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MliDFORI), OliKCiOX, TIIl'ltSDAY, OCTOBKU 31, 1918
rOOP "WELLVIN
NO. 189
TURKEY Oil BREAK-UP
frri ' v '
ITALY HURLS FIFTEEN DIVISIONS ISOLATED BY VICTORIOUS ALLIES
OF WAR BY OF AUSTRIA ENTIRE FORGE allied vigtory over austriahs
an mmm SKKS
Entire ..Ha. Front Ablaze as A,. RVflBk M
Italian Armies Hurl Themselves ,j IjtlllKj'AS ji(A lV
Upon Austrians From Lake Garda IrMISto AiVV
to Adriatic-Shattered Austrian, ff
Wmamssr &
I , Ti .Mill, i i, cwiiwU4Vfi:m-y .r ; l
iii GflWD DEKATS UPSET
Armistice Tok Effect at Noon Today
Terms Include Free Passaqc of
the Dardanelles to Allied Fleet. Oc
cupation of Forts of Dardanelles
and Bosphorus to Secure Passaue
of Warships to Black Sea and Re
paration of War Prisoners.
LONDON, Oct. 31. Turkey has
surrendered unconditionally. The
Turkish armistice took effect ut noon
today.
Crotians and Juno-Slavs Follow Bo
hemia and Hunqary in Declarina
Independence German State of
Austria Also Declares Its Inde
pendence and Anneals for Recogni
tion Chaos and Disorder Prevent
Continuance of Fiqhtinq.
PARIS, Oct. 31. An armistice be
tween the allies and Turkey was
signed today at Minos, it ts officially
announced.
Tonus of Armistice
LONDOiX, Oct. 31. Tho terms or
the Turkish armistice which are now
In operation, include tho free pas
sage of the Dardanelles to tho allied j
fleet, Sir George Cave, the home sec-
retary, announced in the house 01
commons tqdiyy.
Other terms, it Is learned, com
prise the occupation ot tho forts of
the Dardanelles and Bosphorus nec
essary to secure ihe passage of the
allied warships thru the Uosphorus
to the Black sea, and immediate re
patriation of British war prisoners.
Conducted liy Townsend
General Townshend, the British
commander captured at Kut-cl-Amara.
was lllicralcd several days
ago by tho Turks, Sir Georgo Cavo,
tho home secretary, announced in
tho house of commons in order to In
form tho British admiral In com
mand In the Aegean thut tho Turkish
government asked that negotiations
he openod immediately for an armis
tice. A reply was sent that If tho Turk
ish government sent fully accredited
plenipotentiaries, Vloo Admiral Call
ti.rnn thn Rriiish commander, was
empowered to inform them of the
conditions upon which tho allies
agree to stop hostilities and could
Bign an armistice on these conditions
in their behalf.
Kntrrwl War in 101 1
Turkey, which now has been
granted an armistice, entered the war
in November, 1'.H4, when she severed
diplomatic relations with Great Bri
tain, France and Russia.
Military operations began against
Turkey on November 3 and Great
Britain annexed the Island of Cyprus.
Turkey entered the war only a few
days after the German warships
Breslau and Goeben had sought shel
ter In the Dardanelles, which was at
once blockadod by the allied Meet. In
Anrii iQir, niiied iroons were landed
on tho Galllpoll peninsula, but the
campaign failed and the allied troops
wore withdrawn In December of tho
samo year.
British Participation
Tho liriiun lipunn a camnulgn
along the Tigris and Kuphnitcs riv
ers In November, 1314. They ud-
(Contlnuod on Page Six.)
LONDON, (h-l. yi. (ii l. m.)
Conditions in Ihe interior of Auslriu-
lluimurv viiliiiillv preclude a contin-"
nance of fight in;:, ncconliinr to news
renchimr London this evening. The
railways necessary for the tnainaiu
uncu ot tiie military forces of tho
dual monarchy have become utterly
disorganized.
All riimuiuuii'.-ition between Ai:rnni,
Finnic. ISuiluncst ami Vienna lias been
interrupted and the railway coinmit
nicatiiins between licrliu and Vienna
have been cut.
The n.-.nnrcliv is faced with com
plete internal uiuinliv.
liY ASSOCIATE!) PRESS, Oct. 31.
Disaster threatens the Auslro-
Itimiraiian armies from the Slelvlo
to the Adriatic as they retreat from
Italian territory. All (be Italian ar
mies now have entered the great of
fensive against the Austrians and the
allied troops are advancing rapidly
'along the entire front from Lake
Garda to the Adriatic.
Shattered by tho Irresistible ad
vance of the Italians, llrltish and
French across the l'lavc, the Aus
trians are fleeing rapidly across the
plains of eastern Vene'.ia toward the
lino ot the Isonzo, from which they
advanced one. year ago. American
1 i...-t;nttn'r iii Hie nd-
31. ine iniiiM.ii - .
vanco ot the Italian Tenth army
which already has reached tho out
skirts or Sacile. I", miles east of tho
I'iavc. The tolal of Austrian prlson-
PAR1S. Oct.
parliament at Agram has voted for a
total separation of jroatla, Slavonia
and Dalmatia from Hungary, uccord-
l..n....n icr.l,.h In lhl l:ltlll
whVrrepom Xgram is decked , ers Is approaching 40.ih,
national colors and that tho people! Situation Critical
are celebrating. I flerause or our desire for peace.
our troops in Italy will evncuuio or-
cunlcd regions." says an official
statement at Vienna late last night.
Aonarently tho Austrian forces
which were along the I'iave will have
great difficulty in reaching the hillo
east of the Isonzo.
Thev have hern separated from
tho armies In the mountains west of
the Piave and the allies already
threaten their rear from the region
ot Vlttorl. Along the lower l'lavc
tho Italian Third army has crossed
Ihe river and taken up the pursuit.
In the "enter the Italians have taken
Oi rz ,-hile farther north they have
advanced beyond Vlttorio In the dlr-
ection of Iielluno.
I In retreating across the plains
over the fifty-five miles between the
PARIS, Oct. 31. Communication
between Agram and Flume and Buda
pest and Vienna has been totally in
terrupted. Tho Czceho-Slovaks have
cut tho railroad between Berlin and
Vienna near llodenbach and German
trains can go only as far as Schnadau
according to a Zurich dispatch to the
Journal.
Hungary Secedes
liKltNK. Oct. 31. The Hungarian
diet at a ioint meclim' yesterday
adopted a motion deeluriii'.' Iliut the
constilulion! relations between I Itin
5inv and halmatin. Slovenia and
Finnic hail censed to exist, accord
ing lo the Hungarian correspondence
bureau. 1 ,.n,i ,iin imln tin? Austrians
The motion also declares that the! .1Pmi imii
. .- . i ... i:.: 1 l.( " -
reunions ocicen v i.iihi huh .".-.
had been severed. The eon-tilution
of a new independent stute (in lluti-
arv) will lie determined bv a con-
siituont ussemoiv. . . .., ,,!
REPORTED LOST
IN ALASKA GALE
VICTORIA. R. C. Oct. 31. No
further word was received early to
day ngurding tho Canadian govern
ment steamer Galianu, which cu
nesday sent out wireless distress
lulls, stating her holds wero filling
with water.
When the message was sent the
Gallatin, with about 4" men aboard,
was righilng a gain south of Ihe
(Jueen Charlotte Islands. Officials
said they feared she foundered. Res
cue vessels today were searching tor
tract! of her.
Fifteen Austrian Divisions Have Hail Their Retreat Cut Off by Capture of
mountain Passes Enemy Losses Anpallina and Crisis Is Approachinq .
General Diaz Asked for Armistice Bv Austrian Commander Re
nucst Is Referred to Allied Council at Paris Thousand Kilometers of
SUlll UG tOf YVirdav Larae Forces Flanked.
' l
orators, and newspapers are seeo AuslrluIl IIn0 WB8 ,,,rokon tne
jaymg, "stand uy tne rresiaent-jemy wns obugea to retire m ais-
CANS HAVE BEEN, AJNU Ap.
T,7nnrAuin'W,-0P,TCq'.. PP.TaTrT "Tho figlHlns
Diaz. Iho Italian communder-ln-
chief, ror an armlstlco, tho Kx-
chango Telegraph company
states.
Tho appllcallon, tho nows 4
V agency adds, has been forward-
ed to tho Versailles conference.
way. walled in on the north by the
: Carnic Alps and on the south by the
I Adriatic. From the manner in whi'h
! the allies have driven ea -t of the
PARIS, Oct. 31. The military
governor of Flume recently advised
tho Hungarian government that he
was without material and munitions
and unable to defend the city. He
(Continued on Page fin.)
to outflank the Austrians on Hit
north In the foutiiilU of the Alus
and crush them trom l. ilh the noitii
and the west.
Th situation of the A'.n-trinns
TO TALK POLITICS
WASHINGTON. Oct. 31. Senate
democrats upset republican plans for
bringing up quest Ions ot peace and
politics loday by railing the point of
no quorum anil forcing adjournment
until tomorrow. Tills program bus
been agreed upon by Ihe democratic
steering coiumll lee, to bo followed
dally until after Ihe elections, unless
the republicans In Hie meantime con
sent to the rercss over the elections.
Senator llrumlegen of Connecticut,
republican. Insisted upon a roll call,
saying he desired to placu Hie demo
crats on lecjril as opposing a discus
sion of the pre? Idenl 's recent pollll
qoI letter and Ihe peio-e notes.
"I wantfd In show to the country
that the repulilU tins are hero and
I ready to tian-i. t. Iinslur.-is," he said.
Twi-nty-one ib-inocral s voted for ail-
:jouriiuieul and twelve republirans
I voted a'jalnsl it.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 31. Fifteen
Austrian divisions uncrating between
tho Ilrenln and thn l'lavc on the Ital
ian front have had their retreat cut
off thru tho capture of the mountain
pass of Vadal by Italian and allied
troops.
Official wireless dispatches from
Rome today say tho advantaio) Is be
ing pressed lo tho utmost and that a
crisis Is near. Knemy losses arc uu
scribed us appalling.
l-'laiikliiK .Movement
Occupation of tho valley Quero by
the Italian army corps operating
north or Valdobbladeno threatens
Feltre. and exposes tha Austrians In
tho Grappa region to a flanking
movement which it Is said will com-
ncl Immediate retirement.
Tho Third Italian army on tho
lower l'iavn Is advancing .steadily In
tho face of desperate enemy resls
tance.
In nil, moro than one thousand
Sfiuarn kilometers of Italian territory
was reconquered yesterday, and
apparently the whole front Is neing
driven northward. Tho dispatches
riatly deny Ihe Austrian claim that
territory across Hie I'luvo is helug
evaluated voluntarily.
Is proceeding with
great blttoinosB, tho Austrians being ;
ovorywhero on-tho retreat. Tho en
emy Is offering u tenacious resistance
In Iho mountain section nnd across
tho Plavo between Montlcuno and tho
LIvensn.
"Tho English army corps and the
French division who roprscnt the
allied contingent ncross the Plavo
are fighting heroically side by side
Willi tho Italians. Tho front is now
extending for about HO kilomotors.
Tho fifteen divisions trapped hy
tho fall of the Vudal pass ore what is
left In that region of thirty-seven
Austrlun divisions there October 24."
(Continued on Pago Two.)
.ICNF.Al', Alaska, Oct. Sl. Gas
llneau channel, on which .luneau is
located, early today was whipped by
what marine no n said was Ihe wurst
slorm ever cxpi-'ienred here. Ferries
were unable to operate and extra
ropes were placed to hold steamers
to their piers.
Tho stot tn was a continuation of
.i i.. .i,... i.-ri.tnv iln.iii Hie Prin
ces Sophia to Ik r end norlh of heiej The hi . availing action by Ihe that the Austrian nruiy is voluntarily
. -mi !. The xennie Inierrooteil Its Ihree-dav re-, nvacual lug territory across I he l'lavc.
.,.,!,. i. ..... l,(..i.V.il iirnhuhly 1 cess nrogia-ii le. ml lournlim mull to- This Austrlun st.it
swamped lb'- Canadian steamer Gal-1 morrow, laum. t ;! I Leader l in bin I false. The
i,, .,! thf u..i..-i Churlolte Islands I said the senate might then he w illing and Is sll
south of here. ' ' " "l!llk ndiimiiiment
A ii-ii inn l:cKirts I 'nlso
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31. "Yes
terday's Austrian bulletin." says an
official wireless message,
Monto Clson Cnptored
AT ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS
ON Till) I'IAVE, Wednesday, Oct. 30
( lly Associated Press.) Allied
troops have taken Monte Clson, open
ing tho roads to Feltro and Vlttorio.
Both cities wero Austrian bases.
Tho capluro of Monto Clson also di
vides tho Austrian army, forcing tho
troops to tho north to take a long
lino of retreat thru tho mountains
of Trenlltio. Tho other line of re
treat Is along tho roads nnd railways
toward Belluno and over tho plains
toward Fdlno
Opposite the Tenth army In which
Americans troops nro brigaded It Is
estimated Unit four and one-hull
Austrian divisions have been par
tially destroyed.
The Third army nnilor command
of Iho Duko of Aosta, has succeeded
In rstabllshlng three bridgeheads
across the lower Piave. They are at
Romahzoll, Salgnreda and San Dona
dl Piave. Tito operation was mado
under violent Austrian artillery fire
which continued all Tuesday night.
"states
sistjill'i
nietit Is absolutely
Austrian army has oflered
offering a. formidable ro
und it. has been only since
FIRSTPICTURElOFrTHE-AMERICAN OFFENSIVE NORTHWEST.OF VERDUN
FOUR DIVISIONS
OF SHOE PRICES
WASHINGTON'. Oct. :il. The War
Industrie Board nnnoiitieed loduv
that shoes will he clarified in the
price fixing urogram rei-entlv decided
nixm in tour divisions in-lead oi
throe. The ndidlional class will in
clude nil those sidlin? at hs than :i
n pair. The other three c!a-s divis.
ions are: l'hi-s A. !! to 1'J: ela-s
15, (5 W and class C, i'J to i'j.'Ji.
Brlllsli Capture Li.OlM)
LONIK)N, Oct. 31. British forces
fighting east of tho Piave In Itu'.y
have reai bed the Llvonzla rlvcv ut
Francenlgo and tho Italians have oc
cupied Oderzo, thu wur orflco an
nounced today.
Tho official text ndds:
"This advance has been gained
(Continued on Pago Six.)
, N-'t
' ,ThU remsrkahle news plctnn! of tn Tsnltn' orrensWe northwest of Verdun l Ihe first lo l,o rrce ved in this eountrv The p I nto h (hi(tnni.0 ,, la
.thi'Anrricjins and French are endangering the German Hoe of retreat by the Loiemburi! iniln.ad i rh,,' " '"' "I,'11'" ,' "cutty momhers ot a machlue un company.
U lorstoynd, ffrpnyot Ffcqcl.UnHi anJ.lhelr ows...Tho mea Willi horse. l tho eurcuio right abui i ru Amorlcau.-ppareutly momuer. oi a , r
EVACUATION TOO LATE
SS REPLY OF ITALIANS
ITALIAN ARMY IIEADQI'AR-
TFRS, Wednesday, Oct. 3D.
s p. ni (Hy Associated I'ress)
In answer lo Austria's an-
nouiicemenl that she was ready
to evucuale Itnllnn territory,
Italy has officially replied that
tha orfer Iihs como too late. It
Is assumed thn Italians will en-
deavnr tn drive the Austro-llun-
garlans from Italian soil before
f nil armistice can lie signed.
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