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VOL. 7 l.tkin.N. C, Thursday, Nov. 7, 1010 No. 37 mm how DESERTED HOST BATTLE ALONE AMERICANS PUT HUNS TO FLIGHT; MAKE ADVANCE Willi the American Forces Northwest of Verdun, Nov. 2.-- YOUNG MARINE QUICKLY WINS HONOR OVERSEA r (Py the Associated Press) Justria-IIungary is out of the , n'jir. Deserted by her last ally, (e r many fights alone a battl which means ultimate defeat or abject surrender. After days of pleading, an armistice has leen granted Austria-Hungary, whoe badly defeated armies in thf Italian theatie arc staggering home ward under the violence of the Mows of the entente troops Trent, in Austrian Tyrol, which the Italians always have claimed as their own, has been captured ly them; Triost, Aus ( tria's pi incipal seaport on the Adriatic, over which there has I teen such bitter fighting, now lies the Italian Hair; and Pel grade, capital of Serbia, has I teen reomipied 1 y the Serbians. Although the An; tro-Hunga-rians have Keen given an armis tice they are still being bitterly attacked ly the Italian, HiitMi, French. American and Czecho Slovak troops in the mountains and on the plains and will con tinue under chastisement until Monlay afternoon at ? o'clock, when a cessation of hostilities will take place, Entire regiments are sur rendering to the Italians in the mountains and large nunibt rs of the enemy are being made pris oners on the plains. Heavy ca naries are U-ing inflicted on the retiring troops. Many addition al towns have I teen reclaimed. In their swift drive against the Aiistro-lhingariaris the al lied forces have up to the pre sent taken more than loo.ooo prisoners and have captured t more than 2,200 guns. So rapid has I een the advance over the plains that Italian a Vy al ready has crossed the Taglia menta liver .and entiled Udino. j Piemiers With Col. House Ke rch e News of Signing Paris. Nov. fi:.'o p. m.) Official announreme was made heie this evening .lit an armistice has lcen signed with Austria. Hostilities will cease at 3:00 o'clock Monday afternoon. The conditions of the armistice will Vje published Tuesday. ' Official announcement of the .signing of the Austrian armis tice leached the premiers while they were in session in the apartment of Col. IIou.se, Presi dent Wilson's personal represen tative, this afternoon and gave the greatest satisfaction. It was arranged that the con ditions of the armistice would ho made public promptly. Signed by General Dia. Iiondon, Nov. :. ( : 1 2 p. m.) An armistice with Austria was signed this afternoon by General Diaz, the Italian commander-in-chief, according to an official announcement made here this evening. The text of the statement reads: r "A telephone message has been received from the prime minister in Paris saying that news has just come that Austria-Hungary, the last of Gci many's props, has gone out of tTTe w ar. f "The armistice was signed by General Diaz and will come into ". operation tomorrow at : o'clock. ) The terms will be published S Tuesday." Vienna Says Hostilities Hae Ceaed Vienna, Nov. 3. (Via 1mdon) "In the Italian theatre of the war our troops have ceased hos tilities on the basis of an armis tice which has been concluded.' says the war office communica tion issued today. "The conditions of the armis tice will le announced in a later communication." German's Fortifying Ilavarian Front Copenhagen, Saturday, Nov. 2 . Austro-IIungarian troops are , Weing withdrawn from the west crn front and the Germans, fear ving the allies w ill march through Austria, are digging trenches and erecting fortifications along the Bavarian frontier, accord- GERMANS APPEAR IN FULL RETREAT EAST OF HEUSE With the American Fortes NYrthwc .t of Verdun, Nov. (7:"o p. m. l'.y the A . iat d I'l'" .) America i aviators ,ite toil iy reported that the Ger mans to the east of the Meiise appeared to be in full retreat. The aviators' message said that all roads .running northward were packed with troops, artil lery, and trucks. The American aviators went as f. . as Remoiville. They re ported that the roads southwest of Remoiville are choked with traffic. The retreating German troops ami convoys and enemy ammu nition dumps and various vil lages within the Teuton lines wen attacked today by Ameri can bombing planes. Great damage is reported to have b n done and consterna tion caused among the retreat ing troops. The American Itombing machine- made two attacks, the fu st in the morning and the oth er in the afternoon, rca'hing a; far as Steiiay and P.eaumont. Fire- are reported in Itoth places. Fight stjua Irons participated in the air raids Unlay. The lnml ers attacked P.eaumont where they lest roved a warehouse and exploded an ammunit i'n dump. In Steany, another amnumi tion dump w as exploded. The Itomlters also attacked Martiiuuui (, Motiseay, P-auolair and I'.eaufort. The last two towns simultaneously were un der the fire of American heavy guns. In the region of Vaux and Sommau the pursuit planes harassed the troops along the road a ays with machine guns and sina'l Itombs, The weather was cloudy but it was the first really clear day on th" ground since the offen- .sive i f the Americans was re- u:acd. Theie woie various combats in the air. Two German ma chines were leHtfted brought down. Three Anuiiran planes are musing. The aviators' iejort regarding the retreat of the enemy cast of tin' Meiise is a- follows. "At Remoiville. a troop trai'i of P cars was leading riorth- waid-lx uii'l. We saw great crowds of enemy t loops along the railway siding. We fired up on them and thm fired bark with incendiary bullets. All noi thltound roads out of Rcrnoi ville were filled with troops." Accoiding to previous reports, at least four Austro-Ilunganan divisions were opposing the French and Americans cast of the Meue in this sector. German artillery east of the Mouse, protected by hills and woods beyond I.yon-DeVant-Dun had been a source of constant annoyance to the Americans since they reached the great el Imiw in the river north of Dan nevoux. The advance of the Americans Saturday made pos sible the bringing up of artillery. and the American guns this afternoon Itegan counter-battery work. Soon afterward the Ger man artillery de-lted. Numer ous enemy batteries in the reg ion of Fontaines was under American fire most of the after noon. Later came reports of the aviators that the enemy appear ed to lie in full retreat. ing to a Vienna dispatch to the Pohtiken. Republic Proclaimed in Hungary P.erne, Nov. 3. Count Karo lyi, after obtaining a release from nn oath of fealty to the emperor, proclaimed a republic in Hungary, according to a di patch to The Hand from Vienna quoting the Vienna newspaper, Die Zch. ' .: , . . . s; , I J i , . s v V f W. 1 --, -r .n " . K- - - ,,.J f' 1.0" v - v) if!: . ' ; ' ' ': ' ' - r v , v t :. : 'v -, V :K. - YfcK -;.-.- " "" S.i r. V.i I : ;-fi e, .r-.lt . . to '. hi ' At. -i.e. r. TO WITHDRAW ARMIES 30 MILES BEYOND RHINE Washington. Nov. J. The si'piiir.e war council at Versailles-, it was learned today, through diplomatic channel., has under (onsiileia.tioi:. as the starting poii.t in framing U rn of an armistice, the proposals that G-i many be requiied to withdraw her armies without their military supplies or the loot Iteing carried from Frame tnd Pi -Igiuni, to a zone .' miles to the Gi iman side of the lihine. and that the entire German navy, including Mil-marines, and th" Helgoland fortresses be sur rendered. It is possiM,. t hut the condi tion.', when finally agreed upon, may in t emerge from the conn- cil in exactly this degree, but it is believed they will be liu les., Kiteiit for preserxing the mili tary .si preiaacy of the allies, and at the same time o!Tcr proposi tions which the Germans may accept without fuither fighting. The same information, coming tluough the same nouicc. indi cates that the armistice terms as finally agreed iijhui may be matle known to the world Mon day or Tuesday and that they will be picsentcd to Germany for acceptance in their intiu ty or not at all. w ithout opportuni ty for quibbling or trading. AltMihite Surrender From a military Minl of iew, the pioposal that the German armies be disarmed and retired ;'. mi'es lieyond the Phine is classed ontv as tantamount to an absolute Minvnder. It would n't only throw t.pen to th" allies and American armies manv roads to P.crlin itself, but with the sin render of railway rolling slink deprive them of means to retrace their 4s;s to light if they would. There is some question among military obst ivei s . to whether such complete terms are really nii'e.ssary. Undoubtedly the ob ject l ought in projMising that the enemy retire "(I miles behind the Phiii" is to dest'oy the German inner defense ..ystcm. That system is supported by a chain of fortresses, without which the line would be unU'ioible and seme military experts believe it may not be necessary to go far ther than to demand the sur render or dismantling of those forts. The military discussion devel oped by the proposals brings a Miggestion yliat , a wide zone might be established within the borders of Germany from which the armed forces of both sides might be withdrawn until peace treaties finally have fixed new boundaries. The French and Pelgian f ontiers are expected to be leoccupied by the allied armies but it might develop that as the German forces would be required to fall back, the Ger man frontier provinces might be left unoccupied in a military sense. Must Surrender Mctz It seems certain to military experts here, however, that the ' -Al... : in 'it it ." . in i ri mi i ii i iaf : rt i. ; .. i.,.n .,. ' ' v.- It. i it ,; i, v ,;. ,,.;, . BERLIN CROWD ASKS KAISER TO ABDICATE Amsterdam, Nov. 2. Shout ing "down with Wilhelm. Alxli cate immediately," a crowd of several thousand persons, des pite the ellorts of the jtolice to li-per.e them, succeeded today in reac hing the royal palace at Stuttgart. Some mounted the palace railings, clamoring for the deposition of the emjMror, acini ding to the Weser Gazette. A iter .several scrimmages and an exchange of shots, mouted mlice managed to drive the mob aw ay. The demonstration was the sequel of a meeting of independ ent socialists at which resolu tions were passed demandinglhe est abli; Inn lit of a socialist re public. At a meeting of the progres sive paity at Munich, Professor Qir-Ider, a deputy in the Land tag, declared: "The vital interests of the German people demand the em peror's abdication." A resolution was adutcd de manding that the emperor al dicate in order to attest to the sincerity of Germany's conver sion into a people's state. terms will include the surrender of the Mctz fortifications and such of the Khine fortresses as wiil clear the way for military invasion of Germany to an ex tent making rcsj..t:;nce futile. President il. on continued to lay to keep in closp touch with the war council at Versailles IIiioiikIi his personal represen tative. Colonel House. No one in Washington, outside of the inner official circle, know the ex act extent of Colonel House's powers, but they are believed to be Very large. They probably do not go to the extent of authorizing the con clusion of any binding agree ment for an armistice or peace without approval of the Presi dent. Versailles Quiet It has been of course deemed inadvisable to disclose what is going on at Versailles, certainly nt while the proceedings are still under wav and liefore the various views of the delegates have been crystallized into ulti mate terms to lie offered to Ger many. Aside from the danger from an open discussion while cpie-tiotis are still unsettled, it is regarded as discourteous be tween nations for one of the parties to the conference to make any disclosure until an agreement has been reached. It is even probable that the rule will govern until the tonus have been presented to Germany. t Jn some quarters there is a disposition to turn to the Turk ish armistice as affording a very likely precedent in its general principles to the demands to lie made upon Germany, though there would of necessity be great variations in the details owing to the different condition's. - !,, r niltiiiK tU-rmult Hlra i.i .i. i.. , .' I" Kit III oil- IIIHIIIIU1III4 (111 300,000 TROOPS TAKEN PRISONER Washington, Nov. I. Three hundred thousand Austrian sold iers am! not less than r,Ooo guns had been captv ed by the victor ious Italian armies before the armistice went into effect at 3 o'clock this afternoon, said an official dispatch tonight from Pome. This included all capt ures since the offensive began October 21th. The soldiers of the once pow erful Austrian army, the dis patch said, continued to flee in disorder. S;nce the olfonsive sti'ited, (Y. Austro-IIungarian divisions were put out of combat by ."! Italian divisions, three P.ritish and two Front h tiivis ions, with Czecho-Slovak units, and an American regiment. "The war against Austria Hungary, which was conducted under the high command of his majesty, the king of Italy, with an army inferior in number and with still inferior means since L'lih of May, 101"). has come to an end." said the dispatch. "With unshakable faith and in domitable valor the Italian army waged a continuous and hard war for a period of II months and won the stupendous battle begun the 21th of October and in which were engaged in their entirety all the resources of the enemy. "So far, the enemy h.us left in our hands "(M).OO(i prisoners and not less than 5.000 guns. The soldiers of what used to be one of the most jowerful armies in the world are now fleeing in dis order and without hope from the valleys wliich they had invaded with truculent confidence. "On October 111, after having overcome on strongly foilifiod positions the resistance of pow erful enemy rear guards, our troops, consisting of 51 Italian divisions, three Pritish and two French divisions, with Czecho slovak units and an American regiment put out of combat 63 Austro-IIungarian divisions. "The rapid and most daring advance of the 20th army coi-ps to the city of Trent, precluding the retreat of the defeated ene my troops pressed fmm the west by the seventh army corps and from the east by the first, sixth and fourth army coi-ps, deter mined yesterday the complete crumbling of the Austrian front. "From the river Prenta to the sea the irresistible impetus of the 12th, 10th and 8th army corps pressed inexorably the en emy retreating across the plain. The Duke of Aosta is advancing rapidly at the head of hii invin cible third army anxious to re turn to the old positions which he hiid once heroically conquer ed. "The Austro-IIungarian army is destroyed. It has suffered heavy losses in the tenacious re sistance during the first days of the offensive, and in the pursuit it lost an enormous quantity of material and artillery. "In Albania our advance guards have occupied Scutari." (I!y the Associated Pres.-,) 7 p. m. - General Pershing' forces continued their attack in the region west of the Meiise this afternoon, capturing Fosse This represents an advance of four mill from the starting fine through Payonville. The total advance average more than 2 j miles on a 14- mile front, but was considerably greater at points. Numerous prisoners and heavy guns were taken, and the enemy left many ammunition dumps .so hastil that they could not be destroyed. The Germans gave little if any indication of an impending re treat until this afternoon. AH morning long the Americans at every point of the front had met with stub!orn resistance. At 5 o'clock this evening the American advance west of the Meu.se had progressed to a line north of P.ois ties Ixges; north ward to west of Thenorgues; north, northwest of P.uzancy to Fosse; northeast to Nouart; thence to Villers-Dcvant-Dun to one kilometer north of Doutcon to the Mouse, thence following the Mouse. The first intimation that the enemy was retreating came from the Fourth French anny, which was advancing to the northeast. Within a short time various American units from all parts of the line announced that thov also were advancing and were finding the resistance melting away on the right. Fvon troops in motor trucks had not been able to catch up with the enemy. The Americans were not slow in following up the advantage on the left wing, which had met with the most serious resistance and began to press forward im mediately in the Poise des Ixges on the heels of the Germans, clearing' up all who lagged be hind. They pushed their line northward for nearly a mile. Champigneullc, a strong point in the Freya defense line, had been taken earlier in the day and the troops who had rushed it press- eel forward and swept through Veipel, after partly surround ing the town. Through rain and mud the Americans advanced toward Thenorgues, a mile and a half north of Porpel. The enemy had been expected to hold there, for it was a strong position, but very little resistance was met when the village was entered. Troops further to the right continued their victorious march and fought their way beyond Puzancy to Fosse, a strong point nearly seven miles lieyond yesterday's starting point and two and a half miles north of Payonville. Payonville is an important strategic point, known as the heart of the Frcpa Stellung. With its capture the American troops had broken the Germans' last organized defenses. The troops on the right who had been able to advance only just past Clery-le-Grand yesterday caught the mysterious signs of the sudden giving way of the Germans and pressed forward and into and passed Clery-le-Petit. They overcome the ling ering machine gun resistance in Parricourt wood and captured Villers-Devant-Dun. Here the enemy launched a counter at tack which failed; then the Americans moved forward again and occupied Doulcon. Ensign Edward Pou Killed Washington, Nov. 2. Ensign Edward Pou, son of Representa tive Pou, of North Carolina, was killed in a seaplane accident off the French coast on October 23 Vice Admiral Sims today cabl ed the navy department the sea plane was wrecked in a collision with a bouy while making a landing. Machinist Mates John Richard Banks and James P. Young'were also in the machine, the former being injured while the latter escaped unhurt. Py Associated Press Paris, Sept. 22. The only decorations worn by Privatu Puke Thayer, Jr., of the United States marines, up to two year., ago were those received aliout his optics when he .settled his disputes in the good old Yankee way. Today. I.uke, who is a trifle over P.I years old, wears three campaign riblnms, a croix uV guerre with a palm, two wound stripes and two other stripe , in dicating a year's s-ervice in France. Incidently he is wearing hall a dozen scars from Pcxhe shrap nel and bullets. I.uke U the son of the chief of police of Georgetown. Pa. II,' was living at 1707 Arch street. Philadelphia, when a recruiting poster caught his eye and he de cided to see the world through the medium of the United States mai ine corps travel agency. Py stretching his five foot six t the full limit and by looking the recruiting officer in the eye without blushing w hile he swore he was within the legal age limit for enlisting, Luke got into tin? "Soldiers of the Sea." The story of Luke's advent ures since that date came out in this city when, while convalesc ing m a large military hospital. he got permission to visit th heaiiciuarters of the Knichts of Columbus so that he could ol- tain free smokes and entertain ment. He got Imth. Within a few months after Luke enlisted he earned lib first campaign riMum by Vlpitig to impress the might of Uncle Sam on some of the natives of San Domingo. A jaunt to Haiti was next in order, where he acquired another riblion. It was at Pelleau woods that Luke earned the right to wear the war cross with a nalm. A detachment of the marines was with a French regiment at the time. On a little hillock, well camouflaged by a clump of bushes, two German machine guns were spitting death into the ranks of the French and the marines. Twelve volunteers weiv called for to stonn the two nests. and Luke was one of the 12. The 12 divided into two lilies but of the five with Luke only one got as far as the objective with him. The others weiv either killed or wounded. Three grenades, we'll placed by the boy from Pennsylvania, finished uii the crew of the gun he was al ter. Over on the other nart of the hillock Luke noticed his "p.ds" were having a tough time. He turned the gun he had canturod on the Germans still fighting with the other "bullet suittor." and not only finished then quickly, but routed a counter at tack ade of aliout 30 of the Poches. Aid arrived a little later, but before that time frag ments of a shell had nut Thnver out of action temporarily. Since that time he s recovered enough to have had the war cross pinned on him, and he's happy, for the surgeons have told him he'll get back into ac tion soon. "This wouldn't be such a bad old war," said Thayer; "if only those French generals wouldn't insist on kissing a guy when they pin a medal on him." Washington, Nov. 1. News of the acceptance of Austria Hungary of the armistice terms was received in all parts of Italy with great enthusiasm and in describable joy. Extra editions of newspapers were exhausted soon after they were off tho presses and the Italian tri-color was floated above almost every home. An official dispatch from Rome today giving these detaiU also said all trains lound for the liberated districts and tho districts soon to be lilerated under the aimistice were crowd ed with refugees. Numerous of ficials fare being commissioned by the government to faciliate the return of these people to their homes.