Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 305, 5 November 1918 — Page 1

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OATTIE FLAL1ES OVER 200-f.W FRONT FROM DUTCH FRONTIER TO EAST OF C1EIISE RIVER British Force Pushes Way Through Mormal Forest Within Ten Miles of Maubeuge French South of Guise Advance Between Peon and Serre Hunding Line Penetrated Americans Force Way Across Meuse River Near Foe Communication From Sedan to Metz 500,000 Austrians Taken in Italian "Drive. . BRITISH TAKE TJIE STRONG POINT OF LEQUESNOY , . (By Associate Pras)

Allied troops today began the seige of the city of Ghent, already surrounded virtually on three sides. The assault of the city was witnessed by Queen Elizabeth of. Belgium and hundreds

of her non-combatant subects. From the Dutch frontier to battle" line is aflame today as the Belgians crush the resistance of

portant gains.. Everywhere along the line the allies are progressing and on the French sectors bet ween, the Oise and the Aisne the Germans are withdrawing on Marie and Montcornet. Field Marshal Haig has "taken the strong point of Le Quesnoy and is pressing on Maubeuge, while the Americans are fighting their way across the Meuse southwest of the railroad center pf Montmedy. ,

in the. recion north . and south of Valenciennes the British continue the successful push begun Monday. Southeast of Valenciennes . the British are within ten miles of Maubeuge and further pouth rapidly are pushing their way through the Mormal forest where they are four miles from the railroad junction tf Aulnoye. South of the Mormaf forest the-British and French are pressing eastward over virtually level ground toward Avesnes. Must Surrender Alsne Line. From the Oise to the Alsne at Chateau Porcien, the French maintain close contact with the enemy who is moving rearward as a result of the French successes of the last few days. South bf Guise the French first army is advancing northeastward between the Peron and the Serre. Farther east the French have penetrated the formidable Hunding line, making an. advance of one mile on a front of five miles on the western wing of the forward movement. Continuation of the advance here soon will compel the Germans to give up the line of the Aisne east and wpst of Rethel to which they have clung so stubbornly. 1 American troops on a front of fifteen miles along the Meuse from Brieulles northward to Pouilly are successfully forcing their way across the river. The Americans on the west bank of the Meuse north of Stenay. are within four miles of the German main communication line from Sedan to Metz at a point northwest of Chauvenoy. The successful crossing of the Meuse outflanks the German position east of the Meuse toward the Moselle, which protects the important Brley iron fields and important railroad and supply lines in the regions of Montmedy and Conflans. From the Meuse west to the Aisne the Americans and French maintain their pressure against the Germans defending the Mezieres-Sedan railway line, ten miles to the north. Austrian prisoners captured by the Italians before the armistice took effect yesterday are estimated now as half a million and the booty taken included 50.000 horses. With the German retreat eastward through Lorraine virtually cut off by the American advance on the west Fide of the Meuse, British, French, Belgian and American troops are striking hard at the enemy's lines in northern Frarce and Belgium. Field Marshal Halg's men launched a terrific attack south of Valenciennes yesterday and have made progress, which seems to threaten the German hold on Mona and Maubeuge. Ghent is now virtually isolated by the French, Belgians and Americans. At last accounts, the lines of the Allies were close to the city on the west, north and northeast, and it is said that allied cavalry has been operating in the outskirts of the city. General Pershing's forces are now within ten miles of Sedan and within easy range of the railroad south of that city. In fact, it is said that the fire of the American guns has cut this great artery of German communications, and that it is useless to the enemy for. transporting troops or supplies eastward from the Aisne and Oise fronts, where large forces of Germans are still holding their .lines against the Fiench. Pincers Method Used. It appears that the familiar "pincers" method, which Marshal Foch began using on the Soissons-Rhelms sector In July is now in full operation once more and each day seems to bring-new peril to the enemy legions caught within the slowly closing jaws. Since Saturday noon, these jaws have approached each other an aggregate of eleven miles. The lower Jaw now rests at Beaumont, Just west of the Meuse. The other is close , to the eastern edge of the great Mormal for

east of the Meuse the 200 mile

British, French, Americans and the enemy and push on for im est, west of Maubeuge. The advance against Ghent is another development of the same movement and still further imperils the only avenue of retreat - remaining to the Teutonic armies. The whole front from the Dutch frontier to far below the Oise river was flaming all day yesterday,, ' Then came a number of sectors which were relatively quiet, but far to the east the French, - with the - Americans to their right, were rapidly moving toward Sedan. Resistance along this last front has been somewhat more stubborn than It was on Saturday af ternoon and Sunday but the speed of the allied advance seems to indicate that the Germans have not as yet reached a line where they will turn definitely at bay. Austria is at the feet of the allies. Her army must be disbanded and all its munitions placed at the disposal of the allies. The same is virtually true of her navy. Austria has also agreed to permit the allies to occupy any of her strategic strongholds at any time The troops of the dual monarchy must retire back of a line which roughly corresponds with the limits of Italia Irridenta, which was claimed by Italy and which led that country to enter the war. What appears to be a serious situaation may be developing in western Russia. Rutherian Ukrainian troops have clashed with the Poles and have taken Lemberg, the capital of Galicia, and Przamysl, the fortress in Galicia which was the scene of repeated sanguinary conflicts during the first three years of the war. Czech and Austro-German troops are marching against each other in Bo hemia and a battle is imminent. . Little or nothing of the true state! of affairs in Germany can be learned, probably because of the strict censorship that prevails. It is known, however, that the demand for the abdication of Emperor William is growing and that Bolshevists- are active in many parts of the country. GERMAN PROTESTS AGAINST AIR RAIDS WILL BE UNHEEDED (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. Action of the German military forces in the past in conducting air raids on defenseless towns in France, Belgium and England and on hospitals preclude in the opinion of military and diplomatic observers here, the giving of any serions attention to the protest from Berlin against the aerial operations of the allied and American armies. The plea for cessation of the raids on German towns, delivered to the state department yesterday through the Swiss leeatin. :lcclars tnat since October 1. German air forces have been under orders to operate only against military objects. In view of these instructions, disclosed through the note for the first time, to the allies and the United States, the German government says it has assumed that similar orders would be issued by its opponents. Should such directions not be issued, the German government declares It reserves the right to renew its aerial attacks on allied territory behind the lines. The long list of German bombing raids on towns outside the zone of operations and on hospitals was pointed to today as justifying continuance by the allied and American air forces of operations against non-military objectives in Germany. That Germany's protest was made too late was the general belief In many quarters.

Ceremony in Memory of Fallen Americans Is Held Near Paris (By Associated Press) PARIS, Monday, Nov. 4. A touching ceremony in memory of the fallen soldiers of the American army , took place this afternoon at the American cemetery at Sureanes, seven miles northwest of Paris. The cortege was composed of many American officers

and soldiers, Y. M. C. A. ana nnignis of Columbus workers, the mayor and many of the civilian inhabitants of the locality. Graves of American soldiers were covered with flowers and flags during the afternoon! GREAT SMASH OF ALLIES HINDERS ENEMY RETREAT Battle Raging on West Front . ConsiderecT One of Most Decisive of War. (By Associated Press) PARIS, Nov. 6 A battle which is believed here to be decisive is now going on. It is being waged in two sections. In the north, the blow delivered by the British armies of Generals Home, Byng and Rawlinson and by the French, under General Debeney, is a thrust levelled at one of the flanks of the vast pocket formed by the German lines from Holland to Metz. The object of this offensive is to drive dangerous wedges either north of the Sambre in the direction of Mons or south of the river in the direction of Avesnes and Maubeuge. The result may be. a compromise retreat of the German armies in Belgium or those still between the Oise and the Aisne. . Excellent results have been realized so far. The Sambre river and canal have been crossed. This was the last line of resistance west of the frontier, which may be soon reached in that region. According to latest information, the allied advance continues, notwithstanding desperate resistance by the enemy. ' Americans Aid Drive. The second section of the attack is being conducted by, Generals Gouraud and Liggett "oh the Meuse7" This is the great strategic offensive which the Germans have always feared and which they sought to make impossible by storming Verdun in 1916. The aim of the Franco-American offensive is to pinch out the whole pocket. American troops are at Beaumont. That is less than eight miles from Lamouilly station, northwest of Montmedy on the great shuttle railroad running between Thionville, Sedan and Mezieres. Even better, the opening of a fresh attack by the Americans on the east bank of the Meuse may bring them into the Mont-medy-Longuyon region. That may mean, not only the cutting of the railroad, but making it impossible for the enemy to form upon the Meuse line, because that front could no longer be joined up with that of Thionville. BOLSHEVIKI NOW SEEKING PEACE (By Associated Press) LONDON, Nov. 5. The Bolshevik government of Russia, it is reported from Petrograd, has handed the neutral "ministers a note for transmission to the entente nations asking for the opening of peace negotiations in order that hostilities between the allies and the Soviet government may be ended, says an exchange telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen. ' ' Kaiser Tarns Sans Souci Into Hospital for Wounded Soldiers (By Associated Press) LONDON, Nov. 5 Emperor William has ordered that sixty imperial palaces, including the famous palace of Sans Souci be converted into hospitals and recreation homes for invalids according to a Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Co. The palace of Sans Souci mentioned in the foregoing dispatch, stands in the park of Sans Souci at Potsdam. The building was erected in 1745-47 for Frederick the Great. The Weather For Indiana by The United States Weather Bureau Fair and warmer tonight. Wednesday partly cloudy, warmer in east and south portion. Today's Temperature. Noon 51 Yesterday. Maximum - 51 Minimum 42 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore. Increasing cloudiness, weather be coming unsettled by Wednesday. Mild wave. . General Conditions The weather continues generally fair and cool over the central states. Rain over the northeast, snow in Vermont. A storm of considerable size is moving slowly eastward. It is now on the eastern slope of the - Rocky mountains and will probably cause rain in 36 or 48 hours, preceded by mild weather.

NORMAL VOTE IS BELIEVED CAST AT POLLS HERE Good Weather Favored Heavy Vote Over County 1 ,362 Votes Gist at Ten O'clock. Indications at noon were that a normal vote would be cast at the election today. About 5,000 voters will cast ballots in the city before the polls close this evening. . The registration of voters is estimated at 6,495. At 10 o'clock today, 1,362 were in the ballot boxes and the noon estimate was placed at 2,382. Inasmuch as heavy voting was expected at all places in the afternoon, political leaders said they expected a normal vote,

considering the small registration. The good weather favored a comparative heavy vote in the cities and towns of Wayne county. Its effect on the rural districts was problemati cal. Some leaders feared farmers ! would refuse to leave their work in the fields, while others predicted that the farmer vote would be cast after 3 o'clock this afternoon, as the farmer can quickly reach the voting places In bis automobile. Follows Old Precedent.'-. At noon about one -fifth of the vote had ben polled in many rural precincts near Richmond, and it was considered as a fair indication of the situation elsewhere In the county. In Richmond, the voting during the day followed old precedents. A heavy vote was noticeable early in the business districts and in the precincts where business men reside. Most of them cast their votes on their way downtown. In other precincts, ' the workers began flocking to the polls in large numbers at noon and after the shops closed. i Where the voting was exceptionally light this morning, party workers began bringing voters to the polls in automobiles. In the twenty-ninth, nintyseven voters out of 247 registered, had cast their ballots by ten o'clock. This was one of the heaviest votes cast early in the day. INTEREST SPORADIC INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 5. Chief, interest in the election today in Indiana centered in Ihe contests la the.13 congressional districts and in local contests for county offices. The state tickets are headed by candidates for secretary of state, as the office of governor holds for four years. The day started clear and cool. Interest was sporadic over the state. DRY AMENDMENT UP. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 5. Voting for congressmen, governor, state and county officers, electors of Ohio to day are answering yes or no to Presi dent Wilson's appeal for support of the administration. Held to virtually no speech-making, because of the in fluenza epidemic, candidates of both parties conducted vigorous, though silent campaigns and interest today is at as high a pitch as at any election since that of 1864. Former Gov. Frank B. Ellis, repub lican, is opposing Gov. James M. Cox, democrat, for the gubernatorial elec tion. In the congressional districts, candidates of both parties have waged bitter battles, which increased . with the publication of the President's appeal for support. Throughout the state interest in purely state issues is submerged in the reply voters are to give the president. The amendment which would prohibit the sale or manufacture of Intoxicating beverages in the state Is, next to the congressional and gubernatorial election, attracting major attention, with both wet and dry forces claiming victory. Pet am Thanks America for Aid Given by Red Cross to Frenchmen (By Associated Press) PARIS. Nov. 5. General Petain, commander in chief of the French armies, has written to Harvey L. Gibson, American Red Cross commissioner for France, thanking him on behalf of himself and the armies under his command, the American Red Cross for a donation of ten million francs to be devoted to the assistance of needy families of French officers and men. "I know that in . addressing the American Red Cross, I speak to the people of the United States" General Petain wrote. "My thanks therefore go to your people. I am happy to have the opportunity to transmit evidence of the grateful affection of our armies. Your intervention will dissipate many cares and lighten many misfortunes. LAURENCE JERROLD DEAD PARIS, Nov.. 5. Announcement is made of the death of Laurence Jerrold, the correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph here, and the dean of the English correspondents in Paris. His death was due to pneumonia following an attack of influenza. --

ELECTION RETURNS TUESDAY NIGHT Arrangements have been made for election returns, both National and Local to be thrown on the large screen in front of the Palladium office by means of a stereopticon. Following the general conservation policy of the Government, the Palladium will issue no election extras. Phone 2834-1121-2872.

Demonstration Against Peace on Allied Terms Is Staged in Berlin (By Associated Pres) . LONDON, Nov. 5. A demonstration was held before the Bismarck monument in Berlin on Sunday in favor of continuing the war and a resolution was passed protesting against the acceptance of a humiliating peace, according to a Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company, quoting the Tageblatt of Berlin. AMERICAN FIRST ARMY GAINS ON ENTIRE FRONT U. S. Troops Engage in Bitter Fighting Along Meuse River Town of Pouilly Captured.

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 Victorious attacks by the American first army on its entire front are reported by General Pershing in his evening communique for Monday. On the extreme right, breaking down the last effort of the enemy to hold the high grouna the Americans drove through the val ley of the Meuse and the forest of Dieulte, and occupied the important river crossing at Stenay. ' j WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE SEDAN FRONT, Nov. 5 Bitter! fighting is taking place today along' the Meuse river. American patrols again have succeeded in crossing the river Brieulles on a pontoon bridge constructed under fire. At other points along the front the Americans were reconnoitering other crossing. The Germans have blown up the bridge across the Meuse between Laneuville, on the west bank, and the important town of Stenay, on the east bank. . . '.. . Develop New Line. After the pontoon bridge at Brieulles had been constructed the Americans threw a second bridge across the Meuse at Clery-le-Petit and began developing a new line on the heavily, wooded and. very .difficult ground east of the river between Clery and Brieulles. a two and half mile front. The town of Pouilly. in the bend of, the Meuse northwest of Stenay. was captured by the Americans operating west of the Meuse. The west bank of the river now. is held in its entirety as far north as Pouilly. The troops which crossed to the east bank of the Meuse. found their advance opposed by bitter machine gun and artillery fire. This was overcome, however, and the Americans are making steady progress. The village of Beaumont directly west of Pouilly, has been taken by the forces which advance from the heights which they held below the town. The important town of Stenay across the Meuse to the southeast is now half surrounded. German forces are strengthening the Meuse line north of the American front. There are indications that this work was resumed during the last few days and that soldiers are laboring on it day and night. Reports agree that this strengthening operation extends along the line running from Mezieres to Montmedy, Longuyon and Diedenhofen. In various places in front of this line, where the Germans have expected to make a last stand in France, tank traps are already completed. These traps are 100 yards long, ten yards wide and ten yards deep. They are covered with boards hidden by earth and sod. The American army has thrown a formidable force across the Meuse to the east bank. The enemy resistance here has been broken to the point of demoralization and the Americans are pushing northward Stenay. By this afternoon the enemy was In full retreat northward. He was suffering little opposition and the roads toward the north were seen to be full of the fleeing enemy. The Americans pressed close upon the heels of the Germans and made their retirement as difficult as possible. The American casualties were very light despite the opposition to the crossing of the river. Four Killed in Metal Plant Explosion (By Associated Press) BOUND BROOK, N. J., Nov. 5. Four persons were killed today in an explosion which demolished part of the plant of the Metal Disintegrating company, a concern making alluminum alloys. ' MEXICANS KILLED IN BATTLE. PRESIDIO, Tex., Nov. 5. In a battle between Villa men and Mexican federal troops near - Pabolle, fifty miles south of the border, fifteen Villa men were reported killed and ten federals killed.

GERMAN COMMANDER ON WEST FRONT WILL RECEIVE TED FOR ARMISTICE FROM FOCH Surrender Must be Made to Allied Military Chief Issue of War is Now up to Germany -Terms Submitted for Armistice Believed to be as Drastic as Those Imposed on Austria Prompt Answer is Expected From Germany if Acceptance is to be Made Will Strip Country of all War-Making Machinery. t u?i , LATE DEVELOPMENTS MAY FORCE ACCEPTANCE (By Associated Press) PARIS, Nov. 4 The inter-allied conference having completed its labor at Versailles, Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain left tonight for London and Premier Orlando of Italy started for Rome. The conference reached a complete agreement on the question of the terms of an armistice for Germany.

LONDON, via Montreal, Nov. 5 The allies have decided that Germany must apply to Marshal Foch, the allied commander in chief, for an armistice, Premier Lloyd George stated in the house of commons today. ' - In sending the news that the allies have agreed on the armistice conditions for Germany, the Times Paris correspondent says that the allied successes on the French front leave little doubt of Germany's acceptance.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 Diplomats and officials here believe the terms of armistice for Germany signed for the United States and the allies at Paris yesterday are in the hands of General Foch for presentation to the German commander on the western front. There has been no official explana-1 secretary added, had been requested tion of the method determined upon to cause all posible steps to be taken

of acquainting the Germans with the surrender conditions under which they may end the- warr- Until today it had been assumed that the terms Would be sent to Berlin through diplomatic channels because the-appeal for an armistice came that way but almost unanimous opinion in well in formed quarters is that the matter will be. handled entirely on the field by the allied supreme commander. President Fully Advised. Whatever may be the channel of communication, it is evident that no time has been lost and that an immediate reply is regarded as a possibility. President Wilson having cancelled plans for casting his vote at Princeton, N. J., remained at the White House throughout the day. The text of the armistice terms had not been received when arrangements were made for the usual cabinet meeting. The president and his advisors were fully informed as to every important detail however before the document was signed. Prompt Decision Expected. The issue of peace or war rests with Germany. Armistice terms upon which hostilities may be brought to an immediate end were unanimously agreed upon and signed yesterday at Paris by representatives of the allied and the United States governments and are expected to be in Berlin before to morrow. They have not yet been made public, but military men here feel certain that they are no less drastic than those accepted by Austria, which strip that nation of its war making machinery both on land and sea and compel the evacuation not only of occupied territory, but of part of its own soil. Official announcement of the signing of the armistice terms to be offered to Germany was made last night by Secretary Lansing, who added only that "diplomatic unity has been achieved under conditions of utmost harmony. If Germany accepts the conditions laid down by the Versailles conferees, she is expected to make known her decision without delay. Since in seeking an end of hostilities, the German government addressed itself to President Wilson, it is assumed here that the armistice terms will be transmitted to Berlin through the American government. The president remained in Washington today, having abandon ed his proposed trip to New Jersey to vote in the congressional elections. While confident that the conditions to be proposed to Germany mean nothing short of unconditional surrender, many military and diplomatic observers here believe they will be accepted. With her last and principal ally out of war and her armies crumbling under the constant hammering of Marshal Foch, Germany, they, say must realize the futility of continuing the unequal struggle. MUST PUNISH GUILTY. LONDON, Nov. 5. The names of all enemy army corps commanders or other persons who are known to have been guilty of or encouraged cruelty to war prisoners will be included in i the list of persons whose trial and punishment will be demanded by the allies, Sir George Cave, the British home secretary announced today. Persons who have acauiesed in ac tual cruelty by subordinates are likewise included. It is not considered advisable at present, to state the names of the persons in the list, Sir George said. The French 'government, the homo

to bring to account the commander of

the camp at Philippolois, Bulgaria, who was notorious for ill his treatmentTb British prisoners. AMSTERDAM, Nov. 5. The state council at Vienna has issued an appeal to the German people of Austria in which it is declared the country is in danger and the army breaking up in disorder. The appeal exhorts the sol diers voluntarily to join the German Austrian army corps. YANKS GET QUICK ACTION IN RUSSIA WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES IN NORTHERN RUSSIA, Nov. 5. Many of the American soldiers forming a contingent of the Russo-allied forces have received their baptism of fire twenty-four hours after they left their train at this little village. Some of the boys were a little piqued when they first learned they were going to Russia instead of France, but they soon learned that they would get action in Russia much quicker than if they had awaited their training period which precedes actual fighting on the western front. One little command of Americans had scarcely walked into an outpost here, relieving a squad of Frenchmen, when the Bolsheviks gave them a welcome of shrapnel bouquets. Officers, both American and those of the British staff, are high in praise of the way American lads are standing up to shraunel and Bolshevik machine guns. The Americans In this sector are generally housed in the little peasant huts or in log-constructed stations that dot the railway every r four or five miles. . Wood from the forests which has been cut and piled in heaps for transportation to the cities for firewood. gives the soldiers plenty of fuel and in addition, make it possible to construct breastworks and trenches speedily. In the villages, in peasant houses, the Americans are treated as guests, living in the best rooms and courteously offered the best shining samovars or tea urns, by the housewives. Crew From Torpedoed Liner Lands Safely TURKS ISLAND, B. W. I, Nov. 5. The captain and seven men of the Norwegian bark, Stifinder, who had been missing since their vessel wa stopped by a German submarine, and they were forced to take to a email boat on October IS, have arrived here after more than three weeks exposand In an almost starvea condition. CALL LIMITED SERVICE MEN. WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. At request of the War Department, the. department of labor's ' employment service began a drive, to secure 35,000 volunteers from limited service men needed to fill special posts tit the army, HEALTH LAW VIOLATORS HELD. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 5. Five persons arrested on charges of violaiing health ordinance by attempting to hold services in ' Christian" Science church, were arraigned in police court and hearing set for Thursday.