The Statesman (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 214, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 28, 1918 Page: 1 of 6
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By the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.—America today set itself to the task
of raising a loan of $6,000,000,000 in three weeks.
Although this was twice the minimum of any previous Liberty
Loan and by far the greatest war credit ever undertaken by any
nation, Treasury Department officials were certain that the sum
would be over-subscribed.
Their confidence was expressed in the announcement that the
surplus would be allotted.
Subscriptions to the loan began pouring in today at all Federal
Reserve Banks. Many .communities had over-subscribed their quotas
ever before the campaign officially began.
treated no ruapldty that the American
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By Asnoclated Prean,
PARIS, Sept. 28.— Allied troop,
began an attack an th. front of
Ypres today and th. advance at
some point* ha* been mor. than
two and ana-half miles.
The attack le being mad* by the
Belgian army and la on the larger
part south of the North Sea.
Igium, the+Forces of Autocracy are staggering under tl
est in the history of free Nations. Let us thank God tot
loyalty and devotion.__________________________________
NATIONS SMASH LINES OF
ENEMY ON THE MAIN FRONT
nations formed not before or after,
but at the peace conference, and Ger-
many as a member “will have to re-
deem her character not by what hap-
pens at the peace table, but by what
follows. This was President Wilson's
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versity
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m the
One thousand prisoners already have
been counted. Heavy fighting is tak-
ing place between Dixmude and Ypres
and the battle le myere in the Hou.
talst fores'. north nt Xprwi.
LONDON, Sept. 28,—The
fortress of Veles,
— — city
orueo» or yolS, one of the im-
portant bases of the Bulgarian
force, in douthern Serbia on th.
Yardar River, has been captured
by Serbian troopa, the“Serbian war
office announces in a etatement
dated Friday.
NASHINOTON, Sept. 28, — The
tropical disturbance apparently was
central thia morning over the north-
east Guir of Mexico and moving north,
according to repdrts to the weather
bureau. Booth Atlantic ana Gulf mhip-
Slag was advised to exercim oeatloa.
LONDON, Sept. 28.—Count von
H.rtling, the German imporlal
chancellor, has reigned, according
to a message receiyed bx th. Cen-
tral News Agency from The Hague.
The heights north of Fontaine-en-
Dormolse also have been taken. The
fighting continues.
Pressins on between the Allette and
the Aane last night the Freneh pen-
Erated the "ravine between Xouy and
Airy and captured thos two village*.
Hurther north the Feneh gained
ground northeast of Saney and cap-
tured ISO prisoners. A German coun-
ter attack north of Alternant wau re-
pulsed.
Goursud Still Advancing.
PARIS, Hept. 28,— General aouraud’s
army In its offensive in the Cham-
pagne after capturing the Important
railway point of Somme-py, was re-
ported this morning to be still ad-
vancing.
In this work there is glory enough for nil, and it ill becomes
a newspaper which has been generally distrusted to take ad
vantage of the complaisance of its competitor and of men wh
seek only the success of a patriotic work, to announce itself th
champion of a movement in which its competitor has led it sine
the movement was inaugurated.
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PARIS, Sept. 28— (11146 a. m)
British forces resumed th* battle
before Cambrai at daybreak to-
day, accordihg to newe recoived
here. They are roported to have
captured the villages of Fontaine-
Notre Dame, Cantaing, Noyelles
and Sailly,
Katgntlertoyssturda’wihening penrpor answer givenlastt night before an
tentiaries of the Entente belligerents.'’
The statement was transmitted
♦ subscriptions totaling $55,000,-
• 000 were announced when the
♦ Second Federal Reserve District
♦ committee formally inaugurated
♦ its drive for the Fourth Lib-
♦ erty Loan at 9 o’clock today.
♦ The Prudential Life Insurance
♦ Company of America took $30,-
♦ 000,000 of the issue, and the New
• York Life Insurance Company
♦ 125,000,000. These supplement-
• ed a purchase of $40,000,000
9 worth of bonds) announced last
♦ night by the United States Steel
♦ Corporation.
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STRONGMARRS OPENING FORCES OF FOUR WCSTCRN
REPYOF DRIVE HERE
and peace.
The text of the official announce-
ment reads:
“In view of the conjecture of circum-
stances which have recently arisen,
and after the position had been jointly
discussed with all competent author-
ities. the Bulgarian government de-
siring to put an end to the bloodshed,
authorised the commander in chief of
the army to propose to generalissimo
of armies of the Entente at Saloniki
a cessation of hostilities and the en-
tering into negotiations for obtaining
an armistice and peace.
“The members of the Bulgarian dele-
t $95,/000,000 TAKEN
* BY THREE BUYERS
East rexas: Tonight and Sunday
generally fair.
Weal Texas: Tonight fair, contin-
ued cold, light tronst In the Panhandle;
bunday fair. • Ne,
Capitalizing Patriotism
"A full mid complete list of every person in Travis County
who is able to buy $500 or more worth of Liberty bonds of the
fourth Loan will be printed in tomorrow’s (Sunday’s) Austin
American under authority of the Liberty Loan Committee. Get
Bunday ’s Austin American to see if your name is written there.”
This blatant attempt to capitalize the work of the Liberty
Loan Committee for the benefit of a newspaper which neither
enjoys nor deserves the confidence of Austin people merits re-
The list of persons nnd corporations deemed able to buy
bonds in amounts of $500 or more will appear in all Travis
County papers reaching those affected, ?
The Austin American not only is not the paper selected to
publish this, list, but there has existed doubt in the minds of
members of the Central Committee whether it would publish the
list. These doubts having been resolved, the American will pub-
lish tho list in common with other papers whose willingness to
do so was not doubted. The Statesman, naturally, is among these
papers. ‘Copy ' for its list was in the office Saturday morning
and now is being put into type. The list, like all other news of
importance, will appear in The Statesman Sunday morning.
The fact that the American has it at all is due only to a
sense of justice on the part of members of the Central Commit-
tee, seconded by the personal plea of the Editor of The Statesman,
who does not believe that this is a time for discrimination be-
tween newspapers, but wishes all newspapers in this county and
district to join in boosting the Liberty Loan.
The unpopularity of the morning paper is well deserved by
its erratic course, but it often astonishes persons unfamiliar with
local conditions. The management of The Statesman has been
and is willing to have this unpopularity put in the background
for the sake of the Loan. It is not willing to have the morning
paper make capital of such concessions as are made to it in virtue
of its existence as a newspaper.
There is an implied lie in the announcement of tho American
this morning which the management of The Statesman challenges
and there is an implied intent to capitalize public patriotism
which The Statesman condemns.
By Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. 28.—Great Brit-
ain has replied to the Bulgarian
request for an armistice. The re-
ply, it is stated, is fully covered by
the answer given the Bulgarian
representatives by the commander
of the Allied army on the Mace-
donian front. By this reply it is
perfectly well defined that no mili-
tary operations can be suspended.
At the same time regarding the
proposal that duly accerdited Bul-
garian representatives should con-
fer with the Allies on the question
of peace, it has been made quite
* clear to the Sofia government that
such a peace necessarily involves
a complete rupture by the Bulga-
rian government with Turkey,
Germany and Austria-Hungary.
The Serbian forces are pushing on
from Veles toward Uskub. The troops
defending Voles were taken prisoner.
Serbian troops have reached Rat-
avist, fifteen miles north . of Ishtib,
and have advanced a considerable dis-
tance beyond Kochana, toward the
Bulgarian border.
Haig announced in his official state-
ment today. Two hundred runs were
taken by the British forces.
The British have captured the towns
of Epinoy and Alzy-le-Verger,
The British pressed their attack
yesterday without a moment's let-up
until a late hour and in the evening
accentuated notably their progress in
the northern portion of the battlefield*
Canadian troops pushed through
Haynecourt and have reached ths
Douai-Cambrai road.
British forces have begun vpera.
tions in Flanders in conjunction with
the Belgian army.
Along the whole battle front before
Cambrai the operations were progress.
Ing satisfactorily this morning. Weld
Marshal Haig announces.
By Associated Press.
LONDON, Kept. 29.—Prisoners to
Gen. W. H. Stacy was marshal in
charge of the parade formation, which
was as follows:
Major Channing, senior officer in
the city, in command of the column.
School of Automobile Mechanics
Band.
School of Automobile Mechanics
Regiment, 2400 men.
Maj. T. J. Bailey, commander of
Radio.
Radio Band.
Radio regiment, 700 men.
Capt. L. T. Bellmont, commanding
third section.
School of Military Aeronautics Drum
and Bugle Corps.
(Continued on Page Six.)
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By Associated Press.
PARIS, Sept. 28-in the suc-
cessful continuation of the of*
fensive east of the Argonne, the
French have captured the village
of Somme-Py, an advance of
about four miles, says the war
offic9 etatement today
fence.
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By Associated Press.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
NORTHWEST OF VERDUN,
Sept. 28-- With their backs to the
outer edge of the Brunhilde line
the Gormans today were fighting
desperately in an endeavor to
bring the American advance to a
definite halt. The Germans were
increasing the volume of their
fire and indicatin their determi-
nation to resist to the utmost.
By Associated Press.
MURPHYSBORO, III., Sept. 28.—
Twenty-five men are reported to have
been killed at 5 o’clock this morning
in an explosion in the north mine of
the Frankln Coal and Coke Company
at Royalton, ]U. The dead include the
superintendent and general manager
of the mine.
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 28.—The price
of peace will be impartial justice to
all nations, the instrumentality indis-
pensable to secure it is a league of
of enemy leaders.
Peace was not a question, declared
the President, of "coming to terms,"
for “we can not 'come to terms’ with
them." ns "they have made it impos-
sible." Peace must be guaranteed, for
“there will be parties to the peace
whose promises have proved untrust-
worthy and means must be found in
connection with the peace settlement
to remove that source of insecurity."
"It would be folly to leave the guar-
antec to the subsequent voluntary ac-
tion of the governments we have seen
destroy Russia and deceive Rumania,”
continued the President, who empha-
sized that the justice to be obtained
by the league must involve no discrim-
ination toward any people. This he
set fofth explicitly in a set of five
principles, which he enumerated as
"the practical program" of America’s
peace terms and for the maintenance
of which “the United States is pre-
pared to assume, its full share of re-
sponsibility*"
These principles were, he said:
"First, the impartial justice meted
out must involve no discrimination
between those to whom we wish to be
just and those to whom we do not wish
to be just it must be justice that
plays no favorites and knows no
standard but the equal rights of the
several peoples concerned.
"Secon, no special ar Migrate la-
the central powers, although he did
not refer specifically to the utterances
The Allied governments necessarily
demand every guarantee which they
consider necessary to them to safe-
guard their military operations and
9 prevent the dispatch of German troops
to Bulgaria. .2.
In discussing the Bulgarian pro-
posal it is pointed put the Allies have
no intention of attempting to make a
y . final tertitorial settlement in the Bal-
kans. which obviously must be a mat-
ter of consideration at the peace con-
’ ference.
The question, it is stated, is one of
the conclusion of such a military
I agreement as would prevent any fur-
ther danger from the Bulgarian side
to the operations of the Allies in the
Balkans.
If the terms laid down which have
been dispatched to Sofia are not ac-
k ceptable to the Mallnoff government
J the Allied powers, it is added, have no
further conditions to propose and it
will rest with Bulgaria to find other
representatives who can accept these
conditions.
Out of War, Says Minister.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 — Bulgaria
is out of the war, in the opinion of
Stephen Panateroff. Bulgarian minis-
ter here, although he believes that his
country is determined to abandon its
alliance with Germany and Austria,
and, if the Entente Allies refuse to
listen to peace overtures, will appeal
( to the United States to use its good
r The Une fought for run-through
the northern Argonne woods and east-
ward along a Tide paralleling the Ep-
inonville-Montfaucon road to a point
near voiry and thence northeasterly.
The Germans are massed in the
Cieges woods and in the Emont woods.
The Americans are using their ar-
tillery freely to break up the enemy
dispositions. The Germans are de-
pending upon machine gun fire at
every advanced point in their effort
to check the Americans, •
Thick Clouds Over Field.
Thick clouds and groud mists again
hampered the airmen detailed for ob-
servation today in the area of the op-
eration, now in progress. The condi-
tions, however, did not prevent en-
tirely operations by the pursuit planes
of the American air forces
In no previous engagement has the
pursuit machine displayed greater in-
difference to weather conditions. Night
flying: has become common, the airmen
starting off in the darkness and land-
ing by the light of flares. Their course
Is determined by flash signals.
Raids by the airmen heretofore have
been confined almost wholly to the
daylight hours in operations of this
character, but the Germans have been
forced in this engagement to combat-
swift attacks upon their balloons and
planes appearing out of the darkness
and clouds-and opening on their troops
with machine gun fire while the men
were trying to get a period of rest.
Enemy Quickly Beaten,
By Associated Press.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Friday,
Sept. 27.—Details of yesterday's fight-
ing along the line held by one Amer-
ican corps showed that the Infantry
over-ran the first German position.
The enemy first attempted to make a
stand on the line running through
Cuisy, but the Americans pushed
ahead and by 8:15 o’clock Cuisy was
taken and detachments pressed for-
ward as far as the Fayel farm dur-
ing the forenoon.
Only a few hours after the battle
began the correspondent started for
the (front Although American and
German shells had torn up the roads
but a short time before, engineer de-
tachments were already filling them
in -nd making them serviceable. In
the perfectly blue sky there were, as
long as daylight lasted, dozens and
sometimes scores of airplanes which
darted back and forth over the lines
and engaged in daring combats over
the moving columns.
Set Dumps on Fire.
Observers today reported that the
enemy movements to the northward
had been detected, the Germans mov-
ing from Montfaucon to Nantillers and
from Brieulles-sur-Meuse to Cunel.
They also reported that German am-
munition dumps were blazing at va-
rious points Infantry forces held in
reserve abandoned their old quarters
when, the attacking troops advanced
and moved steadily up after the at-
tacking forces- The commander of the
reserves drew into active service on
the front every member of his staff to
perform extraordinary and unusual
work. Even the judge advocate was
impressed as a military police officer
and was sent out to assist in prevent-
through the German semi-official
Wolff bureau, which added to the text
the following note:
“The report of the departure of the
delegation is incorrect.”
The Wolff bureau’s note apparently
was appended prior to the develop-
ments reported yesterday of the Bul-
garian move, which showed that emis*
sarles from the Bulgarian government
(Continued on Page Six.)
terest of any single nation or any
group of nations can be made the basis
of any part of the settlement which is
not consistent with the common in-
terest of all.
“Third, there can be no league or al-
liances or special covenants and un-
derstandings within the- general and
common family of the league of na-
tions.
"Fourth, and more specifically, there
can be no special, selfish economic
combinations within the league and
no employment of any form of eco-
nomic boycott or exclusion except as
the power of economic penalty by ex-
clusion from the markets of the world
may be vested in the league of na-
tions itself as a means of discipline
and control. ,, .
“Fifth; all international agreements
and treaties of every kind must be made
known in their entirely to the rest of
the world."
Mr. Wilson recited the issues of the
war as follows:
"Shall the military power of any
nation or group of nations be suffered
to determine the fortunes of people
over whom they have no right to rule
except the right pf force?
“Shall strong nations be free to
wrong weak nations and make them
subject to their purpose and interest?
"Shall peoples be ruled and dom-
inated, Aven in their own internal af-
fairs, by arbitrary and irresponsible
force or by their own will and choice?
“Shall there be compnon standard of
right and privilege for all peoples and
nations or shall the strong do as they
will and the weak suffer without re-
dress
“Shall the assertion of right be
haphazard and by casual alliance or
shall there be a common concert to
oblige the observance of common
rights F
He added, "No man, no group of
men, chose these to be the issues of
the struggle. They are the issues
* tip
in Siberia and Archangel, Turkey, Bulgaria and Serbia, France i
wart iors. We here may put forth our strength too, to make this day th
1 V‘ct°nes of soldiers; Let us, todqy, give them cause to thank God f
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By AuoclU.d Press
WASHINOTON. Hept, ;t. -Th,
House passed unanimousty todny a
resolution appropriating *1,000,000 for
the public health service aiding local
health boards throughout the country
in combatting Spanish infiuenza. The
resolution was sent to the Senate,
where a similar one was Introduced
yesterday by Senator Weeks of Massa-
chusetts.
The most stupendous parade, especially of a military char-
acter, ever attempted and carried to a brilliant consummation
in Austin, if, indeed, not in Texas, was the one formed just north
of the Texas Capitol building at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon and
proceeded around the west wing of the Capitol, entering Congress
Avenue again on Eleventh Street, continuing from there to the
Colorado River bridge on the same Avenue, thence back to the ap-
proach of the Capitol walk before it dispersed. The parade marked
the opening of the Fourth Liberty Loan drive in Austin which
started this morning.
Formation of Parade
WIN ON CAPTURE
OWN SOIL 10,000 FOES
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CITY
EDITION
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offices.
Request Officially Announced.
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proposition for obtaining an armistice
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AUSTIN, TEXAS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28,1918. FIVE CENTS THE COPY
ALLIES ARE VICTORIOUS ON ALL FRONTS
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