Wooster daily news. (Wooster, Ohio), 1918-10-11

              1 . WEATHER FOR OHIO: PARTL Y CLOUDY" TONIGHT AND SATUR PAT. COOLER NEAR LAKE ERIE. ;,-. i CT.-AN WHOLESOME trElfFOB WAYNE COUNTY HOMES j' FTr3 77 TTTTI TT A TrT 17773 HE WOO wv?m m A IT IT W MIOT ll. Aid :m,JUlL&lL ...iL;J.lLd VOL. 15. NO. 75. WOOSTER, OHIO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1918. Slngle Copies, 2c By Carrier, 10c per Week 1000 fflSSMG 3f MOW SEA ATKOOIIE food . wlvii: Arcs vtti r GM1PRE ENTERED; ihi iiiiiiiiniiiii m j ; IMPORTANT POINTS FLU LESS AT CAMP SHERMAN CAMP SHERMAN, O., Oct. 11. The Spanish influenza situation here was believed to be well in hand to day. Military work will be resumed as soon as new cases of penumonla cease to develop. This, if is hoped, will be the case in a few days. The spread of tho influenza has been checked. There were 35 deaths in the 24 hours preceding this morning:, rais ing the total to 813. There are now one thousand cas- ps of nneumnnia in (hp liaao hnanltal NIL. rfl - .. A J 1 1 - A f At 1 f xuy ueruiHus ore repwneu to we evai-uniing ine inemin-ues-ias compared with 1460, four days LONDON, Oct. 11. (1 P. 31.) Allied patrols have entered "randpro, according to battle front dispatches received here to-tiaf. 'The enemy is moving1 to the height toward the northward. PRESIDENT ISSUES POWERFUL LOAN APPEAL WASHINGTON, Oct 11. President Wilson has issued this statement on the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign: "Recent events have enhanced, not lessened the importance of this loan, and I hope that my fellow-countrymen will let me pay this to them very frankly: The best thing that could hap pen would be that the lohn should not only be fully subscribed, but verv crreatlv over-suhRrrihpfl V aro In lh mirtat nf ih . I AN IRISH PORT, Oct. II. Four O vv.-v.ov v.. vuv. WUUJ in-.. J,mW tn jj-jjj n0M in HORRIBLE TALES OF U BOAT WORE witnessed or forecast, arjd a single day of relaxation lnthat dMlieved to hive been lost when the ' Dames region. WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, Capture of Cote-dame-Mraie by the American forces on the west bank of the Meuse, the taking of more than 1,000 prisoners and continued advance on the right bank of that river was reported today by General Pershing. ago. ' Buy Liberty Bonos V - ' ' LONDON, Oct. 1L American troops completed the capture t of YaiiX'Andigny, and St. Bouplet (south of Le C'ateau) yesterday r evening, Field Marshal Haig reported today. ROME, Oct. 11 Italian correspondents o nthe western front EVASION BY KAISER NOW By Robert J. Bender. (Danly News Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Oct. 11. That the kaiser and his militaristic crew will attempt evasion and counter fort would be of tragical, damage alike to ourselves and to the rest of the world. Nothing has happened which makes It safe or possible to do anything but push our efforts to the utmost The time is critical and the response must be complete, (Signed) WOODROW WILSON." declare the Germans have begun an evacuation of villages near ; proposals when they reply to Pres ihe Swiss-Aslasian frontier. 40 villazes between Basle and CoI-!ldent Wilson s peace note inquiries 'V t , , was the conviction in well informed jaar juvving ueen ciearvu. Inhabitants of llulhouse, Calmar, Alikirch, Ferret and other y tf . e a j .i j a a villages, 11 is assercea, nave oeen oraerea 10 we reaay io evarunie at a momenrs notice. By John De Gandt. y (United Press Staff Correspondent.) , PARIS, Oct. 11. (10:22 A. M.) The Germans are retreat-Irj jrccipitately northeastnard from Cambrai in the general direction of Denaln and Valenciennes. f f XrtEasi 4f, Cam braL the allies are beyond Solesmes, and Le Catean. JemIM. St, Qiicntin, the French have reached the Olse at Ilauteville, and are, nearlng the Grand valley and Guise region. The-enemy has Set fire to Vouziers, the important railway town on the western edge of the Argonne forest. Farther to the easi, between he Argonne and the Meuse, theFranco-American advance is continuing. . .'c . LONDON, Oct. 11. Further progress in Serbia was reported by the Serbian war office today. The statement said the line of LIpovitza?and Kossan-tchieich had been reached. circles here today. According to reports received here tho German reply will be submitted to the reichstag in order to Rive it the semblance of "approval by the people." Buy Liberty Bonds BLACKMAIL OF FRANCE PLAN GERMANY READY TO HAKE HER REPLY lentlew mnrde1 by the commander of he U-boat. j Launching m torpedo Into tat Mai of the Tioonderoga after she fcmd aubmarlne commander flred on th ship aa she tried to at earn away, and. . at a range of a mile began sprayiar her with shrapnel. The Tlcondef-' oga's gun crew went to their The leinstet was a pMkrt, tteiBhot aw,y. Tn crew then trlod i take to the boaU, but the U-boat v ; cannon were turned on the lifeboe and they were torn to splinters, i jr.. Irish mail steamship Leinster was topedoed and sunk off the Irish coast Thnrsdsy. The ship was topedoed and disappeared within , a short time. The leiniter was proceeding from Dublin to Holyhead. property of the Dublin Steam Packet company, and was registered at tons. An officer surviving declared all aboard would have been saved had not the second torpedo struck. It smashed the boat to splinters, many persons being injured by the flying pieces. There was time to lauach! only four boats One boat was lowered while DISASTER FOR HUN ARMIES HEAR WITH ST. GOBIAN ATTACK The" greatest defensive system in military history is falling like a itonse Of. cards' before the greatest offensive forces of all time. Along tho whole 200-mile front f'-oia' Lens toVerdunTthe "Germans are giving way in the World's biggest battle. .'- Wltb. the enltny on the verge of a rout between OfLens anJ St.Quentin, falling back 'Before the ; merciless hammering of 'the Frenqh and, Amer-1 leans In the fchamp&ga, and Argonne' regions, fend withdrawing between Rheims and Labn, Marshal Foch has suddenly struck at the very apex of the glgantl salient ' extending from eambrai tc Verdun. Tbe, French wir office announced thaWn this new fuwault, directed at the hnart of the great - St. Gobain Massif, the viUstge ' of ;8ervaig has been captured, hi.;. brings the French to wishing . less than two miles of tba village, of St. Gobain. Military ; authorities j agree ' that fall of the St. Gobain Massif, recognized as the greatest natural defense on the west front, would precipitate a disaster which would utterly split the German armies and probably throw hundreds of thousands of the enemy into a trap from which there Would be no escape. The greatest air raid In history was carried out yesterday. Four hundred and fifty French, Italian and American planes participated, under American direction. With the machines engaged in regular pursuits, more than 1.000 allied airplanes were in the air at one time. ' In the Balkans, French and Serbian troop9 are progressing northward toward Nifh and westward toward the Austrians who are retreating before the Italians in Albania. LONDON, Oct. 11 j Germany reply to President Wilson, according to an Amsterdam dispatch to the Express today quoting "Authoritative sources," will be as follows: "Germany will evacuate Belgium and France providing peace negotiations start in a neutral country before the evacuation is complete, and providing the allies will give their assurance that German territory, including Alsace Lorraine and Polish Prussia, will not be demand-, ed. submarine's guns burled shell 1' It. Men fell by the score, either killed or badly wounded, as they tried to go over the side of the stoking ship. - As the vessel was disappearing . U. S. ARMY MEN SLAIN men In the one boat sueeeesfully.. nw RTT VTP TTfnWTrnnns iuncnea. iriea to pun away, wmjo STEAMEB TICONDEBOGA nurrIcane of ,helI, burst 6rer tB,m AN ATLANTIC PORT. Oct. 11. and over the men jitruinrling In the Two hundred and forty-three men, water. One mn swam to the ' including American arm men de- boat, which was les than a quarter tailed to care for horses, are be- of a mile away, begging the Gorman - lieved to have been slain, main'y lieutenant to stop. He wcom- by shell fire, when the U, S. steamer manded to swim away by to lieu , Ticonderoga, flirmerly the German tenant, who levelled a revolver . ship Camilla Kicluncrs, was torpe- him. . -j-'' WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. Two doed and shelled 1700 miles off the The boat was then ordered along-hundred and eleven thousand cases Atlantio coast. .Th story of her side the raider, which UedJt with oi innuenia nave Deen reporieu in uoiirucuon, orougni to IOIS port Df a line, FATUITIES IN U. S. 7,432 army camps to date with 7,432 fatal ities. Seventy-two deaths for 'the day "During the peace netfrtkUcms ena,ng " ,C10CK U81 rsp-German troops are to remain m' resented .the hfest number of vic- Russia and Ronmania.". - - seventeen men who were rescued ; from an open boat, is a tale of re- Conversatlon was In progress. ' it Continued From Page j lor Maxmillan, Vlce Chancfllor Von ' Payer, and the German ministers and military representatives. .Buv L'Berty Bonds CBuv Liberty Bonds-ROME, Oct. 11.' Owing to the prevalence of Spanish influenza reopening o the schools has been postponed until Nov. 4. By William Phillip Simms. (Daily News Staff Correspondent.) PARIS, Oct. 11. The Huns are at tempting a titanic blackmail against France. Officers recently taken prisoner declare it is the Germans' intention to raze northern France as completely as they did the section over which they retreated from the Somme. They intimate that General Luden- dorff plans to make the country such a complete desert that the advancing allies will be unable to )ve in it. But the most sinister purpose believed to b behind the threat is the hope to create in France a sentiment favoring the stoppage of tbe war, as a means of saving the historic cities and towns of France and Belgium from sacking, burning and dynamit ing. ' ' ". AUTO SMS i AFTER OCT. 13 WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 The ban on grxsolineless Sunday will be removed after October 13, if sufficient gasoline is lepotted in Ktock at tliatd)nal 0a8quet fa-vor ,h lime, icnirgiDi w unnounmntuu . . .llV,. . ,...,. -,i u; u.nn. . - - a - - --- tiins tbe Spanish influenza epidemic in this city has claimed In a single day. -rCBuv userty Bqnds WILSON AIDS CHILD LABOR KAISER SUMMONS HEADS OF STATES TO CONFER AMSTERDAM, Oct. 11. The kaiser has summoned to Berlin three sovereigns of th German federal states, for a crown council to be held tomorrow before diapatolUng Germany's reply to America's note, according to a Cologne dispatch received here today. WASHINGTON. Oct. 11 ARmirftd T'n.ffl.i.l A. ll 1 1L. I ' U..OU.U.. rt-poru .i.ie ui "-the fun .upport of President Wilson, German reply already has been . PRnrMnn,.Hv- nrt.v w. drafted at a conference of Chancel- i0,.qj , . fclM loK iuirbiii.tu j iana lion vui,u i.uui bill, before this congress dies next March. The President, according to both Democratic and Republican members who have talked with him, wants a measure that will end the child labor evil for all time. Buy Liberty Bonds HANNA MAY GET farleiplaceIboche LOSS IS 1,200,000 ROME, Oct. 11. The appointment of a successor to Cardinal Farley is considered to be the most important business that will come before the conslstorial congregation which will meet about Nov. 1. A high vatical official declared today it has deflln-itely been decided that the new cardinal will be chosen from among the present American churchmen. Many high officials including Car e elevation COUNTY OVER FLYER VISIT- MILLION MARK n loitfa;.. w; j1 A very pleasurable furprlcj enquired at the W. iULott om ITU, day at noon when one of the" army aviators with the Liberty. bos) tying circus made a brief call sail art ator proved to be a relative. - V i as Terrenes Overholt of Penp;-' hia father being a cousin of . :s. ' Lott and J. 8. R. Overholt, i lit. Overholt is a 41eutenant la the Station section, and be and hi fv i partner, a Mr. Osborne, circki over tho Lott borne for a few minute an til they located tbe house, nl tioa they called for a very brief s.ice. This was at noon, and Inasmuch as they wer under orders trout their captain to bo : at Mansfield ley J o'clock, tbe visit bad to be eut short. Tbey bad landed at the eollege. where Mr. Osborne had beta 4. eta-dent, t s ' ' -CBuy liBnm t the fuel administration A campaign Of advertising Is to be launched appealing to tbe public to conserve It possible 10 to 20 per cent on the amount of gas-ollue ordinarily used. -BUTLlBtRTYDONPs' ; if . nil if . uneuiua I I 7 ry-k i ww'v na i , i fTM I LONGEST III w II II l . JAPENESE VESSEL IS U-BOAT VICTIM of San Francisco. Buy MORE Bonds PAY YOUR DAILY NEWS SUBSCRIPTION TODAY Send in your subscription to the DAILY NEWS. Keep a close tab on the label on your paper for you know the government says ALL publications MUST be A BRITISH PORT. Monday. Oct 7. The-Japanese Steamship Slirano paid In advance Mara of 7935 tons grosa has been Do it today before your paper Is torpedoed and Sunk. It is feared j stopped and you lose track of tbe big that 300 lives were lost. The Hlra-.news breaking. Remember the DAI-no .Maru .ws outward bound for LY NEWS has several correspondents Japan and carried about 200 passen-'on the battle fronts and receives all gers. The vessel was torpedoed and! the latest war news every day by tel- sunk by a German submarine early (egraph. 13 a , S r' JiaJUU on Friday morning when about 300 miles south of Ireland. The few survivors Who were picked up by the American topedo boat deetroyer Sterrett have been brought here. They declare that the torpedo struck the steamer in the forward engine ,roonk r- Nothing remained for those , m , district last night were unofficially board, including the women and estimated at S33.299.0S1. with a to- chlldren, but to plunge into tbe'tal of 290 honor flage. Cleveland. Send in your check todsy. year, SI. SO for six months. TSt7 Liberty Bonos I 4TH DISTRICT LOAN FIGURES CLEVEULNIJ. Oct. 11 lrtal subscriptions to the fourth Liberty loan in the fourth federal reserve ocean. A large number, however. went down With tbe ship. The ves sel disappeared completely) within I seven minutes after being struck by jthe torpedo." ' ' . ' with an Increase of six and one-half million dollars, reported - its most encouraging day of the campaign. The city's total at noon today reached I8,071,6S0. LONDON, Oct. 11. (By Wireless! Press.) Wilting in the London Dally News, General Sir Frederlc'ltl Mauricr declared that since the sec ond battle of the Marne, the Ger mans have lost 1,250,000 prisoners and hav3 suffered casualties total trig 1,000,000 men. ., "As they have been unable tO make good this loas," he. declares, "they have had to reduce their establishments on the western front by not less than half a million men, During this same period, allied strength on tbe western front has been growing steadily, as more and more American troops have come into the field, bo the balance of military power In tbe west is changing very rapidly in our favor. "This is the main fact to keep in mind In considering the military situation In th west. It is of more Importance than tbe piercing of the enemy's strongest defenses, or the recapture of great towns The enemy's committments In tne west sre greater than be can meet and be must therefore reduce them. NO NOTES EN MASSECOHIC WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. It may be stated on tbe highest authority that there will be no extended note writing between the president and Germany. Germany must answer his recent inquiry frankly and to the point or discussion will atop. On this point the American people Wayne county celebrated flyers' day Friday by going over th million mark, Vice Chairman Harris announced. The total sales reported st noon wore 11,007,000. It Is probably a million and a quarter will be reached by Satur-hlght.lf . FRED CHARLES FINLAND KING STOCKHOLM, Oct. 11 Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse has been elected king, of Finland by the Fin- here today Mid. Prince Frederick Charles is a brotherlnMw Jof , the German em peror. , He was born Msy i, ises. Us married princess Marguerite, youngest sister of Emperor William.! Reports from Doylestown aay that He recently toured Flnlsnd and eon- tB, hlo well No. ' on the ferrjd with political leaders there, j ciehoUge farm Is yielding 5,000,000 ! knrmm .Hctea "flu" caaca cublc tett- M wM tnt "P0"1 bjr iiSZ'JXLl T ChaL wfltr offlcials of the company yl . ding reported Friday was Chas. . WUer, ttaaaMtrV Welt No. City man earner, woo ia - . ., -i-M-r. whit re als ' .r . ... k, ill ' pons as o nw i- - the way from a, dry bole to about a-half mlllioa. ' " ' ' ' ANOTHER 5.000,030 ' . WELL IN CHiTJA Thursday, and IS confined to bed. He was reported improved Frl " WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. In the list of army casualties issued today are tbe names of the following from Ohio: x !' ; t - Killed in action; Corporal Frank J. Kearney, Nlles; Privates James E. Armstrong Phalanx; Hayes X Cornelius, Birds Run; August '& Schaddler, Canton; Carl Thatcher, ChJllicothe; Clarence Lamore, Clev-land ; Richard Dlrengr, , Cincinnati; Edward Gardner, Hubbard; Jim N'ogulic. Port Clinton; John O. Wogt (marine). Crown Point Died of wounds: Privates Fted B. Corwin, Mt. Cllead; Patrick Coyne Cleveland; Parker R. Daily. Cblllicotbe; John M. Fitzgerald, Cleveland; Clyde Underwood. : Co lumbus; Win. E. Altman, Lucasvllle; Frank Seeberger, Cleveland. Died of disease: Privates Perry may reat. absolutely assured, It Is! T. Dailey, Toungstown; Ross C. Me-stated. ' 'Connetl, New Athens; Horace C. Jones.' Laurencevllle; Bmer Lewis, rinrinnatl: Judson P. rteerasn. Elyrla; Bert Johns, LouiovJIle; i, Died of aeroplane: Lieut. Jamee R. Carey, Jr.. Salem. " 1 1 Severely wounded: ... Sergts. Rogers. Leipsicr Myron Aa"' n Michael Daouck, Cleveland; Coor-fdu Wm. R; Corwia, Mt. C.ad; Clarence T. Coverdale, Adams t:::is; LewU W. SpeeriKingsvlUei Privates Chas. Scott. WeUlngtro? Harry i-Crown City; Ksary Martitt n! r-Ugman. Tntiii. i. B. Do;-- - . son. Tlfflnr Alphonser Cbprsv. Cia-einnati; Worley Jordan Car?ntr ; Russel w; KHngensmith, Ravenna; Samnuel fl. Keith, Toledo; Feirt Kelley, Ter HoUand; ChaaV.'-I-liams, SalUIto. ' Missing In action: Privates' Jcl.a M. Maika. Lorain; Free tU ': S !-bach, Cleveland; Cliff ori C '-Glbb4Wauseonw '