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I th Year-No. 251. pr;co Five Cont. OGDEN CITY, UTAH.ATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER" 19, 1918. LAST EDITION 3:30 P. ML
A Hies A re at Dutch Frontier and Have I
1 Cut off Six Thousand Germans I
HONS DEFEATED
AMSTERDAM, Oct 1 9. British troops have entered
the Belgian town of Eecloo, according to a dispatch from Sluis
to the Telegraaf. Six thousand Cermans have been shut in
against the Dutch frontier.
1 LONDON, Oct. 1 9, 2:30 p. m. Allied forces have cap
tured the whole of the Belgian coast, according to information
received by the Evening News. The Allied line now extends
from a position on the Dutch coast to the east of Bruges and
to the south of Courtrai.
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES NORTHWEST OF
VERDUN, Oct. 19, 1 p. m. The Germans early this morn
ing launched a counter-attack upon the American positions
Iin La Grande Montagne. The attack was repulsed.
The German infaptry attack, was preceded by a heavy
j artillery fire.
'i The Germans this morning continued their harassing fire
1 east of the river Meuse.
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S ' " LONDON, Oct. 19, 1 :05 p. m. Many German columns :
:; with numerous guns .and aujjqmjobjlestr areT
repassing SKiis, a town on the Holland frontier ten miles north-
east of Bruges. German sentinels have abandoned their posts
I on the canal at Sluis.
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I WITH THE ALLIED FORCES IN FLANDERS, Friday,
j Oct. 18, 1 0 p. m., by The Associated Press. French cavalry i
j were reported tonight to have reached the outskirts of Ghent.
j There is no official confirmation. j
1 The infantr' is pushing fast after the mounted forces. 1
3 The reports indicate a continuation of the rapid Allied j
j advance in the Belgian coast sector. i
) The British are meeting with little opposition in the Lille
salient and to the northward. In most places difficulty is
j found in keeping contact with the enemy's main forces, ow
S ing to the rapidity of the retreat.
I j WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES IN FRANCE AND
1 j 'BELGIUM, Friday, Oct. 18, 1 0 p. m., by The Associated
1 j Press. British and American troops southeast of LeCateau
J captured 1,200 prisoners and 120 guns today and have ad
y vanced about four miles since the attack began yesterday
1 morning.
The British are mow more than three miles southeast of
i.j Lille.
I I On the Belgian coast British warships are shelling the
I ' retreating Germans.
j WITH THE BRITISH FORCES IN FRANCE, Oct. 1 9,
j by The Associated Press. During the last three days of the
(:j occupation of Lille the Germaps took away into captivity
. V 15,000 of the inhabitants of the city.
3 I
I j AMSTERDAM, Oct. 1 9, by The Associated Press. The
, : evacuation of Brussels by the Germans has already begun,
according to M. Heinrich, an Activitist Belgian deputy.
: ; The deputy is quoted thus by the correspondent of the
i '; Nieuwe jVan Dags at Rosendaal, on the Dutch frontier, who j
j ' says the deputy himself has arrived at Brussels. The evacua-
j tion reports refer to the German troops and not to the civilian
( population of the city.
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?i LONDON, Oct. 19, 1 p. m., by The Associated Press.
, J he Germans were still holding the outskirts of Zeebrugge
3 j this morning although the Belgian forces in their eastward
-j advance had reached the Zeebrugge-Bruges canal.
j I AMSTERDAM, Oct. 1 9. The Don Cossack volunteer
3 ) army and other detachments have surrounded the Bolsheviki
I rces in the northern Caucasus, says a dispatch from Kiev, j
r Hie retreat of the Bolsheviki to Astrakhan, and Tzaitzyn has
; been cut off.
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1 ' AMSTERDAM, Oct. 1 9. British troops are approach
) Sluis, on the Dutch frontier, ten miles northeast of Bruges,
I 8ay advices from Breskens. The Germans continue to retire
j ward Ghent.
iji (By the Associated Press) j
J?e.rman forces In Belgium still are
, Jeinng eastward toward a' new de
J ; af 1,ne ,vhI,e thc British, French
a I "a Americans southeast of Cambrai
.3 ;. Cl!rv'ng a wedge into the German
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defenses north of the Olse. ;
Ghent, 31 mile6 northwest of Brus- ;
sels, the Belgian capital, is reported
to have been reached by French caval-
ry. Reports received in Holland- are ;
that the Germans have begun to re-
Wilson Accasafioiss to
t Be Refuted in
Answer.
PARIS, Oct. 19 There was another
panic on the Berlin bourse Thursday,
according to advices from Zurich.
Maritime securities arc reported to
have dropped 25 per cent and chemical
products issues from 10 to 20 per cent.
COPENHAGEN, Oct. 19 Germany's
reply to President Wilson, it is said
by the Politiken, will deny the presi
dent's accusation of German cruelties
and declare the submarine warfare
cannot be stopped as long as there is
no agreement as to an armistice.
..JEhe--reply; -the newspaper declares,
will rfbt reject the president's demands
but will make further negotiations
possible.
Reichstag to Be Summoned.
BERNE, Switzerland, Friday, Oct.
18. The German reply to President
Wilson will, not bo completed and dis
patched for several days, according to
the latest Berlin advices. It is expect
ed that the reichstng will be summon
ed to meet on Tuesday.
Grand Admiral Arrives.
The" grand admiral of the lleet and
the chief of the naval staff have ar
rived in Berlin for consultation over!
the answer. It is believed that the re - j
ply will be neither a full acceptance
nor a refusal but worded so that the
door will be left open for further ne
gotiations. The Berlin reports show the holding
of a peace demonstration by thousands
trlotic and economic associations, in
cluding the great German manufactur
ers' association, have adopted resolu
tions urging the organization of a
stubborn defense.
Collapse of Monarchy.
AMSTERDAM. Friday, Oct. IS. Be
fore Baron Burian, the Austro-Hun-garian
foi'eign minister, declared his
speech to the Hungarian delegation
October 15, Count Michael Karolyi,
the leader of the Hungarian indepen
dent parly, accused the Austro -Hungarian
minister and the delegation of
"being the solo cause of the monar
chy's collapse and the pitiable plight
in which Hungary finds herself," ac
cording to the Berlin Zeltung Am Mit
tag. Premier Wekerle, in reply, declared:
"We have done so much to bring
about peace that we have finally made
ourselves a laughing stock."
move their troops from Brussels, evi
dence that the new defense line may
be east of that city.
All along the front In the Belgian
sector from the coast to the cast of
Courtrai the Allied troops are pushing
forward. German units are reported
to be holding out in Zeebrugge, with
Belgian trocps on the canal running
south from Zeebrugge to Bruges.. It
would seem these troops would be cut
off and either forced to surrender or
flee to Holland.
East of Lille and Douai the British
are moving eastward toward Tournal
and Valenciennes- and already have
advanced more than six miles along a
front of more than thirty miles in this
region. The British are approaching
jChereng, less than eight miles west of
Tournai. Several scores of villages
here have been liberated.
Southeast of Cambrai the Allies
have made a wide breach in the Ger-
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Government Musi Grant;
People Their Full
Rights.
REQUESTS DENIED
i
Conditions Since Janu-
ary Changes Status of
Dual Monarchy. .".
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. President
Wilson has answered the peace note
of Austria-Hungary with a, declaration
that tho Austro-Hungarian govern
ment must satisfy the national aspira
tions of its own people and that they,
the people, shall be the judges of their
rights and destinies.
The reply was made by Secretary
Lansing yesterday through the Swed
ish minister in Washington. It calls
attention to the tenth condition of
i peace enunciated by President Wilson
on January 8 which says the people of
! Austria-Hungary should be accorded
the freest opportunity of autonomous
j development.
The note calls attention to the recog
nition by the United States of tho
I Czecho-SIovaks national council as a
de facto belligerent government and
states that this country has also recog
nized the justice of the nationalistic
aspirations of the Jugo-Slavs for free
dom. Text of Note.
The text of the note handed to the
Swedish minister, follows:
"Sir: I have the honor to ackndwl-
I edgo the receipt of your note of the
7th instant in which you transmit a
communication of the imperial and
royal government of Austria-Hungary
to tho president. I am now instructed
by the president to request you to be
good enough through your government
to convey to the imperial and royal
government the following reply: i
Cannot Entertain Suggestions.
"The president deems it his duty
to say to the Austro-Hungarian govern
ment that he cannot entertain the
present suggestions of that govern
ment because of certain events of ut
most importance which, occurring
since the delivery of his address of the
8th of January, last, have necessarily
altered the attitude and responsibility j
of the government of tho United
States. Among the fourteen terms of
peace which the president formulated j
i at that time occurred the following; j
" 'X. The peoples of Austro-Hun-!
gary whose place among the nations
we wish to see safeguarded and as
sured, should be accorded the freest
opportunity of autonomous develop
ment.' j "Since that sentence was written
'and uttered t8 the congress of the
United States the government of the
United States has recognized that a
J state of belligerency oxists between
I -the Czecho-SIovaks and the Germau
and Austro-Hungarian empires and
that the Czecho-Slovak national coun
cil is a de facto belligerent govern
ment clothed with proper authority to
direct the military and political affairs
of the Czecho-SIovaks. It has also rcc-
( Continued on Pago 4.)
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Over 2,000,000 Ameri-j
can Soldiers Have i
Gone Overseas. '
i GJR EAT RETREAT:
i i
American Army in iar
Fighting Northwest
, of Verdun.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 19. More than
2,000,000 American soldiers now have
gono overseas, General March told the
members of the senate military com
mittee today at their war department
conference.
While the conference was in pro
gress General March was notified that
the Germans had evacuated the entire
Belgian coast up to the Holland boun
dary and that it Is now in possession
of the allies.
British patrols participating in the
allied advance in Belgium are report
ed to have reached the Holland fron
tier opposite Bruges, General March
was informed in today's early dis
patches. The German retirement from tho
Belgian coast, General March added,
Is Increasing in breadth and speed. Tho
movement to the rear, on the whole,
he added, is extromely rapid, as il
lustrated by the fact that the terri
tory evacuated in four days totals
more than 800 square miles.
Renewed attacks in France near
Douai by allied forces have carried
their line up to the hastily construct -
follows in a general way the Sensee
canal and marshes. No attempt to !
cross this barrier has been reported, j
The Hindenburg defense system is
now entirely behind the allied advance
and Marshal Foch Is continuing his
pressure without giving the enemy tho
slightest opportunity for a rest.
General March called attention to
the fact that the retirement starting
last week on a sixty mile sector be--j
tween the Oise and the Argonne had
spread during the week uutil it af
fected all except fifteen miles of the
2-10 mile front from tho coast to the
Meuse.
While this retirement was in pro:
gress, he said, the American armyj
northwest of Verdun was lighting its
way forward against stiff resistance.
The 29th division (New Jersey, Del
aware, Virginia, Maryland and District
of Columbia troops) was identified as
one of those operating east of the!
Meuse. The 85th (Michigan and east1
Wisconsin) is now acting as a depot
division on the line of communication
while the 84th (Kentucky, Indiana and
southern Illinois) is reported as having
I just arrived in France. The o8th divis
ion ((Indiana, Kentucky and West
Virginia) has not yet arrived overseas.
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GAMES CALLED OFF.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct 19. All j
football games previously arranged to
be played in Indiana have been called
off in compliance with tho ruling of the
state board of health prohibiting all
public gatherings because of the Span
ish influenza.
No Colored Comics Today
The Standard is sorry to report that freight congestion has delayed the shipment j
of colored comics which were scheduled fo: today's paper. Two excellent pages in j
black and white are all we can give you today. War conditions cause more or less j
inconvenience, so we ask all subscribers to bear this temporary loss of comics with a j
j smile. .
Aft-American Squadron
of 140 Planes Attacks
Enemy.
EXCELLENT RESULTS
U. S. Destroyers Join
Exciting Submarine
Hunt and Succeed.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY
NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Oct. 19.
11 a. m (By the Associated Press.)
All the aviators who tool: part in
the all -American bombing expedition
behind the German lines northwest of
j Verdun Friday have been accounted
for. One of the 1-10 airplanes taking
part in the raid had been reported
missing but it returned during the
night.
Ltilesl reports from the different
squadrons show that these scout
planes in protecting the bombers
brought down twelve enemy machines.
Observers report that excellent re
sults were obtained at the various
points bombed by the expedition.
While the bombing squadrons attavk
ed the towns and villages, two squad
rons of pursuit airplanes, flying at
low altitudes, attacked enemy troops
along the roadways with bombs and
machine gun fire.
Destroyers in" Submarine Hunt.
AMERICAN NAVAL BASE, France,
(Continued on Page 4.)
! RELENTLESS CHASE '.; ,
j OF THE GERMANS ' . ,
,. STILL CONTINUES : !
British Warships Shelling the Retreating Huns Who Are Try
ing to Escape Between Bruges and the Dutch Frontier
Allies Furiously Driving Into Belgium Battle Area
i
Down to Point West of Valenciennes,
i
(By the Associated Press.)
I British and American troops, fight -ling
their way into the Hundlng line
' southeast of Le Cateau, are advancing
I quite rapidly in spite of the desperate
(resistance of the enemy. It is reported
that 1200 prisoners and 120 guns were
: captured bv the allies yesterday. Since
the fighting began there Thursday the
! Germans have been forced back more
than four miles.
! British warships have come to the
! assistance of Uic allied land forces in
I Belgium and are shelling the Germans
i who are trying to escape through the
; narrow neck of land between Bruges
i and the Dutch frontier.
I i Coast Region Cleared.
Relentless pursuit of the retreating
1 Germans in Belgium and down along
1 the battle area as far south as the aroa
just to the west of Valenciennes con
tinues. Virtually all of the coast re
gion has been cleared ' of Ihe enemy
and allied patrols are east of Bruges.
There is a probability that the Ger
' mans by flooding tho country east of
Bruges will be ublc to delay the ad
! vancing Belgians for a lime but it
i would seem Uiat their line is so bent
; bv the furious onslaught of the allies
! in Flanders that it must be readjusted
1 for a long distance down into France.
German engineers havo been work
1 Ing on tho lino of defense running
' through Ghent and along the Scheldt
river and- it-is probable that tho Brlt
'ish, French and Belgians will be
Americans Lead Against l
Germans East of I
the Selk I
BRAVE ENGINEERS
More Cannon Brought
Up Near Bruges and
- Enemy Suffers.
WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES EAST
DF CAMBRAI, Friday, Oct, 18. (By
the Associated Press) Tanks manned
by Americans, trained in England led
the assault against the German, forces
on the eastern side of the Selle river
yesterday. They were faced by Ger
man divisions which put up a hard
fight According to inst reports the
Americans aro gaining ground against ,
the desperate resistance of the enemy.
At one point the Germans delivered j
a counter-attack and momentarily
gained ground but the tanks passed
over and beyond tho high ground
where the Germans were making their
stand and quickly drove the enemy out
of his trenches.
American engineers, working under
heavy machine gun fire, placed bridg
es across the river and then the
American and British infantry swept
across. The tanks helped to, keep i
down the enemy fire until the cngi- ,
ncers had finished their work and
J then went over with the infantry.
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forced to fight very hard before they
can make much of an Impression on
this po-jition. The Germans appear to
havo extricated the bulk of their ,
forces from the threatening position in
which they were left by tho collapse
of the line north o the Lys river. I
French and Americans Hold Line.
French and Americans along tho ;
Olse line have forced ahead slightly
during the past day but they find the
task of advancing a difficult one. Here I
tho Germans are holding their line j
stubbornly while the forces and mater-
ial in the Laon salient can be moved
back in safety. The advance here, '
however, seems to be gaining in mo-
mentum in the direction of Hirson, ono
of the principal railroad junctions be
hind the German lines.
Along the Aisne CJcr Mill Bertholot i
seems to bo held up by the enemy. No j
progress on this portion of the line
has been reached recently. i
Further east, however, General
Gouraud's men have advanced west of j
tho Argonne forest and have taken -quite
a long step to the north of Vou- j
ziers. This advance will tend to ren- ,
der unstable tho German positions in j
the forest and may assist the Anieri- j
cans fighting east of the Argonne. i
The American front has been the 1
scene of constant patrol fighting with
General Pershing's men moving ahead
slightly in Logos and Banthevillc !
wood. There has been no concerted at- ( :
tack in this region since Thursday. ;