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KENT THAT VACANT WEATHER ROOM FORECAST * People looking for rooms turn to the - •' — classified ads of the newspapers to eee . , _ ,. ... what is offered. An ad in the Sentinel- siUdl**!^* P y ’ Record may bring a customer. THE FjjjjL KIQI1T REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OVER LEASED W1REB VOLUME XXXVII. t HCT SPRINGS. ARKANSAS, FRIDAY MORN'NG, OCTOBER 18, 101E. NUMBER 227. g' —1 ..... ■— ~ ■ tt- — . ■■ • ■ ■ ■ ’■ ^ . : ' ~ ‘ ir-"——- ■ ■ - —... — ----- Belgian Aviators Landed in Center of the City Amid Cheers of Inhabitants. | , ---- Huns Are an Full Flight Everywhere Trying to Escape Before the Gap Along the Holland Frontier is Closed ••Germans Moving So Fast They Could Not Remove Their Heavy Pieces. Baris, Oct. 17—King Albert ard Queen Elizabeth enteicd Ostend this afternoon. The Germans are abandoning the Belgian coast and are seek ing refuge behind the outer de fenses of Antwerp. _ With the Allied Armies in Belgium. Oct. 17.— (By Tiie Associated Bros- i —The enemy has boon driven bn dc rapidly everywhere today and the en tile trout from the sea southward is in motion. Tile British hive entered Lille. The Germans have fled precipitately from Ostend and that section of the Belgian coast. British naval forces hav e landed at Ostend. vv Itile a mini > - ol' Belgian aviators landed in the ret: ter of the city amid cheer- of the in ' habitants. Mcatty-hije the Belgian infantry and Branch cavalry sweeping up toward the coast at last reports were rap idly nearing Hie city and probably w ill l)C in it before daylight Oso t. f is reported entirely free now of Ger mans, those left in the city as rear lyuards having been accounted for Tiie Germans seem to lie in fail flight everywhere, especially from Bel gium, for flip gap through which they mu«t escape between the advancing allied troops and the frontier of Hol land is constantly Being narrowed, and unless the enemy moves rapidly large numbers may be caught. Tiie entire i.ille salient, is seems, is being evacuated by the hard press ed Hun Even tvoutil oi hrr iney hyve hau no rest iv.. . o Oz B.... .. tin* liver and defeating the German on the other aide, the British, and Americans stormed tilt continuation of the enemy Valencienes-I.c-Gateau lie and appear to have made afoul progress Thousands of civilians have been released. How many prisoners and guns have Been- capture I is mi ll now. The Geimans have been gom so fast thai they have not had 'inn to remove their heavy 1 it res. A force of Belgians, a-dstid by Vieneh cavalry and infantry, i.« re Ifiorted to be driving northward to strike the bridges on tin* east and also cut the Ghent canal Wide | i>» eiliilitios exist in this movement. The Allied infantry made rapid pro gress today and pierced into the Ger man front beyond Wynghnne. The derma life are hurrying eastward through Hie passage between Bruges and the Holland border, trying to es cape lining bottled up. Only one good road exists in Ibis passage tills lin ing from Bruges to I-’eiioo. ii con tains a mad jumble of transports am fleeing men. Zeotmig.-e appears tr have been abandoned. Vast quantities of war material iuiv< been taken by the allied troops. Those hove been accumulating for four years The Bruges-Keeloo ma t is undri fire of the Belgian guns, which als' are shelling the back areas, droppim • ohells into the masses of the fleeim enemy The passages bciween Brugm and iHiolland, whin’i will lie made nar rower by the udvanein- troops, un doubtedly will constantly come in fot treatment by tite heavy artillery, a: more allied guns are rushed up. The Germans in Belgium all-end; have met with defeat and those rice jng' trom the coast are faced with tin groat danger of capture unless me; > win the rase they are making to e / J cape If the passage is closed, the G<*i nians rather than surrender bodily , may try to escape by crossing in* ‘ Holland where It is sure they wculi lie interned. One thing stands out above other q’he coast of Belgium, so vital to th German submarine operations, is fas being cleared of the enemy. ^ It would appear front report re ■carding the cavalry operating on .><>t side ; of Hi nges ill,'it I lie horsemen even now nre endeavoring to < tit oft the fleeing < neiny. Having keen driven from the coast means also tint the Hermans here after will he nnghle to raid Kngland. or carry out aerial operations over the Xortli Sea with the tree,loin they ha i 'hiring the past fou: yi-an -o AMERICANS SUCCESSES OF GREAT IMPORTANCE NOW HOLD THE KEY TO CHEA I STRETCHES IN THE NEIGH BORHOOD OF COTE CHATILLON. With the American Army Xorthwo of VertHun, Oct. t7—t Hy Tho Asso ciated Press, i—1» complete control of the Cote Chatillon. ilihi Americana now hold the key t’> the great stretch' , to the north and northwest. Tlie hill is in fact, the final, of iluee keys, all of which have keen bitterly defended. The first was Mamelle trench outside of Unmupne, which, when won, cave access to the equally vital Dame Marie and that position in 'urn gave access to Chatillon. From the latter position tin great mass of Herman defensive positions to the northwest ran also he controll ed me line can ne exploited fur ther without organized attack be cause the position is on a sloping hill which can he nwept \it'n an enfilad ing fire. i i lie Americans iouk iuumj as i>n= 'oners from the Hermans two llnssi ins I who had been forced to labor in work 1 ins battalions close behind tit*- iron* ino. ! SERIOUS CONDITION | IN AUSTRIA HUNGARY i -- I GENERAL STRIKE WHICH BEGAN SOME TIME AGO IN BOHEM’A IS SPREADING THROUGH OUT PROVINCE. Washington. Oct ?T Indications of 1 he serious state of affairs in Austria Hungary continued to reach the state ; department today in dispatches from Herne, which said the duel empire is racing a decisive political crisis It is reported that the emperor at a meeting of the Austrian and Hun garian delegations will take occassion to issue a manifesto to the people granting a more liberal system of government On October I the Polish member; <ii' the reiehsrath, of whom there are about eighty-six, met in Cracow and t effected an organization which do - (la red that the Poles will no longer sit in the roichrath. This, the ail vices say. may be taken to indicate a . move on the part of the people of Po ; land not only to establish their own independent government, but to align themselves, supported i.y the Aus trian Poles against .V stria-dlungary ■ as well as Germany. ■ The Frankfort Zeitung reports that the general strike which began some nays ago in Bohemia is spreading throughout the province. A large . portion of Austria's military supplies > come from this dlatortcl. REPORTED SUMMARIES ARE ORDERED HOME 5 Amsterdam. Oct. IT The iHannei* r bind publishes with reserve a report that the German admiralty has issued • wireless instructions to all suhina ' rines to return to their bases. OVER A FRONT OF FORT! MIFFS RETROGRADE MOVEMENTS BE FORE THE ALLIED ARMIES ON ALL BATTLE FRONTS TAKE PLACE. I HUNS' NEW LINE MAY BE EROM ANTWERP TO NAMUR -- I The Americans Have Suffered Ex treme Hardships in Overcoming the Natural Fortifications and the At tacks of Hordes of Gunners North of Grand Pre. (By i he Associated Press.) Over a front of forty miles, from ihe North sea in Belamm to Lille in’ Northern France, the (Iermans are in general retreat before the Belgian, Frpneh and British armies. Likewise the enomj is being forced to concede defeat b> retrograde movements lie • fore tie British and Americans southeast of (.'umbra!; under Hie at | tacks of the Freneli in the pocket be I tween the Oise and Serre rivers north el Laon, and by reason of continued strong attacks b\ the French and Americans in Champagne and along the Meuse river. Nowhere, however, is the enemy it, disorder. in Belgian Flanders his sleps are being hastened by reason of the swift drives into his line by the British at Lille, just south of Ihp Belgian border, and I y the Frenrn end Belgians further north, which threaten to compel him to enter Iduteh territory and face internment unless he is fleet eriar.rg'n to withdraw out of the entire pocket between Hip Schold river and the sea and recon struct his linn with Us right resting on Antwerp. Ostend. one of the famous sub marine bases on the sea. is In British hands 'More than a score of ad <I'itonal villages have been liberated ii\ the allied troops and numerous guns and quantities of stores have been captured. In their withdrawal from west Flan ders the- (Iermans are carrying out it tactical movement which doubtless will end in a general falling Imek of their line in northern France and permit them to materially strengthen their resistance on a new and shorter from This probably will ho from Antwerp to Namur and Metz, am! thence to the Swiss border, which would still leave the Germans so miles from their own border line both at Antwerp and Namrrr. At present the center of the Flanders fighting is near Tin'll which Is about Ilia miles from Ai\ i.a Fbapelle on the German border. Southend of Cambrai over a front of ten miles between Ini Gateau anil nobain, the British and Americans are delivering u violent attack against the Germans, and at last reports they were meeting with success, al though tile Germans were savagely resisting with machine guns and in fantry and with artillery behind their line. North of l.aon in the sack between the Oise and Serre rivers the French are endeavoring to drive out the Get mans or capture mom before they can make their way eastward to Hir son. Here also the enemy is using his machine gunners and artillery to impede the progress ot the French, but further gains have been recorded. The greatest resistance of all. how ever, is still being imposed against the efforts of the French and Ameri cans in Champagne and along the Meuse river, where the holdinr of the line is essential to stave off a general retreat by the Germans all ihe wav from Belgium to the Swiss frontier. The French In Champagne are still lighting hard to capti'We Bethel, hut Ihe Germans thus far have linen aide f PEACE DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE IN GERMANY Paris. Oct. !7.— (Hav^s; — Peace demonstrations continue in Gei - many, according tc th < Matin which soys that groups of sold iers go through the streets of Berlin singing pacificist and rev oiutionary songs. Pan-Germans, who attempted to hold a meeting befoie the Hindenburg statue were obliged to disperse by hoot ling crowds which attempted to set fiie to the statue. The police han great difficulty in prevent ing tnem from carrying out their purpose. According to repoits by General Ludendorff some divisions have refused to ob v o dets and soidies hold meetings to discuss political questions. m hold i hi- important position in their own hands North of <fraud Pro Imth tlm French niiil the Ainorians have made further prosi os ■ over tin difficult ground Kspeciallv set pro have boon t oo hardships suffered by the Americans in encompassing the natural fortifi cations and the attacks by hordes of enem\ machine gunners. Before the Americans the Germans ore giving round onk inch liv inch Eifie*; *,*•** SEVEN GERMAN DIVISIONS WERE HURLED E'ACK EY BRITISH AND AMERICAN TROCPS. 3000 PRISONERS WERE CAPTURED Threatened by the Continued Progress of Allied Attacks South of the Sen see and North of ttie Lys the En emy is Hastening H s Retreat From the Salient at Douai and Lille. London. Oct. 17.—British troops en tered the town of Douai today, after overcoming the enemy's resistance <m tln> line ol Houle D'Mile canal accord ing to the official statement from the war ollico toniuhl. The fifth British army encircled and captured Lille, the statement adds. British and American troot?; attack i'll 011 a iron! in nine unit's iiormeasi of Hohuiu where heavy fighting has taken place all day. The British car ried tin line of S'dlc "iver on '.he whole front south. Of ' o( ntenit, cstali lishin themsi l i s on the railway be yond the town. Seven German di vis.on.- were hurled hack after de lermincd counter attacks and d.Obf] prisoners were captured. The text of the statement follows: "British and American troops at tacked tins morning on a front ni about n'ine miles oast Of ltohain. Strong opposition was met with. "On the tight our troops attacked in close co-operation with the French forces north of the Oise, having ad vanced to a depth of over two miles across hivli wooded ground east o! Boll,'tin and have captured. Anciigny Les-Firmen. •'Farther north they carried the line of the Selle river on Hie whole front south of I.eCateau and made protgros on the hi-'h ground east of the river cap'uring the villages of La Valle" Mulatre and I. Arldie d'tlui-e. "On me left flank of our attack wt cleared tit'- ea tern portion of Le Oateau and established ourselves or the linos of the railway beyond flu town. The enemy was holding hit positions in froce, seven German (IK f-ions being disposed on tlie front of our attacks, anil in the course o true day's tgivting 'they delivered £ CONTINTFD ON I*AGK FOLK. CERMANV AND AUSTRIA ADJUST ING THEIR AFFAIRS TO MEET Tiir demands or pnr.si. DENT WILSON. GERMANS STOP LOOTING j AND DESTROYING PROPERTY .. - — ■ I Baren Bunan's Statement That Ger many Will Be in a Position to Accept the President's Demands Regarding the Humanization of the War, Ap pears »o Be Borne Out By Reports From Belgium and Northern France. i Washington. Oct. 17.—Sign-s mul tiplied) today that Germany and Aus tria are hastening to rearrange their internal political affairs and their methods of warfare in the hope of meeting tho requirements laid down by President Wilson in his reply rn Germany's peace proffer. There wits no indication today when the German answer would come, hut that one would he dispatched was made mor certain by the Matonients of Baron ■Bui in, the Austrian fore'': mi 'minis ter, before the foreign affairs com mittee or Austrian parliament. Following closely the radical changes in the Berman governmental structure as recorded in cable dis patches front Amsterdam and Rotter dam, information same in the state ment. today that, tho Austrian evnpor er had announced to Hie foreign al-, fairs committee of parliament his pur pose to grant autonomy to the oppress ed nationalities in tho dual empire. The right to autonomous existence for these nationalities is one of (lie peace requirements laid down hv President Wilson. Bitter opposition from the Intensely conservations German and .Magyar components of the empire is ceitain to l>e aroused 'by this radical change in the system of government, but it is believed Kmpcror Charles thinks this can he overbalanced by the measure of rapport lie will receive from tile liberal elements and th° separatist parties, especially If ho can make it appear that the change is a long step toward the tinal peace so Insistently demanded bv tho populace. I The announcement from Copenhag en today of the reading of a decree In the IluN-aria parliamot recognizing Hungary as a separate state is re garded art an earnest of iwhat is to come to the other nationalities or the empire. It lias been suggested that ihe delay in dispatching the presi dent's reply to the Austrian appeal for an armistice may he accounted tor by tho conviction of officials that, events are moving so rapidly in Austria Hun gary that it would be wise to await the out come of the present agitation v hr re in order to adapt the reply to the new conditions. Baron Parian's statement to the foreign at fairs committee that Ger many 'will make the constitutional modifications necessary to realize the demand for a democratic form af gov ernment and abdication of military control was regarded as clearly i11Gi t-ad in s the Austrian purpose to do like wise. Rvents arc moving In the same direction in Turkey, so that the con clusion is irresistible that the whole program of constitutional reform now under way is the result of an agree ment between their allies to meet one in' the president's conditions for a cessation of hostilities Barton Hunan's si ate men t ithat Germany will lie in a position to ac cept the president's demands regard ing the humanization or the war, ap pears to he borne out In a measure ;by reports from the battlefront in Belaium and northern Prance that the Germans are not looting and destroy ing private property as heretofore. II this w followed by the abandonment o submarine attacks on merchant ship ping officials feel that the prlndpa DIPTHERIA ANTI-TOXINE CURE FDR INFLUENZA Chicago, Oct. 17 —Dr. J. Louis Pint, former state bacteriologist, and at present connected with th(. reseaich lab-atory of the Univer. *'*y of Chicago, .old the Chicago Medical society tonight that ho 'had succeeded in isolating tlie germs responsible for the so call ed influenza epidemic, which is sweeping over the country and that the regulation diptheria anti-toxine is an absolute specific for the disease. lie said the epidemic was mainly caused by (lie present war dirt and especially by the curtailment of the usual consumption of sugar Or. Pint said he had treat ed 75 cases with the diptheria anti-toxine without the loss of a single case. uii'.hirl" in thi' way of .111 adjustment) will lie found) only in I lie arrangement of an armistice. There Is no doubt thal the Geimnns will make a desperate effort to resist the announced purpose of the pres ident to leave the terms of an armis lieo to the military commanders of the American and allied forces, and it may he some tlmo before they are sufficiently humble I In spirit, to ad nnt mat it u not tor tnem to derate but simply to accept su«l» terms m these miPitntry commanders may choose to impose. In fact ldaron Du rian's address before the Austrian committee is taken to indicate clear] !y that Germany desires to enter into negotiations on Ihcso i>on!s and will olliwr obatiately to its plan of a mixel commission to deal with the matter lot evacuation. SECRETARY M’ADOO MAKES PERSONAL APPEAL I - CALLS UPON EVERY CITIZEN TO EXAMINE HIMSELF UNDER THE WHITE LIGHT OF PA TRIOTISM. Special to the Sentinel Record. Washington, t)ct. 17 Subscriptions reported and estimated up to noon Thursday amount to four billion dol lars, leaving at least two billion dol lars to complete the fourth Liberty loan. Only two days are left within which to raise tho vast amount. No country on earth but America could raise so vast a sum in no short a time. America can do it and most do it The destinies of the world and tile eyes of civilization are centered up on America. We shall fail in every thing wo have fought for and hope to gain in this war if the lourth Lib erty loan is defeated. Let every true American citizen today examine him self under the white light of patriot ism, say whether or not he lias done his utmost in Ihks emergency. The highest obligations of duty and patriot - j ism command every true American1 to go immediately to his bunk or to Iris Liberty loan committee and subscribe to tho limit of his ability to iho fourth' liberty bonds. Don’t delay; don't] wait to be urged, lie a« quick to do; your part in this fourth Liberty loan l.nttlA nu /uif vnldlprq in T«VfiTir»A nrft quirk to obey the orders to charge the enemy. Buy Liberty bonds on the installment plan if you cannot buy] them for rash. Every patriotic tank, will help you. If evvt> patriotic rit ! izen will do his duty today victory for the fourth liberty loan is certain. The continued victories of our armies in Europe, the certain defeat of our enemies and the glorious triumph of I'he cause cf litarty depends upon what the Afmerican people do in the remaining two days of the fourth Lib erty loan campaign. W. C. McA IKK). --® ARKANSAS BOY DIES AT ANNAPOLIS. Baltimore, Oct. 1L—While the health authorities .see a slight improvement in the situation there were 21 deaths and £14 now cases of influenza re ported here in tne last 24 hours. Midshipman II. S Mayo, of North Little Rock, Aik, died today at the hospital at Annapolis of influenza, I bringing the total of deaths among lmidshipmen there to nine. CONCRESS WILL RECESS Washington. Oct. 17.—Con-Teeslonal leaders at a conference late today agreed upon a plan whereby congress will recess on October 2!) over the elections, reconvening on November 1 12. A joint resolution to carry that plan into effect will lie introduced in both houses. GERMAN PRESS EXHAUSTIVE deliberations be tween THE REICHSTAG, THE FEDERAL COUNCIL AND THE SUPREME COMMAND, PRESIDENT'S REPLY WAS PRINTED IN FULL Manifesto is Issued By the Conser vative Party Declaring That After President Wilson’s Re;i|y the Con test of Arms Must Be Fought to a Finish. Aral ml a ni, Dei. 17.—(Dispatches from Berlin tonight indicate a strong anti Wilson tendency not only In mil tarj quarters, but also in those which have favored peace, For example llerr flothein, a mem ber of the reiehstag, writing in the '/e.ntnMittag, declares (Pres ident \V4tJon has given u death blow to the ilea of n league of nations. His posh‘on. tlie writer assorts, is ono at brute force rattier than equal rights and Germany would enter a league un der such conditions with feeling "in describable bitterness.” Hot he in asserts that t ho idea of surrendering at the discretion of tho allies makes the blood of even tbo most confirmed pacifists boil and adds that although he always lias opposed unrestricted submarine warfare, Its ordinary weakening of the German military position. The Cologne Gazette publishes a manifesto of the conservative party signed by Coiiiu Friedrich von West arp and other members of the party, declaring tha' after President Wil sons reply the contest of arms must bo fought out to a linlsh. It paints a terrible picture ot the Tate that would befall an invaded fatherland. A dispatch to the Cologne Volks Zeitung from Berlin states that there was exhaustive deliberations between the reiehstag, the federjil council and the supreme comand, ns iwcll as the leaders of all parties before a de rision is reached concerning a reply to Mr. Wilson's note. It lo said to be probable the reiehstag wijl not. re assemble until next week. Judging by Uticinlsh and (Berlin newspapers received here. President W ilson’s reply to Germany was printed In full in tho German press. The new papers variously tremed the re jiiv .a irap. v.usons evasions, »v rude answer,” and the like. Some of the newspapers do not at* tempt to comment on the reply, mere Iv saying "1. ave It to the supremo army command ” Here and there appeals are made to neutrals to the effect that Germany's /annihilation would involve their commercial ruin a’so. The Hokal Anzeiger gives way to despondency, lamenting over "(he human, lives being sacrificed v. hile Wilson has it in his power to end the carnage.’* The Tageblatt and Vorwaerts of 'Herlin urge the entente In the higher interests of humanitty to avoid an ex cessively Irreconcilable spirit. Ger mania considers that all possibilty of n flotations is not precluded, while the Conservative organs see nothing Hut a struggle to the end without fur jther efforts towards peace. I The Kreuse Zeitung says President Wilson definitely seeks the capitula tion of the cGrman army and the ab dication of the German monarch. “Let Hi - faithful servitors of ‘h* monarch rally around him to defend him against internal and external en emies,” the newspaper pleads. The Deutehe Tages Zeitung cannot conceive of a government which would reply otherwise than with an ener getic "No” to l/iesident Wilson. The moment has come, the newetwper de clares to colleci. the last force te de fend Germany’s honor, her frontier and future.