WEATHER. Member of the Associated Press The I .elated Pkn Is exclusively eatitled to Fair tonight and probably tomor¬ the noe for of all newa diapatcbea somewhat warmer. republication row; credited to It or not otherwise credited la this for hours Temperature twenty-four paper and also the local news published herein. ending 2 p.m. today: Highest, 74, at 2 at 5 a.m. All rights of publication of special p.m. today: lowest, 53. today. herein are also reserved. Full report on page 11. dispatches Closing New York Stocks, Page 11. Yesterday's Net Circulation, 103,006 No. 27,192. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1918.SIXTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. EXPLOSION LEAVES 27NEWDEATHS YANKEES SWEEPING DOZEN TOWNS IN ON FOR BIG GAINS SHATTERED STATE SPREADINCAPITAL IN MEUSE REGION Dr. W. E. Turton, Vital Sta¬ Blast at Munition Plant at tistics Clerk, Succumbs Americans Already Have to Epidemic. Advanced More Than Mile. Morgan, N. J., Works Ruin 130 STREET CAR MEN for Miles Around. AMONG CITY'S STRICKEN Capture Several Towns. Commissioners Take More Measures to Prevent Spread of the FLANDERS COAST MANY WORKERS DEAD; MORE Disease. SOONFREE; Influenza continued to make alarm¬ FRENCH GAIN EVERYWHERE BLASTSFOLL0W;FIRESRAGING ing gains in the District today. Twenty-seven deaths were reported By the Associated Press. By thf» Assoriat^d I'n-ss. during- the last twenty-four hours, the PARIS, October 5, 1:10 p.m..American troops at¬ NEW YORK. October 5..After more than hours largest number for any similar period eighteen tacked this between the Meuse and the of terror, with scenes graphically resembling those in war- since the start of the epidemic. again morning Dr. W. E. Turton, clerk in the vital on an extended front. The advance at some devastated France, a dozen towns in northern New were Argonne Jersey statistics bureau of the health depart¬ in a shattered condition this afternoon as a of the has reached more than a mile, and several villages consequence ment, was among those who succumb¬ points munition disaster which visited the section last night with a trail ed to the disease. have been taken. of tremendous explosions and raging fires which continued Street car companies reported l.'IO throughout today. motormen and conductors incapaci¬ FOE FORCED TO QUIT VALUABLE GROUND. tated for work today as a result of STAY AT HOME TOMORROW By the Associated Press. At the of the the wide of the malady. This $i8,ooo.oou shell-making plant.one greatest sweep are into the a hundred cars .un¬ French and American troops smashing industries of its kind in the world.of T. A. Gillespie & Co., situ¬ left more than You are urged to remain at TROOPSAREMOVING manned. But the "staggered hour" home tomorrow afternoon. A and have forced the ated at N. as one of a of manufactories German positions in Champagne Morgan. I., community plan operated to reduce congestion volunteer canvasser will call at the normal rush hours. to withdraw from valuable in the hill producing ammunition for the American and allied armies, an greatly during your house to solicit your (sub¬ enemy ground from an unknown cause scattered firebrands Services. scription to the nation's fourth DESPITE EPIDEMIC near the river. explosion among Open-Air Church liberty loan. country Suippe tons of trinitrotoluol, the most powerful explosive known. Many churches will hold open-air Secretary of the Treasury Mc- East and west of the Argonne and northwest of Felt for Fifty Miles. hospitals at Elizabeth, Rahway and services tomorrow, according to re¬ Adoo* who will be one of the other towns. port made to Commissioner Brown- Plea of Democrats and Re¬ house-to-house canvassers, may Gen. March Accomplishes Rheims there has been heavy fighting to the advantage of Detonation followed upon detonation call on so to be swi these repea«f-dly shook thetercain More low. you, don't fall the allies. On the northern sectors hostilities Explosions Follow. The Commissioners have taken prac¬ for on hand to receive him and give Embarkations to France apparently for a radius o.' fifty miles, this urn tically all precautionary measures publicans, Respectively, by torv including New York CIO. where With bis? explosions still taking in the way of closing him your subscription. have down for the moment. were shaken and place at 10 a. surround- open to them quieted t.uildings gte m., shaking the ordinary channels through which Control of District Loan Divisions. shattered much as the I '1 towns. Vice President Yates of circulate. Congress. Liberty Rearranging over the of Blanc in the ^ herc the[7' influenza germs Committee. advancing northward heights Island explosion halbor J Gillespie Company save out the While today's death report was dis¬ By rocked tin? metropolis two yea. s as"- following- statement: "We cannot con- that the this ceive couraging, they believe steps Mont and the Medeah farm the French and Americans With the situation at Morp.n I how it can last much longer. taken to check the disease must soon afternoon such that firemen, soldiers, The large magazines of T. N. T. are in the situa- LEADERS IMPRESS VIEWS WAR NEWS HE SAYS fo,'ru t buried in a lead to an improvement GOOD, the Germans in the eastern of the hill sailors and civilirr. workers bank of the Cheesequake tion. placed part country impossible to penetrate to a /-on. crrek and we feel are safe." two miles of the llillespi. plant no « «fi¬ Perth Amboy and South Amboy about Moronvilliers in a dangerous position. To prevent nite estimate could hi- made of th» . saloons were dosed and the towns Cars Must Be Thrown Open- BY DAVID LAWRKXCE. Notwithstanding that there are 100,- I,it of who l.ist nu»nt were under control. State outflanked the enemy retired hurriedly toward the person,! perished military Commissioner Brownlow again to- CCopyright. 1018, by N. Y. Evening Post, Inc.) All 000 eases of influenza in the military being the I TO hours URGED STAY ai»l in guardsmen. nited States coast early morning ; attention of the man¬ River Arnes. west of the the French arc Th,' llamfs burned unoppostn «»t i '-ruri rds and a battery of field artillery day called the like the rich and camps in this country, the embarka¬ Just Suippe C.iUospic shops and w. r.- threatening were doing guard duty. agements of the street car companies Politics, proverbial tion of overseas toward the important height of Moronvilliers. with destruction two oth-r ^rcat Occasional explosions were taking operating in the District to his re¬ proverbial poor, is always with tis in troops continued last moving nition plants in the vicinity place this forenoon as far as two , sent them the first day of the but under the veneer of month at the rate of 250,000 a month. Germans in Salient. Pusli Into Kriemhild Positions. I'nollicial estimates |ila< oil .he di a ) miles awav from the Gillespie plant, quest Washington, HOMETOMORROW Deep nt upward of i::T. based upon staU" The people of l'erth Ambov. mo¬ influenza epidemic to keep the win¬ that much-abused term, "war service," Gen. March, chief of staff, announced Between the Suippe and Rheims to East of the forest, after having ments of who ciaimcd t further dows and doors of all cars transport¬ persons mentarily expecting "terrific The the west the Germans are still in a taken important positions, the Amer¬ knew of "f \ariousH,. explosions from trinitrotoluol maga- ing passengers open, and thu^ prevent it is less visible to the naked eye, today. total number embarked is icans are northward into bacilli and the indications are pressing groups of employes and tir.mr.i dur¬ seines, were leaving that city by the the spread of the germs and though not less powerful or assertive. over l,sr.0,000. deep salient, the Kriemliilil defense system. Tlie ing certs-VI periods of explosion. I h < j thousands. South Amboy was devas- of the disease among the passengers. 3,500 Bond Solicitors, Mr. that they will retire from it altogether CJerman defense is most stubborn, ni"l,t shift was known to number tated and deserted. The magazines. This, the Commissioner says, is im¬ Both parties arc theoretically resting The uninterrupted shipment of fight¬ on the | and health of¬ now that tliey have given way on the especially American right, but i-.m-i) persons, an.l the ones accounted which are buried alongside the creek, perative, the physicians on their arms while the loan McAdoo Will Make ing: men despite the prevalence of the is on the center and left the Americans for this afternoon were numbered contain a seven-day supply of T. N. T. ficers advising him that where cars liberty Included, eastern flank. The German position epidemic i3 made rear¬ are successfully following up their only in scores. While it was consid¬ T he actually known dead number are crowded, with closed windows and campaign goes on. After October 19. possible by being further endangered by the earlier gains. ered possible that the loss of life fourteen, their bodies having been re- no circulation of fresh air, the danger Personal Calls. ranging the units intended for trans¬ Attack northwest of Rheims. In tiwtto of St. would be found to be reckoned by the is just two weeks more.they will go at French thAjNSIMl Quentin covered. of contagion greatest. porting and picking out well men Gen. Berthelot Is attacking the Ger¬ the British and French continue hundreds, olficers of the Aisne canal vigorous pressure, company expressed opinion that the devastated district made difficult possible in the homes In the meantime they are making positions along ing captured from an estimate at this time would be ex- effort to while cars is a safeguard against from Gen. March's statement that the Already he has important points j any gain information, railway faces at each other and planning to ¦with great vigor. the Germans in hard combats Friday. aggeration. the continuing explosions made the contagion, the commissioner says. He H0URS,1 TO 6, AFTERNOON existence of the malady will not be crossed the canal at several points Around Beaurevoir and Le Catelet the work of rescue a task fraught with will insist that' the street car com¬ issue to the American people the same and has reached the outskirts of Ber- permitted to cripple the constant re¬ Rheims and west British have moved forward for sub¬ Like Echoes of Artillery. ; the greatest peril to rescuers. panies operating in Washington species of buncombe they have had mericourt. north of stantial while near with this inforcement of the American soldiers the canal. the canal is fair- gains, Chardon- * strictly comply suggestion. to offer in those elections of of Beyond Vert the French have taken an im¬ To residents of Xei|> York. Jersey Other Plants Threatened. Cars of street railways and steam past Every householder in Washington is abroad. lv open country over which the French Pity. Newark an.l adjoining districts when in absence of an to take in the rear the portant height. Prisoners taken railways operated in Virginia, by an years Jlie to remain at home tomorrow could move Friday in this British and the continued rumbling of explosions At 11 o'clock flames and sparks order of the state health officer are issue wherewith to camouflage their urged News From Front "'Excellent." enemy salient east of Rheims. In the region by seemed as the echoes of an artillery were five Gen. Berthelot has French aggregate 1,200. from the Gillespie plant threat- being operated under this open door fall back on the con¬ afternoon and be ready to hand his last days battle not far distant. This illusion o desire? they Gen. March and thirty-one West of Lille the Germans continue , ening tw other big munitions places and window order, regardless of announced that the news taken 2,500 prisoners their withdrawal was heightened by the appearance known as the Oliver and California vincing argument that the country subscription to the volunteer house-to- from all guns. movement, but ap¬ weather conditions. battle fronts during the past not as as in the last during the forenoon today o. scores ot plants. Hundreds of soldiers, sailors, Officer Fowler makes an doesn't dare trust the republican or house who will call some parently speedily i. who into the cities in Health canvasser, week has continued excellent. Since to Gouraud. few days. Allied troops are re¬ iugees poured Gillespie employes and civilian vol- earnest to the general public as the case be. Germans Try Stay of shelter and food. wom¬ appeal democratic party, may time between 1 and 6 o'clock. last Saturday three distinct drives have ported within four miles of this im¬ search Men. unteers were engaged in a desperate to remain away from private and of the the Germans en an.l children, frightened and ex¬ to avert an even disas- Such statements as have been is¬ the the lines of the West Argonne portant fortress. While the British ad¬ fight greater church funerals. He says that for the Secretary McAdoo of Treasury pushed allies well for- vance toward Lille hausted, entered New York by feriv ter. It was feared that if either of it would be best for all sued, and such talk as is heard here are fighting with desperation to stay from the west, the | public safety has enlisted as a member of one of ward to a considerably wider depth. In British and Belgians in Flanders con¬ and subway. these plants caught fire there would to follow the suggestion, and only reveal very plainly that the demo¬ the Argonne forest the Americans have the advance of Gen. Gouraud toward panes of glass were broken ,n which would tumble families the 200 canvassing teams and will communication lines. tinue to widen the salient east of Many In explosions members of the immediate crats think they deserve to be re¬ not only held the enemy, notwithstand¬ their important further the German business and residential districts in into ruins the many buildings already attend private or public fu- ring doorbells and solicit pledges his Heavy counter attacks were flung Ypres, menacing should turned to more because ing strong reinforcement, but have line south of Mon- position in Flanders and south of the Manhattan anil Brooklyn. The dam¬ blast-shaken. nerals Congress they i along with the more than 3,300 other actually driven forward to the Krierm- against the French age in Staten Island was reported a measure of where at to be of the same thois, but to no avail. Scarpe. J As precaution* the au- He points out \hat private happen political patriotic men and women of Wash- hilde line, where the enemy is now especially severe. thorities ordered the evacuation of all funerals the homes are packed with faith as President Wilson than any¬ ! standing. The Atlantic division of tne Amer- 1 towns within a ten-mile radius of friends and relatives there is grave thing else, while the republicans rue¬ ington who have volunteered to en- The Americans have taken a position lean Red ' ross. receiving estimates Morgan. danger of all those attending the fully exclaim that the republicans sage in this work as a means of help- which threatens the enemy's most im¬ from its agents at Terth Amboy. N- J-- | Persons in a party of fifteen refu- services taking the influenza. He alone know how to support the Pres¬ in>r this city to raise its fourth lib¬ portant artery of communication and German Left Flank Retires that approximately 4.i»G0 person. at one church funerals are not as ident in his war aims and that the are in fact gees arriving of the towns said savs while loan only eighteen miles away ,«:«rc refugees, and that one-fourth of j that before the first explosion occur- lia'ble to spread the contagion, yet republicans alone know how to prose¬ erty quota. from the railway l.ne. which, once cap¬ these were in need of food, dispatch red last night they saw an airplane there is danger there also. cute the war "vigorously." tured. would cut eff the German facili¬ ,d ambulances, motor canteens and hovering over the Gillespie plant. Mr. McAdoo May Be a Caller. ties for supplying their troops in the Franco-AmericanBlows Under I automobiles containing physicians, Physicians Must Report Cases. Republican View Expressed. Just what team southern sectors of the line. nurses and social workers into north¬ Beds and Cots Bushed Secretary McAdoo West of the forest of Argonne the to Victims. fact that the influenza Fess of re¬ of or ern New Jersey. Headquarters was j Owing to the Representative Ohio, the will be a member the district in French, together with the second By the Associated Press. northeast of Somme-Py, taking a num¬ established at Perth Amboy. with re- Parties of exhausted men have been is not among the diseases required by publican chairman, declares that which he will canvass has not been American division, have driven for¬ the pres¬ ber of villages, according to the to erect tent j into to be by and PARIS, October 5..Under lief workers prepared straggling Jersey villages all law reported physicians "more vigorous prosecution of the made the local committee. ward and now hold hills which threat¬ American attacks French official communique, issued to¬ colonies for the homeless or to ar¬ night with appeals for cots for burn-' others, it has been impossible for the public by en the German railway communications sure of French and night. range with New York hotels to throw ed and mutilated employes and firemen health officer to give out any estimate ¦war will be the republican demand," In urging the residents of Washing¬ south of Virzieres. in Champagne the Germans have re¬ The railroad town of at cases of the disease there Challerange ..pea theif doors. Hot soup. Morgan. In response automobiles of how many as if Gen. Pershing is somehow being ton to remain at home tomorrow aft¬ In Flanders the allies have pushed tired on their left flank and given up has been evacuated, but has not been wishes ar.d other food was served tosa"- In contrast to thousands of towns¬ The special service established In Mr. Ferris argues that he wouldn't the are many indications that the Ger¬ who the wives and for the recep¬ Workers The American at St. Quentin. In desperate fighting mans expected that fve firemen, including their chief. people fied, other the health department make an issue of this, only the repub¬ Expect Success. troops Archangel, have driven the enemy from exhaustion would and at ti e relatives of employes hurried into the tion of calls for trained nurses from under command of Gen. French have obliged the allies to 6top for a Honohue, eighteen guards established the licans are trying to make it appear From the tone and spirit of the sev¬ Stewart, com¬ the heights southeast of Chardon- and Oillespie plant were blown to es vicinity of the Gillespie plant and be¬ the service, jointly by that they alone know how to support prise the 339th Infantry, part of the Hindenburg subsidiary lines. P'fL at irantic upon that hun- District health department and the eral thousand men and women who Vert. . .. . The Germans knew where were when one of the buildings exploded anie learning the President in war measures. As a 310th Engineers and the necessary French have maintained their they 3 a.m. c.reds of the workers might have been United States Hospital Service, Main the are to be engaged in this under¬ field medical and hospital corps. The to be attacked, but they appear not killed. the branch 364, has been all matter of fact, republicans very big in heavy fighting east of the Ar¬ to have the reserve Throughout night these 6,000. busy make answer that tomorrow, the local In announcing the identification of gains rightly gauged Workers persons refused to leave the district and dav taking appeals for the services shrewdly by saying taking committee some of the in gonne forest. forces the allies were to throw into Say Escaped. who are not attacking the loyalty of troops France, Gen. of Rheims in the last five were kept away from the fire-swept of the trained nurses, are prompt¬ they today feels especially optimistic; in March said that the 83d trench mor¬ Northwest the fray. This hypothesis partly ex¬ Another semi-official estimate placed ruins the a party, but the quality of the demo¬ the French have taken more than plains the German confusion that ha* only by military guards. ly sentto_^he_affiicted_Jiomes_to_act here fact, some members of the committee tar forces have not been in action. days the death list at fifteen, with a declara¬ The cause of the disaster is not on cratic leadership.and they make 2 500 prisoners and thirty-one guns, been noticeable at various times ami (Continued Second Page.) grimaces concerning Repre¬ are so sanguine of the outcome of the * lately. tion that virtually the entire working known, but several investigations are painful big drive that they believe places force except a few in the building where sentative Claude Kitchin, the demo- Washing¬ French in Big Advance. The Germans have been obliged to under way today. Rumors were circu¬ and ton will be able on Monday morning make an the explosion occurred fled from the cratic leader, Representative to hoist its new entirely different use of works ahead of Masts- lated that spies or alien enemies were Dent of Alabama, democratic chair- honor flag, denoting PARIS. October 4..In the fighting in their reserves than they planned the succeeding that this city has subscribed to its French have ad¬ The American Red Cross has begun responsible, but these were promptly man of the House military affairs WASHINGTON FLIER DIES Chamoagne the Each time the results have been nega¬ relief work among refugees and injurea. discounted by officials. committee. These men were against quota.J27.608.000. vanced about two and one-half miles tive, further complicating the general service The headquarters of the local loan of Auberive and about five miles situation behind the German lines. the selective act, as was committee, at 1418 H street, north Thousands Hurried From Home. Speaker Clark. There also were many presented By the Associated Press. Forty against conscription and a busy scene today. The various of¬ Firemen were the flames, republicans fices and hallways were packed with FORT WORTH, Tex., October 5.. fighting in favor of volunteering. men and women who had and scattered were be some value in called re¬ Three aviation lieutenants were kill¬ shells exploding Scientists on There may making garding the canvass of the homes. Gains Above St. Quentin; and all energies were devoted to an issue of certain personalities ed and a fourth injured about noon Haig were on a CARGOllNERSUNK Many team captains hand to worse averting disaster. The task which haven't handled legislation in receive further instructions today when two collided near of to learn how were to the satisfaction of regard¬ planes trying many One Congress the ing their respective districts and re¬ Kellar. killed and who were saved had to be Job country, but to attack the men who garding the details of solicitation. Is ofFurious Nature left In abeyance. Thousands of peo- voted against the draft on partisan various The dead are: Theodore Marrs of Fighting been These men, each skilled along Charts of sections of the city p!s had hurried away from a line, have been grounds must involve an accusation with districts marked ofT have been Washington, D. C.; Roy J. McNaugh- Morgan and towns dur¬ OFF particular men British in surrounding BARNEGAT the who Press. possession of it and to for an that conscientiously op¬ furnished to each team the Associated Jthe the communi¬ called Washington im¬ captain, who ton, Onaira, 111., and Frank H. Smith By far in ing night, leaving many war work. At their posed the scheme and preferred volun¬ in turn has assigned a certain num¬ LONDON, October 6..In the region reconnoitering advance, thrf ties today virtually without resident portant were not as anxious to win the to each of Tasley, S. C. The injured officer is Germans, apparently feeling that thev was head is a man whose power is teering ber of houses member of his of St. Quentin British troops were with populations, and it considered The American Mallory line war as those who voted for team. Each also was Lieut. A. L. Seely of Mont. north fighting their backs to the probable that with these went cargo prodigious, although it is not conscrip¬ captain furnish¬ Brockway, progress yesterday wall, have launched six powerful many San Saba was sunk in an act of tion. ed with a number of subscription All were stationed at Taliaferro made .substantial of the Gillespie employes as yet un¬ steamship yester- found Congress. to the of Beaurevoir and north of counter attacks during the past He may alter the trade currents Ail Involved cards equal number of houses southeast hours. As a accounted for. diy fifteen miles southeast of Barnegat, Question. in a Field. re¬ twenty-four result of one communication with of Europe and South America his territory, supply of honor Le Catelet. Field Marshal Halg*s of them the British withdrew a Telephone Mor¬ N. J., the Navy Department was In¬ bond buttons, and a for gan was suspended the repeated without question; he has the The question is so involved that it flags, large let¬ today says that 800 prisoners moment from Beaurevoir Itself and bv_ formed today. How many of the crew will yield an issue for tered sign to place on his automo¬ port to concussions, and this situation made matter of war transportation at hardly either that It is from Montbrehain the western out¬ the obtaining of adequate details al¬ were rescued Is not yet known. his finger tips. side. bile to show used on liberty AUSTR0-GERMAN TROOPS were captured. skirts of the village. steamer to New of loan business and is therefore en¬ British Une northwest of Le now most Impossible. Military guards were A proceeding York B. Morrow has written In the hope getting something The The Germans seem to be mosc thrown around the plant, and all reported that she picked up four men James spectacular which will appeal to the titled to disregard "gasless Sunday." DEFEATED BY SERBIANS Catelet was advanced slightly Friday active on either side of the breach. men were and one dead body from the an unusually interesting article both parties have thus they fear that efforts will newspaper barred from the wreckage. the forty scientists and their imagination, Well night. Apparently vicinity of the explosion. The Com¬ Naval vessels were immediately sent on far Ignored the respective records of Canvass Planned. Six Times. be made to widen it. Meanwhile th > officials were this to the scene to search for possible work. In the new magazine of the leaders of both parties in those Germans Attack roads and railways everywhere In the paq's engaged The committee has been exceptional¬ October crowded with forenoon tn raking almost futilely survivors and to sweep the vicinity for domestic questions like taxation, In LiONDON, 8..Austro-Ger¬ WITH THE BRITISH ARMT IN rear are east-bound araid the confusion to determine the mines. The San Saba was of 2.4SS water power conservation and legis¬ ly thorough planning the canvass, October 4..There has been traffic. The civilians are being evacu¬ profiteering where the and considering the determined and man troops ha.ve been defeated In FRANCE, nature ated from many towns. whereabouts of the employes. No ex-I gross tons. The lation against manner in which fighting of the most furious aateatton of the ruins has been made. NEW YORK, October S..The San common man can make up his mind persistent the can¬ fighting with the Serbians, who pur¬ along the British frcrat today. This Again there has been fighting In the as whether he will get more selfish¬ vassers will enter upon the tusk the of Cambrsl. in t!i . Her* sad there a body was drawn out. Saba, reported rank off Barnegat. N. to of the committee has been true especially along the streets especially TIm tajmred were being cared for In J., carried a crew of thirty-seven tnen. StarStar ness or less selfishness, more efficien¬ members doubt very sued thrtn toward the eld Berbo-Turk¬ line. In the region east of southern portion of the town, »rij Sunday much whether there will Beaurevoir lines sre was with a j cy or less efficiency, or no appreciable be many which the British mM|b ttUlnfS and at private homes, She southbound general one or which ish frontier, says a Serbian official Le Catelet. I* t» I aad scores of thosi were more cargo for Tampa and Key 'West. There affvantage way another and heroes In Washington wfll not The lust *tr»nr line of the Hlnren- «'»,*>dily helnT drjwn I . . hurt were beius hurried to w ere no passengers aboard. ktSWXSSOMOBOBOOBCaoooBotssJI iContinuea on Klevenlh '^Continued ou Second I ,i_c. J statement of Friday. ~*e Iua'm

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