New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 18, 1918, Page 1

~ INEW BRITAIN Why not buy that Liberty Bond teday? An excellent investment and a patriotic duty ESTABLISHED 1 876. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, I’RIDAY OCTOB ER 18, PRICE THREE CENTS. — ZEEBRUGGE OCCUPIED; ENEMY @UT OF BRUGLS; WHOLE BELGIAN COAST NOW IN ALLIED HANDS; GERMANS RETIRING FROM CAMBRAI-LAON LINE HUNGARIAN DIET IN UPROAR AS KAROLYI 5 CALLED TRAITOR “Blackguard, Liar, Slave” Also Used Freely and Demand for . Peace Has Hearty Support WILSON ENDORSED IN ‘ ADDRESS T0 THRONE “Hungary Feels Herself to Be in Full Accord With the Ideas Throughout Spreading World Along Noble Lines of President Wilson's Ad- dress”, Draft of Document Says— Austria Accused of Wanting War. ¥ Basel, Oct. 18.—Scenes of tumult prevailed at the meeting of the Hun- garian Diet yesterday during which { demands for peace were made and it { was announced that Austria was be- { ing organized on a federal basis. So | sreat was the uproar that the presid- | ing officer was obliged to adjourn the sitting. The disorder continued, how- “cver, the deputies calling each other “blackguard, liar, traitor, slave.” ete. Dr. Alexander Wekerle, the Hun- garian promier, said the federal states phich will be formed in ‘Aus- | tria will organize ‘their economic and military policies on an autonomous and.independent ba He made an ‘appeal for united action by all ( parties. { Count Michael Karolyi, president the Hungarian independent party, whp followed Dr. Wekerle, demanded that immediate peace negotiations be begun without regard to the com- munity of inter arising from the policy which has heretofore been fol- lowed according to advices from Budapest. { “We Are Nriends of Budapest, O\t. 17.—Count Stephen former | Hungarian premier, | who on Wednesday had a narrow es- | cape from a would-be a | tacked Count Karolyi, | are Entente agents. ! Martin No i, one of the mem- Lers of the Diet, answered “we are friends of the Entente.” Great disorder ensued in the cham- ber. When the sitting was ‘resumed aft- er a brief postponement, a draft of i the address to the king was read. Tt said the result of the war has been such as to place the thronme in dan- It stated that Hungary must ve full autonomy. Hungary feels herself to be in full accord with the ideas throughout the world along the lines of the noble principles of Wilson's addre the address con- tinued. “Hungary must be complete- Iy independent, must have general rlectoral suffrage and the relations between nationalities in the country must be governed by the principles enunciated by President Wilson. “Hungary is in danger of invasion. Hungarian trocps must be brought back and non-Hungarian troops sent away."” Dr. The W state ity are ntente, ling Wekerle said protection of our integrity as ind the maintenance of our tasks we must accomplish at all costs. We desire to grant indi- 21 rights to the different natfon- \lities who have lived among us for a thousand years. We are not con- our traditional point of ccepting President Wilson’s As far as absolute equality to individuals and the de- fense of our integrity and the unity of the state will permit, we will willing- “¢|y satisfy the claims of different na- ! Honalities tradicting view in principles. of rights Karolyi Harpoons Monarchy. Basel, Oct. 17, (Havas)—At a sit- ting of the foreign committee of the Hungarian lower house, Count Mi- chael Karolyl, opposition leader, sharply criticized the forelgn policy »f the monarchy, according to Buda- pest dispatches. He claimed abso- Jute autonomy for the Hungarians and sald that when the Austrian gov- ermment rejected the British proposal to submit the Balkanic vroblem to ar- bitration, the monarchy proved that It wished to begin the war. Count Karolyi said Austria's n policy du the war has M worze hostil there were for- heen ailed asserted 3 ocea- spreading | \ Berne, Oct. 17.—President Wilson's reply to the German note has created new state of affairs in diplomatic discussions relative to peace, it report- ed here from Germ. ources, and the German reply, it is said, will make it clearly understood that the tone em- ployed hy the president was open to objectior There have been passionate discus- sions of the president’s reply at meet- ings of all the groups of the Reich- stag, but no line of policy has been de- termined, although there has been prolonged deliberation on the subject. BERLIN NETTLED BY TONE OF PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE The presence of Field Marshal von Hindenburg in Berlin is believed foreshadow the drafting of the Ger- man reply to Mr. Wilson. Under the, Reichstag will meet tomorrow. In any case there will be no plenary meeting of the parliament before the is forwarded. Then there will be a full dress debate, in which the so- clalists, notably Friedrich Ebert, vice- president of the social democratic par- ty, and Gustav Noske, socialist mem- iber of the Relchstag) will take part. VICTORY OPENS UP ROAD T0 BRUSSELS Lille, Douai and Ostend Reclaimed in Dash Across Belglum ENEMY ARMIES IN PERIL French .and ..Belgians ..Approach Ghent and Bruges at Rapid Pace— Germans Must Pass Through Bot- tlenceks to Regain Own Border Paris, Oct. 18.—Lille, Ostend, three great cities, delivered from the enemy. This is | the mosi glorious day for the Allies since tho battle of the Marne, and it fittingly terminates a wonderful bat- tle of three months, which opened by General Mangin's victor- ious counter-offensive on July 18, Many cities have beea liberated and hundreds of square miles of ter- ritory retaken. The British, Douai and have been was south of Le Cateau, have the German positions the Hunding line. defense Meuse is broken into and now The whole Germaa system stward in penl. The first result of forcing the Ger- mans back to the Ghent-Tourna Valeatiennes line during ea ta the vesterday's fighting has been to sap the enemy’s | defenses beore they to reach them farther The road to Bru carding to latest a and Belgian armies are advancing rapidly towards Bruges and Ghent. The capture of Ostend makes it pos- ! sible to land reinforcéements and throw powerful forces against the extreme right of the German army. General von Arnam’'s army no longer is strong enough to sustain operations on the extended front from the Freach to the Dutch front- jer. It is therefore, reasonable to ex- pect that its retreat across Belgium will be rapid and that King Albert will re-enter his capital earlier than was hoped. At the very moment the Flanders battle was won another offensi started in the direction af and Vervins, by Anglo-American and French forces. The object is to take the armies of the Crown Prince, un- shelter of the Hunding line, on ank and force them to an early towards the Ardennes across thie front of the powerful Allied right wing. The W back to Germany lles through two bottlenecks separated by the Ardennes—the one between Liego and Dinant and the other between Montmedy and Verdun. The latter already is partially blocked. While it may be admitted that the Germans are fightins well and con- ducting their retre~c with great skill, military opinion here is that the great German military machine is in dan- ger of collapse. have been able south. s is eapen. Ac- the French Loss of Bases Morally Ruinous. London, Oct. 18.—The German dream of dominating the Flanders coast has come to an ead, the morn- ay,and they speak memorable day in pointing out the prominent ed by the British army and the far-reaching successes ing of newspapers Thursday as the part » navy ained The Bel Daily Teleg German 1 coast, n coast oh in referring withdrawal from the were symbols of the ene- beoat mpaign and the threat to Great Britain. The evacua- tion of these pluaces, it adds. is doubly Mintn Page) ports, says the to the chan- (Continued on VIENNA ADMITS Allied Forces in Serbia Move Forward threaten | TEUTONS EVACUATE BALKAN TERRITORY Troops of Central Powers Leave Serbia, Albania and Montenegro Steadily and Native Soldiers Oceupy Kruchevatz, Thirty Miles Northwest of Nish. London, Oct. 18.—The evacuation of the territory of' \Serbid, Wlbania and Montenegro. by forces of the Central ! ‘SCHOOLS AND THEATERS Powers has been begun, according to a digpatch from Vienna forwarded by the American correspondent the Central News Agency. The Allied troops in of Serbia _ con- tinue successfully their advance north- ward from Nish. A statement from the Berbian war office announces that the Serbs have captured Kruchevatz, 30 miles northwest of Nish. SUBSGRIBE $800, 000 Landers, ;»,aw & Million in Fourth Loan and Em- ployes Contribute Remainder. Again all records for the factory Lberty Loan subscriptions have been broken by the employes of Landers, Frary & Clark, who have secured from their ranks 3,341 subscriptions to the Fourth Tiberty Loan, aggre- gating $322,350.00—or an average of almost a one hundred dollar bond per subscriber. Before Saturday they hope to have a bond subscription of a one hundred dollar bond per em- ploye. Notwithstanding the heavy demands that have been made upon these people for the Red Cross and other charitable work, and notwithstanding the fact that they have subscribed more than the employes of any other factory in town in the previous Liber- ty Loans, they again respond to the demands of thé government, greatly exceeding their quota and breaking all records in this community for fac- tory subscriptions. Not to be out- done by their employes, Landers, rary & Clark as a concern have sub- scribed to $500,000 worth of bonds for the Fourth Liberty Loan, making a total for the concern and its employes of over $800,000. The factory campaign has been conducted entirely by the employes of the concern themselves. The campaign team being guided by H. A. Traver, ssistant secretary of the company; . F. Hall, auditor, and G. A. Hage- dorn, of the Sales Department. This splendid result was obtained by per- sonal solicitation after mass meetings held at each of the plants where patriotic speeches were made by C. F. Smith, chairman of the board of directors; Rev. Lucyan Bojnowski, Capt. Spate of the British Army;Lieut. Holderoft of the Royal Flying Corps and Rev. Sullivan of Chicopee. The officials of the company, the managers of the campaign and the board of directors are taking great pride in the individual accomplish ment of the concern as well as having had a part in the splendid showing that New Britain has made as a city in responding to the Loan. 32 NEW VOTERS MADI. Up to 2 o'clock this afternoon the board of selectmen and city clerk, who have been in session to make new dministered the cath to to | the | circumstances it is uncertain whether | TRUTH | BRITISH TROOPS IN TURCOING, 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LILLE London, Oct. 18.—Turcoing six miles northeast of Lille, has been entered by British troops, acocrding to the Evening News. Between the Sensee canal and Lys river the British their advance on the whole front, Halg's forces north of Cambrai cap- tured a number of villages and crossed | the Douai-Denain road. Advancing | northeast of Lille the British reached | a point within a mile of Turcoing. the are continuing Haig Reports 4,000 Prisoners. London, Oct. 18.—DMore than 4,000 a city | prisoners were captured by Tield Marshal Haig's forces yesterday in | their offensive in the Bohain-Le Ca- | teau region, the British war office an- nounced today Americans \id British in Drive. Headquarter (By the Associated m.—Considerable op- Army Oct. 17, s been met by the British hours died down some (Continued on Fifteenth Page.) NATION IS Washington, Oct. 18. nation must subscribe between n if the Fourth Liberty loan is to Treasury officials estimated hours remained to the 2,000,00 morning for a whirlwind finish greatest war loan in all was recognized as a stupendous o that it would be accomplished. Not a single reserve district Two, Atlanta and Philadelphia, o way mark. New Minneapolis ing to have gone over the top. MILLION A MINUTE PACE SET IF One million dollar to the three weeks' campaign for the history. York still has $800,000,000 to raise, St a are leading in the order named, with the latter claim- TO SUBSCRIBE LOAN a minute is what the ow and midnight tomorrow night go over the $6,000,000,000 mark. to day that just about 33 working 0 solicitors when they set out this before these workers no doubt here The task ne, but there was its quota, however. not reached the half Louis and has attained flicially have Two Days to Raise $1 WILL REMAIN CLOSED Moore Instructs Supt. Holmes Not to Re- sume Classes. Dr. to general expectations, the schools of the city, including the | New Britain State Norm : ool will not re-open on Mond \h}wm]gh Superintendent of Schools Staniey H. Holmes had previously decided to have the schools open on Monday and had sent notices to ali of the teachers advising them of this fact, o, Mocre, superintendent of health, today issued an order for- bidding the re-opening of both schools and theaters The following order was sent to the superintendent of schoo “By virtue of the authority vested in me as superintendent of health of this city I hereby order that the schools be continued closed until further notice from the board of health, Contrary “H., F. MOOR Superintendent.” Dr. Moore explains that he hag is- sued this order for two reasons. Cne is that since it has been the policy of the city to close the schools be- cauze of ‘he epidemic he does nct think it wise to adopt a change of policy during the crisis. The other reason is that there have been num- erous cases of Spanish influenza de- veloping among the school children during the past two weeks. Dr. Moore did say however, that he confidently expects that the coming week will be the last of the enforced vacation. He is of the opinion that next weei will see conditions greatly relioved and he thinks it will be possible to opren both schools and theaters on October 25. Dr. T. E. Reeks, chairman of the executive board of the New Britain General hospital, sald today that no hospital auxiliary will be opened, despite crowded conditions at the General hospital. The opening of an auxiliary building would additional doctors and nurses and as it is a physical impossibility to secure either it would be useless to open a new building. At present every available room and corridor at the hospital, and every available building anne: is being utilized and the nurses and doctor: are being S0 (Continued on T’mvonm Page.) Oct. 18—Forec i nd vicinity: and Saturday: ; Hartford, for New T Clondy toy 750,000,000 In America’s Financial Offensive Entire Country Puts Shoulder to Wheel With Expectation of Subscribing Six Billion and Even More. ‘Washington, Oct. 18.—The Fourth Liberty Loan today neared the home stretch of the campaign with $4,- 250,000,000 subscribed and $1,750,- 000,000 to be raised in two days re- maining. Despite | subscribed | throughout | they wauld less than this tremendous un- balance, campaigners the country reported be satisfied with nothing oversubscriptions. $92,207,450 From New York. New York, Oct. 18.—The York federal reserve district ad- vanced the Liberty Loan subscrip- tions over night by only $3%,207,450, according to figures giving total tab- ulations at 10 a.'m. today. These | amounted to $1,041,000,000 and in or- der to reach the quota of $1,800,000,- | 000 before midnight Saturday, sub- | scriptions will have to come in at the rate of $20,000,000 an hour. Néw Connecticut Over Quota. Oct. 18.—Although $34,- s added to the New Eng- land Liberty Loan total yesterday the { district today /still was nearly $90,- | 000,000 short of’its quota of half a billion. The total to date stood at $410,466,000. Returns from Connecticut put that/ state over its quota, the first New England state to oversubscribe. The quota v 66,662,000 and today the state had $67,056,000 to its credit with more subscriptions to be offi- reported Of yesterda; chusetts subscriptions Massa- contributed, $23,829,000; Connecticut, $3,772,000; Rhode Island $3,745,000; New Hampshire, $1,827,- 000; Maine, $1,225,000, and ‘ermont, SON ENLISTS FOR DUTY IN TANK CORPS Springfield, Mass., Oct. 18.—Doug- las Wesson, formerly purchasing agent of the Smith & Wesson Co., recently taken over by the government and now operated by the National Oper- ating Corporation, today left for Get- tysburg, Pa. where he will be vol- untarily inducted into the tank serv- | ice. He been with the Smith & | Wesson- Co. graduation from Cornell unive 1906 WE in HURT TRAIN HITS Butler, N. J., Oct. 18.—Of 33 em- ployes of the Haskell Powder Works Haskell, N. J.. on their way to in an omnibus today, one was killed and 30 were serjously injured and two others slightly hurt when a Susque ONE KILLE BUS. work ( 1 | | i 3 < est of Douai, but | | | | Americans With British in Blow in Bohain-Le Cateau Region, Where Haig Reports Cap- ture of 4,000 Prisoners; Enemy Troops Posting Placards Abusmg Kaiser and Chiefs| London. Oct. 18, via .\Ir»n:rcal.——Zcehrugg'q the port of Bruges, and'the second important German submarine basc on the Belgian coast, has been occupied by Allied forcps. ¥ Bruges, seven miles south of Zeebrugge, has been evacuated by the Germans, according to information received at the Belgian army headquarters. Belgian Infantry in Bruges. lleadquarters in Flanders, Oct. 18 (Reuter’s forces entered the city of Bruges today British gian infantry Cutting Off Retreat to Ghent. > London, Oct. 18, 1 p. m. (By the Associated Press.)—Belgian cavalry is pursuing the retreating enemy on the Flanders front today with the obpject of cutting off retreat to Ghent. The artillery is following swiftly and carrying out a vigorous bom-~ bardment with the same object. The town of Blangenberghe, on the Belgian coast southwest of Zeebrugge, was occupied by the Allied forces today. Zeebrugge in Flames Am\teram, Oct. 18 —It is also reported that Zeebrugge is partly in flame Three conflagrations there are clearly vi ible in Flushing. The outbreak of tlu fires was acwm]nmod by terrific explos!ons. suggesting that the Germans are destroying munition dumps and hangars. Germans Flood Belgium Lowlands. _ondon, Oct. 18—The Germans are preparing to inundate the low lying lands south of the river Scheldt in eastern Belgium, a Central News dispatch from Amsterdam reports The in- habitants have been ordered to abandon their homes immediately. Retirement on Laon-Cambrai Front. Paris, Oct. 18.—The Germans have begun a new retirement movement in the area between the Oise and the Serre rivers, between Laon and Cambrai, according to the official statement from the war office today. French troops advancing from pursuit of the German rear guards. by the French. n the Argonne region the French have crossed the Aisne near Vouziers. [Fighting continues in the area west of Grand Pre. Placards Abuse Kaiser and Staff. Zurich, Oct. 18 (Havas.)—Official statements issued by the Entente war offices no longer are published in Germany. Rumors reaching here are to the effect that there have been outbreaks among the soldiers at the front. Abusive placards concerning the emperor, the Crown Prince, Field Marshal von Hindenburg and General Ludendorff have been posted in many railroad stations in Germany. Achery and Choigny are in Anguilcourt has been occupied \ NEW BRITAIN SAILOR REPORTED DROWNED SING- ‘MARSEILLES’ ON MAIN ST., BERLIN Navy Department Announces Death | German Independent Socialists Gath< New hanna and York Railroad train the ! shed int | the Al of John J. Not on er in Unter-den-Linden and Har- W the As Valentine, Public Reoords: monize on French Anth Amsterdam, Oct. 18, (By sociated Press) A demonstration by the German independent socialists in Unter-den-Linden, Berlin today is re- ported by the Cologne Volks Zeitung. The crowd sang the Marseillaise. The police, adds the newspaper, prevented . the demonstration from reaching the imperial palace. was a h, in which crowd were slightly injured police sabres. Oct. 18.—Casualties by the navy depart- ment included: John J. Valentine, | yeoman, New Britain, Conn., drowned | in foreign service October 10. No information could be secured abaut Valentine at th'e War bureau, and his name cannot be found in the directory. ‘Washiagton, announced today MILK 15 12 CENTS Farly by 3,000,000,000 CARTRIDGES DLA- A BELLED “BERLIN, EXPEDITE” | . Washington, Oct. 18.—Production Consumers—>Meeting | of cartridges for machine guns, Ti- | fles, revolvers and pistols has passed the 3,000,000,000 mark. The war de- partment announced today that 2,- 510,628,510 cartridges have been made for machine guns and rifies and 4,200 for pistols, and 368,007, 400 for miscellaneous purposes. Producers Decide on Advance in Price to Considers Matter. A meeting of the dairymen of this vicinity was held last evening at the [ Chamber of Cammerce and the chief consideration of the meeting W the advisability of advancing the of milk sa that the cost to the sumer will be 15 1-2 cents. It w cided that after November price will be 15 1-2 cen Holt of Newington, presindent o Connecticut Milk Producers’ tion, made an addre H directors of the state association would meet shartly and it was then hoped that a price to prevail through the winter will be discussed. The Conecticut Milk Producers’ assotia- tino stands in a relation to the milk producers of Connecticut does tha regional milk commission to the pro- ducers in New York state. MACEDONTA® TS CLEARED OF THE APPEAL FOR NURSE Mrs. Charles B. Parsons, chair= man of the Nurses' department of the Mayor’s emergency relief coms mittee, issues today an appeal for more nurses, Mrs, Parsons re- ports the greatest possible need. committee i= swamped with Anyone who will do nurs- Wl day or for a few hours a v is requested to communicate Mrs, Parsons at once, She can be reached by telephonir No, 200. The ency of thig call cannot be over emphasized. The present force Of nurses cannot begin to meet the requirements. Anyone who can help out in this hour of emergency should not de- lay one minute in offering her services to the Nurses’ committog through Mrs, Parso=~ GREEKS ENEMY. Saloniki, Oct. 18.—Greek troops to day completed the occupation the regions of Greek Macedonia which have been held by the Bulgarians an Qe