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J ' ti ill !i i VOL. L.VIII. XO- 18,060. THE MORNING OREGOMAX, FRIDAY, 'OCTOBER 11, 1918. TRICE FIVE CENTS. 47,000 ESCAPE FROM . CAPTIVITY OF TURKS ASSYRIANS, ARMENIANS, SLAVS REACH BRITISH LINES. HUNS FIRE CAMBRAI AS THEY CRY "PEACE" 'FRANCE CAS NEVER FORGIVE,' DECLARES FRENCH OFFICER. MAYOR IS ORDERED TO CLOSE UP CITY OVERTIME ABUSE IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE NEW RILING ANNOUNCED BY WAR LABOR BOARD. 250 BELIEVED LOST 1 1 FORM 12 MILES OH T -47.i.:.TW" r-'sr' I 1 !H rMI II II f II H II tl 11 II It ii ill FElAEiCO-iAllKS TICOMOEHQGA S !J N K HAIG I HUE I 'i Artillery Blazes Way For Advancing Infantry. HUN REAR AREAS ARE QUIET Aerial Observers Report No Movement of German For ces Back of Line. ENEMY GUNS ARE MOVED BACK More Than 350 Planes Sally Over Boche Lines and i. Drop Tons of Bombs. PARIS, Oct. 10. French troops to day crossed the Aisne east of Oeuilly, southeast of Laon, and drove the en emy northward. The French have gained ground north of Berry-Au-Bac and have taken prisoners, according to the official statement issued at the War Office tonight. In the Champagne sector the Ger mans have begun a retreat toward the Aisne River. French forces have crossed the Aisne at Termes, which they hold, and have occupied the sta tion at Grand Pre, where numerous prisoners were taken. By the capture of Grand Pre tha forest of the Argonne has been passed. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Oct. 10. 7:40 P. M. (By the Associated Press.) Its way blazed over a wide area by aerial bombers, the American Army again moved slightly forvird today in the territory held by the Ger mans. The aviators who participated in the brilliant offensive that began late yesterday flew over the enemy lines this afternoon and reported "doz ens of towns still smoldering and a significant quiet in extended areas, which, until now, have been the scenes of enemy activity. The aerial operations for the past 24 hours have been far the greatest ever attempted. They included a bombing expedition of over 350 planes. The towns bombed included those from the point farthest east in the Franco-American positions beyond the Meuse to Metz. This expedition was carried out with the loss of only one man. Boche Troops Move Back. Observers told the officers at head quarters tonight that they had been unable to see any movement on the roads where ordinarily German troops are moving, and in towns where their presence had not been reported, Amer ican troops had been bivouacing. Here and there an enemy battery was ob served, but all reports agreed that in the greater part of what had been the Germans' advanced areas the guns had been moved back. In the flight there were not only bombing planes, but swift combat planes and others with a special mis sion, like a fleet at sea, with the de stroyers patrolling the heavier fight ing craft. Anti-aircraft German guns sent thousands of shells into the for mation, but without effect. From the ground groups of German planes rose to contest the invasion. Enemy Planes Brought Down. Without breaking their own forma tion and without letting them inter fere with their main object allied fliers sent 12 of the enemy crashing down ward. One French plane was hit and burst into flames and began settling. Fire streamed from its stern as it eased down in a long, wobbly spiral. This plane fell in No Man's Land and a few minutes later it was reported as lost. The verdict was too soon, however. Although struck when 4500 meters high, the pilot so managed the stream of fire always that he made a safe descent, with the flames in his wake. The enormous flight of machines that went over the lines in a great aerial demonstration included the French, American and British craft. Mohrange, a German airdome cen ter, received four tons of bombs dropped. More than 60 tons of ex plosives were loosed. Lieutenant Thelan's machine fell, rhe'.an, however, crawled out of his machine, and being only slighyy bruised, made his way back to the American lines. One man was killed. H.e was a pilot. His observer, with the secondary Concluded on Face 2, Column 2.) Six Hundred Christian Women Held in Slavery by Moslem Civil ians and Troops. LONDON. Oct. 10. Mesopotamln dis patches received here record the ar rival inside the British lines or 47,000 Assyrian, Armenian and Russian refu gees from Urumiah, Persian Armenia, who broke through the Turkish front and escaped. Another 10,000 refugees, according to dispatches, are distributed in Kurdis tan towns or are wandering in the hills. The Turks pursued them, but were driven back by British cavalry. Later the Turks entered Urumiah and -massacred 200 Persians, mostly old men. It is reported than 600 Christian wo men have been distributed among the Turkish troops and the Moslem inhab itants of Urumiah. TRAIN'S VICTIMS ARE TWO Sons of Otto Payton, Westport, Aged 5 and 3 Years, Killed. ASTORIA. Or.. Oct. 10. (Special.) The boy who was killed by the train at Westport yesterday was Raymond Payton, 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Payton. A 5-year-old brother, John Arnold Payton, was so badly in jured that he died about 1 o'clock this morning. The boys were playing on the trestle, which spans a small creek there, when th train struck them. Raymond was hurled into the stream. He was picked up by Captain John Brown, of the steamer Mendell, in a dying condition and expired in a few minutes. The other boy's skull was fractured. He was brought to the hospital here, where he died. SHELL EXPENDITURE HUGE British Hurl Over 10,000 Tons or Steel Daily Upon Germans, ' LONDON, Oct. 10. (British wireless service.) During 15 successive days recently the British artillery hurled more than 10,000 tons of shells a day upon the enemy, according to a state ment by "Winston Spencer Churchill, the minister of munitions. Mr. Churchill showed the expenditure of such a vast amount of munitions was possible through the intense industrial organi zation of the country which had con tributed a generous supply of shells. The great scope of this organization was revealed by the minister through his statement that between 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 persons were engaged in the making of munitions in Great Britain. HALF HOLIDAY TO BE TAKEN Boilermakers and Shipbuilders to AVork Only Hours a Week. Members of the Boilermakers' and Independent Shipbuilders' and Helpers' Union last night decided to work only 44 hours a week, taking half holidays Saturdays. The Pacific Coast Council of Boiler makers called upon all unions affiliated with the organization to work only 44 hours a week. Membership in the Portland union is nearly 6000, about SO per cent of the men employed in local shipyards. Some members of this union are also em ployed in fitting-out plants and wood shipyards also. - i BULGARS TO FIGHT TURKS' Porte Advised or Expedition "Which! Is Planned by Entente Allies. I LONDON, Oct. 10. The Porte has I been advised that Bulgaria is expected to send troops against Turkey in an expedition planned by the entente allies, according to a dispatch to the Ex change Telegraph Company from Am sterdam, quoting advices from Constan tinople, the dispatch adds. It is thought probable the Bulgarian Minister to Turkey will be handed his passports within 24 hours. SOLDIER ALIENS FAVORED Men Who Served With 17. S. Army or Allies to Be Readmitted. WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. Waiving of immigration laws to permit the read mission regardless of physical condi tion, within two years after peace is de clared, of aliens who enlisted or were drafted in the military service or the United States or any or its co-belligerents, is authorized in a joint resolution adopted today by the Senate. The House already had adopted the measure. SERBS 15 MILES FROM NISH French Troops Reported Pushing Toward Montenegrin Frontier. LONDON. Oct. 10. French troops operating in Serbia are pushing toward the Montenegrin frontier, according to the Central News Agency. The Serbian army has reached a line between 15 and 18 miles south or Nish. BELGIUM GETS NEW LOAN Additional Credit of $5,000,000 In creases Amount to $171,02 0,000. WASHINGTON. Oct. 10. Belgium's quota oT loans from the United States was increased to $171,020,000 today by a new credit of $5,000,000. This made the aggregate credit to allied governments ?7, 220,476,666. U-Boat Turns Its Guns On American Soldiers. SCORES KILLED OR WOUNDED Twenty Survivors Brought to Port by British Ship. TRANSPORT IS TORPEDOED Germans Turn Shrapnel Loose on Those on Board of Boomed Craft; Lifeboats Riddled. AN ATLANTIC PORT, Oct. 10. Scores or American-soldiers were killed or wounded by shrapnel fired by a German submarine after it had torpe doed the steamship Ticonderoga. 1700 miles off the Atlantic Coast, accord ing to the story told by 20 survivors who arrived here today aboard a Brit ish freighter. There were 250 men aboard the Ti conderoga, an American steamship of 5130 tons, and all but the 20 who ar rived here today are believed to have perished. The survivors got away in the only boat which was not demolished by the shellfire from the submarine, they said. Seventeen of the men who reached port were members of a detachment of sol diers detailed to care for horses which were being transported. Vessel Out of Convoy. The Ticonderoga was attacked, pre sumably on October 2, whgn she fell behind her convoy because of the en gine trouble. According to the story of the stir vivors, the submarine was not sighted until she had sent a torpedo crashing into the side or the ship. The torpedo did not strike a vital spot, however, and the Captain crowded on full steam in an effort to escape, at the same .time ordering the gun crews into action against the submarine which appeared about a mile off. "Our gun crews did not fire more than five or six shots," one of the sur vivors said. "The forward gun was shot away almost at once. The after gun and its crew was done for almost as quickly. Then the men went to the boats, but it was no use, as tha flying shrapnel was sprrying the decks and men fell in scores, either killed or bad ly wounded." Lifeboats Shot to Pieces. Another survivor declared that all the Ticonderoga's eight lifeboat's, with the exception of one, were riddled with shrapnel before they could be launched. A number of men who tried to get into the eighth boat were killed by shrap nel as they clambered over the aid of the vessel, he said. "Finally," this survivor continued, "one of our men in desperation swam close to the submarine and hailed an officer, asking him in God's name to stop firing. "The Lieutenant who answered hi 'did so with a loaded revolver, saying that if he dfcd not swim back lie would shoot him. Boat Nearly Swamped. "When our boat had only 20 men in it we were ordered alongside the sub marine and made to tie up while the lConcluded on Page 4, Column 4.) MAP SHOWING BATTLE FRONT Ejv I veirviN i JimiMr '3"" jf 1 -l (f J&K" C-, -o r ? ron ' l'1 )- zLW ciuTri soniiEH ) j V!1"'"' r TTI y'i v-i -2ar J ' . lcchcsmi r 1, -jV . I - I conPirdiie tt TSt ssstjssassssss. "X nTkv.wtx a i ioyiu. --A VnSs s 2Pk1 J ti i hX A, r J . CAT"' y CHtO 5-"E ' - L TWUUCOl;.w. Xg rlit's " a- a"CRCV ' Heavy Blark Line Indicates Approximate Front at Prwit, While Brokea I.lse Is Hlidraharc tlir, VY k l-s Allies Have Penetratr-d at .Nearly All of nts. Shaded 1'ortloas Hrtims Cambral sad St. Qneattsi ladleate Oslas by Allies Is Yesterday's Kla-bttn; Alomar BrltlsU Kront. While shaded Portions In south ern Portion of Lin show Cains by Americans in Last Two Days. Dastardly Deed Is Committed by Means of Time Bombs, Set He fore Canadians Capture City. WITH THE CANADIAN FORCES IN FRANCE, Oct. 9. (By The Canadian Press, Cambral.) Cambral tonight is a smoking ruin. The Germans have prob ably never perpetrated a more ruthless nor more premeditated vandalism than this destruction of Cambral. "France can never forget nor rorgive this," re marked a French officer. "Torch in hand, the enemy comes offering us peace. When the Canadians entered Cam bral the great public square of the Place D'Armefl was virtually intact. Now it is a mass of ruins. The explo sions began at 9 o'clock, and have con tinued ever since. All day, in every part of the town, there were explo sions of Incendiary bombs, with time fures attached, and these were fol lowed immediately by outbursts of fire. In one short street a dozen bouses simultaneously burst in flamef Cathedral Is Rain. The town hall, the bishop's palace and other buildings were blown to pieces. The cathedral still stands, but only with its ruined chancel. Fire is lapping the base of the great belfry tower. i As the hours went by the universal character of the holocaust developed. The sun was obscured partly, and it seemed like a fiery ball in the smoke and thick dust of falling walls. The Canadian engineers sought to pen in the conflagration by dynamiting the buildings, but the flames broke out at the backs or the soldiers. There re mains in the city Father Thles. a priest or the Church or St. Druon. Two days ago he was ordered by the Germans to leave the city. He refused because he had to attend to a dying woman. The Germans threatened to shoot him, but he persevered and today he is caring for civilians who had hidden for 10 days in the cellars. Canadians Realise Ambltloa. The Canadian troops which penetrat ed Cambral early this morning now are in complete possession. Thus is ful filled the ambition of the Canadian Corps, for the achievement of which it has been fighting ever since it stormed the Cxnal du Nord and took Bourlon Wood on September 27. The capture of Cambral fittingly crowns the brilliant record the corps made since August 8. Cambral fell t a night attack. We kicked off at half past one. The morning was pitchy dark, but the careful preparations re sulted in all the troops getting to their destinations without a hitch. The Third Division had the honor of cross ing the canal and penetrated into the city. The element of surprise assisted in overwhelming the enemy defense in the streets. Once the Place d'Armes was reached they spread out over the entire area and by daylight had passed through the city to the southeast, well out on the avenue d'Valenclennes. while on the southwest they had established themselves at the cornr of the boule vard de Liberte and the Porte de Paris. Some enemy elements apparently were caught between the city and the im perial forces further south. Hn Set City on Fire. Our troops began at once to try to save the city from the fires that broke out at various points. The allies have not fired a single shell into Cambral and these fires were of incendiary origin. Meantime our Third Division swept out due east to the line of the Scheldt Canal, securing all the bridgeheads as far as Eswars and capturing Ramillies. Elicourt and Cuvillers. Their victory was complete and glorious. Troops originally recruited as Cana (Concluded on Page 3. Column WHERE BRITISH. FRENCH AND TOWARD BELGIUM AND GERMAN BORDERS. Executive Acts on Edict of Health Officials. INFLUENZA CASES NUMBER 60 Officials Confer to Combat Spread of Disease. ALL THEATERS UNDER BAN Crowding in Structures, Stores and Streets Discouraged In Proc lamation of Executive. Portland today stands closed for pub lic gatherings, as a result or the threatened spread or Spanish Influenza in this section. Public meetings, schools and places of amusement are closed down by order of the Mayor and at the suggestion of the Surgeon-General of the Public Health Service of the United States. At a conference of city, state and Federal health officials yesterday it was decided that the city had the chance to forestall a serious epidemic or the malady by prompt action in pre venting persons from congregating In public places. Crowding in tha streets, stores, streetcars and other places where persons are brought into close contact also was discouraged in the proclamation of Mayor Baker, which was issued last night. . I'ublle Pisces I nder Ban. A few of the immediate effects of the order will be: 1. Closing of schools to more than 36.000. children and more than 1000 teachers. 2. Closing of about 60 theaters. 3. Closing of church services. 4. No open-air meetings, parades or other gatherings of crowds on streets. 5. No meetings of lodges, clubs or similar organizations. The proclamation follows: "In compliance with an order duly served on me October 10 by the State Board of Health, acting under instruc tions from the United States Public Health Department. Washington, D. C. I am required to order the closing of all schools, theaters, dancehalls. public functions. public gatherings, lodge meetings, churches and other places where persons assemble in numbers: to warn persons from congregating in numbers fn stores, poolrooms, card rooms or other public places; to warn all persons not having necessary work against riding on streetcars, and par ticularly during the hours when war workers are moving to and from their places of employment. Health Authorities Art. "This order has been made by the State Board of Health because of the prevalence in the city or Spanish in fluenza, and its purpose is to check the spread of this disease, "This order is effective commencing this morning, October 11 1918. "The order of the State Health Board reads as follows: " 'By the order of the Surgeon-General of the United States Public Health Service you are directed to discontinue all public meetings, closing a'.! schools and places of public amusement. You are requested to urge upon every one the necessity of avoiding crowds, un necessary streetcar traffic and shop- (Concluded on Page Column 1.) AMERICANS ARE PLUNGING No More Loafing on AVeck Days to Corral Double-Time Fay Al lowed on Sundays. WASHINGTON. Oct. 10. In an nouncing awards In three labor contro versies today the War Labor Board laid down the rule that no worker shall draw overtime and extra-time pay unless he works 48 regular hours a week, except where illness or some other Jut causa prevents. This policy meets complaints that have come from many war industries that some employes make a practice of laying off during the week to work overtime on Sundays for higher rates of pay. Today's ruling puts this prac tice under the ban and at the same time provides that excessive overtime neither shall be permitted nor exacted. In order to keep overtime within rea sonable limits. It is ordered that where more than two hours In excess of eight hours work In one day is reaulred. overtime shall be paid for that day. regardless, of whether the worker shall have worked the regular schedule that week. The awards were in controversies between employes and managements of the American Locomotive Company of Schenectady. N. Y.; the Mason Machin ery Company of Taunton, Mass., and the United Knglneering Company of Youngstown, O. In each case the stand ard eight-hour day. with time and a hair for overtime and double time for Sundays and holidays, was prescribed. DIFFERENCES ARE SETTLED Fating Houses Agree on Points Re ferred to Arbitration. Recognition of the Walters' Union and maintenance of the closed-shop principle were points agreed upon yes terday by proprietors and employes of seven Portland eating-houses In set tling differences which started more than a week ago. .The matter was ar ranged by Charles P. Howard, who had been appointed arbitrator. Other points settled were: No op position to union employes; no discrim ination against the unions; no state ment of affiliation required from em ployes; decision to abide by principles laid down by War Labor Board during period of war. The following places were Involved: Imperial Dairy Lunch. Cosy Dairy Lunch, St. Nicholas Cafeteria, Beam's Dairy Lunch. "L Cafeteria, American Cafeteria, Millionaires' Club. WOUNDED MARINE ROBBED Holdup Men in New Vork Get $700 Worth of Liberty Bonds. NEW YORK. Oct. 10. Hold-up men. in pursuing their trade, selected as their victim In a New York street one of Pershing's wounded Marines, Ser geant William Foger, who unable to put up a fair right because or a shat t -ed arm and a wounded side, was robbed or $700 worth or liberty bonds and $200 In cash. Announcement or the assault i Ser geant Foger was made today by the War Camp Community Service author ities. Foger, speaking at liberty loan rallle- yesterday, told his audiences he had Invested $700 or his $900 in back pay in war bonds. FINNS ELECT BOCHE KING Prince Charles, Brother-in-Law or Kaiser, Is Fleeted. STOCKHOLM, Oct. 10. Prince Fred erick or Hesse, brother-in-law of the German Emperor, was elected King of Finland on Wednesday night by the Finnish Landtag. The republican members of the cham ber did not vote. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Umher. YESTERDAY'S Mmlmum ttnpratur, 74 drgrpc; minimum. 4 decrees. TODAY'S Rain; aouth'erly winds. War. Huns set Cambral afire. Pace 1. Ticonderora sunk; 250 Americans believed lose i'ace 1. Hat it drives 12 miles farther. Pare 1. Official casualty list. Pare S. Anglo-Yanks follotr Huns closely, Berlin admits. Pace 1L Franco-Americans vain. Pare 1. U-boat sinks Japanese steamer. Pare 4. Americans ipuro Boche call to surrender Pac 3. Bir victory for allies at hand. Par 3. Koreim. Kaiser said to have abdicated. Pare 4. Forty-seven thousand captives escape Turks. Tare 1. Germany's reply to Wilson drafted. Pare 4. National. New rulinr by Wax Labor Board abolishes overtime abuse. Pare 1. Wilson's note to Germany praised and at- tacked in Senate. Page 5. Do meet lc. Lanv1nr says day of war lords almost over Par Sport a. Franklin wins from Washinrton. SI to 1 Pare 14. " Oreron-Aricl clash year's bir classic. Pare 14. Pacific Northwest Seattle has Its bond slackers. Pare 9. Commercial and Marine. Hirher prices in producing countries cause teas to advance here. Pare 19. Com price continues to tumble In Chlcaro market. Pace Peace stocks score wide rains in Wall street. Pare 19. Voters to be asked for $3,000,000 bond Issue Pare Im port land and Vlrlnlty. W. C. T. T- frowns on Immodest dresslnr by women. Pare 1 Mayor is ordered to close up city. Pare 1. Politics warm up as election nears. Pare IS. German-made peace scored by Pershinr Pare 6. Non-war workers told to stay where they are unttlca lied. P arel t. Motor truck lines t be established. Pare 14. Multnomah Guard bakes hand In linen cam- paicn. Pure -u. All Portland alert to epidemic aanrers. Pare 7. kW sutler report, dale, and forecast, fair 13. Le Gateau Falls Before Swift British Drive, IS FAR TO EAST Front Extended Along Selle River From St. Sou plet to Solesmes. TANKS HELP IN CLEARING ROAD Enemy Machine Gun Nests Be tween Fresnoy and Bohain Offer Stiff Resistance. (By the Asurx-ialed Prs.) The men of the once formidable German armies holding the Hinden burp line from north of Cambrai to St. Quentin are facing eastward, de feated and in retreat. Their backs are the targets for the British, Ameri can and French troops, who bitterly fought them, step by step, out of sup posedly impregnable defenses, and now are harrying them across the open country toward the German bor der. Nowhere is the enemy attempt ing a stand in force. True, the German border is yet a long distance away, but the past two days of chase have materially de creased the width of the area separat ing the invaders from their own Rhine line. Cambrai 12 Miles Behind. La Cateau, the important junction point 12 miles southeast of Cambrai, represented Thursday night the point of deepest penetration by the allied troops. The British were the masters of it. All along the front, however, the British, American and French have been steadily pressing forward their infantry forces, taking numer ous towns and villages, while far in advance of them the hoof beats of the cavalry horses intermingle with the roars of the whippet tanks and the staccato barking of the machine guns inside the moving forts. So fast has been the retreat of the enemy that at various" points the allied forces afoot lost contact with them. The retreat, which is over a front of about 35 miles, from the south of Douai to the region east of St. Quen tin, has left in the hands of the allies, in addition to the towns taken, valua- ' ble lines of communication and strate gic positions of high importance, and driven in a wedge that seemingly will force the Germans to fall back every where from the North Sea to the vi cinity of Verdun. Valenciennes Is Neared. Southeast of Douai, one of the re maining strong points in the German liife in the north, the British are stand ing in Etrun, 12 miles southwest of Valenciennes, the pivotal point in th enemy's known next defense line, and 10 miles to the south the city is out flanked at Solesmes. Both in the Macedonian theater and in Palestine the allied forces are press ing the enemy hard. Albania is fast being cleared of the Austro-Hungarian troops, while in Serbia the enemy is nearing Nish, harassed by the Serbi ans. At last accounts General Al lenby was still driving' the Ottoman troops northward in Palestine. So lightning-like are the maneuvers of the allies' armies on the various battle fronts from the North Sea to Verdun, in Macedonia and in Pales tine that, except to the war expert with his military maps constantly be fore him, it is almost impossible to visualize the situation and realize the swift strides the allies are making in defeating the common enemy. Five Important Cities Fall. In France and Belgium in three weeks five important cities, which had been in German hands for four years, have been recaptured. Dixmude, Ar mentieres, Lens, Catnbrai and St. Quentin are now in allied hands, while Lille, Douai and Valenciennes seem- ingly are all but captured. Serbia shortly is to be fully reclaimed, and the Turks soon will know the Holy Land no more. PARIS, Oct. 10. British troops reached Le Cateau this morning. The Germans offered stubborn resistance at various positions, while at other points they gave up without the semblance of a fight. LONDON, Oct. 10. Le Catetu has Cunciudcd sa 4, Column X.i GT1 1 Q6.Q J