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PANIC II BERLIN. W"ffiSON'S REPLY CAUSES CON STERNATION ON STOCK EXCHANGE. _ Reports Coming by Way of Amster dam Say That Publication of Reply Created Most Unfavorable Impres sion. London, Oct. 16.?President Wil son's reply to the German peace note produced a "most unfavorable impres sion" in Berlin, says the Central news dispatch from Amsterdam today. The publication of the reply, it adds, was followed by a panic in Berlin bank f: kig--circles and on the stock exchange The German supreme command ad vices state, will come to Berlin before the end of the present week "to de liberate on the mobilization and con centration of the national strength and raising the military age." NEW AIRCRAFT PLAN. Ryan Tells of Pooled Resources To Prevent Delay. Washington, Oct. 15.?An agree ment- under which the aircraft re sources of the allied countries and the United States are to be developed in- carrying out a joint program wa* arrived at during the visit to Eng land and France of Assistant Secre tary John D. Ryan, head of the army aircraft division. Details of the plan necessarily may not be disclosed, but Mit -Ryan said today it contemplatec joint efforts both in aircraft produc tion and- in the operation of the ma chines in battle. So far as the operation of the ma chines in battle is concerned, he ex plained that Marshal Foch and the . field commanders, Generals Petain. Haig and Pershing. will continue to control the air fleets as they contro every other element of the armies un der their command, rv'v The agreement, in the form of ar ^understanding, contemplates that each- country shall use its productior '?^resources-and that the fighting forces of all three air services shall be sup plied out of this production so thai ': ?iere will be no delay on the part of any one of the three in contributing its share to the building of a great air navy. The air supremacy of the allies is already unquestioned, Mr. Ryan said but without coordinated efforts and coordinated command the centralized German air fleet might be concen trated against American. French and British squadrons in overwhelming numbers for any short period. , - Mr. Ryan brought back encourag ing. reports as to the service of Amer ican built aircraft at the front. Without exception, he said, where several machines for the purpose arr ' available, the pilots select the de Haviland machine with the Libert} . motor, built in the United States, a? . .\tfce machine in which they prefer to fight. Its performance in action hat been fully demonstrated. LENS MINES WRECKED. No^Coal-Oan be Produced There foi Two Years Say French Experts. Paris, OcL' 15.?It wili be from IS months to two years before it will be come possible to take out any coa' .from the mines in the Lens region, which the Germans damaged to the , best of - their ability before they re tired from the city, an inspection o' the mining- properties has revealed ^j^kis estimated that it will take five years to^restore the normal condition of the ptts^ The inspection was made by Albert Le Brun, the_ m^nister^of .hlockade and Louis Lou eher, "the -minister oi munitions/ together with M. Perie: and M. Basly, chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the com mittee on mines of the chamber of deputies. They: found the mines flooded and .^although every possible measure is under way to restore the operating < plants by the state it will be two j years, %it is estimated, before .thej^ mines can be cleared of water.^^ff mining plants have been systema?PT ly destroyed. At Cburrieres, northeast ofj^Lens, the Germans had blown up tl&mine? before retiring. Of the ten?housand houses in Lens the visitors^ound not one: left standing, the |fWn having been completely razed, f "Red Q^BMan." Paris, Oct. l^flBg rivate Jean Four nan of New jflTCity, hereafter wil carry a crosjfllf his back as a souve nir of ^jWk war. The wound thai has mzxj^nrhim iS So unusual tha: ne js jnB^n at American Military ^^fojfiS^-^o. 1, where he is now con M WTs, as the "Red Cross Man,'* Jcoctors. nurses and patients have HKched his case with unusual inter est. Fournan is a member of one ot 'the American regiments recently en gaged in the fighting^around Fismes He has been in France since last October, and went through heavy fighting on several fronts without a scratch. One morning a short time ago, jus>. his company went over the top. ded for a Boche machine gun hest, a shrapnel shell knocked him out. He had a momentary stinging sensation and then awoke to find him - j self on an American sanitary train from which he was taken by ambu lance to the hospital. . When he was carried to the operat ing room, the surgeon looked him over and then called the other doc tors to come and look. The boy had been hit by two pieces of shrapnel, one of which had gone down his back so close to his spine, that only a mi lacle saved him from paralysis. The other had crossed at right angles, leaving the mark of a perfect cross on his back. Fournan has those pieces of shap nel in his Red Cross treasure bag He says they're 'lucky pieces" be cause they "only left a scar." The Maidens are Calling. (Beaumont Enterprise.) The maidens are gaining. Only one-third of the women mentioned in Tuesday's matrimonial casualty list were widows*_ REVOLUTION IN BOHEMIA. PEOPLE PROTEST AGAINST SENDING FOOD OUT OF COUNTRY. Martial Law Proclaimed and Ger man Troops Occupy the Important Towns?Revolution for Independent State Begun. Paris, Oct. 16.?Meetings called by Czecho-Slovak council at Prague to protest against the export of food stuffs from Bohemia resulted in gen eral strike, which is developing into revolt, according to dispatches froiv Z'urich. Martial law has been pro claimed throughout the cc ntry and German and Hungarian tioops arc occupying Prague, Pilsen, Pisek and Tabor. Fighting is reported at sev eral points in Moravia, i_ GENERAL INQUIRY PROBABLE. Washington Times' Diquiry Likely to Extend Further. Washington, Oct. 15.?investiga tion by the senate judiciary sub-com mittee into the purchase of the Wash ington Times by Arthur Brisbane, with the aid of money advanced by brewers, very likely will develop into a general inquiry into the activities of German propagandists in this coun try. This was indicated today by mem bers of the committee after informa tion obtained by the army intelli gence service had been submitted to the committee in executive session. Senators declined to discuss- the in formation, but announcement wa made that Capt. G. B. Lester of tin army intelligence service, had beer subpoenaed to appear next Tuesday when the inquiry will begin. It alsc was understood that George Creel, chairman of the committee on pub lic information would be called as a witness. In further preparation for a gen eral inquiry the committee has askec E. Lowry Humes, former federal dis trict attorney at Pittsburg, to fur nish the committee with a digest of information secured by the govern ment as to the political activities of brewers as revealed by federal grand jury investigations at Pittsburg, where a similar request was also sen! to B. F. Looney, Attorney General o; Texas. A. Mitchell Palmer, alien propertj custodian, whose charges made in a speech at Harrisburg, Pa., resulted in the senate ordering the investigation, appeared before the committee today, but opening of the hearing was post poned because of the illness of Alex ander Konta, of New York, the prin cipal witness. Counsel for Konta filed an affidavit of his client* denying tha: Konta was in any way connected with :he purchase of the Washingtor Times. Konta also explained that, ir. writing a letter to Bernard Dernberg. once chief German propagandist ir America, outlining the newspaper sit uation in New York, and the oppor tnity of German propagandists tc obtain control of a newspaper there, he was acting as Dernberg's broker, and denied that he had any dealing.* with Dernburg since or with anj brewers. RURAL SECTIONS BECOMING IN FECTED, j Influenza Spreading From Towns to I . Country. Columbia, Oct. 16.?Judging from reports received yesterday at the^?ffic? of Dr. James A. Hayne, secretary o: the State board of health, influenza is slowly withdrawing from the more thickly settled sections and is in creasing its scone in the rural com munities. Whitf" towns and villages in several instances report many new cases, the reports show clearly that the countryside is becoming more and more infected. This move or the part of the epidemic was expect edjfas towns are frequently centers of?ifections, and the sparsely settled J^al communities gradually become ^Tected. i'U-alth officials still hold to th opinion that the ep.demic may be cx peced to continue to spread through tha State. The State map, which is kept at the office of Dr. Hayne. with pins marking sources of infection, ir dotted all over, and the-disease is al ready prevalent in practically every ( county. The death rate is estimated to be less than 1 per cent, of the total num ber of cases. The great danger is that the influenza will so weaken the ?ystem that little resistance can be of fered to pneumonia, which frequent ly develops, and it is the latter dis use which results fatally in a great many cases. BELGIANS ADVANCING RAPID LY. Albert Is a Real King and Leads His Men in Battle. London, Oct. 16.?The Belgian arm> under King Albert is advancing rap idly along the Cortemarck-Thouro road. The fall of the Belgian to of Tsourout, whose capture was pre maturely announced unofficially yes terday, is expected almost immediate ly. BRITISH FREhi riTER SUNK. Collision With War Ship in New York Bay. New York, Oct. 16.?The British freighter Port Phillip, four thousand tons, outbound, sunk in seventy-five feet of water, after collision with a United States war vessel off Swinbune Island, in the lower bay this morn ing. Her crew of forty-s"ven wer landed by a coast guard cutter. Latx>r Riot in Japan. Tokio. Sept. LT..?The social unresl in Japan which started with the ric< riots spread to the mining districts o! southern Japan. Thr miners recent ly requested an increase of wages U meet advancing prices. In Yamaguch prefecture miners set fire to th* house of the mine-owner. Troop; were called out. Twelve rioter: were killed and 176 wounded. ENGLAND LOOKS TO WILSON. LONDON PAPERS UNANIMOUS IN j J PRAISING REPLY TO GER ) MANY. j Plain Terms Used?Some Germans Will Not Like Positions Set Forth by President. London, Oct. 15.?The London evening newspaper comment on Pres ident Wilson's reply to Germany is generally favorable in tone. The Standard under the heading 'The Right Note" says that tlx. "note has removed certain false impressions which were Possible in regard to his three questions to Germany." The newspaper regrets that President Wilson did not refer to punishment for u-boat crimes and the burning of towns. The Pall Mall Gazette, says that President Wilson's reply "reaches hi: highest standards of point and promptness," and adds that the dec larations he made "have been madt before, but never in such a dramatic setting or with such securities fo; their being read and adjusted." The Globe finds there is no am biguity about President Wilson'? stern reply and is "afraid the Ger mans will not like the manner ir which President Wilson received theii reques*." "Foch, Haig and Pershing," the newspaper asserts, "will determine in concert the guarantees they mus have in hand before granting a ces sation of hostilities." The Westminster Gazette gives first place to President Wilson's de mand for the destruction of everj arbitrary power. The Manchester Guardian says that Germany has surrendered, anc though much remains to be definee and settled, that great central fact stands established which means speedy end of tue war. The newspa per considers President Wilson not likely to accept the chancellor's re ply as to the exact meaning of the German note and says the problem would be vastly eased by the kaiser's abdication. The Daily Mail in an editorial or. President Wilson's reply to Germany says the reply justifies all the high hopes the allies reposed in the presi dent. Summed up in ~ Mne, says the newspaper, it is a ca . .or 'uncondi tional surrender." "In a state paper, which is a mode] for its dignity, penetration and re straint," says The Daily Mail, "the president translates into simple anc] direct words the thoughts of every allied government and of every al lied soldier and citizen. He has no been caught in the German staff's trap." "President Wilson deserves th gratitude of the civilized world foi having saved the situation," says Th< Morning Post. "The effect of hi: declaration is that Germany now un derstands that uncondtiional surren der is a essential condition prece. dent to an armistice and that th< granting of an armistice implies nothing whatever with regard tc terms of peaceJpte'e are thankful th Germans haWTno^ only two course open to thejp?to tfc^on fighting 01 put up tb^Fhands." NFAVLj# DISCOVERED USES FOI GLUE. ?ousehold Economies Made Possible by Several New Uses. New York, Oct. 16.?With our gov eminent demanding all possible con servation in American households several newly discovered uses for glu present to the thoughtful woman op portunities to prolong the life o, household articles. As every family has, or should have, on hand, a bottle or tube o good glue, the following practical suggestions can be acted upon with out delay or expense. To Put New Life in an Old Broom A teapsoonful of glue mixed in a basin*of hot water poured over a broom and then allowed to thorough ly dry will greatly stiffen it, and pro long its usefulness and life. When Shoes Become Barked or Scar red. Very often a small piece of th' leather is lifted or loosened. Don't cut it off and try to cover the place with blacking. Flatten the piece in place with a little glue and allow to dry. Then apply blacking and the surface will be as good as new. For Tears or Rents in Silk. Another piece of silk or fabric oi the same color placed under the teat with a thin coating of glue will bring the edges more firmly together than can be done with a needle. Allow to dry thoroughly and rent will be al most invisible. A Splendid Way to Keep Rubbers from Slipping. Rubber overshoes often become so loose that they slip off at the heel, especially in the winter and spring when the ground is muddy or slushy. This annoying trouble can be entirely eliminated by gluing a felt band around the ins'de top of the rubber. To Protect Furs and Woolens from Moths. It is commonly known that moths very much dislike the odor of ink in old newspapers. Several thicknesses of old newspapers firmly glued togeth er may be made into the form of a bag and the garment placed inside. After the ends and all joints are firm ly sealed with glue, the bag is abso lutely moth and dust proof, and your protection from moths has cost practically nothing. Paris Jubilant Over President's Re ply. Paris, Oct. 1">.?President Wilson's repiy to Germany was given to the public in extra editions of the after noon newspapers published at on today. It immediately became th< absorbing topic of discussion in all public places] The tone of the sen timent was distinctly favorable to the repiy. the prevailing note bein; of jubilation. Tokio, Sept. ?A special jtfTissioT representing the Czc -ho-Slovj^ troop in Siberia has arrived in Jawnn to ex press thanks to the Japane&e govern ment for sending military/assistance BEST MEN IN THE FRONT. CORRESPONDENT DESCRIBES NEW OFFENSIVE IN FLAN DERS. Bavarians Fought Well But No Match for British Legions Which Smashed Through and Reached Roulers. London, Oct 15.?Describing the first day's of the new offensive in Flanders, the correspondent of The Mail at British headquarters says the operation has gone ahead with clock liKe regularity. The chief German re sistance came from the First Bava rian Guards reserve and the Sixth cavalry which fought stubbornly. "The German front line was held strongly, the correspondent says, "The Bavarians advanced from their trenches in the face of the British barrage and calmly set up their ma chine gun. They did all that was asked of them, but they met a fa mous division which in its charge went clean through and around the enemy and reached the Roulers rail road before the German support could arrive. Highly valuable ground was thus taken at the outset. "It is a fact that the enemy has put the most and the best of his men in the front ranks and when these were forced back the British had much less trouble in advancing. German forces at Wervicq and Menin, which guarded the right ot the British attack, ap parently made only slight resistance and surrendered at once. "Before the end of the first day all the principal industrial towns in Western Belgium were being threat ened. To the north the Germans along the coast are also in peril." THE FRENCH LIGHT TANKS. They Spread Panic In The German Ranks. With the American Armies, Sept. 25 (Correspondence of The Associat ed Press)?Greater laurels daily art being won by the French light "tanks" which are cooperating with the American forces in pushing the Germans back toward the Rhine. Among the many individual feat! of the tanks and their drivers which have come to light, one of the most interesting, perhaps, is that of Briga dier Cellier, who has been decoratec'i with the cross of the Legion of Hon or for his work in a light tank which enabled fifteen American soldiers tc capture 700 Germans. Several hundred of these tanks lei' the counteroffensive from the Villers Cotterets forest in July, which markec what appears to have been the turn ing point of the war. They broke through the enemy's line, destroying his machine gurf? sections, overcoming strong centerj of resistance and spreading panic and demoralization in the German ranks Wherever the infantry was preced ed by the "chars d'assaut" as the French call them, the advance was three miles a day. It was these same French light 'tanks" which preceded the Ameri cans in their advance upon Juvigny and Terny on the. Soissons plateau. One of them, manned by a lieuten ant, killed more than 200 Germans on the plateau. Documents that have come into the hands of the French staff sbow that the Germans are greatly worried by the light tanks and are studiously coaching their men in methods of de cense against them. The light cars have the advantage of greater speed and of being more easily handled than the heavier tanks. They require a crew of only two men, a driver and a gunner and car ry a one and a-half inch gun and z machine gun. ADVANCE IN LILLE SECTOR. British Gained Ground Beyond Douai Last Night. London, Oct. 16.?Gains of ground >y British patrols last night in the Douai-Lille sector are officially an nounced by Gen. Haig today. Some After Thoughts. New York, Oct. le.-^-Regret that President Wilson was not encourag ed by Germany in his policy of peace before America's entry into the war is voiced in an editorial in the Ber lin Tageblatt. It says: "We are of the opinion, based on valuable evidence and information, that Wilson strove for the fame of a peace mediator, that it would have been a wise policy to encourage him in that and that all the rest was not a wise policy. But whoever dared to speak of a Wilson peace at that time committed heinous treason." War Camp Community Service. Soldiers from South Carolina are enjoying the hospitality of soldiers' clubs in cities all over the country, and no matter to what camp they ar? sent they will find the War Camp Community Service at work in each municipality stimulating and provid ing clubs, entertainments, home hos pitality and friends for them when they leave camp and go to town on Saturday afternoon or Sunday. In the same way, soldiers from ev ery corner of the United States art enjoying the hospitality of South Carolinians in our camp cities. The result of this War Camp Com munity Service is not only to keep ur the spirits of the boys away fron: home, keeping them clean mentalis and physically, but it is introducing them t?> each other?-soldiers and cit //ms from aH^Jarts of the country. It is !mv*tfie paid workers of th< War ?ffmp Community Service wh< bavt^^ie biggest part in this work buyf-the volunteer workers of all th' ^anizntions, and the citizens in th mp cities. The War Camp Com unity Service consists not in th work of one organization alone bu the community. Biggest Man in Rumania. (Philadelphia 1 nouirer.) It looks as though Queen Marl were about the biggest man in Ru mania. GREAT RETREAT BEGINS. HUNS FLEEING FROM SCENE OI THEIR CRLMES. Victory of Belgians, Under King Al bcrt, and Their Allies Forces Ger nuuis to Make Hurried Retreat From Western Part oi* Belgium. With the Allied Armies in Belgium, Oct. 16 (By the Associated Press), 4.30 p. m.?The Germans have start ed a retreat on a tremendous scale from northern Belgium, French cav alry is approaching Thielt, seven miles from the banks of the Ghent Bruges Canal. The canal itself is only 10 miles from the border of Holland. So fast is the enemy retreating that the French, British and Belgian infantry at least, in the center ot the battle front, have lost touch en tirely with the enemy. The Belgians advancing astride the Thourout-Bruges and Thourout-Os tend roads have defeated the Ger mans who are retreating rapidly. This undoubtedly is one of the war's greatest and most vital victor ies, for the gallant little Belgian army, ably assisted by crack French and British troops, now has driven che despoilers ot itsjcountry from a large section which the Germans have occupied since the early days of the war and has gained position of such importance that the Germans may have j abandon the entire coast ot Be.gium. Moreover, the sweeping advance of the allied infantry, preceded by a fan of French cavalry advancing rapidly, has left the entire area in whioh are the important/ city of Lille and the great mining'and manufacturing dis tricts of Tourcoing, Roubaix and Tour nai, in a salient which is growing deeper every hour and which the enemy can not hope to hold. The French cavalry, which is on the crest of the a'^ed advance, has done mar ?vlous \ ':. Today it galloped for ward more than 10 kilometers, fre quently carrying out charges with all the dash usually associated with the cavalry upon isolated posts of enemy machine gunners which vainly at-, tempted to hold up its advance. Some of these gunners taken prisoner said they are unable to understand why the war was going on, and why they were called upon to continue fighting. One officer said: "We have offered all the terms in the world for peace; nobody seems willing to accept them." Resistance, where it has been or dered by the enemy, has been extra ordinarily fierce, for in these places it obviously has been the purpose 02 the commanders of the fleeing Ger mans to gain time in which to remove their materials. Stubborn fighting has been reported, especially from the region of Thourout. The battle here has been from street to street and house to house and large num bers of the enemy have been killed. Some Belgian forces have swept around the city in order to cut the roads at the rear and also assist in bottling up the enemy trying to hold out in the city itself. The Germans have placed machine guns in the windows of houses and cellars and fired murderous streams of bullets into the advancing Bel gians but were unable to stop them. The Belgians fought with a. dogged determination such as only troops fighting to regain their outraged coun try could display. Nothing could stop them. The British following up the re creating Germans and overcoming rear guards, are reported as reaching Quesnoy and captured Linselle, along the Lys. The Belgians at the time this dispatch was filed were report ed to be past Keyem and to have reached positions on the other side of Cachten and Ardoye, both of which they captured. Northeast of Cour trai, Bavichove was stormed and tak en and the Belgians were still going. The Linselles position is most val uable for the place being northwest of Tourcoing the allied troops are gradually outflanking the entire Lille salient, from which there are furth er signs that the enemy is withdraw ing. As a matter of fact, his troops in this salient are in an extremely precarious position. They must get out rapidly or face disastrous conse quences. A thousand more prison ers and many more cannon have been captured. The Germans at many places especially in the northern part of the battle area, seem to be surrend ering freely. Many more civilians have been rescued from the towns zr-d districts captured and little pro cessions of these are straggling rear ward out of range of the guns and cut of the way of the fighting troops. Stories are beginning to come back how liberated Belgian women have seen their sons, brothers or hus bands going forward into battle. Quite a number of civilians also have been rescued from Roulers and its environs, the Germans having left j in such a hurry that they had noi j time to evacuate the civilians who I wanted to stay and take a chance o? ! being liberated. Today these men, j women and children are again walk i ing on the free soil of France. i The Germans appear to be making 'strenuous efforts to save their muni tions and equipment and their ma terial, the accumultaion of four years I from the coast district of Belgium. : The roads behind the Germans are littered with all sorts of transports and allied airplanes are again playing ? havoc with the retreating enemy, j The weather today was cloudy but : no more rain has fallen. However. 1 Flanders is mud from one end to the ! o?ier and this condition makes move I ment difficult.. The allied soldiers I have put up with great hardships, for i they realize that they have the ene 1 my on the run in the most vital section : of* the Western front and do not de : sire to let him have a chance to re I assemble his shattered units. Out side Courtrai the infantry has pro gressed about three miles and her< have be.m compelled to fight their way forward, for the Germans hac orders to hold on to the last and the> I did so. Not many of those who hac been stationed with machine guns tc try to hold up the advance of the al 'lied troops managed to escape. Vir mm M MMi HOPE FOR PEACE SOMEWHAT DAMPENED, SAYS PRESS. President's Note Doesn't Mark an Ad vance on Path to Peace, Declares Frankfort Zeitung. Amsterdam, Oct 16.?Commenting >n President Wilson's reply to the German peace offer, the Berlin Vois sische Zeitung asks: "What guarantees does President Wilson offer that military superiority will not be utilized afterwards by his allies in a manner opposed to the principles of justice and concilia tion?" "It appears that we are at a stage when it is still possible to warn the enemy that in the history of the world it has often been proved a mis take to drive a strong nation, which in order not to venture its all, offer ed its hand in peace, into summon ing all its slumbering forces to the national battle." The Frankfort Zeitung says: "President Wilson's reply cannot *>e said to make an advance on the patri ot' peace. On the contrary another spirit speaks in the note. The spirit of Clemenceau and Lloyd George makes its presence felt and causes doubt to arise whether the path can lead to thcgoal." The semi-official North German Ga zette, of Berlin, says: "President Wilson's reply has part ly carried the discussion farther and partly extended it. "A fresh counter utterance by the German government therefore 1st nec essary so that the bringing about of an armistice and the inauguration of peace negotiations are not yet imme diately attainable." - . The Cologne Gazette, which often speaks authoritatively, commenting on President Wilson's reply to For- . eign Minister Solf, says: "After President Wilson's note, hope for peace must be lowered a few pegs." The Cologne Volks-Zeitung takes the same stand. This newspaper de clares that a cessation of Germany's u-boat warfare cannot be demanded before an armistice is concluded. "The Germans must lower their hopes of a near peace of justice without humiliation," says the Co logne Volks-Zeitung. A BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT. President Wilson's Note Like a Cold Doueh on German Hopes. London, Oct. 16.?It is expected that the German imperial chancellor will make a decision today on the matters contained in President Wil son's latest notice, says a Copenhagen dispatch to The Exchange Telegraph Co. German papers point out the message adds that Wilson's message has had the effect of a cold douch on the hopes engendered by his first note. LOSSES OF BRITISH. Casualties Given for Thirty-nine Weeks. New York, Oct. 15.?Bnlishcasual- _ ties during the first ^9 weeks*oT t<*0" aggregated 700,000, according to a ca blegram received by the British bu reau of information today. This does * not include losses in the heavy fight ing of the past two weeks. The message states that during the : period between January 1 and Octo [ ber 1, the lowest casualty list for any 'single week, was 4,126 and the high I est over 40,000. Turks Must Surrender. London, Oct. 15.?Great Britain's reply to Turkey, The Evening News says it understands, will be a de mand for unconditional surrender. The Turks will be required to nego tiate an armistice with General Al lenby, commander of the British1 forces in Palestine and Syria. BRITISH ENTER LILLE. Patrols in Southwestern Suburbs of City Today. Paris, Oct. 16.?British patrols en tered the southwestern suburbs of Lille this morning. J tually all were killed or wounded or are prisoners. At the Thielt positions the French cavalry has begun to come into a country where the ground and roads are harder, allowing them to oper ate more freely, it is through this gap thta the Germans through the entire Belgian coast system must go if they wish to save themselves, providing, of course, the advance continues. In cidentally every yard of advance here narrows the enemy's escape gap. It would seem that if the weather holds out long enough and the ad vance continues at the present rate of I speed the Germans soon will have J lost control of great stretches of Bel gium, especially the coast which is important for submarines aside from stretches of northern France from where all rules of tactics and strate gy demand, they must evacuate as being outflanked with their lines turned. t Moreover the German high com mand is not in a position to send re inforcements of any consequence to Flanders. The Belgians, British and French count among their prisoners tfie en tire staff of a crack German regi ment, including the colonel com manding. What has become of the German infantry in the center of the battle field is not known. All that is certain is that the advancing allied troops have not encountered any in some hours. Progress for Belgians. Havre. Oct. 16.?The Belgians have extended their battle front north of the Handzeeme Canal where they have made progress in the region of Schoore, five miles from the North Sea southeast of Nieuport, and gen erally gained ground eastward as far as Coolscamp, according to the official communiontion issued tonight. The town of Iseghem. east of Roul ers, has been captured.