of the Associated Press The AaorbM Frees I* nelnlnlr refilled to the m tor republication of all new difpttrtiw credited to It ar not otkmrin credited la litis paper and alia the local arws published hereia. All rights of pnbilcatloa af aprclal dispatches hereta are alsa reserred. > No. 709. No. 27,214. WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 27, 1918* FIVE CENTa BRITISH,FRENCHAND YANKEES lU FAREDUE, STILL RAIN BLOWS ON FOE, SCORING FURTHER PROGRESS Abdication of Kaiser Openly increase More Than Enough HtKb ARt (jLUKIUUS Discussed by People as to Meet New Expenses, -DEEDS OF YANKEES FallofLe French Way to Peace. Utilities Board Holds. IN PRESENT BATTLE QuesnoyNear; By the Associated Press. Shake on Serre THINK DEMOCRATIC MOVE I INTERLINE TRANSFERS WITH THE AMERICAN Enemy ARMY NORTHWEST OF VER¬ MAY SATISFY PRESIDENT TO BE DECIDED LATER DUN. October 2tt..Since the Americani* began the present Drive. battle they have inflicted more by Sharp Plea of Granted in Ad¬ than 70.U00 casualties on the Anxiety Over Solvency of Empire Companies enemy, treed forty villages and Acnte.Prussian House Votes vance of Valuation of Trac¬ 4S7 square kilometers of French territory and have captured Bills. tion the ITALIAN ARMIES GAINING ;Electoral Properties. 20,000 prisoners, besides German wounded who fell Into their hands. Sj the Associated Press. | Washington and practically the en¬ IN MONTE GRAPPA REGION COPENHAGEN", October 26.The tire District of Columbia went on a "Berlin Lokal that a new Anzeigcr says straight five-cent street car fare today. By the Associated Press. * note will be sent by Germany to Pres¬ In the was reality, five-cent fare made soldiers are no rest as ident Wilson aa soon as possible. A effective -when Germany's hard-pressed being given yesterday afternoon, the forces continue with success crown council under the presidency of conductors on the various lines of the British, French and American the emperor, lasting several hours, two street railway systems ceased sell¬ their drives on important sectors from north of Valenciennes to reached this decision Friday. ing tickets at the rate of six for a east of the Meuse. Meanwhile the Italians are pushing ahead in The note, it is asserted, will point quarter. the region of Monte Grappa. out the changes which have taken place Announcement of the action taken On the northern end of the front in Francc the British main¬ in the German constitution. yesterday by the Public Utilities Com¬ mission in in Amsterdam Hint tain their progress in encircling Valenciennes. In the center the Germans Discuss Abdication. ordering a straight five-cent Reports French have shaken the German defenses the LONDON". October 26..German fare on the lines of the Capitol Trac¬ seriously along That General Staff May Serre and eastward toward the Aisne at Chateau Prcien. The newspapers are discussing openly tion Company and the Washington GALEHURLSCRAFT "NIGHTAIRRAID" INFLUENZADEATHS whether the abdication of William Railway and Electric Company came Lose Power. American troops east and west of the Meuse not only hold their Hohenzollern. the German ruler, is as a surprise to the public. The change gains against strong enemy reactions, but have further strength¬ necessary to obtain peac^ for Ger¬ had been but it many. A Copenhagen dispatch to the generally anticipated, ened their north of Grand Pre. was believed DIE MADEON BY1W0 position it would CAPITAL not made 343 DECREASE be OVERREEF; Exchange Telegraph Company says TALK OF NEW SOVEREIGN South of Valenciennes Field Marshal is across the the view held in Germany is that effective for at least several days after llaig President Wilson does not demand the was Valenciennes-Le Ouesnov railroad, and the fall of Le the order issued. All on Board Canada Liner in Flier From Field 29 Fatalities for 24- Quesnoy, ruler's abdication, but will rest sat¬ However, the Public Utilities Com¬ Boiling Drops Only BY REKE FE1BELMAX. which is vital to the defense of Mons and the Maubcuge, would isfied with democratic of convinced that development mission, evidently the Cablegram to The Sunday Star and to be near at hand. The 011 this sector continues political institutions. exigencies of the case demanded imme¬ Blizzard Lost.Shore Near, Colored Lights.Search¬ Hour Period Ended Chicago Dally Newa. Copyright, 1918. appear fighting The Frankfort Zeitung says the diate action, made the order effective AMSTERDAM, October 22 (delayed). bitter, with the British striving to outflank the Mormal forest. monarch is confronted with the great¬ at once. Rescuers Baffled. lights Follow. Last Night. .Even the socialist papers of Ger¬ On the northwest of the forest the British have advanced some¬ est difficulties in making the personal cannot any whether To Unused Tickets. many sjiy Germany go what and and a hill. decision Germany shall sur¬ Accept farther in concessions until the allies captured Englefontaine nearby render or negotiate. It expresses the Tickets in Washington was given its first sight the possession of indi- CHURCHES NOT TO have annihilated her. There is much Large Readjustment Possible. to which the enemy has clung tena¬ hope that he will make "a speedy and viduals, according to the commission's WORST PACIFIC DISASTER of night airplane work last night, OPEN session ciously. and tends to outflank tlifl when Lieut. Z. P. Lee flew over the excitement regarding today's the northern edge of the clever decision." order, arc to be accepted for fares un- is that what Along German line eastward along tli» til December 1. in an illumi¬ of the reichstag. It hoped Raismes north of Valcn- Aisne to Vouzicrs. After that date un¬ city for nearly ari\ hour to forest, Pears for Empire's Solvency. used tickets are to be redeemed at the By the Associated Tress. nated plane, dropping colored lights There were twenty-nine deaths is said in the debate will contribute ciennes, the British have approached full value by the companies that issued from influenza for the Mr. Wilson and the whole world Yankees Repulse Germans. AMSTERDAM, Friday. October 25.. VANCOUVER, B. C., October 26.. on the river and being played upon twenty-four- give nearer the canalized portion of the them. hour period from 9 in what the note says about to Public anxiety over the solvency of The order, affecting The 268 passengers and crew of T5 the while by searchlights from the -o'clock Friday confidence Scheldt river. In this region they The Germans continue fight des* practically night to the same hour perately to check the advance of th« the empire apparently is becoming every one in the District, became at men were lost when the steamship War College. last night, Germany's democratization. have captured the villages of Odomez once the cause of almost universal f or the same of that the arbitrary American troops along the vital front acute in Germany. The hoarding of Princess Sophia foundered last night, Observers in all of the city period twenty-four It is asserted and Maulde. If the British can cross east and west of the Meuse. Their comment, the general tenor of expres¬ parts hours ending at 9 kaiser has been de¬ money has bccome so rampant as to sion being that more time should the Canadian Pacific railway an- sighted the plane shortly after S o'clock Friday night power of the the Scheldt in force in this region counter attacks at various points on there were thirty-one the of re¬ both sides of the river have been re¬ cause great inconvenience. There have been allowed before the order nounced today. Not a soul survived, o'clock, as it rose from Boiling Field deaths, show¬ stroyed beyond possibility and continue their progress south of became effective, and that the ques¬ ing a decrease of two Is that the pulsed, but the enemy continues to has been a general run on banks. to a Juneau wireless mes¬ and came over Anacostia to ihe city. deaths. pair. It also maintained Valenciennes, it would seem the bombard the American line heavily. tion of intercompany or universal according For the period of in the constitution will deal transfers should have been decided iit sage which said the ship apparently The plane bore three lights, one on twenty-four hours changes Germans soon would retire from that On the extreme western end tlx Prussian Vote on Electoral Bills. ending at noon there were the emperor's Americans have reinforced their hold th^.same time. The fact that the or- was the hurled the end of each wing and one at the yesterday with the suppression'of important point and probably read¬ der' that are VUH.W "H& l>y gale, thirty-four on the hills in the southern portion AMSTERDAM October 26..The specified hearings to be sent to the tail of the deaths from influensa, -«s absolute right to declare war, though just their lines north and south on a held at future dates on the question across Vanderbilt reef and plane. compared with It is said of the Bourgogne wood, north of Prussian upper house has passed en of transfers between Wie lines of the bottom in the deep waters on the other Ten rflknutes later the searchlights twenty-two in a like in the government proposal large scale. Grand Pre. period the day before. can declare war sin¬ In the last week the allied bloc the three electoral bills as two companies, and that the first of side. at the War College threw their rays that "the kaiser troops these hearings, regarding the Navy No report was made of new cases case Germany Is at- French. Take Rapid Strides. in France and Belgium have freed amended by special committee, ac- Tard is on Lieut.