The evening world. Newspaper, October 17, 1918, Page 1

PRICE TWO CENTS. conte it, ‘The Press Publishing York World), _______F*Girentation Books Oven to All: TOBER 17, 1918. 20 PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS OSTEND AND LILLE TAKEN; | GERMAN ARMY IN ROU NDEPENDENCE FROM AUSTRIA IS DECLARED BY HUNGARY, tBLION MARK 1S PASSED NV NEW YORK LOAN DRNE $3 600,000,000 IN NATION Metropolitan Life Leads With| AMERICANS DRIVE v, [ALL FO& LINE CRUMBLING; oe WITH ONLY “PERSONAL UNION” ELGIANS GAIN 9 MILES © Report Indicates That Proclamation of Parlia- ESE ment Still Recognizes Emperor Carl A re as King ot Hungary. Gen. von Arnim’s Whole Army Bytom Evacuate Ostend Before | f wet Oct The Hungarian arllament bas ined Seventeen Divisions in Retreat} British Naval Forces Enter ~ caiy 4"™ereedal ‘eaten ena Astrid ecbbeltag i Olatta Before Allied Assaults—Courtrai) King Albert’s Troops Moving Falls and Thielt Is Penetrated. | Rapidly on North Coast. . $25,000,000; New York Life News despatch from Copenhagen to-day, quoting a Berlin despatch. Buys $24,000,000, By a “personal union” is probably meant retention of Emperor WILL NOT EXTEND TIME. Secretary McAdoo Hopeful That Country Will Pass Quota by Saturday Night. WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.—The will be no extension of the Lib- erty Loan subscription period past Saturday night, Secretary McAdoo stated emphatically to- day. The status of the Fourth Loan campaign, McAdco said, is much more encouraging than the figures indicat “We are going to get the $6,000,- 000,000,” the Seoretary declared emphatically. “We will get it by Saturday night.” Two and one-half days more. New York passed the $1,000,000,000 mark in the Fourth Liberty Loan at Two huge .000,- 3 o'clock this afternoon. subscriptions did the trick—t 000 trom surance Company, bringing the con- cern’s total to $60,000,000, and $24,- 00,000 from the New York Life In- surance Compeny, whose total is $50,- 000,000, Federal $1,010,373,050. A $3,000,000 New the Metropolitan Life In- The total for the } York Reserve District is now subscription by the & $2,000,000 City Company helped swell the receipts, York and the y ot subscription by National From Washington came reports showing that the whole country has subscribed $3,600,000,000 and must vaise $2,400,000,000 in the next two] days. New York in the same period must raise nearly $800,000,000, The Liberty Loan campaign has been released from all lighting restric- tions, Administrator Garfield announced to-dé The Treasury Department at Wasn- ington predicts that as a popular loan the Fourth will break the record of the Third, and that the number of in (Continued Sixth Page.) TWO AMERICANS KILLED I SHELLING OF DUNKIRK Allied Advance in Belgium to Put Quick End to Bom- bardments. PARIS, Oct. 17.—Two American sem, killed, n was wounded and ¢ H ardment of Dunkirk yest with a long range gun. A semi official note issued here to-day says ‘The advance of the Allied armies tn Relgium will cause this bombardmont to bo one of the tact from which Dunkirk saat euttet"* ° ~~ ~ _ AHEAD BOTH SIDES OF FUSE RIVER Capture Summit of Bois de la Grand Montagne After Taking Grand Pre. | WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Wed-| Oct, 16, Night (Associated| its successful advance Press). In north of the Argonne Forest to-day First Champigneulle, one mile north of St. Juvin, A little further east toward the Meuse they gained possession of the Cote-de-Chatillon, | East of the Meuse the Americans moved forward in the Bois de la Grand Montagne, the summit of} which they now hold. | After having captured Grand Pre, the Americans advanced their Hnes to the eastward and ocupied Moulin- to the eastward and occupied Moulin- les-Pas, They surged forward until they’ had taken control of Loges Wood, one and a half miles north of Cheviere: the American Army reached (Special despatches from France say the 42d Rainbow Division, in which the 165th Infantry [old 69th New York) is a member, played a msot important part in the Grand Pre battle.) | WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES | NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Oct. 17 (Associated Press).-The capture of {Grand Pre by Gen. Pershing’s forces | was accomplished under terrific hard- ships and with a heroism not hinted at in the brief official announcement | of the taking of this stronghold of the | Germans north of the Argonne Forest. The Americans took the town pri- | marliy by outwitting the enemy—by |attacking without artillery prepara- (Continued on Fifth Page.) ‘GARFIELD LIFTS BAN ON SUNDAY | AUTOMOBILES Karl as King of Hungary. autonomies and a new system of is facing a decisive political crisis, sage quoting the Frankfurter Zeitu: ing in Bohemia. WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.—Emperor Car] of Austria is about to grant government, according to State De- partment information this afternoan from Berne, which said Austria The report said that the Emperor would issue a manifesto at a meeting of the Austro-Hungarian delegates. At the same time a mes- ng said a general strike was spread- Other information was that the eighty Pole delegates in the Aus- trian Reichsrath have voted to sit no longer in that ‘body. FOE’S SURRENDER WITH KAISER OUT, BEL IN LONDON Berlin Denies Emperor Has Ab- dicated—Burian Optimistic on Peace, LONDON, Oct. 17.—Rumors relative to the course Germany may take to- ward replying to the note from Presi- dent Wilson form the main feature of this morning’s papers. Some are con- vinced that Germany's unconditional surrender is coming. A despatch from Amsterdam says official denial that the Kaiser has ab- dicated was contained in a despatch received there from Berlin Although the statement issued the Foreign Office last night shows that yesterday's rumors were prema- ture, extraordinary reports concern- ing internal conditions in Germany are printed. Some newspapers take it for granted that Emperor William will abdicate, The Express says that for some time he has been sending his \aluables to Holland. Some editorials express the view that the disappearance of the Em- | peror is immaterial, | “He is a mere symbol and @ figure- | head of what we pledged to destroy,” says the Telegraph. “It is what will | be substituted for his insane and dis- jastrous rule that matters. “Alteration of the German Consti- WASHINGTON, Oct The ban lon the use of automobiles on Sunday was unconditionally lifted to-day, ef- ! Fuel Adiministrato, Garfield said that no restrictions will be placed on | the use »f automobiles unless gaso- a H adder at priority orders will be sued for overseas gasoline pue ecobol,—Advt. \ tution, by which civilian power would be admitted to a share in the con- trol of matters pertaining to the war, is @ subject of utmost importance. By this alteration the Emperor would « » bet preme war lord,” his step,” says the Daily News “meahs broadly that the Kaiser has surrendered to President Wilson and is equivalent to an admission that all +t The Express claims to have trust- worthy information to the effect that Germany's surrender is imminent | BURIAN "REPORTED OPTIMISTIC PEACE PROSPECT! A Spach trom Vienna says that |Baron Burian, Austro - Hungarian Foreign Minister, spoke in optimistic |manner cf the prospects for an early |peace in addressing the Foreign Af- |fairs Committee of the Austrian Dele- |gations at its meeting Wednesday. “I nourish the hope most fully,” said the Foreign Minister, “for if the |contents of President Wilson's reply lare studied there is nothing to be found to frustrate such a hope or even to delay its realization considerably. “The political point in President Wilson's reply is settled, as Ger- many’s reply will undoubtedly estab- lish, by the modifications which are being made in the Constitution. “We can be fully convinced that Germany will be in a position to ac- cept the President's demands regard- ing the humanization of the war, do not believe that, in his demands generally, he goes beyond what Ger- many intends, especially as regards the moment the war may be consid- ered to be terminated.* “[t 1s clearly understood that Ger- many will insist that no conditions be imposed during the preliminary phase of the negotiations which are incom patible with her dignity.” All the papers got out extras last night on the reported abdication of the Kaiser and the surrender of Ger- many, The fact that the meeting. of the Refchstag, scheduled for to-day, was postponed, coupfed with the menacing advance of the Allied troops in Flanders, has created a general dis- position here to believe that Germ would accept President Wilson's terms. There was an air of great expec- (Continued on Fifth Page.) a WILSON SIGNS FRAUD BILL. tion in Commgressional Miec- jonn Now Federal Often: WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.—President Wilson to-day signed the bill making fraud in Congressional elections a fed- eral offense Cor: — Optam Mixsing usury Store Room. WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 Opium valued at $10,000, representing seix ures of the Government narcotic staff for a month, {# missing from the easury ma, It eloped to-day that § ervice agents have vainly sought clues to where- abouts. ——— con Waxes hing, Birengthenina, VALESCENCE FROM and pneumonia. (ake Timpertal LONDON, Oct. 17, 4.22 P. M. (United Press).—British naval forces have occupied Ostend, it was offi- i cially announced by the Royal Air Force this afternoon. Aviators reported Ostend clear of the enemy this morn- _ base at 12.55 P. M. spatches received here to-day. The city of Lille has been captured by the British. virtually surrounded. Resistance by the Germans is crumbling all along the battlefront except Northern Champagne. There American troops under Gens. Gen. Gouraud are engaged in desperate fighting. wing. PARIS, Oct. 17 (United Press).—A complete break- through has been effected by the Allies in the Germans’ second defense line in Belgium, according to battlefront de- spatches received here to-day. Dense masses of cavalry are pouring through the breach and are reported to have advanced nine miles. [ The break-through probably was in the region of Thielt, where Belgian cavalry is reported to have entered that city. An additional advance of nine miles in this vicinity would carry the Allied cavalry to Nevele, only six miles southwest of Ghent, If the breach was made further south it would bring the Allies within two miles of Audenarde, while if it were to the northward the Allies will have reached the outskirts of Bruges. The British captured Courtrai after violent street’ fighting, according to the Petit Journal. - |nounced here to-day. BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FLANDERS, Oct. 17 (Reuter’s), —Belgian and French troops, pivoting on Lombaertzyde, early to-day b gan to push steadily northward toward the Belgian Coast. The Germans are carrying out a double retirement in Flanders with Courtrai as the pivot. The northern retirement extends from Ostend | southward, while the other affects the industrial area of Northern France. The only point on the northern front where the Germans are resist~ ing is at Courtrai. WITH THE ALLIED FORCES IN FLANDERS, Oct | ated Press.) —The allied infantry in the centre of the advance againsi the | retreating Germans on this front was reported to-day to have re-estab- Oct Courant to-day, lished contact with the fleeing enemy. It is considered that if the present, during the da rate of advance is sustained the Belgian coast should be free of the Ger- Belgian, Bri mans within a very few days. ults over a fi | LONDON, Oct. 17 (Associated Press.) —Beigian forces have made) aod a half miles. ¢ | progress in the region north of Thourout cupled Schooreek. Th British forces entered Courtrai during yesterday's fighting, according , the jo the War Office, Over twenty villages weie capiured by the allied forces in Belgium Zeebrugge is also believed to have been practically evacuated, according to information received here this after if noon. Zeebrugge was formerly the companion German submarine base to Ostend and is 15 miles east of the latter. The Belgians, under command of King Albert, are marching on Ostend, according to battle front de- PARIS, Oct. 17 (Associated Press ).—The whole of the German Army of Gen. von Arnim is ip retreat from “4 the North Sea to the region of Lille, having been beaten back and overthrown by the Allied attacks to-day. The retirement is assuming the proportions of a rout. Seventeen Divisions comprise the army of von Arnini, Military observers here believe that Gen. von Arnim will have extreme difficulty in extricating himself from the position. It is held that he remained too long against all strategic and military laws, when he was outflanked and ty The Prussian Guards, ceding ground inch by inch, are dying but not surrendering in an effort to save their right 4 GERMANS ABANDONING LILLE _ SEND PEOPLE TO MEET BRITISH; FAIL TO BURN OR WRECK CITY BRITISH HEADQUART | Germans on leaving Lille, whi Belgian cavalry has penetrated Thielt, it was an-| sight. The streets were thronged with civilians who were frantically waving MSTERDAM 17. (Associ- command, according to @ bulletin issued by the Rotterdam | has ord places unless absolutely compelled to do so by military necessity, ¥ and French troops advanced in a series of brilliant of 31 iniles to an average depth of more thap three ys and captured Menin, pushing past several kilometres. French captured Lichtervelde and Ardoye. WIMR THe ALLIED ARMIES IN BELGIU) ing, and Vice Admiral Keyes, commander of the British Channel Fleet, landed in the former German submarine in the region of the Argonne and Liggett, Cameron and Bullard and French troops under hbcheaianeantetoal - S IN FLANDERS, Oct. 17 (Reuter’s).The was captured to-day by the British, did mot set fire to the bulidings or cause any explosions, | At 4 0'clock this morning the German commandant at lille ordered @) |the inhabitants of the city to assemble as promptly as possible. A’ they | hurried through the gloom of the streets they observed the garrison mareb- ing out. They were told to go out to the British lines and meet ther friends. } Then came the rythmic tramp of infantry, which gradually died away, i | The Germans had departed from Lille. } At dawn @ British airman flying over the city beheld a fost amazing 3 | handkerchiefs and shawis. Not a soldier could be seen. The aviator quickly z turned and carried the news back to the British lines. Patrols advanced Fy immediately and entered the city . es German Vandals Ordered to Stop., . ae by Army Command, Says Report 17 (Associated Press).—The German army 1 its armies to cease devastating the Yser north of Dixmuge the Belgians pt- Wso captured Thourout and the British crosset RP vsceay