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VOL. XXXVIII—NO. 277
FRENCH RENEW ATTACK IN FLANDERS
AMERICAN TROOPS TAKE
SEEMINGLY IMPREGNABLE
HEIGHTS WITH BAYONET
Crawling on Stomachs Under Continu-
ous Fire From Artillery Machine
Guns Rifles and Grenades for Forty-
eight Hours they Sever Mass of Wire
Entanglements and Carry Crest in
Hand to Hand Struggle.
The dramatic story of the capture of a thickh wooded hill
more than SOO feet in height surmounted by 77 guns and studded
with machine gun nests is told by Herbert Bailey a correspond-
ent with the American troops in France.
This hill was well nigh impregnable yet the Americans took
I it. crawling on their stomachs under continuous machine gun
shrapnel rifle and hand grenade fire for forty-eight hours.
Finish Germans With Bayonet.
They were forced to cut their way through masses of wire
entanglements constructed from tree to tree after which they
| took the basinet and wiped out the German garrison in hand to
’ hand fighting only a few prisoners surviving to tell the story.
I The Americans dragged mortars by hand up the steep
slopes under fire despite the fact that the ground was mushy
with mud and a rain was falling steadily.
How They Did It Is Puzzle.
The capture of this height broke a line which protected one
of the two main railroad arteries by which the German army
lumped to retreat and the feat was declared by this well known
correspondent as one of the most brilliant operations of the
American campaign.
Commenting upon this famous fight the correspondent says:
“How the Americans took any of these wooded heights still is
a puzzle.”.
By lIEKBEKT RULES*.
London Time. Semite.
Fpeolat Cable :o The San Antonio Light
and the Philadelphia Pobllc Ledger.
Cop.'right. ISIS by The Public Ledger co.
London. Ort. 22.—There was severe
fighting about Grant! Pre and Bois tie
I Logos Monday. At t*o little farms
both situated on commanding positions
the Belle Joyeusc farm at the southern
edge of Bois de Bourgogne anti the
Earm de Luges near the wood of that
name have both been the srenes of
much local fighting where the Ger-
mans contended determinedly against
.he Americans.
There has been little change in ter-
ritory. Indications point to withdrawal
of the German main forces to the new
Freys line with a deep nutpost area
and machine gun front. This new Ger-
man line stretches from the eastern
bank of the Meuse to the forest north
of Grand I’rc and. for the present mo-
ment. consists of linked shell holes
mainly although trenches are being rap-
idly constructed.
42nd in Constant Action.
The record of the 42nd (Rainbow di-
vision i which is composed of regiments
from every state is illustrative of the
extensive experiences which American
divisions are accumulating.
From the quiet sector of Luneville it
went to fighting under General Gour-
and. in the Champagne region in the
pitched battle of July when the Ger-
man offensive began. It was in the
fighting at the Ourcq at St. Mihiel and
afterwards the Krimhildc line west of
the Meuse. It has fought against 23
'nemv divisions including three of the
guards which it met in the memorable
Drouet combat at Seringcs. This di-
-ision has had its post of command at
23 different points. As a division it
has a splendid record and is regarded
as our of the best in the whole army.
* If its fierceness in fighting many stories
are told in the ranks of the American
irmy. -
The severe resistance with winch the
Germans have opposed every American
movement on the Meuse-Argonne front
for the last week shows uo sign of
slackening. It is true that Bantbc-
villc mid Logos Wood as important as
they are to the Germans were evacuat-
ed. The village of Banthcvillc fell to
the Americans without a struggle but
at other points notably the heights
from Grand I’rc to the Amron River
rhampagurlle and cast of the Meuse the
Germans are fighting descprately.
Enemy Has Many Advantages.
Protected by excellent positions thick
a-ocds and forbidding heights they have
many advantages. From the top of
Mont Faucon a few days ago. 1 saw
nothing but wooded heights in every di-
rection and those which stood out
igainst the skyline were still in German
hands.
How the Americans took any of these
.vooded heights still is a puzzle but
he story of Cote de Chaitillonx. one
>f the finest of the operations which the
Americans accomplished is illustrative
not only of the deathless valor of the
Americans but of the grim tenacity
with which the Germans arc holding on.
This hill. 820 feet high and thickly
clustered with trees its sides rising
abruptly was an ideal position for de-
t
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
fense when the Americans attempted its
t capture. Traversing its slopes yard by
yard they found the Germans had con-
structed machine gun fortresses all over
J this height. Every minute during the
. 48 hours the Americans spent there
they wore under a merciless rain of lead
’ poured nt them from all sides. Seventy-
’ seven guns ensconsed upon the heights
i fired steadily at the ascending Ameri-
cans.
Hillside Reduced to a Shambles.
f Slowly crawling forward on their
■ stomachs the Americans faced tbat fire
t from massed machine guns rifles and
the constant bursting shrapnel while
hand grenades also did deadly work.
* The trees were all wired together mak-
; ing an almost impassable barrier. Vol-
‘ unteers faced that fire to cut the wires
* and make roads through this bolt of
1 wire. Rut it was decided finally to
1 bring the Stokes’ mortars forward.
* Through dreary mud and depressing
s rain the Americans dragged up these
■ guns to positions where they could turn
them op the Germans. Soon there was
consternation among the enemy. The
. sanguinary destructive fire nf the mor-
-31 tars soon reduced the entire hillside to
u ’ a shambles.
i Several Germans less resolute or less
fanatical than their comrades sought
t to surrender but most of them con-
- tinned fighting hour after hour and
e the passage of time brought no cessa-
tion of the grinding merciless struggle
e as yard by yard the Americans gained
I without stopping even for the darkness
f। of night. Onward they pushed slowly
11 and determinedly.
e I At last the greater part of the slopes
c ! had been gained. the wire had all been
। penetrated and nothing remained but
1 1 the final hand to hand fighting. As tbe
t! enemy’s machine guns stopped firing.
1 . out came the bayonets and with a
• j spring and a wild hurrah the Ameri-
s । cans fell upon the enemy. But the
3 j Germans wore brave men. Standing or
‘ kneeling to their guns they fought to
e . the la*t. Many were found dead with
1 i their guns in their hands the following
t; day.
German Garrison Wiped Out.
s ; There was many a blood-stained bay-
. onet and many a tale told the follow-
„ ing morning of the fierce fighting but
t the hill was ours along with 77 guns
h a great prize. Tbe German garrisou
with the exception of a few prisoners.
p was wiped out.
It was h glorious victory and such
a fight was indicative of the spirit of
k । both the Americans and the Germans
r The Germans knew they were fighting
fiat one of tbe outposts of the defenses
vi of their country and their failure to
. ‘ hold the Americans means the cutting
t ;of one of the most important railroad
n systems of the German arm. one of the
two great avenues of retreat.
c ; As a matter of fact the whole west-
t ern froUt is partly pivoting upon Metz
e on a front as far north as Sedan. Mis-
c ieres and even beyond there. For us
e to break through here would cause the
c German retreat to become a great dis-
p aster hence the severe fighting ami
। hence the desperate efforts of the Ger-
P mans to construct a new line east of
~ Dun Sur and the Meuse along tbe crest
.. of the height*
SAN ANTONIO. TEX AS. TUESDAY OCTOBER 22. 1018.—TEN PAGES.
GERMANS PROMISE TO
LIBERATE BELGIANS
AS ARMIES WITHDRAW
Agree to Free Deported
Civilians and All Politi-
cal Prisoners.
Runic. Oct. 2.—Baron von
Lanckcu. chief of the German political
department at Brussels ha- informed
Cardinal Mercier prelate of Belgium
that when the Germans evacuate tbat
country tbe deported Belgians and polit-
ical prisoners will be spontaneously re-
leased according to the Osservatore Ro-
mano. the semi-official Vatican organ.
He told Cardinal Mercier it is said
that a part of the Belgians who were
deported would be free to return to
their country on Monday.
This notification was in the form :»f
a letter handed to the Cardinal per-
sonally by Baron von Der Lam-ken. It
is understood this communication has
been transmitted to King Albert and
President Wilson.
An appeal was made to Prime Maxi-
milian. the German imperial chancellor
by the Holy See. asking that the Ger-
mans refrain from devastating ami
burning those portions of Belgium
through which they are retreating ac-
cording to the Osservatore Romano
the semi-official Vatican organ.
A reply was received October 13
giving assurance* that <atrgori<al in-
structions have been issued by the
German general staff that localities
should be preserved and respected in
every way possible.
Later the papal num io at Munich
was informed that Lillo ami other
places within the zone of operations
liad been spared as far as possible by
the German armies.
ASKS GERMANS TO PRAY
Cardinal Hartmann in Pastoral letter
Says Dark Hours Hate Come.
Basel. Switz.. Oct. 22.—Cardinal
Hartmann archbishop of Cologne has
issued a personal letter in which tie
says dark hours have come for Ger-
many threatened by an enemy su-
perior in numbers and shaken to the
foundations of the state by internal
changes. He calls upon bis people to
offer public prayers.
Deep discontent is spreading every-
where among the German people tbe
cardinal writes ami invites all Catho-
lic* to rally around the emperor.
In all Protestant churches of Prus-
sia public prayers have been ordered
for the protection of Germany from tbe
misfortunes which threaten her.
TO GET ROAD MATERIAL
National Highway Council Reconsiders
Previous Ruling.
Washington. D. 0. Oct. 22. —Feder-
al license for purchase of materials
necessary to retop the Austin Road be-
tween Selma and Fort Sam Houston
was promised Judge James R. Davis
and A. C. Paneoast by the National
Highway Council yesterday.
This application was refused by tbe
council ot October 7. Judge Davis and
Mr. Pancoast then came to Washington
and presented the petition in person.
The specifications nave been changed
so the only requirements are two cars
of oil and authority to use castbouud
empty freight cars to haul rock asphalt
to San Antonio. After a discussion
the council gave assurances tbat the
permit would issue.
WILL MAKE FULL PROBE
Senate Committee to Investigate all
Brewery Activities.
Washington. D. C. Oct. 22.— The
Senate judiciary subcommittee inves-
tigating brewers propaganda and the
purchase of the Washington Tinies by
Arthur Brisbane with money furnished
by brewers decided today to extend the
scope of its inquiry to include all
charges that have been made relative
to illegal political and publicity ac-
tivities of brewery interests.
Hearings were jwstponed until mem-
bers of the committee return to Wash-
ington after the November elections.
THE WEATHER
TEMPERA! I KE*
O'T. 9. 2 a m 68
2 p. m so 3 a. ni 68
4 p ni 7S 4 a. m b*
5 p. in 78 Sa. hi «6
S p. m 76 sa. in b«
7 p. tn 7 0 7 b. in 6S
S p. ni 7» S p. ni *6
9 p. ni 70 !♦ a. m 63
10 p m 7! io a m 63
11 p. m. 70 11 a m 63
12 midnight. ... 70 12 m bl
OCT. i 2 1 p. m 71
1 a. m. «9 3 p. m 75
HEATHER FOREt AST.
For San Antonio and vicinity: Tonight
cloudy and rain: Wednesday fair and
colder: maximum temperature 66 to 72.
East Texas: Tonight cloudy and rain
except in northwest portion: colder; Wed-
nesday fair and colder
—•
HOME WEATHER FOR TOI RISTS.
St. I.ouia: Temperature. 50: partly
cloudy: 8-miie wind frum the southwest:
lowest temperature in last 24 hour* 50.
highest. 70.
Chicago: Temperature 52: clear: 12-mi!e
wind from the southeast. lowest tempera-
ture in last 24 hours. 52: highest. 56.
Ksn-a' City: Temperature. 56: cloudy:
12-mile wind from the southeast: lowest
temperature in last 24 hours 56 high-
est. 72.
New %ork: Temperature. 42: clear* 8-
mile wind from the northwest: lowest
temi»eraturc In last 24 hours. 42; high-
est. 58
Washington: Temperature. 38; clear. 8-
mile wind from the west; lowest temper-
ature in last 34 hours. >8; highest 82.
EXPECT WILSON TO MAKE
QUICK DECISION ON NOTE;
LONDON SCORNS NEW PLEA
British Diplomats and Poli-
ticians Think Answer
Mere Subterfuge.
PIN FAITH IN WILSON
Note Proof of Hun Belief
That Situation Is Im-
proved or Hopeless?
I^nidon. Oct. 22. — Reuter’s Limited
ba^ learned that the view held in au-
thoritative quarters regarding the situa-
tion arising out of the German reply
to President Wilson's note is as fol-
lows :
The German note assumes that the
President only demanded the evacuation
of occupied territory and the Germans
are still proceeding on that assumption.
Rut that is not so and this point
’ should be made quite clear.
Freedom of the seas as understood
' by the Germans cannot be accepted by
( Great Britain at all. There arc various
• other naval <iuestions re<|uiring elucida-
tion. other point* which have not been
touched upon include questions of in-
| demnities and reparations.
The view of the reply held by mili-
tary circles here is that having made a
more successful retirement from Flan-
ders than they expected to be able to
make when they first proposed an arm-
istice. the Germans now feel safer on
definite new lines and less eager to
get back to their own frontiers. Hence
they are inclined to lot peace talk
drift somewhat hoping thereby to se-
cure better term*!
Is “Camouflaged Insincerity.”
All reports concur that the retire-
ment in Flanders was carried out with-
out serious losses in men and material:
that is was well organized and in no
sense disorderly.
The operations owing to adverse
! weather conditions have reached a sort
' of lull but there is no reason to sup-
pose that this will be more than tem-
porary.
The German reply is generally regard-
ed as “not business but mere argu-
ment and protestation.” In government
diplomatic and political and journalis-
tic circles the view is that it is not a
reply but simply a resort to verbiage
destined to cover the absence of reply.
One highly placed official described it
ns “badly camouflagetl insincerity.” The
government has not considered the reply-
in detail although Premier Lloyd George
and his colleagues have held protracted
deliberations.
Henry M. Hyndman leader of the
। British Socialists said:
Another Piece of Shuffling.
“The reply is simply another piece «»f
J shuffling. I hone President Wilson w ill
i answer it vrry abruptly mid briefly.
I “If President Wilson were to accept
this reply a ba*is for negotiation in
! ny opinion he would simply be sarri-
j ft ing the dignity of the position which
I i:- has worthily gained.”
। Newspapers almost without exception
view the German reply to President
I Wilson with impatience and distrust.
J “Germany still impenitent.” is the cap-1
tion on the editorial of the Chronicle. I
j which dismisses the reply as obviously I
। inacccptable. The <»raphic is more opti- ■
J mistic and says “verbally the Gerqians
: are getting slightly nearer the point of I
view upon which the allies mean to in-
’wst” .... ‘
“The nigger in the woodpile in the ;
German reply according to the Lxpress. ;
I is the desire “for an armistice based on
I an elaborate estimate of the vital forces J
•as they arc totiay.” This the newspn-1
per says is a “disingenuous twist of nil |
the Wilson conditions” and continued:;
No Reply at All. Says Mail.
“We dare not consent to a suspen- i
sion of hostilities unless we can ob- j
tain in October the terms we shall die-
tate before July to an euemy^who is
■ broken and beaten to his knees.”
“It is no reply at all.” says the
’ Daily Mail. “Diplomacy has seldom
had to deal with such a puerile and in-
। coherent missive. Ihe a Hied peoples
' will dismiss this collection of imbwili-
j ties knowing that only military action
I and not negotiations will secure the
' peace they want.” t
The Daily News after suggesting that ;
Germany may only be playing for time ।
and keeping negotiations in order to ’
i placate Austria and withdraw her.
annies to a new defensive position ।
1 :
| “Tbe duty of the allies is to be armed ।
I for any emergency ami it is urgently •
I necessary to co-ordinate the political
front.”
i It advises the British government to
: back up President M ilson s program
i some points of which it thinks need
; elucidation such as freedom of the seas.
But it is convinced that “the funda-
mental basis of a just peace is there.
“The German reply mean* that the
German armic* are to march home
their munitions ready to fight auothcr
day.” say* the Morning Po«t. I" e i
: Gormans brazenly suggest a neutral in-;
: quiry into outrage*. The allies can sec •
thi* business through >»«»hout any neu-1
tral arbitration. They have suffered
; longer experience* from the t.erman
than the 1 United States and may he per-
(Cuntinui'd on l*ag® three.)
President Awaits Receipt of
Translated Version of
Official Text.
SOME THINK END NEAR
t Diplomatic Advices Tell of
Revolution and Desire to
Overthrow Kaiser.
Washington. I). ( .. Oct. 22.—The of-
ticiai text of Germany’s latest note to
Pr< 'ident Wilson was rec eived by cable
today at the Swiss legation. Frederick
Oedcrlin. the Swiss charge arranged to
deliver it to Secretary Lansing R' soon
as it should be decoded.
The charge’s appearance at the State
Department was delayed for several
hours as the task of decoding and
tran>lating proved to be long and te-
dious. Uon*iderable differences in \er-
binge may be shown and it i* under-
stovd that the official text will clear
up certain obscure passages in the
wireless version recciveil yesterday.
Indications were that no announce-
ment of a decision by the President
could be expected before toniorroyv. Sec-
retary Lansing was with him until Dear
midnight last night discussing the wire-
less version but there now will be
tun her conference and it is assumed
there will be an exchange with the
1 allied capitals.
To Decide Quickly.
Official comment continued to be
• withheld awaiting an indication of the
‘ President’s xiews. Everyone expected
him to decide very quickly whether the
• note creates a new sit tint ion requiring
action.
Informal opinion as to the probable
attitude of the President covero4l a
yvide range though it did not differ on
the great point that immediate peace is
’ not at hand and that however sincere
the German overtures may be no armis-
tice will be agreed to except upon con-
ditions of surrender that will destroy
forever the power of the kaiser’s war
machine for harm.
Some observers thought no answer
■ would be made and the German armies
’ left to complete their enforced evacua-
• tion of occupied territory as best they
might with the allied armies on their
1 heels while the people at home continue
the work of ousting autocracy. Others
• believed the next step in agreement
with the allies xvouid be a suggestion
that the German military commanders
if ready to accept dictated term* should
approac’ General Foch on the subject
of an armistice.
Demobilization Is Rumored.
Those who are convincetl that the en-
emy is beaten into submi^ion arc guid-
. o<l by confidential diplomatic advices
purporting to show that there has been
a niil political revolution in Germany
and that people in power an* ready to
throw out the kaiser ami all his war I
lords to get peace.
It was learned today that a private]
dispatch from Germany has been pub-
lishrd in a Copenhagen newspaper stat-]
ing that troops on leave nre receiving
scent orders not to return to the front. ।
jaul that to this extent demobilization
1 has begun.
Military men here however regard
Jit a* inconvehable that such orders
| would bo given while desperate efforts
are being made to hold the American
। ami allied troops at bay at icrtain
' points on the western front.
LI \DERS MORE OPTIMISTIC.
Called to Help Draft Note They >ay
Situation Had Improved.
I Basel. Oct. 21.—German military ex-
j port* especially General Ludendorff
; and Admiral von Scheer chief of the
admiralty staff took a part in the de-
. liberations on the reply to President
! Wilson’s note according to Berlin dis-
pntehes received here. Tlwy argurd that
the German military situation in con-
'Cipieuee of the withdrawal and short-
ening of the front was considerably
ameliorated and added that the Gor-
man army was not in the least demoral-
ized.
The liberal newspapers of Germany
*uggest the sending of the newly ap-
pointed democratic ministers to the
j western front to acquaint the troop*
j with the actual situation in the in-
I terior and the changes in the govern-
] ment.
< Advices from Berlin show that it wa*
•really on account of difficulties aris-l
ing at the la*t moment that the des-
' patch of the German reply to President
i Wilson was delayed.
The reply was submitted first to a
committee of the Federal t’ouncil. then
to a meeting at which the leader or one
influential members of every group in ■’
the Reichstag except the Poles wa*
present. A (liscu**i<»n lasting an hour
followed the reading “f the text hy
Friedrich von Payer the vice chancel-
lor. The war cabinet met again in
j the evening to revise the text.
Max to Address Reichstag.
Berne. Monday. O:t. 21.— (Hava* i —
; Prince Maximilian the German imperial
chancellor will sneak ar a plenary meet
ing of the Reichstag on Tues4lay. ac-
cording to Berlin advi. Debate on
general policies will follow. It is ex-
pected that it will la*t for two or three
days
MANY INCIDENTS GIVE
LIE TO HUN CLAIM OF
SPARING LIFE BOATS
Recent Cases Cited to Prove
German U-Boats Shelled
Survivors.
I
l.imdon. Oct. 22. With reference to
the paragraph in the German note de-
|n\ mg that the Gei lau navy in sinking
ships oyer purpo>p|y ilestroyml life
boats with their passengers it is point-
ed out in government circles that many
• cases could be quoted in reply to this
j denial.
Two recent cases are the Llandovery
Castle. Canadian hospital >hip. and the
French steamer Lydiana. sunk off
Spain. July IG.
The Llandovery Castle was torpe-
doed and sunk off the Irish coast on
the night of June 27. while returning
trom Halifax. The voxel carried 25N
persons including 11 female nur> I and
only 24 were saved. The German sub-
‘ marine made no effort to aid the sur-
vivors and even tried to sink at lea«t
one of the life boat*.
After the Lydiana had boon torpe-
doed two whale boats ami a raft were
lowered. The German submarine ram-
mod both boat* cutting them in two
sunk the raft ami then disappeared.
Tironderoga’s Death Toll Is 213.
Washington. D. (’.. Ort. 22. Two
j officers and DP enlisted mon of the
army lost their lives in the sinking of
I the American Mearner Ticonderoga in
I the war zone. September 30. The rd-
nouncomcnt today by the War Depart-
ment brought tho total loss of life to
; 21”. the Navy having previously re
porto<l 10 officers and 102 mon of the
crew dead and two officers carried off
ns prisoners by tho enemy submarine
that sent the vessel down.
Moro than half nf tho soldiers lost
on tho Ti<*onderoga were from 4>hio.
The list also gives the names of If
private* saved. Thc*officers lo*t were
Lieutenants Joseph W. Freeman of
Wetumpka. Ala. ami Cleveland C.
Frnst. Berea. Ky.
Survivors picked up by a British
I ship and brought to an Atlantic port.
I told how the I’-boat that had nttackeil
the Ticonderoga had shelled the ship
denudishing the life boat* a* they wore
being lowered and later had fired on
the few that were cleared. They also
declared that the submarine continued
to shell tho ship even after a white
blanket had been raised by the com-
mander when hi* guns were shot away
and further resistance wa« hopeless.
This incident in itself is regarded a*
efficient to disprove the claim made
in the Gorman note of yesterday that
U-boats had never shelled life boats.
OVERSUBSCRIPTION
TO LIBERTY LOAN IS
ALMOST $700000
Largest Since Second Issue
When San Antonio Was
$1185810 Over.
The oversubscription of San Antonio
and Bexar County to the Fourth Lib-
erty Loan has reached $604350. and in-
dications jiro that it eventually will
ir to $725000. Re|»orts at noon
Tuesday by the auditing committee
show the <*ity and county have bub-
j scribed a total of $53X0350. w ith ad-
ditinnal rei»orts yet to bp compiled. The
quota was $4725000. Of the total rr
ported $5006000 has been «heegke<l
into the banks and will be handled
j through that source while $353.350 rep-
। resents subscriptions of employes of
I concerns which will handle their own
subscriptions independent of bank*.
The oversubscription is the aecond
largest that San Antonio and the coun-
ty has made to any Libe^y Bond is-
sue. The largest oversubscription was
in tho second loan. In the first loan
the city and county quota was $2750.-
000. nnd it was oversubscribed by j
S2SOJHM>. In the sc oml loan the quota;
was 53.X36.1im ami it was oversub-J
scribed by X1.LX5..X10. The third loan;
(plota wa* $3936150. ami it was over- ‘
subscribed by $445000. The fourth ]
loan apparently will be oversubscribed
hy three-quarters of a million dollars. I
It wa* announced Tuesday that
hanks w ill be permitted to receive be-'
latr<l subscriptions up to closing hour
Wednesday. October 23. After that’
•late no additional subscription* will
be possible. It is also stated that Wed 1
nesday is the final date on which per- 1
son* who wish to pay for their bond*
in full and who have subscribe<l on'
the payment plan may do so without'
paying the m< ruc<l interest.
Bonds of the fourth issue have al '
ready been received at some of the San
Antonio banks and it is said the l ed-
eral Bank nt Dallas is prepared to meet 1
all calls for bonds so that they will
he available for delivery when called]
for.
Johnston Ac Burnett local agents fot
the Aetna Life Insurance Company
have an non med that the Aetna Cour
pany has taken XI2JMMMMM» worth ot
bonds of the fourth issue of which
XIuJKM) wa* allotted through that firm
to San Antonio. The agency i* nlso
••arrying over 1560 account* aggregat-
ing approximately Xxi;.(mmi. of the third
issue <»n the Aetna monthlv payment
plan.
Houston Oil Man Dir* in < hicago.
Houston. Tex.. Ort. 22.— I J
Noble president of the Noob* Oil Com- (
pany. Houston. Tcx. 4 jva* found dead
in hi* bet! at a hotr.^bun^ ay h\ his .
secretary. upon Al*
" “ 'ae. ami by a manipula
Seven of keeping Prussian Cola
New loaning together all those parts
I’ontrac^^sia in which Poles live and ti
ncy tftguing that the Polish |>opulation <1
mo 3 uot constitute a majority of the wb
MAKE QUICK ADVANCE IN
DIRECTION DE GHENT AS
BRITISH NEAR HUN BASES
Haig’s Men Reach Thiant Five Miles
Below Valenciennes and Push Within
Mile of Fournai After Sharp Fighting.
Rumors of Evacuation of Brussels Re-
newed—Luxemburg Said to Want
Wilson to Demand Huns’ Withdrawal.
!>.» thr AzMK'ialrd rrws.
British Headquarters in Belgium. Oct. 22.—Strong French
forces attacked this morning on the center of the allied front in
t hclgium and ate reported to be making excellent progress in the
; direction of Ghent.
The French hold a front of about 10 miles along the Lys
'Canal directly nest of t<hcnt.
By the Associated Press.
With the Allied Armies in Belgium Oct. 22 —I he general
;situation in Belgium this morning seemed to be that on most ci
the front the allied armies had reached a period of pause which
lis inevitable where rapid advances have been made German re-
jsistance stiffened appreciably during the night especially along
I the Scheldt River.
On the front of the British Fourth army with which the
Americans are lighting the night was quiet and the situation is
unchanged in the Valencicnnes-Le Cateau area.
By the XsMciated Press.
London. Oct. 22.— Ihe British hav e adv anced their line to
the left bank ot the Ecaillon River and have captured the west-
ern part of the village of Thiant. five miles southwest of Valen-
ciennes. it is announced officially.
Ihe British after sharp fighting have also advanced to
within less than a mile of Tournai.
I urther progress has been made by our troops between
\ alenciennes and Tournai- The enemy’s resistance on this front
is increasing.” says the statement.
In the lournai sector as a result of sharp fighting during
the night we drove the enemy out of the village of Orcq and
the woods in the neighborhood of Frovennc.”
Allied force* which have swept the
Germans out of Belgian Flanders rap-
tured the big 15-inch rannon with which
the Germans have been bombarding
Dunkirk during thr past year. The
gun wa* undamag(*d. according to an
official statement issued at the war of-
fice. The statement adds:
“In their hurried retreat before the
Belgian army the Germans were forcetl
tn abandon all their const defense guns
of which a number were intnet.
“French detachments which crossed
the Lys have repulsed violent enemy
counter attacks and succeeded in pro-
viding their bridgeheads east of the
river.”
—. >
DINS EVACIATING BRISSELS
Another Report Says German* Fear
Allied Attack in Alsace.
By W. J. 1.. KEIHI..
Specinl Cable to Tin San Antonio L.gNt
r.nd th»* Uhßaico Dalh Neva.
Cop> right. 191 S. by Chicago Daily News Co.
The Hague. Holland Oct. 22. —There
are renewed rumors here that Brussel*
i* being evacuated by the Germans and
also that they fear an attack by the
allies in Alsace.
German newspapers are printing the^
story that Luxemburg ha* requested
Pre>ident Wilson to demand of Berlin
that Luxemburg be evacuated.
Amsterdam. Monday. Oct. 21.—Ger-
man forces at Brussels are working in-;
cessantly to remove war material from ;
that <ity. according to the Roosrndaal
correspondent of the Handel*blad. Hei
says that many regiment* of German
troops are leaving the city and that
there is much excitement among the;
people there. On the other hand. Ant-
werp is very calm and has not been
affected by recent event*.
The same newspaper’s correspondent;
at Boermond say s that hundreds of :
refugee* from Northern France are nr-
riving there. These people who are of;
all ages have been on the road for
three weeks. They were givn only two.
hours’ notice to collect their belongings
by German officers at Douai. Cambrai 1
and other cities in the war zone.
PLAN* TO USE METZ AS PIVOT.
Hurl Reserve* Against \mericans But
Are Retreating Elsewhere.
aki<—
.. < a tffne*6^\ morufn^ I’’***
nut Idisappearcd. and aft^tbern end of]
•kc tiou it becomes beaiiNgium tixlay •
tel up|*ear* glossy and \ liae from
lud. ready-to-UM’ preparation 1 to \ al-1
of toilet re<|uisite foi th<»V of the?
lien dark hair and a youthfkp* points I
' It is not intended for the V~ arc j
io|c gation or preventiou of dis^Sh. I
CITY EDITION
CLOSING MARKETS
PRICE. FIVE CENTS
.•[southern end of the SO-iuile line from
-] \ alem ienncx to the Dutch frontier
j Ihe British armies however continue
: to progress. Ourcq within less than a
» mile of Tournai on th* west has been
raptured and the British hold La Sea-
tinclle. one mile west of Valenciennes.
French Continue Pressure.
' North of Tournai. thr British arc along
I the Scheldt on a front of fire miles
s and north and south of this sector rap-
idly are gaining the western bank of
1 the river. Between Valenciennes and
Lr Gateau the British maintain their
. pressure and nave reached thr Ecaillon
River at Thiant. southwest of Valen-
i French force* continued their pre«-
*:ne on the front from the junction of
.the Oi«c and the Serre eastward to
r cuviers. On the extreme left thev
I have advanced north of the Serre. East
|of the Aisne ar Vouziers. the Ger-
। man* have <ecsed their violent effort
. to dislodge the French from important
hill position-. The French here are m
a position to outflank tho Germans
1 facing the Am^riraix on the sector west
jof the Meuse which accounts for the
11 strong efforts to drive the French back.
General Gouraud’s men. however hate
j defeated all enemy attacks.
BitteHy Oppose Our Men.
I • Development of tbe plan being foL
i ’ lowed by the German high command in
’•onducting its retreat from Northern
I I ramc and Belgium makes it ap|>arent
that Metz is being used a* a pivot for
the movement. While the Germans are
i; (touring fresh divisions into tbe line in
front of the Americans northwest of
>| Verdun in an nttcmnt to hold the line
‘firmly the rc*t of the firman Legions
me swinging back toward the Belgian
! frontier.
Then* arc several situations along the
fiont. however which render it pos-
] sible and even probable that Marshal
. Foch w ill seriously interfere with the
’ orderly retirement of the enemv forces.
Hunding Line Outflanked.
It seem* certain tbat the Hunding
Line ha* been outflanked in Belgium
where the Scheldt River bas been
। cross’Hi. and east of Le Gateau where
the British and Americans appear te
■have fought their way through all ob-
structions. This line therefore may Lt
rendered untenable for the Germans.
• who may be forced to fall back to th*
iliue of th** Meuse before attempting Ie
< stand at bay.
In the meantime attacks by the •!
; lie* m Belgium cast of the Selle Knet
»U4l in the Oi*e region threaten to dis
organize th* German retreat. In Bel
; gium the Ftcnch and British are bor
I ing into tbe enemy’s iiositioßS so swiftly
? that they may completely outflank th*
l German forces still holding the line te
| the southwest. Belgian troop* advaae-
ling toward Ghent are systematical*
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