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Germans Open Fierce Attack East
of Argonne; Barrage Broken
Up When Yankee Guns Put
the Artillery Out of Business.
Great Gains Are Made by French
in St. Gobain Sector With
: Enemy Giving, Up laon and
La Fere? French Near Bethel.
London, Oet. 11. (I. N.
Routers Is reported to huve
8.)
been
captured by the allies.
W
ITH THE BRITISH ARMY ON
THE CAMBRAI-ST. QUEN-
Tltf FRONT, Oct IWl N. S.);
A new drive was launched on
ih Flanders front today by Brit-
'. ish, and Beloian troops. Fine
progress was mads. - "
The British ara pushing 'to
ward the German key position, at
Courtral.' The Belgians ara' ad
vanelnfl'ln the direeilon of Ghent.
over 2S milts cast of the battle
line. French troops are aiding.
Tke peace talk fa progress now
.is not affecting In, any way tho
enthuslasm. of the -men. ,
Ttye new drive In 'Flanders was
opened on a 20 mile front from
Lysl to Wervick. The Belgians.
advancing five miles on a 10
mlle front, are ncaring Iscghem
and i Lerideldc.
t, i. .
; By Frank I. Taylor
WITH. THE' AMERICAN FlR$t
ARMY, Oct. it (Noon.) .
Heavy German attacks east of the
Argonne .early; today vere broken
up by American counter attacks.
,The Yanks met the Booties mid
way between the two lines, wield
ing 4he bayonet and tearing the,
enemy waves to" shreds. .
The German attack had ' been
preceded by a heavy barrage, but -,
. . the i American artillery silenced "
, .the enemy guns,' leaving their In
, fantry Avithou. protection:
. Later the, American - Infantry went
forward -and began clearing out ma
chine gun nests In the regions of Ro
magna, Cunel and Sommcralpe. j
' Paris, Oct. 1. (U j P.) French
troops are keeping in contact withthe
Germans on the whole front of the
lOoad4d on Pt Eight, Ootama Thm)
REPLY DISPLEASES
! Oregon Senator Does Not Be
HevV in Germany's Promises
: 'Acceptance Oppose
L' , ' 1 " ' '-'
By, Joa K4wla WeTla- ' :.
Waahlhcton. ' Oet 14. II. B.y-
" Germaaya reply' to PrUent WUaon's
ta of inquiry Is "an attempt to draw
,w; United States Into negotiations and
not a promise of unconditional surren
der, Senator .Chit)berlatn,,sa1dtodajr.
,volcing the sentiment , of -I; tnaV-aenat
military affairs eommlttee. of: which
' Its Is chairman. The Qerman propoeals
t should be rejeetea, he saia. ' xv-;-.
I approved of the president's note
to Germany because I felt that It was
. a dlplomatto demand for an ' uncondl-
tlonal surrender aaid Senator Ch am
ber! ain - s-'.vi ",!: Vii Jf--4
. r- "Whether , Qermany'a reply amoonts
to , a promise of unconditional surren
der orf not X am in doubt, i Ther
' should be no doubt in any mind, v
, "I have : no confidence . in Germany
. or In iter promises and. reading be
tween the lines of her answer to' tho
t resldefife note. J feel -that . It ' Is
lather m suggestion of negotiation th-rt
i a' promise to surrender and. so fel
ing. x j, am not, in favor, of tta ao
The president ought tolneist that
, Germany's reply to his not should., Ue
(poaltiva and there o'ught to, be no room
... for ' negotiation or compromiae. . Con
, greaa and the '.American people will
suatAin ntm - m- the couraa herein mu'
FRANCE" REGAINS LAON, LA FERE, ST. GORAIN
M"
AP showing the tremendous
tured city of Laon, one of the most beau tiful of French towns .and' the pivot ,of the uer
min positions on the Paris front. The allied gains made since July;18 are indicated by
solid black and the new. French advance since Saturday is shaded. Hirson, the vital supply cen
ter of all .German armies in France, is about 1 7 miles from present allied positions.
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conditiona
By Frank H. Simonds .
(Copyncbt 1018. Mew Tork TribuiM. Inc.) . .
N'
EVV YORK, Oct. 14:. Resident , Wilson called upon the
Germans to answer certain questions before he trans
mitted their request for an armistice to his allies. The Ger
mans have complied by declaring that they accept the president's
statements of the foundation of peace. 1
Thenext step,, then, provided the; president is; satisfied with
the German response, is to transmit the request to our allies. ;
When the governments ot l'
ceived that request, then, in company with our own, 'they will
frame an answer." That answer will specify th. e conditions upon
which i Germany xran obtain n Jarmistice. ' .
All that haa happened so far has been
preliminary and . personal between the .
president and the chancellor ttwen
Germany ' and , tha Unfted States. But
it is of utmost imcortancefor all of us
to recognise that what - is to come will
have a different character. ' f
, KSropeaa ateate Vitally Concerned "
German acceptance -of Mr: Wilson's
"U, points" is of only academic Interest
to invaded France, to" Britain suffering
daily tyrom ,. new Garman outrages, to
Italy , with half of ; VeneUa in Austro
German hands. . " . , , , . t.
It la -of no mora than academic inter
est to ; Marshal Foch, - who la winning
tha ' war at the business .end of the
game,:, while the Germane are negotiat
ing at the other. a ' '
; We may consider it as settled in ad
vance that when the. German request
for en armistice- Is presented to our
allieaJt will be acted upon in conformity
w ith the -situation a seen by Foch. and
as existing In the military field, .
We 'may take tt for granted Uiatlthe
allied conditions will Include-a demand
for - the demobilization of the German
army , following ; the evacuation -of
French, Belgian and Ruasian territory,
and, the surrender of Meta and straaa
burg- fortreeaea with the outlying terri
tories of- Alsace-Lorraine. Nor is it
French advance on the western
ns
i
urrenaer
lly
ranee, Britain and Italy' have re
less certain- that the conditiona will
include -.tha occupation of the left bank
Of the Rhine from HoHa.nd tA Swltur.
la-nd-under proper guarantees that, save
(Concluded on Pg tight. Column Foorl
Luxemburg Pleads
: U. S. Protect Bights
Amsterdam. ' Oct. -li-dJ. " P.) -The
government of Luxemburg haa appealed
to ; President Wilson for protection of
the rights of that country according to
official dispatches ; received here , tod si v.
Luxemburg demands that. Its territory
wiau oe evacuated Dy the- German ar
miea .: .. v - .r. fr , . .
.V ..-VII i i il mtmiJmm
J Amnesty to Many
y- tUfEN HAG EN. Oct. 14. U. ; P.)-,
xob Kaiser cw granted an amneety to a
great number of persona who- have been
unaer arrest, charred with. ooltticaJ and
military offenses, it vraa learned here to-
cay m reports from Berlin.
front and a-view.of the recap?
FOREST FIRE DEAD
MAY
EACH
1
Devastating Flames in Minnesota
and Wisconsin Are Believed
to Be Receding.
Duluth. Minn.. Oct 14. U. P.) A
20-mile southeast wtnd that sprang up
late today threatened further forest fire
danger in Northern Minnesota, accord
ing to reports to state authorities here.
It was aaid that unless the wind shifts or
rain, cornea shortly the mining' towns of
Hibblng, Chisholm. Virginia and Eveleth
would be endangered.
Duluth Minn., Oct 14-(I. N. S.y The
forest, fires which have' taken a death
toll la Northern Minnesota and Wiscon
sin, estimated at over a thousand, mak
ing 40,000 homeless, of whom 12,000 ere
destitute, are receding in their fierce
ness' today, last reports being that every
where they are being brought under
control. Six hundred - bodies had been
recovered" this afternoon from the smol
dering rums of towns and village? In the
!ath of the Northwest's most disastrous
fores: fire. . ; .
4 In the Moose lake district alone.- fa
talities . are estimated ' at 400, , while in
other devastated sections . figures bring
the total to more than 1000. Fifteen
thousand, square '.miles of forest has
been reduced to ashes by the fire, -and
estlmatea of the loss run front $20,000,000
to four or five times that amount ,
Nearly 200 bodies nave already been
brought to this city, which - has been
made the objective-es" thousands of flee
ing refugees. Rescue parties and. companies-
of home guards, fighthir ? the
flames, report that charred bodies; are
Strewn along the roads leading through
the devastated regions. : ". ,
:Th 'ruin in ;ae wake of the. five
separate fires which Were raging in' the
two states, includes the total destruction
Ct4'towtsfAmonjr" 'them.?. ClotfueL
Brookston Brevator, . Corona, ' Adolph,
Thompson, Arnold, Moose Lake, Kettle
River. Twig and XUce Lake. In the ashes
of these .towns many bodies have been
reported.' . " . - , ' - . - -, -i
The area burned, over by the fiwn
Is ' estimated at SO by 100" miles and
tCeachuM es race Xbssa, Cehuam Thm)
Germans
Can Honorably
V I
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SUMMER
Cologne Newspapers Comment
on Answer Sen to Wilson;
London Fears Hun Reply Is
"Scrap of Paper"; Suspicious
Scheidemann Shown to Have Op
posed Peace Party's Overture
Earlier in Year; Allies Must
Retain Military Advantages.
i- Marshal Fotu -commander : In
thief of the ' allied armies, has
drafted conditions under which
the allies will consent to an ar
mistice with Germany, according
to the Evening Standard.
London, Oct 14. U. P.) Brlt-
ish military authorities oppose
an armistice to Germany under
any conditions, it was learned on
good authority here late today.
PARIS. Oct. 14. (U. P.) "Ttre
nation wishes to avoid an un
conditional surrender." declared
the Cologne Volks Zeitung. in dis
cussing the German reply to Pres
ident Wilson.
"The note -is as conciliatory
as possible."
The Cologne Gazette says :
' No one should expect Ger--many
to sacrifice her life in
terests." By Ed Jj. Keea
London. Oct 44. (U. P.) General
opinion here with regard to the German
reply" to President Wilson's note of in
quiry is summed up in the statement
that there Is doubt In Germany's sin
cerity. "How do we know Germany is playing
straight thia timer
"What guarantees have we that this
(Coactaosd ob Pace .Elcht. Ooiama rival
Northwest Wins
Maximum Rata of
$1.10 for Apples
Washington. Oct 14. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
The Northwest won an apple rate of
$1.10 maxlmdm today by agreement
with the railroad administration. Judge
Prouty. who had blocked the settlement,
now concura
The new rate holds 'good 'only for the
present year and applies Only to applea
It is understood the canned goods case
will be dismissed.
ROLL OF HONOR
tn' the roll of bono printed below then are
the nauns of the foOowiac men fiem the rcifio
SOrtht: KILLgD IU OTtO '
LIEUTENANT CLIFFORD OSCAR HARRIS,
monteary addrew, tr. Wffliani Robert Har
rfe. 95 East Seventy eeeoad street. Portland. .
- - DIED FROM WOUNDS
PRIVATE JACK T.. ANDERSON, emerceae?
address eUs. tsrji a. , Aaaeraaa, Belllnghim
ViivsTE lnt;t. wg rr.
address John Wert. Catalaast Wtsa,
nnaMalL CM1RLII M. BLAOK.
eieV addreu. ,. . Ma Blw. B. T. . D, 1.
Fwmtt. Wash."-- -J
niviTt NEL HERiaSTAD.
addreaa. Kela B. Herisatad, Bilverton, Or,
STWaTX -REMMIB I.-KELLY, tm
.addrea. kin- C - A - Kellj. 75 Booth aTcvne,
Portland. - : ; : '1
PRIVATE LEON STKLFRESrW ; energeaey
addreaa, : Josepa Heiireo, HeonenO. Or.
OIEO OF OlSEAtB
LIEUTENANT f WILLIAM - O. KANTNER,
aoereeBcs addreaa. Jtta Nail C. KaatBer. Erer-
' VOUNDED SEVERELY
Caofe Wareae . MearS. etaarfeacr . addraas
InHaa O. Beard. Mitotan. Or. - i . ,
air .iMttaveiv eaMrceaer snnraaa
led OS Fan Bid C
Have No
Wilsons Aid in
Restoration of
Peace Is Asked
In Turkish Note
Appeal to President Is Received
in Washington Through
Spanish Embassy.
Washington. Oct 14. (I. N. S.)
Turkey, through the Spanish ambassa
dor, has asked President Wilson to
use his efforts to restore peace be
tween it and the entente allies. The
note was delivered . to Secretary Lan
sing at noon today by the Spanish am
bassador. It is brief and stated that
Turkey accepts as a basis for peace
the program laid down- by the presi
dent in his address to congress
on
January 8 and bis subsequent
decla ra
tions on the subject
The Thrkish appeal is for a general
neace conference and was delivered by
th ihiirec d'aff&ira or Turaey in
Madrid' to the Spanish minister of for
eign affairs. The minister transmitted
it to Ambassador Ryano In this city
and the latter today delivered it to
the secretary of btate. The official
announcement of the state department
regarding the matter was as follows:
Text of Turkish Appeal
The. SDanlsh ambassador handed
the following communication to
secretary --of aetata today to be
the
"livered to V the president
mbajada De Espanza,
Washing-
ton. Oct. 14. 191..
Mr. President:
I have the honor to transmit
herewith, acting upon instructiona
from my government the text of
a communication received by the
minister of foreign affairs of Spain
from the charge -d'afairs of Turkey
in Madrid on October 12. and which
reached me lata yesterday. Sunday
evening.
'Please accept the assurances of
my highest consideration.
(Signed) 'JUAN RYANO.'
The Hon. Woodrow Wilson, Presi
dent of the United States The un
dersigned, 'charge d'affalrea of Tur
itey. has the honor, acting upon in
struction from his .government to
request the royal government to In
form the secretary of the United
States of America by telegraph that
the Imperial government requests
the president of the United States of
America to take, upon himself the
task of reestabllshment of peace, to
notify all belligerent states of this
. demand and to Invite them to desig
nate plenipotentiaries to initiate ne
gotiations. Wilson's Termi Accepted
'It (the imperial, government) ac
cepts as a basis for the negotiations
the program laid down by the presi
dent of the United States in his mes
sage to congress of January S, 1918.
and in ills subsequent declarations,
especially the speech of Septem
ber 27.
'In order to put an end to the shed
ding of blood, the Imperial Ottoman
government requests that steps be
taken for the immediate conclusion
of a general armistice, on land, on
sea and in the air.'
Secretary Lansing haa no comment to
make on the Turkish appeal. It was
sent direct to President Wilson. Inas
much as the United States Is not at yar
with Turkey, it is assumed that all the
president could be expected to do in the
circumstances would -be. to transmit the
appeal to the entente powers.
However, officials said that it was too
early to forecast what action will ' be
taken. As a matter of fact it waa gen
erally accepted that the reply to Ger
many will dispose of the appeals of the
latter nation's allies. " x - .
Preliminary Work
On Budget of 1919
Of City. Is Started
Preliminary consideration of the city
bydg-et for 1919 occupied the members of
the city, council this morning. Estimated
receipts for 1919 arte $2,079,943, and dis
bursements are estimated "at I2,045,lj&.
The surplus Is 114,787. -
For emergencies tha sum of $164,090 Is
asked. This year the flirure was $U7,
000. Commissioner Big low estimated
that there may he a savins of $75,000 on
this year's bttd(et.r f " ;' .
FinianedlOa
lrwlHoai
, Joseph Herrle, former United ' States
mall carrier : and now? city . fireman.
pleaded guilty ; when 'arraigned - before
Judge Bean of tha- federal court today
on. a charge of hoarding flour and -aa
fined S100. United Etatea Attorney Ha
ney recommended that Herrle be alven
a heavier penalty than was tha custom
because he had 11 sacks of flour in his
possession. Oscar Und, who -was indict
ed for flour hoarding, pleaded guilty and
was fined $56. .-. , f ; fK .
Government U. S.
Meet, Says Wilson
RAG!
n
E THERE CM 3
PEACE.S
S
No Armistice Can
Germanv While
lawful Practices, President Tells Ger- .
man Chancellor in His Prompt Answer
mm mm mi a PI ITItT J"l 'TXT N
ei ft f nui iuiu i vii) vti. iti i. 11.wi.y7-1 r5 :
V 1 ident Wilson in
. man naacaA annaol HoIq a at
HA.' a
Autocracy must go
uuucui .
, The tiext follows:
' 'Trora the secretary "of state to the charge tfaf f aires of -
Switzerland, arl interim in
uie uruiea ocaxes: (,
t-iT, : ". C m . "X
..: .'cpwuuciH ui t?iaica vci x. AS7XO 3ir; m repiy vo
the communication of the German government, dated the
12th instant, which you handed me today. I have the honor
to request you to transmit the following: i -
" The unqualified acceptance by the present German
government and by a large majority of the German reich
stag of the terms laid down by the president of the United;
States of America in his address on the eighth of January,
into ' J ..1 . Mi .r f .1 .
i9io, ana m ins iuoequem aaaresses luxuries tne presi-?
dent in making a frank and direct statement of his decision
with regard to the communications of the German govern
ment of the eighth and twelfth of October. "f
" 'It mutt be clearly understood that the processes of
evacuation and the conditions of an armistice are matters
which must be left to the judgment and advice of the military
advisers of the government o fthe.United States and the allied
governments, and the. president feels it his duty to say that no
arrangement can be accepted by the government of the
United States which does not provide absolutely satisfactory :
safeguards and guarantees Of the maintenance of the present
military supremacy of 'the armies of the United States and of I
the allies in ther field. He feels confident that he can safelv
anuuic vt.ca., utw tt eaaew
allied governments.
"The president feels that
it la also
his duty to add that neitner the govern
ment of the United States, nor. he is
quite sure, tha governments with which,
the government of the United States Is
associated as a . belligerent, will con
sent to consider an armistice so long
aa the : armed forces of Germany con
tinue the illegal .and Inhumane prac
tice which .they still persist in.
- 'At the very' time that4 the German
government approaches the government
of the United States with proposals of
peace, its submarines are engaged In
stnktng passenger ships at sea. and not
the ships alone, but the very boats in
which their psssengers snd crews seek
to make their way to safety : and In
their present enforced withdrawal from
Flanders and Franca the Oerman armies
are pursuing, a course of wanton de
struction which, - has alwaya been re
garded as indirect violation of the rules
and -practices of civilise dwarf era
" Cities and villages, if not destroyed,
are being stripped of all they contain, not
only of material things, but often of their
very Inhabitants.' The nations associ
ated against Germany dannot be expect
M to Tee"iU, a cessation of arms .while
acts of Inhumanity, spoliation and deso
lation are being 'continued.- whU'h'they
iustly look vupon witn norror ana a.n
burning hearts.
- 'It ur necessary, also, that thera may
be no possibility of misunderstanding,
that the president should very solemnly
call ihe attention of the government of
Garmanv to tha language and plain' ln-
f-tent of one f the terms of peace which
the German grrreraroent f nas now ac
cepted. , It Is contained In the address of
the president, delivered at Mount Vernon
on .the Fourth of July.- last. ; ;
-It fa as ; follows: .- '
The destruction ef every arbitrary
power anywhere that, --au-: separately,
secretly, and of its single - choice dis
turb the peace "of the world r or If It
cannot be presently deatroyed.et' least
IU, reducUon to virtual impotency.
The' power-whlcli haa hitherto eon
trolled the German satton Is of the sort
here described. Itls wtthln the choice
of .the -German' nation to alter It. -The
president's words Just quoted naturally
constitute -'- a '. condition : precedent - to
peace, if peace Is -to coma by the action
of the Germaa. people- themselves.: Tbo
MUST It
E
PRE SIB
Be Thought of" With
Huns Continue Un-
. f A f V 'BvT ' ra V V
his decision on the Ger-
'
betore peace can be con-
icJiar;eqlefTnan;in
, .- , . - v -. v .. -
- m a . a. . - .
uic juuenicni snu ueCUlDn O W9 -
president feels bound to . say that the
whole process of peace will, in his tud-
ment, depend upon the deflnltenees and
the aatiifactory character, of the guar
anteea .which can be - given in this -fundamental
matter. , .i
" It is indUpensable that the govern.
ments associated against Germany should
anow oeyond a perad venture with whom:
they are dealinr. " - . - t a-
?The president vlll make a sepsrate
reply to the royal and Imperial govern-
ment Of Austria-Hungary,' , V
Accept, sir. .the renewed asaurances
of my high consideration.
"ROBERT I4.NSINO." :
Washington. Oct. 14 I. N. a) Just
before Secretary Lasnaing this 'after
noon made public President Wilson's de
cision in Germany's - peace appeal -the
following most significant statement was '
-3 uv.m. nntv. noma .-.
"The government will continue to send -
over zmi.ooo men. wltn tneir sunnHee. ev
ery month aad there will be no relaxa-
tlon of any kind-- '. - . -
By Joka Zdwia JTevla
Washington: Oct. . 14. il. - N. S.)
rresiaem wiison oegan preparauoa . or
the reply of the. United States to Ger- '
many latest peace proposals at 11:39 :
today. - ; - - ' . - - J --
' The official text of the 'German note
was delivered to Secretary LAtwing'at
11:65, It is the same as tha unofficial ;
document - ''- ' -. " -, . . -
A concerted demand that German's '
peace proposals be rejected and that a .
demand , for unconditional surrender be
: to "Washington today , as- the national .
sentiment toward"' the aew$; Germaa -'
iwu.:itotiri That MntlmMit ' i. m.'
c-ivod by the White Hons, the state de
IHKIW ... MJVW W.IUB ' n .. tWTU MX AS. I W
msm 1 iHiBUL aisaj vj - ew-fraaes v aw taii ibui bk n t
- - . ..V. . Ma Uv4t W , - i4 . mm - Tt - A ' 1
president's eabmrt.'were unalterably op- ,
posed to. making any cotvoession jo Ger-;'
- j'Trtany lecanie tatown here today.- If the
president insults thenf he win find that
they .believe, the ..apparent conceesione "
by Germany are sjothing mere nor lees
thanva- trick and. that, he would flatly
refuse any arrpiaUce under existing dr- "
cumstancea. - These . cabinet members.
' (Ooaciudtd earars lUgbt Coitma SU) ; X
,:1