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SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS: FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER I, 1918.
{Hughes'Report on Aircraft Investigation Made Public by Attorney Generai
rOOURT-MARTIAL OF COLONEL
DEEDS IS RECOMMENDED
< out 'uueil I'rom 1'iiRc One
ffftuy of I*lii]:i<leiphIn. with h sohl muhu£uu>
| to the Go*eminent for airplanes.
.Mr. Hughes <-onclu<le'l Ills report with
I the statement th.. "it Is not w Ithln the
[province of this report t" make rwoni
|ipen da t Ions with ivspi><( t.• administrative
Jfolley, but ii sno.iUI in* said that uinler
f'he direction Mr, Uyan and Mr. Potter
■there has boon improvement in organlza
■tion and progress has been made in grati
prying tuea n:<
William < . l'ottet, to uh( m Mr
(Jtoferretl, is assistant director of
prodi'.t tion.
rplane and the cause
production is discussed
eport.
oimnent on the Liberty
following:
» be conclusively es
JtCaeli type of
Of delay in its
I
Mr. 1 hi-lies
|mot«>r Included the
"It n«'\v aii's
i I uuin-s
aircraft
Itabllslieil thai the Liberty engine i< t
■great sir-•« «<•. lor observation and bombing
■planes and for this purpose it lias foun I
■high favor with the allies. It is too hea\ .
llor the lighter pursuit planes."
As lor the early delas in the Liberty
■motor production program, the report
fsay-:
"There was no reason why the develop
Iment of the Liberty motor should have
|stood in the way of the production of
I Other motors, such as the Illspano-Suijs.i
[for use In single --.iter pursuit planes. Hut
"* far us the heavier observation an !
(Advertisement)
DR. CHEEK Mill
TROUBLES DISAPPEARED WHEN
HE TOOK TANLAC—GAINED
TWENTY-MYE I»0UNDS.
From l>r. M. <'. Cheek, a well-known
optician who resides on U. I». No. 1 out «>f
Hawklnsvllle. (icorgia. ionics the follow
ing remarkable statement regarding the
extraordinary powers of Tanlac. I>r.
Cheek, wiio has practiced his profession
in llawbinsville and vieinity for year*,
deelarcs lie spent three thousand dollar<,
trying t.o get relief, and it was just lik ■
ntotiey thrown away, as he didn't improve.
Writing to l!li \V. (ludile, the prog res
she IJawkiiisville druggist, i »r. Chuck
said :
"1 spent over three thousand dollars try
Ing to get rid of stomach trouble. I had
the best treatments I could find in this
State and was even treated by a specialist
in Chicago, without relief. 1 lost weight,
and went, down hill until I only weighed
one hundred and seven pounds.
"I began taking Tanlae oil the first of
January and took four bottles. I gained
twenty-five pounds and now weigh one
hundred and thirty two and my trouble.-
have gone."
Statements of this kind coming from
well-known people and published right in
the community where each and every fact
can be investigated and verified, leave
nothing to be desired in establishing the
merit of the widely talked of medicine,
Tanlae.
Tanlac is sold in San Antonio by Wagner
Drug Company and Meier's Pharmacy un-
der the personal direction of a special
Tanlac representative.-- (Adv.)
The next time
you buy calomel
ask for
The ourified calomel tab-
lets that are entirely f^ee
of all sickening and sali-
vating effects.
Medicinal virtue* vastly improved.
Caaranteec by your druggist. Sold
onij at sealed packages. Price 35c«
HOW TO FIGHT
SPANISH INFLUENZA
BY DR. L. \V. BOWERS
Avoid crowds, coughs and cowards, but
fear neither germs nor lieruiaii*!
the system in good order, take plenty
exercise in the fresh air and practice clean
lines*. Remember a clean mouth, a clean
skin and clean bowels are a protecting
armour acaiiis;. disease. To keep the live*
I bombing pi-ties are concerned the weight
of 'pinion is tluit if would have taken
about as long to |• ut any other hiuli power
motor into successful quantity production
in this country, according to our method"*
of manufacture, as It has taken to develop
the Liberty motor.
"Making due allowances* for the incvi
I table course of experimentation, the I.lit
erty motor could not have been put in< >
large production much earlier than it was."
The output of Liberty motors is far
b hind the original schedule, says the
report, as it shows l>.\ the prcllmlnarv
estimate* that I.TJ.'t would be delivered
last ,\»ay and 4.4'Jo in June, as compared
with actual deliveries of M.~ Itt May and
1,048 in June. During this month
alone, however, 4 WHi twelve cylinder en
glues were produced, it was officially an
noiincod tonight.
< »l the !»,«»>!> Liberty motors produced
up to October 11. «>>'.'"• were for the army
an-! J 704 were for the navy.
Criticising the apparent lack of method
in selecting airplane < <>utrnctors and dis-
tribution of work, the report says:
"There have been numerous complaint-
from Individuals and corporations win
sought contra -ts unsuccessfully. The ex
tent to which activities were centered at
Dayton, the profitable contract promptly
given to Colonel heeds' former business
associates (referring to the Dayton Wright
Company», and the preference of a small
group of manufacturers In the allotment of
the large contracts • rented a feeling <«f
distrust which finds frequent expression
in the record of this inquiry.
'It does not appear that in the award
of these contracts tin re was adherence to
anv (dearly defined principle. While of
fers or request of some manufacturers
went unheeded because alleged lack of
proper facilities or of assured financial
•tbility. in other cases contracts were made
with parties equally destitute of adequate
resources."
For ,t whole year after the Nation en-
tered the war, says the report, the equip-
ment division of the Signal Corps was
badly organized, "with a host of sections
and departments with Ill-defined functions,
• renting disorder and confusion, rather
than sustained, well directed, and expert
effort."
Secretary Raker tonight declined to com-
ment upon tlu* report until he had had
opportunity to read it carefully. He in-
timated, however, that no step would *)e
taken by the military authorities against
the army officers mentioned until the of-
ficial Inquiry requested by Major tJeneral
Squier. Colonel Deeds and other officers
connected with the airplane production
had been completed. When the request
was submitted Mr. Raker announced that
no Inquiry would be authorised until the
investigation being made by the Senate
and the Department of Justice had been
completed.
Airplane engines delivered up to that
time amounted to 1 of which L\-'JIM
were Liberty motors for combat and bomb-
ing planes, 7,*iC»^ wei« for elementary train-
ing machines and for advanced train-
ing planes. Tile original program for Lib-
erty motors alone had called for about
17,(hhi of these by June.
Turning to the question of profits by
contractors for airplanes and motors, Mr.
Hughes cited figures showing that manu-
facturers were enabled to make as much
as on each Liberty motor and from
$750 to $L\r»oo on each finished plane.
Profits in some cases were several hundred
per cent of the investment, the report
said.
Attorney (Jenerol Gregory, in his letter,
pointed out that tit) per cent or more of
tlie profits were taken by the Government
in taxes and concluded that "no such
profits have been allowed as to justify a
charge of bad faith."
Mr. Hughes explained that the principal
orders were placed on the basis of cost-
plus a fixed, not a percentage profit, and
a bonus of 2."» per cent of any economies
under an estimated cost or "bogey."
"The 'bogey costs,'" said Mr. Hughes,
"were in all cases placed so high that the
contractor had every reason to expect that
the actual cost would be much less and
that through Its share in this saving, the
contractor would be able to derive an in-
< reased profit from economical manage-
ment. It was apparent, however, that with
a large fixed profit guaranteed, the Incen-
tive to economy Is not so strong as when
the entire venture is at the contractor's
risk."
The fixed profit per plane varied with
different concerns.
'Tht- Dayton Wright Company, with con-
tracts for 4,000 Dellaviiand planes to be
completed before next March, the report
said, should make profits of $»UOO.OO<> and
SjJSO.OOO additional under minor contracts.
This company was organized shortly after
the declaration of war with paid in eapi
tal of $1.000,0<H). The Government financed
the plant to the extent of $1,405,000, repre-
sented by loans.
I he Ford Motor Company, with con-
tracts for 5.0(H) Libertv motors, which it
expects to complete by the end of Janu-
A«rv' ls,lou,d make a profit of $r»,;;7o.ooo,
Mr. Hughes declared. Its fixed profit,
tne report said, is more than $000 an en-
gine, which it can produce at less than
M.L'oo with the addition of more than
Moo per engine as the plant's share of the
' bogey. This bogey is set at $5,000 for
(lie !• ord plant, the company's Investment
•s said to be not more than $U.N0<»,00U.
1 he Fisher Rod.v corporation, with con-
tracts tor 4.000 beli.i vllatul machines,
should make profits of $.'{,100,000 with $400,-
addition on other orders, said the re
pert. The company's Investment on plant
engaged In airplane production Is calm
lated at $**00,000. It has been loaned $L\
ooo,«4N) by the Government.
, The Packard Company's profit* on 0.000
Liberty motors, to be completed bv next
January, probabl.\ will be pi.450,000, earned
in fifteen months, said the report, other
profits on minor orders mav raise this to
*\nu0,0t*» it was si,id. The investment
'epresented is calculated at $1 l.sns.otto.
I he Lincoln Motor Company 's profits
oti n.OOO motors |» calculated at $0,450.0uu
u* *« additional profits on other contracts |
oi .>1..»00,0U0, according to the report. In '
vestment is reported at $7,150,000 of wlib it i
represents items of which the '
I ooycrnnient pavs 40 per cent depreciation.]
I I aid in capita I is $.s5o.ooo.
! Attorney General Gregory's comment on 1
I these showings was as follows:
it has been charged that the exorbitant •
i prorits to contractors have been allowed. I
n their face they appear to be unusually
I MR PRODUCTION OFFICER
ACCUSED IN HUGHES REPORT
to l ie Government mm In.oine nnd ex
prorits iai«, nil.I Unit moxt ..f the net i
rrofits Invexiyi In l,nlldiin:s wbl.h nun !
or may not be capable of orofituMe n». 1
;,t).I hotels regular hu.I to earr> away | for an Indefinite tlie tenuliw 1
the poisons Wltll Ml. It IS best to take « t i"U of the eonl r:/rt. ,uv eonell son l" St '
*eRei«l,l.- |.tll ever, other Uit.v. tna-lo up ! in. mi, i, profits have allowe.l as-
of May-apple, sloes. j>iIn[. ami sugar Justify n i-liarg.> of had t ilth "
onted. to he had at. Uiost drng store., I The general . on.msions'ami reeumoiru
ere,s I'lensaut I'ellets. | datlonn liv Mi Unties follow- " ;
known l>r.
If there is a sudden onset of what appears
like a hard cold, one should .*n to bed,
»v;ap warm, take a hot mustard foot
n-.:I nnd <1 rink copiously of hot lemon
hi- !f pain dev» lopa in her,d «r ba k.
ask the dru«glst fur Anurie ,an uric) tab
iets. Tim >e will flush th
kidneys and <arry off poisonous germs.
To control the pains and aches take one
Aooric ti:bh t every two hours, with fre
qoen; drinks of lemonade. The pneumonia
appears In a most treacherous way, when
th* Influenza victim is apparently recov-
ering and anxious to leave his bed. In
recovering from a bad attack of influ-
enza or pneumonia the system should 0e
built up with a good herbal tonb sin h
H6 Pr. I'lere's Golden Medical Lis-ov
• ry. made without alcohol from the root*
and barks of American forest trees, or his
trontoni- (iron tonic) tablets, which can
he obtained nt most drug stores, or send
10c to Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel. Ruftalo.
V Y.. for trial package. (Adv.i
Why Run-down Rule
Exhausted Women
Should T\ke Iron
TVw tmm be ■» b—tifwl,
bttltkf, ro»»7-che«k«<l, »tc mdy
Berred women witbovl iron. Wken
the iron coos from the blood of
ckeeks—tkeir chum and attract-
ivonaasdepart. 1 always insist that
my patirnts take organic iron-
Nutated Iron—(not metallic iron
which often corrodcs the stomach
and does more harm than good >.
Nuxated Iron is easily assimi-
lated, does not blacken nor in-
jure the teeth nor upset the
stomach. It will increase the
strength and endurance of weak*
nervous, irritable, careworn,
haggard women in two weeks
time iB many cases. I have
used it in my own practice
wjih most surprising results.**—
rerdtnand King. M.D.. well known
New York Physician and medical
author. (Satisfaction guaranteed
or money refunded—On sale at all
druggists.)
..J,1. rvi,i?'IJ'e dN lu«.eS ' Oilduet n lii< h.
although of a reprehensible character :
»vv«nled as affording a sufti
. ,*1'r '■-barges under existiiiK )
statutes, hut the e an certain acts shown.,
, . , . , ' highly improper in themselves, i
bladdei and . bin ol special signlfh sin e. which should I
.us Lertnj lead to dis< iplliiary measures The cvi- ,
d»m < \n , t fi rc>|>» i Colonel IMward A I
Deena should i.« presented to the Seer- i
tar\ of War. t.. t'.e end tliar. Colon--!
VSi i mi.'- tri"1 h'v p°«rt martial nnd •
r m i i U" nU(1 !Hi 01 tLe Articles of War
Hoi i youuu-t *n acting as conflden- I
■ ^ 2.' !lis former business ass . ,
sir. i"' * 1 albott of the Dayton Wrigiit |
-Mrpiane t omitanj. and in conveying in i
formation to Nlr. Talbott in an Improper !
manner, with respect to the tran*»a> tbm u
niiMitess between that company and th •
division of the Signal Corps of which Col-
onel l»eeds was the head, and (2). in glv J
<n>r to the repr« M ntatives of the Coimuir-
.•e on Public intormatien a tr.Ne and m«-
hading statement with regard to the prog
j res> 0f ;Urcraft product,,.n for the pur
, po»e ot publication with the authority of
| the Seeretary of War
The absence of proper appreciation of .
; The ohrious impropriety of transaction* ,
ov go\«>rniiient officers nnd tigents wi h
firms or corporations jn which tbev ar
interested. comi^Is the eoucern that pub I
iic Dolicy demands that the stataLorv pr. i
vicious In-arinc upon this conduct should '
-<trii tlv enforced. It Is therefore re ;
oiniueuded that the officers found t«» ha\ej
had trau«iacti<*n^ on Iwdiaif of tiie govern- J
luent with corp..rations in the (>ccuntarv '
proflta of wbieb tney had an interest. {
should be prosecuted under Section 41 f
the frimlnnl Code.
"The Federal Trade Commission should i
| tw requested to report upon the proper j
cost of mahogany tor airplane propellers,
to the end that upon the coining in of
Its report the question of the propriet-
or further action with resis t to the tran-*
actlc ns of the \|ahogony Manuf;n t or. i s
and Importers* Association mav t»e deter-
mined.
••'t f« rnooniinendwj thai Hi.- n-prPMl.
nf thr IVpartmat .if Justlw
.V ln *'"> »»•<■ itorit... of th<- r.-
■I"11' 5 lh»t It mar hr mi
cf th.- mmi'lM. ^nfcr.^nifnt «.f tji,.
ricliti nr tli~ B>vrrnm.nt In final wttl.
m^nt ..f ar"«iijt« an.I that tb» ifnv^rn
nif-nt ha« t^n folly pmto,t».i alratn^t no
n.-.^«arv loa« thr,.neh waste an.l th" ah
wn.-" at -iilt.il>]- fa. (orr vUi*rvi-inU
■ alao («i MR,., That a -
Nuxated Iron
Mai dlTlslnn. „r >nh rtirl.lon. of thr- lin-
■ii I'.iirpau of Inv-atisation. in th" !•
part meat of.lo«ti<-. -honl.i ho a-iCn 1
to the cr-tiai'1 oration of Mii{U-oa,«| ,|,|1B |
jitienoie, in mbrrtlm witli air. raft pr.. ]
d not Ion Mthit the work alreadr done m.ii- !
I>e appropriately followed op 1« partlrn
'* rerttomende.1 that the a^tlrttie.
In relataon to »prnr* produ>tlo» wklch bo-
th' Psrmr
It was lf*atft<-,|r«Me to enbrare |B jfc*
I.. A. I.EKIis.
present inquiry, .should bo carefully scru-
tinized."
"An exhaustive examination." snys At-
torney General Gregory's letter of trans-
mittal, "into the entire conduct of air-
craft matters fails to show that any mem
her of either board has had any desire to
retard or delay production, or has done
anything to accomplish that result., or has
intentionally caused the waste of funds,
or been actuated by a disloyal motive, or
been guilty of dishonesty or malversation,
unless there be trtit.h in the specific
charges which will now be referred to.
(The charges against Colonel lieeds and
the officers charged with dealing with
concerns in which they were Interested.,
"I agree wltll the conclusion readied by
Judge Hughes that there is n<> evidence
Upon which it fairly can be charged that
any member of the aircraft boards, includ-
ing Howard Coffin, General Stiuior,
Colonel iv A. Deeds, Colonel |{. L. Mont
gomery, Colonel S. I). Waldron. llich-
ard F. Howe, Ilarry I?. Thuvor, Ad-
miral Taylor and other naval officers, has
been unlawfully Interested in any contra t
transaction relating to aircraft pro
I tion involving any of these gentlemen ex-
cept I 'olonel I leedw."
I <>f the sun!,tkmi.imki originally npproprl
iated for aircraft production, disburse
I ments reported down to dune .'til. 11)1*. in
eluding advances for building «»f plants
: and outlays of the sales department, slml
l iiir expenses amounted to $l.'lO.UPd.OOO an I
' *L.'7it.noo,o4H) t«f the apprujirlatlon remained
unexpended at the end of the year. <»f
the si.Vi.4Nii,lino spent for airplanes and
engines. f*jr».«MKi.lMN» wif for overseas lll.'^UI
factnre; s_'l .i>m.uou In advances to con
tractors and VT.iliT.uno for experimental
ami development work. This left only
Hud.utfO.tNlfi s]»ent l'or production In tho
I tilted States, of the latter amount, *.77.
imm .0041 v as | aid under fixed price con-
tracts, and $UMHH),(RK> under cost plus con
tracts.
i official estimates place at; Slfl.tx •».<»<
the b.'S to the government on account of
the ■ omit iiination of two types of intuies,
the Uristol fighting machine and the
s.l l training plane, including about $«.-
."oii.tMio on the hrlstoi and $17,.r»t*),tKK) on
the S.l 1.
Taking up the question of faulty organ!
z.ttion of the Signal Corps soon after the
declaration of war, Mr. Hughes declare.I
Major General (ieorge o. Squier "had
neither training nor experience for sucii
a large industrial enterprise."
Referring to Colonel Deeds, Mr. Hughes
cited Colonel Deeds' own testimony that
lie was a stockholder and officer in a mini
Iter of Dayton. Ohio, concerns which either
directly or indirectly were concerned in
the airplane production activities about
that city. He was an organizer, but not
a stockholder In the Dayton Wright Ait
plane Company, and it was to II. 10. Talbott,
an officer in this company, the report nays,
that. Colonel Deeds sent information on a |
ruling of the Judge Advocate General re
biting to th£ appraisal of contracts after
he had been commissioned in the arm>.
other confidential communications sent f.»
Talbott and other business associates in
Dayton while Deeds was acting in an ad
visory capacity to officers in charge of
contracts, are quoted. l'or communicat-
ing with Talbott after he became tin offi
eer, the Investigation by court-martial was
recommended.
Mr. Hughes also dlspuated parts of Colo
nei Deeds' assertions In a letter to the
Aircraft Production Hoard that on being
omiuissloried he had severed his official
a stockholder In the Packard Company,
but it does not appear thai he took part
in the proceedings Involving Government
dealings with the concern Col. Uohert L
Montgomery also l.ehl sto« k in companies
holding contracts for manufacture of air-
planes or parts, but he did not deal wl»h
them in his capacity as an officer.
Lieut. Col. Vincent, for whom criminal
prosecution Is recommended, was shown,
the report says, to have authorlxed pay
ment of sums to the Packard Company
while he was a stockholder. Lieut. Col.
George NS Mixter, a stockholder in the
t'urtis Airplane ami Motor Corporation, it
is charged, had charge of Inspectors «n
that company's plant Maj Howard C.
Mitrnion. a Signal Corps officer, also <s
cited for his connections with the Nordyke
& .Marmon Company of Indianapolis, which
held a contract for Liberty motors, but
since he had transferred his stock to his
mother, tin* report holds there f.q lnsuffl
< ient ground for a criminal charge against
him.
One of the most regrettable Incidents
of the delay in production, says the re-
port. Is that on account of the scarcity of
training planes, hundreds of cadets were
held at concentration camps abroad for
several months "without suitable training."
The report Is supplemented by 17,000
pages of testimony taken from "80 wit-
nesses, Concerning Mr. Hughes' report,
which covers lS'J printed pages, Attorney
General Gregory's letter to President Wil-
son says:
"By far the greater portion is devoted
to a remarkably accurate statement "f
substantially all the transactions since the
beginning of the war In the course of the
de\elopmeut of the aircraft program." He
adds that since b.? is in accord with the
report lie does not. "consider it nacessury
to prevent a somewhat full report which
has heretofore been prepared by the De-
partment of Justice."
Mr. Gregory also explained: "I do not
consider It germane to this investigation
to enter into criticisms /»f ttie pr< grain or
of mistakes iu policy or in the exercise
of Judgment."
Another portion of the Attorney General's
letter say® %
"Agreeing substantially as I do with the
statement of facts made by Judge Hughes,
I am of opinion that It cannot fairly be
. barged that a managing officer of any
contracting corporation has desired dt at-
tempted to delay production or been act
uated by disloyal motives."
Mr. Hughes In his report referred to
the retention by Henry Ford of Laid Kmde
as chief of his drafting department, de-
spite charges of pro-German utterances
against Kuide. After bearing complaints
against Kmde Air. Cord'e reasons f'»r keep-
ing Kmde were set forth In the minutes
of the proceedings, saying :
"He (Mr. Ford) felt that it was a time
'of sacrifice that in the next few yeara |
every man would be called upon to make
some sort 4>f sacrifice, and that possibly ^
Mr. Kmde, German-born, was making his
sacrifice now when making tlrawlngs for
the Liberty motor to be used ultimately
against Germany."
Mr. Hughes added that this indicated a
"litxitv at the I 'old plant with respect,
to those of German sympathies which wn«M
not at all compatible with the interests
of the Government."
Among the principal charges which Mr.
Hughes' report declared substantiated in
part were flint there was delay in getting
model planes from tne allies and in pre-
paring specifications for the reproduc-
tion; that plans were frequently changed,
both on airplane types and on the Liberty I
motor; that some manufacturers well qual-
ified for production failed to receive con*
tracts while othes poorly prepared wera .
given orders; that manv plants engaged J
in airplane manufacture la Ked knowb-'g^J
and experience; and that In pursuing !*>*■
speed In production, confusion and waiWj
occurred in plants.
As for actual results, the report stale*
that up to October 11. 0,074 airplanes w*M
built, of which IS7 were for elements^
training. i!,lo7 were for advanced training,
and 2..TV) were for observation and bomb-
ing service. Ifl the same time 24.072 en-
gines had been finished, of which 0,08J»
were Liberty motors.
TOO LATE! ITALY'S ANSWER
TO PLEA OF AUSTRIA
Continued From I'age One.
morale began to show signs of going by
the board.
At dawn today real hell broke loose.
Foch's strategy was at its best. He had
nagged and nibbled and wearied nnd worn
down his opponent. The hour was ripe
for the deluge. The whole far-flung frout,
from the Treutlno passes near the Swiss
frontier, eastward around the great bend
above Montello, down to the Adriatic flared
Into flame
in these concerns: The Knifed Motors
Company of New York, the Dayton Kngi
neerlng Laboratories Company, Dayton
Metal Products Company and the home,
tic Building Company <^f Paytofi. He trans
ferred stock in the Knifed Motors Corpora
tion to his wife, the report says it was
shown, and hook accounts showing the
time of the transfer of other stock In some
cases, says the report, were tinted back
to August -H. when Deeds was appointed
a colonel, although not actually made until
later. Since it is not proven, however, that
Colonel Deeds transacted anv business with
those firms before he transferred ills stock,
no criminal charges are made against
him.
Col. Sidney D. Waldron. assistant to
Colonel Deeds when he was chief of the
ductlon. Indeed, as to this charge, tfiero«t equipment division of the Signal Corps,
has at no time been ground for a ques- was shown, the report says, to have been
Kvery Italian army, every British, Amer-
• , ,- ; - . ban nnd French unit, surged forward into
connections with ami ^transferred ^his^stoek I tne last round of the "revenge for Cap-
*' ** " "* oretto."
Kiuler this concerted, dynamic crash,
whatever was left of Austrian military
defiance crumbled. Morale broke and van-
ished under Diaz's hammer blows. Panic
seized the troops. They began to sur-
render by the thousands. Italy's army had
"come back." The force of that realiza-
tion did more than all else to weaken the
Austrian heart, for a year ago. after Cap
oretto. after the disastrous retreat of the
Latins. Italy was definitely discounted,
"licked to n frazzle." as the Vienna papers
put It nt ,thut time.
Side by side with King Victor Emman-
uel's troops advanced Yankee veterans
the West. Austria had made their ac-
quaintance in the St. Mthiol salient, where
the Ilapshurg troops had to "carry the
bod" in covering their German comrades'
retreat.
The battle progressed with seven league
boots.
in the early hours of the morning the
Austrian front was ripped to pieces. The
river line staggered. Hundreds were
drowned in frying to get across the Llv-
enzn. Meanwhile, Lord ("avail's British
forces had slashed i\ hole Into the Haps-
burg line whose mission was to keep the
contact between the river and the moun-
tain fronts. At the same time the entlrs
Alpine front went up In an all-devouring
blaze. Height after height, pass after pass,
was wrested from the Austrlans until soon
they gave up all pretense at resistance.
Austria Hungary's polyglot army, held
together for so long by the Iron hand of
discipline, threats, promises and conjura-
tions, crumbled at last and once the first
breaches hail been cut into that vaunted
armor, the collapsing process was swifl
Kear of the firing squad gave way to a
more terrible dread the dread of Italy's
vengeance. At that Juncture the commander
saw the "jig was up" ami surrendered.
By a lata hour this afternoon 00,000
prlsonersiand 300 guns had been counted
by the victors.
Meanwhile, the disintegration of the
Ilapshurg "home front" Is taking its equal-
ly rapid course. News of what was hap-
pening on the front reached Vienna early
today. The government became panic
stricken. Professor Lammasch. the new
Premier, who hud hoped against hope
peace could be signed before this very
catastrophe set in. discarded all tin* time-
honored tricks of concealment. He told
the people frankly what was happening,
and Issued appeal after appeal. Not a
word did he say about the "sacred empire"
the "greedy enemies," or "his majesty," In
this unutterable crisis, with mob rule ram
i pant and the armies tn wild flight, be
figured tl. only appeal that would hit
home was to the stomach.
He warned the people and the army that
ii break up at the trout would bring about
chaos and starvation! that with tin* hun-
dreds of thousands of troops flooding the
country feeding would become Impossible,
lie promised every means to bring the
troops back in order ami promptly.
But from every scrap of news coming
out of the chaos engulfed Austrian land
stare the words:
"Too late!"
Special Telegram to The Kxpress.
LONDON. Oct. ;u. The Austrian armies
have been cut in two by the British forces
on the Italian front, commanded by Lord
Cavan.
The Austrlans are falling back every-
where and are surrendering by the thou-
sands.
A military debacle appears Inevitable.
VIKN'NA. Oct. ill.— (Via London).—An
Austrian deputation has been permitted to
cross the fighting line for preliminary pour
parlers with the Italiau commander, ac-
cording to the official announcement to-
night.
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State, but Is probable in all territory west *
of tho Mississippi River."
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