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THE S?MTEK WATCHMAN, EsMf Coar olidated Aug. 2,1 FIFlilimi PRISONERS AUSTRIAN $ PUNISHED SEVERE LY ON THE PIAVE. Determined Effort Being Made to Drive Them. Out of Italy is Meetiu "With Success. Italian Headquarters on Piave. Monday. Oct. .28?Fifteen thousand prisoners had been taken by the Brit ish, Italians and French up to late today in their advance across the Piave river, which for the third time in: one year is the scene of a des perate battle. The Austrians are be ing steadily pushed back from the eastern bank of the river. GEN. DEBENEY MOVES ON. Closes in'on Guise Capturing Ger man Trenches and Barracks. . Paris, Oct. 29.?1-Gen. Debeny's first army continues to close in on Guise. He has captured the German first line trenches, barracks and hospital south of Chateau in the town of Guise; it is officially announced. South c f ? t Guise the French have passed beyond Ilouvry farm. - . EMBARGO ON EGYPTIAN COTTO? " 1 1 ? > BistHhc?on Committee .Recommends Action inx Behalf of Extra. Staple Growers. ' ~ ^ahington, Oct. 30.?Senator ?D. - ? U. Fletcher of Florida today - made public the following letter from Thomas VEalker Page, chairman . ihe cotton: committee of war indt -<t tries beard: J Regarding the matter of cotton production and its price, it is my un ; derstanding that the quality of extra staple cotton used in the manufac ture of automobile tires has been greatly reduced on account of the . fact that factories engaged in making tire fabrics have been largely di verted to the manufacture of goods for the army and that this condition is chiefly ^responsible for the slowing up of the demand for extra stapb cotton. "I am advised by the committee , or cotton distribution that this''commit tee h?? just completed a thorough- in vestigation of the , entire .s*raatlon ^p: the prospective supV?es and con sumption of .extra staple cotton - this country -and that as' a result ot their * findings a . recomrnendation; teert made to the war: trade boar< that no further supplies of old worl< Egyptian cotton be imfUarted i: this country UEitiT changed conditfoi : * may require V: additional;, stock. ^ Of course I am'unable to say whatr:< e?tsfen the cotton cbmmittee tip&iff reach with reference to tht /. p^jicy of fixing a price for cotton a : l/have made the above statements that you may know that price aside, steps are being taken to pre vide a market for extra stanle cot ton." ' ; ?TJBLE IN PORTO RICO. I .-. ?;? -i-. ;; ;^8en^r'?t>:WoHc to Frev< ^Exj^rt of I^bor. ? plpfcsm* Porto. Rico, . Oct. 5 (Cor ^dence of The Associated if-jAn- attempt to prevent or i. fhe -rribbiliz?tj?n of Porto laborers if ox transportation to *"i)?nd; lor work in war indusT ,.been. discovered by . th? ; States Employment.^ Office in i^?an. Special Agent Roberts de res, such action is directly against tffe-vital interest of the nation and ^tt/if .the persons responsible are fount! out they will *>e- severely dealt /jflwt the"'f^eral authorities. >\^he^fact that. 3.000 Porto Rican ^^kinen have already left the island ?(^S^^bkt many more may leave has ^onsed. resentment and opposition an d . an effort to discourage men from Joining the ourgoing army of work cr&Jhas .been going on for at least a c?*S>Ie'"of weeks/ ' Iti. one . large town - where two weeks, ago last Sunday it was ar j?#ged to hold a mass meeting to ex jflaixi to the laborers the purpose for ^ich they , were sent north and the tri'htment they would receive, it is add. that the agents employed by the SK^utr. men of the vicinity were out Cjfcr jn;' ail the \cane workers 51.50 to fr^liimo work during the entire day. . ^(-e^nUy th? ?ssistant examinees in %iay?ma stated that the work of ?iUpg the quota was being held back by the discouraging reports and ac counts of the war work disseminated among the men. ,. yit is the kind of thing that the I. W/jW. has befcn charged with doing in the mainland," says Mr. Roberts. S&HP CONTRACTS CANCELLED. ^cnifieant Indication That The End of > the War is Approaching, v*>5Vashington, Oct. 30.?Contracts for ? the epnstruction, of a number of iibop. ships, costing sixty million dol l4t3,'-Jet to the Bethlehem yards at Al?ixieda.. CaHtprnia. have been can c&jed-by theShipping Board. It has been found that that type of ship is ?nhecessary fn bringing trops back fjfom Europe. The board also desires tihe present program completed by the end of 1919. * THE LAST TURKISH ARMY. Second Line Defense for Constanti nople Being Prepared. ? Paris, Oct 30.?(Havas.)?A dfs paieh from Athens to the Matin, says the "sole remaining Turkish army" has been concentrated at Bui lair, a town at the neck of the Gallipoli peninsula. The Tchetalja positions ore "being prepared ?s the second line of defense for Constantinople. : ?"| ?ed April, r$50. "Be furta .881. 81 1 TO REPORTS !? ! AUSTRIANS" FEEL BLOWS OVER ! SIXTp MILK -FRONT. | ; Enemy Resists Desperately in Moan? tam Region - and. Holds Ground, Fairly WeB but East of Piave Riv I er Karl's Men Fj?l B?ck in Disor der Before Italians, Americans, French and British?Indications That Stop Can Not Be Made Short of Border, Over a front of some 60 miles from the Brenta River in northern Italy to i the vicinity of the Adriatic Sea the Austro-Hungarians are being violent ly attacked by .Italian,' British, French and American troops. In thej mountain region the enemy is resist-1 ing desperately and; holding- hisj ground fairly well. East of the Piave River ^however, he is in flight across] the plains of Treviso, shaping his course over-th^ same territory through Iwhicii he drove the Italians-a year ago when he reached the eastern edge of the plains of Venetia. Already numerous towns have been I liberated, 33,000 prisoners have been taken and large numbers of guns and i machine guns and huge quantities of ] stores have fallen into the hands'of ithe allied troops. Far behind the J lines allietl aviators are heavily bomb i| ing enemy ^columns in dense masses which are in retreat c^er. the badly congested roads leading eastward to ward the Austrian frontier. Judging the situation from the rap id advance the allies are making it would appear that the entire enemy I front has been^brolcen east of the Pijrve sudd that with^the' cavalry oper ating far in advance , of the infantry the enemy forces will be unable tc re form their battle line until the Au*> I trian border is reached. It is not un I likely that many of the Austrd-Hun garians are doomed to capture or ex termination by the allies. On the western front in France and Belgium there has been a marked diminution in the intensity of the I activity. Along the British line there have been- only patrol encounters and reciprocal bombardments. The French however, are tmgaged in another at i tack on a front of about seven and a half miles between St Quentin-Ie, j Petit and Herpy, in the general dire ? tionof Ithe enemy's communication lines running eastward from the old SL Quentin and Laon sectors and also with the purpose of driving a wedge into this part of the southern battle j line and thereby compel the enemy to; readjust his. front through Cham pagne to the-.Meuse. > . - v i Around. Grand-Pre, nortVc.f- tile*! Argoane forest, the Amj?ic*ns * have ! materially bettered their positions'in attacks against the Germans; The Bellejoyeuse farm which for several days had' been, no man's land now is virtually ail held by the Amer icans. East of the Meuse there also has been considerable fighting, but it has resulted in no" great change in po sition. The big American guns are contin [ umg heavily to shell .German positions far- behind the 'lines and' '^bombingj .planes also are' intensively active' against, troop concentration points!' In air fighting the Americans Wed-1 nesday sent 21 German aviators flash- j ing;to the ground>: . Two of the Amer jican . fliers are mjssing. On. both' [sides in both Servia and Mesopotamia: the allied troops are still harassing ] tbe.enerr.^. Servian cavalry has ar-; j rived at the Danube,/a short dis-j j tance southeast of Belgrade. In Mes-1 j opotamia the British advance has j j-proceeded 150 miles up the Tigris! ! River from Bagdad, j It is reported that Turkey has iii-; j vited the allies to send the air fleets i i into the Dardanelles ana also to. land! a small, detachment of troops, to su p?- rvise the demobilization ' of the j Turkish army. ! ._! NO NEWS OF ARMISTICE. j Washington Not Advised That Terms! Have Been Framed. i Washington, Oct. 31.?No informa- I j tion reached Washington today i through either official or diplomatic ! channels to indicate that American ! and allied .military representatives j in France had completed the work o? ! framing the terms upon which Ger I many might be granted an armistice. i ? j CAMP WADSWORTH IN COURT. ; Spartanburg Citizens Object to Paying j t Rent for Property. ! Spartanburg, Oct. 31.?Five taxpay - ers of the city of Spartanburg have I begun legal action to enjoin the may-1 ; or and city commissioners from^ pay j ing the annual rental of fifteen thou sand dollars from the funds of the city on the-property now used by the gov ernment at Camp Wadsworth. Weather and Crop Report. Columbia, Oct. 30.?The closing week of the orop season of 1918 was j marked by excessive rains and floods I in the upper Santee River System, at- j tended by much property and crop i . damages in the lowlands. Otherwise, j j the crop situation was materially im-; i proved,'although the weather was comparatively dry on the coastal ; plain. Winter grain planting has feee:: ; resumed in extensive areas, and ger mination of oats and rye has improv ed. An increased wheat acreage is ; promised. Cotton picking and ginning | t have made good progress, and heavy [movement continues; the late cron I continues fruiting satisfactorily, and j the output is increasing. Late corn j , is about ready to cut. Fall truck! in the southern counties is materially j improved. Forage .harvests have con-j tinued, and considerable work of thisj kiad remains to be done. od Fee? tot?Det ?H toe ends Thon Ali JMTEE, S. 0., SATXJRR SEVERED FROM _ AUSTBU. - . I CZECHO-SLOVAKS CUT RAILROAD} BETWEEN BERLIN AND - VIENNA. The Utter Defeat of Tfte Central Pow-4 ers is Developing With Startling Swiftness. I Paris, Oct. 31.?Communication bef tween A&T?m, Budapest and Vienna; has been totally interrupted. The Czecho-Slovaks have also cut the railroad between Berlin : an| Vienna near Rodenbach^ German trains can go only as far as ' Schna dau, according to a Zurich dispatch. KNOW) WHAT TO EXPECT. Berlin Paper States That Marshfd| Foch's Armistice", Terms Arrived in? Berlin Tuesday Night. London, Oct., 31.?Marshal Foch'sj terms of armistice ? arrived, in ^Berlin Tuesday night, the Berlin Voissich& Zeitung says it: learns, according t& an Exchange Telegraph dispatch frona Copenhagen. ?-_-_-:-? . SAYS KAISER WILL QVtT. - ? Deputy Kalkhof Declares He Can Aff /firm Statement. . J Basel, Oct. ^0.?Deputy 'Richard Kalkhof declared at a recent meeting of the Centrist party that he was abl^ to affirm that Emperor William would j ! not cling to the crown, but would ab-j dicate for Germany's good, according to the Cologne Tageblatt. FIFTEEN AUSTRIAN- DIVISIONS IN DEADLY PERIL. Allies Pressing Their Advantage on Italian Front to The UtmostrrAnsi trian losses Appalling. Washington, Oct. 31.?Fifteen Aus* j trian divisions, operating between thl Brenta and Piave rivers on the Ital| ian front, have had their retreat cut] oft" through the capture of the moun tain pass at Vadal, by the allied j troop?;, according to an official wire-] less message froth/ Rome today. . ? It says the advantage is; being press^ ed to the utmost and that a crisis is near. The,enemy losses are described as I appalling. U _? ITALIAN FRONT ABLAZE All the..Italian ArmfeT~are Now i?| Action Against Enemy. London, Oct/ 31.?The entire Ital ian front is ablaze, a Central New dispatch from Rome says. All the Italian armies are now in action. HUN ATTACK REPULSED. French Take Fifteen Hundred Prlfe* .... oners. Paris, Oct. 31.?The French yester day repulsed a strong German coun ter'attack southwest of Chateau Por cein, it is officially announced.: Or the Oise front there has been only artillery activity. In the last two days the French fifth , army has iak en nearly 1,500 prisoners. ITALIANS GAINING GROUND. Victory -on Piave Bearing.- Fruit hi Regained Territory. London, Oct. 31.?The British righting east of the Piave have reach ed the Livenasa river at Francengo.J The Italians have also occupied'Oder--] so/ according to the official statement today. A FEW PRISONERS TAKEN. Last Night Was Comparatively Quid on British Front. London, Oct. 31.?The official state ment on the operations In France and Belgium today says that a few pris oners were captured in successful raids last night in the neighborhood of Lequesnoy. FLEEING FROM SERBIA. I Austrians Cress the Danube With Cob ors Trailing, I Vienna, Wednesday, Oct. 30.?The ! Austro-Hungarian forces on their j eastern wing in Serbia are withdraw : ing from, occupied territory and have j completed the crossing of the Danube I according to the official statement to j night. Elsewhere in Serbia the Aus ! trian withdrawal continues. TAFT IN BAD COMPANY. Former President Forgets National Loyalty in Partisan Zeal. New York, Oct. 31.?Col. Roose j velt and Taft, issued here today I joint appeal for the election^of a Re publican majority in congress. Seat ed at a table at the Union League Club they prepared the statement and discussed old times while it was bein? j typed. AUSTRIA BEGGING FOR PEACE. Another Appeal from Premier An dressy to Secretary Lansing. Washington, Oct. 31.?Minister! Ekergren, of xSweden, delivered to I Secretary Lansing today the note oH Count Andrassy, asking the secretary i Of State to intervene with Presiden* I Wilson for favorable action on the Austrian request for armistice terms. : Good for Toothache. "Dull, uninteresting magazine yau're getting out." _ >rstand. This is for ts to place on their. oa t ? be thy Country*. God'e l AY, NOVEMBEE 2, 191 mm H NATIONAL COMMITTEE TAKES <5ffARGE OF GOVERNMENT AT PjRAGUE. > Centuries Old Dominion of Austria Overthrown and People of Bohemia Now Exercise Functions of Govern ment. Copenhagen, Oct. 30.?The Czech National Committee took over the functions of the local government in Prague, the Bohemian capital on last- Monday, marking the final step of their successful revolution there, according to a telegram from Rome. Austrian imperial symbols were re moved and imperial proclamations torn down. City officials have taken the Oath of allegiance, to the. Czech state.' Thiring Monday night the gen eral commanding the Prague garri son placed the entire armed force at the disposal of the Czech commit tee. HUNGARY CUT TO PIECES. Slovaks,-Will Have Their Own Coun try Independent of Magyarp. Paris, Oct. 31.?The Croatian par liament 5-at Agram lias voted .for the total separation of Croatia, t Slovania and Dalmatia nrom Hungary, accord^ ing to a Geneva dispatch to the Ma tin. The. report says Agram is dec orated .in the national colors, and the people are celebrating the passage of the resolution. -METIjBEJIHtEfl. V* ALLIES WILL EXACT COMPLETE AND UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER. I Dardanelles Must be Opened and Adequate Force of Allied Troops Landed on Turkish Soil. London, Oct. 31.?A note from Turkey., asking for peace is expected momentarily by ? the allied govern ments,. The Daily Express says it un derstands. . The paper adds that the allies will f demand complete and unconditional [ surrender, and insist that Turkey permit the allied fleet to pass, the Dardanelles and tnat an adeauatc force be landed on Turkish soil. Tur key must also deliver up certain per: l^sons accused of disregarding the rules >f civilized warfare who will be given trial.' "' ' HEARS TURKEY'S PLEA. Secretary Lansing Will Transmit Re quest to Allies. Washingon, Oct. 31.?Secretary j Lansing today notified the Turkish government-_that the United States will bring its request for an armistice rto the attention of the allies. APPEALS TO ENGLAND. Turkey Calls on Old Time Friend Whom She Betrayed to Aid Huns. London, Oct. 31:?Reuters Agency has been informed that Great Brit tin has officially received definite pro posals from Turkey which are re garded as tantamount to uncondi ion?l surrender. Turks Granted Armistice. London, Oct. 31. 3.15?The Turk ish armistice took effect at noon to day. ? TURKS SUBMISSION ABJECT. They Accept All TJie Conditions of Allies for Armistice. By Associated Press. London, Oct. 31, 1 P. M.?Turkey hrs agreed to an armistice on the terms prescribed by the allies. BRUTAILITY OF HUNS. Documents Signed by German Com manders Direct Destruction of Towns. Washington, Oct. 30.?Document-: quoting orders issued by German .ommanders for the methodical de struction of property and for the poisoning of wells during the recent evacuation of Belgian and French territory have reached Washington. Among them is an order taken fron; a prisoner, issued by the commander of the One Hundred and Eighth In fantry Brigade of The German army on September ",, directing specifical ly that certain villages be destroyed by the rear guard. Designated > ?inits are assigned to the destruction cf the villages named >\Y)(\ in addition the order states "it is the duty of every one to participate ?n these destructions," which are tc e carried out with method and les haste." The order, which is signed "Week," presumably either the brigade com mander or his chief of staff, says "it is recalled that wells are to be con taminated." SERBIANS MOVING ON. Cavalry Within Twenty-four Miles or Belgrade. Saloniki. Oct. 30.?Serbian cavalry "have reached the Danube east of Se mendria 124 miles southeast of Bel-, rnule^ and occupied Pozhurevatz headquarters announce today. FIGHTING IN AGRAM. Slovoiwa's New Capital Scene of Great Bloodshed. London, Oct. 31.?Sanguinary fighting is going on in Agram, the capital of Croatia and Slavonla, ac- j cording to a private message receiv-1 ed in Amsterdam. m? Truths." THE TRUE LS.. . HEBIlifS m GOVERNMENT I>R. SOLE FOLLOWS UP PLEA FOR PEACE WITH EXPLANATION. Alleges That Germany is Now Ad ministrated by Constitutional Gov ernment and That Ail Power Rests in The {Hands of Reichstag. Washington, Oct. 30.?Another note from the German government reach ed Washington today. It supplements j the last brief communication saying | that armistice terms were awaited, by j reciting in detail to the government! all the changes which have taken j place in Germany als evidence that the kaiser has been deprived of all power of making war or negotiating peace. | This time the Germans do not address ' President Wilson personally, but send the~information for the American gov- | ernment, apparently recognizing that the stage of personal appeals passed with the transmission of their armis tice and peace plea to the allies. The note reiterates that the actual power and responsibility of govern ment has been transferred to the reichstag and describes the progress necessary tb the constitutional, changes. It will probably be forward ed immediately to Paris, where the supreme war council is already re-, ported to have formulated terms of .an ^armistice. lt'-'waS' learned today 'that - President Wilson is working on the reply to the last Austrian note. The Teply will probably be made public before night. It is expected to inform the . authorities, at Vienna that on the basis of acceptance of all conditions,- including the actual independence, and not more automdriy for subject nationalities their request had been referred to the allies. THE SITUATION UNCHANGED.r Next Step in Peace Negotiations Will he Announcement of Terms of Ar ! mJstfce. Washington, Oct. SO.?Tt was stat ed later that ? the new com' municaion made no change in the situation. The next step is expected to be the announcement from one or all of the allied capitals of the co belligerents of the armistice terms. CONFERENCE CALLED OFF. 1 Slate Meeting of Social Workers Will Not Re Held November 19. It has been decided by:the execu . tive committee of the Souiifc^Carolina ; State Conference of Social Work, an? the Sumter Chamber-of Commerce tc call off the Conference of the first named organization: scheduled to be held irf Suniter November 19th-2#th and 51st. This action was decided upon by advice of Dr. J. A. Hayne, ? State Health Officer in a long distance talk with Dr. A. T. Jamison, of 1 Greenwood, president of the Confer , ence, and telegraphic communica tion with the Sumter Chamber o: Commerce. While Dr. Hayne think? j that the quarantine against schools, I churches, and all public gatherings j will be lifted by November 19th, nev ertheless he thinks that the influenza situation does net warrant holding this conference at. the scheduled time. The Sumter Chamber of Commerce telegraphed Dr. Jamison concurring in the opinion of Dr. Hayne, as Dr. Jamison wired here to find out what Sumter thought about calling this meeting off.. SHOULD HOLD COTTON. Farmers Urged Not to Sell by Cotton States O/hcial Advisory Marketing Board. Washington, Oct. 30.?Cotton grow ers were urged not to sell their prod uct at the present prices, in tele grams sent out today by the, Cotton States Official Advisory Marketing Board to commissioners and presi dents of Farmers' Unions through out the South. "The insidious work of the price fixing propagandists," said the tele grams, "which was started more than a year ago and which was vigor ously renewed when the war industry board announced that it was about to assume control of the cotton sltua I tion is having its effect. The3' are I now trying to break the market to j about that level. It is now a ques tion whether the cotton farmer or the; insidious interests fighting cotton will j win. The farmers can win by refus-j Ing to sell at these prices." -_-?:- j LASTS WEEK LONGER, I NcwDcrry Health Board Extends In- j fluenza Quarantine. I Newberry; Oct. 30.?At a meeting! j this afternoon the city board of ; I health an order was passed extend-! j ing the influenza 'quarantine-to Sun-j ! day, November' 10. There have' been; : very few cases here for .some time, j I but now and then'some one takes it. I I and so the infection is still here. The j ! board thought that the. epidemic; ? might break out again if persons were j j permitted to gather in crowds at the time set by the State board, which is ?next Sunday, the 3rd. The members! j believe the disease will be stamped! ! out completely by the additional j I week of quarantine and that there 1 I may be more time saved by postpon- j ? ing the opening of churches, schools, j i etc., than by opening: at the time! 1 named by the State beard. BRITISH BEAT THE TURKS. Thousand Prisoners Catnred in Bat tle in Mesopotamia. London. Oct. 30.?The Turks were I heavily engaged by the British Tues- j day north of Kaleh Sherghat, the of Octal report on the Mesopotamian I operations says. The British captur- j ed 1,000 Turks. I ! SOtFTHBON, E?tab&5he? Iva*, i*B* Vol. XLvTI-No.2S;~ ITOfiY OVER lOSTBim HUGE BAG OF PRISONERS MADE ON ITALIAN FRONT. Fierce Offensive Launched by Italians With Assistance of Allied and American Troops^ Now Extends Practically All Along Course- of ; Piave River. Washington, Oct. 30.?Thirty-three thousand Austrian troops, hundreds of guns,- and innumerable machine j guns Joave been -captured by Italian I and allied forces on the :. H?fl*nr~ j front, said an official dispatch today I from Rome. The Three Hundred I and Thirty-second American Infan try regiment; has gohe into action and the fighting now extends^ practically all along the course, of the, Piave Riv er, j ;' "" ' '? ?? ? ? ? ? ; ' The AUstrians are resisting stub bornly; throwing in many new divis ions -hut have not been able to stop the advancing forces". ''Our offensive is developing farth er south," said the dispatch, "and stretches practically all along' the course of the Piave. The Third Army is. now in action successfully;' The line between the Brenta and the sea is strongly held/by the greater part ofi.the Italian army alongside oil which/is the Fourteenth Army Qorps of British?. troops and a French di vision. The "Three Hundred and i Thirty-second American Infantry I regirnent is: now also in action. "The enemy is resisting with ? ex | ceptional stubbornness and is throw j ing into the fray new : divisions-with, out, hoWever, being successful holding back our troops. In" the Grappa region the troops of the First j Italian Army with the support of the J Twelfth Army has been successful in beating the enemy at Segusino and has conquered . Mont Gesen. The Eighth1: A^rny 'has>~occupied the nar ? row pass of Follinarfand has already reached Vittoria ^The \ Tenth Aimy after having established/ solid bridge-; heads over the Monticaho River has crossed the river and is advancing along the road Coneglian-Odrzo. The Third :Army, after neutralizing the formidable "artillery fire of the enemy has crossed'the Piaye-^aind San Dona di Piave and east ef Zensbn. - 4tThe number of: prisoners: captured; up to the present moment amount to- 802 officers and 32;I98 men.' Hun-, dreds of guns have - also been c?p tured. It is impossible -to ? calculate the number of machine guns'which' have fallen into bur hands.. > \ 4In AlbaniaVour troops,^ after beat ing the rear guards of/the . enemy, Jiaye occupied SaniGicy??^ and are rapidly advamang onSeutari.'* ; ,> An .earhter official .idisp?tcb ffeggfe Rome.,said,.that -more. t&a&\?0G: vtt^ lages and towns haa" been? l??e1$?e$j since the. offensive, began, and tiaat the' Austrian, army corps on the left had been retired in disortler, leaving' ; behind war. materials . and several ! hundred guris. The. p/osition of the j Sixth- Austrian Army Corps was de j scribed as very critical. ' ! SUNDAY R^OT IN BUDAPEST, ? Many Killed and Wounded in Street , Conflicts. ? Berne, Switzerland,, Oct. 30.?(By the* Associated Pr^ssX.?Numerous persons were-. killecV and /wounded in street conflicts between demonstrators and troops at Budapest on Sunday, aceordinjg to a dispatch received here tonight from the Hungarian capital. The manifestants insisted on pars ing over the great chain bridge to ward the old castle. Troops occupied tha bridge and the banks of. the Danube river. The crowd forced the cordon of troops and the military fired their rifles and machine; guns and attack 3d the rioters with bayonets. The strug gle continued almost all night. FREEST PEOPLE IN WORLD. Kaiser Declares Germans Shall Be to This Class. I Amsterdam, Oct. 30.?"Tho Ger I man people shall be the freest. people i j in the world." I This declaration was made , by Em | peror William in addressing the new^ State secretary October 21, according to a Berlin dispatch printed in The Rheinische West Faelische Zeltung, of Essen. GAIN EA3T OF MEUSE. Artillery on Both Sides Active'* With the American Army North west of Verdun, Oct. 29, 9 P. M. (By the Associated Press).?The American troops improved their positions in the region of Aincreville and east of the Meuse today. The artillery was very active on both sides, the Germans using heavy guns from various parts of the front, shelling Verdun, which now is almost daily occurrence. Arounv. Wavrille the Germans at tempted a : local counterattack, but were repulsed. An officer and four German privates were taken prison er. There was fierce fighting near Bel leau wood, which the Americans hold. The American guns replied to ths enemy batteries around Bois TEcurey, Reville and Chaumont. The Germans also shelled Ba.nthevile and CuneL Fires burned most of the day in the neighborhood of Dun, Ancre and Eyanrue and Doulcon, which are be lieved to.'aave been caused by Amer ican bombs or shells. There are no in dications that the Germans are with* drawing. The Americans have consolidated ? their positions in the Grand-Pre sec- ? tor, firmly establishing themselves oayj :hft sotuhern edge of Bourgofi?H v^otod, Talma and Bellejoyeuse JgBffl in No Man's Land. .