Kaiser's Abdication is Reported
VALENCIENNES
HIS FALLEN TO
ILLIEO SHIES
ALLIED TROOPS IN ITALY STILL
PURSUE AUSTRIANS.
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Germans Will Be Forced Now To Give
Up Courtrai And Retreat Both
In Flanders and South Of
Valenciennes.
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AMERICANS TAKE PRISONERS.
KAISER ABDICATES.
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Nov. 2.—Temps, a Paris
newspaper, prints the following
under a Geneva date line:
“The abdication of Emperor
■WIHllam may now be considered as
an accomplished fact. Official
publication of the kaiser’s abdi
cation is delayed for a more op
portune moment.’
(By The Associated rress.)
Rome, Nov. 2.—The war office
announces 80,000 prisoners and
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1,600 guns have been captured in
tthe Italian offensives.
(Associated Press Summary.)
Valenciennes has fallen and the al
lied troops in Italy maintain their
pursuit of the fleeing Austrians,
while west of the Meuse and in Flan
j^^-'ders Marshal Foch continues to press
^ the Germans. With Valenciennes
gone it is not unlikely that the Ger
Imans will have to give up Courtrai
and retreat both in Flanders and
south of Valenciennes. In Belgium
the allies, including American troops,
have reached the Scheldt river on a
wide front southwest of Ghent. The
French and Americans west of the
Heuse have captured more than
r*T® 4,400 prisoners. In Italy between the
Asiago and the Piave the Austrians
are apparently fleeing precipitately
northward, while east of the Piave
the allies are pressing toward the
Tagliamento along the entire front.
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(By The Associated Press.)
||b London, Nov. 2.— Anglo-French
forces in an attack in Flanders yes
terday reached the Scheldt river as
far north as Eecke, seven miles
southwest of Ghent.
- (By The Associated Press.)
London, Nov. 2—Troops of the Ital
ian tenth army have crossed the Li
venza river between Motta and Sa
: cile and established a bridgehead on
' the east bank, according to war of
fice announcement.
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The Associated Press.)
le American Army North
Verdun, Nov. 2.—Consider
lagnitude of the operation,
losses in yesterday’s fight
J small. On the other hand
indicate German casualties
usually heavy.
lw, the American Army North
of Verdun, Nov. 2^—The Amer
ican first army is ahead of schedule
in their offensive movements and
to advance steadily,
ore slowly than yesterday.
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Mists REFUSES
TO QUITTHRUHE
Emperor Took Refuge At Grand
Headquarters After Question Of
Abdication Had Arisen.
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(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Nov. 2.—Emperor William
js persistent in his refusal to abdi
cate, according to advice reaching
here. A Zurich dispatch to the Le
Journal says he took refuge at Ger
man grand headquarters immediatly
after a meetting of the war cabinet,
at which the question of his abdica
tion was raised.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Nov. 2.—The Bavarian
premier has notified Berlin that the
Bavarian royal family claims the im
perial throne in the event Emperor
William abdicates, according to a
socialist paper of Berlin.
(By The Associated Prsss.)
Copenhagen, Nov. 2.—King Boris
of Bulgaria, who ascended to the
throne October 3, has abdicated. A
peasant government has been estab
lished at Tirnova under the leader
ship of M. SAmbuliwisky, chief of
the peasants and Agrarians. Stam
busiwisky is said to be in command
of 40,000 men.
(By The Associated Press.)
Amsterdam, Nov. 2.— Professor
Lammasch, the Austrian premier, has
informed the president of the state
council to hand over the government
so far as it relates to German local
ities to the German-Austrian state
council.
A telegram from Vienna reports
the formation of a provisional sol
diers central committee in the state
council.
ITALIAN NAVY
SINKS VESSEL
Entered Austrian Naval Base of
Pola Friday and Sunk the Battle
ship, Veribus Unitis.
(By The Associated Press.)
Rome, Nov. 2.—It is officially an
nounced that the Italian naval forces
entered the harbor of Pola, the Aus
trian naval base, Friday and sunk
the battleship, Veribus Unitis, the
flagship of the Austro-Hungarian
fleet.
Paris, Nov. 2.—The war office an
nounces the French attack to the
east of the Aisne, in the Vouziers
area, was resumed this morning and
1,400 prisoners were taken.
Paris, Nov. 2.—The allied prime
ministers and Col. E. M. House of the
United States met informally again
this morning. There is no definnite
indication of when the conferences
will be finished.
London, Nov. 2.—Field Marshal
Haig reports Valenciennes has been
captured by Canadian troops, who
have passed through the town. Bri
tish forces have also captured the
village of Pesau, south of Valen
ciennes.
(By The Associated Press.)
Rome, Nov. 2.—The Austrians are
fleeing from Undine, forty miles east
of the Piave, according to reports
received here. They have abandoned
a quantity of war material in the re_
gion of Undine, which was the Italian
headquarters before the 1917 retreat.
In asking the people to invest in
War Savings and Thrift Stamps, the
government is not asking them tc
or. a paying basis.
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“Victory Girls and
Victory Boys.”
(This space will be devoted each day
to the interests of the “Victory
Boys” and “Victory Girls,” who
will aid materially in supporting
the United War Work Drive.)
- “Victory Boys” is the name for the
Boys’ “Earn and Give” Division and
“Victory Girls” is the name for the
Girls’ “Earn and Give” Division of
the United War Work Campaign
which takes place November 11th to
18th, 1918. This is a challenge to
every boy and every girl under twen
ty to have a share in this campaign
to keep our fightters fit. This is not
a permanent organization but simply
a name under which to mobilize the
boys and girls of America during
this coming Drive and is under direc
tion of the General Campaign Com
mittee representing the seven organ
izations. The “Victory Boys” and
the “Victory Girls” are separate
though they co-ordinate and co-oper
ate and their plan of work is along
similar lines.
“A Million Boys Back of a Million
Fighters” is the SLOGAN for the
boys while that of the girls is “Every
Girl Pulling for Victory.”
Enrollment of a boy or girl con
sists of a written statement of pur
pose to “earn and give” a sum of
money to make available to a fighter
the privilege of the seven organiza
tions in the campaign.
The GOAL is $5.00—the cost to
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provide comfort and cheer for five
weeks for each American fighter.
Since they are given three months to
meet this pledge, the majority of the
boys and girls will probably decide to
enroll to “earn and give" at least $5
and some may give more. But every
boy and girl, even though his or her
gift is less in amount will receive
recognition. What we wish to stress
is not so much the amount that they
give as the sacrifice back of the gift, j
THE MAIN ’PURPOSE of the!
“Victory Boys” and “Victory Girls’ ” :
effort is to develop a realization
among the youth of our land of
what is meant by SACRIFICIAL
GIVING. The appeal is to^ “Earn
and Give.”
Every boy and every girl who en
rolls to “earn and give” will receive
a button and a home window-banner
saying “A Victory Boy (or Girl) En
rolled from this Home to Earn and
Give to keep our Fighters Fit.”
When he or she has completed pay
ment a certificate receipt will be
given.
The QUOTA for the “Victory
Boys” and the “Victory Girls” is the
same: $327.00 each for this county.
I These subscriptions and payments
will be a part of the quota for Jack
son County in the United War Work
Campaign and the fact that the boys
and the girls have a part in this
Drive should prove an inspiration.
and stimulus to increased effort by j
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ALLIED TERMS "
m 1UST1IA
General Diaz Hands Armistice Terms
To Enemy Officers Who Enter
Lines With White Flags.
(By The Associated Press.)
Rome, Nov. 2.—It is officially an
nounced that the allied terms to
Austria, in response to her applica
tion for an armistice, have been
handed by General Diaz, the Italian
commander, to Austrian officers who
entered the line bearing white flags.
The conditions of the armistice
were inspired by the principles of
President Wilson.
(By The Associated Press.)
London, Nov. 2.—Count Julius An
dressy, recently appointed Austro
Hungarian Foreign minister, has re
signed, according to a Zurich dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph Co.
the older people in the United Cam
paign. If the older people will en
courage the boys and girls in
their effort to help win the war
and will suggest ways for them to
earn their money, it will be a great
joy for all of us to go “over the top”
together.
fit i ; K. Dove Erwin.
District Chairman Girls’ Division of
the United War Work Campaign.
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and workmanship
that count in a suit or overcoat.
If the material is poor, superior
workmanship amounts to little. Vice-versa,
if the good workmanship is
lacking, the best material
money can buy wouldn’t pro
duce a satisfactory garment.
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made arrangements to go
man, reaching there thiy* afternoon. „J
A call was also sent <xdt for phjr«l-»,;/>
cians, the sttate boradof eettheun-ra
clans, the state board of health Matt* ^
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GERMANS ARE SAVAGE.
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Wth the American Army nr France*
Oct. 15.—Compared to the German
soldier of today who before the win.
was supposed to be civilized, the
American Indian of frontier days
declared by an American medical odf-.
ficer to have been highly civilized. / i
“The Indian never pretended to bo
anything but a savage,” said the med
ica officer, “while the Germans have v
been pretending to be peace loving
and human for th past century.” |
Deliberate killing by German troopd
of Red Cross workers engaged in
their work of mercy on the battle
fields has aroused the wrath of Amer
ican army officers. It is asserted
that all during the Marne battle the
German aviators swept low over fielcl
dressing stations, pouring machine
gun bullets into the medical units as
thej^Tended the wounded and drop
ping bombs on hospitals, although the
Red Cross insignia was in plain view. (
The Hun snipers picked off Red
Cross stretcher bearers as quickly as
combatant soldiers.
“They acted just like cornered
rats,” declared an American infantry
officer, “except that most of them
did not have the courage to fight to
the death. When they were surround
ed and had no chance, they would
come out of their machine gun nests
with tears in their-eyes and cries of
‘Kamerad.’ The German soldier in a
pleading attitude is the most loathe
some and despicable imaginable.”
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