The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 29, 1918, Page 1

; } 4 coer HUNGARY AND MONTENEGRO REVOLT IF IT HELPS WIN THE WAR, THE STAR IS FOR IT —_————— FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT OF TH E UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS LO AA LAA AL ALAA A AAA VOLUME 20. NO. 208 PRPRALDLR ARPA LAL LLL LPL PPL ALA PPP LL PLS The Seattle Sta THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Entered as Gecond Class Matter May 3, Hoattie, COMPLI ), WASH., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1918. 1899, at the Postoffics at Waeh, SEATT under the Act of Congress March ¢ STE SERVICE OF THE NEWSPAPER 1879, NIGHT EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE Por Yous, vy Mail, 5199 to ENTERPRISE . Weather Forecast: ASSOCIATION a) Tonight and Tuesday, fair; moderate werterly winds PEACE INS IGHT Austria Surrenders, Says London; Germany to Yield, Wilson Believes; Turkey Asks for Separate Peace; Huns in Lower Rhine Valley in Flight A report from Copenhagen says Turkey has asked for a separate peace. terms will be accepted, both by Germany and the other central powers. ‘Washington experts believe these Hungary The Montenegrins, has revolted and set up an independent state, in conjunction with Czechs and Jugo-Slavs. tion, seizing Cettinje, capital of Montenegro, and Scutari, principal city of The German socialist press German newspapers declare dorf. Civilians are fleeing from the lower Rhine provinces. an unbroken front of 30 miles. dication of the kaiser. the German armies wi : The Austrian lines have been broken on the Piave front, The Americans are locked with the Germans in a desperate northern Albania. range guns are bombarding the Mezieres-Montmedy-Longuyon railway, ‘10 or 20 miles behind the German lines. "ATCH FROM HENRY WOOD ‘United Press Leased Wire, Direct to The Star) ta ad st aan wana a” YY WITH THE ITALIAN ARMIES IN. THE FIELD, ) Oct. 29,—(10 a. m.)—The Italians are now advancing on 1 continuous front of 60 kilometers (3714 miles) ex- east of Mont Spinoncia to Rocandolle. The Austrian lines have been completely pierced east of the Piave. Italian patrols already have crossed the Monticano| fiver, 15 kilos (nearly 10 mil number the Piave, and these are constantly being added to, as the) engineers work like madmen. these bridges light infantry, and other units pom long in increasing numbers, to take up the inst i u H zi z a proceeding on a front 50 miles from the Aniago to a point on the Piave be tween Treviso and Oderzo. The Ital- fans and British are across the Piave @n the whole 30-mile front between Valdobbiadene and Roncadelle. ‘The allies have driven a great ‘Wedge into the enemy lines east of Reveso, advancing more than five Miles east of the Piave, on a 15-mile | front. The villages of Brogo, Mal- notte, Tezze, Rai, San Michele di Plave, Cimadolmo, Ornelle, Ronga @ile, Ternpio and Bianche have been | captured. San Lucia di Piave and Vazzola| have been entered. Italian troops oe within & mile of the Monticano | Take 9,000 Yenterday In the mountain region the Italians have extended their gains north of Ornic river. Numerous prisoners | been taken, in addition to the | announced in yesterday's com- jue. The Italians have entered the im- Pertant town of Alessio, in Albania i (29 miles. south of Scutari), and are | Sivancing on San Giovanni di Medua. “The 12th and Kighth armies have @Xtended their bridgehgad,” the state- | Ment said. “North of the Ornic Tor 1 ) 4 ployed.” East.of Grave di Papadopoll, the | ™* 4 7 pi 4 ‘ night and. gained the left bank of ? nm instructions from . cro! uys riv ‘on wide front in Bel enemy ceded ground. We broke thru| Hed Crome, | oii ted the total Austria Out of War, |: ont in he Slave: peamiing. oo week for the| the enemy lines and liberated the vil- of Brogo, jlanotte, Tezze, To rent a house To sell a house To buy an auto To sell an auto To get help To get a job To have any reasonable want fulfilled, make it n to the largest au- dience in the Northwest. Telephone Main 600 You can have the want ad . Downtown branch |) 610 Second ave. | manufacture altogether. it is not | mask on the streets in the open air, es) b@yond the Piave. bridges have been thrown across the enemy where his lines have been | Ral, San Michele di Piave, Cimadot |} mo, San Polo di Piave and Ormelie. | We entered San Lucia di Piave and | Vazzola, and are | Monticano river. | tional prisoners and guns. approaching the We captured addi “In Albania we entered Alessio and |aer marching on San Givanni de Meda.” CITY TAKES OVER: DISTRIBUTION OF ALLFLU' MASKS PEACE TREATY Gauze masks, to be worn on street cars, in stores and wher- ever people mingle, to check the spread of Spanish influenza, will be distributed from now on by the city. A chargé of 5 cents cach will be made, and funds used to combat influenza. Beginning Wednesday, police will enforce new mask regula tions to the letter and make wholesale arrests if the civilian population hesitates to live up to regulations.’ Belated reports show a death toll of 69 persons in the last 48 hours, altho Monday morning only two deaths and 94 new | eases were . | These were outstanding features | in the influenza situation, as offi. | lelals began enforcing their sweeping | measure to stamp out the disease. | Distribution of masks by the Red Cross will cease, and drug stores | will become the distribution depots. | lhe masks will be purchased from the Red Cross by the city. number to be constructed and placed | on aale thru the city to 260,000, / | which is estimated to be a sufficient number to care for the elvillan p ulation of Seattle It is estimated that the remaini 20,000 maske will be finished Tuesday evening, following which | Red Cross workers will discontinue | (KAROLYI HEADS ‘HUNGARY STATE — INREVOLUTION | COPENHAGEN, Oct. | Hungary has definitely revolted and formed an independent antl | Separation between | ent state was necessary. REVOLUTIONISTS SEIZE CETTINJE ZURICH, Oct. 29.—-A revolution |has broken out in Montenegro, ac cording to a dispatch from Laibach today The revolutionists, which Include Albanian soldiers, have seized Cet tinje, Scutart and Rieka, The Aus | troHungariarts are evacuating the country Cottinje, the capital of Montenegro. is located within two miles of the Hungarian § frontier. miles east of Cettinje princifal city of north bach is a Hungarian city, 37 |northeant of Trieste. TURKS REQUEST COPENHAGEN, Oct 29.—Con- stantinople hax proposed a separate peace for Turkey, according to in formation received here today. It |is stated that the proposal was made |independently by the Porte. s “Wat Will Last Only Few Days,” Says Hun Paper BERNE, Oct. 29.—"The world war will not last longer than a few days; we must arrest the vain | Public Ownership Leader Endorses Car Line Purchase By Otway Pardee Former President Public Ownership League Mayor Hanson and the city council have accom- plished something in the purchase of the street car lines which will even outdistance in benefits the fine results of our Port of Seattle properties. Recent events reveal the fact that the street car service is absolutely vital to our industrial development and growth. Without the tric company di name on it and run it. Ik dog nt, he cs and pays for as toe he top ety seething See Why did they e this deal? Because the U. S. government, thru Mr. Taylor, forced them out after they refused to deal with the city on a fair basis. Some question has been raised as to the value of the property, and the assessed valuation used for taxation purposes has been quoted to show a lower value than the $15,000,000 paid for the line. This is no indication of the value and it is common knowledge that the assessed valuation (full value) of any prepery is no indication of its market value. I have helped condemn several million dollars worth of property and have never seen the value determined from the assessor's figures. The assessed valuation is not ad- mitted in court as competent evidence showing the value of property. The attempt in this car line purchase to show the value by use of the assessor's figures indicate the weak- ee of the stand of those claiming that the price is too igh. We have for years asserted that the public service companies do not pay taxes on the true value of their »roperty, so let's be honest with ourselves, if we do not ave any other grounds, and admit it now. Even taking the assessed value of the street railway operating prop- erty in Seattle, which is approximately $6,694,482, it shows a full value of $14,553,000, and this does not in- clude any of the 70 new cars and other additions in 1918 which the city gets. If the city does not secure this property we will pay 6 or 7 cents as soon as the legislature repeals the 5-cent limit and the public service commission passes on ques- tion; but we have the whole question in our control and with the same fare as under private ownership we will buy it as we go. There isn’t a city in the United States but what would jump at the chance we have. So let’s O. K. the action of the United States and city officials, who have studied this question and are serving the public. ent of a cent of money, the elec- to us their property.” We put our Editor’s Note—In this state the assessed value of property is 45 per cent of the real value. | Austrians Report man \beral newspapers say there is ng|no use to complain, by | tria’s action was no surprise to Ger: | many | nitely out of the war,” 1s the consen: flow of our blood,” declares the | socialist newspaper Vorwaerts, | which is nowsregarded virtually a German government organ “It is upon Austria's bureau crats, who sent the ultimatum to{ | Serbia, that the responsibility for} | the war rests the heaviest. Aus: | tria’s disappearance will end the was.” [United Press Summary of War Events Onno? WEST FRONT — Americans gipm. View of Hun Papers) rtavian FRONT—Aniea’ troops front MESOPOTAMIAN FRONT—prit ture Kurkuk and closely fol. |low retreating Turks. FRANCE — Inter-allied and that Aus “We must regard Austria as defi council A : Gigantic Battle VIENNA, via London, Oct. 29, “Raat of the Brenta, a great battle is raging on « front 60 kilometers (37% miles) wide,” the Austrian war office annotinced today. “In the mountains between the Brenta and the Piave all enemy assaults failed. in spite of the strong forces om most part from Viedor,"" COPENHAGEN, Oct. 29.--Com break thru oe . line os the | 5g. x sop-|menting on the Austrian note, Ger-|Piave and advance 10 m tiles beyond * | river. Battle rages over 50-mile Teuton Bishops Plead for Pope to Save Germany COPENHAGEN, Oct, 29.—The Volks | sus of German press comment. ; fe ula istice de. Cologn: Zeitung says a Dr. McBride late Tuesday stated | sus meets to formula uistice de < “ - that, ax the result of congestion on, “Austrian newspapers consider the|anay to be made on ‘Teutons and|)crstess of German bishops has treet cars on certain lines Tuesday alliance with Germany as finally | purkey ; ) asked the pope to exercise his in 9 " seit deas fluence in favor of a just peace morning, instructions would be pre- broken RS: | AUSTRIA-HUNGARY — In new) ) which will p nt Ad rT se sented traction company wren Be R 1 d |note to Wilson, dual monarchy asks | ) destroying Germany the city authorities at noon Tuesday rger Nelease immediate armistice with separate to strictly observe the order relating | to street cars in the present erier: | gency, which is to keep them but partly filled, and at no time or under | any conditions to “jam” them. Win | consin | downs may. be nailed open, because| ment by the federal grand jury on xome passengers persist in closing | ch them. Dr. McBride also emphasized that compulsory to wear the (Continues on page U Berger, socialist, and five other Wis on Wilson's terms. on $10,000 Bond Constantinople MILWAUKEE, Oct. 29—-Victor L. peace for Turkey. AUSTRIA revolts and sets up state in conjunction and Jugo-Slave. party leaders, under indict ndrge of violations of the espionage with pro: Seer it HAIG'S FRONT IS QUIET LONDON, Oct. 29.—"Apart from YGARY — Hungary | artitiery activity and patrol encoun: | independent | ters on different parts of the front, | consider any terms of surrender, but Czechs | there in nothing to report,” Field law, were today at liberty following | posting of bonds with Judge F. A Geiger, United States district court. Berger furnished $10,000 bonds and the others $5,000 each, Marshal Haig announced today. MONTENEGRO — Civilians, aided by Albanian soldiers, revolt a gro, and other cites. Most people have wooden soles, 4 ‘AUSTRIAN NOTE _ IS SURRENDER, EXPERTS STATE BY ED L. KEEN (United Press Staff Correspondent) AMSTERDAM, Oct. 29—Prof. Heinrich Lammasch has succeed- ed Baron Von Hussarck as Aus- trian , it was announced ina from Vienna today. LONDON, Oct. 29.—The Aus- | trian note to President Wilson | | | to surrender, in ‘the ‘today of well-in- ‘ authorities and the Jexpreas_of London. present to Germany an armistice, which, it is believed, | will include the occupation of Metz, the Krupp arsenal at Essen and other fortresses of the enemy \ It is believed in diplomatic cir- clex that the publication of the al-) Med armistice terms will lead to hoisting of the white Mag of sur- render by the enemy forces. The note follows “In reply to the note of Prest- dent Wilson of the 19th of this month, addressed to the Austro- Hungarian government and giving the decision of the president to speak directly with the Austro- Hungarian government on the ques-| tion of an armistice and peace, the Austro-Hungarian government has the honor to declare that equally with the preceding proclamations of the president it adheres also to the same point of view contained in the last note upon the rights of the Austro-Hungarian _ peoples, especially those of the Czecho-Slo- vaks and the Jugo-Slavs. “The Austro-Hungarian govern- ment declares itself ready, In con- sequence, without awaiting the re- sult of other negotiations, to enter | into negotiations upon peace be- tween Austria-Hungary and the states in the opposing group, and |for an immediate armistice upon all Austro-Hungarian fronts. “It asks President Wilson to be so kind as to begin overtures on the subject.” The Austrian note ts dated Oc- tober 28 at Vienna, and is signed by Count Julius Andrassy, the new |foreign minister. KARL'S FORCES . CRUMBLE; FACE FINAL DEFEAT BY J. W. T. MASON (United Press War Expert) NEW YORK, Oct. 29.—The Austro- Hungarian army is beginning to Jerumble before the British and Ital- jan attacks along the Piave, suggest ing that if the Hapsburg plea for an armistice is not granted, an uncondi- tional surrender in the field may be | the result The allied advance across the | Piave has carried the Anglo-Italians half-way to the Livenza river, The stream forms the nidway Austro- | | Hungarian defense toward | mous Tagmiamento positions, Be- yond these there is a clear sweep to | the Italian frontier, | It is difficult to see how the Vien- | na governn san count any longer | on the loyalty of a large part of the troops facing the British and Ttal-| ians. While so many of the states | forming the Hapsburg empire are | themselves partly or wholly inde: | pendent, it would require only slight jurging to start a mutinous move: | | ment in the army. Thereafter Italy might refuse to t t | would dictate her own peace on Aus \tro-Hungarian soil. This possible development undoubtedly is strongly Resoling of a pair of shoes, heels | influencing the Vienna statesmen to seize Cettinje, capital of : Montene: | included, costs $8 to $10 in Belgium. | plead with I sident Wilson for an immediate armistice, 4 | armistice —. | DISPATCH FROM ROBERT J. (By United Press Leased Wire, Diwect to The Star) WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.—Decision, determine whether Germany. is..to accept. a. dictated peace or fight to the bitter end, will come out of the _ The inter-allied war council is in session today at Versailles to decide on terms for an armistice. That Austria has already surrendered is the London opinion today. aided by Albanian soldiers, have started a revolu- and members of the reichstag continue to demand ab- ll retire behind the Rhine and that preparations are under way to establish headquarters in Dussel- where the Italians and British are across the river on ttle along the important heights on both sides of the Meuse. American long- ARMISTICE ~ SESSION ON which wiil great Versailles conference opening its sessions today. It may be stated authoritatively that President Wile |son believes: his program for armistice terms will be ee by the kaiser. orld events are rapidly shaping to make “uncondi- tional surrender” the only terms for the central powers. As one after another of the Teuton vassals crumbles |before the strength of the nations allied against them, the stronger grows the feeling everywhere that only. unquali- conference. \fied surrender should be the mandate of the Versailles Sooner or later Germany will be his full sympathy with the idea that brought to these terms If she does|war work must go on without not yield, officials here declare, she | hindrance. may be able to fight on for years within her own borders. Should she capitulate, peace will ensue. Hun Allies Weaken Austria has sued for a separate peace. Turkey is reported to have done likewise. The oppressed na- tionalities of Austria—the Czecho- Slovaks, Jugo-Slavs and Bohemians have demanded peace and their independence. Austria has sent word to President Wilson that she abides by his determination to give these separate nations what they | want. | Hungary has completed a blood-| less revolution and established her- self as a separate state according to further advices today. Demoralization has struck allies of Germany. Only the kaiser's empire now appears to block the path of peace. The Ver- sailles conference is making the momentous decision which will de- termine the fate of Germany. Meantime America and her as- sociates in the war are driving! ahead with their plans for a com- plete victory. | It may be implied, then, that | « the conference will tell the Ger. | mans they must leave heavy ar. tiNery where it stands on all | fronts, tho they may take home | their side arms; they must evac- uate all occupied territory, in- cluding Russia and Rumania; | submit to allied control of Ger- man seacraft and important mu- nition plants for the time at least, and must expect the allies to occupy strategic points in Ger- many, including strongholds in Alsace-Lorraine, so that there will be no double dealing at the peace table. Same for Austria The same terms will apply to the | with Austria-Hungary. | President Wilson is expected to for- ward immediately the Austrian ap- peal for peace to the Versailles con- ference so that the whole question of terms for Germany, Austria and Turkey may be discussed at same time. It is also believed by diplomats the turn over her railroads as Bulgaria was, to permit allied use of them in transporting troops and supplies for possible use in an attack on Germany's eastern front. Acceptance by the Teuton powers of these terms will mean an end to hostilities, ‘The president is represented today, by men in his confidence, as believ- ing the Germans will knuckle now to a peace dictated by the allies, The war department, however, is proceeding with war orders and war preparations as tho no peace talk were in the air. ‘The draft machinery is being hur- ried and every possible effort is be- ing made to keep munitions and other industries at full pitch. Secretary of War Baker declared the | Germany Is Alone Austro Hungary is virtually out of , now leaving Germany to fight it out alone, according to al- most unanimous diplomatic circles here today. Austria wants peace and intends to desert Germany if the allies will let her, This is the interpretation diplomats place on her appeal for an immediate armistice “without awaiting the result of other negoe tiations.”” Semi-official statements here to- day reported disorder and virtual revolution in Hungary. Magyar leaders are arousing their people to break from Vienna and gain the freedom from the Haps- |burgs which they tried to get in 1848, when Austrian arms forced |them back into the empire. BERLIN WAITS ON VERSAILLES FOR DECISION Dispatch From William here today for the purpose of de- ol Uberating on terms of an arm- Marshal Foch is continuing his pressure along the west front from Holland to the Meuse, with the Huns giving ground at important points, Discouraged murmurings seep out from Germany as Von Hindenburg's whole scheme of retrent is imperiled. Berlin is hanging on the words which will emanate from Versailles, She will not have to wait long, as a the fa-| here that Austria will be forced to| few days at most are deemed suffi- cient, once the formal sittings are under way. Foch and the allied generals are believed to be ready with the purely military demands, which will be necessary if Germany gets an arm: istice. Austria-Hungary is considered already having ceased to exist, she was known before the war. “The allies’ moment has come,” & high personage said to the United Press. “Whether the war ends in the next few weeks, or is prolonged indefi- nitely, depends upon how the situa- tion is handled today, “Absolute unity is more important now than ever, and every atom of strength must be put into our next blows, both political and berctcaca’ |