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.
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Jef.'erson 10.930.00 BJ.OUO.OO
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Klamath 4V,. ITT.OO 4sS.0OO.00
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Uarfon 1..101. 14S.no 1.4o5.-'.-,o.00
Morrour 274.470.uo "J7.1.000.00
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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.
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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.
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, , -. ... 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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