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I Three Austrian Army Corps are Fleeing Northward
Leaving I housanas or Prisoners and Many Guns I
f ROME, Nov. 2. The Allied terms to Austria in re-
I sponse to her application for an armistice have been handed
If by General Diaz, the Italian commander-in-chief, to Austrian
ft officers, who entered the line bearing a white flag. Official
iLI announcement to this effect was made today.
1 'PARIS, Nov. 2. The French attack to the east of the
II Aisne in the V ouziers area was renewed this morning, the war
If office announces. Prisoners to the number of 1400 have
, been taken.
I Austrian Fleet Mutinies.
I LONDON, Nov. 2. Members of the crew of the entire
I Austrian fleet at Pola have mutinied, seized all the shipu of
: ' various nationalities there and declared they will obey only
their respective national councils, according to a Budapest
dispatch to the Vossiche Zeitung of Berlin. '
' WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY NORTHWEST OF
VERDUN, Friday, Nov. 1 , by The Associated Press. Hun-
I dreds of tons of steel were fired b' the big American guns in
the direction of the railroad centers of Conflans, Longuyon
I I and Montmedy and other points today in co-operation with
: the infantry attack west of the Meuse.- It was the' busiestday.
r that the guns have "yet had.
LONDON, Nov. 2, 1 p. m The Anglo-French forces
in their attack yesterday in Flanders reached the Scheldt river
: as far north as Eecke, seven miles south-southwest of Ghent.
j BERNE, Friday, Nov. 1 . Emperor Charles has appointed
Archduke Joseph as his representative to approach political.
; chiefs to examine the possibilities as to solving the political
i crisis in Austria-Hungary, according to Vienna dispatches.
LONDON, Nov. 2, by The Associated Press. It is prob
able that Valenciennes has fallen, it is believed here, despite
(J enemy counter-attacks yesterda, which deprived the British
of part of their gains.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY NORTHWEST OF
; VERDUN, Nov. 2, by The Associated Press. Austrian forces
,: on the German front in the Woevre region are entraining for
; Austria, it is reported here on the strength of statements by
prisoners the Americans have taken.
LONDON, Nov. 2. Valenciennes has been captured by
the British.
; Field Marshal Haig reports' that Valenciennes was taken
by Canadian troops under General Currie who have passed
through the town,
j The village of Preseau, southeast of Valenciennes, was
- captured by the British this morning after they had seized the
high ground in that region.
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I
k (By The Associated Press)
Valenciennes has fallen, ihe Allied
troops in Italy maintain their pursuit
j- of the Ausirlans, and west of the
Meuse and ln Flanders Marshal Foch
J continues to press the Germans west
of the river Eecke, seven miles south -
west of GhenL The German situation
around Ghent is becoming hazardous
as the town is beins outflanked.
, Germans in Serious Position
; West of the Mouse the Germans are
ij now In a serious position through the
.successful American and French drive
of Friday, which placed them in a
pocket in the forest of Boult, north of
the Argonne. General Gouraud's men
resumed the offensive Saturday and
; rl we pressing through the wooded re
; gion west of tho Boult forest. The
, Canadian troops captured Valen
ciennes after bitter fighting for more
than 24 hours in th area south of tho
' town.
Will Lose Tournal
With Valenciennes gone, the Ger
i , mans not unlikely will have to give
up Tournal nnd to retreat both in
Flanders and south of Valenciennes.
British possession of tho town and tho
area east of the Scheldt, south of
Valenciennes, outflanks the enemy po
sitions in tho Mormal forest, which
: ' defend Maubcugo and Mons. It Is evl
j " dent the Germans must retire or suf
i ' fer heavy losses in attempting to
' . maintain insecure German positions
from Ghent to the region north of the
Aisne. The main German position bo
' i hind tho nrasent front Is the Antwerp -
Namur-Mctz lino.
Jin Belgium tho Allies, including
American troops, havo reached the
Scheldt on a wide front southwest of
'Ghent and ar reported to bo west
n tho river-
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French and Americans have cap
tured more than 4,100 prisoners.
Terms Have Been Submitted
Allied armistice terms have been
handed tho Austnans by General Diaz
whose victorious troops continued to
push the enemy back from Lake Gar
da to the Plave. Between Asiago and
the Piave the Allies have advanced
to the Brenta at Crigno. . capturing
many important mountain heights.
The Austrians apparently are fleeing
precipitately northward through the
Trentlno, leaving thousands of pris
oners and hundreds of guns.
East of the Piave the Italians, Bri
tish and Americans are pressing to
ward the Tagllamento along the entire
front.
It is reported the Austrians are
evacuating Udine.
Italian naval units also are active
against iho Austrian coast along the
Adriatic. Rorao announces that the
Austrian dreadnaught Veribus Unllis
has been destroyed by tho Italians.
More than 1,000 square miles of Italian
territory had been liberated by tho Al
lies up to Friday.
German-Austrian State.
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 2. Professor
Lammasch, tho Austrian premier, has
informed the president of the state
council that he had been empowered
to hand over the government so far as
it related to German localities, to the
Gorman-Austrian state council, 3ays a
Vienna dispatch today.
Americans Continue Offensive.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Nov. 2,
10 a. m. (By the Associated Press.)
Tho American First army continued
its offensive movement today. Ahead
Gouraud's Troops Cap
ture Germans and
Gun Batteries.
TIGHTENING GRIP
i
FresicSi Holding Strategic
Points and Rapidly
Gaining.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY. ON
THE AISNE. Fridav.V- iBKihg,
troops made important progress east
of the river Aisne today. They captur
ed several hundred prisoners and bat
teries of three and four inch guns.
Tho concentric movement of troops
advancing northward from Uie region
of Olizy and Beaureparie and eastward
from the line of. the bend in the Aisne
has tightened their grip on the wooded
j region northwest of Grand Pre. The
j forces advancing northward havo
reached the spur east of TrimaJ and
the Broyo farm. 1000 yards north of
Beaureparie while those advancing
eastward from the Aisne have occupied
Iho villages of Riley-au-Ocs, Somuy
and Voncq. north of Vouziers and Fal
alse. to the southeast.
The enemy's resistance has been
particularly energetic cast of Vouziers
where he has been able to utilize the
cover of the wooded region.
French troops have made satisfac
tory gains in that region, however,
holding at last accounts the Wagnerie
I plateau, Malva farm, Hill 153 and the
southern branch of the Chalon rivulet.
of their schedule the AnTerican forces
were engaged in working their way
forward to exploit their successes of
yesterday. The Germans were continu
ing their resistance, which promised to
grow heavier as the higher ground was
reached.
Considering tho magnitude of " the
operation, tho American losses in yes
terday's fighting were small. On the
other hand, the reports indicate that
the German casualties were unusually
heavy.
Despite the Increased volume of the
enemy fire, today, however, the Ameri
cans are steadily advancing, although
more slowly than on Friday. Tho line
at noon showed no losses of territory
while some improvement of it had
been effected.
British Capture" 925 Guns.
I LONDON. Nov. 1. During the
month of October the British forces
fighting in France captured 49,000
prisoners nnd 925 guns.
Trotzky Is Angry.
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 2. Russian
War Minister Trotzky in an order of
the day to the army denounces the
cowardice and ilight of several fight
ing units. He threatens to court mar
tial any unit showing the least sign oi
panic in the future.
Trieste Calls for Protection
BASEL, Switzerland, Nov. 22. (By
the Associated Press) The commit
tee of public safety in Trieste, alarmed
by the sudden arrival of fleeing Aus
trian soldiers from Vcnetia, on Thurs
day sent a torpedo boat to Venice to
ask tho command of the Allied fleet
in the Adriatic to occupy Trieste, n
dispatch, from Vienna says.
Tho Allied commander granted the
request and tho dispatch adds, an Al
lied naval force is expected in Trieste
today.
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Navy Department Decree.
AMSTERDAM, Friday, Nov. 1. The
i navy department of tho Austro-I-Iun-.
gnrian ministry of war has published
an imperial decree permitting all mon
who are not of south Slav nationality
to roturn home on permanent leave
Recording tho Vienna advices receiv
, od hero. The decroo orders the fleet,
naval works and other naval property
transferred to the south Slav national
I I council Bitting at Agrnm and Pola.
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Conditions Inspired by
Principles Laid Down
by Wilson.
jAUSTRIAWS IN FLIGHT
Terms Render It Impos
sible to Recom-
mence War
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 On lntlma
iqolfGTOtlc' nature- js-sfveuMn
an official' dispatch from Rome1 today,
saying:
"The victory in Italy is hourly as
suming such proportions that any kind
of indulgence toward an enemy which,
up lo the last minute of his dominance,
has insulted our brethren, devastated
our lands and fought with the utmost
barbarity would be a crime."
Austrian Armies in Flight
The same message reports that from
the sea lo the mountains three Aus
trian army corps are in flight; that
all roads are open to Isouzo, the first
place where the Austrians probably
will attempt to make a stand. Italian
naval detachments have occupied the
lagoon between the mouth of the Tag
liamento and Caorlc which was pro
tected by monitors and heavy artillery.
The conditions of the armistice aro
inspired by the principles of President
Wilson, namely to render it impos
sible for the enemy to recommence the
war and to prevent him from profiting
by the armistice to withdraw from a
difficult military situation.
Prime Ministers Busy. '
PARIS, Nov. 2. The allied prime
ministers now in Paris together with
Colonel E. M. House, met again infor
mally this afternoon. There were no
definite indications when the confer
ences would be finished.
Anarchy In Turkey.
AMSTERDAM. Nov. 2. A state of
anarchy prevails "throughout Turkey,
according to information received by
the Armenian correspondence bureau
here. Hundreds of thousands of deserl -ers
are subsisting by means of robbery
of tho mass of the population. Con
stantinople is declared to be literally
famished and Impatiently awaiting ihe
arrival of allied forces.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.r-Naval
terms of armistice agreed to yesterday
by the supremo war council at Ver
sailles are in substantial accord with
the views on this subject submitted by
the United States government through
Admiral Benson. This was learned to
i day though the" exact nature of terms
still are held under a confidential seal.
No announcement is expected to
come from Versailles until the council
has completed its entire task. As to
the nature of the naval safeguards and
. guarantees to bo demanded of Ger
many, however, it, is stated that the
most cautious public opinion will be
satisfied when the terms are disclosed.
They are said to leave nothing to
chance.
Tho views of tho United States on
this vital side of tho armistice discus
sion had been fully formulated when
Admiral Benson left for France. Vice
1 Admiral Sims, American naval com-
mander abroad, had reviewed the sit-
uation and found officials of allied ad
mirals in harmony with American
! ideas.
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1 PLOT AMONG SAILQRS
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 2 A plot
against thesovlet government has
j been discovered among the sailors ot
, tho flotilhv- on tho river Volga, ac-
cording lo reports from Petrograd.
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UDINE IN SIGHT
, ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS EAST
OF PIAVE, Friday, Nov. 1. (By the
, Associated Press) Udine, Austrian
- headquarters in the Isonzo offensive,
I is In sight of the advancing Italian
armlca. '
Ninety-eight Killed in
, Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Wreck.
RIGID INQUIRY ON
Strike of Motormen
Coincident With the
Tragedy.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2. With the
death toll placed at 98 by the Brooklyn
police rigid investigations were under
way today to determine the blamo last
night for a wreck on the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit company In the-Malone
j street tunnel, Brooklyn. Yesterday's
I strike of motormen and motor switch
men of tho company, which was coin
cident wit,h the tragedy, was settled
during the early morning hours, com
pany officials agreeing to reinstate 29
discharged union employes. The com
pany previously had refused to obey
I the order of the war trade board and
j take back tho men.
Interest in the investigations center
I ed on William Lewis, motorman of tho
train, who was arrested on a charge of
homicide. Mayor Hylan who visited
Lewis in the Flatbush police station
soon after his arrest, issued this state
ment: "Lewis admitted to me that this was
his first run over the road. He said he
was going thirty miles an hour. No
man had boon allowed to run a train
without at least threo months train
ing." President Timothy S. Williams of
the transit company, asserted that al-l
though Lewis was a motor switchman,
he was "a trained man and capable of
running a train" Lewis was pressed
1 into service yesterday, it was said, on
' account of the strike.
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TO ABDICATE
I
Obstinacy of William Hohen
zollern Making Bad Impres
sion in Berlin Political
Circles.
PARIS. Nov. 2. Emperor William in
persisting in his refusal to abdicate,
according to advices received here. He
took refuge at German" grand head
quarters immediately after the meet
ing of the war cabinet at which the
question of his abdication was raised,
says a dispatch to Le Journal from
Zurich.
'Former President 1
Taft Talks to
College Students
DURHAM, N. H., Nov. 2. Former
. President Taft in an address to 1000
members of tho students' army train
ing corps at New Hampshire college
today predicted that Germany would
surrender unconditionally in from one
to six mouths. He assured the students
1 that even if they did not go overseas
tho moral effect of their entrance into
service would be felt.
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CLEARING HOUSE BANKS.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2. Tho actual
condition of clearing houso banks and
trust companies for the week show
that they hold ?6-l,181,130 reservo in
excess of legal requirements. This is
a decrease of ?79,596,5S0 from last
wcek.
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Roads Toward Auden
arde on the Scheldt
Choked With Traffic.
UNDER ALLIED FIRE
Guns Reaping Terrible
Harvest of Retiring
Huns.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE AND BELGIUM. Friday,
Nov. 1. (By the Associated Press)
At dawn this morning the Germans
were retiring towards Audenarde, on
the Scheldt. The roads were choked
with German traffic and the Allies'
guns were turned on them, reaping' a
terrible harvest
Tho Allies started the day's advance
by pushing on ahead through Gysel
brechtegem, Boschkant, Wortgem and
Nokeru. By morning a greater part
of tho ridge system between the Lys
and the Scheldt was in Allied hands.
The fighting today therefore was
downhill toward the Schelt. Allied
operations around Valenciennes have
been completely successful and it will
be surprising if Saturday finds Ger
man troops still trying to hold the
city.
Austrian Retreat Cut Off
ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTHERN ITALY, Friday, Nov. 1.
(By the Associated Press) Allied
troops have reached the Grigno, five
miles north of. Monte Lissdr. They
have cut off the retreat of the Aus
trians in Trentlno over paths over the
mountains.
The flight of the Austrians contin
ues on tho Venetian plain. v
More than a thousand square miles
of Italy's invaded provinces have been
reconquered but tho greatest import
ance of tho daring movement con
ceived by General Diaz in his success
separating the Austrian army occupy
ing the Monte Grappa and Trentiuo
from that on the Venetian plain at tho
same time threatening the Austrian
contingents holding the section south
east of the Piavo which may be en
veloped, or cut off by the Italians ad
vancing toward Pordinone.
King Victor Emmanuel is always
the first to share danger with his
troops. He divides his time between
the Monte Grappa region and the sec
tion east of the Piave.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 Victorious
: operations west of the Mouso yester
day by, the First American army inj
Conjunction with the Fourth French
army were carried out through perfect
co-operation of infantry, artillery, air
planes and tanks. General Pershing
reported' today in an evening com
munique for Friday that tho Germans
brought up new divisions in a vain
attempt to stop tho advance.
Destruction of Austrians' J
Continues Apace Over I
125-mile Front.
FORCES SEPARATEE
Austrians Seeking Safe-' 1
ty Through Mountain 1 1
Passes. " Jj
"ROME, Nov. 2. The destruction of- M
the Austrian armies continues apace JM .
along a front of 125 miles. On every ,ij ;
sector the enemy is giving way before fll J
the smashing blows of the allies. m i
When the Fadalto pass was taken, j i
the way was opened to Belluno and the a! j
Austrian armies were separated. Sim- Ifcjl
ultaneously tho Fourth Italian, army
renewed Its fierce attack in tho Monte 'j I!
Crappa region so as to hold there to ,
nine divisions and reserves between m m
Feltre and Fonzaso, endangering both M
points. The Quero-Feltre pass was W '
captured and the enemy Is falling back
not attempting to defend himself. jl J,
In the Trentlno the Austrians aro ffl 0
seeking safoty through the valleys of
the heavy mountainous region around !cj',j
Trent. East of the Piaco the Aus- jj !!
trians are retiring precipitately toward if li
the Tagllamento. especially hard M ,j
pressed by the Duke of Aosta's army
on the south. JJ
Italian Advance Continues. 'M I
ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS EAST i
OF PIAVE, Friday, IsTov. 1 (By the Jj
Associated Press.) Italian troops :Hij
continue to advance. The fighting on H
this front is but one 'Continuous sklr- w d
mish. h I
I An unusual incident took place when K kj
Sacile was occupied. Because tho Eng i
lish were unable to speak Italian, Ar-
nondo Fraccaroli, a newspaper man, 1
led tho English across the Llvenza t
river into the town. J
British Severely Punish Aust?lans. Jj!
One of the last acts of the retreating Jj j
Austrians was to shoot a woman who U
was attempting to cross the river to KU;
reach tho British troops. The British UBi
punished tho Austrians severely as the M ,
enemy was retreating from the city. if
Liberated People Wild With Joy. Jj
Tho joy of the inhabitants over their HI
liberation is extravagant. They picked i ,
up bulletins scattered broadcast by i
airplanes Instructing them of the ad- a I
vance of the Tenth army, and remain- iRj,
ed up all night reading and re-reading H
the little sheets and waiting "for tho VU
first signs ot the approaching allied jjji
troops. A t Hi!
In Padua and Verona the street cars - fi t
are covered with banners of allied j
colors. There are demonstrations of A j
joy in St. Mark's place in Venice and j .
singing is heard along the canals of H j
that historic city for the first time in H
two vears. On trains, highways and a ,
electric cars the refugees are flowing W(
back to Venice and the other cities fcj
along the front. '
j William H. Wattis j jj
I "The Man Who Does Things" I I
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