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Washington, Oct. 18.—The Fourth
Liberty loan today neared "t£e honrje
stretch of the campaign w.ith[ |4,25Q,.
Opp subscribed and 1,750,000,000 to
be raised'in two days remaining.
Despite this, tremendous, unsub
scribed balance, campaigners
throughout the country reported they
would be satisfied with nothing less
thap over-subscriptions.
It, was apparent from the: flood- of
early morning telegraphic reports to
headquarters that a new spirit per
vaded loan committees everywhere to
go far a.bove the individual marks
set for them. This prompted nation
al campaign managers to hope anew
for a large oveV-subcriptlon.
Scores of messages today told'of
plans for suspending business in,com
munities tomorrow to minimize inter
ference with the laa^ day's roundup.
Several hundred thousand men and
women who heretofore have taken
only a passive interest in the loan
drivei have enrolled as solicitors for
the. list day. .1
The official Intimation yesterday
that the plan adopted .by Sioux City,
Iowa,1of opening polling places and
having citizens file* their subscrip
tions voluntarily probably would, be
widely adopted for the Fifth Liberty
loan, brought telegrams from many
towns claiming.credit for originating
the idea. Several. communities de
clared they used.it successfully in the
last campaign.
Michigan reported today it had
subscribed its $li48,000,000 quota. In
the SI:. Louis district, 'Kentucky is
only -4 per cent below her goal and
expected to go over today. Missis
sippi has 85 per cent Arkansas 83
per cent and the city of St. Louis 82
per cent.
A total of $153,825,000 reported by
the Kansas City district is distribut
ed as follows:
Colorado, 322,000,000 Kansas,
$36,000,0.00 Missouri, 319,000,000
Nebraska,'. $40,000,000 New' Mexico,
$2,050,000 Oklahoma, $22,000,000
Wyoming $5,303,000.
Northern Indiana in the Chicago'
district, lacks only $3,000,000 of Us
quota, and southern Indiana Is al
ready over, a. I
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(Chicago, Oct 18.—The city is«"get-"
tlpg'liito Its" sCride,'"-.liberty "Loaiv, of
ficials saCid today after totaling-upre
turns for, ^the preceding 24' hours.
^The subscriptions /for the period
amounted to $19,000,000 sho/t of the
dally1 average, required to make up
Chicago's, quota of $252,000,000, bat
cutting away a large portion of the
deficit, now placed at $84,400,000.
Unremitting efforts wjtll be made
to reach the goalsby midnight to'mor-.
row when the campaign ends.
From other sections of the Seventh
Federal Reserve district the reports
were tnore encouraging.
1 Twenty Million Hourly.
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New York, Oct. 18.—The New York,
federal reserve district advanced the
Liberty loan subscriptions overnight
by only $92,207,450 according to tig
ures giving "total tabulations at 10
a. m., today. These amounted to $1,
041,000,000) and in order to reach
the quota/ of $1,800,000,000 before
midnight .Saturday, subscriptions will
have-to ijom'e at the rate of $20,000,
000 an hour,
More Speed in Chicago..1
Chicago, Oct 18.—Chicago display
ed a burst, of speed In- making' "plus"
subscriptions to the Liberty Loan-to
day. Sales during the 'early hours
mounted above the $10,000,000 foark,
bringing the total subscription Wr the
cltjA up to $197,000,p00 Chicago's
quota Is $252,000,000.'
Still $90,000,000 SJtortvv
Bbston, Oct. 18.—Although $34,
970.000 was added to the New Bngr'
land Liberty Loan yesterday the dis
trict today still was nearly $90.'000,000
short of Its quota of a half 'billion,
$76,000,000 t6 be Raised.
.-^Chicago. Oct 18.—The seventh dis
trict at noon still had $70,0.00,000 to
raise to fill its quota.
Illinois, outside. Cook county, was
$18,lOOiOOo behind Wisconsin minus
$15,050,000 and Indiana 'lacking only
$2,250,000.
WILSON'S NOTE
CREATES ANOTHER
illllHSTATE OF AFFAIRS
^rBerne, Thursday, Oct. 17.—Presi
dent Wilson'sj reply to the German
note has create«f a new state of affairs
in diplomatic discussions relative to
piMiee, it is reported here from Ger
man sources' and the German reoly.
It is. said,-will make it clearly under
stood thaf the tone employed by the
president was open to objections.
There have been (passionate discus
sions of lh$ president's reply at meet
ings of all the groups of the reichatag.
but' no llne of poycy has been deter
mined although there* has been t»|-o
lopger deliberations on the, subject.
GRAFTON MAN IN
NAVY IS MISSING
Washington Oct. 18.—in caauaJti«s
announced. today bjr Uie navy dep^aM
rthg:
electrician.
ment Was/the followl
William J., Johnibn.
Grafton,
N.
D., and 'Hetl
machinist's inate^lPawdi.
appeared Octpber 8, ih- 'a
Boinowi«iivi:i
OF HELEN KELLER
Cal..: Oct 18 ——Helen
Keller has brought to $riT,000 £he
totalo( Mbeirty bond .she mi
tde in the four nampafgns 'by .ob-
IniAS ft'nibscriptiop firom
Owarnor W., X. StopHena, It wa« air
nounced. Carrying out precept hit
axpresaed^ in A ptoclamatlon' la»t: Mon'f
m«h«^ to ,the .%fepripUoi»,^r
FOREST HRES
BURNING OUT
INSOMEPLACES
Relief Work Being Done by
Many Organizations—
'Houses B^ing Built.
Duluth, Minn., Oct. 18.—The great
fires that paralyzed^ northern Mlnner
sota, burned up a-hundred million
dollars worth of property and killed
a thousand people, Injured many
thousands more and made homeless
approximately 15,000, are today
burning themselves out. in isolated
groups. Actual totals 'of deaths,, in
juries and monetary losses will not)
be known for weeks, it is jpxid, but
the fire probably alw&ta will be
knoTim a& "the £lre that killed *.
thousand."
lialn fell, during last night, btrt It1
was -in- such small amount as to be
negligible. More rain is Expected to
day. Not until a heavy downpour ar
riveq, however, will the threat of fire
pass.
Searchers continue to bring in bod
ies of dead settlers from remote sec
tions.
Red Cross and other relief is ex
tended to refugees with open handed
heartiness. Knockdown houses are
being manufactured by the hundreds
at a large Duluth taill to furnish
farmers and others with a place to
get into before winter arrives. Live
stock is' being cared for now with
new arrivals of feed, .v.'
Belief Fond Raised.
Duljuth, Minn., Oct. 18.—The United
States Steel corporation .today gave
$50,000. to the Duluth Chapter of the
Red Cross for aid of sufferers by for
est fires, iand "will give -more If neces
sary," their statement said.
No Special. Session.
St. Paul, -Minn., Oct. 18.—-Governor
Burnquist formally announced today
that no special session of the Minne
sota legislature would be called to
provide relief for forest Are victirrjs.
He'said adequate funds were available,
without extra appropriations.
The only serious fire reported by
state wardens today, is burning near
McGregor.
Paris, Oct 18.—"I have Just
touohing^ specti
hole city, in a de
my life.. The whole city, in a delirium
of Joy,'.ready to throw itself upon us,
the first to'enpter Lille," telegraphs the
war correspondent of the Petit Jour
nal from that city.
"Tonight at 9 o'clock, near Armen
tieres, an officer shouted to us, *LUle
is taken.' We speeded our ail to on.
the road of victory Two ihiles from
Lille twy young, girls ran ou in front,
of our auto, crying. amld Bobs of joy,
'They have gone,, they, have gone.
Vivent -les anglals. vlva la France.'
"We went a little further a|»a'. then
a huge shell hole Obligd ius to ^ban
honour .machine and proband., on foot.
Two mora girls/who had run out -of
the. city to meet .their deliverers
aooner. cried, while -tears, streamed
down their .cheeks, 'They .won't pome.'
VA.. hack appeared and we 4ot lit,
but a crowd, -rfvery member of which
was weeping, seized us. One. man
clionbed on our shoulders.,
'.'Another shouted to us, *Mjf 'name
ia/O^lselin. --vl am city-counsellor. The
Oermans offered me a million to b«
tray my country. Th« cMra^i
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Belgian soldiers In action
The Belgian fathers and brothers are now getting partial revenge for the atrocities committed in their
stricken country by the Germans early in the war. The Belgian soldiers are raiding In the advance of the Allies
which threatens to hurl the Germans back to their own border. This American-official photo shows how the Bel
gians force their way through tangle,d barbed wire and other defenses of the Hun in keeping up the retreat of
the kaiser's waning army. ,v:i
Official Reports
FRENCH.
Paris, Oct. 18.—The Germans
have begun anew retirement move
ment in the area between the Oise
and Sore rivers, between Laon and
CambraJ, according to the official
statement from the war office to
day.
French troops advancing from
Achery and Cboigay are lit jmrenlt
of ute German rear guards. An
guilcotut has been oecnpled by the
Frenob.
In the Argonne region the
French have crossed the Aisne
near, VooiScrs. Fighting contin
ues In the area west of Grandprc.
BRITISH.
London, Oct. 18.—More than 4,
000 prisoners were captured by
Field Marshal Hater's forces yester
lay in their offennlve In the Bobain
Le Gateau region, the British war
office announced today
.Between the Seadsee. canal and
the Lys *lv«* the British are con
nn thft whole
-rlQCalg'ri foroes north of Oambral
captured a ntimber of villages and
cMis&ed the Dcnaai Denain road.
Advancing northeast of Lille the
British reached a point within a
mile of Tnreolng. ..
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London, Oct. 18.—The Allied
troops in Serbia continue success
fully their advance northward
from Nlsh. A statement from the
SesMan war office announces that
the Serbs have captured Kruche
vats, 30 miles northwest of Nlsh.
The statement reads:
"Wehave occupied Kruchevatz
and Prons (Ponor?). The French
have captured Kalna." V,-
GXSUt^AN.
Berlin, Oct. 18.—(Via London)
Enemy attacks on the German
lines yesterday between La Gateau
and Aisonvllle resulted in the pen
etration of the lines at Isolated
points, army headquarters an
nomoed today.
NO MOKE FMTAINI.'. ON FREE
LUNCH COUNTERS OF SALOONS
New York, Oct. 18.—Saloons ican
no longer serve cheese on their free
lunch counters, according to an order
issued by the federal food board as
a conservation measure.'
LILLE FOUND TO BE
rang 4ut. We told of the Turkish
promise to quit the war and again the
crowd -cheered. Then we: told them
that President Wilson had refused to
grant an'armistice and demandjbd ftm
peror William's head. The crowd, in
a frenzy, taasad everythlng.it could lay
hands on into the-air.
v"At
:Vbe
oowtrdi!' and then hfv burst Into
S W
:S5Carrled by the: crowd, we arrived
at? city haU. Deputy Mayor R»»
don stood at th« dosr. Whsn*we en-.
terM everyone^'ruahed tq^nbnuw if*.
An 'old man With White hair* stood
with vlolin at th* top of the gmtad
Kainm and placed the1 'MfalllaSS.
Outside the crowjla eeethed like a .sea."
^ewervtheflm^meaaengers froipthe
motharland.
We opened ths. windows iAd-'told of
•WtiWifbtrA'A idiont uy that
city. We told^rf $e
the preisfcture the acting prefect,
Mi Regnler, eml^ra^ed us and there
was a fresh'outburst of cheering from
the crojwd." It was for Mayor Delsalle
and for'his son, a French' officer of the)|
legio^ of honor and wearing the w»r
croas. This officer, an aviator, heard
at 11 O'clock that the city flkd been
freed. He leaped into, biq machine,
flew quickly to Lille and-landed in the
Place de Theiater. Alighting, he
rushed home to his fatheir.:
"His-was the flrsi^SVench uniform
the: liberated citizens had seen and the
sight of it Increased their dallrium" of
joy. There remain 120,000 inhabitants
in Lille. The Germans bad carried off
all the: ittale population more than
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erance of Lille spread rapidly in Pa^rls,
a?xusipg deep and qulet joy. Flags
ware hiing out on all aides and a
"crowd 91 refugeea, from the .{411s re
gion paraded* to the Lille statue in
the Plltce de L4 Concord, wher« thegr
sang the Maraelllalse and deooratod
the itittt» irttb Allied fltega.
!.' Numbiwi _of rafusees waited moaf
of the da# Thuraday at thS offioea of
the committee la charge of the refu
.!ige«s of ^tha. d*Mt$afi)«t of the Nord
•n the.chaJuA that nawf of Uie evacu-
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RELEASED TO
SOME CLASSES
Local Boards Are Required
to Rdiease 10 Per Cent
6i Number Daily. ...
Washington, Oct 18.—Question
naires for men of the 37- to 46 and
18 year age classes under the draft
were ordered released today by Pro
vost Marshal General Crowder, in all
local board districts where the classi
fication of other groups have been
completed.. This will affect more than
halt of all the territory in the United
States, .-progress having, been- more
ra$id than wa$ expected in. classifica
tion-work..* ..
Local boards sending.out question1
naires must release ten per-cent a. day.
ALL TRADING IN
COFFEE FUTURES
IS SUSPENDED
New York, Oct. 18.—All trading in
coffee futures was suspended today
by the board of managers of the New
York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
"pending the result of negotiations
with the'.federal food administration
at Washington.
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TO STIMULATE POTASH OUTPUT.
Washington, Oc)t. ii.—The war in
dustries board has begun'a survey of
the potash situation with a view to
stimulating domestic producUon to
meet agricultural needs, officials of
the board said today, but the agricul
tural requirements are not being met
Telegraphic Briefs
Qhicago,—Because of the influenza
epidemic all public gatherings of a
social nature' not absolutely, essential,
to win the war were prohibited in Illi
nois.
New York.—It was announced here
that American Jews will raise a billion
dollars for use in rehabilitating Jew
ish peoples who have suffered through
the war.
^Washington.-—Reports to federal
health authorities indicate, influenza is
epidemic in 33. states.
Amsterdam.—Rhenish and Berlin
newspapers- refer to the most recent
note of President Wilson as^'a trap,"
"Wilson's evasions" and "a rude
answer." ••C®
Rome.'—The papal secretary {f state
authorised the statement that "the
holy father Is pinning his faith on
President Wilson to make a quick and
durable peace."
Washington.-—Electric signs' adver
tising Liberty boiids were exempted
from fuel administration restrictions.
Washington Germany protests
against "Americanizing" Oerman own
ed commercial enterprises aAd prom
laM reprisals.
New York.—Douglas Fairbanks sold
85,00(1,000 worth of Liberty bonds.
'Chicago. Official announcement
was made here, that the eagle subma
rine chaiaers built by. the Pord Motor
pliant have bean tested and officially
approved. :.x
.Chicago.:—Dr. Louis J. Pipt. an
nounced experiments, had demonstrat
ed that regulation diphtheria aaH
toxin is a- specific for Influenza/
Wftahlngton.—Electric fahs,safes.
Vaults, pottery^ pa'dlocks, miilders'
hardware, sporting artris and ammani
.tion, /cash-' registers, talking machine
needles, silk fabrics and glass bottles
and jars are put on 'the curtailed pro
list.
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British Authority Declares
Germans can be Brought to
Terms by Air/Forces.
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Washington, Oct. 18.—Lord Syden
ham, British authority o^i fortifica
tions, in a message received today by
Major General I^enly, director of mili
tary aeronautics, says:
"Impress upon your people that ten
thousand airplanes at this juncture
are worth more than 600,000 troops
on the ground and will not require
nearly so much transport. We can
bring 'Germany to terms by air force,
that is certain."
MARIIIIM
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SUNG IN BERLIN
BY SOCIALISTS
Police Prevented Demon
stration From Reaching
Imperial Palace.
Amsterdam, Oct. 18.—(By The As
sociated Press.)—A demonstration by
the German independent socialists in
Unter Den Linden, Berlin-, today,' Is re
ported by thfe Cologne Volks Zeltung.
The crowd sang the "Marseillaise^" I,
The\police, adds the news, prevent
ed the demonstration from reaching''
the imperial palace. Thpre
clash iln -twhich "some ~q$ tfyf "tif&zig'
were'slightly injured''' by the- pdll^S
sabres.
GREEK ARMY IN U. S. MAY
OUTNUMBER ONE IN GREECE
Greeks fighting under the Stars and
Stripes soon may outnumber their
own country's entire national army.
This is due to the fact that prac
tically all the 500,000 Greeks in the
United States are men of military
age. Under the military agreement
recently adopted by the two govern
ments they will be draftable into the
American army.
/WINONA LAD KILLS SELF.
Minn., Oct. 18.—kjlark
Jewell, aged 15, son of a farmer re
siding near here, mysteriously left
home Tuesday,. was found dead in a
woods near his home today. He had
shot- himself through the heart with
a rifle. Posses had been looking for
him since Tuesday. It is not known
what prompted the action.
Basel, Switzerland, Oct. 18.—Scenes
of tumult prevailed at the meeting of
the Hungarian diet yesterday during
which demands for peace were made
and it was announced that Austria
was being organized on a federal
basis. /So great was the uproar that
the presiding officer was obliged to
adjourn the sitting. The disorder
continued, however, the deputies call
ing each other "blackguard, liar,
traitor, slave," etc.
Dr. Alexander Wekerte, the Hun
garian premier, said that the federal
states which will be formed in Aus
tria will organize their economic and
•military- policies on an autonomous
and 'independent basis. -He made an
appeal for united action by all parties.
Count Karolyi, president or th»
Hungarian independent party, who
Count Stephen Tigza, the Mrnjer
Hungarian premier, who on Wednes
day had a narrow escape from a
would-be assassin, attacked Count
Karolyi, yelling "you are Entente
agents."
Martin Novassy, one of the. mem
bers of the diet answered "we are
friends of the Entente."
Great disorder ensued in the cham
ber.
Throne In Danger.
When the sitting ,wa« resumed after
a brief postponement, a draft of the
address to the king was read. It said
the jesult of the .war had beep such
place the throne in danger. It
stated that Hungary must have
autonomy.
"Hungary feels herself to be jn full
accord with the ideas, spreading
tinued. "Hungary must be complete*
iy independent, must have general
electoral suffrage and the relations,
between haUonallties in the :eouhtry
ZEEBRUGGE TAKEN
BY BRITISH SAYS
TOPAY'S REPORT
has been entered by the Birit
News.
The Austrian emperor has Is-'
sued the following manifesto:
"To My Faithful Austrian Peo
ples:
"Since I have ascended the
throne I have tried to make It my
duty to assure to all my peoples
SCENES OF TUMULT HARKED THE
MEETING OF HUNGARIAN DIET
DEHANDSFORPEACE WERE MADE
Dr. Wekerle said:
"The protection of our integrity as
a state and the maintenance of our
unity are tasks we must accomplish
at all costs. We desire to grant in
dividual rights to the different na
tionalities who have lived among us
for a thousand years. We arfe not
contradicting our traditional point of
view in accepting President Wilson's
principles. As far as absolute
equality of rights to individuals and
the defense of our integrity and the
unity of the state will permit, we will
willingly satisfy the claims of different
nationalities."
Foreign Policy Criticised.
Basel, Switserland, Thursday, Oct
17.—(Havas.)—At a Bitting of the
a a
followed Dr. Wekerle, demanded that lower house, Count Michael Karolyi-,
immediate peace negotiations be be- opposition leader, sharply criticised
gun without regard to the community
of interest arising from /the policy
which has heretofore been followed,
according to/ advices from Budapest.
the foreign policy of the monarchy,
according to Budapest dispatches. Bye
claimed absolute autonomy for the
Hungarians and said that when the
Austrian government' rejected the
British proposal to submit .the Bal
kanlc problem to arbitration the mon
archy proved that it wished to begin
the war.
Count Karolyi said that Austria's
foreign policy during the war has.
been still worse than that Which pre
vailed before hostilities began and as
serted that there were "numberless
occasions when peaee mi^ht Iftve
been concluded."'
"When we knew that Gennahy
would not give In and that the whole
wprld- has risen against the policy of
Germany, which had beepme hateful
to all liatlons," he ^ntlnu^d, "we
might have made peace. Our/fldellty
to the Alliance has limits." .,,
Count' Karolyi was ruthless ft^ hls
criticism of submarine. warfare awl
said, that the main mistake, of the
Central powers was in undfcreetimat
tag/ America. He closed by ^ocpreM
tng /ai de*taefor the creauon bf at
autonomous Hungary and requesting
gaHan premier, in replying justlfled
the conduct of the government
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Steps Taken For Organization of Austria
On a Federalized Basis^ According to «J
Announcement Made By
Emperor Charles
(By the Associated Press.) ,„ u!
The German withdrawal from western Belgium arid the coastal
region shows no signs of halting. The Allied forces are pressing
rapidly after the retiring enemy and additional cities and towns have
been occupied.
From Lille Southward the' German retirement is not so rapid
but the British maintain strong pressure all along the line east of
Cambrai. Further south the enemy is retiring from the angle by
the Oise and the Serre.
MAT FEDERALIZE AUSTRIA.
Vienna, Oct. 18.—(Via Basel,
Switieriand). Oct. 18.—Steps for
the organization of Austria on a
federalized basis were proclaim
ed by Emperor Charles today.
The plan does not include the
union of Austrian Poland with
"the independent Polish state,"
the emperor declared. The city
of Trieste and the Trieste region
will be treated separately "in
conformity with the wishes of
the population."
Zeebrugge, the second and last of the submarine bases on the
coast, is reported occupied by the British forces, probably naval
units, and the enemy is reported to have evacuated Bruges, which
Belgian cavalry is approaching. In the center the-French and Bel
gians continue to advance toward Ghent by way of Thielt.
In the Lille region the British are working eastward toward
Tourcoing and Roubaix and the fall of these cities would appear to
be a matter only of hours. East of Douai, Field Marshal Haig is
marching toward'Valenciennes. In the operations south of Valen
ciennes Thursday the British took 4,000 prisoners.
The German retirement between t' v• 4 Serr
made necessary because the enemy .. the sidt
which were being pressed in by the French, t'ue French are ad
vancing northward from the junction of the two rivers and have
t^ken Anguilcourt, two miles east of the junction and north of the
Serre. .'
Northwest of the Argons forest .General Gouraud is battling
forward against stubborn resistance and the fighting front west of
Grandpre has been extender! to Vouziers. In the neighborhood of
Vouziers the French have carried out an important stroke by cross
ing the Aisne river! Evidently the French aim to advance northeast
from Vouziers, and outflank the Germans in the Boult forest. This
would be of great assistance, to the American advance east of the
torest.,
i: vZEESRUGOE TAKEK.«'-,-'. "'i
Loodon, Oct. 18.—(Via Montreal)—^Zeebrugge, the port of Bruges
and die second Important Gengaa sabmarinc base- on the
cpaet, haf bocn oooupied ,by tho Attefl"""
a ctey-si*
troop^ 'aoennu^ ut the Sv enliw
the peace so ardently desired aad
to point the way to the Austrian
peoples of a prosperous develop*
ment unhampered by obstacles
which brutal forces.create f1"**
Intellectual and economic pros
perity.
"The terrible struggles In the
world war have thns far
the work of peace impossible!.
The heavy sacrifices of the war
Bhould assure to us an hononUo
peace, on the threshold of which,
by the help of God, we are to
day.
"We must, therefore, under
take without delay the reorgan
ization of our country on a neu
tral, and therefore, solid basis.
Such a question demands that the
desires of the Austrian peoples
he harmonized and realised.
"I am decided to accomplish
this work with' the free collab
oration of my peoples in the spir
it and principles which oar Al
lied monarch® have adopted In
their offer of peace.
"Austria must become, in con
formity with the will of its peo
ple, a confederate state in which
nationality shall form on the ter
ritory which it occupies its owa
local autonomy.
"This does not mean that
are already envisaging tho nhloa
of the Polish ^territories of Aus
tria with the independent Polish
state.
"The city of Trieste with all
Its surroundings shall, in
Sons May Inundate land.
London, Oct. 18.—-The Germans sire
preparing to inundate the low lying
lands south of the river Scheldt in
eastern Belgium, a Central News dis
patch from Amsterdam reports. The
in ha it an ha be or re to
abandon their homes immediately.
Greeks in Maowloni*.
Saloniki, Thursday,' Oct. 17.-—Greek
troops today completed the reoccupa
tion of the regions of Greek Macedo
nia which have been held by the
Bulgarians and Turks.
Ftries Seen Ne
Amsterdam, Oct 18.-—Huge fins
have been seen in. the direction of
Bruges, reports from Flushing my.
The^flimea are spreading.
tint Being Flatttsted.
Ijondon, Oct. 18.—From* the Scarps
to the sea the process of flattening out
the German line continues and* many
interesting dmtelopments may be ex
pected shortly. The fan of Roubaix
probably wilt follow that ef Tureobig.
The Une from Turcolng now runs
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Belgians Enter Bruges.
British Headquarters in Flanders,
Oct. 18.—(Reuter's.)—Belgian in
fantry forces entered the city of
Bruges today.