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LAST EDITION Associated pr SANJOAQU1N a I Tonight and Tuesday fair light norths westerly a inds mmm CM pM Ten Pages STOCKTON SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY CALIFORNIA MONDAY OCTOBER 28 1918 tr I 1 Fall Associated and United Press Service NO 18 THE NOTE Associated Press! BASEL Oct 28 Austria-Hungary In notifying President Wilson Unit it Is ready to enter tiKn peace negotiations and arrange an armistice asks 1 resident AVI Ison In Its reply to liini to begin overtures on the subject The Austro-Hungarian foreign minister instructed the Austro-Hungarian minister at Stockholm to ask the Swedish minister to send the following note to the Washington government: "In reply to tho note of President Wilson of the Isth (19th7) of tills month addressed to the Austro-Hungarian government and giving the decision of the President to speak directly with the Austro-Hungarian government on the question of an armistice and peace the Austro-Hungarian government has the honor to declare that equally with the preceding proclamations of the President it adheres also to the same point of view contained ill the last note upon the rights of the Austro-Hungarian peoples especially those of tho Czecho-Klovans I and the Jugo-Klavs "Consequently Austria-Hungary accepting ail the conditions tha President ha laid for the entente negotiations for an armistice ami peace no obstacle exists according to judgment of the Austro-Hungarian government to the beginning of these negotiations "The Austro-Hungarian government declares itself ready in consequence without awaiting the result of other negotiations to enter Into negotiations upon peace between Auslria-Hungsry and tlie states in the opposing groups nnd for an immediate armistice upon alt Austro-Hungarian fronls It asks President "Wilson to be so kind as to begin overtures on tho subject The Austrian note is daed October 28 at Vienna and is signed byGofint Julius Andrassy tile new iorelgn minister THE BERLIN PAPERS PRINT WILSON REPLY AMSTERDAM Oct 28 President Wilsons note to Germany was printed in the German newspapers on Thursday evening and on relay morning The Vocsisihe Zeltutig of Berlin printed the English text alongside the note In German Many papers apparently contemplate without excessive lament the prospective disappearance of the Holienzollern dynasty The emporors abdication is again stroiigl t- ported to be Impending It Is noteworthy that the Frankfort Gazette hint at a coming "sacrifice with comparative equanimity and both tho Berlin and Frankfort loiK exchanges showed an Improved tek-otiry a the result of President WIM son's note Fear are not concealed that th Entente conference at Ianis-CiTrimt forward demands Imiomp tibia with Gorman honor but the anxiety to know tho exact term of the associated governments puts everything els In the backvround "Angtr and shame are bad enun-ae'lor saya the lxikal Atizieger of Berlin which is content to leave tha decision to tha army leaders is a Mrniflcant sign of the times that Irineo Llrhnowskys pamphlet blaming the German government for starting the war and gaying that England i'hi everything to avoid It ha ben permitted to reappear In Germany REPORT HINDENBURG ALSO HAS RESIGNED ZURICH Oct 28 Report that Field Marshal von Hindenburg ha resigned are printed in German news-fapers The Neuesta Nachrienten of Dresden nays the field marshal lias tendered his resignation but that the emperor has not yet decided whethec to accept It or not The Frankfort Gazette maintains that Von Hinden-turg has not resigned but reports to that efteet it says re being circulated by the Tan-Germans no SAN FRANCISCO ARRESTS 0E MASK SLACKERS SAN FRANCISCO Oct 28 -One hundred and ten pel-sons have been arrested here within the last 24 houis for failure to wear or Improper wearing of influenza masks All except a dozen who were without funds weio released under $18 bail WILSON CRITICIZED BY SEN VTOR KNOX WASHINGTON Oct 28 A protest against any peace terms dictated by President Wilson alone and not representative of American public opinion through senate consideration of the peace treaty was made In tha senate today hy Senator Knox of Pennsylvania Republican and former secretary of state in an address charging the President with politicai partisanship STANISLYU3 ItUKGUK HANGS HIMSELF KAN RAFAEL Oct 28 Tevls who had served eight years of a ten-year sentence for burglary in Stanislaus hanged himself with a towel In the celthouao in bun Quentin prison her VOL XLVIII VJ BIG OISE A-vemteil Piess WITH T11H FRENCH ARMIES IN FRANCE Oct 28 (Reuter's) General Debeney's army has won a signal victory The German forces honl-mg the Serro-Oite front are retreat and the whole German line between Chateau Iorcien and the Argonne is la danger of being turned i'ersistent attacKS by General De-benuys indefatigable Infantry have broken the river line which is the i water line commanded by the en-ity between the present front and the Vleuse PARIS Oct 28 Germanys armies hr begun a new retreat this time between the Oise and the Aisne Genera Debeney's lirst army in the face oi stubborn resistance and repeated counter attacks has succeeded in swinging on its right flank so that it faces east It has reached Guise and the Guise-Marie road driving the enemy before it Xleneral Debeney Is now In a posi-tionVo push rapidly along the upper ianse Valiey toward Hirson and Ver-h rough a level country devoid of streaTfV5- The lirst result ot hs nm-i-ess il to force the enemy opposing the Ufenth and Fifth French armies exiVivsted by fruitless counter att icks to 1 begin if backward movement eventually bound to tend to lront before Keithel will 01-'' to the Fourth army a double psuage of the Aisne and Ardennes caui Genera Doboney success was won by steer hard fighting The importance tbe enemy attached to stopping this passage up the Oise may be gathered trom the fact that the Germans yesierdav threw in three fresh divisions which however were knocked out TtFJJLS HOW GERMANY STORED UP COPPER LOS AX'liKEES Oct 28 Germany bought ast quantities of copper in the L'nited Aitates through Holland in the years Preceding the war and that accounts foi- her endurance in the resent fighting according to ex-ynhun- a Clark Montana copper doing i 1 hree big copper shipping concerns heere run by Merman directors and Vast shipments were made by these -tin panics to Holland Clark declared lie re today "At the time I could not Imagine iivhit the little Hollanders wanted to id with so much copper Clark declared I "hut the moment the great conflagration swept over Franco I Realized the meaning of It all" GERMAN REICHSTAG CONTROLS COMMANDER I LONDON Oct 28 The 'German k-eichstag by a great majority has Adopted a bill placing the military Commander under control of the civil government accord rig to an Ex-Sh arise Telegraph dispatch from I' jubjqenhagen ib! RECOMMEND DRYDOCKS FOR SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO Oct 28 Additional ship repairing facilities and two Ary docks capable of taking the largest (iip afloat have been recommended for dan Francisco Rear Admiral Rousseau manager of the division of ship plants of the emergency fleet corporation says MILITARY MEN SAY PEACE TALK HURTS WASHINGTON Oct 28 Military men today were hoping that peace developments would come quickly Thev said peace talk was having a demoralizing effect on the nation's war work I 61)0 LI FORM AN'S cam-i NOVEMBER 11 SACRAMENTO Oct 28 A call for die' induction of 15108 class 1 Cali-firnia draft registrants to entrain in he five-day period beginning November 11 was received today by Gov-nor VV'illmin Stephens from Pro-V" it Marshal General If Crowder rw this number 13049 were ordered Kelly field San Antonio Texas fne ipe-s 2059 including 59 negroes wore ordered to Camp Lewis near Tacoma Wash (KOTIT NS HOLDING FUME Oct 28 German news-r maintain that mutinous Croa- tan trooo are still masters of the if Flume in spite of official statements that they were under eon- According to the Zurich correspondent of the Journal the Croat'ana driven the Hungarians from the etty a SACK- DIIIR I MI JUIJD II PASSED AM'tTERDAM Oct 28 A dls-rui'hfrom liorlln says the ReichKtftg Friday passed In all its stages the bill amending the law relating to the gv un-men 1 Alsace-Lorraine lyj KAISER IS WILLING TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF GERMAN PEOPLE LONDON Oct 28 Emperor William has no intention of abdi- eating but is willing if It is for the good of the people to ordain that his rights shall be re- framed according to a statement attributed to German court cir- des The emperor is said to have remarked "I will not abandon my sorely tried people but if necessary I am ready to become something like hereditary president of a German republic like the kings of England Belgium and France1 kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk MEXICAN GOVERNMENT BUILDING A RAILROAD FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN SAN FRANCISCO Oct 28 The Mexican government is building a $69088009 railroad from ocean to ocean opening up the richest mines in the world and great undeveloped oil fields declared Guillermo Laveaga chairman of the Mexican senates committee on war who is here today Laveaga said he Considered President Wilson the greatest man of all time He predicted the American President would bring North South and Central America Into closer unity than ever before THE GERMAN REFORM BILL STILL PROVIDES FOR KAISER WILHELM AMSTERDAM Oct 28 The Socialist Voerwarls Berlin) prints the Posen text cf the reform bill wfttch includes the following: "War cannot be decided without the sanction of the Reichstag and the Bundesrat "Second The chancellor can only remain in power while he possesses the confidence of the Reichstag "Tnird The chancellor wilt be re-spousiDle for the political actions of the Kaiser and tbe chancellor and ministry wil be responsible for their tenure of office to the Reichstag and Bundesrat Fourth Tlie appointment promotion ncl uin ri'usal ofxfrmerir-f -the army Hitd'naiy can only be effective ty tbe signature of the chancellor The ministers of war will be held responsible tor tho same by the Reich-slag MAXIMILIAN HARDEN PANS THE KAISER LONDON Oct 28 A Copenhagen d'Spatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company quotes Maximilian Harden the editor of Die Zukunft of Berlin os saying in an interview with the lierlingske Tldende of Copenhagen: "We started the war with a dirty trick and all our subsequent victories have been the results of dishonesty William 11 Is a film hero ard Germany a vulgar cinematograph show We sit today on the ruins of tnirty years of Hohenzolleru politics REPORT CIVILIAN REGIME OUSTED VON LUDENDORFF COPENHAGEN Oct 28 The new civilian control ousted General Ludendorff following disagreements with him according to advices received BAVARI AN SOCIALISTS DEMAND REPUBLIC WASHINGTON Oct 28 Bavarian socialists are demanding a republic with Liebknecht at the head according to dispatches here today Munich independonts have bitterly assailed the majority socialists who permitted themselves to be tools of the kaiser THIS BAA IV THE WAR l)y United Press Oct 28 1917: Allies capture Merckcm peninsula Flanders Oct 28 1916: Huns capture Gorizia and enter Italian plains Oct 28 1915: French land 150000 men at Salonika Oct 28 1911: Japanese bom- bardment of Tsing-tau proceeds kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk "I feel jest about as essential ns a janitor of a skatin' rink said Unde Ndes Turner near ninety t'day Private Stew Nugent A writes his mother that he's runnin a addin rnaihine In a prison lamp an' baint had his clothes off ter three weeks STORMS CRIPPLE WIRE SERVICE United Press DENVER Colo Oct 28 Wire communication between the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast regions and the East was again crippled today as the result of another storm in Kansas following the last week end The government which took the only two wires working today was being served over lines routed from Denver via El Paso Tex and Billings Mont east Prospects for press wires which receive preference next to the government were not very good wire company officials here said early today The new storm area developed yesterday near Stafford Kan leveling long stretches of wires The Friday and Saturday breaks near Grand Island Neb and Garden City Kan were still undergoing repair today GERMANS NOW TRYING TO HOLD AT MEUSE WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES IN FRANCE Oct 28 The Germans are now attempting to hold tho Americans on tho hanks of the Meuse They have been ordered to hold ground at all costs and are launching bitter counter attacks against the Americans on the east bank of the river The American pressure however continues German communications are threatened on a 25 mile front on both sides of the Kerre river One hundred and fifty American bombing and battle planes attacked enemy trenches and dropped five tons of bombs on enemy concentration areas yesterday Eddie Rickenbacker American ace downed his 21st victim yesterday within the American lines American aviators made 12 flights during yesterday's bombing activities PORTLAND REPORTS I I'Ll ENZ A DECREASE PORTLAND Ore Oct 28 Influenza cases are hetieved to be on tho decrease In Portland although figures to prove this were lacking early today Eleven deaths from the disease wers reported jesterday which Is tha largest number for a 24-fiour period bare In order that schools might make Up lost time after the epidemic pusses they will have slightly lengthened sessions it a recommendation from School Superintendent Grout Is ap-I roved FRESNO AIRM AN 1ITRT AT DALLAS FRESNO Oct 28 Relatives here have received word that Lieutenant George Hodgkin of Fresno has been severely but not fatally injured at Love field near Dallas Tex in a plane accident Lieutenant Hodgkin enlisted In Ohio several momhs ago and was sent to Camp Dick Tex for training He had recently been In charge of the carrier pigeon service and made ascents daily No particu lars were given of Ills fall Miss Anita Hodgkin a sister loft for Camp B'ick tonight INILUENZA SPREADING TIIIKHGHOIT MEXICO EL PASO Tex Oct 28 Spanish influenza conlimic to spread throughout Mexico and is causing hundreds of deaths in Monterey Saltillo Tor-icon and Guadalajara In Saltillo thi re were thirty thousand cases last week among a population of seventy thousand A drug famine is adding to the difficulties Mexican doctors and American mining companies physicians are having In combating the disease CINDERELLA IS NOT AN ALIEN ENEMY SACRAMENTO Oct 28 No German ever had a foot ns dainty and small as Cinderella and that fair lady was not German but probably French That was the verdict today of Will Wood commissioner of education in announcing that the story of Cinderella would stay in the state school books "Cinderella la not an alien enemy he declared MEMBERS OF LUfTAS CREW ARE RESCUED WASHINGTON Oct 28 All except four of the crew of the American sieamer Lucia torpedoed and sunk 1209 miles from the American coast October 19 are reported to have been rescued the navy department announces Four men were killed by the explosion of the torpedo EXPECTS HI A DOZEN EGGS SAN FRANCISCO Oct 28 A dollar a dozen eggs are about to make their appearance in Kan Francisco The market opened today at 87(4 cents nnd rose rapidly to 91 cents Later the market slumped to 88 cents A dozen of the city's biggest wholesale dealers declared on the floor of the exchange today that they did not have a single egg on hand A few said they had eight or ten cases Further advance is likely dealers believe REIORT TWO MINISTERS OF SAXONY RESIGN AMSTERDAM Oct 28 A a enn-semience of the reorganizations of the government of the kingdom of Saxony two of the ministers have resigned the Saxon State Gazette has announced according to advices from Dresden King Friedrich August has accepted the rerlgnation of the premier and minister of finance it Is suited tr fi GRANT JR IV SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO Oct 28 Grant Jr and his wife are In Kan Francisco today on their way to Ban Diego from Washington SAN DIEGO HEALTH OFFICER 18 ILL SAN DIEGO Oct 28 Dr Charles Martin health officer of Kan Diego who ha been leading the fight against the Spanish Influenza is down with Ihe dlaeuae today 150 DEAD United Press VANCOUVER Oct 28 Slowly and reluctantly the northern seas are giving up their dead Through tlie storm tiiat hampers the work of a fleet of searching boats came the wireless message last night that 159 bodies so far umdentiiied had been recovered from the bleak rocks and surging waters Smashed on the barren rocks of Lincoln island last night In the darkness and the storm was a collapsible raft with the battered and unidentified bodies of four women lashed to it There in the storm-laslied sea that thundered on the cliffs the officers of the Cedar the gallant vessel that had tried so hard to save them found them far past help Four women were lashed to the raft Who they are is yet unknown but of one thing the fleet of searchers Is certain and that is that Britains traditions in disasters at sea beginning with the cry "Women first were in the minds of the Princess Sophias officers and crew when they realized that they faced death in the raging waters Their orders were given to first save the 58 women and children huddled on the deck of the doomed steamer No boat or raft could live in such a sea the Cedar lias reported nor would a life belt avail a man or woman in the light for life The waters raised in mighty waves that towered a full 30 feet above the awful reef must have crushed and smashed any boat made by man There could have been no hope for stay body! But Hie story of the rnft is eloquent All last night the watching fleet who peered into the darkness for survivors stood to their task In spite of a gale from the northeast and a blizzard that blew the heavy snow in impenetrable clouds about them the indomitable seamen fought to rescue any one who might have survived the disaster Ho far the dead remain unidentified and are now lying at Juneau PEOPLE OF TACOMA ASKED TO STAY HOME TACOMA Wash Oct 28 Still more stringent regulations to halt the ravages of influenza here were put in force by Mayor Riddell today when all persons coming In contact with the public through business relations were ordered to wear masks As a further means of lessening the spread of the disease the health officers urgently requested all persons who did not absolutely have to come down town to remain at home The epidemic Is worse here today than at any previous time Twelve deaths were reported Sunday SECOND ARMY HOLDS W0EVRE LINE WASHINGTON Oct 28 The American Second army under Major Genera! Buiiurd is holding the line in the VVoevre This was disclosed by General 1ershing in his communique received last night at the war department Repulse of heavy Gorman attacks on the front northwest of Verdun by Major General Liggetts First army also was reported PHOENIX AIRMAN REIORTED MISSING WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY NORTHWEST OF VERDUN Oct 28 I5y the A P) Lieutenant Frank Luke of Phoenix Anz one of the most daring of the American aviators has been missing since the night of October 29 On that night he started out on a bombing expedition and so far has failed to return BRITISH LOSS FOR WEEK OVER 32000 LONDON Oct 28 British casualties for the week ending today numbered 32249 compared with 37150 for the previous week They are divided as follows: Killed or died of wounds Officers 436 men 5307 Wounded or missing Officers 1411 men 23365 REPORT RESIGNATION WEKEKLE AC4EPTKD AMSTERDAM Oct 28 Emperor Karl of Austria has accepted Premtor Wekerle's resignation according to Budapest dispatches received here today Count Karolyl will summon Karl before the Hungarian diet to proclaim Hungarian independence Count Karolyl is the Hungarian Independence party leader 11 1 KIAOLUTIOV IN tUOVm SPREADING LONDON (let 28 A dispatch to Ihe Exchange Telegraph from Zurich Switzerland Buys the revolutionary root ament is rpieadmg throughout Croetla The dispatch adds that more Ihari 499 fersons have been killed at Flume ant! 399 at Zugshna INFLUENZA STOPS I U-t GAME 103 ANGELES Oct 28 Indications today were that "flu" bad culled off tlie Vmveislty of California-U football game scheduled here for next Saturday Henry Bruce 3 manager said an effort would lie made to anange another date THE RESIGNATION OF LUDENDORFF Associated Press HERNE Oct 28 The resignation of General Von Ludendorff has caused a situation throughout Switzerland and the central empires and is commented on as a sign that German militarism is really abdicating Among the German and Austrian peoples anger and indignation is increasing because the military situation has been so long concealed or wrongly presented OFFICIAL STATEMENT LONDON Oct 28 Official announcement was made In Berlin Saturday night that Emperor William had acceded to the request of General Ludendorff first quartermaster-general that he be permitted to resign General surprise was caused In Berlin Saturday afternoon by the fact that the daily report from German headquarters was not signed as usual with the name of General Ludendorff Later this official announcement was issued The emperor accepting the request to be allowed to retire of Infantry General Ludendorff first quartermaster general and commander in time of peace of the 25th infantry brigade has placed him on the unattached list Tlie emperor decided at the same time that the Lower Rhenish Infantry No 39 of which the general has long been chief shall bear henceforth the name of Ludendorff His resignation ittis believed In London will shake still further the taith of the German people in their military machine By the resignation of General Erich Ludendorff Germany loses what often has been described as her "military brains" Fnknown before the war he sprang into prominence in the fall of 1914 as chief of staff to Field Marshal Von Hmdenburg then a general opera'ing against the Russians When Von Hindenburg was given the chief command in August 1916 Ludendorff was appointed first quartermaster general but his position in reality has been chief of staff and collaborator with Vcn Hindenburg Soon after this appointment Ludendorff began to be looked upon as the real "boss of Germany and was recognized as the representative of the pan-Germans at great headquarters It was Ludendorff who brought about the retirement of Chancellor Von Bethmann-IRllweg and he Is reputed to have been responsible for the appointment to the chancellorship of Michaelis and Von Hertltng both described as stop-gaps The generals rule as first quartermaster general has amounted almost to military dictatorship General Ludendorff was reported to have originated the plan of the 1918 German offensive The plan called for offensive operations on the west-irr front which would split the British and French armies and compel the allies to beg for peace before the strength of the American aryny could be available fully It was planned that if the offensive failed Germany would resort to a diplomatic campaign to secure peace Ii A SUII WORKERS TO GET VGK RAISE LOS ANGELES Oct 28 Between fifteen and eighteen thousand men employed in Los Angeles shipyards soon will have an average wage Increase of 10 per cent with a baste rate of 80 cents an hour for most of the skilled trades Morse representing the federal shipyard labor adjustment board announced here today The Increase comes as a result of new wage decisions made at Washington under which the Pacific Coast Is made a district for the adjustment of wage questions the advance to apply to all coast shipyards BIG COAL PRODUCTION ELIMINATES FAMINE NEW YORK Oct 28 A dispatch from Washington to the New York tun quotes Fuel Administrator Garfield as saying that production of coal in record breaking quantities has virtually eliminated the possibility of a coal famine this winter Mr Garfield said that Canadas allotment of coal for household purchases for the year ending next April is 8692000 tons of which 1963 700 tons have already been delivered TOMORROW BELL WILL I IS IT LOS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO Oct 28 Theodore A Bell Independent candidate for governor is to go to Los Angeles tomorrow night to conduct an informal campaign In conformity with Influenza epidemic regulations according to an announcement by his headquarters here today He will return at the end of the week Bell was to visit his headquarters here today after having been subjected to a mild attack of influenza SlGGESTS HEISON FOR LIDENDOKEF'S FAIT PARIS Oct 28 (Via Montreal-tteu-ter) The Echo de Paris says General Ludendorff resigned because he saw the impossibility of continuing the war The Matin says: "Germany will represent the retirement of Ludendorff as a new proof of the subordination of the military to the civil power but this will deceive no one ANOTHER angle ON LUDENDORFF WASHINGTON Oct 28 The resignation of General Ludendorff as Germanys military chief was forced after he had disagreed with Prince Max over acceptance of President Wilsons peace terms said a news report to The Hague received by the state department today PREDICT VON SECKT I AV GERM LE IDER ZURICH Oct 28 German newspapers predict that General von Seekt chief of staff to General von Mackensen during the latters Roumanian drive will succeed General Ludendorff as the head of the German ruiies United Press LONDON Oct 28 Autocracy has been ended in Germany Foreign Minister Bolf claims In his reply to the last note from President Wilson according to an official Berlin wireless message here today The German reply states that the peace negotiations are being carried on "by a people's government in whose hands rest both actually and constitutionally the power of making deciding conclusions The military Is placed under the powers of the reichstag In the new reforms stated the German note to President Wilson The German government now awaits the allies armistice proposals stated the note The German reply follows: "The German government has taken cognizance of the answer of the President of the United States "The President Is aware of the far-reaching chauges winch have been carried out In the German constitutional structure and the peace negotiations are being conducted by a people's government in whose hands rest both actually and constitutionally the power to make the deciding conclusions "The military powers are also subject to It "The German government now awaits proposals for an- armistice which shall be the first step toward a just peace as the President has pre scribed In his addresses AsaoLCibUeiI Preasl WAHHINUTuX Got- 28 Ger many's rejoinder to President Wilson's lust note was rather unexpected here Pending receipt of the official text through the Swiss legation comment was withheld Generally however the note was not regarded as one requiring an answer The diplomatic situation Is just where it was when President Wilson informed the German government that ps request for an armistice and peace had been transmitted to the allied governments The next step expected was the submission of terms of nn armistice to Germany Announcement from London that Premier Lloyd George and Secretary Balfour had left for France with naval and military advisers foreshadowed an early meeting of the supreme war council at Versailles While the military and naval members of the council are drawing up terms of an armistice which will be tantamount to surrender by Germany the political representatives of the entente powers are expected to discuss the Individual peace views of their governments with a view to formulating a complete program to be presented If Germany accepts tbe terms of the armistice BUDAPEST OBJECTS TO ANDRASSY APPOINTMENT PAR'S Oct 28 Grave troubles have broken out at Budapest as the risult of the appointment of Uount Julius Andrassy who is suspected of Gerinanophile tendencies to be the Austrian foreign minister says a Zurich dispatch to the Matin A committee of workmen and soldiers has been formed to represent the extremist party In impending events WAGE RAISES IN ALL SHIP YARDS WASHINGTON Out 28 Upward revision of wages in all ship yards of the country to provide uniform national rates for virtually all the ship yard trades effective Immediately is announced by the ship building labor adjustment board Two great districts are created one for the Paciiic coast and the other embracing the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and Great Lakes In the first increases average 29 per cent In the second 15 per cent wllh the basic rates for the principal skilled trades fixed at 89 cents per hour In both Tha decision will bo reviewed every six months and further Increases granted if costs of living warrant HAW AXS CONQUER FOUR MOUNTAINS AVITH THE 1TAIJAN ARMIES IN THE FIELD Oct 27 (Delayed) The slopes of four mountains wrested from the Austrians In the new allied drive on the Brenta-Iiave r'ronl in Italy weie found strewn with enemy dead The heights were retained by the allied forces in the face of the most determined enemy counter attacks A separate battle was fought for each peak More than 4909 prisoner including 50 officers were taken by the Italian forces Many machine guns wire also captured COULD NOT DRIAE BRITISH FROM FAMARS LONDON Oct 28 British troops Sunday repulsed a determined German effort to drive (hem from Earners south of VsieflMennes Field Mar-shal Haig reports today Many Germans were killed in street fighting In villages AUSTRIA HHntS BUIGAKIAN MESSAGES WASHINGTON Oct 2 Austria is refusing to permit diplomatic mes saceii of its former ally Bulgaria to pass over telegraph wires Into tbe dual monarchy.