VOL. LVIII XO. 18,069.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1918.
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Text Arrives.
OUTCOME STILL IS IN DOUBT
Message Received by Wireless
Suspected of Having
Seen Garbled.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. Germany
has replied to President Wilson with a
note which, though ho one is prepared
to say that it will lead the President
even to continue exchanges on the
subject of an armistice and peace, has
at least served almost to bring con
viction' here that the people of Ger
many actually are taking the reins of
government and sincerely desire peace
on any terms the United States and
the allies are willing to give.
There was no intimation tonight of
the attitude of the President and
probably there will be none until the
official text of the new German com
munication has been received.
Official Note Due Today.
The President was in conference all
evening with Secretary Lansing dis
cussing the note as received' by wire
less late in the day.
Like, the reply to the President's
inquiries a week ago, this note was
sent out from the German wireless
stations and picked up in the allied
countries many hours before the of
ficial text could move by cable. The
official version probably will come to
morrow through the Swiss Legation
here.
As received by wireless the note is
believed to be slightly garbled in the
important sentences regarding condi
tions for the evacuation of invaded
territory and for an armistice.
Awkward Move Seen.
Nevertheless it is regarded as an
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tions laid down by President Wilson I
for consideration of an armistice.
And it makes the significant dec
laration that the government in Ber
lin no longer is responsible to a single
arbitrary influence the Kaiser but
is supported by an overwhelming ma
jority of the German people.
TriMnlnmtinn "i snnnnrtpn hv trip
statement that constitutional reforms
: &
are in progress in accord with the de- j guarded,
termination of the people under which i The fi:
TEXT OF GERMAN JTOTE AS
RECEIVED BY WIRELESS.
In accepting: the proposal for
an evacuation of occupied terri
tories, the German g-overnment
has started from the assumption
that the procedure of this evacu
ation and of the conditions of an
armistice should be left to the
j judgment of the military advisers
and that the actual standard 01
power on both sides in the field
has to torja the basis for ar
rangements safeguarding and
guaranteeing this standard.
The German government sug
gests to the President that an
opportunity should be brought
about for fixing the details. It
trusts that the President of the
United States will approve of no
demand which would be irrecon
cilable with honor of the German
people and with opening a way to
a peace of justice.
The German government pro
tests against the reproach of Ille
gal and inhumane actions made
against the German land and sea
forces and thereby against the
German people.
For the covering of a retreat,
destructions will always be nec
essary and they are carried out
Insofar as Is permitted by inter-
, national law.
The German troops are under
most strict Instructions to spare '
private property and to exercise
care for the population to the
best of their ability. Where trans
gressions occur, In spite of these
instructions, the guilty are being
punished. '
. The German government fur
ther denies that the German navy
in sinking ships has ever pur
posely destroyed lifeboats with
their passengers. The German
government proposes witl) regard
to all those charges that the facts
be cleared up by neutral commis
sions. .
In order to avoid anything that
might hamper the work of peace,
the German - government has
caused orders to be dispatched to
all submarine commanders pre
cluding the torpedoing of passen
ger ships without, however, for.
technical reasons, being able to
guarantee that these orders will
reach every single submarine at
sea before its return.
As a fundamental condition for
peace the President prescribes the
destruction "of every arbitrary
power that can separately, se
cretly and of its own single choice
disturb the peace of the world."
To this the German government
replies:
Hitherto the representation of
the people in the German Empire
has not been endowed with an
Influence of the formation of the
government.
The constitution does not pro
vide for a concurrence of repre
sentation of the people in deci
sions of peace and war. These
conditions have just now under
gone a fundamental change. A
new government has been formed
in complete accordance with the
wishes (principle) of the repre
sentation of the people based on
equal, universal, secret, direct
franchise.
The leaders of the great parties
of the Reichstag are members of
this government. In the future
no government can take or con
tinue in office without possess
ing the confidence of a majority
of the Reichstag.
The responsibility of the Chan
cellor of the empire- to the repre
sentation of the people is being
legally developed and safe
BRITISH ATTITUDE
ISE
BARS COMPHOM
To Bargain With Germany
Held Unthinkable.
STERN JUSTICE DEMANDED
Mayors, of 50 English Cities
Go orv- Record.
NORTHCLIFFE PROBES NOTE
n- I
Shameless Falsehood In Regard to
Enemy Outrages on' Land
and Sea Pointed Out.
LONDON, Oct 21. As a proof of the
futility of German attempts to weaken
the will of the British people by peace
talk, the Daily Telegraph publishes
series of messages from the Mayors
of more than 50 English and other
towns, representing every phase of
municipal life. They all breathe but
one spirit, namely, that there must be
no compromise with the foe.
The following; are messages from a
few of the principal towns:
Birmingham Germany must be re
quired to accept the terms imposed by
the allies and stern Justice must be
meted out.
Bradford After what Germany has
done, there must be no compromise. It
is absolutely essential that there should
be British supremacy of the seas.
Cardiff Any compromise with Ger-
manv would be fatal. The uerman
navy must be handed over.
On to Berlin Demanded.
Hull The allied troops should occupy
Essen and march to Berlin.
Blackburn To bargain with the Ger
mans is unthinkable after the history
of the past four year.
Blackpool The Germans asked for
a good hiding and deserve to get it.
Canterbury In no circumstances
must we make peace until every man
and woman in Germany who has been
brutal to our prisoners has been pun
ished and reparation given for all the
damage. i ,
Exeter Let Germany- surrender at
the bar of the world's justice and re
ceive just sentence for her crimes and
give guarantees for her future good
conduct. The allies . will be just but
dare not be generous.
'Hythe In this town "no. compro
mise" is nailed on our mast. ,
PreniiB Selfishness Cited.
Lord Northcliffe, commenting on Ger
many's reply tonight, said:
'A hasty perusal of the German note
reveals that, with truly Prussian self
ishness, no mention is made of Austria
Hungary or Turkey. It seems to me
that the document may be read either as
a means to gain time or as a confes
sion of a state of affairs militarily and
economically worse than we know. I
"The German government may be
hoping to exploit the conditions of the
BO'CHE-JO BUILD UP
RESERVE BY RETREAT
MEN" IX LINE WILL BE CUT
DOWJf ABOUT OXE- THIRD.
Estimates Indicate That Germans
Will Have Available Million Men
to Ward Off Allied Blows.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE AND BELGIUM, Oct. 21. (By
the Associated Press.) The retreat of
the Germans to the line of the Meuse,
if such a retreat can be accomplished
successfully, will, without taking ac
count of prisoners they may still lose In
the operation, enable them to economize
about one-third of their total forces in
line, according to the best information
obtainable as to the strength and dis
position of the German forces over the
entire front. The retreat will shorten
the line about 17 miles whether it be
prolonged from the frontier of France
to Antwerp by way of Brussels or to
the Holland front, or along the line of
the Meuse in Belgium.
The Germans are supposed to have
about 30 divisions in reserve. With the
release Kot troops -from the shortened
line, their reserves would be more than
doubled, less the losses sustained in the
meantime. Besides these reserves be
hind the front, it Is supposed that the
1920 contingent remains, while the num
ber of wounded actually recuperable for
immediate service on the new line Is es
timated at about 150,000. -.
The forces the 'enemy would be able
to call upon for operations after the re
treat, on this basis, would approach, if
not exceed, a million men. This number
is susceptible to important variations,
depending upon the eventual extension
of operations to parts of the front now
inactive, where the first line is held by
only a thin covering of troops.
If IS ACTIVE!
NUMBER DF FIELDS
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Mine Barrage in North Sea
Laid by Americans.
FLYING STATIONS ARE BUILT
Oil Pipeline Across Scotland a
Part of Navy's Work.
HAULAGE WILL BE SAVED
Assistant Secretary St Navy Roose-
velt Returns From Europe and
Tells of Achievements.
WOODEN VESSELS LEAKING
Australia Stops Wheat Shipments to
United States in Xew Boats.
SAN FRANCISCO, .Oct. 21. (Spe
cial.) Owing to the unreasonable
amount of cargo damaged in new
wooden vessels, the Australian gov
ernment will no longer permit any
wheat to be shipped to the United
States In these .vessels built since the
beginning of the war.
Shippers say large portions of the
cargoes of wneat coming from Aus
tralia were damaged by the hulls leak
ing. A prominent shipper, just re
turned from Washington, says the
Government has decided to discontinue
placing engines In vessels of wooden
construction on this Coast and that
all the new type vessels will have to
be windjammers or else no. more can be
built.
no government can take or hold office
without the confidence of the majority I
of a Reichstag: elected by universal,
secret suffrage.
Peace at Any Price Wanted.
It is accorded more consideration
here because of confidential advices
received only today indicating that the
German middle classes have resolved
to have peace at any price, and, if
necessarj'F prepared to get rid of
the Kaiser, the Crown Prince and all
military control.
Thus the belief is strengthened that
the present note and those that 'have
gone before are genuine efforts to
obtain peace, and are inconclusive
merely because the Germans conduct
ing the exchanges are seeking to bar
gain for something better than the un
conditional surrender they are pre
pared to give if pushed to the wall.
It is assumed also that they want
gradually to prepare th6 German pub
lic for a realization of what has hap
pened to the war lords' dreams of
power so as to avoid a complete col
lapse of government.
Diplomatic observers point out that
the President is at liberty with per
fect consistency to make no response
ml this time, but to await develop
ments; to await the performance of
the promises of the Germans not to
torpedo passenger ships, their implied
promise to work no more destruction
during their retreat from Belgium
and France than military necessity
requires, and finally to await further
development of the political leaven
that is evidently working toward the
complete overthrow of military and
autocratic power in the empire.
No one believes that an immediate
cessation of hostilities is in sight.
The opinion most generally held is
first act of the new gov
ernment has been to lay before
the Reichstag a bill to alter the
constitution of the empire so that
the consent of the representation
of the people is required for de
cision on war and peace.
The permanence of the new
system Is, however, guaranteed
not only by constitutional safe
guards, but also by the unshak
able determination of the Ger
man people, whose vast majority
stands behind these reforms and
demand their energetic continu
ance. The question of the President,
with whom he and -the govern
ments associated against Ger
many are dealing, is therefore an
swered in a clear, unequivocal
manner by the statement that the
offer of peace and an armistice
has come from a government
which is free from any arbitrary '
and Irresponsible Influence, Is
supported by the approval of an
overwhelming majority of the
German people. SOLF.
(Concluded on Page 2, Column 4.)
91 ST IS NOW IN ACTION
Division Which Trained at Camp
Lewis Helps Push Huns Back.
TACOMA. Wash.. Oct. 21. A cable
from France today brought the infor-
mation that the' 91st 'Division from
Camp Lewis is now in the thick oi
fighting in France. The message said
that Captain Bradbury, who was Adju
tant of the 362d Regiment when the
division was stationed at Camp Lewis,
has been seriously wounded. The cable
was sent to Mrs. Bradbury, who is
making her home In this city while
her husband is in France. This is the
first intimation that the boys of the
91st have been in action against the
' Germans. j
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. Construction
of the North Sea mine barrage against
submarines, agreement to lay an oil
pipeline across Scotland; establishment
of naval aviation stations from the
Spanish border to the English Chan
nel and othec details of the work of
the American Navy in foreign waters
were given to the public today by As
sistant Secretary Roosevelt, who re
cently returned from a visit to Europe.
"The American people seem to have
very little idea of the extent of our
naval activities abroad," said Secretary
Roosevelt. "The tendency is to think
merely of the . convoying and patrol
work our destroyers and other vessels
are doing and the presence of our bat
tleships with the British fleet. But, Im
portant as this is, it is only a part
of our activities."
Mine Barrage Is Record Task.
The Building of the North Sea mine
barrage was one of the biggest things
ever accomplished in ordnance work,
Mr. Roosevelt said. In turning out ma
terial for it a number of plants in th
country were kept busy for month
Several American bases were estab
lished on the' British coast to lay and
handle the mines.
To save haulage of oil, the American
Navy has undertaken to -construct
pipeline across Scotland.
'All the wav from the Spanish border
clear wound to the English Channel,
said Mr. Roosevelt, "we have estab
lished aviation stations so spaced that
the enti'. e coast line is covered h sea
planes and .dirigibles. These stations
were built almost entirely by our sail
ore. At each station there is an aver-
age of 200 to 300 men. This aviation
force and our patrol vessels have been
doing such splendid work that for the
past six months there have been prac
tically no sinkings within 50 miles of
the French coast. We hope to extend
this patrol zone to 100 miles."
In Northern France, In co-operation
with the British and Belgians, Secre
tary Roosevelt eald there had been es
tabllshed what Is known as the north
era bombing group, composed of
number of aviation units which did
much to prevent the Germans from
using Zeebrugge and Ostend as sub
marine bases.
An American naval force co-operat
KAISER MUST YIELD,
SAYS EDITOR HARDEN
CROSS MUST BE TAKEN UP,
. HOWEVER HEAVY.
"When Fortress Can. No Longer- Be
Held It Is No Dishonor If Com
mander Surrenders."
ALLIES S
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UnUll
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FOE EMIH
Hun Yields From Holland
To Below Valenciennes.
(By the Associated Press.)
AMSTERDAM, Oct 21. "We are
alone. When a fortress can no longer
hold it Is no .dishonor if the com
mander surrenders. The Kaiser must
take up his cross of concluding quick
ly necessary peace and accepting what
ever is hard. Let the Kaiser declare
himself ready and let hhn fit himself
with new Germany as her first citizen."
This utterance by Maximilian Harden,
addressed to several people In Berlin
yesterday, was loudly applauded. -
Herr Harden, whose plain-spoken
language in Die Zukunft, of which he
Is editor, has caused suspension of that
journal on several' occasions, was per
mitted, according to the reports of his
address, to speak freely and without
hindrance.
His remarkable declaration respect
ing surrender and "the Kaiser's cross"
followed a review of the situation in
which' he pointed out that Bulgaria
was occupied, Turkey's fate was sealed
and Austria-Hungary was out of the
fight. I
'It Is one of the most cruel ironies
that this war, which was begun to
maintain an impossible Austria, should
be ended by the declaration of that
self-same Austria that it cannot exist,"
continued Herr Harden. "We must
shoulder the consequences of the step
taken October 5. There is no shame In
accepting the consequences of
which one has committed. We must 1 11 A. M. (By the Associated Press.)
maite sacrifices, me limperor also t i,-- f,v,,- j.u i. j. i
must make Mcrif ica H m.,at ffr.t lB l8ting throughout last
adapt himself to the new Germany and night and today in a heavy rain, the
content himself to represent the na- Germans everywhere were driven still
BOGHES FIGHT BITTERLY
British, French and Belgians
Close In on Ghent and Oth
er Vital Positions.
RIVER SCHELDT IS REACHED
Entente Forces Find Enemy
Entrenched in Great Con
crete Forts in Belgium.
WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES IN
acts BELGIUM AND FRANCE, Oct 21,
Concluded on Pas 8, Column 4.)
HE CANT GET .BY IN ANY DISGUISE.
GIANT FLAGPOLE WRECKED
Timber 300 i'cet Long Breaks While
Being Pot Into Position.
(Concluded on Fas. 3. Column 3.).
CAMP LEWIS. Wash, Oct. 21. (Spe
cial.) What is said to be the longest
flagpole in the world 360 feet was
.smashed in four places Sunday while
an attempt was eing made to hoist
It off the ground into an upright posi
tion opposite the big athletic field.
Several attempts had been made to
raise the gigantic tlmben oft the
ground, but only yesterday did the don
key engine manage to get the Ions
stick started. When It was approxi
mately five degrees in the ale the
cables parted and the timber was
smashed. At least 25,000 soldiers
watched the unsuccesful procedure. A
flag 40x90 feet had been prepared for
e pole.
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tlon. He must remove from his suc
cessors all possibility that they will be
harmful to the nation. Then he must
bear his own part of the cross and con
clude rapidly the necessary peace and
take upon himself the task of accept-
further eastward. In Belgium the al
lies are three miles from Eecloo, and
in the whole vast stretch between
Courtrai and the Dutch border the
British, French and Belgians am
that.
"We must withdraw the German
troops to the empire's frontiers and
henceforth demand that the Reichstag
assent to any declaration of war.'
ing the onerous conditions involved in pushing the Germans before them,
closing in toward Ghent, less than
seven miles away.
In the center of the battle area the
British are on the west bank of the
Scheldt for more than 10 miles, north
ALCOHOL ALLY OF FLU luurna'i ln ironi 01 wmcn city tne
i vjeriuaiiB are resisting EIUDDOroiy Wltn
Those Stricken , Officially Warned machine guns.
Against Use of Liquor.
NEW TORK, Oct. 21. A. warning -to
Spanish influenza sufferers against the
use of alcoholic beverages was issued
tcnight by Dr. Loyal S. Copeland,
Health Commissioner, who declared
alcohol tended to increase the danger
from the. disease.
There is a period in the treatment of
pneumonia. Dr. Copeland added, how
ever, when the use of alcohol as a stim
ulant produces good results.
Valenciennes Is Neared. .
Frontally the British have reached
positions two" miles from Valen
ciennes. North wesf-k of Valenciennes
they have entered. the great Vicoigne
Raismes forest. " In the region north
west of Lille the British are pushing
out in the general direction of Le
Quesnoy, fighting every foot of the'
way.
The Germans here and there in
Belgium have held out strongly in
enormous concrete forts from which
the guns have been removed. These
forts were usedjby German machine
gunners and in some cases it required
shells froni heavy guns to crack them.
More prisoners have been captured,
SUICIDE FIRST KILLS MULES
Teamster, Told Brother Is Scad,
Shoots Animals and Self.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Oct. 21. Wor
ried because he believed his eoldier
hrnthr was'' Head. Haves E. Moon, a
teamster, today shot and killed his two the Third Army taking over 2500 yes-
mum and then killed himself. ' terday.
He had written a letter to his brother
which was -returned with the inscrlp- WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES IN
tion "Deceased." FRANCE AND RET.fi TTTM. Oct. 21.
4 P. M. (By the Associated Press.)
KIEL FULL OF SUBMARINES The great battle in Flanders and
Northern France passed into its sec-
U-Boats From Belgian Coast Con
gest German. Harbor.
GENEVA. Oct. 21. Kiel harbor is
unable to accommodate all the sub
marines which have returned from Os
tend and Zeebrugge during the last
week, and some are lying off shore.
according to advices received here.
NDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
ond phase today. The first phase was
completed -when the Lille salient was
eliminated and the Germans were
driven out of Western Belgium, so
that the line all the way from the
frontier of Holland to the Oise Canal
is virtually a straight one.
This having been accomplished, the
Belgians, British and French in the
north started a sweeping movement
today pivoting on a point about east
of Courtrai.' The object, of this ap
pears to be the clearing of the enemy
from his front in Northern Belgium
and at the same time to threaten his
The Weather.
TESTBRDATS Maximum temperature, el
degrees; minimum temperature. 47 de
grees.
TOD AY'S Generally cloudy; southwesterly
winds.
, War.
Americana win two strategic poilUona i""""
Page 2.
Bochcland seethes with disaffection, says
correspondent. Page S.
Beaten Boche war heroes executed, declares
A mo Dosch. Page .
Berlin admits gain by allies. Page 2.
American Navy la active ln number of fields.
Page 1.
Hum will build up reserve By retreat.
Page 1.
Foreign.
British Insist on stern Justice toward Ger
many.. Page 1.
Treasury officials say liberty loan success.
Page 7.
Kaiser must take up his cross, says Maxi
milian Harden. Page l.
National.
Germans Fight Hard.
The key position at the south is in
the region berow Valenciennes. At
both places the exhausted German di
visions, whose ranks have had great
holes chopped into them by terrific
blows, are fighting desperately. The
German commanders are sacrificing
many men in their endeavors to hold
ground, but in both sections the allied
troops have made appreciable gains.
Scores of additional villages have been
German reply intimates people may be in I reciaimed and numerous prisoners and
control. jrs , .... - i 1
large quantities ui supplies iuc vecu
"Mr.
Sports.
.Football here next Saturday put up to
Quarantine." Page 12.
Portland ( may see game by best football
teams ln West. Page 13.
Pacific Northweat.
captured.
In the center of the battle area the
British kept thrusting out every
where and gradually during the day
BMAl ?"Vwuhv0mSndpan6atrlot'e moved forward toward the west bank
Hard party fight ln Eastern Washington as-1 of the Scheldt with increasing celerity.
sured. Page ft.
Commercial and Marine.
Improvement reported in most Eastern po
tato markets." Page 17.
Selling pressure carries corn down at Chi
cago. Page 17.
Mixture of gains and losses ln Wall Street
stock: market, rage it.
Lumber for export seeks ocean tonnage.
Page. 13.
Portland and Vicinity.
Sixteen deaths from Influenza reported ln
Portland. Page 11.
Henry Albers. wealthy Portland miller, ar
rested as pro-Hun. page lu.
The Germans have taken advantage
of the natural protection offered by
this stream and its canal and marshy
borders.
Boches Prepared to Flee.
The Germans, have their cannon
close to the roads and on them, so
that when it becomes necessary to
withdraw the guns', they can get away
in a hurry. In their retreat they have
Housing campaign on In earnest. Page 18. resortea every known means to de
Howard Scott home with Croix de Guerry. I J . . . .... .
lay me cringing vp uj- aiuuct, iu
....
Page 6.
German bond slacker admits arrest in Can-
k ada on treason charge. Page 4.
Names of all City Commissioner aspirants to
go on ballot. PagJ 14.
Food conservation. begun in earnest. Page 4.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 13.
without effect.
At present, however, the alliea are
not hampered in the least, for the
(Concluded on Page 7, Column l.l