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LXXXVII- No. 242 16 PAGES 1UBr8%. HARRISBURG. PA., THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 31, 1918. "MtSi'SBSS *BSifflSBoS8 K " WS" HOME EDITION
TURKEY SURRENDERS UNCONDITIONALLY;
FIFTEEN AUSTRIAN DIVISIONS TRAPPED;
VIENNA TO WITHDRAW FROM ALL ITALY
DUAL MONARCHY
NOW IS FACING
CRISIS OF WAR
Enemy Losses Described as
Appalling With Armies
in Full Flight
THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS
ARE TAKEN BY THE ALLIES
Decisive Battle Being Waged Between
Mountain Ranges With All Odds
Now Favoring Gen. Diaz
AUSTRIA TO WITHDRAW
Vienna, Oct. 31.—Via London—Austrian troops fighting
on Italian soil will be withdrawn, according to an official
statement issued by the war office to-night. The statement
reads:
"Taking into account the resolve so often expressed to
bring about a conclusion of an armistice and peace, putting
an end to the struggle of nations, our troops fighting on
Italian soil will evacuate occupied regions."
Austro-Hungarian forces on their eastern wing in Serbia
are withdrawing from occupied territory and have com
pleted the crossing of the Danube, according to an official '
statement from Austro-Hungarian headquarters. Elsewhere i
in Serbia the Austrian withdrawal continues.
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By Assonated Press
London, Oct. 3 I . —The Austrian commander
on the Italian front has applied to General Diaz,!
the Italian commander-in-chief for an armistice,'
the Exchange Telegraph Company states.
The application, th news agenc yadds, has
been forwarded toe the Versailles conference.!
Washington, Oct. 31.—Fifteen Austrian divisions operating;
between the Brenta and the Piave on the Italian front have hadi
their retreat cut off through the capture of the mountain pass
of \ aclal by Italians and Allied troops.
Official wireless dispatches from Rome to-day say the ad
vantage is being pressed to the utmost and that a" cris'is is near.
Enemy losses are described as appalling.
Exposed to Flanking Movement
Occupation of the valley of Quero by the Italian armv corps
operating north of \ aldobbiadene threatens Feltre and exposes
the Austrians in the Grappa region to a flanking movement,
which it is said, will compel immediate retirement.
The Third Italian army on the lower Piave is reported ad
vancing steadily in the face of desperate enemy-resistance.
- Whole Front Collapsing
In all, more than one thousand square kilometres of Italian
territory was reconquered yesterday and apparently the whole
front is being driven northward.
The dispatches flatly deny the Austrian claim that territory
across the Piave is being evacuated Voluntarily.
Disaster threatens the Austro-Hungarian armies from the
St. Elvio to the Adriatic as they prepare to evacuate- Italian
territory. All the Italian armies now have entered the great
offensive against the Austrians and the Allied troops are advanc
ing rapidly along the entire front from Lake Garda to the
Adriatic.
I-ighting activity on the western front has been limited to
. isolated actions at several points.
40,000 Prisoners Taken
Shattered by the irresistible advance of the Italians. British
and !• rench across the Piave the Austrians are fleeing rapidly
across the plains of Eastern Yenetia toward the line of the Isonzo,
from which they advanced one year ago. American troops are
participating in the advance of the Italian Tenth army which|
already has reached the outskirts of Sacile. fifteen miles east of;
the Piave. The of Austrian prisoners is approaching 40,000.'
Apparently the Austrian forces which were along the Piave
jvill have great difficulty in reaching the hills east of the Isonzo.
They have been separated from the armies in the mountains west
of the Piave and the Allies already threaten their rear from the
rcgio nof Yittorio. Along the lower Piave the Italian Third army
has crossed the river and taken up the pursuit. In the center the
Italians have taken Oderzo, while farther north they have ad
vanced beyond Yittorio in the direction of Belluno.
Great Army Is Cut Off ,
In retreating across the plains over, the 55 miles between the
Piave and the Isonzo the Austrians rush backward as through a
narrow hallway, walled in on the north by the Carnic Alps and 1
on the south by the Adriatic. From the manner in which the
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The Part of Peace Terms They Might Be Allowed to Dictate
[where: | ,/i I
1 , > SHALL WE
ROOSEVELT AND TAFT
JOIN IN APPEAL FOR
REPUBLICAN CONGRESS
Four Great Problems Facing Nation Can Be Better Solved
by Body Representing Whole Nation, Suy ex-Presidents
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By Associated Press ,
New York, Oct. 31.—Theo
dore Roosevelt and William H.
Taft issued here to-day a joint
appeal for election of a Repub-j
lican majority in Congress. The
statement was said |o be the first!
ever composed and sinned by two j
former Presidents C the United
States.
Seated at r table in the Union 1
League Club, they prepared the
statement and discusied old times j
GOOD ROAD LOAN
HAS SUPPORT OF
STATE CHAMBER
! Pennsylvania Commerce Body
j Gives Unqualified Approval
| to Road Improvements
The Pennsylvania State Chamber of
Commerce director* have unanimously
authorized the commitment of the
Chamber In favor of the adoption by
the voters next Tuesday of the Good
Roads Amendment to the State Con
stitution. All Chambers of Commerce.
Boards of Trade, civic and local Im
provement societies are urged to im
mediately Interest their entire mem
bership for the Good Roads Amend
ment.
The statement says: "The approval
of this amendment No. X does not of
Itself Increase the Indebtedness of the
state but is a mere piece of enabling
legislation. Before any money could
be borrowed for good roads the Legls
[OoatlAued on Pe 18, J
lat the capital while it was being
I typed. The appeal follows:
"We approach this subject as
Americans ami only as Americans.
When this war broke out we would
have welcomed action by the Presi
i dent which would have eliminated
'all questions of party politics. It
would have enabled us all to stand ;
| behind him to the end, without re-]
gard to anything except national 1
j considerations. Instead of this, j
partisan lines have been strictly]
drawn from the first and now the;
' President announces that only;
Democrats ran l>e entrusted with
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HORNER PREDICTS
IBIG MAJORITY FOR
ALL REPUBLICANS
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Letter to Voters Calls Atten
tion to High Qualities of
Heads of Ticket
| William H. Horner, chairman, and
•'Alex S. Cooper, secretary of the Dan- •
phln County Republican Committee, 1
to-day addressed a letter to Repuh
i licans of the city and county, calling
'attention to and laying stress upon;
I the high quality or the RcpuMlcah I
] candidates. Senators Sproul and Hei- |
! dleman, for the two highest offices i
I in the state.
I Chairman Horner says the party
i was never more closely united In
; city and county than at present, and 1
;he looks for an exceptional y lawtn :
j vote and an overwhelming Republi
can majority. The letter follows:
1"In these strenuous times wcire;
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TWO WOMEN SAY
THEY ARE BRIDES
OF JOHN E. SMITH
Wife No. 2 Says She Was
Married to Middletown
# Man on October 8
Living within half a mile of each
other in Middletown are two women,
both of whom claim to be the lawful
wife of John Edward Smith, now in
jail waiting a hearing before Alder
man George A. Hoverter on a charge
of bigamy. Agnes Slesser, of Hoff
man avenue, Middletown, who is wife
No. 2 in the case also is in Jail on a
perjury charge. She will be given a
hearing to-morrow afternoon at the
same time.
It was through the arrest of the
Slesser woman, County Detective
James T. Walters learned of the two
weddings. Wife No. 1 was Miss Ella
M. Couch, 115 Wood street, Middle
town. She is residing there now and
Smith was arrested yesterday in the
Couch, home by Mr. Walters.
She told the county .official she and
Smith were married August 2, 1917,
by the Hev. Hugh McGlll, near Marys
ville. They took out a marriage li
cense at New Blootnfleld, she said.
A certificate of marriage signed by
the minister and two witnesses of
the ceremony has been turned over
to the authorities.
The Slesser woman and Smith were
married October 8 of this year at the
office of Alderman Hoverter. She was
arrested a few days ago charged with
making contradictory statements in !
testifying in two criminal cases which !
were tried a few months ago.
Detective Walters unable to find
Smith at the Slesser house wont to
the Couch home. When no one came i
to the (lour he entered he said and
found Smith and Wife No. 1 together-
According to the story told by the
Couch family Smith had lived with
them for eight years in Perry county,
near Loysville and also when they
moved to Lancaster county, where
they lived until April 1, 1918. when
they came to Middletown.
' 13 STATE MIXES CLOSED
Washington, Oct. 31.—Following
reports from Inspectors, which show- !
cd they were either producing cogl
of so low a quality as to be worthless
or that it was not being properly I
picparcfl by cleaning. thirteen
Pennsylvania coal mines have been j
closed by order of l the United States j
fuel administration.
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ARMISTICE ENTERED INTO
A T NOON WITH OTTOMAN'S
EMPIRE SUING FOR PEACE
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"SEVEN IN NAME;
BUT ONE IN AIM" |
The United War Work cam- j
i paign of these societies is purely |
another indication of that unity !
of spirit as a nation that is rnak- |
I ing it possible for us to win the |
war. That spirit and the place I
; which the work of these agencies
has ntade for itself in the hearts <
of us, gives me confidence to he- !
Ileve that the united campaign
i will be crowned with abundant
success."—WOODßOW WJ LSO.V
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! WAR WORKERS
IMBUED WITH
HIGH SPIRITS
I Pledge Cards Go Out to 400
Who Will Give First
Subscriptions
NEED OVERSUBSCRIPTION
Rapid Growth of Army Means!
More Money For Com
forts of Home •
Inspired by the stirring address of !
| George llraden, of Philadelphia. ;
j Y. M. C\ A. athletic director who has :
I seen seven months' active service at I
the front with the Italian army, the
! members of the special advisory I
i committee of the United War Work i
Organization who met in the Y. SI. i
C. A. rooms last night, are cunvass
j ing the city to-day with pledge cards
and securing the subscriptions of
citizens who are known to have con- |
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School Directors to
Name Opening Day;
May Extend the Term
City school directors probably;
! will take uction to-morrow ufter
| noon at the regular meeting fixing*
; the opening date for all the schools. 1
Under the state ruling approved- by
I the city health bureau and council 1
' the closing ban will he lifted at noon 1
next Tuesday. It is expected the j
j directors also will plan to make up
at least some of the time lost be
' cause of the quarantine. This sug
gestion will be made to them by Dr.
|K. E: Downes, city superintendent. |
John K. Dapp, appointed a mem
| ber of the board a few days ago by |
I the court, to succeed the Rev. Wil-j
liam N. Yates, resigned, probably
will be present and tuke the onth
of office.' His term will continue
until December, 1919.
Other minor business has been
listed for approval of the directors,
including the removal of compensa
tion insurance with the state. It is ]
also planned to start evening com
mercial classes at the Central High j
school.
What U. S. Men Have
Done in Six Weeks
Washington, Oct. 31.—1n the six I
! weeks'slnce it became a tactical oper- I
-atlng unit on the St. Mlhiel, the rec-|
ord of the First American Army j
] shows:
40,000 German prisoners. '
| 300 or more German guns.
1.000 trench mortars and machine i
! guns. I -
150,000 German soldiers killed or I,
wounded.
Liberation of several hundred j'
• square miles of Prance.
Every American division remains in j
' fighting .trim.
A dozen enemy divisions rendered ' •
1 unfit for service.
i THE WEATHER]
For Hnrrlsburg and vlclnltyi Fnlr
find cnoler to-night, with lowest !'
trmperntorr nliout 42 degrees! ,
Friday fnlr, continued cool.
For Knsteen I'ennsylvnnln i Fnlr |k
nnd cooler to-nlghti Frldny fnlr, j ,
cooler In nouthennt portion!
frrsh northwest winds. i <
River
The gnsqueliannn river nnd Its '<
principal tributaries will rise,
except the upper portions or the |<
North nnd West llrnnrhes will i
begin to fall this nffrrnoon or
:o-nlghl. 1 etnoe of nhoni 5.T |*
feet Is IntllcnTog for Harrlxhurg
Friday morning, -with n crest • '
singe of about 6.5 fission Snt- j j
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Second of Kaiser's Allies to Give Uy
the Losing Struggle Reported in
Brief Official Dispatches
Py Associated Prtss
London, Oct. 1 3.—-Reuters Agency has beei
informed that Great Britain has officially
received definite peace proposals from Turkey
which are regarded as tantamount to uncondi
tional surrender.
The Turkish armistice took effect at noor
to-day.
The actual terms of Turkey's peace proposa
had not yet reached London in the earlj
afternoon.
Ismail Hakki, commanding the Turkish armies o!
j the group operating in the Tigris region in Mesopo
jtatriia, has surrendered with one entire division and th<
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