4,700 SUBSCRIBERS (23,000 READERS) DAILY Only Circulation in Salea Guar anteed by the Aadit Bursal ef Circulations FULL LEASED WIRE PI!' ATCCE&- BTEfTAt T.lLllAMETTS VAIr LEY NEWS SERVICE ; : FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. EXT OBJECTIVE OF ALLIED FORCES MAY BE MAUBEUGE Drive Begun By British And Americans Aims At Great Fortress. TANKS RECAPTURE ' YILLAGE OF BRIEUILES Are Now - Bat Eleven Miles From Pass Through Which Germans Must Pass. -' Frank admission of the military peril , faciiig Germany was made in ChaneeV l,vMax'. address to the rciebstajr, yest , erjny. .. . , ... , . . , . "The enemy ;is at our gatesl " he de ctrured and warned people, against eir-. ilDl ill ' t -ulating ''unjust charges" against the army. . The chancellor spoke .under the as ' feumption that President Wilson will reply to pr. Solf ' latest note and ex . pressed tlio belief that the president will clarify .the. question whether it ig to tie a-"peace of violence or justice',,'. Ke- said thatfreo discussio,, with the v Wi, adi.Bot-Oerniaiiy'g strength- will decide what is right. , ' ; i . Prince Max' dilated on new political , "reforms'! nowbefore the reichstag,,- including a -widening of the chancellor's, resnonsibilities -and. .ropreseutatron. He (slid the new system of imperial govera- roent includes representation of Alsace ; Torraiiie in .the provincial government . through dolegatos appointed by the gov ernment and-the secretary of slat o. British and Americans began an at ' tct today which may be regarded as " the initial drivP against the great fort ress city of Maubeuge. ' , (Continued on page, throe,) t Enemy js At Our Gates States Chancellor Max In Speech to Reichstag JUntO President Answers Peace Efforts Germany Will Pre pare To Resist. Copenhagen, 'Oct.' 23. "The. enemy at our gates,'.' declared Chancellor JMiximiliarf, in addressing the reich iag yesterday. !.'' 1 . " . . "Our firdt and' last thoughts must Itz tor the brave defenders, whom we tmist defend against unjust charge. Tliere are "bad elements in every army. "With the fundamental will of -the po )!o, the army will disown them." He declared that President Wilson "list answer Germany's peaceeffort5. T'litil thenj he said, Germany must pre pare to resist a 'peace of violence. "The Germa-n peoples have spoken t3 President Wilson." the Chancellor aidi "This- fact lends added voice to the utterances of the representatives f all parties today. . ' "Therefore, regarding the interna tional situation, 1 say only that the president innst first answer Germany's feaoe efforts which throughout all the rauntriea have brought to the highest point the question of a penee of jus tice or violence. , "The whole German people are anx ijoi to hear tha government 'a jicw regarding the auecesg of peace negoti . otions. "I speak with the greatest reserve. I am certain the parties will observe a reticence consistent with the serious-1 iifHs of the hour. ' "President Wilson's last . note has ; list made clear to the-German people hrm this public agitation will end. His iipw answer, perhaps, will bring a defi nite certainty.- "Meanwhile, we most in all our -.thoughts and action's prepare for botn eventualities. first, that the enemy r vernBicnta are easier ior war. In that 3e, we have no choke but to assume 251. nn nf MiaCliPATION OFtnMISM FRENCijJPEACELAN; Member Of High Commission Tells Why Germany Must m Be Made To Submit i J ' By Charles B. Drlscoll. (UnitcJ Press Staff Correspondent.) New York, Oct. 23. Allied occupa tion of Germany for at least Jhree or four years is an essential condition of any beginning of permanent peace, ao-' cording to Stephen Lauzaune, member of the French high commission in the United States. - : , Commenting upon the Gennaa n'oJe today,' M. Lauzanne said: . - "Germany, even in her 'present ex t'iuity,''say3 her actions in France and Belgium are in accordance with interna-, tional law. Perhaps the Gorman people stitl think such barbarities are part of ha natural consequences of war. The Gorman people mus) be cured of such beliefs. . The only way to. cure them is to permit them to have a taste of mili tary occupation in their own country.1 "Unless the allieg and the UnKd States' keep a army' of. occupation in Germany, unless allied troop, march in i Berlin, unless the German people have French, British and American otticers quartered in their . homes as we have had German officerg i our homes for .four years, unless we. can impose such f iree unon the Gorman We will have this war to fight over' again in twen.y years-, for tho Germans will not be enred of their insane worship of focC; "These people understand .force only. rVt"ry weU, let us talk t0 them in their :owu language. .German women must be made;: tp clean (he bpotg of ;-English, American and French officers for' a cotile of years at least, even as our .women have had to clean German boots, "Their tactics are in accordance wit! ( international law, they say. Very well, ! let the junkurg turn over some of their easftes and fine homes to allied troops of occupation for it while. If some of the furniture should be a little scaircd as a result, that will be all right. It ' (Continued on pace three)1 a posture of defense, with the strength of people driven to the last extremity. In the event of such necessity, I have no doubt that) the German govern ment, in the name of the German peo ple, will issue a call for national d -', tense, in the way it spoke for the peo plo when it took action for peace. "We who honestly took a stand on tho 'basis of a peace of justiee are un dertaking this duty of not submitting to' a peace of violence without fight ing. ' " Regarding the second possibility the German people must not be blindly brought to the conference table. They have a right to ask what a peace on Wilson's terms will mean for our life in the future. Our answer to President Wilson must 'be framed on the people understanding of this quemtion. The people want iclcarness. The discussion with our ; opponent and not. our strength, will decide What we think i right.' "The essence of President Wilson's program for a league of nations can not W accomplished unless all peoples have the right of self determination. Realization of community law means arrangement of part of that unquali fied independence which hitherto we, with cithers, considered an indication of sovereignty. Should we at home maintain the national egoism, wsieh until recently dominated our national life, thpn there would j be- no restitu tion and renovation for us. There would be a feeKng of bitterness which would cripple us for generations. But if we Comprehend that this frightful war is, over all, a victory for the idea of jus tice, and submit to it with no mental reservation,' we will find in it the cure for onr present wounds and a reser voir for future strength. "None can foresee whether the next few weekg will eall us to fight on, er Continued on page four) SALEM, OREGON, PRESiDH TALKS WITH ADVISERS REGARDINGNOTE Indications Are There Will Be No Reply Until Further Conferences. ALLIED NATIONS ARE CONSULTED Changes Made In German Government Not Yet Sat , : isfactory. Washington, Oct. 23. While Presi dent Wilson conferred today with Chief of Staff March, Secretary t of State. Lansing and by cable with the allied governments, the curtain of 3 crecy (continued over the nature of the response to be made to Germany's lat est peace advances.' ' . . March's presence at the white house sessions was regarded -with- signifi cance. This was held to indicate the president might " leave if to Foch" to continue any further conversation with. Germany, his' action" then .being merely to notify Germany of this course - The jSosvexsations, proceeding . Twith the allies led 4o the belief expressed at the state department that "it is to be- expected that-there-will .be no- re ply to Germany today.". , It. has been emphasized that. Presi dent Wilson will abide by his original declaration that he will propose uu ar mistioe until Germany has evacuated occupied territory. :. . ' A cursory reading of tho official text showed that it was substantial!; the same as that sent Cut by German wiroless. And these factg were the only things in a more or less puzzling situation in officialdom. . ' Befonug are Discussed : The main point of discussion in offi cial ' and congressional quarters hing ed on Germany's alleged constitutional reforms which the president stressed as of prime importance in his last re ply to the kaiser. Wh-il widely. at variance on the ques tion of Germany' sincerity in her lat est peace note, officials and leaders are practically unanimous upon one point that Germany must go much further than she hag bo far promised in amend ing her constitution before she can sat isfy the world that autocracy has been shorn of its powers. The proposed amendment to the Ger man constitution now before the reich stag regarding declaration of ar reads: "The consent of the federal coun cil (bundrsrath) and the diet (rcich stag) isfequired for a declaration of war in the empire ' name except in cases where imperial territory already has been invaded or its coast attack ed." The amendment regarding peace trea ties says: "Treaties of peace and treaties with foreign states which deal with affairs coming under the competence of the imperial law giving bodies require the consent of the federal eouneil and the reichstag. " The constitution now provides that "the emperor shall declare wa. and conclude peace." Other Changes Must Come These amendments, officials agree, mark a step toward German democrat ization,"l)ut they declare that the con stitution contains other provisions which must be eliminated or amended before the kaiser will be shorn ut iis autocratic war making power. Among other changes which officials today declare vital are: . Kc'moval of the German ermy from the kaiser' personal control.. Abrogation of his power to dissolve the reichstag at will. Curtail the power of the federal council or bundesrath. f- He-districtins of the German empire to .eliminate the "rotten borough" evil and reduce the junkers' power in the reichstag. - With regard to tho first of these, it was pointed out today tfrait the German consitiition specifically provides that every German aoldier is sworn to obey every order issued by the emperor; that army officers are named and promoted by the kaiser; without review by the bundesrath or reichstag, and that the kaiser therefore has power to build up a pergonal military machine owing al legiance directly to him, but not to the (Continued oa page tarec) WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER r3 - : pits LUXEMBERG HOW VAHTS TO CUT LOOSE FROM HURS After War. Will Be Independ ent State OrProvince Of Belgium. , By BAymond Clapper (United Press staff correspondent) Washington, Oct. 23,Luxemburg, from which Germany is drawing iron for munitions, will cut itseltf free from German domination iuid join the allies after the war, according (o diplomats here today. Allied military successes may make this possible earlier. ; "' Information leading to this conclus ion has been received 'n official quar ters here, it is stated." After the war .Luxemburg will be either: - ' ' ' ' ' ; 1 An independent state under pro tection of the league 6f nations, or 2 Or a province of Belgium adjoinJ ing Belgian iiuxemourp., Nominally an independent grand duchy, Luxemburg has been held vas sal by Germany for" years bevanse of her extensive iron mines which have fed the Krupp munitions factories and made possible Germany 'a super:pro pareduesg' prbgram. . The people ttf Luxemburg have now aooealed to President . Wilson for pro tection and have deiiaudcd that the German armies evacuate their terri tory which was overrun at the outbreak of the war.' " , Popular - resentment "-ul. long - held in Check by the Grano'Viichess. . But dispatches 'here'indioate the par liament is striving to cut .loose trom Germany and join the allies. - Luxemburg contains' a percentage of French and (Belgian population and French is spoken among- the educated classes and dominatesno peasant am leets. exnerts say. ' Germany signed treaties in 1867 and 1902 guaranteeing neutrality of Lux emburg and promising not to use her railways for troop movements. But " without a seaport, Luxemburg was forced into tho Germau customs uu ion and German tariffs'-were exacted on all goods coming into her- borders. She was thug forced into economic, de pendence oh. Germany, having few man ufactories and being obliged to take German goods in exchange for iron, coal and farm products. Allied military successes have en couraged parliamentary leaders in Lux emburg to protest against German usur pation. The tiny country i without a large military force and will be help less to defend herself against Germany until allied successes push the kaiser s hordes from her borders. Her vast mineral resources and ag ricultural producU will be of great aid to allied peoples nearby and she would, in turn, have better access to the sea by obtaining free passage through Bel gium, and France, diplomats point out. HENRY ALBEE8 QUITS Portland, Or., Oct. 23. Henry Al bcrg resigned today as president of the Albcrg Brothers Milling company. The resignation follows closely upon tho ar rest of fibers charged with violating the espionage act. He is out on $10,000 bond. Associated with Henry Albers in the company aro his three brothers. ABE MARTIN .5 Th' ole fashioned feller that used t.' hold his breath watchin' a trapeze per former now hi, a n f lyin ' in France. A small p'tater never K'ts t' th' top. -. i ti-- i if f ' 3 I i ' i - , i 23, 1918 WHEAT GEOWLRS WAN IT HIGHER PJRICE FIXED Appeal To President To Fix Price At $2.46 A Bushel In Future. Washingtup, Oct. 23. The National Wheat Growers' association in its ap peal to President Wilson for $2.46 wheat, contends that even this price will not permit the wheat growers to reap tho profit now toeing made by the grower of corn and cotton. In its brief to the president the as sociation declares that "on the basis of the ration of the price fixtures be tween rops the price of wheat would be over $3, as the pre-war price of cot ton was, about 11 cents and is now 35 to 40 eents a pound. Corn also brings nearly three times the pre-war-prices." " . , " ' The. growers also, maintain that "the increases In tho price asked-for wheat is not as much proportionately as the increases in the wages that most labor is receiving over pre-war wages." : Id fixing the price at $2.(i, the as sociation points ont that the president would only be adopting "the recom mendation o tho agricultural advis ory committee selected by the secre tary of agriculture, Houston and Food Director Hoover." . ' President Wilson Mast .MeinswerToNote London,-.-Oct.. 23., TW'i'Sts fol eigri office today issued the 'following statement regarding- the latest Ger man not to-President Wilson;. 1 "The reply wa addressed to Presi dent Wilson.' He must deal with it and determine whether it shall be commu nicated to' the allies. Until then it is not desirable to make a statement of ficially.". . ."' ' The Chronicle , today published the following. "England will demand surrender or the U-boato and France, will demand evneuation of Alsace-Lorraine 'as a con dition of any armistice." ; ul ilio Yankees Played Important Part In Recent fighting On line South of LeCateau Advanced Thirteen Miles In Thirteen Days Through Enemy Positons. By Lowell Mellett, (United Press Staff Correspondent.) With the British Armies in France, Oct. 23. The story of the part the Americans played in the recent fighting has been obtainod by a half days' journey into the wrecked country be yong the Hindenburg line. The battlo in which tho Americans participated lasted three days, begin ning at 5:20 Thursday morning when, with the British on either side of t-tei, they attacked from the St. Souplet line -(south of Le Cateau) on a front of 5,000 yards (nearly three miles, with out artillery preparation. Tanks manned by Americans were important factors. ' 4 The position from which . they at tacked was on a ridge west of the La Selle river. The river wag from six to twenty feet wide and three feet deep. There were Germans behind the first ridgs. Beyond the river were Bw trenches. - A heavy morning fog Thursday hid the German machine guns and almost caused the tanks to lose their way. The German resistance wi, bitter. It began simultaneously with the attack, , when they let down a heavy barrage , that lasted 36 hours. It included gas and was direclcd at St. Souplet and the line of villages on either side. Five German divisions, including the f.imou, Third naval, and elements of s'x others, participated in the fighting alon the American second corps front, of which tho New.Yorkg bad the left wing and th Carolina and Tennessee tronpg the right. The first day the German naval divi- jg'n attacked from trc left and another I I i M fAAv N ! ' J ' M I ' 'If' Ij . i i . ; PRICE TWO CENTS HI GE NERAL PERSHING MAYATTACKTHROUGH GERMANJERRITORY Raids And Patrol Activity Cve Indcaticns 0 Pros pective Offensive. By' J. W. T. Mason (United Press War Expert) Now York, Oct. 23. Eenewal of Am erican and French patrol activity along the Matz front and in Alsace may be tho forerunner of new attacks by Gen eral Pershing's command in those areas. ' -i ' ' ' The progress of the Americans north of Verdun toward the Luxemburg bor der is v i'npedod by the large number of new Gorman divisions that aro be ing thrown into that sector to hold open Von Hindenburg's sole way of 'olicat from eastern Franoe. It is prob able that along the twenty mile front occupied by tho Americans Von Hin donburg has concentrated 20 per cent of his active fighting units. One reason why the Germans are able to maintain so strong a defensive north of Verdun is the absence of any large activity disturbing them in Al sace or along tho Lorraine border. The Rhine is not for the moment threat ened by direct assault. Therefore, it is not immediately necessary for the Ger n.nns to scatter their troops through Alsace Lorraine. . . The troops saved by. the shortening ot tho ricaruy ana riandors lines can (Continued on paga two) V" Chancellor Uax Felly Approved s ' f - i ' . Amsterdam .Oct. 23-"-Tho Ger-, man reichstag unanimously ap- . proved the speech of Prince ' 'Max of Baden, setting forth his I program in connection with etf- forts towards peace and eldo I toral and government reforms, j according to displatcheg from ertt toaay. division from the-right. Fighting con-, tinued by moonlight. When one battalion established hcad quartors at L'Arbre Do Guise (a mile cast of St. Huuplot) the major used a. tank for an office. Molain, St. Martin Riviere and L'Arbre De Guise wero captured the first day in a two mile advance. The river was waded in some places and in others was crossed on bridges built by the engineers. At 7'clock on the first day the en gineers, engaged in building bridges for the artillery under shell fire, were em-1 barrassed by prisoners who had surrcn-i dercd to the tank8 which had plunged, on ahead. I On the second day the Germans hold strongly until the middle of the after noon,when they broke and gave ground The British, in the meantime, had pass-1 ed LeCateau on th0 northward. . j The Americans took Kiboanvillo (two, miles southeast of St. Souplet) and pro ceeded' so far a Mazinghlen (a mile' northeast of Ribcauville), which an of ficer entered by moonlight and found! unoccupied. Ho reported back, where upon a regiment marched in behind its commanders as though on parade. This gave tho Americans the third ridge. " ' i 1 The three days fighting resulted in heavy German casualties from rifle, as well as fro martillery. In a period of thirteen days, only six of which were spent in actual figh ing, these Americans advanced a total depth of thirtccn miles. Thn cnliro Second corps includes the loiirui division ot inH regular army;; .the Thirtieth (Wild Cat) division ofi 'Tennessee North and Mouth Carolina, l.i l, ;..:. r'.,i,,.i,; n.iinn.l guard; the Thirty-sixth division of Mis souri and Kansas national guard, and' (the Seventy-seventh New York and Eeighty-second Georgia, Alabama andj Florida national army men. I II? it T t . Oregno: Tonight and Tiur- .Isy fair; b.?gvy frost; ecatle i oiribwt'Strlv windis : ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FIVE CENTS HI STARTS DIE ON 10411LE FROfIT HGOODRESULTS Hers Geman Lfcs Frca LeCateau To Ssbsr.es, Today, ' MAUBEUGE FORTRESS . IS NEXT OBJECTIVE era Dcf SUSS) Arcdy In Paris, Oct. 23. The British are in Valenciennes, It was learned today. London, Oct S3. (1:10 p. m.) r- la Field Marshal Balg't new attack this morning between LoCateau and Sples niea, the British advanced a mile on front from five to six miles, according to dispatches from the battlefroat, " . Londun, Oct. 23. British and Ameri can troops attacked early today on the LeCateau-Solemcs front, about ten mites. Field Marshal Haig announced. . "Good f fogreiw" was reported. '.TDe British Save captured Bruay, on the west bank of the Scheldt (three miles northeast of 'Valenciennes). " "At a early hour this morning wo attacked on 'the LoGafcau.- Bolcsmns front"; the statement 'said. "Good progress is reported. ' - ' i " Further north between Valenciennes and Tournay we have take,, Bruay and have reached the wost bank of the Scheldt and Bleharics and Gspain. Con siderable resistance wag met on this) front yesterday. In sharp fifrhting in which we pressed tho enemy vigorously wo inflictod many casualties aiid drovo him from his positions, capturing number of prisoners." Western Defense of Next Line. London, Oct. 23.-Valenciennes, tho communicittion ccntor which forms the principal western defunso of tiiu Maubeuge portion of the next German line of resistance, has been penetrated by British troops. Announcement of its complete occu pation is expected hourly. (Mnttbeugo lies just twenty milon east of Valenciennes. Mons, which be came a historic spot in the great Brit ish retreat throuh Flanders in the early days of the war, is elevon milea north of Maub.ni(,o. A great part "f tho intervening country between these w cities and VajV-ncionnes ig difficult wooded country.) North of Valenciennes the British pe netrated deeply into the great Raismea forest. Thev also drew close to Timr- nay and advanced north and south tr that city, practically surrounding it from the Bouth by reaching thi Scheldt at Bruyelles. i Progress was mailo by tho Belgian and French on practically th0 whoU front between the Dutch border and Tournai. The Belgians cleared thtfcen tire west bank of the Rarenburg canal, except at Ooverbrock. The French ad vanced nearly two miles, south of I)o nyze, crossing the Lys near Vive-fit. Ba von. '',.,. ;"'' Fionch troops pushed the Germans back again in the Sitiu valley,' clearing the south bank of the river as far ont a Mortieres. . ' . Ficrc0 fighting was resumed in the region of Vouziers. In the face of Ger man , counter attacks, Czcco Slovaks, operating with the French, recaptured th villapo of Terron-Bur-Ansne, four miles north of Vouziers. , In the Balkans, the French have reached the Danube at " Lorn Palanka, aiid now hold the south bank of nearly twenty miles, i Bugarian territory, facing the Rumanian frontier. , Serbian, Montenegrin and French detachment continue to cut tha rear, guards of th retreating AustroGcrmans to pieces, takig numbers of pprisoners and great quantities of material . DEATHS IN SAN FRANCISCO ; San Francisco, Oct. 2e3. JPifty eijrht deaths and 1261 new eases of influ enza were reported in San Franeisc during the 24 hours endinif at midnight This make, a tivtnl of 229 deaths from the malady and 7595 cmps. Some physicians expressed tho opin ion that the disease ha reached its icnith here and will soon begin to re cede. - ,-