ï~~ econd Guards Divialo whose.t a low ebb alter thei fighting St. Quentin and Pe-nne, in y they were hunte4g nto ramI routed out like ra. after a fence. J'INE CORPS BEAT N Alpine Corps who ere met Ing are the beet class of troops y can now muster, and they rd and fiercely at Linourt and:es outside Peronne, that In heir losses, trouble w expecthem to-day. The Six German Division, from which we have many prisoners in reent days, d itself of much value as a disforce, notwithstanding the beau-blue coats of its oicers and arcilious pride over sir own The Two Hundred and First which has come into 1ne against zed on Page 2, Ceurns 5. od, in France with he Fiftyllery. r Harwood was the se nd eldest brothers, and in a dition to * and stepmother, he leaves six 'e was born in Miml en, Mass., to Taunton with ii parents years ago. He was 4 years of lizabeth Conn of 272 Sprague 11 Piver. has received word from Department that her son, John been killed in )Frangc. He was to the Fifty-ninth Infantry, F. and was in the s$cond'dratt leave Fall River. He was staCamp Merritt for lime' beg to France. Private Conn was en in Fall Rvrer:ni was emthe Algonquin Prin Works in as been received by Ira. Exilda of 242 Robeson sireet. Pall at her son, Fdmunc. has been wounded in action in France. rd in New York in Otober. 1917, r being sent to F rt Slocum erseas. He was a member ef i, Sixteenth Infant y. He has i 1rattleboro, Vt. I States A gre4s th Allies to Adopt Common Brr ad Loaf as Result of R cent Con ce.Overseas, As s Congress uspend Mixed, lour Lan> I Nation May.arry Out )bligation igtion. Sept. 18.-An erica and its rrent having agrced that it ma y during the comin t year to mix -ent. of other cer al flour with cur. Food Administ rator Hoover ed 4'ongresa to suspend the >ur law so that th a nation may t Its obligation. e-tter to lIepresen ative Rainey, -r of the Hiousme w. ye and meant -e, marie pubie n-night, Mr. said in manufactua ng the mixed tiers tould not en spty with the uirements of the law without e~e a to make the operation te. andi added th I such adulias ithat against hlch the law could be prevente by provIding -acter of the mist re of the dlf-. >over sid he wen to the recent ce of 1-ond Admi istrators fromt I countries with tointructil'ts fr~m SWilson that it was the duty ose fighting (;er ny to "eat at an table," and dad.: pars to ua tha it Is only a of our national uty that our should undertake the same loaf provided in the!lied countries. nore, our peoples are anxious to toe withthe All oin such sacriare necessary to in the war." stem heretofore olowed inrthis of having the ours mixed at r. Hoover said, t. only was tn *ry burden to a househoideb, aied some to ae eathe requet saving of wheat flous. SPANISH INFUENZA'Germany Fully Aware of Austrian Purpose. to Appeal for Peace Naval Officials, However,. See Teuton Disclaimers Being Made Improvement in Situation, in Face of Fact That American Government is in Possession of 241 NEW CASES AT NEWPORT" ____ Information Showing Berlin's 8500 Patients Under Treatment at Acquiescence Camp Devens.-First Naval Dis triet Reports 66 Deaths Since Epidemie sarted.-Several Meore Washington. Sept. 18.- German dis claimers of knowledge of Austria' in Dead in This State. tention to dispatch her proposal for non Spanish intluenza which had its start binding discussions of peace are being in army and navy bases in New Eng- made in the face of information in pos land continues to spread in these places session of the American Government that and among civilians in various cities and the German Government was fully aware towns throughout this section of the of its ally's purpose. country. Some signs of improvement in it is not known that Germany gave the situation are teen by ometals, how- her specific approval to the Austrian ever. move but rfflilats are satistied that if At Camp Icevens 1"" asi" are under approval was withheld It was solely for treatment witn three deaths reported yes- the reascon that a doubt was entertained terday. In the Second Naval District as to the success of the undertaking. with headquarters at Newport. 241 new That the German Government was in cases and four deaths were reported yes terday. making a total of approximately ttvt' sympathy with the Austrian pur 1600 cases now under treatment there. pose is regarded as established from the In the Firat Naval Dlistrict with head- record. Officials to-day called attentkn quarters In Boston a failing,,Y in the to the fact that this latest proposal was number of new cases was reported The in reality nothing more than an elabora number of new ensea reported during the tion in many words of one of the initial day was 166 as compared with 170 the peace efforts launched by both Germany day beforg There have been '6 deaths and Austria tier. 12, 1916. On that date in the district since the disease begameI not only Germany and Austria but Tur prevalent. key and Bulgaria addressed identical SITt'ATION AT NEWPORT notes to the neutral diplomats at Berlin. The new cases at.wport are "div idedcharged with looking after the interests Thefolnow.cainngtatioeport;are dviedof the allied Governments, expressing an asfollows:kTan tan S armn.160; rv- inclination to enter into peace negotiapedo b tation seven: Newport,etion- touns and requesting them to transmit pedoSta~lonseve: heportsecion ltis overture to enemy States. As In nine. This brings the total number of theoprteteecSatest ofi.ases in the district to approximately the preswpt ase, the special Interest of 1006the Pope was tsotl ted and the neutral iTharm pNStates were notified. Omcials here see The army posts about Newport, ac- the marked resemblance between the two cording to reports from Fort Adams.,rpsiin. have thus far practically escaped from propositins. tedisease. There have teen a few It was said at the State Department the diseaseTeehavo beentaf to-day that so far it had not been in cases, bu, not enough to warrant quar- formed of the replies to be made by any The disease Is increasing somewhat of the other co-belligerents but it was TeportndiseaesBirasongHsomehans manifest that little doubt wasentertained Newport anti the Board of Heaith knows to what they would be. unoicailly of about 10 cases in the city. Secretary Lansing made public to-day All the physicIans ace busy. At the the omcil text of the communication he Newport Hospital yesterday there were sent vesterday to W. A. F. Ekengren. nine influenza cases under treatment and the wedish Minister, tr charge of four or live pneumonia cases, the result AuStro-hungarlan Interests, conveying of attacks of infuenza. President Wilson's rejection of the Aus There have not been many oases of trian peace proposals. * the disease among the men of the train- Except for a paragraph, acknowledging ing regiment that is now quartered at receipt of the Minister's note, transmit Oakland Farm in Portsmouth. ting the Austrian note, the communica the Green Hill Coast Guard Station tion does not differ substantially from has been hit by influenza, seven of the Mr. Lansing's statement of what the nine men having been stricken. They reply would be. issued Monday eve are confined to their beds at the station. ning, half an hour after Mr. Ekenerren Oapt. William F. Hooper, his wife, and delivered.the Austrian proposal. The Surfmnen Samuel Browning are the only reply is in two sentences, with only a Continued on Page 8, COL t. 2. rm wor s than te statement 7 V etrnic unti1te p.n rated at some oKng Ferdinand'i ield Marshal ] the rench system pusi ed back by the i ifide sectors, the -- j The British a Ho1 ion, west of St In t eir advance, w at me points, the) f Not only did ti tin, which the Geri it Went far toward which resembles a bees taken, and t" Hafgicourt, which The importanc,.A -* wrested from them launched determint NATEorganized, from Ha of their efforts rem they can recover ti While the French adca spectaeular than that of ti Water Floods City Streets, While whom they co-operated, th W iesuccessful in gaining th Wind Works Havoc. aThey moved forward on WindWors Haoc. miles to an average depth third miles, adding severs STORM ALMOST UNHERALDED *ners to the British capt hold the southern outaki court, les than three n Downpour, Between 5:25 and 0:15' suburha of St. Quentin. is Acconpanied in Sonne Parts of This city, where the t State by Thunder, Lightning and Ooeben scored a great vi< one c* the buttresses of. I Gale.-Tents at Fair Ground bra-t. Quentin-La Fero Demolished. yond which, it has been Lashed by a high wind which ap- <ermans would not fall t proached cyclonic proportions in some French in the outskirts oi sections, and deluged by a heavy down- St. Quentin invested and pour of rain, Providence and Rhode Is- battling doggedly for Can land suffered severely from an almost' Hindenburg defence syste tanheralded storm between 6:25 and 6:16 of being breached at thre yesterday afternoon. In the city the est points. Once ousted greatest damage was caused by the rain. Teutons will have back of hie in the eouthern sectionsof the State. heglonlng at tbpj city's border, the wind reaped a heavy toll of destruction. City Plansat Op During most of the afternoon rain had to fallen intermittently and the sky was overcast. At no time, however, was there to Limit Atte Indication of the deluge which was to follow and when the storm clouds, evi- RaisTrdently riding tgl.er, opened their bombardment they gave little warning and found few persons prepared for their coming. WitJc unexpected suddenness, the slight Iayor Gainer, Afte drizzle changed into a heavy dfrnpour and within a few moments city streets it. Special Comute the down-town and other low-lying sections were flnooded. Not only were sewer intakes too small in size to admit' the island Company sudden rush of water. but a high tide, fully three feet higher than usual, served io raise the water level correspondingy Cdares Present Rat at the outlets nd forced the water badik into basements an( ellars throughoet to Meel Needs the.lower sections o, the city. As the water came racing down Wey-- - bosstet. Westminster and Washington streets it conaeuiuentiy found no outlet The special City Councl and wtthaa a few moments these streets, Rhode island Company a beilow Empire street, presented the voe to posb ee pearance of miniature rivers. Car trar voK a poeb v were flooded and soon the water. in some at Its disposal, the grantit places, began to flow over sidewalks and Island Company's reques into basements. Utilities Commission for STORE CLERKS DICL.ATED crease in fares in Provide,he tre an shp clsd a City 5oiieitor IElmer 8..n hn sore an shps losd, t 6lie Service Engineer IE o clock, an army of workers poured fofth structed to appear befo: upon the streets, only to be confroniedl Commission to-day and to at each intersection with a torrent, of opsto oayfri water, which swirled and addled on Its opoiint n ut way tward he rver. fewof th t ar Te meigoah Iway toward the. river. A few of the more Thcaer meinsf.h determined risked a thorough wetting called by Mayor Gaer I and crossed, thus getting their car. foi sentiment of the members home, but the great majority Jamme in the proposed new system a helpless mass on the street oorlsere it affects the people of thi and watched their cars plough. throygh "We contend," said Ma the - uoodewud lowing the meeting. tt Occasionallf, an automobile would tas ee charged in t iits up the street, Virowing a heavy spray oa *e of the Rhode Island PYovidaea eis concert mahe 9o~d fares are 11/07/2006 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NEWSPAPER R M m