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VOLUME XVIII
GERMANY MUST FIGHT ALON
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
ROOSEVELT
AN8WKHH , I'ltUSIDIiNT'S PLKA
VOK- I'HEKISIIKNC'E
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Iicen Kemovcd mul Hcorcs
Administration Wcpkncsg 1
Now York, Oct. 2D. Col. ltooao
volt, answering President Wil
son's appeal for return of a dem
ocratic majority in congress, urg
od voters of the nation, in an ad
dross here Monday night to trans
fere control of: republican loader
ship. ' v ' - .-. .
Declaring that "half tho leaders
of the president's own .party op
posed him when lie had committed
himself to war measures,"' ' Mr.
Roosevelt assorted - that 'heads of
the republican organization In con
gress supported tho administration
when a declaration' of war was
needed when there was a demand
far tho dcaft, when tho army was
sent overseas and when money
was required by taxation or by
. loans ... . . - - ..
.:. .rTho former president spoko at
mooting under the -auspices of
the republican club at Carnegie
Hall to advocate the election of
"the Republican stats ticket hero
in Now York' and' of ho- Kopubllr
can congressional ; ticket through
out, tho .Union." ; 1 .i '. ; V ,''
1 Hobuking what he Ateruiedf? the
"servility" .. 'of democratic ,, loaderr
ship, tho colonel said, it was "Binall
wonder that in tho cloak .rooms
of 'the houao the bitter jest circu
lates: 'Hore's to our vszar, last
in wnr, . first toward ' peace, long
may ho waver!"
Mir. Roosevelt criticized the gen
eral course of the administration
throughout the war, declaring:
Wihioii Aims to Boost AVUkoii
. "If Mr. Wilson hod really meant
to disregard politics, he would at
' oncO' have : constructed a' conlltfon,
non-partisan cabinet, calling the
best men sC the nation to the
highest and most important offi
ces under hliji, without regard to
politics. He did nothing of , tho
kind. In the positions most vital
to the conduct of the war,, and In
the positions now most important
in connection with negotiating
- peace, "he .' retained or ' appointed
men without the slightest fitness
for' tho performance, of the tasks
whose sole recommendation was a
supple eagerness to serve Mr. Wil
son personally and to serve Mr.
Wilson's party; insofar as such
service benefitted, Mr. Wilson."
Is Glad Mask is Off
, "I am glad tint Mr. Wilson has
now cast, oft the' mask. His ap
peal is now pure partisanship.
"I ask all patriotic Americans
to consider Just what . is meant
when the president Biys that In
the present congress 'the loadors
of tho minority, . although unques
tionably pro-war, have been anti
administration.' These leaders sup
ported the administration when a
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TEXT OF
MAKES EP
AUSTP.O-HUfJGARIAN
NOTE TO PRESIDENT WILSON
Basel, Oct. 29. Tho Austro
Hungnrlan foreign minister In
structed the Austro-Hungarian min
ister at Stockholm Sunday to ask
the Swedish government to send'
the following note to tho Wash
ington government:
"In reply to the note of Presi
dent Wilson of the 18, (19th?) of
this month, addressed to the Aus-tro-HungarUn
government and giv
ing the decision of the president
to speak directly with the Austro
Hungarian gove:nment on the ques
tion of an armistice and peace, the
'Austro-Hungarian government 'has
the honor to dec'.iro that equally
with the proceeding proclamations
of the president, it adhores also to
the same point of view contained
In the last note upon the rights
of tho Austro-Hnngarlan' peoples,
eepeeially those of the Czecho
slovaks nd the Jugo-8lavs. ' -
AMERICAN L0I1G RAiJGb -6EH
AIll LIS
BOMBARDMENT OF THE SOURCES OF SUPPLY IS
MOST SERIOUS BLOW GERMANY HAS FACED.
Italians and British Drive a Heavy Wedge In the Austrian
v Forces In the Piave Region Battle Is Pro
. . ceeding On a Fifty-Mile Front.
WITH THE AMERICANS IN FRANCE, Oct, 29 (By
Fred S. Ferguson, United Press Staff Correspondent.)
The American long-range guns which are shelling the im
portant Hezieses-Longuyon railway are shooting twenty
five miles. They are. placed from five to ten miles behind
the American lines. - '-:,; c. '.: i
These guns completely smashed' Eaon and all the enemy
railways. leading froni Laon. The guns' are so big that
the French despaired of ever transporting , them to the
front. .... : - - .. . , .. ,
, , . THEY AEE.THE; PEACE MAKERS. . ;
;' The bombardmentof the Mezieres railway is the most
serious blow, the Germans hm.yht4JiTMeoxaiMn
dej of the big guns is the biggSst potvee spokesman oh tfit'
west front. This American is monarch ' whenever -arid
wherever his pets) get into action. The guns were taken
across the Atlantic lashed to tho decks of great ships.' ;
" (The big American guns have been described as being
o ai,j-a .gvu '
shoot a charge six and a half
inches in diameter, carrying a ton or explosives. . l he ex
tent of range twenty-five miles has nevtjr before been
made public.) , ,
ITALIANS MAKE BIG GAINS. ' , ,
WITH THIO ITALIANS IN TIL 13 FIELD, Oct. SO.
(By Henry Wood, Special United . Press representative.)
The Italians" are now advancing on a'' continuous front
of thirty-seven nules, extendmg cast from Mont bp.mon
cia; to lieoncandelle. The Austrian lines have been com
pletely pierced east of the Piave river. ,
Light infantry and other units poured .all night long
over several additional bridges thrown over the river by
engineers who worked like mad men. These units in in
creasing numbers are maintaining the pressurel against
the Austrians. . : - . - - ' ' .
BATTLE ON A FIFTY-MILE FRONT. ,
ROME,v Oct 29. (By United Press.) The waitoffice
announced that Italian and British troops, .'eontinu'injr.
thqir offensive in the Piave regian, have broken through
the Austrian lines on a, wide front. . '.
The battle is proceeding on a fifty-mile front. Italians
and British are across the Piave on a 'thirty-mile front.
They have driven a great wedge into the. enemy line, ad
vancing five miles beyond the Piave on a fifteen-mile
front. ; ;;.'.,-' , -, ''-
"Austro-Hungary, accepting all
the conditions - the president has
laid down for the entry Into neg
otiations for an armistice and
peace, no obsticle exists, accord
ing to the Judgment of the Ausiro
Huhgarlan government to the be
ginning of these negotiations.
"The Austro-Hungarian govern
ment declares itself ready, in consequence,-
without awaiting the re
sult of otbor negotiations, to en
ter Into negotiations, upon peace
between Austria-Hungary and the
states In the opposing gioup and.
for an Immediate armlatlco upon
all Austro-Hungarian fronts. .
"It asks President Wilson to be
;so kind as to begin overtures on
Ithe subject."
The Austrian note Is dated Octo
ber 28 at Vienna and Is signed by
Count Julias AndVtassy, the new
foregln minuter.
"""J I'f" T ' ' itholr- respective districts, H. . E.
feet in length and sixteeinCoolide - hag boea appointed to
WEATHEK REPORT.
PORTLAND, Oct. 29. Fair.
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LA GRANDE. OREGON, jTUESDAY;
OUT; TURKEY ASKS
CHU1EI1
11 FOR
DISTRICTS
WAR CHEST i CAMPAIGN TO
BE HANDLED BY LOAN
' ORGANIZATION.
BE
COUNTY ASSIGNED
$87,000 QUOTA
Eleven Managers -Are Re-Appointed
War, Chest Endorsed By Federal
;: Government Immediate Peace Will
; Not Relieve the Pressing Need of
'Funds to Carry On Work. .
The Fourth Liberty Iioan, : a sub
Joct In history, liu Union County
Advisory Wnr Board is now mak
ing appointments of., chairman to
take charge of the work both by
counties, and districts.., The coun
ty will . be divided into the same
nineteen districts : as in the Liber
ty Loan campaign.- All. of the
chairmen have not .,yet been ftp
pointed . but it hM bocn -annpuncr
ed that
Mountain
C D. r Huffman, Blue
Grsngm ; .F. E. Smith,:
Elgin; Dr.' W.rT. Phy,.Hot Laker
Mrs. Elsie 'BidwelLv Island; City; 8.
L. Brooks, Iniblor; J. D. Fontaine,
Kumola; L. A, Wright,: Union; Dun
ham Wright, Medical Springs; Mrs.
E. D. Whiting, Mt. Ol'en; Earl
Sloddard,: Perry and W. H. Brrggs,
Starkcy will' retain their places In
the
"La Grande district. .
lfH7,000 To, Be Quota . .
Tho quota for Union county will
$87,000 requiring the donation on
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THE REPORT
STOItY ' FUOM MICHIGAN : IA
I'KIl' W1THOIT. FOUNDATION
Surgeon-' Geiieml ' Ktiys No - One
Was' Executed for Spreading
. . of Influenza Germs
Itoferring to an Item decently
republished in the Obesrvei from
Midland, Mich., Republican, . the
surgeon general of : the Unltod
States issues a circular covering
tho case which was received to
day. The- clrculir says:
"There has been no more Insid
iously false reports come to my
attention . than those, recently
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RUTH
DE HAVILAND PLANE MADE IN
OCTOBER 29, 1918 .
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Tinr nnnnniri Tn
0 1 luL rnUDI.nl!
BE FORMULATED ftT THE .
MEETING AT VERSAILLES
AUSTRIAN NOTE TO PRESIDENT WILSON IS CON
SIDERED EQUIVALENT TO SURRENDER." j
Turkey Sends an Independent Offer For Peace German
Socialist Paper Saysj the Wail Must End ; , ;
Within the Next Few Days. ' . 1
WASHINGTON, Oct. '29. (By Robert J. Bender,
United Press Staff Correspondent.) -Austria-Hungary is
virtually out! of the war, leaving Germany to fight alone,
according to unanimous diplomatic opinion. Austria in
tends to desert the Germans for peace, if the allies will
letherdoso. . . ,,
' PROBABLE TERMS OF ARMISTICE. ' v '
It can be authoritatively stated that President Wilson
expects his armistice program to be accepted by the Ver
sailles conference .which opens today. Thus it may be
implied that the conference will tell Germany., that she
must leave her heavy artillery where it 1nds,-;:.;j-'U-fronts,
retreating with side arms; she must evacuate all
occupied territory, including Russia and, Roumania, and
submit to allied control of all sea, craft, important muni
tion plants; allow allied occupation of strategic) points in
Germany , and Alsace-Lorraine, and submit to such other
concessions as will prevent double-dealing at the peace
table. .
, TANTAMOUNT TO A SURRENDER.
' LONDON, Oct. ,29. (By Ed L. Keen, United Press
Staff . Correspondent.) The AuHtriau note to President
Wilson is tantamount to a surrender, in the opinion of
Welt; informed .authorities' nnd the London newspapers.
The Express says it learns authoritatively, that the allied
conference will soon present to Germany the' armistice
terms which will incjudio tho occupation of Metz, the
Krupp arsenal at Essen and other enemy fortresses. , .
Diplomatists believe that the publication of the terms
of the armistice will caiisc the enemy to hoist tho white
flag.
"MUST ARREST VAIN FLOW OF BLOOD."
"BERNE,. Oct. 29. (By United Press.) "The world
war will not last over a few days. We must arrest the
vain flow of' tnir hlood,". declares tlitf Berlin .Socialist
newspaper, the Vorwacrts, which is now rcgid'ded as vir
tually the German government organ.
Another Appeal to the Pope.
COPENHAGEN, Oct. 29. (United
Press.) The Cologne Volks Zeltung
says that a congress of German bish
ops has asked the Pope to exercise his
influence for a Just peace which will
prevent the allies from destroying
Germany. .
AMERICA
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Amerlciin airplane factories,
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Revolution In Montenegro.
ZURICH, Oct, 20. (United Press.)
Hungarian dispatches Btato. that
revolution Has broken out in Monte
negro. Revolutionists,, including Al
banian soldiers, have seized Gcttinje,
Rchutari and Ricka. Austro-Hungar-ians
are evacuating Montenegro.
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Turks Propose Peace. ,
COPENHAGEN, Oct. 29. (United
Press.) Constantinople has proposed
a separate peace for Turkey, according
to information received today.. Tur
key made the proposal independently.
Hungary Has Definitely Revolted.
COPENHAGEN, Oct 2it. (United
Press.) Hungary has definitely re
volted, forming an Independent, anti
dynastic state under Count Carolyis'
leadership in- cooperation with Cedo
and Jugoslavia, say Vienna dispatches
to the Politikcn.
COUP PLANNED
GENERALS FAILED TO CONNECT
London, Oct. '29. Many reports
'Minting Durlln pipers exposo. a
military coup planned by Luden
dorft, and .Hlndenburg .to . block
concessions to Wilson, Exposure
An M-pea.' 4
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Prista the New tiw
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NUMBER 2ii
PEACE
PEACE PLET.S
KOCH'S FORCES CONTINUE WITH
. HAMMERING BLOWS.
Brilliant Gains Made On Practically
- All the Fighting Front Lang
Range Guns Blast Trail. ;
While both Germany and Austria
are seeking to secure a cessation of
hostilities and Turkey, also Is report
ed to be favorably disposed toward
peace,' the entente allied troops on all
the battlofronts are giving no heed
tc peace proposals but are continuing
with mi t mercy to drive their foes be
fore them. :.AZr??i' r-V'Sj
AT)d In all the battle soncs the allies
are meeting with marked success. In
ranee the German battle line la alow-. '
ly disintegrating under the violence
of the allied offensives; in northern
Italy the Austro-Hungarisns are be-
ing forced back by the British, French '
and Italians with heavy losses in men
killed, wounded or made prisoner, near i
the shores of the Adriatic in Albania -
the Italians are driving the Austrians
toward the Montenegro frontier, while
in 'Asiatic. Turkey, both in Syria and
Mesopotamia, the British are fast
clearing the Turks from their former
strongholds. ,.VV.:i::.. ,
..Although the Germans in France
and Flanders still, are strenuously re
sisting the, allied attempts to break .
4haie.Jine, 4hey are giving away at '
a steady Tate under the force) of the
attacks. In the other theatres there -apparently
is not the Dame disposition
to offer stubborn, denial) of the right
of way, except possibly , in the moun
tain region of Italy, where art attempt ,
Is being made by the allied forces to
open the back door into Austria.
South or Valenciennes tn France,
Field Marshal Haig's forces: hotwith-
standing stiff opposition,, have ad- .
vanced their line in the geberal opera- ;
tion which has in View the capture of !
Vaiencionnes and pressing on toward t
Mons and Maubeuge in the general .
converging movement that is going'
on between Belgium and tho region
north of Verdun.1 ... . , ' . - ,
Yankees and French Advance.
: Further south, from the Oise river
to the res-ion of Kethel, the French
have gained a signal victory by fore- v
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Flu Makes No Headway.
and No New Houses Re
ported No More Serious
. The influonza situation '. Is ap
parently ' improved according to
announcements made this morning
by Dr.- A. Richardson, ; city health" .
officer. No cases have been report
ed ' In houses, other than those ;
previously accomodating . patients.
Several hundred people were
treated by city phylstclans, . with
the antl-influenza serum. The
present supply Is exhausted. ,
: ' Willing to lie President
". London, Oct. 29. Emperor WII- ;
Ham h.as no Intention of abdicat
ing, but is willing, if it Is for the
good of the people, to ordain that
his rights shall be ireframed, ac
cording to ,ii statement attribut
ed to German court circles. Tbe '
emperor Is said to have remarked: .
"I will not abandon my sorely ,
tried people, but, it necessary, I
am ready to become something like
hereditary presldon; of a German
republic like . the kings ; of Eng
land, Bolglum and France." .
, Horman Lund, who has been In
training in the Seattle nival yards
Is vlBltlng on furlough at the home
of his parents, Mr. and Sirs. O.
Lund of Cove.
of the plot force'! Ludendorft'a
resignation and may result In tbe
ousting of Hlndenburg. Reldstag
members are dally .demanding the
kaiser's abdication. . , , . -
liO HEED GIVEO
BY THE GERMAN
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