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LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1918
NUMBER 7 '
FIGHT TIL
VICTORY'S
WON
GUIS BURN VILLAGES
BEHIND THEIR LINES AS
THEY PREPARE RETREAT
LAON, GREAT CONCENTRATION CENTER AND
SUPPLY BASE, AFIiAMJU 1M flXAx, ruaviua.
Americana Make Progress
Germans Ordered to now une at au vw .
' Captured Documents Establish Fact. ; . . :
PARIS,- Oct.; 7. (By. United Press.) The Germans
are burning the villages and towns behind the lines along
the whole front from Lille to Rheims; This is believed to
presage their retirement in several sections. The enemy
is already reported to have retired two miles on a seven
mile front below Cambrai. Laon, the great communica
- tion center and base of the St. Gobain massif, was fired
yesterday. At least a score of places were in flames. V
. 1 The 'Matin says: "Fighting will continue to the end
until there is a general German retreat. This rdtreat is
announced by; the burning of villages. The great evac
uation seems near." ',. . ' .'. ..'.
' ENEMY MAKES STRONG RESISTANCE.
'.. PARIS. Oct.;7. (By; United Press.) The; French
have adyanced .farther ..northeast pf Rheims, capturing
St. Mansmos and p(!ne.tra'ting Hayine, .todayjs conn
muniquc says. .The Germans are 'offering powerful-resistance
all along this front, particularly near Berincourt,
Violent fighting vcphtiniied'through'the -;)ight-above St.
Quentin, where the enemy made numerous; -counter; at
tacks,. i' . ..' '';,;,;. ' . ';,"-! ,, : , : '.'"
, AMERICANS OVERCOME RESISTANCE. i ;'
WITH, THE AMERICAN.ARMY,..Oct;,:7. (By Fred
S. Ferguson, United Press Staff Correspondent.) The
Americans made additional progress, ia,th,c. Aire valley,
despite strong resistance. : The Germans brought out
heavy : "artillery and reinforcements. From captured
documents it is established that the enemy's plans are to
hold the Kreimhelde-St. Ellung line at all costs. :
; FRANCO-AMERICANS MARCH ONWARD.
PARIS, Oct. 7. (By. United Press.) The Franco
Americans, across the Suippo river, on a ten-mile front
are advancingtowards Lanouville and Scmide. .
Desperate resistance has beerf encountered here. TJie
Germans are destroying materials in preparation for' a
retreat. ; ' ,--.-
ARTILLERY IS
THE F
MAJORITY PUKFEIt THIS UNIT
OF THK SEHV1CK.
Opportunity ' Is Given Rvglstrnnts
To Attend The Training
' School On The Coast
Of 1634 soldleis whose qualifi
cation cards , were examined soon
after they were Inducted, three
fourths of the number expressed
!' their preference of branch of
service the artillery. And now It
Is open , to those not yet In the
auuy; registered and classified men
r, ty volunteer and be Inducted for
htavy artillery organized for ovSr
seas service
These' regiments of the power
ful gum hunltzers, big cannon,
hntl-alrcraft, ' railway artillery
are moving In greater numbers
and more swiftly Into the fighting
ll' F-rauce. ' Men, a lit, qualified,
rnd "game" for this branch that
Is big in every sense of the word
r f needed now; nwn who want to
sr-e real actlcn, and give the best
tnat Is in them will jump at this
chance that lb offeied., For op
) rtunitles six liniltless to be en
II led specialists,' non-ocmmissloned
officers, specialized soldiers, am.
munition men and firers of high
explosive shells. .
Officers',, training ramps, too, arc
within . the each of the nian of
Bplrlt, ambition, and the .. lively
AVORITE
Despite Strong 'Resistance
lighting qualltios, . for schooling
preliminary to tho studies In the
canlp Is' given to all who want it
ind thus many are criuipped to be-
the course for commissions,
i Ji! you are registbfed 'and classi
fied, write a letter , to the Command-,
Int' Officer, Coast Defenses of the
Columbia,'' Fort-' Stevens, Oregon.
G'vlng your name; order and re
gistration number; class ' (number
and letter) present address; num
ber and address of local board;
and whether qualified for general
or limited service. The rest of the
induction will be taken care of.
PRUSSIAN EAGLES 00
ABERDEEN, Wash., Oct. 6.
The- Prussian black eagles which
revoral years ago were made to
adorn the frieze of- the public lib
rary building must come down, ac
roiding to a decision of the lib
ra) y board at a meeting-last night,
when redecorutlon of the Interior
was ordered. . They were placed In
!ne frijze by an Austrian docora-
toi.-, ,
' American eagles were ordered,
tut the Austrian, not knowing any
kind other than the Prussian, sub
stituted them. ' There not being
any special objection at that time
to the Prussian variety, they were
allowed to remain. 4 .
HARVEST HO.MK FESTIVAL. .
Contributions are being received
at Salvation Army Headquarters
for the Harvest Home festival sale
lo be held next' Saturday. The
proceeds of the sale will go towards
the upkeep of non-self-supporting
rhkrllable institutions In the Unit
ed States. Captain Smith, of the
l'.cal band states that agricultural
rroducts, clothing or similar arti
cles suitable 'for sale wUl be ap-
.cciated. (, . ; .,
! EMPEROR SPEAKS
Hi) EjIbiiIk HI Hand Only
, For An Honorable Peace,
; BERLIN, :! Basel. ; Switserland.
fiinperor . Wllholm Sunday lulled
a i proclamation to the German
srniy and navy In which, after an
nouncing that the Macedonian
front : bad crumbled, be declared
that, he had . decided, In accord
with his allies, to again offer peace
to the enemy.
UThe; text ; of 'the emperor's proc.
tarnation reads: '
.'-For ;moQtns past, the enemy
with enormous exertions and almost
without i pause in the. fighting has
siprmea against your lines. In
weftks'of the struggle, often with
out repose, 'you have had to perse
vere :and. resist a numerically far
superior enemy. Therein lies the
greatness or the tasK which has
keen : set'. for' you ahd" which you
re? fulfilling.: Troopb of all the
German states are doing their part
iud Site' heroically ' defending " the
fAtbsrland, on foreign soli. Hard
li.'(Uie.;Usk.J.'.. ,i . t :
Mr Jiavv Is hnlrilne lo nwn
aiillnst the united naval forces and
Is unwaveringly supporting the ar
mr.'iri Its difficult struggle.
; : "The eyes, of . those . at home rest
with pride and admiration on the
deeds '' of the army ' and navy.
express to you the thanks of myself
and ' the fatherland.
"The collapse of the Macedonian
front! has occurred In the mldBt of
tjhe hardest struggle. 1 In accord
Vith oUr allies I have resolved once
ni-ore . to of f er peace to the enemy
but . I. will only extend my hand for
an honorable ' .peace. We owe that
tor' the heroes who have laid down
tlhelf 'lives for the fatherland, and
rfT'inalfn that' nnr flutv in nnv hll-
dHSn.xstr-i-.S.w'a (
'V.WhBther arms will be lowered
lt a quflstlon, : Until then we must
not. slacken..:. We must, as hitherto,
exert all our strength unwearlly to
hold our: ground , against tha on
slaught ;of our enemies. '
"TH6.hour.is grave, but. trust-
lug In y6ur strength and In God's
gracious! help, .we feel ouTselvos
ottong enough to defehd our be
loted WtherUntl. . '
.;. ; ; "(Signed)
"WILHELM.1
WEST COAST SHIPS
Official Figures Show That Million
, , Tons la Passed.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 7. (By
United Press.) The west coast has
hit its first million tons of shipping.
The .officialfigures show that the
Pacific coast yards have, built a hun
dred and thirty-seven vessels, of
1,040,000 tons. The Atlantic coast has
87 vessels', of 894,000 tons; the Great
Lakes, 131 -vessels, of 416,000 tons.
President Wilsons Fourteen
- The 14 terms essential to a last
ing peace, as outlined- In, President
Vt'llBon's address on January 0 of
this year, and as reported to be
occepted by Austria, are as
lows: ' . - I
, 1 Open covenants of peace, op
enly arrived at' which there shnll be
no private International understand
ings I of any kind but diplomacy
shall proceed always frankly and In
the public view.
2 Absolute freedom of naviga
tion upon the seas, outside terrltor
lil waters, alike In peace and In
war, except as the seas may be
closed In whole or In part by In
ternational action for the enforce
mnnt of International covenants
3 The removal, so far. as possit
ble, of all economic barriers - and
the establishment of an equality of
trade conditions among all tho na
tions consenting to the peace and
asFocls'tlng themselves . for Us
maintenknee. -j - , '
4 Adequate guarantees? given
and taken that national armament
will ba reduced to the lowen'.
print bonslstent with domestic
sPfety.'.r
6 A free, open-minded and ab-eclutely-Impartial
adjustment of nil
colonial, claims, based upon a Ht'lct
observance, of the principle that In
determining' all such questions or
sovereignty the Interests of the
populations concerned must have
oqual weight with the equltabto
claims ot the government whose
title Is to be determined.
6 The evacuation of all Russian
territory . and such a settlement of
all questions affecting Russia at
will secure the best and freest co
operation of the other nations of
the world In ' obtaining for her an
unhtmperod and unembarrassed: op-
ATTEEf?DSGH00L
ORDER APPIJE8 TO' tXi.MAND-
KRS OF OREGON GUARDS,
Special Instructions Are To lie
Olven For A Period Of Four'
h Days. :' :
All officers of the Oregon Guard
stationed . here' and In Enterprise
were notified tills morning through
tho i office- ' of Adjutant-General
Charles F. Beebe, to. appear at a
school of all officers of ' the Ore
gon Guard and National , Guard of
Oregon to bo held' for four conse
cutive days beginning October 17.
The meeting will . be held In the
Multnomah .' county armory, .In
Portland, - and such Instruction ss
shall be given will pertain to - the
efficiency of the Oregon Guard and
organisations , of...: tue. ... National
Guard. . . . i . '
Major H. E. Coolldge, Adjutant
H. E. Dixon : and Quartermaster
Nolan Skiff, officers of the Fourth
SeraratB Battalion of Oregon, have
stated that they 1 will attend thru
out 'the four days. Captain j. Hi
Peare, of Company B, is attending
the Student Officers' Training
Camp In Eugene, but Captain A. W.
Nelson, of Company A, and Captain
Abijah FalrchlWe. , of Company C,
at Enterprise will attend the
school, 11 '.-' . : '! . '-,'. :v v.
The official order reads' as fol
lows: ' ' ' , ' '' - . yi. i i 1 v
All officers, excepting officers of
the Medical and Chaplain Corps of
the Oregon Guard ' if and ' National
Guard, of Oregon, tr dtmtM to
report it-end .'Teg!stert for this 1 as-'
sembky iunet ilater than 8:30 'a.m.-;
Qitober.KlT. s Failure 'to' do so will
be,. deemed sufficient cause for ri
nuU'ng the i resignation of the oi
f,f e'er i concerned. -.- I-A- '
"Medlcal-ioffloers of - the 'Oregon
Guard and, National: Guard will, re
port ion, Saturday, Ootober-lsth at
this.", Multnomah i County ; Armory
tor a llnlcito' be held on that date
nt Vancouver.-Barracks, under' the
upervlslon of medical officers of
the -United States Army. . . . Me
dical officers whose private . prac
tice would be seriously Interfered
with will, upon application, be ex
cused from attendance thereat, All
medical officers whose private prac
tice will not seriously ' Interfere
with attendance on thlB' date will
report their ability to attend im
mediately upon receipt of this or-
V( Continued on Page -Eight)''
portunity for. . the - Independent do
termination of her own political
development and national policy
and Insure- her of a sincere wel-
fol-liccme -Into' the .society of free na
tiiins under 'Institutions of her own
chooslng; and. In more than a wel
come, assistance also of every kind
that she may need and may be--Belf
desire. The treatment accord
ed Russia by her sister nations lu
the .months to come will be the
acid test of their good will, of their
comprehension ot her needs as dis
tinguished from their own Interests,
and of their Intelligent and unsel
fish sympathy.
7 Belgium, the whole world
will agree, must be evacuated and
restored 'without any attempt to
limit the sovereignty which she en.
joys In common with all other free
nations.'- iNo other single act will
serve as this will serve to restore
confidence among the nations in
the. laws which they themselves
have set and determined for the
government-of their relations with
cne another.'' Without this heal
ing act; the whole structure and
validity of International law is for
ever Impaired.
8 All, French territory should
he freed and the invaded portions
n stored and the wrong done to
France by Prussia in 1871 In th
matter of Alsace-Lorraine, which
has unsettled the peace of. the
world for nearly 50 years, should
be righted. In order that peace may
once more be made secure in thi
Intercut ot all.
9 A readjustment of the fron
tiers of Italy should . be effected
along clearly recognltable lines of
nationality. ... , ...
10 f-Tbo peoplo of Austrla-Hun-j,-aiy,f
when place among the na
FOUR SONS IN SERVICE
Mother Works Hard, But Haves
Money To Buy Liberty Itond.
r TACOMA. Wash.. Oct. 6. Mrs
Lottie Simmons has tour sons In
the service. She works all ' day
over a hot range In the kitchen of
J Tacoma restaurant.'. But she
spared 60 from her- meager sav
ings to buy a Liberty bond.
''If God will be good to me and
send my kids back safe again, I'll
never ask for anything else," she
said to a bond solicitor. "Money
ain't much when you've given your
tour sons like I have, but I want
to do my duty, ; too. I have to
work pretty hard now my boys are
gone, but I've saved a little here
and there." . . .
WANTS IT A KNOCKOUT
Secretary Of Navy Declares That
Potsdam Must . lie Whipped. ;
j SPRINGFIELD, III., Oct. 6.r-The
vfar Is not over yet. We must hit
Potsdam a knockout blow now and
end the rule of autocracy , for ' all
time. ;v :7 ?'
This was the substance of an- ad
dress made here Inst night ' before
several hundred members of the
Mid-day Luncheon Club of this city
hr Secretary of the Navy Josephus
Daniels, v . .
URIDUES WASHED AWAY.
Much Damage Done - To Roads By
Cloudburst At Huntington.
BAKER, Ore, Oct, 6. Members
of the County Court making a trip
I p take stock of the damage done
to county roads and bridges in the
cloudburst' that flooded Hunting
ton' and caused thousands of dol
lars 'loss,.: found that , much work,
Will hare to be done . immediately
to get the .hlglfWays fit. for travel.'
One large steel bridge and sever
al -smaller ones were washed out
and highways In , many ' sections
were , filled with gravol, logs and
debris of all kinds, In a. fow .caseB
being , impassable. , Repair., .work
will be. started, at, once, under the
direction of County Road Superin
tendent E. M. Welsman.
1
Mrs. F. L. Lilly left Saturday even
wig lor a Driei visit witn relatives in
Portland ,.., V." 5 '".) A .'. H'tJ'W
ATTENTION OREGON GUARD,
v f
H 'All officers and enlisted men 4"
of A and B Companies, Fourth J
4 Separate . Battalion, Oregon
I Guard, are hereby ordered to 4"
report at their headquarters for
muster at 7:30 p. m., Tuesday, !
4- October 8.
b II. E. COOL1DGE,
Major Commanding
a J f 2 J t J J Jt
; Peace Terms
tions wo1 wish to 1 Boa safeguarded
asd . assured, - Bhould ' bo- accorded
the:' freest opportunity of iutono
mcus development,: -- tin-
' 1 1-Rumarila; - Serlia and Mon
tenegro should be evacuated; . occu
pied territories restored; Serbia uc
ccided free und secure accost .to
the sea; and the relations ot '.ho
several Balkan Statos to one ano
ther determined by frUmdly coun
srl. along historically iMlul:;t',hod
lines of allegiance and nationality
and international guar.iutooi ot the
political and economic Independ
ence and territorial Inlo.ir,. of the
several Balkan states should bo en
tered Into. . .
12 The Turkish portions of the
present Ottoman empire -should be
assured a secure ' Boverelgr.i.v, but
the other nationalities which arc
now under Turkish rule should be
asBUred an undoubted secuilty of
life and an absolutely unmolested
opportunity of autonomous develop
ment, and the Dardanelles ' s'joulr!
be permanently opened as a free
passage to the ships and comniorca
of all ' nations under International
guarantees,
13 An Independent Polish sinto
should be erected which should In
clude the territories Inhabited by
Indisputably ' Polish populations,
which should be aHsurcd a free and
secure access to tho sea and whose
political and economic Independence
and territorial Integrity should be
guaranteed by International cove
rant. 14 A general association of
nations must be formed under spe
cific covenants for tho purpose of
affording mutual guarantees of po
litical Independence and territorial
integrity to great find: small
states ' allko. : ' '
WHOLE COUNTRY OPPOSES
PEJCEOffERS WHICH ffi
SECRETARY Mc ADOO DECLARES THERE MUST
BE NO RELAXATION OF AIMS OP WAR.
France Says That No Proposals Can Be Considered Until
Germany Is Defeated
For the Safety
WASHINGTON, D. 0., Oct. 7 (By United Press.)
America will fight "until victory is clinched." Secretary v
of the Treasury Wm. G. McAdoo thus indicated America's
attitude towards the peace proposals officially received ,
today. In a statement in behalf of the Fourth Liberty
loan, the secretary declared: "Now is the time, above all -others,
not to relax, but to intensify our efforts, that the
goal for which we have already made sacrifices may be
won. There is more reason now than ever before to out
the FourthLiberty loan over
PEACE PROPOSAL IS DELIVERED.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Oct. 7.(Bv Carl ,D. Groat. .
United Press Staff Correspondent.) The Swedish rain- ? '
istcr delivered the Austrian peace note to Secretaiy of ;
State Lansing at 10:30 o'clock tliis morniiiirl' consuming
only , one minute. The Swedish
Wilson this afternoon, on simply Swedish business.
1 ,' ' BARTERING FOR AN ADVANTAGE; " ' ' ''' '
WASHINGTON.' Oct. 7.-TBy. Unitr-d Pross. iThfl ,
latest Teutonic peace moves are regarded as attempts '
to biti'tcr i'or. . an advantageous twni'P . hpf nrn t Vi p H
anrjies are annihiiated; ' " - : A" rJMu . -,
It is belicyed that President Wilson's' r'ljf tQ'G'erniany
will include a, demand of German eva'cuatioit" of tho Ger-1 '
man ai'iliids from IVance and Belgiuiri 'and the stirrender 1 '
pf their arms to the allies before negotiations will be
opened. ; .- . - ,. s .
Competent authontics declare that President Wilson
will refuse to accept Teuton peace offers at this time.
GERMANY'S PROPOSAL DELIVERED. ,
The Swiss minister delivered tho plea of tho German
premier, Prince Maximilian,
morning. :v.v.,
, ' , MUST BE UNCONDITIONAL.
There is. speculation as to whether the Presiripnf will .
include in his answer that peace may be obtainable if..'.;
Germany surrenders unconditional. Telegrams received -at
the 'white house showed that0 jthe eouify enistnds aH' fS f
unfjonditional surrender, as a pi'elimina1,y to irhy peficibH 'i
conference.". . . i,.,.- ... i . J liJJ. i l)$
- I ' ' FIRM STAND WILL BE AK?JN. ?
'..'State .department authorities 'inUtf f plain- that'i iivhile
President Wilson has not spoken, it.is safe Was'suiM that '
the Ameiican position will in general be in line with the ,
stand taken on the last Austrian note.- '
SENATE DISCUSSES THE PROPOSAL
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. (By United Press.) Declar
ing that an armistice means losing the war, Senator Poin
dexter, of Washington, started' a discussion of the Hun
peace offer in the senate this morning. .
In a warm controversy with Senator Hitchcock, of the
senate foreign 'relations- committee, Poindexter said that :
Ilitehcoek appeared to favor the armistice.".'.
Hitchcock hotly denied this, declaring that an armistice-:
is "preposterously impossible." .. ' . .
FRANCE GIVES NO CONSIDERATION. '
PAKIS, Oct. 7. (By United Press.) Germany does '
not accept Wilson's peace terms. She merely says they
form tho basis for negotiations. No peace is possible i'
unti Germany makes full reparation, and gives guaran- '"
tees insuring the future. This is the stand taken by all
h ranee. The French press declares that no consideration
can be given to the proposal.
One fact stands out. Germany knows, and admits, she
is beaten. But this does not meiin the war's end.
GERMAN POISON PLOT
Dncmy Altnrhrs Deadly Herri To
Cluster Of tirowltig Fruit, .
METUCHEN, N.J., Oct. B. Se
cond Lieutenant David M. Abt, at
ills : home hore on leave from ft
and Guarantees Given , , '
of the Future.
the top."
minister will see. President
; to Secretary Lansing this
;
bOBe hospital In France, where he
was wounded - August 7, said today
'.ho Oermans attached poisoned
berries to clusters of growing fruit'
in the territory over which they re
treated along the Vesle River. 1 '
' The artlf Ico was dusedvered, hdtf)'
ever,. In time to warn' the Aiherf-"
can soldiers'.'1' 1 . . iw:
I