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FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 243.
HUNDREDS DIED
M1NNESOTAWO0DS
Burned And Blackened Bodies
Are Gathered From Fire
Swep! Area.
FIVE HUNDRED IS
ESTIMATED DEATH LIST
Many Automobiles Fleeing
rrom names Were Over
taken And Burned
Moose Lake, Minn., Oct. 14. Work
ing under the directions of ths
Governor Burnquist and Adjutant Gen
eral W. V. Kliinow, every uninjured
man anil Woman in this stricken coir
. m unity searched the blackened pine
wo'idg today for forest fire victims,
In a bare shvd 102 bodies, brought
in by some guardsmen and relatives, lay
in rows. It seemed certain that the
death toll here will grow.
Sixteen bodies were taken from tho
cellar of the home of E. C. Dudley at
Pijio City, Minn. The victims were
tiii'ee entire families that had nought
r.fuge there. '
A mother and two hysterical daugh
ters led rescuers to a shallow excavation
in the woods outside the village where
Biveirother members tf th family lay
dead. -
Ina Jopiimikl ,terribly burned, was
being cared for by doctors when the
bodies of hia mother, brother and three
sinters wvre brought to the makoskift
morgue.
Edward Lowry of Kettle Lake, Minn.,
8iid a dozen other men heroically ran
through burning woods, moving 800
pounds of dynamite, wrapped in wot
blankets, to a place of safety.
Just v out, of Moose Lake rescuers
found seven automobiles piled in a
twisted beap on a turn in the road.
J'.Iinded by smoke, the drivers are be
lieved to have plunged off the curve
with the cots, each adding to the wiw
iioje. Fire had swept the pile and many
burned bodies w-er removed.
Home guardsman Have commandeered
every available automobile and truck
and arg searching the woods for vic
tims. M. Jones of Pine City drove an auto
mobile truck into the woods at day
hreak and returned within half an hour
with fourteen bodies. He declared that
be- saw many automobiles overturned
nlong the roads. From the ruins of a
Ford car he picked the bodies of twit tu
fa nts.
"I thought they might be alive"
Jones said, "but when I lifted tl.vm
J'ieir flesh fell away and only the
bona were left "
FIVE HUNDRED ARE EEAD.
Duluth, Minn., Oct. 14. More than
ft'10 persons have perished in tire most
disastrous forest fires in tho history of
Minnesota according to the belief cf
city officials today.
Reports gathered from the devastated
rr-gion indicated that fully that numUsr
ef bodies have tuen recovered, it was
Mtated.
OnP hundred and eleven bodies lay in
Duluth morgues. At Moose Lake, Minn,
102 bodies havy been found.
Automobile trucks, mante.d by home
guards, were arriving hourly at Duluth
with other charred bodies.
State Forester W. T. Cox estimated
the damage - at $20,000,000. 15,000
square mifeg of forest land, he said,
have been fire-swept.
Score, of half -crazed refugees
tramped the streets of Duluth. Doctors
Burses and state guardsmen were giving
r.-lief to the uninjured.
Karly today tho fires were reported
checked but still dangerous
The first fires were reported Satur
day in peat bog 7 miles east of Du
I'l' h. , These drovv directly east toward
ti,
cities of Dirluth and Superior, Wis.,
l-.irh of wiiich were singed. Other fires,
1 1
(Continued on page five)
WHENFIRESWEPT
ma IN APPEAL
TO PRESIDENT ASKS
L
Moslem Government Asserts
Its Willingness To Accept
Wilson's Terms
Washington, Oct. 14. Turkey today
besought tl.! president to take upon
himself the task of re-establishing
peace; accepted Wilson's fourteen
terms as a basis for negotiations and re
quested an immediate general armistice.
The note, following closely the lino of
the German and Austrian peace notes,
was delivered by tho Spanish ambassa
dor, who received it yesterday. It read:
"The undersigned charge d'affaires
of Turkey has the honor, acting upon
instructions from hi, government, to re
quest the royal government to inform
the secretary of state of the United
ytatea of America to take upon himself
thy task of re-establishment of peace;
td notify all belligerent states of this
demand and invite them to initiate ne
gotiations. . ',
"It (the imperial government) ac
cept as a basis for the negotiations the
program laid down by the president of
the United States in his message of Jan.
uary 8, 1918, and in his subsequent de
clarations, especially the speech of Sep
tember 27.
"In order to put an end to the shed
ding of blood, tlA imperial Ottoman
government requests that steps be taken
ir win immeaiaie conclusion of a gen
eral armistice on land ,on sea, and In
the air. I
.ib nrjnruiucr ci speven rererrcq; to antees or the maintenance of the pre
ove wa8 the president's talk in New aent military supremacy'' of the Am-
York, declaring for impartial justice to
all, whether friends or enemies.
GREAT DRIVE BEGUN
BY BELGIAN-BRITISH
ARMY IN FLANDERS
Attack Developed This Morn
ing Is Reported As Pro
gressing Well.
London, Oct. 14. Eoulers, tb big
German base in Belgium, wag captured
in today's allied attack, the Evening
News today declared. The allies bar
advanced five miles, according to this
newspaper's information.
The Belgian-British drive la on a
front of 13 miles. A considerable num.
ber of prisoners had been taJren.
London Oct. 14 Attacking in Flan
ders, th) allies had advanced 3000
yards at 8 a. m. today, according to
dispatches front the front. At this hour
six hundred prisoners had been counted
London, Oct. 14. French troons
have reached Suerre and are now be
lieved to hi) advancing from five to
seven miles beyond Laon, according to
advices here lte this afternoon.
London, Oct. 14. The Belgians be
gan a great attack in Flanders this'in
morning, the Pall Mall Gazette declares I
it has learned. The attack is said to be
"progressing well."
The Anglo-Belgian front, at the end
of the recent drive, extended in a
great arc from Dixmude to the vicin
ity of Lens, where it joined with the
present fighting line. This front was
about 65 miles long.
. Northward from Dixmude to the
sea, there has been only minor fighting
for years.
The Belgians were last reported on
the eutskirts of Roulers, while the
ffiri fish were within less than five miles
of Lille.
Pans, Oct. 14 Despite the resist
ance of strong machine gun defenses
on the-Behnv-Loiw
niiis, tne r rencn i
have crossed the Guise-Leon railwav at
1 - i i
(Continued on page three)
'
SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 14,
AUTOCRACY 1ST
GO WILSON STAIES
IN REPLY TO MAX
Until That Time There Can Be
No Peace With Germany
Says President
INHUMAN PRACTICES
MUST ALSO BE STOPPED
Evacuation And Matters Of
Armistice Are In Hands
Allied Military Leaders
Washington, Oct., 14. Autecracy
must go before a peace can bo arrang
ed with Germany.. . . . t
This condition was laid down by
President Wilson today in a note to
tho German government, which also
bore the plain notice that no armistice
could be considered while Germany
continued her illegal, inhumane prac
tices o land and sea.
The note to Germany was a "decis
ion; it did not permit of discussion
as Such
"Satisfactory safeguards and guar-
erican-allied armies must ba given as
a preliminary to any armistice arrange
ment and the military advisers would be
responsible for its arrangement.
The note,, announced by Socretary
Lansing today and -submitted to the
Swiss minister, said:
"Sir:
''In reply to tho. communication of
the German government, ' dated the
twelfth instant, which you handed me
today, I have thfc honor to request you
to transmit tho answer:
'The unqualified acceptance by the
present German government and by a
large majority of the German reich
stag of the terms laid down by tho
president of tha United 8tate3 of Am
erica in his address to the congress of
the United States on the eighth of Jan
uary, 1918, and in his1 subsequent ad
dresses jiwtifies the president in mak
ing a frank and direct dtntemcnt of his
decision with regard to the communi-
flntlnnn nfi l1,a flavtnf n Ai n.n .n i.. nf
the aihth and twelfth f October.
1918.
" 'it must be clearly understood that
"?e. ProceSB evacuation and the cor.-
uuiuns oi an imunice are maiiem
which must be left to the judgment
and advice of the military advisers of
the government of the United States
and tho allied governments and the
president feels it his duty to say that
no ar-aii;;cment' can be accepted by
the government of the Unilod States
which docs not provide absolutely sut
isfactory safeguards and guarantees of
the maintenance if the present military
supremacy of the a- ies of tho United
States and the allies in the field. He
feels confident that he can safely as
sume that this will also be the judg
ment and decision of the allied gsvern
ments.
" 'The president feels that it is also
his duty to add that neither the gov
ernment of the United Stit-M, nor,' be
nnirn miita. Hia imniit with
which the government of the United
States is associated as a belligerent
will consent to consider en armistice as
long as the armed forces of Germany
continue the illegal aud inhuman prac
tices which they still persist in.
' 'M the very time that the Ger
man approaches the United States with
proposals of peace its submarines are
engaged in sinking paxsenger hips at
sea, and not the ships alone, but the
very boats in which their passengers
and crews seek to make their wuy to
safety.
'And in their present, enforced
withdrawal from Flandccs and France
the German armies are prrsuing a course
of wanton destuetion which has always
been regarded as in direct violation of
the rules and nractieei of i.ivilid
nrfor
Ci;. iM ..nio. ! j.i.
ed, are being stripped of all they con-
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i ?
Chancellor Max
' May Be Dismissed
London, Oct. 14. A new po
litical crisis has arisen in Ger
many, according to rumors
reaching here today. It is said
that the socialists are demand
ing the resignation of Prince
Max, the new chancellor.
3C)C3C3C3fC3C3C3fC3lC3SiC3C3(CijC3C)C
tain, hot only, but often their very in
habitants. The nation associated
against Germany can not be expected to
agree to a cessation of arms while acts
of inhumanity, spoliation and desola
tion are being continued, which they
justly look upon with horror and with
burning hearts.
" 'It is necessary, also, in order
that there may be no possibility of mis
understanding, that the president
should very solemnly call tho attention
of the government uf Germany to the
language and plain intent of tho terms
of peace which the government has now
accepted It is contained in the address
of the president delivered at Mount
Vernon on the fourth of July last. It
U as ofllows:
'Tho destruction of every arbit
rary power anywhere that can separate
ly, secretly and of its single choice, dis
turb the peace of the world; or if it can
not be prosently destroyed at. least its
reduction to virtual lnipotcncy.
'The power which has hitherto con
trolled the German nation .is of the
sort here described. It is within the
choice of the German nation to alter it.
" 'The- president ' words just quoted
naturally constitute a condition pre
cedent to peace, if peace is to come by
the action of the German people them-
selvos. The president feels bound to
say that the whole process of peace
will in his judgment depend upon the
definiteness and the satisfactory char
acter of the guarantees which can be
given in this fudamctal matter. It is
idispensible that the' government asso
ciated against Gormany should know
beyond, peradventure with whom they
are dealing.
' 'The president will make a separ
ate reply to the royal and imperial gov
ernment of Austria-Hungary."
Washington, Oct. 14. Germany's un
conditional surrender was demanded In
the sanato today as the only peace
terms that would be acceptable by the
American people.
....Senators Brandegee, Connecticut;
Now, Indiana and McOumber, North
Dakota, emphasized that the only way
to Insure a real victory was a crushing
defeat of the German armies.
By Bobert J. Bender
(United Press staff correspondent)
Washington, Oct. 14. With thous
ands of telegrams pouring into the
whito house today demanding tlfc un
conditional surrender of Germany, the
hope was openly expressed in official
circles that the president would rc
fuso to negotiate with the central pow
ers as long as tho Hohonzollems and
the llapsburgs remain in power.
Meantime the president conferred
withl Secretary Lansing, Secretaries
BaWr and Imnicls and Colonel House
regarding the reply, which all agree
must be forthcoming as quickly as pos
sible. The German renlv was delivered to
Secrotary of State Lansing at 11:53 by
the Swiss harge. It was said to be the
same as the press text.
Many Telegrams Com
Many telegrams and messages flat
ly disagreed with the statement by
Secretary McAdoo at Chicago that Ger
many's acceptance of Wilson's four
teeu terms amounted to unconditional
surrender.
The sentiment expressed indicated a
widespread national belief that Ger
many's acceptance is nothing piore
than a trick of some kind and that
virtually complete military surrender
is the only basis upon which any nego
tiations could ho opened. These mess
ages were believed to be rather en
trary to the first attitude of the pres
ident, who, It was, said, was intoned
to McAdoo's interpretation.
The Greatest Obstacle
The great outstanding feature of the
situation, however, was the question
dealing in any form with Hohencol
lcrns or the Hapsburgs. It was point
ed out that the German reply left a
dear opening for the president to reJ
fuse further negotiations on the ground
that there is no evidence , whatever
that the existing government in Ger
many represents the people.
If, however, the president finds he
cannot talk business with the German
authorities as at present constituted, it
(Continued on page eight)
ii ill
1918.
BRITISH SUoPiCIOllS
OF GERMANY AND
DEMANDGUARANTEES
Papers Comment On Accept
ance Of Peace Proposals
By Chancellor.
By Ed. L. Keen,
(United States Staff Correspondent.)
London, Oct. 14. General opinion
hero with regard to the German reply
to President Wilson's note of inquiry
ig summed up in the statement that
there ig doubt in Gvrmany'i sincerity.
,"Hew do We know Germany igilay
ing straight this time!"
"What guarantee have wo that this
note is not another scrap of paper f " (
These are the quvtricj that he man
on th street is putting. j
Military men are most suspicious' of
Germany 'g self-expressed "surrender".
They believe an annistieo without bind
ing guarantees would be a most fatal
policy while Germany 'g aiinie, still are
comparatively strong and while the
Prussian war machine still remains un-
ertsBou. ) ,m : -,. . ;
It is most likely that Great Britain
and the other allies will Insist that if
the German war machine i not crusliod
out of existence, it must bo voluntarily
disbanded and dismantled ven efter
tho evacuation of the occupied territory
before the entente considers relaxation
of thu military, naval and economic
pressure. ,.
London newspapers detect a lack of
straightforwardness, in tho German
reply and can discover no guarantee of
the genuineness of the apparent demo
cratization of the German government
in (50 If s statement.
Tho Sunday Times says:
"Dr. Solf, as German coloniul secre
tary, has been a8 jingoistic as any of
the militarists in his demands for Gor
man world expansion, though of late ho
has seemingly inclined to the majority
party resolution. The social democrats
who are now represented as having an
active sharo in the government, are
'siibjvct'. In July, 1914, the social
democratic party declared it would not
vote fur the German war credits. Oi
August 4 all but two voted for them.
"Scheideniann (German majority
socialist leader)) and his followers vig
orously opposed the minority section in
their demands for pronouncement of a
peace without annexation, and indem
nities. They even threw over the
majority resolution at the tim0 of tlio
German offensive Inst spring and tiny
iili.ie no visible effort to sv?curo tho
promised democratic reforms.
"Th reichstag, under the exhring
constitution, has no real power whatso
ever, beyond the voting of tho sup
plier" "The London Observer says:
"By itself, a suspension of hostilities
granted to Germany at this time would
bo a betrayal of the allied armies and
of our country. Germany would have
uwd Piesidont Wilson to baffle Mar
shal Koch. There could be no armistice
except accompanied by such guarantees
as would make it impossible for the
enemy to renow the struggle." Tho ai
1X.V complete victory in arms' would
have to bo acknowledged and the con
sequvncea forthwith accepted."
Reynold's newspaper says:
"The power of Germany is still in the
hands of the kaia r and the junkers,
though wo believe the power is totter
ing. So long as they stand in their,
places we aro bound to take them as
representing the people of Germany and
until the German people cast them down
for rood, the allies will continue to use
all the force they possess to obtain vic
tory sa complete and overwhelming tha
the men shall be broken and disgraced
and iro with the .mark of Cain upon
their brows. Then, and not until then.,
will there be a German people' with
whom ww can treat.' No peace with the
Hohenzollcrns', ig the motto of the al
lies." The Weekly Dispatch says:
"The Germans suggest that President
Wilnn nfinll brlntr nhniif a mpntinff ft ft
'mixed commission' for making the nc-j
AOoflflrv ni-rnnympntB 'innparninff ttiA!
"
evacuation'. Whatever they may mean
to this the answer is 'get out' and make
arrangements later. They nwd no mixed
commission to get out. 'Get out and
pack back..' That is the world's answer,
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PRICE TWO CENTS " SSgSggg
TEXT OF GERMAN NOTli.
Th0 t'jfxt of the note follows:
"In reply to the questions of
the President of the United
States of America, the German
government hereby declares:
"Th German government has
accepted the term, laid down by
President Wilsou in his address
of January 8 and in his sub-,
sequent addresses on tho founda
tion of a permanent peace of
justice. Consequently, itg object,
in witering iuto , discussions
would ""be only to agree upon
practical details of (ho appli
cation of these forms.
Evacuation Terms Accepted.
"The German government be
lieves that the governments of
tho powors associated with the
government of th United States
also take th position taken by
President Wilson in his address
"The Gvrman government, in
accordance with the Austro
Hungarian government, for the
purposo of bringing about an ar
mistice, declares itself ready to
comply with the propositions of
tho President in regard to eva-
citation. . . . ,
Mixed Commission Suggested.
"The German ' government
suggests that the President may
occasion the meeting of a mixed
commission for making tho no-
cessary arrangements concern-
ing the evacuation, i ;
"Th0 present Gorman gov-
ernmvnt, which has undertaken
th responsibilities for this step
towards peace, has been formed
by conferences ami in agreement
with the great majority of the
Boichstag. ,
Majority Support Claimed.
"The Chancellor, supported
in all of hip, actions by tho will
of his majority, spoaks in the
name of the Gwrman government
and of the German peoplo.
"Berlin, October 12, 1918.
"SOLF,
"State Secretary of Foreign Of-
fice.".
t0 Huns of all ranks and of all kings.1'
Lloyds newspaper:
"The willingness of the e.hnneellor to
accept the president 'g fourteen points
reveals Germany in a very cheastened
spirit. Hut it does not follow that Pre
sident Wilson will recommond to the
entente powers to grant an armistice in
the present circumstances, at least not
witliuut solid guarantees over aud above
evacuation of invaded territories. Any
suspension of hostilities must of neces
sity bo accompanied by some such vis
ible signs of cGrmau military defeat a
the occupation by the British, French
and American troops of the fortress of
Metz and the bridgeheads of the
Khine. It is for statesmen to decide
whether an armistice is to be sanctioned
and it is for, Marshall Foch to lay down
tho military conditions. Io cati be
trusted not to allow Germany to trick
him."
SI
J ABE MARTIN
Master Freddie Tanger refused t'
take castor oil t'day 'cause it's mioded
t' win th' war. Ever' once in a" while
some ole scout fergits that he's only
thirty-five contg an' talks about what
a great opery star Alice Oates wuz,
THE WEATH22.
.::.:
Ami
OBEGON TONIGHT
And Tuesday partly cloudy;
coolfT 'ist portioa tonight;
m DIE Oil
CAPTURING GREAT
AR MY SUPPLIES
Entire Laon Front Crumbles
Before Onslaught Of Foch s
Victorious Annies. ;
SCORES OF VILLAGB
ARE OCCUPIED TODAY
Allies Have Captured City Of
Wish In Serbia And Are
Steadily Advancing
ByWebh Miller "
(United Press staff correspondent)
Paris. Oct. 14. Tih IVunrk .
ty following up the Oemvrn retreat
aiong tne eighty mile front between La
i ere and the Argonne region.
The whole Laon front, following evae
uation of the St. Ooba'n massif, is
crumbling. The French have capture
a dozen additional villages. The rail
ways leading from these are intact and
great masses 'of shells and othwr war
material have been seized.
' Have Captured Nish t
London. Oct. 14. "Our trnnna un
taxed Nish on Saturday and captured
positions to the northward," the Ser
bian war office announced today.
"We hold a line thronirh Mmnar
and Protouplle (northwest and west
or wistt.) rtench cavalry occupied B
lapalanka," Paris, Oct. 13. (Delayed) The
great St. Gobaiu massif, most powerful
natural defense on the west front and
keystone of German resistance, has
been entirely cleared of the enemy, it
was indicated by the French war of- ;
rice tonight.
Following occupation of Laon this
morniiig, the French swept past that
city and LaFere, advancing about four
miles on the whole 35 mile front be
tween the Oise and the Aisne.
More than IS509 civilians were deliv
ered from German domination whoa
Laon was captured.
"We entered Lnon thi8 m irning, de
livering (1500 civilians," the commu
nique said,
"We passed beyond fho town on the
whole front between the Oise and the
north Ailetto.
"Fast of LnFere we reached the1
south bank of the Serre as far as the
station of Courbcs (four miles north
east of LaFcrc.)
"Our line passes Courvon, Aumen
court, Vivase, Aulnois, Souslaou, Sou
zy (six miles east of Laon) and Mnr
cliais. Further cast our line approaches
Camp le Sissone, LaMnlaison and Vil-liT3-icvant-LcThour,
where it rejoine
the old line at the Aire Aisne canal!'
Pursuit is Ciose
Paris, Oct. 14. French troops aio
keeping in contact with the Germans
on the whole front of the enemy re
treat, the war office announced today.
The French have reached Chateau Por
cien, five miles west of Rethel and 18
miles north of Kheitns.
"On the whole front we are kocping
in contact with the enemy," the com
munique said.
"South of Chateau Porcicn we threw
back upon the north bank of the canal
the last enemy elements which still resisted."
Counter Attacks Bepulsed -Indon,
Oct. 14. German counter
attacks cast of the Selle river, near
Solesmes, were repulsed, Field Marshal
Hag, reported today.
These attacks were delivered In
force on a wide front north of Le Cha
teau, following a heavy bonjbardmont.
Other enemy attacks supported by
tanks wero also broken, np.
Northeast of Solesmes Britisn patrols
pushed forward to Hasprei seven miles
southwest of Valenciennes. Ground was
Continued oa pago two