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FORMER U-BOAT YANKEES THREATEN
BASE CAPTURED TO OCCUPY ENTIRE
ON BELGIAN COAST KRIEMHILDE LINE
Zeebrugge Believed To Have Have Advanced Two Miles
Been Already Evacuated Northward From Grand
By Germans. " Pre Now. i
CAVALRY IS POURING MACHINE GUN NESTS
THROUGH BROKEN LINE MAIfJ ENEMY DEFENSE
Field Marshal Haig's Official
Report Tells Advance Of
.British Troops.
London, Oct. 17. (4:22 p. m.) Brit
ish naval forces have occupied Ostend,
it was officially announced by the Boy
1 Air Force this afternoon.
' . Aviators reported Ostend clear of tin
enemy this morning and Vice Admiral
Keyes, commander of the British cban
nal fleet, landed in the former Ger
man submarine bass at 12:55 p. m.
French cavalry is also reported to
bave entered Ostend and to have re
ported thH no Germans' were encoun
tered. ' Belgian troops passed rapidly thru
Westende, seven miles west of Ostend,
bOund , for , the. latter ' city. v "
London, Oct. 17. (5.20 p..m.) Zee
baigge is believed to have bean prac
tically evacuated, according to informs
tion recftrtd here this afternoon. - -
Zeebrugge, formerly companion Oar
man submarine base to Ostend, la fif
teen miles east of the latter.
London, Oct. 17. (1:55 p. m.) The
Belgians ft: marching on Ostend, the
formic German submarine base, accord
ing to battle front dispatches received
iwre today.
' The nearest point in the battle line
to Ostend is in the region of Nieuport,
about eight mibg distant. ,
LOndon. Oct. 17.-4:05 t. m.) The
3?ranco-Belgi9n b9ttle line this morning, cans yesterday , has resulted in the col'
Tan through Mannekensver, St, Pierre-; lapa of the German defense on a con
Oapell, Leke, Couckelalre, Poortehoek siderable front east of that place,
and Inpjdmunster, according to battle The doughboys have practically
front dispatches. ,. , ., ... . cleared Logeg wood and are driving a
" . sharp wedge into the enemy lines in
St.
Pierre Capelle is six miles south
of Ostend,
front
- Berlin, Oct 17. The German
line in Flanders has been withdrawn
east of Thowot, Coclscamp and In&sl-1
lnunster and beh'nd the Lys river, the
war office announced today.
Occupation . of Thourot and Cools
camp already has been officially an
nounced. Ingelmunster is seven miles
northeast of Courtrai and about three
miles east of where allied troops were
; last officially reported in that region
Amsterdam, Oct. 1 7.-7-The Rotter
dunsche Courant declaTes that the Ger
ririan .'army command hag ordered all
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A feiler harilv ever brass on hisj
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till h reac.'ies ninety live, rn eated is contained in a dispatch
hirdsi ihmii is wiappin' up your laua4c from Berlin received here today
dry o it won't look like a quart. , rjlitic
246. .
Germans Resist Desperately
With Numerous Raw Troop
Divisions.
By Fred Ferguson
Wih
the American Anni;i " iu
fiance,
Oct. 17. Fighting '.a tb
:uuu and rain.tho American aru t!t'i:
ei ing to force the urmang out ol the
lemnnder of the K. miil te nnc. It-
Ytnks, advancing i:oi'lhwaid from
Grand Pre, have practically cleaned.
tho enemy from Loges wood, and ai
approaching Beffu (rwo miles uor ! of
Gn.d 1'r. i. 'i'lio, .' ( i-e passed I.'a
A bsarde f arm. .
li, the region of Lamlres and St
Georges, the Americans have consoli
dated - the first line trenches of tho
Kriemhilde line . '.' r
lire Aire,. nag now uewn crossed lis
force " in the region- til Grand fre, the
engineers pushing ahead of the infantry
are constructing. foot bridgej under ar
tillery and machine gun fire.
1 New" German ' division,," from-. Hie
Champagne and Motz regions, tiiiown
into the line hero, show greatly redueel
strength. Many boys or ls'ii) are in
eluded in these new'umtsr
It may now be stated that the Rain
bow division participated in the recent
fighting in the Aire valley and that
the-tiSigthieth division from Pcnnsyl
vania was engaged with Major General
Huliarii b corps north of Bcptsarges.
Capture of Grand Pre
With the ' American Armies in
France, Oct. 16. (Night.) Capture of
wana fie., accompusiied by the Alnen-
,4he direction of Buzancy; (six miles
I northeast of Grand Pre)
j Additional progi-ess has" also' been
;made on both sides of the Meuse. "
According to prisoners the Germans
expected an armistice .to go into effect
at 3:30 Monday afternoon. They wero
amazed when our artillery iiiv increas
ed and the infantry attacked. Many
who expected to be fraternizing with
Americans, arc now prisoners..
On0 American division has taken
prisoners from four boche divisions in
the past two days, including one of the
best enemy outfits on the whole west
front. . -. " !
There seems to be.no end of tho ma
chine gun defenses. As fasttts scrips
of these are wiped out, others are en
countered and the artillery 's work
starts all over again.
General Pershing's Beport.
Washington, Oct. 17. j The first
American army continues its attack
east of the Meuse, General Pershing re
ported today announcing fresh gauig in
the Bois De Le Grand Montaignu
"The first American army continues
it attacks today. To the east of the
Meuse, we advanced in the Bois De La
Grand Montaigne and hold the summit
To the Wgst of the Meuse, our troops
have advanced on and hold the Citc te
Chatillon. Thev are south of Bois Des
Lolvs and at nightfall were fighting iu
Champigneulleu and Grand Pre. Aloiig
the front of the second army the day
was quiet. During the iiigfct cnemv
raids were repulsed." .
KAISEE STILL HOLDS JOB
BERLIN REPORTS.
Tondon, Oct. 17, 7T33 a m.
While unconfirmed rumors of
Germany's surrender and the
kaiser's abdication were still
circulated here today the Brit
ish press bnrean officially an
nounced that the reports had no
foundation in fact. -
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I Amsterdam, Oct. 17. Official
denial that thr kaiser has abdi-
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SALEM, OREGON,
1
Progress of Advance on Berlin
. The German front in Flanders has collapsed. ;
Lille, Ostend, Courtrai and Thielt have been occupied and a complete break thru
is-reported to have been accomplished in Belgium. British naval forces landed in Os
tend. the former German naval base this af-ternoon, after aviators had reported the
city clear of the enemy. British troops previously had taken Lille and Courtrai, while
Belgian cavalry was reported to have entered Thielt , - '
Unofficial reports stated that the German second line of defense had been broken
on a wide front and that dense.masses of allied cavalry have poured through the gap,
advancing nine miles. The breach is believed to have been made in the vicinity of
Thielt. If this is thecase, the allied forces are now bearing down upon Ghent, 15
miles east of Thielt.
, The Anglo-American attack launched on a ten mile front between LeCateau and
Bohain, this morning was reported to have progressed two miles this afternoon and
to be still going weH -, ' :-
This drive is aimed directly at Hirson, Jess than 25 miles eastward which guards
the western tip of the impassable Ardennes. V
Capture of Hirson will definitely split the-German armies and leave the divided
forces no choice of exit from
Every mile gained toward Hirson will narrow the
enemy and at the same time
Lille, Torcoing, Roubaix and
" Directly in the oath of
ed to be "progressing satisfactorily" is the important railway center of Wassigny and
lUUdi 9 icpuiia aiC luai iiiu
guillaumat sent
to capture big
:. iiuii stko::gi:old
Famous French General Sent
To Front In Attempt To :
Capture Armies.
v By J. W. T. Mason i
(United Press war expert) v
New York, Oct. 17. (2:45 pi m.)
A new offensive has been begnn by the
French to cut off "The German armies
in the Chamepagne, through the cap
ture of the "Portress of Hirson, -waich
guards the southwest corner of the Ar
dennes assif. .. .
General Guillaumat has been reliev
ed of his duties as governor of Paris
and has been sent to the front, to com
mand the immensely important opera
tion. General Guillaumat is one of
Marshal Foch's most brilliant strate
gists and was largely, responsible for
the successful defense of Verdun
against the German crown prince.
He was made military governor bf
Parig last June, when Voi Hindenburg
developed his attacks which threaten
ed the capture of the French capital.
The. sudden dispatch of General Guil
laumat to Laen sector in comniand of
the Fifth French army is very, signif
icant. It means that Marshal Focli has
spied the "possibility of moving upon
Hirson along the railway through Vcr
vius, and gevering direct connection be
tween the German armies in western
France, eastern Fiance and Belgium,
and the German armies in the Cham
pagne. It - is only by pivoting eroitnd
tho Hirson corner that Yon Hinden
burg 's troops in the Champagne can
find a direct route to Belgium. If this
passage is closed, they must move thru
the difficult ' Ardenneg" barrier or try
to back into Germany via Luxemburg.
It is possible that General Guillaumats
suddn movement may mean that Foca
believed General Pershing is getting
close enough to IBtenay to begin cut
ting off a German retirement if at
tempted on a large scale by way of the
Luxemburg line of communications.
Ostend and Zeebrugge can no longer
be used by the Germans as supply
bases for their submarine.
The allied advance into Belgium has
already cut the principal railway lead
ing to Ostend by way of Thorout. There
remains a second railway, which pass
es through Bruges and branches off to
Ostend and Zecbrugge.e
French cavalry, however, re ap
proaching so near to this line that it
would be foolhardy for the Germans
to continue sending over it supplies
which would be destined for ultimate
capture. I
Instead of this sole remaining tin
of communications being used to car
ry munitions to the Belgiaa coast for
tha I'-boati, there is every reason to
j believe that the Gorman are trying t
employ it to rescue all they can from
i Zeebrugge before
j upon those port.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER
mm mi
Belgium and northern France. -
extend the southern face of
Valenciennes. -;
the Anglo-American assault
ambu rn.vm.vyo ui v mil bio vuiauutm
LIllE CAPTURED j
ISlilllll
Lcsdon Hears That Occupa
tion Of reat Fortress Is
Completed.
FRENCH ARFBUOYANT
AS VICTORY LOOMS
Everyfhere Are Crushing En
emy Resistance And In
flicting Great Losses.
London, Oct. 17.Lille has been cap
tured by the allies, it wag learned.
The reports were received through
dispatches from the battli front which
stated that British troops hd complet
ed occupation of the great fortress and
industrial city. .
By Lowell Mellett
(United Press staff eorrespondent) '
With the British Armies in Flanders
Oct. 17. British troops are in Cour
trai, the great enemy base southwest of
Ghent. ' . -
At the same time it is reported that
the British are in the outskirts of Lil
le. This has not yet beeti officially
confirmed. . ' ' f
In the Lille region the British were
last officially reported to have brok'
en through the line which the Germans
built to the city and were nearing the
ancient defensive moat, which was its
principal protection in medieval times.
The centuries-old moat has been for
tified but there are no indications that
the Germans intend to use these de
fenses. " ' "" '
It is understood that the Huns have
taken away all the men and boys in
Lille between 15 and CO, leaving only
the women. ' ,
General Plunrer's men have captured
the hill positions which dominate Tor
eoing and Roubaix. The enemy is remov
ing military stores from Lille, Tureo
ing and Roubaix. Fire have been ob
served in Lille, but it is hot certain
whether the Germans are seeking to
destroy the city. ,
Pressure is continuing on all sides of
the" salient which contains the im
portant French industrial cities. Evac
uation of this region seems imminent
and in a way that will not please the
Germans. ,
In most places pursuers and pur
sued have moved out of the devastated
mud flats into a fairr green country.
The Belgians for the first time in four
years are getting a glimpse of their
country as they knew it before the
war. Few buildings have been destroy
ed and none of the trees are harmed.
When Roulers was occupied 1200 ci
vilians ran about at the peril of their
own necks, pointing out hidden miues
land shouting "here's onej. there's
j A esptured German' engineer was
REPOI.FGF FRO IT
. V V W s i l V J I W V,' V
17,, 1915.
maneuvering area left to the
the salient which contains
; ' -
which was otucially report
Spanish Influenza
Vaccine Is Provided
' ;
Chicago, Oct. 17. Vacciuo or- '
iginatod by Dr. E. C. Rosenow)
, of the Mayo clinic, Rochester,
Minn, will be used in a vigor-
ou. campaign against Spanish
influents. t,
Dr. Rotienow told the Chicago
Influenza , emergency , commis-,
siottj of his , experiments with .
. the vaccine, with which ha has;
treated 20,000 persons. Tho com'
, iimsron. at onca.named.a com-
fnittce" of physicians to ., take-
lt charge of the manufacture and
use of all vaccines and serum in m
Chicago, including the Kosenow
vaccine. Another committee
was named to raise funds for
its manufacture and distritni-
tion. ' fc
Five days wili be required to
. begin the manufacture of the
vaccine here, it was ' stated.
Meantime, Dr. ' Rosenow will
provide a supply sufficient for'
100,000 doses from his lubora-
tories at Rochester; '
- ' The vaccine is designed to
provide immunity from the dis-'
case, though Dr. Rosenow is
unwilling to make specific
claims as to its value. He bc-;
lieves it aided greatly to sup-
press the spread of influenza at
Rochester. . . $
$
compelled to remove the mines, Ameri
can relief stores valued at $20,000 were
taken to Germany before evacuation.
'resident Wilson's reply is contain
cd ia newspapors which arrived from" -
the coast LtP night. - Many soidier, 1
said it expressed tneir exact views,
Others suggested it might have been
harder" but said they recognized the
necessity of diplomatic language to
gain diplomatic ends. Regarding en
armistice, they all agreed with Wilson.
FRENCH ARB BUOYANT
By William Philip Simms
(United Press staff correspondent)
Pars. Oct. 17. Lille. Turcoini and
f Iff
Li Li LI uii li U Li
Roubaix are in precisely the same fix in service with a ess Index by towns d will fluctuate,. bufr the-total, pro
as Laon was a week go-on the verge ,and counties. Also a file of all news- gram i, such that troop shipments
of falling.- " paper not lees, printed letters, etc. A P to from 3.i0,000 to
King Albert's troops, composed of tatc photographer, C. Elmore Grove of 400,000 a month before long, if news
stubborn Belgians, French and BritUh ' Portland, will co-operate in filing pho- sary. .'
arc threatening Ostend and the entire
coast in that region.
Tho British practically hold Douai,
while in the Champagne, French and
Americans are steadily marching north
ward in the direction or Mezicres.
- the allies are flattening out the Hun
opposition all along the line.
President Wilson 's last note to Ber
lin still dominates the press here. There
is no word of disapproval. Paris is
calmly awaiting the next move with
full knowledge that Germany .- must
break off negotiations or capitulate,
Franec is perfectly prepared.
Never have I seen France more re
gal. From staring disaster in the face,
the people with stately dignity are ac
cepting the prospects of victory and
a early peace.
After years of the soul-trying mo
notony of trench warfare, they are now
living in days when at any minute any
thing might happen. Yet their serenity
is unperturbed.. After all they are not
surprised. They have been expecting
just this thing all along.
While -thev believe thff Hohenzol-
lerns will shortly disappear and look
for an early surrender of the Huns,
they seem perfectly prepared to keep
PRICE TWO CENTS
FATE OF WORLD HANGS
IN BALANCE NOW ON THE
GREAT IMPENDING ISSUE
Soldiers Are To Receive
; Only One Christmas Box
The younjf girl who has a best man
in France will play in hard luck if she
attompts to senajiim a Phristmas pres
ent. Tho sad fact is that each soldier
over there is entitled to receive only
one box and it is a carton furnished
by the Bed Cross. This boi is 3 by 4
by 9 inches and no other kind will got
any further thau the post office win
dow. About the only thing the young
lady can send is best wishes anit such
things that can go in a letter ana
pass the enor lator on.
Each soldier over there will receive
label on which is to be placed his ad-
duss. This . label -ho will send to his
relatives or to thoso from whom he
naturally expects a Christmas'remem
brance. ' Those who have this label are entitled
to go to the Red Cross and receive
free one of the regulation cartons. Each
carton will hold two pounds and 15
ounces and the postage to France will
bo 30 cents. -
Before being mailed, each package
must ps inspection at the Red Cross
headquarters and must bo ready for
mailing Nov. 15. No carton will be re
ceived aftct this date and at no time
will a package be received by the post
office authorities wherein the content
are for B Christmas offering unless tue4to g0 But) the nation is beginniUK k,
label is on the box
Hence it is advisable for thoso who
wish to send presents overseas to make
sure they -will - get one of the labels
and after the label is received, to1 take
it to Rcd the Crosst.whore,. where .wo
of the regulation cartons will be issued
With' fullv 2,000,000 or more soldiers
on the other ,ido it was found neee
sary to estaoiisn a rcgumuwu ii.-u
box as well as .weight ana also tno uu
est date when it may be mailed.
AS STATE IHST05
Everywhere Are Crushing En-
Of Oregon s Activities In
The Great War.
In ordor that most complete record
of th'e present great war may be epi
in Oregon, the State Council of Defense
for Oregon haa appointed Miss Cor
nvlia Marvin stato historian and direct
ed her to assume chargo of collecting
war history from every county and
community in tho state.
Although she will be detained in El
Paso, Texas, for a few weeks longer in
charge of tho Mexican Border Travel-
ing library service, Miss Marvin has al,
I i. 1 1 i 1 1 CI . .. 1
" 9U(,a a to u uorrm.,B
theate a.king
i" .."m r-. .
corn OL vrriiUll s uui miiuii tt
This history to be complied by vaeh.on the shipping board for greater aid
county and community in the state is ster production. j Destroyer construe
to include a complete record of tho mlli- ton is being sreeded both to meet an
tary and naval career of all Oregonians expected submarine outburst n: to
in the service, of thc United States and protection for tho ymlargod
tho allies. troop shipments. ' H arting wnh next
Thvre. is to be kept iu Salem an al
phabcticnl file of names giving tho per-
i, .nal nnd military history of every one
tographic records.
In each: county theiw win oe ap-
nointe,! a' county historian who will
seek the co-oj.eration of local histori
ans, as the, records are to include not
only tho deeds of men in the service,
but of those who assisted In the Red
Cross, in the Liberty drives and in all
other patriotic work. t
It' has been thought best by Miss
Marvin not to appoint librarians in the
different counties but others who are
'interested iu war work and who have
i ithe ability to kvep in systematic order,
records to be sent to the state historian
In Salem.
In Salem -and : other communities
where there is a library, it 19 probablo
that the library boards will be asked to
name the local historian. As soon as
Miss Marvin returns next month, she
will take up the activo management of
state historian.
up, the struggle as long as necessnry.
Their contention unboisterously ex
pressed: ,"
"Germany is beaten. If she does not
admit it now, we will keep on fighting
until she does." : ,r-r
. THE WEATEEX. ,
'
OREGON TONIGHT
rYir, Ugh frost west, heavy
.frost east portion; Friday fair;
light easterly winds.
;
-. - -
ON TRAINS AND
STANDS FIVE CENTS
Germany's Answer To Free;
v.
- dent's Reply Will Ccs h
Next Few Days.
By Kobert 3. Bender
(United Pr?sg Staff Correspondent.)
Washington, Oct. 17, Tho fate of
tha war and the fate of the world will
be vitally shaped in the next few day
or weeks. v
i 'Impending events that will do mueh :
to formulate history include:
First, completion of the fourth Lib
erty loan, . . -i
second, smashing of tho Gorman ar-
jmies in Belgium and further, south
aiong uie wesiern oatne line
Third, Germany may scud a new
reply in the peace situation before' the
lvichstag meets tomorrow.
Fourth, Austria-Hungary and Turkey
will probably go through new throes o'
political turmoil, which perhaps will
have a tremendous effect on Germany
position. (Revolts are reported in Bo
hernia and at ' Constantinople)
Fifth, the . United States shipping
board has ordered an" increase in the
speed of production that it may keep
peace with an enlarged war department
program of sending United Stn(e
troop9 over there. . "s
The liberty, loan still ha9 a long way
make an eleventh hour response under
the realization that the war must go on.
The development a in Belgium are
hastening evacuation of tho Lilta reg
ion mid will render less difficult for the
allies their, advaiica ,o Valenciennes
Maubeugc. : Indications ,ari' that Ger
many intend8 to evacuate nil or virtu
ally all of that over-ridden nation, with
as small loss as possible.. While tho ar
mies hammer on, Germany is evidently
trying to kep alive the peace talk sho
.tnrted with her recent overtures. Re
ports that sho had capitulated and that
the kaiser had abdicated appear t
have had German inspiration in -Amsterdam.
But teh facta aoom.to be that
tho lVjchstag bcfore .te yieck end will
dtecuss the Wilson "decision". In
this connection, officialdom was inter
ested today in press reports that tho
kaiser's-waf-making and treaty power
had been limited by bundosrath ap
proval of constitutional amendment
and that franchise reform had keen uli
dertaken. These reports ,like the lum
ors of capitulation, may be-part of tho
Gonikan peace propaganda system, but
probably haw a certain basis in fact,
according to Information here. "-
Germany, or at least some parts of it.
appears from press comment, however,
to have been stirred to a new fightinsr.
spirit by the Wilson note'. If that spirit
becomes general which is doubted
hcre-Mt means that the war will go on
at least tnrougn anotner summer cam-
pnign. ' -
1" event America t, proceeding:
? new speed with it war work real-
17.1 II IT T 1 1 H I. Virilll V IlllinL UH HUUlEVrJU
- - - . , - connection it
tl"ZiXZtZ;
i,inm,.f ,atn wiil he increnHed
i . , . . .
and that demands have bten made up-
!arcn, aran caus win . . iuo lu
oi,w" a "n. wm
ths, these figure, will bo smaller
' ... . ' "'
KnlChAVlKl tleiffn
I Ui&U'Cati1 nC1"
Impends In Germany
London, Oct. 17
. Unless
immediately
peace is Ciiectea
a bounevist -revolution wm
'break out in Germany, accord-
kg to dispatches ressived here
today from soui4s said to e
autoritative. ' .
The dispatches wero received
by the Express from Amster
dam; -the Daily News from
Stockholm and the Chronicle
from Geneva. All cam0 from
their staff correspondents.
: Bolshevism has been noted
i among, the industrial eiasses.
Th0 regular socialists aij al
armed and have drawn up
government "which they will
seek to establish in the event
of thc kaiser's abdication, hop
ing to head oft aaarehy and
bolshcvism.
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