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HOUSE IS IN filANCE FOR T1 W COUNCIL I x present' Personal Repre iciUlite Accompanied bjr Admiral Benson to Sit in Deliberations. XUL BE EYES AND EARS OF EXECUTIVE kMsal Views of Entente x'jEnvpys Expected to De jelop at Table. WASHINGTON. Oct. 25. Arrival Ja , France ofColoneJ E M. Housei president Wilson' personal , reprej its. putative, and Admiral Benson, the highest ranking officer In the Amer kaafmr, has cleared the way fop beginning of . such deliberations by ,lhe iupreme war council at Versailles 'draft of an armistice to be submitted to Germany. ' The premiers of th allied countries who mae ukp the lltlcal .elements . of the council, can be assembled at short notice; bat i la presumed their presence will not be necessary until the military and jural, members hare completed their work. , ' . ' r j It was said today. In official quar ter! that Colonel House would not be a member of the council, at least for the present; that he simply Is th eyes and ears ; of the president ii Europe, charged with ascertaining the exact state of public and private feeling In regard to an matters con nected with the war. - j Individual views of the entente powers are certain to develop as the result of the action of President Wil son in boldly stating the war aim of the United States: In fact. It Is un derstood that the president desires bare these enclosed at the earll 5t possible moment so that a united roct oh these questions might be presented to the common enemy by prior agreement. Colonel House will be ia a position to learn these sepaij rate, views and perhaps to reconcile a;parently "conflicting interests and ' de'ires through personal discussions- Later Colonel House may, take place at the council table if President. llson desires. The .president has a vote In the council in the dtsposf- t Ion of political matters and it Is re garded as possible that he may dei- tfats this. power to Colonel House it has been suggested, however, that the use- of the term "vote" in con nection with the proceedings of the council is misleading. What Is meant is rather"a Toice In 4 the pro ceedings, for there is to be no voting la the ordinary sense; no question (Continued on page 2) YAKS USE GREAT NAVAL GUNS Credeit Weapons Ever Placed on Mobile Land Mount litre Effective Than Hun Famous Long Range Cannon WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. Details of the achievement of the navy de partment In making available for uae on the western front of the great aftf guns, which press dispatchers hae reported to be hammering the German railway centers back of thfe Oiae-Serre front, were made public tonight by Secretary Daniels. j The naval guns have been in opeif ion since September 16. originally intended for the new battle cruiser t a change In the design of the Mela left the guns unavailable fojr that sse, Rear-Admirai Earl, chief the navy bureau of ordnanccf. ea Tecomended that the guns b "nt to the western front and he was erected to proceed with, the design o construction . j I ' The guns are manned and operated , ' officers and men of the Unite 3tes navy, under the 'command of -Admiral Plnnkett. former d- X T of the ottlce of gunnery exerf and engineering performance tn I partjr of orf icers and men Jfn . the un arrived In France the first shipment of mate w country June 20 and thf a Orlia,ztlon was completed a ready to move to the battle front a France late In August. . I vi ltn.n re 'aIl throw a heair eloHy than any weapon evei v ea a mobile land mounting 'wi T"?ht of the explosive used cru.r:? Projectile Is many time cr'"" tbat used in the freak nr,!;" f. lnf-nge guns; and Ih ar. i. l0e,r 'etructive force their "incomparable. ( reQniJrganUat,on to man one gnn tS" " train. Including l tr.? I lt8elf- ammunition car. ran, and construction, sand, tlml ia ..i "el. workahop, berth- ara 11 raio ars. Many of the r ts. e. "Pcs7 manufactured i "ti.. Tnoara steel r compant & t0n,l0C0.m0t,TM. "-ton type. "y tt n.,. . iers, were duih ' Baldwin Locomotive worki TOMORROW ALL CLOCKS TO TURN BACK AN HOUR Two O'clock SunJay Morning Is Time Designated for Making Change. SAVING PLAN SUCCESS Much Money, Coal, Gas and Food Saved by Taking .Daylight -Hour. WASHINGTON, Oct.. 25. All clocks in the United States should stop for one hour at 2 a. m.. Sunday morning. October 27, and then again take up the procession of hours. The country will then be back on a sun-time basis, and finished with urBi seven montns or aayiignt saving experiment. Some minor dif ficulty in transportation and Indus try will be Involved In this return to normal. time, but for most people the change will mean nothing more than an extra hour of sleep on Sun day morning, a belated return, of the hour they lost In March when the clock hands were jumped forward 60 minutes by the act of congress. , Practically, clock, hands are. set forward .with, less. trouble than .they are set back, due. to the mechanical arrangement of their interiors. .The average - householder does not, need to be warned but it may be well to understand. that the best plan will be to stop the clock Saturday night, and start it right again Sunday, morning. The telegraph clocks of which there are 50.000 cow In. operation-by me Western .Union company, .electrically wound and set will have to be prop erly adjusted by the company's force which ia planning to do the work on Sunday, except in locations where the users are awake at nlRht them selves, and can be given special keys with which to do the setting. The del icate master clocks which correct the 50,000 every hour will be changed at the same time, as will be the gov ernmenfs radio and wire-signalling arrangement which is the scientific basis. of the time system. Adjusting railroad train move ments proceeding over the time changing period will present the most difficulty. Director General "McAdoo has authorized a general order , on the subject, by which trains on the road .will continue their progress un til reaching a station, and there be held one hour. At the same time the complicated system of .train orders and train schedules is such that -the railroad administration general or .der specifically puts it up to the lo cal managements to use their own discretion and to protect the train movements by other methods If they find it necessary. .At any rate, Sun day morning must find the railroads throughout the five time belts in the iContinaed on page six) One car is a complete machine shop, equlped with forge, lathes, grander and drill presses. The gun car as well as life ammunition cars are hea vily armored. 1600 square feet of plate being required. The gun car Is eonvertlDie into a form of pit foundation to permit fire at high angles of elevation, ana u was said the entire process or plac ing the gun In that position and re storing it to complete mobility re- Julres only a .few minutes. Under test on Its steel car mounting, me gun has shown greater accuracy of fire at longer ranges than ever be fore pible with guns of such great calibre. Direction of fire upon any target is made possible by simply shifting the position or tne gun mount on the tracks. - Plana tar the Run mountings as well as for the trains were worked out at the naval gun factory .in -A'oKinirtrn within 30 days and con tract were let January 25 The first gun was completed In April ana tesi were held at tne army pruTin rmnndi at Sandy Hook; N. J.. xne only field large enough. In the pres ence of-army and navy offlelals and representatives of the allied govern- The training of the men to oper ate the big guns was of a most in tensive natuxe. The gun crews, who are composed of officers from the regular naval forces and the naval reserves and of men taken for the moat uart from the Great 'Lakes training station, were employed a innmtnri it the plants manufact- nriKK tbe runs. This training com bined with experience gained , In handing heavy projectiles and pow der charges at the naval proving ground. Secretary Daniel said, made possible the obtaining of a thorough i efficient force. Details of the construction of the guns and the part they have piayea in the victories on tne western irom have been withheld for military rea sons. . 9,000 GERMANS FALL TO BRE FRENCH MEETING WITH TERRIFIC HUN RESISTANCE Between Mont d'Origny and Serre Valley Every Inch Being Disputed. FLOODING IS BEING USED Artificial Deluge Pours over Valley of Oise to De ter the Poilus. PARIS, Oct. 25. The French to day advanced their line at all points, despite the most stubborn resistance. More than 2000 prisoners with can non and machine guns captured, ac cording, to the official statement Is sued by the war office tonight. " (By The AtMociated Prt) WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE, Oct. 25 General Debeny's attack between Mont d'Origny and the valley - of the Serre is meeting stout resistance. The battle was rag ing fiercely today around Vlller-le-Sec, which waa occupied by the French. ! The Germans have brought ' np three fresh divisions .to this sector in the last few days and appear deter mined to dispute possession of evry foot of ground. They are particular ly favored by the character of the terrain which is broken, furnishing strong natural obstacles, to which the enemy has added field fortifica tions , upon, which . they have been working for four weeks. The position of -General Debeny's men are attacking from RIbecourt southeast to the valley of the Serre. is called the Herman position by the Germans. . . Considerable of its , gen eral characteristics has been learned rrom captured orders ana the re ports of aviators. This is not sup posed to have the same strength as the Hindenburg line, but will permit of a stout defense. Behind this line again, there is extension of the Hand ing position in front of Guise, to which the Germans no doubt will re tire when the present battle ia fin ished. In the valley of the Oise the Ger mans have formidably strengthened tne natural defenses by artificial floods from the i region of Guise southward to La Fere. Dams pre pared long ago for the eventuality or a retreat have enabled the Ger mans to divert the' waters of the Oise and spread them through the valley. They also have another water line in the valley of the Serre. to protect their present positions. In spite of the formidable obstacle encountered and almost constant ser vice in the fighting line, for the. last three months, the forces of General Debeny continue to go ahead. Tactics of the Germans appear to be to' hold as long as they can on their chosen positions, forcing the French troops to drive them from each halting place. This plan oblig es the Germans to make -sacrifices as Is shown by the increased number of . dead found on the. battlefield. (By The Associated Prrn) WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES ON (Continued on page 4). CAPTAIN TYLER IS TRANSFERRED Commandant of .Willamette S. A. T. C Is Sent to i Pasadena, Calif. Captain O. N. Tyler, recently ap pointed commandant of Willamette university S. A. T. C. left last night for Pasadena, Calif., following re ceipt of ai telegram" ordering him to take command of the military or ganization at Troop Technical col lege. Word that he was to be trans ferred cameras a complete surprise to the officer- The new post Is at a much larger institution and for this reason Is considered highly deslra hie. S I Command at Willamette will be as sumed by Lieutenant Edmund S Register, who came here before the university opened this fall and made all preliminary .arrangements for the Installation of the S. A. T. C. He Is from Buffalo, N. Y. and has had ex perience;as a military Instructor at the University of Arizona' and at Camp Travis. . Tex. ! MSAl - SGHELDT BATTLE LIKE: f- 7 TER-ATTACKS ARE REPULSED Entire Railway Line on Front Between Le Quesnoy and Maing Reached to South of Valenciennes. REAR GUARDS CLEARED FROM TWO VILLAGES Advance Also Continued on Battle Front South of ' River Scheldt k LONDON. Oct. 25. Nine thousand Germans have been made nriaonera and. 150 guns have been captured by the British In their attacks against icks against the Germans, according to Field Mar shal Haig'a communication Issued tonight. ' South of Valenclentjes the Bri tish have reached the entire railway line on tbe front between LeQuesnoy and Maing. The text of the commu nication follows: We have continued .our advance upon the battle front south of the River Scheldt. "We have captured Sepmeriese Querenaing and reached the line of Le Quesnoy-Valenclennes railway from the northwest of Le Quesnoy to the east of Maing. In the afternoon several counter-attacks were repulsed on this, front. "During Wednesday and Thursday on -the Sambre-Scheldt battle front the First. Third and Fourth Dritisb armies captured 9000 prisoners and 150 guns. North of Valenciennes we have cleared the enemy' rear guards from the villages of Brullle and liur- Idon." (By TX Ataoctated Preit) WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS, Oct. 25. -(11 p. m.) -The British troops to night were on the outskirts . of Le Quesnoy. having driven forward across the Le Quesnoy-Valenclennes railway after heavy fighting. The enemy appears to have re treated from a considerable portion of the ground in this zone Further gains were made. today by the British first and third armies In their encircling drive about Valen- rienes. South of the invested city, the attacking forces pushed, forward more than two miles, canturlns: Quer-l emaing and' Sepmeriese. while on the (Continued on page six) WAR SUMMARY (By The Ataorinted Prraal The Germans in Belgium and France atill are stubbornly resisting the attempts of the entente. allies to break through their lines. On the whole they are succeeding but nevertheless on all salient posi tions under attack the line gradually but slowly Is being forced backward. On the Northern Italian battle front between the Drenta and Piave rivers the Austrian's are being put to me test In a new attack by the Brl tish, French and Italian troops, while in Mesopotamia the British again have taken the offensive against the iurks making considerable progress. In Albania. and Serbia, the allied op erations are tending toward redenv lion of the Invaded districts In Northern France the British are centering their efforts south of Va lenciennes to cave In the salient be tween that city and Le Quesnoy and move on toward the Important punct ion town of Maubeuge. with the two fold purpose of finally encompassing Valenciennes and reaching the Bel gium border. The Germans have been compelled to give up the town-of Maing and most c the Intervening points south ward along tbe ralway to Le Quesnoy which almost is In British hands. Between the Oise and the Serre rivers American naval gunners with i i i. , L .J1' v 1 6-Inch guns have Joined the French in their efforts to hammer their ... a m a a way normeaaiwara xowara nirson. uiic ui me jr-poini puHiioni in me uerman line. American shells from inese suns re oeinK nunea agamsi ooin vervins ana Kozoy. Further progress has been made by the rrencn in tnis region. Tii i a a 1 a - m Lanewise on Dom siaes oi ia If..... .1... V. 1 . I . 1 J "cuw," i" nmciicnu. htc u- vanced their line notwithstanding the strong resistance. North of Grand Fre, which lies in the .valley above the famous Argonne forest, several niua oi me utmost importance iron. a strategic standpoint have been tak - .. 1 ....... have been launched against the Am- !n.8' .b.?L 5" i"ebJ!! :Zc!irA iliii. n 1 1 i ii .ii . ii v. t iiiiaii3.ii i ii i. r.lnn nnw ia ta11 v nntflank1 bv th rrnri t.nriinv An tbe left of the AmeHoan line mt Vnnzierft n3 Is probable they will soon be com- five borroughs of New York to pro pelled to readjust their entire line vide-labrers. equipped with picks from Wrth of Vnnclera to the redon and shovels, to help bury persons of Etaln. BRITISH DAY OF HEAVY f FIGHTING FOR THE AMERICANS Emerge at Night Slightly in , Advance of Positions Held Yesterday. GAINS ARE IMPORTANT Knnere nri . r t? I man io uoDunauog.uui- i nence over Germans. FRY DOUGHNUTS UNDER FIRF- NEW YORK. Oct. 23. Three American Y. M. C. A. women have worked under fire in the open, frying 10.000 doughnuts a day for the victorious Ameri can troops throughout this week a cable to the United War Work campaign ' .headquarters , an- -nonnced today. The women are Mary Bray, Pawtucket. R. I.; Mary Holli- I day. Indianapolis. Ind.: Mrs. I Edith Knowles. Phoenix. .Arts. (By TAe Auociaitd Prttt) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY NORTHWEST OF VERDUN. Oct, 25 -From a day of extraordinarily vere ngnung xne Americans emergen tonight slightly In advance of the positions tney neia yesieraay. initnan one kilometer. gains made are sllgbt. nut are re-i earded as extremely Important, peciaJly on the left where the higher ground dominating mucn or tne sur-i rounding terrain had been gainea. There has been comparatively iu-l tie alteration In the positions on thejthe enemy positions along Conde-le- center. but tne American .ngnung i" Belleu woods, east of theieuse, wai wore securely fixed, notwithstanding the determined efforts of the Ger- mans to force the Americans back. . The fighting for positions just be- vnnnri nlln woods beean at 4 o'clock this morning, when the Amer icans drove their way forward. At davlleht the Germans counter-at tacked and since the failure of that operation have launched, three other attacks, equally unsuccessful. On the extreme left the gains made by the Americans left them at the close of the day on the ridge ex trndine from the Talma farm to BeDJoueusft farm, on a lire through the Boureoyne wood'. Clouds and ground mist reduced aerial activity to a minimum, but artillery, employing both high ex plosives and gas proectlles In enor mous quantities, was used on botb sides. Besides the artillery reaction at the points where the offensive was In nrorress the Germans devoted much fire to the back areas ana ma portion "of the front about. Banthe- ville. where tbe American line was advanced Slightly. Despite the desperatw resistance of the Germans and their apparent! Intention to initiate a counter-of fen - sive. information falling, into th hands of the Americans continues to indicate an enemy withdrawal to the Briqupenay line, one Informant declaring It, to be the Intention of I the Germans to withdraw to that po sition. MRS. SHANK IS POLICE MATRON innnlnrmsnt f C.irrAtJ Mrt Appointment tO OUCCeea illTS. Tm D.m,:n. R. imriiiaiiia bl ax m m Katltltrl hV LOnnML The war. the Reupblif an statement contends, is not tbe president's Per ... . I police committee of the city council has appointed Mrs. Myrar Shank or I i Coi.m Mit.A mafmn Kh will . . y.,i. .vrt-i .ni I w "" " le ue moii w b iu ur ral city work. She has had two years experience In a similar position. The appolntment remalns to be ratified 1 -n ShoV el Brigades ,tO DOTV New York Influenza Dead r . . NEW YORK. Oct. 2 5. Mayor Hyl it an tonicht called on presidents of the who have died of influenza. SITUATION OF GERMANY NOW IS DESPERATE Heavy Losses Causes Use of Raw Troops from the Eastern Front MANPOWER IS WANING Now Only 12 Enemy Divi sions .Available on ;West ern Front for Reserve. (By Tki Aaaociated Prtaa) WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS. Oct. 25. The heavy losses which the Ger mans have sustained since the allied offensive began have forced the en emy to use raw troops brought from the eastern front. The enemy now 'has 195 divisions on the western front, of which 183 are German In- fan try divisions, excluding 31 dlvl- slons withdrawn after they had suf ered severe casualties during the past two weeks and six Austro-Hungarlaa divisions. There are only 12 enemy division available In reserve on this front. and none of these are fresh. Tha desperate situation which the enemy Is now facing appears to be fully ap preciated by many of the .German people, according to letter captured along the front. ' RARIS. Oct. 25. French official communique Issued tonight says: Between. the Oise and the Serre our attacks are continuing with suc cess. Our . troops have , greatly In creased their advance north of Vll-le-6ec and have taken the Frrieres farm. Between Vlllers-le-See and the Ferrteree farm we have takev strongy fortified positions. Up t6 the present we have counted 800 prisoners. ' ' On the Serre front we have suc twlrt'jtortlJw ha"ve e ceeded in crossing the river and he tablished ourselves on the north bank of the river on a width of more "East of the Souche violent com es-lv... .... na I Tne Tijiases of Camont and .Plerre- are In onr hands. We have I counted more than 250 prisoners. on onr Hht w ntrted flercr and Hill 145 and have taken a f00tnr In the Herpy mill. We took more than 2000 prisoners and captured nine connon and numerous machine guns. '.'East of Rethel we have completed our success of this morning In the region of Ambly and Fleury. One hundred and five prisoners have been counted. "Army of the east On the Dan ube In the region of Lorn Palanka (Continued cn page 4). REPlffiLICANS ANSVER ; PDENT Appeal of Wilson for Support of Country for His Party Brings Prompt Reply Opponents Brand Plea as Politics WASHINGTON. Oct. 25. Pre sident Wilson In a statement today I addressed to his fellow countrymen asked them to return a Democratic I congress In the November elections If they have approved Qf his leader i ,nip In this critical time Failure to return a Democratic 1 majority of both the senate and house of representatives, tbe presl I dent said, not only would seriously I impair his power to administer "the I great trust assigned me by the con- stitution". but would be Interpreted abroad as a repudiation of his lead ership. The president s action electrified Republicans at the capital who Issued a formal reply In tbe name of tbe party leaders In tbe senate and house and the chairman of the senate and house Repjublican congressional campaign committees. Tbe Republican statement, declar ing the minority party In congress h" upported the administration po- ,lc. 8nce the wUh un-BE- lty and an absence of criticsm onpre- cedented in party history, pointed to the record as nrof. ,on4l war Bor the war ot congTeas. J nor of a party, but of the American people, and declares "the Republican I " ... 1 Dart y. reoresentlnr more man one , ... . ... . . . . . . I ipne ciuiensnip or. me country. demands Its rightful share In the turden and responsibilities It 1m- poses." It given a majority in either or both bouses, the leaders, said, the Republican party would drive for ward the war and hasten victory and would "check the waste now, going on of money ' given by the nation Several senators and . representat ives, both Republicans and Demo crats, issued personal statements during the day and most leaders on both sides' prepared , for the debate which was expected In the senate when It reassembled Monday after the week-end recess, and possibly In teh house. The statement Issued by GERMANY TO AWAIT THE ALUEDWORD War Cabinet Meets to Con sider President 'WttW Reply Armistice Condi tions Controlling Factor. ANSWER WILL BE HELD UNTIL COUNCIL ACTS Viscount Bryce Pays High Tribute to Language of the President (By Th Auoetated Prttil BASEL. Oct. 25. Tbe German war cabinet ' considered President Wilson's reply , at a lengthy session yesterday, according to the Frank fort Zeitunr. It waa decided not to answer at the present time, but to wait until It is learned what the en tente 's armistice conditions may be. LONDON. Oct. 25 Viscount Bryce. former ambassador .to . the United. States, speaking at a luncb eon given ar the American Luncheon club to the inter-allied parliamentary committee today, said, in discussing President Wilson's note to Germany: "It is tbe stralghtest. simplest and most candid, expression of opinion that'has been given In my Ufa time. If it Is one of the great qualities of a friend to be candid, then Germany has a good friend in America. We have tb right, to insist that the peace shall be In accordance with our military " vlctorlea." LMA, Tern, Oct. 25. The min ister of foreign affairs. In accepting from the American minister a copy of President Wilson's latest note to Germany, aald the reply or Presi dent Wilson would be cordially ac cepted In Pern, which since the com mencement of the. war. always had conformed with the president's prin ciples and sustained the ' cause of the alllea. Thee Army Camps Fed to Report New Influenza Cases WASHINGTON. Oct. 25. Threw army camps did not report a single sew case of influenza today and only two, Kearny, Cat. and .Lewis Wash., reported more than 100 cas e. The total of new cases ftr all camps, a statement from the office of the: surgeon-general sail, was 2375 against 2772 the day before. Pneumonia cases decreased from (II to 500 and deaths from 30T to 241. The camps which reported no new cases were Wheeler. Oa.; Custer, Mich... and Meigs. D. C. Republican leaders in congress fol lows: - 'Some time ago the president said politics ts adjourned. Now. in the closing days of the campaign de- ayed by the united efforts of all parties for the Liberty loan now. when all public meetings have been given up owing to the Influenza epi demlc( the president sends out a dir ect party appeal, calling upon his countrymen to vote for Democrats. Ithout any reference to whether such Democrats have been or are in favor of war measures nd have a war record whin deserves support. "The voters ot Michlgn. to take a single example, are called upon to support Mr. Henry Ford notorious for his advocacy of 'peace at any price, for hla contemptuous allus ions to the flag, for the exemption of his son from military service on the sole ground that he win blindly sup port the president. The president is quite, ready to admit that Republic ans are loyal enough to fight and die. as they are doing by the thousands: loyal enough to take np great loans and pay enormous taxes; loyal en ough to furnish important men at no salary . on some of the great war boards la Washington. But they are not loyal enough. In the presi dent'a opinion, to be trusted with any ahare of the government of the coun try or legislation for it. .It the Republican party control." the house we can point out some of the things they will do. They will replace Mt. Dent of Alabama, at tbe (ead of the military affairs commit tee, with Mr.' Julius L. Kahn. to whom the administration was obliged to turn for assistance to take char re of and carry the first draft bill against Mr. Dent's opposition. They will put a Republican at the head of the .ways and means committee, as leader of the house. Instead of Mr. Kitchln of North Carolina, who voted against the war. They will give the country a speaker who did 'not op- (ConUnued on page six)