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Daily Thirteenth Tw,
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1918. '
NO. 187
TAklANS BREA
MPTURING
OVER 1 15000 PRISONERS
TURKS OPEN
PROPOSALS
FOR PEACE
Nenotlations for Independent Peace
Reported .- Underway Riotina at
' Constantinople Independent ' Re
public Launched : in Hunparv bv
, Karolyi Archduke Joseph Pro
claims Independence of Hunqarv
' Monteneqro to Join Juao-Slavs.
: LONDON, Oct. 29. Turkey has
Independently presented peace propo
sals to the entente nations, according
to a report from Constantinople for
warded by the correspondent at Co
penhagen of the Exchange Telegraph
company.' The negotiations are ex
pected to end soon, it is added.
AUSTRIAN
NOTE
F
OR ARMISTIC
E
EN
WON
FRENCH FORCES
CIRCLE GUISE
Text of Official Document Identical
With Cabled Version Cabinet to
Discuss Proposal Military Defeat
Must Be Acknow'.eriflcd and Surren
der Be Unconditional, is View.
ATHENS, Oct. 29. Rioting has
broken out at Constantinople and
Smyrna, according to a dispatch from
ftllttlene Island of LesboB to the Pa
tris. At both cities, the dispatch
adds, Germans were attacked.
HuMgHrlnri TUrmoU '
; COPENHAGEN, Oct. 29. Arch
duke Joseph has issued a proclama
tion Btatlng that Emperor Charles
has charged him with the task of
securing the complete independence
of Hungary, a dlBpatch from Buda
pest says.
The proclamation adds that peace
will be aspired to at once and Hun
gary will join a league of nations,
her Integrity and unity 'being the
first aim.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 The new
Austrian note asking for armistice
and peace was received by cable to
day at the Swedish legation for de
livery to the state department. The
text is said to be identical with that
cabled 'by the Associated Press from
Basel, Switzerland, yesterday.
Word of tho arrival of the note
came just as the cabinet was assem
bling at the White House tor tho
usual Tuesday meeting, at which
both the new Austrian plea and the
latest German note were expected to
be discussed.
COPENHAGEN, Oct. 29. An in
dependent and anti-dynastlc state
has been formed in Hungary under
the leadership of Count Michael Kar
olyi in agreement with the Czechs
and South Slavonians, according .o
Vienna reports received by the Pollt
lken. In a speech at Budapest, Karolyi
declared he had presented his pro
gram to Emperor Charles, who re
fused to accept It. Karolyi there
upon put into effect his plan for an
Independent Btate.
-Paris View of Note
'PARIS, Oct. 29. "The capitula
tion of Austria" is the unvarying
caption with which the morning
newspapers precede Count Julius An
drassy's note to President "Wilson.
The editorials, howevor.'urgo caution
lest there be a hidden snare.
"Beware of the last convulsions of
a colossal enemy who is not yet com
pletely crushed," writes Maurice
Barres, in the 'Echo de Paris. "The
situation will not clear until military
defeat Is acknowledged or Inflicted."
All the writers agree that Count
Andrassy represents nobody and,
therefore, separate peace with Austria-Hungary
is absurd and impossi
ble. "The democracies of the entente
can maintain only one attitude: An
armistice first, and all th?ir condi
tions of peace afterwards, but only
afterwards," says L'Homme Libre.
IN OISE ORIVE
Debeney Advances 5 Miles On 16 Mile
Front Between Oise atic! Serre
Allied Pressure Continues South to
Meuse British Report Only Artil
lery in Partial Action.
PARIS, Oct. 29. General Debe
ney's First army continues to close
in on Guise and has captured Ger
man first line trenches and the bar
racks and hospital south of the cha
teau in the town of Guise, the war
office announced today.
South of pulse the French have
passed beyond tho Louvry farm.
They also continue to progress on
the right bank of the Peron right.
"Scraps of PaperV
PIAVE GROSSED BY ALLIES ON THIRlY-WllLEiF
ALLIES WIN DECISIVE VICTORY
E LINE
OF FLEEING1 E
1
Montenegrin's Villon
'PARIS. Sunday. Oct. 27. Kins
Nicholas of Montncgro hns sent n
declaration to the Jugo-Slnvs in
which, after expressing his iov over
President Wilson's reply to Austria
and nffirinin" the independence of the
union of Jugo-Slnvs lie said: "I de
clare solemnly that Montenegro must
become u constituent part of Jugo
slavia." The king ndvoonteil a confederated
Jugo-Slnvia in which each state
would be couul nnd would retain its
rights, institutions and religion.
PARIS, Monday, Oct. 28 (Hava3)
Czecho-Slovak deputies, In the course
of an audience with Emperor Charles
of Austria, asked that Auslro-Germnn
troops be removed from their por
tions of the empire and that Czecho
slovak regiments be returned, ac
cording to a dispatch from Vienna. It
Is said that they made It clear to the
emperor that an internal revolution
might ensue if the request were not
granted.
London view of Xote
LONDON, Oct. 29. Austria's ro
ply to President Wilson is viewed as
an unconditional surrender. Addi
tional interest is given the note In
view of the effect It will inevitably
have on the position of Germany.
"It removes," says the Telegraph,
'any lingering doubt as to .the total
defeat of Germany, for which, be
sides being a most grave military
misfortune, It Involves ultimate
crushing political defeat, as It de
stroys the monstrous fabric known
as pan-Germanism."
The Chronicle says:
"It completes the isolatlon'of Ger
many which must be prepared to
meet Invasion from the Austrian
side, where the whole Italian army
will be able to operate against It."
The Daily News likens the chaos In
Austria-Hungary to that in Russia,
adding: "Chaos may soon follow In
Germany."
BY ASSOC'ATED PRESS, Oct. 29
i On the western front in France
heavy fighting virtually Is at a stand
still northward from LeCateau to the
Dutch frontier, bui?r trom the Olse to
cast of the 'Meuse the allied pressure
continues with gains for the French
between the Oiso.and the Serre. An
Intense artillery daiel Is In progress
on the American front northwest of
Verdun, but no infantry fighting has
been, reported. "' ,,V - .
Encircling Gulso
General Debeney's army Ib encir
cling Guise. On the south they are
In the suburbs of the town and have
captured German first line trenches
besides enemy barracks and a hospi
tal. Farther south the French are
marching northeastward between
Guise and Marie and threaten to out
flank both points by smashing all the
way thru the Hunding position.
Since the beginning of his advance
between the Oise and the Serre, Gen
eral Debeney has moved forward
more than five miles on a front of
about 16 miles. Along the Serre the
enemy evidently continues to with
draw toward Marie as the French
war office says French patrols are In
contact with the Germans on this
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WfM ttU Your. '.U'l
ADVANCING MR
PURSUIT
NEMY
!t'e Beoun On Piave Sunday Bv I ta'lan and Allied Troops Is Continued
Victoriously 1 5.000 Prisoners Taken and Points 5 Miles East of
Piave Taken Vital Railroad Lines Seized Heaviest Fidhtina In .
Mountain Section. Lowland Evacuation Forced American Forces In
Reserve of Italian. British and French Capture of Guns Larqe,
UNION OF ALLIES
CONTINUES OIL
S5
OMAHAl Neb.. '"Oct. 2a. Indorse
mcnt of former Governor John II.
Morcheud of Fulls CitV. democrntic
candidate Opposine United Stnles
Senator George W. Norris. republican.
fnr oleetinn to the United States sen
ate, has been given bv President Wil
son. In a telegram to Mnvor L. r
Smith, who asked the president for
a statement on the senntorml sitnn
lion in Nebraska. President Wilson
Mill ,1 nf Mr. Moreheod : '
"We need men with iust his stead
fast lovaltv to the cause which now
stands in need of unfaltering sup
port," . ..
E
LONDON, Oct. 29. Resolutions
i unanimously adopted at the recent
conference of French, Italian, Bel
gian and British sections of the
Inter-allied parliamentary committee
recommended that the nations now
united In the fight for liberty should
sector. Eastward along the Aisne to j mam,ain tneir ci0B0 association until
the Argonne French pressure is , the dangorB threatening them had
maintained.
British Front Quiet
Field Marshal 'Halg reports only
artillery and patrol activity on the
front of his armies. In Belgium op
erations are only of a local character.
It would seem that the British
south of Valenciennes have reached
a point where the line of the Scheldt
to tho northward may be turned. If
Field Marshal Halg succeeds In forc
ing the enemy to evacuate Valen
ciennes, the advance of the British,
French and Belgians In the direction
of Ghent may soon be resumed.
British divisions along the Tigris
have again defeated tho Turks and
have advanced ten miles.
FOR STEEL TRUST
NEW YORK, Oct. 20. The United
Stutcs Steel corporation todav de
clnrcd nn extra unnrtcrlv dividend of
two per cent on the common stock to
gether with the regular disbursements
of 114 per cent on the common and
XJA per cent on the preferred.
. This extra dividend of two per cent
ompiircs with previous onartcrlv dis
bursements of 'A per cent.
Total earnings for' flic nuurtcr
ending September 30, after deducting
$101,U87.:i47 for account of federal
income nnd war excess prolits taxes,
amounted to $4.l)til.."i8ll.
The net income f'-r iiic nnnrter was
32,Ob!).;l!rj. The surplus for the
quarter was $:i.84fl..(il.
ARMY AVIATOR KILLED
IN FLYER AT SAN DIEGO
SAN DIF.OO. Cal.. Oct. 2!!. Sec
ond Lieut. James Kinnear. an nrmv
aviator, was instantly killed todav
when the plane in which he was liv
ing fell it Rockwell fieid. North Is
lunl. His home was Newnim, C'ulif.
FLIES 228 MILES
IN 105 MINUTES
P1TTS15UUQ. Pa.. Oct. 2D Flying
at an average spued of more than two
miles a minute, James M. Sclioon
maker, Jr., sou of the vice president
of the Pittsburg urn! Lake Krie rail
road, covered 228 miles from the
Wright Hying field at Davton, ().. to
Pittsburg in one hour and 4.'i min
utes. Scliooninaker was piloted bv
Howard Ilineliiirt. The lliuhl, which
was iiiikIc in a llcllaviland lour but
tle plane, is believed to be a record.
SEATTLE STORES 10
R CLOSE - ACCOUNT FLU
SEATTLE, Oct. 29. Seattle's
stores may be closed In an effort to
prevent the spread of Spanish Influ
enza, City Health Commissioner J. S.
McBrido announced here today.
Ninety-eight new cases were report
ed today up to noon. Yesterday total
was 397. 'Persons without masks
will not be allowed to board street
cars tomorrow, Major Hanson ruled
been removed by the complete over
throw of tho enemy powers.
Another resolution said that the
governments of the allied nations
should forthwith proceed to prepare
a schomo for the establishment after
the war of machinery designed to
secure and develop a "society of nations."
The committee declared losses of
mercantile tonnage due to submarine
warfare should be made good so far
as posslblo by tho transfer of enemy
tonnage. Tho committee also urged
upo'n tho governments tho necessity
of constituting an lnter-alliod Inde
pendent air force for tho purpose of
overcoming if need be the Inst resis
tance of the enemy by a campaign of
raids over his territory.
HEAVY MIlLERf
BATTLE. RAGING
ROME, Oct. 29. The battle begun
on tho Piave river Sunday by Italian
and allied troops Is continued vic
toriously, the war office announced
today.
Italian troops stormed the heights
of Val Dobbladondo. They also car
ried the heights of Colfosto and en-
torod Sysegano. Numerous guns were
captured. . : ' " .
French Infantry assaulted Mont
Plonar and captured It. .
Of the prisoners taken yesterday
by the allies more than 4000 have
reached (concentration... camps and
have been counted.
ment across the Piave. Troops and
supplies aro being 'rushed to the
Plavo rront and it 1b evidently pur
posed to force the offensive to the ut
most. T
In addition to the British, Italian
and French troops already taking
part In the fighting, American troops
are reported to be In reserve. The
American Infantry force Is not large,
prubably two regiments or less, and
not unlikely will be brigaded with
the Italians or British.; The fighting
east of tho Piave has hoeri very heavy
tho Austrlans struggling bitterly, to
prevent the allies from, enlarging
their gains on the oast.:.bank.
T
Conoirllano Captured.
ITALIAN ARMY HEADQUAR
TERS, Oct. 29 (Router s). Coiiegli-.l
ano, a town five miles northeast of
the left bank of the River .,Plavn, has
been captured by the allied forces.
The whole allied line between uo-
nogllano, which Is an Important rail-'
way und road center, and val vaa
bladendo hus been advanced. '
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Oct. 29,
10 a. m. (I3y Associated Pross.)
Activities nlong tho center of the
American front began long before
daylight this morning with a furious
bombardment. Tho enemy oponed a
heavy firo with gas shollB at 2:30
o'clock, which was changed to high
explosives between 4 and 5. Tho
Amorican artillery responded. Amer
ican patrols wore In action around
Iinnthevllle wood all night.
ISTICE Ti
AND
OF GERMAN FLEET
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES
NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Oct. 29.
1:50 p. m. (Dy Associated Pross.)
The artillery 'bombardment and ma
chine gun firo reached a groat Inten
sity during the night. The firo was
especially Intense In Bcllcau and Or-
mont woods.
The activity died down on the
front west of the River Mouse and
there was no Important action of any
nature this morning.
Throo German airplanes are be
lloved to havo been brought down in
an aerial buttle over Banthevlllo Into
Tuesday between an American patrol
of eight machines and thirteen Gcr
mans.
Lust Lines Broken
WITH THE ALLIED FORCES ON
THE PIAVE, Monday, Oct. 28, 8 p.
-(By Associated PrcBS.) The last
lines of the Austro-Hungarian resis
tance on the central positions along
tho Piave river wero broken today by
tho British, French and Italian
forces.
The Austrlans wore doult a smash
ing blow. It ronulte.il In the allies
making new advances, pusllng for
ward as far as Vayolla, which was
taken by the victorious Italians not
withstanding desperate resistance;
FRENCH SENATE
LONDON, Oct. 29, 0:30 p. m.
As part of tho terms of an ar-
mistlce tho Evening Nowb says
It understands tho allied nations
will Insist upon the surrender
of the German fleet, Including
all the German submarines and
upon the occupation by allied
forces of all the fortified towns
on the Rhino.
ARCHDUKE REPLACES
B0R0EVIC IN ITALY
ITALIAN IIICADQl'AUTKItS ON
the I'iiivc, Saturday. Oct. Jli (llv
flic Associalefl Press.) It is reported
that Archduke Joseph Ferdinand has
replaced General Itoroevie as the
Austrian commander on the Iron!
along flic Piave,
PARIS. Oct. 29. Sitting as a high
com ! the French senato today began
Its sittings for tho trial of cx-Premlcr
Calllaux, Depulv Louis Louslalot and
Paul Comby. Tho accused persons
weje not present as tho proceedings
are only preliminary.
The court appointed a committee
to study the enormous mass of evi
dence transmitted bv fbe iwigistrate
mild lieleliiloie liiltf bucll llivcsllgul
iter the c :se.
When I lie commit Ice has finished il
iiniitirv Hid court will resume its scs
sjmis. it is not Known now mm
lime Hie cmmiiittcc miiv reiiuirc.
653 NEW CASES OF
INFLUENZA AT FRISCO
SAN' FRANCISCO. Oct. 'Jl). Til
Sun Frnnciscn board of health
purls ti":t new ci.scs of Spanish inl'lu
enzn with 4(1 ('.Willis nt 111 o'clock to
duv. 'Exclusive of foduv's figures
there has h en a total of l.'i.'.l'JO casCB
reported with 083 deaths?
Helzo Hallway Control
BY ASSOCIATED PHUSS, Oct. fc8
Allied troops maintain their pro
gress east of tho Plnvo and huve
taken more than 15,000 prisoners.
The Italian, British and French ser
iously llircaton tho Important rail
road points of Conegllano and Oderzo
and two of the three railway Hues
supporting the Austro-llunBarluns
on tho Plnvo front.
While tho allies have thrown forces
across tho Piave on a front of about
thirty miles, the heaviest righting
has been along n sliutcli of seven
miles botweon Conegllano and Ordor-
zo, whore tho Italians and DrltlBh
have advanced more than three
miles, making a lormidablo wedgo in
the Austrian positions east of the
river and between two of tholr main
communication lines. Tho allies are
within two miles of both Conegllano
and Oderzo. Along tho Plavo soutn
of Oderzo thoro has been little fight
ing, but the allied advanco in tne
north would tond to force the Aus
trlnns to evacuate the lowlands of
the lower Plavo.
American In Itcservo
Annniently the allied attacks In
the mountain zone bctwoon the Plavo
and tho Drcnta worn fc!r.! for th
purpose of attracting the attention of
flic enemy from the formidable move
1.1,000 Prisoners Taken' -
ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS ON
THE PIAVE. Mondhy. Oct: 28.(By
Associated Press.)1' Fifteen' thousand
prisoners had been' taken by ' the
British, Italians and French u'if to
lato today In the advance across the
Piave which for the third time In one
year is tho scone of a desperate bat
tle. This time, however, the tablea
are tu mod, against the AustrlanB who
ro steadily being pressed uacK irom
tlm cr.oi.ern bank of the river.
The bnttle now hns been going on
tor five days and has been marked by
desperate resistance. The allies not
only havo had to battle against the
swift river, but also to contend with
tho ronownl of the pontoons ana iuot
brldgos damaged by the AuBtrlans.
Once across the river tno allies
ave had to overcome sirung
trlan trench positions and machine
gun posts.
Prisoners Ignorant
Austrian nrlsonors declare they
know nothing of the political sltua-
Hon at homo and the dtfbrts of tneir
government to arrango an armistice.
Tho Austrian army postofflce is saiu
to have stopped the dollver.y of mall
some time ago. -I'll'
Altho facing a heavy cannonaao
and Btrong machine gun fire, tho .
allied troops succeeded In effecting a
crossing of the Plavo. The British,
tallua and French soldiers are in
tho best of i!lrlts and enger to con
tinue tho advunco.
All the roads leading to the moun
tains or tho Plnvo are crowded with
heavy masses of troops, gunB '' and
other war niutorlal proceeding to tho
front.
Tho nrcsent battlo officially began
October 19, but heavy fighting did
not develop until October 24, tno
anniversary of Caporotto, and tho
beginning of tho' retreat to the Plavo.
';"' I'lnvo Is trossoil
Thariks to fair weather (h) Plavo
has been loft several silica behind bv
tho region southeast of Montollo.
Movomenls across tho river In force
are Increasing sloadlly and In tho
best orilor notwithstanding tho con-
TRAINS
FOR OLDER RECRUITS
WASHINGTON, Oil. 2!l.-Oldc
(I I'll I t cil men m e lo he put into shnpc
lor service through mortified nlivsi
cal (ruining exercises less arduous
than the course designed for men be
tween JI and 31. Cnnip eomnianilers
were ordered todav lo I ruin the older
men gradually, especialv in the cnrlv
stliUW,
Continued on Paga.Sll.)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 211. Contin
uous aviation activity in front of tho
'oiirlli American nnnv in suito of un
favorable weather was reported bv
General Pershing todnv in n second
coinniiiniiiuo for Mondav. Three
encmv airplanes nnd an observation
bollonn were shot down, anil all tho
aiiicrican machines returned, llcuvv
artillery firo marked the dav on
both sides of the Mense. In the Woe
vio prisoners wero captured in ( ft
successful raid, . ,