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TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAX, 3IOXDAT, OCTOBER 14, 191S. T ating with the British, has fought its way more than 10 miles through the enemy's defensive system and has cap tured over 1900' prisoners since October 5. Today this corps took the villages of Escaufourt, St. Benin and St. Coup let. "Of the 8000 prisoners captured by the First American Army since October 8, French units have taken over 2300." WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN BRITISH DEMAND HUNS BE PUNISHED Start today War Savings" to buy Stamps An excellent investment and a patriotic duty VERY EDGE OF DOUA Great Advance Carries Allied Forces Near Valenciennes. FRANCE. Oct. 13, 2:10 P. M. (By the Crimes Against Civilization Must Be Accounted for. Associated Press.) Marshal Foch sealed his triumph over General Luden dorff and Field Marshal von Hinden- 2 MOV E UP TO GERMAN RETREAT ORDERLY Rush Against Huns Wins Many Towns and Great Amount of French Territory. LONDON", Oct. 13. The British are within a few hur.ared yards of Douai. Field Marshal iiaig reported today in his official statement, -iney have cap tured the Foaboure D'Esqurshin, the Douai prison ana the greater part of Flers, close to Douai on the northwest. The Edge-Lieu-Stamand. three miles aouth of Denain, has been reached by the British iij their push up the easter ly bank of the Scheldt Canal, southeast of Douai. ' They have captured In this sector the town of Montrecourt, - a scant seven miles' from the outskirts of Valen ciennes, and almost directly south of that city. The German retreat along the west ern front continued Sunday in an order ly manner. There are r.o signs yet of a general debacle. Further progress has been made by the British northwest of Douai and along the Selles River to the region of Solesmec, according to Field Mar shal Kaig's communication tonight. Several additional towns have been captured and prisoners have been taken. The communication follows: "During the day local engagements between ov.rs and the enemy's advanced detachments have continued along the line of the Selle River. Our bridge head positions in the neighborhood of Solesmes have'been enlarged and prog ress has been made on the west bank of the river above Haussy and Saulzoir. "There has been local fighting in the neighborhood of Lieu-St. Amand. " We captured a number of prisoners. "Early this morning our advanced troops crossed the Sensee Canal at , Aubigny-au-Bac and captured nearly 00 prisoners and maintained their po sitions in the face of strong counter attacks. "Northwest of Douai we have con tinued to advance. We hold Courcelles-lez-Lens and Noyelles-Godault and are approaching the line of the Haute Deule Canal on the whole of the front be tween Douai and Vendin-le-Vieil. A number of prisoners were captured on this Rector." AMERICA FULLY AROUSED Peace Talk and Influenza Will Not Defeat Liberty Loan. WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. German peace talk and Spanish influenza, the great obstacles encountered in the fourth liberty loan campaign, will not be permitted to defeat plans for obtain ing more than the $6,000,000,000, al though half of that amount must be raised in the next six days. Reports from all parts of the country tonight indicated that the American people were fully aroused to the danger of failure through belief that Germany's offer to agree to President Wilson's peace terms meant an early end of the war. Committees everywhere set out to dispel this feeling among the public, while thousands of other workers by house-to-house canvassers met the situ ation created by the influenza epidemic. FRENCH ARMY ENTERS LA0N (Continued From Firt Psge. Gobain to the Argonne has cracked on a 60-mile front and it now appears that the enemy will be forced to re treat to a depth of some 30 miles be fore finding a suitable line of defense. At the best, his position will be men aced at its flanks on the Oise to the Sambre Canal from Ribemont to Lan dreoies, which lines are very near the Belgian frontier. There will be noth ing here like the enemy's strong de fenses on the Hindenburg line.' Between the Oise and ' Berry-Au-Bac the Seventh German army has been forced to abandon the lines of the Ailette, retiring its right in the forest of St. Gobain. In the Champagne General Gouraud continues his terrific onslaughts on the disorganized adversary. For 17 days his men have been pounding the Ger man positions and making inroads upon the defenses. To the north the British armies are pounding their advances almost to the point of liberating Douai, one of the great objectives on their front. Vir tually all the German line is in move ment and there seotns now to be no chance for the enemy to reorganize his forces for resistance. WITH THE FRENCH 'ARMY IN FRANCE. Oct. 13. (By the Associated Press. 2 P. M.) General Gouraud's troops in pursuit of the Germans have reached the banks of the Aisne in the bend that passes south of Rethel and Chateau Porcien. Five thousand civil ians have been liberated in the villages and towns retaken from the Germans. AMERICANS GAIN OBJECTIVES tni,i - . . . . I i ne rule ana predomination ot mill- feoldicrs Are Advancing on Boihtarism in Germany has now- finished Sides of River Meuse. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY KORTHWEST OF VERDUN. Oct. 12. (By the Associated Press.) "The American troops on both sides of the Jleuse have attained their objectives," was the official report tonight of the day's operations. The total of prisoners since Septem ber 'J6 is 17,659. Vouziers, which is now occupied by the French, is burning, as we!! as Ches tres and Brieulles. Explosions of great violence have taken place In Romagne and Dun. North of the American line fires continue to break out at various points which cannot be attributed to artillery fire. The unfavorable weather conditions Flowed up aerial operations, but Lieu tenants Thomas J. Abernethy. of West Pembroke. Me.: K. L. Porter, of Dowa giac. Mich., and Francis M. Simonds. of New York, got a plane near Ro magne. One American airman escaped from seven enemy machines which at tacked him. WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. On both rides of the Meuse violent counter at tacks and desperate resistance have failed to stem the advance of French and American divisions, says Satur day's American comn. unique, which continues: "We have taken Molleville' farm, north of the Bois de rjonsenvoye. Our troops have passed through the Bois de Foret and are before the villages of Landres-et-St. George and St. Juvin, which is in flames. "An American Army corps, co-oper- burg yesterday when General Gou raud's men entered Vouzieres in Cham pagne. Vooilereo Well Defended. Vouzieres is a town of 3000. It com mands two defiles in the forest region eastward, and is of no great military importance in itself. The significance of the capture arises from the fact that since 1914 it has symbolized German resistance in Northern France. Von Kluck. in acknowledging the failure of the plan to take Paris, said: "But the French will never retake Vouzieres," meaning not merely the inconsequential town of that name, but the entire system of German defense along the Aisne. But Vouzieres has been taken. The line of the Aisne has crumbled and the Hindenburg line has been demolished at several places in this region. The Germans appear thus far to have kept their retreat in hand with the greatest skill. At Vouzieres yesterday evening, when the French entered the town, blankets, pillow cases and house hold linens of all kinds were lying In the streets, having been collected by the German booty detachments, whose work was interrupted by the rapid ad vance of Gouraud's troops. The French troops not only saved part of the booty of Vouzieres that was ready for ship ment to GeVmany. but they interrupted the work of destruction throughout the region in the bend of the Aisne, liber ating a number of the villages, some of them virtually intact and freeing about 5000 civilians. Some houses were still burning in Vouzieres last evening, and German shells were falling in the town. Obser vation in the parts of the village that could be visited indicates that the dam age is only partial. The enemy occupied strong positions on the right bank of the Aisne to the east, where he opposed vigorously the efforts of the French to cross. A passage, however, was forced this morning and a footing gained on the eastern bank. GRANT'S TERMS SUGGESTED Unconditional Surrender Necessary, Says Illinois Governor. CHICAGO, Oct. 13. There can be no peace short of unconditional surrender. Governor Frank O. Lowden, of Illinois, declared in a speech at the dedication of the Illinois centennial monument today. "This war is not over," he declared. "During the Civil War General Buckner, of the Confederate forces, appealed to General Grant at Fort Donelson for an armistice of only eix hours and for the appointment of commissioners to ar range the terms of a possible surrender in a note somewhat like the last Ger man note. Grant's reply was: 'No terms will be accepted except immediate and unconditional surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.' "So, now, the time is not for an armistice, but for the language of Grant, and if you will let Pershing and his boys and our brave allies alone they will, move immediately upon the enemy's work." BRISBANE HEARING IS. UP Alexander Konta Will Explain Ut terances in Harrisburg. WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. Investiga tion of charges that the liquor inter ests furnished the money with which Arthur Brisbane purchased the Wash ington Times will begin before the Sen ate sub-judiciary committee Tuesday, with A. Mitchell Palmer, alien prop erty custodian, and Alexander Konta, of New York, as witnesses. The inquiry resulted from charges made by Mr. Palmer in a speech recent ly in Harrisburg, Pa. Mr. Konta will appear at hisown re quest to explain a letter sent by him to Bernard Dernberg, German propa gandist, reviewing the newspaper situ ation in New York and the possibilities of newspaper being acquired there by German interests. SIX TO RUN FOR JUSTICE None Receive Majority Vote Washington Primary. OLTMPIA, Wash., Oct. 13. The Washington State canvassing board has announced that none of the six candidates for the full terra on. the state Supreme bench received a major ity vote at the recent primaries. Three Justices are to be elected. The following six will run: Chief Justice John F. Main. Justice John R. Mitchell, Justice Wallace Mount, Su perior Judge W. O. Chapman, of Pierce County; Superior Judge villiam H Pemberton. of Whatcom County, and Edgar U. Mills, a Seattle attorney. HUN MILITARY IS DOOMED Berlin Editor Says Iron Hand of Germany Is at an- End BERNE, Switzerland, Oct. 13. Maxi milian Harden, editor of the Berlin newspaper Die Zunkunft, whose organ has been suppressed several times for its democratic tendencies and its con sistent opposition to Prussian mili tarism, speaking today before an audi ence of a thousand at Berlin, said: "The rule and predomination of mill forever. The result of the war will be world statutes among free peoples, giv ing all the same rights." SERUM IS HELD EFFECTIVE Dr. William Mayo Finds Preventive for Influenza. MINNEAPOLIS. Oct. 13. Dr. William J. Mayo has announced to the board of regents at the University of Minnesota that a new serum has been perfected that thus far has prevented the devel opment of a single case of pneumonia following Spanish influenza. Bond Slacker Is Tarred. EUREKA, Cat. Oct. 13. William Kradish. a German employed as a la borer in a lumber camp at Scotia, near here, was tarred and feathered today by fellow workers when he refused to purchase a liberty bond. They said they searched him and found a bank book showing deposits totalling $20,953. Dallas Editor Passes. DALLAS, Tex.. Oct. 13. D. Prescott Toomey. nuiaging editor of the Dallas Morning News, died at his home here this morning from cirrhosis of the liver. The funeral was held this afternoon. Spain Takes German Ships. , MADRID. Oct. 13. The Spanish gov ernment has decided to put into im mediate service 62 German ships lying in Spanish waters as tne equivalent In tonnage of Spanish ships torpedoed. GERMAN SAVAGERY RECOILS London Papers Point Out Presi dent's Points Do Not Refer to Ar raignment of Master Criminals. BY JAMES M. TUOHT. Staff Correspondent of the New York World. (Copyright. 1U18. by the Presa Publishing Company, the New York World. Published by arrangement.) LONDON, Oct. 13. (Special.) Ger many's acceptance of President Wil son's points is considered a complete surrender on paper, but worthless with out the guarantees which the remorse less advance of the allied and American armies alone can surely extort. This preliminary to capitulation was received here with joy as bringing peace within touch, but the. British peo ple are too alive to the endless possi bilities of German deceit and. trickery to rely upon anything except the abso lute overthrow of the enemy's military power as a, basis for that peace for which such stupendous and uncount able sacrifices have been made. They feel that this note comes from the men "without honor,'' who, during these last days, when by their own con fession their position has become hope less, have testified to their unabated belief in f rightfulness by intensifying their campaign of barbarism. Punishment Demnndc 1. Owing to this savagery Germany in the moment of her utmost extremity, finds herself confronted by an inex orable demand for the fullest and most exemplary punishment, both national and personal, for her crimes against civilization. This demand was never so strong as now and it is the spirit with which Germany must reckon in the terms to be imposed upon her ly the will of her victorious enemies. No illusion is felt here about any f change ot heart in the rulers who, un der the thinnest veneer of simulated democracy, are responsible for this surrender. It is because their armies have been caught in a vice from which no escape is possible without an un paralleled disaster, because frightful- ness has failed and r.as brought the menace of crushing atonement, and be cause their allies are deserting that they cry "Kamerad. Enemy's Cry Ignored If Berlin has counted upon producing a relaxation of the allies' military ef fort by her response to the President, it is once more blinded by its belief in. cunning as the most potent diplo matic weapon. Glorious news con tinues of the victorious advanoe of the allied and American armies. Ignoring the enemy's cry for a cessation of hos tilities, they are hammering him every where without stay or mercy. The tone of all the Sunday papers in discussing the reply is identical. The Sunday Times, which is in close touch with the Cabinet, after recounting the horrors of every description perpetrated by Germany since President ilson enunciated hia, 14 points, says: Punishment Not Referred To. "Yet, the 14 items which Germany now accepts contain no specific provi sion for any single one of the manifold crimes. Germany may contend that she has not read restoration to mean a re turn of the plunder she has ravished from France, Russia, Italy, Belgium. Roumania and Serbia, recompense for the iron and coal she has employed against their owners, compensation to those individuals she has despoiled. "Nor do the points make any refer ence to the arraignment of the master criminals who inspired the organized havoc and atrocities, without whose trial and punishment justice cannot be appeased. "Nor can we doubt Germany's readi ness to grasp the omission from the President's points of any clause cover ing the settlement of the allied claims for naval and mercantile reparation for flagrant violations of the laws of marine warfare." YOUTH TAKEN BY POLICE Ruben Vox Is Accused of Scries of Automobile Thefts. Through the efforts of Patrolmen Ferry and Meehan and a special agent of the Pacific Coast Automobile Con ference a gang of youthful alleged automobile thieves was broken up last night. Ruben Fox. alias Rader. aged 16, was arrested at Park and Davis streets and locked up in the County Jail charged with the larceny of two automobiles. The officers say that Fox stole a ma chine October 11 at Sixth and Oak streets, and yesterday stole another machine owned by M. Rounds, 1477 Sac ramento street, and took the license plate from a machine owned by Petro Cloria, 206 East Woodard street, and placed it on the last stolen machine. CiKht other boys were in the car with Fox when he was arrested. CASSELL GOES INTO TANKS Former Orcgonian Editor Leaves for Fort Lanlon Training Camp. James A. Cassell, who has been mo tion picture editor for The Oregonian for the last three years, left last night for Seattle, where he will enter the Tank Corps at Fort Lawton. Mr. Cassell enlisted some time ago, but after taking the examination in Seattle returned to Portland to await the call for training. He expects to be sent to Gettysburg in a short time. PRINCE AXEL IS DARING Visitor Jumps Into Lake Curl and Rescues Member or Party. ' SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 13. Prince Axel, of Denmark, here on a visit, went fishing today in Lake Curl, near here. Besides getting a basket of fish, the Prince jumped into the water and pulled out Raymond Frazier, a member of the party, who had slipped off a floating log. Frasier is a Seattle banker. Phones Should Be Sterilized. "Sterilize mouthpieces of telephones." is the advice ot a Portland doctor, in enumerating preventive measures to check the spread of influenza. It is recommended that the source of much trouble may be reached if all tele phones receive attention, but it is es pecially urged that phones in public places should be sterilized. There after, to keep them free from disease germs, the mouthpiece should either be covened with clean paper, occasionally replaced, or with gauze treated with a solution of formalin. Sanitary caps for the phones may be obtained, but the home-made substitutes will answer. 3 Important the processes "Victrola" ia the SINKING ROUSES ENGLAND L.E1NSTER INCIDENT BIXW TO rivACE RECONCILIATION. Slaughter of Women and Children Aboard Ship Held Inexcusable by High Officiate. LONDON. Oct. 13. The sinking- of the steamer Leinster save a stunning blow to whatever feeling- existed in Kngiand for a peace of reconciliation. Tbe affair caused more indignation than any sub marine exploit since the sinking of the Lusttania. The contrast between Prince Max's benevolent utterances and Germany's day-by-day military and naval policies is the text for most of the newspaper sermons on the situation. Not jonly the slaughter of women and children on the LeinHter and the Hirano Maru. but the German refusal to exchange prisoners and the stories coming from the front of needless devastation are working together to dampen sentiment of leni ency toward the central powers. It appears plain that the German pro posals are regarded with more disfavor here today than they were a week ago. Even some prominent papers with paci fist leanings demand punishment for the violations of the rules of warfare as a necessary part of any peace terms. The words of Arthur J. Balfour, Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs, were symptomatic of the public feeling. Mr. Balfour is usually most scrupu lous in his observance of the traditions of diplomacy for polite phrases under all circumstances. . The public inter prets his remarks as a sign that the government docs not carry any leanings toward a compromise. ALLEGED BURGLARS JAILED John Lewis and R. Thompson Held for Investigation. John Lewis and R. 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Is believed by the authorities to be the burglar who held up residents of the Carmeltta Apartments Friday night. Part ot the property found In the possession ot Lewis has been Identified as belonging to residents of the Tudor Arms Apart ment, which was burglarised a short time ago. FLANDERS COAST NOW FREE Huns Reported to IlaTe Withdrawn Ve$sel9 From Bares. LONDON. Oct. 13. It Is understood that the Germans no longer are at tempting to use the Flanders coast for operations by sea of any description. They have stripped their bases there of alt vessels and have left virtually no seaplanes. The mouth of the harbor at Ostend has been blocked by the Germans and there is little doubt that similar steps will be taken at Zeebrugge. Captain Mackintosh Is Dead. WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. Captain An gus Mackintosh, honorary attache of the British Embassy here and son-in-law of the Duke of Devonshire, Governor-General of Canada, died at his home here today, of pneumonia, follow ing influensa. $3,000,000 In State Treasury. SALEM. Or.. Oct. 13. (Special.) At the end of September the State Indus- . r tit- avi.t x Co., Camden, N. J. r;- u ij'iiiiiliiii mm i i ;i j W:M!l trial Accident Commission had in the State Treasury a total of :.S2S,431.6, according to the monthly report of the commission. In the accident fund tbe commission shows a balance of I1.47S. 046.11. and in the segregated fund. $1,149,386.68. As administrative ex penses of the office during the month $17,134 63 was required. Telegraphers Have Grievance. James R. Kelly, organiser of the Commercial Telegraphers of America, left last night for Washington. D. 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