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VOL. LVIII. NO. 18,074. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. G1W fflllS ARMISTICE MS Solf, in Latest Reply, Says People Rule. PARTISAN PLEA IS HELD UNJUSTIFIED DEMOCRATS IN WASHINGTON ADMIT APPEAL SURPRISING. MILITARY LOSES CONTROL si Serlin Note Declares It Ready for First Step i owara peace. Is tRSAJLLES COUNCIL CALLED i Balfour and Lloyd George Leave for Conference on French Soil. COPENHAGEN, Oct. 27. (By the Associated Press.) Germany's answer to President Wilson's latest communi cation says: "The German government has taken cognizance of the answer of the Presi dent of the United States. The Presi dent is aware of the far-reaching changes which have been carried out nd are being carried out in the Ger man constitutional structure, and that peace negotiations are being conducted ' y a people's government in whose hands rests, both actually and consti tutionally, the power to make the de ciding conclusions. Armistice Proposal Awaited. "The military powers are also sub ject to it. "The German government now awaits ; roposals for an armistice, which shall " the first step toward a just peace, us the President has described it in his proclamation. (Signed) "SOLF. LONDON, Oct 27. It is understood in official quarters that the allied governments will not reveal their a. mistice terms until Germany has re plied to President Wilson's last note. Britons Go to France. Premier Lloyd George and Foreign Secretary Balfour, accompanied by lval and military officers, have gone France. LONDON, Oct. 27. Germany's answer to President Wilson's latest communication declares that Germany i now awaiting proposals for an armistice. WASHINGTON,' Oct. 27. The un official text of Germany's reply to President Wilson was received tonight too late to be seen by President Wil son and other officials. Way Cleared for Discussion. The question of an armistice and peace is already being considered by the allied governments and the United Mates. It will be discussed at a meet ing of the supreme war council at Ver sailles, France. The German reply is expected to clear the way for a general discussion of the individual views of the entente powers on peace terms and an agree ment among the nations fighting Ger many so that a united front on these questions may be presented to the common enemy. A London dispatch onight announced that Premier Lloyd George and Foreign Secretary Balfour had gone to Faris with military and naval advisers, indicating that the conferences between the representa tives of the allied powers and the United States soon were to begin. Dealings With Berlin Ended. Germany's reply does not change the-diplomatic situation. Those in the confidence of President Wilson have said that his dealings with the German government ended with his note in forming it that the request for an armistice and peace had been trans mitted to the allies and that further action rested with those governments. The German reply may or may not - ve that Germany will accept such ns of an armistice as may be pre- j , ted. In this connection the Presi .... t, in his last note, said: Oregon Senator Staunch Supporter of Administration and Presi dent's War" Measures. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Oct. 27. Continued discussing of the President's plea for the election of a Democratic Congress discloses not only universal resentment among Re publicans, but a not uncommon admis sion among Democrats that the Presi dent made his appeal more sweeping than could possibly be justified by any consideration of National warfare. If the President had limited his appeal to the defeat of Republicans who had not supported the war measures there would have been little complaint But there are many instances in which the case of Senator McNary. of Oregon, is a conspicuous one, in which great in justice is done if the President's appeal is to be given weight. As everybody knows. Senator McNary's predecessor was a pacifist McNary was appointed by a Governor who has made a notable record as a supporter of the war. Mc Nary himself has probably the best war record of any Republican in the Senate, for he has supported every single measure the President has asked for, even when he was in doubt as to the necessity for the legislation. He has deemed it his duty to give the President the benefit of the doubt, and in one instance was the only Repub lican voting for the legislation the President desired. It is pretty generally recognised that if loyalty such as that is to be rebuked, then there is no encouragement for other men at other times and on other occasions to lend their support to the war measures of the Administration. There is little expectation here that the President's partisan appeal will have any effect in the Senatorial contest in Oregon, but there is a strong feeling of resentment against the injustice of the effort to draw away from McNary votes to which he is entitled from any viewpoint of loyalty to the American cause. REPUBLICAN HOUSE SEEN IN FORECAST Senate , Likely to Remain Democratic. WAR IS IMPORTANT FACTOR LUDENDORFF RESIGNS AND KAISER ACCEPTS ACT INTERPRETED AS FORE RrXXEB OT SURRENDER. Campaign to Be Unique Nation's History. in SOME DISTRICTS IN DOUBT New York Herald's Canvass Indi cates Western States Will Pro vide Chief Republican Gains. AUSTRIANS ATTACK VAINLY Italian and British Troops Take Many Prisoners. ROME. Oct 27. Heavy fighting took place Saturday in the Monte Grappa area, the Italians repulsing Austrian attacks, the War Office reports today. The Italians captured 14 prisoners in this region. LONDON, Oct. 27. British troops fighting along the Plave River have oc cupied the Island of Gravl dl Papado poli and taken more than 7,10 prisoners. the War Office announced today. Vio lent Austrian counter attacks were re pulsed successfully. TEXAS SHORT OF QUININE Epidemic Still Sweeping Through Mexican Settlements. EL. PASO, Tex Oct 27. A quinine famine was experienced here Saturday as a result of the influenza epidemic. the entire supply having been ex hausted. A similar condition exists in Chihuahua City. Mex., where iZ a cap sule was the current price while supply lasted. The epidemic continues to sweer through the Mexican settlements in the valleys near here. the NEW YORK. Oct. 27. (Special.) The New Tork Herald's canvass of the country to catch in advance the drift in the campaign for the Congressional elections to be held on Tuesday. No vember 5, indicates the Senate will re main Democratic, though there will be Republican gains, and the Democrats will lose the House of Representatives by a narrow margin. This is the preliminary forecast, the Herald says, based upon the most au thentic reports obtainable from abso lutely unbiased sources in every state In the Union. This canvass was made before President Wilson issued his dra matic appeal to the voters of the Na tion to return a Democratic Congress la both branches to help him to conduct the war. Republican House Looms. Here is the present outlook of the new Congress: Senate, Democrats, 46; Republicans, 44; doubtful, six. House, Democrats, 18S; Republicans, 218; doubtful, 23. The present Congress stands: Senate, Dem ocrats, 52; Republicans, 44; House, Democrats, 214; Republicans, 207; In dependent, 7; vacant, 7. A majority of the Senate is 49. A majority of the House Is 218. It will thus be seen five Republicans, If the Herald has been correctly in formed, are sure of control of this bouse unless some unforeseen change takes place. It is going to be close In any event. As for the Senate, there is possibility of Republican success in enough states to gain control, but the Herald's reports indicate that the Re publican gains will not go far enough for that. War Held Chief Issue. The forthcoming election is to be unique in the history of the united States. Both parties have abandoned discussion of purely party issues, and the war now furnishes each side with its issues, except as in a few cases pro hibition and woman suffrage have be come factors. The dominance of the war over the political campaign has obliterated all factional lines in both parties. New Tork, with her 43 members, Pennsyl vania with 36 and Ohio with 22. are the (Concluded on Page 2, Column 3.) "Military Brains" of Germany Gives Way as Armies Are Being Driven Back In West. COPENHAGEN, Oct 27. General Lu dendorff. First Quartermaster-General of the German army, has resigned, say a telegram from Berlin. In accepting his resignation, the Emperor has de creed that the Lower Rheinish infantry regiment. No. 39. of which General Lu dendorff long had been commander, shall bear his name. LONDON, Oct 27. (British Wireless Press.) Official announcement was made in Berlin Saturday night thi. Emperor William had acceded to the request of General Ludendorff, the First Quartermaster-General, that he be permitted to resign. General surprise was caused in Ber lin Saturday afternoon by the fact that the daily report from German head quarters was not signed as usual with the name of General Ludendorff. Later the following official announcement was issued: "The Emperor, accepting the request to be allowed to retire of Infantry Gen eral Ludendorff, the First Quartermaster-General and commander in time of peace of the 25th Infantry Brigade, has placed him on the unattached list. The Emperor decided at the same time that the Lower Rheinish infantry regiment, No. 39, of which the General had long been chief, shall bear henceforth the name of Ludendorff." His resignation, it is believed in Lon don, will still further shake the faith of the German people in their military machine. BERNE, Oct. 27. The resignation of General Ludendorff has caused a sen sation throughout Switzerland and the central empires, and is commented on as a sign that German militarism is really abdicating. Among the German and Austrian peoples anger and indignation is in creasing over the fact that the military situation has been so long concealed or wrongly presented. In the resignation of General Luden dorff Germany loses what often has been described as her "military brains. Unknown before the war. General Erich Ludendorff sprang into promin ence in the fall of 1914 as chief of staff to Field Marshal von Hindenburg, then a general in the operations against the Russians. .- . . -...-. When Von Hindenburg was given the chief command in August 1916, Luden dorff was appointed First Quartermaster-General, but his position in re ality has been chief of staff and col laborator with Von Hindenburg, Soon after his appointment as First Quartermaster-General Ludendorff be gan to be looked upon as the real "boss" of Germany and was recognized as the representative of Pan-Germans at great headquarters. It was Luden dorff who brought about the retirement of Chancellor von Bethmann-Holiweg and he was reputed to have been re sponsible for the appointment to the Chancellorship of Michaelis and Von Hertling, both of whom were described as "stop gaps." The General's rule as First Quartermaster - General has amounted to almost military dictator ship. General Ludendorff was reported to SHIPYARD WORKER S ASSURED (Concluded on Page 2, Column 2.) Lift Is Announced Effec tive Immediately. ALL TRADES ARE AFFECTED 60 U. S. PLANES BOMB HUN CONCENTRATION EIGHTY PURSUIT CRAFT GO ALONG AS PROTECTORS. Advances Will Range From 10 to 20 Per Cent. COAST AWARD RETROACTIVE Aim Is to Provide Uniform Wage Rates for Men Employed In All Shipyards of Country. WASHINGTON. Oct 27. Upward re vision of wages In all shipyards of the country to provide uniform National rates for virtually all the shipyard trades, effective immediately, was an nounced today by the shipbuilding Labor Adjustment Board. Two great districts are created, one for the Pacific Coast and the other Lieutenant Rickenbacher Engages in Two Combats, Downing One Enemy Machine. (By the Associated Press.) , WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Oct. 27. German troop concentrations in the region of Briquenay, north of Grand Pre, were bombed this afternoon by about 60 all-Amerlcan ' bombing air planes with about 80 pursuit planes protecting them. Formations of from 15 to 20 German machines attempted to drive off the Americans and several aerial combats resulted. Lieutenant Edward Rickenbacher was among the pursuit planes accompanying the bombing squadron. He engaged in two aerial combats and brought down a German machine within the American lines near Exermont. Rickenbacher followed the enemy machine close to the ' ground until he saw the enemy aviator land and fall into the hands of American infantrymen. Returning to his airdrome, Riclrenbacher heard the news of his promotion to a Captaincy. In addition to bombing Briquenay and the railroad, the bombers dropped a few bombs in woods nearby and the pursuit planes attacked enemy troops with small bombs and machine guns. The bombers report excellent results. Direct hits had been obtained upon railroad sheds. Two American planes are reported missing. FRENCH SMASH Oil 40-MILE FRONT Advance Penetrates Hun Line 5 Miles Deep, embracing the Atlantic and Gulf coasts pniTn DO CCC II.RnflT average 20 per cent In the second 15 per cent, with the basic rates for the principal 'skilled trades fixed at 80 cents per hour in both. The decision will be reviewed every six months and further increases grant ed if costs of living warrant Coast Award Retroactive. The Pacific Coast award is retroac tive to August 1. Under the two awards in some instances there were differences of a few cents an hour in favor of the Pacific Coast to offset higher living costs there. "In ihat sec tion half of the award already is in effect, having been granted by em ployers in December, 1917, and con firmed by the board last February, so that the actual average increase in the West at present is 10 per cent of the wages in effect in October, 1917. Owing to diversity of conditions in various parts of the country, it was not found advisable to establish 'a nation ality uniform scale for laborers, rates for them having been iixed on three bases: The Pacific Coast, the North Atlaittic and Lakes and the South At lantic and Gulf. Piece-Work Rates Unchanged. No changes in existing piece-work rates are to be made until after con- RJ: CROSS TO REORGANIZE i t j- i w- i. I mpyaruo auu iu l"-"-""' fhnnro Finn tr. lnn,c , I - . 3 1 1. - I " - V. , II. V ,3 oe neiu ncio Liiia v cca. Further extension .of the premium,! of Yanks Abroad. bonus ana contract systems in enect WASHINGTON. Orr 27 in some yaras is promonea, unless au- activities, due nrinclnallv in vaHv . thorized by the board. The decision tended military operations of American irectly anecis aooui. SnW" trooos. has necessitate o onmTit womero, uu wio uuam organization hv the Amrrinn TtA win have an indirect Deanng on me Cro of , .... ..,,.. :n p.,,,,. wages of other workers-in all parts of Instead of the work bejng. divided into" the country. I two senarate branches, nn, fnc miiitnrv Committee Handle OrteTances. I and the other for civilian relief, an Creation of ship committees to han- nouncement was made tonight at head Destroyer Thought to Have Sunk Submarine at Sea. AN ATLANTIC PORT, Oct. 27. Offi cers of a steamship arriving last night said they had witnessed the probable destruction of a German submarine by an American destroyer when three days out from a British port. The sub marine arose to attack the liner, but the American destroyer swooped down on the enemy craft before it could fully submerge. Three depth bombs were dropped and the officers said they thought a hit had been scored. Among the passengers on the steam ship was a party of American editors. In the party were Mark Sullivan, of Colliers Weekly; Edward Bok, of the Ladies' Home Journal; Edward Sede-. wick, of the Atlantic Monthly; Alfred Holman, of the San Francisco Argo naut; Dr. Albert Shaw, of the Review of Reviews; Charles Towne', of McClure's: Richard Oulahan, of the New York Times; L. W. Ninan, of the Milwaukee Journal, and Dr. Charles R. Van Hise, president of the University of Wis consin. Important Gains Reported in Sector Between Oise and Serre Rivers. HUNS ATTACK BRITISH ARMY Counter Drive Launched in Vicinity of Valenciennes Is Repulsed. dle grievances between the .various (Concluded on Page 2, Column 6.) quarters here that France has been di vided Into nine zones with a manager complete control of operations in each. PARIS, Oct. 27. On the 40-mile front between the Oise and the Aisne the French maintain their pressure, and on the left have made important gains, according, to the War Office statement today. They have captured four villages be tween the Oise and the Serre and along the Serre have penetrated the enemy positions. 2450 Prisoners Taken. Between Sissone and Chateau Por cion on October 25 and 26 the French took more than 2450 prisoners. A marked advance by the French troops in the sector between the Oise and Serre rivers is recorded in the communication issued tonight. Numerous villages have been cap tured and at certain points the ad vance amounted to about five miles. LONDON, Oct. 27. The British last night repulsed a determined German counter attack against positions on the railway immediately northwest of Le Quesnoy, southeast of Valenciennes, says today's official War Office state ment. British Check Attack. hi The attack, preceded by a heavy bombardment, was checked by British rifle and machine-gun fire. The Germans launched heavy coun ter attacks against the British south of Valenciennes today but were re pulsed with losses, Field Marshal Haig reports tonight. INFLUENZA IS SPREADING Hundreds of Deaths Occur in Vari ous Provinces of Mexico. EL PASO, Tex, Oct 27. Spanish in fluenza continues to spread throughout Mexico and now is causinghundreds of deaths in Monterey, Saltillo, Torreon and Guadalajara. In Saltillo there were 30.000 cases last week among a popula tion of 70,000. A drug famine In Mexico is adding to the difficulties of the Mexican doc tors and American mining companies' physicians in combating the disease. AUSTRIA'S REPLY IS READY Rejoinder to President's Note to Be Despatched Shortly. BASEL. Switzerland. Oct. 27. Aus tria's rejoinder to President Wilson's I note is ready, according to Vienna papers. It was submitted to authorized quarters today, and will be sent this evening or tomorrow to Washington. It is couched in the most conciliatory terms. A PLEA. "V "Should such terms of an armistice 2 uggested their acceptance by Ger L .y would afford the best concrete dence of her unequivocal acceptance ( . the terms and principles of peace . ipon which the whole action pro- eeds." L Cognizance Taken by Berlin. P . Th f"!ar-n r Mnlit tnT-AP uf the President's statement in his last rj'e that it is evident that the power (Continued on lco i. Column z.) j U. S. AVIATOR , IS MISSING Lieutenant Frank Luke, of Phoenix, Went Bombing October SO. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Oct 27. (By the Associated Press.) Lieutenant Frank Luke, of Fhoenlx, Ariz., one of the most daring of the American avia tors, has been missing since the night of October 20. On that night he started out on a bombing expedition, and so far has failed to return. CROATIAN OVERTURN IS ON Revolutionary Movement Said to Bel Spreading. LONDON, Oct 27. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Zurich, Switzerland, says the revolutionary movement is spreading throughout Croatia. The dispatch adds that more than 400 j persons have been killed at Flume and 300 at Zagabria. S' STEAM SHOVEL DIGS GRAVE More Than 400 Influenza Victims Unburied in New Tork. NEW TORK, Oct 27; A steam shovel was used in one of New York's ceme teries today to dig a trench In which to inter temporarily the bodies of vic tims of Spanish influenza. This was made necessary by a shortage of grave diggers, coupled with the large num ber of deaths. At another cemetery there were 400 unburied bodies and many laborers have been drafted to prepare graves. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. I YEPTTSRDAY'S Maximum temperature, 61 degrees; minimum, 52 degrees. TODAY'S Rain; westerly winds. War. Sixty United States planes bomb Hun con centration. Page 1. Huns extract tribute front civilians in allied territory. Page 2. French gain five miles. Page 1. Americans In month capture 20,000 Germans. Page S. German reply says armistice Is awaited. Page 1. General Ludendorff resigns. Page 1. Foreign. Huns swallow Wilson's note with wry face. Page . 2. A at tonal. Republican House election forecast. Page 1. Wilson's partisanship plea held unjustifiable in Washington. Page 1. wage lift for all shipyard workers is an nounced. Page 1. Loyalty.challenge scented In appeal. Page 3. Domestic. Result of Government's price fixing to date is far Irom satisfactory. page 9. Sports. Mare Island team keeps up practice In quar antine, page H. Aggies will meet Camp Lewis eleven on Gridiron Field. Page 8. Pacific Northwest. two men. .Page 8. Portland and Vicinity. Wilson's solicitation resented in Oregon. Page 3. Greater use of Home telephone urged by Public Service examiner. Page 7. Candidate Pierce against bill for eight-hour work day. Page 12. Crew of Dumaru shipped in Portland. Page S. Profiteering in Influenza serum is alleged. Page 12. Victims on steamer have relatives In Port land. Page 4. (By the Associated Press.) On the western front the British, French and Americans have continued to make further slight gains against the Germans; in the ItalianA theater both the British and Italians have scored successes, while in Asiatic Tur key the British have captured Aleppo, in Syria, and are driving ahead on both banks of the Tigris, in Mesopo tamia, with the Turks unable to check them. The fall of Aleppo and the continued advance up the Tigris are moves of such strategic value that it is not un likely Turkish opposition shortly would be entirely overcome, both in the Holy Land and Mesopotamia. French Gains Notable. The French armies fight:.i on the 40-mile front between the Oise and Aisne Rivers are keeping up their of fensive and have made additional gains, taking several villages and com pelling the enemy to fal! back at va rious points. In the region southeast of Valenciennes, around Le Quesnoy, the Germans have delivered violent counter attacks against the British. Their efforts to throw back Field Mar shal" Haig's men from the positions they hold were unsuccessful and heavy casualties were inflicted on the enemy by machine guns and rifle fire. Americans Keep Up Gains. The Americans have begun the sec-- ond month of their operations in the. Iwmin tf Vprrlun hv kftenino nn their attacks agalct the Germans from Meuse to the wooded country north of Grand Pre. Some further progress has been made, notwithstanding strong opposition of German machine guns from behind the natural fortifications which abound through this district. American airmen are continuing their bombing operations behind the il I Lil Cli WltiU.I.K wuw.m mw.w . Search for Sophia survivors .'utile. Page 4. ,. . , t l n;. --t speakership fight in Washington lies between lines, their latest effort in this respect . I twn mnn. Pupa 0. . 1 Vam wiarla orroi'rcf tViA forri. ! having been made against the terri tory around Briquenay, north of Grand Pre, in which 140 airplanes took part, 60 of them being bombing ma- . chines. WITH THE FRENCH ARMY ON THE OISE-AISNE FRONT, Oct. 27. (By the Associated Press.) Discus- conductors seek uniform pay system on aii ' sion of armistice proposals nas naa no government-controlled roads. Page 12. j ( I Weather report, data and forecast. Pas 8. J .Concluded a Page 0, column r