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I t "J i THE OREGON DAIIsY, JOURNAt, PORTLAND, ' SATURDAY, "OCTOBBR.T 19, 1918.. 1 h, r 1 j. ,r - - I AM 100 Jotal Cases ' Reported .Number 1007, but Only 10 Per ; Cent Believed of Spanish Variety. -j '- Man dies at-auditorium Extra Accommodations Supplied ! to Accommodate Total of f 200 k Patients; Quarantine Stands , fUoordi at the Portland health bureau show that only about 100 cases ot Span ish lafluensa have been reported, In the city to dat. ; Altogether. 1007 cases of ailments of similar character, Including the old fashioned "grip." bad colds and pneu monia had been reported up to noon to day, but a bare 10 per cent of these could be classed as Spanish Influents, it was declared at the health bureau. The situation this morning was highly encouraging, although 115 new cases in cluding all sorts ot aiuec. ins. naa Deen reported since Friday. No intimation was given, however, of when the sweep ing closing order is to be moainea. The first death at the temporary rau- nlclpal hospital in The Auditorium was that r nrea Anaerson, agea . borer, who died early this morning. An derson was taken to The Auditorium Friday evening in a very serious condi tion from pneumonia, his aunt, sirs. Helen Carlson, lives at Astoria, . KTtre accommodations tor patients have been supplied at The Auditorium hospital, where there are now 75 pa tients. A new ward has been opened and there are now beds for 200. The hospital was established because or tne congestion st the regulsr hospitals. Reports of new Spanish influensa cases continue to reach the state board of health. Soto and HiUsboro reported new cases this morning, and Danes re- portea m new cases. BONDS TO BE SOLD IN ' CITY UNTIL MIDNIGHT (ConUoacd from Pas Oot) sported. Oregon reporu show ap- iroxlmately leO.OOO individual subscrib ers, but it is believed complete reports will show over joo.ooo. Emery Olmstead. chairman of the Portland committee, personally arranged that Liberty temple should be kept open all day and until midnight to receive subscriptions or give information. Bask Are Opes Tonlgal All banks wilt be open between the hours of 6 and S o'clock this evening to receive belated subscriptions. "Portland's subscription to the fourth Liberty loan will exceed tl9.000.000," an nounced General Guy W. Talbot of the Portland subscription division this morning. The city's quota is $18,- 343,000. It remained for the closing day of the campaign to produce the largest sub scription from a foreign corporation & C. Ogsbury. Portland representative or Swift Co., received a message from his company, stating that it had allo cated 3260.000 of Its fourth Liberty loan subscription to Portland. This amount in Itself Is double the oversubscription anticipated irriaay. "At the sams time. ,sald Mr. Olmstead. "we have received notice from a number of insurance com panies, announcing doubling of their subscriptions and consequent doubling oc ineu- rornana allocations." When the final returns are checked some time next week, is is expected that Oregon's quota of 333,708,100 will have been overHUbscribed Mr at least million dollars, according to Robert E. Ssiith, executive manager of the Liberty loan in uregoti. Maay Por Headers Sabserlbe Final figures on the loan camcaie-n in Portland will show that between 101,000 and 102,000 Individuals contributed to tne success 01 the drive in this eltv as against 35,000 subscribers to the third loan. This is a substantial increase over the first estimates. ' ' ' Banks all over the state will continue te receive subscriptions to the loan to day. An initial payment of 10 per cent must accompany the subscription, the deferred payments to be made as fol lows : November 11.- 30 per cent J tecem , ber 19, 20 per cent; January 13, 20 per cent; January .30. 30 per cent.,. .; . "Every dog has his day," according to an old familiar adage. But the 'pro verbial dog is to be counted lucky as compared with the modern day Liberty loan slacken For their days shall be many and full of reproach, according to Liberty loan officials. , Slackers. Will Be Branded ' K ; Those who failed to contribute to the ucoess ot the fourth loan campaign in proportion, to their ability to so -con tribute axe to be marked men and women f rem- bene forward. And the ffunishment for their disloyalty to their - - country In a time of heed Is hot to be . limited to a dose of -pitiless publicity." ,' either.; ' M r " ,7 :' f'For those upon whom tonbllcitv Mm. ';. Jngly has no effect a pubUe trial under the auspices ot the . County; and 8tate txranciis or oetense is suxarested as : .probable means of producing - the de- airea results. " '' 'Not that such methods are expected to contribute to the success tot the fourth Uberty loan, officials point out but for the . effect they will have on tho fifth and sixth and seventh Liberty loans, which. Secretary. McAdoo asserts, win be necessary even if peace should be oeoiarea xoaay- The letter ef instruction On this " ef the loan campaign, .which - Is being sent to every county manager In, the atata 'by Robert IS. Smith, execntlv manager zor tne unerty loan In Oregon. '.,' L; : .vXatraetiess te Xasagers Ths publication of the names of the "'slackers has received m.re consideration ' in ths fourth Liberty loan than In any . : 0 tho preceding loans., , The , slacker ovil Is not nearly so great to Oregon as It is In many ether states, and for this reason the Oregon-.State Central. Liberty - Loan., committee -and local ,oramitteee bare not given, as - much; attention to this problem as Liberty, loan committees la otner'stea..-; ..4-,is-A!h.;i1 '' ' "! "However, every Liberty loan worker In Oregon knows that there are slackers and fully; Sppreoiates the necessity :fat adequate measures' xor bandling such eases. l inwriunaiciy m t iew ; ox Tour citizens refuse, to do their part unless they art driven; to Jt- Future Liberty loans cannot be successfully floated un less flagrant cases of slackers are pun- .lshed througn adequate publicity.-" -1 "A rr r en ur tns general v exeeaOvo Aboard at Ean Francisco is of the same - opinion, .and. no, doubt ' this opialosi Is ' ; '" ..-. 'A :,.. ; TO BE based r on a careful study of th situa tion, la each ot the L Wrtern states. W ar today In receipt of the following telegram, which will speak for turn i - The following resolution was Moot ed today s - Resolved. That the general executive board-, of the Twelfth federal reserv district Approves . tne puoucs tlon, wherever considered necessary hy local Liberty loan committees and where careful investigation has first been made. SSSJS'ltt&SZl fceve felled to subscribe to the fourth Liberty loan or have made flagrantly Inadequate subscriptions . - Pabli JTrlal for Disloyalist TVher you have cases of slackers who do not seem to be affected by the publication ot their names. X would rec- oramend that the cases. be reported to this office, la order that we may enlist the assistance of the State Council of Defense.. A public trial, held under the l f ff ATaift auspices of the County and State ceun-1 oils of Defense should produce-results. and this office will be glad to assist you in securing such cooperationT4 While, of course, the publication of the names ot pired will not produce any funds for t,ta wm nt riiir anv funds fori J1:"?. enow mow pcrnua wno win uiwn mmj-1 mice in oroev to guDscnoe tne nmn. that the local and stats Liberty loan tors had been very uiet lately. -organisations ars treating them fairly 'Suddenly a German pursuit plane and It should produce results in the dropped out of the clouds overhead In fifth campaign." With a einci ezceDtion every emcloye on the lines of the Southern Pacific north I of Ashland has subscribed to the fourth J Liberty loan. The man who stands In I 20 feet away trom us, ins lire scorcn the way ot 100 per cent subscription for t int us as It tell. employes on these lines is a bridge car- penter who has not been long in the nui aoout minute aiier my para employ of the road. Every effort Is be- chute bad opened. Then be drove past ing made to line him up for a subscrlp- ring not at me but at the para- Uon today. T,. ... iiAi 4t. flAutham Paifm iin. r,A rtir .m. gate subscriptions up to Friday night to- The 869 employes In the Alblna shops of the O-W. K. ft N. lines are 100 per cent subscribed. Latest reports show thelr total subscription to be fl20,50, or 1111.13 per capita. LIEUL LESLIE TOOZE CAUGHT BY SNIPER IN BATTLE Well Known Oregon Boy Gives Life While Gallantly; Serving Cause of Liberty. eaiem, or., oct. 13. lieutenant Lesiie 1 GERMAN Orland Toose. son of Walter L. Toosel the Dyle for a considerable distance. wlth the enemy east of Vred and Cat Sr, of Salem, and widely known in South of , Namur it follows the line telet. (seven miles northeast ot Douai). " n .1 " twln was aiuea m r ranee eepiemoer zs ry a uer- man sniper, according to a message re- J delved last nlsht bv Mr. Toose. Lieutenant Tooze was 23 years old, a .Ja- . . T. . . . - A r LllCii IbLUlUK; WClWCTIi .L, UU XW graduate of the University of Oregon werp. to envelopment and capture, eince hain, and have captured the important and a student in ths law department of it would cut their lines of communica- railway center of Wassigny, Field Mar Harvard .university when he enlisted Uon and etat- - shal Halg reported tonight Fighting is In ths tfmr. St attndMt ts r,tn.' . ----- training camp at ths Presidio, while his twin Brother, Limv, attended the 1 Fiattsburg , training camp - Both re I oeived second lieutenants' commissions and joined each other at Camp Lewis, I where both were promoted to first lieu- tenants. They wers together in France. I writing to his father Just before he L left Camp Lewis, Lieutenant Tooze said:tnme, tney must maae it on tne ueuse, "We leave for France soon. I expect I have long recognized this fact to return. But if I fall you will know I since they have Insisted in days of uiai my me nas Deen puromuea St the highest price it ever could command, for the greatest cause history has ever known, the great cause ot human liberty for the world. He displaybd conspicuous gallantry In j battle in which he lost his life, said the came message to nis ratnsr, Two Die of Influenza SaJem. Oct. 19. Fred A. Deranleau I son of Mr. and Mrs. Lucian A. Deran- leau who live on a PolV eountv farm I near Salem, died yesterday of Spanish I influenza at Camp Kearney. Cat, whfle 1 ,co uuci 11c, buii ui jnr. uia iurs. 1 o. uuerne of Turner, died from samel disease wnil attnaing tn Officers I training camp at. Camp Tayler. Ky, lo- I cording to messages received last night. 1 rne Domes 01 notn young soldiers will I be brought to Salem. SPENCE IN FAVOR OF REFORM BILL (Continued From Pace One) taken by it in the Interest of th tax- payer of the state, and expresses th conviction, bucq on statements, gleaned I iri?m "mVZ 8ecti0n ff the state, that both ( t t . . ."Tt w OTBr-J whelming vote at the polls on November 1 next. I Letter sees Host eood 1 The pubiicauon of the dellnauent I taxes is an unnecessary additional ex pense to the unfortunate taxpayer, wh Is already financially embarrassed and only serves to add humiliation to his un fortunate . circumstances. Th penalty provided By law Is sufficient nunishment for delinquency and a protection against loss to outer taxpayers or the state," Mr. S pence says. , "Notice of delinquency by letter is ). rect and economical and will reach 95 per cent more of the delinquents, while publication In the newspapers will reach less than 50 per cent" he continues. A letter from the sheriff of ths coun ty will receive due consideration while public notices in the papers are seldom read except by those directly Interested. in wis case in tax title shark is very much interested and f lnda his pickings already listed and published tor his eon-1 venlence. .. . "Publication of the dellnauenev im no protection against the tax title shark m" " viDTcuu nun rrom navin tna taxes, nor prevent th sale of th land. Abas Is Cantosflag , Th other bin. flxina- tia uubllcatlon of leeal nifl- iV .IJSl inattftMf tn th m , t. I " ' jusuried m the fact that It gives a good h -ShV U UBUUy Cn 'or a tSir..-v- 1 AUael?on ,ck" It? 2r.t ?. fn2 by Prs that ;J-TViu m coa tmuance Of delinquent tax, publication only show to the disinterested voter that they haver. a -weak case and ar com- peued to Tesort to mlsrenreaantaMaa mm. a the calling of names to make a showing, . The ttorlala being published call- ing Mr. Jackson a mUllonalr' and a slngle t axerr and stating hat The Jonis. nal:has it in for th conntrr -m-Mu M Imnt, ..... 1 ' ""v tvmm " ytcjuaice, camouflage of the most transparent type, and de- ceive no one." :The v upon their merits. - - i,5'r?m.th? Presslona 1 hav LlJl'.at the state, both bills wUl carry by over- m-h.tT- ZllZ;.. ZUl Terr nHWMUBie IlislsnriLlsn. .1 ' .-. r- " : tl) . t - i HON Fie CUTS PARACHUTE ROPF Deliberate Act of Cruelty by Ger- man Fails -to Kill Amer ican Observer. By Bobert WeUes Bltchle T.-4a fW H Iw at of TAflned q,, eeUy 4000 feet above cer- tain battlefield was related to me to day , at the. great hospIUl .at NeulUy occupied by the allies, naA. .nnA k mmtkTWMi i.Uii fino- aXmt. m h,.n cause he Is not -yet listed as a casualty. This American was descending in a parachute when a 'German aviator f Here is his story: , 1 "Another lieutenant observer and my oot.'11-a-xc. R)-i:i p. . . - - i . i la straight nose dive toward our oai- I loon, firing explosive bullets. We ira- mediately took to our parachutes. The biasing balloon collapsed ana piungea "I did not see the German aviator ehute ropes. I saw tracer bullets over- staa naa cue wo ropes. lob pr- chute began to wobble and threatened .li?1118" . angle guns) whose shells were menac ing me as well as him. T - ft ,.A '.S "I tried to use my revolver, hoping but 1 was hamnered bv the harness. The coward deliberately grinned at my first shot. Then he fired again at ths ropes. Z felt a sudden Jar. - I saw the third rope swiftly unravelling; it had been cat Just then s shell burst near and drove the plane away, "Imagine my sensation. swinging 1 helplessly in the air watching the rape, WO- yaruili Ui WUIVU VUUIU JJtUUS, me ! Well, the parachute collapsed about 30 feet above a forest Here 1 am. and' my only hope Is to 'get back and get a chance at that German 1 aviator. I remember his plane number I yes, X got his number." GERMANS TO MAKE CTAMn AM uriier lu(aoenl'lu(I' we capiurea saasing O I Alt U Urt lYlLUOL hlen and . completed the capture of By Frank B!v Sluoads' iVoMtaued from Fag Om) iffamur. bArdrin the east bank of ?r"r Thi fa a vrv wtrrmtr vtm. wwh na - been elaboratelv fortified, but Its weakness lies in the fact that a sua- Icesaful . penetration north of Namur would expose the Germans still further to the north between Louvain and Ant- " r": r""0. "r. I uermans wiu nave aeiensivs ime or really great natural strength, for ths euss is a consiaeraoie stream dciow wamur. uney wouxa nave tne rorta 1 " Liege and Namur, which have been reconstructed as.supporUng works, and I ooa and easy rearward communications I vim ucrranj. t mo uermans are to 1 mass any suocessrm stand west p. ins prosperity u wm nw ironuer os Germany should begin at the Meuse river. Armies Preserved Intact TMumlt thlr verv humr Atfttt, tVi Oermans have, up to tho present mo- ment preserved their armies intact al- though the latest collapse between the Scheldt and the sea may turn out to I be fatal to the whole scheme of an orJerlT retreat to tho Meuse line. Un- j QuesUonaably they have foreseen the I necessity of the retreat for some weeks na have already brought back much 02 their heavy artillery and material to I - aiBw' waya posaioia wnen troops " wwu iwuuwu w n ivui uuo 1 the German armies have been, we j my expect to see a fairly rapid e vacua- "u" VL "'" or xciuiu u ui wn- night including Antwerp .and Brussels. Concentrated behind th Meuse, If they get there safely, the Germans will have shortened their front by upwards of 100 miles, as compared with the front of last July. ' Water Will Bar All Tanks Even more important tor them will be th ta that th.v -oHl Iunun them and the fen-iM. tatifr a t rier, which win for a time. ,t least hold m the Ascntkn ef whut hu K- com th most dangerous weapon of tneir zoo, ah things considered, the I Germans seem to have about an even j chance of srettlnr behind the Umn in safety, provided tneir home front aom not crumwe Deiore tneir battieline collapses. But the lln ofth Meuse can only be a way station on the road to the Rhine. because,, once the Germans have retired to it nothing Is more certain than that Foch will renew his attack.' not In Bel glum, but in Alsace-Lorraine, where there Is no water barrier and the op-1 poriuniiy Tor a successful invasion, both through the Belfort gap and between Met and Strassburg. is unmistakable. A stand at the Meusa will b no more than an effort to check pursuit while tne aipiomauc end of the German -ma chine can make terms which will save ! the. militarv branch from maoUu - structlon. ' : ;1 vnn nm. Wnlie the German armies - north f Valenclennea ar swinging back. It is a matter of life and death for the bal - I ance ot th nemT force between Vain - I clenne - and Dun. and Dartleularlv be - tweonth Argonn and th Meuse where I w ' ahwticu armies are xierntine 1 fward. to hold back th flood, which, f iL7 TZTa jirougn,vwouio win 5?i?zl?2 tra-n"t xum ironwer rvpwat . ob an enormous , scale- rtna French, disaster of Sedan. - For the next 'w day. this possibility Lwm be reat f ..remote. It wm ; inescapable, it " nT collapse anywhere. The German are thu approaching th last I anon, "wner they must stand- if they are to preveat an invasion of Germany at th point wher they can least resist invasion ; namely, along ,thBelglan fmnH,, wMt nt ;iijaii,n. Bni. an . Invasion ' would meet next to no natural obstacle and no military barrier to th way -of th 'fortresses mtji it reached the Rhine- before Coiecne? "it I would have an ncn rotfwv tn thai I ..... f . a : . . . . . . luuunruu. ngnun u .um nvtr Rhta.' In a word, the Belgian front is the only fatally weak spot in Germany's defensive armor . "u V Allies Striklar tor Gcrmaay -'C ; And If th Germana Cannot rally at ? Mu and hold'that barrier the 1 7' I 1Bn? campaign WOl go forward I IbSMneb 1ie ! T1 1 ,f"-, probablllty Foch will be in on German sou and - la - Aix4a-Chapell before Christmas. Surrender. - a Sedan, or a failure to .hold the Meuse line these s re three poaaibillties which the Ger mans must now face Immediately vBut it he is able temporarily to hold the Meuse line, then invasion from the south in an early campaign la'im, will in any event, compel him to draw his lorees baclt to the Rhine. Meantime, ws have to recognise that "unconditional surrenderee may now be come -a military:, fact before German statesmanship can accept it as an ines capable political necessity. 6000 HUNS UP AGAINST . .'' BORDER OF HOLLAND (Coatihacd tro m Om) ' or sunk. N? i, . The Germans destroyed; their coastal batteries at ZeebruEge and sank three wrea the city, this morning. t ? - m.1 Th alliMi are now assaulting the uerm&n positions in the vital sector ot the ? Sambre river. The Sambre line covers the German position at Maubeuge. Maubeuge is a fortress In Eastern Trance. It was taken by the Germans in the autnmn of 1914. liondoru Oct 1-(I. N.a :40 P m.) BritiBh troops pushed on . east of Turcoing. captured BeUegbem, Rolleg hem and JJuinghe. Courtral has been completely cleared of the enemy. . London. Oct 1. (L N. R) Advanc- tag' on the front southeast of Cambral. the British have Captured Mazinghien. four miles southeast of Le Cateau, and have completed the occupation of Basuel, the war office announced today. (Amer ican forces are fighting with this Brit ish army.) Capture of Wasslgny, an Important roau center 11 miles southeast ot Cam' hrai. was reported In the night com- ,MUHUC' " f vwo uay onuan Americans nave captured 5J0O pris- oners. British Official Report London. Oct 19. (TJ. P.) British anfe American troops have captured Mazing- hlen, southeast of La Cateau and have completed the capture of Bazuel, Field ..at, a.llivuiivcu .vujr. -The BrlUsh continue to advance north of the Senses canal, making an addi tional gain of more than three miles on a wide front northeast ot Douat Kast.of LiUe the British crossed. ths Marque river and approached to within less than eight miles or Tournay. "Further progress was made y ester day evening northeast of Bohaln," ths Basuel. , "North of the Senses canal our ad vance'eontinues. We have driven the and Pecquencourt and are in ' contact "Further north, advanced detachments crossed the Marque between Salnghin tna onerous iti vo mui ana a nan east of Lille), and are approaching the latter. London, Oct 18. (U. P.) (Delayed) British and American troops continued their attack between Le Cateau and Bo font on in uw region. Further progress was mads on the whole front from ths North sea, to the senses river. Additional advances of more than five miles were made between r,me and Douat The British cantured Tourcoing and Roubaix and passed sast- ward of those cities. Occupation of Douai was completed. "Anglo-American . troops " continued tneir attack between Bohaln. and Le Cateau today and made good progress in cooperation with the French- on their right" the statement said. "Despite heavy resistance, the enemy was driven from his positions. We captured Was signy and RibeauvUls and entered Ba suet where fighting is still going on. We took 1200 prisoners and a few guns in these operations v "Between the Senses canal and the Lys river the enemy retreat forced bv the &1- lied success, continued. Despite consld- arable opposition by the enemy's rear guards, we made a further advance of five miles. General Home's first army completed the capture of Ioual and progressed east ...w .. . . mo general line 01 siarQuetio - nin - us - ireysnt va mum ana a nan weet ot Bouchaln). Masny (five miles east ot DouaJ), Berse (seven miles and a half nortneast 01 'isouai;, rxeun iiv mites southeast of Lille), Salgnpin (two miles northeast of Fretin) and Ascq (three miles and a half east of Lille). "To the! northwasd. General Plunder's second army advanced eastward of Rou baix and Tuscolng." Rapid Advances Made London, Oct 19. (L N. S.) Th Brit ish fourth array, on the front northeast of Cambral with which Americans ar I ftsfetina. tiaa nhiil linn 1 prisoners and 120 gun and haa taken the Tillages ot Basuel and : Gesslgnes, said a dispatch sent from the front last ,Mt - . I British cyclists, atUched to th army advancing between Menln and Turcoing. I mr. reported to -have reached Aelneke and 8t Anne, (Aelbeke is 11 miles northeast of Lille, in Belgium. St. Anne is a mile ana a half north of Aelbeke.) The second British army, which drove forward into Lille, advanced from Reck- era to Sternmoek and Knock in three hours' time. During Friday afternoon It pushed on to high ground beyond. ' Driving for Valenciennes ' By William FhHlp Slsinis Paris, Oct 19. (U. P.) The British I are making progress -in Uisir new blow, j which "menaces Valenciermea, only 3even miles distant. French and Americans ar pressing back th Oarman left west I A . Tt,n. ka Dn,t aw,!.. ... gradually being squeezed into the bottle 1 neck between Mets and Aix-La-Chapelle. It . w.tawA iim th t.niaiwt 1 ,.n.Mi , Mti. mmw tween th present lln and that lin. Dut v v., Ma .nniu m k. iimAnH,! a broken and Incapabl of great ffori i , .n, teollnr Is that If th allies do not man8 wm bo crushed then if not before. If is this - knowledge which drove th German leaders into asking for an ar M..'-.----.' sasasaBBi.agaw-aaaasW''r- - Deriia Yimt Office Report Berlin (Via London), Oct I (U. P. Repulae of Fnco-American attacks In th Argonn region waa reported by the German war office today. " ; Defeat : ef allied forcea on th Lr river northeast of Courtral .also was announced. ' " " ; ; ' - "Between Ol and Grand Pre re- newed Franco-American attacks broke down, the statement said. f ?Crt "Northeast of Courtrat we threw back across the c. river - enemy - detachments which had maintained positions there since the recent .fighting. -. - 'i . fii . m i i .i in i , w. . " ,' ' :" ' Spanish ' laflsessa - . ' . Guard against It br uslnr Formazin 1 1n the nose and - throat For sale by I Portland Hotel nhirmin nd y,mr I . r - - - -m w.w-w I oruggistsvAavg t. INMATES OF HOI ; PAY FOR SUPPLIES Commahdahi Markee Does Thriv ing Business in Matches and Tobacco. - Salem, Oct 1J. R. C. Markee, com mandant ot the Oregon Soldiers' home,! Is said to be doing a thriving business i at th home. i,Th state provides matches for - the j home and Mark sen the matches to the old-; soldiers, w That Markee ha established this lit tle industry wag., reported to- 1V B. Goodin. secretary of the state board of control, who visited the home laat week. 8ur I sell - matches to the old sol diers,'' said Markee, when Goodin ques tioned him about ths matter. "I sell thsW matches and tobacco." ; Goodin asked him what h did with the money. I buy postag stamps for th horn," replied TMrkee. i as tne matches are provided by the state, Goodin requested him to oas his traffic In them. The state is supposed to furnish th old soldiers in the honf with th things they -need without rs- Quiring th veterans to purchase them. , BBocKiag neglect Bereaiea l - A case nas just com to light which f reveals shocking neglect of inmates In I !h- w. xm. iioover, wno servea ra tn v;ivii war In th Thirty-third Wisconsin in fantry, was admitted to th horn about two years ago. H was thinly clad and In feeble condition, but he was assigned to a room on the third floor of the building and apparently no attention was paid to his condition. Hoover cllmbod fh stairs to and from hi. tll fin.tlv MuT,mMA the messroom floor as hs was endeav- orlng to go to hia dinnsr.A waitress I assistea nun 10 me mstiiuiion nospitau wher an examlnaUon by th nurse revealed that the old man's weakened condition was due te th fact that he was covered with sores and was almost There hav been frequent clashes be- Cross workers, who are to aid the de eaten up with vermin. No one knows tween th authorities throughout Ger- partment in keeping relatives Informed how Jong he had gone without atten- many and th leader of peace demon- of the exact, nature Of ail casualties, tlon. strations. But according to the best in- etc. Letters from wounded soldiers to Many complaints come from th home 1 against conditions at that Institution I under th management ot Commandant I Markee. On several occasions th state I board ot control has had to investigate charges and reports, and th board has had Marks on pi carpet before It but reports are to th effect that conditions have ndt Improved. t wittTMnm " inM.i Commandant Markee was appointed toZn artTr OoVrnoi WlttbV toi xi. ... ,v. .v. y""r- . ." institution wnen ins 'governor was sweeping out of office as many of th appointees of the former administration as he could reach. There has been trou ble at the horn almost ever sine. By interfering with th nurses and th general management of the hospital at th home, Marks caused so much trouble that or. s. a. Stewart, tn phy- it does with th direct situation in Aus-1 01 river; Tne Beigian-Brttish slcian.for the Institution, waa unable tria-Hugary. was th action ot theairlv ln Flanders had been radially to to keep his nurses, it was necessary for Czecho-Slovak national council in an-1 Bruges, Ohsnt and Turcoing. ' tne stat oo&ra ot control zinauy to or- der Markee to leave th management of tne noepttai enureiy to ur. Stewart. wnen in new nospitai nuuaing was in course of construction last year, Mar ks again caused troubl and had a row with th architect The board had to tak him to task, again. ' HUN NOTE IS HELD UP BY BERLIN OFFICIALS v. . (Cootlnaed From ft On) that th Question laid out ar so a-- ttoTt io reuin atsast a ssmbUnc of rious and th moral situation of Ger- hla former power, has Issued a procla many so disquieting that th imperial motion promising federaUon with local government,, oexore taaxnv irau ae - ciston, wisnes ail necessary aeuserauons to take place. j -Kaiser Withdrew Abdication Tjinmi rvt 1 TT T .TntT-VYl. tlon by thO ruling classes In Germany restored the kaiser after he had actual ly abdicated and interfered with the sending of a reply to President Wilson's last note, the Chronicle today declared It had reason to believe. According to this newspaper's belief. 1 kaiser abdicated for several hours. and Drobablv even slrned hia abdication. An agreement On an armistice under wuson's terms waa reacnea ana was actually under way when the ruling cast intervened, caused cancellation of the not ana restored th kaiser. - In connection with this report it was noted that there wer many rumors early this week of a reply already being en route. Then neutral news centers received accounts of the arrival In Ber - lin of Hindenburg and other military leaders, and at th same time rlota wer reported In th German capital. WASHINGTON AWAITS ARRIVAL? OF' HUN NOTE Wshington.0Oct 19.(L N. s!) Whill discontent increases throughout Ger- many, Washington today calmly awaited developments.. Officials had no word conoerDinK uio reperwa uennu answer te President Wilson's -decision. All ad vices reaching her from Berne, Madrid and Scandinavian points . agreed that th reply wa completed at s series of conferences in Berlin Friday. It waa supposed to be en route to Washington througV Swiss .diplomatic channels. " Bat omciais refused to get excited 'Over tn prospect If the reply accepted the latest condition of president then the next move ws up to Marshal Foch and the Versailles su preme war council, who would say just on what conditions an armistice was possible.' If the reply simply was an other effort to haggle. It had failed of Its object ta advance. Officials tAwalt Text Th summary of th reply cabled to- day from Copenhagen was too meager to -wwuiuwuv. w TOurwi, 'JSSmTlS wJtVtt,':W..y:fmr. ofaclal of th governmenuntil the complet amm vwu- T H t.. Mrt.l.' . I i. hagen reports ar true, little time will be wasted on the reply here. -Th very fact that Germany, declare " ft cannot at thiz ,tim stop submarln warfar will rsult official ar certain, in th presi dent paying a -attention to the balance nf tha i resorted . renrr. ' Ths' TTnltm State entered the war because Germany sopted-nnllmlted mthleas submarin ZZL7Z2ZL .SetTl!S! "l. . flrrf J,' JS.th ntfmTr 'J?6" 8tU nonld WUIMUBJ s,v AiSjUV VH Craeltles Ars Treves) cruelties at rrevsa Any denial by Germany that the Ger - man armv nernetratea enMIUee anil robberies in occupied territory eaa and wm mm anarpiy contraoteteq. -x nere is man atrocities And K ean b shown that da SieeMW. mmmmm .- mm 4-tmuum - - a.. - - rmmuTZZm rZ dered of the higher German army, ef- TZZ HT"' TZ..TrrZfj" - Cclala Even members of the- reigning 1 house caused French- and Belgian cha i teaus where they had established head- Quarters, to ba robbed and the centants taken back 'to Germany. And it has been -- understood "all along that - ths , French and British governments have complied complete evidence ' along this line for us against those guUty, after Geraass Msst Aeeeft Terns tb statement that there Una agrs- ment on an armistice Is more or loss 1 amusing.' Germany will -have nothing to say about the armistice whan Jt ac tually does come other than to accept th trms which vmi b laid down by the commander-in-chief - of th allied armies - and th suprem war - council. These -terms will be suchthst Germany win b unable to tak anr mDitarr ad - vantage of any ceesaUon of th fight- I lng. Incidentally officials today were in possession ot information Indicating I that he reaf reason why ? th original I i!?c.J'pal n latle..wa so inai um wouia no anoraea to get great Quantities of war materials and big guns from the Balkan and Italian fronts to. the western front , Mors Peace Lies Officials, in connection with tho con- tinned spread of llee regarding - peace possibilities, called attention to the fact that the British foreign office ha. been compelled officially to deny that It has been represented at a preliminary peace conference with Austrian representa tives in Switzerland. This report and others of a Ilk character, are being snt broadcast through .Spanish and Scandinavian sources, by the German I psnaisis, oniciais say. 1 n rea-1 """ - l i among- tne aaues. seated on th battlefield, th Qr- 'the allies hav tricaery ana lies in an SflOrt tO SOW OlS- cord and prevent unity'of purpos among tPtls rr4a. .s ilt et.f - vuciiUCOi AUD SAA.V'asV W1U Aca.il. Allies Iadorse Program President Wilson and the chiefs Of the 2? Iei?m!f u fTV1-.1"1' !" If11 ncernlng the dip - uniardmVard r.Vtha Zae.6t " . l?r. may arts. Th president a th leader ot th allies,' has made his position ex - tremely clear and will tak step- to maintain that position at all times. And Franc. Grat Britain and Italy hav indorsed his general Drosram. formation reaching official circles here, these demonstrations have not been of as alarming nature as th Gorman advices have Indicated. Officials her believe I that the Gorman authorities hav pur - I noeely exajrgratd these reoort of riots In an effort to emphasize the various I steps being taken to increase the pow - I era of th reichatag and to our tail thai powers ot th crown. And tn arriving f JUe5v otti "pt thej.erlou.ness of the gn- I era! nolitical crisis within Germany. I ,v., ,.-. ... Mr,'m. I l;r7?,' Z',7,?'y."" W rapidly ther bu rsfusT t04 ac- cepi a iaci ansLxiuis; ui ta circu lated on authority ot the present gov ernment In Berlin. Cseehe-Slerak Manifest '; Ona thin which will hav a far- I reaching effect on th war, dealing as 1 noundng Its lndependenc through a most unusual document signed by Pro- 1 feasor Thomas G. Masaryk, president of the council, nremlsr and Minister of finance of th newly organized Czecho slovak republic. The declaration issued from th headquarters of the new re public In Paris waa mad publlo simul taneously throughout th world and re nounced allegiance to the Hapaburg dynasty. It Is understood to have been approved in advance by President Wil son and all of th premiers of th en strosJg effect on th Austrian situation whun Kmneror fniarlAa. In a frantle 1 autonomy, Th reported retirement from further participation In Austrian politic of Baron JBurian, th Austrian premier. Is declared here to show how intense is th present political struggle within the I A"1 mpir. DesignaUon of hi suo- cesser may throw some light, on Aus-' tria's future plans. Berlin- Rioters Damage Palace Amsterdam. Oct. II. (U. P.) A nun dred 'window panes In the Imperial pal I ace In Berlin wire smashed by a riot - I big mob during a peace demonstration I Wadnsadaar. accorama to ranorta re - ceived her today. Th police were I routed, th advices said. Thereupon the I crowd rushed to th palace and did con - 1 slderabls damage before being dis- persbd. At the recent election to select I a successor to Koempf, the independent Socialists paraded, carrying placards 1 with the slogan. "If the war lasts an other year, the kaiser will make his exit like th czar did." Burian's Resignation Confirmed Zurich, Oct. 1WU. P.) Vienna ! newspapers confirm the report that I Baron Bartan, Austrian premier, haa resign d. TTllTl tfif Tfll TjflSt 1TI .. I TVraa Qfi HnilTai XUibOU JJ UUlUQi Returns to Camp Dallas, Oct. 19 Jacob Fudge of Perry dale, who was with a party of hunters at th headwaters of M1U creek last week. I lost bis way la the forest and wandered. IS hMrrs before ha found hi war back to camp. Me had started out in th morn ing. without hat or coat and. as hs had no match -or food, wa exhausted. r. Nash: Fancral to Be on Sunday Dallas, Oct 11. The- body of John O. Nash, who died at th naval hospital at Portsmouth, Tsv, Monday, 1 expected to mch bta fanner home at Buena Vista a.mA.v wh tt fmutrai service win held. Toung Nash bad been 111 in the n"1 months, but was nearly reooTered and expected home soon on a fioagb, wb h contracted pneumonia. i rotlwina n kflifk ar HDanlan tniluensa. Bank Clearings of ; Oity Hit High Mark Portland bank clearings for the week ending Saturday V total " f4LSS04tLsa, nired wtth , f 2Mo.t7X2l for- the I of last year. This Is the I high mark for Portland bank clearings. Tissa WaSt, QesaSiH 1 U V Ul BefrcSBilf Ul Bcillsf ItlMJrrina for Red oreneA-Gramil-j I y Tpwij Tifngart Ptirrplrtg f'!!P?iXa M BSfaMP4fgfl BUKaTTIlBT Ot GstXA Will Wilt TOUl ccnfeer:Ak Yoer Druggist io Murine iwnea year Eyes weed cr. - - U-ttimi IsaurlMXlywIlexaedwCo CTiTCag - . ta lZzrLi ii-l O.t- llth main body ot Germans la rtirn. uenerai morcn 1 cu uonaio win- r mitt8e of Affairs in , - : . Europe'. t i t Washington,' t Oct ' If L S.) Mor j,oo0,(K)O American soldier ar W tfani , JYench .or' othf toroign, son." member of th nat military affairs eornmtttef were , mtormed at A conferno , today iwtth war department officials. Whll th conf erenc was on a tl-1 gram from General Pershing waa read. statingthat the entire Belgian country from "Jf v to " Holland had . been sleared of German. troops.- i week had advanced well northward trom 'SSfs.. possession of soms 78 miles of th Ber lin-Constantinople railroad. . Earlier Reports Preniied .General March explained that be was making increased efforts to bring' th (casualty lists up to date. His effort are badly hampered. In th casof th tost transport uunu, '"". Z Z iZ ", 1 wym v .- ... -T repin unit not aiiacnea w ny I uet. ot rata an wr w am- mm from th ,port of mbarkatlon to. b I aVKWlswf Wlf K 4Ksb mfvfVArw sinil tKjtflt I Ithollst of missing will b cabled back I m ... .... I missing will be cabled at one and made 1 pUblIo immsdUtely after th relaUvea A" . 00 rusnea nere oy courier ana aiao wiu pudu. 1 ; Letters t Follow Telegrams I Telegram notifying relative will be I followed up with letters giving all pos- Bible details of wounds, etc. Then ad- Lditlonal letters will be sent by th Red I relative will also be expedited in every 1 way possible. I General March was not yet ready to I disclose the units of th second field 1 army, which Is commanded by Major 1 General Robert L. Butlard and Is now 1 1 action against the retreating Ger-j 1 mans. Twestywlath Brrlsloa East wK Mens t-k- t .... ..... .t... .. I ninth division lain action east of the Meu, and he had n repom on b I I IT. .. . Yvvn-r-nmiu, tnum ana jLignty- I e,xttl division at present The Eighty- ffiuonTh0.00 th "nM ComHwes a 7. -si 7ZZ .The enUr wH had ben,most excel- lent from th standpoint or the ante. unrai asarcn said. Th British, oon tinning their drlv south of L Ckteau 00 Thursday, had reached th east bank I , Zi cpi.u-w or-tne ween, I General March said. Included Ostend. 1 UB,UI -on ana I M w mumtw piaow. AMERICANS WIN NEW POSITIONS? ON MEUSE ' ' aSSBBBBBsSSBBSBSJSSbSBBBSl " ' (Cesnsas Prera rat One) , . clared German, prisoners afterwarda. oasiy in naiui couio d mo mua ana genus in tnsir treatment afterwards; AsttrUas Want Mparat Cages For th most part th Germans fought well, standing by their msohtn gun or I engaging in hand to hand anoounters until bayonet ted. Th Oermans hav evacuated' Le Grand Carr and Ha sols wood and th Americans hav occupied t Bathevili wood. Th American line Friday night , skirted Beffu, LeMort Homme and Landre-8t Georges on the south. AmcrWna b mm1im nt cinnA vt mnA m vi. day patroued towards , Brieuues and Bota Da Foret Observers reported violent explosions 1 in the region of Clery-Le Frand and I Alnscrevllle. l i-iear wmujw mcreaaea air activniea. Wf Austrian who wer captured by the I Americans asked to b put In separate 1 cages xrom in uerman prisoners Americans Drop Bombs ' By Frsak Jr. Taylor. . Wlth th American Armies in Franc. Oct. it. (Night) In th first ideal day THE BANK OF CAUEORBIA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION PORTLAND BRANCH THIRD AND STARK: STREETS Capital Surplut . and unHividecI "FOR CONVENIENCE OF OURSDEPOSITORSf OUR SAVINGS DEPARTMENT IWtLL BE OPEN ON SATURDAY EVENINGS, FROM, 6 H TO 8 O'CLOCK, UNTIL FURTHER .NOTICE. F : Beeabfel . v gray-' r- ' AUcV dalt" casket, ;Issav bar, ,z astee. refilled - ervice SW. .,.'.. . lunerals it desired Urn 12. U. tto. We manufsftore Beautiful MILLIES - fv : . J- M - Wa' sblsft a TUw hU Between trtk asd tltt Sts Wert fM' . nncE ssJif '"!!Lf!-,',.v .ui baiausg i-a. u mmj iwii vuin eteiea,. for flytnr hr a fortnight a big fleet 'of ' Amerias pUMsbocnbedOertnanoen- i oentraUon rcSnterd. Tbefs :r: bum- - . "ww wwn uk awvaiiiinu.ina usrraan Unea.. Observation planes dropped thou- sands , of copies of President Wilson's : latest not t Gernjany; behind yh ;en- sjBy?frontv?,yio ' . -, " Thar ar indkAtiona th&.,fnjK mu..TOwuun iiurn - was proxsiw owm other defenses-w tHa ; tjptm pother 4fnsClQ: V tear, ; la v- i BfntheMUeT .wbodT wag pitrOUed With out : serious ? opposition. . Alonr the Metis, patroU reported. the Brielles re gion- oniy occupieo in Slight fore by th Germans. Th Boches are throwing In engineers andmlnmwerfer companies 1 Rosaiaa worluir. iSSSSSi of Grand 'Prsrtdday5-r , smssSsmsmm -,'- Patrols Approaching Ghent 'M. mx 'Umm'.T. Parksrsea ' ' . With th British Army on th - West- -rn Battl FrontrOct. it.(Vithi tr N. 8.) Allied -patrols, pushing ron from Bruges, are approaching Ghent In Bei- dura, according to an unconfirmed re- port from the Flanders front tAi (Ghent fa 22- miles southeast of Brueea.) Belgian cavalry from Bruges has been driving in th direction of Ghent also. Infantry has crossed the Ostend Bruges canal, rapidly marching jsorth ward. -. . -' f Dutch Frontier Reached London, Oct 1, S p. ra. (U. P.); in ninea line in Belgium has now' 1 reached the Dutch f rontler east of f Bruges, running from there to Cour i traL according to a disoatch nubllshed I fcy th Evening . SUndard today. Other 1 c.otuil- ftAlTnhm n T ntnvH. cPtura,KOiienghem and Lulnghe. t . aL sM wav . s I oouinrrn iroops rsnicipate 1 r,.' . , r v." o am Texas and Oklahoma troops of th Thirty-sixth division, fighting with th !! .front Kiiaea neray patrols in in 1 sector of the Aisne river, capturing some prisoners from th Prussian Guard. Oregon Student at U of 0. Victim of Spanish Influenza -Oakland. Cat, Oct 19. (I. Vt. 8.) Miss Eugenia Thayer, heiress and junior I student at th University of California, is dead bre today, a victim ot Spanish Influenza, Miss Thayer died a few hours beror Edward Van Knoutt her fiance and a warrant officer tn the navy, had arrived on a furlough to see her. LXTfm " m&tet of Portind I Thayer, a rormer resiaent or forriana Miss Thayer was a daughter of Claude and Tillamook. Miss Thayer's body will t i t, ir J.V V.,.! . N. Bush Sr. of Salem. Two; Autol Parties With- 200 Quarts Of Liquor Seized Roseburg, Oct. it. Two automobii parti with liquor were taken here Thursday and Friday., All were foreign ers. Th first car carried tour men from Seattle and 100 Quarts - of ItQuor. Th ownsjr of th stock was flnd 300 The other three wer released. lit second was occupied by- Pet-r Breowsky of PorUand and Miks Ya- I L"v ua mm wa.u I par ) lines ana in two wir oon. i n Jtted to- Jail to serve it out Efank Hennessey to Leave lor France Frank Hennessey, drum major of th Elks band and former dark la the .cir cuit court will go to Franc a a- sc- retarr for the Knight of Columbus. h made arrangements for bi pasa- I poria tooay m I w xora wild in a-ws or iv umjw. Yaoulna Train Derailed Train NoJ, 401 aastbound on ths Cor- i allla-Eastern un was oraua at I Blodgst, S3 miles west of Albany, at . m. Friday night A broken fish- I til ate caused ths accident. Th engine left th track and waa. turned over on I its side. Th maQ and . ex press cars were also derailed. No one was In- I Jured end. th track was cleared at 7 a. m. today.. .&500,000.00- profit . , . . , $8,557,493.52 - f y - - J casket. Funeral Chj pel " ' - ... r" ' d:-: -TJSAlCE-Y s 7 r v i