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DAILY EDITION
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HAJ.KM, OHlXMN, TI'KMIIAY MOUMXO, OLTOUKR 23, 19ltL
PIUCK: FIVE CEXX&.
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GOVERNOR AND
MR. IiIOSER IN
VERBAL CLASH
INDICATE
CIL WILL
MEMGUrMF
Oil ATilENDMETTT
Yftnt Voles Alone on Motion
(a Retrain From Taking !
Part in Fight ! j
LIVELY SET-TO HEARD
i ' r
now wane puooorn ivxjui- MAnrnrrriY 1TTV IO
anctia Belgium From Old WUllinLUrfcE b
Stone Forts Crowded With
llaJana Gunners
AMERICANS GO OVER
FORMIDABLE HILL I
Take Two Points of Strategic
Importance After Three
Honrs' Fight
SUSPICIOUS OF
NEW HUN WOVE
May Be Document to Gab
Tine,, or Cqnf ession,of Du-
pious conoiuons
ALLIES ARE IGNORED
Ccsriittee' Instructed to Fill
Vacancy Caused by Doriey
.'V , Resignation : ;
' - - ' -I
r When Alderman W. A. W'eist ai-
teranted last night to prevent the
city council from Injecting itself ln-i
to tte fight against the Richardson
amendment bill he was overwhelmed
by all others present and was the
only member to vote for his motion
that the council refrain from taklajr
action In behalf of either aide of that
' measure. j j
Putting his argument squarely
from the shoulder. Mr. " Wlest de
V dared that; regardless of the merits
' or demerits of the Richardson1' MIL
it is none of the council's business as
an organization. On the other hand
other members, led by Alderman
Ward tad supported by Mayor Keyes
- maintained It is the council's busi
ness for the reason that to fight the
tUJ (a to defsndlbe taxpayers of the
; i -city. -. - ' ''' " , : - I I-
. f When-1 was elected a member of
this council." said Mr. "Ward In reply
to Wlest. "I took upon myself an, ob
ligation t defend th taxpayers
Therefore I claim It 4s our buslne.
It em there was av city slacker It
is the man who won t pay his taxes.
Who Is back of the Richardson bill?
Why, the attorney for the people who
won't pay their bills." i
(Continued on page six)
Another Salem Man Is
Wounded on Bc&Aehont
In today's casualty list appears
the name of Francis Marion Phelps,
a Salem man, who was wounded se
verely while fighting Iff France, ac
cording to the report. His nearest
ef kin is given as Mrs. Llllie Phelps.
general delivery, saiem.
LONDON, Oct SI. Th British
forces fighting north of Le Cateaa
have captured Amerval; according Jo
the report from Field Marshal Haig
tonight. The British are now two
miles from Valenciennes.
Th.e text of. the statement says:
"During th night and early morn
ing, there was sharp, fighting for
possession of ihe- Tillage of JLmerval,
which we captured during; our at
tack yesterday. Determined attacks
HUchcock ; Fails i to Believe
ThatplyWiRadto
Inrnediate Annistice
LONDON. Oct. 21. Lord North
cllffe com mep ting on Germany's re
ply tonight, said:
A ' hasty perusal of the German
to regain the Tillage were repulsed, j note reveals that, with truly Prus-
Eariy this morning the enemy I alan selfishness, no mention Is made
made an nnsojccessf ul attempt tojof Austria-Hungary or Turkey. It
drive in our advanced troops in the I ms to me that the document may
neighborhood or me uamnrairxsavai be read as a means to gain time or
road, Wt secured sv few prisoners. M a confession of a state of affairs
East and .north of Denala our prog- mlllUrlly and economically r worse
ress has continued in the face pf than we know. .
coASiderabU opposition. . ' -.-v i TheCerman" government may be
"We are less than two miles from I honlnr to exnloLt the conditions of
Valenciennes and have reached tne i the armistice as an outrage upon
general lino of La Sentinel e-St, Am-1 lUrmio honor and m a means of
ana-Kongy-Taintegnies. we jioia tnei rallying the German nation for des
west bank of the Scheldt at, and ser-1 Derste resisUnce. or It Wit simolr
eraL miles north of Pont-a-ChiA, be trxlng to put the president into
northwest of Tournai.'
PARIS. Oct. SI. French troops
have reached the Danube river In the
region of Vldln, the war office an
nounce tonight. S.
the position of trustee for. the - Ger
man people which wU have thrown
itself upon his mercy.
Executive Say Senator Sees
Sour Grapes-Became He
Failed b Primary .
HOT -RETORTS HURLED
Emergency Board . Fails to
Grant 0. A. C Request
Will Meet Again
WASHINGTON. Oct. 21. Senator
Hitchcock of Nebraska, chairman of
the senate foreign relations commit
tee, said tonight that while the Ger
man nnmmnt inmmttv hit ac
cording to the war of nee announce- Ceted all the reuuirements lsid
ment tonight, between the, OUe and ggta h-dK2 J
VJt!r reply would lead to
an immediate armistice. -
CaMa T .A asV t mm AknAf Sl
The situation is without change .fcrr"V,T
TCr,. r.l .Zl official text pf the reply is receiver
Paris. Oct 21. The situaUon is
ritbout change in the Olse front, ac-
thelr progress this morning;. On t
econrt, taking aBout 50 prisoners;
on the 1-ift, between Lacy and-vu
lers-le-Sec, we gained ground despite
the enemys spirited resistance. The
battle was stubborn.
ceotance of the president's stipula
tions. , In my Judgment, however,
it will not lead to an armistice Imme
diately. -1 think the military author-
nVth'Z?. ..tUr vnri. 'M W1U probably make conditions
On. th plateau, east of Vousiersi mrA thmt n.rmi.. ui hMitata
. 4kAm mwA K . 4hia will
era! times with large effective,. Ourj - 4eu7n negoUon."
(Continued on page six)
War Summary
an armistice. In the meanwhile the
war will go on,
'As far as the change in the Ger
man constitution is concerned the
president's demands have apparently
been met. although uermany avoias
stating bat It was done at the pres
ident's request and seeks to give the
Impression that it was done upon the
CONCEDE
S PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN
;MAY BE READY NO? TO
ANY TERMS OF ALLIES
(By TU AModate& Pren) j .
Dr. golf, the German secretary for
foreign affairs, has sent another
peace message to President Wilson.
Thia time Germany professes to iac
eept all the conditions for an armis
tice and eventual peace as laid down
by President Wilson. I i
The reply indicates Germany's wil
lingness to evscuate accupled terri
tory ander an agreement to be reach
el by the military chiefs In the field.
It is announced In the note that all
ssbmarlae commanders have been
.: Ordered to cease attacks upon pas
i . senger vessels. Denial is made that
lifeboats and passengers have ever
Wrposety been destroyed or that
aay authorised atrocities have been
committed by German troops. i
It Is At-TA thaf nrmaav BOW
has a parliamentary form of govern
ment, responsible to he people, j j
.Comment en the note Is being
withheld by the United SUtes goy-
rnraeat pendlnr receipt of the of
Hcal text . . . i k
iTbtt alHs4 ISWlta. ll'AWA IftBTMl f nn
- - s saasvgj as en v v
Of the effort under wsy for
we re-establUhment of peace, but
conunue forcing back the Germans
nui poinU In . Belgium and
; V"ei la these endeavors the
WUh and Americans are for the
"'smeni taking the principal parts.
lot Britifth .t.nuiihl a
two miles of Valenciennes
L daa' n8 succeeded In occu
vll two Blh,r lmporUnt . posl-
American and BrIUsh troops have
"" OlM eanal on 'a wide
sSSfB.d, farther n tbls
toVv wm nace the Germans both
- V north and south. - i
The Valenclennes-HIrson rallwav.J demands, of the German people."
formerly one of the German's main
lateral arteries of communication.
has been cut. ! ! .
The west bank of the Scheldt ca
naj has been occupied by the British
for 10 miles to the north of Tour
LONDON. Oet. Jl-The 'alarquls
of Lansdpwne; leader of the house of
opposition in the house of lords, and
noted for his pacifist tendencies, con
siders that" the German reply leaves
the door open, for a continuation of
the discussion,. although some pss-
nal. which city Is being defended by aages in it. In his opinion, need elu-
crmana with machine runs. I cidation.
Belalnm Is Gradually being re- While regarding the situation as
darned. Althouzh now that the as.ine wnoie as nopeiui. nis view
Germans have dravn In- their lines, was tnai, " we must proceea waruy.
th Aritdh nlrtana aad French are leaving nothing to chance
MMimurinr mech atlffer onnosition 1 "We must trust President Wilson
th.. Hnrint tin eatlr dars of the I to avoid pitfalls," he added. "Above
The city of Ghent, an
(Continued on page six)
treat drive.
objective which the allies have a)
ways had In mind. Is yet seven miles
away. . Pribably it will be outflank
ed from the north before It ! taken.
Allied troops already j have made
considerable prograss with this end
in view. - ' J '
Having; cleared the Germans out
ef western Belgium, the allied forces
sre standing in a line from -the Dutch
frontier to the Olse canal that Is vir
tually straight. " A new movement
has begun to the east of Courtraf.
the object of which is to free the
northern section of Belgium from
the enemy.
French troops have reached the j While In Portland to attend the
Danube river la the region of Vidin I funeral of her brother. Ed Cornelius
after offensive operations in the I who was buried last Friday; Dr. M.
eastern theater of the war lasting E. Pomeroy, one of Salem's most
more than a month. I prominent women was striken with
The economic independence of pneumonia and at a late hour last
Hungary is to be proclaimed at an nigh; her recovery was in doubt-
early date In a manifesto which is Mrs. Pomerpy has gone to the city
reoorted will be Issued by Emperor to be with her. The Illness was
Charles. - Hungary will be permit-J probably contracted from Spanish in-
tedito maintain her own army and fluensa. Mrs. pomeroy haa been is
her own diplomatic corps. I Portland only a few days.
DR. POMEROY .
IS VERY ILL
; ' i .
Well Known Salem Physician
is Stricken Vith Poensio
ma at Portland
Personalities were Indulged in
freely in a verbal duel between Gov
ernor Wlthycombe and. Senator Uo-
ser at a meeting of the state emer
gency board yesterday when the
board failed to grant a request of
President Kerr of Oregon Agricul
aural college for I37.43S deficiency
fund . to meet expenses necessitated
by the establishment of the students'
army training corps at the college,
Failure to grant the money was
csused by Mosers negative Tote,
"I think this 1 unfortunate. It Is
unpatriotic. Senator Moser. and the
state is falling down In Its duty on
a war " measure.": declared the gov
ernor wratntuuyj -
"Then you blame me. do your re
torted Moser.
"1 do, yes sir.?
"You thrust the state military po
nce upon tne state by the same kind
of representations." Moser hoy-led
hack. "What has - It doner Ton
have made a political machine of It."
"That Is cheap pettifoggery." the
governor exclaimed heatedly. "It is
cheap de ma rare nr.. You have
ease of sour grapes because you were
not able to win the rovernorshln
tell you exactly what 1 think of you,
sir."
Five members of the board were
present. The governor. State Treas
urer Kay. Secretary of State Olcott
ana K. K. Kubll pronouncedi them
selver In favor of the measure, the
governor and Kay speaklnr st lenrth.
Moser's negative vote, however, kill
ed tne measure. Mr. Kay then moved
that another meeting he called next
Friday to consider the request again
ana ail members present voted for it-
Prior to voting on the measure Moser-
hsd moved an amendment that
115.000 be allowed.
When Moser offered his amend
ment Kay spoke against It. declaring
it illogical to quibble over a few
dollars in time of wsr for the train
lng of men actually In service whole
the government Is spend! as: vest
amounts of money for the same pur
poses. Governor Wlthycombe made an ef
fort to bins all members together
and asked President Kerr If a pro
vision of 125.000 for-the present
would meet needs until the legisla
ture convenes.
MI would like to leave as much of
this work as possible for the leaisla-
Jture." said the governor. "But we
don t want Uy fall down on it now
for to do so would 'be unpatriotic"
resident Kerr explained that the
amount requested had been reduced
to the lowest possible' figure. Mr.
kudu said he considered It a real
emergency and that the duty of the
board was to grant the amount ask
ed. -
President Campbell of the Univer
sity of Oregon attended the meeting.
not with a request for funds, but to
put before the board a altuation
whleh may call for an emergency pro
vision. He said the university had
made additional expenditures ' of
abount 110.000 for necessary equip
ment which possibly could be met, al
so that a hospital must be construct
ed at a cost of about ' f 18.000 of
which the government will allow
13000. He showed that It may be
necessary to ask the board for 115,-,
uuu later. .
8tate lime -board representatives
were present to ask for 15000 but
had not been heard when adjourn
ment, was taken..
Senator Wood sent a message say
ing that be would Tote no on both
the O. A. C. and the lime board re
quests if he were present, hence that
be would not put the state to the
expense of his trip to Salem. Stan
field was not present. : Kay's motion
for calling a meeting next Friday
provides that Stanfleld's presence be
demanded. .
Governor withyeombe's stand
throughout the meeting was from a
patriotic .point of view. He main
tained the necessity of backing the
government In every war emergncy
he asserted students' army training
work is a part. "At corvanis." he
said, "the government has thrust up
on the state over 100 students for
army training work and we must
take care of them.. - .
' . HABDEH ADVISES KAISEB TO QUIT . ' ' -
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 21 (Br The Associated PreiuJ-We are alone. When a fortress can
no longer hold it if uo dishonor if the commander surrenders. The kaiser must take op his cross
of concluding quickly necessary peace and accepting whatever is hard. Let the kaiser declare
himself ready and 'let him fit himself with new Germany as her first citizen.
This utterance by Maximilian Harden, in an address in Berlin Sunday, was loudly ap-'
plauded. . , .
Herr Harden, whose plain spoken language in Die Zukunft, of which he ia editor, haa caus
ed a suspension of that journal on several occasions, was permitted, according to the report of
his address, to speak freely and without hindrance. His remarkable declaration respecting sur
render and the "kaiser ' cross-" followed a review of the situation in which he pointed out that .
Bulgaria was occupied. Turkey's fate was sealed and Austria-Hungary was out of the fight.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 Germany haa replied to President Wilson with a note which, thouehno
one is prepared to aay it will lead the president even to continue exchanges on the subject of an armis
tice and peace, at least haa served almost to bring conviction' here that the' people of Germany ac
tually are taking the reins of government and sincerely desire peaee on any terms the United States
and the allies are willing; to give. , .... i '; . ...
There was no intimation tonight of the attitude of the president and probably there will b none
until the o.fficial text of the new German communication has been ; received. The president . was in
conference all evening with Secretary Lansing, discussing the note as received by wireless late in the
ilv I .lire lh Jniv tn h nrtiilnt'i inninriM wlr a nn thlm tint
was sent out from the German- wireless stations and picked up in
the allied countries many hours before the official text could move
PRESS : COMMENT .ON
NEW GERMAN NOTE
Chicago Tribune From the Ger
man response it Is apparent that the
ruling powers at Berlin now look
complete defeat In the face. .
There Is but one mind in America
on this war, that It shall go on to j
victory, to the utter destruction of
Prussian militarism and to the es
tablishment of peaee founded on its
ashes.
Seattle Post-Intelllgencer Dr.
Solf's latest note emphasises the ne
cessity of reducing principles to re
alities. ! The time has come tor spe
cific utterance, for our full and'eom
plete demands. If we want uncondi
tional military surrender. If we went
an emphatic and unequivocal repudi
ation of the kaiser and others, let
us say so, with specific conditions as
to the form It shall take.
Loi Angeles Times Two things
have apparently been achieved; the
U-boat atrocities have been stopped
and kalserism has been put out of
business. Now let us submit armis
tice qnestlong to the supreme war
council. Germany must come to
terms; she is on the way.
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Atlanta Constitution The latest
German peace note to President WU-
Mn Is Involved and ambiguous...
Now. let us refer all further com
munications from Germany to Gen
eral Voch for his attention. If we
are to have peace It will come that
way. - - -
C 1 a smm '
Salt Lake Tribune We do not be
lieve this latest communication of
Dr. Solf will cause the president to
exert himself to slop the war at
this stage. The conditions he laid
down are not fully -met so far as
we- are able to Interpret the wire
less version. The kaiser Is still one
of the stumbling blocks to peace.
Dee Moines Register If the Ger
man, government were different
than It Is and the purpose of Ger
many In the war bad been different.
the note would lead to an Immediate
cessation of hostilities. As It Is we
may deubt whether the president
will consent to continue the cor
respondence.
Idaho Statesman The tlmo
seems to have come when we should
tell Germany, la as few words as
possible, that whea she is ready to
surrender without conditions or re
servation we shall be glad to be ap
prised of the fact, and that mean
while further notes will not be con-
by cable. -The official version probably will come tomorrow through
the Swiss legation here. . , . ' ' ' A
I" As received by. wireless the. note U believed to.be aligbOy
garbled in the important sentences regarding conditions for the
evacuation" of invaded territory and for an armistice, but neverthe
less it is regarded as an awkward attempt to meet the conditions
laid down by President Wilson for consideration of an armistice.
And it makes the significant declaration that the government in
Berlin no longer is responsible to a single arbitrary influence the '
1. - T 1 A 1 - I'l .1 f a., fm
Biscr oui is aupponra uy an ovcrwneinung majority oi me uer-
man people. . . '. "' ' ' ' 1 V . .
This declaration is' supported by the statement that constitu
tional reforms are in progress in accord with the determination of
the people under which no government can take or hold office with
out the confidence of the majority of a reichstag elected by uni
versal, secret suffrage It is aecorded more consideration here be
cause of confidential advices received only today indicating that the
uerroan ruiuuie classes have resolved to have peace at any price and
if necessary are prepared to get rid of the kaiser, the crown prince
and all military eontrol.
Thus the belief is strengthened that the present note and those
that have gone before are genuine efforts to obtain peace, and are
inconclusive merely because the Germans conducting the exchanges
are sfcaing io osrgnin tor some-y
thing better than the uncondition
al surrender they are prepared to
give u pusnea to tne wan. it is
assumed also that they want to
prepare gradually the German
THE WEATHER
Generally fair; gestle touthwester
Jy winds. . ,
(Continued on page six)
t
CAPTAIN VYGANT
GETS BAD WOUND
Sakm Officer It Hit mUz
and Taken to Red Cross
Hospital
Word has been received by his
family that Captain Robert C. Wy-
gant was severely wounded In the
leg during one of the recent, drives
In France, and was taken to a Red
Cross hospital In Parts. Captain Wy-
gant was a sergeant la company at
at the time of the Mexican border ex
pedition and during the last summer
has been la command or a company
I of pioneer engineers at the front.
public for a realization of what
has happened to the war lords '
dreams of power so as to avoid a .
complete collapse of government.
(Continued on page six)
TEXT OF GERTiIAN NOTE
LONDON, Oct. 21 The text of the German note as received by wire
less, is as follows: - . -
"In accepting the proposal for an evacuation of oeennl trHtnH
the German government has started from the assumption that the pro
cedure of this evacuation and of tha conditions of an armistice should be
left to the military advisers and that the actual standard of power on
both sides In th field haa to form the basis for arrangements safeguard-
I uu iiinimioi mil iiiDaira.
"The German government su crests to the sreeident that m r.
tunlty should be brought about for fixing the details. It trusts that the
president or the united SUtes will approve of no demand which would be
Irreconcilable with honor of the German people and with opening a way
iu m peace ei juuc.
"The German government protests against the reproach of Illegal and
Inhumane actions made against the German land and sea forces and there
by against the German people. For the covering of a retreat destructions
will always be necessary, and they are carried oat Insofar as Is permitted
by International law. The German troops are under most strict Instruc
tions to spar private property and to exercise care tor tha population to
the best of their ability. Where transgressions occur in spite of tbee
Instructions the guilty are being punished. k
"The German government rurther denies that the German navy In '
sinking ships has ever purposely destroyed lifeboats with their passengers.
The German government proposes with regard taj all those charges that
the facts be cleared up by neutral commissions.
"Ia order to avoid anything that might hamper the work of peare.
the German government has caused orders to be dispatched to all sub
marine commanders precluding the torpedoing of pasaeager ships, with
out, however for technical reasons, being able to guarantee that these or-'
ders will reach every single submarine at sea before Us return.
"As a fundamental condition for peace the president prescribes the
destruction of every arbitrary power that can separately, secretly and of
Its pwn single choice disturb the peace of the world. To this the German
government replies: i
Hitherto the representation or the people in the German empire has
not been endowed with an influence of the formation of the government.
The eonstltution does not provide for a concurrence of representa
tion of the people lnMeclslons of peace and war. These conditions have
just now undergone a fundamental change. A new government haa been '
formed In complete accordance with the wishes (principle) of the repre
sentation of the people, based on equal, pnj versa, secret, direct frsnehla.
"The leaders of the great parties of the reichstag are members of
this government. In the future no government can-take or continue In
office without possessing the confidence ef a majority of the reichstag.
The rSsponalbillty of the chancellor af the empire to the represen
tation of the people la being legally developed and safeguarded. The first
act of the new government has been to lay before the relchsUg a bill to
alter the constitution of the empire so that the consent of the representa
tion of the people Is required for declaioaa en war and peaee.
"The permanenee of the new systena Is. however, guaranteed not only
by constitutional safeguards, hut also by the vnshakeahle determination
of the German people whoee vast majority stands behind these reforms
and demand their energetic contlausnce. '
The question of the president with whom he and the governments
associated agalast Germany are dealing Is therefore answered In a clear,
unequivocal manner by the statement that the offer ef peace and an
armistice has come from a government which Is free from any arbitrary
sad Irrespossble Influence, is supported by the approval of an overwhelm
ing majority of the German people.
(Signed) . . SOLF