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Allies Sweeping Forward Toward
. Ghent Have Reached vEecloo,
Four- Miles From -Dutdh Bor-
" derj Gains Near :Cambraf
Americans Help in Capture of
Wassignya; Important Rail Cen
ter Southeast of U'Xateau;
5200 Huns Captured in 2 Days
LONDON, Ort. 19, 6:10 p. m.
(U. IV) Advltfs from Bel- ;
(j!:.u ourccs declare Brussels ha
fceetfmttWtjnfT arnawa- Ijj-ihe
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AMSTERDAM, OcU i9-(U. t.)'
Allied Jroops htive reached
Eecloo, shutting In 6000 Germans
against the Dutch frontier, ac
. cording to ,the Telegraaf.
This represent an advance of
about. i4s mile east' of, Bruges,
four mile from the Dutch border.
, and 10- mile, .northwest of .Ghent
Londoo.'CWt.loC-Tl. N. S.)"j-The
whole) Belgian, coast, has been
taken ' over, by British .naval,
forces, according o a special dis
patch from Dover. They, occupy
all of ' the . ground between Os
tend and Zeebrugge.
London. Oct 19. (U. P.)Th allied
una now extenda from Bede on the
Xuch frontier in ie direction of
Thielt, aocordlng to ad vice from the
front this evening-. (Eede is eight ittllee
northeaat of Bruges ).
London. Oct. 1. (U. P.)Bru;ea ha
(Conelndwl am Paaa Twa, Colaaa Four)
ROLL OF HONOR
i
In thm nil ot boaor printed -blaw ere'tbe
nam of 'the followtnf sice (no the PseUie
KILLIO IN AOTION
PRIVATI THOMAS l. MOOAN, raMntrnc;
iur tnnm T. Hocan. i'ooh n Auni. Id a bo.
- PRIVATK THOMAS I. BVOLANAHAN. emr
I'Wr addrM Alcs McClanahaa. Paxtto. Id ho,
Kt.LD IN AOTION. mCVIOUSLT RB
Wath'V-t omn " AlIXANDiN. Patanw,
miVATK A ATM ON tv VINdtLKTr 180S
KiKucott st.. rortuna. w. -
KILLIO. IN AOTION. ' PREVIOUSLY . N.
- PORTtO MISSINO
',7 FRIVATK WILLIAM M. WHARTON, Tak
una, vxaan. ... . ,
,WOUNOID-OtRIK UNOtTSRMINID
' Private W. . Kaley J. Oeopar, amaraaacs- ad
draw. Mrs. J. Cooper. Faraat Grora. .
Saeaaant 4amaa T. Imith, rroarwne; addraai
nn. noaa it. Baytna, MCMtnnnjia. irr.
i aA A. Oerelah, mananny "addraar. lira.
.'Cooeladed on. Pace .Three. Celejaa Three)
Grmatis
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By, Prank
(UepyrtcbV 1918. lr
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G
lihei
On
Line
-.tsoivipusir ire jarsx mstaiimenr ot a widoswingmg vicrman
i fetrcat-.whtch;caimot.iiow be more than .temporarily inter
, ; nipted until the. defeated, armies sUnd on the "line of the: Meuse
r ( river, from the Dutch frontier southwards This line passes through
Liege, Huy, Namur,-Dtnant. iGivet, Meaercsand Sedan; and there
v , bends eastward tq,tne-Meuse through the little fortress town of
, - iMontmedy, to. the great German' barrier of .Thieonville-Metz; in
': idethe German frontier '-.. i . ? V , .. ' , ; : - I ,
" Before the reach this Una. the 'nr.) ' .i- :
Before - they reach this line the'Ger-
.raan will be able to make brief halts
upon several other lines. They can, for
example, at and for a- lltUe . Jonger . on
- the line of the Scheldt, from Valen
ciennes to Qhent but the upward thrust
'of . the , 'British from Lecateau, - where)
they are already east of- the Scheldt
would make any longer stay dangerous,
;aa it would threaten the flank and rear
of aH the German forces to the north.
Washington. Oct. 19. fj. F- Strtv
ine not only for the quota of $8.000,000,.
000, but for an oversubscription, the
nation , this morning entered the last
day of the fourth Liberty loan cam
paJgn. . Proapecta were good .for oyer
subscription. . treasury officials said.
and workers everywhere were enthus
iastic The greatest loan in history ia
about to succeed. -
Half of the 13 federal reserve district
are witMa, a comparatively few points
of their minimum allotments. The oth
ers, with two exceptions, are not caus
ing much worry at loan headquarters
here. Only phlladelpMa and Atlanta
have given reason for uneasiness in the
minds of officials. However, the exec
utive committees of both of those dis
tricts are confident they will not disap
point the nation.
'The most encouraging feature of the
campaign has been the manner in which
the communities of small population
have responded to the government's
call for funds. None has stopped at its
quota.. Allt are plugging for double and
trebled subscriptions.
.r. .CaWornla., Comiag Over .
Ban' Francisco. Oct, 1. (1. N. 8.)
Reports received here today by Liberty
lean ofttcjais show- tnat 38 out ol 49
Northern iCalltorisJav -counties Tiave; ex
ceeded their fourth Liberty: loan quota.
The 49 counties have subscribed $71,-
2SS.050, or 91.7- per cent of their entire
quota. " -r. '
Ohio Counties Oversubscribe
" Cleveland, Oct l.-fU. P.)-Nlne
Ohio counties oversubscribed their Lib
erty . loaotii quotas-, today.' Ohio county
Wheeilng)v West i Virginia, has passed
Hs . quota of $8,162,400. r - ; .
Indiana Makes' Good
Indianapolis. Oct 19. (U. P.) Every
county in Indiana has reached its
fourth Liberty ' loan quota. Oversub
scription at ' noon today exceeded
$5,000,000. The figures for the state at
noon were $11L425.5S0.
Delaware I Oversubscribing
Wilmington, Del., Oct. 19. (U. P.)
Delaware has raised its allotment of
the fourth Liberty loan, which was $1
000.000. It is believed that this amount
will be oversubscribed by $3,000,000. -
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' , District Quota Seems1 Assured
San Francisco. Oct. 18. With . $300,
E50.000 of its $402,000,000 .quota officially
reported in the banks the twelfth fed
eral reserve .district today appeared cer
tain to reach its liberty loan goal when
last minute .. subscriptions Are In. , San
Francisco's total at noon was $86.883,-
zuu more tnan 920,000,000 short of its
quota. t - '
, ' New; York Far Oversubscribed ;:
c New" Tork. Oct 19, lt N.Sv)-.Wlth
more than $2,000,000,000 in subscriptions
to the fourth Liberty loan Teported un
officially this afternoon. the New York
district went away "over the top" In its
campaign to make the loan a success.
Washington Well Over Top -
Seattle, Oct. .19. (U. :P- The state
of Washington -has oversubscribed its
$8,000,000 Liberty loan by $2,000,000,
committeemen . announced at noon, to
day.
id
ofM
euse
H. Simonds
tort TrSMSjs. tee.)
ths Belgian coast
rnenacjng their, rearward v communlca-
tioni with- Brussela and Germany.
A. mere laborata ' defense . line has
been -prepared to the eastward, 'resting
In the -north on -the fortsof Antwerp,
and - thenoev on" the east banks of ,the
Scheldt and the Rnppel, aurvJng around
Bruseels, ; which it does not cover, and
stretching, southward to the fortress of
Make
Sid
rid:
Oooohxled m Pas Two, Colvwa Thrae) ;
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDA" Y EVENING,. OCTOBER. AW, 1918.
inn aaw n mm
All Banks to Be Open Between
k 6 and 8 o'Clock -Tonight That
All May Have Chance to Take
Fourth Liberty Loan Bonds.
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Over-Subscription of Million Is
Expected, Swift, & Co., Allo
cate $250,000 to Oregon; In-
, surance Companies' Buy More.
until the fourth Liberty loan
'officiaUy closes' &i- midnight."-mi-
Libesty loan - ianyagsing u "go-'
ing on in the cities and towns of
Oregon today, although th state's
quota is over-subscrid. . tlrst,
: because Sectary: MeAdoo asked
for the final effort to help put
the country as a whoW over the
. top and, second, ; because . there
"may be some who have lacked
or 'avoided opportunity to do
their part in financing .America's
part in the world war.
; Although the state' has substantially
oversubscribed the loan. . delays in re
ports from banks, due to clerical diffi
culties, indicated this morning $107,000
shortage of the amount to be officially
(Continued on Pica Two. Column One)
Abuse of Journal is Transparent
Camouflage, Declares State
, Grange Master.
C E. Spence, - master of the state
grange, declares that the people of the
state- are in favor of the. delinquent tax
reform and the reduction of the statu
tory cost of printing legal 'notices.
"Camouflage of the most transparent
type, which deceives no one," is Mr.
S pence's characterization of the persist
ent campaign of abuse of The Journal
and its publisher which has been carried
on by the opponents Of the proposed re
forms. " These 'attacks. In his opinion,'
are evidence of the weakness of the
arguments against the two bills, which
will appear on the ballot in the Novem
ber elecUon. , . . -
Mr. S pence believes that The Journal
should be commended for the stand
.(Oosclaoaa cm Pace Two. Column Two!
. Germany Within
The first of a series f articles
setting forth personal? experi
ences of: a Chicago newspaper
man lusts returned.from-a week
- in Germany in quefst of informa
tion on tactuI -conditions there.
. Edith Cavell
Brand Whltiock! relates the cir
enrastances attending the' arrest
-and trial Of -the British nurse.
JEdith Cavell, by the German -military
authorities' in Belgium three
- years ago. - i r. -
. Our Soldiers ;
1 The"' solders' - letter page and"
'other, articles wilt afford inti
f. mate : glimpses - of how. fares it
''-with our" boys over there,- .' -
Other features of first magnP
tude will supplement the news in
v The Sunday Journal ,
- - Tomorrow .'
By Frank J. Taylor
With the American Armies In France,
Oct. 1. (Seoa) The Americans today
made a new advance of about two kilo
meters (a mile aad a quarter) In the re
gion north of Champagnenlle. and Baa
thevflle (a front of abont IS miles).
The doaghboys at once-began organls
ing their new positions.
The Germans, are hastily streagthen-
lag their defenses along the heights
west of AlnereTlUe (five miles north of
Brlealles) which are roughly about two
kilometers north of the present line.
Bjr Kewton C. Parke
With the American Army Northwest
of Verdun, Oct 19. L N. S.) In heavy
rtgntmg- raaay the Germans were
driven from Loges wood and from the
northern edge of Grand Pre, where they
had succeeded in emplacing a few ma
chine guns. Later the Americans with
drew from the forest when the Germans
shelled It with mustard, gas. but ' con
tinued to hold both sides of it.
Northward of Cote De. ChatiUon
American patrols entered the strong en
tanglements pi - the- Kriemhilde line,
passing beyond them. ,
.Patrol. encounters continued through
out the day .until darkness felU.
The Germans had counter-attacked In
thu. sectors of " Grand Pre ' and Loges
wooa on-Thursaayi night driving back
the American lrne slightly.. -
The noisiest unit " of the American
army was sent in to win back the
ground. The doughboys attacked with
fixed . bayonets, yelling like . wild In
dians.' Uproarious , cheers announced
the capture of the first German line.
As the progress continued through the
woods there was continuous cheering.
"They .came at us like demons." de-
(Concluded ea Page Two.- Column 8area)
Serbian Railway
Town Is Captured
By Serbian Army
London, Oct 19. (I. N. S.) The im
portant Serbian railway town of Krai
Jevo, 80 miles south of Belgrade, has
been captured by the Serbiajfs, the Ser
bian war office announced today.
The Austro-Germana are being pur
sued in the direction of Trstenik. 21
miles east of Kraljevo.
German airmen are' active in bomb.
Ing- liberated cities.
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SENATORS HELP
HILiE every city and-hamlet In America' has been hard at
YY
tne nation s capital has been doing its p art too. Here is a photograph of three of the best
known senators in Washington pledging a substantial portion of the salaries they eet
fron Uncle Sam to help the boys at the front, Vice President Marshall is selling the bonds;
Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts is signing his pledge; behind him is the tajl and lanky C. S.
Thomas of Colorado, one of the keenest wits in the senate, urging the plutocratic Bay-stater to
"buy another," while next in line is our own George E. Chamberlain; always at the front where
duty is concerned. .
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French Commission Hears It Was
Prepared, Then Withdrawn;
London Chronicle Says Kaiser
Abdicated, Rescinded Action.
Copenhagen Publishes Alleged
Text of Note in Which Ger
many Refuses to Withdraw
Submarines; Cruelties Denied.
COPENHAGEN. Oct 19. (L N.
jSO-rThe German reply to
; President Wilson's latest note "was
published la Berlin 4 Friday ev-:
'. ning. . and, according " td advloe
from the .German capital, it con
tained the following points:
1. Germany cannot cease her
submarine ! war, '
2. There is" no definite agree
ment on an armisticj.
, 3., President Wilson's demands
- are not rejected.
4:- Denial is made that Germans
, perpetrated-, cruelties ' and rob
beries in occupied territory.
Washington, Oct 19. (L N. a Swiss
advices reaching the French high com
mission today Indicate that at the last
moment - the German authorities with
held the dispatch to Washington of the
German reply to President Wilson's de
cision. The report says :
"The conferences held . on Thursday
by the German government to- examine
what answer was to be made to Presi
dent Wilson lasted all day. The war
cabinet held a five-hour sitting at which
the military leaders were present The
official papers already had- announced
the sending of the . note. At the last
moment important aconsiderationa must
have prevented its dispatch. It seems
(Concluded on Pace Two. Column Fin.)
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TEN PAGES,
ITH .the American Army !
North west of Verdas, Oct. 18.
(I. If. 8.) (Delayed)
Llestenant Cook of Asdertoa, Iad
Is the newest American aee. He
shot down his fifth Bocae this aft
ernoon daring the great bombing
raid ever the German lines.
Cleveland A. XeDermott of Syra
cuse, If. T was shot dowa la Tfo
Han's Land, hat he crawled back
to the American Uaei In safety.
A lone Boehe who daringly at
tacked aeverat American machines
was shot down. He swung loose
from bis machine on a par achate.
He coolly destroyed papers he car-
ried , while drifting to earth aad
when he was captured had a cigar
ette -la his month mad was waiting
for a light. '
F
Yandy, Four Miles North
of
Vouzieres, Lost by Huns;
Gains Made on Oise.
London, Oct. 1 (4:17 p. m.V (L X.
8.) British and American troops fight
ing at LeCateavn hove made a total ad
vance of three miles, it was, learned this
afternoon. The, ftghtia gon this part of
the treat la the most Intense fighting of
the war, according to reports.
. London.-' OcC 19. (l H)S p..' wu Tha
French .have captured Vandy, four rniles
north of Vousleres. according- to battle
front 'dispatches received here today.
This Indicates that the - Important
railway town of Vouzieres has been
captured, or rendered untenable.
Paris, Oct. 19. fU. P.X French troops
crossing, the Oise canal on a wide front
have approached to' within a mile and
a quarter of Guise, the French official
cqmraunlque indicated today. Addi
tional gains were made in the Aisne re
gion west ofAttigny. -"During
the night the First army con
tinued its victorious advance and drove
the enemy, who attempted to hold at all
costs, from the west bank or tne oise,
said the communique.
We reached tho canal from east of
the Andigny forest to north of Haute
ville. Hannappes, Tupigny and Noyales,
also the majority of the localities bor
dering on the canal are in our hands.
"During the battle in this region since
October 17 we have taken over 3000
prisoners. 20 guns, many luaehlne guns.
Important materia and a complete mil
nitlon train.
"On the Alsne front we cleared out
the enemy between the Aisne and the
canal west or Attigny, took Ambly and
Haut and some prisoners."
LIBERTY LOAN
work on the Fourth Liberty loan
nyflftr'""r;"-'t vs-i' 'aw wu 1
nil
GAINS IN SOUTH
PRICE TWO CENTS
Recognition Given Gzecho-Slovaks by
United States Necessitates Change in
Conditions, He. Says, Leaving Their
Future Welfare to Their Own Decision
Austria, Says Note, Must Satisfy Defacto
Belligerent Government's Aspirations;
Austrian Note Differs Somewhat From
Text Which Was Cabled Froml Vienna"
W
ASHINGTON, Oct. 19(1. N. S.) The United Stas can
n longer accept as4a basis for peactf with Austria-Hungary
.the conditions set forth by President Wilson in his 14 neace
suggestions inide public (?n January 1 8. 2The president has so in- -formed
AWU;:stat ' : '
. "Since.that sentence was, written (that the people of Austria
Hungary should 'be accorded the freest opportunity for autono
mous development) -the government -of the United States has
recognized that a state of belligerency exists between the Czecho
Slovaks and the Austro-Hungarian empire and that the Czecho-
Slovak national council is a de facto belligerent government'
clothed with proper authority to direct the militarsfc and politicaf
affairs of the Czecho-Slovaks. It has also recognized in the fullest
manner the justice of the nationalistic aspirations of the Jugo
slavs for-freedom. -'" " -
"The president is therefore no longer
at liberty to- accept the mere 'autonomy
of these peoples as a basts for peace,
but it is obliged to insist that they,
and not he. shall be the judges of what
action on the part of the Austrian-Hungarian
government will satisfy their
asplratl6ns and their conceptions of
their rights and destinies as members
ot the family of nalln8.
The reply of the president was trans
mitted late Friday night through the
Swedish minister here, who represents
Austro-Hungarian interests in the United
States. .,
Cseehs Declare Independence
It was not made public nnttl today be
cause the Csecho-Slovak national coun
cil was desirous of first giving to the
world Its new declaration of Independ
ence which was published in full this
! morning.
The complete text of the president's
) note, as made public by the state de
I partment today, was as follows r -
From the Secretary or state to -the
Minister of Sweden Depart
. ment ofaState. Oct 11. 191S. Sirs ;
I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your note of the ,7th In-
stant in which you transmit a com
munication of the imperial and
royal government of Austria-Hun-. .
gary to the president I am now
instructed by ths president to ire
quest' you to be good 4 enough,
through your government to . con
vey to the imperial and. royal gov
ernment of Austria-Hungary ths
following reply i v
. "The president deems It his duty-,
to say to the . Austro-Hungarian
government "that "he . cannot, enter
tain the present suggestions, of that "
government, because - of certain
events of utmost importance which,
. occurring sine the delivery of hi
address of ths Ith of January last,
have necessarily altered the attitude)
and responsibility of the govern
ment of th United States. Among';
the 14 terms of peace which the
' i president formulated at .that thus
occurred jthe following:' - " . - ' - ' '
- "X The peoples of - .Austria-Hungary,
whose place among the nations
we wish to. safeguarded and",
assured, should - bsV accorded - th
freest'- opportunity of autonomous
developroent i';- ' 'f .,
i "Since that- sentence was written J
and uttered to th Longress of th ,
United States the government of th..!
' United States ;Tna'. recognised ;-,tha"
a" state f - belligerency - xlsts beV:
tweerr th Csecho-Blorak-andf th '
German and Austro-Hungarian em- -
" pires . and- that ' th - Csecho-Slovak
national council tawar.,d facte-bel-.
- ligerent iyorernmeiit etothedv? wtth -'proper
authority -to direct ttim mO '
tary and political affairs' of ' th
v, Csechc-Slovaka. It ha- Js- roef
ecntsed in the ; fullest manner the ?
Justlca of the - nationalistic' asptra-
'-tions ti m,. jogo-oiavs ior xrev
dorp. '. - -J y .--.
y Aatoaemy Will Ket 8sffl
- Th ' president Is," tberaforn, .no
longer at. liberty to accept the mere
autonomy of these, .people i-as av .
basis of peace, but 1 obliged to in
sist -that tfcy nd ' not he shall be
'.s -the t judges .f what . action vn tha 1
part of tha. Aostro-Hungariari gw
l TRAIN" AND HCW
STAND riVI OINT
ernment will satisfy their aspira
tions and -their conception of then- '
rights and destiny as members of .
the family of. nations."
Accept, sir, tie renewed assurances
of my highest consideration. ' s
(Signed) ROBERT LANSING.
The text of the oririnal Austrian note.
together with th norrimunicatian from
the Swedish minister which accompanied
w, was maae pumto at the 'same time.
The Austrian note differ considerably
from 'the text as cabled from -Vienna,
and was as follows: -
"The Austro-Hungarian ' monarchy
which has waged war always and solely
as a defensive war and repeatedly given
documentary evidence of its readiness to
stop the shedding of blood and to arrive
at a just and honorable peace.- hereby
addresses Itself to his lordship, the presi
dent of the United States of America:
ana orrers to conclude with him and his
allies an armistice on every front on land, '
at sea 'and In the air and to enter im
mediately upon negotiations for a Mace :
for which the 14 points In the message
ei rTesioeni wuaon to congress of Janu-
ary , 19ls and the four .points con-:
talned In President-Wilson's address of
February 12, 191S, should serve . as a
foundation and in which the viewpoints
declared by President Wilson In his. ad
dress of September 27. lilt. wUl also be
taken Into account '-..
Arriericart : Aviatoii fc!fiate; in
j 35, kiBM0iymiout,: '
Loss vf Maclims. -
WEES DOWN 15
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,- ' vTBy'Bert; Ford ' ' ' -
ynth ' thi American Army North s
of Veiun, Oc--19a. N. a)-.Flfteen
German planes have been shot down, by "
the Americans In this sector yesterdar
and today Th Americans took sv part -in
IS combats and did net suffer the lose
Of a machined ,i-s-i-:i.-t-"
-Fourteen ' of - the combats took ntM : ,
this morntng and in six of them the
Americans shot down their German op
ponems. ne otner zi comnate oocuned
yesterday af Urnoon wbea the 140 Aroer
leaa -macbines were returning crom their
great raid wer-towps held by the Oer- -mana.
Nin' Germans were sent down .
In those combats. , !, -. - s - ; . . . . .
- Yesterday's bombing: expedition was s i
onevof;the biggest-and most successful v.-
the Americans ever pulled off, r They ef-
fectjvsly bombed Bayonvllle, , Busaocy. "
RemenvUlo-ejid other enemy concentre' '-
Uon points. '':v Five tons of bombs werp 'r.
burled down on the Germans.
-There were 60 day bombing planes in ,j
the. group.-. They ' were protected by , S6j
pursuit planes. The pursuit - planes : v
dropped small : bombs and. harassed the f
enemy by machine run -fir from a low '
lUtude, , j . .- C ; v fA k' -
t