T1TE 3IOIIXIXG OREGOXIAX. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1918.
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u TO DODGE DISASTER
French Press Sees in Peace
Move Confession of Peril.
14 POINTS NOT ACCEPTED
Prince Max' Declarations Conflict in
Some Respects With Wil
son's Feace Conditions.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. Comment of
the French press on the Teutonic peace
proposals is summarized in an official
dispatch from France today as follows:
"The step taken by Germany, Austria-Hungary
and Turkey is a collec
tive confession of the extremely ser
ious situation they are now in owing
to the allied victories.
"A month ago Berlin would not have
consented to carry so far her peace
maneuvers. But this step maintains
the confused character that all Ger
man proposals have borne. This one
evidently shows the inward thought
that it might succeed in weakening
the allied peoples' will or in setting
her enemies against each other. She
will see that she is mistaken.
"The proposals do not mention ac
ceptance of the 8th of January message
four points, but only says the central
powers would consent to take them
as a basis. This is openly confessing
that the central governments would
intend to discuss these points and re
fuse them in some particular or other
after pretending to accept them as a
starting point.
"These papers note that the decision
made yesterday at the Reichsag by
Prince Maximilian, of Baden, are in
come essential points in contradiction
of the 14 clear causes of President Wil
son's message."
PARIS, Oct. 7 Rene Viviani, presi
dent of the Council when the war broke
out, and head of the French mission
to the United States, interviewed by
Information regarding the peace pro
posals of the central powers, said to
days: "Germany has presented propositions
to President Wilson, but are they really
propositions for peace? The discourse
of Chancellor Maximilian appears to be
merely the programme of the ma
jority. It is not a question of dis
cussing the 14 propositions made by
President Wilson, for discussion of
them as a basis for an armistice would
not be in accord with the military
advantages which we possess through
the splendid services of our troops.
"Whether the enemy accords auton
omy to Alsace-Lorraine is no longer
a question, for we demand the return
of the provinces to France, pure and
simple, and without any trap for a
referendum."
missioned officer attached to an Ameri
can tank corps' who had been severely
burned in the same tank. The others
were British privates.
Upon hearing the story of the tank
Waaler started out through a terrific
enemy barrage to reach the tank, al
though assured that all the others of
the crew were undoubtedly dead. He
did not think it wise to take any men
from Nhis platoon on this expedition,
so went alone. i
Upon reaching the tank, which to his
comrades seemed an Impossible feat, in
view of the heavy enemy fire, he dis
covered men alive in the tank, though
badly burned. He penetrated the
flames, which set fire to his coat. He
rescued two men still living and also
brought out one dead man and brought
all three back to the American lines
as shells crashed around him. Two
days later Waaler brought down an
enemy aircraft with a machine gun
in the same sector. He was recom
mended for the officers' training course
but because he is not yet an American
citizen he was not eligible.
RATE REDUCTION IN SIGHT
APPLE MBS MAY GET FREIGHT
PRICE OP $1.15 A HO'DRED.
T. N. T. BLAST THREATENED
FLAMES MENACE PLANT; FIRE
MEN OCT ON STRIKE.
Senator McNary Telegraphs That
Railway Administration Favors
Cutting- Tariff of $1.25.
SALEM, Or., Oct. 7. Information has
been received by the Oregon Public
Service Commission from United States
Senator McNary that the Railroad Ad
ministration doubtless will agree to a
reduction in the transcontinental
freight rates on apples from J1.25 to
$1.15 a hundred. Officials of the de
partment have intimated that the Ad
ministration will agree to the lower
rate if satisfactory to the apple grow
ers of the Pacific Northwest. The lat
ter have stood out for a maximum rate
of $1.10. but it is said that any further
delay will result in apples being moved
under the present rate of $1.25.
Public Service Commissioner Buchtel
today telegraphed Chairman Miller of
the Oregon Commission advising that
ne ana t-aciric Northwest fruit men,
wno are at tne .national capital, argee
to the concession that is indicated. A
hearing on fruit and vegetable rates is
scheduled to come up before the Inter
state Commerce Commission tomorrow.
NATIVE OF EUGENE DIES
Mrs. -ancy Wood Was Daughter of
Rev. Stephen Jenkins, Early Settler.
EUGENE, Or., Oct. 7. (Special.)
-Mrs. Aancjr w ood, who was born and
has spent almost her entire life in
Eugene, died at her home here Sunday
evening at the age of 63 years.
Mrs. Wood was the daughter of Rev.
fetepnen Jenkins and Sarah Jenkins,
who were among the earliest settlers
of Lane County. She was born May 1,
1S55, and was married to A. J. Wood,
May 10, 1ST4. She leaves, besides her
husband, three children, Harvey, Ora
and Nellie Wood: two brothers, S. R.
Jenkins, of Eugene, and J. V. Jenkins,
of Crow., and one sister, Mrs. Livonia
Locke, of Corvallis.
The funeral will be held at the Gor
don & Veatch chapel at 2 o'clock Tues
day afternoon October 8. Interment
will be made in the Mulky Cemetery.
Blaze Near Rock Island Arsenal Ex
tinguished in Time; Morgan'
Missing List 64.
ROCK ISLAND, 111., Oct. 7. Fire of
unknown origin Droke out" at .the
"Walsh Construction Company camp at
the Rock Island arsenal at 9 o'clock
this morning.
The camp is situated near the big
T. N. T. plant at the arsenal and
every effort was made to prevent its
spread. The city firemen were out
on strike.
In addition to the fire department
at tlie arsenal, outside help was called
for from the fire departments of Dav
enport, Rock Island and Moline. At
10:45 the fire had been brought under
control.
PERTH AMBOY N. J., Oct. 7.
Sixty-four men are missing and 325 of
the 700 buildings of the T. A. Gillespie
Loading Company plant at Morgan, N.
J., were aestroyea in the lire and ex
plosions which swept the big shell
lactory on r rid ay and faaturday, ac
cording to an official statement made
by Thomas A. Gillespie, president of
the corporation, here this afternoon,
FUNERAL CORTEGE HALTED
Police Search ins lor Liquor Narrowly
Escape Punishment
BAKER, Or.. Oct. 7 (Special.) Two
members of the State Military Police
narrowly escaped rough treatment at
the hands of angered Grant County
residents, who resented their action In
halting cars in a funeral procession to
search for liquor, according to report.
At the itinera! services held recently
for Ensign Tracy
there was a large attendance, and as
the cortege was driving from Canyon
City to the cemetery 30 or more cars
were halted by the police, who, how-
ver, found no liquor.
Later an indignation meeting was
held and a posse organized to deal with
the two officers, but they coiild not
be found.
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BY YOUNG NORWEGIAN.
MEAN THEFT CONFESSED
Marstafleld Policeman Steals Clothes
fathered for Belgian.
MARSHFIELD, Or., Oct. 7. (Spe
cial.) The city is stirred by the con
fession of a member of the Police De
partment to stealing clothes gathered
for the Belgians, which after collecting
were placed in the station until packed.
The city fire engineer is also accused
of participation in the deed, but has
not yet confessed.
The man who confessed has resigned
his position and sought work in the
shipyard, which foremen say will be
denied him. Talk of a ride on a rail is
heard on the streets, of giving him a
certain period of time to leave the city
and other threats are frequently heard.
He has been a resident of the city for
20 years. One of the Marine Guards of
the radio station is his son-in-law.
Wounded Americans Rescued From
Burning Tank in Face of
Continuous Slicllfire.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE. Oct. 7. (By the Associated
Press.) A former member of Squadron
A, New York Cavalry, distinguished
himself in the fighting around Le Cate-
let. He is Sergeant Reidar Waaler.
Norwegian, who has .taken out his first
American citizenship papers. During an
intense artillery barrage on September
"1 he observed four wounded men
crawling from shell holes. Wtih two
men from his platoon he went through
the barrage and brought them in.
One was an officer of a British tank
who had broken his leg in jumping
from the machine, which was blown up.
Another was an American non-com-
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TROOPS WIT ONLY
VICTORIOUS PEACE
Allied Fighting Men See Grave
Menace in Armistice.
FOE WOULD PROFIT MUCH
Suspension of Hostilities for Few
Bays Would Permit Forma
tion of New Lines.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, Oct. 7. (By the Associated
Press.) The soldiers of the allied
armies want peace, but no peace ex
cept a completely victorious one.
This was the opinion expressed by
officers and men alike to the Asso
ciated Press correspondent today. If
Germany is now willing to admit her
utter defeat, then, say these men who
have been fighting the good fight for
the liberty of the world, so much the
better,, but they declare the granting
of an armistice at this time, unless the
enemy is absolutely sincere, might
prove extremely dangerous.
The suspension of hostilities even for
a few days would enable the Germans
to continue their preparation of lines
to wblch they might retire for the
Winter. At the moment the Hinden
burg system has been smashed and the
German military leaders have every
reason to believe that they may soon
be fighting back over country in
which at present they have no lines,
no dugouts, no protection from the ad
vancing allied troops, a cessation of
operations might later endanger the
success of the allies.
Allied Position Strong.
The allied armies are in a strong
position and the general feeling is that
the defeat of Germany may come sooner
man expected elsewhere than at the
front.
By retiring unhindered, the Germans
could materially shorten their lines and
save men thereby. Thus they could
thicken their ranks and probably be
able to hold out until all the new 1920
class of about 500,000 young men could
be incorporated in the units in the
battle zone. In addition, a vigorous
"combining out" is in progress in Ger
many, which will undoubtedly yield re
inforcements.
Also machine guns could be shipped
into the field to replace some of the
immense number the allies have cap
tured. A few days' suspension of hostilities
would permit munitions of all sorts, in
cluding shells, of which there is now a
great scarcity behind the German lines
to reach the front.
Defeat Now Imminent.
Right now. Army officers declare, the
allies are in a position to continue
smashing the enemy, and an armistice
might enable the enemy to escape for
a time the defeat which now stares him
in the face.
A glance at the German battle map
is enlightening In this respect. Stretch
ed along the front from the sea to
Switzerland, as represented by this
map, are little numbers designating the
divisions placed at sections the respec
tive enemy units occupy in the wav
ing battle lines.
Except at two places along the front,
including Flanders, the numbers are
comparatively thin and placed far
apart. But in the St. Quentin and Cam
brai districts the numbers are so
thickly placed as to make it difficult
to get them all in. ,
Opposite the French and Americans
An I li . rh.mnavtiA ffnr t a almlla, i f i
of the U. S. Navy, ,ation exlsts. Tne Germans dare not
take a single man away from these
places, and as a matter of fact they are
putting in every man they can get.
Enemy Kept Guessing.
In the St. Quentln-Cambrai sector
the Hindenburg line exists no more.
It is no secret that the British will
continue their powerful thrusts along
where the enemy's strong line of de
fense has been broken. The Germans
know this, but what they do not know
is when and how and with what forces
the attack will be launched. And lndi
cations are plentiful that the British
are in a position to launch it when
they see fit.
An armistice would save the situ
ation for Germany.
On the British front it Is believed
that the German armies so far have
not the slightest knowledge of events,
and it is with considerable interest
that the British armies are watching
for the effect among the Germans
when they find out what has been
done.
In the meantime the Germans con
tinue their destruction on a wide
spread scale. The damage they have
done to the coal mines in Northern
France, in the Lens district, is of
highly serious nature.
Farmhouses Not Spared.
From information at hand it would
appear that the Germans have done
their work so thoroughly that it may
be impossible to get the mines in
operation for a long time
More towns are burning. Even the
farmhouses of the peasants in the area
northeast of Lille have been set ablaze,
and the enemy seems determined to
devastate completely the country and
destroy everything his hand can reach
Again long clouds of smoke and sparks
are being blown across the horizon.
CAMP CONFERENCE CALLED
Civilian Officers' Training to Be Dis
cussed Tonight.
With a view to perfecting civilian
training camps in Multnomah County,
the local committee of the officers
training department of the extension
division of the University of Oregon has
called a public meeting at 8 o'clock to
night at the Central Library.
Colonel Leader, head of the officers
training corps of the university, will
speak, and C. M. Thomas, of Med ford
chairman of the officers' training de
partment of the extension division, will
explain the purposes of camps.
Briefly, the purpose of the camps is
to give citizens unable to attend the
officers' training school at Eugene an
opportunity to take the course offered
by it at home.
COLD SUPPERS TO BE RULE
Conservation of Fuel Restricts B
Meals to Certain Honrs.
NEW YORK, Oct. 7. Only cold after-
theater suppers can now be obtained at
some of New Tork's leading hotels as
a result of the latest food and fuel con
servation measure to be adopted.
Cards distributed among guests today
announced that, beginning tomorrow,
meals will be served only at, certain
hours, and that persons desiring nour
ishment after 9 P. M. will have to be
satisfied with cold cuts.
Major Welck to Speak.
Major William G. Welch, of the
spruce production division, will speak
this evening at 8 o'clock at the cpening
Fall meeting of the Portland chapter of
American Institute of Electrical Engl
neers and the National Electric Light
Association, which will be held in the
Multnomah Hotel. W. L. Finley, vtate
biologist, vill talk on the preserva
tion of bird life and will illustrate nis
lecture with moving pictures. Special
guests of honor will b3 Colonel Brice
P. Disque, commander of the spruce
production division, and his .-tad.
ISO PAINTERS QUIT WORK
"WALK OCT" DECLARED BY
O'lOX TO BE NO STRIKE.
Phone your want ads to The Orego
nian. Main 7070, A 5095.
Scale of Wages Paid on Small Jobs
in Portland Said to Be Less
Than on Sound.
In defense of their contention tha
wages equal to the scale in other citie
should he paid them, approximately
150 members of Local Unfon, No. 10,
Painters, Decorators and Faperhang
ers of America, deserted their brushes
yesterday and "walked out" from
numerous small jobs throughout th
city.
E. H. PIckard. recording secretary
for the local union, denies that an
condition of strike exists,, and says tha
the action on the part of union mem'
bers is individual. It is not indicated
that the union will act officially
the matter, which came to a head
with surprising suddenness.
"In Seattle and Tacoma." said Mr.
Pickard. "the scale is $7.20 per day
Here it is lo.SO, though members
the contracting shops have voluntarily
met the raise and are paying wage
equal to inose exewnere. The men
feel that they are receiving no more
than common laborers and that they
cannot be expected to stay with cer
tain shops when others pay more.
"There is no strike. The men who
are engaged in the industry hav
asked ion a wage equal to the wage
paid in other cities, and have take
. individual action."
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HINDENBURG MAY BE OUT'
FIELD MARSHAL SAID TO HAVE
CLASHED WITH KAISER."
Dutch Pacifist Goes to Berlin, Pre
sumably In Response toSum
mons From Prince Max.
LONDON, Oct. 7. Field Marshal Gen
eral Hindenburg has resigned as chief
or the German General Starr after a
heated interview with the Emperor, in
which the Field Marshal declared that
retreat on a large scale was impossi
ble to avoid, according to a central
News dispatch from Amsterdam today.
The correspondent cased nis aispaicn
on reports from the frontier.
BF.RNE. Switzerland. Oct. 7. (H-
vas.) II. C. DresselhuIJa, president of
the Holland League Against War, has
arrived in Berlin. It is reported that
he was summoned there by the German
government.
The German government took its
latest peace step upon the advice and
with the approval of the high command
of the army, says the Stuttgart Neues
Tageblatt. Germany, the newspaper
adds, has decided to consent to very
heavy sacrifices.
Swiss Editors IT. S. Gneata.
WASHINGTON', Oct. 7. President
Wilson today received a party of Swiss
editors who are visiting the United
States as guests of the committee on
public information. The President ad
dressed the visitors Informally, and Dr.
K. Fueter. of Zurich, responded with
an expression of the sentiments of th.
Swiss people for America.
Chemist-Aviator la Killed.
MISSOULA. Mont.. Oct. 7 Lleuten-
int James Claude Pimpkins. an aviator.
Watch the Little, Pimples;
They Are Nature's Warning
was killed in action in France, accord
ing to word received here today by his
father. He formerly was assistant
professor in chemistry at the Univer
sity of Montana.
Territorial Registry Ordered.
WASHINGTON'. Oct. 7. October
15
to December 15 was fixed today by
President Wilson as the period In
which male citizens of Alaska, between
IS and 45. shall register for military
service. Two months was allowed be
cause of the distances to be traveled
by registrants there and the diffi
culties of transportation. October 2C
was set for registration in Hawaii.
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cause the most discomforting irritation
and pain. Sometimes they foretell Ec
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flames of tire and make you feel that
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the one remedy which has no equal as a
purifier is S. S. S the purely vegetable
blood medicine, which has been on th.
market for mora than fifty years. It is
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by lotions, ointments,' salves and other
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