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New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
AT BREAKING POINT, LANSING SAYS;
 MEDICATION AND CAPITULATION UNCONFIRMED LILLE CAPTURED; BEL CLANS MARCH ON OSTEn
Enemy Bending, Further Pressure Will Bring
 Disaster; Crash Inevitable Eventually, Wash : ington Believes; Doubt Concerning Dispatch
 of Reply to Wilson; Upheaval in Progress

Washington Oct. 17.-"Germany is bending. More pres and she will break Secretary Lansing statement today the that the that Fourth Liberty loan be time when every dollar well and than ever before.
 Great impending in Germany That they will within day, week month officials will not hazard that they are inevitable in Washington doubts
 Unofficial coming from Holland and Switzerland that Germany immediately will President Wilson's without confirmation here there information that Genany reply has been drawn. fa dispatches saying the Reicstag will discuss President Wilson's would indicate reply has yet been drafted.
 Internal conditions well the military situation pected dictate both the form promptness of One regarded only little less other and there always the possibility that combined they had forced the German leaders conclusion before the first note asking for armistice dispatched.
 From behind the veil within the empire runbngs dconent long have been reaching the outside world but the of the upheava be accurately gauged The fact that radical changes being made n the German conu that the power declare martial law but further power of the unkers rapidly waning.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
YANKEES PROGRESSING
 ALONG MEUSE VALLEY
Pershing's Soldiers Chew Up Forces Sent to Stop
 Advance.

, With the American Army North west of Verdun, Oct. 16, (By the As sociated Press)--In it's successful ad- vance north of the Argonne forest today the American First army reached Champigneulle, one mile north of St Juvin. A little farther east toward the Mouse they gained possession of the Cote de Chatillon.
 East of the Mouse the Americans moved forward in the Bois de La Grande Montague the summit of which they hold now. "
 After having captured Grand Pre-, the Americans today advanced their lines to the eastward and occupied Moulin-les-P Pas. They surged for ward until they had taken control of Loges Wood. one and a half miles north of Chevieres.
 The American advance was every where desperately conte sted, especial ly during the crossing of the river Aire, but the mericans pressed on.
 A part of today'S work consisted in the consolidation of positions on Hill 1S2, just north of St. Juvin. The Am erican artillery was active ali day and the German guns responded free ly. Infantry fighting, ho1Dcver, was limited to the left flank of this sec- tor.
 \ Additional evidence has been re- ceived from prisoners that the Ger mans are putting in the best divisions they have in the effort to check the American advance.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17

better zeitung of Vienna says in a current article on the situation crea- ted by the Teutonic peace proposals and the replies to them.
 Count Berchthold, Count Tisza and Count von Hoetzendorf, 2 con- tinues the newspaper, decided upon @ punitive expedition against Serbia, little thinking they were conducting the ancient empire of the Hapsburgs to an abyss"
 Count Berchtho1d was the Austro- Hungarian foreign minister at the| outbreak of the war in 1914 and Count Tisza was the Hungarian premier. Field Marshal Baron| Conrad von Hoetzendorf wasj the chief of the Austro- -Hungar arianl general staff up to last July whenI he resigned.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
Expect Publication of Kaiser.

London Oct. 17.-Rumors relative to the course Germany may take toward replying to the note from President Wilson form the main fea- ture of this nsorning's papers. Some are convinced that Germany's uncon- ditional surrender is coming.
 Although the statement issued at the foreign office last night shows that yesterdays rumors were prema- ture, extraordinary reports concern ing internal conditions in Germany are printed. Some newspapers take it for granted that Emperor William will abdicate. The Express says that for some time he has been sending his va1uabIes to Holland.
 Some editorials express the view that the disappearance of the emperor is immaterial.
 He is a mere symbol and a figure head of what we pledged to destroy" says the Telegraph. ''It is what will be substituted for his insane and dis astrous rule that matters
 Alteration of the German constitu- tion by which civilian power would be admitted to a share in the control of matters pertaining to the war, is a subject of utmost importance. By this alteration the emperor would cease to be the supreme wan lord.
 '"This step", says the Daily News, "means broadly that the Kaiser has surrendered to President Wilson and is equivalent to an admission that all is lost"
 Political Situation Called Desperate.
 The Express claims to have trust worthy information to the effect that Germany's surrender is imminent, adding:
 Semi official information of an as- tonishing kind has reached England indicating a desperate political posi- ton in Germany. This is even more serious than the military situation and is responsible for the coming de- bacle. A great civil upheaval is be- gining. The socialists of Germany, fearing anarchy, are about to set in and desiring to save the country from Russias experience with the Bolshe- wiki, have prepared a scheme of gov ernment to take the reins if, or when, the Kaiser abdicates in order that it may exercise an immediate steadying influence"
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
HAIG ATTACKS ON SELLE RIVER, ALONG BOHAIN-LE CATEAU FRONT:
 BRITISH FORCES ENTER COURTRAI

London, Oct. 17.-Field Marshal Haig's forces this morning began an attack on the Bohain-Le Cateau front along the Selle river southwest of Cambrai. Satisfactory progress was reported by the British commander in his official statement.
 The Germans have been counter attacking to the north of here and in a strong local thrust at Haussy, in the region south of Valenciennes, pressed the British back in the west ern edge of the village. .-..
 During the. night the British. gained ground southwest of Lille, capturing a few prisoners
 British Enter Courtrai.
 British forces entered Courtrai dur ing yesterdays fighting according to a statement issued at the war office today. Over 20 villages were captured by the Allied forces in Belgium dur ing the day.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
EARL |. HYDE DEAD
Succumbs to Pneumonia After an Ill., ness Of 10 Days--Mother is Now Under Nurses Care.

Earl LeRoy Hyde. manager of the Mohican market, died last evening at Miss Nagle's sanatorium of pneumonia. He had been ill for ten days. It was thought that MT. Hyde was improving and the sudden turn for the worse last evening, with the fatal result, was a shock to his friends. Mir. Hyde was highly esteemed by those who knew him and he was recognized as a keen business man.
 MT. Hyde was born at LiveTm ore, Me, April 23, 1891 and was the son of John M. and Emma J. Hyde. He attended the schools of his native town. graduating from the High school and subsequently, he attended Abbott Academy at Pennington, Me. At the conclusion of his schooling he went to New London and worked in the M Mohican syndicate store there. Subsequently he became manager of Britain to take charge of the local store.
 Besides his parents he leaves two brothers Fred G. of Waterbury and Frank M. of Portland, Me, and a sister Mrs. J. A. McNaught. His mother. who is sister of Frank A. Munsey, the publisher, became ill while at the bedside of her son and is now under a nurses care at the Hotel Beloin
 MT. Hyde was a member of New London lodge of Elks.
 The body will be taken to Lewis ton Me for burial
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
PORTO RICO SEEK
 UNITED STATES AID
More Than 100 Dead, Thousands Homeless, After Earthquakes
 That Shook Island.

New York, Oct. 17-With more than 100 persons dead and thousands with out shelter, food or clothing, as a re- Bult of the earthquake which shook the entire island last Friday the gov ernment of Porto Rico today appealed to congress and to the American Red Cross for assistance in a cablegram re- ceived here and forwarded to Wash sin gton.
 Property damage in three cities and numerous towns, particularly along the west coast, aggregates $4,O00, 900, said the message, which was sent by Antonio Marcelo, president of the Porto Rican senate, to Cordova Da- villa, resident commissioner in this country. MT. Davila is about to sail for home with the body of his wife, a victim of influenza.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
POLISH REGENCY IN
 COMPLETE CONTROL
General Von BeseIer "UnconditionalIy Surrenders'' When Threatened With
 'fUndesirabIe Consequences"

Amsterdam, Oct. 16.-Correspon- dence between the Polish Regency council meeting at Warsaw, with Gen. Hans H. won BeseIer, German gov ernor general of occupied territory In Russia, is printed in the Frankfort Gazette, and shows that the council threatened undesirable consequence es'' if the dr-inistrative departments were not trar erred to it uncondi- tionally. Ge von Beseler had promised only a limited transfer.
 Tn his final letter the governor general, in terms of abject politeness, announced the abandonment of his former standpoint and granted the de- mandS of the council.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
Praise For Wilson.

Rome, Oct. 16.-President Wilson's decision to send a separate an6Wer to Austria-Hungary' peace proposal is treated in a semi-official note issued here as follows:
 President Wilson will give a sep- arate answer to Austria Hungary as it is evidently necessary to give special consideration to the peculiar ethnical and internal conditions of the Central empires in order that Presi- dent Wilson's high aims of liberty and justice may be attained"
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
EatherIand Party Supports Max.

Amsterdam, Oct. 16.-Admiral AL fred von Tirpitz, former secretary of the German navy, has sent a telegram to Prince Maximilian, the imperial chancellor, in the name of the Father land party, recognizing and appre- -ciating the governments heavy re- sponsibility and 1~"omising Prince Maximilian the party's support, &C., according to the Tageblatt of Berlin.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS
 CONDEMNED TO DEATH.

Paris, Oct. 17.-A Russian wireless message in English, dated Tsarskoe selo, S:25 D. m.. October 15, received here reports the following informa- ton as having been received from Ekaterinburg:
 According to the official declara- tions of the Soviet chiefs Nicholas Romanoff has been tried and con- demned to death. He will be shot during the night of the 16th."
 The Nicholas Romanoff referred to Is supposed to be Grand Duke Nichol- as, the former commander in chief of the Russian army.
 Latest reports on Grand Duke Nicholas said he was living i'll the Crimea.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17

In making a forced landing on ac- count of the dense fog two ships of a
 battleplane fleet flying over Connecti- cut for the Liberty Loan were badly wrecked in Cromwell, just over the Berlin town line, this morning. The pilots escaped injury. A third ma chine made a safe landing at Col. Charles M. Jarvis farm on the turn pike. A fourth machine was wrecked in collision with a tree near Goodwin park, Hartford. There was a fifth machine in the fleet, but that had not been heard from. The original plan was to have six ships in the fleet, but
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17

one of the officers assigned for the flight over Connecticut today returned to the field.
 The fleet came to Connecticut today from Brendley Field, Comstock, l.. l., in accordance with arrangements to promote the sale of Liberty Bonds. The flyers took to the air about 8:15. There was a fog hanging over the field, but the flyers thought that when they attained a height they would escape it. They were partly correct in their surmise. On the way over Long Island Sound they encountered heavy banks of fog, but they climbed
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
Germans Must Leave North Belgium


 Paris, Oct. 1.-The fate of the coast and in the great Lille industrial area has been sealed by the continued advance of the Allied armies under King Albert on the 30 mile front in Flanders. The significance Of the evacuation of the Belgian coast line is far greater than the gain of Flanders territory with it's many airdromes and submarine bases.
 The extreme right wing of the Ger man defenses in the west has been wrenched away from the protecting sea- HencCforth, the immense line which has been buttressed by the sea on the other, forcing the Allies all . ways to attack frontally, can be out Banked. The Allies rush has been so quick that the hope is expressed here that Lille, Tourcoing and Roubaix will be found almost intact.
 The operations in Flanders are bound to have a vital effect on the whole western line.
 General Ludendorff will be obliged to seek to re-establish his fast crumb- 4 ling front far in the rear of the pres ent operations. He must preserve at all costs the Ardenne pivot, failure of which would mean disaster. That is why the Germans are offering such de- termined resistance to the French north of Vouziers and to tl Ameri- cans on both sides of the Mouse.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
BATTLEP[ANES WRECKED IN CROMWELL FOG;;
 CREWS UN|NJUREO; CRASH AT GOODWIN PARK

higher. Lieut.. Reid was leading and he signalled to the rest of the craft from time to time and they kept to- gether fairly we'll. Occasionally they became confused in their positions on account of the fog and some of the flyers were fearful that they might collide.
 Some of the pilots had been to Hartford by the air route on former occasions and they were we'll in formed on "the road" They arrived safely over the Capital city and then
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New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
CUBAN DETECTIVES
 ARREST 8 GERMANS
Prominent Merchants Taken Into Custody by Secret Service and
 Promptly Informed.

Havana, Oct. 17.-Cuban secret service officials have arrested eight of HaVana's most prominent German merchants who were promptly intern- ed with other alien enemies.
 The prisoners are MaXimilian Paetzold, former Austro- Hungarian consul at Havana; Enrique Heibut Charles F. Berndes, J. H. Robert Paul Octken, Robert Kaiser, Louis Chasing and Paul ShOene.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
BLASTS WIPE OUT
 LYONS WAR FACTORY
Magazines Blow Up At Midnight Completing Destructive Results
 of Earlier Explosion.

Lyons, France, Oct 17.-Fire fol- lowed by an explosion in a munitions factory at II o'clock last night caused important material damage. Another at midnight when the magazines blew up. The buildings still were burning today. No lives were lost. A few persons. including several firemen, were injured.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
Vorwaerts Bemoans End of War.

Amsterdam, Oct 16.--'The war is coming to and end, and in such 8 manner as no man in Germany de- sires," said the vorwaertz of Berlin on Monday
 Let Us say it candidly," the news paper continues. During all these terrible four years the aim of our eff forts and sacrifices was to prevent such an end
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
TOM WILB0R WOUNDED
Local Y. NJ. C. A. Worker With Amer ican Forces in France Slightly In- jured in Action,

MT. and Mrs. Thomas Wilbor of Franklin Square are in receipt of a cablegram informing them that their son, Thomas Wilbor, has been slight ly wounded in action.
 MT. Wilbor is with the American Y. M. c. A. and has been atta ched to a unit operating in the front line. Be- fore going overseas MT. Wilbor was employed at the Stanley Works.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
SICK MAN DRAWS GUN
Escapes From House in Deliriun ant


 Police Have to Take Him iI
 Charge.
 In a delirium of fever early thid morning Albert Heinzman of 54 Seyl nour street obtained possession ol two revolvers and brandished them threateningly. Fortunately the, revolI vers were unloaded and the police goI possession of them without any harm being done.
 Heinzman has been i'll for q few days and despite watchful care sucl ceeded in escaping from the houss last night He was lightly dressed The police were notified and befort they arrived he returned to the house and got tn EolveTs. The police suc1 ceeded in g ting him into bed, but later they had another call to attend him. This time the sick man was possessed with the idea that he waa the object of attack and he demanded police protection. He was taken to thS police station for safe keeping and later was removed to the hosptta1a
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
RUMANIANS REVOLT
Rumanian Peasants Said to Have Clashes With Austro- German Forces Following Defiance of Military.

Paris, Oct. 17.-Outbreaks agains4 the Germans have occurred in north ern Rumania, in the province o4 Mo1davia, says a dispatch to the Jour nal from Zurich. The population sudI denly assumed an openly hostile attfJ tude to the German authorities, ac1 cording to the advices, which come bs| way of Bucharest.
 In several districts there have beeu clashes between bands of RumaniaT| peasants and Austro- German forces.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
LIFT NEWS BAN ON
 PACIFIC SHIP NEWS

Washington, Oct. 1.-The volun- tary censorship ban upon information of shipping movements on the Pacific coast was withdrawn today with the approval of the navy department Except in the case of transports and munitions carriers. the navy with draws it's request that ncwspa pers re- frain from publishing the movement of merchant ships in and out of Pa ciflc ports.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17

their artillery establishments from those cities.
 All submarines have been hastily removed from the U-boat base at Ostend and it would appear, from in- formation that German naval bases all along the Belgian coast are either being moved or are being made ready for removal, probably in the rear of the German mine fields in the North sea.
 Four new, but tired, German divi- sions have appeared in the Flanders battle. All the prisoners captured complain bitterly that they are being ccnapelled te~continue fightingg steadily without rest. Many of them have been continuously retreating or fight ing since August s.
 A large number recently captured admitted that they had packed their kits ready to surrender when they be- heved they were to be attacked
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
LILLE CAPTURED BY THE BRITISH
GERMAN ARMY ROUTED
 FROM NORTH SEA TO
 THE REGION OF LILLE

Paris, Oct. 1.-The whole of the German army of Gen. von Arnim is in retreat from the North sea to the region of Lille, having been beaten back and over the ground by the Allied at t1,cI<S today.
 The retirement is assuming the proportion of a rout. Seventeen divisions comprise the army of Non Arnim.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
BABY DOLL" NOT GUILTY
sportiest Negro in Bridgeport, With
 Jake HankinS Acquitted of Murder Jury Out About Four Hours.

Bridgeport, oct. 17.-William, (Babv Don) Thomas and Jake (Texas) Hankins were today acquitted of the murder of Norris Pannell. The jury returned at 3 p. m., after being out less than four hours.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
BRITAIN'S ''BIT" 100000
Reuters Ltd. Estimates Empire Has Sacrificed Nearly That Many Lives Since Beginning of War.

London, Oct. 16.-Up to the pres ent nearly 1,000,n00 British lives have been sacrificed Ill the war, according to information received by Reuters Ltd.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
,ENf0CRATIC RALLY SUNDAY.

There will be a public democratic rally in K of C. hall at o'clock Sun day afternoon. The candidates for governor and congressman, as well as the men on the local ticket, will speak.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
BeISians March on Osteud.

ALondon, Oct. IT, (By the Associated Fress. )-Belgian forces under com mand of King Albert, which crossed the Yser river are marching on Ostend, a seaport on the English Channel.
 The Belgians also made progress in the region north of Thourot and ad- vanced in the direction of Thielt.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
Germans Leaving Belgian Coast.

With the Allied Armies in Belgium Oct 16, s D. m., (By the Associated Press.) .)-Bruges, Turcoing and Rou- baix have been emptied of all civi- Hans and the Germans have removed
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17

Enemy Forced Back North of Laon.
 Paris, Oct. 17.---On the entire front of the Disc and the Serre, where the Germans are being driven from the pocket north of Laon, the French last night maintained contact with the enemy according to today's war office report.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
Led Hapsburgs to All Abyss.

Zurich. Switzerland. Oct. 17.-"The counts declared war, but the repre- sentatlves of the people will conclude peacs," the socialist newspaper Ar
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17

London, Oct. 17.-Serbian troops continuing their energetic camp mpaign for driving out the Austro German forces remaining on Serbian soil, have
 captured thetown of AleXinatz, on tho
 Morava river, 15 miles northwest of Nish, says q Serbian official statement received here today Thirty-two guns were taken beyond Nish.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
No Damage Caused by Germans, in Hurry to Leave; King Albert Marching on Ostend

A London, Oct. IT, via Montreal.-The
 lcity of Lille has been captured by the 9British.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
Germans Leave Lille Intact.

Germans Leave Lille Intact.
 British Headquarters in Flanders, Oct. IT, (Reuters. )-The Germans on leaving Lille which was captured to- day by British forces, did not set fire to the buildings in the city or cause any explosions.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17

Paris. Oct. 16.-German forces in Montenegro and have evacuated the town of Diakova, on the Serbo- Monte negrin frontier according to an official statement from the French war office tonight
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
FRENCH ENTER PROT, SERBIA
Cut Railroad to ConstaGtinople at New Point-Serbs Capture B Guns in Fighting Beyond Nish.

Paris, Oct. 16.-French forces have entered the city of Pirot, in Serbia, according to an official statement is< sured at the war office tonight Pirot is on the railroad between Nish and Sofia and is 12 miles from the Bulgarian frontier.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
"GASLESS" SUNDAYS END
Fuel Administrator Announces Re- str1ctions Imposed to Save Gasoline
 Have Been Rcscinded, Effective at
 at Once.

Washington, Oct. 17.-Fuel Admin istrator Garfield today lifted the ban on gasolineless Sundays, effective at once.
 Should gasoline stocks again fall dangerously low, it was stated at the fuel administration, the request will be renewed. It is probable that priority orders will begin for ship ment of gasoline overseas.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
Why not buy that

Liberty Bond today? An excellent investment
 and a patriotic duty
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-02-15

checkered designs always make an
appeal to the fair sex, and when the
design is on bonnet which Is so as
tonishingly simple that practically
nothing else ornaments the headgear,
they make an even more decided inn
preston. This pretty model with the
straw in green and maize squares
standing on a point and with the band
and hat in olive green crepe makes
most youthful and dainty spring bon
net.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-02-15
Uroe Eating Of oysters.

The oyster production Of the United
States Is greater than that of all other
countries combined, and there Is avail.
able in this resource vast quantity Of
animal food which should be utilized
to the utmost at this time.
Federal and state inspection are now
given to the sanitary condition Of the
beds and the handling of oysters, and,
the producers are cooperating to as
sure the purity Of the product.
Particular attention is called to not
only the harmlessness but the excel.
lence of "green-gilled" oysters. The
gray-green color characteristic Of this
condition is never found ON the body
of the oyster, but Is confined to the
gills, brought into view when the edge
of the oyster "crimps" In cooking. II
is derived from a vegetable coloring
matter In some Of the delicate micro
scopic plants on which the shelltish
feeds. Green-gilled oysters In France
nre regarded as the best Obtainable.-
Department OF Commerce Bulletin.