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University of Ore. I.ilirarv DAILY EDITION a vou ix., n. as. GRANT PASS, MHEFHUra COO NTT, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBEB 10, 1018. WHOLE NUMBER 3490. ALLIES BUI in IB OVER 6,000 DEATHS FROM SPANISH FLU TNKl'MO.NIA CiaiMH OVElt 4,0M VKTI.MH OVER 4(M t'AKKH IN PORTLAND IMPROVEMENT MM CAMPS War Workers In Washington Appear tm Htrce V With Faro Muf rtrtl In (hUM PIC FOLLOWS WILSON'S REPLY Answer Causes Panic In Berlin Rank ing (In-lm- Germans to Italtte Military Age lxmilou, Oct. 16. President Wll son's reply to tb German peace note produced a "moat unfavorable I in preealon" la Berlin, according to an Amsterdam dispatch. A panlo In banking circles followed. The German supreme command la to come to Berlin at the end of 'the week to deliberate' on the concentra tion of the national strength and ralalng of the military age. Washington. Oct. 16. Six thou sand one hundred and twenty-two deaths from Spanish Influensa In 30 rltloa during the week ending Octo ber 12, and 4.400 deaths from pneu monia are reported. Washington, Oil. 16. There Is a remarkable Improvement shown by today's reports from army camps and cantonments on the Influenza epl demlc. Army medical officers be lieve that the peak 'of the epidemic among the soldiers has been passed Portland. Oct. 14. Ninety new rases of Spanish Influenia were re ported today. The city council has authorised the use of the municipal auditorium as an emcrgenry hospital due to the crowding of the regular nospltsta. Four hundred and sixty five esses have been reported here. LILLE OUTFLANKED AND GEilJpiEICED Boche Fight Desperately to Keep Americans From Cutting Through Kriemhild line, Bat Yank Advance is Steady American Success Will Clear France of Foe CASUALTY LIST The following casualties are re ported by the commanding general of the American expeditionary forces for today: Killed In action ...110 Mlselng In action 9 Wounded severely M Died of wounds 6 J Died of accident Died of disease &2 Wounded, degree undetermined 173 Wounded slightly - 1 Killed In action Marry Ackley, Portland. . Wounded severely Corporal How ard 8. Coleman, Portland; Corporal William L. Harman. Portland: Ce cil R. Richards. Tuslltln, Ore.; ueo. E. Bunion. Wllsonvllle, Ore. Wounded, degree undetermined Louis H. Strickland, Portland. Washington. Oct. 16. Many of Washington's army of young women war workers appeared on the crowd ad street cars here today, with faces muffled In gaute shields as a protec tion against Influents. Paris, Oct. 16. Sweeping steadi ly ahead over the lowlands of Bel glum, the allies are rapidly bearing away the extreme right flank of the German battle line. Twelve thou sand prisoners were taken In two days. This Indicates a victory of great Importance, even if the ground gained was not of the utmost Import ance In the development of the allied offensive. Mile Is cbmpletely outflanked from the north. The allies are now It miles from Bruges and 25 miles from Ghent. They have advanced seven miles since Monday morning. The Americans are slowly cutting through the Kriemhild line west of the Meuse. where the Germans are fighting desperately. Complete victory for the Ameri cans In the Argonne region would de ride the fate of Germany on the western front and compel a general retreat of the German armies from France. LIBERTY LOAN HOT HALF SUBSCRIBED With Only low Days Left, Cam paign Managers Say Outlook ' Is Grave QUITS AND GERMAN V GfcWB Washington, Oct. 16 Only $156,-'gi;eH IS THE REPORT PRINTED celvable. Including literally hun dreds of machine gun nests, the Am ericans advanced again today and widened the breach in the Krlem hllde line.' The Germans hea.vlly shelled the center and left center of the Ameri can line and desperate counter at tacks were carried out. These coun ter attacks failed. With the British Army In Flan ders, Oct. 16.- Clearing weather aid ed the British offensive and notable advances were made. The Belgians stormed the town of Dousdeoque and are fighting In the streets of Hallutn south of Menln. 000.000 of new Liberty loan sub scriptions were reported today, ac cording to advices from the whole nation gathered by the treasury. The total subscription so far la $2,954, 870,650, still short of the three bil lion, the "half way figure." In view of the expectation that fruits of Liberty day celebrations last Saturday would be fully reflect ed In today's reports, treasury offi cials declared the outlook grave. "Those In charge of the Liberty loan campaign made no concealment ot the fact that the situation was very disappointing," said the official review of the loan's progress. "With only four day of the loan period re maining the country now faces the task of raising In excess of $2,000,- 000,000 or mora than $700,000,000 a day.' Germaay's Answer Expected to Acceptance of Wilson's Terms Pnuwians Want Respect DIES IN 1HE MORNING CREW OF 50 IS SAVED New York. Oct. 18. The British freight steamer, Port Philip, out bound, was sunk In a collision with a United States war vessel off Swin burne Island In ljwer New York Bay. The crew of 50 were saved. With the American Army N'ort'i west of Verdun. Oct. 16. In the fact of the most stubborn resistance con Paris, Oct. 16. French ' troops captured the village ot Alre-Romance within a mile of the Important rail way Junction ot Ret h el In Cham pagne. The French progressed north of Slssone and repulsed violent coun ter attacks between Slssone and Re-thel. E I With the French Army In Flan ( Continued on Page Four) Paris, Oct. 16. Meetings ' called by the Czecho-Slovaks' council at Prague to protest against the export ot foodstuffs from 'Bohemia resulted in a general strike which developed into a revolt, -according to Zurich dispatches. Martial law has been proclaimed throughout the country Full Text America s Message to Germany rXMtKHT FIRE VH'TIMS WILL RETEIVK 1OAX9 St. Louis. Oct. 16. congressman pauJ Mlnn-i Oct. 16. At a Jacob K. Meeker died this morning ,.,,,. todav the St. Paul federal of Spanish Influunua, after marrying uank decuied to arrange for loans to his private secretary at midnight laalflirnierg the northeastern section alght. of Minnesota who were victims ot the terrific forest fires. Money will CANADIANS DEMAND be loanod for rebuilding, seeding and l SHXIMTIOXAIi Hl HKKXIKI'llve tock Alroady appraisers have been seat to the district Toronto, Ont., Oct. 16. The un ondltlonal surrender ot Germany, or such occnputlon of that country as will Insure the carrying out of nl lled peace terms, aro the only condi tions on which Canada Is willing to end the war, Newton Wesley Rowell. president of the' privy council of Canada, declared In an nddross here today. "Canada sent her men across tho sea to help save liberty and democ racy, and shn wilt not call them back until tho object fnr which they were sent over hns been accomplish ed," Mr. Rowell said. "The unqualified acceptance by the present German government and by a Urge majority of the relchstag of the terms laid down by the presi dent of the United States of America in his address to the congress of the United States on the eighth ot Jan uary, 1918, and in his subsequent addresses justifies the president in making a frank and direct statement of his decision with regard to the communications of the German gov ernment ot the eighth and 12th ot October, 1918. "It must be clearly understood that the process ot evacuation and the conditions of an armistice are ton destruction which has always been regarded as In direct violation of the rules and practices of clvl lized warfare. Cities and villages it not destroyed, are being stripped ot all they contain not only, but of ten, of their very inhabitants, "The nations associated against Germany cannot be expected to agree to, a cessation of arms while acta of Inhumanity, spoliation and desolation are being continued which they Justly took upon with horror and with burning hearts. "It is necessary also, in order that there may be no possibility of misun derstanding, that the president IS ROTTERDAM NEWSPAPERS LONDON HEARS SAME Be Amsterdam, Oct. 16. Newspaper in 'Rotterdam have reported that irermany has capitulated and Emper or Wilhelm ha abdicated. London, Oct. 16. The British foreign office announced that It had no official confirmation ot the rum ors from Holland that the German emperor had abdicated, bat that the opinion In well Informed circles was not disposed to reject the rumors. London, Oct. 16. It is reported that the German reply to President Wilson will be an acceptance of the president's terms with some stimu lation to the effect that the Interest of the German people must be respected. 12,066,.-S4 MEX ENROLLED LAST REGISTRATION DAT Portland, Oct. 10. Word was re colved from Now York today that Jos. Flanniran. well known on the coast as a boxing' promotor, died and -as burled nt sea while on route to France as an athlotlc Instructor for the Knights of Columbus. No de tails ot his death are given. ( HUTS FOR NURSES Huts for nurses are maintained by the Y. W, C. A. at base hospitals In itFrance. EARL STANHOPE irvT tsv' ft j 5 i raw 71 , , -ill! if ; t r v . f V if I V . 4 wy matters which must be left to theshould very BOiemny can tne atten Judgment and advice of the military ulon of the government ot Germany advisers or the governmeni or lue , th iaKuare and plain Intent of United States and the alllea govern ments, and the president feels it his duty to say that no arrangement can be accepted by the government ot the United States which does not provide absolutely satisfactory safe guards and guarantees of tho main tenance ot the present military su premacy of the armies ot the United 9tat?s and the allies In the field. He feelii confident that ho can safely as-j sume that this will also bo the Judg ment and decision of the allied gov ernments. "The president feels that It 1b also hl ,lutv in mill (tint neither the EOV- 'ernnient of the United States nor, he Is quite sure, the governments with which tho government of the United States Is associated as belligerents, will consent to consider an armistice Earl Stanhope, the young parllmen tary secretary to the British war of fice, whose career has been meteoric and replete with achievements. bo long as the armed forces of Ger many continue the illegal and inhu- mnn nrnctli'ftB which ihev still Per Lint In "At tho very time that the Ger man government approaches the gov-' ernmont of the United States with proposals of peace, Its submarines are engaged in sinking passenger ships at sea, and not the ships alone. but the very coats In which their passengers and crews seek to Inake their way td safety; and In their present enforced withdrawal front Flanders and France the . German one ot the terms ot peace which the German government has now accept ed. It la contained In. the address ot the president delivered at Mount Vernon on the Fourth of July last. It Is as follows: " "The destruction ot ever arbi trary power anywhere that can sep arately, secretly and of Us single choice disturb the peace of the world; or If It cannot be presently destroyed, at least Its reduction to irtual impotency.' "The power which has hitherto controlled the German nation Is of the sort here described. It Is with' In the choice of the German nation to alter It. "The president's words Just quot ed naturally constitute a condition precedent to peace, if peace Is to come by the action of the Gorman people themselves. "The president feels bound to say that the whole process of peace will, in his Jujdgment, depend upon the detlnlteness and satisfactory charac ter, of the guarantees which can be given in this fundamental matter, It is indispensable that the govern ments associated against Germany should know beyond a peradventure with whom they are dealing. "The president will make a sep arate reply to the royal and imperial London, Oct. 16. Reuters News Service learns that the German re ply to President Wilson is expected and German and Hungarian troops Lute the general acceptance of the are occupying Prague, Pilsen, Plaeklpregenf, conditions. and Tabore. Washington, Oct. 16. Internal political conditions In Germany, and possibly In Austria-Hungary, as well as the military situation, are expect ed to determine the nature and time ot the German reply to President Wilson's communication. Advices reaching Washington to day through official sources by way of neutral countries Indicated the ex istence of almost choatlc conditions In the central powers. It was said that at a recent meet ing of the military leaders and the heads of the parties In the relchstag, von Hindenburg boldly declared that Germany must have peace at once on the best terms she could get. He said the armies no longer had the necessary munitions and materials to continue the struggle, nor was there any source ot supplyvso far as he was aware. In the light of this situation, the field marshal said he felt the time had come to try first for an armis tice, and then for peace, and he urged that this could be put In the light ot a concession to the demands of the socialists and pacifists In Ger many. ' Prince Maximilian, the chancellor, s reported to have st'rongly opposed such a course, but Imperial approval was given von Hindenburg's plans, and the request for peace followed. Washington. Oct. 16. Final re turns from all states show that 12, 966,594 men registered for military service September 12. This was 187,836 in excess of the estimate of 12,778.758 made by the experts in the office of Provost Marshal-General Crowder, based on census figures. With the figures compiled, today the total number of men who have been registered since the United States entered the war. Including those registering June 5, 1917; last June 5, and August 24 and Septem ber 12, Is 23,456,021. COL. GEORGE M. DUNN Ml JMts'fim armies are pursuing a course ot wan- government of 'Austria-Hungary." ; I ,4 I- V s t 1 4 f -V "t' Ur Col. George M. Dunn, one of the Rough Riders" In the Spanlih-Amerl. itn war, haa been made Judge advo cate of the Department of the North tast, succeeding MaJ. Philip H. 8toll. Solonel Dunn entered the army In I89B after graduating from Washing, .on university the asms year. IN DIFFERENT LIGHT Washington, Oct. 16. President Wilson's reply to Austria's peace pro posal will be deterred. The chief executive will wait until his answer to Germany has been considered by Berlin. The Austrian situation ad mittedly differs very materially from that ot Germany, and diplomats here. believe that if the president wilt make it plain to Austria that she can have advantageous terms ot peace by abandoning the German cause, that will he done.