The evening world. Newspaper, October 24, 1918, Page 1

“If It Happens In New York It’s In The Evening World’’ HAIG STILL GOES ON; TAKES 6,000 MEN _NEW vORK, _THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1918, | FULL AGREEMENT REACHED BY ENTENTE GOVERNMENTS ~ AS WILSON’S REPLY 1S SENT No Armistice Without Surrender as Long as Kaiser Rules—Next Move Up to Military Commanders of Allied Nations. SPECIAL cable despatch to. The Evening World from London, dated Oct. 14, stated that Generalissimo Foch of the Allied Armies, at the Versai Conference, presented detailed military guarantees he considered essential as a condition precedent to an armistice. These involved: - eS, yiguatpreinse of Metz, Strassburg ‘atid Céblenz, the strategic key to Germany ll Surrender of the German fleet of all descriptions and its distribution pro rata among the Allies, accord- Ii ™ ing to their naval losse: stoppage of ammunition making at the Krupp works in Germany and the Skoda works in Austria, these plants to be employed in the manu- facture of material and machinery ‘to make good the losses of France and Belgium. IV A plan—details to be settled—to secure the military impotence of Germany—probably demobilization. These terms have subesequently been en- larged to include: The evacuation of Belgium and the invaded portion of MUTINIES SPREAD Vv LONDON, Oct agreed to terms of an armistice, cording to information obtained here The Allies have ac- to-day. WASHINGTON, Oct, 24.—-No ar mistice except under conditions of i. surrender, ’ No peace with the Kaiser and his war lords, now or later. Thus President Wilson has given in advance his own final decision Io informing the new spokesmen of Ger- many that he has acceded to their cided: Special Companies Formed to Put Down Uprisings by New Drafts. request that he take up with the Allies their plea for an armistice and} hore jerman soldiors recon fek Oederlin, the Swiss Charg last night at 9 o'clock, and soon after « ward was on the cables in plain Eng- | rex | Beh. | ‘At the same time the note was sent | 1 broadcast to the world from the Ar- Mngton naval radio towers. If not picked up directly by the great German station at Nauen, it undoubt edly was relayed from other points in Europe in time to reach Berlin ly sent to the west front, according to information d here to-day come so serious that the are necessary to maintain order ALLIES’ r MEN KILL OFFICERS; peace negotiations. | or The President's reply to the latest LONDON, Oct Soactu com German note has gone on its way to| panies of picked troops thave been} Berlin, It was delivered to Freder rank Oo kino baes nUlaeuaoK a The situation ts said to have be-|¥ special units | ~MSTERDAM, Oct. cessation of all destructions A many that German submarines have _PRICE Two CENTS. GERMANY DENIES ENDING RUIN AND CALLING BACK HER U BOATS: Semi-Official Berlin Newspaper Declares Re-|_ ports of Orders Unfounded. 24.—Denial that Germany has ordered the whatsoever on the western front is made by the semi-official North German Gazette of Berlin The newspaper also denies newspaper reports from outside Ger- been recalled to their bases, KAISERIN SERIOUSLY ILL ‘AND HER CHILDREN ARE SUMMONED 10 BEDSIDE EMPRESS OF GERMANY. Reports to Amsterdam Say Condi- tion of German Empress Is Serious. AMSTERDAM, serin | Oct. 24.—The Kai- seriously ill, according to re ports received here to-day, Her children aro said to have been Summoned to her bedside at Pots dam _— COMMERCE BOARD CLASHES WITH M'AD0O ON RATES Asserts Its Authority to Alter Fr Tariffs Fixed by Railroad Administration. WASHINGTON, Phe Inter nimerce « to-day as: $ authority to alter railroad freight rates initiated by Director Gen- eral McAdoo, even without affirmative that they are wrong, and an that the assum such 8 are presumed to be 1 just rrect The pronouncement was in a decision showing | nounced jon th en by ( loner McChord find ing for the complainants in th of the Willia Valley Lumbermen's Association against the Southern Paci tte 4 others The opinion declares GERMAN BOY SCOUTS tis morning. ) Apparently the exchanges which ad been in progress between Wash fmgton and the Allied capitals since the wireless ve of the German communication was picked up Mon day terminated late in the afternoon, enabling the President to reply junt eleven hours after the official text had been delivered Assurances of the ties at Berlin that the ion Armed With Machine Gu ind Other Cities to bur ont au: pre y rep ‘catinuial cn anced Page) ——— ~~, IXWEOENZA 19 THE KAISER'S Alt). ith proper care an: Finbt it Ze, Bro ump ths “Tage c uclebmeni Dacsied: ne. "a: aby aruaniet, woop ONE GERM STILL SERB, power with Wail QUELLING OUTBREAKS did a vai neral are just and reasona fore 4 effect for | now me work. and are >| since the separation, and Mr. ; | Lafitte, -| Gould's tirst marriage, FRANK J. GOULD SFEKS A DIVORCE IN FRENCH COURT Kelly Based on Charges of Thi¢ompatibility. Frank J. Gould, youngest son of the late Jay Gould, has brought sult in the Freach courts for divorce from , | his second wife, who was Miss Edith | Kelly, an actress well known in New York und London, according to word received to-day from Paris, It 1s understood the ground for the ney for tho Goulds, refused to give details of the case. The couple have been separated for several months, their friends here have heard. Mrs, Gould has been living in Paris Gould is at his country home at Maiaons- near Paris, where aro his racing stables. At the time of her marriage to Mr. Gould in 1910 tho second Mrs. Gould had appeared in New York in leading parts in “The Girls of Gottcnborg” at the Knickerbocker and in “flavana at the Casino, They had beon livin at their Paris home, No. 62 Rue Pierr Charron, for a month before the fact of their marriage was confirmed. Mr, Gould and his first wifo were divorced in 1909, She was Miss Helen Margaret Kelly, granddaughter of tho late Eugeno Kelly, the New York banker, and they were married in 1901, Mrs, Helen Kelly Gould later married Raiph T. Thomas of New York, who died soon afterward, About @ year ago she was married to Prince Noureddin Vlora, an Albanian noble- man. There are two children by Mr. Misses Helen and Dorothy Gould, who for several years have lived with their aunt, Mrs Finley J, Shepard. News of Frank ‘ould’s a a su lon was prise to his br and relatives in this city sent out word fror Broadway, that it was s to him and he did not care to say anything Edwin Gould 9 out of the city {Frank Gobld maintains an office at Nv. 149 Broadway is personal rep- resentative si 1 this morning “We have not the t » of Mr, Gould tin { vorably unica Action Against Former Edith! action is incompatibility of temper, | >| though Charles G. Loeb, Paris attor- * | mination of cleaning up Grandpre and PERSHING REPORTS ADVANCE: FIGHTING ON VERDUN FRONT HARDEST GOING ON IN FRANCE American Patrols Penetrate Deeply Into the German Lines—Fifteen Enemy Planes Shot Down in the ~~ “Course of Many Combats. WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.—Continued progress by the Americans | on the battle front north of Verdun was reported to-day by Gen, Pershing. | Enemy positions east of the Meuse lof the Meuse Bantheville established the; and west Ar were penctrated yesterday and tne 3 completely oxcupled nselves on a ridge northwest of the village. Fifteen enemy airplanes and one observation balloon were shot down in the vourse of many combats, in which three American balloons were destroyed and six planes failed to return WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, | Oct. 24 (Associated Press),—Americin patrols early toxtay { deeply into the German lines in the region of Grand Pre ant north of Verdun. The enemy has been freely along the entire front. tion since last night. using his artitery and machine guns There has been little change in the situa [News despatches from Paris and London say tha: Persaing’s troops are making steady progress Ju tho Dardest nguting nen going on in any part of the western front.) The bright moonlight last night enabled American aviators to bomb a large arva behind the German lines. One of the American bombing quadrons dropped 77 kilograms of bombs on the Bois de Barricourt | and the Bois de Folie, German aviators dropped bombs on towns behind the American iines occupied only by value, After the hardest fighting they have4 civilians aud without great suilitary experianced so far in this sector the SENATORS WOULD TAX American forces are north of Danthe- rt oa" 2 INMERITANGES OF $10,000 he y Drop House Plain of Levies on Es Other points taken by the Ameri- other. potas taka tates—Rates on Non-eBverage Talma Farms and t | spirits Cut t att ull-da ¥.| WAYHINGTON, Oct 24.—In Liew of positions are northeast Ofline taxes on ¢ sed in the eee | House Revenuc r urly on Wednesd. » the Americans | Conunittee, in ils revision to-day, adopt- teunched an attack With the deter-led @ plan of teasing inheritanevs af | $10,000 and more, at rates tu bo ater. ‘The committee also decided to reduce to $2.20 pur gallon the tax on distill Spirits used for tndustrial, medicinal and other non-beveraxe purposcs, The of tho Oxed This hed tacking, at places, was accom that region but the Germans, counter |drove back the Americans AMERICANS REGAIN ALL THEIR LOST GROUND, verninent would ber remained thei |BTODably be half of the $10,000,000 towy The Americans later rogaine thelr| 6, asiates proposud in the House Bill rround and advanced despite Returns from life insur policles gun defen rhe Ger joer § uid 9 taxed under ; Peminiea jth 4 * pla H hast on | joghting for tour a ‘BRITISH CABINET MEETS Jen it summit ne capture ot thin] PQ DISCUSS WILSON NOTE lent Gérman cou attacks The town of Brieulies on nee pay | it western bank « pigading this issue before iho railroad |tiom is characterised. aa a Just "recogn) pA BS sctabBe Petite ttlen ease at ralltees apetns eecae tee eb tUr draln eR: or Jelis's Medislae “have. and working condone. Migr. (Conunued on second Page.) 3 4 MOST OF VALENCIENNES IS REPORTED EVACUATED | Germans Flood Leiiaaite in Region of City, but Allied Troops Capture Towns on Both Sides — Haig’s Next Goal Is Maubeuge and Forts, LONDON, Oct. 24.—The attack was resumed this morning on the whole front between the Sambre-Oise Canal and the Scheldt, Field Marshal Haig announced. Continuing their progress on this front yesterday evening south of Valenciennes British troops crossed the Ecaillon River less than two miles west of Le Quesnoy, capturing the village of Beaudignies. The villages of Neuville and Salesches also were occupied. A strong German counter aliack opposite Veetialte was repulsed, ‘ Raismes Forest, north of Valestiousen, was ‘cleared of ‘e enemy and three villages were captured in that region. Ther was local fighting west of Tournai, without material chavge. (By the attacks buow Valeacionnes tue Brittah and Amuricans co-operaling with them are threateatng Mawberge, which ts surrounded by w great circle of forty. The town lull is nuw less than fifteen milee from tiw Allied new, Moos, where tho Britteh anet thete firet defeat a 1914, 18 another of the presat vbjoctives, Jt fa abuut fourteen miles from Vatenctennea) MOST OF VALENCIENNES KEPORTED BVACUATED, CANADIAN IIEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, Oct. 24 (Canadian Vreys.) —Atrilish alemen attached tu the Canadian forces hohting the lime noth of Valenciennes report that Valenciennes has been evacuated By German soldiers except for posts at a few points in the city. The Ger- mans are clinging obstinately to the east bak ot the Schelut Canal north of Valenciennes. BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM, Oct 24 (Reuter's.) —GBritisn trpops to-day drove the Germans from the Bois L’Eveque, east of Le Cateau, ard reached the Saintre-Olse Canal In that region. The advance brings the British considerably east of the north aad south paraliel through Valenciennes. North of the town the British alo are well tu the east of the parallel, having occupied the shayp elbow in the Scheldt Canal, east of Raimes Forest. PARIS, Oct. 24.—Southeast of Le Cateau French troops have crossed the Sembre Canal east of Grand Verly, says the War Office staternent to-day, The French maintained their gains east of the caual in spite of strong German counter-atlacks. South of Muntcornet, further to the east, the French have increased their gains north of Nizy-leComte. Aloug the Seire there was lively fighting north of Mesbrecourt. SIX THOUSAND MEN TAKEN YESTERDAY. WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM, Oct, 24 (Associated Press). —The British have taken more than 6,000 prisoners and many guns in their new altacks, begun yesterday morning on the front below Valenciennes, Mard tighting Is in progress all along tho front of the Hritish at- | cast of Valenciennes, tack, Tho Germans overywhero aro offortug stubborn resistance, On the south of Valeucteunes the night was marked by incessant | artillery duels in which both sldes took part. ‘Tho Britinh gunners bald special attention to tho roads in the rear of the German Uues which were crowded with eastbound traffle, Uritish troops have reached virtually the whole canal bank north.’ The Germans have broken down the banks and es northeast and southwest of the city and have 5 of the country in an effort to delay the British ad- y lowlands on the east side of the canal opposite the emble a great lak It is not probable {iat the city can 1 from the hwest because of similar flooded conditions. h have fought their way into the city from the west and en sharp encounters in the streets between patrols, wnt moonlight, assisted by roaring flocks of night-boombing the British fought throughout the night and made steady gains. “ey are using seesaw tactics, and not at any time since the new battle 5 the whole line attacked all the series of objectives at the same Guns are moved up in relays, so that there is constantly a heavy fire on 4he German front and rear, Infantry assayfts are launched at dit- l sluice stret opened the floodes Div ¢ marsh ins Fo approu | time.