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THE
Forty-eighth Tear.
Dally Thirteenth Year.
MEDFOED, OREGON, "WJiDXKSUAY, OCTOUKU .TO, 1918
NO. 188
ALLIES CAPTURE 3
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German Government Sends Another
Note, Directed to American Gov
ernment Detailing. Reforms in Ger
manyWill Be Forwarded Allied
Council President Working on Re
ply to Last Austrlarf Note. Which
Will Also Be Sent to Allies.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. Secre
tary Lansing said late today the state
department would not make public
Immediately the new German note,
nor would there be an announcement
today of a reply to Austria.
Desperate Resistance Encountered
Alono. Entire Front French Make
Progress About Guise and Ameri
cans on Meuse British Inactive
in Belgium Armistice Terms.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 30. Anoth
er note from the German government
reached Washington toduv. it sup
plements the luut brief communica
tion, saving armistice terms were
unuiitai, py reciting 111 ut'iuu govern
mental chancres which have taken
place in Germany as evidence that
the kaiser has been deprived of all
power of making war and negotiating
peace.
This time the Germans do not ad
dress President Wilson personally,)
but send the intormation tor the
American . government, npparentlv
recognizing that the stage of per
sonal appeals has passed with the
transmission of their armistice and
peace plea to the allies.
It reiterates that the actual power
of responsibility of the German gov
ernment has been transferred to the
rcichstag and describes the progress
of the necessary constitutional
changes.
Sent to Allies
The note probably will he forward
ed immcidatcly to Paris, where the
supreme war council already is re
ported to have formed terms upon
which the United States and the allies
might permit a cessation of hostilities.
As word of the new German move
came it was learned that President
Wilson was working today on n reply
to the last note from Vienna in which
the Austrian government accepted all
principles and conditions of the presi
dent and asked for armistice und
peace proposals.
The rcplv, which probably will he
made public before night, is expected
to inform the authorities nt Vienna
that on the basis of acceptance of nil
conditions, including netunl independ
ence and not mere autonomy for sub
ject nntioiiiulitica, their request has
been referred to the governments
with which the United Slntes is asso
ciated. Armistice Program
The armistice program said to linvc
been prepnrcd by the supreme war
council has not been reported on enrlv
todnv bv the American representa
tives. The government, however, js
known to favor terms eouallv as dras
tic as those described in Paris dis
patches as agreed upon nt Versailles.
Although officials here Irgurd the
Aiistro-Hungarian situation as far
from elnrified anil arc inclined to
nuestion how far the government a:
Vienna now is Qualified to speak for
nnv one, the understanding is that
tliev are to he dealt with on the theory
that acceptance of armistice terms
nn'niintinp to surrender in the field,
will be the best guarantee of faith
ful performance of any promises.
. Secretary Lansing lias not received
(Continued on Tags Six.)
BY ASSOCIATKD PRESS. Oct. 30.
Bitter fighting has been going on
in the Meuse sector during the past
day or two. East of the Meuse the
American forces have moved nhead !
once more and have wrested import-
ant positions from the Germans.
West of the Meuse the Germans have
been henvilv bombarding the Ameri
can lines nnd back areas with gas
and high explosive shells. American
long range nrtillerv has been pounding
the German supply lines at ('ont)uns.
West of Argonne forest, French
have begun an attack which seems
promise the turning of the Aisnc line,
which is the main obstacle to the
French advance immediately west of
the Argonne in tlio region of Vou
zieres. Tlio new attack was over the
front from Ouenlin-le-l'elit to Ilerpv.
north of the Aisnc, and progress made
in the first few hours of the on
slaught indicated that important re
sults were within rcneh.
Closing in on Guiso
On the Oise-Serrc front tlie French
are steadily tightening their hold on
the lines about Guise, while south of
that town tliev arc moving ahead in
spite of their desperate resistance on
the part of the enemy.
In the neighborhood of nlcneicn-
ncs the British are apparently check
ed, for the moment nt least, no sig
nificant progress has been made there
during the past day or two. North
of Valenciennes the French. British
nnd Belgians have improved their
lines but do not nppenr to have suc
ceeded in breaking through the Ger
man defensive lines defending Ghent.
Armistice Terms
The Versailles conference, it is re
ported, has agreed upon the tonus of
an armistice and also on the final,
pence demands. It is said that thev
will be submitted simultaneously to
the German government. London re
ports that the allied nations will de
mand the surrender of Hie German
fleet, including nil submarines und the
occupation of all the fortified towns
on the Rhine.
Internal conditions in. Germany and
Austria nppenr to he rnpidlv growing
worse. liiot'ng. in winch n large
number of persons were killed is re
ported from Budapest. In Germany
the population is said to be in a panic.
Banks are being stormed bv deposit
ors, it is reported.
Delicncy's Success
PARIS. Oct. 30. General Debcn-
ey s rirst army lias gamed new
successes in the encircling of Guise,
nccording to the official statement
from the war office todnv.
North of Guise thev hove taken the
Beaufort farm, north ' of the Oiso.
Along the Peron river, south of Guise,
the French have progressed east of
Monccnn-lc-Ncuf and captured prisoners.
COPENHAGEN, Oct. 10. The
Czech national committee took over
the functions of the local govern
ment in Prague, the Bohemian capi
tal, on Monday, marking tlio final
step in its successful revolution there
according to a telegram from Berlin
to the National Tidcndo.
The Austrian Imperial symbols
were removed from various buildings
and imperial proclamations torn
down. The city officials hare taken
an oath of fidelity to the Czech stale.
During Monday night the general
commanding the Prague garrison
and his staff placed the entire armed
forces in the city at the disposul of
the Czech national committee.
PrcsshiirR as Capital
PARIS. Oct. 30. The Ciocho-Slo-vnk
council of state, has decided to
make Pressburg the cnpltol of Slo
vakia, according to the newspapers
horo.
Pnwsburg Is situated on the north
hank of the Danube, 34 miles south
east of Vienna. It Is beautifully lo
cated near the western extremity of
the Carpathians and Is one of the
finest cities In Hungary. The popu
lation of the city in 1900 was 61.537.
It was announced recently that the
Czecho-Slovak council had changed
the name of Pressburg to Wilson
stadt In honor of President Wilson.
Laroe Austrian Fern in Danger el Beltw Cut Oft Immense Allied Army
How Across Piavt and on Heels el Retiring Foe Who Is Abandoning;
Guns and Supplies in Haste to Get Out Mountain Strongholds Cap
tured and Eastward Proorett Gains Hourly in Momentum Austrians
Face Maior Disaster on Anniversary ol Great Success of Year Aao.
nor yon have It Suspense for
the German observer bo la tha
picture Is just Imping from hi
but loon as It U Prod by sHInd abl
ators. sunpoaM for ihe railir, for
we don't know wbelhur he reached
the ground nllvo or not. Ills para'
hn(e had not yet began la opea
when the picture u supped.
Austrlnn Fleet Concentrated
PARIS, Oct. 30. The Austrian
fleet has been hastily concentrated
at Fieume, according to a dispatch
from Rome to the Temps under date
of October 27. A few vessels remain
at Pola. but all that were at Cattarn
have left. It is said that tho concen
tration was demanded by Hungary.
U-BOAT ATTACKS
THREE VESSELS IN
Hecks Kalian 1'cai-o
LONDON. Oct. :.. t'nnnt Andrns.
sv, the Aiistro-Iliingnrian foreign
minister, has resolved to initiate di
rect peace negotiations with Itulv.
"Austria's sole antagonist." accord
ing to Vienna telegrams received in
Copenhagen nnd transmitted bv the
Central News ifencv.
A
MELBOURNE. Oct. 30. Compul
sory subscription to the Australian
war loan will not be Introduced nt
present in view of the highly satis
factory response In the campaign now
In progress, Acting Premier Watt-announced
today. I'p to the present
212,000 subscribers have purchased
$206,252,000 worth ot bonds.
Quiet on Ilrltb.li Front
LONDON. Oct. 30. On the British
front in France, Field Marshul Ilaig
announced in his statement toduv
there has been no activity except pa
trol encounters in which the British
troops advanced nnd captured a few
prisoners. The statement rends:
"Apart from patrol encounters i;i
which wo nindo progress and secured
a few prisoners, there is nothing to
report." v
BASEL. Switzerland. Oct. 30.- -Count
Andinssv. the Aiistro-llnngn-rian
foreign minister, has entered
into diplomatic relations with mem
bers of the Czecho-Slovak govern
ment in Paris, according to the Hun
garian newspaper Norodv Listv.
Authority Only a Name
BASEL. Oct. 3(1. Yhc authority ol
the Austrian monarcv now is only a
ninne in Prague. liudancst newspn-
crs report Unit Field Mar-hnl Pun!
Iestran: k. cotnmunilcr-in-chicf in the
Prn""e .'v..'-' nnd V'ld Mars1,
F.dunrd Zanantoni handed over nil
military authority to the Czech com
mittee on Monday.
PARIS. Oct. 30. In Paris dating
the week ending todnv there were
2..V!fi deaths, the greatest total sii:iv
the beginning of the grippe enidem'
here. Of the deaths reported. I.'jfi3
were due to grippe and "1. lo various
diseases of the lungs. During the last
few duvs the number f deaths re
ported dttilv bus '--n decrcu-inu-.
ALLIED AGREEMENT
ON PEACE POINTS
PARIS, Oct. 3ft. (nv .Associated
Press, 6 p. m.) The heads of the
allied governments and Colonel E
M. House, special representative of
the United States government, with
the military and naval advisers of
the respective countries continued
heir Informal meetings today.
Differences of view, natural to the
Immensity of the Interests involved
have arisen, but under friendly exam
Ination they have largely disappear
ed.
Altho some points In President
Wilson's declarations may require
more complete definition an entire
agreement Is In tmmedlale prospect
The supreme war council will not
meet formally until this full under
standing has been reached.
AN ATLANTIC PORT, Oct. 30.
(Ily Associated Press.) A torpedo
and shell firo attack by a German
submarine on an American tanker, a
British freighter and Norwegian
freighter October 21, "00 miles from
tho French coast. In which the Amer
ican tanker stopped to engage and
apparently outfought the l'-bont, was
described by tho crew of the Norwe
gian Bhlp. which arrived here today.
The three vessels were traveling
together, the Norwegian crew said
when the submarine made Its pres
ence known by launching a torpedo
at the Britisher. The enejay then
appeared on the surface and with
two deck guns opened fire on all
three ships. The vessels scltered
and the Britisher, being the fastest,
was soon hull-down on the horizon.
The Norwegian ship, unarmed, moved
off in an opposite direction while the
American tanker, turning so as to
present a stern target, opened fire
and In short order made the U-boat
submerge.
NEW YORK, Oct. 30. With the
arrival .of II men of the crew of the
'Norwegian steamship Htifinder here
today after their rescue by a United
States naval vesRcl. It was disclosed
that the Sttfinder was bombed and
sunk by a German submarine on Oc
tober 13 and the crew of 19 forced
to take lo ojin boats. The fate oi
tlio captain and soven men of tli'
crew was not known to those who
reached thin port.
VERDUN FRONT
WASHINGTON. Oct. 30. Ameri
can lno operating north nf Verdun
linvc occupied Ainenille and e-lab-lisluil
their line north of Hint vi.
Inge, General IVr-hinff miorted late
huliiv in a com in tin in itc for Wednes
day. Heavy artillery and' machine gun
fire north of Verdun nnd Ihe bring
ing i!nwn of IS enemv airplane, with
failure of five American machines
to return. n Inld in Aocialed
Pre d'stmt' hes lat night, were re
oor'ed br General Pcr-hiiig.
After capturing Ainercville. the
Americans advanced north, of Ihe
town nnd etabl-hed n new line on the
series of ridgc in Ihnt region.
Taking advantage of n clear dav
American nerial Immbers slarted out
earlv. todnv nnd attacked variwt er.e-
"iv military objectives ct of the
Mease.
. The It's American guns olo were
active. I.n-nbanlin? rro roads nnd
railway inn tion far and wide with
rn the region of the previous bom
bardment of objectives behind the
enemy s line.
The Rtlflnder, 1711 tons gross,
was halted by tho I'-bcat on the
afternoon of October 1.1, about 1"00
miles east of New York. Some of the
subrrrerina's crew came aboard with
bombs and tho Norwegians were or
dered to take to lifelioats. They were
given time to obtain food and. be
longing. Tho captain ' and seven
men entered one of the small boats
and It Is not know nwhother they
perished. It was on October 28 that
the American naval vessel came
across the men now here.
The Slifinder was on her way from
'New York to Freemontle, Australia.
She carried a cargo of oil shipped by
the Standard Oil com piny.
Sawmill eslnblliihed In Polk coun
ty to saw bardwpod chalrmalerlal.
CLOSED FOR WEEK
YAKIMA. Wash.. Oct. 2D. All
stores in the city, save groceries,
drugstore, and meat markets, arc lo
be eloM-d until M uidav hjining nl fi
o'clock tonight, in an effort to stop
the spread, of Snini-Ii influenza. Ac
tion was taken after a conference bv
lui-iness men. eitv officials and
health authorities, fine hundred nnd
thirtv-fo'ir eases were rcimrted in the
oast 24 hours rind three deaths.
W ASHINGTON. Oct. 3(1. Ilcsulls
if Iho victorious advance nguint the
Austrian on Ihe Italian front hourly
increase in iniiHirtaner, mi un ol Il
ia! di-pntch lo Ihe Ititluiu pmbiissv
-odnv Iroai Home. More Hum liiiu
hvd viilitgi-s nnd towns have Ikm.ii
l.iken. - -
Tlie battle linn pressing closely
iiHit, the heels of the ennnv, tba l.ics-
age slates, having reached yesterdnv
the river l.ivenzu. where the Au
tniiiis attempted n stand to sne
their threatened principal lines of
retreat.
The Austrian nnnv cortx on !he
left win? lias retired in di-ortler.
leaving behind war material nnd spy
ernl hundred guns. The Six ll Aus
trian nnnv corps is said lo bp in a
verv erili'-al imi-iiioii, engaged in
heavy defensive fighting on the hil!
bciwpcn Ynl Itohhindcne and the Soli
gio river.
Americans Fighting
Aviators are active, assisting '.he
Italian operations bv bombing artil
lery trnniKirt wagons in retreat.
Tom h.iig lemonstrations hv lite
is ::lnt.ons of recnidurcd towns are
snid !c occurring everywhere rs
Ihe Italian IriMiiis march in.
Th Thirtv-seeond regiment of
American inl'nntrv is now fighting
eith ihe Italians on their offensive
again-t Ihe Austro-Hnngarian force...
sniil n ili-paleh lodnv from Rome.
In Albiintn. the I'iMtnt'-h added.
Italian IrooiM have captured Ihe town
of Snn Giovanni di Mcdun nnd th1
followed bv Iho Como infiiulrv brigade.
Klcincnt of the American expedi
tionary foi.'p in Italv. who have been
in reserve, lire now in readiness to
ale part in the lighting cast of the
Piiive. Tim A""'icn nrobablv will
' brigaded with the Kalians.
IIY ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 20.'
One year ago the Italian armies
worn streaming westward from tho
laonzo with a great military disaster
Imminent. Today the Italians with
British and French divisions fighting
with them and with American con
tingents In reserve are pouting1 thru
hat appears to be a breach In the
Austrian linns east of Ihe Plave river.
Val liobbladene has been capturod.
Cnnegllann has 4ten occupied and
along a line stretching south to tho
Treviso-Oderzo railroad, the allies
are moving steadily ahead. Prison
era numlierlng over 32,000 havo boou
taken during the fighting.
IteslManm Weakens
Reports from Ihe Plave front seem
lo indicate that, after the first rush
of the allies, the Austrian resistance
weakened greatly and there are Indi
es! Ions that along tho center of the
line Ihe enemy's defense has been
crushed. The sweep of Ihe allies
eastward appears lo have gained mo-c-.cntum
during the pa-t day and It
seems probable that the next few
days may see the whole Austrian
army fronting lha Plave in retreat
toward the Tagliamenlo.
Not only are tho Austrian lines
llnlinn forces arc advancing on Son. I yielding on the Plave front but fnr-
Iher north and west the attics are re
ported lo lie advancing. The capture
of Cnngllano, Iho key to the Austrian
position, is considered a fatal blow to
the enemy's plan lo held north of tho
line where Ihe allied wedge has been
driven deep into the Austrian line.
lari.
'Ihe dispatch said ihe Anslrinns
taken prisoner in Ihe pa t three dnvs
in Ihe drive neros the I'inve "ow
unrulier 32.(100.
Many Gun ('Aptnrrfl
ITALIAN IIKADorARTF.ItS ON
THE PI.WE. Oct. 30. - (l!v the A--fieiated
Pres. . Autro-Hunga-rian
forces arc retiring from Hie re
gion eat of Conegliano. Thev are
leaving behind them scattered along
the ronds Inward ittorio. seven miles
north of Conegliano nnd Sacilc fur
ther to the we-t. nmnv biz guns nnd
munition wagons.
The capture of Conenlinno bv the
Italians was imiHir'nnt since thai
(own is the ccnlcr of five hii'hwnvs
nnd nNo is situated on Ihe railwnv.
The eitv is lieing ued as a stinplv
station for the Pnlians.
Large mimliers of Italian cavalry
already have crossed the Piavp. The
rwisition of Hie enemv forces on the
lower Piavp is lieeotning critical anil
thev ninv le cut off.
Knllrp) Army Across Plave
The Inking of Conegliano was ef
fected bv Italian troops which cross,
ed Ihe Piavp south of the Nervesa re
gion Mondav night in the face of an
intense nrlillerv fire. Thev cut their
way tlirout'h roads barred and
blocked bv barbed wire and machine
guns. The firt f roups to enter Corne
"linim were cven cvclMs who were
JAPANESE ECONOMIC
MISSION IN AMERICA
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 3ft. A
.lepunee'i 'lastrial anil economic
mission. !,..,.!e,l l.v R. Vnmashina.
vice tr-id nt of Hie Tokio Chamber
of Commerce, arrived here todnv. The
mission, which is to tour the United
States nnd South America is being
cnlorl.'iiio-d Iiv the local .Japanese
colony.
PICE IVOFF COMES
10 UNITED STATES
HONOLULU, Oct. 20. Prince
Oeorge l.vofr, first premier of the
Russian provisional government set
np after th revolution, left here re
cently for the United States. He said
Russia is a horrible nightmare, with
ruthless murders, torturing and atro
cities in those sections controlled by
German-led "Reds."
20,000 Anstrlans Tnkcn
AT ITALIAN" HEADQUARTERS
ON THE PIAVE, Tuesday, Oct. 29.
(Ily Associated Press.) Austrian
force are retreating under ever-Increasing
pressnre and It Is folt that
the attack against the enemy will be
come overwhelming aa soon as the
entire allied force can enter the ac
tion.
With three successive days of fair
weather an extremely large body ot
(Continued on Page Six.)
PARIS, Oct. 30. Colonel E. M.
House, special representative of tho
''nlted States government to the
European governments, has already
had conversations of considerable
lenstb with Premier Clemenceaii,
Field Marshal llalg. Viscount Mllnor,
British secretary of state for war;
William Graves Sharp, American
ambassador to France: Premier Ven
Izelos of Greece, and General Tasker
Bliss, American representative to
the supreme war council.
The precise Information In posses
sion of Colonel House relative to the
European situation amazes states
men on this side of the Atlantic.
They have not been aware that
Colonel House, as head of a bureau
at Washington, nan been receiving
for eight months the results of orig
inal study, from many sources, ot
conditions in every belligerent coun
try m Europe.