haggard face wero doep furroughs. M T ALL IH SOIL GERMANS WANT PEACE Hysterical Demonstrations Follow Re celpt of News that Government Would Make Proffer Amsterdam. Excited crowds In the etrcota of Ucrlln toro special editions of tho nouspapors containing the speech of Prlnco Maximilian, tho now chancellor, from tho hands of the news doalcrs, Evorywhero shouts oi "Peaco has corao," "Peaco at last," wero heard. Theodor Wolff, In Per lln Tageblatt, thus describes the scenes in tho German capital, nnd adds: "One would Hko to cbaro this hope, nnd yot for tho proscnt, at lcnBt, ono has to bo dubious and skeptical." This note of doubt pervades n large section of tho German press, nparl from tho pan-German lrrcconcllablos. Horr Wolff continues: i"Surely if an honest world could today oxorciso the war frenzy, Presi dent Wilson ought to bo won by the puro lovo of humanity which fills Prlnco Maximilian's breaBt. President Wilson ought to aay to himself that poaco by annihilation would only exalt chauvinism In tho entente countries and thnt thcroforo continuation of the war would not servo his ideals. All this tho president of the United States ought to do, but whether ho will da it is uncertain. Therefore ono should not Indulge. In prematuro hopes," Ilorr Wolfr declares that tho powers of yesterday le, Gormany nro opnly hostllo to Prlnco Maximilian's speech, whllo socretly rejoicing thnt theirs Is not tho responsibility in this most ililllciilt hour. But, ho says their re sponsibility will nevertheless not be forgotten by tho nation. Enroll to Fight Epidemic Washington. -Mobilization of the full forces of tho American Red Cross to combat tho epidemic of Spanish in fluenza, which la rapidly spreading over the country is determined upon and Instructions sont to all chapters. In co-operation with tho public health scrvlco and tho atato board of health, tho ned Cross will enroll nursos nnd will freely uso Its accumulated hos pital supplies to fight tho epidemic. A call will bo mndo for volunteors to go into tho homo whoro mothers nnd housekeepers nro ill and assume the management of the household. In n further effort to curb tho Bpcod of tho diseaso, Surgeon General Blue of tho public health scrvlco, suggested to all state health officer's that schools and places of amusement bo closed nnd tho public health scrvlco sug gested public meetings discontinued in all placos where tho malady becomes prevalent. Importance of roportlng cases also waa urged by Dr. Blue. Grocers to Display Prices Washington. By tho display of fail prico certificates in tho windows ol loyal retail grocers, tho public will bo ablo to dotcrmlno what stores aro co operating In tho enormous food-saving progrum which tho war has imposed and which America Is obliged to fulfill. All rotall grocers in tho United States aro asked to sign a plcdgo to conform to tho rules nnd regulations of the food administration and to cooperate fully In tho conservation program. All dealcrB who sign this pledgo will ro colvo direct from the food administra tion attractlvo certificates, which aro to bo posted In tho grocory windows Substitute for Radium Golden, Colo. Dr. Richard B. Moore of tha United States bureau of mines horo, nnnouncos ho has discovered a substitute for radium, which ho has named mesothorlum. Ho will explain his discovery to tho American Institute of mining engineers, which meets in Mllwuukeo soon. An thoro aro only throo ounceB of radium in tho world's cntlro supply mesothorlum will at onco come into wldo uso as a substi tute for that oloment In luminous paints, noroplano dials, compasses and gun sights, according to Dr. Moore. Confession from Knlser Washington. Evorywhero In Wash ington ono hears tho comment thai tho trcmondous military success ol tho allies havo forcod tho cry for peaco from tho lips or tho Teutonic rulors, and Emporor William's proclamation to his troops comes ns n full confes sion of tho fact. At tho same time II Is noted that tho kaiser has mad6 "olTers" of peace, ngaln speaking of a victory, and officials hero seo little pacifism In tho tone. May Extend Daylight Bill Washington. Indoflnlto continua tion of tho "daylight saving" time schodulo 1b proposed in a bill Intro duced by Sonaror Caldcr of Now York with tho endorsement of Chairman Baruch of tho war Industries board, who bollovoa daylight saving should contlnuo ns u coal conservation meas ure. Undor tho prosont law nil tlmo plocos will bo turned back an hour on October 27. Has Left Two Warships London. Austro-IIungnry hna nt tin most only two modern bnttleshlps loft Sho has lost sf largo numbor of small craft and now Darnzzo, tho advanced boao of her deplotod fleot, has boot rondorod useless. Hindenburg Quits His Job London. Flold Marshal von Hln donburg has roslgnod ns chief of the Gorman goneral ataff after n hotted Interview with tho emperor in which tho Mold marshal doclarod that a ro troat on a larno scale was Impossible to avoid, according to a Genoral Nowi dispatch sfrom Amsterdam. German Police Chief Shot Zurich. Tho chlof of tho Germai pollco forco la Warsaw, Poland, hat been shot by an unidentified porson The assassin flod. SHORT STATE MOTES News of Nebraska Told In Condensed Form While excavating for u cesspool nt Ulvct'ton, Franklin county, workmen Mi tick n vein of oil. The oil Is snld to be of good quulity. The Spanish "Flu" hns made Its np pnriinco nt both tho Lincoln hospital for tho Insane nnd tho stnto peniten tiary. Since tho new potash plant began operation ntf Antloch u total of about TOO tons of potash n day Is being pro duced in Nebraska. Box Butte county's potato crop this year Is estimated nt about 7"0,000 bushels, or nn average of about 100 bushels to the acre. Figures compiled by tho State Pub licity Bureau hhow thnt Nebraska will rulse enough sugar beets this year to produco 120.000,000 pounds of sugar. Tho sugar campaign haw been start ed In factories of western Nebraska and, owing to tho splendid beet crop, It probably will continue for ubout four months. Several cases of sickness have de veloped In and near Edgar recently which weru thought to bo Spanish In Uuenza, but investigation proved thut the cases wero smallpox. Tho session of tho grand lodge of the Degrco of Honor, scheduled to meet at Hastings last week, has been postponed Indefinitely on account of tho epidemic of Spanish Influenza., A. 11. Backhuus, for the past ilftccn years editor of tho Pierce Leader, has retired from tho newspaper gunie. Ho has disposed of tho paper to W. 11. Brown, n well known newspaper num. Following tho death of Lawson Sheldon, 18, son of former Governor Sheldon of Nebraska, tit the Students' Army Training Cuiup, nt the State University at Lincoln, from Spanish Influenza, the camp was placed tinder quarantine. Tho Nobraskn State convention of tho Bnptlst church, which was to be held nt Oiiiuhu Oct. f to 10, has Been postponed for one month ns the result of precautions taken by Oinnhu health ofllcinls to prevent an epidemic of Spanish Influenza. If plans of the University of Nebras ka Extension Service do not go wrong overy county in the state will have u sorghum mill next year. The Industry has been revived In several counties this year nnd In all cases the demand for the product Is fur in excess of Uie supply. In reply to nn Inquiry from Govern or Neville regarding Nebraskans In Uncle Sam's service, C. A. Nlppcll of Nlobrnru, reported to tho governor that he had five sons In tho service, two in France nnd three In tills coun try, nnd that ho was rejected because of his age. A. D. Scott, editor of the Edgar Sun, lias received n letter through the mall written by a pro-German licensing him and tho associate editor, Dr. Cncl or itur, of publishing articles against Ger many and threatening both men with personal violenco If tho practice is continued. Spanish Influenza linn mndo Its np pearnnco In many counties in Ne braska and drastic measure's have al ready boon taken in scores of cities nnd towns to halt tho spread of tho disease. While the situation In some parts of tho state Is serious, health au thorities say there Is no cause for alarm. A number of deaths have al ready resulted from tho malady. In 1 the vicinity of Geneva, where the tils I ease ilrst made Its nppenranco In tho j state, throo deaths have occurred. A largo number of eases havo been re ported In Dnilgo. county In the no'gii ! horhood of North Bond. Both Lincoln j and Omaha are In the grip of tho ,ik. i ease. In a further effort to curb the sprend of the epidemic, Surgeon ft, n- crai jjiiio or tno puiuie lieaitn srv.co at Washington suggested to nil stnto health nlllecrs thnt schools and pl.ioos of amusements bo dosed nnd pt.h'lc meeting lie discontinued In all pi eis whoro the malady becomes prowil-nt. All chapters of tho American U.-d Cross havo been notified to co-oporito with state nntl local health author 1 .-s and to freely uso Its accumulated hos pital supplies to fight tho epldcinio, Tho Nebraska Telephone company hns made application to the stnto rail way commission, asking for a 2o per cent inerciiBH In revenues. Whether this will bo n straight Increase on both toll nnd exchange charges Is not known. After deliberating five hours n iiry at Norfolk which hoard tho com- of tho Rev. William Wlndolph, past-.r of tho Catholic church at Crelghton. who was charged with making dM-.ynl statements, disagreed and was iis charged. Women In u number of Nebr.-.-ka counties, and especially In Ilinnnf n. Lancaster, Howard mid Butler, uro doing splendid work In the V ni-th Liberty Loan campaign. Otoe, formerly Berlin. Otoe enmity, suffered u disastrous Uro tho - her day, an entire square block In tho town having been destroyed. Th- loss Is estimated nt $75,000. Mislonino has lnld n heavy hand on the tow, in tho past few years, It being m-m-ly wiped out by tho 191H tornado anil severely dumugeu by flro svvornl I months ago. account of the scarcity of help, sugar factories In tho western part of Die state nro using u good many wom en this year. After n campaign of ono and a linlf days, Burt county went "over the top" In the Fourth Liberty loan drive. Tlio county's quotu Is 5070,000. Prospecting for oil in the vicinity of Potter is to begin about Nov. 1. At least one well will be drilled by the company bucking tho project. Much ngltallon Is manifest In Slier- Idiin county over the question of coun ty division. Petitions are being circu lated for u vote on the proposition. Plans are already under way for re constructing the National Potash com pany plant, which was destroyed by flro at Antloch, with a loss of about $".00,000. Nebraska's football tenia wont down to defeat before the Iowa eleven tit Llii'-nlti by it score of 12 to 0. It win' the Ilrst giiino of the Cornhusker team has lost to Itiwn since 1 SOD. Nearly C.OOO.OOO bushels of jmiln wore received In Omaha In September --nn Increase of nearly fl.nooooo bush els over fho receipts for tlio corre sponding month of last year. The Custer County Council, of De fense has been petitioned by the Far mers' Grain nnd Live Stock associa tion for permission to construct u ton thousand bushel elevator nt Comsfock. Stale University authorities aro con sidering the reopening of the serum plant nt tho state farm near Lincoln, which furnished virus to farmers at co-t until the last legislature fulled to make the necessary appropriation to iiinlntiiln It. A Crete nutomoblle deuler In order to live up to recommendations laid down by tho government as n war ne cessity, has notified his patrons that ho will close his garage on Sundays; will rent no cars for Joy riding ond vill sell no high priced pleasure cars until lifter the war Is won. . Two Nebraska enlisted men, Ed ward Kellv of Maxwell and C. I. Johnson of Itnciin aro reported to ! havo lost their lives when the Amer ican patrol boat Tampa was sunk near England by it German U-boat. More than 100 persons uboard the M-sscl perished, reports say. Call has been made upon Nobraskn for 420 Class I, Group A, men of grammar school education, and who have some uptltude for und some ex perience as truck drivers und repair ers, tractor operators and wagoners. These men nre to be .sent to the State University nt Lincoln for Instruction in such trades. When the nppor branch of congress refused to sanction the woinnii suf frage amendment to the federal con stitution, which had previously been approved by the house, our two sena tors voted, Norrls, republican, for the measure, und Hitchcock, democrat, against it. -Governor Neville has issued n proc lamation calling the next general elec tion for Tuesday, Nov. f. The procla mation does not Include the proposi tion for n recall of the partial woman suffrage law enacted by the last legis lature which has been In tho courts, and thus women will be able to vote for all but constitutional offices. The State Hallway Commission has asked for nn Injunction in the federal court nt Lincoln, nlleglng that the act of congress authorizing the president to tnke over telephone companion con fers no authority whatsoever to In Klnte rates for services by telephone companies. The suit Is Intended to test the right of tho postmaster gen oral to establish charges for Intra state service for telephone companies. Arrangements havo been made to havo Dr. Anna Ilownrd Shaw, the noted suffragette, and member of tho National Council of Defense, speak In Omaha, November 0-8, before the Ne braska Stnto Teachers' convention. Tlio musical futures secured for the meeting are Mine. Helen Stanley, the prima donna soprano, nnd Jacques Thibaud. tho noted French soldier vio linist. These notables will appear only onco In Nebraska this season Tlio llrst ballot to reach n soldier ....., h ..." ,, ,., h.. ,1 nr i,v unit uv luiiiiiivi " fc..w -v. ... ...... -.. the secretary of state for tho genoral election, going across the water, was', received by Secretary of State Pool j from Lloyd B. Moycr, who formerly , lived nt Alnsworth. He is u musician j on tho battleship Ohio. The secretary of state has mailed abroad U.730 on- j vnlnnntt wintnlnlnC tllO llllllotS. Prol)- ! ably 20.000 ballots will be mailed out to soldiers of Nebrasku In tho U. S Hebron is the first town of tho stato to report to Washington on Its home garden project. Twenty-seven bovs nnd girls completed the gulden project tills year. Tho twenty-seven boys and girls received a total of $294.20 for their garden produce. Each luudo u clear, profit of $0. All gardens wero In bnckyards. Tho Stnte Council of Defenso hns endorsed the United Wnr Workers' campaign to raise funds to carry on their activities, which will take placo from Nov. 11 to iu. Tho big drlvo to rnlso Nebraska' quota of 70,000,000 of the Fourth Liberty Loan started off with n "bnng" Inst Monday morning. When tho eampnlgn closes, Oct. 10. It Is hoped our Htuto will bo near tho top In subscriptions. Pender shoved Thurston county "over the top" In tho drlvo for cloth ing fur Itolglnn relief conducted by tho Red Cross. Tho quotu for tho county was 870 pounds. Ono thou sand six hundred and forty-four nrtl- des wore shipped, weighing 2.0JS pounds. On HOW PRESIDENT'S ANSWER WAS RECEIVED BY CONGRESS A MEN ARE NOT SATISFIED Note Prepared With a view of Testing Sincerity of the Central Power3 VERMS GERMANY MUST MEET Following aro the fourteen noccs lary elements of world peaco as out lined by tho president: 1 No secret diplomacy. 2 Freedom of the seas. S Equality of trade. 1 Such armanionts only ns aro consistent with domestic safety. C Impartial adjustment of colon ial claims. G Evacuation of Russian terri tory. 7 Evacuation and restoration of Belgium. 8 Return of French territory and Alsace-Lorraine wrong right ed. 9 Readjustment of frontiers of Italy 10 Autonomous government for Austro-Hungary. 11 Rumania, Serbia nnd Monte negro exacuntcd and terri tories restored. 12 Soveielgrity for Turkish Otto man empire and freo passage thru Dardenelles. IS Independence of Poland. 14 Political independence to great und email states alike. Washington . President Wilson's note of inquiry to the Imperial Ger man government was received by con- Kress with mixed feelings. It camo i as something of a surprise, many sen ators and representatives having an ticipated that tho president would re ply to Germany with the same blunt rejection to which ho treated the Aus trian peace propoBal several weeks ngo. Some members viewed tho presi dent's note with disappointment, but the prediction was generally made vhat his final nnswy to Germany would equal all expectations. Admlnlstra i tlon leaders pointed out that the noto 1 must not bo regarded as a reply but merely an Inquiry. They explained , that It was prepared undoubtedly to test the sincerity of the German pro posal and to nullify any advantage tho German government might have gulned with its own subjects by appearing conscientiously desirous of peace. Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, chairman of the foreign relations com mittee, mndo this statement:' "Tho , president's preliminary answer In well calculated to dovelop tho Issue. It ! will prevent Germany from concealing 1 or disguising the real issue. I believe it to havo been a wise step on tho I part of tho president before replying i to the noto of Prlnco Maximilian to j obtain exactly the intention of the German government before framing j his roply to Prince Maximilian's ' communication. Crop Report Sounds Better Washington. The indicated wheat crop is 918,290,000 bushels, the depart ment of agriculture estimated. Tho total us given In the flnnl figure for 1917 waa 650,828,000. An Improve- J mont In the corn crop was noted In the report of condition as of October , 1, which gave the condition 08.C, as : ugalnst 67.4 a month ago. The Indl- j catcd corn crop Is 2,717,775,000 bush-1 els compared with 3,150,494,000 as tho flnnl figure for 1917. A' year ago tho condition of corn was 75.9. The ten ' yenr nverago for tho month is 75.0. j Tho Indicated oats crop Is 1,535,297, 000. Tho final for 1917 was 1 .587.280, 000. Tho lndlcnted yield a month ago i was i,4i7,uuu,uuu. -me inu:caicu spring wncat yioiu is uiiu.iuo.uuu. a i montn ago mo innicaieu yicin was ' 232.758.000. Tho indicated .-orn yield 232758.000. Th" lndlcnted torn yiold per acre October 1 was 23.9 bushels. A month ago tho Indicated yield per acre was 23.5 bushels. Tho final for 1917 waa 26.4 bushels, Tho ten year aver ago yield is 20.4 per acre. The indi cated yield of spring wheat per acre is 16.1 bushels. Tho final for 1917 was 12.6 bushols. Tho ton year avorago la I jg.i bushels. Tho Indicated vlold ol nil wheat per acre Is 15.0 bushels, com pared with a ten year average of 14.7 bushels. Increase Artillery Pronrrffn Washington. Hugo Increases in tho ! artillery program havo boon decided on by the ordnanco department, which asked tho houso appropriations com mittee to add $1,100,000,000 to Its esti mates of $2,607,000,000 to carry out Its part of tlio enlarged army program, Tho wnr department has decided to provido moro big guns for each of the , c,ghty divisions that America expects Vo havo In Franco noxt year. Washington. Tho stato department was officially notlflod of tho abdication of King Ferdinand of Bulgnrla on tin night of October 3 nnd tho succession of tho crown prlnco Boris. Tho new ruler, ns woll aa prime minister Malln off and two other members of the cabinet retained in offlco, nro regarded as friendly to tho United States and tho allies. London. Gorman gold Is nolni spent freely in Spain in an effort tc prevent that country from Jumping In to the war on .the sldo of tho allloa. FACING DELICATE TASK Prince Max Mur-t Stand On Side of Military or Socialist-Liberal Group Washington. An early response tc President Wilson's note of Inquiry to tho Gorman chancellor is expected by American olllclals. While realizing that nn answer to tho threo perttnent locations put to the prince of Baden tvill be very dlfllcult If tho original proposals of the German gorernmunt wero not sincere, oft.Vmls here aro confident that internal conditions iu Uennany and the tremendous exig encies of tho military situutlon will force speedy action by tho chancellor If he hopes to prolong tho existence of his cabinet beyond u fow days. So far as tlic hold of tho government upon tho people' la concerned, condi tions Iu Austria aro even far worso than those In Germany. This fact is calculated to strongly affect the Ger atnn government, which Is understood to entertain grave doubts of tho strength of purpose of tho dual mon archy and to fear that Austrlu, or perhaps Hungary, acting independent ly, will follow Bulgaria in seeking ar unconditional peace. This would lcavo Germany to wngo tho war alono, toy It Is a foregone conclusion that Turkey Is already lost to tho Central alliance Loan Is In Danger Washington. Tho treasury depart ment openly admits that tho Blow pro gress of tho Fourth Liberty loan towards Its six billion dollar goal Is. a matter of serious concern. With tho threo weeks' subscription period halt gone the loan Is only 30 per cent sub. scribed. The total reported to tho treasury Is $1,791,463,200. "Thoro la no use In denying or attempting to camouflage tho fact that Liberty Loan committtees throughout tho country are confronted with n serious situa tion," said the treasury statement. "If the loan is to be subscribed, a daily average of $407,000,000 must bo raised between now and October 19. Cog nizant of the fact that tho loan never can succeed at Its present rate or speed, canvassers throughout the country are statlug plainly to all citi zens that they must buy bonds in. larger amounts than heretofore. Wealthy persons, particularly, must go deeper into their capital or oxtend their credit nnd not depend upon their current Income to pay for bonds. People of moderate and Binall moanB must pledge their futuro earnings In. greater degree." Prepare for Soldier Vote Washington, Regulations under which ofllcers and mon of tho navy stntloned In home camps may voto la primary or general electlonB of their state, arc announced by acting Secre tary Crowell. The general staff has: arranged to penult election ofllclala to co into tho various camps nnd establish, headquarters for registering tho men and taking their ballot and stuto rep resentatives of political organization have been asked to designate repre sentatives for tho purpose Literature designed to Instruct tho voter In tho manner of casting his ballot may bo distributed from enmp olectlon booths, but distribution designed to influence him in regard to his choice 1b for bidden. Chile Fa ore League Santiago. Boltran Mnthlcu, tha; new Chilean ambassador to Washing ton, in a statement regarding tho re lations of the South American repub lics with 'tho United Statos doclarod: that nil the republics should have worked togothor from tho beginning ol' tho war, as such a group would havs been n moral forco demanding con sideration from tho first. "Today," h added, "tho only things thnt remains Is to sympathize heartily with tlio nt tltudo of tho United Statcn which can not but benefit us. Regarding n league of nations, if tho United Statoo under takes to form It wo may accept it as an accomplished fact. A league wllJ bo the best guarantee for amall na tions." Hindenburg Line Gone Paris. Tho Hindenburg lino no. longer bars tho path of tho allloa. The doflnlto rupturo of It was aohlovod on tho first dny of tho fighting in tho now development north of tho Itornut. To Anglo-Saxon forces wont tho honor ol Etormlug tho last rctunnnts of the ex trnordlnary mnzo of dofonsus, between Cnmbral and St. Quentln. Tho day'? fighting was nntnblo also in thnt tho enemy's losses must hnvo ran into tent, of thousands of men in tho various soctors of tho long battlo front. In addition important strategic objoclt wero attained. Turkey Disintegrating London. Tho surrendor of Turkoj' within tho noxt forty-eight hours will not surprise well informed qunrtors in London, tho Evening Standard says today. Tho British authoritloB, It adds, aro in possession of information Hhow. Ing that a procoss of disintegration ox Ists in Constantinople. Forestalls Depredations Washington. Tho Bolgkin govern mont, according to an olllclal dlspatcb from France, haB boon In oonsuItatloE for tho past week with tho allied powors regarding meamiroa to be nd opted In caso tho GurmtuiH oontlniu doprodatlons In Bolgiui and northers Franco. A demand in roudo thnt tin Oormans bo warned to stop thoU cruolty and dosmictlon whllo ovacuat lng tho country. Arabc.endor Sliarp tho dispatch says, has vkiltod tin ruined districts of Franco oXlootlni proofs of tho devastation. f . V M ...WHl(-HW '.W11G " W""11 ""3