BRIEF,
RIGHT
REEZY
BITS OF NEWS
i LEADVILLE APPEALS
FOR MORE GRAVE DIGGERS.
Denver, Oct. 30. State health au
thorities failed to find any signs of
a decfease- in the epidemic in re-
, ports made to the board today, the
. totals of 921 "hew cases and 65
, deaths varying little from the aver
age of the last several days. In'
' Denver the figures were not en-
' couraging for hopes of an earlf
luting qi the closing ban.
, Indications that conditions are se
rious at Leadville were found in an
- appeal from the 'Lake county de
fense council for means to impress
labor for digging graves. It was
stated that 41 dead were unburied
in that city because of inability to
obtain grave diggers.
CURE FOR PNEUMONIA
FOUND AT CAMP FREMONT
San Jose, Cal, Oct. 30. Head
. ouarters the base hospital. Camp
Fremont, announced today the ets
' covery of what the medical officers
; assert is a positive cure for the
pneumonia, which follows Spanish
, influenza and which always has been
' the fatal stage of the disease. The
treatment consists of interveinous
injections of coaguline and has been
tound, it was announced, to prevent
- hemorrhage' of the lungs, which
' characterizes this new type of prieu
, ' monia. Three hundred cases have
been successfully treated at the base
hospital. .
' GIRL KILLS SELF WHEN
j BOY? STONE JEWISH FLAG.
New York, Oct. ,30. Police 're
serves guarded house-tops and fire
escapes in Harlem today to prevent
x an outbreak of violence among
.thousands of persons watching the
' funeral cortege of 13-year-old Sadie
Dellon, who killed herself Saturday
because boyi had stoned a small
Jewisn"flag which she displayed in
honor of her brother, serving with
the Amejjy expeditionary forces.
The girl barracaded herself in her
fathej-'s Store and drank poison.
When a patrolman broke into the
shop she was found dead, and be
side her body lay a -note reading:
" "I cmnot see my flag insulted.
Good bye. air
ROCKEFELLER TURNS
HOME INTO DORMITORIES
. , New York, Oct. 30.-4john D
Rockefeller, sn, has turned thp
three upper floors of his city home
into dormitories for women taking
the special courses in recreational
work, td be started here November
29 by the war work council of the
Y. W. C. A., according to an an
nouncement i tonight. The house has
been closedr for several years and
Mr. Rockefeller was persuaded to
donate the use of the rooms by his
daughter-in-law, who, as chairman
of the war work council, is inter
ested in training women to provide
recreation for girls engaged in war
industries.
PEOPLE ON COAST OF
WHITE SEA STARVING
-Washington, Oct 30. Red Cross
workers, who recently returned to
Archangel, from a trip to isolated
'- towns along the coasf of the White
, sea, report the inhabitants on the
.verge of starvation and .some of the
, villages without flour and sugar for
; two -years. : "J--..
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AGREEMENT OF
ALLIES ON PEACE
TERMS IN SIGHT
Differences of View argely Reconciled Under Friend
ly Examination in Conferences at Paris; Supreme
War Council Not taMeet Until Full Under
standing Has Been Reached.
By The Associated Press.
Amsterdam, Oct. 30. "The German people shall
be the freest people in the world." This declaration
was made by Emperor William in addressing the new
state secretary October 21, according to a Berlin dis
patch printed in the Rheinische Westfalli3che Zeitung,
of Essen.
t
Paris, Oct. 30. The heads of the allied governments
and Col. E. M. House, special representative of the United
States government, with the military and naval advisers of
the respective countries, continued their informal meetings
today.
Differences of view, natural to the immensity of the in.
terests -involved, have arisen, but under friendly examina
tion they have largely disappeared.
Although some points in President
Wilson s declarations may require
more complete definition, an entir?
agreement is in immediate prospect.
1 The supreme war council will not
meet formally until this full under
standing has been reached.
HUGHES FINDS
MONEY WASTE IN
-PLANE BUILDING
Plans- and Results Achieved
""Generally Commended,
HowevYr, in Report
. of Investigation.
" . Washington,- Oct. 30. Govern
ment plans for turning out quanti
ties ot aijplanes and results achiev-
. ed through co-operation of manu
Nbctrers are generally commended
---in the report f. Charles E. Hughes
on the-aircrnft' investigation to be
sent to President Wilson tomor
row by Attorney General Gregory
v ana maae puonc tnen. a numoer
of specific acts and plans involved
jn ' the big task - of preparing the
. nation for warfare in the air are
declared subjert to criticism, but
In the light of later developments,
". some of these ar held to be ex-
cusable.
Officials, who have been in touch
with the investigation, emphasized
today this is liot to be interpreted
as meaning blanket approval of the
way the program Jjas been carried
out is given. Plenty of evidence
of inefficiency in manufacturing
' plants and waste of money and time
is presented, they said, indicating
' that execution of the government's
plans might have been much" better
. by government agencies and con
tractors fot- airplanes,
i Although Ptgsiderft Wilson has
not seeti the report he has been
- told- its "substance.
Attorney General Gregory devot
ed most of his time today and this
evening to perusal of Mr. Hughes'
, report and to preparing a letter of
transmittal in wnich he is expected
to offer his individual comment.
His attitude is understood not to
differ radically from that of Mr.
Hughes.
Desirability "of speed in putting
finishing touches on the document
" was said to have been urged on Mr.
Greeorv today by Postmaster Gen-
, eral Burleson and Secretary Tu
multy. V After their visit to the de
partment 1 justice, it was said the
report wcyild be sent to the White
House early in the morning and
probably would be made public be-
tore noon, x
;. Paris Honors Bed Cross.
WashimrtdnOct. 3a Paris will
show its appreciation of the work
t ) accomplished by the American Red
' Cross in France at a; celebration
nlanned bv the municipal council
. to take place in. the French capital.
' Kovembef 14, said a cablegram re-
' .1 ceived today- at Red Cross head
quarters hert from Paris. ,
. . '. . - ,
Kaiser May Abdicate.
Basel, Switzerland, Oct 30. Dep
uty .Richard :KalkhfL,dclared at a
recent meting of the centrist party
that he was able to affirm that Em-
peror William would not cling to the
crown, but would abdicate forGer
many's good, according to the
Cologne Tageblatt.
Commenting on the present po
litical situation in Germany, the
Frankfort Zeitung says:
"In broad circles of the German
people it is made quite clear the
people would have been thankful if,
in the radical change in the home
am foreign policy now begun, Em
peror William had drawn, personal
consequences from those changes,
especially for his own sake."
The newspaper considers Em
peror William's strong religious na
ture as aTguarantee of his good in
tentions in Germany's past policy,
and it acquits him of having planned
the great war, but it adds that he
has made himself a "symbol of the
old regime."
Require Maritime Guarantees.
London, Oct. 30. The general na
ture of the military guarantees
which the allies will require has
been outlined here as the decupation
of strategical German bases, as well
as retirement of the German army
on its own soil. Maritime guaran
tees are considered equally impor
tant to Great Bitain. Their nature
thus far is only speculative, but the
internment of German submarines,
if not the surrender of the -whole
fleet, appears to be the minimum
terms which would satisfy the Brit
ish. The sea is as important as the
land to this island nation, and the
only detail in President Wilson's 14
points on which there is constant
questioning, is what the president
means by "freedom of the seas."
suspicion is the word which still
summarizes public attuuae toward
the central powers' maneuvers.
Some of the most important papers
believe Germany and Austria, or
what remains of the Austrian gov
ernment, are .working together.
They interpret Austria's rush to
wards separate peace as part of a
plan To place Austrian territory as
neutral ground between uermany
and allied armies which may soon
be able to march through Austria.
Turkey's position's not clear. The
Committee of , Union and Progress
apparently is still in the saddle at
Constantinople. " That ' Djavid
(Continued en Pare Two, Column Three.)
BERLIN SENDS
ANOTHER NOTE
TO WASHINGTON
Peace Move. Believed Beyond
Military Party's Control
and Government Being
Driven by People.
Washington, Oct. 30. The gen
eretopinion among officials and
diplomats here is that the German
proposal for an armistice and peace,
while having its "origin in a plan to
gain time for strengthening the
army and restoring its shattered
morale, has now got beyond the
control of the military party, and
that the German people are the force
whichvis driving the German gov
ernment to make a move for end
ing the war.
Another note from the German
government explanatory of the
changes that have been made or are
projected in the German constitu
tion and form of government" was
received "today through the Swiss
legation, but the State department
did not make it public.
This note was understood to be
supplementary to the preceding
German communication saying to
the president that he must have
knowledge of the efforts that have
been made to democratize Germany.
President Wilson was at work
today on his' reply to Ausr'a's re
newed olea for an armistice and
peace and it was expected that id
would ' be dispatched betore night,
but later it was said at the State
department that there would be no
announcement regarding the reply
tonight. ' i
It was understood that in ( the
note the presidentjntended to touch
upon the steps that Austria and
Hungary have taken in nie direc
tion of releasing subject peoples
from political bondage, but that the
Austrian government's plea would
fte referred to,'' the allied govern
ments. j
The administration was said to be
well convinced now that Austria
already is nearly out of the war
(Continued on rage Two, Column FIto.)
Little Black Crosses Dot
Scene of Four Years' Battle
: : r- t-
Belgian Army Headquarters in
Flanders, Saturday, Oct. 26. (By
Associated Press.) That part ' of
Belgium just liberated by the armies
under command of King Albert has
suffered little, in comparison with
other parts of the little kingdom
imd northern France. Western
Flanders virtually is intact south of
the Lys and east of the old battle
line. ; " ' -. ' : y- s , -
From the region of Nleuport to
the south of Ypres the stretch of
ground and the territory, for v six
or more miles on either side, which
was the battle ground for four
years, judged by theumerous little
black crosses that are scattered all
about, might be called "Dead Man's
Land." -East of this region, how
ever, there are villages v untouched
by the war, luxuriant farms and
happy, liberated towns.
West of the line which the British
and Belgians held for " four long
years, many villages and towns have
been destroyed by German artillery
fire. -'Fumes is only an empty shell
of Tottering walls and Pervyse is
merely a geographical name. "A post
bearing the name of the village is
the only thing remaining to show
where IJamscapelle stood. Ip this
region poison gas has killed all veg
etation and the trees stand gaunt
and bare of foliage. 5
Hun Troops Ordered
By, Commanders to.
Contaminate WettS
Washington, Oct. 30. Docu
ments quoting orders issued by
German commanders for the
1 methodical destruction of prop
erty and for the poisoning of wells
during the recent evacuation of
Belgium and. French territory
have reached Washington.
Ampng them is an order taken .
from a prisoner, issued by the
commander of the One -Hundred
and Eighth infantry brigade ' of
the German army September 5,
directing specifically that certain
villages be destroyecf by the rear
guard.
Designated units are assigned
to the destruction of villages
named and in addition the order
states, "It is theduty of every
one to participate in these de
structions," which are to be carried
out "with more method and less
haste." The order, which is sign
ed "Week," presumably either the
brigade commander or hishief
of staff, says:
"It is recalled that wells are to
be -contaminated."
s
REPUBLICANS
PLAN MEETINGS
FOR SATURDAY
McKelvie, Jefferis and Others
to Speak at Various Places
C Ir. Beginning at 7
0'Clock.
The republican county committee
has arranged for a seriesNf street
meetings to be held (otr Saturday
night, with Samuel R. McKelvie
and Albert W. Jefferis on the pro
gram -together with other able
speakers.
Meetings will be started at
Twenty-fourth and Ames, Twenty
fourth and Clark, Sixteenth and
Capitol avenue, Fifteenth and Far
nam and Twenty-fourth and M
streets, at 7 o'clock. The principal
speakers will follow a schedule.
Mr. McKelvie will appear at Fif
teenth and Farnam streets at 9
o'clock when he will say a few
things calculated to cause conster
nation in the democratic camp.
"Sam" McKelvie, republican gu
bernatorial candidate, wrote the fol
lowing statement:
"This Saturday night Farnam
street talk will give me an oppor
tunity to make good on one promise
I have made to the people of Ne
braska. I have trafveled throughout
the state, speaking against the
Hitchcock-Mullen-Gooch machine.
I have said th I would carry my
message to the people of Omaha
and deliver it within the shadow of
the home nf that machine. The
World-Herald building. I'll make
good on that promise and I will not
mince words in handling my sub
ject." The general feeling of apathy 'and
pessimism which pervades the de
mocratic cohorts in this county was
emphasized at the luncheon tender
ed by the Chamber of Commerce to
the democratic candidates. Not even
a corporal's guard responded to the
invitation and it was so embarassing
to some of the candidates that they
left before the speakingStafted.
The Chamber of Commerce folks
had, as had asked the democratic
candidates, to vt their guests and
let them hear what they might have
to say in support of teir candida
cies. It was a bitter disappoint
ment forjhe democratic leaders
who are cherishing the fprlorn hope
of carrying theis ticket.
"If the candidates do not take
enough interest in their catripaiga
to attend, a meeting of this kind,
what can they expect of the lead
ers?", was the doleful plaint heard
at democratic headquarters.
Jerry Howard made the " only
vigorous speech during the session.
He was primed for the occasion.
"Mr. Toastmaster and members
of the Chamber of Commerce" be
gan Jerry on the job. "In anticipa
tion of being called on, I reduced o
writing a summary of my remarks.
As a candidate seeking the suffrage
of my fellow citizens in all sta
tions of life within the limits of thf
county, it is somewhat embarassing
to me to appear here before your
august body, fearing that I might
not pass muster as a candidate to be
relied upon. "
"It is possible, perhaps probable,
but not certain, that my actions at
past sessions of the legislature," he
continued, and he suggested that
the time has, come to vote for in
dividuals rather than for party la
bels. He did not mention which
of the democratic , colleagues he
would eliminate.
A
Kaiser Tells Reichstag He
Would Abdicate, But the
Moment Has Not Yet Come
London, Oct. 30. "If the moment comes when the
interests of Germany demand it, I should abdicate with
out hesitation ; but the moment does not seem to have
come." V
Emperor William is quoted as having said thisjn
1 an address to a number of members of the German
Reichstag, according to a distfatch to the Exchange
Telegraph from Amsterdam,jguoting advices from Ber
lin. v
The emperor said1 the people must not think that
he had decided td remain on the throne at all costs.
The dispatch adds that it is generally believed in
Berlin tint if the emperor abdicates, it will be in favor
of Prince William, the eldest son of the German crown
prince. 4
-V:
JOHNNY LYNCH
QUITS WORKING
FOR UNCLE SAM
Released From Service at
Camp Dodge and Every-
thing Referred to Oma
ha Exemption Board
Johnny Lynch, former county
commissioner, is no longer con
nected with Uncle Sam's army,
Chairman Sunblad of . exemption
board No. 4 last night received, a
telegrantjr6m the adjutant's office,
CampbtsDodge, stating, "October 31,
Lynch will I be released from the
service, and all papers in his case
will be sent to exemption board No.
4, Omaha." w
What the board will do in the
matter remains to be seen. Last
night none of the members cared to,
express an opinion.
Board Takes Up Case.
Local exemption board No. 4,
composed of Clyde Sunblad, Dr, C.
W. Pollard and Moses Campbell
met behindxlosed doors Wednes-,
day afternrfon and the matter of the
LJuction into the army of Johnny
Lynch was gone into.
Previous to the meeting Chief
Clerk Southard of the board asked
for the resignation of Tony Minardi,
clerk of the exemption board, who
had gone to Lincoln with Lynch to
put his case before Provost Marshal
Anderson. Minardi's resignation
was accepted by the board.
After the meeting Minardi insist
ed to the Bee reporter that he was
innocent of intntionall misrepre
senting the case, and -supposed the
indictment against Lynch had been
drcJpped, though when they met An
derion in the governor's office at
Lincoln, nothing was said about it,
and he was of the opinion that An
derson did mM know Lynch was the
former Omaha political boss.
Here's Minardi's Story.
Minardi explains that before they
went to Lincoln Sunblad told Lynch
it was up to Anderson and that An
derson asked for some confirma
tion from a member of board No. 4
as to this, and aftrrtheir return
to Omaha Sunblad called up Ander
son and in this conversation it was
agreed that Lynch could be induct
ed. Chief Clerk Southard then in
ducted Lynch into the service.
Von Kuehlmann to
Represent Germany
At Peace Conference
Copenhagen, Oct. 30. The Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger, a copy of which
has leeH received here, says Dr.
ftichard Von Kuehlmann, former
German secretary of foreign affairs,
will be one of Germany's represen
tatives at the peace conference.
TURKEY OPENS
DARDANELLES
TO ALLIED SHIPS
Small Force May Be Landed to
Supervise Demobilization
ofOttoman Army, Con
stantinople Report.
Amsterdam, Oct. 30. According
tu a Constantinople dispatch, re
ports are currenUihat X urkey, undejl J
the peace negotiations has invitear--
the allied fleet to enter the Dar
danelles. ' Troops are not to be
landed, it is sard, with the exception
of a small detachment to supervise
the demobilization of. the Ouomin
army. ' -
The 'Constantinople newspaper,
Ikdam, on Sunday printed a state
ment from a "competent source"
that Turkey had commenced official
peace negotiations with the entente,
adding that delegates already had
left the Turkish capital. In othe'r
quarters in Constantinople, however,
it is declared the negotiations are
unofficial. ;,
Still Fighting in Mesopotamia.
London, Oct. 30. The Turks were
heavily engaged by the British Tues
day north of Kaleh Sherghat, the
official report on the Mesopotamian
operation says. The British cap
tured 1,000 Turks,' .
Turks Evacuate Tabri.
Washington, Oct. 30. Turkish
troops have begun the evacuation
of Tabriz, Persia, according to ad
vices reaching the State department
today. The Turks are menaced by
tne cntisn torces in Macedonia in
their advance nortward.
John F. Bloonf Dead
BULLETINS. '
" Vienna, Thursday, Oct 31. (Via London) "In
view of our desire for peace, our troops on Italian soil
s. are evacuating occupied regions," says an official state-
y ment issued late tonight. . 1
Saloniki, Oct. 30 Serbian cavalry has reached
the Danube east of Semendrja, 24 miles southeast of ,
Belgrade, and occupied Pozharevari, headquarters an-
nounces today.
'Washington, Oct. 30. Thirty-three thousand Austrian,
troops, including 802 officers, hundreds of guns and innum
erable machine guns have 'been captured by Italian and
allied forces on the Italian front, said an official dispatch to
day from Rome. The Three Hundred and Thirty-second
American infantry regiment has gone into action and the
fighting now extends practically all along the course of the .
fPiave river. .
After Brief Illness
John F. Bloom, 918 South Thirty
third street, one of the leading
monument erectors, in Omaha and
founder of John F." Bloom & Co.,
1702 Cuming street, died Wednes
day .afternoon at his residence after
a short illness of influenza.
Mr. Bloom came to Omaha from
Sweden in J900. He was a member
of the Omaha Chamber of Com
merce and also was a Mason.
He is survived by a wife, Emma
F., and five children, one of whom,
Capt, Carl W. BToonvis in France
with the field artillery. "
Surrender antj Indemnity,
Melbourne Council Demand
Melbourne, Australia, Oct. 30.
(Via Montreal.) The people of
Australia will not be satisfied unless
Germany surrenders unconditionally
it is declared in a resolution unanim
ously adopted by the city courtcil at
Melbourne. The resolution requests
that Great Britain insists on an ade
quate indemnity for Australia, the
British navy not to permit the Ger
man flag on any occasion until such
an indemnity 1s paid. y
Lille Coming Into Its Own;
Foofl Prices Take Big Drop
Whh the British Army in France
and Belgium, Oct. 30. Lille is rap
idly coming into its own after four
years of stultifying conditions im
posed by the invaders. The streets
have an air of bappy activity and
business is being resumed. Prices
of foodstuffs have dropped enor
mously with the opening up of sup
plies from the allied territory.
Potatoes form a striking instance.
Under the German regime they were
seven francs per kilo (abour two
pounds), now the same amount may
be had for one France 25 centimes.
Food was exceedingly scarce and
dear while the Germans were in
Lille. , The residents say when they
received supplies from the Ameri-
V.
can relief committees, they were al
ways besieged by Germans with of
fers to purchase. The enemywas
willing td pay any price for this
food, but the people used to hide
their -meager supplies.
The city is having considerable
difficulty with light and water be
cause the Germans severed the elec
tric wires in most houses and cut
off thevater supply when they
left .
L" When the, British reached the
place there was considerable dysen
tery because the water had btjen cut
off and many cesspools. had not been
cleaned for four years. These con
ations are now ieing rapidly over
come i . -, . ..
MORE THAN 1.00 .
TOWNS LIBERATED
BY ALLIES' DRIVE
r
Fighting Extends Practically Along Whole Course of
Piave River and Eneiny Forces on Lower Stream
in Danger of Being Cut Off; Left Wing v t
Retreating in Disorder. t
BRYAN SLATED
AS PEACE ENVOY
BY PRESIDENT?
Friends in New York Hear
Place Pledged by Wil
i son to Former '
Secretary.
(From New York Tribune.) -New
York, Oct. 30. (Special Tel
egram.) William J. Bryan as one
of the commissioners from the
United States to frame the final
peace terms at the conclusion of the
war. This is the "consolation
prize" said to have been promised
Mr. Bryan for so gracefully step
ping down and out as secretary of
state early in the great war.
Mr. Bryan within the last year
has conversed with one or two of
his. intimate friends about such an
onorary aonointment from 1 the
hand of the president to round out
his career. -These intimate friends
are convinced that the president has
pledged him such an appointment.
Whether the president under
stands it or not, Mr. Bryan's friends
today are indulging in thejiope that
within a few weeks hi name will
be once more" emblazoned in news
paper headlines as a peace commis
sioner of the United States.
v Talked Among Friends.
The news that Mr. Bryan is slat1
ed for this conspicuous honor is
circulating among Presbyterians
and Methodist clergymen whose ac
tivities in' the nation-wide dry fed
eration movement; of which Mr.
Byran is the head, have placed them
in a natural relation to receive the
confidences of Mr. Bryan.
, When the news reached the Trib
une today, a reporter . discovered
that some of the "original" Bryan
men in this city had heard of it
already but they quickly indicated
their alarm at publication.
"Pinning the story down" was
not a light task but partial con-i
firmatiorf of it was obtained today
from William H. Anderson, state
superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
league, who is in close touch with
political conditions, both in" New
York and in Washington. Mr. An
derson would not discuss Byran as
a United Stater peace commissioner
until this question was put in writ
ing and handed to him. Then he
wrote his answer in part as fol
lows; From High Source.
"It is true that I have been in
formed that suggestion contained
in your question is substantially
true. I have no direct personal
knowledge, for Mr. Bryan does not
confide in me. The information
came to me from a very prominent,
high-grade gentleman of . unim
peachable veracity a democrat who
undoubtedly believes that it is 'cor
rect, and who frankly gave me the
sources of his information." .
The Tribune in telegram to Mr.
Bryan at Ashevilhv N. C, asked
him for a statement regarding the
report, and received the following
reply:
"Am unable to answer your
question. Have no information on
the subject." . . .... i
The Three hundred and Thirty- .
second United States infantry t '
is com, osed of men from Ohio asd --.
some Pennsylvanians. The Amer- .
icans reached Italy late in July and
twere "Warmly-greeted "by1 the king
and the ministers and the populace.
generally. . ' . -
Advance Irresistible. .- 4
The' Austrians are resisting stub
bornly, throwing in many new di
visions, but have not been able to , "
stop the advancing forces. More .
than 100 villages and towns have , ,
been taken. ,V j
The battle line is pressing closely
upon the heels of the enemy, ' th.i'
message states, having reached yes- '
terday the river Livenza where the ' '
Austrians attempted to stand, to save .
their threatened principal lines of r,e- '
treat. ' .'
The Austrian army corps on the
left wing has , retired in disorder, :
leaving behind war material and sev- '
eral hundred guns; The Sixth Aus
trian army corps is said to be in ,
a very critical position, engaged in '
heavy defensive fighting on the hills "
between Val Bobbiadene and the
Soligio river. , ,"'
In Albania the Itaans have oc
cupied San Giovanni Di Medua, and
are advancing on Scutaru t-'
Treat-Commands Americans. ;
Itajian -Army Headquarters on"
the Piave Front, Oct. 30. Amer-
ican troops under Major General
Charles G. Treat have crossed the :
Piave river. The -third army has ;
established three bridgeheads on '
the lower Piave. - . ; ' .
The American troops on th
front ate operating with the Tenth '
army composed of British, Italians ';
and Americans, under Lieutenant '
General, the Earl of Caven. This
was the first army to begin opera
tions by. establishing bridgehead
across the Piave rivet at the island
of Grave Di Papa, Depolo. v
Austro-Hungarfan forces are re- .
tiring in the region east of Cone
gliano. They are leaving behind V
them scattered along the roads to. ,
wards Vittorio, seven mile north -of
Xoneggliano and Sae4r. farther .
to the west, manybig guns and mu- ";
nition wagons.
Austrian Position, Critical -The
capture of Conegliano by the
Italians was important, - since .that'
town is the center of five highways
and also is situated n the railway.
Tbe' city is being used as a lupply
station for the Italians From this
city the Italians will be able , to
dominate not only the lower moun
tain region, but. also the enemy
troops on lne lower Piave.
Large -.Inbers of Italian cavalrv
aTfeady have crossedthe Piave. The
position ot tne enemy forces in the
lower , stream is. fecoming critical
and they may be'eut off. "
Thej taking of Congeliano was
effected by Italian troops -who
crossed the Piave south of the Ner
vesa region Monday night in the
face of an intense ,, artillery fire.
They cut their way through road
barred and blocked by barbed wire
and machine gutfs. 1 hefirst troops
to enter Conegliano, were seven
cyclists,, who were. followed by the
Como infantry brigade. The Ital
ians were met by civilians .waving
Italian flags. . '..v. .
British Cross MonUcano.
London, Oct, -30.-British troops
in the offensive on the northern ItaU
ian front have at some places
crossed the, Monticano river, th
British war" office announced 51
'evening. V . ' , ., .
