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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WITHDRAWN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.