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Section One
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VOL. XXXVII '0. 45.
POKTLAXD, OREGON, SUNDAY 3IORXIXG, NOVEMBER 10, 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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KAISER WILL QUIT;
PBIUCEMAX STAYS
Frederick Ebsrt, Socialist,
Next Chancellor.
EMPEROR ASSENTS TO PLEA
German Crown Prince Will
Renounce All Claims
to Throne.
BRUNSWICK IS TO ABDICATE
William Hohenzollern Last of
Central Power Rulers to
Lose Crown or Life.
AMSTERDAM, Nor. 9. (Havas.)
Prince Max of Baden has been ap
pointed regent of the empire, the
Berlin newspapers semi-officially an
nounce. AMSTERDAM, Nor. 9. (Renter's.)
It is semi-officially reported in
Reichstag circles that Prince Max will
he appointed regent of the empire, ac
cording to Berlin advices.
PARIS, Nov. 9. The Kaiser has
'abdicated, according to an official an
nouncement from Berlin through
Basel, as transmitted by the Havas
Agency, the semi-official French news
agency.
(By the Associated Press.)
William Hohenzollern, German Em
peror, King of Prussia, has decided
to renounce the throne.
This declaration is made in s decree
issued at Berlin by the German Im
perial Chancellor, t Prince Max of
Baden.
The German Crown Prince will also
renounce the throne and a regency
will be set up.
Ebert to Succeed Max.
Prince Max will remain in office
until matters connected with the ab
dication of the Emperor are fettled
and Friederich Ebert, Socialist presi
dent of the Social Democratic party,
will replace him as Chancellor during
the regency.
Thirty years and almost five months
after he ascended the imperial throne,
William Hohenzollern, his armies de
feated in the field, forced to sue for
armistice terms and the German peo
ple rising in revolt, gives up his
power.
Country Left Ruined.
He came into authority with the
country at the threshold of an era of
peace and material progress, he leaves
it torn by revolution and ruffering
from the hardships anil sacriNces of
more than four years of war vir
tually ruined.
For the regency Frederick Ebert,
a Socialist and president of the main
committee of the Reichstag, will be
Chancellor.
Brunswick Renounces Rights.
Ernest August, Duke of Brunswick,
(Concluded on Page 3. Column 1.)
HUN ENVOYS MET BY
FOCH ABOARD TRAIN
BOCIIES GUIDED TO RENDEZ
VOUS IX COMPEIGXE FOREST.
Allied. Commander-in-Chief Sends
Officer to Battle Line, Where
Germans Found Waiting.
PARIS, Nov. 9. men the French
command received the German head
quarters dispatch -Thursday announc
ing' the start of the armistice delega
tion, the delegates were directed to
present themselves between 8 and 10
o'clock Thursday night at a certain
point on La Cappele road. The cross
road was clearly marked by the beams
of several searchlights. At the same
time the order was given in the French
lines that hostilities should be sus
pended over a distance of several miles
in the region of the meeting place.
The three automobiles bearing the
German delegates arrived at the cross
road at 9:15 P. M. They were pre
ceded by a group of German pioneers
charged with making the shell-dam
aged road passable. The German dele
gates were received by an officer whom
Marshal Foch had sent to guide them.
The officer entered one of the automo
biles and, with the window curtains
drawn, proceeded to the Chateau
Francfort in Compeigne forest, belong
ing to the Marquis de L'Aigle.
Owing to the lateness' of the hour
the delegates were conducted to the
quarters assigned them, where they
took refreshments.
The next morning they again en
tered the automobiles and were taken
to the station at Rethonedes, where
they found Marshal Foch in a special
train.
MILLION. BRIBE REFUSED
Dcatb of Gordon Kelly, Vancouver,
B. C, Makes Story Public.
SEATTLE, Nov. 9. Gordon Ktlly, of
Vancouver, B. C, president of the Pa
cific Coast District of the International
Longshoremen's Association, died here
today from pneumonia, following influ-
VANCOtTVER, Nov. 9. The Vancou
ver Province states that it has informa
tion that Count von Bernstorff, former
German Ambassador to the United
States, offered Gordon Kelly a bribe of
i 1,000,030 to finance a strike.
"Von Bernstorff." the Province says,
"through an agent two years ago ap
proached Kelly with a flat offer of
$1,000,000 to finance . strike which
would prevent the shipment of muni
tions out of American ports. Kelly
quietly reported the proposition to the
secret service."
THREE DEAD IN WRECK
Eastbonnd Passenger Train Struck
at Sugar Grove, III.
AURORA, 111., Nov. 9. An eastbound
train was wrecked at Sugar Grove, IlL,
six miles east of here, at 8:30 A. M.
Regular passenger train No. S3 west
bound collided with the eastbound
train. ' Several' were reported killed.
Three dead have been taken out of
the wreck.
The injured will number 20, troop
officers say.
The Camp Grant football special con
sisted of 15 coaches crowded with 1200
soldiers.
Members of the Camp Grant football
eleven were not on the train, the play
ers having reached Chicago last night.
COOKS AND WAITERS STRIKE
"Improvement of Wages and Work
ing Conditions" Demanded.
NEW VORK, Nov. 9. Several hun
dred waiters and cooks at the Vander
bilt and Plaza hotels in this city went
on strike today, joining 1500 employes
of the McAlpin, Waldorf-Astoria, Clar
idge and Astor hotels, who walked out
about 10 days ago, after their demands
for a 50 per cent wage increase had
been refused.
, Union waiters at the hotels in the
"Biltmore group" have been summoned
to a meeting Monday, at which "the
general movement for improvement of
wages and working conditions" will be
discussed.
KALEIDOSCOPIC EVENTS OF THE VERY RECENT PAST REVIEWED
ALLIES HURL FOE
TO BELGIAN LINE
Franca Virtually Cleared
of Boctie Invaders.
FRENCH GAIN NINE MILES
British Sweep Past Powerful
Maubeuge Fortress and
Near City of Mons.
AMERICANS GO FORWARD
Yankees Press -Hard From
' Sedan Over Front of 40
Miles Along Meuse.
PARIS, Nov. 9. French cavalry
have crossed the Belgian 'border, the
War Office announces tonight. An
advance of more than nine miles was
made today at certain points.
(By the Asfcctated Press.)
From Ghent to east .of the Meuse
the allied forces tinder Marshal Foch
Saturday continued theic resistless
drive, liberating great stretches of
French and Belgian territory from the
Germans, until but a-narrow strip of
France remains in enemy hands.
All along the front the Teutonic in
vaders are in retirement, and. on the
French sectors resistance is offered
only by rear-guards left to protect the
retreat of the main body.
On the north from Ghent, south
ward, Belgians, in conjunction with
French and British forces, have pushed
eastward from the Scheldt River, tak
ing a number of towns, while farther
south along the entire British front
the Germans :.re in rapid retreat be
fore Field' Marshal Haig's armies.
Tournai has been taken and Remaix,
12 miles northeast, is about to fall.
British Close to Mons.
The'' British have forced their wav
through the powerful French fortress
of Maubeuge, in German hands since
the beginning of the, war, and are
pressing on Mons, scene of the heroic
stand of the British in 1914, when the
Teutonic hordes were pressing for
ward in their vain drive on Paris.
South of Maubeuge the British are
within a few miles of the Belgian fron
tier on a line east of Avesnes.
Throughout Saturday the French
pushed swiftly forward and French
cavalry at a number of points has
crossed the Franco-Belgian frontier.
There has been no let up in the French
pressure. The enemy is being stead
ily pushed from the last remnants of
French territory between Mezieres and
Hirson and the redemption of all of
France north and west of Mezieres ap
pears a possibility of the next few
hours, if it already is not a reality.
Americans Continue Gains. .
Along the Meuse the Americans are
pressing forward from Sedan to the
region south of Damvillers. They
made progress Saturday at nearly all
points on the front of 40 miles, driv
ing the Germans rearward toward
(Concluded on Pas 4. Column L)
SERBS REACH PLACE
WHERE WAR STARTED
SARAJEVO, WHERE ARC1TDUKE
WAS SLAIX, IS ENTERED.
City Is Taken In Response to Appeal
for Aid by Bosnians; Many Oth
er Towns Are Occupied.
SALONIKI. Nov. 9. Allied ' troops
have entered Sarajevo, in Bosnia, ac
cording to an official statement Issued
today by the French headquarters here.
' It was at Sarajevo that Archduke
Fram Ferdinand of Austria was as
sassinated just prior to the outbreak
of the great war.
LONDON. Nov. (British Wireless
Service.) In their advance north of
the Danube and the Save the Serbian
troops entered Moldava, Baziag. Kubln,
Panosova. Semlin. Klenak and Mltro
vitz, according to a Serbian official
statement received here.-
The provisional government at Sara
jevo, Bosnia, which Invited the Serbian
troops to come to Its assistance, the
statement adds, is headed by Atana
signe Chola.
. -
BOYS WILL BE "DELOUSED"
Killing French Vermin Will Cost
ITncre Sam 91,500,000.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. American
soldiers returning home after the war
will be required to pass through Gov
ernment "delouslng" plants for the re
moval of trench vermin.
Forty-five of these plants, the War
Department -announced today, will be
erected under the supervision of the
Surgeon-General at a cost of $1,600,000.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
Abdtes-tlom of Ktlwr.
Kafaer to abdicate throne. Section 1. par 1.
Wilnon wants to know who will succeed
Kaiser. taction 1. pace 2.
World's last Caesar passes to obscurity. Sec
tion 1, pace 3.
War.
Allies hurt foe to lie Iff tan Una. Section 1.
pace 1.
Convoy for troops Inspiring spectsele to
editors as they sail . away. Section 1.
pace 1.
British capture Maubeuc fortress. Section
1. pace 6.
Serbs enter Sarajevo. Section 1, pae 1.
Hun armistice envoys mfft Foch on special
train. Section 1. pae 1.
Ninety-first devlslon fihtin in Flanders. Sec
tion 1. pae 6.
Americans continue to caln. Section I. par 6.
Foreir.
R volution sweeps Western Germany. Sec
tion 1, pace 1.
Austrian armistice menaced by German In
vasion. Section 1, pile 1
Peace issues made clear to Australia. Sec
tion 1. pace 4.
Natlo-uO.
Washington experts ormUttlc any moment
) .-notion J, pace X. -
V. 8. and al!!s to tee4 K- rpe huncry
civilian papulation. Section 1, pace 7.
.Domestic.
Western women candidate' for Con areas
lose. Section 1. pace o.
Nineteen men believed lost as steamer Saetla
sink. Section 1. pace 2.
Pacific Northwest.
Proposed Increase in telephone rates Is held
lUecal. Section 1. pace 9.
League plays part In defeating Good Inc. Sec
tion 3, pace l.
Commercial mud Marine-
Firmer potato values at Western ehlpplnc
points. Section :. pace w.
Three bl ships launched at Portland yards
in day. section z, pace im
port bond vote told United States Ehlpplnc
Board. Section 2. page ..
Sports.
University of Or con wins from Camp Lewis
Depot Brigade. section -i. pace .
Oregon teams will meet next Saturday.
Section 2. pace L
Chemawa Indians lose to Barracks eleven.
Section 2. pae
Third Squadron defeats Headquarters eleven.
Section 3. pace z.
Boxing contests are belnr planned. Section
" pace z.
Handball tournament planned at Multnomah
Club. Section . pac
Blc Eastern elevens meet on sTridlron. Sec
tlun 2. pae
Portland mad Vicinity.
American and Japanese aoldiera fraternise.
Section 1. pac -Theaters
ready to stage strons bills. Sec-
J. p-s-
Glories of Pacific Coast awaken Canadlana.
Section 1. Pc
Kellaher to fight Ir. Perkins In courts. Sec
tion 1. pace 14.
Mayor Baker orders Influenza ban lifted nest
Sunday. wcuon a. pm
Judge Bennett probably elected Supreme Jus
tlce. Section 1, page IS.
"Eddie" Sammons made Lieutenant-Colonel
on battietieia oi r rmuce. oecuua
page 14.
State director urges conservation of fuel.
Section 3. page i.
TROOPS
V
SI
Editors Marvel a! Amer
ica's Achievement.
POWERFUL PROTECTION HAD
Amazing Panorama Stirs
Hearts of Patriots as
They Sail Away.
DAME RUMOR ENTERTAINS
Capitulation of Bulgaria and
Influenza Scare on Ship
Create Much Interest.
BT EDGAR B. FIPER.
First Letter.)
ABOARD SHIP EN ROUTE TO
ENGLAND, Sept. 30. (Editorial Cor
respondence.) The 12 editors com
missioned by the British government,
through its Ministry of Information,
to visit England, the battle front and
the grand fleet and to report their ad
ventures in their own way, subject, of
course, to "military exigencies," are
on the high seas.
Doubtless all military exigencies
are to be defined and determined by
the censor, which is wU encugh. That
mysterious and worried functionary
may in his wisdom see fit to prevent
for a time an instant report, of war
activities and conditions by the dozen
chroniclers, but they will be home in
due time, if the submarines do not
get them.
Big Waves Distract Thoughts.
The present reporter, for example,
is quite unable to read the censor's
mind and docs not know how much he
may tell about the journey across the
Atlantic. He may add that at the mo
ment the sea is running in a heavy
swell, and, while he is ible to dismiss
all U-boats from present considera
tion, the frequent intrusion of the in
quisitive waves at an adjacent window
serves to distract a landsman's
thoughts from all else than his phys
ical surroundings.
The departure from American shores
was an inspiring and wonderful spec
tacle. Our ship was apparently the
last to loin the convoy, which had
waited or us at a designated ren
dezvous. We left at midday under a
shining sky, after a dreary stay at
our pier.
The leave-taking was sudden, for
almost before we realized it we were
on our way. All we knew or cared to
know was that we were at last out
ward bound headed for the war zone
and its dangers, real and imaginary,
and that we were to be one of a com
pany of many transports; but when
or where or how we were to join them
was purposely left in the dark. The
feature of the going made it, perhaps,
all the more interesting; certainly it
contributed vastly to the stores of
rumor, speculation, gossip and out
right misinformation which had been
(Concluded on Pas la. Column 1.)
PICTORIALLY BY CARTOONIST REYNOLDS.
REVOLT SPREADS TO'
WESTERN GERMANY
VAST AREA NOW COXTROLLEL
BY TEUTON BOLSHEVIK!.
Banks In Berlin Slop Payment, Ow
ing to Runs; Poles or I'lock
Rise Against Hans.
LONDON. Nov. 9. (Briton Wireless
Service.) It is reported from Amster
dam that a revolution Is now spreading;
all over Western Germany.
It Is reported to bave reached Co
logne. The population of the Polish prov
ince cf Flock have risen against the
Germans and there, have been conflicts
in which a number of persons of both
sides have been killed, according: to a
Zurich dispatch to the Exchange Tel
egraph Company.
The Germans have arrested and shot
members of the Polish military organ
isation and the whole male population
is being deported to Germany.
LONDON. Nov. 9. (British Wireless
Service.) Another dispatch from Am
sterdam says that owing- to the rush on
the banks In Berlin, these Institutions
have stopped payment.
AMSTERDAM. Nov. 9. Latest ad
vices received here confirm reports
that the revolutionary' movement at
Cologne Is frradually spreading
throughout the entire western part of
Germany. Thus far the revolt has been
orderly, with no bloodshed.
COPENHAGEN. Nov. 9. (By the As
sociated Press.) Rebellions have oc
curred in Hanover, Cologne. Brunswick
and Magdeburg, according to the offi
cial announcement tonight at Berlin.
These cities, however, are not wholly
in the hands of the mutineers, the
statement adds. At Magdeburg,
garrison resisted.
The town commander at Kiel
Naval Captain Heine were shot
the
and
and
killed while resisting arrest, according
to a -dispatch from that place to the
Cologne Volks Zeltung.
' COPENHAGEN, Nov. 1. Six German
battleships anchored outside of Flens
burg have directed their guns against
the revolutionists, and a bombardment
is expected.
The battleship Koenig. which refused
to surrender, was taken after a hard
fight.
Four thousand men attempted to
overthrow the military authorities In
Altona. across the Elba from Ham
burg, but the city now is quiet.
The German guards at the Danish
border have been ordered by the sol
diers' councils to remain at their posts
temporarily. .
Travelers arriving from Germany re
port that the is flection Is apparently
confined to the Ninth Army Corps,
which waa recruited In Schleawig-lfol-stein.
4 FACE SEDITION CHARGE
Astoria Men Accused of Trying to
Discourage Enlistment.-
ASTORIA, Or.. Nov. 9. (Special.)
A. J. Partan. manager: Fram Niemi
president; Jacob Kluvala and W. M
Relvo, directors of the Western Work
men's Publishing Company.a Finnish
Socialist concern, were arrested tonight
on charges of sedition. The arrests
were made by Mark Holmes, deputy
I'ntted States Marshal, and J. M. Mc
Cauley. of the Department of Justice.
The men are accused of circulating
seditious literature and trying to dis
courage enlistment In the Army and
Navy. The defendants were arraigned
before United States " Commissioner
Carney and held under S1000 cash bail
each, to appear before the Federal
grand Jury.
1200 PAY FOR NOT MASKING
Arrests Made at San Francisco for
Ignoring Influenza Precaution.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 9. Police to
day arrested COO persons accused of not
wearing Influensa gause masks or not
having them properly adjusted.
Since the raids be-n 1200 have been
arrested. Fines aggregating $;000
have been turned over to the Red Cross.
E EXPECTED
Upheaval in Germany May
Cause Delay.
ALLIED TERMS TO STAND
i No Modification Possible Due
1o Change of t Govern
ment of Empire.
SUSPICION STILL ENTERTAINED
Washington Curious to Know
if Hohenzollern Dynasty
Will Not Return.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 Ger
many's decision on the armistice
terms presented to its envoys by Mar- .
shal Foch has not been made known.
so far as the American Government
was advised today.
Although expecting an announce
ments any moment, officials did not
overlook the possibilities of delay as
the result of the momentous events
hourly taking place within the borders
of Germany.
Early Assumption Wrong.
At first, announcement from Ber
lin of the decision of Emperor William
to abdicate was taken to indicate that
acceptance of the allied and American
terms had been decided on and that
possibly the Kaiser had declared his
intention to renounce his throne rather
than be a party to accepting such
drastic terms as are known to have
been imposed by the supreme war
council at Versailles.
No Modification Possible.
On the other hand it was noted that
with the Kaiser out, those responsible
for the conduct of the government at
Berlin might possibly ask for a modi
fication of the conditions now that
President Wilson's' demands for the
establishment of a government re
sponsible solely to the people ostensi
bly is to be carried out.
There can be no modification, how
ever, and the armistice must be ac
cepted or rejected within the time set
by Marshal Foch 11 o'clock Monday
morning, French time.
Abdication Report Believed.
Although no official information re
garding the decision of the Emperor
to abdicate has reached the Washing
ton Government, there is no disposi
tion by officials to doubt the truth of
the announcement by Prince Max at
Berlin as transmitted by the British
wireless service late today.
Further information is awaited, as
American officials desire to know
whether "Ihere will remain the possi
bility that the Hohenzollern dynasty
will again come into power after the
present crisis has passed.
LONDON, Nov. 9 --(British Wire
less Service Armistice.) The British
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