58 Pages Six Sections Section One Pages 1 to 18 VOL. "XXXVII NO. 41. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TERMS ACCEPTED, REPLIES GERMA11Y Evacuation of All Occupied Areas Agreed to. MIXED COMMISSION ASKED Chancellor Says He Speaks in Name of Both Govern- -ment and People. PEACE IS FAR FROM ASSURED Wireless Message Bringing Max' Note Reaches Pub lic Before Wilson. WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. Ger many's reply to President Wilson's inquiry, intercepted as it was being sent by the great wireless towers at Nauen and forwarded here tonight in an official dispatch from France, declares Germany is ready to accept President Wilson's peace terms, evacu ate the invaded territory 'as a pre requisite to an armistice, and that the bid for peace represents the German people as well as the government. -. Important Question Raised. Conceding that possibly the pro posal for an armistice might be ac cepted and that the German acceptance of President Wilson's peace terms might be satisfactory, the question, in the opinion of officials, and diplomats here would center in "who is the pres ent German government?'' - If the present German government is the government of , Hohenzollern, there seems no doubt here that the German reply will.be unacceptable. Text of German Note. The text of the -note follows: "In reply to the questions of the President of the United States of America, the German government hereby declares: "The German government has ac cepted the terms laid down by Presi dent Wilson in his address of January 8 and in his subsequent addresses on the foundation of a permanent peace of justice Consequently, its object in entering into discussions would be only to agree upon practical details of the application of these terms. Evacuation Terms Accepted. "The German government believes that the governments of the powers associated with the government of the United States also take the position taken by President Wilson in his ad dress. "The German government, in. -accordance with the Austro-Hungarian government, for the purpose of bring ing about an armistice, declares itself ready to comply with the propositions of the President in regard to evacua tion. , Mixed Commission Suggested. "The German government suggests that the President may occasion the meeting of a mixed commission for making the necessary arrangements concerning the evacuation. . "The present German ' government, which has undertaken the responsibil ity for this step towards peace, has been formed by conferences and' in agreement with the great majority of .the Reichstag. Majority Support Claimed. "The Chancellor, supported in all of his actions by the will of his majority, speaks in the name of the German government and of the German peo-4 pie. "Berlin, October 12, 1918. y "SOLF, "State Secretary of Foreign Office." Although on its face the text of the German note1 seems to be a complete acceptance of- President "Wilson's terms, the people of the United States and the allied countries should be cautioned against accepting it as such a compliance of the President's de mands as will mean immediate cessa tion of hostilities. Grave Danger Pointed Out. - The greatest danger facing the neo pie of the United States, officials said here tonight, wast that they might hastily consider Oermany s proposition as the unconditional surrender which the co-belligerents demand, and relax their efforts to continue the victories at arms and carry over the fourth liberty loan. On every side, in official quarters, it was Ftated that this view of the situ ation could not be placed before the public too strongly. As President Wilson was in New tConcludcd on rage 1. Column 1.) HUNS OMIT TO PLEAD FOR TURKS IN REPLY IMPLICATION IS THAT TURKEY IS NO LONGER BOCHE ALLY. London Suspicious of German An swer and Press Sees Need of Getting Suitable Guarantees. LONDON, Oct. 12, (By the Associat ed Press.) tjermany's rply to Presi dent Wilson apparently gives one statement of neA It associates Aus- I tro-Hungary,.but not Turkey, with the German government. The implication seems to be that unless the German Secretary for Foreign Affairs has writ ten the message with unusual haste, Turkey is no longer Germany's ally. The phrase "to agree upon practical details of the application of these terms" is on its face a straight reply to President Wilson. It was not unex pected here, but is likely to be regard ed with suspicion. English papers have said that a conference based on' such a formula may be considered by the Ger mans to mean an extended debate. - Some of the most important German papers, in latest quotations cabled from Holland; persist in using the word "compromise" with reference to the application of the President's princi ples. ' ' But the feeling n London is that it will be hard for the allied armies to hold their hand in the hour of seeming victory. "Unconditional surrender" is the watchword much more appealing to the British people in this hour than any commission to arrange for evacua tion. Events in the last week, particu larly the sinking of the Leinster, have steeled British 'hearts against a compromise. "There is a strong belief here, voiced even by the compromising' papers, that there are yet two powers in Germany one power of the new government, the other of the army, and that it is not yet decided which is .supreme. Germany's' acceptance of President Wilson's terms in no wise means that her acceptance will be met by Great Britain and France. The restoration of "ship for ship" from the German mer cantile marine for all submarine losses is a British principle which apparently is accepted by all the British people. Commenting on the reply, the Sunday Observer says: "The first issue for us is the mari time question. We ought to insist that the German submarine campaign should now be marked out for special treat ment in immediate connection with any peace preliminary. If any military armistice is accompanied by concrete guarantees, so must a naval armistice. We ought to insist, before there can be any suspension of hostilities, that the German submarines shall be. sur rendered to the allies and America." News of the World says: "Any cessation of military operation at this stage would compromise all our military success. They will not enjoy such a. respite. Foch and his gallant armies,' now hot in pursuit of the en emy, are not to be thus easily cheated out of the fruits of their splendid vic tories. . DRUG ADDICTS ARE FEW Only 403. Men Rejected From Army Out of Nearly Million Men. WASHINGTON, ' Oct. 12. Reports that millions of, persons in the United States are drug addicts and that many men called Jn the draft develop the drug habit to avoid military service were denied today by the military in telligence branch of the War Depart ment. ' Records of the Surgeon-General show, it was stated, that of 996,692 men examined for the National Army ! up to December SI, 1917. only 403 were rejected for being drug addicts, and that only 76 men have been discharged for that reason. I , I POTATO BALLS VALUABLE Seed Is Worth $2 0 Per Ounce and New York Firms Want Supplies. ABERDEEN; Wash.. Oct. 12. (Spe cial.) Save the potato balls is the ad vice, of Samuel Benn, founder of Aber deen. The seed ia worth J 20 an ounce, according to Mr. Benn.' The large seed dealers say that the system - practiced for many years of cutting up the potatoes for seed has resulted in running out The seed, -and that in .' time, unless the seed balls are saved, there will be no potatoes. Mr. 'Benn has been asked by a New York seed firm to interest others in doing likewise, stating that a round price will be paid for all sent. SEGREGATION PLAN ISSUED Swift & Co. and Llbby, McNeill & Libby to Be Separated. CHICAGO. Oct. 12.' Swift Co. made public today the plan by which Libby. McNeill & Libby, owned by Swift & Co. and conducting the canning busi ness of the firm, will be segregated. Each shareholder of Swift tc Co. of record October 26, lsla, will have the right to exchange one-tenth of his shares of Swift & Co. capital stock for as many shares of Libby, McNeill & Libby capital stock as he owned shares of Swift & Co.. stock of record Octo ber 26,. 191S. PASTORS TO GIVE PRAYER Vancouver Churches Closed Because of Influenza Epidemic. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Oct. 12. (Spe cial.) While all of the churches in Vancouver will be closed to the public tomorrow, the ministers will go to their respective churches at the regular hour and there offer prayer for their congre gations. They request that 'members of all churches observe the hours of service in their own homes. EARLY PUBLICITY OF NOTE AMAZING Wilson Ignored in Delivery of Max' Message. '. U. S. PUBLIC GETS REPLY FIRST President Receives News Through Unofficial Sources. ALL PRECEDENTS SMASHED Executive Displays Intense Interest as He Heads Copy of German Answer at Sew York. NEW YORK, Oct. 12. Seated tonight in a grand-tier box at the Metropolitan Opera House. President Wilson received from the Associated Press the unoffi cial text of the most momentous diplo matic note la the history of the world. . Through Secretary Tumulty he an nounced that he would have no com ment to make. Publication of the German reply to the President's inquiries as to its will ingness to accept all the terms he pre viously had enunciated and to evacuate all occupied territory, came as a com plete surprise. The way in which the 'wireless dis patch of such tremendous purport sent out from the German station at Nauen was made public, shattered all diplo matic precedents. President Not Imfarnrd. The text reached New York only a shore time before Mr. Wilson and his party left the Waldorf-Astoria to at tend the concert at the Metropolitan for the benefit of blinded Italian sol diers. The natural assumption was that it previously had been communi cated to the President. As a matter of precaution, however, the Associated Press sent over its spe cial wire to the opera house an in quiry to Secretary Tumulty as to whether Mr. Wilson had been informed of the German reply. Mr. Tumulty showed plainly his amazement and replied that Mr. Wilson-had hot seen the; note, and the sec retary requested that the text be tele graphed to hrm at once tie announced,- however. that the President could not Indicate -in, the slightest degree what his answer would be until he . had opportunity to study the official text. 'tense Interest Shown. i The reply was sent immediately to the box where the President was seat ed with Colonel E. M. House, his close (Concluded on Pare 3, Column 1.) TEXT OF ALL NOTES IN PEACE CORRESPONDENCE THE GERMAN PROPOSAL. (Received October 6.) " 'Mr. President: . I have the honor to present herewith upon in structions from' my government, the original text of a communica tion from the German government, received"by this legation late this afternoon from the Swiss Foreign Office. "An English translation of this communication is also enclosed; the Oerman original text, however, is alone to be considered as authorita tive. :' "Please accept, Mr. President, the assurances of my highest consid eration. "(Signed.) F. OEDERLIN, "Charge d'Affairs, A. I., J - of Switzerland. "In charge of German interests 4 in the United States. t "Mr, Woodrow Wilson, President ! of the United States, Washing- J ton, r. C." t Translation of the communica- t tion from German government to I the President of the United States, I. as transmitted by the Charge d'Af- fairs, A. I., of Switzerland, on Oc , tober 6, 1918: " The German government re I quests the President of the United States of America to take steps for t the restoration of peace, to notify all belligerents of this request and J to invite them to delegate the plen- ipotentiaries for the purpose of taking up negotiations. .' " 'The German government ac cepts as a basis for the peace ne gotiations the programme laid down by the President of the j United States in his message to Congress of January 8, 1918, and I in his subsequent pronouncements, particularly in his address of Sep- tember 27, 1918. a " 'In order to avoid further blood shed, the German government re quests to bring about immediate conclusion of a general armistice on land, on water and in the air. " MAX, Prince -of Baden, " 'Imperial Chancellor. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The WcMhtr. YESTERDAY'S MaxImuVn temperature, denrets; minimum, -5S degrees. lODAl'S Pair: northwesterly winds. fwet Moves. Germany says ahe accepts . Wllaon's peace term a. Section 1. page 1. Germany amazes by publicity in note. Sec tion 1. pace 1. McAdoo declares for unconditional sur render. Section 1, page 1. Hun reply Impllea Turkey la no longer Bocne any. section J. page l. Hun front In Champagne crumbles. Section 1. Hals' drives east. Section 1. page 6. Official casualty liat. Section 1, page T. Huns admit reverses, section 1, page 2. Foreign. Bodies of 200 Otranto dead recovered. - Sec tion 1. page 8. Porto Rico auffera heavily from earthquake and tidal- wave.' Section 1. page 3. All children in Petrograd may die this Win ter. Section 1, page 6. National. Thousands of Jugo-Slavs from United State now righting in Macedonia. Section 1. page 5. President Wilson marches In'Hberty parade at ew lork- Section 1. page 3. Domestic. Duluth region hit by huge forest fire. Sec. tion 1, page 1. Geddes predicts big U-boat drive. Section 1. page 2. Pacific Northwest. - ' Frank R. Gooding continues fight In Idaho against Non-Partisan League. Section 1. page 8. State fair prize awards for children's Indus- trial dlsplaya announced. Section 1, page 9. Samuel Walker named Republican leader. Section 1, pace lti. Sports. WJnged-M and Aggie clash may be put off. bectlon z, page 1. Bthel and Klorcnce Knowlea Join Multnomah Club ladies' swimming team. Section 2. page 2. Fana busy picking favorites for Interachol astic champ. . Section 2, page 2. Multnomah Deals Oregon, 20 to 0. Section 2. page 8. Oregon Aggies beat Barracks eleven. Section 2, page d. Commercial and Marine. Engineer due with Federal port data. Sec- tion 2, page 14. Farmers' market to extend acroas seas. See tion 2, page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Comparison of-' two cities' electric rates proves -confusing subject. Section 1, page 5. Influenza epidemic wanes In Portland. Sec tion 1. page 10. . Mayor Baker asks public to comply with spirit of health order.- Section 1. page 10. Winners In liberty loan essay contest an nounced. Section 1, page 12. C. N. Wonacott. of Y. M. C. A., accepts po sition with Presbyterian Church in New York. Section 1. page 12. Member of faculty -of Reed College writes Interesting letter Irom France. Section 1. page 13. Benson school men pu up 97000 building In 42 hours. Section 1. page 14. Waahington authorises construction of 1000 cottages. ' Section 1. page IS.. Sane war measures aim of Legislature. Sec tion 1, page 15. Fix up old buildings to house workers, says Mayor Baker. Section 1, page 17. Instructlona given for housing survey. ' Sec tion 1. page 17. Weather report, data and foreeaat. Section 2, page 14. PACIFIST CHOSEN PREMIER Austrian Emperor Appoint Lam- mason to Succeed Hussarrk. ZURICH. Oct. 12. The Vosslsche Zel- tung's Vienna correspondent fays Km peror Charles has chosen Professor Heinrich Zammasch, a pacifist and an opponent of an alliance with Germany, to succeed Baron von Hussarek In the Premiership. THE AMERICAN INQUIRY. (Dispatched October 8.) "Sir I have the honor to ac knowledge, on behalf of the Presi dent, your note of October 6, en-, closing the communication from the German government to the President, and I am instructed by the President to request you to make the following communication to the imperial German Chancellor: "Before making reply to the re quest of the imperial German gov ernment, and in order that that re ply shall be candid and straight forward as the momentous inter ests involved require, the President of the United States deems it nec essary to assure himself of the ex act meaning of the note of the imperial Chancellor. "Does 'the imperial Chancellor mean that the imperial German ' government accepts the terms laid down by the President in his ad dress to the Congress of the United States on the 8th of January last and in subsequent addresses, and that its object in entering into dis cussions would be only to agree upon the practical details of their application? "The President feels bound to say with regard to the suggestion of an armistice that he would not feel at liberty to propose a cessa tion of arms -to the governments with which the Government of "the United States is associated against the central powers, so long as the armies of tjjose powers are upon their soil. "The good faith of any discus sion would manifestly depend upon the consent of the central powers immediately to withdraw their forces everywhere from invaded territory. , "The President also feels that he is justified in asking whether the imperial Chancellor is speaking merely for the constituted authori ties of the empire who have so far conducted the war. "He deems the answer to these questions vital from every point of view. "Accept, sir, the renewed assur ances of my high consideration. . "ROBERT LANSING. - - "Secretary of State." SURRENDER MUST BE REAL-NT No Conditions Permis sible, Says Secretary. EXECUTIVE MESSAGE IS CITED Strong Loan Appeal. Made at Chicago Mass Meeting. SUPREME EFFORT. URGED Rich and Poor Importuned to Buy Bonds on Installment Plan U Necessary, as ' Wilson Does. .CHICAGO. Oct. 12. The text of Ger many's reply to President Wilson's in quiry was conmunicaied by the Asso ciated Press tonight' to wiuiam u. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury; Just before he delivered a liberty loan ad dress at a crowded mass meeting. Mr. McAdoo told the audience the text of the reply and added: "What this Government demands, based on President Wilson's messages and speeches, is unconditional surrender. and if the text of this reply is authen tic' it means just that." Before telling the audience about the German note, Mr. McAdoo said of the first German note a week ago: "Germany didn't send its note to any one except the United States. Why? Because the President of the United States has formulated the principles of a permanent peace. What Vaconditloanl Mesne. "Germany knows that when she ac cents the President a conditions I am not talking terms, but conditions, prin cipleswhen she Is off the soil of every Invaded land, it means unconditional surrender. "What la unconditional surrender? It is when the fellow you are fighting says, 'fglve in and take what you aay I ought to take.' "The Kaiser might as well surren der now.' He isn't deluded now. He did think at one time that America wouldn't get into the war, but :.e knowa better now." ' At this point the Secretary referred to the Associated Press dispatch, briefly outlining the reported German terms. Then, after stating that he hoped the message would prove authentic he added: "I'll not discuss terms now. Even if It is true that the Kaiser has sur rendered, that doesn't make it the less Important that this loan be subscribed. (Concluded on raxs. Column 1.) THE GERMAN REPLY. (Received October 12.) In reply to the questions of the. President of the United States the German government hereby de clares: The German government has ac cepted the terms laid down bv President Wilson in his address of J January ctn and in his subsequent addresses on the foundation of a permanent peace of justice. Con sequently, "its object in entering into discussions would be only to agree upon practical details of the application of thes.c terms. The German government believes that the governments of the powers as sociated with the United States also take the position taken by President Wilson in his -address. The German government, in accord ance with the Austro-Hungarian government, for the purpose of bringing about an armistice, de clares itself ready to comply with J tne propositions ot me resident in regard to. evacuation. The. German government sug gests that the President may oc casion the meeting of a mixed com mission for making the necessary arrangements concerning the evac uation. The present German gov ernment, which has undertaken the responsibility for this step towards peace, has been formed by confer ence -etnd in agreement with the si great majority of the Reichstag. The Chancellor, supported in all of his actions by the will of the ma jority, speaks in the name of -the German government and the Ger man people. Berlin, October 12, 1918. (Signed) SOLF, State Secretary, Foreign Office. DOQ DULUTH DISTRICT HIT . BY HUGE FOREST FIRE BROORSTOX, WITH 600 PEOPLE, PRACTICALLY DESTROYED. Cloquet Is Reported Surrounded by Flames and Home Guards Are Sent to Menaced Area. . DULUTH. Minn.. Oct. 12. The entire country north of Lake Superior be tween Duluth and Two Harbors is In flames Fire are raging on the out skirts of this city, menacing property so- seriously that the home guard Fourth Regiment has been called out. i Many settlers have been burned - out and every farm In the district threat- ned. A fire ia raging at Cass Lake, where several lives are reported to have been lost. Fanned by a fierce gale, the fires south of here are sweeping as far as Spooner. Brookston, a village of 600 persons. north of Cloquet, wis practically ' de stroyed. The nonulfttlnn u- u . r 11 . H by special itMus to Cloquet. No casual ties were reported. This fire" has now swept toward and practically surrounded Cloquet. a city of 9000 population. Other towns are reported surrounded by fires, and all telephone wires are down. Many citizens have Joined the guards men In fighting the flames and assist ing persons residing in the fire area o escape. . , CAR MYSTERY IS CLEARED Nobody Killed When Machine Was Wrecked Near Creswell. COTTAGE GROVE. Or., Oct. 12.-4 (Special.) The mystery of the aban doned car which was. left in a ditch at a crossing this side or Creswell Thursday night of-last week has been solved. The car appeared to have been struck by a train and several who passed made a search to see if anyone had been killed. It develops that the occupants were C. H. Paulin and George Worthlngton. employes of the Bohemia Lumber Com pany at Row River. They came to the crossing unexpectedly and at too high speed for safely. The car skidded on the railway tracks and turned turtle. Paulin being pinned down by the steering gear. Worth Inert on. with the aid of others, released Paulin. whose Injuries were not serious. SECOND ARMY . IN ACTION Major-General Dullard In Command . - oi Latest Troops. r' "lilt THE AMERICAN ARM T NORTHWEST OF VERDUN. Oct. 12. (By the Associated Press. The second American Army came Into being today ana began operations. It la under command of Major-General Robert L. Bullard. The First Army, which has been in existence formally since August, is now under command of Major-General Hunter Liggett. General Pershing as sumes command of the group of ar mies. AGREEMENT NOT RATIFIED Germany Objects to Kxchange of Prisoners Proposal.. LONDON. Oct. 12. The German gov ernment has communicated to the Brit ish government, through Holland. Its decision not to ratify the Anglo-German agreement for an exchange of prisoners unless guarantees are given against the deportation and internment f Germans in. China. The British government has informed Germany that It cannot concede this point, but is' prepared to ratify the agreement subject to the withdrawal of this condition. REPLY SENT TO REICHSTAG Notr Said to Hare Been Written. In Accommodaling Spirit. ' BERNE, Oct. 12. Respecting Ger many's reply to the United States, Ber lin advices say' that the great impor tance of the matter made it necessary to submit the document to the great Reichstag committee and to the Bun desrath before it was dispatched-to the United States. The news that the German reply was written in an accommodating spirit has made a great Impression every where, it is stated. AIR PARADE IS SPECTACLE Fleet of More Than 100 Planes Flics Over Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Oct. 12. A fleet of more than 100 airplanes from March Field. 70 miles east of here, flew over Los Angeles In precise, military forma tion today and landed at a point south west of the city after having dropped a cargo of liberty loan literature. The flet was said to be the largest ever flown in one formation In this country. The air parade was the one feature of Los Angeles celebration of Liberty RULER URGED TO ABDICATE Socialist Organ Blames Hun Km peror for Present Situation. ZURICH, switseriand. Oct. 12. In an extraordinarily outspoken article the Franklische Tageapost. the Nuremberg Socialist organ, flatly demands the ab dication of the German Emperor. It declares that the responsibility for the present situation rests on him and says that., as the military system Is about to collapse, he must be the last of the military monarchs. Oil 1-llE FRONT Entire Area" Back of Lines Put to Torch. Foe COUNTRY IS SEA OF FUMES In Champagne, From Laon .to Argonne, Every City and Village Is Ablaze. ALLIES CAPTURE VOUZIERES Americans Close in on Don-sur-Meuse and Are Within Five Miles of Buzancy. FRENCH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE. Oct. 12. (Renter.) The Germans are rapidly falling back on the Champagne front from Laon to the Argonne. Sixty miles of this front is a sea of smoke and flame and every town and village for miles behind the enemy's lines is burning. Vourieres, which was reached this morning by the allies, is blazing from end to end, and the whole country . seems ablaze. The French aerial squadrons which have made reconnoiters over the re- goins of Marie, Vervins, Reuthe! and Neufchatel, report that they observed numerous fires anH explosions. PARIS, Oct. 12. "The battle begun in Champagne on September 26 has ended in the complete defeat of the enemy," says an official statement is sued tonight. - ' "Ths Fourth Army completed the liberation of the bend of the Aisne by reoccupying today 36 localities, free ing several thousand' civilians. "This army alone has taken 21,567 prisoners and 600 guns since the open ing of the Champagne offensive." PARIS, Oct. 12. Continued prog ress was made last night by the French troops along the entire Cham pagne front, the War Office an nounced today. The French have pen etrated the important railway town of Vouzieres. This morning the French were holding the general line of the Retourne and the road from Pauvre8 to Vouzieres. Vouzieres and Guise, as well as all of the villages in the whole region south of Laon, are burning. After capturing Vouzieres on the Aisne River, the French have gone some distance beyond $hat town. So swiftly is the line changing that it is difficult to follow the French advance from point to point. ' French Advance Swiftly. South of Laon the Germans are continuing their retirement north of the famous Chemin des Dames under the pressure of attacks from the wes and south, and it is confidently er pected that the whole of the famoc. highway will be entirely 'evacuated very soon. The Germans are falling back very rapidly in th Champagne, and this morning the French have ad-, vanced for a distance of from three to four miles. " w .Orders found on prisoners show that", the enemy was instructed to resist on. the Suippe River front until October 13 at least, in order to save all the material possible and . to enable the adjacent armies to conduct an orderly retreat. General .Gouraud'a attack upset this plan. Boche Declines Battle. Although the Germans had 25 di visions in the Champagne sector, 12 of which were fresh, the fear of being crushed caused them to decline battle. ' 4'onclui1ed en Pas 3. Column AMBASSADOR MORGKNTHA V9 GREAT STORY STARTS TO MORROW IX THE ORK- ' COMAV, The Turk, having "vanquished" the allied fleet and made himself again a great power, reverted to ancestral type and proceeded by wholesale massacre to make Tur key exclusively the country of the Turk. This great story, the nf h. mnnl.r of the Arm. man nation. Biam in ne urrio- nian tomorrow. It is by Henry Morgenthau, former ' American Ambassador to Turkey, who wit nessed the terrible events of which he writes. It is an absorb ing, withal terrible, story. "GH106.0