CURRENT EVENTS THE WAR THE WESTERN FRONT October 2.-The Paris Matin announces Paris reports St. Quentin in the hands A dispatch from British Headquarters General Pershing reports that the booty October 3.-Paris reports that from Sep- A French official report states that the Of the original population of 56,000 in London reports that British attacks have east of America in stro St. Quentin and toward Lille. 1 troops join Gouraud's army ng thrust north of Somme-Py. The Pierce-Arrow Car has a new engine THE HE Dual Valve Engine retains for the Pierce-Arrow Car all the advantages of the six-cylinder power plant, with so much additional power that the necessity of shifting gears is much reduced. The car will slow down to five miles an hour in traffic, mount any ordinary hill, speed up to seventy miles (if desired) without shifting from high gear. It offers more power, more speed, more comfort with less gasoline, without increased weight and less gear shifting. This new engine is the natural development of the constant aiming at greater comfort. Power is comfort-power and ease of its application. The Dual Valve Engine gives the Pierce-Arrow both. Pierce-Arrow THE PIERCE-ARROW MOTOR CAR CO. BUFFALO, N. Y. In the advance on the crest of Mont Another dispatch states that the Amer- General Haig reports the enemy giving up the high ground north of the wedge the British hold through the German defensive system. The British take La Terrière and a section of the Hindenburg line and are across the Scheldt between Crevecourt and Le Catelet. Preceding their withdrawal, states a Paris dispatch, the Germans set fire to Douai and many villages near Cambrai. In the Belgian offensive, which began a week ago, 10,500 prisoners and 350 guns were taken. The entire Flanders ridge was won in the first forty-eight hours. October 6.-An Amsterdam dispatch states A dispatch from the Champagne front October 7.-Dispatches from the front note that the Americans have forced the enemy out of Chatel-Chehery, northwest of Apremont; Franco-American troops have taken St. Etienne on the Arnes, and other forces penetrate Hauvince, north of the river. Berlin announces officially that General Pershing has begun a new attack on the fifteen-mile front between the Argonne Forest and the Meuse River. The French have captured Berry-au-Bac. Attacking northeast of Arras the British take Oppy and Biache-St-Vaast. Laon in flames indicates that the Germans intend soon to give the town up. October 8.-Three tremendous blows are dealt the foe in France. British, French, and Americans tear away the last defenses of the Hindenburg line on a twenty-mile front between Cambrai and St. Quentin, advancing an average distance of three miles, with a maximum penetration of five miles. General Pershing's Army, including French units, assault on a seven-mile front east of the Meuse above Verdun, gaining two miles. Gouraud's Army, in which many Americans are incorporated, attack on a front of four or five miles from Machault, north of St. Etienne, and advance two miles. "Verboten If we were ruled as the Hun rules, gasless Sundays would not have been requested-they would have been ordered, with dire penalties for disobedience. But we are not Huns-thank God! Here in America the people govern -reason rules. Given the facts, the American people think out their own answer. Prodigal use of gasoline threatens a shortage. The Fuel Administration summarily could have ordered us not to use gasoline on Sunday-and made us obey. Instead the fuel authorities asked us not to use our cars on Sunday, unless it was absolutely necessary. Voluntarily the American people made Sunday a gasless day. In the same spirit-to the same end-that the Fuel Administration asks you to conserve gasoline, we ask you to conserve Weed Chains. Prodigal use of Weed Chainsthe unnecessary use of cars in bad road weather-means a shortage in Weed Chains. There must be no lack of power and traction for trucks and essential passenger cars. There must be no checking nor curtailing of transportation for winthe-war industries. You know chains are as necessary for traction, to insure safety on slippery pavements and muddy and snowy roads, as gasoline is necessary to give the engine power. You know Weed Chains are the only chains that insure this traction and safety without cutting tires to pieces "If You Please" You Are Asked to Subscribe to This Pledge: |