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Newspaper Page TextLIBERTY BONDS KEEP HE HUN ON THE RUN. M TTEATriEn Maximum Yesterday, 71. Minimum Today, 371.. FORECAST Tonic-lit and Tomorrow: Fair. edford Mail Tribune LIBERTY BONDS SHACKLE THE KAISER. Forty-eighth Tear. Dally Thirteenth Tear. MEDFOttI), OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1918 NO. 109 WILSON REFUSES R NO LET-UP until m WITHDRAWN President Informs Germany That Be fore Armistice Can Be Discussed. German Troops Mu:t be Recalled From All Invaded Territory Asks Chancellor Whether He Represents German People or Authorities of Emnir. Who Are Conductino. War. WASHINGTON', Oct. S President Wilson today Informed the German government that before. Hie United States can discuss an armistice Ger man troops must withdraw from all invaded territory. He asked Chancellor Maximilian whether lie represented the German people or tho authorities of the em pire who are conducting the war. The president's message was not a reply, but In the form of an Inquiry. The Imperial German government is asked whether It accepts the terms laid down by the president in his ad dress to congress January 8 and sub sequent addresses. The text of tho communication handed to the charge of Switzerland here follows: Text of lioply "Sir: I have the konor to acknow ledge, on behalf of tlio president, your note of October G, enclosing the communication from the Gorman government to tho president: nnd 1 nm instructed by the president to re quest you to make tho following communication to tho imperial Ger man chancellor: " 'Before making reply to the re quest of the Imperial Gorman govern ment and in order that that ropi.v shall bo candid and straightforward as the momentous interests Involved require, the president of tiio United States deems it necessary to assure himself of the exact meaning of the note of the Imperial chancellor. Does the imperial chancellor mean that the Imperial German government ac cepts the terms laid down by the president in his address to tho con gress of the I'nited States on the Sth of January last and In subsequent addresses and that Its object In en tering into discussions would be only to agree upon tho practical details of their application!' No Armistice Considered "The president feels bound to Bay with regard to the suggestion of un armistice that he would not feel at liberty to propose a cessation of arms to the governments with which the government of tho I'nited Slates Is associated against tho centrnl pow ers, so long as the armies of those powers ore upon their soil: The good faith of any discussion would mani festly depend upon the consent of the central powers Immediately to withdraw their forces everywhere from Invaded territory. "The president also feels that he Is justified In asking whether tho Im perial chancellor is speaking merely for the constituted authorities of the empire, who have so far conducted the war. He deems the answer to these questions vltul from every point of view. "Accept sir, tho renewed assur ances of my high consideration. "KOBK11T LANSING." . No answer to tho Austrian peace proposal Is contemplated for the present. This was mado known officially. PEACE WITH GERMANS nOME, Oct. 8. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federa tion of Labor, here with a delegation of American labor leaders, strongly denounced the recent peace move of the central powers, paying tho new German maneuver seeks to weaken the unity of the democratic nations and lessen their fighting spirit. He said: "The Austro-Gcrmnn and Turkish military system should bo beaten. Tho security of labor and the people requires that the central powers shall capitulate and their military menace be broken." EVACUATION OF BELGIANICOAST ISCONTINUING Stores Fired to Dutch Border Male Population Between 15 and 45 Bru tally Torn From Homes and Forc ed to Labor Upon German Military Work Systematic Destruction. AMSTERDAM, Oct. S. -The evac uation by the Germans of the Belgian coast region is continuing, the fron tier correspondent of the Telegraaf reports. The telephone lines between the frontier and the coast were being taken down yesterday and today. Tho stores of material at Knokke, near the coast, five miles from the Dutch border, havo been set on firo, tho reports state, and many factories have been undermined In preparation for their quick destruction. As part of tho occupying troops would have to choose between cap ture and flight when the evacuation occurs, instructions have been given them, says tho correspondent, to escape to Holland in civilian clothes with the object of evading Imprison ment and subsequently returning to Germany. ALLIES SHE VITALPOINTS IN GERMAN LINE Major Operations Renewed in Cen tral Portion of Line Follows Suc cessful Minor Actions Monday Germans Continue Withdrawal in Flanders and in Southern Sectors. l'opululion Knslnvcd TIAVrtE, Oct. S Tho Belgian gov ernment has issued a statement that from the coast to beyond tho city of Unices, tho male population between the ages of 15 and 4" have heen bru tally torn from their , homes . and forced to labor on German military work. . : The text of tho statement mads: "The ltoltfian government, has been conferring with the all ted govern ments on tho Knitted of measures which are necessitated by methods of I systematic destruction and pillage which the enemy is employing in ter ritory ho is obliged to evacuate. "llelgium has been from the be ginning of the war exposed to out rages of the German armies. At the very moment the Imperial chancellor is proclaiming his nnxiety for the happiness of tho peoples and his will to work for tho deliverance of hu manity,, the Belgian government re celvos news of fresh excesses on tho part of the Gorman armies occupying Belgium. From to 45 Yours "From tho coast to beyond Bruges tho male population from 15 to 4 5 years is being torn from their homes and subjected to the most brutal treatment. These men are compelled to work at forced labor for tho mili tary needs of the enemy. "A vengeful clamor would arise from the whole world if at the mo ment of leaving Belgian soil the Ger man army renewed with redoubled cruelty tho excesses which marked the invasion of Belgium and if they undertook to consummate the ruin of tho country by pillage, arson and tho whole deportation of tho people.' PEACE PROPOSAL PARIS, Oct. S. Bene Vlvianl, president of tho council when the war broke out and head of the French mission to tho I'nited States, Interviewed by Information regard ing the peace proposals of the central powers, said today: "Germany has presented proposi tions to President Wilson, but are they really propositions for .peace? Tho discourse of Chancellor Maximil ian appears to 1e merely the program of the majority. It. is not a quaMlon of discussing tho 1 4 propositions made by President Wilson, for dis cussion of them ns a basis for an armistice would not bo in accord with the military advantage which wo pos sess thru the splendid services of our troops. "Whether tie enemy accords auto nomy to Al.-ace-Iorralne is no longer a question, for we demand the return of the provinces to France, pure and simple, and without any trap for a referendum." GERMAN ACE OF ACES KILLED IN CONFLICT AMSTKMiAM. Mutid.iv. O.t. 7. -Fli'.-lit I .it-nt . Kiitz Unmet of ilie tier man nriuv. who rluimrd 41 it ir 'w tories. lui- hern killed, the I.okal An zei'er ot Berlin reports. BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Oct. 8. Kenewini: major operations on the center of the line from the Meuse to the North seat. British and American troops todnv are smashing into the rear defenses of the Ilinden burtr line between St. Quentin and Ciimbrai. While Field Marshal llniw is at tacking on the 20 mile front north of St. Ouentin the French ulon tho Suippe continue tlteir progress north ward toward the German communica tion line, desniie strong enemv resist ance. The French have reached the juncture of the Suippe and Aisne riv ers nnd have forced their way into two lurire (owns on the Middle Suippe. In Vital Sector The Aniilo-American thrust against (he .vital sector between Cambrai and St. Ouentin follows successful local operations Monday in the regions of Boa ure voir and Montbrcliain in which 2'M German prisoners were ta ken. On the front of attack t he Jiri ish and Americans are pushing east ward from the hills west of the canal between the two lown toward tjie railwav: unction of Bohain and the railway lines running north nnd south which are so important to the German supply system in this region. Successful continuation of the French advance north and northeast of Itheims is menacing the security of the Laon massif. After rapturing iterrv-nu-liue, the' French are fight ing their way into (,'omle-sur-Suippe at the junction of the Aisne and Suippe. Progress northward from these towns would outflank both the Chanipaune nnd Lnon positions and make unetnable the lines of both the Aisne and the lietourne. In the cen ter bv entering isle-sur-Suippe and capturing liazancourt, the French apparently have broken the Gernnin hold on the Suippe and nrude neces snrv a retirement to the lietourne or Aisne further north. Leaving Belgium On the north the Belgian and Brit ish pressure is maintained ami under the threat of further major attacks the Germans continue to withdraw Irom the Belgian coital region. It is reported I lie enemv is removing all telephone lines and burning his stores at Knokke. live miles from the Hol land frontier eut of Zecbrugge. From the Suippe to the Meuse on the southern end of the line the French mil Americans continue to press the enemv hard. Large fires are reported behind the German lines on the American sector east of the Argnnne and the important town of Itrieulles. on the we-tern hank of the Meuse, is burning. This sector is most important to the Germans, os a defeat there would send them back in the direction of Sedan, throu'jh "diieh runs the great trunk raihvav which connects the Germans as fur we-t La on with Germany. The Amerienn have brought up their heavy nrtillen and there is everv evideiu-e th:it a territie trugiIr is to be exoeeted on this front. On the He-ti'rn ide nf this buttle line the Americans moved iiheml veMerduv and captured Fhatel rhrhcrv as well a-- important ground ju-t eat of the village. French naval units have entered the harbor of Beirut. Svna. a port thro nidi which supplies mav be ens i!v transported to the allied armies which are operating in the vicinity of Ia rmiseus. PREVAILS AI CAPITAL LONDON1. Oct. 8. Tho Tnr- kish cabinet has resigned, nc- cording to a dispatch from Berne, Switzerland to tho Even- 4- in? Star. Tho mcssago nays great excitement prevails at tho capital. ) II OF WILSON'S PRINCIPAL POINTS COPENHAGEN, Monday, Oct. 7, The Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin savs that two of President Wilson's points must be considered rejected the separation of Alsuee-LorYn'iue from Germany, and Ilie incorporation in independent Poland of Hussinn Poland. YANKS GUT-OFF FOR 5 DAYS IN WILDS RESCUED Lost Battalion of Americans Sur rounded by Germans in Arqonne Forest. With Ammunition Nearly Exhausted, Weakened lv Lack of Food, Sa'cd hv Relief Expedition. LONDON, Oct. 8. The German government, according to u dispatch from Amsterdam to the Exchange Telegraph company, intends to grant pardons to a number of politicians imprisoned since the war began, in eluding the socialist Dr. Karl Lie hkneeh'l, and Wilheliu Dillninnn, A general amnesty, the dispatch adds, probably will be granted to political offenders. AMSTERDAM. Oct.:.-. Gormnnvj's new ministry is one of: national 'de fense as well as uf notice and is pre pared for a stand to the cud against a humiliating peace. r. Berlin rd Dernburg. former German minister of ilie colonies, declared in a state ment, according to Berlin advices, "President Wilson's fourteen old and five new points can be accepted bv ns if put forward honestly, with out humiliation for Germany," Dr. Dernburg said. "We shall not accept an unjust, humiliating peace." "WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES NORTH W EST OF VERDUN". Oct. S. ( Hy Associated Press.) With their ammunition nearly, exhausted, and woakened from lack of food during a period of five days In which they had been cut off from their comrades' support in the thickets of the Ar iKonne, a battalion of American troops has finally been rescued by a relief expedition, according, to re ports received this morning. The lost battalion, whoso where abouts was a mystery for some time, comprised several hundred men un der the, command of Major Charles Whittlesey. Completely surrounded hy tho Ciormans, they made their stand with their pistols and rifles and a few machine Runs as defensives weapons. When relief reached them their stock of cartridges was almost gone and tho men were in a weak ened condition from lack of susten ance and the effects of the dampness of theso fall days, from which tho trapped infantrymen had no blankets to protect them. Tho relief expedition encountered great difficulty in aiding the. roscued men, some of whom wero so weak they had to bo carried. Medical sup plies und food are being rushed to their aid. , ,'; . . , '"The lost baUallon" pushed ahead with the other ,iroops when the first American attack to tho west of Ver dun began. They wore surrounded in all probability because they wero not used to the forest, warfare. Ad vancing in two widely Hepnruted col umns tho enemy was ablo to Inflller ato behind them without being seen. As soon as tho members of the bat talion missed I he troops to the right and left of them, they tried to find them but their efforts wero checked for the time being by tho rain and terrain conditions. W A SI 1 1 N GT( .V, Oct . 8. A rmy regulations governing the sending of Christmas packag.es to American sol diers overseas will apply also to members of the marine corps whose address is "American Expeditionary Force," for all other marines the ordinary naval regulations will gov ern the transmission of gift parcels. The packases for shipment abroad must be In the mall by November 20, bearing the address tags to be ob tained from local Red Cross chapters. CAMP GRANT, Ills.. Oct. .v. Col. Charles It. lfa::idorn, acting com mandant at Camp Grant, committed suicide in his quartern at the canton ment last night. Ills body with a pistol wound In tho head was found In bed about 7 o'clock this morning, Officers at t lie camp said today he had ben showing the strain im- r.r.txwl l.i.n l.ir tl.n Urx.nlal. It, flit. Mi.tt fiiiivjjin which lias i:unnrn hiuik than ou death:- In camp. He had been troubled by insomnia. WASHINGTON. Oct. 8. Evidence tendim: to vlinw thai the explosion in the T. A. Gillespie. hell loading plant at .Morgan, N. J., bird week, was caused by enemv agents has been dis covered bv government operatives in a letter predicting the explosion on I'Vidav iii-ibt signed "Heine" and ad-dre-scd to a man in Nononi. Mexico. Agents uf the department are in 'estiuat in:', lint they are inclined lo one-linn the 'jenainene-s of the let ter which was picked up in the rail road station of a New ,lerev citv. DEMANDED BY ITALY BEWARE OF PEACE KOMK, Monday, Oct. 7. "We must have absolute victory. Any kind of negotiation Is now more than ever Inadmissible,'' the words of President Wilson Immediately after tho rejection of the Austrian peace proposal, are reprinted by the Epoca in largo type a mnnmariztnx the at tttudn of Italians toward the nw peace movement. Tho Epoca adds that President Wilson anhwered In September the present new trap concocted by tho enemy. WASHINGTON, Oct. H.- General I haz. commander-in-chief of the Italian arm v. has issued a tieiierol order reminding his soldier that the enemv slid is on Italian. French and Hek'ian snd, am! calling on them not to be wea keiter) liV I lot tering hopes f peace, but lo hold t lieuiM-h e in readme-.- to completely crush (lie enemv if hi- pence ot fer prow I be "u lre-h luim of the old uuile." PARIS, Kept. !. (Correspondence of Associated Press.! The American Red Cross has aided rnon refugee-, to return to tlielr homes in Ihn recon quered Aisne and Miirne distrb ts since the Geitmms have been driven back. Forty-five- carloads of supplies have been sent since August f to Chat en a Til lerry, Ksnones, t ioniums, TrniKHV, Verneuil and VIHers Cot ter et. RAP D SPREAD TOKIO. Monday, Si-nt. no. Ily AAHoriulfil I're.-K.) Formation or Him iii-w raliliiKt has bei'ii tii"raly well lorolvirt ii b n n uniiilsliik.ililn slRn of Ihf Krnilunl ftRcdmlnncy of the pooplo of ili'iiiinriiiy out Hint of oIlKarhle lifniiriNiiirrai v. Tho Invt si'ven pr nilorn lmvn Im IoiikpiI to tin: hcaiiixnii. rrary. HiishiHun Inlnn-HtH nln wol como the now govorntiicnt. OF INFLUENZA A I PUGET SOUND 193 Cases Since Saturday at Seattle With Two Deaths Schools. Thea ters and Churches Closed at Van couverModified Quarantine at Camp Lewis. VICTORIA. H. . Oct.' 8. Schools were closed here lodav in an effort to combat the spread of Spanish influenza. About oil eases have been reported to the health au thorities, i 102 Cases fn Seattle SKATTI.K, Oct. H. Health offi cers today estimated lil'J eases of Spanish influenza have been reported here since Snlurduv. Two ecoiid class seamen, F. K. Wood of Cheney, Wash., and II. K. Sneucer of Huclmcr. Mo., died at the Putted Stales naval training station here toduv from the inlluen.a. The epidemic has taken 10 sailors in nil at tlte station. Appears at Vancouver VAXCOCVKli. Wash., Oct. 8. All t healers, schools, churches and nlaces of public gathering have been ordered (dosed bv the health authori ties, due to the discovery of several cases of Snpnish influenza among the civilian population. Soldiers at (he' Vancouver hnrrheks have not been prohibited from , nssoeiat ing' with civilians, as vet. No eases have been reported at the barracks, so fur ns known. ' " ' ( lir, OOP Cases In Ohio ' coi.ninrs, Ohio. Oct. 8,-Tiie epidemic in Spanish inllucria is in creasing rapidly in Ohio and a total of 'J.'i.OftO eases and mniiv deaths had been reported to the state depnrtmeu of health lodav. Spreads In South ATLANTA. Gn.. Oct. 8. Spanish inlluenza lias spread throughout tlte south despite drastic action of health officials. More than "dWMKI eases are otticialv reported among the civ iliau populations while hardly u sin L'le army camp has escaped. WASHINGTON. Oct. 8. The American t earner West mite of the Navy Overseas Service, has been sunk with the loss of six members of the crew, in eolliion with the steamer American. The American picked up the sur vivors und is proceeding to port. A dispatch to the navy department today -aid the inking occurred about '.in I miles oil lite Atlantic coast, but ilid not ivc the time. The We-dgnte was a earuo earner of ,,HilO ito.-.--lon-.- POliTI.AN'H. Ore., Oct. 8. -The steamer We-d-jute, reported sunk in collision at .sen, was a steel shin built tor the eovernmeht bv the Col umbia River Slupbuilliiig corporation here. She was delivered to the ov ernuient April '2.1, HUH. mid uas the third boat Imilt tor the L'ovcrmuent bv that company. Seven otlu ts have been delivered this year. DAIRY COUNCIL MIS FEED MADE PORTLAND, Oct. S -The Oregon Dally Council has l It graphed to Federal Pood Administrator Herbert C. Hoover, axklitK that tho Kovern ment buy Oregon flour, or. If trans portation cannot be provided for It now, that the government niako pro vision for storing the flour so that tho mills may grind full capacity and Immediate relief be given the dairy men with regard to the feed question. Dairymen point out Unit there Is no mill feed to be bad at any price, because Hie flour mills urn not in op eration. This is becuuse, they claim, the government will not buy flour here and tho millers cannot export at a profit under present regulations. NEW DRIV i L UNDERWAY CAMBRAI American and British Forces Benin Smash North of St. Ouentin on 25 Mile Front Prooress Made De spite Stiff Opposition Terrific Barraae Precedes Attack North east and North of Rheims. French Push Forward Americans Ad vance in Arqonne. llIMTISir HKADQVAllTKUS IX KUANl'K. (let. 8. (lieuler'h) Tho n ttack bi'L'an tliix iiKirnini: liv Hrilxli mid Amerifnn i'orcos on tho Cuni-lirai-St. OiK'iil in front has becomo open wiirfnro in t lie real old Kenso of tho term the developing of vn rious caiel'iillv worked-ont man euvers into one Brent general scheme which is to combine in securinir pre arraniied objectives nnd tho ronml-inu- mi of ns ninny Oermans os pos sible, i It had been neeessnrv to assemble the nssaultinsr waves to the east of the llindenberi.' lino and to act the masses of men thrniiirh the intrieflto battered trench system in th dark. It was n task of extraordinary diffi culty, but it was accomplished well before tho zero hour. The AmilojAnieriean . ntlaek was launched nt 2 :.'ll) o"clock , ill the iiioiniii','. la tho darkness -of-tlio hour of u imiet moonless' niaht 20 miles of mins suddenly crashed forth in a hideous dissonance . . AnKlo-Aiuet'lcnii Drlvo ' WITH TI IK ANdl.O-AMKRICAX I'HHt'KS XKAH ST. orKNTLV. Oct. H. (Ilv the Associated I'rcss.) American troops eoinc into battle in coniuuclion with the Kourlh Hritish army on the St. Uacnlin-Canirai front today attacked near the point where the last line of the llindoubunr system already hail been smashed. The earlv reports indicalo that pro gress was lining made despite stiff machine uan opposition. Siiniiltaneoiislv the Third Hritisli n rm v attacked on the front from Cambrail south aloiur the ocntiiuin lion of the lasniereslleaurevoir line. There was a frontal attack on this line and at tho same time. un ef fort to tarn it at its noil hero ex tremity. 'flic attacks of the two unities wero converyim.' operations, tho ueneral direction of the thrusts lieinir north eastward. The assault war. uerom Piinied by one of thu most terrific bombardments of the war. the massed !rilih cannon firing wheel to wheel. I'ronre.ss at Itlielms r.MIIS. Ocr. fi.-Xorlheust nnd mirth of lilieims the Kronen contin ued their m essful ndviinee. The war ot fice iiunouncemciit toduv anvs lhat I'lench troops luive reached the outskirts of Coitde-sur-Siiiitpo nt tho inaction of the Suippe und the Aisno northeast of I'.errv-an-Uue. Alone; the Suippe river the French have penetrated into lslcs-sur-Suippo and to the wot have eapttircd ltr.z. iiaeoart. with thi: rifi-Acii akmy ix ritANt i:. .Monday. Oct. 7. (Heu tcr's. ) licrmnn forces on tho north lank of the Suippe river have been 'ounlcr-nttackiiiL' with desperate en ergy all tin v. To prevent the Krench rossintr the river, the vhave attack ed on the lino between I'ont Vivart .iad lorry-nit-ltac, throwing lame anils into action on the center of this I ron t. In s,ii,. of (he vigor of the enemy's cMtoncc. however, the Aisne has (Continued on Page Four.) SENATE REDUCES TAX WASHINGTON'. Oct. 8.- Resuming reviion of the war revenue hill to day, the senate finance committee considi red the beverage sections nnd U'cuuccd the lax ot 8 a gallon on iiiMuicu spirns used lor oevcramt purposes in provided jo the houso bill to .til.HI n gulloii. The doubled rales on beer nnil wines Were upprov. etl.