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NO. 296.
GALVESTON, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1918. —TEN PAGES
VOL. 38.
HUNS MUST
HUNS FALLING OUT.
RIOTS AT KIEL.
SEEK FOCH
The
dugouts and
miles of concrete
of
ISSUES STATEMENT.
SUBMITTED TO COURT.
THE WEATHER
By Associated Press.
this
afternoon for the Western front;
CONCEDES DEFEAT.
Huns Discussing A bdication For Effect
!
GHENT HOLDING OUT.
TERRIBLE TORTURES.
1
newspaper
differences
By Associated Press.
Zurich, Nov. 6.—Emperor Wil-
liam’s abdication has become im-
minent, according to information
STATE’S MOTION
NOT YET FILED
' GOOD
Bye BoYS
SEE YOU
APALATER
SECRETARY LANSING
TRANSMITS NOTICE
USUAL RESULT
IN THE SOUTH
GERMANS DIVIDED
ON PROPOSITION
FRENCH PURSUING
RETIRING ENEMY
AMERICANS SMASH
TEUTON DEFENSES
DEMOCRAT CHIEFS
CLAIMING VICTORY
Less Than Eight Miles
From Sedan.
REPUBLICANS
ARE IN LEAD
REPUBLICANS CLAIM
SAFE MAJORITIES
HENRY FORD LAGS
BEHIND IN RACE
McCormick Defeats J. Hamilton
Lewis in Illinois Elec*
tion.
Many Instances of Cruelty Are
Being Told by Freed
Civilians.
AUSTRIANS BRUTAL
TO ITALIAN PEOPLE
From Belgian Frontier to Aisne River Foe’s
Forces Are in Retreat With Entente
Troops in Pursuit.
National Committee Issues
Statement.
Urge People To Contribute
Funds.
Assert Control of Both
House and Senate.
OCCUPYING
TERRITORY
Florida Added To “Bone
' Dry” Column.
No Action Taken Toward
Rehearing.
GERMANY'S SHATTERED
ARMIES ARE FLEEING;
ALLIES CLOSE BEHIND
Allies Willing to Abide by
President Wilson’s
Terms.
New York Papers Con-
cede Victory.
Must Ask Him Regarding
Terms.
Armistice Conditions Are
Carried Out.
GOVERNOR HOBBY
ISSUES APPEAL
HELP YOUR GOVERNMENT
by purchasing Thrift Stamps and
War Savings Certificates. For sale
at all banks and by all postmen.
4% Interest, Compounded Quarterly.
HUTCHINGS, SEALY & CO.
BANKERS
(Unincorporated)
24th Strand
Pershing’s Forces Break
New Line.
AMERICANS TROOPS ,
MOVING FORWARD
Keeping In Contact With
Rear Guards.
DELEGATES LEAVE BERLIN.
By Associated Press.
Berlin, Nov. 6.—(Via London)—An official statement issued here today says:
“A German delegation to conclude an armistice and take up peace negotiations
has left for the Western front."
FORECAST.
For Galveston
land vicinity:
• I Rain tonight and
/ Thursday.
1 For East Tex-
/ as: Rain tonight,
- colder in north-
west portion;
Thursday clou-
dy. rain in east
and south por-
tions, colder in
By Associated Press.
Austin, Tex., Nov. C.—The attorney
general’s motion for, rehearing of the
prohibition test case in the Court of
Criminal Appeals is not yet filed.
The court this morning reversed and
remanded the case of Robert Nelson,
under fifty-year sentence for murder
in Fayette county.
Eight other decisions were reversed,
nine affirmed, one relator discharged,
and one mandamus granted. Fifteen
cases were submitted +adou
Amsterdam, Nov. 6.—A German
armistice delegation” left Berlin
planned to make a stand was smashed
by the Americans late Tuesday when
they captured the town of Betanne, in
the bend of the Meuse, south of Mouzon.
From Betanne the line extends along
the Meuse through Pouilly and Inor and
eastward.
This line was part of the new 'de-
fenses along the Meuse from Stenay
northward to Sedan. An elaborate
trench system recently had been com-
pleted, along with numerous wire en-
By Associated Press,
Washington, Nov. 6.—Abdication of
the kaiser still is a moot question in
Germany, according to reports reaching
■Washington through official channels.
The military clique and Pan-Germans
are making- desperate efforts to save
the house of Hohhenzollern, while So-
cialist leaders and others demand its •
fall.
Berlin by the
By Associated Press.
Austin, Nov. 6.—A proclamation by
Gov. Hobby calls upon the citizens of
Texas, during the week beginning Nov.
10, to lend their efforts and give to
the extent of their means to the ap-
peal for funds that shall be made by
the united war work campaign. The
governor requests that the proclama-
tion be read aloud from every pulpit
and in every school.
By Associated Press.
Rome, Nov. 6.—The conditions of the
armistice between the entente nations
and Austria are being carried out with-
.out delay. Italian troops have begun
to occupy the territory which will be
held as a guarantee that the clauses
of the agreement will be observed.
The ministry of marine announced
that Italian naval units occupied the
ports of Dulcino and Antivari,. Monte-
negro, on Monday.
People living in the districts occu-
pied by the Austrians east of the Piave
river were left in a destitute condition
when the allied advance drove the en-
emy eastward. Major Julius Roth,
chief of the traffic supply department
of the American Red Cross, says that
at Conegliano and Vittorio the popula-
tion was starving when the American
Red Cross trucks arrived.
Many stories of Austrian brutality
are being told. In numerous instances
Italians who were taken prisoner were
mutilated and murdered.
By Associated Press,
Washington, Nov. 6.—Democratic na-
tional committee headquarters early
today claimed the senate would be
Democratic by at least one and that
final returns also would show a small
margin of Democrats in the house.
Returns received by the committee
were said to show definitely the elec-
tion of 49 Democratic senators, while
in the house 215 seats were assigned
to the Democrats, 204 to the Republi-
cans, and the remainder in doubt.
heavy machine guns. In some places
the emplacements were only fifteen
yards apart.
German resistance against American
pressure west of the Meuse stiffened
considerably today. The Germans are
using artillery, gas and machine guns.
In their retreat east of the Meuse,
according to reports reaching Ameri-
can headquarters, the German's are de-
stroying property and cutting down
trees along the roadways. American
aviators reported today that the high-
way from Stenay northward to Olizy-
Sur-Chiers is blocked every few yards
by trees across the road. The destruc-
tion begins just, beyond Stenay and
extends northeast and north from one
to three miles.
As an indication of the plight of the
retreating Germans it is known that on
the entire western front the enemy
has in reserve only one division which
has been out of the battle one month
and four divisions which have been
resting from two to four weeks. Two
of the divisions are east of the Meuse.
The Germans, it is believed, have
used all their reserves on the front op-
posite the Americans, the last enemy
division in reserve on this sector hav-
ing been thrown in in the desperate
effort to stem the American advance.
The village of Beaumont, where there
are more than four hundred French
civilians, is the particular target of the
Germans. All last night they deluged
Beaumont with poison gas.
GLASSCOCK ELECTED.
tanglements, concrete
Kansas Democratic Chairman Admits
Republican Victory.
By Associated Press.
Topeka, Kan.. Nov. 6.—State Demo-
cratic Chairman Murphy this morning
stated that the Democrats concede the
election of the entire Republican tick-
et—senators, congresssmen and state of-
ficers—with the exception of C. C. Mack
for congress in the eighth district, the
vote in that district still being consid-
ered in doubt by Chairman Murphy.
emplacements for
Jim Crow Law Case Goes to Austin
Tribunal.
By Associated Press.
Austin, Texas, Nov. 6.—The case of
Pete Chester from Galveston county,
was submitted today in the court of
criminal appeals on brief for the state.
Chester was fined $25 in the lower
court on conviction for the violation of
the so-called Jim Crow law.
Amsterdam, Tuesday, Nov. 5.—
(By the Associated Press).—Se-
vere rioting occurred at Kiel Sun-
day after a meeting of sailors
and laborers which was addressed
by an independent socialist
speaker. Mutinous sailors dis-
armed a military patrol and made
their way to the military prison
with the intention of liberating
men confined there for insubor-
dination. The military guards,
who were pelted with stones,
fired upon the mutineers, killing
29. The military commander was
shot dead.
received from
Munioii Post.
forward reaching the outskirts
Lametz and La Cassine.
Allied Troop# Have Reached Suburbs of
City.
By Associated Press.
London, Nov. 6.—The latest informa-
tion regarding the military situation at
Ghent goes to show that the allies have
reached the suburbs, but that the town
itself is still holding out.
It is possible that, like Lens, Ghent
will hold out for some time until a
successful encircling movement has
been accomplished.
Pan-Germans Trying To
Save Kaiser.
With the American Army on the Se-
dan Front, Nov. 6.—(By the Associated
Press).—Another formidable enemy de-
fense line on which the Germans
north and west
portions.
For West Tex-
as: Rain tonight
in southeast portion, generally fair
in southwest portion, rain or snow
in north portion: colder, freezing in
north portion; Thursday generally
fair, colder, except in Panhandle,
For Oklahoma: Rain tonight, ex-
cept rain or snow in northeast por-
tion: colder, freezing in northwest
portion; Thursday rain in east,.gen-
erally fair in west portion; colder
east and south portions.
Winds on Texas coast: Moderate
to fresh southeast to south.
TEMPERATURES.
Minimum temperatures recorded
in Texas during the 24 hours end-
ing at 7 a. m. today include: Gal-
veston, 72: Houston, 72; Dallas, 68;
Abilene, 66; San Antonio, 70.
was running very close to his. oppo-
nent. Senator' Weeks, the junior Re-
publican senator from Massachusetts,
defeated by former Gov. Walsh, Dem-
ocratic; Senator Lewis of Illinois, the
Democratic whip, defeated by Repre-
sentative Medill McCormick of Chi-
cago; Senator Saulsbury of Delaware,
president pro-tem of the senate, de-
feated by former Senator Ball, Repub-
lican and Representative Sherley, Dem-
ocrat of Kentucky, chairman of the
appropriations committee.
Both the New York Times, and the
New York World this morning concede
that the Republican party will control
the next congress. The Times claims
a majority of four in the senate and
nineteen in the house.
Republican national headquarters is-
sued a statement early this afternoon
claiming a majority of at least five and
possibly six in the United States sen-
ate.
With the results incomplete, Henry
Ford was running behind Truman H.
Newbery, former assistant secretary of
the navy, his Republican opponent for
the senate in Michigan. Joseph W.
Folk, former governor of Missouri and
former chief counsel for the inter-
state commerce commission, running
for senator to succeed the late Sen-
ator Stone, was defeated by Judge
Spencer, the Republican nominee.
Out of 40 senators being elected, 28
had been accounted for early today.
They were: Alabama, Bankhead, Dem-
ocrat; Arkansas, Robinson, Democrat;
Delaware, Ball, Republican; Georgia,
Harris, Democrat; Idaho, Borah, Re-
publican; Illinois, McCormick, Repub-
lican; Iowa, Kenyon, Republican; Kan-
sas, Capper, Republican; Louisiana,
Ransdell and Gay, Democrats; Maine,
Fernald, Republican (elected last
September): Massachusetts, Walsh,
Democrat; Minnesota, Nelson, Repub-
lican; Mississippi, Harrison, Demo-
arat; Missouri, Spencer, Republican:
Nebraska, Norris, Republican: New
Hampshire, Kayes and Moses: Repub-
licans; New Jersey, Edge (long term)
and Bayard (short term) Republicans;
North Carolina, Simmons, Democrat;
Oregon, Mulkey (short term) Repub-
lican: Rhode Island, Colt, Republican;
South Carolina, Dial (long term) Pol-
lack (short term) Democrats; South
Dakota. Sterling, Republican; Tennes-
see, Shields, Democrat; Virginia, Mar-
tin, Democrat.
In the election for the house, for-
mer Speaker Cannon was returned to
his seat from Illinois for what will be
his twenty-second term; Meyer Lon-
don, the only Socialist in the house,
was defeated by former Representative
Henry M. Goldfogle, a Democrat.
The loss of the Socialist seat, how-
ever, was offset by the election of
another Socialist, Victor Berger of Mil-
waukee, who defeated Representative
Stafford, a Republican. Berger previ-
Continued on Page Nine.
Reference to Munich in the
Temps’ editorial quoted above is an
allusion to the claim made by the
royal family of Bavaria to the Ger-
man throne should Emperor Wil-
liam abdicate.
have arisen between the Munich
and Berlin governments and
adds:
"The Honhonzollerns and the
military party would be making
a mistake to play with fire, for
the people are by no means in-
clined to remain passive.”
By Associated Press.
Paris, Nov. 6.—Newspapers here
are studying references made in
the German and Swiss press in re-
gard to the probable abdication
of Emperor William. There seems
to be a general opinion that abdi-
cation is being discussed openly- by
■ the press because of its probable
effect upon the situation.
“It is with the hope of swaying
the allies or even disuniting them,”
says the Temps, “that the Germans
may sacrifice William II. They
may offer this abdication to the
United States and the peoples of
Europe as a great sacrifice and as
a definite victory for the allies, al-
though the effacement of the man
principally responsible for the war
will only relieve Germany from
embarrassment. With its territory
and economic riches intact, the
empire is safeguarded, with or
without the Hehenzollerns.
“With the accession of more or
less of the Austrian-Germans, the
German empire would remain for
its neighbors and for Europe a
capital danger. We ought not to
be dazzled by abdication, no mat-
says that serious
By the Associated Press.
Washington, Nov. 6.—Safe majorities
for the Republicans in both houses of
congress were claimed by the Repub-
lican national committee on the basis
of returns to headquarters at 10 o’clock
this morning. These returns, Secretary
James B. Reynolds said, showed 50 Re-
publican senators and 230 Republican
representatives elected, with good pros-
pects for larger majorities in both
houses.
By Associated Press.
Paris, Nov. 6.—The retreat of the
Germans along the whole of the
French front continues, according to
the war office statement today. The
French are in contact with the enemy
rear guards.
North of Marle, the French have
passed beyond Boharie, five miles
southwest of the important railway
junction of Vervins. Italian troops
have occupied Le Thuel, four miles
southwest of Montcornet.
The French have crossed the Aisne
on both sides of Rethel, capturing
Barby, west of Rethel. North of the
Argonne the French also have moved
With the American Army on the Se-
dan Front, Nov. 6.— (By The Associated
Press.)—American troops continued
the advance today between the Meuse
and the Bar, moving forward at one
place more than three miles.
The Americans reached Chemery,
seven and one-half miles south-south-
west of Sedan. East of Chemery the
American lines now run through Mai-
soncelle, Flaba and the Bois Du Fond
De Limon.
Inflicted on Prisoners by Bulgarian
Soldiers.
Athens, Nov. 6.—(By The Associated
Press.)—British prisoners returning
from Bulgaria say that terrible tor-
tures were practised by the Bulgarian
soldiers upon prisoners, some of whom
have been driven insane. Serbian and
Rumanian prisoners were badly mis-
treated and in one instance a Greek
was hung up by the feet and burned.
Democratic Committeman Claims Con-
trol of Congress.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Nov. 6.—Homer S. Cum-
mings, acting chairman of the Demo-
cratic national committee, this after-
noon issued the following statement:
“Reports received up to 2 p. m. in-
dicate that the Democrats will control
both the house and senate. While there
have been some losses, there have
been corresponding gains. The Demo-
cratic majority in the senate will be
noteless than two and probably four,
while the Democratic majority in the
house will be between five and ten.”
By the Associated Press.
Forced to a realization of impending peril by the progress of
the British southeast of Valenciennes, and the French and Americans
south of Sedan, Germany's shattered armies are in rapid retreat
from the Belgian frontier to the Aisne river. So rapid is the retire-
ment that it is very difficult to determine the exact location of the
contending forces along this 85-mile front,
British forces have cleared the barrier of’Mormal forest and
threaten to drive a wedge between Mons and Maubeuge. To the
south the French have launched an attack that has forced the enemy
back from three to four miles; while along the Muese the Amer-
icans, in close co-operation with the French just to the westward,
have overcome a stubborn resistance by the enemy and moved still
nearer the Sedan-Longuyon railroad.
There is evidence that the Germans are not carrying out the
orderly retreat that marked their retirement from the Marne and
Somme salients. Batteries of field guns with horses attached have
been captured and a vast quantity of munitions which could be
moved quickly under ordinary circumstances has fallen into the
hands of the allies.
To the north, Ghent is closely invested by the French, Belgian •
and British troops. The fighting there is apparently between
German rear guards and the allied forces, for civilians are said to
be close behind the lines and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium watched
the beginning of the assault against the city.
The line of the Scheldt is no longer any protection to the enemy
in Belgium. It has been crossed everywhere from Ghent to Valen-
ciennes and it is probable the allied troops have been flung across
the canal north of Ghent. - Between Ghent and Brussels there is no
great natural obstacle except the Dendre river, which will aid the
Germans in conducting defensive operations, and it seems probable
that the enemy will not turn at bay until he reaches the Namur-
Brussels-Antwerp line which is said to have been prepared for a
grim struggle. 1
American forces north of Verdun have crossed the Meuse at
three places and have gained ground on the east side of the river.
This advance is most important, for it threatens the Sedan-Longuyon
line at a new point and removes from the Germans the advantage of
having' a position on the flank of the American forces advancing-
northward on the western .side of the stream. Sedan must be under
artillery fire from the medium caliber American guns.
By Associated Press.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 6.—The nine
Southern states east of the Mississippi
river, normally Democratic with the
exception of two Republican districts
in Tennessee and one in Virginia, re-
turned their usual Democratic majori-
ties in yesterday’s election, according
to latest „reports today. All Demo-
cratic senators were elected and in
the lower house seventy-six Democrats
and three Republicans were returned,
the latter coming from the first and
second Tennessee districts, where Re-
publicans' have held seats almost with-
out a break since the Civil war and in
the ninth Virginia where Representa-
tive Slemp, Republican, had no opposi-
tion.
Louisiana, with returns almost com-
plete, refused to grant suffrage to her
women. Florida, the only other
southern state voting on constitutional
amendments of more than statewide
importance, was added to the "bone
dry” column, effective January 1, 1919,
the voters substituting that for local
option. All the Democratic state
tickets were successful.
Wins Contest Marked By Extreme Bit-
terness.
By Associated Press.
Corpus Christi, Nov. 6.—In a contest
that has been marked by extreme bit-
terness, D. W. Glasscock of McAllen,
has been elected as state senator over
Archie Parr of Duval county despite the
fact that Glasscock’s supporters were
required to “write” his name on the
official ballot.
Incomplete returns indicate that
Glasscock has carried San Patricio,
Kleberg, Cameron, Webb, LaSalle,
Brooks. Jim Hogg, McAllen. Dimmitt,
Jim Wells and Zapata counties, while
Parr has secured majorities in Nueces,
Duval, Starr, Hidalgo and Willacy
counties. Glasscock's majority over the
district is a comfortable one.
Conversion of Liberty Bonds
Ifyou wish us to attend to the con-
version of your Liberty Bonds into
Liberty Bonds bearing 414 per cent,
bring them in and receive our re-
ceipt.
The First National Bank
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By Associated Press.
Washington, Nov. 6.—Marshal Foch
has the terms of armistice for Germany
and awaits application for them by the
German military command in the field.
The government at Berlin is so in-
formed in a note which Secretary Lan-
sing handed to Minister Sulzer of
Switzerland last night, announcing
that the allies have declared their will-
ingness to make peace on the principles
enunciated by. President Wilson,
Secretary Lansing’s note gives the
first hint of what has been going on
in the momentous conference at Paris
between Col. House and the allied
premiers. It quotes a “memorandum
of observations”' by the allied govern-
ments on the president’s correspond-
ence with the German authorities, dis-
closing the approval of the president’s
peace program with reservation of
freedom of action in the peace confer-
ence on the mooted question of freedom
of the seas, and a specific statement
that by restoration it means that Ger-
many must make compensation for all
damage done to civilian populations
and their property “by land, by sea,
and from, the air.”
This last, in which President Wilson
concurs, means German payment for
towns and cities destroyed and coun-
tryside devastated, for ships sunk by
submarines and raiders. It means Ger-
man payment of damages to the fami-
lies and dependents of civilians killed
or carried off in violation of the rules
of war.
The text of Secretary Lansing’s note
follows: -
“I have the honor to request you to
transmit the following communication
to the German government:
“‘In my note of Oct. 23, 1918, I ad-
vised you that the president had trans-
mitted his correspondence with the
German authorities to the governments
with which the government of the
United States is- associated as a bel-
ligerent, with the suggestion that, if
those governments were disposed to
accept peace upon the terms and prin-
ciples indicated, their military advisers
and the military advisers of the United
States 'be asked to submit to the gov-
ernments associated against Germany
the necessary terms of such an
armistice as would fully protect the
interests of the peoples involved and
Continued on Tenth Page.
By Associated Press.
New York, Nov. 6.—Some well known
figures in public life will be retired
or at least have close shaves, by yes-
terday’s voting. Prominent, among
them are Speaker Clark of the house
of representatives, who last night was
reported beaten by 400 votes, but today ,
ter how beautifully staged. Ger-
many could only gain by the dis-
appearance of William.
“Her threat would remain and
her force would increase. The
problem of security will ,remain
whether the emperor of tomorrow
will be at Munich or whether there
is a republic at Berlin.”
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