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
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"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
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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
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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
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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
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speakership fight in Washington lies between lines, their latest effort in this respect
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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
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