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i University of Ore. I.ihnry ; DAILY EDiTlON : j r'"' N" , ' aAm i-owimr.oBMo. monday, cerTT. 'gr i - whole yTSTj nriiiinVrWiV, ir J-llPD Hi DTUCD DAD CV r :r? ' ..-..a Ince-VIc Shelled ULI UH PRESIDENT OK AIJIKIIH llltOM, MILLING CO. CHARGED WITH VIOLATINO ESPIONAGE ACT tUILT 1MMEKSE TRADE IM WEST Ailment to Have Said Thai . "The 4aJtd State Owld Not Urk the -"Kainer la Thousand Years" Portland, Ore., Oct. 21. J. Henry ' AJbers, president of Albers Bros. Milling company, with establlsh menta In all the large Pacific coast cities, baa been arreated " charged with violating the espionage art. Affidavits by Deputy United Blates Marshal Tlcbeuor and 'others state that Altars, on a Southern Pacific train between Urania Pas and Rose bars, on October 8, said that ha was Oerman and ft ad of It, and that bis brothers were aim pro-Oerman. Al bert agld: "It was better there than Iters." and that "the United States oould not lick the kaiser In a thou sand years." Asked as to whether he abused McAdoo. Albers said that he did not remember. He claims to be a loyal American. LADY, SLARS FACE OF If anyone Is glad because the war la making them money It evidently Is not safe to say so In public, ac--cording to an Incident which Is relat ed as recently having happened on an Incoming train on the Coos Ray line. A well dressed man on the train made the roniark that he did not care how long the war lasted as It was making him money vcry day. He did not specify Just how the war waa profitable to him or In what business he was engaged, but that did not make any difference. His statement was overheard by a lady In the coach. She stopped up to him and slapped him on one side of his face. ' "That is for my boy at Camp 'Lewis," said the Udy. Then she glappod tho man on the other side of tho fuce and said: "That In tor my son who Is serv ing In France." The Incident created much amuse ment on the part of others, on the train who witnessed the proceeding and who were also harboring a reel ing of disgust ut the man who gloat ed over his war profits. The sltuntlnn became so embar rassing for the man that he got oft at the next station. No one seemed to be able to Identify him. Coos nay Harbor. BY With the Allies In .Belgium, Oct 21. Before leaving Ostend, the Ger mans scuttled a large mail boat alongside the old British warship VIndlcitlve, which was sunk in the . channel last May, thug making doub ly sure that the channel will be blocked tor a long time. J l as sr av j s Geneva,' Oct. 21 Lieutenant Dun can, an American aviator Interned In Bwitieriand, made a bold but futile attotnpt to escape Wednesday. The rope, made of bedclothes,' broke as be was eliding down the wall around the barracks. He was badly injured, but continued In his attempt to get away. He waa later captured. CASUALTY LIST The following casualties are re ported by the commanding general of the American expeditionary forces for today: ' Killed In action 174 Missing In action . 219 Wounded severely 478 Died of wounds 124 Died of accident 13 Died of disease .... 216 Wounded, degree undetermined S6G Wounded slightly 345 Total I 1.32 Killed In action Elvln J. Haugen, Dufer, Ore. Wounded Mverejyv-Corn. Cbaa. L Bert Haines. Marshfleld; Corp. Walter T.' Ford, Central Point: Ralph Corder, North end. 1 Died of diseaseCharles V. Long, Forest Orove. Total number casualties to date, not Including above: Killed In action, (Including 293 at sea) : .... ,85 Missing In action (Including - prisoners)'... 6.787 Wounded In aotlon . 27,967 Died of wounds ...... 3,460 Died of accident 1,099 Died of disease 2.759 Total 51,056 Marine Corps Killed in action 17 Wounded In action, severely 39 Wounded, degree undetermined.. 10 Wounded slightly 2 Missing In action 45 Died of wounds 7 In hands of enemy 2 Died of disease 8 Total ISO Wounded, degree undetermined Corporal Marie J. Young. Portland. "HAS MASKS" WILL UK WORN IN SAX FRANCISCO San Francisco, Oct. 21. The peo ple of San Francisco are to be re quested to wear gauze masks wille at their employment downtown and while on the streets, It was decided Inte last night after a meeting of state' and local hoards of health. L GIVE HUNGARIANS Tl E Amsterdam, Oct. 21. Emperor Charles will shortly Issue a manifes to to tho Hungarian people,, an nouncing the independence of Hun gary, according to a Budapest cor respondent. , RIG AMERICAN ItOMIlKR MARKS 120 MILKS PER HOUR Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 21. A big Handley-Page army bombing plane on Its way to Dayton arrived here Saturday shortly before noon. Carry ing Steven men and five guns, th machine left .Buffalo Saturday morn ing, covering the 86 miles between Buffalo and Erie In 46 minutes. A great receptTSnSas given the pilot and passengers when they alighted. i I Military Leai iers of Germanv Up Their, Heiaoos Acts-Say Troops, Were Ordered to Spare Private Property, and. Protect Gvilians Washington! Oct ;' 21. Senator Poindexter has Introduced a' joint resolution ' proposing that congress forbid further negotiations with Ger many, until the German military rorces surrender unconditionally. Washington, Oct. 21. -Germany's reply is regarded her- as an awk ward attempt to accept President Wilson's terms for ' an armistice. However, It la believed that the wire less version ' Is somewhat garbled, and the official text Is awaited. The general Impression seems to be that the German reply does not close the door to future exchangee. The German denial that atrocities have been committed are Immaterial. The Important thing Is that the atrocities have now apparently been ordered stopped. - The question of negotiations for a permanent peace is quite aside from the cessation of hostilities under the condition Imposed by the allied com mander In the field. Before enter ing such negotiations the allies must be satisfied that the German war lords are powerless to remain In con trol. If not actually out of control. London, Oct. 21. The German re ply to President Wilson's note haa been reoelved. Germany has order ed the submarine commanders to cease torpedoing passenger ships, but denies any Illegal or inhuman acta. Germany hopes the United States will approve of no demand that will be irreconcilable with the honor of the German ' people, nor with the opening of a way to a peace of justice. Germany protests against the ref erence of President 'Wilson to Illegal acts, and denies that the German navy purposely destroyed lifeboats with passengers. She proposes that the facts be cleared up by neutral commissions. The German government suggests TWO AMERICAN DIVISIONS HURL HUNS BACK WITH THE With the American -Forces North of Itheims, Oct. 1C, Wednesday. Perhaps the most glorious page in Anvtrlcan military history in this war has Just been concluded in the Champagne battle, la which two di visions of United States troops the Second and the 36th have, done I the inadequately heralded part of forcing back the Germau hordes facing the famous city of 'Rhcims. ' The work of the Americans was more notable because one of the American divisions the 36th en tered the terrific battle at an Import ant point. Although new to fight ing and without ever having heard shelltlre before, the division with stood tho most bitter German coun ter attacks without flinching. The effort of the two units were praised publicly In an order issued by Gen eral Naul, In command of the 21st French Army corps, with which the Americans were brigaded. The Gen eral said: "On October 8 the Second Ameri can division, having arrived during the night In the sector of the 21st Army corps, attacked the fortified crest of Blanc . Mont and captured It lit a few hours despite the desperate Male Rn M Effort tn fVr to the president that an opportunity da - brought about for-fixing details 6f the evacuation of occuDled terri tories. 1 The ote says that Germany ba dispatched order to submarine Hnfng of passenger 'ships; and , an- uiwuvc luuuameniai cnange In the German constitution, providing for the representation of people In decisions' concerning peace and war. ' Oermanv In her note ctaltna th sanction of international law ' for carrying out the destruction of pro perty during retreats and says her troops are under , strict, instruction to spare private property and to care for, the population to the best of their ability; - that where transgres sions occur the guilty should be pun ished. :- " ": '- ' - ." " The note says that no future Ger maff government will be able to ttke or hold office unless they possess the confidence of the' majority of the reienstag. Cermany agrees that the conditions of an armistice should be left to the military advisers and the actual standard of 4 power on both sides of the field ahould form the basis for all arrangements. Paris, Oct. 20. The German re ply to President Wilson will an: nounce the immediate suspension of warfare and other political guaran tees, German newspapers say, ac cording to a Geneva dispatch to L'lnformatlon. . : Washington, Oct. 21. Secretary Lansing says he baa reason to be lieve that the German reply will be received before the day Is over. i Paris, Oct. 21. A Zurich dispatch says the difference of opinion on the different points in the German re ply have arisen In the relchstag, which will postpone the reply tor several days. SKILL OF VETERANS resistance of the enemy. In the fol lowing days It made an extended ad vance on the slopes to the north. "The 36th Division, a recent for mation and as yet Incompletely or ganized, was ordered Into the line on the night of October 6-7 to re lieve, under conditions particularly delicate the Second division and to dislodge the enemy from the crests north of St. Etknns and throw him back to the Alsne. Although being under tire for the first time the young soldiers of General Smith, ri valing In their combative spirit and tenarity the old and valiant regi ments of General Lejuene, accom plished all the tasks set tor them. "To all the general commanding the army corps Is happy to address the most cordial expression ot his recognition and his best wishes for future service, but the past Is proof of the future." ' . . . While the French were held up by strong German defensive positions, the American Second division at tacked on a two-mile front west of Somme-Py, broke through the enemy positions and rapidly advanced a (Continued on Page Four) Kaiser's Soldiers Continue to Loot and Bora' While Leaders Claim Innocence Victims Shelled With the Allied Armies In France and Belgium, Oct 21. Reliable In formation received from the other aide of the line Indicates that the German retreat will carry the enemy back many miles, tf not all the way to Germany itself. Many Drlsonera captured on different parts of the line declare Belgium and France are la process of evacuation. Guns from the Belgian coast are known to have reached Antwern. but at the moment It Is not certain whether they have gone beyond that city. Air material haa been" trans ferred from Ghent to Brussels. Forty bridge have been thrown across the Mouse In the neighbor hood of Huy, southwest of Liege, and the source from wtolch this Informa tion Is derived says that these are in preparation for the retreat of the Germans behind their own frontier. The country from which the Ger mans are withdrawing offers ' strik ing proof of German brutality and destructlveneas. When they retired from a town the civilians were in formed that they need have no fear of remaining there, as : the" town' would not be shelled Oh this prom ise many civilians remained, but the Germans dropped numerous shells Into the place and several civilians, among them women, were wounded. This crime has been added to those already chalked up against the Ger mans by the British army. Preliminary reconnaissances in vast stretches of recaptured terri tory show that in addition to the destruction of ' military establish ments the Germans before departing demolished every factory and all mines. In many houses the Ger mans placed "booby traps" and In fernal machines, which apparently were designed as much for civilians as for soldiers. 15,000 H EI NIKS ARE DRIVEN INTO HOLLAND London, Oot. 21. Fifteen thou sand retreating German soldiers have been interned in Holland after being cut off by Belgian troops mov ing northward from Eeclo, accord ing to reports from ' the frontier reaching Amsterdam and transmit ted by, the Exchange Telegraph com pany. Belgian soldiers took charge of the Dutch-Belgian. border last night and were received enthusiastically by the populace. , THREE TEUTON PAPERS SAY ' KAISER MUST ABDICATE London, Oct. 20. The abdication of Emperor Wllhelm and the crown prince is the' only means of solving the "terrible crisis." according to opinions expressed by the Munich Post, the Swaeolsche Tagwacht and Frankische Morgen Post, an Ex change Telegraph dispatch from Zurich says. It is added that the more rapidly the abdication Is brought about, the;shanks and beak among breds that better tor the country. PRESIDENT NAPLES TWO T Washington, Oct. 21. President Wilson has nominated ' Major Gen erals Hunter Liggett and Robert Bul!ard to he lleutenanj generals. . SEEKING WORKERS The Jewish Welfare board .'i seek ing four hundred men above draft age to do war work at home and abroad. THEIR TROOPS PERSHING STATES THAT HUNS ARB CENTERING ATX EFFORTS TO CHECK AMERICANS BIG BATTLE BELIEVED IMMINENT Kaiser Forces t Iafliot Heaviest CanuUtiea Possible L'poa Invinci ble Men From West Washington, - Oct. , 21. General Pershing report that Germany, is drawing heavlfy upon other parts of the western front for reinforce ment to check: the Americans north of 'Verdun. German prisoners . say that Germany - intends ; to dispute every foot of the American advance west of the Meuae, and to inflict the heaviest possible casualties upon the , Americana. - - 'With the Anglo-American Forces East of Le Cateaii, Oct,;) .2l-fTbe Americans fighting beside the Brit ish hare advanced 12 miles within the last six days. ' ' ' General Halg has" highly commended them; '"The iBritlsh took bver 3,000 pris oners yesterday, and crossed the Sel la river on a wide front. London, Oct. 21.-Tie allies were within ten 'miles Of Ghent last night. In the Valenciennes "region th Brit ish are approaching- St Amand, six mile northeast of Valenciennes, and north of Tournai they are pushing forward to the line of the Scheldt river. . Washington, Oct, 21. It Is esti mated that there are 25,000,000 subscriber ' to the Fourth Liberty loan and that the oversubscription will amount to several million dol lars. SELECT BEST LAYERS FROM POULTRY FLOCK ' Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis, 1 Oct. 21. The pbultrymen who wish to' select the very best ; hens, those with a capacity ot ap- I proximately 200 eggs a year, should 'make the selection from October 15 'to November 15, points out Prof, ! James Dryden in a new college clr- icular on how td cull the layers. rim, kuiKW tuav Duun tuwuificw molt, red comb and wattles, and bright eyes; second, those with well spread plevlc bones, good depth from plevlc bones to keel bone, and soft abdomen; third, those with pale I! . . . V. . .L. n.AmntnfA have naturally yellow skin and shanks. "To make the selection with the greatest accuracy use all , three tests," says Professor Dryden. "The high price of feeds and added ex pense of labor, along With - other Items that enter Into the cost of pro ducing, makes necessary a careful culling of the laying flock If a profit Is to be made by the producer. High producing bens are making a better profit at the' present prices of eggs and teed than before the war. On the other hand,, poor layers,, that made little or no profit in the period of cheap feed, "now show a greater loss than ever on the food tbey eat. Poultrymen desiring a copy of the circular may tecure It on request. iiSaooo