VOL. L.VIII. .VO. 18,053.
PORTLAND, OREGON; WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BRITISH ENCIRCLE
CITY OF DAMASCUS
BELGIAN CAVALRY
III PURSUIT OF HIS
SENATE DEFEATS
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
FREIICH IMPS
TAXES TO PILE UP
ON NEW YORK RICH
TURKEY LOOKS III
CAVALRY COLLECTS ASOTHER
100 0 TURKISH PRISOXERS.
PERSONAL INTER VEXTIOX
BY
VALUATIONS INCREASED OX
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
WILSOX FUTILE.
OREGON HOW WAITS
PORTLAND'S FINISH
Slowness of City Holds
Back Success.
All II R
EI1TER ST. QUEHTII)
a i
Violent Explosions Precede
Bcche Retreat.
CLASH UNEQUALED IN WAR
Enormous Forces Grapple in
4 Ferocious Struggle Before
I St. Quentin and Cambrai.
U S. BOYS MEET HUGE ODDS
Superior Enemy Numbers As
. sault American Unit in
k Far Advanced Position.
WITH THE FRENCH HEAD
QUARTERS IN FRANCE, Oct. 1.
4 :30 P. M. (Reuter's.) French
troops entered St. Quentin this aft
ernoon. The battle continues along: the whole
Franco-American front from St.
Quentin to the Meuse. The British on
the north and the French on the south
have drawn an arc around St. Quentin
well to the rear of the city. Reports
of huge explosions in the town began
to be heard early this morning.
More Progress Reported.
Toward the Aisne the French have
made progress beyond Revillon. In
the center the Germans are clinging
obstinately to the wooded - massif of
St. Thierry, which forms a maze of
strong positions stretching from Cor
micy to the Vesle, flanking Rheims
on the northwest and enabling the
Germans to maintain their hold on a
semicircle of strong: points around
Rheims from Fort St. Thierry on the
west to the trenches fronting Fompelle
on the east.
"WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN
FRANCE, Oct. 1 (By the Associated
Press.) General Berthelot's troops,
widening the front of attack this aft
ernoon, made further gains, occupying
observation points that give them
views eastward upon the group
hills northwest of Rheims and north
ward toward the Chemin Des Dames.
Three thousand prisoners were taken
over this front of about five miles.
Vital Positions Are Won.
Revillon and Glennes were taken,
while farther west the Beauregard
Farm, a most excellent observation
point, was occupied. Another com
manding position . that fell into the
hands of General Berthelot's men was
hill No. 153,. east of Romain, which
gives them an excellent view through
the group of hills north of Montigny.
General Berthelot's operations here
recall somewhat that of General Man
gin in the region of the Chemin Des
Dames. He is attacking a most for
midable position, which is almost
turned from the west, Berthelot hav
ing advanced within a short distance
of the Valley of the Aisne. The re
sistance of the Germans was very
great, as the number of prisoners in
dicates. PARIS, Oct. 1. Attacks conducted
by the first army in conjunction with
the British in the region of St. Quen
tin, says the War Office announce
ment tonight, have obtained important
results. . '
Canal Line Reached.
French troops have penetrated St
Quentin as far as the canal.
South of the Aisne, Meurival, Vente
ley, Bouvencourt and St. Thierry have
been occupied, while north of Boucon
ville, Autry wood and Vaux-Les-Mau-ron
have been captured.
"Attacks conducted by the first
army in conjunction with the British
in the region of St. Quentin yesterday
obtained important resulfs. We have
penetrated St. Quentin as far as the
canal. The enemy resisted obsti
. nately. '
"In the region we reached the canal
between Tronquoy and Rouvoy. To
the south we pushed into the Hinden
burg line as far as two kilometers to
the east of Gauchy.
Twenty-One Cannon Captured.
"We have taken Meurival, Ventelay,
Bouvencourt, Trigny, Nerey Py and
St. Thierry (Aisne sector). Two
thousand prisoners have been taken
since yesterday, together with 21
cannon.
"We have taken Autry Wood and
Vaux-Les-Nauron, five kilometers
north of Bauconville.
"We have reached the southern bor-
(.Concluded on Face 3, Column 2.)
General AIlenby' Troops Are Re
ported to Be Advancing Ciion.
Palestine Town, of Beirut.
LONDON, Oct. 1. BritislI forces
marching- north from Palestine have
virtually surrounded the city of Damas
cus. They are established on the north,
west and south of the city, it was of
ficially announced today.'
The troops which have effected this
movement are cavalry forces. Some
1003 prisoners and five guns were taken
from the enemy rear guards.
PARIS. Oct. 1. General Allenby's
troops are now two and a half miles
from Damascus and French cavalry Is
advancing on Beyreut. according to
Marcel Hutin, of the Echo de Paris.
NINETY PER CENT PASS 0. K.
Students Corps Entrants Show
Well at State College.
Up
WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE,
Pullman, Oct. 1. (Special.) The State
College of Washington has gone for
mally onto a war basis, approximately
700 students' Army training: corps men
being on the grounds, 276 of whom had
been given the reg-ular physical ex
amination. Of this number, less than
10 per cent failed to pass.
Colonel W. T. May, commandant of
the unit here, announced that regis
trants in the local unit would be re
ceived at Pullman up to midnight Oc
tober 15 and that students who fall to
qualify for the corps will be grlven in
struction practically Identical with that
of the military corps. Including infan
try training. All classes registered In
class 1 September 12 will be eligible to
the corps.
LIBERTY MOTORS SUCCESS
French Want to Take All Machines
America Can Spare.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. A most fa
vorable report on De Haviland four
airplanes with Liberty mo' rs manufac
tured in this country has been made to
Major General Kenley, chief of mili
tary aeronautics, by an officer of the
air service Just back from France. The
officer's report says the machines com
pare favorably with the best British
and French makes.
"We obtained approximately 130
miles per hour and an altitude of 10,000
feet in 10 minutes and 21 seconds, full
load, excepting, bombs. The French
Minister of War thought so well of
the Liberty' motor that the. Under
Secretary for Aviation, M- Du Mesnil,
informed me that the French would
gladly take every motor we could pro
duce which we could not use ourselves."
FARMERS TO BE AIDED
Loans for Wheat Planting to
Made in 3 States From Fund.
Be
6T. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 1. Farmers of
the drouc-ht-stricken section of North
Dakota, Montana and Washington are
to be aided in their Spring planting- of
wheat through loans from a fund of
$2,550,000, It was announced tonight by
President E. G. Quamme. of the St.
Paul 'Land Bank.
The loans for Spring planting will
be limited to S3 an acre on a maxi
mum of 100 acres. -
The allotments for the three states,
are Montana, $1,550,000; North Dakota,
J600.000, and Washington, (200,000.
CHALLENGE SENT TO WORLD
Fleet Corporation Recognizes Rec
ord of Aberdeen Plant.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. Shipyards of
the world were challenged today by
James O. Heyworth. manager of the
Emergency Fleet Corporation's wooden
construction division, to equal the re
cord of a 4000-ton hull 96 per cent com
pleted in the 17 li working days made
by a wooden shipyard at Aberdeen,
Wash.
Mr. Heyworth predicted an imme
diate .speeding-up of wooden construc
tion and said he expected steel yards
would put forth efforts to beat the new
world's record.
RUSH TO NAVY IS GREAT
Marine Corp Also Proves Popular
as Patriotic Youth Enlist.
PAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1. A rush of
applicants for induction into the Marine
Corps and the Navy following the re-
opening of recruiting stations here to
day necessitated the calling of a police
detail to direct the formation of the
waiting lines of men.
Both stations announced the regis
tration of more than 500 men before
noon. Reports from Coast cities where
naval stations were reopened showed
a proportionate response.
ALASKA RAILROAD IS OPEN
Governor Thomas Riggs Aboard
First Train Over Line.
SEWARD. Alaska, Oct. 1. Thomas
Riggs. Jr., Governor of Alaska, was
aboard the first passenger train oper
ated over the recently completed
Seward-Anchorage link of the railroad
the Government is building between
Seward and Fairbanks.
The train left Seward early yester
day and arrived at Anchorage last
night. Next Sunday a celebration wi
be held here to mark the opening of
the link, . . . . . .
Bulge in Flanders Line
Greatly Extended.
FOE LOSES MANY TOWNS
Menace to Coast Positions
Around -Ostend Grows.
BIG NAVAL GUNS . SEIZED
Heavy Pieces on Railway Mountings
Are Captured Near Staden Kins
Albert's Men Push Beyond
Trench Zone Into Open.
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IX
FRANCE. Oct. 1. (Renter's.-) In Klan
dem Anglo-Belgian 'omi nave occu
pied Ledeghem and Rolleghem Capellajl
c nmi-Konien road.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FLANDERS. Oct. 1. The Belgians have
pushed beyond the shell-torn zone of
mud and water and have occupied com
paratively dry and comfortable posi
tions In the enemy lines.
The enemy lost practically the whole
of his forward artillery and some of
nis Heaviest naval guns. The Germans
fought stoutly in Houtholst forest, but
were completely surprised ty the on
rush, of the Belgians through the soak
ing downpour. The Germans fell like
flies. -
TTew Towns Are) Captured.
The Belgians have passed through
Staden. Oostnieuwkerke (two and one-
nait nines west of Roulers) and Slesk-
hake and are in Wcrvicq.
British forces in the same region also
report progress in the face of . severe
opposition. They are mor - than 1000
yards north of Pont De Nieppe. have
takes Erqulnghem. an. along the Lys
Kiver bank 60 yards east of the Wa
chaca River, are through Comines and
are well past Gheluwe. . ,
Warneton la Passed.
Strong British patrols have fought
their way through the town of Warne
ton, :on the Lys River between Armen-
ucres ana jiemn. ana also hare gone
through La Basseeville and St. Peters.
The Germans today continued to
fight as desperately as before, but
every hour sees the menace to their
Belgian coast positions around Ostend
increased. At the same time the Brit
ish and Belgians are drawing closer to
Bruges.
The continued success of the Flan
ders operations, it is expected, will have
wide and most important effects In
more ways than one. . The . Germans
will try to hold on as they never have
held any place before and It is not
improbable the fighting may develop
into a very fierce battlo-
Belgian cavalry has come into actio
in the neighborhood of Roulers and has
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Victory Lost bjr Two Votes; Resolu
tion kept on Calendar for
Future Consideration.
WASHINGTON.. Oct. 1. The Senate
today refused to grant the request of
the President that the woman suffrage
resolution be passed as a war measure.
Alter five days of bitter debate, cor
ridor conferences and cloakroom nego
tiations, the Susan B. Anthony Federal
amendment resolution enacted by the
House last January received on .the
final rollcall two votes leas than the
necesaaxy two-thirds majority. Fifty
four Senators were recorded for it and
SO against it. with 12 absent and paired.
Before the vote was announced Sena
tor Jones, of New Mexico, chairman of
the woman suffrage committee to com
ply with parliamentary requirements,
changed his vole from the affirmative
to the negative and moved that the
Senate reconsider.
Keeolntlon StUl om Calendar.
This made tne final official record
53 to 31 and left the resolution tech
nically pending on the Senate calendar.
In position for further consideration
planned after the November elections,
when suffrage forces hope to muster
the requisite number of votes.
President Wilson's personal address
to the Senators yesterday, supplemented
by letters today to several Democratic
Senators opposed to the resolution, did
not change a single vote, although In
the final debate some Senators asserted
that defeat of the resolution would
mean repudiation of the Executive.
Lineup Practically I'nehanged.
Including the absent and paired Sena
tors, the rollcall showed that the Sen
ate lineup of 63 to 34 on the resolution
remained virtually unchanged from the
beginning of the fight last Thursday.
Chairman Jones and other chain
pions of the resolution declared af
ter today's vote that the defeat Is
only temporary and that the contest
will be renewed after the November
elections when changes In member
ship are certain.
Administration leaders also admit
ted that the vote was the first Im
portant reverse President Wilson has
met In advocacy of what he has de
clared to be an essential war measure.
Partisan Politic Inane.
The vote today came before 4
o'clock after one of the most bitter
and spectacular contests In the Sen
ate in years. Today charges and
counter charges of responsibility for
the result were hurled back and forth,
with partisan politics again an Issue.
In last effort to . win otw Demo
crats opposing the measure, 'follow
ing his address to the Senate yester
day, President ." Wilson today sent
personal letters, to Senators Overman
of North Carolina, Shields of Tennes
see. Benst of South. Carolina. Martin
of Kentucky, ana It was reported a
few others, earnestly seeking their
support. f
Amendments All FnlL
All efforts today to amend the res
olution were futile. . A motion by
Chairman Jones to table the amend
ment of Senator Williams. , of Missis
slppi. designed to limit the franchise
to white woman, was carried. 61 to 2
The proposal of Senator Frelins
huysen, of New Jersey, to require
American citizenship of women vot
(Concluded on P 4, Column 1.)
SOME MORE OF THE KAISER'S
$3,190,595 STILL. NEEDED
Outside Counties Make Good
Boast Beating Multnomah.
STATE IS $59,041 OVER
Only Three Counties Have Failed So
Far to Complcto Their Lib
erty Loan Quotas, Jackson,
Marlon and Umatilla.
STATE AVD CITY STADIG9
IS FOURTH LIBERTY LOAX.
Official quota for all
Oregon $33,703,130
Portland and outer
state, reported 30.S17.171
Official balance yet to
be raised f 3. 190.95 J
Analysis of City ana Stnte.
Official quota. Portland
and Multnomah Co. .$18,323,421
Reported f r o m 'all
sources but ot all
received 1E.073.421
Official balance yet to
be raised t 3.250,000
Officially reported, outer-state
counties $15,443,750
Official quota, outer
state counMes 15.384.709
Oversubscription of out
er state $
59.041
BT BEN HUB LAMPMAN.
Oregon Is watting on Portland, not
without some Impatience, for the city
returns that wilt enable the state to
announce completion of its quota in
the fourth liberty loan.
The outer-atatn counties, reports
John L. Etbreridge. state director of
organisation, have attained their ag
gregate quota and are moving to the
assistance of Portland with a siibstan
tial . over-subscription.
With a combined quota of $15,384,709
the state outside of Multnomah-County
had reported, earl last night, a total
of $15,443,750, or an over-subecription
of $59,041.
Only Three Cnnnrlen Lncktng.
But three counties remain with their
liberty loan tasks unfinished Jackson,
Marlon and Umatilla. Sister counties
are carrying their deficits, as they are
carrying already a portion of Port
land's allotment.
"Portland plainly Is holding the state
back," said Chairman Emery Olmstead.
(Conclude on Pi 11. Column l-
TOULTRY.
Thirteen Vandrrbilts Will Pay on
Basis of $1,000,000 Each.
Rockefeller, 910,000,000.
NEW YORK. Oct. 1. Wealthy fam
ilies of New York City will be taxed
much .more heavily on- personal prop
erty next year, it was shown today,
when the books of the department of
taxes were opened to the public
The assessors have Increased per
sonal property valuations by $600,488,
930, and have placed opposite the
names of many prominent residents
figures far in excess of the estimates
of IMS.
Thirteen members of the Vanderbilt'
family, who this 'year were listed for
sums ranging from $100,000 to $380,000,
are now. aked to pay on a valuation
of 1.000,000 each.
John D. Rockefeller, assessed at
$3,000,000 thia year, la taxed on a $10,
000,000 basis.
Andrew Carnegie, whose name does
not appear on the 1913 books, now Is
listed at $5,000,000.
TTharles M. Schwab, whose valuation
this year was $118,000. has $1,000,000
beside his name.
Former Senator William A. Clark, of
Montana, who has n residence here.
and was formerly assessed at $275,000,
is down for $1,000,000.
J. P. Morgan, though he claims Nas
sau County as his place of residence.
Is taxed on $500,000.
August Belmont. Harry Payne Whit
ney. Henry C. Frlck. Thomas F. Ryan
and George Ehret are listed at 51.000.
000 each, while Felix and Paul War
burg, T. Coleman Du Pont and others
are each down for $500,000.
DRAFT SLACKER RAIDS DUE
Pacific Coast t Be Combed for
Those Who Failed to Register.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. Draft slacker
raids will be resumed within a few
days by Department of Justice agents
in about a dozen cities in the East
and on the Pacific Coast.
Special efforts will be made in these
round-ups to get men who failed to
register September 12. Meanwhile, am
ple opportunity will be given for be
lated registration.
SALOONMEN TAKE HEART
Bulgaria's Surrender Causes New
York Owners to Renew Licences.
NEW YORK. Oct. 1. Instead of rrfore
than one-third of the salons In New
York going out of business on Octo
ber 1, as was predicted a week ago.
saloonkeepers took heart at the news
of Bulgaria's surrender, which they
Interpreted as meaning an early end
to the war and hastened to apply for a
renewal of their licenses yesterday, the
last day of icrace.
CHASER SUNK, 2 MISSING
Naval Craft Lost in Collision Off
New Jersey Coast.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 1. Naval sub
marine chaser No. CO was sunk early
today In a collision with the oil steamer
S. W. Waller off the coast of New Jer
sey. Two men from the chaser are miss
ing, but the other members of the crew
were rescued.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Centner.
TESTEPHATS Maximum.' T7 decrees;
minimum. 63 decrees.
TODAT"8 Partly cloudy, not " so warm;
westerly minds.
War.
Belclan cavalry pursues Hans. Pas 1.
St. Quentin raptured. Pace 1.
Hfittah encircle Damascus. Pace 1.
Hale rains after all-day battle. Pace 3.
Americans repulse Germans, race 3.
Official casualty list. Pace -Berlin
admits losses. Pigc 5.
Drtvs aratnat Bulcaria succeeds from start.
Psca
Foreign.
Semiofficial peace advances made by Tur
key. Pac 1.
Germans lose 1000 men In Ckraine battle.
Pace B.
Balfour demands Justice for oppressed peo
ples. Pace 2.
Grave Internal crisis threatens Germany.
Pace 2.
BHtl.h press sees berlnnlnr of end of war.
Face 2.
National.
Woman snffrace defeated In SVnate. Pace 1.
Final number drawn In draft lottery. Pace 7.
Domestic.
Personal property taxes to Increase at New
York Pac t
panlh Influenza menaces ship production.
Pace T.
Fact fie North went.
Llndberc wiped out by firs with loss esti
mated at several hundred thouaand dol
lars. Pace ?
8 ports.
Pheasant hunters declare early worm edaca
myth. Pace 12.
Government wants coif equipment- Pace 13.
'Comnserrtnl nnd Marine.
New crop walnut prices named at blch
level. Pace 17.
War stocks react sharply In Wall street
market. Pace 17.
Decline In Chtc&co com market Is un
checked. Pace 17.
Oralnhandlers return to work. Pace 13.
Portland nnd Vicinity.
Orecon over the top? with Portland threucb
collectlnc. Pace 1.
Student Army training corps enter TJ. S.
service. Pace .
Btc eampatcn of publicity to Ye launched
prvcedlnc bouslnc survey. Psce 10.
Hsd Cross rsnteen In Portland declared
Idul. Pace .
Orecon Senator In path of Han fire. Pace a.
Rotarlans pledr themselves to sld art mu
seum reconstruction work. Pace 12.
Pacific Coast irss dealers adopt early clos
toc order. Pacs 4-
Sundar clostnc opposed by Portland dealers.
Pare 4.
Weather report, data and forecast,. Page 17.
Semi -Official .dvances
Hade, London Hears.
FORMAL APPEAL AWAITED
Austrian Emperor Expected to
Issue Highly Important ..
Manifesto Today.
FOE STILL FORMIDABLE
Allies Realize Big Task Ahead
Even With Bulgaria Out
of the Fighting. '
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 1. All the im
perial German " Secretaries of State
have resigned and the Prussian Min
isters intend to resign, according: to
the Berlin Tageblatt, a copy of which
has been received here.
LOKDOX, Oct. 1. The possibility
of Turkey's collapse as a belligerent
had eclipsed the Bulgarian armistice
in political news interest today.
"Feelers" have been put ont by Tur
key for an armistice, the Evening
News today Rays it understands.
While these advances are said to
be semi-official, no notice will be
taken of them, the article states, until
an official telegram is received.
Grim Work Still Ahead.
The keynote of the newspaper com
ment is a warnin'; to the people not
to think that the Var is ended.
The German army, it is pointed out,
is yet a preat army and as yet unde
feated. There is grim work ahead,
the commentators generally agree.
According- to Vienna messages.
Emperor Charles is to issue & mani
festo to the people tomorrow and it
is feft that this must be an utterance
of historic importance.
People to Deal With King.
There has been much discussion in
the English press of the status of
King Ferdinand, and suggestions have
been made that he be deposed.
The governments of the allies take
the view that, according to their prin
ciple of. self-determination, the ques
tion of who would be Bulgaria's ruler
is a question for the Bulgarian people
to decide.
Self-Determination Applied.
Thus, it is pointed out, the Hies
have given a practical application to
the self-determination principle at th
first opportunity offered.
Germany, if reports from a neutral
center can be relied upon, is going to
make a great effort to maintain com
munication over the -Orient railway
with Turkey and thus hopes to keep
her eastern ally in the war.
Troops Moved From Roumania.
According to a Hague dispatch to
the Central News, 250.00C German
and Austro-Hungarian troops have ar
rived at Sofia from Roumania and,
while part of these will remain in
Sofia as an argument favoring the
overthrow of the Malinoff govern
ment, the majority will endeavor to
keep the allied troops from the Orient
railway, which $on Germany and
Austria with Constantinople, the con
struction of which was a few years
ago, hailed as the greatest achieve
ment of the central powers.
Move Involved in Peril.
The removal of troops from Rou
mania, however, is not without dan
ger. A few weeks ago, when appealed
to by his colleagues on the western
front for assistance. Field1 Marshal
von Mackensen reported that condi- .
tions in Roumania did not warrant tha
transfer of a single soldier from that
country.
Now Roumanians are predicting
that if the Roumanian army does not
rejoin the allies there will be at least
a rising in that country which will
completely nullfy the Bucharest
treaty, so far as it provides for the
revictualing of the central powers.
German papers, too, express sus
picion of the crown council held Sun
day, ostensibly for a discussion of tu
Crown Prince's marria-e, but at
which other matters might be dis
cussed. Bratiano's Presence Disturbing.
The presence at this council of ex
Premier Bratiano, who is strongly for
tCaaUudcd, oa Face 3, Column l-