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DAILY EDITION VOU IX., No. 4. n KAISER OR THE PIUWIDKNT'8 REPLY MEANS NO AltMIMTICH UNLESS UNDER .NDITIO OK Bl'KKKNDKH Allies Will Demand Control of Gateways to Avoid Mng Out witted by Treachery Wsshlngton. Oct. 24. No armls tie, except under condition! of sur render; no peace with the kaiser and the war lords now or later. Thus the president has given tn advance his own final decision tn granting a request to lake up the plea for an armistice with the allies. The president's reply was sent Just 11 hours after the official text waa received. While the president's ultimatum is sinking home In Germany, the al lies are preparing for the next move, which will be to determine If they are willing to effect peace on the conditions enunciated by the presi dent and accepted by Oermany. Washington. Oct. 24 It Is expect ed that the allies will Insist. In esse an armistice Is granted, that the allies occupy the Metz-Thtonville gateway so a to be able to outflank the German army while demobilizing If any treachery Is revealed. No III I.IMJ MADE HY MILLKIt OX WAR REVENUE ItILL Iteport are being circulated that certain rullnita have been made by the collector of Internal revenue In connection with the war tax bill now before con Kress, and in order to avoid credence 'being given such re ports, Milton A. Miller, collector of Internal revenue, suys that no rul ings whatever could be made by his office in a matter which has not yet become a law. I HUN WAR LORDS With the American Army North west of Verdun, Oct. 24. In retallla tlon for destruction wrought by Am erican bombing planes within the enemy's lines recently, German avia tors last night raided the American front and bark areas In the largest force since the American offensive begun on the Meusc and in the Ar gonne. In addition to attacking the ,y Infantry, the Germans bombarded the region around Clermont, Mont' faucon and 'Rarecourt. Four bombs were dropped near the American hospital In the neigh borhood of Rarecourt, one of the bombs tearing down an outbuilding. The glass ends of four former French barracks used by the Americans as hospital wards were shattered. A Red Cross nurse, Margery Saw yer, of Buffalo, N. Y was blown from her bed, but was not Injured. All the patients were taken to dug outs, none of them being hurt. An other iRed Cross nurse, Mabel Butler, of New Haven, Conn., was In the name building with Miss Sawyer, but was not hurt. Both of them Imme diately went to the aid of the pa tients. When the first bomb fell the hos pital attendants gave their first at tention to their charges, leading or carrying them to shelter. 'Rocks thrown up where this bomb struck broke the windows In the southern end of the 'building. Ten other bombs were planted In succession In great semi-circle. Throughout most of the night German planes were heard many times passing over'. IDEIIHG FOR DIME PEACE Wanta TrM to Remember His Days of Sorceas and Tells Them to Avoid Political llrolb With the French Armr In Franca. Oct. 24. Field Marshal von Rlnden- burg In an order to German officers In the field, referrlna- to negotia tions for an armistice, declares he approves the peape move and Is obliged to support the rorernment. lie asks that the confidence reposed In him In the days of success be con tinued. The German crown prince In an order to the group of armies under hla command reminds the officers of the responsibility they Incur when tney lose a position or modify the line In any way without orders. Copies of these. documents have fal len into the hands of the French. "Political events of the last few daya," says von Hlndenburg, "have produced the most profound Impres sion upon the army, notably upon the officers. It 1s my duty to sup port the government Instituted by his majesty. "I approve the steps taken toward peace. The German army has a su periority over all others tn that the troops and officers have never ena-ar- ed n politics. We desire b adhere to that principle. I expect that the confidence that waa accorded ime In the daya of success will be all the stronger now." The order of the crown prince Is shorter and almost curt. It says: "The exchange of diplomatic notea gives me the. occasion to recall my order according to which ear officer In command engagea his responsibil ity when he loses a position or modi fies his lines of resistance without express orders." FOR OREGON SCHOOLS Pronouncing the establishment of additional normal schools in Oregon a vital war problem to be solv ed Immediately, State Superinten dent of .Public' Instruction Churchill haa Issued an appeal to the people to give It their attention at the com ing general election. More than $1,000,000 Is now expended annually In the relnatritctlon of pupils in the states elementary schools, and 40 per cent of this sum Is due to Incom petent teaching, he aald. He warn the people to profit by the error made by the allied coun tries during the war In letting dtfwn educational aateguards. Superintendent Churchill made the above statement In advocating the adoption of a measure at the coming general election providing for two additional normal achools In the state, one to .be located at Ashland, and the other at an eastern Oregon city to be chosen by the normal school board of regents. "It costs tTiO per pupil each year to educate a child tn the elementary schools," continued Superintendent Churchill, "As about 20,000 pupils in this state fail each year to make their grade, It costs the state about 11,000,000 annually to have them re peat their year's work. Exactly what proportion of this sum Is due to the untrained teacher there Is no abso lute way of determining, but from many conversations with school su perintendents, principals and super visors, I am satisfied that 40 per cent of the 11,000,000 spent yearly In repeating work" of pupils In the grade's Is due to Incompetent teach ing. The mltlage tax provided In the measure on the 'ballot for main taining two normal schools would produce about $75,000. By establish ing normal schools sufficient to give all our schools trained teachers, the state would save the difference be tween $400,000 and 175,000." Portland, Oct. 24. The food ad ministration asks coffee users to cur tall the size and number of their cups to .save' shipping. grants nm, toapam cocntt, orboon. Thursday, October 24. 101s. BRITISH SMASH ENEMY BACK ON 15 Take 6,000 Prisoners and iank Valenciennes Germans Cut Casal acd Flood LowlandsHans, Eastbecnd, are Bombarded Paris, Oct. 24. The British army, having smashed through the outer defenses of the strategically Import ant German line south of Valencien nes, continue to hammer their way toward Maubeuge and Mods. They gained three to four miles on a IS mile front yesterday. Apparently, the British hope Is to outflank Valenciennes rather than take.lt by fighting In the streets around Valenciennes. The Germans have been flooding the country by cutting the banks of the Scheldt canal, turning the low- lands northeast of the city Into great lakes. With the Allies In France. Oct. 24. The British have taken over 6,000 prisoners and many guna In their new attack which waa begun yester dsy below Valenciennes. The British have crossed the Ec alllon river and captured the vltlagea of Neuvllle. Salescbes and Beaudtg nles. The attack was resumed today all along the front between Sambre-Et-Olse csnal and the Scheldt river. The British here took the villages of Thiers, Haute Rive and Than. With the Allies In France and Bel gium. Oct. 24. Hard fighting Is re ported all along the front south of Valenciennes. British gunners are PORTLAND (ilWH'KIW SAID TO RE KEFU8INU ALDERS' GOODS Reports have reached here that Portland grocers who had stocks of Albers Bros.' products on hand were sending them back by the truck load since the arrest of Henry Alber on charges of disloyalty. It la reported that grocers in various parte of the state will refuse to handle Albers goods hereafter. Consumers here are declaring they will purchase nothing bearing the Albers brand hereafter. That we will not foster pro-Huns in this country. Roseburgi Review. Henry Albers, held under $10,000 ball on a charge of violating the es pionage law and for publicly expres sing pro-German utterances, has re signed as president of Albers Bros.' Milling company. The resignation will be acted upon by the directors, who are hla 'brothers. Employes of PRESIDENT PASSES REPLY TO ALLIES Washington. Oct. 23. President Wilson haa Informed the German government that he has transmitted Its correspondence to htm, seeking an armistice and peace, to the allies with the suggestion that If these gov ernments are disposed to effect peace upon terms and principles Indicated, that their military advisers and the military advisers of the JUnlted States be asked to submit the neces sary terms of such an armistice as will fully protect the Interests of the" peoples Involved. The state ment follows: The secretary of, state makes pub llo the following: "From the secretary of state to charge d'affalrs In charge of German Interests in the United States, De partment of state, October 23, 1918: "Sir: I have the honor to ac knowledge receipt of your note of October 22, transmitting communica tion under date of October 20, from the 'German government, and to ad vise you that the president has In structed me to reply thereto as fol lows: - MILE FRONT Many Gnas-Will Try to Ost- bombarding the roads to the rear of the German lines which are crowded with eaaUbound traffic British Headquarters in France, Oct 24. The British today drove the Germans from Bots L'Eveqne, east of Le Cateaa and have reached the 8ambre-01se canal In that region. Washington, Oct. 24. General Pershing lg reported to have made progress north of Verdun, and Ban- thevllle la completely occupied. Fifteen enemy airplanes and one observation balloon were shot down In the course of many combats. In which three American balloons were destroyed and six planes failed to return. With the Americana Northwest of Verdun, Oct. 24. American patrols today penetrated deeply Into the German lines in the region of Grand Pre and north of Verdun. Paria. Oct. 24. Southeast of Le Cateaa the French crossed the Sent bre canal east of Grandverly. . Rome, Oct. 24. The French to day penetrated the enemy positions. taking over 700 prisoners, Italian headquarter announced. the company have adopted a resolu tion declaring their layolty to the united States. AMERICANS SINK 10 sees on one trip G. W. Finch of this city has Just received a letter from Jils son, Floyd E. Finch, who Is a gunner on board the Martha Washington. Floyd Is 24 years of age and haa made seven trips across the Atlantic. On one of these trips,, he, with the other gun ners of the Martha Washington, suc ceeded in doing away with two sub marines. One of the U-boats was sunk within 60 seconds after show ing Its periscope, but the other one was destroyed only after a battle lasting an hour and a half. Finch wrote his Jetter In New York City. ALONG FOR COHSIfl " 'Having received the solemn and explicit assurance of the German gov ernment that It unreservedly accepts the terms of peace laid down In his address to congress of the United States on the 8th of January, 1918, and the principles of settlement en unciated in his subsequent addresses, particularly the address of Septem ber 27, and that it desires to discuss detaila of their application and that this wish and purpose emanated not from those who have hitherto dic tated the German policy and con ducted the .present war on Germany's behalf, but from mlnlstera who speaka for the majority of the relch stag, and for the overwhelming ma jority of the German peoples; and having also received the explicit promise of the present German gov ernment that humane rules of civi lised warfare will be observed both on land and sea by the German forces, the president of the United States feels that he cannot decline to take up with the governments with which the government of the United States is associated, the question of an armistice." ... ERATION MURDERER JUDGE Oil ATROCITIES One of the B Layers of Edith Gaveil to Serve In Belgium to Uphold "German Honor" London, via Montreal, Oct. 24. The Dally News eays that the com mission of neutral residents of Brus sels which is to investigate charges of unnecessary devastation and des truction during the German retreat In Belgium will be nnder the direc tion of Baron von der Lanchen, civil governor of Brussels. "The selection of von der Lane ken Is extraordinary." aaya the News, "when it is recalled that he played a leading role in the murder of Edith Caven. "It was von der Lancken who ig nored the representations of the Am erican minister. Brand Whitlock, and refused to allow Miss Cavell to re ceive a visit from a Belgian lawyer." CASUALTY LIST ine following casualties are re ported by the commanding general of the American expeditionary force for today: Killed in action .v 87 Missing in action 62 Wounded eeverly . 195 Died et wounds ... 40 Died of accident . 1,5 Died of disease .... 45 Wounded, degree undetermined 173 Wounded slightly 81 Prisoners . . 4 Total ..... :... ; 700 Killed In action McDonald C. McCulIough, Portland. Kinea in action, previously re ported wounded Corporal Walter T. Ford, Central Point, Wounded severely Clarence W. Thomas, Portland; Frank W. Groves, 'Lebanon. Wounded severely, previously re ported missing Leslie A. Mlnton, Corvallls; Roy L. Whlteaker. Inde pendence. Slightly wounded Sergeant Ho- bart it. Bird, Portland; Corporal Martin L. Ktmmel, Portland. Wounded, degree undetermined Oliver T. Hall, Portland. TERRIBLE DEATH TOLL A little Insight to the terrible d'fath toll Spanish inflenza is taking in the east 1b gleaned from a letter just received by Mrs. Jack Wimer, of this city, from her sister, Miss Bernlce Umphlette, who has been at Norfolk, Virginia, for several months but whose home is at Glendale, Ore. Miss Umphlette says: "We are having a terrible siege of Spanish influenza in Norfolk. Real ly, people are dying by the hundreds. They are using school buildings for hospitals, and all public places, such as barber shops, schools, churches, shows, etc., are closed. The disease Is very contagious, but I have not caught it thus far. There are so many dying that the undertakers can scarcely take care of the bodies. The ambulance passes our house 500 times a day, and you can see many trucks loaded with coffins. The condition Is awful, 'but it is like war you cannot realize how things are until you have seen." 200,000 RECRUITS NEEDED FOR MERCHANT MARINE Washington, Oct. 24. Two hun dred thousand recruits for the navy will he needed in the coming year, mainly to man merchant ships In government service, Secretary Dan iels informed the house naval com mittee today. This Increase would 'bring the naval personnel to more than 700,- 000 men, compared with 54,000 at the beginning of the war. WHOLE NUMBER 2497. HUNGARIANS RECONCILED TO THEIR FATE VIENNA THREATENED WITH FAMINE AND AUTHORITIES ARB POWERLESS WAST TO IKOW PEACE TERMS President's Reply Cannes) Violent Panic tn Financial Circle, and Is Considered HinaUlatlnsj Paris, Oct. 24. 'Austria-Hungary is already reconciled to the idea of unconditional capitulation, accord ing to Vienna dispatches, because Vienna la threatened with famine, v The authorities are powerless and the laws are no longer enforced. , Hungary Intends to apply directly to the entente government to ascertain on what terms they will grant aa armistice and peace for Hungary, It la reported In Budapest. Basel. Oct. 24 President Wilson's answer to the Austrian note bad aa overwhelming effect la Vienna, and there was a violent panic In financial circles. In political Quarters the ' note waa considered extremely bo- . militating for the dual monarchy, . according to the dispatches. SPREAD OF INFLUENZA A prophylactic vaccine, used with good results elsewhere and expected to aid in curbing the influenza here, is being prepared by state and city health otficials and will be ready for free distribution to doctors soon, it was announced yesterday by the state board of health, says the Ore gonlan. In Seattle 60,000 persons hava been treated with the serum with the result, it is said, that none haa con tracted the disease in a serious form. At the Skinner ft Eddv ahinvarda 6,000 employes were Inoculated. Fewer casea of sickness, it is said, have been reported at the yard hos pital than In any previous month. The culture from which anti-influenza serum la made waa brauzht to Portland by a representative of the health department of the ship ping hoard. Only two of 1.200 men Inoculated at the Bremerton navy ' yard have contracted Influenza, he aaya. The vaccine, which is recommend ed as a preventive, not a cure, will be supplied to pbystclana only.. No Inoculations will be made either at state or city laboratories. The state laboratory has sent out small quan tities to physicians outside of Port land. The city laboratory will not have any quantity ready until Thursday. The serum is administered hypo- dermlcally. The charge for Inocula tion is expected to be the regular amount tor a visit In Portland 149 new cases were reported, bringing the total up to 1,510. Twelve deaths were made known, but these occurred during four days, making the corrected to tal now 52 for the entire period. Victoria, B. C., Oct. 24. A wire less from the north says the Cana dian Pacific Railway company's steamer, Princess Sophia, bound south from Skagway, went ashore on the Vanderbllt reef In Lynn canal, near Skagway. The ship carried 200 passengers. As the water at that point is well protected, no loss ot life Is feared.