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twin iN .A. . x .A & in VOL. . LiVIII. NO. 18,062. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ir rir m ii IUI1 ASKED 10 STAY JUDGMEHT Reply to Wilson's Inquiry Expected Tomorrow. QUICK ACTION IS PROBABLE Observers Are Forced to Ad mit That Armistice Is Considered Unlikely. ALLIES ARE OF ONE OPINION Executive's Note Said to Have Proposed Nothing Binding ; America or Its Allies. ' WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. The Gov ernment asks the American people to withhold judgment on Germany's note until President Wilson 'has received the official communication and has had opportunity to consider it. The official document had not been received in Washington tonight. It probably will be here tomorrow when the President confers with his ad visors, among them Secretary Baker who returned today from the western battle front, undoubtedly prepared to give him some inside information on the broken condition of the German military power. No official of the Government felt justified tonight in speaking to guide public opinion in the direction of the views which are being formed. Prompt Action Is Expected. The Associated Press is enabled to day, however,lo"annourice that' these views rapidly are crystallizing and the next step will be taken promptly, probably sooner than may be expected. President Wilson is expected to de cide first if Foreign Secretary Solf's reply to the inquiries addressed to Chancellor Maximilian warrants him in presenting Germany's original pro posal to the entente allies. It should be borne in mind that the President's inquiry merely was a move ad interim, in which he proposed nothing, bound himself to nothing and merely asked 6ome questions, which he declared re quired an answer before he could go further. Allies of One Opinion. If he puts the proposition before the entente it undoubtedly will draw a quick reply. Dispatches last night. from London -quoting the London Ex press as announcing that the British, French and Italian governments had reached an unanimous decision for a line of common action, were regarded as being deeply significant. Lacking, official guidance on which to base prediction, observers are forced to record indications. The indi cations are that there will be no armi stice, and that if the entente allies were disposed to agree to one they probably would demand as guarantees (Concluded on Pase 8. Column 3.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Th Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 65 degrees; minimum, C4 degrees. TODAY'S Partly cloudy; gentle northwest erly winds. Peace Moves. Question of peace hanging In balance. Page 3. Nation asked to. stay judgment pending: con sideration of Germany's reply. Page 1. War. French enter Laon and capture La Fere. Page 1. "British advance to edge of Douai. Page Official casualty list. Page 5. Finns demand Germany withdraw troops. Page 1. British people call for punishment of Hun master criminals. Page - Foreign. Earthquake in Porto Rico fatal to Page 1. Americans get close-up view ef world lory making. Page 1. Turkey outlaw nation for five centuries. says ex-American Ambassador. Page 4. Hun plot to control Russia apparent. Page 1. National. American war efforts must not slacken, says Secretary Baker. Page o. lHmeHr. Five hundred die in forest fires. Page 1. Sports. Boxing bosses to pay flat amount. Page 9. 'Toughey" Wing, back from Coast, wants to meet Joe Gorman. Page O. Portlauu and Vicinity. Dancing position declared to be moral menace. Page S. Serious spread of influenza in Portland counted unlikely. Page 12. Drastic rules out for eating places. Page 12. City canvass for available rooms and dwell ings begins today. Page 5. Sunday wit hout sermons unusual one in Portland churches. Page S. New era movement will be great force for betterment. Page 8. Linen shower for wounded soldiers proves veritable deluge. Page 12. Portland urged to Improv ve harbor facill tics. Page 9. "Weataer report, data and forecast. Page &. HUN PLOT TO CONTROL RUSSIA IS APPARENT ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH SEW GOVERNMENT SCENTED. Secret Meetings, Attended by Chief ' of German Staff, Held by Tkraine Cabinet. BT ARNO DOSCH-FLECKOT. (Copyright, 1918, by tb Press Publishing; Company, tije New York World. Published by arrangement,) STOCKHOLM, Oct. 12, via .London. Oct. 13. (Special.) My cable of Octo ber 7, asserting; that it is one of Ger many's plans to overthrow the Bolshe vik! and set up a government com posed of cadets and bourgeois is largely corroborated by the latest news from Russia. An official wire from Petrograd to day assures me that last Wednesday the Ukraine Cabinet held a secret meet ing in the presence of the chief of the German staff. General Groener. The Ukraine press was forbidden to men tion the meeting. Simultaneously there was held in Kieff a conference of cadets and mem bers of the old ex-Duma and Council of the Empire. Both meetings discussed the question of the restoration of old, undivided Russia and the overthrow of the Bol shevlki. There are also very strong rumors re garding the transformation of Ukraine into a monarchy. BERLIN MAY ASK SALVAGE German Press Oppose Evacuation Without Compensation. BASEL,, Oct. 13'. The trend of feel ing in certain quarters in Berlin is in dicated by articles appearing in the Lokal Anzeiger and the eutsche Tages Zeitung. Both these papers assert that Ger many is in no wise disposed to evacuate conquered territory without compensa tion. CANADIAN STEAMER ASHORE Passengers Removed Prom Vessel With Water in Hold. A CANADIAN PACIFIC PORT. Oct. 13. Passengers were removed tonight from a Canadian Bteamer which grounded near here today. A report from the wreck said the steamer has several feet of water in her hold. PRESIDENT RETURNS HOME Col. E. M. House, Confidential Ad viser, Visits Him in New York. NEW YORK. Oct. 13. President Wil son, who arrived here Friday to par ticipate in the Columbus-Liberty day celebration, returned to Washington today. After breakfast Mr. Wilson received several callers at his hotel, including Colonel K. M. House. : I J M Kill ATstz r&A-x?sror Wi o p?-jr BATriz las wtfj P asA?ir:h. MZTZ' ro CO0ZAC fOM rf PVf- o Sij CWS?OV AfTJ? rOJttM.- 0O ,; " - M U, t-C TO VAAs4 JOO .. u) . Arjf &i&FJr. - -30 YS ro VTjVA .. JJ 4t cojrxrjVOr rd &as so .. v '9?" LAOII IS IIIERED ey mam La Fere and St, Gobain Massif Captured. ENTIRE HON LINE CRACKED Smash North of Rhimes Takes Allies Far Into Enemy Territory. TORCH APPLIED TO LA FERE General Gouraud's Forces Continue Terrific Onslaughts in Champagne District. WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE, Oct. 13. (Reuter's.) Laon, the last of the group of natural obstacles forming the keystone of the German defense in France, has been taken without a fight. WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE, Oct. 13. 5 P. M. (By the Associated Press.) Laon was entered by the French troops today. PARIS, Oct. 13. The German stronghold of La Fere, together with a great part of the St. Gobain massif of which La Fere was a northerly out post of the Oise, has been captured by the French, today's War Office state ment announces. The La Fere-Laon railroad line has been crossed on the high ground be tween Danizy and Versigny, about two and one-half miles east of La Fer. - : - The northern and eastern sections of La Fere are burning. Notable progress has been made by the Italian and French along the line to the east, where the French have reached Amifontaine, which is 15 miles north of Rheims. The entire German line from St. (Concluded on Paiff 2. Column 1.) MAP OF WORLD-WAR ZONE, SHOWJNG DISTANCES TO CAPITALS OF CENTRAL HI WWl il i lnwHMH i FINN GOVERNMENT TURNS ON GERMANY DEMAND MADE THAT TROOPS BE WITHDRAWN. Republican and Socialist Newspa pers Favor Union With Entente Powers. STOCKHOLM, Oct. IS The Finnish government has asked Germany to withdraw her troops from Finland. The request was recently delivered to Gen eral Von Der Goltz, German high com mander in Finnish territory. The Republican and Socialist papers of Finland have begun an agitation in favor of an approach by Finland to the entente, alleging that the recent policy of the government in connection wltb Germany has been unneutral. NOTE IMPRESSES VATICAN Demand for Guarantees Only Nat ural, Says Official Organ. ROME, Oct. 13. The Osservatore Ro mano, the Vatican organ, says that President Wilson's note to Germany caused a great impression at the Vati can. The Holy See desired the war to end. and. says the paper, it was natural that the entente should ask for guar antees of the matter of an armistice. The speech of the German Chancellor. the paper adds, showed that he con sidered himself responsible before the German people. VESSELS TO HONOR ALLIES Distinguished Diplomats Will At tend Launching Ceremony. WASHINGTON. Oct. 13. Two fabri cated ships, the Allies and the Consort, named by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson in honor of the allies, will be launched Monday -rom the yards of the Sub marine Boat Company, at Newark, N. J. The ceremony will be attended by a distinguished company of diplomats. ALLIED FORCES TAKE NISH Capital of Serbia Occupied by En tente Armies. BERLIN, via London, Oct. 13. Nlsh. the capital of Serbia, has been occupied by entente forces, the War Office an nounced today. Capture of Nish means the severance of the only railroad link between Ger many and the Ottoman empire. SPAIN TO INDEMNIFY SELF Decision Reached to Seize German Ships In Spanish Ports. PARIS, Oct. 13. Spain, according to advices received by the Temps from the Spanish frontier, has decided to seize German ships in her ports to the extent of 15,500 tons, in indemnifica tion of Spanish shipping loe. si mm die III FOREST HB Duluth District Scene of Great Holocaust, THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS Scores of Hamlets and Ranch Homes Are Wiped Out in Cliquet Region. TRAIN HAS NARROW ESCAPE Enemy Agents Are Suspected and Incendiaries Are Driv en From Shipyards. DULUTH, Minn., Oct. 13. With probably 500 persons dead, thousands homeless and without clothing, and with property damage mounting far into millions of dollars, whole sections of Northern Wisconsin and Minnesota timberland tonight are in smoldering, fire-stricken areas, with only the charred ruins of abandoned, depopu lated towns to accentuate the general desolation. Some reports indicated that the list of victims may reach 800 or 900. At a late hour tonight 196 bodies had been brought here, and reports from Moose Lake indicated that the death list in that vicinity alone might reach 300. Enemy Agents Suspected. Twelve thousand homeless and pen niless refugees, all in need more or less, of medical attention, are quar tered in' hospitals, churches, schools, private homes and in the Armory here, while doctors and nurses sent from surrounding communities attend them, and nearly every able-bodied man in the city has been conscripted to Tight the flames which now are reported to be dying away. Reports that the holocaust resulted t "one lul-i on l'ace It. I'ulumn .1 I POWERS TO BE WON OVER BY ALLIED FORCES. i Draw 150 LIVES LOST IN PORTO RICO QUAKE ALMOST EVERY TOWN IX IS LANDS DAMAGED; Reports of Great Losses in Santo Domingo From Temblor Re ceived at San Juan. SAN JUAN. P. R-. Oct. l!.-.(Br the Associated Press.) One hundred and fifty lives were lost la yesterday's earthquake in Porto Rico, it was esti mated by Governor Yager today. Almost every town In the islands re ports damaged property and scatter ing fatalities. There are unconfirmed reports here of great damage in Santo Domingo from the earthquake. CHINA ASKS WILSON'S AID President Urged to Mediate Between Contending Forces. TEKIN. Oct. 13. (By the Associated Press.) The recent suggestion that President Wilson be Invited to mediate between the contending forces of North and South China has been followed by a growing movement among the Chi nese favoring allied control, through a reorganization loan of China's finances. The Chinese regard President Wil son's liberty loan speech as having a direct bearing upon their situation and the hope is expressed that he may be Induced to take action. A Pckin dispatch of October 7 said the suggestion that President Wilson be asked to mediate in Chinese affairs had been made by a newspaper of thai city. "IMPERIAL" IS DROPPED London Notes Significant Point In Germany' Reply. LONDON. Oot. 13. One of the most significant points In Germany's reply to President Wilson is that It Is the first Important German diplomatic com munication since the German Empire waa proclaimed at Versailles in 1871 which has not spoken In the name of the Imperial German government. "The German government" Is an ab solutely new phrase, and the omtitsion of the word Imperial" is unprece dented. DUAL MONARCHY AT ISSUE Austro-IIuncarian Delegations to Hrtld Plenary Sitting October 15." AMSTERDAM. Oct. 13. The Austro Huncrarian dolegatloirs have been con voked for a plenary sitting on October 13. a Vienna telegram announces. The delegates are the constitutional bodies comprising members of both the legislative bodies of both Austria and Hungary. Their duty is to ex amine into the requirements of the common services of the dual monarchy. a by C. U Smith, lor IU Orcgonlaa. EDITORS WIIIK HISTORY till American Party in Zone of Great Events. SEA TRAGEDY UBS VOYAGE Ill-Fated Otranto One of Ships of Squadron With Which. Visitors Sailed. ALLIED VICTORIES BIG NEWS England Exerting Systematic Effort to Cultivate Good Will of U. S. BT EDGAR B. riPER. (Editorial Correapondenc of Th. OrccanUa. LONDON, Oct, 12. (Special Cable.) The American editors who left tho United States about September 25 at the invitation of the British Govern ment to visit Great Britain, the grand fleet and the war front, arrived safely early in the present week after a voy age of unusual hardship because of severe storms and other unpleasant conditions. One of their squadron, the Otranto, was lost with many lives. News of Day Bip. The visitors came in the mid.-a of great events. The allies have been continuing their victorious advance on all fronts. Cambrai' has been cap tured, the Americans have won signal victories along the Meuse, Turkey has followed Bulgaria in suing for peace and Austria is said to have notified its ally that it must surrender. U-Boat Blows Dealt. Along with this stirring news, how ever, comes the sinking of the Japa nese passenger liner Niramo Maru off the Irish coast and the wanton and de structive attack on the mail steamer Leinster, with over 500 victims. These disasters, particularly the lat ter, are particularly exasperating to the British people. They are univer sally denounced as evidence that Ger many will pursue its policy of terror ism and murder to the last. Lusitania Outrage Exceeded. The Leinster affair is even less ex cusable than the destruction of the Lusitania, since there can have been no possible suspicion on Germany's part that the Leinster was carrying war materials of any kind. If any thought has existed that Germany has been tender on account of Irish feel ing, it is removed by the Leinster tragedy. "Brutes they were when they entered the war," said Mr. Balfour, "and brutes they remain." Early End Not Expected. Allied successes and the obvious de cline of German military power have caused much speculation as to the probable early ending of the war, but the military experts, newspapers and public men unite in warning against any such notion. "Carry on," is the cry. "Feed tho guns" is the slogan, for a long cam paign is under way throughout the empire. Germany is not beaten until she is beaten, and the supreme effort is yet to be made. England is frankly making a sys tematic endeavor to cultivate Amer ican good will. Appreciation of Amer ican services in the war and acknowl edgment of their indispensable nature are common on every hand. Editors to See for Themselves. That is the idea behind the official invitation to the American editors to come and see for themselves what Great Britain and her allies are doing. It was the motive for a great meeting held Thursday, when Viscount Grey, former Foreign Secretary, supported the plan for a league of free nations. His speech was largely discussion of President Wilson's views on that sub ject and an indorsement thereof. "Peace," said Earl Grey, "is in sight but not within reach. President Wil son's reply to Germany seems both firm and wise. We want to know where is the seat 01 real power in Ger many. A league of nations cannot be a substitute for the successful termina tion of the war. It must arise out of such a determination. League's Functions Defined. "A league of nations could arrange for international force to exercise pressure when necessary on the iCuuUuditl ua i 8. Coluaa 1.) t