EAT CORN; forty-eighth Tear. tally Thirteenth Tear. TVEATirnn Maximum Ycstmby, GO; Minimum Today, JO. FORECAST Tonight and Tomorrow: Fail nn MEDFORD Mail RIBUNE FOOD "WILL WIN MEDFORD, OREGON, . MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1918 NO. 1SG ASK WILSON GERMANY ASKS BRITISH REM n;Lll.illlH inS mm "mm SL I0HP1HR0NE SMSHORESOF nf rnnSi nliifl lu I lUL i Berlin Acknowleiiaes Receint of Prcs- Attacks Aaainst Austro-Hunoarian 1- Austria-Hunqary Accents All Condi tions the President Laid Down for Entry Into Neqotiations for Arm istice and Peace No Obstacle Ex ists in Ooinion of Austrian Govcrn- Bcrlin Acknowleiiaes Receipt of Pres ident's Renlv and Retiucsts Condi tions Be Enumerated Allied Su preme War Council in Session Framinu Reply. WASHINGTON". Oct. 2S. The German government's reply to Presi- ment to Beilinnilia Of Nenotiatiulisl dent Wilson's last note asserting that .. ..... i the neKotiations for peace are being Ask President to Beum Overtures ..,,..,.,., .... a Ileo,)lo.s government with actual and constitutional power, and that the terms of the American HASEL. Oct. 28. (Bv the A'-so Attacks Aaainst Austro-Hunaarian Positions Proceedina Satisfactor ilyDetermined Effort On Valen ciennes Front Repulsed Positions at Mormal Forest Improved. ' mill nllle.l governments for an arnlls- I tico ate awaited, reached the Swiss I'inti..! ti-os; -Ansl rin-Hnneurv . . . . ., . - legation today by cable, notilv.nc President Wilson that it . t;ermany.s rejoinder was rather ready to enter upon peace nei:otin-1 uncXpected here. Pending receipt of tions nml nrrum.'e an tirinii-tu-e asks 1lu offi,.).,) text comment was with- President ilsnn. in its reply to hiiu. i .11 r.encrallv. however, the note was not regarded as one requiring an to lieiiin overtures on Ihe sullied. The Austro-lliini;urian i'orciv.11 niiu isler instructed the juslro-lluiu;nrinti minister at Stockholm to ask tiic Swedish Government to scud the l'ol lowiiur note to the Washington ttov prr',,nnl : "111 replv lo the note of President Wilson of the IHlli of this month, iiddressed lo tlie Austro-lliiiiL'.iriaii Vi eminent and nivin": Hie decision of tlie president to speak directly witli the Austro-llunnariaii government on the Miration of an armistice and peace, the Austro-Ilunnnrian L'ovorn ment has tiie honor to declare tiiat ciptallv with tlie preceding proclama tions of the president, il adheres also to the same point of view contained in the last note upon the rights of the Austro-llun'jarian peoples, espe cially those of the Czechu-Slovaks and the Juuo-Slavs. Accepts All Coiiditioiis 'Conseiiuentlv Austro-lluiuiarv. acceptiui; all the conditions the pres ident has laid down lor tiie entry into ncnuliutions tor nn armistice ami peace, no obstacle exisits, iiccor.iinc to judgment of the Austro-lluuuanaii government to the beginnniL' of these negotiations. "Tho Austro-llunguriaii govern ment declares itself ready, in coiisc ipionce, without iiwnitmg the result of other negotiations, to cuter into nego tiations upon peace between Austriu lluugarv uud the slates in tlie oppos ing group, uud for 1111 immediate arm istice upon nil Aiislro-lliiuganan 1 routs. "it asks President Wilson to he so kind us to begin overtures 011 the biib.ieet." The Austrian note is doled October US ut Vienna and is signed bv Count Julius Andrussv. the new lurcigu min ister. WASHINGTON". Oct. JH. -There i 110 olfieiul continuation to rumors re garding developments in Austria llungaiv uud Turkey. An oiler ol surrender from Constantinople has lieen expected lor davs but n lice of a new proposal has reached Ihe state department. Surrender ltcportcd AMKTI-'IIIIWI (let. 'JS. li'.v tiie Associated Press. I Au-tria in iht reply to President Wil-mi. I" nil the views exiiressed bv tlie presi dent in his note of October 1. Austria savs she is willing and ready, without awaiting the rc-ull ot other negotiations, lo ncgoliatu 11 peace and an immediate nrmistiee on ull Aiislro-lliiugariaii fronts. licvoliilimi In Croatia l.ONIION". Oct. 'JS. A di-pnteh to LONDON".' Oct. 2S, 4:47 p. m. British and Italian forces In tholr of fensive In northern. Italy this after noon had advanced for a distance of four miles beyond the Plave river. Seven thousand Ausiro-llungarians were taken prisoners. J1ANAIIAWKKX. X. .1.. Oct. JS. A Spanisli steamer loaded with sugar wns torpedoed 10 miles off liarnegat. X. .1.. at 10 o'clock last night and '2'i of the crew of '2i reached the shore earlv today, according to in formation received here bv coast guards. Willie'm Has No Intention of Ah'.licat inq Will Not Abandon Sorely Tried Pcoo!c but Serve as Heredi tary President Hindenburq Re- siens Ludeudorff Quits. . LONDON'. Oct. 2S. Tho British Tenth army today resumed its at-1 tack against the Austro-llungarian positions 011 the Italian front, the war office announced this afternoon. The attack Is proceeding satisfactorily- answer. The diplomatic situation is just where it was when President Wilson 1 LONDON". Oct. 2S. British troops informed the Gorman government in tlieii offensive on the Austro-ltal that Its reoucfit for an armistice, and ian front up to last night had cap peace had been transmitted to the 1 tared more than r.llOU prisoners, ac allied governments. The next step I cording to an official statement is expected was the submission of terms I sued today 'by tho war office. The of an armistice to Germany. British also captured 2!l guns, in- War Council Meets I eluding six nine-Inch howitzers. Announcement from London that The text of the statement reaus Premier Lloyd-George and Secretary Balfour had left for France with naval and military advisers fore shadowed an earl meeting of tho supremo war council at Versailles. While the military and naval mem bers cf tlie council are drawing up t?rms of an armistice which will be tantamount to surrender by Germany Iho political representatives of the entente powers are expected to dis cuss the individual peace views of their governments with a view to formulating a complete program to bo presented if Germany accepts the terms of the armistice. The German rejoinder after de claring that peace negotiations are being conducted by a people's gov ernment to which tho military pow ers am subject, declares "tho Ger man government now awaits propo sals for an armistice which shall be I lie first step toward a just peace as the president has described it in his proclamation." LONDON", Oct. 2S. Tho brevity of the reply to President Wilson's note Is a measure of Its significant sincerity, says tho Dully News. "President Wilson's note puts an end to further argument. It is due to Dr. Solf, tlie German foreign sec retary, to say that his note Is precise ly what the occasion demands," says the News, which continues: "If peace, as tho new posture, of Germany warrants us In believing Is coming within reach Ibcro must be Heavy Storm Prevents Relief Work- No Word of Any Survivors Prob ability Is That All of 343 Aboard Perished Watches Stopped at 10 Minutes to Seven. Hour of Disaster. 'iiritiai, rrnni 'in llnlv. Sunday: The line of tho Tenth army Is reported no delay In taking steps lo end bos tonight to run south to Stabiiuzos, (Continued on Page Four.) FOR WEEK 32,249 LONDON". Oct. 2S Hrltlsh casual ties for the c k ending today num bered 32.24S compared with i'.T.I"'" for Ihe previous week. Thcv are divided as follows: Killed or died of wound-: Offbers. 4:!ii; men. r.:!o7. Wounded or miss Ing: officers, 1,111; men 2V'';:'- 10 GRITIGS OF PEACE TERMS WASHINGTON". Oct. 'JH. Presi dent Wilson replied today to repub lican eui.t.-titioiis that the third of I.,, i . ., it peace terms is a free trade i4.mk. hv explaining that ill de manding the removal of economic barrier-, lie meant to siiggc-t no re- -trictiou upon internal policies but only that whatever tarilf high or low anv nation imglil deem nccos-ur. u -Ih.uI.I nPPlv ciuullv lo all foreign nali.'iis. The president made tlie explana li iu a Idler (...Senator Simmons of North Carolina. .-1111111111111 ot the s.-nate linutiee. .-.tn.Tl.it t.-r. who had eu him lo-kim.' tor a suiemeiu , riant republican lea. Id's Polo di Plave llorgo, Seunettl Borgo, Mulnnotti, LnseRao and 1 011011. "Prisoners counted up to G:la o'clock this evening amounted to .Mi 20, including 121 officers. Of this number 3."2il men were taken by the Fourteenth British corps. The nunjier of guns at present counted amounts to 2!i. Including six nine-Inch howitzers taken by the 2:ird division." At Valenciennes LON'DO.;, Oct. 2. British troops Sunday repulsed a determined Ger man effort to drio thorn from ra mars south of Valenciennes, Field .Marshal Jlaig reports today. Many Germans were killed in street fight ing in the villages. On the borders ot tho Mormal for est, south of Valenciennes and north of the Kalsnies forest and north of Valenciennes the DritlKh havo' Im proved their positions slightly. "A determined counter-attack was mado yesterday on Fninars nnd was repulsed after street fighting in which many of tho enemy were killed. "We havo Improved our positions slightly on the borders or the Mor mal forest and south of tho Italsnies forest." A. lvalue In Mesopotamia LONDON, Oct. 2S. The British advancing In .Mesopotamia have cut the road from Sherghet to Mosul, one of the principal Turkish lines of com. municatlnn. Tills probably will force the Turks to fall back on Mosul. tllitles. There is no justification in fighting on Tor what can 'bo had for the asking. "The terms of an armistice must be rigorous, but must not be need lessly so." The Dally Mall hopes and believes the allies "will not do anything so : foolish" as Immediately to disclose j the terms upon which they arc will- j ing to grant an armistice. The paper says the German reply does not meet President Wilson's questions and after summarizing Ihe most recent happenings In Germany declares in effect, that nothing Is altered there. The sword Is still In Iho hands of autocracy, tho paper states. "It will he time enough for Marshal Focb to state the tonus when that sword has I been broken and surrendered." "The promptitude or the reply may bo accepted as convincing ovldenee ut least of Germany's desire and need of an armistice," says the Post. "Dr. Solf's assurances regarding far reaching changes are not very satis factory, however. -Nothing lias hap pened that as yet suggests anything fundamental has been changed in Germany except tho expectation of victory. "The first condition of an armis tice is that Germany shall be unable to break It or refuse the conditions the allies dictate. If the German government means business If will send plenipotentiaries to Marshal Foch, but from present Indications Germany's rulers are intent only on gaining time." LONDON". Oil. 28. Kmpernr Wil liam lias no intention of abdicating, but is willing, if il is for the good of Ihe people, to ordain that his rights shall be refrained, according to a statement attributed lo German court circles. The emperor is said lo have remarked: "I will not ubnnd..n niv sorclv tried people, hut if lieeessurv. I am ready to become something like the hereditary president of a (ionium republic, like the kings of Englnnd. helgimil nnd l'Vance." Iliii.lcnbii.g It. -signs Zl'liH'll. Ocl. 'JS. Reports that Field Marshal Von Ilindenbiirg has resigned are printed in (iernian news papers. The Xeusle Nachrichlen of Dresden savs the lield marshal has tendered his resignation but that the emperor has not yet . decided whether lo ncccpl or not. The r'runk forl (inzelle maintains lhal Von Ilin- denhurg bus not resigned, but reports to that el'fe.-l. it savs, are being cir culated bv piin-llermiins. JTXKAl". Alaska. Oct. 'JS. Shores near the scene of the wreck of tin Princess Sophia in which 343 lives were lost, ore strewn with dead bod ies, according to wireless messages received here lust night from vessel scouring the witters near where the boat .'out down. A henvv storm vesterdnv prevent od Ihe relict ships from geltmg to the land. llodies of V victims were liroughl here vesterdnv. To,n were identitieil as follow A. W. Kendnll, Mrs. II. M. liridges, Amy Hull. ,1. I!. Young. K.lwurd tl Whoeldou. Ilnrrv A. liutbertor.l. Hen rv Itrndlev. Ilenrv II. Parkins, (ieoi'g W. lloolh nnd Captain Frank tlossic Two were unidentified. So Hurvivm-H Known No word of any survivors of Hi Sophia lias reached here, (lovernor Thomas liiggs. Jr.. ol Alaska, who is il Lvnn ennnl. where tlie Sophia Debenv After Three Davs' Battle Drive Germans From Stronu Oise Line Forcinq Extended Withdrawal Between Aisne and Oise Which Will Force Entire Line to Meuse River Back Fiohtina Now in Open Coun try and German Lines Flanked. lll'.RLIN. Oct. 28. The Gennnn lines between the Oise and Hie Serre were withdrawn Satur.lnv night to 11 line west of (luisc and east of Croev. German genernl liendtiunrters reports today. PARIS. Oct. 2S. Germany's ar mies havo begun a new retreat, this time between the Oise and tho Alsne. General Dohenoy's First army, in the face, ot stubborn resistance nnd re peated counter-attacks has succeeded iu swinging on Its right flank so that It faces east. It has renchod Guise and tho llulso-Marle road, driving the onemy bcioro It. General Dobeney is now In a posi tion to push rapidly along the upper Olso valloy toward 'Iltrson and Vor- went down, has tnkcii personal eliarge 1 vino thru n level country devoid of writte "be. .1 attempting t" the puragrupli "Wc: ns of and pnnisliiii. ut." -, il, I..- l.-n I. all miti. 'lis t..r t i-'iing lho-e wli" general plogram ;! ." lake partisan Use ei'.'U'.uiie discipline Ihe p resident wrote. 1 the i.'ii.l action ol ie purpose of pun will ted submit to a -I juste e uud e.tual- DEFICIENCY WAR BILL SENT TO PRESIDENT WAslHSi.Ti'S. o.t. JH. -res- t.-.iav completed the sH.l I ...in w n r .1 ! " :-!. nt the pre-'.''' Wltli.'ill '. rep.. 1 1 I'l ' house, Cu min. - ev bid and sent It t.. flic -cnutc ac-cpled .,M-si,.n the .-.ililercn--' v a.."PW, hv tl" RETHEL ADVICE WITH Till-', AMT.1I1CAX AHMIKS XOIITHWKST OK l-.lilll'N, Hoi. JH.-t.l p. in. Hv Ihe A-so.-ialed I'r.-ss. 1 -American long-range guns this alternoon began tiring on Longu- Voll. PARIS. Oct. 'JS. American units have enter. . I Hie lighting ea-t of Rethel and have carried out a local operation IP wliu li titcv I !c all ad vance of one k:lo:i,.t.-r ea-l 01 At tignv. cai'l'iring 1 7'J pi . -oners. Hie war -..I ir e ultli'iiinccs. The Anieri.-i.n ithatiee was made iu the region ot the Kon-t Farm south of the Al-ne h. :..! Altignv and nc.. The French cmtinue tl.eir ad. unco del ween the Oi-e 1.11. 1 the Ai-nc. es pecially m. the lell Hank. I no ar .itll.e today reports Hie capture "I Hill I J.I north of Creel, ..ii llu: Serre. IXRKIx A. Calif.. Oct. 28. The steamer Mun.lulnv is n-bore oil' Fnuiillerov Ruck. Hi miles southwest ..I I'n -scent Cm. One boatload of survivors lias lauded Llldenilol'ir (lilt PARIS, Oct. 28. (Renter's.) The Paris Keho savs that Ludeudorff resigned because he sees the impos sibility of continuing the war. The M ut i ii savs (lermniiv will represent ihe retirement of Liiden.lorl I' us a new proof of the suhor.limitioii of the nilitai'y to the civilian power, hut tills will deceive no one. Ludeudorff who tour months ago made Ihe Reichstag and Ihe German people believe Hint the lull ..I Paris and the surrender ot France was imminent now disappears because he is beaten uud 11 desperate Geruinnv is laced with eiipiluhition. "Miiei'iflce" Accepted AMSTERDAM. Oct. 28 President Wilson's note to (lerinauv was print ed in the Herman newspapers on Thursday evening end on Friday morning. The Vossiche Zeilung of lierliu printed the Knglish lest nlong side the note ill Gorman. .Munv pa pers apparcnllv contemplate without excessive liiincnl the prospective .lis iil.pcarnni I the I lohclizollcrn dv nasty. Tlie emperor's abdication is agiim strongly rcponc.i 10 oe iiiii.com ing. It is noteworthy that the Frank fori (lazelte hint at a coinlni' sae rilice," with comparative eoualiiini- !v and bolh Ihe lierliu and Frank fort slock exchanges showed nn im proved tendency as the result of Pres ident Wilson's note. (iei inuny 11 Movie Show LONDON' M. 2H. A Copeiih despatch to the Kvehatige 'Iclegrapli -ompanv ouol.-s Ma xiinilian Harden the editor of Die Zukellll of I'.crllll as saving ill an interview with the llcrhngske Tid.-iide of Copenhagen "We started the war with a dirt tri.-k and -ill our siib-e.iucnt i.-toric! I have been the rc-alts of dishonesty William M 's a film hero and Her 'niiinv a vulgar einoinntogriipli show ! We-sit today .111 the rums of :I0 year of llohcn.ollci n publics." f Ihe rescue work. Over 2.") bonis osler.iav were reported searehim" for bodies. All flags lliroiighnut Alnskn were ordered bv (lovernor Riggs vester dnv to he put 11I half mnst in memo ry of the Soolliu's victims. In.iuiries nine hero from all parts ol the ter ritory asking about various Alaskans who were bound out to Ihe slates and who were expected to leave. Skagwav ill about the lime the Sophia sunk. Will dies on Ihe bodies broughl here re slopped ut tell minutes of seven. This was tukcfi lo mean that the So phia went down al about (hut time Saturday morning, f.urlior reports aid she sunk lale Friday night. Lighten nt Juneau VICTORIA. II. ('.. Od. 28. Kigli- 1 1 bodies, seventeen men and 11 bov. from the wreck of the Princess So phia, have been taken lo Juneau. Al aska, ip-curding I" wireless incs- eived here In. in the I lilted Slntes Ship t.'odiir. J he bodies were found flouting near the spot where the Sophia went down. No ldcnlili oution was given. Victims Identified SKATTLK. Oct. 28. I. K. Young, whose body wus brought to Jnneuii, was chiefengincer of the Yukon river steambolit Dawson. He resided in Vunc. .uver. II. C. Captain Frank Gossie, whose body also was toulid. wus M-con.l oHi.-cr of Hie Sophia. Mrs. II. M. liridges, another recover ed, was the wile of the proprietor of Ihe Yugoiiii.i: rcsiaiirnnl of Dawson. Y. T. Hurry Rulh.-rford wa- u waiter .10 the river steamer I'.-.s.-a. K. tl. Wild. !ou was n deckhand 011 the river sterner Selkirk. Ilenrv H. Parkin was the general miinavcr of the Pa eilie Const Cold Storage company. Ills home was here. Htreams. The first result or nis pro- gross Is to foreo tho enemy opposing . Hie Tenth and Fifth Fronch armies, exhausted by fruitless conntor-at-lueks to begin a backward movomont which Is eventually hound to extend to tho rront boforo Rcthol. This will open to the Fourth urmy a double passago of the Alsno and Ardennes canal. General Debeney's success, was won by sheer hard fighting. The Im portanro tho enoniy attached to stop ping this passago up the Oise may bo gathered from tho fact that the Ger mans yesterday threw In three fresh divisions, which, however, were knocked out. SAX FRAyCI-sCO, (id. 28. - The Mutul.ilav wa-. driven on the rocks near Cr"se.iit Cilv while Irving to -ape a licnv v sU.., l)(.t extricated herself and put to sea later ill 11 water-logged c.'ieiiluui. i.e. -or. bug to itiioruiatioli rec.ive.l here bv llobb-. Wnil nml c.,:iiali. owner- ,.f the v I, i .miaul Carl Friediiiaitn and eight met. bad I. Hided in a 1. 1 '-. t . X.ithinj wa- known ! tl." other IP men on tlo- i-ss.-t. 'the Miin.lnlav wus loading lumber nt Cre-c-nt C.lv t-.r Sun Pedro. She wns p.irlial'v I" nl.-d when she pot to sen to tv.'l'l heavy weallier and Hi) - mviiIil' ol. the rocks hv the swell, according P. lo r owners. The Mum In'. iv i" -mall wooden schooner .'f I IS tolls. She Vl.s Iu. ill al Not Hi lb-lid, die., iu IPPO, TOTAL 321,416 LONDON, 'nt. 2V - It was an nounced In (be house of commons to day that since the comm. -no -nn at of the war llrltisli troops have taken .':.'".( 1 ii enemy coinliiitanis, lu. hiding 2l'i 1,242 Germans. There were, II was also Haled. t'T.noo German com batant prison-is la the nulled king dom at the tiros-enl time. .!. I-:. Drake ot Ibugb. was 11 M.-d ford hmlne:.i vltlioi Moip lay. OUAKE CAUSES HEAVY LOSS IN PORTO RICO HAN .M'AX, IMrtn IMco. Oct. 2S Thri-n (icrKonK urn dead and twriity hijind iih tho run 11 11 of tho 'urih--liial.t' TlniiHihtv iniilnluht. itfcordliiK ttt r'M)i"tn ruroivfid '.y CDVurnor Va ivr today. Thcro was liofivy pinin'i ty lo h at A-.iMro, MaHiu and Asmi rlill. Tho Ki'd CrovH is Imililliii; t-in-liorary flhcltcrH in thex; townn to raro tor tho lumiidt'SJ. fJ it'll t l'i-nrli Victory V 11 1'JN C II ARMY 1UCADQUAR TKUH, Oct. S. (Itmilor's.) "This nvonlim fionnrnl Dehonoy'a army, after throo dayH nnd nlnhts of !mck Hiint rtKhtlnn dialodKed tho enumy from tho llprmunn lino, puraiilng li Im to tho next lino a row m!1on north, IntorHoctod by Htronms, and hero nnd thoro grout patches of thick woodn, adinlralily ndaptod to the pur poHt'H of defonsivo wurfaro. Yot In Ihreo days wo havo covered ns many in I Irs In depth ns in tho same number of month last year. "Tho Second unny. In conjunction with iho Kronen made good progrosa yesterday and Touched Moen and HooHtert, which aro southeast of Courlral and upon tho railway from tho I.lllo triaiiKlo to Ghent. Tho Klfth army continue!! to or :ountor oiiHtinalo reslKtanco towprf. loiirnal. Scenes of Intense activity cvorywhoro arc lo ho witnessed lu tho hack areas of our advance. Labor hattallona drawn from all itnrtors of tho gtobo are at work Klrcnnoimly making aud in (Mi ill in; roads, while cant ward A flowliiK flood of lorries, troops, guns, wajions and hornes Hceui novor-end- To Turn Mnn WITH TIIK KHKNCll AUMIIC3 IN ROOSEVELT AT LAST SECURES WAR MEDAL 'i'OKIO, OH. 'S. Willi fir in.nn.v 11 1 ol the e-npertH'. the Japanese Itrd I w iiujtrdcd ( itloiiel Tlienilnre Kii-i'll 11 medal nj honor. (Continued on Pago Kour.) DANGER OF COAL 1 XHW Y('..;IC, ChP. A dlspntrh f 1 0111 ip-hinvloil to tho New York Sun ouotes l-'uel A.lmintstrator C.nr flel.l ns sain that production of coal lu rrrord-urcukitp: quantities has virtually eliminated Ihn innslbll lly of a eon I famine this- winter. Mr. tlarriel.l said that Canada's allotment of coal for houcliold pur poses for tho year endlnK next April Is :l.i;oi.n"n tons, of which 1.!if..1,70i ions hae already been delivered,