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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1918. AMERICAN PHOWESS ADMITTED BY HUNS German Account of Fighting at St. Mihie! Is Taken. ARTILLERY IS EFFECTIVE 'Honorable In Xot Firing on Strrtch-cr-Be-arers- Is Tribute Paid to Soldiers of United States. WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, Oct. 20. (By the Associated I'resa.) Just what the Germans think r American soldiers with a lew side remarks regarding; the St. Mihiel oper ations is disclosed in a .confidential document signed by the chief Intelli gence officer of the 19th German army, which ha been captured by Americans fighting on the British front. The document prefaces a dlscusslap of the St. Mihiel attack by admitting that the number of Americans in re serve on that occasion was unknown. It then takes up the divisions which carried -out the assaults. It says the 'lrat. Second and 2d were tried attack divisions; the Fourth and 26th are Hinting divisions, which had already proved their qualities In battles on other parts of the front. The Fifth, 3th and 19th are described as divisions never identified in battle, but with some good experience in the line, and the 31th as In reserve. Salleat Rendered l atrnable. The document then discusses the de tails of the operations, admitting that when the Americans reached Thiaucourt the entire St. Mihiel salient was ren dered untenable and therefore its evacuation was ordered and the retreat carried out according to plan. A little further on, the order, which was distributed generally throughput the German army and was considered of a confidential nature, has this to say of the American soldier: "Ha obviously is very much afraid of being taken prisoner. He defends him self violently to the last against this danger and does not surrender. This teems to lac the result of propaganda picturing cruel treatment if he falls into German hands. Defease la Firm. The American is expert in handling machine guns, is firm on the defensive and develops a strong power of resist ance from his very numerous machine guns. The bearing of the Infantry indi cates slight military training. The artillery was at its best as long as it remained at its original positions dur ing preparation for an attack. The methods of fire were good. It was very quick in getting on opportune targets mis apparently oeing due to the lavisl employment of technical devices. With in a minimum period the American were able to furnish a well directed Ore. "Liaison between the infantry an artillery mas perfect. -When infantry ran into machine gun nests It Immedl ately fell back and a new artillery preparation irom accompanying bat tertes followed very promptly. A large number of tanks were as embled fo. attack, but only a small number came at us, as large infantrj masses nireaay naa achieved the de aired end. a sentence in the document says 'in general It sho-jld be noted th American is quite honorable he does not Are on stretcher-bearers. been changed. They are here presented unchanged. Qunta Subscribed. Baker f H'.stxi.oo t tm.3no.OA Benton ........ SlJ.T0.4m 3.J.T50.00 cuckamas .... 4ii.ijo.io G;toK o Clanwp l.K'T.ojs no i.Mi.n.io.oo Columbia ...... -'08.1H1M.IK) H75.0O0.O0 Coos . TJ.'t.VS.OO 7-YH"0 0 Crook lil.4:to.oo lt;V00.0O Curry L'T.ttnvoo 0'.4.10.00 Dchutes ..... 2.'0.4M.OO - 27.-i.40O.OO DouKias ....... 4:;s..":coo 4;o.ouo.oo (lliiiam UMl.-UU.UO 101.50000 ;rant 140.44S.OO iri8.soo.no Hood lUver l-l.soooo IS.OOO.OO lUrner ITS.tKl-'.ott 1TS.0OO.O0 Jarkson 40..,J., m 040.5---OO Jef.'erson 10.930.00 BJ.OUO.OO Josephine 3.14. H?o oi'O loo.0o0.00 Klamath 4V,. ITT.OO 4sS.0OO.00 I-ake i:ii.414iij -oa.oofl.oo I.ane UH.1..1-0 no HIHf.H0 on Lincoln To.o.isno .on.sso.oo l.lnn . 0TT. 130.00 BTT.li.'.o.oo Malheur MT.-tl'-t.OO 4::."..50O0O Uarfon 1..101. 14S.no 1.4o5.-'.-,o.00 Morrour 274.470.uo "J7.1.000.00 Polk .4S.9ay.0O Ml'.ooo 00 Tillamook :.io.4's oo ".". ooo. 00 Sherir. in 1.1S .V.0 00 1S3.400 00 I'mallila ...... S.om.. 113.00 X.S7tJ.J."0.00 t nion ' 5i:i.t;oo.oo 5t2.'Mto.OO Wallowa ...... .h.m;0.0O :!O.0O0.00 i ajro i:,.-.:i.o7o oo r,m. 4.",o.no Hj-hlnnon ... iL1.7o.no XBU.8.1rt00 Wheeler 73.3r,o.oO 7S. 000.00 Vumhill 6JU.J-jO.00 634.250.00 Totals ..15.3S4.707.92 13.05.122.00 HUNS DEEPLY DREAD I Germans Fight Hard for Fear Allies Will Get Revenge. PEACE IS DEEMED NEAR Boche Soldiers In Front of Ameri cans Told Entente Will Dev astate Germany If Able. Wamic Exceeds lis Quota. WAMIC. Or., Oct. 20. (Special.) The final report of J. E. Woodcock, chairman of the fourth liberty loan drive for Wamic and vicinity shows a of $10,000. 'Subscribers to the fourth ARMT. Oct 20. (Special.) There is no liberty loan number 94. which exceeds longer even the faintest vestige BY LINCOLN EYRE. Staff Correspondent of the New York World. tCopyrlEht by The Press Publishing Com pany. The New York World. Published by Arrangement.) WITH THE AMERICAN FIRST of the number on previous loana by 30 per cent. The quota for Wamic and vicinity was raised without great ef fort, and largely through the work of the chairman. Latah County Oversubscribes. doubt lingering in the mind of the Ger man soldiers opposing us between Grand Pre and the Meuse as to meas ures of peace. Nevertheless, they are fighting more stubbornly and more savagely than ever before. Had an opportunity today to ascertain through several thousand dollars "over the top" in the fourth liberty loan when the I contributions are tabulated. Friday night Latah County had $757,400 of its quota of tSOO.000. leaving 142.600 to be raised. Moscow had (364,350 of its quota of $38,000. Lewis County Far Over Top. CHEHALIS, Wash., Oct. 20. (Spe cial.) -Lewis County went far over the top in its subscription to the fourth liberty loan, making a grand total of ?1. ZOO. 150 on an allotment of J771;000. There were 10,256 subscribers, fully 25 1 per cent of the county s population. TANK CONTEST UNDECIDED TWELFTH FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICT WIXXER UXKXOWX. Checking of Subscriptions Will Require Some' Time. 'FLU' SERUM GIVEN TRML iMne Sailors Submit to Tests of 'rjr Medical Officers. WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 Nine sailors who volunteered to be Inoculated with Influenza serum to enable Navy medical officers to lesrn specific facts regard Ing the disease and possible means of Its prevention, were officially com mended yesterday by Secretary Daniels. iSone contracted the disease. The experiments prove conclusively the disease is not due to a filterable virus. HUNS SEEK NEW PARLEY , Continued From First Page.) informed all German submarines had been ordered to their bases appeared to support suggestions that abandon ment of the U-boat campaign has been determined upon. Competent -spokesmen of. the Gov ernment have reiterated that there is to be no drawn-out series of ex changes. If the German government seeks talk without submission, tbe President Is expected to refuse to con tinue the -discussion. AMSTERDAM. Oct. 20. According to advices reaching here today from Ger many, the German reply to President Wilson may not be ready until Monday. MADRID. Oct. 29 The Spanish gov ernmonl. according to the newspapers. lias receivea an ouiciai communication from the German government stating that the Germaa Admiralty has ordered submarines to return immediately to tiieir bases. BOCHE SOCIALISTS ARROGANT "We Have 'o Intention of Peace at Any Price," Sajs Leader. AMSTERDAM, Oct. 19. German In dependent Socialists probably will par ticipate In the drafting of the note to President Wilson, according to the Vossische Zeitung of Berlin. The news paper states that Hugo iiaase. leader of the Socialist minority In the Reichstag, and George Ledebour, Social Democratic leader, have conferred on the ubject with Konstantin Fchrenbach, president of the Kelchstasr. The people will defend themselves if they are obliged to do so," they are said to have informed him. The organ of the General Commission of Trades Unions has issued a state ment on behalf of tnose organizations, tleclarlng: "We are prepared for most resolute resistance if the enemy rejects our peace offer. We have no intention of making peace at any price. We must resolutely reject such a peace as im perialistic France and England would like to dictate." QUOTA IS OVERSUBSCRIBED o-ontlnued From Flnt Fa-re.) MOSCOW, IdatlO. Oct 20. (Special.) . .,l,,.f 1 t th. r.nnrt nf nrls Moscow and Latah County will bL.... .,,.,., a ..ni.n.tim, of this seems an anachronism. From these reports it is evident two factors are influencing the rank and file in the maintenance of a morale higher than it has been at any time since last July. In the first place the German soldiers have been taught to believe that the harder they fight now, with the end of the war in sight, the better will be the peace terms accorded to them by the allies. In the second place they be lieve that unless, they resist strenu ously they probably will be smothered to death beneath the final series of at tacks relentlessly launched by the allied troops with a view of completing the destruction of the Kaiser's armies. It has been drummed into t'.ie German troops that their adversaries are ready to turn them into dead mm and their country into a desert on the slightest pretext, and that to avoid utter annihi lation they must fight on for a few weeks more until an armistice is ac tually signed. Prisoners Give Information. The following summary of the infor- Fourth Liberty Loan Officials Say tured Jn the last week by our boys is illuminating as showing that the enemy feels now that the situation Is clearly hopeless and ttiat the best that can be done is to save Germany from devastation. These prisoners indicate that their present resistance is entirely due to the beliof that they must hold back the allies Srom the German border at all costs, since they believe that once the allied troops are in Germany there will be a general devastation of their territory, At home they say any peace terms, even the cession of Alsace-Lorraine, would be welcomed. The feeling has become so intense against the military party that there have been disorders and mutiny in the garrison towns. Among the troops ordered to the fron so serious, has the situation become that soldiers in these towns have been deprived of thfeir arms until they reach the forward zone, where they can be controlled. The rumors that peace actually has been declared are prevalent behind the German front. The prisoners from the guards' division bagged naar Grand Pre said they had been informed that hos tilities were to cease at half past o'clock last Monday afternoon. They were painfully surprised to find them selves in the thick of an American at tack at that hour. On October 12 the company com manders in the division told their men that all the territory occupied by Ger many In the allied countries would be evacuated within 45 days and that the pioneer depots in the rear were already being cleared in preparation for th evacuation. The prisoners from this division testified that on the night of October 13-14. their officers informed them that the German line from Bel glum to Switzerland would be with drawn 18 miles at midnight that night. that the allies would remain where they were and that the armistice would come into effect immediately. Bodies Are Disappointed. Many of the men waited for the hour to arrive with their packs on their backs, and were keenly disappointed tbe orders to retire failed to come, and the American shells contin ued bursting among them. Most of the prisoners seem to take it for granted that the Kaiser will abdi cate, but a Prussian officer whom I saw at divisional headquarters this morn ing insisted that the German people would never abandon their monarch, who, he added, was more beloved now than ever, because he was deemed to be the real author of the peace move. by.the retreating enemy and because of this the people of Turcoing and Rou- baix are experiencing some difficulty in getting food. Supplies are now be ing shipped into Lille' for the large population there. The Germans are also leaving the country strewn with land mines. The main Lille-Tournal road, as an instance, has been mined every meters. The civilians of Roubaix said that before the Germans destroyed some of the factories in the towns they removed the machinery and took it with them. Boches Loot Houses. More reports have been received of mutinies in the -firman army. The revolt movement seems to be spreading. Along the road of retirement the houses in most places have been found to be intact. But the Germans appar ently could not resist the temptation to loot, carrying off cloth of every oe scription. Window shades, and in fact anything made of wool 'or cotton, was removed. i mm a A -a, mT- o4r. M e a- . mm --- -s - rft iri f - m m m m m GOVERNMENT OF NORTHERN RUSSIA REORGANIZED. Mi SSfesey A Request By Your Government and Ours Enlist Your Dollars Until the War Is Won! OUR boys in the Army and Navy have consecrated their lives to the winning of the war. They are in the service of the Nation until victory is won. Enlist your dollars in their support by buying Liberty Bonds. Make the enlistment term of your dollars equal at least to the period of service of our gallant sons. Hold your Liberty Bonds. Don't exchange them for mer chandise or for other securities which may' be worthless. Don't sell them except under pressure of necessity. Keep them in a safe place or have them registered in your name. Hold fast to your Liberty Bond investments to enabhe our bovs to hold fast to their entrenchments in .trance and to push the Huns across the Rhine. Supreme Power Again Conferred on Nicholas Tschatskovsky; Colonel Duroff Is Governor-General. The United States National Bank ON SIXTH STREET AT STARK Capital and Surplus ?2,500,000.0p. ARCHANGEL, Oct. 18. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The government in I Northern Russia again has been reor ganized and the supreme power again 1 conferred on Nicholas Tschaikovsky. Colonel Duroff will retain his position j as Governor-General and military com- I mander in the region of the north. The where she was sunk bv the British, the ministry naa Deen rcDrgftii-u o i Germans being -unable to move it. lows: ., ..,.,, ..., - AT rr.,...v 5 ! 1. n...tJAn nf tTnl ... ............. iu. lauiaiAuisnj, mtoiutit, w ..... , , . provisional government and minister of A typical letter about wnat is. nap foreien affairs and agriculture: Colonel penlng in Germany is among the cap- Duroff, governor-general, military com- turea- nocumenis. 41 wan w.ncn -mander, minister of war, minister of German private to his brother-in-law the interior and minister of communl- on the battle front and describes a cations, post and telegraphs; Prince scene at a railway station on ine ar TTurnnntbin t.mnnrnrv minif-ter of 1 rival of a troon train from Russiar. Of- flnance; M. Mefodieff, minister of com-lficers were stoned and maltreated and merce, industry and provisions; S. N. I attempts were made to shoot them be Grodetski, minister of Justice, and P. cause the men were required to entraili Guboff, minister of public instruction. for the west front. With the exceDtion of Premier xscna ikovsky all the members of the cabl-I HAVRE, Oct. 20. The following of net belong to bourgeoise parties. In I flcial communication was issued today addition to the cabinet there is an ad- kv Belgian headauarters: visory council of 15 men, representing "The offensive operations of the ar all strata of society and all parties. mies in Flanders under the command of in Arcnaneel tne election recently n.,,i j?In continued during sunaay. held for members of the duma resulted if,-, attempting to oppose our advance III ill in a large majority for the Socialists, although the bourgeoise vote was larger than ever before. The new cabinet meets with the gen eral approval of the allied diplomatic corps here, SAX FRANCISCO, Oct 20. Winners in the Twelfth Federal Reserve Bank District ship and tank-naming contests of the fourth liberty loan will not be known until a careful check has been made of the official over-subscriptions, it was announced tonight. It was an nounced this might taken 10 days. When the 10 cities have selected sponsors for the ships the persons chosen will be expected personally to name the ships and not delegate the honor to someone else. The tanks will be awarded as fol lows: Alaska one. Northern California one, Southern California one, Hawaii one, Idaho one, Nevada one.' Oregon one, Utah one, Washington ore and Arizona one. More than 30 cities in the Twelfth Federal Reserve Bank District are com peting In the ship-naming contest. Southern California reported tonight a total of 113.7 per cent, while practically the same percentage is claimed for the northern part of the state exclusive of San Francisco. The official count of San Francisco's subscription stood tonight at (97,049, lOo, with the work of checking stil continuing. Campaign officials said they were hopeful that the total would be more than this city's quota of $107.- 876,500. Progress of the War. By the Associated Press.) Ictory crowns the allied arms on every battle front. Northern Belgium is being rapidly cleared of the enemy by British and Belgian forces. Belgians have occupied Zeebrugge and crossed the Ghent-Bruges Canal, and on their left have reached the Dutch frontier, where 15.000 Germans, cut off by the allies northward from Eecloo, are re ported to have withdrawn into Holland, when where they were interned. Ghent. It is predicted from British headquarters, will fall soon, and the French, by a swift stroke along an ex tended line, have put their forces with two miles of Tournai. Thielt is in the hands of the French. British troops have crossed the Selle River and have reconquered Solesmes. At St. Tython. to the east, the British have captured more than 2000 prisoners. Since the beginning of the operations in Flanders the allies have advanced more than 30 miles over a 36-mile front, clearing all of Western Flanders, as well as the coast of tbe enemy. Fightiug desperately to hold their positions to the north and south of Le Cateau. the Germans on a front of 40 miles have massed nearly a half million men. Their line is vital to the Ger mans, but is Just as vital to the suc cess of the allied arms, which are Prospect of Unconditional Surren- aicaunjr l us in us um ciicnijr uatn. anu WEAKNESS OF EXCHANGE DUE TO WILSON'S NOTE. breaking through at strategical points. The British Third Army is smashing its way forward to the south of Valen ciennes. The turning of this line will prove a source of great danger to vast masses of Germans holding the terri tory to the north and. south. dcr Reflected in Markets of Neutral Countries. The American forces operating with the British north of Wassigny have advanced to the Sambre-Oise Canal. They occupied Rejet, east of St. Souplet, at the point or the bayonet. Wave after wave of machine gunners faced he Americans, who inflicted enormous losses on them. West of the Meuse American activity was conllneu to tne consolidation: of positions. LONDON. Oct. 20. (British wireless service.) Financial circles in London have been much Interested in the move ment of the German mark in foreign countries, and note that since Presi dent Wilson's latest reply German- ex change has depreciated heavily. Karly in the month the mark was being bought freely in the countries bordering on Germany,, and a writer In the Morning Post thinks this was due to the prospect of a fairly easy peace for Germany and of the rapid recovery of German industry. The writer adds: If such has been the theory, the very definite terms of President Wil son's note with indications of uncon ditional sunrendev have brought a de elded revulsion of feeling, and Thurs day's cables from all leading neutral Germany's reply to President Wilson countries, while .quoting higher rates as been handed to the Swiss Minister rr sterling, reported a severe Slump Rerlln for transmission to the m tne value oi mo mar ntted States, according to unofficial ln lne ocanainavian countmes the advices reaching Amsterdam from Ger.. fan r tne mam on inursaay ranged m.n iiri-pi. In the reDlv Germanv . from 8 to IS per cent, the weakness cresses a willin-mess to evacuate Bel- being most marked in Sweden, which glanisoil. but believes such a with- is particularly well informed regard rawal would necessarily take several On tho front in Russiar a severe de feat with tbe loss of 1000 men killed has been inflicted on the Bolshevikl n Yekaterinburg district by Czecho slovak, and Siberna forces. SHANGHAI, China. Saturday, Oct. 12. (By the Associated Press.) Bolshe vik troops advancing toward Ekaterin burg have been severely defeated by Czecho-Slovak and Siberian forces. The Bolshevikl lost 1000 men killed, as well as three armored tives and 60 machine guns. on the west bank of the Lys River and the Rruz-es Canal from teclo to tne nntch frontier, the Germans were obliged to retreat along the whole front. Belgians on Dutch Frontier, "Tho Releian army is standing along the canal,- with its left resting on the Diitnh frontier. "The French army in Belgium has not only driven beyond the Jys tne enemv rearguards, but has even, not- icu, wen i .7 -t K trains. 11 locorao- withstanding tne .TT,. tne uernmiiB, woaocu mo.. lishlngf two bridgeheads, one between firammene and Peteehem, and the other at Oyghem. The second British army crossea me Lys along its whole front and has reached on the right tne western out skirts of Pecq, in the vaiey or tne Scheldt. The front of this army passes tiimiiirh a line west of Pecq, the out- tending that they shall enjoy the fruits skirts of Dottignies, east of Rollighem, " I wieiqhpVi. It has taken of their victories unmolested. I since October 14 6509 prisoners and cap tured 169 guns." AMSTERDAM, Cct 20. The Bel- T.nvnnNr Oct 20. (By the Associ- e-ian flair is flvinar over the town of ated Press. 6 P. M.) In their attack Houcke, just across the frontier from felle River i the wono the Dutch town of Sluis. A dispatch one mile on a front of 10 miles. dated at Sluis Saturday says thaten- solesmes is Retaken. tente sentries were expected to arrive The town of Solesmes two and a half Iinioa wui v -." ' FOCH DRIVING HUNS ON ' (Continued From First Page.) ing heavily some of the towns cap tured by the British, evidently not in- momentarily An the Belgo - Holland frontier. The operation of the third army was characterized by most severe fighting, for the Germans realized the impor tance of trying to delay the British here. However, the British gained the hieh ground to the east of tbe line from which tured. T.nvnnN. Oct. 20. In their attack thi mornine the British troops forced a passage of the Selle River between I.e Cateau and Denain, according to Field Marshal Haig's report this eve The British aa.vance continues ior an effort to check the allies. This is said to be a new record of density for defending forces. Foe Defenses Breached. The general attack of the British, Americans and French yesterday re sulted in extensive breaches in the enemy defenses. Along the Aisne, Gen eral Mangin broke into the Hunding line. A large number of prisoners and a considerable quantity of war material were captured. LONDON, Oct J9. British and Bel gian forces are rapidly clSaring North ern Belgium of the enemy, according to the official British statement rela tive to operations in Belgium issued by the War Office tonight. The state ment reads: "During today's fiuhting the British, Belgian and French armies, under com mand of King Albert of Belgium, have been able to develop- the results ob tained in the last six days. Bruges Is Stormed, "The Belgian army has ocoupied Zee-' brugge and Heyse and stormed the town of Bruges. Elsewhere the Bel gians have crossed the Ghent-Bruges Canal. On their left they have reached the Dutch frontier and on the right are half way from Bruges to Ghent. "The French forces have carried the town of Thieit and the high ground in that vicinity in spite of stubborn re sistance by the enemy. At the end of the day the French had reached the line of Hulle-Vincat and had advanced along the Lys to Gramme, Gotthem and Wielsbeke. "The second British army has com pletely cleaned up Courtrai, and car ried it nearly four miles east of the place. To the south the British have reached the Courtrai-Tournai road and although the communications have been destroyed by the Germans, have ad vanced almost to the Scheldt River. "Since beginning operations in Flan dors' the allied armies have advanced i'i miles over a front of 36 miles. All of Western Flanders as well as the Bel gian coast has been cleared of the enemy." CHINESE ISSUE OPPOSED OFFICIAL TO OBJECTION VOICED GOVERNMENT. U. S. in Accord With France, Eng land, Russia in Regard to Move Involving Loan From Japan. PEKIN, China, Oct. 16. (By the As sociated Press.) The British, French and Russian ministers today notified the Chinese government that China's assumption that the countries repre sented by the ministers had expressed satisfaction with the proposed gold currency issue was altogether wrong. The ministers strongly emphasized the objections of their respective countries. The American Government, although it does not associate its memorandum with .that of the other ministers, also expressed disapproval of the bond issue. The Japanese government, while it was identified with the original pro test, has taken no further action. Tlie Chinese government, on the as sumption that the allies approved of the project, has opened negotiations with Japanese for a loan of 80,000,000 yen to' finance the proposed gold note issue. Destroyer Baglcy Launched. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Oct. 20. The destroyer . Bagley, named for Ensign Worth Bagley, the first naval officer killed in the Spanish-American War. was launched here yesterday. they were advancing th(jr nonh and Denain, five miies south west of Valenciennes, nas Deen cap rnreri The British have reached tn general line of Haveluy, Wandignies, against a perfect storm of machine gun bullets. The machine guns were ciearea out with great rapidity and great numbers Hamage, Brillon and Beuvry. " rn.:,?.: . . - ' G-,nea' , , -. ... t". . . i i Tne statement reaua. UUUU Ui DU UIIM1. i -" . . , . Mn,tTa th Yanks Continue Victories. j vinages jn the river valley and driven south ot i.e vaieau tne cmisn ann the enemy from tne town 01 ooiesmes, Americans are continuing their sue- continues the report, "our troops fough cesses of the last two days. their way forward up the slopes east American patrols, pushing out irom of the Selle and have estaonsnea tnem the Mazinghe area, have reached the selves on the high ground overlooking banks of Oise Canal. The German ar- the valley of the Harpies Kiver. tillerv in this region has been quite "Determined opposition was encoun active and many towns, including Ba- tered. especially in the vicinity of returns was made yesterday. The few reports cited are held to show that John L. Etherlage. director of organi sation, guessed too conservatively lin putting the state's oversubscription, outside of Portland, at $1,000,000. There no longer seems an element of doubt that Oregon's quota of $33,708,000 has been oversubscribed by more than J.'. 500. 000. since Portland has piled up an apparent excess of $1,500,000. Official compilations of county rec ords made Saturday night have not yet months. It is added that the German govern. ment Is prepared provisionally to aban don Its U-boat campaign. A Madrid dispatch says that Germany has offi cially notified the Spanish government that the German Admiralty has re called all submarines to their bases. actual empires. conditions in the central HUNS LEAVE RUIN TRAIL (Continued From First Page.) Railroad Electrification Soon. SEATTLE, Oct. 20. Operation of the first electric train of the Milwaukee and, therefore, have not been caught Hundreds of thousands of civilians are in the towns where the allied troops are operating and advancing and hun dreds have been released from each town liberated by the advance. The Railroad into Seattle July 1, 1919, was! presence of these civilians necessitates predicted here today by H. E. Byram, Federal director. Completion of the electrification work will give the rail road 660 miles of electrified line to the Coast. , the greatest care in the handling of shells and bombs and it is probable that the Germans have left them behind just for this purpose. Ail the bridges have been, blown up zeuel, have been heavily shelled. There were civilians in some of these towns, so that their speedy removal was nec essary, the Germans disregarding their presence entirely. North of Courtrai the British second Army is across the Lys River at sev eral places and making good progress, while the first army has crossed the Selle River near Haspres nad Saulzoir and continues driving. From in front of Denain this army is pushing frontally for Valenciennes, a movement which is in co-operation with the third army's attack southward. Huns Lack Confidence. Obviously the Germans intended to defend the east bank of the Scheldt, for they entrenched and wired it. But there are strong indications that the enemy has little faith in his ability to hold the line long, for all the bridges are ready for speedy demolition. A few fires are still visible at Tournai and the surrounding country, showing that the enemy is burning his stores. The Germans are also stripping the country of everything imaginable and are burning what they have been un able to remove. Cattle taken from the peasants are being driven eastward nd the farmers' haystacks have been burned. In Turcoing, where there were thou sands of civilians, the citizens exhibit ed intense joy at their liberation. The Germans are plainly showing their, intentions by removing and de- troying machinery of cotton mills and imilar industrial works: they appar ently have the idea of stifling French competition in the future. In the loot ing of private houses they have dis played their customary fondness for such things as clocks, silverware, fam ily ornaments. Even crucifixes have been taken from the homes of the poorer classes. Male Population Deported. The Germans have carried off vir tually the entire male population of the districts which they evacuated capable of doing any work. All the' captured prisoners say that peace is expected any day. The Germans behaved the same in Ostend as elsewhere. The German com mandant, who was cordially hated by the civilians. Imposed fines for the smallest offenses, such as being out of bed after 9 o'clock at night. Twenty six million francs were extorted from the inhabitants in fines and forced levies. During the German occupation all the bathing machines were used for the storage of explosives. Civilians were compelled to work in the subma rine repair shops. It is now established that the dry dock was completely smashed by Brit ish bombs and shells on the occasion of the raids. The rusty remains of the gallant Vindictive are visible exactly Solesmes and at the village of St. Py thon. This opposition was overcome after hard fighting and a number of lni-a.1 counter attacks were repulsed. As a. result of this operation, which was carried out in a heavy rain, we captured over 2000 prisoners and some guns. Tonrnal Is Neared". "Farther north our advanced troops are reported to be-within two miles of Tournai and also to be in -touch with the enemy east of the general line of Denain. Bois Des Eclusettes, ianaas. Mojichin and Marquin." t a "RTfi Oct. 20. Gains are recorded by the War Office tonight between the Oise and the Serre in Sunday's fight ing. The French have made important progress east of Vouzleres, . capturing numerous heavy guns. Boche Attacks Smashed. German counter attacks near Verne- ull and north of St. uermammont, on the Serre-Aisne front, have been i pulsed by the French, who took pris oners. WITH THE ANGLO - AMERICAN ARMIES IN FRANCE, Oct. 19. (By the Associated Press.) American ana Brit ish patrols have reached high ground to the west OI tne jise anai. The Americans occupy Rejet, which lies to the east of St. Souplet, and which was taken at the point of the bayonet. They had to fight all the way against machine gunners deployed in depth.- As fast as one lot was killed, another came into action, and the work in ha done all over again. The fighting here has been desperate. Lille "Region Quieter. . Thero, was little opposition in the T.m. salient, and to the northward in most Dlaces it was found difficult to mainialn contact with the enemy s main forces, owing to the rapidity of their repeat. BERLIN, via London, Oct. 20. The official communication from German general headquarters today says: "In Flanders, in continuation of the operations announced Friday, we evac uated Bruges, Thielt and Courtrai and have occupied new positions before which lively fore-field engagements have taken place. In the evening the enemy was southeast of Sluis, on the Belgian-Dutch border. "West of Maldeghera and UrseL near Poekel and Marckeghen, northeast of Courtrai, he partly pressed forward over the Lys River." PARIS. Ott. 20. (Havas.) The Ger mans are fighting desperately to hold their positions on the front north and south of Le Cateau which has an im portant bearing on the situation else where between the Meuse and the North Sea. On a front of 40 miles the Germans have massed 40 divisions in HUNS LEAVE ONLY WRECKS Works of All Kinds Are Smashed as Gernias Retire. AMSTERDAM, Oct. 20. Germanla of Berlin, organ of the Centrist party. prints an obviously inspired commen tary on the evacuation of the Flanders coast, saying it will have an inconsid erable effect on Naval operations. The newspaper says all-the German military works at Ostend, Zeebrugge and elsewhere were either dismantled entirely and carried off or made un usable. "We have succeeded in getting all the ships home," it says. "A few serv iceable ships that we were forced to leave were dismantled and then destroyed." KEEP FIGHT, UP, IS PLEA Greek Nation Desires to March Im mediately Against Turkey. SALONIKI, Oct. 20. The last remain ing territory in Macedonia invaded by the Bulgarians has been re-occupied oy the allies In the shape of the- Greek forces. A strong Greek army Is ready for action, and, it is announced, can be utilized from now on. The whole Greek nation and press ask that the-fight be kept up: it is the desire of. the Greeks to march in-line diately against Turkey. 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