Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, October 29, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texti VOL. LVIII. "0. 18.073. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. KERKUK CAPTURED BY E BOCHE SUPPLY LINES ALLIES TAKE 16,000 IN ITALIAN OFFENSIVE ADVANCE OF FOUR MILES BE YOXD PIAVE RIVER MADE. HUNS GIVE WAY AS MESOPOTAMIAN ARMY UNDER U. S. GUNFIRE APPEAL POR PEACE WILSON POLICIES AHE YET POWERFUL BRITISH TAKE IMPORTANT CITY AMERICAN STJPER-CAXXOX DE 133 MILKS NORTH OF BAGDAD MOLISHIXG RAILWAY. AUSTRIA URGENT IN SENATORS REACTIONARY HUNS FOCH POUNDS LI1ME Immediate Parleys With U. S. Sought. SEPARATE PLEA DISPATCHED Exchanges of Germany With America Still Pending. NOTE ON WAY TO WILSON Dual Monarchy Appears to Hare Compiled With President's De mand for Recognition. WASHINGTON. Oct. 18. While Ger many's latest note to President Wilson was delivered to the State Department today through the Swiss Legation, cable dispatches from Kurope brought In formation that the Austro-Hungarlai rnirrnmmt dlsoatched another com munlcation to the President, askln that immediate negotiations for peace and an armistice be entered Into with out awaltlna- the results of the ez changes with Germany. The Vienna government asserted tha It adhered to the same point of vie expressed by the President In his last communication on the rights of the Austro-Hungarlan peoples, especially those of the Czecho-Slovaks and Jugo- Slavs and requested that he begin overtures with the allied government! with a view to ending Immediate hoe tllitles on all Austro-Hungarlan fronts. Official Comment Withheld. The official text of the German not did not differ materially from the un official version as received by cable. No official comment was forthcom Ing. but it Is known that no response will be made at present to the com munlcation. which Is believed to hav been Issued with the primary intention of satisfying the German people that their government is not omitting an opportunity to forward tho negoti tlona for an armistioa anl peace. .Regarding the renewed assurance In the German noto that the constitu tional structure of the German govern ment has been and Is being changed to democratic lines. It Is pointed ou that the truth of this statement and the scope of the changes already mad or projected are. after all. matters to be dealt with In connection with peace and not in arranging an armistice. Aaatria Appears CmJt. A strong disposition i evidenced of ficially to yield to the aplirem mien at both German and Austan negotia tors to continue these XT essentially different functions in fitte fchaae of the nrrotiations. ' . In the case of the ..ftstrfam communl cation now supposed to be on its way to Washington through the medium o ih. Swedish roTemmertS It also was noted that the effort was made to show ihmt Austria has compiled with the President's demand for the recognition of the rights of the Cxecho-Slovaks and Jugo-Slavs and other oppressed na tlonallties In Austria. It does not sppear that the com plete Independence of these peoples has been guaranteed and probably sufficient assurances must be had on that point before the Austrian proposals will be transmitted to the entente powers for submission to the military experts. Staarrara Have ReeponalbUlty. Because of widespread disaffection In the dual empire, developments there are believed to hold greater possibili ties of peace than In Germany and In some official quarters the opinion freely Is expressed that Emperor Charles fully realizes that he must sub mit to any terms which the entente powers and America choose to impose and that he is seeking simply to obtain the least onerous and humiliating. He will be obliged to permit the Hun garians to shift for themselves In th peace settlement if they persist in the separatist movement already In full swing, but there are intimations in of ficial circles that by no such means can the Magyars escape the assumption of full responsibility for their share in the war and for the acts of oppression they have practiced upon the helpless minor nationalities In Hungary and the Balkans. Atutrla la Harmony With Germaay. The fact that Austria has anticipated Germany all through in the various peace moves without visibly exciting any resentment at Berlin is taken to mean that the two are working In per feet harmony. Indeed. It has been sug gested that in her present disorganized and demoralized condition Austria no longer is an asset, but a distinct drain upon Germany from the military point of view and consequently that even though intending to continue the war on her own account. Germany would be quite willing to allow Austria to drop out. provided she could be insured against attack from the entente forces on the south. BASEL. Oct. 18. (By the Associated Press.) Austria-Hungary in. notifying president nson that it is ready to enter upon peace negotiations and ar range an armistice asks President Wil son, In its reply to him, to begin over tures on the subject. Nee Order Seat. The Austro-Hungarlan Foreign Min ister instructed tha Austro-Hungarlan Minister at Stockholm to ask the Swed ish government to send the following note to the Washington Government: iConciuded oa Pass S, Coiuma 2. j Turk Retreat to Mosul Likely; Han General Ton Sanders Flees with 10,000 Turks From Aleppo. LONDON. Oct. 18. British troops have captured the Important town of Kerkuk. In Turkish Kurdestan, lying 155 miles north of Bagdad, according t the War Office announcement on oper- atlons In Mesopotamia. The town was occupied on Friday. The statement says: The Turks still held on Friday strong positions on Jebel Hemrin, west of the mouth of the lesser Zab. But on the previous day some of our armored cars by desert track further west struck in on the Turkish line of communl cation in the neighborhood of Kaleh Sherghat where they attacked enemy convoys. At the same time our cavalry moved up on the left bank of the Tigris threatening the enemy communications from the east. "The pressure of our troops In front. combined with the attacks on their communications, compelled the Turks to retreat 12 miles to the north on Saturday night to a position three miles south of Kaleh Sherghat, where we are in close contact with them. "Our troops are showing great pow ers of endurance In a country possess ing no roads and devoid of supplies. "Kerkuk was captured by us on Fri day after slight opposition, and the Turks retreated toward Altyn Kuprl. Armored cars inflicted many casualties on the enemy close to the latter town and on Sunday our main body waa In touch with the Turkish troops cover ing the crossing of the lesser Zab." LONDON, Oct. 28.-1:10 P. M- The British advancing in Mesopotamia have cut the road from Sherghet to Mosul, one of the principal Turkish lines of communication. - This probably will force the Turks to fall back on Mosul. LONDON, Oct. 28. When British ar mored cars and cavalry came In sight of Aleppo, the Syrian city' captured by General Allenby on Saturday, Field Marshal Lyman von Sanders, the com mander of the Turkish forces, withdrew 10.000 of his 12.000 men and retired to ward Katama. A Turkish rearguard waa left at Aleppo, but It put up slight resistance. Before retiring the Turkish rearguards burned the railroad station and most of the railroad stock. The retreating Turks are now being pursued by the British cavalry. BUDGET IS CUT HEAVILY Governor Lops Off Estimates of $178,000 for State Penitentiary. SALEM. Or., Oct. 18. (Special.) By few flips of the executive ax. Gov ernor Withycombe today topped on 8178.610.38 from the budget of the State Penitentiary, as prepared by Warden Murphy, covering the needs of the next biennlum, reducing the requests that will be made of the next Legislature from H91.651.30 to 8313.040.S2. The Governor eliminated 810,000 asked for a new cell house, a con tingency of 850.000 for cell house im provements In case the new cell house was not allowed, and a large number of smaller Items dealing with repairs and permanent improvements asked. DRAFT SITUATION NORMAL Xo Marked Increase In Call Is Ex pected Soon. WASHINGTON, Oct. 28. The War Department does not plan to call all men within the draft up to 45 years by January 1. Secretary Baker said to day in discussing press dispatches crediting John K. Mott international secretary of the Y. M. C. A., with saying that be had been so informed by Mr. Baker. I am sure Mr. Mott has been mis understood." said the Secretary. "There no such plan. The draft situation i reached substantially a normal flow, the men coming in about as fast as they are being shipped out. This will be continued." Appeal to Voters Is Target for Attack. PEACE ACTIVITIES ASSAILED Too .Much Authority Said Have Been Assumed. to SHARP DEFENSE OFFERED Roosevelt and "TJskodly Purpose of Re-elcctio" Mentioned by the President's Defenders. T. R. GETS PART OF PLANE Seat of Machine In Which Son Was Killed Given to Roosevelt. NEW TORK. Oct. 2S. Colonel Theo dore Roosevelt was presented today ith a portion of the seat of the air plane which his son. Lieutenant Quen tin Roosevelt, was killed in while fly- ng in France. The gift was made by Arthur E. Hungerford. a returned T. M. C. A. official. Parts of the plane were discovered on the flyer's grave after the Germans had been driven from that sector. WASHINGTON, Oct. 28. Peace con ditions and President Wilson's state ment asking his fellowv countrymen to return a Democratic Congress in the November elections were the vehicles of a partisan debate in the Senate to day which continued throughout the ses sion and blocked plans for adjourn ment of Congress tomorrow over the elections. The discussion, which was opened by Senator Knox. Republican, of Pennsyl vania, and former Secretary of State, was an attack on President Wilson's ppeal to the electorate and became general among the dozen Senators present. Republicans sharply criticised the President for carrying on peace dis cussions with the central powers and for enunciating terms and principles of peace. Question of Authority Raised. Senator Knox said that the Presi dent's appeal raised the question whether the will of the President or the will of the American people is to determine the policy of this country in nding the war. Senator Poindexter of Washington, Republican, said the President assumed more authority than Is given under the Constitution in fixing peace terms. The Washington Senator said no greater service could be done Germany than to bring ribout an armistice. Democratic Senators defended the President, with Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, chairman of the foreign re lations committee, the chief spokes man. Letter From Wllaoa Read Answering the Republican conten tions that in his third principle against economic barriers the President was attempting to inject free trade into the peace treaty. Senator Hitchcock read letter from the President, saying that his words left every nation free to de cide its own Internal economic policy. but that tariffs adopted should apply to all nations alike. Before the Senate met, a similar let ter, addressed to Senator Simmons, of North Carolina, had been made public. Both Senators Knox and Poindexter said the letters clearly demonstrated that the President favors admitting Ger many to the proposed league of nations Longuyon, 23 Miles From Verdun Is Made Target by Yankees, Who May Destroy Communications. WITH HE AMERICAN ARMY NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Oct. 28. (3 P. M.) By the Associated Press.) American long-range guns this after noon began firing on Longuyon. The town of Longuyon is 23 miles northeast of Verdun. The American long-range fire is also being directed against the vital Voied-Rocade on the railway line paralleling the front. The Germans are depending on this road to shift their troops and suppliec from one point to another. The caliber of the gun may not an nounced as yet, but the gun can shoot many miles. The weapon Is said to be Infinitely more formidable than the big guns with which the Germans bom barded Paris, though its range prob ably is not so great. The results of the bombardment have not yet been announced. For days the long-range guns have been on the American sector, maneuver ing for position from which they might successfully bombard The Sedan-Carig-nan-Montmedy-Longuyon line. Tha cutting of this line, toward which the Americans have been press- ng constantly, would mean the virtual collapse of the entire German front to the Dutch border. Even to interrupt the railroad intermittently would be a huge gain, since most of the German relief divisions sent against the Amer icans have been brought in over that line. BOYS TO WEAR UNIFORMS Members of United States Working Reserve Are Privileged. 8AN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28 The thou sands of boys in the United States Boys' Working Reserve throughout the country are to be put into a natty olive drab uniform, following the approval of such a course by the War Depart ment, the State Council of Defense an nounced here today. The working reserve Is composed of school and other boys under the draft age, who help out in the fields and elsewhere during vacations and at other times. An organization of the boys is being perfected in California. COPPER PRICE CONTINUED President Wilson Places Approval on Present Quotation. WASHINGTON, Oct. 28. President Wilson today approved a continuance of the present price of copper at 26 cents a pound until January 1. The normal period for which the price would be fixed Is three months, but the present price is continued for two months without a meeting of t(ie industry because of the influenza epidemic. Capacity for Mischief Is Not Yet Broken. COUP D'ETAT IS THREATENED Demonstration Might Shake Government Now Forming. REICHSTAG LEADERS ALERT Move to Assert and Secure Power and Reduce General Staff Is Vigorously Pushed. BRITISH LOSS SMALLER Casualties for Last Week Reach Total or 32,249. LONDON, Oct. 28. British casualties for the week ending today numbered 32,249 compared with 37,150 for the pre vious week. They are divided as fol lows: wounds: Officers, BT ARNO DOSCH-FLEUROT. Staff correspondent of the New York World. (Copyright by the Press Fuoilsmng com pany, tho New York World. Published by arrangement.) COPENHAGEN, Oct. 28. Berlin pa pers of recent date snow that the new government of Germany fears an at tempted coup d'etat by the reactionary group at headquarters led by Hinden- burg and others. This attempt Is ex pected to fail, but it is feared that it will shake the new government so seri ously that the Bolshevik element rep resented by the left Socialists will try to upset the government from their side, exposing Germany to the dangers of a proletariat government. With this in mind the Reichstag Is pushing a new constitutional amend ment, concentrating all power of con trol In the Reichstag itself, so that the general staff will be- unable to make a pronouncement breaking off peace negotiations and throwing the country into chaos. Change Urgently flieceseary. Vorwaerts says: "The very latest events make a constitutional amend ment especially urgent. The minority, whether it consists of noble Generals or Bolsheviki, should not be permitted to terrorize the public will.' as an "equal partner" and with assur . . . . . i ances against discriminatory u-eaimeni. i Killed or died of Deliberate Attack Charged. 435; men. 5307. Senator Hitchock said the Republican I Wounded or missing I men, 25,365. Officers, 1411; (Continued on Page 2. Column 2.) of HDidenburg -to intertoew negotiations by telegraphing to the Berlin press conference that President Wilson expects capitulation from Ger many, but that the army and navy would rather fight to the last man. This caused Indignation in the Reichs tag government. Some papers now openly declare that the demand for a government which could ask Wilson for peace originally came from general headquarters. Count Westarp, a con servative, added to the tension on the eve of the receipt of Wilson's last note by crying in the Reichstag, "The Ger man army cannot wait 24 or 48 hours to learn whether Wilson demands capit-ulatioh." Junker Attitude Changed. Present indications apparently are sufficient to cause the Tageblatt to say that the supreme army command has decidedly changed its attitude since it asked the government to arrange an armistice. That paper says: ''The ques tion which Wilson calls the- kernel of the situation has developed to a point which cannot last much longer." The conservatives tried yet to make Seven Thousand or Foe Captured Monday and 'More Than 9000 Sunday; 51 Guns Seized. LONDON, Oct. 28, 4:47 P. M. British and Italian forces in their offensive In Northern Italy this afternoon had advanced for a distance of four miles beyond the Plave River. Seven thou sand Austro-Hungarians were taken prisoners. ROME, Oct. 28. More than 9000 Aus trians were taken prisoner in the op erations on the Italian front yesterday, according to the War Office an nouncement today. Fifty-one guns were also captured. LONDON, Oct. 28. The British Tenth Army today resumed its attack against the Austro-Hungarian positions on the Italian front, the War Office announced this afternoon. The attack is proceed ing satisfactorily. The text of the statement reads: "British Front in Italy, Sunday. The line of the Tenth Army Is reported to night to run south to Stabinzzos, Polo dl Piave Borgo, Zanetti Borgo, Malan- otti, Lasegac and Tonon. 'Prisoners counted up io 6:15 o'clock this evening amounted to 5620, includ ing 121 officers. Of this number 3520 men were taken by the Fourteenth British Corps. The number of guns at present counted amounts to 29, including six 9-inch Howitzers, by the Twenty-third Division." VIENNA, Oct. 28. Between the Bren- ta and the Piave intense fighting con tinued throughout Saturday, according to the War Office statement issued to day. The Italians were driven back In the region of Col Caprille. Progress Made From Olse to East of Aisne. AMERICANS SCORE ADVANCE Substantial Gain Won in At tack East of Rethel. BRITISH NIBBLE AT BOCHE Field Marshal Haig Reports Gains South of Valenciennes, After Overcoming Stifr Resistance. (By the Associated Press.) While both Germany and Austria are seeking to secure a cessation of hostilities and Turkey also is re ported to be favorably disposed toward peace, the entente allied troops on all the battle fronts are giving no heed to peace proposals, but are continuing without mercy to drive their foes be fore them. And in all the batlte zones the allies are meeting with marked success. In France the Gerruan battle line Is slowly disintegrating under violence of the al lied offensive; in Northern Italy the Austro-Hungarians are being forced back by the British. French and Ital ians with heavy losses in men killed, wounded or made prisoner; near the shores of the Adriatic In Albania the Italians are driving the Austrians toward the Montenegro frontier, while Asiatic Turkey, both in Syria and WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES Mesopotamia, tne British are fast NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Oct. 28. bearing the Turks from their former (Bv the Associated PreRS.1 Lieutenant sirongnoias. WILBUR T. WHITE FALLS American Aviator Crashes Head-On! Into German Machine. Wilbuh T. White, of New York, in try ing to aid his American comrade during a fight with a German pilot, crashed head-on into the German machine. Each of the aircraft lost a wing and fell be hind the German lines in the neighbor hood of Dun-sur-Meuse. . 1 null aviatora on a raid over the man lines when brought down. six the Ger- Germans were I (Concluded on Page 3, Column 2.) IT SEEMS THAT WILHELM FAILED TO BRING HOME THE BACON. ALLIES N EARING BELGRADE Troops Are Now Within 55 Miles of Serbian Capital. VIENNA, Oct 27. Via London, Oct. 8. The Austro-Germans have aban doned the town of Kraguievatz, 65 miles southeast of Belgrade, to the allied troops during rearguard flght- ng. according to an official statement from the War Office. In Albania, it is added, there has been nothing of Importance to report. 327,416 ENEMIES CAPTURED Achievement of British Troops to Date Reported. LONDON, Oct. 28. It was announced in the House of Commons today that ince the commencement of the war British troops have taken 527,414 enemy combatants, including 264,242 Germans. There were. It was also stated, 97,000 German combatant prisoners in the nlied Kingdom at present. I . , 1 III AXOSk Germans Surely Weakening. Although the Germans in France and Flanders still are strenuously resisting the allied attempts to break their line, they are giving way steadily. In the other theaters there apparently is not the same resistance, except possibly in Jthe mountain .region of Italy, whera the allied forces are trying to open the back door Into Austria. South of Valenciennes, In Francis Field Marshal Haig's forces have ad- VfinTpri tlinlr lint In th. rnar,l An. LIEUTENANT NOBLE ALIVE "ation which has In view the capture of Valenciennes and pressing on to ward Mons and Maubeuge in the gen eral converging movement that is go ing on between Belgium and the re gion north of Verdun. French Victory Important. Farther south from the Oise River to the region of Rethel the "French have gained a signal victory by forcing a retreat In the big salient north of Laon and are threatening to cause the collapse Of the entire German line east ward through a fast turning move ment. American troops have been thrown into the line near Rethel and have ad vanced nearly a mile and taken num erous prisoners. Tho German war Office admits the success of the thrust of the French between the Oise and Serre rivers. In connection with this general movement the Americans northwest o 45,000 Railway Workers 1 Prns-I Verdun have begun an operation which possibly may have Important re sults. For the first time since the Report of Washington Athlete's Death in Action Denied. CENTRALIA, Wash., Oct. 28. (Spe cial.) Lieutenant Elmer ("Cy") Noble, a former University of Washington athlete, whose death in France was re ported last week in a letter received by Justice and Mrs. Charles H. Hoss from their son. Lieutenant Charles Hoss, is not dead, according to a tele gram received here from Senator Poin dexter. The Senator investigated the report at the request of Lieutenant Noble's father-in-law, who resides at Wallace, Idaho. INFLUENZA ATTACKS HUNS sia and Hesse Incapacitated. AMSTERDAM, Oct 28. -Forty-five thousand railway workers in Prussia and Hesse are incapacitated with in fluenza and passenger traffic is muck restricted in consequence, according to the Tageblatt, of Berlin. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 57 degrees; minimum, 52 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; southerly winds. War. Longuyon under long-range fire of United States guns. Page J. Allies capture 16,000 Austrians. Page 1. British take Kerkuk. 155 miles from Bagdad. Huns give way under allied blows. Page 1. Americans capture Belleu Wood. Pago 8. Foreign. Reactionaries yet power for mischief In Ger man Empire. Page 1. Americans entered the war they hava opened fire against the back lines of the enemy with their new long-range guns and are heavily bombarding Longuyon, some 15 miles distant from the American first-line positions. Should the blasting process prove ef fective in blazing, a trail along the Meuse for a quick advance by the Americans, it is not improbable that a German retreat from the region east of St. Quentin, nqrtheastward of Lux emburg will be necessitated. Italian Gains Important. On the Northern Italian front hard fighting Is In progress between the Brenta and Piave rivers. Along tho Piave the allied troops have crossed the river, inflicting heavy casualties and taking thousands of prisoners. In Albania the Austrians have been driven back by the Italians in the re- eion of Alessio. which lies 20 miles Page 8. HfnpageU4rS tlshtins ori" to tno"- southeast of Scutari, Just south of tho Montenegran Doraer. in oemia ino Austrians have evacuated Kraguievatz, 55 miles southeast of Belgrade, and are still in retirement lowaru, nm Danube. The Turks are fast being driven out of Mesopotamia, having reached a position more than 155 miles north of Bagdad, while in Syria Gen eral Allenby's troops are keeping in Huns enslave TOO, 000 Poles. National. 4 Wilson attacked in Senate debate. Wilson explains third peace term, Austria seeks Immediate peace Page 1. Page 1. Page 4. parleys. Domestic. Roosevelt answers Wilson's appeal for Dem ocratic majority. Page 2. , Mlh&tto exposes Caillaux conspiracy. Page 5. Daniels says Wilson's critics trying to split close contact with the Ottoman forces allies, rage a. Party campaign expense accounts filed. I north of Aleppo. Page 3. Sports. Oregon Aggies would like to tackle Marines. Page 11). Fulton now trying to square himself. Page 10. Pacific Northwest. Princess Sophia disaster attributed to ex. plosion. Page 8. Commercial and Marine. Strong English and American demand for Coast bops, rage lb. News of Austria's acceptance breaks corn at Chicago. Page lo. Domestic politics responsible for short-sell ing of stocks. Page 15. PARIS, Oct 28. Still further prog ress has been maoe oy tne r rcnun northwest of Guise and they hava moved forward to the east of the Peron River beyond Pargny wood, the War Office announced tonight French avi-atco-s have been exceedingly active. The French continue their advance between the Olse and the Alsne, espe cially on the left flank. The War Of fice today reported the capture of Hill 123, north of Crecy, on the Serre. American units nave entered tno United States Shipping Board proposes to fighting east of Rethel and have car- survey all harbors, rage 11. 1 rteH out a local operation in wnicn Portland and Vicinity. I they made an advance of one kilometer City morgues crowded with unburled victims east of Attigny, capturing 172 prlson- 01 innuen. - era, the statement adds. Marrying swindler," out on parole, wasted I , . by state uinormea. rage 10. 1 iirni"n Avaw Pre-election campaign only one week to I The American advance was maaa in run. Page 11. . the forest farm, between Julius L. Meier appointed to organize dry . ... " j ir-- goods and department stores of Oregon 1 AL,'IB" . wU.. tr war service. Pago 7. 1 The statement says: President's action Injects life into campaign I highly imporant reports for tha 00m- On the Olse front there have been in Oregon. Page 11. Oregon artillery arrives at the front Page 12. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 15. (Concluded on Page 2, Column l- (FT1 105.0!