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CAR LINE WILL BE PAID FOR, NOT OUT OF TAXES, BUT OUT OF PASSENGER FARES Some persons have asked the question: "How is the city to pay $15,000,000 for the street railway property if the voters on Tuesday next vote in favor of the purchase?" The answer is simple. The city does not intend to IF IT HELPS WIN THE WAR, THE STAR IS FOR IT FUI L LEASED WIRE REPORT OF THE UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS ~—-—-.a-_______ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - VOLUMf: 20. NO. 211 AUSTRIA IS INVADED! PARIS PRESS SAYS KAISER ABDICATES SEN. DIAZ PREPARING TO MARCH ON VIENNA More than 80,000 Austrian prisoners and 1,600 guns have been captured up to the present, the Italian war office announced today. The Italians crossed the frontier into Austrian territory in the Sugana valley yesterday evening. Both the Cellina and Meduna rivers (paralleling the ftgtiamento, four to five miles to the westward) have been crossed. Several thousand Italian soldiers who were held as pris oners have been released. Gen. Diaz will begin a march on Vienna if Austria hesitates in accepting the entente terms of unconditional surrender, diplomatic advices today stated. With Austria-Hungary split up into at least five inde pendent states and Germany also in a serious political situ ation, thi- allies are conducting major offensives on three fronts—in France and Belgium, in Italy and in the Balkans. Three distinct drives are under way in the West The French and Americans arc attacking along a front of nearly 40 miles, from the Aisne to the Meuae. Tliey have advanced four miles, capturing more than a dozen villages and several POIUJS, YANKS TAKE 19 TOWNS Off NORTH LINE LONDON. Not. I—Preach and Aaasrteaa troop*, after carrying tlx tatskm between the I.ya and the Scheldt rivers. are advancing on a front of nearly ten ml lea alone the latter atream. Field Marshal Half an- H* Franco-Americans. In two •BI 1 fighting. have advanced from fhe to ten mltea, capturing 1* Til iMBf the Important town* occo- JM are Audenarde, Deynxe and Na» antk. Red Cross Closed; Will Open Monday Even the Red Cross headquarters la dosed Saturday. The workers will h again on the floor Monday, after OWr rsst. Cut out this review of the week's news and mail it to toUiers, sailors or other Seattleites away from home "»»■ err hi:rb - The Seattle Star Weelily News letter for Men In Service 4 SEATTLE. WASH . SATURDAY. NOV. 2. 191 * 13*etlo8i T'J+*4AT Call tto Seattle draft men In No vember levy. Seven arrests In three hours for •ot wearinir f!u mask*. St Rose's academy building will •e aiade into a hotel. Pin deaths for week total S2; »ew cases. 1.175. Shipyard workers to get 10 per •ent Increase In wages. . Tenants of cold apartment home* alek to health department. PasteboeM and flu masks equally Popular nisjht Ll*bt vote aspect*4 at polls ne*t was k, because of Influenza. Camp football team beats Jvaltaomah club of Portland. . Twenty thousand '"amp [ywln ■ol •'*'» hold mimic practice battle. Ceattle shipbuilding plants Join In approval of car line pur haae l>r. E. j. Brown cut* hole in his In mask so he ran smoke cigars. City will start giving free antl •lu serum Injections next week. All stores and office* only open Worn 10 a. m to J p. m. next week. Robbers wearing flu masks chase '•Mnnd for three blocks. He Rets •»ay ' P. Duthle. shipyard head. jJ»ot» three big black bears In ten Seattle ordered to wear gan*e s»»ks while on street cars to beat "I flu. •J?/ #n *'n*er nays Heattle ele cted railway will h+ completed by Y^ar. - hundred sod twenty-five JJMlordii under fire by federal fair '••tela board. g*s*ttle msrlne men mourn loss of j"*J«le, sunk In Lynn ranel, with «*• loss of 31* t,J;" months will be required to £2**P r >rt AmerUan arrny home, men h'-nr u-T f affic Jammed for two hours as fS?™*™ »'<ht >ind« rground cable WW at Fir Ht and Yesler. AMERICANS ON MEUSE SWEEP OVER DEFENSE BY PRANK J. TAYLOR (United Press Staff Correspondent 1 WITH THK AMERICAN ARM IKS IN FRANCE. Nov I—The American* with the French ro-oper a tin |r on their left, have advanced more than four mllea In an attack on a 20 mile front, between the Alane and the Meuiie. launched yea terday momln*. A deep wedge has been driven In to the German line*. Increasing the menace to the enemy'a vital com munlcatlons. More than 1.000 pris oner* have been taken. The village* of Rayonville, Un dresHt. Georges, fit. Georges. Rem onvllt*. Chennery. Clery l-e Grand and Alncrevllle have been occupied and Important parts of the Kreya- Htellung line have b»en penetrated The important I»*e* wood, north eaat of Grand I're waa entirely cleared of the enemy. Seattleites to get ft.000.000 Inter est yearly from their war loan In vestments, officials estimate. One million I.'. H girls askeil to give J', each to support army aui- lllary need*. I«ocal girls support plan. Corporal ion Counsel Meier pan* public service commission for not correcting Seattle's poor phone service. Two bandits hold up A Rorlund, 15# 12th nve.. and after "fri»klnir" him for SO cents, return the money In disgust. Ocorffo Rumbaburo, chef at the American Oyit#r Houa«, is lorked in lr* ehest by robber, who rifles < ash register of sl2!>. Dr. Jame* HinHair, Ix>s Angel** entomologist, Inf'>rm* Heattle that b*-'r-drlnklnic butterflies 12 Inches wld»» exist here. All stores, except food and drug stores, partially cloned Thursday and Friday and all day Saturday to prevent flu spread. Confirmation of d"ath In action of I.leut. Klmer ("Pel") Noble, bay onet Instructor In the 91st division, received In Seattle. Major General Charles Gould Tr<-at. heading American drive against Austria, I* brother of Harry W. Treat of Seattle. Prlmo I.awrence, 3«'»0 Phlnney ave.. listed In casualties as "miss ing," Is "O. K " nnd still with Amer icans. he writ's frK-nds. r>r. J. Ixjuls Haboungl, former sec retary to Abdul Hanild, sultan of Turkey, arrives In Seattle. He speaks seven languages. Ten Milwaukee union men say »h«-y w<-re fraudulently brought t<» .Seattle as strikebreakers by I'rye A Co. Seek damages In court John Hoyd. Armenian, rlosea his drutr store and holds '»rnlvi»l at his home wh'-n he h*ars allien rapture Aleppo—John's old home town. "A. la," mysterious "nut" corre spondent. wrlten twentieth letter to mayor urging that, national r M pltal be moved to Heattle. Hays his first name Is Alonxo. Patrolman Hobert ITagen Jump* on runnlnic board of auto rontalnlng blif llfjuor supply Three'inmates of ear put on speed, beat Jfajcen on head with wrenches and throw him into the street, in akin* their es cape. w pay one dollar in cash or incur one dollar's indebted ness for the property. It does not intend to nor can it issue general (rands in payment. It proposes to issue and can only issue special utility bonds, payable out of, and only out of, a special fund created from the irross The Seattle Star THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST l.u.r.d a, Hamad ClmM Matter May I. Ilt». at tha foatoffWw at Haallla, Wa»h. undar Iba Act of Oon«r»aa March I, U7». important wood* and taking over 3.000 prisoners. The French and Americans also arc advancing on a front of more than 12 miles, along the Scheldt, on both sides of Audenarde. In an advance of three miles they have taken Audenarde, Deynze, Nazareth and other im portant villages, together with more than 1,000 prisoners. Valenciennes is in the hands of the British. They cap tured two villages and between 2,000 and 3,000 prisoners in the advance. t Italians, British, Americans and French, on the Italian front, are advancing in the entire region from the A.siago plateau to the Adriatic. The Asiago plateau has been entirely cleared. Italian patrols are reported to have reached the Tagliamento. Thou sands of additional prisoners and hundreds of guns have been taken. In the Balkans, Serbian troops have reached the outer defenses of Belgrade. The Austrian war office reiterated that Austrian troops are completely across the Danube. ITALY TROOPS REACH LINE OF TAGLIAMENTO MTLAN. Not. S Italian pt. trot* hare rmrhed Ihr Tsflla nwnla rirrr, according la battle front dispatches nwlrrt tw today. ROMK. Nov. J.—ltalian troops have practically cleared the A«ugo plateau, capturing a number of ln»- portant peaks and villages and tak ing S.OOO additional prisoners, the war office announced today. Cavalry has reached the plains north of Pord»none, $0 miles beyond the middle I "lave The Uvenw river haa been passed on a wide front. "W» have captured the formidable positions of Mont Moslagh. Mont linear*. Mont Spitz. Raaao Itosso. Mont IXirdo, lAmhora and Mi let to dl Galllo on the Aslagn plateau, taking more than S.OOO prisoners and !33 guns," the state ment said "At Patealto. we overcame enemy resistance and entered Rellunn. "Our cavalry has reached the plains north of Pordenone Iletween Hurlle and San Stino, Infantry has passed the I.lvenza." DRIVING ENEMY ACROSS PEAKS BY HENRY WOOD (I'nlted Preaa Correspondent) WITII THK ITALIAN ARMIES IN Til!'. FIELD, Nov. 2.—The Ital ians. following collapse of the Grap pa defenses, are steadily driving the Austrian*' Trentlno army north ward across the mountains toward the frontier. At the some tijne the enmy'a I'lave army, completely cut off from the other Austrian forces. Is being pursued across the Venetian plains, constantly under the threat of encirclement from the north Albert It Indicted by Federal Jurors PORTUAND. Nov. 2. —Henry Al - millionaire mlllman, waa today Indicted by a federal ifrand Jury on a sedition change. Alb*™ recently resigned a* president of the Albers Hroa.' Milling Co., which ban held largo contract* for the allien. He la free on $lO,OOO l>aJl. IMIKOKN TO I'KACK MKKT OTTAWA, Nov. 2.—Sir Robert Borden, premier of Canada, will go to Kurope an a delegate to thn'peao* conference, If one Is called a» a re sult of the present negotiations. It wis learned today. Canada la to have a voice In the final settlement. WATCH FOR EXTRA! Big things are happening. Any moment the com plete collapse of Germany may be announced. When that happens, The Star will be on the job to give you the news promptly. Watch for The Star extra Sun day—if the expected Austrian and Hun surrender should come, if the kaiser abdicates, if the armistice terms are settled. SEATTLE, WASH., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1918. VALENCIENNES IN POSSESSION OF HANTS MEN 1 IjONPON. No*. I.—Valenciennes la wholly In the hands of the British, Field Marshal Hale announced today The city «M taken thla morning. aft er hard fighting. The battle continued on a all mile front aoyth of the elty until thla morning Several counter attack* wero repulsed Four thousand nddi Uonal prisoner* were taken 'The fighting yesterday, aouth of Vaienclnnea. which waa very nevera, waa continued until thla morning en a battle front of six milea," the stata ment aald. "I*rge numbers of the enemy were killed. Many hostile counter attacks were repulsed Four thousand prisoners were taken 'The Heventeenth corpa, under Gen. Ferguson. and the Twen ty aecond corps. under flen Godley. gained the high ground southeast of Valenciennes thla morning, and. pressing forward, seized the village of ('reseat! "A Canadian corps, under (Ten. Cur rle, after fighting in tha outskirts of Valenrienr,**. haa now passed thru the town, which Is wholly In our hands " Closing Orders to Remain in Effect Beginning Monday, antitoxin serum, declared by Hty Health Commissioner J. H. Mrllrldc to be almost a sum preventive of Hpanfeh Influenxa and pneu monia. will be administered free of rharge by (he city to those whose financial circumstances wilt not enable them to receive Injections from private phjni- Saturday, Dr. Mcßrlde was plan ning the distribution of the Denim at vantage places In tlie city. where It will be accessible. The stations have not yet been determined. Working with (preat intensity, city laboratory men have succeeded In preparing a large quantity of the vaccine, which must pas* thru a certain period of growth Ixfore It is effective. Two hundred thousand Injections have been administered In Seattle since the flrat of October. I)r. Mcßrlde aays. With stores and offlcea closed and people at homo Saturday, but four deaths and 74 casea were reported up to noon. C ontinue Closing; Mayor Hanson announced that the regulations ordering offices, stores and wholesale houses, except those serving food and medical needs, to revenues of the municipal street railway system. If such revenues prove sufficient to pay the principal and interest at the times agreed on in the bonds, the Ix>nd holders will get their money at such times. If, con trary to all expectations and for any reason which can COMPLETE SERVICE OF THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION Last Events ot War Are in Progress Naval Section of Armistice to Germany Arrives in America ENEMIES MUST SUBMIT Dispatch From Robert J. Bender Bp r*IM rm, wtra Direct to Th» Star WASHINGTON. Str. Tho l»i| 4i |n M hoars ant to writ* dmiMtlr a*««ita on UN Tfca naval aaction of the armlCUe* to ha *!»•« (ivrnuwy wam In imMalAn of thfa tov«mrn«at toOiy. No announeament of th» ronWnU was made. but aaauranre »m given by high officials th»t evary safe guard had been taken In theae terma. And that they would meet the re quirement* of "every prudent man," ao that travel will be safe on all tha aaaa Whether occupation of the Gartnan fleet was made a temporary or per manent ■ ondition wu not staled- Hut It vat suggested that a question auch an final possession of the aubmarlne or grand fleet would re»t with the peace conference Impending developments are rapid ly coming to a head, ta'lthln tha next few days. It Is deemed possible in official quarters that \ustrta will submit to armis tice terms equivalent to unrortdl tkmai surrender. Versailles will finish Ita armK line task and send surrender terms forward to Germany. The kaiser may abdicate. President Wilson labored Irtfe |a.*t night und was astir early today on the information from the Versailles conference that there was reason to believe that armistice terms fully (Continued on pagr S) open at 10 a. m. and cmac at 3 p. m . will continue In effect Monday, and probably longer "We'vo got to eliminate crowding In street cara to prevent a big loss of life," he said, "and to do It we must keep up the dosing order. Kmployea muat not be kept longer hours, and then released to Jam traffic In the rush hour, when In dustriai war workers are being car ried." Restricted U> Drug* Provided people comply In spirit and action with health regulations, the pandemic la slated for nn early departure from Heal tie. Or. Mcßrlde stated Haturday. while Issuing sup plementary regulations In response to the numerous queries which were poured Into the offices of the health department regarding the closing orders. Restaurant* are unrestricted as to opening and closing hours, Dr. Mc- Brlde says, and may serve Ice cream and confections with meala. hut not as a side issue. Drug stores are prohibited from selling confections, cigars or clgarets Sunday as well as Haturday. The public markets will be closely patrolled, and crowds assembling In them broken up. beginning Saturday and continuing thru next week. In answer to numerous questions. Dr Mcßrlde said Saturday that a person recovering from Influenza should remain Indoors at least three (lays, following the disappearance of fever, anil that it Is not advisable to go outdoors until all coughing, sneezing, etc , have vanished. )>un't Favor Quarantine In answer to a telegram dls (Continued on page t) KAROI.VN HUNGARY PRKMIKR BASLK, Nov. 2.—Count Karolyl has been uppolnted premier, and M Batthnny foreign minister of the new Hungarian cabinet, according to a Budapest dispatch today. ANGERED GERMANS PLAN PUNISHMENT OF WILHELM PARIS, Nov. 2. —(4:30 p. m.) —Abdication of the kaiser may be considered to be a fact, according to a Geneva dispatch to the Temps. The dispatch said that official publication is being de layed awaiting a favorable opportunity. WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.—Punishment for the kaiser and the Prussian war lords guilty of German crimes of the past four years will be meted out in summary manner by the German peo ple, diplomatic advices today indicated. PARIS, Nov. 2.—Terms for an armistice which have been pre sented to Austria are based on President Wilson's 14 principles, according to a Rome dispatch to La Liberte today. They render it impossible for Austria to resume the war or to use die armistice to get out of a bad situation. An answer is not expected immediately as the Austro • Hungarian representatives probably will refer it to their superiors. NEW U.S. PUSH IMPERILS HUNS' WAY OF ESCAPE Battle Analyst* by J. W. T. Mason t'nltcd Praia War Expert NKW YORK. Nor Cian. Per shing'a new advance toward lh« Lux emburg frontier brings the Amerl cans within eight mllea of the great communcatlon center of Btenay. The direction of the American at tack la toward the M»tx Longuyon tack la toward the MetzL«nguyon supply railway, which hu been re cently under long-dlat*nm bombard ment of Gen. Perilling'* artillery. The movement la headed straight for Stenay, where the mailt Luxem burg highroad crosses thf- Meune It Is apparently Gen. Pershing's purpose not to concentrate his ef forts on the secondary work of ham I*■ rlnr the movement of suppllea for the (iermtn armies In France, but to continue hi* attempts to cut off the Herman retreat from France by way of Luxemburg. Winn Success The sudden lurch forward of the Americana toward l* the most successful maneuver Gen l*ershlng has conducted since his first offen sive north of Verdun, over a month age. Stenay I* now directly menaced. Only two more advances similar to the one made by the Americana In the past 2* hour* would be necessary to cloae the Stenay (rap. Thereafter the Germans In Kastern France will have no adequate room to conduct a retreat homeward thru the difficult mountain passes of the Ardennes. ex cept for wimn fortunate unit* which may be able to squeexe Into the western lip of Luxemburg by way of the 12 mile stretch between Stenay and the Ardcnnea. The strong tesumptlon of the American effort at this time to reach the Luxemburg Iwirder means that Marshal Koch Is bringing to bear on the Hermans the only argument about the allies' armistice terms that they can understand. When the terms are presented to the kaiser, the fact that the Ameri cans are still going ahead toward Luxemburg must exert a profound Influence upon the decision of the German general staff. It Is strictly in accord with the higher necessities of the case that the enemy shall be given no rest while unconditional surrender is be Ins demanded of him. CZECHS IN CONTROL OF AUSTRIAN NAVY LONDON, Nov. 2.—The Austro- Hungarlan navy has been banded over to the Czechoslovaks' national council, which Is In Agram, It was announced today In a wireless mes sage from Vienna. The dis|iatch said an Imperlul proclamation ordered the navy to be handed over not now be seen, such revenues shall at any time Ix: in sufficient for such purpose, the Inind holders will have to wait for their money until such revenues become suf ficient; they cannot compel the taxpayers to pay one cent of either principal or interest. NIGHT EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE whither Foreran! • Tonlifht »n<l Sunday. mln; WlrilllCl I (JJCLdM. mod'-rata »<*uf h«*aat«»rl)r Teutons to Accept Stiff Terms, Diplomats Declare (Uy United Prat lyfturd Wirt, Direct to The Star) WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.—"Germany will accept stronger terms than is generally believed/' a prominent allied diplomat here said today. He expressed the opinion that Germany probably would yield to almost any limit the allies might go. Another well informed diplomat said: "The terms which the allies are offering to Germany will be stiffer than those which Turkey was forced to accept." Italians and U. S. Men Land on Austrian Coast WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.—ltalian forces, accompanied by American troops, have ef fected a landing on the Austrian coast of the Adriatic, near Pola, a Swiss dispatch re ceived here today thru diplomatic channels . announced. It was indicated that the land ing party is under the protection of the en tente Adriatic fleet, how in absolute control of Adriatic waters. Bulgarians Establish Republic; King Is Out LONDON, Nov. 2.—King Boris has ab dicated and a Bulgarian republic has been established at Tinova, according to a Cen tral News dispatch from Vienna today. M. Stambuliniki, at the head of a peasant army of 40,000, is reported to be the repub lican leader. The Central News claimed to have veri- fication of the Copenhagen dispatch from Vienna. 23 Foe Divisions Revolt ZURICH, Nov. 2.—Twenty-three Aus trian divisions, which mutinied and deserted the Italian front, are fighting each other, Vienna newspapers declare. LONDON, Nov. 2.—The German sub marines are concentrating at their bases, ac cording to information revealed here today. Par Yaar, by Mall, II QO (o II 6*